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roiuimo btiut wanaisiuf, at
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B. QnoDI.ANDER,
Publl.her.
u'";ers' Carflj.
jj w. SMITH,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
tl:l:7l Clearfield. Pa.
J.
J. LINGLE,
.V T T O J! N E Y - A T
US llellefunle. Pi.
L A W,
J:pd
.OLAND D. SWOOPK,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
Corwrnsvills, Clearfield county, Pa,
oot. 9,
o
SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, FA
"01,1 Wo.tera building," (up.iLlr.J.
'TH.tr.
Iffi In
Oct ,
SIIAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Fa.
4T0lfiea on Mnrkat I'rc.t, thri door. ... t nf
daeepb bhnw rc.ldiiuoa.
Jjll.'Ot
yM. M. McCULLOUliU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, I'A.
061 j. Id Masonic building, Second .treat, op-
po.lte tb. Uourt llouee. Jezn, 7-ll.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OFFICE,
Ci:RWEN8VILI.g,
Vfl Clearfield Coua!?, Fenn'., 76j
s.
T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
I A. in Opt-ra lloutc. ap lo.-ly
Wu. A. Wau.acs
II-tHHY F. Wallace,.
..ILvm L. Kuan..
...Wa. H. Wai.lick.
yAI.LACE it KREBS,
A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A VV ,
janl Hl I'learlleld, Pa.
JgMlTII V. WILSON,
CLISAIIFIULD, - - 1'ENN'A.
leOfllc. In lb. Ma.oole Building, Second
truer, lie. y oppo.it. the Conrt llou.o.
m.r.'lfO
F.
SNYDKH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
0!Te errr (tie Countjr National Dank.
June J, '78tf.
jpRAXK o. nAunis,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clbahpiblp, Pkm.'a.
t'.rft-olu.e Life and Fiie Insurance Compealca
re.reentc.l.
-ft-orcoo In ibe Opor. Dour.'!.
Mar. lit.'KI-lje
THH0. M. ML'BltAT CYBUI BOBROH.
jyURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
beT'Offle. iB Pie'f Opera Uouee, aeettnd floor.
w
11,1.1AM A. L1AGERTY,
OFFICIil over T. A. I'ltrk Ch'a ftoro,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
J-Will attend lo ell legal bti.lne.1 with
pruliiptnea. and tU.IIIT. (bl !,'. If.
fu.RPB B. M'BWA LLT PANIBL V. H'ctfBIr.
fcENALLY k MoCURDY
ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW,
learneid, iBb
f.4t$ bviinaaa attended to promptlj withj
Mciitj. umci on ntfooa iroot, anon :aa r ir.i
Natiunol Hank. Jan:l;76
J F. McKKNUICK,
DI8TK1CI ATTORNEY,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All lGftl buiiooHi cntruNtod to hl oar will ro
ot Ire prompt attention
ff-Oflico In th Court Home.
"nutfU, 1878-ly.
A O. K,tAMKR,
ATTOJIXEY-AT-IAW,
Ileal EntaU and Collaotton Agent,
V I. KA It VI BIjI. PA.,
Will promptly attend lo all legal balloon n-
Iru.loil to bi earo.
ptrOtda la Pie'i Opera Ilunw,
JOHN li. CUTTLE.
ATTOHNEY AT LAW.
Li ft Heal Eitate Affut, Clearfield, I'a.
fy-Hinpeotfull offori hie lerTloei la aolHtg
avi buying tanda In Clearfield and atJoln,og
ooantiea i and Kith aa etporienoe ol over twentv
jfr aa a anrroyor, flattera blmtolf tbat be eaa
rndtr ntl.faotloo. fob. 18:3:tf,
yiiysuiaus' (farilJ.
R. E. M. SCHEURER,
D
IIOMEOPATHIO P1IYBICIAN,
Offlce la roildenoa ob Firat at
April 14, I?l. . Clewlleld, Pa.
jy?. W. A. MEANS,
I'HYSICIAN & SURdKON,
Dl'BOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend profeaetona! oalii promptly. anglO'70
D
R. T. J. nOTER,
I'HYSICIAN ANDSURQSON,
Ofltc. on Market Street, ClearOeld, Pa.
-UJice auarai I to 13 a. ., and 1 W I p. ai
R. J. KAY WRIGLEY,
HOMKOPATUIO PUYSICIAN,
.S-OCloe ad.lolnl.g the refldenee f Jama.
WrlIT, Krq., PB Second Dt, tleeroelo, ra.
Julj.il, ';(.
Q C. JENKINS, M. p.,
P II YSICIAN AN I) SURG EON
CVRWKNPVILLK, PA.,
OfTccw at reridrnce, earner of Stale and Tine
iireeta. Jan. tin, lani-ir.
rR. II. B. VAN VALZAH,
(XKARPIELD, PFNN'A.
OFFICE IN KKS1DENCK, (TiRNRR or.FIRPT
AND PINK STUKKTH.
is- oac boare Froai II to J P. M.
Mar !. ''
D
11 J. P. BURCUFIKLI),
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A,
Sure.oa af lb R.lmBt, Peaai;l?anla
Velaawera, daring tba lata war. et" bl. pro
faaalaaa) i.relce. la tbe eitla.ni of Clearleld
toaatj.
r Proreialonal call, areaptlr atleaied I.
OA. aa fteaand itreet, (ear m. I. Cbarrk.
apri.'OlilJ
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLANDER, Editor & Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEEMS S2 per annum In Advanoe.
VOL. 55-WHOLE NO. 2,748. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1881. NEW SERIES-VOL. 22, NO. 45.
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ffanJs.
T OH W "OKK .All kind ofjob wurk sieate4
J in ttia beet nuoir at tbia olfio.
JJKNRY
BRETH,
(l8TBBD r. ..)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
POM BULL TOWN.I1P.
Ma; S, lHTS-ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
DK1LBB Ill
Square Timber & Timber LtindH,
J.ll'7 CLEARFIELD, PA.
X. IIOYT,
Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer,
rniLipsDima, pa.
.lll batineea w:ll be attend. 1 to promptly.
Dec. IS, 1C0.t.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penu'a.
teuWill eieeute Job. in hi. line pria tie and
in a workmanlike manner. aprt,07
lRANK
FIELDING
AND
WILLIAM D.
B1GLKU,
ATTOK.vf;I7.-lT-l. ir,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Nor. 17tb, ISSO tf.
WEAVER. &, BETTS,
DSALKaa la
Real Estate. Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
jF-ff-Oflloe on Second etreot. Id rear of itore
ro'jiii of Oeurge Weaver A Co. '78 tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOR
Httatur Township,
O.ocola Mill. P. O.
All uffloial bu.lnea. antra.ted to biin will be
promptly attended tu. meb2v, '70.
JAMES H. TURNER,
JUSTICE OP TUB PEACE.
tVallaretuii, Pa.
Jt-rTlle b prepared himself vllh all the
nebtiiarj blank furui under tbe Peoin anJ
BoQLtr lava, aa well a blank Deedr-, elo. All
leyal inalttra cntruited to bia oare will rcciire
prvmpt aiteotioa. May 7tb, lb7;-tf.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEAKPI1.LD, PENN'A.
dif-Piiiiipi alwayi on hand and made to ardor
en abort notice. Pipea bored on reasonable terms.
All work warranted to render satisfaction, and
delivered If desired. my2fi:lypd
.Livery fttfible.
