8 THAT TERRIBLE ECLIPSE. Shadow of Distrust Began With the Election of Cleveland. Democratic Darkness Dispelled by McKinley. I 1890 1892 | 1893 i 1894 90?^ Ho* Commerce, Sun of Prosperity Unotocured Shitfow of Distrat Distrust Deepens. Prosperity Nearly ECLIPSE Light Appear* Darknoen Half Gona. Preo Trade Shadow Bon of Prosperity Again Onotacuredl T . . Bepublran Administration Appears Free Trade Congress. Otacurei Son of Prosperity. MoXinley Elected. Protection Congress. of Euin Hearly Dingley Law and Protection Vindicated, iraoe BHO A ProtectiveTarifl Cleveland Elected Advcrao Balance of Idle Men. Protection Sore Dingloy Law Goes ® #Qe , Unprecedented Foreign and Domestio i » , Favorable Balance of Trade Valsec Declina Trada Low Wagoa Valneo Rise. Into Effect Wages heresm T^c . industry were Affected Government RexipU Eioxid Eipea- " Bank Clearances Preparations Begin NewladustriosStart Receipts Again Exceed by That Teniae roarFrwTrada Rev.nue Falls Off. 061 * £J|iStaSST oJLt Iscmm of Wag* ri- Fjn&, P ,cya9nt-ooodWag»-Fa i r A Bright Year Endj Bank Clearance. D» Costoms Receipts cZmTrl Rejoicing and Hopa Deficit Decrees ™ Employment Full Dinner Pail tCIipSS. , n . _ l4 in Glooia. oreasa Lowest in 16 Years Panic and Rain. Change for Bottcr New Rocord in Iron Immense Strides in Increased Railroad and Ship Construction. Large Redaction in Public Debt Nations! Dobi Low- Enomiom r&ilurec. Slump in Iron Poverty & Distress, in Commerco and uid Other Indus- Trado in Bpite of Immense Bant Clearances. A Busy, Contented, Happy Peoplo (fit sinco Rebellion. Mat! Debtlncreaoei Production. SOUP HOUSES. Trade tries. Bptniah War. A Busy, Contented, Happy Peopla Foreign Commerco, . . $1,647,139,093 $1,729,397,000 $1,857,880,610 $1,714,060,116 $1,547,135,194 $1,539,508,130 $1,662,331,612 $1,815,723,968 $1,847,531,984 $1,924,171,791 $2^44,193,543 Total Bakncaof Trade, .... 68,518,275 39,564,014 202,875,880 -18,735,728 237,143,050 75,568,200 102,882,264 286,263,144 G15,452,G7% 523,874,813 544,704885 Eiports-Manufact'jm, . 151, 108,927,315 159,510,937 158,023,118 183,728,808 183,595,743 228.571,178 277,265,391 290,097,354 338,675,558 432,284,386 Eeceipte-Total, 403,080,983 392,612,447 354,937,784 385,819,028 297,722,019 313,390,075 820,970,200 347,721,805 405,321,335 515,900,020 ' 568,988,948 Eipoadituree, Treasury Balance,.... +85,040,272 +20,838*42 +9,914,454 +2,341,074 -69,803,260 -42,805,223 -25,203,246 - 89,111,560 +81,229,776 iank Clearances, .... 58,845,279,505 60,883,572,433 58,880,682,455 45,028,496,740 50,975,155,046 51,935,651,733 54,179,545,030 85,924,820,769 a 105,000,000000 FaUum-UaMlitiee, 77 189,856,964 189,868.638 114,044,187 346,779,889 172,992.850 173,196,000 228,090,834 154,332,071 130,002,880 90,879888 Nodata - Deposits in Savings Eailroad Gross Receipt 7 1,078,835,339 1,125,534,815 1,109,038,840 T1.207,106,023 1,000,943,358 1,092,395,437 1,125,032,025 1,132,806,626 1,249,558,724 1,313,010,118 No data" Interestßoaring Debt, 77 " 725,313,110 610,529,120 585,029,330 585,037,100 635,041,890 716,202,060 847,363,890 847,365,130 847,307,470 1,040,048,750 1,023,478,880 Sheep-Value, 108,397,447 110,121,290 125,908,264 80,186,110 00,085,707 05,107,735 07,020,842 92,721,133 107,097,530 o 240,175,335 Ehoep-Number, 777777 43,421,130 44,938,365 47,273,553 Pig Iron Production-Tons, 8,202703 8278,870 8,157,000 7424,502 0,857383 9,446,308 8,623,127 8,652,680 11,773,834 137620,703 No data" Eaflroads-Miles Built,. . 5,378 4,075 4441 2,346 1.889 1,050 1,704 1,822 Vessels Built-Tons, 77 7 294123 309,302 199,633 211,039 131,195 111,602 227,097 232,232 180,458 300,038 a 350,000 • E*OTMU* from itxn month* b LiUmtlld from rttno monlM. c-Anwrtcin Protocttvo Tariff LM«u* C«TW«. 4 £«tlm«Ud toy Infr CwwimrM n. -f- ln4*cat«o lm. lnAcmtt OtOcK. Proceedings of Teachers' Institute. The thirty-fourth annual Teachers' Institute of Cameron county was held at the Emporium Court House, October 15-19, 1900. The first ses sion was called to order by the county Superin dent. Miss Collins, at 1:40 Monday afternoon. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Metzler and singing, under the leadership of Hon. I. K. Hockley, Dr. Lincoln Hully, of Bucknell University, spoke on "The Vocal Interpretations of Literature, "(using Robert Burns.) "Bobby" Burns has written the love songs of the world. Never outside of Scotland, born and raised on a farm, he had be fore the age of thirty stirred the world with the music of his verse. Dr. Lightner Witmer, of the University of Pennsylvania, was then introduced. His subject, "The Beginning of Memory." The aim of teach ing not to cultivate memory alone but to mould character. There cannot be mind without mem ory. Before placing the memory stimuli before the child certain conditionsshouldbeascertained among some of which are (1) hygiene of the child (it a due regard for the physical ability of the child, (3) the rate of impressions, (4) repetition of impressions, (5) fatigue, (6) association of im ages. Dr. Witmer dwelt on each of these condi tions as only one can who thoroughly under stands his subject, showing the effect of the stimuli as given by the teachers on the life of the child. After a short intermission and a song. Dr. S. C. Schmucker, of West Chester, was introduced, who addressed the teachers on"The Aim of Na ture Work." In the study of nature the teacher must have a definite purpose in mind, or time and effort will be lost. An important purpose of nature study is to bridge over the life of the school room with that of the freedom of the outer life and make the strange transition an easy one; and if during the period of adolescence you can keep the child roaming over the hills and mead ows you havo done that which may save him from a life of sin and degredation for a life of purity and nobility. The Institute adjourned at 4 o'clock. Monday evening Lincoln Hulley gave a lecture recital on "Eugene Field" to a large and enthusiastic au dience. The session on Tuesday morning opened with a song by the teachers, followed with prayer by the Rev. Mr. McCaslin. Dr. Witmer discussed "Children's Lies." Children's lies are often due to the lack of reproductive memory, also to ex cessive imagination. The absolute standard of truth as set up for children departed from every day by adults in the "lie of sympathy" or polite lie. We should not admit compromises for our selves that we cannot admit the child. Dr. Schmucker on "Needless Fears" explained the harmlessness of certain creatlves we teach the child to be afraid 01, and the necessity of not letting the child get afraid or of getting over the fear of these creatives. After intermission Dr. Hulley spoke on"The Study of Literature." Visualize everything in literature and your reading will be vastly more interesting. In the recitation of several poems. Dr. Hulley brought to mind the vividness of the poets pictures. Thecnltivation of good literature is not only a pleasure but the means of a broader culture to those who will be led to the apprecia tion of its beauty. Institute was adjourned at 12 o'clock. Prof. C. P. Bastian opened the afternoon ses sion on"The Teacher as a Disciplinarian." Ed ucation is the development in man of all the per fection of which his nature will permit. The successful teacher must thoroughly understand, (1) the subject matter, (2) the principles of mind training, (3) how to take proper care of children. The teacher as a disciplinarian must take into consideration that children, as well as adults, have rights to be respected, that the character of the teacher is an important factor in child train ing, that nothing works such transformation in the life of a child as kindness. Dr. Witmer spoke on the "Development of Memory," after which Dr. Schmucker discussed "The Meaning of a Flower," describing the re productive process and showing that the purpose of the flower was not for the use of man, but waH the home of the seeds and the honey, food for the insects that depended on it for sustenance. The Institute adjourned The Rogert-Grilley Recital Tuesday evening was one of the rarest treats ever given to an Em porium audience. ' The Rev. Mr. Robertson opened the Institute Wednesday morning with devotional exercises. After singing, Dr. Witmer spoke on "Spelling Errors." Errors in spelling are due to defective eyesight, also sometimes due to macculate hear ing and imperfect breathing. Spelling errors are many but the most common, (1) transposition of letters, (2) errors of attraction, (3) omission, (4) addition, 15) wrong doubling, (6) non-doubling,(7) phonetic, (8) confusional, (9) error of complica tion, (10) unclassified. Employment of such methods as will arouse the interest should