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Jmm. -w mm w A ' ih-iMrkni Sofcfcly ST. JOHNS REVIEW N 0' i""Lv vvv vv IT'S NOW UP TO YOU Tomtecrlb for THM Paper. AH lh nawa whttt at It newt It oar motto. Call la sad tnroll GET IN THE HABIT Of adtcrtUInt In THIS Paper and )ou'll nam regret It. tie (In at onca and keep rlsht at II Devoted (o the Interests ot the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DKCUMIIER 4. 1908. NO. 4 THE CITY ROCK CRUSHER An Interesting Sight to See This Machine Eat Up DornicKs at Whitwood Court DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL A VISIT TO OUR SCHOOLS Good and Efficient Work Being Done by the Var ious Instructors in This City To ono who tins t t:o tlivu Mid In clination, nn hour spent watching tho city's big sausagomlll cat up tho foundations of tho ovorlnstlng hilts at Whitwood Court will provo not tho loast Interesting onu In his cxlstonco. Wo had not boon to visit tho crushor sinco Its Installation until Friday. It worked well at tho begin nlng, but thcro was not onough ran tcrlal on hand at that tltno to dom- onstrato what tho milt could do. Now thoy havo n faco open on tho hill sldo about 25 or 30 foot In oxlont nnd havo a dozen men at work but aro still unablo to keep tho crushor going. When they havo opened up a faco a hundred or inoro feet long, tho samo number of men will bo nblo to got out two or throe times as much rock In tho samo tlmo and will perhaps bo ablo to keep tliu monster Jaws of tho crushor from gottlng ompty. Tho whole process Is an Interest lug ono, trom start to finish. Up at tho faco of tho rock tho dynamiters put In n blast nnd knock tho rock down In big chunks, whoro tho othort with sledges rcduco tho flzes so thn mill can get a bllo on llinin. It l then wheeled to tho cruthtti and an other man stands thoto nnd keeps tho solid food conl lini.lly dropping Into tho cavernous mouth of the linn i;ry machine. Sometimes tho pieces ot stone aro so largo It will not en ter tho Jaws and In thnt caso tho feeder takes a sledgo and drives It In, breaking off little pieces until It will outer; and It doos not matter how largo tho stone nor how hard It 111 ny bo after It once enters thoso powerful Jaws, It Is all off with It, tor tboy keep cracking It nt every revolution of tho driving wheol until It has all broken up and pnssod through Into tho elovntor, and It docs it oaslly. Tho dynainlHi.g cow MJinotlmes Is obliged to put In what they call ' pop-shots In extra big chunks when tho slodgos fall to broak them up small onough for tho mill. As It leaves tho mill all sizes of tho crush ed rock go togother but tho elovntor carries It up and empties It Into a revolving cylinder which Is perforated with holes of certain sizes so as to sopornto tho rock Into three dlfforont sizes. Tho "scroonlngs" drop out In tho first bin from tho machluo nnd ore used to finish off tho top surfaco of tho street. Tho second bin takes tho noxt grado which averages about 1H Inches In size. Tho last blntakos everything that Is left and tho larg est pieces will not exceed about throt Inches. Tho crushor Is situated about 100 feot up tho canyon from tho plnco of loading. Thoy havo built two cars with a capacity of two tons oach which aro connected with oach other by a cable which passes over a drum or windlass. Tlioso run on an Iron track from tho bins to tho placo of , loading down a steep grado. Tho weight of the loaded car brings the empty ono back from tho loaumg placo to tho bins, and just half way between tho two points Is locntod u switch which Is operated from tho bins by moans of a wire, so that tho ono In charge of tho cars has them under full control at all times. There were flvo teams hauling Friday and they were not able to keep nearly up with the machine and they have tho shortest haul there will bo In tho city. The coarsest hi was almoBt full and tho screenings' bin was throo-quartors full, whllotho ' ' middle bin was about ono-third full, and tho teams wero all hauling out ot it. When the quarryraen havo tho quarry fully opened so that the mill can bo supplied to Its capacity and the haul extended to the top ot the hill it will take fifteen or twonty teams to keep the crushed