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TT W. SMKTU,
A TTORNKY-AT-LAW, j
etl:l:7,1 Clearfield, Pa. i
J J. i.INGI.K,
ATTORNEY -AT - LA W,
1:11 Prilllpeburc;. Centre Co., Pa. yrpd
jOT.AND D. SWOOPK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Curwea.vilie, Clearoeld ooooty, Pa.
oet. , 78 If.
QSCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
jrft-0ire in tbe Optra Ilnusa. oeW, '7it lf.
1 R. & W.. BARRETT,
ATTORNETR AND COUNSELORS AT IjAW,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
January SO. 1H78. !
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, i
Cleai-fielaV Pa. -
jaw-OBoe ia tbe Coort Hooh, J;ll.'
WM..M.
il. McCULLOUlin, !
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
nlti iu lla.onlc building, Second llreel, op
i.ixile the Court llooie. jalS.'TS tf.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OFFICE,
CUHWEN8VILI.E,
, Clearfield County, Petin'e. 1'J
T. I! ROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Iflct In Opera Hnula. Bi ii, JT-lJ
:vrnr v. wilsox,
.llloriity-ul-l.air.
I'I.EARPIKLI), - - PKN'N'A.
7?"0fflca In Ilia Mamilia Bulldinit, orar lha
Count; National Hank. uiarI4-8a.
TJI.I.IAM A. II AfiKHTY,
CLKARHKLD, PENN'A
'MfrWIII attrad lo all lafal luineea ith
.roinptnea and (id.liti. fehll,HII-tf.
mi.LIAM A. WA1.I.ACB.
MiHtt. v. ar.i.i.Ai:B.
liAVin L. 1BBBB.
joaR ar. waieLir.
HVAI'I'MH Rlir.un,
It (
(Huceaiiora to Wallace a Plaldin,)
) A TTOlt N E YS-AT-L A W,
' Jnl77 Cleariield, Pa.
I K. SNYDER,
a
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
' CLEARFIKI.D, PA.
liffire in Pia'a Opara Uonat. '
: Joi.e , 7Slf.
j t I !..' 11.'
.f r to nt i -.J r- h
) DuBois, Clearfield County, Penn'a,
XTWill attend promptly to all legal business
ni runted to bis earn. Ukfl3t.
' tflflS. . M t'RRA Y
CTitrt c.RTJfm.
;JUIRAY it HOHDOX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CI.EARFIKLU, PA.
"Offlpe Id Pie's Opera IIoum, iffond Boor.
f:S074
soairi . k'imallt.
dahibl w. n'cranr,
M
cENALLY & McCURDY
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,
lirarnrid, ri.
j&r-Leeal baiine.a attanded to promptl; wlthj
ddelit;. Offlre on Soffond Itraet, abora Iba Firat
Muional Bank. Jan:l:76
O. KItAMKft,
"a T T O R X E Y - A T - L A W , I
Real BitataaBd Collection Ael, !
CI EARFII.l.I), PA.,
Will promptly altand to all legal buiineal aa
Irattd to hie oare.
eaT-0lnce ia Pie'i Opera llonaa. janl'K.
T F. MeKENBICtl,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal biiainaee eotra.ted to bla rare eill re
feira prompt atlantioa.
fa"Oro la tbe Onart llonie.
aU(M,l87H.l;.
J.M1N Ii. CUTTLK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Hid Real P.atate Arrnl. Clearfield, Pa.
Odea oa Tblrd alraat, baa. Cherrj A Walnat.
.ARaapaetfallj offari hia aarTloaa IB aalliBf
aad butiBg laadi ia Claarflald aad adjolaing
aeaatlea; and wltk aa eiperieaeeotoTertwent
teart ai a aarra;or, flattere himaalf that bo eaa
reader aallafaetloa. (Fab. :S:lf.
yhysitians' fords.
D
R. K. M. SCIIEURER,
IIOMaOPATFlIO PHTRIC1AK,
Ofloa la realdence oa Flrrt ft.
April It, 1171. ClearfUld, Pa.
TJR. W. A. MEANS,
PI1 YS1C1AX & SU RU KOaV,
DTD019 CITY, PA.
Will attead profe.fional ealla promptly. aogle'Te
jQ'i- T. 1. HOT Ell,
rHYSICIAN AND SURHKIN,
OSee oa Harket etraat, Cleartela, Pa.
aVOffica boarai I to Ii a. a., and 1 to I p. at.
JJR. J. KAY WR1ULRY,
i HOMiRPATIllO PHYDICIAN,
atat-Oaice ad)oiaio tbe reeUlenca it Juaea
Wrlglr;, K.e,., oa rternad Kl., Olearaald, Pa,
jaljAI.'M tf.
1QR. II. B. VAN VALZAn,
LKARFIELD, PEHN'A.
OFFICE IN kK.lintS't'K. CORNER OF FIRKT
AND PINK RTREKTd.
, tr- Oltoe koara From ll le I P. M, ,
Ma; II, lilt.
I)
R. J. I'. ltURCHFlEl.l), .
U Rafgeeaef tbevll Reflmaal,PBaaeylvaata
i .laataere, bavtag retire ed free) the Army,
era bla prefeaaiaaal eervteo, le theelllieaa
a Oleerleldeoaaty.
fProfeialeaal aalla promptly alleaded ta.
O' a oa Soeoad treel, forawlyoeeapted by
."we.. fapra, ea-ii
1 OS PRIRTlJO 01 KTRRT DISCRIP
11 ca aeally eieeated al IbU emee
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLANDEB, Editor
Cards.
Tt'HTICEH' CORN.TARI.Eie PEEK
We have printed a laraa aumbor of tbo aaw
VHP till. I. .nrf Bill on lha Mmitit of tWOBtT
It MtiU, Koil a ooot In any addroM. Bll"
W1 ILL1AM M. UENRY, Justice
iif ma Pbacb aanaraiTBiiBa, Ll'-lIiER
' CITY. Colloetioni nada and ooot prumptlj
l pitid OTr. Artielt. of aifraement ant dted. of
l nfOYMioa aiatlj axeeuted and wtrrant.l
j rr or an en.rjra. MlyT.
j JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Ju.ilo of Ilit P.". and Scri'ODtr,
Curwenivllle, pa.
taa-Collntiont madi and monT promptlj
p.idoror. fabJJ'Tllf
HENRY BltETlI.
(onTKitn r. o.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
roa ar.LL Townatn?.
Ma; 8, m lj
JAMES MITCHELL,
UBABBB IB
Square Timber 4 Timber Land",
J.ll'7 CLEARFIELD, PA.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
' Clearfield, Penn'a.
tetvWHI axaeuta job. In hll line promptly and
In a woramanlika manner. nrrMT
JOUN A. STADLER.
RAKER, Harliat 81., Cltaraeld, Pa.
Freih Braad, Ruik, Roll!, Pia and Caaa
on hand or made lo order. A ganeral aMortroant
of Confanlionarlaa, Frnlta and Nata In aloek.
Ira Cream and Oyelar. In eeeeon. 8alooa aearljf
ipp.i.ila tha Poetnflfiet. Prie ooderata.
M.reh IB-'Tk
WEAVER & BETTS,
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND LI MHER9F ALL KINDS.
.!!-OnV-a oa Heoond etreat, ia rear of atore
room of Uaorga H earer A Co. I jaiill, '78-lf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl ffTICE OF TUB PEACE
ron
Ittcalnr Township,
Oieenle Mill! P. O.
