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Year: 1876

A friend who has great liking for
good horse, once said to me that he had
been seeking for perfect horse for forty
years, but without success. During this
time he has been the owner of many
horses, and some of them good ones;
but not one of them all was faultless.
This one had some physical defect; that
one was vicious; another was sl<ittish;
another was lacking in speed; and so on
to the end of the chapter. Not one Of
them all came up to his standard ofhorse
perfection.


And so it is with respect to the human
kind. There is no one of all the race Of
man faultless. With the single exception
of the Lord Jesus Christ, who was born
without sin, no one of all the human


family has developed aperfect character.


"If we say that we have no sin, we de-
ceiye ourselves, and the truth is not in
US"


There may be persons distinguished
for their various excellencies. There
may be those possessing much amiabil-
ity. There may be those whom, like the
young ruler, the Saviour loved; yet, like
him, they are all lacking in some one or
more essential. So do they appear in


the sight of God, who searches the heart,
and so do they appear in the view of all
who are intimately acquainted ~
them There is something about every
person that detracts from his excellence,
something that needs elimination. There
is something in him that needs to be
pruned away, before he can be prepared
for the faultless society of the heavenly
world.


And this is what God is doing with re-
spect to all those whom he is preparing
for that world. By one means and an
other, by all his discipline of them here,
he is refining them. and fitting them for
'-A.@s DAN7e eNOtCj "lAtIc I'LL silstll De per-
'ect even as he is perfect. He is thus
them meet to be partakers of
he inheritance of the saints in light.
The process in some instances NAV be
painful 1t may be hard for poor human
nature to bear. But let us be patient
md submissive. The work will soon he
complete, and the result glorious. When
ne shall have tried us, we shall come
'orth from the furnace as gold. There
Will be no dross remaining in us, there
Will be no adhering imperfection. We
'hall be without blemish and without
'pot- OF the saints in heaven it is said:
There are they that have come out of
great tribulations, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood
Of the Lamb" HIS.
Year: 1876

Spiders, in many respects, are just
like other animals, and can be tanned
and petted, and taught a great many
lessons, and which they will learn as
readily as dog or cat. But you must
take the trouble to study their ways,
and get on the good side of them. One
day had been reading in book how
spiders managed to get their webs
across streams and roads and from the
top of one tall tree to another. went
out and caught large garden-spider,
one of those blne-gray, sprawling fel-
lows, and fixed him up for my expert
mens. l took a stick about eighteen
inches in length, and fastened a piece
of iron to one end of it, SO that the
stick would stand upon that end of it.
self. Then put this in the center of
a large tub half full of water, and
placed the spider on the top of the
stick. / wanted to see if it could get to
the land" which was the edge of the
tub, without any help He ran down
first one side of the stick and then the
other; each time he would stop when
he touched the water, and, shaking his
foot as the cat does, he would run up
again. At last he came to the coDclu-
sion hat he was entirely surrounded
by water-on an island, in fact. After
remaining perfectly quiet for long
while, during which, / have no doubt,
he was arranging his plans, he began
running around the top of the stick, and
throwing out great coils of web with his
hind feet. In few minutes little fine
strings of web were floating away in the
light breeze that was blowing. After a
little, one of these threads touched the
edge of the tub and stuck fast, as all spi


der-webs will do. This was Just what
Mr.. Spider was looking for, and the
next minute he took hold of his web
and gave it jerk, as a sailor does
when he wishes to see how strong it is
or make it fast. Having satisfied him
self that it was fast at the other end,
he gathered it in till it was tight and
straight, and then ran on it to the shore
"a rescued castaway. - Christian
NeIos.
Year: 1876

In the pocket-book of the Hon Steph-
en- Allen, who was drowned from on
board the Henry Clay, was found print
ed slip, apparently cut from a newspaper,
Of which the following is copy. 1t is
worthy to be placed in every newspaper
and engrayen on the heart Of every
young man:


