, 1873-03-02

1Ue uuQ1pEr OF LAVE pnEbtd IN Inc nlAefE-dT6 He&-
dons since the formation OF the State in 17T Is
So 40, and the number o. printed pages which they
szsesys ne 81 saa d s.
Grouping these laws into periods Of ten years, We
find the following in numbers:
From 1778 to 11g7..... ESQ laws.
From 1858 to 1791.. 100 laws. Iucrease. 50
From 1913 to 1so7...- 1421 Laws. Inc1ezsc.... 712
From 3ss 3s9s to hws 81 ~
From 1928 to lsa1... 37o5 Laws. Increase.... s73
From 1883 to 1st7...- 3547 1awH. Decreaae.-.. 1h8
FFom 1 1sss TO TO ws sws
Since 1867 u years)... ,443 laws.
Total, ,3o,<4o
Il IN the coming five ycars the number Is as great as
for the last the increase In this decade will bo 1850,
OF more than t"ice that Of any former period Of ten
years ......
From this tahle we observe that excepting the years
from 1888 70 1s47, which includes period Of great
State canals, suspension of specie payments, and
general stagnator Of business this increase has been
gether beyond that Of The population or wealth Of the
State. II We look the titles OF these acts, there
Will be found an immense number Of laws
years proving that much Of this Iegfslao has been
hasty or needless During the Inst few years there
the Governor With bis objections snd IN any Of these
cases. bis reasons assigned were that ample provision
had already been made By general laws TOR the attafn
meut Of the end proposed By these bills.
Mr.. Hough utterly fails to divine the cause
and the cure Of this, the great evil OF our day.
It lies far too deep to be touched By my such Bu-
perhcial remedies as curtai1ment OF the session,
which is ono Of his remedies.
In the editors "Historical Record" there is a
very valuable collection Of facts and statistics
with regard to
EDUCATION AT HOME AND ABROAD.
He give quotation from q recent address,
on the occasion Of the distribution Of prizes to
the Bristol Trade and Mining School, by 1Ir.
Mundella, the uaembor for Sheffield, England,
who took the opportunity OF enforcing tho ne
cessity OF practical knowledge Of science as
applied to special branches OF industry:
lie recounted his experience Of the German system
msny1 md told its audience ths. in sa1on town Of
150 inhabitants child from to II years Of sgs
the throe Rs and every boy who desired to learn any
particular branch Of science had the OF sc3enH-
hc instruction at his own door, and ut very low
ay ana swtzesisnd m S and ifi1s bsstol % ess % German %
city, the boy who had gained scholarship in the
o. Mnes - would not hATe to 60 to
where boys living at home could find the education
which they have to seek In tho Capital at consid
established md employers refused to take
apprentices who did not attend them. We hear much
stempts to redeem ths negligence of The past in ~
spect to scientific and technical cufturo. twelve
weeks strike In Wgan in 1865 cost e15o 600 IN wages
ters lost quarter Of d million. Had the money de-
voted to building up false and artificial System been
spent IN education. there would hare been no wnste
and the Workneu and their children would have been
permanent BadneEs."
The endowment OF national schools Of science
is now brought freshly before the people in con-
nection with the bill Of Senator Morrill,, OF YER
or colleges which ayailcd themselves OF the grant
OF 1862, commonly known as the Agricultural
Grant" After enuuerating the provisions Of
this bill, the editor says:
The aid to agricultural colleges By the Morrill, bill
ouinently so. Tho apparatus Of the *new edu-
cation" )" 60 called, la expensive. These institutions
need eeas n1f4ss o. ana ao Be e3zgtn 36p
but the bill which has Just passed the Senate grants
In effect 900 to each ssate for this purpose which
years more. II other departments Of education
everywhere equally advanced, this action would
doubtless awaken less criticism. But tho fact Is that
even the common school ts hardly known IN Large sec
lions Of the country and in Alabama for instance 53
per cent Of the voters cannot WRITE OF they
1ro to all tutents aud iterate aud even II
per cent Of the voters in the whole country are t-
eI7te-
The sentiment in many States is strcng against m
asst year ade provision for the education Of the co
9Ted children outside Of Baltimore, devotlng $4,000
the hsSsE s RssgF =; R9
Now statesmanship, while It looks to special educa-
ion that shall increase the a Of the industries OF
,deo Of the duties Of tho citizen, md disposition to
Of hs p5o xeqa T.
congress is 70 apply the doetrtne long since pro-
nulgated by the fathers, that the public domain
certainly while they help the colleges for industrial
cience reasonsbly they ought also Adequately to aid
Universal education 5y the same @ T.. nb b tg ,nd tns
,ea1ls yesr ago: By Ills iii, ha1 q tae iaeoms
be income from that and half Of the net proceeds each
ear from the sales Of Lands are to be distribute
ths ts 9 a .ad eu
would not sacrhce this measure to the
i'd Of agricultural colleges alone. Indeed, many Of
hem Dr. sears-believe that the aid proposed by the
louise bill, especially TO tho South, would be ade-
uate to revive educat'on there, and not few con-
tder It the only Of their e1er reaching that de-
ir2ble result.
THE ALDsNE
The A1dine for March maintains the high
rtietic reputation it has long ago won by its
eautiful Typography and fne engrarings. Tbs
White Birches Of tho Saranac," after
lows, is printed from an engraving
= the elder Linton, and ia an incom-
mother noticeable print.-Tayernier's "After
he Storm" in which the lights and shades, and
iso1derly scenes Of the seacost after great
torn, are given in powerful relief. TaYcluier
as two other smaller sketches, which are very
ttractive. The famous rido from Ghant to Aix
ives James D. Emillie subject for ono OF his
Characteristic and animated productions. The
sxt is varied and readable.
We are indebted to r. D. Russell, No. 148
tate street, for advance copies OF Ha,per's
fagazine, Our Young Folks, Lippincors Aagd-
ne: the Atlantic Monthly, 0d and Ne1o. the
rerLand Non1aly, and the Popular Science
Con1tly, for March.
The clergy1nen OF Lebanon, Ind, are indig-
mt because the girls OF .heir congregations
It peanuts in church Tho cracking noise
ten destroys the most beautifuIly-rounded
;uteuce5~