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U I I tsifBoza l rzrrz ffo fahniim etqpcritt BOBERT GOOD Editor and Prop VALENTINE - NEBRASKA Ocean greyhounds can always be dis ¬ tinguished by having few of tjie cbar icteristics of ordinary barks Sir Edwin Arnold has seen the Light f Asia and has married her Other risitors to Asia will be disappointed Emperor William seems to have jretty well used up the merman consti jution and Is now running things on the Dy laws How many statesmen start to climb pie ladder of fame direct and the first lhlng shift it to merely get on the fence A Boston woman who died recently aad more than 24000 stowed away in ler bustle Pretty good financial back ¬ ing for a woman A Boston typewriter wi e advertises or a position says that she is neither 9retty nor frivolous Probably that is vhy she is advertising A New York wedding guest who in ilsted on kissing the bride the other night was shot by the bridegroom But he was half shot at the outset Corn has been suggested as a na ¬ tional floral emblem but under the cir- cumstances ¬ wheat seems more fitting In this case the grain suggests the flour The Grand Army which reached high water mark in 1S93 with a total of 403024 members has now decreased to 319450 It is still a great but a van ¬ ishing host A Western preacher puts it this way o his congregation When I look at my congregation I ask Where are the poor and when I count the collection T ask Where are the rich A Canadian court has decided the val ¬ ue of a kiss to be twenty cents utterly jSTjai-fi-iiieTicrTnaTrwn- en young folks go to court under the right cir cumstances kisses are priceless It is announced that the French will attempt to build a steamer to break ail Atlantic records If the French are as fast on the sea as they are said to be on land the records probably will have to go The Chicago woman wTho married her divorced husband recently for the third time has convinced him now that she can get free from him whenever she wants to do so and that lesson prob ¬ ably will not be lost on him It is about time for the papers to quit caricaturing Uncle Sam as a tall gaunt ungainly ill dressed person with loud breeches and necktie He is not as green as represented and the daily re ¬ prints are monotonous and annoying Another United States ship has peace ¬ fully slid upon a mudbank If the sup- ply ¬ of ships hold out every shoal reef and sandbar In our waters will be per ¬ manently if somewhat expensively in- dicated ¬ to mariners by the presence thereon of a vessel of the new navy The late Henry W Sage the million- aire ¬ philanthropist was the founder of the Sage public library in Bay City Mich It is needless to add that there are no public libraries roaming around loose founded by Russell Sage who is a millionaire but not of philanthropic persuasion Try to keep clear of prejudice and be willing to alter any opinion you may hold wrhen further light breaks upon your mind The man is either clever beyond precedent or weak be- yond ¬ measure who never sees reasons to change his judgment of men and things Every charitable organization should be an organization chiefly for the pur ¬ pose of giving employment to people out of work There is always a great deal of work to be done of one sort or another and the self respecting poor are always ready to earn their bread Ev ¬ erywhere idleness should be discour- aged ¬ Thp Loudon newspaper that has been dropping the letter u in words like labor and color and spelling program without the me is now overwhelmed with protests from readers against this surrender to a demoralizing American ¬ ism in spelling Such butchery of the English tongue they argue should never be condoned We are pained to learn by the London Vanity Fair that the queen empress is dissatisfied with the course of the United States and holds almost pessi- mistic ¬ views in regard to the stability and future of the republic After that we suppose the United States might as well put up its shutters and go out of business If Mrs Victoria disapproves af us there is little use in trying to keep good opinion of ourselves A Parisian who suspects that the food or drink which he has purchased is adulterated can have the article anal ¬ yzed free of cost at the municipal la ¬ boratory If impurities are found the city undertakes the prosecution of the tradesman and after conviction the of ¬ fender is not only liable to fine and im ¬ prisonment but may be obliged to dis ¬ play in his window a sign reading Convicted of Adulteration There is room for similar law in America Whiie the labor market in the manu faenningand commercial States is dis-iicssiug- overcrowded and in the older i i - mwkmmmsmw sSS5S Tfr iAMr 6frnr i i iiiiii Northwestern States Is abundantly stocked there is a renewed and earnest demand for immigration in the South- west ¬ and the far Northwest Immi- grants ¬ In great numbers are continually arriving at Atlantic ports chiefly at New York and most of them settle in or subside Into the slum sections of Eastern cities These frequent train hold ups each more audacious and startling than any jvhich preceded indicate Uat railway managers and local authorities alike have failed to take the necessary steps to put an end to this form of highway robbery From stealing a train to steal- ing ¬ a railway is only one step and j the railway companies of the West want possession of their roads they will soon be compelled to adopt some sensible and effective method of pro ¬ tecting their trains Machines keep themselves in power by saving the people a lot of trouble A democracy calls upon every man to do his share of government Political war ¬ fare is a chronic condition It is not a personally perilous contest but it in- volves ¬ labor and the people send sub- stitutes ¬ and the substitutes are the machines To break the machine in- volves ¬ trouble and it often holds pow- er ¬ for years simply because the laziness of the people is slowly overcome Since the people are the source of all power it is no use to blink at their responsibil- ity ¬ for its abuse Thanks to the encouragement which Emperor William has aceorded to the practice of dueling it is now being adopted by the medical profession in Germany A couple of physicians sum- moned ¬ in consultation became involved at the bedside of a patient in so violent a dispute with regard to the character of the malady and of its treatment that they concluded to fight the matter out The conflict took place on the outskirts of Bonn on tne Rhine one of the com- batants ¬ Dr Fisher receiving a bullet in the chest which killed him in- stantly ¬ A great revolution in warfare will be effected if anything comes of the new French rifle which discharges vitriol in i stead or Dullets Heroes do not fear death but naturally shrink from disfig- urement ¬ The Duke of Wellington we are told in the Latin Grammar comic would walk among the cannon balls him not caring one blow but even the great duke would hardly have exhibit ¬ ed the same indifference to rifles squirt ¬ ing vitriol No decent looking soldier will be got to face them they will have to be approached backwards This will entail a new system of drill Think of a whole regiment charging back ¬ ward If both forces are possessed of this novel weapon the spectacle will be doubly entertaining Our ideas wU not only be transformed but inverted When our warriors return says James Payn they will no longer exhibit with pride the wounds they have received in front quite the reverse the more be ¬ hind the better In case you havent enough to worry aoout here is something Astrono- mers ¬ are now watching with increased interest the big sun spot which has been in great activity for the last two