Eaucastet intelligencer. THURSDAY EVENING, JUl7 7, 1881. Toe Mauy Doctors. In a multitude of counsellers there Is said te be wisdom ; en this conviction people are went usually te act in times of trouble, and especially de they in cline, when they lie at the deer of death, te summon te their succor many doc tors. But experience has often taught the little wisdom of such a course, and few people or geed sense and calm judg ment will dispute that a patient's safety lies in the quality and net the quantity of his physicians, and that his chance is best with one or two geed doc tors attending him. who are sole tenants of the responsibility of the case, and who are net hindered from prompt action by awaiting consultation, or embarrassed by the danger of conflicting opinions. In almost everything in life it is much safer te trust te the decisive action of a single individual of geed 'sense for the successful discharge of an imposed duty. We have always found that executive functions are very imperfectly discharg ed by commissions and beards, and even where the duty is one of thought and net action, as in legislation, it is a question whether it is net better performed by a few than many. A multitude of counsellers is a questionable benefit, the old saw te the contrary notwithstand ing, in any case ; but from many doctors at least every sufferer has reason te pray te the geed Lord te deliverhim. The president has tee many. Four doctors sit en him and find it necessary te sign their names te the bulletins which give the public minute facts which might be as well stated by the nurse. If they would reserve their combined certificate for the statement of their judgment as te the patient's state it would seem less silly. We distrust the sound judgment of doctors who se unnecessarily thrust themselves en the public notice, te say nothing of the matter of their commu nication ; though they seem fairly sub ject te criticism in deeming it worth while te publish the very style and manner of the presidential evacuations. The people are greatly interested in the president's condition and want te knew the varying phases of his state ; but we don't believe they care te be told when lie changes Ins linen, or lakes his milk or like matters, though we can ab sorb this information with mere patience than we read the four names iterated in certification of these details. Dr. Bliss appears te have established himself as physician in chief by supplanting the family physician, whom he charged with addiction te the same method of gaining notoriety of which lie himself was giving se conspicuous an example. His con duct in his rencentre with Dr. Baxter does'net inspire confidence in his discre tion ; and we incline te consider that among the dangers threatening the pres ident shot by a crank, is the succor of another. Tin: possible succession of Arthur te the presidency revives the discussion of his alleged Canadian birth. There is a geed deal of foundation for the story, and of course its truth would make Ar thur ineligible te the presidency. He has, it is true, been invested with the vice presidency, but this was done, nobody opposing. It may be a different mat ter when Congress is called upon te re cognize his title te the presidency, and it may refuse te se, if his birth is chal lenged, until it has investigated the truth of the allegation. Yet we knew of no particular method of raising the question. The constitution prescribes that no foreigner shall be eli gible te the presidency ; but if one is elected and claims the office who is te deny it te him, and hew is his ineligibility te be determined ? Arthur's title te the vice presidency having pass ed unchallenged, the existing officers of the government could net well refuse te recognize his claim te the presidency ; yet public sentiment runs se strongly against Arthur that Secretary Blaine might be sustained in an undertaking te keep him out of the presidency If he could plausible show that he was a " Unrated Britisher." The Democratic members of the com mittee of the Xew Yerk Legislature te investigate the alleged bribery there find that jierjury was certainly commit ted by one of the implicated Republicans or both bribery and perjury by the ether. This is an irresistible conclusion and no aiueuut of hair splitting or Jack Bunsbyism should be allowed te obscure the issue, which, after all, can only be fairly and finally determined by a court and jury, with full powers te en force and extract the testimony, and de termine the truth. The honor of the great state of New Yerk demands this judicial investigation, and the validity or its senators' credentials may depend upon it, for the Democratic majority of the federal senate will net admit any man who comes te its deer with pur chased credentials. Their honest ma jority has been wrested from, them by the bribery of Mahenc ; restored by the resignation of Conkling and Piatt, it is net te be taken away by men who secure their places by fraud or corruption. Mk. Tildex thinks that one thing which is taught us by the assault en the president is the necessity of taking away the incentive te such a crime by depriv ing the president of his universal pat ronage. Every four years there is a grand gift distribution of many thou sand offices, and these who don't get the prizes arc made savage, while the whole country is demoralized by the scramble. There is no doubt that if lot teries arc an evil this political lottery is the chieiest of all, and needs te be sup pressed. The only way te de it is te make the tenure of office independent of the will of the-executive ; but if Mr. Til den can point out the way te effect this he will de mere than any civil service re former has yet been able te de. The man who was "wounded just where the president was " is new rapidly coming te the front with a claim for dis tinction that he never before seems te have thought of. PEBbONAl Sir Edwakd Thounten, the British minister, transferred from Washington