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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19
A SCOTCH EDUCATORS oPIN
ION.

"The first great misconception in
this business is what l might call
the besetting sin of the professional
educator, to act exactly in the teeth
of what the word etymologically
means, as if education meant put
ting into man, instead of draw.
ing out. But the human brain is
not knowledge box, to be furnished
all round and stuffed all through
with all sorts of scientific facts,
historical dates, and dogmatic pro-
positions, duly stamped and labled
like 50 many articles in shop.
"Not SO. The human mind is a
soil and a garden and-a growth and
the seed that grows there is planted
by God Almighty, and not by any
mortal man. On this principle the
wisest of the wise Greeks, the great
preacher Of reason. Socrates, con
stantly acted as an educator hi
. aspired to be nothing more than al
'obstetrical attendant, wisely watch
ing and helping an intellectual birth
with the creation of which he hat
nothing to do.
"On this principle, the first bust
ness is to watch the natural craving
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19


The orator butcher and Freeholder
who so loves to be known as "Sand
Burr" seems to be on the ragged
edge of something these days. 1
really suppose he has some sore
spots, but if he will only quit in
citing us constantly to be applying
blisters to them they would soon get
well without any further medicine
Some one suggests that instead of
'Sand Burr the appellation of
"Silly Billy" would be more appro-
pirate, and descriptive of the author
of so much shallowness. Ever since
Everett Crone banged him with his
little club up in Montague he seems
60 have lost some of his buttons. This
leads me to believe that perhaps his
friends have reason for fearing that
softening of the gray matter has
not only begun, but may be very fur
advanced in his case. Imbibing
freely of Spiritus Frumentum' it
is said often leads to thnt sad end
too. II may have never been very
firm at the best, but at any rate it
would be pitiful if it should suffer
any further deterioration. Perhaps
DIR. Ryman. could aid in averting so
serious n calamity, and it is suggest
ed as a last resort that "Silly Billy"
embrace "Dick" and the Gold Cure
at the earliest possible moment, or
at least before the phoebes nest
again. II.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19
POINTS WORTH REMEMBERING

Here are some points to think
about given in the Intelligence:
A recitation without attention is
waste of time and energy.
All teaching should be to develop
the powers of doing by doing
The sure way to make study de-
lightful is to teach as if it were.
In written exercises. train pupils
to correct one anothers work.
Use states and the blackboard in
teaching reading from the begin
ming.
See that the school room has a
steady supply of fresh air through
the day.
Teach figures precisely as you
teach words, by the simple law of
association.
The teacher should ascertain the
pupils manner of workins and habits
of study.
During recess the windows should
be opened and the school-room thor
oughly aired.
In teaching geography do not
crowd the minds of the pupils with
dry facts and names.
The teacher needs not only to
awaken a love of books, but to guide
in their selection.
Where one man inspires twenty
in any other profession, the teacher
inspires thousand, or ought to.
The minds of pupils will grow to-
ward Improvement if we will but
free the way before them.
Do not allow yourself to be hedged
in by wall of self-conceit so that
you cannot look beyond yourself.
A school teacher who does not
take good school journal cannot
keep up with the age in which he
lives.
One lesson depends on another
Every unlearned lesson weakens the
foundation on which the others rest
A lesson in the first and second
grades should not exceed a quarter
of an hour in length under any cir
oumstanceS.
Singing is one of the most valua.
BILE instruments in skilful hand
for keeping alive the tone and activ.
ity of the school.
Teachers must not forget that cor.
rect thinking must precede all at
tempts at talking, whether by young
and old.
Your work as an instructor OF
boys and girls is an exceedingly no,
BILE one, and as a teacher you car
and ought to be one of the best.
The greatest care should be taken
to have pupils write figures and
signs very distinctly, to arrange
their work neatly, and never do one
bit of work carelessly.
In teaching history, supplement
the dry, condensed statements OF
the textbooks by anecdotes, incid-
ents, stories, and biographical
sketches of noted men, drawn from
your memory or from good books.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19

