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been tried it has proven a complete sue
cess. Twenty-Five States and seven ter
riteries attest the practical value of
county ssperintendeRcy. State superin-
tendency is an established fact in almost
every progressive State in the Union. A
late Ohio commissioner of schools said
"A combined and continuous effort to
impress wise conclusions on the practi.
cal mind of the community is wanting.
Let the teachers OF Ohio make this ef-
fort and its success will prove the wis.,
dom of their convictions.
Ithica, Mich. ]. \. MCCALL.
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Deferred from last week.
Ncighb0rhOod Notes.

Quaker City merchants have abolish
ed the credit system.
The Orient Touring mills at Quaker
City have just put in the roller process
at cost OF $4,000.
I'M Leeper, farmer near Senecaville,
Guernsey county, has purchased 10000
pounds OF tobacco and packed it in bis
barn.
Uhrichsville and Dennison are organ
izing building and lean association
with capital stock of 100000.
A firm in Cadiz last week sold S1.40O
worth of pelts and furs. In the lot
were 1900 skunk hides.
Work has been commenced by the
standard Oil Co, Oh three new $4,000
gallon tanks at Elba, Noble county.
A gray eagle measuring seven feet
from tip to tip, was caught last week in
trap. by NJ Westcott. of Caldwell.
The Salvation Army captains at Cam
bridge are holding services four times
each day.
The oil excitement is intense in Wheel
ing township. Guernsey county, and test
wells will go down at once.
Frank Carr, aged II, Of near Harris
vile, went hunting during a cold snap.
lie was almost frozen, and is still In bed
He loses four toes by the experience.
Steubenville will organize camp of
the Sons of Veterans.
The West Va. gas company is to go
right ahead putting down pipe to
bring natural gas to Wheeling from
Washington, Pa.
The Quaker Ridge school, Guernsey
county, Miss Ella Barber, teacher, has
not female pupil enrolled.
The Brilliant nail works will resume
this week, the company having signed
the compromise scale.
The revival at Caldwell, in the M Z
church still continues. Up to last week
I76 had been at the altar, and 14o hat
made profession of conversion.
Mrs Harvey FulkeTson, of near Cum
bsrland, Guernsey county, jumped from
a trestle on the B, z & c, the other day
to escape being run over. She sprained
an ankle, but was not dangerously hurt
The First Presbyterian church al
Steubenville was re-dedicated on Sun.
day.
The postoffice at Mingo was burglar
lied and the letters riied. The thievei
got about SO.
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THECoUNTRY SCHOOLS OF OHIO
A SYMPOSIUM.
ob;o Educational Monthv

Ohio Educational Monthly.
rHE most pressing need of our country
schools is better qualified teachers;
teachers who understand teaching, not
merely persons who can solve puzzles,
and dissect sentences; who know some
thing or the laws of mental Develop
nent and growth; who think, and can
induce children to think; who possess IN
tectuaI grip" and can develop it in the
children; who love intellectual pursuits,
and can induce children to love them
wbs know. have read, and love to read
good books, and can influence young
people to read and love them: broader,
stronper, more earnest and energetic
men and women are what the schools
need. But to say this is about eQuivs'
lent ia saying that what an unprodue+
tive fruit tree needs is more vigorous
branches, more lHxuriant foliage, more
and better fruit. Vain. The fruit is the
best product of the conditions which
produce it. II the sell is sterile. the
rootlets unhealthy, light and air def
cient, and the oaiginal stock none of the
best, the branches will become moss
grown and the fruit will be imperfect.
1t is an Indifferent husbandman who
hopes to perfect the quality of the fruit
from such tree by wbitewashing the
trunk and scrapiDg the moss from the
branches.
Our teachers are the fruitage of our
system. 1t is sometimes said there is no
demand for better teachers in the rural
schools; that the quality of the supply
is all that the wages offered will con-
mand. True, perhaps. The rural popu-
lation may not dream that improvement
in their schools is possible. l have of
ten heard rural directors speak OF what
1 know to be worthless schools as first
class 'First-class' is, after all, term
of comparison. The other term Is the
speakers highest ideal. There is no
demand among the millions of Asia
and Africa for gospel light and liberty,
hut we send missionaries to them and
create demand. Our rural schools are
as good as existing conditions will ever
produce. Our soil is fertile, but our ed
ucational tree is diseased. and no white
washing, no scraping of moss-grown
branches, ne pruning, will produce the
fair crop SO long looked and hoped for.
We must plant a new tree Of improved
stock, OF do some judicial grating.
Our rural schools need
1. Fhe missionary influence of thor
oughly well qualified superintendents,
who shall so euligbteR and educate the
rural population that there will be de-
mand' for better teachers demand so
urgent and persistent that it cannot be
ignored.
2. A system of real normal schools,
fully equipped, endowed and controlled
by the state. schools for the special ed
ncation or training of persons for teach4
ers,'-a sort of school not found in Ohio.
These schools should supply the de-
mand'
3. Legislation that will ultimately
close the doors of our school houses
against persons whose highest functions
of teacher is based upon the existing
certificate of qualifications.
When these shoots are succesafully
grated upon our educational tree, We
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-11
GRANDMoTHER's GARDEN.

