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Year: 1871

The game is said to have had its origin
in the fifth century, at the court of a
powerful prince in the Indies, who had
forced great number Of sovereigns to
pay tribute to him, and submit to his
government. Forgetting that a king
ought to be the father of his people, he
grievously oppressed them, and put to
death those who dared to demonstrate
with him; till the people, borne down
by weight Of unsupportable tyranny,
began to revolt, and the tributary prinN
ces, persuaded that in losing the love Of
his people he had lost the essence OF his
power, were preparing to throw OF the
yoke, and to carry war into his estates.
At length Brahmin, or Indian Philos-
opher, named Sissea, the son Of Daher,
touched with the misfortunes OF his
country, undertook to mako the prince
open his eyes to the fatal effects which
his conduct was likely to produce. But,
instructed by the example of those who
had gone before him, he was sensible
his lesson would not prove Of any SER
vice, until the prince should make the
application of it to himself, and not
think that 1t was done by another.
With this view he invented the game oi
chess, where the king, although the
most considerable of the pieces, is both
impotent to attack, as we'll as to defend
himself against his enemies, without
the assistance of his subjects and sol
diers. The new game soon became ia
nous; the King OF the Indies heard Of it
and would learn 1t. The Brahmin Sis
sea was pitched upon to teach him; ant
under the pretext OF explaining the
rules Of the game, and showing him the
skill required to make use of the othel
pieces tor the kings defence, he made
him perceive and relish important
truths which he had hitherto refused tC
hear. The king, convinced that in thu
peoples love of their ruler consisted al


his strength, altered his conduct, ant
prevented the misfortuDes that threat
cned him.
Year: 1871

A very perceptiblC change is taking
place in the views of those interested
in educational matters. Instructors
both in Europe and America are be-
ginning 70 Reriously ask themselves,
is it best to continue to drill the
young in the dead languages SO
many yearsp Can they not attain
just as much mental training, and far
more knowledge that will valuable
be to them in the everyday affairs
of life, by devoting to other branches
of study portion of the time which
Is now given to Greek and Latin ?
The public, generally arc beginning,
to PROFOUND the same inquiries.
Mill and Huxley have recently spo-
Ken on the subject, and Robert Lowe,
Chancellor Of the English Exchequer,
now reiterates the sentiments to
which they have given expression.
After stating, in an address before
the London Institute of Civil En-
gineers, that his own education was
devoted mostly TO learning some
thing of the literature and the Ian
guage of q people who have long
since passed away-a people who
knew very little of nature, very little
of the world in which they lived,
very little indeed Of anything except
the squabbles and quarrels in which
they engaged with one another" the
Chancellor added "When l think
of the celebrated battle of Marathan,
all our enthusiasm, about the 1872 who
persisted on that occasion on the side
of the victorious, and compare it
with the great drama which has
been enacted in another part of Eu-
rope within the last seven or eight
months, | cannot help feeling how
small were the matters to which our
early attention was directed. Why,
a good colliery accident, under the
auspices Of those professional gentle
men whom / see around me, would
throw one of those great events of
ancient times completely into the
shade" Studies of this character,
the Chancellor continued, though
beautiful and attractive, are marrow,
email, and unsuitcd to fit a man to
take part in the great drama of life"
The aim instruction of teachers
should be TO impart which will be
required in future days." which
can be available for the convenience
and advantage Of mankind" Youth
should be taught concerning the
occult influences which surround us,
of which the ancients, to whose histo-
ry and productions, we have devoted
so much of oar time, knew nothing.
They should be instructed how to
seize the great forces in nature, and
so to "imprison, and regulate them,
that they shall serve man, not
only like the most obedient and
faithful servants, but with a power,
which no fabled giant could possess"
There are very few graduates of col
legcs and Universities, in either the
Old World or New, who will not, to
a greater or less extent, endorse these
views who have not come to feel, from
their own experiences, that there is a
radical defect in that educational
curriculum which prcscribos ancient,
TO the exclusion of modern classics,
who do not kcenly regret that
they did not devote some Of their
early years of study to acquiring the
| German and French and other live
languages, which could now be made
of great service in tho social
and business affairs Of life. The
College of the future must keep the
living present more in view than
the dead past.-Hearth and Home.
Year: 1871

