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BELLBPONTE, PA.
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Just around the corner (iu Winches
ter, Va.,) is where the dashing Sheri
dan had his headquarters, the buildii g
now being used for an Episcopal semi
nary ; near by stands tho house iu
which the Revolutionary General
Morgan died in 1802, and" his hotly
rests in the citizens' cemetery beneath
an unkept mound and a broken slab ;
and iu this portion of the town, too,
lived Miss Ilebocca Wright, the
(Juarker girl, on it Winatlox mruis'•
eti by whom Sheridan fought and won
the bloody battle of Winchester, Sep
tember 151, 1804. Miss Wright's
mother kept a boarding bouse in
Winchester, and, hearing from rebel
officers at her home that Early had
dispatched a number of his troops to
reinforce Lee in Eastern Virginia, she
uotitied Sheridan who was encamped
without the town. He acted prompt
ly and Early was sent " whirling down
the valley. " Sheridan did not forget
his fair benefactress, as the following
order, which you, Mr. Editor, who
were issuing com miss try and a member
of his statr at the time, have seen be
fore, attests :
CAPT. GKIBST : (Jive Miss Wright
all the fresh beef she needs.
P. 11. Shew DA/,
Major General.
After the war had ended S.ieridan
further expressed bis gratitude by pre
senting her with a handsome gold
watch. This fact becoming knowu
the Wright faniilv were socially ostra
cised by the Winchesterians, the'r
boarding house tabooed aud their
means of livelihood disappeared. M-.
Robert J. Houston, of Lancaster, hear
ing of Miss Wright's sto-v through a
friend, Mr. James N. Van Ormer, who,
by the way is a brother-in-law of our
Clerk of (Quarter Sessions, Mr. < leorge
W. Eaby, laid the matter before Tin
ted States Senator Simon Cameron and
within four weeks Miss Wright was
appointed to a government clerk-hip.
General Cameron declared to Mr.
Houston that " Sheridan ought to mar
ry that girl ami I'll tell him so, too,"
hut evidently Sheridan or the girl, or
both didn't think so, ami not a great
while afterwards she became tho wife
of a Mr. llonsall from near the Rising
Sun, Cecil county, Md., where they lor
a time lived. Rut she returned to
Washington ami I understand yet
holds a position under the government
she o signally served. — iAturarh r In
teUigeneert
m ♦
Painlessness of Death.
The Opinion of a Seiertfr Mm.
Dr T1 -.ruA I>. 9|*n<*#r, in P * M ntl.lj
At birth the babe undergoes an or
deal that, were he conscious, would he
more trying than the most painful
death ; yet he feels it not. Rom in an
unconscious state, the brain incapable
of receiving conscious impressions, his
entrance into his hitherto unknown
world is accomplished during a state
of oblivion known as Nature's ana --
thesia :
"PainlcMl? w# r mr. whnc kn rtol:
PainUwsi gw, whtlhtr n* kixw i t
From the earliest period of human
history death has been considered as
necessarily accompanied by pain. So
general is this belief that the terms
"death-agony," "last struggle,"
" pangs of death," etc., have been in
almost universal use in every age am)
under all conditions of society.
Nothing could be more erroneous.
The truth is, pain and death seldom
go together ; we mean the last moments
of life. Of course death may he pre
ceded by weeks or even months of ex
treme suffering, as occurs during cer
tain incurable diseases.
So exaggerated has been this notion
that it has lteen considered an art of
humanity to anticipate the " death
struggle" by violence. For ages it
was customary among the lower classes
of Europe to fasten death by suddenly
jerking the pillow from beneath the
head of the dying, thus throwing the
head backward, straining the pharyn
geal and thoracic muscles, rendering
the respiration, alrendy difficult, short
ly impossible. A Venetian amhnssn- |
dor, in the time of (jueen Mary, asser
ted that it was a common custom
among the country people to smother
the dying by meaus of a pillow placed
over the face, upon which leaned or
sat the nearest relative. This was
founded upon the pious belief that a
short road was the best one. The cus
tom was handed down from generation
to generation, parents performing it
for their children, and nee reran. Rut
perhaps the saddest privilege ever al
lowed the near friends of a dying man
occasionally occurred during the reign
of (£uecn Elizabeth, when, through
executive clemency in executions by
hanging, they were permitted to grasp
the teetof the suspended criminal and,
by clinging to the extremities, precipi
tate their additional weight on the
body, thereby hastening strangulation.
