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He said in part: "The American jeojle are temp ted every day and every hour to abandon their accustomed way and enter upon a course of new and strange adventure. Never before in our history have we been beset with temptations so dangerous as those which now whisper in - our ears alluring words on conquest and ex pansion, and point out to the fields bright with the glory of war. I once saw a very useful book entitled ' Don't."" It contained a statement of numerous things which, should not be done. I am inclined to adopt the plan of this book to the extent of cautioning you against imperfect ideas of civic duties and warn you against certain dangers which threaten the soundness and safety of true American citizenship, and which especially at this particular time seem to lie in wait for us on every side. "It is absolutely certain that we are in need of re-enforcements in the ranks of good citizenship. It is no less certain that our schools and colleges can in a large measure sup ply the necessary help. Since pa triotism underlies good citizenship you should avoid a misconception of a meaniiiir of this word. I believe there is sometimes a tendency to think patriotism is something bel icose and defiant. Of course true patriotism is a very different thing. "As an illustration of the past methods, it may occur to you that, though this nation is young, we have within its short existence, by loose adherance to our originial designs and purposes astonished the world by our progress and the development at our vast possessions. With our first century's tremendous growth and advancement before ourselves as proof of the strength and efficacy of consistent Americanism, you will lind in the beginning of our second century proof of the abundance of our present domain in millions of acres of Government territory still unoccupied, while hundreds of Uov eminent otlicials wait to bestow it upon settlers. You will also see other large acres of American soil yet untrodden by the feet of man, while our gates are still standing open to receive those who national lite, you are sure entitled to share our homes and priviluges. In view of these things ami considering our achievements in the past and the future, recalling what we have done, and what we have been, and what yet remains for us to do under the guidance of her rules and motives which have thus far governed our national life, you surely are entitled to demand the best of reasons for a change in our policy and conduct and to expect a conclusive ex planation of the conditions which make our acquisition of new and distant territory cither justifiable, prudent or necessary. Perhaps you should be satisfied with the excuse that such acquisition is necessary by way of warlike preparations or pre caution. This, however, will im mediately suirirest to you that we have found heretofore a constant source of congratulation in the fact that the contemplation of war and its contingencies is not and should not be familiar to our ordinary national life; that it has alwavs been our boast that a large standing mili tary establishment and warlike pre cautions are not among the needs of people whose victories are those of peace, and whose immunity from armed conflict is found in their freedom from the foreign relationships, that rive birth to war: and though it has been abundantly demonstrated that the courage anil splendid lighting qualities of our countrymen will never fail in time of need, it is still a grave question whether the cheapening of our estimate of the value of peace, by dwelling upon war and warlike preparation, is calculated to improve the quality of our national character. These considerations naturally lead me to counsel you against the danger of allowing the bright dress and gav trappings which war puts on to divert your attention from the iijrlv features that belong to it, as seen in the light of true American citizenship. The danger of such a diversion may arise from restless en thusiasm, which is by no means un attractive, or from our admiration for the deeds of valor which is a national characteristic, or from the fascination of dangerous adventure, never found with bravery, or from the love of the glory of successful battle, which is almost an impulse of humanity, or from a tendency to combativeness which, if not alto gether lovely and amiable, is re garded by genuine Americans with benevolent toleration. It is difficult to deal with the question of war at this time and avoid misconception and misrepresentation. But we are considering American citizenship, and endeavoring to tind best and worthiest characteristics and how they can be most effectively cultiva ted and securely preserved. From this standpoint war is a hateful thing