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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
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STATISTICS OF THE CITT SCHOOLS. 
REPETITION AND VARIETY. 
As for the more important facts and princi¬ 
ples which are learned at school, particular 
care should be taken that they are not only 
learned to day but will be remembered to¬ 
morrow and through life. It is not enough 
| It appears from the School Superintend- r Y orro l w ana through life. It is not enough 
i ent’s Report, recently published, that the tY the P^pil can say, “I know things now, 
C orr ,„ . . \ , , \ \ u ’ , 1 . e I clearly understand them; let me leave them, 
i unt raised by tax last year, and applica- and hasten onward.” Are you sure that he 
; ble to the payment of teachers’ wages and will retain this knowledge ’until it is wanted ? 
€ contingent expenses, was $25,870 00, and There must be a great deal of repetition at 
\ that there was received from the State exclu- sck °°l—repetition until a subject is learned 
€ sive of library money, the further sum of and understood; and repetition then until there 
€ *0001 o n • 7,, . h , „ 0 is reasonable assurance that it will not be for- 
5 ^S.831 80,—making a total of $34,701 80—- gotten. There must bo “ line upon line! ltoe 
. me amount expended for teachers’ wages for upon line, precept upon precept, precept upon 
l the first six months of the present school precept, here a little and there a little.” 
s year, was $7,036 68, and for fuel and contin- Repeat, repeat; but most earnestly endea- 
[ | gent expenses, $2,923 59. vor to av °' d a monotonous repetition. Do 
\ The amount raised by tax for school houses waVSj^V tta^TmfdriuSan^day 
j- aK l school-house sues, was 87,000, all of after day. Let repetition be relieved with va- 
i which has been expended for those purposes, riety. Dor illustration, in teaching a child to 
5 The balance in the treasury on the first day pronounce words at sight, they may°be chalked 
i of September last, applicable to leasing, re- the bla ? kboa, ; d i tbe same words may then 
- - ° be formed in a different order on littie cards or 
•aMratjj llltrsings. 
H a t “7 ° “on^-nnusea, was on his slate ; the pupil may endeavor to make ™ vae su - oi a ngnt irame-work of wood, covered with " S^m, 8l arK, starmg want-comes 
$919 80, and there was also raised by tax for them himself; he may afterwards find them in P enorifc y of hl3 mechanical structures, as much dressed seal skin. It is about eighteen feet peenng at US throu S h evei 7 crevice of our 
such purposes during the current year $3,000, his spelling lesson in his book, and he may as u P on aU other thiu £ 3 emanating from his long, twenty inches wide, and deep enough to dwelliug ? Whea he who should have been 
of which, on the first of March, there remained finally recognize his own friends in his reading band or brain. The splendid clipper ship, car- reach to a man's hips when sitting in the bot ° Ur sta ^ and su PP ort through all life’s short 
uuexpended the sum of $1,832 64. The J. e3Son ' Pupils may; pronounce them in con- rying an acre of canvass and traversing the half tom. The boat, wiih the exception of a hoV journey,—’who was bound at the altar to love, 
amount apportioned for library purposes, in- askA to tell the vario^usel' actions oTIuall of a g reat circle on the earth’s surface without just large enough for the boatman to squeeze cherish and protect,— proves himself recreant 
eluding the balance in the treasury Sept. 1st, it ies of various animals or substances, while Slght ' ng Iand ’ the raa J e3tlc steamship, hurry- in the lower part of his body, is entirely deck- to his high trust and leaves us to struggle 
altering school-houses, was 
THE JIJ8T MAN. 
Thly’ are not just because they do no wrong, 
But he who will not wrong me whon he may_ 
Ho is truly just. I praise not them 
Who in their petty dealings purer not 
Bat ho whose conscience spurns a secret fraud, 
When he might plunder and defy surprise ; 
His be the praise, who, looking down with scorn 
On the false judgment of the partial herd, 
Consults his own clear heart, and boldly dares 
2b be, not to be thought, an honest man. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
“ REJOICE EVERMORE.” 