II official buelnari antraetrd lo him will bn
promptly attended to. ineh7, 7B
rTAURY SNYDER,
tl BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Hbop oa Market RI., oppo.tfe Court lloaaa.
A clean towel for ever; cof tamer.
Alio dealer in
let Branda of Tobacco and Clara.
ri.e..ll Pa "a l. "It
JAMES H. TURNER,
.II STICR OF THE PEACE,
Wallacetoa, Pa.
af-Hl ha prepared bimialf with all the
neeea.ar; blank forma under lha Penaioa and
Bount; lawa, aa well aa blank Deeda, ate. All
leeal mattara antrn.ted tn hia eare will receive
prompt attention. Ma; 7tb, 187V.tr.
ANDREW HAUW1CK.
Market Htreet, Clearfield, Pa.,
HANri-ArTOBER ARB fBALKB IB
llarnexn. Bridle!, fiadillen, Collars, anil
JJorse- Furnish ing O oods.
sarAII kinda of repairing proaiptl; atunded
to. riadrilara' Hardware, lioraa Uraihea, Curr;
loweat'oa.h'priee. IMarch 1W, l7.
G.' H. HALL, " ;
RACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
rPumpa alwa;a ob hand aad made lo order
an abort notioe. Pipaa bored oa reaioBeble terma.
All work warreatea to render satisfaction, and
delivered If dealred. m;S&:l;pd
Idlvery Ntable.
1 11 E underaifrnad begalaavetointonatbepab
X lie that he ia bow full; prepared to accommo
date all la the wayoffurniehina; lU.aea, Boggiae,
saddle, and Harneia, oa tha ihorteit botioa and
an reeaonable terma. Raaldaaea oa Loeeet atreat,
batwaea Third and Foarth.
KO. W. OEARHART.
Tlaarlsld, Fab. 4,1174.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OldRN HOPE, PKNITA.
THK nnderalgned, having leased this eon
todions Hotel, Id tbe filUge of (tlea Hope,
ia now prepared tn arioomtnodat ail who may
call, ftly table and bar ebatl be supplied with
tbe best the market eflorrta.
OKOhOK W. POTTS, Jr.
Ulan Hope, Pa,, March 26, IW-tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBA LIB IB
(iKNEKAL MERCHANDISE.
(.RAHANTON, Pb.
Also, eitenalve manufaeturer and dealer Ib Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kinda.
wTOrder ee limited aud all bllle prempUy
BlleM. I J J IB I J
E. A. BIGLER t CO.,
DBALRRN in
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad atBaufat-tarera of
A 1.1. KIMIMI OK HAM Kl) I.IIMHKH,
.f7l CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
S. I. SNYDER,
PB HTTP At. WlTrDUlUVI
aVatchoft, Clocks and Jewelry,
ffraAdn'e Kvw, JferAef Arrerf,
j CLKARP-IKLH, PA.
j All kiBda of repairing la aa; line prompt); at
I ended lo. April IS, 1171.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOM E INDUSTRY.
THE andareliaod, aevBnf aatabliabad a Mar
aer; oa the 'Pike, abowt half wa; betweaa
CU-arleld and Cnrwenavllle, ia prepared to far
Bi.h all kinda of FRUIT TRKErl, (rtaadard end
awari.i arergreaea, nnrabbar;, Hrane Vlnel,
Uuoaeberr;, Uwtoa Blackberry, Htrewberrv,
and Raipberr, Viaaa. Alio, Hlberlea CrabTreae,
gainoe, and earl; eearlet Rhabarb, Ae. Ordan
promptly attended la. Addreee,
J. I. WRIOHT,
eapla 18 -J CarweBivlllo, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. H. CAf.DON & BRO.,
0a Market Sl, one door wet of Maaaloa Howae,
CLIARFIKLD, PA.
Oar arraBfttaeate art rf tbe most omalete
eheraeter lor furatahlag the pablie wlta Freeh
Menu of all ktna, aad ei tnererynert Quality.
We alee deal IB all kinds f AgriealUirai Imple.
ate, wbieh we keep aa aa hibitioa Ht tbt beB
aftt of tha pi bite. Call arteud whea la towa,
aad uke a loh at thinga, or eddrnes ne
P. M. CAHUflN A DH0.
CWrleid, Pa,, July 14, MTI-tf.
t tear fit Id imturanrt Mfttuy,
Jiaeta aaaa.
raaaou. t. Bttieii.
HH BinULK, afrr)'.
Reprawattbe fnllawlag aad ether Irrt-claM Ce'l
Campanlaa. A.eeta.
Liverpool kendol A OU.be I', ft. Rr.4l,.iel.a
Lyeeralag oa metaal A eaak plana...- I 'ee.let
I'he-ell. of Hartford, Coaa. ! :.
tnaerance Co. ef North Amarlra d,4:iM7e
North Rritlik A Hercaatlle 11. It Br. I,7ai.ll
RcottLb Coaimoreial l . . Braocb... 1,H
Waleraown ....,... 14,111
Treeelare Life A Aeeideatt).. 4,i,4e4
OBca oa Market ft., e.p. Ceart Hooee, Clear
laid, Pa. Jeee 4, 1 II.
Proprietor.
2,608.
FATE OF A FAST YOUNG MAN.
WB1TT!I IX IBM ILLINOIS ITATIt I'HINJH,
It'i urioui, lin't It, K illy,
Tb obop that twra moat hi may bring.
Last year I wu at (Saratoga,
A bapjty nd rieb as a Kioir.
1 tn rnkinjc is pooln od the ranea.
And ttiug ib waiuri with "Tb."
And iitpis mint julflpi by twilight,
And to day I am bfre in the "I'sd."
"WhuUd inolo do it r" What altraya
Latada sod t deitruntioD aid oriin i
Tbo priHiigal awo, whom you've read of.
Hat altered somewhat in bis tiue.
He ppenda bis tubal ant ae freely
Aa tbe biblioal fellow of old ; ,
Hut wheo it it (on he fooie
The bnks turn into gold.
CbtHDiiagQC, a box at the opera,
High Heps while fortune is flunh,
Tbe piaatonate kias of worn en,
WbuH vbeeks have forgotten to bin "I..
The uiJ.oltl atory, Uillj,
Of pleaaormi I hut cod in teari,
The troth that foema for an hour,
The i)rK sre tjaeud fr year. - - -
Iiat night as I sat here and pondered
On iheendaof my aril wayi,
Tbe aroie like a phantom before ne
Tbemion of boyhood dyt.
I thought of toy home, Billy.
Of the aehool bent that stood on tbe bill,
(if tbe brook that flowed tbro'tne Meadow
can e'eo bear its muic iwt.
Again I thought of my mother,
oi tbe another who teugbt me to pray,
Whoie love na a preoiuut treasure,
That I beedleaaly cait away.
1 aaio in uj vitious
The frecb lipped, earaleaa boy,
lu hin tbe future wet bouiidtef,
Anil the bij fcui a mighty toy.
I thought ol all this at I at here,
Of my ruined and waited life,
And the pang of renorae were bitter,
lliey pieireU.iny heart like a kntle.
It Ueee eouie oouregt, Uiily,
Tii lautrh in the fane of Tale.
I W'hrn the yearning ambit ioni of manhood
I Are blaeted at twenty-eight.
