TUB CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN," CLEARFIELD, PA. TABLI1HEO IM 1S4T. I j,r largest Clrcalatloa ifuj Newspaper In North Central Pannaylranla. Terms of Sabsoription. I( in adTnnoe, or wlthla I moatae....? OU If ,,.id after 1 ud baton I month! 9 HI : kiJ after the eiplrnlloa of t month.... a oo Bates ot Advertising. rrrtnient edrertLeoienti, por aquaraof 10 llneaor & tune, or leae ! aa 'r each subsequent Ineertlon 00 imini.tralore' and Exeeutora'notiooa I to U'litorl' notion 1 &0 C niti'in and B.treye. H 1 a0 lii.,lutlon nnlieoa t 00 I'rofeMlonal Card., linu or laea,l year...H 00 L-irel notioee, r lino 10 YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. t ..(uare .M 00 1 solemn- 950 00 2 niuiroi.. la 00 I eolumn..,. TO 00 Sf iutroi 20 00 I 1 oolnmn ISO 00 Q. B. UOODLANDKR, Publl.her. puitM' Carflu. J J W. SMITn, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, Clearfield, Pa. r j. J a LINGLE, V T T O B N E Y - A T - LAW, 1:18 Phillpaburc;, Contra Co., Pa. y:pd CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN. GEO. B. Q00DLANDEB, Editor & Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. VOL. 55-WHOLE NO. 2,725. TEBMS-J2 per annum in Advanoe. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1881. NEW SERIES-V0L 22, NO. 23 (Tarda. II OLAND D. SWOOPE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CurweBrrllle, Clearfield Bounty, Pa. oal. , '71-lf. QSCAR MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, VA rVr-ODoa In tba Opara llouaa. oolll, T8 If. JSRAEL TE3T, 4 T TORN K Y AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. e4VOfne ono door aaat of Shaw Hosse. UJll.'f TM. M. McCULLOUGTI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. lifli'a lo M..oole building, Beeond (treat, op- ,omt. tha uourt tlou.o. C. ARNOLD, LAW JeM.'JS-tf. WILLIAM M. HENRY, Justice or tbb Pbacb abb Scbivbbbb, LUM UER CITY. Collection! mada and money promptly paid OTor. Artlelal of agreement and dooda of aonvoyanoa neatly axaaatad and warranted eor raot or ao charge. eJy ia HENRY BRETH, (OITKRD P. O.) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE roa bbll Towaaair. Ma? I, WS-ly JAMES MITCHELL, dbalbb is Square Timber k Timber Lands, jairra clearfield, pa. V. HOYT, Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, PHILIPSBURO, PA. ar-All bu.inra. will ba attanda I to promptly. I)ao. 14, ISSO-ly. REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Paintor and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Penn'a. fetuWUI axaouto Joba la hit Una promptly and In a workmanlike mannar. ayM,07 F RANK FIELDING AND WILLIAM D. BIGLER, 8. COLLECTION OFFICE, CURWKNflVIM.K, L'ltarfleld Countr, Penn'a. Ibj T. RHOCKBANK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLKARFIKIiU, PA. iro In Opera lloufe, ip tiJT-ljr U. A. W A LI. ICR HaHHV F. VV'iLLACI,... ..Datid L. Kit ,,Wh. K. Wallacr. TALLACE 4 KREBS, ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, i.nlM Clearfield, Pa. gMlTII V. WILSON, .tttornry-al-Law, CLEARFIELD, - - PENN'A. ToT-Offica la tha Ma.onlo Building, orer tba t.-uDty national Hank. Imar.t.gQ, CLEARFIELD, PA. Nor. 17th, 180 If. WEAVER &. BETTS, PKALRKt IN Real Estate, Square Timber. Saw Logs, AND LUMBER Qt ALL KINDS. ODm on Beeond atraet, In rear of atora ruum of tiaorgt Weirtr A Co. '78-tf. RICHARD HUGHES, JUSTICE OF TDK PEACE FOR Iftcatur Township, 0ola Mill! P. O. All official biuiriMi atriitJ to kim will b promptlj tttcndcil to. mah2S, '71, rjAHKY 8XYDEK, 1 PARRKR AND UAIRDRESBKR. Shup on Utrkt St., oppoilU Court Hon. A irua towtl for arirjr oiutomor. Alio ileftlar in Ileit Hriiidt of lubnrco mid CfRra. rinrd.t4. P. mf It, 'H. THE ROBINS. They ehaoio (Mr nook, th boot) It blrJi, 'Mid tbo ortb-troo'i pirfunicd mow: And htr tbroa bluo ama tha hrnn kan Utrl In bar warm toft noit ooath lb bloiiomi' ihadt Ana pa ne oi ino kept br watch of lort. nga paut-Di ntr maia to iNa nr ttrovt. But it'a ob. and it'i ob, Tor tba bonoia bird, Fra wun wait the ha.l. Wbilo tha hourt danoad bj.'neatb tha iwatt Sprlnf A ijd th Ulekata ranf what tba tbmihai ituf, And tha Balda war with oowilipi olad. Tbey batebad thair ai;t;, tha bonnla bird, lly oo a, by two, by tbrte ; And hour by hour eaob yollow bill Gaped wida for tba parenta' toll to fill ; And tha robin, on a if I on tiring wing, Tended aaoh olatnorout naatiing. Hot it'a ob. and it'a ob, fur tha bonaU birdi, Pur a bcary taak waa tbairi, Ai from morn 'a flrat light to tha fall of night Still to and fro, on thair quail tbajr go, Nor aver might eu from oarei. Tbry landed their young, tba Sonni bird, Till tba mud ted waeki war pait, Till th down grow dark up(,n baok and era it, And th red turned bright on each little brant And with chirp and twitter and preen of feather, i ne orooa noppeu out ot tnair neat together. And it'a oh, and tt'a ob, fur tha bonolo blrda, Who had watched and worked their day ) Worked hour by boor, through iuo and abower, For their tatk waa dona; and than ona by on The fledgelinga flew away I CO UX TYS V PERIS TEHDESTS HE PORT. Third Annual Report of M. L. Mc- yuown. Superintendent of the Pub 11c Schools of Clearfield County, for the year ending June 1, 18H1. J. F. SNYDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. Inhct er.r tha County Natiooal Bank. Jana U, lilt. JRANK a. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLBaartiM), Pibx'a. 1'irit-olai. Lifa and Fira lnauraaoo Coinpaoita ;-0ffioa la tha Opara Uouio.-feK Mar. 10,'8I ! th').. n. Hcanar oraoi aoartoa. UKIUY & GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. .Olfiea In Pla'i Opera llouaa, aaoond floor. S3U'7t ni.LIAM A. HAGERTY, .1 TTOiUTEl'l T-Ut If, oi'fll'E orer T. A. Plark Co.'a Itora, CLEARFIELD, PENN'A .V6Wil attead to all Ul bu.lna.. with ptumptriaaa and tdallly. f.blllO-lf. im I. M IXALLY DaVRIRL W. U'CCRPT. cKNALLY & MoCUilDT ATTOItN EYS-AT-LAW, ciearneid. fi. .Tf'Legiil boatnata attended to promptly wlthj 'ielitj. offlc on Second atraat, abor the Plrtt .s.tionaJ Hank. Jan:l:7l T F. MuKENRICK.. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CLEARFIELD, PA. All lata! bu.loaa. tntraalad to hti oara will ra eeiva prutapt attention. yXar-OIIIra In tba Coart Home. eiijU,U78-ly. G. KRAMER, A T T 0 R N E Y - A T - L A W , Real E.tate and Collection Afoat, t I.HAKFIKI.n, PA., Will promptly attend to all legal bu.lneti ea tru.Mcl to hi. oara. S4rOmoe la Ple'a Opera lloaaa. Janl'Tfl. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNKY AT LAW. 1. 1 Hal Katato Aprent, leartlfld, Pa. Offloa oa Third atraet, bet. Cherry A Walnut. AtirRe.peotfully offare hla aorTleeeln aelllng and buying laada la Olaarfteld and adjoining antiea, and wltbaaoaperienoeoloTortwentr r.ara aa a aurroyor, lattara bimaelfthat he eaa r.'na.r aatl.faotloa. Fab. 18:l:t:tf, Jhusirinna' itntii. E. M. SCHEURER, DR HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Offlea la re.ldaao. oa Flrat at. April 14, 1171. Clearfield, Pa. J)R. W. A. MEANS, f UYSICIAN k 8 TJ HQKON, DUBOIS CITY, PA. vill attend profaialonal ealla promptly. auglO'70 JAMES H. TURNER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Wallaceton, Pa. erll bat prepared bimaalf with all tha neoaaiary blank forma under tha Panaion and Boanty iawi, bj wall aa blank Deda, ato. All legal mattara en trotted to hia ear will ncalr prompt attention. Jiay 7th, 187t'-t(. Q. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. pT Putnpa al way a on hand and mad to order n abort notice. Pi pea bored on reaeonabl tenna. All work warranted to render aatiafaotion, and delivered If deal rod. tnyS(:lypd II very Stable. THE nndaralgnad baga lar to Inform th pub lie that h ta now fully prepir1 to aoeommo date all t tba way of furniahing llw.iea, Doggiaa, oaaaiaa ana uarneaa, on in anontat notto and an rvaaonabl tartna. Real dene on Loeaat atraet, Miween inira ana rourtn. GEO. W, QRAR1IART Olearfleld, Fab. 4, 1874. THOMAS H. FORCEE, BBALaa in GENERAL MEllCIi ANDISK, bRAMAMTON, Pa. Alao,axten.iya Btanufaotnrar and dealer In Square limoorana aawea tiumneroi all kinae. aOrderl aolloitod and all bill, nromrttlr fllled. JyH72 I. SNYDER, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER ABB BB1LBB IB Watchoa, Clocks and Jowelry, Sraaaai'a Kou, Marlul Area!, C LEAIIFICI.I), PA. All kind, of repairing In my line promptly at- anaeu to. Jan. l.t, 1B7V, s, CARROLL L. RtbDLI. Clearflcld Insurance Agency. KERK tf limit IF., Jrtntt, Rfpreeent the following and otbor flrot-elaee Co'l Compaalea. At.ta. Llrcrpool London A Ol.ibe 0. 8. Dr..l,lol, Lyeoiolng oa mutual A oah plan....n A.OflO.008 1'ha.nix, of Hartford. Coun 8.A24.0SA Ia.uranoe Co. of North Amerira 6,49,074 North Dritl.h A Meroanllle U. 8. Br.. 1.7H.SI" Sootli.h Comineroial U. B. Branch. n7r,14i Walartown TIH.HI4 Trar.lere (Life Attidenll 1,111,111 OfCoo on Market bt., .pp. Court llouao, Clear Held, Pa. J.o. 4, "ItK. )R. T. J. liOYER, 'HYSICIAN ANDSUROKON, Ollae ea Market Street, Claarfleld, Pa. ser-Otflce boon: I to 12 a. m , and 1 to I p. m D R. J. KAY WRIGLEY. HOMEOPATnib PHYSICIAN, rir-fiirire adjoining the ra.ldeni'a af Jamet "j, r.iif., on Haeund HI., Ulaarflald, I'a. J7l,78tf. Q C.JENKINS, M. D., ' IV.SIC'IAN AND SURGEON r Cl'RWENSVILLI, PA, "Sea at roaidcaea, aoroer of Slate and Plan Jan. ih, iaai.tr. J) I- II. B. VAN VALZAH, I KARfIEIJ), PKNK'A. ''Fp"'t IN RESIDENCE, CORNER OF FIRST AND NNK STREETS. OBoa hoBra-Froai It ta I P. U. May 11, 1ST. )' J. T. HURCHF1KLD, t. aa..a ... If . , i. J"""r; karlng returned from tha Array, !,,',' Profeoiaaal eerrloe. la UaelU.eD. M,rof.,.in..i .In. ,i. j i? Wi '" it, lanaerly aaaaalad hy " laaieV'M-U nilR TINWAKC, IIARDWAHI3. V and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, and NEEDLES, ATTACHMENTS AND PARTS. and all klniie or MEWINO MACHINES, 00 TO O. B. J1KRRELL, . Agont, CLEARFIELD, PA. June i, '0 If. Insurance Agency OF WILLIAM 0. HELMBOLD, Pallon Block, CurtrentrHlr, I'a Companies Roprosonted : Cammerelal L'nioa loa. Co., Aaaet. .$ll,Ofl,7fl2 l& Firemen'. Fund In. Co.,A..eta 1.11(1,017 00 llnioa Ineuraaea Co., A..ata M 1 .2fl.ort7 9K Traralera'Aoeldent Ina. Co., Aatote.. a,t,ll,ISI : Northern Ina. Co. of New York Aa'ta 4H,itvu In.uranea plaoad oa all kinda or property at equltemo ratoa. burwoa.riiie, ra, reo, id, inai'ir. rniLiTSBUii& IIAMIIE WORKS 1 THE LARGKST STOCK OF Fine Italian Marble In UieSlnte, Beth FINIsnKD or FNFINI8IIED. We pat Bp any work that eaa ba dnaala tbaeity atBBok ooeaper ratoa. Wa will put Bp MONUMENTAL WORK, B Itallaa Marble or Granite, eheanar thao It aaa ba doaa Ib aay atkar part of tha Stat. Any par eon buylag monumental work to amount of tii and upward., will hare fare paid to and from Philipa. kurg. Da not bo fooled with abaap Aatorioaa rble when yoa eaa buy Boa Italia, marble at lower prteee. eT-HEAD P TONES a .aMlally. Produea and approred paper will b. takaa la eaehaage for Cemetery work. All eaah aaymaata will be made to the afeaaaaoa fiankiaa CaM to the erwlll af H. PlEHUrn. Pkillpikurg, fa, Jaa. la, 1111. -am. iuo miiora 01 another school vear uuvo ciueu anu in accordance with tho law wo take ploaeuro in aubmit tinrf a summary oi what has been ac complished, togethor with such sug gestions as ftoom neeeBHary lor the con tinued improvement of our schools. Thero have been In every department of our school work encouroirinc evi. dfiicosol progress. In the employment of teachers moro than usual caro was exercised by School Boards,and in most cases teachers wero placed in charge of schools adapted to their qualifications and experience. Tho result wasfewur luiluros in teaching than during any preceding yeur oi my oflicial connec tion with tho schools. The work of tho earnest and successful toachers who wore gruutly in tho majority this year) wus rendered effoctive and praiseworthy by tho eareful traininir oi ineir pupils in morals, manners and general culture, accompanied by ex cellent mcinoas oi instruction and a commendablo system of reviews and examinations in tho branches studied all of which aro characteristics in tho work of the thoughtful and well diBci- plincd teacher. In addition to tho good work accomplished in tho school room by this class of teachers, their influence and holp wore given towards sustaining good Literary Societies, In Btitutesand other oducational mootings, thus identifying thomsolvcs with all tho agencies that have a tendency to strongmen me proiession oi teaching and educate the people to a hither appreciation of the true intention of Our public schools. I ho temporary and dilatory olasa of teachers lormed rather a small fraction of tho whole number employed in tbecounty. Most ot thorn manilestcd a desiro to ignore the moro important duties of the teach er, except that of draw'nir their salary. It is to bo hoped that this class of teachers will soon bocomo hopelessly in tho minority ; vet (ears are enter tained that wo will be compelled to license moro of them tho coming year than lormcny. Avenues ot trade and business enterprises are offering such excellent inducements to talented and energotic young men that they become disgusted with the economy of tbo avorago School Board, and seek em ployment more lucrative. Many ex cellent female teachers aro leaving the firolcssion evory year, boing pursuadod iy tho suporior charma of matrimony. Of tho tcachorsemploycd in the schools during the past throe years, soventeon of the gontiemcn are now either prac ticing or studying a profession, fify thrue havo engaged in pursuits more remunerative than that of teaching, wbilo thirty faithful lady teachers have secured tboso permanent cortiflcatos which guaruntco to them absolute freedom from the cares of the school room, making a total of ono hundred whoso places have and will bo filled with inexporiencod persons. It is ap parent from -this that it will require vory excollent inducements on tho part of School Boards, and moro than ordinary effort on tho part of tho Superintendent to keep the schools from falling into tho hands of an un tried and untrained class of toachers. Lot School Boards detormino at tho beginning ot the prosont school year to pay a premium on talent, aco and successful oxpenenco. Domand tho liest teachers regardlosa of tho cost and accept no othora. IMPROVEMENTS IN HOUSES, FURNITURE AND APPARATUS. The past school yoar was marked by tho unusual number of new buildings erected anu the improvements mado in senooi nouses, liirnilnro and apparatus. aovenicen now school houses wero erected during tho yoar (unsurpassed in tho history of tho county), with aufhVicnt capacity for tho accommoda tion ot twenty schools, wbilo a crcd itablo number woro improved creatly in ineir internal and oxtcrnal appear anco. 1 be now houses nro distributed as follows: Bcccaria,! ; Ucll.t ; Hoggs.l; nrany, i ; jteraiur, i ; r orguson, 1 ; Graham, 1 ; Huston, 1 ; Lawrence, 1 ; Lumber Uity, I ; Morris. 