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ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
.1 I TS Clearfield, Pa.
T J. LINQLE,
A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W,
I II I'lilUiuburg, Centra Co., Pa. y;pd
Q RAW. BARliETT,
Attorneys and Counselor, at Law,
clearfield, pa.
January 30, 1878.
TSIIAEIj TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
ey-OI9oe la tbe Coort Hoaio. JyllST
HENRY BRF.TH,
(OATKRO r. O.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
roa bell fow.ainr'.
Mj 8, 1878-ly-
yM. M. ilcCULLOUCn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARPIKLD, PA.
(Its. In Mifnnlo building, Seeonil etreet, op
j,u,it. the Court Houre. Je2A,'7H'tf.
c. arnold,
I, AW A COLLECTION OFFICE,
Cl'RWKNBYILLK,
tA Clearfield Countjr, Pcnn'a. T5y
s.
T. BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office in Opera Monro.
ap 15,17-1
J
AMES MITCHELL,
DEALRB l
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
J,ll'7.1 CLEARFIELD, PA.
g V. WILSON,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Office one door coat of We.terB Ilotel building,
upoite Court IloOM.
iept.J,'77. CLEARFIELD, PA.
J,1 HANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
Clearfleld, Pa.
Will attend to all buaineaa entruit.d to hia
promptly and raithfully. Jenl'7
J F. SNYDER,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office in l'io'i Opera Uoaio.
Jul. 20, "7tf.
VILLIAM A. WALLACB.
ARar r. wallacb.
patio L. bbbbs.
jobs w. waieier.
AUALLACE A KREB3,
(Knweaaore to Wallaoo A Fielding,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Jaol'77 Clearfield, Pa.
r. o'l. acta.
A. A. aaABAM.
1)I!CK At KRAHAM,
) ATTORNEY.
8 AT LAW,
CLBAartELB, PA.
Alt legal bu.toeat promptly attended to. Office
In Ureham'a Row roome formerly occupied by
II. B. Kwoope. Julj-21, '78-tf.
thoi. nrniuT.
crura oftrioa.
uraur & oonnox,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
jbOfflct la Pit'a Opera Ilount, Mcond loor.
f;1074
io in a. tTiaiLLT.
PAMIKL W. K'CLDT.
M
cEaVALLY A MrCURDY
ATTORaNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clear Urld, Pi.
fdr Legal basinaai atttndod to promptly with)
fidelity. Office on Second itreet. above tba Firit
National Bank. jan:l:7t
Y G- KitAMER,
A 1 T O It N E Y - A T -LA W ,
Real E.tate and Collection Arent,
C LEAR Kl ELD, PA.,
Will proiaptty attend t all legal bnalaaaa oa-
tru.ud to hie care.
jH-e-OOic. ia Pie'l Opera Hunre. Janl 70.
T P. MeKENRICK,
e
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLKARFIKLD, PA.
All legal bniinem tntru'trd to hit eart will ra
eelre prompt attention.
Once oppoilta Coart Uouaa, la Maionie Bolldtag,
mood Boor.
avgi. "-iy,
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTOnNEY AT LAW.
tnd Real F.irtata Acent, Clearaeld, Pa,
OBce ea Tblrd elreat, net. Cherry A Wal not,
y-R...tt.ly eer hia eerrleeela eelllag
aad koylag laada la OI.ar.eld and adjolblag
aaaatlea Bnd wit. aa eipartoaao oi over twenty
y.ara aa a earroyor, datura kltnaelf tbat ke eaa
r.aler eatlaraetioa. irea. am-c u,
JJR. E. M. SCHEURER,
OIIXOPATBIC PHYSICIAN,
OSc. Ib reald.rice oa Pint at.
April Jl, lafi. Clearleld, Pa.
rvit W. A. MEANS,
HHY8ICIAN A SURGEON,
LlTIIKRSBfRU, PA.
Kill atund profeerlonal ealla promptly. euglH'70
yyi t. j. hoi kn,
f II V 8 1 C I A N AND 80KOKKN,
OBce on Uarkct Street, Clearlleld. Pa.
Br0ce koara: I to Ii a. aa., aad I to f.
D
It. J. KAY WRIGLEY,
nMKPATni0 P1IYSICIAS,
serOA'a adjelarng the rc.IJ.ec .f Jamee
""ll.,, k. oa rteooad SI, I'learkold, Pa.
)ll,'7t tt.
I)
!!. II. H. VAN VAI.ZAH,
; ( LliARPIELD, PBMK'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
A 081 re Boun-From It to I P. M.
May II, 8Ti.
Vl ,1. P. BURCH FIELD,
Ute Hurgton of ike t34 Reg, mew I, Paaniylranla
ieviittTi, laving rotarati ires tat army,
'en kteproftatlanal nrrleea IttkttiUstaa
f Ctsarleld toaaty.
cue TTvmrlf
' a 8 aeon d itreet, former lyeaeaa led hy
Wooefi. . Iari.M-U
AHRY RNTDEH.
BARBEH AND BAIRDdlSSEk.
rkcp oa Market Bl, apaoelto Ooart Hoaja.
A alee towel for nary eaeteeaat.
Ah ojeaafaotarer ei
ll KlBde el aVl-tieaea k Maaau Bjalra
CLEARFIELD
Q0. B. GOOLLiSDEB, Eilitor
VOL. 53-WHOLE NO.
"lOB PRINTINO Of KVERY DESCRIP
ej lloa eaelly eaeoatod at tble offloo.
QSCAR .MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLKARFIKLD, PA.
jJrdr-Oflice In tbo Opera Iloueo. oetil, '78-tf.
WILLIAM M. IIENRY, Jobtice
of fa a Pbacb arp Scairaaaa, LUMBER
OITY. CoUeetlone made and bob.t promptly
paid over. Artlolee of agreement and deed, of
uaeejaneo Baatljr eaoeutad aad werrantod ear
root or bo energe. SeiyTl
OLAND D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CurorcBffiUe, Cleerfletd oonnt, Pa.
Mt.t,l-lf.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
JbiUo of the Pm and 8criTner.
Curwenivllle, Pi
.Col)otioai BAdt an J munav promptly
patdow. fibai'71tr
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer Ib
Bcftl Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHIXOI.Kft, LATH, A PICKETS,
W:'7S Clrarlold, Pa,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Pena'a.
tefvWUl aioeute Jobo In Ble line promptly and
la a workmanlike manner. arrl,A7
JUUN A. STADLER,
BAKEK, llarket 6tH ClearOeM. Pa,
Frih firaad, Ruik, Holla, l'iea and Cakaa
ob hand or mad t order. A ganural aiiortmeDt
of Conftiooarii, Frulta aad Nuta in itoek.
lot Cream and Ojtton Id aeaaon. Saloon Boarijr
oppoiita tba l'oitoffioa. Prteot Biodorata,
Mroh IfcU'TA.
WEAVERS BETTS,
PKALans IX
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND Ll MltKR OF ALL KINDS.
r0(noa ob Booond etreot, ia rear of atore
room of Ueorn. Wea.er A Co. janlt, '78-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl-STICF. OF THE PEACE
MB
Uttatur Tou-nnhlp,
Oeoeola Ullla P. O.
