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1 OB PRINTINO OF KVBRT DBSC1TP
fl tioa aaatlr .leeetee at tbla offloo.
TJ W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY
AT.
LAW,
tl:l:7J
Clearfield, Pa.
J J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
hit Phlllpatwg. Centre Co., Pa. :pd
JOLAND D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CurwraaTille, CIcarRold ooantr, Pa.
Ml. 9, 18-lf.
QSCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT J.AW,
- CLEARFIKLD, PA.
O-Ofloo In Ibo Opera Huota. oot, '78-tf.
G
R. & W. BARRETT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
clearfield, fa.
January SO, 1070.
JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
TOIii In tba Court Hooit. Jj".'"
HENRY BRETII,
(ostrrd r. a.)
' JUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE
. roa brll Towatair.
W.j B, 1878 I j
yM. M. McCULLOUCin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OffiM Id MriorI bnlldiDC, fiooood alreet, op.
poailo tbo Court Houm. j2.'76-tf.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
OURWBNBVILLE,
211 Clearteld Councr, Fona'a. tot
g T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloo Id Opera Hoar..
ap Jo.17.lT
J
AMES MITCHELL,
dbalbb IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Joint CLEARFIELD. PA.
J.
K. SXYDKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
Oltoa In Plo'a Opera Houie.
Jan. 21, TSlt
WILLIAM A. WALLA4JB. DAVID L. BBBBI.
a. ear r. iiiuca ioaa w. wmblbt.
WALLACE & KREBS,
(Dnmaora to Wallaoa 4 Fi.ldiai,)
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,
jaal'TT Clearflela, Pa.
Frank FlelJiag.. W. D. Blglor..B. V. Wll.oo.
TIELDING, BICLER 4 WILSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT -LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
arOBce la Pie'l Opera Hoart. mobt-711.
HARRY BNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop oa Market St., oppoait. Court Uoaee.
A elaaa towel for .Tory aaatemar.
Alao dealer la
. Ileal Hranda or Tobareo and Ogam.
ClaaHUId. Pa. mar It. tl.
TBOB. . MUBBAT. OTBOB aoBDOB.
MURRAY II GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
at0Ac In Ple'a Opera llouae, aoeond loor.
I:S0'T4
damibl w. M'ceanT,
MoCURDY
M
cENALLY A
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
ClearOeld, Pa.
ay Legal baalneaa attended to promptly wltbj
fidelity. UOino oa tioeond atroot, abore tbo Flrat
National Bank. Jan:l:70
G. KitAMER,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
Real BaUto and Oollaotioa Agent,
CLEAR Kl ELD, PA.,
Will promptly attend la all legal keelaeea aa.
treated la bia earn.
rOttee ia Ple'a Opera Honee. Janl'71.
J r. McKENRICR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All lecel bullae rntratted to bla ear. will re
eoive prompt atteoliou.
OBoe appoalte Coart fleaia, la Maeoaie Bell J log,
aeeond toer. augU,')8-ly,
JJR. E. M. 8CHEURER,
U0MBOPATHI0 PBYSIC1AK,
OflVea ia reaideae. on Flrat at.
April ti, 1872. . Clearll.ld, Pa.
TAR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
DUBOIS CITY, FA.
Will attoad profeaaloaal oalla promptly. aaglOTI
jyi. T. J- BOTER,
f II Y8ICI A N AND SURGEON,
OSoa oa Market Street, Claarteld. Fa.
Mt-OBM koara: I to 11 a. ., aad I to I p.
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R. J. KAY W RIG LEY,
HOalOiPATHlO PHYSICIAN,
aa-Omre adyoialag Ike reaideae. of Jama.
Wnley, Kee,., oa Seooalt., ClaarBold, Pa.
jaiy.l, jo . '
m. hills, '
OPERjITirE DEATIST,
OI.BARFIEI.D, PENN'A.
arol la reiUleaee, poeile Shaw U.aaa.
Jyt.lBTt tf
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R. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CLBAIIPIKI.D, PRNITA.
OFFICE IN RKMDKNCE, CORNER OF FIRST
AND PINE SIRKETd.
pm- Otba aearr-Froai It (a I F. M.
May II, 10TI
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R. J. P. BURCHFIKLl),
U Iwrf f Ua tld . ait, FBBaHaala
Vattjaiaaft hAriat rniatd fra Ua Army,
ffaaa M fjffttlBtl ! la thaaHiaaai
I Otaaor AaaAaonatv.
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VOL 53-WHOLE NO. 2,619. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1879. NEW SERIES-V0L. 20, NO. 47
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JIIHTK'EH CONHTABLEH 1'KliS
Wo hav. printed a largo BBntbor of tbo a
FEE BILL, and will oa tbo rooolpt of tsonlr
tvo MnlA. moll a .nov to any addroM. ej.M
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Jubticb
Of Til PBACB Attn HCBITIBIR, LUMHKH,
CITY. Col lection a made and money promptly
paid over. Arlielea ef agreement and deotli ol
onaveyanee QMtlj eieouted find warranto! cor
real or bo aharge. JSJy'T
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jtutloi of the Peaee and Scrivener.
Curweiiavllla, Pa,
BVuOolleetioni
made and money promptly
rb'7itr
paid over.
JAS. B. GRAHAM.
deator 1b
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SIUNOLES, LATH, A PICKET?,
0:1073 Cloarfleld, Pa,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
aaWill oxoonto Jobi In bit lino promptly and
In a workmanllka manner. arre,6T
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Morkot St., Cloarttld, Pa.
Fresb Breed, Ru.k, Roll!, Piei and Cekee
oa hand or made to order. A general eJMorltnent
of Confoellonariee, Frulta and Nate in Hock.
loo Cream and Oyptera In eeaeon. 8alooa Dearly
nppoiite the PottofAne. Prlrea moderate.
Mareh l-'7.
WEAVER & BETTS,
Real Estale, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBRR OP ALC KINDS.
WOtHo on BMond Urtxt, 1b rtr of itora
room of Utorgs Wcfttor A Co. jnV. '78-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICB OF TnB PEACB
roa
Ittcatur Tou-uthlp,
Oieoola Mill! P. O.
All official banineri .otroited to blm will b.
promptly attended to. meh20, '70.
JAMES H. TURNER,
JIBTICKOP THE PEACB,
WalUeetoD, Pa.
fJt-ti ht( prepurod bimitlf with a)) Ike
occeiitrjr blank far in i tindtr tha Pcniion and
Bonoty kiwi, ai wall at 1laok I'eeili. att). All
legal mattora coir ui td tn kii ear will reetiva
prompt attention. Mar 7th, 187U-tf.
JOUN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
nd Real K.ntate Aent, Clearfleld, Pa.
OAea ob Third Kraat, bet.Cbarrj A Wain at,
a-Rtipaetfally offera hit aervloaa io aalllnc
and buying laoda ia CltarAald and adjoining
eoantlaa , and wit a an aiportaneaoJ oyertvant?
yaart aa b iBrvayor, Aattari hi mi If tbat ha aa
randar aailifaoUon. lVa. 2S:3:tf,
NDREW I1ARW1CK.