“ Rejoice evermore”—“ In every thing give 
thanks.” What?—when every cherished plan 
SEAL HUNTING-THF RAVArir" of life is frustrated ? When the sunshine of 
^ Y ACK * Hope has given place to the black clouds of 
disappointment, sorrow and care? When 
Civilized man prides himself upon the su-1 of a light frame-work of wood, covered with Waut -£ rim > stark, staring Want—comes 
of which, on the first of March, there remained fi nall y recognize his own friends 
uuexpended the sum of $1,832 64. The lessoa - Pa P ils may pronounce them in con- rying an acre of canvass and traversing the half tom. The boat, with the exceptfonAra ho’e journey,—who was bound atthe altar to love,' 
amount apportioned for library purposes, in- asked totell the variois^sel'actions o^Ld of a great ci '' cIe ™ thc earLh ’ s sui ' f aee without just large enough for the boatman to squeeze cherish and protect — proves himself recreant 
eluding the balance in the treasury Sept. 1st, ities of various animals or substances, while Slght , ing latld ’ the ma J e3tlc steamship, hurry- in the lower part of his body, is entirely deck- to his high trust and leaves us to struggle 
is $1,012 79. they are learning to read their names ; or they 1Dg lts way against a11 tbe opposing forces of ed over with seal skin so as to be water tight • alone > for tbe superior pleasures of the gaming 
The number of children of school age, in may be required to tell their uses, actions, or winds and waves, are pointed at, and justly, as and the boat and man taken together are to all tabIe ’ the midai g ht revel, and scenes where 
the city iu December last, was 15,713 ; being without pronouncing the name.— among the triumphs of modern civilization— intents and purposes an automaton monbinn vir tue veils her face ? When our children cry 
an increase over the previous year of 927. l hl3 last exercise introduces variety, and is a And yet it cannot be denied, that the simple It is propelled by a two bladed mr ™ •’ for bread, and sicken, and die, for want of 
Y 6 ;4 h ir ber f'°vv;f oDL r a " d 
7,694 on the west side of the nyer. Of these times call upon one of your scholars to con- unfrec l ueu (> t b met and provided for, by an m- buoy blown up with air, completes the enuin- treacherous ’ and everywhere we turn our 
chi.dren of school age, it appears that 7,885 duct them. A pupil may sometimes do this to & enmt y of contrivance aiid a manual dexterity ments. Thus prepared the Esquimaux will anxious eye3 we find Despair has marked us 
are registered as attending the public schools, better advantage than you can, simply for va, not surpassed even by the most cultivated and fearlessly encounter the rouirhoYt sp* nh™ for a victim ? Yes, even amid all this, cast 
and 2164 are set down as attending private ™f. 8 a sake ’ f 3 “ a oh repetition and variety refined people. throughthe angriest surf^ and bra^the W thine eyes upward; thou hast hoped too 
and select schools, leaving unaccounted for, ig the principle whYhYYYntYnd fof, nYt this th^most 3 ' 111 ^^!^ eXampIe \ i3 a . sa 7 a ^ e of rors of an ocean storm. He is in no fear of much of Earth ! P lace th 7 trust in Heaven, 
n pr uma y es itute of instruction, 5,694; peculiar application of it. ‘ ancou md, rude and primitive in a capsize, as his craft is a perfect life boat and then shalt thou find that, though the blissful 
or more than thirty-six per cent, of all the Most adults, and all children, are fond of a hls ha bits, and living in a way that would, cannot fill unless by some casualty the cover dreara of life 13 fled > tbou wilt then have the 
children of the city. something new. A teacher is sometimes de- a P eo P le of any cultivation and refinement, i Dg becomes perforated so as to allow the on-’ sunshine of a blissful morn in another world. 
