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J J. LI SOLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
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CurwtmiTills, Closrtold ouuatjr, Pa.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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r R. & W. BAltUETT,
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clearfield, pa.
January SO, 1870.
JSIUEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
ar-Oflos In the Court Bonis. Jjll,''
y"M. M. McCULLOUGII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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.Illorury-nt-I.ate,
CLEARFIELD, - - PENN'A.
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CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
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T (Sublessors to Wallaee A Fieldloj,)
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janl'77 Clearfield, Pa.
J F. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
nffiee la Pie's Opera House.
June J6, 'TStf.
g L. McGEE,
DuBois, Clearfield County, Penn'S
JT-Will attend promptly to all legal business
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reus. . Moaner.
ctrci soanoa.
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ATTORNEYS AT L AW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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:I0'74
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NaUoael liens. Jan:l:7S
4 G. Kit A ME R,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Estate and Collection Agent,
CLUARFIBl.O, PA.,
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trusted to bis aare.
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DISTRICT ATTOKNBY,
CLEARFIELD, PA
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oelve prompt attention.
V-OHIne In tbe Court House.
eugl4,ll70-ly.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tnrt Real Batata Afrent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office ob Tblrd street, bet.Cberrj A Walnut.
rRespeetfully offers his servioes Ib sslllng
and buying lands la Clearneld and adjoining
eountlel Bad with aa szperieBeo et over twentv
y.ars aj a sarreyor, flatters himself tbat hs eaa
render satisfaction. Fsb. J8:cS:tf,
yhysitlaus' Cards.
)R. E. M. BCUEURER,
IIOIKEOPATUIC PHYRIC1AN,
Ofliee la mldeaoe en First St.
April It, 1171. Clearleld, Pa.
; jyt. W. A. MEANS,
I PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
'3 DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend professional tails prosnplly. aagto'70
jyt. t. j. hot eh,
FIIY8ICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office oa Market Street, Clearleld, Pa.
ra-Once hoars ! te II a. m., and I to I p.
D
li. J. KAY WR1GLKY,
HOMlKPATUlO PHYSICIAN,
r-Office adjulniag the resldenoe ef James
M'rigley, Ksa., na HeeoBdHU, Cleerfleld, Pa.
Jolyll.'TD tf.
Ijyt. U. B. VAN YALZAII,
CLBARPIELD, PBNITA.
vr rit'E in itr.rtiimnua, ivKnKsvrnnsi
AND PINE STREETS.
Olios boars-From It le I P. M.
S May It, 1071.
t :
1K. J. P. BURCUFIKLD,
eete tlargeeti ef the 0M fteglaieBt, Peaeyltaala
s Volaateera, basing returned frees she A rosy,
XefTers hie peefeesleBal serrieee lesheeltlseM
efOleeraetd eeaaly.
' jeeyPrafassleBal sells promptly atteaded oe.
te ea feeead sorest, reemerlyessejpled by
v. wooes. apre,ew.u
I OH PMINTIRO Of EVERY DI8CRIP
I tl asatly eientel at this office.
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Wo bare printed a large somber of tbe ae
FKK RILL, end will en tbe receipt of twenty.
flee eente. meit a eonr te any address. ojM
WILLIAM. II. HENRY, Jubtioe
opfaa Pbacs ABB ScaiTBBBB, LUMBER
OITY. ColleottoBS made and moaey promptly
peid eror. Artieles of agreement and deed) of
eonveyaneo neatly executed ana warranted cor
rect or Bo ekarge. Hly'TI
JOHN p. THOMPSON,
JuMliio uf tbt Pnw Hit BoHrener,
CtirweufVlMe( Pa
fcm.Collttiooi mni moo prompt
piltluw. hhM'Tltf
HENRY BHETII,
oitbip r. 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOR BULL TOWMSntr.
May , 1871-ly
TAMES MITCHELL,
DBALBB IB
Sfjuaru Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
Houss and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
eeaWIII eaeouU lobs la bis lias promptly and
IB a workmanlike taenaer. ap rt,7
JyilN A. STABLER,
BAKER, Market St., Clearleld, Pa.
Frosb Bread, Rusk, Rolls, Plea and Cakes
ob band or made te order. A general assortment
of Confectioneries, Fruits sad Nuts In stock.
Ioe Cream and Oysters in ssssob. BalouB aearly
opposite the Postoffioe. Prions moderete.
faernh IS-'7
WEAVER 4, BETTS,
DKALKBS IB
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
seer-Office ob Keeond street. Ib rear of store
room of Ueorge Wearer A Co. ( JanO, '71-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JI1HTICB OF Till PEACE
.ron
tttcalur TowntMp,
Osoeola Mills P. 0.
All official business enlrs.ted to him will be
promptly attended to. moli20, '70.
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop en Market St., opposite Court Hosie.
A clean towel for every easterner.
Also dealer in
lle-t Uranus et Tobarro and Clgara.
rtes.01d. Ps. may 10, 'TO.
JAMES H. TURNER,
JI'HTICE OF THE PEACE.
Wallaceton, Pa.
er-IIa has Brenared himself with all the
Beees.ary blank forms aader tbe Pensioa and
Bounty laws, aa well as bleak Deeds, ete. All
legal nutters sntru.ted te bis eare will reeeire
prompt attentloa. May tth, 1870-tf.
ANDREW 11ARWICK,
Market Htreet, Clearneld, Pa.,
MAMl'rACTBBBB ASO tBALBB IB
HarntM, Briillei, Saddles, Collars, and
JJorse-Furniihing Goods.
aw-AII kinds of repsiring promptly attended
to. Haddlors' liardware. Horse Brushes, Curry
Combs, Ae., always on band and for sals at tbe
lowest easn prloe. LMarcn is, ioiv.
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
SY-Pumps always on hand and made to order
en short notion. Pipes bored on reasonable terms.
All work warrantee, te render eatiafaetloa, and
dellrersd if desired.- myllilypd
Lslvery Ntable.
rfflHB undersigned begs loareto Inform thepub.
X lies that be is Bow fully prepare to aooommo.
date all la tbo way of furnishing H.ees, Buggies,
Saddles and Hera ess, oa the shortest aotiee and
sa reasonable terms. Rssidsaee on Losast street,
eetweSB Turd nnd f-oertn.
OEO. W. OKARIIART
llearfleld. Feb. 4, 1170.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
GLEN HOPS, PENN'A.
ritllK auderslgued, hasfasg leased ibis eom
X modloos Hotel, ia tbe sillege of Qlsn Hope,
is now prepared te aooommodete all who may
call. My table sad bar shall he swpplled with
the best tbs marko I affords.
IIKORIIE W. DOTTS, Jr.
01.0 nope, Pa., Msrcb 10, 1870-1,
THOMA8 H . FORCEE,
MALM II
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
CRAUAMTON. Pa.
imMr ana sun iamnror an iinu.
