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LETTERS addressed on business, inust be post paid. The Educator is the title of a publication leeently mado in England under tho sanc tion of the General Society of Education, and of which the object is to devise the best means of raising the social position of teachera From this work the following arc extracts : What Education is. Education does not mean merely rcadinsr and writing, nor any degree, however considerable, of more intellectual instruction. It is, in its largest seneo a process which extends from tho Tommenocmcnt to the termination ofexis tcucc. A child comes into the world, and once his education begins, Often at his birth tho seeds of. disease or deformity are sown in his constitution; and while he hang3 at his mother's breast, ho is imbibing im pressions which will remain with him through life. During the first period of in fancy, Alio physical frame expands and strengthens, but its delicato structure is in fluenced for good or evil by all surrounding circumstances cleanliness, light, air,food warmth. Bv and by, tho young being within shows itself more. The senses become quicker. Tho desires and affec tions assume a more definite shape. Every object wluch gives a sensation, every desire gratified or denied, every action, word,. or look of affection or unkindness, has its affect, sometimes slight and imperceptible, sometimes obvious and, permanent, in build' ing up the human beings or rather iu deter mining, tho direction in which it will shoot up and unfold itself Through tho different states of the infant, the child tho, tho boy, tho youth, the moral nature on tho various circumstances of his condi tion incoasanlly acting upon him the uuhealthfulnoss of the air he breathes; the kind and the sufficiency of his food and clothing; the degree in which his physical powers are exerted; tho freedom with which his sense are allowed or encouraged to ex ,rcise thoincsclvcs upon eternal objects; ,tho extent to which faculties of remember ing, comparing, reasoning; are tasked; the sounds and sights of homo, tho moral ex amples of parents; the discipline of school; the naturo and degree of studies, rewards and punishments; tho personal qualities of bi3 companions, tho opinions and practices of tho society, juvenile and advanced, in which ho moves, and the character of the puplic institution Under which he lives- The successive operation of all these nirenmstan cc3 upon a human being from his earliest childhood, constitutes his education; an ed ucation which does not terminate with the arrival of manhood, but continues through life which is ilsrlf, upon tho concurrent testimony of revolation and reasons, n state of probation or education for a subsequent and more glorious existence. Importance of Physical Education. The iiifluenco of the physical frame upon tho intllcct, morals, and happiness of a hu- man being, is now universally admitted. Perhaps tho extont of tho subject is exam ined. Tho train of thought & feelings is per petually afl'ectod by tho occurrence of sen sations arising from tho slato of our eternal qr"ans, Tho connection of high menial ex citement with the physical system is obvi ous enough, when tho latter is under in fluence of stimulants, as wine or opium; but other mental states depression of spirits, irritability of tcmpcr,indolence, aud tho cra ving for sensual gratifications, arc, it is probable, no less intimatclyjconnected with the condition of tho body. The selfish, ex acting habits which so often attend ill health and the mean artifices to which feebleness of body leads, arc not, indeed, necessary results; but the physical weakness so olten produces moral evil, that no moral treat ment can bo successful which overlooks physical causes. Without reference to its moral offects, bodily pain forms a large pro portion of tho amount of human misery. It is therefore of the highest importance that a child should grow up sound and healthful in body, and with tho utmost dc gieo of muscular strength that education can communicate. Advantages of Strength. It should be an important object in education to givo a child a considerable degree of bodily strength. It is not merely of high utility in the laborious occupations in which most persons must spend their lives; it is often a great support to moral dispositions. We should excite good impulses in children, and also givo them the utmost strength of mind and beauty to carry them out. A child ought to be able to withstand injus tice attemped by superior strength. No thing dcmoializcs