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C T. BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OIBce in Court llouae. ftp S6.T7 1;
H. W. SMITH,
A T.T O RNEY-AT-LAW,
n i r.l tlr.rlield.
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORN BY-AT-LAW,
1:11 Philip. burn, t'enlre Co.. Ps. y:pd
ISRAEL TEST.
TTnRN R V T LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
pm- ii ia the Court Hnuae IJjll.'M
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLECTION OFFICE.
CUUWENSVILLE,
2ft clearleld Couaiy, Pena'a. 7a;
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
IcarUeld. Pa.
eT-Omce Id OH Western Hotel building,
eorn.r of second and Market 8ts. pjuvJI,n.
s.
V WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Officii oae d (r feat if M'eMflrB Hole) ImiH.ng,
opposite Court Houm.
M.l.6.Tr CI.KAH FIELD, PA.
FRANK FIELDING,
AT TORNIST-AT-UW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Will (.(tDl to nil hvia.oe-a einriiMel to him
tiiniuttl.v mid faithfully. jaal'7
Wl I.I.I AM A. WALt.Afl
MAKRT P. WALLACi.
PATID L KRKII.
JOHN W. ttaiOLBV.
WALLACE &, KREBS,
(8u tcaata to WaJimie 4 fielding,)
A TTO UN EYS-AT-1. AW,
Jnl'77 Cleardclt, Pa.
tana, a. ai bbat. crave bibikb
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
eaT-Office la Plat Opera Houm, second floor.
CHARLES 0. LEIDY,
ATTUR.NEY.AT LAW,
Oseeole Mill., Clearlleld Co ., Pa.
Legal buelneea of all kinds attended to Pa r
tloular attention pa'd to the procuring t fnnunttea,
pan.iom, Ac.
Nov 31, l77 ly.
inaara i. a axALLr.
DAIIIBL W. a'ct'SDT .
McENALLY & MoCUEDY,
ATTOBNEYS-Al-LAW,
Clear Held. Pa.
neLegal baiinese attended to promptly witbj
ulelily. Umoe oa doeund atraut, abor a the Fir.t
Naliuaal Hank. jaa:l:7a
v. Mcci'LLia-oa, fkcd. o'l. atTK
McCtLL(ll(jlI & BUCK.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
l laarUold. Pa.
All IwMal ka.tarai pmmptl allcadad to. Office
va 8eoood atrMt, io tba Maaoaio buildiatf.
' Jenlll.'7T
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attorn ky and Cuunmeloa at Law,
clearfield, pa.
Uavinx rtf;nd hit Jud fr,nhipr h returned
lis pr,.ci.t t ilk imm m bti u)it nWkvw ml OUm
tlt;' lj Ptt. Will fttlfpd theoourliuf JefloMOp and
tjt fiouqtle bip njicf itbl leninaj io wm.tclioii
fith reaidrnl euuuiol. J-nl'77
A. G. KRAMER,
att6rney-at-lav,
Kaal EiUla and Collactloa Aicnt,
1'i.eAnpiKi.ii, pa.,
Will promptly attend u all legal burioeea aa
trailed to ail care.
Office la Pie'e Oera lluaw. JaDlTa.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
' md Heal Ketaia A((eiit, Cliartlald Pa.
Office oa Tblrd itreat, bet.Cbarr A WaJnat.
eadrRaepeetfall offare ble rereleaefn ecllln,
aad bualag landa la Olaaraald aad ainialait
ouatleai Bad wltb aa eiparlaacaa' erartweait
7are aa a tarrayar, latter, bimael! that be aaa
reader laturaaUaa. . I Feb H 'H:t(
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN 1 SI) it UK UN
(.V? llEHKDURll, PA.
Veaaal attead proleeitonal oatl. pfomptli. auglu'Ta
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND 1UKUMIN
Office aa Market Street, Clearleld. Pa.
4r0fBoe hutira: I to 11 a. aj , tintl 1 to I p. ai.
JJH . M. SC1IEURER,
IIOMtKOPATilIC PHYSICIAN,
Office la rraidi-arc oa Flirt it.
April 14, mil. ClearHeld, I'a
OR, H. B, VAN VALZAH,
( l.l:AHKIr:l.l, PKNN'A.
OFfH'E IN MASONIC Hl'IHIN(J.
Otoe brara-Ftoia It la I P. M,
, aj II,
DR. J. P. BURC H FIEL D,
Lil0 tiurgvoft of tb a td Hf Itnem, PeDBiyUftiiia
VtUitMrti t raivrittd frop k Arj,
tf profciikuaftl rvieai to tbooitiioai
af Ulierteld uttBty.
AV-Prufoiitoatil eftlla promptly ftiudd
U9a omobO trtt, Ions rljoMO pitd b
Ur.Woodi. Ikpr4,'6-tl
ItriLLlAM M I1RNKY, Jd-ticb
f Y op tub pBAna aimmiiiitbiicb, LUMIIKK
CITY, t'ulioetiont uid Bttd nunny promptly
ptid Bitr. Arttcleatil BKrotmBnt ftod dnodt a I
Bf;t.uM ftNtty eiopuud t4 rrftod tr
reel or ft obarv IHJy'TH
JEKI) A 1IAGEUTY,
HARDWARE, FARM IMPLEMLNTS,
1 futiara, ftalla. etc..
ao(l,ll Urn ad iueat, t'l.erl.ld, Pa.
JAMES H. LYTLE,"
la Hr.lier'a Bulldlna;, I leardeld, Pa.
DMler la Oroaatlea, Proalaloae, VageUblaa,
Fraite, Hour, Peed, etc., etc.
' aprll'Ta tf
HARRY 8NYDKR,
I1AHB11H AND HAIRDniKBKR
if aa Market St.. epaeeMa Cearl Huaaa.
. A cjeaa toael rar every euatomer.
Alke aaaaufactarer of
All kliide ar Artlrlct la llueaaa Hair.
Cle.il.le, Pa. ' . auj l, ta.
JOHN A. BTADLER,
' ' IIAKKR, Market lit., Clearleld, Pa.
Frrib llread, Ruit, R. Ila, fiaa aad Oakae
oa band ar laade to order'. A eerier el areerteeeet
of lenlectleaertee, rralle aad nata IB atocb.
Ice IVaai and Oretart la aeaaaa. feJeoa Beariy
oppf4it tba Poatoalca. Prloeo atoderata,
Mareb IJ 'II.
GEO. B. (WCPlAiTOEB, Propristor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TERMS-$2 por annar. n Advanoa.
VOL. 52-WHOLE NO. 2,551. CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 111, 1878. NEW SER1ES-T0L. 10, NO. 2.
aBaBBBaBBBaB l
it it it.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitiot of the Pobob and SorlTtntr,
Cttr.wenivll.e, Pa.
tefA-Oolloctiooi iPftdt and Bontt promptly
pftld ntor. rihll Tin
RICHARD HUGHES,
jrSTICK.OF TUB PEACE
eoa
Itrtatmr Tovnthip,
OeeeolaMIII. P.O.
11 official bueioara aotraited to him will be
promptly attended t. noh2. 7n.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
OBALBB IR
GENERAL MKRI'HANDISE
CRAHAMTIIN, Pa.
Alia, eitenelre ajatiufacturer and dealer in Square
Timber and Hewed Lamberof all kind..
- aaa Oid.ia aoHelted aad aM Wile aeaaaairy
Oiled. fjyiaia
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
ClearUeld, Pcliu'a.
' Baa-Will eieouu Job. la bil line promptly and
ta aworkmanlike maaaer. arr.,67
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
B- Putnpi alwaya on band and made to order
en .hurt notice. Pipea bored on reaooaeble terma
All work warranted to render Betiefartlon, and
delivered If deelred. myltilypd
E. A. BIGLER &. CO.,
DBAtBHI IN
SQUARE TIMBER,
and maautactorere of
' All. KINUMtlPBAHKI) 1.1MIIKH,
1771 CLEARFIELD. PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SMINOI.E8, LATH. A PICKETS,
:1.'7S ClrarBel.l, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
ROOT ANI Ml OB MAKER,
Market HI., Irarflcld, Pa.
