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J J W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY -A T-LAW,
il l Tl Clearfleld, Pa.
J J. LINGLE,
A T T O R N E Y - A T - LAW,
l.n Fhlllpebura;, Outre Co., Pa. y:pd
JOLAND D. 8WOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CorweBariUe, Clearfleld eoanty. Pa.
oot. , 'JO-tf.
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SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNBY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
"uji- wio neeiorni omitting, lup-elair),
Oct. . '78.tr. r
pitAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfleld, Pa.
j-OSee one door oaet of Show Hooeo.
Jyll,'f
AY
f.M. M. McCULLOUGII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OffiM In Maaonio building. Second atreet, op
pose tba Court lloaae. ja28,'78-tf.
y C. ARNOLD,
I, AW
& COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWKNHVILLB,
Clearfleis. Coantr, Penn'a. Tty
BEOCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, FA.
ap ll,77-ly
i t in Opera Ilou.e.
It 1 . A. Wai.lac,
IlttMr F. Walla
Darin L. Kaiai
K. WAI.LACB.
r A I, LACE 4 KREBS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
jnl tl ClrarUeld, Pa.
8
; MIT II V. WILSON,
lllorncy-ttt-I.atc,
( M-'MU'IELD,
PENN'A
gr-OtBr In the Maaonlfl Building, orer the
J.
K. SNYDKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
"fli.-a nrtr the Oiunty National Dank.
Juna 18, '78tf.
j;i:AXK (I. HARRIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLBABrliLn, Paaa'a.
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Tff"Offipa In tba Opera IIouh.iMl
Mar. lOll-lyO
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oraea aeaooa.
JURRAY & GORDON,
A ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
,Mr-OBr. la Pia'i Opera Boaia, aaoond noor.
yiLLIAM A. HAGERTY,
tTT01l.rt!V..1T-L1 ,
Hint B over T. A. Fleck Cih'a store,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
,-fr-Hill atleod to all legal bu.lne.i will
Tuiotoall and fidelity.
febll.O-tf.
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Mr-Laral bttainaaa attandad to promptly witbj
S lelity. offloo oa Seooad atroot, abora tba Firat
.tH.nJ llank. Jan:lt7e
T F. McKENRICK.,
a
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
' CLEARFIELD, PA.
All leral buitaeat antrnitad to hla oar. will re
fair, prumpt attantion.
jfLfrOfflre In tba Coart Houaa.
au;U,l878 ly.
G. KRAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT
LAW,
Real Eitata and Collaotloa Agent,
CLEAHflEM), PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal builnaaa aa
truMan to bia oara.
-0ce la Pl.'a Opera IIoaH.
Jaol'TI.
JOHN L. CUTTLE, -
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tud Ileal EatRte Aent, Clearfleld, Pa
Offlea oa Tbird etreat, bat.Cbarry A Walnut.
4rReapaetfnlly offer, bia Berrloealn a.lling
and buying l.nda la Clearfleld and adjoining
eoantie. t and witb .R .ip.rieao.otor.rtir.otT
yeara aa a aarveyor, flatter, blmaair that ba ei
render aatlafaalloa. Feb. 18i88:tf,
I'lnisiriniiS' (fiirds.
D
R E. M. SCHECRF.R,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
OOoa la roaideao. oa Firat at.
April 14, 1871. Clearteld, Pa.
jyi. W. A. MEANS,
I'HYSICIAN & SURGEON,
DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend profeaalonal ealla promptly. auglO'TO
R. T. J. HOTER,
I'HYSICIAN AND SUROKON,
Oflleo oa Market Street, Clearfleld, Pa.
"-('Bne boarf i to 11 a. at., and I to I p.
JU. J. KAY WRIGLEY,
IIOMBOPATBIO PHYSICIAN,
.PO-Offlre adjoining tbe rerldenfa tf Jamao
Wrulry, K,., oa Second St., Clearfleld, Pa.
Jiyil,'7-tf.
fj C. JKXKIX3, M. D.,
VJTa
I'HYSICIAN ANDSUKGEON
I
Ct'RWENSVILLB, PA.,
''fUcre at midroca. eoraar of fitata and Pine
'"'a. inn. tb. U8l-ti.
1)
U. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
( I.KARKIELD, PKNN'A.
1 Hit K I.N ltKSHHNCK, CORNER OF FIRST
AND I'INE BTRKKTS.
t- OBce hour. From 11 lo I P. M.
May II, IS7I.
JJU. ). V. BURCUFIELD,
bate Sargeoa af tba Old Reglajonl, P.BB.ylranla
Volant..ra, bavlag r.tara.d froaj tbe Amy,
ffera hli profeeateeel aerrto.o to Ueaitla.a.
f Clearfleld eoenly.
aay-Proreeileaalealll promptly attended to.
M oa Seeoad ilrtat, foraierl eoeapled by
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VOL. 55-WIIOLE NO. 2,731. " CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1881. NEW SERIES-V01, 22KNO. 29.
WILLIAM M. nENRY, Justice
or tao Pbacb ird Scsitbbbb, LUM1IIK
OITY. Colleetione undo and aaoner nromntlr
paid orer. Artieloe of agreement and daada of
eoaroyanoo aaatly exeonted and warranted eor
root or ae .barge. Iljy'78
HENRY BRETU,
(OHTKRD r. O.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
roK RRLL TOWRIHIF.
May , 18TB lye
JAMES MITCHELL,
DRALRB IM
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
JaM'T CLEARFIELD, PA.
V. UOYT,
Land Survevor and Civil Engineer,
PHILIPSBURO, PA.
jaT" All builneea will bo attende I to promptly.
Dae. It, 1980. ly.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfleld, Penti'a.
-tuWtll tiMOt lobe In hli line Dromrttlv and
in ruranian..Ke manner. apM.OT
I?RANK FIELDING
AND
WILLIAM I). B1GLER,
TTOUJfE i-a-AT-LA W,
CLKAIIF1ELD, PA.
Nor. 17th, 18S0.tr.
WEAVER. & BETTS,
DKALBRI III
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
A-trOffiot on Keoond atreet. in rear of atore
mom of Ueorge Weaver A Co. f j-ott, '78-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
TOR
Ilttatur Totrnthlp,
Oaoeola Milli P. 0.
II onlaiat bmlneti antraitad to bim will bo
promptly nttended to. ncb2V, '78.
ITAKKY SNYDEK,
LX BAHUKR AND UAIRDKESSKR.
Bhop on Market .St., oppoilte Court Home.
A elean towel for every tiaitomer.
Alio dealer la
Heat llrandi of Tobarco aud Clgari. .
ript1,U, Pa. mhf 11, 'Ta
JAMES H. TURNER,
Jt'STICK OP TUE PEACE,
Waliacetou, Pa.
-U baa prepared hi ma elf with all the
neceet-ary blaok furtua under the Peniion and
Buuntr lawa. aa well aa blank Uaetla. ete. All
legal mattera entruated to hia eara will receive
prompt attention. May Tib. IHIV-lt,
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
M-Pampa alwaya on hand and made to order
an abort notice. Pipea bored on reasonable tenaa.
All work warranted to render aatlafaetion. and
delivered if deaired. mylft:lypd
Ijlvcry ISlnble.