Market Htreat, Clearfield, Pa., :
' MANKrAeronaB abd bbalrb IB 1
Hitrnem, Britltet, Stnidlel, Collart, khU
Jiorse-furnishing Goods.
Aay-AII kinda of repairing promptly attended
to. Baddlera' Hardwaia, Hurl. Brualiee, Curry
Comtia, Ae., alwaya on hnnd and for aalo at Ibe
loweaa eaeb ptiee. HarcQ IV, injy,
G. H. HALL,
RACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
Jbfy-Pampa alwaya on band and made to order
on abort notlea. Pipea bored oa roaaonable tonne.
All work warranted to render aatiafaetion, and
dellrered If doalrod. mylorljpd
Idlvery Ntable.
TUB andral)ri.ad Vvajt laava to Intorm tba pub
He tbat be la now fully prapar to amsomaao
date all ia the way of fnrniibin,t Hv.aea, HafrRiea,
add lea and Harneaa, oa the aherteat aotioe and
aa reasonable termi. Keaidaaee on koeaat atreet.
batireeB Third and Fonrtk.
Q BO. W. OEARHART.
Otearfield. Fea. 4.18T4.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLEN HOl'B, PENN'A.
rpuB anderilined, having leaaad tfall aom
X modl'ma lintel, la tta. Tillag. of Olen Hope,
la bow prepared to aeeommodat. all who mey
eall. My table and bar akall be rapplled with
tbo beat tbo marhet afTorda.
OEORIIE W. DOTTS, Jr.
Olaa Hopo, Pa, Maroh J8, 107.tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
ftlAUUt IB
(J EN ERA L MERCHANDISE,
CRAHANTON, Pa.
Alao.eitanttT manafactararnnd dealer In Square
itmner ana sawed ..umber 01 an kinai.
POrdare aollelted and ll Villa pronptlv
ilea. (JYIB73
E. A. BIGLER II CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
and menu Teeta rare of
ALL HINDS OP 8AWCO Ll'MHBR,
HI CLXARPIRLD. PENN'A.
8. I. SNYDER.
f a-nWatc-hots, Clockt and Jewelry,
Ormkam'$ Xeav, JfarAaf offraet,
CLRARP1EI.O, PA.
All hiada of irBalrlnf In my Hne promptlf aW
eoded to. April 2ft, 174.
Clearfield Nursery.
KXCOURAGK JIOMR INDUSTRY.
THR andernlicaad, Bering etublUhed a Kar
aery oa the 'Pike, about half way betweea
Clearfteld and Carwmitville, la prepared to far
aiah all klnda of PRl'IT TKKKd, (aUadard aa4
dwarf.) Bvrrgreeaj, Bbnihbery, Mrape Vlnoe,
Moovebernr. Lttwioa Blackberrv, Strawberry,
and Haapberry Viaea. Alao, Siberian Crab Treee,
Qainoe, aad early aoarlee Rbabarb, A. Ordara
promptly attended la. Addreee,
4. U. W IIIUH i,
aaptl II -a Oarweaarille. Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CAfiDON 4 BE0., '
Oa Market 8t, ana door watt of Maaatoa Boaee,
CLEAEPIBLD, PA.
Oar arraaarmeata are rf the mtt enwntett
ebaraeter lor ftiraiahiag the pub lie with
rreab
Maaieei an aiatt, aaa oi taevery aen aaajiiy,
We aiae deal ia all hiada of Atrieultaral Imi
ple-
meaia, whteh we keep oa eihtbitlee for the
afit ef lite aahhe. Call aroaad whoa la aawa,
aaa taae a ieoa at winira, or aaareee aa
r. M.CAHUON A BRO
Claarleld, Pa., Jaly 14, 1871-tf.
i'ltnrtUld innwrnntt renry.
jaaat aaaa. cabboll tv. aiaatl.
KERR BtDOLE, rtnt.
B7reeaalthe fellow tag aad other Irrt-alaaa Ce'a
Companloa. Aaeeta.
tlvrrpool Loadea A Oloha U. It. Br..4.18l
Lroomiag m matael Aeaah plana.... -.OO.COtJ
Pboaii.of Hartford, Cobb 1 124 l"S
laaeraaM Oo. ef North Aejer.e I,4JI,T4
North UrltUh A Mereantlle U, 8. Br- l,lt,Ml
tVoulab Commeraial-U. (4. Braaeb...- 47,I4I
aierewa..M..rt.MM..M...M..m...MH f 14,111
Trevelera (Life A Aeeldeat) 4riV.44
U6.ee ea Market Bt., eap. Ceart Hoaae, Clear
Bold, Pa. Jeae4, 7Mf.
ROONP.R OR 1ATER.
Booaer or later'the norma ahall beat
Orer ay ilnmbera fma bead to feet ;
Sooner or laiertbe windi ahall rare
In the long grata above my grata.
I ahall aot heed them where I Ha,
Nothing thalr awada ahall algnify
Nothing the henditunu'a frat of rain ;
Nothing to me the dark day'a pain.
Sooner or later tbe tun ahall ahlne
With tender warmth on tbat tnouttd of mine J
Sooner or later la tbe Bummer air,
Clover and violent hloaiom there.
f ahall not feel la that dtp reai
The t beet i rig light fall over my breeat,
Nor even note in tbuae hidden hour
Tbo wind-blown breath of the tonnlng flowera.
Sooner or later the atalnleia anowa
Shall add (heir hmh to my mu'o repof e ;
Sooner or later ahall ilant and ablft
And heap my bed with their dtviling drift.
Chilled through that froien pull ahall aeau,
Ita touch no eoMer ean make the dream
That reeka not the awert and aaered dread.
Shrouding tbe elty of the dead.
Sooner or later tha bee rhall eome
Aud fill tbe noon with ita goldea ham i
Sooner or later on blfpoi.ed win
Tbe blue-bird'l warble above me ring.
Ring and ohirrup and whlitle with glee
Nothing hia mmio meani to me y
None ot Iheie beautiful tblnga ahall kcow
How aoundly their lover eleepa below.
Sooner or later, far out In the night
Tbe itora 'ball over me wing their flight
Sooner or later my dankltag dewa
Cate htbe white iparka in their aileat ooae.
Never a ray ahall part the gloom
Tbat wrapa me round in tba kindly tomb
Peaee aball be perfeot for lip and brow -Sooner
or later oh. why not now.
THE SCHOOLMASTERS CON
QUEST. Branson Alcolt, of Boston, once told
J oho ill Cook, and Joseph Cook told
every uoav ne mot, tbat ho made it a
regulation in his school that it a pupil
violated a rule, "tho muster should
substitute hs own voluntary sacrificial
chastisement Tor tbat pupil'a punish
ment ; and tliisrcrrumtion almost chris
tianized the school." "Ono day," Mr.
Alcott said. "I called np before mo a
pupil who had violated an important
n lo. All tho school was looking on.
and knew the rulo and tho penally. 1
put the ruler into the ollender s hand ;
I extended my own hand; I told him
to strike. Instantly 1 saw a struggle
begin in his face. A now light sprang
up in bis countenance A new set ol
sbntllcs seemed to be weaving a now
naiuro within him. 1 kept my band
extended, and the school was in tears,
llo seemed to be in a hath of fire
which was giving him a now nature
Uo seemed transformed by tho idea
1 should suffer chastiBotnont, and ever
bftcr was the most docile fellow in tho
school, though he bad at first been tbe
rudest."
