Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 41, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 October 1870 — Page 1
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PUBLISHED KVKRY FRIDAY BY C. n. BING1I4M, Proprietor. TRANSIENT. ; Obo sqaar, (1 lice,') oae-issertioli ...... i..$i ! Obo square, two insertion?. ....... ...v... ......w 1 One square, three insertions... ........ ...... 3 t i Ali eCbfeqoext insertions, per sqixfe .. 5V j YEARLY. i One eolutan, ehaegeablc qurtrl'...........$75 i T- V 1 i . . .. Office ia the National Bank Building-, Third Story.') : inrw-inrt r.r a column ..................... 1 une-nalf or a column SS . One-quarter of a column.. JO 0 One-eighth of a column 1 J Trensiefct atif tiesxeuU iheuld is all easea V paid for in advabcc. TERMS OF SUBSGRIPTIDX: 12.50 PEW YE All, is aptavc. $3 00 " w 1F OT 1A,D aitck V rntaee on-pter delivered within 'his County. THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL. 9, NO. 41J BROOK VILLE, IND., FRIDAY, OOTORER 28, 1870. rUTTTT U Vi". i'ii1 U!?S8 apartieolar time is specified when nanaL W XX vJ 1 VJ- TTtaJ ! in, advertisrments will be published ontil rj dered out and charged
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Hwflys drns) Joi)Ic, Hoofland's berman Bitters, ,1 Jiittcrt without Alcohol or Spirits of any kin 'I, Is different from all others. It is composed of the furej'lices of VITtL PRINCIPLE OF KooTS, HknRS, and Vrks (or as medicinally termed, extracts), the worthless or inert portions of the ing r.ft being: ued. Therefore, in one bottle of this fitter there is eontaired as much medical virtue i!l be found ia several gallons Of ordinary mixtures. The Roots, Ac, used in this Bitters jr' frown in flfrmiiiy, their Vital principles extracted thai country by a scientific Chemist r i frrded to the manufactory in this city, nbcre they are compounded and bottled. ConUir.ing no spirituous ingredients, this bitters is free fro. a the objections urOinst Rll ethers; rn lei-e lor stimulants eaa . need from their they cannot make drunkards, and car.not, nn Icr any circumstances, have any but a beneficial resultHooflaad's German Tonic Was compounded for those not inclined to extreme t:;trr. and is intended fr noe in cases when .-rr,f alcoholic stimulant is required in connection hh the Tonic pro.erties of the Bitter. Each k.rJe of the Tonic contains one bottle of the r.utert, combined with pure SaSTa Crvz Rf, Savored ia such a manner that the extreme bittorness of the Bitters is overcame, forming a f rep aration highly agreeable And pleasant to the jt'tc, and containing the medicinal virtues of the ititters. The price of the Tonic is $1.50 per bottle, which many persons think too high. They it. a-; take into consideration that the stimulant uvi is guaranteed to be of a pura quality. A frr article could be furnished at a cheaper price, tut is it not better to pay a little more and have gwl article? A medicinal preparation should ci ntain none but the best ingredienis, and they who expect to obtiia a cheap compound will most vrti:ilv be cheated. They are the Greatest Known Remedies JT-.r LlVKR COM VI. l NT, 1YS l EPj I A-, NKHVOUS HKSILI TV, .1 U'S 1ICK. DlfiKASK vFTHS KIDNEYS, KHl i'lION Ut I11K S-KIN, and all iif eases arisin)C from a disordered l.iver, fctomach, or IMi'l'KIXV t.'K THE ULUOD. K.:ad the following symptoms: Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, FuOe of RlooJ t the Kead, At-iaity of the Stomach, Kaa?ea. Heart-barn, liseut for Food, Fulness or Vig; in luo ?tmach. Sour Eructations, J-mK-nc rr F!