Till C undersigned bogs leare to iniorin the pub.
I He that bo ia now fully prepared to aocommo-
data all in the war of furnishing H..aes( lloggiea,
tjaddlea and Her nest, on the shortest notice and
tn reasonable terms. Kosidenre on Locujtt street,
betwoen Third and Fourth.
UKO. W. UE Alt HART
HUarSfld. Feb. 4, IS74.
a. c. aaio..
w. A. sunBHTr
EAD k HAfiEItTY,
FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INBl'RANCK
AGENCY.
JMr-CfSc. In Or. bam Building, Unrket Hreet.
Clearfield, - - Penn'a.
Jan. i, ISM-If.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
(;R AI1AMTON, Pa.
Alio, extenalra manufaetarer and dealer tn 8(aar
'Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kind..
Orderl lollelted and all bill, prompt!
(Mod. Jtl(,7l
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB DBALBB IB
Watchos, Clocks and Jowolry,
Qrakan'a Row, Mark Strut,
C I.EAH FIELD, PA.
All kind, of repairing la a, Una promptty at
endedu. Jan. I.t, 10711.
COAL.!
COAL ALL THE YEAR!!
rilllB subaeriber hereby gives nntlee that ha
I Is now delivering eoal of an eaoellent qualify
and proposes to operate bis mine
A M WMJTTEMit
Bo that be will he enabled to supply his an tutnsrs
at all limes with good fuel. No Winter to na
tion. Orders by mall promptly filled.
H. EM. SHAW.
Clearfield, !'., Man t, tSSMf.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE IIOMK INDUSTRY
riMIE anderslgoed, having eitahlifbod a Nor
X sery on tbe 'Pike, about half way between
Ckar field and Curwrniville, is prepared to tar
nishall kinds of fKl IT TKtKS, (ilaadard and
dwarf.) Kvergroena, Bhrubbery, Orane Vines,
(iooieberry, Law tun Hlaokberry, Btrawbrrry,
and Haspberry Vines. Also, Hilterian Crab Trees,
Quinre, and early scarlet Khuimrb, ko, Ordrs
promptly attended tu. Address,
J. D. wnmnT,
sep30 6a-y Carwerxrille, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CAED0N b BEO.,
On Sfrond St, north of the Mansion House,
CLEAHFIKLD, PA.
Onr arraaffmants art rf tba most e replete
eharaeter lor furoishltg the public with tresb
Meauof all kind, end or tbe very best quality.
Wa also deel in all kinds of Acrlealtoral Imple
ments, which we keep on eihihltlon for tba ben
efit of the poblte. Call around when la town.
and take a look at things, or addreistii
. M. L'AKOON UKO
Clearfield, Pa., July 14, 1875 tf.
jamii man.
caaamL l. kiddli.
Clrnrfirld Insurance Agonry.
HE II It If ltlintrr., Jgenli,
rl.prfl.nl the Mlowlnj an I .tbar dntelaaa Co'.
Cnmpanlee. Aaaeta.
l.l.rn.w.l London A Oloh.-lJ. . Dr..H.si'l.
Lreoming on uutu.l Aea.b plan..... n.nflo.ontl
1'bo.niB, of llartford, Conn I,2I 01
Insurant Co. nf Nortb Ainerlra ft,4:Jt.fl74
North Urlll.h A Mmaatil U. 8. Rr l.TH.M.I
nVottl.h CoBiai.reial I". 8. Rraaoh.... nTV.HB
Wal.rlnwn TI,8I
Tr.r.l.r. (Llf. A Ar.iJ.nl) I.IUS.IM
Ofie. on W.rket M epp. Ceorl Hon... Clear
Held. Pa. Jeae 4. "Tl-lf.
Insurance Agency
. OF
WILUAM 0. HELMBOLD,
ration Mock, Cunrtntrillt, fa.
Companies' Represented I
Comawrelel llnlB Ina, Ca.. A.aetl 9,".7nJ IS
Fireaxa'f Fand Ina. Co., Ami. l.ln.OI7 d
tlnloa In.nr. ".. A...U - l.MMBT
Traeelen' Aeoldeol I.. Ca . AHeta. .Ht,l4 U
Mortbva In. Co.of Ne Terk A. I. m, M
In.areaea plaiwd oa all kind, af proper! at
tqallabl rat... '
Oarw.a.TlU, Pa, F.b. II, IHI-lf.
s.
LIGHT.
Tlie rollonlng exqulilla poem, hj William Pitt
Panimer, was some years ago pruooonred by one
oi toe tnoet aminenl or Kuropesn eritiestobe
the finest production of the same length la oar
language ;
Vn-rn the quickened mouth of the primal gloom,
The sun mlkd blsek and hare.
'Till I wore him a ret fur bia Ktblop breast,
Of the threads of my golden fanlri
And when (he broad tent of ibe flrmamrot '
Amse no Its airy spsrs,
I penciled the hue of Iti matohtess blue,
And spangled it round with start.
I painted tbe flowers pf the E Un bowers,
And their lures of llrlna; green.
And mine were the dyes la the sinless ejes
Of Kden's irfio queen j
And when the fiend's art In the trustful heart
Had fitstened Its mortal spHI,
In the silvery tphere of tbe fir it-born tear
To the tretuAiling earth I fell.
When the waves that buret o'er a world accursed,
Their work of wrath had sped.
A lid lb Ark's lone few, tried ind true,
Ca me forth era unit the dead ;
With the wondrous gletms of my bridal beams,
I hft'Ie tbetr I error i eeae,
As I wrnte on the roll of tbeitorms's dark ecroll,
God's eorensnt of pemoa.
Like a pall at rest on a setitelssi brrart, '
KiRhi's fuaeral shadow iltpt
Whore shepherd swios on the Uethlehem plains,
Their lonely vigils kept;
Whn f Hashed on their sight the bcreMs bright ,
Of Ilcavco's redeeming plan, I
As liter chanted the mora ef a S.rtor born
JJ j" o to the outosst man. j
Ptjual favor I show to the lofty and low,
On the jupt ana unjust I deceod t
E'n the blind, whose fain spheres roll la dark
ness and tears
Peel my smile, thn best smile of a friend.
Nay, the flower of the waeta by my lore is am
braeed,
As the rose In the g irden of kings j
At Ibe cbryalis bier of tbe worm I appear.
And lo ! the gsy butterfly's wiogi.
The desolstsmorn, like a mourner forlorn.
IVirireals all the rr(de of her charms.
Till I bid the bright hours ebase tbe night from
ner nowcrs,
And lead the young day lo her arms'.
And when ths gey rover seeks Ere for his lover,
And sinks to her balm renosa.
I wrap the sc. ft test by the scphyr-faaord west,
in curtain, oi amber auil rose
From my sentinel stson by the night brooded
derp
I rue with unsluni boring ere.
When the cynosure s'.ar of the mariner
Is lloitei from out tbe skv:
And guided by me through tbe merci'eis sea,
inougn sped by the nurnoaoe a wings,
Ills co'i'pai.ionloii, dark, lone, welleriag bark.
id i lie ..even nome saieiy ne onngs.
TUli A TLA XT A EXPOSITION.
A corrirfpot.ik'til ijivcs tho following
ntiToHting sccouiit ot the Atlutitadia.)
cxiopition : 0;lotliorpo rurk was
chosi'n as tlio (.luce lor the cxpotiiiiori.
