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uow LTaugt xteading Fifty Years
Ago.
BW SLOCUM 11,0CII1SWEIL R. Y. •
• I ,had,-, in nsly _school, tw0:. principal
reading classes, -conducted as follows :
The classes took their Places for reading,
steekedenzereot in a_ line. The natural
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and 6asy positien of -the body „ is, facile-
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p 'usaiite to full and distinct enAneiateen,
alf the reading;leSsons were from soine
compend of :history, as .Whelpley's or
G' hiSmith's; fiksr,rsometimes, fromsom• e
geography. Or history then in use. The
,
o1ier half was uniformly fromthe -Nese'
Testament. ' There were at that time no
series of yeaders, . as Row, for I. schools ;
and.. :whether their adoPtiml in our
schools fele the reading of the .higher
•, classes is at -i provemente I think is
qiiesticnable. iBoth classes •had a short
reading lesson, at least once a clay:
The second class read from the spelling
book, or some book containing' a .spel-
ling exercise, spelling'the Same in ad-
dition. When the reading of a' foes,'
lines -by -each member of it class was fin-
ished, the books were closea,_ and the
scholar at the head asked a, -question
i
'Ifs al the lesson of the one next to him,
• which, if not, answered correctly, was
- palSsed to the next, tillfit-i-vasSo aeswer-
eed; -when .the -suocessful Seholer pass-
. ecl to the one -who, propounded the
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question, and thin thiough the class.
This practicewas greatly beneficial to
tile scholars, as it induced careful atten-
tion in readings/1 ancl it greataMount, of
valuable information was then treasured
'up which would have been lost by care-
. reading. .1 am aware that seine ob-
ject to the Te.etameiet as a reading book,
put were my -life at. stake for siciccees, I
would use it, at least oneshalf the time.,
:rn. it can be foundall the -variety need-
! ecli.for teaching reading, and a judicious
selection i; ea.4-tly made. _
I uniformly; had a half hour'Seeereise
in spelling'. ea.& tley, by all the Scholars,
just before' closing the schools at even-,
pigs; and while the escleplats -were lav-
ing aside -their books for th t dey, and
taking their places for tneit purpose, T
commenced reciting the multiplication
table in a eliStinetaudible voice, in
, which all were required to join in cOns
; co .t. i By that exercise, the whole table,
' in a shorttime, became quite familiar to
ali these-holies.; and that, too, without
2 spending any 'other timefor the pur-
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139s°.
Easy Ieessop in Geograplei.
1,We have several reasons for writieg
upon the earth, the principal one being
the imperfect facilties afforded for get-
ting upon,any other planet to write.
Nothing prevents onr writing upon the
sun or moon except the difficulty of get-
ting there.
It is estimated that about two-thirds
of the_ surface of the globe is covered
with water.. Although millions of li-
ving creatures slakesthe:sr thirst daily,
the quantity of water has not beeu ina-
teiially diminished for centuriee past, at
least not since the introduction_ of whis-
key Shops, which prove a great saving
of ,water, and are therefore of immense
benefit to navaeTation.- ^ •
The greatestz'distande from the earth
to the sun is 96,000,000 miles„ and the
least distance something over 94,000,-
000. A:saving of 2,000,000 could be
effected if a railroad should ever con-
nect the two by taking the least dis-
tance. This 'would shorten the time
onsumed in running, and reduce the
expense very materially.
The earth tures upon its axis, mak-
ing one , revolution in• twenty-four
hours, except in. Mexico-2—there they
have a revolution two or three times a
day.
It ain't every fool of a planet that
cell get around the snn. The earth does
it however. She would get around
most anything.
1The earth is not such a dismal place
to live upoN as many try to make it out.
—so faras or knowledge extends—
and we probabl knoW .as much' about
it as anybody is far preferable to any
• o her sister pla tts as a Permanent
r sidence. At least we are Satisfied
with it, and intend to remain here as
• iong as we are on earth"
A° Scotch nobleman, seeing an old
rderter of his establishment with a vely
ragged coat, made some passing remarks
upon his conditi+n.
a erye guid coat," said the
•honest old naan.
"1 cannot agree with. you -there," said
his lordship.
"Aye, it's just a verra, guicl coat,"
persisted the; old Marl ; "it covers a
centented spirit, and a body that owes
no man anything, and that's mair than
mon*/ ed man can _say 'of his coat,
.Jnc4i JerFaiEs, when on the bench,
told in old fellow with a long beard
that he supposed he had a conscience as
as long as his beard, 'Does your lord-
ship replied r. the old man, 'measure
consciences by beards? it so, . your
lordship has none at all.'
