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Year: 1874

GB-One of the worst practices in vogue
among teachers is that of allowing or COM
pelling pupils to undertake too much. In
this practice they are aided and abetted by
unthnking parents. Sometimes they
weakly allow themselves to be forced into
it by the opportunities of children and
their parents. Children with their natural
tendency to pursue the shadow and neglect
the substance, are anxious to pass from
book to book, while parents measure their
progress by the frequency with which they
go through the empty form of promotion.
Too frequently the teacher succumbs to
the pressure thus brought to bear upon
him, and promotes his pupils clear out of
the bounds of reason, instead of classifying
them according to his own common sense
and knowledge of the principles and
methods of teaching. Then, in conse-
quence of the carelessness, inattenton, res
tiveness and want of progress on the part
of pupils, and the constantly increasing
doubt and perplexity of parents which are
the natural outgrowth of this system, the
teacher undergoes a martyrdom in which
he gets no sympathy, and deserves none,
although it is a rather heavy punishment
for his want of decision and firmness.
However he worries the year out, is rather
anxious to move to another school, gets
his resignation accepted without difficulty,
and is succeeded by another probably of
the same class of whom much is expected
The newcomer finds that the community is
not exactly satisfied with the work of his
predecessor, and that his only means of
making an Immediately favorable impress
sion is to impartially promote all hands at
an early date. He accordingly does so and
thus the matter goes on from bad to worse
till the result would be extremely ludcrous,
if it had not an alarmingly serious aspect
also. We might be amused at the idea of
advancing children in few short terms, to
IA position in regard to their studies which
can only be properly reached by years of
careful study, if it were not for the ten
dency it has to render them obtuse, heed
less and superficial. Were it not that in
the end it surely causes loss of faith in
common schools and common school teach
ing.


Teachers need to be entirely independent
of extraneous circumstances in the dis
charge of their duties, to take a compre-
henslve view of education in general and
to definitely decide their own status in
regard thereto. They need to take for
their motto "thoroughness first, then pro-
gress," to aim to give careful, comprehen-
sive instruction to all they undertake, and
to undertake no more than can be perform
ed with this object in view. Such a course
like virtue in general, is its own reward.


The results of the opposite course which
has been partially described, cannot fail to
be disasterous to all concerned. The
ignorance and general imbecility of pupils
SO taught, is crowned by the fact that they
don't eren knou hoW little they know.
Year: 1874

. The Hearth aud Home gives the following
useful hints in regard to selecting library.
The books of reference referred to are
among the urgent needs of every teacher,
and the public schools will never reach
their highest degree of usefulness until
teachers are paid such salaries as will
enable them to possess themselves of them:


"The trouble is not commonly a want Of
disposition to buy books, but rather
vagueness of purpose in the buying
Everybody buys them nowadays, but not
everybody buys the right ones If one be
able to own a large number of volumes, a
little miscellaneousness of selection is we'll
enough, but when ones ability to purchase
is limited, as in most cases it is it becomes
very necessary that the choosing shall be
intelligently done. A mere collection Of
books, even though it be large one, is
not library, while a very few well selected
volumes may justly claim that designation.
Where the books must be few in number,
they should not only be the best, but they
should be so chosen as to cover the largest
possible field and to serve the greatest
variety of purposes. Books of reference
are especially necessary in every home, and
should form the beginning and the basis of
evory library, large or small. A few of
these, well chosen, make a very excellent
library of themselves indeed, and without
them there can be no library at all worthy
of the name.


Every house should have them, whether
it has other books or not; and above all,
every house should hold, after the Bible,
an encyclopedia and a dictionary. If other
books can be had, add them by all means,
and the more the better; but these every
man must have who would grow as he gets
older. or would see his children ripen, as
they should, into the intelligent manhood
and womarhood. An encyclopedia is, in
fact, library in itself. 1t is the knowl-
edge of the centuries boiled down; the
essence Of all books crystallzed 1t stands
on the shelves ready to answer briefly every
conceivable question in physics, history,
politics, art, philosophy and why not; to
furnish precisely the information wanted
on almost every possible subject; to turn


your children's wde-eyed wondering into


the best of schoolmasters; to make of
every question sprung in the family circle


an instructive lession.
Year: 1874

8~The Connecticut School Journal says:
or mischief of any kind is to be overcome
at all in the school-room, it must be in it's
very incipiency. To pretend not to notice
a misdemeanor, or to leave it unnoticed,
from any timidity or hesitation to under
take its suppression; to refrain from
prompt disciplining of the mischief with
vague hope that it will die out of itself,
that it will not be repeated so often as to
become unbearable, or because it will annoy
you less to let it go on than to tackle it
all these are the trademarks of a teacher
seriously weak on the side of discipline"
Year: 1874

