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Year: 1878

Attention is not faculty, but habit,
and can be formed as other habits are
formed. Teachers frequently ask too
much of their pupils. The child's at
tention can not be directed for long
time upen any subject, attention cannot
be obtained by asking for it or demand
ing it; not by fretting or scolding about
it. The attention must be secured by
exciting the chlld's curiosity, and then
retained by giving him something to
do, by not at once fully satisfying his
curiosity, by putting something into his
mind, not by trying to drive out what is
there. Allow the child to do something
and you must give him the opportunity
for doing. Attention can be commanded
by determining to have it; not by say
ing so to the pupils, but by determining
to pursue such course as shall secure
and retain it. A teacher will accom-
plish much, in training pupils to give at
tention. by being a practical example
and giving close attention to class work.
Attention can be secured by having pu-
pills feel that they are liable to be called
on at any moment to reproduce the les
son.-EMtna1n.
Year: 1878

MEN seem to be at a discount in
Washington Territory According to
the report of the Superintendent of
public instruction in that Territory, the
average monthly compensation of male
teachers there IN 1876 was $3S, while
that of women was $50.
Year: 1878

heavily visited the Southern ststss. and
from the ranks Of all other professions
and occupations men and women have
found it privilege to furnish personal assistance TO
the earnest struggling with the disease It
left to of the genter in distant state 10
aid in the organization of and munihcenty contribute
to the support of a commission which should pave
the way to the discovery of some reliable plan ior
preventing its appearance hereafter she mas pointer
out the path which should be rod by scientific experts
and which will undoubtedly sooner or later Ieaa 10
the grand discovery of such methods Of prevention
will free from the visitations OF this terrible
disease Recognizing with thankful hearts the noble.
heaven born impulse that has prompted her action'
it is the privilege of the association to place upon
record some expression OF high appreciation ana
earnest admiration"


Dr.. Steiner continued ut length enlogiz-
ing in most eloquent language the noble
at of Mrs. Thompson. which. he said.
he felt in his soul now eiciting in the South
that fraterna feeling so anxousy prayed for by
every patriot who loves his country and which VIII
be e.r rich fruit hereafter and that the Southern
heart. responsive TO such feelings. will beat
henceforth in perfect unison with that OF
the North In conclusion said he. let MS
draw fresh inspiration for the work that ID
before from this bright example of Christian
philanthropy treasuring up with the names OF those
noble women who through all time have found it
more blessed to give than to receive" the name OF
Elizabeth Thompson.


The resolution unanimously adopted and the
Convention adjourned die at quarter past eleven
n
Year: 1878

If it is true that the official notification of
the accession of Pope Leo XIII. was ad-
dressed to Humbert !. as King of Sardinia in
stead of King OF Italy there is not much hope
in the immediate future ofany change in the
relations between the Holy See and the Ital-
i'm Kingdom. The italian Premier recently
stated that the law otthe .Papal guarantees"
had a constitutional character, which meant
that twas not liable to any has.y revision.
The Italian Court and Cabinet are treating
the Papasy with as much consideration as
possible, and it has several times of late
been manifest that they have been willing
to 20 half way in any steps that would lead
to easy relations between the parties. The
root Of the trouble is the old Papal
theory that the Pope should not be
the subject of any king, since perfect
freedom of action is impossible if he is


But as thesgreat States nowadays are swal-
lowing up the small it would be difficult
to find any spot in Europe that would be
secure from the devices of a powerful neigh
Dor. Hence little space to rule over be-
comes merely a place to carry out the
behests Of others. If His Holiness looked
ut the subject in this light he would quickly
argue that ON understanding with the King
of Italy would be preferable to pseudo
independence in a petty State.
Year: 1878

The Sultan congratulates the Gear on the
anniversary Of his accession to the throne
and the Gear perceives in the coincidence of
the simultaneous arrival of this pleasant
message with the news of the signature of
peace ga presage Of good and lasting rela-
TONS between them. These exalted ex-
pressions of mutual esteem are signalled
across 'bloody chasm" in which lie about
hundred and fifty thousand slaughtered
soldiers-not to count the women and chill
dren whom the barbarous defenders" of
Islam sent to their graves in Bulgaria and
Roumelia. But rs q kind of telegraphic
kiss of peace and pledge Of good wishes
they will be welcome to the world, despite
the CHASTITY account they close. The poet
who recounted the meeting of the lord Of
the neither world and the Archangel Michael
when the soul of George iii. was in dis
pute represented these great leaders of
opposing causes as animated by serene
and genial demeanor toward one another -


And therefore M.chacl and tho other wore


A civil aspect though they did not kiss


Yet still between his darkpes and his brightness


There passed mutual glance OF great pollenoss.


