Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-22

ical preparation. 1t is claimed for it
that it lasts much longer and weighs
only One-fourth as much as the common
iron shoe; that it never causes the hoof
to split, nor does it have the least in
furious influence on the foot. It re-
quires no oaks; even on asphalt the
horse never slips. The shoe is so elastic
that the horses step is surer and lighter.
1t adheres so closely to the foot that
neither dust or water can penetrate be-
tween the shoe and the hoOf.
School and Church.
Every State School Commissioner
of Ohio since 1852 has recommended
the establishment of State Normal
School, but the idea seems as far from
realization as when first preached.
The women of New Hampshire are
permitted both to hold school Offices
and to vote at school elections. A COM
mittee Of ladies has issued q circular
urging deeper interest in school at
fairs on the part Of their sisters.
The smallness of teachers salaries
is severely commented upon by the
Rev. Mr.. Cook. "The penuriousness
displayed in parts of New England" he
says, in pairing down these small sal
aries, is enough to set the very soil on
fire."
The school fund of Indiana now
amounts to nearly $4,000, 600, and the
people of the State spend $4,000, 600
annually to keep up the schools. The
permanent school property in the State
is valued at not less than $4,000, 900.
The per capita expense on the daily at
tendance last year was 1902.
Every girl who passes through the
Boston schools now receives three years
instruction in various kinds Of needle
work, and Is capable OF being an expert
seamstress. It Il said that the benefits
resulting from this instruction are seen
in the improved appearance of the chill
dren's clothing in the schools, and are
felt in thousands of homes.
Miss Fanny Higgins, teacher in
Iowa, has adopted q new and wholly
successful method Of giving instruction
in physiology. She dissects the small
domestic animals in her class, and gives
lectures meanwhile to explain the vari-
Gus parts. Miss Higgins is the cham
pion speller Of Mills County.
The Syrxcuse University proposes
to raise $40, 090to endow q professor
ship in the liberal arts, to Be filled BY
. woman, who Is to be elected bv a
Board Of Trustees. The money is to be
subscribed by wcHsh who have property
in their own right. The plan is pro-
posed in order to p.ace'the admission of
women to the University on q broad
basis.
DIR. Samuel Eliot, Superintendent
OF the Public Schools Of Boston, SAYS
:" Physical pain, or the fear of il, moth
ing, in fact, that is itself no motive, and
that appeals to none, can be q necessity
in school. Only duty, only the love Of
duty, only a motive, and one leading to
other motives. can be called necessary
part of education. Here, positive, not |
negative, forces are essential"
Haps and Mishaps.
"A farmer named George Morrison,
living near Wilmington, ILL.,, was gored |
10 death by an infuriated bull.
Josie McHugh, young girl en-
ployed at the Patty House, Fond du
Lac, Wis, was burned to death by the
explosion of q kerosene lamp.
The young son of Lawrence Wat
rs, aged IL years, Of Dixon, ILL.,, COM
mitted suicide because he failed to pass
he examination for admission to the
West Point Military Academy.
"A verandah fell from the weight of
now at MOrrisonville, VT, burying sew
raj persons beneath. Leonard Walker
vas killed and all the others more Or
ess injured.
"A young man. 2lyears old, named
oscar Boyd, accidentally shot himself