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Year: 1876

Your memory is bad, perhaps; but I
worst memory. One is, to read subject
when strongly interested. The other is,
to not only to read, but think. When
you have read paragraph or page,
stop, close the book, and try to remem-
ber the ideas on that page, and not only
recall them vaguely in your mind, but
put them into words and speak them
out. Faithfully follow these two rules,
and you have the golden keys of knowl-
edge. Besides inattentive reading, there
are other things injurious to memory.
One is the habit of skimming over news
papers, items of news, smart remarks,
bits of information, political reflections,
fashion notes, all in confused jumble,
never to be thought of again, thus dill
gently cultivating habit of careless
reading, hard to break. Another is the
reading OF trashy novels. Nothing is so
fatal to reading with profit as the habit
of running through story after story,
and forgetting them as soon as read. |
know gray-haired woman, lifelong
lover of books, who sadly declares that
her mind has been ruined by such
reading.


A help to memory is repetition. Moth.
ing is 80 certain to keep your French
fresh, and ready for use, as to have
always on hand an interesting story
in that language, to take up for ten min.
utes every day. In that case you will
not forget your French with the major.
ity of your schoolmates.
Year: 1876

Every boy should know how to swim,
and girls, too, for that matter. How
many tragedies would be avoided if
youth would but acquire the simple art
of learning how to swim! 1t has been
well said, man is the only animal that
loses himself in the water. We append
directions for acquiring the art of swim
ming, as furnished by correspondent of
the american AgricuitriSt: When l was
boy l learned to swim by means of a
swimming-board. This is the safest
method possible. If corks are used they
may slip from around the breast down
beneath the body, throwing the head
below the surface, and putting the
wearer in danger of being drowned.
Some country boys get two bladders and
then tie them together with a short cord,
and use them as supports. They are the
most dangerous things possible for boy
to have. The board is perfectly safe, and
one may learn to swim in very short
time by using one. 1t should be over
four feet long, over foot wide, and two
inches thick, made of soft white pine or
cedar.


To use it, boy wades into the
water up to his shoulders, then taking
hold of the end of the board, he
pushes it before him-toward the bank,
and not into deep water springs for
ward with his feet and throws himself
fiat upon the water. This movement
carries him along few feet. He then
draws up both his legs at the same time,
keeping the knees as far apart as possi-
BILE, and then strikes out with both feet,
not straight backward, but sideways,
just as frog does. The stroke is made
slowly, and is repeated again, drawing up
the legs slowly and steadily. When the
leg stroke has been learned, one hand is
taken from the board and the stroke
learned, or the chin may be rested while
the stroke is taken with both hands. This
is very good plan as it compels the
swimmer to keep his hands under water,
which he should always do. BY and by
the board may be pushed ahead, and the
young swimmer may swim after 1t, al
ways keeping it within reach. When a
number of boys go to swim, although
they may be good swimmers, they should
always have two or three of the boards
with them for use in case of any acci.
| dent
Year: 1876

right angles to the surface on which the
characters or designs are written or en-
graved.


Etching on crown glass is very simple
process. The glass is first heated in a
sand bath and then rubbed over with
purified beeswax, the temperature of the
glass being such as to cause the wax to
melt completely and uniformly over its
surface. When every part of the plate
is covered with wax it may be set aside
to cool. A paper having design boldly
drawn upon it may then be attached to
theunwaxed side of the glass, and the
workman traces the line through the wax
by pointed instrument, care being taken
that the point clears all the wax from the
glass wherever the design comes. This
done, some coarsely powdered fuorspar
must be placed in vessel, together with
quantity of sulphuric acid, we'll mixed
together, and as soon as they are incor-
porated the glass should be placed over
the vessel, the waxed surface downward,
when the moderate degree of heat must
be applied to the bottom of the vessel.
The fumes of fuoric acid soon arises and
attack the unprotected portion of the
glass. In half and hour it may be re-
moved, washed, and the wax scraped of,
leaving the design perfectly etched upon
the surface of the glass.
Year: 1876

From the German.l
Slowly and sad through the grave-still streets


stride;


