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The Washington times., 1895-06-19

Major Harries has done much work in
Journalism of striking character. AS
special correspondent on the scene OF
the last great Indian outbreak in Dakota
at the Homestead strike and at other points
where there was demand for cool udg-
ment, daring and fine descriptive nwers,
Ma jur Harries made his name known and
respected in every newspaper office In
the country. Many years contact with
the Indians of the West has given him
an intimate knowledge of their character
and their wants. He has become regarded
as an authority on many questions af-
fecting the Indians, and it was his peculiar
fitness for the office that led President
Harrison to appoint him a member of the
Sioux Commission OF 1891. Ma jor Har-
ries takes an active interest in all matters
that relate to the prosperity of the Dis
trict.
Among other things, he has been an
energetic promoter of the National Guard
of the District, and is now a member Of
the staff Of the brigadier general COM
mandiug. one of his specialties is rifle
shooting, aud he is the inspector general
of rifle practice He was a member of
and Commanded the victorious ri file
teams that went from Was hiugton in
1893 and 1894 to Sea Girt, in each case
bringing back splendid trophies of their
skill His acquaintance with the public
schools of the District did not begin with
his appointment as a member of the school
board For many years he had been
familiar with the systems in force in the
schools and had been a strong friend Of
public education in the District.
He is married and has a cOzy home at
the corner Of Fourth and P streets, where
he retires at the end of a busy day to enjoy
the sweet Sulace of the companiouShip
Of a wife and two little boys.
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Long before ! thought Of making this city
my home l was somewhat familiar with it's
school system For the Washington schools
have a reputation uneXcelled in all
that relates to the advanced methods OF
Instruction, as well as unbroken system
of graded work Now that have become
more familiar with the detailed workings
OF this system, / am more convinced that
we have in our schools unusually fine Oppor-
tunities for tho scientific study of educa-
tional questions.
Our normal school is doing great work,
and one that can scarcely be overestimated
in its far-reaching influence for good.
To have progressive schools we must
have properly trained teachers. This is
the key which makes or unmakes a great
educational system To receive is one
thing: TO impart is an altogether different
matter. The most efficient student may
be the most tdeficientteacher.
We cannot make too clear an issue on the
great Importance of this particular branch
of our educational work. The normal
school is doing just this kind of important
work And it is doing it in a way that
should make every one proud of the results.
The normal school is a teachers college of
the first rank. Fifty students go from
our high school into this teachers college
each year
But education destroys selfishnesS and
cultivates philanthropy. Therefore we
should allow others to reap with US some
of our rich harvests. Let this school be
broadened and developed until from all
parts of the land there should come many
seeking instruction in this art of giving to
others.
The teachers college should be one of
the leading educational features of our
Capitol city
The material is all here. The forces are
now actively at work The day need not be
far distant when it can be said that 1.-The
restraining schoolin the world for teachers
is the Teachers College of Washington.
Education is the most direct way to re-
form Let us begin the work by throwing
wide our doors ard bidding all who are
competent to come and partake of the feast
of the good things which the people so
generously provide.
LOUISE REED STOWELL,
School Trustee.
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The work in time is taken up about the
middle of the first year of school, For two
years from that time the children work
only on simple unbroken rhythm so that
the vital idea of the regularly recurring
beats with strong accent may be thoroughly
established in their minds.
The impressing OF the various forms of
the divided beat after that time is sur
prisingly easy.
The sight reading combines what the child
has learned in intervals, diatonic and chro-
matte, and in time, but is kept considerably
behind his power in both directions, as the
combinatio mis- much more difficult than the
single subject
The sight work is carefully graded so that
the child is led almost impercepuhly from
one difficulty to another, growing in courage
and power, because he is never asked TO
attack an exercise for which he is not
thoroughly prepared, both in intervals and
in time.
All the teachers who enter the school from
the normal school each year are thoroughly
prepared for their Work by the study Of
the philosophy of the method by the train
ing OF their own voices, and by a great
deal OF actual teaching in the practice
schools, under careful supervision.
The teachers already in the schools at
tend meetings where the methods are dis
cussed and the plan of work is mapped out.
Frequently at these meetings lessons are
given to classes OF children to illustrate
the presentation Of some new or difficult
phase OF the work,
In addition TO this training Saturday
classes are held for several months during
the winter for teachers who wish TO study
further, either for the development of their
own voices along some particular line, or
for a more complete mastery of the methods.
The special teachers are able to visit
the schools about once in four or five
weeks, when they aim to give a careful,
helpful criticism on the past work, and
lay out the plan for the new.
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Baltimore Markets.

