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C2cs ia BaUonU Bank BaUdiag, (third- story.) ,. , J : TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION l C2.50 PER YEAR, iiabtaici. (3,00 '- ir WOT FAID 1 ABTAKCt. No postage on ' papers delivered within this County. From Hsrper's Weekly. My Wife tnd My Son'e Wife. Barring tbe selfishness of the old man's prayer ' "Gh Lord, bleu ma and my wife, idy eon Jehu and hl wife. t Us four. Namore. ' A incal" it is a petition that has literally expressed tu v heart' desire for years, with this result, that the Lord has blessed me and nij wife, bat lie hat not blessed my ion John and his wife. Thinking it all over to-night, , ( s I have, reclined in my easy-chair before the fire, I have come to the conclusion tbat my blessing and my aon John's curse are attributable to tbe differences in our wires. For some of these difereneer-rNr-ls? "7 As e lass, my wife was bred at home m a great many old-fashioned notions, like the honor due parents, veneration to su- . Jeriors, the value of time, human accountability, and woman's' responsibility. She Vaa instructed, moreover, in the. art of toresd-making and a variety of useful employments. My son John's wife received her education at one of the fashionable boariingechocls tbat turn out young ladies with 11 the modern improvements. Among these improvements, so-called, was the conviction that pater familial, ' as she learnedly dubbed him, was a dear old fellow to pay bills, a delicious sort of banking institution tbat had no credit page in its system of book-keepiog, and never ba4enced accounts. Farther than this, pater was something of an old fogy, whore opinions were entirely out of date and too ridiculous lor respect or adoption. Materftunitiat also waa a. very good woman in her way. Aa a medium of communication between herself a od the exchequer she had Do Uil, and a better , iudurser with the , family banker could not be found. Hut , mahr too was full of obsolete notions, and iiot up to the times by any manner of s means. Another modern improvement was the couviction that tbe lime not con sumed in eating, drinking, sleeping, dresdog, party-going and novel-reading was ' an unmitigated bore, to be killed by any possible expedient. The other modern improvements were mainly playing indiflerutly on a piano, pointing poorly in oils, daacing gracefully, , flirting skillfully, gossiping recklessly, and doing nothing ' Keutwellv. , Aa a lass, my wife was a buxom woman, glowing with health aud happiness. Uh the reduesa or her plump cheeks aud the brightness of her sparkling eyesl She uiit not need to respond, in her hearty, tuerry tunes, to inquiries titer her health, 'l am very well, 1 thauk youl" Her rosy cheeks, and rounded form, and clear, strong tone testified to h'r well-being. Aa a lass, my aon John's wile was a palo and fragile creature, like a lily or a , uvw-dake, John aaid. Hlm had aitld, languid ejes and a thin, baby voice tbat responded faintly to queries alter her health: I am Diiserabl to-dty;" and the next diy would say, i am not so well is i was je.terday." Aa a married woman, my wife's nerver are m help to her and me; but i am of opinion that the ncrvea of my son John's wile ere more of a hindrance than a help. There la the hr rue difference in the head and hearts aud boura and burns of the two women. My wile's head plans, contrives, founder., and desna. 'Ilia head of my son's wite aches, throbs, aud is always ready to split. My wile's heart is a good, .ateady, human heart, full of pure blood and the seat of womanly stleeiions. 1 ho .heart of my 'son 'a wile ia the seat of disease .and its blood lack iron. My wife'a bones .are equal to the full duties incumbent on .sound bones, but the bones of my son's wile ate deficient in lime, rods, or magnesia, and are full of aches and pains. My .wile's back'ia strong to boar the burdens of the day, but the back of my son's wife is always broken and troubled with lumbagoMy wife takes for her model tin Tlrtu cub woman in l'roverbs: 'She risotb Mhile it is yet tiiht arid givcth meat to Jier household and bread to her maidens." My aou John's wile rises towards noon, Ins very indistinct notions as to what her hourehold is fed with, and remains In bed while her maidens are eating. My wile's industry is well directed in a variety of useful employment.. She lajetla bcr hands lo tho nudle, and her liands hold the dislsflf." My son John's wile has a taste for fancy iroik. bbo layctli her lands to tho crochet ced.'e, and her Lauds hold tho tattingsJiutlle. ' My wife is always will dressed, and her caruienta aro mainly of domestio manu facture he has a prototype in the habit of the virtuous woman who "tuaketli herself coverings of tapestry." My son John's wile is gorgeously attired in socioty; but my aon Johu groans over the bills from importers, dress makers, and milliners. ' My wife is charming at the breakfasttable Smooth hair, a tidy dress, a whlto collar, ind a nullius face, tuako up her cbatrus. My ton John's wlfo. if alio aproar at tho breakfast-table, is not chsrmms. ' Her hair ia in crimping-pins and curling-pa pcrs; her slippers ire down at tho heel, her dress is shall y, and she wears no collar, Venus herself would to ugly in such otfire. My wife openeth her mouth witVwi(Ioqi, and her tongue, is tho law or Kind nets." 3Iy ion John's wife openeth her mouth with complaints, and fault-fludin, and iffltful murmurs, and idlo gossip, and un reasonable demands, and her toogua is in lb tad habit of scolding. . II y wife '-looketU well to the waya of her household, and eatetb not tho bread of Idleness." My aoo John's wife trusts the wars of jier household to servants, and she eat the bread of her cook, when abe has one, and the nearest baker's when she has not.

