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Year: 1876




TIE United Presbyterian Of this week says
of A. T. Stewart: But after all be will be
marked down as one Of the failures, since the
real beneficence of human life was wanting in
his career, and since he leaves no memory be-
hind him that will stimulate the young to
goodness. He had vast wealth, wonderful
business, supreme control, almost, in circles
of trade; he lived in house uneIampled in
the history of the country for magnifcence
and luxury, and in all his ways Of dealing
there was greatness that lifted him out of
the line of that which is common into the ex-
traordinary and astonishing, but he has gone
and left all with nothing purchased by it with
which to establish himself in the new world
where he must have his residence. And while
he lived it was in the solitary way Of one who
had grown past his fellows. His house vai
marble, all its appointments were made with
reference to the most refined and sumptuoua
elegance, but it was cold, cherries, solitary.
Who would give up cottage and its glow Of
warmth and beauty for the $50, ,0Oo, 900 Of the
departed merchant prince?
Year: 1876

abuse being principally shc result OF dsir,um caused
by excessive drinking About this time ne hurled ~
her with great violence china vase. al another time


kerosene lamp and still again bottle OF whiskey,
thereby endangering her life Upon this state OF facts
SUIT has been instituted for divorce the ground OF
cruel and inh uman treatment the complaint TO which
effect has been placed nle in the County Clerks
once or course, AZ the stands, Ia ex pdyfe
complaint and when the other side comes 10 be heard
an entire new compilation may be placed on The matter
Year: 1876

"CLING Close TO THE Rock " y
long train Of cars, fourteen or iihoen,
were passing over the mountains, on their
way westward. They were crowded
with passengers. As tho iron horse
snorted and rushed on, they began to
feel that they had begun to descond and
needed nothing but the invisible power
of gravitation to send them down with
terrific swltness. just as the passengers
began to realize their situation, they
came to a short curve, cut out Of the
solid rock. Suddenly the steam whistle
screamed rs if in agony. Tut on the
brakes, put on the brakes y Up press
the brakes, bnt with no apparent slack
ening OF the cars Every window flew
open, and every head that could be, VAS
thrust out to sec what the danger was,
aud every one rose up in his place, fear
ing sudden destruction. What was the
trouble?


Just rs the engine began to turn the
curve, the engineer saw little girl and
her baby brother playing on the track.
In moment the cars would be on them
the Shrek OF the whistle startled the lit
tic girl, and every eye looking over could
see them. Close to the rail in the up
right rock was little niche, out Of which
piece Of rock had beeR blasted. In an
instant the baby was thrust into this
niche, and as the cars came laundering
by, the passengers, holding their breath,
heard the clear voice Of the little sister
on the other side Of the cars, ring out
Cling close to the rock, Johnny cling
close to the rock !" And the little Great
ure snugged in and put his head as close
to the corner Of the rock as possible


while the heavy cars whired past him


And many were the moist eyes ina


gazed, and many silent Thanksgiving


went up to heaven.
Year: 1876

Next in order Of influence is the
teachers voice. For mere purposes of
discipline il cannot be so frequently in
use as the eve 1t must be more COM
monty appropriated to the work of gen
eralinstruction. When used to promote
discipline, the voice should convey the
came lesson to all the scholars. In this
way the teachers voice should be a
training power for the whole school.
But words TO be wisely used in this way
must be sparingly used. There is not
a greater mistake in this relation than to
suppose that abundance of speaking is
the measure of Its power. Needless
speakingis is an offence against good gov
ernment, as in the scholar it would be
breach of discipline. In every case it
should be generally felt that there was
real occasion for speaking. Besides it
must be remembered that even apppro-
pirate counsel may be overdone by fire.
quency of repetition. Warnings lose
their force if they are constantly reitera-
ted. and this unfortunate result is more
rapid if they are invariably shouted at
the top of the voice. As has been well
said, Nothing more impairs authori
ty than too frequent or indiscreet use
of it. if thunder itself were to be
continual, it would excite no more terror
than the noise of mill" Incessant
fault finding involves rapid evaporation
of moral influence. None of us likes to
be continually lectured, and children as
naturally and reasonably dislike it as
their seniors. A very little observation
will suffice to convince any teacher that
similar warnings closely repeated be-
come positive disturbance to the whole
school.
Year: 1876

