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TT W. SMITH,
AT TORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7J
Clearfield, Pa.
J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
1:11 Phlllpeburs;, Ceutro Co Pa. y:pd
G
R. ft W. BARRETT,
ATTORNEYS AUD COUNSELORS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, FA.
' Jaaaary 0. 1071.
I
SRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ClearSeld. Pa.
;WOoe lo the Court Houie. Jyll
HENRY BRETU.
(oflTRVD r. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE I'EACE
POM BRLL TOWRHtltP.
Mil , W8 J
r.i. M. MoCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offl.-e tn Iklarrnie bulldiag, Seeond ptwri, op
posite Ibe Court Homo. Je2n,'7B It.
y C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OFFICE,
CUKWENHVILLB.
ClearOeld Coaatr, Perta'a.
T5J
T.
BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY. AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
p 25,T7-lj
Off.ce in Opi-r lloun.
TAMF.S MITCHELL,
Sunre Timber & Timber Lands,
1.II7J CLKARPIKLD, PA.
g V. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office one door rait of WaUra Hotel building.
opoiita Court Uouio. .
Kpl.0,'77. CLEARFIELD, PA.
piiAXK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CIrarflfld. Pa.
Will attild to all builneu enlrui.ted to bin
prouiptly and Faithfully.
Janl'7
J.
K. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD,
Offiee in Pia'a Opera Uoaai.
June t6, '7tf.
WILI.UM k. WALLica. . HAT10 L. aatia.
a.aar p. waLLAra. jobr w. waioLar.
WALLACE & lvREliS,
(baioeeion to Wallaoa A Flaldiag,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
J.ol'17 t'ltarlleld, Pa. .
ruVlUCK. . A. A. SBASAHt
Dl'k CiBAHAM.
13 A1TURNEY8 AT LAW,
CLBAHPIBLa, PA
All Irfal bulne.l promptly attended to. O0.ce
la (li.b.m'a Row room, formerly occupied by
II. U Hwoope. JuiyH. 'TS lf.
raoa. a. MtanAT. craci auacoa.
JJURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
a OBiae la Pie 'a Opera llouae, aeooad floor.
:JOJ74
imtara a. h'brau.t pariii. w. w'ceaaT,
rcE.N'ALLY i McCUKDY
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Cloarneie. ra.
idr Legal baiiaeaa atunded u promptly witaj
laaiity. umoe ob Seaond atreet. oooee tee rirat
Satioaal Bank. jaa:l:70
Y G. K'tAMER,
ATTORNEY-
AT-LAW,
Heal BitaU and CollealloB Af.at,
CLEAKr-UCI.!), PA.,
Will promptly attend ta all legal bullaeaa oa
trailed to bia care.
4r-Omoe la Pie'a 0ara HouM. Janl'70.
J P. MtKENRICR,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal buaiueet rntruated to bit care will re
ceive prompt atleotien.
Oflre epolte Court llouae, la Maaonie Bulldlog,
areood floor. augl4,'7-ly.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORSEY AT LAW. '
tad Koal Batata Acout, ClearOeld, Pa.
Once oa Third .treat, boa-Vkerrp A W Bleat.
drKeapectfully offera bia aorrieei la aaliiag
and buytag landa la Clearfleld aad BilJolalBg
eauatiea and witb an eaperlenee 01 eeor twentf
y.ara aa a eareeyor, flatten kimtall that he eaa
t,Jer aatlafaetioa. (Feb l.'S:tf,
JJR K. M. 80HEURER,
HOMEOPATHIC PnYRICIAH,
OBoa la reild.ace on FIrrt it
April 14, 1171. Cleerneld, Pa.
I)
li W. A. MEANS.
HIIY8ICIAN ft 8 U RO EON,
Ll'THERBBLia, PA.
Will attend Brofeealeaal ealta promptly, auf lot
TJR. T. J. BOTER,
rllYSICIAM AND SCKOEON.
OhVia oa Market Street, Oteartel. Pa.
-Ofloa aoa re: I to U a. m.. aod I lo 0 p. av.
JJR. J. KAY WRIGLEY,
BO.MSPATRI0 PHYSICIAN,
-oa adjelami tho raatoVaeo of Jamej
""?, Kaa., ea Beooad Ht I'leuraeia, ra.
Jai,l,H tf.
D
n..u. B. y.VN VALZAlI,
n.KARPIELD, PENH' A.
Ul-TK'K IN MASONIC BUILDINO
Mr OaV. hoare Tram II to t P. M.
' Hay Jt, 17
JJR. J. p. HURCll FIELD,-.
u fluneaa of ike led R.glmeal, Posatyloawla
elaeeea, ba.lag reearaod frem ta Army,
era kle prefeeaieael aorrraoe te l4ealllaea
i viearlald oesaty.' -
. oeT-PrefeeetoBel ealta wromBllr atteaded M.
ooob treat, foraaorlyooewptod wy
Dr-Wvida, (ea.4,'o4 -14
tTARRT RNYDER.' "
-A. BAR1E AVa BAIRO REISER.
Aofea Market M, epauOowrt Roaefc
A atoaa elwel ear ovary aailimir.
Ame avaaufaetdrer of "
bum af ArtkU) IJbbmu M-ilr.
-wetaafa. may M, fa.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. G00DLAHDIB, Editor
VOL 53-WHOLE NO.
Cardi.
qscar Mitchell;
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLKARPIKLD, PA.
OUT- 0(11 in Ibo Opera lt-uie. octv, '7 If.
WILLIAM M IIKNRY, Justice
op Til Pbaob tin Rcaivaaea, LUMBER
CITY. Collection, mad and none; promptly
paid avor. Article! or agreement and deda of
eoBveyaoee neatly oieeuted aid warranted oor
root or ao overgo, lajytl
R
OLAND D. SVTOOPE, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .,
CarwtarrilU, ClearOeld oounty, Pa. - -
oat. I, .
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juatlee of tha Paaoo and Sorlveacr,
CurweaoTlllo, Pa.
hJVClletloBf miado oad moaoy prompUy
paid over.
fobli'lltj-
JA8. B. GRAHAM,
dealer fa
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BHINULBS, LATH, A PICKETS,
:I0'71 Clurt.U, Pa,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clcarllold, Pauua.
btvWill oaeoate )oba la hie Haa promptly and
to a workmanlike meaner. arr,67
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Market St., Clfirflrld, P.
Vwb Brad, Kuik, Bulla. Fin tod CkM
on bantl or nttls to orJtr. A gtritrsvl aiaortueot
of Coiift.oDriw, Fruit aid Kuti In ilock.
In Cream ud Ojtra in itiioo. 6lo acarlj
po.U lb l'oitofeoa. PrtcM aioderRt.
Miopfh lA-'Th.
WEAVER , BETTS,
DK4LKB4 IM
Real Esta'.e, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LI'MBEROF ALL KINDS.
ra-Offleo oa Heo-ad rtraet, la rear of atore
room of Uoorge Wearer A Co. I J.oU. "78-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jt'STICE OF THE PEACE
roe
Utcalur Tovnthip,
Oooeela Mill! P. n.
AH oclel ba.lnen trarte4 M klm will o
promptly attended w. mebSt, '70.
