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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14

Il n an important that In early lifs
concrete standards Of poetry. especial
ly In the form Of passages from the.
great masters Of song be implanted In
their minds and feelings. later the
poems as whole might be committed
to memory. Only Q teacher thoroughly
imbued with the taste for good litera-
ture and who has herself assimilated al
that Is beautiful and good In the works
OF the masters can awaken in her pu-
pills that sympathy which will enable
them to appreciate and respond Alright
to the spiritual appeal that every true
literary work makes to the human
soul
when we think Of the thousands Of
children In our schools today who to-
morrow may be the rulers Of our land,
should We not. we who have the mould.
ing Of the yet unfashioned and un-
trained youth endeavor to stem the
torrent Of pernicious reading by purify
Ing the fountain head. II we can sue
coed in teaching our children to love
only that which Is best In literature we
may feel assured that he who In youth
loves the songs Of Longfellow and Low
ell. the graceful tales of Hawthorne,
the studies Of Thoreau and Burroughs
will never be in danger from coarser
literature and associations"
ST. CECILIA'S ACADEMY.
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HUMOR FROM THE SCHOOL ROOM.

"Since" was a new word for the chill
dren and Miss Jones was explaining
its meaning.
Nov, James, give me sentence with
our new word in it."
me little brother has no sinse," an
swered James.
Mr.. Warren was entertaining a minis
ter and the first evening sent his son,
aged five, to dine with his aunt. When
the child was brought home, the minis
ter who was acquainted with the aunt,
asked II she were not coming over that
evening.
Before Mrs. Warren could reply,
Jack spoke up quickly. "They said
they wasn't coming over tonight, cause
you was here''
A few days later his mother was en-
tertaining visitor with some neighbor-
hood gossip, which she did not wish
Jack to understand. He. apparently,
was paying no attention to the CONVEX
sation.
At the conclusion Of the story he
said impatiently: Mamma, no one can
understand you when you tell a story.
You don't tell enough OF it"
The children were singing a new
spring song, which contained this line.
And earth groweth green without
hustle or noise" Miss Smith" asked
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14
PIONEER PRINCIPALS,

We would pause a moment here to
pay tribute to the memory Of the three
men Of those early days who, perhaps,
did more than any other persons in
helping to mould the destiny of those
who were afterwards to figure SO large
1y In the interests Of our growing city.
"A man Of lovelier traits Of character
than he who first presided at the in
tellectual feast there partaken Of each
day one rarely meets.
Intensely sympathetic, keenly alive
to the needs Of all his pupils, his soul
reflected In his face, his very presence
was benediction. To know him was to
love him, and If he had any fault 1t
was that Of over indulgence. Mr.. e. D.
Rawson was q peer Of the realm, and
like Arnold of Rugby fame, right roy
ally did he. whose only scepter was
love, hold sway over his pupils. His
reign over the High School was of ne
cessity brief. for in eleven months, on
account Of Ill health, he was obliged to
resign, and, If we mistake not, long
since has passed to his reward. May
there be many stars in his crown.
His successor, Mr.. e. A. Lawrence,
was a Christian gentleman of sterling
worth Of character, in many respects
resembling his predecessor, both de-
serving far greater tribute than this
poor pen can give. After remaining
here for several years he, too, resigned
to be succeeded by Mr.. J. A. Lippincott,
whom many will remember not only as
Q teacher but also as a minister Of the
gospel. Many of the citizens Of this
city spent the last days of their public
school life under his tutelage.
His strength of character was great,
~ his whole after life has shown, and he
exerted wonderful influence over his
pupils.
After leaving Scranton he held high
positions west and east both as minis
ter and teacher. He was for nine
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<1ISO CuC HeW ana m0dern
3. n. 7. RANGES

