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if BE it;ol. xxxix.i AFTEIUIOOH. ; :i IV.T" , y rn.ua. I I love to look on a scene li ke this, 1 :& j . Of wild and careless play, ; ' - ' And persuade myself that I am not old, ; - . t Aad my locks are not yet gray ; ' 'For it starts the blood in an oil man's heart, -Aad makes his pulses fly, . n To. catch the thrill of a bappv voice. . -. I '; Aad the light of a pleaaent eye, ' Tl' I (I tit V.. aralbaJ r.-l ,1 fn, f.-uiv umM n Aad theT ear that I am old .,.. t -And my heart is ripe for the reaper Death, ' -r l.rl AMft Wttff Mlf.ll tftlA - It is very iiuo -it is very true '. . ,. T ' U :n- I swpW, and I "bide my time j" "" But my heart will leap at a scene like. this, , '' And I half renew my prime." '" ' Flaj on t play bn 1 1 am with you th ere, " - s t , ia toe nmut oj your merry ring ; .,, . . 1 mam f.ul tli. K .1 1 1 f ilai.inw ji, mn I hide with you in the fragrant hay, , And I whoop the smothered call, , i ' : T And my Caet slip up on the seedy floor, And I care not for the fall. , V I am willing to die when my. time shall corns', ; ' And I shall be glad to go ' ' ; For the world at best is a weary place , And jny pulse is getting low ; 1 But the grave is dark and the haart will fail In treading its gloomy way ; , And ;t wiles my heart from its dreariness . . To see the young so gay. PROGRESSIVE. Sajs Goidip One to G3sip Tvr6, s "While shopping in the town, Old Mrs. Pry t me remarked, " V- rimiih howjh x goods of Brown." Says Ctoo.sip Two to Oijsip Three, Who cast her cyetida down s I've heard it s:iil t'.day, my friend, Smith got his goo is fronn Bfovrn 1" . ' - " ,. -- , -x Says Gossip Three to Gossip Four, " A With something f a frown " I've heard strange news wh it do you think t Kmith took his goo Is from It r own I" Savs (Joisip Foor to Gossip Fis'e, - " no biased it round the town : I've heaid to-dar each shockioir no Km it'.i Hole his go-ls fracn Brow 1 1" THE DUBLIiIST. i FROM; TDK LONDON s 'TKSIPLB BAR. . , In the year 183- there lived at Bordeaux tho last or one of the last or a long fine of'scoundrcls who had made that part of France infamous (to our Ideas) liy afsuccession of cold blooded murders, committed umk-r the sanction of what people were pleased to call the 43ode of Honor. , This was a certaiu Conipte de V - ', a man of great physical j strength, imperturbable angfroidy and relentless cruelty. Not a bad sort of companion, as some said, when the fit the duelling fit was not on him ; but this came on once in about every six months, and then he must have blood, it mattered little whose. "' He had killed and maimed boys of- sixteen, fathers of families, military' officers, journalists, advocates, peaceful country , gentlemen-. The dause of quarrel was of no importance J if one did not present itself readily, he made one; always contriving that according to the code aforesaid, he should be the insulted party, thus having the choice of weapons ; and he was deadly with the small sword. It is dit tlcult for us to realize a state of society in which such a wild beast could be permitted to' go at largo ; but we know it to be historically true that euch" creatures' were endured iu Franco ; just as we are assured , that there were at" one time wolves in Yorkshire; only the less noi some terrain had a harder time of it as civilization ' progressed than was dealt out to the human brute. The latest exploit of the Comte de V; ; , previous to the story I am about to tell, was to goad a poor young student into a challenge ; and when it was represented to him that the boy had never held a sword in his life, so that it would be faiter to use pistols, he replied, that lools sometimes made mistakes with pistols,' and the next morning ran him through the lungs. The evil fit was on him ; but the blood thus shed quieted him for another half-year, and rather more, for public opinion was unfavor able, end the air of Bordeaux became too warm for him. But the scandal blew over after a time, and he came back to his eld haunts, one off? which was a cafe by the river side, where many used to spend their Sunday. Into the little garden of this establishment our wolf swaggered one fine summer afternoon, with a heavy dark look and nervous twitching