as re ull, of of the - was e to a Beasts and the church. Prin. Charles Perrine, of school No. 100, "School of the Woods," the "Wood Folk" books, etc., will speak on "Ani- Coney Island, has leased for week days the Brighton chapel for use as a kindermal Education." The report of committee on nomina- garten for children that have been tions, State Supt. Charles J. Baxter, of crowded out of Coney Island and Brighton schools. There are 150 children for whom demy, New Jersey, chairman, proposes the folthat lowing officers for the year: President, which the parents objected, hence this the board had arranged half sessions, to William C. Hess; 1st vice-president, lease in the name of the principal to Chas. W. Lyon, Jr.; 2d vice-president, avoid complications between the board Elmer C. Sherman; secretary, Peter C. Ritchie, Jr.; treasurer, H. E. Harris; librarian, Joseph S. Taylor; board gov- Miss May J. Farmer, who has forty ernors 1906 C. E. Morse, C. O. Dewey, years of service in the school to her credit, J. H. Clark, John Walsh; board ad- has given up her position of principal of g the missions 1906: Ed. L. Stevens, J. B. T. G. S. No. 73. She says modestly, “All ar, is Demarest, S. Jenkins, W. J. Shearer. my life I have been working as quietly as on for vacancies: Andrew W. Edson, admissions I could, molding character and doing my olved, 1904; J. A. Hulsart, governors 1904. best for my little charges. That is the whole story of my work. Truly a high record and one Miss Farmer may be proud of. which States ession f the and ead is of its ENS. The executive committee of Normal of 118 students for recognition of higher college has decided to grant the petition class standing. City Supt. W. H. Maxwell has stated that, on the other hand, he will refuse to license any one making short cuts thru the Normal. Thus the matter rests till next June. The Bronx Male Principals' Association at its last meeting on the 16th ult. discussed the subject of "Departmental Teaching." Mr. P. W. McCarthy, principal of P. S. 63, Tremont, inaugurated the departmental system in the last two years of the course, eleven classes, on Nov. 3. Mr. Carls, principal of P. S. 173, Belmont, has also introduced the system. 66 the hall of the board of education. e uni- Messrs. Emerson E. White, Jacques W. public Redway, Robert C. Metcalf, Frank M. gura- McMurry, Wm. H. Maxwell, Andrew W. ecent Edson, Clarence E. Meleney and others gura- have spoken before the society. For the es, of current year the following distinguished sident gentlemen have already accepted an innary. vitation to speak: City Supt. Wm. H. d vis- Maxwell, Associate Supt. George S. The university extension classes of the Wood- Davis, Pres. Nicholas Murray Butler, of New York Society of Pedagogy are meetColumbia university, and Prin. William ing with success. Students in these McAndrew, of the Girls' Technical high classes are enabled to prepare themselves 11 be school. A feature of the meetings is in the work demanded by the board of is. It the free discussion in which members examiners for license for promotion. h Lu- may present their views on the special Prin. Edward A. Page has charge of the ng the topic of the day. A number of the ad- work in the Borough of Manhattan, dresses are published at the end of every while Prin. J. W. Davis looks after the year in a special pamphlet. The first work in the Bronx. The subjects taken issued under the title, Practical School up are:- History and Principles of EduProblems," edited by Dist. Supt. Joseph cation, "Illustrative Blackboard DrawS. Taylor, contains helpful articles upon ing," composition, grammar, and reading, and may be had at thirty cents a copy of Mr. W. Beverly Harison, at 65 E. 59th St. Membership is fifty cents a year and entitles the holder to free copies of whatever educational literature may be Of published by the society during the year. The unification of the course of study for elementary schools in all the boroughs on February 1, 1903, presents a strong reason why all teachers in Greater New York should be interested in the practical aims of this organization. SubscripMetro- tion list with money order or check should action be mailed to the treasurer. Dr. Edg de- ward W. Stitt is the president; George school H. Chatfield, 19 West 106th street, treasays of urer, and Edward D. Stryker, 722 E. 174th <ness, street, secretary of the society. ons of con P. mem dence onate anual onnec ted to 000 to At the regular meeting to be held at the hall of the board of education, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 1902, at 10.30 A. M.; Prin. Wm. McAndrew, of the Girls' s de- Technical high school will speak on heads "Criticism." Censure vs. Commendander- tion, Fault-finding vs. Encouragement, No. 84, Nagging vs. Inspiration. 