1 : l'enn. I : Sandy, 2 : Union, 1 ; and Woodward. 2. Spaco in this report will not admit of a detailed description of thoso build ings. Suffice it to say, that tboy all, in architectural taste, boar the evi dence of progress. In point of excel lence, however, preference must be given to those of Bcccaria, Brady, Fer guson and Decatur. All have boon supplied with the host patont furniture, except thoso in Bell, Bogga, Union and Woodward townships, which woro seated with tho "old stylo" furniture. Improvements of the grounds belong ing to theso now buildings aro neces sary, but, no don lit, they will be suita bly Improved in duo time. In all ttcrnty-icvrn bouses woro supplied with improved patent furniture during the year with an aggregato cost of tnoro than l,r00. The Board of Girard township supplied all of their houses with the "Triumph Lock Desks" at a cost of moro than l.'iOO. In addi tion to the furniture placed in the new buildings above tneutionod, old build ings wore supplied as follows : Girard township, 6; Lawrence township, 4 ; I'ike township, 3; Brady townahiD. 8 Gulich township, 1. The Board of Goshen township furnished each of their school houses with a full sot of Outline Maps, a new Wall Man of Pennsylvania, and olhor useful articles of apparatus. The Board of Gulich township purchased a new American Reading Chart for each of their schools. The Board ol Graham township ex pended a considerable sum of money in repairing all tbolr houses and erect ing the necessary outbuildings. We fool confident that School Boards have done nothing during the school yoar, mat renocts more credit upon them anu tuoir constituents tbun the im provements made in the school prop erty ; and we challenge any other county in the mate, Having a compar ative numbor of schools, to produce a hotter report of work done in this direction by School Boards during the yeur isau. juay we not accomplish more in mis direction during the com ing yoarr PRAISEWORTHY TOWNSHIPS. Not wishing to discriminatouniustlv betwoen the suvoral townships of the county aa regards thoir educational standing, yot as an incontivo to others l doBiro to specify wherein tho follow ing townships havo exccllod : Best provided with improved patent iurniiuro dulieD, uovington, Ooshon, Girard and Huston. (All their houses ppiiea.i Best salaries to toachers Brady. oanuy, uusion, jjawrence and liulicb Kent supplied with apparatus Jius- ton, Bradford and Goshen. Longest terra with hiirbest tirade of eeriincaie Ji'jston ana liuucli. Best financial standing Union and uirara. Best voluntury District Institute work Bradford. Goahen. Sandv and Brady. .liest in school visitation by direc tors Ponn. Gulich. Decatur. Ferguson and Clearfield borough. Tho borough schools are not includ ed, aa thoy (especially Cloarfiold and Curwonsvillo) excol tho rural districts in avorago salarios, buildi ngs. furniture and apparatus. EDUCATIONAL HKETINUS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. On the 10th day of August, we be gan a scries ol oducational meetings (which partook, of the naturo&f revival meetings), in connection with the pub- lio examinations. They wero hold at eightoen different appointments, and wore attended by ono hundred and seventy five directors and three thou sand teachers, pupils and parents. The meetings were generally addressed by resident ministers, school directors, teachers, and tho County Superinten dent. Essays woro frequently road by the leading teachers. At nine of those appointments, the meetings wore held in churches, and in all places wero well attended by the peoplo. Our acknowl edgements aro especially due Allen 11. Rosenkrans, ol Huston, and Mat thow Savago, of Cloarfiold, lor the as sistance they rendored us in conduct ing thoso mootings, COUNTY INSTITUTE. On tho 20th day of Dccombor, the County Instituto convened according to law. In point of excellence it sur- Fassod any provious meeting of the nstituto. It waa - attonded by 235 teachors, 60 directors, and hundreds of spectators. 1 bo teachers ot the coun ty, as usual, participated in the exer cises, and gave tbo meeting their on tiro tune and attention, i'rot. Job J. l,add, of Staunton City, Virginia I'rof. E. V. DoGrafT, of Patterson City, N. J. : Wallaco Bruco. A. M.. of New York, and Col. James 1'. Sanford, of lowa, comprised tbo corps ot instruo tors anu lecturors. iboir work was woll dono and well roccived by the people. On tho 4th day of i cbruary, a series of Local Institutes was bogun. They wero held at Luthcrsburg, Curwens villo, Lumbor City, Osceola and Biglor. Notwithstanding the very inclement weatbor witb which wo bad to con tend, tho meetings generally wore suc cessful. Hon, Henry Uouek, Deputy statu oupenniouont, came to our coun ty and was present at all of tho Local Institutes mentioned above. Thoverv excellent instruction given by him Co ino toacners and directors in addition to his scholarly and ontertaining ovon ing locturcs, won for birh the most favorablo comment. I desiro to add that I boliove no man ovor visited our county on an oducational mission whoso work rendered bottorsatisfaction or who mado moro warm frionds than Mr. Uouek. Tho teachors at tho aov oral Local Instituto appointments do- servo much praiso for the excellent woric they did, and for tho arrange employed who do not hold valid cer tificates ; schools are allowed to be kept open on Saturday ; and oftentimes less than tho necessary number of months aro taught. Thoso aro dis crepancies from which tho oath, takon by the Board at tbo ond of every school year, allows no exoneration. I, therefore, doom it my duty to call at tention to those facts. Many teachors, I am sorry to say, manifest a deplora ble degree of ignoranco in this direc tion also, and aro often responsible for tbo mistakes that are mado by direc tors, especially in the matter of keep ing schools open on Saturday. A PLEA FOR THE ISOLATED SCHOOLS, It may be prudent to speak of tho indifference that is generally manifest. oo townrds tbo back-woods" schools, which in our county form a fraction of some magnitude. - In many instan ces when tbe schools of certain town ships are to be providod for, the seclu ded temples of learning, situated, per haps, in some vast wilderness, are oi. thor wholly or partially ignored. Thcv aro too frequently kopt