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Show TALKS DN TIMELY TOPICS. I1Y THE MAN IN A CLUB WINDO W. KTOW that Hie schoolB havo fairly I started on the sears tasks we may soon etpect to h.ar fiom our old I friend, the Parent of the Overworked 1 Pupil i:verj term finds a rortnln quota quo-ta of scholars In every school, who, for some tcason or other, r unable to keep up with the studies prescribed for their rest.ctlio grades. Prom the nature na-ture of our public school s stent It Is necessary that the curriculum should be piepnrcd with a slew to the capacity ca-pacity of the mans, ami not Hie few. A large number ot pupils are brought togethei In one room, soimtlmes tlure are so minis that even the brightest and most eneigetic teacher cannot hope to give moi" than the merest cursoij altintlon to ea.h lndlsl.luui At the uesi uf times the opportunities for sep-niate sep-niate ovetslght and sp... ial In.truction ore very 1luu11iHrlb1.il 1 he sihniais have to be dealt with .? . !""' alKl "ot '" higle units I 11 stands to reusnn that In hus school ' 01 ilasfroiiiu there will be wid. illffu- I enies In the tiKiilal litn.ea ,if the 1.011-il 1.011-il 1 ru!'' " "wme "ro n.vtunilly bright and qulik grasp readlls und easily r.-taln r.-taln what they lenili Otheis ale slow to lompiehcn.l nn.l i-iuiit mil' Ii explanation ex-planation and patient relieiutlon of fundamental principles befoie the inn pursue their studies with advantage advan-tage .11 have .v. 11 ,1 righting dance of keeping abreas of tliilr . Ias. Hama pupll nie hamlleuppeil riom the outset bj the fn.t that th.y Just bauly s.iat.hed tluousli the work of the pie-s pie-s luua tn m, and ale now enteilng a new woik for which they 111c but iwoi-ly iwoi-ly piemicd Again ,ome me not blessed with ro-bust ro-bust h.alth and have frenuent Kick doss, 01 their ejeelght is poor. In fait, there me anj number of reason whs theie must alwavs be ninth Inequallts In the mental und ihsskal ealibei of the Individuals who tn ike up n grade In school work The eomplalnts do not eoiiie fiom the in in but nnl fiom u eomparatlvels smnll proportion, tlius pinvlng lon.Iuslvely that the work la not too Imid foi the m.ijnrlty ami that the standard Ins been i.ct vvliels and with due .nnslderntlon for tlie powers of the nverago student Lay, Ineit pupils, who eannnt or will not work, usuilly take care to blame the .llfll-inlty .llfll-inlty of the course for the for ieoris which the lulng home, and then tho pnients of surh children are not slow to moke sweeping charges against principals, prin-cipals, tea. hers, superintendents nnd sihool txiinls. It Is notice nble tint complaints are usuilly most frequent in cnld weather nnd this tends lo show thnt heiltli has much to do with tho tumble In the case uf delicate pupils A old will have a depressing inlluen.e upon the mentnl pnwers and then ton, It Is quite possible thnt miny suffer at times frnm nvei heated rooms nn.l defective ventilation. While the Commercial Hub considers the best means of dealing with the wntcr shortuge nnd smoke nuisance -most laudable and timely puhlccts lis they aie it would not be nmlss f.n that body to take up tho matter of hood-lumisni hood-lumisni In Its various blanches, ns It affilcls the comniunltj nt piesent The cits Is Infested with n I lrge nml apparently ap-parently ginvvlne Imdv nf liitllnna who ftequent the Inw saloons and dlv.s and wlioae presence Is a in.nare to the anfe-ty anfe-ty and well being or pence fill resldentB Thefre roughs have no nstcnslble means of existence mid uiiiloiibtedls make their lliliig by pieslug 011 the public Then there nie the Idle loifera who stand fiom morning till nlrht, and pietts near all night tno, on th" street corners, blocking up the crossings nnd miking things generally uninmfoi table for decent pelestrlins. These gentry obstruct the nppmnrhes to public buildings stoics and stieet cars, thes rinoke nnd chew vile tnhncco nnd s It piomlsciiouHs If sou want to get Into 11 bank or shop sou have 10 ellow vour was tlunugh n mob of the gient un washed If nu delte tn pnst n letter sou must Hist or nil wait until hiir n dozen bums have reluctantly removeil their nrms rrnm the tnp r the I. Iter-bnx Iter-bnx and vnu nre lucky If von don t run sour band lain a vers unpleasant expeelnrl il reminder nf the bums' eie-cupancs, eie-cupancs, nr get cursed for sour Intrusion In-trusion nn their comfort Then this iriitlee nf earning cnnceale.i weiimua must bo stopped bv nlert police work, heavy lines Imprisonment and In cveiy case forfeiture nf the weipqn The Commercial club Is composed of our must solid business men and It cnmprlsrs trnnj remirknlils blight nnd able thinkers, Asmenhnnts bankers, cnpltnlists leil estate denlcis etc . they nre much luteiested In this mientlon of preserving nrdei on the stieets, ns well ns In supptesslng illsordrrls resorts which encrnnch upon the business cen-tei cen-tei and the foregoing subjects would bestilctls within the scope of their fieo illstusslnn nnd vigorous Interference Theio Is nn doubt In the world thit these corner loifers nnd saloon ruf-flins ruf-flins nre vciv bid for husln.ss, and a imminent for their suppression by business men on business grounds would be perfectly legitimate, and might he very effective. The Dust riend still continues to get In Its dendls work and a noisome pall of giltrc hangs over thee its The nlr Is laden with all known bacilli nnd line-teila line-teila nnd It Is not to he