26 suc f de- The inspection for eye diseases which trans- has resulted in the exclusion of many r, now children from the schools, and to an onsel- overwhelming application to the Eye and Arthur Ear Hospital for treatment of those reent of quiring immediate operation for trachoma, 104 will in the end undoubtedly prove benefi. best part of be permitted in active inac The New J feeble-minded noble work, a great improv place in the b in beautifyin ment. Extra in the near fu will be done ment and safe school. Radical refo of Chicago ha G. Cooley th schools. He plified the plan centers in the s assistant and p responsibility p the whole city teen districts, a ant superinten of each district assigned by the attention to s places as his ju the same time t into a closer a perintendent t manifestly a wi The New Yor has issued booklet of wha for, of what it d advice to those Courses are offe cialty, and for t be well worth th bany and get the is the president an The Oklahoma tions reports tha failure, that is a he recommends t where the India contact with th training be more end. And he add "Many of the drink, and both veterate gambler almost in utter id bauchery are ra tion of these pe increase until the live by the result These things sp with whom they whom they must portion of these h GREENSBORO, N annual catalog State Normal and appears to be a scholars in the number of studen than one-third pay the rest being hel or private funds, pendent on good c WELLESLEY, MA is opening a new young women scien ing the treatment expert grafting. here because of la and the Hunnewel nificent J. Harry who has given up the has been elected a teacher in the high was a native of Virginia and a graduate Fe to help others should school. Miss L. Jeannette Saunders of Washington and Lee university. He pend remaining years takes the place of Miss Mary C. Melgard, came to Texas in 1876 to accept the chair resigned, in the John Hancock school. of languages in the A. & M. college. He remained here four years and then entered the public school field, teaching in Waxahachie, Salado, and Bryan, being superintendent of schools at the last place for ten years. y training school for s and boys is doing a e are glad to hear that nts have lately taken ngs and grounds, both and practical develop; dings are contemplated and all that can be the welfare and enjoyof those attending the The Morris County Teachers' Association will hold its regular meeting at Boonton, N. J., November 15. State Supt. C. J. Baxter, Prof. Frank M. McMurry, of Teachers college, and Rev. D. F. Diefendorf, of Chatham, N. J., will be the speakers. In 1894 he was again elected a member of the faculty of the A. & M. college which position he continued to hold till his death. Colonel Banks was one of the projectors and organizers of the State Teachers' Association. He served thruout the Civil war in the For the study of current events no periodical is equal to Our Times. Twice a month it contains a condensed account of the political events of the world, also corps of engineers, Confederate army, "Answers to Queries," discussions of under General Whiting. He was colonel Questions of the Hour," and notes on of a Virginia regiment in the celebrated raid on Harper's Ferry when John Brown was captured. 66 in the school system been introduced by E. present supervisor of unified and thus simsupervision. This now geographical discovery and scientific and erintendent, while each industrial progress. The matter is secipal has an increased lected with the greatest care and is put ed upon him. Formerly in the simple and condensed form possis divided up into four- ble. It is a time-saver, therefore, for a supervisor, or assist- teacher and pupil. Price, 50 cents a t, was placed in charge year; 40 cents in clubs. Published by E. L. Kellogg & Company. Now six assistants are uperintendent to give work and in such ment may approve. At principals are brought sory relation to the sun formerly, which is provision. State Normal college excellently descriptive the college is intended es, and also of words of no may seek admission. ed in almost every speachers to be it would r while to write to Alpublication. Dr. Milne the college. Dr. Balliet, of Springfield, recently addressed the Adams Teachers' Association, Massachusetts, on "Apperception. About 100 teachers from Pittsfield, North Adams, had come. ons. ries reat proined mes long ates made to pay damages for strikes that have been adjudged to have been unfairly declared. Some of the union men are opposing the scheme. New York Underground Railway. and Work on the New York rapid transit subway is so far advanced that it is predicted that cars will be running by Christring mas, 1903. No other great engineering work of modern times, except the great ad irrigation dam in Egypt, has been comt of pleted months before the contract date. Out of the estimated cost of the New uced York underground railway of $35,000,000, $21,000,000 has been paid out to date. Judged on that basis the road may be said to be sixty per cent. completed. Of a total earth excavation of 1,700,000 cubic yards, 1,580,000 cubic yards, or ninetythe three per cent., has been taken out. ized Thirty-four per cent. of the rock excavad to tion is yet to be done. Everything is hips now in smooth working order and the repeed mainder of the work will be done much will more rapidly than was the earlier part. her Gerent. course will cover four years, but students will be taken for a single year also. Particulars may be had by addressing the Nautical Preparatory School, Boston, Mass. Professor New Discovery on the Moon. During the eclipse of the moon, on the night of October 16, Professor Pickering, of Harvard, made a careful study of the crater Linne. He found that the bright spot grew noticeably in size during the time of greatest darkness. Pickering has always held that the light from the spot is that of hoar frost, though it may be reflected light. His recent observations confirm this belief. He hopes with this as a basis to work out a pet theory of his own concerning the earth's satellite. What that theory is he will not say. Electricity Makes Plants Grow. Dr. Lemstrom, of the Finnish university, at