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Publlaher.
JJ W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY -A T-LAW,
Clearfleld, Pa.
J.
J. LIXGLE,
iTTOKUSI -AT - liA n,
1.18 Phlllpebure;, Centre Co., Pa. y:pd
ft
OLAND D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cutwenwllle, Cleartald Bounty, Pa
eel. l, 'Jll.
0
SCAU MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT IAW,
CLF.ABF1KLD, PA.
r-OITiee In Ibo Opara Houee. otlK, '78lf.
ft. It W. KAKKETT,
WtoRNEYB AND COUNSELORS AT LaW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
January 30, 1878.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT
Clearfleld, Pa.
grOSce la tha Court Houee.
LAW,
tJ,U7
Til. M. McCULLOUGIT,
ATTOUMtY AT LAW,
CLEARFISLD, PA.
Ofli.'e in Maconlc building, Peconil etreet, op
ponita the Court lloua. jeSft.'TH-tf.
C. AUNOLl),
' & COLLECTION OFFICE,
Ct;UWFPVIM-K,
Clearfleld Countjr, Penn'a. TSy
LAW
T. IIIIOCKBAXK,
I.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
)oo In Oprra IIonl. ap SS,77-ly
s
-iMITlT V. WILSON,
JMoruty-nl'Lntr, . j
CI.EABFIRLP, PKNNA.i
g4r0flira In tba MHnlo Building, orar tbr j
Ccuncy Nkllonal l'auk. iaar21 SO.
T1LLIAM A. UA&ERTY,
.1 TTO It. I 'F. 1 T-1 II ,
CI.EARFtKLD, PKNN'A
vrJaWIII attrnd to all laa1 bu.lor.1 wllb
irnmptnaa anil ftdalit.T. frh 1 1,'afl-tf.
WILLUB A. WALLACB. DATID L. BBBBa.
BAar a. wallacb. job w. wribit.
irAl.LAXT. A KREHS,
1 T (So-t.nr. to H allaoa A Plaldina;,!
ATTOUSKVS-AT-LAW,
janl'7T UearBeld, Pa.
J.
K. SXYDKR,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
CI.P.ARFIKLD, PA.
oiltea in Pla'i Opora Houaa.
Juna 38, '7Slf.
L. Mc'JKH,
DuBois, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
X"WIII atlaad promptly to all !! baaioaa
ntru.WiJ to bit aara. jaa2l, '80.
raoi. b. hubbat.
eraira einnnB.
jyURRAY k (iOIil)ON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARP1KLU, PA. '
jtar-OSoa la Pia'i Opara Uaara, atoond floor.
"iJO'Ta
loaara a. 'au.r. dahibl w. B'craor.
TJcENALLY A MrCURDY
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
I'learlleld. Pa.
p4T- Lafral baaiBaHi attandad to promptly with)
dlelity. OIRm on Saaond Itraat, abora tba Pint
National Bank. J,a:l:7f
G. K-tAMKIt,
: A T T O K N E Y - A T - 1- A W ,
Real Eitata and Oollaotlos Agtnl.
' CLEABMELn. PA.,
Will promptly atund ta all laga! kuilaaa aa
trotted to hie oara.
OrOOloa in Onin Hoapa. Janl 70.
J r. MoKENRICR,
DISTRICT ATTOatNBY,
CLEARFIRI.n, PA.
All lacl billiooH tntrudtrd to hi rare will ra
oalra prompt atlaation.
ffrOmca In tha Conrl Houaa.
eurM,l87My.
JOHN Ij. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
nl Real Ratato Aarent, ( IrarSrlit, pa.
Offloa on Third meat. bet.Cbarry t Walnnt,
dr Raepaetfally offarl hi, laraloeiln aelllng
nad buying land. In Clearfield and BUoiolB
OOflBliea t aud .III aoaavlaaeo at aaaa tweatv
y.ar aa B aarrayor, lattar, nlmtelf that ha aan
raader eatiefaauoa. , ireo. za:a.i:tl,
UysUians' (fnrils.
D
R. K. M. BCHEOnER,
I10MOIOPATHIO PUYS10IAN,
Oflloa In reiidenee on Firrt It
April 14, 1B7J. Clearleld, Pa.
TU. 7. A. JfEAN'8,-
PHYSICIAN t SURGEON,
U11B0I8 CITY, PA.
Will attend profaiitanal eallt promptly. aaglO'70
yt. T. J. IIOYER,
jl'IIYSICtAN AND SURG EDM,
' Ollloa ob Market Btreat, Claarleld. Pa.
rdr-tlBloa houn : I lo II a. m., and I to I p.
D
U. J. KAY W RIG LEV,
IIOMO'.PATHtO PHYSICIAN,
MT-Offlee adjoining the rretdenoe ef Jamee
Wri(lry, K.a,., ae .Sacoad St., Claarleld, Pa.
i july.1l,'7l If.
D
R. II. B. VAN VALZAII,
CLCARKIEI D, PBNM'A.
tiFFICB IN RKKlDRNOIl, CORNER OF FIRST
AND riNR BTRKRTS.
w pr- OHM hMre From II la t P. M.
f May 11, l7.
K J. T. DUROUKIELI),
Late Bargaoa ef the lad Reglmanl, PennayWnnln
Vvlaataera, Battag relaraae Ires an army,
offer, hie naofeaatanal eetrleee la akeeKlaene
i af Olaerlald eoBBty.
anr-PrafaeaienBlealle nraoapUy alien dad aa.
tt"e aa laeBd earaat, fenierlyeaenpleal by
Br. Wood,. (anrven-u
or pmanria or itrrt dbscrip
aF ttea neatly etaeuled al tble amee.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. GOODLANDEB, Editor
VOL. 54-WHOLE NO.
Cants.
TIIHTICRH' COT4TABLE' KIKB
Wa bare prlaud a large nambar of tbt no'
FBI BILL, and will an tha receipt af twaatr
St mmu. aiail a.aanv ta any addraH. mrSI
WILLIAM II. nENKY, Justice
orm Purn inn Bcbitbrrr, LUMBER
OITY. Colleotiooa made aud Bona; promptly
paid orar. Article, ol agreement and deeda o
ooareyaaee naatljr OReonted and warranted cor
rect or bo obarge. ltjj'7e
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juitiee of tha Peero and Scrivener,
Cnrweuavllle, Pa.
B,OollMtioaa aiaila and money promptly
p.idTrar. 'itJ,
HENRY BRETU,
(OHTRMD r. O.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Toil Bn.1. T0WHtIMr
May , lSTS-ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
lilALRR I ,
Square Timber & Timber Lnnrip,
jf.1 T CLEABPIKLD, PA. I
REUBEN H ACKM AN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger.
ln-workBt.i.kmnntr. rr4,fl.
JOHN A. STADLEU,
O BAKKK, Market St., ClfifleW. Ta.
ftwh Bread, Ruik, Kolli, Pitl ftnd C-k
on hanii or -! orUer. A nrtl ortmnt
of Con(ctioorif, Fruttitnd NU in ick.
