LOOAL INSTITUTE AT BERWICK
The local Institute was held in Y.
M. C. A. Hall last Saturday Mar. at,
but owing to the inclemency of tie
weather the attendance was not large.
The Rev. Stephens opened the day's
programme with devotional exercises.
After the election of a secretary, Supt.
Johnson appointed Mr. T. B. Hanly,
Miss Bloss and Mrs. Thompson a
committee on resolutions.
A very appropriate address of wel
come was given by Mr. Hanly, the
Vice Principal of Berwick Schools and
ably responded to by Prof. Clark of
Nescopeck.
After a short recess Mrs. Welsh of
Bloomsburg State Normal School gave
a very instructive talk on "Literature,"
in which she showed its effects on
character, how it might be incidentally
taught in connection with the other
branches. Methods of conducting ex
ercise in silent reading were also dis
cussed during this period by Mrs
Welsh and Prof. Richardson.
Prof Hartline of Bloomsburg State
Normal School occupied the next
period with a discussion of the sub
ject of "Manual Training." The Prof,
spoke of the necessity of increased at
tention in this direction, the good re
sults that come from it and the meth
ods of conducting class work. He
illustrated his talk by specimens of
work done in his classes, that would
do credit to a professional machanic.
Prof. Clark's talk on "The Old and
New" was listened to with interest. He
related some of his personal experi
ence with the old time school masters,
show what a revolution school govern
ment and methods of teaching have
undergone within the last forty years
and concluded by telling what he
hoped to see in the future.
The afternoon session was opened
by singing, after which Supt. Johnson
addressed the teachers concerning the
necessity of training in connection
with intellectual and moral fitness.
He dwelt particularly on three requisite
qualifications, forethought, firmness
and charity. Mrs. Welsh then favored
the audience with a recitation from
Holmes, "Rip Van Winkle M. D."
Mr. Bullard was then introduced
in a well prepared speech on "Theory
and Practice," full of practical truths,
showing that there is no short cut to
success for either pupil or teacher. He
spoke of the influence of home train
ing on the child's school work and em
phasized the necessity of the parents
co-operation with the teacher in order
to get the best results, and in conclu
sion presented a couple of cases of
discipline and asked advice concern
ing them. ; Prof. Richardson took up
the discussion and talked adversely
concerning a law prohibiting corporal
punishment in schools as is the case in
New York and New Jersey.
Physical Culture was the next topic
on the programme ' and Mrs. Welsh
spoke of it in such a way as only a
person of observation and experience
could do. The points touched upon
were many but the most prominent
was the necessity of , physical culture,
for children as it effects habits for life,
the matter of dress - as it concerns
health. She illustrated some parts of
her talk by exercises.
The programme was closed by Prcf.
Richardson, who showed some interest
ing experiments with electricity, as a
motor power.
On the whole it was a day well
spent and we hope that on. the occa
sion of the next Local Institute we
will be favored with pleasant weather
and the people of Berwick will show
interest in a, wook so important to
themselves as the public school work
is, by crowding the house.
The Committee on resolutions re
ported the following.
Be it resolved by the'teachersof the
Berwick school district:
That we tender our sincere thanks
to County Supt. Johnson for his earn
est and encouraging words ; to Mrs.
Welsh for her;interesting and pracitical
address; to Mr. Hartline for the
masterly manner in which he handled
a new subject before the minds of the
teachers ; to Messrs Clark, Richardson
and Bullard for there capable addres
ses on work appertaining to practical
Educational work ;
That profiting by experience of this
year we shall each and everyone 01 us
look forward to our future Institutes
with the knowledge that it is indeed
time well spent.
T. B. Hanlev.
S. W. Thompson,
Anna Bloss.
Don't Be Gloomy.
Those who are the victims of mer
curial poisoning, or who are suffering
from mercurial rheumatism, are inclin
ed to take a gloomy view of life when,
as the poet says, "Winter is folding its
wk; tents and snrinir getting its
thunderstorms together." Yet these
nriimo have no reason to despair. S.
& S. is a sure remedy for all forms of
mercurial poisoning. inougn u is
purely a vegetable medicine, it is
,.rfi,i in.Wrl when called on to
dose mercury, and the last lingering
effects of mercury, oui 01 ure system.
It performs the work with neatness and
dispatch, as thousands of testimonials
ihow.
Leasts for sale at this office. 3 cts
each, 30 cents a dozen.
RED MAN AND THli CABINET
It
is Predicted that Sr.r-RF.TRv
Foster and His Colleagues Will
quarrel Over the Indian 0,uestion.
"Foster" said an observing citizen
the other day,"was one of the Sioux
Commissioners who spent the summer
two yea's ago over the negotiations
whereby the Sioux ceded about 9,000,
000 acres to the government. He
went all through the reservations and
got well acquainted with the head men
and chiefs. He thinks he understands
how they have been treated. When
the late war broke out there was much
discussion as to the responsibility, for
its origin. Secretary Noble held that
it was through no fault of his depart
ment. It was due, his agents report
ed, to the fanatical belief in the Mes
siah, whose coming some bad Indian
had predicted. He was emphatic in
his avowal that his department had
given the Indians good treatment.