rock away from tho bins. Tho city has In tho rock crushor, if properly managed after the quarry is fully opened up a moneymaker. For it does Its work rapidly, easily and thoroughly, and it will bo ablo to mako crushed rock faster than it will be possible for the city to use. We believe that it would bo to the city's interest to make arrangement to furnish rock to outside parties at a price that would make a fair profi to the city. There Is no doubt but that every ton tho city could produce could be thus disposed of and the machine might thus be made, in time, to pay for itself aside from the use of the city proper. The work of spreading the rock on the streets is going along slowly. There Is too much mud on a part of the streets, Pittsburg, for Instance. There they had to plank the street from tho ferry slip up to tho railroad track, Then Instead of going up to Crawford street thoy go up tho rail road track on IJrndford to Snlom. It st ems that ono or two of tho parties on Pittsburg onst of tho trnck will not sign tho waiver which will porml tin city to go on with tho Improve riont on that street. Wo hnvo boon told, too, thnt they havo abundance c means but aro on tho hog, wish Ing to forco tho city to Improve tho street nt Its own oxponso whlto tho prcporty owners renp tho benefit. We !o not know who tho parties nro. r not know whether or not wo havo been correctly Informed, but wo do know thnt It Is not tho Intention of thi- city to mnk.j such an improve niont and thnt If tho present plan to linprova this part of tho street Is blocked by thin action tho Improve mont will not bo mado nnd tho par tics owning the proporty will bo losers thereby, for tho Improve ment adds to tho vnluo ot tho proper ty ninny tlmos tho cost of tho Im provement. It is humiliating to think that thoro aro proporty ownorn of St. Johns who caro so llttlo for tho city that thoy will dollburntcly stntid In tho wny of such needed Improvement as thin simply from Holflaliiiom, po- nurlousncts or "don't-glvo-n-damnn tlveness" ns to tho city's advance ment. They nro a good clnss of cit izens nil right to keep out. This little strip of stroot ono block long which Is so badly needed, If It wero Improved would glvo a sol Id street from tho forry to tho top of tho hill over which tho cruched rock from tho ferry might bo hiiuled eas ily at nny tltno of the yonr, thus making It posslblu to Improve any street In tho city nt nny tlmo. It Is a disgrace to tho city thnt ono propnrty holder or two, with tho In stincts of n cave dweller, should bo nblo to block tho advancement nnd Improvement of tho city In this wny. Wo hope thoy may yot soo the folly of their position and come Into lino with their progressiva neighbors, Lost a Finger Fritz Couch, Harney Noonan and Mat Nlodorman boarded n gttsolluo launch and started fur Vancouver for a Thanksgiving rldo Thursday of last weok. All wont ns merry its a mar riage boll until thoy wero at tho light house near tho mouth of tho rlvor, where Nledormiin in sonio way got tho middle flngor or his loft hand caught In tho gonrlug of tho gusolino motor and crushod It so badly as to necessitate amputation. The boys hustled to Vancouver as quickly as possible nnd tho woundod man was taken to a surgeon who am putated tho member being obliged to saw tho bono twice beforo making .1 successful operation. Mr. Nledor man stood all tho punishment tho sawbones saw fit to Infllctwlthout tho palliating effect of an anoslhetlc, which sponks pretty highly for his grit; for it Is certainly no ugroeablu sensation to havo u butcher grinding away on ones bones with an old, dull saw. What hurt the boys' feelings tho most, however, was that In attend li.g to this matter they weit fo long that they missed their Thanksgiving dinner. A Happy Surprise A very happy surprise was sprung upon tho family of P. T. Hansen Fri day evening ot last week, by tho' ar rival of Mrs. Hansen's oldest brother, F. W. Johonnot of Minnesota. Mrs. Hanson bad not soen her brother for over 24 years, and it was a glad rounlon all around. The, Hansons hopo that his stay will be a long one. Mrs. M. V. Walker, Mr. Han son's daughter is still a resident of thlt- city and the prospects are good for