It ih hlly uorcB iu extent and wan ur-
rniit'd lor tho lurgo niriciiHurivl liiirs
tinij rccea wliicb Atlanta lms hud for
ten years uit,aii'l lies jut outside the
city on tliu lino oi tho Western and
Atlantic railroad.
'J ho main builtlint; is a hutro dtruet-
tin', with two IT0H8 ccotiona, tho lontror
720 t.y HO feet and tho nhorlor 4110 by
HO leet. Two annexe, buvo boon add
ed, tho ono 70 by 70 feet and the otbor
100 by 60 loet. This building ig nf
liht, graceful framo-worlc filled with
glaKO. The Interior comprises exhibits
in tho various mechanical arm. Down
its broad, long mules there are superb
views, and tho car is stunned by the
whirl of 10,000 wheels turned by eight
linos of shading. .Maiy of tho displays
here duplicate the Centennial, wlnlo
many now inventors show the progress
ot American science. Cotton is shown
in every stago from the lint on the
seed through all kinds of ginning,
patent molhods of spinning, then to
looms of tho latest improvement, and
pat-sing finally to a variety of fabrics
Irom the cottrsost unsized osnaburgs
to the soft, fleecy article that nearly
resembles silk.
Tho manufacturers of spool cotton
aro bitter rivals and bare uncut thou
sands of dollars to show their processus
ol manufacture, and will each give
away thousands of dollars' worth ol
goods during the exposition. Tho
exhibits in silk are as various as those
in cotton. Somo of the great dry
goods houses of the North and West
aro hero wilb ornalo cases mica wim
fashion's latest follies.
In tho departments of machinery
used in making cotton tboro is a moal
interesting pictnroofprogioss. There
are in operation machines which wero
in tho brain nf the inventor only fe
weeks ago. Tbey aro turned by throe
engines, each competing tor the pre
mium in its line, tho Harris Corliss.
the Brown Automatic and the 1'ortcr-
Allcn High Speed. Manhinory has
bcon placed in nearly all tbe main
buildings.
Tho Art and Industrial pavilion,
which is 310 feet long and 05 foot wide.
with two largo annexes, is one of the
most attractive of tbe additional
buildings. In notcclain, china and
cutlery there, is a lino display.
Horticultural Hall, 100 by 80
foot, is blooming with the products ol
tho florists' art. Tbe department ol
minerals and woods is 300 foet long
and 100 feet wido. Georgia has horo a
special display ol tho richness of her
mines. Uold specimens Irom the ro
gion around Cahlonega, whero North
em and Southern capital is invested,
and copper from tho samo neighbor
hood aro exhibited in great quantities.
Alabama and iSorth Carolina aro
enmpotirg with Goorgia vory strongly.
North Carolina displays rough and
polished procious stones, though the
display in iron oro and its products
shows that tlie principal cllorla lo
ward minoral development, in that
section havo boon in that rlirootion.
Tho Atchison, Topokaand Santa Fo
exhibit the same collection which they
had at the Centennial. Tho depart
ment of 1 ti id io Comfort Is admirably
fitted with tolcnhoncs, tolcgraphs. par
lors, refreshment stands and othor
conveniences, riear It stands the
main restaurant. 'Tho Judges' Hall
confains tho cifhcos of the authorities
of the Exposition, and adjoins a very
Inriro public ball, where seats for over
2,000 peoplo are prepared, line large
building contains nothing but car
risges, buggies, harness and bicycles.
Another is full of farming implements.
Tho Baltimore Fertiliser Exchange
and tho Augusta Fertihr.or Exchange
havo each constructed neat buildings
in which they are exhibiting their
brands of guano, In anolhor building
I hero is a display of wool and woolen
fabrics grown and mado in tha South.
The Southern cotton mills, which ol
Into years havo bocomo vory entor
prising, make extensivo exhibitions.
Florida is practically represented by
her Stato (invernment. Tbe Slate
Agricultural Society, aided by the
Legislature, has made a creditable
display. A building of beautiful wood
was constructed in Florida, brought
here in seel ions and put together on
tho grounds, and ia filled with dis
play ol Florida's fruila and agricultu
ral products.
Atlanta has a population of about
10,000, exclusive ol several populous
suburbs. It it used to crowds. Tbe
two principal hotels havo respectively
.100 and 125 rooms, and there are a
dnr.cn smaller ones. An exposition
hofel, wilb 400 rooms, has been erected
just outside the grounds. It has tha
capacity or entertaining l.wiu peopio,
and ia fitted with gas, eicotrio lights,
eloctrio bells, eta. Just opposite this
hotel an enterprising Now York or hftti
eHiabliitbed a pavilion hoto), compoRcd
of now and well furnished canvas ten to,
whoro 1,500 pooplo can be carod fur.
Tbcro are several email hotel a jiiHt
opened in the city and on the huIiuiIjb
near the roandd.
Ju8t about the main buildings is a
field of two acres in which appears a
various crop. Tbcro are over a dozen
vitriotios of cotton, some open, somo
nan-grown anu some quite young.
Next to these are growing sugur cane,
rice, millet, peanuts, homp, potatoes ot
many species and a doeen other prod
ucts. Just oulside the grounds are the
trial crops of cotton, fur tbe best of
which a special premium of t? 2,5 00 is
offered. The widoly differing methods
of farming in the South aro thus to be
tested in a way which will bo ot prac
tical value to the furmors. For the
host bale of single cotton raised any
where there is a spociul premium of
$1,100, and tboro aro alroady over fifty
entnos. Ibe full list of premiums in
money and medals will amount to
nearly JJO.OOO. and will cover ovorv
department in which there is an exhibit.
TUB
Jil- CEN TKNN1A L
GRAMME.
PIIO
FEATURES or THE riVI DAYS CKLlllBA
TION OF Till LANDING OF PKNN.
Yostorday the monthly meeting of
lue lii uontennial Association wns held
at tho Continental Hotel, and the lol-
lowing programmo was decided upon
for the celebration in 1K82, subject to
luture amomimcnt :
Sunday, October 22, 1882. Intro
ductory religious services recommond-
od to bo hold by the various religious
oouics mrougliout tho Uommonwoalth
in their respective places of worship,
with sermons on tho principles of ro
ligiousand civil liberty introduced into
rennsylvania by William ronn.
Tuesday, October 24. Representa
tion oi mo landing ol William 1'onn
at tbe Blue Anchor Inn (now Dock
street whorl), with doeorativo display
oi tno ocean and nvorcralt In the har
bor of Philadelphia. Procession of
civic organisations and firemen, the
present steam Fire Department of Phil
adelphia and tho fire companies gener
ally throughout the State, with their
apparatus, to form adjacent to tho site
of the Bluo Anchor Inn and proceed
to Fairmount Park. Grand display of
urewoms in fairmount 1 ark in tho
evening.
Wednesday, October 25. A trades
display, exhibiting in procession the
industries of Pennsylvania. In the
evening, moving historical tableaux
through the streets ol tho city, repre
senting striking scones in tho history
of Pennsylvania wilb exhibition of
clectno lights, torchlight parado. and
general Illumination.
'1 humUay.Uctobcr 28. Grand musi
cal festival, by ho various singing so
cieties of tho oily and State. Also,
displays of the national sports of tho
nations, that sottled rennsylvania,
p.izes to bo offered to tho most success
ful participants.
