MARCH 6. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
_ . Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
fJJjf TOICat®®. SCHOOLS A ™ SCHOOL COMMISSIOHIES. 
-- Our legislators in their wisdom are ever altering 
STATE SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT. and fixing over our Common School Laws, and the 
-- last time they amended them ana did away with 
We again present Rur.vi, readers with portions the office of Town Superintendents, and in their 
of the State Superintendent's Report relating to stead substituted School Commissioners, we think 
the Receipts and Expenditures of School Monies, they made it as bad as they possibly could. Our 
and also to the progress of Teachers’ Institutes in schools have ever since been going down hill.— 
various sections of New Y’ork. Both of these sub- They have now every facility which is needed for 
jects are worthy the closest scrutiny of those who going down to zero, yes, far below that, and School 
pay taxes, and those upon whom devolves the train- Commissioners to oversee the job who scarcely 
ing of the youthful mind: know whether there are any schools in their dis- 
srrioou revenues. trict or not. In the district I live there never has 
ing of the youthful mind: 
SCHOOL REVENUES. triCt or HOL in me aisinci 1 live uieie uevei UU8 j 
The revenue for the support of common schools been * visitation by this “ Honorable,” and I be- 
distributed through the State Treasury, is derived lieve he has never examined but one teacher for 
from the income of the Common School and United our school, sending them Licences upon recom- 
States Deposit Funds, and a tax of three-fourths of mends. Who cannot get a recommend?-anybody 
a mill upon the assessed valuation of property in can that has a friend. The officials have relaxed 
the State. The history of the Common School the interest heretofore taken by Town Supennten- 
Fund was so fully detailed in the last annual report dents, parents have given the thing over to its own 
from this Department, that a reference thereto is 
all that is deemed necessary on this occasion.— 
ruin, and our Common Schools are little better 
than none at alL Teachers, parents and School 
Statement will show the increase and diminution Commissioners all are without the least interest in 
of this fund during the year ending Sept. 30,1857. the school, and it is almost a dead letter. 
From this will be learned that the capital at the We P ra Y that the people will rise and assert their 
close of the fiscal year was $2,520,392 24, and its Ughts «» d again build up the cause of education 
increase during the year $34,470 10. The capital in our laad - Remember the rising generation de- 
of the United States Deposit Fund is stated by the 
Comptroller at $4,014,520 71, and its estimated rev- 
mand an education at your hands and you are 
bound to give it them. Let not the Common 
GRAMMAR IN RHYME. 
Omk of our oldest and best correspondents, who is equal¬ 
ly at home, whether behind the pen or plow, says he has 
derived more benefit from keeping the following rhyme in 
his head than from all the grammar books he ever studied, 
[perhaps not many,] and requests us to publish it for tho 
benefit of all Young Ruralists, and especially those who 
write for this column. Wo advise every little grammarian 
just entering on Brown, or any of the many grammars in 
usfc, to commit to memory these easy lines, and then they 
never need to mistake a part of speech: 
1. Turku little words you often see 
Are Articles—a, an and the. 
2. A Noun’s the name of any thing, 
As school or garden, hoop or swing. 
3. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, 
As great, small, pretty, white or brown. 
4. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand— 
Her head, his face, your arm, my hand. 
5. Verbs tell of something being done— 
To read, count, sing, jump or run. 
6. How things are done the Adverbs tell J— 
As slowly, quickly, ill or well. 
7. Conjunctions join tho words together— 
As men and women, wind or weather. 
8. The Preposition stands before 
A Noun, as in or through a door, 
9. The Interjection shows surprise, 
As oh! how pretty; ah! how wise. 
The whole are called Nine Parts of Speech, 
Which Reading, Writing, Speaking, teach. 
enue for the current year at $324,173 52. The School be forgotten; but revive again its interests Hy jj" ^ Tho whole are called Nine Parts of Speech, 
legislature at its last session appropriated from the by substituting lving own upenn n en .i in Which Reading, Writing, Speaking, teach. 
