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NOEL B. LKR,
PubH inert.
Cards.
w. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-I.AW,
Clearfield, Pa.
J.
J. LINGLE,
i T T O B N K I -AT - li A v ,
1:11 Phlllpeburg, Centre Co., P. y:pd
G
R. k W. BAKKETT,
1 .
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Jnnuary 30, 1878.
pitAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
-Office i th. Court Hook. fJyll67
HENKY BRET1I,
(oavKsn r. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
P0H BRLL TOWJIIQIF.
May 8, WS-ly
Til. M. McCULLOUGII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
0 IB .' In Meeonl. building, Second Mreet, op
porile the Court Iluu.e. Je26,'7l If.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWENSVILLE,
Clearfield County, Pcnn'a.
6y
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I'ROClvBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office In Opore Houae. ap 25,77-ly
AM ES MITCHELL,
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
iell'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.
g V. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
office mi do,-r eaat of Wertem llotol building,
opjxnitv Court IIouio.
opl.9,'77. CLEARFIELD, PA.
JIIANK FIELDING,
A TTO RNEY-AT-LAW,
ClearUi-ld, Pa.
Will attend to nil buaineaa entrusted to bin
ptouptly and faithful!;. Jaol'7
J F. SNYDER,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office in 1'ie'a Opera doueo.
June 28, '7etf.
WILLIAM A. WALLACB. BAT10 L. KRKH.
1I4RRT.T. WALLACE. JOBS W. WRIOLRT.
WALLACE k KREUS, ,
(Su-Meaeora to Wallace A Fielding,)
ATTORN KYS-AT-L AW,
Jaol'7T Clcarlleld, Pa.
f. 0L. BUCK. . . A. A 0 RAH AH.
BUCK ek (1KAHAM.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLBARtNRLn, rA.
All legal bu.ineaa promptly attended to. Office
In llrabam'a Row ruoina formerly occupied by
II. H. Hwixipe.
1.I.U 'Ta.tr
tnua. a. mmAT, crnra oohdoii.
jJURRAY k GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
fOffica In Pie'a Opera llouie, leoond flopr.
I:J0'74
joaara a. b'inally. nARiiL w. a'ct-anr.
fcENALLY k McCURDY
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
vienrueid,
Legal baaloeea attended to promptly wltnj
fl Utility. Office on Heoond atroot. abov the Pint
National llank. Jan:l:76
Y G. IClfiAMER.
ATTOliNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Ertate and Collection Agent.
C1.BAKKIKM, PA.,
Will promptly attend to alt legal bualneaa en
tniRtd to bia oare.
uerOffloo in Ple'a Opsra Houx. janl'78.
J P. McKENIIICR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legnl bitalnen entruitt-d to hlf ear will ra
We prompt attention.
Office oppoftto Court Home, In Ma ionic RiilMlng,
aeoond floor. augl4,'7My,
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTOUNEY AT LAV.
tid Real F.etate A Rent, Clearflald, Pa,
Office on Tbtrd itreet, bat.Cherry A Walnnt,
jtvay-Reapaotfally offer a hla aervleea In selling
and buying landa la CttarBeld and aljaining
esnntiel nd with an oipertenetot over twantv
yeari at a anrreyor, tlattera blmaelf that bt can
rendar Htlaraeuoa. iron. iB:ns:ii,
D
R. E. M. SCIIEURER,
IIOMlEOl'ATHIO PHYSICIAN,
Office la rcaidrnre on Fir.t it.
April 14, 1171. Clearfield, Pa.
D
It. W. A. MEANS,
I'HYSICIAN k SURGEON,
LIITIIERSIU'RO, PA.
Will attend profoailonal call, promptly. auglO'70
jyt. T. J. Wi Ell,
I'UYSICIAN AND SUBQKON,
Ollc. ob Market Street, Clearfield. Pa.
firuBoe hour. I t to II a. ra , and I to I p. n
D
R. J. KAY W1IIGLEY,
UOMlF.PATHIO PHYSICIAN,
Jter-Olflra adjolalng lb. realdenc ef Jamei
n riilry, K.q., oa tteeond L, llearnom, ra.
July,1l,'7fltf.
jyi. U. D. VAN VALZAII,
C'I.KARFIIi:MI, PISIIN'A.
OKKICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
pt QBiet bourl From II to t P. M.
May II, R7I.
I)
U. J. P. BURCUFIKLI),
Late HargeoB of the .1d Regimes!, Pennayleanla
Volunteer,, harlna retarned from tk. Amy,
ellori kie proteeiloaal lerrloei ts tkeeltlaoat
or Ulearfield eoanty.
eaj-Proferalonaleallt promptly alUBledta.
Office .a Second etreet, formerlyoeenpled ky
Dr.Wooda. (apr4,,U
f TARRY SNYDER.
11 BARBER AMD 11 AIRHKES8KR.
Shop ob Market ft., paoolte Ooarl Hoaw.
A eleaa towel for .eery oaelomor.
Ala. maaufactarer ef
All Hindi of Article la Haaaaa Hair,
Clearfield, Pa. may 1, '7t.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. G00DLANDEB, Proprietor.
VOL. 52-WIIOLE NO.
Cards.
WILLIAM M. HENKY, Jubtick
op TBI Pbaci ahd Schitmir, LUMI1EK
CITY. Collection made nd money promptly
paid ovar. Articles of agrMtnent and djods of
eon e jane neatly txMutsd and -warranted eor
root or bo obars. S-iJy'TI
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Justice of tbo Peace and Bcrlrener,
Curwenivi.le, Pa.
Collections mad and
paid ovar.
oney promptly
reuil Titi
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer In
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
6I1IN0LES, LATH, A PICKETS,
il0'78 Clearfield, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
HOOT AND SnOE MAKER,
Market ., Clearfield. Pa.
In Ibe ibop lately occupied by Frank Short,
one door weet of Alleghany Houm.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuu'a.
.Will etecute Joba in fail line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. err4,67
J0'
UN A. STADLEH,
BAKKK, Market St., CK-arfiuld, Pa.
Freih bread, Rink, Rolla, PiM &nd Cakei
on hand or made to order. A general aanortnitint
of Confeotiuoarica, Fruit and Nuta In atook.
loo Cream and Oytera In aeaaon. Raloon nearly
oipuite the I'ont-.fline. Priif onndiriin.
Mnwh tft-'TS
WEAVER & BETTS,
pr.At.KRS iir
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KISDS.
XO-OlTloa on ISoaond atreot, in roar of atore
room of George Weaver A Co. f jan, '76-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE
FOR
Itrcalur Toirushlp,
Oierola Milli P. O.
All official limine! eutrnited to him will be
promptly attended to. mfh29, '78.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
A0 DRALRR IR
Naw Log and Ijiuiibor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office lu Uraham'e Ruw. I 21:7 1
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DIALER! IK
SQUARE TIMBER,
od manutaoturera of
ALL ft. I N DM OF ttAUU) MJMIlKH,
S-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
saTPutnpB alwaya on band and made to order
on abort notice. Pipes bored on reaaonable terns.
All work warranted to render tatfifactton, and
delivered if desired. myJ6:lypd
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALBB IB
GENERAL MEKCHANDISE,
(iHAHAMTON, Pa.
Alfo,eitenalro manufacturer and dealer In 8qnare
Timber and Hawed Lumber of all kinda.
."Ordere aolielted and all bill, promptly
tiled. ajylfi'TJ
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABII bBALRB IH
Watchof), Clocks and Jowclry,
6?ruJlan'e Ron, itartctt Strtrt,
( LCAKFIi:!.!), PA.