her to remain here permanently. It l expected that the work of tho head office of the Kavanagh com pany will be brought from Seattle to Portland and that she will have her work so changed that she will be able to remain here permanently. The delightful climate of Oregon will do more to bring and keep the people here from tho frozen north and east than anything else and St. Johns is especially favored in this re spect and tho best placo of all in the great state for a homo. Mr. Lutz, one of our foremost car penters has the lumber on tho ground for a tine new residence. The City Dads Convene and Transact Their Usual Budget of Municipal Business in a Satisfactory Manner Tho common council of tho city of St. Johns mot In regular session Tuesday ovonlng, all present ns well no B01110 20 of tho citizens Interested In somo ot tho measures which wero up during tho ovonlng. Petition ot Leonard Lender far the establishment of tho grado on New York stroot was granted. Mr. Lcadoi owns tho proporty occupied by Prof. Iloyd near tho McChcsncy block. Petition for arc light on Oswego and FcBsondon street was accepted and plnccd on fno. No mora arc lights can bo plnccd by tho city until now appropriation Is mndo for them, ns tho fund set nsldo for thnt pur- poso at tho beginning of '.ho yonr Is all used up. First National bank called atten tion to disposition of funds of tho city. Offers 3 per cent Interest nnd sntlsfnctory bonds. Mnttor was re ferred to tho city treasurer. Thu mnyor expressed doubt of tho right .' tho city to accept Interest. Portland Strnot Hallway Light & Power compnny presented bid of $15 for Installing two pollco signal lights. Work wns ordered done. Tho following bills wero ullowui' THREE NIGHTS OF FUN Knights and Pythian Sis ters Great Artists Thoro wero more than three knlghti nnd tho fun wjib big, bigger nnd big gest. A good sized audience greototl tho burnt cork artists Tuesday oven lug and thoro was almost ns much fun listening to U10 guessing thu Identity of tho artists as there "was li listening to their jokes. Thoro wore very few Jokos with whiskers on them, although once in a while tlioj would creep In. Tho boys wore handicapped very badly bocauso ono or two of tho bunch wore nick in bod nnd It mado It very hard work fortho others to fill tho parts, Two numbers they woro oblldgod to omit entirely bo causo of tho nbsenco ot tho loading iveinbor in tho numbers, Hon, K. C Couch. Hut oven with their hnndlcnr tho boys did well and rocelvod heart) encores from the audlonco. It is hard to distinguish betweon tho merits of tho dlfforont porfor- formors, Frank Horsman, Joo lllack nnd tho end man who played tho bones and danced "Turkey In tho Straw" who romalnod Incog so far as wo wore concerned, ns well as R, II. Holcomb who sang "Old Ulack Joo" did oxceodlngly well. Wo mon- Hon tho last ono, that Brother Hol comb may not loso nny of tho glory that is duo him. A number ot the audlonce havo como to us and con gratulated us upon tho way wo ren dered that song, mistaking tho Ident ity of tho porformor. Wo hardly know whether wo owe Brother Hol comb nn apology, or ho us, but wo wish him to havo all tho glory of tho excellent rendering ot tho song, honco tho explanation. Wro you at tho Pythian Slstors' xaui'nvilloT Well, If you woro not you missed tho best thing that has oer como to St. Johns. It was one tout h.ual round of pleasure. Laugh succeeded laugh so quickly that thr first would not get out at tho door un til ti e following one would start fronr nt stage. Tho acting was perfectly ui rural, tho situation so oxcrutlatlng- ly funny thoy moved us to tears, and etslly placed tho entertainment at th head of anything that has yet como to St, Johns, In the opening farce the lady of tho house was suffering from a sprained anklo and an insuranco agent came along and endeavored to Insure her life. In tho meantime tho lady's husband, who was Jealous of her, was expected every minute, which caused tho lady more pain than tho sprained anklo. The agent, however, finally succeeded In pur- suadlng tho lady to fill out tho appli cation for a policy and the questions and answers keep the house In a roar. Then tho ice man began a fur ious knocking and tho lady went wild thinking it was her husband, and there seemed no way out of tho houso except at the door where ho was. The good lady finally hit upon the expedient of dressing tho agent up In a whitewashed uniform, and and wnrrants ordered drawn for tho sovmal amounts: Hurt Hsyncr f a.oo J. P. Port 4.13 J. P. Wcnthcrnll 3.35 L. Cllngc 3-5" George W. Warner 21.00 Inane linker to.oo Claude Poll 6,00 K. Hell li.oo Louis Mclnnls lS.oo A. C. Smith 10.00 A.K.IIurlcu 11.35 L. Poster '.. 