The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-07

II ls the day Of innovations au,i OK.
rer!ments and inventions, Of building
up and pulling down, of scoutings into
tho unknown and Of divings into the uu.
fafhomable, of establishing new theories
and abandoning old ones, The time has
arrived, which the prophet foresaw,
when many run to and fro and know.
ledge is increased.
We know more than our fathers, and
cherish secret wish $nat our mothers
would not air thelr opinions before CON.
Nany. 1t Is impossible to assent 70 their
antlquated views about things aud man.
ners, and it is impolite to correct their
errors, even when we can hold our
ground against the old, simple argu.
mcnts Of faith and experience
Something new turns up every dav.
Mankind has become as a nest Of young
plrds, always agape for whatever nov
elty is offered to them, and ready, as q
witty but wicked American has laid, to
swallow, figuratively speaking, Il worm
or shingle nail with equal end Impair
tial appetite.
Weare changing our croeds from yoarto
year; we are blown about by every wind
o1 doctrine, and know not half tho tne
whether we arc on soundings or tho doop
sea. Even our household doemas arc
disputed, and tho Old familiar boliefs Of
our childhood are set at naught by the
discoveries Of maturer age. Tho cotton
bales at Now Orleans have disappeared
from the Third Reader. Casabianca Is
under cloud Of suspicion. II Is doubt
ful whether Washington really stood up,
with his arms folded and with his foot
on the gunwale Of that very small boat,
In the memorable passage Of the Della.
ware, as the early artists would have US
believe.
In narrower fold tho lesson is the
same. We have outgrown the laucot,
and no longer trust to pill to euro
every bodily Ill. We no longer refuse
1000 and water to sick man, nor prop
up fainting woman. We do not, OK
cept in tho case Of very young children
eNro their limbs to tho wintry cold
with view to hardening them, boing
fearful now OF stiGening them rather.
We used to deny them sugar for fear Of
spelling their teeth; now we arc dvisod
by OUR medical counsellor to giyo thom
all they want. We used to put tho water
bucket out Of reach, lost thoy should
acquire fabby, watermelon habit Of
body; now we arc assured that the pro.
cesses OF digestion and recuperation can.
not go on without abundance Of fluid.
Onco Wo sont them to bed hungry, on
principle; now we aro pointed to the fact
that lionsand tigers, puppies and kittens,
sleep soundest after hearty meal. Once
We1nsisted upon regular hours for break.
fast, lunch, dinner and supper; now we
arc confronted with tho indisputable fact
that COWS and chickens cat pretty much
all tho time without apparent III conse-
quences. It was formerly the rule, when
boy could not learn his lesson, to In
flame his cutiole in spots and streaks by
way Of stimulating his mental powers .
now-no, by the way, we hold to this
beautiful practice still. Many of us wore
trained under tho self-same system !:
arc the results of it, and who arc wiser
than we?
But another radica- change is pro.
posed. A thoughtful writer in Now
England has ventured to auggost that
the education Of a child means sono-
thihg moro than practicing the memory
alone, and that the present aystom of
teaching should be materially modified
In this respect. We all remembor how wo
learned the multiplication table, and tho
Rule Of Three, and tho infinite charts of
weights and measures, and that abomi-
nation Of distractions, tho ingenious do
vice for ascortaining what Is the cubo
root OF number, whenevor you may be
particularly dosirous OF knowing. We
have not forgotten how we acquired the
Catechism and the Ten Commandments
and certain OF the Psalms, whatever
elso we may have forgotten respecting
them. Tho praises Of tenacious
memory were dipgod into our ears