Ire CrMm od Oytltrt IB .ciaon. cmoua erij
.tppo-Uo th PoilofBf'O. YrM nodrnitii. j
t
WEAVER &. BETTS,
iiaiLKRa IR
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND M'MBEROF ALL kU'D?.
lronn ob Hoaond Hraat, la raar of itora
KoBi af Uaorna ravr On. I jau. '78 tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JI'STICK OP TUB PKACK
roa
Itrralnr Totenfhip,
Oioaola Mill" P. O.
I ufllnlal hu.lnarr antra.lrd to hi1
promptly attandad t. "
I
AKKY SNYDER. j
DARflKR AND iiairukkhsmi.
Sb"p ob Market St.. oppo.lla Court H'nra.
A elaao twol for atfary ou.tomar.
AUo dealrr in
llct Brando of Toliarro and I lara.
rU.rlUld Pa '
JAMES H. TURNER,
JI STICF, OF TUB PEACE.
W allarctali. Pa.
jrl( hal prepared himielf with all tba
naeee.ary blank fonoi under Iba Pernios aad
Bounty lawf, aa wall ae hlaak Deaila, ata. All
Iri.l matter, antraalad u hie aara will rooaira
prompt attention. May Tib, ISTK-tf.
SHREW HARWICH,
Marlr Htrret. Irartlclrl. I' a..
MABt-rArTOHRB AMP ItBAtRB IN
Harness, Bridles, Saddlct, Collars, and
llorst- Furnishing (inods.
mdr All kindl of repairing promptly attended
to. Saddlera' Hardware, llnra Bruehej, Curry
Oomba. Ae., alwaye on hand and for aala at tba
lowoat oaeh prioe. IMaroh 111, 17.
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKEH,
BEAR OLRARIIRLD, PENN'A.
Pumna alwara on hand and made la order
an ehort notice. Ptpea bored on reaaonable lerma.
Ail work wututed to render aatlefaetlon, and
daUrerad If deairad. myUilypd
T
II R anderalfned bare laara to Inlorm the pah
lie that ha la Bow fully prepar-- to aeoommo-
lie that ha la Bow fully preper-- to aeoomino.
J.t. all in the way of hrntaBlBf H..aea, Burgiea,
tbe way of hrniaaiBg n..eea, uuggiaa.
daddlaa and llarneae, OB tne anonoai ounce auu
an reaaonable lerma. Realdeoee oa Laaeat .tract,
batwaaa Third and Fourth.
OKOi W. ORARI1ART.
Tlaarleld. Fab. 4. I4. '
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
GLEN HOPS, PKNN'A.
rpilg nndrrlnd, baring leeaed thla earn.
J. modioae II..I-I. In the rillica of Olen Hope,
la bow prepared ta aeeommodate all who may
call. My labia aad bar ah.ll be rappllad with
tba beat the market afforda.
(IKORllR W. UOTTS, Jr.
Illea Hope, Pa., March 16, 1ST. If.
THO M A 8 H. FORCEE,
DIALBft IB
HKNKRAL MERCHANDISE, ,
CRAIIAMTUN, PlU
AUo. extanalvt m en e Tap turn and dealer In fnera
Tlai)rand Rawed liumbernf all kin da.
JOritr Mtlieltnl and all Villa promptly
oiieil. ijyiB?
E. A. BIGLER &. CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad muBraetarare ef
ALL KINDHOP HAWED LUMBER,'
r?l CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AAD BBALkn ta
Watchea, Clocks and Jewelry,
Grnktm Aoa), MarUt Btrttt,
CLE Alt PI ELD, PA.
All klada of repairing In my Una promptly Bl
ended to. April la, ian.
Clearfleld Nursery.
KNCOURAGR HOUR INDU8TRY,
'PHE nndarriinied, ha? In teuhttefctt. a Kor
aery en tht 'Pike, Kt half way Mwhi
CloarBeld and Onrwenavtllt, ta prepetrwal to fejr
lah all klnde ef FRUIT TKBK4, (etaadard aad
dwarf,) Kvrrgrtrae, Bhrabbwy. Urapa Vlaaa,
UooMherrf . Law ion Blackberry. Ht raw her re,
and Kaepbtrry Vinee. Aieo, RtbertaB Crab Traea,
Qnlnoa, and early ararlet Hhubarb, Ao Ordera
promptly attended to. Add rent.
Mpffl tN-t CarwttaviUt, 'a.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CARD0N& BR0,,
Oa Market St, one doer Wee ef Maaalan lloaaa,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oar arraBgamenta are rf the moat complete
ehametar lor furalebinn Iba pBblie with eraah
Haala or all hind, and ol the vary Beet quality.
We ahw deal In all kiada of AgrUalUral Imp I a.
mfBta, which wa Reap aa eRblbalioa lar ma eon.
aflt ef tha auhha. Call around whan la lewa,
Bad take a look al thing?, or addraea BJ
F. M. CAHDON BRO.
Claarleld, Pa., Jaly 14, l7 lf.
flrmrtUH Immranrt Agrnrf.
JAMBO RRBB. OABBAI.L B Btnpl.a.
KKRR M HWOLE, JKtnf.
RapreaaBl the frlmwleg and ether Irtt-ala. Co'a
Oampanlae. Aaaati.
Llrerpoal Undoa Ok.be-r. . Br Jl,snl.l
Lyaomlag-on matatal A each nlaBB...M a.OM.eeO
I'braalB, ef Haria.rd, Oaaa I,I14.0M
tneureaee Ce. ef North Amartee 1,41,071
North BrWeh A Mmaatlre IM. Br. 1,7
rWliUh Oammoraial-II.I.IIrBnel.... 070,141
VTalarlawB - ' TH.OII
Traaolara (Life A Aaetdeet) I,ni,4t4
Onleaan Market ft., epp. Ceart lloeeei';i.ar-
nam, re. jnaer, -tv-it.
& Proprietor.
2,67 J.
TRAILING ARBUTUS.
Dp in tht lootly fnrMt,
High on tb BiaonUln ilda.
Long la lh drry Wlotor.
(Short U the Humrattriide
Juit In tlio lrfllb ImIwmb tfaem,
Prfnsnt with um n(f ihowirf.
Btnrts fnm tba rth fritntriil
Fairtit of orthore ttowon.
All thro tip; h th tunnr 6 turner,
ITiib wilb wmIU. and lloon,
8h too, batb chared life'i lulloru.
Hid In her forwt goom ;
Nurtured with dow and lunligbt,
Klrbly her buU are fed,
Freib while the Pdmrner fadeth,
Fresh when ttt tloererf art dead.
Then wbfn the rude wind ek her,
Threaten her bul to blaat,
Hercelj aarailed by Winter.
Fee He- -he holdr them fait f
Fael. till the Spring drwe nearer,
Fail, till the day grow fair.
Fait, t ill tha April abowere
Vuickea tha chilly air. "
Wok by tba nnntnritig brettea.
Elated by the abiniog aan,
Vp in a buret of tranaport.
Htareth tht priaooed 4t !
BluahiDg In fairy oloattra,
Proaalng a noaay bod.
I.eavee of Autumnal runet
Over hrr foft eounb ahed. '
Clxae.to the damp earth clinging.
Tender and pink, and iby
Lilting tier waxen bioaaoma
l'p t the changeful y ;
Wrloome! onr hpringtld darling,
Freeh in thy virgin hue,
Long an tba oak eiande rnotid iht'e,
Yearly thy etiarmi renew !
