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Publlehef.
Cards.
TT w. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ill:7I Clearfield, Pa.
T J. LIXGLK,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
I IS Phllipobirf, Ceatre Co., Pa. yipd
It'
OLAND D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CurwenaTllle, Clearteld Mini;, Pa.
Oct , '78-lf.
0
SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
r-Offlc. IB Ibo Opre lloua.. ol, '7i-tf.
GU. A W. BARRETT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
clearfield, pa.
January 90, 1878. -
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
aj-OSlo. la tbo Court Houaa. JH,'(T
T.M. M. McCULLOUOn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OIB.-e In Haronle building, Second etreet, op
poait. tbo Court llouae. Jo2,'T8-tf.
y C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLECTION OFKICE,
CURWBNBVI1.LR,
.;, Clr.rlloM Counlv. Ponn'e. 7y
s
HROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OHlco In Op.ro Houae. ep J1.T7-1J
gMlTII V. WILSON,
vittornryat-Law,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
Mr-Office la tbo Maronle- Building, oror tbo
.... ... .. i an
Count; N.uoiin uaou. i"""-"-
V
TII.LIASI A. HA&LRTY,
.iTOK.rer-JT.t.i if,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
I jr-Wlll .tlcnd to oil legal builne wilb
1 proioptoeea and OdHlty. i,
WILLIAM A. WALLACB. DAIID I, IBlOi.
uni r. wallacb. joaa w. waieLer
LT ALLACK A KRKBS,
(Suweiora to Wollooo ruiuioa.l
ATTOUNEY8-AT-LAW,
: j.ni'lT cuaraold, Pa.
J K. KNYHER,
f ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I CLEARFIELD, PA.
OHict In I'lo'i Oporo Houae.
Juao In,
78tf.
g L. McCEE,
; '.irroRMi-JT-uir,
: DuBois. Clearfield County, Penn'a.
J-WIII .ll.nd promptly to all I.C.I boiinolt
. oatruitod to at. .ro. M". "
, tbuo. a. bubbat.
craul aoanoa.
: U RRA Y k GORDON,
i ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
-OBc. la Plo'i Opora IIoom, awi loor.
MCT4
mara a. b bballt. baibl b'oobbt.
TITcENALLY McC'CRDY
ATTORN EYS-AJ-LAW,
.i..rllaA. Pa.
a-L.nl bBilnr" aadod to promptly wltbj
A
U. KUAMKR,
A T T 0 K N E Y - A T - L A W ,
HmI E.UU ond Collootloa Aaost,
CI.EARFIKLO, PA.,
Will promptly attond U all lo(al boiln.aa ..
truat.d to nia earo.
r-Omso la Pi.'a Opora Hobm. Jonl'7(.
J P. McRENRICK,
DISTRICT ATT'aRNRY,
OI.BaRFIELD, PA.
All Ud builaoaa tntraaUd to bll oar. will r
Mif. prompt attoalloa.
- tdrOblM In th. Coart llouao.
1 .u(l4,IS7a-ly.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
bad Real Rotate Agent, ClearHeld, Pa.
0o. .a Tblrd itro.t, b.t.Cbairj A Walnat.
aaR.apMtfolly offort hlo .orrleo. la a.lliag
aad buying laada la Ol.arn.ld and adjolnlag
ooaatloll and with aa oiporloaeool orortwonty
jnn aa a aarv.yor, Satt.ri blma.lf tbat b. oaa
raaaar a.tlaraouoa. l.oo. .oindtu,
ghjjsltians' Cards.
D
n. E. M. SCHEURER,
HOMOOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
Oflte. IB mldrao. oa Flrat ft.
April 14, 1171. ClMra.ld, Pa.
JR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
f DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will tlad profaaalonal oalla promptly. augUTt
JR. T. J. BOTKK.
k-HYSICIAN AND S C RO EON,
Omoo on Mu-kot Strart, CU.r4.ld. Pa.
MT-OSc hoera: I to II a. ., aad 1 to I p. m.
D
R. 3. KAY WRIGLEY,
UOMlKPATQlO PIIV8ICIAN,
suf-Ofti adjolalag tho raaldoooo of Jaa
Wriglry, K.q., oa Hoooad SU, Cl.ar4old, Pa.
).lySI,';t tf.
D
U. U. B. VAN VAL7.AH,
CLEARFIELD,
PENN'A.
OFFICE IN RESIDENCE, CORNER OF FIRST
AND PINE STREETS.
' Oftr. koare Frai
i II to I P. M.
May IS, isrt.
D
II J. P, BUROUKIKI.n,
4e Bnrgaon of the lid Reglaient. Penney I vaaU
Teleauers, bnvtng relarneei frea mo Amy,
offers his prefeeelenal aorvlees to UoolUsons
f Clearlekd ananly.
sr-Professtonnl anils presaptly attended ee,
ee on Seeead street, for war I y ooet.pt ed by
. r. Woods. npr,'o4.U
OH PRINT1NO Of ITIRT DK9CBIP
tint neatly a torn ted ol this oflftj.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLAHDEE, Editor
VOL. 51-WIIOLE NO. 2,675.
(Tarda.
TintTICER CO"TABLEV KIM
ej Wo ban priaud a large eamber of tbo ae
FEK BILIj. aaa W1U OBJ IM reoeipi w wmmj-
Ivo oooto. Bioil o noj to any adaroia. airoa
nriLLiAM ii.
HENRY, Justice
if
or taa Pbacb aao 8aiTaaia, LUMBER
CITY. Collootloai mado aad asoaor pranpll;
paid oror. Artloklof afrooiaaat aad doli a I
oavoyaaoo aootly oiooaud aad warrantod eor
root or Be abort. Hir''1
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitloo of tbo Poooo ood BorlTooor,
CurneDovlllo, Pa.
bb,CoIIooUobi aado and money promptly
poldonr. MUM 7lil
HENRY KRETII,
(O0TBIB P. 0.)
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
poa boll rowftrtlir.
May 8, W-ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
dialib la
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
JolVt CLEARFIELD, PA.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House snd Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peim'a.
.WII1 oimoIo Job. la bll lino promptly ond
la a workmnnlibo maanor. apri.M
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Morkot B Cloarlold, Pa.
Ft.ib Bro.d, Roil, Holla, Pioo oad Coko.
ob band or mado 10 or,lor. A fanoral auortmoat
of Cofoetloaarl, Fnilu aad Koto la Hock
loa Cnorn oad Oyiton In otaoon. Rolooa noorly
oppoalto tho Poalnfteo. Prlooo modoroto.
M.rrh 1(1 '7 A
WEAVER 4. BETTS,
paALaai la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LI MBER OF ALL KINDS.
ff0(Bco oa 8oeond itroot, la ro.r of otoro
room of Uoorfo Wroror A Co. jaii, '78 If.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JITPTICK OF TI1K PKACK
FOB
Iferalur TotrnMhip,
OtMolft Willi P. 0.
offlelil butinM t.Iraittd to him will t
prumptlj Kttendtd to. tohiW, '7
HA RUT SNYDER,
BARBER AND IlAlRDRBSSKR.
Hbop on Market St., oipiUf Court IIubh.
