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JJ W. SMITU,
ATTORN KY-AT-LA W ,
tl:l:TJ Clearfield, Pa.
J J. MXGLE,
ATTOllNKY-AT-LA W,
1:18 Phlllpaburir, Centre Co., Pa. jpd
1)01, AND D. SWOOPE,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW,
Curwen.ville, Clearflild county, Pa.
oeL, '78-if.
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SCAIt MITCH ELI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
.C-a-Offico ill tlie Opera Huuie. etw, 78-tf.
Gil. & W. BAKltRTT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
clearfield, pa.
January 30, 1S78.
JSRAUL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
er-Ofnoe la tha Court Iloo.a. iJyll,'"
v
TM. M. McCULLOUOIT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offl.e in Maeonie buildi&)t Saoond itreet, op
po.ite lha Court llouae. je28,'78t(.
w.(
LAW i
ARNOLD,
COLLECTION OFFICE,
CU11WENRVII.LK,
llt-aifteld Couour, Ponn'a. Toy
O T. P.ROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, l'A.
Office in Opera Home. Bp 26,77-ly
(jirrn v. uilso.v,.
.fffortirts-nf-Lette,
CLEARFIELD, - - PENN'A.
--drC-flU-a in lha Maibiile BnlMing, over the
County National Dauk. Imor24-80.
yil.LIAM . HAGEltTY,
,irr.ri;i,.jr-tJ if,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
T-er-Will attfad to all lagil bn.lnen with
promptnel. and ddelity fcbl 1,'IO tf.
WILLIAM 1. WALI.ACB
N.HBr F. WALLAflB.
pattb L. aataa.
JOHN W, WBI0LBT.
WALLACE li KKKBS,
(Suicenuri to Wallaoe A Fielding,)
A T T O K N E Y S - A T - L A W ,
Jan 1 77
CK arlleld, Pa.
J.
K. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
. tu I'ie'. Opara Home.
June 28, 7Stf.
g L. Mail EE,
DuBois, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
er-Will altaod promptly to all lagal bnilnta
eatru.ted to bi. eare. janlt, '80.
TBOB. B. MOKBAT.
jyURKAY !i (iOIU)ON,
ATTORNEYS AT h
A W,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office Is Pia'l Opera Llouae, teeond floor.
:07
WkBPU B. BHALLT.
Til oENALLY
DAR1IL W. II COD T,
& MgCURDY
ATTORN RY3-AT-L AW,
ciearneid. t.
IMT Legal builnest ftt (ended t foromfttly withj
ddelity. Oflioe on Beoo&d itreet, bo?e .be Pint
NAtiunaJ Hank. Jtn:l;7B
A
O. KiiAMKIi,
A T T OJINET-AT-liAW,
Real B.Ula and Collection Ajont,
4 I BAKI-'II'.I.I), PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal bufllnaae en
tre.leil to hit eare.
0Offiee ia Pio'a Opera Iloure. janl'78.
J P. McKEN RICK,
DISTRICT ATTtaRNEY,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal bullae., entrnlted to bli eare will re.
eelve prompt attention.
trOHf. In the Coatl Iloale.
augl4,l878-ly.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
nd Real Rotate Aleut, Clearfield, Pa,
OBee ob Third itraal, bet. Cherry A Walnnt,
jMr-Reepeotfully effara bla aereleea Ib Bailing
aad buying land, la Clearfield and adjoining
eountlae J and with an eiperieaee el overtwenty
yeara ae a inrreyor, nattera blmaeit teat aa eea
reader latl.faotioa. I ran. It.es.u,
J'Uysldans' (Cards.
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R. K. M. SCUEUREIt,
HOMtKOPATBIO PHYSICIAN,
Offioe In re.ld.nce oa Flrat tt
April 14, 1871. Cleerlald, Pa.
J-R. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
DUBOIS CITY, PA.
WlllattcnJ profeaaional eella promptly. aagl0'70
U. T. J. HOTER,
I'HYSICIAN AND SUROEON,
Oflee on Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
at-OHee hourai I te 1 1 a. aa., and 1 to 8 p. .
Y)R- y KAY WRIGLEY,
UOMtKPATUIC PHYSICIAN,
Jeer-Office adjoining the realdenee ef Jaaei
, Wr.f Icy, E., oa Second St, UI.ar6.IJ, P..
JulySI,78 tf.
II. U. B. VAN VAI.ZAn,
CLBARKIEI.D, PICNN'A.
OFFICE IN HE8IIIRNCE, PORNKH OF FIRST
t AND PINK B1RKKTH.
' OBee hoere From It to I P. M.
,' May 11, lilt.
1)
II. J. P. liUKCllFIKleD,
Ute Barf too of tbe 'M Eeglaioat, Naajylraala
Volaaweri, havlBf rttaraed froa tba Array,
offer hie arofeuleaal torvleai tothooltieou
rntnarleldooaaly.
JPnfefliloaaloalU aroaiptty atuaded lo.
r toe an Seaoad ttreet, foraorlytewaotod by
Jr. Woodt. aprt.'M l(
1 OR PRINT! NO OF RVRRT DKVCRtF
j tioa aejkiiy aieffatod at thlf effiM.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLANDEE, Editor & Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEEMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
,
VOL. 51-WII0LE NO. 2,685. - CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1880. NEW SERIES-V0L. 21, NO. 33.
Cards.
T
ej Wa here printed a Urea aamber of tba new
FBI BILL, and will oa lha raoatpl of twenty.
Sve ooote. mall e eopv te any addreea. aivll
W1
1LLIAB1 M. HENRY, Justice
or TBI PlACi AND 8CHIVME, LUMliKK
CITY. Collection! made and money promptly
pftttl over. ArUcl of agrMinont and deedi of
oonveyienee neatly ei eon ted end ..rraniea cor
reot or aa ah.rfa. JHJy'71
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Ju.tlce of tba Peace aad Scrivener,
Curwenevllle, Pa.
ti Collation. "ada aad money promptly
paid orar.
fel,ll'7ltf
HENRY BRET II,
(oarkID r. 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
eon nabl. vowowie.
May 8, ISTl ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
dbalbb im
Square Timber & Timber LaniiH,
j.1178 CLEARFIELD, PA.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
fcguWIll aiaeuU Joba la bli Una promptly and
In a workmanlike manner.
ntra.OT
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Market Hi., Claarlald, Pa.
Fra.h Bread, Ruak, Holla, Plea and Cakaa
oa band or made te order. A general ei.ortwent
of Confeotionerlei, Froit. aad Nuta In atoek.
Ice Cream and Oy.tari In eeaaon. Saloon Baarly
oupo.iW the PoatoUea. Price! oiodorala.
MMr,il 10--73.
WEAVER . BETTS,
DKALBM IN
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
ir-OSoe on Kaeond itreet, la rear of atore
room of Uaorga Wearer a Co. IJan, 78-lf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JU8TICE OF T1IB PEACE
roe
Uttalir Tou-nnhip,
Oaeeola Mill. P. O.
All official bu.ln... entreated te him will be
promptly attended to. mob2, 70.
I
ARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDUBaSBlt.
Bhop ob Market St., oppoalte Court Uoow.
