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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

BIsNARcK is not yet satisfied with his
power over the liberties and lives of the
German people, nor is he likely to rest until
they are PROSTATE and fettered. Bismarck is
a tyrant, and if he lives few years longer,
will be regarded IS a monster. The recent
success of the Republican party of France
pretty effectually settles the question as to
the future of that country. France is now
a republic, and as such is a standing menace
to the king cursed despotisms that surround
1T. There will be other republics in Europe
before the close of the present century, and
it Is this fact that gives such despots as Bis
marck anxiety.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

give this practical education, and all of it the
children and youths have time to acquire. Pc
tends to the exercise Of Intelligent enterprise,
to she Improvement or the mechanical arts, 10
items, to the advance Of civilization. What
we ought to fight against Is the waste OF the
peoples money on useless accom- push me hics
does not educate Let us have practical eau
cation in the public schools, and ali OF II ne
money of the people can be put to, aud the
one that Will bring the largest return in pub
squandered on useless studies and accomplish
ments that benent neither the possessor nor
the State.
1t may be difficult matter to draw the
line between the Practical and the orna-
mental in educational affairs; to determine
at what point the practical ends, and the
ornamental begins. There are studies which
would, doubtless be cassed as ornamental
that are valuable chiefly for the mental DIS
cipline which they impose, and are prac-
teal only in so far as they help the student
to solve problems in departments of
knowledge which are conceded to he prac-
teal, but there need be no great
difficulty in arriving at satisfactory conclu-
sions in such matters among those who are
earnestly seeking for prudent adjustment
of conflicting theories. The real point is
this: that there should be no retrograde
movement in the educational policy of the
State. Errors may have crept in, and should
be removed, and expenditures may have be-
come unnecessarily large. These things
may be corrected without affecting the
grand purpose of the system, which proposes
TO increase the wealth and prosperity of the
State by fostering system of education
which secures the largest development of
the mind-forces of its inhabitants.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.

There seems to be well defined purpose,
On the part of the representatives of the peo-
pie, to reduce the expenses OF Government,
whereby the people will be relieved to some
extent from the burdens of taxation which
now Cypress them. This is eminently wise
and prudent, but requires great ability SO to
shape legislation that while relief is obtained
in one direction, great wrongs shall be avoid
ed in another direction, for it may be posi-
BILE to err in the line of economy. With
some reformers the point OF attack is the
educational system, which, they hold, costs
too much The New York Express, in an
article commenting upon practical and or
'namentar' education, refers to those who
would confine free school education to the
rudiments and says:
children in anything? Why not regard all
children as the private properly OF their
parents, and leave them TO parental
lent reason that the interests, the welfare, the
morais OF the community require the educa-
ton of all children. The people consent to tax
themselves TO support schools because per-
suaded that education promotes public inter-
ests and prosperity ana morals. Wnere exact
a public benefit and becomes merely a private
and personal advantage? What are the 'rudl-
grammar essential To success in life? What is
the use in teaching arithmetic beyond long
division? Certainly If a boy has any brains
and brightness he will learn how to compute
| interest for himself Recent experience shows
/ that cipherlng may prove a dangerous accom-
4 plishment. And there is q point in the Ohjec-
| ton of the old planter to having his son earn
/ TO WRITE that he might forge note and
! get hanged for it. Considering how much
| OF the reading of the present day Ii
TO no purpose, 1t serious question
! whether it should be included in the Essential
s.rudi1nents !" A bright and ambitious child
/ will learn to read without schooling If once
| taught the alphabet. The alphabet is the
i fundamental thing. the acorn from which the
educational oak must grow, and, II that
properly planted IN q mind that has ans
| warmth and moisture OF intelligence, all the
rest will come In due time. TO this conclusion
must the ssrudiments'' be reduced at last.
The true line is II between the higher anc
lower branches, as the Post is constantly soy
| ing, but between the useful and the merely or
namental In education. The object OF thu
public schools OF all grades Is to SO teacn ant
/ train their pupils that the state Will be the
richer, and better, and happier, and more vlr
| tuous on account OF their education. They
| should teach tho e studies which tend TO MAKE
4 their pupils good citizens, useful members o
society, public helpers and benefactors. Gar
anybody tell where e really practical educa
| ton ceases TO be public advantage7 Al tina
| point public education should stop. 1t - o.
Immense consequences to the community X
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and compe-

