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Year: 1860

BY the kindness Of the editors of the
Gazette and Democrat, the teachers of Milf.
fin county have the privilege of using one
column Of those papers weekly for the pur-
pose Of advancing the general cause Of Ed
ucation, and promoting inquiry and more
intelligent interest in teachers. The OBJ
iicct OF this educational column is three
fold First, to excite more general sympa-
thy for the objects and means Of acquiring
good common school education, in the
patrons Of schools and those who desire to
see intelligence and honesty prevail in So
ciety, second, to awaken a spirit Of greater
earnestness and wiser effort in teachers :;
and, third, to afford teachers an opportuni-
ty to give others the result Of their expert
ence, to enlighten their fellow teachers on
points of dubious clearneSs.


1t is not expected that this column will
render useless for teachers all other educa-
tional publications, but will rather increase
their desire to see what others have sue
cessfully accomplished, or gain new inspi-
ration to effort from the lofty purpose and
generous aims Of their coadjutors in other
fields. Yet, the teachers Of Mifliin county
need not look wholly abroad for examples
and incentives to action. There are among
them not a few who, by virtue Of fine at
taInments and most successful experience
in teaching, are we'll qualified to write what
can hardly fail to be Of much benefit to
less experienced teachers, and Of interest
to citizens generally. While all will ex-
pect to find whatever this contains relative
to education, still, it viii not be wholly or
mainly occupied with technical details,
school room exercises, or other matters Of
little general interest One object Of this
column is to give more just views of the
liberalizing character of education, its
healthtul and eleyating influence upon in
diyiduals and communities, its claims upon
the support and best wishes of all who love
their kind


Teachers of Mifiin county, it rests with
you whether this column shall be a source
Of much interest and benefit to all who may
read it; whether it shall be eagerly looked
for as means Of information and Of cheer
by the youthful teacher; whether it shall
ftly represent the intelligence and activity
of this county in educational efforts, as to
do what lies in your power to promote it,
either by writing for this column, or by
giving publicity to what is written for it.


All articles intended for this column
should be sent to Geo W Soult, Lewistown,
by whom they will be transmitted, with
out the names Of the writers) to the


Editor Of the Educational Department.
Year: 1860

Curiosity is that quality of mind which
renders its possessor observant and inquis-
tive. Childhood and youth can exhibit
no trait of character more promising than
this. Nor need we be surprised at the
constant and Unsuitable curiosity of child
hood, if we bear in mind that it has every,
thing to learn; knowledge does not unfold
her ample page to view at this early period
of life Childhood merely plays upon
life's sea shore, gathering the little grains
of sand it is in after years that it learns
to pick up the pebbles of the Philosopher.
Many regard curiosity as very trouble
some, undesirable, and even unamiabIe tea-
ture Of youthful character, bat careful
second thought will convince such that
this is a mistake.


Parents and teachers seem to be quite
Year: 1860




In addition to his former stock, he has had
large arrival of new, suitable for fall and
winter trade, which is decidedly CHEAPER
THAN EVER. It is only taking up time
and space to enumerate prices-the best way
to find that out is to call and see for your
selves. Nothing charged for showing goods.
His stock Of HOME MADE WORK is large
and not to be surpassed in quality. Work Of
all kinds made to order on the shortest notice
and on reasonable terms. REPAIRING at
tended to ct all times promptly.


Our customers will please bear in mind
that our terms are strictly CASH. Small
profits will not suit to charge. All goods
must be paid for before delivered, and Bhere
they do not suit money will be refunded.


Sept. 27, 1860.
Year: 1860

people Of danger, it was his duty also TO
tell them when there was none. and he de-
clared there was no danger Of dissolution
Of the Union if the Rapublican or any other
party were successful.
Year: 1860

O Women are often poor judges


Of men. If a man is simply agreeable


to a woman she is apt to invest him


with attributes which belong more to
e herself than to him. An inexperienced
aud senerous.minded girl, who is all
sincerity and affection herself, is in
great danger of attributihg to every
man who approaches her with show
of tenderness and love, the natural
truth and sincerity Of her own heart.
Year: 1860

Don't grow weary Of well doing on Thurs
day the 10th. Recollect that you are then to
choose between the alternative ofliving under
Northern free negro despotism, or IN a con]
federacy of free and equal Southern otates.-
He is poor patriot that will notAsork all day
when sucn an issue is to be decided
Year: 1860

