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hixufield'bepcblicaV
K, I I II I I H I' I t 1 .
Tar larg.el llrrulatkiu l Buy Nettapapnr
in Hrth I'sMi-al Pennsylvania.
Verms of Subaunption,
if ..in t .d.aBoe. r wiibia moathe... 94 INI
if ..,.1 alLi d lon muntbe V All
l nr tlw .spireUon ! B muatha... A 4HI
Rates ol Advertising.
f ,1,111) ad.maimente. par square of III linuf
,.. 1 limes or lose II in
., .wi. nl..tii.ni ineertlon
4 .pitini.tratore' and KfacotnrB nnttool
B
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C.aMiin- end 8ryt
(I ,.ilutin nitlri
y .iffMi'nii fH". ft line or leti,1 year.
B'lttfM.pcr line
YK4KI.Y ADVKKTINKMKNTS.
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in iih i t eoiuiun. '
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NOEL D. MB,
fttblUbera.
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Cards.
IT W. SMITH,
ilTORSET-AT-tAW,
iH.fl ClrarBald, Pa.
T J. LINGLE,
'tfTORNEY-AT-LAW,
I IS Ptllllpaburg, Centre Co., Pa. jr:pd
G
R. k W. BAKKETT,.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
J.nuary 3(1. I87J. .
ISRAEL TKST,
iTTHRNItY' AT LAW,'
Clearfield. Pa.
rdlN Id Iba Curt Hose. Jjll,'t
HENRY BRET 11.
(nsr.sn r 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE TEACE
Tun BELL tOITNHRir.
Uy 8. Wl-ly
V
Til M. McCULLOUGII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLhAltFlKLD, PA.
I Ut . in llBSfBia building, t-eeood slrwl, op
.ciii lb. Court llonse. Ji.'7 If.
r C. ARNOLD,
UW 4; COLLECTION OFFICE,
CVKWB.NHVn.Lg,
C'lcj.rti.14 CoubUV P.nn'l
rill
T.
BHOCKUANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLKARFIKLII, PA.
Mlice iu Optra lluuB.v,..
ap Ji,'77 I;
J
AMUS MITCHELL,
sr.ai.RR ia s
Siiiiiire Titiibcr k Timber Lands,
i.l ITI I LF.AKFIKLD, PA
g V. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
nnv. or. d.if.r ...1 of We,terB llol.l building.
0-.ite Ci'Urt Hull)..
HI.I.5.T7. CI.KARFIELD, PA.
piiANK FIELDING,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Will attend to all business entrusted to him
.iiuiitl and Iclthfulty. Janl'7
J F. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Onle in I'lY. Opera Hons..
Jun. 19, 'TStf.
WILLIAM A. WALLA4-I. DATIO L.
MAHKT r. WALLACI. JO Hit W. WaiStBT.
IIMIACK & KRKUS,
1 T (Huioeiiori to WtlUoe A Fielding,)
ATTOUNK Y8-AT-LA W,
at7T Clearlield, Pa.
P. 0L. Bl-CK. . . A. A. ORAfUlf.
1)I)ChdaC:HAIIAM.
i ATTUHNEV8 AX LAW.
, , CLKA Itf IKLS, PA.
Alltcfral kmolneu prbtaptly t tended to. Uffioe
in Hrftbuu.'a Hw-rtta formerly oooupted by
It. II Steoopa.
II li u . l.i.'il 'TS.lt'
jalylM, 'IS-II.
tboi. . araRAr. ctkfb a.ai:
UKUAY k CORDON, ,
ATTOIINEY8 AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
aTOfflo. la Pia'a Opera Uoaaa, aaeond floor.
;074
Ultra a. a'asitLT. aiaiat. w. a'coaor.
pENALLY 4 McCUKDY
A ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
l. I.arllf Id, Pa.
ptr Legal buaioeia attended to promptly with)
Mielity. UIQo oa daooad atraat, aiwva the Ftr.t
Nil. Dual llaiik. Ju:l:,6
A.
G. K 1AM BR,
A XTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Reel titate and Oollettlun Agent,
CI.fc.AKKiei.lf, PA.,
Will promplly attend to all legal buiintu tm
IruHed to tiii oere.
Office In Ple'i Opera lIoue. Jaol'Tfl.
T fr. McKENRICK.,
. ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA
All Ugnl builaei eotraited to bl oarw will rt
eelve pruts pt etieotion.
Office oppoellt Curt lloute, la Mi eon le RulMIng,
eoond Boor, ug'.
JOUN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Vd Real Eataie Agent, Clearfield. Pa.
Oflea Third etreet, bet.Cberr A Walnut.
jlUtpeetfully offers hit eerrieet In eelllog
and buytag laadi to Clearfield and Kdjolaing
eogntlta i and with ai apeneoca ot erer tweniv
yara aj nrrtyot, iattari him tell tbat be eaa
reader aatlifaethoa. lb
D
R E. M. SCHEUKER,
HOMlXOPATUlO P1IYSIOUN,
Oflaa la mldtBr oa Firat aV
April 14, H7I. , ( Cl.ai.ld. Pa
1)
It W. A. MEANS,
f UT8ICI AN A 8 U RQF.OS,
LUTIIERSUIlRH, PA.
Will attend prefaaaional oalh promptly. an10'Tt
-JR. T. J. B(J1 bJR, " : -
rllY8ICIA.N AND SUKOEON,
Oalea aa Market fUn., OVaarnald, Fa i
MOHoa koarat I to 11 a. m , aad I to I p.
D
R. J. KAY WIUGLEY,
HOMlKPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
ITOIn aj)olaln lb. ntidanoa df Jamas
tVnsy, oa SMoad St., ClrartMd, Pa.
Jolj.ti.'H tf.
-.- - -T7 , ; -
jr. u. b. van vauah,
' CLBAHw-IRLU; PBRN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
p- Otto, koan-tnai II u 1 P. M.
Hay 11, 7a.
I)
11 J. r. BUUCU FIELD,
bate Datiaoa ef tka 9S4 s,lm.al, P.ao.ylranU
VolBBWars, harlnl l.lara.d from tka Army,
alfars kts profaaalaaal aaralaaa I. tkaeitiaaas
af CleerBeldeoanty.
M-Profasslaaal aalll promptly allaadod ta.
OIBoa oa BMaad street, formerlyoerapied ay
Dr. Waoda. (aprt,'Utl
I TARRY 8NYDKK,
11 IAKUEH AMD HAlllbKBSikR
Rkap a. MarkM M., BfaaaaU. Oaarl Uaaa.
. A oeaa aawwl fa. asy Baaasmat.
Aiaa auaafaataioB a(
Ail KlaAa af krlltlM la Raaia Hair.
Vlaaitead, Pa, - Baa, II, 7.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL. 52-WIIOLE NO. 2,600.
Cards.
1K
Inf.
PRINTIKO OF RVKRY DKSCHIP
n.llv aittfMl ti.i nftn
QSCAR MITCHELL,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
CLKAKKIEM), PA.
jSW-OUVe in Hi. Opi-r ll u... o.l, '7 If.
JOLAND D. SWOOt-E,
ATTOKNF.Y AT LA V,
CarwcBflrilla, Cl.arQeld oounly, Pa.
ocu . '7 lf.
1 1. I.I AM M 1IENKY, Juhtice
nr TtiK PiAri Ann ficniTiiHEa, M1MHRK
CITY. Collooliorn tnidt und nnucy prutorljr
pit id orr. ArticlMof tfrrMtarnt nd dda ol
annvtyavnM nentiy &culd ind warm n led cor
wit or Do chant. iHjy'7I
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitl of th Peto od Rortveoer,
Curfi)3TlMf . Pi.
