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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-06-06
MIR. Dorsheimer's Information.
puorLIsrIc ENCOUNTER
In the Interior Department Yester-
day.


I'm the Interior Department Yester-
day.
Tho Interior Department yesterday morning
furnished O little sensation OF Its own In the
shape of an alleged assault by Mr.. Frank T.
Brown, law clerk, on Mr.. Anthony Pollock,
OF No. 635 + street, n patent attorney. II
seems that for some time there has existed
q feeling between the two. This morning
while Mr.. Brown was in Room q 1nterferences,
Mr.Pollock came in, It is charged, and
Asserted That Brown Was % liar.
The latter protested against such language,
and said that ho would knock the other down
II it was persisted In.
Pollock persisted, and Brown was about to
assault him, when Mr.. Morrow, q clerk OF
Pollock's, came In and caught Browns arm.
The captain oft watch was summoned and
made his appearance and seized Morrow.
Pollock continued his offensive remarks, when
Brown made spring at him, and, notwith-
standing the efforts OF the captain OF the
watch, struck Pollock. He was quickly taken
away, however, and the cambatante separated.
MIR. pAlIaeIx Tpasfpneh In Ganarav
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-06-06

ne wouId Not do Much Handshak

ns President. think that in that particular
alone he would bo n disappointment In tho
White House. His voice is not strong, but he
can articulate very audlbly. This talk about
his not being able to speak above whisper Is
cheer nonsense. Mr.. Widen has long had
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
Primary Reading.

The old ABc method ought to
have disappeared, but it has not,
The word, sentence, and phone
methods, or these combined, are pro-
ducing crest improvements, but
vastly greater good has come from
the use of script at the very outset.
Now, with good blackboard the
teacher can, in very brief time,
teach class of small. children not
only to know and call at sight a
large number OF words and to read
intelligently the same words com.
bined into the largest possible mum
Der of sentences, but during the
same time the children have learned
TO write the sentences with proper
beginning and ending, which in
cludes the ability to spell. II the
word method has been adopted, the
reading Of no sentence is attempted
until every word can be called at
sight. Words at first are learned rs
wholes, and no time is spent in learn
ing the alphabet. 1t is assumed
that the letters are known, and they
will be known as fast asused. The
best teachers discard imitation in
primary reading-the child reading
the sentences without having first
heard them read; he reads naturally
as he talks, and he is delighted with
what was formerly blind drudgery.
From association and the similar
ity between script aud Roman letters,
the transition from script to Roman
is easy. Better finish several First
Readers before taking the Second.
Children need more practice in new
combinations of the words known,
rather than continue repctitions OF
the same SENTENCES till they are
memorized and can be read with
books closed. Newspapers are also
used for supplementary reading.
Even small children can learn to
express their thoughts in writing,
and this practice continued becomes
series vi lessons in language,
which is far better than LANGUAGE
LESSONS, by which real technical
grammar is taught to young child
rem using the terms "objecL words, 7"
action words" etc, instead of the
standard terms, which must be learn
ed later. Technical grammar is i'm
portant, and should be taught to
those Lupils of more mature years
who remain in school. Tracing the
forms of letters and words upon
backboards and states and in writ
ing. books in another excellency of
the modern school. Report of Com
mittee OF n, Y, State Teachers, AS
aociatiou ft
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
EDUCATION AL,
Hints to Teachers.

l.. Remember that the School
Boards officially represent the PEG
pie.
:. Assume that IN fact they con
form to the will of the people.
3. Do not assume prerogatives
that do not belong to you.
4. Recognize that School Boards
have rights which you are bound to
respect
5. Do not try to enforce opinions
in which you are not seconded by
The Board.
6. Have distinct understanding
with your Board as to what measures
they will endorse.
z. As long as you remain in their
employ, perform the duties they re-
quire OF you.
s. Receive their directions as from
those who have the right to com
mand.
9. Show yourself able and willing
To do what they want done, and they
viii rarely fail to do what you want
done.
10. If you really know how to di
rect the affairs of the school better
than they do, they will recognize the
fact, if you give them time.
ii. Do not try To be radical re
former unless you are very young
II. Do not forget that you are
hired to serve the people, not to re
tform them.
-. If you must turn things up
side down, resign and take to lectur
Jag.
IA. Elevate public sentiment by
long continued, quiet, effective work
but Go not attempt it by loud talk
or hashy measures.
10. Do not take position fol
which you are not competent.
16. Ii the directors Will not sustain
you in those measures which are alb
solutely essential to your success
shake the dust of their vicinity
from your feet as soon as possible
| Platte &C., Normal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

