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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-08

tiles" fails to accomplish any lasting
good unless he, at the same time, teaches
his pupils how to apply their knowledge
and faculties. There is a great differ
ence between teaching and training.
Many teach, but few train; and yet the
latter should be the constant aim Of
all instructors.
And herein lies the necessity of
employing competent teachers espec-
tally In the early part Of the child's ed
vocational career. Then, more than
at any future time, are habits
formed which tell upon the character
of the man. Then it is that the pro
cess Of training is most active. Then
it is, II ever, that master minds are
needed to instruct and guide those
placed under their care. Let the early
instruction and training be good and
the outlook is hopeful !; reverse the
conditions, deprive the child of COCO
instruction in early life and he labors
under o great disadvantage no matter
how good his later privileges may be
Let us therefore not only teach, but
train not only impart information
but endsavor to discipline the faculties
so that the pupil shall be able to use
the knowledge he possesses.
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FALSE IDEAS OF EDUCATION.

Education is properly q drawing
out" of|the mind, dicipline, the har-
monious development Of all the facul-
ties. And yet, very many persons
seem TO have an entirely different
conception of education from this.
Their idea seems to be that education
consists in the amount of knowledge
which a person has acquired, in the
information which he possesses; hence
the chief duty of the teacher is to
inform or communicate. Teachers too,
often act on the same principle and
''pour in" knowledge as though the
mind was q huge cask which must be
filled. This idea is false and injurious.
knowledge is not education, nor is the
getting Of knowledge the chief end of
education. 1t is true that no one can
be well educated without also being
well informed, but the reverse is not
equally true, man may possess vast
stores Of information and still be poor
ly educated.
"The true end of elemantry mental
culture, is to enable a child to use with
promptnesss precision, and effect, the
faculties which God has given him.
He who can SO use his intellectual
powers which are ever on the alert, is
educated, be his knowledge more or
less. He whose faculties have not been
thus trained for use-Whose powers
are not thus available in the time of
need, and in the affairs of life-is not
educated though his knowledge be of
encyclopaedia extent" What man
can accomplish, not what he knows, is
the measure of his usefulness. A
mans ability to acquire knowledge
may be much greater than his power
TO use it. We frequently see persons
who are well informed whose minds
are stored with knowledge-but who
have very limited powers Of imparting
information, and Of diseiplining the
minds of others.
But, the teacher who simply wakes
UP mind" "rouses the dormant actiy-
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Meeting OF the School District Or
| cavsSs AasnCIaGSOu

Meeting OF the School District Or
GERS Association.
There will be meeting of the school district
officers, and others interested in education at the
Grant School House, in Bristol (near Bristol Sta
tion) on Friday, March 10th, commencing at half
past 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
PROGRAMME.
Adoption of Constitution and By Laws.
Election of Officers.
School Reports Methods Of securing accuracy.
Discussion opened by J. G. Flemming, of Ran.
dali.
Uniformity of Text Books, and Methods Of Sup
ply. Discussion opened by Rufus Smith, of Sa-
lem.
Teachers Qualifications and Teachers Wages
Discussion opened by Ell. T. Jordan, Of Somers.
Miscellaneous Business.
Adjournment.
A full attendance is earnestly requested.
STEPHEN GAIT, Executive
ID. FL. FLETT. Committee.
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Cough No More.

There need be no Coughs or Colds
where DR.. KINGS New DISCOVERY for
Consumption is used. The most severe
cases of Group, Hoarseness, Pain in the
Chest, Bleeding of the Lungs yield to
it's wonderful power almost instantly.
A few doses will invariably cure the
worst cough or cold. For Asthma and
Bronchitis it is a perfect specific. Con-
sumptives and cough worn patients
never fail to find relief in the great dis
coyery. We would advise any one tired
of experimenting with physicians pre-
scriptions or quack medicines to drop
them at once and use DIR. KINGS NEW
DISCOVERY. Give it trial. Regular
size $1.00. Trial bottles free. For sale
by T. Robinson.
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SALEM, March 18th, 1877.
Sec. pro tenn