which we should shun and ! avoid as antagonistic to the objects of our national existence, as threat ening demoralization to our national character and as obstructive to our national destiny. If vou believe this you should stand bravely to your belief even though a fchowef of stupid calls HI! the air. If on this belief you are called 'milksops' and ( cowards' wanting peace at any i price, you will find yourselves in j splendid companionship. j "While suggesting to you the for bidding traits of war I should be guilty of an attempt to mislead if I fail to promptly remind you that there are conditions which not only justify war, but make a resort to war a duty. No nation, however peace fully inclined and whatever conse quences may be, can determine that it will in no circumstances engage in war. Bad as it'is, and deplorable as its incidents are, no Government can refuse, at its risk of imperiling its existence cr sacrificing the rights and interest it holds in trust for its people and for humanity and civili zation. Of course we cannot be en tirely exempt from the conditions which may force a nation into war any more than an individual can be exempt from the incidents that may force the most peaceful man into a personal encounter. "In view of such an unescapable liability, to be brought face to face with the question of war, and in view of war's real nature and its de moralizing effect upon our national life and character, we cannot fail to be most seriously impressed by the reflection that we have expressly authorized those to whom we have entrusted our public affairs to deter mine for us the momentous mis sion of peace or war, and that if the determination be for war our ready and unquestioned acquiescence be comes patriotism and the support of our country's centention becomes good citizenship. "How, then, shall the people pro tect themselves against the body of departure from their national pur poses, against the crime of unnec essary and unjustifiable war? Man ifestly by an intelligent study ou their part of the character of the Government and the exaction of a clear apprehension on the part of those who represent them in public life of their nation's mission, and of the baleful effect of the nation's health. Nothing, however, will be sufficient as a protection of the peo ple against being betrayed when conscience and moral courage are lacking. "In the present predicament of war we need have no fear that American courage in battle will fail to bring us victory, but I pray you not to forget that, when the clash of arms is stilled and the courage of the soldiers has done its work, we shall greatly need in dealing with a problem that will confront us, a steady and uncom promising moral courage, which un moved by clamors and undisturbed hy the excitement of triumph, will demand the things that American citizenship desires to be right and safe." WHEN THE COWS COME HOME. This poem, says the Chicago Farmer's Voice, appeared in the Illustrated Chris tian Weekly, August, 187j. It has been reprinted extensively but inaccurately. It is reproduced here with the sanction of the author, Mrs. Agnes E. Mitchell, and the following is a correct and revised copy. The poem has been credited to an English writer and was published some months ago in an Eastern paper, with the explanatory remark that the author was not known. J With klingle, klangle, klingle, 'Way down the dusty dingle, The cows are coming home; Now sweet aDd clear and faint and low, The airy tinkljngs come and go. Like chiming from some far-off tower, Or patterings of an April shower That makes the daisies grow. Ko-llng, ko-lang, 'Ko-ling, ko-lang. kolinglelingle 'Way down the darkening dingle The cows come slowly home; And old-time friends, and twilight plays And starry nights, and sunny days, Come trooping up the misty ways, When the cows come home. With jingle, jangle, jingle, Soft tones that sweetly mingle, The cows are coinila home; Malvine, and Peal, and Florimel, DeKamp. Keurose and Utetchen Sehell, (ueen Bess, and Sylph, and Spangled Sue Across the fields I hear her loo-oo, And claDg her silver bell. Go-ling, go lang, Co-ling, go-lang, golinglelingle, With faint, fair sounds that mingle The cows come slowly home; And mother songs of long gone years, And baby joys, and childish tears, And youthful hopes and youthful fears, When the cows come home. With ringle, t angle, ringle. By twos and threes and single. The cows are coming home; Through violet air we see the town, And the summer sun a-slipping down; The maple in the hazel glade. Throws down the path a longer shade, And the hills are growing brown. To-ring, to-rang', To-ring, to-rang, to-ringlelingle, 13y threes and fours and single The cows come slowly home; The same sweet; sound of worldless psalm. The same sweet June day rest and calm, The same sweet scent of bud and balm, When the cows come home. With tinkle, tankle, tinkle. Thro' fern and periwinkle. The cows are comiug home; A loitering in the checkered stream. Where the sun-rays glance and gleam. I Clarine, Peachblooni, and Phoebe Phyllis, . ' . i i i . 