©he (Etnfre jgrmorrat.
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BELLE FONTE, PA.
Tk Largest, Okupsit and BtPpr
PUBLISNAN IN CKNTHB COUNTY.
Philips' Plight.
Its Kffeeli upon the Political Campaign in
This State.
I'llii.ADKi.rnia, September ti. —The
evening Telegraph says : It is gener
ally conceded among politicians that
the sudden flight of the ex-superinten
dent of the almshouse and the startling
disclosures which follow it have an
important bearing on the fortunes of
the candidates of the three great politi
cal parties in the coming state cam
paign. Wheu approached on the sub
ject to day, Chairman Hensel, of the
democratic state committee, said:
"The democratic party doesn't propose
to make partisan capital out of the
efforts of houcst men of all parties to
secure administrative reform. What
ever Mr. 1 'attison's office lias contribu
ted to the almshouse exposure, has
been strictly in the line of his uninter
rupted efforts to secure honest govern
ment invery department of the city.
From the outset of his career —and it
has been watched by the people of tho
whole state, he has been aggressively
earnest in his purpose that Philadel
phia should get value received for
every dollar expended. He has de
termined that the tax-eaters shall not
rob the tax-pavers, and I believe every- j
body acknowledges that to his admin- j
istration the succcs of the reform
movement is largely due. The expo
sure of I'hinps' villaiuy will direct at
tention to the fact that the same sys- ,
tem of plundering has been going on
for years at Harrisburg. I have in
vestigated this subject from time to
time, ami I am well satisfied that by
collusion between the officials on State
Capital bill and the contractors for
supplies there has been extensive plun
der of the state treasury. I know a
contractor who was caught some years
ago delivering 1,200 pounds of coal to j
the ton to one of the departments. In
stationery supplies there have been i
gross frauds. The Legislative Record
publication has been accompanied
with jobery and irregularity. The list !
of supplies furnished to thedenarments
is prima facie evidence that there are
immense perquisites for hangers-on
around the hill. The prices paid for
some of them are enormous, and the |
character of them indicates that pri
vates houses are furnisher! and store- j
rooms and cellars filled out of the
state's purchases. The people are asK- |
ing why the state should buy hay runt
and shaving mugs for senators, ami
new cuspadores, chairs, solas, curtains
and carpets every year. The large
contingent funds cover a multitude of
sins, Hrooras, buckets, etc., are fur- j
nished in quantities sufficient to clean
all the legislative halls in the country.
Pasters and folders arc employed in
numbers three times as great as neces
sary, and paid six dollars a day for
the work that they can employ a sub
to do for six dollars a week. Four
tons of soap, 1500 brooms, and as many
more scrub brushes, 360 pails and
360 dust brushes, besides I*o feather
dusters —for 10 dozen of which $39.50
a dozen are paid—not to speak of win
dow brushes, long and short, sweeping
brushes and chamois skins, ought to
keep things from ever falling into dirt '
and tleeay around the departments
and legislative halls. . Hut why should
the state buy blacking and shoe brush
es, clothes brushes and hair brushes— j
at $31.60 per dozen —nail brushes j
hair tonics, shaving mugs —$43.45 per
dozen —for state officials ? What have
become of the old spittoons, that eigh
teen dozen of new ones are contracted
for, some to cost S3O per dozen ? The
people want to know. They are going
to find out. I can goon with a column
catalogue of this s.rt of pilfering nt
Harrisburg. It is stealing, and the
people know it, ami they see that the
very rascals who have been iu it ami
are living off it are Heaver's most ar
dent supporters. There is a feeling
that Pattison is the man to stop this
thing. Newspaper artillery an 1 the
declamation of reformers have prayed
unavaling. Even well-disposed legis
lators do not seem to be proof against
the temptations which are offered them
when the ring provides all these crea
ture comforts for them. What is need
ed is an executive of iron will, honesty
of purpose, and inflexible courage, to
clean house at Harrisburg. The
almshouse expoeuree will have a great
effect over the state in directing atten
tion to Pattison as the fittest man to
prosecute similar investigations at the
state capital."
Kmail-Pox In Itlrds.
In the British Medical Journal, Dr.
Wm. Clayton, Medical Superintendent
of the small-pox hospital at Homer
n, says: "Apropos of small pox in
rds," I may, perhaps mention the
fact that some years ago a former
Stewart of this hospital was in the
habit of breeding a large number of
canaries. As these arrived at maturi
ty it was a common occurrence to And
many of them dead and presenting
evidence of having suffered from some
eruptive disease. It was further b
--served that when the hospital contain
ed a somewhat large number of pa
tients the mortality among the birds
increased, and vice versa.