All klnda of repalrioa In my line promptly Bl
ended to. April 2.1, 1871.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE undersigned, baring astabliibed a Nor
aery on the 'Pilte, aliout half wny between
Clearfield and Curwrnsvtlle, la prepared to fur-
n ail mous 01 rnuii' i uui-.s. isianaara ana
dwarf,) Erergreena, Shrubbery, Grape Vinei,
Gooneberry, Lawton Ulackbfrry, Htrawberry,
and Raspberry Vinea. Alao, Sihcrian Crab Treea,
Quince, and early ararlet Rhubarb, ke. Ordera
promptly attended to. Addresn,
j. u. w itmti I,
iep20 OS-y Curwrnsville, Pa.
3t?w 3Inrbl Yard.
Tbe uuilerfittried would Inform Ibe pulilla that
be baa opened a new Majble Yard on Third itreet,
opiionite the Lutheran Churnh, where he will koop
ooD'tnnlly on b ind a atook of various kinds of
msiblo. All kimlioi
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
M'onts for I'emriery i.ots
and all other work in bis Una will ba promptly
eierutrd in a neat and workmanlike manner, at
reasonable rates.
lie guarantee! lallifartory work and low prieoa.
i.ive u.ra a rail. J. H.AIIAKJ V.
Clcarlleld, Pa., March 37, lK7S-tf.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market street, tliarfleld. Pa.,
an irACTuaaa and malrr is
harness, paddles, bridles, collars,
and all kinds of
IWHSK FVRNISHISQ GOObS.
A full stock of Paddlera' Hardware, firuihea,
Cjmbs, IMsnketi, Robes, tto., always on hand
and for sals at the loweot oaah prices. All kindi
of repairing promptly aitflndfd to.
All ktnda i niiiea taken in ei mange Mr nar-
nets and repairing. All binds of harncas leather
kept on hand, and for sale at a small pro flu
Clearfield, Jan. IV, IMA.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Fer late at the Clearfield KiriBLlcAR office.
The most i'omplrte Srrlt of Law
lllnnht puulinnm.
Tbea. Illaiiki ar. airtten an In eunerior atyle,
at. of aalform alt., ana lurulinoa at very low
D rur.1 for eaeb.
Call at th. RRrrjRi.irAR office and tiamla
tkem. Ordera by eaatl promptly filled.
Addrea., UUO D LA tl 1 K R A LE R,
July li, 177 U. Clearfield Pa.
T WEST 1SRANCI1
Insurance agency .
FKNTZ k DROCKBANK, Aientf.
(Poeeeraori to Murray A Oordoa.)
The lollowlng Itret-elaaa oompanlel roprclvnted:
Monk Brltlik Mercantile Fire lei.
Co., of Eoiland ,000.000
Srotli.k Oommerelal Fir. lae- Co.. of
Rutland H,M,00
Norlh America of Pblladrlphla 4,7110,1100
Fire AMwelilloa, f Pbiladrlphla I,10,0(ie
Walertowa Fire. New York. Inaurea
farm property only H 7oA,OO0
Mobil. Fin Department Inl. Oe !7t,url
Peraoaa la th. eonatry wanting Iniuranoe, can
bare II promptly attraded to by addreafinr aa in
imm or be letter. Loweat aoaaible ratee I. fir.t-
elaaa eomnauiee. Ae mmiH. Office la Pie'a
Opera llouae. ANDRRW PENT7., Jr,
.. T. I1ROCKBANK,
Clearfield, Mey 1, H7 ly. Arenll
2,589.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON
VENTION. Tuesday, September 17tb, 1878, bo-
ing tbo uuy di'mnrmtoU by tbo rules
iroveriiiiiK tbo Domocrutio party of
Clcnrfielu County for tbe awiombling of
tbo county Convention, tbo delegates
I Iran tbo eevcrul bonmirbs and town
ships nsnemblcil in tho Court room for
tbe purpose ot noininatini; and putting
a county timet in tuo ueui, and attend
ing to such oilier party interests as
wero necessary.
Tbe Convention was called to order
at one o'clock p. in., by tbo Cbairman
of tbe County Committee, Israel Test,
Esq. Tbo first business in order was
a cull of tboscvoralborougbaand town
ships, lor tbo purposo ot acortaining
the names of tbo porsons who were
elected as delcuutes to tbo Convention.
Thoso Indicnted answered an follows :
llurniide
I'lrarDcId -L. II. Haney, Matt Sarane.
Frank Fielding, Jumee Kerr, A
Jackion.
Curwt-n.rillc Apgar Bleoin, John 11. Norria.
llonttiiele U. II. Wooden, Frank Bcilgor.
Lumber Cit.T-Jan. Iliopf, J. D. Hepburn.
Ni-nhura liaao Markle, J. 1. Miller.
N. We.lilnglon W. W. Barclay. II. N,ff, Jr.
O.erole J. 1'. Hale, John K. White.
Wailateton John Hull, Frank tjoie.
lleocaria II. A. Wright, John Hiodman.
Bill J. W. Mctlhee, 0. Eelrlcker.
Bloom Hidocy Hinilh, (leorge A. Bloom.
Bo(iR tlcorge Dimeliug, T. B. Wooileidee.
Brailford J. A. bume, A. L. Freeman.
Brady Lewia Bohoch, tleorae Winraru W. A.
Mean, R. M. Nrimao, J. L. Wearer.
llurniide D. (lorman, I rotca.
Cheat John llockenberry. D. Mtohaelf.
Covington J. J. Picard, It. Flood.
Decatur D. (I.arherl, A. Kcphart
FergUKon Al, Young, J. II. Michael,.
Oitard Robert Htewart, BenJ. Jury.
Uo.ben W. F. Shaw, V7a.ll. Wil.on.
tlraliam T. H. Forooy, Pelor Kepple.
Ureepw'd A. II. Nowoomer, U. D. McCracken.
Uuiiuh J. 8 lUi'Kiernan. J. A. Fljnn.
Iluiliiu W. D. Woodward, lloraoe Horning.
Jordon Jmore McKerhen, Thoinaa Hinilh.
Kanhaui tltdfrry Fiihcr, Daniel Moor..
Knux Peter Eittard, II. F. Rowloa.
Luwtoncc Thoa. Mcl'hersvn, L. Flrgat, J.
Blair Head, A. M. Bloom.
Morrii W. T. ltolbrook, A. C. Fullmer, Alea.
Hoover.
IVno Jamel Daily, Edward Farrell.
Pike Arnold Bloom, A. J. Cupplea.
I'nloo Thomaa Bnx-kliaiik, 8. J. Oilnett.
Woodwerd Auatin Kline, William Luther.
At the conclusion ot the roll call it
wub found that but seventy-six (7(i)
delegates answered and tbut tboro wus
a vacancy in tbe delegation Irom Uiirn-
siuo township, Mr. trorman, the dele
gate present, stating that his colleague
was ul"H'!it on account ot sicKncsB In
bis family, and would not be present.
On motion bo wus authorized to cast
tbo full voto of tbo township. A full
Convention as at present coostitulcd,
is made up of seventy-seven (77) dele
gates, and tbereforo takes lliirty-nino
(.ill) votes (being u majority ol tbo
whole) to make a nomination. Tho
Chair then stated that tbo next busi-
uess in order was whether thero were
any contested Boats and mado prt;clr
million to that ctlect. To petitions,
memorials etc., being presented tbo
Convention proceeded to the election
of Chairman fur 187!). Jteloro proceed
ing JlessrB. Kerr, of Cleai field, and Sav
age, of lluriisido borough, wero eleeted
tellers, alter which Messrs. Krebs, Mo-
Atcer and lest wero nominated for
the Chairmanship. A call of the Con-
vention resulted as follows : Krubs 12 ;
McAtoerlS; Tost 47. Mr Krebs slates
that be was mado a candidate without
his knowledgo or consent, and would
not have served il elected. This ques
tion being disposed of, Dr. Means mov
ed, as there was no opposition to Judgo
Mayer tbut bo he declared our nominee
for Judgo by acclamation. Mr. Thomas
Smith made a similar motion as to Mr.
