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Frishtful Case of a COlOred Man.

contracted II fearful case of blood poison In ss3
l was treated by some of the best physicians In At.
lanta. They used the old remedies Of mercury and
potash, which brought on rheumatism aud impaired
my digestive organs. Every Joint in me was swollen
and full of pain. When | was given up Ia die my
physicians thought 1t would be 4 good time To test
the virtues of SwiftS Specific. When commenced
taking y. $. 5. the physician said | could not live
two weeks under the ordinary treatment. lie com.
menced 70 give me the medicine strictly according
TO directions, which continued fOr several months
took nothing else, and commenced to improve
from the very first, Soon the rheumatism LETT me-
my appetite became all right, and the ulcers, which
the doctor said were the most Iightful he had ever
seem began to heal, and by the LIST Of October,
1851, was well man again, AN stronger now
than ever WIS before aud weigh more. ;. - 5,
LEN MrCLENDoN,
Lem MCClendon has been In the employ of the
Chcss'Carlcy Company for some years, and know
the above statement to be true, Al the time he be-
gan taking Swifts Specific hew in u horrible con.
dition, regard his cure almost miraculous.
W, u. CROSBY, Manager
Chess-turcy CO., Atlanta Division
ATLANTA CA April IL, 1855,
For sale by all druggists,
Treatise ON Blood and skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer q, Atlanta, Ga,
New York. 1877 W, 23d street,
COLUMBIA BICYCLES AND TRICYCLEs
" require less repairing than others, There are
more Columbia Bicycles In use in America than all
other hrst wheels combined,
"Americun Challenge Bicycle (52-incM, ga,
American safety Bicycle l46.inCl), $50.
Ideal Bicycle from SO up.
The hest In the market for the money,
WM, g. SCRIBNER,
sole Agent for District Of columbia,
HOS T. street northwest,
~ B.-purchaseTs taught free.
Bicycles and IriCyCles for rent, jyi
MOUNT VERNON!
wi MOUNT VERNON
MOUNT VERNON
Steamer W. W CORCORAN
Leaves 9TH 81. Wharf daily except sunday for
MOUNT VERNON,
Al 10 O'lOCk u, M; returning reaches Washington
about $3.50 y, m.
NERVOUS DEBILITY; QUICK, PERMANENT
~ cure Book free. ClNlALE AGENCY, l6O
Fulton st., New York,
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II VTNI1EEI7I '7TVEVTITIITT
The latest fish story comes from La
tourelle Falls, and is attributed to Eugene
Protlman, The fish in the lake near the
falls leap several inches clear of the water
to take the flies which "Protz" offered
them, The other day he got his line en-
tangled in the bOughs Of Il tree which leans
over the lake, and, despairing Of ever get
ting IL clear sat down on the shore in order
to do the subject justice at his ease. lie
was much astOnished to see fine trout leap
upon the sloping tree trunk, wigglc along
up 1t and then climb out on limb, and
then make II jump and fasten himself on the
hook dangling in midair, where he kicked
his life away in most joyous manner
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TnE Pail Mall Gazettes scandals are still
ON their travels, being translated into the
prints Of all nations Such a tidal wave Of
filth has never before swept over the surface
of the globe.
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Questions Answered!!!!

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what Is the best thing In
the world for allaying all irritation Of the
nerves, and curing all forms Of nervous
complaints, giving natural, childllke, re-
freshing sleep always
And they will tell you unhesitatngly
"Some form Of Hops %"
CHAPTER /.
ASK any or all Of the most eminent ply
sicianS
"Whut is the only remedy that can be- re-
lied on 10 cure all diseases Of the kidncys
and urinary organs; Bright's disease. dia.
hctes, retention, or inability 10 retain urine.
aud all the diseases aud ailmcnt, peculiar
to Women
"And they will tell you explicitly and
cmpbatically "Buchu ,N
Ask the same physicians
"Nhat Is the most reliable and surrst cure
for all liver diseases or dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, indigestion, biliousness, malaria, fever,
ague, &c.," and they will tell you
Mandrake or DandeliOn III!
Hence, when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable,
Mud compounded into Hop Bittcrs such
wonderful and mysterious curative power j.
developed, which Is 50 varied Ia It's operations
that no disease or i'll health can possibly exist
or resist it, power, and yet II IL
Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest
invalid or smallest child 10 uso.
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1867 Prizes, amounting to.,..,..
CERTIFICATE.