Order ).. td and all bllli promptly
u4. . L J7li 7z
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
MetlsMI I a
SQUARE TIMBER,
end meaufeotnrere of
ALL klSIDrlOPIIAWKD M!MBI'.lt,
-77I CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB BBALRB la
Watchoo, Clocks nd Jenolry,
Oralam's Ams, Jfaraef AVeef,
CI.EARPIKLn, PA.
All kinds ef repairing In my Has promptly Bl
ended te. April JH, 1074,
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
TU I undarelgBsd, baring established a Mar
aery oa the 'Pike, about half way between
Cleerfleld and Carwsnsrllle, is prepared to far
atsh all hlads of FHU1T TREES, (staaderd and
dwarf,) K?ergoeas, Shrubbery, Urapo Vlaes,
Uooseherry, Lawtoa Blaohberry, Strawberry,
and Raspberry Vlaes. Also, Siberiaa Crab Trees,
Qalnoe, -and early scarlet Rhubarb, Ao. Orders
promptly attended te. Addrees,
J. D. WRIflHT,
seplO mt-y Curwsaavlile, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. H. CARDON & BR0.,
0a Marktt 0L aa Jor wt af UtaalAB Unm,
CLRARriKLD, PA.
Oar arraagtnwtf ara rf tba atoH antaplfltt
eharaoaw lor faraUaiaa tba f abltt wlia tntk
Mm li r all klad, aad f ta vary batt aiitlitj.
W alaa aval la all kladt or Jtarieaitarai iiapi.
aia. watoa wa kf aa aabtblilaa for tha bm
ftt of tha paalta. CaH aroand aa la tawa,
aad takt a look at tkift ar addMM ai
F. H. OAKUON A BRO.
OtaftHlald, Pa., Jaly 14, H7-lf.
4'tearflrld IttHHrnttct Agcnty
iahi Kan a.
Aaaoib li. atnata.
lUpraMat Iba fclkwlnf aad atbar trrt-alaM Oa'a
ConpaaUa. AtMtt.
LlnrtPMl Uadaa A OUW-U. I. nr.eRMI.it
Lraontai oa (ml A aaab lai..M ,I00,I0
Fbatata, af Uarttard, Coo a l,U,M
laaariao Oa.af horU Aariaa f,43l,t174
Morlb BrttUb A MaraaaUtaU.S. Br. 1,7
iWUlik OoaMaaraiaiU..Braaeh...i Tt.UI
W atartowa M.. w...... Hi ,U
Travtlari (Life A Aatidaat) M 4,mM
Oflraaa Mwhat m.,apa. Caart Hoatw, CUar-
naia, ra. it t, Ttir.
QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.
PT UiRIOM, II X TBABI OLD.
"Do an (re! i waar wbit drMiti, r 1
Alwkyi, or only ia tba fiuminarr Do
Thrlr blrthdyi bart to eom like mine, Id Mty t
Do tbj hara icarl.t taibat thin, or blaa t .
"When llilla Jaailo ditd Imt aicht,
llow oou Id b walk to Umtoo it li ao far 1
II ow did ib nod iba way without a light ?
Tberawara't area oy noon or atar,
"Will ibe bare red or golden wlof af
Then will ahe bare to be a bird and flr t
Do tbey take nen, like Preitdenti and Klorn.
Ia hearMB with bit ok plarnaa elear to tbe iky t
"How old ii Qod f lUe be (trey b.lr?
Can be tea yetf Ubore dil be bare to itaj
Ilefore you know be had made anywhere 1"
Who dnea be pray to whso be baito prey t
"How many dropa lo tbe hi 1
How many atari ? well,thn,ya ooght to know
How many flowcra are oa ao appla-lree t
How duel the wind look when U doeto'i blow t
"Where doaa tbe rainbow eadP And why
Did Captaia Kidd bory roU tbiref Wbea
Will thta werld bam and will tha flretnea try
To put the fire out with anginei, then f
"If jom abonld ever die, nay we
Have puaipklni growing lo the garden, ao
My fairy god-mother aan some for ma,
Wheu there 'i a Priueen bell, and let ma go ?
"Head Cinderella juit onoe more
Wbet makea men'a other wivea ae mean f"
I know
That I woi tired. It may be oruai, before
1 ihut tbe painted buok for her to go.
Houn later, from ohild'a white bed
I beard iba timid, lait queer aueatioa at art :
"Mamme, are yoo tay atep-motberf ilaeid.
Tba innocent reproof crept to my haert.
AX OLD-TIME LADL0R1).
REMMINISCENCES OF JIMMY
V1AHSR AND THE GLOBE
HOTEL.
HIS VIRTUES AND ECCENTRICITIES UOW
Till VENERABLE 0IMON CAMERON
MADE HIS FIRST ilONir AND
CHIKP."
It wan during tbo littler part of
Jackson's administration ono Jimmic
Mabor, oriiinally from Cork, nourished
as cliiol gardener at tbe Exovutive
niutinion. Jimmio Alabor was as quaint
a cbaraclur as Ireland ever avo lo
tins country or the city of Washing
ton eninyed. lie was onon-hearted,
and had a big, warm Irish heart in
him. -No hungry man over entered
Jimmies house that was not asked
had he a mouth on him r" Jimmio
was witty, too, and liko a majority of
his . countrymen had woakness for
whisky, unmixed. Yet, unlike many
of bis countrymen, whisky sent him
into tho happiOBt of moods and a dis
position to do "ivery man a lavor, do
jo moind." Fighting whisky, it must
Le remarked, was not ao plenty tucn
aa now.
Tho Botanical garden in those days
was a colony of canny Sooth man, and
it is related of Jimmio Mahor that he
would co down there when tbo Super
intendent was away, invito the subordi
nates out to drink at a little tavern
ovor the way, got them all gloriously
drunk on hot Scotchos, and leave them
all asleep on lbs floor. Jackson's an
cestors were from Carrickforgus, Ire
land, and Jimmio Mahor originated in
Cork, Ireland, It was only natural,
then, tbat they should toko kindly one
to the other. Indocd, they had odd
traits of character in common ; but
the gardener would attlmes, especially
when undor the influence ol poteen,
lo things which sorely tried tbe old
Generals patience. Jimmio had sev
eral times mado things more lively in
tbo kitchen of the White House than
was agreeablo to Mrs. Jackson and tbe
domestics, and tho result was a ro-
monstrancefromlhoold General. That
was many years bclore Jubn W.
Forney and other politicians organised
the "Kitchen Cabinet." In short,
Kendall and Blair's lights were burn
ing at that day, and tho Whig vocalists
were singing : "Oh, Carry Me Hack to
Old Virginia."
Well, tbo Cleneral sont for Jimmio,
intending to administer a reprimand.