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AJD BBALBB IB
-Saw laogs and Iiiiuborf
OLEARFIELD, PA.
Oflloo la flraham'a Row.
MiiTl
E. A. BIGLER 4 CO.,
SliLIM III
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer! of
ALL KINDS Of SAWED LUMBER,
t'Tt CLEARFIELD, PEMN'A.
G. H. HALL, '
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
BPuinpe alwaya on band and made to order
en abort notice. Pipe! bored oa raaiioBable terme.
All work warranted ta render aattaraotlon, ana
delirered Ifdeilrcd. myli:lypd
THOMA6 H. FORCEE,
paALaa n
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTHM, Pa.
Alee, eiteaaira maaufaeturar aud dealer la Square
Timber and Hawed Lam Mr ol all lull.
ArtrOrderl tolteited aad all kllla promplly
Oiled. Ijjl0'
Laivery Mtable.
THE uadanlned befi UaeaU latum the pab
lie that be la aow (ally rapar' to aeoeaim-
date all la toe way of larauaue Uv.eee, ougciee,
daddlea and Uarnaaa, ob the abarUet aotioe aad
ea rwaaonabla terme. Reaideaeo oa Leoaat itrael,
hetweoa Third aad Fourth.
OKU. w, UKAifrJAnr.
tlearOeld. Feb. 4. I "74.
S. I. SNYDER,
r-?X "
i.,y ao aaina ra
Watched, Clocko Bd Jewelry,
Oruiaa'a Horn, Jfarart Arrel,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All kind, of repairing la my line promptly at
tdad to. . April 1, 1A74.
Great Weslern Hotel,
Noa. Ull, 1313 aad 1311 Market Street,
(Diraelfj eapoafe Ifewwewaar'a fraee) Jhauw.)
AdilpUa, lena'a.
Tnu, IB.OO ser rtox-
Tbl. Hotel li Bear the aew Puhlla Bulldiaga.
new MaeonM Temple, II. t. Mlat. and Aoademy
of Fine Aria. I. W. IRAUCK. Prep r.
Oraa tu oiubt I , yll, 7a-iy
Clearfield Nurser7.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE aaderrlgaed, hating aauhlliked a Nur
aary ea the 'Pike, about half way ketweea
ClearOeld aad Curwmatille, la prepared to far
Blrk all ktade of FRUIT f REKH, (rteadari aad
dwarf.) BYrrgraeaa, Sbrabbery, drape Vine.,
Seoaoberry, LewtoB R leek berry, Rtrawberry,
aad rUapWrry Vlaee. Alee, likeriaa Crab Traaa,
Qstaee, aaw early eaartet Rbwberb, Ae. Orson
proerpUy MteaAed M. AmVtreee,
W. ... W n.TTD 1 ,
dapM-M-i CuTWOBerlBe, Fa,
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market It root. tUartWU. Pa.,
unrumiti an autaa '
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all llaaef
B0HSX nMUllBIKO VQOttS.
A ran aroou or reaoierr narwwmre, rw.
Oomba, BleBkota, Rofcea, eta, aiwaya a kead
aad for Bale at Ike lowerl aaak prloea. All klada
of rrpatrtag promptly etteedod to.
All blade f aide, latoa la saaBBg rer aar-
BeaO'Bejd rapatrteg. All blade of Barae mat bar
kept eel nand. Bad tor Ban, Ham
UlearBeld, JBB. IV, lore.
' Mr uoei . i. n a vrn
Insurance agencY.
PKMIt ABROCKBANK, Ageala. .
-Jftaiooaioia t at array A Hordea.l
; The Mwiwtarlret araMi
M.W B.l.k A bferraafttta Fir. tua.
To., of aTnghad I,eio,e
roltirh OommerefaT Fire lae. Co., or
belaad - ......I0,'
Hrrlb Aawrtra. of Pblladelkla 0.7Bt,
Fire AeBMlar!, -f PhikutelpklB...... 1,1
BVe.e.eM.B FltB. N.W YetB. 40010
brarpaprly ear. .i..... ' r,000
eAedula Ftra aieaarteaoat He. Crt...,w ' fa,'
. Pema ta rbe eruatiy van flag rararaard, eaa
bar It fnrt BHeaoed to hy ewdraealng e ta
i.l i i, By Mn. beereel BwelaeeraKeta Irat
fZ nmaaatii if. .., on Oew. m Pier
RROWtRArlll, '
taay a,lrM-l
it Proprietor.
2,610.
THE PINE TREE. '
Before your atoma eama together
I waa fall grawn, a tower of atrenglh, . t
Bern by Ibo aatlerj oat at aaa, I
Wiih great alerma maavaurlng all my leagfh,
Mahing my migbty mio.trol.r
Coaipaeiea of toe aaeieat weather.
Yoaral Juat aa much the elara that abiver
Wbea the froat aparklea overhead I
Call youra aa aoon tboaa tiewlaaa aire
Tliat aing in the clear rault aod tread ,
The eloada 1 I,eea youra thaa lbeire
Theaa Orb-hawk, awooplug 'round the river I
In the primeval drptha. embowering 4
My broad bougbe with my branching peire,
My guraa I apilled in precioui dropa
Aye, oven in Ihoee e'der year,
Tbe eagle building In my top,,
Along my bought tho panther cowering.
Brneeik my aaaile tkerrd maa eliprlag, . ..
Mitualf aaoatlim, tlol.away, i .. ,j
A paler abadow follow, him!
Kaee, may go or raeee atey I
Tbe eonca open my loflieat limb
Tbe winda will many a year bo atrippiag ; , ,
And there tbe bidden duy be tbrowieg
Ilia urea, though dark tbe dead prime be
Before the bird abake ef the dew.
Ah, what long, have bera aang to me !
What aonga will yet be eung, vbob you
Are dart upoa tbe four winde blowing!
U. P. Hpnonl . lltrpt,;.
PETER I1ERDW.
THE W II.I.lAXurOKT FINAIIUIKR AND IIAR-
'; ? RUHUUU UIIHlrrl'. i t
From the Pitlaburg Cbroniole.j
There la now in lliia city, on buni
ne8 conntKtod wilh the United Suteg
Courts, a citizen and lawyer of Will
iamnport, who it well inlonned m to
the flnant-ial operations ot Peter Her
dio. Ho coincides with Dr. Hinklo,
that Itonlic haa "gone South for bia
health," birt adJs "no Tar South u to
bo beyond tbo reach of bis creditors."
He says, furthermore, that Mr. Uerdio
baa been traced to Ntuuuiu, in the llcr
mudas, and it is ronHtlvntly believed
that he has a great deal of money witb
him. Yestorday ullernoon a Chronicle
representative, in converwuion with
the Villinmiiort('eiitleinan,ascorlain
ed the following concerning tho more
prominent transaction of the famous
lumber kinjr Hia petition in bank
ruptcy was filed in A ojuiit lust, and
hit liabilitiea aro f 2,70U,0U0. ilia as
sets will not pay two percent. Mr.
