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"CLEiKFIELD REPCBLICAl,
CLBARPIELD, FA.
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AT TORN ET - AT - LA W,
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T OLAND D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Corwrarrllle, Clttrtikl eoaatr, Pa.
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SCAH MITCHELL,
ATTORSET AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA
pfOBn i tbe Optra Ilaaee. eolv, "7S.tr.
n 111 W. BAKKETT,
Attobkiti add Counselors at Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
January So, 1871.
T Sit A EL TEST,
ATTORNEY at law,
Clearfield, Pa.
aa-uOoe ia too Court Hoaea. JtU.'IT
HENRY BRETU,
(OUTKHB r. 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOB WCLL TOWMNIF.
AY
TM. .M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, FA.
Ofilfe in elareoie bulldies., Second meat, op.
poiita tho Court Jlouee. Je2S,'7S-lf.
C. ARNOLD,
I, AW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWBNPV1LLE,
,J CUatlold CounU, Prune. 7J
g T. BROCK BANK,'
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OBe In Upare llouae.
op M,77-l
JAMES MITCHELL,
bbalbb ia
tiquare Timber & Timber Lands,
JellTS CLEARFIELD, PA.
J K. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
USioe ia l'le'a Oparo Qouae.
Jena Jo, 1M.
wiiuab A. waliacb. davib L. aaaoo.
taar v. wAbLaea. loaa w. waiexav.
WALLACE & KREBS,
(BaMHiori to Wallaeo A rioldlaf,)
ATT0BNEY8-AT-LAW,
Jaol'7t Clearflold, Pa.
r. o'L.ivca. . a. A. eaafu.
BUCK it GRAHAM.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLBABriBLU, OA.
Allleral baiiBeeo aroaptlr etteeoVd to. OBee
ll Orabea'o Row roeiao formerly oaeapiad br
it n u-Afln. LiiviA. 'la.ir.
II. B. ttwoopo.
Fraab FlrMlo(.. W. D. Bilar....B. V. WIImo.
piELDIN'G, bTgLERA YILSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
-flOBoa lo Pta'i Oparo Hooo.
TOOI. . BUBBAY.
CTBCI BvaSOB.
jJlIRRAY 4 GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
arBIBeo la Plo'i Oparo Uaoaa, ooMod Soar.
:M'T4
loairo B. a'BNALLT. BAfllU W. a'OtaDT.
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foENALLY t MoCUBDY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Liaaraeid, pa.
-Utl baaioaaaoltaodad to proBptlr wltaj
Htlilj. UOm OB Boaoad itrMt, akoro tba Firat
Natloool Book. - joa:l:7l
O. K'tAMER,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
Raal Iitata ood Collactloo Afaat,
CLBARFI El.lf, PA.,
Will pramptlp attaod to all leol boilaoH aa
traitad to bia eoro.
ot-OBm ia Pla'l Opora Haaaa. Joan.
J F. McKENRICR,
, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA
All local tualaaai totraitad to hl mh oil! re
aalra pruaapt oltaalloo.
llSoa oppotlto Cnait llouaa, la MaM.ie BulldlBg,
anood Duor. ouia, ij-ij,
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R. E. M. SCHEURER,
HOMlBOPATUIO PHYSICIAN,
Otaao la roaldoBM oa Flrat at.
April U, 1171. Claararld, Po.
T"R. W. A. MEANS.
PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
LCTHERftBl'RO, PA.
Will tltond proraailoaal oalla praaiptl;. aajlOU
JR. T. J. BOTER,
FHV8ICIAN AND SCROIOS
OBao aa Hub at dtroot, CUortold. Po.
Jor-OOao koara i to II a. ood 1 1 I p. aa.
JJR, J. KAY WRIGLF.T,
BOMIKPATUIO PUYIICIAll,
nOao idjelolol tba rorldanM of Jaaaa
rillat, Kaa., OB brtood ftL, CWaroaia, ra.
JalTll.Tt tf.
JJR. D. B. VAN VALZAH,
ri.l2AlllrKf.D, PEMM'A.
OKFICB IN MASONIC BflLIUNO.
f OBro koon-froaj 11 to I P. M.
Mop 13, )!
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R. J. V. BL'RCH FIELD,
aoroooa OI too OvB otOHIoaaoa, raaai
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Poaatplaaaia
Arair
ara kla prolooaioaol soniMO M tboo
ittlaoao
vigaraaio oaaoip.
.niHIIHM OOJia proaafia ow
OBaa oa laaaod Hh.L faraiArlaaoa
allaakdad
apiad b
W.Waadt. , . (apio.
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I TARRY SNTDER,
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BARBER ABB AIRDBEflSEB.
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Ail la, AVfOAaiaa IB bjm
CloaHalda Po. oaap M, ft.
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VOL 53-WHOLE NO. 2,612. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1879. NEW SERIES-VOL. 20, NO. 10
Jt.HTiCKrl" dl COMRTABLBat' HEM
Wa bare prlatad a lorn aarnbor of tba Boa,
FEB BILL, and aill aa tUa rooolpl of twootjr
a OMtta. oiall a wai ta oa y ,44nn mwtt
WILLIAM M. 1IEKKY. Juhtick
or vaa Pmci akd Bcvmiiib, LUMDIK
CITY. OullMtlom Bttl Hi Boa DratBotlv
pftld Mf, Art.tltiof trNmnt u4 4m4i !
raat or abarir. MJy'H
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
JuittM tf tht Fnm m4 Scrivmtr,
CurwrHarllle, Pa.
ttm-CollMtioOl alftU Di
pld ortr.
fancy promptly
Till
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
doalar la
Beal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINnLBB, LATH, A PICKETS,
:ll'tl ClaaraaM, Po,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Pean'a.
nvWIII aiacou loba la all Hoc proaiptlj and
to a ajorkmaaliio aoaaar. op r4,67
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Market Bt., Cwariald, Pa.
Fraik Broad, Bulk, Rolla, Ploa ood Coboa
oa bood or noda to order. A general aaaortBaat
of CoorMtlooarlaa, Fruita oad Nan ia atoak.
lee CraaB ood Ojitara ia oeaeoo. Salooa aaerlr
appoalla tba Poatofiee. Prieaa Bodarala.
Marab IB.'7a.
WEAVER L BETTS,
PRALBBB IB
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LI MBER OF ALL KINDS.
JtarOfliae ob Kee&nd afreet, la rear of ttore
rooB of Qeorce Weorar A Co. Jan", '71 tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl'STICE OF Till PEACE
roa
Itttatur Towmhtp,
OoomIo Mllli P. O.
.II offlalal bnilnari ootrnited to bira will be
pronptlr attanded in. BeliZP, '7o.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ABO PBALea IB
Maw Itogft and laimbor.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OCoe la flrabam'a Row. 1:15:71
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
ft I A L BR I !
SQUARE TIMBER,
oad Baaufaotarero of
ALL KIBDS OP AWED LI'MHF.K,
l-t'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
aaaPaBPl olwora ob bead aad Bade to order
eo abort oatieo. Pipoa bored oa rMieaoblo teraia
All work warreoted to reader aotiaroetioa, aad
dalirerod if dailred. Bjl:lrpd
THOMA8 H. FORCEE,
OBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GM AH ANTON, Pa.
