Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1877, Page 4

Weather Indications To-day. Orricz oF Crirr SIGNAL OFrFicer, Wasaminoton. duly 11.190, '¢ For the middle Atlantic states, Pressure, stationary or lower temperature. bortherly winds, partly cloudy weather and occasional Condensed Locals. From mys Parker we bave the New York ¥ ¢ of the mails Tand To-day, Annie L. Gibbs, by M. Thompson bbs, filed a bill for a divorce frora Isaac C. to whom she married in Apr the grovnd of tment. &c. Mr. Joseph F son will the pe ition of Intendant of the Wa: Asylum on the Ist of Angust. Col Fehtz bas been appointed to succe The Mickigan Ri evening adopted retot memory 0: the late H. sistant” Attor elt Hox: of re pect to th General of the . M. E. N. Howell presided The verdict of the coroner's in the case of the accidental Malorey, mentioned in ‘was that the ing in of ing In a tre tached to a About 1 per_on in the case. rk last nisi a colored residing in the alley between 2ist and 22d and N and O streets borthwest. was sev: rely eut in the back and face by a colored man named John Stewart, with a shoe knife. The wounds were dressed by Dr. Mead who decided that they were not ¢ SH — The Poblic Schoc! Trastees. REORGANIZATION OF THE ROARD. An Public Schools was held at the Franklin Building last evening, and Mr. J. H. Brooks called it to order. Mr. J. Browa was called tothe chair. The following is a cor- the members, allof whom were M srs. Dyerand Cragin: et; *J. = Brown oth dis- 2 wo th ¢ c.H. v. Curry, ith dis- district; *E. F. ey. Sd distriet m, 7 w 6th + Ist districi ree Whi ith, eth istrict; ath dis- irict: . pied. Messrs. Cra Lee, and Holland are new members; s. P. L. Brooke. Jobnson, Lioyd, and White hold over. The Board proceeded to elect officers, a Mr. W. W.¢ receiving 1H oe rtis was reelected president, oles—Messrs. Brooks and Smith one each. Mr. Hrooks was re-elect: 1 secretary eiving 1} votes, and Messrs. Browne and Jobnson one each. A resolulien was adopted continuing the committees of last year until the new ou sha}! be announec ad directing the see tary that they be announced through the press. A communication was received from the District Commissioners notifying the board that they had determined the leases of most Of the rented property of the schools on the 30th ultimo, and reqtiesting the board to en- ter into negotiations for the releasing at a reduced rental of such rooms as they deemed it advisable to reoeca: or other rooms, A resolution was adopted that the sub- boards furnish tne committee on property information as to what buildings it is de- sirable to retain, &c.. and empowering the ‘Committee on property to act. Applications for teachers’ positions were Received from Josephine A. Stewart, Emma + Sm! * Inman E. Page, Charles H. id. Mo ; R. Melville Cra- pilege; James E. Hunt, of Avrapolis, and W. L. C. Stevens, of At Janta, Ga. The resignation of Miss Annie M. Adams, Of the ith district, was received and accept- ed, and Miss Mary E. Anderson was elected to the vacancy. A communication was received from the Locke Literary Society, requesting permis- sion to occupy the rooms used for sehool pur- poses in Grace chureh, corner “th and 8 Streets northwest; and the action of the sub- board tn granting the permission asked was bay” gag r. J. 8. Brown offere’ a resolution, which Was adopted, “that the committee on text books be authorized to make such unessen- tial changes in the course of study as the advance and exigencies of schools may — im their judgment to require or war- i es The Good Health of Washington City. WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY AnouUT IT. Ata special meeting of the Medica! Society f the District of Columbia, held at Gonzaga hall, last evening, Dr. S. C. Bu Presiding and C. H. A. Klien: f the damaging statem the city, published recently in norther: Westera papers, was the subject of ¢ Bion. A committee to con: compo.ed of Alex. Y McCoy. J. V Uss and F M. a tions, which were adopted; that “a wide FS report having been circulation rough the public public press of northern id Western Cities that the eitizers of Wash- ton are at this time suffering from a severe form of epidemic disease, ‘and a8 such report 4s well caleulated to deter persons Wishing to wisit our city from coming here, as wel) as €reate alarm and anxiety in the minds of absent friends, besides in several other ways inflicting a positive injury upon the busi- mess affairs Of our citizens,” therefore «the members of the Medical Soelety of the Di - trict of Columbia, having the best opp- Yunity of being correctly informe* | - ~*~ the sanitary condition of our ~ + Lingly proiounce said ; ~y, Unhesita~ cular. -<port falsein every .. according to the observ: had © a t-ssional men, we ha * _« Unprecedented healthy od, em- wencing the past six months, all classes of children tneluded, enjoying a re- awarkuble freedom from disease, as attested by the experience of every practitioner of medi . That, recognizing the entire abse ¥ just grounds for such report We can only regard it as the offspring of some fertile imagination, designed as ahoax, Or an Ingenious device of malice on the part of some enemy of our city. That the pablic Journals of this city, together with such ers elsewhere as have aided in ¢ a Feport, be requested to pa le and resoluti “The Clab” Gambling Hease Case VERDICT OF NoT Gt in the Criminal Court, Jadge yesterday, the case of wari P Isaae BE. Jon-s ani George A. Williams, with keeping a garat, after our report closed—District Wells and Assistant, H. H. Weils. the government. and Messrs. W. A. kK and A.B. Williams for the defence. After argument by counsel the case was sub- mitied to the jury about 5 o'clock, and af ter half an hour's absence they returned with @ verdict of not guilty. The annonncement ‘Was received by the friends of the accused With a murmur of approv: ——-——_ FIRE THIS MORNING.