Baltimore, June 1S.-FIour quiet and
steady acknowledgements 4, zoe barrels;
shipments, So barrels; sales, 800 barrels.
Wheat firmer-spot and month, 75 LA
10 3-S; July, 10 3-4a75 rs; August, 76
1-2a76 5-S; September, 77a77 Ia; steamer
No. 2 red, 72 1-4a72 1-2-receipts, 431
bushels; stock, 470 fl 0 bushels; sales,
254 900 bushels; Southern wheat by sample,
T3a7S; do. on grade, 72 -2a76 12. Corn
firmer-spot and month, 90 7-Sa53; July,
90 1-2a53 3-4-receipts, 16, ,7s6 bushels;
stock, 2S7 ,S44 bushels; sales, 8 900 bushels;
Southern white corn, 5S Ia; do. yellow,
90 IA. Oats easy-No. 2 white Western,
37a37 12; No. 2 mixed, 34 4asked-receipts,
.7,170 bushels; stock, 120,424 bushels.
Rye weak-No. 2, 60-stock, ,912 bushels
Hay steady. good denand-choice timothy,
$13.0Oa13. so. Grain freights very quiet,
rates barely steady, unchanged. Sugar
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tons International Education Series. -
From his constant contributions to the
foremost mag aZines an introduction to the
Study of Philosophy has been compiled,
and be is looked upon as the most deeply
versed and eminent expounder of German
thought in America. He has recently
published "Hegel's Logic
A book on the Genesis OF the Categories
of the Mind" and also commentary on
The Spiritual Sense OF Dante's Divina Com
media" both of which rank in the highest
order of phiosophic productions, and indeed
may be said to mark an era IN the history
of mental DEVELOPMENT in the United states
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Commissioner Harris.

William Torrey Harris, educator and
Commissioner OF Education of the United
States, was born a North Knliugly,
Conn, September 10, 1885. His early edu-
cation was received in the common schools
and sundry academies, among them Phil
lips, Andover Academy, aud for two
years and a half he was a member of
Yale College. 10 the class Of 1858, but
left before graduating.
In / SO hnMpYnr the institution be
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a Rich Mon

HAS Dinwiddie come into fortune late
ly?' asked McSwilligen of Squildig.
II don't know. Wby?''
II saw him buying beefsteak last night,
hand which he had just purchased. -
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
The Washington times., 1895-06-19

The first step In the teaching Of intervals
is to show the child the unit whose parts he
is to study in every possible relation In
other words, be is taught the diatonic scale
as a melody. In teaching the intervals the
natural representation is used-the hand
signs-each sign representing the charac-
ter of the sound for which il stands. BY
this means the individual characteristic Of
each tone OF the scale is uncoEsciously
deeply impressed upon the child mind. aid
ing 10 great extent the teaching OF the
intervals.
An arbitrary division of the intervals has
been made. The first five months the child
studies the intervals only from l TO 3, the
next two months from 8 to 3, spending the
rest OF the year on the relation of sounds
in the upper half of the scale to those in
the lower The second year the relation
of sounds above and below the keynote is
studied, together with thorough review
OF the first years work. The third year
cements the work Of the two previous
years so that practically the child who has
gone to school three years can sing instantly
any interval OF the diatonic scale in any
possible combination.
Reading notes from the staff in the diff
ferent keys is simply study OF relative
position. when the intervals themselves
have been taught. This study is begun
after the first three months Of school. the
lnlEANuAH uet-Al Dclll- Alos- llAGdAAe DtAltNNAs
familiar to the child from the hand signs.
The scales in the different keys are kept
upon the blackboard in the front OF the
room, daily drill or three or four minutes
being given from them during the first
three years OF school, the work always
keeping pace with the intervals taught
from the hand signs. AS much time is
given to the study OF one scale as 10 another
so that during the first year the child
can sing as readily in the key OF five flats
as IN the key OF when their are neither
shsrps nor flats. As it is simply a matter
Of relative position IL is immaterial to the
child whether do comes in the first space
sf the STAFF or on the fourth line.
The work with chromatics is begun in
the fourth grade. The children are taught
20 recognize and to sing a semitone up or
down from any given pitch, learning this
distance IN MITCH with canla parf.(sN -
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what He Wanted