, Now, this i very affecting and rea
sonahle and striking. No one can
read the incident ar.d very readily for
got it ; and it contains a lesson that
every school teacher can certainly read
with profit. The incident came to tbe
knowledge of Willis K. Stoddard, who
for somo yoars past has been teaching
a district school in Flint River town
ship, Iowa. Ho read this extract from
Lwo ol Joaeub Uouk a. Jectuica, arid
nevor lorgot tbe great moral it con
voyed. And, indeod, ho privately In
formed a clergyman who called upon
him during a critical period in his ca
reer, and with whom he was very inti
mato, that he didn't think he would
lorgct it. Young Mr. Stoddard had
somo pretty bard boys in bit school.
They were big, noisy, rough and tur
bulent, tie bad reasoned with them ;
he bad expostulated ; he had begged
and wept, lie bad whipped them un
til his arms aebed, and the Directors
had threatened to dunlins him lor un
necessary seventy and absoluto cruel
ty ; and tho boys grew worse and
worso cveiy day. But when he was
at his wits' end, and was seriously
thinking of running away and losing
all bis back salary, rather than stay at
tbe school another day, he read this
incident and it gave his troubled mind
now light. He treasured it up, and
thought it might help him. '
lie had treasured it up probably
ball a day when, one bright Jnno af
ternoon, Samuel Johnson, the biggest
and strongest, and worst of all the big
bad boys, violated all the rules of the
school, ono after another, as last as he
could think of thorn, and wound np by
tearing seven loaves out of bis geogra
phy. Thete he crammed into bit
mouth, and, when be had chewed them
into a pulp, he took tho "wad" into
his hand, and propelled the whole
mass with great violence into the ear
ol f.llis llaskoll, wbo, although also
big and bad a little bad was not
possessed ol sufficient prosence of mind
to look; calm and unconscious undor
this avalanche merely because the eye
ol bis teacher was upon him, and be
accordingly signified his very natural
dismay and astonishment by a tre
mendous howl.
And all the school bowled in respon
sive chorus; not only because tho
scholars wore tleliebted to see Ellis
Haskell with his larboard ear full of
papirr maehe, as though ho wore going
to tuke a cast ol it for the physiology
class, but also because they knew tbo
teacher would promptly, and without
further ceremony or formality, give
'lieamseh'',.jufiniioii benefit to
wit: moot awful anddrcafnl 'lirr in',"
And kbit being a pleasant change Irom
the monotonous routine ol study, and
recitaiion, wai- always hailed with
demonstrations of great joy by the
pupils.
Mr. Btoddartl called Snmnol John
son up to his desk, an J, moro calmly
than was his custom under such cir
cumstances, told him to go ont and
bring in a twitch. Tbe pupils noticed
that there was something unusually
gentle in tho teacher's manner, and it
struck Samuel Johnson very forcibly
that it was certainly VJry much outol
the ordinary method of procedure lor
the culprit U) bo accorded the privilege
of Cutting hit own switch. But ho
was not the boy who would fail to ap
preciate and make the best use of his
privilege, and opportunities. Bo be
did not idly waste hit time, but pres
ently returned with a very peaoelul
looking twitch indeed a twitch ap
parently far gone in the last stages of
consumption the sickest kind ol a
switch.
"Now," said Mr. Stoddard, with
a gentle, companionate intonation,
"strike m.."
Samuel Johnson, who had already
begun to unbutton bit own jacket,
opened his mouth wide, and the whole
school stared in speechless amftr.emrnt.
Mr. Stoddard calmly repeated his or
der, XI. thought he could tee the
"new set of shuttles beginning the
work." Some ono, ho said and a
woman could not have spoken more
tenderly "somo one must suffer fur
infraction ot the rule. 1 do not pun
ish any of you for any pleas, r. it
gives m. to sc. you suffer. Soma on.
must be punished, and 1 will suffer in
your stead." The teacher taw a "new
light spring p" i Samuel Johnson's
oounlenaoc. Tho boy looked at hit
teacher and tbeu at bit twitch. The
teacher could "see a strugglo begin in
tho faco." Presently the tears sprang
to Samuel Johnson's oyos, and ho said,
in a voice confused with anxioty,
"Hadn't I bolter go out and gut a big
ger switch ?"
The teacher softly told him he might
do so if he wished, and Kumuol John
son went out and was gone ten min
utes ten long, anxious, quiet, won
dering minutes. When be returned,
the school smiled. He carriod ill bis
band a switch that looked like a Rus
sian peace commissioner. Ho had cut
it out of an Osago hedge, and when he
held it where the sunlight could fall
upon it, it looked wickeder than John
Moriasey's faro parlors. It was about
scvon feet long, an inch and three
quarters thick at the butt, and was
limber and twisted, and had knots and
knobs clear down to the point. Tbe
boy's face shone with a bright glow
ol conscientious satisfaction as he bal
anced this twitch and drew it through
bis hard, muscular hands.
Mr. Stoddard stood up and folded
hit arms. Then he said, with a a sad,
sweet look at the culprit, "Now strike
mo." The school just sat still and
hold its breath.
Samuel Johnson did not act 'in
greedy and unseemly haste, as though
be wero meanly and wickedly glad to
have this opportunity of bitting his
dear teacher. He conducted himself
like a boy whohas a painful duty to per
form, but is impelled by consoicntons
motives to pcrlbrm it thoroughly. He
pulled off his jacket; ho rolled up bis
sleeves ; bo sput in his hands, and took
a two handed grasp on the switch.
Twice he changed the position of his
foot to get a better braco. Then he
draw a long, deep breath, raised hie
arms, and tho switch just shrieked
through tho air like a wild, mad, liv
ing thing.
Old Mr. Hargis, the senior Director,
who lives only a mile and a half away
from th'o school bouso, says be was
out in bis field plowing, and when Mr.
Stoddard let off hie first yell the old
man's first impression was that the
school-house had been struck by light
ning. The clear tky, however, dis
proved the theory ; the next time tbe
teacher shonlod the Director was con
vinced that a steamboat had gono
astray and was whistling for a land
ing somewhere up the creek. While
ho was trying to hold his terrified
horses, another volley of sound camo
sweeping ovor the land like a vocal
cyclone; and old Mr. Hlosengalo, who
had been deuf twenty-thiee years,
camo runningovor saying he believed
they wero fighting down at the quar
ries. By this time they were joined
by the rest of tho neighbors, and tho
excited population wmit thronging on
toward the school-house.
In accepting Mr. Stoddard's resig
nation, the Di roc tors considerately al
lowed his pay lor tho full term, and in
a series ol complimentary resolutions
spoke of bis efficiency in tho highest
terms, although it transpired that the
board was privately agreed aflor all
the facts had been laid betoro it, that
he wm ton much of a "nat'ral-bone
fool" to suit a practical locality. Mr.
Stoddard is not teaching anywhoro
Ibis Hummer. Ho told bis landlady
that bo. needed rest, and tho good
hearted old investigating committee
was amazed to discover tbat Mr.
