LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER THUKSDAY NOVEMBER 1(5, 182. fUmcaster Jntelltgencer. THXJB8DAT K VKNIHCr NOV. 16, 1863, --, - T"""i -- '"T J Nrt tte Slffkt Movement. Ten out of the fifteen Democratic members-elect from Philadelphia to the lower House met yesterday and resolv ed that Mr. John E.Paunce was a fit man for speaker, but, upon the determined opposition of two or three who were pre sent, a pledge to support him for that position was stricken out, and hence the council was not a caucus and its action was not effective. It is very well that it ' so turned out, not that we are now pre pared to say Mr. Faunce should not be speaker or will not be speaker, but the proposed action of some of his Philadel phia colleagues was premature and ill advised. It smacked entirely too much of methods which the Democratic party must get away from. Mr. Faunce an nounced himself as a candidate almost as soon as it was found that his party had a majority in the Assembly. It may reasonably be presumed that the Phila delphia conference was summoned to secure a solid delegation there for such effort as could enlist for Mr. Faunce other supporters over the state, and had it been tied with the proposed pledges, there would have been at once begun huckstering with country members for the minor offices on the hill, many of which the better judgment of the public demands should be abolished. For this reason, as well as for the fact that the sugges tion of Mr. Faunce's candidacy has thus far been purely local and personal, it is gratifying that the caucus called to se cure pledges for him failed. Much more to the purpose would have been a council of the Philadelphia members-elect to inaugurate the work of eradicating the legislative abuses which exist at Ilarrisburg, and the nature of which he and Mr. Furth and Mr. Dona hue and Mr. Crawford, at least, are well aware of. Let them assemble and re solve to give their best efforts to correct the spoliation now going on, and to abolish all the supernumerary offices now attaching to the House. Such a policy would be a far greater recommendation to Mr. Faunce, and would give the Phil adelphia delegation more weight than their action yesterday. Mr. Bullitt, we observe, wants no faithful officers of the House removed. As the Philadelphia Times remarks, the full acceptance of his proposition will not likely " prove in any way embarrass ing. The officials about the capitoi at Ilarrisburg who ought to be retained in office are not numerous enough to inter fere materially with the spoils." Be sides, the next House organizes anew. There is no opportunity to " continue " old officers. It may re elect some who have been there. before, but the election of better men and better Democrats in their places is not an ouster of those who held them before, as their tenure of office expires with the body which elect ed them. . The United States Senate will con tinue to be closely balanced in the next Congress, though Senator Davis will not be present to hold the scales between the parties. Mahone and Riddlebergcr may possibly be able to give the Republi can party a majority, which it is certain that it cannot have without their votes. It looks now as though they would have this power. For all purposes they should be classed with the Bepublicans, as the Democrats have no desire for their support, even should it be offered them. We have made a great deal of political strength by the relegation of all these political scrubs to the Republican party. It is the load of them and their misdeeds which carried the party down in these elections. It would not be profitable to us politically to secure the control of the Senate by an alliance with the Mahone party. The Senate committees are in the hands of the He publicans now, as are the House com mittees and the government depart ments. In spite of this the power of the country is in the hands of the Democ racy. The people have put it there, and the senators cannot change the disposi tion, however they make up their com mittee8. The Hoar family in Massachusetts has been buried by the election as deeply as the Cameron family has been here. The election of General Butler was ob tained by the votes of the Bepublicans of the state, who did not believe that fellows without any very brilliant parts should be permitted to absorb the honors and profits of the party upon the strength of their long repose upon them. Butler's election was a rebuff of the swallow tailed Massachusetts Republican element by the less aristocratic sentiment of the party. The demolition of the Cameron's here had 'not this destructive feature, because there is not much of an aristo cratic perfume hanging around the Cam eron shattered vase; but the Hoars and the Camerons were both leeches ; and they have both been shaken oil' very roughly, the plebeian and the aristocratic specimens of the blood sucker being floated off in the sewer together. The pending inquiry into the loss of the Jeannette seems to be pursued in the fashion habitual to such inquiries, the effort being not to discover how the disasters of the expedition occurred, but to conceal the causes that led to them. The inquirers seem to have private in formation which satisfies their curiosity, and they do not consider that their duty requires them to make public anything that will be disagreeable to anybody. So far the public has an impression that the expedition was sent out in an unfit ves sel with unfit supplies and an unfit leader ; and this impression is probably correct though the investigation does not confirm it ; but it is evidently not intended to. SurEniNTEXDKNT Hiquee's plea for a broader and more liberal culture for the teaching fraternity, and for a more substantial recognition of their labors, will find a warm response in the heart of every true friend of education. It is not possible that the standard of culture can be maintained without co operation from every quar ter. The teacher's road is an