-jttorirg at the Pit of the Stomach, S.iicming of the Head, Hurried or lHfScult lirrathing. Ktuit-ring at the Heart, Chokijig or tff.catirK Stnsationt when in a Lying Poslnre li.j-ness f Vision, lo:s or Webs before the Vw-M. In Fain in the Head, Deficiency of Fer- ; i-r:ioa. Yellowness of the S kin and Kyes, Fain is the 5?ide, liack. Chest, Lunbs, .te., Suidcn F:uhe- of Heat, Purciat in the F:eh, Constant I mco.r.cs i f Fvil, and tlreat Pcprcssion ol Sjurits, Ail these Indicate Disease of the l.ivei et i'.gea:iv Org Combined with impure i: .. .1. ll.e use of she Titter or Tonic will soon c.i!e th ! i.ve s y xptoms to disappear, and the patient ecme well and healthy. r .iiiv! ivr'c corrr r 1 1 Lijhttir)j inrr Jar All KtrtJs j Ji!u$ and Achrt. ArtM TKo FTr.RN.T.t.Y. It will cure all kinds of Pi.tis and Aches, such as Rheumatism, Ncur.if .a, Tootha -he. Chilblains, Sprains, Bruiscf, Ft ites, Hadaches, Pains in the Back and L '.ts, Pains ;n the Joints or Limbs, Slings of In-se-ts, Kircworms, etc. Tvrn- Istrs.m.i.t. It will cure Kidney fittij-lamls. Backaches, Sick Headjchc, Colic, I'rci,;ery, r:arrhpa, Cholera Infantum, Cholera M ;! , Cramps and Faics in the Stomach, Fevei -! Aiif, C.ughs, Colds, Asthma, etc. 2. IKHIFLWD'S IMDOPnVF.UX C'KM BSTITFTS FIR MERCVRY FILL. TWO FILLS A DOSE. ih in sf jvitcrrfal, yrt innocent, lcffcf.ibh C'ltharftc tsowit. Is is ait necessary to take a handful of these I1'.!; to produce the desired effect; two of them w: swkW and powerfully, cleansing the Liver, st.aiach, and Bowels of all impurities. The rnaeij.al ingredient is Podophyllin, or the Alcoholic Kxuact of Mandrake, which in by many rues more -Powerful, Acuug and Searching, than U Mandrake itself. Its peculiar action is upon U Liver, eleaniag it speedily. from all obstru. ions, with all the power of Mercury, yet frea ""a the injurious results attached to the use o t mineral. F-t '.l diseases, in which tha use of a cathartic isiioati, these Pills will give entire satisfacia every ease. They never fail. lio.-esif Liver Complaint, Dyspapsia, and tre Costiveness, Dr. iloo&and's German Bitt Tunic should tie used is connection with " The tonic effect of tne Bitft-rs or Tonic up tho syste. The Bitters or Tonic TSfsthe Hlood, strengthens tha nerves, reguthe Liver, and gives strength, energy and KfP your Bowels active with tha Pills, and l" ep the system with Bittars or Tonic, aud so '""eo retain its hold, or a?er assail ycu. ?lie :uelicines are sold by all Druggists and "!M in meiiciaes everywhere. R,":e-t that it is Da. diwriiSK's v5rras it.-i. . . . . . .... mat are so universally usca ana niga J re? upended; and do not allow tho Druggist 'since yoa to take anvthin else that he may "Iijst as good, because ha makes a larger 's it. The.-e Remedies will bo sent by Kxi'ta ny locality, upon applicattoa to the j.'tP.VLOFF IC,at the UEK.4AN MKDIardRK, en arch srrtKsr, philarmA. CaS. M. EViSS. Proprietor. ! rraerlj C. M. JACKSON k CO. ue:aa are for aaie by rrag:.sta, i 'p--rs,aa4 iiciae Dealers, eferywherai 1 rr n i the Hest ladcea.'
To Physicians.
Kkw Yori. August 15th, 1868. Allow me to call your attention to my prapara-
tlon of I t heir young hero, the sou, the brother, r,, -C.Uheiover, was about to leave them. UOmPOUaa flStraC. -Good-bye, bister Madge. Don't trt.de ifF..n,
The component parts are BUC 3 U.Loyo Leaf, j CUBEBS, JUNIPER BERRIhS. i i Mont or Prkpabation. Buchu, ia vacuo. Juniper Berries, by distillation, to form a fine Gin. Cnbobes extracted by displacement with spirits obtained from Juniper Berries; very little sugar is used, and a small portion of spirit. It is more palatable than any now ased. Buchn, as prepared by Druggists, is of a dark eolor. It is a plant that emits its fragrance ; the notion of a flame destroys this (its active principle) leaving a dark and glutinous decoction. Mine is the color of ingredients. The Buchu in my preparation predominates ; the smalest qaantity of the other inured en ts are added, to prevent fermentation ; upon inspection it will be found not to be a Tincture, as made in pharroacoprca, nor is it a syrup and therefor can be used in cases where fever or inflammation esist. In this you have the knowledge of the ents and the mods of preparation . iogre d Hoping thatyoa will favor it with a trial, and that upon inspect! n it will meet with your approbation, With a feeling of confidence, I am, very respectfully, H. T. UKLMBOLD, Che-ni?t and Druggist of 16 Years Experience. From the largest Manufacturing Chemist in the World. NnvMnsR 4, 1S54. 