necessity for multitudinous bands about
the waist, unite in one garment vest, waist
md drawers Let no weight whatever
rest upon the hips, and if the shoulders
-ebel against the burdens laid upon them
tighten them. Let the stockings he sus-
pended by means of an elastic bands from
the drawers if YOU will find no marks of
impeded circulation upon the limbs. Let
the stockings be woolen if they are not
uncomfortable if so. of fleece lined, the
heavier the better. Lcggings are never 10
be dispensed with in this climate during
the winter season. Be sure and have the
soles of your shoes broader than your feet,
if you will walk with ease and avoid corns
and buniOns. TO insure warm feet in
winter, not over heated ones in summer.
wear heavy soles the year round. The
higher the tops of the boots the warmer
the ankles, provided they are so loose that
the circulation is free.


If your work permits of it, have the
material of which your dres is made firm
and enduring. If occupied in housework,
wash material is desirable, not necessarily
calico, so thin and cold for winter, but
some woolen stuff that is washable. If a
constant attendant upon the sick. there
| must be no rustic to Your garments, and
they must be frequently changed and
washed. Ifyou would not carry contagion
from the sick room do not wear false hair,
that may become impregnated with dis
ease germs. If you would avoid many
nervous affections, neuralgia and sick
headache, if You would keep the scalp
clean and free from disease, then do away
with that mass of dead material false hair
that calls to itself all floating impurities,
and gives only heat, weight and WEAKNESS,
and destroys the outlines of beauty to the
head and the symmetry of proportion in
size between it and the body.


If Won would retain clear skin and
have the face free from pustules, let the
blood flow unimpeded to every portion OF
the body. Keep the skin active by the USE
of pure water, and avoid the Balm of a
Thousand Flowers" and all cosmetic
poisons. under whatever alluring names
presented


Finally, if women will live true to the
highest standard for which they were ere
ated, if they will measure their lives by
noble deeds, let them make for the sou
imperishable garments, and give as little
thought AS may be to the wherewith the
body is clothed.
Year: 1874

The SHERMAN FAMILY.-Says the
Washington correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gazette: Mrs. General Sherman is
devout Catholic, as well rs her daughters,
Minnie and Lizzie In her chamber is a
priedicu, much worn from constant use,
and an altar on which are candles and
crucifix. She is one of the most consistent
women, whatever may be her belief, and
her hand is open as day to melting charity.
She always identifies herself with all pro-
gressive Christian movements for the
benefit of the poor, the ontcast, or the
suffering. She lives about two miles from
the centre of the town, on l street, but it
is worth two-mile walk in snow-storm
to receive the hearty warmth of welcome
with which she gleets her friends. She
stands near the door. 4 fat, round, little
body, with dark hair falling in two long
Girls on each side her bright but homely
face She has such Il motherly way of
holding young girls hand, and after a
few moments conversation, saying: Now
90 right into the other room, where my
daughters and the young people are, and
YOU will be shown where the refreshment
table is" And her refreshment table,
by the way, is well laid and supplied.
Miss Minnie has pale. sweet, nun-like
face, and is one of the few young ladies
with sufficient independence and moral
courage to wear her hair simply, without
frzzing or being f;ishionably got up, and to
attend several parties in succession in the
same dress, because she chooses to do so.
and wants to see whether she could not
enjoy herself as well As if arrayed in diff
fercnt garments on each occasion.


The General is an odd genius, yet a
great f;lvorite with old and young. He is
extravagantly fond of dancing, and some
one wittily remarked: He never steps
lower than the back of a chair. nor higher
than the chandelier He is thoroughly
ungraceful, but enters ints the pastime


with such real relish and earnest enjoy
ment that one can excuse his walking
half way up ones train, or in the height
of his delight carrying the greater portion
of ones prettiest fiounce half way across


the room, or, in the Lancers, for instance,


per,istently going the wrong way in the
grand chain, thereby causing the most
laughable confusion, and the entangle-


ment of his lower proportions in the sur


rounding floating drapery of the ladies.


His wife and daughters disapprove OF


round dancing, and he one day said to


me: Il wish we had dancing at our house
/ like to see young people shooting


around"
Year: 1874

Tom MARSHALL-Nature in truth had
denied him no gift essential to the orator,
and no accident serviceable to his gifts.
Never had an orator a fairer physique in
which to wreak himself on expression.