A elean lowoi lor every wwaw.
Alao dealer In
Heat Bratida of Tobarco and ClKara.
n.r.lA P.. ma? 10.
JAMES H. TURNER,
Jl'STICK OF TUB PEACE,
W allaceton, Pa.
aueiu baa nranared blmaelf wltb all the
ittoea.ory bleak oruia under the Penaloa and
Bounty lawa, aa well ai blank Daeda, eU. All
legal mettere enUulted to bia eare will receive
prompt attention. May Tlh, 18711-lf.
IS DREW I1ARW1CK,
Market Mtreet, Cleardeld, Pa.,
aAMiTAceoaBa ean naALaa ib
7nrnoM, Bridtei, Saddles, Collars, and
Horse-burnishing Uoods.
M-AII kind! or repairing promptly attended
. Saddlera' Hardware, Horee Brnahee, Curry
Combe, Ac, alwaya on band and for aala at tne
loweat eaab priee. IMereh ID, 1878.
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JMT Pampa alwaye en hand aad made to order
en'ahort aottee. Pipee bored on reaaoaabla term a.
All work warranted to render eatiafaettoa, and
delirered if deiirad. mjll:lypu
ilvery Stable.
'pill anderalgned bag, leave te Inform thopah
X He that he la now fully prepared to aeeomme
date ell ia the way of furniihibg lK.eea, Buggiei,
Saddlee and llarneaa, en the ahorteit aotiee aad
aa reaaonable Urma. Keaideaee oa Loeuat .treat,
between Third eod foorth.
UEO. W. QBARIIART.
Ileartald, Feb. 4. 1174.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
Ol. EN HOPE. PKNN'A,
X nodiuni Uwtol, Ik Ibt viilBf f Uleei Hope.
! now prepared to tMoranodfttti fell wh my
eall. My uble and be,r bH b mp plied with
tbt belt tb mArbet Afford .
UKUHOR W. D0TT8, Jr.
Ol.n Uoim, t., Mtttk U, 18T-tr.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
diilii m
GENERAL MEIiCII AND18K,
GHAHANTUN, Pn.
Alio, eitemlre minnfAtnrr and denier (a Rqasre
iimier uu ntweu Lumber! nu linaa.
"Ordert lollelted nd all bllli nrvmptly
ea. jylB7I
E. A. BIGLER 4. CO.,
diali ni m
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad maaufaetarera ef
ALL KIND OK SAWED LUMUKR,
1771 CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
I. SNYDER.
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ana dbalbi ia
WaUihoi, Clockt nd Jewelry,
ratea'a Jfeel, Jforael Areet,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All klada of raaalriBa la ate Mae nroeiDtlr at-
ended te. Jan. 1.1. 1879.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE anderalgned, having eoubllihed a Her
eery on the 'Pike, aboat half way between
ClearBeld end Curwenavllle, ie prepered to fnr
alah all klndt of FRUIT TREKS, (iteadaH aad
dwarf,) Krergrooni, Sbnibbery, Urepe Vlnea,
Uooaeberry, Lowlon Blaekberry, Strawberry,
and Ka.pb.rry Vlaei. Alee, Slberlea Crab Treea,
Quince, and early eeerle! Kkubarh, Ae. Ordere
promptly atundad te. Addreea,
J. D. WRIUHT,
eeplO B.j CarweaevUle, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M, CAED0N & SB0.,
Oa Uarhet St, n door weat of Miaaloa Uoaia,
CLBARHKLD, Tl.
Oar atTraniPtioBtr ar cf tbe attet aotaijIeU
eharaotor tot farnlfblng the aabltt wttb Freeh
aieati 01 ait ataa, ana or tat vary beit aaaiity.
wo kiaa aoai ia aii iiaat or Jtfrteaiiarai laipi
areata, which we keep on eihibltlon for tbe bea-
e8t ef the pebhe. Call around whea la Iowa,
aad take a leek at thing a, er addreea ai
F. M. CARDOIf A BR0.
Clearfield, Pa., Jely 14, IB7i-lf.
t learnt Id Insurance jtgency.
Jaaaa aaaa.
caaaeii a. atnaLg.
KERR tt BIUDLE, Jtents,
Repreeeattbe fbllewlnf aad ether Iretlaef Oe't
Ooeapaelee. Aai.ll.
Liverpool London A 8loba-tT. t. Br .t4.10l.BD
Lyeetelag-en meteel A eeeh alaal.... 8,800,008
PbaBlB, ef Dartfkrd, Oeaa ,., 1,814,08
la.uraaee Co. of North America 8,411,874
North ttrltl.a A Keantll.-U.S. Br. 1,781,888
rVotilo, Oeaarerelal U. I. Breech.... 871,148
Wetertowe t(,8le
Trevelere (Life A Aeeldeat) 4,ttt,4M
Office ea Market St, epe, Ceart Heaee, Cleer
lald, Pa Jeae4,TI-tf.
s.
mm SUNDAY.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT CHAU
TAUQUA. A BKV KltE DAY FOR SAINTS AND SINNERS
O ARF1ELDAMDCOLKAX ENTHUS
IASM OP THE LAI1I1S AUDIANCH.
(IEO. II. STUART PIIENENT
INO UARI'ELD THE
SILENT CHAUTAU
QUA SALUTE.
Cbautauqoe Di.petch to the New York llrreld
Tkuro aro about twenty thousand
people in this extraordinary pluco.
Some rid in hotels, soma in tunln and
all are having as good a timo as it is
Dotuiblo wbare ull niannor ol creature
aomlorls art) curel'ully proscribed and
tbe only relrcslimont atuiinaoie is ot
tbo prajor-mcuting type, varied now
and then by meals on musse. General
IJarileld and Ina wurn out parly reacu-
ed the Palace Hotel at hall past 1 San
day morning. They were tired, dirty,
sleepy and miserable. Tho programme
of to-day was aBcreamcr, and would line
up any lourcoul-licaversin .ew lont.
I won l say anything auoiil Inc matins,
the early progress, tbo halfdozen
meetings for conversation and song or
tho regular preaching services, bntcon
lino tho record to that curt in which
Genera! Garfield was utilized by tho
shrewd and commercial minds that
controls this marvellous institutiou. At
eleven o'clock, uttonded by Senator
Kirkwood, who was very sleepy ; Con
gressman Conger, whoso bright eyes
were dim with yesterday's dust; Con
gressman Charles J. Williams, who
wanted to stay homo ; Congressman
Richardson, whoso district responsi
bility includes Cbauluttqua ; Mil rut
Ilalstead, who wore a white cravat and
narrowly eticiipcd being led to the plat
form, and tho others, tho General
mounted the platform, looking pale and
as if the road was a hard one to travel.
Tho amphitheatre wus packed with
perhaps ten thousand people und all'ord-
(1 an inspiration to too uuuest oi
orators, (iennrul Garfield and party sat
in the tront row ol chairs and wore tho
universal target.
BCHUYLER COLFAX.