NOTHIXO is rarer in literary
titan a scholar who confesses that he
has been refuted in anything.
The Assassin's Skeleton.
Plnla<lfl|iliU Tiuiffi.
WAHHIKOTON, August 14. —The
work of preparing the skeleton of
the assassin Uuiteau will prolmbly
be completed and the object placed on
exhibition in the Army Medical Muse
um by the Ist of next month. This
delay has been caused bv the fact that
but one person could be trusted to
perform the duty, as the demand for
ghastly Bouvenirs of the assassin tempt
ed the other workmen to make way
with every portion that they could lay
their bauds on One of the ears
and numerous muscles of the body
were placed in oil and takenoli'dtiring
the first two or three days, that the
cadaver was exposed iu the museum
ami the coffin in which the hedy was
brought up front the jail has been com
pletely demolished ami carried oil'. It
turns out that Dr. Hicks, the assas
sin's spiritual adviser, was present
when the grtive in the jail was o|H*ned
the night of the 3d of July and that
lie assisted to a certain extent in tin
work. The box in which the coffin
was encased was replaced in the grave
and the earth piled and pounded down
upon it to waVd off suspicions that its
contents had been tampered with.
The anatomist of the Medical Muse
um, Dr. I']. F. Schofhirt. superinten
ded the removal by two trusty white
laborers, while Warden Crocker and
his deputy, Captain Tuss, stood by '
with lanterns to expedite the job.
The stories about the remains hav
ing been exposed upon the roof of the
Museum are denied by the officials iu
charge, and The Time* correspondent
was to-day shown the receptacle for
what remains ofCharles J. tiuiteuu.
On a small platform erected outside of
the second-story hack windows of the
Museum the bones lie in a promiscu
ous pile bleaching in the sun, and hen
it was stated they have been for the [
past five weeks. They are as white as
ivory and not a joint missing, so that
when the process of articulation is
finished the skeleton w ill be one of the j
most perfect iu the collection, (ircat
care will be taken, however, to prevent
curiosity hunters from stealing away
the smaller bones, ami it is probable
that a strong glass case will intervene
between the public ami the skeleton.
t'olleetlnir Flowers.
Specimens should be gathered, when j
possible, in fine weather. If taken in
wet weather, or if water plants, the I
moisture should he shaken from them,
and they should he dried ns much n*
possible before putting to pn when
the weather is very warm, the vascu-
Jum (a tin box for collecting may be
lined with large leaves and its content
occasionally sprinkled with fresh wa
ter. This will generally keep the
sjteciniens in good condition. As a
rule, specimens should not exceed six
teen inches in length, and the entire
plant with its roots, should Ite preserv
ed. If you examine a plant you will
find that often the lower leaves differ
very much front the upper leaves, and
ninny times only by means of the low
er leaf, or the two above it, is it ftossi
ble to tell the kind of a plant. There
fore, when the plant is so large that it
is impossible or inconvenient to save
it entire, you must preserve the top or
some of the branch leaves and the
lower part of the stem having the first
or seed leave-. If it i- not pratieahle
to retain all of the root, enough should
be kept to show the nature of the plant.
Specimens should always be in flower
or fruit. In the herbs, both will often
be found existing at tin* same time on
a plant. At lent two leaves of a fern
should be preserved, otherwise the
specimen is incomplete. Do not hold
specimens in the hand any longer than
ncces-ary. a the warmth hastens wilt
ing. Make a note of locality where
collected on a slip of paper and attach
it to the specimen lie fur putting into
the vasculum. Plants rhould lie with
their ronU together, at one end of the
bor. Alg:c (seaweeds, etc.),should be
placed iu widc-nmutbed bottles, con
tain, if, seaweeds, salt water; other
wise, fresh water. The bottles may IN*
carried in a small basket. A small
scoop net attached to a telecsopic han
dle will often prove of service in tak
ing specimeu* front the water or from
pools Itetween rocks otherwise inacces
ible. The best time for collecting
algie is after a storm, but pleuty will
always Nt found on the seashore early
in the morning. Drags and fisher
men's nets often contain choice and
rare specimens,— Monion's Field Rota
Something Worth Pitying For.
