The Columbus journal., 1885-09-16

The city schools began their tern
Monday. We learn that Q specia
effor: will be made for all the depart
menfs to secure q fuller attendance
than is customary. OF course ths
first step in educating q boy in ths
public schools is to get him within
the school-room walls, and this i.
occasionally the most difficult and
worrisome part Of the problem, csus
ing more anxiety than any other ont
thing. 1t sometimes even appears
advisable that parents and guardians
be compelled by law to send those
under their care to school, or elst
provide for them outside similar edu.
cstional benefits. The importance o.
promnnMsendance cannot well b<
overe5 and it is always notice
able thu progress in studies is in
direct ratio to the attendance. The
work of instruction and of learning ID
not essentially different from any 9th.
er kind of work. To be done right
they must be pursued precisely the
same As men ordinarily do in the
work by which they arm their living,
If you had men in your employ,
whose hours of work should number
eight. starting in At 8 o'clock in the
quitting an hour at noon,
beginning again At one and stopping
at five, you would not be very well
pleased if they should loiter away
time, coming and going, be half IN
hour late to each half days work and
yet demand full pay the same - those
who work full time. So it 10 with
at school, and parents should
see that they cannot reasonably e1.
pect their children to have the full
benefit of school work unless they are
prompt in attendance there. One-hsli
hour each day amounts to about q
session in . week, and be-
sides is an annoyance to the whole
school. The truth OF the matter 10
that pupils should either be present
at their post when school begins, or
they should not attend at all, or try
to. Be on hands when the train starts.
or wait till the next time.
David Thomas and family arrived
in Colum bus Saturday last from
Wales, whittier they went about five
months ago, TO visit his old home,
which he had not seen for thirteen
years. He found the old scenes, after
. day or two, looked familiar, but the
faces were new and strange. Busi-
ness there is wonderfully depressed,
and farmers can get but low prices
for their products, sttributing this
mainly to competition with this coun-
which sends over all kinds of
farm products, with beef, mutton and
pork in large quantities. The iron
mills and cotton factories of Wsles
are in q very languishing condition.
Mr.. Thomas and family were accom-
home by 8 daughter of j. D.
and by James Davis and
VIM. Evans, all of whom will be
heartily welcomed by many friends.
The Columbus schools started
out Monday morning with the corps
of teachers heretofore announced in
the JOURNAL. We venture the re-
mark that they are "a able and eff
cient q body of teachers 50 are to be
found anywhere in the public schools
Of the state; now that the High
School has been provided with such
IN excellent building, it would be
well for the parents of Platte county
who have sons and daughters upon
whom they wish to bestow = good
10 consult with the school
board and the teachers Of the High
School, az to admittance here. Ed
lcstion near home, where your chill
1ren may be under your own in
auence or tina: of q Hell-knoWn friend
g very desirable in many ways, and
q within the reach of all, so far a. the
expense is concerned.
John F. Flynn, formerly of CO.
Iumbus. has for several years been in
the brick business at Norfolk. His
friends here will be interested in the
which We clip from the
"Messrs. Pilger & Flynn, Of the
brick company, received last
week q twenty-five horse power en-
CINE and . thirty-fve horse power
boiler with which to operate their
machinery. They also received .
brick making machine with q capacity
Of +O,COO bricks per day, and will now
De able to turn out brick very rap
dly."
Best In the World.
Ottumws Lily Corn Starch has been
brought to the highest sttainable
by employing the best skill
md scientific aid that money can fur
fish. 1t is the most Strengthening
md heslth-giving food now before the
and is especially recommend
d for children and invalids. Every
guaranteed strictly pure.
and ask your grocer for
LHg Corn Starch.
The Fair was 3 decided success,
Notwithstanding the fact of wet
weather. two weeks preceding and on
he first Of entry day. A large crowd
we're present Thursday to hear Sem
tor Van Wyck's address, with which