RATES OF ADYEKTISIXG.
All advertising for lea taaa three sAai
for on sqnare of nine lines or lets, will bo
charged one insertion, 75 tenia, thro $1.60,
and 50 cents for each subscqdsnt insertion.'
Administrator's. Executor's and Auditor's)
Notices, $2,00. Professional and Basraes
Cards, nut eiceedin-r one square, anal iueln
dint; copy of paper, $8,00 pertear. . Sotiesa
in teadin; eolusme, ten cent per line. Mar
chants advertising by the year atapeoial rates.
& went A- ntmlk. 1 wear.
i is
ESTABLISHED IS 1846.
rcsuasso Event WxcatssaT MoMixe,
fcndia Street, oppoail the Odd Fellows' Hall,
MimmowN. pa. .
Tas Jbsiata Siaf ii published every
Wednesday morning at $1,50 a year, la ad. i '
fence ; or $2,00 is all casts if not paid j B. F. SCH WEIER,
promptly in advance. So subscriptions dii-1 -
j One squire $ 3.50 ' $ (.00 S 8.00
tbi coitiiotio rma mioi 1 raa aroaoaaaaz or in uwi.
EDITOR AKD PROPRIETOR.
Two squares 6,00 . 8.00 1J.UO
Three squares..- 6,00 10,00 . 15,00
One-fourth ool'n. 10.00 17.00 : 25.00
Half column 18,00 25.00 46.00
One column 80,00 43.00 80,00
oontinue J until all arrearage! art paid, unless
VOLUME IIV, .NO. 23.
M1FFLLNT0WN. JUiNlATA COUNTY, PENiY A. JUiNE 7, 1871.
WU0LENU11BEB 1264
at the option of the pablisber.
- ML mrjrx ' w r j -o . ' m7
0m iSi s M
g nii7 e-i nswm y . ill ii I ill ii ii I ii I ir ii
gusmtss Carta.
JODIS E. ATKINSON.
.Attorney at L&w,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
((Collecting and Conveyancing promptly
attended to.
Office, second story of Court House, above
Prothonotary's office.
JOBERT McMEEN,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MIFFLINT0WN, PA."
Offioe on Bridge street, ia the room formerly
ooenpiad by Eira I. Farter, Esq.
JLEX. K. McCLCRE. ;
ATTORNEY 'AT LAW,
144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
oct27 tf " "
g b. LOUDEN",
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.,
Offers bis services to the citizens of Juni
ata county aa Auctioneer and Vendae Crier.
'Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion warranted nov3-5m.
DR. P. C. RUXDIO,
2B ass sags,,
PATTERSON, PENNA.
August 1?. 18'i9-tf.
7 TilUMAS A. ELDER, M. D..
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
I
0ffice knurs S A M. to 8 P. M. OSre in j
llellord's building, two doors above the.en-;
fntl oltce. Kridge street. t.""K
n'JMJII'JPUATIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Ilarini; permaoeiitly located in the bcrougli
X iliJlIntown, offers bis professional services
to the citizens of this pUce and surrounding
ciuuiry.
Utiice on Main street, over Bcidler's Drug
fitore ug 18 l?69-tf
Dr. R. A. Simpson
Treats ail fon:s of iii"es". and may be con-
ullel a foUas: ft liij cBice in Liverpool t
l'a., every SATURDAY snd MO. DAi ap
poinuneuts can be n-aie for o'Ler days.
Ai.IjbnU. Lipp's residence. Mitilintown,
Juniata Co., Pi.. June t'lb, IfeTl, till even
iup i t'::nctual
t"Ca:l ou or ad iress
Mi. It. A. SIMPSON".
dec 7 Liverpool. I'erry Co., l'a.
O. W. ilcPHERRAN,
ttornc!) at JIuiu,
001 SANSOM STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
- aug 18 If 69-1 y
JESTRAL CLAIM AGENCY,
JA3IES 5L SELLERS,
141 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
BjS. Bounties, Tensions. Back Pay, Hore
Claims, Stn Claims, c, promptly collected.
?o charge for information, nor w ben money
is not collected. ' ocf-ti-tf
LIXxoITm utu a l
FIRE INSmiANCK COMPANY,
)f Jonestown, Pa.
1)0LICIE.-i Perpetual, at low rates! No
stea:n risks taken. This is one of the
best conducted and most reliable Companies
in the State.
J. WILPON ALLEV,
Walnut P. O., Juniata Co.. Pa..
Agent for Juniata. Huntingdon, Franklin,
Fulton and Bedford cnuni ies. n';g!7-ly
jexwT Brug: Move
IX PERRYSVILLE.