13.00 1 1 ti i-li Thompson.... 13, tu l'ml llttllock 8.00 , K.A.IInUcy 10.00 . K.Il.Goodc 10.30 j. II. Port . 7.i 1 Jot. Slcvcin 75 1). J.llortmnti..... 7-Jo C.S.Thompson i.W Ht .Johns Review .0.j6 Hcudrlckt Itilwr Co 6.7$' l-ortlnnil Gen P.lcc Co 60.00 Total f34.9 City englnoor submitted two differ out plans for thu extension of Rich mond stroot through tho Copies tni't On motion of Hunter tho mounting him upon 11 ladder ho was to bo working when her lord nnd master came In. She then hurried to tho door nnd ndmlucd him. Tho Icoman was In something ot u hurry, having waited so long, and ran Into tho room with tho question "Ice to day?" and nn ho uttered tno words rnu ngnlust tho lnddor knocking It over nnd spilling tho festive ngent to tho floor, a drop of six or eight feet. I)r. Vlncont.snys there woro no b ties broken but ho wan Jarred up rood and strong, ''hen followed thu comical farce "A Perplexing Situation," where Pero Mlddloton roasted his wife and i.iughters nnd his niece for talking so much, nnd offered them $50 each If they could exist from lunch to 0 o'clock without speaking; as they domurrcd somo and asked n few (Miostlontt seeking somo loop hole so Hint thoy might say Just n llttlo word now nnd thou, or ana of them talk ut a tlmo, allot which wns denied thu prlco wns raised to $75 each and taken by tho four ladles. Tho girls Immediately put a Job up on their mother, locked her In her room so thnt she could not ipouk to them, nnd thoy kept away from all their neighbors to tho utmost of their abil ity. Thoy woro permitted to commun icate by signs and It would havo mado tho worst old hypochondriacal pessimist in St. Johns laugh to sou tho ludicrous motions tho girls wont through discussing luo lates fashions. Thon tho real trouble bo gan. Jesslo's best follow came in Just bocauso l.o was going nwny sud denly for a month and tho part.ng was such a shock that ho was Jarred Into making a proposal, but JosMo could not talk and ho popped the qtitFtlon In such a way that tho be wildered girl did not know which way to answor so sho shook hor lioud and her lover misunderstood hor to moan that sho rejected hhn. which ho said for her, und shu tried to remedy her mlstuko by nodding hor head to moan that sho ac cepted him which ho took for u con firmation ot her rejection and ho said goodbyo forovor and Josslo sat down and cried. Her sister und cousin camo In and sympathized with her, thon tho cook and as the cook camo In sho fainted. Tho cook screamed flro, pollco, while the other girls picked hor up and carried her out. Tho flro department turned out with u sprinkler, but there wan no flro, Tli en Uncle Epp from away up tho "kontry", McMlnnvllle, camo Into town after an absence of 30 years to see John Henry and bo was shocked to see all his gals wero dumb, and they were such "purty" gals too. Uncle was tired end wished to lie down and rest uwilo. Opening his grip and taking out his bootjack, re icmoved his No. lis nnd tho girls mado him comfortable on thu sofa, Thon hid away from callers for a tlmo. Maine, a friend of the girls came in and wondered at their ab sence, but took up a magazine to read until tboy camo back, Just then Mils. Noslo another neighbor arrived and tho two ladles met and during tho conversation Mamo sont tho old lady away with tho Impression that tho inmates of the houso wero suffer ing from a contagious disease. Mamo then flopped herself down on tho sofa, alighting on Uncle Epp's knees. mayor appointed n commlttco con sisting of Hunter, Johnson and Ron hnm to meet with Mrs. Copies In Collier's office to confer In regard to tho opening and extension of Rich mond street through her property. Councllmnn Wlndlo wns Instructed to sco thu county