Test, and ho was nominated by accla
mation, lor Congross, Dr. liouso fol
lowed by a similar, motion-, declaring
Mr, Detts our nomineo for Senator.
Mr. Schock, stated as thero was but
ono candiduto for Coroner, Mr. Mooro,
that bo bo also declared our nominee.
Agreed to, After this the Convention
proceeded to tally tbo popular voto
east for tho several candidates.
A tabular statement of tbo votes
received by each candiduto will bo
found elsewhere in this issue
ASSEMBLY.
The next business in order, was tho
nomination of a candiduto for Assmhly
resulting as follows :
BALLOT! 1 I I 4 fi
John A. Oregory I i 0 0
Matt MflAtrcr 1 4 4 0 1)
Auron C Tate It 21 74 II 0
A.h D. Bennett U 35 27 2v 44
Abram Humphrey 22 22 31 14 -413
Tolal ; 77 77 77 77 77
It is probably necessary for those
who wero not present to observe llio
proceedings to explain what occurcd
luring tho lorcgoing ballotings. Kulo
XIII, renin res that six ballots bo taken
beloro anv of tho names of tho candi
dates are dropped. This rule is a very
good ono, under certain circumstances,
but its cnlorecnicnt Kills timo aw Hilly
and produces no result, llenco, tho
Convention suspended it as in doing bo
it did not ctlect tho rights ot any ot
the candidates and facilitated tho bu
siness of tho Convention wonderfully.
tly mutual consent a second ballot wus
tukon resulting tho sumo as the first.
On tho third ballot tbo name of Mr.
Gregory was dropped, sending his two
delegates to Bennett on second instruc
tions. On the lourlu ballot tho immo
of Mr. McAteer was dropped, adding
two moro to Dr. llunnott, and two to
Mr. llumprcy, on second instructions,
thus tying him nnd Mr. Tate on 21.
Hero was dead lock. Who must bo
dropped, was what puzzled everybody.
I hero is no rule which covers and reg
ulates a caw ot tliis kind, llenco a
dozen of suggestions wero mado but
none accepted. Jn two lormor instan
ces ono ol tho candidates withdrew bis
own name and at another timo a dele
gated changed his voto, thus breaking
tho tie. lint, on this occasion no ono
withdrow nor no delegate seemed will
ing to cbang his voto. Finally Mr.
hstrtc'kor, ol Hell township, moved that
the names of tho delegates bo called,
und allow each ono to say whether Mr.
Tale or Mr. Humphrey should bo drop,
ped. His motion was suconded and a
voto taken, lifty cight (68) delegates,
voting fur tho former to withdraw, and
nineteen (111) lor tho latter. Ihonamo
of Mr. Tate was tbereforo striken off,
ml tho lillh ballot resulted as above
set forth. A motion was mado and
prevailed unanimously, declaring Dr.
Ash D. ltcnncttvof Now Washington,
tbo choice of tbo Convention fur As-
scnibly.
TiiKAHURin.
Tho next businoss in order was tbo
nomination of a candidato for county
Treasurer, which resulted as follows:
Daniel Plewerl..
Philip bolta..
Leender DeflalRg
Cbarlea Hchwem
Daniel W. Moor.
Joaiab W. ThompeoB....
Tolal
A nomination having been mado on
the first ballot, a motion was mado and
seconded, declaring Philip Dolts, of
Itoccaria twp., tho unanimous choice of
tho Convention for Treasurer. Tho
motion was agreed to.
coumtt commisbionkrs.
Tho next point of order was the
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
nomination of two candidates for Coun
ty Commissioner, each delegate voting
f,,i turn mm until Mr. Kvlor was
nominated on tbo second ballot, after
which tho delegates voted lor ono can
didato only, as follows:
BALLoxa 1 18 4 6
Joalah R. Read 10 II 0 S 0
JohnDuulap d II 0 0
Samuel Lanaberrv. Sr.. I (I 0 0 0
Clark Brown.. 3 311 31 3 3.1
8. Turner Mitchell 6 0 0 0 0
John Shaw 6 0 0 0 0
Win. P. Chamber, 4 0 0 0 0
Cbrlat Brown 4 0 0 0 0
Conrad W. Kyler 2 40 0 0 0
FreJSboff 14 14 II 4
Calvin stepbena 1000
Wm. M. Bloom 17 17 7 0 0
John Picard 10 10 II 0 0
Blah Jobnaon 24 26 30 32 40
F' F. Coutoret 1 0 0 0 0
During a kind of vacation, botwoon
tbe first and second ballots, tbe Dames
of the following candidates were drop
ped, or withdrawn by their friends :
Dunlup, Lansborry, Miteholl, Shaw,
Chambers, Christ Drown, Stephens and
Coutoret. It will bo observed by tho
above ballotings thai Mr. Kyler was
nominated on tbe second ballot, and
Mr. Johnson, on the filth. Amotion
wns mado, seconded and carried, unani
mously declaring Conrad W. Kyler, ot
(frohttin township, and Elah Johnson,
of Greenwood township, tbo nominees
for County Commissioner.
COUNTY AtrlllTOBS.
Tho next business in order was the
nomination of two candidates for Coun
ty Auditors. A ballot was ordered,
each delegate voting for two candi
dates, and one ballot settled tho ques
tion as follows :
Klraw 3B
Rowle : 17
Wright M
tlllliland - 46
On motion the Convention unani
mously declared Willian V. Wright, of
Clearfield, and Joseph (iillilund, of
Kurthatis, tho nominees for Auditors.
This completed tho nominations.
DEMOCRATIC CO. COMMITTER FOR 1879.
The next in order was tho selection
of a County Committee Tho follow
ing named gontlomcn wero then so
lected :
Boa'a A Twra. Naurs. P. O. AnoiiK.a.
Burnaide borough, Chambcre Patrick, Burmide.
Clearfield borough, Win. E. Wallaoe, Clearfield.
Curwenaville bor'h, Stephen (Iran", Curwenivi'e,
lloulida le bor'ugh, tlto. II. Woodin, lloulidale.
Lumber City bor'h, John Hfppa, Lumber City.
Newhurg borough, I.aao Markle, Hurd.
N. Werh'n borough, Henry Neff, Jr., New Waah'n
Oiceola borough, II. II. Walter, Oaceola Milla.
WallacetoB bor'ugb, lieorgo blineigh, Wallnceton,
llociiaria townrbip, Wm. W. Maya, lllen Hope.
Ilrll ' Chtiat K.trieker, New Wenb'a
Bloom " Uainer P. Bloom, Fore.t.
iloggi " Oeo. Ditueliiig, Clf'cd Bridge,
llradlerd " Wu.h. I. Curley, Woodland.
Brady Dr.W. A. Mean., Lutbenburg
Burn. id. " Dan'l (lorman. New Waab'o.
Chet " l.ewrence Killian, Mcl'heraon
Covington 11 Cliriat Brown, Karlhaui.
lleeetur " Adam Kephart, Oeoeola Milla
Fergu.on " J. S. Micliaele, Lumber City,
tiiraid 11 Hvnj. Jury, Leeuntc'a Milla.
