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Year: 1872

Don't try to stop bullet from 'sDer-
ringer" 1t leaves the lead in such bad
shape. ifi- e p" t'I


Don't try to stop the liquor traffic by
absorbing tie stock on hand. It's shame
to dilute it SO. a e' i


Don't try to catch live bass with a
dead minnow. 1t isn't showing proper
respect for the bass. ,


Don't ask blind man to tell you the
time of day by the sun. 1t will bring his
misfortune too viyidly to his mind.


Don't ask an editor to lend you half
a dollar. 1t will make you blush to look
at his pocket book.


Don't tell your child that the school
teacher is dolt The term is not gener-
ally understood among children.


Don't 90 home at 3 o'clock in the
morning and fell your wife, who has been
sitting up for you, that the sboys" kept
you out. It's rough on the boys"


Don't ask clergyman to marry you fer
nothing. Your bride will think you
stingy.


Don't make an eloquent prayer to the
congregation and then ask the Lord to
answer it. He doesn't play second fiddle.


Don't preach at one man and look at
another. 1t misleads the congregation.


Don't ask a man to sit at your table
and ':eat meal' when you have nothing
but cider in the house. He will ask if
you arc acquainted with Tom Browne.


Don't let your dog sit outside the door
of saloon. The faithful creature will
suffer in the cold.


Don't ask friend to hold your horse
while you step in to the dentists and get
three or four teeth filled. The horse
will grow weary.


Don't carry water in seive. 1t rusts
the wire so.


Don't ask politician to name the next
President. He may wish to keep it
secret.


Don't overload you wagon when you
buy wood by the load. It's hard on the
mules. -
Year: 1872

Immediately affect our happiness


should be one of the constant objects for


which we should liveAto respect and i'm


prove, deepen and strengthen the home


friendship. In this we live. Its the


fountain Of our sweetest pleasure, our best


life. Into this fountain no bitter drugs,


no poisonous drops should be put. We


should keepit clear and pure. We should
cherish it as the apple of our eye. No


word or act of ours should disturb it.


What is 50 dear to us and SO essential to
our happiness. should be preserved at all
expense. Home friendship is our richest
treasure below the skies. 1t is better
than gold, rubies, lands. fortune, learning,
fame or power. Nothing of an earthly
nature can compare with it. Then We
should treat it as our best treasure, and
be true to it, if we are false to everything
else. Every member ofthe home circlo
should be faithful friend of all the rest
and show his friendship by friendly words
and acts. sR1 3isf 90 iNiti
Year: 1872

II iOH tuC DTIStOi COuTtCT-l


About three months ago a white man
by the name of Hurt was missed from his
accustomed haunts in Russell county, Va,
but as there was a warrant in the hands
of an ofhcer for his arrest, nothing strange
was thought of it-people suppssing he
was keeping out Of the way for awhile
On the morning of tho 21st ult.,


HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND


in a deep sink-holc (some thirty feet
deep on MIR. Stuart's farm. Some young
men were out hunting walnuts, and were
attracted to the spot by the smell. Two
negro men were arrested on suspicion
Ham -, and Arch -. The former
was not implicated in the murder, but as
there we're other charges against him, he
was sent on for further trial. Arch was


FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER.
1t seems that some three moath. AGO.
Hurt one night went to the house of
negro. and in short time Arch came in.
After some pleasant conversation, Arch
picked up Hurts gun, which he had laid
in chair. and told him he had better be
going. Hurt turned to look at him, and
the same moment the contents of the gun
was shot through his body


KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Arch made the negro, at whose no Use the |
murder was committed, help him wrap the
in a quilt and convey it to the
sink where it was found. Three witness
es, who were present when the murder
was committed, all testified to tho facts
above stated. and offered as an apology
TOR having kept the matter secret, that
Arch, at the time of the act. had threat
sned to kill any of them that ever reveal
ID it in any way. As soon as he was ar
rested they promptly come forward and
estifed. Arch was sent to Abingdon foi
confinement, and will be taken back to
Russell next week for trial.
Year: 1872

Our best friends are at home. Those
who love us best, who would do most for
us. who are most interested in our lives
and would weep the bitterest tears were
we to die-dwell under our own roof, eat
at our own table and sleep under the
shadows of our own protection. How,
then, should we feel towards them and
treat them? IF they are our best friends
we should be theirs, and If we are their
friends we should show it. Concealed
friendship does not do us much good.