officials in refer ence to making n 12-foot curb 011 South Hayes nnd n walk on Wil lamette boulevard, On motion ot Hunter tho minutes In rcferenco to tho resolution In re gard to tho ferry bo mndo rond $17, COO distend of $17,000 nnd $3000. Pittsburg waiver not nil signed up but effort will bo mndo this week to scctiro balance of signatures. Engineer whs Instructed to present plans, profile nnd ustimnto for thu Improvement ot Philadelphia stroot from Mayes stroot to tho city dock us soon ns posslblu. In thu matter ot tho liquor licenses on motion of Johnson tho ordinance repealing Ordinance No, 185 wns fussed to tho third rending Davis, Johnson, Hunter, Wlndlo nnd Doblo voting yes nnd Miller nnd Uonlinui voting, no. It wns then put upon Its final pnssago and received samu olo That worthy gentleman bounced her off Into tho center of thu room nnd nrosu repeating his bit of family his tory to tho unitized girl. Then tho health officer cniuu In nnd about tho tlmo .Undo Kpp wns ready to wallop him for Intimating that thoro was 11 contnuloiiH dlsunso In tho houso, tho clock struck six. Then thoro was ro jolting nnd explanations and Jennie's best fellow camo buck nnd cousin Lucy'H, nnd Tom grabbed Mnmo, and they talkod wedding until Pura Mld dleton was bewildered. They hud claimed tho $75 each nnd It hud been pnld nnd ns tho wedding nffnlr was about settled In camo May, thu rook with Freddy, her lover, and thoy linked permission to go and gut mar ried nnd they nil lUed happy over afterwards. Tho prettiest pleco of acting oftlio ovonlng followed when llttlo M Mnrcy nnd O. llllyou snug "Sinnrty". Tho audlonco Just kept up their on coro until tho llttlo onus camo buck and snug, "Mnmuin'it llttlo copptii colored coon". Miss Iulso Couch rendered SI and I In a most perfect manner. It was vory comical and Loulsu never mndo n balk during thu entlro recltnl of hor trip with SI aui sho "never had such u tlmo In my llfo" all tho wuy through. Thu. ocllnso of tho sun by himself, a tab leau was nil right. Tho son sat on a table "by himself" with n black mask or box that completely 'eclipsed ''Is his contennuco while tho curtain arose nnd foil with rod tiro. Tho closing porformnnco was cor tnlnly original with tho ladles, for It was a new branch ot thu kulghtu cullod "Tho Fomalo Knights", No description would do tho uubjest Jus tice Wo wish tho ludlos could bo Induced to glvo tho outortuluiueul again a weok henco In u larger hall. Wo bollovo thoy would havo doublo tho number thoy hnd Wodnesdny ev ening, and tho hull was filled, every sont being tnkon and a largo number stood through tho entire porformnnco Thoro Is no uso trying to toll about this now lodgo. Sister Angel cuke was tho hlu tyhoo and sho was assisted by Sister Gossip and Sister llusybody. Tho play oponod by tho curtain disclosing Sister Gossip, Sis ter lAJnosomo und Sister llusybody In tho center of iho stage, Just giving Sister lllueblood hail Columbia. Thoy all despised hor and tho last word hnrdly escaped from tho room when tho dear sister appeared In nil hot glory and tho threo raced to grasp her hand and declared how glad they wero to see her. Thon sho and tho othors began to toarSlster Angolcaku to pieces until that lady appeared, whou thoy all crowded around her so that sho could hardly reach tho chair. With hor croquet mallet for a gavel sho culled tho lodge to order, and after tho proper examination of tho members, each of whom gave different pass words and a variety of grips, signs, etc., that would Indicate they belonged to at least a dozen different orders, thoy retired to robe for tho occasion. Words havo not yet been built that would do Justice to tho gorgeous robes of tho sisters, Soon as thoy woro soatod proporly it was announced thoro woro two vic tims in waiting to rldo tho goat. Mrs. Padlock and Mrs. Ipecac, tho candi dates wero ushered into tho august presence of tho lodgo and seemed Continued on second pago. If you hnvo any lovo for tho rising generation, or oven If yon hnvo Just n slmplo liking for our bright, hnppy boys nnd girls nnd Ood pity you If you hnvo not wo do not know how you cuii spend n half day with great er pleasure nnd enjoyment than to visit successively the