of the hands which those who were acquainted with him knew well meant mischief. The evil fit was on hiua ; consequently he found himself the centre of a circle which expanded &3 he went on. This did not displease him. : He liked to be feared, r He knew he could make a quarrel when he chose, so he looked . around for a victim. At a table almost in the middle of the 1 garden sat a man of about thirty years of age, of middle height, and an expression of countenance which at first struck one as mild and good humored. He was engaged reading a journal which seem, ed to interest him, and eating strawberries, an occupation which does not call forth any latent strength of character. ' Above all, he was profoundly unconscious of the presence of M. le Compte de ; V and . continued eating his strawberries and reading his paper as though no wolf were in that pleasant fold., . , As the Count approached this table," ' it became sufficiently well known whom he was about to honor with his insolence; and the circle narrowed again to see the play. It is not bad sport, with some of us, to see a fellow-creature baitedespecially when we are out of danger ourselves. , , The strawberry. eater's ccstume was not such, "as was , ordinarily worn in France at that time, and he Lad a. curious hat, which the weather being warm he had placed on the table by bis side, He is a foreigner whispered some ii. the dress-circle. 'Perhaps be does no know Monsieur le Comte.'

JUST AND FEAR NOT! LET ALL THE K FCIIMO !V I, W f-7 Monsieur le Comto seated himself at r- t the table opposite the unconscious etran'lge'r', and called loudJy.Garcon JVf t : Garcony he said, when that function.4 tkry appeared, 'take me away that nasty thiqg r pointing to the bat aforesaid. Now the stranger's elbow, as- he read his journal, was on the brim of the 'nasty thing,' which was a very good hat, bat of British form.: aad, make. .. The garcon was embarrassed. - 4Do you hear me?' thundered the Count- 'Take me that thing away ! ;No one has a right to place his .hat . on the table. ,yrrrirsi,wr-f'rr!'2 ;'I beg jToq'T pardon, j said the strawberry eater, politejy, placing the offending article. on hiahead, and drawing his chir a little aside : I" will make room for Monsieur.' ' ), ? ,"'"' " ' ' ' ;:iThe: garcon was .about to retire well aatjafied, when , the' bul)y called after him j '., ,11 'Hare J -not commanded you to take that thing" which annoys me away ?' "But, Monsieur le Comte, the gentleman has covered himself.' What does that matter to me?' 'But Monsieur le Comte, it is impossible.'; ' , . ; What is impossible? ' 'That I should take the gentleman's hat.' 1 . 'By no means,' observed the stranger, i uncovering" again. 'Be so good as i to carry my hat to the lady at the coun ter, and ask her, on my behalf, to do me the favor to accept charge of it for ' the present.' - . ;'You speak French passably well for a foreigner,' said the bully, stretching his arms over the table, and looking in his face a titter of contempt going round the -circle. 'I am not a foreigner. Monsieur." Jl am sorry for that. ' - " t'So ara I.! v.'. ..'-v., - May one, without indiscretion, inquire why?' 'Certainly. Because, if I were "a foreigner, should be spared the pain of seeing a compatriot behave himself very rndely.' , ......... 'Meaning me?' t 'Meaning, precisely, you.. , 'Do you Know who I am?' asked tho Count, half turning his back upon him, and facing the lookers on, as much as to say, 'Now observe how I will crush this poor creature.' .. . I 'Monsieur,' replied the strawberry eater, with perfect politeness in bis tono 'I have the honor not to know you.' ' ' Death of mv life! I am the Comte de V .' . The strawberry-eater looked up, and the easy, good nalure.l face was gone; In its place was one with two gray eyes which flashed like fire, and a mouth that sefitself very firmly. The Comte de V -, he repeated in a low voice. - '-"' Yes, Monsieur, and what have you to say against him?' F ' ; 'I? Oh, nothing, sTbat may be well for you. But there are those who say he is a coward.' ; 'That is enough,' said the bully, start ing to his feet. 'Monsieur will find me in two hours at this address,' flinging a card , I shall not trouble myself to seel; Monsieur le Comte,' replied the strawberry-eater, calmly tearing the card in two. . . 