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The sale Of reserved seats for the
Burdette lecture to be given 1T Har-
per's theatre next Monday evening
will open at the Y. NJ. c. \. building
tomorrow morning at 9 O'Clock, and
will be conducted in the usual way.
DIR. a. A. Willetts. the Apostle of
sunshine" lectured at Augustana
college last night, giving the closing
entertainment in the lyceum course.
His lecture proved II treat to all
We're fortunate enough TO hear il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-23

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The druggist handed him bottle of
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-23

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-23
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No question indeed with those who
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The times., 1899-09-10

TO read before he learned 10 spell failed in
the most elementary requirements when he
entered upon business career. The child
who had not learned the multiplication
table. whose memory had been spared any
strain who had not been drilled in the
spelling class, found that in practical life
he bad TO learn what the schools had not
taught him-to be correct in spelling and
quick at figures. The boy 70 whom geog-
raphy had been made pleasant pastime. 10
whom grammar had been taught without
rules. who read history as he would read a
novel, found that he was rot competent
when it came to the hard tests that daily
life imposes.
In later years, particularly in large
number of public schools. there has been 2
return to the spelling book drill, to tae
multiplication drill. TO a system that brings
the pupils TO close quarters with the es-
sentiaIs of education, no matter how hard
the work But there is still a relCetanee
on the part of teachers 20 admit that they
were carried off their feet. And in the
mean time we are in danger OF rearing a
generation OF bad spoilers, had arfthmeti-
clans. and underedueated geographers,
grammarians, and historians This is a
condition. We believe. that merits far more
attention than the pedagogical thecrist IS
inclined to give it. After all, the great
question in elementary education is: How
can the boy be best prepared TO earn his
living? A practical answer to this is worth
all the able articles and elaborate '-re-
forms" ever conceived.
The times., 1899-09-10
4 POW-WOW OF RED MEN
The Grand Council of the Order to
Assemble Here.
Various Plans for the Entertainment
of the Visiting DeIegations-A Re-
ception at the Executive Mansion
"A Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon
Addresses by Prominent Men.

The Grand Council of the Improved Or
in this city commencing next Tuesday and
continuing until Friday, September Is.
The headquarters of the council will be in
the Ebbitt House. On Monday evening an
informal reception will be rendered the
great chiefs and Representatives
The council win convene on Tuesday
morning for the transaction of business,
and on Tuesday night a public reception
will be held. An address of welcome will
be delivered by Commissioner Ross. Ad-
dresses will be made by George E. Green.
of New York, and Judge Robert T. Daniels,
of Georgia A silver tomahawk, the first
prize awarded to the Red Men of the Dis
trict of Columbia for the best display in
the Civic Parade of the National Peace Ju-
bilee held in Washington May "a, 1899 will
be presented by Barry Bulkley, Secretary
of the Business Mems Association, and
{ Will be received ON behalf OF the commit
! tee of the Red Men by E. B. Hay. On
Wednesday afternoon q pilgrimage will be
taken by the great chiefs and the ladies
accompanying them to Mount Vernon on
| the steamer Charles Manchester, which VIII
leave the Seventh Street wharf at 23O
p. m.
Addresses will be delivered at the tomb
of Washington by DR.. E. t. Wiley, of Iowa,
! and Thomas G. Harrison, of Indiana.
Wednesday evening will be spent in visit
! ing the Library of Congress. On Thursday
an informal reception will be given by
President Mckinley to the great chiefs and
| the visiting Red Men. A sail down the Po-
tomac will be taken Thursday evening.
| Members of the local tribes of the order
will make every effort to show the stran-
gers TO the Capital City good time 1t is
expected that hundreds of braves will at
tend. Many members of the Degree of Po-
cahontas, an auxiliary branch of the Red
Men, are also expected.
The society of Red Men was founded in
1873 The Imperial Oorder of Red Men was
organized in 1888. The present member.
ship is said to be more than 200 600.
The officers of the order are George z
Green. Great Incohoonee, Binghamton, N
Y; E. d. Wiley, Great Senior Sycamore
Iowa; Thomas G. Harrison, Great Junio
Sycamore. Indiana; Robert T. Daniels
Great Prophet, Griffin. Ga: Charles C
Conley. Great Chief of Records, Philadel
phia. Pa; William Provin, Great Keeper o
Wampum, Massachusetts; Peter ]. Doobs
The times., 1899-09-10
women Clerks in the Departments


