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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
ON A WRONG TACK.
American Teachers and Their Pro-
gressive Views of Expert
mental PsychOlOgy.

No cry has been more frequently
heard during recent years in connec-
ton with teaching than the value of
experimental psychology; but now
comes Prof. Hugo Munsterberg, the di-
rector of the laboratory of experimental
psychology at Harvard university, de-
claring that experimental psychology
has nothing to contribute to the art of
teaching. The teachers of this coun-
try instinctively feel" says Prof Hugo
Munsterberg, that the educational sys.
tenn is still far from having reached
its ideal shape. Much has to be i'm
proved, and, as they are serious and con-
scjeDtious workers, they stand on the
outlook for new schemes and new ideas.
There came new science into the field
Experimental psychology. And ex-
perimental psychology said, in Sunday
newspapers and elsewhere. with loud
voice: Teachers, the thing you lack
is scientific knowledge of the child s
rlind. How can you hope for a solid
pedagogical system if it is not built up
on the basis of 4 solid psychology? The
old psychology was of no help to you.
The old psychology was dreamy thing
for philosophers and ministers, filled
with lazy self-observation. There was
nc exact measuring in it. The end of
the century, our time of technics and in
ventions, needs an exact measurement.
We have captured it by our new labor
atory methods. Come and measure there
the psychical facts, and the new era of
on the basis of an exact knowledge of
mind by accurate measurements will
begin.
rs it surprising that there has been
a great rush for the benefactions of ex-
detrimental psychology, that the labor
atories have become for the teachers
the ideal goals, that experimenting with
children has become the teachers sport
and that contempt for the poor old
psychology which did not measure has
become the symbol of the rising genera
ton? No, it is not surprising, but it is
deplorabe. And if this movement de-
serves to be stopped some little advan-
tage may be gained, perhaps, if the
teachers begin to understand that those
hopes are on wrong track, that no
laboratory and no equipment can ever
measure a physical fact, and that all
hope for pedagogics on basis of a
mathematically exact psychology is and
will be perfect illusion. Atlantic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
Goes to Church,

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cheerful and have desire to live and enjoy
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tend the church services regularly and GER
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
STANDARD OF SPAIN.
At Last 1t Must Leave the Western
Hemisphere Forever.
After Centuries of Savagery and Bar.
bnrity the Cruel SpnniRrds Are
About to Receive Their
just Deserts.
Especial Washington letter.


TROM the day of the declaration of
- President Cleveland that the
i United States had a right to in
terfere with the brutal conduct of
the war in Cuba it was inevitable that
the crisis between Spain and the United
States should some day eliminate.
The report OF the senate committee
on foreign relations on the resolution
recognizing the independence of the
Cuban republic gave to the American
people and to the world statements of
facts which had not been developed by
investigation or by the public press.
That report showed to the world that
the warfare of the Spaniards was re-
duced to the savagery Of numbering lit
tie children and torturing innocent
women in a manner too horrible to be
described in polite language.
The fendishness of the Spanish race
has no parallel in the history of the
civilized world Those people have had
their churches, their priests, bishops,
their cathedrals and all of the devel-
oped paraphernalia for the dissemina-
ton of the Christian relgion-a re-
ligion of love. And yet, as the centuries
passed and intelligence of right was
disseminated, the Spaniards became
worse and apparently less capable of
refinement of feeling.
The crusaders buckled sword in a
cause no more holy than the cause of
humanity which has led the United
States into armed conflict with the as
sassins of our sailors, the torturers of
the Cubans and the murderers of the
AZtecs and Peruvians.
The people of this country have been
impatient and their representatives
have received scores and hundreds of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