Are you prepared for the battle /! But one
more week remains foP action. See to it now
that your active workers are selected to


ATTEND THE POLLS, ON THURS
DAY THE 2oTH-all day, rain or shine
Year: 1860

MAGlc AND LEGERDEMAIN.-Our readers
are already aware that Professor Anderson,
the greatest magician in the world, and so
acknowledged universally, will open his
grand palace of wonders, this evening. at the
Theater. The bare announcement is sufficient
to I'LL the house to its utmost capacity. He
executes tricks which no spectator can ac-
count for, and which seem to imply the direct
agency of the Devil himself lie must have
studied deeply all the hidden magician lore
of both ancient and modern times To see
him once is to open a field of wonder and
conjecture and staple for conversation for
weeks at a time
Year: 1860

FORWARDING AND CoMMssIoN.-W. P.
Weeks. as will be seen by his advertisement,
is still in the full tide of business at his Fire
Proof Warehouse, on the west side of the
Plaza lie is a well known and reliable gem
tleman.
Year: 1860

SAVING MAEBLE,-MeCready Il Brother
No IS G street, were busy yesterday. saving
or having sawed large block Of marble.
brought from a quarry in Nevada county
One half of it is designed to se,ye as a base
to the monument to be erected to the memory
of James Sherwood. The process of saving
is very tedious, only half inch or so being
made in an hour. The instrument as every
body does not probably know, is a plain
blade like that of wood saw, only larger.
and having no teeth Water and sand are
dropped in to give the blade roughness, and
it being pulled back aud forth by a man at
each end, slowly eats down into the rock.
Year: 1860

MYsrERroUs.-We are informed that fe.
male infant, of white parentage, and about
Is months old, was found dead, yesterday.
somewhere in the woods near Timbuctoo. in
this county. 1t had apparently lain there
for several days. We did not learn whether
there were any marks of violence upon it or
not An inquest was probably held by the
Justice of the neighborhood and we shall
be likely to hear the result shortly.
Year: 1860

SELECT SCHooL.-We call attention to the
advertisement of Mr. G. r. Baker in another
column. He proposes to resume the business
of teaching in this city, where he is well
known as a gentleman eminently fitted for
the position Of an instructor of the young.
Year: 1860

It has of late been repeatedly as
serted that the reign of crinolino is
drawing to a close, and the name Of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria and that
Of the Empress Eugene have been
quoted as authorities for the alleged
impending revolution in female Co.'S
tune. But those whose opinions are
founded on facts rather than reports
are disposed to believe that the change
will neither be SO speedy nor so com
plete as some seem to anticipate. AT
all events, it is quite certain that in
Paris those ladies who take the lead in
fashion, and who are distinguished as
les elegqntes du grande monde, evince
no symptoms Of any intention to dis
card either their crinolines or steel
hoops.
Year: 1860

DEAF MUTE PRINTERs-The New
Orleans Picayune notices the fact that
the last report of the Louisiana institu-
ton for the deaf and dumb was print
ed by the inmates of the institution,
from the setting of the type to the
press-work. BY an act of the Legisla-
turc, approved last March, the Board
of Administrators were authorized to
introduce printing for the purpose of
instructing the pupils. This was done,
and the Board say that the mute boys
engaged in setting type and in press
work have learned with twO-fold the
rapidity of speaking persons under sim
liar circumstances; they are passionate
lily fond of the occupation, and prefer
engaging in it to any other of the rec
reations. Their teachers find that il
furnishes an important auxiliary to the


