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A'i'TORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:1:TI ClBarBeld, Pa.
T J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
1:11 Phlllpabart;, Centre Co., Pa. y:pd
JOLAND D. SWOOPK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CtrBeBiTifto, Clearlele) eouoly, Pa.
act. ,
QSCAR MITCHELL,
" ATTORNBY AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
jtVOflM la tka Opera Hume, oetv, 'IS If.
Q R W. BAKKETT,
Attorney and Counselors Ayr Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
January .10, 1871.
pRAEL TEST,
ATTORN RY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
OBna la tba Cearl Hooia. IJjU.'M
HENRY BRETn,
(ortrrd p. a.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
POR IRLL TOTI.IHIP.
Ma; 0, tOTi-la
fM. M. McCULLOUOn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oftl.-a In tltaonle building, Sawed street, op
po.ita tba Court llouaa. " JeJi,'78-tf.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLECTION OFFICE,
Cl'RWBNPVILLB,
.20 ClearieM County, Pean'a. T&y
S.
BUOCKBAXK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLKARFIELD, PA.
Office la Opara lloaaa.
ap JS,17-tj
JAMES MITCHELL,
DRILBB II
.Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jairti CLKARFIELD, PA.
J V. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
01.BARFI8LU, PA.
Offioa la Pta'a Opara Hnaaa.
June M, 7Stf.
VILUAM A. WALUeB. BATID L. RRRBB.
tsar p. waulaor. ' Joa w. whiolrt.
WALLACE & KREBS,
V (SoMaaaora va Wallaaa A Fleldlag,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Jol'7 ClearBeld, Pa.
Frank Fielding.. W. D. Bigler....S. V. Wllaos.
piELDING, bIgLERA WILSON,
ATTORNEYS - AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
ffrOtlM In Pla'a Opara Hou.a. mobe-7.
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop on Market St., eppoalta Court Hoaaa.
A alaaa towel for ovary eurteraer.
Alas dealer ia .
11 a. t Branda of Tobareo au4 Clgara.
riaarK.14. Pa. aiaa It. '7i.
raoi. i.auaBAT.
oTaoa aoBBoa.
JURRAT & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
ap-OIBoa la Pla'a Opara lloaaa, aaaoad ioor.
:!'TA
loaBPa a. a'aRALtr. babibi. w. a'ocanr.
rcENALLY i MoCURDY
ATTORN EVS-AT-LAW,
ajiaarflald. fa.
ayLara baalnaaa attandad to proaaptly wlthj
Adalilp. OBloa ob Baaond alraal, aboaa tba Plrat
Natioaal Bank. Jaa:l:7t
O. KHAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Raat Eatoto aad Oollaotloa Agaat,
CLBARPIEI.il, PA
Will praaipll, attoad la all laal kaalaaaa aa
traatad la baa aara.
ar-OBoa Ia Pta'a Opara Itoaaa. Jaal'70.
J P. McKENRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All Ural baffaaaa antra. td la bla aara will ra
aeiva pmaipl attanttoa.
OIBoa appoalta Coart lloaaa, la Maauala Ballilla,
arooad floor. augl4,'7fl-l,
D
R. E. II. SCUEURER,
HOMOPATHIO PUYBtCIAM,
OIBoa la raild.naa an Flrrt at.
April la, 1171. Claarlald, Pa.
JJR. W. A. MEANS,
eilYSICIAN & 8TJ RG EON,
DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attaad prafaarloaal aalla proaaptl. aa(10'7t
JJR. T. J. BOYER,
fllYHICIAK AND S U RO KOM,
Ofloa ea Marbat Straat, Claartaid. Pa.
Far-OHoa koara : la U a. aaa I to 0 p.
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R. J. KAY WRIULEY,
HOVfKPATniO PHYSICIAN,
aPOBfl adjoialai tba raaidaaaa af Jaaat
WriRlaa, Kaa,., aa BMoad SL, Claariald, Pa.
Jaljal.'ti If. ,
II. HlLLS,
OPEKJTIt'S UE.VTIST,
CLEARFIELD, PINN A.
ptaYMilliaa la raatdaaoa, appoalla Sbaw llaaaa.
Jjl.lOtltf
JR. D. B. 'VAJt'aVALZAH,
CLkARPIKlLll. PaaNN'A. '
OFFICE IN ltMID!CE, mflNKR Of FIRST
AND PINE STREETS.
A" Ooa aoara-rPraai It to I P. It.
. . Map It, !.
JJB. J. P. BORCII FIELD,
UiaSargaaaaf tba tld Raf laaaad.PaaaapraaoAa
Valaaiaara. bavlaa rataraad fraaa tka aaaaa.
alara kit arataaataaal aatrtaaa to taairataiai
a, viiaaraaMaaaiBlp.
OPPraraaaiaaataalla aaaaipUp auaaaad to.
0aa aa Baaaaa) tuaat, faratatlraaaapt'd bp
Vr.Waada. (ara,-M.at
CLBARFI
GEO. S, Q00DLAHDEE, Editor
VOL 53-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
JUItTICKIt' aV CajKTAni.E' KiKi
Wa baaa printed a larfta BBtabar of tka aaw
FEB BILL, and aiU aa tba raaalpt af t
tva aanta. aaall a aoavta any addraaa. -'
WllvLIAM UKNKY, Justice
or tii Fiacs akp Hchit LUMUB R
CITVa Col loot lo( mad ai tnutiejr proniitl7
ta.id ArtiolM of (VdruBt mni dedl of
oiwjmiK BMtl; MaMtatvil n4 Vavrrftnied ttr
ret or ohirn. tly"l
john dthompson, ;
J actio of tho Pimi tod Scrireotr.
CurwcnavUle P.
r-ColtMttoMi usdo ind BontT pmuptly
ptld oror. f.hlJ'TUr
J AS. B. GRAHAM, "
daalor la
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BIIINllI.EB, LATH, A PICKETS,
:I0'73 Claariald, Pa,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
. Clearfield, Penn'a.
ba.Wlll aiaaata ioba la bla Una nronintlv and
IB a workmanllka manner. arrt.flt
JOUN A. 8TADLKR,
BAKKR, Markat HI., Claariald, Pa.
Frarh Bread, Ruak, Rolll, Pita and Cakaa
ob hand or made ta ordar. A (antral aaaortmant
of Cooraotionariea, Fruita and NaU lo .took.
tea Cream a&d Or.tart In aaaaon. Baloua ararly
ippnaita Iba PnatuBlra. arleaa modarata.
Man la-'tt.
WEAVER & BETTS,
pMaalatRI 111
Real Estale, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMUKK OF ALL KINDS.
XVOfflci ob Keeitnd ttreot, li rtr of itoro
mi in of UtWjr) Wrrr A Co. JtvnB. '7l tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE
roR
llrcalur Tounthtp,
Oaatola Mill. P. O.
II ollloial bualnaaa antraated to him will ba
promptly attandad to. 3aaoh29, '7t,
JAMES H. TURNER,
Jl HTICBOr THE PKACE,
WalUceton. Ptu
ptrW hiu prapored klniMir with til lh
DNH'trT btank for in under Ifao PeDtlua and
Boaoty Uri, well af ' blank Dm tit, !. Alt
kfavl matitri ftttrat?d to hti nn will rei-o
prompt kllontloQ. M17 Ttb, 1 87 9-if.
JOUN h. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ind Real Eitate A front. CloarOrld, Pa.
