The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31

This column, by Kindness ~ the proprietor d ne pa
per the property of The teachers Of Dubois county and
u % BE- hoped that each teacher win manifest in
teTes n II by occasionally Offering any whatever
of an educational character, that may farther the
~ our midst.
Noticing the question, Why are the
feet turned outward" IN one OF your is-
sues, wish 70 present the following as
my views on H.; Reasons why the feet
are evertcd.
lst II increases the width Of base upon
which the body rests and tends 10 pre-
vent the body from topping over in the
lateral oscillatnry movement through
which II moves i'll the act Of walking.
2l. II brings the heel, the part which
transmits the weight Of the body to the
ground. directly in the line Of gravity.
81. The powerful cxtensor muscles OF
the foot which pass behind the internal
malicious into the planter surface are en-
abled to act al a greater advantage I'm
insisting the muscles Of the calf in rails
ing the weight Of the body and rolling
it forward upon the ball Of the great toe
r..
| We present our readers this week with
an idea Of spelling reform as suggested
by the editor Of the Chicago Tribune to
his proof readers. The necessity OF d re-
form in the orthography Of our language
Is self-eydent fact, and the immense
amount Of parleying on the subject to
Us seems unnecessary. rs we consider
the innumerable redundarcies in our
spelling As wholesale nuisance and im-
position which can be remedied by q
wholesale murder of these superfuou,
letters. We expect to give the subject
further consideration.
SPELLING REFORM.
The editor OF the Chicago Tribune ha.
issued the following directions to hi.
proof readers and compositors.
Hereafter spell certain words appear
ing in the Tribune as follows:
Omit ne in demagog. catalog. pedagog
synagog, dialog, and other words ending
in logue aud gogue.
Omit the superduous me in program
gram.
Omit the second m in dilemma (di
lena.
Omit the superhous te il cigarei, Ell.
quet, banquet coquel, and All similar
words except Gazette when 1t is used al
the name Of a newspaper.
Spell dciinit in all lis forms without
the final e; thus: definitely in.
deilnii-ly--ness
Spell infnit without the final O. also
infinit-ly-ness.
Omit final in hypocrit, favorit; also
Opposite.
In words ending in "lcssncss drop
las MI - Az.
thanklesncss. etc
Omit the fourth in assassin assassin
and other forms of the word.
Sell somerset, not somersaut
spell canon with Spanish or spell
il canyon.
Change ph 20 { in fanfom, fantasm. and
all forms Of the word also in tonetic-s
al, fonograf, orthografy, alfabct, digraf,
diithong.
Martin Comfy Herald
There are certain parties in this county
who act a. license brokers. and engage
10 procure license TO teach for con-
sideration. They are watched. One
man in particular j. shadowed. He
handed n five dollar note 10 the wrong
party. a first-class exposure Is ripenine z
up finely.
Martin county has already an honora.
BILE record in educational matters. and
Superintendent Westhafcris daily labor
ing to bring us on level with the mosr
advanced counties. He has had printed
on card boards. to DO affixed in every
school. m ingenious system by which to
grade tho schools. This will produce
complete uniformity all over the county,
and children may 90 from one school 20
another without pcrceiving the change.
lie has also issued a printed programme
for township institutes, which will re-
dncc them 70 4 system, and render them
much more effective. Heretofore those
institutes have been sort Of hap-hazard
affair.
When Mr. Wcsthafcr rctircs from his
Office. the county will be indebted TO him
for his earnest efforts i'll behalf ot our
schools.
Our communication from Patoka town
ship Is too late for this issue, il will APP
pear next week.
There il no difference, SAYS the Edin.
bnrg Courier, between the man who
enters your premises at midnight and
robs You Of your money. aud a man who
takes newspaper for a year or two and
then removes TO another locality without