The Newtown bee., 1892-01-08

wise teacher Will maKe It point to study his program. One thing at time should be an invariable law. No questions from the school at large should be allowed during recitation. The general wants of the school should come in between classes. A teacher cannot we'll teach and walk and talk and have his eyes and ears all over the school room at the same time.
 It may be simply q sad misfortune that one has depraved appetite for strong drink and, in that case, he is to be pitied and protected against temptation. But, human responsibility is mutual. Men citizen is factor of the sum total of the responsibility of the town, or of the state, or of the nation. Society being mutual compact, each one is not only responsible for his own conduct, but also for his conduct in so far as the well fare of society is involved at least. If man inherits craving for rum, he is in one sense doubly responsible when he gets drunk, for he knows his weakness and the danger in it. The man who drinks tempts others to drink and tempts men to make and sell intoxicating drinks to allure others to drink for the sake of the money in it. A man has no right to be drunken, not only on his own account but because he has no right to tempt his neighbor to sell rum for his money. No man has any right to tempt another to do wrong.
 Burton Willis Potter says, in his little book on "The Road and the Roadside," Bad roads have tendency to make this country disagreeable as dwelling place and a town which is noted for it's bad roads is summed by people in search of rural homes. On the other hand, good roads have tendency to make the coun- try desirable dwelling place and a town which is noted for it's good roads be- comes the abode of people of taste, wealth and intelligence"
 It is great economy of time and strength, if not in money, in household management, to put out of reach of the children everything not actually needed in common use. Every superfuous thing in the same room with children is need- less cause of care and labor and worry. There will be opportunity enough for the trial of patience with the necessary things. What a saving of energy for better uses might be made in some hous- es by packing away things ornamental, etc. A children's play room, with only their things in it, is great help.
 It is very amusing to observe the atti- Jude which some people take with refer ence to our government. You would think to hear them talk that we live un- der the most absolute state of oppression and tyranny. Our laws are all wrong ex- cept when they need protection or re- dress, and such people are usually the first to appeal to the law when their per- son or property is disturbed. They do not reflect that without law there is no liberty and that lawlessness is the worst form of tyranny.
 Society cannot succeed in the long run except on the principle of mutual accom- modation. The golden rule is indellibly written in the constitution of nature. Selfishness does not pay, even in busi- ness. The man who aims simply to ae- commodate himself will very likely find that other people can be better accommo- dated elsewhere. He who runs against the golden rule is in the way to run out.
 School teachers appear to forget that the principal part of their business al- ways is to teach. Not to give out les sons and hear recitations but to teach. Children do not know how to study. They must be taught. Must be taught to think, taught how to learn the lesson set them. The teaching of children must be mainly in the concrete and not in the abstract. As rule, the lessons of all the smaller children in common schools, should be taught when given out. Read be read; do the example and show them how it should be done. To start them right and not to leave them to begin wrong and get false and confused thoughts and habits is all important. A school is good or good for nothing in pro- portion as a teacher does true and faith full teaching.
 Our popular form of government is of- ten represented very fitly under the fig ure of ''Uncle Sam" looking out sharply for his own interests and seeking out honest and wise men for places of public trust. This is the true sentiment; and the future veal or woe of this country depends upon whether the people are true or false to the fundamental s'idees'' of this same "Uncle Sam" In mill, or shop, or on a farm, the overseers and workmen are chosen with care, and priz- ed for their skill and faithfulness, and promoted and kept in the business as long as possible because their services are more and more valuable with their ex- perience. Why should it not be thus in the civil service? We believe in the right and the duty of the people to choose their lawmakers and rulers for themselves. In no other way can they be fairly repre- sented and secure in their privileges. And for this reason we would urge upon each and every voter the importance of having mind of his own in the matter. Every citizen who has vote is factor in the government of the State and of the United States. The privilege and the duty of the voter is power for good or evil according to the intelligence and wis ought to take some pains to know what sort of man he wants to represent him in his town and district in either branch