Helsingfors, has shown that electricity affects the growth of seeds. Four seeds of barley, wheat, and rye were sown in pots, the soil being connected electrically with the ground. For five hours daily electricity was caused to pass through the soil (which was kept damp) by a Holtz machine. After eight weeks the height of the plants affected by the electric current was found to be forty per cent. greater than those to which no current had been applied. Wireless Messages to a Train. The first application of wireless telegraphy to railroad purposes was lately made on the Grand Trunk railway. The despatcher from the apparatus was stationed at St. Dominique station, near Montreal, and the receiving apparatus on the train, moving at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Communication was es tablished eight miles from St. Dominique and continued without interruption until the station had been left eight miles behind. Natural Gas in England. The development of the natural gas fields near London, Eng., has been begun by American capitalists. These fields were first tapped six years ago in Heathfield in Sussex when Sussex men were boring deep for water. They did not appreciate the value of the discovery, even when a light applied to the boring brought forth a huge burst of flames. A year ago the Americans took hold of the enterprise. The gas itself supplies the light and power that is required. In the deepest hole there is a pressure of 200 feet to the square inch, which is sufficient to carry the gas to any of the large cities of England. Gas Tar for Roads. At Lugo, near Ravenna, Italy, gas tar has been used on the roads to lay the dust and make them compact. It has been found that, in spite of prolonged dryness, roads so treated remained hard and compact. There was no dust, rain-water flowed off without penetrating, and no mud was formed. The color of the soil became that of a very dark sand. It is not necessary to treat the whole surface of the road, but only a band in the middle about twelve feet wide. To Restore Whittier's Home. The Whittier homestead at Haverhill (hay'-ver-il), which was damaged by fire recently, will be restored to exactly the same lines. The ancient furniture and china of the Whittier family, much of it antedating the birth of the poet, are safe, with not an article broken The desk of cases of deafne The catarrhal Those who ar think this a little at all observant hard cold in the ing and that cat will certainly imp and ultimately ca If the nose an and free from the catarrh the heari improve and anyo ness and catarr on this point by u Stuart's Catarrh cure, which, in t the approval of th ferers, as well as is in convenient fo cocaine or opiate pleasant for child Stuart's Catarrh combination of blo calyptol, and simil cure catarrh and ca tion upon the blood of the nose and th As one physicia "You do not have ination to discover ting benefit from lets; improvement from the first table All druggists sell They cost but fift package and any ca wasted time and m and now se is Curable, but GenOverlooked. Steel Roads to be Tried. xas is a strip of land der grass appeared and grew rapidly. pentine, pitch, tar, and tortoise shells miles wide on which This shows the strength of the soil. are some of the productions. For many Many think the drouth has not been alto-years the island was noted as a resort gether a misfortune, as the grass will for pirates. It is thinly populated. ses Deafness. now have a chance to get firmly rooted. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton took place October 26, at her home in New York. She was born Novembr 12, 1815, in Johnstown, N. Y., being the daughter of Judge Daniel Cady and the wife of Henry Brewster Stanton, a noted abolitionist and journalist. In 1832 she was graduated from Emma Willard's seminary in Troy, N. Y. Eight years later while attending a world's anti-slavery convention in London she made the acquaintance of Lucretia Mott, which resulted in the joint issuance of a call for a woman's rights convention. ay cause deafness and ficult to trace a cause. t deafness. Acute disfever, sometimes cause far the most common aring is catarrh of the cialist on ear troubles on, that nine out of ten is traced to throat bably over-stated, but that more than half of earing were caused by retion in the nose and The convention was held in Seneca It was through her that the question Makers of roads have been looking for years to find better roads than the macadam and telford highways. They think they have at last been successful. The streets are to be of steel. Steel streets will be tried in three sections of New York city, where the character of the traffic is varied enough to make the test a thorough one. It has been found that it takes much less force to draw a wagon over a steel road than over the smoothest macadam. The street will not be paved with steel from curb to curb. Steel tracks about a foot wide will be placed at standard gauge, and the trucks and heavy wagons will follow them up and down the streets and avenues as they now do the car tracks. With steel at $20 a ton the cost of making a mile of such roadway would be about $1,500. It Tells When There is an Earthquake. The seismograph is a wonderful instrument. It is so delicate that it will note the slightest trembling of the earth caused mittee of her party from 1855 to 1865, The Value of The Value of Charcoal. and president of the Woman's Suffrage Mrs. Stanton first met Susan B. An- Few People Know