The Malay* have at all time* been
sublu'tnl to gambling. In thoec days,
in (leylnn, they would "play away
the end* of their Anger*' over the
draught board. They would ait down
with a fire hurniog, whereon was wt a ,
pot of walnut or sesame oil, while i
beside it lay a small hatchet with an
exceedingly aharp edge. The loaer
placed kta hand upon a atone, and the
winner chopped off a joint, when the
mutilated finger waa plunged into the
boiling oil and thereby cauterized.
Home men, fond of tbe game, but un
skillful or unlucky, bad every Anger
shorn of its tip.
A VIRGINIA man and his wife
walked twenty-seven miles, oarrrjng
their baby, to see a circus. They
know now how sublime it is to suffer
for a great cause, _
A MAX who gives his children hab
its of industry, provides for them bet
ter than by giving them a fortune,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
SILAS M. CLARK, of Indiana.
SIMS M. CI.AHK.
lleitiormUr C'siudidntc for Judge of lite
Supreme Court.
Hon. Sila* M. Clark in a resident of
the beautiful lltttle town of I t.d; tna, in
Indiana county, whrrn he lis* dwelt f--r
many year*. 11 n in widely known
throughout hi* own n<l surrounding
counties, and ha* the respect, tin* con
fidenoe and friendship of all cla*•-•* of
citizens. Kminent n a lawyer, h* a-h-rn*
every relation of life an<l meet* an't ii
charged all the duties of advance! esti
zcnhip in a great commonwealth lie
ia not a " (-olltician " in the perverted
popular denae of that word. and in every
ca*e in which office or distinction came
to him it wan not of hi* own reeking.
Hi* nomination to the high and respon
•ihle oflice of Judge of the Supreme
Court, in the gnat State of Pennsylv*
nia, ia a deaerved tribute alike to hi*
professional ability, and to hi* personal
worth.
mr. cr. vn*' rot.meat. atcoan.
Hut Sila* M. Clark ia not one of lhoe
rnen who avoid j-olitic* a a filthy |-00l
in which boneit men should not dabble.
He hold* it the right and duty of every
citizen to vote , he recognizes that good
rnen ahould not ahirk their ahare in par
ly management, and while he n*ver
atoofwd to the detested trick* of politi
.•at acheiner#, he never ran nwav from
public dutiea. He ba frequently rep
resented hi* county in lem"cralic Sist.
t'onvention* and was ever ready to lend
hi* wie council to party leader*. He
ha* alo been a candidate for office.
Profound in hi* knowledge of fhe law.
and jul in all hi* dealing* wiih men. he
ha* long been regarded a fit man to
grace the Judical bench. In I*'. * while
yet in hi* llhtli year, Mr. Hark'* name
win presented, without hi* knowledge
or consent before the Democratic -due
Convention for Supreme Judge He
received fietween 4(j and 50 votes. Hon.
Cyru* 1.. Perahing wa nominated.
The following year he win tendered
the unanimou* democratic noniin*tion
for Preident Judge of the Tenth Judi
cial diatrict, then composed of Arm
trong, Indiana and Westmoreland
countie*. The diet riot wa Republican
and hi* opponent w an honorable
member of that party—linn Jame A.
I.ogan, of Wetmoteland. The contort
w* the mot exciting ever had in that
district for any oflice. Iloth candid i'e
were able lawyer* and popular gentle
men. Warm Iriend* spuing to the ij
port of each. Mr. I.ogan was solicitor of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.. and the
weaiern officers of that corporation w- r'
hi* w*rm personal friend*. I iiey <lid
all within their power for Mr. Log-in.
Train* wire sent cut along the rulr-.t f
and voter* were hauled fr-e of cost to
the polling place*. Mr I.'>gan was |oj
ular aUo among retire id employes,
and every tnt-n v ta I f- r him. lhat
won him the contest. Sir. ' irk w*
defeated by 400 vote* in a district tlial
tn the election of the succeeding yr
g*ve other Republican candidate* 2000
majority. Judge l,ngan sutned tfie
ermine, Mr. Clark practised under him
for year*, and the other day paid hitn
Ihi* well merited compliment :
"Judge I.ogan was a good, able and
jut judge."
Judge I.ogan resigned nonte time ago
to accept the position of as*itant gene
ral counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co., andia now serving in that capacity
at Philadelphia.
IW TUtt POKBTITITIOJUI, COMVIMTIOIV.
