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THE CITIZEN. McCOJID & SMITH, - Proprietors. 0 FFEKS hi? service to tho citizens of OiloK .-.I r.--in..-t ti'.v reaiie,tf thmr patronaua IU ICni Ul vuj-iun ...... janll ly. Look at the date beside your name. If your time is out renew. !) fli ce Vo rtheas I Corn e r o r t h e Si u ar rjp-s ta ur TERMS OFSCBSCRIPTIOK. Two Doll-r. per Annum, always in ASr&nce ADVERTISING RATES I One Dollar per Inch for tho first, and 60 cent lor ciu-.h aubcoquent insertion. Sirlal Kates lor reinilarStaDcitn Advertisers DR. C. C. ABER1TATHY V w ILL c-jul'iiuo tho prac'.iou ot medicine V uni fcurjiory a luiottutu, ucd will ro ftooJ promptiv 10 TOlcsoual oalla at any liojr ot tho dy aid mlit. lie will also give hpo.-ial attention to the treatment of i t:n.iA; uj.st: tsi:s. Cilice on eJ n 1 S'.rcut, in tho roar of the People- Nat. Bank. jinU'J-2i.i. VOL. 27. PULASKI, TENN., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1885. NO. 37. E. F. McKISSACK, PULASKI. TENN. 1. D.S. a A. McPetera, Dontiat has located here permanently and oll'ors his protesr.ional er vices to the people of Pulaski and vicinity Special attention giver tochildreo's teeth in tue prevention an J correction of irregulari ties, etc O'Mco over Giles National Bank Pulaski, Tenn- nov23-tt DA. ABKBNAT11T. DK. O A. ABKB.N ATHY C..C.& C. A. A BERN AT 11 Y have JJ formod o co-partuuTbliip .u the prac'ic of Modioitio r.i 6urKry, mu imir vi.-, to the ciuzoi.e of Puhi!-ki and UUcs ' OFFICE Tri-d Door t,uth of Peop'ic-t- National ' ai.k, 2nd Main Street. raay2'S5 ' DR. Y E. WILSON, ?hys ician & Surgson, rj AS located pormuuenUy in Pnlu-ki and 5 libra hio professional services to the poo n!n nf t.h (it v and vumitv. rif-Ollice Third door hack of Cannon & o" Shoe Store, sepiv-w JA8-M'CALLCM, J AS. & W. H. Attorneys AKD SOLIC.j. S PULA.-KI, W. H. M'CALLUM, McCALLUM at Law, IN CHANCERY, TENN. Orricx: The one formerly occupied by Brwn A McCallum. ( jan25-ly J. 1()LK ABEUiNATlIY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, l'ULASKJ, TENN. Will practice in all the courts, Btate and .K.'derai. augv3-tf DR. G. D. BUTLER" FFEK8 his professional nervicos to the J pooplo ot 1'niaxki and OilonCunnty. Of- huo opposite the Linden lloui-e. Can be found at otlico at all hours of tho night. janl5 tl JOHN C. LESTER, Attorney At Z,aw, rULASKT, TENN. AIT ILL attend promptly to all busuiOHB en- T v truetod to him Ollice over tho Corner Drug Sto re. jan4-ti. 11. A. ltOSEINGKAINT, HlNUFiCICiSB OF m m o u c3 SADDLES. ND HARNESS 1st Ham Street North, Pulaski, - - - Tennessee Noit Door to Jaokon' Stable Giles NATIONAL Bank Of PULASKI, TENN. CAPITAL S 100,000. rpKANSACTS A GENERAL EX JL change and NANKING BUSINESS DCALS If Sold, Silver, Baads an3 Stock 3. E. ROSE, President. JNO. S. WILKES, V. 1'rest. Jno. 1. Flautt, Cashier. jati27-ly Amnmliir full headway, and will furnish ca short notice DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, CEILING, FLOORING. Also. APIARY FIXTURES nivn Extraotor. smoked bee hats. V.vnrvthinir that Is used in the bee business J. IL lilt AY, Proprietor. VAHIETY STOKE. JT. 31. BUNCH, DIAL1B IN DRT (OODS, OKOCEKIES AND HAKD WAKF., lU)OT8, 8HOE8 ffe U ATS, GUN8, AMMUNITION AND KI8H 1NU TACKLE, A SPECIALTY. Hsjtlitg Ij Eil or to Weir. AGENT FOK Chattanooga Chilled Plow AND THE ULOUNT WAGON. Unt mv nricos whon yon want to buy. snl isfuclion given or nionov rolunded. F. M, BUNCO. HOUSE FOR SALE. 1 WAST to sell mv now residence on East 1 llill will noil on reasonable tortus. Ap- ply to mo on tho ern Expren Co fub5-tf. premises or at tie South- J, L I'EAKCY. Ague Oure contalnf an antidote for all malarial dl ord.r. which, to far as known, la naed in so ether remedy. It contain no Quinine, nor any mineral nor dolotorloui luhitance vhaV ever, and conaeqnently producea no lnjorlouj effect upon the constitution, but leave, the fa tern a healthy a It waa before the attack. WE WARRANT AYXB'3 AGUE CURE to cure every cue of Fever and A cue, Inter mittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever. Dumb Ague, BlUoua Fever, and Liver Com plaint caused by malaria. In case of failure, after due trial, dealers are authorized, by our circular dated July 1st, 1S62, to refund th. xnoney. Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mail. Sold by all prngista Corner Drug Storo : it u rr o H CO Anderson & Co. DRUGGISTS, o o m a S'PRFSCRIPTIOInIS 3 a Q T Ul IS. cc o o c 23 -OltALKlts IM FANCY GOODS,o FEKFCMEKY, W PAINTS, OILS, Etc., q PULASKI, TENN. 7 m O. A. MoPUTJiliS, PLAIIMILLS CORNER' DRUG STORE Postage Not Stated. . WAS tall, overgrown, awkward and sixteen, with a pervading 2i2 and feet were very lar:e, and the added misery, in case of the former members, that they were al ways red, and 1 never knew what to do with them in company. I was makiDg a visit at grandmother's, delightful, old fashioned country home, when one morning the dear old lady called me to her. "Here is something for you, Jim," she said, "an invitation to a chil dren's party at Mr. Edwards'." "Cnudren s party, I repeated, probably with a shuie of scorn in my voice, as indicating that I was no longer to be placed in that cat egory. "Not children, exactly, corrected grandma, with a smile at my mas culine dignity. "Young people, I should have said. Mrs. Edwards' daughter Florence is fourteen, and all the boys young men, I should sav," with a twinkle of amusement, "will be there." I had sundry misgivings that I should not enjoy the party at all, being as jet much afraid of girls, though beginning to admire them as mysterious and fascinating be ings, I accepted the invitation, as I found that all the boys I knew were oing, ami the party was to be quite "swell" affair for the village. When the evening came it found me with ttic rest seated in a large parlor, very unhappy because of my feet and hands, which would by no means arrange themselves in any graceful or becoming manner, and extremely bashful, but full of ad miration for a lovely black-eyed girl whom I knew to be Tom Byrne's sister. She sat some distance from me, but 6he had given me a sweet smile when I first came in, and now from time to time cast glances at me which increased at once my bliss and my confusion. Various games were suggested and played, but they were ot a qui et character, such as "twenty ques tions," "proverbs," etc., so that I had no opportunity of approaching any nearer to Mabel, who showed herself very brilliant in her ques tions and answers during the pro gress of these intellectual amuse ments. Then somebody suggested that we shounTplay postoffice. " "Postoffice .' What is that? How do you play it?" I whispered to Tom Byrnes, my nearest neighbor. "Don't you know how to play postoffice?" he asked, with a scorn of my ignorance. "Oh, well, I sup pose you city fellows don't know nothing." "I never heard of this before," I said meekly. "Well, I'll tell you how it is; a girl asks lor a letter for somo boy, and then you ask her how much postage, and if she says one cent, yoa must kiss her once. "Oh," said 1. "Yes," replied Tom; "and you kiss her twice for two cents and three times for three cents. It's quite fun if it's a pretty girl," he added. "I suppose so," I replied, vaguely. "But I forgot to tell you, if she says, 'postage not stated,' then you kiss her as often as you like. Hush! they are going to begin." To be sure, one of the oldest boys was appointed postmaster, and one girl alter another went out into the entry, each presently knocking at the door asking lor a letter, whereon the boy called for sheepishly followed her into the hall, and to judge from the sounds of screaming and ecuflling which generally followed, paid his postage under considerable difficulty. I watched the game in a state of bewildered alarm. What if a girl should call on me? But no one did, and I was half disappointed, half relieved, that I was exempt, when it waa Mabel Byrnes turn to go out. She left the room with a lovely blush on her fate. The door sras solemnly closed upon her, and then after a brief pause there was a faint kuock. The postmaster opened the door a few inches, "Whatdo you waal? ' he asked. "There is a letter here." "For whom?" "For Mr. James Hill." "How much to pay?" "Postage not stated," was the faint reply. They all laughed loudly and looked at me, for that was my name. The blood rushed in crimson floods to my face. I got on my feet some how, and with my heart torn be tween a wild desire to go into the hall and a wish to sink utterly away from human kind, I stum bled out of the room. The door was clossed behind me and 1 found myeit almost in dark seas, an the hall was but dimly lighed. I paused a moment and then I hoaid the faint sound ol quiet ureatuiug; anotuer Heart, was beating as violently as my own For once in my life I knew what to do with my aims. I caught hold of her. i'Ua darkness gave m courage and I held hx;r in a close grasp and pressed my lips Lo her check in three or four rapid, half-: frightened kisses before, she cou!d free herself from my embrace. "There, there, Mr. Hill," she said, with a merry laugh, "don't le bashful, again. I am sure you're bold enough now." "Have I paid my postage? J stammered. 