(d) His tact and love 81 the work.
2. The value Of system used III.
(a) Carefully seating pupils.
(b) Having well arranged pro
gramme faithfully executed.
(c) Prompt and business like
movements.
(d) Neatness, wise privileges, lit
tie friction, gymnastic exercises. etc.
(e) KEEP pupils busy.
V.--RULEs.
!. The fewest possible.
2. Those necessary and just
3. Honestly enforced.
NI.-PuEIsHMESTs.
|. Disapproyal Of teacher and par
ents.
2. Temporary loss Of privileges.
g. Corporal punishment (last re
sort.
A. Illustration Of wrong punish
ments. Plat Co. Normal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
Mortgage Loans.
SHATTUCK g. HOFFMAN,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
LOAN Agents

t6UNIoN ST., NEW ORLEANS.
Wksrrange loans of not less than one thous
and dollars each on well improved farms at
eight per cent. and moderate commission.
For further particulars apply TO Davis 4 Son.
Rusi,eiIyille Ark. dee. 20
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

literacy cannot be conquered by an
impoverished people, who must diF
vide their scanty educational bread
between their own starving children
and the children Of the wards Of the
nation, to whom the nation has CIV
en- the ballot, with no provision for
giving them the intelligence neces-
sary to It's use. The South has
claims on the National Treasury.
North Carolina pays $2,400,000 in
ternal revenue yearly-neariy as
much as Massachusetts, ST. 900, 000
more than all New England, exclud-
ing Massachusetts,, and ten times as
much as Kansas. Northern States
have received eighty eight millions
in public lands, the south only eight
millions. National aid can dispel
the darkness, but it should be limit
ed: First, to communities which
help themselves, second, in time, to
prevent emssculation; third, 1t
should all go to supplying teachers.
and none should be put into bricks
and mortar; fourth, none should go
to pay salaries of officials: fifth, pro-
vision should be made for training
teachers. The war advanced this
country at least a century But VI
literacy is the point of extreme dan
ger, and aid should be sent TO the
threatened point, as the army, the
navy, aid for flood or pestilencc so
TO the threatened point National
aid wlli cast halo of glory over the
closing years Of the grandest century
Of all the ages. and make the even
ing of the century lone of those am
brosial ewes day Of tempest somo-
times leaves.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
Education of the South.

Maj. Robert Bingham. OF Bling
hams School, North Carolina, to a
very large audience, in short, said
am Southern man, who surren
dered with Lee at Appomattox; but
the past is irrevocable, and we do
not wish to recall it; the past is ir-
reparable, and we do not wish to re-
pair it. The New South has given
up Southern nationality as impos-
sible from the first. The New South
has given up slavery, and has doub-
led the cotton crop with free labor.
But the war which enriched the
North left the South in n terrible
state Of restitution. New York
State, including New York city, has
more taxable wealth than all the
Southern States. In this dcstitution
the white people, who pay all the
taxes, are taxing their dollar twice
as heavily as Massachu
sets taxes her dollar, and can keep
the schools open only three months,
and can pay teachers only $50 per
month. The blacks must have sep,
arate schools, which increases the
cost. They pay almost nothing, and
get their full per capita share of the
money raised for taxing the whites,
and this is done by the whites OF
their own accord. The utmost limit
TO taxation has been reached, and H.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