. Klaime (loodate.
MOIWT LLBAROX.
EVERY KAY LIFE IN THE FAR
EAST
TIIK CtDABH OP LEBANON a ILK CtL
Tl'BK TESTING THE I'ECt'LIAR TO
1IACCO T11K INURUOL0 TAKE
AND TUB ENOBUOU8 KTKAI.
INns LIVING 1NTIIK
MIH'NTAlNa Til
EHL'AI-I.
SpeolAl firrelian'eOi!a of Tke Timti.
UBiuur, February 18.
Mvnlion nub inudo in my liu.1 of lite
impri( nment of Towlik Elfvndi, a
Moalcm llollnli. in Conittautinople, anT
hin contlumnalion to death lor having
aiiltid in the Uunslulion of certain
I'hrihtian bonk. H now aeems that
Hie Turkinb joiirnala, in noticing tliu
niun'f purdou uiul tciuporury removal,
cliiiin tliut jiidi'inuiit fteaiiit him wait
will bajriht and lcal, and that his pardon
' oieroly an aut ol imperial clem-
encv. Ihe .Sultan was norxuadi'd Vo
revoke the piiiiiotimeiit by Aluhmoud
v,.jiura lui, orthodox ilohain-
; inedun, who denlured that Towfik was
lalill a ood Moslem, and bad not
aporilucised from tho true faith bo aa
lo bo worthy of doatb ; whereupon
Abdul ilamid pardoned him. The
inferenco from nil which is, that had
Towlik lull the luitb of lnlam, and be
come a Christian, bo would have been
worthy of death I And all tins la
gravely propounded moro than thirty
years alter the death penalty lor upon-
taty Irom lalnru had buen aboliabeu
by tho Sultan bimselt I This is all Tur
key has to show in the way of relig
ious liberty alter being kept in exist
ence hv ( hnstian r.nL'land lor at least
half a century, llul it is belter tu.-
the whole truth should be known. It
tho Turks, alter nil luoir claim of civ
ilization and progress, aro goinffto
butrher everv Moalcm who becomes
sullloiently enlightened to oinbrace
Christianity, limy win soon inn
under tho bun by the whole civili.od
world, and their government bo en
trusted to more humane and outer
hands.
THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.
A few days sioee i took a ride in a
Buirnt livery carriage lo one of the
villages ol Mount Lebanon, near tho
winter scut oi Kovcrnmcnioi it.
Kustem, I'asha Governor General of
the I'ashahoot Lebanon. 1 As I shall
have ocrasion to speak of Mount
Lebanon, I may as well give your
reader some account ol tins "goodly
mountain." Mount Lebanon is a range
of high mountains one hundred miles
long. The name signifies "white," or
"milk," and whether in winter, when
covered lor miles with masses of snow,
or in summer, when, gleaming in the
burning rays of a Syrian sun, it al
ways bos a whilo and dassling ap
pearance Geologically, Lebanon is a
mass ol Jurassic or secondary sand
stone, in which occurs here and there
a bed of coal, but bo sulphurous as to
be ol little commercial valuu. It con
tains several beds of rich iron oro, but
without proper tuel to smelt it, the
neoiilo find it cheaper to buy liritmu
iron than to mako their own. The
trees of Lebanon are the cedar, of
which thore are several groves tho
ohvo, mulberry, lig, pear, plum, peach,
apricot, quinco, pomegranate, palm,
oak, Cyprus, pine, pride of India, and
fir. Tho unco famous cedars of Leba
non, so celebrated in the lime ot Solo
mon, now exist at B Hhcrray, hi 11a
deth Duma, Ain Zohulteh, Ilarook,
Muasirand Ammeyk. Home of thtse
trees aro of great size, and some of
them aro supposed to lie at leant 3,000
years old. ibey are only lound In
the upper ranges of Lebanon, Irom
4,000 to 7,000 leet above tho sea level.
I n Solomon a day, they must have rnv
red tho entire backbone ol tho Leba
non range, and given it a magnificent
appearance.
The olivo is largely cultivated, and
is valued for its fruit as well as for the
oil mado from it. Since the Introduc
tion of petroleum into Syria, and the
annual consumption or millions of
gallons, the price of olivo oil has lallcn,
and It is no uncommon thing now
to see native merchants exporting
Olive oil in toe sumo patent Ho cans in
which the refined petroleum was im
ported. The crop of olivo oil promi
ses to be an enormous ono this year,
owing to tbo abundant rains, of the
winter, and there is no reason why it
suouid not oe exported in largo quan
tities. The whito olive oil soap, so
common in the East, and everywhere
in nse in tho Turkish baths, might bo
profitably exported to tho United
Slates, and we understand thnt tho
Gorman-American colonists at Mount
Carmcl aro' already opening a conaid-
eralile trade with New York in this
commodity. "' " ,
SILK CULTURE. '
Hut the staple of greatest, import
aneo in Liouanon is silk, ror many
mile ovory available- rod of ground ia
oovorod with mulberry trees, end the
industry of tb fellaheen in cultivat
ing these trees, and rearing tha silk
worms in the spring months, is most
commendable. The eggs are brought
from Crete, and from China and Ja
pan, and, although a few coooons are
ci ported to luly and Franc, the
bulk of tho silk is reeled off from the
cocoons by the steam "filature," of
wbicn there are now some eighty five
in operation in Mount Lebanon and in
Beirut and vicinity, v The export of
silk ia one ol tho .few means whioh
aid in giving Syria alight ehanoe to
overcome the enormous balance of
trade against ber i Iter commerce
with Europe and America. The (ilk
ol Syria amounted a lew year ago to
CLEARFIELD,
abobt 11 per cent ot the entire silk
crop of the world. China and Japan
standing first, then Italy and France ;
but the Hyrian silk is always sought
for, owing to its superior quality. The
most of it is sent to 'Lyons, and bard
times in America, reducing tbo demand
for Lyons silks, produces hard times
in Mount Lebanon by reducing tho
price ol row silk and cocoons. So
closely is the world now bound to
gether. In addition to tho above-mentioned
products of Lebanon, wo have tho
vine and tho fig trco. Tho grupecrop
is large, and from tho grape aro manu
factured wine, raisins and dibbs, or
molasses. And, more than this, 1 re
gret to say, the fnllaheen distill an
oxocrablo drink, called "arak," or
whisky, from the raisins. The dibbs,
or molasses, has been claimed by somo
to be the so-called "iinfermcnted
wine," which they claim to have been
tbo wine ot the Cana mlruclo and of
tho 1'assover. It would be just as
J roper lo call l'orto Rico molasses in
nnuary an unfermontod wine. Dibbs
is grape juice boiled down to a donso
almost solid fluid, which actually so
lidifies in the mild winters of Syria sc
that it can bo cut with a knifu. It is
never called wino. and would not be
wine were it called so.