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My wife ia a good mother to her children. ' From infancy to maturity ehe has watch ea, insiruciea, ana carea lenaeny ior mem. Her attention to their physical wants has beeu uniform and discreet, and her devotion to their higher interests has been vigiland and unflagging. s My son John's wife leates her children to the care of menials. The? annoy and distress her. Their ntise makes her head ache when ahe is not welt-dressed, and their dirty little hands soil her garments h boeioe89 of thcir tetchers to look after when abe is. As tor their manners it is them, and what are churches and Sabbathschools good for if they don't take charge of their morals? My wife's kingdom is her home. Hero she lavifthes her best powers and richest gifts, reigning a very queen. - My sou John's . wife" ii-only a" queenoutside her home. The shabby woman, dull and indifferent to those whose happiness or misery depends on her moods, develops into the smiling, social queen In the presence of strangers to whom abe is under no obligations, and to whom her smiles or frowns are of little significance. My wife's "huttband is known in the gates when be sittelh among the elders of the land." Bless youl He would never have sat there but for her. How do you think he is known? Why, by the whiteness of his linen, and tbe completeness of his buttons, and the fit of his collar, and tbe tie of his cravat, and the sleekness of his hat, and the remnants of the smile that settled on bis face when, after a good breakfast, the little woman looked him over and dismissed him with a kiss. lie is known, too, by the content that fills his heart and shines out of his face with the thought that all day long a wise woman is watching over bis interest and looking after his dinner, and will be ready to greet hint, when' the day's work is over, with smiles and kind words. Of course the elders know him and envy htm, and wish they atood in his boots. My son John ia not known in the gates, for he docs not sit among the elders of the land. John's-linen is spt to be soiled and fringed at the edes. his buttons are often lacking, his collar docs not fit, his cravat is tied csrclessly, his hat is rough, and his broadcluth dusty, while his face has the anxious look tust settles there when, after a breakfast of sour bread and muddy cuffoe, he leaves his wil'o in bed, the baby crying, the little boy riding the silk umbrella, the little girl sailing her shoes in the bath-tub, the chamber-maid giving warning up stairs that she is going to leave, and the cook down stairs giving away soap and tea to her sister's children. John's facti scarcely brightens all day Ion. It is nut likely to, with the thought that tho income of his business will not balance his family expenses, and the' prospecta of goiux home to a sulky wile, children illbred and neglected, servants wasteful and rebellious a dinner illy ordered and worse ccoked, and a pile of bills from milliners, dress-makers, "butchers, bakers, and can dlestick-makers." Tho elders don't know John, but 1 prestly fesr that club-houses and wSoe-saloons will. My wife's children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiscth her." My son John says the Lord gsve him no choice of mother, but he ahull never cense to be thankful for the Lord's pitt. For myself, I find no words of praise so fitting my wile as the king's praise: "Many dsuuhlers have done virtuously, but thou eit-ellent them all." The children of my son John's wife will never ariso up and call her blessed; and her h unhand says bitterly the Lord gave him tho choice of a wife, and ho shall never eeae to condom n his judgment. My life is full of content; the lines have fallen to mo in pleasant places. Men say I am lucky. J! very thing turns to blessing in my hand. Frovidonru bus smiled upon me. and tho Lord has dealt lounti. fully with mo.. My son John's life i.1 full of bittcrncst. He complains grievously that every thing goes wrong with him, fute is against him, Providence frowns upon him, and the Lords deals hardly with him. I pauso and ponder, hitting in my cheerful home to-night, tho words of the wise man recur to my mind: "Kvery wiso woman builJeth her house, tut tho foolish tduuketh it down with her hands." coking just across the fire, where aits my holy-fuced, sweet-voiced wife, I see tho wise woman who has builded her bouse, and I ccaso to blatno the Lord for my son Julia's ill fortune, Boeing iu his wife ihe loolish womsn who pluckewi down her hougo with bcr own hands. How It was Dono,' Dispatches from Alabama represent that the new Constitution of the Htate lacks from ten to twenty thousand votes of tho number necessary fur ita raiification under the reconstruction law. The number of votes cast for the Constitution must therefore be in the neighborhood of