Offieo oa Tblrd troot, botaOhorrj A Walnot,
ayRtiptotfalljr offer1 hla rrleeila aelUn
aad baying landi la OUarfleld and adjoining
ooaatlai 1 and with an oiporlonea of ovtr twaotf
ytut aa a inrrajor. iattari hlmitlf that ho eaa
raador latiaiaouon. aBirs:u,
ANDRKW HAKWICK,
Market Mtrcet, Clrarnwld, Pa.,
MANt rAfTtmaa and dbilbr ta
Harnett, Bridles, Saddles, Collart, and
Jiorte-rurnishtng Goons.
jBat-AH kiadi of repairing promptly aiUndod
to. Haddltm' lUrdwart, HorM brnahra, Carrj
Cotaba, Ae., alwiya oa hand and for into at iba
low e aaab prioe. (Marob jy, imv,
Q. H. HALL,
RACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
1 1 HEAR CLEARFIELD. FENlt'A.
arPticDaa iIwiti on hand and Btulo ta ordar
on abort notion. Fipoa bored on roaaonabl tornia.
All work warranted to ra radar aatlafaotlon, and
dallvora ir doairoa. aiyia: ijpa
Livery Htable.
TH E andarilgaad aaga Ia ta lntortn tha pub
Ite that no la now fully propar to aooon no
dal all In tha way of furnlabing U.taa, Buggiti,
daddloa and Uarnaaa, on tba ahortoat aotloo and
an roaaonabl term a. HaaldBoa Loeuat atraat,
botwoon Third and raurtn.
GEO. W. GEAR HART.
lUaalaM. Fab. 4, 1174.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
GLRlf HOPE. PENN'A.
rflHH nndtrilfDod. having Uaiwd thl bob
J. aiodioaa ll-.tei, la tho villtg of Area Hop,
t bow preparvd to aeoomnttdBt all who may
oall. Mr tab) and bar ahall b.anpUd with
tho boat th warkot affnrda: '
OKOKOB W. DOTTS, Jr.
UUn Hop, Pa., Marh 14, 187.tf.
THOMAS H. FO RC E E,
bbaibb ib
UENERAL MERCHANDISE,
(iKAHAMTtlN, Pa.
Alao.aitaatira manttfaotararaad daalar laBqaara
Tlaibar ana Bawad kaaiaaral all klada.
tT-Ordan aollcltod and all Mill promptly
aiiaa. ijyia7i
E. A. BIGLER CO.,
B ALB IN
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad aiaaufaotarara of
U KlmM OP BJAWRI) M'MRER,
I-77J CLEARFIELD, PEN It A.
8. I. 8NYDER.
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB BBALBB IB
Watchoa, Clooki and Jewelry,
firxAaat't Mam, Jfarkaf AVaat,
rl.BAIIPItl.ll,' 'a.
AH kindt af rraailrlnf la ay llaa pramptlv at
adadto. April It, 171.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE aadaraliraad, karinf aaukllakad a NaT
aary aa tha 'Pika, abaat kalf way balaaaa
Claarflald and Curwanarilla, ia praparad to far
Biak all klada af FRUIT THVKH, (.laadard aad
dwarf.) Bvrr(raaaa, Bhraaaary, Urapa Viaaa,
Uanaabarry, Law ton Blaakbarry, Btrawaarry,
and Raapbarry Vtaaa. A laa, Biaariaa Orab Traaa,
Uainaa,. aad aarly Marlat Mbnbark, Aa. Ordara
proaapliy attaadad to. Addraaa,
I. It. WRItlHT,
MpW ! Oajrwaaarllla, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.,
F.M. CA1D0N& EB0.,
On Markot Ft, oa doof waotof Maaaioa RotVM,
CLKARFIELD. FA.
Oar Bi?ttgMta ar rf la aaow, waanirot
ohaaotar tor farm laa lag ta tpabH with Froab
Meat of all blad, and af thovory ba aaaHty.
W ! ta all hlnda af A grlawHaral laiplo-
eata, whleh w kp aa athlMitwa for lU ha-
oitof tnoanbltdw
nil araaad waan la town.
aad tak a took al thiaga, at addraaa aa
F. M. CAKbOJl A BRO.
OIar4t4d, Fn. Jaly 14, U7-tf.
Ctemrfittd irmc Ugtmjf
jahbb ataaa, - cabmli ifJ,
mkRR MUDDLE UttmU,
RrpraMat tha fc4wlag aa4 athar lratlaa Oa'a
Caapaalaa. Aatwta.
Limp Londaa A teb 0. A. Ir-Jl itl,
Lyoutwlag n aiataal A aaab plaaa.... .BM,4w
Pboait, of Hanfar, Can MMI 1.411 a
fatraa O. wf North Aawrt ' 4,41.474
Marth ritbh A MoiwantlhwII . Ir. 1,fl,l
LtatriaA QBiniBrrkiwU, . Rmnab. 4? 1,141
WaltTtoW fAaM..M.....M.a.MM,., f4l,t!4
Travaton (L(4 A AaidntH..MH,..H 4,-n,44
Qftoo on Markat ft app. Oawrt Maaaa, CUar-
414, Fa. tlanw TMC
& Proprietor.
2,650.
THE I.IGIITNING-HOD IUHPENHER
IT WILL. H. CABLBTOH.
II th weary world li willing, I a little word t
ay
Of.a lightning-rod dlponr that dropptd down
on tut on day,
With n poem to hia motion, with a aarinoa Id hla
mien.
With handa aa white aa Hill, and a fao aooi
mun elean.
Ho wrinklo bad hi vrattnonta. and bla liooa
glUtenad whit.
And bia now eoaitruftlod nark-tlo waa aa lntarttt
logilgbt l
Which I almoat with bia raatp had aompoaed a
nakUBjiupH Btuvi
Ir ho brought hia aloak atlnned cariiaai fur aij
wninan-folka toaae.
And hla itp-aaw tongue a busiln' for to gouge a
gain id ait.
But T couldn't help tat Ilka him--ai I alwaya
think I mutt
The gnld of my own rfootrtnai In a fellow hnap of
hub' i
When I flred my opto ion a at thia peraon ronod by
rouDd,
They drew an aniwtriDf volley of a rery almilar
loana i
I tonnhed him on religion, and the bnpra my heart
naa Known ;
H aald h bad had xpcrino ijuEU. AiuilUr to
my oma.
I totd hint of lb duobtla'a that mid dark my
early yeara ,
(la bad latd ak till morning with that tamo
oreedor leara.
I told of my rough path, 1 hoped to heaven to go j
ti waa oa mat very ladder, ,un!y )uai a round
below.
I told him of my vliloua of tba aioruloeaa of gain ;
H had aan tb eir-aam pie tat, though not
Quite ao Blear and Dlain i
Oar puiitici werdifferot aad at Brat h galled
and wi rifled i
But 1 Big'ed him ao able, he waa rtjjr aooa eon-
viuoed
An 1waa gtttin' toward th middle of a hungry
Bummer tlay i
There waa ill oner on the table, and I aakod him
would ry r
And ha aat him down amongtt oa, arerlaatin
trim and o-aL
And naked e abort, oriap'bletatng, almoat good
eunugb to eat
Then b fired ap oa the merelri of onr flrat
aieraai rnend,
And gar tb Lord Almighty a flret-olaea Htmnv
mcLd ;
And for full an hoar wo lialond to th a agar
eivatwl aeawn.
