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Education ana Heilth.
At 'e 'te1 in. tile4. Writen hV
rhygilatot were of t.uici ian abs.vuse
c;araeter thai they CA111ld 4nly ite
imdero-od b% .hote Wli iad tlik it
study of phsic, ad the pe-iliar
winecla',re %%ith which they aiboon
tied caused them to bi 4i,ly ot vatie
to medical jurnais or lear,ed s(Ici
eties. There bi a, however, of iat..
be*e a deqge shi-mO n b# tie tedical
loofsui(Int ro, iiiich too Sh14W i'.s
riditi..-i und learning iraS to di a! wit'hi
tunatts affect ini uas cci..liy, .oud
throw sot euggeptions w% lieb. it tol
lo%kef -1t, w4,l'i e lik11 i. cok
dilce to ihe heah antd lluevi-y t
thle c4uimni-:y. Amtifgw the io,b
jicts wichO t.'as e thias been, discus4ed
is that of the ieill t of eildiren. I
many of the large cities, bo i of this
comitry. and EnOAd, we ind that
physicianis are muking a specialty of
the diseases o the 3 oung, dei otiu,
titeir entire attention to them, and
planning renedies by which their
ravages can be restricted Dr. R.
doniha dson, a well k nown ILo.
do ufgeon, has lately contribiited
an article to an English magazine ont
the subject of 'Learning and Ilealth,'
in w.hi,ch he deals with ahe present
eystebi of education, and uunherita
tingly declares it as- his conv,iction
that to it is due much oft tAbe phys
loal weanese and want of activity
sen ini children.
The present ageis so -wrapped tp
inh ioea of.giving to eh quaild an
edneation that it i8 apt to fo.rget to
bow severe a straint their ytonag ta-.
culties are often subjected. . W en
to confinement in a close and
heated room is added a course' (t
study which makes a drama upon
physical vitality, it cannot~ be ex
pected that they will develop into
strong and rebust c tildren. 'iThe
result will more naturally be that
the system will become enei-vated
and miore receptive to the seeds of
contagion and infection. Te mae
norii blhIch children are for cud
to do hool must to a bright and
*lively boy and girl, whose thngt
poam freely, be almost unendurable,
and this storing up in the young
mind of days sand dates without ret
- gard to classification makes the bran
only aslumber r-oom, from :which it
is diffReult to,extract the article wh icn
may be wanted at any particular
time.
The writer of the article ini quies
tioun argues that until they are seven
years of age instruction shotld only
be giyen to children through ~ the
medium of play; that their' aatural
propensh for fun and freedom
shoutd ti be checked, and that in
t%e oen air, In the garden -or woq4ds,
they are unconselonely receiving im,
.puesslons whioli will be of be' efit to
them in after life. It has beens of ten
noted that infant prodigies and pre
enaIana- phildton selda r~wu
be Inen or w..me , and J.t they do
TfWlV Achieve that distinctionr exa
pected'tif :hem wh n i(ey are pro
secuiti.g their ! studies. TiIere huve,
of e.firse, been exceptioni- t6tii0.
Pope~ fells nae tlitt wheni a clhild lie
'lisped in numbersand the nmbers
caine," but, af a r1ule, the talent for
pigyvrapg which children show never
flovelipps inipto he fire and the gelilus
i1 poely. ittant Rosciuses, .boy
irafoes, and musical plenoineta.
and the unnat-in al syptem of flrcing
to whidh the% are subjected, M des
triict ive of - hal aoo i% it , Afud Iiakes
the 3 oting heart old before it t ime.
Cocermn- children of this clipss Dr.
Richardon - ay%:
S"lihettv '-preciicioius, cianulied nuy
childreti are never weil'. Their met&
ttl excitement keeis t.p a flush,
u hice, like tle excit- melnt caused by
sir. iig di in k jii .ldeIr eiddi en, l4oks
lse healh' but hai n - relati ii to it.
If you lok at the tongies 14 ihsu
children you see thein t.. be hurred,
or covcred wih aany red I-oints
like at wrawberry, or to be ito red
and very dry. It ) ou inquire init.
the sta-e of .bheir -appet ie, ). u find
that t he iippr ite iz.- capriict ns; that.
