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SCAR MITCHELL,
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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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Q R. k W. tURKETT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
January SO, 1S78.
JSRAEL TEST,
ATTOKNBY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
r-oiuoe la tbe Court Houae. Jvll.'ll
HENRY BRET1I,
(oflTimn p. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
ria brll Towjinir.
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ItTM. sr. MoCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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T. BI50CKBAXK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
VOoe la Opera llou.a. . ap 15,77-17
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AM US MITCHELL,
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
iell7 CLRARVIKLD, PA.
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(Suieeaiora to Wallaae Fltldlai,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
)4!ll7l Clearllald, Pa.
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DuBois, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
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: eDlru.ted to hie aara. tjaai, ou.
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IIKLPLNO, UIOLKIU WILSON,
ATTORN KYS-AT-LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
par Office la Ple'i Opera llou.a. (mobi-TO.
IAKHY SNYDER,
BARuKR AND HAIRDHKSnKH.
Hbup oa Market 81.. oppoelte Court Hoaaa.
A alaaa towel for every aaeloaiar.
Alio dealer la
llt Hranda af Tubarre and l'le;ara
i ru.HUId. Pa. aia, 10, 7b.
taoa. . mubbat. ctbiii ooaroa.
jJJURRAY & (iORDON,
ATTORNKYS AT LAW,
CLEABFIELD, PA.
AftOAoa la Ple'i Opera Ilouea, eaaood leor.
wtarl l. a'anALLT. burn, w. a'cuant.
"JJcENALLY k McCURDY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
lleartleld, Pa.
wLaKal baetnaea attaaded to promptly wltbj
? JlLty. Offlea oa Seoond Btraei, aboae tba Firet
National Bank. Jan: 1:70
0. KliAMER,
A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W ,
Baal DiUU aad Collection Agent,
C I. BAR ll ELD, PA.,
Yill promplly attaad to all legal batiaeaa aa.
railed to hie eara.
ar-Omee la Ple'i Opera Iloaea. Jaal7d.
P. McKENRICR, .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA
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aire prompt attanlloa.
Bee oppoeita Ooart Iloaie, la Maeoala BalldlBg,
Mono ouor. augie, te-iy,
jyl. K. M. SCHECRBK,
UOMCB0PATUI0 PHYSICIAN,
Ofioe la reaideaea aa Frrat at.
April 14, 1171. Claartald, Pa.
ryt. W. A. MEANS,
(IIYS1CIAN & SURGEON
Dl'BOlB CITY, PA.
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T. J. HOT Ell,
fUYBlCIAH AND SURGEON,
Of8.ee oa Market Street, Clearleld, Pa.
ar-OBoe enure: I ta II a. av, aad I ta I p.m.
R. J. KAY WKIGLEY,
UOMOiPATniC PHYSICIAN,
jaar-O&rw adjolalag tbe reiidenrw af Jamaa
Wngley, Kee., oa Second at Vlearlold, Pa.
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it. II ILLS,
OPf.ltJTIfi: HKA-TIST,
CI.EARFIRI.II, PENN'A.
P-dtlee Ha reeldaaee, appoelle Skew lloeee.
Jy0,l7tf
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II . B. VAN VALZAH,
J Cl.BARKIELO, PBajaj'A.
FFICE IN RESIDENCE, CORNER OF FIRST
i AND PINE STREETS.
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Hay II, 1171.
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a J. 1 BUIICHFIKLI),
ate Sergeoa af Ibe Md Beglmaat, Paajaaylekala
Volealeera, baeiag retaraad fraai tba Army,
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of Olaarleldaoaaly.
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VOL. 51-WHOLE NO. 2,658. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1880. ' NEW SERIES-VOL. 21, NO. 6.
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TIlfcTICEH d COHMTABLGH FEU
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FKB BILL, and will aa tba raealpt af twenty
0v e.nte, aiail a eov ta any edrfroee. . nrU
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Justice
or TUB PaAOSAaDgoatvaaBa, LUMBER
CITY. UolUetlool made Bad money promptly
paid ever. Artielaa or agreement and deada of
eoaveyance aaally alaoatail and warraatadwr
raar or ao abarya. H)jr7l
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitloa af tba Paasa aad Sartfeaar,
Curat enaTllle, Pa.
tee.Oellaetloai aiade and raoaa; praaipUf
paid otar.
fabirillf
J.
K. SNYIIKU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OAoo ia Ple'i Opera Hon.
June SO, 78tr.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
fcrOfcWIll aaaoate Joba la ble lino protaplly and
la a workmanlike manner. a, r,7
JOUN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Market 81., Clearleld, Pa.
Praib Bread, Ruak, Rolla, Plea aad Cakee
oa band or made ta order. A general aeaortment
of Contaeliooarlae, Prulte aad Natl la alook.
(oa Cream and Ovetere in eeaioa. Saloon nearly
oppoiite Iba Poat'olleo. Prlree moderate.
Mereh IO-70.
WEAVER &. BETTS,
llRAI.RBt IB
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND Ll'MBER OF ALL KINDS.
srrOlnoa oa Kaeend itreet, la rear of Itore
room of Oeorga Wearer A Co. JanO, '7! -If.
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl'STIOB OF THE PEACE
ma
Itcrnlwr TotrniMp,
Oaaeola Mill. P. O.
All oBclal bo.lneti enlre.ted to bim will be
promptly attendad to. metiJW, 70.
JAMES H. TURNER,
JVSTICE OF THE PEACE,
aVallaceton, Pa.
fia-He baa prepared bimeelf wltb all Ibe
aeeoe.ery blank foruie under Ibe Peaaloa aad
Bounty lawe, aa well aa mens weeu.,
leral mattere enlrn,tad ta bie aara will reoeive
prompt allenlloa. May 7tb, l7W.tf.
JOUN L. CUTTLK,
ATIOKNKY A 1 liA tt .
nd Real Eatala Aleut, Clearfield, Pa.
nrlea oa Third Ureal, oakvaarry a nainai.
auw-Reeaaatfolly offera bta aarriaaB la aelllag
eauaueai and witbaa aiperieaeaoloTOr twenty
yeare aa a rarvayor, Battera bimaalf tbat be aaa
render eatlitaetioa. Fob. l:i:tf,
NDREW IIARWICK. '
Market Mtraet, I'learlleld, Pa.,
BARrrArToaBa B5f naALBa ia
Ilarnon, Bridln, Saddles, Collart, and
Jlorse-l'urntslting uoodt.
ar All klnda of repairing promptly atlandid
to. Haddlere' Hardware, lloree Bruihee, tarry
Couibe. Aa.. alwaya on hand aad for aula at me
lo.c.t eaab prloe. (March II), 1870.
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G . H. HALL,
RACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NKAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
arPampe alwaya oa band and made to order
an abort notion. Pipee bored oa reaaoBBbleterme.