'Then I shall say of Monsieur what he, permitting himself to lie, said just now of iue.' And what is it?' 'That he is a coward. 'You may say what you please, Monsieur le Comte. Those who know me would not believe you, and those who do not my faith! what care I what they think? .... r .. i 'And thou thou art a Frenchman!' . No one hut a Frenchman could hare thrown so much disdain as he did into the Hhou.' ,The. strawberry eater made no reply, but turned his head and called 'Garcon!' The poor trembling creature came up again, wondering what new dilemma was prepared for .him, and stood quaking some ten yards off. 'Garcon, said the stranger, 'is there a room vacant in the hotel?' 'Withont doubt, Monsieur. I A large one?' 'But certainly. They arc all large own apartments.' 'Then engage the largest for me today, and another no matter .what for Monsieur le Comte.' 'Moiisieur,I give my own orders when necessary,' said the Count, loftily. 'I thought to spare you the trouble. Go, if you please this to the waiter, and prepare my rooms.' Then the strawberry eater returned to his strawberries: The bu!ly gnawed his lip.; He could not make head or tail of his' cool opponent. The circle grew a little wider, for a. horrid idea got abroad that the Count had not found one who was likely to suit him, and that he would have to seek elsewhere what he wanted. . ; The murmur that went round the crowd roused the bully. Monsieur,' he hissed, to make use of a word men of honor - ' has presumed which, among I beg your pardon?' ' . ': .Which amongst men of honor V " 'But what can Monsieur, le Comte possibly know what is felt amongst men of honor?' asked the other with a shrug of incredulity.' , Will you fight yourself with me, or will you not?', roared the Count, goaded to tury. . . .- -. : i.. , If Monsieur le Comte will give himself the trouble to accompany me to the apartment, which, no doubt is now prepared for me, ' replied the stranger, rising, I will satisfy him.' 'Good,' said the other, kicking down his chair; 'I am with you. I waive the usual preliminaries. I only beg to observe that I am without arms, but if jrou ' ' ' , . t: Oh, do not troublo yourself on . that

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AY1VE 2CO,, IWltt., score, ' maiA (Ha atranrRi1 , with it' grim afraid, follow smile. 'If you are( not me, V j.! w L . i" This he said in ' a voice. sufUciently loud for tho nearest to hear,' and the circle parted right and left, t like startled tho two walked toward the "-wri t . ..--i ... , . i .t r--housed "k ' Was there no one to call 'police, no ; one to try and prevent what to all seemed imminent? ..Not a soul f The dreaded duelist had his evil fit on, And every one breathed freely, now that he knew the victim was selected. , .Moreover, no r one suinposed it would end there ; - f The; count and ' his friend 1 ?J 'were -ushered into the apartment prepared for the latter, who, as soon as the s garcon had left, took off his coat and waistcoat, and proceeded to move the furniture, so as leave the room free for what was to.' follow the count standing with folded ? arms, glaring at him i the while. it The v decks being cleared for action, the stranger locked, the door, placed the key on the mantle-piece behind him, and said I think you might have helped a little but never mind. Will you give me your attention for five minutes?' : Perfectly' Thank you, I am as I have told you, a Frenchman, but I : was educated in England, at one of her famous public schools. Had I been sent to one of our own Lycees I -should, perhaps, have gained more book knowledge ; but. as it is, I have learned some thing3 which we do not teach, and one of them is, not to take a mean advantage of any man, but to keep my own head with my own hands. Do you understand me, flloa sieur le Comte ?' 