A REMIMISOENUE. A short time ago I chanced to meet some of my old school mates who went to school at the same place that I did i little over a half century ago, and it Drought to my mind some reminiscen ces of former times, which may be in teresting to some of your readers. We commenced going to school to gether at what I shall designate, as the log college. As perhaps but few of your readers ever saw just such a struc ture, and fewer still enjoyed the privi lege of getting their education wholly or in part in a building of that kind, a short description of it may not be out of place. It was located a short distance west of the road leading from Terseytown to Danville in what is now Montour, but was then a part of Columbia county. It was not, as the name I have given it might indicate, a very imposing structure. According to my recollec tion, it was about eighteen by twenty feet on the ground and one story high. It was built with round logs, hence the name. The interstices were filled with sticks and mortar s but not so closely as to give any of us reason to complain of lack of ventilation. This building was adorned with four windows, one in each s ide, and one in each end. The window at the north siae naa six ex 10 ugnts piacea suie Dy Railway is "the only one" running sol side in a horizontal position. As the id vestibuled electric lighted and steam house was set in a bank, this style was heated trains between Chicago, Coun adopted in part to raise the windows cil Bluffs, Omaha, Milwaukee, La to a proper height from the ground, ' Crosse, Winona, St Taul and Minne and in part to avoid cutting off logs apolis making direct connection at and thus weaken the structure. Peo-: Council Bluffs and Omaha with all pie of that day were not lacking in ar- lines for all points in Nebraska, Wyo chitectural ability, as will be manifest ming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, as we proceed. Washington, Nevada, and California ; This house had a door for ingress ! at St. Paul, with all lines for all points and egress. It also served another pur- j in the Northwest and Puget Sound, pose which the architect may not have It now operates over six thousand naa in mind, when he was drawing his plans, The male students were required on entering the house in the morning, to take off their hat and make a bow to the professor. The younger lads some times forget this formality, but the lar ger loys had to remove the hat to keep it from getting dinged, and had to make a bow to avoid bumping the head. Slate or metal roofs were not in common use at that time, so our build ing was shingled with what was known as half price boards laid as close to gether as such boards would allow, and the joint was covered with a slab, round side up. This roof made a rath er fair protection, when the rain or Snow came nearly straight down ; but when either was accompanied with driving wind, it made it rather unpleas ant for the lads and lasses. I will now give a brief description of our furniture, at the risk of making the modern school boy turn green with envy. Here the Architect manifested his skill to perfection. Holes were bored in the logs at a proper distance from the floor, sloping downward from the wall ; large pins were driven in these holes, and wide boards were secured on top of them. This formed the writing desk. The benches were made of slabs, that were considered too heavy for roofing pur poses. Holes were bored in the round ing side of the slab for the reception of legs. The bench when completed, stood with the flat side up. A seat of that kind was no doubt well calculated to excite mental activity With the aid of a crooked pin which mischievous urchins by long practice knew just how to place, they sometimes produced physical activity. This building was not heated with steam, nor lighted with electricity. Such improvements were not consid ered economical at thit time. For heating purposes we had what was called a ten plated stove, which had a very disa-reeable hal it of refus ing to get very warm only in summer time, when to get it out of our way, we sometimes carried it out in the sun. For light at our evening exercises we used exclusively the tallow dip, which while it did not make as showy an appearance as some of our modern fixtures for lighting colleges or intel lectual nails, it answered our purpose very well. I may as well add, that all this ex pense was not gone to, merely to pro vide a house lor day schools. Jt was used for a church as well. The first sermon I ever heard preached was de livered in that house. The first Sab bath school I ever attended was there. And many are the pleasant recolleo tions connected with this antiquated structure And now, my little school boy friends, let me say a word to you some censorious old grandsire should presume to find fault with you, for not making as rapid progress in your stud les, as ne trunks you should do, you can say to him, that you do not have the same advantages which he pos sessed for securing an education Four years of my school life were spent in the building which I have at tempted to describe, and I know just how to appreciate its advantages. And leing deprived of it at the end of that time. I know how to sympathize with you to whom such privilege has never wren extended. Yours truly, Old Settler The Iuiiiani lottery will pro rxttAf tfi'rvfi in Mexico next year fvesKlent lia is favorable to the NOTICEi Persons desiring to aid in the in crease of edible fish in the waters of the State, can, by applying to The Pennsylvania Fish Protf.ctivk Ass ociation, 1020 Arch Street Philadel Jihia, obtain placards containing in ormation as to close seasons of the different varieties of fish, and other information pertaining to the same: also blank applications for procuring Trout fry, free, from the Pennsylvania Pish Commissioners, vill be supplied by the Association upon application. I have been a sufferer from catarrh for 20 years. I found immediate re lief in the use of Ely's Cream Balm. Since using it I have not suffered a moment from headache, sorethroat or loss of sleep, from which I previously suffered, caused by catarrh. I con sider your Balm a Valuable remedy. R. Cf. Vasser, 56 Warren St., New York. Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weight in gold as a cure for catarrh. One bottle cured me. S. A. Lovel, j Franklin, Pa. 2-19-21. The Only One- ARE YOU OOINU WEST THIS SPRINO? The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Taul miles of thoroughly equipped road, in Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, South and North Dakota. Through sleeping cars between Chi cago and Portland, Oregon, over North ern Pacific railroad via Jamestown, Butte, Spokane Falls, Tacoma and Seattle. If you arc going West to lo cate or vi jit, you will save money by writingjto John R Pott, District Pas senger Agent, Williamsport, Pa., for rates of fare, maps, time tables and full information furnished free. All coup on ticket agents in the United States and Canada have tickets over the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, asK for them. Guckert the photographer, thought he could make a good speculation by mng a balloon and taking a lot of birds-eye views. He gets in the bas ket, four men holding down the air ship. "And now, he said, "John, get my camera and other belongings from that table and hand them in to me.' Unfortunately, the four men were all named John All went for them at once. HE SOMA) In the Aryan religion PLAHT. ( the chief offering to the gods was the fomented juice of the Soma or Moon plant, which, being a strong drink, gave new excitement to those who partook of it, and was be lieved to impart power to the gods. It was believed, moreover, that it wrought miracles, and for the reason, perhaps, became the chief god of the Hindus. n a vedic hymn the worshiper says : "We've quafted the Soma bright, And are immortal gro-vn; We've entered into light, And all the gods have known. What mortal now can harm, Or foeman vex us more ? Through thee beyond alarm, Immortal God 1 we soar." No such power as that is attributed to any plant at the present time, and et many of the cures performed by a. &., a purely vegetable remedy, seem almost to border on the miracu lous In contagious blood poison scrofula, skin diseases, some forms of cancer, etc, it is the remedy par ex cellence. Treatise on Wood andsuiu Diseases malted free. SWIFT SI'IXIKIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Bob's Eloquence' From the New York Weekly. Deacon Grayhair. "I understand you went to hear Bob Ingersoll lecture on I here s No Such Place. Deacon Whitehair. "Yes, deacon, I lid. There may be such a place, dea con, and it may be hot, but Bob Inger soll will never feel it. "Hump! Why not?" "Well, sir, if he ever arrives there and starts in talking, the imps will get so interested tiicv 11 let the lires go our." women who sutler lrom uervous and physical debility find great help in the use'of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It produces the rapid effect ol a stimu lant, without reaction the result being a permanent increase cf strength and vigor, both of mind and body. coo Mocntioiders participated in the 9th semi annual dividend of 5 per cent, paid on Jan. 15, 1802, by the Atkinson Co., of Maine. This is good record. See the Co.'s notice of $70,000, Treasury Stock for sale to further increase the business. The authorized capital is $1,000,000. 3-5 4t Children Cryfo . i h Ths World For 1892. " The ni'M' eii"i yet lp, rr4ntt nwl relvntlett Journal in A ifii'i'im trhen II Kelt out to wvomiiltth aiu grrnt ul'liit , I ra n tr.il Ify to tt ivmlu human Ul, crinprvheiuton ami itrrltnenc."u k. Ham ilton. Wc enn tell our KcpuMicnn renders a tc cret nnd our Democratic friend it iece of good news 1 Tint World intends to and will elect an other L'cmociatic President this year, ns it elected Clover CIcvclanJ in 1SS4. Whether the Democratic candidate shall he (Irovcr Cleveland, representing the cause of Tariff Kcform, or any one of a nuinlicr of other Democratic leaders ho can he elected, representing all the elements of opposition to Republicanism, the World will be foremost In his supjiort. Th tint Pietidcnt mvrt be a Dctmfmt. Hut while doing this Tint World will fiive to its Republican readers, as it did in the recent campaign, a fuller and better ri porl of Republican meetings and speeches in the Presidential canvass than the organs of their own party print. The World nertr colon uniw 1 U phaiojrnph rvtnlt. Tins World is now printing an average of over 330 coo copies a day. It has made a net average gain of 36,000 a day during the ivast year. It will rirculate next year, on the basis of this increase only, at least 1 20. 000. 000 copies of the ablest, strongest and best Democratic newspaper ever printed. Tilt WcRl.n is re;ogni?ed as distinctively the Newspaper of the people. It believes that to be ihe highest journalism which is dedica ted to the public service. The World puts heart and conscience in to its work as well as brains. It is the hand maid of Justice, the unraveller of mysteries, the dctectcr and terror of Crime, the friend f the friendless, the help of the poor, the strength of the weak. Realizing that its pow er comes from the People, it gives back to them freely whatever service its influence and i s resources enable it to render. With a perfect equipment, a thorough or- ani7ation, capable direction and a deep de- lermir.at.on to move on and up to hieher deals and greater achievements. The World wishes its multitude of readers a Happy New Year, and confidently bids them to expect from it during 1892 even more wonderful things than it has already accomplished. An artificial lake is to be created at Mountain Park, a summer resort on the Central Railroad of New Jersey about six or seven miles up the moun tain from Wilkes-Barre. The Wilkes- Barre correspondent of the Scranton Ji'jyublican says that the managers of Mountain Park have put a urge force of men at work excavating for a lake of sufficient size to allow a reasonab y ing row on it, lor me use 01 tneir summer picmc patrons It will be complete before the opening or the season. A number of other features will soon be added and Mountain Park will soon be the finest picnic ground in the whole secticn. I Wa: Disgusted with the learned doctors after swall owing their costly medicine in vain for over a year for the relief of catarrh in my head, when I cured myself by using six bottles of Sulphur Bitters. My wife is now taking them for ner vous debility. Abiel Carter, Parker louse, Jioston. 2 io-2t. A Little Girls Experience in a Lighthouse. Mr. and Mrs. I.oren Treseott are keepers of the Gov. Liclr.house at Sand lieach, Mich. and are blessed with a daughter, four years old. 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