different roomB of cither of our excellent schools. Wo put in nil thu spare time wo hnd Monday In tho grammar school on Jersey between John nnd Charleston BtrcotB. Tiio room wo first visited was that ot MIsb Lick, who "wields the birch" ns thoy used to sny, but there Is no birch nor any other kind of In Btrtimoiit of torturo there, nnd wo bo llovo belter order prevailed than In my school room wo over studied in, whero thu ferrule nnd birch woro u'ery day companions of somo of the boys nnd Blrls of thnt day. Miss Lck tins charge of tho l'irst A, und it wiih story telling tlmo with tliolu, Wo HWitpped stories with tho littlo ones for n fow moments nnd then passed Into thu room occupied by .Miss M. Haley nnd tho 2A-lnt grndo. Those future millionaires nnd pre sidents wero stalling their spelling nnd spelling lessons mid It was lit tfestliig to nolo thu keenness with whl h they watched each other for .111 orror and tho ongernoHs ot tho pupil to sectiru nn opportunity to uiiiku tho correction. After lunch, somo of thu primary grndes wero dismissed beforo wo could return to school and wo did not got to sou them. Tho first room wo visited wns thnt of Miss U. Haley. who handles tho III-- nnd 5 A-1 grndes. This Is 11 blight bunch of young puoplo and nro making 11 mn.tl excellent showing. It wns spelling tlmo with them nlso, and thoro wns 1 wonderful difference In tho method used than whou wo used to spell down in tho old log school house. Thou wti simply learned thnt 11 cer tain word wiih spelled Just in it cer tain way and thnt another word was spelled another wny, but wo never know nny reason why II wits, just simply becniiKo thu tuiichor and tho book said so. Now 11 word Is spelled and the reasons nro given for spoiling It that way, Tho root word Is given then tho derivatives or prefixes or sufflxoH nro given uud tuo reason is given why tho consonant uiidiug ol tho root word Is doubled In somo In stances and not In others. Ho lliiil when tho pupil advances from thoso grades to tho higher, ho will pusses 11 more profound knowludgu so fur at ho has advanced than thu teacher of tho lilghf-choolu possessed whun wj went to Kthoid. .Mm, Convert, 'Oic I giving In structions In iiiuslo and had own through with hor work for tho day, vory kindly demonstrated hor method of teaching fur our bu'iollt with Miss Haley's pupils. Sho wiih beginning with thu rudlmoutH of mimic uud us ing tho samo, general ludiictlvu meth od that provnllH throughout tho other studios, building from thu bottom up, mastering every technical feature as tho pupil advances. To read muslo nnd road It readily, Is 0110 of tho most delightful iircoiupllshmuiitH of tho man or woman of today, uud ll.tro Ih no reason 011 earth why It iliould not bo ono of thu regular studies of tho common school, except that tho people havo not been edu cated up to that advanced idea of education; but wo aro coming to It and tho work of Mm Convert Is hastening tho day when tho study will bo rogutnrly established In tho schools of St, Johns. Ill Miss Ilrowii's room, thu 6A-2 and Ui, wo found tho pupils laboring with their spelling of words in thu subjunctive form uud giving tho rulut governing tho sumo. It Is pretty hard for somo or tho liulo onus, but us noted already when onco uiustured it inoro comprehensive knowledge am uso of thu language Is attained than was posslblo In tho old duys. In Miss llalley's room, whoro wo found thu Uth A and II grades, thu work was done far tho duy and tho pupils woro engaged In review ing some of their work gouo over boforo In order to fix it more firmly In their minds. Some of their sub jects in water colors ami with the ordinary pencil ore handled in a man lier that u master would not bo ashamed of. lit Miss Ilcobo's room Is located tho Cth grade pupils, a bright bunch who were suifurlug tho samo affliction as their fellows spelling and they seemed to enjoy It thoroughly, were happy ns birds in a tree. It seems to us wo were unfortunate In tuo hour of our visit as tho heavier studies uro heard during tho morning hours when tho young minds nro fresher nnd more vigorous and thoro would hnvo been r greuter vnrloty of work In progress during thoso hours. Another tlmo wo will "go