1 liii: cii.anu Knee ueep in me creamy nines Iii a drowsy dream. To-link, to-lank, To-link. to-lank, tolinklelingle, O'er the bauks with butter cups a twinkle The cows come slowly home; And up through Memory's deep ravine Come the brook's old song and its old time sheen, And the crescent of the silver queen , When the cows come home. With klingle. klangle, klingle, With loo-oo, aud nioo-oo, and jingle. The cows are coming home; And over there ou Merlin Hill llear the plaintive cry of the Whippoor- win The dew drops lie on the tangled vines. And over the poplars Venus shines, And over the silent mill. Ko-linc. ko-lantr Ko-line, ko-long, kolinglelingle, With ting-a-ling and jingle The cows come slowly home; Let down the bars, let in'the train Ot long gone songs, and flowers, and rain, For dear old times come hack again When the cows tame home, GuSHING'S DARING DEED. SINKING OF THE CONFEDERATE RAM ALBEMARLE. Declared by Admiral Farragut to Have Been the Most Dauntless Deed Ever Performed by an American Naval Officer Story of the Affair as Told Anew by One of the Survivors Cushingfs Own Account of How He Escaped and Got Back to the Federal Fleet the Hobson of the Civil War, Who Planned and Successfully Executed the Daring Exploit Which Marked Him a Hero. (Brooklyn Eagle.) Once in a generation there appears some high, intrepid spirit, who. in a single instant, and by a single act of peerless daring, writes his name in unfading letters on the open page of his country's history. Richmond Pearson Hobson, who sank the Mer rimac in the narrow mouth of San tiago harbor, belongs to this class; so did William Barker Cushing, who, on the night of October 27, 1864, de stroyed the Confederate ram Albe marle as it lay at anchor in the Roa noke River, near Plymouth, N. C Hobson is a native of the South, Cushing was a product of the hardy Northwest. Born in Delafield, Wis., in November 1842, he entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis when still several months under fifteen years of age, but resigned in March, ' 1HG1, and a few weeks later secured a place in the naval service afloat as an acting master's mate. Restored in the following October to his rank as midshipman, he was advanced in July, 1862, to the grade of Lieuten ant, and henceforth for a period of nearly three years underwent arduous yet admirable training for what was to prove the master achievement of his career. Veterans like Admiral Ammen and Admiral Roe, who knew Cushing well and loved him as an elder loves a younger brother, delight to dwell upon the daring deeds performed by him during the first years of the civil war. Shrewdness in the planning and boldness in execution marked them all this, too, in a service and at a time when lack of gallantry meant sure and quick disgrace. In November, 1862, Cushing, then in command of the steamer Ellis, was ordered to capture Jacksonville, thirty-five miles from the sea, inter cept the Wilmington(N. C.)mail, and destroy the salt works at New River Inlet. He captured a large mail, and then, entering New Kiver Inlet, as cended to Jacksonville, where he cap tured two Confederate prizes and shelled a Confederate camp. Return ing, the pilot hesitated to cross the bar in the waning light, and when the Ellis got under way early next morning she soon wrent hard aground. A day-long effort to release her proved fruitless. At dusk the crew transferred everything except the pivot gun from the steamer to one of the captured schooners, and dropped down to a place of safety a mile and a half below. CL'SHING'S daring deeds. However, Cushing, with six volun teers, remained on board the Ellis, and next morning sought an engage ment with the Confederate batteries on shore. Fighting began at day light, the enemy waging a tierce cross lire with rifled guns. From the first the contest was seen to be a hopeless one, -but Cushing fought his single mm until it wns disabled, filter which he fired the Ellis and with his men escaped to the schooner and gained the open. Other forays on the enemy, clever ly planned and admirably executed by Cushing, followed, roaohing an apt climax in what was declared by Farragut to be the most dauntless deed ever performed by an American naval officer. Early in 18G4 a Union fleet of six gunboats began a block ade of the Roanoke River which prom ised to be effective until word came that forty miles upstream the enemy were constructing a ship far more powerful than anything yet put afloat in those waters the