In 1H72 Mr. Claik wa a candidate for
delegate to the Constitutional Conven
tion, and having been elected heastum
cl the duties of that office. He proved
one of the ablest metnbea* of Ihe Con
vention. Ha served cn the committee
on l>eclaralion of Uighta, on private
Corporation* and on Reviaion, hodiea
entruated with perhaps the most impor
tant work accoropliaharl by that great
body of representative men. Mr. Clark
waa added to the latter committee at
the special request of its chairman,
Hon. l/enry W. Palmer, Attorney (Jen
eral of Penneylgania.
In 1874 Mr Clark friends again of
fered his name before the Democratic
State Convention, and he received for
ty -one votes for Supreme Judge Jus
tioe W. J. Woodward waa nominated
and elected. When Mr. Clark waa
named before the recent Rtete Conven
tion at iiarriaburg. delegate* from every
eection locked to bis support, lie was
unanimously nominated by acolamation
on thaaecond ballot. The nomination
earns to him unsolicited and unsought.
Several day* afterward he wrote a pri
vate note to a personal friend, in which
heaaysi " I had no hope of receiving
the nomination, was not thinking of it:
ex peeled only complimentary mention."
lie reaorted to no trioks to secure it ;
there were no bosses to promise it to
h^m; it was given to him by a oonven
li'in w hov i id uiii-i freely admit thai it
" committed no blunder*;'
Sueii isHilai If. Clark 'b political rec
or I Mr. Clark i* net disappointed office
-1-eker. no broken down | -liticai hack ;
he i* it man who always scorned tin
trick* of demagogue, an honest Demo
crat, but no | iltlii -I f-igol a tnnit to
chnlleng the n-lmir.ition of every voter
who believe* politic* should not be
brought into the ennv -s for Sut rente
Judge.
TIIK I RICM) oi |-.i|-i | IK n-l i ATI--V.
Mr. < -rk ha* the merit of being a
elf tnade an-l a *e| culture-l man ; In
fia* achieve-l hi* |r- ent .-jccc-- in h'c
through no family it.rtiiem wealth or
Other adverililiou* circumstances ; he
comes up fr->m the ranks of the | • --pie,
from a parentage ami (minis which i
highly respectable but of humble pr
tension*. He acquired tin- elementary
part of hi- knowledge in the ('- mmon
"schools, t-ut at the age of fourteen tears
fie entered the Indiana Academv, w here
he fiegsn the course of study which dc
veloped hi* capacity for success. Whilst
he attended the Academy, he In* ore-l at
titm-s ujMin the farm, ami for or e year
ctrried the mail between Indiana *nd
Rl.ursville ; reciting it the Academy one
-l*v and serving as mad carrier the next,
alternately.
It wa a matter of s-.tnc curiosity an-l
Mirpr— to some of the student* -if tin-
I'-lairsville Academy on one occasion
when they found that the mail carrier
toy from Indiana carried a roj-v of
Horace's ode* in his pocket to whde
aw sy the time of his delay in Rlairsvtlle.
In rather a rude language thev twitted
the friend!*** lad about hi* I.son. an-l
in di limit manner challenged him to
measure his knowledge with their'*;
full of pluck, the little post boy accep
ted. and he proved more than a match
f--r the most proficient l.atin scholar
among them. And, perhaps, the worthy
preceptor of the Rlairsville Academy
w.-is not |e-, surprised when Ibe same
mail l-oy, in 1 H.'l, cam to old Jefferson
' ollege at f ononsburg. I'a., and upon
examination of the faculty
int-i tlie Junior class a* *rlsssmate. Mr.
' lark graduated from this excellent an-l
then mot i rosperou* institution in the
class of 1852. He had enjoyed very
ine are advantage* compared with the
rich men's *on* wfio were hi* ela**mate*.
but he gra-luated fifth in a cla* of silly
member*. He wa* a clear thinker, a
strong reason-r and a good speaker,
wbos,. efforts generally excelled in the
college hterarv organization. For this
re*nn he wa- circled I v the I'hllo Socle
ty to deliver the valedictory at the semi
centennial anniversary of the organiza
tton of the colli ge.