Dull is the dawn save one red golden streak;
Sullen sounds the flow OF the distant river-tide,
And fall the paling moonbeams, thin and weak.
How lovingly before her house stand;
Her house where sleeps the dear one that / love;
Undreaming that leave my native land
In chill pale sorrow like the moon above.
Upward, all wishtully, strain my arms
Toward the dear easement yet remembered well
Goodbye, sweetheart Farewell thy maiden


charms


And thou, thou still, cold, silent house, farewell
And fare thee well, dear little twilight room
Scentful Of roses as the fOwery May;
And the trim lattice clad in perfumed bloom;
And ye pale-tinted walls hung round with pic


lures gay.
Forth must fare No longer may wait
Chillingly blows the fretful morning wind.
Oh, Fortune, gently close the garden gate
Thou knowest that leave an aching heart be-


hindi
Year: 1876

For some are too proud TO forgive
themselves till the forgiveness of God has
had its way with them, has drowned
their pride In the tears of repentance
and made their heart come again like the
heart Of a little child.-Gewge Mac.
donald.
Year: 1876

The process of engraving consists of n
mechanism by which the point of the
graver or stile is guided by system of
levers, which are capable of imparting
TO 1t three motions in right lines, which
are reciprocally perpendicular, two Of
them being parallel, and the third ut
Year: 1876

character really was. arrived at his
house one wet, chilly evening in Febru-
ary, and came upon him in the twilight,
sitting alone before the fire, a child and
little, called a servant to remove the
two innocents to another room, and ex-
planned to me how il was The child
had cried because the lamb was out in
the cold, and begged him to bring it in,
which he had done to please the child,
his adopted son, then not two years old.
The ferocious man does not do that;
and though General Jackson had his
passions and his violence, they were for
men and his enemies who stood up
against him, and not for women and
children, or the weak and helpless, for
all of whom his feeling were those of
protection and support"


The great old patriot is gone from
earth to heaven, and there never can
scarcely ever be name connected with
the history of this country that will be
more priced or held in higher estimation
than that of Andrew Jackson.


True man-staunch friend, and true
patriot-he loved his country and its
institutions, and was, all through long
and eventful life, devoted to its honor
and best interests. He loved the people,
and always felt that they would stand
by him in all his political acts, because
they believed that he would ever serve
them truly and faithfully.


In conclusion, it may be safely said
that there never existed public charac-
ter who through life acted more thor
oughly on the principle inculeated in
the solemn and impressive adiuration of
the great churchman ard statesman,
Cardinal Wolsey, to tis friend and fol
lower, Cromwell


-"Be just and fear not. Let all the
ends thou aimst at be thy cOuntry'S, thy
Gods, and truths"
Year: 1876

SUCCESS. Every nan must patiently
bide his time He must wait, not in
listless idleness, not In useless pastime,
not in querlloas detection, but in con-
stant, steady fulfilling and accomplish.
ing his task, that when the occasion
comes he may be equal toit. The talent
of success is nothing more than doing
what you can do well, without tho't
of fame. If it comes at all, il will come
because it Is sought after 1t is n very
indiscreet and troublesome ambition
which cares so much what the world
says of us; to be always anxious about
the effect of what we do or say, TO be
always shouting TO hear the echo of our
own voices.
Year: 1876

THERE are a great many things lost
that are found again, and o great many
Others that are lost and never found.
There are regulations lost which cannot
be gained; there are hopes lost, which
come not back again; there are joys and
friendships lost; there are thoughts and
talents lost, which are never found.
Every man has at some time lost some
thing, which lie would give the world if
it were his, to recover. It may have
but a single pearl from the thread of
friendship, or mere hope of his soul,
but it was precisely dear to him and life
is sad and dark without it. The small
est things are oftentimes the dearest 10
the heart of man. a. Tor instance, little
wife, little heir, little fortune, little
hone. What wonder, then, that, when
they are lost, he would give everything
he had for their recovery.
Year: 1876

A VILLAISoUS ScHEME.-Some time
ago we called attention to what seemed
to be a villaiDous scheme to entice young
girls away from their homes for evil pur-
poses, by the circulation of printed
letter stating that easy labor could be
obtained in connection with the Centen-
nial, and suggesting that the girls should
leave home without the knowledge Of
their friends. How many of these doc
uments have been sent through the coun-
try We have no means of ascertainiDg;
but we beg our exchanges everywhere
in the rural regions of this or other
States to expose the infamous intention,
and to caution their readers against
fraudulent devices. The Women's Chris
tian Society of this city are making
every effort to counteract the EVIL that
may have been accomplished, and they
have our entire sympathy and the as
suranee of whatever aid it may be in our
power to give them Philadelphia North
Americdn
Year: 1876