of the growing creature, and supply
its wants with a wise discrimination
and here it is evident that the main
thing to do is to bring the organs of
the creature, the eye and the ear
and the hand into living touch with
their natural surroundings in other
words natural history, drawing and
music and recitation ought to form
the foundation of all education ac-
cording TO nature and the divine
constitution of the universe. Young
persons ought to be taught TO use
their eyes in the direct observation,
and discriminating description of
what lies before them and about
them process of training not only
not performed, but Systematically
contravened in much of our modern
teaching, substituting, as it does,
dead rules for living facts, and for
eign echoes for native voices.
1.-THE root of all this false method
lies in the prominent place occupied
in our modern training by books.
Books certainly are great help in
this acquisition of various kinds of
knowledge but they are useful only
in a secondary way useful as the
stones in the quarry are to the arohi-
tect, or wood to the cabin maker as
u substitute for living formative
force they are in all cases null No
man learns dancing, fencing, draw
ing, singing, painting, by reading
books but he dances, and fences,
and draws, and paints, and sings as
a matter of living practice in the
first place, and only then may care
to hear about the bookish theory.
The substitution of books for the
living exercise of the faculty, no
doubt has arisen from the facility
which it affords to the teacher of
doing a great deal of apparent work
with the least possible trouble (;
take the book and learn the rule
and, if you can repeat it accurately,
have no more bother"
Herbert thought that the age of
about nine or ten to twelve or thir-
teen, boys were better fitted to un.
derstand and appreciate the sub
stance of Homer than at any other
age. Tales from Shakespeare, not
like those OF Lamb, but told with
more spirit, more phrases from the
original, and especially with quota
tions or taking passages. Much of
Dante if adapted from a standpoint
like that of Rosetti's +" Shadow of
Dante, and so on through much of
the most important literature of the
world, can be intelligently and last
ingly impressed on the minds of
children before the average age of
leaving our high or even our gram
mar schools. What is needed here
is true child editions, made not by
literary men, not even by well-read
and successful teachers or superin-
tendents, but by special teachers of
reading, who would patiently test
many children and classes with the
work by piecemeal, and cut and
adapt the material till it really and
closely fitted the minds and hearts
of the children. These we shall
have as reading becomes a speciality
in pedagogy, as it ought and is sure
to do. The danger now is that badly
made editions will make us sceptical
of the true way. AS a rule, the
younger the age for which such ma
terial is adapted, the surer it will be
relished by all.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19

ALBANY, Feb. 17.-rhe senate adopted
the house resolution commencing the
course of Senator Hill In behalf OF an
American citizen imprisoned In Cuba
Frank M. Baker as railroad commission.
ers. The assembly passed bills permitting
the erection Of booths within stoop lines.
A billwas introduced for the erection of
a library building in Bryant park, New
York. New Workers spoke In favor Of the
bill to limit the height Of buildings
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19
Salmon for the Delaware.

: The Fish Commissioners of Penn
sylvania and New Jersey propose to
place 100000 salmon eggs in the
upper Delaware river next Spring.
They are to be sent in cans from
Oregon and California.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Statistics show that it costs 1923. so
an acre to raise wheat in Massachu-
sets. If the average yield is even
20 bushels, those farmers are getting
behind fast enough for comfort.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-19
THE TEACHERS WORLD.

All teachers and friends of education are
cordially invited to contribute whatever
may be helpful or suggestive to others In
this line of work. Communications Will
be gladly received by the editor of this de
phrtment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
TWISTED WATER.
Five Water Spouts Near CleYe-
land at the Same Time.