For l*.i year* young ( lark *erve-l r*
insttuctor tn the .tne academy in which
he himself allrmhd prior to entering
college ll* taught forty-five young
tt.ee. most of whom were older thati
himself, lie wa* a kind in i successful
instructor, end (toil! that ttpie he prov
ed himself to b a m-ahm* and fntli.lol
friend of popular education ; for tw<-lve
uccr*ive yeais lie was a director in the
public school*. Hi* own triais and -lis
advantage* bad taught him the value of
good school*, and he threw hi* whole
enorgv into the work, and wa* the kigd
of man. above all others, to guard the
school interest*. To hi* judgment and
energy ar- the public school* of the
pretty little borough largely indebted
for their present pro|>erity. In 1851
the first Tesclter's Institute of In-ltsna
county wa* organized. Stla* M. Clark
"it present to lend encouragement and
give counsel. In 1872 the State Normal
Schoonl at Indiana w* orgtnized. Mr.
Clark waa a *ub*criler p, tl,o project,
and one of the mo*t active and men
successful canvasser* for other (übscrip
tions. He whs elected a member of the
fiist Hoard of Ttnstee*. and after Ihe
death of Mr. John Mutton was chosen
President of that Hoard, which position
he still occupies. In the sad trial* of
of the institution Mr. Clark wa* it*
ataunchest suporter, and to his work
more than to that of any other man ia
due the preaent succea* of the Indiana
Mute Normal School. His friendly aid
and warm encouragement to officer,
teacher and pupil* waa like "bread east
upon the water*," that will return to
him at the b'ovetptter election* ; for no
a man ever connected with the itiHtitu
tion, and not a peraon in Indiana coun
ty interested in popular education, hut
ia numt-ered among his warmest friend*.
CoPPKROObOtKT) table cloth* are
now the fashion, but hoarding bouses
won't use them for fear that boarder*
might find out what color coffee actual;
ly i*.
Mk.n who think themselves equal to
the rule are often found unequal to
obedience.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Til' con>mti mhnul u a |.rr*lurtlo of mutrm
111 .>., Ato loot aii.l Mhldla agM a..,ulii
Mm. I ami amount of wtnalion l.nl It ... Ml for
IH.al.Tll llm I" miaall, ll,a U,might „f „|, r
•■.lnrall.n, and |iruvl<U fur u. inanition i„ il,.
lIIMM.
''crlllMltlfilf •lions • ll SolirtlMl. AtldfPM
K'iiimtioiial Alitor, lit N'm kit, I'm
Thk next ut-Dsiou of our County In
stitute will convene Monday, Dee. 2">,
IHB2. Will we have a full attendance?
'I'll: person w hose stock of cduca
liotial knowledge i* hut ju*t sufficient
to carry liiin through an Institute of
live days, is not a lit person to (><• <-n
--tru-ti-d with the training of teachers
lor even live days.
-M I.Tito i h id° teaching must of course
j he adapted to the re(|uiretneuLs of in
| diviilual cases. lii primary school*,
; only the oral method can Is* etnpl ved.
I*, the higher classes of ungraded
schools a l>o k may he given.
Il there is one iiuestioti upon which
tie* people of the I nited States arc
; practically unanimous, it is in tie
support of the common school-. Well
may an intelligent foreigner say:
'Those who have known America
long.-t and hest, will agr-u that
j .Vln tli' r tin* attachment of American*
j lor Ircc school* i- loUluled oil good,
-oh.l rcosoua fir otherwise, there can
not Is- the slight' -t doultl that it X-
I i-ts, and thai it form* one of the most
-Hiking hut urea in the national char
; acter.''
11 i- hut to utter a common-place
to uv that every teacher should l
.c'|Uaintcd with all the branch) - he
iscalhd upon to tcuch, and with the
theory and practice of the hest meth
od" "f tcii' hing ; that h ■ should know
human nature, and should have a
I* i ulinr combination of in iral and
executive |siw r ; that he should Is
aide to cuter into his v< ate n with
that healthy vitality of !■<]', mitnl
mill heart which radiate- power like
•untight throughout hi- whole realm
■if activity.
In no one of the dilh rent stage* of
life i- the possibility "f <levelo| ing
il .is In art germ of courtousnt-.- equal
t" that in our Primary grade ol schools.
Here, where more than Inill the w k
itig hour* of the little one* sr< spent
under tin* eyes of the t<a< her, tin
'd-of g< nth-iii ■-*, kiin lix and cour
tesy may h-st he m.wn in the fertile
In art-soil of the child. There may
'loubtlc** he eircutnMancc* most ad
verse with which to contend while
planting these x-eds, such a* a rude,
isonous atmosphere at home, or in
tellicl* naturally sluggish ; hut by
cot sjant and va ricd efforts to counter
a t the miasma "f the home training,
and to dig into, quicken, and fertilise
the intellect, there cannot lail to event
uate astonishing result*. Hut such
i (fort* mu-t not he tin rely nui hauical.