'I cannot flatter myself that I do.' lla ! ' Then I must be more explicit. I learned, then, that one who takes advantage of mere brute strength against the weak, or who, practiced in any art, compels one unpracticed in it to contend with him, is a coward and a knave. Do you follow me now, Monsieur le Comte ?' I came here, Monsieur . Never mind for what you came ; be content with what you will get. For example to follow what I was observing if a man skilled with the small-sword, for the mere vicious love of quarreling, goads to madness a boy who has never fenced in his life, and kills him, that man is a murderer; and , more a cowardly murderer, and a knavish '1 think I catch your meaning ; but if you have pistols here foamed the bul: I do not come to eat strawberries with pistols in my pocket,' replied the other, in the same calm tone he had used hroughout. 'Allow me to continue. At that school of which I have spoken, and in the society of men who ; have grown out of it, and others where the same habit of thought prevails, it would be Considered that a man who had been guilty of such cowardice and knavery as I have mentioned, would be justly punished if, some day, he should be paid in bis own coin by meeting some one who would take him at the same disadvantage as ho placed that poor boy at.' ' 'Our seconds shall fix your own weapons, Monsieur, said the Count; 'let this farce end. 'Presently. - Those gentlemen, whoso opinions I now venture to express, not having that craze for blood , which dis tinguisbes some who have not had a similar enlightened education would probably think that such a coward and knave as we have been . considering, would best meet his deserts by receiving a humiliating castigation befitting his knavery and his cowardice." v 'Ah! I see; I have a lawyer to deal with, sneered the count. I Year '' I have studied a little law, but I regret to say . I am about . to break one of its provisions. k! 'You will fight me, then? Yes: , At the school we . have beeu speaking of, . I learned, amongst othe r things, the use ot my hands; and, if I mistake not, I am about to give you as sound a thrashing as ever a bully , got.' You would tako advantage of your skill in the box?' said the count getting a little pale. 'Exactly. Just as you took advantage of your skill in tho small sword with poor young B 'But it is degrading brutal. My dear Monsieur, just consider. -You are four inches taller and some thirty to forty kilogrammes heavier than I am. I have seldom seen so fine an outside.' If you were to hit me a good swinging blow, it would go hard with me. In the same way, if poor yotmg B i had got over your guard, it would have gone hard with you. But then, I shall only black both your eyes, and perhaps deprive you of a tooth or so, unhappily in front, whereas you killed him.' , . . I will not accept this barbarous encounter.' You mUst, I have done talking. Would yon like to have a little brandy before we begin? No? Place yourself on guard then, if you please. When I have done with you, and you are fit to appear.fAen you shall have your revenge ' even with the emall-sword. ;At present, bully coward knave, take that, and that, and that!' -;;'f ' r(-'i ' And the little wiry Anglo-Frank was as good as his Word.' In less time than it takes to write it, the great braggart was rendered unpresentable for many a long day. That number one caused him ' to see fifty suns beaming in the firmament with his right eye; that number two produced a similar phenomenon . with his left; that number three caused bim to swallow a front tooth, and to observe the ceiling more attentively than he .had hitherto done. And when one or two more -thats' had completely cowed him, and he threw open the window and called for help.the strawberry-eater took him by the : neck, and well, .. another and lower part, and flung him out of it on to the flower-bed below. The strawberry-eater remained a month at Bordeaux to fulfil his promise of giviag the count his rerenge. But

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NOV. 9, thon. arrain. the bullv met with more J than his match. The strawberry-eater ; had had Anp-elo for a master as well as Owen Swift, and after, a few' passes, the "count . who was too eager to f kill his man,' felt an unpleasant sensation in his s rieht shoulder. The seconds interposed. and there was an end of tho affair It ; was his last duel. ; Some one produced a sketch of him as he appeared - being thrown out of the hotel v window, and ridicule so awful to a Frenchman rid i the country of him.. The stiawberry- ' eater was alive when the battle of the '4 Alma was fought, And is the only