'I am acquainted with Mr H. T. Helmbold ; he occupied the Drugstore opposite my residence, and was saeeess'ul in conducting the business where others had not Seen equally so before tr.ira. I have been faovrably impressed with his character and enterprise." WILLIAM WEKJHTMAN, Firm ofPowers A Weightn n, Manufctuing Chemists Ninth and Brown Streets, ' Philadelphia. iTk!.r"i.os Fi.ciri Kits act Brctr.for weakness arising from iodiscretio o. The exhausted powers ol nature which are iccvjioiniet by so many alartning symptoms, no i- wus.?h will be found, ;
Indisposition to hxertin, l.oss ot .ve-nory, . tjg aaXS yj Mluce and the days Ot) which Wakefulness, Horror of iease, or Forego lings j new, fame trom the distant army, of Evil; in fact, Universal Litnle, Prostra- j Fije iloilys were very quiet in those tion. and inability to enter into the enjoyments jaxs TtiC three women there lived teaof society. J a' and almost silent lives. They loved
j The constitution, once af-ted with Organic . Weakness, rccuires the aid of Meiicine to i strengthen and invigorate th system, which HELMROLIVS EXTRACT PIC u v in variably j does. If no treatment is submuteil to, cenr.or insanity ensues. 1 nsinvt's FixtD FtTttiCT Bcour, in affections peculiar to Fa nales, is une jualle 1 by any other preparation, as in Chlo.is, or Retention, Painfalness or Suppression of Customary Evacuations, Vlccrated or Schirrus Sttef the Uterus, ! and ail complaints incident to the sex, or the decline or change of life. cir Extract Bcchc aki Iupsovki Rosk Wash will radically exterminate from system disease arising from habits of dissip tii , at little expense, little or no change in riftely u-1 L... rous iv in eel , no inconvenience or exposure ;cora persnlieg those unpleasant and dange dies, Copaiva and Mercury, iu all these diseases Use HKLBCit's Fnin Extract Bccht in all disease of these organs, whetnerexisting in male orferaale, from whatever cause originating, an i no matterhow long standing. It is pleasant iu taste and odor, -immediate" inaction, and more strergiheningthananyofthejreparationsof Bark or ir b. T os suffering from broken-down or delicate jjo itutions, procure tho teuaedy at once. The reader must bo aware that, however sligh, may bo the attack of tho above diseases, it is oer- j tain to anect tne ooauy neaiiu auu bkji t ers. All the above diseases require the aid of a Diuretic. HELMBOLO'S, EXTRACT BCClIU is the great Diuretic. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Prtck $1,35 per bottle, or 6 bottles for f,50. Delivered to any address. Deseribe symptoms iu all communications. AldressH. T. HELMBOLD, Drug and mehan ical Warehouse, 594 Broadway, N.Y. N TONK ARE OKNTJINE UNLESS D0NB UP in steel -ongravod wrapper, with fac-simille of j my Chemical Warehouso, aad sijne t juaSV-J H. t- aSL 4.301.1).
The Story of a Kiss. 'Well, mother, I'm off!' It was ia the beginning of the war. The
'young cadet, with his ue title of lieutenI ant, had jat five minutes ia which to bid !fci- ..,i bis family adiPQ j It was a luxurious room, full of purple ! lights. A saintlike old lady cat in a cushioned armchair two young beauties! Ktiiiii in rhA rl.isp nf tho tinrji r. now . : . ., , . , , ' . , . . i . Pr a'fiin. Marv 0-.m1l.hve: upav tor mft .i t " J t C J 1 J 1 I itny darliner, ia ft lover coue Anel i vhfrf i A ticrAlin op?'