Speaking of recent discoveries in in
vestigating the brains of criminals, the
London Medical Examiner says: 'In
all these peecliarities the criminals
brain and skull are distinctly of low
er type than those Of normal men, and
the interesting question arises, How
far are the evil acts Of the criminal to
be attributed to this retrograde devel-
opmentY Is it not an equally interest
ing question how far the retrograde de-
yelopment is due to the evil acts? The
influence Of the habits of life is mark
ed upon the physical constitution, and
when a person who knows better, and
can do better, deliberately refuses to
step out from his deteriorating sur
roundings, the question comes, Why
does he choose the worse?
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PROGRAMME
Teachers Examinations

The Spring Examinations for Keno
sha County will be held as follows:
At Salem Station on Tuesday and
Wednesday, March goth and 21st.
At NeWbnry School House, in Paris.
March 22d and 23d.
At Kenosha, for those only who can
not attend either of the others, on Ap-
ri goth and 21st.
Examinations will commence at 8
O'Clock, A. M.
District officers and friends OF educa-
ton are cordially invited to be present
and acquaint themselves with the quail
ilications CT applicants.
D. H. FLETT,
County Supt. Of Schools.
Kenosha, Feb. "a, 1877. sow
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MIDDLE MEN In THOUGHT.

Our deepest thinkers are misunder-
stood by the people, or not understood
at all. They have edged their way out
Of the common ranks and wandered
alQne, willing to be disregarded il they
may stand at last win uncovered
head and unsandaled feet in the pres
e1lce Of their long sought object. The
great leaders in thought are in theiT
own times considered mystic, useless
but to dream, and speculate, and
theorize. The work OF elaboration
and simplifcation is left for others
who can reach the ear and heart OF the
people. We End enc working in the
mine, and another stamping the coin
for common circulation. One discovers
the fountain; another bears away to
satisfy the thirsty multitude. One
plants germinal thought and nurtuTes
it into the blade, and stalk, and ear;
another breaks open the husky cover
ing and with the full corn blesses the
famished people. One writes a book
which lies hidden for years among the
mouldy volumes Of some neglected
library. Another brushes off the &C
cumulated dust and mold Of ages, and
gives a tongue to the speeches. genius
OF the past.
We often hear it sneeringly said
that certain individuals are but sat
elites who revolve about superior
and shine only with q borrowed light.
Yet the sun never shines upon hem
isphere Wrapt i'll darkness, but by the
gentle reflection of the moon which
casts it's mellow light like a gauzy cur
tain over the face Of sleeping nature.
1t is not plagiarism to assimilate the
thoughts of another until they become
part of ourselves, as food is taken up
and made part of our physical being.
SO far from being literary theft, it is
absolutely necessary TO our literary
growth and yigor. All truth is the
eternal legacy of God to man, not to
be patented or reserved for the monop-
oily of the few; and there is enough OF
it already in the world, were it fully
known by the multitude, to drive al
error into Punishment, just as there is
light enough in the universe, if it were
uniformly distributed to diSpet all the
darkness.
It is a long lever by which leader
may hope to reach and move mankind
grade by grade, to the very bottom. A
few fully comprehend him. They il
turn may be understood by many
more, until at last his idea, after many
successive dilutions, filters down thG
long descent and reaches the mos
numerous class. The minister, on thG
Sabbath, breaches to the parents
They, in turn, during the week instruc
the children. But the minister himself
studied the teachings of the disciple
who sat, learner, at his Masters feet
1t is Gods great plan; every mar
the teacher and the taught, We can
not rise so high, but that some noble1
divinity looks down and beckons us
higher. No link III the chain is want
ing. There must ever be the Moses
who cannot persuade the people, and
the Aaron who connot speak with God
And thus, in unmistakable words, WI
read our simple destiny. Few are t
be pioneers in thought; many th
humble bearers of truth. The few t,
be blest in faithfully receiving; tn
many doubly blest in patiently trans
mitting,
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Intermission of a few minutes.