All oBeial boainOM antraeted to klm will be
promptly attoaded to. eoebSO, '70.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AND DB1LBB IB
Saw LaogH and Ijiuubor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OBce la Oraham'a Row. 1J5 71
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
BBAI.BBI l
SQUARE TIMBER,
, aad taaataeUrari of
ALL HI Nim OF SAWED LUMBER,
-T71 CLKARFIKLD, PENN'A.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD. PENN'A.
nV-Pumpe alwaya oa band and mad. to ordor
aa abort notice, rtpee ooreo oo roaaonaoie lerm
All work warranted to render eatiafactton, and
dellraredifdealred. aiylfelypd
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BBAABB IB
GENERAL MEHCH ANDI.HE,
GR AH ANTON. Pa.
Alao, eiUnilTO aianafactanr aad doater la Square
Timber and Hawed Lumoerol au atnaa.
ar-Ordera aoliclted and all bill, promptly
llled. jjl,U
lit very Htable.
THE aaderaifnod bega lean to lalom the pub
lic tkat ke la now fally prepare to accommo.
daM all la tke way of f.ml.bloa H.aea, Bujji.a,
saddle! and Haraeaa, oa Ike ekortaet aotiee and
ea reaaonable torraa. Reeidoaeo oa Looaat atrett,
UKii, ?r. OAAnnani.
1l..reld. Feb. 4,1874.
S. I. SNYDER,.
fiSt. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
tifacW ABB ttBALBB IB
LaWalclifK, Clock) and Jewelry,
tfraliMi'a Kow, AforAef AreW,
CI.EARPIEl.n, PA.
All klnda of repairing In my line promptly Bt-
oaded to.
"f" -'
Great .Western Hotel,
No.. 1.111, 1313 and 1310 Market Street,
( tlirtrllf ooeie RVle.ar'e Oroad Dip.)
pjiilaiolpMa, Fona'a,
Termai, IB.OO per dr.
Til. Unlet la a.ar Ibe Bew Pablla Bwildiage,
new Marenie Temple, I'. 8. Miot, end Academy
, Orrjr ALt ainat I Jyii.ie-iy
Clearfield Nursery. '
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
ama.a. .. I 1 A...L.li.kJ e. Neae.
X aery on ia ni "-j - -
I . .a- - .I.H.- 1 W.lr aa... ki WAxaaaa
atak all ktada ti rai i ini-no, v
dwarf,) KfergToeai, Bbrebbary, (irape Vlaaa,
. H a Di..kka.M MiP.ajr.arrv.
aad Kaapntrry vinei. aipo, nupenu v- ""
Qaiaet, and early aoariet Rkabark, An. Ordera
pn.pu, 1 wnrriur
aaa2t CI-i CarwtiHllit, Pa.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market mraet. ClcerteM. Pa., ,
wABvr Acrvaaa abb bbaibb iw ' '
BARKERS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all klode e
ob si rinmxuma tovoa.
a ...it ..-.l -M b.ajim' HtfdATara. Braakae.
Comb., Blaakete, Robea, .1.., alwaya ea kaad
aad lor aale at Ike loweat oaak prlooe. All klada
ef repalriag promptly attoaded to.
. .1 m Ll J A L. aaa A aa aw Aala akBa aBak mfaaV flBVW
All Biae m mim '
x All L 1 eeiaa ni karBBafia Itatllt
one ents rjpiii"- -kept
oa hand, and for aale at a mall prolL
Claarftold, Jan. It, 1M. 1
WKflT BRANCH xr
Insurance agency.
PEflTIt k BROCKBANK, Ageata.
(Feeeeeeort ta Murray A UordoB.)
Tke fe Bowleg ret ele coeapaatM reprwate
B.rtk Britlek A Mareeelll. Fire lea.
i- a-.LA . ..iB.eee.eee
Beottl'.k Cemmoroial Fire laa. Co., of
J"lVVkVi"kiAr.'""'l !7!ee
rire AeMiatlna,idPklladelpkla.-... I,l,e
WatorUwa Fir New lark, ieearea
farm areperly oaly J"J
Mobile Fire Deaarlmeat laa. to r,e
Pareaaa aa tke eaawtry waallag laeeraaae, eaa
kaee it promptly attended to ky ao'eneeiog ea aa
Mreoa eV bl WtUr. Loweet poe.ikler.te. ia tret
fLIama' attr aV. OeW IB Pte'a
i.T.IW9MAJI. '
Cleartelt, May I, llja-ly. A(U.
L Proprietor.,
2,608.
TIIKCIIY 1V CONHTAKTINU.
(When Mohammad II, after tht fall of Coo.Uu
tioople, ODterad the palaoa of tht Itjiaotiaa Km
peror "a mrlacefcalj refleelloa on the vlcimittide.
of baoiBn greataett forced ltielf oo bit mind, and
ha rrpatd an lrgant dUtlch of Peru! an jftet
ij i "Tha ipldtr hai woven hit wob In the Impe
rial palaoo, and tht owl hath lung bar watch
ong on tbt towtrt of Afraaiab.' "Gibbon .
ctaaNI Fall of tit Hmam JCmpln.
I.
Four bandrcd ywr have paaaad away
Hinoe tbt TurkUh torrent poured
Over thy walle, Byaantium,
With tht Koran and Ibe .word ;
, Fuar hundred yeare ainoa Com tan tine,
Lait muoaroh of ha race,
Fffll like a king before Ifae fut,
Contending fact to feet
And ped away from hlitory'i paga,
That Empire famed of old,
Ala limp ti blown tut by the wind,
And a ilory that ll told.
" For tht .t(ftrfT hn immr kit tftb fa rA tmptriat
pnlmtm, mnd th w' hath mng i Hatch tewy on
ik touMrt of Araiinb." ,
ir.
They drafTftrd the fallen Emperor
From 'ueeth the beapi of ilain
Of all bii bruad and purple robi
Mo traetsa now remain.
Only the golden eairi bright
That oo bii tend all ihune.
Told this wai mlgbiy Comtaotlne,
The grant imperial one.
With larage aeal they imuto the head
From the body of their foe.
And at &lohammed'i feet tbey laid
Tht ghoetly trophy low.
Nor itorn nor grief the lloilem frit i
It vai hie fu to die i
.Mun ii but dmt In tby great icelei,
All conqneriog Deitiny I
' For th tpidtr hat kw Aii wet ta f tmptriat
pnlact, mmd tk tti hath tang Aer injtek-tong oh
tht lautrt of Afwiab."
III.
The gurgtoni palace fan III, ablata
With Pf'pbyry, gemi and gold
Where the proud Umperori of the K.it
Larifhed their weellb untuld,
Kow lay denned lone and itilL,
A ram tht Cxuqueror there,
And echoed to hie heavy triad
High arch and marble itair.
The Siloalem pauied o'er laoe and eye
A ibadow aeemi to fall :
'Such, then, la earthly pomp and power,
A lunbcam on the wall j
To-day wc reign tn pronperoui pride,
To-morrow wo are dead i
Ah, true aa art the l'rophet'a worda
Art tboit tlio poet ettid t
" For tht tpidtrhatKuve kit tcth tm (htimptriut
palact,md tht mul katk tumg Aer ttatck tuHf ta
ric (oirer a Afrattaf
IV.
Four hundred ye.n have paaicd away
Tba Moilem bulwark now
The mighty eity of tht Eat
Wean inhei on bar brow.
The Crttoent palei iu falling flri.
And Islam auiipllant itanila
Before the monarubi of the Wait
With elaxped, Imploring ban da.