Common School Fund the sum of $182,500 for each place of dreamy School Commissioners. Again JOHN B. GOUGH. . --- 
of the fiscal years, commencing October 1, 1856 y isit Y our schools-see that you employ proper - IMPROVE THE MIND. 
and 1857. Of this amount the sum of $37,500, in instructors, and let not the thing go at loose ends JoHN R GomJU) w h 0 se portrait is given above, arrangements being concluded, on the 4th of June, - 
each year, was an excess of so much over the an Y lon ger. Parents show your children that you ^ born in the roman ti c little watering place, 1829, he took leave of his native village. On the Many farmers act as though they thought it was 
regular appropriation of the income, derived from have an interest in their scb ° o1 hy V18lting jt from called Sandgate, County of Kent, England, 22d of afternoon of tho 4th of August, fifty-five days from their highest duty, and the chief end of their ex¬ 
accumulations from the same fund, remaining in terra to term—encourage the teacher to get up A ^ 1817 . Hig father had been a soldier, and the time of sailing, he landed in New York. The istence, to add a little more to’the extent of tlieir 
,.„L,mt 1 Avldliitinna anil lof life lio animated with ° ’ .. . vi_ i*. i _T_-T-_. 1 V_ t _ .1 _n.tn tlmamnnnt in tlinir ml run a Wll tieed 
IMPROVE THE MIND. 
Many farmers act as though they thought it was 
without embarrassment to the treasury. 
The following shows the amount of school money 
and,its apportionment for the year 1858: 
v I. T f PI ’ ORTIONED ’ VIZ: New Berlin, Chen. Co, N. Y, 1858. ever 'to*see how fields were won. With what in- father remained at home in the endeavor to effect the latter,) is guilty. Ilutsome may urge that there 
rom Cominon nc H>„ -un *,. oo wtittpatthn" m TTTTwnTS tense interest have 1 often Veiled to his descrip- a commutation on his pension bounty, and receive is no time. We are fully aware that the duties of 
« State School Tax, _ 1,073^768 97 EDUCATI ON IN ILLINOIS. tions of battle-fields, and how have I shuddered at in lieu of his annual stipend some equivalent At the farmer are many and important; but there are 
Balance in State Treasury,.’ 316 84 . . d M fln evidence of the in- contemplating the dreadful scenes which he so this time John’s wages were three dollars per many idle moments, in almost every day, w no i 1 
Excess of District Quotas used in counties ^ . - lt u ( p d { t - • graphically portrayed. He was present at the me- week, and with his family he commenced house- improved, would amount to no small sum duiing a 
.■--«=£; rL^-**.-*™.-***** 
The above amount is apportioned as follow,, ‘ He,*,' ho would say, ■wa a .uoharogi.noat-thcrc tho «n pittance h. «-"* ™ 
V 0 i rr l or S oh..t c —ucational purposes, haswa^d up the yonde^w^Thc^iosition'oMhe’geiierarand when hfa mo'th” die™, “ups and dole, harCUpi gain power to improve; and oaoir time au upper- 
For Diitrict Quotas,"as per "table,” "*.! 434jo67 90 Uon'^Property” Cdew ^ompclEoVy thJ levy, his staff.’ And then he would go on to describe and sunshine, were the varying portion of the tunity is lost we lose that ^mUrml^thouKh no 
For Pupil Quotas, as per table,....$882,444 50 are looking out that it is expended in the most the death of the hero,—his looks, and his burial brother and sister m a strange country. Thus amount of improvement is req i • * 
“ « “ for Indians,_ 083 50 . n . , . near the ramparts, until my young heart would matters progressed until young Gough— being a opportunity had been neglected. ms e w o . 
