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Year: 1872

There is an old superstition that
| praise Is too good a thing TO be Civ


en- 10 children; that it is too rich for
| their mental and moral Digestion
| Some parents are 50 afraid that a
child Will grow proud that they
never praise him, and this course is


often disastrous. 1t is apt TO pro-
duce either too much self-assertion
for sclf-assertiOu Is a legitimate
| oUtgroWth of the Withholding of
| commentator to which one is cnti-
| tied-Or to cngcndCr = 5Clf-distrust


or melancholy hopcIcssness of dis
position.


Praise is sunshine to a child, and
| there is no child that does not need


IL. 1t is the high reward of ones
lstrugglc tO-dO right. ThOs. Hughes


5aVs that you can never get a mans
best ont OF him without praise


You certainly can never get a chiId's
| best out of him, without praise


Many a sensitive child, we believe,
! dies of hunger for kind commcn-


dation. Many child starving for
| the praise that parent should give,
runs otfcagcrly after the designing
ilattCry of others.


To withhold praise where il is
due is dishonest, and in the case of
a child such course often leaves a
stinging sense of injustice. Mo-


tivcs of common justice as well as a
regard for the future of the child
should influence the parent to give
generous praise for all that deserves
it. OF course there is a difference


in the constitution of children


Some can not bear so much praise


rs others, and sOne.need a great


deal.


1t should never be indiscriminate.


We remember n wonderful woman


who taught school in one village


until she had educated a part Of


three generations. She was one Of


the most successful of teachers


But her success lay in her gift of
praising with discrimination. a


bad boy who was a good scholar
got praise of his brilliancy and
switched between her admOnitiOns
for his bad behavior, and so was


won to better life, and we recall a
good girl who had no gift of learn
ing rapidly, but who was saved from


utter despair by the praise she got


for her untiring industry. Into the
discouraged hearts of the children
the praises of the teacher came like
sunlight. And the virtues like 9th
or good fruits, can only ripcn in the
suRshine.-HeGrth and Home.
Year: 1872

There are two classes of news in
newspaper that should be eX-
actly correct in every particular
These are marriages and deaths. A
good many hundred OF each occur
every year in this county. Some
times we print them and often we
don't, and just as sure as We don't,
we get a blowing up-or some one
of the family looks cross at us-and,
we heave heard that we were talked
about Grossly. And yet itneyer oc-
ours to the offended parties that the
whole fault is chargeable to them,
and not 10 us. We can't be present
to know the exact names of all the
people who die-Or got married-or
what parson or squire married them,
or who said prayer over their
graves. Some one of the family or
friends ought to send or give it to
us exactly correct in every respect,
and we will print all such matter
willingly and without charge to
them and at our cost. We think
this is fair, and it is the only just
rule to have about such a matter. 1t
should be remembered that the
event of 4 wedding or death, how
ever important and well known in
each family is not always known to
every one else and then often incor-
rect in point of names and tines
Galatin Examiner.
Year: 1872

FRAID HE WAS a GIRL jim
Guppins was a very clever, nice
good disposition, thick-headcd sort
Of fellow, and was the butt of the
girls in his neighborhood. The
most brilliant thing he ever said
was when some of the fair tcasers
questioned him one day in regard
TO his power Of memory:


GLOW far back in your lifetime
can you remember, Jim?"


"Oh, l can remember the day !
was born, was his reply.


The day you were bOrnp cxclaim-
ed one of the young ladies of the
party.


Why, Jim, what can you remen-
Der of that dayP


ooh, l remember very distinctly
that on the day / was born | set
on a little stool in the corner of the
fireplace and cried, for fear l was a
girl.i
Year: 1872

That beauty j. not, is fond men misdecui,
An outward show Of things, that only


seem;


But that fair lamp, from whose celestial


ray


That light proceeds which kindleth loves


fire,


Shall never be distinguished nor decay,
But when the vital spirits do expire,
Unto her native planet shall retire,
For it is heavenly born and cannot die,
Being a parcel Of the purost sky.
Year: 1872