1867 Prizes, amounting to............,.. s2O5, 800
CERTIFICATE.
We do hereby certify that We supervise the ar.
rpnpementS for all the monthly AMI selni.unnuul
drawings Of the Louisiana state Lottery Company,
and in person manage and control the Drawing our.
selves aud that the same are conducted with honesty
fairness, aud in good faith toward all parties. We
authorize the company to use this certificate, with
fac-simile Of our signatures attached TO It's udyer.
tlseneuts, q. T. BEAUREGARD.
j, \, EARLY,
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only Ia the Office uf the Company in New orleans,
For further Information, write clearly, giving full
address,
IMPORTANT.
80 Remit by Postal Note, Express Money Order
New York Exchange, or Drnft Oh New Orleans. Let.
tiers with Currency invariably by Express We pay
express charges on all sums Of - or upward, adj
dressed VI. \, pAlplilS, New Orleans, La.
Address Registered Letters and make POstOifiCe
Money Orders Payable To NEW ORLEANS MA.
TlONAL BANK. or LOUISIANA NATIONAL.
BANK, STATE NATIONAL BANK, GERMANY
NATIONAL BANK, New orleans. La.
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ALI the good people who hate bloodshed
will be- glad to have Victoria succeed IN get
ting the British army and navy under
command Of her sons.
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UNrIt the returns from 81. Elizabeth
Asylum are In, It will he idle to speculate
on the number Of tariff bills that will turn
up In Congress this winter
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

IT takes Mills six months to build a tariff
bill, but Morrison can throw one of he
tween the wulnuts and the wine.
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STE.fuBOIT LINES.
FonTnEss MoNRoE AND NORFOLK

FORTRESS MONROE AND NORFOLK.
FARE, 81 ROUND TRIP, sl.5U.
steamer JANE MOsELEY, Monday, wednes.
day, aud saturday, at $50 p. m. CONNECTS closely
Va. W" 'o'" VIII" the steamer "'''' Tor h''N'"oa'
Passage aud rooms secured at General onice.
bth street wharf. Telephone call ~. stops ut
Fare. 30 cents.
Pier II, East River, Sew York, every saturday,
y. M Washington, Wednesday.
steamer THOMPSON fpr an Potomac River
Landings, sunday, Tuesday, aud Friday ut H. m
- ALFRED WOOD, secretary.
GEO. II. PHILLIPS, Superintendent
nAIlE LINE TO NORFOLK AND FORTRESS
- MONROE, steamers GEORGE LEARY and
EXCELSIOR.
one Of the above Thoroughly reliable. nrst.cla''
rrpt sunday, AT b.3O T., IN. Returning, leave Bos.
ton wharf Norfolk, daily, except saturday, nt / u.
~, oonugyliig At OLD POINT with steamer ARIEL
for RICHMOND
At Norfolk with BOSTON and PROVIDENCE
steamers aud ths other railroad aud steamboat
lines. Frcights received and bills OF luding given
for points named above.
commencing June 10, stop at plney Point daily
secure room. aud ticket, ut Baltimore and Ohio
office, 1881 and 90 Pa ave, It. Marc Hotel, aud
Knox express, GOB ia. ave. who will also check
baggage FROM hotels and private residences.
For further Information inquire At Company's
WILLIAM II. WEIGH Gen. Agent.
CLYDE's NEW EMPRESS STEAM PACKET
y LINE FOR
PHILADELPHIA. WARRINGTON, AND
ALEXANDRIA,
At APPOINTED SAILING DAYS.
From PHILADELPHIA every Saturday, IL III.
From WASHINGTON every Monday . -. IN.
Through and prompt connection with New York,
ilosion Fall River, and all points NOrth. Through
bills Of ladug given. Freight received aud deliv.
/ cred daily until I,,. N.
W. T.. CLYDE 4 CO.,
s,iCucuh Agents, Philadelphia.
/ j. II. JOllSStrS a CO., Agents
| 18th aud 18Th II. Wharves, ;. W, 1902 + st. n.
! W, Washington, ID. L.
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CHAPTER /
nAImo.t dend OF nenriy dyIng,t

