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Year: 1873

4 jovial artist was painting some d.
vine who felt 1t incumbent upon him to
give the painter moral lecture during
one ofhis sittings. Somewhat in awe
of the artist, he began rather nervously; !;
but as the knight Of the brush painted
away without any sign Of annoyance,
he gathered courage as he proceeded,
and finally administered q pretty good
sermon. He paused for a reply, and
confessed afterwsrd that he never felt
so insignificant in his life as when the
artist, with the urbane and positive au-
thority of his profession, merely said,
''Turn your head little to the right,
and shut your mouth"
Year: 1873

There is a colored youth in Detroit
who answers to the name Of Tipsy, who
boasts Of his ability to swallow twenty
large pies inside of sixty minutes. We
venture to say that this ravenous youth
digests his twenty pies far more easily
than good many people digest the tip
sy logic of certain New York editor,
whose naturally sweet disposition has
been soured by being compelled to eat
humble pie 50 often. His whole stock
Of argument consists of the pet phrase,
craving nonsense'i-this and only this.
The Detroit Tipsy is the tipsy boy for us.
Year: 1873

The students of the Paris polytecnic
school have been utilized for a grand
experiment in the use of tobacco, and the
result is fatal to the weed. The minister
of instruction has issued circular to all
the colleges, forbidding the use of to-
bacco as baneful to studiousness, and
injurious to mental and physical growth.
Year: 1873

Especially, who have become the victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands of young mon of the most e1-
allied talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence or walked to extsc>
the living Tyre may call with full confidence.
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind and body arc III
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
hapvincss. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes q weary pilgrimage the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, tho mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and fllod with
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

THE storm last evening and the
electric condition of the atmosphere
last night played the mischief With our
telegraphic reports. We have no doubt
that news OF great importance and zen.
,erprises of great pith and moment
have thus had their currents turned
svry" end been dissipated among the
moisture bearing clouds, and that in
the rain that descended last evening
the ,elegraphic dispatches that should
have been read this morning were held
in weak solution. But we doubt whether
any trace of the news can be gathered
from the rsin tubs and cisterns this
morning.


After all, in accordance with the
comfortable doctrine of compensation
it seems not improbable that the fields
are laughing this morning over the DIS
comfiture of our readers, and that what
is wanting in dispatches will be made
ND in potatoes from the home patch
and ears OF corn from the bottom field
And, as the electricity which sometimes
carries the news, at others puirtes the
air, it requires no stretch OF fancy to
show that we are all healthier and in
less danger from the pestileuce that
walketh in darkness than we
would have been had telegraphic dis
patches been served out to US inste ad
of the thunder storm OF last nigh t
From all which it appears that we
ought to be very well satisfied with the
absence of the greater portion ofthls
mornings telegraphic report.


Nevertheless we wish we had the
dispatches
Year: 1873

The attention OF school officers aud
the public generally is called to the Cir
ular letter OF instructions issued by
Hon. B. W. BYRNE, State Superintend-
eut OF Free Sch ools, which we pu blIsh
this morning. /, contains explicit de
rections as to the manner Of conducting
the election and the officers to be chosen
on tae Sth Of August next. 1t will be
observed that the State Superiu tendent
is OF opinion that in "independent
school districts" as well as in those or
ganizei under the general law, it is
necessary that vote be taken ss to
whether or not the officers chosen may
have authority to levy special tax for
school purposes.


The income received by the State
from the general school tax, and from
the annually increasing and invested
school fund is not yet sufficient, when
eouitably distributed, to maintain the
schools during such length OF time as
is necessary to their efficiency. in any
district in the State. In order there
fore that free schools may be kept open
not less than four months in the year
it is necessary that the deficiency left
after the money received from the State
has been consumed, shall be made up
by the levy Of special tax upon the
property in the school district.


The constitution. however, provides
that this local levy can only be made
"by the authority Of the people" OF the
district, ard hence it has been found
necessary to provide by law for an ex'
preston of popular opinion in relation
to the matter. II the vote results in
favor of authority to levy, that author
ity continues during the term Of the
school officers chosen at that time; II
it results against authority to levy, 1t
applies only to one year, and another
vote upon the question may be had the
next year. 1t is also provided that
when the people OF district refuse to
make any local levy for school purpo-
ses, they shall not be entitled to receive
any portion Of the fund distributed BY the
State. The State fund will be used only
to help those who help themselves, and
will in no case be applied to the benefit
Of any community that does not apPre-
ciate the advantage of free schools suffi-
GENTLY 10 tax itself for portion Of the
funds necessary for their maintenance.