A elu Uiwl for vry ocUmtr.
Alio dwler In
Het llrtii li of Tobarco mni Clri.
JAMES H. TURNER,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
tVallareton, Pa.
C-H. b.i prepared blmi.lf with all tb.
OM.x.ry blank form. BBd.r tb. Poaaloa and
Bounty Iowa, u wall aa blank Daoda. ou. All
log.l mature animated to bll earo will roooiro
prompt att.nlloB. May T.lh, l7-tf.
A"
NDREW HARWICH",
Bfmrkrt Htrrt. t'lrarlleld. Pa.,
BAnrrAcTORoa Aan UBAL.a in
Harness, Bridtei, Saddles, Collars, and
Jlorse-furnishing uooat.
J-AII klnda of repairing promptly ottendtd
k..i,iUr.' llordw.ro. llura. BraakM, Curry
Coniba, do., nlw.ya on b.Bd .ad for a.l. at tbo
lowml oaah pti... lM.rch 1, 187.
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
BjarPuniDa alwaya ob hand aad mods to order
n abort oolleo. Plp.a borl oa roaaon.bl. tmu
All worh wnrraated to rendar i.tlafaotlon, and
d.llr.red if doalred. myl.Mypa
lolvery fcitable.
THE andaralgnad b.ga le ta Inlorm tbopab
II. tbat h. la bow fully praparW to aeeomme
ioU all lo tho "ay of furalakiBg U.aoa, Boggloa,
Saddlw "d Harneaa, .a tk. abortoat aotlo. and
.n raon.ble term.. ReoidoBM oa LoeBBt atraot,
botwooa Tblrd aad Foarth.
8K0. W. OEARBART.
lUeraold, Fob. 4, 1874.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLRN HOPE, PENN'A.
TUB nnderelgnod, having leasad this eom
modloni HtiUI, In tbo village of Olen Hope,
U now prepared to eoeommodat nil who Bay
eall. My table and bar thai! ba eupplied with
tbe best tbe market affords,
OEOR08 W. D0TT8, Jr.
Olen Hope, Pa.. Maroh Sft, 18TB tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
tllLII !
GENERAL UEKCII AND1KK,
CiRAHAMTON , Pa.
Alio, extensive Benafaeturer and dealer In Rquaro
iiaiDar ana oawea Limneroi an Binds,
"Orders eollclttd and nil bills promptly
oiled. jyis 72
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
ialki ,
SQUARE TIMBER,
.&d maaufMtnrere of
Al l. KINim OF HAWED LUMI1KR,
Til CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
Watchos, Clocki and Jowelry,
Orotem'. atwa, Mark ArM,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All hlnda of repairing la my llae aromatly at-
auoo w. April is, I.T..
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
rpitE aadoralraod, h.rlng eMibllakad a Nor-
X eare aa lb. 'Plh., about half way botwMa
Ciarlldaad OurwoniTlllo, la prepared to far-
aiah all klnda at FRUIT TRRR8, (Maad.rd aad
awarl,) Tergroeaa. Bhrabnery, Urape Vlnea,
UMMoborry, Lawtoa Blaokborrr, Htrawb.rry,
and Raapborry Vlaee. Alaa, Slberiaa Crab Troo
galnoe, aad early aeerlet RbabaLrb, it. Ord.re
promptly aitaadrd ta. Addreaa,
i. d. WRinnr,
MpM 48-) Curwaanill., Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. H. CAEDON & B&O.,
Oa M.rk.t St, bbo door woet ef Muialoa Uoaaa,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oar arrangemnta ere tr the moat complete
oberaeter lor foralehteg tho pablle with Freeh
Moau ef all hlad, aad ef Ike Tory beat aualltp,
We elae d.al la all hi.d. of Agriealtaral Impla
moau, whleh w. keea oa eibtbltioa for tbe eB'
.6t of tb. peblie. C.S around wkea la tewB,
aad lake a leak at tklni
oga, ee aadroe. aa
F. M. CARDON A BRO.
Clearkoid, Pa., Jalf 14, Itla-lf.
Clearfield inturmnet 1ftnt)f.
JABBI BBBB. CABBOU, L. BIPBI.B.
KERR BIUDLK, jlfenl.
RepreMBttb. fellewlng aad other Iret-elaee Ce'l
Cempaalee. Aeaeta.
LiT.rr.oel Loaaoa A Globe 0. 8. BrKol,SI
Lyoetalag ea mote.1 a leak plane.... h.ene.Bix
Pkmala, ef Hulford, Caaa 1,474, MB
Inaaraaaa Co. of Nortb Amerloa ,4SI,474
Nonb Brltl.b A MmaUle U.B.Er. l,7St.84I
Soul.k CeaBmeroiel-U. S. BraaA... 478,144
W.tertewr, fS4,41
Trar.lon (Life A Aealdeal) 4,t(o,444
Oil oa Market St, epp. Cert Hoaao, OlMf-
fl.le, r.. Jaa. 1, -tv-ii.
4 Proprietor.
A PICTURE OF LIFE.
Ai t jourDtjr on to I her,
With life's vast and huij tbroog,
We Bay wiftljr aean ibe ftvcei
At tbejr dailj pan alotif.
Upon llfe'i tugired liifliway
J op poverty alunf ,
W bile wealth ritlee by Id oontfort.
Her llpi are unenrlbtd la arorn.
With tidUj aol avarler,
Ut ilecili she drivea with ikill ;
And eowardlo ai footman,
W ho faia uinat di her w ill.
We aext iee pity viewlriK,
The eoene with tear-diiuaied eye.
Her feolle breait ophraTlnit
With many a long drawn aih.
We hear her gentle plraiiluf t
For poverty forlorn ;
Then ineroy'i tender aeoenta
Are eruibej by withering Horn.
Then love, tnajeetlo pafeion.
Cornel, alad In robee of white;
Around her head a halo
Of holy, thinlng light.
Ci'taea, with her brlDglng gtadneft,
'fliry wnlkelb band in band i
Dotb banlih oara and la-inem -lly
the wit inn of of ber wand.
Following love, oenei. hatred,
With dark end frowning ineln ;
Ne'er upon her feature.
A happy look la eecn.
When lo ! beiide tbe highway,
With aparkliog wateri oioar.
We eee tbe fount, re.igion,
To whieh all may draw near.
Ulide iti ipark'ing wateri.
In loving 17 ni pat by,
Are found the Christian grtcei,
Faith, Hope and Charity.
Temptation, with attendants.
At every turn doth wait ;
Affording tweet delufion
in til It i too late.
We tee it in tbe wine-cup,
bj ker uplifted night
And many hrlplen victims
To It for eon tort fly.
Aud tbrn the se enes of beauty
Are banlrbrd by despair
Remoraeand grief doth follow
Intrmperano in his lair.
The unlight Into twilight
Doth derptn derk and fait;
Death, like night, doth finish
The ictrjei of life at lat.
JJinnit B. Loi
ovr coM.voy schools.
Report of M. L. McQuown, Superin
tendent or Public Schoola or Cluar
field County, for the year End
ing June 1st, 1HH0.