I Johet (Jit.) K'pmUictm.
I rilk GREAT 1XTJCRXATWXAL
! EA IHJI1TIOX OFSUHEPAXl)
WOOL
'J be iollowing correspondence and
Act ot CoiifjreHa on tbe aubject of thol
Interiiationul hxmbition ot hheep,
Wool, and Wool l'roduuW, to be held al
I'hiladelphiu.Si'iitember, lKHd.ure pub
liHhud tor the inlormation of Sheep
Hri'dler and Wool MaiiUl'artnrerH in
thin and foreign countries :
Ol'l'lt'E or Prnnhyivania State )
Ahiucui.tlral Society,
IlARiiimiiRii, Feb. 11, 180. )
Mr, i'ommimoncr:
In behalf of tbe Pennxylrania Stulo
Agricultural Stjcicty, wo havo the hon
or to inform yon of the intention of the
Society, to bold an International Ex
hibition of Ship and Wool in tbo Main
Centennial Building, Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, in September next.
For more tbnn two years the Socio
ty, through a Committee appointed for
the purpose, has been in correspond
ence on the subject, with prominent
Sheep Breeders and Wool-growers
throughout the country. The opinion
expressed by them is earnestly in fa
vor of an International Exhibition. -
Wo therofore rospectfully and cor
dially ask your approval ol the enter
prise, and your influence and ro-opora-tion
in advancing it.
Wo can not doubt that you fully
recognize tbo value of a branch ot ag
riculture, which furnishes tbo most
nutritious of meats fur home consump
tion and for exportation, and which
also constitutes the basis of a manu
facturing industry of tho highest im
portance ; and that you moreover re
gard it as a branch which appcali
strongly anil deservedly to tho foster
ing care of Government.
The returns Irnm your Department
show, in States North and South, de
prived of their fertility by slovenly
and wasteful cultivation, that Sheep
Husbandry, so well adapted to supply
tho lost lertility, is scarcely, if at all,
on tho increase ;
That sheep aro bred lor mutton or
for wool only, when both, of fine and
desiniblo quality, may be advanta
geously produced by means of one and
the same animal ;
That the benefit resulting from the
infusion ol puro blood into onr native
flocks, needs to be more widely known,
and the practice more generally fol
lowed That our country is capahlo of grow
ing every grade of combing and line
wool, and that the 4H,OIIO,(IOO pounds
annually imported by our manulao
tuiers, can be produced hero;
That immense tracts of waste land
in tbo Atlantic and tho Western States,
may be most profitably utilised by the
raising of sheep upon them.
The value ot the careful and pro
tracted investigations, carried on in
this and foreign countries, in order to
detormine theconditionsmostfavnrable
to feenndity, early maturity, palatable
flavor of flesh, and fineness, soundness,
weight, strength, elasticity, length,
and lustre of the wool, can be made
manifest by bringing together tbe best
animals and fleeces in an international
competitive exhibition.
The year of the census is an eligiblo
one for showing bow we comparo with
other nations in this department of in
dustry. Pennsylvania is centrally and
conveniently situated for such an ex
hibition. 11 or farmers are awakeb
ing to the importance of sheen hus
bandry. Ono ot her counties, Wash
ington, has, as you have recently pub
lished, "over tour hundred thousand
sheep, produeiue aa good merino wool
aa tbere is in the world." Yon also
publish the statement that ' the great
est of American invenlione and pro
gress in the manufacture of wool is in
the production of carpets." We need
not remind you thai Philadelphia is
tbo contra of this branch ot manufac
tures, and that one of her carpet mills
employs three thousand hands.
Tbo Main Centennial Building, the
grandest and most appropriate struc
ture for tbo holding of the proposed
exhibition, has been engaged for the
purpose, and sufficient funds lor the
payment of all expenses, including a
liberal and attractive list of premiums,
have bocn secured.
Again asking for this important
work of our Society the influence and
co-operation of your Department, we
are, Very llcspoctfully.
Your Obedient Servants,
W. S. IIissill, President, .
J NO. M c Dow ell, V ice Presi den t,
A. t. Kinedt, Vice Prosident, '
D. W. Stii.ER, Ree, Secrolary,
Elbridoi MoCoNKir, Cor. See.
Com. ot Pa. State Agricultural Society.
Hon. W. (J. Li Duo,
Commissioner of Agriculture,
WAsBiNnrriN, D. C,
Department or Aoricx-i.u'ri, ' )
Washington. D. C . Feb. SO. 1880. f
To the Committee of Pentuylvmia Hlate
AfjTxeMiturni oociiiy t
0 rntlemen r 1 acknowledge the re-
ceiptoiyoarootnmonicationof the 11th
inst., advising mo of the Intontion of
your Hooiety to bold an International
Exhibition of Rheen and Wool, in the
Main Centennial Muilding, Phitadcl
phis, in September noxt, .
l do not nositate to exprwu my
nearty approval ol the enterprise, and
to promiae whatever Influence and co.
CLEARFIELD,
operation it may be in my power, in
dividually and through this Depart
ment, to afford.
I recognixe fully tho vast import
ance of Sheep Husbandry, in its con
nection with agrioulturo and the great
industrial interests ol the country, and
lean roadily conceive of tho advan
tages which must result from such a
competitive exhibition as yourSocio
ty contemplates, ot animals and fleeced
and methods of management in the
production of wool, which distinguish
iho industry in tbo different conntries
ol the world.
Our widespread country, in the pos
session of natural advantages to an al
most unlimited extent, is eminently
adapted to the increase of this branch
of industry far beyond our own needs
lor domestic consumption, and in view
of tho wealth of tho Nation it is en
titled to every encouragement which
the Government can legitimately bo
stow upon it.
I am, Very Respectfully,
Your Obediont Servant.
Wu. G. Le Duo,
Commissioner ot Agriculture.
A mix
To aotborieeBad direet the CommlBiionarof Ag.
rioaltureto attead, in penon or by depaty, the
International bbeep and Wool Show, to be held
in the Centennial Bulldlage Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, la September, Anno Domini etgh.
teen buodrod aad eighty, aad to make a lull
and complete report ot Ike eatne, and for other
pnrpoiei.
lie it tnacted by the Senate, and'llousc
of Representatives of the United Slate
of America in Congress assembled, That
tho Commissioner oi Agriculture bo
and he is hereby authorized and di
rected to attend in porson or by depu
ty tho International Sheep and Wool
Show, to be held in the Centennial
Buildings, Fairmount J'ark, Philadel
phia, in September, Anno Domini eigh
teen hundred and eighty, and to make
a lull and complete report of the sume.
Sec. i. All sheep and wool which
shall bo imported for tbe sole purpose
of exhibition at tho international show
hereinbefore mentioned, shall bo ad
mitted without tho payment of duty,
or customs fees or charges, under such
regulations as tho Secretary of tho
Treasury may prescribe : I'rovided,
That ail sheep and wool which shall be
sold in the United Slates, or with
drawn for consumption therein at any
timo after such importation, shall be
subject to tho duties, if any, imposed
on like import by tho revenuo laws
in force at the date of importation:
And provided further, That incase any
sheep or wool, imported under the pro
visions of this act, shall bo withdrawn
for consumption, or shall be sold with
out payment of the duty required by
law, all tho penalties proscribed by tbe
revenuo laws shall bo applied and en
forced against such imports and against
the perrwn who may lie guilty ol such
withdrawn! or sale.