Her time haa alio come to yirld,
And pica away, and die,
Aa palei the moon, when, itrong and red,
The aun aacenda tba iky.
For the tpidrr Aa worra At' tri I'm tht imptriml
pnfact, mnd tht awl hath tung htr WQlek tomf on
tht tOKtrt of Afratiah."
Htmrjf PtttrtaH, Pkiladttpk ta.
A C1USESE WEDDING.
A NOVEL SERVICE DKSCBIBtD. A MOW
AND A LOVELY PAfdllTKR OP TUB
FLOWERY KINGDOM MARnlKD
IN 8IIANOUAI CELEBBA
TED BY FEABT1NO AND
FIRECRACKER8.
From the Shanghai Herttd.)
Tbe iutorostintr ooremon y of a Cbinetve
weddinir wag pertormcu in tbe pres
ence ot largo numbers of foreigners of
both sexes, iho bnaoi'room was tue
second son of A-raow, the well known
storekeeper on tbe Iroticb settloment,
and tbe brido was the daughter of a
family of some cstato residing in tbe
native city of Shanghai. Tbey are
only seventeen years of age. The
docoration of tbe premises lor the oc
casion was earned out on an extensive
scale, and, as the wedding took place
at 5 o'clock in tbo evening, the elicit
was much heightened by iho inevita
ble Chinese luntern, of divers colors
and shapes, suspended from bowers of
evergreens ana nowors, arranged upon
trellised bamboos. . Several rooms in
the store were prepared for tbe accom
modation of tbo guests,and a stand oat-
side was erected lor the convenience of;
tbe musicians and singers.
Tbe brido was attired sumptuously
in a parti-colored brocaded satin over
garmont, which was of course sur
mounted by tbo red cotton bridal veil
covering tlio wholo bead and face and
banging soma distance down, oetng,
however, slightly open at the sides to
permit of easier breathing. The fash
ion of this attire was that of centuries
ago Iho top of the head-dress bulging
out in form very similar to that seen
in ancient pictures of Israeli tish proisls.
Around this she wore a golden coronet,
studded with pearls, amethysts, and
rubies, while pendant from It woro
numerous strings of long glass bends
of several colors, tbo whole presenting
a novel, jl not altogether charming
effect
Tbe bridegroom was clad in tbo etn
broidorcd silk robes of a wbito-button
Mandarin, lie betrayed not tlio slightest-anxiety
to lift the veil tbat con
cealed, the bride's lace, but, with a
stolidity remarkable in one so young,
allowed the ceremony to proceed and
himself to bo guided by tbe old women
fo-botwoens with much resignation,
hey placed the bride to the right of
the laimly altar and tbo bridegroom at
her left band, both kneeling.
it may not be amiss to explain bow
the brido reached her father in-law's
house, whero tbo nuptials are alwaya
celebrated. On the duy' which bas
been tound by the forluno tellers as
being propitious lor tho event, the
bridegroom seta out for tbe bouso of
his prospective liither-iu-law ; but he is
always mot on the way thither by an
eminnary, who entreats htm to return
to his Own borne; and not wasto hia
timo in aoeking the root ol so humblo
a personage as his luture wife's father.
At length, persuaded of this, be re
turn, borne and sends tho bridal cbair,
accompanied by four, eight, twelve or
sixtcon groomsmen, as the case may
be, to ask lor the bride. The bridal
chair is a line qua won of tho wedding
ceremony. While tho groomsmen are
being: icasted. tbt bride is subjected to
a little martyrdom of having some of
her front hair pulled out anu ner iore
hoad expanded to that matronly form
which Hi often seen in the caso of
amahs.
Tbe gioomsmen having urged the
iiniiatienoesfthe Broom, and 1,10 lonR-
ing with which ,ho is looking forward
to the haurv nour, inoy lane meir ja-
narturo, and the bride is led lorth to
her paronts' family hall to worship
hor ancestors those lares ot the
Chinese lamlly religion and her pa
rents, the dcitie. incarnate of this cult.
At tba termination .o these simple
riles, she enters tbe bridal chair. Iho
musio, the lanterns, tho toroncs, in
red umbrella imitation of a Manda
rin', turnout tbe numcrousboxes and
rnnks. tied clothes, and utensils inde
scribable, all shining bright and red,
that form the make up ol a bridal pro
cession, are fatuilliar to every foreign
rcsidonU At the bridegroom', bouse,
tbe family allar, aa above eUtcd, had
bcon prepared. wo ?anuiee, iut nuji-
lial taners. on.- covered with green
ml ib mher with red crap., war.
lying on th. .lutr trnni, Ik object of
wiiHB will M preewnuy inA.i... .
Tbt bride wag received at ber n.w
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
home with a salute of flrocrakers and
musio ; and the chair was deposited,
with its devoted occupant, insido the
entrance to tho hull, but at tbo rcurol
tho altar. Tho chair polos wero then
removed, and the female bridal attend
ants, a oinss of women who, in China,
make woddings a matter of trade,
took their station at tbe door of the
chair and assisted tho groom's mother
in examining the door itself. Tho
origin of this examination was the cub
torn (long sir.co exploded) of sealing
tho gate of tlio cbair to niako sure
that the bride bargained for had not
been changed during the transit from
hor bouso to tbat of ber husband, and
an interior specimen of womankind
substituted. In tbe wedding under
notico, tho supposed seals being found
uninjurod, the mother retired, the nup
tial tapers were lighted, and the bridal
attendants led tbo brido to tho right
hand side of the altar, and the groom
was informed sho had loft the chair.
In obedienco to the call of tho Mas
ter of Ceremonies,, the pair knelt and
worshipped first heaven and earth
the Chincso ideal of a wedded union
from wbicb all things havo been born
into existence. They then worship
ped tho ancestors of tho bridogroom ;
next bis parents ; each in their turn
shadowing forth tho nearer or mora re
mote fountain of existence, liko tho
Spirit of God moving upon tho fnce of
the waters.
The second act was begun by two
of tho groomsmen (both of whose
parents must still bo aliro, as other
wise they are not qualified) taking tbe
nuptial tapers to light the way, the
groom gently drawing tbo brido
by the red and greon pieces of crnpo
referred to beloro to the bowor that
had been provided for her. Arriving
in the nuptial chamber they both sat
on tho edge of tho bed, and the brido
groom softly lilted tho edge of the
bridal veil, and so obtained the first
peep at his wiI'u'b features. Tho female
attendants then immediately put the
veil altogether aside, and tho bride
groom immediately resigned his bride to
the care of the femalo attendants who
took off the veil and bride's coronet
and antique dress, and proceeded to
array ber in tho garb of a laHhionablo
lady of the present day. Tho fresh
toilet completed, the bridegroom oneo
more led ber forth unveiled to be in
spected by parents, relatives and
guests, after which she retired to tho
bridal chamber, and the groom remain
ed behind to attend to tbo wants of
tbo vistors.
Feasting then becsmo the order of
the evening, champagne, sbumshu, and
other liquors flowing in abundance.
-Many ot tho guests visited tbe brido
in tbe nuptial chamber, whore sho re
ceived them seated on the bed, which
was a very handsome piece of furni
ture. Tbo proceedings were kept up
till a luto hour, and were resumed on
Wednesday and Thursday nights,
though not to snob an extent ; but wo
are credibly informed that, taken al
together, tbore were not less than COO
guests present.
