The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-08-13

/ 10 II post WIN Il SOOu stout rope anu give
hundred or more quick, smart stroke
on the bare back, we'll laid on by bury ma
who seems to enjoy his business, the muscle
| OF whose arms have become wonderfully de
Velopeu BY this sort of exercise. The instru
ment OF punishment is short whip stock, t
| which is fastened leather strap about as wild
as the palm Of your hand, having the end Gu
! INTO many strips. An English sailor, who 1T
| cclNed this dose the other day for stealing
| ham. wa, heard to soemnly declare that b.
would rather starNe to death, or stand for tn
same length OF time meek deep in hell" thar
take the medicine second time. Each police
| man carries little bone whistle whose Shril
| blast can be heard a mile or more; and he i
| required to execute pigeon-wing on ii every
| hfteen minutes throughout the night, to let th,
world know that he is not sleeping at bis post
The educational system of Chile is somethiu.
OF winch any country might well be proud
Early as 1883 there We're seven hundred ant
hity-four primary schools in the little Repub
ic, giving instructions to about l3O 900 child
ren. Nine years ago the national Congress:
appropriated one hundred and fifty thOusant
dollars to introduce the best methods of teach
ny, and sent learned Professor to the United
States and various parts of Europe to study
the systems of those countries and decide up
on the best. In the high scnools of The STATE
there are not less than three thousand students
enrolled. Public education is divided into
three grades, the higher, the intermediate and
the primary. The seat of learning is the Ma
tional University at Santiago, which has 2
Council OF Education whose duty is to super.
intend all the higher and intermediate schools
OF the country. They are all free, the Govern
ment owning the buildings and paying the
teachers. In order to meet the demands for
the best instructors, the government maintains
number of young men, at a great EXPENSE at
some OF the most celebrated colleges in Europe
70 70 EDUCATE them for that pprposg: while the
1emale teachers are trained in the excellent
Normal schools that have recently been estab-
l>hed in Chile.
The school houses of Conception are 50 con
structed that their patos afford ample play
grounds. and the children are not seen outside
the walls from the time they enter in the morn
lnS till school closes at night. lneXorable Gus
tom demands that girls OF the better classes
above the aye of ten years must never be al
lowed to go to and fro alone, even in the fam-
ly carriage driven by trusty coachman, but
must be reigiou>ly attended by an elderly fe-
male servant.
The Colejio Andres Bello, for boys, contains
about six hundred students. As in all ChiIian
public schools the Catholic catechism, (printed.
OF course, IN Spahi>h,) is an important text
book in constant use. The following questions
and answers with many more III tie same
strain, are learned and ratified of, pAlrot-fa>h
lon, every tay. NV hat is the hurchI" The
Church j. the congregation Of those who have
been hap1i>ed. received the sacrament and
obey the priests and the Pope" why is it
called the Roman church,? Because in Rome
i established the great cathedral of Saint Peter
who was prince OF all Apostles and successor
ol aIl Popes. "loW is the Christian church
dlNlded:" Into the Church Triumphant, the
'hurrh Of PurgItory, and the Church of Mill
tant. What is the Church Triumphant:"
= 1T Is the congregation of all the righteous in
Heaven Nv hat is the church Of purgatorl =
II Is the congregation of those who died ith-
OUT dong SllfDrIPnt ppNanrp here earth