This is perhaps the type OF all such cour-
tesies Of foes in exalted positions. But it
is not impossible certainly that there may
be in the presage OF good relations between
Turkey and Russia substantial promise.
The events Of the war have changed the
relations of the Sultan to the world and to
his great neighbor more especially. He is in
practical tutelage for time, and he may
grow to its consequences and may come to
regard his neighbor as his natural ally and
John Bull as an outsider who has come be-
tween and made trouble because he saw
his own advantage in it.
Year: 1878

Bismarck is statesman and a soldier.


Wellington was q soldier and statesman.
Ancient and modern history abound in in
stances of great men who, like julius
Caesar. Marlborough, Washington, jackson
and Grant, have been heroes on the field
and sages in the council chamber But
Thurlow Weed has been SO long known rs q
leader of civil forces, political strategist,
a creator and manager of great political
campaigns, that we seldom think of him as
q military hero or recall to mind the fact
that he has borne arms in the service of his
country, marched to the sound of the bugle
and the drum and smelled the powder burnt
in the enemy's guns. Only when we find
the name of Thurlow Weed in the honora-
BILE list of the nations pensioned heroes
does the memory flash upon us that
the now bent but still active form
once stood firmly in the ranks of
the American army; that the yet
bright eyes once looked deiantly in the
faces of the British troops that the hand
which has made and unmade 80 many pub
lie men and contributed SO much to the
political literature Of the country once
Year: 1878

they cannot secure the two-thirds
majority requisite for the passage of such a
measure over the veto. Whatever their
majority may be in the House they cannot
control the Senate for such measure. The
same reasons which induced the Senate by
a large majority, to engraft on the Bland
bill the amendments which are so distaste-
full to the silver lunatics will cause the
Senate to reject bill which would virtually
ments. The fact that the silver demagogues
of the House dared not reject those amend
ments, lest the Silver bill should utterly
fail, proves that they can have no reason
able expectation of getting the amend
ments set aside by supplementary legisla-
ton. Since the Senate would have adhered
to it's amendments if the House had not
concurred in them it is altogether unlikely
that it will consent to see them repealed or
nullifed. The supplementary bills are
mere efforts of Western demagogues to
recommend themselves to their constituents
in view of the fall elections, in which
new Congress is to be chosen. Even if they
could pass the Senate, which is improba-
BILE, they assuredly could not pass it by
such q majority as would render the veto
imperative. We are confident that the
silver demagogues went to the length
of their tether in passing the
amended Bland bill over the Presidents
negative, and that the business of the
country has nothing further to fear from
unwise legislation. If the Silver bill is
judiciously administered by the Secretary
of the Treasury it can produce no great
mischief within the ensuing year or two be-
yond arresting the sale Of the four per cent
bonds. We hope that the business COM
munity will try to make the best of the sit
uation. M <4
Year: 1878

The Board of Education yesterday sent to
the Assembly O report of salaries paid in
that department.. The total expenses of the
Board are not given, it is said, and probably
were not called for by the resolution Of in
quiry. This is to be regretted, as the ex-
penditures outside the salaries are the more
liable to abuse and the more in need
of investigation. Too little is known
Of the details of these outlays, and
the Board does not seem to be overanxious


to supply information on the subject.


