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R, i. W. BAUUKTT,
ATTORNEY. AND COUNSELORS AT Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
f January 10, 1878.
; JSBAEL TEST, ' i : , ,
ATTORN K Y AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
" AeaT-OBol la Ibo Court Home. I);ll,'7
y C. AUNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CTJRWENSVII.LB, .
c3A ClrsrSeld CouiUT, Poou'o. To;
s,
T. BROCKIiANK,
, t
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
v Oao lo Courl llouo., , op JJ.IHy
g V?-"'WILSON,1
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
" OAce oto dn.,r mbI if Woitora Hotwl buildluf.
op,oilo Coart Iloaio.
lepl-Sn. , . CLEARFIELD, PA.
F
BANK FIELDING,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
ClearHeld, Pa.
Will attend to all buiioeM tntrmtod to bim
ptoinptljr and fitbt'ullj. Ji
nl'7
WILLUa A. WALLA Oa. DAVID L. aRKBB.
.AHar r. WALLACB. 40HB W. WBIOLaV.
WALLACE & K UK US,
(Bo'wi.or. lo Wallnet A FUUlnit,)
A T T O B X E Y S - A T - L A W ,
' J.nltt-. ClearHeld, Pa.
raoi. a. araaAir.
vvkui aaowa.
JUBBAY GOBDON,
,;, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
aTosac in ic'B Uprra IIouao, Aooood floor.
'. HJO'Tl
aBr a. aaxALLv.
DABIBL W. a'OtlBDT.
J-cENALLY & JIoCDBDY,
t ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW,
ClearHeld. Pa.
'v fi9LK baliDOM attondtd to pronptl wlthj
dollty. UIBoo oa Stoond Itrcot, aboro the First
fotiuoal Book. Jaa:l:7
wa. m. aecDLLoraa, raaa. o'l. aevx.
JcCULLOUGa k BUCK,
ATTO BN E YS-AT-LA W ,
' - ClearHeld, Pa.
' All IrbI bnt ineit proBiptlT atteB'Icd to. Offoo
hi Sceoad atroBt, in tbt Huoalo boildiag.
i . JaolOIT
G- K'tAMEB,
A 1 T O R N E, - AT-IAW,
Real Eatoto and Collactlua AgcDt,
'' ; . CLICAHfll-.I.H, PA.,
RTill promptlj attood to all legal boiinoA oa
lroitd to hiA oaro.
' rOea la PI.VOior n.M. 4 Jaal'tl.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,.
X ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ind Real KataK' Aa;eiit, ClearHeld, Pa.
OHloe oa Third iuooi, btt.Cb.rr t Walnut.
f Roipootfollj offorf bli torrUoi la Balling
d bujlnj land) la Cloarlold and adjoining
euottei and with aa oxptriaaonot over twontr
'an ai a mrTtror, Haltera binnell that ho con
lander lAllifaollon. (Frb. 8.'S:lf,
"TJB W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SUBGEON,
LUTllBHSmiRO, PA.
fillattoad proreirional eallk proaiptlr. aogl(l'70
JJR. T. J. BOIEB,
f UYSICI.N AND SUROKOK.
' 0Bo aa Harkot Btraat, Olaartold, Pa.
ffar-Offloa boan: I to 12 a. m , aad 1 to p.
TJR..E. M, SCUEUBEB,
UOMttOPATIIIC PHYSICIAS,
Offiot la raildtaoa oa Firat it.
'. April 14, l7l. . - ClA.rn.ld, Pa.
- att- 1
JJB. II. B. VAN YALZAH,
CLBAKflEM), PCNN'A.
)FFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING,
pr- Oflw honrt-Fro. II to i P. M.
Mat It, I87t.
D
R. J. P. BUKCHFIELD,
Lata Bargooa of tao BS1 &of laaat Panaajlvanla
Valaatoora. aalag ratarnad fraai ta Amy,
offsra ala profasiional-aarrlaat lo taaaltiiaaa
af Otaaraald aoantj.
4T-Profnionl a alia prompt atUadad to.
Offlsa oa Saaosd tr aat. foraarljoooapiad by
Dr.Wooda. , apr4,'60-U
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Jobtici
op vn Pa An xo BciiTtnita, LUMBRU
CITY. Collaetiona nada and Booay promptly
paid oar. ArUalaa of agraaaiaot and doadl oi
ouavayaaoo aaatly afaoutad aad arrantao ear
raat or a eharto.- 3jy'I
("HEED 4,HAGEKTV(
HARDWARE, FARM IMPLEMLNTS,
Aware. Ruiat.i
' A1,T7 Boouad Stmt, Cl.arlM, Pa.
HARBY SNYDEB,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER
Bbop aa l)Ark.t St., oppo.lt. Ooart Hoaaa.
A aloaa Uwal for eror aartoaior.
Alia aiaaafaetarar of
All Kinds ef Artleles la H.aaa. Ilalr.
ClearirW, Pa. ' ala; 1, 'la.
i TOUN A. STAPLER,
V BAKER. Market 81. ClaaraoM. Pa.
Froab Bead, Ra.k, Roll Pies aad Coke,
oa band or aiado a ardor. A gatMrel aAoerlaioal
of CoafAMlMortM. bvbi,a ..d Nato H. alaok
! Ik Cmtai aad Oyrtera la eneaa. BaleM ararl;
t poaiie tea roaloBoe. rrio aiaaMia,
an la-'Ja.
Clearfleld Nursery.
ENCOUIUGli JlOJIK INDUSTRY.
THE aadar.lga.d, barlag a.ukll.b.d a Mar
aart aa Ibo Piba, akoal half way kotwan
aaa Varw.a.r.ll.. IA er.uered la tar
i'b all kind, of FRUIT TRKKi, ltaadard aad
WArf,) Efrrgraoaa, BbrnbborT, Sraio Viae.,
Mo.eb.rrr, Lawlaa Blackkorry, Buawborry,
d RAApaorr, Viaae. AIM, Blkorlaa Crab Treae,
aaa earl, aaarlat KkabArt, Aa. Ordea,
eoaptl, atlaatM la. , Addraaa, .
.... i. D.1TRI0HT,
I"M Carweaarllle, Pa.
CLEARFIEtf
GEO. B. G00DLAKDEE, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEBMS-$2 por annm in Advanoe.
VOL 52-WHOLE NO. 2,571. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1878. NEW SEMES-VOL. 19, NO. 19 j
Cards.
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EN BY BRETII,
IT out a d p. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOB BULL TOWBSair.
May 8, l7l lj
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Justice of tha Peace and Scrivener,
CurweiiavUlc, pa.
feh.Collei'tloni made and boner promptly
poid over. fbhSl'f Itf
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl'STICB OF THB PEACE
eon
Itecatur Totrnhlp,
Osceola Mlllt P. O.
Ill omeial bustasss .SDurBitael to him will be
promptly attsndod to. mobta, '70.
TH O M A 8 H. FORCEE,
vbalb. la
.GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
CRAHAMTON, Pa.
Alio, oxualirt ajanafaoterer and doalor la SquATA
Timb.r and Bawod Lnmborof All kind..
aBT-Ora.n solloltrd and all bill, prompt);
fllddT VijWI
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SIIOE MAKEB,
Market fl.. ClearHeld, Pa.
Id tbt Bhop latolr eeeopied bj Frank Short,
oaa door w.t of Aliogbany Uouaa.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER.
Plans and 8 peel float ion furnlsbod for all kinds
of buildioRi. All work first olaii. 6 lair build
las; a iponiailty.
V. O. address. ClearHeld, Pa. jaD.I7-T7tf.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a
afcA-Will execute Jobs in his line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. atr4,A7
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NKAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
J6tf" Pumps always on band and made to order
an snort notion. tVipos Lured on reasonable terms.