(IROWTU OF IDUCATIONAI. SENTIMENT.
Tho "dark aces," as U wurc, in tho
history ol the common school system,
uro a thing of tbo past. Tho clouils ol
(lurkiiuss and gloom Unit foroshnilnw
cd it havo been removed, and benoath
tho sunlight ol liberty and intolligonco
it has developed into a system fraught
with purity, life and power. In tho
primitive years of its oxistencc, Uio
combined element of ignorance and
bigotry threatened its decay. 1 hro
tho earnest and continued devotion of
its friends, however, and tbe skillful
management of those employed to car
ry on its mission, it has gained rapid
ly in popular favor, winning tor its
admirers, those who were, at the first,
most skeptical. We are positive, at
least, that all are convinced of tho
wisdom displayed by the founders of
tho system, and agree that no more
munificent a legacy could b&vo been
bequeathed to tho youth of tbe Com
monwealth. We believe, in our coun
ty, me aiii.l J .lnrm.nl nf ,,ha
system has absorbed all opposition,
and our puulio schools aro ovcrywnoro
recogniicd as tho exponent of tho char
acter and intelligence of our people.
Tbe school year just closed tias Doon
with usaprogTessivoone,and tbo friends
of our schools aro to bo congratulated
upon tho success which bas attended
our united labors. Prominent defects
have been removed and, in many in
stances, the sluggish battlements of ig
norance and indifference have given
way to the earnest appeals of progress,
leaving us bnt littlo to fear as to the
future
SCHOOL HOUSES AND Ft'RNITVRE.
Seven houses havo boon built dur
ing the year, as follows: Ihroe In
Woodward township, two in handy,
one in Decatur and one in Knoz. Tbey
aro all, io architectural design, up to
the averago school house convenient
and comlorlaule, but could not be
classed as "model" houses. Tbe facil
ities for heating and ventilating have
received some attention and the con
venienccs for recitation and study aro
in advance ol the "old stylo teaturo.
Tbe two in Sandy aro located in tbe
populous town of Du llois. They are
two-story buildings, with rooms for
two schools in each. They bave, as
have tho others, been supplied with
comfortablo furniture and a meagre
assortment ol apparatus.
Ibo Directors ot Covington town
ship, previous to tho opening of their
schools, had all ol the bouses neatly
repaired and painted, and supplied
with good patent turniture, making
them as attractive and comfortable as
new buildings. It is almost criminal
to compel children to sit on tho miser
able furniture that 1 found in fifty
eight bouses in the county. Whore
furniture is found injurious to the phys
ical development of tho young, it
should be replaced immediately with
such improvod scats as would warrant
tbo promotion ol tbo health and hap
pinoss of the occupants.
A lew old nouses wero lurnished
during the year with Improved patent
lurniture.
school onoL NDs.
Nothing is mors beautiful ; nothing
is more admired, and nothing more
highly appreciated by an intelligent
and enterprising peoplo, than the orna
mentation of public grounds and prop.
orty. Nothing is mora suggestive of
enterprise and rcunomont than to see
tbe rich donations of nature applied
to making the temporary home of tho
childron equally aa attractive as thoir
permanent homo. In traveling over
the county and observing, with some
degree of interest, tbo development of
the lorosts into productive farms, and
the attention that is givon to cultivat
ing ornamental Bhrnbbcry and boaoti
fying individual homes, and then no
tice the isolation and wild appoarance
oi tbo district school properly, l am
inclined to think we aro growing too
seinsh. ibe punno grounds bolong
ing to ovary school house in the coun
ty should be cleared of all rubbish,
fenced in and planted with suitable
ornamental shade trees. If Boards of
Directors aro not inclinod to do this,
let the pooplo gather together for
that ptirposo, and, by a little grat
uitous labor, the public school proper
ty could be made a crodit to tho people
and an ovoi lasting emblem ol tbe pub
lic enterprise of oar day and genera
tion.
LIIISARIKS AND APPARATUS,
Libraries in connection with our
schools are not expected uniformly,
and not many Directors bave as yet
reached that degree along the lino of
progross. Daring the Winter tbe pub
lic schools of Osceola borough bold a
musical entertainment, the proceeds
of which were applied to getting
Cyclopedia and other books for
school library.
A Literary Bocicty in progress at
l'cnnville, and one at l ine drove, in
Lawrence township, held entertain
CLEARFIELD,
mollis, applying tbe proceeds in a sim
ilar manner. Clearfield and Curwens
ville boroughs have established libra
ries in their school buildings.
I found oonsiderablo apparatus in a
majority ot the schools of the county,
but in many instancos It waa so ami
quatod that it could hardly be classi
fied. Tbe Dirootore of Bradford town
ship furnished each of tbeir schools
with the "Now American Reading
Charts," and a few with a school
map ol Pennsylvania. Koading charts
wore also placed in the schools of
Huston township. To tho ingenious
toacher thoso articles are indispensa
ble, and, in primary schools, whore
oral Instruction is givon, thoir value is
beyond estimate.
REFORM NEEDED IN METHODS OF IN
STRUCTION. 1 havo long since boon convinced of
glaring delects ousting In tbo course
of instruction as practicod fn the ordi
nary district school. It has been my
constant aim, in managing tbe schools,
to see that the instruction given be
reduced to something less superficial,
and directed moro to tho devel
opment ot tho powers of tho
mind. In some, there is too much
"cramming," tho elementary branches
being ignored, while the tonder minds
of young pupils aro taxed to their ut
most to acquiro a knowledge of sub
loots far beyond thoir power to com
prehend. Such training, Instead of
improving tho faculties of tho young,
more often blunts them and deprives
them of that full intellectual develop
ment which the public schools are ex
pected to give. In our higher grade
of schools, tho averago pupil manifests
but littlo thinking power. Asa gon
eral rule, students are not taught to
philosophize and draw conclusions that
indicate original thought.' Not ono
in a hundred is mado an independent
discoverer of knowledge Thoy are
not required to roly upon what they
soo, but upon what somebody else
claims to havo seen. Tboy judgo, if
they judgo at all, not from senso, but
from testimony they must believe
what tho book tells thorn.
It is, in my opinion, tho legitimate
objoct of tho school to supply tho
mcariB for acquiring fundamental facts
and experiences ; for cloaring tho oyes,
oponing tho ears, and sharpening nil
tbe faculties of the mind by a sys
tematic inciting to a personal ac
tivity in tho discovory of knowl
edge. For without a basis of posi
tive knowledge, gainod by observa
tion and discovory, tho knowlodgo
of books is vague and of doubtful valuo,
while tbe acquisition of it, at best, forms
only a supplementary education.
Tho thoughts expressed in tbo above,
to some, may seem a littlo premature,
but we must incline ourselves to some
thing that will form a more perfect in
tellectual development than isafTordod
by tbe routine motbod of instruction
as practiced in nearly all of the schools
here and elsewhere. My efforts dur
ing tho past two years bave been to
remove, aa far as possible, existing de
fects, and to this end 1 have now
in preparation a course of study for
"Y. '.'"T! enhnnle nf the COlinty
which, if adopted, will make vuu in
struction more definite and pointed, if
not moro effective.