department Of instruction, as a good
scholar and a good printer can be made


of muto sooner than it would be pos
sible to render him either alone.
Year: 1860

A boatman, while engaged in convey
ing salt on the Onondaga Lake, a few
years, since saw large gray eagle cut
ting his gyrations in the air, apparently
seeing some prey in the lake beneath,
In a moment he poised, and darted from
his altitude into the water from which
he was unable to rise. A continued
tapping with his broad and extended
pinions kept him from being drawn un-
der, and proved that his diamond eyes
had not mistaken their object He ap-
preached the land slowly, the unknown
creature below acting as propellant and
helmsman. The boatman grew inter
ested in the affair, and landed. The
eagle, on touching terra frma, showed
himself fastened to a fine salmon. Our
hero thinking it time to take his share
of the plunder, cut himself a stout cud-
gel, and approached the imperial bird
of Jovc, which, having his talons fast,
was unable to rise, advance or reccde.-
Three times was the club raised to
strike, but the noble bearing of the re-
gal bird, and his undaunted front, made
even the boatman quail, He could not
assault imprisoned majesty. The eagle
exhibited no signs of fear, but occasion
ally nibbled the gills Of his prize, and
Indignantly glanced at the intrusive
boatman At length the talons of one
leg became released, and, by dexter
GUS turn, those of the other, when he
scared away to his thunder-clouds on
high, leaving the much coveted salmon


to the boatman, who, on weighing it


found it to balance twenty-siZ pounds
Year: 1860

uY MISS CATHERINE Eonr.
Speak kindly for who knows
The sorrow that may lio
Deep buried in the heart,


Unseen by human oyo'
Act kindly-wh0 can tell


The good that they might do,
By speaking one kind word,
by one kind action too2
Look gently on an erring ono,
For who can guess the good
That we might do with ono kind look
or action, If wc would2
Thoeentlo look, tIic soothing word,
The kindly act, isnovcr lost
For they may fall upon O heart


Whom it may need them most.
Year: 1860

STEAM ON Common RoADs.-Tho
use Of steam as motor on common
roads is likely to be thoroughly tested
in this country. The proprietors of a
large iron works in New York offer to
furnish steam carriages at a moderate
cost, after a pattern they have tested
and to guarantee q performance Of
twelve miles an hour on common roads
up hill aud down II is believed one
Of these carriages would run on the
roads across the Western Plains, and
make the trip from Missouri to San
Francisco in seven days If these rep
rcsentations are correct, or approxi-
mately so, it cannot be long before
steam carriages will be generally intro
duced upon common roads There is
no fear that the railroads will be injured
| by their introduction. Their only cf-
feet will be to increase the business of


the railroads by facilitating intercourse
over routes where railroads are not like
| ly to be built Several lines Of steam
carriages have been run in England
and Scotland, and with entire success,


but they yencountered violent oPpositioui
the roads were obstructed with broken


stones, and they met with so many ac-


cidents that their proprietors were


obliged to abandon the enterprise. In


this country there would be no such OBJ


stacles, and the experiment ought to be


fairly tried Springfield Republican.
Year: 1860

Death.


The London papers state that Lord
Mocauay, whose death on the 28th ult.
has already been announced, had been
suffering since 1851 from complaint
Of the heart he was q martyr also TO
asthma in its worst form, and the un-
usual severity Of the present winter
brought on about three weeks previous
to his death a severe illness, from which
he was thought to have recovered. On
Christmas Day he entertained his fami-
ly to dinner, and he was only SO far uu-
like himself as TO be rather SILENT
Notwithstanding his unusual quietness
his friends in parting with him that
night little thought that in less than
eight and forty hours be would be no
more for this world, On the following
Wednesday, about eight o'clock, he died
in a faintiug ft without the least pain.
Year: 1860




There is no sight so truly pitiablc as
that afforded by rising family of chill
dron under the guardianship of an ig-
norant mother. We would be under
stood, in the use Of the term igaorant
as wishing to convey the picture Of a
mother whose maiden days were devo-
ted to the requirement of fashionable
accomplishments, to the exclusion Of
solid mental culture and requirements.
The woman who roigns the queen Of
the ballroom is very seldom found ca
.pable Of being the g0verness of her own
children; and the time spent at soircc
and rout will be bitterly regretted when
age brings experience and consequent
.remorse for the evil she has inflicted
aud her incapacity TO discharge prop
erly the interesting and important du-
ties Of her station, when it was her nat
ural duty to be at once an instructor
and example The maiden who casts
aside her books for the cotillion will
never win the love and esteem Of q
sensible man; and should she select O
partner for life among her partners in
the dance, she will find, when it is too
late, that her choice has been as unfor.
tunate as the place where she first at
tracted his notice was injudicious. We
look with pain upon that young wife
who enters upon her second era with
fashionable ideas Of society. Her first
era has been devoted to the attainment
of certain rules and systems which arc
scarcely pardonable in the girl, certain.
iy censurablo in the wife, and criminal
in the mother.