It is needless totsay that these theories
are false in both conception ami prac
tice. Death is a physiological process,
and, like all other animal functions,
should be painless. •
AFT KB marriage the question as to
who shall be s|eaker of the house is
speedily settled.
How Long a Man May Live.
It was Professor's Hutolnnd's opin
ion that the limit of possible human
life might he set at two hundred years.
This is oil the general principle that
the life of a creature is eight times the
years of its period of growth. That
which is quickly formed quickly perish
es, and the earlier complete develop
ment is reached the sooner bodily de
cay ensues. More women reach old
age than men, but more men attain
remarkable longevity than women.
Some animals grow to he very old.
Horned animals live shorter lives
than those without horns, fierce long
er than timid, and amphibious longer
than those which inhabit the air. The
voracious pike exist, it is said, to an
age of one hundred and fifty years :
the turtle is good for a hundred years
or more; and among bird-, the golden
eagle is known to have lived nearly
two hundred years, while the sly aud
somber cow reaches the vein rahlc age
of a century. Passing up in the scale
of life to man, aud skipping the patri
arches, we find luatiy recur ed instan
ces of longevity among the classic
(Ireeks and Romans. Pliny note- that
in the reign ot'the Emperor Ve-pasinn,
in the year 7<, there m re one hun
dred and tweuty-four nun living in
the limited area between the Appeni
nes and the l'o of 000 humlnd years
and upwards, three of whom were one
hundred ami thirty-five. ( ieero's wife
lived to be the age of one hundred and
three, and the Roman actress l.uccja
nlayed in public its late as her one
hundred and twelfth year.
(.01..'tig down to more recent times,
the most notable authentic iiis.anee of
great age is that of Henry .Iciikius, of 1
Yorkshire, England, who died in l>7o,
one hundred in d sixty-nine years o'd.
He wxs a fisherman, and at the age
ore hundred easily sv ..in rrro s rapid
rivers. Another historic e • is tha.
of Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, a day
laborer, who lived to the age of one i
hundred and fifty-two v> ar-. When
in >re than one hundred ami tat ntv he
married his -eeuud wife, and till one
hundred and thirty he could -wing
the scythe with hi- fill ..-laborer- In
his one hundred and fifty second vear
Parr went up i ]>md<>ii to exhibit
himself to.the King. It proved an
unlucky visit, for violating the abste
mious habit of a century and a half,
the old mail fen-ted s > tr-e|v on the
royal victuals that he in died, mere
Iv of plethora. On examination his
internal organ* j nv<d t > be in excel
lent condition, and there wa* n • r. .1-
"on why he should not have lived long
er, save for his unfortuna!- taste ol
rujal hospitality.
I'rofe-sor lluteiaiid'- r I• : eent- na
riaus includes many i- oi irkablc eases,
among ih- in that oi Mitih -t>-d,a I'm--
sian .soldier, who served sixtv-seven
years umler lioili Fredericks, fighting
many battles ami enduring much hard
campaigning, ami who, alter all thi-,
married successively three wives, the
last w hen he was one hundred aud ten,
two years before his death.
Tilt: meanest man living i int'raw
ford-villp, Indinua. H- stole all the
wood his iieighh.>r's wife ha! sawed
aud split during the day, and then in
vited her hiishnnd over t > spend the
evening.
J. SIMPSON A Pit KM.
Democratic t amlldate for Secretary of
Internal Affairs.