tU.UOU, while none were polled against it. Kvory registered voter who I'siled to vole waa counted as against the Constitution. The rebels consequently refused to vote, and used every posaibU appliance of terrorism to deter their dependents from Toting. A dispatch to the New York Jlerald, dated Montgomery, Alabama, February 7, Bays; "Ueneral Meade haa extended the election another day, to Include öaturday; but tho probability ia tbat the Constitution will be defeated anyhow. Little more than half the negroes have voted in this vicini ty. lhtndrrtl$ ars Itiitg ditchargrd ly thnr ttitjtfoytTi, trio DKTECTEH them voting. There was a rumor here that a riot oo curred yesterday in Tuskece, in which several were killed. Whitn cititrm here ire very bitter aainit all who voted." The poor men of Alabama, both white and colored, are at this time more than usually dependent on those able to furnish them employment, and it is well known tbat the wealthy citizena and landowners of thi State 4re almost solidly 'opposed to

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men, 'if you vote, you and your families shall starve," and it is not surprising that many surrender the freeman'a privilege, in the hope of keeping famine from their hearth ttones. The aristocrats possessed a tyrant's power, and med it in a tyrant'a way. . . , , ' This great wrong must be remedied by ordering a new election and. so changing, the reconstruction law that a majority of actuat votes hall determine tbe question; or by taking the manifest will of the people of Alabama for the deed, and recognising tbe ballots of the fifty thousand who voted for the Constitution as the voico of Alabama, It waa Andrew Johnson, we believe, who said before his fatal apostacy, that if there were but fire thousand lovai men in TZtate fhey should rule the State. - Alarh - - - . ... I bama has ten times five thousand who have braved proscription and . persecution to mauifVat their devotion-to the Union, and their desire for tho restoration of civil government to their State. f Journal. . THE M'CORMICK REAPER. Paris Exposition and its Awards The Grand Gold Medal and Chevalier Decoration. It is now about six months since the announcement was made in theso columns that the grind priso had been awarded in the World's Exposition at Paris to the world-renowned McCorraick harvester, made in this city. Since then the official reports have been published, tho awards more recently made at the band of the Kmperor, and the original statement sustained thereby. The following extract from Gal ignanit SltUfnger will be read with interest, at showing that Mr. McCormlck was still further designated as worthy of honor: "At the lale distribution of recompenses for agricultural improvements and instruments, Mr. McCormlck, of the United State, not enly obtained the grand prize for his invention of harvesting machines, but was nominated by the Kmpcror Knight of tho Legion of Hunor." The Mjnitcur (the official paper of tbe French Government) i;ives, in the list of awurds, a list of eleven persona to whom were awarded tho "Grands Prix" the prand prixo. Kighth on the list is the following: "C. II. MncCormick CnVo Ma chine, a moissoncr Hints Uuis. The thrco first namos on the list are those of tho Etrperors of Austria, Kusia and France; there is no other American name than that of McCormick under that head. In addition to tho grand price a magnificent gold medal Mr. McCormick was personally distinguished by being placed on the lut of Chevaliers of tbe Legion of Honor by tho group jury, who alono could award the grand price. His name stands fifth on this conservatively limited list, the four preceding him being M. Morren, M. Wittmarek, and M. Aureliann, all three member of Ihe jury, and M. Meyer, a dis tinv'uixhed PruKsisn architect. The agricultural community throughout the West, as uell as large numbers in tho JCast and in Kuropo, wi.o are now using the celebrated McCormick Mower end Keapor, will hoartily ooncede in tho ver dict. Indeed the popular endor?cment is what the McCormick machines are made to re ceive, and while the bot principles, ihe most perfect material, and the most skilful workmen that can be found are employed in their construction, they have richly de served ihst popular approval which haa been so Isrpely accorded. Ihe dictum of tho French juries, composed as those ho J iea were of the most eminent men iu their respective departments, and the best fitted to make a valuable and completely reliable discrimination, in comparing objects, where most of them doubtless possessed many excellent features, tho dictum is espeiidlly valuable aa bring concurrent with tho vuico of the pcoplo, which wc, In this democratic country, recognize as being Me court of lust appeal. To thcir hands the Messrs. McCormick long ago committed their machines, and