SCHOOL MATTERS OP NEW YORK, 
On the 31st ult., H. H. Van Dyck, Superintendent 
of Public Instruction for the State of New York, 
submitted to the Legislature the following tables and 
abstracts, exhibiting the operations of the Common 
School system of the State for the year ending Sep¬ 
tember 30th, I860. Many portions of this Report, 
contain facts and figures of general interest, and wo 
make snch condensation as our space will permit: 
Senooi. Districts.—'T he whole number of reported 
school districts in the State, exclusive of cities, is 
11 , 382 ; being an increase of 24 during the past year. 
the districts five times the number of volumes now 
received, and that of a valuable standard character. 
The subjects here laid before Rubai, teachers and 
readers are worthy of much consideration. Me shall 
resume the publication in our next Educational 
department. 
RUIUI, 
15UILDlN(rS-No 
“YOU ARE A STUPID BLOCKHEAD!" 
Ark you sure of that? Is it not just possible that 
the boy’s teacher is the stupid one? Are you quite 
certain that yoHr questions, or your explanations, 
are expressed in intelligible language? Don't you 
talk so rapidly that none but the brightest scholars 
can follow you? Docs not your severity of manner 
frighten the poor fellow so that he cannot tell what 
ho knows perfectly? Are you not in your anxiety 
The average number of persons between the ages of t0 make him recite promptly and brilliantly, embar- 
4 and 21 years, in each district, is80 1 -G. Thcaverage rass jng him so that he cannot recite at all? Have 
number attending school in each district is 53. In y 0 u ever done, anything to give that hoy self-confi- 
this calculation, the schools of the various villages denue? Have you ever heartily encouraged him, 
are included, and hence it is obvious that, in the sympathized with him, made him feel that you are 
strictly rural districts, the average attendance of pupils j ,; 8 friend? Have you ever earnestly tried to find the 
is much less than the number above given. avenue to his heart and his head? Say to yourself 
SCHOOL Houses. —The number of school houses in thoughtfully, “ After all, am not 1 the stupid one?" 
the State is reported at 11,650; of which 11,379 are 
in the rural districts. This shows an incroaso over 
the number reported in 1859 of 74. It is also a credit¬ 
able fact that, in addition to the increase to the aggre¬ 
gate number of school houses, many of the old 
structures have been superseded by new and more 
commodious buildings. How many have been thus 
erected within the past year, the returns do not 
indicate; but as a new school house is scarce ever 
built without a quarrel in the district, calling for the 
intervention of this department in some shape, there 
is indirect proof afforded that no inconsiderable 
number of districts are in the enjoyment of accom¬ 
modations superior to those formerly possessed. 
The character of these structures is indicated as 
follows: 
Hut grant that the boy is naturally a “ stupid 
blockhead.” Is it his fault? Had he the making of 
his own brains? And is it, not misfortune enough to 
have been born a blockhead without your repeatedly 
reminding him of the disagreeable fart? Will your 
Statement make him any brighter, or yourself the 
more amiable? Put yourself down in that boy’s 
place. How much better would you feel, how much 
more clearly would you think, bow much more 
cheerfully would you study, If your teacher were to 
make u publie, announcement of your stupidity? 
Would you not be either utterly discouraged, or 
righteously indignant? What right, then, have you 
iers dim j N our we stated that an 
>V e shall arbor must be simple and in keep- 
catioual j U g with the place and its objects; 
and that unless near the house, so . 
that both could be seen at the "^Silll 
•” same view, it should not bo of - Tg 
showy carpenters’ work. When *jLr r --: _ ._ T 
ible that ftn arbor or SU nimer house is near ij 
mi quite jjoobc, jt may be considered a -3 
nations, kind of an accompaniment, and 
m t you may partake of somewhat the same 
scholars slyle of architecture, though of 
manner conr « c the style must bo much - 
ell what modified to be in keeping with its 
anxiety ob j 0(jt 
aa a summer resort. When 
embar- t jie sumraor house is away from ■' 
Have the house, in a retired part of the 
•If-confi- garden, it belongs to the garden 
>d him, a i on( », and should be simple and 
you are rustic in its character. -U /A 
find the The builders of arbors make two oky S'ffi : 
yourself great mistakes. In the first place. 