THE MILLERS' STATE CON
VENTION. Tbe Annual Convention of the Mil
lers' State Association was held in the
city of Lancaster, January 14th. Tbo
proceedings were of an interesting
character. Many of the millers were
of tbe opinion that Fullz wheat was
not, as a general rulo, so good to make
flour of as many other varieties ol
wheat. Tbo Full! wheat yields well
enough as to quantity of flour, but tho
quality of tbo (lour is inferior as it is
darker than tho flour made from tho
Mediterranean wbcat.andconsequently
makes darker and rough bread. Some
millers said tbat by taking one third
Fall., oiio third lied and one-third
Amber, and grinding them together, a
f;ood quality of Hour can be obtained ;
icnoe, it is to tho interest of millers to
encourage farmers to raise the Hod and
Amber, or such other kinds of wheat
sb yield well lor tho producer, and at
tho samo timo make a good quality ot
flour. Tho Lancaster Intelligencer, In
its report of the proceedings, says :
A member Iroin rnilaueliilna stated
that the chief recommendation of the
FulU wheat was its tino appearance
Ho warded it as far inferior to the
Red Mediterranean and several other
varieties for all purposes, except for
shipping. For export it grades as Am
ber, and brings a good price, but when
used by our bakers is sure to cause
complaint. In the Philadelphia mar
ket jjaneasior county nour, wnten
fonnorly hold very high rank, was now
held in light osteem, and he oclievcd
this was bocauso of tho introduction
of Fulti wheat.
Tho aoovo view was endorsed by a
number of tho millers present. Mr.
Wi Latimer Small, ot lork, thought
tb Clawson wheat even worso than
lbs Fulir., and would like to know bow
th4y may bo got rid of. He suggested
that millers should refuse to pay as
much lor those varieties as for others
that aro better. Mr. Levan, of Lan
caster, said tho trouble was that ship
pers wero paying tour cents per bushel
more fur l ulls wheat than tbey paid
lor. lied Mediterranean ita fine ap-
pearanco recommending it. Of courso,
our millers wero willing to let them
havo it ; but as long as it was in tie
mand it would be grown. Mr. Small
recommended tbo Mediterranean, tho
IU no Stem, the Shoemaker, and tho
Canada While, as better than any
others with which bo was acquainted
for making superior flour. Another
member suited that in his neighbor
hood Fultz wheat was largely used and
the flour highly esteemed by baivors.
As much as 372 pounds of good bread
was made from a barrel of flour. It
was furthor said that although our
borne millers undervalued it, it was
Bought after by foreign buyers. Ho
suggested that perhaps th. faults com
plained ol lay not so much in tno wuoat
aa in tho machinery by which it was
nrcnarod : it was said that tbo r mix
wheat could be ground intogooa nour
by subjecting it to a steam heater bo
toro it is put on Ib. burrs j the process
was described.
. Finally tho mailer respecting which
variolic of wheat wero best for flour
was referred to a committee of- five
millors. This committee at tho even
ing session of the Convention made tho
following report I "
BreeJeod, That thla Boaiety will dleaonrage tke
arowiaa of Full, and Claw.ee wkeat. For mill-
log parpeoeo, tkey are act deetrehle aad Bare
beea tke oauee ef much of tke eomai.lal ef ear
Iner. We n,gcal Laaee.tor, Old Hcdtierraneea,
Boegbtoa, Bboamaker, Dtebl, Vlok aad Ceaerfa
Watte.
Tho htdligenar says tho sentiment
of the Convention scorned to bo vory
doctdedly against the Kults and Claw
son wheat, and the above resolution
was almost unanimously adopted,
A man who by begging gets a favor
and then uses that favor to the injury
of tb. party that generuusly bestow,
it, i. aa ingrsl. of tuor. thai usual
teftb.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.
TUE STOLEN TELEGRAMS.
Tbo Potior committee has not gone
very fur in its Investigation of the
cipher telegrams, but it has gono tar
onougu tn indtcato clearly that what
ever of obloquy thero may bo on one
side is well balanced by a series of well
plannod rascalities on tho other. The
unblushing coiilossion of Urady, who
occupies the position of Second Assis
tant Postmaster General, establishes
all thut, and, accustomed as pooplo
have become to tbe various phases of
moral deformity as developed in the
conspiracy which led to tbo tbeit of
the Presidoncy, they most think with
horror from some of th. revelations of
thi. government official. Not alone
did men high in department authority
conspiro to commit one ot the greatest
crimes of the ago, but tbey lent their
personal aid and threw tlioir subordi
nates into the work audi a Southern
Slate was invaded not only by wily
politicians, but by government officials
ranging from an Assistant Postmaster
(ieneral down to special agents ot tbe
department, with wollfilled pockets,
ready tor any emergency. Descend
ing to this level and becoming thus a
part of tbo crime itself it was tho most
naturaixeiiing that the highest of these
officials should afterward become an
accomplice in the theft and in the sup
pression of tho evidence of guilt in tho
transaction.
Nothing is needed beyond tho dis
graceltil story which Urady tells to
satisfy honest men of tbe character of
tho wholo business, it any woro led not
already satisfied. When the Senate
commitleo had come into possession of
tbo political telegrams the republicans
who wero concerned had the fullest
opportunity to go and select the dis
patches dangerous to them, lirady
persoually secured tbofo which bad
passed betwoen btm and rostmaster
General Tyucr, and when there was a
lull in this neat work of discrimination
tho messenger of Morton's committee,
one Bullock, stolo a carefully assorted
lot and turned them over to lirady,
who had thorn copied hy clerks in the
Post Ollleo Department ; pome ho sent
tor publication and others ho turned
over to William E. Chandler, who had
no more business with the stolen mut
ter than lirady had. It was all in tho
line ot their business, however, lor
t heso were the Democratic ciphers, and
it was desirablo they should bo given
publicity, tho Republican evidence of
crimo having been destroyed. What
tho Republican dispatches wero can, of
course, never bo known, unless some
conscience striken participant in the
outrage should be moved to a confes
sion, and then bo would be certain to
have to face the contradiction of all his
fellow-conspirators. No one will have
tho hardihood to claim tbat these tele
grams woro innocent in thoir charac
ter ; had they been solhoy would havo
been presorved with the greatest care,
as their valuo for purposes of vindica
tion must havo been recognized. Hut
having been destroyed there can be
but one suspicion in tho public mind
regarding tbo motive for such a des
peralo resort. Nor does thatconiplcto
the evil. Evidently the valuo of tbo
cipher dispatches as inculpating evi
dence is destroyed by this stealing of
such ol thorn as would havo implicated
one side, and so fur as tho investiga
tion is further concerned it will never
bo ablo to clear the skirts of ono parly
while besmirching tho other. There
was no better way to show tbo iuiqui
ty of tho Democratic cipher telegrams
than by contrast with tho republican
dispatches had the latter been innocent
and honest. Th. opportunity to do
this has been lost by the crime of those
wbo abstracted the Republican docu
ments, and it will always remain to bo
remombcrod that whilo ono side, with
all its ciphers, failed to hold that to
which it was entitled, tho olhor sido
got that which did not belong to it by
a process known only to its plotters
and their destroyed tolograms.
