SUPPLEMENTARY SOMETHING We have an immense quantity (second-hand and new) of various Caskell's Complete Compendium of Penmanship-the old favorite- C. M. BARNES, 75 and 77 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. By the way, if you are interested in Drawing, send 50 cents for a sample set of our Holmes' New Series Drawing, and Manual. Prospectus containing full information con- 0. M. POWERS, Principal, Cor. Michigan Ave. and State St., CHICAGO. THE NORTHWEST EDUCATIONAL BUREAU. Endorsed by State, County and City Superintendents. Positions in West, Northwest and South for men $800 to $2,500; women $700 to $1.500. Hundreds of teachers wanted for Spring demand. Send stamp for blanks Register before the rush. Dr. GEO. L. McCUEN, Treas., Boise City, Idaho. THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS OF WISCONSIN. Oshkosh, First Quarter opens Wednesday, Aug. 26. Platteville, Fall Term opens Wednesday, Sept. 2. River Falls, Fall Term opens Tuesday, Aug. 25. Milwaukee, Fall Term opens Wednesday, Sept. 2. TERMS OF ADMISSION. I. Free tuition in the Normal Schools is accorded to all persons sixteen years of age and upwards, of sound physical health, good moral character, and sufficient scholarship. Any such person may attend the Normal School most convenient, and may be transferred from one to any other upon certificate of withdrawal in good standing. Students entering any Normal School are required to subscribe to the following declaration: I, do hereby declare that my purpose in entering this State Normal School is to fit myself for the profession of teaching, and that it is my intention to engage in teaching in the public schools of this State. II. Persons applying for admission to a Normal School are examined in reading, writing, spelling, geography, arithmetic, grammar and pronunciation, and are expected to possess the proficiency in these branches usually required for third grade certificates. Applicant should bring appointment from the county or city superintendent in whose district he or she may reside. Applicants failing to satisfactorily pass the required entrance examination may temporarily attend the Preparatory Departinent, where a tuition fee of fifty cents per week is charged. Graduates of Free High Schools who have completed a prescribed four years' course are admitted upon presentation of diploma, at the option of Presidents of the schools. Candidates may request county superintendents to forward papers written at teachers' examinations, and have their eligibility for admission determined thereon by the President of the school. For date of entrance examinations, consult the Presidents of the several schools. COURSES OF STUDY -Each Normal School, except the one at Milwaukee, offers an Elementary Course of two and one-half years, an Advanced two years, and a Professional Course of one year. At Milwaukee, the latter two courses only are furnished. Certificates are issued upon completion of Elementary Course, and diplomas upon completion of Advanced Course. Persons may enter at such stage of the courses as their scholarship may warrant, but no diploma is issued to any person who has attended the school less than one year. The terms of board at each locality are moderate. For information as to board and other matters and for catalogues address the Presidents of the respective schools as follows: Pres't D. MCGREGOR, at Platteville; Pres't ALBERT SALISBURY, at Whitewater; Pres't GEORGE S. ALBEE, at Oshkosh; Pres't J. Q. EMERY, at River Falls; Pres't J. J. MAPEL, at Milwaukee. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY APPLETON, WIS. FULL PREPARATORY AND COLLEGIATE COURSES.-Ancient Classical, Scientific, Modern Classical. Courses in Music, Business and Painting. LADIES' HALL-Under the immediate supervision of lady teachers and provided with the latest improvements and conveniences, including steam-heat and gas. NEW OBSERVATORY.