one?” they are made too expensive and 
“ stupid too showy. These structures are , 
iking of tt ot for show, hut for rest and 
ough to comfort. There can be no objoe Mjj&ZM 
peatedly t ion to neatness or taste in their 
ill your construction, but a great outlay in 
•self the elaborate or fancy work shows 
it hoy’s exceeding bad taste, and is quite offensive. Most 
w much Qf jj,fi summer houses we see 1 are damp and 
h more gloomy, instead of being cheerful and pleasant, 
w ere to Many a time have we turned back when about to 
upidity? enter one of these places, as we'felt the chilly damp 
,ged, or air, to seek a more pleasant resting place under the 
ave you shade of some neighboring tree. These struc- 
mm 
to outrage that scholar’s feelings by your cutting torea should not be placed where the shade is so 
Log. 
Frame. 
Brick. 
Stone. 
Total. 
In thfc cities . 
as 
230 
3 
271 
In the rural districts- _ 
.263 
9.828 
732 
556 
11,379 
I 860 , total__ 
.. 263 
9,866 
96*2 
559 
11,65(1 
1859, tolal. . _ 
... 281 
9,801 
903 
591 
11,576 
The expenditures during the past year forsites, build¬ 
ing, hiring, purchasing, repairing, and insuring 
school houses, and for fences, out-honses, furniture, 
<te., amounted to $<342,290.(13. 
School Attendance. —The number of persons in 
the State, between the ages of 4 and 21 years, is 
reported as follows: 
Cities. 
Rur. Diat. 
Total. 
In 1860_ 
.403,488 
912,412 
1.315,900 
In 1859.. 
.378,054 
894.432 
1.272,486 
Increase. 
.. 25,434 
17,980 
43,414 
words? If his father were sitting in your school¬ 
room, think you that you would utter such harsh 
words? And have you the. thoughtlessness, or the 
meanness, to use language in the father’s absence 
which you would ho ashamed, and would not dare, to 
use in tils presence? Is it not your duty to remem¬ 
ber that that boy has sensibilities to be moved, feelings 
to be respected, as much as you have? And have not 
his parents a right to demand that you shall treat 
him with kindness and patience? Will you not do 
away, then, with all bitter words, assured that they 
do no good, but much harm? Massachusetts Teacher. 
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INDIFFERENCE AND CAPTIOUSNESS. 
WiTiiotiT the zealous co-operation of the comrau- 
dense as to cause dampness, nor should they be 
so constructed fts to exclude air ami sunshine. If 
so. they are the most gloomy places that can be 
imagined. 
It is well to have a summer-house in a situation 
somewhat retired, but it should be so placed, if possi¬ 
ble, as to command a good view of the surrounding 
JlfWtttifif, If. 
ALL ABOUT DOGS. 
New York City is the center of the canine trade 
for this continent, many persons being engaged ex¬ 
nity, our schools can never reach that high point of clusivcly in buying and selling, and breeding and 
The number of pupils attending the public schools 
in 1859 and 1860, is 
i stated thus: 
1859. 
1860. 
in the cities . ....... 
In the rural districts. 
. ..250,908 
... .600,625 
268,159 
099,229 
Total_ 
...851,533 
867,388 
excellence to which it was the design of their friends 
and founders to carry them. The pride and enthu¬ 
siasm of society should be fully awakened, and 
training dogs of all descriptions. The leading dog 
vendor in this city does a very extensive bossiness. 
At his store ho keeps a select assortment always on 
continually manifested in their favor. When this is hand for sale, and ill his country residence he gener- 
the case, a spirit of emulation is roused among ally lias seventy or eighty animals, besides, perhaps, 
Assuming the correctness of the enumeration anil 
report of attendance at school for the rural districts, 
it appears that, of the 912,412 persons of school age 
thus reported, 599,229 attended school during the 
last year, for a longer or shorter period. Private 
schools not being in anywise subject to the jurisdir 
tion of the school commissioners, the returns in 
respect to their number, and the pupils in attendance, 
1856. 
1857. 
1859. 
1860. 
10 months and 
over 
. 53.850 
54,434 
52,995 
64,302 
8 
do and 
less than 10, 
. 65,972 
53.716 
58,539 
60,202 
6 
do 
do 
8 
133,113 
117,507 
115,832 
117,022 
4 
do 
do 
6 
.182,654 
179 611 
178.1X19 
181,077 
2 
do 
do 
4 
205.971 
221.656 
239,708 
237,175 
Leu* 
; than 2 months _. 