It was worth while to call President
Hayes' attention to tho tact Hint he has
appointed to ft position abroad ono of
the men who was most active in the
theft ol tho dispatches from the com
mitleo room. That is Bullock, former
mcsscngorof Morton's conimilteo but
now United States Consul at Cologne
If the President know of Bullock's
crime bo is as guilty as Bullock ; if ho
did not know it thon be will make him
self guilty by permitting bis continu
ance in oflico as a representative of this
government, since tho sworn conlcssion
of the Assistant Postmaster General
makes Bullock but a thiol. He should
bo summarily dismissed if the Presi
dent is to bo respected It would seom
that there has already been quito
enough of this sort of business to satis
fy tho ambition of an administration
which started on a reform basis. Phil-adt-ljihia
Timet.
. AGRICULTURAL.
PROFITABLE CORN AND W 11 HAT RAISING.
For somo yentu I have been cultiva
ting corn and wheat with a view, all
tbo whilo, of making tho most und best
seod from a given extent of land, at the
least cost, In the shortest possible time
and with tho least permanent injury to
the soil. Discarding all old logy Ideas,
I persistently pursued their culture on
almost purely scientific principles. In
tb. first plaeo, tho natural laws that
irovcrn veirctation woro complied with,
tlio habits i.l tbo plants, ttieir uemnntis
and wants wero carelully attended to.
In tbo second placo, the nature ot tho
soil, its elements and adaptation to tho
growth of tho plants wero analyzed,
and whero deficiencies occurred, ele
ments wore supplied, and whero too
much stalk lood predominated, iiiulo
rials were applied to neutralize the ex
cess and securo tho proper proportion
of the various elements ot the plant
food.
For Instance, low, alluvial land al
ays produces too much slulk and too
little grain. To muxo less staix ami
moro grain, limo, salt, ahes, etc., may
be UBCd to great advantage and prolit.
In the vi'L'utable, as well as in tbo am
mal world, there are good, bad and
indifferent specimens, htockmcn have
them all, and it is only by closo breed
mir. careful study and intelligent appli
cation to Nature', own laws, that they
finally succeed in producing pure and
valuablo breeds, Just as much atten
tion sbouid be givon to tho selecting
and saving of seed corn and wheat.
Tbe largest and best looking oars tak
en from tb. crib do not by any means
make tho best seed. The best seed
corn is always found in tbe field on tbe
top cars of Ihoao stalks that bear more
ears than ono and ripen earliest. Seed
corn should alwayi bo seloctod in tbo
field, not from tho largest stalks, but
from those that are the best formed
and have the finest stover.
Seven Tears of experimenting, woi k
ing on one variety, have given me one
tbat I. almost invaluable In almost
nerd rospact, H is .ry prolitio,
hat an g on each .talk several .are, eaeb
REPUBLICA
yielding train five to eight ounce, of
grain, juy best specimen ot a stalk
bad lourteen cars and shelled sixty
three ounces. My best 100 stalks scloc-
ted from off an acre, shelled 170 pounds,
and my best acre on bighly improved
land made me 102 bushuls shelled. I
merely state these tacts to show what
can bo dono by way ol improvement
in our coreais.
A word about tbe physiology of tbe
plant may not be out of place right
here : It is the largest of the grasses.
It is monoecious and susceptible, per
haps, of greater improvement than
any other. My opinion is tbat, in its
original and primitive statu, every joint
tbat has ft groove bore an ear. Ono
may boo on examination an car or an
embryo ear on every node from the
roots to within six or seven of tho tas
sel. Then I ask, why do not all du
volop as docs that on the last joint gen
erally ehnnt. twn-t hints of the way up
I find an oar can bo mudo by careful
selecting and saving the seed, feeding
and proper culture.
Wheat, too, can bo wonderlully im
proved by picking by hand the center
beads of the largest tillers, that ripen
earliest. This insures pure seed, relia
ble and tree from evory foreign variety,
as well as lrom all cheat, cookies, etc.
I do not mean thut ft farmer should
pick all his seed, but I do say that ho
should pick a busbol or two which,
wben sowed on a choico, clean aero or
two, will produco his seed for the next
season. This picking should be done
every year, so that tho wheat may not
deteriorate.
The most roliabio preventivo for tho
rust, and perhaps one of tho best top-
dressings, is a mixture of salt ami
ashes hull and hall. Ily mixing in
Decomber, or early in January, and
koeping it stirred twice a month, it bo
comes in two months ono of tbo best of
fertilizers. Put it on in Fobruary or
early in March. Four or ten bushels
to the aero will pay any ono twtco the
amount of expense and labor expended.
A'wrni New Yorker.
A HOTEL OFFICE.
EVERYDAY SCENES IN IIIF. CLEBK'S I. IKK.
A reporter ot tbe New York Graphic
gives a bird's-eye viow ot tbe inwurd
ness of a hotel office. Ho remarks :
I stood near the office ot one of our
largo Broadway hotels a few evenings
since tor exactly ten minutes. Besides
being intently engaged in regulating a
muss of books and lulls, the Clork at
tended to Iho following programme ot
business :
Man with small rod satchel appar
ently (list departing " Can I leuvo
this in your care tor a lew minutes 7
Clerk " Certainly, Mr. Jones," and
the valise goes over the counter.
Another guest" Will you favor mo
with pon and ink J" Guest accommo
dated.
Uent (in groat hasto)-" Is Mr. A. in f"
Clork (to waiter) "James, take this
card to 3-0." Ethiopian flies up throe
steps at a timo.
Aing-a-ltng, ting a-ling. Ibis bell
produces a negro and coal scuttle again.
Clork 'Lyman, make a fire in 234.'
Messongor boy approaches " For
Mr. A.," laying down a letter.
Ding dong I . '
Clerk" Take this to 442." Ethio
pian vanishes up the stuir-caso.
Messenger boy " Pleaso sign for
this, sir." Cierk signs.
(icnKin long ulster) "Mr. Whiting
bus gone, basn t hor
l lerk "Just loll two minutes ago.
llroud chested gent approaches.
Clerk "Loiter for you, Doctor." Doc
tor roccivcs tbe lettor.
Tingaling. Clerk "203." An.
other Ethiopian disappears in tho in-
tricacies of tho stair-case, above.
Anothor guest" I wish tho key of,
305." Clerk hands over key. I
Ding dong I Fireman's bell again,
Clerk " Lyman, build a lire in 230.'
J.argc, imposing guest, with gray
mustache, urmy but, distinguished iu
appearance " If any ono asks for mo
tejl 'cm I'm in JNO. l.l. dork "All
right, Mr. H."
Man in chock ulster " Will you put
this card in Mr. A.'s box?" Card goes
ono of tbo vast system of small
pigeon-holes holding keys.
iiiry lrom tho cigar Btanu in restaur
ant " Change a 810 bill, sir?" Clerk
changes bill and never censes checking
bills und adding up figures.
Hoy places a lurgo bundle on tho
office counter. Clerk to waiter " Tuke
this bundle to No. C."
Another messenger boy with letter.
Ding dong. Clerk to waiter "Take
this to 402."
Musscngcr boy "Forty cents on this,
sir. Clerk pot s and boy leaves.
Small man in lurgo ulster " I'll pay
my bill, it you pleaso." Clerk to As
sistants "Make out Mr. C.'b bill."
Siout young man "My key, pleaso
305." Key bunded over.
Ting-a4ingl "Jamos, 200!" Ethio
pian flies upward.
Enter traveler; old patron of tho
houso; hands heavy vuliso over the
counter. Clurk "Jlow do j-ou
'",
Mr. Vurnttm ; jtiBt get in?" Mr.
v
glad to see Clerk. Mr. V, nods to tho
wulters, reglstoru his naino, and then
goes to interview tbo bur.