Wuighlniun, of tho firm of Powers &
Weighlnian, Fbiludulphia. is a creditor
to tho amount oi S1,2U0,3U0, and al
though ho bus colluberal aeouritiea, il
is thought he will not realize over
(300,UOO. Mr. Weiglilmsu bun an in
como ol StiO.AOO pur month, from tho
business ot selling quinine, and having
had implicit confidence in Jlordic dis
counted all tho paper he ottered, and
purchased all the bonds and mortgages
which, he hud for sale.
His method of dealing wilh Mr.
Woightman was aflur this fashion :
Purchasing lurgt) tracts of land, he
laid them off in lots, 75 feet trout, on
some of which ho erected double build
ings. The outlay required wus 13.000.
He would then sell the property to an
irresponsible party, for $12,000 to $13,
000, take mortgage and bonds, and ac
knowledging the ruceipt of ono $1,000
bond, would hie himself to Philadel
phia, and sell the remaining bonds to
Mr. Weigblman. Tho lutter, il is said,
purchased at loust (250,000 of bonds
and mortgages of this character, on
which be will realize scarcely a farth-
A Minncqua farmer was given 112,
000 for a turm, by Herdio, who pro
ceeded to Philadelphia and mortgaged
it for 18,000. ' He then returned to the
farmer, asked bim whut he proposed
to do wilh tho 112,000, and learning
that he intended placing it at interest,
requested that it be loaned to him.
This was dono, and Herdio pocketed
(30,000 as the result of tho transaction.
The farmor will got nothing, and the
Philadelphia man will reckon among
his losses the (18.000.
Herdio owned tbo majority of the
stock of the Williainsportgas company,
tbo original capital ol which waa $150,
000. Ho sold the company 1,000 acres
of wild land for (300,000, and the com
pany issued to him for thesamo (300,
000 worth of additional stock. Hub.,
qnently the ground was sold at Mar.
sbal's aalo, on a lien having priority,
and was purchased tor a song. On
thestock issued Uerdic borrowed (300,-
000, using tho same as collateral lor
bis notes, representing that tho com
nnnv was navinff dividends reirularlv
i j j o - a f
At the same time, as the leading slock-
bolder of the company, he made the
original ( 100,000 preterred stock, and
transtened tho maior portion ol it to
John O. Reading, of Philadelphia, and
when tue holders ot notes attempted
to collect on tho (300,000 of stock bold
as collateral security largo amounts ol
tbe shares were sold at Irom 60 cents
to (2, when tho par value was (25.
The stock outside of tho preferred
stock has not and never will pay divi
dends. Tho church in Williamsport erected
by Herdio wot put up in this war :
Notes wore given the quarrymen for
I he stone ; orders wore gi ven the bu ild-
crt on ths merchants ol Williamsport,
and tbe orders were paid ny notes, and
the notes havo not been lilted.
One ol his favorito schemes seems
to have been bis association with him
in the lumber buiinosr, man who were
not forward as the leaders of tbo con
corn, rtotos were Issued, payable to
Heroic and endorsed ny Dim, ana tboa-
sands of such notes were sent scattered
broadcast, in purchasing lands in Ly
coming county. Mostol it was pur.
chased at Treasurer s and Uommission-
ori s ales at 5 to 30 cents an acre, and
mortcaged at double its value
Llerdic owned one-iuird ol me slock
of lbs Susquehanna boom, which in
terest was worth (100,000. This stock
was pledged at collateral security fur
money borrowed and was sold in a
lamp, and nttrcbased by one ot bis
creditors. Concerning this stock ft is
ourrently believed in Williamsport tbal
h still retains aa inter! in it.
A very large amount of his property
was sold at Sheriff and Marshal's sale.
upon judgments obtained by his la
ther id law, ex-Jodge Maynarrl, Said
judgments having been entered on
notes long ovsruoe.
Tbo Minnequa Springs comprised
about thirty acres of grooni, and a
building wbico cost, perhaps, 2U,uuu.
This property was subsequently trans
ferred to tb Minnequa Improvement
Oompsnr." and bonds "iSsned lo' pat
Uerdio tor the same, but the bonds are
not included in the schedule of assets.
Fivs or i.x weeks ago the bote) was
burned down, and there is ajiglitover
lbs payment ol the insurance tbe
companies holding the risks' decline to
"ants up", until they ascertained to
whom lbs money ritfbtfulljr belongs.
The Insurance te (TH.IrOO. -
Next comes the Williamsport Tim
enger Railway Company, with-a capi
tal atrwk -of (45,000. licrdie was tbe
loading shareholder, and borrowing
money, pledged the slock as collateral
BseurilF. A few days before bis lil-
are, tb slock still being In his nam
on the nooks, and bis own men born
porting the Board of Directors, A Ualas
01 im rmrMbuwa or th mvt was ex
ecTtted toj A; K Midaugh. ot WUllAavs
' CLEARFIELD, PA.,
port, for tho nominal sum of (500.
When tbe parties holding the notes
sold the stock collaterals, a trifling sura
was realized, by reason ot the lease,
and when the purchasers ot the stocks
attemptod to take possession of the
road, the lessee reluscd to surrender,
claiming that the company had leased
the railway to bim. The validity ol
tbe lease will be tested In Court by tbe
parties who were compelled to pur
cbase the stock. '
A lew months prior to Herdic's fail
ure, it is alleged he sold a large amount
oi property to vanuus parries, laving
. r . . . . , . i
irom tbem a mortgage and- recording
it. The deed was not delivered or
placed on record. When the property
was sold at Sheriff's or Marshal's sale,
the parties purchasing got it for a
nominal figure. After the execution
of tbe deed by the Sheriff or Manthal,
those mortgages were satisfied by ller
dic. In substance aa follows:
Whereas, the deod of tbe within de
scribed property was nover delivered
by me to tbe purchaser, and, whereas,
no consideration ever having been paid,
ana, whereas, tbe same bas been sold
at Marshal's tale, I hereby satisfy the
within mortgage.
It is said there is scarcely a build
ing ereoted in Williamsport by Petor
Herdio, which was nof mortgaged for
double lis cost, and the paper uegotl
ated a tew months prior to tho pro
ceedings m Dankruptcy, with tbe avow
ed purpose, aa is alleged, of disposing
oi nis property, in order to prevent a
fair and equal adjustment of his estate
among his creditors. His paper is
scattered all over the East from Maine
to Baltimore, the gentleman Irom
whom this information is derived be
ing a creditor to tho extent of (10,000,
while bis lather, once a prominent
owner of boom stock, lost bit inlorcst
in tho concern through the "shrewd
ness and sagacity" ol Herdio. His
worthless stocks aro said to Ix scat
tered wherever he sent bis notes.
At the time ot his departure there were
suits pending against bim in Lancaster
and Centre counties, and there were ru
mors afloat that indictments bad been
returned by tbetjraiid Jury, atElmira,
N. Y. Ho was arrested on a bench
warrant issned by tbe Lancaslercounly
Court, lor false pretenses, and indict
ment Having ocen lound against bim
on the oath ol CoL Shoat, banker, who
accused him of obtaining money hy
fraudulent representations. He gave
bail for his appearance, and ths trial
was to commence tbis month. IVext
he was arrested on similar chargos
preferred by Win. F. Reynolds, banker,
of llcllefoi.tv, Centre) ooui ty, and he
possible entered bail at Williamsport
for bis appearance in Centre county.
