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VOLUME LV-NO. 3
.'FOOLS"TKATCAKZ SOOTH.
The Would be Planter* that Kne
Kotblnjc of Aor roe* or Mule* The
MU.-rtonurl-* Male anti Female, who
Com u cured nt the Wren* Hud.
SprimgJUU (Nit* ! R?publican Letter.J
Sectionalism is an absurdity, as It is
Crime. It is not at all remarkable that
among the nutlcs of Iowa and Minnesota,
remote from the South, with no specia
tie to it, the bloody shirt should float in
grand triumph, but it is somewhat
puzzling to us that those who spin our cot
ton, make our shoes and hats and prepare
the paper upon which we Write, who
travel, with so much case through our
orange groves in winter and among whom
we travel in tlio summer should be so
anxious to draw and keep distinct the
lines of separation. When it is remember
ed that the sceptre is departing from your
Judah, and that the West, the great ally
of New England now, must become her
great antagonist in time to come, It seems
a sad folly for her to turn her
face against that section where her
natural allies are found: The West
will make wagons -and window-sash
for the present, but the South is learning
to make everything. Is it well to bulk I
up and at the same time embitter so
threatening a rival ? The paper on which
I write, once bought at Fall River, Is now
made in North Carolina. The shoes I
wear were made in Baltimore. The cas-
sitnere of my pants is made in Mississippi
and my un lerclothing woven in Georgia
mills. * As it is impossible to break down
the South is it well to antagonize her:*
The Solid South is no figment. There
never was concocted a more ingenious and
skillful play to make her so than tiiat
which aimed to keep power m the North.
In scarcely a decade of years from recon
struction the South only needs the help or
of a few voters in New York to say who
shall preside over this government. You
can never divide the South by assailing
her. The more the bloody
sliirt flies the closer sbe will cling to
gether; ami yet she can lie divided. When
New England ceases to be solid, when the
South is no longer threatened by the Re
publican party,* wlien the policy ol the
Springfield Republican, instead of the pol
icy of the New York Timet, is adopted,
then we may look for division in the
South. But this poiic-y never will be
adopted so long as the South is so gener
ally misunderstood. The errors about the
South are the more dangerous in that they
aronear.y ail of them truths put in a
false light. 1 have only aeon a review of
Judge Tonrgee’s work, “A Fool’s Errand,”
and cannot speak of that, but I can tell
him of sundiy fools who have come on er
rands to the South to go back aadly an
gered by an utter failure to do what they
wished.
Here was the brave fanner. He never
planted a bale of cotton In his life, never
managed a negro, never knew anything or
a mule, hut having a few thousand dollars
he concluded to coino to Georgia to show
these ignorant jicnple how to farm. He
was going to get rich. He went to Baker
or Lee county. He limnd Col. Thompson,
a plain, apparently ontravcled old plan
ter, very ready to rent. The Colonel be
gan to suggest, but he soou found Heze-
kiah knew more than he did. So Ueze-
kiah ordered out his big ploughs, got his
bell and belfry, made his labor rules
called the negroee “my gentle friends,”
told them he wanted their labor, and
they-wanted Ills protection; bought
some clover seed and timothy, sowed in
tlie sand and began his work. Old Col.
Thompson, with a merry twinkle in his
eye, put HezekUh’s rent money in his big
pocket and stood off to see. Well, Ifczc-
Irish found a New England laborer and
Sambo rather different, and to manage a
niulorequired moie art than to manage a
New England township. Tho crass got
sonic of his cotton. The caterpillars cot
the rest. The Colonel got his rent. The
darkeys cot tho money he bronght, and he
went back to New England disgusted and
wrote the “Fool’s Errand.”
elates among our washerwomen and cooks.
The young ladies walked with our bar
bers and carriage drives. They took
every opportunity to sneer at us and ridi
cule us. As th?y s emeJ to have
no use for us we let them alone. The
men were active politicians, identified
with the party which seemed bent on
out min. True, there were exceptions.
There were those who showed by their
lives that they had come to do the ne^ro
good and us too. As soon as we found
such out we gave them due respect. We
did not object to their wo: k. If they had
consulted our preachers and philanthro
pists—forwe have them—and sought their
co-operation, they would have gladly
joined with them, but they did not. We
did not like them or their methods, and
wo left them alone.
These are tho two stories. Which is
correct? Both. There wcie many who
come in the spirit ol the missionary who
is here represented, and there were many
who presented exactly the fortunes of
those of whom the representative South
erner has spoken.
A Life Insurance Case.—a verdict
for $4,Odd was rendered against the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in
favor of Mrs. Louisa Robertson, by a jury
iu the Superior Court on January 10.
Mrs. Robertson's husband obtained a
l»]icy for $5;000 upon bis life in her favor
I rum tbe Metropolitan Lifo Insurance
Company. In ber complaint she stated
that in February, 1877, she went to tbe
Office of the company to pay tbe premium
upon tbe policy, and was told that
everything had been “settled.” Learn
ing, subsequently, that the premium had
not been paid, she went to pay it, but the
company refused to accept it, sayiug that
it was too long overdue, and that the pol
icy was void. Tho suit was to recover the
value of the policy at the time of Mr.
Robertson’s death, less the premiums
which would have been paid if the policy
had not been declared void by the com
pany. The answer of the company in the
suit alleged that Ilia policy became void
through tbe neglect of the plaintiff or her
husband, but that alter this event
the company offered to put the
policy into force again if Mr. Robertson
could pass a medical examination, and,
finally, that tbe proposition was accepted,
but Robertson was rejected by the exam
ining physician. Iu charging tho jury,
Chief Justice Sedgwick said that if they
found that Mrs. Robertson was deceived
by tbe statement or an oflicer or servant of
the defendant corporation when she went
to pay a premium, they must give a ver
dict for her. The jury so found, and ren
dered a verdict as above stated.
Then there was tbe philanthropic fool.
He was as sincere a fellow as ever read
Emerson or came from Andover—a cross
between Harvard and Williams, too nar
row for one aud too broad for the other,
lie wanted to regenerate the negro race.
