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Education in 1ndinna-Specimens Of
Written Examinations of Cundi~
dates for Teachers.

TEACHER NO. l.
Question-What does letter represent ?
Answer-A letter is chrecte1' Of esanaentr7y.
Q.-Analyze the following Sentence John
struck Mary. A.-John the su1jdc, and Mary
tue attr1pnt
Q.-Gi7e three proofs that the earth is round.
A.-Tako it Of clear naor7al1. and you can sec
the lie q good bit before you see the SUE,
Q.-Defne physiology. A.-Physioloxy is =
description of the organs
Q.-For what purpose should English gvam-
mar be studied? A.-For the youse Of penuan-
ship.
TEACHER NO. 2.
Q.-What is letter. A.-A letter represents
a sine or an idea.
Q.-What is syllable? A--A syllable is 9
word or an assemblage of words.
Q.-What ia spelling? A.-Spelling is the
pronunciation Of words.
TEACHER NO. 8,
Oh the war Of 1872, what battle vas fought
within the territory of Indians? A-Thechuna-
che was the ledde Of the Indians. Gen. Hdrison
afterwards Presidea of the United States was
the commander Of the Mer-icdns the indians
teld the Mericans that the next day they would
sine treaEie Of piece and that knight they fell Oh
them the Mericdns was suckes.
Q.-What two important events of 1920? A.
Tie landing OF pilgrim Fathers was !; and SEMI
ing oue, N5'aty gong aoi1an for wives and selling
Atera for 80 lbs Tobacco aohch WAS the price Of .
wife.
Q.-What is q bay7 A.-A Bay is bend in Ic;st
: Q.-What is addition? Addition is he
prossesse Of nnitin two numbers so as to uke
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A Champion Old IndE

The champion old lady Of them all closed,er
career in Greenup County, KY, few days 40,
Her name was Mrs. Mary Gray, and at tho tic
of her death she was 1l3 years months and
days old. She came Of a 1ong-lived race hv
mother having reached the age Of 100, but he
before her, in 1755, dropped of some. se
thing over. half q century ago, at the un-
timely age Of g.. She was the mother Of
10 children, all but four Of whom she followed
to the grave, the survivors-two sons and two
daughters-being 49, 50. 7s, and 70 years Of age:
her descendants numbered by the ecore-the
full list Of her lneal descendants being as fol-
lows: Children, 13; grandchildren, IS; great
grandchild en-, GIT; great-sreat-grandchildren,
SGT; great-great-great-grand dchildren, 44-total,
l,O7G. With such O record to fall back upon,
Greenup County, Ky, may eafely challenge the
world on the subject Of old ladies.
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the central shaft is cleared Of all distractions it
may make chimney for the smoke and warm
air of the tunnel. However, this is hardly a
practical problem, aimee shafts have never been
found necessary to venti1ate tunnels.
The great result of this days work is to be
felt not only by the contractors but by the State
As soon as the connection between the two head
nga is made perfect, there will be q tunnel Of
fall size for certain distance from the east
and, then seven-foot high tunnel on grade for
certain distance, then se7en-foot high tun-
mel at the roof for a certain distance,
then q full-size tunnel to the shaft. As
has been said, water has been the only
obstacle to progress westward from the cen,
tral shaft. It prevented work in two ways it
must be pumped to the surface, 1:09o feet, at
enormous cost, and it WAS doubtful it pumps
enough could be rigged to hoist all the water
that would be made. With an opening to the
east end it has become perfectly practicable to
pump all the water twelve or thirteen feet to
the bench, whence it will run in pipes natur-
ally to the east end. The pumps are ready to
begin at twelve hours notice. Alr: Shanly's
forethought has discounted this gain; Work
will now be begun at once On the shaft leading
westward, and as good progress Is already MAX
ing on the west heading, Mr. Shanly con hdently
expects by October next to have an tapening
through the Hoosac Mountain from North
Adams to Florida. A few months EAter the
tunnel will be finished from end to end, aud
unless other parts Of the work, drag ira ins may
run from Boston to Troy, passing on the way
the second longest tunnel in the world.
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Death of q Wisconsin Pioneer-Rem.
iuisccnces of the B1aclkhaWk War.


