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VOLUME X. LENOIR, NY C, WEDNESDAY, MAT 20, 1885. NUMBER 35. Wallace Bros STATESVILLE, N. C. T7holesalE Dealer; t 6eneial Merchandise. -tot- Largest Warehouse and best facili- ties for han dling Dried Fruit, Ber- .... . . . ries, etc.. in the State. RESPECTFULLY Wallace 1 i ' Bros August 27th, 1884. J. M. SpainkoTir, OMJkDVATB XALTCKOBK BHTTAI. MUUIJ LEXOIB, N. C. Uimm imimre material for filling Urth. Work as low as good work can be done. ratirata f root diataace mt aroid delay by informing him at what tima tney propoa eoooif. F. LEE CLINE, ATTORNEY - AT -LAW, n.o. UUIJ.UI'JD JOIJZZ3, 1IT0RHET - IT-LAW, lEiiont, n. c. CLJ2TT0IT A. CILLBY, Attornoy-At-IaT7, I 3 !' i ''" ' 3E23ST - ' - " : Practice ia All Tiio Courts. OUR REV YORK LETTER. Odd Ways of Haling a Liiing-Hews of . tee Wiek. -. New York, May 11. 7b e Editor of The Lenoir Topic: . There is no end to' the! wonders and surprises in a city soj large as this. What amusing and! odd ways people have of making k living ! There are places here where men and women earn all their money by cooking shew-bread for the Jewish inhabitants ; others makej money by conducting matrimonial bureaux. In all the Sunday papers youj can find advertisements for. husbands and wives. There is one preacher who advertises his services as a "perfor mer of the marriage! ceremony at any time of the day or bight for reasonable recompense.!" - There ought to be enough runaway couples here to keep him in small change. A very frequent advertisement is an advertisement by a woman who wishes to sell "a fine head of hair." There are many men and women who make it their business to teach those "whose early advantages were neglected," and they receive as pu pils many men and women who have suddenly become rich, and who do not know how to write a decent let ter or to do the ordinary (polite re quirements of society. One of the funniest workshops in thk world is a f lace where thev make the wooden nd ians which stand as signs in front of cigar stores. There is on the Bowery a place where a sign is hung out with this on it : "Bruised noses and black eves made natural here." When a fellow gets into a fight and comes out worsted, all he has to do is to go there and have himself de cently patched up. Of j finger-nail polishers and toe-nail trimmers, of course, there is no end. Eight in the middle of every fashionable trading block you can seelheir signs. There are, hundreds and- hundreds of Italian men and women who take their living by picking rags and tin cans and pieces of paper out of the ash-barrels that aife set out in front of the houses evert morning. There are firms here which employ many men and their whole business is devising attractive and novel ad vertising signs and cards. The lat est thing, for instance, Is a paste board cut in the shape cjf a man's face with a broad grin on it ; a little ring is inserted in his j mouth in which the end of a cigar can be inserted. Then you hav the grin ning pasteboard fellow smoking as big as any man of flesh. It is sim ply an advertisement of a special brand of cigars., and youj see them in all the tobacco stores. There used tq be whole regiments of orgaij grinders in New York, but they do better and bigger things j than that now. The. latest thing ip the way of peddling music is a German brass band. They are all about the city, they stop and play a tune or two, and then the leader hands around his hat and bows thanks for r contri bution, if you give him iimlya cent. So the hand organ crowd! has had to give it up. Another six-lay skating match began at five minutes past 12 this morning, and there are a dozen fellows there on roller skates who make their living by skating. You know that there are several men who have made independent fortunes by speculating in . theatre tickets. As soon as seats are offered for sale they buy many of the best ones and run the risk of selling them jat an ad vanced price. There are a few cab men in New York who have got rich by watching rich young fellows when they go to get on a "tear." The driver follows such a fellow until he becomes utterly drunk jand is in danger of being locked lap in the station-house. Then he;carries him home or carries him somewhere else, puts him to bed and when the fellow gets sober be has to pay a good round sum for such attentions, or De ex-f posed. There is a big sign in the very middle of one of the fashiona-' ble squares in the city of a man who is a "Moth Destroyer." His busi ness is the extermination of insects that' eat carpets and clothes, and he lives in high style in a jfashionable and costly place. There are a few men here who make their living by ringing church bells. I do not mean the sextons who, of course, do such a duty at every church, 'but profes sional, musical ringers of chimes -men who ring a hymn on the bell3. One great watch and clock manu factory has a man who does nothing but go about to fill orders to . regu late clocks , S - NEWS OF THE WEEK. w General Grant is so much stronger that he regularly takes his walk now and is writing