in tho most ruue and ungainly bousos, and years are allowed to pass by the score almost, without tho slightest effort being made to wipe out the desolation and gloom with such improvements as aro be stowed upon the more prosperous and enlightened districts. In selecting teachors generally, the applications are taken up and all tho well qualified and experienced teachers aro honored with schools in tho enlightened commtnitict wuore now houses, with all the modorn mprovemonts, have been built, and whore everything possible hai been dono to contribute to tho happhcaa of THE CIGARETTE VICE. A FILTHY FASHION THAT ISSAP- PING THE LIFE OF THE YOUTH OF AMERICA. WH AT PHYSICIANS SAY ABOUT IT-flROWTH STUNTED, ETE-SIOHT DESTROYED, DIGESTION IMPAIRED AND THE RACE DETERIORATED. monts thoy provided for holding these meetings. The teachors of Goshen Brady, Bradford and Sandy hold regu lar District Instituto mootings during tho Winter. Knox and Huston town ship teachors held thoir District Insti lutes under tho provisions of the school law. SCHOOL VISITATION. The work of visiting schools began early in November anu continued until tho middlo ot March. In our moun. tainous county, containing as it doos 1,1. jo square miles and 240 schools, tins duty is, indeed, prolongod and laborious, and yot some timos com plaint is mado because evory school is not reached. Tbo law onjoins upon tho County Superintendent tbo duty of visitng tho schools undor his care "7.r o((m ai is practicable." To visit all the schools in a poriod of five months or 110 aehool days would re quire an average of tbrno schools a day, after deducting tho days necessar ily spent in reaching the distant town ships, in preparing for and holding the county instituto and tor unusual storms, which In our country so fre quently occur. In viow of the lact that scarcely all the aeboola can possi bly bo reached, 1 havo always endeav orod to reach, if possible thoso schools in cnarge ot young and Inoxpenenccd teachors first, and offer them such sug gestions and advico as were prompted by observations mado during my stay in tno school. ihero aro many teachers in our county who bavo had long and suc cessful experience, who are known to be masters of their situation, and in such cases visits from school officers bocomo simply a matter of courtesy. If the time spent in visiting this class of schools was appliod to making a second visit to tho schools in charge of young teachers, more general good would be accomplished. And In doing this the law would certainly be coin- neu wun, as the schools would have eon visited "as ofton as waa practica ble." THE SCHOOL LAW FREQUENTLY VIOLATED. One of the first duties of a school director, coming into office, should be to acquaint himself with tho law which he Is intended to obsorvo and enforce. The office, bowevor ordinary It may aeom, ia fraught with tha gravest re sponsibilities, and has attached to it the most exacting duties. Yet bow often men aro found who proceed to discharge those duties without the slightest knowledge ol the law that is intended to govern them in their official actions. It often occurs that directors adopt plans and measures totally in opposition to both law and reason. Dome times moetings aro held and important buainoss transacted when the Board- is not a legally con stituted body ; teachers are frequently the wealthy, cultured and refined. In striking contrast with this, all appli cants who aro yonng and have had no special training for their work, and wno noid i no. j cortinoato, perhaps, aro assignod places in the "wilderness" or among the "mines", whre they toacn lor about ono halt as much por montn as the teacher of the "model' school, in the advancod oorsmunitv, The result ot this is that thoscsccluded schools continue to hang year alter year as icaaen wo.ghta upon the districts in which they are located, while tho moro important schools, seemingly, tre mak ing commendablo progress, the inferior class, as it were, are standing still, or retrograding. It ia a grave mistake so ireqnentiy mado by School boards, a mistako that has resultod in dwarf ing the Intellectual powers of many I child. Provide every district, if possi ble, with the same facilities for learn ing; employ the same clase of tcachora tor the inferior schoola that is employ od for tho superior ; and then if thoy fail to gain a high degree of emincuco, tno directors will not be hold responsi ble. WHAT WE DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH. With all tho ovidonccs of progress us oxniuiicu oy this anu my statistical report, much remains yot to be dono, Numerous defects aro apparent in our educational structure. Prominent among the evils that are threatening to weaken our systom of schools and retard thoir progress, wo mention the following : 1st The abaonco from school of so many indigent and indolent children of tho proper ago. 2d. A desiro on tho part of so many pupils to ignore the most useful branches of study, and quit the com mon school at an early ago, totally ignorant of ono-half the common school branches. 3d. The dangor arising from the habit so many toachers have of dis counting gonuino idoaa, and the pre mium they attach to tho free uttorance of words, thus enslaving their pupils in tho superficial and mechanical form of teaching without developing thoir thought, power and individuality. 4in. iho want ot a more intelligent supervision of our schools by school directors. 5th. Tho evil of selecting teachers from a religious or political standpoint, or bocauso of existing relationship, regardless of mental or professional qualifications. bth. The want of a uniform course of study rigidly enforced. To remove the dofocts enumorated above shall bo our aim during tbo coming throo yoars. And wo therefore, invoKo tho aid ot directors and teach ors in carrying out our plana and pur poses. We have prepared in pamphlet iorm ianu winch win bo issued soon; a iianu-itooK lor teachors containing an outline of tbo work wo desire to accomplish. Tho first and Important moasure to bo adopted is that of re ducing our work to a systom by the mrouuction ot a courso ot study. This courso, as I havo it arrangod, will extend through a poriod of three yoars and terminate in a graduating systom lor mo common schools. At the ox piration of the throo years, cxainina tions will be held throughout tho coun ty, and all tho Common School scholars who can pass an examination in tho course will be grantod a Common School diploma. It is hoped that this ncentivo may prove sullicicnt to in duco pupils to study all tho branches required by law. and. also to attend tho public schools more regularly than in cunvomary wun lite avorago pupil. CONCLUSION. Ihankfiil for the courtosiesof the School Dopnrtmontand tho prossof the county, for tho generous hospitality of iso peopio wun whom wo have mingled, and for the confidence of tbe school directors, wo invoke tho aid and co operation of all in tbo work of tbe coming year.. A Janosvillo man instructed a ne sorvant how to order meat from tho markot through the telephone, and then told her, aftor ordering the meat, to put hor noso to the transmitter, to see if tho meat was good. The next lay she ordered meal and as she was smelling at the transmitter, tho man's ird dog passed through the room. The dog bad boeo having a fight with a skunk. Whon the servant got a smell of tho dog, she yelled through the telephone: "ricep ycr.o owld strong male, and sind some fish. How ly mother, that wad drive a Imssard way from a dead horse. Whist I" and alio left the instrument in disgust. Reform. No soroons or slainod windows are now allowed in Massa chusetts saloons, and the nectar from Kentucky must be sbot down in full view of any. son of temperance who may bappon to want to see how it is done. A Queer Bot. The Duluth Courier says: "A St. Paul boy hasa 'magnotio band,' to which small motallio articles attach themselves, and which imparts burning sensation, lakes after his mother, doubtless." 