True, some of us and some of our grand
fathers liad been trying to do that work,
but Philanthropes, with Joseph Cook in
one pocket aud Dr. Leonard Bacon iu tbe
other, was going to show how the work
was to be done in a way. Qe and his
sister and his cousiu bought new specta
cles; put ten pounds of good tea In the
trunk, filled it up with Atlantic Monlh-
IU* aud prepared themselves for martyr
dom. Fully persuaded tho fearful curse
of slavery had ruined beyond liopo the
white race, and that a Democrat and an
infidel or a Catholic were
the same thing, they came South. He
did not seek out or consult with any
Soulhei n preacher or representative lay
man. He sought out the leading colored
man of tho place, lived at his house, aud
soon wrote home about the ostracism of
missionaries to negroes. Stated nakedly,
the fact is sadly derogatory to Southern
civilization and far more so to Southern
religion; The fact would probably be
presented by Pbilantbropos to a Massa
chusetts , audience thus:- “Feeling my
heartbeat with sympathy for an oppressed
race, I went South after the war ’to
see if I could do something to civilize and
Christianiza 1L I opened a school in At
lanta. I found tbe poor frecduxan eager
for knowledge and earnestly desirous to
rise in the scale of life. I went to do him
good; I went to his cabin; I dwelt' In his
cabin; I slept in his bed; I ate of his scanty
store, and assured him that I believed
him to be a man and a brother. I did not
S r to curry favor with his oppressors. I
ed to instil Into his breast a hatred
of tyranny by often - calling
his attention to the wrongs of his past.
I tried to eradicate from his breast any
sehse of inferiority and taught him to
hoid his own everywhere.. In one word,
I tried to make lihn feel that he was a
man. Could I do less than denounce the
awlhl wickedness of the rebellion, or less
than to try and inspire in him grati
tude for that party which had saved the
Union and given him freedom ? For these
things, aud only this, I was ostracised. I
could see tho sneer on the lips of the
brainless Southern blood as I walked
by with one ol my colored female pupils
on my arm, and with my teachers'and
scholars following in procession as wc
went to the Congregational Church to
hear a young mulatto (the son, by the
way, of a Democratic Congressman) de
liver a lecture on the emancipation proe-.
tarnation only fully carried out by llie us»
of the amiv to secure a free ballot.”
That’s his aide. » ■" - •
Tire other side, or the Somtcrmnsn**
story, may be as follows: The war was
over- We were sulierlng from oven-
quarter. Our dead children, over-whori
we wept, were more blesied thxfl we. we
needed sympathy and help. The negroes,
who had been our slaves, ware now our
masters. They were sergeants and cor
porals of the army. They were in our
halls of legislation. They were voting
away our money, with tbe'dddgrvof mak
ing our taxes so heavy as to force all we
hud to sale. The Northern missionary
came. He ignored ns. He ibugM fof tue
negro aioue. He told him ft his wrongs
in the past. Qe told him that be was now
the peer and superior of the Southern
white. He taught him to slog “We will
hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree.” The
ladies of the mission sought their asao-
Old-Fashioned Courting m Michigan.
Thirty years ago Michigan people were
trank and truthful set. Btrangers could
Come here aud trade with their eyes shut,
ami breach ot promise cases were un
known. Folks meant what they said,
and when they gave their word they stuck
to it.
Exactly thirty years ago this month a
idower from New York Stale appeared
in Lansing on business. That same busi
ness carried lihn over to DeWilt, eight
miles away. While on the way lie stopped
at a log farm-house to warm his cold lin
gers. lie was warmly welcomed by the
pioneer and his wife, both of whom were
well along in yeare, and after some gen
eral talk the woman queried:
“Am I right hi thinking you aie a wid
ower?”
“Yes.”
“Did you come out here to find a
wife?”
“Partly.”
“Did anvbody tell you of our Susie?”
“No."
“Well, we’vp got as bonnclng a girl or
twenty-two as you ever set eyes on. She’s
good-looking, healthy and good-tempered,
and I think she’ll like your looks.”
“Where is she?”
“Over in the woods there chopping
down a coon tree. Shall I blow the horn
for her ?”
“No. If you’ll keep an eye on my horse
I’ll find her.”
“Well, there’s nothing stuck up or af
fected about Susie. She’ll say yes or no
as soon as sbe looks you over. If you
want ber, don’t bo afraid to say so?”
The stranger beard the sound of her
axe and followed it. He found herjust as
the tree was ready to fall. She was s
stout-looking girl, swinging the axe like
a man, aud in two minutes he had decided
to say:
“Sitsie, I’m a widower from Now York
State; I’m 39 years old, have one child,
own a good farm, and I want a wife. W ill
yon go back with me?”
She leaned on tlie axe and looked at
him for a half minute, and tbeu replied:
“I can’t say for certain. Just wait till I
g;t these coons off my mind ”
- “She sent the tree crashing to the earth,
and with his help killed five coons, which
were stowed away in a hollow.
“Well, what do yon say?” ho asked, as
the last coon stopped kicking.
> “I’m your’n!” was tho reply; “and by
the time you get hack from DelV lit I’ll
have these pelts oil and tacked up and be
ready for the preacher.”
ne returned to the house, told the old
fo’ks that he should bring a preacher
back with liim, and at dusk that evening
tbe twain were married. Hardly an hour
had been wasted in courting, and yet he
took home onoof the best girla in the
State of Michigan.—Detroit Free Frees.
Cheerful Talk fob the Insured.
Referring to the present low rate of inter
est and its possible effect upon life insur
ance companies, Mr. Thomas Marr, lion-
orary president'of the Actuarial Society of
Edinburgh, bad this to say in bis recent
inaugural address, which we quote for the
comfort of American managers who may
be exercised on the subject: “I cannot
leave this part of the subject without ad
verting to what has been so much dis
cussed of late—a permanent fall in the
rale of interest. This quesilon seems to
rome round periodically; and I think that
we shall soon see as good a demand for
money as ever, and in consequence
the present scare pass away. Even
Ifit should not, I would direct your at
tention to a point, which wrlteison the
subject overlook, viz., that i f interest is to
be permanently reduced to, say S per
. ink* those securities which are worth
only from twenty to twenty-five
yens purchase must naturally . rise
to be worth thirty to thirty-
three years’ purchase, so as to fol
low the market rate. This being so, as a
]iim part of llio funds of 2 life office Is
Invested in permanent securities such as
debentures, stocks, fen-duties, etc., tbe
rise in their value would fully meet auy
lots through the fell of interest, so fer
all events as existing policy holders are
concerned.”
■ i writ ■»
A MTBXERious star. Pi i g r!j£;
which was observed In 945,1884 and ISM
Is expected by astronomers to
fore long. It was described in 1572 as
brighter than Jupiter, and “srch was its
brluiancy that persona were ablei to de
tect it at.noon in a clear sky, and at night
when the sky was so overcart as to hide
all other stars.” If it appears it wil prob
ably be visible far several weeks in the
constellation of Caaalopeia.
—A gentleman from the country re- J
marked yesterday that Cherry street was ’ j* after Kel
• irnm- 1 ?" 1 ’^ road compared with the ; ft this time,
JofcnonTiUe road.
Washington letter.
Washington, January 12,1881.
A WELL DESERVED SKINNING.