"When the question of the cause of
the war came up in the State, Dan.
Voorhees, of Indiana, made a hot r n-
slaught upon the Administration. He
held that it was responsible for the
outbreak which was costing the Gov
ernment $6,000,000 or $8,000,000 and
the lives of brave soldiers. He thun
dered with all his lungs against the
treatment the Indians had received
from agents of the Interior Depart
ment. 'The Sioux are starving,' he
repeated again and again, and each
time with greater emphasis. His au
thority for this charge was Commission
er Foster, who had been interviewed
by a Cincinnati newspaper and had
aid that the cau?e of the outbreak
was starvation. Ex-Gov. Foster had
stated, Voorhees said, that it was sim
ply a question of fighting or dying of
hunger, and that the Indians were des
perate from the gnawings at their stom
ach and wild for something to eat.
' These statements which Mr. Voor
hees kept hammering into the minds
of the Senators were based upon dec
larations of Foster, he said, and Fos
ter has never denied having made
them
"The result of the Voorhees' on
slaught was the appointment of the
Senatorial committee to investigate
the situation and fix responsibility for
the uprising on Secretary Noble.' Com
missioner Morgan, and others in au
thority in the Department of the In
terior chafed at the lashing which the
Department was given. They were
fond of quoting General Miles, who
agreed witu their iJeas more nearly
than with the ex-commissioner.
When the general requested that
some of the agencies, notably those at
Pine Ridge and Rosebud, should be
taken from the management of the
Interior Department and placed un
der control of Army officers, Secretary
Noble was again stirred up. He re
garded this as a stab at him direct;
and there was a good sized row in the
Cabinet for several days.
"Noble stood up for exclusive con
trol of the reservations. The Presi
dent and Secretary Proctor sided with
Miles. A compromise was patched
up by which an Army officer was sent
to Pine Ridge, the agent removed,
the two Departments united to the ex
tent that an Army officer was instruct
ed to'report to the Secretary of the
Interior. Mr. Noble claimed jl vic
tory, but was unhappy over it, because
the charges against his Department
were allowed to stand. He was bit
ter against all who had sided against
hiin. It was with difficulty that the
row between himself and Secretary
Proctor was patched up.
Now that Mr. Foster is in the Cab
inet, he will either have to keep still
on the Indian question, change his
sentiments, or indulge in a row with
Secretary Noble. Secretary Proctor
will be one of the participants, for he
has a way of sticking firmly to a posi
tion which he has once taken.
"The President will find his Cab
inet a hornet's nest whenever the In
dian question is discussed." '
ROBBED THE STATE OF A MILLION.
AN ALLEGED SWINDLE IN THE PENN
SYLVANIA SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL.
Recent revelations at Mercer, Pa.,
disclose the fact that the state of
Pennsylvania has been robbed of
more than one million dollars in the
management of the soldiers' orphans'
schools. The illegal profit of one of
ten big schools amounted to $270,000,
and this school was one of three that
were controlled by a syndicate headed
by ex-State Senator George W.
Wright, of Mercer.
The fortunes accumulated by eight
men through pinching the orphans
and fleecing the state are alleged to be,
roundly, $1,095,000.
A considerable part of this sum
may be recovered, as the persons
named have retained $750,000 of the
profits.
The statute of limitations does not
work against the commonwealth.
All of the gains appropriated by
these men were acquired in direct
violation of law, without contract of
any kind.
The method to be employed is very
simple, and has been repeatedly done
at Harrisburg.
The auditor general reopens the
accounts and makes a new settlement.
Then the commonwealth proceeds
in the courts to obtain the moneys
that have been illegally taken from it
for traffic in orphan misery.
COtltinilir IN JAl'AM.
Mrrllatinn the) Mont I'snal Form, bat
I'utitrjp unci I.nv. Motif lrmtlhl.
Iii Jiipiin, coiirttiliip is rcnliitf(l liy
ninny curioim customs. It Is curried on
in ninny ilirT.-rent wnyit, bur tlio most
usual oiip in ly me.kntion. Tim iluty ot
tlio incil iuloi n in to itivostifro'i mil In
form ouo mrly in record to liio V''r"
city, reputation, nml cliiirnc'nr of (lie
other. After thU investigation thern In
a mooting of the persons inUrvliiiK to
marry and there they nru in trod need t
ench other. They nmy promise to ninny
lit this time, but Iwfore the flnnl consent
is given ench one must investigate the
other's character. If both are snlisfieil
the muii-inge ceromony will bo per
formed l y tho help of the mediators,
mid the name of the contracting parties
must be recorded in the official register.
This is considered ss a civil contract.
In some instances children are betrothed
to ench other by their respect ive parents
when mure babies, but of course such nn
engagement is voidable when the chil
dren beciiino of ngc. Tho employment
of mediators is a necessary one; nil the
people in X p in are obliged to follow
this method, notwithstanding their rank
in socioty. Tho service of the middle
man is considered very honorable, and
tho Japnneso term for this is "mttsu
Imonokuini, " which menns n god of con
nection of tho opposite sex. Among
middiu cbm peoplo there is positively
110 courtship between tlio partlot them
reives. With the higher classes court
ship by poetry is in vogue. There ure
two kinds of this poetry, Sli! and
"Uta. " Tho gentleman sends poems to
tho liulx, nnd she replies in poetry.