Id (be rbup lately oocupled by Freiik Shurt,
one door weal of Allegheny Muuee.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and Ul'ILUblt.
Plane and Rpclneetloni fumiabed fur all kind,
of buildinite. All wurk Brat dale. 8tair build
lag a (.ecielty.
P. O addreaa, Clearleld, Pa. Jan. 17-7711.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Hunbarger, Clearfield Co., ta
Koepi ob baad all hiod of Hkraoit. Seddl,
Bridle,aDd Uorto Furnit)iD Uooda. Kopftiriag
lirtimptly altoDded to,
Rambarger. Jan. IV, I (.77 If.
JAMES MITCHELL.
BRALkR IB
Square Timber & Timber Landri,
Jell'TH CLEARFIRI.D. PA
J. 11. M'MUllKAY
WILL SUPrLY YOI' WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VEHY LOWEST
PRICE. COME AND BEE. il:a;7yil
NEW WASHINGTON.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER.
-Saw Ijop and Lunibor,
OLRARPtELD, PA.
Offict to Jrafaatn't Row. 1:34:71
S. I. S N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
am ftBALaa in
Watcher), Clocks and Jewolry,
Opnima'a Htm, Mmk Strft,
CXEARPIEM), PA.
All klodi of repairing In py liaa promptly at
aded to. April IS, IB74.
NEW BOOT ANDSH0E SHOP.
Tfa'uDdtr.(Dd would Inform the public thai
ho baa rvBovt-d bit B-ot and Hbo Shop ta tba
rt-oto fate I j oocai'ivd ht JnB. lFa.rin. la rihaw'i
Kow, Market lrt, where he la prepared to at
lend to the want of all who aet anything In hit
nae. All witk dona ) bin will bu of Ibe beat
uialerial.BBd guerabired t he firat-nlaiia in every
reapefft. Repairing promptly attendnd io. All
hiada ol Letttber and fh., Finding foraa'e
JOHN iSCIUKFKH.
Clnr..fld, Pa , July IH?T nm.
Clearfield INyrsery.
ENCOyHAGK IIOMR IMiUSTHY.
'PHK anderolgned, having aatahllahed a Nur
1 er oa (he 'Pike, a ho tit half wey hetwerfi
ClearflHd and Cuf wi nvtll-, la prepered to lor
Dlafa ell kinda of FRUIT TKKEs, (atandard and
dwarf.) Kvrrgraroa. BhruSlwry, Urape Vinea, I
UirO'elwrry, Lawtua Blarkhrrry, Htrmwhrrry,
and Kaapberry Vioee. A eo, Kibrriea Crah Trwi, I
Wainco, and early atari et Rbaoarb, Ao. Ordara
prunptly attended to. Addteit,
J. D. WHK1HT,
Mr. I" ") CurweaaviHe, i'a.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market treat, Clearfield. Pa.,
t1aUPACTI'BKR AMP PSALM IB
6 A PULES, BRIDLES, COLLAK8,
Wd. all hinda af
BQkSK FVHNISHIS9 fiOO0.9.
A full Btoeh of Peddlera' Hardware, Braahea,
'.he, Bteaketi, Koewt, eta., alwayi oa. bead
and for aale at ibe low eat eaab prteea, All kind
of reitalriag promptly alMhded to.
All ktnde nf bidea takati ta aiebanga fnf bar
naee and repairing. All biade of harneaa leatbar
kept oa babt). ana fur aale at a aaiall proll.
Ulearfield. Jaw. U, lift
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Per aaa at the Clearfield Rrrrii.icAft ofita.
The tMOMf torn pi fir HtrUu mi f-fltr
UianktputHinhf.
Thraa Biabba are gotten Bp in auperior atyla,
are af on iii.ro. tiie, and furaubwd at tery low
Bgarea for eaab.
Call at the RrttiaiK ah tVe aad txataia
then. Urdera by eeait proptly filled.
Add'eee, UOOULANUKH A LRU,
Jal Hi. 1TT tl. Cleartaid Pa
joh
TROUTMAN,
DEALER IR
FUltNlTURE,
91 ATT It KNNEN,
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, REAR P. 0.
f be aBderalened beae leare to laarm the eltl
teoa of iileerleid, aad tba pulilie raaerally, tbal
be baa aa aead a laa aaaertmearof Furniture,
eaca .-. W.laet, Cbaelaal and Paiatod Cbaaibei
bailee, Parlor Haitee, Reelinlai and Eatoaalee
Ckalre, Ueliaa' and Ueala' tteey Cbatra, tba Per
forated Dietat aad Parler Cbaira, Case aeala aad
Wlaaaaa Cbaira, Clotba. Ban, Utea Bad Kalaa
aaa Leader., Hat Aaaae, Rerebbia Braabaa, Aa
' VODLDINfl AND riCtrRI FRAMES,
aoblati Olaaaae, ObraaiM, Aa aklaA) .waaM
aaltable lb ukdar peeeenia.
deelt'TI JOHN TROUTMAW.
TKACUEUS INSTITUTE.
Report aflha Prraedlii(taof the I'learnrW
I ouuty iratuera' luainuia tor inn.
Tho ClearfiuMCoumv Toacbers' In
atilule for tho year 1877, convened in
tho Court limine, In tho boruUf'h nl
Cli'arnuld.on Momlay, Deoumbor Z4ilt.
at ball' 'Bt one tiVlut k p. ni . and cloa.
ed on triday, December '-8lh, at 12
odcM k ni. Une hundred and hlly-lwo
tone horn and twonty-throe directum
were present duruiK the week, iiotu
dav and eveniiiar neiwicun were luritely
alteiidvd hy citizen, there being dur
inx Borne eveninB many n.ore than
could be nested. The tuachem came
belter iirenared upon the several top.
ii a axaiirned them than ever before.
They did not fear to present their
vh wh, and alwaya aolirited queHtiona
tnm any one who miht dcairu to
know more about tue oiinjeein iney
were treating. Muny qiieeuoiia wura
axked and all well anawcrcd, and al
thoiiirh the iiroLTumme waa laivo, and
muny young tuachera placed on it to
take part, not a rilu failure was no
ted duruiK the lualitule. I he inclem
ency of tho weather, mid the scarcity
ot money, kept a few teachers away,
yet a larger number waa present and
more inturwt niaiiifuxled than during
any previous Institute. The Monday
afternoon sesxion, which, during pre
vious years, has been taken up in or
ganizing tho Institute, was mndo a
valuuble one this year. Kilty-eight
teachers were present, and alter or
ganising and appointing the sundry
committees, some valuable lecturers
were delivered, rrolussor J. 11. sbu
maker, from Chumbersburg, and 1'rof.
E. Hubbard liurlow, from Lufayutle
College, were present ttt the opening,
and ditlerent from tho several instruct
ors thulhave boon with usdurjng pre
vious years, they remained in the
Institute during theontiie session, and
shuw ed the greatest inlort al in all our
work, nnd weruuverreaut' to give any
Hid. We cannot compliment these
worthy gentlemen too highly for the
speciul interest they iiiainl'esleit, and
the close attention and criiicisiii Ihut
they guve all our work. When tpies-j
tions were asketl on Theory of Teach
ing, they alwiivs expressed their views,
and never iailed to ak set erul appro
priule questions uller a teacher had
finished an exercise. The many Insti
tute instructors, who are never present
at the opening or closing of the Insii
title, but are only seen in the Institute
during the delivery of a short lecture
upon some subject which they muko a
speciulty, and then leuve, taking a large
part tit lliu audience with lliein, otten
do more injury to the teachers' In-ti-
tuto than good.
The exercises of the Institute con
sisted ol class-drills from charts, de
butes, essuys, lectures, and answering
questions on theory of teaching. Thu
roll was called at the opening ol each
duy session. Kuch morning session
n us opened with prayer by one or the
teachers, followed by singing from
thu Music I'age supplement, No. 6.