The Dodgevilfe {Wis.) Chronicle of the 1st
inst, contains an obituary Of Robert s. Black,
who died at that place Oct %, aged SO years.
ireland, and came to America when quite
young. The first years Of his residence in
this country passed in Philadelphia and
Charleston, South Carolina. He came to
Wisconsin IL m more 1 I'll than forty years ago;
valuable services, and Oh more than one occasion
was tho bearer Of dispatches when no one else
could be found willing to risk their lives in
travelling through the 1nasian infested country.
Rfa many n BaSaqs EsSzs sneh aaa a
the Bensons,, Longworthyg, Wallacess, VII
sons, Generals Jones, Lewis, and other
old settlers He married the widow Macarthur,
who will be remembered BY early SETTLERS as the
when Michigan Territory included not only the
State BY that name but the territory now covered
by Wisconsin, lows, Minnesota, and so on, in
Guiding everything north Of So So degrees
Ocean. Hrs. Black waa the halt-aister Of
Henry Dodge, the first Governor. and the
first Senator in Congress, from Wisconsin, and
the commander Of what was known as the
Mining Regiment Which PIT .a1 an 81 end q to the
when Black Hawk was captured, and which In
duced Major General Henry Atkinson to ex-
claim, when he met the old hero nt Prairie du
Chen, as he threw his arms around him,
Dodg you a have saved me- you have
Dodge, like General Jackson in Florida, and
Cpsar when he crossed the Rubicon, had
violated General Atkinson's order BY going after
Black Hawk, instead of for provisions to ''Blue
Mound giving him battle at the Wisconsin
Heights" as he retreated toward Bad Axe. at
which battle his subsequent thother-in-1hw,
Black, his brave sons Henry Lewisand Augustus
Cesar, now of Burlington, formerly United
Ga H. C,ns l.
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RoARDz,B5X ROAR ~ TWO YOUNG GENTLEME-AN
- room With board, Cottage Grove-av., be.
tween and Egan a7 private family pre-
1e51od references exchanged. Address 81, Ttibune
POARD-BY 4 YOUNG EWGIiSH GFNTT TTF771N
~ IN Pirate family foE the winter where he
ences required. Address Boz 2U73 Evanston
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The stAunty Lampson,' - whose name has be-
come familiar to the American people in con-
nection with Mr.. Greeley's last days, is Miss
Susan II. LampsQn. of East Poultney.
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see plainly through 1t the 1aces OF
blows Of the hammer on the hand-dril1 enlarged
the aperature SO that the attempt was made to
put q boy through. He Was too obroad-shouldered,
and another was selected Down he went five
feet, and dropped through to the other side,
where he was received with shout and cheer
by the men there. His name is John Harrigan,
an Irishman. Immediately after the head Of
Timothy Buckley, also an IriHhman, who bears
the marks Of one blowing-up in the
and be was drawn up and cheered as hear
tily as Harrigan had been. This WAS precisely
at four o'clock thus. afternoon. One other man
each way, passed through; but Buckley immedi-
sage from the foot of the mountain at the east
emu to its summit, without ascending the outer
elope. The opening was fairly made, and ne
returned at once to the surface and to North
Adams.
It will of course be seen at once that this
opening has completely solved the tunnel prob
lem. The two ends met within q very small dis
tance OF the point where they should hare met
It may be that absolutely. no variation
than foot or two. Considering the
extreme difficulty and the de]cacy of the pro-
cess Of carrying down the points Of direction,
1880 feet into the EARTH the result is little less
than marvellous, and reflects great credit upon
Mr. Carl Wederklnon, assistant to Mr. Frost, the
State Engineer.
It is to early yet to say what effect the OPEN
ing OF this hole may have upon the ventilation
of the tunnel. It now goes through with a
rush from the east end to the central shaft,
but the hole is small. wished for ono Of
the signal service wind-gauges to measure
the force Of that wind, which wbistled
through as only it whistles at the surface of tie
earth when there is strong gale. Two elements
are wanting to determine the problem, m,-perhaps
more, We do not know but the rarity and i'm
purity of the air in the shaft creates the draft.
We do not know but the force Of the wind will
be very much diminished or altogether stopped
when the hole ia enlarged. It may be that when
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HoR sALEA BOILER NEARLY NEW, Is FEET
on2 BY IS fnche. dIaeter @8x4 in ues; With frs 'front.'
d4 51d1f4Ghsn, et9 Cheap for cash. Inquire AMERICAN
dO1LEA W0RRR SIS South B2ISted-1&.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

CTANGERS' ATTENTION. CALLED TO THE AUC-
anos;enon Park "Wednesday morning, ut 10 O'clock
Of Largo lot secondhand furniture, In fact,
rare CHANGE for parties going to housekeeping
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WANTED--MALE HELP.