be used in the teaching of spelling. Dr. Schmucker discussed the advantages and non-advantages of "Leaving the Home Farm." Supt. Becht, of Lycoming county, was then in troduced. He spoke on "Live Teaching, Live Teachers." The live teacher is looking forward not backward, upward not downward, in not out. An important essential to live teaching is the consecration to a high ideal, for as we strive to ascend we ascend in the striving. Institute adjourned at 12 o'clock. The afternoon session was opened with singing I by the Institute. Dr. Witmer continued his series of psychologi cal lectures discussing the "Intellect and Art." Dr. Witmer was followed by Supt. IJecht who spoke on "Thaddeus Stevens." Pennsylvania has produced some of the greatest men, but strange to say she has allowed their biographies to be written by men of other States. Among the most noted I'ennsylvanians were Benjamin Franklin, Robert Maurice and Bayard Taylor. But there is one man almost unknown to Penn sylvanians whose biography has been written by a man in New England. This man is Thaddeus Stevens the founder and preserver of the com mon school system, to whose zeal and untiring perseverence we owe the advantages of the com mon school system as enjoyed to-day. After intermission Dr. Schmucker spoke on "Little Brothers of the Air." That we now study the active, living bird instead of the dead speciman is due to one woman. Dr. Schmucker described the birds, their uses and habits. He closed his remarks with an earnest appeal to the ladies to assist in breaking up the fashion of adorning hats with the bodies of dead birds. The Institute adjourned at 4:15 o'clock. Wednesday evening was taken up by the "Ken tucky Colonels," male quartette. The devotional exercises Thursday morning were conducted by Rev. McC'aslin. Dr. Witmer then discussed a "Lesson in Lan guage" by describing a feeble minded child who was taken to Philadelphia for treatment, and in i this case, as well as in a normal child, imitation I and play were most serviceable in teaching lan- ( guage. Dr. Schmucker on the "Study of the Grass hopper" gave many interesting ideas that the ordinary observer would fail to obtain. Supt. Becht then proceeded on a "Geograph ical Ramble," by which lie showed the import ance and significance of names in the study of geography. Adjournment 12 o'clock in. Before the regular afternoon program the In stitute, through the kindness of Mr. Howard, enjoyed a graphaphonic entertainment, consist ing of reproductions from musical selections and extracts from speeches of some of our most noted men in public life. Dr. Witmer, on "Attention," gave several illus trations of hypnotism, showing the relation be tween hypnotism and attention ; also the use of this power, in a greater or less degree, in the school room. Supt. Becht then gave an address to the pa trons and teachers on "Education," dealing not only with the broadening and transforming in fluences of education but also with the practical side. He closed his series of lectures by setting forth the advantages of unity among teachers, directors and parents. Dr. Schmucker delivered the Annual Address to the Directors, giving them many useful and valuable hints on the management of schools under their supervision. After intermission Miss Frankic Huntly. of Driftwood, sang "The Holy City," which was re ceived with a round of applause. The evening lecture—"We, the People"—by CAMIiRON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER i, 1900. Hawley Smith, was highly instructive as well as intensely interesting. Hawley Smith was the tirst speaker after itevo- I tional exercises Friday morning. He spoke to I the teachers of the necessity of studying but not | depending on the great masters, as Pestalozzi ! and Froebel. After intermission Dr. Witmer gave the last of his Psychological lectures on "Adolescence and Individual Will." Dr. Witmer was followed by Dr. Schmueker who, in his closing on "Insect Changes." urged the study of nature in the schools, not as a separate subject, but in connection with draw ing, language and composition work. The report of the committee on resolutions, read by Mr. Woodward, was approved and ac cepted, as was also the report of the commit tee on educational reunions, read by Prof. C. P. Bastiau. The Institute was then adjourned. Miss Collins