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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Grading in Public Schools.


 All must admit that teachers vary greatly in knowledge. power skill ana many other factors affecting their eH. cfency. And so also do the cnlldreh or every grade differ widely in age. in ac- quirements, in aptitude. in physical en- durance in power of attention, in home advantages, in the rate of mental devel- opment in the time of entering school, in regularity of attendance, and In many other ways affecting their progress. det promoting. the graded school Of today tends to keep all the children of each grade in intellectual lock step not only month after month. but year after year for their whole school lives. Since chill dren are not alike. why put them in edu- cational mills and attempt to grind them out alike. crushing out their individu- ality? Who can give any good reason formity of taste. uniformity of charac- ter. uniformity of ability or uniformity of aspirations? Is not individuality or rpoIe importance than evenness of classi- fcation? Is not individuality the d1vin- ity of the child? Should it not be watched for and discovered. that 1t may be carefully studied. and, when along proper lines. lovingly guarded and pray erfully dev eioped? Does not biography teach us that those only have become distinguished who have developed love for work on particular lines?
 That the marked differences in child ren. in classes and in teachers are not properly provided fo-. either In the amount and character of the work re- quired or in the time to be spent upon the work. Is readily seen when we con. slider the~ usual method of grading and promoting. The course of study for the graded school is divided arbitrarily into a number of grades, generally year apart, and the work for each grade is laid out for the bright the slow or the average. Many schools grade the work for the bright. In this case all the rest they can understand. Therefore, many soon become discouraged and drop out ol school.
 Though not generally acknowledged vel in reality the courses of study in mos' schools are graded for the slower pupils This is certainly an injustice to tht large majority of pupils who can anc only is the progress of all kept down tt the pact of those slower ones. but, worse than this the majority of the pupils art drilled into bits of inattent!on ant idieness So long has this continued tha many teachers have come to believe tha pupils do not differ materially in theil atility to cover the course. However there are thousands of earnest teachers who realize the great injury done to th' pu,hls by such a method of stifling tai
 But by far the largest number O schools are supposed to be graded fo the average pupil. At first sight thi looks reasonable. But. in truth, can any thing be more absurd than the idea O nerIecting the ever. present individua pupI. of flesh and blood; of soul and liz and infinite possibilities, in the attemp to reach all by shaping the work fo the mythical average pupil?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
CITY AND COUNTRY.

The Richmond Times notes two en- couraging and important changes now taking place in that State. both of which mean much for the future of the old commonwealth. One of these Is the exodus of people from the cities to the farms, and the other, which seems to be a result of the first, is that men are making money on the farms Of the last fact The Times says:
 Men in the eastern part of Virginia and particularly in he country contiguous to Richmond, aref just beginning to learn how to make money on the farms. Be- fore the war, when labor was the cheap est thing to be found and the western wheat and corn plantations could not come In competition with Virginia because of the lack of transportation, it was pos sible for the Virginia planter to make money from wheat and corn crops. But now that Is out of the question and yet 1t has taken nearly forty years for the farmer to learn it. But he Is beginning to see clearly. He is ceasing to raise these commodities in larger quantities than he can consume on his own place, and is putting every thing in cattle, hogs and | hens Henneries and stock farms are springing up all through the eastern and southside Virginia. They are paying bet ter than the farmer dared to hope. He | does not have to work nearly so hard and the results are seen sooner and hence fires his ambition more than the crop that is yielded and marketed once a year.
 By substituting cotton for wheat and corn crops" in this extract the situa- ton fits a great portion of Alabama ex- actls. The farmers believed that there were fortunes in raising cotton and for that reason they stuck to 1t even after re peated and long-c ontinued experiments | had convinced them of their error. That some of our farmers have gotten their eyes open to the fact that cotton is not all that can or should be raised in Ala bama is encouraging, and 1t Is to be hoped that the good example will spread and be followed until our State will not only be in condition to feed it's own population, but will be able to supply some of the demands from without.
 As to the other fact noted by The Times we have seen no evidence of 1t Tn Alabama-not to any appreciable extent, at least. On the contrary the influx of country people to the cities goes on, and in many cases probably in most of them, the newcomers are disappointed. They think city life is pleasanter and that 1t is much easier to make money there than
 in the country. In some instances this is
 true. but the instances are rare and
 depend almost entirely on the individual.
 It occasionally happens that a country
 raised and country-bred man comes to
 the city and is a successful business man
 from the start but they are the excep-
 tions Mostly it is the other way, and
 the man who leaves a country home
 without experience or capital finds that
 none of his bright anticipations are
 realized, and that his new life is a ] failure.
 } The belief that farming and stock. raising cannot be made to pay in Ala.
 bama is an unfounded one. as is also } the idea that large tracts or farms art
 required. If the land now lying waste
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
The. Locust's Metamorphosis.

