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PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
AaaANGEMENr OF PAssENeHRTRAINs
MAY 10th, 1880.

10y
Trains Leave Harrisburg as Follows
For New York via Allentown, at Sl0 800 a. IN.
pSsE @ a FsfsA' hsB So ca a. mound % and
.Tbrsash car arrives in New. York a. y moon. n
For Resdins'W at AZ sis. $40 lFast Exp) sos, $50
For For tS Petsys WI ana At S5 so $50 a. M and 400
p M, and via schuylkill and susquehahna e nj
Branch st yac 2 m For anOp5n, AZ by AZ y and nd
f'yH Ths e S.Is, sos a. M and AS p m trains have
through cars for New York. via Allentown.
SUNDAYS;
For New York. at $40 n. m.
For Allentown and Way Stations, at 20 q. m.
For Reading Phildelaphla, and Way stations,
atl40 y. IN.
Trains Leave for Harrisburg rs Follows
Leave New York via Allentown, s As a. m LOO
Leave ave New York via "Bound Brook Route aud
Philadelphia at 745 a, M, 80 and 4UO y. M, ar
kThrough car, New York TO Harrisburg.
Leave tnt delphia, ut 9i5 q. M, 4.OO. ana $50
Leave louisville, g. GO, v,1e a. M and A40p. N.
Leave Reading, at 4bO, 7,25, ll6Oa M, LS ,6l5'
I45 and lOS5 p: M.
Leave Allentown, at $50 9O5 a. M, l2lO 4sO,
and 9.05 p. N.
SUNDAYSG
Leave New York, at 8 80 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at I45 y. m;
Leave Reading, aJ 7.35 a. m and TO- 80 y. M
Leave Allentown. at905p. m.
BALDWIN BRANCH.
Leave HARRISBURG for Paxton, Lochel and
Seelton daily except Sunday, at $40, 9.35 u. M,
and p. m. daily, except Saturday and Sunday;
5.l5p. M, and ON Saturday only, at ADO, 6lO
Returning, leave sTEELTON daily, except
Sunday, at 100, 1000 a. M, and 220p. M; daily,
except Saturday and Sunday. g. 10 y. M, and on
Saturday only $40, $50, 9,5Op. M.
j. L. W00TTEN, Gen. Manager
@. @. HANCOCK, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent.
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, 1880-03-04
The New Departure in the
Public Schools.

At length the old system which has
endured so long seems crumbling, and
new methods and new ideas appear on
every side. That old system, the system
beloved by the true pedagogue, is only
too well known. 1t is the system of
routine and Of cram, and there are few
people under forty who have not at some
time s-:Aered under it.
To excite interest or arouse enthusi-
asm has not been considered the task of
master in the common schools. On
the contrary, an interested school room
would probably be rather noisy, and
hence Objectionable. Scholarship has
been held to consist in learning text
books by heart, and in answering by
rote such questions as were printed for
the masters use that school has been
the best where the routine was most iron
bound, herechildren were drilled in their
exercises like soldiers in the manual, and
where excellence, in the one case as in
the other, depended on turning human
beings into machines.
Now, apart from the fact that suen
discipline is pernicious, because it en-
feebles the mind by overlooking it with
undigested matter, and crushes out orig.
inality by di5couragingall independent
thought, 1t is equally Objectionable on
other grounds. Long experience has
proved that it is doubtful blessing to
teach man to read, and then turn him
upon the world to pick up such further
education as the cheap literature of
great cities affords. The immense sale
Of sensational newspapers OF the worst
class proves the truth Of this fact, and
is admitted to be one Of the most threat.
ening signs Of the times. There is no
use in attacking the publishers Of Grim
inal literature by Indictment, and by
fine and imprisonment Where there is
a demand there will be q supply, all the
laws in the statute book 70 the contrary
Notwithstanding The true wav to sup
press such publications IS to lessen the
demand, and this can be done only by
educating the children in the common
schools 70 read something better. That
much can be done in this direction the
believers in the new departure are thor
oughly convinced, and that without any
great expense or radical change, except
IN bringing common sense % bear upon
The educational problem. March At
Antic.
, 1880-03-04
Female Physician.

The city physician of Springfield,
Mass, is woman-elected by way of
an experiment. She is said to have
been exceedingly successful, not having
made even one blunder since she began
her work. One reason for this she gives
when she says that she was "very care
full about making mistakes, because she
knew that any error would be more Sc
verely visited upon her than it would be
upon a man." She has been an econom-
ical official, for she has attended 100
more patients than any of her predeces.
sors, in the same number of weeks, and
for 500 less expense to the city. She
often acts as nurse as well as doctor, and
her practice among the poor has been in
every way excellent Her reelection is
proposed, and il she has proved herself
competent to the satisfaction Of the CITY
authorities there is no reason why she
should not keep the position. 1t GER
tainly is not an agreeable one, but if her
devotion TO medicine and poor humanity
can carry her easily and usefuly through
1t hardshirs, she has a right TO hold it.
Exchange.
, 1880-03-04
Dakota Wheat Fields.