The amount of the State school tax
collected from a majority olthe counties
Year: 1873

BuFpALo, July ia serious collis-
ion occurred here this morning. The
New York express due here eight
o'clck A. N. and a gravel trim with
forty men on board collided between
East Buffalo and Cheektown. The
former train was running very fast and
the snock was frightfnl. The men on
the gravel train were preparing to- Jump
when the collision was apparent. Sew
eral OF them were thrown on the track
and run over, five Of them receiving IA
tai injuries. At large a number OF
passengers on the mail as well as labor
era on the gravel train were more or
less injured.
Year: 1873

in the State is less than the sum assign
ed to those counties from the distribu-
table fund. If they vote in favor of an
additional local levy they are thus
entitled to receive from the State a sum
exceeding that they have paid in State
school tax; a larger amount Of money
will be expended in their neighborhood
than they have paid into the school
treasury. The difference is made up
by the people ofthe other counties who,
while securing for themselves the ad-
vantage Of popular education, are will
ing to extend to others at their own
expense, the advantages they them'
selves enjoy.


There has been a good deal Of criti-
cism on the part of the Radical newse
papers adverse to what has been
termed the "local option" school law, but
we are inclined after all to believe in
the justice OF placing upon each school
district the responsibility of deciding for
itself, under the restrictions and re-
straiuts OF the law, whether or not a
public school is desired. We do not
believe in forcing an education upon
those who do rot desire it, and il,
as under the present law, they
are taxed for the education Of others
even when they refuse to avail them
selves OF the benefit OF the free schools,
we cannot see why any fair-minded
friend of popular education should find
fault with the law. It offers reward
for local levy and imposes q penalty
for its refusal. What more can be
reasonably asked2
Year: 1873

II. The board of education OF esch
district shall also ascertain the sum o
the votes cast in each sub-district o
their district, 10. the different persons
voted for as county superintendent, ant
within five days report the same 10 tht
Clerk OF the County Court; the bosrC
will then place the ballots of each sub
district in a sealed envelope and the
president will write his name scros:
the seal, and also state on the back o
the envelope what sub-district voted
the ballots enclosed. and retain them
for one year to be used in case Of con.
tested election for any Office.


12. The Clerk OF the County Court
shall ascertain from the reports made
to him by the boards Of education the
person who has received the largest
number OF votes for county superin'
teudent, and give him a certificate
OF election, and certify bis name aud
post office address to the State Super
inteldent.


I3. If the Clerk Of the County Court
finds that there is a tie in the vote for
county superintendent, he shall give
notice to the presidents OF the several
boards of education Of his county, to
meet at the court house on day to be
fixed BY him, to choose, by vote, one ol
the candidates for county superinten-
dent. School Law, Sec. !, p5.


IA. Whenever the word district is
used, it means that division Of territory
which under the old Constitution was
known as Township. over which q
board of education presides. lpdepen-
dent school district, 10 that division Of
territory which has been designated by
special act OF the Legislature for that
purpose, which is presided over by such
officers as the act creating it provides.
Sub.district is the name given to the
subdivisions OF the districts into schoo!
districts over which a trustee presides.


Is. Section 40. page % OF the school
law provides, that for the support OF
primary free schools OF their district
and each independent school district,
the board OF education thereof. shall
annually levy, BY the authority OF the
people, as prescribed in section 2, such
tax on the property taxable in the dis
trict as will, with the money received
from the State, be sufficient to keep the
schools in operation for at least four
months in the year.


By this provision | understand that
the board OF officers OF each indepen-
dent school district who discharge the
duties devolving on the Boards OF Edu-
cation OF other districts, are required TO
submit the question OF levy for school
purposes to the people at the August
election, az provided in section > OF
the school law.


The special acts creating these inde-
dendent districts are 90 various and the
offices created by them have so many
different names, that no general in
structions can be given applicable TO
them all. But their officers will be
elected according to the special laws
providing for their creation.
Year: 1873

ORR readers who have been taxing
anv interest in "the Penitentiary case
aud reading the arguments OF Counsel
upon each side OF the question whicn
have been published in the REGISTER
need scarcely be reminded that the edl'
torlsl synopsis Of the argument present.
ed by Judge LEE which appeared IN
our paper a few days ago was mere
SYNOPSIS and very meagre one at best.
1t presented only a few ofthe heads OF
the Judges argument to show that 'he
egislature had in!l power TO confer
upon the Board of Public Works, Ia
corporation created by the law
and existing during many years
and sanctioned by long practice IN
Virginia, under Constitutions similar
in this respect to that now in force')
legal authority to appoint superln-
tendent of the Penitentiary. Although
the several citations were omitted from
our report of the argument, the learned
Judge was fully fortified in every posi-
ton he assumed.