man u to whom the above facts are known who ', never talks about them Interviewing Great Men The Chinese "- ; ,( Giant. ''::i:'V" ; :'. ,; i (Prom the New York Evening Telegram. , I have noticed a great deal of 'interviewing" of big men going on recently. I believe it is reconed a big thing to in terview a big man, so I thought I would try my hand at the business. I have interviewed Chang, the Chinese giant. He is tho biggest man that I could find.. I question whether there is another question of such vast importance just now as the Chinese question. '.This Chinese emigration agitation is. a big subject the people want light upon, land if Chan 2 is not the big subject to ! furnish it, who is? ! Before proceeding further, let me remark.that those persons who favor Coo i lie labor, and those who do not, will be , somewhat astonished to learn that Chang considered it downright fallacy for either party to suppose that they can interview him without paying the usual initiation fee. Fact. , "Mr. Chang," I asked, "what. is your opinion of Chinese immigration?'' Chang uTai-kee Souchong, fi li jam beri ki yiF - This very clearly . expressed opinion - only corroborates the ideas I have fre'quently promulgated on this subject, . and no doubt "will have a tendency to encourage or oppose the introduction of Coolie labor into this country. "What are the feelings of the Chinese s touching the eight hour law?" Chang "Klki-pipi-brokee daddee taipa ogolengo muck-amuck ki ki-kiru-kee" .. , ' ' , -'. I was rather surprised to hear this. I - had always entertained a contrary opinion. Let us hope the Celestials will become better informed after a , century's sojourn among us, and instead of working for one dollar per day of eighteen , hours, will strike every other day for five dollars aday of eight hours. , ; "Are not the many dangers and disgraces which stare your people in the 'face" on their arrival in this city such as being elected to the Legislature, or being mistaken for Susen B.';, Anthony, George Francis Train, Horace Grcely, and other strong minded women are ; not these horrors a great check. to immigration?'' , . Chang "Chow-chow sise Slipoki , pN tan, oyezi." I always thought so. "Which profession is most cultivated by the Chinese at home?" ' Chang "Chopstick and rati-supsi." ' I marveled much at this. I thought, as a general thing, thy followed writing stories for the Yokohamo New York Ledger, for they always have a tale growing out of their heads. "How do you and your fellow citizens regard the female suffrage movement?' Chang-"Wuttiquitiuuskich Yawatawchowachich yohonottiforjoi." After such an avowel of the rights of women, the' ladies: of the Revolution . will surely advocate Chinese emigration, und espouse John's cause with all 1 their mights and pens, if not espouse John himself. 'I have heard that the Chinese are indolent and will not work for one dollar a day when they can steal two. Is this so?" Chang-" Whoever says so is a selfpro claimed and habitual liar!" This emphatic reply, in the most improved and terse English, surprised as well as pleased me surprised to hear Chang use such good language and pleased to know that he had been only a few weeks in acquiring it. I thick I hear you say, "This is only a half an interview." That is just what it is. . -i Chang is so big I couldn't interview him all in one day. . I am going back to-morrow to finish him. A Maiden's "Psalm of "Life. Toll us not in idle jingle "marrage is an empty dream,' for the girl is dead that's single and things are not what they seem. Life is real, life is earnest, single blessedness a fib , "man thou art, to man retornest," has been spoken of the rib. Not enjoyment and not sorrow is our destined end or way, butto act that each to marrow finds us nearer marrage day. Life is short and still a fleting, and our hearts though light and gay, still like plesant drums are beating wedding marches all the' way.' In the world's broad field of battle, in tho bivouac of life, be not. like dumb driven cattle be a heroine a wife. Trust in ho future howe'er pleasant; let the dead past bury its dead ! act, act to the living present ! heart within and hope ahead. Lives of married folks remind us we can live our lives as . well, and departing leave behind us such examples as shall tell." - Such examples that another wasting time in idle sport, a forlorn unmarried brother, seeing shall take heart and court. Let us, then be up and doing with a heart on triumph set ; still contriving, still pursuing, and each one a husband get. . Fifteen thousand head of sheep are to be killed at the Franklin, Ind, slaughterhouse this falL