Of the four hundred million bushels
of wheat produced in the United States,
by far the largest portion is sown in the
Fall and is called Winter grain. The
varieties are conditioned by soil and
climate, the latitude of Milwaukee mark
ino in general the northern boundary of
Winter wheat.
The area suited for the production of
wheat sown in the Spring hitherto has
been of limited extent, but there is an
undeyeloped section Of the country so
wide and far reaching that it may be re-
garded as the great Summer wheat field
of the future. Its capabilities are so
vast, and the insurance of production
so certain, that the millions Of the 'Old
World moy ever think OF it as land
that will supply them with bread.
A traveller making the tour of the St.
Lawrence and its connecting chain of
lakes, landing at Duluth, and journeying
west over the Northern Pacific Railroad
two hundred miles, beyond the forest re-
gion of the Upper Mississippi, will find
himself on the eastern edge of this
bread land of the future-the valley Of
the Red river, a stream flowing north
ward to Lake Winnipeg and thence to
Hudson bay.
In August, 1869, the writer of this
article rode over this former hunting
groand of the Sioux, where through by
gone ages they chased the buffalo and
fought the Chippewas. The valley of
the Red river was a vast eXpanse. No
hill, no gentle undulation, nothing but
the fringes of trees along the streams,
bounded the sight. 1t was reach of
prairie unbroken by the plow. Our own
voices, or the song of meadow lark,
plover and curlew and other fowl, alone
broke the solemn and oppressive still
ness of the solitude. At Georgetown
the Hudson Bay Company had reared a
house, and two or three settlers had set
up their cabins upon the banks of the
river. We encountered manfNwhose
birthplace was in Virginia, who had
been frontiersman in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, vidette of civili-
zation.
"Have you any neighbors ~ we
asked. .-
"Oh, yes; three families have just
settled about twelve miles from here.
They are getting pretty thick, and l
shall have to move on, reckon"
They have been getting thicker since,
and the locomotive is speeding its way
across the valley, on to the Missouri,
and beyond the Yellowstone; it is fly.
ing down the valley to Winnepeg, and
soon it will thunder along the Saskatche-
wan, far away in the distant Northland.
Farm houses dot the landscape towns
have sprung up; the traveller beholds
piles Of lumber, long lines of farm wag-
ons, plows, seeders, harrows, reapers,
threshers and farm engines at every
station. Marvellous the change in 1869
a furrowless plain in 1879 harvest of
100000 bushels of grain-ere long to
be S0,000,000.-C. G. Coffin in Har-
per's Magazine for March.
, 1880-03-04
Sewing Girl Apprentices.

Girls who are apprenticed to learn
dressmaking work the first six months
for nothing-that is, they give their
services for half year in order to be
taught the art of dressmaking. They
do all the errands for the house, such as
buying thread, needles, Innings, etc., an
swering the door bell whenever it rings;
in short, they are general utility for the
head of the establishment and when
they are not needed to run errands they
are required to put in the rest of the
time pulling out basting threads They
are never in the room where the cutting
and fitting are done, unless they happen
in by some chance. AT the end of six
months their time has been given, and
they have nothing in return but worn
out shoes and clothes. They have
learned nothing about dressmaking, ex-
cept perhaps " to hem a bit of ruffle."
The apprentice, having danced attend
ance on Madam Dressmaker for six
months, will, at the expiration of that
time, be paid f'w cents for her serv-
ices in the future. In some places she
may be paid more than fifty cents per
week till she learns dressmaking In a
few places she may be paid more than
fifty cents, but not unless she can make
herself very useful to the business.
" 1t is very hard" said a sewing woman,
"for an apprentice to get along in a
work room when she is stranger. If
she has sister there who has learned
the trade, she will do very well, for she
will be shown what to do and how to
sew. But no ore takes any interest in
a strange girl. The lady at the head OF
the establishment never takes time to
teach apprentices They must depend
on their wits and pick up what knowl-
edge they can from the work room.
They cannot learn cutting and fitting,
for they are never where it is done.
The art of cutting and fitting dresses is
generally learned from the models that
are advertised and sold."-Cincinnati
Gazette.
, 1880-03-04
Italy Takes the Lead.

