TEE SiClil COUNT! JOURNAL.
t. A UUOHk lea.
umtisox.
WEBB A SKA.
Hamfllty la the lesson of science. It
! by measuring ourselves againat tbe
tmaefred mysteries of scleoce that we
aur feebleness.
If ;m arc looking at a picture you
97 to (Ire tt the advantage of a good
Hght. B aa courteous to your fellow
creatures aa you are to a picture.
Senator Hernando De Soto Money la
going to visit Cuba to learn for himself
how thinga stand there. A man with
that name ought to be well received by
both aide, but he would do well to keep
off tbe trocha.
Aator in expatriating himself ia aald
to be only following the example of
hi great ancestor. But the original
John Jacob did not make his money In
England and come over here to pend
It He did not even spend it over here
after be made it.
Jean Perrin, who was considered suf
ficiently crazy to prevent his being held
accountable for firing a pistol at Presi
dent Carnot in l.SSU, has Just been sen
tenced by a French court to twelve
months' imprisonment at hard Labor
for perpetrating some particularly clev
er swindles.
If men could find tbe fabled fountain
that is said to restore youth and health
and beauty, with eagerness they would
rush to drink its waters! Yet with
scarcely less eagerness do 'hoy rush to
drink of water that bring upon them
premature old age, and disise and
loathsome ugliueiui.
Recent criticisms of our consular ser
vice may be well founded, but It is
something of a consolation to find a
Manchester. Kugland. paper, saying
that "tbe British consular service is not
by any means as giKd as it should be,
and that It compares very unfavorably
with that enjoyed by other countries,
notably tbe 1'nited States."
A cultivated English enthusiast who
had "settled" in tbe White-chapel dis
trict of Loudon to do good to the peo
ple by precept aud example, said re
cently that the denizens of the region
came to have a kindly feeling for hlni.
but that obviously it sprang chiefly
from pity. "They looked uiiU me." h-
said, "aa an idiot."
Nestled among the fierce iuonanhie
of Europe are several quiet little repub
lics that enjoy the bless!'; g of free gov
ernment. The republic of San Marino
has eight thousand Inhabitants; Andor
ra, six thousand: Moresnet. the smallest
of all, on the frontier bet ween (lennany
and Belgium, twelve hundred Inhabit
ants, who carry ou Important indus
tries. Lisbon street, Lewwtou, Me., should
go 00 record as being the home of per
haps tbe best educated dog outside of
Switzerland. A woman shopping the
other day missed her purse while in the
street, and after hurriedly feeling In all
places about her clothes where It might
be and not finding It, she turned around
and saw a big dog coming toward her
with the pocketbook in hla mouth.
Compassion is an emotion of which
we ought never to be ashamed. Grace
ful, particularly In youth, is the tear
of sympathy, and tbe heart that melts
at tbe tale of woe. We should not per
mit ease and indulgence to contract our
affections, and warp us up in a selfish
eojoyront; but we should icrustom
ourselves to think of tbe distress of hu
man life, of tbe solitary cottage, the
dying parent and weeping orpmn.
Herrmann rode on the top wave of
professional success during the most of
his career, taking In money in a per
petual golden stream, but be left hard
ly enough to pay for the floral anchors
and other reassuring emblems which
decorated hla funeral, and not aa much
as he has frequently taken In In a sin
gle night rie was of liberal and giving
spirit, and his beneficiaries may rise
up and call him blessed, if his helrs-at
law do not
Kentucky lynchlnga, in destroying
old murderers, make new ones. The
ranks of tbe homicide are always kept
fall there. Tbe mob at Russellville
which shot down one malefactor and
hanged two others upheld that cher
ished tradition of the Commonwealth,
which asserts the right of one man to
kill another whenever he sees fit. Most
of those wl-n composed it are likely to
be lynched themselves in due season,
tbe whirligig of time thus bringing In
Its rrrenges In the blnegrnsa region as
elsewhere.