Jimmie appeared beloro the General
with bis bat in bis lu.nd and bis tace
bathed in patience.
"Mr. Alaher," said the fi.oneral, se
verely,"! hear a groat many bad things
about you from time to time. It is
reported to me that you have raised
the very devil in tbo kitchen by your
eccentricities, or something worse.
Unless you improve I shall Uavo to
discharge"
"Is it ixcintricities you call thim,
yonr onhorf" interrupted Jimmio,
twirling bio bat and looking rjuizzically
at the (Jonoral.
"Yes ; and I might have called it
something worse," resumed Jackson.
"Stay awhilo, stay awhile, yur
onhor," again interrupted Jimmio;
"there's a mighty dale in what yur
sayin'. But it Jimmio Mayher'd be
lieve a tinth part of tbe bad be bears
about your onhor he'd not be long in
yur onbor's lmplny."
Jackson moved his band, told Jim
mie he could go, but enjoined htm to
keep peace with the domestics.
On landing in this country Jimmie
Maber mado a lodgment eomewhoro in
Pennsylvania, where hoformod the ac
quaintance of Simon Cameron, who
was not so rich then aa be is now. lo
tell the honest truth, tbat was beloro
Simon turned the groat State of Penn
sylvania into a political cattlo yard
when young Simon was of a gay turn
ol mind, and could tip punch with
any of them. Jimmie took to tho gay
Simon, and Simon look took tho relish
ing Jimmie with equal kindness. We
have said this because we vary soon
bring the two together in Washing,
ton.
The old Globe hotel, or rather inn,
an unpretending wooden building,
with a front door opening alantwajs,
as was common at that day, and a
game window above, overlooking a
portion of Pennsylvania avenue, and
all tbat triangle in front of Baylor's
stable's, stood on tbe northeast oorner
ot Thirteen-and-a-half and K streets.
It was for many years a landmark in
Washington, and its visitors were
among the most prominont ol our citi
sens. In addition to the duties of
chief gardener at lbe Exocutivo Man
sion Jimmie Maber, in 1836-37 became
mine bost of tbe Olobs hotel, and soon
made it famous for Its hospitality and
tho good quality of liquor sorvod at
the bai. In addition to tbe bar thore
was a little back room, where men like
Webster and Clay and othors of thoir
typo would drop In and sip a glass of
01 purs Dranay. we put on more
style now than we did in Jackson's
time. As an evidonoe of this it was
Jimmie Maher's boast tbat none of tbo
great men in Washington were above
taking bis arm and joining him in a
glass at inouioue. 'I be air ot oom-
tort and neatness which prevailed at
the Globe was due to Mrs. Mahor, who
was as good a housewife as oould be
lound in tbe District For a oiirn Jim
mie had a wooden globe elovatod pn a
poie, ana with this inscription:
-mis Hotel is Kent Br Jlroejle Maker, Orlfl
allf froa Cork, Irelteo RaoleUf hoes PlBJl
vaaie." At the time we write ol, the Globe
notei was ao fatuous, as the headquart
IELD
ers of the different delegations ot In
dians visiting Washington to have a
talk with the great father and get their
wrongs redressed, as the Tromont
boiiBe is to-day. Billy Bowlegs, Little
Juniper, and tho groat uuoeionoKoe
bad beon guests ol tne uione anu par
taken of Jimmie Maher's good cheer
Wa need hardlv add that this honest.
warm-hearted little Irishman was very
popular with Lo. Thore was the little
back room where the braves were per
mitted to indulge in a war dance of
an evening, mine nost acting as master
ol ceremonies, lie lea mem won,
joinod them in a glass of fire water,
and at times mado himself merry at
their expense. "You must be honest
with an Ingun," bo would say, "and
trate him like a gentleman."
A deleiralion of nino Winnebago
chiefs were in Washington to settle
tbeir claims against tbo Government,
amounting It wo remember right, to
nearly two hundred thousand dollars,
nnd were stopping at the Globe. It
was a cold Decombor dtty in JB.iti.
The chief had boon impatient tor sev
eral days at the non arrival of some
one. They wero made to believe be
would act as their great friend and see
tbat they bad their rights. A drench
ing storm was swooping with great
violence over Washington tnat aay.
Snow, rain and sleot mingled and
swoptiu blinding force from one end of
ronusylvama avenue to tbe otbor.
Thore was mud here, and there, mud
everywhere. Windows rattled, shut
ters clnsbcd, chimneys wero blown
down, and sign-boards went drifting
up tbe avonue, and water streamed
down the gutters anklo-decp. Now a
venturesome pedestrian struggled
against the gulo for a loothold, then
sought shelter in some friendly door
way. Tho mail was six hours late
that day. The Winnebago chiets
would irather about the front window
at intervals during tbe afternoon, draw
their blankets more cloeoly about their
shoulders, look out Into the piercing
storm and bold a muttoring conversa
tion among themselves. Their inter
preter would explain certain things to
them, which for tho time seemed to
relieve their anxiety. "Ugh, good
Simon, no come," tboy would mutter,
nnd then retire to the little back room,
whore they would smoke the pipe and
hold prolonged consultations. Here1
againtboy would renoat: "Ugh, good
Simon, no come. Ugb, good Simon,
no come. Ugb, good Simon, no como."
It was 11) o'clock at night. Tho
storm was still raging outside and the
Winnebago chief's were in tbe midst of
a war dance in the little back parlor,
Jimmie Maber marking time on an old
tambourine. A coach pulled up at tbe
door, and a tall man, in a thick warm
coat rnshod into the Globe, which put
a suddon stop to the war dance. That
man was Simon Cameron, whose ca
reer in Pennsylvania politics has been
so remarkable. Aftor exchanging
greeting with Jimmie Maher, Simon,
who was not a stranger in Washing
ton even at tbat day, was introduced
to tbe Winnebago chiefs as thoir groat,
good friend the man who would see
that their claims wore "adjusted hon
orably and paid promptly," Then the
chiefs regaled tbomsulves with "fire
water at Simon s expense, and there
was a general jollification all round,
which was kopt up until the small
hours of morning, Simon and Jimmie
Wahor being, if anything, drunker
than the Indians. Of tbe two men
Jimmie Muhor was decidedly the bet
tor man, In head as well as heart, llo
bad been strictly honest in his deal
ings with the Indians, and had, in his
rough way, been a true friend to them.
Cameron was cold, designing, mer
cenary, lie had on his mind at tbat
moment a cunningly devised scbemo
to rob, in the most barelaced manner,
those poor, but too confiding Winno
bagoeB, and yet be had deluded those
Indians into the belief tbat be was
tbeir true friend. In this shameful
scheme of plunder he had a confeder
ate namod Brodhead, also from Penn
sylvania. This man was a sharp, un
scrupulous speculator, and was well
known in Washington for the boldness
of his operations. Cameron was nomi
nally casbier, out really ran tbe Mtd
dletown bank, a one-horse concern in
Pennsylvania. Brodhcad went quietly
to work and bought up tbe Winne
bago claims for a more trifle, while
Cameron got himself made a United
Siatoa Commissioner to settle them.
