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nervous exhaustion and pen paralysis
which have been the portion of our pre-
decessors and contemporaries. A liter
ary rival, a great influx of brilliant
authors is to be the final outcome Of
aype-Wrltlng, since it enables persons Of
the hnest nervous organization. of the
keenest sensibilities, of theriehest fspev.
to devote themselves to literary work.
from which they have hitherto been
deferred by the toilsome and exbaustinp
process OF penmanship. Many of the
nnest sentiments of the human soul
heretofore suppressed will thus be given
to the world of letters.
Wlde-aWake teachers need not betold
OF the necessity for supplementary work
IN all the primary and preparatory
branches With typewriter teacher
may easily prepare just such reading
matter, and just such exercises in aritb-
metlc, grammar. geography ar history as
tee Severrl grades require. Each !
teacher should know the vocabulary of
his pupil. as well as the bounds of bY
knowledge in all directions, and shoua
be betrer prepared than any one else,to
supplement his reading and cher
branches. By collecting, arrAging
type-writing and apportioningf sup
Elementary matter, the teacher greatly
augments his own interest and efficiency,
bieng thus compelled to study more
closely not only the subject matter 10 be
taught, but the minds of the little peo-
pie as well. Few parents are willing to
purchase the books necessary for sup
Elementary work, and unless the teacher
provides supplementary matter, his
pupilssimply suffer for the want of it,
sad misfortune which no true teacher
can bear with complacency.
A preacher once said: IT will deFidea
my subject into three heads. Firstly
the world is wrong-side up. Secondly,
the world must be set right-side up
Thirdly. we are the people to do it. His
evnfd0nUe IN ms people was b0undless.
but not greater than ours should Be in
the potency of the teachers work. In
deed, the world is in many respects
wrong-side up, and it is to be righted.
!, The school-room is the place in which
the work is to be done, in which to use
the mighty lever that is to do the work.
The modern teacher is the Archimedes
with place on which to stand. The
lever is IN his hands; it is underneath
, the world. The world is moving UP.
/ up, up, slowly but surely, into its proper
position. It is to be completely right
! side up one of these days. The inven-
: tlon Of printing resulted in the multipli-
| cation of books and periodicals, scatter
! ing the rays of knowledge among ihe
most distant races and people. who else
; would still be slumbering in the darkness
OF the Middle Ages. The typewriter
/ is but the necessary complement of
| the printing press. In fact, the type
t writer is printing machine, enabling
its possessor, without the intermediate
help Of pen or pencil, to put his thoughts
| directly into print, to be preserved fresh
and juicy, just as plucked from the
} garden of his mind. The sparkling
, thoughts that must result from this
direct transfer from the brain to type
t will bless the world to a degree second
in Importance to the blessings of the
press, and second only to the press.
But will the day ever come, the in
credulous will ask, when the masses
will use type-writers? Though it cannot
} be predicted with certainty just when
penmanship is to be superseded by type
writing, yet that such is eventually to
be the case is as certain as anything
future can be. Civilization takes no
, step backward. The experience of the
r world is proofof the proposition. Thirty
J years ago, but here and there in our
t southern homes could sewing machine
be found now it's the exception to find
E a family without one or more A few
t years ago the bycicle was rarely seen,
, and now it is everywhere. More than
: 10000 of one variety are said to be in use
: in the United States, and more than
f 100000 in England. Steps are being
taken to introduce the bycicle into the
: German army, to supplant the horse as
e means of locomotion. Troops are
4 drilled in its use. Upon the good roads
|, of Europe, in regions thoroughly map
0 ped by topographic survey, the use of
$ the bycicle.. is quite practicable for
: orderlies, cOuriers, and even for mounted
e infantry. The bycicle requires no food
f and but little care. Where the roads
|, permit, its speed excels that of the horse.
: In England, amateurs have ridden 100
t miles in less than six hours, and 10 miles
y can easily be run in half an hour. A
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