—The fire this morn- ing.the alarm for which about 10 o'cloc’s, brought out the fire department promptly, was in the lott of the stable of MF. Jol ¢. Cook, on C street, between 12th and 13th Streets, where a quantity of straw took fire frora some unexplained cause. The firemen confined the flames to the apartment in Which the fre origivated, and the loss was small. When No. | eogine was approaching the scene by some means the horses were thrown cowa and cut and otherwise injure 1. ——.—— Navy YARD MATTERS.—Geo: Sheffield has been appointed foreman of tse canter a departinent. The repairs oa Tallapoosa—cauiking and have been commenced. and will be comple! @d in about three weeks. Col. B. F. Simp son, recently appoisted foreman of joiner :, has reopened the shop, which has been closed for six months. The chain and anchor shops have each a la foree of men at work, as leo the boiler s! ee ——-. For THE YACHT RACE —The splendid ba; Express, € ; T. Barker, wilt Jeave Stephenson's Wharf, foot of Muh siree , at 9a. m., Thorsday, 12th July, in ample time to witness» the bits Face between the cus and the Ellg Treadwell. The steamer will accompauy tue yachts over the entire course, giving ah opportunity to see the race from sia: to fluish. Fare for the round trip only & cents. t odin oe Stravek BY LieHTNiNG.—During the storm about 5 o’cleck this moruing the light- ning siruck the roof of honse No. street northwest, tearing up the roof. The shock threw a small child ont of a chair in One of Lhe Upper rooms. Lace stripe white gools, lawns fn seal brown, uavy blue, dark greea and black With Ince ‘onder: biaek gretadines, banting, at Carter's: Markee dooce wuts ——_o—___ LADIEs, and cures —_— pers in —- doctor Wanted on 5th street, between epublican Association last 1. A. S. Gaylord, As- y United States for the Depariment of the Interior. '¥ yesterday, ch, and that no blame can be at- ting of the Koard of Trustees of in The amor. now re"" 03 36 13th | THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Report of the Trustees. The report of the Trnstees of Public Schools the second of the consolidated board for the | District) has just been published. The report first cails attention to schcol-houses and ac- commodations, and says: This is a subject that constantly thrusts itself upon attention. This District can boast a number of school buildings, so convenient in location and so well adapted to their pur- pose in nearly all conceivable particulars, as to win the admiring commendations of Jndicious visitors famiitar with the most | renowned buildings of |'ke nature. Some of the oldest and most refined of European na- tions do not disdain to copy them. Ample acknowledgment of the superiority of these buildings was made during the Centennial year. But there are not near enough ef them, bor, Indeed, of any others. Nor are such as t properly distributed. The schoel build. ‘2s owned by the District are generally con- jentand pleasant; but, mt upon their inadequacy, recourse has been com. pelied to hired piaces, inferior in merit aud with most unfavorable adjuncts and sur- | roundings. Some of them are of imperfect construction, and others are La moe frem age. Froma disregard of the laws of ventilation, some are dangerous to all who breathe their air,and for lack of light, (as essential to the physical welfare of human beings @s to that of vegetable life,) nealth is endangered. The free play of the elements ts rot the most formidable foe that lurks around these nurseries of learning. Tnere are Public School rooms in the basement; of ebureh edifices so damp that the walls weer # mold plainly visible, and unpleasantly perceptible tothe sense of smell. Pure air avd clear light are more rigidly excluded than are rains and fowl vapors. It hanlly comes within the scope of this re- port to treat of the intant science of school- pathology, but this seems to be a fitting time fo say « few words on that score. School houses are not intended for the propaga ion Of diseases. By way of arguinent, let refec- ence be made to ilis that painfaily interest parents and guardians of school children. Fie litte ones are found to have eye diseases, especially shortsizhtedness. This may, in part. be traced to defec' af lighting. Win- dows are either too remote or are badly placed, the light, in some instances, betn! deficient; at other times, too glaring, anc sometimes the lights eross each other’ with listressing effect. Children, especially girls, fer from hecdache. They’ tnd it impossi- oO study. Besides too close sehool-rooms, another cause to which headacue 1s ascribed is the fact that gas. particularly carbonic ox- de penetrates the red-hot cast-iron stoves in se. Bleeding at the nose is another result of x iong in contaminated air. Discases 0/ the resprratory organs are Somewhet attribut- able fo the same origin, and in pa:t to chill- trents of airor to sudden changes of These tem s are lacking, out-houses being on the plan in vogue before the days of proper sewage; and they gre not only freely accessible to rain and storsa. bat also offensively liable to public gaze and in- trusion. Thus health, decency and com- fort are seriously interfered with. Again, rented building’ and rooms, by reaso1 of unsubstantial construction or age, are ever so getting out of order as to re- quire yearly outlays to make them babit- able. " Not uufrequently sehoools are dismissed for days together, and studies ta- terrupted, votil necessary repairs can