1 1 is charged that tho indictments at
Klmira were founded on lbs oalb of
John Arnot, of tbe Chemung Canal
Hank, and there wus a rumor in Will
iamsport that application for a requist
tion for hit removal to New York
State at the time ot bis disappearance
was pending. It is believed therefore
that tbe tear of being taken outside of
the State, without means of obtaining
bail, led Herdio to surreptitiously leave
bis nalivs hearth a fortnight since.
Perhaps the additional fact that a
horde or creditors waiting the rosult
of the suits pending to bounce on hint
.1 ' t . . A I.
luriuer luuuenveu nun urueeainp. it
is-beiieved 4bat be bas considerable
money with bim, for lbs reason that
a few days prior to the 30th of August,
tbe day on winch bis petition was
filed, ho obtained in Philadelphia tho
sum of (45,000. His family in Will
iamsport appear to bavo been comfort
able provided for. The rate of inter
est bas been decreased in Williams
port since the failure of Uerdic, and
the people confidently expect a speedy
return to prosperity, now that the
trade will be allowed to go on legiti
mately.. .
A BEkUTIFUL STORY.
Coleridge relates a story to this effect :
Alexander, during his march into
Africa, came to a people dwelling in
peaceful huts, who knew neither war
nor conquest, tiold being offered him
ho refused It, Buying that bis whole
object wus to learn tbe manners and
customs of the inhabitants. "Slay
wilh us," said tho chief, "as long as il
pleaselh thee." During this interview
witb tbe African chief, two of bis sub-
jucts brought a case before him for
judgment. Tbe dispute was this: This
one bad oougnt a piece oi grounu
which, slier the purchase, was found
lo contain a treasure for which he felt
himself bound lo pay. The other re
fused lo receive anything, stating that
ho sold tho ground with what it might
be found to contain, apparent or con
cealed. Butd the chief, looking it the
one, "Yon have a son :" and to the
other, "You have a daughter ; let thum
be married, and the treasure given
thorn as a dowry. Alexander waa
astonished. "And what," said tbe
chief, "would have been tbe decision in
vour country T" "Wa would have die-
missed the parties, and seised the
treasure lor the King's use." "And
docs the tun shine in your country T"
said the chief . "d cs the rain full there ?
Aro there any cattle thnre which tned
unon herbs and irroen cruas T" "Cer
tainly," said Alexander. "Ah," said
the chief, 'it is tot lbs sake ot those
iunocont cattle that tbo Ureal Being
ficrmils the sun to shino, the rain lo
all and the grass to grow in your
country."
Hhadith. Soil. A most important
tbtng in gardening is shado lor the
ground. This, wrote the late Dr.
Jacques, is best obtained by mulching
thai is by covering the soil between
tbe rows and closely around tbe plants
with hay, straw, ball-rolled leaves,
pine straw, or any convenient Vtigota
able trmsb. This mulch should be
several inches in thioknsss, and will
not only prevont the rapid evaporation
of moisture and the reflected heat trom
lbs ground, but also tbe olose packing
and baking of the soil, from lbs beat
ing reins and tbe hot sunshine wbtob
generally follows them. Tbis mulch
ing should be dons while the soil is
still moist. Witb heavy mulobing the
Irish potato crop nay be saved, and
can be dug as wanted, far into tbe
summer, aud the earliest planted to
matoes, often kept in bearing nearly
the whole season. Il may be applied
with profit to nearly all tbe crops, bat
es noc rally to those nrrwrt liable to be
injured. by beat ana arougni. .uoottc
. i . r . . . . . ...
Kcgiuer.
There are few casus in which we
have ground lo oonolu.il that all good
ness is auev At the bottom ot tbe
cbaraoter there may lie some sparks
of piety and virtue, suppressed, but not
extinguished, which, kept alive by the
brcalb .of boavon, and gathering
slrenKtb ia aocrul from reloeuoa, may
on tbe Arm favorable opening which
is afforded them, De ready lo Break
forth will, splendor and force.
OUoWo) reots aad silver door-locks
uaaoot (hut otr) ilsteM atgMa.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2tf, 1879.
DREGS OF THE ELECTORAL
FRAUDS.
Tbe unslgbtly and offensive dregs of
the great Rncressfiil and attempted
electoral fruudd of 1878 are constantly
casting up thoir mire and dirt in tbo
faces of tha American people. Organs
ot both sides conceal what they ran to
protect their own households and ex
pose what they can of the crimes of
the opposition, bat tbero are soino
points so well settled that they may
now be accepted as incffuccably estab
lished in our history.
It will be told without dlspulo in the
future history of the great contest of
lH7b, that when the poople bad chosen
Mr. Tilden President by a quarter of a
million majority of the popular vole,
and by a large majority of the electoral
vote, certain friends of MrDayofl de
cided to exlend tbo power of the gov
ernment to roturn bim elected by fla
grant fraud, and that they succeeded
by tbe corrupt control of the Ruturn
ing Boards of Louisiana and Florida.
It will be told also that cortain
friends of Mr. Tilden decided to ob
tain tho Tildon electoral votes tho peo
ple bad given bim in Louisiana and
Florida, by negotiations wilh the elec
toral thieves who bud them in custody;
that the custodiuns of tho stolen voles
negotiated wilh tho Tildon managers,
named their price on different occusions
received assurances of purchase, but
that the purchase tailed for Borne rea
son not yet clearly explained. Il it
shall be shown that theso corrupt ne
gotiations were mudo by Mr. Tilden's
advice or with his approval, it will be
told also that he is guilty as tho guilt
iest of those who entered the market
place to pnrcbaso lor his benefit. If
it shall be shown thai be did not know
of it or that he duleulod the corrupt
purchuse when advised of it, it will be
laid how ho merits tho lusting trust
and devotion ot the whole country.
It will be told also thut the men who
perpetrated the Iruuds and gave the
fraudulent electoral majority lo Preai
dent Hayes havo been rewarded with
the choicest otflciul favors of the gov
ernment ; thai cabinet poritolios, for
eign missions and consulules, collector
ships, lucrative commissions and vari
ous subordinate offices of profit were
filled by Presidential nominations of
the men who had advised and directed
or actually perpetrated the great crime
against the sovereignly of the people
in the choice of their national ruler.
It will be told that President lluyes
was cognizant of tbctuctlliat the chief
rhiimt of the men ho thus appointed
were because ot their crimes against
the people of their Status, by which
they perverted tbo solemn judgment
of tbe Republic and defeated its Chief
Magistrate.
It will bo told also that a flagrant
fraud was attempted by certain tneniis
of M r. Tilden to pervert tbo vote of
Oregon, and that il failed for no want
of effort on tbo part ot tha Democratic
leaders who baa il in charge.
It will be told also that tbe cipher
telegrams which passed between the
conspirators on both sides to and Irom
Louisiana, rlondu,aouib Carolina and
Oregon, were obtained and taken in
custody by a committee of tbe Senate,
of which Senator Morton was chair-
man ; that Mr. Morton bad his brother-in-law,
Mr. Burbunk, secretary of tbe
committee, and Mr, (ieorge E. Bullock,
of his Stato, as messengur ; thut Bul
lock stole the dispatches, submitted
tbem to Congressman Krans, of Indi
ana; that lliuy tbenco went into tbe
hands of Mr. W. K. Chandler, one of
tbe chief conspirators, who examined
them, abstracted or destroyed such as
were dangerous to bis bide, and that
President Hayes sent tha thief who
stole tbe telegrams out of the country
as Consul to Cologne.