He was six feet two inces in height, erect.
and 1.-THE. His bearing was
and graceful. his voice clear.
rotund and penetrating, and his enunciu


ton so distinct that his words all came
forth clean-cut like coin fresh from the die


1t is true, his gestures were sometimes
open to the charge of extravaganza, and
his wit to that of buffoonery; but these
blemishes from which even Cicero was
not entirely exempt, were carried off by
the prevailing grace and power of manner


Though highly cultivated man he was a
natural orator He never seemed so much
ut home rs when he was on his legs. In
speaking, whether on the pl tform, in the
senate, or at the bar his mental equilib-
rum and his mental vitality were invinci-
BILE Nothing from within or from with
out could disturb the one or dash
the other Interruptions of all sorts only
added fuel to the fire of his oratorv. From
the first sentence to the last. he was master
of the situation. the whole effort being
stamped with unity and instinct with


grace. To borrow the phraseology of the
drama, there was no break in the action,
no pause in the acting. Not a link was
missing; not minute lost. He would tell
IN anecdote while he was looking for a
citation. and throw off n flash of wit as he
wiped his forehead. Even glass of water
he would take with rhetorical effect deN-
trouslv weaving the act into the texture of
his speech, OF carelessly tossing it among
the flowers of the border. When he was
on the boards, neither the stage nor the au-
dience ever waited. He never hesitated
for a thought or word yet (such was the
the aptness and weight of his Ilsatter) no
one ever thought of calling him fluent.
The word. if it had occurred, would have
seemed absurdly disparaging, He was in
fact neither hippant nor hurried. His
movement had the simple but rcsistless
impetus springing from the free play of
his faculties His style was racy and at
the same time lofty. He touched nothing
that he did not elevate rs well as assimi-
late. He made everything his own, and
transfigured himself. l have heard many
of the great orators of our time in both
hemispheres, but, taking all in all, | have
never heard one who in my opinion was
his equal-R. Shipman IN March Galary.
Year: 1874

SOCIAL ELECTiCIsM.-Let amusements
be as innocent as they may be, and let
society be as free as it may from ambition
and envy, still, if the life be a life of society
and a life of amusement, instead of life
of serious associations diversified by amuse-
ment and society; it will hardly ever at
tain happiness or inspire respect. And
the more it is attempted to make society a
pure concentration of charms and delights,
the more flat will be the failure. Let us
resolve that orr society shall consist of
none but the gay, the brilliant and the
beautifll-that is, we will exclude from
it all attention to the aged, all forbearance
to the ungraceful and -unattractive and
we shall find that when our social duties
and social enjoyments have thus seduously
been set apart, We hive let down d sieve
into the well instead Of a backet. Nor is
if in our nature to be durably very we'll
satisfied with an end which does not come
10 Us in the disguise either Of y means or a
duty.-Heury Taylor
Year: 1874

in Arizona will be only things of history.

 Peace is practically enjoyed now through

 the instrumentality of General Crooks wisdom and pertinacious industry, and

 his labors have been most signally recog-

 nized by President Grant. These points

 gained, it is, in our view, not jeopardizing

 the good cause or causes, to occupy a little space in our own behalf. It was a personal misfortune, in our own estima-

 ton, when in 1870 it seemed necessary for us to reenter journalism; but having every week to say something to the pub lie about the highest of all human rights, those of person and property, we have done it in manly and honest way, whether it is possible for craven and avaricious wretches to understand or believe it or not. In advance, we knew to what viliication and attempted injury we would be subjected, and are not at all appOinted-eXcept in that to an un- usual degree, the parties most peridous towards us, are those our paper and con- versation will show were specially favor ed by us. Placed as we werethen, as we are still, and expect to be for an indefinite period, it seems proper to for once say a few words in our own behalf, especially since we have used our paper to so highly nd Sfoin nf Va no office which is within the gift of the people of Arizona, notwithstanding we intend to advocate their interests in the future as well, or better if possible, as in the past. If there are any of what soreheads and disappointed men and Oemagogues call "rings" in Arizona, we neither know of them nor belong to any of them. We lived comfortably be- fore we had public office or newspaper one, and feel perfectly competent to do it again when we have neither. When the President wants somebody else for sur veyor-general in Arizona, we presume he'll exercise his right and have one; and when the people here don't want such a journal as we print for them, we expect they'll decline to give us living support in that respect. In either or both cases we shall not exhibit any soreheadism nor complain of the ingratitude of the people as whole or of republics, but continue to work in private way, with less cares, less demands for gratuitous service, and more independence in the disposition of our time and very likely as much if not more money for our labor.
Year: 1874

This is from a late number of The New Mexican at Santa Fe:

 La Revista Universal of Mexico says that the Governor of Arizona promised to indemnify the Papago Indians of Sonora for injuries lately received by them at the hands of the ApacheS, but that now the Governor refusing tO comply with his pro- mise, an appeal will be made to the Mex ican Government by the Papagos, for rec lamation against the United States.