Keep good company, or none. New
er be idle. If your hands can't be use
fully employed, attend to the cultivation
of your mind. Always speak the truth.
Make few promises. Live up to your
engagements. Keep your own secrets
if you have any. When you speak to a
person look him in the face. Good COM
pany and good conversation are the
very sinews Of virtue. Good character
is above all things else Your character
cannot be essentially injured except BY
your own acts. Ifany one speaks evil
OF you, let your life be so none will be-
heve him. Drink no intoxicating L.
quors. Every live misfortune excepted
within your income. When YOU retire
to bed, think over what you have been
doing during the day. Make no haste to
be rich, if you would prosper. Small
and steady gains give competency with
a tranquil mind. Never pIay at any
game Of chance. Avoid temptation.
through fear you may not withstand it.
Earn money before you spendit. Never
run into debt unless you see a way to
get out again. Never borrow fyou can
possibly avoid it. Do not put off until to
morrow that which should be done to-
day. Do not marry until you are able to
support wife. Never speak evil of any
one. Be just before you are generous.
Keep yourselfinnocent if you would be
happy. Save when you are young. to
spend when you are old. Read over the
above maxims at least one a week.
Year: 1876




In teaching We should recogniz" and
act upon both the resemblerces and
differences among different minds.
They will resemble each other in de
sire for knowledge. different in degree,
| to be sure, still found, to some extent,
in all. Then prepare to feed and stim


rlate that desire, by giving TO each tile
proper mental aliment. To a certain
extent that aliment may be the same
for all, but beyond that the quantity


and quality both shonld differ for III


dividual pupils. The severe grading
and classification, now so generally
practiced in our schools, tends greatly
to this process, and can only be avoid
ed by q careful study of tie peculiar
wants and powers of each pupil, the
assignments of lessons and the hearing
of recitations TO have special regard to
those varied wants and powers.


The process wholly ignores the nat
ural differences which exist i'll any body


of pupils brought together from ditier
ent families, different grades of society


and perhaps different nationalities


They must all be mentally and morally


recast into one mould, stuffed out to


fill it, or compressed Oh all sides to it'


compass. If an active, wide wake


pupil would grow, he must be checked
till the dull ones come even with him


If one has bent for a peculiar kind o.


study or mental exercise, it must moi


be INDUCED, but brought to the pat
tern of the mould. The pattern il
found in the teachers mind, and may


be a very good one-for him and pos


sibly for few others, but it will NJ


more be adapted for whole school, ol


any class of il, than the coat or the boot


worn by the teacher for the same pu


pills. The Creator never intended tC


make his creatures alike, neither car


they ever be made so by their teach
ers.
Year: 1876

master and philosopher. He went
deeper, and said s.e supreme word
about play when he called it the first
work of childhood 1t is the child's
chief business. Use play to serve the
ends of education you may, but to do
away with it is the unpardonable sin
of the prevalent method OF teaching.
e FggleStone.
Year: 1876

MANY teacher who has gladly ex.
changed the drudgery of the school
room for the fancied felicities of Other
departments of productive labor, who
has learned experimentally that the
roses of mercantile and financial life
are not wholly destitute of concealed
thorns, has subsequently, joyfully re
turned TO his early chosen vocation,
fully convinced that its duties are not
exceptionally laborous and drudging.
The earnest teacher, like every Other
earnest worker. fears not drudgery an6
seeks not to escape from that which i:
essential to the production Of the best
results. Let the conviction once be
established that through drudgery
alone has the most perfect conception:
of excellence become substantial reali
ties and the repulsive ideas which
spring into mind at sight or sound -ot
that word will quickly disappear.
Year: 1876

DARBER SHOP IS THE PLACE WHERE
II Won can get the best of work done IN the
peatest possible style. Ladies' and Children
Hair Cutting nd 5hampooing speciality
Shop Opposite Old White Corner TWO Chairs
see him and get q Good Job. Ladies desiring
work done, by leaving word at the shop he
will call at their residence. ~
Year: 1876

low could scarcely creep along
The mother and the two nurse:
drove in carriage behind him, tC
pick him up if he should grow toe
tired.


"The next morning the boy was
very tired, but the third and fourth
morning he could not help listen
ing to the cuckoo, and thinking
the very air sweet and balmy; and
the fifth day he even relished
the bread and milk in which the
powder was mixed.