For years, and given up by physicians, o
Brights and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs, called COnsump-
tiun, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy !!!!!
From agony Of neuralgia, nervousness,
Wakciulnrss aud various diseases peculiar
to women.
People drawn out OF shape from cxcruCiat.
ing pangs nj rheumatism, ininmmatOry Hnd
Chronic, or suffering from scrOiuln.
ErysipclHs'
"sHltrhcum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia, In.
gcstiun, and In llct, almost all diseases fruil''
Nature is nUir to
Have been cured 10y Hop Bittcrs, proof OF
which eau be found In every uvighbOrhOed in
the known world.
Hb-NOnc genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. Shuu all the vile
poisonous stun with Hop or Hops in their
name.
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LEG.iL.

LEGsIL.
TOIIN AMBLER SMITH
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR At Law,
(Member supreme Court Bar,
l42i New York Avenue, Washington, u. &.
Law, Equity, Divorce, and Patent Gases Taken.
. Patents Obtained on Reasonable rcTms.
Foreign patents obtained directly aud eXpe.
ditiOusly. Design Patents obtained. Trade Marks
registered, aud any business before the Patent ONCE
OF the United states attended to with and dis.
patch. lntcrfcrences conducted IN the Patent Office
upon reasonable terms. Lands, Mining, IRE.
emptiOn, and Homestead Cases before the Depart
ments aud Courts. Land scrip for sale. Claims
collected In every Department Oft the Government
DATENT ATTORNEY-CHARLEs J. GOoCH,
4 ~. Cloud Building, 9th aud 4 sts., n. W.
Twenty years experience. Prompt and careful
personal attention given TO every case.
~ t. CREEPY
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HOTELS. dc.

HARRIS HOUSE, EUROPEAN PLAN, PA.
- ay.l bet, 18Th and ltth stsd summer prices for
rooms, May l to Nov l $40 TO sl5 per month;
transient rates 75c, to ell within one block Of VIII
lards Riggs, and Ebbltt Hotels Treasury, Depart
ment Of Justice JOHN II. HARRIS.
lel2 Proprietor.
THE EBBlTT,
WAsuiNGTON, u. &.
ARMY AND NAVY HEADQUARTERS.
Foun IRoN FitE E-pArEs.
aB-TERNIs 90 AND a PER DAY,
HOWARD HOUSE,
Corner sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
TERMS $500 PER nay.
JOHN u. SCOTT Proprietor,
CT JAMES HOTEL
(ONTH EUROPEAN PLAN
Corner Sivi', S',""' ord "n'r,. ,lvnun Avenue
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NOW READY.

schouhe's History Of the United States under the
Constitution Vol. q.
History Of the People Of the United States. % vol.
by McMaster.
Constitutional History OF the United States. By
Won Hoist.
History Of Russia. by Rambaud.
Gen. Gordon's Journals ut Khnrtoum.
Life and Letters Of Gen, Upton.
Life Of Frank auckland.
The Congo by II. NJ. Stanley.
A Naturalists Wanderings In the Eastern Archi.
pelngo
Matilda, Princess Of England.
u, Tender Dolores. By the duchess.
The Demon nf Darwin.
The Buddhist CntcChsm.
Lectures on the Nervous system.
Ten Laws Of Health and Protection Against Epi.
demiC Diseases.
Agent for J. u. Alden's Publications.
WYNN IL hHHDDTSn
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NEW PUBLICdrIONS. dc.
Tnr BATTLE Or Tnr Books.