DR. J. J. APPLEBAUGII has established
a Drug and prescription Store in the
above-named place, and keeps a geueral as
sortment of
DRUGS ASD 31ED1CIXES,
Also all other articles usually kept in estab
lishments of this kind.
Pure Wines aud Liquors for medicinal pur
poses, Cifars, Tobacco, Stationery, Confec
tions (first-class). Notions, etc.. etc.
(ijy-The Doctor gives advice free
NltW DRUG STORE.
BANKS FlIAMLIN,
Main Street, Mfflintoicn, Pa.
DEALERS IN
DRCC8 AID HEDKISES,
Chemicals, Vf Stuff-
Oils, ' ' Painls-
Varnishes, Glass,
jutty,
' Lamps, r.tirners,
Chimneys. Bruehcs,
Infants Prushe, Soaps.
' Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes.
. . Perfumery, Combs.
Hair Oil, Tobacco.
Cigars, .Notions,
and Stiwtionary.
LARGE VARIETY OF
PATENT MEDICINES,
seWwd with yrest. ear, and warr.nied from
hieh authority. ,.
. Purtst of WINES AND LIQUORS for Medi
cal Purposes. , ...
air PRESCRIPTIONS oonipounded with
rcaTcare. mMWl
New Tin and Stove Establishment,
Pcrrysville, Juniata Connhj, Pa.
rrtHS undersigned has opened,outa
I if -. -.i at. Kctlilir hment in te
new
room
on Railroad Street, next door to the Tusca
Tora Hotel, where he would be plea-ed to see
all who are- U want of Tinware. Stoves. SO.
He will also Rive prompt attention to all or
ders for Roofing. Spouting and Jobbing, ail
of which ho guarantees to put op wti "
jst of material and in a workman-liko man
aw. Having had over ten years PeI1
,n the business he flatters himself that lie
can cive entire satisfaction to the pnbho.
Ha keeps on hand tbe celebrated Nimrod
Cook Stove, which is the best baker, most
coa?miI tl heaviest plated stove bow in
. u. :n v..n n hand the Oriental
Keauts. and a Cenaral -orte.t o th. b.t
Stoves mtnuzetue. "ju..
The Great Medical DbcoTerj!
Dr. WALK3E'S CUPOaIA
VINEGAR BITTERS,
Hundreds cf Thousands -
ZZ. Br T;raonT to their Wonder k
o o ' IV.i Carttirc Elects. 2
i WHAT APS THEY?l5
Mails cf Por Ran. W(iinter. Proof
Spirits and Refuse Uimuni loctored. spiced
snd weetened to plesso tbo tw te, called " Ton
ics,"" Arttizcrt," Kestoren," c, tbat load
t..e tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, bet are
atrne Madleine.maden-omtlie':lTSRootsand
Herbs of CaUfbraia, free fram all Alrohalle
Kltianlams. Tucyare tlwUKEAT ULOOU
Pl RM IEitmnd LIFE CIVIM1 PRIN
CIPLE a perfect Renovator anilnrltoratorof
the System, carrylnir off all poisonous matter and
restoring the blood to a ncalthy enndltlon. Xo
person can take these ECtcrs acconUnt to dine
lion ad remain loa? nnwelL
Fnr Infldmtnutorr Ruil Chronic ItlStq
matUra and Jout. lrncta r ludi.
rcxtiou. Billons, Remittent aud later
cutiput Fever. Diaen.es of the Blood.
Mvcr. Kidneyit. and Blailrier. thne Rlt.
ters bare beoa most successful, eoch Dis
ef ars caused by Vitiated Dload. Whicn
U ;ner!!y produced by derasKemeat of the
DIrilTC Orcan.
WVPEPSI 1 OR 1MIGESTIONi
EcauKhe, Pain la the Shoulders, Cout-tit, TtKbt
nes of the Ct'-c:, DUzincss. Sour Krucutioos of
'lie Stomach. Bad taste In the .Month. Cilions At
tsc.a, Palp.UtMn of the Heart. IaflammaUon of
the Lunsi.Psin lu the regions of Use Kidneys, aci
a hundred other palnfnl aymptoms, are the off
sprsof Dyspepsia.
TVt l:iT!gorate the Stomach and stimulate the
tjrpldhvcraad bowels, which renderthemof nn
eqoallrd eflcacy In cleansing the blood of a:l
imparities, and imparUn; new life and Vigor to
t.ie whole ftystcm.