Good religion and good manners al


ways go together They are things that
God has joined. and no man can put them
asunder. This follows from the nature
of religion, which is the love OF God,
and the love of our fellow-men. Ii is a
compliance, in some good degree, with
the two great commandments of the di-
vine law. 1t is the exercise of proper
feelings toward God, and a correspond
ing treatment of Him; and the like to-
wards our neighbor. He who has true
religion, is a renewed man. Holy love
has been shed abroad in his heart by the
Holy Spirit. And that love makes him
kindly disposed toward all. This the
respect of the Gospel require of him.
He is to love not only those who love
him, and treat them kindly; but he is to
love even his enemies, if lie has them.
and to treat them with kindness. So
did the Saviour, who is TO be the exam
pie of all his disciples.


Religion, having its seat in the heart
is developed in the outward life. 1t
:todifies and shapes tbe conduct. 1t has
upon its possessor a refining influence
1t improves his manners Under its
power he becomes more kind, and gentle,
and courteous. Such was its effect upon
the great apostle. Before his CONVEX
sion, he was impetuous and headstroDg.
He was overbearing, caring little for the
interests of Others. But religion tanned
him. 1t subdued his natural ferocity,
and made him lamb-like To the Thes.
salonian Christians he thus wrote: "We
were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her child" We find him in
all circumstances, an example of cour-
tesy.


But it may be said, that some Chris
tians are unmannerly and boorisl. They
are greatly lacking in kindness and
friendliness. Weare constrained to ad-
init that it is so. We are not ourselves
strangers to such. But it is nevertheless
true, as we said at the outset, that good
religion and goot manners always go to-
gether. There are no exceptions 1t is
no more true that good religion and dis
honesty go together, than it is that good
religion and i'll manners go together.
Those boorish and unmannerly Chris
tians are lacking in good religion. They
are greatly deficient here; and that is the
reason why they behave no better Let
them increase their religion; let them get
more of the genuine article, and they will
beimproved outwardly in an equal de-
gree as inwardly. There is not deficiency
at which some precept of the Gospel
does not aim a blow, and which is not
rebuked by the example of Him who
was ''holy, harmless, and undefiled."
To learn good manners, one does not
need to go to school to Lord Chester
field. He can better learn them in the
school of Christ, where he has ever before
him perfect rules, and perfect example.
Year: 1876

Mr. BUCKLE states that human nature
has changed very little in the last three
thousand years, but we do not remember
any record of Roman Senator trying
TO account to his wife for light deposit
of pearl powder ON the left shoulder Of
his toga ON the ground that be had been
playing checkers in grist mill.
Year: 1876

The Elkron (Ky.) Witness says tina
quite a touching scene recently took
place at the courthouse in that town.
John Garner, an old, gray-headed man,
was arraigned for the crime of grand lar
ceny-horse stealing. He pleaded guilty,
and presented himself to the jury in a
brief and touching address. He said


GENTLEMEN oFTHR JURY: lam an
old man, and my race is nearly run.
This is the. first time in my life 1 have
ever teen before jury. have never
even been a witness in magistrates
court. / was born in 1916, and have
been hard-working and an honest man
all my life until now. L am strnger
to every man in this house, except ms
honor who sits on that bench. He has
known me for nine years, and he will
tell you have been an honest man and
a good citizen. This jury looks ike
set of honest and intelligent men, and
wish YOU to deal with me the best you
can read in the papers that the pris-
on at Frankfort is an awfnl place-that
It is so crowded that one can scarcely
live there. From the accounts OF that
place, suppose l could not 1--we there
long. You See 1 am old and feeble, and
/ ask you to do the best you can for me.