It will be told also that a jobbing
newspaper was made the medium lor
the publication of all the telegrams
which criminated one side of the con
spirators, and suppressed all criminat
ing the criminals of tho other side,
and that the telegrams as published
are now valueless as evidence beyond
their arraignment of one side of the
Iraiidulenl operators.
It will be told also that President
Hayes retained Second Assistant Pout
master Uenerul Brady in office afier
bis complicity in the electoral Iruuds
and in the thetl of tho telegrams had
become known to the public, and thai
he retained the Ihiet who stole tbe
telegrams in an important foreign Con
sulate after bis crime bad been pub
licly established.
It will be told also that Mr. Hayes
was either a guilty party by hit knowl
edge el bis own fraudulent election, or
that be deliberately obeyed the do
mauds of known criminals after be as
sumcd tbo duties ol the Presidency;
and that Mr. Til Jon was either guilty
of corrupt active or passive efforts to
purchase doctoral votes, or that he
was most wrongtully defamod by the
men who succusofiilly delrauded the
nation out of its chosen Executive.
Which of theso judgment" shall go
into hisUtry in regard to Mr. Huves
and Mr. Tilden, is the only really dis
puled issue remaining of the tin gs ol
the electoral frauds of 1870, and the
honest people of every tanh w ill be
glad to welcome tho whole truth, re
gardless ol its effect upon either lluyes
or Tildon Vhilatleiyhia lmn.
CHAPTER OX CHURCH OOIXG.
Ever since our foreign population
has grown large enough in the cities
lo make a decided impression upon the
native by tho practice ot customs tin
known on tbis side of the water, there
has been an outcry, more or less pierc
ing, against Subbutb desecration. The
Iter. ir. Iran started it again, re
cently, by a aormorn upon the decline
ot chnrch going, lie asserted that ol
tbe 1,000,000 inhabitants of Njw York,
not more than 250,000 remember the
seventh day to keep it boly in the
sanctuary. Upon which it was re
marked than in oil-years In politics
123,000 are as many men as go to tho
polls and it as many, each in company
witb a lady, go to cnurcn, ir. lyng
has nothing to complain of. This way
of fretting at tbe subject is eminently
American. Unly an American would
think ot those who do tbeir duty in
the churches witb that ol tbose who
do lbs same at the polls. - And this
foot Is significant.
11 may as well be said tirst as 1st',
that the views which our fathers hold ol
the Sabbatb bas gone into the irrevoca
ble post with tbem. It is still rever
onced as a day of rest and of moral and
spiritual strengthening, but not of hU
miltattoo and mortincation, as II was
by them. From their understanding
of tbe day aprung lbs idea that it
should be passed in tbe bouse of liod,
and tbal any lorm oi enjoy mem nut
allowable there, was not allowable any
where. Time would be warned Is
sbcrwina bow and why their view of
the. day baa become obsolete. Tbe
fact-that il bas, and that preachers
might just aa well try to resurrect the
Utters as il, i lb only una which
REPUBLICAN,
reusonuhlo men should consider in the
special instance. With tho peculiar
sanctity of tho day has gone the pecu
liar sense ot obligation to puss it In
church. Hero is one reason for the
decline in church going.
Another may oe as uricny told.
Ilowover backward other things may
have been in recent years, there has
been steady progress in the lovo of
knowledge und polite letters. Tho
ablest of living men have not thought
it boooalh their dignity to popularize
tho prolbundost speculations of exis
tence, in books and pamphlets and
spoken speech, so that ull classes are
discussing problems which once would
not have been heard outsido college
walls. To the majority of persons the
Subbulh is I he only liino they have to
read. 1 his is the case with the older
ones. In effect, the cfie is the same
with the younger ones. A marvelous
impulse bas been given of late lo light
letters by the cheap publications of
several great bouses, f or btteen cents
one can buy a novul which used lo
cost a dollar and a half. The standard
works of Knglish authorship, printed
beautifully, and in convenient form.
easy to tho hand, charming to the eye
and captivating to the mind, in these
cheap editions, are sold in cords. Sun
day, when there is nothing lo inter
rupt the pleasure, is devoted to theso.
This, mora than any other one thing,
perhaps, is a cause ol tbe neglect of
old-lima church attendance
Then again, in ibo old time, which
it not so very old either, all within a
pretty largo rudius ol a church were,
familiar with the pastor, and bo witb
tbem, for ho made it his business to
know them personally. W hen nun
day came round, these people full bound
by the duty of courtesy and warm
friendship to acknowledge thoirrespeel
for tho minister by listening to bis dis
course. They felt this outside of any
religious sciuiinont concerned. But
now, in cities, where the lault in ques
tion is compluined of, not ono prcai her
in fifty is acquainted with one-ball' tho
people around him. He cannot be.
Duties have accumulated rapidly since
the old-limu preacher left. His suc
cessor has more funerals, more wod
dings, more charities, more educational
and missionary enterprises to attend to,
and be bus to preach bettor sermons
or ho will gel bis wulking papers. No
living man can do all the roulinu work
now thrown upon a minister, and still
mi-ke the incessant circuit of calls
which gave the minister of other days
his personal acquaintance with nearly
everybody in his parish. In conse
quence the minister ol to day is a
stronger to the great body ol bit par
ish. Ho may bo an able and excellent
man. and the best of companions to
those who aro in intimacy with him,
but to ihoso who are not, he is simply
functionary Ilka every other. If
there Is something special on bund they
go and bear bim ; if not, tbey stay at
home and read a book ot simplified
science, a novel, or a Sunday paper.
Taking the word in its old, tender and
rich meaning, there aro no pastors
now adays, and, at things are going,
there are to be none hereafter. Here
ia another reason for the declino in
church-going.
Iho decline is not by any means so
great as many say, nor has it resulted
in consequences half so serious to the
Sabbath as a day of rust and moral
recovery, as many say. But there
has been a decline, partly Irom causes
that can be remedied, and partly from
those that can not. Jlow can they be
remedied ? We are not prescribing in
this case. Auk the doctors in charge.
Pittsburg Telegraph.
SAFETY OXLY IX REPEAL.
There can bo no defense against
another Radical fraud like the one
liich counted Hares in, except in tho
repeal ol the Federal Supervisor law.
Under the rulings ol judge lioiio in
this Suite the i'udcrul ollicials may
obtain complete control of the
ballot boxes, the registration lists, and
may control tho count. An army,
if need be, ot Federal Sieciul Deputy
Marshals muy be stationed ul every
voting place armed with pistol and
bludgeon. Tbey bavo the right of en
trance into the room hitherto sacred to
the judges and ofliuers of election.
They cun dcclure whomsoever they
please to be elected. Thin is what
lliey can do ; ibis is wliut they will do
in 1880. The present trials in the
Southern Stules are simply intended
lo eslublisb the system and ' make
the Federal Supervisor an object ol
terror. Tho reul valuo of tho system
is to bo tested in 1840. However just
or unjust may have been tho original
nurponu of these luws, it is curtain
lliul they are now to bo used for tbo
perpetuation ot the lludu-nlsin power.