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The Pitch. Lake of Trinidad
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In the.Aingle goloriai, a. new ma
eine we find the following &script
Of the Pitch Lake of Trinidad. e . 1_
The Spectitc14 pi esedted by the lake
itself is: one of the most , extraordinary
imaginable. In a basin, a mile an4 a
half in circumference, is a vast coll4ct-
ion- of pi0i, not all - liquid,'" except !iti
_leiottest weather having a blackish
gee
k
colore• and a consisteecy not .unlike
that of pit coal; 4 is not lustrous, but
'dun. . In parts during ordinary weath-
er, it is hard 'a enOugb to resists a good
blow, and will &ugly bear a, considei..a-
ble weight. Indeed, at the borders it
is lard always, but on advancing to-
ward the ceutre it will be seen.' to bend
for scarte feet around, the visitor, and on,
standing still a *arery oil will be seen
to exude from ender the boots. It is
necessary to keep moving on, for the
footing is .about as trea,cherous as that
on the Goodwin $ands ; still their is
not any clanger except in the obvio-u y
8Oft-p1as;.if the visitor will only keep
going. The serface of thelake is clott-
ed -ell over with numerous islets, com-
posed half of earth, half of bitunien,
and covered with the most luxiniant'
Vegetation. • Aloes, wild pines, colee
plants, cotton bushes enorcaOns fer $,
and many beautiful flowers deck th se
littleoeses in the black Sahara. 'Hu ,
ming birds and butterflies of the. Inst
splendid kind take their 'Astir* upon
them and .enliven what otherwise would
be - a sffiiciently- dreary Sight. But
these islets depend for their existence
upon what one may call the capriee , of
the lake. They: spring up suddenly,
soon become clothed with green, and
suddenly as they came they are swal-
lowed up again—plants, flowers, and
all --in the insatiable pit. Intersecting
the lake in every direction, like !so
many white Veins in its. system, are a
number of small streams, varying 'in
breadth from one foot to Iseven feet,
and of slight depth. . The water flow-
ing in the grooved waterways is per-
fectly fresh, though tainted with.- the
piuch and :with a- slightly sulphurous
[taste ;., it is noticeably clear and bright ;
1 ndfish---alligators also, it is .Said,Id
lave been found in the channels. What
s
the functipn of these streams may be
in the economy of the _lake, whence
they come, and whither they leo, is not
yeadily ascertainable, but it is certain
that their united volume would forni a
rivulet of no mean size. In the months
of !July, August and September, it is
not possible to walk beyond the margin
of the lake The pitch is at that sea-
son, completely liquid to the depth of
an inch all ovea the surface, and not
only is the great bulk of it in a sim-
mering condition., but here and there
are strong fountains which forces oper-
atiug below, which throw the molten
bitumen, mixed with eartli and Water,
to a height of thirty feet into the air.
It is during such donchtions that the
beautiful green islets come to grief;
though pi obablv at no time is the lake
entirely divested of them
. _
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Sleighnies in , Russia.
When the roads are rough _ the con-
tinual jolting Of the sfeigh is very - fati-
guing to a traveller, ii,nd frequently,
during the'first two or three days of
his journey, throws him into what is
very ,properly disignated the -road. fever.
His pulse is (wick, his blood warm, bis
head aches, his whole frame becomes
sore and sick, and his mind 'is far from
being serene and amiable. In the fikst
part of my land journey I ,had the
satisfaction of ascortainining by prati-
1
cal expeiience the exact character of
the road fever. My brain. seemed' r a-
dy to burst, and appeered to my excit-
ed imagination about as large as a
barrel ; (},very fresh jolt and thump of
the vehidl-egave me a sensation as if
somebociyeWae driving a tenpenny nail
into My skull ; as for good nature under
sach circumstances that was out of the
question and I am. free to confess that
my temper was not unlike that of a
bear with 'aJsore head—Happily, _ hoe --
ever, I kept it pretty well to myself,
.and as my companion was affected about
as badly as I -wal, we managed to not
disagree• . - 1
Where the roads are good, . or if the
speed is not great, one can sleep' very
well in a Russian sleigh ; I succeeded in
extracting a great deal of slunber from
my vehicle, and sometimes did not wake
for three or four hours. The Gairern-
nient couriets often suffer much from
loss of sleep, as they are compelled, to
maintain the utmost ',limit of speed
without regard to their own conven-
ience. Sometimes the roads are in
such wretched condition that one is
tors3d in his 'vehicle to , the height of
discomfort, and can be :very well lik-
ened to a lump of butter in a revol '
churn. . In sueh cases sleep is alm
if:not wholly, impossible, and. the
yeller, proceeding at courier spe
must take advantage of the few
meats halt at . the stations while the
homes are being changed. As he has
aleont ten or fifteen minutes •for the
change he makes good use of his time,
and sleeps very soundlyuntil his team
is ready.--.—ThOstas. ly. ,KNOX in Har -
Pees Magazine. •
T.Are In the, tipper Alr---Eight Miles
A.bove the Earth.