The seventeen-year locust seems to confine himself to certain restricted To- calities of very limited area, says The Philadelphia Record Out at Overbrook he Is particularly in evidence. A resident of that suburb, in speaking of the locusts, said yesterday: "The evolution of the insect is one of the most Interesting things I ever saw. I watched one last Sunday, and 1t matured in just about half an hour. The shell was attached to the trunk of a tree on my lawn, and while I was examining it. it gradually split up the back. and the locus. pushed itself out. It dropped to the ground a pulpy. almost shapeless thing. It re- minded me somewhat of d soft-shell crab. It was almost colorless. The wings, which were then without form were wrapped over what seemed to be. and subsequently proved to be, the head. In an incredibly short time the body hard ened and took color and form. The eauzy wings unfolded and were draped downward over the lower part of the body. In just half an hour the locust be gan to crawl and shortly afterward it flew away"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
oil Excitement in Clarke .

Jackson South Alabamian.
 The oil excitement in Clarke Is begin ming to run high again. We are to have three or four wells sunk near Jackson . Francis s. Hills, chief engineer, Of Mo bile, is having derrick timbers put on the ground short distance west Of the o Bo- so we are informed, in the near future. As soon as the drilier can let go! go anotner other job he has on hand. MT Honson @ worK vii he begun. More machinery is being hauled out to the Bush well on the State lands and no doubt gusher will be brought in before the leaves begin to fall again. The we'll is lalready, bored to considerable depth. but just how deep no no outsider knows and there Is no way of finding out. The well is fenced In and have been told that dynamfe Ibs Dns ~,ttb wires running all around the walls of the enclosure. so that if any one should thd try to enter he would come up against tne wire and discharge the dynamite and be blown into eternity quicker than wink The oil men don't take any foolishness. They are here for business and they don intend to have people meddling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
CONGRESS WEARS END.
Final Adjournment Likely to be Taken Latter Part, of Next Week.

Walter Wellmaps Washington Special to
 Chicago Record Herald.
 Congress today entered upon its last fortnight of the present session: There is every reason to believe that before the end of next week the final adjournment will be taken. The prospects are excel. lent for an agreement on the canal Dli! during the week. Messrs. Morgan and Hepburn still talk of imposing limit upon the time in which the President may negotiate for the title and concession oi the Panama route. Their hope Is that If the limit be short enough complications may arise which will prevent the Eresi. dent completing the negotiations by that route and compel him to turn to Nica- raeua after all.
 It is not now disputed by anyone that the House will agree to the Senate bill. The only question is as to whether or not a limit will be imposed. But should the House insist upon 1t the Senate might yield. A limitation of one year is talked of. It is not regarded 6s asyery import ant question. since it is believed by those familiar with canal matters that in six nc ths the whole arrangement with Co lomobia and the Panama Company can be completed.
 There may be a serious difference be- tween the Senate and the House on the Philippine bill. The House will dclare for gold coinage .n the islands. while the Senate has provided silver coinage. The House provides a Philippine Legislature. which the cons ,vatives of the Senate are radically opposed to. But in the course of the next two weeks 1t Is be- lieved an agreement will be reached on all these disputed points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
THURSDAY, JUNE ae, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit Of the whole field of newspaperdom wtich comes under it's notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol I0l denoting golden" which stands for high quality, and fs thus explained:
 '.Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with a single sym boi; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL t00l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol I00l and is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the south.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
ONE ENDORSES IT.