Cleveland. O., Aug 13:-A strange
phenomenon was seen by the residents
of this city today, five dark and enor-
nous water spouts were seen far out in
the lake, moving in an easterly direc-
ton. One of these whirling water
spouts was traversing the distance from
the western horizon, where they were
first sighted by the lookout at the life
saving station to the eastern horizon,
where it finally disappeared or struck
the shore, in Is minutes.
Two struck the shore near the foot
of Wilson avenue, while. the other two
pursued their. easterly course down the
lake. The largest spout struck the
shore at the foot of Coest with terrible
force The large gate of the Avery
Stamping company was twisted from
it's hinges and the large timbers scat
tered in every direction. The shipping
department of this plant is now being
repaired, and a large section of the roof
was taken off.
A box car on the track on the side of
the shipping house was taken so feet
one way on the track and then blown to
the end of the track in the opposite di-
rectiOn. Windows. were broken and
several large sections of the timbers
from the surrounding sheds were blown
off. The force of the Whirlwind for
such it was, seemed to spend itself
The path seemed to be about 500 feet
in width, and pursued a southerly
course through the city. No one was
injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
LAUGHS AT POISONS.
Young Woman at st. Paul Who is To-
tally Insensible to Pain.

st. Paul, Aug. 13.-Niss Evatima Tar
do, aged &c, has all her life been abso-
lutely free from pain and has no idea
what it is except by word of
mouth from others. She is also free
from the poisonous effects that follow
the bite of certain reptiles and insects.
Not only that, but she can swallow the
deadliest poison known to science, while
all stimulants, narcotics, anaesthetics
and sedatives have no effect upon
her.
When she was years old, while liv-
ing with her parents on the Island of
Trinidad in the West Indies, a cobra
threw itself upon her and bit her terri
bly,.
Her parents laid her out to die, but
awoke as fresh as rose. Now a cob
the best he can do will be to make her
a little sleepy and kill himself She
stood up in a doctors office here and
she were playing with a paper bag.
that her case had been the wonder of
the surgical and medical men of all
parts of the world, and that the only
explanation was that she had been born
with a defective nervous system in so
far as the sensory nerves are concern
ed. she was jabbing pins into her face.
The doctor ran long needle into her
repeatedly and a rattlesnake was al
lowed to bite her in the presence of
the witnesses and no effects were OBJ
SerVable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
Mining Company Organized on
Military Basis.
Reaches the Pacific Coast From
Boston.
BOUND FOR KLONDIKE
An Old California Forty Miner
in the Party.
They Will:GO in By the st. Mi
chaels Route.

Seattle, Wn., Aug. 13.-One of the
largest and best equipped of all the
parties that have started for the Klon-
dixie from Seattle this season has just
arrived in the city from New England.
They are organized on a military basis,
the captain being Arthur E. Seymour,
SON of the well known mind reader.
Charles H. Mosely, formerly of the
Boston Herald, is secretary and A E.
Rogers of Norwich, Conn, is treasurer
Each member of the party originally
contributed $1,000, and each agrees to
share and share alike in all the eX-
penditures and profits of the expedition
Apart from these individual contribu-
tions, the company has ample financial
backing. They are the first organized
party to leave Boston for the new gold
fields and their departure from that
city on August 4, was the occasion for
a demonstration, thousands of people
assembling at the railway station to see
them off.
The corporate name of the expedition
is The Haverhil1 Mining company, from
the fact that Secretary Seymour, at the
time he organized it was at Haverhill,
Mass, although his home is at Utica,
N. Y. The members of the company
have done all their own Quitting in
this city.
follows: Arthur E. Seymour, Haver-
hill; J. G. Williams, Charleston; l.. G.
Hill, Deerfeld; G. r. Allen, Boston;
John R. Nicholas, Providence, R. l.;
L. L. Hobbs, Springfield; George H.
Wesson, Chelsea; G. N. Brown, Alfred
E. Rogers. Gales Ferry, Conn; L. A.
Malloy. Hudson; J. d. Spier, South
Boston; Thomas Mertaguh, South BOs-
ton; Charles H MoSely, Boston; P. A.
Cummings and Master Cummings,
South Boston; A r. James, Buffalo, N.
Y; L. L. Evans. Portland, Me; Chas.
Thayer, New Haven. Conn; DR.. NJ.
Townsend, Albany, N. Y; Walter L.
Dodson, ST., Eugene Cummings, Hart
ford, Conn.
Mr.. Seymour organized the party and
is chief Mr.. Williams is IA years old
and a California ''Forty-niner." He will
instruct his companions in mining and
the usages of mining camps. Their
outfit is one of the most elaborate and
costly. There is nothing extraVagant
about it, but every necessary article is
there and every one of the best possible
quality. The only thing they brought
from the east with them is some sheep
skin sleeping bags which are of SUI
perior workmanship and of a unique
and useful design. Their passage was
the steamer Humboldt, which is to sail
from Seattle for St. Michaels, next Sat
urday morning and their tickets guar
antee them arrival at Dawson City be-
fore the river is frozen up.
Tacoma, Wn., Aug. 13.-Mrs. Eli A.
Gage, Second Vice President William
Ware of the North American Transpor-
tation company and William B. Hub
bard have engaged passage on the City
Alaska on the 18th. They will go to
Dawson City over the Chilcoot pass.
The City of Topeka will take 500 pas
SengerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
SELLS HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Robinson Disposes of Her Spous
for $50 Cash.