Boy Ito grocer Gimme a pound o.
coffee. Grocer proceeds to weigh out
coffee.l No, mean tea.
2 Groeer-Look here Mr.. Crazy-on-Skat ties,
which do you want, tea or coffee?
Boy-Butter-Judge.
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as a teacher in 1876, and became super

as a teacher in 1876, and became super
visor in 1882
He has conducted some nine State teach
ers' institutes in Virginia and South Caro-
lima with marked approval.
He is vice president of the board of
directors o the Manassas Industrial School,
and principal of the school or the chief
agent of the board in conducting its ad-
ministration.
He is a master in his profession, man
of the highest character, wise counsellor,
and a friend of all in need
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SW66k Is kh6 Melody
Of 0Gh00l-dau Tin0
MUSIC DAILY TAUGHT TO THOU
SANDS OF TOTS.
1t Takes from the Childish
Task Its Tediousness and
Trains the Faculties.
apear musiel That can touch


Beyond al else the soul that loves it much"
Moore
In a varying cegree, the careful study
OF singing aids in the symmetrical de-
velopment of the child physically, men
tally, morally and ndaesthetcally. Physic-
ally, it trains the sense of hearing TO a won
derful degree, strengthens the throat and
lungs, thereby giving increased vigor TO
every part of the system. Mentally, 1t
cultivates keen and sustained attention, and
fine discrimination. Morally, il seems to
render the child more susceptible TO gentle
and ennobling influence. But it is on the
aesthetic side of the childs nature that the
study OF music has the greatest effect,
rendering Inn more susceptible to the in
nuence OF everything that is good and beau
tiful
These are the reasons why singing receives
its proportionaUe time and attention in the
schools
Education in singing may be considered
along three lines: The development and
cultivation OF the voice itself, the mastering
OF musical notation and nomenclature, and
the Interpretation of the varying emotions
expressed in song.
The Washington times., 1895-06-19

Spring patent flour, per barrel, 425A
400; spring straight flour, per barrel,
4.00a4.25; winter patent flour, per bar
rel, 4.25a4 .35; winter straight flour,
per barrel, 3.90a4-10; winter extra flour,
per barrel, 3.50a3 90; clipped white oats,
per bushel, 3Sa39; No. white oats, per
bushel, SO 1-2a37; No. 2 mixed oats. per
bushel, SO 1-2a34; No. yellow corn,
per bushel, 56a57; No. white corn, per
bushel, 56a57; No. timothy hay, per ton.
14.00a14.25; No. 2 timothy hay, per ton,
11.50a12. 90; No. 1 mixed hay, per ton,
12,OOa13.0O; No. 1 clover hay, per ton,
9.00a10. 90; No. 1 cut hay, per ton, 400
a14.50; bulk bran, per ton, 16-OOa16. so;
bulk middlings, per ton, 16. .50a1 z 90;
rye straw, per ton, Is. 3.5Oa14.5O; wheat
straw, per ton, 5.50a6-O0. The above
quotations for car lots delivered on track.
Washington.
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and exactness with which they learn
the multiplicationtables.
Generally speaking chromatics may oc-
cur in music in four ways as follows: l.
The sharp resolving to the semitone above.
2. The fiat TCsolying to the semitone below.
3. The passing from one chromatic to an
other. 4. a true cnromatic passage,
moving up or down by semitones.
The intervals OF the first group are taught
by having the child sing a semitone down
and up again, combining the group later
with every sound OF the diatonic scale.
The following figures viii illustrate this
progression: o, 4,5-6, 4,5-7, 4,5-S, 10
4, 1,5-3, 4,5-2, 4;5-1, 4,5.
The second group is taught in exactly
the same manner, only that the semitone
resolves downward instead OF upward.
The most frequent occurrence OF the
third group is the pass age from the sharp
four TO the sharp five in the melodic minor
scale. which the children learn as a me.ody.
| Consequently this particular combination
is easily mastered. Very little work has
been done toward systematizing the
intervals of this group, as they occur so
very rarely in the music which the children
sing.
The fourth group is thoroughly prepared
for by the study of the chromatic scale
both as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fragments.
ltte dlll 4lu l6dNiilL- Allllt 10 10
and cultivate in the child's mind the time
feeling, j. e., the sense ofrhythm-thep power
TO appreciate groups of regularly recurring
beats or impulses with an accent and later
TO appreciate the larger groups-phases
and periods.
The regularity of the beats is taught
by the use of the metronome or pendulum,
the accent which divides the beats into
measures being given by the voice in
counting or singing. All the drills in the
development OF this subject are sung on
single pitch, SO that only one difficulty
may be presented to the child's mind at
time. In TTesonting ard developing the
different forms occurring in rhythm the
following method is pursued: First, the
real thing is shown TO the child through
his hearing; second, he sings the form
himself from dictation; third, still from
dictation he sings il in combination with
other known forms in the same kind of time
in this way studying its relation; the
representation is given a thorough drill
following 10 connect firmly tie idea of
that particular form in rhythm with its
representation; fifth, the representation is
used in combination with that OF other
known forms.
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New Yor,, Stoct E,.b.