If a mine of gold is on our farm and
we know it not, we are not much better
off for it. Many people have strange
way of showing their friendship to the
members oftheir own home CIRCLE. They
are exacting, cross, surly, fretful in many
ways, and all this to friends they really
love. They mean no harm, they mean
not to break the cord of friendship. or
mar its sweet symphonies-but somehow
forget that home, friendship should be
treated more dclicatcly and kindly than
any ethsr, because Il is better. and more
Year: 1872

Teaching is imparting instruction or in


formation to others. Those who are I,


receive benefit by oral instruction must


of course, be present with the teacher


both in body and mind. The attention


must be given. The ac,U must be in q


proper frame. The pupils must give
their consent to be instructed. The,


must believe that they can learn, that the


teachers is competent to instruct them


But more than this they must have a de.


sire to learn now, aud to learn the par
ticular subject under consideration. That
this state of things may exist, the atmos-
phere of the school room must be pure
and Of a suitable temperature. the body
must be in comfortable position, the
mind must be unoccupied by other sub
jccts, the attention undiverted, and the
minds desire to know must be thoroughly
aroused. -ra.f -. rrFt


From these remarks we may sec the
propriety of the following fundamental
conditions of success which are commen-
ded to the consideration Of every teacher


L. 1t is utterly useless to attempt to
communicate information, or give in
struction to scholars, unless you can Sc
cure their constant attention.


2. To secure the attention, .he teacher
must train the pupil to control his senses
the eye must be kept upon the teacher,
that there may be opportunity for that
intercourse Of mind with mind, which can
take place only through the medium of
the eye; and the car must be intent to
citeh. not only the words, but those into
nations and modulations of the voice
which convey relation Of ideas and shade
of meaning too subtle for words to ex
press.


8. An earnest desire to learn, and to
learn that which you are attempting to
teach, must be awakened in every pupils
mind, or the teachers effort will be with
out avail.


A. The instruction given must be on
level with the capacities of those for whom
it is intended I: it must be adapted to their
present stage of mental Advancement, and
to the cultivation of the faculties in their
natural order


5. The amount of information commu-
nicated at any one time must be proper
tened to the capacity of the scholars.
Enough should be given at each lesson to
call invigorous exercise the faculties Of
every pupil but not enough to overtask
and discourage.


6. The time occupied by any lesson or
exercise should vary with the age and ad-
vanccment of the class. The attention Of
young children should not be closely con-
fined to an exercise more than ten to fif-
teen minutes. intermediate grades may
occupy from twenty to thirty minutes
the more advanced classes in grammar and
from thirty to forty-fve



z. The teacher should always endeavor
TO call out from the class oil the knowl-
edge possessed by them on tho subject,
before presenting anything new.


s. He should never do anything for the
pupil which the pupil can be led to do
for himself. by judicious and suggestive
questions, lead the scholar to that which
be desires and needs to know.


o, Never explain q difficult point in
lesson if there is single scholar in the
class who has mastered it. DO not lose
sight of the necessity of through reviews.
Year: 1872

The trial of Lydia Sherman ended at
New Haven, Connecticut, April 2Gth.
The court opened this morning with a
larger attendance than ever. Judge Park
arose and charged the jury. taking fifty
two minutes to do it. He carefully re-
viewed the evidence for the State, and for
the defence, showing the exact position of
each. He read the statute, which re-
qulres two witnesses, or what is euuiya-
lent, to convict of murder in the first de-
gree, and showed that they could find 81


THE PRISONER UILTY OF MURDER
in the second degree. The charge was
strong for the State. But could not well
have been otherwise, The defence broke
down at the last moment. On the con-
clusion of the charge .he jury retired.
The prisoner conversed with her son
nearly the whole time it was out, and
showed little concern, Much sooner than
was expected the door of the jury room
was opened, but it was only the foreman
asking for copy of the statutes. ssr


1t was Fifty minutes after the jury had
retired that it reappeared. In moment
all was still, and the prisoner arose and
stood before the twelve men who held her
fate in their hands.


Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed upon verdict %


I'VE have" replied the foreman, and
looking at the prisoner he said, "We find
the accused guilty of murder in the
second degree"


The prisoner pressed her hand to her
forhead and sat down, her son at her side.
She was calm again in moment, and
conversed with her friends as though
nothing unusual had happened. She was
led out by Jailor Webster, followed by a
crowd that blocked the street. She step
ped into an open buggy and was drawn to
the Jail.