Thu following committees and olli-
1 ers Mere either elected or appointed,
as the Constitution required : On reso
lutions, V . J. King, J. hi. l'itlvtliwail
and J. K. McKenrick. On priming.
Willard. Head, N. II. Jury and J. K.
Spuckman. On prograinme, William
I'laulethwail, Allen 11. Iloseiikruiisand
J. K. McDowell. On permanent cer
tificates, It. C. Youngman. Ilatlie 8.
Swan, U. 1.. Mctjiiown, J K. McKen
rick and A. II. Head. Ollii crs to serve
at our next meeting: Vice Presidents,
W. T. Shannon and A. E Woolridge;
Secretaries, Adn Ale and France, l.u
I'orto. The following committees were
appointed heloro tho opening of the
Institute: On school reports and rec
ords, Messrs. Shannon, McQuown and
Weber, lieviews and examinations,
Messrs. McKenrick, Weaver and Mars
den. School attendance, Misses Alia
man, Mctjuude and Kalston. Local
Institutes, Messrs. Kelly, Smith and
McCreary.
Tho committees handed in the fol
lowing reports: The commiltco on per
manent certificates will hold two reg
ular rnceliuga during tho year. The
flint in February, in tho Leonard
(railed School building at Cleurlield,
convening at 9 o'clock, a. m. They
will require each teacher applying tor
a permanent certificate to puss an ex'
animation before them in the branches
enumerated on his corlilicato. Tho
time lor holding tho second meeting
will bo aniioun'-eil alien lie close of the
first meeting. Tho committee on Uu
cal Institute 6 rep l-dthicel.'pcal I n -I
In lea lor thu picaciil uchool year: One
at l'eiifield on February 1st and Ul ;
one at lligh ron February 81 li and Dili,
and one at Jayneaville on February
TiA and I'M. The coiumitleerm reso
lutions presented a number of resolu
tions binned in the slU-r part ol the
Institute rvHrl. Tho committee on
priming reported that the Severul ed
itois agreed to give place iiir the pro
ceedings in their pafHtrs free of charge.
I he committee on nchisil Kctorts anil
Records presented the form used al
the Leonard Graded School as lUv best
used in the county. The committee
011 st'lmnl al tendance remitted tho send
ing to tho parents of monthly reports
as the greatest incentive. 'I he com
miltueon reviews and examinations
reported as follows :
THE IMPORTANCI OF RIVIXW.
I. His the means of impressing a
subject on the mind,
II. A clear conception of a subject
can be had only through the review.
Ill The review iaa means of awak
ening interest in study.
IV. Skillful reviewing enables both
teacher and pupil to do more successful
worn.
THE MANNER OF CONDt'CTINU REVIKWS
I. The teacher should ask such
question as will bring out a repetition
of such part of a preceding lesson or
lessons as ought to be remembered.
II. The teacher should review In
such a manner as to keep so much of
the former subjects fresh in the mind
of pupils as will cnuhle them to under
stand the subject upon which they are
working.
III. Tho tnachor should ask rich
questions as will bring out the pupil's
understanding of tho lesson.
THE TIM! DIVOTRD TO RKVIEWS.
1. A part of tho rccitntion hour each
duy may be devoted to review.
II. Tho recitation of Friilay should
be a review ol the lessons of the week.
THE EXAMINATION.
I. Tho examination enable ' th
teacher and parent to ascertain the
pupil' knowledge and progrusa in any
of the studio gone over,
II. ll i a means of testing the un
derstanding is well a the memory.
III. The examination I a means of
awaVenlng thought nnd deeper inter
est in study.
. IV. Examination lead lb pupil to
make investigation for themselves,
atrrnoti of common no exabiina-
TIONS. ' ' " '
I. 'By laving pupil outllu and
diactnat hi aubjact. 1
II. By tho toacher asking aucb que
tions as will test tbe pupil's under,
standing of the subject mailers.
III. By testing his memory on vuri
ou subjects.
ESSAYS.
Miss Lou Ileisoy read an essay on
the Biibiect. "In the School Uoom," and
Miss Frances I.al'orto on 'Winning
tho Affections of Scholars. 1 hose es
buys were both well prepared and read
and rccoived the beany applause of
the audience.
Sl'BJECTS FOR CHARTS.
The work on charts was better exe
cuted this year than last. All the
chart were well prepared. Tbe one
presented by Mr. W. 8. Luther was,
howover, pronounced by all tbo best
over presented at our institute. Mr
Wm. I'osllelhwnit presented a num
ber of words that pupils aro given to
mispronounce and showed how the
teacher could collect such words and
drill bis pupils either from the black
board or chart so that they would be
impressed upon tho minds ol his pu
pils, and avoid thoir constantly mak
ing the same mistuko. Mr. L. K. We
ber presented a chart on English Lit
erature, showing its benefits and how
it might be successlully taught in
every school. Mr. Ueo. Marsdon gave
a drill in writing from the blackboard,
showing his method of teaching it, to
gether witb samples of writing from
his pupils. Mr. Slursden has beon stio-
cesslul in teaching writing, and tho
writing of bis pupils is very credita
ble. Mr. W. S. Luther presented a
chart on drawing, showing how the
different steps should be taken. Mr.
A. S. Scofield bad a well executed
chart on drawing, showing tho outline
that all pupils should be acquainted
with. Mr. W. J. King presented six
charts on Physical Geography, giving
a good outline of the entire subject.
Mr. Kings charts showed a imiut
amount ol study antl research by the
author. Mr. 1). E. Dottorf presented
the subject of Oral Grammar on a
chart, showing how small pupils might
be Laught this very important subject
witbout books. Jl r. A. Kosenkrans
prumnted tbe suhjtcl of History from
charts, and' gave an interesting nnd
instructive tulk upon the importance
ol history and how to teach it.
srnjtcTs ron consideration.
Mr D. M. DeVore delivered a lec
ture on "Leisure I lou in ol I lie Teacher "
Mr. M. L. Mi Quown on Dignity of
Tcuckihg;" Mr. Flunk Harrison "Com
pulsory Education ;" Mr. B. C. Young
man on "H viriene in the School room ;"
Mr. G. W. Weaver on "Kow or Drill ;"
Mr. George Marsd"it on "Moral Cul
ture;" Mr. Itolund Hciicer on "Tbe
Gull Stream." Mr. Seiicer illustrated
his work with a chart which he pre
pared tor bis lecture. Miss Klla Howe
on "Killing without the liod ;" Mr.
Lewis Brown on "Instructing Through
the Eyes;" Mr. W. F. Shannon on
"Tbe Art of Questioning;" Mr. U. V.
Spencer on "Mtsles of 11 earing Recitav
linns;" Mr. A. It. Bead on " Relation
of Labor to Education;" Mr. A. A.
Murray on "Education and Crime;"
Mr. W. T. Nvt-ly on "llow Maps and
(lobes Should be Used;" Mr. Ilurton
Marshall on "Thu Study of Lunguage."
Tbe addresses wore ull well prepared
and well delivered, and we wish they
could he published ill full. Mr. J. F.
McKenrick was prepared with an ad
dress, but, on account of want 1 1 time,
could not deliver it.
A portion of each day was taken up
with a drill on Arithmetic, and Enirlish
Grammar, by Prof. Shumaker. Prof.
Sbumaker presented many new ideas
to our teacliors and mado himself par
ticularly agreeable on answering ques
tions and explaining difficult points.
Prof. E. II. liurlow also gave a lecture
on "Elocution" during each day.
' INSTITUTE I'APr.R.
A very instructive paper waa read
during several session of the Institute
by Miss Kuto Alleman and Miss Clara
McGoorgo. The paper was gotten tip
witb care and well read.
EVENING LECTTRE.