SPECIAL RATES FOR SEPTEMBER on ALL
BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN STOCK TWO
YEARS A DISCOUNT OF 80 PER CENT. WILL
BE MADE FROM PUBLISHED RETAIL PRICES.
on ALL NEW BOOKS, 20 PER CENT Dis
COUNT q. a. wlfirAHER,
sc5-lm 100 rcunsyyania Avenue
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TRIVELER'S GUIDE.
IuIE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY.
i THE SHORT LINE no THE SOUTH AND


schedule In effect August 80, 1sSJ.
100 A. M.-LynchburR Mail, daily, except sun.
day, 10 local stations connecting a. Lyu,hbutg
With Richmond and Allegheny Railroad.
1llb A. M.-New Orleans Fast Mail, daily, max.
ing close connection south uud southwest, connect
lug at Lyurllmrp with N.G ". Il. r. Daily,
except sunday. with e. & O nv. Pullman sloci,.
lug nunct Car from New YORK and Washington 10
Atlanta Pullman sleeping Car, from Washington
TO New orleans without change N cars. Pullman
fnrlor Cars from Washington in White sulphur
springs.
5A5 T., M.-louivilc Fast Line, daily, via
Charlottesville 10 cincinnati, Louisville, and all
western points. Pullman sleeping Cars from wash
ingtOn 10 Louisville.
luIU j.. sI.-southcrn Mali aud Express, daily,
TO all points south aud southwest via Dauvillu and
Charlotte Pullman sleeping cars from Washing
ton to Atlanta aud Montgomery. pnrlor Cars
Montgomery tu New orleans, Pullman slpupprs
from Washington, via Charlotte and Columbia, 10
Augusta,
Manassas Division train leaves Washington ut
400 j.. VI, daily, except SUNDAY. NWrcutuu trains
leave Washington ut 200 \. VI, daily, except sun
day, 1l'l5 \, VI. and bij T.. VI. daily
Trains arrive In Washington 800 a. NJ, South
ern Express, daily; $40 A.. VI, Strnshurg Local
daily except sunday 30 T. VI. Lyuuhburg Mail.
daily except sunday pl5 T., NJ, Sew orleans
Fast Mail, daily, OiO 4. VI. Louisville Special,
daily.
For tickets and Information Inquire nj uompinys
Office. OOl Pennsylvania avenue. Trains leave
from H. 4 T.. station.
NJ. SLAUGHTER ~ MACDANiEL.
Gen. Pass Agent. Agent,
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How II Tasted.

There is pre- sing demand forthe best Lacquer
ware of Japan,
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by nn overwhelming popular vote Its franchise
was made part uf the present state Constitutions
adopted December ., \, u. 1879.
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Steamer W. W, CORCORAN
Leaves eth 81, Wharf daily except sunday for
MOUNT VERNON,
At 10 O'loCk q, M; returning, reaches Washington
about $3.50 y. IN.
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It, Grand Single Number Drawing will take place
monthly. II never Scales or POStpOues Look at
the following distribution:
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING, CLASS X,
Al New orleans, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IL
1850, under the supervision and management Of
Gen. G.. T. BenurrgHrd, Of Louisiana, aud Gen. Jubal
A, Early, OF Virginia,
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WAsmINGToN, ONO AND WESTERN RAIL
w Roam