Til R snderilgnad bega leave to Inform the pub
lie that ha ta now folly prepareel to aeommo-
date all In the way of furoiihing Hx.eei, Buggiea,
Haddlea and Harnaaa, on tbe ahorteat notioe and
an reasonable term a. Realdenoeon Loeostatreat,
aetween inira and rourtb.
KO. W. OEAR0ART.
Clearfleld, Feb. 4, 1874.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DB1LBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAIIAMTUM, Pa. .
Alao,attenairo manaractarar and dealer In Square
itmoer ana eawea Lnmuerol all atnda.
ay0rdore tolleltod Bad all Wills promptly
lied. jyll'M
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ARB PBALBB IB
Wstcboi, Clocks and Jewelry,
Orakam't J!ea, ifarlel StrMl,
CLEARPIEM), PA.
All kind, of repairing la bit line promptly Bl
ended to. Jan. lit, 1870.
am ki anna.
CARaoLL I.. 11PDLI.
Clearfleld Insurance Agency.
fit: Ml V BtnOLE, lrents,
Rtpreaenttbe following and other firtt-claea Oo'i
Cnmnanlea. Aaaeta.
Lfmpool London A 0..be V. S. Dr..$4,xn,fi9
Lyeoming on mutual A oaab plana..,.. ft.OHO.OftO
Phwnit, of Hartford, Conn J,f321.0NS
Inauranrre Co. of North America ,4:iS,H74
North Brltlih A Mercantile U. B. Br- l,7Ht,MS
Scott Wh Coiumerotal U. 6. Brancb...H (irf.Uft
Wateiiown TH.8I
Travelera (Life A Aoeident) 4,61)6,464
omee oo Market bt., opp. Ceurt llouae, Clear
6eld, Pa. Juno I, 7 t(.
JR Tl MW ARB, II A H D W A R E,
and
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
and
NEEDLES, ATTACHMENTS AND PARTS,
and all klnria of
SEWING MACHINES,
00 TO
0. B. MKRRELL, . Agont,
CLEARFIELD, PA. Jon. I, '80 If.
Insurance Agency
-OF-
WILUAM 0. HELMBOLD,
Pallon illotk, Curtrrmrillt, Pa,
Companies Represented i
Commercial linlm Irjl. Co., Aiaeta .l,0nl,;(ij It
Firemen'e Fond Im. Co.,A.iet I.10,0IT 0
I'nioB loaoraBOO Co.. Ameta - 1.020,0:17
Trarelare'Aeoiilent Itil Co . Afiete.. l,tlO,l3H
Northern Ine. Co. of New York Aa'li Ht,m 00
Laureate plaoad oa all kinde of property at
jnltabl. r.t.e.
uarwcnerllle, ra, raa. io, inoi-u.
THE MUTUAL BENEFIT
LIFE INSU RANCH COMfAXY,
Newark, N. I.
INCORPORA'LBD mi. Pl'RRLY Ml'TrAL.
AaaRTR, Job. I, 18HI, ae aaeartaload
by Kianlntng uomoitMioaarB
r Mauacbiuatta.Obloand.N.w
J.re.T U5.TJ8.8lt J
.iiaiLiriaa. aa etatrd by theeame. 11,011,4.18 8t
Si Rl-Lrn by Max rbu'. Btandard. ,8lt,.1l 08
Brant's by New York Btandard... ,08l,0t 08
All prOlelM nonforfeitable after eeeond
year i lowaapanfM, lerge dlf tdendi d..
alarrd aad paid .a.ry year alar org.a
laalion ; ample .orflul I aorrender ralael
aioat liberal j loeaai promptly adj.tted
aad paid
OrrirRR. i
l.IWIfl 0. OROVER, PRaan-BRf.
JAM KA B. PKARS'tN. Vice l'aitnT.
En. L. DoaaiRR. Her'y. Tnao. MaoBRBTt.Traaa.
POTTKH A KB) KM, mate ageala, .II rial.
aat atrM, I'blladelphla, Pa.
B. M. aj'EllAl.l.y.SnwIalArenl. Otlo. la
Hoeaop'a batldtag, Markat llrael, Clearfleld, Pa.
RIU. I
s.
SUMMER.
8b weika between the taaaelled oorn,
Whoae aerried rank a btr fair faoe eereea j
She (treeti me with a earelaaa eaorn,
And cornfu) laughter rioga between.
filaok-bilrtd, red tlppdthr dark, bright f-o.
j um tj oi mrvrj woman WDlin )
Iler form Ibe mould of oiuotii grane,
Hupp la and ainooih, tad roiiod of limb.
And U It Ptmmftr I btholi,
A breathing ipleodor itrttohed and warm 1
Within her bmom'i plantoKiua fuld
6 ha thruiti brown and aLapelj arm.
Tbiifharreit nymph, whoa loottned braid
Uropa down a oback of glowing tan,
lararnala Hummer ii, and mado
To aatiaf tba haart of man.
Nay, but a luipla ivuntry Ian,
That dark, alma dan t beauty wean ;
Her popped alumbaraiofilt
The ripened harreat warmth ahe iharei.
Diid her eouoh the beat h iora
Her tilken couch, with graeo o'arlaid
Wboae gliitening ipoara I paa before,
And laava nubarmed my barefoot maid.
Elaine Uoo-ialt.
TRAIN ROBBERIES.
SOME OF THE EX PL.OITS OF THE
JAMES BROTHERS.
POW THE CAREER Of THEIR FORMER
COMPANIONH, TUB YOCNOKK BROTH
EHH, WAS BROUOHT TO A CLOSE
lit MINNESOTA.
Kansas City. July 10. 1881. In
lurmuuon uus Dven ruooivua hero nt a
train robbery which occurred at Win
niori, b rtiniion on ilia rouu within a
Bhoi t umtanco ol Cumeron. Tho rob
bers wero aix in number supposed to
uo unuur tuuiuatiursnipoi jesso James.
Tho men boarded the train which
leaves this city at 0:30 P. 41., at Cam
eron. At Winston, where the train
stopped, they stood up in the aislo ol
the car with drawn revolvers. Onoof
the bandits, a man with heavy black
whiskers, advanced with a rovolvor in
each hand, toward Wm. Wcslfull, the
conductor, and ordered him to hold up
his hands. The conductor was slow in
complying with tho domand, and was
shot through the heart by tho des
perado. Ono of tho other men then
shot tbrounh tho heart John McCul
louch, a Btono cutter, ot Wilton Juno
tion, Iowa, who turned outward in his
seat. The morl wont through tho train
to tho express car and overpowored
ino u. B. express aiesscnger, (Jhus.
Murray, of this city, who was intimi
dated into opening the safe from which
5,000 woro taken. Tho desporadoes
men went lo tho engine and told tho
engineer to start his train. This be
could not do on account of the auto
matic brake, and he was at onco fired
upon by tho robbers. Tho engineer
put out tho lights in the cabin and
crawled along tho footboard to tho
pilot, extinguished tho headlight, and
lay down on the pilot. The robbers
made no search for him, but departed.
