Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-17


cises were conducted by Rev. Jesse Bow
man Young, who read the story Of the
good Samaritan and offered prayer.
More About Optics.
Prof Hciges answered several questions
relating to optics. The very few authentic
instances OF persons receiviu. second
sight," seemed to show that they were
persons who had suffered from near sight
edness in early life. The lens of the eye
was. too. round, and as age advanced it
became Aattened to the proper convexity.
Prof. Heiges then commenced q talk ON
mechanical powers, and said that the lever
was the base of all of them. He laid
down as fundamental law that power
multiplied by the power arm equals the
weight multiplied by the weight arm
Two Or three examples were given on the
blackboard il exempiiticatiOn Of this law,
showing that the result was the same
whether applied to the lever, screw, wheel
or wedge.
Prof. Shaub announced that tie election
Of the committee ON permanent certificates
would not take place to-day, as had been
previously announced, but would be post
poned until to morrow morning. Tickets
would, however, be distributed to-day.
The Articulatinc Apparatus.
Prof Brown resumed his lecture, tax
ing up the articulatins apparatus. and ex-
planning its structure and uses. The
mouth is the instrument III articulation,
as the larynx is the instrument of tone.
The arch Of the mouth gives resonance
the cheeks wall in the arch the lips pro
trude outward increasing the length of tho
arch. All men, women and children, of
all nations of the earth, can by means of
the articulating organs utter every sound,
every tone of every other nation, il the
apparatus has lot been damaged by dis
case or accident. The professor thea ex.
hibitcd OH the blackboard some OF the
letters of Bells alphabet. representing
visible speech. BY this alphabet children
born deaf and dumb can learn to speak
with comparatively good articulation, and
the lecturer supposed the time would come
when a single alphabet, constructed on
scientific principles, would be used by all
the nations of the earth.
Study Of Deci.raIs.
DR.. French called attention to the con-
sideration OF decimals. When children
begin to study from the book, give them
six or eight weeks practice in writing in
tegers and decimals. AS a rule not
enough time is given 70 this subject.
Lessons in addition and subtraction in
United States money should come first,
our money being decimal. AS more than
one half Of our children leave school be
fore they are twelve years old, they should
be taught those things which will be most
useful to them, and a knowledge OF deci-
mails will of course De more valuable than
fractions. Frequent drills in reading and
writing decimals will result in the chill
dren memorizing them, and until they arc
able to do SO and repeat them with rapid
ity and accuracy this branch Of the sub
ject should not be passed. The method of
multiplying and dividing decimal numbers
was next explained at some length, with
illustrations upon tho blackboard.
.'What our Young People Read
Rev Jesse Bowman Young followed
with an address on the above topic. He
said that tho typical invention of the age
is the printing press, whose power is
limitless, and which scatters broadcast
books, papers, magazines and other FORM;
of printed matters, more numerous than
the stars Of heaven or the leaves Oh the
trees. He declared that the greatest
warrior of the world, Alexandc: the
Great, had had his character formed by
reading tho Had, and named Ben Jon
ShOLtC, NOiuuOuo OohCA
great men as having had the foundation of
their characters laid and the mighty
events Of their lines mapped out by early
application to books. Even St. Paul,
deemed it Of sufficient Importance to
Timothy to give attention to reading.
Cicero has said that 4 house with
out books is like body without scul;
and GibbOn, that a taste for books was the
glory and tho pleasure of his life. After
quoting several other authors and giving
their opinions as to the best methods OF
reading, the speaker advised his hearers
to adopt method of their own, and to
read mcthodically We read to get kuowl-
edge, and as VIC have an cxhauStlcss
stream from which to draw We have only
to turn on the spigOt. We read also for
inspiration, for enjoyment and for rccrea-
tiOD, and our books should be selected with a
view to the object sought. Ho did not
object to novels and other light literature
when there was nothing vicious or demOr
alizing in tiem, being merely read for re
creation but q confirmed habit of novel
reading was very hurtful. The reader
becomes like the confirmed drunkard, and
Graves now mental excitement as the latter
Graves stimulants. Often too the princi
pies and morals of the novel are bad, and
the reader imbibcs them almost uncOn-
sclously, and the character and Judgment
arc often thus undermined ard ruined.
The lecturer drew terrible pic
ture Of the decentralization and crime re-
sultins from the cheap literature of the
blood and thunder order with which the
world is flooded, under the titles of
boys and girls weeklies and monthlies,
and narrated many instances Of crime and
suffering that had resulted from reading
their exciting or obscene stories. a
remedy Will come when parents and teach
ers properly supervise the reading put into
tho hands Of the children, and exclude
from their sight the miserable trash with
which tho ncws-stands arc now filled. The
news dealers now snap their fingers
in the faces of those who now pro-
test against the sale of works of this char
acter, but the time is coming when the
people will snap their fists in the news
dealers faces and compel them to desist or
take their places behind prison bars.
Mannheim Matters.
&. \. Kline has received three barrels of
apples from his father-in-law in West
Virginia.
The stecplc Of the United Brethren has
been repaintcd and now presents fine
appearance.
Mr.. a. Schupp has partly recovered frcm
4 severe spell Of sickness.
The tobacco buyers and tax collectors
a-e now making their yearly calls.
The new depot recently built by the II.
= G. r. X. Co. is very comfortably fitted
and is Il great improvement to the town.