Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1889 — Page 5

THE INDIAN2VPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1889.

3IB. BECKTOLD'S TEXT-BOOKS

Ihc Checkered Career They Enjoyed Before Being Adopted by Indiana. Camples of the Problems Offered by the Arithmetics and the Maps of the Geographies Comments of the State Press. 7. II. 8., In Cincinnati Commercial Oazctte. The books of the so-called Indiana series bavo had a checkered career. They have at one time or another been useu ior a muo v while in several States and then kicked out because of their worthlessness. The readers first appeared on the golden chores of the Pacific, hut failed to obtain a footing. They were then revised and amended and re-christencd, this time being called the "Bancroft Readers." They were used in Oregon and Washington Territory for a little while, but were soon discarded. Being no sale for them on the Tacific coast the owner of the copyright thought ho would move eastward with 'them, so they were started across the mountains and again baptized, this time being given the name of "Standard . Headers." They were forced on some of the fcschools in Missouri, but were boon discarded. They present the strange anomaly of being "standard readers" without a atanding anywhere. Being ruled out of Missouri they had to hunt for another, home, and being presented to that eminent educator, Ed Hawkins, they were adopted by him and his firm of Bchool-book publishers, and again christened, the last title being thatof the "Indiana Readers." With tho readers Hawkins adopted the arithmetics published by the Bame St. Louis company, ami, .if anything, they are more worthless than the readers, and have been discarded wherever they had been used. Hawkins had a ham time in finding a geography that was worthless enough to suit him, but finally found it in what has been known as-the "Xilcs Minnesota Geography." Hawkins having adopted this series of old and worthless publications, it became necessary to have them adopted by the Indiana Board of Education. J ust what means were used to secure that, probably, will jiever be known, but they were adopted and a contract awarded to Hawkins &. Co., ostensibly, but in reality to Becktold fc Co., of St. Louis. I tried to interview some of tho members of the Board of Education for the purpose of finding out how it happened they adopted the series, but did not meet with much success. Finally I put this question to two or three of them: "If you were teaching a private school and these books were ottered to your scholars free, would you adopt and use themf" To this each ono said "No," with an emphasis. I procured a set of books and submitted them to several experienced and well-known educators for examination, and the unanimous verdict has been that they ought not to be introduced into any school: that their introduction will demoralize the educational system of the State. Tho arithmetical series . consists of two books, one " styled "Elementary Arithmetic,"- and the other "Complete Arithmetic." The first is a book of nearly tfJO pages, taken word for word and figure for figure from the first two hundred pages of the complete book. Thus the schools will be deprived of any grading in this important study, and the parent will bo compelled to pay twice lor the same matter. . The definitions, rules and examples given , in the elementary work are of a dillicult character, and not easily comprehended by a child without considerable preliminary Rtudy. Some of the examples given in the complete arithmetic are exceedingly rich. Here is one of them: "What is the total cost of a ton of coal at $t3 a ton, and a cord of wood at $4f" In an elementary work, for the purpose of causing tho child, to think, such an example might be permissible, but the work in which it is found is supposed to be for the use of scholars in tho higher grades. But here is another: 4Heury had seven marbles, William six, John five, George four nnd Edward six: how many marbles do the . four boys have!" It is hard to tell whether, the compiler of this remarkable book, - adopted for the Indiana schools, intended . to give a lesson in grammar to vary the monotony of mathematics or not. The book shows that it is a hotch-potch arlair from the beginning to the end. and it is not to be wondered at that it has been discarded wherever it has been tried. To attempt to force it on the schools of Indiana is an outrage on the people, and will result iu ! greatly deteriorating the standard of education. The geographies, like tho arithmetics. are divided into two parts. As I said, they were originally compiled for Minnesota, .and after having been forced on the ' ( schools of that State by a contract similar to the one now being tried in Indiana, they were discarded, and to-day have no standing where they are published. Wheu i compared with the geographies which are I now in use in the State, they are frauds of f the most miserable character. Tho primary has but one map in it, and that is a sort : of an outline map of tho United States. : The only referenco in it to Indiana is the i brief statement that Indiana is one of the I central Western States. The complete geI ograpay is put together wrong end to. It 'first gives a heavy treatment of mathematical geography." That is followed by a Iongnnd rather turgid expositionof phya- . ical geography. . 