Stoddard rested and oven wont to bed
by loaning up, lace foremost, against
the manlle-pieco in bis room. A. J.
Buritctt, in B'Mtern Farmers' Almanac.
FA IX TN ESS AND ITS CAUSES.
Cassell't BouseJiold Ouidt eays :
Faintnost consists in a temporary fail
ure of the activity of the heart ; the
blood, in consequence, ia not properly
circulated. It does not reach the head,
and tbe patient loses clearness of vision
and color, and if not prevented, falls
on tbe floor, wbero, however, or even
before roaching it, be recovers. There
is no convulsion, and, though he can
scarcely be said to bo conscious, he is
not profoundly unconscious so as not to
be able lo bo aroused, as happens in
epilipsy. There are all degrees of
laintness, merely leeling faint and look
ing sligbtlv pale, to the stale wo have
described ; and in tome casos the state
ol fainting is hardly rocovorod from
well before it recurs again and again,
for hours and days together. We need
hardly Bay that such cases as the lat
tor are altogether beyond tho roach of
domestio medicine - What are tbe
causes of laintness f It ia not difficult
to describe these. Somo people are so
vory easily affected that they faint if
they cut their finger, or even if they
only see the cut finger of another per.
son. All ono can say of such persons
is that their muscular fibre Is not
strong and that tbeir norves are sen
silive. The heart, which goes on for
years circulating tho blood, is essen
tially a musclo. It is weak in some
people, stronger In others. As a rule,
it it weakor in women and stronger in
men. llui.oo, women faint more lap
idly than men Whatever weakens
tbe heart and the muscles generally
acts as the cause ol faintness. Closo,
foul air is a common cause ot faintness
or of languidness. Anything which
grently affects tho nervous system,
such as bad news orTHBtgWaoiii
tuiiig Durnoio or trrsagreeable, -will
sometimes causa fainting. But of all
causes of faintness, none is n serious
aa tho loss ol blood. Tbe muscles, in
order to act well, must be supplied with
blood ; and if the blood ot' the body Is
lout if it escapes, either from a vein
opened purposely, or from piles, or
from the scource from which menstrua
tion proceeds in excessive quantity,
thon laintness will happen. The de
gree of it will dopend on tho constitu
tion, and on the amount ol blood ksl.
A loss of blood that would scarcely bo
lull by one person will bo a serious
cause of laintnoss to another. Borne
timet Ircquent faintnoss armos from be
coming very fat, tbe muscular system
of the hoart being impaired by fatly
doposit.
When little Bob asked hit sister's
beau for a cigar, his future brother in
law snubbed blm with the remark r
"Young man, a strap would do you
more good." ' Next night Bob's titter
and her young man got their hands,
chim and clothes amcarod with coal
tar while line-oring: at tbe front irate,
and tittle Bob, whon questioned on the
subject, said be couldn't tell a lie "It
must have been a tramp."
At a shoemakers' ball in Philadel
phia, a rvportor sayt that "feet of
every site, from a fine taper in white
kid to pudding shaped pedals in lull
skin, wolleaT the wax on tbe floor in
harmony with the m.sic. They waled
warm and pegged away until 1st. next
morning. It wao a wbole-eouled affair
throughout."
the most afflicted part of tht house
it tbe window.- It It always full ol
pane and wbo hat otot Men more
tban on. window blind f ,
HHl
RAISING COIiKS AND THINGS.
In all probability thousands of those
who wore interested in agriculture in
tho eventful yoar of 1878 ure dead, but
that doesn't intciTcro with tho publica
tion of Commissioner Lo Duo's report
on tho crops and things of that ancient
period, lie has oven taken the pains
to get the report before the publio at
this particular time, doubtless with the
pleasant purposo of affording tho pub
lio something nico to read as a holiday
season comes on. An agricultural re
port hat great morits in this way; it
is among tho very best of our popular
literature and is within reach of every
body. The great care which Commis
sioner Le Duo hat taken to prevent
the premature publication of his inval
uable work it one of the slight evi
dences of his great usefulness. Printed
now, a year or moro tiler tho occur
rence ot noarly all that is bo graphi
cally described in its pages, it is re
moved lrom the excitement and em
barrassment of contemporary passion.
As a part ol tha history of a lormer
age it will reoeivo the calm and impar
tial consideration of all men and wo
men ot this timo who know anything
about farming. , To be ture, thore it
nothing about farming in tho book,
but it is all the more valuable on that
account, and the three hundred thou
sand copies of this great national work
will divide themselves np between the
junk-shops and the publio libraries of
tho country in a way to prove tho in
dispensable nature of the publication.
ibe casual reader ol the report just
issued presuming it is not too much to
presume that it will have a casual reader
will detect tbat it is moro generally
written in tbe English lunguago than
wus the previous report. Commis
sioner Lo Due himself seems to prefer
bnglish, and since he has turned off
somo of the professional men of the
department he has apparently con
cluded to have less science and agricul
ture in his book and more English,
which is a good thing, tor bo wbo in
dustriously cultivate, the proper tiso of
the J'.nglish language against tho dis
advantages of tho American soil and
climate must prove a public benefactor.
1 do point in w inch tbolommisBionor s
hook will prove a sad disappointment
is in tbo account of the experiments
with tea and similar articles which
haro been growing into immensecrops
in tho Commissioner's mind, but which
are not yet ready for public use. Tea,
wo find, ia of slow growth, and it may
bo several years belore tho success of
tbo industry in this country can be
known. Un tbo subject ot bamboo
Mr. Lo Duo is stroiiuly silent; ho
doosn't even tell what baa become of
tbe bamboo shoots which wero brought
all tho way from Japan ; but as bam
boo has gonorally gone out of fashion
lor umbrella sticks it's of vory little
consequence lbo Peruvian potatoes
which wore imported wore found, upon
boiling, to bo very nice potatoes in
deed, as good aa a Commissioner of
Agriculture could want to eat, but
there is nowhere any account ol how
they, turned out when they were
planted wurcb It a very provoking
omission, since tbe experiment ol rais
ing potatoes ready hoilod bad never
before been tried. The most ol this
Hipuppoiiitment is compensated for how
ever, by the able section or the book
on tbe growth of the cork tree, which
is translated Irom a Spanish pamphlet.
Commissioner L. Duo fools confident
that tbo climate of some portions ot
the United States it suitable to tbo cub
livalion of oork, but hitherto cork in
tbit country has been chiefly raised by
means ol a corkscrew. Ibis bas boon
a popular but expensive molhnd, corks
so raised frequently costing as much as
hvo dollars each, and tbe country is
prepared to welcome any suggestion
wbieh shall cheapen tbe price. It it
possible that a proper Bludy of tho
nature and habits of tbo cork will do
velop its real usefulness, and ii the in
telligence of tbo Agricultural Bureau
is only allowed to spread, we shall
toon bo able to raiso the finest imported
champaigncs by merely planting tbo
old chainpaigno corks tkat now go lo
wasto.