years and are speculating on the out- come ¬ It is said the molten mass is likely at any time to burst from the suns surface Prof Siverimus J Cor rigan director of the Goodsell Obser- vatory ¬ of Carleton University says A new planet may at any instant break away from the sun and the ter- rific ¬ explosion which will necessarily accompany this break away will pro- duce ¬ a great disturbance of the entire universe but particularly of the earth perhaps completely smashing it and surely destroying all animal life on land as well as in the waters The re- sult ¬ of my investigations on this sub- ject ¬ indicate that the earth Is closely approaching a critical epoch in its career yet the day or the hour of visitation no man knoweth but these results have convinced me that it is imminent Look to the sun Neither is this tremendous disturbance of the earth and the destruction of all life upon it completely unprecedented A similar detachment of solar matter by the same means is known by scientists to have occurred 23000000 years ago a period simultaneous with the pa laeozic age at which time all animal and vegetable life then existing on the fact of the earth was completely crushed out Of course all this is non sense but it will do to worry about The Pay of Naval Officers The relative rates of American and British naval officers pay in compari- son ¬ are as follows Naval cadet o00 midshipman 1G0 ensign 1200 sub- lieutenant ¬ 455 with extra as naviga ¬ tor 225 lieutenant junior grade 1 S00 lieutenant 900 to 12S0 with ex- tras ¬ up to 365 lieutenant 2400 lieu- tenants ¬ in command 1005 to 1370 with extras from 420 to 705 lieuten- ant ¬ commander 2S00 commander 3500 commander 1S25 with extras to 705 captain 4500 captain 2050 to 3010 with extras from 455 lo 1G40 Thus only the senior captain in the British navy with full allowance of extras receives more than our junior captain But after one gets to be cap tain things change Every British cap- tain ¬ becomes a rear admiral in a few years as the rank of commodore is only temporary and a rear admiral starts with 8210 and may wind up with 13GS5 Our rear admirals get only 0000 at most while their comrades of equal rank in the army the major generals get 7500 Then the British sailor has two and sometimes three steps after he gets his flag he may be- come ¬ vice admiral with pay ranging from 12775 to 15510 aDd even ad ¬ miral with pay and allowances of 17100 to 19835 The lower the gas is turned the brighter it seems for lovers- - IN HONOft OF LOVEJOY HANDSOME MONUMENT TO THE FREE SPEECH MARTYR Formal Dedication in Alton 111 Is Witnessed by Many Visitors Story of the Killing of the Great Aboli tionist Durrant Is Doomed Shaft to a Hero The Elijah P Lovejoy monument re- cently ¬ built at Grand View Cemetery in Alton 111 was formally dedicated Mon day The dedication was first to occur in June hut an acci- dent ¬ to the monu ¬ ment while in course of constructfon ne- cessitated ¬ a post- ponement ¬ and it was decided by the committee in charge to dedicate the struc- ture ¬ on the anniver ¬ sary of the killing of Lovejoy It was on E p lovejoy Nov 7 1S37 that a mob angered by the abolition editorials appearing in Lovejoys weekly paper the Alton Observer came across the river from Missouri and besieged the editor and his friends in Godfrey Gilmans ware- house ¬ where they had taken refuge The doors and shutters were strong and the mob was unable to gain admission The infuriated men sought to dislodge the Lovejoy party by throwing burning brands upon the roof Lovejoy climbed from the window twice and snatched the brands receiving a bullet wound the sec- ond ¬ time from which he died shortly after rejoining his friends Through the efforts of the late Senator C A Herb of Alton an appropriation of 25000 was made by the State Senate but Gov Altgeld refused to sign the bill till the citizens of Alton had raised 12 000 by popular subscription The Love- joy ¬ Monument Association was then or ¬ ganized and succeeded in raising about half that amount The Governor then allowed the appropriation to pass into the hands of the association Plains and spe ¬ cifications were immediately drawn up the work was started and was pushed to y r Vf LOVEJOY MOXUMEXT AIT0X ILI completion in a short time The monu ¬ ment cost 30000 The architect was Louis Mulsruard of St Louis and the sculptor Robert Bringhurst of St Louis The first speaker on the program at the dedication was Thomas Dimmock of St Louis Lieut Gov Dimmock is better acquainted with the story of Lovejoy than any other living man having been a resident of Alton at the time and an in- timate ¬ friend of the family Dr Wilkerson a colored divine of Up ¬ per Alton representing the colored peo- ple ¬ made a speech Lieut Gov North cott delivered an address and a choir con ¬ sisting of the different singing societies of the city furnished music for the occa- sion ¬ accompanied by the White Hussar band John TV Harned of Greenville 111 who was an eye witness of the death of Lovejoy was present at the dedicatory exercises TO AID ICE BOUND MEN Movement to Send the Cutter Bear ft Point Barrow There was a conference at the White House in Washington Monday attended by Secretaries Gage Long and Alger Commodore Melville and Commander Dickens of the navy and Capt Shoemak ¬ er commander of the revenue marine ser ¬ vice to consider measures for the relief of the American whaling fleet said to be icebound in Bering sea It was decided to send the revenue cutter Bear to the relief of the whalers She is now at Se ¬ attle Wash having just arrived from Alaska Orders have been issued to put her in commission for the voyage at once and Capt Shoemaker says she will be ready to sail as soon as she can be pro ¬ visioned which will take but a short time DURRANTS FATE IS SEALED California Murderer Must Suffer the Death Penalty The United States Supreme Court has allirnied the decision of the Circuit Court for the California district refusing a writ of habeas corpus to William Henry Theodore Durrant under sentence of death for the murder of Miss Blanche Lamout in San Francisco in April 1S95 The case has attracted attention throughout the whole of the United States and this decision permits the law to take its course with the condemned man Chief Justice duller announced the courtV eciK hiMou but made no remarks in doing so save to cite a few authorities on a Inch the court based its decision The Stunilind Merkle Stanilanrl Mai bio Works Company of Dayton O has made an assignment Assets 23 000 liabilities 25000 Health Officer C A Bonner who is a stockholder de ¬ manded a financial statement and receiv- ed ¬ cad the presidents resignation An assijiincnt followed A wolf was killed on one of the principal residence streets of Little Rock Ark just ns it was about to attack a party of chil ¬ dren playing on Arch street The animal emboldened by hunger had come out of the srvamps south of ihe city GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT The Average Yield of Corn Shown to Be 237 Bushels to the Acre The November report of the statistician f the Department of Agriculture gives i57 bushels as the average yield per acre of corn according to the preliminary re ¬ turns of the departments correspondents The corresponding preliminary estimate last year was 273 bushels and that of j 1895 2G2 bushels The average yield in the principal corn States is as follows New York 325 Pennsylvania 3G0 Ohio 325 Indiana 280 Illinois 315 Iowa 290 Missouri 250 Kansas 190 Nebraska 290 The average per cent of quality is 8G3 as compared with 8S4 in 189G and 923 in 1S95 The preliminary estimate of the average yield of buckwheat is 207 bushels per acre as compared with 1S7 busnels last year