on his memoirs every day. One of nis physicians is going itoEurope in a few days to be gone all summer. The cancer Continues to spread in Grant's throat ! and it will probably kill him i before the summer is gone. - j ' f The six-day roller skating match is the thins that will be most talked about this week, and thousands and 'thousands of people will goto see it. " The spring seems to have decided not to come at all this year. Every body is m overcoats yet. Tie great fever plague ! in the town ot Plymouth in Pennsylvania, which is caused by lack of drainage, is calling fresh attention to : the ne cessity of better drains aad precau tions in Central Park as well as in certain low ports of this city. There is a sort of general fear that cholera will come this summer. Business remains very dull indeed; The excitement caused by uews of the probable war in Europe has disd away, and everything is as quiet as a dull time can make it. But strictly speaking, it is never quitt in New lork. ihe bustling, busy city is always in a stir, always rushing, hurrying, going headlong, for so many interests centre here that it is the very centre of activity for the; whole continent. Caldwell. LETTER FROM K&RSiS. Vinton, Kansas. To the Editor of Hie Lenoir Topic: I have been requested: by some of the friends tf TnE Topic here in Kansas, to say something of my vis it here. After a long and tiresome journey we reacnea Manhattan, a beautiful little city of between three and four thousand inhabitants, on the north bank of the Kansas river, one hundred and seventeen miles above Kansas City, Mo. Alight ing from the train, we first hnve an introduction to Judge Pipher, a ge nial man, and an old pioneer of Kansas,- who gave us a cordial wel come, saying we had come to ''a. land flowing with milk and honey."1 I am pleasantly surprised at the natural features of this section; in ftcad of finding alevel plain as many think, I found it quite broken and hilly, interspersed with beautiful valleys as rich and fertile as any soil can be. These hill, or bluffs, rise to a considerable height above the streams, and remind us much of our own Hibriten, minus the trees; being covered only by the prairie grass, which affords excellent grazing for all kinds of stock. . iThe Kansas river valley, from Kansas City to Junction City, dis tance one hundred and thirty eight miles, will average about three miles in width, though sometimes ten miles wide. The river is skirted with timber'sufficient for fuel, and wind breaks for stock, which is very essential here among the piercing winds of Kansas. Beautiful resi dences dot the valley all the way along, but alas for the poor immi grant seeking a home, it is' all ewn ed by some one else, and held at from $40 "to $50 per acre. Leaving the vallies we strike the rolling prairie, much cheaper in price, but pretty much all taken up, and held at its resent value. People here are f ul y as restless as in the older States, selling and offering to sell, and mov ing in various directions and for various reasons. This is indeed a great farming country. It is indeed interesting to a new comer here, to see. the ingenuity of man here dis played in the invention of agricul tural implements, . almost anything in this line you can call for, throw ing largely the burdens of farm life off the man on to the beast. Fine stock, horses, hogs, sheep and cattle in abundance, and bringing j good prices in market. Wheat, cor i and meat in abundance, but not growing on the bushes, but only the fruit of the sweat of the face. ! These are some of the more pleas ing features of Kansas, in other words, the simhy side. In my esti mation, Kansas-like all other States has its drawbacks. The winters here are very cold, and the wind is very penetrating. The society is in a very fragmentary state; made up of, people from all nations, it seems not to have assured any permanent form; I mean in the country. It is quite different in the city of Manhattan, being largely made up from people from the east. The society seems to be as good as we usually find in the older States. The Agricultural College at this place is a credit to the State, offering rare opportunities free, to young men and ladies wish ing to prepare themselves for useful ness in life. I. have not fully decid ed to make my future home in Kan sas, and would say to my friends in North Carolina that I think it would be well for them to come and see before selling comfortable homes j there to come here. It is not all sunshine here, where the tornado and the waterspout are not unfrequent. Hoping to see my friends in North Carolina again soon, I wiU'close. T. F. Nelson. Vote on Change of Name. i :k : Baltimore 8 tin. By direction of the General Con ference of the M. E. Church South a vote will be taken in the next ses sions of the annual conferences of that church on the proposition to drop the word ."South" and substi tute for it the words "in America." If approved the official name of the church would thereafter be "The Methodist Episcopal Church in A merica," instead of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Gov. Bate, of Tennessee, it is an nounced, is preparing to issue his Iiroclamation convening the Legis atnre of that State in extraordinary session. He will decline to mention the lien law and the railroad com mission, both of which he has been urged to include in his call. He will include in his call mention of the plenro-pneumonia, registration,' revenue and appropriation bills. Answer to a Correspondent Peck'. 