The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-08-23

educate and not train him In music 10 to
give him one-sided culture, unable to
express his feelings In the most express
sive way"
; The question arises, ''shall popular
education be restricted to the merely
practical, tho useful, the bread and but
ter studies, or shall II include those
which refine aud liberaIisc; IL man
beast Of burden, or is he social
being and capable Of the noblest
and highest enjoyment" Again, "life
does not consist in the abundance Of
things one possesses, but in tho ability
to enjoy what one has," We have here
quoted only few Of the excellent
thoughts contained in this interesting
paper which closed with a thought
which we will briefly give. Life is
bitter enough at best, and even under
the most favorable circumstances the
weight OF care is hard to bear. Then
we need the help Of music TO gladden.
the heart, cheer the hope, and drown
our sorrows. In what other way can
the sweet influence be 30 widely diffhsed,
as by It's introductions into all our schools,
from whence II penetrates the humblest
cottage as we'll as the more favorable
homes"
Recess was followed by grammar, and
after miscellaneous business the Insti.
tute adjourned to meet that evening in
the prohibition State Convention"
PARLIAMENTARY DRILL.
Success is counted sweetest by those
who ne'er succeed"
mot one Of oil the purple host,
Who took the flag to-day,
Gan tell the definition 90 plain Of victory
As he, defeated, dying. on whose forbidden
The distant shout Of victory
Breaks sgonising, clear"
In order to become familiar with the
rules Of pa Elementary usage, the teach.
ers concluded to have drill ON Wednes.
day evening. The Prohibition party re-
solved itself into two factions, one favor
ing woman suffrage and the other
adopting the prohibition platform, real
izing that the majority Of voters do not
understand the purport OF woman suf.
frage, and that consequently no side is
| sues should be tackled on to impede the
progress Of this grand and glorious
party.
On Tuesday evening caucuses were
held and committees appointed. The
mysterious manner Of conducting tho
meeting was especially enjoyed by the
girls, and although that sex has world
wide reputation for inability to keep a
secret, yet tho success which attended
their heroic efforts mot to tell" has OK.
onorated the ladies' in this convention
and proven them as able TO keep things
"dark" as the sterner sex.
Morning and evening, at recess and
noon, one could see groups of voters
standing in the corners or away from
the crowd earnestly discussing some
subject that was apparently very inter
esting, and the mysterious and don't
you.come.near air warned everybody to
keep at q distance. Toward evening the
interest became intense as both factions
received recruits from the water-loving
lawyers Of this prohibition town, who
signed the roll and paid their fifty cents
At last, without any visible nervousness,
the steady hands OF the chapel CLOCK
pointed to the hour OF eight, and We
noticed how pale was its face, "as II Il
already stood aghast at the bloody worl
it should look upon"
|. By mutual consent President Richards
was to call the house to order, hut a,
that critical moment he remembered
that q gavel was almost as essential in Q
convention as are the planks in a plat
form, and with constantly accelerated
motion he rushed up stairs, four stcpl
at time, and came back breathless
armed with a sledge hammer, which
was to serve us gavel and also to helr
remove Constructions" But like
Grouchy he was too late. OF course, q
the hour had arrived, it was somebody
place to call the house to order, ant
Mr.. Strange proceeded to sacrifice him
self on the altar Of duty. After he hat
donc so, Mr.. Horst was nominated ant
elected temporary chairman. But tn
opposing faction in some occult manne
conceived the notion that the proceed
ing had been unfair and In tho excite
ment and confusion that followed, Prof
Ferguson's quick wit gave the womai
suflragists another chance for temporar!
chairman, by making motion to I'D
journ, which was seconded and carrie,
before the last ripple OF laughter ha'
; died away. This gave President Rich
ards chance to call the house to order
and as the non.woman suffragists claim
ed Mr.. Horst to be elected Chairman
: the fight again began hotter than ever
Someone addressing Mr.. Horst az Presi
dent, and another yelling, "Don't cal
him that, he's not the President" whel
; Mr.. Rogers, who was on the floor on
deavoring by his vociierous lung powe
: to bo recognised, caught the though
and shouted "Mr. Man" with such ve
hemence that he was distinctly hear
, above the din occasioned by excite
speakers. and the hOusO iOinad in