Collect ton Bndt nd on-nev promptly
liaiid "nr.
r.hzt'T i it
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dcal.r la
Eeal E8tafe, Square Timber, Boarcls,
SIUNULE8, LATH, A PICKETS,
ft:1073 Cl.arA.ld, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SIIOB MAKER,
Market ft.. C'lcarli.ld, Pa.
Id Iba ihp lnl.lv ereupi.d by Frank Short,
one door w..t or All.gliany Hou.a.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger, ,
Clearfield, Pviut'ft.
4 Will et3uU Join in bit line promptly and
lo workmanlike manorr. rr,DI
JOUN A. STADLEU,
BAKKH. Wurket 81., ClesiMd, Pa.
Frettfa Hrrtd, Rusk, Rolls, Ps and Cike.
m bktid or oiftdr in order. A genera) ff orl roent
of rontpplionnriep. Fruit" moi Nun In to'.
(re t'nnm and Oytei-i In winwr. Hnlwli ot-arli
,tiii ibe I'.mtn flier. I'riper mndrri.
M,rfl, in
WEAVER & BETTS,
ItRALRBI IX
Real Esta'e, Square Timb r.Saw Legs,
AND Ll'MHKIt OF ALL KINDS.
jPff-. iffioe on hee. nd street, to reur
run of Ueunce -V, ver t Co. (JettD
if itnre
78 U.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
ron
Itrtalur TowutMp,
Oiecola Mill. P. O.
II olBlal bualna.a anirnitad to him will ba
pmloplly attended to. monzw, la.
J . BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
iid paAtaa ta
4aw and Iiuubor,
CLEARFIELD, PA
Offica In Orahaoi'a Row.
1:16:71
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
'' OIALBRI in
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad manutactarara of
AM. KINDS OK SAWKII 1.1 Mlll.lt,
I T'TJ CLEARFIELD, PENN A.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
sayPaaipa alwaya on band and aiade to order
an ahort notice. Pipea bored on reasonable terma
All work warranted to reoder aatiifaetioB, ana
dalirared If deaired. rnjaonypo
THOMA8 H. FORCEE,
pa albb ia
OENERAL MERCH ANDKSK,
GRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alto, ettenitra manuftnrr and dealer In Square
Timber and sawed Lumber ot ill kinm.
if-Orderi Ml totted and all bllli promptly
Ailed. njlTA
S. I. SNYDER,
DHAPTTI'AI. WATCMAlAk'KR
v ARn PBALBB IB
Watches, Clocks ttnd Jewelry.
ffraWa ... AforlX fr..l,
CLKAKflF.I.D, PA.
All kinds of ipalrln, In aiy tin. pn.aiptly Bl-
end.d to. a,ni u,'i
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY
IMIB nnd.r.lm.d, harlnf e.toMl.b.'l a Nor
1 ...rr on th. Pike, aLout half way lietw.
Clcartlrld and Curw,-n.rlll.. la prmierart to nrr-
nl.h .11 kind, of FKII1T TKKKS. (.landard and
dwarf.) K.rrat.ne, Shrubi.ery, lira,.. Vinae,
Su.,.ah.rr. I.nwton BlarklM-rrf. blrawli.rry,
and HaeDberry Vine.. A eo. Sitx-rian Crab Trw.,
Ualae.. and .arty erarlel Hbabarh, Ao. Order.
promptly attended to. Address.
1 i. D. WltltlHT,
aeplO e.) " Curwensvltle, I'a.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Mark.t Ktrat, t'leardeld. Pa.,
MARPrACTLRBB ABD bBALBB IB
BARNEB8, PADDLBfl, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all kinds of
1IORXK rVKNISUISO OOODS.
A full atok of Baddlere1 Hardware. Brushes,
ftomhs, Ulankats, Robea, ate., alwaya oa band
and for aala at the lowest aaab priaes. All kinds
f r.,ialria. aromntlr al landed to.
All kinds of bides takan la aaokaraa for har-
nrit and repairiai. AU klnda rf barnesa ntataer
Brpt na band, and for aala at a snail pmtlt.
tlrarBsKI, Jaa. IV, inf..
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Far sal. at tba Ck-artetd RarvBtlcAa otlce.
The ! Vomfttlr RrrUt f Late
Blanht putitKitea.
Tbasa ftlanks ara aottan 8V ia BBParlor Styl.,
ara or aailwrm alia, aaa laraisnoa at very ,ow
traraa for aaak.
Call at th. HaroBLleAa ofll.e aad ekamia
Uarm. Orders by mall promptly llleol
, Addrea. UUVPLAnuaa ir.K,
, Jalj Hi, IbTf-Bl. Ckark.id Pa
WEST HRANCII A7-
Insurance AGENCY.
PKNTZ A BROCK BANK, Aaantl.
(Ruoerasora to alarray A Oerdaa.)
Tba folkiwln, first els as entnpantet rapr.s.ate It
North British A Marraatlw F.ra lua.
Co., of Una-had B2S.SO. MB
colll.b Oammmial Fir. lea Co , of
RT,land l o. nm
North Am.riM of 1'hila.lrlvbla 4 7oo,iinn
Fira Asan.iatl..a. f Phllartrl,hla I.laii.ooa
WalsrUiwu Fira. Nsw fork, losaraB
farm ptoparty aaly M
VobilB Fira Dapanmant lua. C. H
m,m
t7,oi't
Paraaaa aa lb. Mnatry wantlaa laaaraae., aaa
ban it promptly auaadad to by addressing as aa
parrsoa or by Mlar. Lowvat paslbl. rate, ia kret
rkua awmpaolae. iVa .saMaaMaia Otnoa la Fib's
Opera Uovaa. ANUHKW PKNTX, Jr,
S. T. UtOCkiiAhK,
Oaaitat. Ms a, U7B-ly.
IXSOHEO SUiqiDEH.
HUM AIIKAIll 12 CAKH KI'CAI LI'.II.
SToBirH WHICH THS CAHR OF WAI.rnK
llWIOIIT OF B1NGIIAMTON, BllnOKSTi
THE UAKON WHO KMDKED
IIIMHtl.P TO DEATH. '
The Hiisjiifiona enuendfred bv thr
iiiTiiniatiini ts nnd tlt-uth of Waller
Dn tjjlit, of liinj(liHniton, wlinprnt'iireil
iiisurance upon liii. Iil'o in Scptomlior
to the amount of 1250 000, BiiijrcHt to
the Now Yoik World u ntmtliip ol
vant-B in which mieinptu weto madf,
with various results, lo recover large
iiiguruiicen on policies issued but ti
short limo leluie dciitli. Ono noted
t-nne was that of Huron Bi'la Olnj'i, of
Fmth, lltini.'ftrj-. In 1874. owing to
a HuricH of rev.-rsert, hit posBfrHions
wlncli u tew yours buliiro had been
12,(100,0(10, wero lost, and en bis
liou.o iw niorlgtigi'd to tliulull vnltte.