Ever since the President made that re- markable speech at Arlington we have been watching the northern newspapers to see how many of them endorsed lis ill., advised utterances. It is credita3le to note that few of them have done so, ard a great many practically ;se ihe lam guage of The Indianapolis Sentinel. the day after the speech was delivered. Among other things that paper said;
 Yesterday the most extraordinary spec tacle was presented to the American peo- pie that has been seen for many year that of the President of the United States marring the solemnity of Memorial day by a political stump spech, bi!stling with the cheapest demagogy. ard with out a reminder of the high purpose in which he was called to speak. It stands without parallel as to the violation of the proprieties of the occasion or lowering of the personal position of the speaker
 It is a somewhat significant fact. how ever, that the President and his speech are enthusiastically endorsed by one newspaper, and that one Is The New York Age. the negro-edited organ of New York That paper speaks in high terms of the Presidents courageous denuncia- tion of the crime and hypocrisy and in solenee of the white south," as editor T. Tom Fortune expresses 1t.
 It is not to be wondered at that decent Republicans. North and South. were ashamed of the speech considering the ime and the occasion of its delivery. for here was no defence for it. On the other iand, 1t is not strange that negro of Fortunes kind should endorse the speech internationally. Its general tone was ir inc with the doctrines taught by his sheet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
NOTABLE EXTRACTS FROM THE BIG DAILIEY CoRRE- sPoNDENTs x S y S

many as scheme on the part ot Allen to secure the nomination for himself It is figured that should Bryan refuse the nomination Allen would then be in po- sition to claim the honor and at the same time strengthen the fusion plans.
 Bryan sentiment is wavering Tn the State The Democratic organization is in a chaotic state and the Popuiists are gradually drifting back into the Repub' lican and Democratic parties. The -ac- other States has had depressing effect upon fusion schemes The old-line Dem ocrats look with favor upon the Tiiden movement in New York and the general reaction in the trans Mississippi and are trying to divorce the Nebraskan Democ- racy from Populism, but they express little hope of success. It is believed however, that the two-ringed circus VIII have the effect of clearing the atmos phere for reorganization Of the party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
CREAM of the SPECIALS
PoPULIsM FOR BRYAN.
Conservative Democrats are Against
 Old Leader.

From Grand Island Neb.. to Chicago
 Chronicle.
 The Democrats and Populists of Ne braska are billed to hold separate con- ventio ms here tomorrow: sentiment ex, pressed here indicates fusion ticket and a platform which will omit specihc ref erence to the silver question.
 William J. Bryan of Lincoln appears to be the only Democrat who will be ac- ceptable to the Populists as a guberna- torial nominee. MT. Bryan and ex-Sena- tor Allen are expected here and their conclusions probably will have consider able weight with the delegates. The Populists are demanding fusion and also are insistent upon naming the head of the ticket.
 Nebraska Republicans apparently are rejoicing over the respect of a Bryap nomination and predict that If named to lead the fusion forces he not only will be overwhelmingly defeated. but that the Republican committee will have liberal contributions from other States for the purpose of encompassing his defeat Both in Nebraska are in seeming state or utter demoralization. Candidates are fe- zion, but none seems to have any tan gible support. It looks like convention little to say. The intense apathy IS as cribed to fusion. The convention, 1t IS predicted will see the death struggle or Populism in Nebraska Complaints are are
 