Lecture on Needs of the Times" by
Mr.. D. Fl. Flett, was now announced.
The lecturer, however, protested
against the word "lecture,' preferring
to call it paper.
1t would of course be impossible to
do full justice to the merits Of the lee
ture, in the limited time and space al
lowed. 1t was an able, well written
paper, setting forth the educational
needs of the times very forcibly.
The summing up Of the whole was
brief and to the point.
The meeting closed with the Quar-
tette "Good Night" by Misses King
man and Munson, and Mr.. S. Munson.
VICTORIA TOsTEsON,
Sec. pro tenn.
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ROME, Feb. 22.-In consequence of
the decision of Cardinals that reassem-
bling of Vatican Council would be al
lowed, the Pope has distributed to them
the questions left unsolved by previous
meeting of Council with view of de-
termining whether he cannot solve
them by his own authority.
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REPORT OF TEACHERS MEETING.

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REPORT OF TEACHERS MEETING.
The teachers Of w. Division held
meeting at Salem Station, Saturday
March Sd, 1877.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, thirty were present; one
third the number being teachers. In
the absence of the President, V. F., d.
A. Mahoney took his place.
The meeting was called to order at
eleven o'clock; probably the storm pre-
vented the teachers from meeting at
80 sharp" The teachers present gave
reports Of their different schools One
gentleman remarked that he had sue
ceeded in breaking his scholars ofmany
bad habits, but there was one which
was so deeply rooted and had been in
dulged SO long, that he found it impos-
sible to prevent, namely, hardness.
He reported that he had six cases a
day on an average.
The highest attendance reported was
9925 from Miss M. Patterson. The
first exercise was Civil Govt, conduct
ed by Miss G. Cronk. The teacher
placed synopsis Of the lesson on the
board, subject-Electors of President.
This exercise was succeeded by re-
marks relating to manner of teaching
the above, also question arose as to
whether the constitution should be
learned verbatim or no. Most Of the
teachers expressed their views in the
affirmative. Intermission of forty-five
minutes.
When the meeting was again called
to order; Mr.. A. T. Grant was. assigned
an exercise in reading, in place Of an
absent teacher. The teacher com
menced by asking questions in regard
to assignment Of reading lessons. It
was thought by some that topics in
this branch of study, would be q good
Iplan.
The subject Of combining orthoepy
with reading was also discussed.
Doubt expressed about the advisable
ity of giving too often, an example to
their class Of how piece should be
read, for it is liable to make the pupils
good imitators, but not true readers.
Want of reference books in district
schools generally acknowledged. The
subject was very thoroughly discussed
but not exhausted.
d. A. Mahoney next conducted a rec
itation on the form and construction of
the possessiye noun. The teacher
placed a classification of the lesson on
the black board, introducing the sub
ject in very clear light. This exer-
else proved very instructive and inter-
esting.
After some delay Miss Mary Patter-
son was prevailed upon to conduct q
general exercise. This exercise created
some little amusement and gave great
satisfaction. The teachers would do
we'll, perhaps, to adopt this plan of s're-
view in their schools.
The vice president closed the meet
ing with returning thanks to teachers
who had assisted in conducting recita-
tions.
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT.
There was a larger crowd in attend
ance than was anticipated in the NOR
ming. D. A. Mahoney made a few re-
marks stating the object of the meet
ing was to obtain funds In aid of the
teachers library.
Unfortunately the weather prevented
many teachers from attending who
were TO have added to the general en-
PROGRAMME:
Opening song. Essay. M. los
teson. Beautiful birds. Duet, by the
Misses Browne. Paul ReYere-Reeita-
ton, by D. A. Mahoney, which was
highly appreciated by The audience.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-21