Dttt i'iiiiiied ihitt bin wife should never
Know ni uiund iiiistoriiinra. ntt lnsiiivo
himstdl for 85110 000 guiMeis in live
did', rein rompaiiiia, cuiiuluiitii; with
ihein Ihat the money bhoiild be paid
over tohia fantdy in tasu of hisdinili
wi'.bin u)enr. Since bo was but forty
five yuiitt old and a man ol pnwerlul
libliiu mid in excellent health, thecom
imiiieA wno tpiita willing to uccepl
1 1 om him 2.000 florins n.cess:n'y lo
hind thu conditions, llu bnd become
fuiuoiis us a horseman nnd ktinter, and
while bis means lusted hud been enabled
lo gratily his sporting proclivities
lint from the day that lit) htained
possession ol the last policy he ted a
ililVerenl life, although his house Wits
siill inuiiitiiiiied in its usual elegance
llu wus no more seen in his para, at
his club it tit the hunt Every morn
ing ho left homo duvcily uller bnvik-tui-t
and diil not re turn until dinner
time. Alier dinner be disuppeure I
ngiiiii uiid remained until mi'in giit or
Inter. No one kuuur wlieio he kepi
liiin.olf. II is full flgnre bt ainfc u(
leiiituttHl, his eyus lustndoris, his florid
color u siulily hue, and bis string vo c
trucked and leehle. Ills tit'iiuy nnd
tnends tried to dir-suudu him fioin hi"
seclusion, nnd medical treatment was
urged, hut till to no purpose. One iluy
liu was unulilu to leave Ins bed. I'hy
siciunscxaniined bun nnd doehircd thai
lie fts hopelessly atllietcd with quick
von-oimpiinn. Wiibiri totirlt-en duts
he diuil. His will bequeathe ! to hi
wito the iusiiiauco policies, and ac
quainted her for the first time with I he
lo-sot' his fortune Tho insurance! om
panics nfused to meet the cluimsdes
ignali'd in thu policies upon thegioiind
ihitt Huron Uela hud procured tbe in
sumncu with iheintunt on of d. liberate
suicide. They scan lied lor bis place
of retreat tosubslnuiintesuch a theory
Alter prolonged search it ascor.
turned that in J linn nrr, 1974, leu
months belore bis dcuth, be hud rented
forineyeara small apnitment in u
du ty, unfrequented street. Tho room
was opeticil. A sola, a laoio, two
chuiis and two t-hesta constituted lite
ii i n mi ro. One of the chests contain
ed a few unices of doming und a
diwen long tobacco pipes, In tbe other
were about two numlred cigars, worth
about two kreuiiers each, and a half
nou ml of smoking lohnoco. riom the
wrappers lound in too cno-i, it w as
ostimaled that 3,500 ol these two cent
cigars and uboiit a hundred pounds ol
smoking tobacco bad been eoi.sumed
within ton months. I ticiimnl and
medical examinations were made by
both parlies, and tho absorption of
tioisonotis niiunlilies ol nicotine jut
tho system by sucking was linully as
signed as tbe cause ot death.
The body of Jnnies O. Wallis, of
Johnson county, Mo., was discovered
by bis daughter at the roadside near
his resilience, til onoui o p. m. on nep-
tember 23, 1873. Wollis lind lett
homo tit about 1 o'clock, avowedly to
ray ono Utiick, a neighbor, a bill ol
5b0. Al 5 o'clock the (laughter saw
tbo horsu upon which he bad nddcn
out running up tbe road with an
empty saddle. She mounted the ani
mal and rode uacR. A snort instance
down the road she found an evelope
addressed to ber father, anil further
on other papers and his-povkel-hooh
were lound. Her lutners imay my m
the odgo of a growth ot woods which
the hiL'hway intersected. ' Keatli had
been caused by a gun-shot wound, ex
tending through both lungs and pene
trating the heart, und which has been
inflicted by a pistol lound lorty Ave
feet ttwny Ironi the body. At the
Coroner's Inquest plaieiana testified
tluil a riian so wounded could neither
throw a nistul torn -live lent nor walk
so Inr; iltlso appeared I hut Mr. Wal
lis had not culled ul air.tuicu s, which
wus only a mile awuj ; during the
ulieinooti. The body Wus yel wurin
when discovered by the daughter, und
there was evidence tbut Ibo lulal shot
hud beuii flted only a low minutes be
fore live o'clock. But ween one o'clock
und Ibelinieol tliediscovui-y no one hud
seen Mr. Wulhs. There was mi uvi
deuce on the ground where the body
lay ol a struggle, and no marks ol
violence other mull thu wounds upon
tliu body. In the suit lor the recovery
ot insurances to the anion lit of 211,000
ihut lollotved shortly uller bis deaili.
il wus shown that he did not have (SO
when ho left home, and tbut the roll
of bills which be showed to his wile,
representing il lo be Unit amount, was
only about tdO, which, without her
knowledge, be bad afterward placed in
a box in which bo usually kepi his'
cash. It was al-o proven that ho wu
heavily in dubt, was pressed lor money
and hud no prosptcts lor ineeling ibo
premiums upon ins policies. Ttioiu
suraneo companies weru relieved from
payment.
Somewhat similar to the Wulliscaso
was that ol Captain Colvocoreses, ac
counts of whosotragiu death in Bridge
port, Conn., on June 3,i 187J, woroeK
lensivoly published. Oil December 23,
1H71, be procured insurances upon tils
Ilia to the amount of $10 000, aud
thereafter devoted hltnsclt to Increas
iiiat the number of his tiolicies, until in
Slav they represented insurunco for
1 1 05,00(1 in twenty omnies. On
Muy 3lst be left bis bum in Lilob-
lleld lo meet in tbe oity tb agent who
had nluccd bis iusiirances, lor the pur
nose nf having lliem increa-od by
$5,000. On tho evening of May 8 1st
bo nnrchased ticket for Now York,
I chunked it alter gulling on lh boat.
Ho teiegrapliuu to llie aguui, uiaa m
bad been unexpectedly detained lor I
duv. On the lollomg evening b
again went down to tho steamboat
w harf, where lio was loiiiid ny a pa
trohnaii at 11 45 p. m , nearly an hour
alter the) boat bad gone. Ail of the
next day he carried abont wilb hiin,
both al bis hotul and on Ibe streets, a
small satchel. Ho held it in ins lap at
meals. On tho following evening, al
10.10. bo started aiinn I
u W(U ,t.tT , liVeliMjt, and the
distance from tho hotul was about ten
minutes' walk. Twenty mintiuti after
be had gone a pistol sbot was beard en
Clinton atreet, wttuia torso annutus
walk of ibe holol, and Captain Colvo-
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
coresses was found lying upon bis
back, with bis bunds pressed over a
wound in bis loll breast. Annul
fashioned borse pistol, with a broken
slock, lay in the gutter across the
street. The man's coat und wuistooul
wus unbuttoned, and bis trousers were
lorn. On the Nuguluck wharf, linn
minutes' walk I rum the place of the
shooting, was found thu morocco satchel
winch bad been ruined open, wilu a
k ii if'o. Tho wounded man was ru uovod
lo 1'olicu Headquarters, where be died
in u tew minutes without having
spoken. At tho post mortem examina
tion, notwithstanding tbut tho cioluu
bud buen runt, there was not a mark
upon the body to indicate violence.
Ibe wuation bad evidently been dis
charged close to tbo breast, lor tbe
clothing was burned uway around il
aud the flesh blistered. Momorunda
ot bonds, mortgages und securiliea lo
tbo amount, ol about daU,OU0 weru.
found in bis pockets. An investiga
tion by tbe various life insurance c .m-
punies, when suit wus brought lur the
amount of tho policies, developed Iho
luet that Cupluiu Colvorcorerjaes bad
tuvur owned any ot thu bonds designa
ted in tbe memoranda, und that he hud
become over-loaded with debts. T'bu
companies denied ibeir liability, and a
compromise settlement was Dually el
fecled. Thu deulli of Monroe Snyder, ol
Bulblehem, l'u., on February 22, 1m73,
whoso body was lound on that morn
ing in Mouocacy crock, under the
.-South Bethlehem bridge, occasioned
much in lures l and comment. ,. He wus
respected ciliauti und bud aecutnu-
luled a sung proerly. I'bulo weru
no murks of violence upou tbo body
uxcepl over too abdomen, where three
alight wounds hud been occasioned by
UU ettilaloll ol blood llllllll tbe Ol'ulll,
lue to a blow Inflicted upon the beud,
but Ibore were no marks lo show
n bero the blow bad beuu .truck; Thu
ground wus covered wilb .now, and
IracKS weru discovered leading down
thu bank lo the creek, but none re
turning, lu Hie suit lo rocovur $G5,
000 insurances it wus shown thul Mr.