any assistance from the teacher. They
regard the study as a pleasant one,
and II they do get somewhat stuck. as
they are apt to do, they never bother
the school teacher about 1t. They rush
to q minister and he helps them over
the knot. and II they dislike his solu-
ton they rush to q lawyer and he pro-
nounces the union null and void and
accordingly each party takes heart
again.
TEACHERS AND REFORM.
And in all this proceeding the teacher
II ignored. We are becoming a nation
Of divorces. This would not be If our
boys and girls were allowed to remain
with the teacher until they had passed
the plastic stage and their characters
had become strong and resoluta.
Let me make this point here. A les
son should be SO simplified that an in
congruous idea cannot arise in the
child's mind.
We cannot be sure we are teaching
well because we know the principles
laid down in our methods. Under
stand the science of education. but
keep 1t In the background and be
cheerful and practical with the child.
FANNY SPRITE,
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The teacher was new. and an object
Of curiosity to the children.
One morning little girl came to her
room, with a pair of mittens. and aske6
if any one had lost them. They were
duly exhibited, but no owner was found.
After the child had gone away, Q
hand was slowly raised. and meek lit
tie voice said: Teacher, them was
her own mittens. She just camc in here
SOS she could see you" Why" sai6
the teacher, somewhat surprised,
what did she want to see mo for7"
II don't KNOW" replied tho child, II
the same subdued tone. Il told her sA1
wouldn't see much"
Augustus was four or five years older
than the other pupils in his class. He
weighed in the neighborhood Of two
hundred pounds and had a voice as gr,ln
as a saw-mill in full motion. He used
to sit in a corner made by the back
seat and the wall. where he towersd
above the others like Mt Vesuvius
above the Bay Of Naples. One day,
during history lesson. little girl was
asked to tell something about Roger
Williams. She began by saying.
"Roger williams was soldier" then,
hesitatingly, mo, he wasn't either, he
was minister" "Well," interrupted
the hoarse voice Of Yesuvius, ITS I'll
the same anyhow-a minister 10 . soa-
dier-he's q soldier of the Lord."
In the arithmetic class, age was BE-
Ing discussed. A little German boy
slowly arose, end said he had an uncls
who was six hundred and twenty-threo
years old. The teacher was quietly try
ing to explain that he must have made
mistake. when another youth 1ust
raised himself in his seat and SAID,
"That must have been the number q
his house."
@. What is the diaphragm?
A. The diaphragm is something II
grammar that you put words In.
Ans. No. 2.-The diaphragm divioeS
the lungs into the upper and lower
limbs.
Teacher Crying to explain the DIS
tinction between the possessive ana the
plural of nouns)-'Tommie. what u the
plural of cat?"
Tommle with great pride)-"Kit-
tens. ma'am."
Some answers to examination Qves-
tions:
@. What caused tho death Of WAHA2
Henry Harrison?
A. He drank too much hard oider.
@. II you were to 60 to Boston wAas
would you like to sect
a. would like to see the soucatee
people.
@. Name four early explorersf
A. Greenland, Iceland ana the Aa1n'
land.
Kindergarten and other educasnuA
matter will be found In Section l.
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SCHOOLS and teachers.
What Several Teachers and Clever
Pupils Have Said.
TnH TEACHERS TRAINING.
Oohools-Pres Kindsrga rtsns-Art tsseh
tus-study Of Literature and Other
Subjects Discussed ty Prominent
Teachers and Bright Young
Wensn Of Our City.
SALUTAT0RY.

'True ease in writing comes from art,
not chance,
A. those move easiest Hhs have
learned to dance"
In making our initial bow as Journal
lists to our friends the public, allow us.
first, to thank most cordially each and
every one who has assisted and thus
contributed to the success OF the educa-
tional page Of The Woman's Paper.
While casting about for interesting
and timely material. all institutions OF
learning were visited and invited to
cooperate. In nearly every instance
We met with O kind reception and a
willing response, and If any are con-
spicuous by their absence 1t may be at
tributed, not to indifference, but to
urgsnt duties in other directions.
For our fair sisters. we bespeak only
kindly criticism, generous treatment.
and an unbiased Judgment where your
Views do not correspond with theories
advanced or sentiments offered, for
MEN may. hnd. be honest though
they Differ" (ED1TORS.)
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We are too busy
to write an "Ad."
Paragon Plaster
& Supply Co.,
1900 to 1915 Albright Avenue,
SCRANTON.

