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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-06

What do "Federalist," Democrat,
"yhig.' Republican" mean to child
who does not know how his own town
ordinances are made? Or What are
the Missouri Compromise and the bred
Scott Decision to those whose ideas of
government. legislation, executive and
judicial are typified by the policeman
1t is recommended that history be
taught by subjects, each adapted to
the comprehension of the child; and
the report goes into details, showing
how this may be done.
SECOND OBJECTION TO SCHOOL,
HISTORIES.
"rhe ordinary textbook in history is
unsatisfactory also from its style of
composition, In fact, it can hardly be
said to have a style. 1T is not litera-
ture. 1t is a compendium of facts.
Children have a right to the best lit
elature in all it's branches. Let his
tory no longer be divorced from lit
erature in our schools. A large part of
our classic English literature deals
with historical subjects. 1T is possible
and practicable TO select from this
broad field enough of the most whole
and imagination of our pupils"
The report very infinitely shows how
the history course may be made lit
erary, manning the books, briefly de-
scribing each. A large part of Super
intendent Howell's work has been to
establish for the primary grades a
reading course Tint is a course in liter
allure as well.
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STATE NEWS.


Mr.. j. II. Winburn, the proprietor of
the North Carolina Baptist, was united
in marriage to Mrs. Lizzie Holdings
worth on Tuesday night
The Populists in Jones county on
Saturday, are said to have endorsed fu-
sion with the Republicans, and also en-
dorsed Senator Pritchard.
Rev. w. II. Pickett win preach the
annual commencement sermon at
Caldwell Institute on Sunday, May
Gath at II a. m, and Rev.
M NJ G. Shields will deliver the adj
dress on Monday, May 25, at 10 m.
We regret to hear of the sickness
of DR.. r. III. Pritchard at Wrightsyille,
Reports were at first quite distressing
to his many friends and admirers, but
we have received note from Mrs.
Pritchard saying that ne is better,
and hopes soon 10 go back to his work.
Biblical Recorder.
p. J. Dclamar, chairman Of the Re
publican county convention Of Pam
leo, writes the Newbern Journal that
the county recommended Russell for
Governor and adds, '"There was a
growing sentiment to be met with fa-
yorable to Justice Walter Clark for
Governor. Though no action was
taken, it was apparent to great many
that there were chunks Of wisdom in
the thing big enough to be felt, if not
actually visible"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-06
OBSERVER WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 6, 1896.

not contemplate the establishment of
trade school, any more than our
schools at present are business coll
leges, although we do teach business
forms and the elements of book-keep-
ing, banking and insurance. But just
as the present training in penmanship,
English composition, and arithmetic
prepares pupils for any kind of bust
ness, so this manual training will pre-
pare them for any kind of manual oc-
cupation. We offer preparation to the
few who will go into business, and
10 the still fewer Of any, who will lead
literary lives. It is an the more our
duty to equip for life the larger num-
her who will have to work with their
hands.
MANUAL TRAINING is MENTAL
TRAINING.
'But this manual training is mem
tai training as well. Indeed it is as
valuable for the one as for the other.
1t trains the eye to see, it trains the
judgment, it trains the reason, or it
trains the imagination. One must see
before he can make, one must think
before he can make, one must imagine
before he can create. And SO we cam
not admit that one course is better for
the children Of the poor and another
for the children Of the rich. Though
all our pupils may not work With their
hands for a living, manual training
affords q valuable mental discipline
that can be attained IN no other way
WHAT A STRANGER SAYS OF TIE
RALEIGH SCHOOLS.
The report closes with an cxplana-
ton of the phonic method of teaching
reading, and with the following quota
ton from the advance in Educa-
ton" published at Los Angeles, Cal.
The editor visited the Raleigh schools
last spring during superintendent
Moses incumbency, and referring in
his journal to what he had seen, says:
mo matter what may be ones pre-
conception of the way 10 teach read
ing, there can be but one impression
concerning the work in the Raleigh
schools and that is Of surprise, and
marvel at the extraordinary results ac-
complished under enormous difficult
ties. / never saw keener delight in
science learning than that displayed
by these children. as through the ear
they caught the new words they had
never seen, and quickly and intelli-
gently reduced them to written forms
Superintendent Moses, work is a
great one, and if the people of Raleigh
were to given him the building, equip |
ment and teachers he needs, five years
would make that city the pilgrimage
of school people from all over the |
land"
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They Are Said to Be in Excel
lent Condition.
suPT. HoWELL's REPORT
Why School Histories Are
Unsatisfactory.
LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN
The School Curriculum Should Be
Practical and Harmon
ixe With the Changed
Conditions,
Conditions.

