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EDUCATIONftLDEPflRTMEHT
P. T. BRODIE. - - EDITOR.
Tha Study of English.
Columbia^Register. J
The Boston Journal of Educatioti
contains an article by Hiss Mary j
Leonard, of the Wiothrop Trailing !
School, in which are some suggestions
tonching the superficial^knowledge
of the English language ac>
qaired by some pupils in/ onr common
schools, not to raei/tion college
gradnates. The ineg&iency of old
methods of teac^jfag grammar, so
lar seioey enable toe popu to apply
in the acfcoal business of
is ootid, but the hope is expressed
that there is a growing determination
mSB to improve. On this point Miss
T Leonard says:
Pi "Within a few years text-books in
grimmer have freed themselves from
r /.ncoh chaff, aua the forms of grammatical
statement have lost much of
their verbosity. Teachers have
learned that correct habits of speech
are to be sought through other means
than grammatical rules. They have
relegated syntax to its proper place
in the higher grades of school work,
anri a.a looirin/Y fn onnlo frv if mnra
WMU U4 U DOOAlUg WW W AH UlViO
rational methods of instruction. It
may be still a question whether its
place is not higher still, among the
dogies of the high school course.
"Bfit we venture to predict that
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the study of the construction of Ecg*
lisb sentences can never be eliminated
from oar courses of public instruction
"At present geography and the <
various natural sciences are the eotresof
interest with most teachers i
But we are confident that all efforts J
to displace the higher forms of l^n- i
gU8ge study will lead to a re-action ?
in the form of renewed interest in <
the structure of the noble language 1
which is the heritage of our Eoglish 1
speaking people." " 1
The increased attention paid, in 1
colleges as well as in schools, to the 1
study of English is one evidence of '
the conviction of educators that our *
language affords opportunity for *
quite as much investigation as to do (
dead languages, or the inflexional *
languages of modern Europe. The 8
insane notion, rather prevalent thirty 1
years ago, that the meotal discipline 1
afforded by Latin and Greek could 8
sot be supplied in the study of Eng 6
lish has given place to the desire to
place E&<Hish hiffh ud in the nniver- 1
| ?ty course. This old idea was the c
result of ignorance. Philology had c
was deemed to be a subject with
which every Englishman or Axneri- '
can was innately conversant As one 1
should be no more excuse tor bad
English when it comes from the buss
cess men or the artisans than whet [
it is found in the utterances of the
professional teacher. The inability
of a large class of the people to have
their children learn any other lao
gttage suggests the importance oi
teaching English. The common
; Bchoofe. should pay especial attention
tothe matter, though it is now adof
uuireraity instruction. The sob
ject^a&y be profitably studied up tt .
the stttdeot's graduation.
of bomamty once^ave his woo Id-be
midst of them and exhorfedrtoerir'.
learn of it? This you wih Sna
imiA-isc/to Jrf fiitvni
of lock, rafhef than iteose, lie strikes
the right nnmb8r, bis yomhfal, y$
to exhibit unbounded delight at sacl
^ & hippy termination of bis matbes
matical investigations. WbereSt tbj
>v small pupil, nolike as older ones o
^yie? enthusiastic years, straightway
rm
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mm ntfrriir m mymmmmmmmitt?aa?
begs for mora^qQestions an(j importunes
bis ^Kaminei* to "gimme another."
Sfappy enthusiasm of childbood!f#Whoever
heard of an older
c^ftiid&te for examination asking for
fifcen one more question?
Now all these things, though apparently
insignificant, if carefully observed,
will teach as more about
\
childhood than all the . books we
could read for the rest of oor natural
lives.
A young law Btudent, in trying to
make a favorable impression upon
Daniel Webster, bad managed to remark:
"I confioe myself vary eloaely
to my books. I rarely spend an evening
oat of my room, and never s
day from the office: Webster an
sweted: "Xoong mao, yon are making
a grave mistake. Great as are
the advantages of a good law library/
(and Webster believed in bopka?be
bad a thirty thousand dollar library),
"yon peed these much, bat yon have
greater need of a knowledge of Janman
nature. Ton mistake when yon
study law in yottr office only. Yoo
sbonld study it in the court room
That is the best law school yon will
ever find."