When a soil that Vs not Irrigated is
covered with plants. It evaporates, ac
cording to Prof. Wollney, a far greater
qaaatlty of moisture than when the
surface Is bare. In the former case the
evaporation cannot exceed the quanti
ty received by the soil from the atmos
phere before or during the period of
growth. Swenipy lands and those that
an well irrigated, as also free surfaces
af water, can, under circumstances far
sea alt to evaplratlon, sometimes give
a Ike atmosphere a greater quantity
f water taaa corresponds to the pre
dpttsMM that ocean during tbe same
Tka entraocdinary spectacle of a
rear? easaneoee performing a leading
rma a badet dad is deep mounts (
CtJ wICJMSMrj '.a to ltl!r.u theater a
short ariie sge. The balWrius, la aptte
of tbe recent dsatb of ber brother, took
part la the flrst portioa of the perform
ance dressed entirely to white, save for
a large black bow oa ber corsage. Dar-
lag tbe Interval she changed this atttf
for one of black, with sombreneas quit
an relieved, and ber appearance in tbe
trappings and tbe suits of woe was. It
seems, greeted most sympathetically
by the impressionable spectators.
Liberia ia determined to dispute tb
naval supremacy of England, and baa
a lively cock-boat in commission which
blazes away at everything British In
sight Britannia, which erstwhile
needed bo bulwark, no towers along
her steep, may come to require them
unless the peppery little African re
public can be placated in some way. A
Liberian Armada In British waters
would wake up tbe drowsy Cinque
Ports with a vengeance, and that is
what it may come to if masters go on
at the present pace. They should sub
mit their differences to arbitration, Li
beria in the interval scuttling Its cock
boat and agreeing to keep the peace till
the referees hand in their report.
Pugillsm 1b a por business, measur
ed by Its pecuniary returns and the use
that Is commonly made of them. Most
of Its practitioners die penniless, broken-down
drunkards long before their
time. The greater the amount of mon
ey their practice has brought them the 1
swifter their collapse and ruin. Mere !
is the redoubtable John U, In a poor
debtors' court, putting In a plea of des
titution against the claim of a florist I
who had decked him out with bouton- j
uteres and supplied him with funeral
emblems to the tune of three hundred
odd dollars, and trying to explain to
the satisfaction of the court what be
has done with all the large sums of
money which have come into his hands.
They have vanished with the rose of
yesterday and tue flame of the extin
guished lamp, beyond bis or bis suitor's
power to whistle them back. Illustrat
ing anew the force of the adage that j
the pugilist and bis money are sixjn
parted and not easily brought together
again.
American Cultivator: There can be
no doubt that farming at tbe present
day is In a transition state. It is not
possible to get into ruts, and by bard
work make a success of any branch of
farming as it once was. The farmer of
the present day must le wide-awake,
intelligent, quick to grasp all the new
ideas pertaining to his business. Even
thi fiirtni.ru iv-hrt trr in utiinit tiftck find
meuiseives lorceu to me trout or eise
allow themselves to le thrown down
and trodden upon by those who pursue
the new and approved methods. When
mowers and reapers first came Into
use, we remember two or three old
farmers who boasted that they intend
ed to cut grass with the scythe and
grain with the cradle just as they al
ways had done. But they didn't keep
it up more than a year or two. Those
who had grown-up sons whom they
reiied upon to help In haying and har
vest found a sudden and unexpected
refusal to longer swing either scythe or
cradle. The young folks knew that the
era for these old-fashioned implements
had passed, and that much of the hard
est labor of the bay and harvest field
had been put upon the horse, to the
relief forevermore of human muscle.
The average Englishman is so com
pletely eucased In an armor of compla
cent self-esteem that It is highly re
freshing to find one of his nationality
telling very disagreeable facts concern
ing hla countrymen. This ia what Mr.
Edward IHcey has had the courage to
do, however, and In Cosmopolls he gives
very frankly hi opinion "Why Eng
land Is t ii popular." He calls attention
to the uuadapUblllty of tbe ordinary
English tourist to foreign surroundings
and points out that, while the English
traveler pays liberally, he contrives to
impress upon foreigners hla own pri
vate conviction that he la placing them
under obligations by coming to visit
them. More Important than all, he
shows that enmity to England Is one
of the uatural and logical consequences
of the British Imperial policy. On this
point he says: "It is not difficult to
understoud why to-day the policy of all
foreign countries should be hostile to
Kugland or, at any rate, should be op
poscd to her aggrandizement." The
chief reason is that "Urea t '. Britain
has not only given grave umbrage to
every other civilized power of impor
tance in the past, but, by reason of ber
very existence as an Imperial power,
offers a permanent obstacle In the pres
ent to the attainment of their several
ambitious and aspirations." In this
view Mr. Dicey Is undoubtedly right
and it Is strange that he should seek
further to ascribe the unpopularity of
England to jealousy or prejudice. Tbe
nation which commands territories
"upon which the sun never sets" Is nec
essarily lu the way of all tbe other pro
gressive and enterprising nations of
earth. No dog in a manger could ever
be so hateful a sight to hungry cattle
a Bnssla regards the spectacle of Eng
land holding India, for instance, and
barring the czar's pathway to the sea.