The h/ irl of the fr-irhrr muM hr jiurr
und gwxi.
In order that every teacher should
lie nn educator, he himself should have
culture —he educated. The presence
in tin scli'Kihrooni or class room of a
teacher "I this characU-r will <-durate
pupils irresislihly and involuntarily,
l■ a certain degree. No mcthoils learn
ed by rote will covert an ignoramus
into an educator. A grizzly decorated
with rihhona i still a grizzly. The
teacher ucd not he an encyclopedia "f
a dictionary, hut he should have been
over a hr<>ad range of studies, and Ih
thoroughly acquainted with nil tlic
powers and faculties "f the human
being. Often, generally, the pro
t' uiid' st knowlelge of px*chelogy and
the most completely cdueatcd mind
arc needed to conduct the smallest
child in the infant da-.* towards true
culture. The educator should lc col
lege -educated or self cflucatf d, the
same in the end. because collcgi** HIT
onlv so many opportunities for the
i fnrne*Mn tided to grow, and many
grow outside nil wall* hy 110-ir in
herent lore of learning ; hut educated
he must lie, always, who educate* oth
i ers; educated before he studies meth
od*. He must have something to im
part before he learns how to impart it.
F.VEKY Kuropenn government that
has attempted to eflucale its people,
ha* laid the foundations of its system
in thorough training schools for its
teachers. In the I'isitcd States we
have 100 often nwumol that an Ameri
can citizen isn being of such wondrous
versatility of genius that he can step
into any position, from the sovereignty
of nn infant school to the presidency
of the republic, at a moment's warn
ing. There is little doubt but that
our people are more versatile, and bet
ter fpinliftcd to assume untried duties
than those of other lands. Our re
publican institutions constitute the
most admirahln training-schools for
general intellectual activity and prac
tical efficiency ever yet invented, and
the couutry has consequently not suf
fered from this lack of special train
ing, to the extent that foreign ohserv*
ers suspect. It is also true that many
admirable teachers have been pro
duced hy the eflorts of genius making
its own way through obstacles to emi
nent success. But no methods of in
struction anywhere contemplate the
few extraordinary cases of genius.
Genius is simply an excess of vital,
spiritual power, whereby its possessor
sere the great laws of human life, and
loses no lime in getting upon the high
way to success. With or without
schools or teachers, such minds would
vindicate their high originality.
It Was u Cigarette Smoker.
It wifV immiHtakttl.lv n male biped,
but Hijcli a rig! Over nix feet mil,
suit of while flannel, baggy breeehc-,
coat cut of! at hip-, *heniriiig front
shirt, No. 11 russet feather *h'.<-" with
rubber soles, white skull can with
. knot of white lace fulling to the
i shoulder, button hole bouquet, board
j I CM* face and a lawn tennis stick that
j would make a nice plaything for a
j three-year old boy. ii< i-rit.nd the
! cigar Htore.
Ibt a dollar be buy-a cigarette."
"Take the bet ? "
And the necond-jK-aker won. Ibr.-
in what took place in the-tore;
Have you any cigarette
" Lota of VIM. ' What kind do you
j want."
1 lie be-t you have."
M'-.e arc A- good a- any
MI the market."
Hive me two of them " (laying a
pennv upon Die „| 1()W j
" Wo don't br ak buncb. *
" Hon't you >c|| two f,.r a is-oiiy*"
" No,
Aii . In that ea-e | -hall not put
roiii/,- you!" and it rmlkcd out.
A omiUM of the di|.o ,1 of Die
I public land* during lh* fiscal ymmr rail ml
lone ~0, l-VJ. | t H- le-1-n prepare.! !,l Die
•Deiieral I. .0.1 office *ri>i -ho Dn.t Die
"It,| riumter of acre- .1 ( o*.-.| of I',
'iff"*!*. an inrree m-. !„.t „>
-tout ...(Hum , rrr .-. j j,,. t ,. c „ iv .
••.If r thin lnn.l iitnnunl- in D.