AIM, eltMtlre BooaiiaetBrer Bad dealer lo Sqaare
TtBbar Bad Bowed i,aBOoroi on Biaaa.
V0rdari Mlioited aad all blllo paaBptl;
llied. ej.lo'71
Ielvery (Stable.
THE aoderalffned booi leave to latonatbo poo
lie tbot he ta bow fallj preparaa to oooobbo.
deU ell la the woj of faralablaf lU.aai, Bo(flaa,
aaddlea aod Ilameai, oa tho ahorteat aotiee one
oa reoaooabla tonae. KeatdeBM oa Loeaat etraal,
aetwMB Tblrd aad Foorth.
BEO. W. BEAHIIAKT.
Olaarlald. Fab. 4. 1b7.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORrl EX AT M,
tad Ileal Batata Aceat, Claarfleld, Pa.
OSoe aa Tbird atraat, bat-Cbarrj A Walaoi.
aaa-Reaeefltfallv offore bia aervleea la aelllai
ud buflae laada la Otearleld aad adiotBiaf
eooBtlol aod with aa eaporieaeo al eeer twoolf
paara aa a rarrejor, lattora BIBaan iboi aa aaa
reoear aetiaioatioa. taav. a:...w,
8. I. 8 N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
Watched, Clock and Jewelry,
VoAeei'a flow, Afartel r..l,
CLEAKPIF.I.D, PA.
All bloda af repairing la mj Roe pr'Bptlj et-
Aprn ia, lai.
Great Western Hotel,
Nae. 1111, Ull aad Ilia Market 8 treat,
(iVrrf'e eppWe Wenaauirr'a Oraaal Dtfl.)
PhlUdtlphla, reaa'a.
Tenua, SO.OO ter cay.
Tbla Botel la Bear tba Bow Poblia Bolldiate,
oaw Maaeole TaBple. IT. B. Miat, aad AaedeBj
of Flea Arte. T. W. TKAUCK, Prep'r.
Oraa an ateaT ! Jrir.TS I;
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
TUB attder.lKBed, haring eatabllahad o Her
eery aa tba 'Pihe, ohoet half war batwaoa
Claarlald and Cnrwenfville, la prapored to far
oiab all hlnda of FRUIT TRBR8, (laadord aad
dwarf,) Erre;reeoe, Bhrabhere, (Irene Vloea,
Ueoeebarr. Laerlee Bloehberrr, Strawberry,
ood Baapbeirp Vhwo. Alae, Bibariaa CrobTreaa,
Qaiooe, oad eerie eoertel Rbebark, A a. Ordan
BroBpilr attevded ta. Addreea,
r 7 ... a.tnDT
aapll M-) - CarweaariUe, Pa.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Mrwwt, ClaarBeld, Pa.,
BABirACTTBaB ABB OB1LBB IB
BARIIBfia, BADDLBi, BRIDLBR, COLLARS,
aad aU bloda of
BOKBt rVRKlSBWt 900M.
A fen eteek af BeddMro Hardware, Braehea,
Coaibe, Bbnkeu, Rebea, ate, aleraya e head
oad for oata at aba leweat eeeb prleas. AU blade
of rrpolrtag prOBptla ataaadod be
All biode of bidea tahea ia oiobea(a fa koi
aeaa aad repelrlna. AU blada of baroou leatber
hapt oa hand, and for oale at a aall profit
lleatteld, Jaa. It, lift.
WEST BRAXCtl y
Insurance agencY.
. PKMTI BROCKBANK, Afoata. .
(flneeMoen to Vlarraj A Oordoa.l
The fotlewlogiril rlaMonapaBtearepreeeatedt
Kertk Brltlah A Mereaatile Fire lee
Co.. of Eo(lead ............. ..,,
Boetliah Co al a. rectal Fire laa. Co., of
Bnaload ..,l,oa,o
RoHbABeriea,ef Pblladalpbla l.m.Me
Fire Aaeeatetloa, of PbiUdalphla l,loe,
Wataratwa Fire, Hew Verb, laaaree
faraa prapnitp eer, TM,M
Mobile Fire Wpertraeat lea. Co..Ha 17 a, era
Paraeao an fae oeaalrp waallag laoaroaaa, ea
haee 1 1 pteBptle oUeaead to by addreaale oi I
ae he lotier. Lewoat aaeatkta raleo ia Bret-
alaB aoBOoalaa Ih aaa.iaai. 0 to Fte'a
otae. AeiwBeer par.T.
' aV T. VatOeTavaAltK.
B lit IA, Ma a, tateVap. Aaraaie.
IMPORTAST LEGISLATION.
The following act to prohibit the
running at largo of cattle, horaea.
mult-e, nhoep, joata and hon, in the
eoveral townhipa and boroughs of thit
Commonwealth, has been presented by
Mr. Ackerloy, in tlio House of Repro
aentalivea ot Pennsjlvania :
Siotiun 1. Be it tnacled bu the Sen
ate and JJouse of Jtrpresentativet of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in Gen
eral Assemoiy met, ana it i hereby enact
ed by the authority of the tame, That
from and after ihe tbird Tuesday in
February, Anno Domini, one thouaand
eight hundred and eighty, it ahall not
oe lawiui lor too owners, or any per
son or persona having charge or con
trol of any cattle, horses, mule, (beep,
goat, or hog, to Buffer or permit tbe
same, or any one theraot, to run at
large in any ol the townships or bor
oughs of thit Commonwealth, and any
owner or owners, person or persons, at
aforaaaid, who thai! Buffer or permit
any one oi me animals above named,
to so run at large, shall forfeit and pay
a penally ol two dollura for each head
oi cuttle, horses, or mules, and filly
cents tor each sheep, goat, or bog, to
Buffered or permitted to run at largo,
to be recovered as hereinaflorprovided.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty ol
any constable, road commissioner, or
supervisor, in the township, or slrcot
commissioner, or constable, in tho bor
oughs, of this Commonwealth, and
they are hereby directed and empow
ered without any authority, other than
this act, to eeir.o and secure any ani
mal, of the kind named in this act,
that may be found running at largo,
and the came to sell at public salo, in
the sumo manner as is or may be pro
vided for selling etiays, giving the
owner, if lie or she can he found, at
leant five days notice previous to such
sale ; if the owner shall pay to tho of
ficer, having such animal or animals
in chargo, tho penalty for each animal,
an provided in tho first section of thit
act, and also pay for the expenne of
keeping Baid animal or animals, then
it shall be the duty of said officer to
deliver tbem to tho owner thereof ; but
il he ahall make sale ol aforesaid, he
shall pay tho overplus, if any after de
ducting the said penalty and expenses,
to tho owner. And tho officers aioro
said, shall pay the school treasurer of
said township, ward, or borough, the
one-nall ol all penalties recovered un
der tbit act and retain the other one
half for bis services. Provided, That
no officer aforesaid, shall be required
to lake up or secure any of said ani
mals outsido of tho district for which
he has been elected. Provided, That
when any animal or animals shall
have been sold under the provisions of
this act, without the knowledge of the
owner, the purchaser of any such ani
mals, shall bo required, al any time
within thirty days, to surrender the
same to the proper owner, if such de
mand is made, upon payment being
mad to auch purchaser of the full sum
he or the may have paid therefor.