Amy, docs that mean hustle like .
lady wears?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14

Kindergarten and other educaSScu1
matter will be found In Section i.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14

@. Name four early explorersf
A. Greenland, Iceland ana the MAID
land.
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"REMINISCENCES.
I'VE may build more splendid habita-
tions,
Eli our rooms with paintings and with
sculptures,
But We cannot buy with golA the old
associations"

S1ll our rooms with paiA0nSs ana with
But ve cannot buy With seaa tn. old
associations"
So we turn to memory's casket, and,
with here q smile and there q tear.
draw therefrom treasures Of earlier
years. Of school days past. Of old.
familiar faces Of the long ago.
Many years ago. when you and I
were young. there sprang. as IL by
magic. on the northeast corner Of
washington avenue and Vine street.
on what was then. perhaps, the most
commanding site of our borough, q
two-story brick building Of four rooms.
designed to accommodate the children
Of this already growing community.
who occupied the primary, intermed-
late, grammar and high school depart
ments.
1t was our first public school and was
looked upon as a model Of beauty and
elegance. AS the population continued
rapidly to increase. from time to time
additions were made, until the press
ing need Of a new building became so
great that three years ago the old Cen
trail school. as 1t had always been
called, the first graded school in the
s>SA e~AAsSAA NaoSAASSs was WI IL uo"h, " pC
replaced by the commodious and i'm
posing structure now in process of
completion upon the same site, which Is
destined to be q thing Of beauty and a
Joy forever.
Up to the time of the erection Of this
Central school building, there had been
various private schools in different
parts of the town, in Odd Fellows
hall, in the basement of the old Ger
man Methodist church, on Franklin
avenue, Wyoming avenue. etc.
Some Of our prominent citizens may
not wholly have forgotten the interest
ing dialogues in which they were the
prominent participants in those early
days. not realizing that they were
preparing for q manifestation Of their
powers at q later day, when the city
Of Scranton, with its more than 100, 900
inhabitants, should do homage to their
eloquence
After all,those were childhood's hap
py days. still to continue during the
years following the entrance into the
Central school. Standing as that build
ing did, on the eminence overlooking
Hyde Park and Providence, and the
everlasting hills beyond, we might say
almost alone in its glory, SO far as any
pretentious buildings were concerned,
1t welcomed to its halls both rich and
poor alike and bads them "feast and
be satisfied"
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
FoUR-MASTED BARK.
The Tinto Hill Is One of the Most Tntarsst-
ing Vessels Ever in This Harbor.

1t is not often that Portland sees such
splendid representative of the mer-
chant marine as the floating monster
that now lies off the Grand Trunk
wharves, awaiting the loading of her
cargo. The vessel in question Is the
"Tinto HILL" and she is four-ma sted
bark and halls from Port Glascoe on
the Clyde, where she was built.
The "Tinto Hip Is 1888 feet long. 40
feet beam and "a feet 6 depth of hold.
Her hull is iron and her masts and spors
of steel. Her line are very pleasing and
MS she sets gracefully in tie water she
is splendid specimen of marine archi-
lecture.
She spreads an immense stretch of can
vas and when under full sail with tha
impetus of good breeze she must present
a beautiful sea picture.
A PRESS man made pleasant call
on board her yesterday. He was most
cordially received by Capt. john M.
Hall, who showed him about the ship.
Capt Hall is not the master of the YES
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
WESTBROOK.

Mr.. C. W. bennett and family of North
Adams, Mass, are visiting old friends
in this CITY,
Sunday evening Mrs. Isabella Charles
Davis. corresponding secretary of the
International Order of Kings Daughters
and Sons, will lecture at the vestry of
the Congregational church at O'Clock.
Subject: International Order of the
Kings Daughters ana Sons Its Aims and
Work"
The Or isoners' Cage has been set up at
the aims house.
Rev. MIR. Lisson of the Now England
Southern Conference will preach tomor-
row ct TO- 80 a. M, at the NJ. E. church.
His many friends here will be pleased
to hear him.
There willT be an adjourned meeting
of the city council Monday evening.
The Saucarappas will play game of
local team at that place.
The local order N. E. D. P, will go
on an excursion to Long Island next
Thursday.
Tue Presumpscots will play game of
ball with the North Windhams at War
rem Park this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs G. II. Woodman of
Boston, who have been the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Woodman, the past two
weeks, returned home yesterday
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15