. —— 883,428 00 useful manner; and though in some counties the near t c rampart *^ y y ? Qf ft diBp0fiition _ wafl thrown continually or occasionally negligent falls In the 
“ Libraries, as per table,. 4o,9.37 06 growls were at first loud and deep, there is a grow- leap wim exoneiueuu apnuumo ^ v h , . , , i., , , ,, „„„ i. p nnsitlon 
« « for Indians,. 02 04 ? conviction everywhere that the tax ought to as these, my father possessed few for a child. His into the society of the thoughtless.and dissipated, rear, and never again can he reach the posit on 
- 40.000 00 g y ' n military habits had become as a second nature and began a downward career. Concerning his which lie might and should have occupied, bhall 
Balance for contingent apportionments,. 1,736 85 and must be continued. Inequality of taxation, Y h b ' disci . )line had heen taught him debasement we care not to speak-our readers, he then who is behind in the race give up? By no 
Zn <-.-«•*>,m,„ ; „„„ r *., w. ***. *** w- 
teachers’ institutes. nnr tL Pr n rnnntiec which nnnmillv con. to cast off all old associations, he was not ealeu- to say, the very dregs of dissipation were drank by leach as lug 1 as once e mi A 7 
pleasant place to which your children can resoit. ^ ad b e ea but yesterday, liow he would go through employment in the Methodist Book concern as er- man, honest to himself, would answer i 
Tbpn shall nnr rinmmrm Schools lie what they were ... . _ •_• _ _j t __ U'lwr iviitirl is tn hn cultivated a 
in the aflirm- 
Then shall our Common Schools be what they were 
designed to be—and the rising generation shall 
reap the results. Gilbert Jeffrey. 
New Berlin, Chen. Co., N. Y., 1858. 
military exercises with me, my mimic weapon rand hoy. 
ative. The mind is to bo cultivated as well as tho 
being a broom, and my martial equipments some On an afternoon in August, 1833, the mother and land, and he who does not cultivate the former as 
of his faded trappings. I was not destined, how- sister of young Gough arrived at New York. His well as the latter, (wo do not say to the neglect of 
__ . . . .... . _ T _ , ... I.1I..U._ :1T„ Til,* onmn man nriro tllllt tlicrfl 
ever, to see how fields were won. With what in- 
For Pupil Quotas, as per table,....$882,444 60 
« “ “ for Indians,_ 983 50 
“ Libraries, as per table,. 45,937 06 
« “ for Indians,_ 62 94 
Balance for contingent apportionments, 
— 46,000 00 
1,736 86 
$1,432,132 81 
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTES. 
appropriation for Teachers’ Institutes to $120 tor Egypt But there is room to hope that that ine- ln ever y lespcm, ut ucsmvuu “y *„ nV tho QTw1 
each county. Under the provision thus made, In- jQuality will be removed by future legislation, and love.” Of bis mother ho writes:— 1 “My mothers n ie je r ■ • * it* "Wiwhirirr. 