We are glad to learn that a full re-
port .of Judge LEES argument in the
case is in progress Of publication, and
we hope to give our readers at no dis
tsnt dav a better and more complete
version OF the Judges opinion than has
been heretofore presented.
Year: 1873

Explanations in the case Of General
Howard in connection with the mans
aeement of the Freedmens' Bureau by
the Associated Press, is calculated to
create the impression that there have
been frauds committed against the gov
ernment, and that the officials OF the
War Department and the Attorney
General are leagued in conspiracy to
do General Howard and another official
connected with the Freedmens' Bureau
great Injustice. The plain facts are the
reverse OF the statements put forth py
the Associated Press.
Year: 1873

SWALLOWED Up TN SMUhE,
With angry red tongues of fire darting
through it here and there. 1t was
wonderful to look upon. Every time
the Devastation let off one Of her thirty
five ton guns it seemed as il an entire
London fog issued from her side. and
the report was so long coming that if
she were to shoot q man he would be
dead before he heard it. and would
probably 20 around wondering through
all eternity what it was that happened
to him.
Year: 1873

WORTH PREsERvING.-The Medical
Home has the following recipes which
may be of value; ai


A tea made of chestnut leaves, and
drank In the place of water, will cure
the most obstinate case of dropsy in q
few days. attll


A tea made of ripe or dried whor-
tieberries and drank in the place OF
water, is speedy cure for scrofulous
difficulty however bad. gHe it.


A tea made of peach leaves Is sure
cure for kidney difficulty. gc3


A plaster made OF fresh Stacked
lime and fresh tar, is sure cure for
cancer, which. with Its roots, will
soon come out.
Year: 1873

A Chicago clergyman preached last
week on Noah and the Liquor Busi-
ness" We always had an idea that
Noah was chiefly in the water busi-
ness, though we have a faint recol-
lection that being surfeited with wa
ter he once INDUCED for once not
wisely but too much in the product
of his vineyard. We do not think,
however, that he was ever in the IL
quor business in good and regular
44af 3qeil1
Year: 1873

Some Of the newly hedged official organs have
much to say about "the people the democracy
I'll yeomanry of the land endorsing Baxter's ad
minstration. All Of which is very thin 1t is a
remarkable fact that here in the great county Of
Washington, where dwelleth thirty five hundred
true and tried democrats only those are singing
praises to his Fraudulsncy who have received, or
expcc, to receive pay for their dirty work.-Dem-
ocrdt l2h inst


The above is from the Democrat Of last week
On the Oath Of May last, just six weeks previous
ly, and after Baxter had been governor for five
months, the Democrat used the following Ian
guage:


Every peace.loving and law abiding citizen
in the state 10 undoubtedly anxious to see Mr.
Baxter triumph over the band Of plunderers who
are endeavorng to get possession OF the state gov
ernment, and will stand by him to the end. Nc
Clure and his piratical crew made Baxter govern
or over the expressed will Of the people and IN the
most shameless and outrageous manner, eXpscti g
him to be subservient to all their schemes to fur-
ther rob, plund or and oppress the people OF tins
state, and now becauss they cannot mould him to
their liking, they attempt in almost - equally a
disgrsceful manner to get him out as they got him
in, and supply his place with one that 'eH work
to their liking in the guberhatorial traces. We
now repeat what we before said, that we trust Gov
Baxtar will prove equal to the emel gency, and, If
necessary, to prevent the state from falling into
TIE hands Of tho merciless scoundres under the
leadership of Mcclure, call upon the good people
of Arkansas to assist hm-and FIFTY THOUS-
AND men will quickly respond to his summons


We do not know that anybody has ever gene 1t
stronger for the governor, than the Democrat in
the above, and the question naturally arises what
L" dirty work " our neghbor expected to be called
upon to perform in May l"t,-Fagetteo'He he''s'
Year: 1873

Correspondent Of Lexington Caucasian.I


On Monday, the 7th, we rode into Gen.
Joseph o. Shelby's large wheat field. He
was then cutting lie has five or six
hundred acres IL is certainly the best
and heaviest wheat ever grown in Lafay-
cite county. 1t will average at least for
tv FIVE bushels to the acre. His crop is
clear Of cheat or rye; grain full and
plump. 1t is SO heavy that the general
has eight hands binding after each ma
chine, and can hardly keep up at that
He has four Mccormack machines run
ming all the time. In this vast wheat
field he has about fifty hands The wheat
is so heavy and the heat so oppressive
that the hands give out every day. Hands
are generally scarce, but Gen. Shelby has
no difficulty In getting or keeping them
Everything in this vast wheat field moves
in perfect order and in double quick
time. He has place for every man and
every man in his place, and they work
with quick step and in high spirits.
Gen. Shelby manages large force under
him seemingly with perfect order and
quick motion. The hands do more work
for Shelby in the same length of time
than any other farmer gets out OF his.
The workmen are all the time cheerful,
full of life, and would rather work for
Gen Shelby than anybody else.
Year: 1873