Capital cares more for the ma
chine than for the man who works
the machine. Wealth cares more
for money than for the human in
struments by the sweat and suffer
ing of whom it finds value. The
State cares more for the school than
the human agent called the teacher,
by whom the school is conducted.
Capital, Wealth and the State are
alike--not only cruel, but blind, for
all are primarily more interested
in the human, feeling instrument
than in the machine. Who can point
ont case where legislature, in
passing a law for the government of
It's public schools, has considered
the. interests Of the teachersp Yet,
as is the teacher, so is the school, IS
on the lips of men talking TO teach Z
ers-- as is the trustee, so is TIE
school, when talking to trustees ;and
when talking to both, see what hap
py combination-.As is the trustee so
is the teacher; and as the teacher so
is the school, and as is the school 50
is the trustee. What n wonderful
circle! 1t were amusing, il 1t were
not SO serious matter, to hear a
Legislature talking about what laws
to pass for the government of a thing
which has no actual existence. The
bell taps, and into the vast building
for mandatory rushes the multi
tudc Of laborers. Again abe bell
taps, and out rushes the weary,
dreary, food of living beings. The
State taps its bell, and into the
school houses rush the teachers.
The little bell is rung, and out they
rush, weary, dreary,--alone. But
who cares? What does it concern tue
State? Poor pedagogue, with your
swallow TAIL" leave your switch
your only emblem of authofity-g
90 out alone, until the tiny little
bell at headquarters, without a
thought of you, rings you back
again to your switch and your royal
kingdom, where all is royalty except
the king. When will the people
learn that it is hopeless expecta
tlon TO look for their children to be-
come men and women according TO
their capacity so long as such are
the teachers and such their treat
menty When will statesmen he
found who can comprehend the sin
gle truth that they must first and
foremost provide for the teacher, if
they are TO have q SCHOOL, Better a
town teacher, wandering along the
road with his pupils behind him,
communing with beniilcent nature.
than 4 splendid school-house "rlch'
ly caparisoned'' and a miserable out
cast of a man for teacher.--kcn-
tncky Educator,
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
TRADE MARK. MuRRAy's specie.

The Great English Remedy,
Is n positive and certain cure
for Weak Memory, Loss of
Brsip Power, Nervous Exhaus-
tioa- Seminal Weakness, Inpo-
tency, and general loss of pow
er Of the Generatiye Organs:
aud all diseases that follow us
sequence OF youthful impru-
dcnce or the excess of matnred
years. such as Universal Lassi-
tude, Pain in the Back, Dim
Preinsf1Eir re sOitt TRADE N ssyx.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

4 ge, and many other diseases
]. ]. ! q 8
that lead to Insanity or Con- kSAS
sumption. In all cases of Fee On
male Weakness the Spaciis AE> AM
ycts like n charm. restoring ESNW
lost or fading vigor. giving W
the eye a brilliant and spark YS$ u
ling beauty, TO the cheek the .IyA
rosy bloom of health. AAN ~
Bksg~ MURRAY'S SPECIFIC rs nm
sold by all druggists at 81 per
package. or six pack ages for after Taking.
So Also by mail, postage free, on receipt of
price
Ek@ Fmll particulars in pamphlet. which
will be mailed free to every applicant. All
drese all communications 70 the sole nanusse-
turers. MURRAY MEDICINE Co. kapsasCIty Mo
Esry- sold IN Russellville by ISo. w. .ecR-
sER u Co., and by Druggists everywhere
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
School Government and Decip-
line.
Ia THEORY or DISCIPLINE TAKES
ACCOUNT.

line.
IA THEORY or DISCIPLINE TAKES
ACCOUNT.
/. OF the causes of disorder.
2. OF the ages and OF the condi
tions Of children.
3. or the purposes If discipline.
1.-THE AIN OF DISCIPLINE Is
/. To secure proper order.
.. TO form good habits.
3. To educate the will.
III. THE MOTIVES FOR OBEDIENCE ARE
|. A natural love TO be doing
something.
2. Love for teacher and parent.
3. Love of praise, recognition, mp
probation.
4. The force of authority.
IV.--AIps IN DISCIPLINE SCHOOL.
/. The character of the teacher.
(a) Personal excellence and self.
control.
(b) Mastery Of his business.
(c) His consistent and wise pro-
gressiyeness.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

WANTED--A gents for the Lives Of
CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS
containing fun and complete history Of the
Democratic party, portraying its brilliant his
tory through the entire period of its existence,
fully Illustrated. This book opens up a splen-
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are giving EXrkA terms TO active workers.
Send Soc. at once for outfit. and secure yonr
nrst choice Of territory. For circular, with
Extra tel1ns TO agents. address TEXAS ROCK
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A DyERTISkRs. send for our Select List of
IA Local Newspapers. Geo. p. Roxell & Co..
10 Spruce ST., n. Y.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
$500 REWARD
PROCLAMATION by The Governor.