Uriday, Uclobor 27. Military dis
play, with grand review of land and
naval forces infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery. Fireworks in the evening at
Smith's Island, opposito Philadelphia.'
At the suggestion ot the IJoimt ot
Managers, in order to obviate tho dif
ficulty caused by the length of time
between the regular meetings of tho
Association, the President was author
ized to appoint a permanent lixocutivo
Committee of fifteen, to have entire
charge of all arrangements for the
celebration.
A suggestion to arrango proper me
morials of the invention of the nautical
quadrant by Gndf'rew, ol the discovery
ol electricity by Franklin, ol the dis
covery of steam navigation by Fitcb
and Fulton, of tbe construction ol tho
locomotive by Baldwin, and of other
inventions or discoveries by Ponnsyl
vanians was referred to the Kxecutivo
Committoo.
VALISES THAT LOOK ALIKE.
UOW III PROVED THAT BIS WASN'T HKR'n.
If tho trunk manufacturers do not
quit making so many thousands of va
lises exactly alike somebody is going
to got into some awful trouble about it
some timo, and some trunk-maker will
bo sued for damagos enough to build a
court house.
The other day an omnibus full of
passengers drove up Irom the Union
depot Sitlo by side sat a commercial
traveler named William Macaby, and
Mrs. Winnie C. Dtimhlcton, tho emi
nent lady temperance lecturer. When
tho omnibus reached tbe hotel tho
commercial missionary seized his va
lise and started out. Tho lady mado
a grab after him and he halted.
"1 bog your pardon," sho said, "but
yon havo my valiso."
"Madam, yon are certainly mis
takon," tho travelor said, nourtoously,
but firmly, "this is mine."
"No, sir I" tho lady replied, "it is
mine; I would know it among a thou
sand. .Yon must not take it."
But tho traveler persisted and the
lady Insisted, and they camo very near
quarreling. Presently ono of the pas
sengers pointod to a twin valise in the
omnibus, and asked :
"Whose is that?"
"It isn't mino," said the traveler, "it
is just like it, but this is mine."
"And it isn't mine," said the lady,
"he has mino, and I'll have it or I'll
havo the law on him. It's a pity if a
lady can't travel alone in this country
without being robbed of bor proporty
in broad daylight."
Finally tha travelor said ho would
open tbe valiso to prove his proporty.
Tbe lady objected at first, saying she
did not want her valiso opened in the
presence of strangeis. But thero was
no othor means of settling tho dispute,
sho at length consented. Tho travelor
sprung tho lock, opened tha valiso,
and tbe curious crowd bent forward to
see.
On the vory top of everything lay
a big flat flask, half full of whisky, a
deck ol cards, and one or two other
things that nobody knows the name ol.
Tho traveler was first to rocover his
self possession and speech.
"Madam, he said, "yon are right.
The valise is yours. I owe you a
thousand apolo "
But tho lady had fainted, and the
travelor relocked bis valiso wilb a quiet
smilo.
Early in tbe afternoon a sign painter
down town received a note in a femi
nine hand, asking him to come to the
hotel and mark a red leather valise in
black letters a foot and a half long.
Burddtt.
When an Illiterate farmer was asked
by a prosocuting attorney If he was a
husbandman, be replied : "No, but 1
am to be married next month, and then
I shall bo ono."
A mtizzlo ovor a dog's month acts
at a suspender to bia pants.
il
AN IRISH UPLAND HOG.
rno.M iiEi.uruviA.
Hul k I A sudden sound of wind.
First, fur among tho hills; then com
ing nearer and nearer. Tho low,
sleepy lap of tho walor changes to a
livelier noto ns the waves coming
splashing up against the bank, setting
vory littlo rtisn and water-weed
a quivor. But it was only a passing
breeze ; presently it dies away ; tho
water aettlos to rest with a sleepy
gurgle ; the weeds and rushes leave oir
quivering; tha silenco setilcs, and in
all tho wido panorama of hill and plain
anil sea and sky, snvo tho birds over
head and tho Insects on the lough,
nothing seems to bo living and breath
ing except ourselves. Ona brighlcloudy
morning (tho two adjectives in Ire
land, at all events aro not so contra
dictory as they sound !) tho effects of
light and shade to bo seen from this
point aro sometimes very striking ;
flash following flash, shadow succeed
ing shadow, so quickly, so vividly, that
the shapes uro formed and lost again
almost beforo the cyo has timo to
detect them. Nay, even on a mero
prosaic afternoon" like tho nrosont.
which has nothing particular in tho
way oi atmospheric brilliancy to boast
of, there is beauty enough, and beauty
ol coloring too, in tho Bcono to sntisly
even the most insatiablo of eyes. Tako
tlieimmcdiato foreground, forinstonco;
Under tho opposite bank lies a broad,
inky-black shadow, abovo which a
high cornico of ling and heather nods
uulinuiu a, ll.llNUVblUII Ul'lUWi l.ll
a littlo further, whero the ridge pro
jects, tho ripples are following ono
another in long glancing linos, sending
a network of reflections upward as
they go. Hero tho tints are much
moro varied; black up to a fool or two
above the present level ot tho water,
from which point upward tho rock is
dappicd with lichens ot every shado.
from white to intensest most dazzling
orange, Abovo this, again, the grass
and heather stretch away until thoy
meet tho advancing line of fir trees.
whoso trunks tako up and repent tho
reds and browns of tho bog. Turning
onr head a littlo to tho right, wo seo
a dozen yards, perhaps, Irom tho bank
a small rocky island, scantily covorod
with thin, yollowish grass, a few dilapi-datorl-looliing
bushes hero and there
showing abovo the Btones. Two years
ago this island was one sbeot of young
birch and mountain ash, but alusl a
dry season camo ; and the water sank,
leaving a passogo lor tho marauders,
and now tho trees havo been parod
and gnawed down to tho very ground ;
tho destroyers In tins instance neing
not olono. I susnect. sheen or coats
but rabnils, which swnrm among tho
sandhills along tho edge of tho shore.
Leaving onr lough still dimpling and
sparkling in tho sunshine, wo again
sau n tor leistiroly on ward, and presen 1 1 y
como up to tho advanced outpost ot fir
trees a sorry. looking company.undor-
sized and ill disciplined ; anything, evi
dently, but securo In their position,
and much domineered over by tho
original possessors of tho soil, in tho
shape of big thistles and long, wiry
grasses and briers, which nave tbetr
own views on agrarian matters, and
havo no notion ol surrendering pos
session to now-comors especially
Scotch ones I From this to tho edge
the bog has been partially drained,
though alroady tho trenches aro moro
than ball filled tip with sphagnum,
which seizes npon overy fallen stick
and leaf and piece of bark, weaving
all into a platform upon which to raise
itself. Hero tho walking, it must bo
owned, is uncommonly bad, tho ground
rising and fulling in a succession of
crumbling heaps and oozy hollows.
Jluch ol it II still implanted, and baro
save for a springhng ol sodumsand
bedstrawsand pink flowered centaury,
and now and then a Inrzo bush. o
pass numerous bog boles, out ot which
tbe turf has beon cut, and tho wator
has sinco got in, forming pools deep as
wells and black as tho waters ol Styx ;
yet oven horo ferns and mosses havo
sprung up along tho edges, and tho
small white-pctaled crowfoot floats its
light cup uninjured on tno HiKy sur-
luco. In spots liko these tho bracken
is a public benefactor. Whero tho turf
has boon stripped and tho ground left
in bare and hideous nakedness, it Is
invariably tho first thing to spring up,
even Iho black uninviting sides ol the
cuttings being feathered with its
fronds. It does not seem to grow closo
and tail In such situations, but it Id apt
alter a timo to dio away, or "miff off,"
tho uardeners say; when othor
things spring up to take its place.