A II that the Department of Agricul-'
tnre wants is room to experiment in
and tho proper soil and climate. Soil
and climate are overylhing, and Com
missioner l.o Duo hat been running
tbo agricultural interests of tbo coun
try long enough to find this out Fuel
ing that, wtulo wo have an abtindunto
ot soil and climate, such as tbey are,
there is need of a greater variety, Mr.
Lie Vua will no doubt turn some ot bis
attention to the cultivation of a kind
of toil and climate which will enable
tho farmers of this country to raise
anything, from a cockroach to a thresh
ing machine. All wo need ia der.lop.
ing.rhiladilphia Timet.
charlesd!ckens' wife.
II tR RKCKNT DEATH IN LONDON.
The widow ot tho late Charles Dick
cm died at her residutiee in Glouces
ter Crosent, Regents Park, London,
on a recent Saturday morning, after a
lingering illness of eighteen months.
For years before the death of the
great novelist, airs, v't aens nau not
ve-WU ti-u Tho truth as to tbe
Eecuhar reluTJoliir ;Ovneuii uu,u..,
lickens and Miss Oeorgina ilogartb,
tho wile's sistor, has never been known.
Tbe separation, bowafer, gave rise to
much scandal in litotrary and social
circles in England. For nearly twen
ty years Mrs Dickensiias lived a very
retired life, seldom appearing in to-
eiety. Hne spoke freely among her
friends ot her ton Chance teeming ap
proval of hit father's .onduct toward
ber at somolhlng that caused her
trouble. He bas, it is Said, shown feel
ings of antipathy toward her. Mrs.
Diukunt will bo buried In Kensnl Green
Ccmolry. :
On tbe 31st of March, 110, was pub
lished tho first shilling number ol the
"Pualhomoua Paners ajf the Pickwick
Club, edited by (iot.'l " On the 2d of
April, just two dayl afterward, tho
immortal Boa married C'albriae, the
eldest daughter of Jtr. George Ho
garth, a fellow-wriirr on the newly
prelected Evrninf Chronicle. Dickons'
intimacy with hit fu.ure fathor In law
mraonotd early in January, 11 J.
it teeoBt tbat Mr. Hogarth had asked
Dickens, at a favor lo write an origi
nal tketcb for tbe first number of tbo
Chnnkle, and tho great novelist writes
back to say he would be glad to do his
best, and to ask if bt began to writ, a
soriea of article, ancoraom. attractive
title, would tbo proprietor think ho
had any claim lo some additional re
rhunerationT It mast bo remembered
that Dickent waa reporlinK for the
Chronicle, and in cnntibutlng k aorice
ol light paper similar ;m style to bis
street sketches, be tholght he was en
titled lo torn, pay beyond bit salary
at a reporter, Tbo request waa drain
ed a reasonable one ' be began the
mMcnsw ana nn eaiiry wai raised
iron Z0 to V3U per week. Ui. aor-
rospondeno. with iti Ilogartb wot
REPUBLICAN,
tho beginning of Dickons' acquninlnnco
with an accomplished, kindly man, to
whoso family ho toon became closely
allied by marriago which marriage
influenced all Dickent' future career.
On the Ctb of January, 1837, a eon
was born, who was named Charles,
and in the February following Dick
ons and his wife were living in their
lodgings at Chalk. In March, 1 M.JH,
a daughter was born. Dickens lived
later on In a cot to no at Twickenham,
where he had a balloon club for tho
children. Attho end of Octobor, 1839,
another daughter was born to him,
and belore the closo of the year Dick
ens moved into a splendid house on
tho Devonshire Terrace. Thon short
ly altor he set about arranging a
homo for his father and mother. In
the minst of tho novelist'a recitations
anent the lamoua raven in "Barnahy
Kudgc." another son was born, on tbe
9tb of February, 1841. This son was
named Walter Laudor Dickons, but
only lived to manhood. He died in
Calcutta, on tho last day ot 18C3. at
I he age of twenty-three. About 1843
Mis (ioorgina Hogarth, Mrs. Dickens'
sistor, eame to live with them, and re
mained a membor of the household
until his death. On (he 15th of Janu
ary, 1844, another son was born, who
leoeived the nutno of Francis Jeffrey ;
on the 28th of October, 1845, a sixth
child and fourth son was born, who
was christened Alfred Tennyson; on
tho 18th of April, 1847, a fifth son was
born, who was named Sydney Smith.
This ton entered the Royal Navy, and
survived his father only a year and
eleven months, being buried at sea on
the 2d of May, 1872. On the 8lh of
January, 1HI11, was born another son
who was called Henry f ielding, in
1X50, whilo engaged with that child
wile, Dora, tho heroine of "David Cop
perfield," a third daughter was born
to the novelist, and sho was named
Dora. Soon aftor Dickons' futhcr died,
then Dora, his lust daughter. On the
13th of March, 1852, his last child waa
born and named Kdwnrd Bulwar Lyt
ton. And now after years of domestio
life Dickons separated Irom bis wife.
In May, 1S5G, came a chango in tbe
novelist's borne at (iadshill. Thence
forward Dickens and his wife lived
apart. Tho eldest ton went with tho
mother, tbe other children remaining
with tho novelist. In this arrange
ment Dickons acquiesced in the wishes
of his wife, and tho intercourse of the
children with thoir mother was free
It was a private separation, but after
wards relorrod to publicity in House
hold HVi Dickens' Inst days at
Gadshill, his death and burial, are all
fresh in tho public mind, and now tbo
wife of his youth and tho mother of
bis children has gone, and the grave
will shortly cover the faults and errors
of both.
Tho real and personal cslato left by
Dickens was calculated at IIC5,000.
Tbo only mention mado by Dickens in
hit will of his wife is in tho following
words: "I dosire hero simply to record
the fact that my wife tinea our ecpa
rttion by consent, bat been in the re
ceipt Irom me of tn annual income of
000 (3,000), whilo all tbo great
charges ol a numerous and expensive
lamuy bavo devolved wholly upon
myself." No logacy was left to his
wife, whilo 4O,O00, beside personal
proporty ol large value, was left to his
beloved sistor in law, Georgina.
sickles. Mccarty.
THE ELOPEMENT .TOBY HLllSTANTIAI.Lr
HENisn.
Tho alleged elopement of General
Sickles' daughtor with a man named
MoCarty has been widely circulated,
as well as has also the denial of lbo
samo by tho legal representatives of
Gon. Sickles in this country. Tho
story is said to have beon ttarted by a
uen. brubam, who sayt be bad it lrom
two ladies wbo were on a summer with
him returning from Europe It is un
derstood tbat he has been requested by
Gon. Sicklet' representative hero to
give the names ot hit informants, and
that he doclinos to do so, and that legal
proceeding! are about to be entered
against h i in. The ttory of tho clopo
nient of Mihs Sicklet is credited by
members ol the foreign legations, wbo
two years ago wore in Paris, and it is
whispered that a lady quit, recently
ono of the society belles of this city,
now married and living in Paris, was
tho confident of Miss Sickles in her
lovo affair with McCarty. A gontlo
man who reached this city last evening
from Europe said to a representative
ot the Sunday Herald that bt was in
Parit at the time tho aforesaid elope
ment look pluco, for there were cer
tainly good grounds for calling it thai.