6: ange fo.ds are ssked I., aiIs that
the stomach tiever Feeniholo be in
clide. It yiu w-a ch the face f I
long 'ime, ) iu note iat Ilh fri qeni
flush gives place to al Il earhl
pah-ne's%. LI Wiu watch fhe eye.,
Oll perceive at they gh am with
light a# 1ne iiine. a-d are dull, de
pi et-sed and :-ad at :mother, wIile
they are ntver la ghing e es. TIheicir
biight nes is the brighilttsS .I h o gt1-1
iln lite strih - i eviatilescetit . win
dangerous pe:.omen. If you feel
lite muscles, t.hey are ti-in and 11duy,
though in stote inslances theY may
be fanIly c'vered. with at. it ) ou
inquire into the sleep these childreu
get. you hear that ' it. is disturbed,
restless, and ~Sometimes >roken."
We are apt somt imes to assert t'hat
narrow streets and alleys are pro
ductive of I he disease. To a certain
extent this is trute. Closely contined
tenement houses, without proper air
and ven,tilation, make sad havoc
with infant life; but when it succeeds
in overcoming these conditions and
ar'riving at an age when it can go
out into sthe st reets, we find that their
free, out door existence conduces
more to, health than that system
which makes boys and girls little
had ieE a'ad getem en, w' hicti brings
them n1 acording to the rules of
fthIin and loads themidown with
books wheni they should be tree and
untrammnelled. There is a danger,
therefore, that in our love for edaw
cation we trgy forget the necessity of
building up the phy'sical organiza
tioni of the young, and any sugges
tions by tIos who have made the
bunani systemi their study should
receive atten''on,,so that physical
and mental growth may not conflict
with each other, but that the r ising
,getieratiopi should grow up with
soupd minds in sound bodies.-Bal
timore Aimericana.
NEURALGIA AND RHEUMAT[M.-A
very simple relief for neuralgia is
to boili a small handful of lobelia in
half a pint of water till the strength
is out of the herb, thena strain it oft
and add a teaspo, nful of fine salt.
W ring clot ha out of the liquid as hot
as possible, and spread over the part
affected. It acts likeea charm.
Change thte cloths as soona as cold till
the pai-n is all gonie; then covet the
plce with a soft, dry coveting till
perspir-ation is over-, to prevent tak
ing cold. Rheumatisin cant often be
relieved b3 application, to the , ain
ful parts, of cloths wet in a week
soluti'n of salsoda water. It there
as inthathmat ion in thejointa the cure
is very quick. Tt.e wash should be
lukewarm.
A place suitable f or reflection
Before the mirror.
TWelve Yeaus,in Xen's Clothem.
On the 28d of October,'I8'17, says
the Buffalo Expfess, William Free0
man was sen tenced to the Frie conn
ty Penitentiary for one year and @ix
ionths.. having pleaded guilty to a
pharge of burglary and larcehy.
Freeman was duly received into the
pen)itentiary, was put to work in the
shop at polishing buckles, and con
tinued quietly and with uniform good
behavior to purcuo tho dre::ry ron
tine prison life until yesterday morn
h.g, when a surprising discovery
was made. It came known to the
prison anthori4ts, and late, to polipe
officials and a few' others, that the
Supposed William Fieema) was a
woman. It seems that Sone friends
in Allegl any county had applied to
Geernor Robthson for a pardon for
the inpposed. Win Freeman. In
siq cases it is usual Ifur the Gov- 4
erior or his authorized agent- to
write to the keeper ot he prison in
which the person'tbr whom the par
dot it8 asked is confined for a state
ewent of the copditioi of the pris.
oller's health. To ascerta'In the phys
ical condition of th convict, a me
dical exaiinai.iou was requisite. Dr.
P. Sotmick, the physician to the
penitetitary, was accurdingly re
quested to itivestigate the case, and
at I i'clock yesterday moiiing pro
ceeded t4, peorin that duty. It was
Ilot very long bef..re lie hm:ried to
Depnt) Sepei intendent Watnd.er with
tle stalling inltormation, "4tat's a
woinal " The priiioier, who for tihe
pst iix rionthis had toiled in tl,e
tbop with is hard a lot oi mnen as
co-Ad easil) be got together, was in
deed a woman,' and' the astonish
ment of lie keepers" was inci eased
by her stateienlt that she had worn
the clothes first ot a boy, then of a
man, from the time she was eleven
years old.