Gentlemen, if could have got work
could have supported my family and not
been here. But / want to tell you-I
am very poor man, and have to work
to live Well, last year the times were
very hard, indeed, and / could not get
work much of my time. 1 am me-
chanic and went to Clarksville, Fair
view and many other places. but could
not get any work. The times were very
hard, as you all know, and but few men
had money to pay for labor. / travelled
around till spent all that had but a
bed and chair. Twas tired and out OF
heart, and my family suffering for food
and clothing / heard then could get
work in North Logan, and 1 sold my kit
of tools to get my family moved mp
there. Ipaid S75 for my tools in Louis
vile, and had to sell them low. After
paying for moving had S15 left. got
place for my family for little while
and started again for work. / tried hard
to find it, but could not. / went back
to my family broken down in spirit,
thinking would have to starve or beg.
Gentlemen, my little boy, about six
years old, got in my lap, and put his
little arms around my neck and asked
me if the good Lord would let us starve.
love my family as well as any man,
and could not think of their starving.


The prisoner became overwhelmed
with emotion, and, pausing a few mo-
ments, he pleaded for as light verdict
as the jury could give him. The occa-
sion was exceedingly solemn. The pris-
oner told his story without reservation.
Age and care had whitened his locks
aud furrowed his brow He had seen
better days, but he was now a broken
reed. The jury, attorneys, the judge
and the spectators, were touched by the
homely recital of the suppliant prisoner.
The jury gave him two years in the PEN
itentiary, and the judge, jury and law
Yers, then signed a petition to the Gov
ernOr for his pardon.
Year: 1876

Soft SOAP AS A WEAPoN.-The most
memorable cleaning that ever was done
with soft soap was when it cleaned out
band of savages. Soft soap was first
most effectually applied in this country
by the Swedish women who defended
the old Qog) Swedes' church below Phil
adelphia before the city was laid out.
A friendly squaw gave notice of an in
tended attack by the Indians. The Sean
dinavian ladies were boiling soap, and
they at once concluded to convert the
contents of the kettle into ammunition
of defense. They lifted it into the
church with fire-wood to keep it hot.
As the warriors began to undermine the
foundation, they received on their bare
backs spirited fire of the terrible ma
terial, which in due time sent them
bowling into the wilderness. The incl
dent was related by participant, who
died in London at an advanced age. She
was grand daughter of the Swedish
bargher, Suen Schulz.
Year: 1876

SOMEBODY gave Paddy MeGarth a
picked egg yesterday. Paddy bit 1t in
two, opened his mouth, made face and
said: BE ne sowl, Ill SO before ony
Judge or Jury in the wurreId an' take
me oath dhat the hin that led that egg
had the dyspipsy or heartburn"
Year: 1876

Too Much Noise FOR THE SIZE.-Af-
ter most ridiculous aud extravagant
plea by a young lawyer in a trivial case,
an older lawyer who had a way of say
ing quaint things, remarked, in opening
the opposing side of the case, that this
young friends elaborate plea reminded
him of the experience of a neighbor of
his who was once engaged in breaking a
colt, and the story he told of it was in
substance like this:


The colt breaker made his young sou
hide in the bush, while he himself was
to mount the animal and put him to his
top speed to the hiding place and then
the boy was to rush suddenly out and
shout Boo the idea being to prove
how well the colt would stand the scare


Everything was done according to
programme, but the result was altogeth-
er too much of a scare for the colt, who
kicked up his heels and put down Lis
head and the old man was thrown over
it far into the road on his head.


Clearing the dust from his loosened
teeth he made for the boy with the switch
he had cut to drive the colt and with
rage began to dress the astonished young
man down, shouting, what did you do
that for. What did you DO that for.'


But, father" said the CRYING boy,
'.you told me to holler "boor


.'Yes," said the old man, ''but dang
it, it was altogether TOO big a boo for
so small a colt.
Year: 1876

up to his standard of right, whatever that may
be. It may be small or blgoted. but it is
usually more pure, honest, and high than that
Of the people about him. The effect OF TINS
great body of workers is shown not by the
exceptional crimes and follies which thrust
themselves into notice, but by the condition
of tho great mass of the American
people; their clean, chaste, honest domestic
life; their prompt, mexorable verdict against
the swindler or criminal, no matter how hlgh
his Office; the place they have held among
other nations as defenders of liberty, knowi-
edge, and of the right of each man to all the
chances for developing manhood. The visitors
to the Exposition will not gain as true an
idea of our religious or social condition by any
religious meetings, however effective they may
be, as by the study of the people themselves
their every day conduct, bearing, speech, when
they come up from their obscure homes to the
celebration. We shall be satisfied with YER
diet based on that evidence.
Year: 1876