It seems strange that Italy should
have the most powerful war vessel in
the world, yet the fact seems to be be-
vond question. While the greater Pow
ers of Germany, France and Great
Britain have been unable to combine
plating thick enough to resist the fire Of
the largest guns, with the heaviest ord
nance and speed, the Italians have man.
aoed to construct a double turret iron
clad, the Duilio, which is protected by
twenty-five inches of plating throuS Shout;
which carries four monster l0O-ton
Armstrong guns, firing projectiles $500
pounds in weight which has power
ful ram and atorpedo boat at the stern,
and which has made fourteen miles an
hour on her trial trip without working
up to her full capacity.
This crowning trial Of modern naval
architecture is built for the greatest de-
gree Of steadiness and endurance, havir e
a breadth of 65 feet to length of 339
feet, while most Of our ocean steamers
have breadth of only about one tenth
of their length. She Will sit on the
Kater as solidly as an old-fashioned
Dutch galliot, and it is miracle Of en-
gineering and constructive skill that
such craft, with q tonnage Of 1860,
or twice that of the Gallia or City,of
Berlin--could be forced through the
water at the rate of fourteen miles an
hour, without her full power being used.
There are not many Of our light river
steamboats, that can DO as well.
OF course, the resources of the Eng
glish and French and German govern
ments will be exhausted in attempts to
equal or surpass Italy's crack vessel.
1t is idle to speculate on the length to
which such competition may 60. At
every advance made IN the size, strength,
speei and efficiency Of iron-clads tens of
millions'of dollars are thus rendered use.
less and out of date. Fortunately, we
are not obliged to enter into this costly
competition. No power on earth dares
iniure or insult us, still less make war
on u.s.. Our conquests are won, not by
ironclads and standing armies, but with
our corn and wheat fields. We have a
secure grip on the worlds stomach.
Even if the world had not learned that
we were the greatest of military nations,
the food question would be supreme.
All that we need is a fleet Of hand
scme, comfortable, swift sailing cruisers,
large enough to encourage and protect
Americans in every part of the world,
by the mere presence Of the embIems of
the might of the nation that had l,500,-
900 unequalled soldiers in the field, who
shortly before were quiet and unmilitary
citizeus.-N. Y. Herald.
, 1880-03-04

A small boy could not see why the
"leaves' Of tables, not resembling any
leaves with which he was familiar.
should be so called. At last he found
it out 81 know" he cried 'they are
called leaves because you can leave
them up or you can leave them down"
, 1880-03-04

The break Of day prevents the night
t.Um going too far.
, 1880-03-04

An encore is sweeter than an apple
core.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26
AN ELOQUENT PASSAGE.

The following is from the pen of the
late George ID. Prentice: 1t can not be
that earth is mans only abiding place
1t cannot be that our life is mere
bubble cast up by eternity to float
moment Cn its waves and then sink
into nothingness. Else why is it that
the glorious aspirations which leap
like angels from the temples of our
hearts, are forever wandering unsatis-
fiedy Why is it that the stars that
hold thcsr festival around the mid
night throne are set above the grasp of
our limited faculties. forever mocking
US with their inapproachable glory? !?
And, finally, why is il that bright
forms of human beauty presented TO
our view are taken from us, leaving
the thousand streams of our affections
to flow back in Alpine torrents upon
our hearts There is a realm where
the rainbow never fades; where the
stars will be spread out before us like
the islands that slumber in the ocean !;
and where the beautiful beings which
pass before us like shadows will stay
in our presence forever.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26

Bridget, what did mistress say she
would have for dinnery"
"Broil the lobster"
"Broil the lobster? Are you sure,
Bridget
Entirely. Get the gridiron."
Mary got the gridiron and placed
the live lobster on the gridiron.
.fntermission of five minutes, after
which the dialogue was resumed as
follows:
did YOU broil the lobster, Mary ?"
"Divil a broil. The more | poked
the fire, the more he walked off. The
baste's haunted. I'll try no more. No
good will come from cooking a strad-
dle-bug like that"
"And where is the lobster"
"Divil a bit ! know. The last |
saw of him he was walking out of the
back door with his tail ct half-mast,
like wild maniac, as he was" Bird
get started in pursuit of the wild "man-
lac" and was still aler il when our
informant left.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26

ter, swore no less emphatically than
Old Hickory that the little army
should be saved. He was warmly aid
ed by the other people of western
Pennsylvania, and men, women and
children entered briskly into the work
OF supplying means for munitions of
war. Powder was purchased and made,
bullets moulded, cartouche boxes were
manufactured and muskets supplied
with II vim and energy peculiar to
this day to the live people of that
section.
The Enterprise was loaded on the
18th of December, and though it was
twilight, and the ice was thick upon
the river, Captain Shreve, its comman-
der, cast off and sped down the river
with the God-speed from the people
on the bank aud the cry of "Don't
lose any time"
"I'll get there ahead of the British
or sink the boat" was the laconic pa
triotic reply.
The munitions on board this boat
were complete. Foster sent everything
precisely that Jackson didn't have
and wanted. From wearing apparel
to gun-wipers the outfit was perfect.
The trip was dangerous and most trou-
blous. There were no wood-yards
along the Ohio or Mississippi in those
days, and the crew were necessitated
to chop wood and cord ita they tray
ersed down the route. Brave hearts
head off obstacles however, and the
Enterprise kept its word 1t arrived
just in the nick of time. Leaving
Pittsburg on the 18th of December, il
reached New Orleans on the 10Th of
January. just three days before the at-
tack of the British. There, then, did
it pan out its wealth of warlike i'm
plements of death, and the use that
the American troops put them to is
matter of history written in the blood
of the invader.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26