te St. Petersburg, sailed from New Yerk yesterday for Europe en the steamship Bethnia. Hen. Themas J. Edge, the energetic and wide awake secretary of the Pennsyl vania state beard of agriculture, has ac cepted the vice presidency of the great international cotton exposition, te be held at Atlanta next fall. As early as last October it has been found that Guitteau wrote te Garfield as follews: "I, Charles Guitteau, hereby make application for the Austrian mis sion. Being about te marry a wealthy and accomplished heiress of this city, we think that together we might represent this nation with dignity and grace. On the principle first come first served, I have faith that you will give this application favorable consideration." J. C. IIuesten', Londeu agent of the as sociated press, while at Ems en his vaca tion, walking with his daughter across a bridge ever the river Lahu, noticed a drowning woman in the stream. He plunged into the water without divesting himself of any part of his clothing, and finally reached the shore in safety witli his new unconscious burden, after a severe struggle, in which for a time it was doubtful whether he could come oft" victor and save his own lite, as the paralyzed crowd en the river bank did net even ex tend a cane te assist him. The rescued lady proved te bu a patient in a neighboring hospital, from which she had wandered in delirium. MINOR TOPICS. Tue New Era has a monopoly of the discovery that Charles A. Dana, of the New Yerk Sun, was the assassin of Geu. Garfield. The commissioners of the public build ings in Philadelphia ask for another mil lion and a quarter te make them bigger and uglier An American woman s one of three of her sex who have received medical di plomas in Paris. One of the ethers is an Italian ; the third hails from Russia. Net long age the whele world was watching with interest and doubt Dr. Tanner's trial at starving forty days. Yes terday the Chicago mail, Griscom caught and passed him without attracting much notice. After Columbus stands the egg ou its point anybody can de it. Next Saturday England's, queen will review, in the great park at Windser, the largest gathering of volunteer troops ever assembled, from all parts of the country. The feice, comprising one hundred and fourteen regiments of all arms, will num ber mere than fifty thousand men. The Duke of Cambridge, commander-in-chief of the army, will be in supreme command of the volunteers. The Prince of Wales will march past at the head of the Honor able artillery company of Londen, of which he is captain-general, and the l)nkc of Connaught will have command of the Second division of the Second army corps. Prince Edward, el' S;ixe Weimar, will command the First array corps, and Gen eral Sir Daniel Lysons, K. C. 15. , the Second army corps, and the occasion will be made a holiday for all Londen. And new there turns up in Pittsburgh, of course one Washington Beck who tells that, coming home from Europe last week in the " British King," the com pany assembled at the dinner table last Fiiday were startled te have Capt. Leckey say te them, " We will meet the pilot about five o'eleck en Sunday afternoon and the first words he will say will be, ' President Garfield has been assassin ated.' " Remember this was the day be fore the attempt en the president's life and while the vessel was in mid ocean. It turned out exactly se. The pilot beat met the steamer shortly after live o'clock Sunday afternoon. The sea was slightly rough, and after some little trouble the pilot reached the ladder and hastily climbed ou deck. When lie reached the deck he was out of breath, but started for the bridge. One of the passengers asked, " What is the news ?" The pilot turned, and as well as he could, as he regained his breath, answered, 'President Garfield has been assassinated." Mr. Handy, of the Press, is referred te by Beck as cor roboration of this sterv. STATE ITEMs. The Westmoreland county bar the death of A. A. Stewart, esq., its brightest members. Frank Ditch, aged 11, son of a has been drowned at East IJrady. mourns one of miner. The Garfield oil well, rig and lank, iu the Bradford region has becu burned en tirely. James Rich's child, at Duncannon, has died from a peanut shell lodging in its windpipe. Win. Mclvaiu, a farmer, driving spring wagon across the P. R. R. Deny, was struck and killed outright. The first payment has been made 200,000 en Hamilton Disston's purchase of $4,000,000 acres of laud in Flerida. Thieves broke into Squire Meycr's office, Bethlehem, drilled open his his safe and burned his docket. Courtland Hayes, twenty-two months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Jehn C. Mc Govern, died in his mother's arms en route from Pittsburgh te Chambersburg. Michael Brennau, from the West, visit ing the chief of police at Scrauten, went in bathing, was taken with cramp and drowned. Gustavus H. Veu Ryan lies in a Phila delphia hospital in a critical condition from the effects of a beating, at the hands of AI. Hall, for whom the police arc searching. An unknown man was run ever and killed while passing through the tunnel at Tbirty-secend and Chestnut streets Phila delphia. E. Hoever his. companion was uauiy injured aoeut tue liead. Michael Krcisenderfer shot and killed Kate Smith, with wbem he had been liv ing, and then committed suicide, in Pitts burgh, ou Tuesday night. Jealousy was the cause. Themas Marshall, a well te de and re spectable farmer, aged about seventy, Hv ing iu upper Chicester, Delaware county, fell from his wagon while leading hay, and striking en the back of his head broke his neck. Jeseph Herb, abeilcrraakcr, efErie, had been inside of the boiler, which he was re pairing. The furnace of the boiler is sup plied with natural gas. The boiler became filled with gas, and he had just reached the man-hole when the gas exploded and shot him out like a cannon ball. lie LANCASTER DAILY struck the ceiling, thirty feet high, and fell te the ground a lacerated and bleeding