be made. Sometimes alterations of buildings are requited to adapt them to school uses. These are costly in more senses than one. In some districts = high rents are de- mauded because no other adaptable places ean be had; and, even then, locations are in- convenient tothe majority of Utes Mos* of the rented buildings are held under con- tracts for one year certain, the owners re- taining the right of resumption of control. Other facts could be adduced as argumenta why the absolote ownership of school pro- paring should be in the District government. en the best most economical modes of heating and ventilatin ployed; each room could be lighted from two exterior sides without contlicting opposit= lights to blind the children; there could be Staircases eggs 3 ascent in different parts of the buildings, with ample means of egress so that in case of sudden alarm all theschoo! rooms might simultaneously be empticl, and the pupils be taken into the open air without ¢on.usion or danger; and, in short, | aecommedations for hats and cloaks, &e., &e., that characterize our models would tend to make the school house alluring to the young, instead of being repulsive, as is now often the case. The annual rents of school-houses (many of which, in the language of the committee on property, are “ily-lighted, poorly-ven!ila‘ed, damp, and unhectthy rooms,”) umount to $21,1i579. The estimate for repairs for the yeur is placed at $12,009, with $1,200 more for the care of water closets. A great part of the whole he peo is chargeable to rented slincs, and could be saved tf the Distr owned the buildings that it should have; that is, the sum of the rents now paid would be sufficient io meet the interest of a loan (herei 1) and to create a sini. superintendent Wilson eiti- ye SUM Of $225,000 as ample to furnish could be em- are full and even crowded. The theory is | “cess can best goon when Immigrants find leducation. but to them the practice ge isexcinsiom: We have not schools enough. | Nor have we a pert wise men who think th: Le should begin with the “Kindergarten.” The ladder of learning mast aio lengthened, #0 to place our children on a plane with those of many of the states. We needa high school. The system Is necessarily growing. Tue young giant is bursting tts bonds The gram- mar schoo! has begotten the advanced graim- mar school. The experiment has proved to a gratifying success. fact that nearly all thesuccessful competitors for the Normal School come from it. The prople see the wisdom of it. is made for leave —— beyond the Gram- mar-School. The Advanced Grammar- School is pow to be necessarily nearly double its present size. ‘ariety. There are ic education absolutely necessary.a High Schoo}. Why is this necessary? lent traming academy for teachers. mepse muitiptication of subjec: employed. The mind is not merel with facta. but actuated Dy science. The teacher must keep the times. Learni ing men. The overcome. But good guides save time. right paths. efforts. PRACTICALNESS OF PUBLIC TRAIL The maiv and almos syatem of common schoo! training is to fit pupils ne Grdinary cuties of life. successful? An eminent man in Massachu- setts, and one who ought ta know. has iar disputed this. publie schools is no longer practical, but that fancy studies and aceomplisinionis have usurped the place of necessary solid branches It thought in acapttous or petulant spirit, bat it must be admitted that he represents the opinions of a large class. Bey objection has the foree of trath in some states. So faras the District of Columba is concerned @ refutation ts needed. It may truthfully asserted that, in this District, the publie sthoois furnish as mueh useful in lormation a& could well be compressed into the time of tuition. The mode: are the most approved, and the teachers, as a class, unex - celled. To this central point are drawn all the advantages tbat have been tested by the experience of other communities where the system has been longer in fall aciiviiy. Toe only drawback is a@ deficiency in 1 Private schools could do no more wil same opportunities. The instructors are cer. tainly bot inferior to self-appointed and oft- times crudely-taught teachers of schools. There is a good supervising &: for pupils and teachers. The Uataing is practical. That only is taught which all should know. SCOPE OF INSTRUCTION. This is necessarily general. This course includes all elementary bran learning necessary as a groundwork for good citizenship. It does not profess to go into Specialties. It opens gates, and points out paths that must be pursued to reach fields of advanced culture. engineering. military ‘or naval science, painting, sculpture, or literature are beyond the immediate purpose of the schools of the fall ‘hes of le; but the broad principles upon which | Ei Rinas of learning are base! are taught on | most approved plank. Daniel Webster exhibited b's usual sound judgment when he said thatif he had an number of ehildren he would send them ail | to public sebools. | Upon thes places of train: ing depends the greataess of the nation. | Their system of training improves, expands, and beautifies crude natural raculties and exalts the general standard of education. The opinions of many prominent business | men have heretofore been collected as to the difference in skill, aptitude or amount of | work arising from a difference in education and Independent of natural abilities. With one voice they agree that he who has adopted means to discipilne his mind is preferred in any mechanical work to one who is not mentaily disciplined. An educated man in. | variably acquires a knowledge of iis work more quickly and executes it wilh less cost of supervision than does one uneda The educate fathfal. ed man is the most skillful and As a rule the common-school Li to Lis employer per cent. above his ignoran. com- We know that even the simplest petitor. kind of work can best be done by one of | trained mind. A mechanic does not work by Instinet, bat by intelligence improved by the experience of others. As natural! fruit ail accommodations now supplied for the nted buildings and rooms chools for white children. 