ON and after August 30 1879, trains will leay,
from and arrive at sixth and streets depot ~
follows
Leave Wellington u. IN. uud I.35 D. M. daily
Arrive ut Belmont Park 1901 u. IN. aud B.2B u
NJ, Lccshutg l.Ul q. M. and B.NB y. m, Arrive nj
Round llilln l i.in ~. aud 7.iSp m. Returning
leave Round llill dO3 q. NJ and 1870 H. M. Pas,
Lccsburg Ui2 u. M. aud 1.lS o. ~, Belmont ruTb
BOi q, m, and $50 T.. ut,, aud arrive ~ Washing
ton $50 u. III, and 10 d.. M.
On sundays the train leaving Washington W y IL
III. only runs To lor,hurg. und the train arriving ul
S:lO y. M, starts from lcp,huru
Special excursion rates mud sunday trains 10 Bel
mont Park. Monthly aud communication rates Z,
all points. = VI. BKDpllN,
superintendent, Alexandria Va,
H. j. LOCKWOOD, Passenger Agent, 5U5 rcnnsyl
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MOUNT VERNON!
wi MOUNT VERNON!
MOUNT VERNON
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\ SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A
FORTUNE.
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nMLI LINE TO NORFOLK AND FORTRESS
- MONROE. steamers GEORGE LEARY aud

At Norfolk with BOSTON and PROVIDENCE
steamers aud the other railroad and steamboat
lines. frcghis received and bills Of lading given
FOR points named above.
Commencing June 10. stop at Plney Point daily
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n. B.-purchasers taught free.
Bicycles and lrCyCles for rent lyi
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Up to this point there had been no attack
on the line Of retreat, but shortly after re-
suming our march from Amelia, Sheridan
began his sledge-hammer attacks from the
left flank upon the retreating column.
ThoncefOrward the hungry and dispirted
cOnfederates were necessarily compelled to
make forced marches, beginning at day
break and halting II midnight. Only Il few
hours of fevered rest were given to the men,
who were literally without anything Ia eat.
No ratiOns whatever We're issued at-
ter we left Petersburg, and the dcsolate
country contained neither forage nor pro-
visions, and even If II had the federal cav
airy and infantry pressed us so closely that
fOraging expeditions would have proved
fruitlcss BY day there was constant state
of alarm from the rattle of musketry and
the sharp bark of rillcd cannon; by night,
for the few hours intended fOrrecuperption,
there was hardly any rest or sleep to he OBJ
tanned, ON account of our hunger and aching
limbs.
BREAKING UP OF THE ARMY,
On the 9th of April the army was evil
IDENTIFY breaking up, There was no keep
ing the men together was in command
Of company +, Of our battalion, aud when
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-14

After the pupils have gained knowl-
edge of the available land forms, heat
and its effects may be studied in simple
experiments.
Which is warmer, the wall near your
stove, or the air between the wall and
the stove? Put your hand on the wall;
hold it in the air; what do you say?
why is this? If had heated plate of
iron in the center of the room, where
could | warm my hands better.-by
holding them above or at the side of
the plate? In which place would my
paper windmill run? Why? How
high will the hot air go in the room?
How high out doors? What stops it
from going higher? Where does it 60
II en-?
| have some water in a small bottle
with a small bent glass tube through
the cork; l hold the bottle in the flame
of lamp. What do you notice? What
happens to the water? Why? What
do you see coming from the little tube?
Why is this? What makes it? l can
see it but short time; what becomes
of it?
Why could you see the yapor from
your breath to-day, and not a week
ago? What made the little drops gath
er upon the water pitcher last month?
Why did they gather more and faster
some DAYS than others? How does the
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-14

The usual reliability of newspaper
gossip about matters and things in general
is well illustrated in the case of the New
York Star. 1t has only been a few days
since the Star was to be sold at high fig
ures. John K. Mclean was reported as
in negotiation for it, and as having missed
his chance of buying it at some hundreds
of thousand dollars by being little too
late in telegraphing his acceptance of the
offer made him. But Sunday morning
the Star announced that with this issue
the publication of the New York Star as a
daily newspaper will, for the present, be
discontinued" Ard then it went on to
state that the hard times and the more
than sharp-the neutrality-suspicious. of
the past year had compelled the Star to
retire from the fight in good order"
So it seems that there is an overproduc-
ton of newspapers as well as other things,
and that also there is an overproduction
Of lies in newspapers about newspapers.
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EDUCATIONAL.
Succession of Practice in Instruction and
Order of Progress in Arithmetic.
Illustration Of Method OF Teaching
Geography-SomeC Current Thoughts.
ARITHMETIC.