FOIlS!ilDISEASES.Enipt!onB,Tetter,
5!alt Koeum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples. Pntulf,
lioils. Carbuncles. Rins-Woraa, Scald-Head, fior-i
Kyes, Erylpclas, Itch, Scurfs, Discoloration of
tiic Skin. H amors aa l Diseases of the Skin, cf
w.iatever name or nature, are lltemlly dot up
and clrrled oat of the svltera In a short time by
the uee of tt--sd Bitters. One bottle In anch
cxs wi"! convince the mcrt Incredulous of their
curative eJ?cts.
Cioa:iL. the V:riatc l Plood whenever you Cr.d
Its Irip j-it.esbyrsTir-rf through tltoskin lnrim
rles, traptlnt or rrvs; cIcahpc I? when yon
t-id It ortructeil arl sinssifb in the velrs:
cleanse It when It is fou and y iur feelings
tell yoTt wh?a. Keen tti blood para and the
ba'.t!i of t' e system will follow.
TA lE and other WORMS, ltrlclci; in
Hie ay-:tmof so many thousands, are effectually
ilestruyed and removed. For fall directions, read
carefully th3 circular around each bcttle.
J. W.VLKEn. Proprietor. R. H. UrDOSAIX) t
CO., p-n;.,ts a-.d Oen. Arenta. Sin Francisco,
C'al and S and SI Coreroe-ce Street, ?Cew V orW.
60LD BV AIX Dr.l'QGlST3 ASO DEAIF.U-.
New Store and Xew Goods.
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &C.
Hain Street, JuShtc'ra.
HAVING onened out a GUOCERY AND
PRfU'lStOV STORK in !, nl.l tnil
on .Main Citreet, MitHintown. I would respect-
miiy aK ine attention or lue puoiic to u.e
following articles, which I will keep on hand
at all tiues :
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA,
MOLASSES, RICE,
FISH, KA.LT,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT.
HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Nuts, &c.,
Tolmoeo, Cisjarx,
GLASSWARE,
Flour, Ieecl, aVo.
All of which will be sold cheap for Cafh or
Country Produce. Give me a call and hear
my prices.
J. W. KIRK.
Mifllintown, May 2, 1871.
The "Guyper" Market Car.
TnE tindersigned, having purchased of
S. H. Brown the renowned "Guyper"
Market Car, desires to inform his friends of
Mifflin Pt:rnn and vicinitv. and the nub-
lic generally, thst he will run the ear regn
larly, leaving Mifflin Station every Monday
noon for the Eastern markets, andieturning
on WEDNESDAY, loaded witn
FRESH FISH,
OYSTERS,
APPLES,
VEGETABLES OF ALL KINDS IN SEASON,
Aad Everything lTnnIly Carried in a
Market Car.
Also, Freight Carried, at Seasonable
Eates, Zither Way.
O'-d pis from merchants and others solicited.
SSr" Prompt attention to business will be
given and satisfaction guaranteed.
Orders left at Joseph Fennell's store in
Patterson, will receive attention.
G. W. WILSON.
April 2S, 1871.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
or THE
lien's Christian Association,
Office. 123 South 7th St., Philadelphia,
Between Chestnut a Walnut.
If you wish to hire labor of any kind,
write and tell us just tbe help you want.
The wages yon will pay. The best, and
cheapest way to reach your place, and ir far
from Philadelphia, you had better enclose
Railroad fare. We will do our best to serve
you and give you all the information can
about the person we send. Our desire is to
assist the worthy, and no oharges to sitter
narty. Address
P ' ALEX. SLOAN,
Sop't Employment Bureau,
123 Sooth 7ih Street, Fhilada.
A Large assortment of Qoeensware, China
ware. Glassware, Croskeryware, Cedar
wara Ac. for sale cheap by
ware, c, MARTIN ft WALTERS.
Lt kinds of Canned and Pjied Fruit for
JX sale r
uii Wf?i7 Its '
us "44 '&
C J T3ET ARE SOT A VILE J
INFANCY DRINK, Pl
Proceeding af Janlata County Sabbath
School Association, held in Miffliutown,
May 10th and 17th, 1871.
COXCLCDED.
MAT 17 AFTERNOON SESSION.
. Association called to order by the Pres
ideut. Hymn, "My days are gluliDg
swiftly by." Prayer by . Rew. M. Alli
son. Hymn " Sweet hour of prayer."
Older of Business.
Modtt of Teaching.
Dr. T. A. Elder. 1st. Lesson should
not be too long. 2nd. Should not teach
too much. 3rd. Fix the leading truth,
or truths of the lessou in the minds of the
children. 4th. Get out the truth by
close questioning by objects ; by illus
tration'; by blackboard, etc. 5th. Our
teaching should be personal. Make
those under our care feel tbat the truths
of the lesson are for each one of them
that they are intended to lead them to
the Lord Jesus Christ -that they should
give their hearts to Jesus.