On Monday evening, Prof. E. Hub
bard liurlow delivered a Lecture on
-Tho Spelling Iiclbrm Movement," ad
vocating tbe plan of dispensing with
silent letters and apelliiuf wonlu na
pronounced. He also presented an al
phabet on tho board suited for such
spelling. ,
On Tuesday evening, liev. II S. Dul
ler delivered a very interesting address
on ''The Touclwr as a Learner." liev
Dr. B. II. Hamlin, from Cbambetsbiirg,
then delivered In lecture on "Learn
ing to Head." Via leel I but we would
be dng injustico to the Do. tor and
bis well prepared lecture weru we to
attempt any description of it, but be
lieve we are expressing the views of ull
when we say that it surpassed uny lec
ture ever delivered before our Coiimy
Institute. For almost two lioius.be
held over six bundled In-tcncr spell
bound with bis el'xjucnl and glorious
descriptions. On WuditCKdny evening,
lie. v. W. 11. Dill delivered a lecture on
' Washington," and W M. McCuliiniuh,
Eq, on "What We Did Not Do." Mr.
Dili presumed this subject in a new
light and made it most interesting to
ull who beard him. Mr. McCullough'a
Lecture was Well prepared, and hy his
easy and gracuttil manner and elo
quent speech, presented it so a to be
irlicularly adn. f ed.
On Thursday evening, Prof. J. 11.
Shumaker delivered a lecture on "How
Some People Live," giving first, a des
cription ol the oiillme of the Globe
from the map, and then presenting the
manner and custom of the diflurent
nations. - He then gave bis opinion on
tbe Cbiueje question, alter which he
told of the great resources of Hiar.il,
and showed how communication with
that coimliy would profit the people
of the United Slates, and bring pros
perity back to our nation. Prof. Shu
maker's lecture was a very interesting
one as it contained mailer of vital im
portunce to every one.
Prof. E. II. Barlow read several se
lections during the evening sessions.
A)r. M. L tiulich lurnished oxccllont
music for Monday ovoning.
Tbe Glee Club, from Curwcnsvillo,
composed of Messrs. llrainurd, Spren-
Uel, fee and Weaver, sang a number
of selection during tho week.
Mr. li. II. Brainard sang two most
beautiful solo during one ol the even
ing sessions.
Music on the Piano waa furnished
by Mis Minnie Bridge, of Clearfield,
who I an excellent player and justly
rpcpivf ( Ihp praiiie of tho audience
DIRECTOR'S DAT.
On Thursday afternoon Prof. J. II.
Shumaker delivered an address to the
several director present. His address
was a very instractive one, showing
to director tho responsibility of their
position and explaining to Idem how
they might advanoa lb school under
tueir car. ami especially wnat ineir
duties ar. V re sorry lfeat aII th
directors In lliu county wc.ru nut pit-
sent to hear lliii lectin e.
KateAu.maN,1 s ,,
Ella Howe, '-et"
RlsnLUTIoKa.
AVroJeed'. That weeutiliiier tlie lobeme iroiooed
bv State SuuerinUbdrni Wieke rrhem. aud ure-i-d
hy Pree't llaeei, 10 errata a Matiooel bureau of
Kduoaooa, and tbe evei-tuei eure-udor or our
Hiate .yateni uf Free su.-oeia to tbe .uoarrleioa
of tbe National tiuvera ueo , aa a bold elroke. a
oaDtraliaalioa and tbe traoefer of our moat leered
inrt.tutiiiae to .olitloiane.
AeeeJenf, TL.t we, laa 'eerberl uf Olearlrld
Bounty, do rooognlio In t-ruf. E. JJubnanl Bar
low aa able and nni.hed eeauler. alee a plain,
praetical edU'-Btor, and that w. highly aprvilate
bio labor, awoug ai duna tue eeaeiooi of the
toatituta.
rVreureif, That we rreogB la in the person of
Pror. J. 11 r-buwaerr an able and tmoteat lu.tl
tute worker, and that we greatly ap'etate
bie lebure aiuong u, end that we reeolve to rbt
by hie able uiilla atd ti' aakr nee f the inetruo
tiun glreo la our rriierttae buola lor the bet.
lr advancement of our (msill.
AWerot. That wa teaser our thank, ta Rev.
Dr. B li. Uainlin Her. ti. 6. Duller, Win. M
MoCulljugS Eeq . and Rev. Win. II. Jill, fi r
tbelr very la trucitve and eiiU-rlalaliig leisure..
Jfooved, That we tender uur thauai to Mr. M
L. tiulich, Mi'. ILrlba WiLob, Mil Minnie
Bridge, Mr. R. II. Bramatd, Mr. P. K. K.r.nkel
and Mr. 11. W. Weaver, for tba eirrllent mu.io
rumiehed by them during o.r eeveral meeting..
iVreotveet, Tliet we reoommend tba mode of
ehert work and outlining a. tbe beet method of
teerbiog th. different braavare, and aeme.tly re.
quest each teacher in tbe fuuuiy to plaoe belore
bi. claa. a euiot outline of Ibe aeveral brenebee
taught that tba pupil may thereby better remem
ber the facta preaeiited in Ibe taxt bouk.
COMHITTRI OR FBSSASBIIf CBBTI.irATK..
Rnolttd, Ikat oar aret meeting for tbe eiatn
Inetlon of apalleannl be held In tbe Leonard
Graded bVhool building. on MalBrday, February
llltb, eommenelng at a e'rlork a. m. All appii
aanle to give one inontha prevlou. otioe, and to
enumerate the edded branrbea ntKin oertincata.
That Be epplicanla oa a.prova J without an ex
amination- Hlaofc foraia for applaaou oan be
bad by aldr..ing lion. I. P. Wioaaraham. Har
riaburg, Pa. D. 0 YotrveMAM. Prea't.
J. P. all K.aet.a, 8re'y.
ta aaaoaiaa
Inaamoeh aa It be. pleaee! Ood In Ilia In.rn
table provid-Bne to rem pre from our mi let our
trb.ved Iriend end wllow-tracher Wm. P. Shuff
tb.ref'.ra. ie it
iV.Mjie.tf, Ihelwebow wtib bumble auhmle
.ioa to that UihI who raiiaol err, but doeih all
tltine-t well.
feao'verf, That in bl. dts bll friend, aad
eomKaaiooa bare I .at a eorgeniel ami t:bri.tiaa
eee'iate; tba community a eeeful and patriotio
oiliaeo, aur aaaiatioB, a Irm friend and aa affl
rient teacher, end the chuicb an active and uae
lul member.
rceoreo'. That the m.mHer. of (hi. toatituta
' reply .)mpaibiae witb tba broiht-r. and rietera
ol u.e d.ei aeed, and miagle lb ir tear, eiib thoae
of bie IrirO'l. who mutt aeoiitily feel tbia bereave
ment. rYrao'enf, That aenpy of Ibeae reaolntluo. be
leu I tu the part uta ol the deeeaatd.
W.J.K1.0, )
J M PoKTLBrnwAir. Com.
J. F. Mi kaasa-K I
ADURSI OF WM. M. MotULLOUQH, leg.
Laiiils and Gentllmen . ll is a
veiy common practice among luwyeis
to amend Ibeir fmrr, or declarulioit, uf
lersutt bus been brought, lit order tu
muke iicuiifui ni lotbu nature und char
acter of ibeir cuou, and it very tru
quenily buppens ihut alter thu null baa
been tiled, the nan Is Bll they have
lull. 1 will have to ask your permis
sion to uuirect a niisiukool my own in
tbe publication ol my subject, llaliuuld
be "What we do not uu," instead ol
What 1 did not do," and allur 1 have
inadu tbe change, it occurs to me, it
bears about the same relation lo my
speech that a plume does tu a ludie
bal it is mure lor ornament than use.
Alil.uugb my time lor preparation lias
been short and tieqiiently interrupted
by business engagements, 1 propose
lu risk a (allure by attempting to deliv
er my bncl address wiiuuul the aid ol
my manuscript, and il 1 stick, why you,
la'llenund gelillelllell, just nlllllu sweetly
or whistle, or sing, or encore, or do
uny thing, bu t tor heaven s rake don t feel
badly about it and bang down your
head, lor 1 will junt blush and then 0-0
on like a little man, il 1 can, aud if 1
can t why then that will be one ol the
tilings "1 did not do."