So we teacheft will find oar papils
our best instructors. Emerson says:
"We send oar children to school to
learn of the teacher, bat it is the pupils
who teach them/' He might
have gone farther and said, onr pn- *
pils come to school to learn of as,
bat we learn much them. The school ?
room, oar own school room, is one
of the best sources of information j.
npoo the "Theory and Practice of
Teaching." Much as we have teed ^
of the best iosfcroctors and the best
books o popped agogics, yet we have
a greater need of a knowledge of ha- ^
man nature, especially in oar deal- logs
with little children. Thatknowl- h
adge can best be obtained in the
school room with the ohildren before t?
as. Little people have been calied"live C(
bandies of haman nature:" an apt,ex.
pression, for they have not yet learned
\o repress their natnral tendencies, j.
aor to conceal their motives, nor
lave they yet schooled their faces to
aide their thoughts from those about ^
hem. One anthor has said: "Chit- ^
Iren are open pages of haman nainre,
while grown people are closed N
tod sealed volnmes, whose hiddeD w
notives and thoghts are concealed
mder a strange jnmble of words
md expressions." If we propose to si
acceed in onr dealings with these
'open pages of hnman nature," it to
>eboov?8 as to stody them as well as D<
inr text-books. Too freqnently no- ,
oan natare is the last thing etndied,
phen it shonld be first.
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to the oonclnsion that two-thirds of
ill deaths from conghs, pneniBoma g
and consumption, might be avoided %}
tf Br. Acker's EagiM*
sold ander a positive guarantee hy
cd ent of an a?bnt in Greeovilla The \
"Agent*, (as the Alliance ooderIstands
the duties to be proformsd by }
him)?can haw no preforenee? and jg
will fatally err, and therefore be man- ^
ifsstlv incompetent, were be to act
the part of a "middle man*' inflo?need
by personal bias. The leading
idea of the Alliance is the promotion J
*moug its members of prudence and.
ecooemy. No erusade sgainst legitimate
busioess is con temple ted i
and, so far from "impending compe- tirion,"
it invites and encourages it. '
There will necessarily be a limit to i
competition, as no respectable mer
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ebairts will bd expected to offer their J
* ood* at a price that would not en$* 9
^ore them reasonable profit.
To obtain and exhibit to tbe-xnemi
b?rs of the Alliance samples and
| pfices of goods famished to, the a
agent's'office wi!J;bfr nofchiiig^ !
oor Jess fchao asamgleroam for the
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THE BLESSING OF SONG.
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"What a friend we have in Jesus,"
Sang a little child one day;
And a wear/woman listened
To the darling's happy lay. *
All her life seemed dark and gloomy,
All her heart was sad with care;
Sweetly rang out baby's treble?
"All our sins and griefs to bear."
She was pointing out the Saviour,
Who could carry everj woe;
And the one who sadly listened
Needed that dear Helper so!
Sin and grief were heavy burdens
For a fainting soul to bear;
But the baby, singing, bade her
"Take it to the Lord in prayer."
'With a simnle, trusting spirit,
' Weak and worn she turned to God,
Asking Christ to take her burden
As He was the sinner's Lord.
testis was the only refuge,
He could take her sin and care,
And He blessed the weary woman
When she came to Him in prayer. "
And the happy child, still singing,
Little knew she had a part
In God's wondrous word of bringing S
Peace unto a troubled heart.
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Chips from On Workshop.
Ten to one?12:50 o'clock.
Siogle stickers?One cent stamp* (
Never borrow money to speculate <
rith. ' i
Book-keeping taught in one lesson. <
>n not lend them.
Shan bad company and the preva- 1
jnt vioes of the day. 1
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California sent 3,500,000 poands of
oney to Earope last year.