and 201 bushels in 1895 The aver- ages ¬ in New York and Pennsylvania the two States of principal production are 22 and 21 bushels per acre respectively The average per cent of quality is 943 as compared with 947 in November of last year The average yield per acre of tobacco is GIG pounds against G79 pounds per acre last year and 743 pounds in 1S95 The estimated average yield per acre of Irish potatoes is G4G bushels as compar- ed ¬ with SGS bushels last year and 1007 bushels in November 1S95 The averaire per cent of quality is S13 against S92 j in November last year and 94S in Novem ber 1S95 The average yield of hay is 142 tons per acre agaist an average of 121 tons per acre for the last fifteen years In point of quality the average is 92S per cent as compared with 929 per cent in November 1S9G and 913 per cent in 1S95 Favorable conditions for the sowing of Ihe fall crops are teported from most parts of Europe and the condition of the crops so far as sown is likewise favor- able ¬ The opinion is freely expressed that an increased area has been sown in wheat but this appears to be more as a matter of inference from the natural ten- dency ¬ of high prices to produce such an effect than as an observed fact The crop reports from India continue favorable and on the whole this is true as to those Crom Argentina and Australasia but in ill these countries the harvest is too re note to permit any very confident pre- diction ¬ as to the final outcome In the case of Argenthis it may prove that more damage has been done by the locusts and the spring frosts than is yet apparent There is nothing to indicate that the wheat shortage in Europe is any less than has been supposed while the crop of Man- itoba ¬ is dow represented to be much below the official estimate issued in August and that of the Canadian Northwest territory is poor EMPLOYING COOLIES Illinois Mine Ow ners Said to Be Im ¬ porting Glineae Labor The news liroi C hmamen are to he im- ported ¬ into the mines at Carbon Hill is not considered very seriously at Spring Valley Men stood around the corners in knots discussing this latest phase of the strike situation in Northern Illinois but the coolies did not interest them as much as the reported settlement at Braceville where it is slated the miners have accept- ed ¬ the operators offer The men in the Spring Valley district are indignant over the action of the Braceville men in accepting a settlement below the scale The Spring Valley men claim to have the strike won and the leaders say that no matter if Braceville does return to work at a non union scale the Spring Valley men will hold out until next May if necessary for the scale for initiated at Springfield Ladd Seaton ville La Salle and Pent nre equally firm The labor leaders scoff at the idea of the coolie movement being a success They say it is only a bluff Said one prominent leader What if they do suc- ceed ¬ in working one obscure mine with Chinamen That does not necessarily break the strike We are not going to let 200 Chinamen at Carbon nill make the price of coal digging for 2000 white miners of Northern Illinois The very fact that the Northern Illinois operators are importing coolie labor is an indica ¬ tion that the white miners are poorly paid and evidence of their cause A remonstrance against allowing Chi ¬ nese coal miners to be imported into the State for the purpose of mining coal at Wilmington and other towns in place oi striking miners will be placed before Gov Tanner in the name of the United Mine Workers of Illinois The Governoi will also be asked to co operate with the State secretary of the Miners Federation i ukeeping out the coolie labor EVIDENCE IN NOVAKS TRIAL The Jury Is Secured and Witnesses Are Called to the Stand The trial of Frank A Novak who is charged with the murder of Edward Mur ¬ ray at Walford Iowa last February was begun at Cedar Rapids Tuesday The work of securing a jury was completed by the noon recess Immediately after noon the jury was sworn and County Attorney Tobin made the opening statement to the jury He said that the State expected to prove that Novak was on the brink of financial ruin and insured his life for large sums of money and that in murdering LuwaTd Murphy which was a part of the precon- - ceived plan it was for the purpose of JU lifting LUt JJCUJJKJ LU wtiitu niacin v vak had perished in the ruins and that it all was done with the intent of de- frauding ¬ the insurance companies Judge Ney assistant counsel for the defense made the opening statement for the de ¬ fendant The taking of testimony was at once commenced The steamer Diana which went to the Hudson Bay coast last spring with a par ¬ ty of Canadian Government surveyors and scientists to determine the feasibility of Hudson Bay route for ocean steamers passed through the Straits of Canso on her way back to Halifax niram L nolden 27 years old cashier of the Central National Bank of Pueblo Colo killed himself during a fit of tem- porary ¬ insanity He had a severe attack of fever a year ago from which he never j fully recovered jxammauoa oi ms uooks shows them correct to a permy Read Parsons Co stock brokers in New York have suspended- - It is said that they have no outstanding contracts on the exchange The firm was composed until a few weeks ago of W Q Read Jr and George B Parsons Mr Read Cips mitted suicide EDUCATIOiNALCOLUMN MOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT JPlucky Teacher Who Thrashed and Then Expelled Unrnly Pupils Value of Decorations The School Newspa ¬ perHelps for the Teacher Tamed Her cTnrnly Pnpll There is one young school teacher m Long Island who need never be out of a job So completely did she succeed in quelling a rebellion last week that offers from other places have already been received but the school directors of Babylon where she is now engaged will not hear of her departure Her name is Ella Hart and here is how she came to establish herself so firmly in her present position John Coleman who is a boy of ten- der ¬ years but tough tendencies has for several days been living under the shadow of the rod Miss Hart has an official wiiip and Friday her experi- enced ¬ observation told her that John Coleman was ripe for castigation and she called him up to receive his due The operation proceeded with com- plete ¬ success for a feAV moments John ¬ nie Coleman gave all the evidences of mortal anguish customary to such oc casions He squirmed and twisted and rended the air with lamentations prot- estations ¬ and ejaculations of peni- tence ¬ Stella Coleman a stout girl of 1G years sister of Johnnie heard the wails of her brother and appeared as a rescue and punitive force She dash ¬ ed into the room like a young whirl ¬ wind and attacked the teacher with a rush The boy took advantage of the diversion to rub himself a few times where he felt that rubbing was neces- sary ¬ and salutary and then joined in the attack Miss Coleman scratched vindictively and reached for her teach- ers ¬ hair Miss Hart proceeded method- ically ¬ and according to the most ap ¬ proved principles of pedagogics She first captured the girls hands and then tripped her up threw her and sat on her Then she reached for her whip and thrashed Miss Coleman until all the light and most of the family affec- tion ¬ were thrashed out of her After that she caught Johnnie Coleman and began on him all over again Having completed her work con- scientiously ¬ and thoroughly she ex- pelled ¬ both the offenders and appear ¬ ed before the trustees scratched and somewhat battered and disheveled but triumphant and reported her action She was sustained and the school will probably continue its exercises peace- fully ¬ Her Proud Distinction Included in the