stiMites have been held in forty-one counties, and that the cause of Education will in no degree suffer character was cast in gentler mold. Her heart was jecame ie ca mg o < ® g 
the payments thus far have amounted to $4,321 14. -thereby. The duties of Superintendent of Public a fountain, when,- the pure waters of affection toman temperance movement which spread over 
From the reports filed in this Department, it is ap- Instruction continue to be discharged by Mr. Pow- never ceased to .’low. Her very being teemed the entireicountiy at that ime. ose who have 
parent that the attendance of teachers has been c ll, in ail able and satisfactory manner. The twined with mine, and ardently did I return her heard and seen Mr. G., know the manner aru mat- 
more general, and the interest in the exercises bet- policy of the last Legislature, iu refusing him love. For the long space of twenty years she had tet of t c man to ° sc w u) mve^, no , 0,1 c 
ter sustained, than at any former period. The a clerk, confines him almost exclusively to his occupied the then prominent position of school- be full e to a temp a esenp ion o ns lemai ^a 
usual time of continuance has been ten working office, when he could be more appropriately em- mistress in the village, and frequently planted the ble powers. * n ,u n is i lave er, 8 P aatin K 0 118 
In articles on Agriculture the word Silica is 
often mentioned, and juany of our young readers, 
perhaps would like to know what it is, and wRat it 
has to do with wheat or corn, or the soil. Silica is 
a mineral substance, commonly known as (lint; and 
ter sustained, than at any former period. The a clerk, confines him almost exclusively to his occupied the then prominent position of school- be futile to attemp a c esenp ion o ns lemai o.a do with wheat or corn, or the soiL Silica is 
usual time of continuance has been ten working office, when he could be more appropriately em- mistress in the village, and frequently planted the ble powers. * n ,n n is i iavc e L ting ^ 118 a mineral substance, commonly known as flint; and 
days; but in Lewis county it extended through a ployed in visiting the schools and personally urg- first principles of knowledge in the minds of chi 1- appearance a a nite mg, uses ie o^ owin 0 an one 0 f the wonders of the vegetable tribes, 
period of six weeks growing in favor and useful- ing their claims upon the people. With the adop- dren, whose parents had, years before, been bene- guage. a ■ l ,a L in young m n wi i a j t j 10U gj 1 fli nt so indestructible that the strongest 
ness during the whole period of its progression. I tion of a more liberal policy toward this officer, fitted by her early instructions. And well qualified noun overcoa u once cose j up 0 j 1 ^ 0 Ul ’ c ] icin ic a l aid is required for its solution, plants pos- 
At the age of 12 a very important change occur- him who has swayed multitudes by his oratory?- 8 “^ ^ inc ; nceivably thin coating of thiB 8ub . 
red in the fortunes of young Gough. His father, made strong men weep like little children, and ’ Thia ia what give8 the wheat straw its 
seeing the difficulties of procuring him a trade in women to sob as if tlieir hearts would burst ? Yes , . ^ looka K0 much liko gla89 . 
England, made an agreement with a family of the —look at lus large, expiessive ejes mark every ^ wondcvB 0 f nature which wo havo 
-look at his large, expressive eyes—mark every 
Amid all the wonders of nature which wc havo 
village, who were about emigrating to America, to feature, and you see the stamp of no common man occaa i on to explain, there is none more start- 
_ _ . . , ii • .. . a tlioro TIip. vminnr of TfimBfirance ia be- 11 ... . * , n 
but hope, therefore, that the appropriation will be the magnificent cabinet of minerals and shells col- 
continued, the sphere of the Teachers’ Institutes lected b ? Charles M. Wheatley, of New York 
enlarged, and their practical benefits diffused thro’ 
every county. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS. 
Eds. Rural: —For sometime I have desired the 
city, and presented his purchase to Union College. 
The cabinet is said to be one ef the richest and I 
most valuable in the country, collected with im- 
regard the lack of interest which many parents g ; ca i Hall lately completed, will remain there an 
can have no doubt that the effect of these gather- and the amendment of the school law in a few Ly nature and acquirements was she lor the inter- v ” . , , . ..... ... „ se3 3 the power of dissolving and secreting it. Even 
ings, when properly conducted, must he eminently particulars, we see no reason to doubt that Illinois, esting hut humble office she filled, it a kindly lieait ' ,|in 4> o us wou ave iat cu y ing so delicate a structure as the wheat straw dissolves 
salutary. Teachers are thus brought into associa- iu all that relates to the education of her children, and well-stocked mind be the requisites.” him o any lequne poin o ie compass— ut and ever y stock of wheat is covered with a 
tion, a comparison of views and experience in the w iR take rank with the oldest and most favored At the age of 12 a very important change occur- um w 0 as swaye mu 1 u< ts ly is ora ory per f ec t, hut inconceivably thiu coating of this sub¬ 
art is elicited, studies are reviewed and perfected, States of the Union.— Chicago Tribune. red in the fortunes of young Gougii. His father, made a rong men weep 1 e 1 e ennui, am st(ince> Tlda wba t g i V es the wheat straw its 
an esprit da corps is engendered, and the teachers -♦—- seeing the difficulties of procuring him a trade in women to so i as 1 leir leai wou ur8 08 gazing, which looks so much like glass. 