Thus for six weeks he walked,
and went to school every day; his
cheeks grew rosy and his eyes
bright, and he no longer pushed
his bread and milk away, and he
slept soundly all through the night.
His mother was going to take him
home but the physician said:


"The serpents may he killed, but
they may have left young ones.
Unless you give him bread and milk
for breakfast, and send him to
school, and give him on sweetmeats,
they will grow within him and kill
him"


The mother gave the physician a
large fee, and took her little boy
home, but when he was grown up
and become tall strong man, he
called on the physician to thank
him for his prescription, for he had
learned the names of the two
poieonous serpents; they were
Laziness and Greediness
Year: 1876

There was once q little boy who
had everything his heart could
desire /; large house, beautiful
garden, a pony and a dog, and
many playthings. He had an in
dulgent mother and two nurses,
and they all tried to please him.
If he asked for sweetmeats they
were given him if he asked for
coffee and cake for breakfast, in
s.ead of bread and milk, he had
them. In winter he did not walk
out when it was too cold, nor in
summer when it was too hot and
yet in the evening he was rs tired
as if he had broken stones all day.


When he was twelve years old,
bis mother grew alarmed, for every
day he seemed to have a new form
of illness. She took him to the
cleverist doctor, but the. medicines
were of no use, for he threw them
into the corner, as he had his les
son-books aud his slate.


At length his mother took him
to a very clever physician in a
neighboring town. The physician
quickly found out what allied the
little boy, and he promised to send
prescription that would cure him.
The next morning this letter came !:


"DEAR SIR.-You have two poi
sonous serpents within you, that
are consuming your vital powers
daily and hourly. | cannot cure
you unless you come and live an
hours distance from my house.
Every morning before breakfast
you must walk to my house, and
then l will give you powder,
which with lotion in the after
noon, will kill the serpents. But
the powder will be of no avail un-
less you go to school two hours af-
ter it. Ii you do not take my med
icines you will not hear the birds
sing next spring.


The mother. of the little boy and
the nurses were very angry, but
the physician said that If they
would not follow the prescription
they might 60 to another doctor.


Then the doctor took the sick
little boy to his lodgings, an hours
distance from the physicians resi-
dence.


The first morning the little fell
Year: 1876

The other evening when a resi-
dent of Beach street was eating his
supper, his eight year old son slid
around and whispered:


"Father, you may have my sled"


"Why, my son, what do you
want to give me your sled for ?"


"Ma says you are trying TO be
good" replied the boy, "and l
want to do all l can to help you"
Year: 1876

This from Boston She came
out of Music Hall last Sunday, her
intellectual countenanco beaming
with unusual excitement, and, as
she took the proffered arm of her
escort, we heard her exclaim, in an
ecstatic tone "Oh, Henry, wasn't
that the boss prayer q
Year: 1876

Silence Is often confession. The Republican
papers throughout the country hav" IndorSed
Tur TRIBUNE, exposure and dcnunclnii0n OF
the immense fraudulent registration gong on
in tins city and Broo.llyn. The Democratic
papers make no defense of such infamous
practi,rS, for there is none; they do not even
attcmpt to explain the palpablc cheat. but
confess by silence their recognition of the
.ruth of The charges which have been made by
The TRIBUNE.


There is 10 contraycuing the simple Facts
which have been presented, and when are
continued this morning. The TrmrHE has
published the evidence, wherever collected,
without regard to what party was guilty OF
the wrong or whom the truth might injure.
It has simply pointed out that great frauds
were contemplated and i'll PREPARATION. The
one party has approved the exposure; the Re
pubIicanS have united in the denunclatlon OF
the wrong. \ guilty conscience seems to have
kept the Democratic party silent.