The report Of Superintendent How
Ell, of the city schools, for the fiscal
year ending in March, is NOW in the
hands al the printers, aud is soon to
be issued in pamphlet form, it viii
form Interesting reading to all patrons
e the schools and "a teachers every
where. The enrolment has been 1,120
white chsldrens 1.2sa colored. total,
s.ssa. The report is up to date in
dealing With educational problems, and
shows advanced thought In its treat
saeat OF certain parts tf the curriculum.
IN, hae.s the report IS largely a discus
son az she common school course.
oBgEcr or SCHOOL TRAINING,
The selection al a curriculum Will
a,e determined gs ones idea OF eSiucae
sssa. ard ~ what The chief purpose of
school Instruction Is, The objects OF
school sga5nsnG are many, and may be
SanaasSs sags in the expression; Prepare
sson Hsr life This includes right living
as well as the making 81 a livelihood,
The mission of the pubic schools is e
make good citizens,
There are certain great life lessons
that a child should learn al school.
If not he viii learn their value with
Disappointment and sorrow after
wards: punetuality. regularity, obe-
dsence. industry. trathfulness; that
time lost is lost forever; that intermit-
tent labor wastes energy; that idleness
means mischief; and that laziness is
sin. The value Of these lessons far out
weighs whatever knowledge he may
gain of reading, writing, arithmetic,
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the sciences and languages.
WHAT EDUCATION MEANS.
.This brings us TO the consideration
OF what education means. 1t does not
mean knowledge. 1t is not something
to be given children that they are to
take" On the contrary, it comes
from within. 1T means leading out to
life and strength the God-given pow
ers of the child, by stimulating them
to action. For everything that grows
grows BY exercise, and education is
synonymous with training, growth,
development. 1t is not confined to the
intellect, but includes all the fac
ulties of the human being, mental,
physical and moral, and in the noblest
sense, education means character.
OBJECT LESSONS FOR MORAL IN
STRUCTI0N.
ssIf this is true, the ethical value Of
every study, and of every method of
teaching, must receive not only consid-
Grafton, but the first consideration.
That study is most important which
affords best material for moral instruc-
ton. Moral character is not built up
by continual preaching to children.
Here, as elsewhere, the best method is
by object teaching. We have the high
est example for this. The morals of
the world have been reyolu-
tionized, not by didactic SER
mons, but by the teachings
of such stories as that OF the two men
who went up into the temple to pray,
Of a certain King which would take
accounts of his servants, and of the
man who went down from Jerusalem
to Jericho and fell among thieves. Con-
crete examples like these appeal to
the imagination of old and young alike.
We can grasp great principles of virtue
and lofty ideals of character only as
represented in some man or woman.
We learn what honor means from the
story of Regulus; we understand what
patriotism is from the life of Washing
ton; and we know that there is such a
thing as love in the world when we
think of our mothers.
Biography, history and literature are
the fields that supply the materials for
this kind of teaching"
The report then proceeds to discuss
the teaching of history, which it state
il generally taught unsatisfactory
because nearly all textbooks in history
are unsatisfactory for children.
FIRST OBJECI1ON III SGHOOL HIS
TORIES.
'eThey are unsatisfactory first on ac
count of the subject-matter they con
tain. There are certain periods In thu
life of every nation that appeal t.
children only at certain stages OF their
development, and any attempt to teacs
a historical subject before a child is OLE
enough and has read enough to appre
ciate it, will be failure. The child
" no eagerly deyours the story of Co
lumbus, of the Gabots, Sir Walter RAJ
eigh and Captain John Smith, will be
On 10 lose interest with the page,
treating of the stamp act. And whel
the Revolution is over and DE hai
10 study about the formation of on
Federal Government, the child is deal
ing only with words, words, words
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-06
MAYOR coLEY REELECTED.