uphill one, and the difficulties encountered should so far as possible be smoothed from his pathway, his opportunities en larged, his compensation not stinted by a false economy. They are brave words the superintendent spoke to his fellow educators, and show that he is in earnest sympathy with the great work confided to his care. More than twenty members elect of the Forty-eighth Congress are natives of Ire land. Tfao green island is bound to have a representation, even if the has to come to America for it. While Chairman Jewell, of the Repub liean national committee, is preparing fur the oampaign of 1834, Secretary Dorsey is preparing fur the second Star Route trial. Hoth expect to have their hands full. Secretary Teli.ek believes the Repub lioans of Colorado " won a substantial victory " iu the recent election, notwith standing the fact that the Democrats ap pear to have captured pretty much every thing there was at stako in the shape of offices. A few moro such victories, Mr. Secretary, and you are undone. How odd it isthe dramatic critics are writing of Mrs. Langtry as if they really expected her to be a good actress. Why, everybody else understood that was not in consideration at all. Her business mana ger simply undertook to exhibit a pretty woman on tho stage. If she comes up to the beauty standard, she fills the con tract. It looked for awhile as if a six years' cycle in Illinois politics had brought the Legislature of that state around to the condition of party equipoise it was in when Judge David Davis was elected sen ator. But there appears now to be a clear Republican majority of twelve on joint ballot, which is not encouraging for Judge Davis' hopes or expectation.", if he had any. The selection of Colquit, of Georgia, as United States senator, to succeed the late Senator Hill for the long term, is one which can be contemplated with satisfac tion. Gov. Colquit' s administration of the interests of Georgia gave eminent satisfac tion to all, and as one of the leaders of tho movement for the regeneration of the South from Republican carpet bag meth ods, he wid tako high rank iu the noxt Congress. The December number of the North American Review, just issued, contains a ten-page article by General Grant, in which, under the title of " An Undeserved Stigma," he reviews the case of Fitz John Porter." Tho illustrious writer concludes, "from military considerations, that the finding of tho court-martial was erroneous, and that a great wrong was dono to Gen. Porter, which ought to be undone as lar as is now possible, and as speedily as pos sible." The secretary of the interior decides that parties who have settlod on a tract covered by an existing entry acquired no rights prior to cancellation of the entry. " The right of claimants resident thereon at the date of cancellation, in tho absence of other considerations, should be con trolled by the equities, and they are in favor of the first settler, whose good faith is manifest, and whoso settlement and im provements wero notice to all others. The preference right acquired under the act of May 14th, 1880, by virtuo ol contest, is personal, and cannot be transferred." m m PKBSONAL.. Mrs. Caukkox, wife of the senator, has returned to Washington with health en tirely restored, after the illness that re cently threatened her life. Thorlow Weed, who celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday, is now the oldest printer in New Tork state, hiscompanion, uran j oiiett, Having removed to Unio. Mrs. Robeson, einco her husband's de feat in the recent electiou, has decided not to move into her palatial new house in Washington this winter, but will go to Europe. Chalmers, of Mississippi, sent the fol lowing telegram to Ben Butler : " Green ada, Miss., Nov. 9 Ben Butler, Lowoll, Mass. : Fort Pillow Chalmers to Beast Butler, greeting : Both in. Shake !" Pope Barrow has been elected United States senator to fill tho unexpired term of the late Benjamin H. Hill. Ex-Governor Alfred H. Colquitt was chosen for the full term, commencing March 4. Dr. John B. Wood, "The Great Ameri can Condenser," late of the New York Sun, was given a farewell reception at the Astor house last evening prior to bis de parture for St. Louis, where he will edit the Evening Chronicle. Edward Holrotd, the wealthy hermit who was recently robbed and tortured at his home, near Cincinnati, has consented that a German family shall occupy the lower part of his solitary house, and pio- tect mm from further molestation. Rev. Basil Wilberforce, the English teetotaler, has been widely reported as having stated at a meeting that he would not give his wife brandy, though it were to save her life. Mr. Wilberforce writes that ho never said anything of the kind. Miss Genevieve Ward, the talented American tragedienne, who seems to have fully recovered from the illness which recently threatened her life, opened the Gaiety theartre, in Dublin, October 30, with her 650th representation of ''Mar quise" in Forget-mc-Not. The audience was large aud enthusiastic. Car Works nursed. Tho car and carriage wheel works,' loca ted at Huntingdon and operated by Blain Brothers was almost totally destroyed by fire. The fire originated in the paint shop. The flame from a hand lamp ignited a barrel of lamp black and benzine, Fred erick Cleve, foreman of painters, was se riously but not fatally burned. The shops contained thirty-five or forty narrow gauge box cars, all of which were de stroyed. Four hundred men are employ ed at the works and two-thirds of them will be thrown out of work temporarily. The loss is not yet known, but is fully covered by insurance. The works will be rebuilt immediately and it is expected they will be running with the full com plement of men in two weeks. m A Triple Tragedy la Indiana. A well-to-do farmer named Jasper Spaulding, living three miles from Raud, Ind., knocked his wife and son senseless with a whiffletree and then cut their throats with a razor, after which he cut his own throat