anes Jann
ne Blanks Wwe Keep:
ThE STAK keeps eonstuntly on hand all |
Kinds of blanks; such as Notes, Receipts,
Prabute Blanks, Criminal Watrants, Sum |
mons. Blanks, : Notices of Claims Due,
Subpoenas, Commitments, Bands, Mort:
gages, Deeds, Leases, ete, etc. All these
goods are put up ih neat and convenient’
form and sold dirt cheap, Cull and in-
spect aur stock when in need of such
goods. 2
RE aR
Buy vour Fertilizers of J. T. Shipley.
Dow t get your Wedding Cards until
von see our samples. Over 100 Styles, 10
select from, at Tae STAR office
Buy your Farm Wagons. Grain Drille,
Hay Rakes, Mowers andBinders of 1.7,
Suipley. tf.
The finest Tavitation Cardsin the coun-
1y, at THE STAR office.
* J.T. Shipley just received a eariad
“of Bygiies.
Old papers for sale at T= office nt 25
: cents a hundred or 5 cents per dozen.
They make good wrapping paper. also:
good eartridge paper for the miners.
They are also good. fo put under: earpét;:
on pantry shelves, ete.
A Handsome Christmas Present, 2%
Christmas will'soon be here, and it ki
want to make your wife a han some
present, call at THE BTAr office a buy
that handsome New Improved Wheeler ;
& Wilson Sewing Machine for her, Itis
the handsomest and best Sewing Machine |.
ever shipped to this town, and. the price
—well, it will make you gmile ® over.
; BEATTY'S PIANOS AND ORGANS, 1
How. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Organ’ and
Piano manufactorer, is building’ and shipping
more Organs and Pianos tha ever. In 1870 Mr.
_ hiyindomitable x
#0 a8 to sell so: far, nearly 100,
gang and Pianos sinee 1870. Nothing séemsito
dishearten him; obstacleslaid In his way, Jha,
would Nave wrecked. any ordiu :
he turns to an advertisement, and come
brighter than ever, - His instiuments
known, are very popular find are
all parts of the world. We are. informed that
during the next teh years he Intends to, sell |
200 000 more. of his make. that means a business |
wf $20,000,000, 3¢ we average them: st $100 each:
1t is already the largest business +of the kindIn
existence—Send to Daniel #, Beatty, Washing:
ton, New Jersey, for Catalogue, ;
app Smee
Cabinet Photo. Envelupes for sale at
THE STAR office—just the thing'yon. want:
to send pictures away’ in.
hr
Faney: colored: “Tissue Pores tor sale at
Tue STAR office. doy te © thing; for 1a- |
dies’ fancy work.
Get your blotters at Tre Star office.
We keep the best. :
CORRESPONDEGE.
TEACHERS: COUNTY INSTITUTE.
The Thirty-sixth Annual Session—Ke-
ported by Prof. C. ¥. Livengood.
The 36th annual session’ of the Teach-
ers’ Institute of Somerset county c¢on-
‘vened atthe Court hanse, at 180 p. m.,
Nov. 20th, 1882. = | :
Devotignal services wate conducted by
‘Rev. Harkey, after: hich the Superin-
_tendent made a fow [opkping remarks in
‘which he stated that lie spared no means
to provide a compléte prog and that
he anticipated this to fo © th “best institnte’
held under his st etwision, and. that
tedchers should sider it a privileges
and a pleasure to and. ¥ /
John De Motte, of Chicago, was intro-
duced and spake along the line of sue:
cess. He said! “Success means sacrifice.
© The boy that ‘is brought up on corn and
sorghnm is better prepared to fight the’
battle of life than the boy brought up in
velvet. There are four essential sacri-
fices necessary to bring sucess: 1.) Ca-
price for capacity (3. e.) for one to know
“what he is fitted for; (2.) leisure Tor ja
hor; (8.) dissipation for self discipline;
* (4) saerifice sham for sincerity.”