Etc. 3. That it shall be lawful lor
any person finding any animal or ani
mals, aa aforesaid, trespassing upon
hit premises, or running at large upon
the public roads, or highways; run
ning through, or immediately adjoin
ing hit promises, to seire or te
nure such animal or animals and de
liver tbe tame to an officer of hit dis
trict, as belore specified, to bo dealt
with, at hereinbefore provided for, and
with tbe tame effect as if tho seizure
had been made by tbe said officer.
Sic. 4. Tbat if any constable, su
pervisor, or road commissioner, in tbe
township, or constable or street com
missioner in the borough, sball neglont
or refuse to secure any animal or ani
mals, as aforesaid, tiiund running at
large, after being notified by any per
son to scire and secure the sarno, auch
officer shall pay a tine oi fivo dollars
lor the use of tho common schools of
the ward, borough, or township, in
which said animals shall be found run
ning at largo, to be sued for and col
lected by tho school directors of said
ward, borough, or township, at debt
ot like amount are now collected by
law. Provided, Tbat this act shall not
apply to any ol laid animalt that may
have accidentally escaped from their
nroDer owners or enclosures, proof
thereof being made before a juslico of
tbe peace in and lor said district. Ana
provided, further, That no animal or
animals shall be liable lo be soizod, oe
aforesaid, when found on or upon so
much of any public road or high
way as may run through the prem
ises ol the owner of said animals.
Sic. Ii. On the request In writing of
at least fifteen qualified voters of any
towDship, or borough, presented to
the constable thereof, of at least twenty
dayt prior to the township, or bor
ough elections, to be held on the third
Tuesday of February, Anno Domini,
one thousand eight hundred and eigh
ty, and of any year thereafter, of their
wish to vote upon tbe question ol
stock running at large, in said town
ship, or borough, it ahall be the duty
of the said constable to give publio no
tice at least fill eon dayt prior to tbe
laid day of election, by al leant ten
written or printed bandDills, put np in
the most publio placet in said town
ship, or borough, tbat the ques
tion of stock running at largo in said
township or borough, will be submit
ted to a vote ol the qnalinea eioctort
tboreof, at the said election : and it
shall then be tbe duty of the Judges
and Inspectors of eloction, of the said
township, to receive from each qualifi
ed voter, ticket either written or
printed, or partly written and partly
printed, upon the question of stock
running at large in aaid township or
borongh, which ticket! shall be labeled
oa tbt outside, "question of stock run
ning at large, and on the inside "in
favor of stock running at large," or
"against stock running al large," and
to deposit aaid ticket in a box to be
provided lor that purpose by the said
judges and inspectors, at ia required lo
ease or uoketa voted lor townsnip or
borough omocrs at said election, and
tbe tickets to received shall bo eoant
d at the closing ot tbe pollt and re
turn thereof, signed by officers of the
said election, ahall be returned forth
with to tbe clork of the court of quar
ter tensions of tbt peace, fbr the proper
oounty, to be by bim Sled and entered
among tbe records of tbe aaid court ;
and B duplicate return tnall also do
made, and signed by tbe aaid election
officers, and delivered to tbe judge of
aaid election, to be Dy dim deposited
forthwith with tbe town elerk oi the
nrnner township, or the boroaeh clerk.
at the case may be, to be tied by tbe
aid clerk ia hit offioe for the inspec
tion of the public. Provided, That an
electloa ander thit section antll not be
held in the anmi township or borough
Itener than oo in (oar year.
Rao. . Tbat in receiving, ecranting
aad making return of the vote taat
a pea tbe Qiiewtioei of etoak rarmtag at
Imm, tu ledges, Inspector! And Clerks
oi mi Saua eiaouen, aaaai D govroa
by the law regulating township and
borough elections, and any fraud com
mitted by any one of the said officers
snail bu aoemod to be perjury and
shall be punished at tbe said crime ia
now punished by law.
Sic. 7. The owner or person hav
ing control or chargo of any of laid
animals, pormitted or suffered lo run
at lurge, in any township or borough
in w hich a majority of the electors al
tbe last previous election hold in said
township or borough, on the question
of running at large therein, have vot
ed against stock running at largo,
shall, in addition to the nenaltv men
tioned in the first section ol tbit act.
be liable to any person or Dorsons in
an action of trespass for all damages
done to such person or persons, bis,
bor or their Dronertv. bv anv of said
animals, while so suffered or permitted
lo run at large, whether tucb person
or persons has a fence around bis, her
or their Improved lands or not, and
nothing in this shall be so construed
a to prevent any person irom pro
ceeding against any animal or animals
under tbe stray laws ot tbit Common.
woalth. Provided, That this act shall
not in any way cbaniro or affect exist
ing lawt in relation lo line fences. And
provided further, ThKt thit shall not
apply to any locality in which a spe
cial law upon the subject of stock run
ning at large is now in force.
TBE BLACKDEA Til.
TIBBIBLE DETAILS Or kl'SSIA'S VISITA
TION TIRl'LINCB OF THE DI8EASE.
A private letter from St. Petersburg,
dated January 27, and printed in the
New York Evening Post, tells the fol
lowing dubious story, a part of which
hat been in prini before :
1 bave a sad atory to tell. 1 ou
have probably hoard somo reports
about tbeepidumic prevailing in liussia.
It it a most learlul disease, brought
here by tho soldiers from the East, It
has spread in tbe southern provinces of
Kussia at a rapid rale. I bousands up
on thousands have died with it within
the last five dayt. The viclima when
taken tick live only about two boars,
and turn as black, all over, as a negro.
All tho physicians ordered to tbe care
ot tbe tick bave died within twenty-
lour hours alter their arrival, ihe
corpses are burned, and so are tbe
houses in whicn tne neotile die. w hole
towns bave been laid waste during tbe
last lew days. Abe bovernment bat
placed a cordon of told ion around tbe
iniuviou provinces, ou voat tue people
cannot get out and spread tbe disease.
Any who attempt to leave and break
through the cordon are shot dead on
tbe spot.
" 1 be people are beirinnine to feel
uneasy all over the empire. The Gov
ernment, of course, does not allow the
nowt to get out. All reports are tup.
pressed, but the worst of all is that
nobody can got otitot tbe empire. 1 bo
Austrian and German Governments
have placed a double cordon of soldiers
along tho frontiers, preventing all per
sons from entering their territory lrom
Kussia. All persons from Kussia by
railroad are stopped at the frontier and
detained twenty dayt in quarantine,
their baggage and clothing disinfected,
and If they prove all right, after the
lapse of twenty dayt they are permit
ted to cross the border. During tbe
twenty days' quarantine people are
housed In large ibedfl and barns, with
out any accommodations or comforts.