Albemarle. The vessel was 152 feet long and 45 feet beam, sheathed by a complete armor of iron, while a sloping roof of iron shielded her primary battery from attack. This primary battery consisted of two 100-pound rifles and she had also a secondary battery of four howitzers. THE TERKIHI.E ALBEMAKLE. The linishlng touches were given the Albemarle in the opening days of April. Steaming down the river under command of Capt. J. W. Cooke, she engaged the Union fleet on the 19th of that month, and in the stub born and desperate light that fol lowed sank one gunboat, the South lield; disabled another, the Miama, and joined with the Confederate land forces in the recapture of the town of Plymouth. A few weeks later she again encountered the Union fleet, ami after doing much damage to her opponents again returned uninjured to her anchorage at Plymouth. In both of her conflicts the Union Cap tains sought by every means at their command, to conquer or disable the Albemarle, but failed each time. Shot from the heaviest rifled cannon were unable to penetrate or break her armor plates, and when rammed by one of her opponents, the Sassa cus, she not only escaped with trifling damages, but in return effected the complete disablement of the Federal steamer. There was no Northern vessel of light draft which could cope on equal terms with this new "ter ror of the seas," and it soon became evident that, unless other means of compassing ner destruction were found, she would clear the offing of everv Federal gunboat and wrest from the Northern farces the Southern sea hoard sounds. Indeed, so wholesome was the fear. and so bitter the hate, with which the Albemarle quickly come to be re garded by the soldiers of the Union fleet, that the first project for her undoing had its origin among the en listed men. Five of the crew of the steamer Wyalusing John Lloyd, cox swain; Allen Crawford and John Lav erty, firemen, and Charles Baldwin and Benjamin Lloyd, stokers con cocted an excellent plan for the ram's destruction, volunteered to carry it into effect, and did actually come within a hair's breadth of complete success. On the afternoon of May 25, 1864, this little party of five as cended the Middle River, a branch of the Potomac, in a boat, taking with them two torpedoes. These were carried on a stretcher across the swamp to the main river. Lloyd, the coxswain, and Baldwin swam the river with a line and hauled the tor pedoes to the Plymouth side, above the town. They were then connected by a bridle and floated down the river, guided by Baldwin. It was his intention to place them across the bow of the Albemarle, and Crawford, from the swamps on the opposite side, was to explode them at a signal. All went well until the torpedoes were within a few yards of the ram, when the line fouled a schooner. At the same moment Baldwin was dis covered by a sentry, and shots were tired, followed by a volley of mus ketry. As success was no longer possible, the line was cut, and the live men made their escape, reaching their vessel with difficulty, some of them after several days of wandering in the swamp. After the failure of Lloyd and his' comrades, an attempt was made to decoy the ram down the river, so that she could be blown up by torpedoes strung across the chan nel, but Warley, her Captain, learned of the trap and would not come down, while the Federals could not go up the river because of the ob structions which the Confederates had sunk in the channel. Such was the condition of affairs when, in September, 1864, Lieut. Cushing waited upon Admiral Sam uel 1 . Lee with a plan of his own de vising for the destruction of the Al bemarle. This plan, which he asked to be permitted to pot into execution, provided for a night attack upon the ram by "two low pressure and very small steamers, each armed with a torpedo and howitzer," it being Cushing's intention, to quote his own words, "that one boat should dash in, while the other stood by to throw cannister and renew the attempt if tue nrst snouiu tan." Admiral Lee gave the plan his cordial indorse ment, and, after it had been sub mitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Cushing was ordered to proceed to .New lork and purchase vessels suit able for the venture. He found some boats building for picket duty, and selected two, proceeded to lit them out. The boats chosen were "open launches, about forty feet in length, with small engines and pro pelled by a screw. A twelve-pounder howitzer was fitted to the bow of each and a boom was rigged out some fourteen feet in length, swinging by goose neck hinge to the bluff of the bow. A topping lift, carried to a stanchion inboard, raised or lowered it and the torpedo was fitted into an iron side at the end. This was to be detached from the boom by means of