In our childhood days, when our
hearts beat bigh witb boiio, and our
cheeks wero flushed witb the bloom
which youth uluno can bring, how we
mado plain for ibo luturu I hat
muguitiueiii calculations we mado ot
acciimululing wealth I What dreams
we bad ot future greatne s, und future
happiness I How our minds were en
guged in
1 Building oaatlea la the air,"
with ibeir mighty domes and gildud
halls; surrounded with lliu most beau
lilul groves of greenest foliage, Hi which
birds of brightest plumage forever
.1 M I .i ml 1. eh mim m in .... - e..a ,
and gardens, filled with the most frag
runt flowers; and aisles wherein our
feet should walk and never weitry ; and
lountuins, like tbul mugicul one ol
which l'vnce dc Leon dreamed, wherein
we might bulbu and bu forever young,
tlul those da) s have passed and gone.
Time has gently laid his htind on
many of us and snatched thu bloom of
youth I10111 uur cheeks, and touched
our huir with bis silver pencil. Our
spretilulivu fortunes have kept just a
little in advancu of us, and we aru still
lured 011 III the btqie that some lime or
other we limy overtuke them. Our
dreams ol future greatness have proven
a hideous nightmare to disturb our
huppincBs. Our casilu bmll in air has
tottered into ruin. Its mighiy domes
have crumbled into dust. Its ullded
halls have, become chilled and durk and
damp. Its mtigniticeut groves have
been uprooted by the blasts of adver
sity, lis birds liaru taken their flight
10 a aunnier clime, und their notes have
died out on our ears. 1 is gardens have
grown up with the weeds ot neglect,
and their flowers Ituvu withered and
died. Thu aisles, wherein our feet
wore wont to travel, have becomu thu
highway uf earnest manhood, and Us
magical loubluius have. I timed to bitter
waters urdead seas of disappointment.
Tbo negative side of human history
bus never been written. Men form
their character as much from what
they du hot du as from what they do.
People like lo parade their viitues be
fore the public gazu not their limits,
lit lucl some people uppear lo exist on
ibeir virtues alone, and while I am live
tu admit that in many cases it is rnthcr
a light diet, yet, "W iierv ignorance is
bliaa, it is lolly to bu wise." 1 hiivc
beard it told tbal on one occasion w hen
Murk Twain visited Western Pennsyl
vania, he addressed meeting where
thousands of people were assembled.
While sealed on Ibo platfurm tbe presi
dent ol tho meeting said tu bun, buasl
ingly: "Mr. Twain, that man yonder
made ten millions in o l that one mailt'
five millions," and so on down. "Well
ir," replied the humorous Twain,
"what did all the rest uf this vast mill
titudo maker ' Nut a single cent,"
wa lira answer. Now, the tact was
many of them bad lust aft, they bad,
but that aide of the story was never
told. Wo never hear of thu negative
sidu ul lile or of individual character.
W oiler bear of sell-mad men, be
cause ll 1 a credit to them, while the
truth is, sell unmade men aru more fre
quently tu bej met than any other class.
11 men would uso thu gilts thut their
creator has given them, even In a mis!
a rat degree, instead ul S)-ieiiig a lilii
time trying tu destroy ttiiats gills, tbe
world would be butler off. Tbe high
way of lilo, from tbocradje totbograve,
is strewn with tho wrecks which in
diligence bus made, and the record uf
tune la tilled witb slighted vowa and
broken promise.
Tbe tact i, my friends, no negative
character ever did, or over can ac
complish anything. What 1 mean by
a negutive character in this connection
is couluiiiud in my subject, "Whut we
du nut do," or onu who never thinks
be can du uny tiling, and who never
tries lu do any tiling. I can't has ruiuid
muny a man. It bu proved the scp
ulehur uf many fund bopes and eurnest
desire. 1 know it is suid that the
walls ol Jericho tottered and lull al
Joshua's bugle blast, but in these da) s
uf alum realities, a man might tool
and pull' and blow uiillleterhilt dawned,
and be wuuld'nt blow down a single
wall between him and success. Bui
ibe trouble with a great many men is,
tbuy won't even blow. Joshua did and
the nulls fell. Now tbe idea 1 want
lo gel al is, not so much "what we du
not du," as tbul it tukes earnest, patient
unceasing work, from inorlugtill iiighl;
week in and week out, year in and
year out, lo make one's lilo successful
One week uven of real, aud bow mueb
buvo we lost. It can never be made
tip time never returns. Many a but
tle, ujioii which bung the destiny ol
iiulions depended on re inlorcements
gelling uu in time. One hour too lalu
and tbuy might just as well have been
one year too lute. Had Bluchur ur-
rived in lime, JNupolaeon would not
have losl the battle uf Waterloo, und
tho beroiu Ney would not have suffered
disgrace and death for ulledged treunon
lu tits country, flow many honors,
and bow much glory have some men
lost by being alwaya a little too lato.
General Howurd came u,i just twu
hours uller Chief Joseph bud surrend
eied to tbe victory flushed Miles. 1
have known sumo men wbu wore al
ways a lililu too late a little behind
lime. In tuct I buvo known some
school teachers tu be guilty of tbe slime
Hung, and it is not tu be wondered al
lhat ibeir pupils would iiuilulu their
example. Tu be Oil (title Is a great
lesson lu leurn, aud 1 suppose that Is
the lesson thai picture la intended tu
leach 1 canuul see any other possible
application ll can have in a teachers'
institute, lb is wul a picture ul a last
burse hung up in thu hull. Eo
Of course no one could begin lo cu
numerale "What we du not do." Lite
is too short for that, ll is only by
considering tbo little we do witb the
much wo ought to do, thut we can
lurui any just conception of the vast
aiuouuiwedo noldu. 1 propose to treat
the subject III a limited sense by calling
your alieiiiion lu a lew things it is ab
solutely necessary lor us tu do in order
lo present an ungrateful posterity from
placing above our last rusting pluee
tbul blistering epitaph, "His lilo was a
lailure.
There are four qualities, in my npiu
iuii, that aro absolutely essential lo a
successful Itlu, whether it bu in thu
ology, in law, in medicine, in mechan
ics, or in any of the various walks of
lite. They aro honesty or sincerity,
industry or application, cailiesliiess
and perseverance. Ul course, 1 am
assuming now, that tho mull has tal
ent, or as we generally call il, brains.
liocauau you might as well try to
muko a clock run witbout works in it,
us lo undertake lu make a successtul
man in any business out of a natural
burn idiot. But you will permit mo to
rental k just here, in justice to Dame
Piuluru, lhat she never makes a lool.
she only furnishes tbo raw material,
und lets the fellow finish the job to suit
bimsell. Or, to put it a little more
mildly, tu try to muko a successful man
out ol one unfilled fur his calling will
bu a failure. A teucber cannot cram a
child chock full of what tho old wo
man called ' book larnin" if it have no
capae'ty to receive it. Ho can only
develop what is in the child. It it
have no talent to develop, his efforts
will bo a figunl luilure. If you plow
up a field and sow no seed in it, you
inuy rest morally certain the grass
hoppers won't hurt your crop thu nvxt
year. And ol 1 know some parents
expect a teacher to teach theirchildreii
something, whether they have got
any brains or not. ell,l cun say to ull
such, the profession has not arrived at
that state ot perfection yet. That is
one til the things they do not do. lint
tu lettirii to tue proposition thai a man
must be honest und industrious, and
earnest aud persevering in order to bo
successful, let us take them up in their
order.
First, bu must bo honest. He must
be honest in his dealings with men, lor
who wuuld give bis business into thu
chargo of a dishonest lawyer, if there
0o such a being, ll ho knew it. t)i
who would deal with a dishonest mer
chant or tradesman, if be knew that he
wuuld bo cheated in his accounts 1 Or
in any of the departments of trade or
business, who would deul with a mull
who would ulways lake the advantage!'