As soon as the startling discovery
of her sex was made /Mary Ann
Sehafer, tie sloe confessed his true
name to be, was reinoved to another
and secluded part of the prison, prio
vided wvith the costume-prescri bed
for'female State prisoners, and by
Sup er intendent Barker's orders was
mide as cornfoi table as th e rntles
wudid periti. She had ntterly
biroken down, and begued the Su
pet intendent to keep hier there for
life rather that) to allow her secret
and her name to be published.
Mary is 28 years of age, about five
feet seven or eight inches in height,
with dark hair and dark eyes, but
pale comuplexion, and weighs proba
bly 140 polaide. Her wris's and
ankles at e small, but her hands and
feet, from the roughaest-kind of labor,
are large and .coarse, anid her wvaiet
hias never known the grip, of a cor
set. As William Freem,an, she was
as good look ing as kibe average nmn,
as Mary Schair r she is not a homely
woman. iler story, told with att
abundant of tears and with muich
apparent feeling, wa to th;is effeet:
She was born in New York city, or
on shipboard. Uer early home was
in Alleghany county, with her moth
er and a stepfath6r, whom she left
when she was 11j years of age. To
wake a living was at best a hard
task for one of her age, anad believ
ing that as a boy she could do best
and earni runst, she dressed herself
in boy's clothes arid hired out to do
farm work. This she has done all
her life since--plowing, choppng
wood, taking cai'e of horses, and all
the rough work of a farm-anid al
though'all the time ina the vicinity of
her home, she avers that itot a souil
except her miother until yesterday
knew her or knew the secret so care~
fui y presers ed. The crime for
which she was sentenced she claims
she did not commtit. She bad rented
a fairm 'about five mHes fromn her
family's hom.e, which is at Wells-.
ville, and hired a wornan to act as
housekeeper. 'This wouian's nenhaw
. Politics in South Carolina.
Ex-Gov. R. K. Scott, of South
Carolina, is registered at the Ebbitt
[loise, where a'representative of the
Post accosted him:
"Well, sir, I have no hesitati6n in
saying Gov. H ampton makes an ex
cellent executive. Inder his admin'
istration peace has ben restored to
thp State. The negroes have gpt
over their mania for office iolding,
and have gone into the cotton and
rice fields. I apprehend that tle
crops of this year will coipare fa
vorably with those of 1860."
"Will the Replublicans nomiinate a
ticket ibhen this fall?"
"I think not. The negroes,. who
form the bulk of the Republican
party there, are disgusted with poli
ties, and being satisfied with their
treatment uider flampton,- I am
quite sure they would rally to his
support and elect him over any matn
whom the Republicans might nomi
nate. W hen I was Gov'ernor of South
Carolina, n effuits in favor of hon
eat government were generally
thwarted by the most graceless set of
scamps that ever atliicted a people.
Whby, sir, these men have not only
confessed to their numerous acts of
villiaig, but have attempted to shield
ihetselves from id punishment by
making the most preposterous char
ges arainist every honest man con
nected with my administration. I
am glad to see that Hampton has
driven theim into' hiding placdes.
Even the rice field negroes applaud
his action."
"Do you expect to take an active
part in the polilies of South CUrolina
this fall"
''1 don't know that I shall. 'I
ihink no iecesity will exist for,it. I
supporied General Hampton in the
c.nvass of 1876, and will gladly do
so again if any opposition is shown
to his re-electi-n."
"W hat is the cause df the t rou bte
in the attellopt to collect the internal
revenue in Sonuth Carolina?"
"Why the'oflicers of tis Govern
muent are sti angers to the people, and
take no pains to 'insteuct them."
"In other words, you mean to say
that self' government by a people
shmould apply to National as well as
State officers~?"
"Yes, the otficer shonld be the
manor born."..
(jAu:d hon est.-ED. SICNTINEL J
The Responsive Chord.