1'lioy embody a moresiibile and deadly
attack on llie Constitutional rights ot
the Status than tho open employment
of bayonets, which was Grant's method.
When United States troops were
marched into tho Louisiana Legisla
turn lo trample under loot the civil
liberties ol the Mute, even tho KepuD
beans fell thut tho thii.tr hud been car
ried to tar. Though Mr. Evans and
Mr. Wm. Cullen Biyanl condemned
ibal iniquity and oulragu, tbey out
down quietly under it, and Uayos to
day owes Ins seat to the usurpation ac
complished then. What wus done then
was to support the unlawful order of
a Federal Judgo by United States
troops. What they propose to do now
is to support tho uulawlul decrees of
Federal Judges all through thu South
by the no ol Federal Deputy Mar
shals, paid for out of Iho United States
Treasury. If the Democrats sutler
that law to stand unrepealed it will
not only be an act of supremo and sui
cidal folly but will bo uiifuilbful guar
dianship of the publio moneys. A ju
dicial appropriation placing money in
the bands of the Federal Courts to
control the elections in the Southern
Slates, . mi Id simply bo giving the
Radicals the most potent weapon tbey
ever wielded. They have shown too
often that they will use unscrupulous
ly all such power, lo leave any daulit
of their purpose in this. Tho only
complete cure is the repeal ot tho sec
tions ol the Federal Supervisor law
under which Federal Judges aro now
terrorizing this and other Southern
Stales. If the Democrats do not in
sist upon this repeal, cost what it may
they will be faithless to their trusu as
supporters of the Conslulioiial rights
ol the States, and they will richly de
serve the "counting out which as
surely awaits them in 1880 as il await
ed them in 1870. mmtmort aazetit.
An A Bscs o Story. Il is reported
.bat a young man in Ohio was si
bashful thai ho ran away from tli
church where he was lo be married,
bnl in tho evoning hunted np his girl
sail was lied. W might believe the
story il it came from any other Stat
Iban Ulno; bat a modest man in Ulno
is a little loo gtval a stretch for the
imagination.-'Chwago Inttr-Ucti
NEW
A COX TR AST.
The people tho distressed tax-payers
should remember that tbe elec
tion of a Democratic Congress in 1870,
has reduced the National expenditures
(40,000,000 per annum, and this, too,
duspito a hostile Senato and an extrava
gant Kxoculivo. in a few weeks the
present Congress will expire, and until
tbe clono of Hayes' term the Demo
crats will havecoutrol ot both branches
of Congress, and can and will enforce
further reductions in expenditure, and
carry into effect other much needed
reforms. We can only explain the
reudiiiess with which the Republican
masses bavo acquiesced in the corrupt
and wasted u I extravagance of their
parly lor the past louitoen years, on
the score thai they have been duped
by their leaden and newspapers,
- We would, howevor, briefly call at
tention to a few pertinent tacts. As
an illustration we will take tbe ex
penses of our Army and Navy, and
contrast them with former years. For
this purpose let ut revert to tbe war
of 1812-14 with tho mighty forco of
Englund, and a contest between vic
torious veterans on the on side and
raw levies on tbo other. We had a
ooaal to defend from Muino to the (in If.
Our northern frontier was constantly
harassed from Canuda. The Indians
were ibe hired allies of tbe British
Our meant ol communication and
trunsportulion were difficult, and il
cost more to transport a piece of ar
tillery from tbe scu-board to the lakes,
than it now docs to move a regiment
of artillery from and lo the same
points.
Our currency was from 40 to 50 per
cent, below par. On tho lund wo lost
40,000 men killed in battle. Al tbe
sumo time our Navy was unusually
active on every luke and sea as will be
seen from tbe tact that wa captured
55 British men of wur carrying 880
cannon, 23C0 merchantmen mounting
8,000 guns, besides driving ashore or
shipwrecking 29 vessels of war carry
ing 800 guns, and capturing over 30,
000 seanion. In contrast, wo lost 25
vessels; of war mounting S.'iO guns,
1407 mcichantmen and 21,000 seamen.
It will thus be seen that this was quite
a war, and the cost of il full upon tbe
years of 1812-13 14. Now what was
tbo cost 7
In 1812 the Madison Administation
spent tor military objects, including
torts, and everything pertaining to
lund operations, (11,817,000; in 1812,
(19,050,000; in 1814, (20.300,009, mak
ing an aggregate of (51.707,000; and
in 1811 it spent for all naval objects, j
including gunboats in and around bar- j
bors, (3,959,000; in 1813, (ti.400,000 ;
in 1814, (7,300,000, making an aggre
gate of (17,659,000, and u total for
both branches ot tbo service ot $!:,-
420.000 lor three years of the war.
Our next war was with Mexico. In
this, also, our Navy was considerably
employed, but tho main operations
were on land, in a foreign country, ana
at a long distance from our base of
supplies. As a result, we extended the
boundary lino ol Texas to the Rio
Grande, conquered and annexed Now
Mexico and California, as well as the
territory between the Sierra Nevada
and Rocky Mountains, thus securing
the richest gold and silver mines in tbe
world. Lot us examine the costof that
war.
In 184C the Polk Administration
spent on tho army (10,413,000; tn
1847, (35,840,00U ; in 1818, (27.USH,
000; making a total of (73,941,000.
In 1846 il spent on the Navy. (6.455,
000 ; in 1847, (7,900,000 ; in 1848, (9,
408,000; making a total ot (23,703,
000. Here we bavo an aggregate for
both branches ot the service in the
threo years of the Mexican war,
amounting to (97,707,000.
Aoic coma the contrast. For the post
three years, under the Republican ad
ministration, there bus been a total
expenditure for naval and military
purposes ol (155,124,000. This, loo,
bus been in a time of profound peace,
if wo muy except tbe frontier skir
mishes witb tbe Indians, brought on
hy the rascality of Indian Agents, and
the inefficiency and barbarity of our
army leaders. To suppress those out
brooks, however, we have an army ot
25,000 men, bia somehow or another,
very lew ol them are on the frontier.
To this must bo added tbe cheapness of
supplies and the increased facilities tor
transportation. For tho Navy there
bat been absolutely no use except to
carry Government officials aud their
friends on pleasure excursions.
To sum up, thon, our Army and
Navy in the pusltbrce years, in a time
ol piolound peace, has cost mnro than
twice as much as during the three
years of war witb Great Britain in
1812 14 ; and titty por cent, mora on
the Army and ono hundred por cent.
more on tho Navy than during the
three years tor carrying on the Mexi
can War. In a word, tho aggregate
cost for carrying on tbe two wars with
England and Mexico was (167,130,000,
each war la.iting nearly three years,
iho Republican Administration have
expended for military and naval pur
poses In three years, as stated, i ;.-,-
124.00H, or only (12,006,000 less than
the cost of these two expensive wars!
1 hose tacts are taken lioin otllcial
sources, and should open the eyes of
Heptililican taxpayers, lhere never
ill be economy under itepuunran
rule. uloamnurg (oium'JMn.