.Snyder bud been much uiuioyeaLover
unioriunalu speculations, thai IhirTulne
il his properly wus so lur unpaired
iy mortguges Ihat lie could derive
little or no income from it, and that
ulrcady bis liabilities fur exceeded bis
ussuls. A dolelul letter tbut he had
written lo bis son was produced to
show thai the notion of suicide had
lound plueo in bis mind and conversa
tions to tho same ctlecl were deluded.
i'tiu ciutuis were uotsuslittned. I
instances ot strategic ultempts lo
defraud life insurance eoinpunioa and
wniub in tho ruci onutl possess the in
terest ol romuiico muke up a Issik
recently published by Cnrleton & Co.,
and edited by Drs. J. B. Lewis, of '.be
Travellers Company, and (J. U Horn
buugb, editor of tho Baltimore Umler
writer. Tbe celebrated Hurtling case,
in which the perpetration by Bernard
llui-liiiig, in 18-) J, at lludgeuurg, ol
murder upon bis until by poisoning,
lor a paltry inburitunce, led to the dis
covery of the murder by bun of his
wile in lead lor tno suite ol liisttrunue
lor which be bad induced her to pro
cure pulicio to relieve bis debts. The
Uruuilcy Lskndgo case in us uuy was
also lumous. A suit wus brought
against iho Traveler's Company in
February, 1871, by Mrs. M. S. Uiant-
lor, of Selma, Alu., for tho recovery of
110,000 under an accident policy upon
the llleol J. U. uruuiity, lier husband,
who was sbot und killed on Douonils'r
4, 1870. Alter long litigation sufficient
evidence was collected not only to ab
solve the Com puny, but to furnish
grounds lor indictment lor murder
ugaiiist tho woman and ber alleged
paramour, Joseph N. E-kridge. The
woman was roleusrd on bud, hut E-kridge
was convicted : be .n'muipiently
ew-ttis-d. The until o amount ot insur
ance upon Dram ley's ble was $20 000.
Tbo dotuils ot Iho Gnss-UddoizMk
tragedy, in which an ullempl was
made to rorover 25, 000 insurance nn
der lulse preionses, bused upon a liro
in which truss was said lo oavo tieeli
burned lo dealb on the York load near
Baltimore, the subsequent murder nl
(joss by Udderzook, w hen the plans
had been th waned, und l be execution of
Uddcir.cs k ate not vet nut ol I lie tnib
lie mind. Thcccl bruted trial of Iten-
jitillln Hunter, nl . rtlllutlelpliiu. Ii
June lust, lor the mauler ol jonn ,11
A 1 uistrotig,' bis tusiness partner, in
Camden, (Ik alleged uioiivo tor which
was to recover $23,000 mruruuco to
suiisly a i-lniiii ol less thun $7 000, is
ol loo recent date to need lurlncr rui
erence. There are uUi 011 record nu
merous cases of liigind death myste
rious disuiui' aranei-s, mistaken bleiiti
tv. and of the substitution and burial
of other bodies of rubbish. Franz
Toinulstdiei k, id Berlin, in 1848. had
it announced ibul be was dead, tilled a
eolHn with itlhhirdi, shavud his laard.
put on a wigHtid sat afnong lite mourn
ers ul bis own fuiiuriil. Ho did mil re
cover insurances, however.
Inquiry among the various compan
ies, roueiillv, wilb releronce to luoir
nrobublu action in the Dwigbl case
elicited no special iiilormulion. The
general impression seems to be that
Hie claims Will lie met unless tne pny
su iuns who made the post ntortrm vx
aiiiination should report that there is
strong ground lor suspicion ol deliber
ate suicide.
CHESS.
A iramo wholly intellectual and de
pending altogether upon skill ; older
thun era, nut all the butler lor us age
A game invented by sages and patron
ized by princes. A royal gume, be
cause il stands above all others; un
aristocratic tramo, because it is beyond
ha reach of vulgar minds, ana cannot
ha drugged into low associations. Hucb
is chess.
Tbe origin 01 this game is wrapped
in obscurity. Tbe best knowledge we
have makes India its birthpluco and
Its aire about five ihousund years.
probably thu oldest game Known to
moderns. ...
Our readers ara no doubt familiar
wilb Ui old legend about the wise
philosopher wbo invented the gun 0 01
chess for the amusement, and to im-cu
py the attention, ol a cruel tyrant, win
was continually n 'pressing nis sue
(eels. The tradition tells lis that the
monarch was so much pleased wnn tin
name thai bo offered to pay the Invrn
lor almost any priue be might ask for
it: but tbe philosopher being very
moderulo in ids desires dm lured that
be should be satis fled to bo paid by the
square, thus: be asketl a stun equal It
about half a cent lor the first square,
twice as much lor the second, lour
limes as much lor thu third, and an on
in eeoinelrical Droifresston to the six
IT fourth, llaeeina thul the King bad
nover been over in bta arilhmeliu be
yond tractions, and consequently tool
uo the offer, thinking ha bad a pretty
rhrap thing nl lU Of coarse, any
school-boy in this intelligeat age would
hart teen tbat ha was moat remorse-
i1
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1878.
lossly sold. Wbon the auditors of the
kingdom came to reckon il up a pro
cess wbicb occupied them about two
weeks they lound I no amount alto
gether beyond what tlio.siiitional treas
ury wus likely to contain for a lew
centuries to come, and "us fiat money
was unkuown in those days, it was de
cided alter profound deliberation ibat
Iho debt should bo repudiated.
The choss board wan originully u 11
colored, ullbough lined, off into the
same, dumber ol squares as at present.
The custom of coloring the alternate
squares dated from about 1300.
Tbe queen at one time could only
move one square diagonully, and con
sequently never was able to come into
contact with tho opposite queen. In
stead of buing, as now, the moat im
portont piece on the board, she was
then scarcely belter than a pawn.
Il is said the king could formerly be
captured. His move, however baa al
ways buen the suniu us now.
'I ke bishops In old times were much
restricted in their powers, aud the cus
tom of giving tbo put n two squares
ul starting is quite a recent adoption.
The rook und iho knight are the
only piuces whose powers have always
buen the same so tar as known.
Tho act of castling dutos only from
tho sixteenth century. The king, in
place thereof, was formerly allowed,
us a lust resort, the privilege of leup.
ing to bis knight's second.
Many persons of great historical dis
tinction liuvo been exceedingly fond of
chess, among whom maybe mention
ed Napoleon Bouupaite and Benjamin
Frunklin.
We uro told by travelers of a pecu
liar praeticu amiNig sumo ot the des
potic Kustein poieiilutos iu regard to
this game. A biatrd, correspondent in
size lo tho requirements u( tbe novel
design, was marked out in a large bull,
und sluves, dressed iu appropriate cisj
tutnos, made to represent the different
pieces und pawns. It bus also been
said tbut these human chess-men were
accuslomed to be beheaded by the
ruthless players, as fast as tuken.
Tbe most wonderful inodorn inven
tion relating to chess was Kemieleii's
automaton chess player which aston
ished all Euro uj by repeatedly beat
ing ber champions. NuHileon, him
self, lost several gumes with tbe ma
chine, one of which is on record. It
is supposed Ihut tbe automaton was
directed in lis movement by a person
concealed within it, but the deception
was Uhi ingenious to be discovered by
ny moderate means.