The, sentence probably will not be
given until the end of the term, some
days hence. 1t is Imprisonment for life.
Had Mrs. Sherman been acquitted it is
said bench warrant, which was in the
courtroom, would have taken her to
Fairfield county to answer the charge of
poisoning a former husband. On this
charge they say there is clear case
against her. .-isel
Year: 1872

Alas for him who never sees
The stars shire through his cypress trees
Who, hopeless, lay his dead away;
Nor look to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play
Who hath not learned in hours of faith,
The truth TO flesh aud sense unknown,
That life is ever lord of death,
And love cannot lose its own.


Whittier
Year: 1872

swEsn THE rRAIN zMEN


to secrecy. threatening them that if they
dIyulged the name of any man they might
have recognized they would be shot-frem
the train as they passed thr5ngh.the 60 anty.
The obstructions were taken from the
track and the train allowed to proceed on
Its way ea.t. The gang notified the peo-
pie upon the train


That THEY HAD But JUST COMMENCED
their work of blood and violence that
they would XIII every man connected with
or sympathizing with late fraudulent issue
of bonds. The train then glided away
from the scene of the tragedy.
Year: 1872

The room was n pleasant one, al


the top Of the house, overlooking the
sca, on which the moon was shining
brilliantly After bad said my pray.
crs aud the candle had burned ou,,
remember how | still sat looking nj
the moonlight on the water, as it !
could hope TO read my fortune in it as
in a bright book or TO see my mother
with her child coming from Heaven,
along tho shining path, to look npon
me as she had looked upon mo wncn !!
last saw her sweet face. | remember
how the solemn feeling with which at
length turned my eyes away, yielded
10 the sensation Of gratitude and rest
which the sight Of the whiiefurtaiued
bed. and how much more the lying
softly down upon it, nesting in the
snow. white sheets, inspired. re.
member how | though, Of all the soil.
tary places under the night sky where
/ bad slept, and how | prayed that ]
never might be houseless any more
and never might forget the houseless.
| remember how ! seemed to float,
then, down the melancholy glory Of
that track upon the sea, away into the


world Of dreau4.-DacM CoPperfeld
Year: 1872

-" The bes, exercises Of the sonl
are to be had in company with the
open day. Pensivo evening invites
the shades Of penitential sorrow to
gather around rs. But the breezy
call Of Incense breathing morn sum.
mons to prayer rs preparation TO
battle, and they who viii fight well
must be sure to put on the whole ar
monr OF God, by the light Of the NOR.
ming star
Year: 1872

THE .lifo Of the Christian il the
gauge by which to dctcrmin' bow much
prayer he caries--how he does his
duties aud bears trials, opposition and
persecution. BE assured that the
one who bears patiently in the Spirit
Of the Master all things wi,hou, mur
muring carries in his daily life a good
force Of prayer. Watch the indlca-
tor on the boiler Of steam engine /,
as the fire grows hotter il tells that
the power !. Increasing there may
be that opposition to overcome as viii
hinder its making single revolution
but as long as the fire is kept mp the
power is still there. JUS, 40 in the


life Of 4 Christian, opposition may in
a great9neasure hinder the usefulness
of one that has great desire to work
for the Master, but as long as this in.
tcrnal force is kept up by a constant
supply Of heavenly heat al the powers
OF the world cannot hinder the lndi-
cation Of the growing power of truth
in the Soul of the believer in Christ
anon.
Year: 1872

with persons anxious to be saved. One o! the boats
was swamped, but was soon rlghted by the chief
engineer, who was in her. He scaled her
mp to the wreck and she was again
boarded with success. About fifty persons
were left on tle upper deck, which
driited with the gale. The storm stll. continued,
and although several vessels came within sight
none recognized us. We continued IN this peril
GUS condition until about eight O'Clock a. NJ, when
we drl!ted on the beach, about half mile rom the
Watch Hill Lighthouse. The surf very high
ana our danger was Increased. by this time quite
a large number Of people from the Watch Hill Ho-
tel We're on the beach pgoIerng ald but all was OF
no use. ihe roar Of the surf prevented any COM
mnnication, and 1t was evident us that the deck
on which we foated must soon go to pieces In
iew moments the breaking up commenced. and we
were all thrown into the surf. BY the kindness of
those on shore nearly all were saved from tie pilot
house and upper works. unable to say at
present how many OF the crew and passengers were
lost with the hull
Year: 1872

ST0NINGT0N, Conn.,, August 30, 1872.