wondered at tint one heirs of nun h prevalent si k-nes k-nes hlle there 111115 not bo any gieut iiunib.i of eases of Infectious ills-case ills-case morteil. It Is observable that depreisul londltlon of h.alth Is gen-erails gen-erails rife ut this time, Indl.atingth t there a something much nims m the sanltars situation. Mans so.nllel "eolds aie nothing but a.ute eatuirli superln.lueed I15 Inhaling quantities of lirltattug dust There Is a guoi ileal of alkali in tlie dust vvhl.h peimeates this section of the countis und this no I doubt n.ts as a caustic upon the s, 11 elllve mtieous membrane The lining of the throat ami nnsal passiiHes Is thus prepitie.l to aflonl a reads lodgment fot all kinds of dleease ml. robes which nie lurking around In linalculable quantities and ready to In. ubalo nnd bleed deadls disease In ans system depressed de-pressed by told, exposure or malaise. The public vvoiks now under v.as In the cits while benefkent In themselves und most lieeersars to th. public welfare wel-fare are not fiee fiom danger while the wink Is lit pinguss The digging of deep trenches In llrlghani and other stt.ets hn9 the effect of itiulng up nml setting loose nui.lt Impuilts Hence a tindems to malailul svmptoms and lonsequeiit demand for .lttlnln. and iinil-pvrln S caking of iinal lienllli boanls In rugland, 11 II Hla.kniote him this to say In his novel ' Dai lei "In counliv places there Is seldom any outbi.uk nf virulent diseases until th.s s.t up a local bnai.i plmm wheie th" authoiltlea stir up the diegs nf lure, tlnn, 111. 1 set them In slow circulation cir-culation ' The novelist is lather Inclined In-clined tn poke fun nt prnphlaetlcs and 1 nek -t lemi'dles iiKiilust Inrectlnn, when he writes of petinslm niphorblum 1 nnd auotlie-i Inltatit unknown ns vt I to rliemlala", und nf pennsiosnl, lenugreik rutu vlgia, tlntaiks hsdrl-I hsdrl-I sed bvosesmnus tnlocnsin geopardon I enrbonliiid Mi Hlaikmoie evldenlly 1 wis nf the opinion that imieli harm Is I done by initials alaiinlng piople nn.l he was rither down on those learned I plissl.laus, who In their ingernesa to lu.a.h minion ngnlnat the aggresslva mlcinb. scale tlml.l folks to such nil ixtent that thes aie ufrald to draw ' the bieath the Inil breathed tnlo them, for feu of mvrlo-mscella-mi.in-some-things, neltlier dare to put their folk into the riand hiunih nf inutlmi which their Maker mdered them to arise and cut" Doubtless It Is n fart and one which the tlnctors themselves nie not slow to accept, tint ne.irls ns many pi irons stiff, r In henlth as the icsiilt nf 11 ton vivid Imaglnntlnn as frnm actual ac-tual exposure to contagion. Tho dislike for Jurs service dlsplise.l by so miny nf the best and In other respects publlo-splrlledeltlrons Is well-known, ns nlsn the lengths to which they will go In nn endenvnr tn evade It Natilrnlls the more sue -cessful n man Is In business the more valuable his time Is to himself, nt d In a majority of luslnmes the men moat prominent for laige Interests nnd for grnep nf public nffalrs nre the nnes who will leave no stone unturned to escupe the clutches nf the Sheriffs minions or to get excused when cnught. This lepiipmnce for the duties of Juryman Jury-man is most marked In irlmlnnl cases, which bid fnlr to b. piolratted for a considerable time during which the Jittoia nre not permitted to go to their homes. Indeed there would seem In be well-founded e mso for lomplalnt against n evstrm wlilrb first deprives n Juror of bis peii-onal liberty day nnd I nlcht, nnd thm fnlis tn provide him 1 with rem nimble comforts In lieu of I those to which he is a customed In his home No respectable business man icllsbes the Ide 1 nf being retnlned hh a prlsonei nnd unable tn visit bis family fam-ily nr of rice dining an Inrtetcrmlnnte peilnd 01 or being marched thioiish tho stieets In custody of armed offlreta tn some cheap eating house which he would not think nr pitrnnlilng If free to choose Doubtless It Is the tints of a good citizen to serve his country nc on-donnlly In the eitmclly of Jursmnn, but theie Is nn vnlld reison why he should be trenled more cnnllerly nnd subjeiteil tn rather worse dlscnmfnrls nnd nnnn) mires thnn Is the prisoner nt the bar The recent lectures of n noted tidy traveler serve lo isvlve a question which his nrten been nsked before, nnnielv AMis Is it thnt the temperance temper-ance pesiple have sn miuh tn say nboqt the "nun demon" while they nre silent concerning the il ingcr arising from lerses whisky, potnto brandy blue vitriol beei nnd even the comparatively compara-tively Innocuous but exceedingly Insidious In-sidious haul elder' We hear of shins sailing fiom Chrlstlin ports for heathen heath-en lands laden with mlscellaneoui cargoes car-goes nf mlsslnnniles, idnls, bibles, gin nml rum, from which we nre led to Infer that the henthen In every cise get those commodities for which they have n penchant In nludlancc to tho unvnrslng law of demand and supply our own guileless nhnilglnes will guzzle guz-zle ans thing containing alcohol whh h they cin lay hands on but If tlvelr picference Is consulted they will reach for whiskey rathei than rum 01 gin overs time Are we tn suppose, then, that flio benighted heathen besond seas nie supplied with rum because they prefer It, or Is theie 11 commercial reason rea-son for tho dlseilmlnatlnn. or Is tho true explanation nftt r all, to be found In the emploMn-nt of the word "rum ns a generic term denoting ull kinds of Intoxlcntlng tipple" |