No attempt was made to rob the passen
gers. Tho population about Winston
rose up en niaMr?, and armed men are
now industriously seeking the despera
does. The railroad robbery at Winston
bears the marks ol the famous James
and Younger "boys'" workmanship,
though it lias been the fashion of late
years to lay all such crimes to their ac
count when tho perpetrators woro un
known, and less distinguished despora
does have trailed on the terror of their
name. Tho Jameses and Youngers
woro graduated from tho Confederate
guerilla service in Wostern Missouri,
and to desperato courago added a per
iod acquaintance with the West from
Iowa to the Indian Territory. They
had the furthor advantage of a wido
circle of rclativos and acquaintances
more or loss admiring and sympathetic
and finally worked up thoir coups
skilfully under innumerable disguises
and aliases, appearing by turns wild
riders and as peaceful tl rovers and cat
tle-traders. They raroly acted in lull
forco; ono, two or threo of them,
probably nnder assumed names, would
recruit a small but sufficient band
from among the desperadoes of tho
ironlier; llto Mow would be struck
hundreds ol miles from the point at
which tncy baa last appeared, then
retreating rapidly southward or west
ward the plunder would he divided and
the band would break up, while pur
suit would bo distracted by tho dis
covery that tho other three or four
"boys, who had boon "positively
identified," had boon at homo in the
vicinity of Kansas City all the time.
Their history for the gonoral public
opens with thedescenton Russcllvillo,
Ay., March 20, 1KI1H, when a dor.on
mounted men entered tho town and
galloping up and down with cocked
pistols kept the townsmen within doors
whilo two of their number ontorod tho
bank, "covorod" tho eashior, emptied
tho safe and rodo away, being chased
across tho Mississippi ami well up into
Northern .Missouri, but finally cscap
ing. J ins was a "Donelit excursion
to obtain funds to send a sick member
ol tho baud to flea. In December, 18li!),
a similar exploit was repeated at dulla
tin, Mo., with ono additional detail
one of tho robbors blew out the brains
of Cashier John W. Streets. Thoy
wore traced to Liny county, Mo., where,
as usual, the trail was lost. The
J amoses, who havo a penchant for cor-
resiiondcnce, wroto to tho Governor
offering to stand thoir trial if guaran
teod fair play, proving an alibi, but ho
declared that such action was noedloss.
Tho next raid was on Columbus, Ky.,
April 28th, 1871, whon tho "boys" got
away in safely to Missouri, killing
anothor cashier. Juno d, 1st 2 six ol
them struck Corydon, la- robbed tbo
hank and escaped, beating off the pur
suing Sheriff, who came unwith them.
In October of the same your, at sunset,
there wasmado lucccesslul raid on tho
office of tho Kansas City Exposition
while some 20,000 people woro on tho
grounds. May 26, 187S,Sto. (ioneviovo,
Mo., was attackod and plundered, and
the money having been divided in the
woods near nt. Louis, the band rodo
away. July 21, they ditched a Hock
Island and 1'aciflu train near Council
lilufl's, and while two of thorn hold tho
terrified passengers in check the othors
nibbed the express car. Again tbo
freebooters got away, though chased
to the vicinity ol Moncgaw Springs,
tho homo ot the loungers, in .No
vember they "flagged" an Iron Moun
tain train at dad o Hill, sixty miles
from St. Louis, terrorised tho passen
gers and "hands," robbed the express
car, sent a telegram to the St. Louis
press reporting the occurrence and
rodo away to the southward. At Mal
vern, Ark., inDocember,and KI I'asto,
J ex., In tbe following April, limy over
hauled express sn Cos on the stago routes
Alter the last exploit the first of the
gang came to grist "Jim" lioed, who
was mortally wounded by a Texan
Sheriff in a quarrel and who diod ad
milting his share In tho robberies hat
refusing to divulge the names of his
associates. At this time, too, occurred
several tragical episodes. A posso un
der ex Captain Loins Lull, of the Chi
cago polico, went to bosiege the Young
ors at MonegawSnringsandmet "Jim"
and John Younger on the road. The
latter was killed but Lull was thot.
Whicbor, anothor Chicago detective,
spent a long time in working up a case
against tho Jaraca boys, and just as it
was cotnplotod was made a prisoner,
carried away sevoral miles and shot to
death on tho highway. Another at
tempt was niailo by throwing a tomb
or fire-ball into the bandits' bouso at
night, the officers being in wait to shoot
thum down as thoy escaped, but tho
only result was the killing ot a child
and tho maiming of a woman, whilo
as soon as the detectives bad retreated
tho farmor suspected of giving thorn
information was killed. The next truin
robbery was at Muncie, Kan., in I)o-
ceinbor, 1875, when some t30,000
worth or currency, coin and gold dust
rewarded the brigands. Soon after
wards a Kansas City "rough," by name
"Hilly" McUaniels, was arrested tor
drukenness, and some ot the property
was found on him. He was mortally
wounded while endeavoring to escapo,
but died and mado no sign. Simul
taneously another section of tho gang
raided Corinth, Miss., and escaped into
the guerilla stronghold ol Western
Missouri, In tho following Snrintrfour
oi them rouo into it est irgiinn, and
robbed tho bank, but their horses
broke down during the pursuit and
Thomson McDaniels was killed, while
John Kean was sent to tho peniten
tiary, romaining impervious to threats
or rewards, whon approached on the
subject of his companions. At Otter-
ville, Mo., soon alterwards they robbed
tho Missouri Pacific Express, sweep-
ng some sis.utiu into tiieir historic
'old wheat-sack."
Tbo man who hud held their horses.
liobbs, Kerry, was captured and con
victed, but denied knowing who they
were. In September for tho first lime
thoy met courageous folks and found
themsolvesin a strange country. They
attached tho bank at Northfield, Minn.,
and shot tho cashier, but tho towns
people began skirmishing and in three
minutes tho bandits were in lull re
treat, lcaving"Clei" Miller and Willium
Chadwcll dead. Tho six survivors
wero hotly pursued and turned tofight.
"Charlio" Pitts was killed ; one of the
Youngers was terribly wounded and
the other brothers refusing to leave
him fell into the bands of the olllcers,
aud wero sent to the Jfinnosota Peni
tentiary, whero they now aro ; while
Prank and Jesse James, one bit in tho
leg and one shot through tho breast,
escaped to Nebraxkaand thenco homo,
finitlly going to New Mexico. Rut in
Outober, 1S79, another and a success
ful raid was made on (ilondulo, Mo.
Thereafter there was nothing heard of
tho Jameses till Jcsso and twocompan.
ions, in a mirthful moot), took posses
sion of a dining room car at Kansas
City, ordered and ate their dinner with
their revolvers on the tables, and left
tho car nt Odcssn, bidding the wallers
"charge threo dinners to tho Govern
ment." In April last there was a re
port that tho Jameses bad been trucked
to Adairsville, Ky., and wero bcBcigcd
there, but nothing moro enmo ol it.
Tho present robbery is exactly in their
style. Tbey and a brolhor-in-law of
tho Youngers, John Jarratt, are likely
to have been the leaders.