iber I'.NfO.lSS r j Vf-o. Kissing the Baby. - I 3f' : Fromtlie Bjston gaMrds? das9tte'. 1 ' " In one of the street cars in the metropolis,- a few evemn'S since, was a lady .wit's k hthf'one p the Wuoejed, erowing, hsppy ' ' babies, : disarranging its white robes and J rumpling itsu blue ribbons with a!l the "abandon of ' a baby that is Secure- in ever fresh supplies of love and clothes. -The mother was evidently a stranger to the other ladias in the ears: yet all of them' emiled when they looked in her direction and manyjof ' them' spoke. to her"; and seemed to love her fof the sake of the beautifur Child .J .The opening instincts of womanhood r seems'1 to be the love of babies, and the' girl ; must 1m very little that does not wnt a doll, to' which ' she can play the sweet part of mother-' v The' depth and purpose of the instinct are revealed to us in the petition of the miaa of five years, who happened to be an only child' 'Mamma, I want a baby to play 1 with a v meat baby, inamma. "-"-' rndi " i:u' ' 1 It was once the lot of the writer to dwell in the white tents of Camp Harrison , in Georgia in the lower part of the State, where" families are far between, and much more so in war. time3.' For long weeks we had not seen a womon or child. ' . . . , ' At last the railroad through the camp ' was repaired, and in the train was a lady with just such a wideawake,' kicking baby as the later one of the metropolis. "Some hundreds of rough soldiers were around the cars, and Capt, Story, of the Fifty-seventh Infantry, was the biggest and roughest among them, if we judge the tree by the Lark. . The lady with the baby in : her. arms was looking from the window, and he took off his hat and said : Madam , I .. will give you , five dollars if you will let mo kiss that baby. , One look at his bearded face told her there was nothing bad in it, and saying, with pleased laugh; I do not charge any thing for kissing my bby, it was handed over. The little one was not afraid, and the whiskers, an eighth of, an el long, were just the play-house it had been looking for. .' , ;, .. More than one kiss did the Captain get from the little ted lips, and there was an energy in the hag of the little round arms. Then, and before the train was ready to start, half a hundred men had kissed the baby, . Other voices said: Pass her over here, Capt. It waaj on its best behavior, and crowed, and kicked, and tugged at whiskers, as only a happy baby can. It was an event of the campaign, and one giant of a mountaineer, who strode past ua with a tread I tee a mammoth, but with teardimmed eyes and quivering lips, said: - By . George, it makes me feel and act like a fool; bat Iv'e got one just like it at hoaae. . Other lands have owned tho power of this immortality, and the Hindoo hails the little, stranger with the words: Young child, as thou hast entered the world in tears, when all around thee smiled, so lire as , to leave the world in smiles while all around thee weep. The Mean Man Who Got Coaverted. From the Cincinnati Times. There was a great revival in : the region where old Smithers, as every body called him' lived, and it took hold of him one day. Smithera was a a read ml mean man, oppressive to the poor and all that, and never paying a debt if he could help it. lie had been known to turn a poor widow, with a family of small chil dren out int3 the street of a cold winter's day because she was uoable to pay the rent of the miserable shanty she had of him. He was only known as 'Old Smithers,' although he was not very old either; but we have noticed that mean men have the prefix Old attached to their names, . generally, when their neighbors speak of them, ' "I . Old Smithers 'took a habit,' as they say in Wisconsin, to attend one of the protracted meetings. He was struck with conviction the first night and hopefully converted, as he claimed, the next. After his conversion he was announced to address his fellow sinners and sinneresses on the following Sunday after 'noon. The news that Old Smithers had ' got religion spread all about the neighborhood. Some doubted it; said he was putting it on so as to skin folks a little closer; others, more charitable said it might be true, and they hop ed he wouldn't be so mean. in the future if he was,' -'-.