Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-07-29
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permit their children to associate with
those that tried constantly to prejudice
them against their own parents by call
inc them naughty names. Yet, they
often show no care, interest or anxiety
about the kind of books their children
use at school, or examine whether they
NAV not contain matter very objection
able in many respects and injurious to
Youthful minds. They entrust such
things entirely to the teacher, who may
know, from experience, what books are
best and those that contain nothing OBJ
iectionable in partizan and political
point Of view, but he cannot always OBJ
tain such books as he would desire ow-
ING to the dislike parents have to chang
inc text books. This is subject that
parents and guardians can not be too
careful about. and every school book
should be closely examined before 1t Is
placed into the hands of children. In
this day, it may be truly said, "ot max
inc books there is no end, and among
the many thousand text books that are
seeking public favor, great caution Is
necessary to prevent the Introduction
into our schools ofunworthy books, eS
pecially as the most of our bookmakerS
hail from country Of great moral
ideas, and where no pains are spared to
spread abroad their peculiar ideas and
no scruples had rs to the means. This
subject has been suggested by recently
examining some very Objectionable
Readers, Biographies and Histories,
that have found their way into some
Southern schools, and the conclusion
has been arrived at that the safest course
is for southern teachers and southern
parents to use only such text books as
have been prepared under the supervis-
ion of the Professors Of the Universi-
ty of Virginia and published by the
Uniusrsuy Publishing C'mPa"y Their
merits should be examined. into before
rival books are introduced. They have
been before the public now for several
years and are extensively used both
North and South and constantly grow
ing into favor, being commended for
their non-sectional and non-partizan
character, and for being up with the
times. The Readers. English Grammer,
and History of the United States, by
Prof. Holmes, are especially recon-
mended to teachers for their superiority
over other text books of their kind and
need only trial to bring them into uni
versal use. The Biographies by Com
modore Maury are very far ahead Of all
others, and a teacher who has once tried
them will not use any other. Children
will not find Geography in them a dull,
dry and unintereSting study, but will
eagerly follow the author in his travels
and description. The Arithmetics Of
Prof Ncnable and the rest Of his Math-
ematcal course have many advantages
that teachers and pupils will soon dis
cover lis said that first impressions
are never entirely removed, and hence
the necessity of starting children right
in their educational course and using
such books as will best attain that end.
PEDAGOGUE
Shephcrdstown, July 25, 1871.
The expansion Of the moncy-ordcr
system in the United States last year
was unprecedented, the number of do
mestic orders issued having been equal
to the sum Of *34,O00,0O0, the commits
sions amounting to S234,000. The
system has been successful wherever it
has been tried, and its continued growth
here is a proof Of its popularity and eff
fciency. 1t is now being adopted for
international convenience, treaty for
such a system between England and the
United States having been lately signed
in London, and the Ist of October next
is designated as the time for it to 90 in
to effect.
The continuance ofthe famine in Per
sia, first reported some three months
ago, is strange commentary upon the
administrative and economic government
Of that country. In the province Of
Khorassan the deaths average three
hundred daily, and so great is the dis
tress that the dead bodies of the victims
are dcvoured by the survivors In ad-
dition to the scourge Of famine, the
plague is now gaining Roadway, and
threatens to become a widely extended
calamity, and the Turkish government,
as a measure Of precaution, has been
compelled to draw a sanitary Gordon a
long the border Of its dominions.
'Miss Woodward at work in the weav-
ing rooms at the East village mills at
Webster, Mass, while combing her hair,
gave it toss back, and it was caught
by rapidly revolving shaft, directly
over her head, and she was drawn up to
it, and the scalp started and was taken
off clean. The moveable skin Of the
head, from her eyebrows round over the
ears to the back Of her head down as far
rs the hair goes, was pulled right of,
hair and all, but the girl did not lose
her consciousness at all, and is doing
well.
The Chicago Tribune asks and re-
ceives S22, 0DJ for column of adver-
tisements one year. The business men
of Chicago are keen to pay it There
is one house in Cincinnati that pays
$1,000 a week for advertising There
are seven in Cleveland, even, who pay
as high as $1,000 year
A branch road from Green Spring