Mocksville, n. G., May 5. (SpeciaD
The election here yesterday result
ed in the reelection of WIN X. Coley,
present mayor over Frank Brown by
a vote of "A to IS. Registered voted,
1872, votes polled ia. Commissioners
elected: o. t. Williams, c. w. Sheek,
c. T.. Robertson, +. NJ. Johnson, A. r..
Grant.
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him in the heel and tearing his foot
seriously. lit is feared that amputation
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engaged in driving some young chick
ems into shelter when the unfortunate
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WHAT EDUCATION AIE.A

history, geography, grammar, and all
the sciences and languages.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30

sci was taken into Halifax and all on
board were arrested.
The funeral of Col, Daniel +. Hun
eerford. father of Mrs. John w.
Mackay, took place in Rome. The
cortege went to the American church
and thence to the Protestant cemetery,
where the remains we're inferred.
Many members Of the dramatic pro-
fession were at st. Pancras church,
London. to witness the wedding OF Mr..
Henry Irving and Miss Dorothea Baird.
Lady Irving, Sir Henry Irving and
Ellen Terry were among those present
II Is understood that negotiations Tor
floating Russian 3 per cent gold loan
of 400, 100000 francs have been con-
eIuded with the Rothschilds, Bleich-
roeders. Discomfort esellshaft, Mendels-
sohn and number of Russian banks.
Queen Victoria went TO London to
attend the wedding of Princess Maud
to Danish prince, which occurred
Wednesday. She was disturbed by a
runaway accident, IN which one OF her
attendants was injured and by a fire
in Buckingham palace.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30

the convention could not proceed. This
ruling almost precipitated riot. Some
cheered. some cursed. some fought and
there would probably have been SER
ious trouble had not the Bryan leaders
wisely concluded TO abandon this high
handed program. bur in doing So they
opened the flood gates and for six hours
the convention was deluged with ora
tory. Most of the speakers seconded
Bryan's nomination About fifty Sec
ending speeches were made Ths
middle-of-the-road contingent insisted
at every opportunity upon knowing
whether Bryan would stand on the
platform and accept the nomination
But all those who presente the Ques-
ton were neatly parted, Judge Dean
III Nebraska and others vouched for
Bryan's sympathy with populistie prin-
eiples but that was all the satisfaction
the radicals could get The I7sas del
egatiou sent message to Bryan II
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30
GLEANINGs FROM SCIENCE.