I've been back to gTandmothers gsruen'
Where The dear old flowers grow
That she planted there and tenoeo
In the SINNERS long ago
The sweet, old-fashioned hoWers
That used to delight her So
There are lilacs by gate and doorway,
And lilies, all in row,
whnea blossoms we fancied trumpets
For fairy bands to blow;
And soutbern- wood, spicily fragrant,
Nv the door-stone, worn and low.
Pinks that are rich with odors
OF Glove and myrrb are there,
And | seem, when smell their frag-
rance,
To be in the house of prayer
In grandmother's pew, on Sunday,
Close by the pulpit stair.
can see her there with her hymn book
Open at "WelIs" or "Mear,
With bunch Of her garden 'posles
Between the leaves, and hear
The voice that has sung in heaven
For many and many year.
Grandmother gave her flowers
To crown the maideD's head
When she stood at the marriage altar
And q vife's Il will" was said;
And they came to her for blossoms
To shut in the hands OF the dead.
remember the summer morning
When grandmother heard the call,
OF the angel Of death whose summons
Will some Gay come TO Us all;
The June's Hrst roses were blowing
Down by the garden wall.
@How sweet they are" she whispered,
"What dear things God has made:
am going to well in Ills country
Where the roses never fade.
Then she folded her hands oD her BOSOM
And il seemed az if she prayed.
She looked 90 peaceful and happy.
With her hands clasped on her breast
Holding the flowers We brought her
That We fancied her taking rest;
Twas the rest that's forever and ever,
OF all, the sweetest, best.
Over her grave in the churchyard
Her dear old flowers grow;
But think Of her out in the garden
OF God, where His lilies grow;
And fancy she tends His MOWERS
AS she used to here below.
-Eben E. Rexford.
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Sore EYES