All work warranted to render aaliifaettoa, and
delivered If dealred. myii:lypd
Til R anderalgned bage leara to ialorm tba pub.
lie tbat be ia now fully prepared to aooomme
iataall la tba wayef faraiibiag U..aaa, Bugglaa,
Seddlea and Ilarneae, on tba aboruet aotloa and
ib reeeoaable tornM. Haeldanea oa Loeait itraet,
betweea Tbird aad Fourtb.
GEO. W. wKAKIIAHT
Ol.arSeld, Feb. A, 1074.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLElt II0PK, PKNN'A.
11111 undfTftimrti, minn IciMd tfaif 'oon
. mod tool Hotel, U th vilUjr f 9ln Hop,
it bow nrrpavrcd to sonoinmodatit all who amy
Mil. Mr ttvbt nnd hr vhkll b fappllM with
t belt th ntrktt irTordi.
11 KOHUK W. DOTH. Jr.
Uln Hop, P., March to, lHTV-tf.
THOMAS H.' FORCE E,
IAUIR 111
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
iRAHAM ON, Pa.
Alio, eiteuslve manufaetarer and dealer In Squara
j I m dot ana aawed ioannerot an ainaa.
-Orderi wllelted and all bills promptly
tiled. ? jyir.l
E. A. BIQLER & CO.,
BK.M.U ia
SQUARE TIMBER,
and aBanufaotarers of
ALL KINIMI Of SAWED LUMRKR,
1-711 CLBARPIKLD, PENN'A.
I. 8NYDER,
PRACTICAC watchmarkr
Wntuhou, Clocki and Jewelry.
tfrajUw's Rm, JfnraWt Strt,
( LBABFIELD, PA.
All kinds of repairing la ay Una promptly it
ended to. April U, UT4.
Clearfield Nursery .
KNCOURAGK HOM R INDUSTRY.
TUB wderalgntd, baring eelabliehed a Nar
sery ee tb 'PU, aboat halfway batweea
CUarAeld aad Onrweneville, Is prrared to fur
aith all klnda of PHUIT TKKK8, (itaadard and
dwarf,) KveigrtMns, Dhrubheary, Urat Vina,
Uooaebemr, Lawlea BlackberrTi Dtrawberr.
and haapberrv Vtaei. Alio, Htberlaa Crab Trees.
Qolnea. and early seetrlwt Khobar b, tie. Order
promptly attend, to. Address,
of. u. wniutiTj
pie Car wen frill, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F..M. CABDON & BR0.,
Oa Market (t, aaa door eeet of Haaaloa Iloaea,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oar arraaremaate are rf Iba meal aomplete
ebaraeter (or fBraiakiag Iba pablia wltb Freah
Heata at all BtBd, ana OI taaTaryoeei auaiiiy.
Wa alew deal la all kradl af Aerlealtarel Impla-
rata, whiab we baa oa aihlbltioa far tba bew
ail of tbe pablle. Call around wbea ta tows,
aad lake a look at aklago, or eddroeo aa
r. cAKuon a bho.
CVaarleld. Pa., July 14, I07-If.
t'ltartttld intwntntt- .trtntf.
jAaaa aaaa. CAaaoi.b a. aiaai.B.
Jaf.RR nimn.K, ratf. '
llopraiaal tba fa lie wing aad ataar IrataaM Cel
roaapaalea. Aaeata.
Lieoraool Loadoa A Olr.be-U. 1. Br.4t."l.
Lyaaralag oa mutual A aaab plan... 0,000,000
Paella, of Hertford; Ceaa . I.0I4.0M
laaunaea Co. of Nerlb Amorloa 0,4.tl,07t
Nonk Brltl.b A Maraaatlnt tl.B. Br. l.T.t.Ml
cotllek Comaaaraia V. I. ttraaek... 070,140
Watartewa , 704.010
Traveler. ! Lite A Aeeldeat) 4,100,404
Omea oa Market l, app. Oeert Hoaaa, Clear
leld, Pa. Jeaet, Till.
s.
For tb RrpublliriaJ
MEMORY OF SimANNAHfl1ll.aW,
MX MM. He G. Lll,
Your lttr wm to hanJ, dr FrltnJ,
Aad u I r4 H tbrouKh,
It drow tMr of i-mpklbj
My bctrt it iobed fur you.
I to bTt iftw my fklrfit i.wori '
Pi yoked up by Dtftth't itorm btJld,
And witV dow your Htttt doar
Uluoiui in ibot bttr Und.
Our littlo imi, bow dettr tbey mn,
At round oar benrU tbtj twin I
How brd to laty tb lut good-byo,
And All our clftintrvijgn.
Now, bub Mob murmur, dart fritod,
Your bub it walk id wbtto;
A crowo kdornf hr lovely bead
How boaitihtl tht light !
Tbi'y laid bar paoo.otly to raat ;
Oh, what a ((lor low thnuitbt t
Temptations Bo'or oao reach br nor,
Tb la it jrraod battla'a foiffbt.
Now praiiinjt rouod tbo beavcoly thruoa,
Your bab la baaaty standi ;
RadoNKint; all hr tbm
I p in tbat better taad.
Hark ! 'do you hear that urniie sweet
Huianoah lingf above?
Uo on, dear friends, you'll Join bar song
In that bright world of love j
That you may meet your darling babe,
When life with you iball end.
With all yonr loved ones gone before,
U lb prayer of yo-jr bumbl friead.
Paujrbler of J. T. and Wlsollla fit raw, wbo
died November 1 la'tf, aged I year, S months
and IS days.
THE BRA KEMAN A T CHURCH.
On ibo road unco more, witb Leba
non lulling away in the distance, the
fat panHunger drumming idly on tbe
window pane, (lie crosa liaMteneor
sound anleop and tbe tall, tbin pamten-
i;er ruaumi; "lieneiul Urania lour
Around tbo World," and wondering
wby "droen s August I' lower should
be printed above tbe doora of "A Bud
dhist Toniplo at Benares." To me
cornea tbe brakeman, and seating him-
sell on tbo arm oi tbo seut, saya:
"I .wont to cbureh yesterday ."
"Yes!" 1 said, with tbnt tnterosted
inflection tbat asks for more. . "And
what church did you attond ?"
"Which do you ruoss?" be asked.
"Somo I'nii.u Mission church 1" I
hunt riled.
"Now," be aaid, "I don't like to run
on these branch roads vory much. I
don't often go to church, and when I
do, 1 want to run on tbo main line,
where your run is regular and you go
on schedule time, and don't have to
wait on connections. I don't like to
run on a branch. Ciood enough, but 1
don't like it."
"Kjiiscopal ?" I guessed.
. , "Limited express," he said, "all pal
ace cars, and two dollars extra for
seat, fast time, and only atop at the
big stations. 'ieo line, but too ex
haustive for a brakeman. All train
men uniform, conduclor'a punch and
lantern oilfer plated, and no train boys
allowed. Then tbe passengers are al
lowed to talk back to the conductor,
and it makca them too Iroe and easy.
No, I couldn't stand the palace cars.
Rich road, though. Don't often hear
ol a receiver being appointed for that
line. Some mighty nice people travel
on it, too."
, "Lniversalist ?" 1 auggestod.