Prof. Deane, of Indiana State Normal,
was introduced and spoke con numbers,’
. _ showed the relations from the concrete |
J 10 jhe abstract nd concluded thaymath- |
dq subjest 10 develop ‘teachers.
il ‘teachers must he fequainted with the:
bien spoke very
fr
1 skillz”
P
4 arouse observation in children.
; children 8 years of age have never ob-
4 8chool,
| many diseases and deaths.
“The reach 8
% by Ambrose Cort,’ Sad
Written work in the school room,’ * by
Me. Frease and Mr. Sbotles.
limen 978 tenchors, 2
odonal services—Rev. ay 3
White, continued instruction upon
t ‘of teaching: “In all Aehching.
there should always be an aim, and the
ends to accomplish are: (1.) Knowledge,’
which is a result of knowing pmething
to bea certainty; it is thesresult of self
activity. A teacher is only ani i
of right mental action on the part of the
pupil, Primary knowledge is acquired
anly by observation of things. (2) Pow-
teacher Aalks little, But keeps his pupils
busily engnged. 3.) Skill, which ‘is ao.
| yuired by repetition, must be made auto:
matic. - An old maxim, “Repetition is the
mother of learning,” is faulty, *Repetis
tio! of words is naughl, but repetition of
thoughts produces skill. «The maxon
should be: ‘Repetition is the mole of
..Deane _continned his tlk «
arithmetic and “advocated that Bema
arithmetic should be taught in the con:
rete; and that the study of the multipli
cation table is useless. i
Dr. De Motte, with his apparatus, give
| some. experiments gn electricity and pre
| dicted that jn the near futive we cah'turn
“ta buttom in our room find receive energy,
Hight and ‘heat. ’
A TURSDAY' 'APTERROOK.
b The Court romn was filled to its ntmost
capacity; when Prof. Meese; of Cajifor-
‘nia State Normal. addressed the tencliers
‘on subject of “Geography.” Primary
a Sa
| geogriphy should he tanght without text:
book. We should teach soil,
[dance] direction. water, ete.
slope. dis
We should
Many
served 1he moon or sunset. ”
“The moral Yimin. of
Slegciod.. A’ child should
Hovern himself. Mol train-
the inclining. of th will of a child
: to redience. ‘If the following reguls:
(tions are enforced, with proper motives.
youn will develop mora’s: (1) Regularity
«of attendance; 2.) punctuality: (8.) neat-
ness; (4.) acourney; (60) silence; (6. ) in-
pau 7.) obedience.” :
Prof. Leslie is the right man in the
Tight place; he is very interesting and in-
Hstructive i in his work.
. Dr. De Mottespoke on what constitites
& school, He said: . “Elegant buildings
and pleasant grounds will not make the
bot urged upon the importance
of good witer, Bad water has caused
Cistern water
is healthful after it is filtered thronzh
chareonl. River water is dangerous, oOw-
3 ing to the presence of marl and organic
hatter. Shallow. wells are dangerous on
account of the surface water. Pure wa-
| ter must be colorless, oderless and trans:
parent. »
TUESDAY EVENING.
; Lecture—* ‘Silver Crown or born a
king,” by Russell Conwell of Philadelphia.
The lecturer stated that he has been in the
lecture field for thirty years and feels
two honrs in length, and was much ap-
precinted by a Intee audience.
WEDNESDAY MORNING—TEACHERS
SESSION,
“What apparatus do teachers need 77
John Barron: “We need apparatus to)
carry out the objectiye method—hlack-
board, crayon. dictionaty, charts, globes,
ele.” C. C. Heckle said: “We should
have geometrical forms, libraries, meas-
ures, ete.”
“Is the teaching profession an import:
ant one? —Prof. Phillips. He ecom-
pared the stages of life to the building of
a temple. ‘“The tesncher is an architect.
as he moulds the charsctersof theyonng,
To work upon sonlsis of more import-
anee than to work upon matter.”