8ay for instance a dog losos bla paw and a rooster lose his maw, doos It make orphans of them T Yoa cao tell dog wood by Its bark. From tha Philadelphia Tim... No ono who has a nose needs to be told that cigaretto smoking is the most uiiunsive iorm vol invented lor the consumption of tobacco. Thoro is something not altogothor unpleasant even to dolicato olfactories about tho fragruneo of a choice Havana cignr. The pipe smoker afflicts his frionds with nothing worso than a strong odor oi vouacco, wnno tho sin ol tho chower is principally that ho defiles himself. But tho cignrrctto-smokcr. and ho is generally a boy, pollutes the air wher ever he moves with tho quintessence of all nastincss in smells. He is a pub lic nuisanoo. Whothor he ia smoking or not j-ou can smell him. Tho sick ening odor scorns to and in many casoe actually docs exude from every pore in hia enervated and listless body. In tbe opera, the theatre, the church and in the streot his baleful prosenco maKca iiseu Known oiten colore be is seen. This vioe is of very recent and very rapid growth. Dealors who two or three years ago did not sell a ciga rette now sell millions a month, and the evil ia constantly growing, so that it is saiu a new Drand has been put on tho market every day sinco the begin ning of the year. The habit is con fined almoet exclusively to boys and young men, and the victim can bo readily detected not only by the nau soating odor which hangs about hirn like a deadly miasma, but by hissunken eyes, hollow chcoks, from which ovory shade ot color, oxoopt a sickly yellow, has departod ; by his puny limbs, flat chest, stooping shoulders and languid gait. Ho has, indood, onorgy enough left to go out nfter the fall of tho cur lain at tho thcalro and tuke a smoke ot vile tobacco and doctored tinner. botweun tho acts, but bovond that tho enoris oi mo conhrmed cigaretto-smo-kor aro gcnorally confined to lounging around tho streets, whore he enn bo socn by tho doion at any hour of the day on any cornor sucking away at iuo nasty nine roils, drawing tbe smoke with a sort of gasp down into the air passages of tbe lungs and forcing it out through the noso, and so absorbing nicotine and tho empyrcuraatic oil ot paper and transforming himself into a wanting accumulation ot filthy smells. mora is a possibility that if tho young man or boy addicted to this habit know bow ho waa blighting hia future lifo ho would atop it, and with the viow of Riving him that informa tion The Timet has, through its re porters, gathorcd tho viows of quite a numbor of tbo leading physicians of me city regarding tho ellcct of ciga- rciio smoKing on the young JSvory ono of tbe physicians whose express ions are reported bolow is a rooognised authority on nervous, throat and lung or heart diseases. Whilo it may startle tho cigarotto smokor to find how warmly and unanimously bis habit is condemned, It will pay him to read tho ntorviows which lollow. STUNT1NQ GROWTH ANDRU1N1NU HEALTH "I am glad to hoar that The Timet is going to tako up the sulijoct," said Dr. Roberta Bartbolow, ofl509 Walnut stroot, woll know aa a spocialist in all nervous disorders. "It is high time that somothing waa dono to put a stop to this frightful evil, which is stunting tho growth and ruining the health of thousands of boys. It is just horriblo to soo these boys littlo fellows, many of them not moro than eight or ton years old, not street boys, but well dressed and carefully nurtured boys gathered in knots in somo corner, where thoy think tboy will not be ob served, learning to amoke. Parents Boo their sons getting thin and yollow and irritable, the family doctor is sent for and without going to the root of the evil proscribes tonics which do no porccptiblo good. "Iho prodigious increase of ciga rotto smoking boys in tho last few years," continued Dr. Bartbolow, get ting upfront his chair and walking nn and down his handsome parlor in the energy of his indignation, "ia an evil which will tond to the dctoriorolion of tho race if it is not chocked. But it is not hard to account for. Boys aro vory imitative Thoy follow the fashion with promptness and teal. Cigarrettos aro the rage at Harvard. It ia the correct thing to amoke thoso poisonous littlo rolls of tobacco and paper. Whatovor ia fashionable ina great school liko Harvard is sure in very short time to bo fashionablo wilb young mon and boys all ovor the coun try. Another great causo of (his mis- chiol is that boys aro vory fond of im itating thoir eldors. Smoking in pub lic places ought to bo discouraged. Thoro ought to bo a sentiment created against it, and the press is tho powor to create snch a sentiment. Evory man when ho smokes in public ought to think that ho is encouraging somo boy to smoko. Tho boy will smoke a ciga rotto, imagining that ho will got less tobacco in that way and ignorant of the lact that cigarette-smoking is the most pernicious lbrm in which tobacco is used. Tobacco in any form is a great injury to a growing boy, and tho fashion of inhaling the smoke and then forcing it out through the nostrils is deadly in Us effects. It causes catarrh in the air passages, throat and nose. and makes tho smokor disgusting as wcu as puny and stunted. You will find that thoso cigarolto-smoking boys have impaired digestions, small and poor muscles, irritablo tempers and a lack of capacity lor sustainod effort of any Kind, and 1 bohevo you will find that they do not succocd in lifo. Tho men who win are the men of strong physiquo. A cigarette-smoking boy will not mako a strong man. These aro some of the evils which the indi vidual brings upon himsolf. But the mischief doos not stop with the indi- viauai, oui is transmitted to his off- apring. ..Nervous peculiarities are just as readily transmitted as Physical pe culiarities. The acquired irritability. mporfect developement and loss of nervous force of the father is inherited by the child, who in turn furthor im pairs his health by the samo timceaa. so that in the course ol three or four generations there must be a great de terioration in the race. The salo of cigarettes to boys should be prohibited by law." ' THE WORST FORM IN WHICH TOBACCO IS USED. "About kali tho cases of nervous break-down In men." said Dr. Horatio C. Wood, of 1C31 Arch street, "are the result ol the nse ot tobacco, and the use of tobacco is much worse for boys than it is fur mon. I have in my mind now one of our best boating men, who left off rowing and training and went back to kin cigarettes, and now he is all broken up with heart troubles. There is a peculiar action oi the heart causod cy the excessive ubo of tobacco. known as tbe 'tobacco hourt,' which tho elder Dr. Pepper mado a special Btudy of and used his lecture upon. I havo no positivo information on tho subject, but 1 boliove cigarotta aro the worst iorm in which tobacco is used. and I behevo that thoir sale to boys is prohibited in Franco. In addition to the poison in the tobacco theciguretto- smokor absorbs a certain amount of the ompyrcumatio oil of papor, which is an irritant to'tho mucous membranes, causing catarrh. But this is not the worst effect. 