Hence we can only refer to the estimates of
the annual expenditures made by the
Board for the tax levy to form any judg-
ment of their character and amount In
the provisional estimate for the current
year the Board demanded tor fuel eighty
thousand dollars. There appear to be about
one hundred and twenty-five buildings
to be heated by the Board. Putting
the cost of the coal and wood delivered at
SO so per ton or load, which is higher
price than ought to be paid when SO large
an amount is purchased, and we have
%, S57 tons of coal and loads of wood per
year for the 10000. This would supply
one hundred and twenty-five buildings with
one hundred and eighty-three tons and loads
each per year. We do not suppose it can
be pretended that there is any such
consumption, as such claim would be
an absurdity. How is the fuel money con-
sumed 2 What prices are paid for coal and
wood? These are the points that demand
investigation. In the estimates over ninety
two thousand dollars was asked this year
for 'incidontal" expenses after every con-
ceivable expense had been provided for in
separate appropriations. Now what ''inci-
dcntals' are accidentally covered up under
this exorbitant and unreasonable demand
Year: 1878

There is something very painful about
the statement that the people who under
took the bringing to London of Cleopatra s
Needle should set down it's value as $l,250,
or what it would be worth if broken up to
make doorsteps for cockneys. The bluff
and honest sailors who rescued the aban-
doned caisson and towed it to Ferrol were
not guilty of any such irreverence. They
knew barely enough of Egyptian history to
surmise that obelisks which they were
told had stood for three thousand
years in the land of Sesostris were
not to be met every day floating
about in the Bay of Biscay. To their simple
minds the hieroglyphics which will be so
instructive to the thoughtful artisans of
Whitechapel and the dapper clerks from
Pimlico did not convey any more meaning
than if they had been Clipped out by one
of the Pharaohs while suffering from the
effects of q liquid. obtained by the distilla-
ton of the corn Joseph had saved by the
time his poor relations came along The
sculptured birds ana 80 forth were not to
them the history of departed might, the
records of civilization at it's height a thou
sand years before the Britons indulged in the
luxury of clothes. The; honest tars knew
nothing Of any Egyptian dynasty and
would probably have put a meaning more
obvious than correct upon the word il they
heard it, but they re garded the caisson and
it's contents with respe,t and valued it ac-
cordingly. 1t became necessary for these
simple toilers Of the sea to institute what is
called salvage suit, which is the delicate
judicial way by which such services as theirs
are rewarded. To show their appreciation
of the curious monolith they put an enor-
nous price on it, when the shippers Of the
obelisk descended TO the petty trick Of say
ing that it was only SO much old stone and
the caisson SO much old iron. We can hardly
blame the honest sailors for demanding that
it be sold at auction, since this is
the infallible method by which they arrive
at the value of deceased brothers ward
robe, technically called his "dunnage."
The scandal Of an obelisk under q cockney
auctioneer's hammer, Of it's being "going,
going-gone, of the mighty monument of
an Egyptian King being "knocked down"
to some antiquarian Toodles or some adver-
tising tradesman of Fleet street, was immi
nent. Who will blame the honest sailors
for this Not one. No, the blame be upon
the sordid shippers Fortunately, Judge
Sir Robert Phillimore stepped in yesterday
with a decision fixing the value of ship and
cargo at the respectable sum of one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars. Well
might he have exclaimed, in the words Of
Shakespeare


oh that the stono which keeps the World In awe


Should be "old syenite" before tho law
Year: 1878

THE CUTTING of new street from Franklin
square to City Hall Park, ITO open up the ap-
proachcs to the Brooklyn Bridge, will remove
many old houses which associated with the
early history of the city. The work Of destruc-
ton bepau Yesterday
Year: 1878

The FORMATION Of rowing association
among the New England colleges is again under
consideration. Wesleyan University is earnest
in the matter and three other colleges are said to
be favorably inclined.
Year: 1878

Anewspaper in tho fullest sense of the word
at once adapted to the Merchant. the Me-
ohaAic, the Farmer, and everybody
desirous of keeping up with the
stirring news of this live and


progressive age.
Year: 1878

There arc hardware men in De-
troit who keep 0 ceok.stove at the
store door IS a sign, and that the
stove may not be injured by rust
they paint it over, The other day
one Of them who had a stove with
red legs, white covers and q blue top
secured w old farmer for a Gus
Year: 1878

1t is well for the women of the house
hold to remember that the pleasant
evenings at home are strong antidotes to
the practice of looking for enjoyment
abroad, and seeking for pleasure in by
and forbidden places, for relaxation and
recreation will be indulged in somehow
by most men, and happy are they who
find in The heme circle the diversion
they need. A lively game, an interesting
book read aloud. or in musical families,
a new song to be practiced, will make an
evening pass pleasantly.