The eyes are always in sympathy with
the body, and afford an excellent index
of its condition. When the eyes become
weak, and the lids inf1amed and sore, it
is an evidence that the system has
become disordered by Scrofula, for
which Ayers Sarsaparilla is the best
known remedy.
Scrofula, which produced painful in
f1ammatiOn in my eyes, caused me much
suffering for number of years. By the
advice of a physician commenced taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. After using this
medicine short time l was completely
Cured
Ny eyes are now in splendid condi-
ton, and I am as well and strong as ever.
Mrs. William Gage, Concord, N. b.
For a number of years 1 was troubled
with humor in my eyes, and was unable
to obtain any relief until commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla. This medi-
cine has effected complete cure, and
believe it to be the best of blood puri-
fers.-C. E. Upton, Nashua, n. II.
From childhood, and until with few
months, l have been afflicted with Weak
and Sore Eyes. 1 have used for these
complaints, with beneficial results,
Ayers Sarsaparilla, and consider it
great blood purifier. - Mrs. c. Phillips,
Glover, Vt.
/ suffered for a year with infiamma-
ton in my left eye. Three ulcers formed
on the ball, depriving me of sight, and
causing great pain. After trying many
other remedies, to no purpose, l was final
ly induced to use Ayers Sarsaparilla.
BY Taking
three bottles of this medicine have been
entirely cured. My sight has been re-
stored, and there is no sign of infiamma-
ton, sore, or ulcer in my eye.- Kendall
T. Bowen, Sugar Tree Ridge, Ohio.
My daughter, ten years old, was afflict-
ed with Scrofulous Sore Eyes. During
the last two years she never saw light Of
any kind. Physicians of the highest
standing exerted their skill, but with no
permanent success. On the recommen-
dation of friend purchased bottle of
Ayers Sarsaparilla, which my daughter
commenced taking. Before she had used
the third bottle her sight was restored.
Her cure is complete. w. E. Suther-
land, Evangelist, Shelby City, KY.
Ayers SarSapariIIa,
Prepared by DIR. j. @. Aver S Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; slI bottles, s5.
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GOING WEST.

All trains daily except Sunday.
Pullman's Palace Drawing Room and Sleep>
ing Cars through without change from Steu-
benville east to Philadelphia and New York;
west to Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Ohi>
cogo, indianapolis and st. Louis.
For through tickets, baggage checks, Sleep
ing car accommodations, and any further ia,
formation, apply to JOHN g. TOMLINSON,
Ticket Agent at Pan-Handle station, foot OF
Eleventh street, or a. city ticket office, under
McLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES MCCREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
E. A. FORD,
Gen'l Pas. and Tkt Ag't, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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.EGZe mn a
And Every Species of Itching and
Burning Diseases Cured
by Cuticura.

ECZEMA, or salt rheum, with its agonizing
~ itching and burning, Instantly relieved
by warm bath with Cuticura Soap, and
single application CT Cuticura. the great skin
cure; this repeated daily, with two or three
does of Cuticura Resoivent, the new blood
purifier, to keep the blood cool, the perspirs>
tion pure and unirritating, the bowels open,
the liver and kidneys tive, will speedily
cure eczema, letter, ringworn, psoriasis, lich-
en-, pruritus, scaldnead, dandruf and every
species of itching, scaly and pimply humors
OF the scalp and skin, when the best physi>
clans and all known remedies fail.
Will Mcdonald, 2542 Dearbor St., Chicago.
gratefully acknowledges q cure of ecZem 4. or
salt rheum. on head, neck, face arms and legs
for seventeen years; not able to walk except
on hands and knees for one year; not able to
help help himself for eight years; tried nuns
case hopeless; permanently cured by Outicura
ResolvenL, blood purifier, Internally and Cu>
Jicura and Cuticuoa Soap, the great skin cures,
| externally.
ChRs. H0ughton, ESQ.,, lawyer 28 State ST.
Boston. reports a case OF Eczema luder his OBJ
| servation for ten years, which covered the
patients body and limbs, and to which all
| known methods Of treatment had been appli-
! cured solely by the Cuticurs Remedies, leav.
| Ing clean and healthy skin.
lIr. Johr ThieI, Wilkesbarre, Pa, writes: Il
i ha We suffered from salt rheum IT over eight
y sars, at times so bad that could not attend to
nay business for weeks at time; three boxes
entirely cured me of this dreadful disease
Mrs. IHaac Phelps. Ravenna, Ohio, writes:
For the last year have had species of Itch
ing, scaly and pimply humors on my face TO
which have applied great many methoQs
| of treatment without success, and which was
speedily and entirely cured by Cuticura.'
Physicians Prescribe Them.-l have nothing
but the highest praise for the results obtained
rom your Outicura Rem edies, of which have
| sold more than of the others of the kind
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$500 Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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1t is worth remembering that nobody en-
joys the incest surroundings if in bad health;
there are miserable people about to-day with
one foot in the grave, to whom bottle of
Parker's Tonic would do more good than all
the doctors and medicines they have ever
used. Alt
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may profitsbly scrape of some such
moss as the 'sub-distriet' system.
As rich foliage aud fair fruit are pro-
duced by noble stock properly cultivated
SO grading, courses of study, central
high schools, and other Improvements
will grow out of the changes suggested
above. HENRY L. PECK.
| Rarnasvills 0hiO
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Rev. sam Jones three daily meetings
at Chicago are crowded with eager list
eners. Last night he spoke to a
crowd of five thousand.
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All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cheleland for Wheeling at 20
m 10 p IN, arriving at 80 p III and so pm.
e. A. FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt, Pittsburgh. Pa.
JAMES MCCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Buck,en's Arnica SaIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts. bruises
sores, ulcers. salt rheun, fever sores, letter
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
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box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, St
Cairsville. Ohio. 1911
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-11