Johu F. Allen, of Bi Run S S I
am radical ou the subject of S. S. teach
ing. AVbat do we want to teach I The
aim in the day, and in the Sabbath school,
teaching is altogether different. Iu the
day school we aim at the intellect. We
go into the Sabbath School for the pur
pose of imparting christian knowledge.
When 1 find children paying too much
attention to the pauses in reading, 1 stop
that at once. I teach them to read the
testament of course, but pay no atten
tion to the reading. Teach tliem the
wickedness of lying, stealing, swearing,
etc. Teach the truth of the lesson by
object, question, or any other way talk
it into thera make them to understand.
Lead them to think leave their conver
sicn to God, we cannot convert.
In regard to qualifications for teaching,
I want nothing more than that they are
able to read the Testament correctly
themselves. I believe that an unconver
ted person is under as great obligation to
teach in the Sabbath school as a con
verted person. He can teach tbeni to
I
j read the Scriptures go as fir as he
i !... .!.:!.. I u..l:. .1.: . f I.-
iKuow. nut, mine l uciietc luir, a nu- , a1 . . r,.
! sible way, the great cause of lemper
lieve also that all should become cluis- j alice . aU(j tarly impiess the evil of im-
nans.
Question Box.
Qu' t IIow shall we secure the largest
number of efficient teachers !
Ans. By earnest prayer to our Hea
venly Father ; and by our pastors urging
them most eanieMiy. 2. Take them
from the most devoted, intelligent, and
energetic members of the church. 3 By
holding teachers' meetings regularly. 4
By dinting those who come to church
regularly. 5. By each interested person
leading those with whom he comes in
contact to feel the importance of the S. S.
wotk. 6. By holding county conven
tions, and educating the people up to the
duty. 7. The grace of God alone can
do it. 8 Let them be gathered onco a
week, and instructed on the lesson for
the coming Sabbath, by the Pastor. 9.
By endeavoring to get them to feel in the
matter as they do in all worldly matters,
that without earnestness tbey cannot
succeed. 10. Go out and hunt them up.
11. By taking those persons whom we
know to be punctual in whatever they do.
12. By prayer, and endeavoring to use
our influence always. 13. By our pas
tors impressing this duty upon the mem
bers of the church.
Do you allow colored persons to teach?
The President. I see no reason why
they should not, if they aie competent ;
but they should be colored classes.
Wanted, the opinion of Messrs. Sped
dy and Allison on the propriety of sing
ing school on the Sabbath for the benefit
of the Sabbath School.
J. TV. Speddy. I believe it is proper.
Singing is very important. We cannot
get parents to attend to it at any other
time.
Rev. Allison. I do not believe in
meeting merely for the purpose of study
ing singing. In Scotland it would be
considered downright profanation.
Judge Burchfield. I believe it is very
wrong to sing simply for the purpose of
learning to sing.
J. P. Coyle. We can thereby draw
children into the school. But it is ques
tionable. Rev. H. C. Pardoe. A question to be
determined by each school, so long as we
keep a good conscience. I presume more
good than barm will result.
"Rock of Ages" was sung by the Con
vention.
Infant Classes.
Rev. II. C Pardoe 1st. Where shall
we teach ? Should have a private apart
ment, if possible, so that the children
may do their singing and answering as
loud as they please. The room should
be bright and cheerful. I have been in
infant class rooms that were more like
jails than anything elso.
2nd. What should we teach I That
they are God's little people. I believe
tbat they can be taught to believe in the
Lord Jesns Christ, as well as older per
sons. .
3rd. They are included In the Cove
nant of Grace.
4th. Do not allow interruptions.
5th. How shall we teach? In any
way by which we can make them learn
the truth. Shall the teacher be a male
or female ? It ia no matter which.
6th. Shall the class be divided into
male and female ? , .Not necessarily.
Teach by story, by blackboard, by
pictures, in a conversational way, by the
elliptical method, by memory, or by cat
echism. J. F. Allen. I would, ask the Presi
cent what he calls that, teaching the
heart, or the intellect I
The President. I would ask the gen
tleman which be thinks it is T
Ans. The intellect, and that only.
The President. Is that the sense of
the Association ?
John P. Coyle. We must reach the
heart through the intellect can do it in
no other way so well. . . . .-
Mrs. Sarah Brown, Patterson. I feel
that the position of teacher in the infant
class is a very important one. We must
be careful tchat and iow wo teach.