This persistent policy of aggrandize
ment has made England unpopular dip
lomatically, just as tbe Insularity of
ber citizens baa made them unpopular
socially. But, aa Mr. Dicey points out,
the very success of England Is due to
the same traits which hare made her
unpopular- tbe traits which lead every
Englishman to believe that "whatever
Is good for England moat be good for
the world at large." It ia the English
man's persistent sticking to bis own
code of dress, manners and morals
which baa made htm successful ami
which yet makes htm offensive. It is
tola following of tbe dictates of Insular
sentiment which has given tbe little,
lawny Island the leadership of a vast
empire.
KING POLITICS.
Srerythiag. at Linosla Oeatrellee y
Oaneaa sad Basses.
SOME COUNTRY MEMBERS FLINCH.
Stat the Tmrty Leah Is Alwar fffrt1
sb4 torn srb-aea Tlal to Pflf
Liacoix, Neb., Feb. H, 187.
There is no news from tbe legislature.
Nothing of importance has been done or
attempted except to seat Kirkpatrick.
The fusion caucus controls the legisla
ture and the fusion ring of politician!
controls tbe caucus. Origi nail y tbe pop
ulist party was organized us a protest
against cancus dictation. Then tbe hon
est populist called himself an independ
ent. He believed that be was person
ally independent In his politic 1 action,
and he was independent to a certain ex
tent. He objected to having bis politics
cut and d ried for him by caucuses bicb
are generally controlled by cliques and
rings. All these objectors, these
sell reliant men, forming tuemselves
Into a new party, having for their
shibboleth "Down with King Caucus
and Ring Rule," made war against the
republican party on this issue. Men of
independent tnought and action turned
kindly toward this new party because
they beleived that to destroy the cauru
system would make tbe organization or
rings impossible, would leave each indi
vidual roan tree to act on his own judg
ment and conscience, and thai purify
politics and all the function" of govern
menU At first this central ides of per
sonal independence and individual action
drew toward the new party many men
who believed that through it M ould come
needed reforms. Little by little the cau
cus system crowded into the new party.
It cunningly disguised iiself at first
under tbe name of "conference."' A
cancus, they said, was a wicked and per
nicious thing, but a "conference" was Of
innocent aa a new born babe. Every
thing went by "conferences." Tha word
sounded soothing and religious, becaute
ministers '.eld conferences, and certainly
there could be no harm in following the
example of these holy men. Little by
little this monster. King Caucus, dis
guised aa a 'eonfereuce," with smooth
hyp'-critical palaver, has edged himtell
into the reform party, fastening hii grip
here and there until to-day there iB not
a man of the fu'ion majority in either
branch of the Nebraska leeielature who
dares to act upon bis own con cience. or
to stand out on hisown person 1 rpoi-
bility sgainst the ring rule. caucus
domination that bss bound this fusion
majority hand and foot There may be
some excuses for a small minority which
is compelled to stand shoulder to shoul
der in self defense under caucus rule
But a bodv of legislators standing sis
feet bigh ia solid flesh, having a major
ity of three to oie, in which there if
not a msn who dares look his colleague
in the face and stand for his personal con
viction, are but poor representatives of
that personal independence an 1 hones;
manhood upon which populism pretend
ed to found itself in this state only a few
years ago.
When it was conceived by the ring
politicians and proposed to the fusion
caucus by the ring leaders to srbttrarily
unseat tha four Republicans from Omaha
lor no reason, but for the sole purpore
of seating the governor's bro-her-ia-lsw
on tbe supreme bench, in tbe face of the
tern fact that the amendment was never
earned st tbe election, Snyder, a whiU-
baired old man, a minister of the gospel,
stood up in tbe cancus and pleaded with
trembling votes that tbis cup of iniquity
might pass him by, and thai he m gbt
be permitted to meet his earthly and,
which must soon come, without particl
Dating in this crime against bis itata
Sodderaan, ths Swede member from
Phelps, with that manly independence
peculiar to his natioaality, stood by bis
conscience and denounced the outrage
A majority of the caucus revolted at this
schema when it was flrst sprung, end
many protested that an attempt so bold
and revolutionary in its character tnuit
altlmatelv overwhelm aay tarty which
sanctioned it.