"Broad gaugo," aaid the brakeman,
"does too much complimentary bnoi
iiesa. Krerybody travel on a pas.
Conductor doesn't got a fare once in
fifty mile. Stops at all flag stations,
and won't run into anything but a on
ion depot. No smoking car on the
train. Train order are rather vague,
though, and tbe train men don't get
along well with the passengers, ao,
I don't go to the Universalis, though
I know some awfully good men who
run on that road."
"Presbyterian?" I askod. '
' Narrow gauge, eb ?" aaid lb brake
man, "pretty track, straight as a rale:
tunnel right through a mountain rather
than go arounu it ; spint-lcvol grade
passenger have to show their tickets
Lefnro they get on tbe train. Mighty
strict road, out tbe cars are a little
narrow ; have to sit one in a s.-at and
no room in the aisle to danco. Then
there ia no atop over ticket allowed;
got to go straight through to the sta
tion you re ticketed lor, or you can t
get on at all. When tbe car is lull, no
extra coaches : cars built at tbe shop
to bold just so many, and nobody olso
allowed on. But you don't often bear
ol an accident on that road. It s run
right up to tbe rules."
"May-be yon joined the rrce-lbink
cm ?" I said. ......
"Scrub road," said the brakeman
"dirt road-bed and ballast, no time-
card and no train dispatcher. All
trains run wild, and every engineer
makes bis own time, just as bo pleases.
ainoko it you wuut to : kind ol go-as
you-pleaab road. Too many sido
tracks, and every switch wide open all
the time, with the switchman sound
asleop and tbe target lamp dead out.
(jot on as you please and off whon you
want to. Don't have to show your
ticket, and the conductor isn t ex.
pet ted to do anything but amuse the
passengers. No, sir, I wa ofTorod a
fiass, but I don't like the line. 1 don't
iko to travol on a road that bas no
terminus. Do you know, sir, I asked
a Dmeion Suparinlondant wbore that
road run to, and be said he boned
to die if be know. 1 then asked
him if the General .Superintendent
could toll me, and be said he didn't
believe tbey had a General Superin
tendent, and II they had, ho didn't
know anything moro about too road
than the passenger. I asked bim
who he reported to, and be aaid, 'No
body.' 1 askod a conductor wbo be
got bis orders from, and bo said be
'didn't tako order from any living
man or dead ghost.' Anil when 1 ask
ed the engineer who he got bis orders
irom, be said, 'tie u like to aee any.
body give order; he'd ran tbat train
to suit himself, or he'd run her in the
ditch. Now, you soe, air, I n a rail
road man, and I don't care to run on a
mad that has ne time, or makes no
connection, run nowhere, and ha no
superintendent. It may be all right,
uui i ve raiiroauea no long to under
take it."
"May be you went to Iho Conireg!
linnai church 7 l aaid,
"I'opulitr road," said the brakeman
"an old road, too ; one of the Tory old
eat in this country. Hood road bed
and romtorlable cars. Well managed
road, too ; director don't interfere
witb division Superintendent and train
ordors. Jtoad'a mivhtv nonular. but
it's protty independent, too. V oa, didn't
one of the Division Superintendent
down eaatdioconlinue on of Lb oldest
stations on this lino two or three years
sgoT But It's a mighty pleasant road
to travel on. Alwaya has such a splen
did class of paMengors."
"Kid you try the Methodiot?" I
said.
"Now you're ihouling," he aaid with
some enthusiasm. "Niee road, eh?
Past tirntv and plenty Ot pameoger
Knginea oarry a power of team, aad
don't you forget it ; steam gauge ahows
a hundred and noagh all tb timo,
Lively road; when tb conductor
shout 'all aboard,' yon can bear bi
to the next station. Every train light
shlnos like a headlight Stopover
checks are given on all through tickets ;
passongera can drop off tbe train as
often as be likes, do the station two or
three times and bop on the next revi
val train that comes thundering along.
Good,whole soulod.companionable con
ductors; ain t a road in the country
hore tho pasHongor feel more at
home. No passoo; every passenger
pays fulr trafHo rate lor bis ticket.
Woolcvan air brake on all trains, too;
pretty safe road, but I itjdn't ride over
it yesterday.
"Perhaps you tried the riaptist?" I
guossed once more.
"Ah, ab I" said tho brakoman, "she's
a daisy, isn't she? Iliver road, beau
tiful curves ; swoop around anything
to koep close to the river, but it's all
steel rail and rock ballast, alngle track
all the way and not a side track from
the roundhouse to the terminus. Takes
bean of water to run it through;
double tanks at every station, and
there isn t an engine In the shops tbat
can pull a pound or run a mile with
less than two gauges. But it runs
through a lovely country ; those rivor
roads alwaya do ; river ou one aide
and hills on tbe other, and it's a steady
climb up the grade all tbe way till the
run ends where the tountainhcad of
the river begins. Yes, sir, I'll take
the river road evory time for a lovoly
trip, sure connections and good time,
and no prairie dust blowing in at the
windows. And yesterday, when the
conductor came around for tbe tickots
with a littlo basket punch, I didn't, ask
bim to pas me, but I paid my fare
like a little man ; twenty-five cents lor
an hour's run and a littlo conoert by
the passcngors assembled. I toll you,
i'Hgrim, you take too river, ami wncn
you want
l!ut just hero tbe loud wbistie irom
tho engine announced a station, and
tbe .brakeman hurried to tho door
shouting:
"Zionsville! This train makes no
stops between here and Indianapolis!"
Ilawkeyr,.
LEAP TEAR.
A CHANCE roB THE (I MILS.
It is oortninly a rather singular con
dition ol affairs that whilo the chief
ambition of the average young lady is
conceded to bo a "desirablo" marriage,
tbe customs ol polite society should
stonily prohibit her from making the
first advances, it is true mat society s
mandate ia often evaded through the
instrumentality of a managing mamma,
or gome cunningly-dovisod trap which,
while it preserve the letter ol the law,
is undoubtedly a violation of it spirit.
But wbo doe not sympathize with toe
young lady wbo, having no mamma
to manage bor, and being herself un
skilled in tho arts of teminlno diplo
macy, ta forced, like viola, to let con
cealment feed on her damask cheek,
and bids tbs love which, bed she been
man, abo might have hastened to
disclose ? It wa doubtleea to compen
sate for this arbitrary and unjust law
of society tbat leap yoar was original
ly instituted, and the antiquity ot tbe
custom is the beat proof that from tbe
earliost times young men have fought
shy of tbe matrimonial noose and the
young ladies hava been put to thoir
wits ends to bring toe tardy youtn to
term. Ouaar, who is oredited with
the invention of leap year, is entitled
bv this act to be considered the first
champion of woman's right and we
are a little surprised at tno lacv thai
thus far the female suffragists have
never referred to the great atatesman
and warrior as the originator of their
idee." But perhaps tbat is because
Caviar wo a man. According to a code
of manners issued in Kngland nearly
three centuries ago, a woman bas tbe
privilege "every bissextile year" of
"making love unto men" either by
words or looks "as to her seemotn
proper. lb same writer declare
tbat any man wno rooeivoa nor propo
sition with ought or contumely shall
be "deprived of all benefit ol olcrgv."
