"I am thus reminded of the Annual Meeting of one of the most prominent national organizations of a religious nature in our land. A few months ago in the city of Providence, in one of the finest churches of that or of any city in our land, before as refined and cultivated an audience as could have been convened in our country, addresses were made by colored men who sat in the pulpit with some of the most distinguished white clergymen in the country. If one is an object-lesson, is not the other quite as much so?" * * * * * SCHOOL ECHOES. I shall let the students, small and large, speak for themselves a little while, that you may see them as we do. And first-- Ques.--"What are the divisions of North America?" Ans.--"Maine, New Hampshire, Illinois, North Pole and South Pole and Augusta." Ques.--"What is a unit?" Ans.--"A unit is a number used instead of a name." Ques.--"What makes the water rise in an artesian well?" Ans.--"The upward pressure of the rocks under the water." Ques.--"Where do the collar bones meet?" Ans.--"Round the north part of the body where the collar fastens." Ques.--(In woodworking class.) "What is the object of this exercise?" (An exercise in lining wood.) Ans.--1. "This exercise strengthens my mine and my character." 2. "The object of this exercise is wood." Ques.--"Define the kinds of sentences." Part of answer.--"A purgatorial sentence is one that answers a question." DEBATE.--_Resolved, that Arithmetic is better than Grammar._ Affirmative: "Arithmetic is better, because without it we could not buy or sell anything, build houses, bridges or railroads, measure lands or even count. Can a man make money by knowing the grammar? Ain't no sense in grammar noway. It's always been my experience that 'A naught's a naught, and a figure's a figure, All for the white man and none for the nigger.'" Negative: "To prove that grammar is better, take the Tower of Babble. They built it, I suppose, many miles high, and the Lord looked down and mixed up their grammar. So if a man was on top of the tower he would call down, 'John, bring up the hammer,' and John would come up with a saw. Then he would send him down for the hammer again, and John would bring up the nails. How much could we learn of religion, of history and the world around us, if it were not for grammar? Would 1-2-3 tell us all that?"