both parties more than tho tyranny exercised over younger chil dren by elder ones at school. Many good impulses are crushed in a child's heart when he has not physical courage to support them. If we make a child as strong as his age and constitution will permit, ho will have cou rage to face greater strength. A boy of this kind resisting firmly the first assump tion of an elder tyrant, may receivo 'some hard treatment in one encounter, but ho will . . Yl ... ... have achieved his deliverance, ins cour age will secure respect. The tyrant will not again excite the samo troublesome and dangerous resistance. This is certainly not intentcd to encourage battles at school; far from it. But until a high degree of moral education is rcailizod.the best security for general peace amribg children of differ cnt ages is to give each strength and spirit which no one will like to provoke. It will further give each a confidence in his pow ers, and a self-respect, without whicluiore of the hardy virtues can flourish. From the Dublin University Magazine. HINTS TO PARENTS. Tho propot regulation of tho imagination is a duty of unquestionable obligation. Wo men, especially, are prone to rrcfupon mere feeling, and it is a kind of beneficent provi sion of Providence that their feelings are so often as corrcci as they aro acute, and there fore, in some sort, stand them in the stead of the judgement and principle of men. But then it is plainly a radical and danger ous error to educate them rather to feel than to reason. By their very constitution, they naturally possess feelings more quick and susceptible, with judgement less strong and disciplined,than men. Hence their conduct generally will bo guided rather by fooling than by reason. Their education should, thercfore,we conceive,bo shaped to strength en that which is weak in them, and to regu late that which is too apt to bo sensitive to excess. This is one great reason why ve ry much novel-reading of any kind and all bad and trashy novels, should bo carefully interdicted. They aro far moro pernicious to women than to men. Almost evory.man has, of necessity, so much collision with tho realities of life, going forth to his work and labor till tho evening, in this draggletai dreary dun of a work-day world, that the interferenco and disturbance of real business and worldly interests must servo to rouse him perforco from ldlo dreams, and disen chant him from any spell of romanco in which ho may have sillily entangled his im agination. But with a girl it is not so. Living at homo, with no property to man age, no interest to cultivate, no family to provido for, no contention at the bar, no de signs to forward at court, in the camp, or in the county no bargains to mange there " whero merchants most do congregate;" nothing, in short, which she cannot, in some measure, transform and accommodate to her own ideal world, she may very easily, if she yield to her imaginative impulses, live as it were, in an dream, a stranger1 to her real duties, and wasting all her energies and sympathies on unattainable combination of circumstances, or undesirable combinations of qualities. Thus sho may regard her first suitor (a short, fat, good-natured, red faced man, of no particular ago, and an ex cellent estate in tho country) as a repulsivo and detestable wretch, to whom sho is to be sacrificed for money; or she may array the tall, lathy curato of the neighboring parish, or tho sighing subaltern of a marching regi ment, whom sho meets at a county ball, in all the glories of one of her favorite knights of romance. In any case sho stores up much unhappines for herself. For, at tho best, and supposing no actual imprudence to result, she must, at length, wake up, as married moman, to butcher's bills and browing, to suckle babes and chronicle small beer, to plaguy servants, smoky chimneys, squalling children, and, above all, to imag ined neglect or want of tenderness and lover- ike attention on the part of her good man. Causo and effect then carry on their usual action and re-action. But the natural death of love is an ungrateful and ungracious theme, on which we disiro not to dwell. It frots and worries (and injures us too) to depict all that seems best and most amiable in our natnre, as only hollow, and fugitive, and illusory. But it is quite another thing to guard against misapprehensions and mis take to leach the fanciful and, perhaps, the wayward girl that she must open her eyes upon the ups and downs, the clouds and sunshine of married life, which, for our last ing good, are so diversified, and from