'Indeed, yes; enough and to spare. Oome, let us go rack: to tue parlor." bhe led me m, a willing prisoner, and the rest of the evening I was her bond slave; her partner in all (ram na lipr fnmnflninn in trip d.il fp (wherein I excelled and the country boys gloried in my accomplishment) at last,crowning delight of the even ing. her escort home. That was all. lhe next day 1 returned to my home in the city, and Mabel Byrnes became only a memory; stronger at first, fainter as time went on, but sweet always. When I saw other girls I compaied them mentally with the picture my imagination painted of Mabel, and they never seemed half so fair and sweet as she. tiut then 1 did not see many other girls. My bashfulness, in stead of diminishing, seemed rather to increasa as the years went by, avoided society and was so much oi a recluse irom ladies that my mother was quite worried lest should become a confirmed bache lor. Perhaps one reason why I retained my diffidence was that my pursuits were among books and not among people. I had made th science of geology my study, and at twenty-seven found myself in comfortable position as assistant professor in one of our best colleges the salary of which, with my own income added, making mc so far at ease that I resolved to devote my summer vacation to a tour in lu rope. CHAPTER II. Equipped with bag and hammer, August found me making a pedres tnan tour of Switzerland, with special view to the study of its gla cial system and hthology. I avoid ed the well traveled ways, thus es caping the society of other tourists, and 1 was therefore utterly amazed wuen one evening, as I drew near the little house which was my tern porary abiding place, a tall form, strode toward me out of the dark ness, and a hearty voice cried "Jim! Jim Hill!" "What is it?" I replied, with half nervous start. Ah, I thought it was my old fiiend. Have you forgotton Tom Byrne?" Of course not, for I had met him occasionally since we were boys, and I was heartily glad to see my former comrade, always one of the best of companions. ' I saw your name on the book at the inn," he exclaimed; "and was sure it must be you. At any rate thought I would start out and meet you." "But how came you here in this out-of-the-way corner of the world?" I inquired. "Because it is out of the way. Mabel and I are making a trip in search of the picturesque. You know she is quite an artist." So Mabel was with him. My heart gave a curious thump, and for a moment I could hardly make a sensible reply. "Yes," he went on ; "she is so de voted to her art that it seems to quite absorb her lite. She has not thought of marriage, and does not care in the least for the ordinary run of society. She will be glad to see you, though," he added consol ingly, "as you are a man of sci ence." We walked back together to the little inn, and presently I was shak ing hands with a beautiful and stately woman, whose dark eyes flashed with the strange intensity and fire that I had never seen in any other eyes but those of Mabel Byrne. She greeted me very cordially, and after we three had taken an evening meal together there follow ed a delightful evening in the little paWor that Tom and his sister had secured. For once in my life I felt at ease in a lady's society. In the first place there was Tom to keep me in countenance by a predominance of my own sex in the company, then Mabel did not expect me to talk of airy nothings, that light foam of the social whirlpool which I never yet had been able to skim. She spoke first of my scientific pursuits ; she showed so much knowledge of the subject that I found myself talk ing with earnestness and enthusi asm of the formation of the country, and especially of the glacial sys tem and the curious marks of its act'on borne by the specimens I had collected. She, in her turn, contributed to the evening's interest by telling me of her work, and showing her sketches, which were really of ar tistic merit. There was no school girl weakness in her handling of the brush, but a force and poetic thought that had won her already honorable recognition in the world of art. "And Mabel's Tom. "No." you haye never heard of painting till now asked I confessed. "You know I have been quite, absorbed in my special studies." ' "Yes, &ud you have not seen Ma bel for ever so long, h&e yoa?"' "No," 1 replied, "not since that summer ten years ago, when I was at my grandmother's." "Jolly times we had, too," said Tom, reflectively. "Cemember that party at Mrs. Edwards'?" A sudden iush of blood to my face utterly confused me. I stam mered a reply, and Tom, to my re lief, went on with some rambling reminiecences. It was some sec onds before 1 dared to look at Ma bel. Surejy she was blushing, too. The next morning we all went on atrip up the slope of mountains. Mabel in a short gray suit, alpine hat and stout boots; Tom carrying her drawing materials. Thus we made this and many other delightful expeditions. Life took tev? colors for me. There was a radiauee 4uU gjory about it that I had never dreamed of before. Every day I found fresh reasons for admiring my beautiful companion, and pur waiKs up