Insiders. howeTer, were more espo-
ally interested in watching tho by
play of tho late Schuyler Collux, who,
accompanied by a sweet, faced and
elegantly dressed ludy, camo in litter
and sat within three feet of General
Garfield, butnovor botrayed tho slight
est intimation of the presence ol tho
dark-featured man who was tho centro
of observation. Collax, strungo to
say, grows old und Int. His hair is
yet thick and strong, but very gray.
lie wears bis old cbin wbiskors, but
no moustache, and as he sat with his
lips firmly compressed he looked like
a cross ghost ol tho old-time Speaker
of the House of Representatives, who,
in ltjliu, electrified tbo country by bis
bright speeches for Fremont at Day ton.
He was nervous and rostloss and
changed leg to leg more than filly
times an hour, uarueiu sat iiko a
rock, his massivo shoulders, Blurdy
deck and well-posed head looming fur
abova the figures of his neighbors.
THE SERVICES.
The musical portion of tho services
were congregational and an onjoya
bly grand. A well drilled choir led
tho great assomblago in well-known
hymns and swinging tunes, in wbicb
all gladly joined. Brother Garfield
bad a sore tbroat anu uiun t aaro to
sing, but isrolbor conax roiicu nis
eyes and opened nis mourn wiin sa
cred relish. But tho torturo of tho
day was yet to come. A young clergy
man named Bulkley preached a very
long and tedious discourse on every
thing and everybody. Brother liulk
loy was vory conscious of tho presonce
of his distinguished neuron, but if he
could have known bow ineffably bored
they wuro be certainly would have
Btouncd an hour bcloro he did. Some
of his unprcmodiated and therefore
very crude illustrations boro obviously
and roughly on Air. Collux, and pro
duced an unpleasant effect on that
rostlcss and rather rusty statesman.
Whon the service was over General
Garfield was put through the regula
tion reception, and bis norvolcss arm
was pumped liko an old fashioned han
dle till it really seemed as if ho would
drop. Then ho went to lha hotel,
whore a great company of people from
tha tents wero wailing to shako what
little was k'll ot bim, and they did it.
Meantime Brother Colfax, with somo
of his friends, passed meekly to tho
rear, but neither the post nor tho
presont paid tho least attention to onch
other's presonce.
APROPOS OF COLFAX A DELICATE QUES
TION.
As it was advortiscd that Mr. Colfax
was to speak this afternoon, and as
Mr. Vinoenl bad announced that ben
Garfield would speak, the friondsof the
latter put tboir beads togelbor and
canvassed the situation. The General
had not given an intimation that ho
was lo speak and they did not know
how to handle tho matter. Tbey did
not hositato to say that it would nover
do for Garttold to speak on tbe plat
form with Colfax, or at all events to
identity bimscll with him. After din
nor, where the curious gathered as
usual to seo tho animals feed, tboy In
geniously endeavored to lead bim
down by tho lako. The effort was
useless, bowovor, as the people caught
mm anu insisieu on a reception.
MORE RECEPTION.
Again ho good naturedly shook
nanus wiib all sorts of old soldiers,
dear brethren, original Republicans
ana an manner 01 men, women and
children, and thon, hoping for a cigar's
soothing cmbraco, ho turnod away
only to no confronted by the vouorablo
George U. Stuart, of tho Young Men's
Christian Association, who, smiling
oemgniy upon bim, erasped him by
the shaking hand, lod him liko a shoen
to the slaughter down to the amphl-
ibcaire, wncre ten thousand pconlo
awaited him and longed to woloomo
bim wiin appiauso and demonstrations,
On the plallorm sat a number oi iubi-
lee singers, one of whom, JJiss Jennio
Jackson, it vory pretty, with a charm
ing soprano voice, and another, Mr. it.
A. Hull, it as black as any coal and
hat a pure tenor voico. General Gar
field chair stood next to Mr. Hall's.
and when the two men sat side by
sido the contrast wai wondcrlul. I
noticed that tho colored tlngor was
me oniy one who was thougbtlul
enough to offer the (ienoral a hymn
book. Mr. Georgo II. Stuart, the
ioauor oi Iho services, It the man who
organised the Christian Commission
during the late war. He has white
hair and awhile board, and looks asUn-
cle Daniel Drew would ii he had been
really tanctiflod. Unfortunately. Mr,
Smart le fond of talking, and even his
introductories rtiu into volumos. He
conducted very woll and the Jubilee
I in - . . .
ningert sang admirably, Mr. K.J
Loudin's basso being especially mark
ed. All the dignitaries wero present,
and lust of all Coll'ux camo also. He
was greeted with groat cmpressmont
by Mr. Stewart and placed at his left
hand. In courso of timo Mr. Coll'ux
spoko, 1 didn't notico his teeth, bat
his voice was muffled as if he had pie
or tobacco in bis mouth and couldn't
easily manage to eat and talk at the
sumu lime. Mr. Stuart introduced tho
lato Vico as "My dear brothor in the
Lord," at which tho brother smiled
and then began to talk. His address
was above lovo, tho Word of God, uni
fication and repentance lor tailing into
temptation. His delivory was ohoap
and commonplace. Ho danced like
ralmai!o, gesticulated like Jobn ii.
Gougu,ha!loocd like Moody andSankoy
and pounded the desk as Morrissey
pounded Yankeo Sullivan.
J lion Air. uonax sat down and Air.
Stuart, who saw tho tompcr ol the
crowded audience and know very well
what they wanted and rightly con
cluded it was time to give it to them,
advanced to the front of the platform
and suid :
We have boen vory fortunate in our
experience here as at no time have we
bad any political excitement nor has
there ever boen tho least tendency to
ward sectarianism. We have had
many distinguished men on this plal
lorm, men who came to show that
their hearts and hands were with us.
To-day we havo one with us who sym
pathizes with us in all our efforts to
ward tbe right ; a Christian man ; a
member of a Christian church, whore
1 desire to prosent to you, and who
will simply rise and bow his acknowl
edgements and respects to tbo audi
ence, lest ho should say something
which by tha unlriendly might be mis
construed. Not that 1 believe there
aro such here, but it is butter as it is.
1 take great pleasure in presenting to
you our Christian brother. General
James A. (iarlluld, of tho United
States Senate.
General Garfield roso and bowed,
tho audienco looked and the situation
became embarrassing. Mr. Stuart
then suid :
'General Gailield, would you pleaso
step this way ? Iho poople want to
seo you.
As the General rose an aged idiol
called out, "Speech," and others follow
ed suit, but it did no good, lie would
not havo spoken lor a dollar.
THE CHAUTAUQUA SALUTE.
Again lie advanced to tho front of
the platform and Mr. Stuart said :
'Wo will now givo the General Iho
Chautauqua salute."
Instantly ten thousand handker
chiefs and hats filled Iho air. i'erfect
silence reigned, but tho impresivo sa-
luto continuod and kept on till tbo
vast ampbithcatro lookod liko a cat
act of popping corn. It was a scone
worth tho tiresome trip to witness.
'This," said Mr. Stuart,"! bolicvo
you do not call appiauso, but is cer
tainly a vory cltective mode ol ex
pressing your sentiments."
SI RETURNED THANKS.