calmly awaited the verdict; to the French juries tho samo sub mission was made, witii a similar faith In Ihe result. That result is tho same in both raves on unequivocal endorsement of the machines as lulflllitijr all requirements, both in theory and practico. In this award ihcio is a good reason for congratulation that Chicago, the young city of tho Went, has been bio to ninks hcisclt known so enviably among the people of the yid World, whero tho arts and sciences have- so long flourished, and to assert her claims with equal ditlnctnct among her American rivals, though much their junior in point of age. , Tho exhibit made there of the model school house showed what great things we have done for the education of our children, and drew furth hearty encomiums from the whole of tho French press; the model farm houso was viewed with source bounded admiration, aa exhibiting the high state of comfort enjoyed hero; tho bust of Lincoln spoke volumes fur our wisdom in solecting auch a roan to rule the nation in her darkest hours, and opened a valualle chap tor in the history ot Chicago art; not loss noted wero tho ureut harvesting machines exhibited by McCormick, models of Inventive ingenuity, of mechanical excellence, of ULor.Mving ikill; showing how the men of the West can think and work, and low valuable are there appliance famished by Chioago to give time for sohool studies and profit to the sons of the toil. The McCormlck machine Is not only still in the field, but prepared to take higher ground than ever during the coming season, the new improvements t Introduced being all of groat value. The mammoth factory where these machines aro made, on the north bank of the river, near the lake, is now busy with tho hum of many hundreds of workers, who, with tho aid of the host improved machinery, are occupied in turning out for tho coming season a larger eupply than ever of theso the Pride of the Vct.Chia.) Tribune,

Kissing in School. A District School aotlar away, 'Mid B.rkihira hills, one winter dsy, Was bumming with Us woatsd oUe Of thM.cora mingled girl and boji Sota fw upon tb.ir tsk Inttat, But more on furtive mlfohUf bsnt, The while the mister's dowifi look . Was fastened on a e.py book When sullenly, behind bis back, Rote sharp and clear a rousing MACat As 'twere ah.ary balt.ry ofblins Let off la one tremendaoui ai.s. "What's tbaif" the stsrtl.d matter orles." "That, thlr," a little Imp replies, Wath William Willith, If yoa pleatbs I thaw him kith Thathannsh Pthe." With frown to make a status j The master thundered "ill' -ill - ita; .Will. .t.l.. With stolen chattels en bis baok, ,- Will burg his head 1 fear aatd s'ueme, And to the awfal presence came A great, green, bashful simpleton, The butt of all good-natured fun. "With smile suppressed, and birch upraised, The threatener faltered "I'm amased Tbat you, inj biggest pupil, sboeld lie guilty of an aet so rude J Before the whole set sohoot to boot What erll gcQltti pot yea to'i?" "Twas she, her.elf, Sir," sobbed the lad, "I didn't mean to be so bad Aad whsa Sujacoah shook ker earls, And whispered I was 'fraid of girls, And dursn't kiss a babj'a dull, I eouldn't stand it. tr, at 111, Uutup and klsied heron the spoil I know too-hoo I ought to not, But, somehow, from her looks boo-hoo I thought she kind o wished nie to!" Oliver Optio and his Books. When an author has written himself into a wide and constantly increasing popularity, it is natural to inquire who he is, what he haa written, and upon what basis rest his tluims for tho palronago of the resding public. In these days, when authors aro "Thlcs ss suomnl leaves that strew the brooks I a Valloinbroia," and rrudcrs are critical, success must be, to a great extent, the reward of some sort of ability; aud if this ability is exercised in healthy channels, the world is the gainer. Ilo who, by the perusal of a book, magflxioe or paper, be he old or young, is incited to nobler deeds and aspirations, who feels that the good that is in him is drawn forth into practical operation, is to jut that decree the author's debtor, and all the benefit to' the world resulting from thoe now views, or from old views vitalized into action, is directly traceable to him who made the printed pne the reflux of his own convictions. When years jof maturity jye jeehed the mind is 1om iuipressiblo,' Jtfid kood seed too often falls in atony plarCs. 