Miss Hattie Will read a well prepared
paper— ‘School graduates.”
+ Will H. Martin, of Ufkina, gave a Iohg
talk’ on the ‘Generals df the pen:” ““The
children are the soldiers, directed by the
who. are the generals. The
‘enemies’ and erectdortifications against
them. :
Yocal musio—D.
‘Wiand: “We
; should have singing in school, for it haus
a place there, although sot recognized by
Jaw.” A.A. Streng, said:® ‘Anyone who
doed/ not teach music in school should
"not be allowed to teach. If thereare too
many, branches, discard one of tlie other
branches.” Bled
REGULAR SESSION.
Devotional services by Rov, J olmson,
of Stoyestown, Pa.
Prof. Dé Motte said: “The Y vonchio
hould face his pupils with facts. He
vel and gather spécimens, and
very fact a history.” He khve some
ilation and concluded that
Phe. manner in’
is done’ in the school room
or, ota and. dat p
Prof. Leslie’ neonpiod + one heat ont inh
er—is developed by self-activity: a good |
ered a failure.”
tend all institutes.”
he does some good. The Jeotnre was
Ton
serve as watch dogs,
are elsewhere and can’ do §
work. - Teachers should has
building decorated with »
‘Have children draw maps.
geography win 5 t Bgures are to arithnies
He. 2
" Prof. Lestiela sang a solo on “Cattle.”
| Dr. White spoke, npon 8 ‘Bool ‘Ancen-
tives,” “There are twn kinds—natural
and artificial. Anificial prizes should
be handled witly A )
privileges. Ibnon 3
ural or royal
pictures.
2
giving a lecture
pn harmony in music.
Prof. "Denne!
spoke of
meiided the
ps are to
“Attention.” ni
; REPORTS OF COMMITTERS.
{1.5 Commit Fon ding re ot
ite’s Pedatpey,
Joseph Paine
Gertrude: g
(2) Permanent
“4 Phis commities
tat the call of tl
tions will be recei
Branches distributed
Speicivt, Arithmet
thography. QO. E.
hn on. History.
“Writing, Gamer
F¥Com. “on Resolntiong: The to
oh Regbhutions of Somerset Co. In
; following:
and
“Attentipn. helps ull the: powers: andr
should be secured by interest, rapid wor
and maner of speech.
low their inclinations, ‘hut they should
learn to do something independent of
their desires.” °° =
Dr. Houck spoke of the sthool report
and course of study ot the jeounty, and,
| enlagized them much;
1 WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Lecture—- “Travels in Africa,” hy Panl
B. Du Chaillu, a Creole of Louisiana.
He carried the audience to Africa, among
“ithe: Cannibals and Pigmies, but gave
them very little when they were there.
The lecturer no doubt had some experi:
ence, but lacked the power of expressing
it. aud the lecture was generally ‘consid:
TAURDAY NosNING.
“How to make teaching pay?” LO. W.
Williamson said: ‘By doing our whole
duty and got promotions. > C. E. Leslie
said: “Bruin, energy and judgment rule
the warld and a teacher should teach mu-
sie.’ “Interesting papers were read by
Miss Lizzie Thomson, Miss Elia Vogel:
and Miss Adp Coder, ©
“Among my hiokeH a Wille
‘Books ‘are: cheap, and every teacher
“should start 4 library and read. Tench-
ers should spend one dollar each month
for hooks.” |
‘ '“The teacher in our educational meet-
ings.”—Jra Carver:
Prof. Dickey said: “Teachers work ie
not appreciated. Some expect to have
their reward in heaven, but. we shonld
‘Ihave some here. 1 hope that the time
will saon come wifen teachers need not
be their own janitors.” .