And this was his object in Washing
ton at tbe time we write of. Ol course
Simon began bis work of charity by
allowing all the claims, genuine as well
as fraudulent. In that way the two
worthies wont on and accumulated a
very large sum of money, and would
have kept on bad not thoir operations
become so glaringly dishonest as to
attract the attention ot Maj. llitch
oock, then tbe Government disbursing
officer at St. Louis. This is tbo same
Uitchcock who formed, as a Major
General, one or the Courts before
which Kits John Porter was tried. lie
was a man ot singular purity of char
acter, strict in tho performance of his
duty, and no man ever questioned his
integrity, llitohcock instituted an in
quiry which revealed tacts of the
most astounding nature In short, be
disoovered that a gigantio system of
ruuuing eraji ueing uarrteu ttu, in wmcu
the Indians, as well as tho Govern
ment, wero victims, and that Simon
Cameron was really the "boss in the
business." Hitchcock wielded a sar
castic pen, and in reporting this mon
strous swindls ho'dwelt upon its influ
ence upon society with great force.
He also returned Cameron's drafts dis
honored. This led to further investi
gation, during which the most corrupt
means were used to break Hitchcock
down and get him reinovod from bis
post. In this they signally failed.
Uitchcock was not the man to be put
down by men wbo were proved to
bavo conspired to plunder the Govern
ment. Their course only renewed his
offorts lo expose tho swindle, and the
further ho got in to it the more shock
ing its details became. Ho proved be
yond question tbat Simon Cameron
was even worse than Brodhead, Inas
much as he had addod hypocrisy to
tha crime ol robbery, lie also proved
beyond question tbat tbe Indians bad
boon swindled, tbo Uovornmont had
been swindled, and Cameron and Brod
head had made themselves rich. It
was in this scheme ot robbing tbe
ignorant but confiding Indians that
the now venerable Simon Camoron
laid tbe foundation of his political and
finanoial fortunes. And it was in this
that be earned the title ot Winnebago
chief.
Notwithstanding tbo guilt of tbe
parties was proved by tbe most posi
tive proof, no one was punished. Cam
eron came to Washington, and, by
means no officer of the army has ever
been able to explain, bad the natter
"boshed op." From that day to this
Simon Cameron has bad no use for
oflloersof the regular army of Major
Hitchcock's stamp.
In 1B45 Simon Csmeron cast long
ing eyes on a scat in the Senato of the
United Stutes, and he secured it by
means almost aa reprehensible as those
he bad used with such success to de
fraud tho Winnebago Indians. And
now we have the Camerons assorting
their power to control the political
uesliny ol the great oiaie oi rennsyi
vania. J
Quaint old Jimmie Maher died about
two years ago, respected by all wbo
knew bim. Jtoxt to Jnenson, Henry
Clay was his favorite politician and
friend. Ho would resent In a moment
any disrespectful allusioa to Mr. Clay.
J immie s last words : "J riende, ivory
one o'yecs, I'm goin' t loavo yeos,
an'U be happy in Ho' vet soon. This
yoes can say ot me .wnin i m uoau :
'Jimmie Maher niverwrJiigod no man
nivcr stole from an Ingun."
"I'll be following ym; soon, Jimmie,"
said his good wile as he paused away.
And she did follow him soon. Tbo
old Globe hotol disappeared during
Gov. Shepherds reign, and a new
brick building stands on tbe spot.
Brodhead is no longer seen on the
strocts of Washington, nor does the
writer know what has become ol bim.
Major General Hitchcock died a few
years ago. The venerable Simon Cam
eron lives andm active, butstill crooked
in his ways.
lyi'Eli ES T1NQ ST A T1STICS OF
THE FRESIDENU i.
The Philadelphia Press sys: Tho
following is an analysis ol the occu
pancy of the Presidential ofliee from
the organir.ation of the Government
under tbo Federal constilutiin to tbe
end of tho present term, slowing the
length of service of tbe iicumbeuts,
and tho States of which they wore
residents :
SamlKtrm 8tatn. Stain.
lau:
,17alT7
,180 -1 Mill
1SIII-1H7
ihi;-is!:
184 -1910
IV it,.
I
Washington. Vire;inln..
JsBerson -Virginia..
Medisob.....M...-Vlrainie...
Monroe Virginia...
Tylsr.. Virgiois..,
5oaf.iee.tora Aatss.
Jsossoe...... Tsnn
182f.IS.17 8
1SU.1S49 4
imt-iKjci i
isst-isev i ii
Folk ..Ten ii
Tevlor Louisi'e
Johnsons Tenn
Wfttr Slain.
llarrisoa..
Liooln
Ohio
Illinois...
, Illinois.,
1S4I-IS4I ... I
lsni-isru ...
.181111-77 t I
.187M8S1 4 ...
Grant..
Here....... Ohio
UiddU Slaltt.
Bnren
N. Y
N. V
. ...Peun
Mass
Mass
...N. 11
,18:I7-11I 4
ISsO-lsoS 1
,1.M61 4
1T07-I8I11 4
1116-1820 4
.1)33.1807 4
Fillmors
liuantnen
Eailwm Stato.
Adams
J. Q. Adams....
rioroe
Total..
aacarruLarisa.
Middle sad Ksstsrn Stalss II
Westers and eWnthsraetera State 88 ft
Soalhsra Stale. li II
Total 92 ...
oKlected Viee-President.
It will be soon that the Eastern
Stales elected three of tbeir cititens
to that high position, serving one term
each. The Middle States elected two
and inherited a fraction of a term by
the demise ol a southwestern J'resi-
ent. Tbo Western States elected
four, who, if death had not interposed,
would have belt! the ofliee twenty-four
years, but by the decease of two oarly
in the torms lor which tuey were
chosen, a Virginian and Teiinessccan
reduced it nearly eight years. The
Southwostcrn Slates elected throe,
whose service, with nearly a full term
by another inheritor, made over seven
teen years.
The scoplro departed Irom tne south
ern States proper when Jackson, who,
was more of a Weatorn man than a
Southorn man, was elected, but it had
its rulo in the Chief Magistracy for
more than tbirty-Bix years every in
cumbent being a Virginian I
Assuming that tbe J.astorn and
Middlo States bear a similar relation
to each otbor, politically, aa that of tho
western and ctonthwestero, tbe latter
bave been the most favored and have
bad tho President for more than thirty
threo years, while tbe formor aggro
gate not quite twenty-three. So, too,
the W' osier n Slates exceed the East
ernsixteen to twelvo. Strangely
enough, the two largest States of both
tha latter localities are tho only ones
favored New York and Pennsylvania,
and Ohio and Illinois.