..... 
191,175 
215,213 
206,390 
207,610 
Totals_ 
.832,735 
842.137 
851.533 
867,388 
teachers and scholars, and new life and energy per- thrice that number boarding out in the vicinity, 
vade and animate the whole system. Many of his dogs are of rare breed and beauty, and 
Nothing can be more unjust to the public schools proportionally valuable. Among the rare dogs is a 
than complaint without investigation, condemnation Siberian blood hound, Sultan, a nephew to the cole- 
without a hearing. Sweeping and indiscriminate bratod dog Prince, which cost, $1,1)00, and after his 
denunciations can have little or no foundation in exhibition in England, was sold for twice hisoriginal 
truth. Much of the clamor ugalnst them is based cost. Sultan is 14 months old, weighs 160 lbs., ami 
upon ignorant prejudice, and the hostility of narrow girts 39 Inches. Prince, at tho name age, weighed 
and selfish minds. If parents, instead of listening to 220 lbs., stood 364 inches in height, and measured 
the often frivolous aud exaggerated statements as to from nose to tail V feet 9 Inches. There are not a 
their management, would visit the schools them- dozen of this breed of dogs owG'd in this city, and 
stive* they w<>n i ,)d that, h many cases, whore non- of them avo valued at $ 1,000 ©«eb 
there has been no benefit or advancement on the part The Bruno breed was originated by this dealer, and 
of the pupil, the fault has heen, not in the teacher, was obtained by crossing the Newfoundland with tho 
or the system of government, but in the loose rule at St. Bernard mastiff and the Alpine Shepherd dog. 
are entirely unreliable. mo own imvoiouh aau e.\ngguiuiou bvuuuuuuvb us tu irom no 
The reported number of children attending the their management, would visit the schools thorn- dozen o 
public schools for a scries of years in aa follows: selves, they would *'.©d Hint, ri many oases, whore none of 
home, the absence of all parental restraint, and the 
consequent want of sympathy and co-operation in 
any regular plan of instruction and government. 
Parents should feel that a common school is a place 
These animals are highly prized by Southerners as 
watch dogs, and pups readily fetch $100 each. They 
are large dogs, sometimes attaining the length of 7 
feet, and 34 inches in height, and a weight of 130 lbs. 
In regard to this subject,, I repeat the observations 
made in the last annual report from this Department, 
that “not much reliance can be placed on the cor¬ 
rectness of the returns as to attendance ill the schools, 
either at this or any previous period.” We aro 
dependent for their reliability entirely on the records 
kept by teachers, and the carefulness of trustees in 
transcribing them. In too many instances, these 
details of daily attendance are kept upon loose scraps 
of paper — not unfrequcntly they arc lost altogether, 
or carried away by the teacher after serving as the 
basis of a rate bill,— whilst the absence of actual 
data at the time of making the annual report of the 
district, is supplied by tho “guesses” of intelligent 
trustees. The average time school was taught In the 
year, exclusive of cities, was 7j months. 
Teachers Employed. — The teachers employed 
during the last two years, are thus classified: 
1859. 1860. 
Males.... .. 8,515 8.224 
Females.... ..17,896 18.139 
of discipline and authority. That to enjoy its The St. Bernard mastiff is very rare, and of course 
benefits, they must conform Btric.tly to the laws brings high prices. 
necessary for its successful management. If parents 
encourage or wink at the frequent absences and 
delinquencies of the pupil, why should they com¬ 
plain, if, at the end of the session, no proficiency has 
been made.— Memphis School Itejwrt- 
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OUR COMMON SCHOOLS. 
Totals...26,411 20,363 
As many teachers are employed in more than one 
district during the year, the number above stated is 
probably exaggerated. A more true indication of 
the number of persons actually engaged in the busi¬ 
ness of teaching is found in the report of the “ num¬ 
ber of teachers employed at the same time for six 
months,” or more. These are returned as follows: 
1859. I860. 
In the cities. __...___ 2,527 2,731 
In the rural district*. . 12.132 12,290 
Totals., 14,659 15,021 
This may be fairly assumed as the number of 
teachers actually employed when all the schools are 
supplied. These returns clearly indicate that, so far 
as our common schools are concerned, the business 
of teaching is rapidly passing into the hands of 
females. I have no lamentations to utter over this 
ostensible fact. While there are circumstances 
under which the services of & male teacher may be 
indispensable, it is still my opinion that, in most of 
our district schools, the presence of a well qualified 
female teacher will eventuate in the moral and intel¬ 
lectual advancement of the pupila beyond that which 
they would attain under the auspices of u majority 
of the teachers of the sterner sex. 