on The-fOliowing acconnt of -a I:edition
ascension made by Messrs Cowell and
Glaisheie from Wolverhampten, Eng-
land, which came near proving fatal to
terenauts, is 'condensed froxn 'Once a
.Week :
One day in .August, just after noon,
a balloon rose in the air az the foot of
Cleet Hills on the westeriaecfge of
central plain of England. It -vas in-
flated with the lightest of gases which
chemical skill- could _ produce, and it
arose with amazing velocity. A mile
up it entered a stratum of clouds more
than 1,000 feet thick Emerging from
this, the sun shone brightly on the air
ship, and the sky overhead wasof the
clearest and 'deepest blue, and below,
lay cloudland—and. immeasurable 'ex-
panse of clouds, whose surface looked
as solid as that of the earth. Dark
ravines appeared • blow; peaks and
sides of cloud mountains, next the suu
glittered like snow, burcasting shadows
as if they were solid rock. lip rose
the balloon With tremendous velOcitte.
Four miles above the earth a pigeon
was let loose; it dropped down through
the air as if it had been e stone. The
air was to thin to enable it to fly. It
was as if a bark laden to the deck, were
to pass into an inland, ainsaline lake;
the bark MIOUld sink at once in the thin-
ner water. -Up, up, still bigher ! what
a silence profound ! The heights of
the. sky were as still as the deepest
depths of the ocean, where as was
found durirei the search for the lost
Atlantic. cable, the fine mud lies unstir-
red from year to year as the dust that
imperceptibly gathers on the furniture
of a deserted house. No sound, no
life— only the bright sunshine falling
through a sky which it could not warm.
Up --five miles above "earth, higher
than the inaccessible summitt of Chim-
borazo or Dawingirf. Despite the sun-
shine, -every thing freezes. The air
grows too thin to support life, even for
a few mieutes, Two men only are in
that adventurous balloon—the one
steering the air ship, the other watch-
ingethe scientific instrument, and re-
cording them ! with a rapidity bred of
long practice. Suddenly as, the latter
looks at . his instruments, his sight
grows dim, he takes a lens to help his
sight, and only marks from his falling
barometer they are rising still rapidly.
A flask of brandy lies within a feet of
him; he tries to reach it, but his arms
refuse to obey his will. He tries to
call upon his comrade, who has gone
up into the ring above, aewhisper in
that deep -stillness would suffice, but
no sound comes from his lips --he is
voiceless. The steersman comes down
into the car ; he sees his comrade in a
swoon, and feels his own sense failing'
him. -
He saw at once that life and death
hung.ppon a few momente. He seized,
-or tried to seize, the valve in order to
let out but a portion of the 'gas. His
hands are purple with the intense cold—
they are paralyzed—theY will not re-
spond to his will. Ite seized the naive
with his teeth, it opened a little—once,
twice, thrice. The balloon began to
descend. Then the swooned marksman
returned to consciousness and saw the
steersman Standing before. He looked
,at his instrument , they -must have
been nearly eight miles up ; but now
the barometer was risieg rapidly—the
lalloon was descending. Brandy Was
used. They had beeil. higher above the
earth than mortal man or any other
living being had ever been before. One
minute more of inaction—of compul-
sory inaction—on the part of the steers-
man, whose senses were failir g him,
'and air -ship with its intensely rarified
gas would have been floating unattend-
ed, with two corpses in the wide realms
of space.
tssee's4
•
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OCEAN PURRENTS.—Every student of
climatology is familar with the islands
of Great Britain and the continent' of
Europe.- The "Physical' Geography of
the Sun," by Maury, first touched upon
the w-arrn-water currents of the Pacific,
and attributed the peculiar isotherms of
the western portion of our continent to
their influence L Subsequent obser-
vations all tended to the support of his
thecaies, and now the litro Sive°, or
Japan Current, is as strictly demarked
as the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic, and
its effects upon climate are as easily de-
monstrated, if not already as well ascer-
tained. The Kuro Siwo results from
two currents of heated water from the
Indian Ocean, one passing through the
• Straits of Malacca and the China Sea,
and the other skirting the eastern coast
of the Philippine Island, at the north -
em extremity of which they unite,
opposite the Japan Islands; this united
current again divides it; main branch,
tending north-east, and strikes pur Paci-
fic coast b,bout lenidway betweien Van-
couver's Island and Sitka. The waters
of this current are four or _five degrees
warmer than those that surround them.
New York.sending yo
Gederich Street, SeafeAli, know FRANK PALM
This current accounts for file fact that
Puget Sound is on a climatic par , with
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