Show COUNTY INSTITUTE splendid school methods illustrated by able teachers alie monthly county institute was held yesterday afternoon professor pago the conductor pave an excellent treatise of the topical method of teaching history lie showed the value of tho brace analysis and of the preparation of papers by pupils on assigned subjects and explained tho importance of the topical over mero questions and answers as a language drill and for obtaining a clear intelligent and lasting knowledge of the subject lie makes lii story an interesting study as to the manner and customs ol 01 the people the causes and results of great events and not a dry recital of names and dates the method used in the city schools of sounds of letters was illustrated by classes from the schools of bliss S peterson misa littlefield and miss eiliott the young ladies conducted the classes and the teachers were delighted by the excellent drill given prof paged methods of teaching which can bo seen uniformly employed in tho different schools are very superior the excellency of methods can only bo appreciated by visiting alio schools of different cities and by comparing alie other schools with our own superintendent pecry made this inspection last year and he gives his impartial opinion in favor of schools after eeling some of the best work in alio schools of denver kansas city and other cities alio class drill yesterday before the county teachers showed the pleasing method that is adopted in teaching alio sounds the walla of the primary rooms are nicely decorated with of ladders windows etc and in these pictures are placed letters diacritically marked from these blackboard drawings the children sing songs that employ different sounds of letters these sound songs give life blood to the school room and make alio work attractive to both the teachers and pupils the class drill also illustrated the thought analysis method of reading that is use in the public schools this method consists in developing the relationship of different words by an intelligent series of questions that are given by the teacher before the pupils read the result ia that tho pupils read naturally and spirit there is no drawling out of words so objectionable in schools where but little attention is paid to the thought the pupils know what they read and they utter the words of alio printed page as if they were pleasantly conversing superintendent peery announced eliat the county commencement exercises will be bield june further particulars them will be published later the meeting yesterday yester dav closed the series of institutes that h ave been conducted by professor page which have been roost pleasant and profitable to tho county teachers boston thia morning the new england conference or the african methodist epis copal church was in cession here it rati lied the movement on foot to bring about organic union between that body and an the african methodist episcopal little hock ark five indictments have been found in the first national bank fraud cases st john A resolution in favor of the union of new Found land with canada was defeated in the assembly by a large majority smithton moa cotton belt passenger train wag wrecked by tho spreading of the rails near here engineer king and fireman smith were killed the passengers escaped injury boston abo building laborers union in boston and surrounding towns have decided that unless alie master builders grant their demand for an advance of strike early nest week |