to bod with tho ohlcltoiiB" nnd "got up with the birds" so nt to be nblo to "go to school with tho kids". Wo noxt visited Miss llurghdtiff'B room where wo found tho 7A nnd 11 grndes. This Ih certainly 0110 of tho brightest nnd best of tho oiitlro school If thcro enn bo any dlfforonco Somo of the finest work with tho pencils and briMhoH wo hnvo over scon dona by nmntoura may bo seen on tho walls of tho schoolroom, sketches mi good us you wilt find anywhere. Miss llurghdtiff hns chnrgo of thu drawing this year, Is nit en thusiastic Instructor nnd huoiiih to Impart 11 grent uioiisuru of bur en thusiasm to her pupils, who huuiii to make ns much progress in their other studios nn In that of tho limner's art. Tho pupils woro re citing their physiology lesson whun wo entered nnd tho subject under discussion wns "dross". Not tho styles, particularly, for thoy do not tench drussiunklng, but tho relation ship of drum to good health und tho conclusions reached by tho pupils would condom many things which obtain in the stylos of modern fashion. IniidoutNlly other points weru brought out, such as t'hu supply ot fresh air In tho sleeping room, tho definition of 11 cold, tho onuses of ti cold, hut they did not roach tho remedy, which will presumably eomu up In ti future lesson. It appears lo us thnt such practical Instruction constantly given during thu liuprus slonuMo days of our youth will lull In time to tho strengthening and bet torment of our people. Referring again to tho sketches mado by tho children In their drawing studies wo suggested to both tho InslrutitorH nnd our genial Hupoilnteuiloiit, Mr. Iloyed thnt tho finest or them should bo sunt to tho Journal for publica tion us thoy will compare favorably with Iho best thnt have been repro duced in their Sunday Issue. Tho euro of thu pupils nt thu tuiioo' Is In hooping with I lit Instruc tion of tho text bonks sud temiliem. Tho rooms nro well aired, ktfpt scrupulously clean, uud dining thu recent ThHiiksKlvlug holiday nil thu rooms were llioroimhly fumigated. 80 thoroughly, that tho wiudowMiirdsiiH 'vtro denuded or their grtwnery, tho f inort ot tho disinfectant killing It. Wo nro vory sorry Hint It wtis so Hint wo could notvlslt vury room' in the school nnd wo will uudMtor to repeat thu visit later If tho oppor tunity over presents llslf, fur it l certainly 11 grunt pleasuru to us to obsurvo thu young pwiplu preparing IhutusulvoM for tho Imltlu ut life, knowing that this buttla will btxiomu more strenuous iih thu years go by sud thu only way our young peoplu will lm ublu lo meet thu dsmsilils of tho tlmos In which their aullvo lives will bo spoilt will bu for thuui to lay it broader nnd butter foundation than their fathers mid mothers did buforo tliem. That tho parents uud otlisru may he nblo to know where to find their children or thu Instructor thvy may wish to visit wo glvo here 11 list of tho rooms, grade and iufclnietors: Room 1, Miss Lick, 1A; roam ", Miss Poddlcord, HI; room S, MIsm M. Haley, SA-1; room I, Miss Koiiuur, 211-1, 3A-S; room fi. Miss Iuller, SA-l, 11-2; room 0, .Miss Adams, 311-1, I A--' room 7, Superintendent Iloyd; room S, Miss C. I Is ley, 1 1 1-2, 6 AH; Miss Urowu, 5A-1.U-1 ; room 10, Mls Kent, OA; room II, Miss 1 (alley, OA and 11; room 12, Miss lloubo, GA nud 11; room II, Miss Clark, 8A uud It; room 15, Mm. Ilurghduff, 7A nud II. As our mind runs back ovor tho rooms visited, wj cannot but think with admiration ot tho ulmoit iwr- foct order und geuUel behavior or till tho pupils, Wo never remember spending uh many hours before, In tho schoolroom among so many pu pils, ot so many grades, without not ing a groat doul more disorder and civldouco ot lack or harmony than wai rianlfested 011 this visit. It gives us utijicclal pride In tho etflclanoy ot our schools uud the character of tho beys uud girls who attend them. If every ono of them could but approcl a to tuo groit litpoitonco of thoso hours thty spend In school, thoro would uovor bo an act or word to mar tho ported order that so uni versally prevails thcro now, Wo aro moro than pleased to nolo that tho changi) mado by tho board in making Mr. Iloyd supoiintondout of tho school 1 anted no friction Continued on fourth pago