"One rnmnr had It," he said, "that
Miss Sickles took lbo diamonds and
jewelry from ber father's rtidoiice,
and MoCarty was arrested for an at-
tempt to pawn them, llu was placed
in jail, and when I left Paris the Amer
ican representatives were about effect
ing hit rcleaso, with tha promise that
be would leave the country. That the
elopement on tbe part of Mias Sickle,
waa the result of a tuddrn impulse,
and as tbe arrest followed utmost im
mediately, the gossips of the Paris
i ...inn,. , i , .1 w."H tjvti... mm
any actual injury would result from
tbe escapade of Mis. Sicklet other
tban tho disgrace which would attach
itself to any lady under like circum
stances." Tho history ui McCarty lor
lbo lu.it seven years would loira a
career of successful swindling and eva
sion of the law both in this country
and abroad that when read wonld
hardly be credited exoept as a romance.
With this early life we have nothing
lo do. llo is a native of Maryland,
served in lbo Confederate army, in
which he rose Irom private to the rank
ol a lieutenant ; waa wounded in the
hit wrist at Trovillian station; Va.,
which caused a partial paralysis ol
his left arm.
Hit first appearand In thll city
was in 1872, when by torn means be
ingratiated himself with resident for.
eiu ministers, prominent army and
navy officers and cilixent of moans, of
whom be organized a company called
the Texas Land and Copper Co , with
a tiash capital of 100,000, Messrs.
Henry I). Cooke and Uaorgo W. Kigga
being tho trustees, and Mr. J. C O.
Kennedy Treasurer anil- Secretary,
flo represented to thete- gonllemea
that bo bad been a Colonel in the Con
federate army ; that aftor tho war be
hid served on the staff of Maximilian
in Mexico until the death of that uo-f.M-tunat.
Prince; that he escaped from
Mexico with tbo Princess Salra Salin
on horseback, riding through North
western Texas, and whilo on hit Jour
ney discovered copper and toel mlnot
ot -grttst value, and allowed apociment
of Uie him, In May. 1872. b. started
fur Texas with a parly of surveyors
for tho purpose of locating and survey
ing the above-named mines. lie went
with hia party I. via Bt. Lo.i., and
while in that oity tpeal Iht Company 's
money lavishly, occupying at tho
Southern Hotel tho rooms but' just
Vacated by th. Grand Duko Alexis.
When ho arrived in Texas ha hired
men, tiicnds of his, wbo were in his
confidence, who led his party to somo
worthless turfaco copper mining land
in the northwestern portion ol the
State. Some 13,000 ocret wero sur
veyed, of which the Company now
holds an acre Connected with this
Company were Admiral Porter, Capt.
Pearson, of tbo-Navy, tho Swedish,
Spanish, German and Peruvian Minis
ten, together with a number ot influ
ential and wealthy business men. Mr.
Chandler formerly District Attorney
of Virginia, and moro rccontly a Ten
sion Agent at Norfolk, and who com
milled suicide by drowning himself,
was agent of tbe Company and accom
panied the Surveyors to Texas. Mr.
Richard Potors, of Philadelphia, was
hia assistant. McCarty, through this
Company, cleared probably about 5,-
000 only, which ho made by being
allowed to buy land warrants for it in
Now York. Leaving Washington on
his return from Texas, ho went to
Chicago, where ho established a mining
bureau, and it it alleged that ho cleared
through tbe salo of worthless mining
stock the sum of (150,000. (This is
according to his own statement). He
made his appearance in the $.'10,000
diamond conspiracy in New York. He
was arrested, confined in Ludlow streot
jail for throe montbt, tried and acquit
ted. After tbit ho wot not heard of in
this country until tho Winter of 1877
and 1878, when how ho hoodwinked
the present Secretary of Stnto and the
Spanish Minister in regard to Cuban
affairs and thut obtained from tbe
latter a largo turn of money is too re
cent an occurrence to need publication
in detail. Colonel William Fit nCharles
Muton McCarty (this is his European
nitno) is a roraai kubly handsome man,
of refined tastes, highly educated, and
most expert shot. Although over
forty years of age, bo does not look
over thirty. Ho has traveled exten
sively, and is known in every capital
of Kurope. Hit present wifo (he bas
one in Canada), who was with him on
bis last visit to this city, is a Chicago
widow of most prepossessing appear
ance, highly accomplished, and un-.
doubtedly has been of great assistanco
to bim in his various confidence opora
lions abroad. This Colonel McCarty,
taken altogether, is tho most accom
plished confidence man that has ever
operated in our time, and if tho same
ability had been displayad in legitimate
business it woujd bavo made biin a
millionaire. Washington Post. ,
BEAR RAMUS AND THEIR CUL
TIVATION. An attendant of the Zoological Gar
don, at Cincinnati, furnishes a local
correspondent of the Enquirer, the fol
lowing on raising young bruint :
About, the middle ot January last,
tbo female black bear in a collection
refused to come ont of her den into the
open pit, and would not allow tbe malo
boar to approach her. She was imme
diately' closed in, and lurnlshed with
an abundance of bay, with which she
busied herself in making a nico warm
bed. At 4 P. M. on January 20 the
young onct wero born, and 1 did not
seo thorn until three days alter, when
1 was surprised by the keener inform
ing me that she would allow him to
enter the don. On going with him, he
unlocked tbe door, fearlessly walkod
in, and quickly began feeding her witb
bits of bread, which he sliced from a
loaf in his hand. By holding tbe bread
just over her bead he finally tempted
bor to sit up on ber haunches, wben 1
obtained a clear view of tho young
ones, lying asleep jnat back ol her front
paws. - From where 1 stood, about six
loct distant, tbey did not seem to ex
ceed six inches in length, were a dirty
whitish color, and appeared entirely
bare of hair. In about ten days tbeir
coals began to show, and were ot a
greyish lint, which gradually passed
through tho various shades until tbey
became a brownish-black. It was just
forty days before tho first one's eyos
opened, and two days al ter, the second
followed tint, from that time lor
ward 1 watched very closely to ascer
tain tho exact timo that would elapso
before the young one. would leave the
neat, and on the seventy-first day al ter
birth when tho mother, at was bor
habit, camo to the grating to bo fed, 1
one of the youngsters loft the nest and
followed bor. ho noon as sho lound it
out, she immediately drew it gently
back, and on its second attempt the
culled it soundly, which put a Btop to
its wandering propensity. Aftor a lew
days she allowed them to wander
about at will, provided no ono was im
mediately in Iront of tho den ; but to
soon as a visitor put in an appcaronoe,
they were driven back into tho nest,
and not allowed to cmergo until tho
stranger was out of sight. For tome
time the alwaya suckled them in ono
position, lying ovor and completely
covering them by stretching flat, with
her legs drawn up under her aud her
head tucked down between ber front
paws. As they grew older, and began
to run about, the would tit on her
haunches, luzily lean back against tho
wall, tako a cub on each forearm and
u'iiu mom up in nei ti.oasv until mey
were satisfied, Tbey oon became ex
pert thinbort, taking advantage of the
slightest inequalities ol the stono walls
and the cracks between tho heavy
oak on planks to reach th. ceiling of
tho dun on threo tides, whilst the grat
ing in Iront sort ed capitally for their
skylarking. Occasionally tkey would
have a regular sparring bout, standing
erect, feinting, countering, and making
use of many of the tricks of old Vota
ries of th. P. 11. These frolics would
generally end in a clinch, fall, and a
regular rough and tumble fight, whon
Hie mother would abruptly put a stop
to It by suddenly knocking both of the
contostaau completely out of time. I.