But of wbat avail is a protest frora an
old man standing on the verge of the
grave T Or what does It avail for plain
farmers like Modderman, whose only
strength is their integrity, to stand
against tbe unscrupulous ring which
Is backed by party patronage and made
fierce b the prospect of political plun
der? Bartley Campbell, of Clay eouaty,
a white-bearded, patriarchal, honest
looking man, shook his bead ominously
as he smoked his cob pips and told bit
friends that the scheme was too raw
and that it would ultimately fail. Bnt
what does Bsrtley Campbell and tbe
fifty other honest men like himself
amount to in tbis legislature, anyway?
Do tbeir constituency believe that the
good sense and honest conscience of
these men are a part of tbe mind force
which runs this legislature? If they
do, let tbem come here and see and
they will be nn deceived. At least fifty
of tbe boose members sre aa powerless
aad aa useless as tbe fifth wheel to a
wagon. The ringmaster and tbe riag
workers understand this, aad they pay
no attention to these fifty men. the
lobbyist it also onto bit Job. He
only the ring manipulators, knowing
that they bosi ths ring, that tbe ring
bosses tbe caucus and that tha aaaeot
bosses these tame, mild mannered
farmers as easily as a farmer boy corrals
yard foil of tame, honest sows. Bart
lay Campbell, goddermaa aad tbeir
kind are tbe salt of the earth eol tbe
pillars of this state. If tha honesty and
amia manhood whiah aharaeterise
"them at boana ware pntral ia ah aM
ef tins lieiaer, there weald be aw
crime ceeamittsd against the eaaetlta
tioa. Bat these mea de net represent
t h sasel ves or their eoastitaeaey. They
re putty. They are sense sod aad
mootn d dowa into whatever shape is
desired by young afar at aad his clique
of cbams who wear fine clothes, smoke
fine cigars, aad chuckle whea they
meet each other over the soft snaps
ioto which they have crowed them
selves in this farmer'! party ' d
pendence and reform. House Roll
number five, which is to seat the Gov
ernor's brother-in-law, has passed tbe
House. Tbe fifty honest, b -t negative
oo-resiiting putty men, whom I have
described, voted for it against their
conscience. They bowed tbeir beads
under the yoke which tbeir masters
put upon tbeir necks. They bowed
their heads under the party lash aa
meekly aaoxen in a trim. They did
not as legislators represent the inde
pendent manhood which they have
heretofore represented as citizens at
home. J. W. Jornsom.
PROMPT MEASURES.
Hew UcClellan Obtaiaed Pardee
from mn Indiaa Chief.
When true courage is accompanied
by tbe Impulse to act, aud act valiantly,
at tbe crucial moment. It Is almost In
vincible. O. S. Marden. In "Architects
of Fate," gives, as au Instance of the
spirit ready to surmount an emergency
a story relating to Uen. McClellan
when, after the Mexlcun war, be was
employed aa a topographical engineer
in surveying the racific coast.
From his headquarters at Vancouver
he had gone south to the Columbia rlv.i
er with two companions, a soldier and
servant. One evening he received
word that the chiefs of the Columbia
river tribes wished to confer with him, 1
and from the messengers manner hs
ispected that the Indiana meant mis
chief.
He warned his companions that they
must be ready to leave camp at a mo-
ment's notice, and then, mounting his
borwe, he rode boldly Into the Indian
village. About thirty chlefi were hold- ,
log council, ' and McClellan was leu
Into the circle and placed at the right
hand of the chief, SaHeae, who made
known the grievance of the tribe.
Two Indians had beeo captured by a
party of white pioneers and banged for j
theft. Atonement for the outrage wad
absolutely nemary, but although thfl
hlefa pondered long over the question,
they had but little to say. McClellan
was on friendly terms with tbem, and
he was by no niaus repnsible for th(i
x ecu t Ions; but he was a white man,
and for that reason the responsibility
seemed to lie with him. I
The council waa prolonged for houri.
aud then Maltese passed sentence: Mc
CMian should be Immediately put to
death.