,s the The common school gives the key of knowledge to 
ictHul the mass of the people. 1 think it may with truth be 
if the said that the branches of Knowledge taught therein, 
igent when taught in a finished, masterly manner,—reading, 
n the in which I include the spelling of our language; a 
firm, sightly, legible handwriting, and the elemental 
loyed rules of arithmetic,- are of greater value than all the 
rest which is taught now-a-days at school. I am far 
I 860 , from saying that nothing else can be. taught sit our 
8.224 district schools; but the young person who brings 
18.139 these from school, can himself, in his winlerevenings, 
20,363 range over the entire field of useful knowledge. Our 
l one common schools arc important in the same way as 
t< d is the common air, the common sunshine, the common 
on of ia ' n >—invaluable for their commonness. They are 
busi- 1110 cornerstone of that municipal organization which 
nura- ' 8 the characteristic feature of our social system; 
>r six they arc the fountain of that wide-spread intelligence 
ws; which, like a moral life, pervades the country. Erom 
I860 the humblest village school there may go forth a 
2 731 teacher who, like Newton, shall bind bis temples with 
12,290 the stars of Orion’s belt,—with Herscbel, light up his 
15 021 cell with the beams of before undiscovered planets,— 
t with Franklin, grasp the lightning.— Eduard Everett. 
Brooding on One TnouonT.—If you thiDk long 
and deeply upon any subject, it grows in apparent 
The Newfoundland is the most popolar dog witti 
all classes, and large numbers of them, both pure 
breed and mongrels, arc sold annually. Perfect 
blackness of color is the American test of purity of 
breed, and pups answering this demand sell at $10 to 
$25 each. The Shepherd dog, or Scotch colly, is in 
large demand, and when well trained, brings from $50 
to $100. Of terriers there are many varieties, the 
black and tan being tho favorites, and probably the 
most fashionable dog in existence. When finely 
bred and well cared for, this is an elegant animal, 
quick, sharp, ami intelligent, an excellent “ ratter,” 
and capable ot' being trained to hunt anything. 
They vary in weight from 1 to 25 lbs., having of late 
years been greatly refined by crossing with the 
Italian grayhonnd. When persisted in, this produces 
very elegant animals, but their proportions generally 
lack symmetry, and they become delicate and unfit 
for active exercise. The black and tan is valued in 
proportion to his diminutive size. In price they 
average from $20 to $100 and upwards. The black 
and tan tarrior wc believe to be the best dog for 
farmers. They are not large enough to injure sheep, 
and they aro fine watch (logs, the best of ratters, 
gentle and affectionate playmates for children, and at 
home both in barn and in house. The Hootch terrier 
is one of the hardiest of dogs, very courageous, and 
the enemy of all vermin. He Is at present very fash¬ 
ionable, and his price ranges from $10 to $30. 
For sporting and hunting dogs —beagleB, harriers, 
pointers, aud setters, well trained, bring high prices. 
The black and tan German beagle sells in great num¬ 
bers at $15 to $40 for shooting and hunting purposes. 
Setters and pointers, when well brod and broken, 
bring from $75 to $100. Spaniels are Hi but moderate 
country, and if this is impossible, it should give a 
view of the most interesting part of the grounds, as 
no one would like to sit long in a position where 
nothing pleasant is to bo seen. 
In our last issue wo gave an engraving showing a 
good rustic summer-house, designed by Georue E. 
Harney, of Lynn, Mass., and now we give another 
from the same, source, requiring more expense and 
carpenter's skill, it is octagon In form, the roof 
curves up. as shown in the view, and is coverod with 
ornamental shingles. One of the sides of the octa¬ 
gon forms the entrance, the rest are fillod with 
blinds, which riso and fall by means of pulleys, 
forming either a close or an open arbor. It has a 
seat around the inside, and two moveable tallies. 
which men can contravene only to their own detri¬ 
ment or destruction. The immutable law of God, as 
expressed in nature, makes the territory assigned to 
the Anglo-Saxon race on this continent one nation. 
