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S *7 hr mjuuiit in L.l.nnry *<* Ljl.lren '» the public spools UlitvtoRiHiww.rrrwIi. more [disconnected questions on the: L l0 be tnu^'t in the schools; |l,v reviewing these euljocts as |,el in the ter--books, the teach- I answer fnwn year to year a > per cent <>f the q t estions the license is renewed. Km , reflection will show bow -it InHiiiqnntte such a testis even , ol) e item of knowledge of matter, for it not infrequently j tlmt a boy or girl can au- mtich larger per cent of these i than some of the Inst teach- | the country, and more than m iver answer again, even lh they may study for years in Lit colleges of the country. Lully is this inie when the sup- [, m lant or principal ot (tie school . out the examinations, putting v of his pet questions on which „ drilled his pupils from month Jmth. Kverj one knows of such ■mations and their results. . there are oilier important Ificiiiiuns which examiners should jfoi, which parents and school L should constantly attempt u vate in ourselves; and some oi i are of much greater importance I those for which teachers are Illy tested. I) First should be named a strong puulity—the thing we call man I ami womanhood. The teacher’s i is no place for weaklings and Live characters, for persons who |lH)ft with a constant apology on ■ facts for living and breathing lair. The man or womau whom - cares for out of the scliool- hi, whose opinion no grown up or woman values, whose iiifl.i- ■ is never felt outside the Lilli- |an world of children, has nobusi- i here. They are not good seed i lo lie planted in the soil from It is to he reaped the harvest of racter in the men and women ot (next generation. We all know i teachers, and we employ them ause they will teach tor less mon- lhan men and women can afford pork for; and then they are inof rive, good, compromising « p e fcv must be supported in some way (the community, being unable to ke a living in any independent linens, and it is cheaper to let them mil out tlie public money” than i to take care of them »n the poor |*e or in our own homes. Again, will teach for years—till death I marriage—without increase of irv, always receiving thankfully kt we are willing to pay, thus (venting any demand for an ni ps of funds. Usually they have ply good mechanical memories, I so come out year after year from i tirery-fnruace test of. the exann- f * seta of questions, beginning “where is,” “what is” and lliat is said ot,” like pure . gold Jm the furnace. Such teachers can k’ht the lives of all the children of I’mm-jiiity for years, except such are 100 strong and manly to be ll't in their schools. For the pro- r-'tion of manhood and womanhood h tei<J her of strong personality, llf-resnciu .. i i fwe with true freedom. Every \ilt.iLi t»s a right to expect stu-.h hon esty in i is teachers, and some bo I y has made it serious hi nder if it does not find it: It is. a sin 10 fetter young people with prejudices until they are afraid to think or tnq lire for themselves, lest tlie heavens may tall about their ears. It is a sin to trail) children in habits of mental iishonesiy until they will accept for the truth whatever may seem to them for the me mi-.nt to make for AN INDIAN CEltEMONY 1 THE “MEOIC:*!!! SWJEAT" THAT MAKES THE RED MAN CUEaK. |t IsOIU Tcrkhh Ruth. So (s I»mA. ■uA.lt la *• Uiaa ■ Rita. Roth n>y»- kal n»4 SHrltml.Saklm CnU- tha t* tha 8mi •ytalt. Few. If any. of the writers <k» the habits, folklore and history of the American Indian have devoted any spucw fo the red man's Turkish hath, i an institution homemade, to be sure, : . j but a recognised necessity In every their personal miertvt. Tnnhv ru.. ramp snri sitsmw of the ‘h'uj pfr. ^ qiures diligent, persistent and piiu-jtbe Indian. On the contrary, eom- fnl.seeking; lienee every indolent or - owntators three conveyed the tnrjsea- lazy teacher is ofnecessity dishonest. He will teach a lie liecar.S" to find the 1 ruth will require labor, lie makes up Ins mini! quickly, because deliberation ami holding the mind 111 suspense are painful. He pretends to know that which he does not, and to be wise when lie is ignorant, .lo calise he has never caught a glimpse of the great world of truth, and thinks he can deceive children and <i ignorant people into believeing that lio knows it all. One confessiou of ignorance would ruin him. The honest teacher must open his eyes to every fact and