Provani Swiaeing A coso came
up iu the Schuylkill Court recently,
before Judge Pershing, in which the
Commonwealth charged a man named
Bashoro witb firing off a vollov ol
twenty-four oaths. The preliminary
investigation belore a justice ol tbe
peace resulted in bis oonviotion, and
bo was sentenced to pay a fine of six
ty-seven cents lor each "swear, the
total amonnting to 110.08. This ac
tion was brought under a law of the
Stale ot Pennsylvania passed in 17'Jt.
Exception was taken to tbe ruling on
the ground that Bashoro should have
beon arrostea oy summons instead ol
by warrant, and snit should bavo been
brought by an individual Inlormor In
stead of in the namo of tbo Common
wealth. Those exceptions were over
ruled, but as tho justice bad neglected
to return the evidonoe taken before
bim, as tbe law required, bis action
was reversed, and npon this technical
ity tbe profnne man escaped paying
the penalty. In summing up Judge
l'ershing remarked that the resurroo-
tion of tbe statute in this caso may ac
complished some good by showing
those who have no regard for the law
of God tbat the law of tho land
imposes npon them a penalty ot
from forty to sixty-seven cents for
each oath, to be followed by impris
onment, accompanied with a diet of
bread and water, on reiusal to pay,
for each and every time they pollute
the atmosphere with Iheir profanity.
A Matrimonial Mix. The poople
of Grimsville, Lohigh oounty, just now
are greatly exercised over a recent ease
of intermarriage in their midst. The
Earties aro named Smith and Snydor.
Ir. Smith was a widower, fifty years
of age. He has a son, twenty-four
yearuofage. Mrs. Snyder was a widow,
forty-two years old. She has a daugh
ter wbo Is twenty-one yoars ol ago.
Mr. Smith, sr., married Mrs. Sdydor's
daughter. Mr. Smith's son married
old Mrs. Snydor. Doth families have
children, and the local wits aregoltiug
those children ana parent badly
mixed op.
A Vermont father paid what was
to bim a large sum of money for a dic
tionary for his boys. What was bis
disappointment when he discovered
afterward that it contained a dock of
oards, and tbat the boys nsod it for a
table when tbey were engaged at a
game of euoher. They wore only im
itating the punster and playing upon
words.
Some female bave been arrested In
Kentucky tor the manufacture of
Illicit whisky. This is the first re-
oorded instance of a woman keeping
still.
'REPUBLICAN.
IMMORAL MINISTERS.
It is common to hour good people
lament that the number of ministers
who disgrace their Bacred calling, and
bring reproach upon religion by gross
immoralities, is largely increasing in our
aay. it uas ticen so generally staled
and so often repeated that most per
buiis auueui mu conclusion as a I
one ; but is it bo J Tbe ready answer
is givon in a list ol bair a scoro ol die
tinguished divines whose lull is yet
fresh in the recollections of tho public,
and it is offered as decisive of the grow
ing hypocrisy of ministers.
It is true that we read much more
of tho immoralitiosof prominont preach
ers now tuan did our lorelathers, and
more than readers of to day did a quar
ter of a century ago; but it is too often
fnrgotton that the progress of tho Now
World during the last two decades bo
been greater than in tbe preceding
nan century. 1 he last eenorution bad
few nowspapors, fewer railroads, no
telegraphs, and Ubio, ow iorkand
Pennsylvania were thon much more
distant from each other than aro the
Pyramids from us now. Tho world
then jogged on in its regulation way
and parish scandals seldom shocked
tho faithful outside of tbe community
in which they were created ; but now
tho full ol a prominent minister is
chroniclod in every locality along with
the curront news of tbo day, and of
ten in all tho sickening details which
are prosumod to be invested with spe
cial interest because the offender is a
teacher of religion.
Sinco tho days of the chosen teach
ers of the Savior, the oxamploa of
weakness ana hypocrisy oxhibitod in
thoir littlo circle Lavo been repeated
in every ago of tho world ; and if the
research be extended buck to the ac
cepted teachers before tho Christian
era, prophets, priests and even angels
nave lauglil oy tiieir lull bow buman
frailties must deform the best efforts
of men. Tbe mastery of crime ovor
moral teachers belongs to no one peri
od of history moro than another, save
when the Church became debauched
and its sanctuaries defiled before tbo
Reformation. There bavo been epochs
among all people which incroascd or
icBseuea the sanctity ot tho clerical
profession ; but men bavo been tho
same under all tho mutations ot civil-
itation and will continue so until time
shall be no more.
It is not just to the religious teach-
ors of the present day to assume that
tuoy aro wnrso than in the days ol our
fathers. More full, but there aro
many moro to stand the crucial tost.
We may read ot them every wock,
but wo now read tho record of the
world's doings each day instead of the
history of a mcro community. With
numbers largely multiplied and thoir
failings grouped in the daily press
from tbe tall spires of tho city oburcbes
to the missionary stations in tbe lands
of the heathen, can it be justly said
that tho religion and morality of min
isters are now more lightly worn than
in wnat we so tbonghtiossly call tbe
hotter days of tbe past?
It must be remembered that tbe
leading civilizations of the world bave
all recently emerged from the demorali
sation of war. During tho last two
decades, every important powor of
f.uropo has been in tho name of bat
tle, and the New World baa suffered
tho terrible moral and material deso
lation ol fraternal strilo. Even tho
wars waged in the name of religion
have boen destructive of religious
training among the people, and all
wars dosolato tho sanctuaries as well
as the homes of nations. Our civil
conflict was tho severest strain npon
the purity of tbe church. 11 arrayed
pulpit against pulpit; brother against
brother : Federal and Confederate prov
ed tbeirca use from Scripture; ministers
wore diverted to tbe camp and the
hustings: unknown temptations ap
pealed to their cupidity and ambition,
and gilded and tolerated vico was tbe
familiar acquaintance of all. The
sphore of the pulpit was enlarged ;
tho fiee thinker and tbe free actor
mingled more freely with tbe religious
teachers than ever belore, and tbe bar-
vest of ministerial immorality has
been small in comparison with the ro-
ligioua tares which bave been sown.
lbe world bss many times been
mucb worso and novor has boon much
better than in our age; and what ie
true of tho world in general, is equal
ly true of the church and its teacbere.
Religion novor before bad bo many
able, consistent and earnost preachers
as it has to day, and with all the de
moralization ot war and sucoessive
tides of speculation and bankruptcy,
tboro is a sound devotion to morality
among tbo masses ot our poople. A
Boechur may be sustained in a Plym
outh pulpit, and mullitudca flock to
bear his bewitching eloquence there
and elsewhere; but the works of
Beochcr, onco bo widely read and
keenly appreciated, aro now unsalable
and his Lilo of Christ abandoned. Ho
ceased to be a minister outside of tho
narrow confinos of Plymouth parish
when a confession, as distinct as that
ol Ruv. Dr. Pelts, stamped him with
sin and shame, and he could enter no
pulpit outside of bis own without a
shudder Irom many of his hearers.