return to their various localities with minds invig- A PRINCELY DONATION. England, made an agreement with a larnily of the —look at his arge, expiessive ejes mai < e\ cry Amitl all the wonders of nature which wo havo 
orated and enlarged by new ideas, and with nobler village, who were about emigrating to America, to feattue, and you w.o t ie stamp o no common man occasion to explain, there is none more start- 
conceptions of their responsible calling. I cannot Mr - C ’ E ’ Re la - van has purchased, for $10,000, take JonN w ; tb them, teach him a trade, and pro- there. lie young Apostle ol Temperance is be- ^ than that w hich reveals to our knowledge tho 
but hope, therefore, that the appropriation will be the “agu'fiuent cabinet of minerals and shells col- vide for unt ii he was 21 years of age. The foreus.”______ fact that a flint stone consists of masses of min- 
continued, the sphere of the Teachers’ Institutes ^ ected Charles M. "Wheatley, of New Yoik . — eralized vegetable matter. The animals are believed 
enlarged, and their practical benefits diffused thro’ city ’ and presented his purchase to Union College. CIVILIZATION OF THE ASIATICS. thankfulness that Persia first gave him the cherry, tQ hay0 bcen infusorial animalculse coated with 
every county. ^ bo cabinet is said to be one of the richest and - the peach and the plum. If in any o)f those deli- 9d i c i 0 us shells, as the wheat straw of to-day is 
-£—•*-♦- most valuable in the country, collected with im- Tiie assertion that the Chinese are semi-barbarous ca te preparations be discoversthe flavor of alcohol, c [ ot bed with a glassy covering of silica. The skel- 
written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker mense labor and pains. Its actual value is conside- den j ed b y almost every traveler who has penetrat- ] e t it remind him that that substance was first dis- etonH 0 f animalculse which compose flint may bo 
MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS. rably above the noble sum paid by Mr. Delavan. A ed beyond their ports, and lived freely among the tilled by the Arabians, who have set him the praise- | )r0U ght under microscopic examination. Geolo- 
Schenectady paper says: people. In the refinements of life, in courtesy, hu- worthy example, which it will bo to his benefit to . gts bav0 some difficulty in determining their 
Eds. Rural:— For sometime I have desired the « These cabinets are among the most splendid of manity and domestic affection, they are at least our follow, of abstaining from its use. When he talks ° pitliona respecting the relation which these ani- 
privilege of oilering a lew words in that portion of the kind in America, and are, in some respects e q ua ] S) an( i j n some respects our superiors; and if ab out coffee and alcohol he is using Arabic words. n *. dcida3 bear to the flint stones in which they are 
your paper devoted to Education, but fearing that unequaled by any in Europe. This transfer will we bave t - ar out-stripped them in Bcience, we may We gratify our taste for personal ornament in the fo|lnd Whether the animalculse, in dense masses 
my scrip might rest, where all but one of my simi- p i ace Union College, with respect to the requisite yet do wed to rec all to mind how many of our arts, W ay that Orientals have taught us, with pearls, form or whether the flint merely supplies 
lar attempts have dene, (under your table) I had accompaniments for the pi^ecution of the studies [ uxur ; es and pleasures came from the East, and rubies, sapphires and diamonds. Of public amuse- a sepu l c hre to the countless millions of creatures 
about concluded that I was not the one to write of Geology, Mineralogy and Conchology, among tha t W e were once tiie pupils of those of whom we ment it is the same. The most magnificent fire- tl . ages ag0 , enjoyed each a separate and con- 
