waters, as to tulle to those who are not prepared 
to hear. 
Talk by the quiet force of example, if you 
expect to be heard. — J. W* B., in New York 
Teacher. 
Written for Moore’s Rfiral New-Yorker. 
TRYING THE/TEACHER. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
CHEMISTRY. 
WHEN EDUCATION COMMENCES, 
It was a few days past thV coramencement’of 
a country village school. The. exercises were 
over for the first half of the 'Uy, and the pupils 
were excused. The boys burned out; some of 
them to play, but several ranVo the post-office. 
A company had gathered therj after the arrival 
of the Southern mail, and wei-e, when the boys 
entered, engaged in discussing the rumored re¬ 
moval of General Mea.dk ^rom his position in 
the “ army of the Potomac.” 
Presently one of the boys shouted, “Hurrah, 
boys! here is Jerry!” 
In a eorner, seated behind some of the men 
who were talking so busily over the war news, 
was Jerry. Jkrry was one of the district 
boys. 
“I say Jerry,", spake Johnny, another 
school-boy, “are you going to school tbi3 win¬ 
ter?” 
“ Well, I have thought some of going next 
week,” replied Jerry. “ But how does school 
go?” 
“Oh, yes! tell us about the school,” chimed 
in several voices. And all were listening eager¬ 
ly in a moment to hear what the boys had to 
say. 
“I think,” said Clinton, “if yon wish to 
know how our school is getting on, you should 
go to the school-room and see for yourselves.” 
“ I’ll try him, if I go next week, and see bow 
sharp he is for rogues,” said J erry, from the 
corner. 
“I’ll tell you what is truth, young vellow,” 
said one of the men, “ you are only disgracing 
yourself by such language. What do you think 
the school-room is for? The few dollars a 
month which the teacher receives is but little 
when compared with the good that he can do, if 
he is faithful. What he is teaching will be of 
use to you every day of your life. Shame! Will 
you be so ungrateftd and mean-spirited as to try 
the teacher’s patience while he is working for 
you? You should conclude to go to school next 
week and win the teacher’s love by doing the 
very best you can.” 
“I think just so,” added Edward. ‘‘You 
talk, Jerry, as though it were something to 
your credit to evade the needful regulations of 
school, if you cun get a chance. You will, how- 
“ Childhood shows the man. 
As morning shows the day." 
From the moment an infant, turns his eye to 
follow the eamlle as the light from it crones the 
line of his vision, his education has commenced; 
he has become conscious that there is something 
in life which he does not comprehend. The 
impression of the object seen will linger in the 
consciousness of the child, until it learns that 
the name of the strange thing is light. Should 
the child, in process of time, ascertain the ori¬ 
gin ami properties of light, he will have passed 
through those menial processes by which knowl 
edge is acquired. To familiarize the child with 
these processes, or to enable him to receive cor¬ 
rect impressions of material objects, and to 
acquire their names and their natures, uses and 
relations, and finally, to arrange, describe and 
reason from the facts thus obtained, is the pro¬ 
vince of an educator. Such training and in¬ 
struction as this the child rarely receives ai 
home, and thereforb he is sent to school at an 
early age, that he may laboriously extract from 
books that knowledge of the material world 
which he could acquire with almost uncon¬ 
scious effort, were he taught by the voice of an 
instructor and in the presence of nature and her 
myriad shapes. 
LOUD TALKING. 
mjwn 1 
peace and quietude. In the family, toud and 
boisterous talk is a most certain indication of ill- 
breeding'. When the mother talks to her chil¬ 
dren as if they were all deaf, you may be certain 
Bhe has not the proper control of them. Chil¬ 
dren should everywhere be taught that, talking 
demands a hearing. Talking “ for fun.” on ordi¬ 
nary occasion'', is poor business. Of course we 
refer to talking in contradistinction to those 
seasons of mirth and pastime, not nt all ineon- 
eistent with the real philosophy of living. But 
in no place is loud talk more intolerable than in 
the school-room. A well-regulated school is uot 
Caxtostaha. A sr-nr* of Essays on Life, Literature 
and Manners. By Sir E Bulwkr LyttoN. New 
Yoik Harper & Brothers. 