'or on soil which has become hardened; and consequently it is natural to find authors, preachers and instructors making their most earnckt appeals to the joung, fully believing in tho truth of lhv well tried maxim that "just as the twig is tent tho Irco is inclined." It Is vastly easier to run the plough of reform through tender soil, than through tbe hardened clods filled with the evil roots of tough old sins and bad habits. Perhaps tho most widely read of all our writers fur young people is Mr. William T. Adams, more generally known as "Oliver Optic." Among tho boys and girls it is emphatically true that "not to know him proclaims one's reif unknown." Dust never accumulates on his books; they never look new and clean but once, and then it is on the shelves of the. publishers' wsrorooms; they are found in well nigh all families where there aro young folks who can read, and "children cry for them." Now this is cither fortunate or unfortunate, good or evil, to be encouraged or to be condemned, and how are we to decide? Who is "Oliver Optic?' Surely be Is no myth; he has a "local habitation and a name." Mr. Adams was born in Medwar, Mass., July 80, 1822, and therefore Is forty-five years of age. He became a school teacher at tho sge of twenty, and for twenty yeara occupied that responsible position with credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of the parents whose children were under his charge. For six years he waa principul of tbe Roylslon and liowditch schools in Doston, and at one time hud twelve hundred scholars and twentyfivo teacher under his immediate supervision. Hut not alone iu "common reboot-." bus he labored; for twenty years he liu been a Hubbuth school teacher, end seVbO Viars a superintendent. It may then Vo said with couflJie that be should bo well ocquaiiii:d with the wants of the young, ari'i with the most efficient methods of imparting instruoiien. Few writors havo been brought so directly In contact with the rising generation, or havo enjoyed such rich and varied experiences of child life, while it is ousily seen that the accumulation of incidents and events attendant upon public schools furnishes a cspital for an author's use rarely possessed. It i doubtless true that Mr. Adams's books owo much of their Interest and value, much of thoir vivid naturalness to these causes, ind it Is equally truo that with many persons similarly situated these experiences would have produced no practiuul results mo in tho daily rou tine of the school room. His quick and keenly opprociativo mind found there its full exercise, and when he enttred the arena of author.Lip his success wis certain. Hut what haa "Oliver Optio" written? The flret volume of the "71 Club" series was published In 1654, and sn additional volume followed each year until tbe series was completed. From tbe beginning the "Uost Club" has bad a large sale, end is still one of the most popular of tho many sots of juvenile books. Over one hundred thousand volumes have been sold, and ''the end ia not yet." Following elosely came tbe " WoeJvMfi SVortV," the first volume of which waPissusd in t9b"l, and tbe sabs hoe alrcsdy rosched

toirMrft over one hundred thousand volumes. In the spring'of 1SC-4 Mr. Adams began the Army and Nazy Storiet," of which sev. eoty üve thousand volumes have already been sold, and twelve thousand a year are demanded by the trade. In the same year tbe ''llivtrdale Storirtf' "in twelve volumes, for young children, were published, and the sales already amount to one hundred and twenty-five thousand volumes. In 18C5 Mr. Adams went to Europe, mainly that he might gather material for a aeries of books which had long been in bia mind " Young America Abroad." Three volumes of this series were published last year and twenty-five thousand sold, and when the time since they were issued is taken into consideration, it is evident that tbLs"! will at least equal tbat of any of Vs.. . i. . -1. . i .u:. . : - - t w e 1 rt "I fi o u a n uTc i y 1 c s X f Tb o 1 n i t i a rW I v ume were sold. Two series ot thia character are announced, six volumes each, but before the second ia begun Mr. Adams intends visiting Europa again, to glean fresh material in Spain, Portugal. Italy, Greece, Turkey, Ilussia, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The "Starry blag' teries, the last on our litt, originally appeared iu "Oliver Ojfic'$ Magazine" an illustrated weekly publication for boya and girls, which he edits with signal tact and ability. Döring the present season three volumes of this series have been issued and twenty-one thousand copies sold. These facts are certainly startling from thcir magnitude, but let a recapitulation aid the reader in his estimate of Oliver Optio's fertility of genius and his remarkable popularity. The figures given are in "round numbers," but ia each instance below the avtual sale: . . Boat Club Series, S volumes. I .Sale ..ioo,oso ..10(1,1.0(1 .. 74 00 ..123,000 Woodvllla " 0 " Army and Karr Serien, S volumes.. " llherd ile Perle, 12 volumes " Young Amorlea Abrua l, S volumes, (3 out sod 3 Ij process) " Starr lag Series, X volumes. (3 out e . . ana 4 to prooess;. Total, 38 volumes, with a sale of eaeaeeae. 