for papers. . the most richly furnished institutions in the coun- now boast ourselves the masters. The items of the works are still to be seen in India and China; and HcioUH ° ex isten'ce, is a problem that may never be 
My aspirations have just been excited a little by tryj aa } t ffiready is with regard to the studies of accoun t C an no where he better read than in an as regards the pastime of private life, Europe lias H()lved> jy nd w h'at a problem! The buried plant 
reading a truthful article in a late issue of the philosophy, Chemistry and Civil Engineering. admirable passage from a valuable work, by Dr. produced no invention which can rival the game be ; ug disentombed, after having Iain for ages in the 
Rural, entitled “ Something about Schools.” I These cabinets, arranged in the spacious Geolo- D raper , an American. of chess. We have no hydraulic construction as } )()W(d8 0 f the earth, gives us light and warmth; and 
regard the lack of interest which many parents gica i Hall lately completed, will remain there an ^ Eur0 wishea to know how much he great as the Chinese canal, no fortifications as ex- ^ auimalcute) after a sleep of ages, dissolves into 
seemingly feel in the progress of tlieir children at nminvinry memorial of the indnst.rv. entemrisft and ^ . , *—r’l.inoao woii* wo havo no Arfoaian . . i __ 
-— Presehving "Birps. —Permit me to ask you a few 
The Size of Men. —The general opinion is that questions in reference to the paper published in 
Monroe Co., N. Y., 1858. 
The Evenino Schools of New Y'ork City have ers employed in the schools, the average salary to his tastes are light, and he prefers tea, the virtues me oiaesi coum 
become one of the most useful branches of public males being $380 per annum and to females $237. of that excellent leaf were pointed out by the indus- great pyramid of Lg) 
instruction. There are at the present time thirty- - — «•- trious Chinese. They also taught him how to hardly exceeds the size 
eight of these institutions, male and female, con- Character. —Human character publishes itself make and use the cup and saucer in which to serve ing six feet and a half 
taining nearly 15,000 pupils, and giving employ- forevermore. The most fugitive deed, and word, it. His breakfast tray was first laquercd in Japan, generating from the eff 
ment to 280 teachers. tThere are two terms, one of the mere air of doing a thing, expresses character. There is a tradition that leavened bread was first because the savages do 
twelve and one of nine weeks; the first closing on We are full of the superstition of sense. We call made out of the waters of the Ganges. The egg he 
the last week in December, and the second the first the poet inactive and useless, because he is not a is breaking was laid by a fowl whose ancestors Man doubles all the e 
of preseM week. The youngest scholar in these president, a merchant, or a porter. Real action i 3 were domesticated by the Malaccans, unless she upon them. A sciatc i 
schools is^even years of age and the oldest fifty- in silent moments. The epochs of our lives are may have bean, thpugh that would not alter the an injury, a jeM an in.-m 
two. The average cost per scholar for the two not in visible facts, hut in silent movements by the case, a modern Shanghai. If there are preserves ger, and a slight sic 'in 
terms, including tuition, books, light, Ac., is $2 66. wayside. and fruit on his board, let him remeniber with brooding apprchensioni 
Warren Co., Penn. 
our nation occupy a still higher position. By their w ho, having just cancelled the debt of the State 1 M were also clepsydras and sun obtaining coal gas from the interior of the earth; ht forth living creatures,” around tho slender 
actions we would infer that our nation is com- Temperance Society, and retired from the oppres- bread which he has they have bored for that purpose, more than 3,000 ’ lk g Qf waving C0 m!”-7V Reason Why. 