5 correct of his estimate, the fact must not be lost Sight of that each suceved year brings tnere28e4 demands. Nov must the wants of schools ‘F Colored children be over- looked. The tatemen! Of Mr. Superintend- ent Coox presents an appo@l that strengiens the case. That the Distriet woul be msterially ben- efited by a change of its condittod from tan- ant to that of landlord is a Propo bardly needs demonstration. It canvot be expected that any time will be more fa vora- ble than the present for ground and the erection of school buildings. the purchase of What ts the remedy? From what can means be obtained to erect sohoo} sonics gs” From the Distries government? No. “ized from taxation is bare’, suificler® to meet current expenses, end propery holders cannot endure a higher rate of taxation. But one practicable solu- Uon Suggests itself. Let authoriz> & loan al a fair rate of interest, and the dif- fieulty would be overcome. The measure would, no doubt, be as popular as judicious. NATIONAL IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS DISTRICT. No other region of our country of the same population exercises so great an influence on national morals and manners. This is owing to the fact that, in an eminent degree, our Population is a flucwnating, temporary ag- &regation. This becomes readily manifest on lookin tion of residents and casual so: ‘he children of officials and employes of the government largely ava}! themselves of the advantages of oar public schools, and so do the «wards of the pation,” the children of colorel people, drawn hither in great numbers, Many fam- ilios Whocome toremain but fora few montas in winter send their children to these schools. In the seattering that takes place afler each change of administration—or, even each festion of Congress—the intluence of our public sehools is radiated throughout the G All seetions of our common country may, therefore, be said to be immediately interested in maintaining these excellent mmstitutions of learning. Strangers come ant learn and go home to teach. This ts a reser- voir that sends out a thousand rilis in all directions. The District of Columbia schools are not mere local training institutions. ‘This idea is not always uppermost in the minds of committees 1 jongress when legis- lating for this District; but le hereof are sometimes treated as eleemosynary aliens, or as non-voting inhabitants of an isiand of the sea. If rightly considered, the permanent residents and tax ‘ers will be acknowledged as patrons ar nefactors. They pay willingly all school taxes and wel- come «ll pupils for whom there Is room. In View of tite tacts of the ease, why should not Congress contribute from the N: Treasury in supporting these schools who are included in the flower and our nation owe much to these schools, which their parents contribute not a dime. And in hundreds of cases the strangers crowd out the residents. duis the glory and boast of our Republic that all its young have an equal start in the race of life so far as learning 1s concerned. In this District this Layo is not effectuated, Thousands of children of the school aze are absentees. No particulareffort is made to bring them in, because there is not room for them. Pupils once admiited have a prefer- enee to seats in the succeeding session. More schools are required. But schools cost Money. So do reformatories, workhouses, jails, anc penitentiaries. Congress is annu- ally compelled to choose between school teachers and officers of criminal justice. Par- simony is sometimes mistaken for economy. = aimshonse and jail are costlier than the ool. INCREASING DEMAND FOR SCHOOLS. Each year witnesses an addition to the roll { membership of the Public Schools at the proj ners. | District. This is owing to two causes. The institutions places them on a level. No lines of caste di them. pital and labor go band in hand. All whohave edueation have ital. Ignorance and sq’ Intelligence and fons. The le Enowled, It will not do for the igaorant pon dy Baga AE that might provoke ve you ” Yet thousands of poor trees are improved by grafling, so natural abilities are cultivated and developed by education. Public school training furnishes the workman with tools. The aim of our system in this Distriet ts to make tntelli- enee the beneficeat handmaid of labor. ‘he son Of the mechanic learns how to make | calculations, that he may raise himself into a higher position of safety to himself and of usefulness to society. The farmer's child gets ideas of botany, the nature of rolls, the | means of estimating crops and products. It is intended that the studies of both sexes shall tend to inculcate the idea that labor ix | bongzable, whether it 1§ of the hang or of the head. “* ‘o the comparative chances of the edu- cated and the uoeducated something ma here be said. Io a collection of the state- | ments of experts, oue testifies that he would rather pay to an educated farm hand $24 per month than $16 to one who could not read and write. Many others speak as forcibly to the same effect. Mental culture is every- thing to the laborer. It lifts him from a hovel te @ castle, drives out intem) erance and vice, furnishes a neat home with books, refinements and happiness. The most, of machinery