'lhesu two tako np about two-thirds of - the entire book. It has a small skeleton .' map of Indiana, which makes White river ' to rise about where Spencer, in Owen county, stands, fifty miles away from Iudiananolis. depriving the canirai of thn State of one of its chief glories. The Mississinnewa, whieh has its headwaters in the great State of Ohio, is made to take its start from Muncie, the great natnral-gas town. But then the people aro promised a revised chapter on Indiana, to be prepared under the special supervision of Ed Hawkins. It need hardly be said that all theso books in mechanical execution fall far lielow those now used in the schools: that they aio gotten up as if tho chief design was to have them fall to pieces at the earliest practical moment. If there can be any worst in such a lot of school-book trash, tho readers deserve that position. Tho selections are out of date, and they are almost wholly devoid of the notes and annotations which are such great help to the student, and which are found in the books now iu use. Rules for punctuation, pauses and intleotious aro given, which, if followed, will cause the scholars to read very much after the manner and style of tho old hard-shell Baptist preachers. I took Thanatopsis to a trained elocutionist and asked him to read it as it was marked oil to be read in the book. He tried it three or four times and gave it up in disgust. I then told him the book was ono of those that had just been adopted for the State. His remark was not verv elegant, but it was expressi ve. Ho said "The board that adopted that book is a set of blankety blank fools, and any teacher who tries to teach reading according to it will lie driven to idiocy in thirty days. The fourth and fifth readers are filled with glaring misstatements of historical facts." What the County Press Is Saying. Indiana Pocket: From lto5 cents is tho price allowed for old school books when taken in exchange for new. This fact alone will make the present school-book law unpopular from tho beginning. Decatur Jonrnal: The State has awarded the furnishing of school book to a syudicaie which wields an absolute monopoly upon the tratlic. Reason does not assure the people that good school-books can bo furnished at the prices quoted. Winamac Republican: Both Superintendent Reddick and Prof. Reid condemn the law as a deplorable mistake, aud if there is a man in the county who upholds the law as being in the interest of the peo- . pie we would like for him to show up. Washington Gazette: There will be a great howl among parents having children who at present are well supplied with good books, when they are compelled to purchase a new outfit, even at the reduced price, and then run the risk of getting a very inferior grade. Elkhart Review: There ia no penalty for violation of the law, while there will "bo a very serious penalty intiicted upon the schools of this city if the law is enforced. Our city schools are supplied with sots of books, tho very best to be found after yearn of patient examination and trial, and to

discard them for a set of books that are in no way superior, and in many respects inferior, would ba inflicting an unnecessary blow upon the etliciency of our schools. Columbus Republican: Many trustees will likely ref uso to buy and introduce the back-number series into their schools, and there may be an'ettbrt made to compel them to do so. To say the least, the new law on the subject is not satisfactory to a great many persons, and the books adopted under tho law are manifestly inferior to the ones now in use. 4 ' Kendallville Standard: The agents for the Indiana school-book monopoly are circulating through the State calling meetings of the county boards of education and having the ring books adopted. All this in face ot the fact that the company has not yet filed its bond or the Governor issnel Lis proclamation declaring its contract adopted. The dear,4 honest, boys are in a great hurry. Xoblesville Ledger: One of tbe provisos of the new school-book law is "that none of said text-books shall contain anything of partisan or sectarian character." What we should like to know is, how much United States history this will permit being taught in the schools. Of course it will rule out everything concerning the war of the rebellion, the Mexican war, war of 1812, and the Revolutionary war. WOBSIIIPING IN THE AYOODS