faculty of Stanford university California is Miss Mary McLean who occupies the position of assistant instructor in English litera ¬ ture Miss McLean has the distinction of being the youngest woman in the A WIWB1 -- - pi- - - tf KT7 l MISS MAKY MI AX faculty of any Western College Her own alma mater the University of Cal- ifornia ¬ has not yet seen lit to open its faculty door to women but Stanford being younger is less conservative Miss Mary Mathilda McLean is a young lady of interesting personality She is of Scotch stock and has always been noted for her serious tempera- ment ¬ She is well endowed mentally though not remarkable for a robust physique She is ambitious and decid ¬ edly earnest and thorough Miss McLeans family were New En glanders when they ceased to be Scotch and the sturdiness of the race shows in this youngest scion The young lady is 2o years of asre an onlv child and has been carefully reared Her father is Rev J K McLean DD who has been in California for thirty years and is known all over the West ne is the leading Congregationalist in California At Stanford Miss McLean is to be an adjunct to the chair of En- glish ¬ literature She will introduce a number of European methods culled from the great colleges all of which she has visited into her new depart ¬ ment Decorate the School Boom The exhibit of school room decora- tions ¬ which is now in progress in Chi ¬ cago says the Washington Post is a step in the right direction It has its lesson for our Washington schools While we build structures that are pleasing from an architectural point of view and modern in their hygienic de- vices ¬ we are apt to give too little at- tention ¬ to the attractions of the school room itself Bare walls save where the forbidding blackboard is hung are the boundaries of the pupils vision no thought being given to the best method of so furnishing the room as to make it adelight to the eye and an elevation of the mind It is true that there are some exceptions here in Washington where teachers have at their own ex- pense ¬ supplied bright and fragrant flowers and appropriate pictures and thus beautified an otherwise cheerless apartment Thousands and thousands of children spend several hours each day In the Kchool room and there is no telling how much they would be beneflted by surroundings which would appeal to and stimulate their artistic sense The cost would not be great and in most cases a few pennies con ¬ tributed by the scholars and expended judiciously by a teacher who possess- - es tact and good taste would revolu- tionize ¬ the place where the children now spend the most receptive years of their lives Brighter prettier more clieerfni school rooms ought to be provided Pis t tures of great eve s replicas in plas ¬ ter of paris of famous statues works which represent the genius of the worlds greatest artists all thee would help the scholars and equip them in a broader and higher sense for their contact with the world for the noble and responsible duties of American cit izenship After Vacation Before they had arithmetic Or telescopes or chalk - Or blackboards maps and copy books When they could only talk Before Columbus came to show The world geography What did they teach the little boys Who went to school like meV There wasnt any grammar then They cruldnt read or spell For books were not invented yet I think it was just as well There were not any rows of dates Or laws or wars or kings Or generals or victories Or any of these things There couldnt have been much to It- - There wasnt much to know Twas nice to be a little boy Ten thousand years ago For history had not begun The world was very new And in schools I dont see what The children had to do Now always there is more to learn How history does grow And every day they find new tilings They think we ought to know And if it must go on like this Im glad I live to day For boys ten thousand years from novr Will not have time to play St Nicholas A Device in Discipline A high school teaeher has each pupil keep his own record of both conduct and study in a little blank book pre¬ pared for the purpose and make daily entries This is not the because the pupils standing is not made up from this record The pupil does not report to anybody he simply keeps the record for himself The principal frequently looks at theso little books to see how they are kept but never criticises the marking The pupil is not required to show his book to his parents and yet he is encour ¬ aged to keen a report that he will not be ashamed to show The pupil is given to understand that the re or2 is for his own benefit exclusively aul that it is for his own inspection exclu ¬ sively unless he chooses to let others see it The foregoing device Is an excellent one for two very manifest reasons z 1 It compels the student to constantly compare his own perforniaiwej Jn both conduct and work with his own ideal standard of excellence and this is worth a great deal to any one whether in school or out of school 2 It places no inducement before the pu ¬ pil to make a false report and tuis gives it its immense advantage over the self reporting sj stem Lot no teacher flatter himself that this device or auj other however good will run itself Selected Nature as an Educator Dr M L Ilolbrook gives the follow ¬ ing advice as to the education of So far as possible a love of na ¬ ture should be early and continuously inculcated Nature is in a physiefi sense the father and mother of us all and a child that grows up to maturity with a genuine love of rocks and trees flowers and insects animals and plants storms and sunshine cold anl heat fresh air or the ocean wave of everj varying landscape and mood of nature and all the activities around us stauds not only a better chance of pos ¬ sessing a healthy nervous system but of maintaining it during life than if the opposite had been the case I am not at all in sympathy with any sys- tem ¬ of education which takes children far away from nature Nature is a book a great library of book whose authorship is the Infinite Our little works our libraries vast and valuable as they are cannot be compared with it They are poor transcripts at best of the thoughts of half developed hu man beings Chips for the Teacher Endeavor to cultivate public opinion Children suffering with headache should be sent home Endeavor to keep your schoolroom- - well ventilated at all times Caution the pupils about burningr the midnight oil in studying Punishments should vary according to the temperament of the child Never strike a child on the pull the childs hair or ear Endeavor to govern your school with- out ¬ resorting to corporal punishment Be sparing of commands but wbenf ever you do command command wittr decision and firmness Dont allow children to sit in the schoolroom with wet feet or damp clothing Protect your pupils eyes from exces- sive ¬ light and from the direct rays or the sun h r u ST kA 53 -- - 11 vMl iuwt uIj mL
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VALENTINE - NEBRASKA
Ocean greyhounds can always be dis¬
tinguished by having few of tjie cbaricteristics of ordinary barks
Sir Edwin Arnold has seen the Lightf Asia and has married her Other
risitors to Asia will be disappointed
Emperor William seems to havejretty well used up the merman constijution and Is now running things on theDy laws
How many statesmen start to climbpie ladder of fame direct and the firstlhlng shift it to merely get on thefence
A Boston woman who died recentlyaad more than 24000 stowed away inler bustle Pretty good financial back ¬
ing for a woman
A Boston typewriter wi e advertisesor a position says that she is neither9retty nor frivolous Probably that isvhy she is advertising