While the 4. As freight was snltting in
the yard at Newcastle Thursday after
noon twelve year old boy who had
climbed upon the train unnoticed foil
from the next to the last car, striking
between the rails. The train was moving
very slowly and some Of the train hands
had time to warn him not to move, to
which fact and to his extraordinary
presence of mind he no doubt owes his
life, as the last car passed over him with
out leaving mark.
ElectrioI1 Railroad talk is warming up.
Many OF the Brunswick traders will op-
pose 1t strongly as they regard it simply
an opening wedge to road connecting
Brunswick with Lewiston or Bath
Brunswick Telegraph.
That railroad war in Harmony is going
to enter into politics this fall. The Re-
publican nominee is for the road and
prosperity and the Democrat against. If
the town votes as it did the last time on
the railroad question the Republican will
be elected hands down. In fact he
probably Will be anyway.
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sci, but is the marine superintendent Of
the firm which owns the fine fleet of
vessels of which the Tinto Hill is one.
The master of the vessel is Capt. Hugh
Dougherty, who halls from the same
place ss Capt. Hall, Oekfield, Irvine, on
the Firth of Clyde, and they are both
fine specimens of the jovial hearted and
able Scottish sailor.
The Tinto Hill was built Mt Port Glas-
ooe, Scotland, in 80, ard her first voyage
was to Melbourne, Australia, on which
voyage Capt. Hall was master. Since
that time Capt. Dougherty has been
her master, and she has been almost
around the world. Capt. Dougherty was
called home to Scotland by the sickness
OF mis- wife, and SO Capt. Hall brought
the Hill from Boston to Portland.
Capt. Hall snys the Tinto Hill is a
bark, and not ship, although she is
generally called a ship here. The reason
of this seems to be that in England these
TOURING sters are classed as barks, and
in America as ships. Tho real ship is a
three masted vessel, all of whose masts
are square rugged. A bark is a three
masted vessel with two masts, square
rugged and the third mast schooner rig
ged The Tinto Hill, having three
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15

Cumberland Regatta at WiIlard's Beach.
The races to be given by this old and
prominent organization promise to excel
any given by them in all the regattas
they ever held. The boats owned by the
club are the equal of any in the country
and the crews are In a condition to fight
a race to the finishing line. All the men
will row to uphold the name OF their club
and promise to give the most exciting
and hardest fought races ever seen in
the harbor. The races are for the cham
pionship of the state and will deter mine
who will participate in the Labor day
races The entries in the single scull
races are J. T. Mccarthy, winner of the
harbor and Maranacook races, P. F.
Foley. winner OF the club championship
last summer, IT,. Smith, who will make
both hustle; @. j. Fairweather, who DOS
seses material 90 make the equal of any
man even turned out by this club This
race will be interesting
The entries for the double working
boat race contains these old and tried
campaigners namely: T.. j. Prinn and
G. j. Fairweather, Charles Peterson and
?. Frank Foley, 7. J. Twomey and
Aug. Donahue. The four-oared race has
for entries three crews, picked from the
entire club of a 100 men and must be
the equal of any four Dared race rowed in
these waters. Crew No. consists of
R. j. Jacobs, F. j. Merrill, J. j. Mo-
Donough. No. 2. Il. w. McDonougb,
P. j. MoBrady, NJ. J. Kelly, P. Fl.
Feeney. No. consists of James O'Day,
I. J. Craven, B. MoGuirs and T. J.
Twomey. These crews rowed tie in
the harhor regatta recently.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
Picked Up Along shore.

The water front presented doleful
was grateful to those who have to labor
there though after the swelter of the
past week.
One Commercial street ice firm put out
Upwards of 500 tons of ice In the city
during the hot week.
The Viking is unloading coal at the
Grand Trunl. cove dock.
The Lulu Weppes is at the Grand
Trunk elevators taking on a load of corn
for Ellsworth.
The Regalia is tied up at the Grand
Trunk wharf.
The following lobster arrivals were
reported yesterday: Eva Bell, with 3400
fur n. ]. Trefsthen; Ava, Alwith 1000,
and Planter, with 1900 for G. w. Mar :
ston.
The David A. Osier and Maud S. are
at thu Custom mouse dock.
Schooner J. W. Hawthorne arrived
yesterday with load of hard pine.
The schooner Chaparral came in ligh t
yesterday and will take cargo of mer-
chandise from Blake.
The schooner Wasp brought in 1000
Holsters to the Portland lobster company
: The schooner General North ar
rived yesterday with 12U0 live perch for
J. H. Mcdonald.
The Fanny Heed came in with trip
OF 1900 pounds Of cod and hadd ock.
Schooner Mary A. Whalen of Boston
with her flag Mt half mast for the sup
posed loss of two members of her crew,
John Griffin, native of ireland, and
John 6heller of Newfoundland, dory
mates, who strayed form their We ssel last
Sunday while tending their travis.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
An Interesting Bathing Party.