New York, Aug. 13.-Mrs. Hannah
Robinson of 621 West Forty-fifth street
went to Lawyer Greenthal this morn
ing to have him draw up papers in a
suit for divorce against her husband
John: She told a strange tale of do
meStic complications.
1t appears that in the same house
with the Robinsons, who are oil-cIoth
peddlers, lived a widow, Mrs Jennie
Grey. Although Mrs. Grey, to hear
Mrs. Robinson tell 1t, is short, fat and
ugly, Robinson showed a decided pref
erence to her over his own lawful
spouse.
This did not disturb Mrs Robinson in
the least. In fact. she looked on with
great equanimity. But she concluded
that If she was to be deprived of her
husbands love and affections she was
entitled to some compensation. So she
offered to sell her husband to Mrs Grey
reasonable price for a desirable hus-
band and she accepted the propositions
Together the two women went to a
notary and had him draw UP a bill of
sale transferring John Robinson, his
love. devotion and effects, from Mrs
Hannah Robinson to Mrs. Jennie Grey.
The paper was signed and the money
handed over.
Next day, however, Mrs. Robinson
regretted her bargain and wanted her
husband back But Mrs. Grey would
not surrender him. Robinson and Mrs
Grey then fled to New Jersey Mrs.
Robinson laid her troubles and wound
ed heart before the attorney and asked
his assistance in procuring a divorce
The papers in the case are being pre-
pared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
VIEWPOINTS GREAT BALL.
Society Leaders Handsomely Enter
tain the Officers of the North
Atlantic Squadron.

scription ball last evening to the Of
ficers of the North Atlantic Squadron
proved the most notable society event
of the season.
served at midnight, being followed by
80 minutes more of dancing. There was
no cotillon.
The patronesses were Mrs. William
Astor, Mrs. E. T. Gerry, Mrs. Elisha
Dyer, Mrs. Willing, Mrs. Gibbs The
arrangements were all made by Will
liam Watts Sherman, William r. Trav-
ers and Lispenard Stewart.
Admiral Sicard arrived about ten
O'Clock with nearly all the officers of
the cruisers New York and Brooklyn,
and the battleships Massachusetts, To-
wa and Maine.
The subscribers who contributed more
than IS 900 for the event assisted the
patronesses in receiving, all wearing
boutonniereS of pink carna tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
FITZ AT NEWPORT.
He Compliments Depew, Charms
Vanderbilt and Sets Society Agog