a keel jigger leading inboard and to be exploded by another line connect ing with a pin, which held a grape shot over a nipple and cap." All preparations being completed, the two boats started southward through the canals to the Chesapeake Bay, Cushing being in charge of one and a volunteer Ensign of the other. This Ensign, with his boat and crew, fell into tne hands of the Confeder ates, but Cushing, eluding detection, made his wav through the Chesa peake and Albemarle Canals into the sounds, and, after a trying and peril ous trip, came up with the Union fleet lving off Edenton, N. C. Here, for the first time, Cushing disclosed to the officers and men who had ac companied him from New York the nature of the quest on which he was bent, and told them that they were at liberty to go or not, as they pleased. These, seven in number, all volunteered. One of them. Acting Ensign William L. Howarth, had been with Cushing repeatedly in expedi tions of peril. Eight additional vol unteers were recruited from the several vessels of the Union fleet, among them Assistant Paymaster Francis H. Swan, of the Otsego, and John McDermaid, an enlisted man on the same vessel. From Mr. McDer maid, who is now a well-to-do busi ness man of Rockford, 111., I had, a while back, the eventful story of what followed. STORY OF A PARTICIPANT. "On the afternoon of October 26," said Mr. McDermaid, "the launch was brought alongside the Otsego, from which she proceeded in the early evening, on her round from ship to ship, gathering her crew. Meanwhile Capt. Arnold, of the Ot sego, had called all hands aft to bid us good-bye and godspeed. As we went over the side he cheered us by a few remarks, and said that he hoped he would soon see us safely back again, but his face belied his words. A moment later we shoved off in our coffin,' as the launch had leen chris tened, and just before 7 o'clock in the evening entered the river. The Roanoke, as you know is a stream averaging 150 yards in width and quite deep. Eight miles from its mouth was the town of Plymouth, where the Albemarle was moored. Several thousand soldiers occupied town and forts and held both banks of the stream. A mile below the ram was the wreck of the Southtield, with hurricane deck above water, on this a guard had been stationed by the Confederates to give notice of any thing suspicious and to send up tire rockets in case of an attack. It was raining hard when we entered the river. All went well until we reached the wreck of the Southlield, but there we were discovered and hailed by the Confederate pickets. Upon our re fusing to answer and running close to them they opened lire. Five min utes afterward it was known at Ply mouth that danger was impending aud everything there was on the alert. Accordingly Lieut. Cushing resolved to return to the fleet, which was done. "At 8 o'clock on the following night we again entered the mouth of the Roanoke, and, passing the place where we had been discovered the evening before, counted ourselves safe and well on our mission. Just before entering the river we had taken in tow a small cutter with a few men, whose duty it was to dash on board the wreck of the Southfield at the first hail and prevent any warning being given. Fortune, how ever, was with us and we passed within thirty feet of the pickets with out being discovered. Plymouth lies on high land. Opposite it, on the north side of the ruins, is a great, dense swamp. As soon as we turned the bend in the river we could see the lights of the town. Hugging the swamp side and keeping well within the shade of the overhanging moss and timber, we kept on our way without being seen until there arose before us a black object stand ing out of the water near the lower end of the town. This we concluded to be the Albemarle, but upon steam ing toward it found it to be a pile of coal on a dock. Disappointed, we returned to the north side and con tinued on up the river for another quarter of a mile. ATTACK ON THE RAM. "Again taking our bearings we de scribed a second black object across the river unquestionably the ram at her dock. It was very dark and at first we felt our way with utmost caution, but when two-thirds of the way across the cutter was cast off and the signal given the engineer to turn on full steam. With exhaust turned in and sparks flying from the stack we went full ahead at the enemy. Almost immediately we were discovered and hailed. No an swer was made to the first two calls. A third time the cry came: " 'Boat ahoy! What boat conies there?' "Standing in the bow of the launch, the torpedo lines in his hands, our leader shouted: " 'We'll soon let you know.' "This retort was answered by a rifle shot from the lookout on the ram. At the same instant the gong was sounded, the whistle blown, and the bell rung. Then hell broke loose on the Albemarle, and in less time than it takes to tell it her ports were thrown open anil her guns trained upon us. Yet on we rushed, paying no heed to the shot and shell that plowed the water on all sides. We did not know that the ram had been surrounded by a log boom, extending about twenty feet from her hull, and our little craft, going at her best speed, struck this boom head on, and leaped almost over it. This gave Cushing his opportunity. A strong pull of the detaching line, a mo ment's waiting for the torpedo to rise under the hull, followed instant ly by a mighty upheaval, and our work was done. 