The same mountain ranges run through the whole 
land. The great valley, beginning in Carolina and 
Tennessee, reaches to tho borders of Canada. The 
broad Atlantic slope is one continuous plain. The 
immense basin of the Mississippi includes, as the 
bosom of a common mother, the States from the 
Lakos to the Gulf of Mexico, The Ohio, tho Missouri 
and the Mississippi, aro arteries which carry the same 
living flood throngh the vast region through which 
they flow. 
The country is thus physically one, and therefore 
its organic life is one. We cannot divido a tree 
without destroying its life. We cannot divide a river 
without producing an inundation. The union of this 
country, therefore, is determined ny the homngenity 
of its people, by its history, and by its physical 
Character. It cannot bo permanently dissevered. 
The mistaken counsels or passions of men may cause 
a temporary separation, but the laws of nature will 
ultimately assert their supremacy, aud avenge, by 
terrible disasters, their temporary violation.— Prince- 
ton. It,•view. 
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The Pi.annino ok Cities.— The Loudon Builder 
says that a spider’s web furnishes a bettor plan for 
tiie laying out of now cities than any which has yet 
been devised by surveyors and engineers. Any one 
who can find a distinct and complete web unbroken, 
will see how beautifully regular it is, and how per¬ 
fectly adapted for the quickest passage from any one 
point to another. Tho concentric rings are not 
circles, but polygons, the radicating exquisitively 
regular and straight. 
every State admitted into the Union, while the origi¬ 
nal number of stripes are retained. For the’engrav- 
ings in this article, wo are indebted to Lossino’s 
finely illustrated History of America. 
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MUSCLE AGAINST BRAINS. 
Eds. Rubai, New-Yorker: —Athletic sportsjliave 
becoDie very fashionable. Ball-playing, and skating, 
and boat-racing, claim the special attention and all 
the leisure time of tho youth of our villages. 
‘•Muscle” is cultivated, I fear, to the neglect of 
those uobler part* that distinguish man from the 
brute —the head and the heart. Young ladies, too 
delicate to assist their hard-working mothers in house¬ 
hold duties, can skate by the hour, without fatigue, 
it seems that in Plato’s time there were fast young 
men, and the cultivation of muscle and skill, in 
racing and driving, even then, secured tho applause 
of the masses, while the groat philosopher looked on 
such scenes with sorrow. The following, which I 
copy from an old book, I think may bo read with 
profit by the young men and women of tho present 
day. Philo. 
Tins youth and the philosopher. 
A <‘, itKC I a s youth of talents rare, 
Whom Pluto's philosophic cure 
Had form'd for virtue's nobler view, 
By precept and example too, 
Would often boast his matchless skill 
To curb the steed and guide the wheel; 
And, as tie pass'd, the gazing throng, 
With graceful ease, and smack’d the thong, 
Tho idiot wonder they express'd, 
Was praise and transport to his breast. 
At length, quite vain, he needs would show 
His master what his art could do; 
And bade bl:< slaves tho chariot lead 
To Academus' sacred shade. 
The trembling grove confess’d its fright, 
The wood-nymphs started at the eight; 
The muses drop their learned lyre, 
And to their inmost shades retire. 
Howe’er, the youth, with forward air, 
Bows to the sage, anil mounts the car. 
The lash resounds, the coursers spring, 
The chariot marks the rolling ring; 
And gath'riug crowds, with eager eyes 
Aud shout, pursue him us lie dies. 
Triumphant to the goal return’d. 
With nobler thirst, his bosom burn’d; 
And now along Hi’ indented plain, 
The self-same track ho marks again, 
Pursues with care tho nice design, 
Nor ever deviates from tho line. 
Amazement seiz’d the circling crowd, 
The youths with emulation glow’d; 
E'en bearded sages hail’d tho boy; 
Aud all but Plato gaz’d with joy 
For he, deep-judging sage, beheld 
With pain the triumphs of the fiold; 
Aud whou the chnrioteer drew nigh, 
And, (lush’d with hope, had caught his eye, 
“ Alas! unhappy youth," ho cried, 
“ Expect no praise from me," (and sigh’d.) 
“ With indignation 1 survey 
Such skill and judgment thrown away; 
The time profusely squandered there, 
On vulgar arts beneath thy care, 
If well employ'd, at less expense, 
Had taught tliee honor, virtue, sonso; 
And rais’d thoo from a cotv'hman’s fate, 
To govern men and guide the state.”— Whitehead. 