1t is not ignoble to feel that the
fuller life which a sad experience
has brought us is worth our own
personal share Of pain; surely it is
not possible to feel otherwise, any
more than it would be possible for
a man with cat aTact to forget the
painful process by which his dim
blurred sight of men as trees walk
ing had been exchanged for clear
outline and efiulgent day. The
growth Of higher feeling within US
is like the growth of faculty, bring
ing with ii a sense ofadded strength;
we can no more wish to return To a
narrower sympathy than painter
or musician can wish to return to
his cruder manner, or a philosopher
TO his less complete formula IGeO.
Eliot.
Year: 1872

THE People are the true leaders
Those who gain credit for directing
public sentiment are able TO give
their reasons for doing it, The peo-
pie, considered as unit, solve .
problem of the public interest at
clean Jump. The statesman, lag
ging in the rear, picks up the pro-
cess by which the conclusion was
reached and explains il to those
whose minds are already made up.
Ho gets a reputation for foresight,
while all that ho possesses is after
thought.
Year: 1872

Tus BIccE>T BEEHIVE Is ruE World
The following is from the san Francisco
Commercial HeraId


in Los angeles County, on the eastern
slope of the SAN Fernando range of noun
tains. and IN the immediate vicinity of the
Leaning Petroleum Company oil region,
there is the most wonderful collection of
wild honey in existence The hive is located
in rift. which penenteS the rock to the
depth of probably 100 feet. The oritce Is
thirty feet hong and seventeen feet wide
f,ar passages This rift was discovered to
be- the abiding place Of swarm of bees,
that /, represented as coming out IN nearly
solid column one foot in diameter. Certain
uartie- have endeayored 20 descend 10 the
immense store Of honey collected by these
lees. bat were Invariably driven lack. and
one man lost his life in the effort Others
have. at the expense of mach labor and
money, built a ~cahold l2j feet high, in the
hope of reaching place whence they could
run drift into the rock, and extract It's
well-hoaried sweets, bat finally ceased their
work Within four wears the bees have
added not less than fifteen feet of depth To
Iheir treasure. a- aScertaiued by actual
measurement, and it is Thought that at the
present time there cannot he less than eight
IT ten tons of honey ia the rock \ man
named b Brohpy lives in a cabin not far
from the spot, and obtained from the melting
of the honey Boy the suns heat more than
enough for his family requirements. All
through that region immense stores of wild
honey are found in uee-. in the rocks. in
nearly every place where its industrious
manufacturers think-for bees seem to think
that it will be secure. They consume a
very small proportion, as the climate en-
ables them to keep up operations nearly
every day in the year, and flowers of some
sort are always in bloom. 1t must be a very
severe season indeed when the little fellows
are not seen abroad in vast numbers, buSily
engaged in their melliAuous work
Year: 1872

heart, her last words were = Dear don for
get to come early on Wednesday; or come
any evening you can. You're always well
come You know I'm never happy when
you re away" Flattered at this, of course
he took the earliest opportunity to visit her
1t was on Tuesday evening He wasn't
quite 50 vain when he found her sitting on
another fellow knee lie has become mis-
anthrope, and is now learning to play on
the accordion. He is sad case, but not
near 50 bad as bad as that of the people liy-
ing in the vicinity ot his accordenn.
Year: 1872

woods opinion.


Ihe decision Of the question how ladies
shall SIT on the horse rests, of course, with
themselves. The arguments in the matter.
what physicians, Psychologists, and practical
horsemen assert regarding the superior
healthiulneSS, ease and safety of the natural
mode, all this is beyond cavil There is now
lacking only the actual experience OF horse
women to convince their doubling sisters
with, of course, proper Inauguration Of
the fashion for the throng of hshionahle~
correspondent tells Us that it Is common
sight to see ladies riding a,tride in the larger
towns of Wisconsin and from still further
toward the setting sun there come, note of
example from one whose word will certainly
command the respectful attention Of every
lady IN the land. No one will suspect Grace
Greenwood Of weakne~~ for assuming man
niSh ways. or of sacrificing taste and deiicacv
for mere vulgar notoriety In her Journey
ing lately in the Yosemite Valley. She with
three other ladies. rode all the way from
South Mercei and back ON horseback. and
cavalier fashion. Siie-,addles We're not to
be had, and how the ladies accepted the Situ=
ton, and even liked il. the authore-- thus
writes