Talking like a bUmd angel tiglika a bluted
irauri.
My wife abe liked Ih stranger, amillng an hi
warm end aweot;
(It alwaya 11 Alien n woman when her guent are
on me eat).
And be hinted that ladiea never loie (heir
orty eharuR,
And ha kiaaad ber latoat baby and received It la
bia arm a.
My eona aad daughter liked him, for he had
progrrauve viewa. (,
And lie chawed the quid of fancy and gov dow
ibe lateat newa;
And I eouldn't b'lp but like him, aa I fear X
alwaya meat
The gold ot my own doctrine in a fellow -heap of
uuak
Bt waa fprt-adlrg denotation throogh a pleea of
appie-pi,
When b pauaad and looked apoa na with a tear
la bia far-off ey.
And aaid: 0, happy family ! your bUatioga
make me aad i
Ton call to mind tba dear ona that In happier
daya I bad
A wifeaa awaet aa thia one ; a babe aa bright and
air f
A 11 til girl with riogleta, like that one over thre.
I worahipptd thu too blindly ! my eyea with
iovwer dim
God took ibm to hi own heart, and Jf I wor-
ablp Him. 9
Bat had I not neajeoted th meana within my way
Ttioa they might atill be living and kuiog me
u-day.
"On night there aacud a Umpeat, lb thunder
peaii war aire ;
Th eloude that tramped above na, were ahootiog
bo It a of Ire f
In my own bona, I, tying, waa-lhiokisg to my
blame, i I
How Hill I had .oarded agalaat thoa abafta of
nam,
When oraib ! through roof and eel Hog th deadly
ngntning eieii
And ki'led my wife and ehlldren, and ontv I waa
IcfU
"Kite that Irtad Urn I've win Jered, and aarght
lor hi aire aaran, v
Save lo aav otber'a loved onel, whoa Htm have
yet been aparod.
Siao then it la my mtntoa, where'er by Borrow
t'taed,
To aell to virtnoua people good tightnlag-roda at
eoau
With aere and atrong protection, I'll eluthe yonr
Buiidinga er,
Twill eoet,yeB fifty dollara(perhapaa trifle more)
vt aai nine ei e it eomea to, at leneat prtee A ll put.
(Yoa algning thia agreement, to pay ao much per
lOOta
I elgned It, while my ramlly all approving atood
aboot ;
And dmppd a tear npon It (but it didn't blot it
out !)
That vary day, wlih wegou, cam aom men both
great and email t
Tby climbed apoa my buiidinga, aa if they owned
'em ati j
They backed 'em, and they hewed 'em, much
agalast my loud dvatrea j
Tby trimmed 'am ap with gewgawa, and they
bODod 'em down with wireaj
They trimmed 'em and thee wired 'em, and they
trimmed and wired 'em atill.
And fry preciou aai nut kept rannlng up th
bill.
My aott-tpok gaeet a-aeking, did I rava and
ran and run (
lit aa anping with a aelgbbor, Joat a three
mile further oa t
"Do yon think," I fiercely ahonted, "that I want a
bum a wire . ,
To aav each aeparatt bay-eock out 'o hoaven'a
onanmia' flr t
Do yen think, t kp my huildla'a afa from aom
Bboertaia harm,
I'm gntn' to deed yon over all the balaoee of my
farm r
Ha looked np qnltaaatoalabed, with a fao devoid
of guile,
Aad he pointed to tha eon tract with a reeaaurlDg
mil .
It aa tb flrtt oeonloa that he diaagreed with
me t
But he held me to thai papar with a trmneee aad
ta a i
And for that thuader-atory. er th rascal Anally
want,
I paid two hand red dollar, If I paid a alagl at.
And aaw If any lightnlagrodder want a dinner
dialega
With a ree ta rant departaaant af aa aaUrprlainar
4g
Let him aat hia mill a-n.ru.ta' jaai laald aiy oat
aid gat, -
And I'll bet two hnndred dollars that ha won't
have laog wait.
TUB BABIES.
MA1K TWAIN AT THE OkUNT JAMBuBEI
! Bll at OUT ELOQUENT DMOOVRRI
ON BABIES.
Tbo following ia Mark Twain's re-
.tponso to the tout "Babies," which
waa th borooroat event or the occa
sion. Ibe Dlteentb and tut regular
toast waa "The Babies as hty com
fort no in our sorrows, let us not for
got them in onr 'lcitivitica and to this
Samuel L. Clem, as responded, lie
said: . .,
lliktflhat Wehavo not all had
the good Ibrtune to be ladiea. We
hare not all been Generals, or poets or
statesmen, but when the toast works
down to the babies, we stand on com
mon fpound I daughter lor we bare
all beeu babies. Hone wed laashtcr.
It is a shame that lor a thousand Team
the world's banquet hare utterly Ig
nored the baby laughter as it it didn't
amount to anything. Laughter. If
rou will stop and think a minute; if
yoa will go back 6fiy or one hundred
years to your early married life laugb-
terj ana recontompiateyoarnratbsiiy.
you will remembur that he amounted'
to ft good deaLnd even sometime.
over. I Hoars. Yousoldiera all know
that when the Utile fellow arrived at
family headquartor you bad to hand
In your resignation, banuhter.1 lie
took entire command. You became
his lackey ; bie tx dy-aonratit, laugh
ter I and you bad to stand around, too.
Bonewed laughter. lie waa a com-
manaor wno made no allowance tor
time, distance, weather or anything
els. Convulsive eoreams. You had
to execute die ordarn whether it was
possible or ol, roars and there was
only on form of mareaing In bis taan-
aal ot Uoyoe, and tbat was tb double
EL
CLEARFIELD, PA.;
quick. Shouts. " Ho treatod you
with every sort of insolence and ditre
8iect, laughter and tho bravost ol
yoa didn't say a wotd. Great laugh
ter. You could face the death storm
of DonolBon and Vkksburg, and give
back blow for blow, but when be claw
ed your whiskers and pulled your bair
und twisted your nose, you had to take
it. Honrs. Whon the thunders of
war wcro sounding In your ears you
set your faces toward the batteries and
advanced with steady tread, but when
bo turned on the terrors of hid war
whoop laughter you advanced in tho
other direction, and mighty glud ot
the chance, too. Uonowed laughter
When he railed for soothing syrup did
you venture to throw out any side re
marks about certain services being un
becoming to an offioer and a gentle
man T Uotsterous laughter. No, yoa
got up and got it. Ciroat laughter.
When he ordered bis "pap bottle,"and
it was not warm, did you talk back f
Laughter. Not you. '- Itenowed
laughter. You went to work end
warmed it. Shouts. You even do
scended so far in your mental office as
to take a suck at that warm, insipid
stuff laughter just to see it it was
right, three parts water to one of milk,
tumultuousluiiglitera tough of sugar
to modify the colic, laughter and a
drop of peppermint to kill those im
mortul hiccoughs. Roars I can
taste that stuff. Laughter.
