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The Best Teachers for Primary
Schools.

AT no point in the whole course Of
study are the results Of incompe-
tent teaching go disastrous, az at the
commencement. II utter iuexperi-
ence or desperate mediocrity must
sit at the teachers desk, let it be
anywhere, everywhere, save in the
primary school; for anywhere and
everywhere else will its ability to DO
irreParable mischief. be less. At the
sui sequent stages Of education, the
mind emerging from the state OF
implicit trust in the mere dicta OF
the master, begins to assert itself. to
sift what it receives-but at the be-
ginning, the mind takes the impress
of the instruction given, with un-
questioning faith, exact as the print
Of the seal on the wax Bateman,
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"Ihe Norma, Series OF Mathsmst-
ice. BY Edward Brooke, a. NJ,
Sewer Potts, d Co., Publishers. No.
$50 Market 81, Philadelphia. We
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them up to the standard Of The times
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The author is leading educator.
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TEACHERS DEPARTMENT.

This column is set apart for tho bene-
lit OF tho school teac er's OF Preston
county. We tr' st II may 10 tho means
oi accomplishing some good. II fair
degree OF Interest is manifested In IL. IL
VIII De continued. If not, il will be dis
continued. SAMUEL T.. WILEY. ESQ,
VIII have charge OF this department, and
all communications for il should be adj
dressed 10 him at Bruceton Mills, Pres
ton county, w. Va.-ED.l
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Arithmetical Analysis

A father willed $43, 500 to his two
sons, A and B, aged II and Is years;
respectively, to he divided in such a
manner that the two parts, on inter.
terest at 6 per cent, would amount
to equal sums when they became Of
age. What were the parts ?
CLAYLAED.
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THE footings show that there was
contributed to the yellow fever stuff
erers OF the South the sum OF 1850,
600. This amount was contributed
in addition to contributions in the
way Of medicine, provisions, and stores
of various kinds, all of which would
swell the grand total to. something
like a million and a half Of dollars.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-30

How do West Virgin a farmers
like the quotations OF grain in the
Kansas City (Mo) markets Corn
sells at % cents and'oats can scarce.
ly fnd.a rlrchaser at Is cents,
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day of October.
The County Courts arc held on tho
first Monday i'm January, second Mon
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first Monday in July, first Monday I'm
September, and third Monday in Novcm-
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g.. w. Fawcett for tho use Of James l..
stone
u.s.
Thomas Uildcrv 81 0tg
Pursuant to % decree Of the Circuit
Court of Preston county, I viii, ON
MONDAY. NOVEMBER, 1s, 1873,
the same being count day, offer for sale
the land docrccd Co bee sold I'm the above
cadso, consisting OF "a tract of land iu
Portland district containing about go
acres, some 20 OR 80 acres of which is
cleared with house and other improves
mrnts thereon.
10 viii boz sold for so much cash iu
hand as Will Doe sufficient t0 pay the costs
of suit and expenses Of sale and the rose
iduc upon 70 credit Of 6, ~ and lsmouths,
the purchaser executing interest bearing
notes with approved security for the de-
fcrrcd in-t0limcuts of purchase money.
j. A. BROWN. Com'r.
Oct ~, 1878. roc26 1928.
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Will some teacher Of Preston give
his ideas of teaching the Alphabet?
Whether the letter or word method
is best l would like to hetr an
opinion through the Teachers De-
partment. Echo.
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WE have received the first num-
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Hon JOHN B. GORDON was unani-
mous)y reelected to the United State
Sena e, by the Legislature ofGeorgia
on Tuesday.
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ANOTHER temperance sermon come
from Washington, where Geo. H..
Butler, nephew of Gen, Butler. and
at one time Counsel General to Egypt,
is to-day in the Washington work
house on the charge OF being drunk.
ard and vagrant.
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Moody. the Evangelist, viii preach
TO the prisoners In the Baltimore,
Nd. jail-every Sunday morning dur
Ing the winter.
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S. j. RANDALL will be the next
Speaker Of Congress. No man has
yet had the audacity to cay that he
would like to enter the ring and
make contest with Sammy for the
post OF honor. - Gin. Enquirer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-30

An undue emphasis or prolonga-
ton of the utterance of syllable,
may enable the scholar to spell the
word as pronoun ced, but will never
make him on expert speller of words
as properly spoken. Northend.
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CoNGRrss will meet Monday.