All work warranted to render satisfaction, and
delivered if desired. my26:lypd
E, A, BIGLER & CO.,
DBALBM IX
SQUARE TIMBER,
ABd EnABUtACtUrArA of
ALL KINDS OP IAWKD l.UltlHI.H,
-T'TJ CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dAAlrr la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SIIISdLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
:07 CI, Arnold, !.,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DBALBR IR
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
)al!7 CLEARFIELD, PA.
WEAVER & BETTS,
DKALKltl IS
Real Estate. Square Timber. Saw Legs.
AND LUMBER OP ALL KINDS.
jMrOfflce on Beoond street, io rear of store
room of Uaorjre Weaver A Oo. f Jantf, '78-if.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
, REAL ESTATE BBOKEB,
ABO BBALBB IB
Haw Log) and Zaimbor,
OLEARFIELD, PA.
0Br la Orabaoi'i Row. 1:15:71
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABD DBALBk IB
Watchon, Clock, and Jewelry,
. Oraktm't Hm, MarlM Ulrnl,
ri.EARPItLI, PA.
All kind! of repairing In my line ppbiptlv at
ndod lo. , April 21, 1S74.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
Tbd uuderslcned would Inform tba nublla tbat
he has rensuvrd his Boot and Shoe Shop ta lha
rotn lately oeoopisd bf Jo. DearinK, io bbaw'a
Row, Markflt street, where he is prepared to at
tend lo tha want of all who nei anything in his
hne. All work dona ay bin will be ol tba best
material, and guarantied t bo firtelaf in every
irfpeot. Repairing promptly atteudod to. All
kinds of Ltbrr and hhua Findings fur sate.
- i , JOHN hCillliFElt. ;
Clearueld, Pa , July IS, 1871 Itm. '
lSTr w 71a rbl e Y nrd .
The andprslrned would Inform the nublie that
he has optoed a new Majbla Yard oa Third it root,
oaposite lha Luthrraa Churah, where he will kap
unntantly on httod a stock of various kinds of
naible. All kinds of
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
Pol for Cemetery JLoa,
and all other work In his 1 in will be promptly
ei ecu ted la a seat and workmanlike nunner, at
reasonable rates.
He auaranteos satisfactory work and law prinos.
Give kia. a eall. J. FLAIIAKTY.
Clearfleld, Pa., Marnh 17, 1878-tf.
ANDREW H ARWICK,
Market Htreet, Clearfleld. Pa.,
BlIIDPAOTVBKa A nn DBALBR Iff
HARNESS, SADDLES. BRIDLES, COLLARS,
and all kinds of
HORSt rVRMSfllSQ G 00 US.
A full stock ef Peddlers' Hardware, Rrnsboe.
Combe, Blankets, Robes, ate., always oa hand
and for sale at the lowest oash priees. All kinds
of repairing promptly attended to.
All ainas or aides taian in aim ante ntr nar-
aeea and rapalrlng. All kinds of harness leather
kept oa band, and for sale at a small prosb
Clearfield, Jan. 114, 1H78.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Fw Bale al Iba Clr.rB.ld RarrBLlcaa oBea.
Tht moat t'omplrtr SerUi Imw
Blankt publtht4.
Tb.aa Blank, are gettea op la tapArlor atyle,
are of aallorai iIaa, aad furaiihvd at vary low
figaree far eaah.
Call at tba Rarraiiraa oSIra end AiAjala
th.oi. . Ord.ro b aiBil anmptlr fllled.
Addroe.,
Jaly Hi, 10TT-U.
Claarlald Pa.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
MATTRESSES,'
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR P. 0.
fa. aadorrlfnod beg leare lo l.forw, tba eltl
atae o( Oleariold, aad tba pablia generally, tbat
t. k.. mm Weed a iae aooorMoat af Foraltara,
eaob aa Walaat, Cboetaat aad Paialed Cbaaiber
oitea, Parlor Boltel, Roollalag ana aBn.ioa
Cbalra, Ladlae and Omu' Kaay Ckalra, the Pw.
foratod Dining aad Parlor Ckalra, Oaoa Heelaead
ari... rk.ir. riotbAa Ban. Htc and Kiloa.
,la. Laddera, Hoi Raebi, Sorabblog Bnubaa, Aa
HODLDINd AND PIOTDRI FRAMES,
eeklni Olaaeaa, Okroawa, Aa, wklek weald
s.
Mil 71 eunw
SCHOOL DIRECTORS CONVEN
TION. In aocordunco with the laws rcL'ula-
tine tho quobtion, s Convention oi
School Directors met in tho Coart
room, on Tuesday, the Tth day of May,
1878, lor the purpose ol electing ft Su
perintendent of Common Schools for
Clearfield county.
The Convention was called to order
hyjlr. John A. Gregory, sclinu; Su
perintendent, who also slated the ob
ject of tho meeting, whereupon d'en.
I'atton, of CurwoiiBvillo, moved that
Dr. J. W. Potter, of Coviniton, act as
President. Tho motion was put hy
SI r. G regory , and u nanimously adopted.
On the Motion of J. A. L. Klogul, of
Goshen, A. V. Moore, of Lawrence
Independent District, was elected Sec
retary. Cion. rtton then moved that
Dr. .Spatkman, of Brady, and Al. Sco
ne!!, ot Huston, act as tellers. Agreed
to.
The Convention being organized,
tho rresidont stated that tho tirnt bus
incus in order was a cull of the School
DiatricU in alphabetical order, and the
names of the Directors therefrom. As
tho Districts wero called, the Diroo
tors answered their names as follows:
Ilocarla J. !(. Wold. Charl.1 D.ll.
Boll J.otfl Motlbee, Thoi. 0. Lm, Godfrey
Weaver.
Broom John Smith, I.aao ThomiA, Adorn
Knrb, Cyrui Wood, Frank MrB'rid.,
rli'KK" J. C Hopkins, T. B. Wood. lis, Sad).
u.l Lsinhert, Valsotino Orarhart,
Bradford Iaaao Undereoffer, J. B. Norris, J.
A, Woolriilge, Alel. UrAbAtn, W. D. Khirey, Jas.
HArrier.
Bradford (Ind.) John II. St.wart, P.t.r Unl
brrry, Dnvid Diiud, Ihao Barger, I.AiAb ti. BAr
gar.
llra.lT Martin H Lulhrr, Jtr. R. V, Spaok
man, Jonathan Shaffer, jAtrab WsArer, Ell Hat
niAn, Hiram Kotb.
Bridgf-port (lod ) Jortpb M Sponoor, Jama.
Kratfrr, JitAon Spencer, Juirph WbitAksr, Ahra
bam Stadden.
Darn.Me lloronxb en anrrnroiooted.
Uuia.i'ls Town.hip Duniel Uorman, Jorst'h
llultoo, We.lry Whi's. Juhn Fry.
Ulcarneia iton. JAmss r. ueonArd, AAron V.
TaIo, Ibnma. II. Morray, Jubn Irwin, Henry
Bridge, ThotnAS Rilry.
t;rjeit Hrnry 11, llurd. Anthony HoOArvev.
Auatin Curry.
Covinetoa noland Kennedy, Berdoo Condrrt.
Dr. J. W. Potter, Lewii Ploard.
Curwsniril's Hon. John Pattna, Daniel Fauat,
S. J. Halve, Charlea HorebAujch, Vorioe Clark,
Hatuael Arnold.
lieeatur Pcroy (1. Maltern, John Ilughei,
WilliAm Bosnia, Samuel Kepbart, George Moffit.
Ferttuaoa William Moore, Cbriatian Shoff,
Jo.isb Henry, Lewi, MoCraakea, Jam.i MuFad
den, Enoch Straw.