Flaying chess blindfold was first
practiced in the lllh century by Per
sian and Arabian experts, in modern
tnes us high as bllcen gumes have
been played by one fiersou, at one time,
ilhoul seeing seeing tbe boards or any
one of thorn.
I'aul Moriiliy is tho king ol chess
layers. At the age ol thirteen he
ut liowuiilhul, one ol tho best play-
s in the world : and ut twenty-one
u ono wus found who could compete
un mm. At farm no tiiuyeu eigni
fleretit games with the experts of
Ihut city, all at one time, without sco-
ng the boards and without losing a
gamo.
JOSH BILLISUV PliO VERBS.
This lilo is like a gamo of curds. We
ust iiluy the bauds dealt to us, and
thu credit is not su much in winning
as in playing a poor band well.
When 1 bear a man oraggiug unouv
bui hu is going to do next J ear, 1 can
tell pretty nvur what lies doing now.
Don l despise poor relations, inoy
miifhl ifot 1 lib sometime, und then II
011 Id be so hard 10 explain tntngs,
The reputation a man guts from bis
ancestors wauls about us much uller
ini! to tit bun as their clothes would.
I'lu-ru is 110 woman un tbo luce of
the eurtb who tiles so hard to do right
und tails oltener than the average
moiher-iii-law.
An unlhuaiust ia un individual wbo
believes about four limes as much as
lit b'Hly else will believe
KaMing in love is like tailing down
stairs Us hard Work to nnd out just
ow tho thing was done.
A man who lias been waiting lur
he lust tifteen years lor something to
turn up, is still in the same business.
A oishIIu is a woman s pet, and 1
have seen some I would like to swap
livini's wnh.
The worst tyrant in this world Is a
woman who is sutivrior lo Her busbund,
and lets everybody know It
Lovo is like the measles, you can
have it but once, und the later in lilo
we have it !(:- lougbur il goes with US.
lii eat thinkers uro not apt to be
uruut whiatlers. When a man can t
think ol au thing he begins to whistle.
Tho man you have lo work on a
farm for nothing and board himsull,
ust about earns bis wages.
Neatness, in my opinion, is ono ot
tho virtues. I have ulwujs considered
it twin sister to charily, but none wurk
so hard as tbo victim of ecstatic neat
ness. 1 buve seen a neat person who
would not lei a weary fly rest long
hough on their best wall paper to
tuke breuth, and who would chase a
single cockroach up and down stairs
until Ins legs wero worn off.
THE xwi;KSn ENTIA R Y.
" It is said that beforo deciding upon
he architectural design und the sys
tem of confinement to bo adopted al
the now Stale penitentiary, the com
mission, through un agent, secured the
plana of a siiuilur institution at Pans
aud two in London. On a careful ex
amination ot these plans the members
ot the commission wero surprised to
find tbe systems in lorce in all these
iislitiitions were Identical Willi lliut
t tho Eastern Penitentiary. As the
European prisons were constructed
sinco Ihut institution was built, the
members knew thul the similarity wus
not the result ol accident.
Inquiry has developed a strange sto
ry 111 connection llu this luet, and es
tablishes beyond doubt that the three
loreign prisons wero after the plans of
nor institution. About ton years ago
a iteiitletnan ul good address, and show
ing many signs ot intelligence, visited
tbe Eastern Penitentiary and spent
nearly an entire day .there. Many of
his requests to more closely acruliuizu
rrrlain portions ol the institution and
hold conversations wun tne prisoners
bad to be disallowed, and seeking out
one ol tbe ehiuf officials be asked to he
uomiuilteil lor a certain period. It was
thought at tbe time that he was slight
ly demented, and he was told that ue
could only become an inmate through
the agency ol the law. Home lime af
ter the gentleman lound a way of hav
ing himself confined lo tbe prison for
six mouths. At the end of that lims
he was discharged. It transpired some
time later that this persou was an
agent of the English government, to
which he made an elaborate report on
tha solitary confinement system In
Toga ken. Since then tba English
authorities art) generally adopting tbe
same system. . I at rronoti save evi
REPUBLICAN.
dontly oopiod Irom tho English. This
is tbo theory of tbe Philadelphia Rec
ord. The senior editor of the Reading
jtmes and Vispatcn, who mudo an ex
tended tour through Europe Ust sum
mer, writes that it should ba remem
bered that tho system of solitary con
finement is a very old one. All the
prisons in Italy are built on tbut sys
tem, wilb solitary cells or dungeons of
small size lor tbe prisoners. In the
prison connected with the Doge's Pul
ace at Venice by tbe Bridge ol Sighs,
the cells or dungeons wore all arrung
ed on the solitary plan wilb this dif
ference, tbat they uro generally dark,
and the poor prisoner must exist as
best lie can without employment ol
any kind. The Stuto prisoners, lor
In nd reils of yours, were thus doomed
to solitary confinement throughout
Kuroiio. The old French Bustilo was
conducted on this plan, so that tho
"solitary system funnot by any means
be claimed as an original idea as illus
trated by tho Philadelphia penitentia
ry, except so far as combining employ
ment with imprisonment. By the way,
the solitary system in tho Eastern Pen
itentiary has been as good as abandon
od for a number of yours tbo practice
being to confine two or more persons
in a single cell This was done fur
want ol room. There are few cells in
the Eastern' Penitentiary at present
that contain but a single occupant.
Although it Is supposed that Hunt
ingdon will huvo the new institution,
there appears to be a bitch as to tbe
donation of the land. Tho county is
suid to be heavily in debt and tbo com-
unsioners do not teel at liberty to in
crease it several thousand dollars by
purchasing the land un wbicb the
building is proposed to be erected.
Private individuals, it is expected, will
have to como forward and assume the
expense In order to relieve tbe com
minsioners. in the mcuniimii 11 is
said that tho prison commission has
decided not to commence work helbre
next spring, which will give tho Ilunt
ingdotiiuiis ample time to "fix up"
mutters and transler the site to die
Suite.
THE DUXKAROS. WHATTJ1EY
DO AND DON'T DO.
Tho reliifious sect known as "Dunk-
tirds,"(lodip or ho morse), a large num-
berol whom uroonguged in agricultural
pursuits iu Dauphin, Lebanon, Frank
lin, Cumherlui.d, Lancaster, York und
other counties of tho State, and wbo,
like the Quukers, uro known to bo tbo
most conscientious, peaeubly inclined,
and order loving people of the coun
ties in which they reside. I bo billow
ing account ot their hubits, religious
customs, manners and oauy nanus, is
from the Lchation Dtiity Timet, and
will bo read wilb interest.
Dunkarils do not swear, they affirm.
They do not go to law witb each other,
for utter, ( Mull, xvtiilh) tbe case comes
belore the church and a decision is giv
en by the members in council that is
based on ecclesiastical luw wnicn 110
court will sol aside. Being non-com
batants, they aro not lound in fights or
wrangles and they do not go to war.
They do not belijve in divorce except
tor very grove rousons, and even then
thcro may be no second marriages.
There aro no Dunkarils witb two liv
ing partners in the matrimonial line.
There aro no members of secret orders
in the brotherhood, and those who
were msatUrs on lb.ir admission lo
the church abjure all connection with
worldly organizations, as without pro
jutlice, the church affords all tbo advan
tages ol tho most nenevoient ni sacrcu
or other orders. Thero arc no poor in
tbo church, that is, there aro no paup
ers and no one is allowed to suffer.
Congregations bave supported their
poor members, the lunatic and the in
firm and tho sick for years at a largo
expense without trouble, as it is a pari
of tbe practice and ordor of tbo church.