The person who lias for the past four
years been occupying Mr. Tildeu’s seat
and drawing his salary, caught it hot yes
terday in the Senate at the hands of Mor
gan, of Alabama. Morgan is one of tlie
brainiest men in that body, and has the
additional gift of saying tilings that cut
l‘ke a razor, all the time, however, pre
serving the decorum of debate and tlie pro
prieties of polite life. Mr. Hayes’ cuticle
is supposed to be pretty tough and his
conscience regular iron-clad, bat if both
didn’t shrivel and crawl this morning un
der the nhric acid bath of Morgan’s wotds
they ought to have a premium. By way
of illustration, let me quote a few of Mor
gan’s mildest sentences. He said: . - *
“He advises us toe.y:1ude Senators from
seats iu this chamber, not because any
State in choosing them has in its laws
made unn istitutional discriminations
against the right of any person to vote o j
account of race, color, or previous condi
tion of setvi'.ude, but because be has
jumped to the conclusionthatsomeperson
or some political party bis not dealt fairly
with them in receiving or counting their
votes. And this, he argues, is a viola.ion
of the fifteenth amendment. The logic of
these deductions is far beyond tbe com
prehension of ordinary men; and his
advico is gratuitous aud warning in respect
to a co-ordinate dnpar neutof the govern
ment. This advice is based on tbe follow
ing statement iu the message:
*■ ‘Continued opposition to tbe full and
free enjoyment of the rights of citizen
ship conferred upon the colored people by
the recent amendments to tbe constitu
tion still prevails in several of the late
slaveholding States. It has, perhaps, not
been manifested in the recent election to
any large extent iu acts of violence or in
timidation. It has, however, by fraudu
lent practices in connection with the bal
lots, with the regulations as to the places
and manner of voting, and with counting,
returning, and canvassing the votes cast,
been successful in defeating tlie exercise
of tbe rigbt preservative of all rights, the
right of suffrage, wnich the constitution
expressly confers upon our enfranchised
citizens.’
“This statement arraigns the Southern
people as the only violators of the consti
tution. In order to gain some support
for bis unjust accusation the President
says the constitution expressly confers
upon our enfranchised citizens the right
of suffrage. That he should not better
understand the constitution oi the Uni
ted Slates would be a calamity if he had
any power to execute the fourteenth and
fifteenth adraendinenu without the aid of
Congress and the judiciary.
“The charges thus laid at the door of the
aeople of many Slates are so vague and
indefinite aud so destitute of specifica
tions as to fully justify the answer that
they have no real foundation in fact.
“We are quite accustomed to such de
nunciations, but their injustice is so Uag-
rant that we Iiave ceased to regard them.
“Tlie President is not an impart ial judge
of elections in tho Southern States. Ila
has an interest in makiug it appear tiiat it
is the right aud duty of LYuure— *-
them at its Will anil change their re
sults according its pleasure. Considering
that enough of the Northern States voted
against him in 1870 to make it necessary
tiiat lie should secure the electoral votes
of three Southern States to elevate him to
the presidency, and that the votes of two
of those States were counted for him when
they were cast against him, Ids adminis
tration would have made a better appear-
ince iu bistory if he had omitted auy ref
ereuce to frauds in couutiug, returning,
and canvassing votes.
“H what he alleg-s against the South be
true, lie should not forget that in his own
case the great precedent was set by destroy
ing the votes of white men and of negroes
in Louisiana and Florida through a false
and fraudulent count. He should remem
ber the encouragement given to such con
duct by the rewards which lie bas given
in ofiices aud employments, supported at
njbhc expense, to every man and woman,
ligh or low, who bad any participation in
that scandalous proceeding.”
It seems to me tiiat such a live coal on
his hack ought to stir Hayes even to the
mint of contributing at least a moiety of
Sir. Tilden’s salaty towards the relief of
the distress among the poor of this city, of
whom three-lourths are negroes
whose wrongs so wound his sensitive
soul. But it hasn’t, at least to'anybody’s
knowledge. When it comes to sending
flowers, grown at public expense, to rich
leoples’ weddings and funerals, White
louse liberality fairly gushes, but there
it ends.
THE SENATE
organization on the 4th of March is the
standing topic both of idle and interested
tongues and pens. It will bo uncomforta
bly close in any event and a slip up In
Tennessee will leave the Democrats In
tbe vocative. Of course I count Mahona
on the make. To do otherwise would
that the whole mailer sums itself up into
a simple preposition. Can lie win?; 'Are
thare not enough Democrats. already
committed against the move'to make It’s
failure almost sure ? To the facts as al
leged in Mr. Hill’s report, wbieh is a
singularly able one to come;even .from
liis pen, general endorsement of Ml hon
est men is heartily given, but in the
crooked polities of the nasty present it Is
not always either wise or possible to have
one’s honest way. Kellogg may lie right
eously booted from the seat to which he
lias no more right than Hayes to his, but
the question has been adjudicated, and if
kicking him out will endanger the tenure
of some Democrats in that body wbeu tho
Radicals get the whip in hand liad’nt we
better hold our noses a while longer and
wait for Gibson’s coming. But wouldn’t
it be a picturesque sight to see “Brindle
Bill” flying out of the Senate at the point
of nill’sboot? It would not be “war,”
perhaps, but it would certainly be “mag
nificent.”
THE WEATHER
seems completely Id Venuor’shaiiils again,
and he is using his power most.shock! ugly.
Here is another snow storm on top of all
we have already had, and no assurauce
from atmospheric indications and the
looks of the sky that there will not be an
other inside of forty-eight hours. True,
Iho sun Is shining bravely just now, but
there is an ominous looking horizon and
the win 1 is shifty as an average politician.
People hare learned wisdom, however,
and nobody is caught napping as to over
shoes and umbrellas. The small boy
never leaves home for school inthe morn
ing without liia sled ami skates—both, of
course, snugly tucked away in tbe pockets
of his trousers—and the ladies, on shop
ping or calls intent, don their’waterproofs
and otherwise make ready for rough
weather. If the corn doctors don’t all get
rich after this season of foot misery, it will
be very strange. A. \V. It.
COWS’ TEETH.
outrage all indications, and insult tbe
Hhii.iwt of the characterless combination
he represents. He can make his
terms with tlie Radicals. It would be a
splendid bargain for them to buy his vote
for their oiganization of the Senato with
the Federal patronage in Virginia, and
they are abnormally quick at teeing and
making such trades. 1 guess the boys
over there will have to go before the
March winds cease to blow, and seaside
and mountain know them no
more summers for some years. It is
rough, but then it is tbe fortune ot war.
We gave them the grand bounce, and now
they return tbe compliment. But then
they had had so much longer pull at the
bottle. That is what pinches most sharp
ly. - If they do capture the organization,
Gorham will doubtless resume his old
position of secretary. He is on band here
amusing himself by editing that bumpti
ously loyal organ, the National Smalt-
can, which is making a desperate effort to
be a newspaper with not very conspicuous
success. What fat times the old rats will
have when they get back Into the cheese!