NAMES OF THE MONTHS. 
THE AMERICAN FLAG. 
There never was a more fitting time than the 
present to give a few facta regarding tho adoption of 
our country’s llag - a Hag that has afforded protection 
to every American citizen in every land — a flag 
which the weakest nations of the earth have honored, 
and the strongest dared not insult — yet one that has 
been insulted and trampled in thu dust by the citizens 
of our own land, over whose headB it has proudly 
waved for scores of years. 
It was in January, 177(1, when the British were in 
Boston and the Americans encamped at Cambridge, 
that Washington unfurled the first American, or, as 
it was called, the Union flag. As shown In the 
x engraving, it was composed of 
'• h thirteen stripes, alternate red 
J 7 , 4 ft v 'sS I aud white, symbolizing the thir- 
teen revolted Colonies. In one 
corner was the devieo of the 
p .,British Union llag, composed of 
/ — ^ ‘ two crosses — the cross of Rt. 
George, which is a common cross, a horizontal 
and a perpendicular bar; and the cross of St, An¬ 
drew, representing Scotland, which is in the form of 
an X. 
When General Howe saw this flag with the Union 
device in the corner, waving over the American 
George, which is 
Probably there are many among us who do not 
and yet would like to know from whence the months 
of the year derived their separate names;—then 
listen and we will try and give you the desired 
information. You must surely know that tho names 
of the months were given by the Uomans—and that 
their origin is, consequently, very peculiar. They 
are as follows, viz:—January, the first month, which 
was so called from Janus, an ancient king of Italy, 
who was deified after his death. The word was 
derived from the Latin word Januaries. 
February, tho second month, is derived from tlife 
Latin word Fehruo, to purify; for this mouth the Ro¬ 
mans offered up expiatory sacrifices for the purifying 
of the people. 
March, I,lie third month, anciently the first month, 
is derived from the word Mars, the god of war. 
April is so called from the Latin word Aprilus — i. 
e., opening: because in this month the vegetable 
world opens and buds forth. 
May, the fifth month, is derived from the Latin 
word Mojo res, so called by Romulus, in respect to¬ 
ward the senators: hence Males or May. 
June, the sixth month, from the Latin word Junius, 
or the youngest of tho people. 
July, the seventh month, is derived from the Latin 
word Julius, and so named in honor of Julius CiesaA 
August, the eighth month, was called in honor of 
Augustus, by a decree of the Roman seuate, A. D. S. 
September, the ninth month, from tho Latin word 
Septem, or seven, being the seventh from March. 
October, the tenth month, from tiie Latin word 
Octo, the eighth, hence w« have October. 
November, the eleventh month, from tho Latin 
word, Nmu-m, nine, being the ninth from March. 
December, the twelfth mouth, from the Latin of 
Decern, ten, so called because it was the tenth month 
from March, which was anciently the time of begin¬ 
ning tiie year. — Selected. 
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Men and Animals.— How superior are men in 
intellectual and moral qualities to the animal crea¬ 
tion! For example, let a bird discover a store of 
seeds or fruit, aud tiie foolish tiling goes and tells of 
School District Libraries. -The Superintendent thought. For myself, I feel the force of this law so 
• l ot. . i. rt ... -.a • . -I.. m 0 T _ 
magnitude and weight; if yon think of it too long, it demand. Of pet Spaniels, the King Charles stands camp, he expressed great joy, for lie regarded it as a R00( j f or tune, and all the birds in the neighbor- 
may grow big enough to exclude the thought of all at the head of the list. Hosts of them are sold every token of friendship for England, and an evidence hood , lock to enjoy it. Even a little ant will bring 
thingH besides. If it be an existing and prevalent year, of impure breed and inferior points, at prices that a conciliatory speech which the King had made | lia w ) 10 ; e tribe to feast upon a newly-discovered 
evil you are thinkiug of, you may come to fancy that varying from $25 to $200. A perfect King Charles recently to the British Parliament was well received But let a man discover a mine of gold, or 
if that one thing were done away, it would be well possesses seven distinguished points of beauty— by the army, and that submission would soon follow. any kind of valuable treasure, and he will keep it to 
with the human race: all evil would go with it. 1 roundhead, short nose, long, curly ears, large, full About this time privateering was authorized by himself as long as possible, and take the greatest care 
can conceive the process by which, without mauia, eyes, black and tan color, without a speck of white, Congress, and private citizens fitted out vessels of war to concea i ; t from others, 
without anything worse than the workable uusound- and of weight not exceeding 10 lbs. The genuine to prey upon British merchant vessels, depending- 
ness of the practically sound mind, one might come are rarely found. One dealer here has one for which upon their booty for their conpensa- Passion and Reason.— Truth enters into the heart 
to think as the man who wrote against stopping he paid 44 guineas, and not loug ago one was sold at tion. Some of these carried a white of mim w ) |t , n it is empty, and clean, and still; hut 
thought. For myself, I feel the force of this law so auction, in England, for the enormous sum of 625 flag decorated with a green pine tree. j when the mind is shaken with passion as with a 
calls the attention of the Legislature to tho district deeply, that there aro certain evils of which I am 
libraries, lie says that in many of the cities and afraid to think much, for fear I should come to be 
larger villages, where tiie sum annually distributed ®hlc to think of nothing else and nothing more.— 
is sufficiently large to keep the libraries in proper Eraser’s Magazine. 