Tbo brother who is burned out in West
Vir-rihia can readily collect money in
Pennsylvania or California to replace
his loss. Sometimes impostors cheut
the church, but tbo composition ot the
Iralcrnity id such that it is next to im
possible to impose on many or in 011-
ferent places. A rascal wbon caught
is advertised as such in the church pa
pers and thun bis occupation is gone.
Tho principle of uniformity of dress
prevails in theory and lureoly in prao
lice. Tho men woar, when in order,
a coat without a rolling collar, some
thing like a military garment, any
color or material, and you can tell them
from tbe Ornish, wbo wear something
similar, by tbo Dunkurds coat having
buttons in front and nono on the coat
tails. The Ornish used hooks and oyes
and no buttons ordinarily, Iho reason
why there aro no buttons is on the
principle that thero shall be no button
where there is no buttonhole. And
this pi inciplo cxistsull tbe way through
Uiinkurd theology, jnesisiers wears
bonnet like u hood and mint weur it.
Tho annual meotini; lias said so, though
men may, and do, wear any kind of
bead gear.
Tbe order ol worship is similar to
that of other churches, sing'ng, pray
in ar. sermon, singing, praying, and no
benediction '"The congregation isdis
missed now in tbo tearol tho Lord."
Readi.10. In these days, all men
nd women read something, but tho
trouble is that by reading in a single
voin, which so strongly appeals to
their Individual tastes and personal
idiosyncrasies that it is not study at
all, they lose 1 heir power to sludy any
thing else. 1 no rule lor successitii anu
urotitublo reading would, in tho light
ol those fuels, seem lo be road only
what one does not bku to read, i bat
reading wbicb costs no effort and neo
ossurily dissipates tho power of study,
is tbut which we should indulge in on
ly for rooreulion, while that which wo
know to be important in itself, and in
its bearings upon broad knowledge
and culture, should most enguge our
lime and utlunlion. The trouble is,
not that wo do not read enough, but
that we read so much of that which
simply pleases us as to" destroy our
nower to read tbat which will edily
and enlarge us. There aro many as
pects in which newspaper reading is
preferable to mucli tnsl is eonsiuereu
essential lo high culture. It is un
doubtedly dissipating to the power ol
study, but so is any tuner rruinug
which is pursued as a passion. It nas
this advantage, that It never detaches
tbe mind Irom a supreme Interest in
tbe affairs of to day. There are studies
which separate a man Irom his time
wbicb shut oft his sympathies from the
men - and movements around him.
There is a kind of diletianteism which
rejoices in mousing in dark corners for
tbe curiosities ol history or art, which
is wis about great nothings wise
about brie a brae, wise about antique
gems, wise about coins, wise about
. laasical anliiiuilieS. wise about old
books of whose contents It knows lit
tle, wise about dead and aseloss things,
and foolish enough to plume Itself up
on iu wavjom. ivr. avonaaa.
AN APPEAL TO THE BOYS.
Tho following appeal to the boys.
Irom the llollidaysburg Standard, is so
lull of truth aud common sense that we
gladly give it pluce in our columns.
We trust every boy reudor ol tho Re
publican will porsue it carefully ; aud
not only pursue It, but reflect upon 11 ;
and not only reflect upon it but act
upon it- not only lorthoir lasting good.
hut also tor the unutterable joy thai
the change in their hubits will give rise
to in the hearts of their parentis, broth
ers and sisters. With these words by
way of introduction, we come to tbe
article itself : " l he standard bos no
warmer friends anywhere than the
boys. And since tho boys are favora
bly disposed tow aid us, we would fain
to do them a good turn. Older than
they, and witb not a little experience
in tbo tangled ways ot the world, we
sincerely wish thut it were in our pow
er to shield all the boys of our acquain
tance Irom tbe evils thereof. It is a
great thing to be a good man. It is a
great thing lo be a gisid boy and to
grow up into a pure, noble man. He
is indeed fortunate who, when arrived
ut a man's estate, can look back upon
u manly, honorable boyhood and youth,
and can say, hitherto I have been kept
from the scorching influence of those
gross sins that wither and destroy the
frail plant ol human purity. And hu
who can do this is a noy wnospent pis
evenings at home. Tbereloro, we may
say to the boys, form a habit of stay
ing al homo in tho evening. When
night comos down, 110 mutter where
you muy be, nor how pleasant may be
the pastime in which you are engageu,
drop everything and make your way
homo. Spend tho evening with your
parents, your brothers and sistors, your
friends. Read instructive books, read
amusing books, have pleasant little
games, show the parents wbo bave
provided a borne lor you mat you ap
preciate their efforts, and that yon do
love them and tbooosy home they have
made. 8bun companions who would
mako you dissatisfied with your home.
Look with suspicion upon that boy who
would instil into your breust a love lor
the street. Ho is a bad boy. He is
bound to grow up a bad man. The
probabilities aro that he will come to a
bad end. Huvo no fellowship with llie
coarso, the vulgar, the profane. When
you hoar a boy swearing, when you
see him mocking the aged or making
ssut ot those wbo bave been deprived
nf their reason, you may be sure tbat
he is not tho kind of a companion you
ought to associate with. Such are the
boys who run tbe streets af ter dark. If
you keep their company, it will not
be long until you are as bad as tbey
aro. You don't want this lo happen.
There isn't a boy of you all who wants
to glow up into a bud man. You are
all lisiking forward with longing and
with hone lo the day when you snau
bo mon. Butareyou beginning right 7
It is not often that an idle, prolane,
cruel boy becomes agood man. The boy
wbo spends his evenings nn tne streets
is, alter awhile, tbe man wbo wastoa
his timo in billiard rooms and in
whiskey dens. Tho hoy wbo loves his
home, and finds it so delightful a pluce
for evening snort or improvement, win
he the man wholov. s bis home. Belter
begin now, boys. We trust that every
hoy who reads tho Standard and who
is our friend, will take our advice and
sneud every evening of this winler at
homo, f iriif iwiy, ooys. jry n am.
Inter, and then t-.ll us all about It In
tho spring."
OUR VISIBLE MORTALITY.
In view of the passing years, and of I
tho limitations thoreot, thero aro cer
tain things which you will not escape,
but which yon will be overtaken by
first or lost. Your eye will betray you.
Your shaking band will tell tho story.
Your whitening hair tells it already.
You remember when yoo were so
young that you ran liko a deer, llow
heavy your IikiI is now I You remem
ber when, scorning to wait lo climb
over a fence, you put your band on
tho top rail and sprung over at a nounu.
How pattent you aro now in climbing
over a fence I You remember when,
on coming to a hill, you wont rejoicing
up, almost wishing it were higher.
Now how willing you aro to pause on
it summit, and regain yourlost breath I
Now and then a man puts these things
together, and says, "I am not as young
as I once was, and I cannot bear as
much as 1 onco could." 1 suppose
some men could open a voin in their
arm, and see their life ebbawuy, though
not many J but we see our Ide ebbing
away continually. One symptom
comes, crying. "Be ready to depart,"
and belore that IS out ol sight, anoth
er courier from tho other lite says,
"Prepare to depart." And scarcely
has that gone, belore another messen
ger appoars. saying. "1 am sent lo
begin to tuke down tho tubernaclo. I
will tako something away from your
curs. Another tnkessomellnng away
from tbo eyes. Another takes a little
away from the heart Another diaiin
ishus the cells and weakens tbe force
of the lungs. Tbo digestion grows
less strong. Men walk more antl run
less, and sit moro, and stand less. They
lovo quiet, and begin to see things in a
subdued light. They don't wun'l lo
quarrel as much as they used to ; it is
loo much trouble ; and people say
(irace is growing in them, because
their force is diminishing. Many
these things and mourn ; and the voice
ol men in antiquity was a sigh In view
of their decaying strength ; but how
much nobler is tho voico ot tno word
ot God which suys. "Though the out
ward man perish, yet tbo inward mun
is renewed day by day.