-With a complete outfit for practical work Fall term begins Wednesday, September 16th. Rev. C. W. GALLAGHER. The Diamond Special. The Illinois Central is now running a daily night train between Chicago and St. Louis, which, in points of elegance of equipment, desirability of route, time, and efficient service, is the peer of any existing train between those cities, and is equalled by but few railway trains in the country. The train is known as "The Diamond Special;" is a vestibule train lighted by gas throughout, and is equipped with a Pulman compartment buffet sleeping-car, drawing-room sleeping-car, free reclining chair car, and a compartment coach and smoker. The new compartment sleepers contain three state-rooms, a drawing-room, a smoking-room, a buffet, and eight sections in the body or so-called parlor of the car. Mahogany in three varities, including the delicate Prima Vera, or white mahogany, a deep, rich vermilion wood from Africa, quarter-sawed oak, and exquisitely painted woods are used in the structural finish and decoration of the interior. In artistic combination with these are panels of embossed and decorated plush, which, with the plain plushes of the upholtering, and the silken draperies, are in harmony in color-tone with the natural and painted woods. The coloring of the different compartments is in pleasing variety and of simply marvelous beauty. The remaining equipment of "The Diamond Special" is in keeping with the standard set by the compartment sleepers, and in any part of the train one could easily acquire a disposition to indolent enjoyment." The train leaves Chicago daily at 9 P. M., runs over the Illinois Central's lines in Illinois, via Gilman, Gibson, Farmer City, Clinton, Decatur, Pana and Vandalia, reaching St. Louis at 7:30 the next morning over the tracks of the Vandalia line from Vandalia, but remaining a solid train for the entire dtstance. Tickets via the Illinois Central can be obtained of agents of connecting lines, in any part of the country, or by addressing A. H. HANSON, G. P. A., Chicago, Ill. SCHOOL: ALGEBRA By C. A. VAN VELZER, Professsor of Mathematics, and C. S. SLICHTER, Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the University of Wisconsin. This book just from the press is intended for use in High Schools and Academies, fills a place in the schools of the State more in line with the work of the State University than any other work can. Price, $1.00. Sample copy sent to teachers or school officers, with a view to introduction, on receipt of 75 cents. TRACY, GIBBS & CO., Publishers, MADISON, WISCONSIN. SCHOOL MUSIC. The Busy Bee! By J. F. KINSEY. A collection School Room of songs and vocal exercises for the It contains a CAREFULLY GRADED ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT, EASY EXERCISES, and Songs for Opening and Closing School, Commencement, New Years, Washington's Birthday, Etc. HIGH SCHOOLS will find Solos, Duets and Quartettes for Mixed, Male and Female Voices, also bright GLEES and CHORUSES, for entertainment and study. 96 Pages. Single copy, manilla, 20c.; board, 25c. Per doz. manilla, by express, $2.00; board, $2.50. NO FREE SAMPLE COPIES. Order of any reputable dealer in school supplies or books or of THE ECHO MUSIC CO., Publishers, LaFayette, Ind. Fifteen Gent Reading Matter. The Riverside Literature Series Fifty-nine numbers already published, containing complete masterpieces from the writings of Logfellow, Hawthorne, Holmes, Emerson, and other eminent authors. With Introductions, Portraits, Biographical and Historical Sketches and Notes. Suitable for use in Primary, Grammar, and High Schools. Single Numbers 15 Cents Each, Net. New Issues for the School Year 1890-91 of the Second Reader Grade. Nos. 47, 48. Fables and Folkstories. Phrased by H. E. Scudder. In Two Parts. The two parts also in one volume, board covers, 40 tents. Nos. 49, 50. Hans Andersen's Stories. (Newly translated.) In Two Parts. The two parts also in one volume, board covers, 40 cents. A descriptive circular, giving the table of contents of each number of the series, will be sent to any address on application. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 4 Park Street, Boston. 11 E. 17th St., New York. 28 Lakeside Bullding, Chicago. Over a Quarter of a Century of Successful Experience IN MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOLROOM. THE AUTOMATIC TRIUMPH SCHOOL DESK IS NO Experiment. THE TRIUMPH, THE STUDY TRIUMPH, THE NEW TRIUMPH, and THE IMPROVED NEW TRIUMPH THE AUTOMATIC TRIUMPH which we offer this year, includes the excellent con- SEND FOR CATALOGUE. SEE A SAMPLE AT YOUR HOME BEFORE YOU BUY. A. H. ANDREWS & Co., 215-221 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. SILVER, BURDETT & CO., Publishers, Boston, Mass., Announce the following new books, which will be of especial interest to all progressive teachers. OUR AMERICAN NEIGHBORS. Written by Miss Fanny E. Coe, for Our Young Folks' Library, edited by Larkin Dutton, LL. D., Head Master Boston Normal School. The book contains vivid pen pictures of Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America. Price 60 cents. ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY. By S. P. Meads, Oakland, California. A most excellent one-term book. Price 80 cents. CECILIAN SERIES OF STUDY AND SONG. Book IV, for Mixed voices, by John W. Tufts. Adapted to advanced grammar grades and high schools. Contains choice songs and choruses. Price 84 cents. OUTLINES FOR THE STUDY OF ART. By Miss Josephine L. Abbot, Providence, R. I. An excellent book for young ladies' classes. Price $1.50. $1.50. THE TEACHER'S HAND BOOK OF! SLOYD. A book on Educational Carpentry for grammar grades of schools. Price Also full list of choice text-books for Schools and Colleges. For information and for catalogues address the publishers. 31 E. 17th St., N. Y. 122 & 124 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 1028 Arch St., Philadelphia. 6 Hancock Ave., Boston. THREE NOTABLE NEW BOOKS 5. General scholia presenting important matter not often found in text-books of Geometry. 6. Pictorial effect of the figures in solid Geometry. Moderen methods and true educational principles characterize the work. "A thorough examination of Stewart's Plane and Solid Geometry has convinced me that it is a work of rare excellence. The method followed by the author is in accord with the most advanced pedagogical thought, The mathematical training that the pupil would receive from the study of Geometry by the method of this book is vastly more valuable than that resulting from the method followed by most text-books on the subject. The more thoughtful teachers have become dissatisfied with the old method and will heartily welcome a book on the new plan."-ALBERT LEONARD, Principal of Dunkirk, (N. Y.) High School. From the known to the unknown is the motto of this work. Beginning with the home and family, the first form of government known to children, it takes up in their order, the school, the civil district, the township, the county, the state and the United States. It discusses the general functions of government; the principles of justice; the powers of law; the rights of liberty; contains descriptions of parties and party machinery and the Australian Ballot System, introducing facsimiles of ballots actually used under this system. It is simple enough for the Fourth Reader grade, yet sufficiently philosophical and orderly in its discussions to form the basis of more advanced study in higher institutions of learning. "I think Peterman's Elements of Civil Government is admirably planned and simply and tangibly worked out in a form to enable the youth of the land to lay hold of the correct ideas of government in good time to make these conceptions part of themselves before assuming the duties of citizens."JOHN F. CROWELL, A. B., Etc., President of Trinity College, North Carolina. The natural laws and principles which underlie rural life are of intense interest attempt to present them in a simple form, in a single book of handy size. It embraces such elements of Chemistry. Physics, Geology, Physical Geography. and Botany, as should be known to every person in any way interested in farms and farming It treats the Substance of the Earth, Land and Water, the Atmosphere, Plants, Fertilizers, Cultivation, Animals. "I have examined with great care and pleasure the copy of Winslow's Principles of Agriculture. It is the right book at the right time and should have a place in the curricu lum of every public school in the state. At this time when the agricultural interests of the country are beginning to receive that attention to which they are entitled, this book will be of great value to all, and especially to the children of the farmers."-S. H. CROSS, Member of the State Board of Education of Rhode Island. SPECIMEN COPIES OF ANY OF THESE BOOKS WILL BE MAILED ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. A GREAT CATALOGUE An adequate description of over three thousand school and college text books makes quite a bulky volume. We have, therefore, found it convenient to divide our descriptive list into twenty-one sections, each devoted to a single branch or departments of study. The subjects are: Teachers are cordially invited to send for any of these sections, which will be mailed free, and to correspond with us in all matters pertaining to text-books for their schools. New York.. Cincinnati. Chicago. 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