The ten minutes are up. Tho om-
niscient Clerk is inspecting his books !
and bills as serenoly as Emerson would
write an essay in tho retirement ot bis!
study. Ho is not disturbed. Ho is at
homo. Ho docs this sort of thing ail
tho timo. It will go on In Iho sumo
way for hours ono steady string of.
questions, answers, keys, bells, fires,
messenger boys, bundles, and Iresh ar
rivals. Wilhin thirty feet of him fifty
guests uro talking and tramping about,
fiorters are staggering under trunks,
udies aro going down stairs on their
way to tho theater, children aro spin
ning tops on tho marble floor, tho front
door opens and si. tits, and shuts and
opons, unintcrmittingly, n telegraph
indicator is clicking, a man behind a
news stand is selling papers, another
cigars, the run on tho bar is steady and
constant, pcoplo are eating in the ad
joining restaurant, waiters aro coming
and going; and amid the busy concen
tration ot life in a nutshell that Sturlo
vunt Houso Clurk keeps as cool as an
ieelierg while adding up figures, answer
ing questions and giving orders.
"Opened Br Mistake." Congress
man Flank Jones, of Now Hampshire,
lives with his liimily at a certain Wash
ington hotel. The other day loiter
addressed in a dainty feminine hand
was sent to his room. Mrs. Jones.who
answers her husband's letters, opened
it, and lo I it proved to be an in vital ion
to " My dear Frank to call " at such a
place at such and such an hour, ll rs.
Jones, being a sonsiblo lady, at oneo
concluded that thero must bo another
Frank Jones around, so she sent tho
letter down to th. ofllce, markod :
'Opened by mistake." Andsolswns,
tor another Frank Jones did live at the
hotel. Moral but a nieral isn't nee -
seBry. . ,
NEW
ANCHOR OF CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS.
THE OLDEST REL10 IN EXISTENCE OF THE
DlBCOVr.il Y OF AMERICA.
On tho night of tho 2d of August,
1498, the little fleet of Christopher Co
lumbus, the discoverer of America (he
being then upon bis third voyage), lay
at anchor just off tho South-west point
oi tno island ot Trinidad, on too main
land of South America, which ho had
seen that day for tho first timo. " Bo-
ing on board of bis shin." says Wash
ington Irving, in bis history of the
great navigator (Vol. II., Hook A.,
page 123), "lato nt night, kept awako
by painful illness and an anxious und
watchful spirit, be hcurd a terrible
roaring from tho South, and beheld
tlio sea beaped up, as it were, into a
great ridgo of bill, the height ol the
ship, covered with foam, und rolling
towards hint witn a tremendous upi-our.
As this furious surge approached, ren
dered more terrible In nppenranco by
tho obscurity of the night, he trembled
for the safety of his vessels. Ilia own
ship was suddenly lilted up to such a
height that ho dreaded least it should
bo overturned or cast upon tho rocks,
while another of tho ships was torn
violently from hor anchorugo leaving,
it was hardly noccssury lor Mr. Irving
to add, her anchor behind her. Tho
crews wero for a time in great con
sternation, tearing they should bo swal
lowed up ; but the mountainous surge
passed on, und gradually subsided. after
a violent contest with the counter-cur
rent of tho strait. This sudden rush
of water, it is supposed, was caused by
the swelling of one of the rivers which
now into the gulf ol I 'una. and which
wcrons yet unknown to Columbus."
So fur Washington Irving, who, ol
course, founds his text upon that of tho
old authorities, and especially upon
tho "Vita" of Fordinund Columbus, the
son ol tho great Admiral. Tho words
of Ferdinand, in reference to tho loss
ol tho anchor aforesaid, in the original
Italian, are as follows : " Ma piucquc
a Diochepasso di sotto, o per dir niig
iio cbu gli levo in alto, senna furgli
dunuo, anchorche ail un naviijlio leva.uc
le anehnre di terra" "Although ono ol
tho ships left her anchor behind her '."
Iho anchor was lost on tho night ot
August 2d, 1408 nearly four hundred
years ago I from ono of tbe ships of
Columbus, off the South west exticmity
ot the islund of Trinidad Point Are-
nat, as Columbus named the spot, ride
Irving has recently been recovered
by Senor Argostino, the gentleman
who now owns tbo point of hind in
question. It has tbo rare and thrilling
merit ot being the oldest relic extant
ot tho great navigator and of. the dis
covery of America.
As would bo expected from tho aire
of this relic, it is an anchor in its sim
plest form ot expression. The sbull is
round, and nine leet eight inches in
length, At tho head of tho shall is a
round ring, nearly a foot in diameter,
to which the cubic was fastened. Tbo
flukes havo spread of about five fret.
Its total weight ib 1,100 pounds. -
Hut tho strangest part is to come.
This anchor was duir up by Senior Ar
gostino, in his garden, from a depth ol
six feet, at a distance of three hun
dred and twenty-seven feet trom tho
nearest beach ol the soa. 11 is lirst
supposition was tbat ho bud stumbled
upon a relic of tho Phoenicians, or ot
the ancient iNationj who have been
supposed hy many to have visited the
coasls of America thousands of years
ago. But un attentive examination ot
local facts and authorities soon con
vinced him that a portion of his garden
uow occupies the. very fttot nt which
tbe ships of Columbus lay at anchor
on the night ot August 2d, 149S. The
land is constantly rising from the sea
and encroaching upon it along this en-
tiro coast, as bas been shown by Hum-
boldt, Findlav, and scores of others
who have written upon this subject,
and Iho lato of this encroachment is
known to havo boon quito sufficient to
turn in 400 years the anchorage of tho
groat fleet Into the garden of a private
citizen. Thcro is no doubt, therefore,
at the 0,0(1 ot tho rigid inqaity that has
been made, that tbo anchor recently
found b' Suhor Argostino is really und
truly tbo lost anchor of Columbus.
Inconvenience op Fasihonaiii.f.
Clothes. Mrs. Slowo has an article
in tho February Atlantic called "Tho
Modern Martyrdom of St Perpolua,1
in which sho describes most feelingly
and graphically tho tortures endured
hy u good and noble woman who wits
compelled by her lustiionablo daugh
ter to wear a fashionable costume.
Poor woman I She couldn't raiso her
arms and she couldn't toko a long step,
and sho thought ber bonnet was com
ing off nil tbe lime, and hor lace got
sunburned, and the light hurt her eyes
and people stepped on her train and
yet she endured it all for the sake of
ber daughters wishes. Mrs. stowe
suys of her demeanor in church : "In
.timo she learned to divide her sacred
.oughts in church with the care of
ber bonnet nnd tie back, and never in
nny ocstacy of devotion to forget she
was mortal. As to the pain hor clothes
gavo her, tho sense of compression, the
weariness, she learned to endure that
in tho spirit cf sac nine. 11 bl. rer
pelua 0j C0J maintain a heavenly
oestacy when tossed by a wild cow,
miijlit sho not hope in time, by spiri
lUHl forces, to riso uhovo tho sense ol
bodily torture. At ull events sho tried
j,. .,,, Wll, .i10 meekest, sweetest-look-
, Buit evcr sacrificed on the allnrol'
fashion."