mass. CHIME AND DISASTER. Owing te the Dispensation! of Providence 1 ana the Wickedness of his Creatures. A large knitting factory at Caledonia, Ontario, was burned yesterday. Less, $20,000. One man was killed and two ethers in jured by the caving in of a sand pit near Augusta, Georgia. James Copper, employed in the Standard oil works at Jersey City, was killed by the falling upon him of a barrel of oil. William Bard was found dead, with his skull crushed in, en a hillside near Dead Dead weed. Edward Nulan, a tailor of dissipated habits, committed suicide by taking lauda num in Staunton, Virginia. F. C. Ryder, superintendent of the ci ty delivery at Providence, Rhede Island, shot and fatally wounded himself in a fit of in sanity. Amelia Bacen, a Wilmington young woman, about twenty years of age, was se affected by her father's participation in a drunken row, that she was thrown into spasms, from which she died. Deulter. who murdered his divorced wife, in Chicago, en Sunday, and subse quently escaped from jail, has been found lying dead outside the city, with the top of his head blown off and a pistol by his hide. The south bound stage en the El Pase and Chihuahua line was attacked by In dians about one hundred miles south of El Pase and four passengers and two drivers were killed. One passenger es caped wounded. In New Albany, Iud., William Willis and Rebert Prunetr, French scttlcre, agreed te settle au old dispute with pistols. They fired six shots at each ether at ten paces. Willis was shot dangerously in the mouth and is dying. Jehn S. Avilar, X years old, brakeman en a shifting train, was struck by the pole of his engine en the P., W. & B. railroad and sustained injuries which resulted in his death shortly after. He was an entire stranger, and said before dying that he was alone in the world. Henry Allen, colored, was killed in a harvest field, near Mt. Sterling, Ivy., by Dick Freeman. Allen had refused te work and threatened Freeman, when the latter cut his threat. Parties were at Allen's house next night te lynch him for an assault upon a woman, but they found him already dead. A five-year-old colored girl was shot dead in the lower part of New Castle county,"! uciaware, en Sunday, by a man who says he "pointed a gnu at her in play." Nicholas Jehnsen, a colored man of 80 years, was found dead near Blackbird Hundred, in the same county, en Tuesday night, with marks of violence en his per son. larricutes. Charles E. and Albert P. Talbot, sen tenced te be hanged at Maryvillc, Missouri, en the 22d instant, for the murder of their father, Docter P. II. Talbot, have made a confession. Charles says "lie responded te his mother's call for help, and upon go ing down stairs he found her en the fleer and his father kicking her. His father asked for a revolver, and Charles seized a gun and shot him in the back. His father, knowing that he had received a fatal wound, told the sons te deny the sheeting for the sake of their mother, and te say it was the work of an assassin." A Jsloedy Tar. At Jersey City early yesterday morning. Captain Henry Tayler, of the schooner River Queen, went en beard the schooner Yankee Deedle, lying alongside his own vessel, and, without apparent provocation, assaulted Captain Frederick n. Reeder with an axe. Tayler, after nearly cutting eit one el ltecder's legs, broke the ether with a club. Captain Neah Crammer, of the schooner Excel, went te ltecder's as sistance and was shot in the abdomen by Tayler, who had obtained a gun. Officer Speer, attracted by the neise, went en beard te arrest Tayler, but was compelled te retreat before Tayler's axe. Finding a detective named Bowe, they returned te the vessel, aud Tayler continuing defiant, Bowe fired three shots at him, two of which took effect in his legs. Tayler then jumped overboard and swam about in the river for half an hour before the officers could capture him. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The steamer Newport has just made the trip from Havana te New Yerk in three days, one hour and fifty-six minutes the quickest passage en record. The council of Atlantic City has deter mined te suppress at that place all gam bling or games of chauce, and net to?ssue licenses for peel wheels or ether gam bling purposes. During recreation hour iu the Reform .school at Wcstbore, Massachusetts, en Tuesday, fifteen boys get into the paint shop and escaped by sawing out the bars of one of the windows. The steamship Quinta has am Victeria, British Columbia, with 50 ived at 500 Chi uamen. llie collector of the nrnvinci.il school tax attamptcd te collect the tax as the passengers landed, and was roughly hustled about by the Chinese, two of his assistants being severely beaten. At neon yesterday the beginning of the fortieth day of his fast, Griscom weighed 15:U pounds, a less of one pound iu twenty-four hours, during which he drank 02 ounces of water. His pulse was 53, respi ration 13, and temperature 97A. He has test -lej pounds in weight since the begin ning of his fast. In the Grand Pacific reading room in Chicago an unknown scamp poured forth "a stream of insulting and filthy lan guage" towards President Garfield. He was knocked down by another stranger who overheard him, and who was a Con federate soldier under Stonewall Jack Jack eon. The electric light at. Niagara new is strong enough te reach the Horseshoe falls and penetrate the huge clouds of spray. The American falls are reached at every point and form a beautiful view. New reflectors have been placed in such a position as te threw strong rays of light en the rapids just above the falls, which resemble a huge sheet of quicksilver, the whole forming a magnificent illumination. THIS COMET DIVirED. Separating into Twe 1'arts, One or Which Carries Off the Tall. Professer Stene, of the Cincinnati ob servatory, has discovered that the comet is separating into two parts. The line of separation is horizontal and divides the nucleus into two about equal parts. The upper half is the part te which the tail is attached and is carrying the entire tail off with it. The lower part appears like a half moon and is slowly falling away. It is, of course, tee early te speculate as te what track the two bodies will pur sue or what their destiny will be. Profes Profes eor Stene states that when the separation was first observed by him it appeared as though a dark line had been drawn through the nucleus. The division is new very manifest. There is a precedent for this behavior of the present comet in that of Biela's lest, comet, which iu 1845 suf fered a similar accident, for which no ex planation has ever becu given. The comet separated iu two distinct parts or quite unequal brightness, se that thare were two apparently complete comets instead of one. During the mouth following the lesser of the two continually increased two continually increased until isl.