A New York wedding guest who inilsted on kissing the bride the othernight was shot by the bridegroomBut he was half shot at the outset
Corn has been suggested as a na ¬
tional floral emblem but under the cir-
cumstances¬
wheat seems more fittingIn this case the grain suggests theflour
The Grand Army which reachedhigh water mark in 1S93 with a totalof 403024 members has now decreasedto 319450 It is still a great but a van ¬
ishing host
A Western preacher puts it this wayo his congregation When I look atmy congregation I ask Where are thepoor and when I count the collectionT ask Where are the rich
A Canadian court has decided the val ¬
ue of a kiss to be twenty cents utterlyjSTjai-fi-iiieTicrTnaTrwn- en youngfolks go to court under the right circumstances kisses are priceless
It is announced that the French willattempt to build a steamer to break ailAtlantic records If the French are asfast on the sea as they are said to be onland the records probably will have togo
The Chicago woman wTho married herdivorced husband recently for the thirdtime has convinced him now that shecan get free from him whenever shewants to do so and that lesson prob ¬
ably will not be lost on him
It is about time for the papers to quitcaricaturing Uncle Sam as a tall gauntungainly ill dressed person with loudbreeches and necktie He is not asgreen as represented and the daily re¬
prints are monotonous and annoying
Another United States ship has peace ¬
fully slid upon a mudbank If the sup-ply
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of ships hold out every shoal reefand sandbar In our waters will be per ¬
manently if somewhat expensively in-
dicated¬
to mariners by the presencethereon of a vessel of the new navy
The late Henry W Sage the million-aire
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philanthropist was the founder ofthe Sage public library in Bay CityMich It is needless to add that thereare no public libraries roaming aroundloose founded by Russell Sage who is amillionaire but not of philanthropicpersuasion
Try to keep clear of prejudice andbe willing to alter any opinion youmay hold wrhen further light breaksupon your mind The man is eitherclever beyond precedent or weak be-
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measure who never sees reasonsto change his judgment of men andthings
Every charitable organization shouldbe an organization chiefly for the pur ¬
pose of giving employment to peopleout of work There is always a greatdeal of work to be done of one sort oranother and the self respecting poor arealways ready to earn their bread Ev¬
erywhere idleness should be discour-aged
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Thp Loudon newspaper that has beendropping the letter u in words likelabor and color and spelling programwithout the me is now overwhelmedwith protests from readers against thissurrender to a demoralizing American ¬
ism in spelling Such butchery of theEnglish tongue they argue shouldnever be condoned
We are pained to learn by the LondonVanity Fair that the queen empressis dissatisfied with the course of theUnited States and holds almost pessi-mistic
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views in regard to the stabilityand future of the republic After thatwe suppose the United States might aswell put up its shutters and go out ofbusiness If Mrs Victoria disapprovesaf us there is little use in trying to keep
good opinion of ourselves
A Parisian who suspects that the foodor drink which he has purchased isadulterated can have the article anal ¬
yzed free of cost at the municipal la¬
boratory If impurities are found thecity undertakes the prosecution of thetradesman and after conviction the of¬
fender is not only liable to fine and im ¬
prisonment but may be obliged to dis ¬
play in his window a sign readingConvicted of Adulteration There is
room for similar law in America
Whiie the labor market in the manufaenningand commercial States is dis-iicssiug-
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In great numbers are continuallyarriving at Atlantic ports chiefly atNew York and most of them settle inor subside Into the slum sections ofEastern cities
These frequent train hold ups eachmore audacious and startling than anyjvhich preceded indicate Uat railwaymanagers and local authorities alikehave failed to take the necessary stepsto put an end to this form of highwayrobbery From stealing a train to steal-ing
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a railway is only one step and j
the railway companies of the Westwant possession of their roads theywill soon be compelled to adopt somesensible and effective method of pro ¬
tecting their trains
Machines keep themselves in powerby saving the people a lot of trouble Ademocracy calls upon every man to dohis share of government Political war ¬
fare is a chronic condition It is not apersonally perilous contest but it in-
volves¬
labor and the people send sub-
stitutes¬
and the substitutes are themachines To break the machine in-
volves¬
trouble and it often holds pow-er
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for years simply because the lazinessof the people is slowly overcome Sincethe people are the source of all powerit is no use to blink at their responsibil-ity
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for its abuse
Thanks to the encouragement whichEmperor William has aceorded to thepractice of dueling it is now beingadopted by the medical profession inGermany A couple of physicians sum-moned
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in consultation became involvedat the bedside of a patient in so violenta dispute with regard to the characterof the malady and of its treatment thatthey concluded to fight the matter outThe conflict took place on the outskirtsof Bonn on tne Rhine one of the com-batants
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Dr Fisher receiving a bulletin the chest which killed him in-
stantly¬
A great revolution in warfare will beeffected if anything comes of the newFrench rifle which discharges vitriol in i
stead or Dullets Heroes do not feardeath but naturally shrink from disfig-urement
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The Duke of Wellington weare told in the Latin Grammar comicwould walk among the cannon ballshim not caring one blow but even thegreat duke would hardly have exhibit ¬
ed the same indifference to rifles squirt¬
ing vitriol No decent looking soldierwill be got to face them they will haveto be approached backwards This willentail a new system of drill Thinkof a whole regiment charging back ¬
ward If both forces are possessed ofthis novel weapon the spectacle willbe doubly entertaining Our ideas wUnot only be transformed but invertedWhen our warriors return says JamesPayn they will no longer exhibit withpride the wounds they have received infront quite the reverse the more be ¬
hind the better
In case you havent enough to worryaoout here is something Astrono-mers
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are now watching with increasedinterest the big sun spot which hasbeen in great activity for the last twoyears and are speculating on the out-come
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It is said the molten mass islikely at any time to burst from thesuns surface Prof Siverimus J Corrigan director of the Goodsell Obser-vatory
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of Carleton University saysA new planet may at any instant
break away from the sun and the ter-rific
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explosion which will necessarilyaccompany this break away will pro-duce