(liratd PrABoia llugAr, Ilaroiy McGrern,
Mltohel Shone, GeorKo bbirey.
Uotbea Vuha A. L. Flegal, E. K. Sliirey.
W illiem A. Krlaon, John Fultoo.
UrahAin Thomas 11. Foroey, B. D. SebooDo
rer, Aatoo C. Dale, I'.t.r Monti.
Greenwood Samuel Von llurn.
Gulicb Wm. T. McUonald, J.hn S. McKier.
nan, George McCullongb, Alexander Irrin, Da
rid Spencer.
II out ad. le P. J. MoCollouib, Dr. Todd, J.
Litiaufh, John Jay, Jolia aloure, I'.trio) Lluina.
llu.tua Alfred SouQeld, lleory P. Town., Jo.
Wsfebbnm, Tbomas C. ilot, Hiram Woodward.
Jordsa James Jobnaton, Reuben Straw, Bobt.
pAtlereoB. John G. n illiama, ilenry WltbQrow.
Karlhaaa waa unrepreeeotod.
Knox Abraio Walker, fhilip Erbard, Satnnel
Bloom, John P. Owona, Saujus! Snyder, Coorud
Dlnom.
LAwrAoce Zach L. Ogden, WilllAmLansherry,
Milts Read, Leander Denuing, Jaeksoa L. Ooak.
tin, Samuel Row lee,
Lawrer.oo ( Ind.) -Wra. L. Rishel, A. P. Moore,
George . Gearharl, Samael Bell, Joha I. Ms
Bride, Jaeksoa Read.
Lumber City Joha Hlppe, Joha Bnaaell, Ja
eoa Kirk, Dr. Darid A. Fetasr, Jobo MoDiritt,
Robert Wav.
MaderU (Ind.) Samuel Sboff.
Morris J. Good Msrrsll, Dr. A. Thorn, John
ll.rl.l, Gilbert Hoover.
New WA.hingtoD Joba II. Dyers, jAmas Sav
age. Newbarg Emanuel Iliitebrand, Joha Kliagar.
OAceola Dr. T. R. Blendy, George U. Bwoope,
Uilo Hoyt, Mete. Myera, Jo.tio J. Pie. .
Pone James Miller, Samuel Widemlra, Win.
Wall, KdwArd Bloom.
Pike Devid Wa, Jobnaton llolden, Joeepb
II. Dale, William Carry, Alfred Long, Peter
CaI.Iw.II.
Rookton (Ind.) William W.lty, Bamuol 1.
Oelnelt, Henry HummoL Jaoob II, Btuboker,
Jacob Bmilb, Joba Welly.
talon Charles Browe, Ilenry P. Stowell,
John hheeeer, jAeob B. OawsII, James lleary,
lienry Whitehead.
WallacetoB Jemes II. Turner, MichAel D.
R.idy, Andrew I'lere, Jemes K, Turner, Alexan
der Franoa, Archibald M. Shew.
Woodl.nd Bigl.r Duaiap, Wm. R. Kline.
Total 171.
A call ot tho roll developed tho fact
that 172 Directors wero present, out
of the 240 in the forty districts in the
county. Three years ago only 90
Directors answered to their numes.
Tho salary question having been
disposed of by the Legislature, tho
Secretary read the following :
DirAninBBT er Public lAATaermon, 1
ilABRteauite, Pa April, 1N7S
To ra. VrainVat of fee TH .natal ftjaeenrton o
0eAool 'i 'er Fur, i
Sta i The lollowlni alAtemrnt gites the ap.
proiiuiate eelarlei of Cuooty Superintendent., aa
uied by an eet of Assembly, approved April ,
1H7S. Undur the proviaiona of tho eet referred
to the Superintendent receive. 94.00 for earh
aebuol aed.r hia Juriadlction at the time of hi.
eleetioo, providing (bet in no inatAnoe Ahall the
aalary b. less than SftOli, nor mora Ihaa $2,000 ;
aad ib eouotie. eontslning one hundred eebuol.
end upwards, Ibo sslsry shall not bs lets thaa
1,0110, providing furlb.r that Bounties having
two nunurea sntt ninety senooia, tw.te. nundred
ecjU.re milee ef leriitory, or an everAga annual
sohiKil leno of aevea and a balf months, the salary
ahull aot be leaa than f 1,600.
Tbe bill lurtber provides, that Conventloas of
8cnool Direotora, wh.o aaMmbled fortbs purpoas
of sjeotiog a County Superintendent, may vorn
bim a aalary greater tbea tbe amount be would
receive by the ait above referred to, ouch ioereaae
U betaken from tbe school man or BAinnounTr.
This aot of eooras rsltevee the Conventions of
School Director, from the duty of Using the .era.
rles of Bopsrlotendenta, as heretofore. Tbelr
oaly duty bow eon.tata In electing the beet maa
whoa, servieee sab be found for tbe earn aamed.
J. P. WirxnvAaan,
Super'! of Puplie Instruction.
The apportionments niado by tho
Department, undor the aot in question,
fixes tha salary for this county at
f 1,000. At tho conclusion of tbe read
ing of tho circular, Mr. Towns, of Hus
ton, moved that the salary be fixed at
11,200. The President requested those
who were in favor of tha incroaao to
rise and stand until they were counted.
But twenty stood up. Loss than ft
quorum having voted for tha increase,
the President declared the motion lost.
The Convention then proceeded to
the nomination of candidates for Coun
ty Superintendent, as follows : Mr.
Gorman, of Bnrnsido township, nomi
nated Mr. M. L, Mctjuown; Mr. Tate,
of Clearfleld, nominated Mr. A. B.
Bead ; Mr. Spencer, ol Gulieb, nomi
nated Mr. Frank G. Harris; Mr. Lu
thor, ol Brady, nominated Mr. E. G.
Bays j Mr. Forccy, of Graham, nomi
nated Mr. George W. Woavor j Mr.
Scoficld, of HuBtun, nominated Mr.
G. W. Marsdcn.
On motion of Dr. B. Y. Spackman,
of Brady, the nominations wore closed.
The President announced that tho
next business In order was to proceed
to balloting, and ordered the Heuretary
to tbe roll, requesting each Director to
rise when his name was called and
voto distinctly for tho candidate of bi.
cboico. Two ballots settled the ques
tion, as follows :
eAnat.ATaa. 1st ta
Metlaewa SI los
Rd..... .. 40 "
HArrtA............ ... I
Haye , It
Weaver .... II It
Mersdea. t t
Total 171 irl
A. it took tighly-tit vote, to eloet,
and neither of the candidates having
received that number on tba first bal
lot, the President ordered ft second
ballot as above, and declared Mr. M.
L. McQuown elected to tha efnea of
County Superintendent ot Common
.Schools for tb onsuing term. Daring
th. session two ot our representative
eontlomen hada"siat"over parliamen
tary rules, and for a timo delayed tho
proceedings of the conference, but one
tiS them was doclared out of order by
tbe Chair, and tho business prccoedud
with alter hearty laugh on both
sidos Just as Congressmen and Leg
islators do frequently. At this point
Mr. Scodeld, of Huston, offered the
following:
fMofrad. That the thanks of this Convention
be tendered to Mr. John A. Gregory for tbe effl-
eient manner la wbiob be hA dtsonsrgod bis du
ties as County Superintendent during the past
six years, and tbat our appreciation of bim aa aa
officer be manifested by a rialng vote.