What is it that makes oil tlroee
men who associate habitually with
women superior to others who do
not? What makes that woman who
is accustomed and at ease In the so
ciety of men superior to her sex in
general? Solely because they are in
in the habit of free, graceful
continued conversation with the
other sex. Women In this way lose
their frivOlity, their faculties awaken,
their dclicacies and peculiarities un-
fold all their beauty and captivation
in the spirit of intellectual rivalry.
And the men lose their pedantic,
rude, declamatory, or sullen manner.
The coin of the understanding and
the heart changes continually. The
asperities are rubbed of; their bet
ter materials polished and frightened,
and their richness, like the gold, is
wrought into the finer wOrkmanshlp
by the fingers Of woman than It ever
could be by those of men. The iron
and steel of their characters are hid


den, like the character and armOr Of
giant, by studs and knots. Of good
and precious stones, when they are


not wanted in actual warfare.
Year: 1871

THE LEGIsLATURE-A DELICATE SITUATION.


The adjourned session of the Ohio Legsla-
ture begins to-day Since the adjournment there have
been three personal changes in the Senate and one in
the House. Senators Potts, Campbell and Hubbell have
resigned the first 10 become Governor of Montana and
the latter two 10 be Democratic candidates for Congress
Their Of the politics with themselves
Both houses remain politically divided at the last Sos
sion. neutrality-suspicious. 10; Democrats. 1s House OF
neutrality-suspicious., 81; Democrats, IS.


This situation, says The CereGnd Leader, leaves tho
Legislature in very delicate and difficult position No
law pass the Ohio Legislature without the assent OF


majority, not merely Of the number voting, but of the
whole number elected Thus 1t requires 81 votes 10 pass


bill through the Lower and 10 TO pass IL through the
Upper House In other words upon any party question
every Republican must be in his seat IN order to sncceed
THE absence OF single man In either body creates
dead lock In the face OF this obstacle the Republicans
at the last session. passed the resolution ratylg the
Fifteenth Amendment and repealed the Infamous Visible
AdmiXtuTe acts, and the equally Infamous Soldiers ana
Students Voting laws This session but Little work OF
political character remains to be DONE unless the appor
tOnment OF the State into Congress districts be at
tempted In view Of the extremely close character or
Legislature and the difficulty OF agreeing upon any
division OF the state which will please every locality ana
satisfy every ambition IL is highly improbable tha any
appoTOnment be agreed upon by the present Less
lature
Year: 1871

There are some interesting parties
parties who have not the interest Of
the Republican party at heart-who
are circulating the report that the
meeting announced for Saturday
next was arranged for by a ring" or
" clique" We earnestly urge the
Republicans OF Nemaha to come to
Brownville OH next Saturday and see
for themselves. Fit Is called in the
interests of ring" that ring" Is
the people. the Republican party, and
we belong to it. 1t is gotten UP III
the interest of no one member OF the
party nor of no set of men N the par
ty, as will be evidenced to every de-
voted Republican who attends. Again
we say, come to the meeting and sat
isfv yourselves, and if there be an Af-
rican concealed in the fuel help to
discover, pull out and expose him.
Year: 1871

THE Observation-Disclosures


Our amiable and gallant young
friend of the Democrat, is meanIy
striving to shift the responsibility OF
the free-Iove tendency of his late edi-


torials concerning the Reed-Keeling


controversy to the shoulders of young


Davis and DR.. Page, late OF Brown.
vile, but now of Falls City. The
Reed woman has left this propinquity
and so the Democrat goes back on her
in quite an ungentlemanly manner.
Our young friend ought to have been
quite sure that she would not return
to Brownville for it would be too hu


initiating to his southern chivalry if
she should compel him to rewrite and
review his article OF last week and ac-
knowledge sQuarely his part in the
matter. If she ever does come back
there will be o. "fell0w feeling" be-
tween our neighboF and the clerk Of
the La Barge, who a short time since
was made to flee from her presence as
though impressed with the fact that
| Hell hath no fury like q woman. scorned." !"
Year: 1871