with the same weapon. His mother-in-law, on visiting Spaulding's residence, discovered the whole family lying dead on the floor of the kitchen. The cause ol the act was insanity. BRAVE BEAK HANGED. IHK KHD Or A SAXAUK DKXVJCKADO. The Indian Murderer of .losebli Johnson Fay tbe Death 1'enaltjr for Hit Cold-IMooded Crime. Matoogilekc, or Brave Bear, tho Indian, was banged in the jail yard in Vunkton, Dak., on Wednesday, for tho murder of Joseph Johnsou. a white man, near Fort Sully, on May 15, 1879. Tho gallows was erected in the jail yard. Nearly three hundred, officials, reporters aud clergy were admitted. Tbe execution was wit nessed by largo numbers of peoplo from adjacent houses, though the law requires tbe execution to bo private. Brave Bear manifested no fear, only feeling the dis grace by dyiug in that way. Tbe crime for which Brave Bear was banged was ono of a cold blooded and atrocious character. Joseph Johnson had long been in tho employ of the post trader at the Cheyenne River agency, and, having saved nearly $1,000, started iu May, 1879, for the upper James river, more than 100 miles distant, whero his mother aud brother had made a poioeer settlement, taking with him his savings. IIo was a quiet aud inoffensive man, but he was des tined never to reach his destination His brother, becoming uueasy at bis noa-arri-val and knowing that ho had started, went to Fort Sully several days later, and, with the assistance of parties there, made search for the missing man. Some distanoo out on tho loaely prairie they found tho dead and putrifying body of Joseph Johnson, with a bullet through his brain. His pockets wero empty and tbe horso he had riddou, his revolver aud rillo gone. Brave Bear was afterwards seen in possession of a rifle and horse, which were identified as tho property of Johnson. Whilo steps were bciug taken fur his an ed he llod to the hostile camps, but was compelled to come iu when Sitting Bull surrendered, when be was arrested and tried for tho murder. Tho cvideuco was Mich at the trial as to leave no doubt of his guilt. His own confession, made secretly to conlideu tial friends, exhibited the blood thirsty character of tho assassin, who laid in wait for his victim. Ho was known to have committed other crimes iu addition to the murder of Johnson. He had few sympa thizers in the West. When brought into court at the end of his trial to receive bis sentence ho looked upon the floor, sighed a little and theu touching his forehead with his linger, said : " I havo brains and intelligence, and I kuow better than to point a gun at a white man." DKVUUKED II OAK.N1IIALS. rato of a l'arty of Colombians In a South American Forest. Dr. Agnozzi, papal delegrate to Colom bia, has addressed 'a circular to tho arch bishop and tho bishops beggiug them to obtain all possible information respecting tho number and condition of the savages in the interior. This measure is consequent on a massacro and cannibal feast which has recently taken place. A young merchant, of Barbacoas,, named Portcs, who had . engaged in a trading enterprise in company with some friends on the banks of tho Putbinayo, among the virgin forest which there covers every foot of ground, was visited by a number of Jevenctos Indians, who came ostensibly to trade. They were leoeivod well and were apparently satisfied, but suddenly they attacked and killed tbo Colombians and afterwards cooked and ate them. Tbo Indians have never visited the Putuiuayo before and no one has ever fallen in with them on tbe Amazon. Other tribes have also made their appearance in different places, and it Is behoved that some more powerful tribes are driving the weaker ones from the heart of tho un known forest regions or that tbey are voluntary emigrants, who will murder and plunder whenever opportunity offers. The Putumayo is ono of tho streams which run from tho eastern slope of the Colombian Andes and which are littio known. Indians are captured ou all the interior rivers aud carried off to different out of tho way regions, where they are compelled to work on the plantations which have been established far away from anythiug bearing even a semblance to civilization. It is probable the death of Senor Portes and his friends will attact tbe attention of the Colombian govern ment to those long-neglected regious of the republic. iii.udue.ux amu risroL. Au Enraged rather Msaulta a Dentist and Gets snot lu the UacK. When Detective Thomas M. Fee went home in Connellsville at noon on Wednes day, ho found his wile aud daughter, the latter aged about sixteen years, in tears. Being pressed for the causo of their griof the daughter said that Dr. S. D. Wood, a prominent dentist of the town, with whom she was having soma work done, had made improper proposals to her in his office au hour before. The incensed father caught np a stout hickory cane and started down to interview tho dentist. Woods was en gaged with a patient, but came to the office door upon the urgent demand of his irate caller. Fee charged him with hav ing insulted his daughter aud attacked him with his caue, striking him repeated ly over the head, inflicting sovcral ugly cuts and bruises. Woods drow a small pocket pistol and fired at his assailant, the ball penetrating the body to the depth of an inch and lodging in the back, to tho left at the spine, inflicting a painful though not dangerous wound. Woods most emphatically denied having made improper proposals to Miss Fee. He was arrested, this afternoon, but allowed to go free on his own recognizance. The principals are both well known citizens and the affray ciused a great deal of ex citement. KIUNAi'I'lNU HIS OWN UHII.II. A Father Seizes Ills Infant In Trenton and Kscapes Across the Delaware. John Wenspenberg, of Brooklyn, ar rived in Trenton and went to the house of John Truman, a machinist, at No. G6 Asbury street, South Trenton. Wenspen berg married Truman's daughter, but tho husband and wife have been separated for sometime, both, however, living in