-iml became equal' te its compauieu. Then it I INTELLIGENCER THURSDAY, JULY 7; 1881 grew f mailer and iu March vanished en tirely, though it companion was still plainly seen for a month longer. The dis tance apart of the two portions according te the computations of Professer Hub bard, was about 200,000 miles. The next return of the comet took place in 1852, and was looked for with great interest. It was found still divided and the two parts were far mere widely separated than in 184G, the distance being increased te about 1.500,000 miles. Sometimes one part was the brighter and sometimes the ether, se that it was impossible te decide which ought te be regarded as representing the principal comet The pair crossed out of view about the end of September,1852,and have net been seen since. . THE HEATED TKKM. Fatalities of the I'lcnlc Season. The accounts of the poisoning by lemon ade at Warrenburg, Missouri, were exag gerated, none of the victims died. Twe hundred persons were severely sickened, near Keeta, Iowa, en the Fourth, by eating ice-cream made iu a copper bottomed boiler. Sixty or mere picnickers were made very sick for a while en the Fourth, at Eagleville, Connecticut, by drinking cof fee prepared in a copper boiler. New Jersey temperatures were reported yesterday, of 90 in the shade at Leng Branch, 98 at Red Bank and 101 at Seuth Ambey. Iu Philadelphia it was 9S. The het weather has caused a rapid rife iu the mortality rate In New Yerk. Twe hundred deaths, a large portion of the victims being children, were reported yes terday. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. F1HK MATTEKS. Attempt te ISurn the American Engine lieusc. About 6 o'clock last evening fire was discovered in the cupola of the American engine house, en Church street near East King. An alarm was sounded, the fire men were seen en the ground and the flames were extinguished before any great damage had beeu done te any part of the building except the cupola. Hew the lire originated is net positively known but it appears very probable that it was set en fire by some one well ac quainted with the premises, and probably by one of the gang who make the house a headquarters for their debaucheries. It is saidjtfiat a party of young men some of whom were intoxicated, were in the house at the time the fire broke out ; aud fur ther that a bundle of cotton waste partly burned was found in the cupola. Denunciation of the American. A well-informed citizen writes us as follews: That Mayer MacGonigle had geed reasons for saying that most of the fires are incendiary, and that the incendi aries are the worst clement among the firemen, was proven conclusively last evening in the attempt te burn the Ameri can engine house. Ne one will venture te say that the lire was accidental, a3 it was in the cupala where no one had any occasion te go unless for the purpose of having a fire. Would it net be infinitely better for the geed name of the city and for the credit of the many gentle men who compose the ether fire com panies that the American should be disbanded or cut oft" from the city appro priation. We admit that at times the American does geed service at fires, but then we have eueugh ether companies composed of geed men that, they can easily be spared in the department, which their conduct lullv proves. It is notorious that the members of this company are supplied with beer by the politicians from the time the primary election contests open until they close. Whether by the consent of the company or net, it still remains a fact that such is the case. Of course this company has some very geed citizens aud gentlemen among its membership, yet they are greatly overbalanced by the rowdy clement, whom it appears they cannot control. Hew much better it would be te have a paid department, then the rowdy clement would be scattered, aud have no place of resort. Then we would net have these drunken firemen going around after a fire begging for beer for the services they have performed, and in some cases using tnc name of a reputable company se that their demands may be mere readily granted. Lnder a paid department we would net have the almost continual requests from our citizens te buy a ball or pieuic ticket, te contribute toward fairs, or repairs of the apparatus or houses of different com cem nics. We feel quite sure that a majority cf firemen of this city (and when we say lire men we mean the gentlemen composing the different companies and hoc the beer bummers and hangers-en) would vote for a paid department, and give it their hearty support in any emergency, in case it was established. The gentlemen of the fire department well knewtbat all that is said against the firemen is net intended for them, and the rowdy clement should knew that the citi sens are becoming tired of their conduct. -:.' Sleeting et Firemen's Union. The following communication was handed te Majer Hewell this morning : Lancaster, July 7. 