Some such provision would soem to be
necessary In our day even lor the
clergy themselves, for a well-known
Boston minister ia aaid to have replied
to a leap year proposal from a wealthy
lady to bestow ber band, bor heart
and her iortune upon bim by advising
bar to give ber fortune to tbe poor,
ber heart ta (iod and her band to the
man wbo asked for it There are
many young ladies wbo have diffident
or bungling admirers to deal with
possible busoanao wdo, as it were,
are "banging by tbs 'eyelids." To
these young ladies 1880 will afford
many opportunities for bringing the
reluctant swains to terms, and indeed,
even for those wbo may find it neces
sary to adopt extreme measures for
catching the coveted matrimonial prise,
tbe traditional privilege ot leap year
may be atihaed in a thousand delicate
ways, for inotanco, a young lady
may exorcise ber leap yoar right in
tbe way of a joke, leaving it witb tbe
young gentleman to treat the proposi
tion seriously or not as be chooses ;
or, as is often done, she may elect to
play the gentleman-escort to the thea
tre or ball tor some one of her male
frienda, thus creating, In the reversed
ordor of things, tbe moat embarrassing
situation for tbe reluctant or diffident
individual. He must b an adroit and
determined baobelor, indeed, wbo can
resist a mancraver ol this sort, when
executed with ordinary tact and dis
cretion. But some of oar lady frienda
may object that w are assuming too
much and tbat tba assertion tbat the
ladies generally are anxious to avail
themselves of the leap year privilege
is a libel upon the sea. On tbe other
band, do not the Bagea and poets oi
both sexes and all countries unite in
proclaiming that the ambition to be a
good man'a wife la tbs brightest )ewel
in a woman's crown J It is not to be
supposod for one moment that a sell
respecting young lady will ask a gen
tleman to marry bor; but there are
many ways of hinting that such a con
summation would not be altogether
disagreeable. It is hardly necessary
lor us to describe these devices at
length; Indeed, unless we are very
much mistaken, there is not a young
lady of onr acquaintance who couldn't
describe them much mors accurately
than we could ever hope to do. Rat
limort ua:etlt.
Waggs went to the station of one of
our railroads the other evening, and
Hading tbe seats in a car all occupied,
said, in a loud tone, "Why, thia oar
isn't going I" These words caused a
gonoral alampedo, and Waggs took the
best neat. Tba train soon moved off.
In tbe midst of the indignation ths
wag was questioned : "You said this
car wasn't going V "Well, it wasn't
thon," repliod Waggs, "but It Is now."
Fstbor (who was trying to teach his
son how to sot at tba utile) "Welt
John.yoa see that when I have finished
eating, I always leave tb table."
"Yes sir ; and that I all you do leave."
THE WA YS OF TBE SENA TE.
The United States Senate represents
the conservatism and the dignity of
tbe American people, and to be a mem
ber of tbat body is an bonor second
only to that of boing President ot the
Uui ted States. - The Senate is fre
quently criticised by flippant writers
becanse ol Its "beiivy dignity," out m
stoail ot boing subject ot criticism,
this feature ought to be and is with
thinking people-Mine of congratula
tion. The Senate is the permanent
legislative body of our Government
and partisanship is not permitted the
sway there that it exorcises in the
House. Thore exists what is known
ss the "courtesy of tbe Senate," and
though no rule requires it, it is always
strictly observed. This "courtesy" is
largely non parlutn In Its nature and
no Senator would think of vn.loting it.
In regard to nominations, it requires
that tbe Senators from tho State to
which tbe appointment is made shall
be consulted on tbe (uestlon ol con
firmation or rejection aid thoir decision
in all ordinary cases determines the
result. When the acministration
the appointing powoT is opposed in
politics to tbe majority, as now, the
custom is to submit the matter to the
Senator or Senators, if there are any,
from the State affected bp the appoint
ment. This courtesy governs the
PROMOTION or COMVITTIEB,
too, and no Senator would ever think
ol prescribing any other rulo in this1
respect. When a Senator is assigned
to a Committee his name b enrolled at
the foot of tbo majority oi minority
according to bis politics ond as those
above him retire be goes up. For in
stance, when tho Democrats got con
trol of the Senate it was easy for any
body todotormine what Senators would
become Chairmen of tbe respective
committees. The bighost namo among
tho Democrats on each committee wa
promoted to tho Chairmanship in all
cases except those where tho same
Senator occupied that position on more
than one Committee. This "courtesy"
contributes largely to the woll-ordored
dignity which the Senate maintains,
uecauso u prevents any acrainuio lur
prefermont and nothing is more un
dignified in a Statesman than that.
RIUIITB ALLOWED Till MINORITY.
Again, in tho Senate, the minority
are alwaya allowed three Committee
Chairmanships with the same privil
eges tbat attach to the majority.
Lacb Chairman of the minority has
the right to appoint bis own clerk and
messenger, and these Committee rooms
are entirely in tho control ol the minor-
ity. Then in tbe distribution ot pa
tronago the minority are always al
lowed a share. The dignity ol tbe
Senate always contributes to ths main
lainance of ordor in that body. There
is never tbe loud conversation on tba
floor that is permitted in tbe House.
Tba "courtesy" is observed in all tbe
relations between ths Senators. There
is never any clamoring for recognition
as in the .House. There is, in fact,
nevor any competition between Sena
tors for the right to the floor. On tbe
contrary, a willingness to yield to
another is always observed, and For
eign Ministers and Diplomats, aftor
noting- the decorum lout marks me
United States Sonate, have invariably
nronounoed it the moat dignified and
courteous legislative body in the world.
Hut few altercations or scenes ol vio
lence have evor occurred in the Scnato
on the floor ot that Chamber.
TBI BENATOSIAL SEAT-BOOK.
In tho Senate the method of obtain
ing tbe more eligible seats is of the
same quiot and dignified order that
frovaila in regulating other matters,
n a book kept for that purpose tbo
Senator bas bis name entered as choos
ing a certain seat whonover tbo incum
bent shall retire Irom the Monnte or in
anv manner vacate it. l ho senator
may have to wait years lor the scat oi
bis cboico to bocomo vacant ; out there
is no way for bim to get It, unless the
possessor voluntarily makea an ex
change with him. And such a thing
as voluntarily vacating a choice seal
never occur.
PARTY LEADERS FRATXRNI.INU.
The firm friendship existing between
Senators Edmunds and Tburman, the
loaders of their respective parties in
the Wonalo, bas olten bocn spoken oi.
They tretiuontly "lock horns" in po
litical debate on tho floor, but it never
disturbs thoir friendly relations. If
one of them is dotained by any causo,
after the Sennto adjourns, the other
waits for hint and tbey go home to
gether. This friendship lias existed
lor years, and no doubt, though bis
party gains a Senator by it, Mr. Ed
munds would bav been glad to have
bad Tburman returned by Ubio. liur
Ing tbe beatod political debate ol the
Extra Session, one day, Mr. Edmunds
said something unusually sharp to Mr,
Tburman. H was apparent in an in
atant that the Ohio Senator ielt the
sting. Ho aat down. Mr. Edmunds
out short his remarks, and immediately
walked ovor to Mr. Thurman's seat,
and it was plain to be seen tbat he wa
making an explanation.