No one, surely. Thereliiiv, men muko
their elmructer u much by what they
do not do as by what they du. Tbey
do not dial honestly, and their charac
ter Very soon becomes eslubllshetl.
lletico w very otten bear it akcd of
a witness in court, what ia the general
speech of thu people ill yourcoininiini
ty as lu ibe chunicler uf John Jones
lor honesty. If it should be bud, be
very frequently loses his case. Hut a
inuu should be honest, not because bis
proporty and his rights are involved,
and may be sacrificed by being dishon
est not because "honesty is the best
policy," (for thut is iho Very lowest in
centive) but because il is right tu bu
honest, lie must b 0 honest to him
self This implies sincerity and
truthfulness, An insincere man, of all
othets, is tho lust lo be trusted and the
mosldungeroiis. He makes a promise,
but il is made only to bu broken. He
professe friendship, but it is professed
only lo abuse our confidence. Ho
practices dw ell, but it i practiced only
to betray h it victim. Brutus, while
proteasing ihu wurmcst Irieiidshtp lor
bis beiieluctor. entered into a wicked
uonspirucy with Cassins to luke Ins lile,
and while Ca'sar was busily engaged
in arranging the business of the empire
sent the glittering dagger to his very
heart. Judas, in onler to let the Jews
know whom to arrest, said "Hail Mas
tor; and kissed Hun." But hi insin.
Cerity had been detected belore that
when ho uroa.0 and lell ibo table, a
miserable coward and knave, Insin
cerity, cat) hover be successful, for it is
certain to bo louud out, Of all the
detesluble vice that over cursed our
sin-stricken natures, insincerity is the
most to be despised and feared. It bus
Drought more sorrow to founding in
nocence than all the other vice Hint
wore ever practiced, llut be must bs
honest lo himself in governing him-
sell. Ho should curb his pussinn, sub
duo bis will nnd control his desires,
for "he that ruleth his own spirit is
greater than he that lakelb a cily."
tla annum, no this aoaa lo tu irood
citixeu aud a good man. He should bu
honest tu bimaell, to tuko care ol hie
body and improve bis talents. And
thi bring mo lo consider the second
requisite to mccesa, namely, industry.
Work is a penalty for disobedience
tbul was laid on our first parents, and
men from the lima of Adam until now.all
everywhere, have been under tho bun,
"In the sweat of thy luce shall limit
eat thy bread.'' 1 know there aro a
great many people who cut their bread
in tho sweat of their face, only from the
rapacity witb which they cal il. Bui il
is a law aa well aa u necessity of our
beings to work, from whic h wocuiinoi
rid ourselves It is wurk, work, work
And I doubt very much if there be
any Mich a being a an absolute Idea.
1 believe llieluty loafer who idles most
of hi time away around shops and on
street comers has nlsml as hard work
as the mini who toils from morn till
night. One thing is curtain, the mun
wiio Is accustomed to work, can tint!
no harder employment than doing
nothing. Wo should bo Industrious
and work because il is dungeious to bu
idle. Idleness is the prolific parent ot
crime, nnd at no time in tho history of
this country, lias crime ot all grade
been moro prevalent than since the
commencement of the present iinaiicial
panic, that lias thrown thousiinds and
lens of thousands of men, women and
children out of employment. It is a
rv old and common, but a very
truthful saying, that
"8aten flnda aome eniaebirf alill,
For idle banda to do."
But industry includes all kinds ol
work not only physical but mental.
I buvo heard some people suy. "On, a
preucher don't wurk." Well 1 take it
lhat tho lailblul Minister, w ho lu n I
dition to his pastoral and other duties,
nreparei two or ihroo sermons for Sab
bath, has the hardest kind of work
Ob," says one, " lawyerdon't work,
oh no." Well, youngman, you try il
once, and see how vou will iret alonjr.
witbout work. It is nil very nice to
seo a smooth glib-tongued lawyer got
up in court lo advocate bis cliunl's
cause, or to muko a speech whenver
ho is culled tipun tbul Is all well
enough. Il is no wurk to tell a mun a
lew words in your office ami chnrgo
him five dollars tor it oh no, thal's no
work. Well, 1 admit it is a great deal
harder work just now to gel the five
dollars, hut do you imagine il take no
work to fit himself lo muku a speech
and give advice, to say nothing of the
clerical work he perliirms? If you do,
you are mistaken. 1 acrt here to
night, thut there ia not a minister of
thu Gospel, nor a lawyer, who bus rn
en to eminenco in bis profession, who
has not done work that would break
down tbe strongest laboring man iti this
community. But there is a higher
moral incentive to menial culture. The
servant who received the ten talents
and made ten more, having been faith
ful over a few things, was made ruler
over many things. The servant who
received tho one talent, and tied il up
in a napkin and bid it in the earth,
was cast into outer duikness. A mun
bus no right cither to abuse or neglect
bis talents, be they many or few. On,
bow we would bewail our fate, viewing
il from our present stand point, il God
in his infinite wisdom bud given us but
one talent. We would say, "If He hud
only give mo ten, how much good 1
could have done bow I would baro
labored and studied, and toiled to im
prove them and muke ten moro," und
yet, when we have but one or five wo sit
idly by from morning till night and
never think ot them, when the very
fact of having so lew, makes tho neces
sily greater for improvcmci t, and we
do not improve w tut wo have. How
then could we take care of ten talents ?
Third, a mun to succeed must be
eurnost. 1 use tho term hero in tho
sense of determination, not as ainceri
ty. It is true, a in sincerity, bo must
believe what he sitys and mean what
ho docs. The preacher who would get
up in his pulpit and read his hymns.and
preach his sermon, n though he wero
more anxious to get through, than to
impress his hearers with tho truth,
would not accomplish much good. The
public speaker who would get up, and
stand bko a piece 'of statuary, and
make his speech as tboaatb) he wero
gotlen up lor Ilia special occasion, if
bo were lo repeat even thut simple lit
tle poem,
"The buy elood on the burning drea,
would not givo his hearers much idea I '"Ho iuutd alter the sun of Juro
(ho truo con rn go ol that little hero, j houm, thu son of N'cbut, who taught
He must bo earnest; he must trot thei Israel to sin." And ceiituiiesullerthe
ear of his audience, and nnproe them
with thu Idea thut he is in dcudcurnc-t :
that he leels w hat he says, and believes
it. and be can control Ilium at his w
A man must bo determined if he would
succeed. General Grunt, after many
long and weary mulches nnd bloody
buttles trying to tuko Richmond, and
failed, quietly sat down in front of the
entrenched city, with his segar in his
mouth, ami lc Ickrrnphcd I he President.
"I will fight ll out on this lute it il takes
ull summer. Il did luku bim all
summer and winter, but il showed the
determination of the man. Ho look
the city und Gchcrul Lee loo ended
the reh.'llion and made Grant Presi
dent. Il occurs tome that if it hud
mil been liar hi determination, und his
success as a result uf lhal determina
tion, he would ho out in Galena to-duy,
ihelco'l of in Europe as the ex Presi
d.lit of the I'tnlcd States and greatest
military chioltaih ol the ago.
Tho man who enters into a busi
ness, no mailer what it muy be, must
ho determined to succeed, ll. won't
do tosny, " If I succeed, I w ill stick
to It ; If not, I will go lo something
else." Thut reminds me of the old
woman who underlook to itiuko tho
water in iho tea kettle boil by laith.
Alter sho had wailed a long lime, and
il didn't boil, she said : " ell, just us
1 expected ; 1 didn't believe it would
boil when 1 put it on " Hut rather
say, " I will stick lo il till I ih succeed ;
I must,! w ill uccced,ud witb pulient,
untiring wurk, success will come, li
muy he long dcluyc l, us il has been
with many of us, but it will come at
lust. It may not be in tho shape of
money j but success don't consist in
money, i nave shown moil oi inui
very lowest order of talents to make
money, and plenty ot it. llut success
consists in iindersluniliiigyoiir business,
or your pnricrtsioii, and mastering it.