1881. Te Charles M. Hewell, President of the Vily Firemen'. i Union : Deau Sin : We the undersigned mem bers of the city firemen's union petition you te call a special meeting of the union at an early day te consider the grave charges made against our department by certain persons representing certain cer poratiens, and te devise some means te protect and defend our department from these assaults and calumniations. Signed P. S. Geedman, Shiftier, Samuel B. Cox, Sun, Daniel L. Tp.ewitz, Friendship, J. K. Baku, American, Walter M. Fkanklin, Humane, A. II. Hammend, Washington, ILvunvN. Hewell, Empire. Upen receiving the abeve call, Mr. Hewell directed the secretary te eall a meeting of the union for Saturday even -ins at eight o'clock in the hall of the Washington company. Arranging rer Heading. The delegates from the several fire com panies te the state association have been requested te meet in the ellice of Alder man Ban- tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in order te make arrangements te have the Lancaster delegation quartered to gether during the sessions of the state as. soqiatien in Readiug next September. The Siamese Y hese coupling, for the purpose of uniting and concentrating the streams from two steamers or plugs through a single line of hose, aud of which a satisfactory test was made en the 4th of July, was made by Jacob R. Waters. Wheat Burned. Yesterday afternoon a field of wheat which had net been cut, belonging te Eli Myhn whose farm lies along the line of the Quarryville railroad, near the water tank. caught fire from the spark of a locomotive. The field contained between 12 and 15 acres, and least G acres of the wheat were entirely destroyed. The flames were ex tinguished by the hard work of Mr. Mylin's employees and neighbors. Proposals AsKed Fer. Attention is called te the advertisement iu another column, asking proposals for the erection of a boiler house and four boilers, at the Lancaster water works .f., w..n,ii..:.i . !.,., i- Harnish's saw mill a TEST OF TRAINING. THE 31ILLKU3VILI.E EXAMINATION. Intellectual Whntstenes for Nermal Wits. The Otieatleiw Submitted te the Graduat ing Class. The present week is the occasion of the examination of the members of the grad uating class of Millersville state normal school. These examinations it will be remembered are made under the direction of the school department of the state. The examiners are Dep. Supt. Heuck, Prof. Themas, principal of the state nor mal school at Mansfield, Prof. Nitraucr, Ber. Supt. of Lebanon, and Prof. Buehrlc. of Lancaster. The examinations in the practice of reading, book-keeping and vocal music were oral. Physiology was emitted. There are IJ9 members in the class and the fol lowing are the questions submitted te them for answers in writing : 1. Orthography. 1. Write two primitive words, and form derivatives from them. 2. Hew does a compound word differ from a derivative? Illustrate. e. Classify the letters according te the organs required te produce the sounds rep resented by them. 4. Hew does syncope differ from aphacr esis ? 5, What is the object of learning te spell ? The following words were dictated for written spelling : Lief, leaving, leaf, be lieving, conceive, conceit, receipt, recipe, syncope, granary, sovereignty, deleblc, in delibe, concealing, rhythm, vermilion, mil lion, clairvoyance, bier, beer, leer, rear, Humboldt, tenon, sieve, stupefy, apprehen sible, accordion, moledeou, inseparable, conscientious, conscious, unconscionable, intelligibly, metaphysically, cITaccmcnt, pristine, principle, principal, rarefy, 31a canlav. Tuesday, Wednesday. February. Christmas, Phidias, gauge, rise, rice, eclat. A. Heading. " This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pine and the hemlocks, Hcarded with mess, ami in garments green, indistinct in the twilight. Stand like Druids of eld with voices sad and prophetic" Stand like harpers hear, with beards that runt en their besoms. Loud lrem its rocky caverns the dccp-veiccd neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail etthc forest." 1. Name the quality of voice, the pitch and the rate required in reading the above. 2. What pauses are required in reading poetry that are net required in reading prose :' . vji wnai use te tue reader are marks of punctuation ? 4. Explain what is meant by " murmur ing pines," "bearded with mess," "Druids," "eld," "voices," "accents," " the wail of the forest," " hemlocks." 5. What words show that pines are old? Why are they compared te harpers ? ::. Grammar. "The chariest maid Uprediyal enough, If shu unmusk her beauty te the inoen . Virtue itself 'scapes net calumnious stroke. The canker galls the infants of the spring. Toe elt before their buttons be disetes'd A nil i the morn and liquid dew of youth Contagious blastments uremeU imminent. 1. Aualyze the 6th aud 7th lines. 2. Parse the words italicized. 3. Decline "their" and "maid;" com pare " chariest." 4. Write a synopsis of discles'd in the lirsl person, indicative active, progressive form and passive in the present and pres ent perfect tenses. 5. low it is determined whether " strokes " is a noun or a verb, " before " a preposition or an adverb '.' 4. Rhetoric. 1. Sean the first three lines, naming feet aud metre, and mark iug their quan tity. 2. This being an extract from Ila.nlet, designate and define the kind of poetry it is, and name the author. e. Name and define the figures of rhet- etic in the fourth and fifth lines. 4. Which would be likely te use mere figurative lauguagc a Sioux Chief or Gcerge Bancroft? Give a reason for your answer. 5. Define the essential properties of style. 6. Hew does a barbarism differ from a solecism ? 7. Discriminate maid and girl; enough and sufficient ; infant, babe and child. 8. Define rhetoric and defend the study of it. G. Arithmetic. liH .3-5 I Simplify 51 Sen II. The difference iu time between Buf falo and Cleveland being 11 minutes, what is the difference in longitude? III. What is the exact interest en $140.40 from Aug. 29, 18C4, te Nev. 29, 1803 at Gi per cent.'