Gon. Patton and half a score of
other gentlomen throughout the room,
seconded tbe resolution, and tbe mom
bcrs of tho Convention arose nearly
in ft body in response to it, and at the
same time there went np a snout lor
"Gregory I" ."Gregory II" when the gon
tlemttn aroso and in an appropriate man
ner thanked the Directors for the kind
ness received at their band during his
official career. At the conclusion of
his remarks, vociferous calls wero
mudeforMcQuown I McQuownll who
in answer appeared bolore the Con
vention, and in ft vory happy mannor
thankod tbo Directors for the honor
thoy bad conferred. At this point con
gratulation became general, and tbe
Convention was as noisy for somo
timo as the Lower House of the Penn
sylvania Legislature. Order being re
stored, tbe President and Secretaries
procoeded to make out the usual cer
tificate to bo lorwardod to the School
Department at Harrisburg. On mo
tion the Convention adjourned tine die.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
" auiies roR SOIL.
Asbos are among tbo most economi
cal munuros, as they are produced by
every household. Not a pound of ashes
nbould be wasted, but ail should be
saved and applied to tbe land. Whore
they cun be hud at reasonable rules
they should be purchased lor manure.
Thoy can be drilled into the soil with
roots and grains, or sown broadcast on
meadows or pa.itures, or placed in tbo
muck ooap. rotatoes, turnips ana an
roots, clover, peas, beans, grain and
grans are groat exhausters ol tho salts,
and they are consequently much ben
efitted by tbe uso of ashes. In con
nection with bonedust they are used
with decided advantago lor tho above
crops, r rom twenty to luiriy Dusn
els per acre should bu used upon light
soils; for rich land or clay give a
heavy dressing say fifty bushels per
acre, l'o not lorget lliui repealed
dressings of ashes, Iimo or gypsum,
without a corresponding addition, ol
barnyard or vegetable manure will
exhaust tillugo of their carbonaceous
and organio matters. This is not the
eue with meadow land, lor this very
obvious reason : Tbe wholo surface of
the soil is covered with aregotuble
ogents, employed In drawing tbo car-
bun Irom tbo air and soil and storing
it up in stubble and roots. Thus the
carbon is constantly increasing In well
managed pastures, and, lor a time, in
meadows. Tbe asbos of bituminous
and anthracite coal are inferior to
those from vcgotablos and wood, but
still thoy are valuable.
BUSHELS IN A II BAP OF GRAIN.
To prevent too much handling it is
well to know how to measure grain in
piles :
first rule. 1 brow up the piles into
completo cones as high as tho grain
will permit. Measure accurately tbe
slant height from base to apex, and
multiply this length by itselt. Meas
ure tho perpondicular height of the
cone and multiply tbia length by itself.
subtract one ol these sums Irom tbe
other and multiply this remainder by
me neignt oi tue cono. from una
amount take one-sixth of itself, and
the remainder will bo tho uumber of
bushels in the heap.
second rule. 1 brow up tho grain
into as completo ft cone as possible,
having tho base as nearly a circle as
practicable. Then multiply the area
of tbo base by the hoight ot the cono
and take one third the product This
will give the number of cubic feet.
From this deduct one-fifth of itaulf,
and tho remainder is the number of
bushels.
Tho reasons of this rule are plain
and simple. Tho base is a circle, and
its area is found by multiplying tho
circumference by ono foui lb the diam
eter. The product resulting (fom mul
tiplying this area by the height of tho
cone would give the content ol a cyl
inder ; but a cono is one-third of a cyl
inder, having the samo base and the
same altitude, hence we take tine
third of this product lo find the cubic
feet in ft cono.
From (his amount wo deduct one
fifth of itself, because a bushel is near-
Zone-fifth larger than a cubic foot
Jt us illustrate: Suppose yon had a
cono of shelled oats in your barn ten
feot in diameter at the baso. The cir
cumference will be 81.50 feet, because
this is about the relative length of tho
two lines, the diameter being taken as
one, tbe circumferenco will measure
3 110. Now multiply 31 i foot by 2,
(t the diameter) and wo have 78 as
the number ot square feot in the base
of the pile of oats whoso diameter is
ton foot. Now suppose the cone (pilo
ol oats) to be four luet and a ball high,
of this is It feet. Multiply 78 J by
li and wo bave llni cubio leet In tbo
pile. Deduct one-fi llh of this number,
or 231 (Voati itself, and we have (M)
bushels of shelled oats in tho pilo, if
teu feet in diameter at the base, four
and a half feet high, and thrown up
to a point.
If the pile is against the side of tho
bouso it will contain half that number
of bushels. If in a cornor it will con-onc-lourtb.
This systom of measurement will be
siifilciontly accurato to estimato a crop
so as to lot tho farmer know about
how much ho bas made. But if be is
buying or selling, be should do botb
always by weight, as some honest men
may Lave very large half bushel meas
ures. farmers' gardens.
Many (armors mislakonly etipposo
that the products of tba garden are
luxuries wbicb they cannot afford to
enjoy, or to supply to their families.
They do not seem to be aware tbat
fruits and vegetables are more profita
ble in feeding their households than
anything else thoy can raiso. They
save tbe purchase of many things at
the grocers. They lessen the necessity
f so heavy a supply of costly meat.
Thoy diminish the oonsumpCion of the
expensive material, butter. With some,
the whole catalogue of gardon vegeta
ble consists of potatoes and cabbages.
Somotimos they add a few turnips, and
more rarely parsnips for only a fow
weeks, for, not taking proper care of
them, they soon wilt and dry, and be
come ol little value. They might aa
well bar asparagus In early spring,
radishes, vegetable oysters, parsnips,
beet of two or three sorts, early and
late, celery, cauliflower, brocoll, Savoy
a:
as well as dromboad cabhago, summer
and winter squashes, and many olhor
vegetables, most oi mora as easy in
growth as the fow on tho limited cat
alogue which thoy now bavo. They
may add lha small fruits with little
trouble, and liavo two or threo quarts
of delicious strawberries on their ta
bles daily for several weeks during the
, ivil i :.L.
earty part, oi Bumuivr, lunoweu who
an equal supply of raspberries attor
wards. Tboir meagre ciop of currants
might be changed to abundance and
large size by care and cultivation.
Some are deterred Irom the necessa
ry euro and labor for soou ring tho econo
mical luxuries by tbe orroneons suppo.
sitiou that they require great labor and
much cost. Thoy judge from the tact
tbat their own garaone uaveoltnor been
allowed lo rnn to weods, which have
either bson pulled out tth much fing
er labor, or else luesc weeds havo re
mained and havo choked tho crop. If
most of the spaco occupied with tho
fruits and vegetables woro planted in
rows, so as to be cultivated by means
of a horse, this would not cost more
than equal areas in their corn and po
tato fields. If they made it as a rule to
pass the cultivator often enough to pro
vent the weods from ever reaching the
surface ot the soil, tho expenso would
be even less than that of some farm
orops as too often laboriously managed.
ilicro is one important advantage
in a free and regulur supply of ripe
fruit from tbe garden, that is too ollen
quits overlooked its beneficial effect
in preserving health. We bave known
families moving into new countries to
keep perfectly well so long as their sup
ply ol even dried fruit lusted them, but
afterwards to bo much afflicted with
sickness when it was gone. We havo
known families in now countries who
took pains to secure an early and reg
ular supply of small fruits and plenty
of vegetables, to maintain continued
good health, while their neighbors,
without sucb precaution, woro more or
less troubled with malarial diseases.
There is no question that men have
sometimes paid more for doctor's bills,
to say nothing of other loss from sick
ness, than would bave been sufficient
to cultivate a good garden, and this is
not inorely in new countries, but in
thoso long settled.
In addition to thcsuggcstionsalready
made on tbe best and most economical
cultivation of gardens, there is ono re
quisite which it may bo well to allude
to before closing these remaiks. This
is the importance and value of copious
manurings for nearly all vegetables. It
is hardly possible to apply too much,
in connection with thorough stirring
and pulverisation. Plant it thickly in
beds, with ordinary care, and you will
get stalk about tbo sizo of a writing
pencil. Plant it deep, three feet apart
each way, with plenty of manure, and
plow in every year a copious supply of
well rotted manure, and you will be re
warded with stalks about as large as a
hne handle, and receive more from a
given area than from tho crowded,
Bcantily manured bod. Country Oen
Itcman. QUICKENED CONSCIENCE.