'Rev.-J. WVm. Jones, in an address
beflore the National Sun;day School
Convent ion, Atlanta, Ga., related
lhe followinmg incident :
"In the early spring of 1873, when
the Co:feder'ate and Federal arrhies
were contronting each other on the
opposite hills of Staffor'd and Syott
sylvania, two' bands chanced one
evening, at the same hour, to begin
to discourse sweet music on either
bank of' the river'. A large cr'owd of
lhe soldiers of both armies gat hered
to listeni to the~ music, the friendly
p)ickets not interfering, and Boon the
bands begain to answer eaeb other.
First the baind on tLe northern bank
would play "Star Sp)angled Banner,"
"hail Columbia," or some other na
tional air, and at its conclusion the
"boys' in bh1ie" would cheer most
lus:ily, And then the bind on the
southerni batnk would respond with
"Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flag,"~ or
some other Southern melody, and the
"boys in gray" would attest their ap
probation with an "'old Confed
erate yell." But priesently onte ol
the bands struck up-in sweet and
plaintive notes whicha were wafted
across the Rappabannok--wer4
caught up at on:ce by the ot her band
and swelled into a grand anthem
which touched every heart, "llome
bweet Home 1" A t the conclusion o1
this piece there went 'np a simnultane.
0o18 shout from bosh side98 of the riem
committed 'a burglarf by which he
secured a quantity of dry goods,
which he- concealed in her barn.
The property was fonnd and she was
one of the number arrested. Being
committed to jail she was employed
by the Sheriff to take care of lis
horses, and taking advantage of the
opportunity for liberty which this
service offered, she escaped and fled
to Canada. In some mainer she
was induced to return. The ' man
who committed the crime thrQatened
her life it she betrayed his guilt, an-d,
she says, under intimidation she
made the plea of guilty.
So long has this 3oung woman
followed the ways of a man' that
to see her in feminine raiment
would be aii using if the spectacle
did not excite pity. The sinplest
bit of woman's work she dves with
all he awkwardness a rough mani
would show.
KILLED IN 1118 6LEEP.-An outras
geous murder, the effect of whiskey
drinkiiig, occurred in Augusta not
long since. Robert Rufflit and Jerry
O'Hara, who bvere Iriends, were
drinking, together with otlier young
men. O'H1ara became intt>xicited,
and was put 'to sleep in the back
room ota grog shop. Some one told
Ruiffin that O'Hara had eaid that he
had 1,illed Ruffin's lather. tilin
said that if I.e said that he would kill
him. 11e borrowed a pistol, went to
where O'Hiara was sleeping, and sliot
him twice. O'Hara was dead sever
al hours before any general alai im
was given, and Rollin was not arres
ted until the next nig[t. Ruflin
states that O'H1ara not only ackfnowl
edged having killed his father, but
also thireatened to kill him (iioflin.)
[le says that O'Hara was asleep, but
that when lie shook him, before shoot
ing, lie opened wide his eyes.
AN INTPRI;STING CORRESPONDENCE.
-Recently Riichmond Mormon, an
able-iodied colored man of Sehna,
A labamai, addressed a letter to Uni
ted States Senaror Morgan of thait
State, complaining that the Repiub
lican p)ostmnaster at Mobile had prom
ised and then failed to provide a
phice for himn, and requesting the
Senator to use hris inflaence to get
him a place under the Mobile col
hector. To this Senator Morgan re
sponded t hat lie had met with such1
dliscoIurageme3nts in trying to find
offices, pilaces and work for poour was
men with f milies of orphan children
that need bread, that he could scarce
ly hope to*find an oflice f r ~Iormon.
Sonator Morgan, ho wever, added:
"As I remember, you are a stout,
hearty blick man, raised to labor in
the fields, and well skilled anid train.,
ed to industrious habits. If'you are
wanting work at fair wages I canr
provide for you, and will be glad to
do so. My son George plows every
day for a living on a c ,tton frm,
which he is cultivating and neceds
help. Die will give you ifair wages
and g sod food. HIe'is well educated
and cangive you inst ruiction in many
way's. UIe is a kind young gentleman
and will take an interest in seeing~
that your t imne is plea8agtly occupied
and that your' rights are riot enidan
gered." ____
The most agreeable of all compan
iones is a simlple. Isrank man, wvithiout
any high pretentlions to an oppresbive
gretniess; one who loves lifeo, arid uin
derstanda the use of it; o t>ligin)g alike
at all nouuis; above all of a golden
temper', and steadfast as an anichior.