.' IV. If a staff 5 ft. easts a shadow ft., hew high is a steeple whose shadow at the same time is 90 ft.? V. A man walks 100 miles in two days ; aud one third of the distance walked the fust, added te one-fourth the distance walked the second day, equals half the distance walked the first day ; luw far did he walk each day? VI. If I buy salt at J of a cent a pound, and sell it in butter at 25 cents a pound, what is my gain per cent? VII. A man gave $18310 for horses and sold a certain number of them for $7990, at $83 each, and by se doing lest$10 each ; for hew much must he sell the remainder te gain$21S0 in the tranactien? VIII. A triangular box is fi ft. en a side, and 4 ft. high. Hew many bushels of wheat will it held? IX. What would ba the cost of IJ sticks of timber 8x10 inches, and 32 ft. long at $12 per thousand feet? X. The joint stock of a company was $5400, which was doubled at the end of the year. A put in half for three fourths of a year ; B two-fifths for half a year, and C the remainder for one year, new much is each one's share of the entire stock at the end of the year? C. ISetany. -I. Describe the different kinds of weedy tissue, and mention the plants and parts of plants, where they are respectively found. II Describe the parts seen in the trans verse section of a dicotyledonous stem one j car old. III. Define a rhizome, creeping stem, tuber, bulb, corn and tubercle. IV.- What is the difference between in determinate and determinate inflerescenc ? Enumerate the kinds of each respectively. V. Describe the structure and dcvcleD ment of the anther. VI. Give the essential characters of the following natural orders ; Malvace:e, Ros Res acea;. Compesitje, Polygenaccie, Iridace:c and Mclanthacc:e. T. (Joefcraphy. 1. What is supposed te be the reason why the earth is flattened at the poles. 2. Name the two great mountain sys tems of the United States, the four great rivers, the largest four cities, and the three great sea-ports. 3. Why does se little rain fall en that part of Seuth America west of the Andes? 4. What is the length of the longest day at the Equator, at the Arctic Circle,and at the North Pele ? 5. Name a large city in Europe noted for its manufacture of cotton cloth, one noted for its silks, one for its linen. G. What part of the United States is a plateau or highland ? Why docs it have less rain than the Yallev of the Miss iss ippi? 7. Name the two great rivers of Seuth America ; two of Africa ; four of Europe. 8. What ceuutry produces the most cot ton ? which the most sugar ? which the most rice '? which the most coffee ? 9. By what two great commercial routes can we travel around the world starting from New Yerk ? 10. Why does the climate of Labrador differ se materially from that of England ? 8. Algebra. I. Find the greatest common divisor of ex square minus '2x minus and or square minus llx plus G, II. Facter 1 plus c cube also y cube mums 1. III. Expand (?,x minus 5) cube. 1 . Given Cr minus 1 divided by the square root of tlr plus 11 plus the square root of &r minus 1 divided by 2 te find .r. V. Given x plus 10 aud .r multiplied by the square root of 12 te find x and y. VI. A and B together sheet 100 arrows at a target. A put in 11 arrows out et 12, and B 5 arrows out of S. Hew many must each sheet that they may put in SO arrows between them ? VII. A person walking along the read in a fog, meets one wageu aud overtakes another which is traveling at the same rate as the former, and he observes that be tween the time" of his first seeing and pass ing the wagons he walks 20 yds. and 60 yds. respectively. Hew far can he sec iu the fog ? VIII. The continued product of three numbers iu geometrical progression is 210, and the sum of the squares of the extremes is 1528. What are the numbers ? . noeiuetry. I. Prove that any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. II. Arc the triangles whose sides are proportioned" te 2, Z, 4, and 8, 4, 5, re spectively right-angled or net? III. Prove that the area of a rhombus is equal te half the rcctaugle contained by the diagonals. IV. When is a straight line said te touch a circle ? What is the segment of a circle. V. If a : b :: c : d, prove that am : bn :: cm : dn. VI. What is the difference in area be tween a rectangle GO ft. by 40 ft., and a square which has the same perimeter? VII. What are the three regular fig ures which can be used iu paving a plane area .' bliew that no regular figures but these will fill up a space round a point. 10. Latin. Divico respeudit : ita llelcelien a major majer ibns suis instilutescssc, uti ebsides acciperc, non dare censucriut ejus rei pepulum Remauutu esse testem. Hee respense date, discessit. 1. Write a translation of the above as nearly literal as t!iu English idiom will al low. 2. Decline majeribus, rei, pepulum. IJ. Give principal parts et rcwendit. acciperc, esse, dare. 4. Parse the words italicized. 5. Write two derivative English words from each of five Latin words given above, naming the Latin words taken in each in stance. G. Who were JJieiee, Jleleeliex, ebsiden, Jvpuliim, Jlemanum, C;csar ? 7. What were Ctesar's commentaries ? 11. II 1st or)-. 1. What land did Columbus first dis cover and when ? Hew many voyages did he make ? What reward did he receive for hisdisceverics ? When was he buried ? 2. What nations explored the future United States ? When and by what nation was negre slavery introduced? 15. What were the chief causes which led te the Revolution? What was the stamp act? Who was Patrick Henry ? 4. Describe the attack en Fert Moul trie. 5. When did Washington take command of the army, and hew large was his force ? Hew did he force the British te evacuate Bosten ? G. When was the Declaration of Inde- lcndence accepted by Congress ? What did it declare ? What became necessary after the Declaration ? 7. When, where, and te whom did Bur Bur geyne surrender ? AVhat was the agree ment iu this Mirrrendcr ? 8. Describe the surrender of Detroit during the war of 1812. 9. What were the causes whieli 1ml in the war with Mexico? What was the treaty of peace between the United States and Mexico ? 