reclamation by The Governor.
whereas, IL has been made known to me
ths! OF Oi sbont the 25th dag OF December 1883
IN i3ie co ny ~ Pope, State Of Arkansas, John
Y. u1ilo act aud Killed one samuel III. james,
and is noN atlarge
No1, Therefore, Be it known that 1, James
II. Berry, Govern or OF Arkansas, by virtue Of
authority rested VI me by the Constitution and
Lalrs OF sid state, do offer a reward OF Three
Hundred Dollars, for the arrest and delivery
to tAa Sheriff Of Pope County, Arkansas, Of the
said Jehn II. litile, 10 the end that lie shall
staI.d triai upon Fs,id accusation, and . dealt
with Us law and justice may require
DESCRIPTION.
John II. Halo is about feet II incl es tall.
u years OF age, weighs aeout 1G5 pounds
rather heavy set, dark complexion, bla * hair.
slightly sprinkled with, gray, eyes small, dark
and inclined to squint has a birth mark of a
strawberry crush below his right eys, and a
knife scar two about his neck, he is ,ddcted
to drinking intoxicating liquors.
In Witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and cause the great seal of the
lSEALl state to be affixed at Little Rock, this
10th day of April a. ID. 1884.
JAMES Ii. BERRY.
BY the Governor. Governor,
JACOB FRoLIcH, Secretary of State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

The repution OF
Hostctter's Stom-
aeh Bitters Bit
tiers as n prevent
atiYe of epiden-
les, a stomachic,
an inyigorant. a
general re ; tora-
1--we. and a specif-
ic for fever and
ague. indigestion,
bilious affections,
rheumatism /, nerv
GUS debility. con-
stitutional weak
ness, is establish
ell upon the sound
basis of more than
twenty years ex-
perience, and can
no more be sha-
ken by the clap
trap nostrums Of
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

THE COMPLETE HOME. ssn,' b "aaass
4 book New csiitor.--New hindings.NeN illustrations
from nea designs Snperbly gpennp Sane how price
ADAPTED all classes. Sells az sight. Agents doing big
work EXCELLENT TERMS. The handsomest prospectus
ever issncd, Apply
WM f,ARRETs1N & Co.. NJ L. Cor aih & Chestnut S;s..
s., LOUIS. Mo Also other gysnd new books and Bibles
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11

Good Pay for Agents. 800 10 5000 per
mo. made sell sra,. Oasr Grand New History.
EsnmOrss and lb<.eisfve Ratfies OF tIseNoriM
Write 20 J. q. McCurdy a Co., ~. Louis, MO.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-09-11
The Object of Teachers Insri-
tuteg.

The Object of Teachers InsIi-
tutes.
i 70 draw TO the service Of the
common schools OF the State its best
educational men:
2. Thereby to train up good COM
mon school teachers by
fa) Giving item knowledge Of
the principles underlying their pro-
lession.
(b) Giving them the best meth
dds of applying these principles.
(c) Promoting acquaintance and
professional spirit among teachers.
(d) Showing, by practical exam
pies, how vastly good teachers differ
from poor ones.
(e) Concerning all those elements
that go to make state great. Kan
sas Manual
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-20

There are certain tcetotal insects ir
Assam who get themselves greatly dis
liked. Tue s-tea mite has q reprehensi.
BILE habit of making his nest ON the tn
leaves, of boring holes in the skin OF the
Leaf, and then pumping out the liquor
The tea mite as would perhaps be e.
pected, is q social insect. His tals parties
are family parties: and thcro are some
times a good many families at tea GA an
Assam plantation The resulf is wholly
discouraging to the Assam planter, who
has been kDown-strangc irony % hate
to take to drink owing ia the exces-
sive fondness of the tea mite for sne
leaf which inebriates net The tea bug
is beast Of the same character. but he
is described as even more destructive.
He is, however, a tea-drinkcr of discfimi-
mating taste. He likes his tea weak, and
will not touch the trees. which afford a
strong and rasping liquor But ~ there
are many valuable trees which Weld a
mild juice. suited to sue taste OF ner-
vous persons and tea bugs. the iudici0us
insect is not regarded with respect in
the tea plantations of Assam. 81. J.ssAs.
Gzzetfe.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-20
HUMOROUS SKETCHES



/ shall never forget the first time rode
trick mule / clinched my feet under
him and clasped my arms around his
neck. Ye powers, how that mule bumped
itself. stuck to it like bnrr-like q
brother, my enemies said. The vicious
bucking of the brute nearly knocked the
life out of me, but / gritted my teeth
and hung on. The cheers of the audi
ence encouraged me- At last it dawned
on the clown and the mule that they had
met their match.
well done, my man, said the clown.
you've beat him. Now you can get of.
/ relaxed my hold second and next
instant was pitched into the next coun-
ty. have always wondered since why
] didn't break my neck. had every
opportunity.
ssYou needn't have been in such a
hurry" said the clown as he helped me
up.
The railroad three-ringed circuses of
the present day are gorgeous, but it
seems to me we had more fun to the
square inch in the olden time. Detroit
Free Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-20
WeIlington's Charger.