Furnished by SiIsb7 d Co hanke-s AMI
brokers. metropolitan Bank building. Fiftesnth
street, opposite Treasury, Washington, d. g
On 4 -frs--
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Washington Grain Market.

firm, unchanged. Butter and eggs firm,
Cheese quiet, unchanged.
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Chicago Board of Trade.
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Books instruct US calmly; they wait ths
pace OF each mans capacity, stay for hil
want of perception, go backward and fore
ward with him at his wish: and furnish mex
baustible repe6tiOnS. Sir s. EgertoE
Brydges
The Washington times., 1895-06-19

The subject is presented to the children
in two ways First as an entirety and
then syntheucany.
The Washington times., 1895-06-19

The true university of these days is a
collection Of books. CaTkyls.
The Washington times., 1895-06-19
Washington Loan
And Trust Company,
COR. NINTH AND Z STREETS

The Silver Vaults
of this company in its magnificent IRE and
burglar-proOf storage warehouse at 1140 18th
street were purpOsely constructed for the
storage of silyerWare, costly brfc-a- brac,
oil paintings, and other vaIUablea Il has
vfthstOCd every test Of government eI psrta
in efieCting entrance Terms are very
moderate
Let Us store your OvercOat In our cold
storage warehouse. where II 5 SO cold THAI
moths can live. One dollar season.
American Security and Trust Co.,
Storage Warehouse 1140 18th ST
A. NJ READ, Manager
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W. F. HELEN. WI. DEMPSEY.
W.T.. HELEN & Co.,
Dealers In
Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions.
1919 F Street n. w.
WASHINGTON, D. c.

Constant Quotations. = Commission
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The work with chromatics is begun in
the fourth grade. The children are taught
20 recognize and to sing a semitone up or
down from any given pitch, learning this
distance In pitch with she same cerGGDy
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Teachers College of Washington.

Brookland, D. C.
Smyrna times., 1895-01-16
WHOLE NO. 2,O17.
Highest Of all in Leavening power--1,.o.t1, -,
&>:A'L BBsIkjns B:',kj3nss;:
A@SOAUTEnx PURE

woman Of my acquaintance b3
1,.',, o'"'1e~ week in her own I",'.aVen l'"t seven
suGden mania ha~ seized nrd,' nouse' a
70 improve their minds anJ pT1 ~; women
II study appeals to those v,ba .H'9 sort
nav, nave not the time to Ievote tn az really
'jk. "oTk. Lunch parties, foIIowoJ serious Sc.
ana ana calls, fill up the afte%noo,,y py teas
Gme Gl reaches home just ia time oIn' ta ANA ana
,n' ,n'i i.''n"rr, or if one has cbiidron - 're9s
n'.'',. ,''''1'- II point t. get Lone one one
enough to have an hour w;tb ih',' carry
'''' i"f' have their tea Va,I,'' ~ of-
i,,;'.'' ''' 90" 'he spur Of the rnoment. a.,
,h''''~ are sent out severai ,,.'' .IN'
".,H ,',I '.'c" OF the entertainment hova,. III
Una, a.I'"'' 30 nay be, and ones tina 1o"eNer I'VE;
tn... 1,Iv % own from the hour one rc,nrrl "oC
t'"" t'.'. u"''i tn" hour one close n,.. ',9 20
mousse for the summer. '''' one
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KENT COUNTY.
80 l34
MaryIns pIuralitY. I.22l