Thoerv for "Snooch" and "Garfield"
hecamo universal, and with groat dig
nity the General, who might woll havo
thought he had justification for a few
brief and appropriate remarks, said :
1 thanK you lor your woicome. it is
not, in my judgment, tho proper time
nor place for mo to make a speech. I
thank you again."
i he irrepressible oluurt tbon shout
ed : "Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow," bat whether it was because
Garfield was thero its part of tho Bhow
or because he declined to speak ho did
not explain. lirothor Uollax Bmiled,
but it was on tho Burl'uco only. Gen
eral Gartiold sang like a good fellow
and.tho colored lolk "made the welkin-
ring."
EXTRAORDINARY YIELD.
WASHINGTON COUNTY BEATS THE UNION
ON A WOOL CLIP.
Last year we published tho clip of
KobortVan voorbis American Merino
flock, and called altonlion to its height,
weight and average Tho item was
copied in tho agricultural journals of
this country, in tho J'.nglisb Ivoof
(Irotcer, and the Australian Zehren
Tokko. Most of theso journals pro
nounced it, without exception, tho
largest known average ; some ol them
doubted it trushlulnoss. We now
give tho Spring clip for 1880, and in
tbo lull conHdonco that It cannot Do,
wo challcngo tho world to beat it.
Been rLBBcae.
Young Don Carl, 3 year old- 81 Ibi.
Young Ptinee, 2 yeer old M 3 3 Iba.
Chunk, S year old Il Ibi.
Old Don Carlo,, 8 year old 112 Iba.
llly.tei, yearling from Old Don. 221 Ibi.
Old Don shoarcd 33) in 1877 and
1878, but being now (i years old,
is on tho doclino, and gives but 32 this
yoar.
SWB rLBICIBO.
No. 14, 1 yeer ewe 12 Iba.
No. II. I year ewe lot Iba.
No. 24, 2 year ewe. 20 Ibi.
No. 89, 2 yeer ewe 18 Ibi
No. 42, 1 year ewe. 121 Iba.
No. 4lt, 1 yeer ewe 10 Ibi.
No. I1, t yeer ewe IB Iba.
Fifty head of yearling owes avor
aged 17 younds, many clipping 18 lo
m pounds.
All tbe above clips are less than a
year's growth, being cut a little aoonor
this year than last, 1 be whole flock
ot 250 bead will average up to last
yoar s clip, and perhaps shade it a lit
tlo, These fleoces are at the Keystono
Sheep Farm for Inspection and weight
by any who dosiro to vorify the count;
tho above count is altoslod by the
shearers, and It truo to the ounce
When it is considered that the av
orago dipt of the State is3)pounds, for
this county about 4) pounds, thon tho
extraordinary showing ot wbolo buncb
ot that rise from 30 to 33) pounds for
bucks and 19 to 22 for owes, the yield
bocomos ono ol the wonders of tho
time, without an equal In American
wool growing records, and shows to
what perfection the intelligent skill of
air, Van voorbis basarrived. no has
beon lolicited toexbibit this (si I at tbo
National Shoen Show In Philadelphia.
and will possibly go there simply to
show the world what Washington
county can do whon it attempts to
raise a bit oi wool.
Now, Jimmy. Tho following touch
ing story of Garfield's youth now
comes to light :
One day bis father called him to his
study and said:
"Wow, Jimmy, whicb would you
rather do to day. walk with the Hun.
day school children or go to tho Cir
cus I
And the future dabbler In Croilit
Mobilier stock looked piously pensive
ana replied :
"Father, I cannot toll a lie; 1 would
rather walk with the Sunday school
children.
"Thal'i right, my ton," returnod the
oiu man ; "1 wouiu ratner nave you
walk with 60,000 children than nail
me lor half a dollar to buy a Circut
lii-rot."
i
A MELANCHOLY DEATH IN
PRISON.
"colonel" ralph rollins, tn cham
iiekhiii:ru b vnk rhuuer, dies within
the cold, gray walls of cherry
hill prison, which he failed
to penetrate ii y 1iu1le.
Tho troublesome career of Lewis L.
Clormont. alias Itulnh L. Holland,
alios Colonel I'tlph Il illins. confidence
operator, forger, swindler and attempt
ed bank robber, terminated on Satur
day Inst with his donth in a narrow
cell of tho Kastcrn I'enitontiary, bo
hind tho walls wb,' J. Im had vainly
attempted lo get outsido of by every
artillco known lo desporato convicts
within the three years during which
ho was eonfiu'sd. The malady which
took hint off is sot down by tho doctors
as Brian's diseaso of the kidnoys, but
disappointment and desperation at the
failure of all bis schemes to obtain lib
crtr hud much and probably moro to
do with his disease than the mero
bodily ills. Ho was one ol Iho most
Ueinualing, skillful roguos of lha ago,
and his career is liko a romance He
was forty yoars of ago when he died,
snd presented but few vestiges of the
romarkublo masculine beauty ho pos
sessed when he first bocamo a tenant
of a cell in Cherry Hill. Ho was the
son of Sheriff Clermont, ol Scioto Co.,
Ohio, who afterwards removed to
Schoolcraft, Michigan. Young Lewis
started out in life with tho advantages
ot a handsome person, a good educa
tion and his father's influcnco to back
him. He was a skilllul bouk-koeper
and penman, and whon ho enlisted in
an Illinois regiment at the outbreak
ol the rebellion and reached Nushvillo,
his skilllulncss with tho pen and ac
counts obtained him a first-class posi
tion in tho Quartermaster's Depart
ment. At tho end of Iho war ho saw money
in cotton speculation, and realized ftiO,
000, anyhow, at tho expense of confid
ing consignees in ."vew lorn, wno
honored his dralls for cotton alleged
to be in transit. With this lund ho
fled. Ho is next heard of at St. Louis,
whoro ho opened a banking house,
with correspondents at Chicago and
San Francisco. The St. Louis house
honored droits from Chicago and San
Francisco until a favorable day camo
lor the sharper, and then he laid down
heavier drults than usual in L hicago,
which wero cashed, and when present
ed atSt. Louis tho firm of Roll ins i Co.
was non est, with about $40,000 or so
clear. With this "spoil" the swindler
took a trip to Jvuiopo una nio itoiy
Land, taking his wile with him.
Whilo in (iormany ho was tho guest
of Baron Shindlo, olhcrwiso Maximil
ian Swinburne, one ol the .Northamp
ton and Ocean bank robbers, who was
living a gilded existence on his baro
nial estate at Stuttirart, Wurlemburer.
Pinkcrton's detectives, who got wind
of the real character of Clermont, tho
distinguished American, swooped down
upon him lor tho Chicago anu ot. jjouis
forgorics. Ho hired tho best legal
talent in all Germany and beat the
detectivos on a technicality ab;ut tho
extradition. Ho was afraid, bowovor,
to return to tho United States and
wont down to South America, where
bo had spont a short time subsequent
to tho cotton oscapado. Tiring of
South America, ho went to Chicago
again and then to New York, whero
be bloomed out as Louis La I'CEina, a
foreigner with bagluls of ducats, who
was going to astonish Wall street with
his Block iobbinir operations. Ho was
covortly associated with Waltor Pat
torson and other expert forgors, who
baa givon mm lessons at si. uouisanu
Chicago, it is asserted. Most of the
securities ho gavo as collateral aro
said to havo boon United States bonds,
which had boon the produce of big
bank robberies. Ono day a lot of
Wall strool brokers discovered them
selves lo bo tho victims ot a gang of
clevor forgers, who had bagged about
$150,000 as their spoil.