Tho faithful religious sentiment of the
country has boun well cherished by a
faithful ministry, and it has as faith
fully conservod its own teachers and
condemned those who have brought
reproach upon tbo cause. And tboy
are mercilessly exposed and condemn
ed by tbe newspaper press, in obedi
ence to tbo Inexorable domntitl of in
telligent publio opinion. Ifa lawyer,
doctor, editor, eciantist, banker, mer
chant, actor or membor of any other
prolession is dotccted in improp
er relations with his female aman
uensis, it ia not doomed a matter
proper for publication, unless the law
is summoned to correct the wrong;
but tho fall of a minister is proclaimed
from the house tops and he is shunned
aa a moral leper in all family circles.
Tbe sanctity n, which tbe ministerial
calling is held by the world imposes
this harsh punishment upon those who
slain tbe pulpit with sin, and while
religions people stornly enforce tho
judnment of publio shame and irre
trievable dogrodation it win be evi
dence that teachers and followers are
as faithful now as ever in tbe past.
Philadelphia Times.
A candidate lor the office of Reoordor
of Jasper county, Ohio, solicited votes
on the ground that, if olectcd, he would
roturnlialf his salary to the publio
troasury. He was elected ; but tbe
Supreme Court bad declared tbe elec
tion void, because the inducement he
offered to the votors was in tho nature
of a bribe.
A colored oook, expeoling company
of bor kind, was at a loss now to en
tertain bor tnontls. Her mistress said,
"Chloe, yon must make an apology."
"La. missus I" was tbe reply, "bow
oan I make it? I got no apples, no
eggs, no nuflln, to make It wid."
PETROLEUM.
Mr. Charles A. Ashburncr, one of
the assistant geologists of the Penn
sylvania Geological Survey, delivered
two lectures before the Frsnklin In
stitute, Philadelphia, not long since.
Tho subjects considered wero tho His
tory, Physiography, and Geology of
fotroleum. A conciso history ol this
"liquid mineral" was given from tho
time ot the building of Babylon and
Nineveh, where it was used lo make
mortar, down to tho present day, when
it may be justly called tbe illuminator
of lbe past twenty years. Special at
tention was directed to tbo Pennsyl
vania oil regions as being tho produc
ing territory of the world.
Mr. Ashburner estimated tbat Penn
sylvania, from tho discovery of oil by
Colonel Drake, in 1859, has produced
in the aggregate 133,202, u3!J barrels
ol crude oil, Iho salo ol which bus re
alized 8j1U,10:i U72. Tho naturo and
characteristics of petroleum, or "rock
oil," were carefully dotailod, and twen
ty-two varieties ol natural oil Irom tho
oil regions were exhibited. In color
tbey ranged Irom a black lubricating
oil from Wirt county, WeBt Virginia,
to and almost colorloes oil Irom hmith s
Forry, Pa.
Sections of the oil-rocks of Canada,
New York, and Pennsylvania, and nu
merous specimens ol tho oil sands,
woro exhibited and described. Tbo
differences between tho latter wero
very great, and a striking comparison
was mado betwoon the "pebblo third
oil sand" of Vonango county, and tho
nno-grainod but homogeneous sand or
tho Bradtord District In Mctiean
county. Tbe practical bearing of these
differences was shown, and some of
the geological fitcts mentioned may be
of dollar nnd cents value to tho oil
operator.
lbe theory that the 1'onnsylvania
oils are derived entirely from Iho do
composition of tbe vegetnblo and ani
mal lilo ot tho Devonian ago, and that
oil sands aro but reservoirs holding tbe
oil, Mr. Asbburner thinks is established
boyond a doubt by facts gathered from
the oil miner.
During tho lectures, a spouting and
flowing well wero produced experi
mentally, by the substitution of hy
drogen for natural gas, and water for
potroleum. Tbo physics of an oil-well
woro clearly explained by diagrams
and experiments. It was stated that
an oil-well drilled to-day in the Brad-
d District to a depth of 1DU0 loot
would cost 13,238. This is whero all
tho material used is entirely new. Of
course, many circumstances tend to di
minish or increase this cost.
The method of shipping oil by pipe
line seems destined to supersede its
shipment by railroad. In tho Brad
ford District, the United Pipe-Line
Company pumps potroleum over a
mountain 928 foot high, by a pump
located in the valley.
A period working model ol ah oil-
well dorrick was exhibited and set in
motion by a miniature steam engine
This model was not loss interesting
than one which was shown at an oil
refinery. During tbe lecture, Mr.
Asbburner rchncd ton ounces ot petro
leum, and exhibited nine different pro
ducts ot distillation, from a light naph
tha to a black tar.
In sneaking ot the accidents to be
attributed to dungorous burning oils,
it was stated tbat from lHliU to 187M,
30,000 lives wero lost and (10,000,000
worth of property dostroyed. Aii'm-
eermg and Mining Journal.
MORAL IDEA TEXDERS.
The Ilarrisburir Patriot, in alludinc
to the leaders of the Radical party,
remarks :
"The action of tho Board of Par
dons in remitting that part of the
sentence of tbe riot-bribers which im-
posod a year's imprisonment in tho
Penitentiary has been soverely criticis
ed by ihenross in goneral,including most
ot tbo Republican journals ot the
State. So far as tboso last aro con
cerned we do not seo that they have
much canso ot complaint. There is.
nurtny a itopaoncun eaitor in tbe
State so ignorant of the mothods of
tbe leaders ot bis party as not to un
derstand tbat Kcmble, Salter and the
rest, in their effort to secure votes for
the Riot Damage Bill, simply pursued
the ordinary course of iiopublican
macbino politicians. Bepubliean cam
paign management, from tbe primaries
to tho conventions, from the conven
tions to Iho ballot-box, from the ballot
box to the returning board, is based
entirely on commercial prinoiplos and
well do the llepublican editurs know
it. Kopublican candidates for cflico.
especially fer legislative ofliee, are
obliged aa a rule to pay more for thoir
election tbnn their aalaries amount to.
With few exceptions, tborofore, they
expect to got their money back with
such interest as they may be able to
socuro by telling tbeir votes and lu-
fliionco in the Legislature. Tho fact
that they are compelled to purchaso
tho ofliee certainly doos not afford any
lustiticalion ot their aubseqnont salool
tbemsolvos. liut tbo mothods pursued
by them in obtaining oftico naturally
and inovitably load to a corrupt nsoof
the oince alter It is obtained, w e do
not say tbat the Democretio party is
entirely Iroo from the dograding and
demoralizing influonce ot commercial
politics. Nevertheless It must be ad
mitted tbat boforo tho advent ot the
Kopublican party bnt little was known
of the oorrupt use of money in elec
tions and that 11 tbe Democracy ever
bad a "bar I" (which is doubtful) it was
used merely as a defensive agency.