| the Cubans was set aside in the public
mind, and the Maine disaster was fore
most. Over all, sternly searching for
the truth, was the piercing eye of the
American eagle.
Finally the senate committee on for
eign relations held an investigation
which demonstrated and fixed the re-
| spOnsibility for that awful crime. From
the moment of the publication of that
report there was but one sentiment
among our people, and that was for
revenge. They called not for repa-
ration. The Spaniards might have
given us back our battleship, in effect,
by paying indemnity; but the crimi-
mails could not give us back our sailors,
Poor fellows. They died in the service
of their country, without having an
opportunity to fire a shot in defense of
themselves, in defense of the flag, or
in defense of the national honor.
| One of the most effective utterances
in congress concerning the Maine dis
aster was delivered by young con-
gresham from the Mississippi valley,
who dramatically quoted these lines of
Kipling:
Lord, God of Hosts, be with us yet;
Lest we forget; lest we forget"
That sentiment pervaded the land,
1t permeated the atmosphere of the
capital city. 1t was on the lips and in
the hearts of all as we calmly awaited
the long delayed report of the naval
court of inquiry. 1t was repeated to the
president and to the members of the
cabinet. 1t was recited in our public
schools; and all public men prayed for
patience on the part of the people and
for patriotic determination to remem-
Der the crime, and punish it.
After many centuries of misrule, saw
agery, barbarity, there came a time
when vengeance is Mine, l will re-
pay, saith the Lord" was quoted; and
the human instrumentality for the d.
vine vengeance upon a people that
thrived upon crime was the republic
which grew upon the soil of the hemis-
phere which had been discovered by
Columbus. This vengeance is for the
brutal ingratitudc of Spain to the dis
coverer; for the crimes committed by
the freebooters Cortez, PiXarro and
other eminent criminals sent here by
Spain to spread devastation throughout
the land; criminals who marked and
blazed their pathways with the blood Of
innocent aborigines. The original in
habitants of America were uncivilized;
but it was Spain that made them saw
ages. And now the flag of that country
must leave this hemisphere forever.
Thank God!
When Cuba is free and independent
let MS all take day together and sing
the long-meter doXology, with JUNCTION:
praise God, from Whom All Blessings
Flow" SMITH n FRY
Needs Water More Than Food.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

kilograms and letters manifesting the
impotence of the people; and for a
time the president himself was assailed
in public prints, on the street corners
and throughout the entire country be-
cause he did not take speedy action
TO avenge the destruction of the bat
tleship Maine and the viilainous muir
der of our sailors.
We in Washington, who understand
the situation, have not been impatient
with the president at all. We under
stand that this great country, like q
giant as compared with Spain, had
Eeen bound and manacled by penuri-
business. Congressional appropriations
had been so small and niggardly that
our sea coast defenses were practical
ly dismantled; while our war vessels
were without shot, shell or powder
with which to make the great guns eff
fective. President Mckinley under
stood this matter thoroughly. Al
though he was as anxious as any citi-
zen of the country to drive from this
peaceful continentth savages of Spain,
he maintained a dignitied silence, re-
sorted to the delays of diplomacy, and
held congress in check until the army
and navy were well equipped and ready
TO strike the blow.
Only as late as April the defenses
of the national capital were completed.
On that Saturday afternoon the sec
rotary of war, with leading army off
GERS, went down the river to make final
tests of the disappearing guns near
Fort Washington and Sheridan's point.
The guns were found to be in position,
ready for business, and several shots
were fired
These great guns are situated on
slightly rising knobs, in solid masonry,
200 feet from the rivers brink. No RI
fled cannon on earth could netrate
the heavy clay soil to that depth. With
in the masonry are built disappearing
gun carriages, which work perfectly.
BY turning lever the gun and car
rage, weighing a total of about 200, 600
pounds, gradually rise to the surface, a
button is pressed. the gun is fired, and
the recoil causes It to settle gently back
into its place.
Each gum is loaded and sighted down
in that masonry cavern. The river is
plated. and the aim is taken to strike
any object entering a certain plat. It
Is marvellous to see the gunners down
there, sighting their great guns by
mathematics.
Three shots were fired, at distances
of three miles. five miles and seven
miles, and the points indicated in the
river were struck with absolute pre-
cision. The guns belch forth 600
pounds of solid metal, and hurl them
that distance with as much accuracy
as an experienced rifleman would pick
off an enemy at distance of 100 yards.
There are seven of these guns. Their
exact location has never been given,
and will not be given for publication.
They are on the Virginia and Maryland
- =e--
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
A Startling Cry,