Of course a knowledge of this fact
keeps people Irom traveling. 1 hero is
no possibility of slipping out anywhere.
"May God grant that tbe disease
lilack Pest,' as they call it here may
in somo way be checked. 1 believe the
Government it doing all in itt power
to prevent tho disease from spreading ;
but if it is not stayed soon then the vic
tims may fall by tho thousands daily.
It Is much worse than the yellow lever
was in the South last Summer. It
was brought by a Tartar soldier a
month ago, who, on leaving tbe Turk
ish torritory, pulled off from a dead
Turk on tbe batlle-tleid a handsome
tilk shawl, which ho liod around his
body. On arriving in his nativo town
ho presented tho shawl to hit sweet
heart, a girl of ninetcon years. She
tied it around bor body and danced
about for joy in a room in which wore
some twonly-five people In two hours
she died, and five hours alter tbe intro
duction of the shawl into the room tbe
wholo party of twenty five had died.
All turned black. In throe . days the
wholo town, containing 1,100 peoplo,
had died, with the exception of forty
throe persons, who had fled in time.
r rom tbis town toe pest ncgan spread
ing all over tho country."
A.UVSWQ BABY.
You must learn how to take care of
children and amuse them to make it
pleasant for them and yourself. If
their is a baby to keep tor an hour,
find out whether it haa been asleep
lately, or if It ia Bear its lime for tak
ing a nap. If it is growing tired and
fretful, very likely it needs to sloep,
whether it wants to or not. ltegm by
making tbe little thing comfortable, il
you want any comfort with it See If
its feet and hands are warm, and its
little body about the waist, llabies
are often chilly in warm weather, be
cause tbe air creeps under their clothes,
and ft never fails to make tbem cross.
Then you want to rub its Mill body
gontly till it grows warm, not rubbing
briskly, but moving your bands solliy,
and letting it lie warm on the skin, il
tbe baby is too heated, and the drops
are about its chin, and its lace flushed,
bathe it gently about the neck with
fine soap and tepid water, passing the
iponge and lather gently under Its chin
and behind its ears. Babies love to be
bathed three or four times a day in
warm weather; But you must be care
ful to keep it Out of A draught, for tbe
Una thread ot air that come rrem me
eraek of A door can chill a baby when
it I being washed, enough to bring on
serious oonseqaencos. Remember when
your baby sneese, it is getting too
cold, and for a baby to be chilly means
a atomaeh ache or a bead acne at
once, Tbe only notion some people
have of amusing a baby is to toss and
bonne it till it gives Bp crying for
want ol strength and goes to sleep, a
tired out t too are alter a long, leg-
aching walk, A baby's life Is one of
a good deal of suffering al best,
and you have ao idea how it can be
tonneutM oy rougn nanonng ana loud
noise, and bright light ia It eyes, and
getting too cold or too warm, with
not a band to help itseIC Now a baby
likes to be petted as much as B kitten
doe ; and if you got il warm and snng
and comfortable it will thank yon aa
pleasantly aa a kitten ; let this advice
guide yo nevor to tost or frolio with
s baby enlexs H shows signs of feeling
like it, by crowing or springing, as K
will when it feel well enough for fun.
Other Im it prefers t lie an the lap
land be stroked Bad have its baok rub
I feed, which ia a perfect lusurv to all
Ihabiaa, or to be auag to not load, but
i
Jgig;i aa. lttfT.
in soft, iwoet'.tunes, crooned over it.
If it is rebellious and screams, wot a
bandkorchiof in water warm enough
to feel pleasant to your own eyelids,
and blindfold the little rebel with it,
laying a soft towol over the whole
bead to keep il warm. 1 have blind
folded my baby this way many a time
and quielod bim In two or throe min
utes. It is one of the best way of
soothing a child oft to sleep, lor it cools
its. little irritable brains and quiets its
nerves. Tbe baby will fight against
it lustily lor a minuto or two but wbon
it finds it cannot got the bandages off,
it gives np, and very soon will be coo
ing itself to sleep. If you should sing
to it while quiet this way, and loosen
the bandkorchiel gently, you will find
under it a baby thoroughly tranquil
and good humored, ready lor play or
such eooveraatiOB as you may attempt.
An amusement my bjlby used to relish
very much, that I called his incanta
tion, was to lay hiin on the bed, flat
on bis back, and stroke him with both
hands from bead to foot over bis long
gown, singing to a monotone tune:
"Hit mother will smooth bim down,
smooth bim down, smooth him down,"
a performance that used to tend him
off iu shrieks of delight. 1 suppose it
was soothing to him, and suited bis
sonse of tbo grotesque, for babies bave
a strong sense ot the utmurd. ilien
tboy love to bave something to do, a
spray of leaves to strip, or a flower to
pick to pieces or a heap ol sand or
bran on a newspaper to poke in, or a
ball to roll, with somebody to make up
the game. To save yourself running
to pick it up, make a return ball, with
string enough fastened to one side to
draw it back, no matter into what cor
ner il rolls to. A dog or cat, oovered
with an old scrap ot lur and etullud
with down will bo a favorite plaything,
and a heap ot fine paper clippings,
that blow and scatter wben it grabs
them, will amuse a child highly. You
may give a baby and the wholo house
relief, when it is fretful from teething,
by picking the tiniest fragments ol
ice off a lump with a pin, and putting
tbem in ils mouth. A wiso doctor told
mo to do thu, and it made one baby
happy through his trying timo, any
how. Tbe bits must not bo any thick
er than the pin itselt, so as to melt im
mediately in its mouth, anditwilloool
the swollen, fevered gums, and stops
its fretting like magic. Be patient
with tho baby whilo it is toothing. Do
you know its little gums ache then
just aa a boil does when it is coming
ou 7 and most ot you know bow that
feels. The doctor said it was stfo to
give the baby all the ice it would eat
in fine hits, tor il melted and was warm
wator before it was swallowed, and
could do no harm, but much good
from Behaving.
THE ALUQA TOR A T HOME.
PIl'PIBtD BT TOUB18TS FOB PLEASURE
AND Ul'NTED TO DEATH FOB HIS
SKIN AND TEETH.
A correspondent writing fiom Jack
son, Kla., says : Among the throng ol
people travelling southward to escape
uur Northern winter may be lound
many sportsmen, armed with riflo and
revolver and with plenty ot fixed am
munition, cherishing one hope above
others of shooting an alligator. Large
are tho numbers who go forth to shoot,
but few aro tbo alligators slain, ihe
rivers, bayou and many of the lakes
ot tho Gu'lt States, are thickly popula
ted with alligators, or lagarfoa as they
are known by the Spanish speaking
portion of the inhabitants. On sunny
days they may be seen stretched npon
tbo sloping banks of stream or float
ing idly on tho glassy wator, nothing
visible but tbe top ol the head, r rom
the deck ot the little, flat-bottomed
stoamers which carry many touriBts
through the weird beauty of thj up
per St. Johns and Ocklawaha rivers
every winter, the alligator receives vol.
ley after volley ol rifle and revolver
Dans, iuure are oui two pieces in an
alligator where a shot will prove fatal
in tbe evo and directly under tuo
forearm. Tho first, being very small
and protected by a heavy casement
surmoonlod by a projecting cap, can
be struck only by tbe host marksman.