In other words, the Democrats when
hotly pressed may have beon compelled,
once In a whilo, "to tight tbo dovil
ith lire." Tbe fact, however, remains
that oorrupt elections produce corrupt
officials and whore the latter abound
corrupt solicitors will also appear.
where tbe carcass is the csglos will
gather."
An Illinois paper, in describing the
lalo tornado, says: ' A white dug,
while attempting to woollier tbe gale,
was caught witb his mouth open snd
turned completely inside out."
As the wostorn clouds are tinged
with rod even altor the sun is lost to
view, so does the memory of a kind
act bring a smile to the taoe when its
author may be forgotten.
A LmnaiihArinal Irnnwloflia Is not
thoroughly distributed in our schools.
A boy being askea. " w nai is mist r
vaguely responded, "an umbrella."
Cincinnati lovor don't ssy : "My
swoet little rosebud," or "My own
darling sugar plum," but it's "You
sweet little ham."
A Vuloar Man. The editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer calls Washburne
a pale jackass, instead of a dark horso.
Whoa, there!
WEARY tVOMEX.
Nothing is moro reprehensible and
thoroughly wrong than the idoa that
a woman fulfills her duty by doing an
amount of work tbat is fur beyond
hor strength. Sh not only does not
fulfill her duty, but she most signally
fails in it, and the failure is truly de
plorable. There dir. lie no sadder
sight thiin that id a hmken tlowii,
over worked wile and moth, r a otu
an who ia tired all her life through. II
the work of the household cannot be
accomplished by order, system, and
moderate work, without the necessity
of wearing, heart-breaking toil toil
that is never ended and never begun
without making life a tread mill of
labor, then, lor the sake of bumunity,
let the work go. Bettor to livo in the
midst of disorder than that order
should be purchased also high a price
tne cost ol health, strength, happi
ness, ana an mat makes existence en
durable. The woman who spends her
mo in. unnecessary labor, is by this
very labor unfitted for tho highest du
ties of home. Shu should bo tho ha
ven of rest to which both husband and
children turn for peace and refresh
ment. She should bo tho careful, in
telligent adviser and guide ot tbo ono,
the tender confidant bclpmato of tbo
other. How iB it possible lor a woman
oxbaustod in body, as a natural conso
quence in mind also, lo perform either
of these offices ? No, it is not possi
ble. Tbe constant strain is too great.
Naturo gives way benoath it. She
loses health and spirits and hopelul
ness, and moro than all, hor youth
the last thing tbat a woman should
allow to slip from ber ; for, no matter
how old she ia in years, she should bo
young , in heart and fooling, lor the
youth of age is sometimes moro at
tractive than youth itself. To the
over worked woman this green old
ago is out of the question ; old age
comes on ber scro and yellow before
its time. Jler disposition is ruined,
her tomper is soured, her very nature
is changed, by the burden which, too
heavy to carry, is dragged along as
long as wearied feet and tired hands
can do their part. Even ber affections
are blunted, and she becomes merely
a machine a woman without tho
tiino to bo womanly, a mother with
out tho lime to train and guide ber
children as only a molhor can, a wile
without time to sympathize with and
cheer ber husband, a woman so over
worked during tho day that when
night comes her sole thought and most
intense longing is for the rest and
alcep that very probably will notoomo;
and, oven it it should, tbat she is too
tired to enjoy. Bettor by far lot every
thing go unfinished, to live as best
she can, than to entail on herself and
family the curae of overwork. ,Suni-
ftiry Magazine.
USEFUL IX FORMA TIOX.
To lay off a sqtare acre of eround.
measure 209 toot on each side, and
you will bave a square acre within an
Inch.
An acre contains 480 square rods.
A square mile contains 040 acres.
MIA8URI OF DISTANCI.
A mile is 6,280 feet, or 1,700 yards
in longtb.
A latliom u six teot.
A league is tbroe miles.
A Sabbath day's journey is 1,155
yards. This is ten yards less than
two-ttiirds ol a mile.
A day's journey is thirty-three and
a half miles.
A cube is two feet.
A band (horse measure) is four
inches.
A palm Is threo inches.
A pace is tbroe feet.
BAUREL HIASURI.
A barrel of flour woigha 106 pounds.
A barrel of pork 200 pounds.
A barrel of rice 690 pounds.
A keg of powder 25 pounds.
A firkin of butter 84 pounds.
BUSHEL USASl'BE.
The following are sold by weight
pu'r bushel :
Wheat, beans and clover seed, 60
potinds to the bushel.
Corn, rye and flax seed, 66 pounds.
Buckwheat, 62 pounds.
Barley, 48 pounds.
Oats, 32 pounds.
VARIOUS WIiaUTS AND MEASURES,
A ton of round timber is 40 feet ; of
squared limber, 64 feet.
A commercial halo of cotton is 400
pounds.
A pack ol wool is Z4U pounds.
A section of Government land is
640 acres.
A liquid ton is 252 gallons.
A box 16x15 inches and eight
inches deep contains a bushel.
FEEDING JIORSES.
A crest diversity of opinion prevails
as to tho best motbod of feeding horses,
anil mistakes are frequently made by
neglecting to give Bnitablo attention to
tho matter. We have known farmers
who were accustomed to throw a lock
of hay to their horses soveial times
during the torenoon or afternoon, and
when not at work the horses would be
kopt eating nearly tbe whole day, con
suming much moie bay on such days
than would bo required wbon at work.
This practice cannot fail to injure a
horso seriously if practiced any length
of time. Horses aro frequently injured
by ovor-leeding. A horse should no
moro have all the bay he can eat than
a child should all tbs bread or fruit it
cab eat. Regularity and moderation
are as important in the one case aa In
the other. Driving horses are some
lime fed on cut straw and meal with
out any hay, or very little. Thia is
good food tor horses, as has been
proved in many instances. Some be
lieve that six or eight quarts of meal
per day, with fllleen to twenty pounds
of bay is enough for almost any horse,
and botlor than more. Of course a
horse that works all the time needs
more food than one that doos but littlo.
Some horses consume and seem to need
more food than othors doing the same
work. Tbe bay should be out, or
mostly so and fed with meal, wot.
Cracked corn to be fed with oats a part
ot tbe time la recommended by some.
Smoky bny is specially liable to in
duce a cough, and should be carefully
avoided. Jf horses are fed mostly on
hay it should be of good quality, woll
cured and fed in moderate quantities
threo limes a day. Hut it is the opinion
of those best acquainted with horses
tbat they can be kept In good condi
tion cbeaner bv foedino aims e-rmin
than by giving them hay alone, and it
horsos are in constant use grain in
some lorm la a necessity.