I alwaya admired the pluck and deter
mination of the lellow who began to
bore lor oil, und suid, " Now for oil or
China."
Fourth, ho must persevere In order
to succeed. Work to-day and Idle
to-morrow, won't do ; il must bu every
day. Aa 1 sod belore, day in and day
out. week in and week out ; aye,) ear in
and year mil ull the limu ; a wide
lile time. It looks like a dig under
taking, don't ft ? Oh, I have telt il so,
ami shrunk from il at lime as lisi
heavy a task. When 1 bavo looked
al the distinguished men ol my proles.
sion, when I have read their logical
decision and learned commentaries, I
bavo said In myself, 1 can't rnmpre?
bund this caa never muter Ibis
science j it is ala.ve uiy reach ; 1 can
not atutiu tu tliuir positions ; 1 bav
mado a mistake ; I will giro It up ; I
am weary and sick and discouraged.
But God ha wisely ordered all things,
and behind me has placed a stern neces
ity that would compel mo lo try again
If you try again you can succeed, and
then Hobo would spring up in ibe soul,
and shed tier beam of light across the
darkened pathway of discouragement,
and light up tbo road to a higher and
nobler destiny. And thus, ever and
anon, a we struggle through lilo, hope
and tear, light ami shadow aliernulely
flit ucross our way. Today wo urc
low down in the valley of iiesK)tulen
cy. The thunders roll along the mount
u i it sides of discouragement, tbul have
risen on either hand and in front ot us.
The clouds uro durk and lowering; so
low wo cun almost touch them. The
lightning plays around us in mockery,
only to leave tho darkness more intense
us its light dies out and we arc ready
to give up in despair. Hut the morn
ing of the morrow dawns, and we arc
standing fur up on tho mountain top
thut yesterday obstructed our way.
whiU tho sunlight ot hope, beams full
tiiou us, and all uround us. llow puru
tho air is alter thu storm.
We must not only prersevero in or
der succeed, but we must du one thing
at a time. A luwyer cannot study all
his books ut once any more than a doc
tor can visit all bis patients at once.
He must read one at a lime and be
come thoroughly acquainted with ii.
He may have to refer to it as the sur
geon lakes down bis instruments, only
when necessity requires it, but lie
should understand the principles con
tinued in it. A store keeper does mil
witit on ull ot bis customers ul once.
He attends to one, then waits ou an
other. A farmer when ' bo goea into
his field of corn tu busk it, don't gath
er tho whole crop into a beup. Uu
quietly sits down at onu slus k, and
lakes it cur by ear. When he is done
witb that, he goes to another, and so
on, one ear ul a time, till it is all done.
Some men look ul Ibeir wurk, and il
lisiks like such a big job; they do a
lilllt' at this and a little al that, und go
hopping.skipping and jumping uround,
und when night comes they can't see
w hat they have done. One thing at a
lime coiisiuntly on. und ever on and
tho end will come, it may be a very
slow process, but a very sure one, that
constant dropping that wears tho
rock.
"What, though a score of years hare led,
And nufjt-e i.occcbori.hed now are deal,
And plan and purpose aeem o'rrtbrown
fi a ill mote posorlul than thine owu F
Ceao not the conflict; Iboa art young,
tu t victory lr.ta di-fvet betb rprung:
bttire witb lied purpee, ne er de..eir
Tl.r i v is yet anal! tbiill the air."
Now, by the a caliun of these!
dualities, we see a man ol humble
euluge emerging from on obscure
home, and by dint ul bis own industry
und purseverence, bu flashes on tbe
world like a meteor, and Hikes his place
in thd front rank in tbe councils of tho
nations. Tho world culls him great,
and so bu is, as il measures greatness.
l oo much praise cannot be given him
for bis untiring industry, bis ruro ac
complishments, bis brilliant genius.
Wtf look npon him as a prodigy; we
gate upon bun antl say there is a greul
mun. 1 bow befure bis superior great
ness, but if you will pardon mu, ye
thirsty uspiruiilsulter greatness, I will
alii mi hero lo night, us my honest and
sincere conviction, thut none aru truly
great who aro not truly good. One
reason is, because of tbe intluencu of
sucb men. One has iriilblully said,
"It ia burd tu tell wbu bus bud most
lo do with a great impitlsu given to
the movements ol' men he w ho con
ceived a deed, ho lhat accomplished it,
or be Hint wrote il." Yet it ia a fuolj
brought lull belore us by iho itudy ul
sacred history and uiaclw ilh a very
weighty lesson in il thai a mun may
perpetuate his good or his evil on
eik i...... .n... t. t,:....!. ...... a !
... .... iT i .. , . 1 '
away. Did you never ubserve, us you ,
run dowu tbul lung recuid ol ibo lulls
and errors ol Jsruel. thai when Jero
boam hnd been laid in bis grave, a
man comes np who never saw Jurobo
mil, yet sins "uller ihe sins ot Jerobo
am?" Yearn alter bun, anulhur, who
sins "uller the sins ot Jei ubeium." Then
generation succeeds generation, age
lollowa uu, .u who are separated
from Jeroboam by a vast lapse m 1
year.; and still thu rccurd goes on suy-1
son of N chat has gone to his grave,
His sin cankers in Iho souls ol a whole I
k,",i
people. On the oilier bund ,tuko Paul.
Ages have passed uway since be was
in the world, and Jet at this duy, his
deeds und Ins words aro as ligh t and
bri.,l,t,...e ii, .iw.n.on.u ...,i ,
lkt.us.nds of Christian believers. Do
you imagine that those whoso influ-
erne thus survives them, whoso works
aro shedding upon tubers blight or
blessing, aro tasting no effect them
selves? Can il be possible that while1
other aro reuping the fruits of their1
doings, they are not reaping the fruits
uf ibeir own doings? Tnnl while olh-1
ers cannot wholly escape tho bulelnl i
or the beneficent effect uf t licit courses,
they lire wholly exempt from cither?
Thu coin mom. hi reason, it seems tome,
must lorce you tu feel Ihut if others
arc leaping nl w hut t liiy have sun n,
tiny suiely are reaping l.
In coiiclusioii, ladies und gentlemen
permit ,e to say In muicy of these
things "ve do not do" oar duly. How
many pn.mis.ta have we mado and iut ,Uo holidays I recall with do
broken I low many re.lul.o.is have ,,t wt,ro 1B lwjiuy, in ; ,n(j
we tunned and disregarded I low , wn wo wct f ,he diwi
n.a ,y vows have w o plighted ,, y Wltan ln , B,g)lbortnf toWB
be lorgi.tten llow- muny time, have 00 l(rive ,,ithor the young cal lie and
w. i Blurted right m -I - ). "F eolis, and to bring them back again,
turned wholly back! Oil! 1 have r, .,,.. ,i.i .i ..ij
sometimes thought if it were possible
to make n churl ol a human life, repro
Bcntuig nil lis weaknesses nnd mis
takes und wanderings, by "lots and
curve and hnes and angles, what a
wuhdcrlul thing it would be. Here 1
sec marked uu it the home of hischild
Hood. All around it aro dots repre
senting his yiiiithlul sports and pluy-
protiuii, i lien I notice hi way lo
Imh.I, Yt Inn a nice road it is ; bow
hi heiul bounds witb joy. Hut I
patisu while tho yeurs fly past they
aro represented by a dial up there in
the corner. I see bun now, satchel in
bund, standing in Ihe doorway of the
old homestead. Ho kisses mother aud
sisler giHKl-hyc, and receives lho bless
ingot his luiher. lie Marts out into
lile 1 seo the lino uf Ihe road. It
leads through forests of doubt, and
marshes of disappointment; by springs
ot hope; over hills whoso lops are bulli
ed in suiihcM; down into durk valleys
I1I1...I ;.i. .. I. i .i .,, e
Z ili I 1
n; then out on lu the open plain
Ibe future. lou. .if man. beware!