TIAOFIERS.
I cannot rofrain from alluding to
tho efficiency, teal, and enorgy ot a
large majority of the teachers employ
ed in the county during the past year.
1 bo friendly relations existing betweon
them and myself in the dischargo of
tbo onorous duties ot our positions,
and the earnestness with which they
endeavored to carry out my sugges
tions have been to mo a sourco ot
great pleasure. We have a mumber
ot original and skillful leacbors whoso
channels of information are broad and
liberal, and whose work in the school
room bears the impress of careful
thought and prcparatun.
in ail cases wbere sucb leacbors
weio employed, I found the pnnils
stimulated, ambitious, and good rca-
saners, and there was an entire ab
sence of that offensive monotony that
follows the work of tbe "groove run
ning teacbor. Periodical reviews
and public examinations wore held by
nearly all ot tho teachers ot the conn
ty, and nearly all did something in
their district to mould public scnti
ment to a higher appreciation of the
worn 01 common schools, ui the zze
employed in teaching, two hold Col
lege and nve Normal nchool diplomas.
Eighteen held permanont and fifteen
professional certificates, leaving 191
holding provisional certificates, aver
aging one and nino-tenths. The av
erage age of teachers was twenty
three years. We regret very much
that we cannot eulogme the work and
influence ol all employed as teachers,
but candor compels u to say that a
tow botrayod the confidence we so gen
orously reposed in them : perverted
the work of the school room to gratify
an ambition to do evil, and by their
example degraded the high position
they assumed to till.
The teachers of lirauy and llulich
deserve special mention for the xeal
with which they carried on their His
trict Institute during the entire school
torm. The teachers of Huston and
Handy bold Institutes under the pro
visions of the law.
The profession sustained an irropar
able loss in the dcatb of J. F. Snack
man, of Graham, and Charles Faro
well, of Lumber City, of whom due
obituary notioea wore puhlishod in the
educational department of the county
papors.
DIRECTORS AND THEIR WORK.
It is with feelings of honest prido
that I refer to the increasing strength
of oar Directorship. This is due to tho
tact that tbe poople bavo chosen tbo
most intelligent and enterprising men
of tbeir community to serve them in
this responsible position. I bave ncvor
yot undertaken any measure looking
toward tbeimprovomonioiourscnoois
thout tecelving tbolr hoarty co-op.
oration, and. in nearly evorv instance.
have found them earnest advocates of
nrop-ross. I know some Boards bave
been severely censured for piacticing
what would scorn, in good times, liko
poor economy. Hut, wben we realue
bow hard Directors have been com
pelled "to pull against tho stream" dur
inz tbe past period ol financial depres
sion, we lol like bostowing upon thorn
8 raise for keeping tbeir districts from
nancial destruction. The lack of im
provements in school bouses, furniture
and grounds is atlributod to the sever
ity of the panio through which ws
have just gone, more than to the neg
lect of duty on the part of School
Boards. Great care was exorcised by
Directors everywhere in the selection
of teachers, and in many districts the
schools wore regularly visited by them.
One hundred and seventy-five Direc
tors attendod tbe publio examinations,
and seventy accompanied me to tho
schoola of thoir respective districts.
Thirty-two attendod and participated
in the exercises of the County Insti
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1880.
tute, and wero woll represented at the
different Local and District Institutes.
Tho Huston township Hoard omployed
none for thoir Winter schools who did
not havo a permanont or professional
certificate, and thoir schools wore em
inently successful, to sny tho least.
Huston, Sundy, Boccaria, Bloom, Os
ceola borough, nnd Morris township,
allowed their teachers full timo for at
tending tbo County Institute, While
Piko, Knox, Decatur, and Houtrdale
borough, allowod thoir teachers three
days of thoir time. All theso things
combinod firmly convince mo of the en
lorpriso of many of our School Boards.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
Tho ruling of tho State Superintend
ent against the custom of County Su
perintendents holding County Normal
schools has been duly observed by us.
There aro six private schools in opera
tion In the county at tine writing, all of
which, wo behove, oiler enducernents
to thoso who wish to proparo for toacb
ing. Thoso schools aro located, organ
ixod, and conducted entirely independ
ent of my jurisdiction. As the salaries
of our teachers aro so low that tbey
cannot all attend our Slate Normal
School, we of course, must look to
theso privatoinstitutionslormanyof'our
teachers, henco 1 should consider my
self derelict in duty did I not feel some
intereet in tbo wellaro of theso schools.
I havo, therefore, whenever invited to
do so, visited tho schools and contribu
ted though tson IhoBubjcct of teaching,
calculated to advanco tbe intoroHtg of
those who expect to identify tliom
solves with tho interests of the public
schools. Tho Lumbor City Academy,
hich has been in succcssiul operation
for the' past ten years, will, again
another term, bo accossiblo to the
facilities of tho new graded school
building 'now in courso of erection in
tbat borough. Wo, tbcroloro, bespeak
for it unusual prosperity. Osceola,
Jnnesvillo and Lulbcraburg are well
locatod and havo excellent school prop
erties and might sustain good private
schools.
TKACIIKutT EXAMINATIONS.
The examinations of teachers for
rovisional certificates were held dur
ing the months of August' and Sep
tember, 1 made an effort in conducting
thcac examinations to reach the peo
ple, and to stimulate and enlighten
tbcm upon tho character and dignity
of tho common schools. Tho interest
manifested was indcod very gratilying,
tho bouses on many occasions being
crowded to their utmost Tbo ex
aminations wero principally oral and
were mado as searching as possible,
fully testing Uio applicant's- ability and
measuring bis general intelligence in
a way that gavo tbo pooplo an oppor
tunity to judgo as to his fitness to bo
come an instructor of tho young. Edu
cational meetings were generally held
in connection with the examinations,
and were well attended by Directors
and patrons. Tbe number of appli
cants for certificates was unusually
large, and 1, undor tbo instructions ot
the Department, raised tho standard
so as to secure the best talent possible.
Two hundred and lorly provisional
certiflcates were issued, tenpnii"ioiittl
onos unusiAi) oia. u.,jmcuii g rejected.
VISITATIONS TO SCHOOLS.
Tbo work of visiting schools pro-
grossod nicely until about two weeks
previous to the meeting of the County
Institute, when, by aninforsoen hand
of Providence, my wifo was lakon
dangerously ill, and for a period of
two months my enure lime and atten
tion were given to tho hope of restor
ing hor to boalth ; therefore I did not
accomplish near all I had anticipated.
I succeeded in reaching two hundred
schools, leaving about tlirty not visited.
The very bad roads over which 1 bad
to travel made my visit to each school
nocessarily short. 1 en joivored on all
occasions to ascertain tie amount of
teaching power possessed by tbe one
having charge of the school, and to'
form an idea of bis or a or fitness to
meet the. requirements ol those in at
tendance at the school. If time ad
mitted I genorally reviewed the classes
to ascertain their proficoncy in thoir
studios. Where detoets wero promi-
nont in the organisation tnd classifica
tion of tbe school, 1 endeavored to set
them right in as courteous a manner
as possible. Wboreovor schools wero
found in charge of ambitous and com
petent teachers, 1 genera ly found thorn
representing tho highest typo of neat
ness, clcanlinoss and ord.'r. In a num
ber I lound many-original and woll
oxocuted outlines of stuy, maps, mot
toes, and many other attractions that
gave ovidenco of onrnesi toil. I take
groat pride in commend ng the female
teachers for the care and devotion ex
orcised in tbo management of their
schools and tho degree ef success that
attonded their labors.