Brook lyn. A male child a year and a half old, belonging to the couple, was placed by tho mother some timo ago in care of its grandmother, Mrs. Truman in South Trenton. Tho child was unusually bright and was the admiration of tho entire neighborhood. Wenspenberg, after land ing at the Pennsylvania railroad station, went directly to tiiB house, walked in and picked up his child, without anything on its head, and started out with it hurriedly. Mrs. Truman, who was the only one in the house at the time, started after him, shrieking for him to stop. Tho father merely laughed and set off at a brisk gait for the Pennsylvania side of the river, despite the cries of the mother-in-law. The neighbors seemed without exception to tako the father's side in tho matter and no attempt was made to stop him, aud, with bis child, bo made good his escape. Tho report quickly spreatLover South Trenton that a child had been kidnapped. Chief McChesner aud Officers Hartman andDorres visited the place, but learning the facts of the casp nothiug was done. The Naked Uitap Again. An explosion of gas occurred at Mine hill Gap colliery, near Minersville, with prrobably fatal results. Patrick Hughes and Michael O'Conncr, miners, working together in a breast, completed their work there on Monday, and last oveniug they entered the breast for tbe purpose of tak iuyont some tools which they left behind. Safety lamps were cariied by tho tneu.who were obliged to pass through an aban doned breast where no indication of sul phur were seen. On their return O'Con ner lit a naked lamp and fired the gas, blowing both men 25 yards down a manway. They were seriously braised and badly burned. O'Conncr has a fam ily. Charges Against a DUtrlct Attorney. Dr. Wm. B. Dewces, of Berks count j, instituted seven suits for libel against New York, Philadelphia and Reading news papers, a few weeks ago, claiming about $200,000 damages. He also instituted suit against his brother-in-law, James F. Duun, a justice of the peace, charging him with having caused the alleged libel ous telegrams to bo published. Tho bill of indictment against Mr. Dunn was in the hands of the grand jury for ten hours and was roturned as " not true.', Wednesday Mr. Dewees presented a petition to court, charging certain irregularitios against the district attorney and asking that tho offi cial be bound over or committed to auswer tho charges and take such further action in the matter ss is required by law. ' Tbo Ueeober Ureacti of contract. The trial of the suit of Samuel Wilken son against tho Rev. Henry Ward Beecber wan continued in tho supremo court in New York. Some testimony was taken regarding Mr. Beecher's contract to write the " Life of Christ." andthon Mr. Shear man, on behalf of Beecher, moved to dis miss tho complaint. Ho gavo among his reasons that there bad been no demand upon Beecber to fulfill his contract, and that when the firm wont into bankruptcy thoro was no claim against him. Judgo Barrett said ho should require something pretty clear and definite in way of notice to Beecher that it would be hold for dam ages at a specified timo if he did not finish his contract or else he wc uld be compelled to non.suit the plaintiff. Ho gavo the plaintiff until to morion- moitiing to look over tho letter-hooks of the firm for demands mado subsequent, to September, 1873, upon Beecher to finish his contract within a specified time. A Circus Doorkeeper Murdered. During tho performance of Cole's circus at Leonoke, Ark., on tho Memphis and Little Rock railroad, the doorkeeper, Michael Longmirc, was shot fatally by ono of a party of ten, whom the police were attempting to put out of the canvass for refusing to produce tickets. Tho shot is believed to havo been fired by Ezra King, of Leonoke, who escaped. Long mire died on the way to Littio Rock. He lived near Des Moiucs, Iowa, and leaves a wife aud threo children. THE UOVKBNUK'M SKCKETAltY. Independent Views of Mr. l'attlion'd First Appointment. Philadelphia Hccord. Tho governor-elect has been at the pains to please himself in tho selection of his private secretary. That is a good start. If ho can please himself and serve the peoplo well ho may lot tho politicians howl. An Auspicious Start On". New York Sun. Governor-elect Pattison of Pennsyl vania starts off auspiciously by appointing a clergyman as his private secretary. The officer of private secretary to a public officer is a dolicato one, and requires for its proper discharge fact, finesse, and dip lomacy. The man who fills it is daily obliged to get pretty close to the border line between truth and its opposite. If tho Rev. Mr. Everett discharges his duties acceptably, as we doubt not ho will also and keeps on the right sido of the line, he will contribute much to tho success of tho new reform administration. UAH.KOAD MEM KILLED. Au Accident on the Alton Road Uesulllngln Death and Injuries. A disastrous wreck of a train occurred ou the Alton road, near Oak Grove, 20 miles east of Kansas City. A construction train was backing to Grain Valley to leave the track clear for a passenger train when rounding a curve, it struck a hand car the men on which jumped and saved them selves. The haud car ran under the wheels of the caboose, throwing it off tbe track, and six flat cars followed. The engine was partly derailed. Tho men on tho flat cars jumped, but a number were caught in tho wreck and badly crushed. Three men wero killed, eight seriously wounded and four slightly injured. Owing to the sparsely settled character of the country it was difficult to obtain early medical aid. A wrecking train was sent and provision mado for bringing tho vic tims to Kansas. Tho sufferers, with one exception, reside there, and are section hands at Grain Valley. The train was running at ordinary speed at tho timo of tho collision, but came upon tho carboforo timo was given for warning. The track and road bed were badly torn up. U(IV TtlKY TOOK IT IN THE WEST. A Lancaster Democrat In Arkansas Hearing of irattMon