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INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
An exhibition was recently hold in New York City
under the auspices of the Industrial Education Associ
ation, which has brought the subject of the mnnual train
ing of young people more prominently before publio at
tention than any amount of pamphlet literature could
possibly have done; for by (mowing what the childron
have already accomplished, the possibilities of tlio fu
ture are ooncluBivoly demonstrated. The exhibit was
mado up of individual contributions and of collodions
sent from the different industrial schools throughout
the country. They included every department of lalsir,
drawing, modeling, wood and metal working, ropouss6
and leather work, printing, embroidery, sewing, and even
plain cooking. Compel) ton for the prizes was limited to
pupils uudor fifteen years of age and to those living
within twenty miles of New York. Many of the most
complete educational exhibits, however, came from cities
at some distance, those from the iudustral schools of
Philadelphia, Chicago, Worcester, 8t Louis, New Ha
ven and Cleveland being particularly attractive. They
illustrated the different stops in manual education, and
showed a thorough systematizing that promises the
most gratifying results for tho future. The New York
public schools wore not very woll represented, but tho
exhibits from many of tho privato institutions woro
worthy of thoughtful study. This was particularly the
case in the display of mechauioal and engineering mod
els. Few men of the present untrained generation could
compete with these boys of fifteen years and under, in
accuracy and finish of their work. The Oramercy Park
Industrial school exhibited a very tine model of a snson
siou bridge, mado from full sized drawings at a scale of
ene-sixteenth of an inch to the foot This was tho work
of seven boys, all under fifteen, and secured tho first
prize. A very perfect little model of a stone-cutting
machine, mado by one of the pupils of the Amateur Tech
nical Union, and designed to show the manner of dress
ing marblo, sandstone, and others of tho softer building
stones, was awarded the second prize in this department
The exhibits of the Hebrew Technical Institute and the
Yonkors publio schools also contained much that was
ingenious in the way of models and machauical toys.
The exhibition was oien for a week, and was witnessed
by at least seven thousand persons. The bulk of the un
sold contributions has been transferred to the training
school of the Industrial Association, and will form the
nucleus of a permanent exhibition. ArrangmeuU have
already lxn mado for similar exhibitions in several
neighboring cities.
It is confidently believed that this movement for tho
manual training of American citizens, which has pushed
its way in the face of so much opposition and indiffer
ence, is now established on a firm foundation, and by
making iudustriid education a recognized feature in our
publio school system, will give as a generation of skilled
native workmen.
THIS GIANT EUCALYPTUS IN FRANCO.
This very interesting tree has been generally intro
duced into southern Franoo, and into Algeria. Many of
tho trees nro now twenty fivo or more years old nnd
have attained a height of sovonty-flve or one hundred
feet or more. Tho gigantic size of this tree, its remark
ably rapid growth, tho hardiness and tenacity of its
wood, tho medical proorties of its exterior parts, all
combine to make it a plant the usefulness of which oan
be compared with that of the potnto. Indeed M.
Charles Joly, whoso note on tho subject wo have More
us, suggests that this tree may mako inhabitable, by its
well known and acknowledged sanitary action, regions
which could not lie otherwiso inhabited by Caucasians.
That tho eucalypti havo a decided iuUuenco on the
ntiuosphero around them is no longer doubted. Their
vicinity is relatively free from insects, and they proteot
from miasma. The former effect is undoubtedly due to
their balsamic odors arising from essential oils wliioh
are not only produced in abumlauco in all the green
parts of tho plants, but aro oven exuded in many smhiIoh
as a sort of scurf, giving tho trees their silvery appear
ance. Whether their destructive iniluenco on miasma
is duo to tho essential oils or to the rapid growth and
vigorous vegetation of tho tree is yet an open question.
Very likely, both characteristics have their iniluenco.
Tho extracts from these trees aro much employed
for diseases of the mucous membranes. Tho Trappists
of tho (3ouvout of Trois-foutnines, near Home, and phar
macists mako many forms of preparations from the
resins, oils, and oven leaves, which are much employed
as disinfectants, antiseptics, and febrifuges. Tho amount
of extract from the leaves varies with tho nmies. Ac
cording to M. Joly, M. Marchais of Autilies has tried a
score of sMwies to ascertain tho difference in amount of
extract From one hundred kilogrammes of the fresh
leaves ho obtained only one hundred and twenty-five
grammes from tho roatraU, tho oeoideutalia, and the
calophyela; a greater (Mirtion was obtained from tho
globulus, tho aiteroxylon, and tho louooxylon, via., one
kilogramme to ono kilogramme and ono hundred and
tweuty-five grammes; finally, from tho amygdalitis he
got ono and five hundred and sixty thousandths kilo
grammes. Ventilation. As houses are generally mado it Is
better to draw down tho upor sash of a window, for the
reason that the warmest air, particularly during the win
ter, collects near the coiling and injurious matters are
carried np into it from tho floor, drawing down tho
sash will afford a double means of ventilation permit
ting tho warm and noxious air at tho top to ocae and
tho outer air to enter at the bottom of tho sash through
tho lower one. When tho weather is oold it is not aeoe.
sary that tho upr sash be lowered much; an inch or
two would le sufficient for a room of the average size;
that is, fourteen or fifteen feet square. A room which is
used for tho general assembling of the family what is
called the living room should wit be less than that in
dimension.