hands OF well-traIned and compe-
tent mon, who must understand their bust
ness The generation of the steam Is not only
concentrated at one point. but also the dirt
and dust consequent upon handling the coal
and working the fire, so that its patrons know
nothing practically OF these nuisances- The
risks from fire are also greatly lessened. When
the metre Is perfected they can see for them
selves how much steam they are using, and
practice economy to the extent of their wishes
d. d. FISH, BENJAMIN +. RAY,
PHILo s. CURTIss, c. w. HuTcHI~sox
GEORGE H. WILEY, A ID. MATHER,
T. w. SPENCER. L NJ. THOMSON
V. B. STEWART, s. s. LowERY
Committee
On motion of Mr.. Mather the report of the
committee was accepted and ordered pub
lishei.
Mr.. Fish suggested that action, so far as
Utica is concerned, be postponed for the
present. The committee, after discussion.
concluded not TO take action until spring. II
Is likely that the project win be developed
by private Neutrality-suspicious. of means
and enterprise, who will know no such word
as fail.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

WHAT did billet doux?
To lS7S-Does your mother know year out?
BAKING powder Is used for blowing up bread
New Orleans Picayune.
GOOD motto for young man just starting
a mustache-down in front.
CHANCES for business men can be found at
at any church fair-Erratic Enrique.
"PUr not your trust in kings" Three aces
and jack will skin them every time.
WHY is bald headed man like childless
one? Because he has no hair apparent.
THE public debt was increased about s., O00,-
600 last month owing to unfortunate specu-
lations in mackerel and other fish.-Meriden
Recorder.
"AII of which i saw said the big steam-
driven circular to the pile oflumber. part
of which was" replied the scantling.-New
York News.
AN exchange says that Mrs. T. S. Babbitt
has s2SOOOO worth of diamonds. Well, hasn't
her husband the soap to pay for them?-New
York Herald.
Ron saws that one of the mistakes of Moses
was in not browsing around In search of a
champagne rock before he did his smiting.-
Yonkers Gazette.
CouNrEaFEIr pennies have appeared in De-
troit This is a diabolical scheme to defraud
the printers-and compel 'em to go to church
to get rid OF the bogus stuT.-Norristown Her
aid.
MIGHT doesn't always make right, TO be
sure but then the fellow with the most mus
Gle in his elbows generally gets the best seat
for viewing Fourth of July fire workable
troit Free Press
AS the prospect OF a European war grows
DINNER and DINNER, there seems 70 be no
amusement left for America except watching
10 see when DR.. Mary Walker will appear IN .
new pair OF spring bottom pants.-Philadel-
phia Chronicle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

Times rs IQQcn slcdIu Will tue Sdlllc pISnSurc.
THE MOST RELIABLE DATA
we have been able to obtain with which to
compare these estimates, was kindly furnish
ed uy Mr.. Graham, the obiiging engineer of the
New York State Lunatic Asylum. Here the
area warmed and kept at a uniform tempera-
ture is about eco cubic feet. Into this space
is forced continual supply of fresh out of door
air, amounting to a volume me OF S.ooGoo feet per
phere in that large area every "a minutes. A
uniform summer temperature is maintained /;
tilatjng appears to be conducted in this iusti-
tuition with efficiency and economy nearly APP
proachip perfection.
$50 feet. was kept at an average temperature OF
7lLs during the month of February, 1873, and
with Ii, 439. Al inches, or about feet evaporat-
ed per hour. This raised the temperature dur
ing the month from 3l6,o In the passage to the
fan to ~ in all the apartments. AT this rate
it would require the evaporat' ON of so cubic
feet of water per hour for the entire establish
ment. OF course the quantity will vary as the
tenn perature in the cold air passage varies.
The boilers IN use at the asylum are what
are known as the drop flue. There are three of
and from the figures given there are 6o6 feet OF
space to be warmed for every foot oil heating
it is estimated by Mr. Holly that 100000
cubic 'eet could be properly warmed with ten
boilers, each of five feet diameter, 10 feet long.
with 81 tubes, % inchesein diameter, which
unitedly would have a heating surface OF Ii .36O
square feet. This would give / 300 feet OF space
in the boilers, or about double the space heated
at the asylum, for which 1t would be sight II
consider whether the rapid changing OF the
ayr at the asylum, as compared with the re-
quIements of private use, is 4 OF full equiva-
lent.
1t would be unreasonable to expect TO main
tain an extended system ofsteam street mains
with their connections, branches, coverings
and attachments through series OF years
without meeting at times with considerable,
and perhaps serious, trouble Steam, at the
pressure proposed in the mains, Is an active
and aggressive agent, and unless great care
and vigilance are constantly exercised, will be
seen to manifest its power to give trouble The
system has not been in use long enough 10
furnish sufficient data in these respects Con.
siderable experience will be required to get
these points correctly; and parties engaging
In this enterprise should have regard TO these
contingencies and fix their tariff OF rates OF
rentals SO as to cover, to the best of their Judg
ment, these features OF the system.
The advantages Of the proposed systera are
| the economy OF generating the steam at one
safety from having the apparatus
for generating the steam In the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