Tho logical capacity is ono of the
most lioaulilul and touching tilings to
bo seen in the modern small boy. A I
tho conclusion of a teslivnl lust sum.
mer, an excellent teacher, desirous of
administering a trifling moral lesson,
inquired of the boys If they had enjoy
ed the feast. With the ingonuoiia mod
esty of youth they ull responded, "Yes,
sir." "Then," usked tho excellent
teachor, "if you bail slipped into my
garden and picked those strawberries
without my leave, would tbey havotast
cd as good as now?" Every amull hoy in
tliatsiitlnod and sticky company shriek
ed, "No, sir I" "Why not?'' '-'Cuuee,"
said little Thomas, with' the cheerful
ness of conscious virtue, "then wc
shouldn't have had sntrnr nnd cream
with 'cm."
Restored. Fort Wuyno, Ind., has
bad a rase of romantic courtship. Be
cause the fut her of Miss Mary lliirtnon
objected to her marriugo with young
Calvin Cogwull, young C. C. became
insano and had to be taken to Iho Stale
Asylum. Tho other night be escaped
from the Asylum and she from her
lather', abode. They were married,
and Cngwell is oneo more in his right
mind. i
m ,
Tho Washington Port wants the
money paid hy tho Now York Tribune
' for lire cipher diiche to go the
Morton monument fund.
N
TERMS-S2 per annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 20, NO. (5.
THE RED MAN'S OPINION.
Whilo Genera! Sheridan and Secre
tary Scliurz were interchanging sar
casms as to tho fitness of tho military
or of tbo Indian Bureau to tukecburgo
of tbe Indian problem, tbo Choycnnes
wero showing by desporato fighting
and horoio deaths their views of tho
question. It is difficult to imagine a
moro scathing robuko of tbo iniquities
and swindles ot our so called Indian
policy than that tho Cheycrmcs pre
ferred deulh to again coming under
the fostoring care and protection ol
the while man and his " Indian Agen
cies " and " Reservations." They
fought until the Inst mun was killed
and after their ammunition was spent
they rushed with knives on tho troops.
Tbey had taken refuga in a pit tbat
formed a sort of fortification and which
gavo shelter to their women and chil
dren. From this delenso they openod
an ettcctivo lire on the troops, but as
their ammunition gavo out our troops
closed around the pit and fired down
into tho det'ensoless savages, but no
cry for mercy camo from them. In
short, it presented that impleading
spectacle ot a maBKacro, in which our
troops were tho butchers und tbo
dauntless savages tho heroes. Intho
pauses of 'tho tiring, whilo tbo smoke
was too thick to permit tho soldiers to
sco tho agonies of tho Indinns, their
death songs could bn heard. Tbo
haughty braves wero chanting their
last defiunco. When all woro dead but
three, tbeso threo came up out of tho
pit a ml charged tho lino of soldiors
with their biinliiig knives, and of
course, (ell riddled with bullets. Then
the victors wont down into tbo pit and !
found that the squaws und their chil
drcn were nearly all dead, by the bul
lots ot the soldiers. Thus ended ono
of tho "Indian problems." ll was
solved and will not arise again.
I lie lesson which it teaches is tho
tit-mo scorn nud hatred of tho whites
which havo been bred in tho Indian
breast by tha long-repeated swindles
and wrongs put upon them by tho In
dian agents, civic and military. Itmuy
lie well to Know whut licnerul Kher
man thinks ot tho Indian question,
what Curl Schnrz thinks, what Phil
Sheridan thinks, but it is ulso well tor
tho country to know whuttho Indians
themselves think. 1 no Cheyennes
havo given in their answer, ll is thut
they buvo been defrauded ol their
lands by treaties never meant to bo
kept; that tin'V havo been swindled
by ugenls, led witli rotten meal and
defrauded with rotten blankets, cursed
with the white man's whisky and bis
distascs, goaded into desperation by
wrongs of all kinds and treated with
renewed injustice when they sought
redress; until they fell at lust thai tho
timo had como to die, so they chose
their ground, sung their death songs
und jiassed beyond tbo reach ol tlio
whtto man s loving care and protec
tion. Even Mr. Carl Schurz ought to
Icel somo misgivings about Iho success
of his " Indian policy."
ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN WHOM
NATURE MADE GRACEFUL.
Young women, whom nature made
graceful, tender, delieuto, affect despiso
to both duties and limitations of their
sex and study mainly bow to moke
themselves the most like men, pretend
ing to be what they uro not, and to
poso lor what tbey can never bo. Or
they adopt tho airs and graces of
another school altogether, and aro ul
Iral'eminiiie, artistic and a-stbetio to
their finger tips women to whom tho
homely lite ot work: nnd duty is a de
gradation, common sen so tho denial of
the higher spirits, and atlectntton tho
ultur to which tlio domestic ullur is
raised and tho daily tributo brought.
tV ho does not know these artistic
daughters of tbo commonplace? Thcsoll,ring tho term ninety-nine. Could
IlllpoSSltile C.XiOlinUCl'S OI tVSinellC f
Ilomelv tu leutnre and clumsy in form,
they drape themselves in tho flowing,
tight tilting garments ot tho ideal lady
uf mcdiieval limes; sho whose lines'
should bo all long and slender and in- j
stinct with nutitrul graco ; long visage,
and melai.t1.oly ; they fr.zx out lllcir
huir, put on coquettish bats much bo.
ribboned nnd bo-flowered, and go as
near to a group of the dresses alter
Watleau ns the. times will allow : will.
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and roguish luces, they pile up their
beads in Pompadour or upo the sweet
majestic of Mario Antoinettes four teet
nothing in height, and round not say
potty ubout tho waist and hips, they
uttempt that swimming, gliding wulk
which goes only with a lengthy kind
of willow wand, but it is impossible to
all else; but if they are tall and lean,
thoy probably skip and prance like
youlhlul fairies, thinking thut art can
conquer nature, and that a sufficient
amount of affectation can make them
seem to bo what they aro not. This
is ono exhibition of airs and grucos pat
ent in London society, whero every
thing is sot forth save naturalness.
Thut independence Which is part of the
English character, happily for us,
uvery now and then blossoms out into
bold eccentricities, which prove noth
ing but individtiul hardihood, und the
icsihelie stylo of dress is one of them.
l'or unless there is the nbsoliitc harmo
ny belwecn the style und person, noth
ing is moro ludicrous than tbeso ttfl'cc
laliims ol costume. But oddly enough,
lor tho mo-l part that hurmony Is
wanting, and tho woman who has sieni
precious limo in sliiddying patterns,
tints and ornaments, knows nothing of
the exigencies ot her own style, or bow
to utilize what sho bas, supply what
sho has not, and conceal what she
ottglii not to have. Largo feet wear
glaring Blockings and voyuht slippers ;
scraggy shoulders low dresses, at. inch
below their neighbor's ; short, lliick
throats wear puffy trills and broad
black velvet bands, whilo straight,
smooth hair, the merit of which is its
silltioess, is tortured into tlio staring
sped res of cm Is and crimps ; and hair
that no Ingenuity can uinlio lo lie
straight Is plastered und braided down,
worn a la Chinoisr. when nature imper
atively demands a fringy and fuzz and
refiies a compromise l.onJun (jueen.
A Canoe Boy." Mumma," said a
ii ked youngster, "uiu I canoe?"
"No, cbilil ; why did yon ask ?" "Oh,
boeottseT'on always suy you like to sec
peoplo paddle their own canoe,-and I
didn't know but maybe 1 was you re I"
Tho boy went out of tbo door with
more n fereiKo to speed than graco.