which, solid happiness may bo extracted by a well regulated spirit, with really reasonable ex pectations; but which yet is' so unlike the cloudless paradiso of a dreamy gill's imag ination that the houri who has dwelt in that intoxicating atmosphere is a creature help lessly unfit to live and breathe in the terres trial air of connubial reality. pityTndciiarity Tho very pirate, that dyes the osean with the blood of his fellow beings; that meets with his defenceless victim in some lonely sea where no cry of help can be heard, and plunges his dagger to the heart that is pleading for life which is calling unon him bv all tho names of kindred, of children, and home, to spare yes, the very pirate is such a man as you or I might have been. Orphanage in childhood; an unfriend ly youth; an evil companion; a resort to sinful pleasure: familiarity with vice; a scorned and blighted name; scared and crushed affections; desperate fortunes these aro steps which might have led any one among us to unfurl upon tho high seas the bloody flag of universal defiance: to have waged war with our kind; to have put on the terifiic attributes; to have done the deed; and to havo died tho awful death of the ocean robber. How many affection re lationships of humanity plead with us to pi ty him. That head, that is doomed to pay tho price of blood, once rested uprn a moth er's bosom. Tho hand that did that accur sed work, and shall soon bo stretched cold and noverless in tho felon's grave, was once taken and cherished by a father's hand, and led in the ways of sportive childhood inno cent pleasure. The dreaded monster of crimo has once been the object of sisterly Iovo and all do mestic endearment. Pity has blighted hope and his crushed heart. It is a wholesome sensibility. It is reasonable; it is meet for frail and sinning creatures liko us to cher ish. It foregoes no moral discrimination. It feels no rime--but feels it as weak, and tempted and rescued creatura should. It imitates the great monster, and looks wilh indignation upon the offender, and yet is grieved for him. I'm into you like a thousand of brick,' as tho wall said ven it came tumbling down up on tho man's head, Original Anecdote A few days sincc a jolly tar who had just returned from a long cruise, employed a cartman, known about tho town as Dutch Yacub, to carry his bag gago from on board the ship to a boarding house. After every thing was stowed on the cart to his satisfaction, Jack seated him self on tho top of his chest and for the want of better amusements, spliced the end of tho cart rope together. When arrived at the stopping place, Yacub, attempted to cast off his rope, proparitory to unloading. Af ter searching in vain for the end of it, he threw his hat on the ground in a rage, ex claiming, " Dundcr and blixen, some tarn Yankee's cut off bote do ends of mine ropes and pool dem were tke ty vel couj'nt vind him-" Times' An Accommodating Chap. A long-hair ed youth yesterday applied to an intelligence office for a situation. ' What short of a place would you like !' was tho business in quiry. 4 Why,' said Johnny Itaw, 4 1 should like to get a chance in a dry good store, but I would work in a tan yard.' ' Daddy, I reckon as how I might go a courtin' now.' Yes, son, I reckon so.' Well, if I don't go to sea somebody's gal next Sunday, then saw my old hat in two.' A Spanish proverb says that the Jews ru in themselves at their passovers, the Moors at their marriages, and the Christians in their lawsuits. A lady wilh a flushed face and carbunclcd nose, consulting Dr.tJheyne, exclaimed,' ' Whero in tho name of wonder, doctor, did I get such a nose as this V Out of tho decanter, madam, out of the decanter, ' re plied doctor. Last Case of Absence of Mind. A. young lady inB 6treet,camehome from a rido the other cvoning, and left her horse at the door of her father's house, walking herself to the stable and taking the horse's place in the stall. She did not discover her mistake till the ostler began to rub her down. Dost. Post. ' Wha'llyer take for yer dog?' asked one darky to another who was leading a dirty looking little cur along wilh a tow string, tho, other day. ' Five dollar,' was the prompt reply. Can't offer to gib more'n two dollar for 'em.' '0 hoo ! dat's not fuss cos I'd looso by do spcckylashum. Dat too haid could'nt stan 'em.' ' Wall, the dog law's on an dogs not quite so waluable. ' Nebber mine, when'o dog law's dun, den dogs 'ill riz agin, Yer no ' absquatum late' dis nigger out 'o tree dollar so czy, dar ky mine dat.' Red Hair. ' A tinpenny, only a tinpen ny, your