For 8iuch'a one we gladly exchange
the greatest genius, the most brilliant
wit, the profoundest thinker.
There are many people who falter
and tremble as long as there is any
mixture of doubt in their minds as to
what they cani, oc' what they ought tc
do, but who, the moment that doubt
ceases, have power and will dare dc
every thing.
-cheer followed ebA, and those
hills (which had o roecontly resoun
4ied with hostile gune) wchoed and rie'
echoed' the glad acclaim. A chord.
-had been struck responsive to which
the. hearts of enenies- enemie
then, * * * could best in uni
son; and on both sides of the river
'Something down the soldier's' cheelt
Washed off the stains of powder.
Good Friday.
Good Friday, the aniversary of tha
crucifixion of the Saviour, so called in
allusion to the benefits conferred on
the. world by His death. The Saxons
named it "Long Friday," because of
the protracted religious services oi
that day; and the Germans style it
Stiller Freitay, on account of the.
solemn silence observed in the church
es, or Char-Freitay, from an antiqua
ted word signifying penance. During
the first two or three centuries of
Christianity it was called the "pasch*,'
because then Christ, the paschal lamb,
was slain. Its celebration has been
attended with peculiar rites. In most
churches a sepulohro used to be con
structed, and a crucifix was carried
thither in procession and deposit;ed
as in a tomb. The eiborium contain
ing consecrated wafers was placed
witb it. At Tours, as St. Gregory,
of that place, writes, the watchers
were kept in the darkness until the
thirl hour of the night, when a small
light appeared before the altar. Good
Friday is the only day in the year on
which mass is not eebrated in the
Roman Catholic Churches. A host- is
consecrated the day before for use on
this day, and having been placedi
over night in a repository generally
erected for the purpose in a thapel or
part of the church, is carried to tho
high altar and consumed by (he priest.
No consecrated wine is used, nor are
the customary lights, incense and
musio employed. The ceremony. of
kissing the cross, sometimes called
"adoration of the cross," Is performe
by the clergy an-1 people on their
knees. In England this was anciently
called "creeping to the cross," as ap.
pears by thi following extract from a
proclamation published in the reign
of Henry VII: "On Good Friday it
shall be declared howe cre'ping of the
cross signifyth an humblynge of our
selie to Christe before the cross, and the
kyssynge of it a memorie of our re
demption made upon the Eross." In
some countries an image of Judas Is
cariot was dresseh up on this day and
subjected to every sort of indignity,
In the North of England it is custo
mary to eat on Good Friday, herb
puddings, in which a principal ingie
dient is the "passion dock," which, in
fructification, produces fancied re,
pr'esentations of the cross, nails, ham,.
mor, &o. A bettor known practice is
th)at of selllng "hot cross buns," wihich
a populau superstition .holds to be
preservative a'gainst fire and other
disasters. In several 'English coun,
ties a small loaf of bread is broken on
the morning of this day, and put by
until the next year, to be used in
morsels as a medicine.
Sentences must be properly con -
structed i'f they are'to be understood.
A minister meant to say that, while
he was preaching, a parishoner of his
had died in a state of b'eastly intox.
ication, and, to draw therefrom a
moral lesson;' but he made himself
unhappy by saying, "And my friends,
that man died while I was preaching
in a state of beastly in toxication."-.
Is eongregation x,equest'ed him, to
wear the blue ribbon, or else to look
more, carefully after his commas.
At a wedding r'ecently, when the
minister asked the lady, "Wilt thou
have 'this man to be thy wedded hus
band?" she, with a modesty which
lent her beauty additional grace, re
plied: "If you plesee."
Not long ago a man and his wife
went to Kansas to settle. ' To enable
them bo pre empt two quarter sections
of' land, they were divorced; each pro..
em pted a claim, and as soon as their'
claims were made go9od 'athey were
remarried, thus obtaining 320 acres of
land.