Hon. J, Simpson Abies, >■( Hunting
don. the Democratic mmiin- • I- r *--crc
tsrv of Internal Atfair*. was tii- iinani
mous clinics of the convention and of;
the Democratic party < f the s-,,,, f or
that position upon the ticket. Piifilic
opinion h unerringly and unmi-lltk- !
ably pointed to him. • nc his appoint
merit bv <• neral Mc 'iihlli m, in 1875,
ss Deputy Secretary, me nm-t com
patent person in the r.m oioiiw-altb
for the office for which i.e w .s chosen
*s a candidate. Ife imd'-cconic exten
sively and fnvorahlv known through
the public position with winch he letd
been entrusted and through hi- profes
sion as a surveyor anti-civil Migineer.
Ilis personal popularity ati'l bis repute ;
tion for Aiiibtv and integrity arc not '
only of the h.ghest order nmong his'
friends and neighbors and in the por
tion of the State where he resides, but
are coextensive with the Common
wealth, and are not confined to its lim
its. The truth of tins will be manifest
when it is remembered that when elec
ted to office by the people, as has sever
al times occurred in his native county,
it baa been sga-nst an adverse political
majority, which it was necestary lor him
to overcome. Always, when a candi
date, has he run largely ahead of his
ticket, and always, when they have bad
the opportunity, have the people ex
pressed their unreserved and unbound
ed confidence in him.
oEXtaLonicsi..
Mr, .Africa is, on the paternal side, of
Herman ancestry, hitt great-granlather,
<"hristopher Africa having immigrated
from near Hanover and settled at (Jer
manlown (now part of Philadelphia).
.Subsequently he removed £r> Hanover,
in York county. He and hia family
were Lutherans, as is shown by the re
cords of that church at the latter place.
He had two oons, Michael and Jacob,
the former of whom, the grandfather of
the subject of this sketch, married Miss
Catharine firiftin at York, removed to
Huntingdon in 1791, and purchased the
properly now owned and occupied by
his grandson, He was one of the foun
ders of, and an elder in, the Lutheran
church at that place. There Daniel
Africa, our candidate's father, was born
in 1894. He wot a man of prominence
and influence in the community, was
deputy surveyor for Huntingdon coun
ty from 1824 till 1830, and woa for twen
ty-two years a justice of the peace. His
knowledge of the law was much more
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF
INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
88® ii iMTft -
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Huntingdon.
thorough mill extensive than thai u*ual
!jr pi.-s.-s*e I I• v magistrate*. lie wu
familiar with many of I lie I ngl -Ii nnd
American <ln iinii-, • -j 1 y with
tho-e of tin* IVtin*r Ivania cnurl, ni< 1
kepi a book in which he noted a gt<t
number of unpor'ant < i-<*. M*nv of
these related to the laud !<u . ilia
I HOI) t hi* roll.t it tud> 11*. anil emu
pan ion. *
The great prat, -slather of our r unl •
■ late on hi* mother'# rub was .fame*
I Murray, a native of - -Hand, who came
to America iv xitit tiii* uir IT.i't. at a
verv early age. ami ettle.| ,n I'txton.
Lancaster <v II.VIIJIi n county, ami
a bo W:v a eijit .in of or.e of t lie l.mr'i#
ter contf me# in the !.'• voUit. mat v war.
V <ll ti k lit or marr.ed John > i| - of
Bucks county, wh , nlno >a n itiri 1 hi
the iv tr for our independence. This
couple Were III" | ar.-nt- of the wife
I'ar.tel and mother of J. v tup*nn Afr
ca.
<llll I V"K AM* 111 It. t \.t.'l I ..
The latlr aa t gn in tie t ,wn <■
Huntingdon, on the 1" 111 day of >ep
tember. I' • and bag thereh re attain
ed l.i* fiftieth vear. He #'i • .11# ate /
in the pot.lie rhoil* an lin the Hun
tingdon Ar/.'if-inv. which i.tl-rde-l t in.