I here are seventeen library districts and ceived into an over estimate of new plans, by be intolerable. Rut he must be fed, and cloth- closed air to escape. He will roll over half a Though disappointment cloud thy pathway 
one colored school c nl p,o 7 i„g in the W e- SThSKCS .cast partial., protect from the dozen times in £ cYfl, lid coleT p "ht -member w£l the Lord lovethA'chaS 
gate ninety-one teachers. on l y and their 8u ffi c i e nt recommendation. . ng ° r8 of those frigld winters, which side up at last. Light as a cork, the Kavack eth ’ and lf th ^ Iittle ones leave tb ee, forget 
- But if we can not make repetition interesting continue tor 80 many months of the entire goes dancing over the roughest sea and pn not tba t in the bright world to which they are 
TYP'D* D’TTirnYTP nr unnrrn -r-.Tr-.mr.—_ l-__lz_ 1 _• r ..... . rnoi. Tkn on..-, J. 1. r 1 r, 0 o nuu CU- ...... J 
purposes, in- “[cd totelUhe wioa^uS,' actons, ““qnnt ’T'*** ,*T ** the squ«ie 
ry Sept. 1st, itie g 0 f various animals or substances, while ? g .. ° d ’ ma J e3 I lc 8 ^amship, hurry- in the lower part of his body, is entirely deck- 
ai_1_• a_ -1 .1 . ’ . lmr lt.S wav no-mrvsf. all r>rvr.r.c-lr,rr __, 1 • . J 
7,694 on the west side of the river. Of these times call upon one of your scholars to con- f / r t} “ e . fc and pr ® vided for ’ b ^ an m ' buoy blown up with air, completes the enuin- treacberous ’ and ever 
chi.dren of school age.it appears that 7,885 duct them. A pupil may sometimes do this to £ enmt y °f contrivance and a manual dexterity ments. Thus prepared the Esquimaux 'll anx i° us e y es we ikd J 
are registered as attending the public schools, better advantage than you can, simply for var nat surpassed even by the most cultivated and fearlessly encounter the M , W for a victim ? Yes, ev 
nnrl 01 n.n ertf .lnn-n r... __ * . rietv’s Sake. As Tniich reDPtltinn anrl uorinfTT rpfinivt nnnnln .... o ^ a , plunge . . 
gate ninety-one teachers. 
[1 greatly facilitate the business of the Denarf rememoerea mat tnere are two extremes to food and clothimr Ul3a uveu mres . A _ r" '7 
Is mentsand the nrnmnt ! • be avoided. There is some danger of nourish- I00 ^ ana bottling. in the Arctic regions, that two Kayacks board- thme °wn best good ; and if thy friends prove 
^ of answers tnU« . i ra mmnssion ing au uwholesome thirst for perpetual shift- ., instruments must be provided by which ed the vessels of the expedition twenty miles false, be thankful for anything that shall show 
| respondents : i ug and changing.—D. in New York Teacher. ie8e creatares ca n be captured, or the poor out to sea. In this boat the Esquimaux hunts them their h yP ocris y- Yes, again I say, with 
i written it? ' h & sh0nld he --- !?. dian WOuld starve in the midst of plenty.— the seal, steals upon him noiselessly as he an invincible Faith “ Rejoice evermore .” 
I „ b ^s, r is n °\ t ?^ Au,ea - Y " Ap -Ai._- 
I fcieLXi sMirATe » z:izr Ua r l \ from , the ’ He afpeamce ^i5 b apo3 ™- 
s bchool I istrict, together with the name of the my own early training. In my own early . ^h 001111 er I^ 1-1 ,aud ' ,vpa tbe pnze even of wounded a,nimal dragging after him the coil of From St. Paul’s expression “before all” 
I and thTcounty in Ywc^the ktte UteS Y P S r . e ? ollection of these schools, there exists to a Single meal from the boiling waters or the line which pays out as he descends, until at (Galatians, ii. 14,) it is evident that his rebuke 
I The wri^er shLTd in all nli 1 3ltuated - tbl3 moment, a fresh feeling of the sobriety of Appling ice berg. The inventive genius of the last the buoy goes floating and bobbin- over of Peter took Pl ace on some public occasion. 
C frXent?hemnv l cases, no matter how the teachers, the good order of the school, the savage has not been unequal to the task, and the surface This stavs the fnnw in g a The scene, though slightly mentioned is 
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Aurelius, N. Y., April, 1S55. At 
APPEARANCE OF THE APOSTLES. 