Kiectlon. Under date of Little Rock, November 12, Mr. George S. Landis, formerly of this office, writes to a friend here how the news of Pattison's election was hailed bv himself and a few others in their far-off VY cstern borne. Of George s Democratic dovotion there was never any manner ol doubt, and whonever thoro was occasion for tho Intelligencer flag to go up in celebration of victory there was none more ready than ho to volunteer his aid in fling ing our banner to tho breeze, no matter how hard tho wind might blow nor how imminent tho peril of boing swopt from the roof by the raging elements. Wo extract tho following from his letter : "As the clock on tho capitoi finished its 12th stroke on Tuesday night telling that election day had passed the writer might havo been seen seated in the editorial room of tho Gazette, anxiously waiting for the returns, and when tho news camo that Pattison bad carried the state by over 20,000 plurality, I can't describe my feel ings, and the longer we waited the better the news was. How I longed to be in Lancaster, to see tho old Intellioencer building illumined with tho bonfires of victory or to have mingled with the parade as it whooped its way through the Btreets. "It was nearly four, and tho first edition had gone to press when we proposed a toast to Robert E. Pattison, tho Demo cratic governor of Pennsylvania, and it was taken with relish ; and we wager the prediction that no heartier congratulation was proposed or drank by any enthusias tic Democrat in that hour of joy than by us in far-off Arkansas. The lines are broken. We bear the fruits of victory, telling of the final restoration of tho gov ernment into tho hands of tho grand old Democratic party." Marietta Democrats Celebrate. A grand torchlight parade and illumi nation was held at Marietta Wednesday evening, to celebrate the Democratic victory. Tbo procession formed in front of the St John's house, headed by tho Mechanics' band, and bearing many ban ners and mottoes, marched through tho principal streets. Among the many ban ners carried in tho precession were the following : " Don gives his friends a banquet Roast Beaver and tariff sauce." "Robeson going to repair the Jeannette for his friends in '84 " " This man went out fishing and was caught in the storm. Arthur." A big sunflower representing the northern district. " This flower has only one Stehman." "Cooper takes his bearings'39.000 west from Harrisburg." "The hog ring and bull ring miiBtgo next." Good order was preserved by the men. The streets were ablaze with fireworks, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout the tnwu. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. HOW TO I.NSTKUCT THE VODNO IDEA. lrof. Helges Says Good-by An Address by State Snperlntendant Higbee Ilr. Vincent Talks about " That Hoy." Wednesday Afternoon. Opened with music, "Twickenham Ferrv." "Speak Gently" " Away to School."" Irof. Helges Hays Good-By. Prof. Heigcs concluded his lectures and expressed regret that his engagements elsowheic would prevent him from being with tho institute duriug the remainder of tho week. Treating of the philosophy of questioning ho said (1) that questions should bo clear, concise, definite, pointed, and adapted to the understanding of the pupil. (2) A question that is heard and uot understood should not be repeated iu the same words. (3) Questions should be mado up of words at tho command of tho pupil, not in text book words. (4) Ques tions should bo logioally arranged. (5) Questions should not suggest a choice of answers. (G) Questions should not bo based upon the law of contrast. (7) Ques tions should not as a rule bo answered by yes aud no. (8) Questions should uot introduco careless omissions or anticipa tions'. (9) Questions should not general ize for tho class. (10) Questions should bo interrogative in form. Prof. Hciges concluded his remarks to the teachers by endorsing all that Superintendent Sbaub had said in regard to the missionary char actor of school work. Loud applauso followed tho closing words ol tho popular lecturer. Superintendent Buchrlc presented for the consideration of teacher. a form of 10 port by which toaoliers can bo put iu communication with parents. It is tho form used iu tbo school.-. l Lancaster city. Music " Homa'.s Not Maiolv Four Square Walls." ' Prof. Littio drew a, number of figures upon tho board to show how easily chil dren may bo taught the rudiments by tbo ubo of straight lines. Several sketches that ho drew with groat sapidity were loudly applauded. Music l Tho! Miller's Daughter." " Good Night." An Address by Dr. lllibee. Dr. E. E. Higbee, state superintendent of public instruction, was introduced, and received with applause. I to said he had not como horo to impart instruction, but rather to becomo acquainted with tho teachers of Lancaster city and county and with tho work they arc doing. The neceesity of eduoatiug children is univer sally admitted. Tho great fundamental basis of education should be tbe develop ment of personality and of tho talents that God has given to his creatures to tho cud that they may bo put to their intended uses. Dr. Higbee referring to Col. Cope laud's remarks in relation to the moulding process, said that tho power should not ba exterminated, for thero is a power of moulding ideas which is influential for good. Pioceeding to a discussion of the subject of developing personality, ho illus trated by pointing out tho organic differ ences between the boy and tho girl which at once assert themselves and cause each to segregate himself or herself from tho other, even though they may be brother and sister. Thero are varied phases of temperament and disposition even in tho physical being of children, and how much moro so must they exist iu mental and psychological temperament. All these at tributes must be studied by the teacher. The will and the intellect claim each its separate sltaro of attention and study. Teaching is uot a scienoo, not an art ; it is a virtue, au