Tho Directors, who nany limes put
themselves to groat intoiivenience to
accompany me to tlcir rospoctivo
schools, have my thanki lor the inter
est thus shown in tho work.
COUNTY INSTITUTE,
Tho loading Educational meeting of
the school year was tho leacbors In
titute, which convonodin the Opora
llouso in Clearfield, on Monday, De
cember 28th, and continued the time
specified by law. It was by far the
most exemplary and enthusiastic meet
ing 01 tho kind ever hold in tbo county.
Tbo avorago numbor of persons at
tending tho ovening sessions was nino
hundred, and the day sessions wore
largely attended by tho pooplo from
all parts of tho county. Two hundred
and ton toacbors wero present, or
ninty five per cent, ef all engaged in
tbo county. A grett deal of inlorost
was manifested by the Directors, some
attending all of tbo sessions. On Di
rectors' day (Thursday) vory able pa
pors were road by W. U Llngonfelter,
ot Morris township scuool Hoard ; J
L.Pearco.of Bradford.and Wm. Wolty
of Rockton. Trof. A. N. Rnub. Th. 1)
and Miss Harriot B Swinolord.of the
Lock Haven Stato Normal School ; Dr.
Geo. 1. Hays, of Jefferson Collego,
and the celebrated lecturer Col. J. f
Sanlord, comprised our corps of in
structora and lecwrcra. Uur own
teachers did cxcolbnt work and their
earnest participatbn In tho exercises
gave tone and cbssicter to the entire
proceedings.
An Kducalionai nan was tilted up
and an exposiliot oi teachers and
scholars' work keit open during the
woek. Tbo spocinons colloclcd to
gather made up I graphio display
which was greaty admired by the
members end vision to tbe Institute,
The District Insttute mentioned In
anothor part of fcis roport, a Local
Instituto in the own ol jiullou
Teacher's Itounioi at Lutbersburg,
and numerous minir educational meet
ings we take plcasneln mentioning in
addition to the uoiniy institute.
INFORM ATlONfoR TRE PEOPLE.
When I enterot upon the duties of
the Sunerlntendoiry two years ago, I
found the poople talked little, thought
little and eared line snout the inter
REPUBLICAN.
osts of the public schools. Tbe cold
calumny of indifference seemed to
pcrvado every household. My efforts
since then have been dirooted towards
enlightening the minds and uniting the
peoplo in the one great struggle lor In
tellectual supremacy. I bave ondeav-
ored to draw the affections of the peo
plo nearer the intoreslsol the children,
and In this, I flatter mysolf, I bave,
in a degree, succeoded. At the open
ing of tho schools last Kail 1 distributed
blanks among tbo teachers lor receiv
ing a monthly and a term report of
the condition of their schools. Those
1 had published in the county papers
giving some intelligence to tbe people
ol the work in progross. From tbe
roports received at the closo ot tbe
term 1 ascertained that more than one
thousand parents had visited tbe
schools during tho term. I have takon
ailruiiiuge of tho courtosy extended
mo by tbo press of tho county, and
n two years have contributed nearly
two hundred columns of educational
news to tho papors and bad circulated
over three thousand educational circu
lars and pamphlets. My great objoct
in this bas been to keep tbe people
posted upon the valuo of intelligence
ovor vice and ignorance, and to im
press upon their minds the fact tbat
the common schools bave a just claim
to a portion of their sympathies, their
energies and their charity. Theso
sources of information have had a most
salutary effect in mouldingpublio senti
ment, so much so indeed, tbat 1 bavo
never regrottod the additional laboi
and expense tbey bavo been to me.
Nllllir BCHOOLS NECESSARY.
1, from recent observations, am
forced to rcfor to tho neglected boys
and girls of our mining districts. 1
visited the schoold o thoso regions at
a timo when the boys wore out of the
mines and found great numbers,
whoso ages ranged from twelve to
eighteen yoars, absolutely illiterate.
This is indeed a sad reflection, and it
becomes our school authorities to adopt
all availablo means to "rescue the per
ishing," and care for thoso whoso fu
turo happiness and usefulness could be
greatly enhanced by, at least, an cle
montary education. Decision 108 of
the Pennsylvania School Law confers
upon Directors the right to establish
night schools for tho neglected and un
employed, whero such a class is of a
number sufficient to warrant tbesamo.
"There is neither law nor reason to
support tho idea that a boy or girl
horn necessity compels to labor dur
ing thoday for sustenance" shall, thore
foro, grow up in ignorance "a curse
to self and a burden on tho public."
Diroctors havo tbe right to have tho
sessions ot tbeir schools held at such
a timo aa may meet the wants of the
majority of tbo children of the dis
trict, or thoy may bave half-time
schools, logally, if such will meet tho
wants of tho needy. The adoption of
ono or ail ot tbe provisions oi the law
to mcot the wants of the needy and
neglectod, 1 must heartily commend
to tho consideration of those having
auporvision of the schools in the min-
ng districts.
SfOOESTIONS.
A summary of the suggestions
nocdod forlhoeontinuod improvement
of the schools may be briefly givon :
1. A moro thorough rudimontal
training in the primary departments of
our graded schools.
Tbo omission of the higher
branches of learning in tbo common
schools, until the courso proscribed by
law is uniformity completed.
J. Duo compensation and retention
in office of experienced, active and cul
tured teachers.
4. Tho ostablishingofgradod schools
in villages and districts having the
necessary number of pupils.
6. The adoption ot such measures
as will give to every child, of the pro
per ago, an olementary education with
out regard to race, condition or servi
tude.
CONCLUSION.
In concluding this, my Second An
nual Report, I cheerfully commend to
tho good people of tho county the in
terests of tbe thirteen thousand school
children, and trust the influence and
guidance of tbo borne and tbe public
school may so cultivato their minds
and purify their hearts as to make
thorn porfoct in all tho graces ol which
human nature is susceptible.
Ibo usual courtesies and kindnesses
have been liberally bestowed upon
mo during the year by the pooplo, the
press and the Department, for which
my acknowledgements are most grate
fully tendorod.
SLASH PHRASES.