5 o w, aaure f eu - were enjoined and enforced. 
C Vll p neve ^ reference may be necessary to In my opinion, the instruction communica- 
£ any previous letter to the Department, its ted in the free schools of New England, has a 
s. number should he given. Every letter received direct effect for good on the morals of youths. 
€ 1S n N mb , er .®d’ and , tb f same number is affixed It represses vicious inclinations; it inspires 
£ on the letter-book to a copy thereto and is love of character; and it awakens honorable 
I marked « n the a ° sw f. r 1 . aspirations. In short, I have no conception 
} d. Fveay application for the exercise of any of any manner in which the popular republi- 
^ egaJ power of the. Department, as for special can institutions under which we live could 
> permission to be included in the apportion- possibly be preserved, if early education were 
I ! nent of P ubl ‘ c ™°P e y> &c., must be supported not freely furnished to all, by public law, in 
i by an affidavit stating the facts on which it is such forms that all shall gladly avail them- 
y based. . When any person is interested in op- selves of it.” 
C posing it, the application must be accompanied- -_ 
\ S P Y 0f -° f r vice ° f a cop y thereof on Teachers in Canada.—At the close of the 
\ Buca P^ y> 111 the same manner as required winter session of the Normal School, not only 
~ upon appeals. were there applications, with the offer of a 
S _..A Y ( p e f,. tb F eavel ope simply, “ Depart- liberal salary, for every teacher, male and fe- 
. ment of I ublic Instruction, Albany, N. Y.” male, that was entitled to a certificate, but 
the Kayack, a beautiful example of his abilitv soon comnch him ^ T and the mmd naturaII y labor8 to picture 
to triumnh over ? 7 1 U ^ Y nSe °. the Surface for ^lf the appearance of the two men. It 
XLU prom oi service ot a copy thereof on Teachers in Canada.-At the close of the 
suen par y, in the same manner as required winter session of the Normal School, not only 
upon A P i P i e „ ' n . . , were there applications, with the offer of a 
eave ° pe S1 F!P “ De Part- liberal salary, for every teacher, male and fe- 
ent of I ublic Instruction, Albany, N. Y.” male, that was entitled to a certificate, but 
~ ~- there was a considerable number of applica- 
THE NECESSITY OF VENTILATION. t i ons 'y bicb coul d uot be supplied. The sala- 
-- " ‘ ries ofiered to teachers were very much higher 
The subject of ventilation has, of late years tban . we . ever offer ed before. A number of 
been impressed very frequently on the public] applications, both for male and female teach- 
and is attracting the attention it deserves! er ?’ ^ring very high salaries, have been re- 
Every person knows how disagreeable is the at the Education Office since the close 
atmosphere of crowded rooms, and yet few ! be w i nter session. In all cases the appli- 
can tell precisely why it is so. A recent lec- ca, G° n s were for teachers who had been trained 
ture of Dr. Smith, at the New York Hospital ia tbe Norma l School. Nothing can show 
supplies certain facts and figures bearing upon mor ? stron g'y tbe bigb value placed on the 
this matter, which explains very significantly ^v* 063 of this class of teachers, and the great 
the reasons in detail for the unpleasantness of eDC o ara gement that teachers and young per-, 
crowded, confined rooms. We give the fol- sons inten d iD g to be teachers have to avail 
to triumnh over ob>tarlpq I , ,, * -: ^ ^ useii me appearance oi me two men. It is, 
T i ir , . . I breath, when a second attack from the enemy therefore, at least allowable to mention here 
e ayac.v is a species ol boat constructed completes his capture and destruction. that general notions of forms and features of 
the two apostles which has been handed down 
in tradition, and was represented by the early 
- x'' ... artists. St. Paul is set before us as having 
: the strongly marked and prominent features of 
the Jew, yet not without some of the finer 
. - _ lines indicative of Greek thought. His stature 
was diminutive, and his body disfigured by 
\ v some lameness or distortion, which may hare 
„ ‘ _ provoked the coDtemptuous expression of ^8 
and winning expression of countenance, which 
—sion, showed that he suffered much from bod- 
larger and stronger form, as his character was 
manner of striking the seal. harsher and more abrupt. The quick impulses 
• _ ’ of his soul revealed themselves in the flashes 
I he second cut. represents the Esquimaux; self at the orifice. This is somewhat similar of a dark e ? e ' The com ptexion of his face 
MANNER OF STRIKING THE SEAL. 