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a great disturbance of the entireuniverse but particularly of the earthperhaps completely smashing it andsurely destroying all animal life onland as well as in the waters The re-
sult¬
of my investigations on this sub-ject
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indicate that the earth Is closelyapproaching a critical epoch in itscareer yet the day or the hour ofvisitation no man knoweth but theseresults have convinced me that it isimminent Look to the sun Neitheris this tremendous disturbance of theearth and the destruction of all lifeupon it completely unprecedented Asimilar detachment of solar matter bythe same means is known by scientiststo have occurred 23000000 years agoa period simultaneous with the palaeozic age at which time all animaland vegetable life then existing on thefact of the earth was completelycrushed out Of course all this is nonsense but it will do to worry about
The Pay of Naval OfficersThe relative rates of American and
British naval officers pay in compari-son
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are as follows Naval cadet o00midshipman 1G0 ensign 1200 sub-
lieutenant¬
455 with extra as naviga ¬
tor 225 lieutenant junior grade 1
S00 lieutenant 900 to 12S0 with ex-
tras¬
up to 365 lieutenant 2400 lieu-tenants
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in command 1005 to 1370with extras from 420 to 705 lieuten-ant
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commander 2S00 commander3500 commander 1S25 with extras
to 705 captain 4500 captain 2050to 3010 with extras from 455 lo
1G40 Thus only the senior captainin the British navy with full allowanceof extras receives more than our juniorcaptain But after one gets to be captain things change Every British cap-tain
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becomes a rear admiral in a fewyears as the rank of commodore is onlytemporary and a rear admiral startswith 8210 and may wind up with
13GS5 Our rear admirals get only0000 at most while their comrades
of equal rank in the army the majorgenerals get 7500 Then the Britishsailor has two and sometimes threesteps after he gets his flag he may be-
come¬
vice admiral with pay rangingfrom 12775 to 15510 aDd even ad ¬
miral with pay and allowances of17100 to 19835
The lower the gas is turned thebrighter it seems for lovers- -
IN HONOft OF LOVEJOY
HANDSOME MONUMENT TO THEFREE SPEECH MARTYR
Formal Dedication in Alton 111 IsWitnessed by Many Visitors Storyof the Killing of the Great Abolitionist Durrant Is Doomed
Shaft to a HeroThe Elijah P Lovejoy monument re-
cently¬
built at Grand View Cemetery inAlton 111 was formally dedicated Mon
day The dedicationwas first to occur inJune hut an acci-
dent¬
to the monu ¬
ment while in courseof constructfon ne-
cessitated¬
a post-ponement
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and itwas decided by thecommittee in chargeto dedicate the struc-ture
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on the anniver ¬
sary of the killing ofLovejoy It was on
E p lovejoy Nov 7 1S37 that amob angered by the abolition editorialsappearing in Lovejoys weekly paper theAlton Observer came across the riverfrom Missouri and besieged the editor andhis friends in Godfrey Gilmans ware-house
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where they had taken refuge Thedoors and shutters were strong and themob was unable to gain admission Theinfuriated men sought to dislodge theLovejoy party by throwing burningbrands upon the roof Lovejoy climbedfrom the window twice and snatched thebrands receiving a bullet wound the sec-
ond¬
time from which he died shortly afterrejoining his friends
Through the efforts of the late SenatorC A Herb of Alton an appropriation of25000 was made by the State Senate
but Gov Altgeld refused to sign the billtill the citizens of Alton had raised 12000 by popular subscription The Love-joy
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Monument Association was then or¬
ganized and succeeded in raising abouthalf that amount The Governor thenallowed the appropriation to pass into thehands of the association Plains and spe¬
cifications were immediately drawn upthe work was started and was pushed to
y
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LOVEJOY MOXUMEXT AIT0X ILI
completion in a short time The monu ¬
ment cost 30000 The architect wasLouis Mulsruard of St Louis and thesculptor Robert Bringhurst of St Louis
The first speaker on the program at thededication was Thomas Dimmock of StLouis Lieut Gov Dimmock is betteracquainted with the story of Lovejoythan any other living man having been aresident of Alton at the time and an in-timate
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friend of the familyDr Wilkerson a colored divine of Up ¬
per Alton representing the colored peo-ple
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made a speech Lieut Gov Northcott delivered an address and a choir con ¬
sisting of the different singing societiesof the city furnished music for the occa-sion
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accompanied by the White Hussarband John TV Harned of Greenville111 who was an eye witness of the deathof Lovejoy was present at the dedicatoryexercises
TO AID ICE BOUND MEN
Movement to Send the Cutter Bear ftPoint Barrow
There was a conference at the WhiteHouse in Washington Monday attendedby Secretaries Gage Long and AlgerCommodore Melville and CommanderDickens of the navy and Capt Shoemak ¬
er commander of the revenue marine ser ¬
vice to consider measures for the reliefof the American whaling fleet said to beicebound in Bering sea It was decidedto send the revenue cutter Bear to therelief of the whalers She is now at Se ¬
attle Wash having just arrived fromAlaska Orders have been issued to puther in commission for the voyage at onceand Capt Shoemaker says she will beready to sail as soon as she can be pro ¬
visioned which will take but a short time
DURRANTS FATE IS SEALED
California Murderer Must Suffer theDeath Penalty
The United States Supreme Court hasallirnied the decision of the Circuit Courtfor the California district refusing awrit of habeas corpus to William HenryTheodore Durrant under sentence ofdeath for the murder of Miss BlancheLamout in San Francisco in April 1S95
The case has attracted attentionthroughout the whole of the UnitedStates and this decision permits the lawto take its course with the condemnedman Chief Justice duller announced thecourtV eciK hiMou but made no remarksin doing so save to cite a few authoritieson a Inch the court based its decision
The Stunilind Merkle StanilanrlMai bio Works Company of Dayton Ohas made an assignment Assets 23000 liabilities 25000 Health OfficerC A Bonner who is a stockholder de¬
manded a financial statement and receiv-ed
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cad the presidents resignation Anassijiincnt followed
A wolf was killed on one of the principalresidence streets of Little Rock Ark justns it was about to attack a party of chil ¬
dren playing on Arch street The animalemboldened by hunger had come out ofthe srvamps south of ihe city
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT
The Average Yield of Corn Shown toBe 237 Bushels to the Acre
The November report of the statisticianf the Department of Agriculture gives
i57 bushels as the average yield per acreof corn according to the preliminary re¬
turns of the departments correspondentsThe corresponding preliminary estimatelast year was 273 bushels and that of
j 1895 2G2 bushels The average yield inthe principal corn States is as follows
New York 325 Pennsylvania 3G0Ohio 325 Indiana 280 Illinois 315Iowa 290 Missouri 250 Kansas 190Nebraska 290 The average per cent ofquality is 8G3 as compared with 8S4 in189G and 923 in 1S95