The chiid bounded into her brother's imuch tor the deIicate ffi0ther- Sk ffenl arms. i ' seek her 8oo ia the mysterious land .h! o rrnA ;,i .nM..nmo.ni,il.i-.;,1'' he had gone. The grief bore
before I coinehoaie,' kist-ing her delicate - 'Lionel whinnered the child. .ho that in the halt?' r Lieutenant Fay glanced through the doer. 'That's my orderly, pet.' llas he got auy sitters?' 1 guess not.' 'Is he gviug to the war wiih vou, Lioael?' j 'Of coarse.' j The child slipped from ter brother's i arms. The young man turned aud bowed at his mother's knee: j 'Mother, your blessing. ! Meauwhile, little Angel, as she was j called, had gone softly into the hall v, -v, ., . .,,a ,.4 louog otayuer stood waiting orders trom k.o i,f.,,-, u - . .. his lieutenant A S UU, VI IlllJCmU, with a rather handsome but gloomy and dark face, lie stood looking smleuly through the open hall door luto the morn ing sunshine. Suileniy, and yet, there was a faint quiver about the young mouth, a secret " earning in the young heart. From where j ce Mood, he couid hear the tender tarewells going on witliio. There was no one to bid tiim good bje ere he went into the ft i r j turn ma 'if Bar 1 4 a irua m iruir Ltttle Aogei came noiselessly into the n i,,v.j k.i,;. 'hall. She climbed into a chair behitm ;Siayner, put her two soft arms around his neck, and kissed his cheek, j 'Good. be,' she said, 'L hope you'll .come home safe from ihe war.' The boy siarted faiutly. A great sob came up m his throat. 'Good-bye, littie Angel,' he said, chokingly, lie looked at her a moment with glistening eyes, and she looked gravely at him. Then he wut out at the hall door, Lieutenant Fay came hurndiy after. They were gone. The days of the war went on. The men worked, and the women Waited aod weit.i VsUed and wept, and dreaded, alternatelx, j j each other better for the fear upon them. Wnen they looked into eacu otners eyes, lueir hearts swelled, aod sudden tears ki....j ..... , ha ,.,,i,.r f-.o. II I xv d hi s youK soldler. ' jut tor a , ' there came ?ood
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tract from one ot his letters .i . ., ,. , ,' . J . , ... ... e well at h tret about me I always was a lucky tei ,, , . r. , i , Merc I am, fat, ragged and saucy, . i . i . tod to the rank ot colonei, at last , , 4 s. lo-morrow L may oe urigatlitr low promoted advices general. No'.niiig more possible , ,, vii i .Madge her cat.taiu (ly httte minx! ahe may well be demure at home, wita such a dashing lover here,) hghts gloriously. e arc more than brotners-in-arms; we are j brothers in heart. S '.Not but what I've been in some danger, moihr dear! 1 should not be half a soldier it I did not insist upon that. And reminds me do you remember my j orderly, Stavnet? lie saved my life teu : j - days iiai-k. Let me tell you: 1 ln the first place he wanted to go into ! !the ranks, and L let huu go. A lucky j ! thing tor me! When we look the tuoua- j ; iain 1 was telling you of, we had a pretty j ; j10t tune vf it! The shot was pouring ituo i us htc pepper, and I Had to clieer my i mcn right through the thickest of it to j , the t,ass jur Siaudard-bearer was just i i he!lj cf U3 Martin, you kuOW, ot our j i town when the staff snapped like a pipe- j i stem in his handstand ne went roiling j
into the guily without his head, (fray ; storage, are packed in cae5, wnun are in don't tell" nis wife this!) L tare.v myself j variably marked with the name of the oti my horse and sprang for the colors, tor ! United S.ates. they had ialieo to the ground at the toot j These sales bave beeo made for years ot a path, aud I hadu't time to look up, j Pi about three hundred and Sfiy thousyou kuow, or I should have seen that the', and guns were sold to the Government of
i; had mt turned the muiiie of a ttiumnb .-uU,,n toisweeo his iath. I d iu.-t j ,aeu lwo slei,a stoot.ed don aen j L heard oue of my men snout, -my Gol, colonel!' and just as i glanced up to see a j puff ot blue smoke on the bnuk of the 1
clitl, some one clutched me and aay we , oeen maae ro regular ucaicis iu iuai ?pcroiied down the side of me precipice imojcies of merchandise. the water. Stayuer p titled me wut. He'd! It is not laipossible that sonic of these come after me right in the face of that guns may have been again sold to one or charge whvca stretched five men stone ; the other belligerent during the present dead, bemud us. i'retty rouga work, war, or sent abroad on a venture by ihe wasn't tt? Stayuer broke an arm in tliat ; purchasers from this Government, in the tuesle, and vteut to ihe hospital, tie's a I hope of selling them at a profit, fine lehow. and a mime soidier aud ll But careiul inauirv couviuces us that
believe is bound to make ..I thiug ot army life. 'Write as often as yoa can, God keep me for mv Alarv's sake! Lviss iittio Augei ! or me' Toe child Angelique, taller and even fairer than when sue uad parted from her brother, stood ty and beard the Utter read. Head once, twice, thrice. Then she bent forward: 'Mamma.' 'Wlut, dtrirn-?' 'May i hive oror-ber Lioa el's !eter'?' 'Wis,- t,,ir To ktep. I will tsio verv cool eara fit. j The frail woman smiled noa the caiid'
j of her old age, and gave her the sheet.