BEN BUTLER says the world, the
flesh and the devil were combined
against him"
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Notices of the Seven sages of
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4. Brius, Of Pnene-Most men are
bad.
8. C.eobulus, Of Lindos-The COL
den mean, or "ayoid extremes.
6. Pittacoo Of Mhylene-Seize
Time by he forelock.
T. P,riander, Of Corinth-Noth-
ing is impossible to industry.
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a Legislative Act Declared I'm
constitutional.

Judge Jackson, of the U. S. Dis
trict Court Of West Virginia, has
recently decided in the case Of the
Singer Manufacturing Company VS..
w. j. Hill, the Sheriff Of Wood
county, that the act OF the Leeisla-
ture OF West Virginia imposing a IL
cense tax on hawkers and peddIers is
unconstitutional in so far as it dis
eliminates against articles manufac-
tured IN another State and brought
to that State lor sale by the manu-
iacturer. Following recent decis-
ion of the Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States, the Judge holds this law
to be regulation Of commerce which
the State has no power to make.
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It's the opinion ofmany Of our best
citizens, and most Thoughtful ones, that
the lands in this State ought 10 be
reaqsessed Since an assessment Of
the lands was made, there has been
an immense falling OF in the price
Of all kinds Of property. AZ an in-
stance Of this, The Clarksburg Nlws
says that recently a valuable piece
Of land that was bought only few
years since for forty dollars per acre,
sold in front Of The court house OF
Harrison county for about twelve
dollars per acre and there are mum
erous instances Of the same kind in
that and other counties.
For these and other reasons.
number Of personsare % favor sfre-
assessing the .ands We don't know
that taxes would be decreased there.
by, but there is no doub. Of The fact
that a resssessment would distribute
taxation more equally.
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.oMMIss1oNERs SALE.

G. w. Fawcet for tho use Of James l..
Stone
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-24

licious sucking pig, so feelingly eulo-
gized by Charles Lamb. He SAYS he
must be roasted-had he partaken of
the barbacued pig, as prepared in
Middle Georgia, the most delicious
dish in the world--his stomach if not
bis heart, would have been too full!
for utterance. First, we have the
sucking pig, or when a little larger
the shoat from the adult, the deli
cious ham, when well cooked, a dish
for an epicure; the shoulder, the side,
the jowl, the head, spare ribs, chine
liver, heart, brains, feet, intestines,
when nicely prepared are enjoyed by
many. The most remarkable fact
connected with this variety is, that
no two parts have the same flavor,
thus furnishing variety suited to the
most fastidious as we'll as the gross.
est taste. Besides the pieces proper,
the trimmings are made into the
most delicious sausages which none
but jew or Mohammedan could re.
fuse. Again, the extra fat furnishes
the lard Of commerce, the place of
which cannot be supplied in the kitch-
en-. Of this useful oil is made
which has become an important arti-
ole eff commerce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-24
No Labor-Saving Devices for Her.

Then you don't want a clothes
wringer today said the man.
No DON'T replied the woman
sTimes are too hard to think about it.
Here it is the middle o. winter and
me with my summer hat yet. / think
| see myself buying clothes. wringer
and goin' bareheaded till next sum-
mer. Not much.
But / can sell you one on weekly
payments, put in the man. Give it to
you at The wholesale price, aud let
you pay dollar a week on it. In
that way you wouldn't feel it and be-
fore you knew it you'd have it all
paid for, and be getting the use of it
all the time. Amt that fair enough?'
I'm not finding any fault with your
TERMS said the woman. But do /
want to hide all that money where it
can't be seen2 A clothes-wringer
wouldn't look we'll propped up in a
front window, would it? Six dollars
is right smart sum O. money, and l
could get hat with it that would Just
more'n make the plasterer's wife wish
she'd stayed in the old country
But urged the man persuasively,
think Of the hard work it would save
you, besides it's dirt cheap at the
price. No twistin' your fingers out of
joint if you have one of them. Shall
we call it trader
Not if / know myself returned the
woman. why. sir, with six dollars
l could almost get a cloak that would
make nearly every woman on the
square catch cold peepihg through the
door crack, and ! have my mind on a
piece of alpaca that could be sent
home to me at about that figure, that
would take the peace out of every
family within seven doors each way.
| don't spend much money these hard
times, but when | do / want to get a
little satisfaction out of it. So you
can move on with your squeezin' ma
chine an sell it to some woman who
hain't got any pride about her, and
she slammed the door In his face
Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-24
Arab Maxins.