Most slang phrases bave a history,
Tho expression "Ho is in tbe dumps"
is vory oommon, ana is supposed to oc
dorivod lrom"Dumpoa, King of Egypt,
who built a pyramid and diod ol moian
cboly ;" so that tho thiovos and gypsies
aro not all to blame tor having given
us a low expressivo words. We noxt
como upon a word full ot pathetic
meaning for many ot us: it is the
ghost that haunts snd pursues as more
or less throughout tho yoar It is tho
word "dun." It is a word of conse
quence, for it is at once a verb and a
noun, and is dorlved trora the Haxon
word "dunan," to din or clamor. It
owog its immortality so tradition
says to having boon tbe surname of
one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of Lin
coln, in tbe roign of Honry VII., who
was so active and doxtorous in collect
ing bad debts that when any one be
came "slow to pay," the noighbora
nsed to say, "Dun him that is, "send
Dun alter him. "Draw It mild, owes
it origin to violin playing. J he word
"coacb," applied to a tutor, is of uni
versity origin, and can boast of a logi
cal olvmology. It is a pun upon tbo
torm "gotting on fast," To get on fast
you must take a coacb ; you cannot
got on last in loarning wituoui a pri
vate tutor ergo, a private tutor is a
coacb. Anotbor familiar word In uul
vorsity slang is "a regular brick" that
is. a jolly good follow ; and bow tbe
simile is logically doductod Is amusing
enough. A brick is deep red, so a
deep read man is a brick. To read
like a brick is to read till you are doep-
read. A deep-read man la, in uni verity
nhraso, "a good man , a good man
is a "jolly fellow" with non-.rcadinj
men ergo, a jolly follow is a "brick.
"I rather liko this soda after all,"
said John Honry to Julia, as be drew
bis nose out ol the tumbler and wiped
the froth off. "Soda I," said Julia,
"but I like bottle soda water best ; it
issoda lightful." "Why aodoar?" aaid
John Honry. "Because," explained
the charmer, "instead of being only a
fiasle, it pops so nicely ." lie took the
uini ana assoa nor pop vuai uigni,
Clork to his employer; "1 was
obliged lo be absent, yesterday, having
tho mislnrtune to bury my mothor. '
"Excused for this lime, but the next
time she dies you must give notice tbe
day before."
A WHITE SLA VE.
In tho early days of our oountry it
was customary to soli white pcple into
slavery as woll or as ill as negroos. To
be sure, the condition of thoir slavery
was not precisely the same, as the term
of servitude was limited,and we believe
that tho masters wero not empowered
with a rightto transfer thoir servants ;
still, whiio it lasted, it was virtually
slavery, and undor the old laws of
Maryland and Virginia the master,
while ho held tbcm, held tbom body
and soul.
Tbey wore not designated as slavos,
but as servants, and were supplied by
England, being people wbo were crimi
nals, and though not having committed
crimes punishablo by death, were still
sulllciently dangerous to bo sent out
of tho country. They wero Bhipped to
tbo colonies and sold for a specified
number of yeais, tbo averago boing
soven. Sucb advertisements as that
which we have before us from tbe
Pennsylvania Gazette of a date as lato
as July, 1784, were common then and
much moro frequent twenty years
earlier. It runs In this way : "Just
arrived : From Londonderry, in the
brig Peggy, Captain Stewart com
mander, a number ol fine, boallhymon
and women, servants and small boys,
whose times aro lo ho disposed of to
the best biddors by tho Captain on
board, or by Campbell 4 Kingston, on
the wharf."
It waa tho Spring of 1771 that a
very remarkable caso occurred in con
nection with this system of wbito
slavery ; an occurence which really
was the original of all first-class cases
of fomalo swindling in America. It
was the romarkablo experience ot ono
Surah Wilson, a female convict, wbo
for a timo in those old days was a Na
tional character ot wonderment.
It was in the Summer of 1770 that
a woman a stranger to all about tho
palace suddenly entered, by means of
the private stairway, tho boudoir ol
Queen Charlotte. Tbo Duchess of
Ancestor was in conversation with tbe
(juoen at tbe time, and both were
astounded and affrighted by the com
posed manner in which tho intruder
without a word took in the situation
and looked over tho apartment. Sho
was ejected, not without some little
difficulty, by a Pago. Nothing was
Hi rlli er done in respect to the matter,
but shortly afterward tho Palaco was
entered and the Queen's cabinot robbed
of valuable jewelry and her own minia
ture portrait. Iho tbett was traced
to Sarah Wilson, the maid ot Hon.
Miss Vernon, and being apprehended
was convicted and sentenced to death.
Through the influence of her mistress
and ber sister, Lady Urosvonor, the
sentence was commuted to transporta
tion to America and bondage lor seven
years. Ibis caused great indignation
among the common classes oi England
the most lowly, brutal beasts in tbe
world, by the way who were clamor
ous tor her execution, and claimed, in
violent terms, that the gallows had
been cheated.
In '71 Sarah Wilson was sold in
Maryland to William Duvall of Bush
feek. Frederick county, and (bra time
appeared to be satisfied wilb her fate.
She was shrewd, howover, and soon
mado her escape, floeing to Virginia.
To put all the distanco possiblo be
tweon herself and her master she pur
suod ber way to South Carolina.
Thoro she boldly assumed tbo stylo of
an adventuress, and passed herself off
as tho Princess Susanna Carolino Ma
tilda, and the sister of the Queen.
Her magniflcont jewelry, which sho
bad by some means succoodod in hid
ing, aud tbo miniature portrait of
Queen Chsrlotto, bore her oat in hor
bogus business, and she was the hon
ored guest of all the finest families in
in that aection of tho colonies. There
no finish to her swell of social
eminence until tbe news of her careor
extended northward, and then tho fol
lowing advertisement appeared, and
was sown broadcast :
Bush Creek, Fredorick county, Md.,
October 11, 1771. Ran away from
tho subscriber, a convict sorvant.named
Sarah Wilson, but has cbangod ber
name to Dady husanna Larolino Ma
tilda, which modo the publio beliove
that she was hor Majesty's sister. She
has a blemish in ber right eye, black
rolled hair, stoops in tbe shoulders and
makes a common practice of writing
and marking ber clothes with a crown
snd Ii. Whoever secures tho said
servant woman, or will take hor homo,
shall receive five pistols, beside all
cost ot cbargos.
WILLIAM DUVALL.
"I entitle Alichaol Dalton to eoarch-
tho city of Philadelphia and from
there to Charleston for tho said wo
man."
This nronunoiamonto caused hor to
fold up her tents and stoal away. She
was still succcusi u I lor a time in bor
rowing money, but finding matters
growing too excessively closo, and
doubts as to her genuineness too ex
tensive, sho decided to leave the Soulb
and go North. She eluded her perse
outors for two years, but in 1773 was
finally captured in .cw lorn and ro
lurnod to ber "master," and compelled
to serve out double the original timo
for which she was sold.
Hor rather plain face and ngure
Groves conclusively tbat she did not
eat upon beauty, but evidently do-
pendod npon natural Doiuncss ana
cbeeK "with a mcmisn.
