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VALENTINE - NEBRASKA

Ocean greyhounds can always be dis¬

tinguished by having few of tjie cbaricteristics of ordinary barks

Sir Edwin Arnold has seen the Lightf Asia and has married her Other

risitors to Asia will be disappointed

Emperor William seems to havejretty well used up the merman constijution and Is now running things on theDy laws

How many statesmen start to climbpie ladder of fame direct and the firstlhlng shift it to merely get on thefence

A Boston woman who died recentlyaad more than 24000 stowed away inler bustle Pretty good financial back ¬

ing for a woman

A Boston typewriter wi e advertisesor a position says that she is neither9retty nor frivolous Probably that isvhy she is advertising

A New York wedding guest who inilsted on kissing the bride the othernight was shot by the bridegroomBut he was half shot at the outset

Corn has been suggested as a na ¬

tional floral emblem but under the cir-

cumstances¬

wheat seems more fittingIn this case the grain suggests theflour

The Grand Army which reachedhigh water mark in 1S93 with a totalof 403024 members has now decreasedto 319450 It is still a great but a van ¬

ishing host

A Western preacher puts it this wayo his congregation When I look atmy congregation I ask Where are thepoor and when I count the collectionT ask Where are the rich

A Canadian court has decided the val ¬

ue of a kiss to be twenty cents utterlyjSTjai-fi-iiieTicrTnaTrwn- en youngfolks go to court under the right circumstances kisses are priceless

It is announced that the French willattempt to build a steamer to break ailAtlantic records If the French are asfast on the sea as they are said to be onland the records probably will have togo

The Chicago woman wTho married herdivorced husband recently for the thirdtime has convinced him now that shecan get free from him whenever shewants to do so and that lesson prob ¬

ably will not be lost on him

It is about time for the papers to quitcaricaturing Uncle Sam as a tall gauntungainly ill dressed person with loudbreeches and necktie He is not asgreen as represented and the daily re¬

prints are monotonous and annoying

Another United States ship has peace ¬

fully slid upon a mudbank If the sup-ply

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of ships hold out every shoal reefand sandbar In our waters will be per ¬

manently if somewhat expensively in-

dicated¬

to mariners by the presencethereon of a vessel of the new navy

The late Henry W Sage the million-aire

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philanthropist was the founder ofthe Sage public library in Bay CityMich It is needless to add that thereare no public libraries roaming aroundloose founded by Russell Sage who is amillionaire but not of philanthropicpersuasion

Try to keep clear of prejudice andbe willing to alter any opinion youmay hold wrhen further light breaksupon your mind The man is eitherclever beyond precedent or weak be-

yond¬

measure who never sees reasonsto change his judgment of men andthings

Every charitable organization shouldbe an organization chiefly for the pur ¬

pose of giving employment to peopleout of work There is always a greatdeal of work to be done of one sort oranother and the self respecting poor arealways ready to earn their bread Ev¬

erywhere idleness should be discour-aged

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Thp Loudon newspaper that has beendropping the letter u in words likelabor and color and spelling programwithout the me is now overwhelmedwith protests from readers against thissurrender to a demoralizing American ¬

ism in spelling Such butchery of theEnglish tongue they argue shouldnever be condoned

We are pained to learn by the LondonVanity Fair that the queen empressis dissatisfied with the course of theUnited States and holds almost pessi-mistic

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views in regard to the stabilityand future of the republic After thatwe suppose the United States might aswell put up its shutters and go out ofbusiness If Mrs Victoria disapprovesaf us there is little use in trying to keep

good opinion of ourselves

A Parisian who suspects that the foodor drink which he has purchased isadulterated can have the article anal ¬

yzed free of cost at the municipal la¬

boratory If impurities are found thecity undertakes the prosecution of thetradesman and after conviction the of¬

fender is not only liable to fine and im ¬

prisonment but may be obliged to dis ¬

play in his window a sign readingConvicted of Adulteration There is

room for similar law in America

Whiie the labor market in the manufaenningand commercial States is dis-iicssiug-

overcrowded and in the older

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Northwestern States Is abundantlystocked there is a renewed and earnestdemand for immigration in the South-west

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and the far Northwest Immi-grants

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In great numbers are continuallyarriving at Atlantic ports chiefly atNew York and most of them settle inor subside Into the slum sections ofEastern cities