Good men have the fewost (ears.
He has but ono who fears to do wrong
He has a thousand wbo has overcome
tbat one.
John Eakin, Venaneo oounty, has
accepted a position In the National Col
lege of the Kingdom of Siam.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. McqUOWM.
"Kduoatioa Is a bettsr safsguanl of llbertj tbaa
a standing arms. Jf we retrench tuea-sgeeof tne
schoolssastsr, we malt raise those ef tbs raoralt
Ing sergeant."
W. S. Greer is assistant loachor in
Lumber City Academy.
The publio school property destroy
ed by tho Milton fire was valued at
Miss Clara Barrett, of the Kumey
public school, is spending tho Summer
in Bellofonto.
Tho annual report uf the County
Superintendent will appear in the next
issue of tins paper.
M. J. Brocht, tormorly of Mauheim,
Lancaster county, has beon appointed
I'rincinal ol Ilia Sjililiera' llrK.,,.'
School at Mt. Joy, in placo of Mr.
Martin, resigned,
Kobe it McCormick, aged 20 years,
and a student in tho Lock Haven
Normal School, was drowned whilo
bathing, in company with Mime other
stiideins, on ihe 2oih nil.
But two school teachers, from lire
long list of applicants, were chosen
Census Enumerators in the county,
vi: W. S. Luthor. ol Lutbersburg,
and Emory II. Mullen, of Sbawsville.
Tho luw direct that where a dis
trict contemplates a change of toxt
books, Biich change must be effected
between tbe time of the employment
of their teachers and the opening of
their schools.
Tho matrimonial wave seems to
have strickon the school teachers of
thia county. Wo notice this wook
among tho latest announcements, tbo
marriage ot Iv. U. Haley, of Glen Hope
school, and Misses Tillio Feltwoll, of
Mcl'horron, and Nannio M. Wilson, of
Kylcrtown. '
Dr. Schryver, the first Superintend
ent ot schools of the county undor the
act of Assembly, reached bis seventy
second birth-day on the 23d nit. His
friends bestowed upon bim expressions
of their esteem, and joined in wishing
bim many days of health and pleas
ure yet upon earth. As a pioneer in
tne cause ot Common Schools. Dr.
Sehryvor was most earnest and faith
ful. Ho was the first chosen to break
down tho vigorous opposition which
sprang into existence at tho adoption
of tho Com nu n School system. With
out lew supporters be entored the
struggle and carried on a most vigor
ous wanaro against tho enemy ot ig
norance. It must bo gratifying to
bim in his old age to witness tbe su
premacy of the cause which he so
aritpstly espoused, and to know that
the success and growth ot the system
are duo in a measure to the efforts ol
his curly lite.
With Juno 1st wo began a new
school year, and our oyes should be
open to tbe vast amount ot mistakes
to bo corrected and the reformatory
measures to bo adopted. About one
hundred Directors will retire from
oflico, and their places will be filled by
others, perhaps, who do not entertain
tho same views on school quostlons.
The annual chango of Boards of Di
rectors always produces a great change
in scnooi auairs. uur work:, through
tho efficiency of the Directorship, has
boon steadily advancing, and we hope
this year may bring about many good
results. Directors should endeavor to
harmonize upon all questions tbat
have a tendency to elevate the Com
mon Schools. The subject of teachors'
wages, wo presume, will be the key
note of the school year. Labor in all
forms has taken an advance, and tbe
teacher is at a greater expense to pre
pare for his work. It costs bim more
to lire, and unless he be duly compen
sated lor his labor he will seek em
ployment in somo other department ot
business. We have no doubt bat that
Directors generally will adopt the safe
plan oi paying a premium on skill,
talent and ability.
SPRAYS FROM THE LOCK BAVIN NORMAL
SCHOOL.
A new flight of steps on each side ol
the front porch is tbo latest improve
ment at tho Normal.
Mr. W. U. Uenael, of the Lancaster
Intelligencer, will deliver an annual ad
dress at the commencement in June.
Some of tho Clearfield seniors are
givon to driving on Saturday after
noons, soma ladies left behind are
noticed to wear a very penU look.
A wind-mill 75 feet high will soon
pump the water from a huge well to
tho reservoir. A fountain in the oval
in front of tho building will b the
result.
The senior class has lately passed
ait examination in Geography, making
ninety-six and ono-tonth per cent., ana
ono in Algebra avoraging ninety-four
and two-fifths per cent.
I'AYINI) THE SCHOOL WARRANTS,
State Treasurer Butler has deter
mined to honor all school warrant as
fast as they are presented for payment
numbered irom one lo a mouaana. as
tho School Boards make their reports
to the Superintendent of Publio In
struction, warrants are drawn in their
favor for tho amounts due tbem, and
numbered in the order of the recep
tion of the reports. This method offers
a premium to prompt reports. The
appropriation to schools is 11,000,000
a year, and of tbe amount appropria
ted lor 1879 it is proposed to pay
about 1150,000 before stopping. Tbe
County Superintendents and certain
upils in the state Normal Schools
ave received nearly $100,000 of the
annual appropriation.
e s
IIOW TO HAVE A BAD SCHOOL.
1. Elect tbe most Ignorant, bigoted,
close-listed old fogies In the district to
the School Board.
2. Employ the cheapest teacher yon
can get, regard lea of qualifications,
reputation or experionce.
3. Find all the fault you can with
the teacher, and tell everybody; es
pecially let tbe pupils bear it
4. Wbon you Lear a bad report
about tbe teacher or the school, cirou
lalo it as fast as yon can.
5. Never visit the school, or encoor
ago ths teacher.
6. If yon should happea to visit the
school, take close notice of what seems
to go wrong, and tolLevorybody about
it except the loachor.
7. Nover advise vour children to be
obedient to the teaoher, and when one
is punished, rash to tbe schoolroom
bclore yonr pasion is cooled, and give
the teacher a hearing in the matter in
lbe preaence of the school.
8. Bo indifferent about sending your
children to school regularly.
9. Do not be concerned whether
they bavo the necessary books.
10. If any of tho pupils make slow
progress, blame the teacher for it
11. Occupy yonr old tumble-down
school honse as long as yon can, and
do not go to any expense to repair it
12. Do not go to any expanse to get
apparatus, improved furniture, ete.
13. If the teacher or pupils shonld
complain of an uncomfortable or In
convenient school-room, do not con
sider it worthy ol notice.
14. Get the cheapest fuel yoa oan.
In general, conduct your school on
the cheapest possible plan, and let
your chief concern be to find fault and
devise ways of retrenchment.
If these nils aro faithfully carried
out, you are not likely to fail in having
a bad school. J. A. Zrilrri.