1TANTED-A FIRST-CLAsS WHOLESALE GRO
w cery salesman thomurhiv nostsd n fhat ne ior
=, ~ IIaouao once:
TTTA ANTED-A CLERK FOR RETATT GP0OERV
store; must SPEAK GeFTao. inquire of E. ELIIkG-
Ea, corner eaaga@oa eo9 19 t14s1soo:st.. ..---
WASNtr.EDt-ohoa clERk- APPLY AT 14ea
-otee9-s.-
WJ JANTED-IN WHOLESALE CLOTHING HOUSE
~ sa1egen Wn9 can c9ininaE9 II Ifaae TO "h2m Liberal
eotaty w. " Rato. tAoo1ee9 = o. A11oo1e oace.
.rnnr, mn, T1u1g: a. eyy.pn r,or ror.,,e,,
w AN1E-eonD fALvAN11isSdUA iS A1UM 1TEeTG aGHT1CE T1
,sTr1 VHH s1tfa Tasea paao' "1oA1A11
WANTED = FlRsTCLASS DEC0RATlVE, Or
!sesGo painters; tnose speak1ng f1enc1 preieffea
Noue ueeo Appy unless 11y GApa9le, a1pedt4ous and
prompt Apply to g. DEC0hNI. A1t1sts Aoon II.
- 5s1S51- - - -
a.ta1,ed = s1MsTCLAss FL. GanEh ~ Us6 o-h ~ y
on non9 pat tnqsongh a9d steady Torkaan neeo ap-
ply to T. DECORNl, Room II Houore Block.
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s-s7s ? 7'77377i7 ~
the NEW HORSE DISEASE.

Just as the horses appear to be getting the
better Of the epizootic, they are afflicted with
a new disease, which is proving fatal in many
cases. What the disease is is not exactly
known. 1t has the appearance OF dropsy,
and seems to be result Of the former disease
and exposure or use of the animals before
they are entirely recovered, or neglect in
their treatment. The New York Times says
at frs. appearance it was nothing more than
influenza. By not allowing the animals suf-
icient rest, the mucous collected in the larynx
difused itself throughout the body, and re-
suited naturally in dropsy, CHAMBERS and kin
dred diseases that are occasioned by extreme
debility.
The Times farther says: The press of
business since the advent of the disease has
rendered it utterly impossible to make an es-
innate of the total number of deaths, but in a
few days statement will be prepared. When
the disease was at its height, sixty dead
horses were received daily at the Company's
docks. That number has gradually fallen off
to thirty, which has been the average for the
past week. Of the horses received within the
past week almost all have died Of dropsy or
glanders. These two forms of disease have.
in most instances, shown themselves when a
complete recovery was supposed to have been
effected. Horses apparently in perfect health
at night would be found in the morning with
legs and body swollen to an astonishing de-
gree. At the car stables comparatively few
horses are affected by the new form Of disease.
| In the stables of the Third-avenue Company
there are eight cases. Three deaths have oc-
cured. The surgeon in charge does not
think that any danger is to be apprehended
| from this latest form Of TIE disease. at the
Fourth avenue stables it has been more fatal
than the original disease. Four deaths have
already occurred, while but one death from
the disease as it first appeared was reported
from this stable. At the stables Of the Madi-
son avenue Stage Company seven cases of
dropsy are reported, and three deaths have
occurred. In the stables Of the Dry Dock
and Avenue B line one case of dropsy is un-
der treatment. At the College Of Veterinary
Surgeons no exact diagnosis of the new dis
ease has yet been made. 1t is admitted to be
complication of the old disease, arising
principally from debilitation, but none of the
gentlemen connected with the institution will
venture an opinion at present. The treat
ment adopted is the administering of tonics,
vegetable and mineral, and, where necessary,
the application of stimulant to the outside
of the body.
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TOO Much STUDY REQUIRED.