Except when taking a sun bath, tbe
tender spot under tho shoulder is never
exposed. The chnnco of shooting an
alligator, especially by a notice, is there-
lore not alarmingly great.
Although very clumsy, tneir nuicB-
nest in some casea is remarkable, aa
wben in tbo water a spoed ol Irom fivo
to eight miles an hour is made and on
land they are able to throw tbomsolvos
over hull' a circle nsing tbe forefeet for
fulcrum, sinking their enomy wim
their tail with tromondont lorco. In
gelling food tbe alligator displays a ro
markoblo degree of cunning. Fish is
acceptable, and to catch them a num.
ber of alligators form in lino, driving
the fish before tbom into a cove or in
let. Then each alligator makes a rush,
catches a fish in bis open mouth ; rises
to the surface, tosses the fish into the
air, at the same time excelling tho wa
ter by a current of air drawn through
the nose, and is ready to bolt tbe fish
when it falls. Owing lo the lor-
raation of tbo tooth the alligator can
not masticate bis food, but bolts it in
mall chunks. Tho gullet is not large.
Prey of alto is concealed until it begins
to putrefy, whon it i sought and de
voured. The largest animals are at
tacked if they got into tbe wator, diag
ged down and drowned. Last spring
a large ox wont into tho waters ot Lake
Jackson, not tar from Tallnhassoe, to
drink. An alligator fastened to tho
fore leg of tbe animal, crushing the
bone. Tbe ox struggled to the shore,
dragging his antagonist with him. At
this lime the shore was black with al
ligators, attracted by tbe smell of blood,
and soma crawled upon tbe bank. Tho
ox fought valiantly, tossing one oi the
monsters hign in me air, irom wuicu
fall be lay on tbe ground stunned a
considerable time. But tbe wounded
ox again got in the water, and a mam
moth alligator closed on his nose and
dragged Eim under.
Not long ago a Florida paper told a
story ol tbe charming of an alligator
by a rattlesnake. The latter, upon dis
covering tbe former, attracted atten
tion by sounding an alarm, i ne alli
gator turned his head several tlmos a
ii be wanted to get away, but as often
laood tbe snake sgain. "Towards tbe
end of half an hour," sayt tbe paper,
"with fixed eye tn alligator movoa
slowly towards hi terrible enemy un
til within triking distance, whoa the
snake curled himself more compactly
and struck the alligator, for a mo
ment tbe alligator shook trmondouly,
and then as il by tnagio mads a somi
cirole baok ward and brought hit tail
down npon tbe would be assassin with
fatal result. On several occasion
raptured alligstorB and rattlesnakes
have traea pat in an Dx:loaur to ight
for U tMaeSt Jf spectators, and ia a
awjority of ease tbe snake ha been
viotonoue, having suoceeded ioauiking
REPUBLICAN.
his fangs into the alligator's open
moutb.
Alligators are oviparous ; the female
laying as many as 200 eggs, somewhat
larger tban goose eggs, in a nest scoop
ed out of the soil near tho water. A
thin matting of leaves and twigs sepa-
rates the layer of eggs, which are lelt
to hatch by the sun's beat. When the
young alligator breaks its shell it Is
from eight to ton inches in length, and
at once takes to the water and the es
tablished ways of getting food. They
may often be seen playing together
like young kittons. At this age great
numbers are captured by the negro
boys, who sell them in the towns to
Northern visitors to carry home as cu
riosities. I'p to a year or two ago the war on
alligators came near to exterminating
thom. Tbe skins and teeth are tho
only part of value. For several years
from twenty to twenty-Ave thousand
of the former were annually taken, the
hunters receiving 50 cents to (1 apiece
forthem. The greatest hunter of Flor
ida got 1,000 skins in a five months'
campaign. The skins from the tides
and belly were stripped off and shipped
North and made into leather lor boots
and shoes. Those were once quite
fashionable, but are seldom seen now,
and in consequence the alligator lives
in great security. Tho "demand lor
jewelry and ornaments made from tho
leotb seems to bare bcon pretty
thorougly supplied, and few are hunt
ed for this purpose.
- Occasionally an alligator from ten
to fifteen feot in length is wanted for a
museum, and there is no difficulty In
letting the contract to a colored man.
Whon caught his loot aro tied over his
back and the powerful jaws fastened
with many wraps of ropo. He is then
shipped to his destination in a strong
box. stuffed alligators aro tar oltenor
exhibited, tho mounting being a com
paratively easy and inexpensive pro
cess.
A MODES-T OLD MAID.
General Pussengor and Ticket agent
Townsend of the Wabash itailway al
ways love a good story. Ho relates
the following told by a well-known
politician and tourist of Indiana. The,
ovent happened not long ago, while the
Indianiao, whom we will call Iloosier
for short, was riding in a Pullman car
ovor the Wabash road. The car was
crowded and the most conspicuous
fiassongor was an old maid, excoeding
y peevish and hard to suit. She was
extremely modest and bad a marked
antipathy to men. She . had hired a
bortb in tbo centre of the oar, and
never having ridden in a sleeping car
before, she supposed she had a right to
tbe whole section. Imsgine ber con
stornalion, then, after retiring, when a
man a great horrid man pulled
asido the curtain and proceeded to
climb into the upper section. She
screamed long and loud, raising the
whole car. When the conductor as
certained the cause of her discomfiture,
and explained to her the true state of
affairs, she ejaculated : "Uh, my I i
never could sleep with anybody any
where near me; " and alter considera
ble higgling she purchased the whole
section. By thit time the whole car
car load bad wakened up to listen to
ber sorrows. She, thoroughly roused
and excited, started to go to the wa
ter cooler to get a drink, but after abe
had gone part way abe chanced to re
member that sho would not be able to
recognize ber berth on ber return
back, and so pinned a small piece of
paper on tne curiam ot ber section, ti
ter which she slipped down tbe aisle,
congratulating herself on her shrewd
ness. But no sooner bad she got out
of sight than one of the many wicked
men who bad been disturbed hy, and
led to swear al the modest old girl's
screeches and conversation, was vile
enough to take tho pioce of paper pin
ned to her berth and altaob it to a berth
a short distance away. Soon the old
dame came niinnoing back lo ber
couch. She steered straight for tbe
tell tale, and hurrying lest the eyes of
vulgar men might be upon hor,
sbe hastily pulled aside the curtain,
and with all the agility of an uncer
tain age, sprang in and aougbt seclu
sion under the folds of the generous
covorlids. But suddenly there camo
from the recesses of that section a
howl and a growl which awoke-the
sleepiest passenger. The old maid had
crawled into bed with a man, and thai
man had actually called hor a "bold,
had woman." Sho Jumped from the
berth, and with some unearthly yell,
soon brought the conductor and por
ter to ber relict, who, upon learning
the facts in tbe cute, conducted ber to
ber own berth. Hor enjoyment for
tho balance of the night may be imag
ined by the reader. Poor woman I -
THE "sTAfiE AS A MORAL IN
STRUCTOR. With tbe progress of civilisation and
the more liberal education ot tbe mass
es, the ignorant prejudice and indis
criminate hostility entertained and ex
hibited by the moral and religious ele
ments of society toward drama and
everything connected with tbe stage
have almost entirely died away, iue
moet devout and constant church mom
bor may now attend tho Ihcator with
thoir families without provoking the
wrath of lbs clergyman or incurring
tbo dangerous displeasure of tbe church
session. Indeed the occasional pres
ence of an Episcopal or liberal I'resby
tcrian minister in a theatre, it no long
er looked upon as 'phenomenal' or con
trary to the 'eternal fitness of things.'