-..-: . : , ' . : ' .'' .When Sunday afternoon arrived the" church was crowded. The entire neighborhood turned out to hear what so mean a man as Old Smithers would say of himself after passing through conviction and conversion. All was still in the church when old Smithers arose to speak.. He began by tolling what a mean man he had been all his life. He said he had probably done more mean things than any man of his "years and opportunities living, and if there was any mean thing he had failed to do; it was either be cause he'd not thought of it, or there was no good chance. After going somewhat into details regrading his meanness, astonishing even those who thought they knew him best with the recital, and declaring his utter unworthU ness, be resumed his seat. ' : . . - There was a brief pause after which a neigh bor of Old Smithers, a member of church, arose and said: I have lived nigh neighbor to Broths er Smithers for along time.' I hare' just listened to Brother Smithers, remarks, and from an intimate acquaintance with him and his actions for many years, I am prepared to indorse in the fullest manner all the charges he has made against himself, and more too." : He is certainly the meanest man I ever knew in, the whole course of my life, and sat down. --, . ' ' Then arose old Smithers, pale and trembling with rage, and exclaimed: - It's a d d lie, and I'll whip you as soon sa you leave the church! M Theophile Gautier, the well known romance writer and feuilletonist, is about to marry Carlotta Grisi, the once famous danseuse. .'.'. . . ' , ,

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:. The Ctate Normal School: William A Jones." Superintendent nf - . V . I W ,

City Schools Aurora, Illinois,. has bb m ,fclf elected to the Presidency of :tnir-Sb to l'J tol

Normal School, and: has accepted 4t':.ri V position. I This choice was made at tlrti ?r

last meeting of the I rustee,- but u: s : ? Board, having failed in two previous --r r i. i forts' to secure the services of gentlem er-.:i v -, elected to the Presidency, decided-inur o. U ; to give publicity to their , actions untiii;' .. formal notice- of acceptance houli..be f . v j v,t receive r Hon. B. ,C.Hobbs, was aatho-?;2 oAT rixed by the, Trusteesi to. receive:isufhi -rr I.cja

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tnat subject, aau gryes me result to tnt-.i.-following letter to the Indianapolis daily : .. . . ; papers: i:;i-a'r.U; h: ''? tr-v: .1 . iv..'.'- r.-' William A. Jones, the President elect . of the Faculty . ot the State Normal , ; School, has not been distingisbed among ... the educational men of the nation. . Time - ; -has hardly taken from him the appear. .. -ance of youth. f Though thirty ine yvu :; , would not suppose him above tbrity five -. - ; years.. He is a son of Connecticut; f. i -i: educated in Massachusetts, and matured in the West For several years L . was book keeper in a manufacturing . establishment in Massachusetts. .The; , WeBt induced him to hunt a bom e am :ng . her thriving villages, and about 15 years ago he became a citizen of North- . ; . r em Illinois. ' He was tempted to fill various lucrative public offices, but chose'; ? : - ; under pressing solicitation, the profes- -sion of teaching. His success was so . , . complete that about five years ago An ro- -ra; a beautiful city of 10.000 inhabits! " on both sides of the :Fox river w lac hi r had erected a public school building. at . a cost of about 875,000 secured his ser-; ' vices as superintendent of her School,. -' Possessed of a philosophic as well a?" -- , of an eminently practical order of mind,,? : :