tne rough mountains and through the deep valleys were to me like en chanted journeys. In this lovely country with this most glorious wo man by my side, I was indeed as one transfigured by the light of the granu passion tht took possession of my soul. At first I knew not what had be fallen me. I only thought that my pleasure in Mabel's society sprang from a similarity in tastes and pur suits and the charm of her conver sation; but gradually I woke to the overwhelming fact that I loved her with the one great love of life, that seemed to me now to date from the days of long ago, to have been al ways with me, and to stretch out into the future to make it trans scendentally glorious, or a long de spair. But as soon as I had learned my own secret, my .former bashfulness came back upon me with ten fold intensity, and I found myself often embarrassed in her presence, while at the thought of telling her my heart's story, 1 was so greatly ov er whelmed that utterance would, I was sure-, be an impossibility. And Mabel t Her eyes were very kind to me. They turned to me with a softened luster that thrilled me with hope; and yet, if I attempted even a compliment, I blushed, floundered, and all was lost. One evening we were talking of all manner of subjects, grave and gay, and so strayed to marriage in general, and especially the matri monial lot cf our old friends. "You remember Boyd, don't you, Hill?" ask Tom. "lall, bashful feliow, like me.' I added. " "Yes," replied Tom, laughing "He married Miss Cutting, our for mer school teacher. I alwa i sup posed she proposed to him. "Sensible girl!" I exclaimed. "I think it is positively a woman's duty sometimes to help a man out, l ou remember that book of the late Dr. Horace Bushnell, published some years ago, called A relorm against nature?' In it he denounc ed the woman's rights movement, but maintained that every woman ought to have the right to propose marriage to the man she liked. I think he was scientifically correct." I spoke with great eagerness looking alwat's at Tom; but at the last words my glance turned to Ma bel; her eyes were fixed on mine, and the look I met there sent the blood to my heart with such a swift, tumultuous rush that I grew faint with confusion, and presently went out of the room and to bed though not to sleep I he next afternoon I went out in the afternoon by nn'self for a scram ble through a damp and very rough gorge, where lom and alauel did not care to accompany me. 1 was half glad to be alone, for I was nervous over my audacity of the night before; yet at the thought of Mabel s kindly eyes, so overwhelm ed with blinding happiness, that I bad to look many times at a bit of rock before I could see the stria; that donated glacial action. It was late sunset when I reached the inn. I made my way without pause to Mabel's parlor, led by a power beyond my control. The room was quite dusky and she was alone. As I entered she came to ward me with a quantity of letters and papers in her hands. "Ihese came while you were away, she said. Mechanically l toolt the papers Among them was a large package on which I dimly concerned the word "due," followed by an illegi ble stamp. "lou have paid something on this," I said; lhow much was it?' looking up. Postage not stated," replied Ma bel. Promptly, smiling, she uttered the words. Then her dark eyes softened and faltered. The papers and letters were scattered over the floor, I caught her in my arms with all the audacity that had been mine once before in my boyish days. Only now, as I pressed pas sionate kisses on her brow and lips, found voice at last to utter the yearning that was eomsuming my heart, and that found a respon sive echo in hers. Lillie li. Blase, She Will be His Mother-in-law. Council Bluff's Nonpariel; There is a j'oung man in this city, a good looking young ' fellow, wno has a sweet-heart out in the country a few miles, and he spends two eve nings every week in her society. A tew nights ago he stayed to the usual hour, and as he passed out the front door ho discovered that it was cloudy g.nd dark. He did not rel sh the idea oi driving alone through the gloomy night, and hinted about a good deal to get an nvitation to remain, out it was net forthpoming. But the young man was equal to the emergency. Going down the steps he artfully contrived to slip and fall gently to the ground. Thereupon he setup tremendous groaning. lhe rase worked admirably. The girl screamed, the men folks jumped out of bed and carried the young man tenderly into the house. His horse was put up and he wa3 as sisted to undress and deposited in the spare chamber. He had hard ly begun to chuckle over the sue cess when the girl s mother put in an appearance, armed with a mus tard plaster a foot square and ten horse drawing