And how many things you learned
as you went along. Sentimental young
folks still take stock in that beautiful
old saying, that when tho baby smiles
it is because the angels are wuispering
to mm. very pretty, out too tuin
simply wind on tho stomach, my
mends, shouts 11 the buoy pro
posed to tuke a walk at its usual bour,
two o'clock in tbo morning, laughter
didn't you rise up prompily and re
mark", with a mental addition, which
would not improve a Sunday Bfliool
book much, laughter that that was
the vory thing you were about to pro
pose yourself. Great roars Oh, you
were under good discipline, laughter
and as you went pattering up and down
tho room in an undress uniform laugh
ter yen not only ptnuiod undignified
buby tulk, but evon turned up your
martial voices and tried to lung "Hock
a-by, baby, in the tree top," for In
stance. trrcat laughter. I vv hat a
spectacle lor an army of the Tennes
see I laughter and what an aflliction
tor tho neighbors, too; lor it is not
overybody within a mile around
that likes military music at three
o'clock in tho morning. Laughter
And wHetf you had been keeping this
sort of thing up two or three hours,
and your little relvot head intimated
that nothing suited him like exercise
and noise, laughter "Go on" what
did you dor lou simply went on un
til you dropped in the last ditch.
Laughter.
The idea that a baby doesn't amount
to anything! Why, the baby is junta
house and Iront yard lull by itself.
Laughter. Ono baby can furr.isb
moro business than you and your
whole Interior Department can attend
lo. Laughter. He is enterprising,
irrepressible, brim full of lawlens activ
ities. Laughtor. iJowbat you please,
you can't make him stay on th lies.
erration. Great shouts Sufficient
into tho day is ono lately. Laughter.
A long sb you are in your right mind,
don't you ever pray for twins. Laugh
ter. Mr. Clement is the father of a
pair. Twins amount lo a permanent
riot, laughter and there ain't any
real difference botwoen triplets and
an insurrection. Uproaroua shouts.
Yes, it was high time for a toast to the
masses to recngnhte the importance of
the babies. Laughter Think what
is In store tor the ptuscnt crop filly
years from now. .'We shall all bo dead,
1 trust, and then this flag, if it still
survives, and let us hope it may, will
ba floating over a Republic numbering
200,000,000, according to tbo settled
laws ot our increase. Our present
schooner of State laughter will have
grown into a political leviathan a
Groat Eastern. Tha orudled babies ol
to day will bo on deck lut them be
well trained, for we are going to leave
a big contract on their bands. : Great
laughter.
Among the three or four million era
dies now rocking in the land aro some
which this nation would preserve tor
ages as sscred things, it we could
know which ones they are. In one of
those cradle the unconscious Karra
gur of tho future is at this moment
teething. Laughter. Think of it
and, putting in a word of dead earnest,
inarticulalcd, but perfectly justifiable,
profanity over it, too. Laughter. In
another the luture renowned astrono
mer is blinking at the shining, milky
way with but a liquid Interest poor
little chap and wondering what has
become of that.other one tbey call the
wet nurse. Laughter. In another
the future great historian ia ly
ing, and doubtless will continue to lie
laughter until his earthly mission is
ended. In another the future I'rcti
dont is busying himself with no pro
fbunder problem ot State than what
the mischief has become of bis bair so
early, laughter and in mighty ar
ray ot other cradle there are now
some sixty thousand Inture office seek
ers getting ready to furnish him occa
sion to grupplo with that fame old
problem a second time) and in still
on more cradle, somewhere under the
dug, the future Illustrious Commander-in-Chief
of the American armies is so
little burdened with hit approaching
grandeurs and responsibilities as to be
giving his whole strategic mind at this
moment to trying lo find out tome
y,lo get bis big toe into his mouth,
laughter an achievement whiob,
meaning no diarespoot, the illustrious
guest ol this evening turned his atten
tion to soma flfly -six years ago, and if
the child is but ft prophecy of the man
there aro mighty few who will doubt
that he succeeded. Laughtor and ap.
plause. Chicago Special. ,
DiPBTRxaf a Ann I'oRK. A trJedical
correspondent sends the Lancaster
Arte Jira a communication In which bo
argue, at some length, that eating
pork is an inciting cause ol tun terri
ble disease now so provalont. III
t booty it tbat a morbid appetite is
created by eating pork, and "growing
wun what it teeds on, more, tnortid
matter It craved, antil the "Specific
pork poison I manifested in exoda
tiou deposit from the blood in th
throat." 11 o arfnej that as the gland
ular system is a system ol organs lor
getting rid ol the redundancy ot blood
poison, it ia easily soon how this exu
dation is principally manifested in the
throat, lie advises parents not to al
low their children to diet on pork and
sausage, but lo give them plenty of
truit and vegetable, and tbey will then
soon lose their unnataral and morbific,
appetite. They should also sleep in
rooms well vontilaud with Iresb ir
but nbt In drafts, nor should tbey be
allowed to "sleep, several, layer thick
in tb a in room."
pmNC!PLE9;'NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1879.
COLLISIONS A T SUA.
Naturally, tho decision arrirod at
some days since by the British Con
sular Court in tho matter of the sink
ing of the steamer Champion Jjy the
Ship Lady Oclavia is tho decision ar
rived at by tho Board ot tho United
State Local Steamboat Inspectors ;
and the opinion held by those compe
tent authorities, as, may readily be
perooived even by landsmen, is in ao
oord wilh tho law and equity of tbe
case. The lull exhibit of fuel shows
that eron bad the master of the Lady
Octavia waived bis rights in regard to
continuing upon his. courso tbe Colli
sion still might have, oeourrod, tbe
Champion being to all intents and pur
poses a vessel adrift.- with no watch
set and, seemingly, steering wild. S
far from deserving cuksure, tbe master
of tbe Lady Octavia fully deserves the
praise bestowed upon him, both by the
members of tbe Consular Court and
by tho Inspectors, tor tbo fiue slate of
discipline in which his ship was found
and lor tbe good service that be was
thus enabled lo perform in saving tbe
Champion's , people from drowning.
Altogether, the history ol the disaster
is anything but creditable to Amorlcan
seamanship; and is a terse commen
tary upon that especial phase of sea
manship that is developed in the coast
wise trade. In this case one ol the
results ol tbe crime of sending ships to
sea ahorthanded is brought out vory
conspicuously. The condition of tbe
steamer may be interred from tbe fact
thul in a three knot breeze tbe watch
on duck wus not strong enough to
handle the sail without the aid of the
lookout) Had the Champion boen
blown out at sea in a storm, knocked
about roughly lor a week or so and
sprung a leak all of which readily
enough might bavc happened to her
her short crew would uavo boen com
pletuly knocked up and she might
easily bavo gono lo tbe bottom because
the men were too weak to work ibo
pumps. The "accident" that did dis
pose M her, just as eA'octually,wasonly
a quicker reaull from the same cause.
As to tho qualities of her officers it is
less easy to speak. Tho poor fellow
who ordered tho lookout aloft and who
neglected to koep a lookout hitnsell or
to order tbo man at ibe wheel to keep
an eye lo Iho course, paid with his life
the penalty ol his utterly unseaman
like conduct. But how about tbo cap
tain who engaged an incompetent a
mate and lflt him in charge of tho
vessel f And, still moro to tho pur
pose, bow about tbe owners who en
gaged go injudicious a captain ; who
sanctioned bis appointment of such an
officer, and who sent the ship lo sea
manned with so scam a crew tbut lo
sheer shortbandodneits was due bur
loss on a clear night and a smooth sea ?
Those questions were ruised by tbo in
quiry into this particular case, but
they have been emphasized by tbe
several sorious disasters along the coast
wbich bare recently occurred, and
which show tbat there is something
radically wrong in the management of
the coastwise trade. And the trouble
seems to bo that the coastwise lines
are very exact in caring fur cheapness,
but are disposed to let safely take rare
of itself. Exchange.
, SEXD FOR MOTHER.