 exorbitant in their demands and that the uncertainty of fusion arrangemnets makes party org anization impossible. Flu sion tickets with Populists at their head carried the State in 1896, 1898 and 1893. and a Democrat headed a suecessfui Iusion feated for Governor in 19o0 however. and the fusion ticket of last year, head ed by a Democrat, was beaten by l3,Wo. Conservative Democrats are opposing tins nomination of Bryan chiefly because they believe his candidacy would revive national issues. It Is conceded on all hands, however. that the former Presi- dential candidate vii ccrtrol what IS left of the Democratic organization. w. Il Thompson of Grand Island. who Is en. toying somewhat of gubernatoriai btcm, is credited with having drafted inc Democratic platform subject to more or less copv-reading by Editor Bryan. The tip hatS gone out that the platform for the first time since the rise of the sii- yer movement will omit specific reference to the currency plank of the Cmcag go platform and will savagely arraign the however is said to be much exercised over the anti-silver action of the Indiana ard Illinois Democratic State Conventions and no one would be surprised were he to take the bull by the horns and make the silver plank as radical as possible
 The Populsts will reaffirm the Sioux Falls National Convention of 1900 and make the obvious declarations against the trusts and the Federal policy in the Philippines.
 didate who figures most prominently in tie gossip is ex-Senator Allen Allen is Populist. There is every reason Why Bryan and Allen should be friendly. ln- dorsement of the former by the latter | for Governor, however. is heralded by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
How Van sant Missed a Lunch.

Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, called on President Roosevelt recently and the chief magistrate intended to ask him to stav and have lunch. The Governor took one of the Presidents gestures for an in timationI that the interview was at an end and just then MT. Roosevelt turned to greet a delegation. When he looked around MT Van Sant was gone. A mes senger was dispatched in search of the Minnesota man. who was found facing about half a peck of steamed oysters in swell restaurant. It was too late to go back. the Governor thought. so he remained where he was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
SENATOR PETrUs's
Celebrates Ifs 5Sth Anniversary of
 Marriage Today.

Walter Wellman In Chicago Record-Hsr-
 aid.
 On Thursday Senator Pettus of Ala bama and his wife will celebrate the hfty-eighth anniversary of their marriage Their three surviving children will be present. Senator Morgan will assist m the celebration. In Senators Pettus ana Morgan. Alabama has the oldest senato- rial pair sent by any of the States. MT: Morgan celebrated his 18th birthday last week. and MT. Pettus will be sl the otn of next month. The two Senators nave been friends all their lives and near neighbors in the town of Selma. They are about as lively a pair of statesmen as can be found in the upper branch. Pettus expects to be reelected and to serve out another full term of six years. James Madison was President when MT. Pettus was born, and John Tyler was m the White House when he married Mary Louise Chapman, daughter Of famous pioneer jurist of Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Civil Engineer is Presented With
 26th Child.

From New York to Chicago Record
 Herald.
 Oscar Darling, a wealthy civil engin- eer. promoter and inventor. living at Amityville, l.. l., was presented today by his wife with his twenty-sixth child, a son. The little one has twenty-one brothers and sisters, five of twenty-six having passed away, four in infancy and one after reaching manhood. The father it but 60 years of age. He was twice married. His first wife bore him four teen, and then he married a blushing belle of but 19 years, who has become the mother of twelve,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Honor to Whom Honor, Etc.

The Allied Third party of the Eleventh Missouri District has nominated Dr. Jo- seph F. Chambers for Congress. The Al iied Third is A combination of many wheeled cranks. pr. Joe Chambers is scarcely known in these parts, so little does a careless world care for true great ness Yet Dr. Joe Chambers is a mon, ument In his way. He bears the proud title of ''Father of the Populist party That child is not in good health at pres ent, but let the father be duly honored and remembered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
What is Wanted.