Iloihen " Oco. A. Morrieon, Liok Run.
Uruham " Thoa. 11. Foroey, Orahatutua
dreeowood '" M. W. Jobnaon, Bower,
Oulich " J.8,M'Kiernan,bin'th' Milla
llu.toD " W. D. WoodwerdJr.Penfield
Jordan " Dr.K.A.Creaawell, Anaunvill.
Karthaua " Kd'rd I. Utlliland, Hall Liek.
Knox " Fagan Rowlee, New Millport.
Lawrence " Abram Humphrey, Clearneld.
Murrie " Warren llollenbeek,Kylert'n
1'enn " J, U. Rowley Uramp'o Hide
Pike Jacob F. Kilter, Curweni'llo.
Union " Sam'1 J. Milnett, Kookton.
Woodward " - J. K.-Henderaun, itoutidale.
CHOOSING DK1.EOATE8 AND CONFEIIEES.
Tho next business for tho Conven
tion to puss upon was tbo selection of a
Representative delogato to tho Demo-
eralio Statu Convention,
Dr. BousoofTered tho following:
Reeolved, That Ativan) Humphrey, be ebuaen
delegate to tbe Beat State Conveotiuo, with pow
er w auoililut., tl anaoie to alteau la poveuo.
Unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Fielding then submitted tho fol
lowing, which wus also adopted:
Beaolved, That Walter Barrett, V. L. Krrbo
and J. F. Mokendriok, Kaq'ra., be and tbey nr.
Hereby appointed Judicial CoBlereee, 14, meet like
Coufereee Irom the eounliea of Centre and Clio
ton, to nominal, a candidal, lor Preaidvnt Judge.
VVitb power to eubalitule.
The next in order was tho selection
ot Congressional Conferees, to meet
their colleagnesof tho XX. district. Mr.
Korr offered tho following :
Reeolved, Tbat John F. Weaver, Juatin J. Pi.
and Juha l'alteraon, ar. hereby ohoaeB Congrea
ional Conferee., with authority to aubalitul..
Tbo resolution was unanimously
agreed to.
Tbo next in order was the selection
of three Senatorial Conferees, when Mr.
Woodward submitted tbo liillowing,
which was unanimously agreed to:
Reaolred, That Dr. W. A. Mean! of Brady,
Kdward A. Bigler, of Cloarlleld, and Dr. J. A.
Bouae, of Bradford, ar. hereby .elected Sena to
nal Conferee., to meet like Conferoes from tb.
eounliea of Centre and Clinton, to nouiicato a
candidate for Senator, and tlicy are to o.e all
honorable meaoa lo nominal. Vt illiam. V . Bolta.
With power to lubitilute, eta.
Tho next in order, Mr. Juekson, of
fered tho following, which was also
adopted unanimously :
ll.aolvcd. That Dr. J. W. Potter, of Covington,
Thoraa. II. Forcny, of tlraliam, Janice Flytm, of
Oulich, are appointed Senatorial iMntereaa in
meet thoi. from Centre and Clinton, for Ibe pur
pose of eeleeling a Senatorial delegate to rcpre
,ont thii Senatorial diatriot in the next Democra
tic Ktate Convention. and lhat they .hall have pow
er to appoint aubtiitntca If unai le to attend Ibem-
aelvea.
Tho legitimate business of tho Con
vontion being disposed of tho body ad
journed Mile die.
MARS AND JUPITER.
PRKwr.NT CONDITIO Ot' Till: TtVO
'.am:th.
MARS HAS PASSED Tilt LIFE BKAHINfi
STAtt I: JUPITER HAS NOT YET
REACHED IT.
If wo comparo Mars with tho curlli,
Bnvs tho L'ornhiU Mnominr, or tho
earth with Jupiter, mid still more, if
wo compare Murs with Jupiter, wo
cannot doubt that tho smaller orb of
each pair must pass much moro rapid
ly through tho different stages ot its
cxistenco than tho larger. The laws
of physics assure us of this, upart from
all evideneo afforded by actual obser
vation; but tho results of observation
confirm tl0 theoretical conclusion de
duced from physical laws. Wo can
not, indeed, study Murs in such sort as
to ascertain his actual physical condi
tion. Wo know tbat bis surface is di
vided into lands and seas, and that bo
pnssosses an atmosphere; wo know
tbut tbo vapor ot wator is at times
present in this ntmospheru; wo can
sco that snows gather over his polar
regions in winter anil diminish in sum
mer; but wo cannot certainly deter
mino whether his oceans nro like our
own, or lor tbo most part frozen ; tho
whitish light which spreatls at times
over land or era ma)' bo due to clouds
or to light snow-falls, for aught that
observation shows us ; tho atmosphere
may be as dunso as ours, or exceeding
ly rare ; tho polar regions of tho planet
may roscmuio tno earth s polar ro
gions, or may bo whitened by snows
relatively quito insigniilcant in quan
tity. In Cne, so far as observation ex
tends, llio physical condition of Mars
may closely resemble that of the earth,
or bo utterly dissimilar. But wo hove
Indirect obsorvational means of deter
mining tho probahlo condition of a
planet smaller than tho earth, and pre
sumably older tbat is, at a later stage
of Its existence. Kortlio mn is such
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1878.
a planet, and tho telesenpo shows us
that tho moon in her decrepitude is
ocounless, and is either wholly without
atmosphere or possesses an atmos
plicro of exceeding tenuity, llenoe wo
infer tbat Murs, which, as an exterior
planet and much smallor than tbe
ourtb, is probable at a fur later stage
of its existance, has passed fur on its
way toward tbo samo stago of decrcpi
tudo as tho moon. As to Jupilur,
though ho is bo much further from us
than Mars, wo have direct observa
tional evidences, bocuuse of the vast
scalo on which all tbe processes in pro
gress on bis mighty globo aro taking
place. We seo that bis wholo surface
is enwrapped in cloud layers of enor
mous depths, and undergoing changes
which imply an intense nctivity (or,
in other, an intense heat) throughout
tho wholo mass ol'Jirpitor. Wo recog
nize in tbe planet s appearance tbo
signs of as near an approach to the
condition ol tbo earth, when as yet
tbo grentor part of her mass was va
porous, as is consistent with tho vast
dill'erenco necessnrily existing between
two orbs containing such unequal
quantities of matter.
Murs, on tho other hand, differs
from tho earth in being a fur older
planet probably aa respects the no
luul timo which has elapsed sinco tho
planet was formod, and certainly, as
respects tho stage which it lias now
reached. Jupiter, on the other bond,
differs fiom tho earth in being a far
younger planet, not in years, perhaps,
but in condition. As to tho actual ugo
of Jupiter, we cannot form so proba
ble an opinion as in tbo caso of Mars.
Mars, being an exterior planet, must
havo begun to bo formed long before
tho earth, und being a much smaller
planet, was probably a shorter time in
attaining his mature growth ; on both
accounts, tbereforo, ho would be much
older than tbe earth in years, while,
as wo have seen, bis relutive smallncss
would causo tho suceessivo stages of
bis career, subsequent to his existence
as an independent and muturo planot,
to be in uc: li shorter. Jupiter, being
oxterior to Mars, prosumubly began to
bo formod millions of centuries before
that planet, but his bulk and mass so
enormously exceed thoso of Mars that
his growth must haro required a far
longer time; so that it is not at all
certain that even in point of years Ju
piter pouting irom ins mummy j may
not bo tho youngest member of tbo
solar system. But cvon if not, it is
practically certain tbat, as regards de
velopment, Jupiter is fur youngor than
any member of tho Bolar system, save
perhaps his brother giant, Saturn,
whoso greater antiquity and inferior
mass (both suggesting a later stago of
development) may have been counter
balanced by a comparative sluggish
ness of growth in tbo outer parts of
tho solar domain.