These frequent train hold ups eachmore audacious and startling than anyjvhich preceded indicate Uat railwaymanagers and local authorities alikehave failed to take the necessary stepsto put an end to this form of highwayrobbery From stealing a train to steal-ing

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a railway is only one step and j

the railway companies of the Westwant possession of their roads theywill soon be compelled to adopt somesensible and effective method of pro ¬

tecting their trains

Machines keep themselves in powerby saving the people a lot of trouble Ademocracy calls upon every man to dohis share of government Political war ¬

fare is a chronic condition It is not apersonally perilous contest but it in-

volves¬

labor and the people send sub-

stitutes¬

and the substitutes are themachines To break the machine in-

volves¬

trouble and it often holds pow-er

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for years simply because the lazinessof the people is slowly overcome Sincethe people are the source of all powerit is no use to blink at their responsibil-ity

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for its abuse

Thanks to the encouragement whichEmperor William has aceorded to thepractice of dueling it is now beingadopted by the medical profession inGermany A couple of physicians sum-moned

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in consultation became involvedat the bedside of a patient in so violenta dispute with regard to the characterof the malady and of its treatment thatthey concluded to fight the matter outThe conflict took place on the outskirtsof Bonn on tne Rhine one of the com-batants

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Dr Fisher receiving a bulletin the chest which killed him in-

stantly¬

A great revolution in warfare will beeffected if anything comes of the newFrench rifle which discharges vitriol in i

stead or Dullets Heroes do not feardeath but naturally shrink from disfig-urement

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The Duke of Wellington weare told in the Latin Grammar comicwould walk among the cannon ballshim not caring one blow but even thegreat duke would hardly have exhibit ¬

ed the same indifference to rifles squirt¬

ing vitriol No decent looking soldierwill be got to face them they will haveto be approached backwards This willentail a new system of drill Thinkof a whole regiment charging back ¬

ward If both forces are possessed ofthis novel weapon the spectacle willbe doubly entertaining Our ideas wUnot only be transformed but invertedWhen our warriors return says JamesPayn they will no longer exhibit withpride the wounds they have received infront quite the reverse the more be ¬

hind the better

In case you havent enough to worryaoout here is something Astrono-mers

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are now watching with increasedinterest the big sun spot which hasbeen in great activity for the last twoyears and are speculating on the out-come

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It is said the molten mass islikely at any time to burst from thesuns surface Prof Siverimus J Corrigan director of the Goodsell Obser-vatory

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of Carleton University saysA new planet may at any instant

break away from the sun and the ter-rific

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explosion which will necessarilyaccompany this break away will pro-duce

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a great disturbance of the entireuniverse but particularly of the earthperhaps completely smashing it andsurely destroying all animal life onland as well as in the waters The re-

sult¬

of my investigations on this sub-ject

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indicate that the earth Is closelyapproaching a critical epoch in itscareer yet the day or the hour ofvisitation no man knoweth but theseresults have convinced me that it isimminent Look to the sun Neitheris this tremendous disturbance of theearth and the destruction of all lifeupon it completely unprecedented Asimilar detachment of solar matter bythe same means is known by scientiststo have occurred 23000000 years agoa period simultaneous with the palaeozic age at which time all animaland vegetable life then existing on thefact of the earth was completelycrushed out Of course all this is nonsense but it will do to worry about

The Pay of Naval OfficersThe relative rates of American and

British naval officers pay in compari-son

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are as follows Naval cadet o00midshipman 1G0 ensign 1200 sub-

lieutenant¬

455 with extra as naviga ¬

tor 225 lieutenant junior grade 1

S00 lieutenant 900 to 12S0 with ex-

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up to 365 lieutenant 2400 lieu-tenants

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in command 1005 to 1370with extras from 420 to 705 lieuten-ant

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commander 2S00 commander3500 commander 1S25 with extras

to 705 captain 4500 captain 2050to 3010 with extras from 455 lo

1G40 Thus only the senior captainin the British navy with full allowanceof extras receives more than our juniorcaptain But after one gets to be captain things change Every British cap-tain

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becomes a rear admiral in a fewyears as the rank of commodore is onlytemporary and a rear admiral startswith 8210 and may wind up with

13GS5 Our rear admirals get only0000 at most while their comrades

of equal rank in the army the majorgenerals get 7500 Then the Britishsailor has two and sometimes threesteps after he gets his flag he may be-