The New York Tribune says San irate
Philadelphia father does not approve of the
present system of school-teaching. He de-
clares that it is far below that in vogue thirty
years ago, and that il is making candidates
for the insane asylum, and piling up heap
of misery in many forms. He desires that
there should be reasonable flogging in schools,
beginning with the teachers. One thing which
especially rouses his wrath is the way in which
tired parents are forced to teach their sleepy
children, during the evening, the lessons
which they go to school the next day merely
to recite. He demurs, and with reason, at
doing the mental drudgery for which he lib
orally pays others who are purposely fitted
for it, 1t is not alone from Philadelphia that
this remonstrance comes. In all our cities,
parents are complaining bitterly of the stud
ying at home to which their children are
forced on pain of falling below their classes.
No father wants to teach school during all his
leisure hours, and no child should be COM
PEELED to spend SO much of the day in brain
work. Fewer studies and strict discipline in
the schools would make sufficient time for the
memorizing of lessons at the desk. 1t is the
great fault of our school system that it de
mands that children should occupy themselves
with more studies at one time than they art
intelligently able to MASTER
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GENERAL NEWS,

The failure of Bowles Bros. will seriously
curtail the pin-money of travelling Americans.
1t is alleged that great frauds have been
discovered in the Office of the harbor COM
missioners at San Francisco.
Pews rent in one of the New York city
churches at over three thousand dollars each.
There are about two hundred and fifty ca
diets at West Point at the present time.
A New York divine says that the Havan-
ma lottery robs this country of million dol
lars yearly, which goes to Cuba
Charles Francis Adams arrived in New
York Wednesday.
Nine. Christine Nillson lost by the Boston
fire to the amount of fifty-one thousand dol
lars. She owned two stores on Otis street,
both of which were entirely destroyed.
Alden b. Lawrence, brakeman on the
Owl train on the Boston and Albany Rail-
road, has been held for trial in the United
States District Court for robbing the mails on
the postal cars of that road.
Gen. Van Buren,, the United States Com
miss Toner for the Vienna Exhibition, met the
Commissioner of Education and many per-
sons interested in educational interests at
Washington Wednesday, and full represen-
tation of our interests at Vienna is promised
1t is reported that the Narraganset Steam.
ship Co. demand $4,000 from the National
Government for damage to the steamer Prov
idence, sustained by collision with the scow
moored in He'll Gate, and if the demand is
refused suit will be commenced
The broad silk weavers in the Phenix Mills,
Paterson, N. j. the largest establishment in
the United States, struck on Wednesday, be-
cause the proprietors insisted on reduction
of 20 per cent. in their wages.
knowing one says it may be set down as
rule that the sentimental young ladies who
scratch off poems about death and the grave
have holes in their stockings.
Love induced beautiful and accomplished
girl of Chicago to marry blind man with a
CLUB foot. He was poor man, while his wife
has an income of $500 year.
Two servant girls at Reading, Penn, dur.
ing their mistress absence last summer, shone
out respondent in her silks and laces, and
now they are condemned to languish 5000
worth in the pittless Jail.
Judge Settle of North Carolina is named
as the probable successor of Justice Nelson
of the Supreme Court, about to retire, the
South having had no representative on the
supreme bench since the death of Justice
Wayne of Georgia.
But one man has died at Cheyenne with
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The Peoples Stamp of Value.--The Gov
eminent endorsement, which legalizes the
sale of Plantation Bitters, is not the only
stamp affixed to that famous Vegetable Tonic.
1t bears, in addition to that official sanction,
the still more valuable stamp ofpublc appro-
baton. This inestimable voucher of its rare
properties as Tonic, Corrective and Altera-
tive, is of much earlier date than the Gov
eminent credental; for millions of sick per-
sons had pronounced it the Grand Specific of
the Age long before Congress thought of tax
ing proprietary medicines. 1t is unnecessary
to repeat, in detail, the properties of this won
derful Vegetable Invigorant. The best ref
erence that can be offered to those who de-
sire the full particulars of its virtues, is the
General Public. Ask those who have tried it
as remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, bill
iousness, Intermittent fevers, nervous debili-
ty, rheumatism, sea sickness, low spirits, or
loss of vital power, what Plantation Bitters
has done for them, and be governed by the
response they make to our inquiries.
nOyl2- +eOd&wlw
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Church DlfecfOrv.

ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL ch.
State st., between Bridge and Oak streets. Rev.
A. NJ. Evening service at ! o'clock Preaching
tomorrow by the pastor.
FIRST BApTlsT-Corner Winthrop and Perham
sts. No pastor; Morning service 1880 A: NJ.
Evening r. Al. Preaching tomorrow by Rev.
A.v Tilton Of Newton, Mass.
FREE BApI!sT,-state street, north of Bridge.
Morning service 1890 A. NJ. Evening p. NJ
Rreachng to morrow by Rev. A. II. Morrill, of
METHODIST EPIsCoPAL,-Green street, east OF
State. +. Martin, pastor; residence at the par
fo0h lms o
rRorhsFANr FPise6P&h@ssa,e It.. ."f between e
Morning service 1880 A. Nj. Evening service TX
PM. Preaching to morrow by the rector. Ser.
ssssr and
No pastor. Morning service at 1880. Sabbath
School at II NJ. Preaching tomorrow forenoon
and evening by Rev Benz. IL. Davis of Wey-
UNITARIAN,-Cor Oak and State SITS. No pas.
tor. Preaching to morrow forenoon by Rev. Mr..
Buck of Portland.
CATHOLlC,-State st. north of Bridge. Rev. Mr..
O'Brien, priest; residence near the church,
Preaching tomorrow by the priest.
Y. NJ. c. A'-Rooms in Darby Block, Water Street.
Regular weekly prayer meeting every Monday
evening at ~ O'Clock. Missionesunday School
every sabbath morning AT 8 O'clock. Religious
exercises every Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
Rooms open TO ali.
The Congregational, First Baptist, Free W Ill
Baptist and Methodist Churches hold social con-
ference meetings in their vestries every Wednes-
day evening, at y. O'Clock.
NORTH AUGUSTA M. +. CHURCH.-Rev. F.
W. smith, pastor; residence at the pascnage, next
door north of the church Preaching every Sab
bath ut 1890 4. NJ sabbath school at IL NJ.
Prayer meeting At -: PM. Preaching tomorrow
bv the pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, HALLOWELL.-Rev
q. NJ. Couscns, pastor; residence opposite church.
Morning service, 1880; Afternoon service, 230
Sabbath school ut quarter past one p. NJ Preach.
ing tomorrow by the pastor.
SOUTH PARISH CONGREGATIONAL, HALO.
WELL.-Rev. C. q. McCully, pastor; morning
service 1880; afternoon service at 23o; Sunday
school | Is l.. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, HALLOWELL.-Rev. A. r.
Crane, pastor Morning service 1880. Preach
ingto-morrow by the pastor.
FREE BAPTIST CHURCH. HALLOWELL.-Rey.
Mr.. Heath, pastor. Services ut usual hours.
UNiNERSAL1Sr, HALLOWELL.-Rev. W. W.
Nutting, pastor. Morning service 1885, Sunday
school, >, 30 +. NJ. Prayer meeting O'Clock.
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his boots off since the town sprouted and he
had them in his teeth and was crawling out
of bedroom window, when an avenging pis-
tol ball let daylight shine through him
The law passed last winter providing for
correction of the records of school lands sold
in each county in Kansas, has saved the
State some thirty thousand dollars. in add.
ton to correcting many errors.
Gen. Alfred II. Terry Of Connecticut, nov
brigadier, expects the appointment to the va
cant place of major general in the regular
army caused by the death of Gen. Meade,
bnt it appears an equal chance that Gen.
Montgomery c. Meigs, now quartermaster
may get the appointment.
a man will die for want of air in five min
utes, for want of sleep in ten days, for want
of water in a week, for u want of food at va
rying intervals, depending on constitution,
habits of life and the circumstances of the
occasion.
The horse epidemic has had pne good re-
sult-people have discovered that legs were
made to walk with. The number of women
who have found out that they can go on
shopping expeditions without a carriage, and
Of men who now know that they can reach
their places of business without horse car,
has been materially increased.
The Postmaster General, reversing for
mer decision, rules that chromos. engravings
and other prints are maiable at the postal
rates of printed matter. The near assem-
bling OF Congress presents a reader means
OF reversing his decision, exac;ing double
rates on deficient postage, than the courts
afford, and several members of Congress in
tend to offer explanatory bills covering that
and other Objectionable parts of the new pos
tai code.
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Parson Brownlow still lives, and re-
ioices in letter, which is published, ovel
the election of eight republican Congress
men to two democrats in Tennessee, and
O close run for Governor. He eulogises
Maynard for the fight he made against
Andy Johnson, and suggests his name as
a candidate for Speaker in the next House
of Representatives. He says, however
the strong point in the canvass was The
popularity of the Administration.
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T.4RRED FEL TING.

The Boston Advertiser says; Nothing
could have helped the fire more than the tarr
ed telling with which many roofs were cover
ed. builders using it in preference to slate
or tin, partly from motives of mistaken
economy and partly on account of its insolu-
bility in water. Its use should be prohibited
in future buildings, for the same reasons that
have led to the prohibition Of wooden cop
than to construct it of unseasoned pitch pine"