More than five thousand of thc registered
rcpcatcrs have been already detected and
warrants for their arrest wherever found will
shortly be issued. As far as these are con
rrrnrd the system of the Government Super
ylsors will suffice to defeat their conspiracy
il will be next to impossible for the rcpcaters
To- poll their votes. We believe that the oX-
posurc, made will deter many others from at
tempting to register to-day and tomorrow; and
in the end we trust the activity OF the super
yisors will completely Illustrate the Infamous
plot to steal the vote of the State 10y a fraud
ulcnt majority in this county. To accomplish
this end it is necessary, however, that every
citizen who has regard for the sanctity of the
ballot should give his information and tender
bis assistance to the officers of the Govern
mcnt. Individuals by scrutnizing the regis
t,ation lists can greatly facilitate the work of
detection of fraululcntly registered rcpeaters.
Year: 1876

salvation, but it is probable that all these
things will come in the usual course and
furnish matter of interest to some readers lt
would be better for the public if such matters
could be kept between the priest, the MUIR
dcrcr, and God.


One of the remarkable features about this
case is the illustration it affords of the slight
value of circumstantial evidence when unsup-
ported. A large proportion of those who have
read the previous testimony in this case, as
well as many of the officials concerned in ex-
amining it, thought that the beggar-woman
whom Maggie accompanied to the woods
committed the murder Many minor clrcum-
stances favored this view, and so firmly was 1t
adopted by the neighborng villagers that pre-
caution had to be taken to prevent them from
lynchirg the woman. The result renews the
lesson of care in such Investigations. 1t offers
some antdote to the public impatience for
swift punishment in murder cases. and affords
some consolation for the laws delay. 1t also
throws fresh doubt on the superiority of that
circumstantial evidence which Prof Huxley
regards as better than oral testimony.
Year: 1876

poses. whether narrow and partisan or
unselfsh and patriotic, are of little mo-
ment as compared with the character, the
policy, and the purposes of the party behind
him. For il is not he, but the party that
comes into power He cannot he independent
of the organization. He never has been. lie
cannot be, even if he would, and we have no
evidence that he desires or expects to be. He
must obey its will, carry out its policy be not
its leader but its instrument. And that
he will do this and be this with
ont struggle or protest against it, there Is,
unhappily, nothing in his record leaving us excuse
TO doubt. 1t is not Mr.. Tidcn's personality
but the Democratic party, with its record, its
character, its purposes, its unforgettingness
and its unforgiyingness, that looms up black
and threatening before the country. Let no
citizen cast Il vote in this election without
having first fully considered its meaning and
import, not merely with reference to the claims
and characters of candidates, but in its effect
upon the government of the country and the
welfare of the people.
Year: 1876

To-day and tomorrow are the only days re-
naming on which voters in this city who have
not already registered can do so. The books are
open from a. m. to 9 p. III. each day, and the
number and arrangement of the places OF reg
istration are such that every voter can register
without loss of time. The advertising columns
of TIE TRIBUNE this morning will show You
at a glance where you must register and vote.
If tomorrow night the lists close on any citizen
who has not avalled himself of the citizens
right the fault will be his own, though the
misfortune may be that of his city or his
State, or even his country, for every vote
counts There can be no excuse for neglect
where all the facilities are so ample.


Register, therefore, that You may do your
part as a citizen and as an American. Regis
ter, that the vote may be as full as the all
important issue demands, and that the verdict
may be the verdict of the people. Register
your honest vote against the frauds already
inscribed upon the books, that your vote may
at least balance the vote of one repcater
Register, that as many honest votes nay be
cast as the honest men can assure. Register,
and register now
Year: 1876




By the confession of the murderer of little
Magic Bauer. all the details of the horrible
tragedy are now brought to light. Very natu-
ral indeed, was the fierce Indignation of the
hystandcis when the facts of the crime were
rchearscd. 1t is not at all astonishing that they
were with difficulty withheld from lynching the
criminal but it is exceedingly fortunate that
they were prevented Otherwise there would
have been two murders instead of one, and
probably much greater difficulty in securing Il
verdict against the new criminal. There will
he scant sympathy for the wretch who gave
the rein to his vile Instincts there would
be an abundance for the bystaudcr who
failed to curb Il righteous Indignation.
The advocates Of the death penalty and
it, opponents, though differing as to methods,
will agree rs to the main point i'll the case OF
murderers like McCOn0chie. Such as he must
be forever secluded from intercourse with
their fellow-men. They are brutcs at heart,
and furnish one of the arguments to
evolutionists that all men are descended
from beasts, since some OF them
thus display their ancestry. We shall
not wish to hear the tale of McConochies rs
penitence in prison and his hopes Of future
Year: 1876

HOW TO STOP BANK DEF1LCAIIONS.


