Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-22
school ana Church,

There are 17S schools OF Stenog-
raphy In the German Empire, of which
81 are in Saxony.
-Ex-students of Vassar College who
marry, are alluded to touehingly by the
Miscellany, the college paper, as the
slate departed"
To tnaittain its 81 universities,
which have about 10000 students at
tending them, the German Empire ex-
pends annually S2,5O0,e00.
Miss Pella M. Robbins, q teacher in
the Plymouth, Mass, public-schools for
% years without losing day from her
duties by sickness or bad weather, has
just resigned. 81. Id
MIR. Potter, American Consul at
Wurtenburg, Germany, thinks that the
young men of America acquire more evil
tendencies than sating knowledge in the
Universities of Germany. -
The report of the Trustees OF the
University of Alabama, for the sessions
of 1S76-77 and '7S, to the General As
sembly shows that the institution is in
admirable working order and its condi-
ton to be very satisfactory.
Professor Swing, of Chicago, con-
cludes that " sensationalisfn - Is term
which ought never to be applied to the
manner Of thought belonging to the pull
pit and that it is not the duty of the
preacher to keep every body awake. He
recalls the fact that while even Paul
preached a young man went to sleep
and fell out of the window.
Miss Josie Baker, though only 16,
has just been appointed a tutor of the
Greek language at Simpson College In
dianola, Illinois, She reads and writes
Greek fuently, is equally proficient in
Latin, and is familiar with French and
German. When but eight years old she
had read three books of Homer, as well
as other Greek authors, and at IA had
made q complete lexicon of tragedy OF
Sophocles.
The California Constitutional Con-
vention has so amended the educational
article as to exclude all foreign Ian.
guages from the primary and grammar
schools of the State. 1t also provides
that the text books adopted shall con-
tinue in use for not less than four years
1t declares the University to be "per-
petual institution of the State;" its OF.
ficers are to hold Office for such time a.
the Legislature may prescribe. 1t is to
be kept from all political influences.
| Science and Industry:
Steel rails are produced with one
fourth the fuel and one-third the labol
required in the production of iron.
"A flexible carbon for electric lights
is a new and important invention jus
patented in England. 1t can be rolled
up and slowed away in small space.
Combs of real tortoise-sheu ar,
massive in designs, and show balls ant
bars instead of the foliage patterns whicl
were once in vogue.
"A new street railway track has beel
successfully tried in England. The raj
is a fat plate regularly pierced wit
holes which fit protuberances on tn
wheels.
The statements of the several eX
press companies show that their busines
for 1873 was some 20 per cent. heavie
than in any of the three years preceding
"A Nuremburg chemist is said
have discovered the secret of blac
Venetian gloss manufacture. Sane
sulphur, and Is per cent. of manganes
are employed.
The Indianapolis, Cincinnati an
Lafayette management is using barbe
wire extensively for fencing purposes
1t is put up at an expense of only 1
cents per rod.
The principal clay-pipe manufact'
ries of the world are at Dorsetshire an
Devonshire, England, where pure cls
is found in abundance. Several mi
' lion dollars worth of clay-pipes are a
nually made in England.
/ The Ice Trade Journal says the co
of harvesting this winters ice crop