1 he action of the heart is depressed and the whole systom do bilitatcd. Official investigation in the schools of France proved that the cigarette smoking students wero much behind the others. These vital defects aro sure to be transmitted to tho off spring. Any IranBcicnt state can bo transmitted. A child begot by a man who is drunk is apt to be idiotic. Cut ono of tho big nervos in the leg of Guinea pig and he will develop epilep sy, and Lis offspring will be epileptic "Cigarette smoking by boys and So little emoking is dono at a time that tho frcquoncy and pornicioua effects of the habits aro not noticed. Ho was of tho opinion that it is an evil and deleterious practice. OBnociallv among young mon. MADE BLIND BY SMOKINO. Of the effects of the habit upon the eye, it. iMitnuoi i). insiey, whole noted as a spocialist in eye affections, said : 1 have had two putionts within a week who have been mado blind by smoking. Tho cyos generally suffer 1 yonng mon is a great ovil, but I don see bow you aro going to ston it. Tl boys won't slop it, and the parents can uaruiy make tnein. II they want smoko they will find a way." DEPRESSES THE ACTION OF THE HEART. "There aro somo men." said D Georga Morehouse, of 227 South Ninth sireot, "whom tobacco doos not hurt bit, some that it hurts a groat deal and some whom it benofits. I think ono of the great evils of the tobacco habit is that it develops an appetite for toxicating liquor. Whilo tobacco de presses alcohol stimulates and tho ono counteracts tho effect of the othor. Smoko too much, until yonr cigar bo gins to lose its pleasant effect, it don tnsto right and you want a drink Iow if tho effect of the whisky was tho same as tobacco you would not want any whisky, but the whisky re- lioves the depression caused by tbo to bacco, and when you havo had a drink you want another cigar, and when you have smoked that you want another di-inx and so on. "In tho young ar.d growing th Btrength and integrity of the heart is important to the full development of uiu uuuy ana me maintenance ot lis lunctioiis in health. In tho young tht heart is taxed not ouly by the mainto nance of daily lifo, but in tho oxten sion or all the tissues of the body i growth. It is especially nccossary, therefore, in growth and during do velopmont that tbe heart should not lie restrained in its functions. Tobac co dcprcsBcs the action of the heart with disastrous results to the wholo system. 1'boro is a strong tendoncy to excess in tho young thoy think tncy cannot dio and tho only limila- i in u:. :.i..i .- , ., w muii iiiuuiuucu ia HicKness, The inhaling of cigarotto smoko is in- jurious in two ways first, as a local irritant to the mucous membranes, and second, tho priociplo of tho tobacco is ausoroco in largor quantities and pro- uucos a more prominoni oiioct, TnE CAUSE OF SORE TnROAT, "I can do nothing bolter for you," said Dr. J. Solis Cohen, of 1431 Wal nut stroot, who confines his practice to me treatment ol throat and lung diseases, "than to refer you to a little book I have published on 'The Throat and the Voico.' Horo 1 say," said the doctor, taking up the book from his table: "If a smoker is subjoct to attacks of sore in roa t and is too wedded to his weed to divorce himsolf from it, he anouio smoke a long-stommcd pipe in tiroferonco to any othor oontrivance, iccauso it renders the smoke cooler by the lime it reaches tho throat Tbe next safest thing is to smoko a long cigar, not much moro than half of which should be used, because the re maindor beeomcs warmor and more loaded with the poisonous products of the combustion. A short pipe is not as safe as a cigar and a cigarette is tho most injurious of all. The habits of inbitling tho tobacco smoko, of swal lowing it or of passing it out by the noso are all likely to lead to the dis oaso df the parts over which tbe smoke is forced, indcod, there is a peculiar condition ol tho throat produced by tobacco smokoing which almost any aiavo to tno practice can obsorvo in himself. Jt consists in a scries of opal escent or milky-looking passage at iuo inside oi the corners ot tho mouth and lips, and some othor localities, duo to a raising of tho outermost layor of tho mucous mombrano. Theso spots aro known as the milkv patches of smoKeri, anu are sometimes mistaken for a very unfortunate constitutional form of soro throat, "The reason that cigarette smoking is tho worst of all," added Dr. Cohen, "is that it is smoked closer and thero is nothing to held tho poisonous oils and.alkaloida, which aro takon into the mouth ahd so into tho system." INDK1ESTI0N AND IMPAIRED VISION. "There is no question," said Dr. William Peppor, Provost of the Uni versity of Ponnsy lvania,"about tobacco being injurious to all growing bodies. i ncre aro somo objections that apply particularly to cigarettes. The first is the facility with which thoy can be used. Tbo studont going from bis room to class, the clerk on tho way from the store to the bank, will light a cigarotto where bo would not think of a cigar. Thus they smoko a groat many more than thoy are awaro of. Tbe tiso bocoraeeexcoasive. Loast ob- jcctionablo for use in amoking is a well mado pipe and next comes a good cignr, but Dy lar the worst form in which tobacco can be used is the cigarette. Tho reason ia that in no othor way Is the consumption so rapid, and this, with the looseness of tho to bacco, fulfills all the conditions for tho easy absorption of tho poisonous prin ciple. Tho smoko ia inhaled in largo breaths and a great doal ia takon into tho lungs. If tho tobacco la rank and bad it makes it so much worse. The effect is socn in the disordered action of tbe heart, an impaired viaion.troublos of indigoslion and somotimes ulcera tion ol the throat. Tho effect of to bacco tipon all persona under twenty- one yoars of age is very bad. If they use it a little they are somo what in jured in their constitution ; if they use livery much they are injured seriously. Cigarette smoking cannot but be re garded as a very groat evil, if lor nothing else because it loads persons to smoko at times when they should not do so under any circumstance. After meals is the proper time to smoke, it it is to be don at all." Dr. J. M. DaCosta, whs is a very high authority on all nerrons diseases, Bald he had been called upon in bis practice to stop cigarette smoking by a (treat many boys who have indulgent purente. He knew of one ease in which a boy's growth bad actually ben stunted by excessiv smoking. Ono of the greatest dangorg comes the roost, but not the eyes only. consider cigarotto smoking a very groat evil and have to stop boys con stantly from doing it. I can smoko a cigar myself occasionally, but a cigar ette gives me a pain across the temples. 