Care should be taken that the purely
objective work be not continued too
long.
The Succession Of practice in instruc-
| ton in the earlier lessons will be as
| follows:-
l. Intuitional representation of the
numbers by the teacher; as by counting
objects. 2. The same by the pupil.
8. Reckoning with intuitional repre-
sentations (objects). 4. Reckoning
.'in the head" 5. Reckoning with
marks and figures.
The order of progress will be as fol-
lows: The pupil will first learn to
count out objects from to 5, and then
learn intuitionally the combinations,-
in pairs, because combinations are al
ways made thus,-which form the num-
bers 2, 8. 4, 5.
Pursue the same course with the
| numbers to 10, and then learn the
combinations of the digits in pairs up
to 9 and are Is. This method will
not be carried farther. CRUDE carries
his special method too far, altogether
beyond the possibilities of intuition.
IL blblCS, IA
the Normal School of Vienna, says:
1.-The CRUDE method, if exclusively fol-
lowed, can easily degenerate into mere
mechanical routine. l recommend to
preserve the method, but to treat only
certain numbers fully in accordance
with it. To give lesson exclusively
on the number l, then another on the
number 2, without reference to higher
numbers, is pedantic, not educating"
The pupil should be led to infer the
results of new combinations from re-
suits previously obtained; thus, since
8 and are 8. 10 and and are 10
and 8, or Is and are Is.
Combinations exen plified must be
thoroughly committed l0 memory, and
much repetition and drill are neces-
sary.
A difficulty is to be met in teaching
decimal notation, resulting from a de-
feet in the English language, which
has not, like the French, a noun for
ZEN distinct from the adjective. A ten
must be taught as group, by its an
oiogy with a flock. a drore. etc. This
idea, at first presented with appropri-
ate illustration in the first year, should
be fully developed in the second and
third years. as the pupil passes to the
grouping of tens to form hundreds, and
of hundreds to form thousands, and
should be fixed by exercises in the an
alysis of numbers until the pupil will
write numbers from left to right with
out any hesitancy or mistake. Teach
that the decimal point is written at the
right of units.
Rapidity and accuracy in computa-
ton are best attained by special exer-
cises in simultaneous. rapid work, so
arranged as to anticipate the difficult
ties likely to occur.-C. G. Rounds,
Ph. d., n. H., TN Journal Of Education.
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frost form On your windows! Mnab
kind of weather have we to-dayf MAKO
a note Of it, and tomorrow the same.
What make cloudsp Where does rain
come from? What becomes OF tf
Does it all soak into the groundP How
far does it go into the ground? What
good does it do there? What becomes
Of it them What becomes of that which
does not soak into the groundp How
do slopes effect the water which rails
on the land? What effect does water
have upon the sand and dirt In the
stream? Where do you find the larger
pebbles in the brook? WhyP Where
the fine sand and mudp Why?
Which seems warmer on hot day,
the dust in the road and the boards
of the sidewalk, or the air above themf
Why?
OF what is the ground made' What
use is it? What makes the difference
in soils? What of this? OF what is
a vegetable madep Where does it get
its fOodp How can you think OF ami
mails as being made of dirt?
In like vivid manner the pupil should
have the chief products. the leading
articles of commerce, and the occupa-
tong of his own vicinity, together with
a means of transportation, brought be-
fore his mind in review. He should
learn the elements of his home govern
ment and the character of the people.
am aware that this knowledge is,
properly speaking, beyond the realm Of
geography. but the need of an elemen-
tary knowledge of sociology, and the
intimate connection of such knowled ge
with physical geography. is so evident
that it seems better to include it with
geography as preparation for history.
than to treat it separately or omit it
from our courses.-H. d. Hatch, Moline,
III.