in use ape rer) Was lavent- ed by laboring men. e uneducated may succeed, but if soit is by a miracle. An 11 stance ts cited to illustrate the necessi the rudiments of learning even iu a switch- tender. He had been furnished with propor Ume-tables, Moy he sent a swiftly-runniv train of cars into another going at greats; peed in anopposite direction. More than tweaty | lives were lost thereby. Property to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars was destroyed. At @ trial in court it was roved that he could not read. hundreds Of @nalogous cases of the tax on ignorance might be cited. No laborer, wor man, Oraocchante can hope for success w.t out some knowledge of letters. Houseuold domestics are the more desirable whea they | 4. An illiterate have some school educati foreman in @ factory would be an anomaly. Two boys start in life togetn: Their ages, physical stength, mental cepaeity, end cir cuinstances are equal, except thai one is ig- norant and the olier is educated. Let them stand equal in rank as fellow-mechanics. One, in the other with his mind opened beholds a constantiy-expanding vista. He soon be- comes a leader in his handicraft, perceiving | pew adaptations ofold forces anc Hiances: PI of mechanical powers. Capital seeks him. | He becomes the employer of swarms of men | once his peers in ition. Ignorance con- Unues to plow with a crookel stick, as it | did thousands of rs ago. Education calls into activity beaut ‘ully adapted implements tbat seem to turn clods into gold. Labor is found to be a curse only when allied with ig: norance. In Great Britain the work of | 660,000,000 persons is done by less thaa | 30,000,000 through the aid of saving | machinery. In our iaud the same rule emi- nently applies. Within less than a ceatury the producing power of man has been ntfui — twenty fold. Our ——, offers the highest bounty for skill, sagacity, intelll- gence, practical talent. We n not fear too great an elevation of popular intelli- gence. The founders of our Republic in- tended the standard of educ at.on to be high ard on an ascending scale, a fact which the | is in the District of rT Trustees of Public Columbia ever bear By contining the the most mind. irse Of studies within we reasonable limits, what is taught is welltaught. Tosome extent, the priuciple of the * pipeerearten is adop*ed in the Dis- triet primary schools, 80 that children, under their omice, are pat into possession ‘ar sil eir are pal ion of @ their facuities, besides being taught to read, write, and count. High trainio, and prep- aration are considered indispensable for teachers of any Their business 1: understood to be the smoothing of the bigh- way to knowledge. inp J profit by the expe- rience of public schools elsewhere. Improve- ments are always going oa, even in systems of teaching. It has been well said that it took the world more than fifty-five centuries to discover and establish the true solar sys- tem; yet fifty-five hours’ study, with molern aids, would suffice glo intelligent man avery good idea stupend. ments and beautifal centuries ago, the §; ‘ystem of free a whole Sear Be eae caine ip any coun- | deserted her in own schools may b3 _ try was or eeadea a tne te ‘ace aeeen thereof. Sar schools aim at the cal. They. | Seek to leach what all know. F modern languages, for excluded from the parts of the United States German that they mus! be This is attested by the Great pressure enlarged to It ts the nu- cleus of what is not only desired but what is Because it sends forth material for the Normal Leer ay oe n this age of clectricity and sieam and the im- of know- ledge, the most efficient machin“ -y must be crammed principles of e with ing the business of a teacher implies learning the science involved in it. That the theory of education, whether taken ina general sense or considered only in re- fereuca to any of the abstract sciences or professions, has far outstripped its practice is acknowledged by all observing and think- Normal School trains the teachers of the future props of the Repnblic. Then let the material he the best, the bright youths whose minds have been carefully jel ihrough all the lower halls of learning. No royal road to Geometry has yet been found. Each step must be picked, each obstacle ife is no longer to be half wasted in seeking the We must have regularly taught teachers; for a lack of skitifal tratners im- plies perplexity, discoaragement, and baiil-d SCHOOL sole object of our Is tt He says that the tratning of may be that he uttered the iui doubt the W, medicine, theology, | ted. | thelr fil'h to their fourteenth year. the supreme authority of Francedireete 1 all children throughout the F be compe: led to atta) turbulence of the times, the mandate beca:ne almost a dead letter, and ecclesiastical dom- i Ei ignorance. He knew what his people in 1570 learned to their grief, that a nation is none the less strong because its “bayonets think.’ In Sweden, Norway and Denmark, parents are fined for not sending children to school. These até examples ‘9 show that even mon- archies find edu. ilion promotive of good or- der, In this republic, the predomination of ignorance means destruction to free govern- ment. necessar, most 01 fact reeds ho proof. Of the imported soul- begrimed Thugs of the mining districts of Pennsylvania, how many can write cal read a ballot. Yet sought to be rescued from the gallows be- cause they have voles. Against such, com- pulsory education is the only protection. So much &s to the right to legislate in favor of school learning. ponding obligation. Probably | is ignorance, uuheedinzly plods on, | arn the speech of the peopie with whom they cast in their lot. The ma- jestic concrete tongue that we speak is suf- ficient for common school pa 5 Lp becomes more homozencous by the use of @ standard, janguage. Special instruction m modern Isnguages must for the present be sought In private sehools. Yet alvanc 1 pupils are encouraged to learn Latin and Greek, and to ison to all kinds of valu- able learning; but the common-school teach- ing itself does net go so far. | SPECIAL STUDIES are necessarily few. Drawing ts one of these, and, as the basis of | all industrial art, iCis deemed indispensa- | ty ble. The pleasing evidences of proficiency, displayed iu exhibitions of the work of pab- lie-school pupils. cause a regret that this study of the useful and ornamental was not sooner and more generally pursued Under | competent art-instructors, copies are made from uature, models, casts, archit 1 or- baments, &¢., &c. ‘Many superior original designs are made. Altegether, thi of study is found too profitable to be omit- ted. Music is not the least useful study. Children are not st to become pro- ficients in the sclence or even the ari, bui the rudiments of both are t The most civilized nations, recogntz- ing the value of music as a refining element, | have grafied its culture on the course of pub- lie uestion. When the mind begins to weary withordinary studies the gentle infla- ence of songs acts With refreshing vigor. It is a sweetener of toil, anda solace of life, No pupil is too young to catch a melody, and power. Beautiful morai taught by the breath of music. Patriotism is inculeated and stimulated by it. it eannot be struck from the public-sehool course of instruction without society feeling its loss. | A few competent instractors go from school to school, and by means of chart and book and voice, and sometimes instraments, im- parta knowledge of music. HIGH-SCHOOL FOR Boys. For such there is great need. The com- lainton this score is just. Girls have the Kormat School, but boys pass no higher than the Grammar School. Girls are educated at the public expe teachers. When stantly command Wish to becc salaries. » qualified as teachers of bigh- grade cols. they must go from home. per- haps at an expense of thousands of dollars. | Wena young man is appointed to a teac’ ership. Le finds his salary tixed at no pigher rate than that ef the young woman waose education cost her nothing. For the hi grade male-schools men are gencrall quired as teachers, and none but the efficict should be so engaged. But they canno: Without 19:8 to Us res, petition with fet the public. The It ts also ne into co:;n- | teachers educated by discrimination is unjust. Great difficulty is found ¥ sted by ploring nes have at they are ill-used. Lot hen superior young me Willi not be so apt to turn ikeir backs on the | school-house int disgust, to the loss of this District and the proiil of some more appre- clalive section. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. By the act of June 184, (re-enacted by sec. 71, ch. 12, U. 8. Rev. St. relating to the District of Columbia.) Congress racognized its power and its duty in regard to this sub- ject. The law requires that every person | baytr utrol of any child between ages of eight and fourteen years shall annually, under a penalty of twenty dollars, send eueh | child to some peblic school at least twelve | weeks, six of which shall be consecutive, unless in case of inability or attendance by the child at a private school for the same po- riod. Elongated is founded on the first law | in nature—the right of self-preservation—and it resis upon as firm @ basis as does the right Of protection from small pox by compulsory vaccination. Arguments against it are based on abstract and a mpeeyagion theories. Enforced eda- cation Is not a usurpation of parental au- thority, although courts in some states doubt the inherent right of a commonwealth to thus protect itself against the wolves of tg- norance. Fartisavsbip bas blinded their eyes. Congress has theorized more wisely. It has assented to the doctrine that, of tweuty | men, the nineteen who educate their children | should be protected against the one who does not educate his. Well-behay ofadepraved few. The law against mad- dogs 1s nol a more beneficent police regula. | T tion, The legisiatures of states enforce this fundamental law. champion the cause of elyilization in Ea- rope. It is not novel: for Solon prescribed that every man should cause his enild to be taught minsic and gymnastics. according Lo the laws of Lyeurgas, the state | took char, their seventh vear. primary-scl.oo.s, and compelied the chilaren of his courticrs tu aliend them, synod ef Wartemb rg imposed a fine for It is @ safeguard to the 1 majority against the diabolisin So do the nations that Tn Spaita, of the education of children from Charlemagae founded Tn 1649, the nor attendance at school. In took charge of education of chi In school, butowingto the ance prevented 1t8 resuscitation. mperor triedin vain to dis ‘The late 1 the mist of Some degree of school or is for the intelligent exercise of the inary dutics citize ip. This and ? Statistics show that it is with difi- rogeny can be taught to the Mollie Maguires are that their 8. Where there is a right there is @ corres- If the governmentcom- pels children to attend schoo}, it must pro- vide the means of learning. Taxes are paid by many who are debarred the promised benefits. truancy. remium on uses Were There seems tobe a Jf sufficient school provided, the law could be enforced and a- sSentees be brought in. Respectfully submitted:—[Signed) Wm. Henry Browne, Robert Reyburn, M. D., John Ji. Brooks, Chas. E. Hovey, B. F. Lioyd, \ Committee’ on Annual Report, Board’ of ‘Trustees of Public Schools. THE