up tlie school, I've tried all I can do short of whipping, and 

 now I'm going to whip him." "Why," said the neighbor, "I 

 thought you was in favor of moral suasion, that it would 

 certainly briug all things right." "Well," said the teacher, as he 

 started up his horse, "that was Theory, this is Practice ;" the 

 birches were used and order was restored in the school. Not 

 long since I was talking with a member of the society of 

 "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals"; he was telling me of the 

 intelligence of different animals, and how highly they were 

 capable of being trained, etc., etc/; after he had discoursed 

 some time I turned the conversation to our boys and girls ; 

 he hardly paid more than polite attention to my remarks, 

 made answer with a far away absent look, "well, boys must 

 work out their own salvation," and went immediately talking 

 about how horses and dogs were abused. I like to see good 

 cows and horses, but I think boys and girls come first, and 

 claim our most earnest, honest attention, in regard to culture 

 and practical education. Our need of honest, faithful, prac- 

 tical and efficient men and women, is sore, and but one way 

 have we to get them, is that our theory and practice agree, 

 in training our boys and girls. Every child should be taught 

 that they have a place to fill in this world, and to fill that 

 place well should be the result of their education ; their place 

 in life can be useful and noble as they choose to make it. 

 "Life is real, life is earnest," should mean to men, and be 

 taught to mean to children, something besides poetry ; should 

 mean that life, useful, earnest, noble life, is a God-given right 

 to every child, and whoever teaches by their life otherwise 

 has sold his birthright for less than a mess of pottage, and 

 is in great danger of teaching some little one to offend. A 

 useful life is a happy, cheerful life, worth striving for and 

 helping those who are to fill our places to take a yet firmer 

 stand by the life we have lived, the example we have set for 

 them to follow. 