CHURCH BUMMERS.
Hoi land, In lb last Seribner, goes for
the Church drone in this lively man
ner:
The poor we have alwaya with us,
and wbonever we will we may do
them Kood And the will to do tbem
good, in a spiritual and religious senso,
at least, ia very genuine and very
abounding.
Tbo churches as a rule, cherish no
dosiremoresincere than that of preach
ing the gospel to the por, without
price. We do not (lop to Inquire bow
much ol tbe proselyting spirit may be
oonneoted with tnio uesire, or wnai
worthless motives may sophisticate it,
Thoir wish to do good to tbe poor is
gonuine enough, and to do il at their
own expense, ft the poor could know
how heartily they would be welcomed
in bousosof worship froqnonted mainly
by the rich and tbe well-to do, they
would certainly lose their shyness and
learn a kindlier feeling for those more
fortunate than themsolvcs. It ia un
doubtedly the business of the rich to
provide religious privileges for tbe poor,
and the dutr of the poor to accept
tbem, 1 bey may uo this witb loss oi
self-respect and without the cultiva
tion of the pauper spirit.
There is, however, a real difference
betwoen "(Jod s poor and man a poor.
There are great multitudes wbo, do
what they will and what tbey can,
must always bo poor. Few and
efficient band to labor, and manr
months to feed, sickness, misfortune
all tb cause of adversity produce
poverty which seems to be remediless ;
and those who are afflicted with such
poverty may legitimately be called
"Uod'e poor." Those are the Involun
tary poor, enveloped and embarrassed
by ctrcumstanoe. wnica render it tin
nnuaihle for thm to rise Out of novertr.
For these, the Christian man will do
REPUBLICAN,
what be can, without pauperizing
tbem, and be knows tbat there i no
form of benefioenoe so little likoly to
do them barm na tbat of providing for
tooir religion instruction and inspira
tion. He knows also that the rectifica
tion and olevatiqn of babiu which are
the natural outcome ot religious and
spiritual influences, are ministers al
ways to the poor man s temporal pros
perity. in contradistinction Irom these, there
are those whom we may prowrly call
man s poor. i bey are people wbo
spend upon themselves, out of an in
come not generous, perhaps, but com
petent, so much tbat they have noth
ing loft with which to bear tboir por
tions of the burden oi society. They
live well, they dress well, the maintain
what tbey consider a respectable posi
tion in society ; they go to the theatre
whenever it may seem desirable ; tbey
spood upon themselves and their lux
uries their entire income, and habitu
ally stoal tbeir preaching. Many of
these people are quite regular in their
ttendunce upon tbo Hunuay services
of the oharch, but tbey never unite
with it, orassumo a ainglo responsible
ity connected with iu There are
churches in Now York, as wo presume
there may be in most cities, which are
he lavorito resorta ot tbe bummers
churches which, by tbe numbers in at
tendance on Sundays, soem to be pros
perous, but wbicb, Irom the fact that
thoy are so largely made up of bum
mers, cannot supnort themselves or
thoir pastors". These worshippers
make a vory well drcssod congrega
tion, but thoy offer a very poor field
for jprcaching and pastoral work.
They do not even introduce them
solvcs to tho pastors to whose
preaching thoy listen. Whon thoy
become a littlo ashamed ol thia Sun
day bumming at one church, they go
to another. The sexton kuows them
at last, and understands exactly what
tbey and what tboy aro doing. A lit
tle solf-denial would glvo all these
people tbe right to pow, and save them
Irom the meanness oi appropriating
that which honest people aro obligod
to pay for.
OARIBALVrs Dl VORCE.
THE ROMANTIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF Ilia
MARRIAGE RECENTLY ANNULLED.
A dispatch informs us that the Court
ol Appeals in liome has annulled tbe
marriage of Garibaldi with tho daugh
ter of Marquis liaimonili, who, as a
matter ot lad, is the only woman to
bora be was legitimately murrieiT,
though be never lived with her He
met bor under poouliar circustancos
during bia famous campaign in north
orn Italy. The girl was of excellent
Lombardian family , and fell desperately
in love with one of Garibaldi's aides-de-camp,
wbom she followed through
the campaign. Her fathor started in
pursuit ol her, oame up with her at
one of tbe bivouacs of the Guribald-
ists, and implored ber to return home.
But the girl declared that she was
passionately in love with Garibaldi,
and that nothing could estrange her
from bim. , 1 be Marquis went to see
Garibaldi, wbo, on bearing the story,
decided to marry her on the spot.
After the ceremony was ovor she
bluntly declared to Garibaldi that she
bad lied, that she did not love bim at
all, but his aide-camp, and tbatsho was
obliged to tell a falsehood because she
knew her father would novor permit
bor to marry her lover. Garibaldi, of
course, soparated Irom her at once, and
baa not seen ber lor six years, l ot it
is said tbat atlor tho civil war in Italy
was over, and Garibaldi had retire'! to
Caprera, she went to bim and begged
that he would permit her to assume
the position which she had acquired
by her romantic but fraudulent device.
Garibaldi son I bar away and brought
tbe case before tho Courts. The de
cision is of great importance to the
children by tho two de facto wives.
One of these women was Amita, the
famous Brazilian beauty, wbo aban
doned ber husband and followed Gari
baldi then an adventurous sea Cap
tain on his filibustoringexpedition in
South America. Ho had by her two
sons, Menotti, and Kicciotti, and one
daughter wbo married Mgnor Canzio.
Tbe latlor becoming sick some years
ago, found it necessary to engage a
nurse. Garibaldi, whofreqiiently called
upon bis daughter, acorns to have been
so captivated by the nurso that be has
since livod with her, bas had two
children by tor, and requires his wbolo
family to treat her as u she were ins
legitimate wife.
HOW THE
WIDOW
HIM.
CAUOIIT
A gentleman of an autobiographical
turn relates bow he was instructed in
the custom ot taking toll, by a spright
ly widow, during a moonlight sleigh
ride with a morry parly, lie says :
Tbo lovely widow lj. sal in the same
sleigh, under tho same buffalo robe,
itb me.
"Oh. oht don't I" aha iclaimrl, a
we came to the first bridge, ai the
same time catching me by the arm and
turning her veiled face toward me,
whilo bor little eyos twinkled through
in the moonlight. '
'Don't what?" I asked. "I'm not
doing anything." ...
"Well but 1 thought you were going
to take toll," tho widow replied.
"Toll r 1 rejoined. " W hat's that 7
"Well, I declare," oried tbe widow,
her olear laugh ringing above tbe bells
"you protond yoa don't know whet
loll 10 7
"Indeed I don't thon," said I laugh
ng. "Explain if yon please."