It is such a mouth-watering subject that
really I must drop it.
HMBT GRADE
was here last week, looking around and
asking all sorts of questions, after tho
fashion of all enterprising members of his
trih^. I suppose he got away, as usual,
with much “swag” iu the shape of news,
both actual and ideal. “Thoy all do it,”
you know—with —m rare -exceptions, of
course. Grady has grown faster and stur
dier, Intellectually, than any man I know
in the business, anywhere, and has a
witching future before him ifhe is only true
to his best instincts and higher aspirations.
Ha neither drinks, smokes, chews to
bacco, gambles, nor^ays bad words. Giv-
eu these as a basts, audaclever, eneigetlc
young man and journalist, he ought to
have an easy climb up the mountain. I
boar be is making money with hiapea
“baud over fiat,” and already baa an in
come tbe bare thought of which makes
my mouth water. He certainly deeervee
well of tbe blind goddem to hi* present
line, for it was on that Una he cheerfully
made himself a financial wreck to those
days when be ruffled it so bravely with
locomotives for carriers and brag and
bounce magnificent in their compass and
boundless in their scope. I bops be will
die a jnllM on * iK and remember ma in bis
will.
HA BILL
'a scalp again and may get
Terrible Snows in Colorado-Great
Loss of Life and Property.
Salt Lake CItv, January 10—Tho
snow has fallen almost continuously In
the Wabealch mountains about the heads
of Little and Big Cottonwood rivers since
Christinas. The mountains surrounding
the mining town of Alta are steep and
the trees have been cut' off. The tram
way sheds of the Wahsatch aud Jordan
Valley railroad have beeu swept away iu
several places for five miles below Alta,ren
dering ingress and dgress almost impossi
ble. Two weeks ago a snow slide carried
away a man named Darby. The storm
increased in fury with the opening of last
week. On Wednesday night the snow
fell in sheets and the wind became a hur
ricane. About 10 o’clock a snow slide car
ried away the flagstaff of the ore house
aud 400 feet of railroad sheds and swept
across the fiat and creek to the opposite
mountain.
Later.—Another slide passed ojer
Vicloria and Imperial houses, toiryflkg
two men, who dug their way out In Sn
lmurs. Continuing,the stqaju
the Grizzly boarding-house, in whir.* -
were Mrs. .!""-’'-;'." ’’—““J »uu four
,.!.imicu, Charles biraous, Robert How-
aith and Evan Morris. Of these Mrs.
Haskins and her daughter Jane, Howatli
and Morris were killed.
Another slide smashed and buried the
Toledo Works and boarding house, kill
ing Charles Burbridge and Frank Lapere.
On Thursday and Friday work was
stopped attbe principal mines, aud many
of the men left the Valley.
The storm continued and increased in
fury, the wind blowing a gale and pihng
up tbe suow just off the crest of the hill
ou the Alta side. The great weight started
another slide on Friday night one-
half mile wide, which would have
completely demolished Alta, but that it
was split and partially diverted by a fiat
area just above the head of the main
street. It struck a large and heavily
built stono store, in which five men had
gathered for safety. Two of them, who
were sleeping in the second fctory, were
thiswn out, but were comparatively un
hurt. Three bad taken refuge in tho
basement and built a fire, namely: P. B.
Lee, John Fitzgerald and Wm. Holllngs-
head. The house was crashed in on them
and fired from the stove and ail three per
ished.
Richard Williams and John Washing
ton, who remained to look after Joab
Lawrence’s property, with instructions te
sleep in tbe tunnel, are missing. The
avalauclie swept away every building
owned by the Joab. Lawrence Company,
together with their tramway, inflicting A
loss of $20,000. It burled tbe Buffalo
House, but three men had retired into tbe
tunnel and were rescued iu an exhausted
CO'iditiull. -
Fifty people came down.-,last night,
leaving about twenty, who, lor various
reasons, could not get away. The trip
down was fearful. Leaving their houses
with nothing but the clothes on their
becks, women wallowed through the
suow as best they could,tbe mou carrying
the children. There remains enough
mountain slope still undermined to com-
own plete tbe destruction of the town, and it
may slide any moment. .
Eight miles or the Upper Big Cotton
wood are said to be one huge slide cov
ering everything. A big slide in May-
field Gulch has; blocked a creek 400
yards and made quite a lake. While there
is Jno loss of life yet, it U reported from
Big Cottonwood that the miners are leav
ing the canon as fast de possible. When
the snow becomes deep and heavy on the
steep mountain slopes, an avalanche iniy
be started by a party wading across their
face, or by a concussion. Sometimes ablest
far underground will do it.
Law or No Law. A soldier of tbe
Tenth Georgia regiment was court-mar
tialed for wbat be called “playing quarter
master,” that is, for taking things without
paying for them. His punishment, among
other things, consisted in marking time
for an hour each day on tbe bead of a bar
rel. While he was thus engaged one day,
a comrade passed by and accosted him
with: “Joo, whatareyou marking time
therefor?" Joe answered, as weifa# the
difficulty ot keeping bis balance would al
low: “Don’t know, .’zactljr; baileys .lie
sonic foolishness ’bout somp chickens.”
Comrade—“Well, they have no right
to make you do that Kind of a thing.
There’s no law for iu’k *.!«*». ■* z
Joe—“Don’t care whetlier thsre’s auy
law or not; I'm a doin’ it!” n
They: Both Had ’Eu.—How often
does one see two friends meet In the street
and exchange tbs sempiternal forms pre
scribed for such occasions.
“How are yon?”
“Splendidly. And how are yon?*
“Never was batter In my Ufa. Where
are you offtof^ n ..
“Going to the doctor's—to see if he
can’t do something for this abominable
cough of min*. I feel aa if it was going
to develop into a galloping consumption.
“Oh, nonsense, you always look on tbe
dark side of things.. ,11 you bad forty de
generation of the baarVW # have, and
never knew at wbat aunute you wight
dropdown dead.you might feel blue!”
[Exeunt eeveraUyj— From the French,
A foreign Insurance company wittt a
policy for $1,000,000 on January 8th, to
Worcester, Mass., on tbe pasaenger sta
tions, freight booses, bridges, locomotives
ears, freight ra stations and in transit of
. |mte'w'C **;srfjET Worew ** rro#4 ’ A
J «hfV- tbe hand of doubt. It seems to me usable policy that.
a
tsiaealsMe lenoranee Malkins
Through (be Ladd.
A couple of third ward citizens met
cachotlieron flio sidewalk last Monday
morning as they were starting for their
places of business, and one of them, who
resides on,Van Buren street; asked the
olhor, a Jackson street man, if cows had
any front teeth on their up at jaw. Tlie
Jackson street man was a litl'e astonished
at the question, as there had been noth
ing said about cows, but replied promptly:
“Why, bf course, they have front teeth
on their upper jaw; how could they bite
off grass If they hadn’t?”