Approved : R. II. Haves.
President.
Washington, April, 1st, 1880,
ROR 1XGKRS0LL S LOGIC. ,
It is, perhaps, merely a question of
taste as to Ingersoll's flippancy and
vulgarity, although an infidel might be
no less conscientious if he had eome
renpect for tbo beliefs which have en
nobled tbe lives and sweetened the
deaths of thousands of millions of Chris
tians through sixty generations, ilut
a more serious fault than the lack of
decency in manner is tbe lack of judg
ment and capacity which marks bis
treatment of this gravo subjoct. It is
not the fault ot Christianity, but the
fault of a curious distemper in Mr. In
gersoll's mind, that In Christianity, in
the religion inspired by God, he sees
only the errors and imperfections of
man. Of his own absolute infallibility
and personal perfection Mr. lngersoll
does not seem to have any doubt ; it
has not entered into his mind to study
himself and to inquire whether he was
wholly free from the (units and errors
ol which ho proposes to convict his
neighbors. Such vanity is not uncom
mon, and though in bis caso it is pushed
to a ludicrous extent, it is quite harm
less. But something which is not
harmless, which is worse than his van
ity, bis flippancy, his vulgarity, and
even bis scurrility in mocking at all
tho world's beat minds hold sacred, ia
his utter unfitnoss, bit mental limita
tion and incapacity in treating tho
question hi hus chosen.
Because Christians, in direct and
tilful disobedience ol tbe teachings of
Lhririlianity, nave persecuted eacb
other ; because sectarians, through
strained construclionsof tbe lliblo.bave
supported narrow and harsh opinions,
Mr. lngersoll would abolish Christi
anity and repudiate the Bible. This is
neither logic nor sense. In the grand
history of that religious belief which
has done so much to curb tho fierce
passions of our nature, subiuirate tbe
barbarism of tbo European races, to
raise tbo world from tbo darkness of
savagery, from the way of cruelty and
rapine and lust to the pure light of
civilization, to tne rule ol gentleness
ana justice and chanty, .Mr. lngersoll
can see nothing but a St Bartholomew
massacre bore and a Puritan blue law
tbere. Picking these out, be holds them
up to cxocratlon, and triumphantly
demands, "Is tbie your boasted Chris
tianity?" Reallv. this is too siunid.
Give Mr. Ingoraoll a bargo load of
wkcat, bo would diligently search in
it for a handful of chaff, and having
found it, would scuttle tho bargo and
sink the whoat as a worthless moclrory.
Givo him tbo Little Pittsburgh mine,
be would essay tho quarta and granite
and forthwith order tho mine to be
shut up.' Yet wheat is good wheat
though there be a handful ol chaff in
a bushel of it,and the Little Pittsburgh
mine pays its owners thousands of dol
lars a day in pure silver ; and tbe stu
pidity which would see only chaff in a
cargo of wheat, anil only tho wasto
and refuse in a rich gold mino, Is not
more dense than the stupidity which
sees only the dross of human error and
weakness amid the pure gold, and
boundless wealth of the Christian re
ligion. To hold such argument needs only
a little wit and a great deal of malice.
It does not demand either learning, or
decency, or honesty j on tbe contrary,
it does better without them. A little
honesty would teach Mr. lngersoll that
in weighing a religious system in tbe
balance its merits must be taken ac
count of aa well a Its faults, and a
little learning would have taught him
that by far the greater part of all tbe
woria nas today which is worth Hav
ing b dne directly and solely te Chris
tiaohy : while a little decency would
have taught him that hit rejection of
a creexl which He neither appreciates
nor understands, would teem no leas
honest if it wert tree from the sourvy
est Ot the clown and lhaapeoioae elan.
trap , of the demagogue. . .own
franr Mmoerat.
"Nl Algernon, dear, 1 nay that the
hoy shall not- be brought Bp on the
bottle. Look at it's grandpa's nose I"
Hil REPUBLICAN.
'
PRINCIPLES, Nc5t MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1880.
a4
THE GREEK RRlGAXDS.
THK Ol'TLAWB WHO IIOLB AN RNIII.ISU
orricia and his wipe.
Some throe woeks ago a brief cable
dispatch announced that Col, Synge,
ol tha British army, togwther with his
wile, bad been canluredjiy tireek bri
gands near Salonica aw was held for
a heavy ransom. NoAdotails of tho
capture were given. A few days ago
a .London paper printed a dispatch
from Constantinople tuying that tbe
brigands bad sunt a lot tar domanding
873,000 ransom for their captives, and
threatening that if tbit amount was
not given them within ten days they
would send Col. Syngo't head to Sa
lonica. Three days later news was
sent to London that the British Con
sul, at Salonica had ro, irod a letter
from Col. Syngo saying tbat ho and
his wife wore kindly treated and that
the brigand chief was absent, necessi
tating tbe interruption ol negotiations
for their release.
Greece hits not unreasonably been
styled the cradle ot brigaadago. From
timo immemorial that land has wit
nessed some of tbe boldest captures in
the history of outlawry. From time to
time the civilized world is startled by
tbo intelligence that some travelor has
been seized by a band of Greek bri
gands and murdered if the ransom de
manded for bis life has not been
promptly paid. It is natural that grout
anxiety should be felt in regard to Col.
Synge and bis wife, particularly by all
persons who aro acquainted with the
history of Greek brigandage.
Greek brigands mostly livo in small
bunds in tbe fastnesses of the numer
ous mountains by which tho country
is broken. In daytime they hardly
stir from their biding places, which
aro grottoes and rocky places. When ,
night comes tbey move to a spot tar
away so distant that the police would
never think of being on tbo lookout
for them and commit tlioir depreda
tions. As an illustration of tho rapidi
ty with which they move, tho band of
the Aryan tak is brothers, ooming from
Turkey, had passed tbe Greek frontier
in the vicinity of Lamia, on January
18, 1870. The Ministerofthe Interior,
Mr. I .aim is, being inlbrmed by tele
graph cf th fact, immediately gave
orders calculated to lead to tho arrest
ol tbo band, or, at all events, to driving
them beyond tho frontier. But noth
ing could check their advance. Such
was tho rapidity, of their moyemeata
that tho Greek military and police
force dispatched against them did not
catch sight of them, although their
presence in the vicinity was daily sig
naled to them by tbo officers of tbe
Government. On one occasion, how
evor, the brigands were surprised, and
a conflict ensued in which -they lost
seven men. Three of tho brigands
woro takon prisonor and cairicd to
Atbons, where they were summarily
sentenced and put to death. The oth
ers of the band, only nine, in number,
succeeded in reaching the mountains
that separate Attica anil Bieotia from
tho province of Ilacgaridcs, whonco
for several years they plundered the
country, murdering some hundred peo
ple, and evor banting tbe most active
researches of the Grook troops.
un the ere ol the day on which lour
Enelieh travelers were captured and
murdered in the vicinity of Marathon,
the so-called band of Oropos were at
una, tne ancient loyina, a nine west
of tbo route that, passing by Elcusis,
runs hctwoen Athens and Thebes. In
tbe conrso of a single night they had
walked sixty-four kilomotros over steep
mountains, and bad baited in good
season by a bridge over which the
travelers bad to past, The whole
Greek army was in punuitof them af
ter tbo crime, but in vain, although
they were still on tho same mountains
whence they bad descended to commit
tbo murderous assault.