Tub intelligent, thoughtful reader will enjoy these 
esenys. They are philosophical, and yet not too didac¬ 
tic in style. The reader la put In the. position of listen 
er to sundry conversations on and discussions of life, 
literature nnd manners; and I 
was born in I. transferred to the Army of the Ohio. He par 
tidpetted in the battles on Stone River, and dis¬ 
tinguished himself there,— is mentioned in 
Kosecraxs' report as “true and prudent, dis¬ 
tinguished in council and for his courage.” 
Later, our readers are familiar with the famo he 
won at Chickamaugi—how he saved the Army 
of the Cumberland. Such is a brief compend of 
ids military life. Of his personnel we let an 
army correspondent speak: 
Major-General Thomas is an impressive man, 
his deportment is us quiet amj simple as that of 
a poet’s farmer. He looks heavy. It takes an 
occasion to move him. I should say, hut when 
Maj.-Gen. Geo. PL Thomas 
Southampton Co., Va., July 31, 131b. His 
father, John Thomas, was of English, and his 
mother, Elizabeth Rochelle, of Huguenot 
descent—both of respectable and wealthy lami- 
Uh*. He received a fair education, became 
Deputy Clerk of the County, and finally com¬ 
menced to study law. — - 
appointment aa 
M ilitary Academy at West Point, 
of conrae, at liberty to 
adopt or reject the philosophy of the Baronet and his 
distinguished and cultivated conversational Mends 
An wsiiy on Motive Power, which wo happened W look 
at first, afforded us an bonr of pleasant reading, nnd 
suggested much more than we raid. We think onv 
readers will thank us for commending this work to 
them. For sale hy Ntkklb & Avery. Price $1.50. 
In 1838 he received an 
Cadet, and entered the U. & 
~ t. He graduated 
with a "class of 45 in June, 1840, and on the 1st 
of July, 1840, was commissioned Second Lieu¬ 
tenant in the 3d Artillery. In November or the 
same year he joined Ills regiment in Florida, IS 
months previous to the termination of the first 
Florida war. November 6th, 1841, he was bre- 
vetted First Lieutenant “ for gallant Conduct in 
the war against the Florida Indians.” From 
Florida, early in January, 18-12, he was ordered 
io New Orleans Barracks; in June, of the same 
> ear, to Fort Moultrie, In Charleston harbor, 
lie remained there till December, 1843, when he 
was ordered to Fort McHenry, Maryland. May 
, nth, 1H43, ho was promote*l First Lieutenant of 
artillery, and i.a the spring of 1844 joiner! com¬ 
pany E, 3d Artillery, at Fort Moultrie. In 
.July, 1845, he was ordered with his company to 
report to Gen. Zachauy Taylor in Texas, 
lie arrived at Corpus ChrUti the same month 
in company with the 3d and 4th regiments ot 
infantry, they being the first U. S. troops that 
occupied the soil of Texas. They marched from 
Or. Etiquette awl Elo 
Tns Perfect Gkntlf.m an , 
qui'DCH A book of Information and In-tnoilon Tor 
tnose who ili-sire In become brilliant, or conspicuous 
in Society. Ac- By a GmUemuiL New York: Dick 
& Fitzgerald. 
This book, by its title page, professes to contain 
speeches for all occasions, with directions how to deliv¬ 
er them, and toasts and sentiments for everybody, and 
their proper mode of Introduction. We should like tu 
look into the man's face who will deliberately put chase 
this book for the purpose of preparing himself with n 
speech, or committing to memory a sentiment to be 
used at a public, dinner. Wo should call him Mr. 
Simpleton, a man who got out of bis short cLut.«« too 
soon And suppose Mr Simi-leton should meet at the 
public dinner bia very near relative, Ignoramus Vain 
K sq., and both belug exported to propose a toast, and 
deliver a speech, ahotild have happened to prepare 
themselves with the same speech and committed the 
same sentiment—a thiDg not unlikely to occur, since 
n gteaL minds run in the same channel ’’—would It nut 
be awkward! Wc cannot conceive what auch a woik 
is prepared for, unless it be to supply a demand exist¬ 
ing among that caste known as SkndJyitfi —a class of 
persons who have grown rich, mid llud riches ap appeal- 
cliige they do not. know how to wear. And this book ta 
to aid them! Wo should like to look In upon a dinner 
whereat Shoddy should be In the foreground trying to 
remember a sentiment; guests expectant; bumpers 
ready; and soo Shoddy fall for want of n prompter. 
There 1 b no doubt at all but Shoddy will pay a lar. pre¬ 
mium for this book aa Boon aa ho bears of It And it 
will do him good, for there are some sensible sugges¬ 
tions in it. For sale by R- E- Clarke, at the Waveily 
Book Store. 