MIR SECRETARY SHERMAN IS in fair way
to undergo several Investigations, which we
conclude will add to the odiousness of his
character He stands before the country
now as a convicted perjury broker, and in
addition to this the indications are that it
will be shown that be has used his position
as secretary OF the treasury to add to his pri-
yate fortune
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Americas Wives OF Foreign Diplomat.
ISIS
philadelphia Press.l


1t is a singular fact that Is of the ladies
connected with the present diplomatic corps
ut Washington are American girls, whose
beauty and diplomacy captured distinguished
husbands Among the number are the wives
of the French, italian. Guatemalan and
Turkish ministers, and many Others of lesser
rank, including Mrs Young Wing, of the
Chinese legation, who was a Miss Bartlett of
Connections. In the diplomatic corps of Eu-
rope there are also several American ladies,
such as the wife of the Italian minister to The
Hague, and others. Whether American
women have peculiar penchant for diplo-
macy, or diplomatists for them, is difficult
question to decide. At all events, diplomacy
is q career for which our women seem TO be
admirably adapted. They have also broken
down the exclusiveness OF hereditary aris-
tocracy, and some of them are connected
with the oldest noble families of England
and the Continent Proverbial as fs their
beauty. their natural grace and dignity Of
! manner and their intelligence are no les
striking.
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about the election of Mr.. Voorhees, has been
impressed upon its muddy mind by pro-
cesses not essentially different from those
employed II the education of the feeble
minded, and hence 1t is about equally an
object of confederation and contempt.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

IT is understood that Grant while in Bel
fast was fo- portion of the time bedfast,
growing cut OF the fact that the unkind
punch of the Corkonians was more than
atoned for by the festive punches Of the BEL
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15
CLIPPINGS.

THE mothers life is full of prose,
From early down till daylight's close,
But oft, amid her household cares,
Some little poem unawares
Is written down within her heart,
And of her life becomes part.
Some loving words child may say,
A GOLDEN curl long put away,
A half-worn shoe upon the floor,
An outgrown dress the baby wore,
A broken toy or faded flower,
May touch the heart-string any hour.
ST. Louis Times Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15

The general committee appointed at the
the last meeting of those gentlemen in Utica
who have taken an interest in the Holly
Steam Heating System, met Tuesday after
noon at the Office of II. II. Fish, of the Utica
Gasllght Company. The attendance was en-
couragipgly large. The committee of ex-
perts, appointed to visit Lockport consisted
of Messrs. Curtis, Wiley and Fish. They
gave careful attention to the system in actu-
al operation in Lockport, also Obtained data
from other cities where the Holly System is
in use. All unite in pralsing the system.
The report of the committee was read by Mr..
Fish II Is as follows.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-15
An Exhaustive Report on the Work
ings Of the Holly System.
Facts and Figures Respecting the Use Of
Steam in Lookport. q
The Plan Pronounced Feasible by
Practical Men.
Utica On. " Observer.

MML1 .nE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29
FROM POPLAR GROVE.