ethical rela tion, the meeting ol will and will, of mind and mind, of soul aud soul. There may bo a scienco of teaching, but it is not teaching. Grammar js :i science the teaching of grammar is uot so. Dr. nig bee proceeded to au ethical view of what really constitutes knowledgo and the power of imparting knowledge, and pointed out how ofteu the dross is made to appear as the pure, refined gold. He spoke logically and with the earnest vo hemenco that is so characteristic of his utterances, and iu conclusion dwelt upon tho urgent necessity of training the moral nature of tho children and of culti vating tho leligiou phase of character. Ho gavo tho teachers somo valuable prac tical advico how to treat their pupils as well in their physical as mental and moral aspects, was listened to with marked at tention and loudiy applauded at the ter mination of his address, which occupied about tweuty minutes. A short recess was given at this slago of the proceedings, which was occupied by the teachers in conversation and a goneral relaxation. Mu3ic " Shall Wo Moot Keyond the River?" Koadlng. Prof. Brown answered in tho affirmative tho question " Is it well to tell thochil drcn which ono road best ? " and thought that if the teacher is on a proper footing with his pupils thoio is no danger of jeal ousy among young children. In answer to another query he said ho did not think that thoro wero moro than two punctua tion marks that are guides to expression, and tbeso two are thoso which express fooling and aio the wonder mark and tho question mark. Pi of. Brown ex plained tho Greek origin of tho former and the Latin origin of tho latter mark. Tho unit of thinking with the child, said tho speaker, is tho thought, and tho unit of expression is tho sentence. Let the sentonccs bo road mentally, that is silently. Read to onesolf before giving real expres sion. Do not let tho pupil road a soutenco aloud until tho thought is in the mind. When tho thought is in the mind tho ex pression will bo natural. Dr. Vincent's Lecture. Wednesday Evening The evening lec ture was by Rev. Dr. J. H. Vincent, a popular aud well-known divine. Tho opera houso was crowded to the doors with an intelligent and appreciative audi ence, and tbo exercises began with a solo aud quartet, Wait Till tho Clouds Go By," tho ajlo being sung by Mr. John F. Heinitsh, and tho refrain by Aliases Mary Soner aud Clara Ilocb, Prof. Hall and Mr. S. D. Bailsman. It was beautifully ren dered and evoked applause. Superintend ent Shaub thon in a few words of well timed complimeut introduced tho orator of tho evening, and fur nearly two hours Dr. Vincent entertained his hearers with a disquisition upon "That Boy," pointing out and cnlaiging upon tho varied, at tributes of character that mako him such a precious nuisance during tho growing stage of his life, but whom tne world mourns when ho passes off the theatre of action because ho did not livo longer. He spoke not of the bad boy who is hung at 20 nor of the good boy who dies at 10, but of tho average boy and whatsoever is im plied in that comprehensive term. The lecturer rapidly sketched tho caieer of that boy, beginning with tho baby boy who is loved and petted by all, pxssing on to the real bona fido boy at 8 years of age and at 12 when life is one long Apribfool day tar him and when he so greatly needs tho authority and tenderness born of abiding aud :-ho;tndiug love. Twelve and four mako sixteen, aud here is the last glimpse you will ever get of that boy. Tho doctor iilu-trated tho phases of boy life with littlx incidents and stories re lated in a pleating inauner and designed to show the qualities and attributes that enter so largely into the juvenile charac teristics, and his words wero cudowed with a warmth of admiration and consid eration for the real houest, manly boy that infected his audience. He was es pecially affecting when he dwelt upon the love, honor and respect which that boy, if he is the right kind of a boy, shows to his aged parents and tho obedience he renders to their will, if he has been properly trained. He told of how the boy respects and admires the decision of char acter in his father that causes all his in fantilo blandishmcuts to fail when the parental mind is once mado up, and how this same firmness causes tho young fellow to wonder whether his father, after he be came United States senator, would resign if be couldn't have his own way every time. The lecturer poked some good natured fun at that class of people who, under the inspiration of the " Stan and Stripes," " American Eagle," "Constitu tion," and so forth, are disposed to per mit their children to do pretty much as they please, to stay away from church if they don't feel like going, because they fear that to compel them to go would be returning to tbo old " Puritan regime." This is all wrong, said the speaker. Tho child needs parental authority ; he lives and thrives upon it, and as weil might the fond mother comply with her boy's desire for fruit cake and pound cake and sweetmeats, when what lie needs is bread aud meat, as to allow him to havo his way in staying from church aud from school whenever he wished to do so. The "Stars and Stripes" "American Eaglo," " Declaration of In dependence." " Puritan regimo " notion is made to cover a good deal of arrant nonsense when it is carried so far as that by unthinking parents. Tho church, the public school and tho homo circle wero indicated by tho lecturer as the three most potent institutions in shaping the life and character of tie boy who is tho coming man, and Dr. Vincent, after drawiug a beautiful picture of home life as it should exist, pleaded against excluding tho boys from tho houso because they might spoil the carpet or injure tho furniture, or make a noise. It is such a eoursj as this hear gued, that drives the boys out of doors and leads ultimately to their ruin. That boy who has no homo life, or at best one devoid of the comforts tint do so much to mako home pleasant aud