-Four State Conventions have already been called
10 make ready for the ensuing campaign, and the
announcements of Others will follow thick and fast
For the next nine or ten months the elections and
their results will be the uppermos topic all over the
country and his political predictions the diversion of
the American citizen In this Presidential year cor
rect political information is a necessity, and for this
purpose The TRIBUNE ALMANAC is standard and i'll
dispensable. Politicians have depended on this little
manual for years and can least of all dispense with
IT now 1t contains the popular and electoral votes
for the last fifty years
Year: 1876

THE QUESTION or WILKES BOOIH.


When the Clerk of the House Committee Of
Ways and Means denied the other day that ho
had ever named child John Wilkes Booth,
We accepted BIS denial without reserve and
promptly published it, though it was made i'll
"a rather suspicious and evasive manner. For
our part we were glad to believe that the
stories so widely circulated about this man
were untrue,-glad for the sake Of our country
and of common humanity to believe that
there was no one base enough to call u son
after the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. But
it seems that we were too ready to trust the
fathers denial. SO many witnesses have since
borne testimony to the truth of the original
report that we have been induced TO make
fresh inquiries, and the result is to satisfy
us that whatever name tho child may
have received in baptism, if be received
any, he was always known in the fami.


as Booth" Gentlemen whose word cannot
be doubted assure us that they have heard the
father boast that he had a child named John
Wilkes Booth Residents Of Atlanta assure us
that the fact was notorious in that city. When
the family were In Washington few years
ago, the name was a common subject OF con-
versatiOn among those who came in contact
with them. The child himself, when asked
his name, always answered "JOhn Wilkes
Year: 1876

! B0o.hr The child's nurse hahualiy gave
him tie same appellaton. And the ia'hef
confirms all this testimony by acknowledging
iu his statement to the Washington correspond
cnt of TIE TRIBUNE that the child WAS
sometimes called Booth because ncighbof
chad child called Abraham Lincoln, AN
acknowledgment which makes the ahih'u' 10"
clear for doubt. :,
And now we ask again. What is to be Thought
of the Democratic leader of the House VINO
take, this man ont of his Obscurity and MS
him M TO public view as specimen OF thc
Southern Democracy Here is a man who mas
done what ought TO exclude him forever IRON
all decent society; a man who has glorled III
having honor to murderer; man VINO
fastened upon his innocent child the name OF
one of the most dastardly assaSslns IN history
n man who chcrisbes long after the war mas
closed. u malignant and diabolcal hatred OF
his country, and holds in such abhorrence the
memory of the martyr President that he
snews his venom ON LincOln's grave.
Such man is traitor at heaFt as
well as q brute No right thinking, patriotic
American can meet him on terms OF, fellow
shin. But our Democratic friends no sooner
Get po.sc-sion of the House of Representatives
than they choose him. of all the men in the
United States, for one Of their most important
clerkships They turn disabled Union soldiers
out of the petty places which the Government
has provided for them, and give an Office to
the blatant admirer of Abraham Lincoin'S
assassin.


If there is any ser-rcspect in the Commit
tee of WAYS and Means it will lose no time
in undoing this shocking blunder. NO doubt
1t is true that when liamblctQn was appointed
the facts now brought to light were not
known, although it would I've strange If his
general character and sentiments had not been
known to those who appointed him. But
there can be no excuse for neglcctinS an IN
Ouiry now. This is not trliing matter Il
mere question of a clerk ship. The Democratic
party is on trial. Ii has not done too much
since its surprising successes in 1871 to give
us confidence in its wisdom or integrity, or
10 make lis forget how it treated Lincoln d'r-
ing his lifetime, and how large number oi
its ablcst and most popular leaders bore them
selyc, i'm the crisis of their CountIy's pcnl.
Year: 1876

There was some prospect at times during the
Senate debate on District finances that the
misgovernment which has created so much
debt would be subjected 10 further overhaul
ing. The joint resolution passed dispels that
hope, but gives in its place fair reason to ex-
pect that future extravaganza of the Shepherd
Ring type will be embarrassed by wholesome
fear of the penitentiary.