Mr. Robert Pinkerton, of Pinkor-
ton's Uotcetivo Agency, said yesterdoy
that he had boon employed at different
times for the past ton yoars in tho
pursuit of the James and Younger
brothers. '1 heir bureau had lost threo
detectives killed, and in addition to
these tho robbers had disposod of threo
other detectives not employed by their
agency. Mr. t 'inker Ion tola several
interesting stories about tho James
Younger gang. Thoy aro, ho said, tho
most accomplished and successful out
laws in tho United States. Thoy know
every path and by-way in thoir nativo
Stato, Missouri, and whon closely pur
sued know exactly whoro to take
rofugo for safety, Kverywhcro tho
people cithor oponly enroll rngo and aid
them or else decline to betray their
movements. I'ivoorsix families havo
been ordered to sell their farms by tho
robbers, merely on suspicion, and as
they knew thai refusal meant death
they did so and moved away. Among
the young men ol tho region the rob
bers aro exalted into heroes, and it is
said that Jcsso Jumos has only to raise
his finger in his own part of tho Stato
to command as many voluntoors as ho
roqniros for ay desperate docd. When
tho robbors are closely pursued, as
thoy havo been frequently of late,
they separate. It tho pursuers follow
tao closely tho robbors form ambush.
In tins way several parties of tho no
toctivos and two or throe Sheriffs'
posses havo como to grief. Now Mexico,
the Indian country, iexas and even
Mexico are as well-known to these
daring froobootcrs as thoir own State,
and when occasion requires they rido
rapidly into theso regions for safety.
ui ino murtiors committed iy tbogang
thero is no full record. Six detectives
who havo boon put on thoir trajl havo
met bloody deaths. Of theso Lull,
Whitchor and Harris wero employed
by Pinkerton. Tho brothers, who aro
supposed to live at Kearney, Clay
County, Mo., with their mothor, now
Mrs. jir. Samuels, aro both tall, strong
and well built men. Jesse is credited
with tho gi'ontcsl amount of intelli
f;tuice, hut it Is said that their mother
ins organir.od and diroctod all tho
operations of the band. On ono oc
casion her bouso was surrounded by a
thousand indignant citizens who were
in search of Iter sons, and a hand
gronado that was thrown intn'tho win
dow blew her arm oft. In spilo of llio
pain alio did not flinch, but prosentod
herself to tho citizens and defiod them
to do their worst.
St. Loins, July IS. A despatch from
Kansas city ,snys: "ShorifTTimborlako,
of Clay county, who wilh a posso has
Docn searching for tho Kock island
train robbers, returned to-day without
having captured anybody or oven get
ting on a trail. The residence of Mrs.
Samuels the mothor of tho James boys,
has been closely watched, but nothing
was discovered in the shape ot a clue
as lo who tho robbors are.
Josh IliixiNtis' Prayer New Ver
sion. Krnm too many friends, and
trnm things wilh luce ends, deliver us I
rrom a wife who don t luv ns, and
from children who don't look like us,
deliver us I
From wealth without chanty, from
pride without senso, from pedigrees
worn out, and Irom all rich relations,
dolivor nsl
Prom snaix In tho grass, from nails
in our butos.f'rom torchlight process
ion and Irom all nil rum, deliver us I
From pack peddlers Irom young
folks in luv, from old aunts without
money, and kolury mnrbis, deliver us!
from newspaper sells, and pills that
ain't fixln, from lemale who faint, and
men who flatter, dolivor nsl
From virtus without fragrance, from
butter that smells, from nigger Lamp
meolings, and from cats that are uourt
ing. deliver as I
From other folks secrets ana Irom
our own, and women committees, de
liver ut I
iBI
A CYCLONE'S AWFUL WORK.
A TOWN IN MINNESOTA ALMOST DEMOL
ISHED IN AN INSTANT UPWARDS OF
A I1UNDIIED not'SES DESTROYED
A SCENE OF DESTIICCTION
ANDCONFUB1ON-D.AVO0
OP THE I.ltlllT.MINtl.
Minneapolis, July 18. A dreadful
cyclone, terrible in its effects, devas
tated iSow I Im, Minnosotn, on Friday,
killing several and wounding many of
its inhabitants. The city is sitnatcd
on tho right bank or the Minnesota
river and on tho Winona and St. Petor
Railroad. It is the county seat of
Brown county and has 3,500 inhabit
ants. It contained a largo number of
tino buildings, among them two mills,
five public schools, two aeadomios, sev
eral churches costing from 5,000 to
f a,000 and tho fine-tt ptiblio ball in
tho NorthwosL . Tj recounts ol the
disaster havo been delayed because ot
tno prostration ol the teleirranh wiros.
Dispatches received to day say tRat
the cyclono struck tho town shortly
bcloro fivo o'clock on Friday afternoon,
demolishing ovor one hundred build
ings and killing or vounding upwards
of thirty persons. Thouirh othor
towns in tho vicinity wore visitod by
the storm to a greater or less degreo
of violonco the full ftrce ol tho cyclone
vented itself at New Vim. According
to tho ovidenco of cyo-witnessos two
tornadoes mot right over tho place and
tho work of destruction was accom
plished in less thai fiflcon minutes.
Tho course of tho cyclone could be
distinctly discerned and it seemed to
be moving In sepamto volumes from
tho north und sou lb.
THE COUINt) TORNADO.
At 4 30 o'clock black clouds gather
ed with great rapidity. Tho thunder
mid lightning was terrific and tho wind
blew a hurncano, while tho rain de
scended in blinding shouts. There
was a moment's lull and then the cy
cltnie struck the town, ulmost destroy
ing it, ami then disappeared as suddenly
as it came. Its effects are almost in
describable. Some houseb wore struck
by lightning ; others woro lilted up
bodily by lliu violence of tho winds,
and others woro demolished by flying
debris from oilier buildings, scores ut
dwellings and stores woro entirely do
stroyed. Very few escaped uninjured
but many had their roots blown on" or
woro so badly injured by the wind
that they will havo to bo pulled down
and rebuilt. 1 ho storm was most do.
Blrtictivo in the north end of tho city
and .whole blocks of framo buildings
wero swept away. Hardly a barn or
a stable escaped, and it is estimated
that over one hundred horses and cat
tlo havo been destroyed. The roof ol
tho Merchant's Hotel was carried
blocks through tho air and hurled
against Mr. Jacob Miller's house,
which it completely demolished, but
fortunately tho Miller family escaped
before the crash come. J. ti. Ran
dolph, Mayor of the city, estimates the
totul loss at 1500,000 and the lowest
estimate is .'150,000. Asido from the
loss of life tbo worst featuro of tho
calumity is that nono of tho proporty
destroyed is insured against accidents
of this kind. Many have lost thoir all,
Tho citizens havo, bowovor, without
exception, mot tho disastor bravely
and even choerfully, ant aro taking
prompt and decisive steps to repair tho
damage, though all agreo that, noxt to
tho Indian massacre, it was tbo most
disastrous blow Now Ulm has over re
ceived. Tho streets aro tilled wilh the
debris of tho shattered buildings, and
on every eido evidences of tho wreck
are visible. Tho largo two-story brick
meat markotof M. F.pple was entirely
demolished and J). Woschckes two
story brick drug etoro and rcsidonce
waslevclcd to theground. I ho Moth
odist and Lutheran churches, both
substantial brick edifices, woro swept
away, and the steeples ot threo Koman
Calholio churches wero blown off and
the buildings gutted. Ono sido of the
brick dry goods sloro of Redman &
Hchram was blown down and tho stock
dustroyed. Tho Dukota House, the
leading hotel, was partially destroyed,
The roof of tho Court House was lifted
bodily into tho air and has not boon
seen since. 'I he hnndsomo residence ot
William Rofender, ox-Slato Trcasuror,
which stands on a bluff somewhat in
the roar of tho cily, was completely
gutted, though all the inmates escaped
unhurt. Jjjfevcngcr s furniture sloro,
M M tiller's hnrdwaro storo, Poeser's
establishment andF. Hack's tnachino
shop wero all destroyed, besides a
number ol othors. A sugar factory
and two public school buildings are in
ruins and tbo remaining school Douse
partly demolished.