How often do we hear remarked. 20
our school is small and not very far ad-
vanced; the scholars are all quite young;
we can't offord top pay much; almost any
one can teach our school" What falla-
cy! What stupenduous errorl There
is nothing which should be so studious-
ly avoided as such policy. Deny your
children the high school, cheaper the
academy, abridge all their future course,
but do not commit their early training
to the ignorant or unskillful; be sure
that you have the early part of their
mental cultivation properly begun, and
it matters but little with regard to the
latter.-National Monthly.
Year: 1876

A somewhat exciting event occurred
at Standing Rock, d. T., one day last
week. A correspondent says; On the
east bank OF the Missouri river. Just
across from this post, about 500 Indians
and squaws were yesterday engaged
in butche:ing their Eeef-160 head of
fine faI cattle, just received from the
beef contractor, Colonel Paxton, who
was present at the time, at least until
the affair of the duel got too hot for
him. Wild Bear is a scout at the post
enlisted regularly into the military
service. He is rather small in stature.


but muscular and agile as a cat. He
Is as brave, too, as any man can be,
and, as far as / can learn, is mild. quiet
and inoffeDsive. He was engaged in
butchering his beef. when Crooked
Neck, another Indian tainted him with
being the friend and servant of the
military, and an enemy to his own race.
He said to him further; "You ought
not to come here and get our beef. Go
to the military and get your beef. You
helped to get Kill Eagle to come in and
surrender"


Wild Bear turned to Colonel John
son. Acting Indian Agent, who was
present, and remarked: 81 don't like
what that Indian says to me.D


''Well, said Crooked Neck. show
are you going to help yourseIf!n


/ don't know what reply Wild Bear
made to this question, but in a very few
seconds he and Crooked Neck had
ceased to butcher beef, and were engae
ed in great determination in trying to
butcher each other.


They stood face to face, about fifteen
PAGES apart, each with a good Win
chester rifle. Crooked Neck got in two
shots before Wild Bear fired, and ad-
vanced on Wild Bear, while the latter
simply danced, or jumped first to the
right and then to the left, to avoid I. e
shots of Crooked Neck. Wild Be r
fired twice without effect, but tie
third shot was hit, and Crooked
Neck fell to the ground. Wild Bear
advanced on him and fired a second
shot into his body, and then rushed
up to him and fired a third into bis
head.


Crooked Neck had the reputation of
being a quarrelsome fellow, and the
Indians generally considered his death
a good riddance. He was certainly a
brave fellow, however. Wild Bear
came back to the post and undressed
then marched In front of his
lodge, and invited all the friends of
Crooked Neck to'come up and get Tom.
He was brought before General Cariin
to make statement, which was as fol-
lows: ~ have done something that I
was not ordered TO do, but think was
justified in doing it. He tainted me
with being the friend of the white man
The servant of the soldiers, and with
being Instrumental in getting Kill
Eagle to surrender. / think / did
right, and hope you will take the same
view of the matter" After a few good
remarks on the bad policy of killing
generally, the able military command
II, General Cariin, told Wild Bear to
20 to his lodge and await results. A
similar affair occurred a month ago.
Year: 1876

1t is a good plan for the teacher to
have number of sentences or para
graphs at hand with which to illustrate
something under special consideration
in the reading recitation. And, by the
way, there should be special aim, a
particular something TO be accomplished
Ill each recitation. These sentences
should be written upon the board before
hand and the pupils called upon to read
in turn, or such particular ones as most
neelthe drill. .-.-
Year: 1876

BRINGING all pupils down to alevel,
seems to be the one great aim of some
teachers Every one must recite the
same words, in the same way, over and
over again, till the one end of sameness
is reached. 1t is all the time leveline
process, and that necessarily to the low
est level. Those pupils who are quick
to see and ready to commit to memory,
who ere rapid learners aud fluent recit-
ers, must wait and wait for the plodders,
who, by great amount of worrying and
repeat, may finally manage to make a
passable recitation of what generally is
little understood and not long remem-
bered.
Year: 1876

Teachers ought to supplement the
book by many additional problems of a
practical nature. 1t is often the case
that a pupil is able to perform all the
work prescribed in the textbook, but is
perfectly helpless with anything new
in which the conditions are changed
the principles remain the
same.
Year: 1876