Prof. Speiclier read ag well prepared
speech on the ‘Relation of public schools |
to society.” . ““The schools influence Jaw
and order; help the parenst to govern the
children; furnish education for All’classes,
and is the uursery of the chareh.” |
Dr. White said: ‘‘There are two’ de-
fects in school that shonld receive special
attentions (1) Moral training; (2.) pow
erto express knowledge.
: The art of speaking and writing is not
equired hy the etydy of grammar. The
stndy of grammar is analytic, while fan- |
fgnage stuyly is synthetic.
ianguage: study is to give power {0 ex
The ond of
press thonght.” :
i Prof. Dedne gave some devices for
teaching division and decimals.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
This was a joint session of teachers
and directors. S.A. Kendall spoke up-
utnal helpfulness of teachers and
directors.” “No office is more important
than that, of ‘Director. Some directors
to watch the treas-
ury. and have no other motives. Duties
are: (1.) To elect good teachers and pay
them according to their worth; (2.) wisit
the schools and encourage them.”
Prof. Deane said: *‘A teacher must be
paid for his preparation, and not only
for his tim¢g in teaching. Young men
who should stayin the schools are over
anxious to get into business before they
are prepared, fod many a young man is
ruined in that way
. John Blake said: “The way to hold
good teachers is to pay them betier wa-
res.” :
Dr. White spoke upon “Moral train:
ing:” “The only way to extricate a vice
in a boy’s mind is to replace it by a vir-
tae. - Conduct depends. upon the will and
the will depends upon-the feelings. ‘The
ends to ‘be attained are: (1.) Awaken
right feelings; (2.) quicken the conscience
of the child: (8.) develop moral jdeas.
This is done by stories, maxims, proverbs,
gems, music, ete.”
D. Compton, | Secretary of Directors
convention, read the resolutions and
stated there were eighty directors present
and that they expect to raise teachers!
wages. :
Joseph Stutzman, first County Supt.,
f| addressed the institute on bis former re-
Intions with the schools.
Dr, Houck spoke. very pathetic for a
time, which caused many. 10 shed tears
of sadness. then reversed the thoughts:
and caused the flow of tears of joy. :
THURSDAY EVENING, ©
The Schubert Quartette sang to a large
audience.
preciated, and the Bass singer deserves
special’ mention. ¥
FRIDAY MORNING,
Prof. ‘Meese | spoke advisedly to. the
Some people fol
“Teachors should al :
Ne
Their entertainment was ap-|
ons. relating to the work of the
instity & and the educational questions |
in a general wav: Therefore,
RESOLVED, That out thanks are due our off
clent and worthy Superintendent for his faithful
and welt directed efforts in the dischargeiof his
dutiesdn directing the institute, : :
‘Resonvep, That we tender our thanks to the |
instructors who hate given the proceedings of
this institute great educational valhe, and that
we express our appreciation of the entertainment
and instruction given in form of ‘music and eve- ;
ning entertainments,
REsoLveD, That itis the sense of the insttute
that a law shonld be enacted By the re;
relating to & compulsory education and provide
means for its proper enforcement.
ResoLvED, That we! regognige the fmportencs
of a thorough study and preparation’ ‘on the part
of the teachers Wo this end a teacher should W
take a course in a Normal school or some equiy--
alent institution, since scholarship is the basis |
of all true teaching: and the teacher needs prep-
aration for his profession as much as any other
profi malznen. wiih
© RESOLVED, That is the option of this Insti-
tute that the rudiments 6f musid be taught in all |
the publie ‘schools of this county, and we express 4
the hope: that in the future a greater number of
‘bg Jed to take up the work and
nor Jabor in tis attractive
featnre of sehool work,
Resor ; That the State appropfiation should
be divided among the districts in Bioportion to
the local ‘taxation, that the minimum 00]
term bes months, and minimum salary id per
{-month.
RESOLVED, That the teachers of i ét Co,
Approve of and follow as nearly as possible the
graded system, and recognizing its yalue, do all
a8 an improvement. in our
county, as indicated by the large attendance at
this convention, and the advanced steps taken |
in their deliberation in behalf of better schools.