•I! the opportunities that weie i * * * - i
ry to t.t him f*r In*, active and ;• ,••
III! btiine# llll*. He h l. howev* r. I -t|
tinue I t<> l e a -Indent, a# >.i ti u-t <!•
who are en gage -1 in practical | m
ill pur*uiu. Alter leaving two. lie
rommem el the prm'Sne of ■:ne hi j
ar.'l civil ngirr ertog with lis* fvthcr
and wtlii hi uncle. .1 tine# Simpson, the
latter It* vug l<- n I ■ | i n< ip il in •true
tiir. II •In -t HOI k, liter .- *tu| -leMhg
1.1- stud:.'*, .i- With .<■ .liiuel W, Mitilm.
e<| . t*h:cf Kngmc.-r <n the Huntingdon
•ml Hro.l l lop Kadto.el, in !< ' I
locating of the i id i r'ini < or* d in '
January, bit Mr. \'||* v <' i lie,l
• way ly other d'ltie* hclore the rl •• e!
the tear, v'l lie inliniatc friendship 1 en
formed between luttarlf ami Mr. Mitllin
remain* uninterrupteil until tin* <lav.
Mr. Africa'# dialingo-shing < l ain ter
itic in hi* hu#tne-*, i*rofe*ior>al ami
public life ha# been underiating careful
' ne*s and accuracy t'ombined with hi*
conscientiousness in flu* repect i* ht*
lon< experience a# a #urtrcyor, b • fi.-ld
extending ovar the Htate from S-w .1. r
<ey almo*t to the Ohio line. *n p.rl-ct
: In* familiarity with tile latid tit o # of
f'erin*) i van il, t hat no < uit# are 11. I in i
Hon ting-1 n. and but lew in neigh! -.ring
fount *•*, involving question* ol ti'ie. 111
which h * knowledge i* pot recp'.i* i to !
unravel the m<terieA and aid in the a i
miniatratton of justice. Thi* knowledge
would be of ineatimable value in the
bead of ti*e important department oj
Internal Affair*, including. • it row
doe*, the former dutie# fil the Siitfi yot
tieneral, Mr. Africa ha# been | r ltieiinc
<■*], b) cdtilpetent ailthotltV. the bel
; 'iirveyor in Central Penn*ylvan,a. and
j baa not htv superior in the Slate, if any j
where.
Hl# roi.iTK Ai, rort'i tatrv.
j T|o firt office filled by Mr. Africa
; was that of t'ounty Surveyor, to which
lie WII elerted in October, 1 *."id. When
notninatefl by the lieniorratic county
convention aa a candidate for the oflice
he had not attained hi* twenty fir#t i
year and hail p*ed it but a few week*
when elected. The Whig majority| in
the county at that time #a about 300.
but Mr. Africa #•< elected by a majori
ty of 165. Hi# Whig opponent wn# tak
en entirely by tirpri*e and could #carce
ly believe the figures that tohl the reult.
Mr. Africa waa a candidate for re elec
; tion in 1856, and again ran *o far ahead
:of hia ticket tbb the reult wn# a tie
I vote between him and hiannponant nnd
• failure br elect. He held over until
tha following year, when he in*i*ted
that the court #hould make an appoint
ment, and they appointed the Whig
candidate who laat ran ag.%in*t him.
t.ITKKAKr I.AIIOR*.
In 1853 he became one of the foundera
of theA&wif/iag iS'/uae Manner, a new*paper
eatabliihed at Huntingdon, and wa# one
of the editors and proprielora until it
waa discontinued, {pro years later. He
la well qualified for editorial work and
would no doubt have been as successful
at that a# at everything else he baa un
dertaken had kg chosen to devote his
effort# to it, being a correct writer and
having command of a very pure Kng
liah style. He i also well posted on
local history, and is often consulted a#
an authority unon the eubjoct. The
sketch of Huntingdon county in Kgle's
'• History of Pennsylvania" wa# pre
pared by him, and, Milton 8. I.ytle. in
bis " History of Huntingdon County, "
gives him credit in various places for in
formation furnished. In the practice of
hia profession be baa hod access to aod
has obtained possession of records which
b iv# hI! it*li**i him a Viist fun 1 .f km.wl
i-'lg*- ami which be b** tint failed to
*tu<ly to a-2\ until)•)-.