power. This she immediatly proceeded to clap on the small of the young man's back, where he had incautiously located the damage to his frame. For .two mortal hours that woman sat by the bed, and was not satisfied till she beheld with her own eye a blis ter an inch deep. The young man is now a reformed liar. Rheumatism and Diet. A sensible writr in an English magazine makes the following sen sible remarks on tue relation of diet to rheumatism, which are well worthy of consideration; Rheu matism is, as often as not, caused by over eating, and especially over indulgence in meat, which is cer tain to cause an excess of uric acid, and rener iixz lqdy liable, on ex posure to wet or cold, to an attack. We know that old people are pro verbially liable to rheumatism. Xhe reasons for this are not far to seek. One is, that Joints and ligaments are harder and stitfer, and very often contain deposit urate of soda. Another is, thtt as a rule, people up in years eat more than is necessary to support life, under the mistaken notion that they want a deal of nourishment to keep them up. I say that, on the contrary, the wear and tear of tissue is tri fling compared to what it is in ear lier manhood, and that far less food is required. Therefore, if an elder ly person would live long, and be free of aches and pains, and be calm in mind for that is a great desideratum he or she must live abstemiously, more or less. A pound of poultry flesh may be produced as cheaplyas a pound of pork, and it sells for twice the price in the market. Nearly 200,000 pounds of grass hoppers have been killed in the sev eral districts of Mexico troubled by the pests. THE STATE UNIVEESITY. Patent Eeasons for Its Support By the People and Their Eepresentatives. Knoxville Journal. Hon. Flournoy Rivers, who rep resents Giles county in the state legislature, writes as follows to the Nashville American, of August 16th Inasmuch as the 1st of Sepiem ber is almost at hand, at which date the lall terms of our schools and colleges usually commence, ought not the press of the state to oegin to urge upon the senators and representatives the great im portance of making their appoint ments of cadets at the Istate uni versity at Knoxville? This school certainly deserves the countenance and support of Tennesseans. It is a state scnooi, supported in great measure by the state. Our lefiislative committees and boards of visitors tell us it is a good school, and it surelv seems to int that it ought to be our pleasure no less than our duty to sustain it, to make it an institution of which we, as Tennesseans, can be proud certainly tue enorta ol the man agement to bring the matter of tins school home to the people of lennessee, to have them take an active personal interest in their school and its boys, would be ren uered much less arduous and vast ly more productive, if senators and representatives womd lead the way by taking care that at the next opening every one of our ninety four counties has its full quota of cadets in attendance, and who is tn position to agitate the matter and to influence legislators to ac tion if it is not "the fourth estate? Flournoy River3. Pulaski, Angust la. iur. itivers suggestions are ex cellent. It is almost a dutv of the press ot the state to spread abroad the educational advantages freely offered by the university. The time is surely coming when every citizen of Tennessee will feel a per sonal interest and pride in thi3 no ble institution. The university's prospects, we are intormed, have never been brighter than tor the coming year. Indications are that there will be a good attendance from all parts of our own state, and that many stu dents will be present from Ken tucky, Arkansas, Texas and else where. At no institution in the south can a sounder, more practical ed ucation be had, at less cost than at the University of Tennessee. But whether the good it can do shall be far-reaching or limited depends, af ter all, upon the interest which members of the legislature take in the appointment of students. The Public Schools. For the Citizen. When we consider the worth of lhe.