A local paper had for one of its news
boys cries: "Consul-Genera Lee warns
Americans to flee from Havana"
In its subsequent transfer from one
newsie to another, however, the orig
inal text was slightly altered, and one
little fellow was heard crying, in shrill-
est tones:
Paper! All about the American
fieas from Havana! Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Ibid you ever have narrow escape
from ?"
81 had a narrow escape once from liv-
ing. | came within one number of get
ting the capital prize in the lottery
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Odd you hear of the accident which befel
your brother%" Accident? No! Not
serious, hope" "Well, rather. An idei
struck him, and now the entire upper part Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Evasion.-"Ai l little bow-legged?'
asked the dubious young man. "Bow
legged?" said his tailor The idea! You
lower limbs, sir, are absolutely without
parallel. "-Indianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Nodd-"My wife told me if wanted peace
with her would have to resign from my
club" Todd-"And you are getting along
all right now" Nodd-"Oh, yes. I'm liv.
ing at the club. FIX.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

'1'hs doctor would like to see you inside,
said the maid to the caller in the reception
room. mot much" said the startled pa
tient; che can't try any X-ray ON me. >
Yonkers Statesman
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

He-"Darling, wanted to take you t,
the theater tonight, but l felt that
couldn't afford It." She-"Never mind
dear. We can go tomorrow night. Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Giles-"I just heard that Hawkins re
ferred to me as perfect IDIOT" Smiles
"Oh, don't mind what Hawkins says; he al
ways does exaggerate more or less.
cago News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Not in Boston-"Now, Bobbie," said tn,
teacher in the natural history class, "wha
is panther" "A man that makth panth,
lisped Bobbie.-Boston Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Henpeck-'1 have troubles of my own
Mrs. Peck-"But you are the partner of my
woes" Henpeck-"Yes, silent, as in every
thing else. "-Cincinnati Times-Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

People waste time dreaming, and then
they waste more time wondering why their
dreams don't come true.-Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

One reason why there are so many pen.
MES in every collection is because we have
no smaller eoin.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

When girl suddenly begins lending her
wheel to her little brother she is getting
ready to ask her father for new ore! Chi
cago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Heaven tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb, but the man with long whiskers must
look out for himself.-Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
EXPLANATORY RHEUMATISM.
From st. Lawrence Plaindealer, Canton,


To suffer for years with prevailing pain,
full ailment, which baffled skillful medical
treatment, yet which was cured by a simple
household remedy, is the lot which befel
Mrs. George l.. Rogers, of West Main
Street, Canton, n Y.
Thirteen years ago. said Mrs. Rogers
to a reporter, Il was attacked with infam-
matory rheumatism and a complication of
diseases. You can judge somewhat of what
| endured, when you look at these hands.
They were distorted, twisted and swollen.
My foot, too, is so much out of shape that
the big toe lays across the others, the end
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

N q L w ! l IL
standing / am
s Y t y fl V e
Y e a rs old,
have a pleas
a n t h o m e
and o t h e +
comforts, life
to me was far
from enjoy,
able, for all
other things
pale into in
significance
when you are
without good
h q a Ii h |
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

Needs Water More Than Food.
A horse will live 25 days without food,
merely drinking water.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
THE SECRET OF A GOOD DISPOSITION.
Pnkham Makes Womez
20

The world filled with who held back from usefulness
trouble of the female
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31