HAVOC OF THE I.IOHTNIStl.
Tho lightning struck tho depot throe
times, but mado no impression on it.
Kvory livery stablo in town has been
destroyed. The heaviest individual
loss fulls on J. llonenstoin, who had
just completed a brick brewory at a
cost of .'!(), 000. The building was
entirely destroyod ; no insurunco.
Lightning struck the boiler room of
tbo Empire flouring mill and shattered
the building, letting out 20,000 bushels
of wheut, which is irreparably dam
aged. The Eagle flouring mill, which
hud just been completed, wus also
badly damaged by tho tornado. Van
duEon-A Co.'s elevator oscaped, though
it stands nenr tho Empire mill. A lot
of buildings struck by lightning caught
fire and tho town would havo been
destroyed in this way hut for the rain,
which descended in torronts. The
only lumber yard in tho town, owned
by Miller Si Schoror, was struck sim
ultaneously by lightning and tornado
and has not been seen since. Eyo wit
nesses stato that tho scer.o during and
immediately after the storm was fear
ful to contumplato and beyond tho do
scriptivo powers of tho most graphic
pen. Peoplo who wero out on the
streets at tho lime wero literally blown
away and numbers wero wounded by
flying debris. Wbolo sections of tin
roofing wero sent sailing through the
air by tho fury of the storm and twist
od and crumpled up liko paper.
TUE HEAD AND WOl'NllED.
A tho victims of the sad catastro
phe aro scattered ovor a comparatively
largo area it Is Impossible to get an
exact list of the killed and wounded,
especially as the cyclone also visited
West Newton and caused several
deaths,
In addition to tho damage done in
this placo a largo quantity of grain
has been destroyed in the neighbor
hood. A a soon as the first shock was
over the citixens rallied grandly and
vied with each other In attending lo
tho wounded, tho Histoisof Charity,
especially, doing work which will long
to remembered by all with gratitude.
Subscriptions havoalrnady commenced
lo pour in, tho members of the La
Crosse Hoard of trade, who left here
Friday morning, raising a collection
of tl 15 In the cars as soon as they
oeard of the disaster, 1 bis (Saturday)
ovoning meotiog wm hold In Uuiun
REPUBLICAN.
Hall, Mayor Randolph presiding. A
relief committee of teu was appointed
to devise ways and moans for success
fully meeting the effects of the disaster.
THE TRACK OF THE CTCL0NE.
A correspondent who visited the
scone of the disaster at Now Ulm givos
the following description ol tbo terri
ble ruin wrought: Tbo first placo
whoro any of the offocts of tho storm
wero seen was about throo miles west
of Now Ulm. Hero it tore down a
houso and killed a number of cattle
anu nurses. ino mcmuers ol one
family saved themselves by going to
me cellar bcloro tbo storm rencbed
them. Where tho storm struck tho
railroad track tho ground is linod with
bedding, furnituro, wagon whools, farm
machinery, otc. West of Now Ulm
tho wind tore down the telegraph polos
ano completely ruinod the crops. The
heads ot wheat wore cut off as clean
and smooth as though done by a head
ing machine, f rom the place whore
tno storm first struck into Jow Ulm
ovorything wub swopt away for the
width of about one mile. The sight is
sickening. Trees woro torn up by
tho roots and neither a houso nor barn
is left standing in the line of the storm.
A gentleman who stood on a bluff two
miles north ot Now Ulm and witnessed
tho cyclone says that it was the grand
est and most terrible sight of which
ho was over a witnosB. One cloud
camo f rom tho northwest and ono from
the northeast. hon tbey met it ap
peared to bo a contest as lo which
should havo the right of way. Tbe
storm struck Now Ulm at 4:48 and
lasted just twelve minutes, and in that
brief titno not less than l.'iOO.OOO worth
ol property was destroyed and a num
bur of persons killed and many wound
ed. Luring tho storm lliuio was a
perfect bluzo of firo balls. Jt would
havo been almost as dark as midnight
had it not boon for the continued dai lies
of lightning, it would tako col
umns to give a full list of tho lost
proporty, but an cstimato of twenty
men places tho damage at 8300,(100.
tho threo churches wero completely
destroyed and Turner Hull was par
tially demolished. Glass fronts wero
completely wrocked. Not less than
ono hundred horses wore killed, many
being lifted bodily and curried a lone
distanco. Tbo furin machinery depot
ol rierson & llomucrg was totally
wrecked and tho machinery, including
filly self binding reapers, shivered into
splinters.
. AID FOR THE BI'FPKRERS.
Senator Peterson, Colonel KcvnL'or
and Mr. Hubleks arrived this morning
lo secure coffins and other necessaries
and to visit the Governor to take steps
ior rendering wnat aid may bo neces
sary. A largo forco of mechanics and
a quantity of lu in her will be sent to
the place to repair damages as best
may bo. Tho storm extended through
Nicollet county, through tho towns of
West Newton and Sovoranco, but ow
ing to tho ahsonco of tolegraphio facili
ties tho extent of tho loss ot life and
property cannot yot bo ascertained.
Everything in tho lango of tho storm
was loveled witb the ground and the
growing crops wero shorn off as though
with a scythe in tho track oi the storm.
It is reported that in Cambria several
houses and barns wero demolished by
tho samo storm, but this cannot bo
verified. Thoroisnodonbtthat search
will develop a further loss of lilo. as
some of thoso now missing will proba-
niy oe in tno ruins. At felnroly, noar
Crookston, on tho St. Paul and Mani
toba Railroad, a cyclone on Thursday
night demolished two elevators, with
a capacity of 400,0110 bushels.
EXTENT OF THE STORM.
A special from Rector says: Tbo
cyclono which struck Now Ulm devas
tated a stretch of country a milo wido
and forty miles long. It traveled in a
southeasterly direction, passing
through the townships of Willlngton,
I almyra and t;niro. The extent of
tho damago cannot yet bo ascertained,
but a gentleman from Cairo says that
tho slorm was ono of the most disas
trous over known in Renville county
and that a largo number of people havo
Docn killed and many Injured. The
largo two story houso of Mr. Findley
was carried Irom Its foundation and
dashed to pioccs. The family woro all
mi it rod and the oldest son was killed,
togothor with twenty-five head ot
cattle which ho was hording, all boing
found tlend on tho prairio. Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph llcllovcr and their four
children were all killod tho entire
family with the exception of a two
months old child which was carried a
distanco of several rods from tho house
where it was found, with an arm and
leg brokon. In the town of Wilming
ton, a fow miles further west, tho
storm did not do so much damago. In
Cuiro tho farm houses of Micbaol
Murphy, JnmoaSorkin8,.Vartln Welch,
John and illiam l ahey and a num
ber ol othors woro carried away, but
as yot only ono person is known to
navo boen killed tho youngest child
ol John r ahoy though many wore
seriously injured.