TEKT1NQ THE PECULIAR TOBACCO,
Tobacco is or was raised to a very
considerable extent in the vicinity of
Jabail, but the outrageous taxes levied
on it in late years by tha iurkisb
Government, have lessened tobacco
culture to a great degree, and bid fair
to drivo it out of the market. The
peculiar flavor and lightuess of the
Jabail or Lalakish tobaccos, arises
from two causes. Ono is the fact that
tobacco land is invariably fortilir.ed
with goat manure, which is often full
ot ununonia. The favorito place is the
yard of a goat pen. The ammonia
suturutus the tobacco do that when
lighted it sparkles like the burning ol
sultpetro puiier. I have often seen
old Arabs, with their "chibouks," or
"gallyonos" long stommod pipes
testing dillcrout samples ol Jeoail to
bacco by filling the clay pipu bowls
level full of cut tobacco, and then
holding them perleclly steady and
watching to sou which would leave
tho higbest cono ol ashes alter com
bustion bad ceased, The enormous
tax on tobacco has made smuggling
profitable, and, as Lebanon is under
ono form of government, and Beirut
under uuother, regular gangs ol smug
glers are orguninod, who bring whole
caravan loads of tobacco into Beirut
by night, under covering of the dark
ness, and succeed, either by bribing
the Custom Jlousu guards or over
powering them by force of arms, in
supplying the Beirut market with
cheap tobacco. The same is true of
tho export of tobacco to Egypt. Tbo
whole L-ustom House lorce ol Dotn
countries would soein to be in league
to defraud their governments, and the
profit on one smuggled schooner
cargo of tobacco, will make up the
loss of several by seizure or shipwreck.
And in tln'a connection, your roaders
win oa luiuicnivu iu a..,- hum.
not likely that more than one-third or
one fourth of the duties to which the
Turkish Government is by its own
laws entitled, ever reaches the gov
ernment treasury. The stealing by
employee is colossal. .
ROBBKBS ON ALL SIDES.
The Lobnnon mountainoors are gen
erally a hardy and industrious race.
For ages their mountain fastnesses
have been a refuge lor tho oppreesod
and persecuted victims ol Turkish
begs and pashas, and tho former in
habitants ot the lerlile plains ol Jla
malh, Hams, Baalboo and 1'ulmyra,
driven to desperation by the constant
exactions and extortions ot Bedouin
robbers on the one side, and Imperial
robbers on the other, migrated into
Mount Lebanon. Hero they built
thoir humble villages amid tho tower
ing dirts, and otton in the most inac
cessible spots wresting tbulr living
from tho rocky mountain sides by al
most incredible labor. Owing to tho
steepness ot the declivities, and tho
violence of the winter rains, the soil
has to bo held in situ by terrace walks
built of immenso stones. Ono wonders
bow men, unaided by machinery,
could over roll such massivo rocks into
regular walls. On these step liko ter
races thoy plant their olives, figs, mul
benies and vinos, and among these
latter, they sow thoir wheat and bar
ley. To ono looking up tho sides of
ljebunon from bclow.tho mountain,
socms like ono continuous stono stair
case To one looking from' above, it
it looks like a staircuse carpetod with
living greon. Every little mountain
spring and fountain is carefully built
around with masonry, and the water
collected in cement-lined tanks to pro
vide irrigation during tho bnrning,
rainless heats of a Syrian summer.
Tho houses aro simplo, generally of
one room, in which the tamily and tho
cattle and tho sheep lodge together
during tho cold winter season. In
Southorn Lebanon, and in tho vicinity
of Beirut, the hnuses aro of a superior
stylo, many ot them large, with sev
eral moms, of cut stone, well roofed,
floored with stone or cement, with
whitewashed walls, and in somo cases,
actually having class windows.
The Hat roofs are built by laying
logs across the stone walls, and cover
ing the logs with polos, reeds or mat
ting, then placing flat stones ovor all
and covering with earth to the dopth
of from eight to twelve Inches. As
the timber grows weak from age, and
becomes worm eaten or rotten, the
great weight ol this mass ol stones
and ea'th, Increased by the rains and
snow of winter, often brings the
whole roof down in a mass, burying
alive tho whole family. Hardly a
wintor passes without news of some
one or more tamilics thus bnnod alive.
Mhkatir
li.i. nrttD Pgopf.R at Theatres.
Whilo Mrs. Scott-Siddons was recontly
reading to a large audience at I'olnm
bia, S. C, a number of young people
were flirting, laughing and talking in
a private box. She turned toward
thorn and said that she would retire
until they were through. Two of the
yonng men who were in the box after
ward called upon her and demanded
an anolocv, but they wont away tin
satisfiod. It is sroal pity public
readers, singers and actors aa a rule
do -not employ similar means to robuke
tho light brained chatter boxes ol both
sexos who interfere with other people's
enjoyment of plays and concerts. Un
til they or the manager do rebuke
the ill-bred and loolish people with no
manners to speak ol, and leas brains,
perhaps, will contrive to make others
uncomlortable in tins country.
" A householder In Troy, in filling up
bis eensos scbwlulo, under tne column
"where born," designated one of his
children "bora in the parlor," and the
olher"np stairs.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
BUSINESS AXD SENTIMENT-
Soveral days ago thero died in Now
York two men who had been partners
in business forty years, moir death
occurred on tho samo day and both
were buried at the same time from the
same church. The Collins were alike
and thoir families occupied seats on
eitbor sido of tho aislo. Ono of the
two meu was 80 years of age, and the
other 711, and from early boyhood they
hud been intimate friends. Both were
clerks In a dry-goods storo and subse
quently tormed a partnership, which
lusted until their retirement, moro thnn
twenty years ago. They resided in
adjoining houses until within a year
or ao, and their ilfeetion for ono an
other oontinued until their death. On
the latal day the last wish of one ol
thorn was that ho might be buried
from the houne ol theHbvr. i bo Itov.
Dr. Prentiss, in the course ol somo ro-
roraarks at tho dual funeral, callod nt
tention to the fact, which ho consider
ed remurkable. that "whilo tho runh
alter wealth and eager grasping for
success in our Amorican typo Is vory
apt to blunt tho liner sensibilities
among men of businens, the hearts of
these two men were never hardeued."
Wo rather think that Dr. Prontiss
took an exaggerated viow of the effect
ol Ibis tendency in Amorican business
life. While it is truo that tho passion
lor weaitn in tins country oltcn af
fects individuals for tho worse, and in
duoos a love of vulmir display which
cannot tail of exorling a degrading in-
nuence, we venture the assertion that
tho case of these two IS'ow York mcr
obunts will find many parallels in
ovcry-duy life over the country. Busi
ness men are necessarily brought into
aotivo contact with lha world and live
in an over-widening splioro of exnori
ence and discipline. Unions they aro
ami or careless they speedily learn that
del'eronco for tho rights of others as
well as a koen sympathy with tho ills
that flesh is heir to which inevitably
brings out tho higher and better qual
ities of human nature It is a mistake
to suppose that business men tire cal
lous. On tho contrary, wo doubt if
there is any class of the community
which respond more readily to ap
peals for help, or which renders a moro
liberal support lo its individual mem
bers in thoir hour of trouble. Ho far
from accepting tho general theory that
business necessarily causes a deterior
ation of moral tone or dams up tho
channels to the heart, wo believe, on
tho contrary, that it distinctly tends
to mutto men more considerate ot caeb
other. There aro of course ninny in
dividual cases of sordid money getting,
but wo aro speaking of tho average
business men, who must ho taken as
the representatives of their class.