The following is the statement Of Captain Charles
L. Burton, OF the steamer Metis:--


We left New York at fifteen minutes past five p.
M. on the Goth OF August. The weather was over.
cast and rainy, with fresh breeze from the south
east. At forty minutes past three A. NJ, when be-
tween the two lighthouses Of Montauk Point ana
Watch Hill, about five miles or the Rhode Island
shore, the propeller was run into by an unknown
schooner, striking forty feet abaft of the stem
or nearly abreast OF the pilot house. The propeller
was Immediately stopped and turned round, and
We endeavored to nnd the vessel but failed to do
so. / sent the mates and pilot below to ascertain
II the propeller was making any water. They re.
ported to me that she was not, and we considered
the damage very slight We then proceeded on
our way to Providence.


After few moments the engineer reported that the
steamer was rapidly nllIng. l Immediately headed
her for the nearest shore, and used every exertion
IN my power'to save the passengers and crew. At
this time the wind was blowing strong gale from
the southeast, accompanied by heavy rain. 1t soon
became evident that the steamer must go down. 1t
was not longer than half an hour nom the time she
was headed for the shore until she sunk.


The nfeboats were lowered and filled at once
Year: 1872

over forty perished. never saw
crowd that behaved better. There was no panic
at all. The money and passenger lists were lost.
did not dream OF her sinking when the engineer
ran to the pilot house and told the captain he would
have to beach her. 1t was so dark could not see
the way back to the safe. The whistle
was blown as long as we had q pound of
steam to blow it with to attract the attention of
passing vessels. The boat had everything that the
law requires for safety OF passengers. waspicked
up by the revenue cutter Moccasin and taken into
Stonington.


The Metis, as already mentioned, was 1859 tons
burden and belongs to the Providence and New
York Steamship Company was lately altered from
freight to a passenger boat and was valued at
s175.00o Her cargo was valued at $4,000. 1t is
said thar an investigation will be Immediately in
stttuted in reference to the narrowing calamity
which has taken place.
Year: 1872

Impecuuious young Frenchmen of good
family are said to keep special lookout for
matches with rich American girls, who are
the most easily humbugged of any race by the
tinsel of an aristocratic title.
Year: 1872

An enthusiastic brakeman in St. Louis, the
other night, was awakened from dream of
an impending mishap by cry of pain, and
found himself sitting up in bed holding his
wife by the ears, having almost twisted her
head off.
Year: 1872

We wrote yesterday that "white pique cos
tunes are now POPULAR" and were gravely
informed by the proof this morning that
'white pine coffins are not popular" Truth
crushed to earth will rise again, they saw
Danbury News
Year: 1872

Providence man kissed maiden lady of
forty or thereabouts the other day and was
fined fifteen dollars therefor. The reporter
of the Providence Herald thinks that he
would rather have paid the fifteen dollars
than done the kissing.
Year: 1872

An advertising tallow-chandler modestly
announces that, without intending any dis
paragement to the sun, he may confidently
assert that his octagonal spermaceti is the
best light ever invented
Year: 1872

A miserable boy on Rose Hill found a Ro-
man candle in the house, Monday, and chalk
ing it perfectly white succeeded in palmng it
off on his aged grandmother as genuine tai
low article. When that excellent lady came
to light it, the deception was soon apparent,
but by retaining her presence of mind she fell
over two chairs without seriously hurting her
self The author of the mischief now sits
down with crutch.-Danbary Ne,cs.
Year: 1872

Dobbs offers a premium tor an invention to
utilize the stumps of lead pencils. He says
he is wearing his fingers to stumps by trying
to finish them up conscientiously, because as
often as he thinks of throwing them away the
reflection comes up to him, how many little
boys and girls there are in the world who
never have pencil end they can call their
own, and he keeps on stumping it to the
bitter end.
Year: 1872