The First Sunday at Acton Canip-G round Made a Most Auspicious Occasion. Eloquent Sermons Listened To by Large and Attentive Congregations The Programme to Be Observed Paring the Week. The storm of yesterday did not affect tho Acton meeting in any manner other than a favorable one. After the heavy rain the morning dawned bright and clear, and tho bright sunshine seemed to revive the spirits of everybody. It further had the etl'ect of filling the lake brim full, and the fact was appreciated by the campers. Yesterday was the first Sunday of this year's session, and was said by the management to have been an exceedingly successful one. A noticeable feature was the absence of the formerly usual Sunday excursion trains to tho grounds and a consequent scarcity in the transient crowd drawn by the hope of spending a pleasant da out of town. At 5:45 a. m. Dr. S. A. Keen, of Roberts Park Church, this city, conducted a Pentecostal service. Considering the early hour the meeting was well attended, giving promise of the attentive audiences of the services later in the day. At 8 o'clock Rev. J. S. Bitler, an evangelist of Alliance, O.. led a Bible-reading and testimony meeting. The main service of the day, however, came at 10 o'clock, when an able sermon was delivered by Rev. J. H. Smith, of Mapleton. He took his text from Rom, v, 2, "We have access by faith unto this grace." He spoke in substance as follows: "A man is not only a pardoned convict, but also an adopted child, one of the great family of God. Justification brings not only peace in relation to God, but it brings peace in relation to the experience and life of man. Hence, being children of God, wo should lift up our heads, for we aro sons and daughters of the King of kings." Speaking of holiness, he said: "There is no state of experience that is absolute proof against backsliding, yet where the whole heart is given up to God. and the life wholly dedicated to Him, the probability of his backsliding is reduced to a minimum; but never until we pass the pearl' gates and are shut into the court of heaven are we secured against tho possibilities of falling into the shadow of sin and condemnation. Any man can sing in the sunshine the hallelujahs of joy and happiness, when there is nothing to interfere, but it takes a man wholly given up to God, one whoso soul is lit up with the everlasting sun of righteousness to stand when he reached the foot of the mountain, where the demous are and the strong winds of adversity blow against him. Some have accused me of being over-enthusiastic, but this exceeding exuberance of spirit is due, possihly, to physical conditions and atmospheric pressure." He then referred to Raul and Silas when in prison, and wondered what physical conditions and atmospheric pressure made them rejoice and sing praises in the dungeon, and made the prison to quake, the chains to break, the prison door to onen and salvation to come to the jailer and his family. "The experience of love in the heart will make a man rejoice, will bring sweetness out of bitterness and rejoicing out of adversity. I am not here to give you any bones of theory or theological dogmas, but some luscious slices of gospel truth. If Christ came to bring joy and gladness to life, he ought to give it in the valley of darkness, in the hour of darkness, when the days are dark. He gives us light ' when the .way is dry and arid. He plants the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley in tbe pathway sprinkled with His love. God's design is that man must not spend all his life in getting full salvation nor in trying to obtain the fullness of God: but He designs that man shall get into this experience aud live to His glory." Speaking of tho rest that remains for God's people, he said: "Through Christ we have access to this rest, to this place where balmy zephyrs blow, where tho rose of Sharon blooms. He that took away tho sin of your life can take away the sin of your heart. Ho that pardoned vour sins can likewise perfect you in love." At2 o'clock Rev. E. I. D. Pepper, of Philadelphia, editor of the Christian Standard, preached from Psalms lxxviii. 41: "Yea, they turned back and tempted God and taunted the Holy One of Israel." He said "We aro accused of being extremists as holiness preachers, and Upropose to show you that if tho doctrine is extremo tho Bible is extreme, tho promises of God are extreme, the prophecies are extreme and all the plan of human redemption according to tho apostles is extreme." Taking the Bible for proof, he referred to various texts euch as "He will fill you wfth all the fullness of God," "Let patience have her perfect work," etc. In conclusion he said: "Sometimes in contemplating the wonderful greatness of human redemption, in studying the word or God, I find myself utterly bewildered." Being a man physically very weak ho said: "If God can take the frail body, if God can use the mind, and if God can take this disposition, if God can tako this heart and use them to His glory why then here goes." At 4 o'clock Professor Hudson, Alliance, O., conducted a very interesting children's meeting; at 5 o'clock there was prayermeeting again, while before tho regular evening preaching, there was a young people's meeting, at which there were some fifteen converts. Rev. J. S. Bitler, of Harrison. O., preached at 7:45, taking as his text Isaiah xl, C and S. Notes of the Camp. Rev. G. S. Bowman, D. D dean of tho DePauw School of Theology, was present yesterday. Miss Elizabeth Leonard, of the Friends' Church, is present, and will assist in the evangelistic work. Mrs. L. O. Robinson will also be present this week to take part in the work. On Thursday Rev. George Watson, of Florida, en route for the