"You never heard then," said tbe
widow, most prnvokingly "you have
nevor beard that whon we are on a
sleigh. lido tbo gentleman always
that is, sometimes When they cross a
bridge call a kiss, and claim it toll I
But 1 never pay It."
1 aaid I never heard it before ; but
when wa came to the next bridge I
claimed the toll, and the widow' strug
gle to bold tbe veil over hor race were
not enough to tear it.
At last the veil wa removed, her
round, rosy lace wa turned directly
toward mine, and in tbe clear light ol
a frosty moon ths toll was lakon, for
tbe first time in my expot lence.
Soon wo came to a long bridge, witb
sovoral arches. The widow said it
was of no use to resist a rnnn who
would have hi own way, so sho paid
the toll without a murmur.
"But you won't take loll for very
arch, will you?" she aaid, so archly
tbat I could not lail to sxacl all my
due.
And tbat was tb beginning of my
courtship.
A little girl at Gallon, Ohio, has de
veloped taste a a dentist. Khe tied a
string to hor brothej'i tooth, tied the
other end of the string to the stove
leg. and then touched a rod. hot coal
to tb victim's nose. Tb tooth ram
out.
AUNT AND NEPHEW.
A QUEER SUIT FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
OV MARRIAUE.
The Syracuse (N. Y.) Courirr of tbo
8th ult., rclato tho following points
in a novel case :
"Argument was heard yesterilsy by
Judge Wallace, in tho United Status
District Court, in a breach of promise
suit involving some very moo points ol
law. Nancy V.Campbell has brought
suit against ber nephew, lit. Urson Li.
Crampton, for breach of promise. Tb
ibe iiotumlaut is a leading physician,
practicing his profession iu the City
of Mobile, Ala. Tbe two parties to
tbe suit wore residents ot Mobile lor
several years up to 1877, and, owing
to tboir kinship, were frequently in
each other's company. Although Miss
Campbell was several years tbe senior
of tbe rising young Doctor, thoir con.
slant companionship fed tbo flamo of
love, wbicb was finally tunned into a
plighted troth. Tho engagement ot
marriage was made in 1 S7;t. It was
not long after this strange and unusual
proceeding become known, that Doctor
Crampton was admonished by his
Inends that a union ol blood-relation
like themselves would be illegal. This
warning so alarmed the young Doctor
that he sought legal counsel, and was
inlormed that a marriage auch as he
proposed would be null and void. Dr.
Crampton carried the sad tidings to his
lady love, but alio could not see any
good reason why thoy could not be
joined in tbe holy bonds of matrimony
so lung aa tboy loved one anolbor.
Timerolledon. in Ibi7, Alias Camp
bell canio North and established bur
self with friends in the State of Michi
gan. A year later nr. urampton hied
him Northward on a visit to Lock
port, N. Y. While there he was ar
rested by officers ol tbe law charged
witb breach of promise by bis maiden
aunt, Miss Campbell. Sho, too, claimed
residence in iow l ork btato, Institu
ting suit in tbe Supreme Court. Tbe
case was transferred, upon the applica
tion ot Dr. Crampton s attorney, .
B. Douglasa, of Lock port, to the Cir
cuit Court of the United States lor the
Northern District ot Now York. Last
October, at tbe session at Albany, the
case .wob brought before Judge Wallace
and a jury. The case was given to
the jury, without argument being
heard upon tho various questions of
law, it boing understood t hut argument
should bo listened to at the timeof the
rising of tbe question of granting a
new trial. Tbo jury found for tbe
Plaintiff in the sum of 10,000. Yes.
lordny argument was heard, in ac
cordance with the previous understand
ing, for a now trial.
Tbe case is a very complicated ono,
and raise so many intricate and deli
cate questions tbat it trial will make
it a celebrated ono. Among the ques
tions which the decision of this case
will settle are those oi domicile and
what oARatitntAtt It ; how far tha laws
of England govern the laws of tbe
United Slates; whether tirstcousiuscan
marry; whether a man can marry his
brother's wile, in fact all qnostions re
lating to Levitical or lorbidden degrees
of marriage.
STA NISiTrEI.LES.
Baltimore Boa, Madrid Utter.
To day 1 was asked by one ol the
dui k eyed, lascinuling, graceful and
stately dear ones of Madrid if 1 would
rideouttosoe hor friends who were ar
ranging coatumea for tbe coming fetes.
I readily assented. How far do you
thing was tbe ride or drive? Maroly
round the corner. But to walk it with
that flowery robe, gracolul mantilla
and tiny feet of tbe deep and dark
eyed beauty would be a painful piece
ot pedestrianism. What she lacks in
walking ab tnakos up in talking.
Whew I Steam and cloctrio conversa
tion is nothing to a Madrid belle's
tongue, on topic of costume at least.
Tbe brilliant way In which she criti
cised Senor Americano and Sonor
Jaan Ingles, as she styled her previous
John Hull guest, waaa caution. "Does
Sonor Americano live on tbe Pilgrim's
Kock whon at homo 1" I reply in all
simplicity that 1 do not, and ask why
she puts on such a Puritanical ques
tion. "Ob, Senor is so oold and rigid
saying but one ye and one no, when
at Icasl wo want a dozen." And by
my troth, she doe dash her lis and
her maxes about most lavishly. There
is not a semioolon IA this hello's sen
tences, to say nothing of a poriod.
But what a forest of points of ex
clamation ! We alight at "round the
corner," and there 1 am prososentod to
mamma first, who thon presents mo to
papa, who in turn presents me to his
son and his five daughters, each of
wbom be specially designates by Chris
tian name, as if I wcreacunsus-taker.
Has any one ever seen a Spanish belle
sow ? 1 nevor have ; oven so-so. Of
the ball-dozen beauties in this group,
not ono ot them could put a thread
through tbe cy oi a needle half as
easy aa the Biblical oamel could pro-
ooed IbrDugb it. tfol unu of them
ever stitched in all thoir livos. Two
only knew how crochot work was
done, but nevor did it. Their entire
livos have been spent in reading French
novels, unraveling French mudittc rid-
dies of dress and the bills. Thev can
ainff. thev can nlav tho mano and
rt' J r f 1
strum the gnititr like angels, but to
patcb yonr pantaloons tbey would
struggle and "die in tbe breach," ab
solutely delealod failures! Tbey can
paint in water colors all the 'still life"
your imagination may desire, but to
boil a dish of sweet potatoes would be
a case of "hot water and no food," as
was the event witb Briotinann ' belle.
ON
GETTING UP IN
MORNING.
THE
A person goo to bed with bis mind
fully made up to rise in tho morning
at the proper time, whenever that may
be. He knows very well he ought to
do it, and that it will be better for bim
in every way it bo docs do It. In
trenched In this virtuous resolution he
falls asleop; but whon ha awakes, a
dull senso of inertnoss weighs him
down, and if ho stops to think about
gottlng up he finds that that inclina
tion bas usurped the place oi reason,
and tbat If there is on thing under
tbo sun more ridiculous than anothor,
it is the idea tf getting out of bed just
thon. Tbo hour of rising boa not so
much to do with the difficulty a is
oommonly thought. No doubt, whon
the mornings are dark and oold and
dreary tba difficulty I inoreasod, and
to some people it is Inaapreaaibly dis
agreeable to turn out of a warm bed
into tbe chill of a wintry atmosphere.
