- ILEABF1ELD REPUBLICAN,' ruaLiiaa inir wbdibidat, if - OLttARFIILD, PA. I : H T A II L 1 II E O I M I 1 T . Tim largeat Clrcwlatlo of uy Newopapcr In Nuiib Central Peunaylvenla. Terma of Subscription. If paid In ed-anee, or within I months.,.. 13 (HI f paid ftr I and before fl antitbs 9 SO if paid after tbe expiration of 4 months... 3 IN) Ratoa of Advertising, transient advertisements, per squaraof 10 lines or Iff, 1 tioiM orlm II (0 For eanb subsequent insertion 10 Alminlitrelors' and KiMatora'notleaa.. I 60 Auditors' notieaa, ......... I 0 Cnutinm and Kstraje. .. 1 (0 Diiiolatlnn notices OS professional Cards, b lines or lan, I year..... I 00 I.oral notice, par Hna SO YEARLY ADVEKTI8EMKNT8. 1 ijuare $8 00 I J ttolttmn.. $& 00 3 juares.H 16 00 oolumiu 7ft 00 I R'uarawH to 40 1 oolnma ISO 00 a. D. QOODLANOKR, Publisher. J J W. SMITH, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, i:l:73 Clearfield, Pa J J. LINGLE, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW, 1:11 Phlllpaburg, Centre Co., Pa y.-pd R OTjAND D. 8WOOPB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CurwonirlUe, Clearteld county, Pa, oou S, 'It-It. O SOAK MITCHELL, CLEARF IELD REPUBLICAN. GEO. B. Q00DLAUDEB, Editor & Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TIEMS-J2 per annum in Advanoe. VOL. 55-WHOLE NO. 2,733. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1881. NEW SERIES-V0L. 22, NO. 31. (Cards. HENRY BRETH, (OHTBMD r. 0.) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR IKLL TQWNIRIP. Ma; I, 1878-1; JAMES MITCHELL, PRALRR tR Square Timber & Timber Lands, Jell'73 CLEARFIELD, PA. V. 110YT, Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, miLIPPBl'HQ, PA. MT-AII buoiaeei will be ntteade I to promptly, Dm. 16, 1E0 It. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLRARPIELD, PA. Offloe In "Old Weiternl building," (upitair). Oct. . '78-tf. ' piiAEL TEST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. 4rOtfleo one door oaat of Shaw Hons. ljyll,'7 REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Prnn'a. Sa-Wtll execute iobi la bll lint aroioDtlT and in a worRmaniiKe manner. er.,07 w M. M. McCULLOUGIT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. OfflM In Mnronie building, Second Itreat, op- pome me liuun jioneo. join, in-tt. yy C. ARNOLD, LAW & O T. COLLECTION OFFICE, CURWBNBVILLH, Clearfield County, Penn'a. 7iy BROCKBANK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. OBice In Opera Hour. It's. A. Wallacr, Ht F. Wuur ap IVTJ-lj . ..Paviii L. KnRRt,'( ,...Wu. E. W a ixatr. FRANK FIELDING AND WILLIAM D. H1GLER, ,iTTon.rErs-jiT-t..t ; CLEARFIELD, PA. Nor. irth, mso tr. weaver &, betts, DKALRRI IR Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs, AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. .ar- Offloe oa Kesond itreat, la roar of atoro room u ueort WeaTor w, Co. jentl, '78-tf. w rALLACE & KREBS, ATTO KNEYS-AT-LA W, jnal'sL. ClcarUeld, Pa. jMlTII V. WILSON, lltornry-nt-Lair, CLEARFIELD, - - PENN'A. JHr-Offlco la the Maeonio Building, orer the County National Ltank. Iioar24-B0. J F. SNYDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. Orttee oecr the County National Bank. June J8, '78tf. pRANK G. HARRIS, ATTORSBY AT LAW, CLaARflRLB, I'RRN'A. Firet-nlnM Lll and Pita Iniuranoo Compnalee MprHentM. jf-4T-OfRe In lb Opera Uoun.'S Mar. m.'SI-lj RICHARD HUGHES, JUSTICE OF Till PEACE FOR ittcalur Totmthip, Oeeeola Mill! P. 0. All official bniiinear entrnated to him will be promptly attended to. rnebH, '78. TARRY SNYDER, IX BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER. Shop m Market St., oppuilt Court Hone. A clean towel for every ouetomor. Alio dealer In Itr.t lllauda of Tobarfo and Clara. I'leerAeld. Pa. ejae 111, 'TS JAMES H. TURNER, JTtHTICK OF T11K PEACH, Wallaceton, Vtu ptfW ban prepared bimialf with ail the BMeat-ary blank furnif under lb Pen lion and Bniintj lawi, an wrll aa blank loeiic, clo. All legal matter totranld to bii earo will reraiTt prompt attention. Maj Tib. lH7V-tf. thjii. . u uBReiT. cratr eoaitoa. URKAV & GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CLEARFIELD. PA. jP0 05 oa la Ple'i Opera Home, icoontl floor. w I .LI AM A. UAGERTY, .ITTOIl.rKi'-JT-L.I H't llh'KM'l: over T. A. 1'lrrlt t'o.'a Store, CLEARFIELD, PENN'A ar-Will atteod to all legal bu.io.n wltb pruuptneae and fldelltj. febl 1,'80-tf. lonara a. a brallt barirl w. M'oranr, fcENALLY ft ilcCUKDY ATTORN EYS-AT-LAV, uiearnaid, fa. MRLeffal baiineee attonded to promptly wlthj d.telity. Offio oa tiaeond ttreet, above tbe Flret National Bank. Jn:l:JR J F. SIcKENRICR, DISTRICT ATTORNBY, CLEARFIELD, PA, All leral buaino.1 entrnated to hie care will re- oelra prompt attentlea. T-Offloe In the Coarl flou.e. au(U,l878-ly. G. E21AMER, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW, Real Eitate and Cellectloa Agent, CLEAR PI EI, l, PA., Will promptly attend to all legal bmlneei aa trailed to hie eare. drOffloe in Ple'e Opera Howe. Jaal'7. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. tiid Krai Relate Agent, ( Irarflrld, Pa, Office oa Third etreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut. Sar-Reepeetfallj offera hie eerTieeela lolling and buying land la Clearfield and adjoining ooaatlea f and with aa experlenoe of over twontv yeara aa a larreyor, flatter hlmeelf that he eaa reader latlefaellea. rak. lSiUitf, glilisltinns' Carfls. K. M. SCHEUIIER, nOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Office la residence on Flrat at. April 14, 1871. Clearfield, Pa. rR. W. A. MEANS, PHYSICIAN ft SUBGEON, Dl'DOIS CITY, PA. Will attend profelilonal colli promptly. augl0'70 R. T. J. BOTER, fHYSlCIAN ANtf SOROEON, Office oa Market Street, ClearBcId, Pa. CT'Ofnce hour t I to IS a. m., and I to 8 p. D R. J. KAY WRIGLEY. UnMEOPATHIO PHYSICIAN, ta0(n adjoining lb relMence ef Jamee rit ley, K.e., aa Second St., Clearfield, Pa. Jwlyll.'iS-tl. Q C. JENKINS, M. P., PI1 VSICIAN AND SURG EON 1 CrRWKNHVlLI.Kt PA., 1 uffloot at rt)drBc, eeraar of Puta and Pin r.ti. JHQ( 6tb, lftHMf. R. II. B. VAN VAI.ZA1I, CXKARPIGLD, PENN'A. OFFICE IN HESIDRNCE, CORNER OF FIRST j AND PINE STREETS, t t Office houre From It to I P. M. I May It, 1878. D II i. P. BUHCHFIKLD, Ml Barifaoa af Ike SSd Rtflneal, Pan aiy I Tan la Volaiiaeri. havlBf rftarned froa ba Amy, fftri hU prafeaaleaal larvlMi I Iheeltlieat f Clearleltleueaty. taT'Pp.hialBriAal ftlla avaBtttl aliaeaai la. tana Beeead itreei, foratcrli aate4 by .Waoda, (apriOa-U Q. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEAKFIKLD, PKNN'A. - jPtrVnmpt aJwara on band and mala to order an ibort notice. Ptpea bured on reaionahla tertna. All work warranted to render atfifactlon, and delivered If deilred BayX5:lJTd Ijlver- Stable. fHE R.drHgn4 baya lumrm Ut Inform rhefiab X to1 D B0W ft1"? prepara) to uommo date all In the way or furniihing Hv..iea, Baggiat, Haddlei and llarneu, on the aborteat aotioe and n reaaonable terma. Realdenoa on Loouatatreet, between Tbird and Fourth. .GEO. W. ORARHART. TlearfleM. Feb. 4, 1874; C. KI1D W. 1. ttaVflCRTY JEAD 11AGERTY, FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE AGENCY. arOfflceln Qrabam Rallding. Market itreet. Clearfield, - - Penn'a. June li, 1881-lf. THOMAS H. FORCEE, DIALBR ! GENERAL MERCHANDISE. GRAH AM TON, Pa. Alio, eitenaWa nanafartorar and dealer In Square Timber and bowed Lumber of ill kin da. MrOrdara io I Id ted and all bill promptly filled. jyl'71 8, I. SNYDER. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER ARB DBALRR IR Watchoa, Clucks nd Jowolry, t?raAaai'f Hmt, Mark Btrt, CLEAR FIF.M), PA. All kloda of repairing In my Una promptly it- ended to. Jan. let, 187V. DEAF I r jrnoi j. r. biuhonii, or iaidis, mibi., exi or TU1B CirORTPRATB CLAIB or fRailOII. C often Ihlak It muat be sweet The antes of happy birds to hear. When from some lofty bough they greet The tun-rays that through olouda appear I For t have thought that erea I, When cloud thalr shadowa o'er ma fling, If cheering sun-light inept them by, Sweet eooga of gratitude eoold sing And. If my heart to song ba wrought, When grateful thought my botom fill. n ami neKKitea oy nature taught From feathered ehorialera must thrill. But these to bear la not for me, Alaa I I bear not yet I tee. I often think, when beauty's lip To musio'ii soul is gifing rolee, And melodies appear to drip, How those who oateb them must rejoloa f And yet they seem the draught to drink Aa though each oae was theirs of right 'T would wake my gratitude, I think, As of tbe bliotl reatorod to sight. I eaten a trickle now and then It thrills mr heart, then mella away, And alienee tha might hriog me pain, If resignation did not say, "Keep this re Recti on in thy mind, Though deal, ibou art not dumb aor blind. For others I 040 freely foal, And gladly strive to fare Ibem pain ; To further. If I eaa, their weal. And all my aelbahneas restrain. From soeial throngs I often shrink That aire would pleasure giro to me Because It is a pain to think That I, unwittingly, may be A weary trial, aad a tal On patience, irength, orcourty ; And, leeming In politeness lax, Or gentleneia or modesty. No; my misfortune Is my own, And I will bear it all alone. Ah t I bare seen In days gone by What gave me pain, but ne'er offense, And wakened acany a heavy sigh A titt'ring smile at my expense. And soma of those who sport eaa And In my misfortune me perplex (And who forgot I was nut blind) Were of the fairer, gentler sea ! And I confess it pained ma sore They bad forgotten for the time That though tbe harden which 1 bora iliifortune was, H was no oh me. I pray that heaven these may save Froa pains and stings like those they gave. I am not lensltire, I think, Nor does my burdeo bear me down. The cup Is nine and I must drink Why should I shudder, flee, or frown! I eaa not shun It If I would, And since 'twaa sent by hand Dlrlue, I would But fbub it if I could, 'Tls heat tbe burden ahouid be mine And ao it is with all life's ills. In fortune's frown or eold rererse, 'Tie beat to bear what Heaven wills, And thankful be it Is no worse. And in this thought I comfort find, Though deaf, I am not dumb our blind. '1CTJM1ZED BY COX FIDES VE MEN. huntingdon county farmer "taken in." CARROLL L. R I DO LB. Clearfield Insurance Agency. hi: it it k imtin.i:, att-m. Rcpraient tbe following and other firit-claei Co'l Comnanlel. Arret. Liverpool Londcn A OMie II. 8. Dr..8,Ml,S9 Lycoming on mutual Aeaah plane. ,.H 8,0110,00(1 Phonli, or Hertford. Oona J.cJt.OHJ Imurenee Co. of North America 8,t.8,874 North Britlih A Mercantile U.S. Ur. 1. ?, Scotilih Commercial U. 8. Drench.... 7,Ht Watertowo 7,8I Treeelerl (Life A Accident) 4,8V&,4.4 Offeo on Merket t., opp. Cenrt Ilouie, Clear, laid. Pa. Juno 4, '78-tr. JDR TINWARB, IIAHIMf AKIi, and HOUSE F0ENISHINQ GOODS, NEFDLES, ATTACHMENTS AND PARTS, and all klnda of SEWING MACHINES, no to O. II. MERRELL, . Agent, CLEARFIELD, PA. June I, 'ItO lf. Insurance Agency WILLIAM 0. HELMBOLD, I'nlloH Ulatk, Curvrtin illr, Va. Companies Represented i Commercial Union Im. CoH Auela .., JOJ IS Firemen'e Fand Ini. Co.,Aia.te I.lftfl,ol7 0d lea In. nr. ace Co.. AneU 1,070.0.17 8 Traielere' Accident Int. Co.. A.eete.. ,M,IH 7:1 Northern In.. Co. of New York Ai'ii 4l,allu 00 niurance placed en all kinde of property at tqtiilal.le retei. uerweneTiiie, ra, reo. id, 101-11, THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIKE INSURANCE COMPANY, Newark, N. J. INCORPORATED I Mi. PURELY MUTUAL. Amfti, Jan. 1, lq8l, a acertalad by Kiemlning t;ommiiiionere of HeMaohuaelU, Ohio and New JerrcT 81S.72M1S ttl .taaitiTtal. aa etalcd b the came. 31,91 1,43.1 81 Snapt.ua hy Maea'abu'l Hlenderd. 8,ai.,!iil 08 8i aM.ua by New York Standard... t,SI, tt All pel lelai nonforfeitable aftn eccnad yeart lowaapenieet lergedleldendi de. elared and paid er.ry ,Mr line organ liatioR t ample inrplui i inrrender valaei meet liberal j leoeea promptly adjarted an. peifl. OrrirRR. i LEWIS 0. OROVER, PRBUhBRT. JAMES 8. PKARSON. Vlra PaRiimaT. En. L. D'liaiRR, Scc'y. Trbo. M.crrbtt, Treai. POTTER A kkVKH, Hal. Aloala. lit M el- aatatrMI, Phlledelibie, Pa. II. M. M'P.NAI.I.V.SpMlalAienl. OBce ta Moieop'e bnlldlag, Market UrMt, Clearfield, Pa. .i.tr. We clip from tin) Huntingdon Mon itor the following woll dotuilod fiction ombelliched wilh ntubborn fuels, and publish the namo for the benefit of furmorH" nd everybody eluo. The editor says: A wi'll-to-do lnrmer reaidine not many miles from Huntingdon, whose ante we withhold ns be la not desirous of having it mado public in connection with the fnrt narrated below, came to town on .Monday lust to "take in" liatchcllcr A I lor is' ehow and to see the sights. While standing on the corner of Fourth and I'een Btreets, he was approached by a gentlemanly ooking individual, who familiarly struck up a conversation with him on varioussuliects, in the course ol whicb ho informed our rural friend thut he was connected with a sowing machine rm, and that be had Come down this at to see what the prospects wero or buying a small (arm for bis sister- law, located pleasantly and not too far trom town. The farmer replied that ho didn't know of any farm for sale that would answer the description. At this point the conversation changed, tho coiifldcnco man telling his newly, made friend of an excellent horse over on tho show grounds, which he was anxious to have him ece. This snbioct. as the sharper knew, is calculated to interest a farmer, and it did not fail on this occasion, lie replied that he was an admirer ol good horses, and be be lieved as he bad nothing particular to do just nt that time, he would walk over along and see the horse. The two started for the show grounds, chattering familiarly on passing sub jects of interest. Just ns they emerged Irom tho river bridgo, they mot a well dressed dignified looking gcntloman(?) with whom tho sowing machine man shook hands heartily, at the same time