90 lth tear for the modest traditions If
our sex, and shudder at the thought of the
tg-res We should present, We four brhe
women accepted the situation, and. for the
nonce. rode A. a woman used to ride in the
happy, heroic days, before Satan. for her en-
tanglement and en~avemeut, ,inyeated trained
skirts, cor~etS and side saddles. We were
fortunately provided with strong mountain
suits Of dark hamel and waterproof. which
fitted us for this emergency. and for any
rough climbing We had % fancy for, and
there was not little. Well, after "a trial of
some fifteen miles the first day and twenty
six the second, we all came to the couciu-
sion that this style Of riding is the safest,
easiest, and, therefore. the most sensible for
long mountain expeditions. and for steep,
rough and narrow trails Il nature intend
ed women to ride horseback at all She doubt
less intended it should be after this fashion
otherwise we should have been 20 sort of land
variety Of the mermaid
Year: 1872

HAVE Nor TIE lloRsE Disease Setting
all Jokes aside, it Is plain that consider
able number of persons are suffering from
malady akin to. if not the identical horse
disease In the first symptoms they weaken
physically-don't feel their oats a, they did.
Then they get the catarrhal fever, the dry
cough. the sore throat, the running AT the
n0Se-iu short the epizoot. friend OF
ours after describing his symptom, declared
e. ne had it, =" but another friend remarked
he must be mistaken, a the disease seldom
attacks iackasses. Admitting in spite of
this argument that many individuals are at
present suffering from the diStemper, the
question Is what Is to be done. In the first
place. the animal, beg pardon. the man.
should be worked a. little a. possible
- Feed him with bran ma>he~. next say
the iarriers, but some of the human
patients are inclined to substitute brandy
emashes They have read the adyice-ad- p
minister stimulants when the vital force gets
low--and adopt the treatment with a
vengeance The veterinary gentlemen also
declare that the animal must be kept warm,
blanket him when in the air. We suppose
this i the reason why some men appear
mufled Lp as they do in the streets. In
that case only are they eXcuSable in the
practice for a man that will wear a shawl
ought to put on petticoats as well-unleSS,
indeed. he has the horse disease You can
tell the victim at first sight, his tail Is down.
We mean there i, no life in his gait, that Is
in his pace-we have read 50 much of the
zootic that really we can't shake off its Ian
guage. Such n mana man with the horse
disease-iS unfit even to be a reporter for a
newspaper. In other words-and this Is
what We have been endeayoring to say-this
local has the most alarming attack Of the
malady and feels that he ought not to work.
Duck shooting for fortnight would agree
with him-a trip South, anything, but this
"demnition demned horrid grind Roch-
ester Democrat.
Year: 1872

Several of the gentlemen named by the Ga
zttie, recently, az Greeley Republicans, deny
that they are for Greeley. II the truth were
known we doubt not it would appear that but a
small proportion Of them will vote the Greeley
and Brown ticket. They like Greeley well
enough, but they have the same dislike of the
democratic party that they always had When
they awake and see who they are sleeping with
,lvy will crawl out of bed
Year: 1872

The Gazette said, the next day after the North
Carolina election, that the faces Of the Demo-
Gratis and Liberals were tho pleasantest to be
met on tho street" To-day these same visages
look very wry and sour, and if the human face
may be regarded as an index of the feelings
within they are undergoing severe depression
nf Hnilils.
Year: 1872

Two prominent, representative Democrats Of
tins city have most emphatically declared that if
their party got into power in the person Of Hor-
ace Greeley and Congress in accord with their
views. the work of the Republican party in the
settlement of the questions growing out of the
war wonld be undono. So it would, but their
echemng for power will fail, and the Republi-
cans will continue to govern ihe country.g
Year: 1872

The Gdzettes rooster is very i'll. They have
been nursng it for several days, even setting up
with it at night, but the poor thing is likely to
die in spite of it all. All hope Of " reaction
has been abandoned.
Year: 1872

HYDRoPHoDIA.-Dr Nathan r. Smith,
OF Baltimore, says that he has In the course
of fifty years. practice treated many cases
of bites by rabd dogs, and always with


success if called upon within three days
after the bite. His method OF treatment is
to instantly wash the wound again and
again with soap and water, and apply to it
a cylindrical piece of caustic potash cut in
the shape of pencil point. This should
be held in the wound firmly for fifteen
minutes. Amer the application of the caus-
tic the wound should be poulticed with
bread and milk for two days, and then
dressed with a simple salve. A mere
scratch is more dangerous than a deep
wound, as in the latter case the flow of
blood is apt to carry out the poison with 1t.
Year: 1872

PR.fFEK.