The students of Harvard College are
required to average so per cent in all
studies in order to obtain degrees
Harvard does not hold up a very high
standard for college that claims the
first rank among American collegiate
institutions.
Year: 1876

Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never will be q tomorrow;
For tomorrow will prove but another to-day
With its measure Of joy and sorroW.
Then why forecast the trials Of life
with such grave and sad persistence,
And watch and wait for . crowd OF Ills
That as yet has no eKisteneer
Strength for to-day-whAt precious boon
For the earnest souls who labor,
For the willing hands that minister


To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-dHy-that the weary hearts


In the battle for right may quail not;
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears,


In their search for light, may fail not.
Strength for to-day, on the downhill track,


For the travellers near the valley
That up, far up on the other side,


Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day-thAt our precious youth
l(ay happily shun temptation,
And build from the rise to the set of sun


On q strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-dAy-in house and home


To practice forbeArance sweetly-
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,


Still trusting in God completely.
Strength for to-day Is all that we need,


As there never will be tomorrow,
. For tomorrow will prove but another to-day,


with its measure Of JOY and sorrow.
Year: 1876

DEVICE FOR TRANsPLANTING TREES
Timothy Carroll, Anaheim. This in
vention relates to a novel device for
transplanting fruit trees, and consists
in connecting vertically moving tube
and guide rod or rods with a frame,
whereby said tube may be operated for
the purpose of taking up the tree; also,
in lever piVoted, to the frame and q
loose ring arranged within the tube
whereby the ball of earth around the
roots of a tree may be forced out into
the hole prepared for its final reception.
A hinged piece is at the lower end of
the frame, which, during the operation
Of taking up the tree, is bolted in line
Herewith, but which, after the tube and
tree have been reset, may be unbolted
and swung out of the way, in order
that the frame may be lowered and the
lever brought down to act on the rods
of the tube so as to raise the same.
Year: 1876

The BURIAL CURE. - In 1S48 there
lived at South Shields (England) o Ia
boring man named Dickinson, native
of the village of Coniscliffe, near Oar
lngton. He was afflicted with paraly-
sis, which for some years had crippled
his limbs and deprived him Of the use
of the left side Of his body. One day,
as he was slowly crawling along the
street, he met with an elderly we'll
dressed man, who stated that he was q
physician from Edinburgh, and he, on
hearing Of Dickinson's case, advised
him to return to his native village and
have himself covered up with earth,
which operation would cure him. The
poor fellow, nothing doubling, dragged
himself on foot to Coniscliffe, where he
persuaded an old acquaintance to assist
him in temporarily burying himself
They proceeded to the Tees-side, where
Dickinson's friend, with his spade, dug
hole in the ground, in which the pa
tient was to lie for four hours. Dick
inson stretched himself in the excaya-
ton, with his head only at the outside,
and soil was heaped upon him to the
depth Of two feet. At the expiration

of q quarter Of an hour the patient
broke out into a profuse perspiration,
and an intense pain at the same time
attacked his left side, loin and leg.
Notwithstanding tho agony he endured.
he remained thus till the expiration OF
the allotted time. The man who buried
him, seeing him turn "black in the
face, and fearing he should die, would
have released him sooner, but Diekin-
son would not consent. The sick man,
when the earth was taken off him, arose
and walked away with an active step,
cured of his disease. This remedy for
sickness is an old one; and Dampler,
the voyager, attacked by illness in the
East Indies, was, at his own request,
buried to the neck in the earth until
his pain abated.-DrlingtOn and StocE-
ton Times.
Year: 1876

We can only live once and deaths trrr'rs
With hfcs bowers Snd roses entwine'
And our lives would be darkened by errors
Did we even, like cats, possess nine!
They would be perhaps all of them wasted
And be recklessly squAndcred away,
And not half Of the Joys would be tasted
That one life can embrace in day.
Let the lives that we live he worth living.
Let the days that we spend be well spent;
Let us save for the pleasure Of giving,
And not borrow at fifty per cent;
Let us never cease loving and learning,
And use life for its noblest Of ends,
Then when dust to its dust is returning
We shall live in the hearts of our friends.