&-The Sheriff has put his relentless grip
upon the Philadelphia Saturday EUen51ag
Post, one Of the Oldest literary papers in
America.
1t is announced that the venerable
Bishop Smith, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of Kentucky, has preached his
farewell sermon, and has retired from act
i've duty. lie is eighty-three years of age
-Messrs. James r. Osgood & Co., OF
Boston, have put up a telephone for use
between their counting-room and their
printing office. This is the first instance
of the practical application of the new
invention.
When a Cincinnati reporter tried to
interview Mr.. Samuel Bowles, the latter
said: g have newspaper of my own,
and if | have any views to disseminate
I'll give them to the public through. its
columns"
One of the New York obituary writ.
ers says that the Harper periodicals bring
in an annual profit of half a million,
while the whole manufacturing business
amounts to $5,000,0 900 yearly, one-third OF
which is profit.
Mr.. Peabody, the great philanthro-
pist, was the first American 10 receive the
freedom of the City of London as emblem.
atized in the gold box, and Gen. Grant,
the distinguished American soldier and
ex-President, is the second.
Mr.. Bright is the greatest orator in the
British House of Commons, and the slow
est speaker, not averaging more than lis
words per minute. Daniel Webster was
also very slow speaker, and his words
were called minute guns.
Mr.. Stephen a. Douglas, Jr., a son
of the late Stephen a. Douglas, is study.
ing law with Chief Justice Pearson, OF
North Carolina, and is said to give prom.
ise of powers of intellect and oratory
rivaling those of his distinguished father
The New York EDentng Post says the
tendency to adopt fine words instead OF
homely ones-tbe impulse which prompts
some persons to sreak of perspiring wher
they mean sweating-is spreading down
ward, as any attentive observer may dis
cover, and we expect soon to hear penny
tossing boot-blacks with aspirations fol
refinement cry :" DIVERSE and reverse
instead of "heads" and +" tails,n
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Small Farms Best.

1t would seem almost needless to re-
mark that small farm well TILED is act
ually worth more to the owner and will
produce more and better crops than a
larger one poorly cultivated. Yet it APP
pears to be the general desire of many So
called model farmers to obtain possession
of as much land as possible, seemingly
believing that the more land they have the
more money they can make. Try thor
ough cultivation for a few years of what
you now own, and compare notes with
your neighbor who owns more land than
you do, and then, if you are not salts
fed that my theory is the correct one,
buy all the land you feel that you want.
If your farm is of sufficient size to al
low you to market small amount of your
crops after keeping an amount necessary
for yourself, be satisfied, and do not keep
constantly buying more land, which not
only adds greatly to your estate, but to
your work, your cares, and your troubles.
Rather cultivate thoroughly your little
farms and excel your large farm neigh
bors, as you certainly will.
To the writer's personal knowledge, al
most double an amount of corn was raised
by the owner of a small farm on four acres
than by another farmer on eight acres.
And why? Not because his soil was bet
ter than his neighbOrs, but because he had
more time to thoroughly cultivate the land
and crop. He perhaps spent as much
time on his four acres as his neighbor did
on eight. He prepared a mixture of plas-
ter and hen manure, which when COM
bined can be easily handled. About a
handful of this mixture was placed in
each hill with the corn, and then thorough
covered with about as much earth as could
be placed on two hoes.-C0r. Lansing
Mich. Republican
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lines, which are to be of steel wire. There
will be four or five men on board to make
sail, pump bilge-water, trim lights and
make signals in case of Iced. In the
opinion of eminent engineers, the plan
proposed is admirably adapted for the
work to be done, and Mr. Dixon's conf
dence is shown in the fact that should he
fail to complete his work, he will receive
nothing for his outlay and trouble. If,
however, the undertaking is success, the
entire expense will be borne by Mr.. Eras-
mus Wilson, the eminent surgeon. I'm
mense care and nicely will have to be ex-
ercised in obtaining the necessary strength
and rigidity; the obelisk must be so
packed, forming, with the iron cylinder,
one solid mass, so as to avoid any strain
from the rolling into the water or from
the heavy working of the ship after
ward. / presume the most anxious part
of the work will be to get the vessel and
| her precious cargo into the sea. Once
afoat, other difficulties will be mastered.
Thirty five hundred years ago this obelisk
formed one of the pillars in front of the
great Temple of Tum (the setting SUM,
at Heliopolis (near Cairo), and was
brought to Alexandria during the reign OF
Cleopatra; but if this and larger monu-
ments could be safely moved about some
sixteen hundred years B. c., it is not pos.
sible to doubt our ability to do likewise
in the nineteenth century A D.-Aleran.
drGG Cor. Edinburgh Scotsman.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