he went to wort : to reach results that ? . t. x must necessarily blend financial w ,!.-, educational success. - : i: At first veiw you would not be inipressed with the qualities which after-: ward appear. His strength is fouai In reserved force rather than in presen t manifestation. When he appeared before the public, in. educational asset-'- . ation,!his essays give evidence of ma- , , ture practical thought, philosophic mc- j; thod, and forcible arguments. His teachers are so thoroughly drill eQj.t-, that his system of public schools is pro-, v nounced by the best ed ucators in . tji o ,; ;

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osophy ,oi nietnoa.j , ? . .-, , .u , i . The Normal School Board, has, b?tpi; t, r induced to select him, from , the faypr- . " able' assurance of many of our beat eaa..j , cntional men .in. the West,: who . kuo i him intimately. , The best guarantee ;o:-. . success is "success." This having bmn, j . . . a marked feature of bis character, it is o - ;. believed, will not forsake him in lusner. . position. Let us, then give him a : &ov,; ; ; erons welcome to the imporUm&'fio'uV .ol labor before bim, and sustaiauim, botht . by good wishes, and kia-l -words, i thufc c :!' -.' will be felt as a genial inspiration in vUie hour of anxious trouble. - ll.is, ttc?pt .n-' ! ance of the position tendered Jiim:ha( :. , ? been officially, made. .-..' j .... ' J. M. Oleott, Professor of Math em aV- ; ics, and R..Boswortb; Professor of Nht-(;J ural science, have both secured a repur ,--, -., tation as teachers iu the city .of .Ten e . Hante, and for.-their general scientiC ,j ; ability, which is too familiar to the peo- -pie of Indiana to render it necessary o ' t -speak of them here. The former has for some time past been engaged in coa- , . ducting County Institutes - in diffen ut -. - portions of the Mate, and will continue in that work until the end of the year. , "Julia Newell, of Jonesville, Wisconsifi a graduate of lit. Holyoke Seminary, - . Massachusetts, is a lady who adds ta . . her superior intellectual- and moral worth, a liberal education, enriched y a general knowledge, acquired not oniv,:

by much travel through States,but Egypt . and Palestine. , Her varied knowledge and genial manners will no doubt prove. a great acquisition to the Institution. She has had successful experience a s a teacher and will prove herself equal to the duties of the position assigned her. , Ruth Morris, formerly of RrichmomiIndiana now of the First Ward School. Indianapolis, has been chosen, principal -of the primary Training School. . Her. ., success in this department of labor -kaa -secured for her recommendations from some of our best educational men, who know her well. This department will be made up from pay students from tha : city, who will be under the professional training, which will exhibit the be& method of teaching primary classes. While it, with the Grammar or Intense-; diate Department will be under the best -model teachers, they will afford oppor- 1 tunity for practice in theory and art in, the Normal Training Department.: Teaehers will be selected to complete j the faculty before the opening of the I Institution. The Model High School will be taught and sustained by the city of Terre Haute, under the cotrol and approval of the Normal School Trustees. All things connected with, the Institution . are -made subjeot to their' authority. '- ' The trustees have used much deliberation, in order to reach the: possible results in the completion and- furnishing of the building, and in tho. selection of the best professional ability for the fao- ii Ulty. ..r, ;. y: -;o itc r i.vff r ):'. .Their aim has been to place it in th? front ranks among its Compeers ;Jin America, and, confiding in the elegauoo -and fitness of the building for the object designed, in the general interest feltthroughout the State, in its .success, ; they ' can extend a oordial invitation to such ' as desire to reach; professional ability-;''' that will not only commatrd a lemuuen-;-' tive salary, but enable thnta to : perforai -educational work that wilt be a bim;rt;T to the risiug generation a ad aa houbrt to the ; State. . , j t,; ; n ; i t U ?r 1 -' i.: One Connecticut firm aiakea iip 30,u00 pounds of brass a year into buoe-string - tips.ln ti ;i tn-Ai ...'.iltXi f-''"-5- 5 f 7 The harbor of Wi casset, Maine, b as an echo which disUuotiy repeats eicrhteen syllables. - '" '

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