lowing extract, as fully explaining the subject; themselveslof the advantageslof the Normal watching a breathing hole in the ice, and hold to one of the illustrations] 5 & ^ was fud and sall °w ; and the short hair, 
it has 7 an ela.b°r at e and carefu! investigation, School .—Canada Jour, oj Education. ing in his hand the coil of rope and javelin r urai but it nre-ents tu “J which is described as entirely gray at the 
it has i been determined that the daily dis- -—- preoared to strike a =eal as iJ ..resents bim ? ^ 1 P resents that method of seal time of his death, curled black and thick round 
oh fir ora nf maHor frAm i- . i . n- n- y-* . prepareu io strike a ^eai as ne pre&ents him- hunting in a somewhat different phase. - 1 - j *-•- i ^ . 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMA’HCAL PROBLEM. 
“ By an elaborate and careful investigation] School .—Canada Jour, of Education. ing i n his hand the coil of rope alid javelin 
it has i been determined that the dailv dis. -° , . . .. , J 
arge °i mat . ter f !: om tbe lun g 8 a «d skin is Canada School Books.—D uring the last prepared to stnk e a £eal 213 be P re3eut3 b *m 
greater than that from the bowels and blad- summer, the Secretary of the Board of Edu- 
er. Ihe average amount exhaled from the cation for the State of Massachusetts,made a 
ungs and skin of a healthy adult of ordinary visit to Toronto, with a view of examining IT RttllT S U i ITYTT PY 
size, in 24 hours, is about 40 oz., and of this personally the operations of the Normal and ♦ 
i ua ?._ y T b ? at 10 P wt - consists of animal Model Schools, the Educational Department, .. ....... 
matter. It the number of patients in this and the working of our school system. He _ . _ TY ~ 
building be LOO, then the total amount of purchased maps, charts, school books, &c., to m atttp \t a 'ftp a t Td nvr v m 
pulmonary and cutaneous exhalations will be tke value of nearly $200, for the office of the MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
in on e day 666 lbs. 8 oz.; in one month, 30 Board of Education in Boston. Since then m , , , 7 * 
oar’,o 2 ?’.°u 00 lb3 -' and in oue year,or 365 days, he has sent three orders for supplies of the 0 J nE area of a slate mside the frame > is 95 - 
243,334 lbs. 4 oz. ; and the amount of animal “ Epitome of Geographical Knowledge, com- “ 9o ° mcbe8 > the difference between the length 
or organic matter in these exhalations, will be piled for the Commissioners of Education in and breadth is 3.11 inches, and the area, in- 
iii one day, 8 lbs. 4 oz.; in one month, 250 Ireland,” for the State Normal Schools in clu ding the frame, is 127.2002 inches. What 
lbs., and in one year 8,040 lbs. 8 oz. The Massachusetts—that book being preferred to “ the width of the frame ? 
amount of effete emitted from the lungs and any of the kind published in the United States. Answer next week. 
skm ot the 500 patients in this Hospital, —Canada Jour, of Education. ' -_. , , __ 
W p° U • e / n °! 1C ^ ar lbs. 4 oz., and —-— .... - - ANSWER 5 ? TO fHARiTn?*? PMTP\fAq t 
of animal matter 7,604 lbs. 2 oz. Such esti- ir . AflbWJSttb ID IHARADES. ENIGMAS, 4c. 
mates enable us to judge of the degree of iia- n 1<J ??v. ATK l" E ,^ V , h ° lr Ma^—E verybody - 
bility to disease, originating in ill-ventilated S‘? uM Tf ha !? h ’ S head ’ heart aud hand educa ' Answ er to Charade in No. 280 : 
Answer next week. 