Among these multiplied Instances
might be cited of just such unselfish,
tender friendships as the ono related
above.
RETIREMENT OE PRESIDENT
SCOTT.
Thomas A. Scott on the 1st inst.
formally "Jn'0 l'0L..Tl!l,.'S'11'lt'n lo
road Company, both as President and
Director, and it was accepted with sin
cere expressions of regret, and a just
tribute to his groat services rendered
to tho corporation, His retirement
was dictated by bis physicians and his
own appreciation of tho necessity of
absoluto rest from tho exacting cares
which, even under tho most luvoniblo
circumstances, must throng upon tho
exeeutivo head ol so vast a combina
tion of financial and business interests ;
and ho was enabled to do so with less
hesitation, because ho leaves his com
mand only when all its great battles
have been fuirly won and its safety
and future prosperity fully assured, as
long as thero ahull be competent and
faithful management to succeed him.
Colonel Scutt has given nearly the
period ot a lifetime to the corporation
with winch his bus been so conspicu
ously associated, and it is no injustice
to those who have bocn his superiors
and associates to say that bo has been
the cuiol architect ol tho grandest rail
road structure of the Continent. Ho
has had almost perpetual conflict in
tho progress his keen perception, and
broad comprehension of tho industry
and commcrco of tho country have
long struggled for and finally achiev
ed. He had to confront and wear
away by tkillltii attrition, tho deep
seated prejudices of Pennsylvania
against her own development ; and
wnon no nao conquered tne illiberal
policy of his own State, it was only to
grspplo with great trunk lines already
going out Irom rival commercial cities
to tho West, and a liberally subsidised
competitor in Canada. How bis lino
gradually emerged Irom contest after
contest until it reached tho fur North
western hikes, crossed the "Father of
Waters, gathered tho wealth ol the
Southern gulf and tho products of the
heart ol lha rovivmg South lo the Me
tropolis ol Pennsylvania, thonco to
cross tho ocean In the steamers ot his
compitny ; and how he tapped the
trade- ot rcw York and Ualltmore lor
tribute lo his great net work of iron
highways, are triumphs which aro fa
miliar to all. Called to tho Picsidcncy
of the Company when the orrors of
unhealthy stimulated advancement
wero surging back with then- accumu
lated embarrassments and perils, ho
had to meet tho sevorest shock in tho
history of the corporation. Proper
ties had not only diminished far below
their intrinsio values, but tho prospec
tive advantages ao confidently trusted
in tho tide ol prosperity, and which so
suddenly and disastrously ended, I in
posed a measure of skill and labor that
none but a neon coma have been equal
to. The services be has rendered to
guide tha master combination safely
through tho financial breakers whicb
followed the revulsion of lHT.'l, and
which lolt its path strewn with count-
less individual and corporate wrecks,
tbo world will novor know, liy con
summate ability, ceaseless care and ef
fort, and a degree ol fidelity that is
single from the common standard of
men. he has bealta tho sores ol the
Company, strengthened its ainnous
methods, rostoreo us credit at homo
and abroad on the most endnrini! ba
sis, leaving tho only monument of mis
fortune in the shattered health that
baa been the price of his achievement
for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Colonol Scott is of meixed mountain
growth, having been horn under the
ahadowa or the woo Uulee In Frank
lin county; and his iron-knit physical
tramo could well have withstood
double-tasked exactions far beyond tho
tiny-six W inters wnieh pote Ins years,
Although afforded but limited oppor
tunities, bo was called to a responsible
position on the loiumoia Kaiiroad oe
lore he wa ol age, and from thence ho
entered the sorvice of the Company
from whoso tngncni chair ho now re
tire, as early as I SSI. Starting in
charge of the Company 'e business over
the aisle ponairn road on the Aiie
ghtnien. he rnpioiy rose to the man
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MAY 12, 1880.
ageuient of a division, then to General
Superintendent in loT8, then to Vice
President in ISliO and finally to the
1 rosidcncy in May, 11174, when the ol-
fico was vacated by tho death ol Air.
Thomson, tho eminent engineer and
organicer of what now constitutes tho
great net-work of railways known oe
iiiq i onnsylvama system, in addition
ro bis responsible i ail road labors dur
ing the war, he was called upon by
the Government lo give his ripe expe
rience and great administrative abili
ties to the War Department as As
sistant Secrofury, ami he filled the po
sition until a complete system was inau
gurated in that important branch of
tho puiilio service, ibo first blow to
bis suporb physical power was civun
by a violent concussion wbon he was
injured in a ruilwuy accident on one of
the western lines a quarter ol a cen
tury ago, and the opprutejivo labors
imposed upon In in alter the finan
cial revulsion of lM7:l and especial ly
ly alter his succession to tho Presiden
cy in 1874, have many times seriously
threatened his overthrow. He has of
ten been forced from his duties for rest
only when tho gravest apprehensions
were felt by thoso about him that the
limit of endurance might be passed
and that ho would fall in tho unequal
struggle. In tho Autumn of 1.178 the
sequel to tho story ol his herculean
labors was told when partial paralvais
called tho inexorable halt that pru
dence hud relusou. a year ot rest in
Europo brought relief but not cure,
and having tilled tho full measure of
publio duty to thoso who made him
tho guardian ol their interests, and
given health und prosperity to the
largest corporation of the Now World,
ho retires to the rest that will no longer
be mocked. No man in like position
iu this or any other .State, has been so
much beloved by those who followed
his plumo in tho many duspcruto con
tests he made lor tho progress that tho
whole Nation now points to with the
k cones t prido. Many of them who
were bis seniors have filled tho meas
ure ol their days and gone botoro;
others havo scattered in tho strango
mutations of life, and some yet tarry
in every county ol tho State, whoso
eyos, though dimmed by growing
years, brighten over the recollections
of his fadeless friendships, and whose
devotion will ondure to the end with
unabated ardor. While the great mass
ot those for whom ho has labored and
fallen untimely in the battlo of active
life, and whoso fortunes ho has pro
tected at unmeasured cost, will turn
Irom tbo setting to tbo rising sun, thero
are multitudes of men unknown in the
great centres of heartless fortune, with
whom his memory will ever be sreon,
and through whom his manly attri
butes will widen the impress ot his in
dividual life upon the world.
lhcre could be but ono name pre
sented as t be successor of Colonel Scott
Goorgo It. Roberts is tho ono man who
possesses tho ability, experience and
thorough comprehension of the pres
ent policy of the great corporation,
which are indispensable to tho Presi
dent ol (be Pennsylvania Railroad
rt po'ifBLTlo" "uosVtloTi ' ' 'uy"'TifSH n nAefl
voice of the directors and enjoying the
unbounded trust ol tbo public, iiu bos
boon the most hearty accord with his
predecessor and tho pre-ominent tit-
less ol his promotion win uo univer
sally recognized. Tho changewill be
accepted in abiding fuilh that the
present wisely directed policy of the
Company will be fully maintained. A.
J. Cassatt will probably succeed Mr.
itoDcrls as first ico 1'resident, and
bring as nearly as is possiblo the same
progressiva qualities to Mr. Roberts
that Colonel Scott brought to Mr.