The following remarks by Hannah
Moore so forcibly express our views on
the subject, that VIC give them in lieu
Of anything farther from ourself.


"When a man of sense comes to mar
Iry, it is a companion whom he wants
not an artist It is not merely a croa.
ture who can paint, and play, sing and
danco-it is q being who can comfort
and counsel him-one who can reason
and reflect, and feel and judge, and
discourse and Discrimination whC
can assist him in his affairs, Tighten his
sorrows, purify his joys, strengthen his
principles, and educate his children
Such is the woman who is fit for ;
mother, and the mistress Of a family


A woman of the former description
may occasionally figure in the draw
ing-room, and attract the admiration of
the company, but she is entirely unh


for a helpmate to a man, or to train W
a child in the way it should go"
Year: 1860

In a speech at a Franklin dinner in
Boston the Hon. Edward Everett made
a reference to Macaulay as follows:


Nor will you blame me if, in conucc-
ton with the calamity at oar door, I
allude to the melancholy tidings, which
have Just reached us from abroad, of
the death of the most brilliant writer
of our own or of any age; whose works
for thirty years have been the wonder
and delight of all who read the English
language, beneath the circuit Of the
sun; an author who, as it seems to me,
more than any other, ancient or mod
ern, was clothed with the magic power
of ro-acting the dead past, and giving
to the men and things of other times
the form and color Of an actual reviv-
ing presence; a writer eminent not
among ordinary associates, but unsur-
passed, if not unequalled, in company
of istorians--several of them our hon
orod countrymen-tw Of them with
himself mournfully signalling the year
that has just closed; any one of whom
would have conferred sufficient honor
on the age in which he lived.
Year: 1860

Francis rotorted that her reply was not
to the point, and that he would rather
hear one instance Of woman's constan-
cy. "Can you mention a single in
stance Of her inconsistency" asked the
Queen of Navarro. It happened that
a few weeks before this conversation a
gentleman Of the court had been thrown
into prison upon a serious charge; and
his wife, who was one Of the Queens
ladies in waiting, was reported to have
.eloped with his page. Certain it was
that tho page had fed, no one could
tell whittier. Francis triumphantly ci.
ted this case; but Margaret warmly de-
Tended the lady, and said that time
would prove her innocence. The King
shook his head, but promised that it,
within a month, her character should
be re-established, he would break the
pane on which the couplet was written,
and grant his sister whatever boon she
might ask.


Many days had not elapsed after this,
when it was discovered that it was not
the lady who had fed with the page,
but her husband. During one Of her
visits to him in prison they had ez-
changed clothes, and he was thus ena.
blod to deceive the jailor and effect his
escape, while the devoted wife remain
ed in his place. Margaret claimed his
pardon at the Kings hand, who not
only granted it, but gave grand tcte
and tournament to celebrate this in
stance of conjugal affection. He also
destroyed the pane of glass, but the ca
luminous saying inscribed on it has I'M
fortunately survived.
Year: 1860

The Edinburg Review has an inter.
osting paper on the labors and emol-
uments Of women. The writer aifirms
that education is the surest means of
placing her in the position nature in
tended her to occupy. Out Of six mil
lions of women in England and Scot
land, he shows that no less than half
are industrial in their life-more than
a third being self-supportod. The mat
rimouial cases under recent laws have
disclosed an amazing amount of fe-
male industry-almost every wife who
sought protection proving that she had
supported the household and acquired
property. The reviewer does not hest
tate to attribute difficulties in regard to
the industrial independence of women
to the jealousy of men. This jealousy,
he says:


Shows itself with every step gained in
civilization, and its immediate effect is
60 pauperiEe n large number of women
who are willing TO work for their bread,
and, we need not add, to condemn to
pordition many more who have no
choice left but between starvation and
vice. The jealousy which keeps coun-
try women from the employment of en-
craving the brass works of a watch,
and from pasting patterns of floss silk
upon cards, for trade purposes, long
kept the School of Design in London
closed against female pupils, and rem
dors it still almost impossible for an
English woman TO qualify herself for
treating the diseases Of women and
children The same jealousy cost many
lives in the late war, by delaying the re-
cepton of the nurses into the hospitals
in the East and by.rostrioting their ac-
ton when there. In the Staffordshire
potteries women are largely employed
in painting porcelain, an art which they
are better qualified to practice than
men. 1t will hardly be credited, but
we can vouch for the fact, that such is
the jealousy of men that they compel
the women to paint '0th0ut a rest for
the hand, and the masters are obliged
by their own workmen, to sanction
this absurd act of injustice.
Year: 1860

Keep the Record Before the People.