AN ESSENTIAL OF LovKLINFss.-To be en-
tirely beautiful the hair should be abundant
and lustrous. This is absolutely essential to
complete loveliness. The most regular features,
the most brilliant complexion and pearliest
teeth fail of their due effect if the hair be
thin, dry or harsh. On the contrary the plain
est face, if it be but surmounted by luxuriant
and silken tresses, is apt to impress the behold
er with sense of actual beauty. That crown
ing ornament of her sex is, happily, within the
reach of lovely woman, and being as discrim-
mating as she is lovely, she long age discovered
that LYoS's KATHAIRoN was the sure means of
securing it. No preparation for the Hair ever
enjoyed tithe of its popularity, and no won
der, since it produced such gratifying results.
Applied to the waste and barren places of the
scalp, it fructiies and enriches them with a
new and ample growth. 1t is not, of course,
pretended that it will do this if the ca
pacty for reproduction is extinct, but so long
as it remains that wonderful rehabilitant will
assuredly propagate the germ of the hair into
life and activity. su19eod1w&w1t


ADAHsoN's Balsam sures Asthma, Coughs
Year: 1872

BURKE BOND has been elected to
the Legislature from Williamson
county. He is young man of
broad and comprehensive views,
a fine orator, brilliant intellect, true man,
and in every regard worthy to represent the
people who have elected him. BE will
take high stand in that body, and be
useful member. What blessing and hon.
or to the State it would be if every county
had member like him !-COLunlbid Her.
aid
Year: 1872

The Supreme Cont to-day decided the
celebrated Cherokee land case in favor of
Jay the purchaser of the lands from the
tribe, holding that as the United States had
not enforced forfeiture against the Indians
for taking part in the rebellion that the title
could not be impaired by its entry and oc-
cupation by settlers whose title is declared
void.


The court also decided Brigadiers are not
entitle to increased commutation of rations
given officers of and below the rank OF
Brew. Brig. General by act of 1866, thus
sustaining the action Of the pay department
In the case of Gen. Hunt aud reversing the
decision of the court of claims.
Year: 1872

Eighty members of the London police
force have been discharged from the service
for insubOrdination. The trouble grew out
of tbe dismissal of a constable who acted
as secretary during the action of the force
to secure an increase of pay.
Year: 1872

In Oyer and Terminer to day applica-
ton was made for an order compelling the
District Attorney to furnish Wn, NJ.
Tweed with lists of the witnesses before the
grand jury, specifying The witnesses applica-
Bile 10 each Indictment. Motion was also
made to srraign Tweed who was in court;
likewise motion to fix an early day for
the trial of Edward Stok IS for the murder
of Fisk. Decision will be made in each
case tomorrow.


A Fatal Platform.


BY the breaking of a platform on the
third floor of the new Herald building this
morning, five workmen were precipitated
into the basement and John Mcnamara,
John Farrell and John McCurley were it is
believed fatally injured.
Year: 1872

A CHOLERA SCARE IN THE CRY seemed i'm
minent yesterday, from the fact that report
had been circulated Of death from the fright
full scourge of Asiatic cholera having taken
place in our midst. This was strengthened
from the fact that physician who made
the post-mortem examination declared
it to be genuine case of the Semitic species.
Further inquiry and active measures by the
cholera morbus, and not the epidemic This
will be reassuring to those who may have been
frightened out of their proprieties by the false
report.
Year: 1872

condemned to death, the picture of man in
the prime of life returning through the twi-
light to dark CELL with twelve men who hold
his existence in their hands deliberating
whether they shall give it or take it from him,
is one sufficiently terrible for contemplation in
itself Such is the aspect of the latest step in
this great murder trial
Year: 1872

in these apparent changes of the climate ap-
pear to be operating here in our increased
summer heats. We hope that these storms in
England will prove to be the beginning of q
breakup of the dry season throughout the
northern temperate zone of both hemispheres
Year: 1872

constructed from the States and Territories
north in the direction of the Mexican border.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, which
is projected from Denver, Colorado, to the
Mexican border at Ell Paso, and which will be
eight hundred and fifty miles long, has been
completed and is in operation hundred and
twenty miles of the distance Who, ten or
fifteen years ago, would have imagined such
wonderful progressP 1t will not be long be-
fore the States of Mexico will be reached both
directly from the east by way of Texas and
laterally from the growing States among tho
Rocky Mountains, and then will the work of
manifest destiny be practically accomplished,
if not before by the absorption and control of
Northern Mexico Truly we live in wonder
full age Of progress. No one indeed, would
venture TO predict the future of our glorious
country.