There is nothing more graceful for
decorating doors, windows or pictures than
the English ivy s rather cool atmos-
phere and moderate amount of water is
all that the plant requires. Planted in
common glazed pots, and placed on a
bracket, they may be trained in any way
you desire.
To make the molasses candy of our
grandmother's time, take one quart mo-
lasses; butter the size of an egg; stew over
brisk fire till it will harden on being
dropped into cold water; a teaspoonful of
soda, to make it white and brittle, and a
teaspoonful essence of wintergreen to be
added when almost done. To be pulled
while warm, with buttered hands, and cut
IN sticks.
For meat ressoles, chop any kind Of
cold meat quite fine; crumb the same
quantity of stale bread as you have meat;
put little of the fat of the meat in; sea-
son with salt and pepper and summer
savory to suit taste; beat up one or two
eggs, according as you need, and form
your meat ard bread into a thick paste
with the eggs, then mold it into balls and
fry light brown color.
We have found by practical test that
early cut hay well cured is decidedly the
| best feed for dairy stock, going much
further when fed, and producing better
| product of milk, and consequently butter
1t keeps stock in finer condition than hay
that is cut after being matured, or ripened
As early as the middle of June, some
times before, we have practiced opening
| the hay harvest, and lind when feeding
that the earliest cut is preferred to the
! later, by all the stock. When first putting
this plan of cutting hay early into prac-
tice, the neighbors-all old farmers
looked askance with incredulous eyes,
predicting i'll results but upon noting the
facts in the case, have fallen in with the
practice with hearty good will.-OHt0
Farmer.
Wherever we 90 we see the cucumbers
in the open air suffered to run on the
ground This is, no doubt, relic of Eu-
ropean culture There it is necessary.
The climate is not hot enough, and the
plants have to be started, if not grown al
together in low, fiat glass frames. But
where the cucumber grows wild, itspreads
over bushes and trees, and the growth
and product is enormous. All plants
with tendrils prefer to ramble in this
way. The grapevine, it is well known,
seems fairly to rejoice when it can find a
large mass of twiggy brush to ramble
over as it wills; and so does the cucun-
Der. No one who has not tried, can have
any idea of the luxurious growth of GU
cumber when trained to stake which has
set of stubby side branches left along
its length. Some which the writer saw
might be taken at distance for some
vigorous kind Of ornamental gourd-and
the crop was enormous. A great advan-
tage in this style of culture is, that the
plants occupy far less ground than when
permitted to spread over the surface in
the usual way. This is a great gain to
small gardens-and to large ones for that
matter, for if we have land enough and to
spare, few of us have time to waste in
preparing more of it than is necessary to
the perfection Of crop.-G0rdener'S
Monthly. ...
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CHILD'S- FAITH.

All beautiful tales, trust, are true.
But here is grave in the moss,
And there is the sky. And the buds are blue,
And butterfly blows across.
Yes, here is the grave and there is the sky:
To the one or the other we go.
And between them waivers the butterfly
Like soul that does not know.
Somewhere? Nowhere? Too-golden head,
And lips that l miss and miss,
You would tell me the secret of the dead
Could L find you with kiss!
: Come here, say little child of mine
Come with your bloom and your breath.
Of he should believe in the life divine,
l Will not believe IN deathD
81 Where is your brother?"-I question low,
And wait for his wise reply.
Does he saY-"Down there in the grave ?
All, no;
He says, with a laugh, % In the skyr'
Mrs. S. u. B. Putt, in Scri6ne,'s Monthly.
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A KISS ATTHE DOOR.

We were standing in the doorway
My little wife and /;
The golden sun upon her hair
Fell down so silently.
A small, white hand upon my arm
What could / ask for more
Than the kindly glance of loving eyes
As she kissed me at the door?
Who cares for wealth, or land or gold,
Or fame, or matchless power?
1t does not give the happiness
Of just one little hour
With one who loves me as her life
And says she loves me more;
And | thought she did this morning
AS she kissed me at the door.
-JelCish Messenger.
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hive is sufficient and pays richly for the
trouble and expense
Too great heat in the hive is an evil
that may be easily overcome by arranging
so that the hive may be shaded during
the heat of the day, from nine O'Clock
until four, in summer weather.-N. r.
Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-21
Ladies, look!

DR.. R. A. Wilson's Pills are peculiarly
suited TO your cases. DIR. Adams, an emf
nent physician, of over thirty years. practice
in Pittsburgh, treated the majority of his
lady patients with these pills successfully.
Why not the same result for you? Try them.
B. L. Fahnestock & Co., Proprietors, Pitts
burgh, Pa