The Van Buren street man said it was
not a question ot logic; but a question of
fact; and if the Jackson street man did
not kuow whether cows had front teeth
on the upper jaw or not, he ought to say
so. “I did not ask you fbr your opinion,"
he said; “X asked if you knew.”
Tlie Jackson street man was a little
nettled at this, and replied with some
warmth. He said if be had a child three
years old who would ask such a question
as that, he should, be afraid the child was
an idiot. ‘jr-V' *' ‘ ' 11 |
“You would
“I certainly should.”
“Then,” said the Van Buren street
man, “as it is such a simple question, of
course you can tell me whether cows have
got frout teeth on their tapper jaws or
whether they have not.”
“Why, of course they have.”
“They have, eh ?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll bet you $10 they haven’t,” said the
Van Buren street citizen, pulljngoutaroll
ot bills, and palling off a couple or fives
aud shaking them at his neighbor. “Put
up or shut up.”
“There is some infernal catch about
this tiling,” said the other, suspiciously;
“I might have knowu It, too, tlie minute
you asked me sucli aa infernally idiotic
question.”
“No catch at all about It,” replied the
other; “if cows have got front teeth on
the upper jaws the $10 is - yours. If they
haven't the money Is mine. Nothing could
be fairer than that, could there?”
But still the Jarkson street man hesita
ted. It was barely possible that cows did
not have any front tectli on their tipper
jaws. He remembered then that cows in
biting off grass always threw their noses
outward, while horses nipped it off by
jerking their noses inward. He was as
tonished at how near he had come to be
ing victimized, but lie did not like to come
down. Tho two were then near the meat
niaiketnear tlie corner of Jackson and
Michigan streets, and tlie Jackson street
man was sure tiiat a butcher would know
for certain whether or not cows bad front
teeth on their upper Jaws; and so ho
pushed open the door znd said to the
proprietor:
“Liualieii, have the cows got front teetli
on their upper jaws?”
Linaliaii was running a skewer through
5. , a?tot/sImTent;"wWdT '
“What?”
“Have cows got front teeth on their up-'
p::rjaws?”
“Cows?”
“Yes.”
“Got teeth on their upper jaws?”
“Yes.”
“Upon my word I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“No. You see I buy my beef by the
quarter at the slaughter house, and don’t
have anything to do with the heads. But
I can find out for you when I go over.”
“I wish you would.”
So the Jackson street man .closed the
door and rejoined fits neighbor, and the
two walked along without sayiug a word.
A uiilk wagon was seen coming up tho
street, and it was resolved to bait the
driver and ask him the question, as it was
popularly supposed that milkmen are
more or less familiar with cows. The
Van Buren street citizen cleared his throat
and yelled, “Hello!” Tho milkman
reined up and Slid:
“Go ahead with your tests. If yon find
any water or chalk in that milk I’ll give
you the whole of it.”
The citizen told lilm to bo calm, asthey
had no intention of testing his milk, but
only wanted to know if the cows had
front teeth on their upper jaws.
The milkman looked at them about a
minute, and then whipped up Ills horses
and drove off, mentioning some kind of a
fool that they were. Up on Wisconsin
street they saw another milkman deliver-
ering milk, and overtaking him, they ex
plained the dispute. He smiled pityingly
upon their ignorance, and said:
“Of courso cows have front teeth on
their upper jaws—a driveling Idiot ought
to know that much. A cow would be a
handsome looking object without any
front teeth in her upper jaw, wouldn’t
she?”- -■ .... ..
“I've concluded to take that bet or
yours,” said tlie Jackson street man to tbe
other.; “Come,* now, down with your
tliut. Fat up or shut up.”
“Why didn’t you do it, then, when you
had a chance ? I never claimed to know
whether a cow had front teeth on ber up
per jaw or not; I only thought I had
heard so somewhere, and asked to see if
you knew about it for certain. But now
that the thing is bellied, there is nothing
to bet on as 1 can see.”
“Oh, of course not,” said tbe Jackson
street mao, sarcastically; “of course not.”
Just then Mr. Clark, of the Newball
House, liappcucd along, and as the milk
man nicked up his lines and drove ofi, the
Van Buren street man asked Mr. Clark if
be knew anything about cows. Mr. Clark
said he did, havlag formerly been a farm
er and a cattle buyor.
“Well,” said the Van Buren slreelcr,
“do you know. I got the queerest idea Into
my head this morning about cows that a
man ever had. .Somehow or other I got
the idea tiiat cows had ne front teeth on
their upper jaw; and I actually offered to
bet $10 with this man that such was the
case, r^on’t see what possessed me.”
“Well, if you had bet, you would have
won your money,” said Mr. Clark.
“What!” exclaimed both citizens to
gether.
’ “I say if you bad bet you would have
won the money, • for cows have no front
teeth on their upper jaws.”
“Sweet spirit, bear my prayor,” said the
Van Buren street citizen, as lie brought
out his' roll and peeled off the two fives
again, and shook them at tbe Jackson
street man, who turned away with a sick,
ly smile, and said he could not always be
pulling out bis money.
Ignorance seems to be stalking through
the land like a Kansas grasshopper on
stilts.—Peck's Sun.
Them are two loaded vessels in the
stream, however, opposite the works,
Which are buruiug, namely, tlie Competi
tor,.with filled cases, and the Maryland,
with filled barrels. One of thb city Ice
boats bas gone to their assistance. Tlie
wharves aie all in flames, auil tho em
ployes have beeu compelled Lo iesva llioir
offices. i a:*,; . M ,
,,, Tlio fire originated i d an agitator. Tlie
explosion was beard and felt at extreme
northern points in this city, ami as far
down the river as Chester. .
The last great fire at the works occur
red in June, 1778, at 11:10 a. un Ail the
shedding aloug tho wharves is. now on
fire, and the destruction of the whole
works depends op the force and direction
of tlio wiud.
12 m.—-The fire Is now under control.
As the vessels were removed from danger,
the flames were confined chiefly to the
warehouse aud wharves. There were
stored in Uio, warehouse 11,000 cases*of
oil. The Standard Oil. Company insures
its owii property, from jts Reserve fund.
Foint BitEEZE*Ja!iuary 18.—The scene
of to-day’s fire is the same as that on which
the disastrous fire of 1ST? occurred, when
buildings containing a great quantity of
oil and five slpps in tjie river were
destroyed, entailing a loss of nearly a half
million dollars- Tlie establishment is
owned by Inc Standard Oil Company,
anil is managed aud operated by the- At
lantic Refilling Company. Before this
mdrniiig^evcral acres,of ground were cov
ered with substantial structures, mostly
of brick. Ou these grounds there are up
wards of one hundred tauks, with a ca
pacity ot 1,500,1)00 barrels. There were,
nxvever, not more than d'JO.OOO barrels on
the premises lids mdrdmg, the greater
»rl of which was stored in the tanks far
jack from where tbe fire originated. Just
before the explosion men were at work
pouring the ol? Into a tank from a still
near by.