70 the State Democratic executive com
mittee. no for
Nglilc the convention was waiting Tor
the platform committee, Mr.. T. ". fou
w.. called for. He declined to make ii
snaocb. but suggested that mas
much as Hon. Chas. Is. Aycock
had been compelled by reason OF Ill
no~s to return to his home in Goldsboro'
ha suggested that the convention send lis
erecting and ~sympathies TO him at ms
boma in Go!dsboro. 1t was suggested
+hat IN, name OF Hon. &. Il. Watson be
,ddad. and the motion was passed.
Buxton. Spruill, Mason, Wood, SKIN
nor Baily, Douglass. and others were
nersistently called for but there seemed to
he ar this hour no inclination to speak.
Mr. d.. 4. CovinGton was hnally IN
duced to arise. sit down. said a voice
i shant do it, said Mr.. Covlnston.
" have been sitting here too long
now.
# II minutes after . O'Clock the com
mittee on platform came into the nan
and made its report.
The report was submitted by Hon. /.
T Jarvis. He first read the platform
adopted by the committee az follows:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31
NOTICE.

l1avInG qualified as executors on tho
estate of John &. Jordan. deceased. all
persons having claims against said estate.
are hereby notified to present the same ia
rs, duly verified on or before the 10Th
day of May. 1899. or this notice will be
pleaded III bar Of their recovery. and all
persons indebted to said estate are re
nueSted TO make immediate payment.
This, May 9th. 1898.
\. Il. POOL,
J.. G. POOL.
MRS. s. y. JORDAN.
L Il Wk ut Executors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31

by virtue of power and authority con
ferred III and Ivy a mortgage deed from
j. y. and j. VI. Spence to ". II. Hal
llwan, made the 18th day of August.
1889, and duly recorded in Book No.
1OI. page GGo. Register of Deeds Office
for Wake county. y. c., to which said
deed reference is made for more perfect
description.I viii sell by request at auction
for cash. at the court house door i'm the
city of Raleigh. y. c., on the 10Th day
Of june. 1898. at - o'clock m. the fol
lowing lot Of land: Situate in Raleigh
township on South side of Martin street.
etwee Wilmington and Blount streets.
ana ounde by Il line beginning at the
Northeast corner Of Mrs. Lougee's lot
South side Martin street. running thence
south with her line seventy t7O feet
70 me lot of Latta & Myatt. thence East
with their line twenty-one feet to their
o1her lot which 'front.' on Martin street.
thence North along this last named lot
seventy feet to Martin street, thence
west to the beginning.
r. f. WOODARD.
EXecutriX.
If smiles arc SIpSbipa froNyuS muSt he
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31
CAPT. COOKE CHAIRMAN
THE PROPOSITION FROM TIE
pOPTLISTS DECLINED.
HARMONY AND GOOD WILL PREVAILED
Col. Carr Made Temporary Chairman--Capt.
Kitchin's Speech Speeches of Prom
inent Democrats From all Sec
lions of the State.

The convention was called to order
ut 12:1.5 o'clock by Clement Manly.
chairman Of the Democratic State EN
e~crtive Committee. Prayer was Offered
by DR.. Eugene Daniel. of Raleigh.
Mr.. Manly congratulated the conven-
ton. on the splendid aggregation of the
best white men in North Carolina that
he saw before him, and said:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31

y special order was issued yesterday
announcing that regular services would
ne heid IN camp at 1890 O'Clock today
ana 'bat only the regular quota of five
heh from each company would receive
PERMISSION to visit the city on Sunday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31

If smiles are sunshine frowHs must be
weather.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31
NIGHT SESSION.

The convention ~recOnvened at $50
O'Clock and Chairman Cooke stated that
the first question before the convention
was the question on the motion that was
preceding when the convention took 4
recess.
Mr.. +. II. Busbee announced that
While he cOncurred in much that
had been said about the hotel accommo-
datlons and the rain that had disturbed
the deliberations of the convention. he
hardly thought that the convention had
the right to take this question out of
the hands Of the State Democratic execu-
tie committee. He knew that any re-
lection on Democracy Of Wake had no
place III Il Democratic convention. None
were ever more loyal and none fought
harder for Democratic success than The
Democrats of Wake county.
Mr.. Pen Wood, Of Randolph. declared
that reflections upon the capital city OF
North Carolina. its Democracy or IFS no.
tells was uncalled for and unjust and nm.
wise. He moved to lay the whole matte,
on the table, but afterwards on the re-
quest of Judge Bynum, of Greensboro
he withdrew the motion and on Undo.
+, Bynum's motion the matter was referred
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31
SESSION