'There was no need of Cushing's cry for us to save ourselves. I had already cast off my cutlass, pistols, and shoes, and now, as the launch sank beneath us, leaped into the water. On coming up from my dive I found I was quite under the shadow of the dock to which the Albemarle had been moored. Soon the river was lighted by torches and lanterns, and everything floating was fired on, lest one of our party might escape. Hugging the shore as closely as possible, I swam a long distance down stream, and then crawled into some long grass near the river bank. When morning came I found mvself within a stone's throw of a path lead ing from Fort Gardner to Plymouth. All day 1 lay in the grass, not daring to stir for fear of discovery, but after nightfall made my way down stream, walking cautiously along the shore, and having to wade and swim through many swamps and tributary streams. In the early morning of the second day I fell in with an old colored man, who gave me a little corn bread and kept me until night, when I proceeded down the river in a scow, at last reaching the Whitehead, which was on picket duty. Ragged, dirty, and well nigh exhausted, I was taken to the flagship, where I reported to the commander, after which I was sent to the Chicopee to compare notes with Cushing, who" had arrived the day before and reported the success of our enterprise. CL'SUING S OWN STORY. Cushing has left a graphic record of his own adventures after the de struction of the Albemarle. All of his followers, except McDermaid. were either killed or captured, and he himself had a dozen narrow es capes from death. "Completely ex hausted," he writes, T managed to reach the shore some distance below the town, but was too weak to crawl out of the water until just at day light when I managed to creep into the swamp, close to the fort. After several hours' traveling i the swamp, I encountered a negro, and sent him into the town for news of the ram. Continued on fourth page TRAINING CHILDREN. HOW THEY ARE SPOILED BY A LACK OF FIRMNESS. The Relation of the Home to the School in the Education of the Child Some thing Which Every Parent and Father Should Read and Carefully Consider From Annual Report of Prof. Edwin E. Sheppe, Superin tendent of the Reldsvllle Graded Schools. (Ueidsville Weekly.) In the minds of some person, the school is a machine for the grinding out of "book knowledge" only, which is supposed to have little or no con nection with the life that people now live upon the earth. Perhaps this is the most common view. There is one great false thing now openly taught which is poisoning the public con science. It is the mischievous notion that education is mainly to be desired as a qualification for money-making There are some things better than money. EDUCATION MEANS NOTHING if it does not mean Ihe making of character. It means nothing, if it does not mean manhood aud woman hood. It means nothing if it does not mean the growth of the soul, in tellectual and spiritual uplift, moral power. Money-making is good, but the progress of the living soul is bet ter. The world demands that school work shall be made practical, and the demand is reasonable and just; but it must never be forgotten that that teaching is the most practical which opens the most windows of the soul, enkindling noble ambitions, enrich ing the character, and giving effective preparation of complete living. WHAT THE HOME HAS TO DO WITH EDUCATION Now, the great thing which we call character, is for the most part the re sult of training. This training is not alone the work of the school. I wish that these words from the pen of an eminent educator could be hung about the neck and imbedded in the heart of every parent: "The home," he says, "is "a kindergarten school, and upon its proper training more than upon all other agencies, depends the character of the school and of the society in which these children are to live and act in later years." Have we not been saddling too much re sponsibility for the child's education upon the school teacher? Conti uing the writer whom I have just quoted, says: "I maintain that the future of the child depends largely upon