A little forethought during the day,
little pulling of wires that need not
appear, will make the whole thing ap.
pear easy; and different ways and means
may be prepared for making the evening
pass pleasantly and time to be looked
forward to with pleasant anticipations.


We visited once large family where
it was the duty of each sister, in turn, to
provide the evenings occupation, and
there was a pleasant rivalry between
them as to whose evening should be the
most enjoyable. The brothers entered
fully into the simple home entertain
ments, and were as 10th to be obliged to
spend an evening away from home as
their sisters and parents were to have
them absent. Every one spoke of this
family as an uncOmmonly united one, for
each and every member showed such a
strong attachment for the home to which
each one contributed so much pleasure.
Year: 1878

There is nothing young unmarried
man likes better than to go to dinner on
Christmas day at the house of a married
friend and to be asked to carve the tur>
key. He never carved a turkey in his
Ii c, and with an old maid on one side of
HIM, watching him closely, and on the
other side fair girl for whom he has a
tenderness. he feels en- mbarrassed when he
begins. First, he pushes the knife down
to one Of the thigh joints. He can't find
that Joint, and piUnges the knife around
in search of it until he makes mincemeat
out of the whole quarter of the fowl.
Then he sharpens his knife and tackles it
again. At last, while making a terrific
dig, he hits the joint suddenly, and the
leg flies into the maiden lady's Jap, while
her dress front is covered with a shower
of stUfiing. Then he goes for the ether
leg, and when the young lady tells him
he looks warm, the weather seems to
him suddenly to become 400 degrees
warmer. This leg he finally pulls loose
with his fingers. He lays it on the edge
of the plate, and while he is hacking at
the wing he gradually pushes the leg
over on the tableclOth, and when he
picks it up it slips from his hand into
the gravy dish and splashes the gravy
around for SIX square yards. just as he
has made up his mind that the turkey
has 10 JOINTS to his wings, the host asks
him il he thinks the war with Turkey
will soon be over. The girl next to him
laughs, and he says he will explain his
views upon the subject after dinner.
Then he mOps his brow with his hand
kerchief, and presses the turkey so hard
with the fork that it slides off the dish
and upsets goblet of water on the girl
next 10 him. Nearly frantic, he gouges
away again at the wings, gets them off in
a mutilated condition and digs into the
breast. Before he can cut any of, the
host asks him why he doesn't help out
the turkey. Bewildered, be puts both
legs on plate and hands them to the


maiden lady, and then helps the young
girl TO plate OF stuffing, and while tax
ing her plate in return, knocks over the
gravy dish. Then lie SITS down with the


calmness of despair, and fans him-elf with
! a napkin, while the servant girl clear
up aud takes the turkey to the other
end Of the table. He doesn't discuss the


eastern question that day. He goe,
right home after dinner, and spends the
! night tryiug 10 decide whether to com
| nit suicide or take lessons 10 carving -
! Ner Y0rk Mercury.
Year: 1878

Let me tell you that our sex were not
meant to be wooers. The custom preva-
lent among a certain class of young ladies
Of asking, directly or indirectly, the at
tention of young gentlemen, is not an
admirable custom. My son." said a
lady to me not long since, dis much
prejudiced against young girl, whom
admire, because she is constantly sending
him notes inviting him to be her escort
here and there and planning to have him
with her. A modest and dignifed
reserve, which is neither prudely nor
affectation, should distinguish your man
ner to gentlemen. Too great familiarity
and too evident pleasure in the society
of young men are errors into which no
delicate and pure-minded girl should
fall
Year: 1878

ternal. The poor young musician, being
secretly in love with German princess
whom he saw when on a pilgrimage to
Vienna, recoils, and taking up his hat in
his bewilderment, supposiug it is his roll
of music, tries to stuff it into his pocket
and gets out Of the room. His want of
presence of mind leaves him an orphan.
His hopes are gone, his only chance of
patronage is Withdrawn, and if he can get
the position of o5ganist in some obscure
country town, and keep himself from
starving, it will be the future limit of his
ambition. .SqtuTdqu RevielC.
Year: 1878