To the Editor OF The Times:
l have read with interest your editorials
on the alleged discrimination of heads of
departments in favor of men when calling
on the Civil Service Commission for Gle ks.
You view it from journalistic standpoint.
Here it is from one who has had an op-
portunity to practically observe the mat
ter.
First-As a class men make better all
third more work.
Second-The time record books of any
department will show that of the women
clerks, so per cent use all or nearly all OF
their thirty days sick leave, thus reducing
their actual working year Gnciuding their
thirty days annual leave) to ten months.
The reverse of this percentage is true as
to the male clerks. There are hundreds o.
the latter in every department who year
after year never lose a day by reason OF
Illness. You can count on your hand the
female clerks who have had less than ten
days sick leave annually.
Thir,I-Ninety per cent of the male clerks
are heads of families, or are supporting
relatives. Most of the females are self
supporting only.
FOurtl-lt Is Wen hEONu that VI
visions to be avoided are what are know II
as 'womens divisions" by reason of the
gossiping. back biting, spiteful and petty
jealousies of the ladies.
Fffth-There are enough female Clerks
at present employed. The proportion is
generous. | do not know what il is, and
perhaps The Times will some time pub
lish it.
Sixth-Several years ago Congress re-
! pealed the act known | think, as the S72O
act, to which grade (I believe the amount
is stated correctly women only were elig-
| ible TO appointment, for the reason that
! heads of departments made so many oi
| these appointments that il would be but q
! question of time when none but women
! would be employed il it were kept up
! They we're entered at this grade promoted
! the vacancies thus created rehlled, and sc
| over and over again.
Seventh-Women are being appointed
now right along Anyone familiar witt
j department life knows of scores OF sucf
appointments.
Eighth-When a woman (some womenl
gets in office, she thinks she owns INT
earth. She will uncomplainingly mount th'
two or three flights of stairs to her Owl
room in her own house, but will Jump
ON the elevator man If he should happer
10 miss her to lift her up one short nign
| at the Office And they carry out this idei
in its various ramifcations all along th'
line of their official work and life.
! I think the above are few or the prin
cipal reasons why, if any discrimination /
made at all, it obtains. b
The times., 1899-09-10
GUhRDSHEN'S GOOD WORK
Fine Workmanship OF District
Team at Sea Girt.
Local Military Organizations That
VIII Attend the Dewey Reception
i'm New YorI<-ordway Rifles smok-
er to Members of Company ID,
FIRST ID. C. ", Who Fought in Cuba.

Gen. George II. HarrieS, commanding
the District OF Columbia National Guard,
accompanied by Acting Adjuiant General
Frank r. Eastman and Major Parmenter,
commisssry general, who left the city for
Sea Cirt last Wednesday, returned to Wash
ington yesterday morning General Har-
ries was greatly pleased at The excellent
work done by the District GuardEmsn on
the range at Sea Girt- lie said in CONVEX
cation last night. "The shooting the Dis
t-ict men did at the targets was little short
Of wonderful. and both Major Bell and
are entirely satisfied with this work The
team which represents the District this
year is made UP OF raw material Every
nan on the team is = good shot The Sol
der OF Marathon trophy has been won
by the District Of Columbia only once be-
fore in 1sS4. The team and its captain,
Major Bell. are 10 be congratulated"
General Harries suggested that there is
as much honor in winning the Soldier OF
Marathon trophy as in capturing the Hill
ton trophy. the only difference being that
the latter is open 10 the world while con-
fesfants in the former are limited to the
United States The men, he believes,
have been greatly encouraged by their
success. and he hopes that next year the
District of Columbia may expect 10 have
one Of the strongest rife teams in the
country.
Preparations have been made for a royal
reception cf the returning sharpshooters
after their victory. The Second and Fourth
bzttaIioDs, under command OF Lieut. Col
Richard A. OBrien, Second Regiment. will
assemble Monday evening 10 receive the
brigade on its return from Sea Girt.
Companies OF battalionE not designated
TO participate in the reception have beer
authorized 10 do so. and viii be formed
in provisional battalion under command
OF Major Jesse b. X. Lee, First Battalion
Lire viii be formed at z,55 D. m. on the
north side Of Pennsylvania Avenue facing
south. the right resting On Sixth Street
The line OF march viii be up Pennsylvania
Avenue TO Fifteenth Street. UP Fifteenth
Street TO Pennsylvania Avenue, Themes
west 10 jackson Place. thence north 30 !
Street. thence cast 10 Thirteenth Street
thence south 10 New York Avenue alonl
New York Avenue until the head of III
column reaches Fourteenth Street. whel
tie parade viii be dismissed The brigad
band viii assemble az the Armory at 7:3
,. m and report 10 Colonel o'Br1en 10
duty.
II is hoped that display OF fireworks Il
Pennsylvania Avenue will be part of tn
programme.
Several OF the organizations in the Ma
The times., 1899-09-10
EARLY MORNING NOISES.
The Complaint of n Gentleman Who
Objects to Roosters.