East, will preach at 10 a. M. Rev. Mr. Watson will bo Remembered as having formerly been pastor of the Meridian-street Church. The committee have received a letter from Francis Murphy stating that he had employed Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to sing during the gospel temperance meeting to follow the camp session. Mrs. Wilson was a sister of the late P. P. Bliss. To-day tho programmo will be as follows: V.43 a. m., prayer services, led by W. V. Wheeler; 8, speaking meeting. Rev. Walls, of Greenfield, Ind.; 10. Dr. Pepper will preach; 2, song service: '2:30, sermon by J. F. Woodruff, of Ames Church, this city: -i. children's meeting: 6:30, yonng people's meeting, aud preaching at 7:45 p. m. bv Rev. Jos. Smith. The music is one of the principal features of the meeting, thero being at the ground, besides local talent. Professor Hudaon and Easton. of Chicairo, and T. Reese Millison, of Indianapolis. These are all singing evangelists. To these will be added this week Prof. E. F. Miller, of Chicago, who will accompany Rev. P. W. Potter, also of Chicago. Evangelistic ttervices will be begun next Thursday

THE WORD FROM THE PULPIT

Dr. Putnam Preaches at the Tabernacle Church on the Quickening Spirit. Rev. Charles Tinsley Says that Men Cannot Be Preached Into Heaven, but Must Earn Salvation by Their Deel3 In Life. Rev. Charles Tinsley, of Conncrsville, preached at Roberts Park M. E. Church yesterday morning and evening. His sermon in the evening was on the text: John x; 27, 28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and .they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. The preacher said tho language of the text was the language of life. It is the Master's inspiring assurance that He will protect His own. There is an allusion to the fact that there are two classes in society in reference to God; those that aro symbolized by the term sheep and those that are termed goats. He tells us that at the last day the angels will divide the sheep from, the goats. We sometimes flatter ourselves that somehow, though all may . not . be saved, I will, and my friends and relatives will be. When funeral sermons are preached, we hope that our minister will preach our loved ones to the better land. We very seldom send anybody to perdition, except in a general way. And yet the Master warns men there is danger; tells them the characteristics of the two classes, and says of one they are my sheep. Of these sheep He says they hear His' Voice. "I know them, and they follow; me." There aro two things the sheep do. They hear His voice and they follow Him. This hearing is 'in the sense of obedience; of heeding in the 6ense of following. In order to be a good follower there must be a clear understanding of duty, and a desire to do that duty. It would be a very strange thing if the Lord should require nien to be good with bad hearts; to be good with stubborn wills; to require men of their own selves, unaided by supernatural power, to be reformed and regenerated. The Master knows better than to ask men to accomplish hopeless tasks. He does not simply set the taslc before us, but gives us qualifications for doing it. Those who have been goats can become sheep. ' In the ordinary walk of life when we have, difficult tasks we accomplish them as we have tact and energy. There are men who sink beneath the ordinary difficulties of life. They do not amount to much. Some men can be drilled and educated to overcome .difficulties, but there is a great deal in being born with vim and push tho power to accomplish things, to bring things to pss. Every day we see illustrations of men of inferior ability, men of not half the intellectuality of some of the failures. But they had push, were guided by some principle, and therefore accomplished the purpose of their life. God can put these absent qualities into a man. It would be a sad thing for a man of a degenerate family worn-out stock if God aid not help him in his weak places. What a terrible thing it would be if a man born with the weak will, tho lazy, trilling nature born and educated to be worthless and trifling were not helped by the Lord; for a man that feeds his appetites and loads himself down with such a burden of appetites that he can hardly get past the saloon. There is some encouragement when we hear the voice, to obey, because the calling is the pledge of success. Tho fact the Lord asks him to do anything is the assurance that he cau do it. He will guarantee success. He will be with us in all the preparation for success; in battling against the evil around us. The Almighty Christ undertakes the salvation of men. He begins by putting a new nature, and a new heart into the man. and the man becomes one of His tlock and follows Him. And God gives us eternal life. .We shall never perish. No wan shall take us out of His bauds. Some think that means a man can nover backslide. But it does not say that a man cannot himself walk out of the hand of God. He may fail to pray; may break the Sabbath; neglect his dutj and fiut himself on the devil's ground. Jut if he pray in secret, read the Bible, associate with God's people, sing the songs that tend