Conspicuous among the party of 80 pao-
pie who took dip in the ocean at Will
lard beach yesterday was party of five
priests, whose robust physical proportions
called to mind the celebrated painting
of the three jolly priests at banq uet
One of the fathers fjollied" the Casino
bath room official with a request for
"fiye jumbo SUITS" and the largest size
proved mono too capacious. After their
bath and a shore dinner the party &C.
cupted the comfortable rocking chairs
on the Casino piazza for an our or
more and apparently enjoyed the mag
nifoent scenic views of Casco bay and
its islands.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
HOWARD THE FORGER.
Held at Boston In the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars.


Yesterday morning Edward ]. Howard
was brought before Judge Forsaith of
the Boston Municipal court for passing
forged note for $500 on Stephen jennings,
broker, and waving examination was
held in $4,000 for the September term of
the Superior court.
1t seems that warrant had been out
for Towards arrest Tor some little time,
and Police Inspector McCausland had
been trying to locate him. Three or four
days ago the Inspector had learned that
Boston woman had received letter
as a great fayorite with the fair sex.
The Inspector secured possession of the
envelope containing the epistle, and saw
from the postmark that the letter had
evidently been mailed in Portland. In
one conner of the envelope was name
and address which had been SO covered
with ink as to BIO unreliable. The In
spector went to chemist, got some acid
and removed the ink stains. He found
the address of Portland firm. The In
spector Immediately sat down and wrote
q letter to the police department Of Port
land, giving the address of the Portland
firm, and asking the police to keep an
eye open for Howard. The story from
hence on was told in yesterday g
PRESS.
| It seems that Mr.. Ponce's suspicious
were aroused that Howard was not all
right because the morning before
Howard Left his hotel Mr.. Ponce had
occasion to go into his room, and he
there found Howard in cotton under
shirt fastening on false oelluloid shirt
front. He had cellnloid collar and his
colluloid cuffs were fastened in his coat
sleeves. AS Howard hadn't brought any
baggage to the hotel Ponce Immediately
suspected he was "bum.''
When Howard was at the station here
he gave police officer nickel to get
him pair of paper cuffs and a paper
collar. Then he secured sheet of white
blotting paper and ingenionsly cut q
shirt front out Of it and fastened 1t in
place with his stud. With this paper
front and the fresh collar and cuffs, ard
as he is fine looking man, he appeared
quite stylish. ,,,a s s.:...
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
A sagacious Beast. /.

Yesterday afternoon a horse attached
to wagon was standing in front of the
Union Mutual building at the corner of
Exchange and Congress streets, when all
at once he took it into his had that he
wanted drink. He deliberately walked
across the street to the fountain In front
of City hall. Another horse, attached
to Job wagon, was standing at the sur
stone SO that he was in the way of the
first horse. With great deliberation the
horse that wanted to drink took the
Bride of the other horse in his teeth and
backed him until the way WAS cleared
for him to thurst his nose in the foun-
tain and obtain real refreshing drink.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
WON EMS CLUBS.
Meeting of the State Federation To b Q
Held in This City.

Club women who are interested in the
coming annual meeting of the State Fed
GRAFTON to be held in Portland in Octo-
Der, will he interested to hear that some
radical changes are being contemplated
in the program for the two days session.
1t has been the opinion of many attend
ing these meetings that large number
OF the papers upon special topics, inter
esting though they may be, might we'll
be dispensed with, in favor of more gen
eral discussions from the floor upon
matters of more practical Importance.
This is to be the case. 1t is furthermor
announced that a special meeting has
been arranged for, to be holden on the
afternoon on Wednesday, before the re :
ception which usually opens the session.
and at this meeting much preliminary
work, like reports and formal business,
will be disposed of, leaving more time
for the delegates during the all day
sessions of the principal day.
Each club in the State will receive g.
copy of the proposed amendments to the
constitution, AS soon as the com mittee n
work upon them shall make it's final de.
oision, regarding tho substitution and
additions to the present constitution. 1t
Is thought that the changes NAV be
slight, referring principally to the tsxa.
ton and representation of the severa,
clubs, for the support of the State and
general declarations. One of the nromi.
nent officials in the State federation
writes upon this subject, my idea of
constitutions is that it is better not to
be bound by hard and fast code of ,ou,s
which impose unlimited observation-disclosures
to change, bus to adopt some simnla
working rules for tho necessary meetings.
and for the rest govern from year to vear
by the help of motions passed by the con-
yentions."