ODJects 10 hOosters.
To the Editor of The Times:
If you can do so please interest the Dis
trict Commissioners in the question of
noises. For instance, there Is the neighbor
who insists upon keeping a rooster or two
1t is generally woman who thus offends
When demonstrated with. be It ever so
humbly. she stops, glares at the humbly-
fawning creature who has had to awake to
her cocks shrill clarion at y, and a. NJ,
at 4 a. M, and be awake from the latter
hour till rising time. Then her heart grows
hot within her, and her breath comes fes-
tinately forth, and in its shortest pants.
First, she denies that her chicken has dis
turbed anyone; it could not possibly dis
turb anyone. Then, with infinite scorn and
| contempt, she says: '+Ye-ew! Yew call
! yourself a man. and are disturbed by a
| chickenl You ought to be ashamed OF your
! self" In vain you say to her, even as
| Job said possibly under substantially SINH
| lar circumstances, as the interstate COM
merce law hath ii, II am worm, and
no man. for she is reused, and, like
| the adulteress, will seek after the precious
! life.' You can no more placate or
even reason with this strange creature than
| you can placate bear robbed OF her
whelps, or reason with a mad bull.
In five minutes she viii deny owning
q chicken; deny that her chicken crows in
sist that it is mute among its kind, over
wtelm the complainant with scorn for call
ing attention to it; say that it is the other
neighbors chickens, and, for peroration
will say that she will keep a thousand
| Growing roosters, even though Saint Peter
himself would swear they were a nuisance
There are swine in cities who do not care
how much they may disturb their neigh
bors' place or invade his rights; there are
fools who think that town lot and its oc-
cupant are to other townsmen as a farm
is to other farms, and to wood and void
The regulations are as stupid as they car
be. For example, if a rooster is not nui-
sance to A, B, and C, he cannot be thought
a nuisance to any one of the group-A, B
or C. When Bacourt. who had been Tally
rand's secretary for many years. was Min
lister here he scored Washingtonians. from
the demi-god Gadsby, the hotel keeper
negro-trader, and society leader. to Johr
o. Noakes And he especially ridiculed the
cows and milkmaids of what is now tht
The times., 1899-09-10
The Result OF New Methods of In
structine Children.

(FFom the Chicago Inter-Oeean)
Magazines have given more than usual
attention 10 educational matters this year
Articles by college professors and presi-
dents. by common school teachers, and by
eminent men outside Of the teachers pro-
fessfon have discussed nearly every phase
of the educational question. 1t is notice.
able. however, that none OF them has
touched upon the question which is of
paramount interest to the people at large
Some years ago there came into the field
Of active educational work method that
was to make everything easier for young
children and incidentally for all pupils
This theory, which swept the country on
a wave os enthusiasm, was to the effect
that all the old drill of the English and
American schools was wrong in principle
and cruel In practice. The spelling book
was taken out of the hands of the young
children and was replaced with the reader.
AS soon as he had learned the alphabet the
boy was introduced to words and made
acquainted with them. not by spelling
them, but on sight. There was nothing
of the drudgery of the old spelling book
drill.
The introduction OF the word or sight
system led TO a general modification of
our educational methods. The child, girl
or boy. was spared all possible labor. was
induced to go forward in pleasant paths,
was expected TO like his lessons because
they were not difficult He had no horror
Of big words in the spelling book or Of
odd combinations of letters. He was not
asked 10 commit even the multiplication
table to memory.
1t is undeniabIe that with children and
teachers the new method was popular.
But in the enthusiasm of teachers and chill
dren some practical things were forgotten.
1t was noticed that the boy who learned
The times., 1899-09-10