In a circlo of spasmodic, gushing,
ovor-sensitive people, who suppose that
through a lifetime thoy bave boon cul
tivating tboir souls to. tbo highest
point tbat is consistent with a resi
dence on this earth, and who, in fact,
have beeit simply forcing into morbid
precedoncy tbo emotional part of their
natures, tba one fact tbat may be
counted with certainly is a plentiful
occurrence ol "quickoned conscience,
it comes all tbe time. It is just as
that you may have sour ciddr
from summer apples as poor cham
pagne from gooseberry juice. With
emotional sensibility wrought to tbe
lust degree of tension, short of omo
tionul insanity, and with tba emotions
thus exnburantly active, uninfluenced
by tho intellects distinguished for per
verted and distorted theories ot right
and wrong tbe people bave a pban
tasmagorio timo of it. Any given lot
ot them is Itko a batch ot ordinary
dough into wbicb has been put an un
ci no quantity of Vienna yeast. It rises
to tcarttil effect and with startling re
sults, and will bo all ovor tbe bouso
belore the housewife knows it ; so that
an establishment used to tho ordinary
yeast of commerce tho simplo and
iluhberate quickening Of oarhor daye
will want a garden pump to play upon
and suppress their energetic catalysis.
Wonderlul Is tha variety in the mani
feslulicr.o o!" "nickencd conscience.
Somotimos ft virtuous youtta afflicted
with some ot it will get Into his head
that he owes fifty cents to the mission
ary fund, and ho will pay that money
though he has to steal to get it
though ho be forced, in order to do it,
to take ton dollars from his employer's
money drawer. In that wretchedly
vulgar spirit the police call that "till
tapping, but tba real name with the
good is "quickened oonscienco." Some
times an ancient nnmarricd lady por-
ceivos that tho neighbor's girls put
ribbons in their batr ot a blue tbat bor
own complexion would nover tolerate,
and a quickened conscience forces her
to remonstrato to tboir mother, evon
though she knows sbomay be snub
bed for her impertinence. In fact, the
quickoned conscience strikos out in
every direction, indifferent to time,
Hue or occasion, or to properties or
the rights ot tbo other people, and It
has made a livelier time in Brooklyn
than it ever mado anywhere else out
side an insane asylum. It is remarka
ble thai in a community which re
gards all those pooplo as sane, a court
has been lor many weeks engaged in
endeavoring to determine whether old
Commodore Vandorbilt was a lunatic.
New York llerali.
Chinamen's Hones. Wbonovcr a
Chinaman is sick and beyond rccovory.
ho is placed in eomJ out-or the-way
place and left to die. Nnno of his
countrymen ever go near him, and ho
Is loll to "patldle bis own canoe across
the Styx in bis exit from tbis mundane
sphere. When tbe deceased i. buried,
howovor, oflorings win tie made at tho
grave, and in time his bono, will bo
sent back to China, In accordance with
tho contract mado with the six com
panies which brought him hero or from
subscriptions by Chinese merchants.
r.very year there are tons of bones ol
defunct Chinamen sont to China to be
burled. Tbebnsinessofoxhumingand
packinir theso bone is an extousive
ooe, and Very naturally, it is pursued
by Mongols, ju any oi these bones are
polished. When disinterments are in
progress the graveyards of the Cninese
present the appearance of golgothft.
Very small wooden coffins are used, just
largo enough to contain the bone of
tbe deceased. It is proposed to impose
a tax of f 10 on every dead body disin
terred, and to require tha bones to be
placed in ft metal No case, tba price of
which is some 150 the objoct ol which
1 to prevent tbe spread of infectlcas
disease, by rareloss exhuming.
DOM rEDRO'S LAND. BRAZIL.
Tho visit of tho Emperor of Brazil
to the United btates during tho t en
tenuinl, and tho rocent railroad con
tract mado between him and citizens of
tikis State and tho shipments of passen
gcrs and material from Philadelphia
has caused considerable inquiry with
reforoitco to that country. Below wo
give some extracts from lottors written
by parties who aro now there w hich
(ro to show that things are not so love,
y at first sight, anyhow ;
San AntonIo, Brazil, March 30.
The last tune I wroto was on the 20tb
Of February, or two days' run from tho
island ot St. Thomas, where wo urnv-
ed tho 22d, and found it to be a very
neat litllo town ot about iitiecn bun
dred inhabitants, mostly negroes and
Spaninnls. We lay there threo days
lo take In two hundred tons ot coal
It was remarkable to sco the way it
was handled, as, after it was brought
to our boat in a lighter, it was carried
to the bins by negro girls, in baskets on
their heads. We bad a very pleasant
timo, as Iruils ot all kinds were plenty
ana cheap.
WOUTIl or THE AMAZON.
On the afternoon of the 2Glh we left
St. Thomas and started on our way to
rare, vte bad a very pleasant timo
until wo arrived al tho mouth of tho
Amazon, where wo had to get a pilot.
We dropped anchor in tho night off the
land and signaled for a pilot, but tho
day and night woro away and none
came, so the first mato, with six sea
men, manned a boat and pulled for tho
shore with orders to come back as soon
as possible But tbo day and night
passcj tho samo as the tirst and no
mato roturncd. Tbo second boat waB
sent with tbo quartermaster and six
volunteer seamen in charge, but time
woro away and no sign of either of tho
boats. You can imagine tho feolingon
board the vessel. Tbo captain then or
dered tho Bails set and anchor hoisted
and away wo started, but for where no
ono knew. As good luck would bavo
it we mot an English packet bound for
Para, when wo turned around and fol
lowed hor in.
arrival at para.
Wo arrived at Para on tho 9th of
March, all well, and in good spirits, on
ly a good deal worried about tho bouts.
But imagine our surprise on tbo second
day when they came all right, but tho
men were very tired and hungry, as
they had rowed about thirty miles.
Tho reason they did not come back to
the bout was that the breakers were
so bad that they could not leavo the
shore.
We found Para to be an old fashion
od city with Blono houses without chim
neys, and, what looks still more odd,
no glass in tbo windows obly iron
bars Tho slrcots are very narrow and
dirty. Vultures are about as plenty as
robbins at home. Tbo natives wear
light clothing, as it is very hot. Tbe
negroes go almost naked, except the
women, who are uaked from tha waist
up. We remained at Para four days
and then commencod the ascent of the
Amazon.
GOING UP TnE AMAZON.
Tbe Amazon is a peculiar river. Al
though it is ono hundred and eighty
miles wide at tbe mouth you can see
land on either sido as you go ap, as it
is full of islands. Wo had a very do-
delightful timo going up tho river un
til the Hub, when to our surpriso we
found a man dead in bis hammock.
The cause of bis death was hemorrhage.
Ho took cold, bad a hemorrhage, slid
bled to death inwardly. Wo anchored
in tho river and buried him on a lone
ly island by himself. His name was
John Scallon, of Philadelphia.
AT SAN ANTONIO A STRIKE.
Wo traveled 900 miles up tbo Ama
zon and &00 up tbe Madeira river when
wo arrived at San Antonio Falls, where
wo now are. This is a very rainy cli
mate, and you can't tell when it will
rain, as it will ponr down with the sun
shining. There has been a groat deal
of excitement since wo arrived bore.