II A NDSO.iEI'L 0 WE IIS.
ThoGoldcn Gate Park Conservatory
at San Francisco, California, is now in
possession of two remarkable Ilorul
curiosities tho "Victoria-Kcgia," or
"Queen of Lilies," and tho "Holy Ghost
r lower. The former is rcmarkablo not
only for its gigantio proportions and
great beauty, but for its variety. Tho
plant in tho Conservatory was grown
from soed presented to Iho Park Com
missioners by Her British Majesty's
Consul, William Lano Bookor, having
been obtained by him from tho Koyal
(iardens at Kow, England. They were
planted in a pond especially prepared
lor tho propagation of tho lily ai tho
Conservatory, and it was tho first at
tempt to grow tho plant undor artifi
cial conditions on tho Pacifio Slope.
It has proved eminently satisfactory.
Thero are but few of these plants ex
isting outside of their nativo Amazon,
on account of tho difficulty of produc
ing tho conditions ncoessary to their
developoment. Tho principal flowers
ofthose species now in oxistence, which
have tieen obtained artificially aro
thoso at Kew Gardens, London, and
that in possession of tho King ol Ba
varia, tho production, ol wuicn cost
that monarch $.10,0(10, which would
seem to bo a ralher extravagant price
to pay for a single lily, largo as it was.
Tho leaves ot the Bavarian plant,
which wus grown at Stuttgart, reached
the extraordinary dimensions of eight
and nine foet in diameter. Tho speci
men of this wonderful flow :r tt tho
Park at San Francisco reached matur
ity, and somo anxiety was felt by tho
l'urk authorities as to wliuthor llioir
efforts to produco a blossoming plant
would bo crowned with success. They
wore much gratified when a largo bud,
the size of a teacup, roso abovo the
surface of the water, and at nino
o'clock In tho evening blossomed into
the largest and most gorgeous flower
ovor seen in that Stale. It is about
fourteen Inches in diameter, and is a
solt, beautiful pink in color. ( Ino of
tho most surprising features ol the
flower is a certain power ol motion
which it seems to possess, not only of
changing thn direction in which it faces,
but its position on tho water by a dis
tance ot sovoral feet, Thoso singular
actions of tho bud and flower excito
the wonder of all observers. The bud
begins to bloom abont four o'clock in
the aftornoon, bnt the Illy is not in
u,t;u lviiiivu vh mil: Bin. ui'Uluur limit, I i i i -.
,i,.n,i ... i. ..n kT. i- .color being of snowy whitcnosi, ex
RCr DI.TDl"
bloom until nine o'clock, and it remains
so until four o'clock in the morning,
when it quickly lolds its petals and
rUroats beneath tho surface of the
water. Tho flower lasts about four
days. The plant is expected lo bear
from ten lo fifteen flowors, and will
ceaso to bloom for about five months.
As the basin containing it, about thirty
feet in diamctor, is large onough to ao
commoduto but ono full-grown lily, it
is proposed to havo one partially grown
by the timo tho prcsont one has ceased
flowering, whon it will bo taken up
and tho now plant given possession of
tho pond. The ago of tho plant como
times reaches the ago of twenty years.
Tho plants grow very ropidly, matur
ing from tho seed in lour months. The
growth of tho leaves Is often pcrcepti.
bio from hour to hour, and they reach
their full sizo in ten days. Tho plant
has six niatnro leaves, each about six
leet in diameter, with vertical rim
around tho circumferenco throe inches
in height. Each leaf will sustain a
weight of one hundred pounds. Tho
Tho Conservatory is lighted with
Chinese lanterns and lamps with re
flectors, by means of which a strong
light is thrown over the gigantic flow
er, and it would take but little imagi
nation to bolievo it animated with moro
than vegotuble life. Tbe deep carna
tion of Iho centre seems "td blush at
tho praiso of its own loveliness."
Tho Pcrisferia Etata, or "Holy G host
Flower," is also an extraordinary
plant. In tho contro of tho blossoms,
in miniutiiro, is the figure of a dove, the
nn,,.: ,V .l I'.U.. .- A
v.-Miig tiiu njns, niiii.ii niu miuu
with brown, in tho attitudo of drink.
ing from a tiny fountain. Tho largor
petals ot tho (lower bond about tho
remarkable, figuro like an oval lramo
around some ptecoof delicate waxwork
Tho plant now in tho east wing of the
Conservatory is a remarkably large
specimen, the stock on which tho
blossoms sway boing five and ono-half
inches tall, and having tiltoen well do
fined buds; another stalk grown from
tho same bulb bein.r five feet tall, and
having twclvo buds. This remarkable
plant will conlinuo to put forth bios
soma from six weeks to two months,
when the parent bulb will die, leaving
two small bulbs that will, if properly
cared for, put forth stalks and bloom
on nearly the same time next year as
tho parent blossomed on this. Tbe
bulb of this extraordinary plant first
camo to San rrancisco from tbe lath
mus of Panama, whoro it is very com
mon. Tho residents call it "LI tspi.
ritn Santo," tho Holy Spirit.
SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT.
To avoid error on political subjects,
it is essentially important io observe
that society and government are dit
ferent and distinct things. The social
fabric arises out of tho private or do-
mntic relations such as tho relations
of parent and child, husband and wilo,
n.uctcr and servant, sc.; whilo govern
merit is founded on tho public relations
or man tbat is, tho rotations which
exist between a man and his country,
or the community nt largo. Ono of
tho ablest political writers ot tbe
American Revolution, speaking of the
origin and design ot government, said :
"Some writers havo so confounded
socioty with government as to leave
little distinction betwern thorn, whereas
they are not only different, but havo
different origins. Socioty is produced
by our wants and government by our
wickedness. Tho lormerpromotesour
happiness positively by uniting our
affoctions; tho latter negatively by
restraining our vices, iho ono en
courages intercourse ; the other creates
distinctions. Tho first is a patron ;
tho last is a punisher.
"Society in overy stale is a blessing ;
but government, even in its best stato,
is but a necessary evil ; in its worst,
an intolerable one; for whon we suffer
or are exposed to tho same miseries by
agovcrnment, ourcalamity is heighten
ed by reflecting that wo furnish tho
means by which wo suffer. Govern
ment, liko dress, is tho badge of lost
innoconco tho palaces of kings aro
built upon tho ruins of tho bowers of
Paradise for wuro the impulses of
conscience cleat, unilorm, and irresisti
bly obeyed, man would need no law
giver, tint tbat not being tbe case, bo
finds it necessary to surrender up a
part of his properly to furnish means
tor tho protection of the rest ; and this
ho is Induced to do by tho sanio pru-
denco which In every other case ad
vises him, out of two ovils, to chooso
tho least. Wborcforo, security being
the true design and end of government,
it unanswerably follows that whatever
form appears most likely to insure it
to us with the least oxponso and great
est benefitis preferable toall others."
American Keijis'.tr.
BEATS AYA A KEE.