-e schools to a very large pro portion our people, we are sur prised that they excite so little in terest, that every energy, in fact, is not 'bent to make them all they should be for the three-fourths of the children of the state who are dependent upon them for ail the ed ucation they receive. They are the common school, college and univer sity, all in one, multum in pqrvo, and very little at that for that large number. These schools should be thoroughly adapted to the great and important work they are required to perform the qualifica tion of the masses for citizenship and practical life. How anxious, ndeed, should be the enquiry, how shall they be conducted to secure from them the broadest practical results C w e repeat our surprise that there should be any indiffer ence to p matter ot such vital im portance, for the life long interests of our young are involved. It should be the special care ot those engaged in agriculture to se- cure for thpse schools the greatest efficiency. They are fixtures in the rural districts; they are, in truth, the farmers' inheritance that needs to be guarded with the greatest care, lhev are aemanaea oy tue exigencies of higher civilization; have grown out of the necessities of the masses paradoxical as the idea may seem to tlosq who depre cate their establishment ana are ever ready to deny the right of the state to tax for their support. Yet they have been established in the discharge of an imperative duty, in accordance with the demand for the widest diffusion of the benefits of education, and a repeal of the law has never been contemplated for one moment, for that, in the light of a worldrwide policy, would be a step backward. The fault is not so much in the policy as in the de fects of the system employed in them, and the indifference, the su- pineness of those to whom these schools are all important. They are our riglat, our property, our in vestments and eur profits will de pend upon oursejyes, anu most surely the highest considerations of interest, the very dearest inter est toq should prompt the best pas- siolc e effort to adapt then to or ed- uoational wants, ine raw jtsei'. should have faithful executon, mi I . . i the school intelligent directors, thoroughly competent teacher8 and a sj-steia that will bet Promote the practical education that our necessities Lave! ESde so important in this age. We are fast realizing the pressing need of a broader and a more variod intelligence far the farmer than has heretofore seemed necessary, and yet we are grading, by our indifference, our schools, emphatically ours, downward, and our children downward in the in tellectual scale, and relatively lower than we imagine, because other classes, having the advantage of the higher schools and colleges, are moving upward and will occu py the higher places, where culti vated brains are in higher demand, and will leave to us a wide field for the "brawn" that is so essential to the "hewer of wood," Ac. The truth is indeed forcing itself upon, the farmer that he needs something more than "brawn," however. The earth no longer smiles with a harvest when tickled with a hoe; the tickling must now be directed by the sharpest intell igence. He is likewise, by virtue of his sovereignty an important factor in another field of dutv. for which there is need for free, indenen- dent, intelligent thought, for which he must be educated, as well as for more successful farming, and in the public school, because no other ia within his reach. He cannot afford, there fore, to be indifferent to what is taught, or to the character of the education possible in these schools. Nor can he. in this connection, af ford to be indifferent to the charac- ter and qualification of the teacher, who should be competent, progres sive and gentlemanly. He should practice all the virtues of a true and noble manhood, lest vice and immorality be dignified in the eyes of the pupil. The mind ot the young farmer needs an awakening and a discip line it does not receive in the pub lie school. We cannot afford to remain blind to this fact. Our system of free schools is fastened upon us and the state will continue to tax us for their support, as it in dee l has the right to do; it will be wise in us to demand their thorough adaptation to our needs. The tarmer s son, though confined to the public school, should be literally a "gentleman and a echoolar when uis common school education is finished, and will be if his mind is properly prepared for the selC-edu- cation which must now begin, and he is taught, as he should be, to be polite, truthtul, sell reliant, coura geous, gentlemanly. We may con fidently expect these results where the system is wisely adapted to the end of all public school education, and the work of educating our chil dren for the practical duties of life is intrusted to teachers worthy their high vocation We are entitled to our full share in the benefits of government; let us not be content with less, or with educational inequalities that foster an aristocracy of intelligence on the one hand and tend to make "hew ers of wood and dra wers of water' of the masses on the other. We do not aim to reflect on the worth of our teachers, for they are all we have demanded, but the state ex ercises the right to tax us to sup port the common schools, our lim ited means places the higher schools beyord our reach, so let us enforce our right to have these schools educate us in the truest sense, in