expressing his great surprise to boo him down this way. Turning to the farmer ho introduced this tbird party as juago irom uiair county, stat ing that bo was an ex-associate Judgo. Tho sowing machine man thon told tho Judgo () whoro they wero going, and insisted on bis accomiianyinp; them. The latter however declined, saying that ho was in a hurry to go over to town to see his wife and family, who wore wailing on him. iho two then proceeded to the show grounds whore they met a showman of whom the sewing machine man innuirod concern ing tho horso. The showman replied that the horse had just been taken over to town. This was a great dis appointment to the machine man, as ho had brought thogonlleman mean ing tho larinor over to see the horse. At this juncture tbe Judge (?) again apponred on tho scene. The showman then pulled out a deck of cards, and showing the parly a particular card threw it with some others down and thon oflercd to bet that no one in the parly could pick np the card. It seemed a plain cose and the sowing machine man took the hot, putting up nve dollars and picked nn ihoidontical card, winning the live dollars. Tbe showman, not in tho least discomfited, went throuirh tho same performance agkin and made the samo offer to but fivo dollars. Tbo sewing machine man then turned to the Judge (r) and sng cestod that be should try his luck Tho Judge (I) said hu didn't know much about cards, but believed he could pick up tho right card, and after hesitating lor a short time took the bet, and ho too won live dollars off tho showman. Tbecards were then thrown again, the showman grumbling at his hard luck, and again tho proposition to bet was made, but our rural triond knowing little about cards and being too conscientious to engage in gam bling, declined to mako any bet. J hen betrnn a conversation bctweon the sewing machine agent and the Judge (?) during which the latter said that he had como down to Hunting don to establish a branch temperance ofllco, speaking ubout tho strong or ganization with whicb ho was connect ed and of tho great work it was doing in assailing the strongholds of rum. lie said that be would like to start an ofllce in Huntingdon and that he wanted to find some good, reliable man to take charge ol It; that it would pay handsomely, und that its duties would not require near all the time of the person having charge, He spoke ot the duties of the oRlce, mentioning among others the distribution ol tracts, Ac. The sewing machine man tben turning to the Inrmor, said that por haps he, tho farmer, might take chargo of the ofllce, reminding him that it would not inturfure with his farming. The subject was presented in such a plausible way that tbe farmer finally agreed to accept tho offer. The Judge (?) then brightening up with tho idea that perhaps ho had found tho object of his trip, and assuming a business look, assured him that the business of the oflice would not interfere in the slightest with bis farming. Ho then unlolded to him some more informa tion rclativo to the organisation and its requirements, during which ho in formed him that, as an evidence of good fuitb, and as a pledgo to the or ganization that tbe duties of the ofllce would be honestly and efficiently per formed the organization invariably domanded a deposit ot ono thousand dollars with the troasuror of the orirani- xation, whicb would be in time re turned to him. Tho Judiro (Ti then askod him if he had that aura. The farmer roplied that he could raise eight hundred dollars. The sewing machine man, glad that an onporlumtv was presented of doing his nowly-made triena a Kinancss, volunteered to loan the farmer the other two hundred dollars. Tho furmor expressed his willingness to accopt the loan. Tho sowing machine man then informed him that he would have to go over to town to seo his wife, from whom he would got the desired amount. This suited tbo farmer very well as he would have to go to the bank himself and draw out his eight hundred. Aftor agreeing upon a place of meeting tho parties Boparuioa, and in a short time they all mot again. The farmer pro duced his eight hundred dollars, which was counted, and the sowing machino man counted his loan of two hundred. making the required ono thousand dollars. The showman picked up tbo pilo oi money, rolled it up leisurely and just at this juncture the Judgo (?) engaged the farmer in further conver sation about tbe new offloe to be estab- isbcd and when tho farmer looked around he noticed that the showman had disappeared. Suspecting that all wob not right tho furmor remarked, "Judgo (?), did you notice which way that man went with tho money?" The Judge (?) replied he was just about making a remark on that sub ject, and added that bo feared tliev wore both swindled. Alter waiting in vain a short timo for the return of tho THE HEWSPAPEn. IIKtKIAII JONES, EDITOR of TUB FLAP DOODLE, DRAWS A FEW SKETCHES FROM NATURE, (From IheSteubenrilla Herald. The editor of tbo Evening Flapdoodle sat in his sanctum tbo other morning, beginning his day's work, and thought bo bad brought his paper about as near perfection as possible for an ordi nary sizod town ciiiio to a halt dor.on big cities, and be was wonderina how he might further iliprove it, whoo his cogitutions wero interrupted by an ao quuintanco coming in. "Hollo, Mr. Scissirs," he facetiously said, "writing up editorials wilh tbe shears, eh ?" i The editor tried to smile at tho old joko, and tho visitor wont on. "I tell you what it is Jooes, Von have a pretty good paper, butwba. do you want in a town like this with long editorials? (iivo us short ones. You can't mould public sentiment, you must simply echo it." Then ho left, and Jones told his associate not to write any long edi torials that day, as be proposed for once, to make tho Fltpdoodle just to suit every subscriber who wanted a change. In a half botr along came a wicked fellow who talked newspaper a long time, and thon atid ho didn't see any use ot bunduy riading, nor any other religious matter in a paper, and it it was bis bo woild bounce it all. The editor said nothing, but when the man went away be told bis Sunday editor not to send in any mattor tor thut day. '1 ben Jones rested and thought tor a tow moments, and a pious old party dropped in. As So know a good deal about tbe business in its moral aspect, bo talked along, and at last Baid that no newspaper could be de cent that admitted to its columns any sensational matlor,anr advertisemenls other than tbe most high-toned, any thing tbat could not be read without a blush by the most capriciously fas tidious. Jones was silent, but later he went and ordered all that mattor set aside. So fur, Jones thought he was gelling things to suit pretty woll, and then another Iran cuino in, and liko the others, knew all about the business of editing a paper, lie was a city politician, und said, "Mr. Jones, you don't have enough politics. Why don't you throw out iIicho furm notes, and kitchen receipts, and odds and ends of old news, and telei;raphio brevities food aewineper, and wbenerer I don't aire van Jour money e worth, tben oom. and tell me as, ul don't oom. telling me bow I ihoold do my mv.m mawm , . aCTOtOO yoiro W II, BOd yOU hare aerer firea it aa how'a itndy. I am yoarl truly, IlmniuR Jorro, Editor Vapifooa!. Tben these good people looked at their blank paper and their blank faces, and not one said a word but tbo profane man, who remarked, "Damme, tho editor is richt ; let's bo and mind our own bnsinoBU," and Jonos crept out from behind the countor, and that own ing issued a tip-ton paper, chuck full of all Boris of personal and local itoms, ana news, and everything, and there was peace in that town for tho space of a long time. TI1E BICYCLE. showman, tho Judge (?) suid he was which we get in the other papers, and convinced that they were both swin-U'T0 us politics? That's what tho died, and that the scoundrel had loft with tho money. 