The auocess of the Greek brigands
would be inexplicable to any one who
should liken Greece lo any other
mountaiu region of the civilized world.
On tbe mountains ot Greece there are
no roads and no houses. Only eagles,
vultures, brigands, and Greek shep
herds can live and move about on their
sleep sides. Hence tho chief difficulty
with which the Groek Government
baa to contend. Fear and ambition
also contribute to render tho under
taking more diflicnlt. Entire villages
frequently aide with these outlaws for
the sake ol self preservation. The bri
gands are, indeed, in many instances,
the real masters- of the villages. A
single fact is recorded as an exception
to this rulo, which is highly to the
honor of Ihe -Mayor of Delos. Some
ten years ago be and his three sons
put three chief brigands to death in
their bongo. It was on the lete ol Ht,
George, Greece's patron saint, The
brigands thought that they were the
masters Dolus, and they decided to cel
ebrate tbo festivity in the very bouse
ot the Mayor. At night, while they
were the proy of bestial intoxication,
thoy wero taken and shot by their
boats, and the country was relieved ot
the dread which their presence had
caused. The Mayor and one of his
sods, however, paid later on with
their lives for the good they had dnno
thoir country. Tho remnants of the
band avenged the act by capturing fa
ther and son, rutting them to pieces,
and exposing their dismembered bodies
on tbe main square of the city.
Another ot the reasons why bri
gandage has not, so fur, been extirpa
ted from tr recce is that politicians, out
of the ambition to secure office, use the
brigands to intimidate their opponent.
When the lormer are elected tbe im
munity of their brigand aids naturally
follows. Prime Ministers and Ambas
sadors, as history proves, have on sev
eral occasions secured the services ol
brigands. Turkey being particularly
notorious for creating in this way em
barrassments to the Greek Govern
ment. The mniorily of these brigands have
been, at some period of their lives,
shepherds. In no country is thore
ruch a type of a shepherd at In Greece.
They live a nomadic life, and have lit
tle in common with ci'ilizod beings.
Ostensibly living very simply, they
aro devoured by such a thirst for
money as has no parallel. It It fair
to nay, however, that the greatest
number of them are not Greek. They
aro generally considered as Albanians,
and are distinguished by the name of
Vlackopimenes, or V racks. They are
mostly men of family, their women
and children living in Thcssalia and
Kpinis. Thoir destruction it next to
impossible, until an nnderstnnding
shall have been reached between Greece
and Turkey, by which the two cations
shall earnestly co operate to the pur
pose, the existing frontier affording too
many facilities to these dreaded out
law! lo escape the persecution of either
nation." To tbie frame of constantly
moving from Turkey to Greece and
from Cireoee to Turkey, the celebrated
bands of Hpsnos and Meghiraa owed
their Innr immunity. The new limit
ation of frontiers, according to tho trea
ty of Berlin, for which Grooco is gal
lantly struggling, would perhnps im
prove the public security ; but, more
tban all, the country would be benefit
ted by an oxtenBivo development of
its puuuo worxs. mo finances oi tne
Stato, bowover, leavo littlo room for
hopo that such roads as would lucili.
tate the chase and capture of the bri
gands by tbe troops will bo open for
many yeurs to come. Xeir York Sun.
COMMOX ,SA YJXGS. AXD 1170
FIRST SAW TII EM.
Muny ol our common sayings, so
trilo and pithy, ure without tho least
idea from whoso mouth or pen they
first originated. Probably the works
of Shakespeare furnishes us with more
ot these familiar maxims tban any
other writor, for to him wo owe, "All is
not gold that glitters," "Make a virtuo
ol necessity," "Screw your courago to
tbe sticking place" (not point,) "They
laugh that win." "This is tho long and
short ol it," "CompurisonB aro odious,"
"As merry as the day is long," "A
Daniel como to judginout," "Frailty,
thy name is woman," and a host of
others.
Washington Irving gives us "Tho
Almighty Dollar." Thomas Morton
queried long ago "What will Mrs.
Grundy say," while Goldsmith an
swers, "Ask mo no questions and I'll
tell you no libs. Charles U. J'inckncy
gives "Millions fordef'enso, but not one
cent for tribute." "First in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts of his
fellow-citir.eiis,"(nnt countrymen), ap
peared in tho resolutions presented to
the House, of Representatives iu De
cember, 1700. prepared by Genoral
Henry J,ec.
F'rom tho same wo cull, "Muko as-
suriuico doubly sure," "Christmas
comes but once n year," "Count their
chickens ore tboy are batched," and
"Jiook before you leap.
Thomas Tasser, a writer of tbo six
teenth century, gives 'js "It's an ill
wind that turns no good," "Better late
tban never," "Look ere thou leap," and
"Tbe stone that is rolling can gather no
moss.'k "All cry and no wcel" is found
in Butler's "HudihruH."
Dryden says: "None but tho brave
deserve the fair," "Men aro but chil
dren of a larger giowtb,"and "Through
thick and thin." "No pent-up t'tica
contracts our power," declared Jona
than Sowell.
"When Greeks join Greeks then
comes the tug of war," Nathaniel Leo,
lliUl
"Of two evils I have ehoseu the
least," and "The end must .justify tho
means," are Irom Matthew Pryor.
We aro indebtod to Collcy Cibbor for
tbo agreeablo intelligence that "Rich
ard ia himself again." Johnson tells
us of "A good hater," and Mackintosh,
in 1791, tho phrase often attributed to
John Randolph. "Wise and masterly
inactivity."
"Variety's tbo very spice of lile,"
and "iot much the worse fur wear,"
('owper. "Man proposes, but God
disposes," Thomas Kempis.
Christopher Marrow guvo forth to
the invitation so often repeated by his
brotbeis in a less public way, "Lovo
mo little and lovo me long." Edward
Coke was of tboopinion that "A man's
house is his castle." To Milton we
owe "The Paradise of FooIb," "A wil
dornoss of sweets," and "Moping niel
ancholly and moonstruck sadness."
Edward Young telle ut that "Death
lovcsoBhining mark," "A fool at forty
is a fool indeed," but, alas for his
knowlcdgo ol human nature when he
tells as "Man wants hut little, nor that
littlo long."
From Bacon comes ' Knowledge is
power," and Thomas Soutberno re
minds us that "Pity's ukin to lovo "
Dean-Swift thought that "Bread was
the stuff of life." Campbell futiudthat
"Cuming events cast their shadows
bcloro, and " 1 is distance londs en
chantment lo the view." "A thing of
boauly is a joy forovor," is from Keats.
rranklin said, "God helps them who
help themselves," and Lawrence
Sterne comforts ub with the thought,
"God tempers the wind to tho shorn
lambs."
Even some of the "slang" phrases of
tho (lay have a legitimate origin.
"Pulling your foot iu it," is certainly
not a very clognnt mode of expression
but, according to tho Asiatic researches,
it js quite a fine point of law ; when
tho title of land is riisnatod in
llindooslun, two holes are dug in the
ground and used to incase a iimb of
each lawyor (?) and the ono who tired
llrst lost bis chotit s case, rancy il
you can somo ot onr turnout "limbs
ot the law pleading in such a manner I
It is generally the client who "puts
bis foot in it."
When things are in disorder thoy
aro said to be turned "topsy-turvy ;
this expression in derived from tbe way
in which turf used for fuel is placed to
dry, the turl being turned downward ;
and the expression then means topside
turtway.