' Dear me I it wasn't enough for me
to nurse and raiso a family of my own,
but now, when I am old and expect to
have a little comfort here, it is all tho
time, "Send for mother I" And the
dear old soul growls and grumbles, and
dresses herself as fust aa she can, not
withstanding. Alter you have trotted
her off, and got ber saluly in your
home, and she dies around administer
ing remedies and rebukes by turns, you
feel easier. It's all right now, or soon
will bo mother's comu I In sickness,
no mailer who is there, or bow many
doctors quarrel over your oaso, every
thing gous wrong aomuhow till you
send for molbor. ,
But Ibis has its ludicrous as well as
its touching aspect. The verdant
young couplo, to w bora baby a extra
ordinary grimacesand alarmingyawns,
which threaten lo ttislocnto its chin ;
its wonderful sleeps, which it accom
plishes with its eyes half open, and no
poroeptible flutter of breath on its lips,
causing lbs young mother to imagino
it i,dt-ud ibis lime, and to shriek out :
"Send lor mother I" io tones of anguish
tbia young couple, in the light ol
tho experience which three or four
babies bring, find ibat tbey bavo been
ridiculous, and given mother a good
many trots tor nothing.
Did you ever sond lor mother and
she fuiled to coma ? Never, unless
sickness and infirmities ol age pre
vented ber. As when in your child,
bood, those willing feet responded to
your cull, so tbey still do, and will con
tinue to do as long as they aru able.
And then when tbe summons comes,
which none yet disregarded, though it
will be a happy day fur hor, it will be
a very sad one for you, when God, too,
will send for mother P-
An Old Qrisnon. Where did the
Israelites onus th Bed Soa? Three
or four ibeoris are prevalent. Tbe
Arab ty several miles south of Sara,
between ibe promontory ot Alakab
and Ayan Muse, where the Itod tea is
about ten mile wido. This view is
strengthened by tbo Bible reference to
the wall of water on both sides ot the
army, bat Dr. Hchaff says "it is impos
sible that 600,000 . armed men, with
women and children, and their 'herds
of cattle, could bare oiossed so great a
distance in one night without a prodi
gious accumulation ot miracle." An
other theory place the crossing at the
bead of the gulf, a little north ol Sues.
Here It a shoal obannel, li.ur milt
long and les than ball a mile wide, in
which there are several islands and
sandbanks, bare at low water. . Tb
Israelite might easily have crossed
here ; indeed, ao strong it the tide thai
ft strong east wind such as Jebovab
caused lo "blow at nitrht" would
have made the walls of water of which
the Bible speaks. This lilacs is iron-
orally larorcd by modern biblical
critic. It wa hor tbat Napoleon,
deceived, by tha tidal wave, attempted
to cross in i iua, ana, In bis own words,
nearly became second rtiaroah,-
Probably few people have noticed
the initial that ar marked on the
UniledSiatea silver coins.andteweratill
are awaro that tbeae aland fur the mint
where that particular coin wa manu
factured. Coin minted at San Fran
cisco ar marked "S" those in Canon
City, "0. C." ; those at New Orleans,
-O." and those at Philadelphia have
no mark. The same diatinction are
mad wilh gold coin. Nearly all
silver lo circulation at th Kuat were
minted at Philadelphia and Carson
City. .
' A tarcailio lady any th only thing
which keep Lent at ber best silk umbrella.
RE
THANKSGIVING DA Y.
ITS ORK1IN AND PRESENT Fl'BPOBE HOW
IT WAS CELEBRATED TWO CEN
TURIES AGO.
Moro than two hundred and fifty
years ago a Governor of the Colony
of MaisachuaoU Boy sent bis young
men and mighty hunters Into the for
est to gatber game fur a great feast ol
thanksgiving, "that they might rejoice
together." When, twoycarsattorwara,
after prolonged drought, prayers wore
appointed lur the cessation ol ine same,
and on the day of fusting and prayor
uio weioomo snowors iuii annuel wnne
they prayed, ft day for goneral thanks
giving and praise was set apart. In
the succeeding years mercies quite as
abundant culled for similar bumble
recognition, and the Christian festivl
tics ol the parent country were in
greftl measure supplanted by tho homo
gatherings and mild convivialities con
formablo with the strict morals of the
celebrants, and they came to bo a rco
ognizod annual festivity among not
only the decendanls ol the sturdy 1 if
grinis, but to a greater or loss extant
among tbe low country men of the
new JNethorlunds, the Uuukersot I till
adeltihia, the Swedes ol the three
counties on tbe Delaware and thecbil
drcn of Ibe Cavaliers, who settled fur
thur south. During Ibo involution
days wcro annually set apart lor
thanksgiving by Congress. Again in
I7H4 the return ol peace and tho uc
knowlcUgmcnt of tbo independence ol
the Colonics by England was mado an
occasion of special thanksgiving. The
ratification ol the Constitution was also
honored by appointed thanksgiving ex
orcises in 1781). Washington recom
mended thanksgiving to ibe people in
1793, on account of the suppression of
tho insurrection in Pennsylvania, and
Madison followed the precedent at the
cltMoul tbo war with Lnglund in 1815.
1 hat seems to have ended Iho ob
servance of a dny of National lestivity
until after the commencement of the
civil war, although the Governors of
many ot tbe Mutes, both old and now,
annually called upon their peoplo lo
moet and thank God for tbo mercies
of the year. President Jackson even
went so (ar as to decline to issue a
Thanksgiving proclamation, although
requested by many citizens to do so, ul
the end ol the cholera pestilenco in
18.12. Old Hickory look tho ground
that such observance wus the function
of tbe Church and not of tbo State.
Tho military successes which concluded
tho years 'C2-'63 constrained Presi
dent Lincoln to conform to precedent,
and since those years the President
and tbe Governor of all the Slates
have united in selling apart the same
day at tho close of tbo farmers' year
tor the assemblage at public worship
and thanksgiving to God. Tbo proc
lamation ot Governor Hoyt for this
year was issued Nev. 7. It reads :
A PBnrLAHATION.
Ia itavoat raooaaitioa af tha Oml af Btataa.a
who baa ordara. pear, haaltb and abaadant proa
parltr to tba ptopla, I, ll.ar, M. Hott, Ouvatanr
of Paenaf Irania, da aiipaial Tharaday, tba 27lb
day af Narantaer iiait, ic poriaanaa af th. raeon
aaaitdaliuDorth. PraaiilcDt or tha Talird St.taa,
aa a da? apon wbiab lb. goad pwrpla of tbia Ova.
aioBWaalto, laying aatda all aaau'ar oeoupaliool,
mar meat tngathcr la rareraat thankagiriag fur
Biarciaa raeaivad and prajar for a BOBtiauarjae of
Dinna favor.
Ulraa andar bit hand aod tba graat aaaloftha
Stata at llarriabarg, thia 7th day of Naaembar,
A. I). I8TII, and of Iba Cotanouwaalth tha ooa
bandrad aad fourth. tir.sar at. Ilorr.
ily tha Uovarnort
at. 6. Qt-ar, Sta'yof tbe Comaionwaaltli.
Tho foregoing looks chiefly to relig
ious exercises as tbe proper vehicle lur
the celebration of the occasion. Pre
cedent, however, much older, than the
proclamation of Gov. Sbunk, which
seems to have been tho pioneer in this
Slate, has warranted tbo consumption
ol turkey and other mild hilarities as
proper to the occasion. It is tbe day
for the assembluge of tho scattered
members ot families under the same
root tree. Business and all its cares
and tribulations are forgot torr, and
only the enjoy menta of the protest and
the brighter hopes lor the luture hare
ft plucc.