enjoy able, was remembered, and the lecturer urged that he bo taken by tho hand and helped onward aud upward. Withiu him thero are tho grandest possibilities but day before yesterday a ragged, barefoot boy ou tho towpath, yesterday tho presi dent of the United States, to-day among the martyrs of history. The speaker closed by urging bis hearers to do all in their power to save that boy from tho curso of street life, and illustrated how it may bo done by relatiug au incident whero a rich merchant saved a boy lrom going to tho bad by inviting him up to his houso ou Fifth avenue for tea ono day, and there showing him all the beautiful things ha had, and treating him with so much kindness aud thoughtfulness aud so reminding him of his mother's lovo that a new lino of thought suggested itself to tho boy's mind, and the whole courso of his life changed from ono of threataned evil to one for good. Tho speaker showed how tho moral of this applied itself to the op portunities that present tnemselves to teachers, and reminded them of the blessed promise " Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My breth ren, ye havo done it unto Me." Dr. Vincent is a pleasing speaker, and his lecture was protusely illustrated by incidents in the lifo of tho average boy that appealed strongly to the sympathies of his hearer?. Tho humor in which it abounded blended with a softer vein of pathos that fitted tho subject which he treated.and constituted tho whole a finished and valuable lesson. Tho lecturo was followed by a solo and quartet, "My Boy. Remember Me," by Prof. Hall, Miss Ssuer, Messrs. Heicitsh aud Bausman, tho solo part by I'rot". Hall being sung in his usual sweet and express ive manner. Thursday Morning. Opened with an en rollment of G'JG a much larger number than ever before. The devotional exer cises wore conducted by Rev. Svlvanus Stall, who read tho second r.ialm, and pronouueed a prayer. Music " All Hail the Power of .Terus' Name." Culture ol tho Feelings Superintendent T. M. Balliet, of Carbon couuty, spoke on " Culture of the Feel ings." This embraces the will, the sensibilities, the intellect,- and our moral nature consist of tho feelings and tho will. In our schools to too great au extent wo cr-ucato tho intellect and neglect tho feelings. Wo neglcei tho hoart in cultivating the feeliugs. Wo lecture, for iustanco, a child for not loving his father, thus calling into play the intellect instead of warming tho heart. The laws in tho development of tho feelings arc : 1 . The ftcliugs develop by exercise. 2. Conscience develops like any other faculty, hence in a primary school you cinuot govern by appealing to the moral faculties alone. ". Every feeling involves au idea, e. g , tho idea of danger calls up tho feeling of foar. 5. This idea must not be abstract, which accounts for tho fact that Pilgrim's Pro gress has exerted greater influence on tho human race than any other book over written. 5. Tho law of displacement, e. , the feeling of laughter displaces tho feeling of anger. C. Moral teaching must bo positive. Get our childrcu to cultivate virtue, instead ol" haviug to tell thorn continually what thoy must do. Cultivate virtue and the vices will pa-s away, Dr. nixbeo'n uem.tr k a. Stato Superintendent Higbee remarked that in tho body of Lancaster county teachers hero gathered together ho found encouragement, al! tho more a it is indi cative ot tho work being dono by the 22,- 000 teaohers throughout tho state. I havo fancied what a grand display our commonwealth's 22,000 teachers, 14,000 directors and 930,000 school children, all strung out iu an immense parade, interspersed with bauds of music, would make by danciug up and down the state. How such a display would impress our peoplo, and yet it would not tako iuto consideration tho work done. This vast army of 950,000 children which is to tako our placo in tho battlo of lifo, is in the control of our teachers, and their responsibility is groat. But immediately we aro confronted by a discouragement a filso economy. To educate tho children 01 this commonwealth it co-its on au aver ago of only 78 cents per mouth for each child, and in no section doos it cost moro than $2 per month. To inveigh against, this is a false economy. Dr. Higbee had mado the computation himself aud found that tho avcragn salary of the female teacher iu this stato is $27 per mouth, the male teachers $35.19 per month, and the average yearly salary is a little less than 3200. While such aro the facts we cannot expect to retain ability in tho teaching ranks ; we sacrifice, in tho inter est of a lalse economy, tne power or work. and we eliminate permanency and charac ter from tbe teaching profession. When we consider that our teachers constitute the rising young men and women iu their respective communities, our superintend ents, many of them, embrace tho best educators in tbo world, aud that the average salary is only 8200 per year, it simply overwhelms us with shame. Tho superintendent thon addressed Him self more particularly to directors, draw ing a contrast between the school house as found in many place?, its bare wall, its desolate appearance, tho schoolyard unadorned by snubbcry or gra?, aud tho home of the scholar. Such a condition of things causes an aesthetic rebellion in tho young breast, and awakens a desire to smash things with paper wads, etc. Even when the isolated pedagogues have au J opportunity to come together at institute, j shake hands, compare notes, heighten ' their spirits and enlarge thair teachiug capacity, even that is not sympathized with in many places. This is not a " show" merely : it is a " vdiow' of those who havo tho destinies ot the bone of our bono and flesh of our flesh iu their hands." Dr. Higbee closod with a tribute to his " noble predecessor," declaring that in " no other commonwealth has thero beau more skill displayed in the construction of the public school machine than in his fifteen years of administration." Music" Home Not Merely Four