The ruins of the old Mission church of
the antique Mexican town of Goliad,
gray with time and bristling with the
thistles and tall cactus, lie strewn in re-
maIkable confusion on one side of the
most beautiful sites along the river San
Antonio from its rise in San Pedro
springs to its mouth in one of the bays
on the south coast of Texas. Ia the
spring of the year, when the warm sun
glistens on the dew drops that weigh
down the tall grass tops of the adjacent
prairies, or lights up the myriads of roses
that blush on their surface, no more
beautiful spot could be selected for quiet
meditation,


LOVE OR ROMANCE.
Like another Alhambra, it brings up
the contemplation of the past, and the
Texan of to-day, leaning over the broken
walls, reverts to the stirring scenes of
of the revolution of 1886, and of the
bloody incidents connected with that
struggle, and which occurred in the
shadows of this old church, more than
forty years ago. The main building, OF
massive stone walls and the dull clumsy
architecture of 1882, the date of its
building by the Spanish monks, is still
standing, but the once lofty walls of the
plaza, which made the place in reality a
fort for defense against the Indians in the
olden time, are
Year: 1878

By heavens, we are growing Sick OF adj
vice. Ito treat us as ECU 'lS and 10 do
right Will iniure the party we are begin.
Mug 10 imagine that the party is too easily
injured ever 10 be Of any interest 10 US,
There are halt dozen States In the South
that the least thing will throw either way
In 1851, especially slnce President Hayes
mas tried TO act 90 fairly toward us, and
we beg 10 inform the Northern Democrats
that they must not consider the South
solid ln their service, no matter how badly
they treat us. The Southern people will
do . good dead Of thinking for themselves
after Congress adiourns, and the citizens
OF some Of the Southern States may pOssi.
bly, decide that the South is just the least
bit too sOlid.-TVicksburg Herald DEM


This is the right kind ef talk from
Southern editors. This business OF be.
ing tied down to the Northern grind.
stone, with noses al command, is TO use
a vulgarism "played out" The South
is Just as much part OF the American
Union, as auy other section; Just as
much entitled TO freedom Of thought
aud right of Government. We have
been satisfied long ago how little the
South could lepend upon the poll.
ticians Of tLl North; and when the
South fnds II out, as will be the case
very soon, there will be no solid South
in support OF Northern Democracy.
Southern men will support the party
which will treat every man as an
equal, no matter where &c comes from.
Aud that party is the NsIiOnsl.- Lou.
lsvilIe National Industrial.
Year: 1878

WHILE a petition is beirg circulated
10 commute the sentence of one Killer,
another killer is taken in custody. So
We 20. How would it do to let the
law take ils course for q few timesI
Year: 1878

GOVERNOR HENDRICKS, in his signal gun
or keynote speech out in Indiana the other
day, did not con6ne himself to the strict
limits Of the truth in his criticisms of the
financial policy of the Republican party.
His information was certainly not at fault,
and his intelligence is conceded. II is there
fore probable that he was guilty of willful
Of facts. He charged Cen
eral GRANT and President HAYES with hav-
ing converted our debt into foreign
debt" The truth is that It has ever been
the policy of the Republican party to max Q
the debt q domestic loan, and the utmost
efforts have been made consistently and
persistently from the days Of President
LINCOLN and Secretary CHASE down to the
present time. But the best answer to Mr.
HENDRICKS falsehoods is to be found in the
fact that each succeeding days record of the
business of the Treasury Department shows
that the 4 per cent. loan is now being sub
scribed for in our home markets ~
rapidly as it is abroad. 1t is also true that
the repudiation or fiat-money theories OF
such Western Democrats as Messrs HEN.
bricks and VOORHEES, have had the efiec,
to destroy our credit both at home and
abroad.
Year: 1878

WHAT Confederate General ROBERTSON
really did say regarding the FITz-JoHS
PORTER case, at which General SMITH had
justification for taking ofTenss, was EN-.
braced in direct charge that PoRTER's
conviction in 1868 was procured by perjury


THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN called atten.
ton to this charge at the time il was made
in the form of an interview with General
ROBERTSON in the Democratic organ. We
doubted the correctness Of the report be-
cause of its appearance in that sheet, and
gave General RopERTsoN the benefit of the
doubt. 1t seems We were right, for, as
usual in such cases with that journal, the
interview was exaggerated and unreliable