-Lpndon Fun
Year: 1876

AN English butter-maker of large ex-
perience, who is now on visit to this
country for the purpose of looking over
our cheese and butter dairies, gives us
the information concerning q method in
practice among the best butter-makers
in England for rendering butter firm
and solid during hot weather. Carbon
ate of soda and alum are used for the
purpose, made into powder. For twenty
pounds of butter one teaspoonful of car
Donate of soda and one teaspoonful of
powdered alum are mingled together at
the time of churning, and put into thu
cream. The effect of this powder is to
make the butter come firm and solid g,
and to give it a clean sweet favor. 1t
does not enter into the butter, but its
action is upon the cream, and it passes
off with the buttermilk. The ingredi-
ents of the powder should not be min
gled together until required to be used,
or at the time the cream is in the churn
ready for churning.
Year: 1876

In using a grindstone don't waste the
stone by running it in water, nor allow
ing it to stand in water when not in
use, as this will cause soft place. Wet
the stone by dropping water on it from
a pot suspended above the stone, and
stop off the water when not in use.
Don't allow the stone to get out of or
der, but keep it perfectly round by the
use Of piece of gas pipe or hacker, or
use pair Of double-hung stones, which
keep each other in order. Clean off all
greasy tools before sharpening, as grease
or oil destroys the grit. Observe: When
you get stone that suits your purpose,
send a sample Of the grit to the dealer
to select by; half an ounce sample is
enough, and can be sent in letter by
mail.
Year: 1876

1t Glanced one gloomy day in the
month os December, that good hu-
mored lrishman applied to merchant
to discount a bill Of exchange for him
at a rather long though not unusual
date and he merchant having casu-
ally remarked the bill had a great
many ways to run.


That's true replied the 1rishman !;
but then, my honey YOU don't con-
slider how short the days are at this
time Of the wear.
Year: 1876

As gentleman stepped into New
York drug store and. called for glass
Of sodawater, the boy at the fonn-
taia jokingly asked, will you have
a fly in it p Eyes, sir, said the
man promptly. The boy scooped one
off the wall, and dropping it in the
syrup, drew on the water, aud sat it
down for the purpose of continuing
the Joke, but before he could with
draw it the stranger seized the glass
and swallowed the beverage, fly and
all, and remarked, as he wiped his
mouth, "l'd swallowed that if it had
been an elephant, rathern have a boy
with no hair on his lip git tn best Of
me "
Year: 1876

A curious will case has recently been
decided in Washington. A testator
gave and bequeathed to his daughA
ter his dwelling house, "she
paying for two masses every month
for the rcpose of my soul as long as
she lives" Doubt was expressed as
to whether it was life estate or al
estate in fee simple which was vested
in the daughter, but the court decided
that the words of the will conveyed
an estate in fee simple.
Year: 1876

BARN AND SIX HORSES BURNED.


Quite an extensive fire occurred on the
farm Of Stephen Morris, near the head Of
sasafras, in Kent county, Maryland, on last
Thursday night.


The fire broke out in the rear of his barn
and totally consumed it and its contents,
among which there was two hundred and
fifty bushels Of corn. The most serious
part Of the fire was the burning of six head
Of fine horses, which were stabbed in the
barn. The total loss will aggregate nearly
IS 900, and there is not particle of insur-
ance.


The cause of the fire is not known, but 1t
was probably neglect and carelessness upon
the part Of some Of the hands who were
smoking about the building.
Year: 1876

Men tell US there is no remedy-tbey
have the right to traffic 10 intoxicating
liquors but we temperance women say
there is a rcmedy--tbank God. We
must prepare for the battle. We must
take the swerd Of prayer aud stand face
to face with our encmy. God will surely
give US the victory, and in moving upon
our common foe, we shall we'll know
cur advantage and understand the right
use Of our weapons. Mas. S. BRooKs.
Year: 1876

John Morris, young man about
twenty.eight years of age, living near
Langley, Georgia, went to a masquerade
one night recently. He had always been
noted for laughing immoderately at any
funny incident. Some ludicrous feature
of the masquerade caused him to set
up fit Of laughter, when suddenly he
stopped and fell to the ground. He
was picked up and physician sent for,
but he pronounced the case hopeless,
as Mr.. Morris had ruptured a blood
vessel. The unfortunate man fingered
until Sunday morning last, when he died.
He leaves a wife and two children to
mourn his death.
Year: 1876