440,000 In addition to these, Mr. Adams hns written a popular spelling book, two novels which have been well received by the public, and'one volumo of miscellatieoua stories, thus making forty vohimet from his proliflo pen! What other at home or abroad can show such a record? It almost staggers belief, but "figures won't lie." And now wherein consist the elements of this popularity? Iu a word, he appeala directly to the living, earnest sympathies of the young, his narrative is sprightly, his incident true to actual life, and his moral pills are so sugar-coated that they aro. taken gr.odiy by the young patient. In other words, he aims to impart wholesome truth and sound morality, without bo obtruding upon the mind of the reader as to create a distaste for the book. We do not claim that his writings are free from faults, sometimes in style and sometimes in incident and illustration: for ho is human and not an Optio al illusion. Rut it is evident from a perusal of his hooka that he constantly aims to make goodness Attractive and vice odious; ho never allows an unrepentant bad character to sppcsrdn any other than ita true light, and to hold it up as a warning, while his readers sro taught to halo the' mean and tbe unworthy, and to love and strive tor the tood. lie once gave, in conversation, as his motto in writing for the young, Yrs 6o?, then country, then frirtidi;" end if the boys and girls are safely inoculated with thia noble sentiment, what more can bo asked for them? tiome may complain that bis books aro too exciting, too sensational, but then ia not real lite sensational and exciting? If the sensa lion be true, be right in its influence, if tho excitement be henltby, tbe supposed fault is a virtue. No sickly sentimentalism pervades Mr. Adama'a books; his good boys do not all die according to the BtereOtype fashion, his bid boys do not invariably meet with instant punishment for thcir sins; but ultimately, virtue triumpha and vice meeta with its just deserts. In this he succeeds just whore so many fall. His characters are human; they ore the boys and girls of to-day, not either wholly good or wholly bad, but with a mixturo of both; tho tares and the wheat prow together aa in real lifo, and ho teaches how to distinguish one from the other. Consequently we feel that tho tendeucy of his books is in the right direction; they are stiiuulunts, perhaps sometimes strong, to tho active growth of good motives and aspirations. In judging of his books, one fact should be borne in mi od; many of them . havo. been before tho public for years, and Ihcir popularity is constantly increasing, and parentt are the principul puiCaser. Is it probable that they are o blinded that they are placing in the hands of their children hundreds of thoussuds of volumes of mete trash, or what Is worio. books containing unhealthy scnti me t? We have too much confidence In the good sense of the community to admit this, and wo further think that the boy or the girl who has not been benefited by the perusal of Oliver Optio's writings, would be a curiosity, and the same would equally bo truo of one who had been injured by them. Long, then, may 'Oliver Optio" live, and many may bo the books that be shall yet write! Watchman and lUflcctor. "Here, you young rascal, walk up and give an account of yourself. Where have you been?.' "After the girls, father." "Did you ever know mo to do so whan I was a boy?" "No, Sir, but mother did." TAfA. "Well, Sissy, how do you like your Behool?'' Sissy, "Oh, so mut,'1 Papa. "That' right. Now tell wo all you have learned to day?" Sjgay. "I have Icatncd tho names of all the little boya." Wbv la law a cheap' article? Pecauso s always afforded at cost,

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Pleasant Readings. A homely card player is a plain dealer. A hearty jest kills n ugly fce. With many person eating is all ttvff, . The cigar and the tup are very iutiiuate acquaintances. People are not readily rocked to sleep by earthquakes. The forests are in danger when the wind chops. l A gate that many a man finds it difficult to get over: the aggre gate of his debts. Quite Natural. In Germany, by following the course of the Wt$el, you are eure to find the Oder. Many men and women have aad' occa sion to know that two do uot necessarily ujbj pair. - Thousands. who never were in battle -itave. been by grape. ' .Thoe who thiokMMry will not be likt?ly to act straightly. The love of all (to risk a woman's paradox) is but a small thing to the love of one. He who ia struck by John Barleycorn is apt to stagger under the blow. The best way to catch mosquitoes ia to angle for them; they'll always bite. If you meet a young lady who isn't at all shy, you had better be a little shy yourself. , No . matter what part other persons play, a tradesman ia sure to play the counterpart." The good wear their years aa a crown upon the brow, the bad aa a burden