SWINDLER STILL ON His TRAVELS. The notice given through the papers that James S. Porter, the champion swindler,was operating in Harrisburg, Pa.,and Baltimore, in raising rooney through false pretences and upon forged cheeks, did no* prevent him from visiting this city under the name of Charles L. Patterson, perpetrating like s win- des on parties here, who did not know him as James T. Porter, the pretended secret ser- vice agent. From one hotel keeper in this city made @ raise of $50. He took board from poor man, a carpenter, and afier Swindling him out of ten days’ rd he passed a fo. check put ug tohave been signed by A. Cook & Co., payable to the order of Charles B. Patt on the Ger- man American Savings Bank of Washing- ton, D. C., tor $28, dated July 7, 1817. He also obtained from Dr. Fayles #10,and from other rsons various sums, left the city on esday night last. PURE RASPBERRY wines are now bein, extensively used by our physicians as an ef- fective cure for the various forms of summer complaints among adults and children; one physician rts the cure of @ number of ‘rsons troubled with violest forms of dysen- ry and diarrhea, with raspberry wine. Great precaution must, however, be observ- ed. inorder to obtain it pure and unadulte- rated. Mr. Xander, the well-known rectifier aud distiller of this wae ‘911 7th street, is making @ specialty of this wine, which he invites physicians to analyze to prove its merits. We commend it toall our readers.— (Heath Journal, t INDICTMENTS. — The grand gary tater found indictments against John sisting an officer; Redwood Vandergriftali Robert Vandergri DECREE oF Divorce.—Matilda Eskridge Was to-day divorced from the bonds of mat- ony pun Wm. B. oe oy by. ie ylie. They were marr! june, 1865, Rev. Al Holmead, and lived until 1871, when he deserted her, returned after seven * absence, and after living w th her for four months, during which time he treated her with great cruelty, he flaaliy October, 1873. Baltimore and Ohio depotat 2 p. i July 1th. eight hundred Toot abe ater, Bronte inthe That act of natural life, and realize all of wishes Excursions, Pientes, «ec. Piney Poin! avd Point Lookowt.—The switt ard safe iron steamer “‘Sne” will leave for | the above points at p.m. | turning eatly Monday morning. The Char- lotte Vanderbilt eves to the same pol &30 p.m. Saturday evening, and ret _ early Monday morning. Norfotk cmd the Cipes.—The Jane Moseley Will give her regular weekly Piney Point, Fort Monroe. Capes, leaving here at evening, avd returning Monday GEORGETOWN. —Aeting Sergeant colored man named rs old. who resides in attempted to commit suicide. ing an overdose of Inudany Ms was called tn, iaid, and gave as his of case would not terminate fatally diMcalty was supposed to bs the ATTEMPTED St G BAND YACHT RACE Trunneli reports th: aniay next, re- ? rendered med- ELLA TREADW ELL ASSOCTATION.—At 1 ontbly meeting of the Eighth B ng Association, held at Goddard's ha shares were retired ai the maximum rate, y CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE | URSDAY, Joly a2 Starting at Glymont. the conres: © Zajceum Bureau Ercursions.—This organiza- jon goes down the river on the Mary Wash- on at 6 p.m. to night, retarning @t 11 —The Arrow aud toe Mary make daily trips to Mount Ver- Potomac Ferry Steamer make® family ex- gursions down the riverevery Tuesday and | | Washington and accompany | fe course. returnitc tmmerdistely after t re for the round trip, admitting gent jose living tn the e.—The Mary Washington from the HEATER ¢ hy trips to Glymont and interme: co tea T BEL diate landings, leaving at | _ Down the Fi | leaves for an excursion do 5 p.m. thisevening. Fare, Excursion of excursion under the auspices of C | Commandery | the Charlotte at returns at OMIQUE, ith Street, W PESSYTLVANIA AVENUB, OPEN THE YEAR KO ANCE REVERT NiouT li tron EVERY WED. NESDAY and SATURDAY APTERNOON FIRST CLASS IN BYERY RESPECT. gant Comedy. norte ty ON EXHIBITION is branch | makes di cream-tartar mw 2 W. Thompson pa charm in all artic nthe Potomac at food made from flour. ight to great advan- | ni HOSTEITER’s STOMACH BITTERS wil! re- digestive organs to their full vigor, « the disontered liver ito a cond!- tion of perfect health, as certain ne dissipates the morning vapo and ague, too, is at once bro! powerful antidote K.T., will be bilt to-day at o'clock to-morrow Danc/ng at Marshall Hall. —The barge Cockale © ave her wharl to-morrow at sharp. for Giymen none too far advanced to be beyond iis | end ef the seen en sentiments are | re;reshments. to all miasmatic — ™ OTHING MysrERtorsabout! FREE ART GA . dancing, and : disappearance from the skin of erup: Exp also go down in time for the race. notice elsewhere influence of G Sulphur isa potent purifier and the skin and is most utilized tn this form. To RENEW your youth use Hill's Inst | neous Hair liye. and tbilt goes to the ah Y.P.A., Fourth Presb stant, leaving a fp mand returning at 7:30 p. m. oa the 18th. HeLr forthe weak Chronie and Without medicine. and Or at : rvous, and debili has, at O29 D wr Electric Belts and other | © = all about them, and how to dis- e from the articalars, free jalvanic Co, 2 @ until! qualifiet to be | duated, they almost in- | It young men | e Lady of the Lake Point and Point CLOTHING. PPRFECTLY rirring street wharf at 9:00 p. m., ret nt n. nm to A. Fischer's eing Eistablish- Chemical Scouring and D; Wameautta Shirts. Promptly ad pst improvens Orphan Asylum a: ina manner not Transactions tn Real Estate The following instruments in writing the office of the Recorde Deeds since our last report | DEEDS OF TRU Thomas ). Lyddane to A. Prescott, to secure Association © e, in fact, the cheap his’ superior