Children are trusting and confiding re
ceive all as truth. . I told . my class the
story of Samson, as carefully and fully
as possible. On the next Sabbath one
of the litllo girls heard the pastor relate
the same, but iu a different way ; and
when she came home she told her mother
tbat the pastor had made a great
mistake. Tbey are quick to receive
truth, or error slow to let go.
The Committee on Resolutions re
ported as follows :
Re$olced. That the Sabbath school
work cannot bo over estimated ; and tbat
parents, pastors, superintendents, aud
teachers should redouble their iutertest
aud efforts in this sacred cause.
JiesolveJ. Tbat a pure religious litera
ture is essential to the success of the
Sabbath school work ; and it is to be re
gretted that so much spnrious literature,
which wastes the time, vitiates the taste,
impairs the intellect, and takes the place
of better things iu the miuds and hearts
of youth, has fouud its way into many of
Our libraries
Restlcee. That inasmuch as, "Out of
the mouths of babes and sucklings God
has perfected praire," we consider fcabbath
school music of great importance ; it
should be selected with care, and earnest
ly cultivated.
Resulctd. That all Sabbath school
workers should encourage, iu every pos-
temperance upon the rainds of their
scholars
Resatved. That tbe Association return
its sincere thanks to the Lutheran congre
gation of Mifilintowu for the use of their
church ; t the citizens of tbe two bor
oughs for their hospitality and kindness ;
to the choir of the Lutheran church for
their excellent music ; to the officers of
the Association for their efficiency espe
cially to tbe Secretary for his efforts in
the preservation of the organization ;
aud to the editors of our county papers
for publishing notices, etc.
Report received and adopted.
Moved that the Mrs. Rev. Tardoe ad
dress the children's mteting to-night.
Question Box.
What benefit have you derived from
the" Convention? Ans. 1. Pleasure.
Love for Jesus. 2 I was pleased to
hear a lady give in her experience. 3
I am more fully convinced than ever be
fore that the S. S. work in Juniata is a
very great work, and will demand great
efforts. 4. Have been encouraged to
labor more earnestly for the salvation
of my class. 5. Have been encouraged
to persevere in tbe good way. 6. The
Jruit of our labor for thd coming year
will best answer the question. 7. I have
received a great deal of instruction, and
I hope, by the grace of God, to practice
it for the good of those placed under my
. . j
care. o. 1 nave been aroused to runewea
action in the cause. 9. I have received
some good, and learned some new modes
of teaching my class. 10. Hospitality
of the citizens; acquaintance of the
work, and of the workers ; encourage
ment to persevere in the vineyard work.
11. A deeper interest has been awakened
within us. Hoping that we, as teachers,
may go to our fields of labor with a more
earnest zeal in this great work. 12. Re
newed energy to work in the Master's
cause, viz, the Sabbath school. 13. My
duty has been well shown, and I most
tincerehj hope ly the grace of God, to
practice more than ever what has been
preached. 14. Impressed with a sense
of gratitude to God for the prvOege of
working in his vineyard.
Uniform. Lesions.
J. P. Coyle. It has been said tbat
without uniform lessons nothing can be
accomplished. I do not believe this
much may be learned. But 1 believe
them to be very important; as, thereby,
conference npon the lesson may be had.
Some lesson series should be adopted by
every school. Then, if the Bchool has a
good superintendent, the lesson may be
made very interesting "by illustration on
blackboard, by drawing, etc. '
T. A. Robison. The moat important
thing is to have competent teachers. I
do not care whether you have a uniform
series, or not, if you have teaehers with
out brains and piety. A man cannot
teach what he does not understand.
" J. F. Allen. I say most emphatically,
no. We could not expect children of all
aces to take the same lesson. Have a
variety of lessons for the various classes.
Rev. H. C. Pardoe. I say emphat
ically, yes. -1 see no reason why little
child cannot be taught tbe same truth as
an older person, jt r
t J. P. Coyle. Salvation is .the object
of teaching in the Sabbath Scnool be
gins with it ends - with it ; none to
young none to old.
J. C. Doty. I am convinced that it is
vvuy essential to have the same lesson.
Bat, as to "Uniform Lesson Series," I am
not absolutely ccrtaiu but that we would
be better without them. I believe teach
ers would study more without them
they are apt to depend too much upon
tbe lit.
J. "W. SpedJy. 1 am in.favor of uni
form lesson series. If some teachers
have not something to lean npon, they
will fad I. They are great helps.
The Secretary. While I think tbat
perhaps teachers would study more with
out lesson series, I believe them to be of
great benefit to the scholars leading
them to study their lessons, when, other
wise, they would not.