The Prohibitionists of Virginia t
ovn nnminefni^ a frill Ct.fa
M v w WVM*?MK?WI IV *! <! UUHOVi
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If $ man wero bis own enemy whet 1
ard stories he could tell on himself. [
The son is grand, bat the moon t
ikes the shine from it when she t
)mes oat s
Bats sod miee have as great an c
version to the odor of chloride of *
me as hOmans. 8
No one is so old that he may not
re a year, none so young bat homey .6
e to-morrow. *
A doctor may kill a man with the C
?t intentions. A murderer kills
ith the worst.
p
To write a good story for the pab- j,
j a man mast have a good npper g
ory of his own. a
Life is fall of compensation. The a
ngneof the deaf and dumb man t
svergets him into tronble. t
Tabe the first opportnnity to pav a
>nr debts. A man is freer when he a
ves no man anything. g
j summer weather.
The gold product of tb? United j
tates in 1888 was $33 000,000, and
Brown?"I nndersUnd that yon
Sowbat ittink. \
The Bwolan Army will soon bo .
provided witb breech loadiog rifle#
of 9,000 feet Noiseless powder win
also' be need in fatare by the army,
^ A eharp taUriog lady
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The New York Fashion ]*ar for August
Everybody has hea of the frothy >
hypobole of *Chin?> (jolitesess
"How is your noble ,nd f excellent
spouse.?" asks on aristocratic
Celestial of anotbe If Mf mean,
insignificant old woof Bvhofc not
worthy of yonr graciot ^Ld tevated
notice, is qaite well," b* thareply
Onr United States CoeJkl ofjChina
told oq amnsing story <w an Aerican
friend of his who iwas absent
at s banquet given by aiChinej dignitary.
The Americanf did' niUnderstand
the polite fotrms in pgae
among the Chinese ariffetorcrajk.
When the guests wetle leayig the
host pressed each one tdb stay-* the
most entreating m?noeV; ead polite!;
declined the invitHfcion, i it
came to the unsophisticated finericat/s
time to be implored t to >nain.
*Yoa must no* leave me; ast
Btny a little while longer;* mv. ljjase.
my servants, and myself are a^nr
command. I will die if yoojie^G
tee/' protested the ...Celestiar*bts
queue standing ou end in his tern est
obeisance. Overcome by so<b bos
pitality, (be American constated to
stay; the other gneats^eparid, and
be reseated himself to ebeei/with his
society the mocb protest/ng boat.
The. American, after pitfng some
ime unnoticed, "smelt $ ierfce^ and
jaietly slipped away. jTi
Now our forma of politeness are
jot so largely infla'ed as tbeiOhioeBe,
jot often they are qaitk as empty.
We press onr friends tojcipap to see
is; we entreat them to rimam^longer.
vnd we are vexed in onrfceaits if tbey
.ake as at oar word. 12 his become
i matter of coarse to mats whom
poa do not want and tojbefc them to
itay when you are anxious to have
hem go. One should tljiok twice
>efore accepting hospittfity- and
ibonld always be carefai tm to wear
rat his welcome. Itseenlan intuiive
social law to. welcomJhe coming
rad speed the parting nest. No
tost or hostess likes t he Attor, howver
pleasant, who makemhe time of
tis stay linked s wee tn es Jong drawn
inf Tfll arc fin/1 nloriivlnf nATinlA
therwiee sensible, who (Kmit th s
irror. A few instances Ae to oar
iea'8 end this moment JA yoang
ady we knew very well :jm visiting
ome friends in town, at?c leaving*,
aked two of her girl coijpioos to {
ceompany her home. Affche train
bey were joined by two Arog geniemen
who eame to saw good-bye
nd see tbem off. in w Warmth
nd thonghtleBsne^^ Mttheart, the
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.The Wonders of the Body.
Snppose yonr age to be fifteen or
there a boots. Yon have two hnndrad
bones and six handred muscles;
?
yoar blood weighs twenty-five pounds,
yoar heart is five inches in length
and three inches in diameter;it*beats
70 times per minute, 4,200 times per
boor, 100,800 per day, 26,792,000 per
jear. At each beat a little over two
ounces of bloodSs,,thrown out of it,
and each day . it receives and dis
charges about seven tons of that wonderful
fiaid. Yonr laogs will contain
a gallon of air, and you inhale 24,000
gallons per day. The aggregate
? t e ,l _ _ - __ii_
sariace 01 me air ceus 01 yuui iuu^o,
sappo8iog them to be spread oat, ex*
ceeds 20.000 square inches. The
weight of your brain is three poands;
when youjgm a man it will weigh
about eight ounces more. Y< or
nerves exceed 10,000,000 in nomber.