luct, at they grew apace, tho parental
visitation! mi-roused no rupidly, I be
gin to tear the Would put an end to
my boar iaveatigaliont by chattiaing
the livct out of them, but of late she
htt tlackened In her attentions, and 1
am in hope, of following the growth ol
Ursut Amoricanut from babyhood to
adolescence
I Till AletAiiAO Man. An eiohango
elaborates him in this way : Did you
verrniliceaporircnapthatstandslmhe
first pictnre oj tho almanno witb the
fish and sheep and tc-OTnlouslnd bulls,
and twins) .to., around him f -Did yo
vor notice that he was naked and had
nothing in bis stomach f Woll, that
poor fellow used to edit a paper, - "
A little five year old bo)' who bad
seo peacock for th. first' time, ran
into the boos, exclaiming , v bit
sister: "Ob, Liuiel I've teen a great,
great, monstileroul tail walking around
with a ben lied to ill"
- Why ' are coHndt like a cotcbtntn T
tieoaoi. tbey bold tla. rilnt.' j .
EDUCATIONAL.
BV M. L. McQUOWN.
LECTURERS EXOAOED FOR IXSTITVTE
Of If 7W. -
IILt'LECTIONS OF Pl'Ill.lC 8ENTIUK.NT.
miss HAiiniET n. swiNEFonn.
We take pleasure in aubmilliiig the
following testimonials ol Miss Swine
ford who will read lrom tho platform
on Monday evening, and give instruc
tions in Elocution during lb. week :
Mist Swinelord it certainly possess.
cd of marked histrionic power, and her
woll modulated voice it full and neb,
ber pronunciation clear and distinct,
while her manner Is easy and grace
ful. In expression she ia capable of
deep pathos and sparkling bumor.
Lebanon Jars.
I most cordially endorse Miss II. B.
Swinctord aa a talented, well educated,
modest and propoasessing young lady
capablo of giving valuable instructions
at TeachcrB' Institutes. Her readings
at our last Institute were ot high or
der. From N. 11. Schcnck, Superintend
ent of Cameron County.
Miss Uattio Swincford gavo two
recitations, marked with a resonant
voico, clear enuciation, stirring em
phasis, and a thorough appreciation ol
the author'! meaning. She has in at
tractive presence, and her poso and
gestures wore models of grace and
elegance. From the Heating Timet
and Dispatch,
Miss Harriet B. Swincford hat at-
tonded quite a number of Tcachcri'
Institutes in this btato, taking charge
of the department of reading. 1 have
witnessed ber work, ana I do not hesi
tate lo Bay that tho Is ono of tho most
practical teachers I have met. Her
evening entertainments have also been
very populur. Superintendents and
teachers speak of her work in the very
highest terms. From Hon. 11. Houck,
Deputy State Superintendent.
COLONEL J. V. SANFORD.
It it almost needless for ns to state
tbat Col. Sanl'ord bas won a more brill
iant reputation as a lecturer than any
other man of modern times. He is re
nowned as a great traveler and hu
morist, and in his lecturesamuses, enter
tains and instructs. Ho has lectured
over seven hundred nights in the last
three seasons, and as high ns fifteen
nights in tho samo city. In his ex
tensive travels he has crossed the At
lantic nineteen limes, and ealen his
bread in every Kingdom on '.he face of
tho earth. We have cmraircd him for
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and
feel satisfied that all wbo hear lilt first
lecture cannot be induced to remain
away on tho evening ot the second.
Read what it taid of him :
Col. J. P. Sanford will long bo re
membered as tbe best lecturer tbat
evervieited Girard, thus far. Girard
(Pa.) Gazette.
Col. Sanford it one of th. beat lec
turers in America, and can entertain
an audience every night for six weokt.
Milwaukee Sun.
It it, in truth, no extravagant praise
to concedo to Col. Sanford lbo power
of onlcrtuiniiig an audience beyond
mat ot any modem lecturer who bas
visited Detroit. Free I'ress.
Few persons living have th. com
bined power of description, eloquence,
wit, and humor of Col. Sanford, and
an audience once hearing him will not
fail to do to again. Mair(Ncb.) Timet.
I liked him with all my might. I
couldn't help it. Ut kept mo and his
audience in a roar, lie it as full ol
wit, wisdom, bumor, pathos and irro
prossible and spontaneous fun aa an
egg is of meat. Girard (Pa.) Paper.
BKV. OECROX p. II AYS, 1). D.
Rev. Gcoriro P. Hays is PrcBidont of
Washington and Jefferson College,
Washington, Pa., and has an enviable
reputation as a Public Looturer and
platform speak"". Few men In Penn
sylvania have done more lor tho oauso
of populur education than Dr. Hays,
and few mon have moro admirers or
are more deserving of ptmlic favor than
tba subject ol this tketcb. l e append
a few personal noticea and hope no one
ho desires to liston lo a deep, enter
taining and scholarly leettiro will ab
sent himself on the evening tho Doctor
it with us:
Dr. nuys' lectures are able and pop
ular, He is really a forcible speaker,
and novor fails to hold tbo undivided
attention ol his audience Hon: Henry
IJouck, Deputy Superintendent rutilic In
struction.
Dr. 1 lava ia. a favorite on the roa.'
(rum et.il draw, lur.rn .mlinnrea Ilia
lectures are original, logical, full of
now Ideas, enriched with ready wit,
genial sunshine, wisdom and eloquence
(I'm. A. Kelly, Superintendent Jrffer-
ton voumy, ra.
Dr. George P. Hayt has lectured In
the largo Hull of the Slate Normal
School on two occasions. . ilia lectures
wore attractive, entortaming, instruc
tive, loL'ieal, tlioUL'htful and mirthful.
No platform speaker is better received
by our people. J. . Cooper, rtincikU
Male A ormal School.
raor. a. n. baud, fii. d. '
Prol. A. N.' Raub, Ph. D.. Principal
of Lock Haven Htnlo Normal School,
is a pleasing and popular instructor.
All cur teachers were moro than
pleased with bim last year and by the
urgent request of many teuchera we
have secured his service, this year
again, l'rol. Kaub bas always proven
a favorite wherever be bas boon, which
fact is fully let forth tn the following
notice.: . a , 4
The Professor's ivuture was replete
with Una thought and irood common
sunse, and was a flist class Introduc
ing to the tcatheri ef the county
uarritourg raimi.
Prof. Raub, from whom somo'.binir
good ia always and not in vain, ex
peeled, addreaawl th. tnttilut. upon
the subject of "Trainiag to Think."