It is manifest from observed facts,
in tho case ot Jupiter, that ho is as yet
fur removed Irom the life-bearing stago
of planetary existenco, and theoretical
considerations point to the sumo con
clusion. In tbo cuso ot Mars, theoret
ical considerations render it extremely
probablo tbat be has long sinco passed
tho lilo-bearing stage, and observed
facts, though they do not afford strong
ovidenco in favor of this conclusion,
suggest nothing which, rightly con
sidered, is opposed to it. It is true
that, as wo havo shown in formor es
says on this planet, Mars presents
many features of resemblance to our
earth. Tho plunct rotates in a period
not differing much from our duys; his
year does not oxeced ours so greatly
as to suggost relations unpleasantly
affecting living creatures ; it has boon
shown that thero aro oceans in Mars,
though it is not quito so clear that
they nro not for tho most part frozen ;
ho bus an atmosphere, and the vapor
of wator is at times present in that at
mosphero as in ours ; clouds lorm
there; snow fulls, und perhaps rain
from time lo timo ; ico and snow gather
ut the polls In winter, and nro partial
ly molted in summer; tho land sur
face must necessarily bo unovon, Boo
ing that tho vory existence of conti
nents and ocoans implies tbat once, al
any rato, the globo of Mars was sub
jected to forces resembling those which
havo produced the irregularities ol the
cat th's surface; glaciul action must
sttll bo going on thero, oven H thero is
no rain-full, and tboroloro no denuding
action corresponding to that which ro
Biilts from the full of rain on our ter
restrial continents. But it is a mis
tuliu (and a misluko too commonly
made) to suppose that the continuance
of these natural processes which aro
advantageous to living creatures im
plies tho oxistcneo of such creatures.
Tho assumption is that tho bcnolicent
processes of nature aro never wasted
according: lo our conceptions. Yet wo
sea over and over again in naturo not
merely what resembles wasto, what
in fact is wasto according to our ideas,
but an enormotise excess of wasted
over utilized processes. Tho sun pours
forth on all sides tho supply ot light
and heat which, wlioro received as on
our earth, sustain vegetable and ani
mal life ; but tho portion received by
our earth is less than tho 2,000 mill
ionth part of tho total force thus con
tinually expended. And this is typi
cal ot nature's operations everywhere.
Tho earth on which wo live illustrates
the truth as cleurly as tho sun. We
aro apt to say that it teems with life,
forgetting that tho region occupied by
living creatures is A moro shell, while
tho wholo interior muss of tho enrtb,
fur larger in volumo, and undergoing
tor moro aetivo processes of change
teeming, in fact, with energy con
tains no living creature, or nt least can
only bo supposed to contain living
creatures by imagining conditions of
life utterly different fiom thoso wo
are familiar with, ,
Tbo more continuance, therefore, on
Mirs, of processes which, on the earth,
wo associato with tbo existence of life,
in reality proves nothing ns to the con
tinued existenco of life on Murs. Tho
surface of tho monn, foroxamplo, must
undergo disturbances mighty throes,
as the great wave of sun distributed
beat circles round her orb in each lu
nation rot few supposo that thero is
life, or lias becu lor untold ages, on
tho onco tooming surfaco of our com
panion planet The formation of Mars
us a plunct must so long have preced
ed that of our earth; his original heat
mint have been so much less; his
small glovo must have parted with
heat as it onco hud so much moro rap
idly ; Mars lies so mueh farther from
the sun than our enrth does; bis at
mosphere is so much rarer ; bis sup
ply of water ( tho tumpernturo
consorving olomcnt) is relatively as
well as absolutely so much smaller, that
his surfnee must bo utterly unfit to
support lifo In tho remotest degroo re
sembling tho forms of lifo known on
earth (save, of course, thoso lower
lorms which Irom tho outset wo havo
left out of consideration). Yet at ono
timo, a period infinitely remote accord
ing to our conceptions of timo, the
globo of Mars must imve resembled
REPUBLICAN.
our oarth's in warmth, and in being
disturbed by tbo internal forces which
causo that continual remodelling ot a
planet's surface without which lifo
must soon pass nway. Again, in that
remote period the sun biinsell was ap
preciably youngor; for wo must re
member that ultboiigh measured by
ordinary timo intervals, tho sun seem
ed to give forth an unvarying supply
of heut day by day, a roal process of
exhaustion is in progress there also.
At ono time there thero must have
existed on Mars as near an approach
to tho present general condition dur
ing this lifo supporting ora ot her
existenco, as is consistent with tho
difference in tho surface gravity of the
ilanels, und with other dilferenoesHn
icreut as it were in tboir naturo. Sinco
Murs must also have passed through
tho fiery stago of planotory life, and
through that intermediate period when,
as it would seem, lifo springs spontan
eously into being under tbo operation
of natural laws not yet understood by
us, we cannot doubt tbat whoa bis
globe was thus fit for tbo support of
mo, mo existed upon it. J hub lor a
season enormously long compared
with our ordinary timo measures, but
very short compared with tho lilo-sup-porting
era of our earth's career
Mars was a world liko our own, tilled
with various forms of lifo. Doubtless
thoso changed as tho conditions around
them changed, advancing or retro
grading as tho conditions were fuvar
ublo or tho reverse, porhaps develop
ing into forms corresponding to tho
various races ol men in tho possession
of reasoning powers, but possibly only
attuining to tho lower attributes ol
consciousness when tho development
of lilo on Mars was at its highest,
thcncofortli passing by slow degrees
into lower types as tbo old ago of Mars
approached, and finally perishing as
cold and death seized tbo planet for
their proy.
In tho caso of Jupiter we aro guided
by observed facts lo tho conclusion
that ages must elapse before lifo can
bo possible. Thoory only tolls us that
this mighty planot, exceeding tho
earth JiHI times in moss, and contain
ing Uv
wliole
five Bovcnths of tho mass of tho
Bystcm of bodies traveling
around tho sun, must still retain a
largo proportion of its original beat,
oven if wo supposo its giant orb took
no longer in fashioning than tbo small
globo of our earth. Theory tulls us
moreover, that so vast a globo could
not possibly have so small a density
(less than one-fourth the earth's) un
der tbo mighty compressing lorco of
its awn gravity, unless somo still moro
potent cause wero at work lo resist
that tremendous compression, and this
forco can bo looked lor nowhere but
in tbo intenso heat of tho planet's
wholo mass. But observation shows
us also tbat Jupiter is thus heated.
For wo sco that tho planet is sur
rounded by great cloud-belts such as
our own sun would bo ineompotont to
raise lar moro so tbo small sun which
would bo seen in tbo skies of Jupiter,
if already a firmament bad been set
"in the midst of tbo waters." We see
that thoso belts undergo marvelous
changes of shape and color, implying
tbe action of exceedingly energetic
forces. YVe know from observation
that tho region in which tho cloud
bands form is oxecodingly deep, even
if tho innermost region to which tho
telescope penetrates is tho truo surface
ot tho planet, while tbore is reason for
doubting whether there may not bo
cloud layer within cloud layer to a
depth ol many thousand miles, or even
whether the planet has any real sur
faco at all. And, knowing irom the
study of tho earth's crust that for long
ages tho whole mass of our globo was
in a state of fiery beat, whilo a yet
longer period preceded this when tho
earth's globe was vaporous, wo infer
Irom analogy that Jupiter is passing,
though fur moro slowly, through
stages of his cxistonee corresponding
with terrestrial eras long anterior lo
tho nppcaranco ot lito upon tho scene
WRECKS OF HUMANITY.