interpret it fear lessly and humbly in the light of universal truth. Like Qdiu, he must be willing to hang his nine days ami nights on the Yggdrasil Tree and fact by fact seek out facts, word by word. Like Odin, he must be wil- +i v ng to leave even an eye in pawii for one Gjallarborn drink of the water of wisdom from Mimir’s well. Our children should come from the school irulh-seekeis and truth-lovers. To this end their teachers must be such. (8) The teacher of children should lie i mah or womau of culture—such culture as comes from the constant reading of great books of prose and poetry, history and fiction, some study of good art, an intelligent, sympathetic communion with nature and conversation with cultured peo ple. There should always oe that indefinable breadth, fineness, sweet ness and sympathy which give their possessor magnetic power and obtain for him or her an. entrauoe to tlie hearts of the children and their par ents alike. The teacher must be a reader of goon books, constantly re freshing his own soul with the deep draughts from the current of tlie world’s thought. The best books of tlie ancient ami modern world are- cheap,.and any teacher can have as many as he will read. At least a half dozen of those should Vie read every year. An hour a day will ac complish it. O11 an examination a teacher was asked to name some English or American authors of the nineteenth century whose books she had read. Her answer was: “I do not know any; i don’t lake much in terest in matters of that kind She could not be a suitable companion for children. How could she give turn life? when rhe had not received uiy herself? One does not knnlie Ins torch at an iceberg. Another teacher hauded in the following as a PI-ANT SYSTEM. £l*.nSm **d '' Double Daily Passenger Service. • TO * - Montgomery, Tiby, Ozuik, Dothan, Elba, Bainbridge, Thomasviile, Valdosta, Wayorous, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON, BRUNSWICK, JACKSONVILLE FL1UDA PUir. and. all' respect, and some hope and am 10,1 in the world is worth a hale them, though they all held first '*'1® certificate* with a “perfect U'k’^on every subject. (*)Next in importance is strict ' c ’ 1 - honesty in speech, in act in thought; loving trutli and - "■g it above all things, willing J 10 ' 1 il wherever it may be found, : 'r ilesg of personal, family, racial, jj t i ar | an * or partisan prejudice, be-. K that truth alone can make sic of the spheres aton that habits of cleanliness use (or dim to the Indian and that he baa an Inborn aversion to water except for culinary pur{<oses. I>> the avidity and frequency with which the Indian Indulges in hts home made Turkish bnth he proves the fal lacy of this belief and shows that be. as well as his white brother, eau live up to the precept “Cleanliness Is next to godliness.” only In the practice the Indian puts cleanliness tirst. The term Turkish Inyh Is unknown to the Indian. Ur calls that method of ablution a "medicine sweat” It is to- him a rite t»rh physical and Spiritual, for he cleanses his person smL then “111 ukes medicine’' to his Ureal %p!rlt That the rite Is religiously otiaerved was shown by a. band of Brule Sioux Indians, who made n journey across the continent to the east and went Into encampment la to them, a strange land. ’ On their arrival, even before they raised their tepee poles, they erected a “medicine sweat" tent. The framework of this tent is of hoop poles no trained that it Is about nine feet In diameter, four feet high, flat topped and almost j circular In form. 1 Just within the framework there is a bedding of straw about two feet wide, and In the center of the tent there Is a whole Id tlie ground about three feet In diameter and three feet deep. There are no stetttu vents or pipes, no marble slabs, no rubbers ami no sheets. When the Indian Is ready for bis “medicine sweat” a number of* stones or rocks are heated to almost white beat and dumped Into the hole tn the ground. Then the red men, 2(1 or 33 of them; In 11 costume even scantier than Adam's after the fall, range themselves upon the straw. They sit mummy fashion, their chins on their knees and Ihelr arms around their shlus, packed so close together that .even If they would they eould not move. When they are all ready, blankets, skins and caucus an* thrown over the framework until the - tent Is almost air tight. two or three buckets of water are [Kissed lu and thrown upon the hot