Uaiette and Jiullctm, II iffirtm,rt,
These remarks on "Talk" were en
tertaining a Well as Instructive, and
our toachera can hardly fail to make
practical use ot Uie tduat in aad out of
lb. tchool room. AUntrott Democrat,
Prol Jtaub-.of Lock Haven, wbo
Was tho principal instructor during the
week; won many encomiums for th
gracefulness, as well at, tbe lure, oi
hit lecturet. True Democrat, Levis
torn. " ' '
Prof. Raub hat proved himself the
nguv ninn in me ngit. piace at an id
slructor in an Institute. He is a good
talker, full of good practical sen., and
witty whon tho occasion demands.
Tho Court room wot filled to overflow-
ing by a very attentive audience
Utavtr Y alley 2met.
: LUMBER PHRASES.
Tbat technical writer, Mr. Richard
Grant White, in tho Atlantic Monthly
for November, givot an articia on "At
sorted Americanisms," in which b
speaks of the nto of the word lumber
tt a perversion of th. English word
timber, and .that tins perversion bat
almost driven tho word limber oot of
uso. Tbo Northwestern Lumberman,
published It Chicago, takct exception
to Mr. While't criticism tnd declares
that ho it mistaken. Timber is still in
general nsc imong lumbermen, ind it
applied to Handing trees, to squared
sticks, either sawed or hewed, and lo
the heavier pieces of wood, whether
squared or not, used In tho construc
tion of houses, vessels, eto. In the day
of pit sin s, the word timber was tufli
ciently expressive todofinethe limited
product of tho primitive manufactur
ers ; but with tbe advent of circular
and gang saw mills, and their almost
endlest variety of product, from
veneers to dimension, it becamcnefct-
sary to adopt a -word lo fitly convey
to the mind in idea of the manufac
tured article, and it is greatly to the'
credit of the trade that instead of man.
ufuctnring a word, and thus adding to
an over rediimlunt vocabulary, it should
have scixed upon ono already current,
which had no well defined nuooaaity
for existence as it really had no par."
tictilur meaning and give it a signifi
cance which is acknowledged over a
oontinent, and is in constant use by
1,000,000 men who add to tho nation t
wealth $1,500,000,000 annually-' . -
There are many other words in uso
in tho trndo which havo a similar ori
gin, and are equally necessary ; among
them is the term ' dimension," which
is applied to pieces sawed to regular
sizes for a specified purposo the sizes
running from 2 by 4 inches up to 10
by 12 ; 12 by 12 and larger is known
io tbo tracio ut timber. "Doty" it
mother word manufactured by lum
bermen, and is applied to timber which,
having reached its maximum io growth
and excellence, baa begun to decline,
in life and, consequently, in strength ;
the word is probably derived -from tbe
word dotage, which expresses precisely
tbe samo idea as to tho physical or
mental condition in man. The word
"brash" is another clear case ol per.
version, as applied to timber ; this word
means irregular cleavage, or brittle
nces, and is used in the samo sense as
"refractory," in speaking of Orel that
are difficult of reduction. Tbo word ,
"booming," ut applied to tho revival of
business throughout the conntry, it
clearly a perversion ol a term peculi
arly tho property of lumbermen.
It is but natural that a great indus
try like that of lumbering must neces
sarily have in its vocabulary many
words and phrases peculiarly atrWown ;
and if Mr. White will, some timo dur
ing tho coming winter, visit tho pin
eries of the West Branch, or Michigan '
and Wisconsin, we will guarantee that
he will bo able to pick up a noto book
full of ' assorted Americanism," and
that each one of them shall be as use
ful to a proper understanding of the
business as is the word lumber. It ill-'
iamsport Ilulletin.
Two Kind or Girls. Wherever we
go we find two kind of girls. ' Tbe kind
wo would liko lo have you pattern of
fer are thoso that put on tbeir best
looks and do their best deeds at home
girls that don't only have sweet
looks but know bow to do nice things
girls that are at borne at tbe wash tub
and in the kitchen aa well as in the
parlor. Thoro is a large demand for
such girls and tbo world can nover f
havo too many ot them. It tea greater
honor to a young lady to know how to 1
get up a good meal and bake nice '
bread and pics than to be able to play
the organ or piano. Tbe cravings of
tbo stomach are stronger than those of
tho car, and unaccomplished indeed is
tho girl that knows not how to meet
and provide for tbeir wants. Some
limes men ean lake a foolish fancy to
dolls, but they ean buy them much
cheaper than marry them. Girls don't
make dolls of yourselves, but learn to
bo useful as well as ornamental. The
other kind of girlt we don't care to
eay much about, and we hopo that
none ol you win ever become on. of
them. They are the girls that are
good for parties, know how to dress
according to style, curl their hair and
powder their faces, tc. Tbey are good
lor nothing at horn, and become a '
burden instead of a blessing to the men
that aro unfortunate enough to accept
them at partners for life they are a
curse instead of a blessing to tho world.
lovng Disciple.
A threo year old little girl was
taught to close bor evening prayer,
during the temporary absenco of her
father, with "please watch over my
nana. It sounded very sweet, but tbo
mother's amazement inp imagined
niieu tuo child added, "And rood
bolter keep an eye on mamma, too."
'I wonder how the world will gel
along without me, when I'm gone!"
said a conceited man. "Well, re
sponded a friend, "I'll tel! yon how
you can gel an idea ot it. You just go
and slick the pointof a needle into tho
ocean, and then withdraw it, and tee
how much it i missed 1
'A colored man appeared before a
magistrate, charged with tome trivial
offense. Tho latter said to the man :
"You can go now ; but let me warn
you never to appear here again." Tbe
man replied with a broad grin : "1
wouldn't be here dis time, only the con
atablo fetch mo."
"Doctor," said a pationt, "1 suffer a
great deal with my eyes," Th. old
gentleman adjusted bit spectacles, and
with a Sucrutio air replied, "1 do not
don lit it, my friend ; but then you
ought not to lorgot that you would
suffer a great deal moro without them."
A packago in a basket waa left on
tho doorstep ol a caution. Newport
woman, who having no dosire to adopt
a foundling, took the basket to the
polico station, and there found that it
contained a twenty-pound turkey for
a Thanksgiving dinner.
"Tom," .aid a girl to her tweet heart,
"you have been paying your distresses
to me long enough. It it time yon
made known your contentions, so as
not to keep me in expense any longer.
An cxqulsitlve young lady aski:
"what it tbt most popular color for lb.
bridoT" The New York SCar anawert:
If we were going to marry We should
prefer a whilo one
An editor printed a two column ar
trclo on "Tho best breed of bogs."
llo was afterward taken lo task for
dovnting to much spire to hit family
affaire
A Chicago man' nightmare turned
out to be th. shsiow ol his wife', foot
on the bedroom wall, instead of an un
earthly monster with five horns.
"Yes," said fobnny "laptus may be
the Latin tor 'slip,' bnt I notice tbat
when mother laps ai it twually neant
a slipper.' "
' There, no apteral ty-kiof .rrgrav.
'ng engagement ring. A spider' web
with a fly In it it a very pretty device.
- Wben the wifo of a doctor calls bio a
little dick, lie doesn't lik. it- Over
BunaUtvt, you know. '
It's Teal lun to watch a number
twelve boot trylag to kaeptkp with
amber two ibo. , , .. .
A belt .round th.1 Waist a better
thia two ovor the bead. .