BJEC. 10. 



MOOHS'S RftRAL KEW-YORKES. 



AMIBJCA1T fflSTITUri OF HTSTB.UCTION 



Tub American Initimte of Instruction recently 

 held ill Thirtieth Annual Meeting, at New 

 Bedford, Mum., and, judging from the published 





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) educators. The exercise; 

 three day., and while -.- woi 

 publishing the transaction! I 

 space forbid*. We con delist 

 lent phonographic report of the MatnehlUttU 



The President, Hon. John D. Phi lfj rick, called 

 the meeting to order, wheD Rev. Mr. Ckaio, of 

 Boston, invoked the DMbfl blessing. The records 

 of the last meeting, held at Norwich, Conn , were 

 read and approred Major Nti addressed the 

 Institute, extending a welcome on behalf of the 

 city government and his fellhw citizens. 



The first address before the Institute, (and in 

 Ibis connection We can only mention the name 

 of lecturer, aod topic discussed, } was delivered by 

 Geo. B. Emkiwom, LI.. D., of Bolton, en " The 

 Forrtt «»rf Gardrn." The second was by Prof. 

 J. D. Hmu.ib, of Madison University,— subject, 



£ I) e U c d i c tu c v. 





i bj u 



hlleatlon of 

 I people, 



rs., B i,.i..fY 





" Claim* of the Clonic." J. D. Bi 

 for bis theme, " Mathematics a* an eiemrnt in 

 I btral Situation," Mr. Charles Hotchins ol 

 ttie Dwight School. Boston, spoke upon " The 

 Parent Side in the Work of Education ." The Bev. 

 B. C. Watsestoh of Boston, followed, his subject, 

 " The lUauUf.d m Katun oM Art at connected 

 ation." I'rof. E. D, EUkbout, of Wash- 

 ington University, St. Louis, addressed the 

 Institute upon "Aid* in tkt Study of the Claesic*." 

 i during the meeting, individuals 



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change of thought aad sentiment tb 

 heightened the interest and value of 

 alK>n. We segregate the following. 



, School Coma 



the schools in his State, 

 by a highly interesting s] 

 that our school system i 

 other State in the Union 

 mi ' »i'c - of all other s 



I baa been boantlfally I 



tug engraving gives 

 tbful representation of the Niagara Sus 

 pension Bridge, which remains, as it was the first 

 completed, one of the wonders of the 

 world. Far above the water, stretching over the 

 fearful chasm, aud apparently suspended bygossa 

 threads whose graceful curves describe lines 

 rue sublimity os well as beauty, appears the 

 great triumph of human genius and enginei 

 iug skill. The distant observer is struck wi 

 surprise at its apparent frailness. Everything 

 nature, which surrounds it, is iu such mijesi 

 proportion, that the bridge itself seems a me 

 network of threads and lines, buoyed up by its 

 own inherent lightness, aud (lie elasticity of the 

 surrounding air. And yet, when we descend to a 

 mathematical calculation of Us size and materials, 

 its strength and capacities, quite another idea 

 takes possession of the mind, and we merge its 

 grace and beauty into its utility. 



The passage way is divided into two parts or 

 floors, one above the other. The upper is used 



for i 



of < 



; the I 



issage way for pedestrians and carriages. 

 Neither the costof the bridge nor the magnitude 

 of the undertaking is a matter of surprise oi 

 wonder. There are very many mechanical s.truc- 

 oveu in this country, alreudy completed, 

 which cost immensely more money; and the 

 tubular bridge at Montreal, now almost finished, 

 exceed it in this respect more than twenty 



but it is the bolduess and th 

 alii/ of the adventure, and its complete 

 in the face not only of natural obstacles, but alsc 

 of the discouraging prophesies of the most cele- 

 brated scientific men, which render it remarkable. 

 The distinguished Eogliah engineer, SntPBlY- 

 son, recently deoeused, pronounced adversely to 

 its security, and the public generally regarded it, 



date his 



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Hot I 



essful, and 



thousands of passengers, and immense quantities 

 of freight, pa SB over it daily, and in security. 

 The following tabic exhibits the proximal 

 not the absolute capacities, dimensions and 

 of the Suspension Bridge: 



r schools or teachers, as 

 s Rood as those here. We lit 

 ■ilh eighty-eight counties; w 





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f'lft Hi I I.I I . ,■[ ■■! ,..!■ :.,,, ',', I , 





sLijjj-.nit. n br 



i years, which 



i Nfw'Kngland 

 >u D ..i V larger man Old England, D 

 nailer than New England, with -JC7 



and i.ii ■ 

 only i 

 i. held, i.hcuily, 



ehildre 





liui. held. ..heady, seven annual meetings. I'rof. 