to purity and holiness, he will have the life eternal. The principle that God leans upon for success is the eternal life. It is God's life i the soul. This life reaches out and takes in what it needs to feed upon. Iu the soul we have a divine life a life that leads us nearer to God; a life filled with praise and prayer; that has happiness in it; that feeds the soul with enjoyment; a life of God that makes us akin to angels, and realize that, we are like unto God. When this life is implanted in the weak man it makes him strouger, when in the bad man it makes him better. This life is intended for every day, and to bless ourselves and others by living it every day. No matter what legitimate calling you are in you can realize' that the Master lias given something just adapted to everyday arlairs. There are callings in whieh no man can be religious. "I could not be religious," said Mr. Tinsley in conclusion, "if I were a saloon-keeper. 1 would feel that I was dealing out death every time I gave a man a glass of liquor and taking money that should go to his family. God never intended a man should feel pious while engaged in doing that work. I could not feel pious if I dealt in tobacco, or at least not if I sold cigarettes to boys; or if I ran a drug store and sold sodawater on Sunday; or if I bought it on Sunday, or if I engaged in going to amusements on Sunday. 1 could not be religious and cultivate the gifts of (rod in that way. If you are in a business in which you cannot be honest and true, in the name of God, get out of it; and the more religion you have if you ever had any the quicker you will get out of it." The Words Are the Spirit. Rev. D. P. Putnam, of Logausport, preached yesterday morning at the Tabernacle Church, his text being John vi, 03. It is the Spirit that qnickeueth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are the Spirit, and they are life." Mr. Putnam said that the Lord, who had been speaking to the apostles, made the statement to the multitude that "except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink of his blood there is no life in you." On account of that saying, which they said was a hard one, many were otlended and walked not with Him any more. Jesus sought to bring his disciples up to the spiritual conception that lie only could give, them life, and that His words were both spirit and life. Scientific men have attempted to define life. Professor Drummond has said the word life went all through science without a definition. The oak, and tho worm, aud man all start from the same germinal source, and there is no dill'erenco in tho origin of the three. The difference manifested in the result must be the touch that God gave to these forms, or bodies. The same principle may apply to the Christian. As God begets life in these natural bodies, so He begets a new life in the child of God. The child of God has eternal life not merely hereafter, but now. "Verily, verily, I say unto you. he that heareth my word and believcth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and 6hall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Christianity is a principle of life, not simply the giving out of rules to govern conduct. That was one of the great dillerences betweeu the Old and New Testament. In the old, God was continually saying. "Thou shalt not," while in the new, Jesus said, "Tho words that I speak unto you they are the spirit and they are the life." He continually told his disciples that the life He gave them was the principle of all their actions. Christians should be living Christians, and their actions should be governed by this principle of life which God would beget by the power of His spirit. Mr. (Sougar Again with Vs. Mrs. Helen Gougar was at the Bates yesterday, and what time during the afternoon that she was not engaged in reading back numbers of prohibition papers, she spent in trying to convince a Journal reporter of the utter worthlessnesa of all yolitica.1 .naxliea but

the on of which she and Governor St. John are tho bright and shining lights. She had just returned from a jaunt on the Pacific slope, ostensiblj for recreation, but she returned with an increased supply of bitter sarcasm and misconceived ideas to which 6he expeet to treat the pnblic for the next six months in a protracted campaign. She showed no disinclination to condemn President Harrison and his whole policy in very vigorous language. She regards both parties about on the same footing regarding the temperance question, although, she naturally conceded, she would have preferred to see Grover Cleveland win, "because," she said, "I think ho was a man far better than his party; the Democrats were nearer right on the tariff question; and they were more, honest with the people in the last campaign." In short she is the same Helen Gougar that has posed before the people before, the combined apostlo of temperance reform, woman's suffrage and pure, unadulterated Democracy. On the sunrage question she remarked. "If I live my allotted number of years, as 1 hope I shall, I am convinced that I shall cast a vote as an American citizen. Yes, I shall see women seated in the halls