DYr.P.c.
oh, my Fatheri


Take me


Make me
Pure and holy all thine own,
May each changing moment md me
Al thy footstool,
Near thy thronei
oh, my saviouri


Cleanse me,
Fill me
with thy precious love divine,
May no earthly idol lure me
From that sacred
Cross Of thine.
Holy Spirit


Woo mo
Draw me


By thy gentle cords Of love,
Guide me, guide me, safely lead me
To my heavenly
Home abovel
Year: 1872

FELLOW CITIZENS: We are here assembled
for the purpose OF ratiyng the nominations for the
offices OF President and Vce-Presdent Of the Usited
States which were first proposed at Cincinnati In May
last can honestly give my testimony TO the excellent
character Of these nominations well as those OF the
State candidates The point at issue In the present cam
ysss is not only the reformation OF the State not only
the reform and remodeling of the National Government
but also total reformation Of the feelings and chsrae
ter of the whole people. lAppausei have not come
here 10 make speech 10 you. Other and eminent
men than am Will do this. But, being here, conid
not refrain adding my mite to the testimony 70 %
Year: 1872

This meeting is held for the purpose OF
showing how earnestly the people are opposed to tho
manipuations OF the Grant Ring. Hthis meeting s an
indication OF what will be done at the polls In November
am satisfied that New York Is heartily opposed 10 the
present maadmnistraton. The question TO be decided
is whether we will have republic stand upon foun-
atou Of bayonets OF ballots. The speaker compared
the merits of the two candidates and said he felt sts
fed that the verdict would that the people over
whelmingly against Grant and corruption and IN favor
OF Greeley and honesty
Year: 1872

IN FdTt-fI W V19''" ''1"1'


This is O contest between those who wish to
continue corrupt rule and those who desire to institute
reform which will unite our great country The desire
which animases Mr. Greeley and rise to the Con-
venon which nominated him is that there may be that
complete reconciliation OF the whole people, which can
only be brought about by proper legislation in the South
The Democracy and the Liberal Republicans have amt
in this crusade against the earpet-baggers via
now keep alive in the South the old hates and animos
ties long since buried convinced that their united
erts will be successful aud that the result OF the
test In November will be the obliteraton OF all land
Year: 1872

IT is stated in Northern paper that wal
nut stumps have become an article OF
merchandise, and many Of them are very
valuable. The curly grain Of the roots is
used for yeEeering, and some stumps are
worth Ole hundred and fifty dollars after
being properly worked into shape. Ten
essee can furnish not only the stump, but
che tree of the finest curly grain.
Year: 1872

THE New York World states that Grant
is reported TO be mourning over the fact
that Congress did not extend the Ku Kiqx
act and give him the power to suspend the
habeas corpus in the Souta, so that be
could settle the North Carolina election by
arresting, under the charge of being mem
bers of the Ku-Kux organization, all who
opposed the Administration State ticket.
With that law he could have made its sue
cess q sure thing. -r..
Year: 1872