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vice admiral with pay rangingfrom 12775 to 15510 aDd even ad ¬

miral with pay and allowances of17100 to 19835

The lower the gas is turned thebrighter it seems for lovers- -

IN HONOft OF LOVEJOY

HANDSOME MONUMENT TO THEFREE SPEECH MARTYR

Formal Dedication in Alton 111 IsWitnessed by Many Visitors Storyof the Killing of the Great Abolitionist Durrant Is Doomed

Shaft to a HeroThe Elijah P Lovejoy monument re-

cently¬

built at Grand View Cemetery inAlton 111 was formally dedicated Mon

day The dedicationwas first to occur inJune hut an acci-

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to the monu ¬

ment while in courseof constructfon ne-

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a post-ponement

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and itwas decided by thecommittee in chargeto dedicate the struc-ture

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on the anniver ¬

sary of the killing ofLovejoy It was on

E p lovejoy Nov 7 1S37 that amob angered by the abolition editorialsappearing in Lovejoys weekly paper theAlton Observer came across the riverfrom Missouri and besieged the editor andhis friends in Godfrey Gilmans ware-house

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where they had taken refuge Thedoors and shutters were strong and themob was unable to gain admission Theinfuriated men sought to dislodge theLovejoy party by throwing burningbrands upon the roof Lovejoy climbedfrom the window twice and snatched thebrands receiving a bullet wound the sec-

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time from which he died shortly afterrejoining his friends

Through the efforts of the late SenatorC A Herb of Alton an appropriation of25000 was made by the State Senate

but Gov Altgeld refused to sign the billtill the citizens of Alton had raised 12000 by popular subscription The Love-joy

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Monument Association was then or¬

ganized and succeeded in raising abouthalf that amount The Governor thenallowed the appropriation to pass into thehands of the association Plains and spe¬

cifications were immediately drawn upthe work was started and was pushed to

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completion in a short time The monu ¬

ment cost 30000 The architect wasLouis Mulsruard of St Louis and thesculptor Robert Bringhurst of St Louis

The first speaker on the program at thededication was Thomas Dimmock of StLouis Lieut Gov Dimmock is betteracquainted with the story of Lovejoythan any other living man having been aresident of Alton at the time and an in-timate

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friend of the familyDr Wilkerson a colored divine of Up ¬

per Alton representing the colored peo-ple

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made a speech Lieut Gov Northcott delivered an address and a choir con ¬

sisting of the different singing societiesof the city furnished music for the occa-sion

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accompanied by the White Hussarband John TV Harned of Greenville111 who was an eye witness of the deathof Lovejoy was present at the dedicatoryexercises

TO AID ICE BOUND MEN

Movement to Send the Cutter Bear ftPoint Barrow

There was a conference at the WhiteHouse in Washington Monday attendedby Secretaries Gage Long and AlgerCommodore Melville and CommanderDickens of the navy and Capt Shoemak ¬

er commander of the revenue marine ser ¬

vice to consider measures for the reliefof the American whaling fleet said to beicebound in Bering sea It was decidedto send the revenue cutter Bear to therelief of the whalers She is now at Se ¬

attle Wash having just arrived fromAlaska Orders have been issued to puther in commission for the voyage at onceand Capt Shoemaker says she will beready to sail as soon as she can be pro ¬

visioned which will take but a short time

DURRANTS FATE IS SEALED

California Murderer Must Suffer theDeath Penalty

The United States Supreme Court hasallirnied the decision of the Circuit Courtfor the California district refusing awrit of habeas corpus to William HenryTheodore Durrant under sentence ofdeath for the murder of Miss BlancheLamout in San Francisco in April 1S95

The case has attracted attentionthroughout the whole of the UnitedStates and this decision permits the lawto take its course with the condemnedman Chief Justice duller announced thecourtV eciK hiMou but made no remarksin doing so save to cite a few authoritieson a Inch the court based its decision

The Stunilind Merkle StanilanrlMai bio Works Company of Dayton Ohas made an assignment Assets 23000 liabilities 25000 Health OfficerC A Bonner who is a stockholder de¬

manded a financial statement and receiv-ed

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cad the presidents resignation Anassijiincnt followed

A wolf was killed on one of the principalresidence streets of Little Rock Ark justns it was about to attack a party of chil ¬

dren playing on Arch street The animalemboldened by hunger had come out ofthe srvamps south of ihe city

GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT

The Average Yield of Corn Shown toBe 237 Bushels to the Acre

The November report of the statisticianf the Department of Agriculture gives

i57 bushels as the average yield per acreof corn according to the preliminary re¬

turns of the departments correspondentsThe corresponding preliminary estimatelast year was 273 bushels and that of

j 1895 2G2 bushels The average yield inthe principal corn States is as follows

New York 325 Pennsylvania 3G0Ohio 325 Indiana 280 Illinois 315Iowa 290 Missouri 250 Kansas 190Nebraska 290 The average per cent ofquality is 8G3 as compared with 8S4 in189G and 923 in 1S95

The preliminary estimate of the averageyield of buckwheat is 207 bushels peracre as compared with 1S7 busnels lastyear and 201 bushels in 1895 The aver-ages

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in New York and Pennsylvania thetwo States of principal production are22 and 21 bushels per acre respectivelyThe average per cent of quality is 943as compared with 947 in November oflast year The average yield per acre oftobacco is GIG pounds against G79 poundsper acre last year and 743 pounds in 1S95The estimated average yield per acre ofIrish potatoes is G4G bushels as compar-ed

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with SGS bushels last year and 1007bushels in November 1S95 The averaireper cent of quality is S13 against S92

j in November last year and 94S in November 1S95

The average yield of hay is 142 tonsper acre agaist an average of 121 tonsper acre for the last fifteen years Inpoint of quality the average is 92S percent as compared with 929 per cent in

November 1S9G and 913 per cent in1S95

Favorable conditions for the sowing ofIhe fall crops are teported from most partsof Europe and the condition of thecrops so far as sown is likewise favor-able

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The opinion is freely expressedthat an increased area has been sown inwheat but this appears to be more as amatter of inference from the natural ten-dency

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of high prices to produce such aneffect than as an observed fact The cropreports from India continue favorableand on the whole this is true as to thoseCrom Argentina and Australasia but inill these countries the harvest is too renote to permit any very confident pre-diction

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as to the final outcome In thecase of Argenthis it may prove that moredamage has been done by the locusts andthe spring frosts than is yet apparentThere is nothing to indicate that thewheat shortage in Europe is any less thanhas been supposed while the crop of Man-itoba

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is dow represented to be much belowthe official estimate issued in August andthat of the Canadian Northwest territoryis poor

EMPLOYING COOLIES

Illinois Mine Ow ners Said to Be Im ¬

porting Glineae LaborThe news liroi C hmamen are to he im-

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into the mines at Carbon Hill isnot considered very seriously at SpringValley Men stood around the corners inknots discussing this latest phase of thestrike situation in Northern Illinois butthe coolies did not interest them as muchas the reported settlement at Bracevillewhere it is slated the miners have accept-ed

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the operators offerThe men in the Spring Valley district

are indignant over the action of theBraceville men in accepting a settlementbelow the scale The Spring Valley menclaim to have the strike won and theleaders say that no matter if Bracevilledoes return to work at a non union scalethe Spring Valley men will hold out untilnext May if necessary for the scale forinitiated at Springfield Ladd Seatonville La Salle and Pent nre equally firm

The labor leaders scoff at the idea ofthe coolie movement being a successThey say it is only a bluff Said oneprominent leader What if they do suc-

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in working one obscure mine withChinamen That does not necessarilybreak the strike We are not going tolet 200 Chinamen at Carbon nill makethe price of coal digging for 2000 whiteminers of Northern Illinois The veryfact that the Northern Illinois operatorsare importing coolie labor is an indica ¬

tion that the white miners are poorly paidand evidence of their cause

A remonstrance against allowing Chi ¬

nese coal miners to be imported into theState for the purpose of mining coal atWilmington and other towns in place oistriking miners will be placed beforeGov Tanner in the name of the UnitedMine Workers of Illinois The Governoiwill also be asked to co operate with theState secretary of the Miners Federationi ukeeping out the coolie labor

EVIDENCE IN NOVAKS TRIAL

The Jury Is Secured and WitnessesAre Called to the Stand

The trial of Frank A Novak who ischarged with the murder of Edward Mur ¬

ray at Walford Iowa last February wasbegun at Cedar Rapids Tuesday Thework of securing a jury was completed bythe noon recess Immediately after noonthe jury was sworn and County AttorneyTobin made the opening statement to thejury