Angel folded it closely in her sofa hands, and went away. 1 m glad 1 kissed him, She murmured ! J1 0l' 8 sh Put e lett" "efy : beneath, her pulow. 'I ia glad L kissed Mr. Stayner.' Angeliqae will come out at sisteen. She is aiatare enough,' said Mrs. Warneford. decisivelT, j .LMr" been Madge Fay fehe hd married her. captain, who had c"9 home covered with glory ! But the brother, the mother s darling, ; Maru'd lilt'Ar Ku narar -t.tfiA Kalr frAn M -v-v-a ,JV"vl ' w 4" i waia. uis origai iitrau lay tow in i Southern soil. The b'ow had been too the I J : u . . K J i i : ! ieav,'y poo Antique a young hie, i heavier than her sister knew, fshe trust to tne e.asucuy 01 youtu to soon mrow off the sorrow uuder which the young girl bent like a reed. But Aogelique won a depth of experience and a gravity of which remained with her, and made her sister say, 'she is mature enough to come out at sixteen. The Warnetords were very wealthy and very gay. Mrs. Madge was proud of her sister's beauty, aud arrangements were made to reoaer tho birthday party vety brilliant. Angelique was quietly dressing in her little white chamber, where her sister hurriedly entered. 5$ee here. Angel a note from the ivaovernor, and he asks leave to bring a ... ..... ..... , distinguished Inend who is his guest. I ..... I 1 wo hours a -.r Arige ique was standing jin the centre of a group of new and adj miring acquaintances, when Governor I ec brought up and introduced to her I venerai otayuer. I The name was only a faint memory to i the girl, but the dark handsome eyes, j llashiog witti animation, hal a laminar look, tfhe murmured a tew polite words jot greeting, but her gentle eyes grew ab- ! F-"" R""eJ5 shoulder baeds recalled the low aol lonely lonely grave. 'Little Angel,' said General Staynet, 'I have come safely back, from the war, as you hoped L might do. fche knew him then. The blood came red to her soft cheek. He gave her his arm. They went out at the long French window upon the lawn, where the hoilies stood tike sentinels, and the hie files sparkled iu the grasses. 'Safely and gloriously back,' said Angelique. 'O, if Liooel had only come so!' bhe was heavenly beautiful in the moonlight. Liitle Angel,' said General Stayner, I wish to tell you something. All that I am I owe to that kiss ou gave me years She looked puzrled. 'You remember?' 'Yes,' she said, after a moment. 'But that is very strange.' 'My child, you oo not know how miserable was. No one loved me. I was a j IrieodleSs, reckless boy. The innocent , f-ress you gave me when my heart was at 80reM atoueu wiinin me a new me. rroui that hour 1 resolved to be worthy the love of a good woman. I have won Honor, oui i iuve uone oeuerunii tuai an that 'I have keot a stainless record. From the time you kissed me, Angel, my lite has i . J . ' , i known neither vice nor disorder. 1 ... , . . , , , i think I am worthy ot love. Angel, can ! r,, e ; you give me yours - - . . , . . . . , jae moment sue nesiiatea, cut mere are moments in which one lives years. Very quietly Angel put her soft arms about Geueral Stayner s neck, and this, her second kiss, was that of their betrothal. Selling Arms to the Belligerents. Yc hear that some ill-leeling has been excited abroad by a report that the United States Government was selling, or had i.i . i. .n . i sold, arms to one oi me oeiiigcrents aunng the present war. Careful inquiry enables us to positively costlra.tict mis report, ana also to explain the probab e caue of it. Ever since the close of the rebellion this Government has been selling as fast as it could, and 0 whatev. r purch .-er presen'e i hune!f, the surplus arms which had been obtained during the war generally arms of a kind which it is not expected the Government will further use. These arms. for convenience of transportation and of urkey, and a large number were sold to Russia, but with these exceptions no sales have been made, so tar as we know, to any toreigo government or any person known or Dc iieveu to oe me agent oi any lortign S 'vemment. All the other siles have the Government his not sold arms to any belligerent power. Turkey and Kussia were at peace when the sales were made to them The Government cases are strong, and 1 well suited either to keep or transport, tne . . - . ' . I. . U . i. .. . .. arms, ana it is very prooaoie mi jiuichasers from the Government may retain the guns in these cases, and may transport or even sell them ready packed. Government has no exclusive trade-aark, and ' ha not hereiof)re touni any r tson to re1 qu ro the mark ou Vsie casen to t;e ciio J. j IN. I. Post. Make stss. that out. Possesses p-wos
Indiana House or Refuge. At a meeting of the Prison Reform Congress, recently held in Cincinnati, a paper was read by Charles W. Ainsworth, Superintendent of the Indiana Reform School at Plainfield. JJis subject, "The Strongest Wall is no Wall," was listened to with the cloest attention by the Congress, as it was filled with most valuable suggestions. He gave a history of the institution with which he is connected. It is conducted exefusively upon humanitarian grounds, and thus far it is a success. That portion of the address which pertains to the workings of the institution we print below not having room for the whole: The plan upon which this institution is conducted is generally kuown as the "Family System," as. opposed to ihe con gregate plan. This institution is yet in its infancy, having been opened on the first day of January, IS0S, and we cannot, therefore, point to any considerable amount of its ripened fruit. It is located on a farm of 2-5 acres, fourteen miles west of Indianapolis, and one mile south of the village of PlamSeld. There are