Birmingham News. =, nri . r,srw ia an Alabama plan-every Demo crat;s vote as potent as every nted o1nef Democrats vote and every rsn VG.e is neither neither Ss esb cfss; flesh nor %G fowl It is compromise with with principle. A Democratic direct pri ,rnry mt,m fairlr and honestly conducted is what the Democrats of Alabama are oe- manding
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Yf the Flies Had Passed

If only the flies had passed with the plagued Pharaoh the baldheaded man man oF sarenjtv, but. alas. the fly stoppeth Sr Snd SFanh buEzeth in its passage, and what the baidheaded man says would melt the type if it were printed. This does not reler to ullr senior editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26

The esteemed Chattanooga Times isn't covering itself with credit or helping the government any when It virtually excuses the real cruelties which have occurred In ihe Philippines by comparing with them the many. acts of barbarity committed by the United States against the Indians. These comparisons. if they are good for anything. only show that humanity in war has made no advance in the centuries of our occupation of this continent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Doubled in Three Years ,.

steadily climbing upward Is demonssra,..synn ,.ynent the figures given In the appenoeo ssa n,onth covering the actual daily issue TOT phe
 of May. just passed. ..v these
 From . comparative point of wesS,. weS, For instance. the average daily circua.u,soh .,s h.yersGe the past month has been !. .sHo' . iactuai net average gain of this May over lass s.it2, 288l; the Sunday average gam in twelve months ,s.v 1899,
 A comparison of this May with syy,ns' msy, In thaf period the daily average incresSe T.- been s,7s2: the Sunday @ ayeras,s arss,ativeiy s7. 4s and Ioi AT In other words. The .AeS AaSs ,n the daily circuiation has simply aoupsts" ount vet
 past three years~and the enc ls n0'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26

The Boston Traveller states that 'reo- pie still continue to be killed in stepping from the left hand side of open cars" Is it fatal in Boston to dismount on the left side? Or is there some paculia-ity 'n the construction of the cars of that classic city which renders the left side danger ous? Here in Montgomery person can get hurt from one side as easily os from the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
How to Live 1O2 Years.

These are the rules of life of woma T who has just died in Philadelphia, aged 102:
 Be honest and don't worry. Marry early and save money. Love breeds happiness.
 Keep at work and don't drink. A rich girl can be happy with a poor husband if she really loves Finn. Eat plenty, sleep long and don't bother. When you feel like 'crying-laugh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Is No ProtectionI

Birmingham Ledger.
 Mayor Low of New York. has an, nounced that he will only give news and interviews to reporters In the presence nf witnesses. Mayor Low is no potiti- cian Such a course would prevent his denying , unpleasant interviews which is a strong card with statesmen. He VIII soon abandon the idea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
ALABAMA INDUSTRY.
Fruitdale Shipments.

Hundreds of crates of tomatoes are going out from here daily. also the Tr1- Tmph peach Is being shipped in large numbers. So far the prices have ruled satisfactory with the exception of one or two cases where they run into a glutted market when they changed shipping points with good results.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Send the Best Man.

Anniston Hot Blast. .o o,ar,or-
 The papers over the State are ciamdr- 1nnir
 ing for best men to ofeF tney for wi igslse se Lode of laws under the new Constitu- tton The Hot Blast agrees to every word and wants two of the hest men a m Calhoun County sent to the Leglsla'ure'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Had Stuck to Cleveland.

Tuscaloosa Gazette. so,o.ors
 The Republican beet sugar Senators better pay attention to what Roosevelt says. If the Democratic party as Wnoie hn,le had stuck to Cleveland, n nlsn' H"'o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
The Red-Hot End.

The Montgomery Journal says the com ing State campaign will be Johnston Ns JeIks and that it will be req hot nstnm irHm, beginning to end. Maybe. but Johhstoh u,iII get the red hot end of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
Easy.

Philadelphia Press.
 Mrs. Fondma-Sorry to disturb you at this hour, doctor. but we cant imagine Doctor0CoId. perhaps. Did you have him out today?
 Mrs. Fondma-Yes. but only to his grandmother
 Doctor-Ah, overfed that's all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-26
What the Hieroglyphies Meant.

In London some American fashionable women are wearing belts ornamented with Chinese hieroslyphics in silver. and one woman vas chagrined to iearn Iron she wore read. May all my enemies die hN tnrture,, and May have fifty sons.