The day has been iimdo a National
holiday. All tho National offices are
closed except the Puslflfiice, which will
be open tor public accommodation un
til 10 A.M., and Iho usual night do.
livery will be made. All thu other
offices. State and Municipal, will be
closed. Services will be held In almost
all of Iho churches in the morning; the
inmates of the various charitable insti
tutions will enjoy their nstinl Thanks
giving dinner,, and in tbe afternoon
and evening tbo theaters and other
place of amtisemcqt will attract the
groat army of holiday makers. Ma
dvlphia Timcg.
0ar Gnraruor nuatba a gaauiaaSlata'a Bigbli
bibb. Ed. Bar.
GENots Pasta Y. Take one-quarter
pound ol the Irerlicsl butter, put in ft
bowl, and warm it until it can bo
beaten WiltVV spoon ; add to it four
ounces powdered loaf-sugar, and beat
the two together until a smooth while
cream ia obtained ; tbon add one egg,
and keep un bealing the mixture till it
is smooth again ; then add three more
eggs in the same manner the germ
of the eggs shonld be removed ; lastly,
incorporate quickly one-quarlcr pound
fine flour, and as toon aa the mixture
is smooth pour it out to tho thickness
ufbalf'an inch on a buttered Out tin,
which must be put into the oven at
once. When dune (in about ten or
niflcoii minutes) turn out tbe slab of
genoise, anil put It to cool, underside
uppermost, on a sieve. N. B. Ther
is a great knack in beating ibis paste
to prevent ils curdling. Should Ibis
happen, it ran be remedied by beating
as quickly as possible until the mixture
i smooth again. Tako slab of
genoise, spread on tba top of it the
thinnest possible coaling ol apriuoljam,
and next a coating of cbouolalo-icing.
Put it into a very hot oven for rather
less than a minute, take if out and let
it cool. - Then cut it np wilh a sharp
knife in any shape too like. German-
fotra Telegraph.
Con or Rome Continental Thea
ter. A Gorman return wbich has
been lately published gives the lollnw.
ing particular of tha coat of building
some ol the leading continental thea
ter : Th Stadt Theater, at Irflpsio,
wa built in 18C8, coat altogether 1420.-
000. 'i be Court Theater, at Dresden.
which was burned down, and wbich
was built botween 1838 and 1811. cost
130)1,000; and the present theater,
wbirh tnk from 1871 to 1878 to build.
cost 1 1,700,000. Tbe Theater du Cha-
telet, in Paris, built between I860 and
1 862, coal i87,000. Tbe Comic Opera
House, in Vienna, built between 1872
and 1874, 1118,000. The Theater Lyri
que, in Pans, hnilt between 186 and
186 cost 1450,000. Th Imrmrlal
Opera House, in Vienna, which look
from JHCI to IbGS to build, coat alto
a-elheV 12,700,000. Finally, the Grand
Open, In Paris, the building of which
occupied from 1861 to 187&, eott 18,-
000,000.
PUBLICAN,
THE RULE OF IRELAND.
Tbe ono blot tbat most deforms the
annuls ol English rule, is the oppres
sive policy ever enforced upon the
Irish people. It has boen an otTunsr
to evorv enliirbtnned and liberal civili
xalion and a reproach upon the Kn -
glial) government that ill befits the)
great constitutional monarchy ol mc
world, rot s pcriM l nearlr seven
centuries, there lias been ceaseless
strifu botween ruling England and
rulled Ireland, save when ibe barsb
iudirments -of might bave smotbored
resistance. The history ot Ireland is
but a succession of rebellions and pun
ishments. When thoro bat been peace,
it was tbo poace of dcalh ; the sullen
submission ot hapless people to mer
ciless power. Nearly seven hundred
years ago, the Irish peoplo woro first
wholly subdued and English laws
forced upon tbom ; and alter lour ccn
turies ot vain insurrections, five mill
ion acre ot tho lands of the people
wore forfeited lo tbo Crown a the
penalty of rebellion, and the English
and Scottish Protestants given tbe
Irish homes. It was not until Ameri
can Independence was about to be
achieved that liberal laws Were grant
ed to diasonters from the istabliehed
Church ; it is just ball' a century since
Catholic hmunciuution.nnd the United
States had chosen the third President
belore there was legislative union bo
tween Great lirituin and Ireland.
Tbe English ruie of Ireland has been
as unprofitable as it is disgraceful to
tho English nation. It has made the
Emerald Isle a rvusto of poverty and
ils people worM) than slaves. Tbe
chic! monument ol English authority
are in it list ol treason uials, running
through moro than a third of tho
Christian era; in ils confieatioiis ; in
its denials ot civil and religious free
dom: in its enforced contributions of
tons ot millions to avert starvation,
and in the bstred ot the present gov
ornment thul rankles in every genuine
Irish soul, n hen O Council bequeath
ed his heart to ibe ruler of bis tailb to
escnive a reating-place in an oppressed
land, bo voiced tbo prolound sense ol
public wrongs that centuries bad
taught his people ;,and when McManut
and Meagher landed in tho United
States as fugltivo convicts, tho con
trust between freedom and tyranny
was impressed upon evory civilization
oflboeurtb. The emancipated Irish
sorf comforted tbe English soldier on
the balllo-nelds or tbe revolution, and
each year during a century ol tree
government in the New World, hat
drawn from tho productive industry
of Ireland its vigor and its courage.
Only tho poor and the helpless remain
to light tbe unequal battle against the
despotio rulo ot England, and thov
struggle and starve and- starve and
struggle, repeating in neatly evory de
cade the history of tbe lawlessness
mat despair has bred lor nearly a
thonsand yoars.
1 bo name of rebellion that is now
seen in Ireland is simply the periodical
outbreak of the smothered fir that
has broken out hundreds of times In
the past Soldiers can quench it again
as soldiers have quenched it time and
again, and the leaders of rebellion can
bo convicted and punished as ba been
done throughout a score ol genera
tions; but when Parncll, Davilt and
their associates shall have been made
convicts there will be no peace. Tbe
Irish peoplo will be rebellious as ever
belore; they will hato tbe government
wun increased hatred, it possible, and
they will be even more dangerous in
tho future, a positive element of weak
ness in the English Government. There
ill be peace In Ireland only when
English statesmanship accepts justice
as ono of it chief attributes in the
government of tbe Irish people ; and
tbe time has 'come when the enlight
ened civilization ( f the world has a
right to demand that the exceptional
despotism displayed lo Ireland, in con
trast with thu government of all other
Knglisb dependencies, shall be mollifi
ed by a humane and just recognition
of some of tbe inherent rights ol man.
u r;ngiand shall tail to do this, tbo
dav cannot be far distant whon Ire
land will fearfully avonge herself, and
tho (iod of nations can have no attri
bute that would tako side with En
gland in such a strife. Philadelphia
limes.
Ali'Haiut or Short IU'I.eh. At
tend well to your business.
He punctual in your payments.
Consider well before you promitc.
Dare to do right.
Envy no man.
Kailhfully perforin your duty,
(io not in tho path of vice.
Have respect lor your character.
In everything be just.
Judge mercifully ol others' faults.
Knuw thyself.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make fow confidantes.
Never profess what yon don't prac
tice.
Occupy your time In usefulness.