A lady was the mother of a bright
little boy about three years old. The
whooping cough prevailed in thoir
neighborhood, and Iho mother becume
vory much alarmed lest her boy would
tako it. She had talked so much abont
it, and worried over it, that sho bad
infected tho child with bor fears to
such an extent that be would scarcely
leave her sido. One night, alter the
Utile fellow had bean put to bed
and to sleep, a jackass was driven past
the honso, and when Just, opposite set
uo ho haw. be baw. Willi a anricK
the little fullow was out of bed, scream
ing at the too of bi voice : "The
whooping cough is coining, mamma
the whooping-cough la coming.
Dr. Barton, ol Tivoli, has a habit of
talking to bitnsell when riding along
tho road. On a certain occasion, while
indulging in this eccentric habit, he
was met by a friend and thus accost
ed : Hello, disctorl What the dene are
you talking to yourseir lorr ini
doctor Dulled un bis horse and replied
"For tho very reason, air, that it plea
es me to talk loa genueman woo is
capable of minding Lis own business-
get up, Paul.
A Wyoming man won ten dollar i
a wagor by tating twenty pig's feet
This was a pig s Mat, inoeea.
TEEMS $2 per mnnr. o Advance.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 19, NO. 48
EDUCATIONAL.
DY II. L. HcQrOWR.
Programme of the Clearfield County
ieacnerv Institute, commencing
Monday, December 30, 1878.
SECTION FIRST.
Methods ol Teaching tho Alphabet.
Ella Ralston : Analysis of (irammur,
(March's) B. C Youngman ; Model
and Object Drawing, W. 8. Luther;
Derivation and Analysis ot Words, J.
A. Gregory ; Physiology for Begin
ners, J. I-. Spackman; Geometry of
Arithmetic, G. W. Einigb: Civil Gov
ernment for General Lessons, L. E.
W eber ; Literature lor Common Schools
E. ii. Burlow ; Progressive System of
renmaiisbip, J. It. vt ilson : Method
for Studying U. S. History, J While ;
I'ennsylvauia Geography U11 limed, A.
E. Wool ridge; Every Day False Syn
tax. A. Li. Soolield ; Distinguished Men
of Pennsylvania, W. C. Pentz; Water
Circulation of the Globe, J. 1). Silen
cer; A Le.-son in Reading, G. W Sny
der; Written Arithmetic Rules Dem
onstrated, J. li. McDowell.
SICTION StCOND.
Can the Kindorgarten System be
utilized in our Common Schools 1 An
nie Wbittier; How can the Teacher
aid in Elevating Publio School Senti
ment? L. W. Berry; The High School
its Value, and Right to a more Lib
oral Support, G. W. Weavor; Physi
cal Education itb place in the Educa
tional System, Wm. Poslletbwail ; Tbo
Development 01 Character and culture
in School. Margaret McQucad ; How
far is tbe Teacher responsible tor tho
Delects in our Schools r J. r. McKen
rick; Odds and Ends ol Juvenile
Training, Emma McQuown; How 1
make my School Room Attractive, An
nie P. Head : llow to ask Muesiions
and how to treat wrong Answers, L.
Blown; What Attention should be
given to tho Cultivation of Memory !
James Davidson; The Leading Char
acteristics of Good School Government,
J ane Shaw ; llow can a 'Teacher's Gen
oral Know led go be untilized in teach
ing? JS. M.Jury; bat Measure will
secure a moro general frolessional
Growth? Silas Reeco; Everyday Mo
notony and bow to remove it, Lou
lletsey; How can Habits ol Neatness
and Refinement be bust Secured ? Hot-
lie Moore.
SECTION THIRD.
Education an Element in Civiliza
lion,' A. li. lieud ; Echoes ol the Past,
A. II. Kosehkrans; Stand nut of my
Sunshine, F. G. Harris; Successful
Teaching and it Uesiilts, W. A. Am
brose j'Tho Perils of the Times, A. A.
Murray; Manual Labor a Factor in
Education, James U. Kelly; Utility of
System and Methods, G W. Weaver;
The Ideal Teacher, C C. Etnigh ; The
Darkest Night Brings out tbo Slurs,
D E. Boltorf.
SECTION ForRTH.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION.
Rsboltbd, That Meatal Arithmatle shoald ba
tskaa from die dst .f aommoo sehuol atadtes.
Affirmative, E. G. Huya, W S.
Port; Nxoativb, John McLarren, W.
S. Luther.
Rbsolvbd, Tbat Increased wealth haa a favor
able ImprMaioa apoa tbeedaeatioa af tha masses
ArriRMATiv. J. M. Posllelbwait, C.
II. Uicklo; NrOAriVE, G. W. mlgb,
W. F. Dale.
Rasoavao, That tMcbera should form a lassos
for protoetioa at-atast barriers that waakaa and
retard tha progress of tha profsssioa.
Affirmative, Al. Leonard, E. C.
Haley ; Nioativi, A. D. Wirti, V. U.
Sponcor.
Rrsolvbo, That to. and of aduoatloa ahoald
ba tba barinooloai development of all iba powers
if tba mind rathar thaa tba Ppwlal Traiolog of
any .f Its faoalties.
Affirmatives, C. M, Itaflenaburgor,
W. A. Ambrose: Negative, Matt Sav
age, W. C. Pent.
DIRECTORS' DAY THURSDAY.
Thursday will bo Directors' day,
They will moct with the teachers in
tbe toreiioon and in the afternoon at 1
'clock a separate meeting will be call
ed in the Court House when tne lui
lowing programme will bo disposed ol
Directors' Work lis I'lace in uur
School System, Hon. Henry Uouck ;
What Should Guide Directors in the
employment of Teacher ? Sam'l ide
mire : How tar are Directors responsi
ble lor Def. cts in our Schools? Dr. J.
W. Potter; Should Directors lioluso
lo Employ Teachers not Examined in
the District ? Adam Brelh ; Should
not a higher l reunum be raid on tal
ent, Ago and Experience? John Bus
sell ; llowfarshould Directors be Influ
enced by tho Requests and Dictations of
Iboir Constituents r Ur. Jt. V. repack
man ; llow can tho Educational Ad
vantage of our Teachers be Improved ?
1,. Denning; Is a Change ot lext
Books .Necessary in your District?
Voluntary Speeches; How to secure
an Honest and Impartial Change of
Text Books, J. F. McKetirick.
Il there Is any sect ion of the School
Law not clearly understood by Direc
tors, come prepared to present it lo
Deputy Stale superintendent Uouck,
who will cheerfully explain it.
ESSAYS.
Women In Public Schools, by Mrs.
M, J. Jolly ; The Sunny sido ol Teach-
ng, by JUtss Saclio Morgan ; ueunion,
by Misa Mable McGeorge ; Sowing and
Reaping, by Miss Lizzie I. Neiniun.
AFTERNOON LECTURES.
Tuesday afternoon Rev. W. Scott
Wilson ; Wednesday afternoon Rev.
Wm. II. Did; Thursday afternoon
Rev. George Leitly ; Friday afternoon
-Rev. N. II. Miller.
Day lecture and Instructions will
kn ryirsri rinrino the week br Hon.
Henry Ilouck, Deputy Stale Superin
tendent, Pro). A. N. Jtuub, and Prof.
E. H. Barlow.
EVEK1NO LECTURES.
Monday evening Dr. A. M. Hills,
tneilttiiei Poem: F. (J. Harris. Esq..