While in INew 1 ork the scheme was
matured to swindlo the Philadelphia
brokers with raised certificates of
Heading stock. Tho scheme was to
purchase a "block" of shares and havo
them split up into singlo Bbaro ccrtiii-
catos. The statement was made that
a wealthy person desired to have tho
stock in this form in order to make
Christmas presents to friends. Soon
afterward somo of tho single sharo
certificates began to appear on Third
street altered to higher denominations,
which was exactly the object ol Iho
swindlers in getting them. Tho plot
fulled and Rollins and bis wile JVo.
who had manipulated tho allair, wore
pursuod to Now York. They woro
not prosecuted.
Rollins had two wives, one being a
Chicago lady and tho other a Phila
delphia lady, who is said to havo been
Iho companion ol t State Senator now
deceased. She was tho possessor of
magnificent diamonds, said tobowoilh
$15,000, which the Senator conlorrod
upon her. Rollins, who met her at
Long Branch, where ho was playing
the part of a Brazilian diamond mer
chant, all bespangled with tho prod
ucts of his mines, is said to havo
married her with tho ono idea of get
ting tho Senator's gift. He ran away
with thorn and defeated tho woman
who had trusted him, in a subsequent
lawsuit, on tho technicality that a
wile was not a good witness atiainst
her husband for theft. The advent
ures of these diamonds subsequently
would be interesting reading, but it is
believed they afterwards turned up in
a startling way in prison.
Rollins lor a numhorol years existed
through confidence operation.! and for
gorios until tho attempt by himscll
and his brother-in-law, A. 11. Wicks or
Woeks, alias Johnson, to blind Cashier
Mossersmilh, of tho Chambcrsburg
bank, and plunder the bank vaults.
To effect this, for months before tho
plot was ripe, Rollins was at Cham.
Lorsburg with an invalid whom ho
represented to he his brother. Ho
was playing Colonol Rollins of tho
army at this time, lie worked him
self into the confidence of tho Cashier
and his family through tho assistance
of one of the Rollins wives. On March
25, 18711, Rollins, who pretended that
ho wanted to purchase, Mossersmlth's
farm, sccurod an interview at the bank
at night -and asked permission to do
posit $10,000 for safe kooping.
In tbe vault was over half a million
dollar. Tho confiding Cashier took
Rollins and Wickt to the vault and as
soon as tho doors opened tho conspir
ators sprang upon him. They had
not the audacity and cold blood of
professional bank robber, and did not
disable the old man, who broke Inoso.
Rollin snatched $30,000 and barely
got to the itreet when be was seir.od
by a'colored man. Wicks, alias John
son, . got away In a carriage, but was
REPUBLICAN.
caught at Mochanicsburg. The men
were convicted and sentencod Rollins
to ten years and Wicks to eight years
in tho Kastorn Penitentiary. They
were tuken back afterwards to Chutn
bersburg on a writ of error. They
wero again convicted, but Rullins es
caped from tho ChamborsUurg jail with
tools said to havo been furnished by
his wife. Ho was re arrested in Chi
cago and sent back to the Kastcrn
Penitentiary.
Then bognn tho contest belwoen
his determined resolves lo escape and
tho vigilance cf the prison authorities
a vigilanco which came near being
overthrown in December last by tho
perfidy of ono of the keepers. This
man went into a conspiracy whereby
Rollins was tu bo furnished with tools
to cut his way out of prison and hide
in a neighboring house. The discov
ery ot tho plot resulted in tho finding
of a shaving brush, in whicb, concealed
in a hollow of tho handle, was forty-two
magnificent diamonds, suid to be worth
$10,000. They aro beliovod to havo
been smuggled into tho prison in this
roceptacle,and Rollins told the fuithloss
kecpor thoy should be bis reward for
assisting tho convict to escape. Rol
lins hecamo furious when liis long
brooded over plan camo to naught anil
resorted to tho insanity dodgo and
schemes to got out, in tho expectation
that ho would be sent to tho Danvillo
asylum, whence ho could escape. This
too tailed. Then he resorted to at
tempts at violence upon tho prison
keepers and bribing tho runners. Ho
bad a large knilo on ono occasion and
a lot of powdored glass on another.
Ho was warned that by constant
brooding over his confinement ho was
going the way whore madness lay,
but theso remonstrances hud no effect.
Lately he bogan to loose flesh and ex
hibit signs of physical breaking up,
tiro effect of incarceration and flio fast
liio ho led while a swindler and forger.
On Saturday ho lay dying IromBright's
disease whilo tho prison inspectors
were in session at the penitentiary.
One of them, who has alwaya taken
an interest in the convict und striven
to impress good advice upon him ond
resignation to his lot, visited tho dying
mail's cell, but ho was too fur gono
for conversation and expired within
fifteen minutes. Tbo runners curried
tho news through tho corridors und
yard. "Rollins ib dead!" and tho
thousand and moro desperadoes and
villains know that another bad boen
added to tho list of malefactors who
realized loo lato ahe hopelessness of
attempting to escape tho strong barri
ers that shut them out from liberty.
CHRISTIAN COURTESY.
There is courtesy and there is
Christian courtesy. There is a cour
tesy that can bo put on and let off to
suit circumstances. Thoro is a cour
tesy that is an essential part of tho
ndividual and can no moro bo letl oil
than tho delicate complexion or the
mild bluo eye.
Tha ....', mo bcLeeon luo eieg....
toilet worn at an evening party and
the slovenly ono in which tho samo
individual appears at tho breakfast
tablo next morning is often no greater
than tho contrast betwoen tho man
ners of tho individual on tho two oc
casions. In tact, tho contrast between
Bociety dress and home dress is oltou
not so great as betwoen society man
ners and homo manners. Tbo assumed
courtesy controls in tho parlor, but
not in the dining or supper room, for
often in society tho signal for refresh
ments is only the signal for tho re
moval of masks This kind of cour
tesy is only musk. Wo bavo seen,
oven in the "best society," a scramble
for best scats and best dishes not un
liko what is Been about the swine's
trough at feeding limo. "Kvcry man
fur him self and the devil take iho
hindormost."
This assumed courtesy runs no-risk
of getting soiled in tho kitchen fur tho
mistress who bos worn it in tho parlor
puts it off when it become necessary
to givo orders about meals ot cooking.
It is worn with customers, but not em
ployees. It will not be injured in tho
cars, or in crowds, whether obout tho
door of church or amusement hall, for
it is not worn in railway travel or in
crowds. Men and women would bo
ashamed to bo seen without it by ac
quaintances, but care not how many
strangers seo them in all their native
and nuked hoorishness. On tho street,
on cars, at hotels, and all places of
public resort, tho language ol conduoi
is, "I don't know yon, and what do 1
care tor you I 1 am not going to sac
rifice anything, or take pains lor any
body whom 1 'don't know." This kind
of courtesy is moio common than is to
bo desirod.