IV lit SIMCS*.
Mr. Mnrv hit- been i-lentificl w,th
tb<- icatlii gbiMin* t•• r| i i- til Huti
t.i fdin, and lii* p von niii'liiii'i. nml
encouri*ircmcnt Un-vcry de*,ral.le public
improvement. H- In* contril utt-d In*
time iml labor to the welfare si d pro*
pent) of the Imrnugb a* a tll>-mbi-r of
councils having beun sleeted burp •- In
I* I. I * • • nt.-d I be. - riling r hi,.f 1. I,r
to 1 1. 1.1. 1 1*1 election I . .-,g Un
thre.. venr*. hdtif.g the •(-'•iofm of
1* *8 and 1* r.t he w.,* one of the c'< ik
I'l till- M*te Senate
l.i* lie* l election I,\ 11, c* people of -
lluritmp-lori county w, their ri re
■ • I. tat . HI l ii- l."gi*lature ml*'*, (be
majority in the com t> hud changer!
-in big to I'ej ul-iicnn. ar.'f it
'*' * i'-t t hr- candtdate of (be litter jvr
iv ti. it .ir. Africa i*., successful, lie
i among the at leal and m **t mtelh
g-t l member# of the I * ly. s. rvmg on
•ip :' ilil commit tr .•. ami 1.-.tfi , ~ f|,
tl rani in enmrnittee exerti I „ jte.t
.i*!f iei.rc<>|Kin its proceeding*.
1 1;< i< i* hi Minirt* tor >t
lie lit) of organ:/,ng the Ileparl
m-nt of Internal All.irs.lei .Ive.J upon
the I r.t ir.ciiml .nt elect. I after tlx
> t M '.ion of the constittiiion of 1*7.1, i-y
which the office waa created, it van. in
re -nlll -n of hia eniittr-r.t fitne** for
the j ~, .. tint Mr. \lrtea *> appomte-i
I'-1 uty S<* r. t .rv I v (ieneral Mcf,nd
~-• W II- I, tl.e ~lter nit. red U|*r>n the
'into * of the office in I*7',. Mr. Africa'*
*.t • * ~-.ge and experience peculiarly
Iti <oli.-d him al"*ve everv other man in
itiet'ommonwealth for putting the new
department into ticce-fu| op. ration.
I'l ' < lit re ' iU. r rt-| -i .tbility of doing
•** 'lev -)w | upon nnd it | lAell
known to tl.e people „t the State how
faithful.v the dotv waa performed and
how , t.-vlit.it ly ~,,,1 honorably be acquit
■i h lll*eil in tl.e important trust. Ihe
b i ntt mn;t owe* it* efficiency to day to
tin- tl.. ion,- i and practical manner in
win. h it was organized by Mr. Alric*.
RIM aif a At. or in* TICMT,
Moll a view not only of continuing
Ii m n the office, but .1 placing him at
I lie Ii- id of it. tl.e lh-mocrstic *tate
* 'invention of 187* romihabd b in a*
tin qandiuate for Secretary of Intern. 1
A flairs. A* il was the year of a m>>*t
imp. t (ant general v lection, and as the
II j til'licari. thoroughly organ's*-I their I
1 riv ami made nn active eanva** for
the ticce* of their tic k, t and to retain
control o) li.e State, the election Of Mr.