posed of horses, cattle, sheep, Ac. We do not op- give duties of its Fresidency, has immediately em- dials - Ihe prayer ior ms aauy ureau, wmou u n ( . t . stalk oi wav b _ _ 
pose the improvement of every department of barked in a less laborious but uot less important said from his infancy, first rose from the si e of _ ^ Preserving Birds.— Permit me to ask you a few 
agriculture, far from it; but is noi Jhe^ duty of enterprise; the furtherance of the cause of educa- The Size of Men.—T he general opinion is that questions in reference to the paper published in 
parents to their own children? Would they see tion, and the extension of the boundaries of which he clothes himseit, tnougn tney may oe very „hv«dral lv degenerated since the eariv the Rural on Preserving Birds, #c. 1st. Is arsenic 
tffeir-children assume positions of usefulness? If science.” fiae > are iflfenor to thosc which have been made mCU P^^^lly degenerateJsincettieearly the Rural on / J yon ' mean b y chopped 
so, fliey must evince a deeper interest in their -^- from time immemorial in the looms of India. The ages of the world. But all the facts and c.rcum- expensive 2d - ^ rope ; or w fat ? 
moral and mental progress. I doubt if there are New Jersey Public Schools.— 1 The school sys- silk was stolen by some missionaries, for his benefit, stances which can c roug i orw r 0 111 ®° 01 ’ _ , , . ,. numbers containing the articles 
twenty school districts in the State of New York tern of New Jersey embraces one Normal school, from China. He could buy better steel than that ject tend to show that the human form has not 4. sepa- 
which do not contain a parallel case to the one re- one Model school, one Farnum Preparatory school he shaves himself with, in the old city of Damascus degenerated, and that men of the present age are on P^mg b CoKKOgiyE SuBL1MATBf St . 
ferred to in the Rural mentioned. If parents and 1,593 Public schools, established in the various where it was invented. The coffee he expects at of the same stature aa a a eginmng o e ia e y 
would see their anticipations realized they must cities and townships of the State. For the support breakfast was first grown by the Arabians, and the world. Thus, all the remains of the human body, Laurence co., • • had ^ 
U.U their school* F. of these the State has expended $515,129 <8, doting natives of Upper India prepared the sugar with the bones, and part.enl.rl, the teeth, which have 1. About oe .hilling , edients 
Monroe Co., N. Y., 1858. * the past year. The number of children who have which he sweetens it. A schoolboy can tell the been found unchanged in tie mos ancion urns r ry ‘ . cotton 
-- attended school is 129,720. There are 2,080 teach- meaning of the Sanscrit words sacchara canda. If and burial places, demonstrate this point clearly.— proportion. . and cu t with^ sharp 
The Evenino Schools of New Y'ork City have ers employed in the schools, the average salary to his tastes are light, and he prefers tea, the virtues The oldest coffin in t e woi is a oun in ie a mg ro nrattv fine beat it with a 
become one of the most useful branches of public males being $380 per annum and to females $237. of that excellent leaf were pointed out by the indus- great pyramid of Egypt, an t ns saicop agus 111 e - cr ° u .-li.* la in P nt'the fibre so that 
oi tnai excellent leai were ijumuiu uuh uji uut; iuuub- h*™ — -- L , . , ,. , . *„„,.* *i,„ m ir « an Hiat 
trious Chinese. They also taught him how to hardly exceeds the size of our ordinary coffin, lie- small stick. Tho object is to cut the fibre so 
make and use the cup and saucer in which to serve ing six feet and a half long. That we are not dc- it can be inserted more evwly in the-neck^ • • 
[ess, because he is not a is breaking was laid by a fowl whose ancestors man uo o < ' J 1 ' , w ^nrinefield Ill., would give us the 
i porter. Real action is were domesticated by the Malaccans, unless she upon them. A sc rate i icco.-nes a v,ouri , a s ii qnw.tions'for Oriental Painting on glass, as men- 
epochs of our lives are may have bean, though that would not alter the an injury, a jest an insult, a small peril a great dan- nstmet ons for Onen^ YomgsvilU, 
silent movements bv the case, a modern ShTn.hai. If there are preserves ger, and a slight sickness often ends in death by tioned in YoL 9 No. 6. 