But, nevertheless, w are Tery much
disposed to think that where there it
any difficulty of tha kind, it I in tb
main tb oame whether wa get up at
six o clock or nlno. 1 ber Is a plunge
to he made at last by even the most
Inveterate lie abed, and the-onty rea
son why ho get up at all la because ho
feels he mnst make ths plunge.
rectly we begin to think we are almost
sura to lio abed ; but when we refuse
to think, we are much moro likely to
got up. The weakness of resolution
which soma experience in their wak
ing moments is not unlreqoontly to be
accounted for by the fact that they
are thon almost incapablo of thinking
except in a distorted way. It may
appear ridiculous to those healthy
bird-liku risers who invariably awake
with mind ami body alike completely
invigorated ; but it is certain that a
good many people awake with a sense
oi weariness, a beclouded mind, a leel
ing of being only half alive, which, al
though thoir aleep may have been
sound and have really done them
good, and although tboy lose these
leenngs as soon as tbey are fairly
astir,-yet on first opening their oyes
render them unnt to think at all. Any
motion to rise is sure to be negatived
if put to the vote ; the only way in
which resolution can help tbem is by
being concentrated in an immediato
unthinking effort oi the will. It is a
way of overcoming the difficulty that
is more practicable than it may at first
seem, and amount to this : Tbat it is
far oasior for somo to got out ot bod
without a moment's delay than it ia to
do so deliberately, just as it may be
more easy to take a tort by sudden as
sault than by regular aiego. And so
tuu auvice we give u every one wno
finds it bard work to get up in the
morning, but wants a master the weak
ness, is make up your body to it, and
turn out instanter without a moment's
parloy. Cassell'i Family Magazine.
THE ORGAN STRADDLING ITS
EDITOR.
llou. Edward McPhorson, now edi
tor of the Press, was a delegato to the
Kepuhlican mate Convention from
Adams county in 1875, and Chairman
tbeConimittct'on Resolutions. Among
the resolutions be reported to the
Convention, all of which were unani
mously adopted, was the lollowing,
doclnrlng "the unwritten law of the
Republic" against a third Presidential
term:
Retohea, That we declare a firm and
unqualified adlterence to the unwritten
laio of the Republic, which wisely, and
under the sanction of the most veneralle
examples, limits the Presidential service
of any citizen to two terms; and we, the
Republicans of Pennsylvania, in reconni-
tion of this law, are unalterably opposed
to the election to the Jresideneu of any
person for a third term.
1 bo same resolution was distinctly
reaffirmed by the Kepuhlican State
Convention oi 1876, when Hon. Butler
B. Mrang waa Chairman of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, and it was thon
accepted by all parties tbat "tbe un
written law ot tbe ltopubliu, wbicb
wisely and undor tbe sanction of the
most venerable examples," forbids a
tbird Presidential term, could not be
again questioned during this genera
tion.
In 1875 whon tbe present editor of
the Pressso oloquontly declared against
a third term, there was no President
to elect, and it was easy to bo faithful
to the "most venerable examples ot
our fathers ; but in 1880 when there
is a President to elect, and when there
is a gonoral cry along the line ot the
deposed adherent of Grant of "Give
na back Uur Old Commander, the or
gan straddles its editor and both strad
dle "tbe unwritten lawofthe Republic"
by discovering that, whilo opposition
to a third term Is a very good doctrine
in tho abstract, it doesn't Oxactly ap-
ly to Grant. Ibe organ wags tbo
ii tor in this wise:
Tbore ia ao doatt that tha deelaratloa of pria.
oiple oootaiaed ia tbe reaolutwa la aaeqaia-eaal
aa to all "third termi," wbetber eenioculiva or
otbfV. Bat il le altogether probable Ibat tbe
thought ehicBy ia tbo miad of Ula eoaTOaUoe waa
evereloa to tbe aominatiea for a "tbird term" of
aa tneumbent af tbe omea.
Aiaioet that tba roeeonlng lo andoabtedly
tronger thaa agalnit aoquLeoeaee ta tha aoml-
aatloa of a retired rreetdent, wLoaa belag a pri
vate eitieaa. the people may ehooae te eall acaio
to tbatblgb otice. Bat abalarur tbe raft, it la
folly to attempt te Singula, tbe trath tbat If tfea
aral Ureal be reaominetod tbe Rrpublioaaa af the
I'aion will aegia Ibe oaavaaa aader tbe eilgeney
la wbieb Ibe eoaotry ia plaoad ia aaab aa la re
quire the overthrow of the aabrokea praetiee of
all parties aa to tbil oflioa.
1 be editor gets in a slight wag ol
tbe organ in tbo closing sentence; but
all 1b at the expense of "the unwritten
law of the Republic." Tho organ first
straddle the editor, next tbe editor
very gently straddle tb organ, and
finally both straddle tbo third term.
Philadelphia Timet.
.GIRLS AND YOUNG LADIES.
Benjamin F. Taylor, the pool, ha
written a letter to a young girl at the
liowville, (Wow York, Academy, in
which be mixes up poetry and good
advice, in coital doses mostcharmiuslr.
.... .t, .... "
What Mr. lay lor says win hoar repe
tition
"I call you a girl, but it ia not the
tasbion any more.' The girls are gone,
and thore is nobody left but young
ladies, l like girls best, Tbore usee
to be a flock of Carolines in Lowville,
and as fair a flock as ever wore muslin.
There was Csrnlirte Collins, Caroline
Northup, Carolina Daven, and vr so
many more, lucre wore Cornelias,
Jane, Elizabeths, Marys, and Pauli
nas. They were all girls and they
nevor scorned the title. Now they
would be Carries and Nellies, Lizzies,
M am iea, J on n iu and Corn ico and yon ng
ladies withal, and every daughter of
them. Del us not end our name in
io.' Let us not foriret that affecta
tion Is tha art of being a lool accord
ing to rule. Let ns learn to work tbe
worsted cat of Impossible pink, if we
must, but lot us learn bow to make 1 ra
dian pudding and a golden loaf of corn
bread as well, l.et us talk rroncb II
we can, but lot n avoid 'slang' as we
would pestilence and famine. Pure
and uiKlehled English novor sound so
musically as it docs from the unadul
terated lip of a genuine girl. Let us
learn the exquisite art of kooping
young. You road ol'.ltomon ruins. 1
think I have beard Tyro, Tadmnre
and Thebea mentioned one ror twice,
but there is nothing so ancient In all
this world as an old dilapidated heart.
It is everybody's duty, especially every
girl's, to keep young."
A college professor once tried to con
vince Uoraco Greeley ol the value of
classic language. The professor said :
"These languages are the conduit of
ine literary ireaaure. J" "tiqniijr.
Mr. Greeley replied:'! like Croton
water very woll, but it doesn't follow
tbat I should eat a yard or two of lead
When an old backwoodsman was
about to take his first ride on a Missis
sippi steamer he wa asked whether
he would take dork or cabin passage.