iatpreseot tour families of boys. Each family occupies a separate house, and is I presided over by an oilieer called House I Father, assisted by another oihcer called j Elder Brother. Each family has its own j P'ay gfound, school room and sleeping I department, and also has its separate lai ble in the dining room. Thus each is separate and distinct in the management of its own looal affairs, but is united with the other families under one general head. These four families are divided into two classes, via. large and small. Each one of these classes is divided into two other classes, and separated according to their moral standing. Thus there are two families of large boys the one good and the other bad. There are also two families of small boys the one good, the other bad. Kvery boy, on entering the institution, is iuformed that the length ol time he is to remain will depend upon the success of his efforts to retorui. He is ad vised that bis efforts at personal improvement will be promptly and suitably rc warded, and that his deeds of mischief will bring him trouble and discouragei ments. Thus uuderstaudinaly he ia ! placd according to his size into one of j the families of bad boys, where ho is unI der the constant watchfulness of an ofi ficer, whose duty it is to impart good and ' wholesome instructions wheuever it is j suitable; to instruct him in moials, in his s udics, and at his work. This cllicer I is not a taskmaster, guard, overseer, or leacher alone; but he combines in a judi j cious degree the duties of all. No boy j need leel himself under restraint unless I he covets it. All the boys attend school I out-half of each day, and are actively emj ployed at some useful industry the other half, and duriug every evening each family is assembled by itself to review ' publicly and record the Conduct of each ; member tor the day, and to listen to such useful instructions as may be imparted by the teacher. Each day is opeued and i closed by appropriate religious exercises ! conducted by one of the family officers. Thus there is a uniform and simultane ous development of the boy's whole being, i There is a complete system of grades ; through which all the boys must pass before being entitled to a discharge Iroui the school. There is a perfect system of marks correspouding with and serving as the basis of the system of grades. The number of marks which each boy is -required to ob tain in a given time is commensurate wiih his moral standing. The number of grades for each boy to obtain is twelve. Ouly one can be gained in a month. These twelve grades are subdivided iuto four ' graded divisions, and the moral standing ' of every boy is found in one of these four I divisions. The divisions are numbered respectively, one, two, three, lour; com1 meneing with the lowest grade, viz : Oae. i The first two divisions comprise eight months; the third division three moutns, ' and he tourtu division one mouth, t o show ! how it is determined what class a boy be longs in, aud whether or not he is cntiiled ! o a" grade, 1 present the following exhib- ! it, lakiug, for the sake of convenience, a j month of thirty days. The House Father of each family keeps in a book provided for that purpose, a ; daily record of the conduct of each mem ber of his family. The reports are based upon a system of debits and credits. For ' every day a boy's conduct is perfect at I w)ik, at play and in school he is recorded pusjice. When he is not perfect in any of the above departments, according ! to the discretion of the House Father, he may be marked a number whose value is iless than five, or merely nothing, or uoth- ; ing minus five. It will be seen that if a boy is perfect every day the greatest num i ber he can gain in thirty days is one bundied and fifty. All boys on grades be- ' tween fna and four must gin lo5 -U be entitled to a promotion; all boys between tour and eight must gaiu 12 ; all between I eight and eleven must gain 133; to gain i the twelve the whole number, viz: 1 50, i must be gotten. During the time a boy ; is in the first and second classes he works I under an oiScer, who cares for him close- : ly. -When he enters the third class he j is removed from the first family anJ ! placed in the best family; but before he eoters it his fitness for it has been fuily ! tested. If, however, he should prove to be unworthy of this confidence, he may be returned to his lormcr family and there taught to do his first work. over. When the boys have attained the highest moral excellence, if a suitable home can b obtained for tne.n they are placed in it, and wheo a suitable ti.ue has elapsed, if found worthy thev are discharged. ! Upon thi tvrf system, if a boy proves uoi irou i.irtiw or uuicformed. he ts raturooi - -
to the institution, and ii required to go over his course again. The leading industries of the establishment are agriculture and gardening. The mechanical trades are shoemaking and