of Congress." THIS YEAR'S, PARK IMPROVEMENTS. A Beginning Which May Result in a Complete , Boulevard and Fark System. The park system of Indianapolis is gradually assuming respectable proportions, and this season is in better condition than ever before. Recent visitors to Garfield Park have been no less surprised than pleased at the improvements made there since last summer. A neat iron fence now surrounds the inclosure; the roads have been thoroughly graveled, and placed in first-class condition, and about twenty-five hundred trees have been added to that portion of the park not already shaded by, forest growth. It would be difficult to find eightyeight acres, within easy access, that combine more natural beauties and advantages, or that are more susceptible of artificial improvement. The two streams that flow through the central portion of it and unite near the northwest corner of the tract, are fed by perennial springs, and tho lake which it is proposed to form by damming up the culvert between the iron bridge aud the railroad crossing would form a sheet of water covering upwards of twenty acres without the building of a single retaining wall, other than the short span in the neighborhood of the two bridges mentioned. It has been suggested that the dam, instead of being built between the bridges, be built above tho park bridge, with the idea of having the waterfall visible from the driveway as wi ll as the railroad crossing. There would be little difference in the expense, and it would add much to the beauty of the arrangement, if the suggestion could be adopted. About $2,000 of the 810,000 appropriation of last year remains unexpended enough to accomplish considerable of the proposed lake improvement. With this added, and the street-car lines extended the few blockB necessary to reach the park entrance at the foot of South East street, tho grounds would at onco become a placo of popular resort. The Ritziuger tract, opposite the Arsenal grounds, which has been leased to the Young Men's Christian Association to be used as an athletic park, is being prepared for use rapidly, anu will bo ready for partial occupancy during the present week. It is bounded on tho north by East Michigan street, on the west by Arsenal avenue, on the south by East Ohio, and on the east by Hauna street, and is readily accessible by either the East Washington or Michiganstreet car lines. As now laid out, it contains nearly twenty acres, and nearly every foot of it is available for tho pur5osc8 for which it was secured, he base-ball ground which have already been graded, are located in the south westt rn end of the tract, and the grand-stand to be built will be placed at the corner of Arsenal avenue and East Ohio street, facing in a southwesterly direction. The dressing, bath-rooms and offices will for the present bo under the grand-stand, and carriage entrances will be established on Michigan and Ohio streets, and Arsenal avenue. North of the ball-grounds the bicycle and sprinting track will be laid out, one-fifth of a mile in circumference, and so situated that those using it will be free from interruption, wide passage-ways being left on either side to the grove which overlooks the field. Open spaces in the latter will be used by the tenuis and archery clubs, and there will still be ample room for picnic purposes and children's games. There is an excellent opportunity for a small lake in the basin of the Michigan-street side of the park, but no effort Will be made to utilize that this season, and the bathing facilities will be confined to the bath-rooms connected with the grand-stand building. The project of an athletic park as part of the association's work was a ver' happy one, and has already secured the support of over seven hundred active members, who are iriven the full use of the park and the association building for a subscription of $5 per annum. If the west sides of the municipality were as well provided with park facilities as other parts of tho city, Indianapolis might boast of a chain of resorts which, united by pleasant drives, would serve the purposo of public recreation here as fully as Chicago's famous circle of boulevards and gardens. Alderman Wright's lake project will serve the purpose in the northern end of the city. It remains for some West-end statesman to come to the front with a proposition for the relief of that growing section, Tho route through these resorts wonld take m most of the public buildings of the State, city and county, and with tho Military reservation and University Place in the central portion of the capital, Indianapolis might yet como to bo known as the Park City. JLocal News Notes. The stable of Peter Egan, 24 Rose street, was burned early yesterday morning. Loss 300. ' John H. Lynch. Chas. Seitz and John Finitzer were arrested yesterday, on a charge of selling liquor on Sunday, also August Kolker for keeping an open saloon. Saturday morning John Runck, an old German, eighty years of age, living out on Shelby street, near the Belt, wandered away from home. He was not found until midnight Saturda, corner Washington and Liberty streets, having had nothing to eat since leaving home. The Worklngnian's Danger. Baltimore American. Self-respecting workingmen should not allow themselves to be used as the shuttlecocks of scheming politicians. Their interest in the proper management of State