his early training, and if the child is properly managed from early infancy, none but mild measures will be required to secure obedience and fidelity in all his relations in the family and school. But all are not so managed. There are many spoiled children in families, and these all lind their way into the school, and the question is how shall they be treated by the teacher when they come under his management? I insist that it is these sioiled chil dren in the home who become rebels in school, and, if they are not checked by wholesome discipline on the way, who become troublesome citizens and criminals in society, and that the large increase of in subordination and lawlessness every where manifest at the present time, has resulted from laxity and ineffi ciency in family and school discipline There is an inseparable connection between the two facts, as cause and effect." HOW CHILDREN ARE SPOILED. These are plain words but they are true. "Some parents have both the natural gift and the wisdom necessary to properly control their childrenT ami others seem to be entirely destitute not only of the power but also of the disposition to exercise it. Let us notice briefly some of the ways in which children arc spoiled. Perhaps more are spoi led by the lack of firmness than by any other means. There are the weak, vacillating parents whose "No" to the children does not always mean no. The mother refuses an indulgence, but after a little teasing, begging. display of effection or shedding of tears, consents, and the child is th? victor. His love for his mother is not increased; he is made more Hellish and less obedient; and he is more determined than ever to gain his ob ject when he has an object to gain. Some mothers sjkiI their children by not teaching them to work and to repect labor; others by scolding and threatening; others by habitual whipping; others by impulsiveness and indulgence; others by persuasion: and still others bribery. But the effect upon the charater of the child is the same. He learns to control his parents and gain his object; the power of filial affection is lessened: parental control gradually slip away: and obedience, the corner-stone of character, is broken down. What is true of the parent's man agement is also true of the teacher's. The school is only an extension of the family. Teachers and school officers are the assistants of parents in the important work of educating their children. Hence, the training of the school includes the training of the family, and should "be conducted on the same principles. Parents are the Heaven ordained rulers of the home, and teachers fill their places, acting under delegated authority. The principle upon which the school and family are governed is the same, and the method of discipline varies only with the circumstances. When the'school is placed in charge of the teacher, the parents are no longer in control, but should co-operate and sustain the teacher in his control and management. THE TEACHER'S FUNCTION. The true teacher remembers that her highest function is to preside over the birth, formation and correc tion of habits that will hold the child to a right course of action when be shall no longer bare her personal presence to guide him. She know that in order to do this, she must train the feelings and the will of the child as well as the intellect. She always says yes and no with kind ness but with emphasis and ad heres to her decisions. She is not impulsive, alternately indulging and punishing the children according to the humor she happens to be in at the time. She does not scold and threaten. She knows that reproof and correction are necessary, but that constant faultfinding" does nothing hut harm. Her reproofs and praises alike hurry the children on voluntarily to improvement. She docs not gain her ends by wheedling, coddling or coaxing, nor purchase good behavior by bribery. She docs not degrade the child by whipping for every offense, nor hold out the feat of punishment as the only motive for obedience. She does not use persuasion to put down rebellion, nor permit the child to gain the ob ject of his desires by disobedience. She looks carefully to" the motives to which she habitually appeal to nee whether they are .-oHih or g. iierou. noble or ignoble; whether they tend to sycophancy or indcciidtMicc, cowardice or courage. In all of her leaching she recognizes as funda mental the law of growth by M'lf aetivity, and m cs clearly that what ever she does for the child by way of telling or lecturing takes awav from him not only the stimulus but the necessity ami power to do for himself. Much in Little Is rsiNvially trm ot HikhI'.i Pill, for nonn-UI-citie ever contained so groat curatlv jower la so small siace. 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