Such an evidence of the progress ot
the lehgious mind toward liberalism
must be gratifying to all truly philan
thropic men w bother connected witb
the church or not.
But still further progress in the same
direction is not only possible but emi
nently desirable. It is not enough
that tbe devout and pioua Christian
should be taught to admit tbat the
stage is not the invention ot the oevn,
and the theatre doors tbe gates of
bell ; be should go further and inquire
whether plays and play acting might
not be made powerful and effective in
struments of moral reform, or even re
ligiona teaching.
We do not mean to commend, nay.
we set our unqualified condemnation
upon that terrible profanation of sacred
things exhibited in the mimic represen
tation of passion and death of our Lord,
which ha been performed in fcurope
and attempted hero ; such sacrilege
can only be the outgrowth of brutal
ignorance or desperate blasphemy.
But how many lesson of benevolence
charity, forbearance, temperance, faith,
hope and love may be beautifully and
impressively taught on tne stage.
Where else can tbe power and punWi-
menl ot evil passions bo to strikingly
shown f
Wbst minister whoso opportunities
for portraying tbe straggles ol truth
and falsehood, parity and eorrnption,
virtue and depravity. tiMUos and in
famy, sham and repeotanoe, as they
occur, in almost every human heart,
will compare with those ol the Actor,
seconded bv all the nronertica and bd.
pliances of the stage? Tbe remorse
ot i.ady Macbeth as sue appear in tbe
sleep walking acene, after tbe success
ful perpetration of tbe crime that
makes ber Queen of Scotland, tells a
more solomn and impressive story of
lb awiul puniabmont ot murder man
a thousand sermons could da Tbe
anguish of the fratricide King of Den
mark wbon be discovers that even the
powor to pray has been withdrawn from
dim may be made more effective tban
a aoore of revivalists'tales of conscionoe
stricken criminals. But we might mul
tiply illustrations ad infinitum, which
would be useless, since what we bave
said wilt hardly begainsByed. Ourpres
ent purpose is only to point out to the
clergy and the Christian public, tbe
stage, snder proper directions, a a
moral and religious teacher, to call
their attention to the great influence it
exerts, and to suggest that by a gener
ous, but discriminating patronage, to
mould tbe influence lor good, always
shunning and discountenancing tbe low,
tbo immoral, tbe vulgar and sensation
al, and patronizing the pure, tbe chaste
and the elevating.
Thus and only can the stage bo pa
rifled and reclaimed, until no longer a
mere panderer to the oft, depraved
tastes ot its patrons, it becomes a crea
tor and mouldor of enlightened thought
and a co-laborer with tbe pulpit and
tho press in tbe great work of reform
ing and clovating mankind. Pitttburg
Vntic.
A BOOK AGENT VANQUISHED.
Yesterday eveuing Professor Stewart
went into the Dclmonicoi Virginia City,
Nevada) restaurant and asked Andy,
the irrepresslblo'head steward, to bring
bim somo stuffed mutton and parsnips.
No st oner bad tbe Professor fairly
seated himself at one of the small tables
than a book agent came in and took
the other side of tbo board. The two
men were strangers, but, as a manor
of oourse, this book peddler couldn't
keep still, and presently mado some
conversational advance to Stewart :
Are not these meteorological dis
turbances somewhat peculiar for these
latitudes ?'
Tbe Professor paused a moment, as
be was smashing a potato, and replied :
Guess it's about the same thing
every year.' .
'In seasons of atmospheric depression
alternating with unexpected boreal ex
citement and rapid changes resultant
on audden accumulations of moisture,
such dispositions of the storm belt aro
not in my opinion, entirely uncalled
for.'
'Exactly,' remarkod tho Professor,
lifting a fly out of bis coffee.
'But, continued the agent, delighted
at the style in whlub be was crowding
the Professor, 'I doubt not but that
certain energetic polarisation ot tbo
molecules in the mineial deposits bave
an attraction lor the electrically charg
ed clouds,'
At those points the Profsesor, who
had been knocked around the ring and
orowded to the ropes, so to speak, be.
came fairly roused to bis position, and
slogged for the other's nose at onoe.
'Ah, exactly, my Iriend ; in tbe ledge
are vast deposits of minerals. Found
in volcanic matrices and disintegrated
by the upheavol ot plntonic rock and
aemi-fused masses of silicious alumnia,
mingled with homogeneous aVirtj of
porphyry, tbe molecules of kaotined
felditee, with a slight potash bass, the
decomposition of feldspar is most affec
ted along the line of tho horizontal
cleavage, and necessarily the liberated
oxidine of manganese combining with
the percolation of tho alkalis which
permeate the entire mass causes a pro
nounced state of polarization, which
can not fail to account for tbe peculiar
attraction in tho vicinity, I might
further explain the intricate chomical
properties oi the belt by illustrating
tho
lly this time however, the book
agont, who during the round bad been
verbally pasted in the jaw, smashed in
the nose, and biffed in tho eye, rose
from his seat, paid lull price far his
half eaten meal, and shot out of the
place. Andy said he examined the
Professor, found his pulsu regular, no
signs of perspnation and his mind in
tact. Kirjiiiia (Nee.) Chronicle.
WIIEAT Q ROWING.
According to the statements publish
ed in the Lewistown newspapers, the
farmers of JliUlin county have boon
raisinir some huire whent crons during
tho psst year; and a lilair county
farmer, through tho columns of tho Al-
toona Tribune, sails in in this way : "1
noticed in tbo True Democrat, a paper
published in Lewistown, a very inter
esting table compiled by A. G. Gib
boncy, Esq., of Bellvillo, Union town
ship, all of Mifflin county, and in tbe
widely celobrated valley of Kishaco
quilas generally. The result was thst
on 2 072 acre in Menno townshln 57.-
920 bushels were produced, all Full
wheat, and In Uoioa township on
584 acres 71,260 bushels were produc
ed, being an avcrago oi 27 4 5 bushels
per acre, and in Menno township an
average of 27 8 5 bushels per acre.
Seeing that alt Items down lo one or
two acre included we inter mat every
crop was embraced that was grown in
oither of these townships.