1 havo heard othors complain of tho same symptom." "Do you know anything about Caporal ?" asked Dr. Hayes Agncw, wuen ino subject was broached. "That is tbe brand I smoke. I know it's bad but I smoko them occasionally. I think, perhaps, there is more to be feared from the wrappings than tho tobacco. Somo of tho papor contains arsenic, iiut the use ol all tobacco is bad very bad. Almost all tho troublca of our young men now come eithor from nervousness or dyspepsia, and I think a vory groat doal of it iBowingto their smoking. Of all smoking, cigar ette smoking, especially lor boys, is the worst." PANAMA HATS. Now that tho Summor season is on us, it may not bo uninteresting to the reador to learn something about tho origin and manufacture of Panama bats, ibis is given by Dr. Seoman in an interesting article on the vegeta Hon of tho Isthmus of Panama, in tho Journal of Botany. An indigenous production, ho says.desorving of special notice, is tbe "Jipiiapa" (Carludovica palmata), a palm like plant, ot whose unoxpanued leaves tbo lar lamed 'Tan ama hats" are plaited. This Bpecics of Carludovica is distinguished from all othors by boing terrestrial, never climb ing, and bearing fan shaped leaves. The leaves aro from six to fourteen feet high, and their lamina about lour loot across. The spatho appears to ward the end of the dry season, in February and March. In the Isthmus the plant is eallod "Portorico." and also "Jipijapa," but the latter appella tion is tho moro common, and is diffus ed all along tho coast as far as Poru and Chili; while in Ecuador a whole district derives its name Irom it. Tho plant iscomrooninPanamaand Dancn, especially in half shady places. Tbo Jipiiapa, or Panama hats, are Dnnci pally manufactured in Voraquas and Western Panama. Not all, however, Known in commerce by that name are plaited in the lehmus ; by far a greater proportion Doing made in juanta, Monte Chrieti, and other parts of Ecuador. Tbe bats are worn almost in tho whole American continent and the West In dies, and would probably be equally used in Europe did not tbeir high price (varying from (2 to 1150) provont tuoir importation, ihoy are distin guished from all others by consisting only of a singlo pioce, and by their lightness and flexibility. They may be rolled up and put into the pocket wuuoui, injury, in iuo rainy season thoy are apt to got black, but by wash ing with soap and water, besmearing them with lime juice, or any other acid, and exposing thorn to tho sun, tbeir whiteness Is easily restored. So little is known about theso hats, that it will not bo out ot place to give an account ot thoir manufacture. Tbe straw (paia), previous to planting. has to undorgo several processes. Tho leaves are gathered before they are nioiuoo, an their ribs and coarser voins romovod, aud tbo rost, without Doing separated Irom the baso of the leaf, is reduced to shreds. After bav- ng been exposed to the sun for a day. and tied into a knot, tho straw is im mersed into boiling water until it be comes white. It is then hung up in a shady place, and subsequently bleach ed for two or three days. Tbo straw is now ready for uso, and in this state sent to different places, especially to Poru, where tho Indians manufacture from it thoso beautiful cigar casos, which sometimes bring as high as 130 each. Tbo plaiting of the hats is vory troublesome. It commences at the crown and finishes at tho brim. The hats are mado on a block, which is placed upon the knees, and requires to ds constantly pressed with the breast. According to their quality, more or loss time is occupied in their comple tion the coarser ones may bo finished in two or throe days, whilo the finest may tako as many months. The best mcs lor plaiting aro the morning hours and the rainy season, when the air is moist In tho middle of the day and in dry clear weather, the straw is apt to break, and this, when the hat nnished, is betrayed by knots, and mucn diminishes tbe value. SEAL CIESER0S1TY. Ex-Senator Cameron presents th old homestead at May town, Lancaster county, to the Lutheran church. W copy tho following from the Telegraph : "A vory Intorosting proceeding took place in the Lutheran church at May town, on Tuesday ovening, which waa attoudod by the lull conference of th church, in aossion there, and by th children and people of the village. After tho transaction ol somo routine business, and singing and praying, th business Bpooially set apart for tho oc casion was brought lorward. Rov. Charles A. Hay, Professor of Gettys burg Lutheran Seminary, arose and said that ho bad been seloctod by Gen. Simon Cameron to discharge a pleas ing duty Involving on bis part a refor. onto to one with whom be had rola tiona as pastor of tho First Lutheran church at Hurnsburg, of the most pleasing and profitable cbaractor in a spiritual sense, and the presentation ol a property to the Lutherans of May town, tho old Camoron homestead of the village, to be need aa a parsonage under the following conditions: 'As long as it is dovoted to tho nsos of a parsonage it was to remain in the pos session ol the trustees of tbe Lutheran church of Maytown. If the house is not occupied for a period of twelve months aa a parsonage then it is to be come the property ot the East Penn sylvania Synod of the Lutheran church. Tbo other condition is that a portrait of tho lato Mrs. Eliza Cameron remain in tbo parlor of the parsonage tha owner devising that the parsonage shall constitute a memorial oi bis do coascd wife.' Dr. Hay then said that be had preachod the funeral sermon of the deceased lady in whose memory this magnificent gift was made. In order to show those present what his estimate of tbo dead lady was, Dr. Hay read a portion of tho sermon from manuscript which be had brought with him, 'Sho had ever been faithful in all her duties as a Christian woman. Her faith brought forth many good works, and these were exemplified by charity, forgiveness and forbearance. I never, said tho doctor, appealed to her in vain in the name of charity, and she always garo two-fold. What she did was done without ostentation. Hon was a hoart never closed to the suffer ing and hers a hand always open to mo nocoy. jior Christianity was practical in ovory senso. The church to her was a place to prepare for the good which was to bo done in tho world.' During my