The Italians and tbo Irish went togeth
er and struck for better wages and
grub. Mr. Collins would not give them
any at all, so they mado a raid on the
cook bouso and drove the cook out,
took possession and cooked to suit
themselves. Our gang . wsawsui, the
woods at tha lime, but wore sont lor lnJ
hot banlo, brought Nn, armed with
Sharp's rifles and put to" guarding the
boat, a. it was toured they would cap
ture bor and leave. As soon as tho
strikers Saw tho mon armed with rifles
they foil back, but sovoral shots woro
fired and threo men wounded. The
next day wo raised fifty mon, armed
thorn, sent out and arrested tbo leaders
ofthostriko, ninoin number, put them
in irons, and that put an oud to the
strike for tho present. WQ havo tt jail
built out ot railroud iron,, 'fiat it is
impossiblo for them to escape. What
will bo done with them 1 do not know.
GREAT DISSATISFACTION.
There is great dissatisfaction hero,
and 1 don't wonder at it, as the living
is terrible. I have eaten nothing but
hard tack," salt boof and chceso since
1 left Philadelphia, and It is vary hard
for a person lo work in this hot climate
on that kind of grnb, and I think there
will be more trouble yet U thoro win t
a change. Another thing is the pests.
Tl - V . . .. c ,t...M ...nu
luuru id any ouiuuui v. mi-ii,, emu s
mosquitos, ants and bugs of all kinds,
which pester a person day and night.
The ants are tho worst, as tho ground,
trees and everything is covered with
them, and their bite is worse than that
of a gnat.
THE AMAZONIAN FORESTS.
An introduction to tho Amazonian
forest is worth ft trip to tho Amazon'
valley from tbo United States. Here
are tbe palms in all their glory tho
japatl, with long plumo liko leaves, tho
nilvlll, Willi ciiuriiiiiun mil niiuieti H-nvrn.
One novor tire of gnzing at tho pic
turesque grouping and variety ol trees
wilb tboir mantles of creeping plants ;
the unconquercd raio of vegetable
giants ; tbe dense canopy of green sup.
ported by natural columns branchless
for fifty or eighty feet ; the gigantic
grapes and colossal nut and pod bear
ing trees, and above all the hundreds
of varieties of palms, all, striving to out
rival tho others in grace and beauty.
Occasionally dusky figures peered out
of the woods and shanties belonging lo
the rubber makers here and there broke
the monotony. Alligator shooting also
afforded an exciting amusement to the
passenger. Gutting aground now and
then and getting off again waa another
means of diversion. Above Gurapa,
which we passed on the 14th, we en
tered the broadest part of the greatest
rlvor In tho world. It was here about
twenty mile wide, dotted bore and
there witb green islands occupied by
native but. On tbe 18th we entered
the Madeira river, having paused four
teen town, on tbe Amazon after leav
ing Para.
BRAZILIAN ANTS.
Anotbar writer, In alluding to this
South Amoricnn pest says: Were it
not for cue thing 1 could very readily
ooncoivo of many conditions moro in
tolerable than life in a Binziliun forest.
This ono pest keeps you ever on tho
alurt, and soon loaches you wholo
somo regard for what It doubtless con
siders as its rights. 1 refer to tho ant,
who is ever on tho belligerent and
ready on tho instant to defend any en
croachment upon bis territory. It
would bo difficult to tell, however,
which is not bis territory in Brazil, for
ho is everywhere and swarms over
everything. In color bo is black, brown
and red, and in size ha varies Irom that
of tho eye ot a cambric needle to an
inch in length. At tho risk of being
regarded hyperbolical 1 will stuto
that there aro bushels of them. Some
build on trees nests as lurgo as flour
barrel.), with covered archways run
ning up tbe side of tbo trunk i f tho
tree and the limbs to tbe nest. Woe
to tbe unfortunate who strikes this tree
a blow witb an uxe. It just simply
rains ants, and us they are endowed
witb botb biting and slinging capaci
ties, they make it interesting for the In
dividual on whom Ihey may chance to
alight. Other varieties of tho ant build
mounds four and live feet in height,
whilo othors content themselves by
plowing up a space ol ground forty to
filty feet in diameter. Some of them
in their journey ings through the woods
clear for themselves a path about six
inches in width, along which they pass
in two streams, one army carrying
small bits of leaves, the other moving
in tho opposite direction after a fresh
supply. If any one is desirous of in
dulging in an interesting study let him
como down hero and iuvostigato the
uprisings and tbodownsitlings ot these
ants.
ANOTHER IDOL BROKEN.
Nothing is so painful as the abandon
ment of an article of f'uith. When ono
has cherished and nursed a sweet
thought, that turns out to bo a delu
sion, an aching void is left in the heart
Who docs not remember I lie pang that
bo felt whon in childhood he first real
ized that there was no St. Nicholas, no
good broad-built jolly old saint who
brought Christmas gifts to good little
boys and girls. Such must he the pres
ent anguish of thu members of the
"Mrs. Buthcrford IT. Huycs Temper
ance Society." At their., meeting in
Washington tho other niht they for
mally abuntloncd the nrtmo of their as
sociation on thcgroundlhttt Mrs. Hayes
"countenanced tho uso of claret punch
at tho dinner aboard the oxcursion
steamer on the Delaware buy." If that
hud been the first complumt uguinst
this critimublo lady it iniht possibly
havo been overlooked, but it nnd not
boon forgotten that when tho Grand
Duko dined at tha White House, those
Muscovito princes moistened their im
perial whistles with clurut and cham
pagne. This was forgiven ; for it was
held, that though it was of hor own
table and Bntherlord had provided the
groceries, still tho lady did not "coun
tenance tbe drinking ot wino, because
sho looked away Irom tho painful spoc-
taclo every timo any ol those improper
aristocrats took a swig ; and besides,
tho princes drank claret in Bussian, a
foreign lunguago which no ono prcsont
understood except .Mr. I arl bchurz,and
bo drunk in Gorman. But a littlo lat
er tho fearful fact was disclosed, that
Boman punch which contained rum
was served at a Whito House banquet
concealed in oranges. It was conced
ed tbat the lady of tbd house wsj not
a party to tho fraud; and though an
unwonted hilarity beamed upon tbo
countenances of all who sucked those
oranges, sho never showed any diso
sition lo go behind the face of the returns.
Her banquet commission had ruled tbat
they were oranges, ami so sho accepted
tho settlement us final. But nt the
time that the Now York Chamber ol
Commorco gave a dinner to Mr. Hayes
and his cabinet, the damning fact was
recorded that Buthcrlord himself hud
taken a gluss of wino. It was darkly
hinted that he smacked his lips. It
had. up to that time, been loped tbat
tho patroness of the temperance cause
bad exercised a controlling influence
over the cxecutivo intellect und clopha
gus in tho mailer of stimulants; still
sho was not present and therefore did
not "conntennnco it ; and tor all that
TTIc public knew, she might have dis
countenanced it as soon as she got Huth
etl'ord by himself, in tovms and tones
and lours suitable to the occasion, lint
in tbis Delaware buy excursion case
every hope, even- subterfuge was Btrip.
ped away. She sat amid tho revelers
and countenanced them as they drain
ed tho flowing bowl. Tha thing could
not bo ignored : so the "Jlrs. Buthcr
ford B. llnycs Tompcranco Society" is
now anonymous. J ho moral ot this
sad event is : put not your trust in prin
ces or princesses. Tbo immortal prim
ciplesof tcmperencc cannot suffer hurt :
they will remain pine nnd untletiled
though every member of tho adminis
tration should go upnn a protracted
drunk. Let the society, now nameless,
choose anothor' and better name ana
renew Its wnrfare aguinst nun Bill
timore Ua:rttc.
TUE CHIMPANZEES.
THEIR AIIIUVAk AT THE PHILADELPHIA
r.oOI.OllICAt, GARDEN.
