The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-22
,choolroo work. criticised the lack Of

school-room work, criticised the lack of
life and animation which he had some
times observed, impressing the thought
that dull, listless pupils would result
from want of life and sympathetic in
terest in the teacher. He also depre-
Gated the teaching of abstract rules be-
fore the illustrations OF them were I'M.
derstood, and urged thoroughtess in that
which Is really to be learned.
-The deficient instruction of the pub
lie schools is severely criticised by the
Baltimore american. at he biographies,
histories, grat11mars aud textbooks of
mathematics and the elementary books
Of scientific Instruction have, as q
WHOLE" it says, mot been nearly 80
much improved as might reasonably be
expected within this generation. Rules
are still crude and dogmatic, the parrot
fashion is still prevalent in teaching,
and the machinery is not essentially
changed. 1t has been on trial for long
time, and nobody can deny that with q
vast majority of pupils it confers only q
very superficial education. The problem
of breaking away from old forms and
erecting new methods on more intel
ligent foundation is both intricate and
difficult, but it is one that is confronting
all intelligent people, and must continue
to excite still deeper interest"
Industrial.
-Borax Lake, California, is fifteen
miles long by seven to nine miles wide,
and contains deposit of borax of almost
incalculable value, enough, it is said, to
supply the world.
The wool interest, which has been
making rapid strides in California, Is
constantly strengthened by importation
of thoroughbred sheep. S. large are the
demands for blooded sheep that many
breeding farms have already been estab-
lished.
The ore from the Newburyport
(Mass) silver mine, it is said, increases
in richness as the shaft goes down. The
latest assay, made few days ago, yielded
at the rate of more than $4,000 to the
ton. Six hundred feet of land, on the
Boynton lode, have been sold for $3.50, 600
to Springfield parties.
The farmers are bringing into the
Hartford market the skins of animals
shot and trapped by them during the
winter, and there is considerable fur-buy.
ing; mink skins bring about four dollars
apiece, and skunk skins are in brisk de.
mand, ranging in price from % cents to
81. The skins are sent to New York to
be made up.
The fine wool sheep, formerly the
pride OF Vermont farmers, as we'll as a
source of wealth, have almost disap-
peared from the State. Those who still
continue sheep-raising have now three OF
four "clips" on hand, with little prospect
of selling at a living price. The dairy
business is now one of the best paying
in the State, and the demand for Yer.
mont cheese is constantly increasing.
BY processes lately invented the
leaves or needles" of pine trees are
woven into coarse flannel, for which
valuable curative properties are claimed
They are also employed as a substitute
for hair in upholstering furniture; and
by other methods they are made to yield
a medical oil, refuse being left from
which an Illuminating gas can be Oh
tanned, or it may. be compressed into
suitable shape for fuel.
How Malt Is Made.-The grain is
first taken up by an elevator run, by
steam, and is poured into weighing DIN,
from winch it passes through an auto
matte arrangement, where the chat,
light heads, dust, etc, are carried
off by the air, after which the good grain
passes over sieve, which separates any
other foreign matter which may remain.
1t is then carried to the storageroom by
a conveyancer. The grain is now ready
for the sleeping or soaking tubs in the
basement, where it remains from twenty.
foul to forty-eight hours, according to
the grain aud temperature. After being
sufficiently stepped the grain is removed
to the different floors by an elevator and
spread out so as to give it time to sprout
before being placed in the kilns. 1t is
necessary in the manufacture of malt to
have the grain sprout in order that the
sugar may be extracted from which the
alcoholic properties is derived. After
the sprouting process the grain is placed
in the kilns, which have to be kept at q
certain temperature and the malt stirred
up or turned over several times to pre-
vent its being overheated. 1t requires
fifteen to sixteen days 60 convert the
barley into malt.
Personal and Literary.
President Grant recently purchased
$40, O0O worth of real estate in Prince
deorge's County, Md, few miles from
Washington, to use as stock farm.
Brown. the famous sexton of Grace
Church, New York, began life as car
penter. He is now worth $500, the
accumulation for the last twenty years
OF his salary as a sexton and the fees
given him by attendants at the church.
The brakeman who attended ex- Sen
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ed by the ex-Senator's daughter with {
pair Of handsome gold sleeve-buttons
Virtue is its own reward; but articles o.
this kind are never to he merely sneezel
at.
Senator Frelinghuysen, who hal
long borne the reputation of being ,
clear, deliberate, unhesitating speaker
is known (says the Philadelphia Press) tt
write out his addresses carefully, ant
commit them to memory before de
livery.
The Troy Times says of the parri
eide, Frank H. Walworth, in the Auburn
Insane Asylum: "He appears to be slow
ly wasting away, and his health certain
ly is rapidly declining. Epilepsy in al
aggravated form is his principal ailment
His mother, who visits him at intervals
is weighed down with grief at his de
plorable condition, and her interview
with her wretched son are described al
most tenderly pathetic"
The Hon. Ebert Herring, of New York
was ninety-eight years old on April 5, ant
is the Oldest practicing lawyer in tn,
world. Mr.. Herring has lived in New Yorl
for more than ninety years, was admitted
to the bar in 1898, and was Judge of thu
Marine Court the year Napoleon became
Emperor of France. Charles O'Conor
now an old and illustrious man, was
student in his Office Mr.. Herring wa
also Commissioner of Indian Affairs-th,
first that held the position.
Miscellaneous.
May we voter" lisped the fail
daughters of England the other day, anG
gruff old Parliament, bringing down it,
equity foot with stamp, unciviliy an
swered "No"
"A smile costs the giver nothing; ye
it is beyond price to the erring and re
penting, the sad and cherries, the los
and forsaken. 1t disarms malice, sub