A Rot's Com position on Hoys. Ono
timo thero wns a feller hot a dog of a
man in the market, and tho dog it was
biter. Alter it had bot the feller
tour or five timos ho throw a closeline
ovor his neck and led it back to tho
dog man in tho market, and he said to
the dog man, tbo fellordid: "Ule man,
didn't you used to have this dog?"
Tho dog man he hiked at the dog,
and then ho thot a whilo, and ho said:
"Well, yes, I had him about haf the
time, and tho other haf he had mo."
Then tho toller he wns furious mad,
and ho said: "Wot did you sell mo
sech a dog as thish for?" And tho olo
man ho spoke up and sod : "For four
dollars and seventy 5 conls, lolllo
money." Then tho fellor ho guessed
be wudo go homo if Iho dog was will
ing. I nclo IV od wich has boen in Indy
and every whoro, he says tbe Mexican
itnx don t havo no hair on em. Dogs
howl loudorn cats, but cats is moro
furry wok on top of a fense and blow
up their tails like a bloon whon they
want to spit.
An Ohio girl "takes the cako" on
big feet. A shoe factory in Albany,
N, Y., has received a diagram of tho
foot of Miss Mary Wells, ol Sandusky,
Ohio, who placed her foot on a sheet
ol paper for the purpose. This fool as
shown by the diagram, is exactly 17
inches long, 71 inches wido nt the
widest part, and could take a No. 20
boot, though a No. 30 would bo just
the thing. The ball of the foot is 10
inches around, initop 181 inches, and
the hcol measure 22 inches. The
ankle measures l(i( inches. Miss
Wells weighs 100 pounds, and she is
but 17 years old.
Summer travolors "Look hero, 1
say, hanged if thoro ain't a black hair
In this hash." Irato landlady : "Well,
I'm sure I I s'poao 1 ain't bound to
!iocp a carotty-haired cook just to
please you, am 1 ?" J
INSURANCE WRECKING.
A DEFICIENCY OF 1884,000 IN THE BAL
ANCE-SHEET OF THE UNIVERSAL LIFE.
Tho Suporintondent of Insurance of
the statu ot rnew York has issuod an
official announcement tbat the capital
stock of $200,000 of tho Universal Life-
insurance Company, of New York, is
entirely exhausted, wilh an additional
dehcicncy ot assets amounting to Son t,
Olfi, making a total deficiency of f884,.
010, which tho stockholders aro called
upon to makegood within threo months.
i ne report ol an examination made by
the Deputy Suporintondent, on wh
icb
this order is basod, roveals one of tho
most extraordinary examples of mis-
management that even tbe rocont an
nals of life insuranco show. Tbe com
pany wns organized in 1805 and con
tinued business until July, 1877, when
an examination by the Insuranco De
partment showed it to bo insolvont to
tho extent of one million dollars. An
injunction was then obtained through
the Attorney Gonoral restraining the
olllcers Irom transacting business,
which was continued until April, 18T9,
whon tbo injunction was terminated
by a judicial order. Sinco that date,
however, no effort has been mado to
procure dow insurance, "the olllcers
contenting Ibomsclvos wilh endeavor
ing to obtain the oonscnl of tho policy.
holders to tho scaling of their claims
to tho extent ol fifty per cont. of the
faco thoroof, boing tho condition im
posed by the Court for tho removal of
tho injunction. This scaling process
was so succossiui mat a largo propor
tion of the policy-holders were got rid
of altogether, tho Universal appears,
in fact, to havo boen mainly devoted
to wrecking from tho start. In 1874
it had absorbed tbo businoss of the
Guardian, receiving its assets and as
suming its liabilities, and issued fresh
policies of its own in place ot those of
the Guardian, a sharp pioco ot practice
oven opart from tho fact presently de
veloped that its own poltcios were
worthless. At tho dato of tho injunc
tion In 1877, thoro wero 8,110 polieios
in forco, tho amount of (9,55G,2!)U. Un
der tbe influence of the scaling and the
distrust which all throo procoodings
aroused, 4,253 of these, amounting to
j,aiu,uu'.i, have boen allowed to lupso.
In other words, moro than half tho
policy-holders havo boen lrozen out en
tirely and all Unit they had paid ab
sorbed. There wero also 444 policies
surrendered at more or less insullicient
valuation and a low terminated natur
ally, and altogether the number ol pol
icies now in force has been reduced to
3,716 and their amount to (3,40G,154.
Of course tho policy-holders who
have boen frightened into letting their
polieios lapso havo nothing moio to
lose ; tho prospect of thoso who have
kept up thoir payments is scarcely
moro encouraging, as a glance at tho
"assets" ol this remarkable company
will show. Tho olllcers roport the pos
session ot real estate of tho value of
$888,275. The examinor finds that tho
gross rentals ol this proporty are but
$3(1,1)90, and that if the incumbrances
and taxes were paid it might bo worth
e.io,ouu. iiontis ana mortgages are
sot down at $ti05,170. A largo portion
of the mortgages, tho examiner reports,
covor speculative, unimprovod lands in
Now Jersey, most of which aro so en
cumbered by taxes that tho company
would probably get nothing for tho
property if it wero sold. "This class
of assets," ho says, "is the horitago of
tho Universal from contracts mado by
its old ollicials, who exorcised great
caro in getting casn ior tnoir corumia
sions thereon, leaving the company tho
'accounts ana jersey swamps lor tbo
policy holders' benefit." An averago
of nearly six years' interest on tho en
tire principal of theso mortgages is due
and unpaid, and the examiner suys that
"nothing but tho greatest care and
curly attention can save to tho policy
holders tho sum reported as the esti
mated valuo ot tbo entire proporty,
$282,150."
The minor itomsof assets correspond
in character wilh the major items. For
cxamplo, thoro is a "call lonn" of $0,-
000, mado in 1877 to Honry C. Howon,
of tho Independent, on tho ostensible
security ot two polieios, ono issued in
payment lor advertising and tho othor
in place of. a policy of ono of Iho de-
Innct concerns ansorbod by tho I, in
vcrsiil. As Iho policies are worthloss
and liowon declines to pay tbo loan
having doubtless given an equivalent
in puffs in his religious journal this
asset is naturally rejected by tho ex
aminer. Ilsorves, nevertheless, to illus
trato tho manner in which the Uni
versale businoss was conducted. There
aro some $04,000 in United States
bonds and a few good mortgtigos hold
by tho Insuranco Department and
about $20,000 in cash impounded by
tno stato ot Virginia tor tho Donelit ol
Virginia policy-holders, and theso, with
a small amount of cash in New York
and $130,000 of premium notes, mnko
up tho aggregate assuts ot Iho concern
$758,5511.12. This is to meet the
following liabilities :
t'npald death olalme H
Matured endowmente
tleierre lund
Premiuoie paid In advanoa
II 10.708 0.1
11)11 Hi
1,116,131 00
10.HS It
loi.sor oft
Ihie eumlry partlee H H
Utile payabl
I'remiutna oa forfeited polioiea in
truMt n.