Every loot of that way i beset with
snare for thy leel, ami overy shadow
conceal, a toe. i see the lino thut
makes his way into business lilo. Oh
how temptations beset him now nn
every hand. Th fatal cup is present,
ud hero 1 find a lililu curve ho bus
been listening to Ihe tempter, but ho
bus resisted it. Further on 1 see a
sharp right angle ho has stepped
. J . J
slruight out of tho way be bus ybld
cd to tho tcniptor and fallen. Now,
bo receives a latter from mother, filled
wilb lovo and solicitude fur bor boy,
Sho tell him how they pray lor bim
morning, noon and night, thut be muy
be kept from leinpiuliun. Oh, bow
his conscience stings huul How h
auffurs, no one knows who has not ex
puriunced it, -Now be roaolves again.
l-r,M,. . J .l.rVil
here again I seo tho mark uf a strug
gle, and then the course ul tbal line is
backward, back, bark, atrewn all the
way with broken resolutions till we
e almost lo lh standing point.
Here is marked a terrible conflict be
twuen our hero and contracted habits,
but bo conquers. 'uw be meets a
stranger with a strango facination
about her something his boart never
lull before. Hoh springs up in bis
soul and a new lit dawns upon bim.
Together they start out on the jour
noy ol lile anew. Surely now the way
will nut bo so rugged temptation
will lose their power. 1 iolluw (iro
lines now the one goes straight
ahead, but it is shadowed witb doubts
and moistened wilb tear. 1 have not
followed the other one far before I find
a litllo break in it, just as though one's
fool bad slipped aside, but by tbe aid
of his companion bo is kept from fall
ing, llut soon tbe cares of lilo in
crease al home. Debts barras bim ;
multiplied duties and responsibilities
crowd upon him, and ho seeks relief,
as many have done belore, where there
is none to bo found. From that time
forward his chart is a checkered one
now fulling now rising now back
wardnow forward then on, and on,
und on, until life's fitful fever is over,
and then, and tbsn, and tben, ob, w hat
ever else wo do, God grunt thai tbia
"wo do not do" decoivo ourselves.
But as life's evening shadows thicken
around us, as the twilight proceeds tho
night, may we look buck through tho
light of these years upon a perlect life
work finished, complete. Tben,
standing in tbe grey dawn uf an eter
nal and glorious future, may wo be
utile to ay,
"Ab, anrely my rpirit aball eomellnio know,
Tb tbioga which it vainly aeeka lor Buw
Ah, anrely tbia heart ahatl i-ioaetime bide
In peace, and be losginga be aatiefled."
TllliFARMBOY.
SOME OF Ills PLEASURES AND IOME OF
HIS PAINFUL DUTIES A GRAPHIC
PKTl'RE OF COLNTRY LIFE.
There aro so many bright spots in
I he life of a farm boy, says Dudley
Warner in his new book, lhat 1 some
times think 1 should like to live life
over again ; 1 should almost bo willing
to bo a girl il it were not for the
chores. 'There is a great comfort lo a
boy in the amount ot work he can gel
rid of doing. It is sometimes aston
ishing huw slow be can go on an er
rand, he who leadu the school in a race.
The world is new and interesting to
bim, and there is so much to tube bis
attention off. when be Is sent lo do
anything. Perhaps he couldn't ex
plain, himself, why, when ho is sent to
the neighbors after yeast, he (tops to
stono the frogs; be is not exactly cruel,
hut he wants lo see it uo can bit era.
No other living thing can gu so slow
us a buy sent on an errand. His legs
seem to be lend, unless he happens to
espy a woodchtick in an adjoining lot,
when ho gives chase to it like a deer;
nu curious lact aootit coys, tnul
two win oe a great oeai .lower in oo-
nig anything than one, and that th
moro you have to help on a piece ot
work toe less is accomplished, lioys
have a great power of helping each
other lo do nothing; and they aro in
nocent about it and unconscious. "I
went as quit k as over I could," say
tho boy ; his lulhcr asks him why he
didn't stay all night, wben be bus been
about threo hours on a ten minutes
errand. The sarcasm has no effect on
the boy.
Going after tho cow was a serious
thing in my duy. 1 had to climb a
hill which was covered with wild straw
berries in the season. Could any boy
pass by those ripo berries? And then,
in the fragrant bill pasture there wore
beds ot wintergreen witb red berries,
Hilts of columbine root of sassafras lo
he dug, and a cVir.cn of thing good to
cut or to smell, that 1 could uot resist,
ll sometimes even lay io my way to
climb a tree to look for a crow's nest,
or to swing in the top, and to try if 1
could seo the stocplo ol tbo villago
church. It becamu very impottant,
sometimes, for mo to seo that steeple;
and, in tho midst of my investigations,
tho tin horn would blow a groat blast
from tho farmhouse, which wuald send
, . .... . n . . . . .
lest dav. I know what it meant. It
hud a I rightful impatient quivor in it,
nut at ull like the sweet nolo that call
ed us to dinner from tho buy field. - It
naid ; "Why on earth doesn't thut boy
come homo? It is almost durk, and
iho cows ain't milked I" And lhat was
iho lime tho cows bad to start into a
V' " P 'or lost time,
1 W0".,U'r ,"v Vv,or lrov0 ba
hr-ielr u.oo and muko up for lost time.
cows homo lale, who did not say that
thu cows wero at tho further end ol
the pasture, and that "Olti Brimlle"
wus bidden in the woods and ho couldn't
f.. .i i i i. ...
" l, rT" ,ungI ln0 un!'u,
cow Is Ihe boy's scapegoat mnny a time.
.o other boy knows bow to appro-
a) ",0 'arm uny i
?."d Lis best ones are uf a peculiar ki.id.
Going fishing is ol course ono sort. Tho
u.Xl,U'"K'','1 r,'l!'KLUP lm? .taeklc'
d'"n l'10, ba'k und lho UtiVMon
.H lhe " 1'" pleasures,
")i'" bl'c,u,?.Vhcv rar-
"r , 'n.lK ' y "
b"?h nn'' h"r "ghung flies and
lie tor it. Tramping all day through
niot-
lll"-J branches lhat tangle the
Bml l".",ltlml l!k n? hoolti
l,n,l1 r, ll"''"" ho,m0 '"f0 n'1 hunKT.
with wet leel and a string of speckled
trout on a willow twig, and having tbo
family crowd out al the kitchen door
to look at em, and say, "Pretty well
dune for you, bub; did you catch that
(big one yourself?" this is also ptiro
happiness, tho like of which the Toy "
,,ra d con '
,.i,,.,.,, ,...,, '
will never have again, not it he come
oiirgreut paattiro was, many milesfrom
home, tho mail to it running by a
brawling river and una dashing brook,
side among great hills. What a day's
adventure il wa I It wa like a jour,
ncy to Europe. Tho night before I
could scarcely sleep tor thinking of it,
and there was no trouble about getting
mo up at sunrise that morning. Tho
breakfast wa cntcn, tho luncheon was
packed in a large basket, with bottle
ol root beer and a jugol swilchel, which
packing 1 etiH)riutcnded wilb the
greatest Interest ; and then the cntllo
were to lie collected for the march, antl
the horses hitched up. Did I shirk
any duly ? Wa I slow ? I think not.
1 was willing to run my leg off after
Iho nisky sleers, who seemed to have
an idea they were going on lurk, and
Irolicked about, dashing into all gate
and through all bar except th right
onus I and how cheerfully 1 did yell at
"""i
liicm ; ll was a glorious chance to "ho.
iter," and I have never since beard any
( ySti talis- sneaker on tho stumnoratl
Camp meeting who could mako morn
noise. I bavo oflen thought it form,
bate that tho amount ol noise in boy
does not increaso in proportion to bi
siao ; il it (lid, tho world could not cos
lain it.
Effort aro being mads to commute
Iho sentence ol Hester, Tulley and Mc
llugh, tho Alollio Maguire, from hang
ing In life imprisonment.