1t is unfortunate for the managers Of the
Park Bank that they have not told the simple
truth about the late defalcation. AT first they
represented tito be $4,000. Then they ad-
mitted that it was $4,000, but insisted that
that WAS all Now they are forced to admit
that at the outset they had also discovered dis
crepancies in the defaulting clerks old ac-
counts as note teller. Apparently they are not
yet nearly at the bottom of the matter, and
depositOrs and stockholders are still anxiOusly
inquiring to what extent the system of man
agemcnt permits deprcdations OF this kind.


A practical philOsOpher-was 1t not Punch ?
once suggested an effectual means of prevent
ing railroad collisions. 1t was simply to carry,
strapped firmly to seat in front of every To-
comotivc, n director of the company. When
the officers of an institution are the first vic
tins of any disaster which their management
entails, that management is likely to result in
fewer disasters. Perhaps it would be going
pretty far to insist that a bank president
should lose his head for tho dcfalcation of
clerk whom he appointed or promoted, and
over whose work no ngid supervision has been
exercised but it is in that direction that the
public must look for greater safety i'll such
matters
Year: 1876

This year the Thanksgiving proclamation
of the President has special meaning.
He reminds the country i'll fitting language
that it must render thanks for the blessings
not only of year but of century OF exist
ence as free and Independent nation.
Year: 1876

For the Eastern and Middle States
slowly falling barometer, stationary to
rising temperature and clear or fair
weather with southerly TO westerly
winds in former and easterly to south
erly in latter.
Year: 1876

INExcUsABLE BLUNDERs.- the i'm
portance of the late lection the watchfulness and
trickery of the opposition, and the necessity for
avoiding errors, the Republican party has shown
great lack of wisdom. Not less than three
Electors have been chosen on Republican tickets
who were Postmasters at the time, rendering
them ineligible under the law, aud several others
were ineligible from other causes. As it happens,
there are provisions in the laws of those States
for remedying such defects, and nothing serious
will result from it but the errors would have
been committed all the same, had there been no
remedy. 1t would not require much trouble to
make sure of the eligibility of SO small a number
of men as each State needs for Presidential Elec-
tors, especially when one vote may turn the
scale. And there ought to be sufficient num-
Der of capable Republicans in every State with
out taking Postmasters or other Federal Office
holders. 1t is but repetition of what has been
the rule in this and all other States-letting a
select few monopolize all the positions of honor
and profit. They must have their ambition fed,
even if il does eopardize the of the party.
Year: 1876

q oh, yes, the Hiawatha Herald is a consist
ent paper! In its last issue, it gives its usual
kick at us for supporting a competent Democrat
against an incompetent Republican, who obtain
ed his nomination by trickery; and in the same
issue, it highly commends the Maryville Ne,rs, in
its determination never again to support unwor-
thy Republicans, who have obtained n party
nomination by trickery. If we would only allow
the Herald to judge for us as well as for itself
what Republican candidates are worthy or I'M
worthy all would be lovely
Year: 1876

r On the night of the 9TH inst, an attempt
was made to steal the remains of Abraham Lin
coin from the tomb at Springfield. The attempt
was frustrated, and it is now reported that the
Vandals have been caught. Tine object is said
to have been to obtain the large reward which
would have undoubtedly been offered for the
recovery of the remains. As that was the night
on which Tilden was reported elected President,
being a rebel triumph over the cause headed by
Lincoln, and the date of the downfall of the re-
suits OF the war, possibly it was determined to
destroy all that remained of Lincoln as we'll
Year: 1876

T A large majority of the Kansas papers are
adopting the patent outside system. They are
preparing for hard times. The patent sides are
well printed, and contain good reading; bat
there is a distressing saneness about them. when
one receives twenty or thirty exchanges a week,
all alike.