The progress of our country schools
has not kept pace With the other i'm
proyenents of this age. In this country,
where every man is a sovereign, and in
this State. With its large percentage Of
rvral population. the pupil in the coan1
try schools should have equal opportuni-
ties with his village cousin. He has
been too long deprived of the advanta+
ges be ought to enjoy. What measures
may be adopted for the Improvement of
schools in tine country? In thickly set
tied counties, where roads are good, a
consolidation of districts would permit
the employment Of better teachers, and
better schools would be the result. Then,
if these schools we're classified, and some
one of ability and experience employed
to advise, direct and encourage the
teachers in their labors, some good re
suits might be expected. But is classi-
acatien practicable in the country, and
are pot the distances too great for such
grading and unificatiOn as are secured in
town schcois2 Experiment shows that
it is not only practicable, but not so diff
ficult as many suppose, and better re-
suits are shown. Pupils remain in school
longer and do their work better, acquir-
ing habits of ind ustry and system which
make them better able to cope with the
difficulties of life.
Many Of our pupils in the country
are stuffed with mental doses as nausea
ting as those doses of physic given in
the school presided over by Sqneers, and
such things will last as long as each one
is allowed to chase his favorits phaE-
tom, or stride his own wellworn hobby
Let us have fewer districts, more schools
where two or mere teachers are employ
ed, and supervision not only In theory
but in practice, and better trained pu-
piis will be the result. Z. 9. HILL.
| CheyiOt. Ohio,
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Time table for east and west corrected to
Nov. 30, 1885. Trains leave Panhandle sta =
tion, Wheeling, foot OF Eleventh street, near
public ianding-Central Standard time.
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AS GRAY as any old Raj

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GOING NORTH.

In effect Nov. %, 'S5.-New Standard Goth
Meridian time, which Is 2S minutes slower
than Columbus time,
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DTh HTIFY the Complexion and Skin by
DuhO using the Cutfcurs Soap.
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d PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
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Cleveland T. Pittsburgh r. r
Corrected Timetable of passenger trains
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GOING SOUTH.

OSCAR TOWNSEND, WI. b CIRCUIT,
Gen1 Manager. Genl FIT & Pass. ct.
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standard Time, which Is SO minutes slower
than local time.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-03-04
Sweet-Minded Women.

So great is the influence of sweet
mipded woman On those around her
it is almost bouudleSs. It is TO her
that friends come in seasons of sorrow
and sickness for health and comfort.
One soothing touch of her kindly hand
works wonders in the feverish child
a few words let fall from her lips in the
ear of a Sorrow-stIi ich en- sister do much
to raise the load of grief that is blow
ing its victim down to the dust in an
guish. The husband comes home worn
out with the pressure of business aud
feeling irritable with the world in gen.
eral /; but when he enters the cosy sit
ting-room and sees the blaZ, OF the
bright FIRE, and meets his wife's smil-
ing face, he succumbs in a moment to
the soothing influences which act as
the balm of Gilead to his wounded
spirits. that are wounded with the stern
realities Of life. The rough school
boy flies into rage from the taunts of
his companions 30 find solace in his
mothers smile the little one, full of
grief with her large trouble, finds ha =,
ven of rest on the mothers breast; and
so one might 60 on with instance after
instance of the influence that a sweet
minded woman has in the social life
with which she Is connected. Beiuty y
is an Insignificant power when complr
ed TO hers.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-03-04
Don't Undervalue the Boy.