J. P. Allen. I wish to take back all
I said upon the subject.
Moved that Rev. T. M. Blackwclder
address the children on the subject of
temnerance this eveniue. I
Moved to adjourn. Posology. Ben
ediction by Rev. D. M. B'ackwelder.
MAY 17 EVENING SESSION. .
Association called to order by the Pres
ident. Hymn "All hail the power of
Jesus' name." Trayer by Br. G. L.
Derr. Hymn '-The gospel ship.
Children's Meeting.
Rev. B. M. Blackwelder delivered an
intt-neeting address to the children, npon
the subject of temperance, after which
'My days are gliding swiftly by,"
was cung. After tbe singing ot this
hvmn J. YV. Soeddv addressed the ehil
dren in a few lelicitions remarks, narra-
tirnr several stories to enforce tbe truths
he son'-ht to inculcate.
The Convention
then sang
"There is a happy land,"
after which Rev. II. C. Pardoe spoke to
the children in a happy manner.
Those addrises were all delivered in
the colloquial way, hence a synopsis
would be urfsa.isftctory.
'fwei-t by and by" ; no cllle ""'J to lead to Us detection.
was sung by the choir. About two years ago two persons were
Ordered by the Association that an j wounded in a Third avenue car, near
order be drawn on the Treasurer for the Tenlu stre,!t- h7 Mfc' bullets.
payment of sexton and Secretary's bills, j wljitu came through the car window.
si r i il t j i I Tbe person filing the shot was never dis
ClostTig Remarks by the President. ! r
Brethren and Sisters : We bave come
to the closing moments of our Conven
tion. We have spent these two days in
seeking tbe best methods of moulding
character. Oar intercourse has been
pleasant, comparison of notes edifying,
our several resolutions for renewed conse-
r t i t in ttita umt-tr i crrnmul rtf fruitful
, , . i - .i r .i
hope. 1 have during the sitting ot the
'V. .. ..-J.. w, f t--f. ,1 ,r. 1ia ...... .- 1 I , I . . K
,, , .t . 1, i night a lady living on Ihird avenue, be-
God has put upon us, in that, we are call-' . ' , ,
, , o j i , , t. I tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets, had
ed to the bunnay school work. It re-1 , ,
, . , a narrow escape from death,
mains for ns to nse these golden moments ,
. . , , . ,1 Va both occasions she was sittinr at
of opportunity in tho best manner, and i . , , , .
, i, . , n i , e .i. I a window fronting on the avenue, when
work continually in the flood tide of the . ,, , , , , ,
-it , a biulet crashed through the class within
Master s promise, "Lo I am with you . . , , D
, 1 , , ,, , ... i a few inches of her head. More-recent-unto
the end of the world. One of the ! , ,.,., .. ,
, , , . .. . . i ly a bullet, discharged in the saino mys-
delegates remarked this morning that no i , . ,
, , , , . , tenous manner, passed in uncomfortable
word cf encouragement had been spoken I . . T ,.
, , , . , . ' . : proximity to Inspector Ddks as he sat in
to Sunday school workers during the I, , , ....
. T , . the Inspector s ofiice at police beadquar
Convention. It may not ba wise to over-! 1 .
, , ,. - . . . , ... . Iters. Every effort was again made to
look -this. He are intrusted with ira- ,. , r, ,
, . , , ii, discover the perpetrator of these out-
mortal youth. I he scholars who look up ! , . . r ,
e c it. l r. o ll .1 I rases but m vain. I wo enses of a enn-
Infrt mi. Yitnon Kahhnrh afr Suhhilth
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shall soon go out, to grapple with life s
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stubborn experiences, and from thence
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wait the awards of the ludgment hour.
Tin . l ii i .l t .k vr
What shall be the power of their life ?
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What the destiny?
Now the blessed
possibilities of making them disciples of
Jesus are within our reach. Let us be
workmen needing not to be ashamed.
The fruit of these days of anxious toil
ans thought may not now be made mani
fest, but it will be in tbe time of harvest.
I hope that you ru;y gather in this day
of Jesus Christ nriny rich golden sheaves
from your past, present, and prospective
fields of Sunday school labor
Moved to adjourn sine die.
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow."
Benediction by Rev. 31. Allison.
Statistics.