ground, he suddenly discovered, to his
horror, that the adjacent bank was
lined with pack of wolves. He ut
once "made tracks" for home, followed
by these animals (; but the skater kept
ahead, and one by one the pack tailed
off; two or three Of the foremost, how
ever, kept up the chase, but when they
attempted to close with the skater, by
adroitly turning aside, he allowed
them to pass him. And after few
unsuccessful and vicious attempts on
the part of the wolves, he succeeded in
reaching his log hut in safety.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26

name he has been made to suffer so
long, disposed to shirk the proposed
righting of his position lest the pas
sions of wartime be reawakened by
the indiscreet speeches that can no
doubt be wrung from the Southerners
by the challenging oratory ready to be
opened on the occasion. But it will
be, all the same, a lasting disgrace to
Congress and TO the country if, with
the undisputed truth az TO Porter's
patriotic services now before the world
as it will stand in history, the bill for
his relief from stigma and restoration
to rank and rights should not pass.
As for General Porter himself, it mat
ters far less. He has already received
bis real vindication and nothing can
take if from him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26
RUN DOWN AT THE HEELS.

A man clad in the habiliments of
the tramp knocked briskly on the
back door of a Cincinnati residence on
New Years day, and bowling low to
the girl who made her appearanc, ;,
said
"The compliments of the season, fair
maid, aud may each recurring New
Year"
ooh, go long," said the girl, inter-
rupting him. -
Il am not the only man who has
run down ut the heel
"No, there were seven ahead of YOU
this morning"
Seeing you keep open house, |
presume thev were admitted at the
front door But the back door is
good enough for me. | am not proud.
You will observe did not come in a
carriage but no matter. | am hun.
cry. would like to get bite to
eat"
1--WE haven't anything for you"
"Don't be to sure of that until you
know who am. You probably never
heard of people entertaining angels
unawares."
"Yes | have but don't believeit." !"
Homer was beggar."
"iie never got anything here, my
good man."
"Cervantes died of hunger"
"He ought to have gone to work"
"Difienbacker had nineteen trades,
and starved to death with all of them.
However, that is neither here nor
there"
"Try the boarding house over the
way"
spencer died in want"
81 know it. lie depended on this
shebang for his victuals.'
"Tasso, Italy's celebrated poet"
ooh, / suppose he was shot"
He was not; but he was often hard
pushed for nickle. | mention these
facts to prepare you for what is COM
ing. am the individual who first
mentioned Grant for a third term"
1--WE are all solid for John Sherman,
said the girl.
The man walked slowly to the gate,
paused, scratched his head, and turn
ing once more to the female, said:
Wouldn't you give a future cab.
met officer a cold potato?"
Couldn't think of it,"
"What if the next Minister to the
Court ofSt. james should ask for one y
"1Ie couldn't get il"
Every well. | will not withdraw
my good wishes for the new year. |
presume you are acting according &c
instructions. A man who is just en-.
tering upon the primrose paths OF
politics can afford to be magnanimous. y
And, kissing his hand TO the hard
hearted housemaid, he took his leave
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26
PITTsBURG and HICKORY JACKSON

From the Washington Capital.
1t is not generally known that Pitts
burg and Western Pennsylvania was
extensively the cause of the salvation
of General jackson and his men. ut
New Orleans. The month of Decem-
ber, 1914, was the most critical month
in the entire history of the war of
1912. The British had swept the
coasts, captured our City of Washing
ton, penetrated the lakes, held Balti-
more almost in the hollow of their
hands, and were menacing the great
port of the south, New Orleans. They
anticipated the capture of that city,
and if it fell they knew that the juve-
nile republic would be pretty thor.
oughly strangled. These anticipations
were natural, inasmuch as jackson
was out of ammunition, and it seemed
almost impossible TO obtain any quite
a portion of the country wherein was
the wealth, the Northern States, were
very neutral, If not positively opposed
to the war, and would lend no helping
hand there was little means of OBJ
tain powder or lead in the South, and,
as IL usual under such circumstances,
the prices increased to an extortionate
value.
Ii was then that Pittsburg came to
the front. and with the steamboat,
Enterprise, the third that ever sailed
In Western waters, sent relief to Jack
son and saved New Orleans. One oi
its most prominent men, old Mr.. Fos'