Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-13
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The Paris Exhibition, which makes Us &C.
80 Of
industry, gives Also pleasing evidence OF the
spread Of elementary Instruction among the
people OF France, correspondent Of the
that in every country the working classes
are beginning to understand that they, as
well, il not even more than the privileged
classes, are gifted with soul, a brain and
intelligence, and that they are something
more than skilfully organized animals.
whose fate is to 60 on perpetual round of
toll, of anxiety, and Of labor. itls we'll said
liberty; but can We call that a rational liberty
which consists in allowing fathers and theirs
to bring up in total Ignorance their sons and
daughters! Let us lock al Saxony for an en-
couraging example OF what the State may do
for its people Although that country possess.
es but two millions ofinhabitants II is endoW-
ed with two thous sand primary schools where.
in 10000 boys and $4,000 girls tend the
courses of instruction given by 5000 lnstruc-
tors. The Sunday schools are frequented by
500 pupils. Not father, not a mother can
evade the law: whether they like IL or not,
they are bound by law to have their children
taught reading and writing, as well as elemen-
tary notions OF arithmetic. To the Government
and People Of the United States, Information
OF this nature cannot but be very satisfactory
not merely on the ground of their sympathy
with rhe Improvement of all nations but also
of direct inreIestin their own welfare and great
ness. promoted by the immigration OF INTEL
Igrht ana educated masses from Germany,
which is annually adding largely to our G er.
man population.
A great contrast with the education picture
OF Saxony. and it should be added Prussia
also, is presented in France. where, in certain
districts. sixty men and eighty women out OF q
hundred do not know either how to read or
write. Thanks, however, to the energetic ex-
ertions OF M. Durny, this state of things will
soon be renedied. Already, in less than two
years, the adult educational establishments of
France rose from 1923 to 2S.546, creating there
by an increase of COG, 600 pupils. There are
now 5000 libraries in the rural districts OF tina.
country, which lend out 100000 books per
annum.-Pha Ledger.
CONTINUED PERILs OF ENGLISH RAILWAYS
A lady writes to the Londoa Morning Post
II had narrow scape from being burned on
my return from Paddington to Windsor ON
Wednesday, June 12. The axletree Of the
carriage took fire, and the heat was great
that could not have borne 1t many minutes
longer without sufocation. The train was a
quick one, and was alone in the carriage l
could not close both windows to diminish the
draught, or should have been suffocated. l
tried to diminish the smoke by stuffing the
cushions over the burning part. On noticing
the smell OF burning wood put nv hand I'M
der the seat, and the heat blistered nv hand
instantly. / shrieked "Fire.' from the win
dows till l was quite horse, and my ne ghbors
in the next carriage shook their newspapers
out OF the windows to attract attention, but
we could not succeed in stopping the train.
One gentleman got out of a carr iage near and
made his way for some distance along the out
side of the carriages, but was Obliged at last
to give 1t up, and nothing was done until the
tram stopped Slough. The cushions were
then burned quite through, and was begin
ming to feel that / could not endure any
longer the intense heat and the suffocating
smoke.