ouity to disease, originating in ill-ventilated rj „ “"“'“r’. a u euuca ' 
or over-crowded human habitations ” , p d ‘ tbe P ro P er Vacation of his heart, 
_ % t t be will be taught to hate what is evil, foolish 
The Favor and wrong. And by proper education of the 
AValter b Day. Sir hand, he will be enabled to supply his wants 
Wh^IkS Vformt tS h 1?. 1 wr “ ra ’- «» to his comfort, ami List Zso 
v nen l nad in former times to fill up a pas- around him. The highest obiect is of P-reat 
opened my ev^t’hat The fir8t '-lue-^very thing is co^ 
Tuponm y e^ ’ll *W T° rthless Whei1 wi3d( » u reigns in 
on if and ^avinJ b t f t® 1lyiDg up ' the head ’ and lovQ ia heart, the man is 
loss “ Never mind we shall h 1CU -f ^ h ever read y to ‘I 0 g° 0( I J order and peace reign 
o^ock to mor^^m W o e rntg!” ha7 ° ^ &U ^ 7 ?w ^ ^ ^ ™ ^ 
unknown. 
ANSWERS TO CHARADES. ENIGMAS, Ac. 
Answer to Charade iu No. 280 : 
The letter I if you pursue, 
You’ll thank your stars it is not U ; 
Twas not in Eve, but in her guilt, 
In Cain—not him whose blood he spilt; 
’Tis not in heaven or in earth, 
In sin coeval with its birth ; 
’Tis not in man nor angel found, 
Alas ! elsewhere it should abound. 
In man’s long life, perplexed with evil, 
In maid, wife, widow, and in devil, 
I understand your riddle, sir, 
But to its sense I must demur ; 
Maid, wife, and widow are terms all 
Coin’d for man’s use conventional. 
If man and angel you exempt, 
Put not on woman your contempt, 
I or that same letter you bring in 
To be the magic sign of sin, 
And which you say is found in no man, 
Is absent equally in woman. 
But, sir, suppose your charge was true, 
The evil rather rests with you ; 
Your argument is but a fib, 
Although in language very glib ; 
For woman was but Adam’s rib, 
And you admit if, by your leave, 
No sign of it was found in Eve ; 
The evil was in man unwedded, 
Transferred to her but when she wedded. 
Answer to Algebraical Problem in No. 280 : 
2,445 -j- inches. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma in No. 280: 
Edward Rutledge. 
Somebody says that hair is an excellent ma- 
his temples aDd his chin, when the two apostles 
stood together at Antioch, twenty years be¬ 
fore their martyrdom. Believing as we do, 
that these traditionary pictures have some 
foundation in truth, we gladly take them as 
helps to the imagination. And they certainly 
must assist us in realizing a remarkable scene, 
where Judaism and Christianity, in the per¬ 
sons of two apostles, are for a moment brought 
before us in strong antagonism. 
Sunday Reflections. — Henry Ward 
Beecher, in reply to a rebuke of secularity 
and levity in the pulpit, hits right and left in 
this style :—“ A sermon that is dry, cold, 
dull, soporific, is a pulpit monster, and is just 
as great a violation of the sanctity of the 
pulpit, as the other absurd extreme of profane 
levity. Men may hide or forsake God’s living 
truth by the way of stupid dullness, just as 
much as by pert imagination. A solemn 
nothing i3 just as wicked as a witty nothing. 
Whoever hides the truth by embellishment of 
words ; by a vain exhibition of wit or fancy ; 
by opaque learning ; by the impenetrable 
thickness of nice distinctions ; by stupidity 
and lifelessness ; by insane solemnity and 
sanctimonious conventionalism, is a desecra- 
nure. Perhaps this explains its application tor of the pulpit and a breaker of the Sabbath 
ot late, in the shape of moustaches, to “ cab- day.” 
bage heads” and “ turnip tops.” It is to be --- 
hoped that a plentiful crop of brains will be A duty discharged still seems a debt, for no 
the result. Buff. Rep. one can satisfy himself. 
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