Plutarch, in hit life of Argesileus,
King ot Sparta, give us tbo origin ot
a quaint, and familar expression.
On a certain occasion an ambassa
dor from Epirus, on a diplomatic
mission, was shown by the King over
his capital. 1 he Ambassador know ol
the M onarch's fume knew that though
only nominally King of Sparta, ha was
yet ruler of Greece and he bad looked
to see massive walls rearing aloft their
embattled towers lor the deienso of the
town ; but he found nothing of tho
kind. He marveled much at this, and
spoke ol it to tho King.
'Hire, be said, 1 have visited most ol
tbe principal towns, and I find no
alls reared tor detonse. How is this f
"Indeed, Mir Ambassador," replied
A rgcsileus, "thou canst not have looked
carefully. Come with me to morrow
morning and I will show the walls ol
Sparta."
Accordingly, on tae loiiowtng morn
ing, the King led bit guest ont npon
the plains where hit army was drawn
up in full battle array, and, pointing
proudly to tbe scried host, he said :
There, thou beboldest the wall ot
Sparta ten thousand men and every
man a brick !
Yotm Glov. An exohange says:
"The Reading kid glove leather estab
lishment used last week two hundred
and fifty dnzon of eggs iu the soften
ing ol leather. Only tbo yelks of the
eggs are used, the white or albuminous
portion being valolest for the dressing
of leather, but at it baa a market value
lor other purposes it is carefully pre
erred and shipped to Philadelphia in
tin cans, where it is used in the baking
of maccaroni cakea and in the prepa
ration ol albumen paper Tor. photo
grapbio purposes. By the use of tho
yelk of -rgga the leather is rendered
exceedingly toft and plitblo."
. No chiropodist feels aggrieved when
the band plays, "See the corn -curing
hero comet "
CA IAFORXU DR1 VERS.
Tbo California ranchmen huvo won
derful antitudo tor driving and one
sous some pretty good examples among
tbe bills, J ho road down tne moun
tain sides is entirely unguarded upon
tho outer edge, and the descent in
most pluco is precipitons. A balky
horse or a fractured wheel, or a slight
carelessness in bundling tbe reins,
might easily send a carriage-load of peo
ple to destruction an uwlul destruc
tion too. iho path is wide enough tor
one pair of wheels only,butat intervals,
in favorable places, it broadons so that
loams may pass each other. . To drive
in tuch a manner as not to meet
another travelurmid way between theso
places is a special branch of tbe art.
Tho hii go lumber teams which carry
wood from tho mills in the mountains
to the yards In the valleys, boing un
wieldy and very heavy, aro especially
hard to manage Yet the drivers
always jeom easy and nonchalant.
First there is a largo four-whoolcd
oaken truck with a seat in front ton
feot above tbe ground ; behind it is
another truck, Bomowhat shortor hut
still enormously stout. They are fast
ened together and loaded with from
ten to fillecn tons of freshly-sawn
lumber boards and joists. This mass
is drawn by six or eight mules or
horses, guided by reins and u prodi
giously long whip. Tho first wagon has
a powerful brake, workod by a long
iron lever by tho driver upon his Beat.
Tbo drivor is a man ot nerve and
courage. His skill must be of tbe
highest order. U will not do foi him
to tuko fright even if in imminent
danger, and ho must know Loa hair's
breadth whero ho can go and where
he cannot. Towering up lur above
tho road, overlooking tho most stu
pendous depths, nud guiding with a
few slender lines a tremendous force,
bo must needs be an adept, and a tiro
less one. But a beholder ignorant of
tbo danger that surrounds bun would
tay that his work was simple, and that
ho managed matters with cuse. True,
he seems to. With his broad-brimmed
hat shading bis sun burnt face, his
sinewy hands holding the reins with
carelessness, bis legs outstretched, with
one loot feeling the all important
brake, he jogs onward with life monster
charge without trouble or concorn ;
the bells upon tbe horses' breast jingle
a little tune ; the great wheels crush
tho stones in the path ; iho load creaks
liko a ship's hull in a sudden gust ;
wild birds sweep down into hazy,
sunny depths below ; yet the driver
seems to take no heed. But let a
"scare" tuko place ; lot a herd ot runa
way cattle appear at a bend and set
the horses wild and then see what
will happen. Tho duy-dreamcr will
become a giant of strength ; ho is tip
in a flash ; ho shortens his hold on tho
reint, and fueling his wagon start up
beneath bim, places a foot of iron on
tho brake. The horse snort and roar
and surge ; tho harness rattles, the
dust ariseB, the load shrieks again,
and the huge wheels turn fatally faster.
An instant may hurl the wagon down
into tho valley with its struggling
train-amad rush to tho otborside of the
way may end all in one horrible plunge.
Musclo, eye, brain and skill are then
brought to worksosplendidly together
thattho peril isavortcd, and the looker
on, who knows not the way of the
land, regards tho teamster with pro
found respoct thorealler. San Iran
eisco Argil.
LITTLE SOXS OF Rid MEX:
Mr. John M. Morton is a ton of the
lato Senator Morton, of Indiana, but
unlike his lather ho ia a peripatetic
sort of a statesman and can't tuke very
good care of himself. Something had
to be done for him becanso ho is the
son of his father, and as nothing better
seemed to tit him, or he seemed to lit
nothing else at the time, he was made
Connsul Gencrul at Honolulu, it was
a poor offico in a poor place and
Morton wants something bettor and
nearer home, but isn't particular as tn
locality, l'rosident Hayes concluded
to put bint on tbe California people as
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
San Francisco district, and nominated
him for the place, but tbo Senators and
Representatives of tbe Golden State
firotcated against a carpet-bag t'ol
ector when they bad plenty and to
spare of ambitious California Republi
cans wailing lor tho place. The result
is that the Scnsto has"Tejected Mr.
Morton, for the very good reason that
nobody in California wants him as a
Federal oflicor. - Mr. Voorhect, tho
Democratic successor of Mr. Morton in
tho Seuato, carried what is known as
"tho courtesy of the Senato" to tho ex
tent ol giving an earnest support to
tbe confirmation of the son of hit late
antagonist, hut the Republican and
Demoeratio Senators from California
very proporly united in opposing it,
and the Senate rejected him.
It ia one ot tho growing evils of our
political system thatpemons are crowd
ed into official positions boranso they
are the sons, brothers oi other ro
tative oi distinguished mon. It has
boon painfully illustrated evon in the
Army, in the case of tiie son of Gen.
Grant, who was thrust forward over
scoresof officers with gallant recoids in
tho field, and it is a running sore of
rottenness in all parties at Washing
toil.) Senator Morton's ton is entitled
to no more favor from an administra
tion tban any other man ; and when it
is confessed that be can command no
favors from the people who adored and
followed his father, there can bo no
excuse for foisting him apon tho peo
ple of California. When young men
with the exceptional opportunities af
forded to the sons of leadort, aro so
worthless that theycan'tpromntelhcin
selves in a legitimate manner, it is
reasonable tn assume that they are'
without tho ability or character neces
sary to succeed, and they should not
he pensioned in small offices to the ex
clusion of more deserving people. So
far Irom being a roeommcndalion fur
any one that be it the son ot a man
like Senator Morton, the fact that with
all hit fortuitous advantage he it una
ble lo provide for bimsell, should for
bid hit appointment to public trust.