The origin of the fire is nnknow.i, but
it is thought that in filling the tank from
the still tho oil in some manner be
came heated, aud coming in contact with
gas in the tank caused the explosion. It
exploded with a" terrific report, throwin
the burning oil all. directions and igniting
everything inflammable wlthwhlch it came
in contact. The concussion smashed all
glass iu tbev!ciuity,aiid was heard several
miles away and down the river as far as
Chester. • The entire roof of a
bleaclinry near by was shattered aud the
office window* were smashed iu. A large
brick house -just below the wurks was
much shaken and all the window sashes
were broken. Four people were in the
house, at the time, every one whom was
thrown from the bed, and one, MLs
Lizzie Broozs, had her hip fractured by
tbe fall.
Despite tlie efforts of ,t|io firemen, a
great volume oi oil flowed rapidly over
fhe ground, aud about •"> o’clock the lire
reached another of tlie largo tanks, and
again there was a fierce explosion, which
practically undid all previous effective ef
forts “ftteftspAtfi'a jpf-frwwfikyer
Cs beneath the Surface oi the ground con
necting the tanks .with the warehouse on
the river front, ahd the flames burst
out with full force from the south cud of
the building. Tbe warehouse was quite
new, haviug beeu erected since the last
conflagration, aud W&s 000 feet long, front
ing directly on the river, and was nfty feet
deep. The burning oil next communica
ted to a store house belonging to the At
lantic Fetrolemu Storage Company, and
it fvas completely destroyed. -
pay, and -ayi they seem wholly ground
I WE. He says (hr increase of interest
would be only one per cent., whereas the
population would probably grow twenty
per oeot. and tbe property and general
wealth a great deal more, and the sinking
fund would each year diuliuish tho prin
cipal oi the debt. The concludingportton
of tbe address is devoted to au array of
statistics intended to show tlie growth and
extension of agriculture aud nianulsc-
tures and the flourishing condition of the
people iu different sections of the State.
j.. Virginia Politic*.
Washington, January 18.—Senator
Johnson, of Virginia, has prepared an ad
dress, which was made public to-day, iu
reply to the recently published interview
with General Mabone and the late ad
dress of the 8tate committee of the Re
adjustees. He opeus by saying tiiat while
tlie address and interview do not seem to
have produced the effect hoped for, they
nevertheless invite a reply, aud proceeds to
pult iu an answer in behalf ot the State
ami people—brief aud temperate. After
giving a sketch of events dating back to
the time ot the formation of what is known
as the Alexandria constitution and up to
the adoption by the people of Virginia in
latiU of ilia constitution now in force, th*
Senator proceeds to consider, at great
leniclb, tho difficult, financial prob
lem of the settlement of the State
debt which grew out ot the division of
tlie Slate of Virgin;* and the burdens re
sulting from tlie war. He discussed the
nwrlts of the McCulloch refunding hill,
aod elaborately takes issue alike with tho
statutes and tlie conclusions of the Kead-
jtvuer party, as set forth iu’lliu address
aud interview referred to. After showing
what he claims lo be an error of over half
a million dollars as to the revenue of the
State, be says tlie statements of. the inter
view are as faulty aud wrong in regard to
the expenses of the government and the
amount necessary to pay the interest on
the debt as fixed by tbe McCullough bill,
as they are in relaliou to tlie revenue, lie
proceeds to combat the correctness of these
statements in detail, aud continues:
“If tho claims aod assertions of the Re
adjustee should appear, as I insist they
do, unsound uud incorrect as to tbe matters
of debt aud revenues aud expenditures of
tbe State, are they more reliable In other
lespects? They claim to be the sole aud
exclusive guardians of tlie common school
system, and that the Bourbons, Or Fund
ers, if not its enemies, are at least not it*
friends, and have let it languish aud be
neglected. Their peculiar aud excessive
zeal Is of very recent birth. They bad
nothing to do witliertablishiag the system
or nutting It into operation.”
He farther attack* this claim by assert-
ieg that the Legislature of 1809, when it
met, addressed itself at oiioe to putting the
present school system into operation, and
rays: .z
“Asfsraslcan recall now, not one — —, . —
-'.n w ho is dow promiuent as a Read- is inherent in our orgsnzatiou, that it as-
jiisier was a member either of tbe conven- ! sens’ ilsell under disadvantageous extra-
tion or of the first Legislature. That is ! neous conditions, and that It Is due to the
sot ail. The Bute of Virginia, having excess in development of the left half of
received from Congress land scrip for the ' the braiu, which presides over the nutri-
cstablisliment of colleges, liad to decide J tion and fuuction* of the right half of the
how to use tlio fund. There was not one body. This exceuiva growth ol the brain
disputing voice as to the distribution ot ' Is because it receives more blood than
one-third of tho amount. 'The colored ‘ does the other lialf, which fact results
people had a college at Hampton, to which from tbe oblique manner in which the
whites were not admitted, aud one-tli ird ! heart is hung in the chest, on account of
of tbe money was givwi to that college by which the blood current is made to flow
oaiversal consent. * * 1 more directly and ppwertully into the ar-
• “As to the boast made so loudly that terics which go up on the left side of the
since tlie Readjusters were put Into office a neck. The obliquity of the heart finally
year ago the affali* of the Kate have been is caused by the greatly developed liver,
better admiulslered than formerly, it which, as it extends over to the left side
The British Home of Lords.
Tlie House of Louis is composed ef the
lords spiritual and temporal. Iu the reign
of Henry 111. 128: prelate* aud only 23
temporal lords composed the House. At
tbe time of Henry VIII. the spiritual aud
temporal lords were about equal in num
ber. At present Urn spiritual lords are the
archbishops of Canterbury and York and
24 bishops of the Church of England.