Christian courtesy, or, it you pleaso,
true courtesy, is tho outworking, un
der all circumstances and in all rela
tions, of genuino love. Peter hits it
when ho says, "Livo as brethren, bo
pitiful, be courteous." it is a readiness
lo tuko pains that another may havo
comfort, and it mattoia not who that
other may be an obsorvanco ot rules
ol otiquetto. 1 hero may or thero may
not bo elegance of manners and grace
ol movement, iruo politeness goes
doopor and has its mots in character,
in unvarying principles. No man or
woman can bo really uncourtcoua
whon controlled by an affectionato
interest In those by whom surrounded.
Tho old squaw had tho genuino article
when sho secretly poured some tea
into her dish, sweetened it, and with
a kind look gavo it to tho captive
white woman brought Into camp, It
was not particularly pleasant lo see
her stirring tho tea with her filthy
finger, but even this did not prevent
tho deed being ono ol truo courtesy
Wo shall nover forgot tho carefulness
with which ono of tho roughest men,
rough In dress, and rough in spooch,
and awkward in movement laid tho
first shovelfuls of gravel upon a littlo
oolUn in tho wostorn backwoods.
In a solicttudo in tho feelings of
others wo rend tho truo gentleman,
and what aro clothes and manners in
comparison f Vory naturally wc pre
fer tho nicely bound book, with unsoiled
pages, to tho ono with cover torn,
leaves dog-eared and stained ; but that
which givos chiet valuo fa what la on
the pagoa. It woro mora pleasing to
seo a loving heart raanilesting ilsswect-
ness in gracefulness ot motion and neat
ness of dress, and In accordance with the
general rules of aocioty; but what aro
theso, alter all, compared with the con
tents and outworkings of the heart f
The teacher of otiquetto and grace
may, indued, polish a diamond, he may
also manufacture an imitation out of
worthiest paste ; he may give eune to
basbtulncss, or put a mask- on seinsn
noss. Let the diamonds be polished il
possiMo. but better an unpolished dia
mond than cheap imitation. Lot
thero be etiquotto and grace if possible,
but better Ignorance of rslc and awk
wardness, with love in tho heart, than
mean selfishness with fair exterior.
Ooldrn Rule.
GARFIELD'S FRIEND ON HAN.
COCK.
Paris, July 18. To the Editor of the
World : Sir A cable dispatch reach
ed mo at London, wbenco 1 answered
it more briefly perhaps than you ex
poctod, but 1 thought intelligently
enough. Your later dispatch, which
camo to mo hero yesterday, 1 now re
ply to by mail.
1 inferred from your interrogatory
thatsomocvil-disposed persons had been
attributing to me tbe authorship til
the orders and letters issued by Gen.
Hancock whilo he commanded in Lou
isiana and Texas. My denial by tele
graph was intondod to cover tho whole
ground. 1 noitbor wrote tboso papers
or suggested a word ot them ; I had
no prorogation of his viowa on the
suojoci to wnicn iney reiaio anu ueuru
nothing from him about it until be had
taken tho public into bis confidence
indeed, my personal acquaintance witb
him was then very alight, and our re
lations not at all intimate. '1 ho opinion
that I would offer oi bo would require
my aid in producing Biich an order as
his No. 40 is absurd. His determina
tion to stand by tho Constitution and
the lawa needed no expression7 but
what be could give it better than any
man alive. It was not an ossay on
rights of man that wus wanted at that
critical time Tho sixiken aft of a
patriot soldier in high command alone
could save civil liberty from tho de
struction with which it was threatened.
That was what Hancock did, and il
was the timeliest lifo that the great
cause ever got from any hand except
luat oi n asbington.
l hope my admiration ol tbo order
in question and tho gratitude I have
felt to him ibr issuing it can bo reason
ably accounted for without supposing
thai I framed or had any sharo in
framing it. Tho belief was general
among tbe Iricnds ot constitutional
liberty, and expressed by many others
as strongly as by me, that '(ienoral
Hancock bad dono much, and done it
bravely, to rescue the Nation and save
it alive, first from secessionists, and af
terwards from the moro dangerous and
moro unprincijialcd oligarchy into
whose bands it fell alter the war. At
the dato of his service in Louisiana the
beau ideal of a "strong govern mcnl"
was in full operation at Washington,
conducted by men who claimed to be
absolute masters of the country. Stato
rights, and as a necessary consequence,
individual liberty, wero violently trod
den down, and tho Constitution whicb
should have mado us free was haliitu
ally over ridden and insulted. What
those men culled "tho government"
was not only wondrous strong, but cor
rupt beyond all cxamplo in modern
times. Betwoen its force and its fraud
tho pcoplo wero powerless, and their
despair was aggravated by an indefina
ble dread that tbo wbolo army might
at any moment bo used to sink tho
Nation into still further degradation,
if below that lowest depth of lowor
deep could be reached. It was in theso
circumstances that Hancock spoko out
tuune worus oi irulu anu suucrncHs
which re assured tbo Iricnds ot free
govornmont and inspired them witb
now hopes. Ail who wore near enough
to watch tbe current ot that uncqualed
contest botwoen abolitionism and law
can remember how tbe onomios of tbe
Constitution woro startled and scared
when thoy found that tho most bril
liant General of tho Union had officially
declared himself opposed to their
savage polict-." They could not go
upon him, nor Bend upon him, nor in
any mannor destroy him, for Dot only
was tho law of tho land on his sido, but
the urmy was found to be full of sym
pathy with its conspicuously gallant
and faithful leader. So they were fain
to content themselves with harmless
sneers and potty persecutions. But
they remove him from theplaco whero
nis uovotion to ute Lonstiiution was
specially interfering with their Bclieiues
to subvert it. ii ben they mado up
their minds to strangle tho libcrtiea ot
a Stato, disperse a legal Legislature by
bruto torce, to inaugurate tor Gov
ernor a shameless adventurer known to
havo been defeated at the polls,or to pin
tho pcoplo down with bayonets while
they wero plundered by alien thieves
who claimed to bo their representa
tives and officers, aomobody else was
employed to do tbo infamous work.
bull more carottilly did they avoid his
prcBonco when the whole Nation was
to be swindled at a Presidential elec
tion. It was for such reasons that tbe
heart of tho country warmed to Gen.
Hancock as its predestined delivoror.
It has often happened that tho best
things ol tho greatest men are attrib
uted to others who aro wholly inca-
pablo ol them. Iho opinion was in
dustriously propagated and accepted
by a great many as truo that Hamilton
wrote tho furotvcll address of Wash
ington, but tho evidence is conclusive
which shows that cvory word of that
immortal production came from W ash-
ington Inmsell ; and Hamilton could
not havo written it any moro than ho
could bavo mado the world. Somo of
Jackson's most characteristic papers,
bearing tho lull Impress ol bis own
mind, woro habitually credited to per-
aona of far interior ability. When it
was charged against Jefferson that ho
wroto Logan's speech, he solemnly de
clared that he was unequal to such a
composition. 1 am not altccting mod
csty when I claim crcdenco of my
ptosent domal lor a similar reason. 1
could not have written Hancock's No.