10. When, where and with what result was the encounter between the Kearsarge and the Alabama' Hew was slavery abolished in the United States? I-.'. Con.ititutlen. 1. What is a constitution ? 2. What are legislative powers, and iu what are they vested ? e. Hew arc senators and representatives elected? Fer hew long a term of office? Hew is their number determined? t. j i vacancies nappen in tncreprcsenta tien of any state, hew are tfTey filled. 5. Who is president of the Senate ? Can he vote ? (. AVhat is impeachment? 7. When shall Congress assemble ? Can it assemble at any ether time? Can a member be arrested while Congress is in session? Hew de members receive com pensation ? 8. In whom is the executive power vested? Who are eligible te the efiice? Hew are the president and vice president elected ? 9. What power has Congress in regard te the territories and ether property .belong ing te the United Slates ? l0. What is the supreme law of the land? Who are bound by oath te support it ? l'". Mental I'hllwseuhy. 1 . Shew hew we come by three forms of mental activity. 2. Is consciousness a distinct faculty of the mind ? Why ? i. Distinguish between sensation and perception. 4. Upen what, docs a talent for descrip tion of objects depend ? 5. Is it possible by a voluntary effort te recall what has gene from the mind ? De scribe the process. . Explain "probable reasoning " and give an example. 7. Docs civilization promote patriotism? Explain. IU. Natural I'lUloaephy. 1. A bar 4 feet C inches long rests with its ends en two preps, and a weight of 480 lbs. is suspended from the bar 20 inches from one of the preps. Find the pressure en the preps. 2. State aud prove the principle of Archimedes concerning bodies placed in fluids. Explain why cork floats in water, stating all the forces which act en it. . Describe the single-barrel air pump, and explain its working. If a barometer be under the receiver, hew will it be affected by working the pump? 4. State hew you conceive sound te be propagated through the atmosphere : state also its velocity in air and in water re spectively. 0. What arc the two kinds of spectacles necessary for long and short sight? Ex plain hew it is that they remedy these de fects. C. If you leek into a concave spherical mirror, and arc sufficiently close te it, you see an enlarged and upright image of your face, but when the mirror is suffi ciently distant, the image which you see is diminished and inverted. Explain the formation of the two images. 1-1. Teaching. 1. Define the science of teaching and name three of its leading principles. 2. By what methods may the reasoning powers be cultivated ? 3. Distinguish between an Empirical science and a Rational .science. 4. Give an example of syuthesis in teaching. 5. Give the characteristics of geed ques tions, and give examples. G. Who are the streugest opponents te the public schools and what are their ar guments ? TlIK ,I17KV WHEEL. l.lnt of Names Drawn July O. 1881. Names of 21 grand jurors te serve in a quarter sessions court, commencing Mon day, August 1.1th : Henry Dietrich, merchant, W. Lampeter. Isaac Miller, farmer, E. ileinptieUI. White Switt, farmer. Fulton. David Miles, tinsmith, nth Ward. citv. Jehn K.OitlVnbaelL gentleman. Sd Ward.city Alkert U. .Sin ten. hardware. Etrl. Samuel W.IIuruish.machiuist, Manheiin twp. Henry W. sliantz, cigarmaker.SthWanl. citv. Kphraim Newcomer, larmer. W. llenipneld Carpenter Weaver, shoemaker. Earl. .lehn Sharp, butcher, Elizabeth township. .lames Uunlap, dentist, Manheim Ailam Sclieurenbrund, tailor. Sh Ward, citv Jehn II. Wissler, merchant, Warwick. Jehn McKillips, gentleman. Utli Ward, citv. l'hilip l.ebzelter, turner, (Jtli Ward. city. " Harry I.ejinaii. blacksmith, K. Lampeter. J. Fred Sener. lumber merchant, Manheiin township. Geerge A. Marshall, hardware, .ith War.i. Harry IS. Keist. tanner. Munhriui twp. Henry E. I.eman, jr.. clerk. Cth Wanl, citv. Jeseph Aiken, innkeeper. I'anulise. Henry Humphrey vilie, tinsmith, W. llciup tield. C. A. Derrick, larmer. MaTtk-. Xames of -is petit jurors te serve in a quar ter sessions court, commencing Monday. Angina 1.1th : Hcn,rv..M- ?""weliiian, larmer. E. lleuiplield. A. T. McClcllcn, farmer, Sadsbury. Jehn Marsh, gentleman, Salisbury. Herace Urasli.ceachiuaker. Warwick. Jeseph Penrose, gciitlumau. Orumere. Jehn Header, innkeeper, Warwick tJeerge 1. I.etever. fanner, Eden. I.. II. Shelly, merchant, Warwick. Fred Cicrtli, cigariuuker. Maner. F. O. Musscr, clerk, 'Jtli Vi.l, city. J. ;. Zeek, tobacco dealer. 4th Ward, city. A. W. Shober. gentleman, Warwick. Tayler Nichelson, blacksmith, Conestoga. t. I.. ISewmaii, marble-mason, llrcckneck. Adam Iiennlseu, tanner, t'oney. Jehn II. Stclmmn, tobacco dealer, W. lleuip lield. Christian Smith, weed dealer. Kphruta. Win. Kiddle, book agent, tlth Ward, city Martin Andes, wheelwright, W. Hciupticld. t rank t:. Pan tier, silver plater, Mt. Jey ber. David M. (.iron, fanner, Salisbury. laac Murr. blacksmith, J.enceck. Antheny Maxwell, laborer, 7th Ward. city. JelinC. I.ichty,hlafk.-mith.i;th Ward. city. iienrgu M. Knight. shoemaker, Sadsburv. Francis X. Scott, farmer. Celcraiu. Ames Herr. fanner. Providence. James Sterling, laborer. Marietta. Edward Miller shoemaker. Caernarvon. Henry Stantler, saddler. Druinere. Eli Itebcrts larmer, Washington ber. Henry Eckinan. laborer. Providence. Frank l(. liresh, merchant, Mt. Jey twp. Jehn Albright, blacksmith, K. Denegal. Uehert s. MeClure. rainier. Hart. Andrew KudWill, tanner, Sth Wanl, city. Ueerge.W. Harris, tobacconist. Ith Ward. Ames 15. Shumaii, larmer. .Maner. Jehn E. l.autz, tanner, Strasburg twp. Daniel Laiulis, farmer. E. lleuiplield. Win. ISalz. saloon keeper. Ilh Wanl. city. Jehn .I.McUenui'll, carpenter. Marietta. ;uuiuci Arms, tanner, Columbia. ity. Antheny Ernst, ceachnmker. Maner. Names et .10 petit jurors te serve in a com mon pica court commencing Menday.Aiigust Daniel I.ee.cx-iustlc; Salisbury Otte Kelaud, t