From the Reports which we received
from thirty-two schools, we glean the
fullowing facts :
1. The date of organization of many
of the schools is unknown, or indefinite
that given being in many instances the
date of re-organization. 2. There are
161 officers. 3. 162 male teachers ; 201
female teachers, total 363. 8 schools
bave more male tban female teachers ;
15 schools have more female than male
teachers ; 9 schools bave an equal num
ber of each ; and there is a total major
ity of 39 female teachers. 4. There are
I03O male scholars j 1 127 female schol
ars, total 2163. 11 schools have more
male than female scholars ; 17 schools
have more ' female than male scholars ;
4 schools have an equal number of each ;
and there is a majority of 91 female
scholars. 5. There is a total attendance
of 26S7. 6. The average cannot be
given some schools giving their whole
average, others only that of the seholars.
7. The town schools are kept open all
the year ; as . also two of the country
schools ; the remainder from six to seven
months. 8. The number of volumes in
the several libraries amounts to 8863.
9. Only 8 schools report conversions du
ring the year 93 conversions iu all. 10.
Only 6 schools hold a teacher's meeting
regularly. 11. While all tbe schools
contribute amounts for their own benefit,
bnt 7 schools contribute anything to mis
sions, or other benevolent objects. The
amount so contributed is $135.44- - 12.
All schools that make a report as to their
condition, say that rhey are prospering.
13. Tbe reports do not embrace more,
probably, than one-half of the schools in
the county. i
That our statistics may be more vain
able, it is very essential that the date of
organization of each school should be
determined as accurately as possible, by
next year ; and, also, that we bave full
reports from every school in tbe county
In the list of schools published above,
as being.represented in the Convention,
omission was made of M'Kinley's which
sent two delegates.
; If the Report of the proceedings of
the Convention has been read with inter
est or profit by any, I deem it but proper
i to say that a great part of tbe credit is
due to Mr. Sahm, who kindly consented
to act as Assistant Secretary, and through
whose efforts such full notes of tbe pro
ceedings were obtained.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
THOMAS A. ELDER,
Permanent Secretary.
THE SHOOTIXa OF MYSTERIOUS BUL
LETS. The police of N. Y. seem to be unable to
account foi the mysterious pistol shooting
by which, during the past year, or two,
several persons in tbe prominent thor-
I ""S1'' bave been wounded, and many
j wiu,low8 perforated. The latest case of
! P snooung occurred on
Sunday afternoon, when a bullet, appa
rently fired from a building in Howard 1
street, passed through one of tbe rear
windows on the second floor of Xo. 410
Broadway, and drilled a hole through a
pasteboard box on tbe opposite side of
tho store. Who fired the bullet is at
present a mystery, and the policu bave
1 ft . a .
tuvciL-u. cuoriiv auernaru a man was
severely wounded in one of bis legs I
while walking on Broadway, near Canal
street, in daylight. The bullet evidently
was discharged from an air-gun, as no
report was audi'ole. Ou another occasions
a bullet, fired by some undiscovered per
son, eutered tho window of
B. Chit-
' tendea's Broadway store, and wounded
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liar character h.ve occurred within the
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! past few weeks. In both cases the bul-
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ClitClCII till UUCU IIJUOl , I1U IU uuc
r ... .
' case an old woman was slightly wounded
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in tbe breast, while in the other a man
had a narrow eseape from injury.
Both these cases occurred in the
neighborhood of Eighth avenue and
Thirty-fifth street. In addition to tbe
above-mentioned cases, numerous win
dows of cars and stages bave been broken
bv these mvsterions air-pun ballets, nn.d
the police are fairly puzzled. The evi-
dence is clear that the bullets proceed
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from air guns, but the police confess
themselves unable thus far to fathom the
mystery surrounding the identity of the
miscreants who thus wantonly assault
bnman life. Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Good Dauouter. There are other
minister of love more conspicuous than
she, but none in which a gentler, Iovlier
spirit dwells, and none to which the
heart's warm requitals more joyfully ' re
spond. She is the steady light of her
father's house. Her ideal is indissolnbly
. ... , , . . - .,
connected with that of his fireside. She
is his morning sunlight and his evening i
star. The grace, vivacity, and tender
ness of her sex bave their place in the
mighty sway she holds over his spirit
She is the pride and ornament of his
hospitality, and the gentle nurse of his
sickness.
A singularly unfortunate man is John
Hines, of Susquehanna township, Cam
bria county Some short time since he '
lost his bouse and nearly all it contained
by fire ; and the other day he had one of
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his legs badly fractured while assisting
6 v . .
at a barn raising. Truly "misfortunes
seldom come singly."
; Some people make their religion go a
long way A good woman bought a lot
tery ticket tbe other day, accompanying
tbe purchase with the soliloquy"Tbe Lord
knows how it'll tum out. It's all in the
band of the Almighty, I s'pose."
SHORT ITEXS .
A man in Xaine caught 242 snake
in one day. .