Yoor akin is composed of three layers,
and yariee from ore-foarth to
one-eight in thickness. The area of'
you skin is aboat 1,700 inches. Each
square . inch contains ; about 2.500
sweating tube*-or perspiratory pores,
each of which may be likened to a
little drainiog tile, one-fonrth of an
inch long,makfhg an aggregate leogth
of tbe surface of your body of 88,541
feet, or a tiftal ditch for draining
the body almost seventeen mites,
long.
Foolish Women.
9 Sumter Advance.
As long as womeo will be foolish
and make heroes of scoundrels, jost
^0 long will men be base and encouraged
in their rascality. According
to Dr. McDow'a oh testimony and
the facts proved against him, he is a
thoroughly Corrupt man, who, on?_
l.'a _?/. .l:ij
UtltUlUl IV LilD UWU WHO Hull UUUUi
had planned the rain of the Swi&
maid.
Notwithstanding all this, it is said
that after MeDow's acquittal there
was a perfect ovation given him at bis
office, and that many ladiee called and
carried him fl >wers, thus making a
hero of the man who merited only
their snpremest loathing and contempt.
Itisa.eo said that the nest
day at chnrcb the ladies gave b;m
qaite a reception. Is it any wonder
that mien are base when women are
so foolish as to make heroes of them
and eocourage tbem in their villiaoy .
Such actions as this pat a premium
pn vice.
You Can't Smooth it Over.
line while oor old ^ ^
iegro "mammy," a tall, gaunt, connmptive
.woman named Rachel,
wold blurt oai; "Miss trying to
mooth it over for yon, chile, bnfc its *
ell; its hell yon gwine to ef yon say
ad words T;
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Jolv W.?AU
with the oew S'ate law.
bra prescribes that exenatioo shall
Ire place between the hoors of 1
id 4a m The law limita^hennmr80Qa
Isside the ioclosare when _
e drop fell. 5 Balow met death
le law provides that newspapers
all publish only the bare announce>ot
of hftegtnos; but all the Mia- ft
apolis and St Panl papers con* B,
ned fall details of Babw's execan'
> . " . . J|l
No man is so important that be /jl
inot be spared frbo this world;
J as soon, as he disappears there'll
by death, eirery man begins to
forgotton; and nn'ass there be
bar/ IiHiog men are too conch ?
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Spied with matters of life to g r&
*h*Ueotion to dead men. What Gra
?q^e bnbble is fame? How soon it ^
effigeat Headers will notice that Esse
iiittv Piiic:
run u i iiiu s
\tot tctcarr<mied tc cure" mil elanmiV
yseases, but on] 7 soeh mm result
^^srdcred liter, viz:
Hgotostiveness, Bilious' ^
not warruM <n- 1
^^ ]A?A|U?airlysoasitisj>o?. \itorS
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Jardinieres, the Choicest Gems, Precious
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Presents and home use to please the most
fastidious.
The new styles in Jewelry are elegant
beyond description.
A Solid Silver Hunting Case American
Watch !8r only $10.00.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
In which will be found the celebrated
Stein way Upright, Grand and Square Pianos,
of which I have the sole control in this
State, also Fischer, Grovenstein and Fuller
in all styles.
Wilcox & White, and Shoninger Organs of
every description.
Stringed and Brass Instruments, Sheet Music
and Musical Findings.
Send for descriptive catalogue and prices,
and be sure and- write to B. N. Bichbottrg,
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-TTTTRD GRADE.
Iling, Geography, Language, Lessons,
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bath Grade, \ VM 4? ? Wjl
Itwo of the optional HmM
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stand, the Stock of Goods will be sold out regardless of coat, in
fact the Backet Prices will be out Of Sight of the Prices which we *
t will offer goods at for the next 60 days. The prices will be only for
our customers. We will not name the prices, so call and see for <
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Legal and FooTb Cap Paper, anu other School Books. > '
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