". .-.t.i.ut .01,(r.D. a- ifMin-t u t *\
000,000 during tb laat n,,
I number of-acre* entered for ajtri ullurai
l' ur l '"<• * "cad. -ale,",| u ,,. . ~
"•mounted in?,i,w>;i;.„,, , for miner ]
purpn-c-. IT <IC,-i,OIO acre-; < , dc-cU
l .ndr. IMftr..'.. acre-; f..r rod land.. 7.
■ 1 "1 acre-; t, .t,.7gu acre- a. re enter**!
uricfer tliefion.o-i.n l law-, . j •_>].
acre* n< r. roved tip" iin"l< r Die
none law- I nd.-r the timb.-i . fjfiu •
iCt*lf.f-i.'t.TtC *cr"vrer- entered and
"proved tip ; under the varinoH lar.'i ••>r
ri.rit. railroad p'r.tnt. achool and Str.tea
-e|. ction a.iriclii lir.K v irioua kio l of
y rip, 01*),-//. acre- w. re di-po.od of.
fhe toe,l incre—.• ir. the di-f -it; m of
pu be land* during the p*t fical v*
-ni l r.i owing r.. Die immen-e io
>f immigr.tion in the Nortbw.nt- In
I ikota the inrreaae i- more noticeable
than in any oDier State or Territory.
A very large inrre -e i- *>.o noticeable
• n Louinan.l and Florida. The ;.re aof
State and railroad -elections i more
complete than ever h. fore, and thie add*
tfreatly toti.e aggregate di-| iof dur
ing tin- pa*! y<",r. The acre- of eah
ah- in Ilikota alone were oti- i.'.D aere-.
"• i the home.tend entie* in the -.itne
ferritory were ruore than two million
I er" *.
I I!"MK.Sept-inlKr3l—A letter from
j the Pope to the Irich l.i-hop-, dated
; Augu-t 1. in ptibli-ht-d here. Hi*
I Holiness, * Xpre—ing hi- prof'.untl re
gret that tranquility ha- not been re
-tond in Ireland and that murder*
continue to be committed, -nv* : "The
Iri-h people, by following the advice
of th<ir prelate*, may hope for the al
leviation of the ilia from which tbev
. -ufl r. A just rati-* mu*t V upheld
;by jiiHl means. secret wx-ietin. mu-t
!*• shunned. In tbe words of Saint
Augu-tiiip. the fir*t characteristic trait
<f liberty i the non-commi—if.n of
crime, *1 he prie*U< ought to Ik* active
supporter* of public order during the
present trouble*." The lett. r coticlmb
!by expressing the hope that tIK- Eng
lish (iovernnient will do ju-tioc to the
"quitablc claim* of the Irish peoj.lc,
1 remembering that the pacification >.f
Ireland constitute* an clement of tr:m
'quility in the whole Empir .
How to spoil n It ti-ii.i:i.|.
Sunt ! at hint.
11. it peck bint.
Eiml fault witlt him.
K'-ep au tmti.lv h>>ii<.
Humor hitn half to death.
Ikw bint out of hi- boot*.
Always have the lu-t wort).
Ib* extra cm** on wa*h <lav,
Ouarrel with him for trifb-*.
Never have n.< al* ready in lime.
Hull bills without hi* kno-l.tlg .
Vow vengeance on all hi* relation*,
let liiuiM wr the button* on lti--liir(.
Pay no attention to bou*. hold ex
pennM.
(•ive a* much a* he can oatn in a
month for a new bonnet.
A M IKXTlKlO article a*k-. "Will the
coming man u*c both arm*!" That
(lc|H-nd* wheafher the coming man's
"mn*h" i* a *lim girl or one of the
stout varienty.
A l'KoxiiN'KXT lurnlicrman ha* liad
hi* coat of arm* |iaintcd on the panel*
of his carriage with tbe Latin motto
"Villi," which by interpretation is "I
saw."
A t.rrrKß adtbeactl "g in o shed,
niastuait," maile<l tu Champlain.N. Y.,
was forwarded bv a sharp-witted clerk
clerk to Indian Orchard, Mass., aul
found its owner.
LAwr-POdTS are now called msthctic
supporters, it having beeu noticed that
the individuals who have the most af
fection for them late at night* are limp,
and they cling,
A CttUUuo woman recently told her
husband that she had put her foot
right down on his going to the club,
lie glanced at the Ami, sights!, and
•cut in his resignation!
AT eld ladyio Cheyenne says that
there can be nothing more attractive
than the spring snlc of wrap lor
young ladits. She -ay* its the knee
plus ulster of good la*U>,