carpentering. The boys employed at I these trades must be efficient enough to I ears their own living before being discharged. The younger boys are employ, j ed in putting cane seats in chairs until they are old enough to be placed at some- ' thing more substantial. All the restraints of the institution are of a moral character. The buildings are surrounded by a ' picket fence four feet high, and the win. I dows of the dormitories are without grates. Coercion is.never used except when moral means have tailed. From the day of tbe opening of the institution to the first day of September, 18T0, a period of thirty two months, 255 I boys hai been admitted to its guardianship. Of this number, IT have been disi charged by reason of reformation, 1 were j discharged for other causes, and 12 were on trial among farmers and mechanics. ) Not one of these boys had ever succeeded '. in permanently escaping from the iostitu- . tion, and not a boy has ever been whipped, but all have been retained and have real;ized some benefits. Of the seeventeen , discharged the most have been out over a : year, and oue has been returned, and that .was at his own request; and it is not known that any of them have ever gotten into any criminal difficulty. Of those who j were discharged one is now a tlouse Father in the institution, two are Elder I Brothers, another has charge of the shoe j shopt another is an employe, another has : charge of the live stock, and still another has charge of the store rooms of the establishment. It has never yet transpired that it is impossible that a boy was wholly insensibla to the infiuenoe of the institu tion, but it has frequently occurred that some have been tardy in making up their minds to do better. The influences j brought to bear are of the most wholesome land elevating character. No olheer is permitted to indulge in th practice of a j habit uecessaiy to be counteracted in the boys. They are men selected especially on account of their fitness for the j work. They are required to conform to strictly temperate, industrious and Chrisi tian habits, and they are required to unite j t heir endeavrs to promote cheerfulness, good order, industry and cleanliness I among the inmates.- It is intended that j this institution should be conducted on humanitarian principles exclusively. It is calcultated to combine in a wise degree suitable proportions of rewards and pun- ! ishments, with industry, mental traiuing, ! liberty, confidence, love, kindness, cieanlii ness aud justice, to effect the double objject of restraint aud reformation. There j is a mod uuu system which, if it cau be i reached, will accomplish it, and it is ; thought that it can be found in this sys tem. Upon this system the inmates can be puuished and the keys to their hearts held at the same time. The boys are taken and gradually raised from a suspic- ! ious and distrustful footing, to a condii tion of confidence and privileges, where j the restraint is no more confining than it j would be in any well regulated Christian i family, so that when they are returned j to society no radical cliauge has taken ' place in their privileges. Their liberty does not strike them with such force as to ' overpower them and cause them to lose ' their moral balance. The freedom of this system, the kind j and sympathetic treatment of the officers, ! the close contact witii mother earth, the I wholesome restraints, the beiutifully or- ! namcuted lawns, the finely cultivated fields and gardens, large field- of grain j and corn, the satisfaction the boys have j in cultivating and raising a large proportion of their own support, the correct hah-j j it ot the oiaeers and teacliets, tho h..rmoj nious and dignified commingling of the whole household, the perfect system of schools, the library, the large aod well ! ventilated school rooms and sleeping I apartments, combine to harmonize, clej vale and develop a noble and in depend- i ,cot manhood fhui we see that the law j ! of kindness practically accomplishes the i i best results, and what has ben demon-j i strated in piac;ice is tiemonstrated in theory. Hen.e wo conclude that there i j is a natural adaptation of t ho i.t . j of kindtens to the C(,nstitntitn f ntnu.s I There is a natural proportion existing be- j ween the heart of man and the laws of; kindness, truth and justice. j There is implanted in our constitutions j two principles; the one good, the other I j bad. These two principles are directly opposed to each other. The good is con - stautly striving for expansion. The evil J i is ceaselessly strugalin aaaitiM extinc- j j tion. W ith these two contending princi- : pies, each striving fr the mastery, we i ! commence the warfare of life. The pro-j vince of the good is to control and regulate the conduct, and while it sits vn the : throne of the heart and exercises its prop- j j er functions, the evil is held in subjection, ; ! and all that is go id, pure and h . . I y is oh- 1 served and obeyed. Every good influence ; leaves its impression upon it, and itivigo-' rates and strengthens it. When this prin-j ciple is properly stimulated, exercised and I trained, its possessor grows up to manhood or womanhood with all of his various j principles, tempers, passions and npp - : tites in sy timjeti ical proporti , anl in at-; lt lita 34 'i hli-Kiii.r tr, himflr anl - m ! honor to his race. But if the cultivation) : of this good principle be neglected, it re- j ' coils luto a lethargical stupor, and remains j in a state of morbid inaction. Notwith-j ! standing evil may surround it, assail it, I ! and finally gain the ascendancy over it, ii ! ; is a principle; passion cannot blunt it, ' ! prejudice cannot weaken it; age cmnoef i distort it. If it is eer overcome! by evil, it is Dccause evil grows stronger, not because it grows weaker This principle dwells in every heart, and is as lasting as God himself. Though it may. be covered over with sin, it is not lost; being an attribute of Go-1 it is iid.:s- j u:t ible. Far back ia the past, beyo i i '