/ A few animals are voiceless, as the
giraffe, the armadillo and the porcu-
I inc.
Some watches now made are suaran
teed to keep time to Within ten eeconds
month.
The greatest distance covered by a
steam vessel in one hours run is liked
at twenty-six miles.
February is the month in which the
greatest number of births occur. June
the month In which occur the fcrest
At Quito, the only city in the world
on the lire Of the equator, the SIN rises
and sets at six o'clock the year round
From a brief study of the Palenque
Tablet it can safely be inferred that the
four-year system, and consequently the
year Of 365 days, was in use when the
tablet was made.
The soldering of aluminium. which
has long been a difficult prohl,ia. has
Leen recently solved. BY sprinkling
the surfaces to be soldered with Chord
o. silver, and melting down, the solder
ing is effected simply and satisfactory.
The law of evolution works IN Ian
guages ,as well as In other things.
Twenty thousand words have been
added 10 the English language in the
department of biology alone since OAR
wins discoveries.
A discovery had been made tina; eitric
acid Is normal constituent of cows
source, however, has rot yet
been fixed, although it has been estab-
lished that IL does rot come citric o.
other organic acids existing in the
foods
When the common oarthworn is cut
in two TO the tail there grows head
and to the head there grows a tail. and
two animals are formed. As the
wound heals, small, white button is
formed, which afterward develops into
rings and a perfect extremity
Although boiling water is fatal to
most microbes some IT them endure ex-
treme cold with Indifference a Pictet
has frozen some of them in solidfl"d air
at temperature Of about 1923 @eZrees
below Fahrenheit zero. and found them
az lively as ever when he thawed them
ont
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30
EARLIER DoINGs.

st. Louis. July 27-The national pop
ulist convention opened Wednesday
with / 1000 delegates and COO spectators
present. The session lasted only ~
hours. Senator Butler of South Car
olina was made temporary chairman.
Butler was a Bryan man but his
speech gave both the Bryan delegates
and the middle-of-the-road fellows a
chance to shout A defect in the cleo
tric lights forbid an evening session.
National Chairman raubeneek called
the convention to order at its initial
meeting.
Thursday morning Senator Allen OF
Nebraska took the chair as permanent
chairman and made a ringing speech
favoring Bryan's endorsement. The
session was short as the various COM
mittees were not ready to report
Several contests were, however, settled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30

fight did occur. A Rhode Island del
egate was e. ected ard a West Virginia
! delegate inAammet by the action of
the convention walked sullenly out of
the hall. The storm center, as on the
three previous days, was in the Texas
delegation. But the really dramatic
features of this wild session were en-
acted behind the scenes. Rumors of
what was going on in the wings
reached the delegates, but they knew
nothing definitely and to the very end
the message from Bryan which might
have changed the result was kept from
their ears. To add TO the other feat
nres Of he day the convention was
without music and the hall was 1T
tered ana bestrewn with the Crime
and dirt of fridays twelve hours sit
ting. 1t was not expected that the
convention would last more than three
days and the contract made with the
local board expired Friday night
The populist Bryan me- nagers decid-
ed at the outset yesterday to disregard
Bryan's telegram of Friday night. to
nominate him and To straighten out
the tangle afterwards. They started
out to rush his nomination
through before any other candidate
could be put in the field. But the in
reference was too much for them and
their line was broken. General Weay-
er of Iowa. populist candidate in 1892,
placed Bryan in nomination and Cen
eral Field of Virginia who was his
running mate after brief speech
nous. Chairman Allen held the mo-
ton in order and that until that mo-
ton was decided the call of states for
nominations which was the order of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30
NOTES or THE DAY.

