22~Sineals ;3 he generally helps it.irt-rest in | 6 school dutiehis children: * He sends the boyto chool. Now ali his duty isodone, «He has otouched the. but-- ton� "the teachers must odo the:- Fest.� es:Can the teacher.*do the aut 3Wiatis the orest?� Ah! there�the rub"and it is a rub.Tn One of the schools Englishgtammars,-now in use, vccutsthis sentence, for analysis: oItis usel to ficht custom wrthgis ray How trne! The Loyis under the teacher for five, or,say, six hours a day. He tsui der parental coutrol, or oughtto be, the other eightoen bours.oOn e-ourth of his time under re-struint at school"thrve-fourths. o1his time pot at school. Where isthe average boy during thoseeighteen hou:s? .Give him eighthours for-sleep and one more forthen we haye nine hoursleft. Where does this averageboy spend these hours? Dveshe spend two of them in studv athis home. Hardly. But give" these two hours"we -shoulde him, the one on trial, themalt of every reasonable doubt,as the judge seys..when chargingTthe jury,"then what becomes of+3 the seven hours still left. Spent inlawfal, honorable play? N ot.~this average boy can help it "ancHe has learned to smoke thedeadly cigarette"thaoch the lawsays that they shall not be soldto minors. He has learned to use-profane language, though the| fond mother declares that beryy_is immaculate in this respect.a= papa asserts that his boynever heard of such athing. Hems to oEe ardent spirits,a hisaliot say von:ae =en- + \she nts: ;Fei _ {@# reputable ~citizen ?sofjply, the: sufferings of the -fan expert gambler, though!Is it any wonder that our Aadand annoyersof the public peace ?|-If the parents of our land do not)"waka up to the responsibilitizsthat the Creator has laid uponthem, they may live to mourn for|a country odissevered, discordant,belligering� *_Arachel in Biblical)Recorder. :STRICKEN NEBRASKA.The people of North Caroliaashould coxtribute to the relief ofthe stricken people.of Nebraska.Read the following, which givesreally but a faint idea of the suf-fering in that State:oThe recent. blizzard whichswept. over the Northwest nasinaugurated a season of severewinter weather that has largelyaggravated the -already greatdestitution and sufferings of thepeople of the State of Nebraska.Throughout a large section of:that State the drought last Sum.mer caused almost a total loss ofthe corn crop, As a consequence,where the . animals had not),starved, the people haye teenforced to sell off their hogs andather live stock which they couldaot feed, and forced sales alwaysim pose & sacrifice tosellers. Driv-én to serious straights by the de-struction of their chief food sup-nate people have been ins reasby the stermy wintry=seathsdesreetiat is hote«and the tion tee ~hichthe situation © atruly terrible. _The saber salfoeens inhabitwide expanses of Open plain,which in Summer are subject tothe Winter tbe N orthern blizzards" aera 1 | thém with ire r =Sg="sray. ete the means of gswarms: with youthful, criminals}febraska | Gosa Middlingdestructive droughts, a nfsjira Prime 2a vee which to. live, an a oEro ore :; elinuonce at nen lt eneile :and the substitution -of. paper, .lead pencils and rubber erasers:~in their places, are as follows:~First"A light-zray mark upona slightly darker gray. su ismore or less indistinct and trying~to the eyesight.Second"The resistance ofhard pencil upon the hardis tiring to the muselass,T and thejresistance to which the muscles.are thustrained must be over"-come when beginning 49 write-with pencil or pen upon paper.Third"-The use of slates, slateuncleanly custom; and leads toand establislies were uncleanlyhabits." Boston HeraA few days ago a party of gen"tlemen were engaged in conversa-tion on the streetT when-.a boycame up and demanded of one ofthem a nickel which was duehim. The boy received his nick"el -and straightway .gave it toanother of the party to. whom he.owed it. And this Jone nickelpassed among the party until ithad canceled debts amounting to40 cents. Keep the money circa-ville Landmark.i ta�Cotton and Peanuts,chants of Norfolk : :~OOTTON.5 9-16Midd ling : wi cant BELow Mididling -- 413-164God Ordinary aoe:+ Colmes ts von at -ee aie PEANUTS, é{Prime : At.ad. 1 -60 tat.i5..peneciis and sponges 18 a -verylating ; it will do the rest." States- ,palo are Norfolk prices of cotton4+iand peanuts for. yesterday, as furnished -iby Cobb Bros. & Co., Coammission Mer-| ee: to 2.00 per bag.