Proud hearts and lofty mountains are
always barren.
Many of our great men have' sprung
from the humblest origin."
New England has manufactured a,
pice of calico a mile in length.
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Tbe richest widow iri America is Mrs.
Samuel Colt, of jevolvef fame.
200,000 shelterless people are re
ported in a starving condition, along the'
Belgian frontier. i
During tbe last century 10,000,000
people have died from small-pox in
Russia. -' f
Char lee ton has but one church belL
Al! the rest were melted intd cannon
during the war. ..
Oysters in the shell, parked iri ice, are
shipped from Crisfield; Md to Chicago
in refrigerator car. - : '
A large plantation neaf New Orleans
has been devoted to the cultivation of
ramie, instead of cotton, this year.
During be moving patric in Paris 6rl
the approach of the Prussians, the car
men charged one hundred dollars a day.
' Two Cambria county bo'js were chased
by a wolf whilst out ia the woods fish
ing, one day recefitly.
The bachelors cf Detroit have a club,
constitutionally prohibiting from marrying
below $-0,000 and a brick bouse.
A cat bit a cow it Nashville, Tenn., a
few days ago, aud the cow died, "after'
the most excruciating sufferings," as tbe'
paper say 8
Norfolk, Ya., is excited over finding
kernels of rice in hail stones. All of
the philosophers are showing how tbey
came there, and no two agree.
The more a man knows, the less he is
apt to tnlk ; discretion allays bis heat,
and makes hira coollj deliberate what
atid where to speak.
At a New Jersey vredding the1 other
day the groom was 74 years old and the
bride 73. The clergyman was 90 years
old and the bridesmaids were 73 and 77.
Six men aid one boy were more or
less injured, one day recently, in Indiana
county, by the fall of tbe frame of a
building which the were engaged in rais
if)g.
Persons hiring horses' and carriages
from livery men are liable to fine and im
prisonment for recklessly injuring tho
animals or vehicles, a law to this efiet't
having passed the Legislature.
Agnes Lewis, the young girl sixteen
years old, who has this year plowed one
hundred acres of land on her father's
ranch e, near Antiocb, Calforuia, ia it
cousin Of Ida Lewis, the Grace Darlingi
of New England. "Blood will tell."
For eighteen months Chinamen hav4
been selling chunks of pure gold iri Au
burn, Cal., varying in value from S20 W
20-'. Tbe pieces seem to have been
chopped from a solid mass, and no one
can find where that id located.
A Vermonter, who was lifted over a
fence by the horns of a neighbor's ball,
has recovered three dollars damage; the
jury taking the ground tbat the fellow was
going tbat way anyhow, and as bis torn
corduroys were already well worn, three
dollars was enough.
A little son of W. H. Marshal, of
Ahoona, fell from a tree, at BUir Fur
nace, on the 20th ult. and broke his arm.
As this was the third time this little ac
cident had happened bim, he paid no at
tention to it, but bravely walked home, a
distance of two mires.
Bnrlington, Vt , can boast of tbe
.. ... . ., .
j lMSpft r'n,ng n," ,n lne r"- lh
lumberyards, docks, sheds, mills, etc.. of
ttlB ,lrm cnv" n are 0J nearI7
' am in this area th?re are about
seven miles of plank road. To carry On
this establishment from fonf to five tffm
cred men are ersployed.
The best and prot.ibly the safest imi
tation of real hair now in the market is
that made from linen thread. A New
Jersey man is the patentee and only
manufacturer in the country, and In
makes black linen switches, between
wiling snrl ttio frnillrin t 14 ntmnal irlinAa.
., , , j-ir m
;ille to delect a difference. The price
he receives is three dollars a pound
It won't do to play tricks orj some
women. A man named Hopkins, in
Newark the other night, thonght ho
would have some fun in scaring hU wife
by dropping a loose brick down the
chimney into the fire place in ber room.
So be crept softly out of bed, and with
nothing on bnt his night shirt, sneaked
Up stairs and got on the roof. Mr. Hop
kins dropped 19 bricks down the chun-
nir oonri aritli a Tif-ornns slam. bnt. TK tai
i .r ? ...
;wfe never screamed a solitary tune.
I , . .. ,
i So Mr. Honkins gave it ud and thought
. , , , . w . ,r iT
be would go down stairs bnt Mrs. Hop.
!.. ,,i 1 .., 1
kins naa ner neau out oi me trap aoor
watching bim all the time i and when he
had finished she shut the trap door and
fastened it on the inside. Mrs. Hopkins
afterward intimated to her confiding
friends that she thought she had hhn.
And we guess she had.