Thomson when ho was promoted to
the same position. PhiVn Timet. "
A ROYAL VISITOR.
Nothing could better illustrate tho
far-reaching influence ol modern civil
Ration than the announcement that
tho King of Sinm is about to make a
tour of the Western World with tho
view of introducing Knirlish and
American customs into his domain.
Until within comparatively a few
years, Siam was an unexplored coun
try to Europeans and Americans.
Iiunkok, the ouiot city, was well known
to tho commercial world as an impor
tant centra of trado many years ago;
but very little communication was had
with the nativos ol tho interior. Mis
sionaries visilod Siutnas early as 1828,
but until quito recontly, they did not
mako much progress. Within tho
past thirty years, however, thero has
been a marked chango in the attitude
ol tho Sinmoso Government toward
tho "barbarian" world. Tho father of
the present King was an ablo and
liberal monarch, and very tolerant of
Europeans. The education of his son
was intrusted to an English woman, a
Mrs. Leonowcns, who has written a
vory interesting account of her sojourn
in tho Land ot the Whito Elephant
Her pupil, who is the reigning mon
arch, is intelligent, liberal and pro
gressive, and every inch a King. He
is still a young man, sparo in person,
wilh clear, dark oyes, and quick and
active in his movomcnts. llo is not,
by the way, tho only King of Siam.
Thero aro two Kings; but tho First
King is tho actual monarch, while the
Second King, who receives one-third
of tho ruvenuo, and has an army of
2,000 men at his disitosal, is a sort of
Iirimo minister, whoso advice the First
ling always seeks heforo tailing any
important step. Both tho First and
Sooond Kings can speak' and write
hnglish, and are well versed in I'.ng-
lish litoralnre. The .Siamese are a
kindly, Inoffensive and Intelligent poo-
plo, quick to adopt those raoasures
and customs which appear lo Do supe
rior to their own, but they aro not
vory industrious, and are very timid.
In person they aro small and well-pro
portioned, wilh olive-colored skin and
black hair, and are vory fond ol dress.
Tbo costumes of tbo gentry and cour
tiers are said to bo very rich and pic
turesque, and as tho King will bring a
splendid retinue wilh him, wo shall
probably have an opportunity ot see
ing Siamese fashions at thoir host.
That the visit of the present King
will have important results in opening
up tbo country to loroigners, as wen
as in the introduction of reforms in
government, education, etc., can
scarcely bo donhted, as Chatahlong
korn is a wide-awake monarch, and
will doubtless keep both his eves and
ears activoly employed from tho mo
ment be leaves Disown territory. As
his trip to this country will extend as
far South aa Richmond, we shall prob
ably have tho pleasure of receiving
him in Baltimore. Baltimore (ia:rtte.
A gentleman one day indiscrimi
nately asked a lady bow old she was.
"Let me see. I was eighteen when I
married, and my husband was thirty :
now he is twioe thirty, and that Is
sixty) ao of coarse 1 am twioc eigh
teen, that Is thirty -six."
REPUBLICAN
. Tiro XQVEL WEDDINGS. .
Regurd' for "position," and lor the
state of tba family bank account has
generally as much to do with matri.
menial alliances uowuduys as tbo im
pulses of the heart, and young people
aro much less prono lo rush oft' to
Gretna Green in . these times, than
thoy wore when our grandparents
wero young und romantic. It is,
therefore, rather surprising to learn
that the mstler-ul-lucl spuil of the
ninoiecmn ccniury nas ueeu rutuiussiy
violated by two foreign Prinoossos.
Tho Princess Fiederika of ilanover,
tho cable informs us, has just married
her father's secretary, and tho King
of Wuricmburg bos actually couseuted
to tho betrothal of tho Princess Pau
line to a young physician of Bresluu.
It has long been tho fashion for tho
mule members of European dynasties
to full in love with beautiful sirens
much below them in rank, and any
number of morganatic marriages havo
been contracted Irom time to ti mo by
hopeful scions ot royally. But that
young ladies of tho blood should bo
permitted to "marry beneath thorn,
is an unheard-of thing. Romantic at
tachments for handsomo interiors,
howovor, have not bocn uncommon.
Tho lovo aftair ol tho Princess Ame
lia, sister of Frederick tho Great, wilh
the dashing Barou Trcnck, is one of
the most noteworthy incidents of this
kind; but its significunco is somowhut
impuired by the fuel that Trcnck, who
is tho sole authority for the story, was
a notorious liar nod an unprincipled
scamp, although a courageous und
vory handsomo man. These tender
instances, moreover, have boon nipped
in tho bud by parental authority. The
murriago ot tho i'rincess l.otnso ol
England with tho Marquis of Lome is
not a parallel caso to that ot the Ger
man Princesses, for in point of blood
and ancient position, the Macallum
Aioro is lully equal to tho oiuarls or
tho Guelphs. Tho marriage of the
Princess Frcderika with her father's
clerk, and the betrothal of the Prin
cess Paulino to a physician, aro alto
gether different, and wo aro not sur
prised to learn lliut Ihe Prince and
frinecss ot Wales reinsert to at
tend the fair Fredcrika's ivoddiiig, and
that there has been "considerable fric
tion in the highest circles" in conse
quence. Nothing, however, could bol
ter illustrate the progress of demo
cratic idoas. Formerly these incau
tious maidens would havo been shut
up iu somo luxurious jail, and treated
to a sparo diet until prepared to listen
to reason, and the objects or their love
would probably havo been immured
for life, or sent away on some "diplo
matic mission." Nowadays, however,
their parent aro forced to yield, and
to mako tho best of a vory disagreea
ble matter. Probably they sigh for
the good old times when it was possi
blo to keep such aft'a'us from tho vul
gar world, and to sottle them quietly
and effectually. The romantic Prin
cesses, however, are doubtloss ardent
Democrats, and if thoy find the at
mosphere ol the Old World unpleasant,
an frriBt thai- will havn thai Ponr'irrA tf)
cofno to America, where thoy will
have nothing to fear from society,
which will doubtless receive them and
thoir husbands, too, with open arms.
A FEW LA W POINTS FOR THE
PEOPLE.
A parole gift of porsonol property
must bo accompanied by possession.
Tho attempt to commit a felony or
misdemeanor, is an indictable offense.
It is larceny to appropriate goods
mislaid or left by mistake,
A verbal rolcaso of debt, not found
ed on a valuable consideration, will not
bar an action, i
Guardians, if practicable, must lend
out money of their wards, on good se
curity and must collect the interest
annually.
Any ono who takes possession of a
minora eaUte without authority of
law may bo liable as a guardian.
Tho voluntary concurrence of com
petent minds is required to mako a
valid contract. If deception bo prac
ticed, by either of the parties, in a
matter, or either be so intoxicatad as
to bo unable to comprehend the na
ture and effect of tho transaction, this
invalidates the contract.
The lather is tho rmtnral guardian
and custodian of his children, bnt, In
tbo crtso of separation, their custody
may bo given to tho mother, if tho
father is, from any cause, unfit for
their control, or nnablo lo support
them.
An action for the recovery of spe
cific property can bo brought without
giving the bond specified in the code,
when tho simplo quoslion of titlo is
tried, and the possession of tho prop,
erty lett undisturbed.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse of
crime. But ignorance ot facts may
render a civil contract voidable.