The Yankoo is a bright sort of per
son usually, but as regards rascality
he must now give way to the p rench
man. In Paris, a rich Hungarian
countess condescended to bo present at
a performance in a Summer thentro,
she having lenrned that a Princess also
would grtteoitwith bor presence Iho
Countess wore two costly diamond
rings, which sho displayed with the
thought that thoy really wero moro
brilliant than tho gems worn by tho
distinguished leader in society in tho
box opposite Hetwcen acts the Lonn-
tess was visited by atellow in gorgeous
livery, who said, in the Hungarian,
that his mistress, tho Princess, begged
tho loan of ono of bor rings for a few
moments. Iho ring was banded to tbe
flunkey, who pocketed it and Hod.
Later in tlie evening tho Uountcss,
having met tho Princess, learned that
her precious diamond was gone. Tboro
was an exciting nulla Daiio, out tno
losor beforo she retirod received assur
anco from the polico that tho jewel
could bo recovered. Thoroforo she
was not surprised to be aroused on tho
following morning by a messenger
from tbe polico headquarters saying
that tho Unci bad been caught, nut
adding that, in order to establish own
ership, alio ought to forward tho com
panion ring lor comparison, i lie guile
less Hungarian complied. An hour
afterward sho learned that tho sup
posed police mcssago was bogus. She
bad lost both rings.
At tho commencement exorcises of
a college recently, a young man was
asked "What is love?" Ho thought a
minuto and thon said : "Its a sort ot a
leeling that you don't want any othor
fellow going around with bor.'
m
Mrs. Charlrt Dilcy, riltshurg, says,
she had Chronic Catarrh badly. Pa
rana cured hor perfectly.
Mrs. F. Simmering, Millorsvillo, Pa.,
had Ozena and Chronic Catarrh. I'o-
runa cured her entirely.
The lady who uses ber bnsband's
meerschaum pipe to drive lacks wun
should be reformed.
HUMOROUS SIDE OF YORK
TOWN 1781-1SS1.
71. the Kdilar of the llaltimorr Unzrtte .
Every grave struggle baa its humor
ous lido so overy important ovont has
its comedy and farce. The fact that
on Tuesday the French guests (de
scendants of the men who fought for
us in 1781 and to whom tho lot klown
monument was dedicated by Congress
quito as much as it was to Washinr;
ton) did not got to bo present at the
dedication, though all tho timo in sight,
is, while a mortifying contretemps, one
of tho most ludicrous incidents which
ever occurred. These visitors had
como 3,500 miles to attend this cere
mony ; they had been feted and mado
much ot ovory whoro, yet they wero
left aboard ship, neglected and forgot
ten in the hurry and confusion of tho
moment. Evidently tho masters of
ceremony at Yorktown never under
took such a contruct beforo.
Tho surrender of Cornwullis gave
abundant occasion for tho wits of tho
Revolution period to cxerciso their
quills upon. James Rivington, tho
red faced, affable printer of the llnyal
Gazette, at Now York, a clover but un
principled porson, who had done the
Tory causo good servico, and abused
tbo patriots roundly, came in for
rutlier moro than his share of these
lively sallies. Dr. Witherspoon, Presi
dent of Princeton College, wrote a
burlesque "recantation" for "Jonny,"
which Rivington published in good
faith. Freneau, tho Now Jersoy Tyr
taeus of tho Revolution, put Riving
ton's "Last Will and Testament" in
rhyme. 1 select two stanzas :
To Sir Hanrr Clinton, hi. nr. and behoif,
I le.r. my French hranile, of Terr good proof :
It will Rlr. bin fre.h spirit for b.ttl. and
laughter,
And make him foet bolder !7 land aj.d by watrr.
Mj ebei.tn.n and tab.., and other aueh chattel.,
I give to Cornwall!., renonn.d in battle. ;
llr moving of the, (not treeing tb. map),
Ue'll .xplain t Ibe King bow be gut in a trap.
Francis Hopkinson published an "ex
traordinary advertisement," purport
ing to emanato Irom Rivington. In
this ho is mado to say that "the Into
surrender ot Lord Cornwallis and bis
army, together with a variety of other
circumstances, having rendered it con
venient for the subscriber to rcmovo
to Europe," ho offers his remaining
stock at auction. Among othor arti
cles in tho catttlogno aro the following
hooks: "The Conquest of tho Four
Southern Robel Colonics, with notes
critical and explanatory, by Earl Corn
wallis;" "The Political Liar, a weekly
paper, published by tho subscriber;"
"Who'd Havo Thought It? or the in
troduction of tweiily-i'onr standards to
the Robel Congress. A play." "An
Elegant Map ot tho British Empire in
North America, upon a very BRiall
scalo;" "A Survey of Lord Corwallis'
HoutoThrougb theSouthorn Colonies;"
"The Batllo of Saratoga and the Sur
render ot York, two elegant prints,
cut in copper and dedicated to tho
King." Rivington is also advertised
as offering for aalo counterfeit Conti
nental currency by thoquiro. Riving
ton was himself a wit, and provoked
tho "Robels" sorely. Governor Liv
ingston, of Now Jersey, wanted his
ears cut off, and Ethan Allen, armed
with a big stick, went to his shop pur
posely to beat bim. Tho wily printor,
set out a decanter ol choico Madoria,
and the two enemies ended by dining
together and swearing eternal friend
ship.
Allen himsell, an obstreperous "ag
nostic after tho Older ol Tom Pane
comesin for a sharp fling Irom Lemuel,
Hopkins :
Behold bim more, ya .launch divine. I
Ilia tall beadbu.tling through th. pines!
All front b. ..etna like wall of bran,
And bray, tremendoa. a) aa ai. i
One band i. elench'd to baiter no.e,
Whll. 'tolher Mrawl. 'gain! Paul and Mcae..
Mr. Robert J. Ingersoll might havo
sat lor this portrait.
Iho ranid fliifhtot Jeucrson Irom
tliepursuitof Tarleton in tho beginning
of this campaign and the celerity with
which liaron tslouiion escaped irom
Arnold and wont to tho Blue Ridge
Mountains wero subjects of frequent
fun tor the lirilish. Iho Society ol
Tammany, of w hich John Kelly is now
tho not particularly ho'.ored sachem,
was lounded in ow lorn directly
after the Revolutionary War, and was
undoubtedly meant in the first instuneo
as a Democratic offset to tho supposed
aristocratic tendencies of tho Socioty
of tlie Cincinnati, founded at New-
burgh in 17811, by the surviving officers
of the revolutionary army. Mr. Hamil
ton Fish will hardly liko to beliovo
that tho voncrablo society which owns
him for its President was tho parent
nf Tammany (or Tamina as it was
first called), but history compels us to
acknowlcdgo fact. SENPaoNius.
THE PANAMA CAN A L. WORK
DONE.
Tho President of the American
Branch of tho (Do Lesseps) Panama
Canal Company has issued a statement
of tho condition of work. Notwith
standing tho obstacles encountered in
tho luxuriant vegetation and tho thick
forcsls, thore has boen oponed and ro-
corded transversoly to tho axis of tho
canal ovor 200 kilometers ot paths, and
also a passago from 20 to 30 motors
has boen mado Irom ono ond ol I no
Isthmus to the other, according lo tha
proposed lines of tho Canal Commis
sion. For mctoorologicnl studies, lo
which ospecial attention has been givon,
lour stations havo beon established at
Colon, Gamboca del Rio Grande, and
Naos Island. Goological surveys have
boen made and are now in progress.