Climate and Complexion. Thoro
is a great diversity of opinion aa to
tbo reason oc tbe dilferencea of com
plexion to bo obsorvod among man
kind. Roughly speaking, tho hue of
the skin varies with the latitude, the
fairer races having thoir bomos at a
distance from the equator ; tbe darker,
within or near tbe tropics. 1 bia laot
wonld seem to point to tbo position ot
the sun with referonco to thoso on
horn bo shines as the cause. But
the quostlon presents difficulties which
this supposition does not aid ns to
solve. At the same distance from tbo
equator we find tbo fair Knglishman,
the yellow Mongol and uie copper
colored Indian. To tho north of the
white Hussian and Finn live the
swarthy Lspp and Samoyed. North
of tbe Caucasus are dark-skinned Tar
tar, south of It fair-comploxioncd Cir
cassians. The aborigines of Amoriea
vary less in color than the natives of
Old n orld. iNone ot them are as lair
as the Rwodo, none as black as the
negro ot Congo, and those living in
Hrasil on the equator are not tbe dark
est Tbore are blackor men in Aus
tralia and Now Guinea than In Borneo
and Sumatra, though those islands are
on tho equator and those aro not. The
Shillooks or the Upper Nile, who live
in about ten degree north latitude, are
blacker than the Monbntto who aro
six degree farther south.
"Jane," said a fond mother, sticking
hor bead out of the bed-room door, "it
is 11 o'clock. Tell the young man to
please shut the Iron! door Irom the
oiitsiite.
TERMS $2 per ansae in Advance.
NEW SERIES-VOL: 21, NO. '2i
IS THE AMES D1X0 POWER OF,
THE COSSTITUTIOS SUB
JECT TO AMES DM EST.
If we turn to tho original Constitu
tion, wo find that after providing for a
modo in which it could bo amended, it
laid this important restriction npon
the amending power: that no Slate
without Us consent shall be deprived
of its equnl suffrage in the Senate, lis
equal sutl'iage in iho Scimlo meant,
under another provision, that each
Slate shall bave two Senators. Tho
amending powor was vested in throe
fourths ot the SUlcs, but tbe equal
surTrago of tho States in tho Senate
was forever excepted out of that
power. In like mannor, to evory Stato
was given in tbe Electoral Collego, by
which its vote lor President of the
United Slates was to bo cast, a num
ber ot electors made up of tho sumo
number as it was entitled to havo of
Senators added to tho number ot its
Representatives in the Lower House
of Congress. Notwithstanding the re
striction which the Constitution lays
upon the amending power, is that
power itself capable of being so amend
ed as to do away with thia restriction,
and by a vote of three fonrths of tho
States, introduce through tbe amend
ing process, a different mode of repre
sentation in the Senate and in tho
P.loctoral Colleges? I presnmo that
most persons would be startled by this
inquiring that goes to a deep question :
Aro there any fundamental rights and
powers of tho peoplo of overy Stato
which aro so fixed and immutable
that they aro beyond tho reach of tho
will of ttirec fourths of the States T It
is not enough, with respect oven to
this matter of equal suffrage in the
Senato, to point to tbo special restric
tion laid upon tho amending power.
That powor either is or is not eupablo
of being changed by a three fourths
vote of the States. If it is capable of
being changed, the restriction may bo
taken away. It it is not capablo of
being changed, tho restrection will ro-
main. Hub there are other important
rights that may bo affected by the
amending process. Can tbree-fourtbs
of the States so amend the Constitu
tion as to make tho President Kxocu
tive for life, and make his eldest son
his successor? In other words, have
the people of overy State an unaltera
ble, fixed, and vested constitutional
right to bavo tbo Exoculivo office filled
and occupied for a fixod term of years,
and an equally fixed, vestod, and un
alterable fixed constitutional right to
bavo tbo President appointed by doc
tors to be chosen in each State as its
Legislature may direct? And are
there any other rights of States or
tbeir peoplo which are not subject to
tbe amending powor of throe fourths
of tho States? Whether tho amend
ing powor is itself capable ot being
enlarged, is a question very important
to be considered, wboo we aro coneid
ering tbe strength and stability ot the
Constitution; lor it it is an unlimited
power, the system of tho Constitution
may be convortcd Into almost any
thing tbat can command the physical
force requisite to compel submission.
Ueorgc Jieknnr Curtis, in Jlarper's
COMMON SESSE.
If you would bo strong, conquer
yourself.
no dines sumptuously who dines
out ot debt.
No man can bo free unless ho gov
cms himself.
Children are the strongest pillars of
tbe tomple ot wedded lovo.
ihe worst and most unendurable of
all our ills are the imaginary ones.
Study books to know bow things
ought to bo, study men to know bow
tbey aro.
Our happiness docs not consist in
being without passions, bnt in having
control ot tbem.
To worship rightly is to love each
other ; each smile a hymn, each kindly
deed a prayer.
Law Is like prussic acid, a danger
ous romody, and tbe smallest dose is
genorally suflicient.
A handsome woman pleases tbo eye,
but a good woman pleases the heart.
Tbe one is a jewel, tho other a treas
ure. It our eyes wore open, we should
see that this oval globe is but an ogg ;
that what we call timo is but tbe in
cubation of eternity.
Never retire at nigbt without being
wiser than when you rose in the morn
ing, by having learned something uso
ful during tho day.
Tho earth is a great factory wheel,
and at evory turn on its axis receives
fifty thousand raw souls, and turns off
nearly tbe samo number, worked up
more or less completely.
A good book and a good woman are
excellent things lor those who know
bow to justly appreciate their vuluo.
There are men, howover, wbo judge by
tho beauty of tbe covering.
Never lot a lie go to seed in your
soul. If yon should happen to be
tempted to tell a falsehood pluck it out
by confessing it at once. Of all nox
ious weeds that find root in tho soul,
none go to soed more rapidly than
falsehood.
THE DISTRICT SCHOOLMAS
TER. Josh Billings speaks of the district
schoolmaster as follows :
There ix one man in the world tow
whom 1 always tako ov mi bat, and
remain uncovered until he gits safely
by, and that ix the district school
master. When I moot him I look on
him as a msrter just roturned from the
stake or on his way tew be cooked.
lie leads a more lonsum and single lifo
than an old balcbelor. Do it rcmom-
bored just about az long and affecshin
ateli ar. a gide-board iabyapackpedlur.
in he undertakes tew make his ecoiars
I iiv him the chances ar he will neglect
their lurnin, and iff he don't lick 'em
now and then pretty otlen, tboy will
Boon lick bim. Tho district school
master ain't got a friend on tho flat
sido of the globe. The boys snowball
him, durin rocess the girls put water
his bair-uie, aim tne school com
mitty makes him work for hall the
muny a bartender gets, and bord him
round the neighborhood, where thoy
give him rye coffee sweetened with
molasses tew drink, and oodlmb balls
three times a day fur vitlloa. Talk tew
mo about the pashunco uv the ancient
Job ; Job had plenty or biles all over
him ; no doabt they were all nv one
breed. Kvery young one In a district
skulo is k bile uv a different breed, and
eaob young one neods a different poul
lisa lew get a good head on him.
Kvery man whe has kept a distrikt
skule for ton years, and bar, horded
round the neighborhood, oughl lo be
magor general and have a penshnnfor
the rest uv his natural days, and a hose
and waiton tn du bis goin' round in.
BY U'OAR COOLiaal.
If I were told that I mutt die to-morrow,
Tb.l tb. a.it oaa
Wbloh ilnki abonld beer me peal all her aa!
lor row,
For any oae
All Ibe tgbl fought, all the .hort Joaraay through,
W hat ahould I dof
I do aol tllak tbat I ahoald ihrink at falter,
Bot jeat go oa,
bolog my work, aor oboage, aor leek ta alter
Aught that Lt goeo.