The action of the Senate in rejecting
Mr. Morton will be very heartily ap
proved by the Country. Baltimore
Gazette.
A fellow stopped at a hotel in ead
ville and the landlord charged bim
seven dollars a day for live days.
"Didn't you make a mistake f "No,"
said the landlord. "Ye yon did ; yon
thought you got all the money 1 bad,
but you are mistaken. 1 have a whole
purse lull in another pocket,"
Old Mrs. Skittle worth don't know
why people will make - conterfeit
money. She says she "tried to pass a
bid half dollar a dozen times the other
day, but nobody Would have il," and
she think It a waste of time to make
each si of)
TEEMS $2 per umnm in Adv&noe.
NEW SERIES-VOL 21, NO. 16.
SCR.M'S OF HISTORY.
ni. .. . r. , .-. i'ng their Superintendent, Mr. Craig.
1 ho oditor of tho Delaware Qa:ettc, bcilllt l0 eM.,bli8h an "Kducalional Col
who it "loyal to the core," goot at it mn" i on6 or more ol thoir county
in this way :
mm nny ;
"When the Riot Bill was before tho
Pennsylvania Legislature, it was ul -
most at the risk of a man's life to ex-
cress an oninion ue-ninBt its nassmre.
To condemn it as unjust and inuiui.
tous.was to iiuperiionu'siolilieulfiuu.
To enfort e your honent opinions in this
direction, by square logic, and to hint
at even tbe possibility ol ti-aud and
corruption in connection wiin me Mill,
led to downright dcnunciatiop, and
threats of wooding one out ot tbo party,
for daring to assert, in plain words, his
honest convictions, lime rolled on,
and tho Rill was defeated. Tho four
million damages, claimed by tbo friends
or the odious measure, and which wore
to eome diroetly out ot tho porte-moa,
naios of primary tax payers ; this very
bill was adjusted on the basis of one
million and a Italf I
"Timo rolled on, and five prominent
men were arrested for bribery and cor
ruption in relation to this very bill.
the- wore tried by an honest jury and
convicted ; and they only escaped pun
ishment by dishonorable and cowardly
flight. Theso criminal outlaw,, who
are now hiding in fence corners, or
Hoeing from their native land, demor
alized and ruined in character, lorovor
havo tboir duplicates in every county
in tho Commonwealth. They strut
around the circumscribed limits of their
pretty political plantations, with the
audacity of slave drivers, and murder
honest opinion whenever it dares to
lift its bead. When a good man, act
uated by pure motives, dares torcmedy
these tearliil wrongs, these Political
dastards assassinate his well-earned
cuuracicr, who mo stiiietto oi sianaer,
and the dagger of calumny. These
worthies (and their namo is Legion)
aro now receiving their deliberately
earned deserts, is the candid opinion of
ovorv honest man in Pennsylvania.
Thcliopublican party will novcr health
fully thrive until these men are all
woedod out of it ranks, and the man ;
who argues that this party, or any
other party, must occasionally sacrifice
integrity lor expediency, is an enemy
to his own political organization, and
a foe to good government. Thore is a
weighty moral iu tho conviction of
theso bribers that some men in this
country would do well to study."
A SERMOx'tZ GIRLS OX
COOEIXG.
Cooking clas.es havo been popular ;,
amrng fashionable young ladies of
late years. Hut there is no cooking
class which quite equals in its oppor
tunity for excellent information, that
which you may find at home. Pre
suming that I am talking lo a girl who
has just left school1, 1 advise yea to
mako use of your leisure in taking
lessons of your mother. There is an
absolutely tplondid feeling of indepen
dence in knowing bow to makepefectly
light, sweet, substantial bread. Then
try your hand at biscuits, muffins, corn
bread, toast, and all the different tbrms
into which breadstutls may be blended.
Toast teems a simple thing enough,
but il is troqiicntly 30 poorly made
that it docs not deserve the name.
Toast, a necessity of the sick room, it
often a hopeless mastery to women
who have the vaguest idea ol how it
It evolved from the raw material.
Altor you have mastered the bread
question, try meats and vegetables.
Any bright girl who can comprehend
an equation, or formulato a syllogism,
lean overcoino tbe difficulties which
besot her when learning to cook.
Lucent syrups, golden cake, delicately
browned bread, quivering jellies, molt
ing creams, tnd the whole set of ma
terial thing glorified, bocanso made
tor love's sake and for the good of
one's dear ones aro fit expressions for
any woman. Tho charm ol this ac
complishment lie in tho fact, that it
imparts to it owner a gratifying sense
ofpowor; it bestows on her, too, the
power of bleating and resting those
she loves best. Wherever the cook
goes she take her welcome along.
Ono may tire of the sweetest singing,
of tbe fovolicst poetry, of the finest
painting, but of good cooking, novor.
But 1 would be sorry to have you con
tented to be only a cook, only a do
mestic machine. That is not my mean
ing or intention. Bo an artist, poet, in
ventor and well-bred woman ; bo the
most and the best that you can, and
add, as a matter of course, ability to
keca house well, and do all that good
house keeping includes. f
A Prinorlt Proposal. The wooing
ot the Princes Stephanie is described
by a Drussels correspondent as having
been very practical. At an entertain
ment at the palace, Rudolph and the
Princess found themselves for a mo
ment alone. The Prlnoe, seizing the
opportunity.and preserving the courtly
style which is nowhere more rigorous
tban at Vienna, said : "Madame, will
you have mo for your husband 7" The
reply was simplicity itnelf, "Ye Mon
seigneur." : "Your Highness' answer
makes mo very happy," rejoiced the
l'nueo ; and alio addud,"And I promise
you that under all circumstances 1 will
do my duty." This was all, and they
wont ont together to rejoin the royal
family, whin Prince Rudolph said to
the King, "Sise, with your Majesty's
permission I have aoked lbs Princess
Stephanie to accept me as her husband.
I have' the pleasure to annoanrs to
your Majesty that tny proposal has
boon accepted.' "1 urn happy, ilou
seighenr, to leceiv yon aa my on-in-law,"answcrod
tho King. Tbo l'rinccss'
political education ha been wholly
oondurtod by ber father, and, epeaking
of her lately to a high personage, His
Majesty, remarked ; . "1 have luugliL
tho Princess that the first sentiment
which onght to Inspire one when one
i called upon lo reign is respect jur
the w ill ot tbe nation."
A school teacher said to an unruly
boy1 pupil tho other day.- "John, yon
should k now better ; how old aro yon V
Thirteen, fifteen or rourteon, iir.'
Then tbe pedagogue wa mad all
over, and he replied : "I'm glad I oan
solve yon." And ho did: he only
moved the boy twice, and tbe solution
was reached, nut the lad wa sore.
A man, noted for the non-payment
of his bills, remarking that he "sprang
from alotbor r.arlh, a bystander said,
"If that is so, yon are a disgrace to
yor mnwrlal ancestor, "llow o r
inquired the Impecunious man. "Be
cause he always trttlci in the Spring,
and you nover settle, wa the reply.
Sir Isaao Newton's nephew, who
was a clergyman, always related
mart-iage fee, aaying with ranch pleas
antry : "Go your way, poor children ;
1 bave done you mischiel enoogb
already, without taking your money;
A grate humbug
is horseradish.
-turnip disguised
EDUCATIONAL.
" by m. l. Mcijuowii."