GIVE THE BOYS TOOLS. 
portment, that demands attention. After con¬ 
siderable ringing and loud talking, the scholars 
are in their places, when the teacher commences 
reading in a loud voice, his morning lesson. Ho 
reads loud that they may all hear. But the fact 
is, the quiet and attentive portion of the school 
is nearly “crazed,” while those whoso ears have 
never been educated, understand as little of 
■what is said, as they do of the language of the 
wind. 
Mr. Jones calls his classes in a loud voice; in¬ 
deed, he must make some effort to be hoard amid 
the din, which is ever heard In this kind of a 
school-room. He asks his questions in a voice 
which would disturb pupils intent upon getting 
their lessons. He reproves a wayward scholar, 
so that the whole school may hear the reproof. 
He talks incessantly, and in a tone which can be 
heard by a thousand people. Ho never has real 
quiet or order iu his school; and the important 
reason is, he does not preach by the power of ex¬ 
ample. You may talk ®/cr so long and loud 
upon the importance ot quiet and order in tho 
school-room, but a little wholesome example will 
prove many times* more efficacious. Mr. Jones 
just keep quiet yourself; show by consistent 
example what you would like to see in your 
pupils, and you will he delighted with the 
speedily improved appearance and conduct of 
your school. 
Over the way is a 6chool-room regulated by 
entirely a different system. In Mr. Jones’ 
school, strangers wonder why he talks so loud, 
in the other, the wonder in that pupils seem to 
hear what strangers can not. distinguish. Every 
movement is quiet and orderly; and the pupils 
who attend this school, seem to need very little 
correction or reproof. Tasks are douo more 
cheerfully and more promptly. No particular 
amount of talk is necessary to preserve quiet and 
order. One thing be very careful to Impress 
upon the minds of your pupils:- That when 
you do talk, you do so to be heard. This lesson 
well taught will save you mueh trouble in the 
future. Let It be a daily lesson until it is thor¬ 
oughly learned. The teacher who teaches by 
the silent power of example, will be most care¬ 
fully watched by his pupils, while the inveterate 
talker will be as the “idle wind,” which few 
regard with much interest. Take pal us to edu¬ 
cate the ears of your children. Hearing is a 
most important avenue to the human soul. But 
how often it seems overgrown with briars and 
thorns. While your talk should be discreet 
and timely, the ears of your pupils should be 
ready to listen. Toll may as well talk by the 
sea shore, to the mighty dashing of the wild 
We have so frequently spoken of the import¬ 
ance of a good 881 of tools on every farm, that 
we fear our readers will think the subject a fa¬ 
vorite one with us. So it is, and at the risk of 
trespassing upon the reader’s patience, wc again 
present it. There is. in man, what may be 
termed, a " making instinct,” and our houses, 
garments, ships, machinery , and in fact, every- 
thiug we use, are the practical results of this 
instinct. How important then that this faculty 
be cultivated, and that the idea be at once and 
forever abandoned that none hut mechanics 
require this great element of usefulness and 
happiness. Whatever a man’s occupation, 
whether he be a farmer, a merchant, an artist or 
a mechanic, there are hourly occasions for its 
thus general in its 
Autobiography, Corrksi-ondsncb, &c., of Lyman 
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New York; llarpcr ,t Broth era. 
All who arc inleriwtcd in the Beecher fanvly will 
be interested in this work. A part of It was written by 
the venerable Dr. Batccincit; but another portion of it 
is a report of conversations on the subject of his early 
life, between himself und his children—conversations 
intended to elicit all Die facts of interest within his 
memory It Is Interesting as revealing the mental con 
flicte of the early New Englanders In religions mat tore, 
and so vividly are these struggles disclosed to tho read¬ 
er that they give pain rather than pleasure. But the 
book will furnish Instructive loosens and much lhat 
will enlighten tho public concerning the wonderful 
mental vigor of this notable family. For sole by 
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practical application. Being 
usefulness, the cultivation of this constructive 
faculty should be a primary consideration with 
parents, but more particularly with farmers, 
who have sons whom they design to be their 
successors upon the farm. 