Doe lor legal feee, lotoreet on elaimf ,
ls,yso oo
tit 10
Vjfifit 00
87,1)10 08
31)0,11110 00
Indebte'lneia on Ricbuood lull...
Capital atoek
Total llabllltlel tl,8ll,o7l 81
Of thoso liabilities $327,448 Hi are
matured obligations, which, deducted
from tho assets, would leave $131,107.27
as a reaervo for tho $3,400,154 of in
suranco in force, instoad ol tho $1,1 15,.
124 rcquired,adcficioncy of $084,01)1.73
without counting tho capital stock al
together absorbed.
How much longer evon this small
assortment of doubtful assets would
have lasted if the company had not
been stopped lust now might be calcu
lated from too balance-sheet of tho
past six months. Tho receipts wero
$73,000; tho disbursements, $530,101,
and it is interesting to observo that tho
company took in enough premiums to
pay law expenses, salaries and com
missions. As long as there is enough
coming in for salaries the wrecking
businoss would naturally go on ; hut
in this case it appears to havo reached
its limit, and as there is not enough
property left to make it worth whilo
for tbe stockholders to attempt to re
covor It for evon if tho policy-holders
wore all froxen out it would scarcely
pay to deposit $883,01U in cash to
socuro a doubtful total of $758,550
tho Univorsul Life Insurance Company
has presumably reached the last stage
of decay, a receivership, and tho ab
sorptions of the remaining proporty in
tho process of winding up.
Bridget being told to but a litllo
nutmeg into tbe rice pudding picked
out tbo smallest one in the box and
threw it in.
A young lady at a reception called
her beau an Indian, because he was on
ber'trail all the timo.
MARK TWAIN ON THE COME
TUE HARTFORD ASTRONOMER'S U LOO Mr
VIEW OF THE SITUATION.
A letter from Hartford to tho New
York .Sun says : Desiring to get the
opinion of that celobrated amateur
astronomer, Mr. Samuel Longhorno
t-iomcns, on tne now comot, I visited
nis bouse this morning lust before dav
broak. His passionuto fondnoss ior
observing celestial phenomena is well
known. I was confident that I should
find him at his telescope in the turret
mat caps tbo northeast oorner ot h
extraordinary mansion. A few well
directod pebbles brought him to the
window. "Hello! said he. "Come
up; but don't wake the baby. Mind
the sixth stair on tho Bcoond flight
it creaks a Hades ol a falsetto." So
saying, he let down his door key at tho
emi oi a siring.
When 1 reached theturrot my friend
was no longer insido. He was sitting
in an open scuttlo leading to tho root.
smoKing a cigar. His iacchad a hag
gard look, and his long legs hung list
lessly through tho scuttle-way. "You
look tirod, Mark," said I. "Have you
oeen at u ail nigbt r
"All night?" said ho. "ThiB makes
tho fourth consecutive night'that 1
naven I closed an eye. it s wearing
on mo. tins constant responsibility
is undormining my constitution. My
senso ot duty is as strong as the noxt
man s, out somottmcs 1 feel liko lotting
go my grip, oven u ino condomnod
. .r. . . . -t
planet Blides into tbo revised version
ot brimstone. All night? Goodnight
Somo othor night I"
"Well, 'said 1, "thero s no occasion
for anger. Nobody compels you tosit
up neroin tue malarious morning at
mosphere and early dow."
Ho mastered bis wrath and irar.ed
down upon mo wilh an expression of
meiancooiy pity.
ibe tail of that comet," said he. is.
according to my calculations, a triflo
ovor 42,000,000 miles long: yotjt
wouldn t reach more than a quarter
way turougn tho skulls ot some pco
pie tbat I know. The reckless ignor
ance of mankind amazes mo moro and
more the older I grow. Why don't I
go to bed ? Yot it would bo a perfectly
easy and natural thing to go to bed,
wouldn't it now ? Perhaps I had bottor
go to bed." And ho laughed derisively.
bat in the name ot common sense
aro you driving at Clemens ?' I de
manded.
"Oh, nothing nt all. Nothing ex
eept that whilo the mad rovolry of the
worm .goes on bolow, and the multi
tude pursues its wonted avocotions
precisely as though a univorsal catas
trophe was not imminent, ono solitary
watcher sits up here in his lonely tower.
braving danger and incurring great
lattgue lor Iho sake ot bis inlatuated
fellow-beings. There have been ex
ninnies of such devotion to duty in
hislory, but they are rare, and it has
always been felt lo posterity to rec
ognize them. At tho present moment
I till the post of lookout to tho planet,
young man. loan And set down in
the consus the exact number ol fellow-
cilizons whose existence depends upon
my vigilance. That's all I'm driving
at r
"I always know your philanthropy,
Mark. Yot 1 must say that this last
undertaking surprises mo.
Ho immediately became aflablo and
evon confidential. Thoro i a good deal
of tho christian spirit of solf denial fn
it, isn't thoro, now ? You see, thoy
are all wrong about the tail. 1'vo
ciphered on that tail until I understand
every inch of it. It's absurd to sup
Pobo that tbo tail isn'tsolid, and pretty
tough, too. Do you imagino that this
comot could go bulging through space
at tho rate of two hundrod miles a
minute without knocking spots out of
a tail that was vapor? Tie a tog bank
on to the roar end of the New York
and Boston 4 o'clock express, start her
on at oven lorty miles an hour, and
soe how long your fog bank will travol
in company with your locomotive.
Yet they ask us to swallow this in
fernal nonsense about tho comet tail.
My observations convinces mo that
comet 8 tails aro of a tough and fibrous
natnro, liko Hartford beefsteaks.
The conclusion forced on the corres
pondent was that it was a simplo case
oi Doing up all nigbt.
Measuring Builiunci Materials.
Tbo following figures are worth re-
mombering, as thoy will savo a great
deal of calculation and give approxi
mately accurate rosultd with a mini
mum of labor : A cord of stono, threo
bushols of lime and a cubio yard of
sand will lay one hundred cubic fectef
wall, r ive courses or brick will lay
one toot in height on a chimnoy. Nine
bricks in a course will mnko a flue
eight inches wido and sixteen Inches
long. Eight bushols ol good lime, six
teen bushels ol Band and ono btishul of
hair will mako enough mortar to pins
tor one hundred iquaro yards. Ono
fillh more siding and flooring is needed
than the number of square leet of stir
faco to bo covered, berauso of tbo lap
in the siding and matrhingol iho floor.
Ono thousand laths will covor sovonty
yards of surface, and elovon pounds of
lath nails will nail them on. Une
thousand shingles laid four inches to
tho weather will cover ovor ono hun
dred squaro loot ol surface, and five
pounds of shingle nails will fasten thorn
on.