The Chicago Times publishes an ac-
count of an accident at a funeral
1.-The parlors where the coffin was
resting were exceedingly fall Of peo-
pie, so that the unusual weight upon
the floor caused it to give away dur
ing the address of the Minister, and
precipitated the whole crowd, coffin,
minister and mourners, into the eel
lar. The room below was used rs
pantry or store room and dairy, aud
contained a number of pans OF milk,
Jars of butter, jam, preserves, etc, SO
that almost every one was accomoda-
ted with liberal daubing Of one oI
more OF these articles. The Chicago
lady Who informed the writer of the
catastrophe, was particularly FORUM
ate, managing to get one foot into 3
lar of butter, another into a pan Oi
milk, while a shelf of honey was de-
posted in her lap. To add to the con-
fusion the coffin was broken by the
fall, and the corpse landed in a barrel
of soft soap"
Year: 1871

Triumphal Arch Erected in Front Of tho Sol
fierS Home for the Hero Of Lookout Noun
tsin-His Address to tho Old Soldiers and


Visit to the Hospital Speeches Of Gen.


eral Wood and Lewis B. Grnckel
Year: 1871

y ROMANCE in real life hus come 20
light this week ut Westiield. \ young
man who fought bravely and won an
honorable record in the grand old Tenth
during the war; returned to that town,
the home of his childhood, on the mus
tering out of the regiment, and prcpar-
ed to settle down. His domestic rela-
tiOns, however, were unhappy, and
about four years ago he decided to leave
his wife and child and seek his fortune
elsewhere. He accordingly went into
northern New Hampshire and the bOr-
der lands of Canada, where, until quite
lately, he has lived the adventurous life
of 4 frOntieTsman. He had been gone
perhaps two years when some person -
probably an interested paTty-seut to
the RCpUJticdR notice Of his death by
drowning. \ copy Of the paper, reach
ed him, and he had the melancholy
pleasure of reading his own death no.
tice. He took the matter, however as
Il harmless joke, and having been once
before reported dead during his service
in the army, probably thought less Of it
than most persons would do. AT any
rate, he took no trouble to contradict it,
and nothing being heard from him, the
intelligence was accepted as "a fact by
his relatives and all who knew him i'm
Westiield. He was the only son Of his
father, and the grief nj his loss doubt
less FASTENED and aggravated the faith
cT5 illness. y short time ago news
reached the wanderer that his father
was at the point of death, aud he hast
ened back to Westlield to sec him be-
fore he should die, surprising hundreds
of his old acquaintance who supposed
him dead, and still more his family. -
Novel readers will have anticipated the
statement, which comes next in this
plain narration Of lact-that his wife,
under the suppOsition that she was "a
widow, had married again; the fruit Of
the RniOn, as OF the first, being one
child. His father, just on the brink Of
the grave, seemed to recognize him, but
was too near death to say SO. And now
il turns out that the father, believing
his son dead, had made q will i'm which
he, the only lawful heir barring the
widows third is said to be left out,
while the property, vaIioIsly estimated
ut from St, 900 10 Si0,000 Is supposed to
be beqUeathed partly To the wife our
herO'S StepmOtherI and To her children
by former husband, who of course
have hereditary claim upon il. \ codi-
ell might right the wrong, but it Is too
late. Precisely what disposal the will
makes of the estate will not be known
until after the testator's death, but if it
should prove, rs coniectured, that moth
ing is given to the son, he will only have
to bring a suit at law to break the will
and recover his Inheritance. Under the
circumstances his wife finds herself with
two husbands, but none of the parties
are disposed to disturb the relations last
formed, and the woman and her child
ren will probably remain with her see
Ond choice, notwithstanding the fact
that she is not legally his wife-S Spring.
feid ( Mdss.,) Republican.
Year: 1871

VI honesty and sincerity Washington
Lsifcr


a STRANGER sitting in the gallery of
the House will notice upon the floor be-
low an old man, with spare form, wrinkI-
ed lace, and gray eyes, generally dulled
ana glazed in their appearance, but at
times, shooting out gleam such as one
finds common to the insane. His man.
ner Is peculiar. He sits much of the
time with his arms folded, looking in
an abstract, gloomy way upon the floor:
at others, he Wanders about in restless
! manner, and at all times he seems to be
alone.


If We were to follow this man from
the House TO his home we would find
that on the way either in his committee
room or at the restaurant below, or at
some drinking house upon the avenue.
ne would stop and pour down his throat
nearly Il full glass of whisky or brandy.
rs night comes these pOtatiOns increase,
and when he retires to bed at night il is
To be under their influence to such an
extent that he falls into deep, heavy
sleep. During the long watches of the
night the gas burns in his room, and he
seems to have the same terror of dark
ness common to frightened children.