A PL EA SAX T SET OF PR1XCES.
A writer who signt himself a " Rus-
sian Nihilist," and who is evidently
quite familiar with his theme, draws a
terrible picture of tbo demoralization
nd corruption ot the imperial Kussian
Government in the number for Febru
ary of tbe Xorth American Rrciae. Wo
extract bis portraits of two of the
brothers of tbe Utar, one 01 whom Is
well-known in ibis country in comic
lion wilh ex Under Seorelary Fox's
remarkable pic mo to Kutsia.
Tbe education received by the
Princes of the Romanoff family mostly
stands on a level wilh that ot a groom
in civilized communities. Ibeir ha
bitual associates are the moat despica
ble and unprincipled snobs among the
jeuneu aortc ol Ibe capital ana rrencd
fourfuttari.
More or lens, all the Russian Prince"
comu up to that level, 1 bey pass
their wbolo life in brutal idleness,
wbilingawsy their time with drinking,
gambling and burning. As far a edu
cation and knowledge are concerned,
there is perhaps but uno exception lo
tins general rule that It the Grand
Duke Coustantine IN icola eviu n, nrotn-
er ol the Czar, President of the Coon
uil of State, tho supremo legislative
body of the Empire, and Admiral Gen
eral of the Russian fleet, llo is a man
of more than ordinary intellectual
ability, well-informed and possessing a
keen appreciation ol the tue arte ; bis
palace w the constant .rvndusvous of
artists, literaluurs, musicians and sing
ers. But on the other hand, the Rus
sian people bave to pay dearly fur the
TEBMS-S2 per uroun in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 20, NO. 8
luxury of possessing a well-educated
Romanoff. Among tbe studies which
Conslanline bos pursued with tho most
complete success tbe scienco of bribery
stands paramount. He bus managed
to discount his influence as President
of tho Council of Stato in tho most
profitable mannor. Every new rail
way, manufacturing, or banking com
puny, which applies to tbe Govern
ment for incorporation has to pay Con
stantine, or courso not personally, but
through half-a-dozen agents and sub
agents, a handsome tribute. Also, tbe
account ol many a shin-building firm
might be mentioned lo tell curious talcs
about how expensive an article a clever
ana educated member ol the KomanoO
family actually Is.
Tbis remark, however, does not im
ply that stupid and badly-educated
Grand Dukes prove less expensive to
ino country than clever ones. A ro
cont example bat proved the contrary,
that of the Grand Duke Nicholas Niu
olujovilcb, the Commander-in-Chief ot
Iho Russian Army during tho last Bui
garian campaign. Tho general opinion
about that man in Russia before the
war wat thut ha was a thoroughly
ignorant, stupid, honest and brave sol
dier. Recent events havo proved, how
ever, that it the former part of this
judgment is correct tho same cannol
be suid of its latter part. The fact li
no gonerally known in Russia that
the Grand Duke Nicholas, tbe brother
of tbe Czar, the Generalismo of the
army, not only brought lint army to
tbo verge 01 ruin by bis utter Imbecility
as a commander, but actually robbed
tbe mitorsule, hungry, dying soldiers
of 7,000,000 roubles, ot which he gave a
handsome share lo bis mistress, a
former Opera duncer. I must earn
cslly request the reader to bear in
mind that this is not idlo gossip ; tbe
Col has been officially proved anil re
ported to the Czar by General Grcigh,
the present tbiut ol the Kussian fi
nance Department, who was sent by
tho Czar to Bulguria to investigate the
tho terrific cases of corruption which
occurred during the war. Greigb
went earnestly to work, and tho very
first result be obtained Irom hie investi
gation wus thut tho Czar's brother
was the chief criminal. Horror strick
en, be started at onco for St. Peters
burg, and reported to the Czar the
truth. Tbo invoHtigation was immedi
ately closed, and General Greigb re
ceived the Finance Department as tbe
price for his silence.
These examples, diawn Irom tho
life of two of tbe most prominent mem
bers ol the Czar t family, will Biiflice
to characterize the latter as a whole.
With one or two exceptions (among
these tbo Lzarwitch, who under tbe
beneficent influence of bis wife, tho
Danish Princess Dagmar, has as vet
held aloot from the tilth surrounding
him), not ono single Princo ol tho
Romanoff family can bo named whose
existence is not a burden to tbe people
and a nuisance to society.
XATCRE'S MASTERPIECE.
THE EYE AND Till SIONIFICAMCI OF ITS
COLORS.
From tlarper'a Baaar.
Many poople assure us that tho
mouth is tbe sensitive and betraying
organ of the face, the one that tells se
crets and displays emotion. But we
must reply to tbem that the mouth Is
always more or less under control,
even when ins under a heard, nut the
eye shines out like a spark ot fire, not
to be smothered unless one drnsi the
lid over its glow, and anger and hatred
or gentleness and love are seen there
belber the owner will or no.
But although there is a difference of
opinion as to I bat point, in relation to
the eye, there is much unanimity
among auld-wife sayings as to the
characters lo be ascribed lo dillorent
colors. Thus iho deep blue is thought
to belong to a gentle and sunny dispo
silion, as the very soft brown is also;
Iho very light bluish eye, especially
when il seems strangely light lor tbe
complexion about il, lo a passionate,
one; the black cyo also to a passion
ate, high-tempered sort; the hazel eye
lo the inconstant; the greenish eye to
the sinister; the vurious grays lothe
intellectual, vigorous, hardy, and able.
Byron and Shelley and Scott, among
tbe poets ot tbe early part of the cen
tury, were gray-eyed, and everybody
knows ot "the gray-eyed man ot desti
ny." Possibly the gray tint implies a
certain equilibrium ol the conditions
and humors ol tbe body that is desira
ble in order lo produce the qualities
that were said lo accompany them, but
which, bowovor, are not ut all an infalli
ble accompaniment because of opular
buying, tor there is no greater fallacy
ubioud than that of the phrase Vox
'wild, vox lki.
Yet, whatever tbo character told by
tho color of tho eye, perhaps, to the
mind ol one or another, all will unite
in admilting that two thirds of the
beauty is lound not in the coloi, but
in the shape and setting. In the brow,
and in the lashes. Tbe lashos, indeed,
are half the charm ot the eye, as all
conlass who romembor the tender ap
pealing look tbey give it when uplift
ed, ibo lashed ol i.iliilis, in Uolnnel
Higginson's Mtillonf, that seemed like
too full dress for the breakfast table,
are Ihoso that would mrke the com
tnoncst eyo wear an iris of heavenly
hue. Even among tho Oriental it is
acknowledged that beauty is to be
mado sure oi in the surroundings of
the syo hy care bestowed upon tho
adorning there, tho odges of tho eye
lids being darkened with khol or other
dyes, in ordor to lend more splendor
lo the orb, tho eyebrows also being
tinted witb slender linos in a pencillod
curve Even among ourselves this
praclico hat been adopted by reckless
beauties who And their charms fading ;
and worse than that, there are thoso
who exposo tbeir eyes to tho vapor of
tremendous poisons in an eyo-cup in
order to onlisncs their luster, encoun
tering the terrible danger ol amaurosis
by means of il.