/ was walking in the Strathfieldsaye
park with him (the Duke of Yelling
toms late SOM one afternoon, when we
paused at rallied off clump of trees.
. Here, y said he, 8 lies Copenhagen. BY
the way he said, lido YOU know the
famous Up, guards. and at them!' is not
my fathers at all, but Lord SaltOuns,
and the right words are: Up, guards.
and fire low" My father sat COpen-
hagen fourteen hours at a stretch at
Waterloo. He was horse not much to
look at, but of great endurance and
spirit The duke got him in Spain, and
rode him through his Spanish campaigns !;
be was very fond Of him. For years be-
fore he died he was kept here as a pet,
and the ladies were all proud to ride him
up and down the terrace. in order to
boast OF having sat on his back. He was
buried here very early In the morning.
Al. the servants turned out. and to their
surprise The duke, who was then very
old and failing, got up and appeared at
the funeral When the horse was brought
out he Immediately noticed that one boot
was off. He was very angry, but could
not discover the robber. Some months
afterward he thought he should like q
hoOf and had Copenhagen dug up, but
his three remaining hoofs had rotted
away. A farm-laborer hearing Of this
asked to see my father, and told him
that he knew the man who had done the
deed, for he had himself bought the
ho0f for three shiIIings and six pence. In
this way the duke recovered Copen-
hagen's hoof, which he had set, / think
the duke said, as an inhstand = C0ntem-
por0ry Resieac.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-20
FACTS FOR THBa URIOUs.

Only few years ssSee fifteen days
and $116 were requiredNo go from Bos-
ton to Baltimore. 1t NOS takes fourteen
hours and ten dollars.
According to LosNon physician
there are six deaths afNOng 1000 mar
ried men, ten among thessame number of
bachelors, and twentyESxwo in the same
number of widowers. Is
The largest room in SS$le world under
one roof and unbrokeESby pillars is at
St. Petersburg. 1t is Na0 feet long by
$50 In breadth. TwenA thousand wax
tapers are required to liSAt it.
1t is said that blind p sons very rarely
smoke. Soldiers who lHse their sight by
wounds sometimes c0nt9aae to smoke for
4 while, but as a rule Son give up the
habit. They say that if&gives them no
pleasure unless they caiEsee the smoke,
and some declare that A1ey cannot taste
it at all. ~
A swarm of bees hasee colonized in
the mummy OF an OK thEs has lain on an
alkali field near Day3on, Nevada. for
two years or so, and the interior of the
Carcass is full of honcyf the skin is In
lact over the whole skeleton, and is as
rigid as iron. The beeEspass in and out
at the mouth of the aDins4l.
A gigantic mountai&of pure honey,
estimated to be $50 feet deep and 200
feet wide, is situated g the bosom of
the noted peak in San Bernardino
county, Cal, called esld Badly. The
bees at work in this wis mountain hive
are innumerable, and i$is supposed the
yield would exceed 50a barrels of gen
uine honey
A precious carpet haAheen destroyed
in San Francisco. 1t EAd covered til
floor Of one of the roomSin the mint, and
had been used for five Sears. The dust
of the precious metals tSsed in the coin
age had, during that pes5od, daily fallen
upon it, and when it Has taken up the
authorities had it cut i1sgmall pieces and
burned in pans The ashes were sub
jected to the process ensplcyed with min
ing dust. and they realized 80, 800. Thus,
the carpet, after yearsott wear, was more
precious than when it Was new
In 1923, there lived III pesth, the cap
ital Of Hungary, Karol Kewates. shoe
maker, whose ingenuitN IN cutting and
carving on wood brougbtshim in contact
with Count Andrassy, Wsth whom he be-
came a favorite. The coaAt on his return
from mission to Turkey, brought with
him piece of whitishSclay, which had
been presented to him on account of its
extraordinary light spcsifIc gravity. 1t
struck the shoemaker that being porous,
1t must be we'll adaptea for pipes, as it
would absorb the nicotaEa The expe-
rimcnt was tried, and Katol cut pipe
for the count and one for aimself. These
were the first meerschauEn pipes.