10 not because 1 pretend to be dumb
or altogether unskilled in tho uso of
the f.nglish words, but because if 1 bad
undertaken to writo it tho chances aro
ninoty nine in a hundred that my argu
mentation would have marred its
majestic simplicity and greatly dimin
ished its power. When a public man,
especially a military man, moots a
grave responsibility, saying no moro
nor lost than just the thing ho ought,
but saying that with unoqivocal clear
ness yon may be sure he is the inter
preter ol his own thoughts. At any
rato, tho attempt is unjust to bastardite
JNo. 4U by assigning to It an origin
totally different from tho truo ono.
Why should my opinion bo asked or
voluntocred on Gonoral Hancock aa a
oivilian? Anybody else who has
watched hia lifo is as good a judgo as 1,
and there are thousand who know
him much bettor. But since the ques
tion I propounded I will answer, sub
ject to lair correction, that he baa in
him the bighoat and best qualities Ol
Republican ruler. I think bis fidelity
to sound principle, coupled with his
sound judgment, will entitle him to
rank with the great President of
former times. I do not compare him
with Washington, for the grandeur of
that character la and will remain lor
ever unapproachable, but I do say that
Washington, it placed in bia situation
would have acted precisely aa be did.
Hia patriotism ha not the impulsive
ardor of Jackson' ; but bia fidelity to
the truth, hi love ol justice and his
Beuru ui wrung, are tjuivo mm miminvan.-
able. He ia not a doctrinaire, like Jet-
forann, for his bnay life has left him no
I timo to study tho ubstact philosophy
of politics, but liiJ practical good sense
knows the right intuitively and always
catches the nearest way, to do it. If
be be elected, the ability of his admin
istration will inspire universal respect,
and bis moderation and magnanimity
will conciliate even his enemies. I
bavo the fullest liutli that ho will not
only keep his oath lo preserve, protoct
and deleiid the l oiimtution, but will
so curry out its provisions that the
great object ot its lanners as express
ed in the preamplo will bo fully accom
plished " To form a moro perfect
Lmon, to establish justice, to insure
domestic tranquility, to provide for tho
common defense, to promote tho gon
eral wollnro and to secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity. J. . 1ILACK.
the Ames "vindication."
In somo of tho forthcoming biogra
phies ol Gun. Garfield, tho authors
prosumo to give an aulhoratutivo ac
count of his relations with tho Credit
Mobilier business, and are very severe,
in his behalf, upon the character of
the lute Oakos Ames, between whom
and Garfield it will bo remembered
there was a very decided issue of verac
ity in their testimony betoro the Credit
Mobilier Investigating Committee.
That issue was determined against
(tarfield by tho Committee controlled
by a majority ol bis party Iricnds and
headed by tho notorious Judgo Poland.
For alter Garfield bad solmnly sworn
that ho "never owned received, or
agreed to receive any stock of tho
Credit Mobiliororof tho Union Pacific
Railroad, nor any dividends or profits
arising from cither of them," tho Com
mittee deliberately tound and reported
to tha contrary in these burning words :
"Tho fuel in rcgurd to Mr. Garfield,
as found by tho Committee, aro that
ho agreed with Mr. Amos to tako ten
shares ol Credit Mobilier stock, but
did not pay for tbo same. Mr. Ames
received tho eighty per cent, dividend
in bonds and sold them tor ninety per
cent., and also received the sixty per
cent, cash dividend, which, together
with the prie of tiro stock and inter
est, left a balance of $321). This sum
was paid over to Mr. Garfield by a
chock on the Sergeant at-Arms, and
Mr. Garfield then understood tins sum
was the baliinceof dividends after paying
for the stock."
It is not enough therefore lor Gar
field's biographers, in their attempts
to givo hm a clean bill ot health, to
ignore this finding, to omit tho most
important parts of tho testimony be
fore the Committocandby other garb
lings ol official records to endeavor to
whitewash his Congressional record.
They mustneods go further and villify
Amos, in order to break tho force of
his testimony, which tbey say is all
that makes out a case against Garfield,
so vividly presented by bis partisan
tnouds on tho 1 oland Committee.
Consequently in ono of the Gartiold
campaign biographies Ames is describ
ed, ss n "rascallv Yankee hlacksm.il h."
who not only organized a magnificent
scheme ot plunder, but set about in a
most villainous way to entrap guileless
members of Congress liko Garfield into
partnership in bis rascality.
It is very natural that (lakes Ames'
sons, who rovero tho memory of their
lather with .final affection, should be
stung by theso post mortem reflections
upon bim into an attempt at bis de
fense which is not calculated to spare
his Republican detractors- who were
partners in hia enterprise Tboy have
published a lengthy appeal to the
American noon o irresnoctivool nartv
to reconsider the popular judgment of
Oakcs Ames and bis Credit Mobilier
scheme, and to beliovo that it was a
legitimate business enterprise, which
justly brought no disgrace upon any
body connected witb it except tho
panic stricken individuals who fearing
tho popular clamor lied about tbeir re
lations to it.
In explanation and defense of thoir
fulher'a endowment of members ot
Congress with this stock, theso young
men present tho following reasons
whicb in their opinion "preclude tho
nonailiilit v nf r enrrutit intclt hv
either party ; tho transfers of the stock
were madef: 1. As a suio not as a gill.
2. At tho samo price (par and accrued
interest) which it cost himself and all
tho original holders. 8. At a time
when no legislation was wanted, and
with an express assurance that none
would be wanted. 4. To known and
tried friends ot the enterprise. 6. To
men whoso reputations wero worth
mora than money. U. In sums so
small as to offer no temptation."
It will bo readily seen that tbo first
and second reasons are no reasons at
all, stneo tho slock in question was so
rich that its dividends alono vory soon
paid for il ; as to tho third, it Is true,
no legislation was wanted, but correct
ive legislation was feared, and to avoid
this thero was every inducement to
bribe members ol Congress In I olio ;
Ookes Ames himself wroto to Colonel
McComb, in regard to tho shares dis
tributed to Garfield and othors : "Wo
want moro friends in this Congress,
and if a man will look into the law
(und it is difficult lo get thorn to do it
unless they Atit'd interest to do so) ho
cannot belp being convinced that wo
should not be interfered with ; ' there
maining reasons are not very substan
tial, and tho undisputed facts brought
out in the investigation dissipate them
It is not likely that the country can
bo lod to take such a favorable view
of Ames' conduct as his family would
naturally desire ; but it must be ad
milted that Garfield and bis associates
who had taken tho stock would havo
dono much bolter lo present some such
view of their conduct than to havo
qnivocutcd as they did about it when
they say the tiilo of adverso popular
criticism sot in against thorn. It was
their evasion, their perjury, their artr
fill dodging and the pitiful exposure of
It all that ruined them. Tho youngor
Amos say that whon tho litigation
with its oxposuro came "most of the
Congressmen to whom Mr. Amos had
agreed to sell shares became alarmed.
Somo returned their stock and got back
their money with interest; some de
clined it, and some afterwards denied
that they ever agreed to take it.
A political Bull Run ensued. Under
the influence of a panic brave mon be
came cowards, truthful men prevari
cated, honost mon acted liko convicted
fiick-pockots, whilo tho meanest men
n Congress assumed air of phtrisaical
superiority."