showed the ablest judgment in the selection of instructors. The Institute was largely attended and greatly enjoyed. RESOLUTIONS. WHEREAS, The schools of Cameron county are in such condition that we can,, with pardonable pride, call the attention of teachers, directors, and patrons ill general, to their present degree of excellency. Recognizing that the Annual In stitute, under the direction of our able Superin tendent, is a most potent factor iti the accom plishment of these enviable results; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the teachers of Cameron county here assembled in annual session of our County Institute, thus pay our tribute of honor and respect to Miss Collins, who has so ably dis charged her duty. He it further Resolved. That wo recommend that each teach er carefully pursue the reading course adopted. And furthermore, that each teacher attend edu cational meetings and in every way make the most of the educational advantages offered. Fur thermore, be it Resolved. That we extend our thanks (lstl to the able corps of instructors who have so ear nestly labored in our behalf. (2di To Miss Maude Wycotf and Miss Myrtle Olmsted for their valued services. (3d) To Miss Frankie Huntly and Miss Oracie Walker for music rendered for our en joyment. (4th) To Mr. O. 11. Hummel for use of piano. (stli) To Mr. I. K. Hockley for services rendered. (6th) To Mr. Josiah Howard for the pleasure afforded by the graphaphonic entertain ment. (7th) To the County Commissioners for the use of the Court House and for all assistance so kindly rendered. (Bth 1 To the citizens of Em porium for their kind hospitality, and to all who have in any way contributed to the success of the Institute. H. G. WOODWARD, XIMKNA G. BROOKS, BLANCHE LUDLAM, Committee. Letter to J. C. Johnson. Emporium, Pa. Dear Sir: You own several houses. Your reason for painting Devoe lead and zinc should be several times as strong as the man who owns but one. Lead and oil was good enough paint till the merits of zinc were found out. It was profitable to paint lead and oil —it was then—but not now. The addition of zinc to lead makes Devoe lead and zinc last twice as long and cost 110 more; costs less—a trifle less, not much. Lead and oil is mixed by hand; Devoe lead and zinc by ma chinery. Might as well make one's shirts by hand as mix paints. Say it costs SIOO a house to paint lead and oil; and it lasts three years. Say iteoststhe same for Devoe; which lasts six years—it will hist ten years, in favorable conditions, unless you want to repaint to change the color. It costs; lead and oil about §3O a year; Devoe $13 —probably less. Yours truly, 9 F. W. DEVOE & C!o. Alaskan travelers say that the tnosqui tos there have driven men to suicide. In Europe Speer's Port Qrapc Wine Is ordered by families in Dresden, Lon don and Paris for its superior medical virtues, and its blood-making quality. It is made from a rare grape vines procured from Portugal. 34-eow FIRST FORK NEWS. j Jacob Y. Smith Killed by the Cars at Driftwood. ! Editor Cameron County Press: The funeral of Jacob Y. Smith took place from his residence on Saturday, and interment was made in the grave i yard on the Smith property. He was instantly killed at Castle Garden, on Thursday last, on the A. V. R. R. In order to avoid a train approaching him Mr. Smith stepped from the track onto another and was run down by a train, which he had not noticed, com ing from the opposite direction. He leaves a wife and large family of sons and daughters, all of whom are mar ried and reside (excepting one) in this immediate vicinity. Mr. Smith had been up to Emporion 011 Wednesday evening in attendance at the Republi can rally, and was on his way to visit his daughter on the old Dent place, before coming home, when the acci dent happened. His age was about 76 years. R. M. Williams and family are about leaving for New York state, to keep camp for A. J. Bailey on his lumbering operations near Portage Falls. He is repairing and shingling hisTarm build ings—putting them in good shape to rent or sell. Ed. Smith has moved into the house below Haynes Bros., lately vacated by Alvin Smith, who has purchased the 1 Alex. Miller place of Barclay Bros. The farmer that does not get his work done this fall cannot blame it on the weather. People who have never seen the | woods in all their