If ono could gather up ull the wrecks
that are strown along tho shores of
tho sea of lifo left thoro by tbo ebb of
generations, or cost up by tho stormy
waves ol social and political revolution
what a world ot sbattorod hopes,
misdirected and unappreciated ambi
tions and buriiod-out aspirations, tbut
flickered in their sockets as tho night
grow denser, might be build np and
adorn with dreamed of but unattoinod
and unrealized splendors, Of ail tbo
mournful things that man can content
plate in his thoughtful moments, none
are more profound than tho wrecks of
humanity that nro strewn snout on
every hand and moot hiniat every tarn.
Wo do not refer to tho criminal
classes who peopl tho prisons and
poison tho purlieus of tho cities, or
wroek tho happy peace of reputable
homes the social stars shaken from
thcirorbits to full into tho wasto places
and add to tho accumulations of de
pravity and desolation ; but to thoso
who earnestly and honestly strove to
achieve something and fell by the way
sido, tho victims of human selfishness
moro frequently than tho victims of
misdnocted etlort men wilb high and
lolly and honorable intentions and no
hlo i csolves, wounded in spirit and
crushed by neglect, lill every ineontivo
was unhihilalcd, and their steps wero
turned on tbo down grado nnd into the
current that carries tbo drift to deposit
it upon tbo common delta of obscurity.
And in each ono lhat fulls and per
ishes, tho world is tho loser and hu
manity tho victim of a robbery. It is
not to bo wondered at, that tho high
est civilattion of the age is full of de
fects and gangrono, when so little en
couragement is given to honest effort,
and instead of tno fields of labor being
irrigated with the generous Paetolean
waters, tlir-y aro washed bar and
made desolate with tbe angry floods ol
selfishness. Human progress and civ
ilization nro not materially promoted
by occasional individual distinctions
that stand liko great towers overtop-
fiing and dwarfing tho smallor, but per
iapt moro useful, structures at their
fuel, Numbers rather than magnitude
aro essential to progrossand porloctinn,
and as a conseqiienoo when ono is built
up and exulted at tho expense oj" a hun
dred tho world is a sutforer through
individual aggrundicoment.
In tbe every day affairs of lilo, hu
man selfishness is seen to bo tbo bano
of harmony and happiness. "The
many lull, the one succeeds," not bo
causo God and Nature has o decreed
it, but because the many qnarrol and
crowd upon each other outof pure sel
fishness, and the ono escaping from tho
petty clash of selfish interest gets ahead
of his fellows und wins tho goal. The
vory nature of man crave a communi
ty of thought and sympathy, and yet
be isolates binioelf in a sphere of sell,
as soon as bo bogins to profit thereby,
in about nino cases out of ten. I'eoplo
aro too much given to taking cars of
number ono, an evil and pernicious
! u. Q ;il) "'. ii i:jJ.:H
philosophy that has bocn thrust npon
society in the grout and unnatural
scramble lor wealth and power and
distinction. The doctrino of taking
care ol number ono is tbe doctrino ol
selfishness in its common application.
A man may best tako euro of his own
bigbost interests, by taking care of tho
interests of his fellows and recognizing
their right to an equal share ot the
comforts and conveniences of lifo not
tbo mere matoriul wealth that is rep.
resented by houses and lands and gold
and silver, but tbo higher possessions
of soul and mind, and thoso acts tbut
outlive tho storms of Timo and the
wearini? nrocosnoBof tho centuries, tho
grand nobility lhat lives in tho written
and uiiwritun, auuaWoi theagua alike.
In tbo common atrugglo ot lilo, men
do not want sympathy half so much as
thoy want justico, and! the falso impres
sion boa gone forth broadcast tbat sym
pathy is being bestowed wncn but par-
tiul justice is boing doled out with a
niggard and miserly hand, r.very man
in every walk of lifo, from tho lowost
to tbe highest, is entitled to justioe.
Vt hen be properly discharges a duty it
should bo recognized and set down to
his credit. Tho fact that this is not
dono us it should bo done in tbe great
majority of cases, accounts for tho hu
man wrecks that cumber tbe road and
retard human progress, and fill tho
world with tho larger part of its
grief and sin and misery. It is neith
er sympathy nor flatcry to rocognir.o a
man s merits , to ignore them is igo-
tism in nine hundred und ninety-nine
cases out of n thousand. luo dollars
and cents paid to tho faithful and ef
ficient luborer aro only a small portion
of his hire. They serve to supply his
physical wants, but tho justice that
man owes to man will alone meet tho
requirements of bis, higher and bettor
manhood. But this is what is most
generally withheld, and the mental man
starves and withers and perishes by tho
waysido, and adds the overgrowing
drift of wrecked humanity and drouth
conBiimcd human hopes and honorable
ambitions. Tbe egotism that fears to
acknowledge an equal in some strug
gling lellow-bcing, feeds and fattens
upon the traits and flowers thut belong
to others, and not only grows llinty
and Boundless itself, but preaches
through its acts tho pessimise doctrino
that mildews till that is fairest und
brightest in human nature
What a wonderful text for tho pul
pit ; what a prolific Ibomo for tbo plat
form ; wbut a subject fur tho press is
hero afforded. When wo reflect that
on all sides of ns aro men who might
have contributed much to make the
world wiser and bettor if their honest
efforts had bat mot the encouragement
and justice of recognition, but who aro
broken down and disheartened through
selfishness and neglect and egotism,
well may wo ask is humanity a failure
-Ms modern civilization overestimat
ed ? Pittsburg Tdcgraph.
T ALLEY RANDS MEMOIRS.
THE BOOK H8 DIRECTED TO BE PUBLISH
ED THIRTY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, ,
It is now said that the memoirs
which Talleyrand lott behind him, to
be published thirty years after his
death, will probably appear in Paris
tho coming wintor, as it was determin
ed in 18G8 that tho period should bo
extonded ten years, in consequence of
certain persons nearly- related to tbe
ovenU narrated still surviving at that
time This work bus been anxiously
expected, and it can hardly tail to bo
ol extraordinary interest, not to the
French alone, bnt to Europe generally,
and to America also, Tbo limping
devil, as the author has been called,
living through so many stiring years
ho was over eighty-four when tie
died and played so activo a pan in
the memorable things that happened,
that his observations and recollections
will pique, whilo they gratify, intellec
tual curiosity. Ho hud, too, such a
cool, deliberate, brilliant, bitter way
of saying things that his recital must
bo materially enhanced. JN early an
French memoirs aro moro or less al
luring, and Talleyrand's ought to bo
particularly bo. An ecclesiastic, a rake,
a diplomat, a wit, a financier, a states
man, a prince of the oldost blood, a
brilliant conversationalist, and always
a man of the world in tbe largest and
worst sense, living undor Louis XV I.
tbroimh tho Revolution, under tho Em
pire, under Louis SYllL, his mind bo
came a storehouse of important facto
and reflections. He was on Intimate
terms with tl Nupoleon,' with Vol
taire, itoussoaii, Mirabeau, Diderot,
D'Alembcrt, Grimm, Minos. Chatelct,
Epinay, Stael, Rcoamior, nil the cclo
bratcd men and women, indeed, of tho
eighteenth and tbo oarly part of the
nineteenth oentury. Ho likewise know
most of our leading men during tbe
two years he spout here and carefully
studied our institutions und commerce,
writing a remarkable essay after his
return on the commercial rclotlons of
the United State. Hi socmen) lo make
up for luok of moral principal by acu lo
ll ess of mind and spiritual insight, and
his deferred memoirs will no doubt bo
ono e,f the most Widely read works of
the timo, hppCaP When they may.
i i.e i eat i ejw i -f- , - . -
Never Despond. Keep up your
courage, whatever happens. Tbo most
fierilous hour ot a persons lilo ib when
10 is templed to despond. ' The man
who loses all; there Is no more hope
of him than a dead man, but it mat
ters not how poor be may be, how
much deserted by lricnds, bow-much
lost to tho World ; if ho only keeps np
his courage, holds up his head, works
lip with his hands.Ihd With Unconquer
able will determines to Irs IHid to Ho
what becomes a man, all will be well.