Bet rlae, aad move, aad lore, aad amile, aaJpraj
For one more day.
And, Ijloj down at algbt for a leal llaeplag,
S.y Id tbat ear
Wbloh haarkcna.r"Lord, wllhla Tby kaapiag
How ibould I fear I
Aad, wtuo to-morrow bring. The. awrrrptlll,
!o Thou Taj will!"
I mlgbt aol alarp lur w.i but pcoatul, IMidr,
My aoul w,,uld II.
All tit. night long ; and wb.n tbo morulag iptoo
dor Fluah.d o'r the iky,
I tbi'ik thai I oould atutl. eould ..Imly My,
"It I. H la day."
But, If a woL-Jroui head, from ta blu. yo.d.r,
B.b.ld unroll
To a long eaotury'. od it. myatio elaw.
What ibould I do f
What could I do, 01 blraaad Quid, and Meaur;
Otb.r than tbl. I
rillll to go on .1 now, Bot aloaer, f.alor.
Nor fear lo miae
The road, alibuib an .try long It br,
Vll.llt I.J by Tun!
Strp .lur alep. froling Toe. eloae bealde me,
Although iaaeo,
Thro' thornr, thro' Sow.n, whether Ike tewpeal
bit. Ton,
Or h..v.oa Mr.n,
Aaaured Thy felthfulBMa enn.ot betray,
Tby love deeey.
I ui.y Bet kaow, my God, ae head reeoaUth
Tby eeoeial. wiea i
Along tb. p.tb a doepeaing abadow etealeth
No Toiee ropllea
To ell my qoeatloaiog thought, th. Urn. te t.ll,
And II la wall.
Let mo keep on abiding aad unf..rlag
Tby will .Iwaya,
Through a long oeotory'e ripening fruilloa.
Or a .hart dee 'a.
Thou eamt aol oomo loo fooa f aad 1 raa wall,
If Thoa eom. I.U,
THE MISD IS ECLIPSE.
At a recent meeting ol the Medico-
Legal Society, in Now York city, Dr.
George M. Beard read a paper on
Ibe I'robiems ot insanity, in whictt
ho said : "Insanity is a disease of de
grees ; tbero is no plain dividing line
between sanity and insanity. Insanity
may be divided into two kinds intel
lectual insanity, embracing forms in
winch there aro delusions, and emo
tional insanity, in which there are no
delusions. Insanity is a parameter of
civilization, and as we advance in tbe
arts and sciences so will insanity be
come more prevalent among ns. In
tense application, brain work and in
door lilu are tbe agencies which most
frequently bring it about. Tho intel
lectual activity ot tbo women ot to day
is anothor groat cause of insanity.
What the mother is, so will tbe child
bo in an intenscr degree.
insanity is increasing most percep
tibly in Europe and America among
tho poorer classes. Civiliiation grinds
hardest on the poor, shutting them un
in close houses, with bad air and food,
and compelling them to struggle for
existence. Tbo brain cannot always
bear up under Iho strain, for they
have few rocreations and amusements
which can bo indulged in for tbo re
laxation of their minds. A diagnosis
in cases of insanity is most difficult.
1 be physician must know ths subiect
psychologically ; know be thinks, what
be thinks, and all about bis general
disposition, passions, etc. Tho proba-
Diniics oi cure in ino case Of insane
persons depend greatly upon the ad
vancement of the disease when the
treatment is begun. It is better if the
fiatient can be treated out of tbe any
am, and if he is not confined or isola
ted altogether from the world, narcot
ics and stupefying remedies should
not bo nsod when tbeir nse can be
avoided. Until a comparatively abort
timo our inventions bave tended to an
increase rathor than to a decrease ef
insanity. Of late, however, tbe inven
tions have been in tbe opposite direc
tion, tonding to givo us more ease and
reef a. for evamnlp. the telcrhnpe.
elevated railroad and tho electric light.
If the latter is perfected, it may also
enable us to breathe a purer air. An
improved system of education, with
less "cramming," would tend to reduce
tho incroase ot insanity. The eclipse
of tho mind cannot be prod ic ted like
tbe eclipse of tbe sun, but, with study,
men may learn lo detect it in ita first
stages, and, if treated early, it need
rarely become serious.
ISGERSOL I ASD SESTJMEST.
An exchange says: Robert Ir.gor
soll, one of tho most objectionable men
in bis discourses on religion, has a
great amount of poetry in his compo
sition, and utters gems of thought that
aro as beautiful as any ever spoxen.
Here are a few from recent lectures :
"And then, do you know, 1 like to
think that love is eternal ; that if you
love a woman, for her sake, you will
love her no matter wbat she may do ;
that if she really loves you for your
sake, the same ; that lore does not
look ataltcrations through tbe wrinkles
of timo, through the mask ol years-
it yoa really lovo ber, yon will alwaya
see tho face you loved and won. And
1 liko to think or it. lt a man loves a
woman, she does not ever grow old to
him, snd tho woman that loves a man
does not see him grow old. He is not
decrepit to her. llo is not tremulous.
Ho is not old. Ho is not bowed. She
always sees the same gallant fellow
that won her band and heart I like
to thiuk ol it in that way, and as
Shakespenro says, 'bet tune reach
with his sicklo as far as ever be can ;
although he can reach rudy cheeks
and ripo lips and flashing eyes he can
not reach love.' 1 like to think of it.
Wo will go down the bill of life to
gether, and enter tbe shadow, one
with tbo other, ana aa we go aown we
may hear the ripple of tho laaghtor ot
our grandchildren, and the birds, and
Spring, and youth, tnd love will sing
more sweetly on tbe loanoas D ranches
of the tree of ago. I love to think of
it in that way absolute equals, happy,
happy and tree, an oar own.
Just before a prominent citiieo ol
Uarrisburg retired the other night, he
f;ot down on bis hands and knees and
ooked anxiously under tbe bed.
What in the world are you looking
for, John T" inquired his wifls. "Look
ing lor a woman," promptly replied
her husband. "You've been looking
for a man under the bed for tbi past
fifteen yean, and I thought I'd statat a
bunt for a woman, and I'll bet I'll And
tho woman before yoa do the man,"
A six-year-old boy, living near
Bridgeport was questioned by bia
school teacher the other day aa to his
name. The boy said "ho hadn't got
nono." "But yoa mast bare some
name," insisted the questioner : " what
do they call yoa around borne ?" "They
call me a genuninc jackass," replied
tho little Icllow with sincerity, The
Investigation was thereupon promptly
abandoned.
"See here, Goorgie," aaid a fond
mamma to her little son, as they walked
on the beacb "see here, wbat a lot of
nice little round atones I" "Yes," grum
bled Georgie, aa be cast a searching
glance around, "and a not living thing
to throw 'em at!"
A young lady told a gentleman that
smoking was injurious to the health.
"Why,'Fsaid ho, "there's my father, he
has smoked daily, and be is now sev
enty." "Well, said she. "if be bad
novor smoked, be might have been
eighty."
A Chicago girl tried lo run away
with a base ball catcher. Her father
became a short stop.