It has been ascertained that between
Colon and Lion Hill tho canal will not
encounter any rocks. At tho present
timo two steam sounding apparatus
aro being put up similar to those at
Colon. At. this station the samples
brought up by the spoons havo given
exact structure ol the soil, It is
shown to bo a succession ol layers of
clay, roprosonting the degradations of
greenish pyroxenio nek, which
through its gradual degradations and
decomposition has produced this forma
tion. At othor places tbo ground, bored
to A donth ol 25 motors, has revealed
ovory way, instead of snocossivelirma
tines methodically arrnmrcd, a chain
of derived rocks growing softer and
solter. Tbe Ihioknoss ot the mollow
soil is quito remarkable, find, in a word,
Ibe soundmirs have civen results be
yond expectation on the Vfholo lino of
tbo c-nal.
Work on the canal lias boen com
menced. ThoCompany now have 200
cars, 12 locomotives, 2 pontoons, 2 steam
cranes, 18 flalboals, 2 dredges with
change pieces, ribbon saws, rails, etc., a
partot which it already at uoion and
luo remainder is on tho way. Tho
storehouses at Colon cover an area of
1,400 motors, and are full. Fivo barges
and two steamboats f ro plying npon
Chngret River. Another stoamboat
at I'anama it used for hydrograpbic
survoys of the bay. Scientific Ameri
can.
CAN.
SONG OF THE SEASONS.
Q.unl Winter Ringing flake, of .now,
Ieep burdening field and wood and hill ;
Dlai der., dark ni'bt., alow trailing fog.,
And blcnk.n.d air m.n and chill.
And .wift tb. aeaaon. circling ran'
And Mill lb.; change till all ui don..
Young Spring with premie. In ber .J...
And fragrant breath from tiewr mouth,
And magle tottdh.a for the nook.
Of budding Bower, wb.n windi. eoutb.
And aalft th. teaaon. eiroling ran
And ao thee change till all 1. done.
Tiien Rummer atand. erect and Ull,
Hitb early auuriae for lb. lawn,
Tblck foli.god wood, and glittering ..af.
And loud bird chirping, ia th. d.wn.
And .wift tbe .ei.on. eiroling run
. And tbey change till all li don.
Brown Autumn, qolet with rip fruit..
And b.y-y.rd. .t.cked with barrel gild,
And fiery flu.be. fur tb. I.avea,
And .11. nt eloud-ikiea aoft outrolled,
At.d ao tb. waeone circling run
And llli tbey change ull all II don..
Swift rpted. our life from I... io more.
Tn. child, tbe man, th. work, th. r.11.
The aohering mind, tbe ripening aoul,
Till yonder .11 i. bright and bleat.
For to the rcaiona eiroling run
And .wift they change till all 1. done.
Vra, yonder If Indeed the orb
Ot lite revolve, round eectr.1 light.
For ever true to central force
And .teadfait, oomee the balm or blight.
And eo Indeed tb. aeaaona run
And lait i. beat wb.n all i. done.
THE GREA TEST CROP OF THE
WORLD.
A question widely discussed involves
the relativo valuoof tho wheat, cotton.
tea, and hay crops ol tho world. W hich
of theso products involve the greatest
amount of Iho world's capital ? It is
said by tho Hail Reporter that hay
leads the rest, and tho items that enter
into tho account as stated are some
what startling. Cotton and tea are
local crops, whilo hay Is produced
everywhere tho world over, and tho
hay crop greatly outweighs either of
luo other two. Iho aggregate re
ported value of all farm products in
the I'niled Stales for 1870 was 2,
447,538,(158 ; but us this includes addi
tion to stock, "betterments," etc., it
wus probably loo high then, but tho
census of 1880 will no doubt show
even larger figures. Now the hay crop
for 1870 that is, the grass dried and
cured for use or sold is reported at
over 27,000,000 tons. This, at half
the selling price in the largo cities,
would amount to $405,000,000, and is
far greater than tho aggregate homo
value of the cotton crop. But the
"cured" hay is but a portion of tho
grass crop. Tbo other portion is used
on tho ground, and it requires consid
erahle calculation to get at the value
so used, oven in the roughest way.
In tho first place, livo stock, includ
ing horned cattle, horses, sheep, swine,
otc, to tho vitltio of $1,525,000,000,
wero led trom it that year. Averag
ing the lives of those at five years, we
have ono fifth of that sum as represent
ing tho grass fed to them in 1870, viz.,
1305,000,000; noxt, wo find the value
of tho animals slaughtered for food in
that year to bo f3UD,000,000 ; and as
this is annual product, the wholo of it
will, lor tbe present, bo creditod to the
grass crop; next, we find that the but
ter crop of 1870 was 514,000,000.
pounds ; which, nt the low average of
za cents, amounts to 12H,OUO,000 and
this goes to tho crodit of graBS ; next,
wo havo 225,000,000 gallons of milk,
which, averaged at the low estimate
of 10 cents per gallon, adds (25,000,000
moro to the crodit of the erase crop ;
then we have 100,000,000 pounds of
wool, at 25 cents a pound, adding 825
000,000 moro, and finally, 53,000,000,
pounds of cheeso at 10 cents, adding
over (5,01)0,000 to tho total of theso
credits to tho crass crop of 1870, whicn
aggregates (sH7,000,000.
Now let us add tbo value of the
"hay"crop as given abovo vix., (105,
000,000 and wo havo a grand total
lor "hay" and the products of grass
consumed on tbo groundhmounting to
(1,202,000,000. This is, ol courso, sub
ject to deduction, as tho milk, butter,
cheeso, and wool producing animals
consume other looil besides grass and
hay. To muko amplo allowanco for
this, wo deduct tho entire value of tho
corn and oats cropB of 1870, estimated
at (270,000,000, and this leaves a re
mainder of (1,082.000,0(10 to be cred
itod to tbe hay and grass crop of tbat
year, when tho reported aggregate of
all larm products was (2,447,428,058.
If our estimates mako even the rough.
est approach to accuracy, tho value of
that crop wus two-tilths of tho aggre
gate valuo of all farm products, and
henco wo may infer that two-fifths of
tho capital then invested in agricultu
ral pursuits was devoted to Iho grass
crop, and this in the United States
equals (in round numbers) (4,575,000,
000. From these figures the deduction
is palpublo that King Cotton is un
crowned and dethroned.
lUnCINd AND ITS EfFCCTS. This is
what tho Journal of Education says
about dancing and its consequent el
I'eclB : A grcut dtnl can bo said about
dancing ; for instance, tho Chief ol
Police ol Now York city says that
three fourth ol tho abandoned girls
thero woro ruined by dancing. Young
ladies allow gentlemen privilege in
dancing, which taken under any other
circumstances, would be considorod as
impropor. It requires neither brains
nor good morals to bo a good dancer.
As tho lovonfono increases the lovool
tho other decreases. How many of
the host mon and women are skillful
dancers? In ancient timos tho sexes
danced separately. Alcohol is the
spirit of beverages. So sex is the spirit
ol the dance ; tako it away and lot the
sexes dance separately and dancing
would go out ol fashion very soon.
Parlor dancing is dangerous. Tippling
leads to drunkenness and parlor darn
ings leads to ungodly balls. Tippl;"K
and parlor dancing sow to tho wind
and both reap tlie whirlwid. Put
dancing in tho crucible, npp-'y tho acids,
weigh it, and tho verdict of reason,
morality and religion is, "Weighed in
tho halonco and found wanting.''