stones and the. “medicine sweat” be gins. The moment, the steam begins to rise the Indians begin a chant, which Is kept up without Interruption until the sweat la over. Packed together, enveloped'111 steam so thick that none can see Ida neighbor, the Imlisns sit, singing and perspiring for an hour or more. Not an Indian moves. lie neither can nor wants to. At a signal from the chief or the medicine muu a section of the tent is torn uwny. and with a heave uml a whoop all. the becks make pellmell for the water. A run and a jump, and in they go. it is just as imu b sport lor the oldest warrior as toi- the t>oy who has not yet Won.Lis war Ixjunet. Once mere on land, the Indian, having [*•(- formed a duty he owes to himself and his neighbor, is ready to “make wedl- ctue." This Is always done after the “medicine eweat”—lu fact U is part and parcel of the ceremony, for K Is regarded as a ceremony. The Indian, clean In person and at this moment, before his communion with the God of his fathers, supposed to lie equally clean of wind and guile less of soul, now proceeds to the high est point of laud In the vicinity of the camp, thus getting as Dear to the Great Spirit as It is possible to do while ou earth. Ou the way he gathers up a little solL a stray leaf, some old tobacco Th&ottgfe Pullman Cure y NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA,fwASIllNGTOjI, Jtiuhiuond amt ail lViutx Cast, i-» connection with 800THEB1 nmnr m nwttic coisrun. To Sfe. X.oui«, Gia«Ua»*4i< LouiavUIs, CUes|«, Ksnasa OiVp, BUauoghsaa, .KoahvUl*, K«w Oslsaaa »nd *11 pointa W**« ud Ifetkkvrsa. Leave Kaiuhridge going East—Sill# s. in.. 18:80 p. tu. ( Leave Bainl.iidge going West—^:(K» a. m.. 18:20 p. ui. t’omieetions at Savannah witli Ocean Steamship Line and M. Jk M. T. Co., fi>r New York, Huston ami Baltimore. For further liifdimsiitni. call ou nearest Ticket Agent, or address BWWvenn. K L TODD, Pass. Traffic Manager. Division Pass. Agent, .bavKiiuali. Gs.. Moutgomeiy, Ala. GEORGIA PINE RAILWAY CO. Thronateeaka River Route.” Schedule effective June 24, 1890. .viu rii iiot -vn. NOiTII Hlll lll. Suvuiumh Jacksonville ■ Wuv ousts Thou HHVlIle Nlontgmiiery W'nt llabibi-nlgs Until bridge Weal Ihilutii Idge. F.ldoiehdo llliVkltl 1‘olHiilll ItHii'iiscns Ai'llastun AVlIllglUll Albany SiulUivlIte sndtlivllle Moutgiiinery Aiuei lens Foil. Volley SI in-oil Atlonlu * M « ji i|i I .4 SiiVHiiliuli •1—lieorgls I’liie Kiillwity. No. -J. | Bninliiy i ntily. ! r«Tii 11 hi ! S »t 11III No. 4. Jhdly except sui.dry- Tii'Tn 1. in s an o in 11 IA H in i 0 in 11 in a tb H III : 7 4A |i UI : 4 07 [I III i <1 :KI |) III : 11 sa pm : « 141 P III : A fill p III : ft as fi in ! ft is p III j I M p 111 ; 4 Mi pin H 47 II III 4 Aft p III 14 no p in ! 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IIAHRKI.I,, V. Pres'l. H, «. IIARTSPIKM) 4'ssbler. li«l of the ten best liooks lie had ever j quids a dead fly or hug or two—lu fact nythlng which may be deemed refuse, for he Is ubout to convey to the Great Spirit that he hag cleansed his person and that all things unclean have gone from him. These things that be has gathered he places lu a piece of white cloth, which In turn Is fastened to the end of a long stick. The other end of the atlck Is thrust Into the ground at the top of the hl!l or knoll, and the pood Indian has made medicine. Two dava seldom pan* without the repetition of this cere- mony. It Dever varies. The scene may change, the Indian may wander to new lands or be driven to them, but where he is there also is his “medicine sweat" and culturing, little to leave a j tent nm l there be “inakea uiedlcne,''- New York Times. read: Buffalo Bill, Kile No. 1.18, Bill ami Buck, Willul Gayrell; L01- etta is My Darling: or Wooed in New York and Won at the World’s Fair; Married in Hants, A Fretted Lover, A. Dark Marriage Morn, and Ruby’s Reward. The alliteration of the titles is very taking, ami there is no doubt much sweet simpering and silly sighing, much, lurid lightning ind woeful wailing; but there is in it all little health, little that is tip- liftin good taste in the mouth. An txeeiieiit guide would this man make to the mountain peaks from which seers have caught visions <d eternal truth! How could he bring People’s Bank of Bainbridge, raaggiss«#®sisiisgi€- Dyly Cfcrter«d teder tat itrs cf Gecrgja. CAPITAL S25.000.00. W. 8 Witham, John I). Harrell, K. 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