He said that the State expected to provethat Novak was on the brink of financialruin and insured his life for large sumsof money and that in murdering LuwaTdMurphy which was a part of the precon- -

ceived plan it was for the purpose ofJU lifting LUt JJCUJJKJ LU wtiitu niacin v

vak had perished in the ruins and thatit all was done with the intent of de-

frauding¬

the insurance companies JudgeNey assistant counsel for the defensemade the opening statement for the de ¬

fendant The taking of testimony wasat once commenced

The steamer Diana which went to theHudson Bay coast last spring with a par¬

ty of Canadian Government surveyorsand scientists to determine the feasibilityof Hudson Bay route for ocean steamerspassed through the Straits of Canso onher way back to Halifax

niram L nolden 27 years old cashierof the Central National Bank of PuebloColo killed himself during a fit of tem-porary

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insanity He had a severe attackof fever a year ago from which he never j

fully recovered jxammauoa oi ms uooksshows them correct to a permy

Read Parsons Co stock brokers inNew York have suspended- - It is saidthat they have no outstanding contractson the exchange The firm was composeduntil a few weeks ago of W Q Read Jrand George B Parsons Mr Read Cipsmitted suicide

EDUCATIOiNALCOLUMN

MOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND

THEIR MANAGEMENT

JPlucky Teacher Who Thrashed andThen Expelled Unrnly Pupils Valueof Decorations The School Newspa ¬

perHelps for the Teacher

Tamed Her cTnrnly PnpllThere is one young school teacher m

Long Island who need never be out ofa job So completely did she succeedin quelling a rebellion last week thatoffers from other places have alreadybeen received but the school directorsof Babylon where she is now engagedwill not hear of her departure Hername is Ella Hart and here is how shecame to establish herself so firmly inher present position

John Coleman who is a boy of ten-

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years but tough tendencies hasfor several days been living under theshadow of the rod Miss Hart has anofficial wiiip and Friday her experi-enced

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observation told her that JohnColeman was ripe for castigation andshe called him up to receive his dueThe operation proceeded with com-plete

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success for a feAV moments John ¬

nie Coleman gave all the evidences ofmortal anguish customary to such occasions He squirmed and twisted andrended the air with lamentations prot-estations

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and ejaculations of peni-

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Stella Coleman a stout girl of 1G

years sister of Johnnie heard thewails of her brother and appeared asa rescue and punitive force She dash ¬

ed into the room like a young whirl ¬

wind and attacked the teacher with arush The boy took advantage of thediversion to rub himself a few timeswhere he felt that rubbing was neces-sary

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and salutary and then joined inthe attack Miss Coleman scratchedvindictively and reached for her teach-ers

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hair Miss Hart proceeded method-ically

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and according to the most ap ¬

proved principles of pedagogics Shefirst captured the girls hands and thentripped her up threw her and sat onher Then she reached for her whipand thrashed Miss Coleman until allthe light and most of the family affec-tion

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were thrashed out of her Afterthat she caught Johnnie Coleman andbegan on him all over again

Having completed her work con-scientiously

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and thoroughly she ex-pelled

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both the offenders and appear ¬

ed before the trustees scratched andsomewhat battered and disheveled buttriumphant and reported her actionShe was sustained and the school willprobably continue its exercises peace-fully

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Her Proud DistinctionIncluded in the faculty of Stanford

university California is Miss MaryMcLean who occupies the position ofassistant instructor in English litera¬

ture Miss McLean has the distinctionof being the youngest woman in the

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faculty of any Western College Herown alma mater the University of Cal-ifornia

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has not yet seen lit to open itsfaculty door to women but Stanfordbeing younger is less conservativeMiss Mary Mathilda McLean is ayoung lady of interesting personalityShe is of Scotch stock and has alwaysbeen noted for her serious tempera-ment

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She is well endowed mentallythough not remarkable for a robustphysique She is ambitious and decid ¬

edly earnest and thoroughMiss McLeans family were New En

glanders when they ceased to beScotch and the sturdiness of the raceshows in this youngest scion Theyoung lady is 2o years of asre an onlvchild and has been carefully rearedHer father is Rev J K McLean D Dwho has been in California for thirtyyears and is known all over the Westne is the leading Congregationalist inCalifornia At Stanford Miss McLeanis to be an adjunct to the chair of En-glish

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literature She will introduce anumber of European methods culledfrom the great colleges all of whichshe has visited into her new depart ¬

ment

Decorate the School BoomThe exhibit of school room decora-

tions¬

which is now in progress in Chi ¬

cago says the Washington Post is astep in the right direction It has itslesson for our Washington schools

While we build structures that arepleasing from an architectural point ofview and modern in their hygienic de-