the broadest sense within the province ot the state, if you please, and erect for our teachers a standard, requiring the highest ed ucational and moral excellence, within the necessities of a system that can only educate, as we have said, for citizenship and practical life. Parmer Mother, Philosophers have analyzed, di vines lectured, and poets sung of maternal love; but which of them has brought from its fountains to the heart of man, those nameless, numberless, impassioned syinpa thies which make the melody oi a mothers tendernessr No, there is nothing like it. In all after years we may set our hearts on what joy we will, but we shall never find anything on earth like the love of a mother. Oh! man, canst thou read, turougu tne tear mat tremoies in the mother's eye, the piercing grief oi her soul, as, gazing upon the fond prattler, the thought obtrudes itself that all her pains, her sleep- dispelling solicitude, and above all, the strength and devotedness of her love, may be paid with ingratitude! When the veil of death has been drawn over a mother, how quick sighted do we become to her merits, and how bitterly do we then remem ber every work or look or unkind- ness which may have eseaped usl How careful should such thoughts render us in the fulfillment of those offices of affection which it mav et be in Qur power to perform; Jfor who can tel' how soon the moment may arrive when repentence can not be followed by reparation. Were the affections of the moth er felt and cherished by her chil dren with corresponding sympathy doubtless this earth would exhibit much more of heaven than at prcs ent. A dear mother is the first to fold and shield our puny frames; the la9t to desert our clay-cold lorms; the rich, rejoicing, fresh, lovely and exuberant vine to twine in graceful fitness round the rugged oak of manhood, clingiug the clos er the louder the storm blows and the thunders roar. Ifow anxiously ' she observes the budding facilities, the expansion of mind, the increasing strength of body j If her son falls into pover ty, a bankrupt in fortune, she is the first to soothe him. The love of Hagar is shown in the old testament. In a wilderness, parched with thirst and panting from fatigue, she beholds her infant her only companion dying from wint oi nourishment, lhe wa- Placing anil m r r ter bottle was empty. her boy beneath a shrub 'ng tp BtxMQ distanc-i giq cried, ' Let m ine not ste the death of mv child! Iet me not behold the sev erance of those ties which nature compels me to suppo't and cher ish, and she lifted up her voice and wept, but .he was not left childless, "for God was with the lad." There is no reason why this country should relax its precaution ary measures against cholera. There is, perhaps, more probability of it reaching us next year than there was of its coming this summer. The plague has greatly increased rather than diminished in Europe this season. In Italy and France last year the deaths lrom cholera were about 20,000. Up to the be ginning of last week, tbe number of deaths from the scourge officially reported thus far this summer, in Spain alone, was 72,347- C.-J. Nine acres of rock will be blown out of water October 1, in the mouth of New York harbor. Twenty-two miles of dynamite and rackarock cartridges will be simultaneously exploded. . Lord Charles Betesford says that the English navy is inferior to the French, and that $100,000,000 should be spent on it, Tha Blair Educational BUI. To the Citizen. I enclose you a clipping from the Century Magazine, which I should like to see published, in the hope that somebody can explain why there is so little interest taken this matter in the south: The movement to give national aid t elementary education, which originated with the National Aid Association a few years ago, nearly reached a euccesaiul culmination in the Blair bill, passed by tne senate, and now awaiting the as scmbhng of the next congress. As a living Lue of national importance and a mnaaure of public saletv. it ouarlit to receive tbe general attention ot th press. The larger journals and maga zmes have set a ifood example, but the network of local publications, through which the masses are bust readied, have barely touched upon the subject. It has engaged the support of some of the greatest minds in this country, and lit erature on the subject Is not wanting, but the means of distributing the data already available it) sadly lacking, Ui course, trie south will receive the most direct benetit If this appropria tion is granted, because they have the most illiterates; but if ever our sister states need help, it ia now. The war lelt the couth so desperately poor that a tax equal to, ana in many cases great er than, the northern school tax, barely Keeps tneir scnooi 8 open three