The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-03-02
Three Minerals.

The Chicago Chronicle says that
teacher in one of the local schools was
instructing a class of sna all children in
mineralogy the other day, enaeavoring
to make clear to their young minds
what a mineral reg lily is. Standing be-
fore them, she began in her clear voice:
"a mineral is an inorganic. homogene-
GUS substance of definite, or approxi-
mately definite. chemical composition,
found in nature. Do you understand
me? Come, now. you all have seen
minerals, and your mothers and fathers
have told you the names of them.
haven't they! OF course they have.
Now, can any one tell me the namasiof
three minerals?' 81
There was no response, and she con-
tinued, "Have not some of you been
out and seen minerals on exhibition?'
One little girl raised her hand. II
thought so. Mary will name three min
erals" Mary arose aud, putting her
hands behind her, lisped:
"Apollinaris. vichy and selers.'''
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"John." said Mrs. Youngloye, "do
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Mr.. Younglove thought for q mo-
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"No. Ididn't know that had. What
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She put her handkerchief to her eyes
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"You-you kissed the baby before
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"Oh-ho," he laughed. $50 you did
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A glad light came into her eyes, and,
throwing her arms around him. she
said:
| "And did you do it just to try me?''
"Er-yes, he answered, and then
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Teader
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The White Maa In the Tropics.
The attempt to acclimatize the white
man in the tropics must be recognized
to be blunder OF the first magnitude.
All experiments based upon the idea are
mere idle and empty enterprises fore
doomed to failure. Excepting only the
deportation of the African races under
the situation OF slavery, probably nc
other idea which has held the mind OF
ONE civilization during the last 800
years has led to SO much physical and
moral suffering and degradation or has
strewn the world with the wrecks of SO
many gigantic enterprises In the tropics
o white man lives and works only as q
diver lives and works under water.
Alike in a moral, i'm an ethical and in
O. political sense, the atmosphere he
breathes must be that Of another region,
that which produced him. and to which
he belongs. Neither physically, morally,
nor politically can he be acclimatized
In the tropics. - Benjamin s. Kidd.
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