dier, ISieckueek. II. I.. Kachuian, clerk, Columbia. Israelii. Erb, serivnia. I'eiui. Jeseph Kautz. shoemaker, Stli ward citv. 1. II. Lynir, lailer, 2d ward, city. Sam'! Hear, blacksmith, E. Lampeter. E. D. ISreckunridgc, laborer, Lancaster twp. Jehn llersliey, larmer. Hth ward, city. Tlia-ldeus S. Dickey, clerk, :S I ward, eily. Christian llrandt. tanner, E. Denegal. I-aae Ccerge. tanner, Warwick. David F. Ilaruish, farmer, I'cquea. J. II. Ei-isman. innkeeper, Lancaster twp. IS K. Eshleman, tax collector, Mt. Jey twp. Harry Worst, jr., merchant, Salisbury. Andrew tioeti. tanner. Conestoga. A. .1. McCemiey. tanner. Hart. Henry II. Mctzgar, carpenter, 4th ward. city. A. W. Ualdwiu, merchant, 4th ward, cily. .Samuel Wcehter. merchant, E. Earl. Abraham Fraiikhenscr. farmer, Ephrata. Henry Shelly, larmer. Itaplie. Jno Kame.gate keeper. W. lleuiplield. Jeseph N'eisen, fanner, Salisbury twp. II. M. Ensmiiiger, printer, Maiiliciiu ber. Jehn It. iSrcueman, painter, Itaplie. Jacob Stehniaii, gentleman. Warwick. James D. Winters, cigannaker, Eplirata. Frank IMIeuscal, cigarinaker. E. Dencgjil. Cyrus limner, lumber dealer, Celiimbi-i. Martin Hammend, tanner. E. Earl. Jehn C. Lewis, justice, Drumerc. Win. C. Kates, tanner, E. Denegal. Andrew U- l-andis, rarmer. Mauheim twp. Jehn Miller, larmer, ltaphe. Ellas Winters, tanner, strasburg two. Patrick Mws. larmer. Martic. Cyrus Xewpher, carpenter, E. Ear!. David iiricker, merchant, Warwick. D. II. Sel len burger, larmer, llrcckneck. .lames Lint.jr., tanner, W. Denegal. Addison Eaby, surveyor. Elizabcthtewii. Preston Smith, tanner, Drumerc. Ames L. Eshleman, tanner, I'anulise. Jehn Kah!, brickmaker, Warwick. Chas. Landis, tobacco larmer, II. Leaeeek. Jeseph Wissler. farmer. Clay. Peter Kuckwalter, carpenter. E. Lampeter. Wm. II. Kinccr, tanner, Drumerc. Names or M jurors te serve iu a common pleas court, commencing Monday. Auinst2! lSSi: " " Cyrus Miller, mnrblc cutler. Adaiiistewn. David Kei-er, blacksmith. Sadsburv. Henry Furlow, laborer, nth ward, city. Isaiah Maxwell, turner, '.nil ward. city. l'ierser. Sample, blacksmith, Caernarvon. Charles C. Dennelly, paper lianger.Sth ward, tlly. Jehn II. Herr. farmer, .Maner. Henry Espenshade, larmer. Little llritain. Heward L. Townsend. merchant, Sadsbury. Kcah Kecil, clerk, ISart. Isaae Hoever, blacksmith, I'cquea. Michael S. Mctzler, Innkeeper. E. Lampeter. Frank Ceclienauer, larmer, Providence. Jnsiau Beyer, farmer, ISart. Edward IS. Cunningham, gentleman, :;d ward, city. It. D. Herr, gentleman, Strasburg twp. Christian Neir, carpenter. Maner. A. F. Slaymaker, Justice. Salisbury. Jacob F. Kautz. coal dealer. 7th ward, city. Frederick Fricker, farmer, Uaphe. E. II. Uhoilcsceachmakcr. E. Cocalico. Samuel Biiikley, fanner, W. Cocalico. Uriah Eckert, tanner. Paradise. Themas McCewau, farmer, Sadsburv. Jacob Diirciutertcr, butcher. Earl. H. It. JSrenciiiau, agent, sth ward. city. Henry Mayer, lariuu . E. lleuiplield. i.enj. IS. ISrenemaii, farmer. W. Hemplibld. Wm. Haker, laborer, Columbia. Jacob Dun weedy, tinsmith. II. Leaeeek. Lewis M. Spar, carpenter, Ceney. Abraham Leng, tanner. E. Lampeter. I. I!. Samson, briishinaker. tii ward, city. Ames IS. Miller, merchant. 1th wanl. city. Jehn Scheel?, mill hand. "Ih ward, city. David Vnhii, drover, W. lleuiplield. Jacob Themas, mason. Providence. Win. Cellins, farmer, Celcraiu. Mathias Shank, laborer, W. Denegal. .Martin S. Cresi, innkeeper. Clay. Lewis M. Fisher, tailor, Utli ward, cit v. L.15. Studenretb, merchant, Warwick. Jehn O. Mentster, merchant, W. Cocalico. Cyrus Lingcrticld. ceaclimakcr, Salisbury. Paris llaldemau, iron merchant, W. Hump lielil. ' Jeremiah M. Iluhn, cigar dealer, Mauheim ber. Win. fiarvin, laborer, 7th Ward, cily. W. W. Fetter, justice. Adumstewn. Aaren Weir. mason. Clay. Wm. Lindsey, laborer, Columbia. Name el Se jurors li serve in a common picas court, commencing Meuday, September David Uingwalf, merchant. E. lleuiplield. S. F. Call, merchant, W. Iauip:tcr. James Potts, gentleman. 'M wanl, city. J. Harrison llarrar, merchant. Salisbury. ISenj. F. Wearer, rarmer, Salisbury. Jacob M. Frantz, farmer, Lancaster. Charles E. Anult. clerk, Maiiliuiui ber. Edwin C. Mussulman, fanner, Strasburg twp. C S. Truman, merchant, Celcraiu. C. W. Slniltz. miller, Eden. Christian Stibgcn, gentleman. Marietta. Lewis Tedd, carpenter, Drumerc. Ccerge W. Sener, carpenter. Columbia. Samuel L. Hoever, laborer, W. Cocalico. Markley Oldham, miller. Little ISritain. W. II. llersliey, farmer. W. Cocalico. Jeseph Hoever, larmer. W. Eari. Jacob lscnberger. tanner. Providence S. W. Altick, ceaclimakcr. 1st ward. citv. Charles Elllnger, bartender. 3,1 wanl citv. Henry C. Herr. gentleman, Mt. Jey. beK Jehn F. ISalr, blacksmith. E. Heinpileld. Isaac Speng, plasterer, Warwick. Christian Keller, laborer. E. lleuiplield Ames llersliey, merchant, Leaeeek. t. it. Ditrcnderffer, editor. Ctli ward, cily. h. P. Mellvalne, farmer, Salisbury. Jacob Howater, foundry. Columbia. Tobias Lcainan. farmer. E. Lampeter. David Wertz, larmer. K. lleuiplield. r . K. Ciirran, clerk. Marietta. Samuel W. Tayler, grocer. :ih ward, city. W. K. Ucrliart, siirvever.Oth ward, city. Israel ISair, merchant. Earl. Cee. W. Cramer, beltmaker, 3d wanl, city. CerncliusTcttcr, miller, I'ciin. Sum'l ISnibakcr, merchant, Minheiin. Jehn Evans, retired, Columbia. Hartley Simpsen, farmer, Martic. ISarten 1. Kcatn, fanner, K. Cocalico. Themas Whitman, justice. Fulton. Abram Shaetrer, tanner, Mt. Jev twp. I'aul Myers, gatekeeper, E. Lampeter. Rarten Lerah. blacksmith, Ephrata. Isaac S. ISair, fanner. Earl. Cee. M. JSergcr. tobacconist. 7th ward. city. -Jacob G. Ol.'lwciler, tarmcr, W. Uencal. KHa Campbell, cigarmaker. stli ward, city Klias llestettcr, coal dealer. Mt. Jey ber. Truman Wallace, produce dealer, Sadsbury i-niiip uerines, merchant, sth Ward, city i;. kiiic liaer. uoek merchant, Cth Ward, c ... ""J , vigm iiiuui-r. .-.in n aril. CUV. wm. (ieiten, blacksmith, E. Heiuplleid.
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