Too many men make their boys feel
that they are of little or no account
while they are boys. Lay RESPONSE
bility on boy, and he will meet it in a
manful spirit. On no account ignore
their disposition to investigate. Help
;hem to understand things. Encourage
them to know what they are about.
We are to apt to treat boys seeking
after knowledge, as incredible cur iosity.
s'Don't ask questions" is poor advice
to boys. If you do not explain puzzling
things to them, you oblige them to
make many experiments before they
find out, aud though experimental
knowledge is best, in one sense, IN "a
mother it is not, for that which can be
explained clearly, does not need expert
menting with. If the principle myolv-
ed is understood, there is no future
trouble. and the boy can 60 ahead in
telligently.
8 Do not wait for the boy to grow up
before you begin to treat him as an
equal. A proper amount of confidence
and words of encouragement and ad
vice, and giving him to understand that
you trust him in many ways, helps to
make a man of him long before he is
man i'm either stature or years.-Ameri-
can Agriculturist for Fsbrurry.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-03-04
HOW TO KILL THE BLUES.

Generally speaking, if you are troub-
led with 'the blues and cannot tell
why, you may be sure it springs from
physical weakness.
Instead of lying on the sofa ard
counting painful ideas, if you are de-
spairing lover, a hypochondriac or
yaletudinarian, you should be up and
stirring yourself. The blood of mel
ancholy man is thick and slow, creep
ing sluggishly through the veins, like
muddy waters in canal the blood of
the merry, chirping philosopher is clear
and quick ,sbrisk as a newly broached
champagne.
Try, therefore, to set your blood in
motion. Try rather what a smart walk
will do for you ; set your pegs in mo-
tion on rough rocky ground or hurry
them up steep craggy hill; build
stone wall, swing an axe oyer a pile of
hickory or rock maple; turn a grind
stone dig bitches in short. do any
thing that will start the perspiration,
and you will soon cease to have your
brains lined with black, as Burton eX-
presses it, or 10 raise in the morning,
as Cowper did, like an internal frog
out of Acheron, crowned with the ooze
and mud of meloncholy.'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-03-04
DENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE.
Winter TeIm begins January 6, lSS6.

Winter Tenn begins January 6, lSS6.
This institution is located In one of tho most
beautiful and healthful spots OF the entire Allie
gheny region 1t is open TO students Of both
sexes, and offers the following Course OF study:
/. A Full cientihc Course ot Four ears.
2. \ Latin cientiic Course.
8. The following ADVANCED COURSES, Of
two years each, following the first two years of
the Scientific Course: (a) AGRICULTURF; %
NAUTICAL HISTORY; (c) CHEMISTRY AND
PHYSICS; (d) CIVIL ENGINEERING.
4 ShortS PECIAL COURSE in Agriculture.
5. \ short SPECIA AL COURs E in Chemistry:
6 A reorganiZed Course III MECHANIC
ARTS. combining ShOp-work with study.
I. \ new SPECIAL COUR >E 1.-TWO years. in
Literature and science. for Young Ladies
s. \ Carefully graded Preparatory Course.
9. SPECIAL COURSES are arranged To meet
the wants OF individual students.
Military drill is required. Expenses for board
and incidentaiS very low. Tuition free. Young
ladies under charge OF Il competent lady Prin-
cipal.
For Catalogues, or other information address
GEORGE w. ATHERTON, l.. d.,
President,
1929 State College, Centre Co., Pa