Africa co.i ld not be regarded a* among
the probabilities, tut it *. evident from
the day of hi* nomination that, • ven if
defeated, the majority agatmlbim would
!< much le than that against any oth
er candidate on the ticket,
and there was reason to regard In*
chance* a* not entirely hnpele**. The
result wa* highly flattering to Mr Afri
ca. tl.e majority gamt hitu Itemg hut
I'd IV. while thai for Hoyt, the Hepub- |
lioan candidate for governor, was ai.out I
I d2,.'00. Hi* popularity in Huntingdon
county wa* again altesdo.l h> a tuajori
ty lor httn of 541, while lloyt's wa# 337. I
t svxisorsi.v ar.xoat* ATl n.
Having developed such strength be- I
fore the j>eop)e hia renominatton this |
year wa# looked upon a* a certainty
long before the meeting of the conven
tion. He w.,s in no sense a candtdate,
never having indicated any desire for
the nomination, but public sentiment
having clearly pointed to him aa the
unanimous choice of the party, no oth
er person was thought of a* a candidate,
and the action of the convention plac
ing In r.t upon the ticket without a dis
senting voice was hut the registering of
what had already been decreed.
Mr. Africa haa held but one office he
side* those that have been mentioned.
In 1880 President Hayes appointed htm
Nnpervisor of theCensusfor the Seventh
Putrid of Pennsylvania, composed of
fourteen counties in the central part of
the State, and extending Irom Clearfield
to York. It ia unnecessary to say
that he displayed the name fidelity in
this position that he haa always shown
in public or private station in which be
hot been placed. Its duties were per
formed to the entire salisfoetlon of the
department.
Mr. Africa's admirable character is
the result of deepaented moral and re
ligious convictions. It has been stated
that his ancestors were butherana.
From bla tnothers'a side be come* natu
rally by hia PresbyUrian faith. He be
longs to the latter church at Hunting
don, ia a member of the board of trus
tees and treasurer for the congregation.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
"Thr ctmunu mhool la a |ir>alnrlln of nnjari
Il.'.ai|| l.l. All. li'fil nit.] Ml'lill* a,' a# itaro a rartalh
kll.'l ami amonut of *-Hiiral|,.f, t.ail ll Maa |. It for
llltalrlll III"", In 11,,, tla'.UKlat "I |-,| illar
tor it* Imlrurtmu u, tl,
('<,Miiiuftl'*tluM ai.rt dlacoaatona aollcllnl, Aildraaa
K<lu. allonal Mllal, bm„ M T, lIH|H„M. I>a
CHUKOTIONH ; What is Mark Twain'*
real name ; Juab Hilling*' ; Mr*. Par
tington'h; Petroleum V. Nnhhy's ; Arte
HI TIN Word'*.
WE should he pleased to have SHORT
report* from any of our county teach
i in, treating of th< ir school*.
Wt: will aciul the IJIM<KKAT for
one year to the |ernon who forward*
ii In tore Oct. 1, 'b'J, the licet paper on
."County Institute*," It must not ex
<■<<l one ihoti"anil word".
A Kl; t.i. fonte of Japanese ty|ie
compi'irc* <IO,OOO characters, ot whieh
■'!,000 are in constant o-e. Ka'h .Jap
anese word having a di-tinel eharac
ler, the ti legraf ha* he< n useless to the
'nulioti, and the k-lefoue i" likely to
prove a bbs-ing to them.
Wit t. Mime one favor u- with a m>-
1 illi' li i t thin prohletil : 1 have to
make a lid for a box, which in to he
twelve inehen Mpiare. Now, the only
Imard I have in nine inehen by sixteen
inehen. The lid in not to have more
than one joint, nor consist of more
than two piece#.
Hill. AT IV It Sl/.KH OF VaHIOI'S (,'V-
Il.'il-I 111A - CoMI'AISKD WITH till
Hllil.l Printed matter in measured
by 'M -" the letter Mlm i iir u unit :
I I'. *t, • • ' %| g
U.I .1-. . IHCFL T.HT \ 30 MM <
MV* M.IPN.
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I*m ■•••' I r-n< It 4N€i (pvi ftUti •*
lie calculations have been fur
nished by J'rof. A. I'. Lynn, of N. w
V >rk, ami are based on careful com
putuii li", which li4\e been Verified.