Gospki. I'Ans. Boston has a new
notion. Somebody in Boston wants
to know, through iho Journal, of that
city, hy "Gospol cars, as well a
ni'ukliig cars, should not be attached
to passenger trains ?" and a car director
on tho Old Colony railroad, named
Harris, makes reply through the
Journal that the suggestion is an en
tirely practical one, and says: "Jliere
are hundreds of Christian mon, who
delight in the worship of God, who
spond Irom six to twclvo hours per
woek on thn railroad between borne
and business. Now, why not nlilize
this time to tho glory of God ? What
a fitting It would be for the business of
the day. Instead of card tablet havo
an organ or piano, have the teats ar
ranged facing the centre of tho car.
Instead of spittoont havo a carpet ; in
stead of cards havo Bibles and Gospel
song books. 1 venture twenty years'
railroad experience that tho thing is
practical,"
Tho way of tho trangrcssor it European.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M.i. MoQBOWIf.
The Bachelor'! degree was conferred
on 850 graduates In Now England last
commencement season.
The largest publio school building
in tho world is tbe new Latin ana
English High School ia Boston.
The Chicago Board ol Education,
by a vol ol eight lo lour, hat restored
corporal punishment to tbe city schools.
Tbe school property of Girard town
ship presents an inviting appearance,
tho houses having boon recently painted
and now outbuildings erected. .
tlKQGRAPH Y BEU1SS AT UOUt.
Recently Iho Slate Superintendent
of Virginia ecnt a circular tolhe County
Superintendents, requesting them to
send diagrams ot the various town
ships, with the several school-bouse
marked upon them. Out of tevoral
h'indred, ho received throe replies.
Tbe others mainly were unable to
sketch the simple diagrams reqnirod,
or did not know the boundaries of
their own townships.
A little girl in Scotland, upon say
ing that she studied geography, wat
asked where Glasgow was. She re-
Kliod that she did not know, that tha
ad gone only as far as Asia. Every
teacher will understand this reply, who
recollects how our geographies are
mostly constructed.
A plain, practical farmer in thit
Stato visiting tbe district school, ques
tioned tho class in geography as to tha
distance In the next village. That
was not in tho book, and no one could
answer. "Just as I expocted," was
his blunt remark. "Yon know all
about Africa, the north-polo, and the
moon, but nothing about your own
township."
Whoro such a stato of things exists,
Irom SuperinUiidenU down, it may
well be asked, Is our method of teach
ing geography tho bost? They do
this thing bolter in Germany. First,
the class is taken out of doors and
taught tho points of the compass ; thon
in tho room, then to locate by their
direction the objects of the room and
school grounds ; then they are taught
lo mako a diagram of the room and of
the yard and to locate tho various ob
jects in them, or what is bettor, to
construct tboir outlines wilb a mold
ing, board and sand. Then they pro
coed to the village, the brook, lake or
other natural features and principal
objects, always kooping in mind their
relations to the points of tbe compass,
to each other and tho central point,
and .so on, tho neighboring cities,
Slates, etc. ? Thus their own country
becomes wonderfully minuteand oxs t.
But geography, liko charity, should
not remain at home. Tho ignorance
of even well educated foreigners as to
this country is proverbial. A gentle
man from San Francisco visitinir En
gland was asked if he know Iho brother
of tbo questioner, who was in America.
Inquiring as to what part of America
the brother lived in, the answer was
"Nicaragua."
Iho youngest geographer in this
country would hardly make such a
blunder. But certainly the atudy of
goograpny should begin at borne, and
like all studies, should be mado as real
and practical as possible Wbat chil
dren can toe and handle, thoy know.
What thoy are told or learn from books
is vory uncertain and unsatisfactory at
best.
KnVCATWHAl EXHIBIT.
It is hoped tbat teachers Laving
collections ol scholars work, including
mineral cabinets, drawings, paintings,
specimens of penmanship, or anything
executed by scholar! will bring thorn
along and have them on exhibition
during tbe week, at tho approaching
Connty Institute.
PREMIUMS.
A (10 Prize. The Insliluto, at the
instance of the Connty Superintendent,
will pay (10 to the school prosonling
the !iif educational display. To se
curo the premium, however, the fol
lowing articles muBt nppoar in the
display :
An elegant prize Irom Gen. J. A. M.
Passmoro, Pennsylvania agent lor D.
Appleton & Co., will bo given to tbe
teacher who can present the best cer
tified statement ot his or hor work last
year, 1880 81. Tbo same to be con
spicuously printed upon crod board
containing the following items :
1. Tho copy books of tho entire
school.
2. Specimens ot plain and orna
mental penmanship.
3. Autograph book containing
specimen autographs Irom all pupilt
except tbe primary grades.
4. Cards, 6x8 inches, containing
the "Lord's Prayer," printed by pupilt
of tho 1st, 2d and 3d Reader grades.
fi. Specimens of social, business and
descriptive letters Irom the 4th and 5th
Header grade.
(1. Business forms, notes, receipts,
checks, i.ccount,eto., from tho advanced
pupils in the school.
i. Manuscriptsof monthly or term
examinations, outlinos of study, and
school room mottoes oontrived and
executed by tbo pupils.
8. Essays written by the advanced
pupils upon the "Dignity of labor."
11. Specimens of drawing sketches
(from nature) executod by tbe pupils
of tho school.
10. Tho teacher's roport book ol
tbo school and programme.
To these ton teqnirements may be ,
added such othor article at will make
tho display attractive, and exhibit
more fully the work of tho pupilt.
To all articles must be attaohed tho
name of the scholar oxoouling thorn.
A (5 Prize. Rev. William II. Dill
will pay Iho above for the beet map of
Clearfield connty exocutcd by any
scholar in the county. (3.00 to be
paid lor Iho best map drawn by any
pupil over 14 years of ago, and (2.00
for tho host map drawn by any pupil
under that ago.
1. Number of pupils in atlondanca.
2. Percentage of attendance for
each month an-i torm.
3. NumKr and age of all pupilt
who studied all the common school
branches.
4. Number and namea of all pupilt
who attondod every day of tho tchool
torm.
5. Number and namea of all who
received no tardy marks.
G. numbor ot timet the rod wat
used in the tchool.
7. The number who received 100
in deportment for the term.
H. Iho miscellaneous exorcises of
tho school.
I. Numbor of visitors and their
names. 1st, Directors; 2d, teachers ;
31, minislors and 4th, parents.
iu. A briet explanation (printoaat
bottom of card), giving the methodt
adopted for bringing about tba results.
Prof. A. R. Read will sivo hand
some set of Lippinootl's now readers
tn tho teacher exhibiting tbe most
attractive specimens of drawing and
plain and ornamental penmanship.
The County Superintendent will
give a new Reading Chart to tht teach
er of any primary school who presen tt
the best written thesis npon "1'nmary
Teaching," the same to be published
at tho close ol the Institute Cost ot
chart (5.00 .
Schools and teachers desiring to
compete for any of tho abovo prices
should notifiy ut by letter at early as
December 10, stating which prfx they
expect to apply lor. All exhibit
must o placed in in nantit oi jur. n.
T. Spackman, Superintendent of that
department, not later than Monday
afternoon.