"Cussed, if the darned thing aims a
going' was the surprised remark of a
Sightseeing Granger who caressed the
teeth of a circular saw in planning mill :
and now should you PROFOUND to him that
first problem for young arithmeticians,
"How many fingers have you on your
right hand ?" he would bite that lonely
thumb, and sadly reply, Mary, stranger y
Year: 1876

This is the kind of weather that makes
the dashing young man wish that Instead
of spending dollar and half for that
massive diamond pin last summer he
had judiciously invested it 10 pair Of
winter drawers.
Year: 1876

cious sake" cried Kent in a hurried
manner.


Chancellor of the State of New York,
hey? What the devil is the chancellor
of the State of New York doing in my
house at this time of night in his shirt?
Darn pretty way to get out of a scrape-
lay it to the chancellor of the State, hey?
If he should ca:ci you in the house like
have caught you, he'd chancel you. ]
say you are Sam Flickner and I'll kick
hell out of you" said the man advancing
towards Kent with fist that looked like
sledge hammer. At this critical mo-
ment his wife stuck her head down the
hatchway exclaiming, 'hoid ON JIM
I'm up here all right. They have lost
their way; guess they are good folks,
and I've given 'em our bed; eat your
supper and come up here to bed; don't
make such a bear of yourself. If l
hadn't been sound asleep when you
came this fuss wouldn't have happened"
This address brought matters to a proper
understanding. The man apologized
tor his hastiness. Said he didn't believe
his wife was that kind of woman, al
though at first things looked awful
against her; besides that, he knew Sam
Flickner was a cuss


The Chancellor went to bed. The
man sat down and ate his supper, and
when it was finished. returned to his
bed up stairs, and soon all the inmates
of the house were wrapped in slumber.
The next morning the hostess prepared
her guests comfortable breakfast. Her
man repeated his apologies of the last
night, gave them careful directions re-
garding their road, and with many good
wishes bid them adieu.
Year: 1876

and she was crowded Off the plank and
fell into the river. There were about
live hundred people on the wharf at the
time. and they were all staring at the
poor girl struggling in the wster, not one
of them daring to go TO hsr rescue.
Was in the house when some one came
to give the alarm, and when l got out
there / could just see her dress, as she
was going out of sight, four or five feet
below the surface. jumped in and
caught her, and when got out on the
top of the wharf with her, the people
gave NE three cheers. March 8, 1873, /
saved a young lady called Miss Louise
Mckenzie. This was the closest call /
ever had formy life was in the water
about seventeen minutes, and the river
being full of floating ice at the time.
was nearer dead than alive when got
out. Four men carried me into the
house, and they rubbed me with hot
whisky for over four hours before circu-
lation was restored to its normal eondi-
ton. This severe exposure made me
sick, and it was over three months before
the right feeling was in my hands.


You will remember this incident, for
you came to me when | was unweIl. |
regret very much at this time l lost the
beautiful medal presented me by the
citizens, and | think you were one of
the gentlemen connected with its pre-
sentation. have been informed that
would receive medal from the British
Parliament, but it mas not come.
don't ask any


l saved "a poor unfortunate individ-
ual' last winter, when / took a severe
cold, and as was lying in bed reading
the proceedings of Congress, l saw
something about an appropriation for
medals to persons for saving life on the
seashore, and thought then that some
gentleman would be very likely TO re-
member also those who saved life on the
northern lakes and rivers There are
many other cases which don't mention,
as | have not got their names. You
must know yourself of great many, as
your place of business and warehouse
are near by, and | recollect seeing you
several times when rescuing people from
a-watery grave


Wishing you and your family good
heath, | remain, very truly yours,


JOHN HoRN, JR
Year: 1876

PBAYER.-hrayer requires more of
of words, of faith than of discourse
The eloquence of prayer consists in the
feryency of the desire. in the simplicity
of faith, and in the earnestness and per
severance of charity. The abundance
and choice of fine thoughts, studied and
vehement motions, and the order and
noliteness OF the expression are things
which compose mere human harangue,
not an humble and Christian prayer.
Oui trust and confidence ought to pro-
ceed from that which God is able to do
in us, not from that which We can say
to God