"The Law-Giver ol Israel "; Prof E. 11.
HsrloW, Select Headings.
Tuesday evening lod rord, fcsq.,
Go West, Young Han."
Wednesday stoning John Patton,
Jr., Esq., "My Trip to Europe and
What I Saw."
Thursday evening Hon. Bchnyler
Colfax, "Life and Character of Abra
ham Ltnooln."
PLATFORM MEETINfl.
A nlalRirra meeting on behalf of Ed
ucation will he held oa Friday eve
ning, when addresses will be delivered
by Hon. Wm. Bigler, Hon. John Psl-
liaji, Hon. Henry iioufk, rtev. 11. o.
Butler, and Iter. J. . Me Murray.
OOMOLVDEt) NEXT WEE.
DAVID faHAYm BSTATB.
Over his Ibrga heat Dart flray,
Aad Ojoaght ef the rlob maa 'areas Iba war.
"Hammer and aa.il for me," ba aell,
"Aad wiery USI for la. eaildreo'e brMd.
. Vs. . ,ca.oiniee aad Utatel walla,
A ut. of aasa la hU spaHase mMjb,"1 -
Tba alaag of balls oa hla dreemial broke
A Stoker of Same, a whirl of amoka.
Ox la trarla, fort. grow. whit, hot,
Coal aad hat ware ailk. fargoL
As up lb. klgUway, ike blaah smith raa,
la fae. aal mieo lik. s eraay maa.
"Pchnol hnaaa atlre 1 Men'e haerta sfood atlll.
And tba woman yraywl aa awaai wilL
While "ho., tbo tamutt tba wailing ary
Of Irlg hlanod ohildrea n shrill aad high.
Nlabt la Its shadowa bid aua aad earth I
Tba rieh maa Bat ay his euatly health.
Lord of wid. aaraa and onlald geld.
Bat wifeleas, caildl.ee, forwra aad old.
Ha thought of the family 'eros tha way ;
1 would, ' ba .igbod, "1 w.ra Dasid Gray."
Tha blaoksmitk kaall at kia aklldrea's bad
To looa oooa mora at aaab abtBlag bMd.
"Mr darliora all sal. I O Got." ho aria I,
"My sia in thy boundless mercy bida t
"Only to-day ban I kmreed how great
Hath bepa thy buaaly aad my aala. H
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Cheated men huvo long memories
Tho Greeks aro on their car : their
frontier.
Popular opinion Is the greatest lie In
the world.
Never despair ; but if yon do, work
on in despair.
Tbe woll changes its hair every year,
but remains a wolf.
Whom did tbo pastry cook marry?
His sweet tart, of course.
Let's not croak ; fur croaking is al
ready hindering ball we attempt.
TheCbineso adieu is "chin chin," and
so is a good share of the American ado.
Virtue requires no ol ber recompense -,
than the tribute ol self approbation and
respect.
When is a dog most like a human
being? When lie i limm a man
and a boy.
Politeness is money, which enriches
not him wbo receives it, but him wbo
dispenses if. -
Talents are best matured in solitude;
character is best lormed in the stormy
billows of the world.
Any man pays too much for bis
whistle when he has to wet it fifteen
or twenty times a day.
Deliberate with caution, but act with
decision ; and yield witb graciousncss,
or oppose with firmness.
The conscience has to do, not with
fitnoss, or expediency, or advantage,
but with right und wrong.
"Is this the Adams House ?" asked
a stranger of a Bostonian. "Yes, till
you get to tbe roof. Thon its eaves."
Style is only tho frame to hold our
thoughts. It is like the sash of a
window a heavy sash will obscure
light
Evory person has two educations
one winch he receives from others and
one. more important, which be give
himself.
It is not the fact tbat a man ba
riches which keeps him Irom tbe king
dom of heavon, but the fact that riches
have him.
If you have built castles in the air
your work need not he lost ; that is
hero they should ba. .ow pul lound-
ulions under tbem.
A carping author complains that
too much is said about the tongue.
But bow is il to be helped wbon tbe
thing is always in everybody's mouth ?
Tbe ordinary employment of artifice
is tbe mark of a petty mind ; and it
almost always happen tbat be who
use it to cover hiniselt in one place
uncovers himself in another.
Tbe happiness of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts;
therefore guard accordingly, and take
care tbat you entertain no notions un
suitable to virtue and unreasonable to
nature.
Warm your body by healthful ex
ercise, not by cowering over a slove.
Warm your opoit uy penuiiuing inue
nendently noble deeds, not by ignobly
seeking the sympathy ol your fellows
wbo are no bolter thsn yoursen.
Adhere, without a particle of waver
ing, to the proposition tbat there can
not be a thought without a thinker.
Tbat is Des Carte's fundamental ax
iom, tbo cornerstone on wbicb he plac
ed himself lace to face with all skepti
cism aud unrest, and is the point of
philosophy where certainty is firmest
up to this hour. ncre cannot oe a
thought without a person, I think ;
iherelore, I am t person. There is
thought not our own in tbe universe ;
theretore, there is a person in the uni
verse not ourselves. Tbe thought is
one ; tbe thinker, therefore, is one.
Sometimes, when 1 stand under the
dome of that truth, I am moved as tho
constellation nover stir me.
Humility of the right sort is a charm
ing quality, but tho virtue has many
counterfeits (us virtue are apt to have),
und sometimes they cast thoir shadows
upon their model. Self depreciation is
not humility, though it strives bard to
be so called. It very otton happens
your pcrsiatont self depredator is the
vainest of mortals. He disclaims mer
it lor the purpose ol being contradicted.
He laments his weakness for the pur
pose oi hearing you extol bis strength.
He confesses himself a miserable sin
ner in order that you may catalogue
his virtues. But this grows tiresome
after a while. You begin to weary of
your benevolent task. lo De lorever
lifting up this human weight which
sinks down again directly, wny, you
don't tancy tho office. You relax your
Iricndlv interest, and this hum me (!)
soul seeks consolation elsewhere. .
Charity is the largo unsottled conti
nent of Christianity; and by charity
w mean all that outward flowing of
Christian life which helps all men;
which forgives, forbears and blesses
thorn that curse us. It is easy enough
lor worldlings to form coteries of like
tastes and social position ; and il the
worldings call their coteries a church
it will be tho better ; for the name and
its functions may bring il into contact
with Gospel fire. Il is easy enough
lor a proteasing Christian to forgive
when tbe wrong has boon as far a
possible repaired, lo forgive when a
profitable alliance is offered, to be good
snd kind and merciful to all who In ink
as be does and can help him on in lite.
But it is a manifest wrong to Christi
anity to write iu claim satisfied with
such worldly coteries ana ucn sail
seeking Christians. "Il ye love tbcm
thut love you, what manna nave yon r
There are some again, who begin to
think of God through the shame and
self disgust which are the result of
..v.. i . . ,. r . . I
roorul failure ana tneuiscvTory oi isunu
weakness. Their firmest resolution
are broken almost a soon a tbey ara
made. Tbev fall under the power of
the poorest and most igrtobl" tempta
tions. They repent, and tall again.
Tbey become alarmed about tb.ra
solves. There is no sense of sin ; but
there is an agony of moral shame and
sometimes they sink into moral des
pair. Tbe Uosel wbicb win attract
l beir hearts is the assurance that Christ
can break the force of rrtl habits, and
destroy svil passion, and give thero
strength tor all moral duty. This gos
pel they may receiva before they dis
cover clearly that what conscience
condemns as vicious God eon dean ns a -sinful
; but if they walk in th light
which some to tbem, DO matter bow
faint lb light may fee, It will brighten
into perfect day.
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