1 ho farmer admit ted that it looked vorv much that wav Tho Judgo (?)said he reflected severe ly upon himself, becauso ho felt that ha had been the innocent cause of get ting the farmer into tbe trouble. Af ter a moment's reflection the Judire It) said if it should turn out that t hoy had neon swindled, he would bear tho whole loss himself; that the farmer hould not lose his eiuht hundred dol lars, in any event. Tho Judge (?) then remarked that be was not prepared to pay vne money mat uay, out gave me most positive assurance that he would do so, in the near future. He strongly mpressed upon the farmor's mind the fact that he did not want his name montionod in connection with tho transaction. Continuing the conver sation, he said, "How soon would you ke to have your monoy bock r J he farmer replied, "As soon as possible." w on," said the J udgo, (?) "i ll toll you hat 1 II agree to do. It your eight und rod dollars is lost, I will meet you at tho post office, in this town, on the lam ot next month, and pay you that amount. You can rest assured that you will not lose a dollar. Are you satisfied 1" The farmer replied that this proposition was satisfactory to him boreupon the two separated. Tbo suspicion gradually fastened itself upon tbe farmor's mind that he had fallen into tbe bands of "sharpers," and that his money was gono. ile returned to town, where he met his son, to whom he explained tbo wbolo transaction, and his son at once said that he had been grossly swindled out of the eight hundred dollars. In accordance with e suggestion of tho son, the case was immediately placed in the hands of dotectivos who succoodod in rocovor back the whole of the eight hundred dollars, which wes promptly returned to tne larmor. yo information was made against tho guilty parties, as the farmer suid he did not want tbo case to go into court. It seems strange that the Bwindlcrs did not leave fur parts unknown after they had mado such a largo haul. We hope this case will servo as a warning, and that hero after no oiti'.on of our county will al low bimsell to be victimized hy such imamous swinaiors. DEBIT AND CREDIT. TARI LAR STATEUENT OF A MODERN LOVE ACCOUNT. From the I.ouI.tIII. Arfiu.l "Lot bygones bo by tronos." sho said. alter she had managed to quarrel with bim on the way home from tbe circus. lie reflected a while. "And is this tho and f " "It is, sir; all is over between us." He reflected again: Last Sundav mgnt you said you lovea mo. "1 did then ; 1 do not now." "And yon want bygones to bo by gonoa?" "Yob." "Who is to pay for all tho ico cream "Leave mo, morconarv wretch I Name your price for your valuable eorvicos and 1 will see it paid. More renoclion : "liood schomo I 1 11 do it I" Ho departed. Koxt morninir's postman Drought nor the following in teresting document: VI IBS SMITH, TO MR. SIMPKINS, DR, To 8 llelih rldee, It 34 00 II oyiter loupi at eburch feillTala T 80 16 copper M 18 10 It heckl " Jl 60 41 tlokete to tbeatrel 41 00 Libretto! (IAJ 16c H , I 60 Halt or new elolhee (per Imitation) 60 00 Route blacked aad ibared, lay 10 00 48 broken promiaei H 26 1 broken heart 600 0O 80 Ice ereami.. 16 On RaliltiB my bopee. ete.. 8.000 0 Firing me t.nt after eirenie....n , 1 10 Total.. ...5,M 16 CR. Ry going with another frllow (4).. Healing broken heart (3) iliiirirlnl me 14110) .,. Hitting oa my lep (10). Kitlnguiihlng aopee Flrll ki 110,008 kliiel aad hugi, 1 ., ....I 08 46 .... 400 00 .... 1,000 00 T6 .... 1.010 08 ... 1,108 01 20 6.0VII 08 Balance dua 76 "Will call to morrow night and col lect at por last named item." nhe met him at the door: "Uotno nto tbo parlor, Charley," she said,"and I'll pay Ton." An hour afterwards she was contracting a fresh debt at tbe Ice cream saloon near by. children cry for." Agoin was Jonos silent and lutcr gaveorders for the ex pulsion ol this objectionable matter and waited for tho next ono. Ho came pretty soon, and ho hud a coffin for a coat and a shroud for a handkerchief, and ho smolt liko tho dust which blows off of a skeleton. Said he, "Jonos, I like your papor, but what do you run that funny business in it for? It's silly, stale, and fluttor than last year's ale with the bottle loft open, What docs a man want to laugh for anyhow ? This is a valo ot tears and wo should IttmyS l.lH.nb.1 lUn. Im rf,. Mllt-Vl- tainty of life death may cut us off with an idlo laugh upon our lips." "That's so," groaned Jones. "I'll cut every line of fun right out," and off he hur ried and out went all the funny busi ness. As he went home at noon he met a ludy whosaidshodidn'tscewhat they wanted to fill a pnpor lull of poli ties for, becauso nobody road that. "Don't they?" said Jones, "then on sho goes," and when ho got back it all went out. "1 m bound to pleaso cm all" said tho editor, "if 1 have to buy a new ofllco" Right after dinner a man ot business proclivities camo in and said ho didn't see any use of "theso silly little personals and them short local itoms that didn t amount to any thing anyway." It it was his papor be would bave something of a higlior natuie or let tho placo go bare. Jonos listened anil told tho foreman to whack out all ot that sort of stuff at once. Thon ho felt easior, till a lot of pretty girls came in, and, alter making a pur chase askod him what a newspaper was tilled lull ot advertisements lor nobody ever read tbom, and ono said she was going to stop taking the paper it be was amnu to till It un tbat wav. Jonos told tho young lady that be would have a papor to suit every ono, and he hoped sho would not find fault. then ho wont down and ordered out evory 'ad. and waited for the next man. He came along pretty soon, and that was his abomination in a news paper, and it never ought to encountor tbe columns ot a local journal, bocauso it was meant for magaxinos, and tbat sort of papers. Jonos took it in, and wont out and ordered all his fine pootry knocked down. Then he'waited again, and a woman came in, and said