The otter is the favorite animal pet
among. the Chinese.
London has forty restaurants IN
which only vegetable food is served.
The diamonds in one symbol OF the
shah's rank are said to weigh almost
twenty pounds.
Coal is dearer in South Africa tlan
in any other part of the world. II is
cheapest in China.
About 100000 trees are annually
planted by Swedish school children, un-
der the guidance of their teachers.
The total exports of iron and steel
manufacturers for the first eleven
months of the last fiscal year, as COM
pared with the corresponding months
for the preceding fiscal year, show ~
increase of over SS,200,000.
Only IL per cent. of the larger ana
per cent. of the smaller English CONS
bear an earlier date than 1870 Inc
clean appearance of British coins is a.
ways delight to foreigner. ms Y
true as well Of Canadian coins,
The first step in the new movement
for White mountain forest preservation
has Just been taken. The Appalachian
Mountain club has entered into the
possession of a large tract OF land near
the Crawford house, which Is 70 n
held as a natural park.
California wines will cost more ms
year than in several years past aeculu'
ing to the California Winemakers cor
poration. 1t is stated that the Ylhlass
Of 1895 was only 100000 gallons I.
dry wines, red and white, while y ~
past few years the production mas ueen
between $4,000, 900 and 24,OOo'eo9 ~
Ions.
1t is not generally known exe.ps ~
certain persons whose office Is 70 i5a.-
Of such matters that the immense a''L,
Of 50 500 900 is annually expended -
charity in the city of New York "a
at least, is the approximate amount IN
timated as closely as cireumstAh...
permit of on the part Of experts. .. ~.
are about 5000 families who are ns's
"giyerss to charity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Charles Dickens, son Of the great
novelist, died on Monday in England.
Mrs. Letitia Soumans. the eele-
brated temperance worker, died at
Toronto. Ont
The jameson raiders entered a plea
OF not guilty at the beginning Of their
trial in London,
Pope Leo XIII, granted an audience
70 Professor Schroeder Of the UniNer-
sity OF Washington.
The centenary of the death of Robert
Burns was celebrated al Dumfries,
Scotland, at which town hee poet died
The acting vail Of Van te.egraphs to
the sublime porte that tie Persian
tribes continue 70 cross the frontier III
Turkey committing murders and acts
81 violence
The FIRST session 81 the present Eng
lish parliament will close August Il.
The session has been barren of results
and very Disappointing ID the friends
Of the conservatives.
Serious accusations are about 70 be
made ag0ipsf Herr Won puttkamer,
governor Of the German Cameroons,
who is alleged 10 have praeticed gross
brutality against THU natives.
Ii Hung Chang SAYS that China in.
tends to place a great loan soon bnt
desires 10 treat directly With the banks
and not through iii intermediary
The storthins the representative
body 81 Norway has rejected the bill
for tie retention of the temporary I'LL
crease Of the duties on petroleum and
sugar for az imposition Of duty on
meat
Captain Nash of the barkentine Her
hsrt Fuller. With his wife and second
mate were murdered III their cabins
while THE vessel was at sea. The YES.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30
TALK OF sEWALL OR WATSON
QUITTING.
WHAT WILL BRYAN DO ?
Liberal Free Silver Men Believe Per
haps the Georgia Candidate May
BE Persuaded to Not Accept the
Nomination-Plen Power Con
ferred on National Committee.

st. Louis, July 26.-William Jen-
nings Bryan of Nebraska, who was
nominated by the democratic conyen-
ton at Chicago, was Saturday made
the standard bearer of the populis,
party. Bryan was nominated in the
face of his own protest in the shape OF
telegram directing the withdrawal OF
his name sent to Senator Jones after
Sewall had been ditched for the vice
president nomination Friday night. II
was also made in the teeth of opposi-
tion so bitter that after the conven-
ton adjourned some radicals held a
trump convention" The last session
Of the convention was marked by
scenes of turbulence and noisy excite
ment which several times bordered on
an actual riot and which almost pre-
cipitated personal collisions. One first
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30

The London Spectator is becoming
alarmed at the growing sentiment
against immigration in this country,
and wonders what Il to become of the
surplus population OF Europe II we
erect an effective dam against 1t. 1t
Is more than probable, the Spectator
says. that within twenty years immi-
grafton as We know it will be prohib-
tied all over the world, and that Great
Britain, Germany and Italy will be
compelled TO meet the problem of grow
Ing populations without any relief from
departures to other climates, a change
which will npel some grand altera-
ton in the social systems of Europe.
The White Mans Grave Is a ghastly
name. well deserved by the Sierra
Leone coast, but, according to Lieuten-
am Colonel Trotter. who has been SGT
thing the Anglo French boundary IN
that region. The Hinterland of Sierra
Leone is more like the white man 5
paradise. The Hinterland Is a fertile
district, with plenty Of water. capable
Of producing almost anything. suitable
for cattle raising and healthy for
Europeans quite unlike the. coast.