The officer said nothing, but sat mo-
tlouleeM. aplarenUy quite Indifferent to
his fate, file listlcsentMs threw his
captors off their guard, but the Instant
when the sentence was passed be mov
ed like a flash; he whipped out bis re
volver and held U close to tbe chirrs
temple.
Revoke that sentence," he cried, with
hie finger clicking the trigger, "or I
shall kill you this instantr
BaJteee, Indian and stole though be
waa, grew livid with fear.
'I revoke Itr he exclaimed. ,
'I must have your word that I can
leave this council In safety!"
Too have tbe word of Salteee." was
tbe quick response.
McClellan kaew that tbe pledge was
sacred, and be lowered hie revolver aad
released tbe chief. Then be strode oat
of tbe tent, revolver la hand, mooated.
hie bores and rode away, te aammoa
his followers and place aa many milte
as posetble betweea themes! res aad tha
Indian.
The Oaawtttaa Bobhoa,
Strategy, my boy I Strategy dtd it,-
aa old Welsh postboy might hare rei
plied whea asked how he outwitted tbe
high way ma. Mr. Balnea tells Us
etory m Us volume. "Oo the Tree ec
the Mall Coach."
Tbs old postboy, while cross og with
the malat a lonely spot la dlamergaa
shire, was halted by a alghwaymanj
who, presenting twe pistole at blm. da-
anaaAad the bmIU an4 bullion.
Too't shoot me, aad I wtll gtta yotj
all I baf get" aald tbe postboy, pre
paring te head ever tbe hags.
"Put. I wtas you would fire a pullet
through my hat to aalp me te satiety
my master that I haf been robbed."
BaagI through the hat west tha bul
let, aad the postboy exclaimed:
' These," holding oat the hat at arm'4
length, "that will da; it wtll make pot
Hef that she puBet wsat almost through
my head. Now, do you mlad firing aa.
other through tbe breast ef my osatr
aad ha held his eoat open.
The talcf fired sgaia. That km very
goet," ssid tha poattay; "they wU be,
asllsflsf that I had a fery narrow as
cape from a pullet through my heart.'
Bat as the robber waa walking away
with the bags the postboy, aatelag him
by the collar, presented Ms ewa loaded
phrtM point Mama, saying:
(MM me pack my maJk, yea raes
kai, aad your empty pteto-ola, or I will
plow your p rains evtr
Tbe tables
treating high way maa.
The Orave ef Maemaw Bve.
Tha supposed grate ef Ira M visited
by near 4S.0M pilgrims la east year.
It is te be eeea at Jaddah. la a ceme
tery outside tha city walls. The tomb
la fire cublta long aad twelve wMa. The
Arabs entrrtala a belief that Bve was
the tallest woman that ever Jived.
Wa of tea wonder why a woman wttk
a real dark complex ton win star waai
a whit bat.
Wa wouldn't mlad being a barber It
aoae men whom they have te ahavs
weald ecraetftoally take a
NOTES ON EDUCATION.
MATTERS Of INTEREST TO PU
PIL AND TEACHER
ease ef the ArfvaetasM Meed
vaetagea of rotiege -idecstion Hew
te Teach rpelllea-"o"" ,or 0r
oelea o FeealoelBa of leacbera.
College Kdncatloa.
I was Interested recently in an article
la the Forum ou this subject. I can
not recall' many of tbe arguments, but
will give a few thoughts auggested by
tbe writer.
It U conceded that a college education
M desirable in many ways, it gives a
man self-confidence, polish, breadth of
view, and clearness of perception. But
on the other band It may be claimed
that a college education often uuBts a
man for tbe 'hardships of life.
If for Instance a hundred college-bred
are selected on one aide, aud a hundred
men of equal caliber who have not bad
a college education are selected on the
other baud, and these two separate com
panies of men are delegated to accom
plish certain results, demanding cour
age, valor, perseverance. Industry and
grit, aud the college-bred men are sur
passed by their opponents, this la an
argument against college life. This ia
precisely what Is claimed, that college
life Induces men not to undertake that
which la J'sagrecable, or which sub
jects tbem to privations, or discomforts,
or to those things which Involve riik.