ministerial service in llarrisburg she sustained evory movement of the church for effort to roliove the suffering. This waa hor idea of a Christian life. Hor activity never wearied whon suffering needed succor. If aho woro in our midst now, and had a word to say it would be one of a practical character. She bad a groat admiration for results. What can you doT What are you doing? constituted tho important question of lifo with her. Sho cared little for what people said. Mere words'had no weight with her. Sho looked for works, deeds of kindness and charity, works which spread thoir benofits to all around hor. The living husband, who erects a me morial out of his old homestead to his doad wile, devoting it to practical uses of tho church, understands precisely what is proper to do as tribute to her memory. The act exemplifies her lite. It is what she would horsolf do if she woro living, and therefore it is most appropriate that hor portrait should hang on these walls to consecrate tho place to purity and good works. Dr. Hay spoke at length and elaboratoly of the traits of caractor in the deceas ed, as he knew her, his remarks im pressing all present, particularly tbe children, who were greatly interested in what he said ot the late Mrs. Cam eron, many ol whom will doubtless never lorgot the beautiful and tonder manuor in which he spoke of the de ceased as ho personally know hor. "One of the trustees ot tbe church received tho deed, with the conditions annexod,of the house from Dr. Hay, thanking him kindly for his remarks, and through him, Gen. Cameron for the gonerosity of the gift It would bo the great pleasure of the truateea and the Lutherans of Maytown to preserve the gift in the spirit in which it is mado, as a memorial of a deceased lady, who, in life, was well-known and highly respected by very many of the older people of Maytown. Hor por trait should evor remain whore it now is, invested now with a double interest, aftor what hor old pastor, Dr. Hay, bad said of hor, words which would endear hor memory to every Christian who visited this spot, now consecrated as hor shrine. Tbe houso is situated in tbo central part of Maytown, is a large two-story brick house, substantially built and surrounded by a ball to three quarters of an acre ot ground, well filled with fruitjtrecB, V ines, bushes and shru bbery. ben. Cameron bad intended to bo present to participate in the presenta tion, but was prevented by urgent business calling him from Uarrisburg on Tuesday. As the house needs painting, and a lew slight repairs a subscription was taken which amount ed to 1175 In cash to do this work." PRIZE A GOOD HOME. CA TERP11LA R AXD THE Fl Y A cornulotitealorpillar is stuffing his iurrou or voivot ooublol with tho juicy uip oi a young and tender oak leal. lis thoughts at all events his sensa tions aro complotely centered in the Dusiposi which which be has in hand moro properly in tbe mouth ; and he reams as little of approaching danger as on alderman at a city least imbibing tno green rut oi turtle, wbilo a spark ling chandelier bangs, perhaps sus pended by an all but severed chain ovor his dovotod head. No chandelior, indeed, but destruction in a living form as brilliant, hangs suspended ovor the unconscious glutton ot tho oak loaf. in ichneumon fly, poised in tho air Dove nira, hor iridescont wings and lack shining body glittering in the sun, is fearfully vibrating ber tail liko piercer, with intent to plunge it Into tno HfBhy back of ber well-led victim. She stoops her wenpon enters Is itbdrawn, and leaves behind it in tbe wound, a germ of nascent torture a thousand timos more dreadful than a drop of deadly poison a tiny egg de dosilcd within the warm orifice pierced for its reception. In a few hours this egg becomes a gnawing worm, which .hrivos and rattona on the juices, loav- ng carefully untouched the vital or gans of the holploss gonnandizer thus oompcllcd to loster it lis growth completed the parasite emerges, and then, in completion ot iU murdorous part spins a silken thread, with which t proceeds to bind the noarly exhaust ed body of its supporter fas Gulliver by Lilliputian cords) Jo th surface of he oak lear. Thus manacled, the hrunkon remnant of th one nlnmo erawier wxisui yoi a lew miserable days, while the young ichneumon, hav. g inclosed itself within a ahroud o' k, undergoes it transformaliona.and nally emerges into a perfect life, a parking fly, like Its parent, close bt- ue me toon aeau booy oi in creature bv which It had been nnnriaharl trt ma from breathing through tbe nostrils. turity. "Epitodet of Jntrct Lft." It Is an honorable ambition for any young woman to qualify herself to be self-supporting. It is pleasant to han dle money of ono'a own fair earning, and purchases mado with such funds are quite apt to havo a double value. Thoro is an invisible wealth in such possessions that the world does not soo. To some these earnings are a necossity. But there is a large class of discontented girls in good homos of filcnty, whore thoir eorviccs aro great y needed by a toiling mother, who long to push out into the great world and earn money that shall buy the cobwoba ol fashion, now boyono thoir reach. Whon thoir motives are all sittod down, this is the real reason. Dress has tempted its thousands from the safe, comfortable home to try thoir chances in the groat city, There was a picture a while ago in one of the illustrated papers whh I wish such tempted ones oould sea and ponder. Two fair, trim girls, with their small satchels in their bands, were setting out from a lovely, pleas ant home, with its shady trees and orchard lands all about it, and a finger post was guiding thorn "To the great city." How full of hope wad each lace I How light each heart and footstep I Just before tbem stood a gulf, from which wero pooring np such hideous, looring faces, whilo greedy talons anu dripping skeleton fingers were op reaching to drag them down. Casketa of paste jewels, flimsy finery, and all manner of wiles, were hold out to lure them on, and one light tripping foot Btep was just poising on the brink. J. bore was a whole sermon in the title to the picture, which was simply "Swoot Liberty and abyss." Oh, if this waa but a fancy picture we might banish it like a dream. But, it holds a solemn, fearful truth. 11 you hav a good, safe home, doar girts, prise it above rubies. Gladly do your share to lighten Its burdens. Take auch means as are within your roach for self-improvement. Thoy will rarely be mora when you are cast on your own resourees among stran gers. Oh, what numbers of homeless. one, toiling for a crust and a shelter, would think yonr lot an Eden f Discontent is not so much a proof of your ability to achieve a better suo oess, aa real, bonost, earnest effort where yoa now aro. Unless yoa bav mad th utmost of youi chance at boms, there is utile probability that yon would do bettor away. Never leave it oo uncertainties, and never, like Jonah, run away from God's ap pointed duties.
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