tbo fashion notes were not good, be causo the magaxinos had them all in greater quantity, and another thing sho didn't liko, was the markets. "What good was them I" sho said. "I don't know," he ropliod, "so I'll throw 'cm out." "I hope you will," sho an swered, and wont away. In ten min utes tho markets and bullions wore on the standing gulley. Jones began to look around, and as ho was studying, a small boy said that "marriage and death notices was mighty thin readln'," and Jones slung them clear out into the corner. After this chango he went over Into tbo counting room, and an old man was there waiting to pay his subscription, "llsagood popor, Jonos, but in this placo you only want to take notice of local affairs, anil let all tho miscellaneous and general business go," and then Jones gave the old follow a receipt and rushed back and took out all the miscollanooua and general matter that was left, and as he took out the last handful a friend camo through tho ofllce and critically examining his sur roundings, said, "The Flapdimllc is a good papor, Jones, but I do think you have the ugliost bead on it I evor saw. Why don't you chango It? I'm cer tain I never would let such a head ap pear on a papor ot mino." "All right," said Jones, and off camo tho head. "Now, Mr. Foreman," ho continued, "lock up tho lorms and send them down to the press room." Tho forms were duly locked and wont down, and the paper camo out and wasdistribntcd as nsual. The next morning the poli tician, and tho solemn man, the friend, the school girl, the woman, the small boy, and tbe rest of them were stand ing around the Fltipdimile office with blank shoots of paper in their hands ; not a lino, not a word, not a sign of anything on it but column rules, with nothing hotween. "How is this?" said each to the other, "and whore's that fool editor toimposoonusin thiswsy ? While they wero thus talking, the devil came in with a loiter from the editor which the old man read to the crowd. It ran as follows: Tho bicyclist realizes in the last quar ter of tbo nineteenth conlury tho old myth of tho centaur. Thousands of yours ago, in tbut part of antique Greece known as Thossaly, now tor several centurios unoor the baleful do minion of the Turkish crescent, there lived a rouch wild mountain ooonlo 1. , . , .... ' . 1 no iuiil'ui on noisooacK. J ncv kept thoir seats so well and were apparent ly so inseparame irom the steeds thoy bestrode that there aroso a fable thut thoy wore monsters of a donble form tbo upper parts human, tho lower those of a horse sons of Ixion and of a cloud in tho aspect of stately Juno. No small part of their prowess was due to the terror their preternatural appearanco inspired among their foe mon. Not only men but animals were frightened at the sight of thorn. Tho prodigious spectacle overwhelmed the more civilized horses of their loss bar barous antagonists, and thov wore. perhaps, more appalled than those whorodo them. Just so the modern nrban boree is put in sudden and over mastering fear when the bicycle and its portcntious looking rider comes like an animated cartwhool unexpectedly upon him. 1 he bicycle is a profoundly scientific and wonderfully interesting toy. As such it is admirably suited to children of a largor growth. It is tho voloci- peuo lucnnzou. as tne years roll on Bomothing more remarkable yet and more advancod may be ovolutod out of it. A good deal may bo said, how ever, in favor ot tho invontion in its present stage. Certain great and val uable principles are emphasized to hi eyclism. To maintain the physical equilibrium is the first condition of the new knighthood of tho twofold wboel, and from this comes to him who en ters it tbo noble lessor to preserve un der all circumstances his equanimity of mind end heart. Still anothor les son is that of moral uprightness, natu rally suggested by the perpendicular bodily position necessary to bo observ ed to save the cavalier on two wheols instead of four hoofs from coming ig nobly to the ground. Progress is yet another etbiolo lesson clearly deduci ble from this gymnustio exorcise. Tbe mounted man must keep moving in ordor to keep bis seat. Ho cannot ME WEEP1XO WILLOW. Bnioa J. Lolling la Harptr'i Yoang People. You have seen and admired the weeping willow tree the Salix Buhy lonica upon which tho oaptivo He brews hung their harps whon they sat down by tbe river of Babylon and "wept whon they remembered Zion." It is a native of the garden of F.den, and not of America, and I will toll you how it immigrated to this country. At ore than lad years ago a merchant lost his fortune He went to Smyrna, a seaside cityjot Asia Minor, to recovor it. Alexander l'opo one of the great poets of Kngland, was the merchant's warm friend, and sympathized with him in his misfortune. Soon aftor tho merchant arrived In Smyrna he sont to I'ope, as a present, a box of driod figs. At that time tho poet had built a beautiful villa at itiiiauiiunui, uu tno liana, oi me Thames, and wus adorning it with troos, shrubbery and flowering plants. On opening tbe box of figs Pope dis covered in it a small twig of tho troo. It was a stranger to him. As it came from tho Kast he planted It in tho ground near tbe river, close by bis villa. Tbe spot accidentally chosen for the planting was favorable to its growth, for the twig was from the weeping willow troo possibly from the bunk of one cf "tho rivers ol Iiabvlnn" which finurishas host nlnno- tno Doruers oi watorcoursos. Psab FniRnni t Yon all think yon know how to ma a aewipeaer, aad when yon mm. le me wilh eofiroilioai I bet to toll yoa d ifieronUy, o 1 folloeed your advice and you aa e what yoa hare a the Moall. U yoa will be kind enoocb to mied year own builoeee heir ae well a I do mln., and try I. thlek 1 kaow a little lomethiag, while yea don't kaow II all, t will lira yoa a very well stand still and bold his place in tbo saddle. It ho bulls ho must eel on or lull. Again, tho bicycle is so quiet. It is not a noisy affair. It does not disturb the sick unless thoy como across it whon thoy happen to bo driving out ana tne horses ol tbo carriages thoy occupy take a notion In run away and spill thorn on the highway. Then it does disturb them to some extent, es pecially if tboy break their bones or got killed outright. What it is about this machine and tbe operator, who works its podals very much as a wo man runs a sewing machino, that scares horses, is a difficult problem to solve, and one as to which our pro tbundost speculations are likely to bring us to but an approximative and conjectured result. It certainly does not mako clatter or din enough, it would seem, to affright even so littlo a thing as a mouse, much loss a great, big horse. Possibly, as some investi gators are inclined to think, it is tho very silence, ghostlike and sepulchral, of the bicyclo that alarms tbissensi. live and wondering quadruped. It may be that whon this lofty, narrow phenomenon glides swiftly