A maiden lady said to ber II, lie
nephew, "Now, Johnny, yon go to Ind
tuily, and always do, and you'll be
rosy-chocked and handsome when you
grow up." Johnny thought over this
a tew minutes, und then observed,
" Well, aunty, you must havo sot up a
gteat deal when you wero young.
'Can a in i nor be arrested ill unrction
for breach of promise to nmrry ?" is ono
of tb. interesting questions that has
been raised In tb. J.w iork Uourl..
HAOV ll.tr) r.ONK TO BCUOOL.
..?Jv H,' he. fon. to eobool f ak Bae I
What will tno ntoiuer J-,' - . - . ...
With neeor a eall to butioa or plfl,
Or tie a little .ho. I
How eea elie keep hereetf buty all day,
Wick tbe little "hlad.nag thing" away 1
Anoibrr Utkot to fill with luoek,
Another "good-by" to any,
And the mother atenda at the door to tee
Her baby march away
And laraa with a algb tkat la kalf relitL.
And belf a aomtthing ahia to grief.
She thlnka of a poaaibl. future morn,
Wbra Ibe children, one by one,
Will ,o from their home out into the world,
To belli, wllb life alone,
Ai'd aot area tbe baby be left to cheer
The deaolate borne of tbat future year.
e'be pioba up garmenta here aad there,
Thrown down in eareleea haete,
And trie, to tbiak kow It woald eeoia
If bolfalog were di.pUoed i
It tbe keuM wero alwaye aa atlll aa tkia,
Ltow eould ab. boar tho looelieeaa 7
SCHOOL-ROOM HEADACHE.
Many people who buvo public school
teachers amonif thoir acquaintances,
aro firmly of the opinion tbat the
school room has a headache system all
its own, and their impression would b.
strengthened if they wero to interview
hoys und eirls. I hero is nothing
strange about tho complaint ; tho only
wonder is tbat it is not continuous,
and that anybody escapes It. With
systems of beating and ventilation
that aro almost uniformly defective,
and, worso yet, under control ol Jani
tors who buy e no knowledge whatever
of these departments ot their business,
and who aro as apt as any other men
to neglect or despise whatever nicy oo
not understand, many of our school
rooms aro boxes almost hermetically
sealed, Into t ululi hut ulr in boing
driven and compressed. Tho heat is
intolerable; tho expired breath and
other physical emanations of the chil
dren, pollute tho air to a degree ex
tremely dungcrous to health ; so teach
ers and children, wbo, at nine o'clock
entered the room in fuir health and
spirits, emerged at noon with listless
step, aching head, and deranged vital
organs. Should a teacher's nature
protest against breathing in poison and
sweltering in It, up goes a window,
and straightway all the children in its
immediate vicinity are chilled, and
temporarily relieved from ono danger
only to submit to another. The con
dition of the air of school-rooms is no
secret to boards of education ; it lias
bl!t,n ,,0 8,j0et, 0f gome statistics by
experts, which forcibly suggest the
Black Hole of Calcutta ; but what is,
or has been done, to remedy it? How
many teachers are competent to use
such ventiluting facilities as their
rooms possess? Their own frequent
headaches, and tlioso of the helpless
children, show that tho number is very
small ; and tho same effects indicats
that but tew janitors need tear to com
pare their records with that of tho
late lamented King Herod.
SHAWSVILLE INSTITUTE.
Wo buvo before us the programme
of tbo Teacher's Institute, which will
ho held at Shawsvillo on Saturday,
February l.ruh, commencing nt two
o'clock, P. M. It is arranged with
much care, and gives promise of an
interesting meeting. Tho Salutatory
Address will bo delivered by A. A.
Murray. Essays will bo read by Emma
McQiinwn and Elma Read. Tbo ques
tion, Resolved, that Moral Disciplino
alono can be Successfully used in
Common Schools, will bo discussed on
the ntfirmativo, by J. 11 Mead and J.
I). Flegul ; Negative, J. G. Stewart. A.
A. Murray. J. M. McDowell, Elmer
Shire', Maggio Forcoy and Hattie
Wilson, will read before tho Institute
Tbo music will bo furnished by the
Shawsvillo Gleo Club. Not a teachor
of Bradford, Girard or Goshon should
absent themselvos from this meeting.
Entertainment will be provided for all
who may attend.
boll or HONOR,
J. II. Mead baa reported ono hun
dred per cent, of attendance for tho
month ending January 31st This
makes the fourth month in succession
thut Mr. Mead has reached ono hun
dred per cent, of attendance Ho in
forms us, however,; tbat he cannot
reach it tbo fifth month. Second to
this, is tho Hickory School, in Huston
township, taught by W. S. Luther.
Tho report of the first montb was
ninety -nino per cent, of attendance;
second month, ono bundled per cent.;
third month, moles ninety-nino, females
ono hundred ; making tbe nereontniro
l " .iitaatitmm ro-
port wo wuuiu ouvu no neon oi a "Jtou
01 Honor. f
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"dd,8,ourscd som VUT mu.ic.
1 n0..act WB" Voluntary and reflect,
l'1 "j;00 r m.tt,na,:r tt',d
ol th. 1.nml p' beir kindness. Tho
1C0I!10 ol . ? ld d members of tho
Insltl
ituto highly appreciated the com
pliment, and Iho boys enjoyed their
trip hugely.
Tho Sehool Journal for February
contains a history of tho institutes
held in tho Slate during this winter.
A sketch ot tho Clearfield County In
stitute is among them and compare,
very fuvornblo with tho work of other
counties.
This advico is given toyoung teach
ers : llely upon your own Btrenirth or
body ami soul. Tako for your motto :
sell-reliance, honesty, and industry.
lluvo luitli and pluck, persovorance
and pulienco. Don't seek too much
advice. Keep al the helm and steor
your own ship. Study hard. Read
good books.
Dining tbo month of January, wo
traveled three hundred and twenty
miles, visited till y ono schools, accom
panied hy fiftoen directors and wrote
fifty eight official loiters.
No man comes to his best develop
ment of manliness till ho has looked
tho wolf out of countenance. It is a
heavy strain on your nerve, but It i.
ono of God's processes.
Teachers, strivo to keep up tho In
terest in your schools, during tho last
month. Don't allow the warm days
to rob yon of your pupils.
Remember tho Teacher's Local In
stitute at New Washington, February
21st and 22d, 1879,
TUOLdllTS FOR TEACHERS.
Avoid as much as possiblo verbatim
recitations ; they are, as a rule, worse
than useless.
Let your pupils leil that they can
implicitly rely on tho correclnes. of
what you tell them.
Every exercise should bo conducted
so as to secure the constant attention
ol each and every pupil in th. class.
Mako haste slowly. A singlo prin
ciple, thoroughly tuught, is worth a
hundred imperfectly understood.
Bo thoroughly Interested in what
you are teaching ; nothing will so
readily oxeito interest in yonr pupils.
Tbo teacher's work Is instruction.
Tho pupil', work is learning. Th.
leucl.t r mnat dircct. The pupil mue'.
obey. j
No tcfrstopr) will cnablo us to see
(Ind. No finest tnicroscope will make
Him vislbloM) tbe act of working. No
chemistry, no study ol physical lorecs,
no search after the one primary torco,
can bring us a "band breadth nearer
God." Scienco, In the obeyance of our
spiritual powers, attain, not to God.