There ia no warrnntv to titlo in an
administrator's sale, but a personal
representative is bound to make to
ihe purchaser a valid conveyance nf
such title aa his decodent had. Ho is
liable personally, for all damages aris
ing from bis failure to follow lbs law.
It is a violation of the law lor the
ocoopicrd ol lands under A common
fence, to tnrn their stock within the
general enclosnrw, during the crop
ping season.' Tho party so effanding
commits an indictable offense, and ia
civilly liable for alt damages that en
sue.
If any administrator or executor
give a note, or make any othor con
tract In bis representative capacity.
whxia the law doe not authorize, bo
falls to bind Ihe estate, but is individ
ually liable upon the samo.
The law presume that every per
son intends to do what be doe.
Drunkenness is no exous for orimo.
A person may bave bis domieil in
one county or Bute, and citizenship in
another. t itir.onsuip is not lost or
changed by residence abroad, so long
as "tno intention to return" exist.
An unwritten will nf personal prop
erty is valid when tho property doee
not exceed f.iuu. and ine uequesi is
made during the last sickness of the
deceased.
The mortgagee and not the mort
gagor, must pay the lees for recording
the mortgage. tseamr mar.
A Convict escaped from an Alabama
prison with a ball and chain attached
lo one leg. He earned the Irons in
his arms until he came to a river, when
he sat down to file thorn off. Hie
pursuer came up, and he was com
polled to choose between surrender
and the forlorn hope of swimming the
stream with the weight. lie aeoioea
upon the latter, and plunged into the
water. Although he wa a powerful
swimmer, and bad a plank to bnoy
bin), he was drowned.
Tbe Cincinnati Oaieite believe wo
men want the ballot merely to use it
for enrl papers , .
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 21, NO. i9.Sc,S
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.
The man who uiudu an essential in.
gredient of his rocipo for A successful
hotel that it must not be called a ho
,tel, but a "house," would doubtless un
derstund why it is that a school is so
much more attractive when it is culled
a "garden " There is, alter all, a
good deal in a name, und hull' the
chin in ol the kindergarten would be
uono if it were a mere school.
A school is the grand objective point
to which the whining school boy, wilb
shining morning face, creeps unwill
ingly; it is something to be haled and
run away from. It is the death's-
head at tho banquet of childhood,
But a "garden" is a very different af-
iuir. JU ways aro ways ot unpleas
antness, and all its paths are peace.
Knowlodgo is sugar-coated. Dull
drill is set to musio, drudgery is dig-
mned, and thero is no more monotone.
When tho petite pupil is not a bird or
an insect, ho is a flower or some sort
of small lruit. W hen bo is not sing
ing or dancing, bo is pricking geomet
rical figures in paper, or learning the
elements of musio from colors, or oth
erwise taking doep sea soundings of
rrouuel, Aud wbon the short, sensi
ble hours of tho session aro over, be
goes homo brighter and bettor in body
ana Drain.
The kitchen garden is tho first
cousin of tbe kindergarten. The
theory of instruction i tbo same ;
many ot tbo methods are alike, and it
looks very much as though wo bad ro
sily hit upon a Bolutionof that pro
blem ol tbo agos known as the ser
vant girl quoslion. It began in a very
modest way lour years ago in iow
York, and, naturally enough, a woman
wan at tho bottom of it. Tho idea
was to teach litllo girls in poor fami
lies how to keep house. They wero
taught, ut tho mission schools which
they attended, not only how to read
and write, but bow to sweep and dust,
and mako a bed, and set a table, in tbo
highest style ol the art I hey did all
this with tho aid of toy implements
and tablo sets. Tbe rules by which
they did those things wero embodied
the verses ot songs which
they sang while thoy worked. The
garden has Its "moulding," "pricking"
and "dish-washing days ;" the children
coma in classes, and are of all ages,
ono class of lliirly-one, being all of;
tbcm undor seven years ot ago. i ho
teaching has boon done mostly by la
dies wbo have volunteered their ser
vices. Miss Huntingdon, who origi
nated the system, has privalely prin
ted a text book whicb is usod, and at
pursent, botweeu five and six hundred
children are being instructed by about
seventy teachers.
ibo kitchen garden has a distinct
organization, a president and vice-
president, tbe latter having taught tbo
system last summer to ladies in Bel-
last, Ireland, where succosslul classes
are now iu operation, during their
works with A moncan toys, i bis is
certainly carrying tbe war into Africa.
If Bridget can T
le taught young on
u, auu tittuaiwriuutt
bor uultvej lieaiu
into a lliornnirlihmrl kitchen pardoner
beloro eho comes to this country,
bouse-keeping will be robbed of half
it terrors, ihe race of uoths and
Vandals will pass away, and there
will riso in thoir places dettbandod
maidens, whose Celtio good nature
will be supplemented by a "faculty"
fairly New England in its thorough
ness. It is doubtful wholbor thelah-
oruto higher education ot women has
produced anything more rational or
more lar-reaching in it result than
this hand-training of litllo girls to do
mestic service. Many of the pupils nt
187G and tho following years hare al
ready proved tho efficiency of their
training by obtaining situations which
they fill with credit to themselves aud
satisfaction to thoir employers, and in
which they earn the bigner wages
which skilled labor always commands.
So successful ia tbe work, and so fasci
nating aro its methods, that it is
spreading from the poor to tho pros
perous classes, and perhaps the fact
that' Boston has a kitchen garden,
hose pupils are thechildron ol weanny
parents, may do something to di
minish the nnrCKSonsblo prejudice
against honest house-work, loo much
value can hardly bo attached lo this
new idea in mission work.
Johnny wanted to go to tbe circus,
and his father said : "Johnny, I'd much
rather vou d ao to school, and study,
and may bo you'll lie President somo
day." Said Johnny: "Father, there's
about a million boys in the United
Slates, isn't thero f" "Yes." "And
evory ono stands a chalice of being
1'residontr" "Xe." "weir, aaa, rii
sell out my chance for a circus ticket"
Tho majority of tho population of
Arkansas call thoir State Ark-an-saw,
but tbe fashion of pronouncing tho
name as it is spoiled, has gained ground
of lata. The Eelectio and Historical
Societies have appointed a joint com
mittee to recommend a unilorm pro
nunciation. "How do you liko tho new minis
ter?" asked a ladvol hor litllo girl.
Ob, bo is splonJidl I like turnover
so much better than I did Mr. Ed.
wards." "WtiT T" asked her mother.
"Well," said the child, tryinR tb'"k
of good rcnaon,"ho has a better com
plexion !
"Yes." said tho Vermont man, "I'm
going lo take supper at the charity
osuval to-nltrht. and eive mem mo
benefit of rnv fillv cents, and 1 won't
eat any dinner, so that I can bave a
big appetite for the supper. lo.efim
Post.
There are somo things that man
can't Put up with. . Wben be falls out
of a second story window on to
picket lenco, to havo his wito como out
and ask him if ho is hurt, is more than
any man can stand and not got mad,
The Mayor of Leavon worth said be
likod Jo soo boys enjoy thomsclvo,and
then turned about and arrested a lad
who gave him a volley from a bean-
shooter. . mayors are always incon
sistent
"You want a flogging that' what
vou want, said a parent to an unruly
son. "1 know it, dad ; but I'll try to
net along without it," returned the
hopeful
Tbe season I not as forward at it
seems lo be, Spring cbiekens bave
just begun lo lay.