Square Walls ;" Tho Miller's daugh ter." Drawing. Prof. Little coatiuua.l hi nraotic.il ex emplification of elementary drawing, aud to use the language of a teacher, -mado tbe chalk talk." Music" Away to School ;" " Tho Chapel." t-Iocutlon by l'rof. Uroaa. In the first place, in attempting to teach reading in a school a littio advanced, be ware of the school reader. Don't pl.use implicit confidence it it, bnt bring in s?!er tions from outside, selections which are largely objective, full of life and incidents, for instance, " Mabel, Littio Mabel." Tho first thing to bo done is to give value to what is of most value, and then to givo variety to expression, iu oxwnplication of which rules Prof. Hrrtnrn ranA stnmn lini from " Tho Clown's Baby," aud had tho same read by Misses Landis, Bruekart and Carpenter and Messrs. Urich. Couuor and Shibley. The Committee oa Resolutions. The superintendent appointed the I"1- , lowing committees on resolutions : .1. II. Witmor, West II npti -M ; J. D. Tuckoy, East Donegal ; H. S. MeMichael, Stras-bu-g township : Mary Mussulman, city ; Mary Welsh, Columbia. Dr. 1. V. Gerhart. r 1-Y.tnkliu aud Marshall theological s-.iiiiin.ny ; Prof. Richard Darlington, of West "Chester Prof. Shelly, of York, and Dr. Wicker sham, wero introduced to the institute, which then adjourned. Tho teachers :it each presentation were made to go throimli the sama awkward and senseless perform ance to which reference was made a day or two ago ; namely, risiug in their plaei-s and bowing. It looked funny eumigh, but probably tho good-natured teachers en joyed it as much a.- the rosy presiding officer seemed to. There's no aiMuuting for tastes. A feUIIOUL. MaRU'S MISlAltK. Dedicated to Some Attending Ilia Ittfttituto. Kor Hie ixreLLidExt'jsi:. 1 1' I'm right !u my count.lt l- lortyyciii-f;o!ir, lien my year wi-re elevi-n, all l:.t, I .-m so!n' to school an. I v:ts Icul u- i-..s.i.t i.. A Mary's MivcU shei-p in tliu lol.l. There ha nevvr a- jHlviMiiiMinln' wo.ii miiilc, l!ut what ono cr.wkil ti-!c h.n bs;-ii Hut.-, So ugly and twbled and cod'ravy like That it woutdn't Jii !it mi -.vlii.-r.-. And lotlenliavt: thought, wliuii I lix.k mi tin, past. Tlmt lias lieon lcli a hai've-it in un-. With the ten o'rloeic plfiv-4 and r!- in t -shadd. And a ;ittle h ir.I work a conM !. ; I have thought, sm 1 -t:irt-il for to -ny ou.-e afore. Tli.it 1 r.lwuy-) h.ivc lii-en llt.it oiii-.n!r.uv stick. An ntitortiliiutc eli in tn :i lihtin tit.- Imy-. Audaout! Hint tin: :ii:ir:ii-t tiliv.iyi low.i -tor to ll.-k. Well, a ntw U'atrher eouiit lor to ImUc tt-.ni hand. And to show m the path -.-. in.ild .i'!.. For lo hear n in .niiii and to kt-i-; tt- In IIOOIK. And to march us riht up to tin- i-h.il k. No Ltircli would she have, -o -.! -aM tin l.i-t day. She would rule n by love in tlu school lint we learnt, purty soon, that her low ruins win Jvi :i hungeriii reut love tor to tuliv Well, one .lay at tin- board. 1 had itiii-lie t t... li out ly the old rule o' tl-.ui When little Sal White she' ton clnldt.u them days site was cute as roul.l be .'e-s spit on hor tinner, when tho teact e tnrmd round. And across the li.-ar.l, stteakln' down come Right over my woik uiakitilt look ml:;lii like As it lightniti' had -truck at my -tint. 1 was mad to le litre, and the slaps o:i -at's hand. That I give, its the teacher Ittra.-d lu.'k. Sounded out like ;i warnltot a thr.tshtn to come. Aud Sal's eyes were as te:inu!ii- black And the inarm !te conraieneed forloleeter mo then. About payln back evil with ood A very nice tliinjj for to preach I uin -.tin-, lint with humans not quite in ttie noo.l. Then she told us "bout ttirnln tne other eh. :. 'round, VVIicn a brother in anger should siinte. And she talked utonjj w idle of my bad -.trtkiti ' out. And ol how I should set it alight. 1 nltould kiss Sal. iu White, wa the erdiet -lie give. To atone for I ho wron I had done. And the tears in Sal's eyes sparkled ii i!;!i. as dew-drops. When they get a fair look nt tin sun. '1'wod a new tliln to me. this heie ki-sln u sin. And I shook my head ' no," to the inarm. Ullt sho led me rlht up to I lie todder, -.lie. did. When she K"l a-ood holt ot n:y aim. And the kiss ' "Iwas theScsittuetohlis-ttil n.-,v worlds. 1 had never heard tell ol afore. And ever slnco then I've l;ctnkt.--in- ihi: j;iiK I.lkcun " Oliver usklii' for more!" Will h .ViS".f. r.(i yru.iMiiuuu nkivs. WU.il Uliolngon Around the KuruuKli. Tho boat " Heaver " left tho boiough Mouday morning, Nov.ltt with an -Oh, b joyful" crew ou board for " Salt river " with Renjamin Excursionist Lougeueckct captain. Tho MiHses Weaver, sisters of .1. (.. Weaver, M. !., living ou Main street neat the square, noticed in their backyard on Monday a strange bird, which upon catching proved to bo a (tallinula. or moor-hen, a genius of birds of tho family rallidue, closely allied to tho coot. As Massasoit ball has just been painted aud will not be dry by the 20th, tho Stras burg lyceum will not reown until Mon day evening, December -I. During tho windstorm of Xovembnr 1 : Mr. E. C. Mnsselman bad about 51) feet of roofing torn from his tobacco shed without so much as a single pound or his tobacco damaged. Wo have bidden farewell to tho sweet summer ; the fragrance of her llowerf, and rich, leary verdure, aro mingled with the dreams of the past ; the wise little warbler is preparing for his far-off Southern home. Oh, would tbat we, also, might soar away and find shelter from the bitter winds and chilling frosts of cold winter. The western end of our borough will soon present, to the eye of the passers by, a pleasing apppearance, as tho property owners iu that part of tho borough ;un renovating the sidewalks, which makes tbe property look 50 per cent better. This next thing that i-hould occupy Uin minds of our council is the arranging of lamp posts and lamps from one cud of our bor ough to the other. Our little town would then present a bright aud cheerful appearance.
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