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we are apt to give too little at-tention

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to the attractions of the schoolroom itself Bare walls save wherethe forbidding blackboard is hung arethe boundaries of the pupils vision nothought being given to the best methodof so furnishing the room as to makeit adelight to the eye and an elevationof the mind It is true that there aresome exceptions here in Washingtonwhere teachers have at their own ex-

pense¬

supplied bright and fragrantflowers and appropriate pictures andthus beautified an otherwise cheerlessapartment Thousands and thousandsof children spend several hours each

day In the Kchool room and there isno telling how much they would bebeneflted by surroundings which wouldappeal to and stimulate their artisticsense The cost would not be greatand in most cases a few pennies con¬

tributed by the scholars and expendedjudiciously by a teacher who possess- -es tact and good taste would revolu-

tionize¬

the place where the childrennow spend the most receptive years oftheir lives

Brighter prettier more clieerfnischool rooms ought to be provided Pis t

tures of great eve s replicas in plas ¬

ter of paris of famous statues workswhich represent the genius of theworlds greatest artists all theewould help the scholars and equip themin a broader and higher sense for theircontact with the world for the nobleand responsible duties of American citizenship

After VacationBefore they had arithmetic

Or telescopes or chalk -

Or blackboards maps and copy booksWhen they could only talk

Before Columbus came to showThe world geography

What did they teach the little boysWho went to school like meV

There wasnt any grammar thenThey cruldnt read or spell

For books were not invented yetI think it was just as well

There were not any rows of datesOr laws or wars or kings

Or generals or victoriesOr any of these things

There couldnt have been much to It--

There wasnt much to knowTwas nice to be a little boy

Ten thousand years agoFor history had not begun

The world was very newAnd in schools I dont see what

The children had to do

Now always there is more to learnHow history does grow

And every day they find new tilingsThey think we ought to know

And if it must go on like thisIm glad I live to day

For boys ten thousand years from novrWill not have time to playSt Nicholas

A Device in DisciplineA high school teaeher has each pupil

keep his own record of both conductand study in a little blank book pre¬pared for the purpose and make dailyentries This is not the

because the pupils standingis not made up from this record Thepupil does not report to anybody hesimply keeps the record for himselfThe principal frequently looks at thesolittle books to see how they are keptbut never criticises the marking Thepupil is not required to show his bookto his parents and yet he is encour¬

aged to keen a report that he will notbe ashamed to show The pupil isgiven to understand that the re or2 isfor his own benefit exclusively aulthat it is for his own inspection exclu ¬

sively unless he chooses to let otherssee it

The foregoing device Is an excellentone for two very manifest reasons z

1 It compels the student to constantlycompare his own perforniaiwej Jnboth conduct and work with his ownideal standard of excellence and thisis worth a great deal to any onewhether in school or out of school 2It places no inducement before the pu¬

pil to make a false report and tuisgives it its immense advantage overthe self reporting sj stem Lot noteacher flatter himself that this deviceor auj other however good will runitself Selected

Nature as an EducatorDr M L Ilolbrook gives the follow ¬

ing advice as to the education ofSo far as possible a love of na¬

ture should be early and continuouslyinculcated Nature is in a physiefisense the father and mother of us alland a child that grows up to maturitywith a genuine love of rocks and treesflowers and insects animals andplants storms and sunshine cold anlheat fresh air or the ocean wave ofeverj varying landscape and mood ofnature and all the activities around usstauds not only a better chance of pos ¬

sessing a healthy nervous system butof maintaining it during life than ifthe opposite had been the case I amnot at all in sympathy with any sys-tem

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of education which takes childrenfar away from nature Nature is abook a great library of book whoseauthorship is the Infinite Our littleworks our libraries vast and valuableas they are cannot be compared withit They are poor transcripts at bestof the thoughts of half developed human beings

Chips for the TeacherEndeavor to cultivate public opinionChildren suffering with headache

should be sent homeEndeavor to keep your schoolroom- -

well ventilated at all timesCaution the pupils about burningr

the midnight oil in studyingPunishments should vary according

to the temperament of the childNever strike a child on the

pull the childs hair or earEndeavor to govern your school with-

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resorting to corporal punishmentBe sparing of commands but wbenf

ever you do command command wittrdecision and firmness

Dont allow children to sit in theschoolroom with wet feet or dampclothing

Protect your pupils eyes from exces-sive

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light and from the direct rays orthe sun

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