IhI- Is the punishment of murder
The man thus haunted and tortured
through life has upon his hands the
blood OF an innocent woman. At all
hours, waking or sleeping, she is before
INN; sometimes pleading piteOuslV for
her life, at others dangling like a bunch
Of old clothes on the gaIlOWs, while the
shrieks Of her agonized daughter are
never out of his ears.


This horrible phantom is ever presents.
1t sits in grim silence at his board, sleeps
in his bed, walks by his side, and the
man summed by his fellow men, is nev-
er alone. Against this horrible torment
there is but one remedy, and that is
whisky and opium that dulls the sense.
while driving one on to insanity and
death.


When the assassins of the late Mr..
Lincoln We're on trial before a tribunal
organized to convict, the prosecuting at
IOrhey seemed animated by an insane.
deyilish, blOOd-thirsty desire to kill. In
the mad fury of an excited mob a group
Of suspected people were driven like
frightened sheep into the military court,
anu the head prosecutor had but one OBJ
Jeci. and that was to hang then all, and
others, too, ifthe bloody vengeance of the
multitude was not satiated Instead Of
singing out the guilty and drawing the
mighty arm of law about the innocent.
he sought only general tragic sacrifice
to satisfy his own and the mOb's thirst
for blood.


Gods vengeance il slow but sure
The blood of the innocent does not cry
in vain for retribution. The hard-heart-
ed man realizes the horrible suicide Of
crime. The cruel rope that swung out
tine innocent woman in that hot sum-
meF'S sun before the CsIOatinO a,yar of
the armed crowd caught in its moose the
neck of the murderer. In that moment
passed from him all the sweet content
that makes life precious to us, and
whether taunted by his brother mem
bef+ Of Congress as Al assassin of a Wo-
man, or left to his own gnawing con-
sciousness of guilt, life with him is only
continuous horrible death Washing
tan Le1sr
Year: 1871

a rural New York youth lately went to
claim his bride and conducted her TO the al
tar, to only find that Y had eloped with an
other fellow the previous night. H. did not
tear his hair any. but just remarked, by
Joye lin glad she was married last night in
stead ot tonight, i she i of that disposi.
ten
Year: 1871

GREAT REDUCTION. N.-Since the 25th of January
last, the California Steam Navigation Co. have
been taking all freight at SIP per ton dead
weight, laying their measuring sticks aside
Shippers will find this change TO make a great
difference in freight charges.
Year: 1871

DAILY MAIL.-A petition for daily mail SER
vice between Shasta and Weavervlle is being
circulated in this and Shasta county, and OBJ
tanning many signatures. This is something
which is greatly needed here, and we are glad
to know that the prospects are favorable for the
petition being granted John Martin is interest
ing himself in the matter and paid a visit to
junction City few days since on this business
He says everybody there was glad to see him
when they found that he was not on a collecting
trim
Year: 1871

CATTLE TuAT Don't LIKE SALT.-Mr. w. S
Brown tells us that the cattle raised in Shasta
Valley know nothing about salt, and are with
difficulty induced to eat it after being taken
away from there. In its stead they eat the al
kali with which the soil of that section is strong
ly impregnated. He is of the opinion that the
alkali agrees with them best for the reason that
stock fatten quicker in that section than Others
where they get nothing but salt. 1t would seem
that The alkali spoken of must partake largely
of a saline nature from the fact that salt has
been made from wells sunk in the Valley.
Year: 1871

a COMMUNICATION from our Canyon City cor
respondent will be found on the first page of this
ISSUE From facts shown therein, it will be
seen that that is one of the best mining sections
IN the county.
Year: 1871

BALTIMORE, September 26.-The
national convention Of the order of
United American Mechanics, met in
secret session in this city to-day. The
attendance of delegates was larger
than any previous session of the or.
der The report OF the secretary
shows that during the past year new
State councils have been organized
and the order established In num-
Year: 1871

A N ACTIVE, ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN. WITH $500.
N may hear of good chance to become interested
partner n religious weekly paper published n New York
city business specially very profitable and offered only
Of the Inability OF the present devote the
time requisite TO Il. Address STRICT INVESTIGATION
Herald Office.
Year: 1871