"This certainly looks like good Inrm
ing, and although that valley has long
enjoyed a high reputation for the ex
cellence ol its sou, it is so long since u
ha been under plow that it might be
now exhausted like some similar lands
in Just such valleys further south. Tbis
showing tell plainly tbat both indus
try and judgment prevail in the coo-
duct ol these farms. With that class
of farmers soil never deteriorate. And
the noblo profession of tilling the soil
on sound rule will thu ever secure
comfort, competence and respect lo the
thinking and energetic busoandman,
While tba thank ot the lover n
agriculture r duo to Messrs. Gib
boncy and ilazelett, one thing they
lack yet. They modestly give us the
result of their labor, withholding com
ment or elucidation as to tbe mode ol
cultivation that realised auch result.
Now a word of well done, and won't
you pleas lot us bave same technical
light r lyfl as bave answer to tne
following inquiries :
I, How deep did they average in
plowing the ground F
2. How deep did they net tbe drills f
i. now much seed to in acre, anu
what date of the sewing T
4.' To what extent do they apply
barnyard manure 7
a. To What extent lime, how many
bushels par acre and at what time attar
the land wa plowed, tod torned down,
or before? ,
0. Obtain the average opinion a to
tbe wheat growing?
1. To what extent Is .rfvum need
on tbo Wheat growing f r. . ' .
,8. I it ent with harveiUr o reap.
ar r which is tbt most popular r tv
EDUCATIONAL.
BT M. L. McQUOWN.
The Dcpartmenl requires tbe Coun
ty Superintendent to report annually
the number ol school scholars ot tbr
proper age not in school. To be cor
rect in this matter, we nave ion a
blank circular in the hands ot each
toacbor, and we hope none will fail to
report promptly at tbe close 01 tbeir
DOOI.
During the moutb of February, we
visited forty-eight schools in Bell, Beo-
cans, liloom, liurnside, urady ana
Union townships. In doing this we
traveled 300 miles, were accompanied
by twelve directors, met thirteen par
ents in the schools, wrote thirty offi
cial letters and attended one Local In
stitute, spending in all, twenty-four
days In official duties.
. SPECIAL NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
As the schools are about closing, we
shall be under obligations if teachers
will send us the names, age and dis
tance that all pupils came, who at
tended school every day during the
term. The scholars who attend school
every day during tbe term are deserv
ing ot nonce, and we desire to puDiisu
tbo names ot all such as soon as sent
us by the teacher, with the hope that
it may prove an inoenlive to others to
endeavor to become so honorably dis
tinguished.
NOTICE TO DIRECTORS.
We bave recoived from tbe Depart
ment tho annual supply of bound
copies of.C'ounty Superintendents' lie
ports of tbe condition of schools in
tbeir respective oounties, together with
State Superintendent's report and tbe
usual statistical report, forming in all a
useful and well-arranged volume. Each
Board is entitled to throe copies. We
oxpect to pack them and label them
for each Beard and send them out at
the first opportunity. Directors, when
in Clearfield, will lavor us by calling
for thoir quota.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Charley Farewell, toachurof Turkey
Hill school in Knox township, has been
very ill for soaio lime. We are glad to
report him convalescent at tbis time.
Messrs. I. 8. and Wesly McLarren,
of Decatur, and Mr. Fisher, of Kartbaus,
formerly teachers of this county, will
graduate at the Lock Haven State
Normal School this coming Summer.
C. W. Scott, of Williamsporl, was
among the distinguished visitors at the
Now Washington Local Institute.
Smith V, Wilson, Esq., L. E. Weber,
ouraelf and lady, were highly enter
tained by 1. II. ile Murray and lady,
while attending tho Institute at Now
Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Nell, will
accept our thanks.
BOLL or noNOB REPORT or Al'BAND
SCHOOL.
Troctville, Pa., Feb. 14, 1879.
Prof. M. L. McQuovn, Superintendent
of uearfiela county :
Dear Sib: As requested I will send
the report of my school for the month,
tor scbolsrs tbat reached lou per cent.
The report is as follows: 14 scholars
come 22 days and belongod 22 days ;
2 come :u days and belonged zu aavs :
2 come 12 days and belonged 12 days ;
Z come 10 days and belonged 10 days ;
4 cam 6 daya and belonged 6 daya ;
making an average ot luo per oent.
The second month the females reached
100 per cent., and males 90 per cent.
The above report is for tbe month
ending Nov. 26, 1878. I have no doubt
but that the report would have been as
good every month following, bad it
not been lor disease in tbo community.
1 ho parents manliest a docp interest
in the school. ' Yours etc.,
G. W. Nelson, Tescher.
COMMUNICATED.
Lvthebsbubo, Fob. 20, 1879.
M. L. McQuown : I send you the
Roll of Honor, for tho third month, of
Pine Hwsmp school :
bally Kirk, Jlary Lines, Laura bbat-
fcr. Joseph Kirk, Charley Noldor,
Johnson Kirk, James Farley, Woody
Kelley, Freddie Hell, Lydia Kirk, Mary
Kelloy, David Kirk, Lnvilla Neeley,
Samuel Kelley, James Kirk, Austin
Kirk, Thomas Kirk, Harry . older.
We also enjoyed a wen-laden Christ
mas tree during the Christmas season.
Kacb scholar received a present, and
ine received quite a number of useful
presonts. 1 he teacher received abun
dantly of the fruits of tbo tree. W
had very interesting literary exorcise
the same afternoon. Kespectfully,
Sadie Moroan,
Teacher of Pine Swamp School.
TUOL'OHT POB TEACH IR8-
"Teach one thing at a time. Teach
tbat thing well. Teach ils connection,
is tar as possible, with all other things.
Tjeea that It I be'.ter to know every-
tMnf of totnething than to know some
thing ol everything."
"Pour in knowledge gently." Plato,
one of the wisest men of ancient Greece,
observed that the mind ot children
are like bottles with very narrow,
mouths. If yon attempt to fill tbem
too rapidly, much knowledge is waatod
and little received, whereas with a
small stream they are easily filled. Those
who would make prodigies ol your
children act as wisely as tf they would
pour a pail of water into a pint mess-
ore.
"The best results oi education en
Aot Irem trying lo put something call
ed knowledge into our scholars, not
simply rrom stowing awoy in compart
ments ol the Drain, so mucn rrsvory
here, so much arithmetic there, and so
much geography in another, like tbe
calico, crocKorr, and fancy good in
the store, hut rather Irom illustrating
that baiter and more literal meaning
of tho word education, the drawing ot
of the faculties of the mind, roust ag
them into activity, giving them
strength, directness, and preeinion of
effort, energy and capacity jor work.
"Cramming sever was and never
will be educating. II educating Is
drawing oat, cramming is driving in ;
it th one mean bringing op or nor
luring, the other means pressing down
or stunting ; always the opposite.
Cramming asks, How much 7 How
sooh ? Educating, Hnw well ? ' How
long? Cramming carve nothing for
th teaoberor soholar, but only for th
school or tbe system. Educating makes
everything of the t sober and scholar,
and leave ths school, if it can be
spoken of as separate object, And the
system very mnctj to thomsolvtiB,
Mire they will It right if tba
teacher and scholar are. Education
aims straight at tb will It i not o,
much wbat young people are learning,,
as bow they are learning, or how much
tbey want to learn, wbrrb prove their
training. Th beet point of training
ar motive."