Examinations.
frtitsa. Nhra I
No more difficult ta-k cunfrontn the
t m ill r tliuii that of < lamination. An
a t<-t of attainment in anv branch of
tudy, it i necessary, and may la- of
gr< al value, or almost wortbh-w, d<--
pcmling u jhiii the character and schol
arship of the examiner, J.-{ecially
in thin true when tie examiner ba
in ver taught the examined, and ban
had no knowledge ot bin power of
thought, cr gi neral habit of study.
(Question* niav hi so constructed, or
topics so a—ignod, a to tent the mem
ory alone, bringing into notice merely
the retention of tact" and dates and
verbal text book" an-wer*. —a disorga
ni/.ed ma-- of material, neither digest
ed nor assimilated, and of but little*
ue, in such form, to any one. Kven
in thin < a*e, an examiner of broad
-< holarship, by a careful survey of the
answers, can detect, with difficulty
however, the mental grasp of the ex
amined.
Hut again, ipiontions may be so con
struct" d or topic- MI a—igned an to
tent the knowledge of the examined,
and show how far his thought has
grasped the truth of things in the
givt u subject of study. The examined
is thrown upon hin own resources, not
by puzzle* to test hi" ingenuity, but
; by questions that demand a knowledge
of principles upon bis part, and the
answers of which must come from
bis own inner jmwers of thinking.
Kven in this case, it is difficult to form
a correct estimate of scholarship in
vi ry many branches of study, unless
the examiner takes into critical survey
the whole character of the answers
given, the structure of the sentences,
the Knglinh used, and that nlmost in
| visible thought power, which the ex-1
aminer, if a scholar, recognizes by a
sort of intellectual affinity or mcutal
sympathy.
All examinations in our judgment,
if to be relied upon, should be con
i ducted by nil examiuer of broad,
sound scholarship, such as will dictate
a series of ipicstions calculated to test
scholarship, and which will detect in
every answer given the more hidden
element of self-possessed thinking,
rather than the most ostentatious pow
er of memory involved.
Hot in an examination to test the
qualification of ouc desiring to become
a teacher, how can an examiner assure
himself of those clhieal qualities, which,
to say the least, are as necessary as
arc the intellcfituilf What list of
questions can he form which will be of
any servioc here? The most that he
can do is to dettet in the personal
presence of the examined, a# well aa
in the general tone of hi* answer*, that
•elf-huinilialion ami reverence without
which all moral life i* dwarfed and
blighted.
liut fortunately our schools are all
under the personal and continued in
spection of our superintendent*; and
this, added to their examinations,
should be sufficient to guard us against
any serious immorality or great in
competence or waste uf time in our
educational work. Let us labor to
keep among our examiners men of the
broadest and soundest scholarship pos
sible, and men whose manners and
morals are above reproach.
Valuable Wood*.
, There i*a large number of valuable
; wood* and timber* grown in thin coun
try that are used tr commercial pur
imeea. Among other* the following
, are common; namely, a*h for furni
ture and wagon work; birch, for boli
bin* und for furniture; beech, for
ear|*etit4?r*' plane*, tool* and furniture ;
■ , chestnut, for furniture and ornamental
j work ; catalpa, for the *arne ; elm, for
. wagon-making ami hick
ory, for wagon*,buggies, handle*, etc.;
L j maple, for ornamental work and
Iratne* lor muchim-* ; '"-ago-oraugc,
for wagon* and huggic*; pine, tor
timber ; oak, for fliip-buiiding ; vel
r low pine, tor the same and (or build
ing furniture and ornamental work ;
i-pruce, for dairy package* ; ba*-wood,
1 lor light pleasure-sleigh* and chair
bottom*; willow, for charcoal, lor
powder, ami (or wooden ware ; walnut,
lor gun-lock", furniture und cabinet
. work; cherry, for the *ame; apple and
pear wood, lor coar*e engraven*"
j block-, for tool* and mallet*. also lor
imitating -!' ny tor ornaillental work ;
• | poplar, for furniture; red cedar, tor
pencil- and moth proof trunk*, I'.ei-
Inr, spruce, and buttonwood are al* .
d l'r wood |>o|*er-pulp. Indeed.