The preliminary estimate of the averageyield of buckwheat is 207 bushels peracre as compared with 1S7 busnels lastyear and 201 bushels in 1895 The aver-ages
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in New York and Pennsylvania thetwo States of principal production are22 and 21 bushels per acre respectivelyThe average per cent of quality is 943as compared with 947 in November oflast year The average yield per acre oftobacco is GIG pounds against G79 poundsper acre last year and 743 pounds in 1S95The estimated average yield per acre ofIrish potatoes is G4G bushels as compar-ed
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with SGS bushels last year and 1007bushels in November 1S95 The averaireper cent of quality is S13 against S92
j in November last year and 94S in November 1S95
The average yield of hay is 142 tonsper acre agaist an average of 121 tonsper acre for the last fifteen years Inpoint of quality the average is 92S percent as compared with 929 per cent in
November 1S9G and 913 per cent in1S95
Favorable conditions for the sowing ofIhe fall crops are teported from most partsof Europe and the condition of thecrops so far as sown is likewise favor-able
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The opinion is freely expressedthat an increased area has been sown inwheat but this appears to be more as amatter of inference from the natural ten-dency
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of high prices to produce such aneffect than as an observed fact The cropreports from India continue favorableand on the whole this is true as to thoseCrom Argentina and Australasia but inill these countries the harvest is too renote to permit any very confident pre-diction
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as to the final outcome In thecase of Argenthis it may prove that moredamage has been done by the locusts andthe spring frosts than is yet apparentThere is nothing to indicate that thewheat shortage in Europe is any less thanhas been supposed while the crop of Man-itoba
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is dow represented to be much belowthe official estimate issued in August andthat of the Canadian Northwest territoryis poor
EMPLOYING COOLIES
Illinois Mine Ow ners Said to Be Im ¬
porting Glineae LaborThe news liroi C hmamen are to he im-
ported¬
into the mines at Carbon Hill isnot considered very seriously at SpringValley Men stood around the corners inknots discussing this latest phase of thestrike situation in Northern Illinois butthe coolies did not interest them as muchas the reported settlement at Bracevillewhere it is slated the miners have accept-ed
¬
the operators offerThe men in the Spring Valley district
are indignant over the action of theBraceville men in accepting a settlementbelow the scale The Spring Valley menclaim to have the strike won and theleaders say that no matter if Bracevilledoes return to work at a non union scalethe Spring Valley men will hold out untilnext May if necessary for the scale forinitiated at Springfield Ladd Seatonville La Salle and Pent nre equally firm
The labor leaders scoff at the idea ofthe coolie movement being a successThey say it is only a bluff Said oneprominent leader What if they do suc-
ceed¬
in working one obscure mine withChinamen That does not necessarilybreak the strike We are not going tolet 200 Chinamen at Carbon nill makethe price of coal digging for 2000 whiteminers of Northern Illinois The veryfact that the Northern Illinois operatorsare importing coolie labor is an indica ¬
tion that the white miners are poorly paidand evidence of their cause
A remonstrance against allowing Chi ¬
nese coal miners to be imported into theState for the purpose of mining coal atWilmington and other towns in place oistriking miners will be placed beforeGov Tanner in the name of the UnitedMine Workers of Illinois The Governoiwill also be asked to co operate with theState secretary of the Miners Federationi ukeeping out the coolie labor
EVIDENCE IN NOVAKS TRIAL
The Jury Is Secured and WitnessesAre Called to the Stand
The trial of Frank A Novak who ischarged with the murder of Edward Mur ¬
ray at Walford Iowa last February wasbegun at Cedar Rapids Tuesday Thework of securing a jury was completed bythe noon recess Immediately after noonthe jury was sworn and County AttorneyTobin made the opening statement to thejury
He said that the State expected to provethat Novak was on the brink of financialruin and insured his life for large sumsof money and that in murdering LuwaTdMurphy which was a part of the precon- -
ceived plan it was for the purpose ofJU lifting LUt JJCUJJKJ LU wtiitu niacin v
vak had perished in the ruins and thatit all was done with the intent of de-
frauding¬
the insurance companies JudgeNey assistant counsel for the defensemade the opening statement for the de ¬
fendant The taking of testimony wasat once commenced
The steamer Diana which went to theHudson Bay coast last spring with a par¬
ty of Canadian Government surveyorsand scientists to determine the feasibilityof Hudson Bay route for ocean steamerspassed through the Straits of Canso onher way back to Halifax
niram L nolden 27 years old cashierof the Central National Bank of PuebloColo killed himself during a fit of tem-porary
¬
insanity He had a severe attackof fever a year ago from which he never j
fully recovered jxammauoa oi ms uooksshows them correct to a permy
Read Parsons Co stock brokers inNew York have suspended- - It is saidthat they have no outstanding contractson the exchange The firm was composeduntil a few weeks ago of W Q Read Jrand George B Parsons Mr Read Cipsmitted suicide
EDUCATIOiNALCOLUMN
MOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT
JPlucky Teacher Who Thrashed andThen Expelled Unrnly Pupils Valueof Decorations The School Newspa ¬
perHelps for the Teacher
Tamed Her cTnrnly PnpllThere is one young school teacher m
Long Island who need never be out ofa job So completely did she succeedin quelling a rebellion last week thatoffers from other places have alreadybeen received but the school directorsof Babylon where she is now engagedwill not hear of her departure Hername is Ella Hart and here is how shecame to establish herself so firmly inher present position
John Coleman who is a boy of ten-
der¬
years but tough tendencies hasfor several days been living under theshadow of the rod Miss Hart has anofficial wiiip and Friday her experi-enced
¬
observation told her that JohnColeman was ripe for castigation andshe called him up to receive his dueThe operation proceeded with com-plete
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success for a feAV moments John ¬
nie Coleman gave all the evidences ofmortal anguish customary to such occasions He squirmed and twisted andrended the air with lamentations prot-estations
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and ejaculations of peni-
tence¬
Stella Coleman a stout girl of 1G
years sister of Johnnie heard thewails of her brother and appeared asa rescue and punitive force She dash ¬
ed into the room like a young whirl ¬
wind and attacked the teacher with arush The boy took advantage of thediversion to rub himself a few timeswhere he felt that rubbing was neces-sary
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and salutary and then joined inthe attack Miss Coleman scratchedvindictively and reached for her teach-ers
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hair Miss Hart proceeded method-ically
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and according to the most ap ¬