EYESIGHT AND HEADING.
BOW TUB INJURIOUS EFFECT TJP0N TUB
ETES MAT BB AVOIDED.
SI. Jare!, In a renent jectsr, trie to
answer tbe question, Why is reading a
specially fatiguing exercise ? and alto
suggests somo remedies for tbis fa
tigue. First, 11. Javel say resding
requires ah absolutely permanent ap
plication of tbo eyesight, resulting in a
permanent tonslon of the organ, which
may be moaaiired bv the amount of fa
tigue or by the production of perma
nent myopy; secondly, book ar
printed in black on a whilo ground.
The eye is thus in presence of th
most absoiut contrast which can be
imagined. Tb third peculiarity lies
in the argument of tbe character in
horizontal lines, ovor which run our
eye.
It we maintain during reading a per.
lect immobility of ths book and th
head, the Drinted line are applied suo-
oessively to the same parts of the reti
na, while the Interspace, more bright,
also effect, certain regions of the retina,
always tb ssme. There asost result
from tbis a fatigue analogous to thst
which we experience, when ws make
experiments in "accidental Images,"
and physicists will admit that there is
uutuiug mure uiBBeiruue tor uw 045-uo
than the prolonged contemplation of
those image. Lastly, and moet Im
portant of all, in If. Javel' estimation,
i tbe continual variation ot tbe dis
tance of the eye from tb point of fix
ation on tho book. A simple calcula
tion demonstrates that the aceonuao-
dation of tbe eye to the page under
goes a distinct variation in proportion
aa the oye passes from the beginning
to the end of each line, and that this
variation is the greater in proportion
to the nearness of ths book to ths eye
and the length of tbe line.
As to the rules which M. Javel In
culcate in tbat the Injurious effects of
reading may be avoided, with roter-
encd to tbe permanent application of
tbe eyes, be counsels lo avoid excess,
to take notes In reading, to stop in or
der to reflect, or even to roll a cigar
ette; but not lo go on reading for
hours on end without slopping. As
to the contrast between the white of
tbe paper and the blaok characters,
various experiments have been made .
iu tbe introduction of colored paper.
M. Javel advises the adoption of a
slightly yellow tint. But the natute
of the yellow to be used Is not a mat
ter of indifference ; bo would desire a
yellow resulting from tbe absence of
tho blue rays, analogoua to tbat or pa
per made from a wood paste, and
which is often mistakenly corrected
by tbe addition of an ultramarine blue,
which produces gray and not white..
M. Javel haa been led to tbis conclu
sion both from practical observation
and also theoretically from tbe rela
tion which must exist between the two
eyes and the colors of the spectrum.
His third advice ia to give pref
erence to small volumes which can be
held in tbe band, which obviates tbo
necessity ot tbe book being kept fixed
n one place, and tbe fatigue resulting
from accidental images. Lastly, M7.
Javel advises the avoidance of too long
lines, and therefore he prefers small
volumes, and for tbe same reason those
journals which are printed in narrow
columns. Of course every one knows
that it is exceedingly injurious to read
with insufficient light, or to read too
small print, and other common rules.
M. Javul concludes by protesting
sgainst an invidious assertion which
has recently boon made "in a neigh
boring country" (Germany, no doubt),
according to which the degree of civil-
zation ol a people is proportional
to tho number of the short-sighted
shown to exist by statistics; the
extreme economy of light, the abuse
of reading to tbe detriment ot re
flection and the observation of real
facts, tbe employment of Gothic char
acters and ot a too broad column tor
books and journals are the conditions
which, M. Javel believes, lead to rayo-
Ey, especially if suooessivs generations
ave been subjocled to these injurious
influences.
AMERICANS SEEKING EM
PLOYMENT IN PARIS.
Tbe newspapers of ths Coiled States
would render a great service to their
countrymen by giving publicity to tbe
fact tbat people who eome to Paris in
search of work will have their labor
for tbeir pains. Scarcely a week pas,
by that one or mora Americans do not
apply at the several offices in ilu
Scribe for cmplopmebt.- Some of the
applicants come from their home alone,
others lead brothers and sisters along,
and, in many Instances, the solicitors
lor work bring tbeir wives and chil
dren with tbem. In nine cases out of
ten these peoplo have Ictt America
without first ascertaining whether
Paris is a fertile field for employment
or not, and they are, besides totally
unacquainted witb the language and
tbe business methods of the country.
Uow any one can expect to better bia
condition by quitting his own land, and
coming to one whoso language aod
customs he is wholly unfsmiliar witb, it
is difficult lo imagine. And yet we do
not exaggerate when we say tbat those
instances aro Increasing evory year.
The past season was, to be sure, excep
tional in the number oi people who
were left without occupation at the
close ot the Exhibition, and it might be
urged tbat tbey came over with cer
tain employment in view. Some did.
and a great many more did not ; and
wben the Exhibition was over several
of the latter class who bad managed to
subsist somehow during the Summer
montbt found themselves without tbt
moans to pay tbeir passags home. Out.
side of these exceptional cases ths
number or folks who wonder over here
n ordinary years in tbe expectation of
finding work has steadily increased,
end it is time tbat the newspapers of
tbe united states plainly laid tbe tact
ot tho ease before tbeir readers. Parte
is not place that offers any advantages
to Americana who ar obliged to work
for a livelihood. Vf bat low situations
there ar do not yield anything more
and oftentimes less in proTorlaon
lo the skill and intelligence required
than similar ones In New York or any
of the large cities ot the United State.
It ia, therefore, not only anwts lor
American to come to Ibis city with
out the means of returning horn ia
case tbey fail lo find employment, but
it i unjust to tb people) her who
ar obliged to send them back. The
AsMrieaa colony ha ealle enough apoa
il generosity from deserving peoplo
who, by unforeseen circumstances, find
themselves oVwtrWt in tbis city, with.
out being called upon to help too
whete distress hss been brought about
by their own want of forethought or
by willful disregard of sound advice at
borne. Itri4 Letter.
. The Last Follt. A few false Wad
on and protended frieada ol tho oeaor
ed man bold a solemn caacos ia Wash
ington tbe other night to consider tbo
Miotio subject of migration rwcernllT
stimulated in the Senate by tb speech
of tb demagogical Windom. The fra
grant Pinch back acted as Chairman.
The fertile teld of Kansas were spok.
en of a exoellent apota whereon to
raiVonite th discontented negroes of
ths South, but how to got therm there
was the question. J. H. Lynch, ol
ViaeiMippi; Prof. Greener and Car
doaa, of South I'arolioa, aad mane; .
other prominent colored meo were -
ireeont. It wa decided to call a one,
orence of all lb leading colored cllv
seas ia tbe United State lo tset ta .
Nashville Tuesday, May 9.
' A Pittsburg ear oondrjcaor baa a So
man penny of the dale of Ciesar, which
was Vacantly given him by an Ilaliaa
emigrant, who lound it ia an anoiaa'
ruin in Rom.