"To neuleet nothing to secure my
eternal peace moro than if f had been
certified I shonld dio'wittriti tho day,
rmt to mind anything that anyissoular
obligations demand of uio loss than il
I bud boon insured to ivu, lur lilty
ycars moro. . ' .
.... 3 ' i , - j a. 1 1 n. t.: a .
There Is no more trying moment in
the lifo ol a new Murphy convert than
when bo looks up suddenly in his Walk
and finds a "schooucr" sign on a beer
saloon staring him in tbo eyes.
-A London merchant advertises, "per
fectly natural-looking eyelirows at
twenty-one shillings a pair, forwarded
by mail, of any color desired.''
Habits of meekness, pentleiesw, elisr
ity, docp end pare and enduring, moot'
bs begun bore, and they may be com
pleted in heaven. , . ., ..., , , ,.,
! A VAni,.Hi.rtlnOr.MMennhal V . '
bas visited bis svpoohtarti t,rty timet
in uvo wuk. .-,.., , i I di, I
,' An intellectual tramp has appeared
in Boston, who can boff in ten difftrent
lanrfiaRs; ' -' 1 'ft'" -i
. i , m am a i i
. Tlio property of i'rinccton Theolog
ical Seminary ts worth l,(Vf.M. .(
TEEMS $2 per annam in Advanoe.
1 'l - ::
NEW SERIES-V0L. 19, NO. 37.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. MclMJOWN.
INSTITUTE SEASON.
Tbo schools of nearly all tho dis
tricts will opon tho first Monday of
October. It Ib necessary, Ihoreibro,
for ub to muster our forces for tho ed
ucational work of tho year. 1 wish to
impress upon the minds of our teach,
ers tbo importance ot enlisting public
sentiment in favor of tho public schools.
It Ib a part of tho teacher's mission to
cducalo tho patrons of our Bchools to
a just appreciation of the worth of
theso institutions. This can best be
dono in educational meetings held in
tho district, and in securing tho co-operation
of parents. 1 desire this year
to have tbe District Institutes revived,
not on the old plan exactly, but with
a lew modifications.
Next woek I will publish tho dis
tricts as I think they should bo formed,
and I hope somo teacher in each dis
trict will proceed at onco to arrange
for the proper organization of these
meetings. . I think il best that the
District Instituto bo organized in each
disriet (as divided) to meet alternate
ly onco a month, at least. Teachers
in this way can improve themselves,
and thus improvo their schools, and bo
enabled also to bring before the peo
ple such facts pertaining to tho work
of common schools as shall onlighton
tho minds and forestall tbat opposition
which is tho offspring of negligence
and indifference on the part of the
toacher.
It behooves ns aa teachers to put on
the full armor of porscvoranco, and
struggle manfully to maintain the dig
nity ot tho profession by availing our
selves of every opportunity for im
provement. 1 dosiro that somo teacher
send mo (after tho decision is mado)
the timo and place ol holding tho first
mooting, i .
,f'Lot aa thoa be up and doiog,
With a heart for any fat.,
Btill acbeiving, .till purauing,
Learn to labor and to wail."
' COUNTY IN8T1TUTE.
This annual mooting will bo held
the present year, commencing Monday,
December 3llth. Among tbo promi
nent instructors already engaged we
will mention Deputy State Superin
tendent Ilouek, Prof. A. N. Raub, of
Lock Haven Stato .Normal School, and
K. Hubbard Barlow, of Lalayetto Col
lege. Lecturers of equal prominence
have also been socurod. We hope lo
make this ono of the most successful
moctitigs cvor held in tbo county. A
Convention of Directors will be held
in tho Court House, on Thursday of
that week, when a decision upon some
of tho important questions now pond
ing will bo arrived ut. A programme
comploto in ovory way will be issued
in duo lime.
llOROl'GII AVP0INTMENT8.
Tbe following is a list teachers cm
ployed in tbo sovoral boroughs ol the
county. Some have already boon ro
ported, but we desiro to give them in
full at this lime:
Clearfield Principal, B. C. Yonng-
man ; Assistant Principal, Frank G.
Harris; Preceptress, (up stairs) Miss
Ada Ale : 1 rincipal 1'rimary Depart
ment, J. E. McKenrick ; Assistants,
Misses Mary and Hottio Mooro. Term,
bix months.
Ctirwcnsvillo Principal, George W
Snydor ; Intermediate, Miss Margaret
McQuaido; Primary, Miss Francos La-
1'orto. term, six months.
Oscoofa Principal, I). E. Bottorf;
Assistant teachers, airs. A. A. Jotlv,
Mrs. M. II. Gnost and Miss M. M.
Cross. Term, six months.
HoutzdaloisL'r). Crowell nnd Alice
C. Mnrtin. ; ' -
Lumber City High School, Mr. C.
C. Kniigh ; Primary School, Mury Mc
Divilt. Torm, five months.
"New Washington Mr. J. B. Boyle
Term, five months,
Nowburg James II. Kolley. Torm,
five months.
Burnsido Mr. Matt Savage Term,
fivo months.
Wallaecton--L. W. Borry. Term,
fire months.
Tho official returns from Penn town
ship contains the following appoint
ments: Pennville school, Wm. McDon
ald ; Porter, T. J. Widemiro ; Spencer
Hill, .flora Miller; rairviow, Mary
Koonan. .
Bloom township appointments : Hu
bert (tohool, Mitis Lou lloiaoy; Homo
Camp, Alioe lloisoy ; Spruco Hill, Cor
dio Blair; Rockton Independent, Anna
Brubaltor.
.Jordan township appointments: An
sonvillo, Mira Fuikorson; Fruit Hill,
Lizzie 1. JSeiman ; Johnston School,
Edith Black; Williams School, Mary
E. Huffman : Patterson School, Mr. K.
C. Haley.- , i
PUNCTUALITY.
Nothing destroys tho discipline of a
school moro quickly than a want of
Jmnctiiality on tho purtol tno tcueher.
jet him bo loto a row times, and tar-
dinem will boeomo habitual with tho
pupils. Tbe postponement of exer
cises, or the suffering ert ono recitation
to encroach upon the timo ot another,
soon breeds negligence In study, and,
consequently, results in badly prepar
ed lessons. Promisos mndo and over
looked, appointments agreed upon and
forgotten, punishments threatened and
not Inflicted, will soon irretrievably
destroy all discipline Punctuality is
ono of tho cardinal virtue of school
room management.
: POINT.
Much of our leaching lacks in point.
It plays over too mueh surface, and
its Bcsllored fire does little execution.