Their already elegant collection ol
natural curiosities nt tho Zoological
Garden was Thursday afternoon added
to by tho arrival of two chimpanzees,
who immediately took up tho quarters
provided for them in a bouse with a
plato glass front, and a stnvo in the
rear to keep them worm. They have
for some tune been in tho New York
Aquarium, waiting for suitable weather
to bo transported to tboir new and per
manent homo. As a matter of course
they will attraet considerable attention
from visitors lo tho Garden, their close
rosemhlanco to the human family
making them objects of special notice.
Tha chimpanzeo is an inhabitant ol
Africa, and especially lo tho coasts of
Congo and Angola, where they live in
society in the woods, constructing huts
of the leaves and branches ol trees,
walking upright, and arming them
selves witb clubs td resist cflcctuully
tho attacks of more powerful beasts.
It attains a height exceeding four feet
-when' in an upright position, and lis
oooy is covercu wttn long diuck itatr
on the bead, shoulders and back, much
thinner on tbo breast. The arms and
legs aro not so disproportionate as
thoso of tho ourang-otitang, tho lore
fingers not quite touching tho knees
wben tho animal stands upright. The
upper part of tbe head is flut, with a
retreating forehead, and a prominent
bony ridgo ovor tho eyebrow ; the
mouth is witle, the ears large, the nose
flat, and the lace ot blackish brown
color, When young it is docile, and
can readily bo taught to imitate bumun
action in eating. Its natural food con
sists chiefly of roots and other vegeta
ble ubstancea.infiiT(i. CmmomctaltS,
iiArtr
QUEER SCENES IN MEXICO.
A traveler in Mexico writes as fol
lows : In their love-making Mexicans
aro equally innocent of any suspicion
of tho impropriety of public dotnoiiBtra
tions. You seoeouples walking through
tho crowded plaza with their arms
about cacb other's necks, totally oblivi
ous Of their surroundings. Except
among loretgnera sucb exhibitions ex
cite no comment. Driving along the
Guadalupe road ono afternoon we cumo
upon a btrupping fellow seated by the
roadside, with a young girl lying bo
side him, hor bead resting in his lap.
As we passed she turned her face up
to bis, reached upward, and, with a
shapely bund, patted the impasnive
brute on bis lutcrn-juw be all the time
gazing stolidly at tbo passing carriage.
"You dog!" roared tho cxaaperated
Colonel. Hut the dog maintained bis
equanimity all the samo. ' At another
Iimo, while riding out to the iron baths
on a street car, we encountered a young
couple bedecked in gay holiday ribbons
and clean clothes, wulking down the
broad roadway with tbeirarms lovingly
clusped about eucb other's necks. She
wus young and quite handsome, and
ho wus young and carried in bis un
occupied band a pilchcrof pulque, Btray
drops of which were sprinkled along
the road. Evidently a couple ol lovers
returning from a pilgrimage to the
shrino of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
slightly tho worso for their potations.
Their arms were twined about each
other's necks for mutual support as
well as to demonstrate their affection.
Tbey walked protty steadily, however,
though witb that obliviousness of do
mcanor which wo seo in moro civilized
drunkards whon they try to play it on
the people, and think they uro succeed
ing. We watched our two lovers from
tho rear of tbo car. and saw their steps
grow unstoady until thoy finally began
to totter and wave. Alter drinking a
half dozen glasses of the effervescent
water, fresh from the bubbling spring,
wo took another street car for the city.
Wo had forgotten all about our two
lovers until wo csmo upon them again,
lying prone upon tho ground by the
roadside
I may as well stuto once moro, bow-
ever, tbat helpless drunkenness is an
uncommon sight in .Mexico, notwith
standing the oceans of pulquo consumed
every day. Once I saw a half-naked
Indian lying on bis loco in tho street
in Iron! of tbo plaza, dead drunk. Tho
coachmen considerately drove around
pi i in, tho herds ot panniorod asses step
ped tenderly to ono side, nnd no seemed
to think the sight worthy of comment.
On another occasion an old gray-headed
woman, bare-armed and baro-lcggcd,
with a petticoat of blue stuff about her
body, tottered on the sidewalk in front
of mc, gave a lurch, and pitched head
long into tho streot. She had a few
little trinkets wrapped up in handker
chief, which were Bl attered in tho full.
lining upon her knees, sbo began
groping blindly about to recover them.
I havo nover seen a moro pathetic
sight, or one that left a docper impres
sion, unless it was that of a poor fellow
whom I saw the morning alter my ar
rival. Ho was thin ot limb and face,
and socmcd less intelligent than tho
average " greaser." His entire ward
robe consisted ot what lookod like a
piece of worn-out rag carpet tied
around bis trunk, and reinforced at tbo
hips with a bit of old leather tied on
with strings. Hat, shirt, coat, panta
loons and shoes he had nono. lie bad
a little bundle of sticks, scarcely more
than you could grasp in one band, tied
up wilb a cord, and was kneeling on
the pavement to readjust the fastenings.
11a looked so utterly and hopelessly
miserable ho was so shamefully and
squalidly poor it mado mo sick at
bcart. J ho poor fellow submitted
stolidly to a critical inspection, nnd
seemed stricken dumb when I gavo bim
a quarter. Hy and by ho recovered
his tonguo, and began an eloquent in
vocation ol all tbo saints m my bchall,
wbicb lasted until I got out of ear shot
and may bo running yet for aught I
know.
THE COST OF LIVING.
now A FAMILY OF THREE ADn.TS 1.1 VI
ON (G 47 A WEEK.
"Susan writos to a New YAirk paper
as follows : 1 have been much inter
ested in the various bills ot faro as
published from time to time, but it has
seemed to mo that as yot noneol them
bavo reached tho wants of many read
out, and 1 havo thoreforo thought it
might bo interesting and instructive to
give a bill of furo, with tho cost ot arti
cles, that has been in actual use in my
family ol threo for two years or moro :
SCNDA Y. Hi eakfast Liver, fried ;
potatoes, fried ; eggs, boiled ; coffee.
Dinner Boast heel, mashed potatoes,
tomatoes, parsnips. Sujipcr Toast,
shaved beef, sliced oranges.
M ON DA Y . BrenhfastS teak , pota
toes, hominy. Dinner Cold roast beef,
baked potatoes, tomatoes and rico.
TUESDAY. imiAtisf Sliced heel
stowed, tried potatoes, fried rico cakes.
Dinner Soup, cold roast beef potatoes,
cabbago, parsnips. .
WKDN ES DAY. UrniAurf v'urk
chops, Saratoga potatoes, bat rolls.
Dinner Insb stony with onions, being
last of beef, rico, tomatoes.
THUBSDAY. J?rci7if Mutton
chops, batter cakes, and fried patotoes.
Dinner Beefsteak, potatoes, fried on
ions, tomatoes, turnips.
FBI DA Y.!rfi7,,i-FriJuy smelts,
beefsteak hash, fried potatoes, hominy.
Dinner Oystor soup, fish, baked pota
toes, I l ied hominy cukes.
SATUBDAY.-flr7,.i'-B.ieftcak,
fotatocs, hominy, hot rolls. Dinner
lam and eggs, mashed potatoes, rice.
LUNCH KH. Mudo from anything
left from day belore, with prunes, sliced
oranges, baked r pi don and tea. We
hare no desserts, Must add for break
fast and dinnner: Coffee, and bread
d butter. Good homo-mndo bread
wo find the most economical.
t lb.i. roAit beet at
Onions $
Turnips
I R, ssaells.......
Oy.tetl
Fi.b
Bli.rouad alaAk,at
lls
.11 k.. .........
I peaad soffee ,
I m. tea, at due....
lie II II
i baabei potatoes. 17
I pound liver S
Ksgs tt
t eoaa tematees, at
So 1'
Pernio S
Smoked beef...... 10
Oranges . 12
Hoaney M
Prunes
6 h Ihs. graa. sugar.