, there i- *carcely one of our native
t r'' * that i- not useful |NR *omc com
■ mercial or indu*trial purpoM-. Sumac
, twig* and have- are used tor dveing
. ami tanning and are worth l*7o a ton.
, lel low locu*t i* u(-d for pin* and
| treenails; white locust differ- from it
1 j in the Color of the wood and in ii*
• | toughness ami strength.
S ON; of the cheese—"will vou love
me when 1 mold ?"
A I'IKTOI. i IJ'it half MI danger' ux
when the owner i not load-d.
_
I 111 -*cret ot ihe K-<-ly motor ha*
been divulged. It i- mom v.
A nm.l. i* rpiii klv managed— ii on
ly tak<> two sr-oond* to arrang< ii.
A KI NTI < KV woman ha* married R
. Mr. ('alien—ha* wedded a prin!*, a* it
were.
I ill: palmy da vs of a boy'* life are
th'ipv in which he get* proper!v epank
<•<l by hi* mother.
I 'cM'jrs Hie) poodle* are fir*l cou
*in ; they should take turn* leading
each "th< r with a pink ribbon for the
edification of the | < ople.
I HI: ( ierman immigrrnt must have
recollections of hi* latheiland whenever
he drinks hi* beer, because it i* then
that be i* reminded of foam.
IN" leiudun, a man, has recently
j been sent*need to eighteen months'
hard labor tor suaiing an umbrella.
Nobody is safe in this world.
Tilt; daughter of J. \V. Maekev,
w ho is heiress to many millions, i* -aid
to be "nineteen, pretty and reserved."
Wonder who she is reserved for?
"TIIK late .lint Fisk's SIO,OOO oj ra
g!a, *<• wiih five hundred diuioiids,"
i the first priie in a lottery in the
Orthodox Hebrew Fair in Boston.
AMI:RKANH are great scribbler*.
Keen the lunatics ou Black well's I~
> land edit and publish a newspaper;
, an 1 they are not tbc only lunatics en
i gaged in the business.
Tin: editor of a Mi-*i sippi paper
wrote: "Our fair, la*t week, exhibited
| among other things, collection of in
• sects," but the type wtP r substituted
"hair" for "lair."
A KORKISTOWW young man who
to Atlantic City, last week, ray* lie
lost a dollar dinner the fir*t day lie
was there. lie probably drop|>e<l it
I overboard wliile out sailing,
"Oli> age I* coming upon me rapid
ly," said an urchin who was Mealing
j apples from an old man'* garden, a*
he saw the owner coming furiously
toward* him with a stick in his hand.
A srm imiKß write* to an cdiior in
the West: "I don't wan't your paper
any longer." To which the editor re
plied : "I would not make it any long
er even if you did ; its present length
just suits me."
TIIK Paper World May* that the
consumption of paper for newspaper
purposes is 25 per cent, more in l'hil
adelphia than in New York, figured
on a pro rata basis of the proportion
ate imputation of the two cities.
Ax editor, in response to a subscri
ber, who grumbled that his paper was
intolerably datnp, says, "That is be
cause there is ao much due on it"
We have some of those subscribers,
and it is a wonder their paper is uot
soaking wet.
TIIK Boston Herald recently preach
ed a sermon on the " I'ower, of the
I'resa, " and au extract taken there
from is as follow*; " The press re
buke ain morning, noon and night, al
so Sunday and holiday*. By the pre**
men are kept in wholesome fear of
public onini'Mi. Men who would other
wise go home us night aiul I mat their
wives fear (be truth telling reporter.
Men who are itching for a sale chance
to steal their employers'* cash are re
strained by a dread of being pilloried
in the public print*. "