Postpone nothing which you can do
now.
Quarrel not with your neighbors.
Kumember the poor.
Save something against a dav of
trouble.
Treat everybody with kindness.
Use yourself to moderation.
Villily nobody's reputation.
Watchfully gnard against idleness.
'Aumine your oonducl carefully.
Yield to superior judgmont.
Zealously pursue ibe right path.
Ouii.tp.d Satin Balmorals. Etc.
The fashionable Balmoral skirt ar
ljB,jval of the old-lime quilted skirts,
aad are shown, iu cardinal satin, in
dark blue, brown, or black, wadded
lightly, and quilled In most fanciful
designs with bonier. These ar sold
for12toEli. Mors reasonable prioea
are aaked fur thoa that are sutin only
from the knoe down, and are finished,
at the top with farmor'i salin. The
most luxurious skirt are wadded wilh
eidor-down ; that ba acarcelr anv
weight. Colored flannel nellicoal are
also shown in pale blue, pink and scar,
let shades. Sum of these bav. three
ur lour lucks, each an inch wide, not
sewed merely, but wrought In feather
stitch. Other are prettily embroid
ered, while Mill others have knitted
wool laee th color of tbe flannel sewed
to tb hem. Scarlot flannel needle
work in scollop and finished with
gathered II nan Ian i rery pretty for
skirts. Creamy white lac in Russian
designs, or in tb osoful torchon pat
terns, i chosen for this purpose.
uurprr t jtatar.
Tine' Ciianoes. Thor were oonrt.
ing. 11 What make the star ao dim
to-night T" said th softly. Your
eye an ao muoh brighter," h whia
pored, pressing her little band. They
are married now, " I wondor bow
many poles It would tako to reach the
stars f" she said musingly. "One, If it
la long enough," he growled "Why
don't yoa talk common mmr'-Dw-tat
cm JYmri.
ITEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 20, NO. 48
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M.
..aw
L. MeQUOWN.
Don't tail to attend tho Institute. It
vill be interesting. .
I The Lulhcrliurg High Si-Ihb.I will
have a Kplendid display in the Insti
tine reir.
Jonathan Eiuigb, teaching in Morrit
township, is Ibe oldest teacner in Ice
county ; Mury Dale, ol Belt, is tbe
youngest.
Dr. Hay and Colonel Sanford, re
member, aro tbe most eloquent and
entertaining lecturers on tho Amen,
enn platform to day.
Over 300 pupil attend the Dn Bois
publio schools, ibe Central iligh
School reports D8 percent, ot attend
ance for tbe first month.
The premium list of the Institute
Fair has attracted considerable atten
tion at tbe Slate Department and in
other counties. May it continue to
"boom."
A large bell has been purchased by
the teacher and students of the Glen
Hope school, and placed upon the
school building, aud "at the lap ol the
oclr etc.
County Snperintendent McKee, of
Butler county, rejected 264 applicants
at the Kali examinations. Surely the
standard ot qualification is being rais
ed fn liutler.
Local institutes will likely be bold
somo time during tbe school term al
iligler and Glen Hope. Ibe teachers
in charge at tbe above named places
are making the necessary arrange
mcnls. "
James Morgan, of Lawrence town
ship, visits more schools, perhaps, than
any other cilizon of Clearfield county.
in our visitations we nave lound bis
name recorded on tbe roll ol visitors
in nine different schools.
Tho now American iieading Churls
havo been placed in tho schools ol
Bradford township, by thn enterpris
ing Board of Directors. Pennsylvania
school maps have been placed in a
number ol schools by tbe teachers in
charge.
During tbe week ending November
2!Uh, we visited ten schools in Law
rence and Pike townships. In doing
this wo traveled over fifty mile. No
Director accompanied us, and no pa
trons were met in the schools. In
cleanliness of rooms, order, discipline.
and methods, eight ol tbe above were
very good; two were unsatitlactory.
We have been informod that the
Directors of Beccaria tawnship allow
their teacher full time for attending
tho County Institute. Not having
this knowledge at the time th Herald
waa issued, Beccaria waa omitted in
tbe list given. A we now have it, the
districts allowing teachers their time
are : Beccana. Decatur, Huston, Sandy
and Pike. Thor may be others, but
not to our knowledge. At the close
of the Institute wo shall aend the
Secretaries of these Boards the exact
time their teachers were in attendance
at tho Institute.
ITEM" ROM LATE REPORTS. ' r
Wm. Postlcthwait, teacher of Mill
Run School, in Huston, reports for the
month ending November llih : Whole
number enrolled, 30; averago attend
ance, 26; percentage of attendance,
06; sixteen pupils uttondod every day
of th month.
Mina J. Slows, teacher of Curwens-
ville District School, reports for the
month ending Novembor 20th : Whole
numberenrolled, 68;.vorage, 61 ; per
oeut. of attendance, 74. Ten pupils
were in attendance every day. ol
tho month. We aro progressing vory
nicely. .
Sadie J. Morgan, teacher of ltada-
kcr School, in Brady township, reports
or the montb ending .November lSib :
Number who attended every day ol
the month, 4 ; percent, of attendance,
87. I am sorry that 1 am compelled
lo report but two visitor. Tbe pupils
are taking great interest in their
studios.
W. S. Port, toachor of Wolf Kun
School, in Lawrence township, reports
for tho month ending Novembeg 25lb :
v Dole numuer enrolled,.'!, ike at
tendance was so good that we are able
to report 100 percent, lor tbe month.
Nine boys and five girls missed no
lime. 1 be progress and deportment
of the pupils are commendable
C. A. Wilson, teacher of Troutville
School, reports for the month ending
aovemnor inlb: Whole number en
rolled, 67. Owing to tho prevalence
of croup and other sickness, the per
cent, of attendance was reduced lo 85.
Twenty two pupils attended overy dav
of the month. No visits from school
officers or parents this month. The
room was decorated. - -
Sylvan Grove School, tauuht by J.
W. Klemming. The first month closed
November lllh. Fifteen scholars were
enrolled the first day, tho number.
however, swelling to fifty Ihrco before
tbo month closed. Quito a number at
tended evory dy during tho month,
while many attended very irrrirnlar.
The pupils have a great desiro fur vo
cal musio, and receiving Instructions
in this branch. 1
J. T. Liddle, teacher or Coal Hill
School, in Brady township, reports for
the month ending November 18th-.
Whole number enrolled, 65; percent,
of attendance, 87 ; twenty fivo scholars
attended evory day withoat a tfirdy
mark. An examination was held at
tba close of the month with an aver
age grade ot 05. We have organuted
a Scholars' Institute, which is likely to
prove a success.
U. W. Emigb, teacher of Bigler
School, reports lur the month ending
November 19th: Wholo number,
88 ; percentage of attendance, 09 ;
fotty-one pupils attended everyday ol
the month ; twenty one attended .very
day tbey belonged ; eight vi.it were
received from parents, and two ad
dreaeos delivered to tb school. A lit
erary tocioty ba been organised and
will meet semi-monthly.
J. It, Wilton, teacher of Jackson
School, in Bradford township, report
flrr the month ending November l8ta:
Wbnl number enroller, 61 percent,
of attendance, 96; twenty five miaed
no tim during th month thirty. I.ur
missed no tim after being admitted ;
twenty had no tardy mark ; tb nam
ol 'on visitor wa received; th new
Araeriran reading ehart wa purchas
ed by tbo Director tod pltrwrj ia tb
obool room.