honor,' exclaimed a sturdy beggar, at a stage-coach door in Ireland, to a Scotch man with fiory ringlets, but who was quite insensible to tho appeal: A fippenny, your honor : a fippenny, or a penny, or a half penny, plaso ye.' Finding the Scot inex orable, tho beggar altered his tone, and said, 4 Will your honor plase to lend mo a lock of your hair to light my pipe with.' A Lynch Case In Wairen county, Ohio a short limo since, two very respectable la dies wero mot by two black fellows, who insulted them with gross and unmentionable proposals. Tho ladies had sufficient pre sence of mind to plead off, by promising to mr-fti them there at sundown. Arriving at home, they told tho affair to a brother of one of them, who raised a party of twenty men, and two boys dressed in femele appa rel, who proceeded to the appointed spot, followed by the men. Upon seeing tho disguised boys.tho negroes issuing from the woods caught them and wero leading them off, when they were seized by tho men, who tied them to a tree and castrated them. The writer was surveying London from tho cupola of St. Paul's. It was a gloomy day, the fog rolled up its heavy curtains in a limited radius, so that tho thousand spires of tho metropolis were shut from the cir cumference embraced by the eye. As ho looked around, ho was awaro of another spectator, standing by his side, who accos ted him 'Well, I guess this cro is a pretty great placo from what I sec 1' Our tourist took him at once for a fellow countryman. 'Yes,' he replied, wilh affected ignorance 'You Englishmen ought to be proud of it." 'Oh,' said ho in return, 'I gusss I aint an Englishman; I rather expect that I'm prin cipally from the United States.' ,So am I,' was the rejoinder. 'Wo are looking, though, upon an immenso metrop olis, as you intimated, but wo do not see its immensity to-day. It needs as clear a light as possible, for the wide and general view.' 'Well, yes, I expect it does. After all, it must bo a desperate sizeablo plnce, inclu ding the outskirts and water privileges; for it looks to bo dreadful thick settled jest a- ong hare, round tho meeting house." This quotation is from hearsay and mem ory, but substantialy faithful, in fact and scene. Knickerbocker. EPIGRAM Steam versus Horses. Ye country squiies, yc hunting race, Who scarce, for love of dogs and chase, To sober life can settle; Say, if thro' all the equestrian breed, You e'er beheld so fine a steed, Possessed of so much mettle. Eastern Anecdote. As a woman was walking a man looked at her and followed.-., her. The woman said why do you follow me?' ho answered, 'because J have fallen in love with you.' Tho woman said, 4 Why are you in love with rae ? My sister is much handsomer; sho is coming after me, go and make love with her.' The man turn ed back 'and saw a woman with an ugly face : being greatly displeased he turned to tho first woman and said, ' Why do yott tell rae a falsehood ? Tho woman answer od, 4 Neither do you speak the truth, for if you were really in love with me, why do you leave me to look upon my sister V A man seeing an old women in the street who drove some asses, said, Adieu, mother of asses I' 'Adieu, adieu, my son,' answerd she, The man felt his cars grow as ho walked along. When you hear a young man speaking lightly of family attachments, and ridiculo his old relations infer that he is a weak minded youth and will make a perverse and uncomfortable companion. When you hear a young lady declare that she hates all men infer that some par ticular one has touched her fancy. 'Your dress, madam, is a beautiful bottle green,' said a gentleman the other morning to a lady. 'And your face is a bottle blue, 3ir,' was the reply. Lorenzo Dow was an oddity of tho oddest kind. The best anecdote of him is.that be ing ono evening at a hotel kept by one Bunh, in Delhi, N. Y. tho residence of the cele brated Gen. Root, he was importuned by tho latter gentleman, in presence of the landlord, to describe Heaven. 4 You say a great deal about that place,' said tho General, ' tell us how it look.' Lorenzo turned his grave faco.and long waving beard towards Messrs. Root and Bush, and then replied with im perturablo gravity, ' Heayen, friends, is a vast extent of smooth and rich territory; there is not a Root nor a Hush in it, and there never will be. At a meeting for the choico of the town officers, a Mr. Shoto was chosen hog-reeve, which occasioned tho following impromptu; Tho wisdom of the town stands confest, One Sjioat was chosen to govern all the rest.
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