 It. referred Li i. , isit wind! he h,id rec. nllv mude 

 m Dunvers. pyhflM he called on Ma'am Eden, who 

 wus ii|iwaid« of ninety years of age. Conversing 

 with her he learned that she had never beer 

 Boston, and that the farthest place fin in hem 

 which "be hod traveled, wa3 Uarbll head, a 

 tauce of live miles. She went there before 

 Revolutionary war, to be vaccinated. Prof. 

 thought ihnt, giealas the contrast was between 

 Ma urn i.t. n mid the present female teacher whn 



would he between.' Ui'a I su*a 



in Wuooosh 



Mr. Natuh 

 Jerscv, ffbft 



was iu the Union, but ttbiob now, 

 New York discovery, is in tke Si 

 and Amhny. Hew Jersey has, for the foundation 

 of her educational system, a Nonn.il School, and 

 connected with it a Model School, which will oot 

 Buffer in comparison with any in the United 

 — " "reparalory School establish- 





■, for those « 





thi-iso i,i MuMsachuselts. 

 Mi. NmniiKMi of N. 



TL, school systi 

 largo 



ivorably 



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a the < 



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s of age, the 



land. 1 " f K P '"xUto e BdTsyt 



few years, about fire 



;ives ten dollars to 



t purpose. 



"called 



t jh-.iui'.'U. Th,.- d"5i 

 the 

 i great there 



form'td. The Stale gives ten dollar* 

 trict raising an ei[iml amount ioi 



Mr. Ciiaiilxs Ansobge of Dorchcst. 



teacher in Prussia, was called upon, lie said I— 



The schools iu Germany, and espectallr Prussia, 



are EOod. relulnilv. nut absolutely. The diller- 



:i wlniuis in the countiv. und tl,o-i- in 



iv, Hin-. To 



n ipectlon Hi 



i i.crlui, Halle, or 

 Breslnu, i» BH partial, as to tako the Boston 

 ■Ohoou tor the average standard of fhe schools of 

 one Mu'e. There, the higher schools ure support 

 Cd entirely or „ lnin |j b y government, while the 



axpensM ol the common people, who have to par, 

 ■ ■m-ertv, but to the num. 

 tarofehfldiwiheTaeni Tl 



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from Hi* Ural t.. the h,i Tl,,, ,„,. lldl ,„.,,.,[ 



bv prorinoial, gubernatorial o> county officers, 

 every oue of wbom expounds or modifies Hum 



■■■■■■■■ 

 us, the schools of different grades arc rejrarded as 



M.ler inslitutu..., nod the i.n, 1:JM , cb J». , e ,. h „, 



shakes hand with the prefiwor u < , 



J^o^l'fregard'ed 

 The absolute eagh 



(y and college, u the |.uhhe 



:tiool,, n 



has favored and cared 

 ly from a senae of ■ 





Thes, 



,o,i.,.i,n 

 By have 



schools have been removed from I. 

 arnall country towns ; experienced educators, like 

 !>'■ n, e ,t„we S , il. SholU, Mryrr. aod otters, 

 were dismissed from Normal schools, and their 

 places filled by inexperienced and inferior clergy- 



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HOW TO CUBE COLDS. 



Hall's Journal of Oealtb says the 

 man is satisfied that he has takti 

 three things :—" 1st, eat nothing; id, 



only partially and grudgingly remunerating 

 „■„« rendered; and partially ,n BO t 

 th pleasant and profitable rt 

 Fery hard for the farmer whose 

 ion is to grasp the " almighty dollar," 

 own son and pay him fair wages; and 

 ne of service on and after the day he is 

 — bat will let him go to "shack" for 

 tnettmes (muttering as he goea, "he 

 ed bis salt,") and hire any one that 

 g and pay him freely $10, $la or $15 

 , when the serricea of the absent son 

 were worth far more, eren if he did play for a day 



Now, were it not better to enlist the attention of 

 sons in the affairs of the farm, (the noblest calling 

 pertaining to earth,) either by paying him well or 

 by giving him a share in the proceeds; any way 

 only interest him. If yon pay him more than he" 

 actually earns it is not lost, unless ho be a miser- 

 able spendthrift, and he is not this, if h e has been 

 rightly taught by precept and example. In short, 

 parents, as you love your children do all you can 

 to keep your sons on tUtup, and under the 

 wholesome influence of a quiet and rieaeeiul home, 

 and don't mind the sacrifice. When you have 

 done all this if he still persists in leaving home, 





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e principle* as they appeo 



d School Philosophy, 

 -3 simple explanations 



Boch eater— Liii«i 



E.OBOPBX ami CiiRisriANiTT.— Philosophy, in 

 ;ht of Paganism, was like the fire II y of the 

 •.making itself visible, but not irradiating 

 the daiknt is. But Christianity, revealing the Sun 

 -' Bigbteousness. sheds more than the full sun- 

 light of those tropics ou all that we need to aee, 

 hether for time or eternity.— Cbl<ridat. 



hours. 