An experiment is about to be tried
i'll England, the result of which should
be carefully watched here. The IRON
clad Hotspur has been detailed to
discharge a number of 500 pound shot
against the revolving turrets of the
iron clad Grafton, in order to test the
real strength of the revolving turrets,
the advantages and disadvantages OF
the system, and other points which
only can he settled by actual expert
ment.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Thomas Fitzpatrick put his two
road mares to the pole early in the
spring. As both are good steppers
they promised to make a rapid team.
Both are high-strung, and each seems
to have good opinion of himself. The
two were courteously polite to each
other, but there was no strong display
Of affection. While gently driving in
Central Park one day, the sorrel mare
made an awkward step, and cut the bay
mare on the ankle. The accident, ap.
peared to stir up bad blood. Madden
ed with rage, the bay mare bit the sorrel,
and this act of hostility was quickly
resented. The mares now forgot
their politeness, and each struggled to
inflict as much injury upon tie other as
possible. On arriving at the stables
and being detached from the wagon,
instead of walking quietly to their
stalls, they turned upon each other
with great fury, and engaged in savage
fight. They were separated with some
difficulty. But now it is out of the
question to drive them together. When
they come within sight Of each other,
their eyes flash and nostrlls snort def
ance. If left to themselves they would
surely engage in conflict bitter and
remorseless in the extreme. Turf;
Field and Farm.
Year: 1872




JERRY EARLY, a timer en-
ployed at the Asylum, was ar.
rested on Saturday and lodged
in the county Jail, on the
charge of shooting with intent
to kill. The facts Of the case
as we learned them are these:
Jerry Early, Ben. Six and a
number Of others had been at
the Whisky Den of Frank
Mann and after indulging their
appetite, left 10 come to town
EARLY and Six walking side by
side followed by John Sullivan
and other boon companions
Soon after leaving the saloon
EARLY and Six got into a fight,
and during its progress a piS-
tol shot was heard, which Six
says was fired from a revolver
in the hands of Early. The
discharge from the pistol en-
Tered tho leg Of Six, producing
a severe if not dangerous
wound. DR.. Erwin dressed the
wound. Early was brought
before Esquire Golden on
Monday afternoon and pleaded
not guilty. The justice after
hearing the testimony of sew
eral witnesses fixed his bail at
$500, in default Of which, he
was committed to await the
action Of the grand jury at the
next term of the Court of Com
mon Pleas.


Early, since the above was
written, has been released on
bail.-Athens MESSENGER.
Year: 1872

OF commerce or naval Contamination shall
require it, upon the direction of the Pres
ident Of the United States, the said Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad Company shah erect
drawbridge over such portion Of the cham
mel as the engineer department Of the UNI
ted States shall direct.


Sec. 4. That any and all railroad COM
panies shall have the right to run their
cars from the mainland over the track OF
the Central Pacific Railroad Company to
said island, and accommodations for doing
business, under such rules and regulations
as shall be prescribed by the said Central
Pacific Railroad Company; but each COM
pany availing itself Of this privilege shall
first pay to the Central Pacific Railroad
Company just proportion of the cost of
| the improvements on. said island, and the
expenses incurred in reaching the same
from the mainland such proportion to be
measured and determined by the benefits
which said railroad company may derive
from the use of said main track and island
and>in case of any disagreement between
any such railroad company and the said
Central Pacific Railroad Company, as to
the amount to be paid, and as to the use
and occupancy of said track and island, the
same shall be determined by the Secretary
of War, subject to the approval of the Pres
ident of the United States; Provided,
Thatthe said Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, and any other railroad company
availing itself of the privileges of this act,
shall receive and deliver freight and pas
sengers which shall pass over their lines of
road, or any part thereof, without extra
charge, at one or more points conv enient
for business and travel on the western:shore
OF said bay, and within the corporate
limits of the city of San Francisco Pro-
vided further, That the said Central Pa
cifc Railroad Company shall make no
charge for Wharfage for freight or passen-
gers which have passed or are to pass over
their line of road or any part thereof; And
be it further Provided, That Congress
reserves fullFpower, whenever in its judg-
ment it may be proper so to do, to author
ize by law any other railroad company or
companies to construct and maintain its or
their own independent connections with
and use of that part of the island of Yerba
Buera, the use of which is by this act
granted, that shall not be actually occupied
for legitimate railroad purposes under law
OF Congress at the time said subsequent
legislation may be had.


And Congress may, at any time alter,
amend or repeal this act, having due regard
to the rights and interests of the railroad
companies which may have availed them
selves of the privileges hereby granted.
Year: 1872

TnE following which we clip from an
exchange we confidently lay before our
readers as an axiom: "There are two
things in this world that are not safe to
trife with-woman's opinion and the
business end of wasp"