The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-05
GENERAL PRESS.
NO WONDER IT DIED.

GENERAL PRESS.
NO WONDER 1T DIED.
Dled-In the town of Columbus, May |
II, 1855, infant son of Ulysses and Ada
Gage.
The grandparents on the mothers !
side were cousins, Etbe great grand
mothers on the mothers side were sis
tiers; on the fathers side the grandpa.
rents were cousins, and both were
cousins to both of the great grand
mothers ON the mothers side; the |
great great grandmother on the moth
er's side was o sister to the great grand |
mother on the fathers side; the great
great grandfather on the mothers side
was brother TO both the great great
grandlathers on the fathers side; the
great great grandfather on the moth
er's side was an uncle to the grand
mother on the fathers side, and double
uncle To tho grandfather on the fathers
side; tho great grandparents on the
fathers side wero double uncle and
aunt TO tho great grandmother on the
mothers side Little Falls IN. W
Journal.
OFFICE SEEKING.
We hope that new era-in which
clamorous oiiiee-seeking will be
brought into deep and general disre
pute--is about to dawn on the United
States. The expected regulation of
July |, if enforced, win DO q land
mark in the history of the republic.
Many OF the best appointments
made by the President thus far were
surprises To their recipients. The
American public, accustomed to the
old methods OF distributing pat
ronage, al first shared in
| She sstonishmeut. 1t was hard 10
realize that the Office had actually
been awarded for merit alone, and not
as compensation for campaign work
or 10 get rid OF some imp0rtunate
office seeker and his swarm OF back
dTs. The country ie now waking Up
TO the conviction that u reform is in
progress without noise and fuss, and
that the days OF the SPOTS system arc
likely 70 be numbered. Aside from
the wisdom and justice OF the newpol
icy--so far as public interests are con
cerned--wo assure tho President thai
he cannot do moro popular thing
than to discourage Oilice-seelSing by
| III lIN AAtnlA1 III iAAb INV VI lANN N
York Journal Of Commerce.
Is ANNOUNCING ENGAGEMENTS.
, When q cOuule is engaged there II
seldom any sensible reason why al
J the world should not know 1t, ant
| therefore the new fashion Of anuounc
> ing engagements Just before r promi
} neut ball and having the ladies ant
) gentlemen congratulated by thei
; friends is 10 be commended. To b
: sure if the engagement Is afterwart
: broken, the thought of these publ
0 congratulations would be emoarrasa
8 ing but ii tho fashion tends to pre-
= vent promises OF marriage beinl
!. lightly gwen it will serve good pur
!, poses. The girl who might sa,
0 yes when asked TO marry, with tn
o mental reservation that Ii anything
better comes along she will contriv
0 not 10 keep her word, will think twic
r about II IL she has to go through wit
z such form. Marriage engagement
Il arc frequently too lightly entered int
q and too lightly set aside. The engage
Q ment should be nearly as sacred a col
u tract "a the marriage itself, and
l. should be such an engagement thu
u both parties would be proud to have
I" known among all their common a
d quaintances. In general, when the 81
81 gagement is, as all engagements shoul
!. be, serious, there is everything TO gal
], and nothing to lose by having theI
y facts KNOWN Domestic Monthly.
20 INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
b. The industrial schools of Boston an
?, Philadelphia and of a few. other pc
; neer cities will DO closely watched du
y the coming year; for very many con
/ munitiss appreciate the need OF
% change in public education, and al
10 very DESTROYS Of a feasible plan. I'll
70 movement is gaining friends in a
& parts OF the country. In Pensylvan
10 Chief McCamant Of the state burel
r of industrial statistics, urges q revi
20 ion OF the common school systel
20 with a Wow TO introducing industrl
VI features. As more scholars would
.h benefited by the introduction OF haI
Is trimming than by any other speci
of feature, and aa II would benefit the
m mentally while IL would place the
n on the road TO better citizenship, 1t
ke felt that the existing schools ahou
MT be utilized, rather than establi
Of special institutions. Psnsylvan
a promises to load evon ldassachusei
"a In the general introduction OF manu-
le, training. Tho school board OF I
is District of Columbia Is also interest
RS in establishing industrial schoo
u A standing committee has been
OF pointed TO consider the subject q
or take charge OF tho proposed schoo
a. There are several industrial schot
10 in Washington maintained by ind
IN trial subscriptions, or attached
1t, Well-bnOWn institutions; and III eve
els case they have given great sstist
10 ton, and have done much TO ere
be demand for the addition OF man
IT, training TO the work covered by
eni public schools of the district. Eve
lie member of tho school board fav
I'LL industrial education, and the incorp
%, alton of II in the public school syst
his In consid ering 1t and ita adoption
Ia only matter of very short TIL
ne Il Atlanta Constitution.
Cd TO MAKE A BETTER SHOWING.
la, Nearly the Same population as
.nu Louis, Boston's school census "a
es, in only 81 ,05G, while that OF st. Lo
,u includes l09,5l2. OF the 81 ,407 repor
. .,nt out of school in ST. Louis, over 20
~ ~ are of the age not included in the i
~. ton school census, as only 9,2Ol,
MY enumerated as "underJl6," and 4
~, ~, probable that noarly Gil are sp'
SIN the aye at which poor parents
compelled TO put their children
Nv, work. The number at work betw,
tne the ages of 10 and DIN 81. L0ui
ies, given IN the table as d,7l0. st. Lo
are Is credited with 1896 at public q
ouS private schools out of l06,5l2 .betw
lW' The ages of and 20. IL is great.
Hei the credit of Boston's schools
TO-, they boast tho attendance of 54i7l
lgS9 the Gl,63i children between 8 an
Aru In school, and it is not creditable
V the public schools Of ST. Louis
thoy peast OF only 52G65 pupils w
there are q 600 In private schools,
!, 9,2O7 between tho ages of 6 and 10
81 arc not in schools at all. The o.
loaded aud Objectionable course
,ro study, and the csst-iron macl
me molhodsof education which keep