glory of fall colors i should see them now. * # * First Fork, Oct. 28, 1900. Dr. W. 11. Lewis, Lawrcnceville, Ya., I writes: "I am using Kodol Dyspepsia i cure in my practice among severe cases | of indigestion and tind il an admirable i remedy." Many hundreds of physicians | depend upon the use of Kodol Dyspepsia ] Cure in stomach troubles. It digests ; what you eat, and allows you to eat all | the good lood you need, providing you do not overload your stomach. (Jives in i slant relict and a permanent cure. It. C. I Dodson. Sly The first member of the royal family I to ride a cycle was the Duchess of Al - buny. SSOO Reward. We will pay the above reward lor any case of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Indigestion. Constipation or . Costivencss we cannot cure with Liverita, the up-to-date Little Liver Pill, when the directions are strictly complied with. | They are purely Vegetable, and never ! fail to give satisfaction. 25c boxes con -1 tain 100 Pills, 10c boxes contain 40 Pills, isc boxes containes 15 Pills. Beware of ! substitutions and imitations. Sent, by 1 mail; stamps taken. NEUVITA SIKD , ICAL CO., Cor. Clinton and Jackson Sts., Chicago, 111. Sold by It. C. Dod son, Druggist Emporium, Pa. 34-491y L2OGAL JNOTICES. Having secured the services of a first • class tailoress, I am now prepared to do all kinds of dress-making. Tailor ! made suits a specialty. MRS. IDA HAMILTON, 4th St., one door east of Lecliner's. 36 4t Spend two hours "Above the Clouds," Friday evening, Nov. 2, at the opera house j A barrier against disease and better than drugs is SHAW'S PURE MALT. Sold by F. X. Blumle, Emporium, Pa. _ n2-yl FOR SALE. —A new Featherstone lady's bicycle, cost $35 and never used an hour, will be sold cheap for cash. Enquire at PRESS office. 34-3t WANTED.—GirI for general house work, plain cooking and laundry. Be gin Nov. 20th. 35-2t REV. J. M. ROBERTSON. The finest line of the best furniture, at I.aßar's, for the very lowest price; will not be undersold by any one. Competition can't get down to our price. _ _ We pay $24 per week toman with rig to introduce our Poultry Compound in country. Send stamp for terms. ROYAL MFO. CO., Dept. 47. Franklin, Pa. Don't pay any attention to what oth [ ers say about prices at Laßar's, but go j and see for yourself. Here are some of | his prices: Hard-wood beds $2.00, I good cotton top mattresses $2.00, not 1 cheap, dirty straw, but good ones; bed springs $2.00. Come and see us. Finest line of Baby Wagons and Go ; Carts at Laßar's, going at your own 1 price. Don't take my word, don't take j any one else's word, but when you see I for yourself you will know that others can't sell as low. NEW CITY DRAY.— Jas. Haviland has established a new City Dray, built after 1 the style of most popular city drays. Anyone in need of any service in this line can be accommodated by leaving orders at the Warner House. All ord ers will receive prompt attention. 35tf YOUNG MEN WANTED, with fair edu cation and good character, to learn telegraphy, railroad accounting, and typewriting. This is endorsed by all leading railway companies as the only perfect and reliable institution of its kind. All our graduates are assisted to positions Ladies also admitted. Write for free catalogue. GLOBE TELEGRAPH COLLEGE, 16-26t Lexington, Ky. Zinc and Grinding Make Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint wear twice as long as lead and oil mixed by hand. tf It is a noteworthy fact that iti the 1 State of I tah there is not one Irish ! Mormon. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. ! The Kind You Have Always Bought ! s r/;rr„ f Failure, "Failure,'' says Ki jits. "is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what Is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid." Defeats and failures have played a great part in the history of success. It is not pleasant to think that more or less of defeat Is absolutely neces sary to great success. But that it Is true every student of history knows. Defeats and failures are great devel opers of character. They are the gym nasia which have strengthened the muscles of manhood, the stamina, the backbone which have won victories. They have made the giants of the race by giving titanic muscles, brawny sinews, far reaching intellects. How true it is that poverty often hides her charms under ugly masks! Thousands have been forced into great ness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door. She is often the only agent nature can employ to call a man out of himself and push him on toward the goal which she had fitted him to reach. Nature cares little for his caso and pleasure. It is the man she is after, and she will pay any price or resort to any expedient to lure him on. She masks her own ends in man's wants and urges him onward, oftentimes through difficulties and ob stacles which are well nigh disheart ening, but ever onward and upward toward the goal.