The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-30
CURRENT TOPICS.


-, ,,rsvo;lnr among parents and teachers
t.-s, sh;ldrsn forward in their studies without
~ to their health. Five or six years, ne
A-So-.s are not too much to teach child to read'
'I =, write well. He adds: S'There is indeed,
among all classes, q disposition to cram' anu any
one attending the examination OF village schooi
cannot but feel the absurdity OF the questions put
Subjects are learned by rote, to be forgotteh as
ooon as tho examinations are over; and khe meAhe1
in which the children read shows how utterly III
efficient the teaching has boon. According 10 the
vstem at present followed it is impossible ior an
ordinary child to read decently; they have no time to
earn. There is class, and each child has to read
sentence: this is repeated il o nasal sing-song
tone without any infection OF voice OF
nronar emphasis; when the book Is passed to the
last child it comes back to the rst until the les
son is over. How can there be any interest," OF
amulation? Even tho sense must be ios1. onil.
dran attend school from nine in the morning I'LL
tcveve md they return again at two I'LL 1our.
Tbese era too many hours for any child TO De slt-
t;no still norng over lessons. Three hours day
is as much as child can apPlg, allowing ,er III,
teryals for it cannot be supposed that snfse
continuous study can he good for any ohho unoes
ten years old IT different system were eS'ao,
Isbe5 there cannot be doubt that more real
LEARNING might be impaired, end great deal OF
nract;eal information acquired besides. suppose
reading writing and arithmetic we're only taught
to children up to ten years old, all the DAY neeo
NOT be spent in these; and if arrangements were
made TO occupy the children in succession 20 come
active employment. bS yhieh' their Sintellects
might be sharpened and kept alive, there can Dc
no doubt that a vast improvement wonld be appa-
rent.
GOOD IDEA in the way Of cooperation ID sug-
eested by correspondent of the London 1e'e-
oraph. The writer is city clerk. Complaining
of the exorbitant prices charged in eating houses
at present he SAYS: 'sNow, the ramedy is in our
own hands, and there is no reason Why city cerks
and others who feel the necessity OF the E!ep
should not establish dining hall on the prlncip'e
of the various cooperative Societies, at presenF so
lucrative and conducive to personal comfort
London is not singular in respect OF e&'rssa+
CANT charges by restaurateurs, or III tne
necessity that large NUMBER OF ner clIi-
zens arc under of obtaining at least one
one meal Der day at public eating house.
Tbousands of Young men in New York engaged
in conntinp. .houses and offices are obliged to take
a midday repast at silch places, and tneT aPPe-
tites are frequently more lively than their purses
can we'll afford to satisfy, at tie prices asked IN
decent establishments: Consequently they are
forced to bo abster 1s, to resort to the cheap
and nasty" sort OF dining saloons, where the food
| ia mclean and unwholesome, An eatng-house
established on the cooperative plan. BY number
/ n
ment in more than one snse; for, besides It's
economy and the hyg:enic advantages OF sood iooo
and clean cooking such a system might tend In
the end to reduce the prices OF the Fsstsurants
generally, as well as to improve the manner spa
matter of their culinary productions.
A ouR1ous CALCULATION has been entered into
by an English paper as to the cost OF the battle OF
sadova that's the epigrammatic form in which
| it pats the expenses which various powers have
been led 70 undertake, by the adoption OF new
arms, ..amodaling Of armies Gncluding less OF
labor isc.) which. altogether. make rather ter-
midAbls, sum total. II leaves out Prussia as she
wal. sith eighteen millions Of inhabitants, and
counts the added twelve miJions only. together
With Austria. Rnsss is omitted, too, because her
military reforms are kept in the dark. And Italy
is not counted, because she alone seems not to
haytt increased her army. But France, where this
moral effect Of KosIaaRATE was the most marked;
Germany (excepting, ss above, original Prussia}
Switzerland, belgium, Holland, Denmark and
Sweden, whose war budgets are all largely increas-
ed: these countries have, since. August, 1865,
spent outright Is, 900 pounds sterlmgs and IN
curred an additional annual outlay Of 5o66,ooe
pounds. Adding to this snnnally 80, ESQ., GOO days
work lost by soldiers, at three shilliugs PER day,
We have 4,942, 500 pounds more-or an aggregate
annual expenditure Of 10000. 900 pounds sterling.
This is the tangible calculable loss. But when We
take into account the paralysis Of industry and
aie from the fear VI coming war, the cost OF that
one days battle-er, If you insist upon il, VI that
sewn weel5 campsign-is really appalling in its
magnitude.
Snycz TEE YEAR 1S4S no hard coin whatever has
really been current in Austria, apd the general
circulation Of bank notes. which are at present at
q afssoount Of twenty-four per cent, will probably
continue for good many years, but the currency
ksnominally silver The currency in Italy, Bel
gium, and Switzerland, s already identical with
that OF France, and Roumania has also adopted
ufe is carried out it will embrace almost the
whole OF Southern Europe, from the Bay OF Biscay
to Ghe Black Sea. The coinage Of Austria is at
last sbout to be civilized. A coinage treaty be-
tyason France and Austria was concluded ct Paris
ON the sast OF Jnly bythestwa~ ~plenipotentiaries,
ML PARHuand HoM. According to this treaty
Austria 4l1l issus gold coin Of the value Of 5
francs eqaaftot Aastrian aorins, 10 francs equal
TO Austrian forins, 25 francs equal to 10 Austrian
FORMS so francs equal to 20 Austrian forms, and
100 francs equal to 20 Austrian aolics Austria
engages to withdraw the present silver currency
of the empire by the 1st of January, 1878, and
from that date no larger amount than francs per
head of the population of either empire is to be
in circulation in silver and no one is to be com
PEELED to receive more than so francs in silver in
any payment.
Some INTERESTING experiments have been made |
lately at the slsughter-houses Of Vincennes as to
the most merciful manner Of killing animals with |
tho least possible suffering At present oxen are |
slaughtered by blows from heavy hammers on the |
head, which necessarily infict the most fightful
torture on the unfortunate victims OF our carnlVo-
rous propensities. The idea occurred to al emil |
nent Psychologist that the section OF the spine |
would produce more instant death. This, how
ever, has not been demonstrated. An OK tkas |
killed lived for twelve minutes, a. endured dur
ing that time the most horrible suferings. De-
capitaton was then tried, with the following Curl
GUS result: calf was hung up and decapitated in
tho space ofa quarter ossa minnie. Its head wa
then placed on table. In six minutes two 0uSOsa
and half of blood was lost. During the first
minute the face was frightfuly convulsed, the
mouth opened and-shut as though the animal were
eating; and, strange to say, on putting the band
against the mouth and nostril it was easy to feel
the respiration continuing. Thirty animals we're
thus killed, and the result of the observations
taken was that the committee decided that the old
practice Of killing by means of blows from ham