ResoLveD, That'this bas been one of the best
and most profitable institutes ever held in Som:
erset county. A COMMITTEE.
JInsurance Agericy. Of.
Wm. B. COOK,
Meyersdale, : Penna.
Agent for a full line of the best American
and Foreign companies, representing over
Forty-four Million, Dollars of assells.
PROMPT ATTENTION given. to set-
tement of claims... W..B. COOK.
MF. SMITH, Agent.
i : Soltettor. and Collector.
‘Will H. Mar: |
‘RESOLVRY, ™ we recognize’ the interest and |.
“| progressive spirit shown by the directors of the
gans? 1 have the best and cheapest i
wife need a fine dress? It can be. bought h
; You use Groceries, do you? Call; I will
a first. class general merchandise: Store;
Clothing, MEN'S £107 7
1 desire to close out my stock of Men's
bargains ‘are offered in Suits, Overco: ts
“The early bird catches the worm.” a
I would announce to my patrons and )
that I continually keep on hand a full line of the ¢
Walker Boots and Shoes. I also carry a lize of ¢
ous Sweet, Orr & Co. Goods, Pants, Overalls, | :
Shirts, etc.’ Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting a
continuance of same, 1 remain very respectfully
S. Lowry & Son,
UNDERTARKERS.,
at SALISBURY, PA.; have always. -on hand all
kinds of Burinl Cases, Robes, Shrouds and ull
Kinds of ‘gonds belonging to the business,” Also
have
SEA FINE HEARSE,
and all funerals entrusted to us will receive
prompt attention
£2 WE MAKE EMBALMING A | SPECIALTY.
THE WILLIAMS HOTEL,
WERT SALISBURY, PA, (Elk Lick ® 0)
This Hotel is large and commodious “and is i
every, way well equipped for the accommodatio
of the traveling public, ; It is sitnated just a few
steps from the depot, whichis a great advantage |,
L to guests,
Board by the day, week or mouth at
reasonable rates.
keeps a fine assoriment of pure, choice liguors.
‘A Good Livery In Connection.
Horses bought, sold or traded. - Your patron-
age solicited and courteous treatment assured.
THOMAS S. WILLIAMS. PROPR.
»B Sheppard,
Barber and Hair Dresser.
All kinds of work in my line done in an ex:
pert manner.
My hair tonic is the best on earth-—keéps the
scalp clean apd healthy.
I respectfully spliers your patronage.
SALISBURY ' sin
The Salisbury foundry has béen purchased by
'M, Knecht & Son, who haye remodeled the plant
and now have it in operation adjoining i she depos
‘grounds at West Salisbury,
Machinery Repairs of All Kinds
will be turned ont in good shape aud on short
notice. Square dealing’ guaranteed and pnblic
patronage solicited,
Postoffice address,
_ELKLICKPA.
BEATTY" BS
CELEBRATED
| ORGANS And PIANOS.
! + Por Catalogues, Address
Daniel F. Beatty, Washington, N. J |
teachers in way. of putting to use what
+ | they gathered during the week.
Prof. t Prins gave. a talk upon the liter-
Dagiel ¥», Beauty,
5000000... For) 5 orirs ong, anaopine | |
ington, News ervey. oh
bB
Jer. J. Livengood & Son.
~Masgraoromees OF—
Carriages, Buggies, Phi
os, Spring Wagons,
: Sloighs, Fle.
Any kind of a vehicle: built to order, on Cahiort notice sige rock. ho
' Repairing of all kinds neatly and promptly done.’ We also do general blacksmithin
your ‘old buggies, carriages, eto, and have t ainted and made to look ay w
0 ince of the same, we are very respectfully
ods Livengo & So . Salisbury, & El LS Bio
gray
gre you will find a well selected stock
des, Wall Paper and bo
ets ont o
ets are all ti