Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-09
Some Results Of Popular Education.

school the applicants are required to be sixteen
years OF age at least, and none Of the young
women VINO applied this tail appeared to ne less
tnan seventeen. The following question Was
one Of a mum ger given out:
Write an account of tue life OF some eminent
composition to be not less than page III
Length.
And the following was one of the "composi-
lions among those submitted in response:
GARFIELD.
Garfield Was nominated President and while
serving his four years term sonnet thing terrible
happened to uim and his family. He aud uis
vile ana children were going on pleasure trip
whiie ON tue Way ~ the station he passed IA man
who looked at tueln dreadful j., aid when reach.
lug the station the train not being ready they
mad To wait, and while waiting the same nuii
was seen. and very soon IA pistol snot Was heard
turOuSn tue crowd, II being shot at Mr.. Garfield
struck hnl, but not quite Causing instant
ueatn. tie suffered dreauIuily from the wound
Tor d very lew days wnen death came aud To- Il
.iiin from his sunefluSs. His poor old moLaer
%cepeu terribly. His remaIus cre;,.ed quite u
sensation about the wo III. Every one wished
10 see them. There were UuoKs published ON
the subject, and men took Inem about To be
sod, aud u large din1unt of money Was 4ptteu
ior tneul, and siNen W the widow aud children.
That reinark that Garfieids "remains Created
4uiIe a sensation around the word" is uni4 dc.
iere Is another OF these little historical essays:
COLUMBUS
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa
man he Was the youngest oi his family and diu
.,Ut have Chance To gain Il greaL amount OF
knowledge but still some Knowledge came
naiur.tl To him thai Is OF tine earth being round
He As also ceicDr.ted lor his courage while peg
pie sneereu AT MIN and even scowled wnen he
PASSED by. de Kept the idea in Ills head Ior
seven years until ne was able through neip of
tile z ueen vi SPAN TO lit out expedition to
see IL ,aiIil, directly Il lew nuiidreu lea ,le,
nc would reacE tue shores Oh Eastern Asia mis-
pan Succee,ieu only too well not Ouiy
found out That the world Was round but tn At
there was new world but Columbus died
ignorant OF the fact. tie died in prison ami his
chains were uuried with aim at ms reuGeSt hi.
Dudy now lies aL havana on one oil the islands
that lie discovered.
tie wa, one oi the greatest men that Europe
has produced but il Is not considei ed so Nv all
Since II Is mot con. deTed by ALL" il is very
convenient 10 nave the question OF COiunIuus
greatness settled Oy The author OF this admir-
aUie prod uctlOn.
Another OF tue essays from the same exami-
nation, which were submitted to the mi ,tOriau
AS a connoisseur III this sort of literature WAS
about George washington. 1t Contained moth
ing remarkable except this statement:
he was born upon Il Virginia plantation and
w,.s brought up by u widowed mother as his
father died in infancy.
by way OF pointing out the difference between
illiteracy and lack OF intelligence the Historian
submit the appended letter, which was sent TO
ii lawyer IN rep.y TO the iatLer's advertisement
boy 10 work in his ONCE The historical
COMPOSITIONS that he has given above are
NOT notuOie for their illiteracy, since they are,
asa whole correctly spelled But they are de-
uSIeHt III ihtSiiIScucc. Aue iettef Wnlcn IOitOWS
is exceedingly i.iiterate, but it Is Running over
with Intelligence. The historian may precede
1t with the statement that the evident Zeal and
earnestness OF The boy who wro.e IL were re-
sarded as fully conpensiting for the de.ecls in
mis- spelling, and he was taken into the lawyers
enp.oy ment, on trial, at once:
nii<ter
i want the job mi foxes amt rich an got to
rassie they are ded. 1t beLes bel how uard
times is can do chores an learn fast want u
JOB In your 9TH &c LEI me in.
JIMMY CARDIGAN.
The name of Jimmy Carrigan may yet be re-
nowned IN the annals OF the common wealth..