Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-12
NEW FEATURES IN SCHOOL READERS
Interesting Newspaper Sketches Retold
for Children and Illustrated.

for Children and Illustrated.
NEw YORK, April 1.-THE compiecs
Of the school readers nowadays" said a pub
Usher, have to leave the field they have
hitherto CLEANED and turn to the columns
OF the newspapers. Pictures OF curious tea
lures OF actual life are realized as much
bv the Youthful as by the adult mind. The
we'lworu extracts from great authors are
getting b, stale in the trade and teachers
are demanding something that will quicken
the interest Of the pupils,
We find many suggestions in the daily
newspapers. Do sou remember the burn
inr Of the World building, and how the
coo,bIack climbed telegraph pole aud Gu;
q wire. which saved the lives OF some who
were caught in the burning hUiiiing? Here
IS o paraphrase Of the newspaper story tod
for primary class, and richly illustrated
This 'B-a~e Little Kate il the OUtsroHth
Of q newspaper clipping. Here is costly
engraving OF little girl crawling on hands
and knees along railroad track upon a
high trsstle work. The rain is pouring AM
the sky is stresEed with lightning. As the
picture indicates, the story is that OF a girl
uho year or two ago saved train out
West. Now. Won would tell this story IN one
v2y in the Hewspc pers. but it must be told
IN another way in a Second Reader. This
is the way il runs:
Near d large town in the new part Of our
country there is a place where o railroad
track crosses 8 brook on high bridge. Not
far from this bridge lives the h,tle girl | en-
sciry TO tell YOU about. Her name is Nate
One stormy night not long ago, as little
EGsa stood lookiugogt of the window, watch-
ing to- her father to come home, she saw
thar train was coming a,Ong the track
Size could no. see tie cars-the Eight was
zoo dark for that but she could see the
rrirh. EgL. on the front OF the engine
While the little girl vas booking. and just as
tie train had so5 10 the brook near by, all
al once engine light seemed to fall aud 90
out.
"Kate looked again, bat no light was TO
be seen. Then he little girl was afraid that
something was wrong She got lantern
and ran down toward the railroad track.
When she got there she found thatthe bridge
was gone-thGt the rain had washed It away.
/ Then Kate knew tha. far below in the foam.
ing water la the engine aud the trail she
had seen from the Window. Now, hA's had
often e,ched the trains 90 by, s. she kne :
lust when to look for them. 4, she stood
there by the broken bridge, Il ca ne iGto her
Il lad that another train would Don c0me
rushing along.
The brave girl made up her m;ud to save
this other train il she could. She started
10 run back to the neares. station, mile
away. To reach this station she had TO cross
long high bridge over q broad river. 1t
i rot easy 10 cross this bridge even in the
Gav tine, and this was night, dark, stormy
night. Worse than all just as Kate got to
;he bridge the wind blew out the light in
ler lantern.
Bu: little Kate did not give up. The
brave girl crept along the beams on her
hands and knees till she reached tho other
side Of the river Then she Jumped to her
feet ard ran on again till she came 10 the
station. Her clothes were torn aud wet, and
She could hardly speak. All she could say
was. stop the train Stop the train Taen
she FELL iaiuting 70 the ground. Kate was
inst in time. In q minute more the cars
came along, ard the men Of the station ran
out and stopped them.
Was no. Kate q brave girl
There ia action in sch story that sas
taius the interest far better than pieces about
dogs or cats or ponies. Then, too, good pic
lures have become necessary. The best re
sources of the wood engrayers art IS taxed
now for school books l. costs $1,000 10
Illustrate q recent series Of readers. Some
of the engrayiugs rival those IN the maya
zeps. They are made with infinite pains
10 contain ali that the text suggests and to
/ fll the Imagination Of the child.
at is customary TO think O. schoolreader
making as the work Of young women OF
| COLLEGE students, but in point Of fact ii
makes frst.class series Of readers. There
is one successful author of school books
who, 10 make up his series of readers, col
lected and carefully studied eye'y school
reader that he cou 4 ind IN this country
| and England"