If he doe* nothing fo' bis cold for forty-eight 

 hours after the cough commences, there is nothing 

 that be can swallow that will, by any possibility, 

 do him any good ; for the cold, with such a start. 

 will run its course of about a fortnight, in spite 

 of all that can be done, and what is swallowed in 

 meantime in the way of physic, is a hindrance, 



Fttda cold and starve a fever," is a mischiev- 

 fallacy. A cold always brings a I 

 I never beginning to get well until 

 subsides; but every mi 



nore fuel to feed the fever, and, but for the 

 fact that as soon as a cold is fa 

 kind of desperation, steps 



oold would be followed 

 f very serious results, and in frail people would 

 j olmost always fatal. 



These things being so, the very fact of waiting 

 forty-eight hours, gives time for the cold t 

 itself in the system; for a oold does not us 

 cause a cough until a day pr two has past, 

 then waiting two days longer, gives it the fullest 



¥@§f»B©ffiS: 



BIOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA 



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3 work before anything is done. 





THE BEST FUEL. 







e healthiest, 



because 



it contains a 





Of oxygen; c 



al has n 





g it, the oxygen necessary for its combus- 

 ust be supplied from the air of the room, 



; it "closely " opprc 

 unless it has a cons 



while wood, with 

 a large supply with 



Close-grained bea 

 t, give out the most 



compar 

 n itself. 



coal fire will 



large supply 

 alively little, 

 urns to "live 

 like hickory 



being 

 be Pali 



opened-grain 

 c of fuel, as 



d, heat up the quick- 

 a heating matenul.is 



determined by the 



will raise to a given temperature; thus 



of wood will convert forty pounds of 



iog water, while a pound of coal wil 



near eighty pounds of 



pound for pound, coal is us good again for mere 



i is the product of sedges, weeds, rushes, 

 :s, Ac. 



, if a tun of coal, that is twenty-eight bushels, 

 enty-two hundred and forty pounds, cost 

 allars, it is about equal to the best wood at 

 ollars and a quarter a ( 

 dollars and a half a tun, is 

 dollars and one-half p< 

 f equitable, if wood was dry, to sell it by the 

 pound. Such is the custom in France. For heat- 

 ig. sleeping apartments, wood should he used. 



Rot 

 beforehand 

 ntiriiig industry. 



..Mofpnnctualil 

 iter. G. Be in the habit of lei 

 "om every one with whom yoi 

 xcd principles on which to think and 

 imple und neat in your personal bahita. ',-. Ac- 

 uirelhohabitofdoingeverythiogwcll. 10. Mute 

 oostant efforts to be master of jour temper. 11. 

 lullivate soundness of judgment. 12. Observe a 

 proper treatment of parents, friends, and com- 

 Tbdd. 



parents; bear with any u 



unreasonable ; for how often have they borne 



with your follies and your faults ; how often foryou 



have they spent sleepless nights and anxious days. 



Many things that look foolish to you now will a P - 



rcry different in twenty years. ""'Things 



t me by my father, which I oncVdespised* 



nsidered the height of folly, now I hold to 



firmest principles— the sheet-anchor of my 



HOME MADE PICTUBE FRAMES. 



Ens. Roral New-Yoiwi*:— W. B. W.,ofPenn 

 Van, asks for information about making "picture 

 frames of burrs, acorns, beech nuts, Ac " The 

 frame should be of plain work, no moldings except 

 perhaps what is terms a "Jack-piano Molding," a 

 little beveled towards the inside. The particular 

 ortWof plscing the cones, acorns, &c, will depend 



udividual. 1 hare one 24 by 

 nches, but it would be difficult to describe it. 



ged something in the form of 

 of whits and yellow j 

 Ac, and also the same midway between the o 

 ners. The balance is filled up ' 

 beech nuts, buckwheat, Madeira nuts, filberts, but- 

 ternuts, black walnuts, Brazil nuts, hazel and 

 almost everything else in the form of a nut with a 

 rough outside, indiscriminately — tl 

 better. The frame should be first si 

 thing near the color of your materials for the o 

 side. The nuts, Ac, are fastened on with t 

 thick glue, and when dry varnished oror w 

 thin glue. When this is dry it may reooivt 

 couple of coats of ordinary rarnish n 

 the polish. I would recommend tha 



and allow it to 



days, as the glue will not bo so apt to 



give out aud let the nuts lose. Any person with 



ordinary good taste can thus moke a very beautiful 