EDITORS CHRONICLE; Please
announce the reception of pack
age of states (35 in number) donated
by Mr.. J. g. Joseph to the children
of Poplar Grove school; very neat,
handy and useful article in the
school room for small children. Mr..
Joseph deserves well of this COM
munity for this movement, and he
tells me he intends to carry this
plan out in furnishing books anoth-
er year. If all your merchants
would unite with Mr.. Joseph in car
rying out this plan much good
would result, especially to those who
are not able to buy books. The
price of school books is too high. 1t
operates as a twO-fold injury to the
community-first, many are unable
to purchase such books as their chill
dren need, and again the percentage
creates competition, each agent try
ing to introduce his books. He par
TALLY succeeds, and hence we have
variety of books, to the annoy
ance of the teacher and injury of the
school. l think the State Board of
Education or the Legislature would
do well if they would first select the
best text books on the branches
taught in the public schools, and
then have them published by the
million, or a sufficiency for the
whole State, and furnish them to
the schools at prime cost, and that
might be reduced still lower by
adopting Mr.. Joseph's plan. This
would put down all competition and
the annoyance of different text
books.
But, Mr.. Editor, i have wandered
away from the subject, and will
close by wishing success to Mr.. Jo-
seph. TEACHER.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29

THE Rev. j. d. Barbee is draw
ing crowded houses at the Metho-
dist Church. His congregation seems
to think the Bishop did wise
thing in sending him to this station.
He is a strong man. There is a
freshness and originality about his
pulpit discourses seldom met with
anywhere. He is a bold and lOgi-
cal thinker, and holds his audience
from the first to the last sentence in
his sermons. If his audiences con-
tinue to increase as they have from
his first sermon to this time, our
Methodist friends will have to hur-
nv up and build their new Church.
Last Sunday and Sunday night
his subject was the parable of the
talents. They were regarded by
many as his ablest efforts since he
came among US. He also preached
at South GAINESVILLE on Sunday af-
ternOOn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29


THE following complimentary
notsce Of our young friend John A.
Holmes, son of DIR. Holmes, of this
city, is taken from the Union
Democrat, publised at Morganfield
Ky. In giving an account of the
Teachers Institute held in that
place, the Democrat has the follow
ing, which is Y cry characteristic of
John:
John A. Holmes is the light of
the Institute. He is overlooking
with mirth and wit. When he ris-
es he has the attention of the house,
and he justly deserves the same, for
he never fails to sustain his position
and often turns the laugh of the
audience upon his opponent. Mr..
Holmes is one of the few men we
meet in a life time to whom the
term genius can be correctly applied.
Possessing a collegiate education, he
can easily give satisfactory answers
to the questions of the examiners
and get first-class certificate, but,
as he says, it sis not a compliment,
for any jackanapes with the sense
of mud-turtle can get a teachers
license, if not a certificate. He is
strongly in favor of raising the
standard, and we agree with him
there, as in many of his other
points.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29

DILLING- Near Corbandale, Oct. 18th, of
diphtheria, JOHNNIE, son of James G. Dill
ling, aged years and months.
WATTS-In New Providence, Tenn, on the
18th instant, of typhoid fever, PETER, son
of II. w. and Olive Watts, in the 18th year
of his age.
ssThe good that men do lives after them"
This is true not only of men but of boys also
His many acts ofkindneSS in aiding and en-
couraging his playmates and fellow pupils
through difficulties, his unself1Bh sacrifice of
comfort to the pleasure of others, his dispO-
sition to overlook faults and promote
harmony, the pleasure he took in doing acts
of kindness and in diffusing genial atmos-
phere ofeourtesy and kindness on all around
him, and, withal, his manly courage in the
discharge of duty, has caused him to be re-
membeTed, admired and loved by all VINO
knew him. Peter was truly a brave little
boy. He was my pupil, and loved and hon
ored him for his many noble qualities. As q
student he was unsurpassed in application
and department. He aimed at thoroughneSs
in all he undertook. Guided by parents who
are capable of imparting correct and elevat-
ed moral princiPles-by n mother whose
whole soul Is imbued with spirit of Christi
ian love and duty, and by a father of strict
Integrity, whose creed is arender to all their
dues. - and who would, in no situation, be-
trsy a trust, his nature could not have been
otherwise than noble. To his parents we
extend our heartfelt sympathy. Their loss
was our loss, was the community loss.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29
snIe or ESQ Acres OF lama.