the bright days of science and ot art, -yond the palmy days of favored Israel; before a Plato studied or a Homer sung; before a prophet revealed the future Xt ll historian chronicled tho pt, in the day when man first breathed the breath of life, this principle Was engraven, ia letters of fire, deep in Lis inmost soul, and, notwithstanding the many influences which would tend to mar or efface it, it remains forever; and at times, in the most bardened and depraved criminals, we see it flaming out with brilliant distinctness. If it were not for the existence, and inextinguishable duration of lis is principle iu the heart of man. the reformer would iu vain look for the reclamation and ultimate salvation of the hardened offender, the voice of nature and of God would speak to hitu in Vain4 and he would be as insensible to all the higher duties of life as an angel is to the influence of evil. But w hen divine truth is properly brought to bear upon th heart, it penetrates it as the electric spark penetrates the earth, and for similar rea
sons. Were man destitute of this principle, the grace of God could no more enter and affect his heart than can the electrie spark penetrate a sea of glass. I artt aware that this view is unpopular with some. It is argued that when one has become calloused in sin, and appears to be insensible to good influences, reformation is impossible. But how frequently do we have living examples plainly coutradicting this theory? True, when winter has suspended the visible action of the entire plant kingdom, silenced all the songs of summer, and made rigid and cold the forms of nature, it Would seem that death had triumphed and destiued earth to the monotony of changeless soitude; but when the sun, gui ded by unerring law, returns, life again asserts its power and robes the world with beauty. So when moral life and progress have been impeded, chilled and paralyzed by contaminating and pernicious influences, when the law of kindness is brought to bear upon it, and the grace of God "be poured iuto the heart, all the functions are restored to a healthy and vigorous action. Th is is the secret spring of social and moral reform. It is the guardianship of civilisation and refinement. Without it all of the finer arts would perish, patriotism die, government fall. It is the guardian of the heart. Tireless as a mother's love, it clings to its priceless charge, fol lowing it in all its wanderings, ever striving to biing it back to virtue. The Value of a Scrap-Gook. Every one who takes a newspaper, which he in the least degree appreciates, will often regret to sec any one number thrown aside for waste paper which contains some interesting and important articles. A good way to preserve thee is by theuse of a' scrap-book. One who has never been accustomed thus to preserve short articles, can hardly estimate the pleasure it affords to sit down and turn oer the pleasant aud familiar pages. Here a choice piece of poetry meets tho eye, which you remembsr you were so glad to see in the paper, but which you would long since have lost had it not been for your scrap book. There is a witty anecdote it does you good ta laugh over it yet, though for the twentieth time. NJext is a valuable recipe you had almost forgotten, and which you fiavo founl just in time to save much perplexity. There is a sweet little story, the memory of which has cheered and encouraged you many a time when aim st ready to despair under the pressure of life's cares and trial. Indeed you can hardly take up a single paper without perusing it. J ust glauce over the sheet before you, and see how many valuable items it contains that would be of service to you a hundred times in life. A choice thought is far more precious than a bit of glittering goid. Hoard with care the precious gems, and see at the end of the year what a rich treasure you have accumulated. 'What a censorious liar!' exclaimed old Mrs. Partington, as she read in a papes an account of a new counterfeit which was said to contain three women and a bust of Wa-hint n on each end 'What!' sail she, 'General Washington on a bust! ,tis not so.' And the cl J lJ? lifted her specs and declared ihat she had known the gentleman for the last thirly years, and she never heard of his being on a bust much less with three women." A minister who was generally able to keep his congregation wide awake, on one occasion, it was a sultry summer day, observed uumbers of them asleep. He resolved to nip the evil practice iu the bud. So taking a survey of the scene before abd tfround him, he exclaimed, '1 saw an advertisement last week for five hundred sleepers lor a railroad; I think I could supply at least fifty, aud recommend them as god an?! sound." A Christian sailor, when asked why be remained so calm iu a fearful slur.ii, aiu, "Though I sink, ' s!i ill only drop into th hollow of my Father s hand; foi He holds all these water there.'' If a mj does not make new acquaintance as he advances iu lite, he will soon find himself left alouu. A uiau should keep his friendship iu cousUut repair. oAlSO!l. A little fellow was eating some bread and milk, when he turned around to- in mother, and said: "Oh, mother, I am full of glory. There was a suubeam ou my spoon, and I swallowed it." The English press compare the war novemeuis iu France with tnoseofthe late American contest, especially with the campaigns of Geueral Graut agaiust Vicksbur and Richmond. "Well, what it uau.-us tho s-iltness oi" the twe.Hi?" iii HiiO'l a leachr of a blight little b j. "C'odiiah, ' ihe i.ntck re ply.
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