Skill in the use of tools is of incalculable ad¬ 
vantage to him who tills the soil. It enables 
him to do many things which others cannot well 
do for him. and do them better and cheaper. It 
gives useful employment to many an otherwise 
idle hour. It prompts him to add a thousand 
little conveniences to the house and farm which 
but for this skill would never be made. In a 
woni. it is the carrying out, in a fuller sense, of 
tho design of the Creator, when he implanted 
this faculty of constructivenesa within him. Let 
it then be cultivated in children. Indulge the 
propensity to make water-wheels and miulature 
wagons, kites and toy boats, sleds and houses, 
anything in fact which will serve to develop it 
and render It practically useful. Give the boys 
good pocket knives, and, what is better, give 
them a good workshop. Employed in it, they 
is rather astonishing than otherwise. Alto¬ 
gether, the lads describe him best when they 
tell you about “Tap” ThomaA His escort 
occasionally get a little impatient at his deliber¬ 
ate way of riding, and press too hard upon him. 
He is accustomed to remind them of their indis¬ 
cretion by giving the command, “slow trot!” 
so the boys got to naming him old “ Slow’Trot” 
General Uohkcrana entertained such an exalted 
esteem for him at the Military Academy that 
he was accustomed to call him " General Wash¬ 
ington.” His regard for him has not dimin¬ 
ished. He is a native of Virginia; is aged about 
forty-five, and good, one would think, for a very 
long life. 
A Popular IIano Book of thk New Testament. 
By GbokuB Gumming McWhorter. New York 
Harper & Brothers. 
Tuts Is a wet) written work, designed more especial 
ly as au aid to the Sabbath School teacher who has no 
access to the authorities from which It is compiled, or 
if ho has such access has no time for research. It is 
also a book which will interest the general reader by 
the segments of tho history of the early Christians, 
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A Parasitic Pestilence. — Van Rudolf Leu- 
chart states that one-sixth of the anuual deaths 
among the people of Iceland is solely owing to a 
little entozoon living iu the dog, from which the 
larva is generated, which, if kept in au Imper¬ 
fectly developed condition, grows to an im¬ 
mense size. These larva infest both men and 
cattle. 
Typhoid Fever.— Prof. Sigbi, in a memoir to 
the Freuch Academy, states that the Infusoria, 
baeteriums, were found in the blood of a man 
who died of this disease at the hospital of 
Sienna. 
Electricity in Asthma— M. Poggioli reports 
to the French Academy that the true asthma, a 
nervous disorder of the respiratory organs, has 
beeu successfully treated by electricity. 
In this connection we may say that a corres¬ 
pondent from Newark, N. Y., asks if any 
persou who reads the Rural knows a cure for 
this distressing complaint. 
BLAFKwoon’s Magazine. —This periodical entered 
upon a new volume with the year. Although it ie in 
tensely Tory, and as such deapises everything Ameri¬ 
can, we ate always much gratified tu It* perusal, for 
we like a hourly hater, nnd must therefor#tender Slock 
wood or.r regards. U is a reflux of the opinions and 
culture, of n certain portion of the English people (tho 
minority, however,) and is valuable to those who seek 
to understand thoroughly the mature and scholarly 
pluses of British literature. The publishers of “ Magi’’ 
also tssue the English Review*, amt the American re¬ 
prints cif these leading British aerials are In good style, 
and furnished at reasonable rate*. Though they may 
bo deemed by somo a sort of literary bitters, they can¬ 
not but prove acceptable to such American readers as 
desire a full view of English life politically and socially. 
Leonard Soott & Co., New Y'ork, publishers. 
thither. April 26th he was promoted Lieuteo- 
i ante Colonel; and to a Colonelcy May 3d, 18«3l. 
Ho has served during the present war under 
Major-Gens. Patterson and Banks; later 
under Brig.-Gen. Robert Anderson, in Ken¬ 
tucky. He defeated ZOLHOOKKt:* tu the battle 
of Wildcat. Meantime ho hud been made a 
Brigadier-General of Volunteers. He was ac¬ 
tively engaged in Tennessee and Kentucky 
during 1801. April 25th, 1SU2, he was made 
Major-General of Volunteers, and on the first of 
May his division was transferred to the Army of 
I the Tennessee. On tho 10th of Juno ho was 
If there be great wrongs, we cannot distrust 
tho Maker, and postpone the security of the 
soul. Impatieooe ia a wrong as great as any. 
Love and trust are remedies for wrong. 
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Incredulity is but credulity seen from 
behind, bowing and nodding its head to the 
habitual and the fashionable. 