~ Chief Justice Mcclure admits that
he plays poker, and justiies the practice
on the ground that Southern gentle
men" used to play the game before the
war. We have no doubt the game was
nlaved before the war, and is now, but a
tolerably fair acquaintance with southern
neliticians for the last fifteen years, en-
ables us to say that there never was one
of them, Of either Of the old parties
which existed at that time, who would
not have considered his damnatlon sure
for the fact to have become known NOT
do we think the most popular man Of all
of them, could have lived (politleally)
after making the shameful confession
that Judge Mcclure does-thdt ne mas
played poker and ~iA do il dga'n'--Fdy'
eneuile News.
Year: 1873

n We learn that ALvts SMITH and Sheriff


hsDr have doubled teams and will de busi-
= at the old stand Of Avis Smith. Having
n in new front and improved the Store


|Rughout, they will in a short time open
with large and new stock Of miseellane-
n goods suitable for this market.
Year: 1873

fEA A Catholic father of st. Louis has
warned his congregation that he will
read from the altar each Sunday the
names Of all persons belonging to tho
parish who may have been found drunk
during tho preceding week.
Year: 1873

No sounder advice than the above can
be given to those about to obtain or al
ready in possession of a policy OF insur-
ance upon their property. 1t is a singu-
lar fact that so many men enter into con-
tracts with insurance companies without
understanding the terms beyond the fact
that they pay certain sum for stated
amount of insurance. No more than one
man out Of ten ever reads his policy, es-
pecially the conditions under which il is
issued and when a loss occurs he is as
founded to discover points therein that
reduce or invalidate his claim. There
after "all is vanity" to him; the company
Is a bloodsucker, and all insurance is a
fraud. 1t is probable that three-iourths
of the suits instituted in the settlement of
losses arise from ignorance orcarelessness
Of insurers, and not from any fault of the
insurance companies.


This ignorance is entirely wrong and
unnecessary. The policy is the contract
and in it the terms and condition are
plainly set forth; it is all simple and easi-
ly understood, and no reputable company
will attempt toevade their own provisions.


A few minutes spent in reading the
policy would show a man exactly what
he receives for his money; doubtful points
could be settled much easier than after
his property Is destroyed, and an aston
ishing amount oftrouble, perpleIity and
litigation would be avoided. knowledge
viii prove 10 be power 10 those who fol-
low our advice 10 "Read your policy
Year: 1873

and Kept earnest by Droad ahu ehIeht
ened views of the whole matter. The
work can not be thrown off either on
abstract law, OF on concrete lawmakers.
II rests on ourselves-on those OF whose
sentiment and purpose the law is the ex-
preston. The work Is mainly one Of
moral enlightenment. We have got to
put the community squarely on the side
of temperance. Nor is this so simple
and easy a work as some may think.
Many subordinate questions are involved.
There is legal coercion--all clear enough
to US, perhaps, but not at all clear to
thousands whom the liquor interest and
the politicians have befogged; clear even
to these, when the cattle disease imperils
stock and would send 70 our taples dls-
eased beef and milk, but not 30 clear in
the case of traffic that imPerils all the
dearest interests OF the life which now Is,
and of that which is to come. There is
work to be done here, well nigh equal TO
opening the eyes Of the blind. There is
also the question, how best to serve the
drunkardY how restore him TO himself
to his family, and to societyf how quench
his raging appetite! how revive his self
resPectY how lift his VIII to It's throne
Drunkenness is in part dlsease-how
shall we treat itY 1t is in part insanity
how shall we manage itY 1t is In part
a crime-how shall we punish and guard
ity There is n world OF work here
light to be got and light to be impaired; ;
inebriate asylums TO be established;
open arms for the returning prodlgai,
and if the fatted calf Is not killed to ap-
pease his hunger, at least enable him to
earn respectable bread.


And there is the still more important
question, How shall we save our sons
who are rs yet free from the snares OF
the destroyer? Their chief peril is not
from appetite, but from social customs.
The demon has transformed himself into
an angel of light, and allied himself
with respectability, and beauty, and
fashion. 1t is particularly respectable to
drink. 1t is fashionable for woman to
furnish the wine-cup to her guests. IL is
still woman that is first in the ruin of
man. The chains OF fashion are as hard
to break as are the chains Of caste. No
heathen was ever more mad upon his
idol than the devotees Of fashion are on
theirs. Can we save our children, or
must we be forced to throw them to Mo
loch and satisfy ourselves with the hide
Gus music with which their cries are
drowned' We can save them by the
hardest work.


This work is' as we have SAID, one OF
moral enlightenment IL is enllghten-