—Register. The Boy Who Learned the Way, He was very young—about 13—this boy who spent most of his time in the studios watching the artists draw and paint and wishing he could do the same. "What kind of pencils do you use?" he said one day, and they gave him one of the kind. That night he tried to make a figure he had seen one of the artists draw, it seemed so easy. But he could not do the same kind of work. "Perhaps I haven't the right kind of paper," he reasoned. "I will get a piece tomorrow." Even the right kind of paper did not help him any. "I need a studio and an easel," was his next conclusion. "I have the de sire; surely all I need now are the necessary surroundings." A few years of impatient waiting passed before he secured the "neces sary surroundings," and when he had them all and still found it impossible to draw the truth dawned upon him. "I know what is wrong," he cried, throwing down his pencil. "I know nothing of the principles of art. 1 must learn them first." He was still young when his name as a great painter was known ou two con tinents. He had learned the "princi ple." A bit of brown paper and a burned match would then enable him to draw as easily as all the art essen tials.—Ann Partlan in Success. Holding Hl* Jol> For Him. "Of all the excuses I have ever heard from people for not paying their bills," said a collector for a prominent firm the other day, "I-got the neatest today from a very wealthy man who always owes the house a bill. No matter whether the bill is for $lO or SIOO, he always pays $5. I have gone back the next week and got $5 more, and once I went back twice in one week, and he paid me $5 each time and seemed glad to see me. I got to know him pretty well, and the other day I asked him why he did not pay it all, as I knew he had the money." " 'Well,' said the old fellow, 'if I pay you everything I owe you at one time you will collect so fast that pretty soon you will be out of a job for the want of something to collect.' "I don't know whether that was his reason or not, but I let the subject drop and am just going around there now for another .ss."—Memphis Scimitar. Goanod'N Opinions. Music is the most beautiful art, but it is the most detestable profession. But is not that right? That which be longs most to heaven should fare worst on earth. The public moves much faster than the individual, and therefore the indi vidual must place himself before his age if he desires not to be behind It. Wagner lias some idea of this sort. It is a necessity which every true artist must realize. Great men may be said to be for every age save their own. Small men are for their own and none other.—"Keminisceuces," in Macmil lan's. The runicrPKatlon Suiiled. A certain clergyman when preaching extemporaneously touched ou the sub ject of miracles. Some people, he said, had difficulty in accepting the lous stori* of the Bible, as, for ample, the story of the speech that Balaam's ass made to his master. Looking solemnly at the congrega tion the preacher hammered In his con tention with the remark, "Why should not God make an ass to speak—he made me to speak."—New York Trib une. Tripped Up, Mrs. Newrich—That Mrs. Hyart is a stuck up thing. 1 know just as much about music as she does. She needn't get funny. Mrs. Browne—Why, what has she done? Mrs. Newrich—Oh. she tried to trip me up today—asked me if I'd ever heard somebody's "Songs Without Words."—Philadelphia Press. His Ambition Realized. Blobbs—When he was a little boy, he was always singing "I Want to Bhe an Angel." Slobbs—And he died young, I sup pose. Blobbs —No; but he's had his wish gratified. He's backing Barnstormer's Colossal Aggregation of Internationa' Stars.— ltiiladelphia Iteeord.
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