upon tbe back. The color of tbe skin ia not always the color of the soul; there is black tea in white cups. It is not well to tackle dove or a hawk to draw the chariot of love. - Some musicians are like the Wandering Jew; tbey set all time at defiance. Tho human tare is undoubtedly of more importance than a raco horse. If a fop should cut bia owu throat, it would be a monkey-cide. They call the moon melancholy, but ahe always looks at the bright side of things. , The reason why a good many men don't get married is they are afraid to come to the tcratch. A great many jneo determine to have a living if they die for it. Why say that a thing is without the color of truth? Tho truth is never colored. ' A woman's tonguo and a wild borso are two things that can't be bridled. Many believe tbat tea is an unhealthy drink, but phthisic doesn't begin with t. Tho life pfeservers sometimes usoin the battle. field aro lega. . . - Tbe sieve .through . whioh the man "strained every nerve" is for le at coat price. gentleman we know is such a determined teetotaller, that he shuts himself up and f eld miserable when tbe whether is uot temperate. Mauy wives who will not allow their husbands to keep imported liquors in tbe Louse, treat them to plenty of domutic whintt. If you wish to recollect a man's name, become, security for him. For keeping your memory fresh, thero is uothing like it. A traveler who waa detained in lour by some mischance, shortened his stay by "making a 'minute' of it." There's philosophy for you. A 1'iench luthor has just published a book on the "Cause of tho Di de re nee in the Various lluces of Msnkind." Of course the cuuso must bo looked for in the comparative length and atrene.h of thcir legs. Did you ever ace a pretty girl carrying a parssoi to shield her lace against "tbo sunshine of prosperity," or a man who got wet through in consequence of "braving the clouds of adversity" wi'.hout an umbrella? Crowing Hen. 'Why shouldn't tee crow?" said the specked lien. "Why not?" aaid the white Hen. "Why not?" said all tho liens, as tbe question went round. "We are is clever, as strong, as band some, and as g-jod uvery wsy as that domineering old Cock; In my opinion wo aro superior!" said the speckled lien. "And in mine," aid the while lien. "And in mine," laid all tho liens, much impressed and excited by this uew view of things. So they practiced, and alrelehedout their necks, and stuck thcir'beads ou ono lido, all in Imitation of the Cock, and a very remarkable noise they made. "Ilcy-dav!" said Drover, stopping as he ran through tho yard to listen to tho hubbub; "my desr creatures, what are you ai? (Jive up this nonseuso. While you keep to clucking you are highlv respectable, but when you take to ctowmg you can't think what ridiculous figures you cutkeep to clucking, dears, keep to clucLIngf" ,m A Minku'h Lamentation "Valid vein! give ore." Why is your last birthday like sour milk? Decause It V something that las occurred (a curd).' Ahl taaBHBWMMaaHaBHBBMBsnaBVrawiHHraseaBasssMaai Holling water is more oitimsble than eold, baoause it can't help rising in eaterm. , A NArprTiiouutiT, Why is freedom of the uc asleep iu Fran? Dtcause it's uuder the influence of its acoond Nap, , . A Dostouiao tho other day astonUhad the librarian of a circulating library by saying, I'll take the life of ticncral Grant. ' What contains more fret in winter than in summet?' 4 A s-Vntin- rink.

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r3ee"eiare, flf iiae,1 ... iaertittB..-.-$l Jsesqsare, twe internes. I ,tt Square three iasarttoaa . All ukMm t Inirtl.!, f iMnmMH a . TIARLT. One elaaa, baageaUe aaerierlf. ThrM-oaan.rs or a eolaaia . in et e ee SB 20 CI IS Uae-aaJf ef a eolaBE UBt qaartsr ef e eoiaaaa.MM.MM.MM... ! a Uae eighth ef a evla-aa Traavtcat d.rtia.au ee!. la all eaeee ia paid for ia advaace. Ual.a a ftartie.lar tlmm la apl4! ein fcastaV .4 1, advertisements will be pabtiahei aatil er dersdoat aad charged aoeordiagly. Small Things in and About the School Room. . - - With a. .Lope bf . btneg .yaacger teachers, we call attention I some small t hinge , iu ana about the 'schoolroom. Pleac, reader, do bot turn away after reading the caption, tajfng you have tio talent for matt things. Sume small things are valuable. The auaa bw lells me bvw to keep my pump from firtsinr, steall fact aa it i, does m ore for me practically, than the man who tells' sue lie length of the llhiue, or the width of tbe Thames. On, the ssitie principle we believe? teachers may be bcLefited, that is, their work lightened, by o esns of some small t bings. Among tLe(e tbirgs, we notice, 1. A Clock. Wc hold a clock to U a Deoeasarj? ta to tbe rcHi management of every school. Because of the al.urtbcr cf lh term f schoo.!, and the frequent ucsirCviiüns during- vscsijfjn, we do not, iusist strenuously upon