and noise, iossly beforo him tbe strange appari tion excites the superstitious fears in herited from some past niotompsvcho- sis, and the horso, not stopping to rea son calmly about tho matter, inconti nently runs away. Or he may in stinctively foresee in this contrivance a compotitivo intrudor which may eventually rob bim of employment in light ana pleasant lines of service, such as drawing ladies and gcntlomen in vohiclcs or currying thom on his back, and so remand him to dull and heavy drudgery as a mere beast of burden. There is such a thine as 'horse sonso, ' and the horso that has a soft placo in lil'o may well feel tho samo uisiiko lor tho rivalry ol much in ory which disturbs so many men. Tho Bicyclo is a kind ot iron horse with the rider for its locomotive or snurco of propulslvo power, and one of those days carriagos may bo drawn by out- nuurs mounted upon bicycles. Jiul howovor accurato this or any other guess at the truth ot tho matter may he, tho fact remains that bicycles, at least when in motion, scare horses. and senro them badly, lleing thorcin dangerous to lile and limb, their use in any but quite secluded places must bo regarded as in the nature of a nui sance. rhiladeiphia Heard, This little twig grow vigorously, and in a lew years it became a large treo, spreading wide its brunches and droop ing graceful sprays, and winning tbo admiration of the poet's friends, as well as strangers. It became tho an cestor of all the weoping willow trees in Kngland. There was a rebellion in the English American colonics in 1775. llrilish troops were sent to Boston to put down the insurrection. Their loaders expected it to end in a few weeks after thoir arrival. Some young ofheors brought fishing tackle with tbom to enablo tbom to enjoy sport after thoir brief war. Others came to sottlo on the confiscated lands of tho "rebels." Among the latter was a young officer on tho Bluff of tienorul Howe. He brought with bim wrapped in oiled silk a twig from Pope's weeping willow tree at Twinkcnham, which he intend ed to plant on some stream watering bis American estate. Washington commanded an army before Boston which kept tho British imprisoned in that city a long timo aguinst their will. On his staff was his stepson, John Parke Custis, who frequently went to tbe British head quarters, under tbo protection of a flag, with dispatches lor General Howe. He bocamo acquainted with tho young officer who bad tho willow twig, and tney became lust mends. Instead of "crushing tho rebellion in six weeks," the British army at Bos. ton, at tho ond of an imprisonment of nine months, wero glad to fly by sea, for lifo and liberty, to Halifax. Long before tbat flighl tbe British subaltern, MMBllVU IU., liv nliuui. u . u . k. .. - .. n estate in Amorica to adorn, gave his carefully presorved willow twig to young Custis, who planted it lit Abing don, bis estate in Virginia, where it grow and flourished, and became a parent of all tbo weeping willows in tho United States. Some time alter tho war Uunerul Horatio Gates, of tho Revolution set tled on the "Robo Hill farm," on Now York Island, and at the entrance to a lano which led from a country road to his bouse he pluntcd a twig from the vigorous willow at Abingdon, which he had brought wilh him. That country road is now Third avenuo, and tho luno is twenty second street. Gates' mansion, built of wood and two stories in height, stood near tho cor ner of Twenty-seventh street and Soo ond avenue, whore saw it consumed by fire in 1815. S'lietrco which grew from tbo twig planted at the entrance to Gales' lane remained until compar atively a few years ago. It stood on the northeast cornor of Third avenue and Twenty -second street. It was a direct descendant, in the third genera tion, of Popo'a willow, planted at Twickenham about 1722. ticed men, In less than seven minutes a whole ox is cut up. In the slaughter ing season over five hnndrod mon aro employed, powerful fellows, who aro good-hearted and li arm less characters in spite of thoir bloody occupation, and notwithstanding the fact that their nourishment consists almost exclusive ly of meat. The dexterity with which they handle tbe knife excites astonish ment. Tbe meat is senuruted from the hones, as if the knile wero guided through aolt butler. One hundred und fifty to two hundred oxen can be handled in this way per hour. The itroutest cleanliness prevails. A ' plentiful supply of water is obtained from tho rivor for washing. Tbe slaughter houso is roofod with iron and glass, and a railway connocts it witn the principal buildings ot the oBuiutiRnmeuin The raw material is convoyed in various WU,TB from Ihonlnugbtei homo.. Tho bides are salted, tho horns stored, and tho tonguos aro cooked and pro sorved in tin cans. The best pieces, as free from fat as possible, are used for tho manufacture of tho extract, whilo tbo inferior piccos aro made into tasajo (meat suited ana then dried in the air), which is a favorite articlo of food for the black population ot Brazil and the West Indies. Tho fatty parts furnish material for the largo tullow buying housos. (The refuse and offal are dried and made into fertilizers. Tbo moat for the manufacture of the concentrated extract is freed from tut and gelatine, and passes through the loiiuwing processes: First, it passes through four cutting machines, which discharge it into nine largo wrought iron tubs, each one bold ing fivo thousand kilocrammos. In theso tho meat with an equal weight oi water is heated to boiling. Then tho liquid pusses through pipes into nn apparatus invented by Prof. Max Pot tonkofor, whero it is olarifiod and sepa rated from the fatty part. Air pumps carry tbe remaining fluid imtss into two rcsorvoirs placed seven meters higher, from which It passes into tho evaporating apparatus after it has gone tnrougn several straining processes. Tho evaporation is effected in fivo large reservoirs, ouch havine- a hun dred disks of tho same material, which revolve In the liquid ; then the extract remaius quiot in other reservoirs until tho next morning, whan it is placed in two cast iron kettles surrounded by hot water jackets, each containing tu,i'w liters ot the extract, whero it is reduced to u uniform mass. Then samples ore taken which are subjected to tho careful tests of tho chemist of the establishment. If these turn out lobeportcctly satisfactory as to purity, aroma, and consistency, the extract i packed in tin chosts, each contuining ono hundred pounds, and sent to Eu rope Packing the extract in small stone jars for the retail trade is done at tho gonoral depot in Antwerp. Tho cooked meat remaining in the kettle is dried in the air, and with the addition of a few nutritive salts, and afterward being ground, is manufuc- EDUCATIONAL. BY H. L. McQUOWN. Tbe new school house at Oak Grove, in Gulich township, will oost fUOO. A good Literary Society baa been kept up at West Goshen during tbe Summon Cleartleld