he Com pl1m en- is OepeW, CnarnS
Vanderbilt and Sets Society Agog
Newport, R. L, Aug. 13.-Robert Fitz-
simmons opened the day at Newport.
AS soon as he arrived the news spread
from one end of the village to the 9TH
er and even became the topic among
the cottage jewellers.
His advent had not been announced
but he was recognized the moment he
stepped from his carriage at Lelands
Ocean house.
He was dressed in a light gray suit,
wore a straw hat and was accompanied
only by his private secretary. This
morning he took a long drive around
the town and visited both Trinity and
All Saints church. After lunch Bob
met Chauncey NJ. Depew and had
short chat on the relative merits of
their two arts.
The doctor beamed with appreciation
when Fitz said: They say Mr. Depew
that the man don't live who can stand
up to you in an after dinner talk. THE
two men shook hands warmly and the
doctor felt of Bob's arm with an ex-
preston of establishment on his face.
The pugilist was very much impressed
with the beauty of Newport and said
he was astonished at the number of
magnificent homes that lined the ave-
nues.
Wherever he went fashion halted to
take a look at his broad shoulders and
many ladies were presented to him.
F1IZSlfnTnOnS received the aCIenIlOn
1avished upon him modestly but with
visible delight. Many invitations to go
driving and to dine were declined by
the champion. on the ground that he
found it much pleaSanter to be free
from. engagements of any kind He
left for New York tonight on the nine
o'clock boat.
While Fitzsimmons was at Mr.. De-
pew he met young Cornelius Wander
bilt, and the two engaged in quite a
conversation. The latter afterward re-
marked to a friend that ne was very
agreeably surprised in Fitzsimmons,
that he was very much Of a man, with
gentlemanly manners and an honest,
open countenance.
In the afternoon Bob and his secre-
tary visited the flagship New York,
where they received a great ovation.
He was taken in tow by several of the
officers and went through the ship from
powder hole to pilot room. and took
special interest in the torpedoes. Spy
ing a piano in the Junior officers quar-
tiers. he seated himself before it and
sang song which he said he had COM
posed while on his way to Newport. Be
fore he left the ships deck he had be-
come a great favorite with every one
on board. AS the cutter left with Bob
on board the deck of the big cruiser was
lined with Jack Tars, who gave him a
parting cheer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
DOES NOT FAVOR UNION.
Bishop Key Opposes Union of South
ern and Northern Methodists.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 13.-Bishop
Joseph S. Key of the Methodist Episco
pal church, south, in an interview
with correspondent expressed himself
as uneQuivocally opposed to the pro-
posed union of northern and southern
MethodiStS. He said:
There are many objections to union.
In the first place, the general confer
ence, our only legislative body, would
become an unwieldy mob. Legislation
would be impossible and the laity
would not consent to reduce the num-
Der. Besides there are many senti-
mental objections. There are many in
both sections who will not approve of
union.
Il believe that when the people fall
out or, to change the figure, obtain a
divorce, they should not reunite. They
have no reason or encouragement to be-
and good work there is no necessity for
union -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
MAJOR HANDY'S MISSION.
He Will Sail for Paris on the 2Sth
Returning in Two Months.

Handy, special commissioner for the
United States to the Paris exposition,
has arrived in Washington and spent
some time today in receiving his in
structions at the state department Mr.
Handy expects to sail from New York
for Paris on the 2Sth, taking with him
as an aide Lieutenant Baker, who was
one of the naval aides at the Worlds
fair.
Mr. Handy will spend two months in
Paris and then return to the United
States and open offices in New York
and Chicago, where applica tions for
space will be received from all would
he exhibitors. Already many of these
applications have come in and large
correspondence has begun. It is said
that the indications are that the space
at the Paris exposition will be very linn
tied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
HANNA IS SAFE.
His Yacht was Pulled OFF the Rocks
Last Night.

Jack Fish, Ont, Aug. Ex-senator M
A Hanna and the party of pleasure
seekers accompanying him on a cruise
of the great lakes had a thrilling ex-
perience yesterday on the wild northern
coast of Lake Superior. Their yacht
the Comanche, a staunch vessel, went
aground in Nipigon straits and stuck
fast in the rocks that abound in that
region for 16 hours. The accident oc-
CURED at midnight, when the senator
and his guests were comfortably sleep
ing slowed away in their berthS
There was considerable confusion for
a time, but the captain soon saw that
the yacht was caught in an easy posi-
ton and all sat down to wait for tugs,
which were ordered from Nipigou ten
miles distant. The Comanche was
hauled into deep water at o'clock yes
terday afternoon and resumed her jour
ney with all on board we'll Beyond a
slight leak, the yacht was not harmed.
The mishap was caused by the pilot
getting the yacht out of the channel.