How Useful it is in Preserving Health and Beauty. is the safest and most efficient disinfectNearly everybody knows that charcoal ize its value when taken into the human ant and purifier in nature, but few realsystem for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it is not a drug at y into the Eustachian Together they were the founders of the all, but simply absorbs the gases and im ging it up, very soon ad will affect the hear rh, if long neglected, ir the sense of hearing se deafness. Loyal League, which had for its object Union soldiers. and intestines and carries them out of the purities always present in the stomach system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking, or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectuaily clears and improves the complexion, it whitens the teeth, and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant-tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. throat are kept clear S. H. Percy, vice-president of the Isle unhealthy secretions of of Pines Company, has come to Washing-poison of catarrh. g will at once greatly ton to appeal to the government once e suffering from deaf- more to have the status of the people of can satisfy himself that island determined. At the end of ng a fifty-cent box of the war over Cuba the question of the ablets, a new catarrh ownership of the Isle of Pines was left e past year, has won undecided. It was to be determined by usands of catarrh suf- the treaty between the United States and physicians, because it the republic of Cuba; that treaty has not m to use, contains no yet been made. and is as safe and Since last May, when the United States en as for their elders. troops withdrew, there has been practiTablets is a wholesome cally no government on this, Cuba's sister d root, Guaiacol, Eu-isle. All the force there is to keep order r antiseptics, and they is a Cuban alcalde and eight Cuban carrhal deafness by ac-guards. In the meantime, Americans and mucous membrane have bought from the owners who live in Spain one-half of the island, which A Buffalo physician in speaking of the covers an area of 600 square miles. benefits of charcoal, says: "I advise They say Cubans do not like Americans, Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all paand if the island should be handed over tients suffering from gas in stomach and to the Cuban republic, as it is reported bowels, and to clear the complexion and it will be, their lot would be a very un-purify the breath, mouth, and throat; I pleasant one. also believe the liver is greatly benefited The Isle of Pines was discovered by by the daily use of them; they cost but Columbus in 1494. It has numerous bays, twenty-five cents a box at drug stores, and lofty mountains, extensive plains, and altho in some sense a patent preparation, oat. n aptly expresses it: o draw upon the imagwhether you are getStuart's Catarrh Taband relief are apparent t taken." and recommend them. y cents for full-sized arrh sufferer, who has rivulets The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it is that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary great benefit. march extends | vet I believe I got more and better cher the meeting of the International Congress of Americanists in New York city. They had much to say about recent discoveries in Mexico and Central America. ats It has been proved without question that S. S. membrane, wastes the muscles, ens the bones, reduces the power of "A bunch appeared on the left side of were lately dug up in a street in the city Hood's Sarsaparilla of Mexico. The records show that the old town was razed by the Spaniards to make way for the modern city. In other parts of the country relics on which there and are writings have been found that throw much light on the character, manners, and customs of the ancients in Mexico. Investigations have shown that the t. Mexicans were very much in earnest about their religion. Self-torture was among their penitential rites. Among the methods were piercing the tongue and ears, drawing rough cords and reeds through the holes thus made, and placing the blood in sacred urns for deities. It was used later, after it had been consecrated by the priests, on the faces of those who fect had done wrong. The traditions were confirmed by pictures on stone walls and temples and by the records found in the monasteries. that eam s a line the whom are in New York city); in Ger ong, many, 1,000,000; in the Balkan states, The Mutual Life Insur plate 300,000; in Great Britain, 200,000; in Bel slit gium, 150,000; in Turkey, 125,000; in ance Company New York er a France, 85,000; in Asia, 300,000; in south- y of when the In Amount Paid Policy-holders over Three Hundred and Fifty-two Millions of Dollars In Active Age The alligator has nearly disappeared THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. uous from the South, owing to the popular dent is mand for shoes, satchels, and pocketthe books of alligator skin. J. Knight Perthat kins, of Kalamazoo, lately searched the southern portions of the country for y be Balti- fourteen-foot alligators. In all New Ore in leans he could find but one alligator ten feet long. He found that even little allie the gators, from four to eight inches long, had disappeared from the market. were k un e city g the f the ce as tched e an dare f the d the near buted ted a n the been Upon it is nts of s dis. E. L. KELLOGG & CO., 61 E. 9th St., New York GREAT MEN are like Sapolio.-They waste |