borough will nay her Uachors In the aggregato 36u per month the coming term. Goorgo W. Marsdon. formerly of this county, baa been elected Priucipal of ... ouDutnugo norougb schools. The Beholars of M sciiooi, at aowNulem, picnlred in a grovo on Wednesday last, and had a delightful time. Philip Shimcl, of Graham township, will build tbe now school house at Woodland, in Bradford township, for which he is to reoeive 1785. We should give as we receive, cheer fully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace In a benefit that slicks to the fingers. Seneca. Miss Mu.'l'io Forces, of tho Osceola public schools, lias been entrairod in luuctmig uunng tne mi turner at Ster ling Hun, in Cameron county. Stale Superintendent Higboe baa partly promisod to snood a day at our v-oumy institute in December, lie is anxious to meet tho Clearfield county teachers in a body. The School Board of Decatur town ship uiet on naiurday loot und let tne contract lor the building of a new school house at Pursonyille, the builder to roceivo loot) lor his services. 'Children's Dny" at the County Fair is made the leading feature of such ex hibitions in the western part of the Slute. Cannot the same be said of Cloarfield county hereafter? Previous to the close ot the Lumber City Normal School, twonty-two of the student teachors subscribed for an oducational journal, an example wor thy of imitation by teachers everywhere. Great Teachers. Great teachers are born, not mado. The qualities that give them success in their work must be implanted, must inhere in the germ of character; they cannot be grafted upon any stock. Yet tboso who hare but modest genius in this direction, if their zoal bo sufficient, may be greatly bonofited by a Btudy of tho character istics which mado Bitch mon as Dr. Arnoldgreatinthelr gonoration. What those men accomplished show ns the vast Importance of the work of great teachers upon the world. Thoy stand first in tho moral and social economy of mankind. Frail Humanity. A cotemporHry alludes to a recent caso in this nay : "Legal vagaries mako strange work ol domeslio tics. The other day tbe idlers tn a Newark railway station were edified hy en unusual turmoil. Wbon the Washington express came to a hall a lad of sixteen was beset by an infuriated man of middle age, who gave evory sign of madness. Tho boy was accompli n icd by a littlo girl of seven, who, as it turned out, whs Ins sister. Ho was taking hor to Wash ington to restore hor to her mother. The man was the father of thechildren. In tbo subsequent investigation it was shown that the parents wore separated through incompatible temper and dif ferences in religion the mother a Catholic, the father confessing no form of belief. The sapient magistrate be fore whom the complaint camo dis missed tbe irresponsible parent, giving him chargo of the little girl in luce of the testimony that tho rock less parent bad armed himself with a revolver to shoot bia sixteon ycar old son. Tbe settlement is of course temporary, hut it suggests all the same the inquiry wholher if Interior Courts have cogni zance of such cases they should not he bound to take some account of tho moral equities involved. Certainly an iruncihlo, vindictive father capable of such conduct is not the sort of person to entrust wilh the guardianship ol a tender infant whose first need is the tender care of a mother, cortainly not the eccentric example of a parent ca pable of such passion as tbe father has shown himself the victim of." LIEBWS EXTRACT OF MEAT. Baron von Liobig, Germany's groat chemist, ascertained that the soluble constituent ot 34 pounds of pure mus cle moat (equal to 45 pounds of ordi nary meat us it is received from the butcher) may be concentrated by boil ing to 1 pound of extract, sufficient for tbe preparation of 190 parts ot bouillon. With his koen perception be foresaw that tho manufacture of this extract might become a great industry. He conceived the idea that the trunsnia rine countries rich in cuttle might bo- como tributary to the necessities of Europe. In the year 1850, at the beginning of tbo manufacture, tho Royal Apothe cary at Munich consumed scarcely one hundred weight annually, that is, ono- tenth part of an ox, and Liobig himself did not imagine that in a score ot years the number of cattle falling victims to tbia industry would number millions. This statement will not appear exag gerated when it is considered that in the Summer season there are led daily to the. slaughtering bench from one thousand to twelve hundred oxen. The manufactory of Liebig's Extract oi Meat Company lies on tbo eastern (loft) shore of the Uruguay River in that Slate, and is as important to Fray Bontos as Krnpp's grout steel manu factory is to Ksson. Proceedingsyslematioally, we should consider first the immense pasturing lands upon which tbe cattle peacefully graze. These cattle are children of the Pampas, descendants of the European cattle introduced by the Spanish con querors. The large level pastures wero especially suited to tbom, and hero thoy increased greatly and now rove in innumerable herds. For tho manulacturo of tbe extract the best pioces of meat aro selected, for the simplo reason that these pieces are tho most profitable for tho extract. When the animals aro driven in from tho Pampas to Fray Uentos they are kept for a week upon tho pasturing places mentioned, where thoy are per mitted to rest and toed. Then they are driven to tho corrals, great inch i capable ol containing five thousand oxen ; Irom here men mounted on horseback, swinging their lassos, drivo the cattle by degrees into other smaller corrals, until finally the way is so nar iow that the animals can only proceed one behind the othor. A man stands at the side upon a staging with a short knifb. With unerring certainty he strikes the animal close behind tbe horns into tho spinal marrow. As if struck by lightning the animal falls dead upon a platform which rests upon wheels. Iho body roils upon a track to the slaughter bouse, whore wilh almost incredible celerity it is skinned and cut in pieces py skilled and prac- Connected with the establishment are tin, locksmith, und joiner shops, a iouniiry, pump works, steam cranes, etc. Tho company import coal from Kngland at a great cost, from 7,0(10 to 8,IIUU tons being consumed yearly. Four thousand tons of salt are con sumed yearly for salting the hidoB and tasajo. Tho cattle slaughtered for tho ex tract aro at least four years old, as younger animals will not supply a strong extract It is nocossary to speak of the great valco and extensive use of the extract, as it is everywhere acknowledged to be astandard artiole. Scientific American. HOW A MAX (JOES TO RED. From the Poitoa Fo.t.J Speuking of how a man goes to bed, an exchange mys : "There's whero a man bus the advantage. Ho can un dress in a cool room, and have his bud warm before a woman has her hair pins out and hor shoos untied." That is how