condition by the purchase of recent publications, • 1 * ‘ * 
they no doubt answer a most desirable end. But Humboldt said ten years ago, “Governments, 
concurrent testimony from nearly every quarter of religion, property, books, are nothing but the seaf- 
guineas, or $2,000.— N. Y. World. 
— V **♦>♦ -♦- 
NATURE FOR THE UNION. 
This country is geographically one. The bounds 
of nations are not arbitrarily assigned; they are, in 
general, determined by fixed laws. A people indeed, 
One of these was captured and exhib¬ 
ited in tl’.e Admiralty Office, London, 
and was described in the London 
Chronicle of January, 1776:— “Tho 
field is of white bunting; in the mid¬ 
dle is a green pine tree, and upon the 
opposite side is the motto- ‘ Appeal 
the State represents the libraries in the rural districts 
as almost totally unused and rapidly deteriorating in 
value. The whole number of volumes reported the 
last year is 1,286,536, which is 317,674 less than was 
reported in 1853, although $ 55,000 have been appor¬ 
tioned in each year since that period for library pur¬ 
poses. If the money devoted to this object were 
folding to educate a man. Earth holds up to her 
Master no fruit but the finished man. Education is 
the only interest worthy the deep controlling anxiety 
of the thoughtful man.” 
a 3 in the case of the Romans, may conquer other lo Heaven! A map of Boston, pub 
nations, and gather them all under one despotic head 
in despite of their essential diversities. But this is 
a temporary contravention of tiie laws of nature. It 
is the configuration of the earth’s surface which 
lished in Farm iu 1776, had for a j 
vignette an English soldier endeavor¬ 
ing to take from an American one of those flags 
shown in the engraving above, which the latter was 
The chief art of learning is to attempt but little at determines the boundaries of nations. Greece was manlully deh-udlng 
a time. The widest excursions of the mind arc made 
expended under the direction of some competent by short flights, frequently repeated; the most lofty 
hoard, it would not only insure its application to the 
purpose contemplated by the law, but would give to 
fabrics of science are formed by the continued accu¬ 
mulation of single propositions.— Locke . 
geographically one. So was Egypt; so is Italy, 
which is now at last struggling to uttain its normal 
state. Spain, France, Great Britain, Germany, are 
all one, not by the will of man, but by physical laws, 
On the 18th of January, 1777, Congress ordered 
“thirteen stars, wtiite, in a blue field,” to be put in 
place of the British Union. This has ever since been 
the design of our flag, a star having been added for 
Passion and Reason. —Truth enters into the heart 
of man when it is empty, and clean, and still; hut 
when the mind is shaken with passion as with a 
storm, you can never hear the voice of the charmer 
though ho charm never so wisely; and you will very 
hardly sheathe a sword when it is hold by a loose 
and a paralytic arm. 
11 ahtk. — Ilastc and rashness are storms and tem- 
posts, breaking and wrecking business; but nimblo- 
ness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the 
haven.— Fuller. 
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When, in a case of doubtful morality, you feel dis¬ 
posed to ask, “Is there any harm in doing this?” 
please answer it by asking yourself another, “ Is there 
any harm in letting it alone? ” 
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One-hale of the time ordinarily spent in vain etforts 
to regain lost health, would suffice to preserve it. 