12 Milk
IS," ,.. iour, die....
t lbs. rice, el 9s...
Cabbage
t lha. pork.ebopa
It Iba butler, ai Ills
Cataap
1 1 na aiaitea ea s.
Tolel
.M 47
This has boon tho actual oxpense ol
a family of threo adults for ovor two
years.
Manners have been somewhat cyni
cany nennea oy wise men to Keep iooh
at a distanco. Fashion i shrewd lo
tletect those who do not belong to hor
train,and seldom waste her attentions.
Society is very swiit in its Instincts,
and If you do not bolong to it, resists
and sneers at you, or quietly drop. yon.
"CONFIDENCE."
The term "confidence man" Is one ol
the most gleoful piocoaof sarcasm tbat
modern slang has invented. A confi
dence man is one who impose upon hi
fellow-man deception so shallow tbat
s re a 'h iwrt of th victim
I IB M alBMBS. L l.Y("T"7
nocossary'lo mako it effective. A pai t
ot tbo suffering which he inflicts upon
bis dupe I that ho deprives him of con
fidence in human nature at the same
timo tbat he deprives him of hia ducats;
and ho deprives him also of confidence
in bis own sense. A party who has '
been taken in by a confidence man im
mediately discovers tbat ho has been
an ass and that is novor a cheering
discovery. Whon a man loses his mon
ey through an artful and well-contrived
fraud, and might deceive a man of or
dinary prudence, it is hard enough to
beur ; but when tho confidonco man
who has no credentials, no working
capital but tho credulity of his victim,
wulks off witb the loose cash entrusted
to his keeping, tho anguish of tho loser
is bettor indeed. Such must bo the
hidings ol tbo shareholders of the Fall
Kiver cotton works which have been
so effectively disemboweled by Mr.
Cbaco, und by Mr. Uulhway. Tbey
had "the most unlimited confidence" in
Mr. Chacc. Thoy let him havo bis
own way. Tha ordinary check, and
balances, which boardBof directors may
keep to test and retest and again rotest
thu honesty and fidelity of the compa
ny officers, were not applied. They bad
so much confidence in Mr. Cbaco. At
last Mr. Chaco fled from Fall Biver,
leaving the Union-mill corporation a
mcro shell, and tho shareholders tho
possessors of pieces of printed paper.
Slill confidence was not at onco shak
en in Mr. Huthway. Tbey did not
even immediately examine Hutbway's
accounts. Thoy had ucA confidenco
in bim. But suddenly the Border City
mill was protested in bank on five notes
of (3,000, and then the whole tiling
came out. It now appears that tho
stockholders confided in Mr. Huthway
to tho extent of some f!H2,l!l iStj. Tbe
utmost thai thoso shareholders now
hopo for is, that tho assets of tho com
pany will meet its liabilities. Tbo
firoperty is gone from them and their
icirs forever. Mr. Cbase and Mr. Huth
way are "great financiers" that is the
term which is applied to thoso who
steal a million of dollars, or a cotton
mill or a railroad. And if the records
of great bankruptcies and frauds bo
carefully examined two traits will be
found common to tbcm all. The chief
operator is always a "great financier,"
and tho shareholders always havo "un
limited confidence." . Except where
those two conditions concur, great dis
asters liko this do not happen. .yVdd'. .
more Gazette,
BEAVERS IN COLORADO.
Mr. E. A. Barber, connected witb
Professor Uaydcn's survey of tho Ter
ritories, in the year 1874, bad an oppor
tunity of examining, on the banks ot
tbe Grand river, in northwestern Colo-
rado, tho work of a colony of beavers.
Ho was first apprised of tbe vicinity of
Ibo beavers by watching a timber shoot
or clearing scooped out from a willow
bruko to tho water. Through tbis
slide Mr. Barber passed into a grove of
slender willows forming a thicket.
About fifty feet from the river was a
circular clearing where tho animals
had been at work. Hero the trees
were larger, and many of them bad
been cut off obliquely within six inches
ot tho ground tbe logs had been
hauled away. Farthci on largo trees
had boon felled, which were still lying
there, most ot them measuring six and
eight inches in diameter, and one at
least fourtoon inches. Tho wood bad
been gnawed around the circumference,
a tow inches from tho baso, tbe deepest
cutting having boen done on tbe side
next the water so that the tree might
full in that direction. "1 noticed,"
writes Mr. Barber, "that, wherever
there wero trees which had been felled
somo timo past and fallen in tbe wrong
direction, the newer work had been
accomplished, without exception, in a
systematic manner, all of the logs being
cut so as to fall toward the dam. As
passed 1 along tho bank of tbe stream,
1 observed about ten timber shoots
running pataliel at right angles to tbe
course of tho current, and separated
by about fifteen feet. Tbe larger trees
bad been cut nenr tho water and above
the dam for tbo purpose of floating
them down, to save tho labor ol drag
ging Irom tho interior. 1 picked up
several chunks of wood, six or eight
inches in diameter and about as much
in length, tho ends being obliquely par
allel ; those bad probably been prepared
to till up chinks in the walls of the dam.
Tho trees had bceh, fur tho most part,
cut into sections averaging ten feot in
length and the branches and twigs bad
been trimmed off as cleanly as A wood
chopper could have dono thorn. Along
the banks of the White river, somo
weeks before, I noticed several artifi
cial canals which had boon dug out in
tho absenco of natural side channels in
tho river. Those were designed for
floating down logs. Ono canal was
lonr feet in width, soven feet in length,
and seven feet deep."
Which wa. the Greatest? Tbo
colored congregation of Bicbmond, Va ,
have just settled a grave quostion in a
manner thoroughly original and per
fectly satisfactory to themselves. A
Cumberland colored debating society
bave tackled another, which they will
settle definitely by dint of argument.
A gentleman of this city was called up
on tho other night by a colored man,
who desired to know II ho could bor-
row tho "Life of Martin Luther." He
stated that ho was a member of a de
bating society and tho next question
belore tho association was, "Who was
tbo greatest man, Nimrod or Martin
l.nlherr lie was desirous ol lortny-
ing bis position with all tho facts be
could got in the history of the latter.
Some of tho questions discussed in tbe
societies of our colored friends aro nov.
ellies. W are told that ft debating
society in this city somo years ago bad- -
lor discussion tbo lollowing question :
"If ft man has a thousand dollars In hi
house and bedfast wifo in the same
building, and the house take fire, al
lowing him only time to rcnaovo either
ono or tho other, which should bo car
ry out ? ' Tho dobato lastod an entire
wock, and altractingcrowds of all class
es of people, and was dually decided in
favor of a removnl of tho money.
If our ministers would preach that
morality was a good thing, and that
pooplo could bo good without making
a profession of religion and joining the
church, the world would be better off.
Beligion and morality have been
too witlely separated by tho pulpit.
The man that lives right is sure to
think right. Teach that morality is ft
good thing, even if it is not wedded to
religion. Air.
I know not why wo should delay our
tokens of respect lo thoso who deserve
thorn until tho heart, thai our sympa
thy could havo gladdened, has ceased
to beat. As men cannot read the epi
taphs inscribed apnn the marble that
covers them, so tbe tomb that wa
erect to virtue often prove only our re
pentance that we neglected it when
with us.
Newspaper man to applicant: "Have
you ever had any axperienc Man ed-.
itor?" 'Aspirant: "Well, no, not ex
actly. But I've been cowhided a nam-'
bor of times, bavo been married Quite
a whlTc, have worn borrowed elothe
for three years, 'and never bad a pen
ny tor two day together, so I thought
I might work in." He wa engaged..
e
' Tennyson ha written war poem (
but th Czar 1. not alrald.