and- municipal arlairs is second to none, and their influence, if intelligently exerted, is great: they should, therefore, beware of mistakes at the outset of the campaign, and especially should they avoid the transparent designs of those who have no other use for them except to further their own personal cuds. The time is approaching when all good citizens must do their utmost to maintain their own rights, and secure an honest andeconomicaradministration of public a Hairs, and we are confident that the true workingmen will not be backward, nor allow themselves to be led by the nose. A Cossack Giantess. Tall Mall Gazette. The sensation of Berlin is just now a young Cossack giantess, who is biing exhibited fit thepopnlar Passage Panopticnm. The girl, who is eleven years old, is nearly three yards high: she weighs twenty stone, and is still growing very rapidly. She is very pretty, with large dark eyes and a pleasant face, and in the national costume of the Don Cossacks which consists of a red skirt, blile jacket, long apron embroidered in gold and necklaces of many colors, she captures everybody's heart. But since she is still chiefly interested in her dolls and toys, she cannot bo said to return the sentimenta of her admirers. How Chicago Manufactures Culture. Chicago Times. - We are going to be a great college center one of these-days. A number of universities have taken out articles of incorporation lately. It doesn't cost much, and degrees sell well at tho uniform rate of i5 cents apiece or live for 1. An Ey Problem. Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones I say. Smith, what's the matter with Brown? He limps as badly as if he had smashed all his toe$. Smith He is breaking in a new. pair of tho nainlcfis-littiufi shoes.

THE LATEST MAGAZINES. "Form in Lawn Tennis" is the title of the opening article in the An gust Scribner. It is written by James Dwight, M. D., and treats of the movements of players from a scientific stand-point. A number of illustrations showing the attitudes in different strokes accompany tho paper. An illustrated article by Robert Grant describes "Tarpon Fishing in Florida." In "Electricity in Lighting," Henry Morton gives a history of the development of this idea, and describes discoveries and inventions bearing on it and the systems now in operation. The poet Tenuyson is the subject of two contributions, one by Henry Van Dyke, relating to his early literary etiorts, the other an essay on "Tne Two Locksley Halls," by T. R. Loundsbury. There is a Elentiful supplyof fiction, the short stories, owever. being of poor' quality. Onet "A Pagan Incantation," by Boyesen, is a morbid, unpleasant bit of fancy; "A Monster of My Acquaintance," by E. C. Martin, has so slight a thread of narrative and so inconsequent an end as to cause readers to wonder why it was printed. In "The New Poverty," by George Parsons Lathrop, is relateu a tale of the year 2032, when, through the prevalance of wealth and vulgar prosperity honesty has become a distinction and the poor man has high social standing. The story is of rather forced humor, and suggests a strain upon the writer's inventive powers. The first chapter of a serial by Brander Matthews, Is entitled "Memories." A sonnet by Louise Imogen Guiney, is the only poem of the number. The Cosmopolitan, through all the vicissitudes of fortune through which it has passed, has maintained a literary standard that entitles it to the financial success now reported to be fairly assured. In the character of its contributions and editorial work compares favorably with the older magazines and at the same time avoids the mistake of falling into the literary ruts which a long-established periodical is apt to make for itself. A feature of the August issue is a paper by Cardinal Gibbons on "The Dignity, Rights and Responsibilities of Labor." The writer shows a liberality of opinion and takes so fair and impartial a view of the rights of laboring men that the article cannot fail to be of influence. Gail Hamilton concludes a spirited review of the case of Philip Spencer, the son of tho Secretary of War, who was so hastily court-martialed and hanged for alleged mutiny on a naval vessel forty years ago. She makes a bad case for the commander of tho vessel, and concludes by an appeal to the government to have the young man's name and memory cleared of tne unjust stain. Among other contributions to the number are Frederick Douglass's reminiscences of "The Great Agitation;" "What Shall Children Readr" "Social Life at Ottawa;" "A TriptoDalecarlia;" "An American Soldier in China," and "A Bourgeoise Wedding in Southern France." Beginning with October a new feature will be added to each issue in tho shape of a complete novel, one by Capt, King leading the series. The attention devoted by magazino publishers to Russian life, in all its phases, is rapidly depriving the public of all excuso for ignorance of the social and educational