DO As You WISH TO BE DONE BY.-We
called attention, last week, to some dirty
Angs and nuendoes Of our neighbor, about
the gentlcmanly candidates nominated by the
late Democratic County Convention, and
said, in substance, that if this was to be a
dirty ccmpaign and if men who were unwor-
thy to even pull the boots off our candidate s
feet were to throw the dirt that we were in.
This warning has called forth from our
ueighbor, that, which we would not publish
of him. for any money. The reputation of
one man is as dear as another: whether he be
in public or private life--whether he he an
aspirant for Office or an editor; and we tell
our neighbor, now, that neither the editor
of this paper, or any man on the Democratic
ticket, lives in glass houses, and that if he
commences throwing stones, him and his
ticket had better get out of the way. Some
men take as naturally to dirt, filth and mean
ness, as duck does to water, and some
animals would rather starve than cat that
which they cannot steal; the type of these
cannot be found on the Democratic ticket or
in its advocates.
Year: 1871

REGISTER. ER.-Evcry Democrat who Is en-
titled to a vote in this county must be on the
Great Register before the 9th day of Ausu' t,
now only twelve days Democrats must
look to this with more care than usual this
year because the Register has been in the
hands of two men, one Of whom is not smart
md the other is smart True, after the 9th
Of August men can get on the Register by
making affidavit of good excuse for not
applying before that date, but it is not safe
to take any such chances. This matter
'hould be looked to by our candidates and
leading active Democrats in each precinct,
md that TOO, without further delay.
Year: 1871

A BUNGLE. The County Clerk and the
Stripes editor commenced the printing of the
Great Register long before the time arrived
tor the clerk to make out correct copy,


nd have been bungling along at it until
now-all illegal, and now it is found, we art
informed, that the Stripes Office cannot do
he work, and it is to be sent below to be
printed. These parties may be safe, if, as
supposed, the Supervisors are in the rtng
but will the people stand such illegal anu
possible swindlirg? Under tho law, ths
.lerk must make out the correct copy of thr
treat Register II, aie month Of august and
that time has not vet arrived
Year: 1871

The Executive Committee Of the committee Of the
Chamber OF Commerce to raise funds and supplies
for the relief OF the suffering population Of France,


held meeting yesterday afternoon at the Chamber
Of Commerce. The following subscriptions are re-
Year: 1871

Second Lady-Yes, 10 true, for bought some of each
and when went home and displayed my purchases my
fsnds they instantv returned TO their
Mscy's right place, after AL. and the
all went there shopping In n merry crowd together
Year: 1871

@h" ANAht uNJ "A'


Henry Ward Beecher, in tho Christian
Union Of this week, says 1.-THE Orange
Society should parade next year without
banner less or one inscription rubbed
out. They should not do II on an implied
promise that If protected for once they
will then do II no more. They ought 10
move through the streets Of New York
until nobody thinks Of molesting them.
When that time arrives II will be a mat
ter Of no public Importance whether the
annual procession Is kept up or not But
as long rs n dog, wags his tongue against
an Orange procession, or a bewildered
magistrate forgets his duty toward them,
the public good requires their continuance.
If the 0rangemen Of New York fail next
year to march through the streets Of the
city they will betray sacred duty. BY
accident they have become the represent
atlves Of a principle which lies Of the
foundation Of modern civilization. They
do notnow represent q spent fact in his
tory, but q living principle. 1t Is not
the battle Of the Boyne in Ireland, but
the question Of liberty in New York"
Year: 1871




We have all Of us felt how depressing is
the sensation felt in family circle after the
departure Of their guests. The friends
who have been staying some time in your
house, not ouly bring to the common stock
their share Of pleasant converse aud com.
pauiouship, but, in the quality of strangers,
they exact certain amount of effort for their
amusement, which is better for him who gives
than for the recipient, and they impose that
small reserve which excludes the purely per-
sonal Inconvenience and contrarlties, which
uuhappiy in strictly family intercourse have
no space allotted them Tor discussion 1t is
but right to say that they who benefit most
by, and most gratefully acknowledge, this
boon Of visitors, are the young The elders.
sometimes more disposed to Incidence than
effort, sometimes irritable at the check essen
TALLY put upon many little egotisms of daily
use, aud oitener than either perhaps glad to
get back the old groove Of home discussion
uurestraiued by the presence Of strangers the
elders | say, are now aud then given to ex.
press a most ungracious attitude for being
once again to themselves and free to be a,
confidential ana outspoken, and disagreeablt
as their hearts desire.