They are lords of parliament only and
uol; peers. The lords temporal are dukes,
marquise*,,enrla,‘VUeouiils aud barons,
whose titles are all hereditary. The title
ot 1 duke. was first conferred on Edward
tlie Black Frince, whom Edward' 111.
created Duke of Cornwall. Marquises
were originally lords of the marches or
borders and derived their title from the
offices held by them. The first who
was created a marquis was Robert
de Yere, Earl of Oxford, in
7198. Earls were iu existence
before tim conquest, under the title
ofealdonnan, aud to these lords the ad-
uiinistraiiou of the rhires was com
mitted. After the conquest they were
called counts, and hence the shires were
called counties. Viscounts were created
by the aid of Henry VI. and tho title of
baron was In existence long before the
Norman Conquest. The number of the
House of Lords is not limited. In the
reign of Henry VII. the temporal peers
were only 29; a,, the death of Elizabeth
they were increased to 00; the Stuarts
raised the number to 150, which William
Ii(. pud Queen Auue still further increas
ed to 1 (iS. On the union of Scotland, in
1707, 10 peers of Scotland were added; and
oitg the union of Ireiaud, in 1800, 28 peers
of Ireland. .Since that time numbers of
additjoas have teen made, so that at the
present rime, iu addition to 20 lords
spiritual; there are sitting in
the House of Lords 5 peers of
the blood royal, 21 dukes, 19 marquises,
113 earls, 24 viscouuts, .250 barons, 14
Scottish representative peers elected for
cadi Parliament, aud 28 Irish elected for
life—making a total in the House of 500
lords, spiritual aud temporal. Though
the tit'.i s of ibe lords are hereditary, the
peerage is constantly undergoing changes,
resulting from extinctions and additions.
Of the sixty peerages iu existence at the
death of Elizabeth, forty are now ex
tinct. Tho blood of the people is con
stantly finding its way into the channel of
the peerage, and new aud fresh elements
are taking the p!ace ofjhttfSjSllV^hNc*
caries, wool-dealers, s.lk-woikers, mer
chants, jewelers, goldsmiths, tradesmen,
barbers, coal dealers, money lenders and
mkuufacturers, were ancestors ot many
who now boast of tlieir. noble blood.
The most striking instances are those of
Lord Tenterden, the grandson of a bar
ber; Lord Gifford, the son of a grocer;
Lord Beaconsliehi, the sou of an author;
Lnff Truro, the sou of a tradesman, who
married the cousin of the Queen; Lord
Ehlnn, the sou of a coal-agent; Lord
Clyde, the son of a cabinet maker; Lord
Elienborotigh, a son of a country clergy
man; Lord Ashburton, a merchant, aud
Lord Lynhfirst, the son of a portrait paint
er, the American Copley.
.In tho Hr use of Lords Is tbe throne
occupied by the Queen at the opening of
Farliamcnt, and iu front of the throne is
tlie woolsack occupied by the lord chan
cellor—a sort of Ottoman with a sack of
wool for a seat, an emblem oi tbe source
of.England s national wealth. The apir-
itnal lords and’ tlie administrative party
sit on the right, the opposition on the left:,
and the neutrals on cross benches between
tbe two. ▲ quorum of tbe Lords is three,
and important measures .are often
passed with less than twenty member*
present. Though the House of Lords has
no power to originate money bills, it has a
perfect rigbt to originateothermeasures—
aright so rarely exercised, however, that it
is nowgenerally understood that theprov-
Ince of the Peers is chiefly to. control and
amend projects of legislation which em
anate from the Commons. The most dis
tinguishing feature of tho Lords it their
judicature, which relates to lha trial of
peers, claims of peerage and offices of
honor, and contested elections of peers of
Scotland and Ireland. They constitute
lha supreme court of judicature-, the tribu
nal of, appeal inthe last resort and tho
court ior the trial of all cases of impeach
ment. Though apparently a branch or
tlie'govcmment representing the aristoc
racy, so for from beiiig-an element from
which danger may arise to the liberties of
tbe people, the House of Lords serves as a
wlieiesome regulator to the legislation of
the Commons.—IT. T. Dacia, in Har
per's. •
ft* oupi
The Jacksonville Union baa the follow-
ing lutereuiug notes upon tbe structure
and habits ol tho carp, which promises to
be the most valuable food aod stock fish
iu the interior if Georgia:
Tbe carp (byprlnus carpio) has a tooth
less mouth, thick lips and barbels ou the
upper jaw. In place of teeth as
1 oca ted La fish, a number ot stout teeth
are situated in three rows ou the iaryngeel
bones. This fish was probablyJntiwduced
from Cental Asia into Europe many
centuries ago, and its cultivation can be
traced beck to rite year lift. . - .
Tbe carp is fond of stagnant waters,
or such as have but little current, with a
foamy, rauiidy bottom covered with weeds.
Tho carp is able to live and Increase la
pools or sloughs where other fish cannot
exist; but the presence of au tisitiss of
humic add is unfavorable. Caro, to a
great extent, live upon vegetable food, as
the seeds of the Nupphatr hituoin,
Nylnphm alba, Phyllanfreum aqoati-
cum. Fistura flaitans, etc. The waters of
Florida abound with these and many
other plants, tbe seeds of which will serve
for food. TJiey feed on worms and
lsrvoB of aquatic insects, which they find
by rooting with their beads. They will
not refuse boiled barley, wheat, bread or
the refuse of kitchens or Ore (varies.
In the autumn in cool climates they re
tire to tbe deep water and make an exca-
vaiiou called the “kettle,” in which from
50 to 100 will huddle togelhor in concen
tric circles with their heads together and
the posterior portions of their bodies rais
ed aud held immovable, scarcely breath
ing and taking no food, and they remain
iu their “keitlus,” as tho excavations are
calieii, until tlie warmth of tbe water
rouses them lo action. It is a remarkable
fact that though they take no nouriahment
in tlieii winter retreat, they do not leoee
weight. Tbe carp attains development
morerapid ly in warm than in cold climates.
At tho end of three years on the continent,
they will weigh three pounds, but in this
Stall, iu our warm ponds and lakes, they
will attain the weight of three pounds
within tbe first year, and even in cold di
mates their increase is at the rate of 110
per centum per annum. Such being the
case they should attain a weight of from
nine to ten pounds in [three yean.
Full grown carp weigh from thirty to
forty pounds, but have been captured
weighing ninety pounds.
The number of eggs in tbe carp is very
great; a fisli weighing from tour to five
pounds will contain an average of400,000
eggs. Tbe fish spawn in shallow water
around the elites of iake» aud ponds. The
eggs are provided with an adhesive
substance, and attach themselves to some
aquatic plant, stono or brush. The fe
male drops from 400 to 500 eggs at a time
and the spawning process requires days
and weeks. Owing to their spawning in
shallow wa’er, the process extending over
a comparatively lengthened .pfidqfUJUUl
tlie spawn escapes the destructiveness of
other fi9h. In warm, sunny ponds the
eggs develop rapidly. As eariy as the
fifth day the eyes become visible, and
about the twelfth day tho little fish break
through their envelopes. The capacity of
development is one great advantage, as
the destruction of tbe egg la not as liable
to occur as in the case of fish that spawn
la deep, open water.
In cultivating carp, ponds with a sandy,
rocky or gravelly bottom are unsv itable.