Let your colt be domesticated and
live with you from his tenderest age,
when horse he will be simple, docile,
faithful and Injured to hardship and
fatigue.
II. Do not beat your horses, nor
speak to them in loud tone of voice;
do not get angry with them but kind.
lv reprove their faults; they will do
better thereafter, for they understand
the language of man and its mean
ing.
III. If you have long days jonr-
ney, spare your horse at the start; let
him frequently walk to recover his
wind. Continue this until he has
sweated and dried three times, and
you may ask of him whatever you
please and he will not leave you in
difficulty.
Nv. Observe your horse when he
is drinking at brook. If in cringing
down his head he remains square
without bending his limbs he possess.
es sterling qualities and all parts of
his body are built symetrically.
V. -Four things he must have broad
front, chest, loins and limbs; four
things long-neck, chest, forearm
and Group; four things short-pas-
tern, back, ears and tail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-24
A Short Study for Boys.

The life Of Charles O'Connor, the
eminent lawyer, shows what diligence
and perseverance will accomplish.
When eight years old be was an of.
tice-boy and newspaper. carrier. his
father published a weekly newspaper,
and Charles, besides attending in the
office, delivered the journal to ita SUBJ
scribers in New York, Brooklyn and
Jersey City. He used skiff to cross
the rivers, and frequently would be
ont all Saturday night serving his
route. IL is said that he never missed
a subscriber.
When seventeen years old, he en-
tered lawyers Office as an Grand
boy. He borrowed law books, took
them home and read them by the light
OF a candle far into the night. Sew
eral lawyers noticing the boys indus.
try, aided him in his studies.
When he was twenty-four years old
he was admitted 10 the bar, and even
then it was said that young O'Con-
nor's legal opinion was worth more
than that of many other lawyers.
But success comes slowly to q
young lawyer, and it was not until his
thirtieth year that clients recognized
the legal learning and skill of young
O'Connor. He was very poor, but
industry and ability were bis capital.
He worked hard at the smallest case,
never sighting any trust, and in time
secured the reputation of a man who
would do his best for those employing
him. To this conscientiousness and
industry he owed his success.
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Convenient Directions.

An express agent in the Columbus
Enquirer: "Don't put preserves in
same box with silk dress, spoils
the preserves--and silks won't wash
If you must send eggs-boil'em-they
stand the jar better. Don't mark a
box for Mrs. -, care of her husband,
unless so ordered. And don't mark
q box for the husband 'to care of the
wife-it is sure to cause trouble. Men
have ordered silk dresses for-their
sisters-or their mothers-in.law-and
careless marking has caused the goods
to go astray! If marked to care of
anybody, it will be delivered to them
orly-be particular to put Junior or
Senior, if same name. Last year a
gentleman ordered coop of turkeys
sent him. He was going to give one
to his father. His father got the box
and sent the son one. The old gen.
tleman imagines to this day they were
all for him. Many man has tele.
graphed goods sent this day. and
forgot all about it until next day. This
causes the disappointed to express
their feelings. If you send a band
box by express-box it up! A band
box is more to manage than an an
Choir.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-24
The River Danube.

The river Danube has figured large
ly in history for 1000 years, and it
again becomes the object to which
the eyes of the whole world has turned
1t furnished highway for the Turks
in the sixteenth and seventeenth GEN.
turtles to penetrate Europe as far as
Vienna, and in the days of the Cru
sades 1t became an Quite: for the re.
ligious enthusiasm OF Europe to flow
to The Holy Land. The Danube, from
its source in Baden to the Black Sea,
is 1920 miles long, and it drains, with
its tributaries, an area of over 30O,-
600 square miles. Itpasses through
Bavaria, Austria, Hungary, and Ser
via, where it separates Reumania
from Bulgaria, and passes into the
Black Sea through several mouths,
the principal one being that of Suiina.
The Danube is navigable for steam
ers as far as Ulm, in Bavaria. At
in the fourteenth century,
100000 Christians were driven by the
Turks into the Danube. and in the fif-
teenth century 10000 Turks were
slain on its shores at the siege of Bel
grade.