Tho following is a translation of 11 cele
brated answer:
"The flrft plum lilfissnm of tlio Isle of Qtirwlitn,
Till- nixlit ahull ope, my lunl, for yon.
t-liouid ymi long to know nil tho olisrnn of
thin tlower.
Come sliming to the moon at the hour of mid
night." An allusion to the moon or flowers nl
wnys stands for the word love. Tho fol
lowing is a flno conceit attributed ton
guy young lady:
Tiirted and from thee,
I (tare upon the honvonly vault,
How I l- 1 1 w 1 1 1 fill were It for me.
Could hut the moon turn to n mirror."
Among tho lower classes flirting is
practiced by tho lino of the fan or hand
kerchief, or with a wave, of the right
band, with palms downward, or by the
fair chnrnier waving her long sleeves.
Instead of winking, tlioy convey the
snine meaning by twitching the left
corner of the mouth or rolling the eye
bnlls to the light or left. Jealousy is
expressed by erecting tlio two fore
fingers 011 the forehead, in illusion to
the monster. Tho courtship of the
low er class of young men nnd women
is iii Ilananil, or picnic day, and on
that day ono can bear whispering be
hind tho trues or flowers, but no kiss
ing or shaking of bauds. If they did
such a thing they would bo excluded
from the society of their order. Middle
class peoplo could not go so far even as
thi-; they tiro always endeavoring to
preserve their reputation on account of
their Nociul standing. The celobrntion
of a inari inge ceremony is required not
by tho law, but by society. There ure
several forms, but usually tho first Step
is "yuino, " or the exchange ot presents
at the time of the espousal, usually of fish,
belt, fan, money, eta, which consists of
seven articles, as the number of seven
is considered n fortunate ouo among all
classes. After tho exuliuuge of present
a few dnys are Buffered to elapse and
theu is celebrated the marriage cere
mony. This is not performed in the
church, but takes plnco in the house,
as tho people think the church tho place
for funerals and not for merry making.
The expense of the ceromony varies ao
cording to the social standjng of tho
parties. Tho married couple do not
take their honeymoon trip until two or
three days after the wedding; it is gen
erally nothing more than a visit to the
theater or a hot spring resort, of which
there are many in Japan. The wedded
pair vory seldom so pa rale from the par
ents, but live near them, though not in
tliesauio house. When the p.ii euts be
come old nnd fool lo, tho children are
obliged to make, them a comfortable
home called "Inkio, " which literally
translated means a resting place. Tins
is customarily built in the same place
by the son. At a certain age the parents
generally turn over as a gift their entire
prop 'rty to their son.
Mr. rarnell as a Playwright.
Mr. ParuuU ia known to a good many
Australians in a character in which lie
lias never figured on the northern side,
of the equator that of drnmatio
author. For more than five years a
play entitled "Shamrock Green. By
Charles Stewart Purnoll, E q., M. P.,"
has enjoyed prodigious favor among
provincial audiences In the colonies.
The lucky exclusive proprietor of this
piece boasts of having alrendy netted
5,000 by it, Whether recent events
will add to or diminish its popularity
remains to be seen. Its proprietor an
Irishman, by the way lias never yet
ventured to produce it in Melbourne or
Sidney, doubtless from a Bhrewd sus
picion that the dramatic critics of these
capitals would want to know some
thing more about its history and ante
cedents than the bald announcement on
the play bills that "Mr. Parnell wrote
this play when a young man at college. "
Provincial pressmen are not so un
pleasantly skeptical, and the Irish men
and women of the interior towns con
sider it a patriotic duty to roll up in
their hundreds to see "Mr. Paruell's
play. "
Burning Wet Sawdust.
In sawmills where the cypress and
redwood sawdust is too wet to burn the
mills have been at a great disadvantage
owing to their being compelled to use a
more expensive fuel than their compete
tors that could utilise sawdust Re
cently, however, a grate has been in
vented which, by the aid of an air blast,
burns the wet sawdust with entirely
satisfactory result. The heat produced
is as great as that front pine shavings,
The invention is certain to have a
marked influenoe in the South, where
cypress sawdust is an abundant and
hitherto useless preduofc ;
SPRING OPENING!
TRIRMiEO
hats num.
Tuesday, March 24, 1891.
MISS H. E. WASLEY.
Next door to I. W. Hartman, Main street.
Many People
Look forward to Spring before they will think of tnkirg
any thing for the blood. But now is the time to Wgin
and then you will bo ready with a good clear brain to do
in tho Spring what yon would have to do later on, as the
fjsttm is in got d condition for bright prospect".
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This key opens the door'of the Yates'
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teenth and Chestnut streets. We are
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the future come to this handsome new
store for your own or your boy's Cloth
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guide Honest Goods, Straight
Dealing, Low Prices.
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