it looks in print, and this is bow it looks in reality: "I am going to bed, my dear. It is 10:30." No reply. "Now, John, you are always lato in the morning. Do go to bed." "Yes, in a minute," ho replies, as ho turns tho papor wrong side out and bogins a lengthy articlo headed "The Louisiana Muddlo." F'iftocn minutes later sho calls from tho bed room : "John, como to bed and don't koop tho gas burning here all night," and mutmoring something "the bill boing nig enough now, she creeps between tbo cold sheets, whilo John sits placid ly on, his feet across the piano stool, and a cigar in his moulb. I!y and by be nsos, yawns, stretches himsell, throws tbe paper on tho floor, and pro ceeds to that vigorous exorciso, shak ing the coal stove inquires: "For pity's sake! ain't you ready for bed yet?" "Yes, yes, I'm coming. Why on't you gn to sloop and let a fellow Blono?" Then he discovers that there is coal noodcil. When that is supplied and rattled into the stove he sits down to warm his feet. Next bo slowly be gins to nndross, and as ho stands scratching himself, and absently gaz ing on the last garment dangling over tho back of the chair, ho remembers that the clock is not wound yet. When this is attended to he wants a drink of water, and awny he promenades to the kitchen. Of oourso when he re turns his skin resembles that of a pickod chicken, and once more he scats himself before the tire for the last warm up. As the clock strikes 12 he turns out the gss and wilh a flop ot the bed clothos and a few spas modio shivers be subsides no, not yet ; he lot got to seo if the Iront door was locked, and anothor flop from the bed clothes brings forth the remark : "Good gracious I if that man ain't enough to try tho patienoo of Job I" Setting hor toeth hard, she awaits the final flop, with the accompanying blast of colli air, and then quietly inquires it he is settled fur the night, to which ho replies by mntloring: "II you ain't tho provokingest woman I" A minister preached an hour when ho remarked. "Another wide field opens Irom the subject in another direction." Just then an old darkey ejaculated, "Please, Lord, shut up de bars." When a thief steals five cents be doesn't think half the dime that some day perhaps old nickel get him. Wit and W'tdum. "Gracious 1 wife," said a father, as he looked at his son William's torn tronsors, "get that little Bill resaatcd." Rurlington Ilairkeyr. How to prevent snoring go to bed at half past twelve o'clock and get up at thirty minutes belore one. Men are like pins. One with a lit tlo head may be just as sharp as one with a big head. School Boards and teachers desiring an evening meeting nt the time tho puuiic examination is held, should make tho necessary arrangements pre vious to the day of examination. One or two speakers should be chosen for the occasion, one or two cssuys by teucbors read, a good room secured, and sufficient music to intursperse the exercises. These educational meet ings are useful agencies in strengthen ing our school work, and we hope to aid in holding many of them during the examination toiir. Lot it be cir culated through the community that such a mooting will be hold, and let toachers and Directors perfect all nec essary local arrangements for such meetings. DO TEACHERS WORKt Among tno popuiur lunacies wnicu are gaining prominence at the present day, is one which concerns every teacher. We rotor to the pornicious idea that the teachers' profession is but an easy calling, to which oue re sorts when all other honorable profes sions fail, and in which a person gen teelly reposes until "somothing turns up." If ono agree that continued mental labor is more exhaustive than continu ed manual labor, he must acknowl edge that forty-five hours a week, spent in digging in the mines of the brain, is more wearisome than the same amount of work performed by tho hands delving among mines of coal, silver, or gold. It follows that there aro few instructors who can teach on until their yoars are drawing to a close, and that some who fall out of the ranks are those who go to join tbe marrying throng many there are who wear out, who die on the field of action, just as bravoly striving as tbe soldior in battle We know not a few teachers who daily furnish tho world with its bost examples of earnest. patient labor. it the world at large could realize what the teachers' work is; that thoy, more than persons of any other pro fession, are ono of the most powerful furmativo influences tbat America has, it would no more complain it would see its own Indolence, its own care lessness in allowing men and women to occupy tho position ol publio in structors who aro incompotont, who aro lazy, PRIF.SS IH SCHOOL. Is it best to offer prizes in schools ? We know it has its advantages ; it acts ns a mental stimulus, and rousos the flagging interest of a few; all will not strive lor the prize, and when one out of the bard workers comes off victori ous, there is always pain and sorrow left for the unsuccessful competitors, llosidcs, the teacher and parents never agree as to the rightful distribution of prizes. To be sure, in certain class prizes, in prizes for attendance and de portment, tbe teacher ought tn be the Lost and truest judge. In prises for doclamations, orations and essays, the judges and audionce never agree, con sequently, alter tbey are awarded thoro is much talk, and disappointed prize seekers are made to fool tbat thoy have been unjustly doalt with. Some one remarks, "yoa ought to have had one of the prizos, yoa did evor so much better than tno ono woo aid get It. Again, pupils in their seal to obtaii one ot the prize are tempted to de ceive; to peek into books, and do many unfair things. We knew a yoang lady once, whoso compositions bad boen so uniformly excellent through out the lime of attendance that she wits aiinoiniod to compete for the prize offered for boat composition at close ot school. Sbo rcceivod the second prize and carried it home. Aftor a few months, somebody discovered that she had stolen her composition entire, as sbo had probably been in the habit of doing. Her case was reported to the professor, who swooped down upon her and causod hor to give np ner prizo. She was a clorgyman's daugh ter too, and bad received careful train, ing. But the ambition to be smart caused her to suffer a life long mortifi cation. We do not believe in prizo ourselves. Some children never will be scholars. Prizes, love of parent or teachers will never stimulate them to a love of study. Many exoellont teachors never offor prize. Tbey rouse tbe children's ambition by fidelity, pa tience and love. We do not expect our opinion to have weight with all, hut we express it, hoping it may in duce some earnost worker to look care fully Into tho matter and manner of giving prizes, fortunate, in our opin ion, is the school whose teacher can keep ber pupils, interest the whole school year wilhoat ft prise dangling st the end.