avery member of the Legislature
W. MN Ihe exception Of Mr., Franz
walker OF Mill Creek hundred ridas
over the Delaware railroad on =, 49,
the capital. ~ anu from
he Is very conscientious man ord
Is carrying out by practice what ba
breaches IN public He don't VII ~
Ieei under obligations to the DaIawaro
Railroad Company. a. I
The term of the State Auditor o.,
pred on Tuesday night and biS s',a
cessor will not be appointed mil ~. ~
the Inauguration. "''0i
The Office of State Treasurer ov,,;-,.
some time this month. and airaad,Ip p,le9 Me-
Su'gley' OF Wilmington, and George
~ Noiiey, OF MlddletOwn, have an.
nS n0unceu themselves willing to look
%'uer 80. Ine nnances. Both the State
nuuIIor ana the State Treasurer have
70 t60, be elected by the Legislature
Inc senate and the House have to
concur III the appointment. In case ~
Ialiure OF both houses to agree on anv
particular candidate then the Governor
appoints. N'o' uor
Inc term OF the present detectives |
, 0AplIe ia July next, owing tO tho
Oiii creating the office having been 80
OadIy drawn, there will be anotber
presented to this Legislature nv A.
torney General Nicholson and Sacro.
tary of the State Smithers.
FLED FROM THE LOCAL oPTIoN1srs
The Assemblymen hurried the od
Journment Wednesday, it is thought
lOr the purpose of getting awav from
the Local OptiOnists, who held a con.
Vention in Dover Thursday Tho ~,
sage OF the proposed Local Option biU
Is doubted. Some legislators have ev-
pressed themselves as being in favor Of
higher license. VI
Each member of the Legislature re-
celVed ten tickets for the inaugnr,1
naii. The exterior of the Court Honse
mas been elaborately festooned with !
WIN +
Inc committee on decoration of the !
TlhK LOT the Governors ball received !
Two bids for decorating. one from a n
ne" ne" YORK hrm and one from Ferris /
Illes OF Wilmington. Mr.. Giles was !
,>y~ehty-hVe dollars higher than the g
New York parties. Then Mr.. Addicks "
IN nearing of it said here is a check far a
twenty-five dollars, give the contract h
y =. DeIaware man, and this is how q
Illes got the job, otherwise the work ii
soulu nave been done by outside N
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Copperheadism in the Senate

IN spite Of the most earno..
rom all parts of the con,,r,. appeai5
,',I1"n a,,',I'':l minority in the Senate raiter-
IortL' - purpose to prevent a renaaI
enoa N'5Icr!mInative duty on Germ,
oo2T vi course so wanting in ra
Cai" Ior The public Interests tbd'o
,hi" 1''%,of7 plead that they cannot bel,5 l-eso
''''h'oiatic party out of its .r,I,,..P
80 - nus and that the tariff il 90 r,I
Ti,.~' 'ecls that the proposed anaaJ
would cure but a small ,,,,ri :,
10 wis. The Common sense dC =, ~
oou"'fy VIII not fail to estimato'..'i'e ,iie
p'e'e'7ea at their real worth 5rI-- uoI
~ dpubt that in the viev of - 'iIle
puoi'cah i,'Ii minority in the Senata ~
~, o -, - one "t the evil tbiuos in 49,,
ue" larll law which thev nTonnla ne ne
,..,,'.. SMouid their party again obt..;,,
~ "a ~ me Government. They La,,l
~, area theIr Intention ia re,,,.,I
,''0 H9ca! revenues from raw, c,,,,,,ll a
~ IesIoFe the sugar bounty. as uaII ~ ~
:" '@l7e numerous protective dntia.
t.'1V'N'dF!ea OF living that were IotraroI "i
oy the new tariff 'o"eTeu
would be difficult ia sneoif,. an,
utiectS which the ProtectioniiIy a. az 'ne
iI'o"9 IA the Senate have discovaroS =.
."e present tariff, and which tbnv 90 r.l III
|, i,'Sr 10 remedy in a new revi.ionpr ~
-ne w.! mckinley law. But What .o" b"s am Ii
.'lI9 .7 10 DO with the simple ouestion ', "
SiloFInS provision of the tarjT wb;oh
i'1 l no other tendency than 10 nrorli-n 'l'Cl
ne ahimo~lty Of friendly comner'ia5 ,9,oa
'alior-' .ii and thus to iuiure tLr con" ,'o'
fy s foreign trade? The obstrnc,iIr S cGu1-
''7 O! tHe senate assert that fbev oI
'oSt.' 'He dIscrlminative duty of fonp
'"'" o' cent pound on the sn,,ar.f
l-Ha'iHg countries when u ,,.a
.".et consideration, ON the gronnd
nay II would be a violation of I'ta ,ha
relations Of the United Statde ne
"' 'fEmany. The fact is rbaf t5a
','-' ''f'',s in Congress tbemsaIrae
'iy recognized the mistake in ,hj
,..l lsclII..ilA..1atIon, ~ and they sought 70
se'iiy 1t IN The Committee of Ca,fo.ro -
nee pa The tariff, which was nrevemtad
~ "'n becoming a law by obstruction in
le NeHaie.-FlHadelpdia Record.
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NO LONGER A DULL MoNTH.-Jan-
uary used to be one of the dull months
OF the year, as many merchants not vet
turning gray will easily recall. OF late
years the month has become one of the
busiest periods of the year for bargains
and business. So true is this that
many thrifty housewives look forward
to this months offerings and oppor.
tunities as confidently and as stead
fastly as they look forward to the
Christmas announcements. Why is itP
The advertisers tell why from day to
day, in their various convincing fash.
ions; and probably at no other season
Of the year do they furnish such profit
able reading as in their special January
bulletins. s.--PhiJG. Record