I at. Mitt atoll traaa attralaf dae ' '
Ia oa IbagrowiDg aaataar,
Wbea aat iba trlpa, with anlki&f pall,
la tpriag ar auatawr waatbar.
I aaa Mlai Vfoll at aooatlaia'a gla.i
Waatabanaa tba anald aaaaaaaaal
Wbaa aaalad 'aaaib tba trae that ah ad at
Tba rara gold of bar trataaa.
liar litlla haoda play la aa But,
Wbila aha tha dal ia apiBaing;
What lad Id all the eoaatry Lai
Would thlab bar ejertb tba alaalaf I
1 are By lore at evealag tlata
Wban through tha lattioa peaplog;
I her the aiuaia af ber eoag,
Wbieh Itte Bay heart ta feapieg.
Tba kttde alaga apoa the aeertb,
1 ba aumraer'a day la ended i
1 eafob a t limjwe of dirapled arm.
Aad anovy aproa tOcadad. ' ' "" "
My Mollle, aa aba raila aad pata
Her eaaat of pearly a'bil.aaa.1
What luoiuua food for bim aho taatat
Their aaaat and la.ry trhlttoeM I
Tie lovely Mollie Baking bread
Herabaake likeaoy roeea
To metbe hwele aoeaiploy.d
Her aweeleel eharra diaeloaaa. 1
VCR BROAD LANDS. ,
A graphic presentation of the areas
ot tbe Slides and Territories of th -United
Stales and tbo countries of
Europo Lai been published iu tba New .
Yurit Herald, which show at ft glance
the comparative size of tbe land in
question. It is not until such a com
parison a tbia i made tbat one can
realize the magnificence of onr landed
estate. Tbe diagram shows that Texas
is larger than either tbe Austrisn or
the German Empire, or Franc. Tb
population and wealth tnd power of .
these great Empires hav grown with
centuries, but still it is no fanciful spots
ulalion in see a wealth and power as'
great as Texas. It has everylbirg
tlrannte, soil, great riveiu und tea
board and produces three of the great
staple article of commerce. England
and Wale together are smaller than
Florida, Georgia or Mistouii;aiul only
ball' tbo size of Arizona or Nevada.
Georgia or Missouri could either of
them support as large a population as
tbat of England, and the treasures of
coal and iron that these Slates posses
are the things which did most lo give
England its advantage over tbe rest of
ibe world, and her era of industrial
andcommorciftlsupremacy. The States -
of Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, ,
Kansas and Minnesota are at large or
larger than England and Wales, and
in each there it tho possibility of
matcriul wealth and energy as great
as those of tbe "Tight Little Island"
winch was our motber country, tacb
ono, If not counter-poisoned by others,
might be a great t.mpire. Italy
which under tha ancient Jtomans be
came tbe mistress of tbe world, and
winch carried victory to tho remotest
ends ot the earth, and alter vietd-
ry civilization, law and religion tbi
Italy was ft much smaller Slate than
California and not half so richly en
dowed by nature in soil or mineral
wealth. Greece, the mother of tbe
arts, of poetry and philosophy and
science, of architecture and sculpture,
was smaller man ivesl Virginia or
South. Carolina, and only a little larger
in in Marylund. the state ot Mary
land could easily maintain a larger
population than that of Greece at her
greatest period. There are thus in
the United Slates of America, accord
ing to her present boundaries, th pos- -
nihilities of lb aggregate wealth.
power, industrial energy and cullure
ol all the groat Empire ot Europe,
ancient and modern, and grouped and
clustered as friendly Stales, not only
nave opportunities lor unhindered de
velopment but cooperating form an
aggregate far more magnificent than
thun the wildest dream of Ibe past.
Our population is now nearly 60,000,
000 but this is double that of twenty
five years ago and it is probabl that
before th close of the century onr i
population will number 100.000.000.
No limit can be drawn to the possible
development of this Republic suppos
ing tho institution to ba preserved
unuer which wo bave grown so rapid
ly. Onr growth will be at accelerated
pace. If it be hazardous to predict
magnificent future for our country it
it still more hazardous to assitrn any
limit to it, or oven to measure it by
any of the Empire of tb past.
"OLD SI."
BE CONSIDER TUB FALLING) STARS AND
I1AS DEMOCRATIC HOPES.
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Proai lha Atlaata CoaatitattooNov. II.
Old Si came into the office and laid
a small yellow pamphlet before onr
eyes :
" .Now, dar s dis yeah a alminak wid
de host an' dragoon on de outside, d
monagcry In de inside, an de blaze
face sun, an' ebery ting all reg'lar, 'cept.
in' de prognos'.ikashun dat l'se hunt
in' fur !"
"And what is tbat f"
H 'Bout de thootin' stars de nite ob
de 'formanoe an' do 'our ob de 'lumina-
chnn I"
"It is hilled lo como off to morrow
night, at 1 o'clock io tko morning."
"Den w'y didu'f dcy put bit in dis
almanak T But hit' si I rile, now dat
1 kno's de programme." it r.
"Do you intend to sit up End see the
showT
' "Dat I does I I haint missed nary
one sense 1833, onless hit war durin'
ub do wub an' 'skluaively got up for "
d. fokes on d norf of M ason and i)ix
urn's lino!"
"These display must interest you
very muoh ?"
"Sol docs; I gil moughty inter
estid in 'em, fur yer sooa, 1 lubm by
dc seezins, 1 plants by de moon, I goes
fisbin' wid de tide an' I makes up my
unn' 'bout what's gwine tor happen by
de way dat du start moves I"
"Then you are a sort of astrologer,
in your way f"
"Weil, I don't know 'bout dat; I
rudder tink l'ao on do fence 'jess al dis
lime. But I s gwine ter watch dem
tar tor tnorrer into, 'knee ea dey tum
bles dar's gwis lur be leas aech a
mighty change in dia Gub'mont, yer
heab mo? Dar' politicks fer He mill
yun in dem lallin' stars, now I"
"How do yoa make out tbat start
ling lad T"
f"Y"y, l'so watch 'vinTan' ebery tim
de stars hex loll wid anything like gin
erality dura lollored ur ehang In de
Gub'mont, sho'l D las' sbow'r wua
in 1866, an' Andy Johnson was Presi
dent, bat den cume 'lung d 'Publican
wid Grant an' jess fa'ly clean'd de deckl ,
De time bet com fer de net' sbow'r
an' de change arjess b.hin'hit, lemm
icllyer!"
"And what tort of change will It
bT" .
"Dar now I I gib bll op, till d
show'r passes. An' den I won't kno t
'Kara do Dimocrats bca got Kongre, -d
'Publican got de President, d.
Greenbackor. got de goose, an' darfu"
dar's no Icllin' which way de change
ar' comln'l D. boa' ronserlashnn (
kin git now ar' ter tink d bigger d
tall ob tiara de bigger'! be de Dimocrat
majority hi' yeah I Aln'l dal ye'
ban' r
W agreed that wa tb six of the '
signs T i
In a discussion wilh a temperance
lecturer, a toper asked I "If water rot
your boots, what effect most it kav
upon tho ooat of yonr stomach T"
"Tb dearest spot on earth' baa at
last been located. Thoa wishing to
rind that "spot" will find It ftt th store '
tint doe not advertise,
. A Pre Agent theyosngman who
throw l bie arm around hi girl'
Wftist.
' Cloud cannot be aeea ta gmter
height than to mile. ,.
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