The convention was Il little slow in
r~eaSsembllng The delegates were not
all IN until after ; o'clock. Hon. b. t..
Grady was called for as he walked on
the stage to take his seat as Il vice prcsi-
dent. lie came to the front, md made
Il short but amusing and interesting
speech. In abiding to the main question
that was to come up before the conyen-
ton he stated that he was like the Irish
man IN the army who, when asked
Inch side he belonged to, replied there
more of you than there is of me. SO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-04
MANY WILL Be RETAINED.
a Numbrr or Commando 90 Remain i'm

4 Number or Commands to Remain i'm
tl,r Service. rili l-urtiic-. Orders.
yrhefu>cTO< -.ut.r...-. ,,.....,
"'
ahnouAc cement OF iAa intention o, fle
Nar Department. iu tta ma.... Of anus.
ta-.n1 o.t n. retaining n t.c service
the volunteer regiments
The relImeul5 l0 ue retained iu service
until further orders 4Ie. Third Alabama
tcOloreaI. Second 1I4.u..s. Fir.t Gale
lornIa. E'eltl California. Battalion Gale
f1u4 hr.u.r.. rir.. Colorado Battery.
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r.~st .f.ho. Second illinois Trrl iH-
mis- r.uifb Illinois ...h.b T.i...s i...-
or.t ninth ur,ra.. cd. Hundred srg
elrtfotb rrd,.ns ono Hundred and e.,.v-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-04
why MEDICINES FAIL.

81 do not pretend TO say that honest
drug treatment always fails. but every
true physician will tell you we must
RELY upon a stlmulant II medicines are
used. and that IS not what weak man
requires. lie needs strength. Quacks
invariably give for QUICK results a
strong aphrodislac, which Immediately
stimulates but such can result only IN
Il permanent injury if persisted III.
The treatment 1 use must appeal 10
the common sense OF every one who
will but give the matter a moments
thought. My remedy is universal ana
handed by Nature to man direct.
speak Of that great force, the one ele-
ment most important to life in man or
beast-ELECTRICITY!
TO weak men, young or OLD, VINO
may have the least foundation lelt 10
build upon, let me say as man 10 man.
as physician to patient: Electricity,
properly applied and faithfully used
will cure you as sure as night follows
day. There are but two scientific APP
plications-one, the 1S-cell system, usee
In our great city hospitals; the othef
its exact duplicate, in convenient form
the DIR. SANDEN ELECTRIC Nti'l'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-04
ARRIVALS At M0NTAUK.
General Wheeler Reports Four Yes
sells with Troops from Santiago.

General " Wheeler reports hOhI VS.
sells with Troops from Santiago.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3.-The following
TELEGRAM was received az the War De
partmeut to-day from General Wheeler
in command OF Camp Wiko1i at Montauk
Point.
Getty OF washington arrived to-day
with Colonel fumphrev. chief quarter
master T.. s. A. No sickness or deaths
on board berkshire arrived with three
hundred and seyenty-eight cOnvalescentS
OF sundry commands, Deaths on yoy-
age. Surgeon Johnston. Battery NJ, First
Artillery. nurse named McMashen,
Private Murphy. Company E. Twenty
fourth Infantry: an buried al sea. one
hundred and seveuty-nve men were SICK
enoueht TO need transportation. No
contagion on board. Principally from
Sib0uey.. Orlzaba arrived with twenty
four paymastcrs and clerks and million
dollars specie. no sick. or deaths on Voy-
age. Neuces. arrived with oD men,
Twcnty-fourth Infantry and about 20
mon OF First Illinois Volunteers. Twenty
eignt sick; mo- deaths on board. Deaths
since last report. &c.
The distinguished physician, Dr. Semi
OF Chicago. asserted that the fever pa
tents were much better taken care or,
both medically and in nursing than I'm
any hospital be has ever seen ana the
convaleactnts as matter OF TACT are
LIVING luxWi0usiy.