proved principles of pedagogics Shefirst captured the girls hands and thentripped her up threw her and sat onher Then she reached for her whipand thrashed Miss Coleman until allthe light and most of the family affec-tion
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were thrashed out of her Afterthat she caught Johnnie Coleman andbegan on him all over again
Having completed her work con-scientiously
¬
and thoroughly she ex-pelled
¬
both the offenders and appear ¬
ed before the trustees scratched andsomewhat battered and disheveled buttriumphant and reported her actionShe was sustained and the school willprobably continue its exercises peace-fully
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Her Proud DistinctionIncluded in the faculty of Stanford
university California is Miss MaryMcLean who occupies the position ofassistant instructor in English litera¬
ture Miss McLean has the distinctionof being the youngest woman in the
A WIWB1 -- - pi--
- tf KT7 lMISS MAKY MI AX
faculty of any Western College Herown alma mater the University of Cal-ifornia
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has not yet seen lit to open itsfaculty door to women but Stanfordbeing younger is less conservativeMiss Mary Mathilda McLean is ayoung lady of interesting personalityShe is of Scotch stock and has alwaysbeen noted for her serious tempera-ment
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She is well endowed mentallythough not remarkable for a robustphysique She is ambitious and decid ¬
edly earnest and thoroughMiss McLeans family were New En
glanders when they ceased to beScotch and the sturdiness of the raceshows in this youngest scion Theyoung lady is 2o years of asre an onlvchild and has been carefully rearedHer father is Rev J K McLean D Dwho has been in California for thirtyyears and is known all over the Westne is the leading Congregationalist inCalifornia At Stanford Miss McLeanis to be an adjunct to the chair of En-glish
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literature She will introduce anumber of European methods culledfrom the great colleges all of whichshe has visited into her new depart ¬
ment
Decorate the School BoomThe exhibit of school room decora-
tions¬
which is now in progress in Chi ¬
cago says the Washington Post is astep in the right direction It has itslesson for our Washington schools
While we build structures that arepleasing from an architectural point ofview and modern in their hygienic de-
vices¬
we are apt to give too little at-tention
¬
to the attractions of the schoolroom itself Bare walls save wherethe forbidding blackboard is hung arethe boundaries of the pupils vision nothought being given to the best methodof so furnishing the room as to makeit adelight to the eye and an elevationof the mind It is true that there aresome exceptions here in Washingtonwhere teachers have at their own ex-
pense¬
supplied bright and fragrantflowers and appropriate pictures andthus beautified an otherwise cheerlessapartment Thousands and thousandsof children spend several hours each
day In the Kchool room and there isno telling how much they would bebeneflted by surroundings which wouldappeal to and stimulate their artisticsense The cost would not be greatand in most cases a few pennies con¬
tributed by the scholars and expendedjudiciously by a teacher who possess- -es tact and good taste would revolu-
tionize¬
the place where the childrennow spend the most receptive years oftheir lives
Brighter prettier more clieerfnischool rooms ought to be provided Pis t
tures of great eve s replicas in plas ¬
ter of paris of famous statues workswhich represent the genius of theworlds greatest artists all theewould help the scholars and equip themin a broader and higher sense for theircontact with the world for the nobleand responsible duties of American citizenship
After VacationBefore they had arithmetic
Or telescopes or chalk -
Or blackboards maps and copy booksWhen they could only talk
Before Columbus came to showThe world geography
What did they teach the little boysWho went to school like meV
There wasnt any grammar thenThey cruldnt read or spell
For books were not invented yetI think it was just as well
There were not any rows of datesOr laws or wars or kings
Or generals or victoriesOr any of these things
There couldnt have been much to It--
There wasnt much to knowTwas nice to be a little boy
Ten thousand years agoFor history had not begun
The world was very newAnd in schools I dont see what
The children had to do
Now always there is more to learnHow history does grow
And every day they find new tilingsThey think we ought to know
And if it must go on like thisIm glad I live to day
For boys ten thousand years from novrWill not have time to playSt Nicholas
A Device in DisciplineA high school teaeher has each pupil
keep his own record of both conductand study in a little blank book pre¬pared for the purpose and make dailyentries This is not the
because the pupils standingis not made up from this record Thepupil does not report to anybody hesimply keeps the record for himselfThe principal frequently looks at thesolittle books to see how they are keptbut never criticises the marking Thepupil is not required to show his bookto his parents and yet he is encour¬
aged to keen a report that he will notbe ashamed to show The pupil isgiven to understand that the re or2 isfor his own benefit exclusively aulthat it is for his own inspection exclu ¬
sively unless he chooses to let otherssee it
The foregoing device Is an excellentone for two very manifest reasons z
1 It compels the student to constantlycompare his own perforniaiwej Jnboth conduct and work with his ownideal standard of excellence and thisis worth a great deal to any onewhether in school or out of school 2It places no inducement before the pu¬
pil to make a false report and tuisgives it its immense advantage overthe self reporting sj stem Lot noteacher flatter himself that this deviceor auj other however good will runitself Selected
Nature as an EducatorDr M L Ilolbrook gives the follow ¬
ing advice as to the education ofSo far as possible a love of na¬
ture should be early and continuouslyinculcated Nature is in a physiefisense the father and mother of us alland a child that grows up to maturitywith a genuine love of rocks and treesflowers and insects animals andplants storms and sunshine cold anlheat fresh air or the ocean wave ofeverj varying landscape and mood ofnature and all the activities around usstauds not only a better chance of pos ¬
sessing a healthy nervous system butof maintaining it during life than ifthe opposite had been the case I amnot at all in sympathy with any sys-tem
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of education which takes childrenfar away from nature Nature is abook a great library of book whoseauthorship is the Infinite Our littleworks our libraries vast and valuableas they are cannot be compared withit They are poor transcripts at bestof the thoughts of half developed human beings
Chips for the TeacherEndeavor to cultivate public opinionChildren suffering with headache
should be sent homeEndeavor to keep your schoolroom- -
well ventilated at all timesCaution the pupils about burningr
the midnight oil in studyingPunishments should vary according
to the temperament of the childNever strike a child on the
pull the childs hair or earEndeavor to govern your school with-
out¬
resorting to corporal punishmentBe sparing of commands but wbenf
ever you do command command wittrdecision and firmness
Dont allow children to sit in theschoolroom with wet feet or dampclothing
Protect your pupils eyes from exces-sive
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light and from the direct rays orthe sun
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