A Chester county school diatrict
elected throu women School Director
at the Spring cleft ion.
K. Ci. Hayes, assisted by Mind Sadie
Morgan, opened a (elect school in Lu
thersburg on Monday last .
W. S. Port, I.awronoe townaUip'i
Toioran tcacnor, will remove to me
State or Kansas noon, where he owni
a valuable properly. . ,
Through the courtesy of the editor,
the Clearfield Republican ia now a
welcome visitor to the public Reading
I) 1 . L. - I U IJ ' U .
uuui in iiuv iMji'a. uHTFa ntai normal'
School,
I The teachers of Indianu county
! passed a resolution recently, demand.
' PairCI'l
i 1 1
j All the schools of Brady township
'closed with public literary exorcises, al
i whieh iKa eitiAna nf iba mu.mI die.-
irli-ts were present, l-'mro reports, all
iif these enlorlainiuenlt must hare
fjeeu excellent.
We mi' indeed glad to note the ra
pidity of tho growth of educational
sentiment in Clearfield county, and
hopo tho sueocs of the past Winter's'
term may ho the finger board that
shall guide ut to greater achievements
ilia i-viiit.ik; Jvnr.
c have received from Jus. McCuno,
formerly of New Washington, this
county, but now of the University
Normal Schoji of Virginia, a very in.
toresting circular, pertaining to the
training of teacher in tho . State ol
irginia. Than!
We have in contemplation a course
of study for tbe ungraded schools of the
county, and hope to have it ready tor
the endorsement ot Directors again the
Fall examinations, so that it can go
into operation tho coming Winter. Our
instruction as it now it seems to be too
much scattered. We must have tome
thing more definite and poiatod.
After a lively discussion on the sub
ject of "General Information," at the
Altoona Teachers Institute, it was :
.ln..:.l.l : 1.1 i. .jj.j .
oranen on lue leacners certitioate. '
Tbit question was brought lo the front
by the writor, and ha sine been dis
cussed by the teachers of Cameron,
Elk, Blair and Centre comities, and
Alloonu City.
In the Graduating Class at Lock
II av en Normal School tho oomlngSum
mcr, Clearfield will havo throe rcpre.
sentatives, viz : W. C. Pent, of Brady,
A. J). WirU, of I'ike, and W. A. Am-
brose, ot Osceola High school. They
are all No. 1 young men, and should they
return to our county to teach aftor
i graduation, wo know our school work
'will bo greatly strengthened thereby,
-
The result of dispensing with the
Central County Normal School is prom
inently shown in the numerous in
stitntions of learning that have
sprung up since il was abandoned.
There are six select and Normal schools
lion tho coroi simmer. Three years
ago none of these were In existence,
tho Central Normal absorbed them
all ; but now it bos been decreed other
wise, and we believe il ia for the
better.
Prof. (ieo. Marsdcn, formerly Princi-
pal of tho High School at Penfield, had
no difficulty with tbe School Board ol
Johnstown, as was reported. 11 o bar
ing resigned bis position, be lose noth
ing. By a letter received we learn
thai ho will take charge ol a large
Normal School in Johnstown abont tbe
middle of May. His classes will he
composed largely of teacher whom he
taught during the past year, and who
will testily to hi ability as an In-
strnctor.
Tho following correspondence will
explain itscll :
OLtaarmui, Pa., April It, IIM.
flea. J. P. tfiiWelaa. .- I
The Secretaries of tbe aeteral School Boarda
of tide eoaaty ape fettiag aaaiaoe aboat the
and wbioh are aappliod by the Dcpertmeat. I
write, lucmoiv, m eauenein m. auva mra, ,-
perl may be eipeotod by ear Ilieeeters.- May we
expert oar qoota ol pnblie doenmeou ooon '
l sry irniy; m. u aiciiiuwn.
Ur.FABTHBBf OW Pl'BI.lC IlBTBOff I0B, I
HiBBiinrno, Pa, April 13, Isle. )
D Sir t
Blank reports aad eertilcetee will be availed ..
te the varioua Beeretariee tbie month ; alio, yeur
boa iff deeameats will be shipped thie meat. Il '
will enetala report,, leal aad blaaia.
Trolv,
W.U, A. I.IND8EY,
Depat; Sap't ef Pabtle InatractioB.
We mention tho following closing ,
exercises as among tho most gratify
ing of any wo have yet heBrd of:' '
hit. J. Ii. l.ightnor, teacher ot J'cnn
villo school, among other things, says : (
Tho school closed with a two-duys
examination, literary exercises) and
a juvenile Art Exposition, consisting of
rawings and paintings executed py .
tbo pupils, and which were much ad-
nircd by tbo spectators, intueeren-'
n if u public, exhibition, consisting of
Jrunius, dialogues and declamations,
etc., was givon to a crowded houso." '
fc). P. Fisher, teacher ot out iiea
school in Knrthaus twp, closed with 1
un evening ontortainuwnt, which i
spoken of in tho highest terms. The
pupils are said to have done exceed--ingly
well, and tho teacher tonght the '
opportunity as an available ono to im
press upon the minds of patrons their
duty ami relation 10 too puoiie aenoui.
Public sentimont is elevated and great
good is, accomplished with these clos-
ng rxerctses properly conuuciea.
' pupils' roll or honor
Tbe following is tho Roll of Honor
fur the week ending April lfllh
Johnson school, iu Greenwood town
ship Prances Johnson. -
. ttl.;ib ..hnnl In llMitfAwt tiwnahitl
Ashley McDowell, Emma llambar-
gcr.1
Karthaus school, in Ksrthaoa town-
ship Bertha Schnarrs, Harry Keiter.
, Palestine school, in Graham town
ship Mary Hamlin. ' ' '
Madera Independent r.-nooi r ma :
Whiteside.
(rreen Hun school, in Jordan town-
shin Hattie W illiam. - ' . .
i Patterson school, in Jordan town-.
ship ('. C. Lewis, John Lewis.
Wolf Ron school, In Jiawrsnce town.
hip Harry Irwin, - Freddie - Irwin,
Alioe Irwin, Holerj Irwin, Cyrus Hut
ion, Jame McCorkle. '
East Branch school, in Brady town-'
ship Jacob Haag. (This pupil has
niiunuvu nuuuui OTvrjr uay inr llirvcj .
oontinnous termaY
jivrrgrurn kcduoi, in I law tnwnsuip
Bertha MeCloekey.' r- "' c
' . .1 . , ! f I . 1 !
Oak Grove school, in Gullet town. ,
shin Annie Charlton.
I . Inn I nna II i nh UfhrJ Inkk HiJ
mey, Rogel Bnrke, Charlie Dolts, A. ;
Liekcnhoof.
Fairviow school, in Graham town
ship Albert Sraetl, Carrie Dais, Ida
Dale, Mary Dale.
,Coal Run school, in Decatur town-'
snip jiick iiony. ,
' Osceola Grammar school Cbarles
l. . m ' r : - aa
aauiliu, i arnw aijvrn.
, pnawsviiie scoooi, in uosoen town
ship Ida Morrow,.
Ocen school, in Woodward town
ship Maggie Richard.
n numore scnooi. in joroun vowar-
bip Christopher Strong, .John M.,
Smith.
West Gashes school, in Goshen town--"
ship-Wallace Shirey, Harvey FJegaL.
(Tit last named has attended every '
day of school but on for lour oon
tinuone term, of an; months each).