having a clock iu every' house iu turul disiiicta, but oo the other bstd, we do insist that there should be a clock jo every school room iu , villages. towns and citits. It nuay be objected that tracheta carry, or ought to carry, watches, and consequently have but little need of clocks. In answer, we would Bay, teaehers, as other people, need monitors; they are liable to work out of time, 'lengthening certain exercises, and as a consequence, shortening others. The lock is an eer pieseut monitor, esying, work to the programme. ine waicn. being seen less frequently, admonishes less frequently, and often too isie. runner, tue clock is a uuid in thm pupils. Thus it disciplines both teacher and pupil. Hence, when practicable, let each school room be supplied with a clock. Caution Do not yet a click with a striking wciuhi; or, if f ou do, have the prudence to lcae this weight wiihcut winding. This caution would not be given were it not lhat we have beard docks without rh)Uie or resaou, systematically pound off their twelve tiokrs, all athool woik ceai-itig during thia interesting performance, 1 2. We suggest a Thermometer fur every school room. A properly rraulatcd tern, pcrature in the school rot ro is a matter of real importance. This cannot be secured without a thermometer. The sensations of the teacher wheu under the press of labor, are not tu be relied on. 3. It ia deniable that every reboot houso having a suitable hall or vestibule, should be supplied with a waah stand, basin, towel and looking-glars. The inineu. cation of sentiments of cleanliness is a part of school training. Tbe abovenamed articles till aid in this'resull". ' 4. Kvery school houe should bu.su!ra. blV furnisLed with Mate aitd. ho Ker. per. The need of thee artUles is too obvious to require argument, consequently they are parsed witn the siugie statement that it fescher and trustees would have pupils lep school rooms clean, they must lurni.li reasonable means of cleanliness. Cleanliness has been declared' "kin to godliuea;" therefore, let no teacher or truetco carelessly turn this matter aside. 5. PiCTrncs Starting with the asauwptiou that school rooms should be attractive as well as comfortable, it follows that picturea thould find a place in the school room. Few things tend more to gie a school room e cbeeiful and homelike appearance than a few tasteful sod well arretted pictures. No teacher should consent to let lour bure walls frown down, coldly upon the children, from quarter to quarter. A echuol must not be a prison, iu either tact or semblance. Therefore, let picturtscome lo cheer and gladden it. We pas. from the V7i 6-nr of picturoe to a more difficult matter, namely, means of obtaining them. Under this head we would surest, first, tbat pupils bo solicited ai.d encouraged to bring such pictures ss thcir parents iney spsre If the patents will pi t consent that these be preset) ted to the sohool, let them be atoned during tbe torn, and re-lounvd during tho next term, Ac. Second, let teachers do what, they est) to procure picture for permanent use in the school loom. We do not mean buy, so much as solicit (or beg) Third, sometimes s putt of the proceeds of an exhibition might with propriety be appropriated to this purpoae. 'there are other mtthods which utll suggest (hem selves to the enterprising teschcr. In contusion,. therefore, i-n this subject, we would say, if jou hate s detent school room, with clean slut unbroken plastering, devise some means by which -u may ob lhat it is a part cf the trachci's buMnoa to make the school too in J IiS'unf. ,ml lurther, let it not be forgotten that " thing i f' bt'itnty iß a jiy fur vr." 'J ht ie ate other sut jicts to hich attention should be culled, but for ihe ssko of brevity we lei-t for the present. Ooe of these subjects, Vcmilsiiou. will, most probably, rtrsive attention in the beat number of t lit, Joi rnai.. It may le rttnaiLt-d in concluaum, that although this article Is addrocd to leach crs, it is not presumed that all ti c con vetticriccs ahovo tislucd cau le cblnlnnl without trlcfci cc to the trustee, 'I bo reverrc i true. the j resumption lein-; tht the tcucl cr, after diccottrirg them and kindred wants,' will promptly make them known tu tbo tiustre. In this ate two important pr.ii.tr: first, ea intelligent appreciation ot thee wants on tbe H U' the Icschsr; seooud.a prqer picscntstlon of the same tu tbe trustee. It la bojrd, thcrtloro, that Irtfchrn may U alia tu pieseut their waul in such manner as. shall elicit the eo operation of the trustee, and mure the ronvsnirnccs ntccsssry tu the tflitivticy end comfort of tbtir tcbuol Indians t'choot Journal. I Ml I If .III . "AatouWhirtg cure for coB-umptiou.". at the old lad said heu he sprinkled snuff on the victuals id l.r boarders. Chi should bi railed Tti(i)ti-tbs last' of the T'iPUUt.,