She look down into the churn and
softly sings, "This is tbo whey I long
have sought." ,
In Germany the grass widow goes
back to bor foddor. '
Moving for a new trial courting a
I !
Bteronn wnr
j: EDUCATIONAL.'i;;
BY VI. L. 1MUOWN.
"Education la t baltar aefeguard of HUH? I baa
eatandlngarmy. If we retrOBeh tha wageaof tha
erhuolmaater, wo nail raiia (boat ef tbo raerak
l eargoaat,"
Normal School examination At Look
Hvcn Juno 21t.
Work earnestly and diligently (or
tho cause of education.
Over fifty private schools are In op
eration in tli In county at present.
. Tlie public, examinations will Ik)
bold duimg tug mouths ol August aud .
Miss Maggie Korcee, or the Osceola
publio schools, bos charge of a privato
school at Lower Woodland.
Jacob Uiimmul and Mr. Smith were
olocted Directors in Union Independ
ent school district on Monday, May 3d.
There uro,iortv-seva member in
llie graduating class at Lock Heven in
stead ot forly twn, w stated last
week. . -k .
Pine Grove' 'Li(craiy SiK.ltty,t in
Lawrence township, now meets semi
monthly, and will continue so to do
during the Summer months.
Tha city of Lancaster, which has
.ivtw.titta .1,.1.
"- v " ' " niiu an nvcine
school term 'of ten months, elected
i liy nupanniondent recently. ' Trot.
R. K. Bllehrle. of Koeilirirr wan ehnaan
at A salary of 81,506 per annum. , , ,
Tho Board of Directors of Penn
township recently purchased an acre
of ground nor fur from tho Wall mill,
and contemplate building a new bouse
this Summer, to accomodate a number
ol families who live in that vicinity.
Mi- IV !(,, l 11, a lu.1, II..
ven Normal School, has kindly con
sented to furnish us items portaining
to the educational Interests of that in
stitution, which we, of course, will be
glad to accept. W. A. Ambrose ditto.
Tho Committee on Permanent Cir-
tificatcs did not bold a session on the
24th of April on account of some mem
ber being unablo to attend. They
havo decided to meet on Saturday,
May 2!lh, in the Leonard school build
ing. W. S. Luther, of the LulhereburL'
High School, in reporting, gives a
summary ol visits received, as follow:
rrom Directors, 2 ; teachers, 10 ; min
isters of tho gospel, B ; from other
schools as a body, 2 ; from parents in
the district, 182 ; other adults, 17. To
tal, .'13.
The following persons compose the
faculty of the New Washington Nor
mal Institute: L. E. Weber, Principal ;
.nail ravage, rirsi Assistant; James
Davidson, Second Assistant; Miss Kate
M. Mitchell, teacher ut tho Model
School. Tho school is exceedingly
largo, numbering 13..
Wo hare in our office three copies
of the revised school laws for 1879 for
each Board of Directors In tbe county,
and will distribute them during our
examination tour if opportunity does
not present itself sooner. We bave
also a copy of statistical reports tor
each Director in the county.
J.T. Llddlo, of the Da Bois High
School, in a recent letter, among other
things, anys : Tho Directors bave ap
pointed Mis Barbara Piter teacher of
Du Bui Primary School (Central) in
place of Miss Ella Moore, resigned, and
Miss Mario Moore, teacher of tho
WkU. O-ll !- -
low.' '
Tha following statistic we glean
from our statistical report for the
school year ending June 1st, 1879:
Tho total amount of appropriations
paid to theschooldistrietsof the coun
ty by tho State, $5,470.71; receipt
from taxes and all other sources except
State appropriations, $72,279.28. To
tal receipts, 77,7&5.!)9. Amount paid
for teachers' wagos for 1879, $33,831..
07 ; amount paid for tuel and contin
gencies, fee of collectors, and all other
expenses, $22,667.05. Total expendi
tures, G.Yti8f.57.
Judge Hall, of Bedford county, bos
recently rendered a decision that qual
ified electors residing outside the limits
ot a school district, and attached to
tho district for school purpose, have a
right to vote for school officer in said
district, and are likewise eligible to the
office of a School Director in Ihe die-.
triot lo which they are attached lor
school purposes. The decision, In our
opinion, is lacking, and not in harmo
ny with tho intent of the law, and the
question being an important one, ap
plying to tbousanda of caso in the
Commonwealth, wo would like to see
Ibis decision either snstained or re
voke,!. At tho recent State Convention af
School Superintendents, the following
were suggested by Superintendent
Shaub, ot Lancaster county, a ques
tions upon which immediate regisla-
tinn I needed r
The establishmentof an industrial de
partment in school ; Industrial homes
tor destitute children ; codificstion of
the school law; law making the pay
ment of school taxes qualification
for voting for school officers ; modifi
cation ol tha time normal ncnooi
graduates must teach before receiving
diplomas; a definite law as to the
power of School Hoard to purchase
text books; fixing tbe minimum age
of teachers ; requiring school bonse
to bo built upon some debnite plan;
appropriation tor securing closer su-'
psrvision of primary schools.
The lollowing names bave been re
ceived for the "Koll ot Honor" for the
week ending May 4tb, 1880:
Mnlsonburg school, In Covington
township Lew. Malson, Fred. Hugar
ud Joel Tremble.
Pairview school, in Beccaria town
shipMaggie Dolts, KfJle Lnll and
H.IIA uotts.
Oak Kidgo school, in Knox town
ship Oscar Boot. ' '
Chestnut Grove school, in Bloom
township Androw Stall, Frank Uol
don; Abe Iloldea, BerthACkileon, An
nie Henry and Walter Henry.
Harney school, In uulicn township
Aunie Frederick, Matthew Frederick,
Annie Goon, Glenn Bowman, Nannie
Bowman and rssie Chaplin.
I'ine Swamp school, in Hrady town
ship Dollie Carson and Samuel Kelly.
Pine Grove school, in Burnside town
ship Elmer Sehring, Oline Mcllwaino
and Mollie Mcllwaino
(iilllngbam school, in filrard town
ship Annie Buchanan. Term seven
month.
Falls Creek school. In Sandv town
ship Alice Hookman and Annie Reed.
Weetover school, in Chest township
Abbey McKeo, Minnie Fry, Julia
Fry' Vincent Moore and Willie Moore.
Broadway school, in Forgneoa town
shipElla Ball, Blanch Dillon, Em
ma Ferguson, Dora Hile, James Dillon
and Kober Tubbs.
Johnson school, In Jordan township
Ky Pearce, Elgie Pearce, Jeffie
Peaee, Hatty Bailor, V ernie Ken, Belle
LtddcJI, Ella Ilunter, Allie Johnston
and Katie Bailor.
Pine Grove eebool, In Greenwood
township Lila Newoomer, Lola Bell, .
Mary Sharp, Willi Bell, Johnny K es
ter and Harry Kesler. Eighty visit
were made to tb above acbool during
the term. . ,