"Well," said he, In a resigned sort of
way, "I ve lived all my life in a cabin,
and 1 cnes cabin passag will be good
.nnHi.lt f, . . Mflnl. .k.M lilr. an. "
No matter how low dowa a man
get in ths world, there are two things
Ii can alwaya got tomohow or other
good advice and hid whisky.
EDUCATIONAL.
BV M. Li McQUOWN.
The teacher Is the soul of tb school.
Hal the Institute at Olen Hop beoo
postponed ?
Hava your pupil cultivate good
moral and gentle manners.
Brady and Gulicb township teacher
havo been conducting District Insti
tutes with good success during tb
Winter.
A lion U. rtotienkrano.of thePenfieltl"
schools, waa recently elected Superin
tendent of the Presbyterian Sabbath
School at that place.
A solution to the cannon problem
prepared by John b. Lightner, teacher
of the Pennville school, which waa
given in thi column a few week ago,
will appear noxt week.
Teachers sending report ot their
schools at the close of each month
should prepay the postage. The post
age on each report is three renin, and
nut onr cent, as many snpposv.
Professor W. J. King, formerly of
Huston township, this county, but now
Principal of tbe Driftwood schools, in
Cameron ooanty, altendod our recent
term of Court as an important witness.
In those district allowing teachers
their time while attending the County
Institute, tbo directors should require
each teacher to produoe his or her cer
tificate of attendance, and make the
credit of time from said certificate.
County Superintcndonta Craighead
of Indiana, Berg of Cambria, and Me-
tuown ol Lleartleld are expected to be
present and take part in tbe Joint In
stitute to be held at the Cherry Tree,
Indiana county, on ihursdny, rriday
and Saturday, Fob. lOtb, 20th and 1:1st.
From the froquoat number ol times
that a 0 appears alter tba item "Num
ber ot visit received from directors,"
published in tbe "Items from Late Re
ports," we fear many director over
look tbo fact that the law makes it
binding on thorn to visit the schools oi
tbeir respective districts.
Teachers, in sending the names ol
pupils for tbo Roll of Honor, must bear
in mind tbat no name can find a place
in tbo column except those who nave
attended every day of the school term, i n
filling tbe blank report (left witb each
teacher, and to be forwarded to tho Su
perintendent), write the names oi thoso
attending every day on tba back oi
rorm -o i, irom which we can copy
thorn.
Six Professional Certificates worn
mailed recently to six teachers, who,
n our opinion, are lully desorvme of
this mark ot honor, for tbe following
reasons : First, From past examina
tions, we know tbey possess a thor
ough knowledge of tbe branches on
thoir certificates, second, lbey bave
been eminently successful in their
teaching. Third, Tbey bave always
manifested tbat interest in the educa
tional work of the county which chai
acterizea the earnest teacher. Fourth,
iheir good, moral characters are be
yond criticism. With these essential
qualities commending them to our
favor, they secured the reward of tbe
zealous and faithful teacher. Others
equally as promising, yet without the
necessary age and experience, are as
sured that it thoy continuo in well do
ing, tbey too will, in due time, receive
the reward of tbe faithful.
We aro now about ready to mail a
pnmphlot cony of the Institute pro
ceedings to the toachors who attended
the Institute, the bonory members, and
the directors in tbe county free ol
charge, postage prepaid. We doubt
if there was ever a more practical or
useful document issuod in the interest
of education anywhore than this one.
it will, undoubtedly, belp our schools
greatly ; becsus it contain the argu
ments and experience oi our best teach
er, reduced to the want of Clearfield
county schools and teachers, as well as
the ripe opinions of able instructors.
It is replete with practical bints, sug
gestions and common sense reasoning,
and will be of more value to teachers
than tha best volume of theory aud
mothods now in the market. Pros
pective teachers and tliOBe (for reasons
unknown to u) who did not attend
tbo Inetituto can be supplied with
a copy by sending 10 cents. Teachers
desiring additional copies can have
tbem on the same terms.
We make the lollowing hints re
garding toacherascholar' and patrons'
re unions at the close of the present
form : 1. Let tew teacher get to
gether, fix the time and place for
holding a meeting, and determine upon
the programme, z. In arranging the
order of oxerciscs, let each performance
partake ot tbe nature ol a review ot
tbe educational work ot the district,
and to this end tho aged of the com
munity should be asked to speak ot
tho education and educational advan
tages of an early day ; the middle-aged
and younger persons should hava sub
jects prepared relative to modern edu
cation. 3. nave appropriate essay
prepared and road. I. Recitations,
readings, dialogues, etc., by tha pupils
of schbolo ol the district might be in-
torwoven to give vanoty and apice to
tho nroccod intra. 5. A special effort
should be made to have the ministers,
and other prominent persons, aa well
as all the parents in tbe vicinity pres
ent 6. Aim to make tbe meeting a
general re-onion, void of any oold
formality. 1- In fallow ship, it should
bo equivalent to the breaking up ol
soma camp-meeting, and such tbat, af
ter tbe exercises are over, all will go
away deeply impressed with tb utility
ot our system of education.
W hat districts will put forth an effort
to hold an Educational Re-union at
tho close of the present terra ?
ITEM riOM LATX REPORT.
W. S. Grier, teachor of Driftwood
school, in Lawrence) township, reports
for the month ending Jan'y 26,-1880 :
Whole number enrolled, 24 ; per cant,
ot attendance, 95 ; average attendance,
ii ; vioils from directors, 0 ; visits from
patrons, 5 ; missed no time, 12 ; pupils
detained by aickne, 0 ; addreasc de
livered to ichool, fl. N umber of visit
ors, 19. In spelling 735 words, one
pupil missed non ; another, in knell
ing ths same number, missed 3.
John McLarron, teacher of Bearer
ton school, in Lawrenco township, re
port for tbe month ending Jan. fMh,
1880 : Wbolo number enrolled, 37 ;
average attendance, 29 ; mssed no time,
t; visits from director, 9; visits from
other, 3. The hoaaa was scrubbed
during the month by tb eilizena.
W. L. Rea, teacher of Winterburn
school, in Huston township, report
for tho month ending Jan. Ibth, 1U8U :
Whole number enrolled, 41 ; per cant.
L,f attendance, 84 ; avoreg attendance,
U raiwed no Um. tf. .iiiu
directors, 0; visit Irom patrons, 2;
addresses delivered to aobool, 0 ; pupil
dotained by sickness, 5, Several pupila
missing tbe greator part of tht mouth
on account of sickness ha mode tbo
per cent, of attendance) tower than It.
baa been bofore during thi term.
W. K. Krotxer, teacher of llulaon
burg ehool, in Covington two., report
for lb month ending Joa. 14, 1880 :
Whole number enrolled, 37 ; per cent,
of attendance, 69 ; average attendance,
31 missed no time, 19 j visit from
director, 2 : visits from patrons, 4 ;
addresses deiiveredto school, 1 ; pupil,
detained by sickness), 3.