conditions of that country. The August Harper opens with a paper by Theodore Chill, on "Tho Kremlin and Russian Art," in which the writer gives a general survey of Russian art, and an analysis of its characteristics. A readable article is "County Court Day in Kentucky," by James Lane Allen. The fidelity to N life of its descriptions and illustrations must make it attractive to all Kentuckians. An important contribution is Dean Lichtenburger's essay on "The Religious Movement in Germany." J. Wells Champney traces the history of the art of modern photography, and notes the advancement made during the present century. Louisa Parr tells tho story of the fan from the earliest times to the present. Other contributions are "Westminster Effigies," by John Lillie; "Mexican Lustered Pottery," by Y. H. Addis, and "Experiences of an Amateur Photographer," by George H. Hepworth. The fiction, including the serials by Miss Woolson and Charles Dudley Warner, and the short stories, is of a high order. A noteworthy feature of the August Atlantic is a poem by James Russell Lowell, occupying six pages of the magazine. It is entitled "The Oracle of the Goldfishes." The goldfishes as he saw them as a child, as he sees them now, and the analogy between the theories which goldfishes nave (if they have any), as to the curious appearances outside their little sphere, and man's theories about the occurrences which take place outside his universe, are the subjects of the poem. In a sketch entitled, "From Generation to Generation," Lillie B. Chace-Wyman contributes some interesting reminiscences of the effect Abolitionist sentiments bad upon the daily life of the households whose members cherished them. The American knows little of the literature of Canada, and Paul Lafleur's account of a FrenchCanadian poet, Louis Frechette, is therefore of special interest. John I isk has a good historical paper on "The French Alliance and the Conway Cabal." Among other interesting matter is a review of Emerson's Concord life, by his son. Among the interesting features of tho August Magazine of Art is an account by Professor Herkomer, of his play recently produced in his private theater attached to his house. He speaks of the theater as a source of recreation and a hobby, and says thero is no reason why a hobby should not sweeten one's life without robbing it of the morfe serious purposes that are bound up in one's career. His object is to draw his actors and actresses from among his art students, possibly with the idea that the study of stage e fleets aids them in pictorial education. The article is illustrated by Mr. Herkomer himself. Other contributions are "Art forthe Villa," which is a plea for etchings, engravings, drawings, etc., for the home instead of oil paintings, "Art Patrons," "The Barbizon School." "Current Art" and "John Brown tho Draftsman." An etching entitled "The Passing Salute" forms the frontispiece. Cassell fc Co., New York.

With all that has been written about Laura Hridgman, tho blind deaf-mute, whose education was such a triumph of patience ands kill for Dr. Howe, few writers have described the exact process by which information was conveyed to her mind. Joseph J astro w. in the August St. Nicholas, supplies this lack, and tells, how as a child in the Perkins Institute, she was taught that language existed, that some words were used as symbols for objects, that others contained mere abstract meanings, and how to apply the words and express her thoughts through their medium. It is an interesting sketch, and shows tho powers of the mind, even when deprived of nearly every outward sense or means of communication with the world. The itories, sketches and poems of tho number are of the nsual merit. The Popular Science Monthly for August has a feature article by Prof. C. II. Henderson, on 'The Spirit of Manual Training," which is timely and full of suggestive thoughts on this new method of bringing up a boy, or, as he Rtates it. "putting tho whole boy to school." A nortrait ana excellent sketch of Lavoisier, the great Trench scientist, appear in this number, also the first of a series of articles by Felix Oswald, on "Tho Wastes of Modern Civilization," and much other matter of interest to scientists aud the general readers of intelligence. The Etude is a musical periodical whose special value lies in the practical aid it allords to students and teachers in supplementing a course of instruction in piano playing. It is not issued in the interest of any publishing or manufacturing linn, but is devoted strictly to tho development and advancement of the musician's art. Among its contributors are numbered some of the leading instructors and composers of the country. Each issue contains a variety of high-class music. Subscription price, if 1.50 per year; 1704 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. The complete story in tho August Lippincott's is by W. II. Babcock, a patent lawyer of note, and the plot of the story, "An Invention of the Enemy," hingei on a legal fight between rival inventors, tieorge W. Childs continues his "Recollections' of j

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