work Panctaatity | 09, lot 20, of Earl coo’s subdivision of part of lot A and of lot B, square 102; J . J. Macarty v ADVERM Ts, FORTY-SIX YEARS ESTABLISHED. FROM $1 12% UrwaRD /URING ESTABLISHMENT. Office, 49 Jefferson Street, GEORGETOWN, D.C Work sent for and delivers Received and returned from and toauy place in the \ DYEING AND sce J. Purman, for = Vision of squar Beale, for <6 000, to any place in the ched Night Shirts, @1 16 (by mail or oxprees) 4 . ‘gts0 sde to G. W. Stivicn rt of lot 10, square - J. Purman, for $500, lot 10, <q Crossman to M. Pechin, for $3.0: + 18, 19, 20, 21,2 division of Granb; PRE Bie «t » LEWIS & Co. Fine t J. H. Crossman to Geo. Mason, for $1,000, lots 1, 11 and 12, square 93°; H. Crossman’ to E. We Q. Rand S, square 629; man to W. D. and 1fi, square Crossman, for s | Moore to J. H. Crossman. for | and 16, square 7 Sia Choppel. for £1,000, lot 57, Kelly’s division of | John F. Ennis to G. B. Balch atid Moore, to secure Gi. A. Sawyer #100, | ushee to C. G. Led? C. F. Prentiss, to secure the Germa- nia Insurance Company $1,300. pa H. L. Thomas to Theo. F. Gatebel | Duvall, to secure Benj. Charlion | Michael Duley to | N Our Spectaltios—FINE T tore of the Ophelia Secar. tman, for i FINEST BLUE FLANNEL SUITS FOR GENTLEMEN Semi-Weekly Supplements H. Crossman to W. D. GREAT BED IN THE PRICE Stave up to 80 incher € All the latest styles of STATI A larce assortaent of BOURS f NOW LN PREPARATION. GENTLEMEN'S YACHTING SUITS are 211; R. J mailed to any widress, freeof postag WM. BALL. 425 7th Street. BECKER'S Any b $1,500, lot 9, square 75! Lederer and Schmit, to secure Annie Lederer $600, lot 1, square 750; H. Burrows William Birney, siand to secure ren | 24, do.do.; Riel: Michael McCormick NOW IN STOCK ite ng Shirts and Pants, Bathing Drawers, Gunning and Fisuing Suite, Mats, cc. 87 One Price Only, GEORGE C. HENNING, 410 Seventh Street. ALL WHO ARE WAITING a 25, Western Market, rooke to same, stand han to A. F. Fox, to secure B. Chariton $500, lot ; John MeC. Wineberger to John aily, to secure Mary F. 8 | chattels im ov! H street. TRANSFERS. W. F. De Knight to P. | Trunks called fo; 1417 Penn. Ae Pp ‘TOMAC WATER. wered st creatly Alove Willards Hartizan, $1,009, n’s Subdivision of squaré A. Middleton to Benj. Beal, $7,900, M. A. Maack to A RELIABLE FILTER isa hone hold necessity i on of Potomac water ib ard i7, square B. BEST TIME TO BUY Jrant, £3,000, part of lot 23, synare 5. 1H iscoe to Thomas 0. L 5 Earl and Bri visiion of part_of lot A and all of te Cc. H. Earl to Robert E Bridget Ward, 16 D.-L. Morrison to Ed. 0, part lot i, square them m a'lsizes. with a fer attachment, at manufe: RIGHT ALONG, AS PRICES ARE DOWN TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE MARK, plonsekerpers are invited to call m ! ERS OF CHINA 1009 Pennsylvania Avonu LL WHO VALUE THEIR SIGHT TO GLASSES accuratet: ~ at HH. cd 452 Ps [ MPORTANT - i} Ashford and Pearson to R. J. Basher, lot 4,in square 315. Dennis Me ONE DOLLAR IN MONEY J. Barnard, lot 1, Dorset m1 ‘Ss sublivision of Bailey and Hyde to L. Tiiton uare 294. Arthur Fe Ch rt of lots land 1, in Wan, trasice, to Jot John Hogan, to Auua M. Ave .n W.. Cor. doy atrect. lot 5, & Be TWO DOLLARS’ WORTH OF square 531. Re ffec ions nse Dit. McTARE'S CKBBRRY BRANDY. Ic is ais that it claim For aale by Urozgiete and Grcere, and wholesale by T. A. ROVEL, coracr Nort Desat. all MEDICATED guaranteed to TWO FOR Ont AN ELEGANT INVESTMENT THE COURTS. EFRIGERATOR: CRIMINAL CovrtT—Jwige Mac Arthuy. Kviiable Make, ous than Manufacturer's Prices. The Best in Use. sin tees oe 5 yATTS & He strert, above Peara, W AND SECOND-HAND TOP NO-TOP BUGGIES gle and Jump Seat Jaggere, two end fowr: seat Park Pony Pha-tons: als, one very stsliah Brett, and fifty other styler. Tices to suit the times. IS ENTIRELY TOO LARGE, Ana Must Be IMMEDIATELY BOLD OFF 4 ward Jones, ch No Exagceration. TWO DOLLARS IX CLOTIING ONE DOLLAB IN MONEY PROPOSALS FOR COAL AND WOOD. Waa DeraRrMenr, C., July 9, 1877. Wasmtxerox, D Proposals will be received at OF JULY for Valtous of dx of Hickory Wood, 6 cords of vels cf Charcoal, riment required. COMPELLED TO RON IT OFF. MOST ATTRACTIVE INDUCEMENTS EVER OFFERED TWO FOR ONE. HABLE BROTHERS, ‘E TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Corner Seventh and D streets. BARGAINS Retere to Wm. Tucker, morch co ¢, Po.ice Cou: To-day, Edw 1 RT—Judge Snell ines Spring an? Summer Clothing. 1 RIOTS can_ be char SPECIAL NO’ tered at very reasonable rates to con from Great vey ad cursious or Picnics. given to tris branch of our For te nese G ‘arket Spece, city. )°S im GjOLD’S HEATING APPARATUS. Georgetown. or We are the Manntactarers of GOLD 8 WARM AIR PURNACES, wes from Horace "Thoms Mikins, usiy breaking aud use, and stealing a coat aad S7 CHANDELIERS end GAS-FIXTURES ap stairs. entering, « dwellin ared, charged with ‘keep ; the Court suspended judiment and took her I recognizance, remarking that i Jooked as if 1 n Thomas Hill, assault on Caroline King; personal bonds to. kesp the poace lds, colored, assault on Thomas Johneon; ~atiag Johnson, as: ‘Wand costs. Joh Siivon Kate Pililipe: @6 and conte, STEEL FOUNTAINS. SUPERIOR SYRUPS, MEAD, TONIO BEER, &c. TRADE SUPPLIED SAM’L C. PALMER, 57 Green Street, Georgetown, D.C. for sale or rent. (CEMETERY NOTICE. eras EFFECT must have a cause; s0 Boll, bre the result ver biood. Parity 4 Mixcure = SELLING OFF AT Cosr, FOR THIRTY DAYS, ON ACCOUNT OF BEBULLDING. BARGAINS, pants eB OID TUARY, ITALIAN tru 1.50 1 O- ‘and Short Dit sh MEAD | poners, 2, 61.50, 88. cares]. ener ey NOTice me : ; A. STRAU ROLL PExneyvLvamia AVENUB, jem-tr Between Tenth and Eleventh ats. Atm ars ‘Comper Tihend Bots, nm 8681 ‘Ul, WHITE &00.