months in the year; and to this fund the col ored man, who receives over one-halt the benetit, contributes next to nothing It is no new idea that we owe the col ored man an education lie ia with u to stay, and we have made him a citi zen, and as such he is entitled to an ed ucation, whether be contributes one cent to the school fund or not. The duty is a national one, but the burden now rests on the shoulders of the south. and the appropriation merely proposes to aiscrioute the load. The essence ot tne measure is contained in tbe propo sition, Shall we a a nation assume the burden, or shall we continue to shirk it on the south ? A direct remedv lies in a thorough discussion of the subject by the thous ands ot newspapers and journals scat terea throughout tne land. We at the north are geographically too far re moved to appreciate the necessitv of ex tending this aid; but once let it be lully unuerstooa, tne north will arise as unit and demand that a measure so just oe speeauy carried into enect. But the benefits conferred will not be on the colored man alone. The Iramers of the Blair bill anticipated the objections of the selfish few, who tor the sake of a few pence would let icnorance inhabit and till the fairest fields of this country me appropriation will be impartial to eacn state, in proportion to tho ilntera cy within her limits, without regard to race. Maior R. Bingham, in his masterlv paper enticiea "ine isew south" (pub lishcd by the Bureau of Education. Washington, D. C, in the proceedings of the meeting In February, 1884, ot the superintendents department National Education Association, and in the pro ceedingsof the National Education As sociation, which met at Madison. Wis consin, in July, 1834), has set forth the needs of our sister states far more forci bly and appropriaUly than I can. for he speaks wuereor lie knows. Widespread circulation of the sentiments contained in his paper, coming as they do from a prominent southern educator, would do much ; and as the day draws near when this cause shall live or die. I hope to see the press ot our land, mustered under the banner of justice, prepare our peo ple to give tue uiair bin, or some simi jar measure, when parsed by our next congress, a cordial reception. v n . . . .. i unuerstand that tho measure was deteated in the house be cause it was opposed by a maioritv of the southern reuresentatives. I believe the explanation is that it is unconstitutional. It seems to me that it is the most remarkable exhi bition of tenderness of conscience that I ever heard of. A conscience that is capable of making such hair splitting distinctions must be a valuable possession. The states have received aid from the national government before in behalf of cdu cation without protest. The gov ernment is responsible for enfran chising the negro and it ought to be responsible for his education, or, at least, ougnt o nep the states m the matter. When the senate and a majority of the congressmen of the northern states come forward with offers of this simple act of justice, tue soumern congressmen are seized with qualms of unparalleled squeam- ishness and cry "states rights" unconstitutional," etc. As there is a difference of opinion on the sub ject, how would it do to send tqen to represent us who. regard it as constitutional and are willing to vqte for it? I don't think they would be hard to find. Will somebody en lighten An Ignobamus? The Boy Who Tried. Forward: Many years ago a boy lived in the west of England. He , . J "o play hour, he did not go forth with I nftnr linn riav flnrmn ), a luc otuur laqa m spur, ou,l sat OOWn i. , i. i .i . . i . . , under a tree, by a little brook. He put his head upon his hand and be gan thinking. What abouty He saia to tnmspir, "How strange it is! AH this land used to belong to our family. Yonder fields and that house and all the houses round were once ours. Now we don't own any ol this land, anu the houses are not ours any longer. Oh, if J could but get all th'a property back!" He then whispered two words, "I'll try.' lie went back to school that aternoon to begin to try. was soon rempvvd to, a superior school, where he did the same. By and by he entered the army, and eventually went t Jtqgland as an officer. His abilities, but still more bis energy and determination, secured promo tion. He became a man of mark. At length he rose to" the highest post which a person could occupy in that land he was made governor-general. In twenty years he came back to England and bought all the property which had once be longed to his family. The poor West of England boy had become the renowned Warren Hastings. Dr. Morrow bought Col. Cherry's interest in the firm of Cherry & Mor row for $225,000. 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