The question Is asked. Would Com
modore Vanderbllt have achieved his
woiidet'ul success as a railroad nun
had he been college-bred? The Intima
tion Is that he would not, that college
life would have led him to see more
danger In the undertaking ( than he
otherwise would see, and would have
caused him to shrink from the danger
of the undertaking, and would have led
Li I in to lewd a life of greater ease and
personal comfort.
Surely a man needs. In his battle with
adversity and cotiietltion, all the vigor
and pluck that nature hris bestowed up
on hl:n. If college life diminishes this
store of cecesaury endowment It Is a
disadvantage to a certain extent, but
the disadvantage Is counterbalanced in
a degree by the advantages which the
college life assuredly gives.
Atteution la called to the fact that
college-bred men often hold themselves
alocf aa ujcrlor to the average mass of
humanity. In so far aa this la actually
the ea.se, college life is a disadvantage.
No snob can le much of a success in any
of the departments of life, and If col
lege breed "snobbery" they are a dis
advantage. There Is 110 rule which will apply with
equal force to oil meu and all college.
There Bre men which no amount of
training would develop Into a "nob."
There are men also whose valor would
not tie diminished by any amount of
study, association, or any amount of
culture. There are colleges which are
endeavoring to do away with any ten
dency along the lines mentioned. Hut
I am certain that If the opportunities
were offered many college men, to be
come succweful In busineKS, or In a pro
fesMlou, and they were told the amount
of hard work, discomfort, and the hun
dred and one privations endured by a
successful man In attaining hla buainess
or professional success, the college man
would say, I prefer not to be successful
rather than to undergo all this discom
fiture. Ou tbe other band, the benefits of a
college training are not to be overlooked
by those who have children, and wbo
are considering the question of their
education. I desire that my boy shall
have a college training. I shall en
deavor to Instruct him so that college
life will not spoil him, aud ahall rely
somewhat upon hU natural aupply of
common sense to direct him against
"snobbery, or indolence. Arter all, a
Ixiy'a Inherent character will tell along
this line, as In almost every other case.
But undoubtedly there are many men
spoilt by a college life, as there are
many men wbo are ruined by prosper
ity. College life puffs tbem up, as pros
perity puffs up many people, and tbe
earth has no use for puffed up people.
A watch is built for actual service
service Is the principal object. If you
place about your watch an extravagant
case of highly polished gold lu many
tints, with expensive carvings, studded
Wth diamonds, you are fearful lest it
should tie contaminated by everyday
wear. You are afraid some one will
waylay you upon tbe street and take it
from you by force. You are tempted to
carry it in a bui-fcskin bag, eager that
It may not become scratched. This Illus
trates one of tbe dangers of high cut
ture upon a young man wbo Is not even
ly balanced, or has a tendency to be
affected along the lines Indicated. V.x
change.
Teachlns ftpelllne.
What about spelling? It is the ob
servance o tiie arbitrary usage of wri
ters of hiiai'ixh as to tbe arrangement
of letters lu worths. This usage Is with
out reason, so that be who thinks least
spells beat Only memory of median,
leal symbols la Involved in learning to
spell. As a sepurate branch of study
and test of culture, spelling has long
neen an educational letisu. 1 1 me waa
when It occupied a chief place in the
programs of all elementary schools, and
yet the spelling of the older genera
tion among us Is certainly not above
criticism. The children of to-day spell
better. This fact Is undoubtedly due to
the very large amount of written work
now iioiie in an scuooi. v must
teach spelling. We must lem '.: It sys
;eiuatleally and persistently. Hut t
not taught by putting spelling books
Into the hands of children and having
clauses stand In rows and take turns
In gileeslug at the spelling of words la
which they are not interested. As
school exercise nothing more senseless
reuld be devised. No one ever did
leurn to spell la this way. No separate
m A
none can be used below tbe upper graa
mar grades without great Injury. It h)
believed that these opinions are la ha
mony with the thought and ef perleaee,
but not the patience, of tbe educational
world.
How ahall we teach spelling? Cbll
dren learn to copy all tbe words they
learn to read during tbe flrst months It
school. Later they learn to copy Ints
scrip the printed words In tbelr read)
lng lessons. As a third step, tbey lean
to write lists of well known words ant
easy sentences from dictation. During
the recitation hour, they pronounce ovet
and over the list of words in tneir reaw
era. Witfl books open, tbey name tht
letters In these words. They soun4
these same words and cultivate accur
acy In pronunciation. They write little
statements In which they use these fa
miliar words. Tbe teacher calls sp
cial attention to difficult, unphonetlt
words and teaches the children to spell
them. As pupils progress, they lean
to spell the new words In all lessons.
