The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

Elnfness-
"Be kind and be gentle
To those who are old.
Far dearsr j. kindness
And better than gold"
kind hearts are the gardens.
Kind thoughts are the roots
Kind words are the flowers
Kind deeds are the LuiIS."
KTndaes 70 Aniaa,s-
"He prsyeth best who lovefh best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God wn0 loveth us,
lie made and loyeth all.
ooEuge-
Dare to do right Dare TO be ruei
The fzilings OF Others can never save you- .
I4,fusiry-
do yonr best, your very best,
And do IL every day"
~Ifa tssx is once begun.
Never leave Il TIL lis done:
Be the labor great OF small
Do i vel or not a. all
Good Nlms-
"Ifyol want an hon0red name.
nyou want spoiless fame,
Let your words be kind and pure,
And your tower shall endure
CoaJessioA-
And he that does one fault AZ first,
And lies 10 hide It. makes il two"
Eo5asy-
Howe'er Il be. Il seems % me-
Tls only noble % BE good:
Kind hearts are more than corolets.
And simple faith than Norman blood "
Look up, and not down look forward and not
back lock out, and not in and lend hand"
MAxIMs.
The following maxims are given as Illus
trations- They present the principles Of du-
y IN a most impressive form for the young
Cleanliness iEnext TO godiiuess.
order Is heavens first law
A place for everything and everything in its
place.
Wei begun Is half done
He xhO does his best does we'll
An honest man i the nOblest work OF Gcd-
Good health Is better than wsslth-
Being good is the mother Of doing good
Keep good company and you shall be Of the
number.
The nobiest courage dAres TO do right
Charity rhinketh no evil
Be fric2diy and yO0 viii never want friends-
truth
Kind words are the music Of the world. IL
Blessed are the pure in heart
A person good az making excuses IS seldom
good for anything else.
SCHOOL INCENTIVES.
Another interesting and instructive ad-
dress BY DR.. White was on School lucent
ives. He deprecated the use Of artificial in
centives and was very severe in his criticism
Of teachers who reso-tel to them in Orde to
get their pupils to study. He does not be-
heve in teaching bribery in the school room,
but thinks better results can be obtained by
appealing TO natural incentives. Tue first
Of these should be TO cultivate a desire for
good standing, respect for ones self. The
desire 0: appreciation is strong motive to
appeal to. Il is much stronger than the Of
fer Of prizes. Nothing can be more stimuIa-
ting than the approval Of your slIais, your
superiOrs and your God. When your chill
dren perform their duties well tell them 50
frankly. Too much care cannot be exerc;s-
ed in reproving children; never remin q
them Of their home surroundings. The sense
of honor is the highest motive 10 which you
can appeal It holds true with the children
Of depraEed parents as well as with the chi!-
dren Of the rich and refined. The sense Of
right and the sense ofduty are the proper
ties Of the human character 70 be cultivated
above sl Others and if you succeed in doing
this you viii have accomplished work
that calls for the approval Of angels.
PROF. DEMOTTE
Prof John B. Denote delivered num-
Der ofhighly entertaining half-hour talks.
In fact We seriously doubt whether Som
erset county audience ever before lad the
pleasure Of listening 70 a man SO learned in
the scientific branches. His talks all bris-
tied with points of information for teachers
and they were worded IN such beautiful and
simple language that 1t was real pleasure
to listen 70 him. One Of bis most interesting
disoourses was on Face your teachers with
FAcTs.n Il spell the last word with acspi-
tai and put it in small caps" he said. Never
talk to your scholars about anything ri.iess
you know all about it / hope what Colon
el ConweIl said last night in his eloquent
criticism Of our colleges and universities IS
not true, (Conwell asserted that the sue
oessful man Of to-day is no; college bred
man when be asserted that they are spoil
/ ing lives. Il II is true, then they are filing
! the heads OF the young men With stuff and
not with facts. A teacher who has reeu-
lar daily programme for his school isn't II
to teach. DEVISE new means Of teachiI 2
them each day, take them on excursions fre-
4 guenily where they can investigate and see
/ fer themselves the objects about which you
wish TO instruct them. It pays to take them
TO a mine, mill or shop. where they can see
The fact ITSELF Deaoite then told the story
Of how Goodyear accidentally dropped a
lump Of sulphur onto parcel OF India rub
Der and when he went to pick It up found
that Il adhered From this fact he discover
ed the solution shat renders rubber an arti-
Gle Of various and general use and enriched
the d;sooEsrer. would suggest to teachers
that they tell their scholars the history oi
Goodyesr's life He then illusfrsted the va.
rious processes through which pair Of scis.
sors has to go before they are completed
Nowhere in the world do scissors go through
as many processes before they are completed
and nowhere else are they made 20 fit the
hands as they are in America. The teacher
I t%tA dCiAfcs a fSi- AAtc4C'tAis AAeccu-tIti4-
uies talk cE scissors ! mention scissor,
only as an example for other work Here
Prof Denote exhibited string Of bead.
with cnriously constructed pair Of Oftweezers
at the end Of the string lie had bought
them from an Indian chief whom be visited
in prison, where re was confined afaer one
Of the recent outbreaks Of the "red broth
sss.p He observed tie Indian dexierously
used the tweezers upon bis face and upon
inquiry learned that his highness was going
through the process Of shaving. The twee-
zers are worth nothing as an object Of curl.
| osity, bg; when one considers to what use
they were devoted BY the Indian they be
come intensely interesting. Denote then
gave graphic description OF the origin ol
the decimal system We are indebted to one
ofthe ignorant African tribes who KEEP
their accounts on their fingers for it. HI:
illustration of the decimal system on The
blackboard was edifyins in the extreme
Copies Of the first and third arithmetics eyei
Published were shown in this connection
Continuing. the speaker said the differencs
between an educated man and an uneducst.
ed nan i the difference between seeing ae.s