 There is no truth whatever in the above report, and it is absurd to suppose that the Governor ever promised to do what is stated, and indirectly a islander to say he refuses to comply with his promise. Gov. Stafford would not make such a foolish promise knowing that he could command no means to fulfil it. The Governor never before knew that the Papagos claimed any recompense for their losses, and surely if they do, the subject has not been brought to his attention officially or otherwise. An intelligent newspaper man knows that Territorial governors have no authority or means to reimburse the losses of Indians or other bodies of people.
Year: 1874

saturday says:

 A train with goods from the railroad came in yesterday and will leave for Clifton (Arizona) where it will load with copper.

 We are informed that there arc one hundred families from the Rio Grande valley, to settle on the Gila. They have q flock of some 1000 sheep and part of the sheep are at the Warm Springs.
Year: 1874

man gone to his rest; and now, when
he has crossed the dark river of death
to stand glorified and exalted in the
presence of the great 81 AM" it is to
be hoped that his political enemies will
pay to his memory that respect they de-
MED him during life, is the prayer Of


PRETOH.
Year: 1874

Elder cannon will not be thrust out from Con-
Bresa during the present session II the House
Committee on Elections can aayo him. Tint
Committee agreed yesterday by majority of
one vote not to report resolution for expulsion.
Tho Elder may derive further consolation from
tho reflection that exclusion from such company,
In itself considered, Is no groat disgrace.
Year: 1874

The races at Agricultural, Park yes
terday to secure funds for the purchase
of school-house clock, were not so
we'll attended as the cause merited.
About one hundred and fifty or two
hundred people were present. A finer
day than yesterday for the race could
not have been taken. Eight entries
were made, but at the call only four
put in an appearance and the contest
was left between Rubber Boy, Schon-
shin John, Los Angeles Maid and
Brown Dick. The race was to harness,
three in five, with no purses. The
horses took their position for the first
heat in the order named above, with
Rubber Boy at the pole. The heat
was won by Schonshin John, Rubber
Boy coming in second, Los Angeles
Maid third and Brown Dick last.
Time, 2:563. In the second heat the
horses took their positions in the order
in which they came under the score,
with Schonshin John at the pole. Like
the first, it was won by Schonshin
John, the Maid second, Dick third and
Rubber Boy last. Time, 2:57 In this
heat Rubber Boy lost shoe, and as
he had injured himself slightly in the
first trot, for the two reasons he was
withdrawn from the contest. The
third heat was won by Schonshin
John, the Maid second and Dick third.
Time, 2:58.


The net proceeds of the races, after
paying the few necessary expenses,
amounted to seventy dollars. This
being insufficient to purchase the
clock as designed, the managers of the
affair concluded to donate it to the
Public Library, reserving twenty dol
lars to be expended in the purchase of
suitable presents for Miss Fannie Ben
jamin and Miss Mary Cohn, who as
sisted materially in the sale of tickets.
We regret that the project was not so
successful financially as it should have
been, but the proceeds as far as they
90 have been well applied and will
result in much good.
Year: 1874

On second trial In the Chenango IN. Y,)
Circuit, a passenger between Utica and Al
bany on the N. Y. Central railroad has recO-
cred "a, 900 damages for being put off palace
car, there being no vacant seat In other parts
of the train.


The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has
decided that sale of cotton for cash, where
the buyer is allowed ten days to turn out and
inspect the goods, Is sale on credit and moi
on condition, the property passing to the buy
er so that he can make title for it, though
still indebted.
Year: 1874

1t was only one customer that the
surly man snubbed. The customer
asked for ten cents worth of wire.
The surly man said something to him
about the trouble of cutting of so
small piece, and sneered at him for
being so small customer. He cut 1t
off from the roll, and the customer,
who had intended to buy some hinges
and bolts, and two or three locks,
which might have amounted in all to
five dollars, concluded he would go to
another shop for the rest. He paid
for his ten cents worth of wire, and
pushed on to the next hardware store.
The surly man did not even bid him
good day. That one customer seemed
a very small affair to tie dealer, be-
cause he wanted to purchase such
limited amount of merchandise. de
forgot that 3 man does not ask in one
breath for all he wants. He forgot
that the small customer of to-day
may be the larger customer of to-
morrow. He forgot that the man
who is treated shabbily at store sell
dom returns to it except for some
thing which cannot be purchased else
where. He forgot the Influence which
each customer carries with him fOT
good or i'll.


Courtesy brings custom, and is GUS
tom brings success in business,
courtesy must not be neglected. A
man who is politely treated at store
is very apt to come again, and To
mention his experience TO his friends.
A man who is rudely dealt with is
still.more apt to tell his friends of it,
and to warn them against the place.
Some men have built up large busi-
ness, and have made money, in spite
of their uncivil treatment of people
with whom they dealt. How much
more they might have made II they
hsd been polite, it is difficult to caleu-
late. But let every young man IN
derstand that, all things being equal
the courteous business man will make
q better success of his work than the
crIsty and ill-natured one.