Tbat teaching only is efl'uctivo which
tun a dctiiuto aim, and brings all its
powers to a focus at tho point to ho
mastered by tbo pupH. It should bo
understood that pupils aro expected to
perform a certain amount ol work dur
ing a term,. and the energies of all
should bo taxed to do it. Each lesson,
indued, should finish something. Long
lessons imperfectly understood are of
little vuluo. A oinglo pdint well learn
ed nnd Inrever Impressed on tho mem
ory is Ivetter. Little children used to
be tnugnl tne alphabet By namingorcr
all tho letters at a lesson. Tbo task
can bo performed in a much shorter
timo ny taking a single letter, or two
or three letters, at a time Tho Im
proved method of teaching tho alpha
bet should be applied to all studies and
at all reoilaliont.
The Now Yoik Board of Education ro
cfhlly fined a school teacher In tho pri
mary dopartment one month's salary
lior chastising a sweet j i It lo boy. A
few days ago that same sweet lilllo
angel of a boy was sent by his parents
tr) tb6 Ilonswof Refuge.
I t i i . i b wo ,
The true school system was adopted
in 1834, under the administration of
r. - . ,tvi. -I : .
vrovernor ,v nut.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Men of docision judges.
Thomodorn song otXoionpiddity.
.t Section whi''b is novor roclproca.
V.''- .iViJiLi&,n'-
I.ong Kango Praotlco twenty
yours' experience as a cook.
Wanted, the receipt which is given
whon a gentleman pays his respects.
It is bettor to sow a good heart with
kindness than a field with oorn, lor the
heart's harvest is porpetual.
Tbe excesses of our youth are drafts
upon ourold ago, payable with interest,
atrout thirty years after date.
Opinion is tho main thing which
does good or harm in the world, It it
our (also opinions of things which ruin
us.
It is only through woe we are taught
to reflect, and we gather tho honey ot
worldly wisdom not Irom flowers, but
thorns.
A great Roman who had bequeath
ed all bis fortune to Hie Stato was ask
ed what he hail lull, and answorcd,
"Hope.''
Tho poor havo as much right to the
fleusures of polite conduct as the rich.
,iko good grammar, it is not necessa
rily exclusive
It's hard work to keep your sons in
chock whilo they're young ; it's hard
or still to kocp thorn in cheques wbon
they grow older.
Advice to thoso who accopted drafts
upon bunkers from tbo reckless and
impecunious : "Don't count your
cheeks until they aro cashed."
Mcanln' goos but a little way V most
things, for you may mean to slick
things together and your glue may bo
bad, and then where are yon f
Spite of Lavatcr, faces aro often times
greut lies. Tbey are the paper money
of society, for which, on demand, thero
Ircquently proves lo bo no gold in tbo
human coffer.
"I don't bcliovo in eddication," says
Mr. Allums. "Tbar's me and sis Cul
I i no ain't got 'long no bettor in tbe
worruld than pappa's othor children
that warn't eddicuted."
Tho latest style of young ladies' hat
is culled tho "liiss mo if you dare."
When worn by a cross-eyed woman
with a wart on hor nose tbe defiance
is tcrriblo and unanswerable
Suid a young man to his bachelor
undo, "What advico would you give to
a young man who was contemplating
matrimony ?" "I should advise him
to koep on contemplating it?"
"Doctor Jones wants to know if
you'd pIcuBO pay this bill now ?" Old
gentlemen looks over tho items, and
replies, "Tell Dr. Jones I'll pay bim for
bis medicines, and return his visits."
An inhabitant of Corfu, who recent
ly returned from Spitzborgor, aflor an
ttbsonco of twenty-eight years, says he
"had the good luck" to find his wilo in
good health, and the widow of three
husbands.
An Iowa bridegroom tolegraphed
bis girl that bo would be tboro on tho
next train, so that tho ceremony would
be certain, but tbo operator mado it:
"I'll bo tumbled to Texas. Kick tho
preacher."
Tho way to subject all things to thy
sell is to subject thyself to reason :
thou shalt govern many, il reason gov
ern thee. Wouldst thou be crowned
the monarch of a littlo world f Com
mand thyself.
When a foreigner finds that pluguo
is a word of ono syllublo, and aguo, a
part ot tbe plaguo, is a word of two,
he wishes that tbe plaguo might take
one halt tho English language, and tho
aguo tho othor.
A firm trust in tho assistance of an
Almighty Being naturally produces
patienco, hope, cbcortulncss, and all
other dispositions of mind that allevi
ate those calamities which wo are not
able to remove
Never was a human machino pro
duced without many trialsand failures;
whoioas this universe, in all its endless
complication, was porfoct at its pro
duction, perfected in tho ideas of its
great Author, cvon from eternity.
At a young ladic's seminary, during
an examination in history, one of tho
most promising pupils was intorroga
ted : "Mary, did Martin Luther die a
natural doath?" "No," was tho reply:
"ho was excommunicated by a bull."
Happiness is much more equally di
vided than some of us imagine, and in
this point of view bas been compared
to tho manna in the Dosort " Ho
that gathered much had nothing over,
aud he that gathered littlo had no lack."
Mistress "Let you go to ovoning
school, Mary T hy, I thought you
could read." "Well, ma'am, 1 dcos
know my letters futtrato, so long us
they keep all in a row, but as soon as
they giU mixed up into words, I'm
beat."
Truth is but tho correspondence bo
tween things and our notions of them.
To search after truth, to lovo it for its
own Bako, aro, therefore, rosolvablo in
to loving and striving (or notions that
conform porfectly to their prototypes.
Truo ideas aro actualities, but truth is
nothing.
A young clergyman, modest almost
to bashfulncsB, was once asked by a
country apothecary of a country char
acter, in a public and crowded assem
bly and in a tono of voieo sufficient to
catch tho attention of the whole com
pany. "How happened it that tho pa
triarchs lived to such extreme old ago?"
To which question tho clergyman re
plied, "Perhaps they took no physio,"
Garrick, going up llolborn, when a
great mob was gathered together to
see a criminal pass to Tyburn, asked
Mr. I.ockyer Duvis, who was standing
at his shop door, what was tho name
ot tho person going lo his latui end,
and what was his crimo? Mr. Davis
told him his namo was owel, and bis
crimo forgery. "Ah," said Garrick,
"do you know which of tho Vowels it
Is, for thero are sovcral ol that namo?
Howovcr," continued he, "it is certain,
and I am vory glad of it, that is neith
er you (I") nor(')."
.May not tho sea bo styled tbo tern
plo of contemplation ? Viewed in all
its Btagos, it exalts and Improves tho
mind. Its levol expanse, when a calm
prevails, communicates a similar tran
quility to tho reflecting breast ; and
when its billows lift their dovouring
heads, tbey suggest ideas tbe most sub
limo, meditations tho most solemn.
Tho very naturo of tbe prospect, bound
less and unbroken, presents a sensible
argnment lor eternity of duration and
infinity ol space, moro forciblo than
tho subllo reasoning ol metaphysics.
Several German princes were onco
extolling tho glory of their realms.
One boasted ol hisexeellent vineyards;
another ol his hunting grounds ; anoth
er ol his mines. Atlust Abelard, Duko
of Wnrtomhurg, took up the subject
and said : "1 own that lama poor
prince, and ran vie with none of thoso
things; nevertheless, I too, possess a
noblo jewel in my dominion ; lur wore
1 to bo without attendants, either in the
open country or tho wild forests, 1
could ask tho first of n,y subjects whom
mot to stretch himself npon the
ground, and confidently place myself
upon his bosom, and fall asleep with
out the slightest apprehension of inju
ry." Was not this a precious jewel lor
a prince? 1, however, have something
better, lor 1 can rest my head and my
heart in the lap of God's providenco,
upon the bosom of Josus Christ with a
perfect assnranre that ncithor man nor
' devil can touch me (here.