They write much, and learn t" consult
their dictionaries for the spelling of
words. They learn to spell by seii.ng
The teacher takei Title time In examlr
ing the pupils, one at a time. In spelling,
but much time In actually teachtna
them to spelL Midland Schools.
IVnalonlflir Teachrr.
We have before us a communlcatloa,
urging that there should be Incorpo
rated In the proposed city charter s
provision for granting pensions ta
teachers lu the public schools who
have become BUiierauuuated or wbe
are unable to continue their work.
We are very emphatically opposed to
the proposed plan. We look upon Mill
peuslou business as a veritable cancel
of government and paternalism. W
tielleve heartily In the early American
Idea of personal lilierty and Independ
ent individualism. The pensioning of
public sen-ants, no matter In whiit de
partment tbey are employed, has 4
withering effect upon all those sturdy
virtues of a strong sclf-rcllunt cbarac-'
ter. .
The public service Is not more dan.
gerous than other fields of employ.
metiL A man or a woman who re
ceives fair wages until no longer lit lot
service and does not save something
for old age would not do so in any
other occupation and Is certainly not
the best servant for the public.
There Is no reason why the frugal
and Industrious should be mad-.' to pay
taxes to KUp'iort those who, us rule,
receive proportionately larger sums fo
their services than they do. Those
wbo choose to lieeome teacher usually
do so because they like lh; work and
because tbey think It furnishes tbs
best opportunity of earning a living.
We bell c In the utmost liberality
In providing for our public school sys
tem. We are In favor of paying good
salaries to good teachers, but Re are
emphatically opjMised to the idea of
pensioning teachers or any other s.'t of
officials. There Is no reason why, be
cause a person decides to follow the oc
cupation of teaching, those who are
not teachers should be compelled to
pay for tbe support of such teachers
as become old or have suffered misfor
tunes which all mortals are heir to.
Teachers are employed lea days in
the year than most people and receive
proportionately higher salaries. They
ought to save money for the rainy day
Just the same as all of tbe rest of na
must do and If they are wastefully ex
travagant or If any of them ch.mcc to
experience heavy misfortunes tbcu
they must be content to receive tbe
benefits similar to those available te
all other mortals. They should have
no special prlvilegea. The Leader Is
opposed to tbe Idea of pensioning pub
lic school teachers and It will never
cease to voice Its opposition so long aa
there la any likelihood that a pension
ing provision may be incorporated ia
tbe new charter. New Haven Leader.
Trained as Smagglers. '
The shooting of a big dog by a cu
tous officers I u the north of France souh
time ago gave rise to some queer dog
stories In the French papers. Tbe offi
cer shot tbe dog because he waa auav
plclously fat.
An examination revealed tbe fact
that the animal wore a leather coat
made to look like hla own skin, and
skillfully fastened at the shoulders and
haunches lu such a way aa to complete
ly coucenl the enda In the hair. In that
coat the dog carried several hundred
cigars aud quite a targe quantity of to
bacco.
On the Spanish frontier smuggliua,
with the aid of trained dogs has ku
been a flourishing business, and now
the same practice has reached Belgium
Cigars, Jewelry aud lace constitute th
trade, tbe animals receiving a special
training for the profession.
The practice consist In traveling
from one place lu Belgium to anothei
In France, and vice vensa, avoiding lbs
high roads aud revenue men.
The latter they are taught by blue
experience to avoid, for the smugglers
wbo train them keep a supply of uni
forms of revenue officers on hand.
The uniforms are douued by confed
erates whom the dogs have never Seen,
and theie fellows beat and stone th
dogs unmercifully. The result Is tb
dogs ruu whenever they see a geuuint
officer.
When a dog la started off ou his Jour
ney wMh his load, tbe smuggler sets out
Tor the same place, but he takes the dl
rect road, or travels Ixildly by rail, car
ing, of course, nothing for any Inspec
tion of hi bnirgaue that may be made
Iron In the Body.
There arc about KM) grains of iron in
the average human body, and yet m
important is this exceedingly small
quantity that Its diminution I attend
ed with very serious results. '
A site In stockings is tbree-quarmr
of an Inch.
text book in this subject Is ueeoefl. new
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