In another column will be found
the advertisement of Mr.. Polk G..
Johnson, Clerk and Master of the
Chancery court, of the sale of the
lands of Jackson, McKernon & Co.,
lying on the south side of Cumber-
land river, in Montgomery and
Dickson counties. There are 7,480
acres in all, and have been divided
by Mr.. G.. w. Richardson, County
Surveyor, into forty-seven tracts
containing from twelve and half
to three hundred and fOrty-two
acres. The sale will be on Friday,
January 2, 1880, at the old Tonnes
see Furnace. Now here is a chance
for both rich and poor to get homes.
Some of this land is fine farming
land and we'll timbered.
A plat bill will be issued in few
days, giving the location and num-
Der of acres each tract contains.
Parties wishing to buy can get fur
ther information by calling on Mr..
johnson at his Office in this city,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29

Mr.. w. S. McReynolds has sold
his interest in the Planning Mill to
Mr.. John Donnelly. The style of
the firm in future will be McReyn-
olds, Donnelly & Co. The members
of the new firm are o. E. McReyn-
Olds, John Donnelly and R. P. Jett.
Mr.. Donnelly was the contractor of
Mr.. Halls new house, and is said
to be first-class workman in every
respect. Everybody knows Lannie
McReynolds and Rafe Jett, and
they need no recommendation from
us. We learn that they will soon
increase the capacity of the mill
preparatory to doing a larger bust
ness next spring. We wish them
great success.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-11-29

We occasionally get papers from
this city in the clouds through the
courtesy of our former felIow-citizen,
Mr.. J. B. Tapseott, and are enabled
thereby to get some conception Of
the auriferous and argentiferous
country in which he is living. 1t
would appear that the winter of
1856 counts as ancient history in
Leadville, everything before that
being prehistoric. 1t is since that
date that LeadviIIe has grown from
a miners camp to big city, with
theatres, schools, we hope,) GER
tainly drinking saloons and gamb-
ling houses in abundance.
The Carbonate Weekly, of date
Nov. Is, now before US, is respect
able sheet of Republican tenets,
with a preference for Blaine over
other Presidential candidates. 1t
announces the speedy appearance
of a Democratic daily. .
The chief topic on the mind of
the Colorado people next to argen-
tiferous carbonates is apparently the
disposition of the Utes, who, it is
peremptorily said, must go, con-
summation which the Coloradians
seem very much disposed to take
into their own hands.
Like all papers in new mining
districts, marvellous tales are told
about fortunes suddenly acquired.
A recent case is mentioned of a
youth who got a lot for nothing,
fenced it in for $40, and year after
wards sold it for $4,000, which is
not a bad profit.
Tapscott himself is not idle there,
as is shown by the following para
graph:
In the early part of the week, the
contract for sinking the shaft for an
interest in the Southern Belle, by
Captain j. B. Tapscott, agent and
engineer of the Cumberland Gold
and Silver Mining Company, of
Tennessee, was finished. From the
top of the cribbing to the bottom, it
is seventy-eight feet deep, and well
timbered for seventy-five feet. This
property lies on Breeze Hill, due
Southeast from the Highland Chief,
about fifteen hundred feet from it
and, doubtless, on the same contact. /
They went through pOrphyry from
the surface; the material gradually
decompOsing and the oxide of iron
increasing, until at the bottom of
the shaft there is but little else to be
seen; this would indicate that the
iron deposit is near at hand; and
underlying this the much coveted
carbOnates.
We take it for granted that Capt.
Tapscott is interested in the mines
he is engineering, and we give him
two years to come back to Clarks-
vile, buy up the city in fee simple,
build railroads to Princeton and
Dickson's Station, buy up all the
coal mines on one line and the iron
mines on the other, make Clarks-
vile the Pittsburgh of the South
and die a richer man than Mackey
or the Duke of Westminster The
dying part he need not be in hurry
about, however.