Thia ia certainly the truth. Tako
whatever viow of the Credit Mobilior
we may and of ( lakes Ames' part in it,
tbe conduct which bis son ascribe to
hia bomflcarioa and it fits Garfield
closest of all was cowardly and dis
graceful. Then they bocamo rascals
if tbey had not been before ; and now
they should be the last of all to heap
new dignities upon tbe man whom thoy
sent into the wildornoss laden with
their sins as well as hisown. Lancaster
InteWqeneer.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY U. L. McQUQWlL
"Keep the people poeled npoa tbe valae frf
Ihtelligenee over vice aad igaoreaee. IbUIII
gent people are lew-ablding j produce more thea
tbey oooeutno f thry enrich, and beeatify, aad
build up, end circulate moaey, and areata diveral
Bed induatry, which glvee omployaioBt te people.
Intclllgenee peye."
EDUCA TION A I MEETINGS.
The educational mooting to be bold
in connoction with the examination
of toachors tor the current yoar, will
bo announced from time to time lo
this column. The ohjoct of thee
meolings is :
1st. To talk to the parent of th
children regarding their duty to the
public schools.
2d. To make suggestions lo teachers
und Directors upon such subject a
seem to require immediate attention.
3d. To instruct tbe pupils who are
attending our schools, in regard to
their importance as a luctor in school
work.
4lh. To moot tho Directum, teachers,
parents and pupil in lo official ca
pacity, and oxchange viewa with them
upon tho grout educational problems
ot the day.
THIRD WEEK.
For Knox at New Millport lo the
M. E. Church oh Tuesday evoning,
August 31st, 1X80. Spoakors Rev.
Shirk, A.J. Smith, Win. A. Bloom and
M. L. Mc(Juown.
For Jordan at Ansonvillo on Wednes
day evening, Septombor 1st. Speak
crs Jieuben Straw and K.M.John
son, representing the School Board,
Lev. Campbell and M. L. MoCjuown.
For Chest atlS'ewburgon Thursday
afternoon, Septombor 2d, in the Grove.
Speakers Robert McGarvey, repre
senting Chest School Board, and Gil
bert loser, Secretary of INew burg
borough. L.J, llurd, Matt Savage,
J. 11. Kelley and M. L. Mctjuown.
ror liurnsido township and borough
in tho M. K. Church at Burnside on
Friday evening, September 3d. Spoak
ors Daniel Gorman and John C. Con
nor, representing the School Boards,
Rev. Holland, Jumos U. Kelly, Rev.
G. B. Ague and M. L. McQuown. An
hHBay will be read by Mist Mamie
Irvin.
N. B. All afternoon meeting will
commence promptly at 2 o'clock, P. M.
tve bopo all tbe teachers will ar
range to be prosent at these meetings.
Il is hoped that those living in the
communities whoro theso meetings are
to be held, will make dut arrange
ments for light, music, eta. Tbe an
nouncement for the third week of
the examination tour will be made
next week. Parents and Directors are
especially invited to bo present.
Sevorul men wore gathered at tbe
door ol a blacksmith shop on Cast
avenue the other morning, whon a
schoolboy, not over nine years of tge,
came along with tears in his eyes, and
one of tho group asked :
" W hat s tho mattor,boy tall down f
"No o, but 1'vo got a hard 'rilbma-
tic lesson ; and I expoct to got licked I"
was the answer.
"Lot mo seo: 1 used to be a king-
bco on fractions."
Tbe man took the book, turnod to
tho page, and read :
Kri.E 1. rind the least common
multiple of (ho denominators of the
fractions lor the least common denomi
nator by each denominator, and multi
ply both terms of the tractions by the
quolent obtained by each denomina
tor.''
Uo read the rulo aloud, and asked if
any one oould understand it. All shook
their beads, and then be continued :
' ell, now, 1 think 1 should go to
work and discover the least uncom
mon agitator. I would then evolve
,aiemn avuuorutng lo tba tnlrinsio ae.
viator, and punctuate the thermome
ter." "So would I," answered every man
in chords, and one of tbem added:
"I've workod 'em out that way a thou
sand limes."
Not one of the mon, all of whom
wore in businoss, and bad made money,
could understand the working of the
rule, much lest make examples ot it ;
and yet it was expected that a nine
year old boy should go to the black
board and do cvory Bum off hand.
Detroit tret fress.
'Treat children aa children. Do not
say a thing should be done, as if the
children Bet to do it were yeara oldor
than they are ; or, having aet them
upon it, demand a groat part of it from
them, whon littlo portiona are all tbey
can really give us. We are apt to
think they nood mora work than tbey
do ; that thoy had bailor pursue tbit
study or that, because we like it, or
oaiimoto its advantages very highly,
and yet, though our estimate may be
exaggerated, or our liking unreasona
ble, it muy be unwise to prescribe th
study to our children. Tbe boot model
o imiluto is
" 'Blind Authority heeling with all etaff
Tbe child that might have led him.'
Our schools aro for our pupils, not our
pupils, for our schools. 1'upils want
aro tbe onds, and pupils' capacities the
means, of all wholesome education."
Tho plana of school teaching and
school government of former times,
and which, lo a very great extent,
hold sway in many part of tbe civil
ized world oven in thia enlightened
day, constituting tho sum total of the
scienco of pedagogic of a great many
of our teachers, are crude and limited
as regards tho wbolo phenomena of
life. They load tho learner away from
tho means which tho groat object in
view is to be accomplished, instead of
lending him forward into tbe develop
ment of tho power with whicb be I
endowed by nature. Children posses
very different mental characteristics
from adults; and, in teaching them,
theso characteristic must b studied
and taken advantage of. With chil
dren, tbe sense of want it tbe govern
ing propensity.
Aa to what tbe teacher should be,
constitutionally, we may say, it is
eminently desirable that be should b
woll organized in every respect, both,
bodily and mentally. Ho should hav
an energetic, enduring and elastio con
stitution, which can work easily aad
work long, and maintain it strength
and activity, A person who ia consti
tuted liko a slack-twisted string, lik .
soft and porous wood, or like mellow
metal that la easy Impressed, and wbo
has a character corresponding to each
constitutional qualities, Was so proper
dace in tho school room a a teacher,
lo should become the caracteriatic
of the fiddle-string for loughnee and
density, of the steel spring in elasticity
and of oak and hickory tor iturdineai
and endurance. jVeuon oiur,
"Education loads to tbo discovery of
a man's importance in the world. It
givoa a soil' poise by giving telf confl.
dence through the discovery of bit
ability by means ot bit cultivated lac
ultioa to earn a lure lupport Liber
ated Irom impulso and morally strength
ened bo it loss liable voluntarily or by
persuasion to degrade bimtelt by over
indulgence. It give bim that lunda
montal charactoristio of oivilization,
the power lo prefor the future to th
presont; permanent and torn per te
pleasuro to p'oscnt excosso. II
comos to be oontolled, not by telf-in
terost or fear of punishment, bat by
manly motive and a fueling of self
respect." Tbe block of granite which tu an
obstacle in the pathway of th weak,
bocomos a stepping stone in th path
way of the strong.