But whatever the ooliHr, or shape, or
ouslora of adorning it, the plainest eye
is a most wonderful jewel piece, wilh
the deep darkness of ibo pupil dilating
and contracting, wilh the shining lines
of tbe iris, and when all the rest of it
is in perlect condition it would be bard
to challenge it at any thing but the
masterpiece ol creation. And il makes
small odds to motl people at lo what
may be said ot color or character con-
corning It. lor to every lover his sweet-
heart s Is like thai Of tamoens s t ata
ri na. the sweetest ever seen, and they
all thrill to tho burden of the old song
where tho lovo declares that ,
"Reaaiy Ilea h mlae over,
' Bet-love la yoora, wy ftof-b Oreiaa "
1.1 A Fix. A man who had jtone
out fishing caught several splendid
has which be promptly threw bsi-R
into tbe nver. Being remnnstrated
with for Ibis apparently kxiliab act, he
replied : "1 take no interest in boss) 1
cams out to catch catfish, and when 1
come out lor calfiah 1 want calflah "
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. McQCOtt tC.
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.
Sandy township bas nine schools,
throe in tha town of DuBois.
Tha Local Institute at New Wash,
ington was ajpleaaaut and profitable
meeting.
The new Graded School Building in
Lutbersbarg is t comfortable and neat
structure, well adapted to all Intents
and purposes.
A National meeting of eminent
educators was held in WasTnngton, D.
C, on tbe 14lh intt, Dr. Wicksrsbam,
Stale Superintendent, was Chairman of
the Executive Committee.
Teachers, we desire yon to ponder
carefully the regulations that will gov.
era tbe granting of certificates the
coming year, as reported in the Insti
tute Proceedings, Pages, 35 ft 38
Tho past two week! was spent in
visiting the schools of Brady and Sandy
township. Elisha Asbenfelter, Director :
J. A. Johnson, Teacher, and Her. Mr.
liurchbcld, accompanied ns a part or
tbe time.
At the late election each district se
lected two men to serve aa School Di
rectors for throe years. So far as we
bave beard, the responsibilities ol this
office bave fallen uiion competent and
upright men.
We are endeavoring to establish a
few Normal Classes in several parts of
tbe County for ths oonvenienoe of our
teachers, rail msnlion ol these
schools will occur in connection witb
Institute proceedings. An effort is
being made to have one at DuBois,
commoncing thp second week in June.
It the movement moots with favor Mr.
J. A Gregory will likely assume control
of It,
PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Annie V. Whittier has been
chosen Principal of Jaynesville schools.
Dr. Schryver it tho oldest teacher
engaged in teaching at present; Mats
Jlaruie Irwin ot liurnside, the young
est
J. A. Johnson's school in DuBois
sang "Marching Along" and "Teach
ing rubliu.Vhcsjl, during our visit, in
a masterly manner.
VISIT YOUR SCHOOLS.
Visiting schools is much neglected
hy both officers and parents. That
more attention should he given to this
work few will deny. We would insist
upon the exercise ol this duty for the
billowing reasons :
I. for the encouragement ot tbe
pupils.
t lo encourage, restrain and assist
the teachers in their work.
3. That they, as patrons, may see
exactly how tho schools are being con
ducted. 4. That tbey may learn how schools
are conducted, wilh an eye to the im
provement of tbe system, or lo im
provement in its administration.
I Lese propositions are so sell evidont
that they need no argument to sustain
them.
Purents and officers cannot expect
to Improve their system while they re
main in total Ignorance of what it is,
or of what il should be.
The vole of the people bas much
power in deciding what laws shall gov
ern their schools; but how ignorant
many ot tbeso votors r
The people should study education,
that they may be able to improve the
system and its administration.
l'arents, do not complain ol ibe
school until yoa have visited it fre
quently. HOW TO STIMULATE PCPILS TO BEAD.
Ope way to stimulate pupils to read
it this : Every Friday alternoon, in
connection witb other literary exer
cises, call upon each scholar to tell to
the school something tbal will be worth
listening to and remembering. In this
way a skillull teacher will soon have a
reading school. And what is read in
this way will be remembered, as we
always remember what we read to
lull somebody else. This exercise baa
nearly all the arguments in its favor
that can be used in behalf of declamation
or recitation, and some important ad
ditional ones. It encourages general
reading, and it gives pupils practice in
expressing thoughts in their turn lan
guage two very importait points. A
tuacber cannot spend a part oi bis
lime more profitably than in stimulat
ing his pupils to read. A young man
who mukes good books bis Iricndsand
companions is on the high road to gen
eral intelligence, and is in little dangor
from tbe ulluronionts of x'ko.Ex.
FREE TEXT BOOKS.
Notwithstanding tbe tree text-book
question has many very good argu
ments to advance in its lavor, it Is in
general disrepute, which we believe is
owing to the tact that tbe subject is
not generally properly understood.
We sco no reason why the purchase
ol school books should not be mot by
a common tax, as well as the expense
ef erecting school houses, hiring teach
ers, etc. Tbe custom is common in
the cities, most of the largo cities hav
ing adopted the free book plan ; and
tbere is no reason why it cannot be in
troduced in tbo country school! witb
equal advantage. ,
Hon. Edward Scaring, late Superin
tendent of Public Instruction in Wis
consin, in bis last annual report, says :
" Alter aearelul and impartial study
of tho text-book question during tbo
past four years, I have the fullest con
viction that ths plan of tree text-books
combines more practical and substan
tial advantages, Irom both tbe econom
ical and pedagogical standpoints, than
any other solution ever yet offered.
The free plan of course involves the
plan of district purchase at low whole
sale rates ; but if human testimony
has any value, it involves a large ad
ditional saving through the more care
ful use of the books, and their contin
ued use by different classes until worn
out. It involves, from the educational
side, (1) a largor attendance of pupils,
none being kept from tha schools by
tbe cost of the books tbey are unable
to purchase ; (2) tho loss of no lime at
the beginning of a term from want ot
books promptly furnished ; (3) abso
lute and constant uniformity of book
in tbe various classes; therefore (4)
the best classification, the minimum
ntimborot classes, and the maximum
amount of lime devoted to each by
the trachor ; (5) convenience in mak
ing transfers ; (6) the educating influ
ence over the pupils of tbe require.
ment to care lor books.
CLIPPINGS.
Minds of moderate calibre ordinarily
condemn everything which ia beyond
their rango.
Ths object nf the school ia lo eda-
cste. The soul of the school is an
efficient teacher, because cheap, bt
something worse than a crime.
Precept and example, like the Modes
f a pair of scissors, are admirably
adapted to their cud, when conjoined ;
scpsruted, they lose ths greater por
tion ol tneir tunny.
Words are intended looonvay klees,
then lore be sure that lbs language
used ia nnderslootl. A Iscitalion that
a pupil hfunable lo give in Otbar lan
guage than that used ia the text
4ss'k is comparatively wortbless.
. Remember that tbe school-matter or
school mistress of to-day is not expect
ed lo know everything, tbereforw if
yoa are unable correctly lo answer a
qnestion, frankly tell your clsss so,
rather than endeavor to ooacesJ yowr
tgnoranoe by surrounding il with mean,
ingles word.