Ponds with a bottom of marl, c ay or mud
with some humus (decayed vegetable
matter), are the most suitable. Running
streams or ponds, with springs, are un
suitable. We have, in every portion of
the (Kate, lakes and ponds eminently
adapted to tbe culture of the carp, and
they should be extensively introduced,
protected and cultivated. The ponds
should not be deep, and tbe shores should
be shallow, say one foot for 100 feet from
tbe land.
With the exception of the trout and tbe
salmon the carp brings the highest price
in tlie European markets. The carp is
one of the best fresh water fishes, aud its
introduction ami propagation is of great
importance. Within • few yeare all our
lakes aud ponds can fte stocked, and in-
dejx'iident of furutsh ng an economical
food for residents, it might be made a
matter of export to Northern markets dur
ing the winter.
Why W« Are SJcht-Haadad.
The intimate interdependence of the
hands and tbe brain has reoeived a new
Illustration iu the results of the re
searches of Dr. John A. Wyeth, as set
forth in a lecture delivered by him recent
ly before the Anatomical and Surgical So
ciety of Brooklyn.
Why man should nee tbe right band by
preterence has been a vexed question to
which many differing answers have been
given. Mr. Charles Reade, in his letters
on tlie “Coming Man,” attempts to cut the
Gordian knot in a characteristic way by
asaerting that “every child is even and
either handed until some grown, fool in
terferes amLmutllates it.”
Dr. Wyeth, however, demonstrates that
the impulse to prefer tlie right hand
must be borne in mind that under the
McCulloch bill tbe amount of $8,049,-
440.70 was funded in new bonds at 3 per
cent., thus reducing the Interest to one-
half and effecting an annnal saving to the
Stale of more than $240,000, or which
two-thirds would be In tax-receivable
coupons. Of the sum funded $1,513,-
Offlfit Fir* i» PhlUdatphi*.
Philadelphia, January 18.—About
half-past 2 o’clock this morning, one of
the tanks at tbe Atlantic Oil Refinery, at
Point Breeze, exploded with terrlflereree,
end the burning oil was scattered to every
direction. The concnsrion broke win
dows a mile distant, and (he flame*
spread rapidly, not only to the adjoining
tanks, but to the wharf and shipping.
Four tanks soon took fire, and a number
of vessels, which were aground in the
SdmylKilf. weto quickly (Blare. A dis
patch received from tbe immediate vicin
ity, at 9:15 a. m., says the entire place is
on fire.
Philadelphia, Jan. 18,11 A. m.—Tbe
i report that the shipping was aa fire t
to have been nrematuro,for it te now stated , ...
1 that all (be Teasels were Intact at 9 a at. ore*, totenat, (bat tbe people could not Advocate.
of tlie body, pushes the heart away from
the middle line to which it first develops.
Reduced to Its-firet principle it seems, af
ter all, that that much abased organ, the
liver, ts responsible for tbe right-handed
ness of tho wvreree nee.
Dr. Wyeth think* mat the early train-
ingofehiMreaehouldbaeuehas to give
490 were pnrtbheed fbr tbe sinking fund them tbe beoefitef as much ambidexter!-
and have lines been cancelled, so that : ty as possible. To this end children
whereas before tire passage of tbe MoCnl- should be trained to give a slight prefer-
ioeh Wit tbe totes bad to pay 0 per cent, ence to tbe left Band for the first fhw
ou $8.049,4411.70, it now pays 8 per cent, years, since tbe inherent tendency to use
an 97,^44^14.00, and I* isths saving thus the right will assert itself and result in a
•Acted, aod the saving bribe retrench- nearer even usefulness of both bands,
meat acts of Ibe ao-called Bourbon Legie-, ladMduala who arc clever with both
Item* of *917-78 that has marts money bands are more useful members of society
more abundant in the treasury, and not than tbe one-handed; the greater ajuune-
aoy skillful or wise management ot the try to muscular growth pmsrrisd by them
Readjustee officers,” tends to equalize the two halves of the
The Senator refers te the apprehensions brain and to give a better cerebral deve!-
of General Mabone that after the end of opment. It & a matter ot broad philan-
tfaa first ten yearn, when the McCulloch thropy, therefore, to promote ambidexter-
bonds would commence drawing four per tty iu tbe human race.—N. 3". Christian
What Shall Wb Teach ?
[OOatKUXICATXD.j
Reader, this is a more important ques
tion witli tbe teacher than you probably
think it is. Let us consider it for a few
minutes.
Shall the teaeher discard text books and
adopt a course of instruction according to
bis own taste and Judgment? Yon "ay,
of course not, for the average teacher is
not capable of making a good text book
on each of tbe subjects taught in the
sdiools. But shall the teacher follow
slavishly the text book, teaching every
thing it contain* in the order presented?
You say, of course not. He should omit
wbat is unimportant. But, my friend,
how many persons agree as to wbat
things are important and what unimpor
tant In any of the text books? Suppose
you aak the next man you meet what
ought to be taught in arithmetic or geog-
raphy. In less than three minutes you
will find yourself in an argument with
him which wilt probably have tne effect
of making each of you think that the other
does not know what he is talking shout.
But this is ouiy a beginning—a mere
outside view of the difficulties underlying
the question propounded. Let ns go into
details aod tako up practically a stogie
subject given-in all the text books on
arithmetic—that of simple interest.
First we havj a rule for finding tbe in
terest on a given com or principal at a
given rate per cent, per entrain for a cer
tain number of years, months and days.
This is case I. Then we have a rule to
fiod tbe principal, when the interest, tbe
rate and the time are given. This is case
II. Then another rule to find tbe rate,
when the time, tbe principal and the In
terest are given. This it case HI. And
still another, to find the time when the
principal, the rate end the interest ere giv
en. (Case Y is tiiat used by a merchant
who employe tbe boy after he has passed
over these four cases, to find out that he
knows nothing about calculating inter
est.)
We know good teachers who attempt
to teach all four cases. We know others
who insist that only the first case should
be taught, and tbe writer, after spending
fifteen yeare In earnest, conscientious
teaching, bas concluded that it is no part
of a teacher’s duty to teach a boy bow to
calculate interest. Reader, what do you
think about It? Teacher.
A Raven 6Tory.—As tbe Zoological
Gardena, in the Regent’s Park, London,
two ravens ware kept in one large cage or
pen; a visitor pairing by threw tham two
pieces of bun, when one of them immed
iately jumped from bis perch, and before
hie comrade could reach either of them be
bad both secure to hie beak, and bad re
gained bis former position on the perch,
bolding them until ne saw bis comrade at
the farther end of tbe c^e; be than flew
down, buried oae of tbe piece*, which be
carefully covered wish gravel, and jump
ing back to hie perch with tbe other piece,
devoured it- He than hooped down for
the other piece, and regaining bts perch a
second time, he consumed urn', much to
tha annoyance of hie companion, whom
be thus srtfolly and cleverly contrived to
outwit.—Sishop Stanley's History of
JHrd*. j, .