A Miser's Hoard. Ktekiol Chnpin,
at I'll Wield, Otscgocounty,N. Y., diod
recently, leaving it was supposed, no
property. Soon after his death, ho w-
over, tho sura of $15,000 was found in
an old iron box under his bed, and he
was discovered to be tbe possessor of
bonds, securities, and available asseta
in addition to the amount of more than
$50,000. His habits of lifo Indicated
tbat instead of being tho possessor of
so much wealth bo was extromoly
ioor. His avarico and economy had
ed him to eschew wearing boots) or
shoes excopt in the coldost weather,
while his clothing was lime Doner
than that of the most unfortunato
tramp. Ilia whole object In lilo seemed
to have been to savo. Ho bore a very
lair reputation in the community in
which he lived. Othors will now
spond his money who will doubtless
bless bis momory and bis economy.
An amusing incident occurred at tbe
London zoological rardens a few davs
ago at tho expense of British lord. An
elephant fn tho garden has loarnod tbe
trick of taking a bun ont ol a hand,
and when Lord Northbrook was pass
ing along in tbo vicinity of the animals
a recent visit, bo resolved to teat
their sagacity.' Procuring the ban, he
carefully placed it in his shining tile
and offered it to tho first elephant he
came to. He missed the one who bad
been taught tho trick, and was horrified
when both bat and bun were snatched
from his hand and deposited within
the capacioui mouth of tbe largo
brute.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. MoQUOWN.
England has 1,300 colleges, the Vol.
tod Statos 358.
Bee programme for publio examina
inalions among the new advertisements.
The new borough of DuBoio will
have eight months school this year.
Tbe State Touchers' Association tl
in session this wook at Washington,
Pennsylvania.
Kylertown, in Morris township, Is
to havo a $1,000 school house erected
the curront year.
Tho nuslon Township 8chool Board
made their appointments for the school
year of 1881 onaturday last.
Remember tho faithful and compe
tent teacher, and give him such encour
agemont as his grrvioes deserve.
Tho "darkey" teachor in the Bolle
fonte publio schools recently had his
salary increased from $35 to $15 por
monm.
The change in tbe holding of the ex
aminations for Graham, Gulich, Becea
ria and Burnsido townships is made
at the request of the School Boards of
thoso districts.
All who aro interested In Teacheri
Examinations should consult the
"Tcuchor's Hand-Book," page 58, and
learn of the requirements for provi
sional certificates.
The Huntingdon School Board have
reduced their school torm Irom ton to
sevon months, and tbe papors of that
town are censuring the Directors ae
verely for this nonsenso.
II. M. Lines, of Lntbersburtr. and
W. I'ostlotbwait, of Jefferson Liue. are
members of the graduating class at
Edinboro State Normal School for 1882.
There aro thirty members in the class.
Misses Ellen Ardory and Nannie
Wilson, of Morris township, have re.
cently boen married, removing two
moro excellent temalo teachers Irom
the list of Instructors in our publio
schools.
The Home Camp school, in Union
township, taught by Miss Hannah L.
Corp, will picnic in a grove adjoining
tbe school buildingon Monday, August
1st. An out-door exhibition will be
the event ol the day.
The Now Washington Normal School
closed on the evening of July 3th, with
literary entertainment. Ibe ora
tions, essays, etc., were much above
tbo average, and were highly appreci
ated by the large audience that listened
to them.
The early years of lif'o have the
principal influence in moulding charac
ter. 1 believe, in truth, that a person
can bo mould the child by the time be
s ten years old, that no future train
ing can dispossess his mind of the
principles inculcated.
At this writing, July 21st, the School
Boards of Ferguson, Kartbaus, Wood
ward and Chest townships, and
also lloutzdale and Wallaceton
boroughs, and Madera Independent
tstticls, have not turwarded tbetr an
ual roports. We trust they will be
prompt in this matter, as further delay
is dangerous.
Tbe Madera public school closed on
uly 13th with a picnio in a grove ad
joining the village. Upwards ot 200
people were there to listen to the liter
ary exercises whioh formod an import
ant feature in tho day's proceedings.
Tho school was taught by Miss Maris
Moore of est Clearfield, and was a
decided success.
Courtesy of mannor is one oi the
greatoBt cssontials to a teacher, or any
one who aims at success in guiding
children on the road to knowledge.
Not that they should go through all
the formula) that Chesterfield lays
down as essential to intercourse be
tween ladies and gentlemen, but they
must show a studied kindness for thoir
wolfnro, and a regard lor thoir feelings.
ANXUAL MKPORTS.
The following district reports have
boen received during the week :
Jordan township, received July lC.b.
Lumber City borough, " " loth.
Chost township, " " 19lh.
Lawrenco Ind., " " 20rn.
The above districts have organized
for the school year, as follows :
Jordan 1'resident, iiezekian rat-
tot-son, Anaonville ; Secretary, Reuben
Straw, Ansonville.
Lumber City President, John S.
Meljuown, Lumber City; Secretary,
I. Ij. Uool broth, dumber Uity.
Chost 1 resident, notion McUarvcy,
McPhorron ; Socretary, Robert Dun
bar, Westovor.
Lawrence Independent President,
M. Bloom, Clearfield ; Seoretary, J.
Schryvor, Clearfield.
GOOD ADVICK TO TEACBERS.
The following is taken from Rules
and Regulations of the East Saginaw
(Mich) Publio Schools:
Nevor teach a definition until mat
hich is to be defined has beon clearly
apprehonded by the pupil.
The thing named snouid always oe
learned boforo the name.
A rulo is the statement ot a princi-
le or process : the pupil should nover
be required to learn one except aa the
best expression ot what ha already
nnws. ,
Know thoroughly and familiarly
hatover you would teach.
Gain and keep the attention ol your
u nils, and exile their interest in the
subject.
Use Inngtiago which your pupils
fully understand, and clearly explain
evory word required.
Begin with what is already known,
nd proceed to the unknown by easy
nd natural steps.
hxctte tbe selt-autivenoss ol the pu
pils, and lead them to discover the
truth for themselves.
Koaulro pupils to re stato, fully and
correctly, in their own Inngungo, and
it i tboirown nrootsana illustrations
the truths taught them.
ot'ftW.
1. Why are men more often bald.
headed than women r
What was La Fayette's full
namo?
3. Why docs corn "pop" when
heated ?
4. What Stato is called tho "Cen
tennial Stato V
6. Give an account of the growth
of corals and sponges.
u. How many men signed tbe Dec
laration of Independence ?
7. 6xNx0x3xZwnatr
8. Who was the "Bachelor Presi
dent?
What Stato is called the "Blue
Hon Stato ? "
10. What and where Is Cleopatra's
Needle?
11. What cause dow ?
12. How can you fill a glass mora
than levol full of water ?
13. What causes the hair of a cat
or ol a horse to crackle when rubbed T
II. At what place ha Congress
mot sinco 1776 ?
15. What io Impeachment T Waa
ndrow Johnson impeached ?
10. A bought ol B a bat worth $5,
and gave him a $50 bill ; B took tba
bill to C and got it changod and paid
A his $45 ; alter ward C found tb bill
lo be counterfeit, and B had to pay
him $50 (good money), lor it ; how
much did B lose? A. F. Priyf, in
Normal Teacher.