Let it be put distinctly on record,
and remain there in plain view, so that
all may read it, that Democratic Presi-
dent appointed a man to represent the
United States at the Court of the EN-
peror Napoleon, who had openly coun-
seled rebellion against the Federal Gov
ernment by resistance to the inagura-
ton of a Republican President, though
uonstitutionally elected and that a
Democratic Senate confirmed this nom
ination. Democratic Senators vehement
ly endorsed the sentiments Of the dis
unionist so appointed Let this record
be kept before the people so that they
may see who arc the disuniOnists. 1t
was for a milder type of treason than


that counseled by our Minister to France
that John Brown was hung-TSan. Reg.
Year: 1860

l am induced. by my own wishes and the solicitation of many friends, to present myself as a candidate for County Treasurer, at the next August election am Democrat in politics--have ever, been one, without varia- bleness or shadow of turning, and have served my country, as an officer, two years, in Mon roe county and in becoming aacandidate have no complaints to make against the action of any party or individual; but I want the office and have right to seek it. My Demo- cracy teaches me to believe that all the offices of the country belong to the people, and are open to the aspiration and competition of all free white men. And as a free, independent Democrat, owing allegiance to none but my country, offer myself as candidate for your sufrages. If l should be elected, I will bring to the duties of the office seek all the indus try and ability may possess. Not being stranger to the duties of the office, hope at our next August election to receive sufficient majority of your votes to elect me

 h3, JOHN E. GREEN.

 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, sqbf '

 May 1lth, 1860. 5 may19-1t

 MR. EDITOR: We understand there is a considerable common school fund in the hands of our present Commissioner of Prairie county, and we know there is fund from the sale of she sixteenth section, and yet we can not get one cent from him, nor settlement, according to the school law; therefore we heed and desire change in that office, and if JOHN H. BULLS, Esq, will announce himself a candidate for that office he can be elected and would confer great favor on the people of the county, for we need radical change in the management of many of our offices.

 4 N MANY CITIZENS. -

 MAY Is, 1860. a
Year: 1860

Put upon plate some Of the best whiting,
have ready some clean warm water and a
piece Of flannel, which dip into the water
and squeeze nearly dry; then take a. much
whiting as will adhere to il, apply i to the
paint, when little rubbing will instantly
remove any dirt or grease wash well on with
water, and dry with soft cloth. Paint thus
cleaned looks equal TO new, and. without do
ing the least injury to the most delicate CO.
Ior, il will preserve the paint much longer
than il cleaned with soap; and IL does not
require more than half the time usually oc.
cupicd in cleaning.
Year: 1860

in thy death, happier in the reward to which
that death was the assured passage fortu.
nate in attracting the admiration OF the world
to thy beautiful writings still more fottu-
nate in having written nothing which did not
tend to promote the reign Of msgnanimouS
forbearance and generous sympathies among
thy fellow men. The brightness Of that
enduring fame which thou hast won on earth
is but shadowy symbol of that glory 10
which thou hast been admitted in the world
beyond the grave. Thy errand up,n earth
was an errand of peace and good will to man,
and thou art now in region where hatred
and strife never enter, and where the harme-
nlous activity Of those who inhabit Il &C.
knowledges no impulse less noble or lese
pure than that OF love.
Year: 1860

SECOND CHILDH0OD.-Let all men pray daily
that they may not be permitted to live to reach
second childhood We would die in the very
hey'day of life, with unimpaired intellect, rather
than live on until age has weakened the limbs
softened the brain, dimmed the sight, broken the
voice, and covered one as with blanket of SEN
ility. Second CHILDHOOD what is it but idiocy {?
These thoughts suggest themselves to us after
reading the privilege question speech of weak
minded, loquacious old member of the Legisa
ture from I'll Dorado. And the very brilliant
young members who encouraged the babbng
Old gentleman in his rambling nonsensical gar.
rulty made bigger fools of themselves, in the
eyes of all sensible people, than has old Time
seemingly made of the prating old man from
El Dorado.-Shdsta Courier