tionaI Guard are making preparations 20
participate in the reception of Admiral
Dewey in New York City. The Washington
Light Infantry Corps will take part in the
reception in that city. At a meeting of
the Corcoran Cadets, called by Capt E. C.
Edwards last week, it was decided that
the company will make an effort to go to
New York to meet the hero of Manila.
Several of the honorary members of the or
ganization will also make the trip. IL has
not yet been decided which other organiza-
tions will go. Organizations which make
the trip will be obliged to pay their own
expenses. 1t is expected that permission
VIII be granted by General Harries if the
companies can return in time for the re-
ception IN this city Arrangements for
quarters for the Guardsmen have been
made in New York. The organizations
which 90 will represent the District in the
parades in New York, and will leave and
return TO Washington as a body.
The Ordway Rifles. Company d. Fourth
Battalion, gave a smoker last night in
honor of the men who served during the
Cuban campaign in Company D. First Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteers. Captain
William Hodges, in command of the Ord
way Rifles. was captain of Company ID dur
ing the war Many members of the volun-
| teer regiment were present The occasion
! was the first anniversary of the return of
4 the District soldiers.
The guests OF the company were General
! Harries, Major Hodgson, who commanded
! Company G, First District of Columbia
! Volunteers; Captain Donnell, H. II. Bur
roughs. formerly captain OF Company d,
Fourth Battalion; Lewis Hodges. brother
4 Of Captain Hodges; Lieut.. orton Hyde. T.
+ G. Coldren, and the following members o.
the command who took part in the war:
! Sergeant King Corporal Little. Corporal
Bastain, Privates Saers. Buddington, Hill
der, Little. Neumyer, Austin. and Noyes
. A unique part Of the programme was the
supper which followed. General Harries
presided and toasts were drunk in black
coffee without sugar. The menu consisted
of coffee, sugar. sandwiches. and hardtack
The times., 1899-09-10

Great Taeekon, New York; F. H. Saylor.
Great Minawo, Oregon; George W. Casey.
Great Guard of the Forest, Ohio and
Thomas K. Donnelley, National Exempliier,
Pennsylvania.
The executive committee is as follows
Charles C. Conley, Past Great Incohoonee,
Pennsylvania; William Scampton, Past
Great Saehem, Massachusetts. and George
T. Fowler, Past Grand Sachem, Maryland,
and for the District of Columbia, P. G. S.
Archie Thompson. Chairman; P s. James
H. Richards, Vice Chairman; p G. s. F. w
Kahlert, Treasurer: P. G. J. S. J. A. Whit
lock, Secretary: P. G. ]. S. ]. e Payne
P. s. A. D. Shaw, P. G. S. W. B. Garner
P. S. G. w. Barkman, P. S. George E.
Baxter, P. G. S. William c. White, P. S
Joseph ]. CayIor, p S. w. D. Castle, and
p G. s. George ] ,Johausen
The times., 1899-09-10
Glen sligo pleasure Park.

Cish Sligo win remain open during The month
Of September. On Sunday special music viii be
one OF the attractive features. The most import
ant tournament and dress ball OF the viii be
given Wednesday, September 20, that promises 10
excel previous Journeys The knights viii represent
The States Of West Virginia, Nirg'nia. Maryland
and the District Of Columbia. In the evening
the bah and the erewning Of The queen viii take
place Al 5 O'Clock in the mammoth banquet hall
The National Guard Band viii furnish the mt
SIC Manager Grant Parish has engaged the fol-
lowing officers TO oflciate at the tourney: Chief
marshal. Dory Freeman; herald. w. W. Waters;
aide. George w. Ferguson; judges. j. II. Buscher.
w. T. Aullin. ID. ]. Garyey. J. NJ. BeaIl and I.
ID. Gilman. and official timers, A. j. Boyer and
b. Won 0rendorf.
The times., 1899-09-10
EXCURSIONS.
Chevy Chn.e Like.

The cool evenings have had no perceptible ef-
iect on the attendance at Chevy Chase Lake. The
thousands Of fairy lights about the lake con-
tinue 10 excite the admiration Of every beholder
while the many amusements there insure both
Young and old having thoroughly geod time.
Dancing in the big pavilion continues 10 be the
main attraction for the floor is kept in excellent
condition, and Prof Donch and his musicians are
On hand from 7:30 10 1920 in the evenings to
play ali the latest waltzes and two-steps. Band
concerts are given every Sunday, and the musical
programme for this evening is more than usually
The times., 1899-09-10

neighbcrhood of Riggs Bank That was in
Tyler and VanBurens time, and there was
some excuse. What excuse can there be
now? Let farming and it's concomitant in
dustries be relegated to joyful cornfelds,
and to the worthy people who seek live
lihood by farming. p. s. W.
The times., 1899-09-10
Last winters Sc and So suits
for 1898.

We carried over from last winter
about hundred boys all-wool double
breasted suits, in sizes to is years;
hundreds of them were sold for $6 to
IS. and they were cheap at the prices,
because they consist of the very finest
cheyiots and cassimeres-all imported
stuffs. and some of them have pants
having double seats and knees. We
shall offer these for 1898.
The times., 1899-09-10
Fined and Warmed.

The District Commissioners yesterday
ordered that Private ]. F. Ryder. of the
Metropolitan Police Force, who was tried
last month for alleged intoxieation and
adjudged guilty. be fined $40. TO be paid on
or before November s. He was warned
that repetition OF the offence would re-
suit more seriously.