8un- " ' Wisconsin, March 26. 1885, "Mr. Peck I read the son once in a while and find you accommidating to answer an advise I am deadly in love with a Rich girl and I dont no how she feels about it I am a Barber and can handle the razur in great shape I have the prettest mostash you ever seen just as black as a crow I wish you would tell me how to work up my case as I never was in love before, her old dad told me if he cot me around his house again he would lift my coat tails with his boots but I will look out for that please answer and tell rae what you would do in a case of this Kind I remain yours resp" j i The above, literatim et punctua tim, comes written on gilt-edged note paper, with round corners, and smells of bay rum and pomatum, so it is probably genuine, j It issomething of a delicate mat ter to present good advice in such a case as this, without ! knowing all the parties, but if you are an exem plary young man in every other re spect the fact that you are a barber need not render your case hopeless, although it will probably be useless to try and bring the old man around at present. If you could manage to entice him into the shopi some time, and get over him with a razor, yon might make terms, j Almost any man would sacrifice a daughter rather than he talked to death, or run the risk Of having his jugular severed by a disliked suitor for her hand and ducats. That, however, is not likely to occur, as he would not be apt to place himself at your mercy, and probably shaves himself, if he shaves at all. f On the face of it thefact of your writing a letter of inquiry on such a subject the fact that the girl is rich, and you, probably, have no unusual amount of wealth, brains, or anything to depend j on except handling a razor in great shape, and the father is dead set against you, perhaps the most sensible thing to do wouli be to let the matter rest awhile until you can show the " old man that you are able to carve out a competency with your cunning right hand, assisted by the left, in sham poos and hair cuts. ( There is another point. You should, however, find out whether she loves you for yourself alone, or for that pretty mustache. . Such a mustache as you describe will go a great ways towards turning an im pressionable young girl's head. Cut it off and see how she then receives you. If it . makes ' no difference, cheer up, wait patiently until 3-011 have ahop. of your own and are making money with your unequaled Hair Invigorator, warranted to bring out a luxurious head of hair on a marble statue." Such a girl will be worth waiting for. Now, with a few hints that may be of benefit, this advice will be closed. Always treat your customers politely, and turn away your face as much as possible when it is necessa ry to place1 ; it very close to theirs. Don't try to stjirt a .conversation, but answerall questions of course. Don't insist oh a dry shampoo after a shave or hair cut. If a person wants one and don't see it, he will ask for it. Don't drink, nor swear, nor try to shave too quickly, etc., etc v.. j;;.' . : :. f v j. There you are, sir. Next. - Homicides in Ashe. i Appalachian PhUMopher. Reports reached town on Thursday of a shocking murder committed on Grassy Creek, this county, on Tues day last. From the meager reports we are only able to give the follow ing particulars : A man named West or Wist rent ed some land from a j Mr. Sexton. West sowed part of the land 1 in wheat. The crop did not look very promising and Sexton desired to have it plowed up and planted in something else. West objected, but it seems that Sexton was about to have it plowed anyhow, when, it is alleged, West shot him. He died a few hours afterward. .We had not heard at the time of going to press whether the murderer it was arrested or not. . V . j ' ; The quiet and peaceful hamlet of Helton, which is fast coming to the front as a manufacturing centre, the recently established Helton Woolen Mills being located there ; was the scene of a shocking and bloody affair on Monday evening last. Jsews of the affair reached town on Tuesday, from.which the following was learn ed ."; .x:...; ;;:,.(;. ,.' .,' George . Pennington and a i man known m the neighboxhood as Maj. Perkins got into a dispute and en gaged in a fight, when Jim Michael tried to part the combatants. It Beems that Pennington used a knife, cutting Perkins in various places, some of the wounds being very seri ous.1 Michael was also stabbed in the back, the knife penetrating the region of the heart. It is said that all three men were under the influ ence of liquor. The affair occurred about two! miles from the woolen mills.. We understand that Major Perkins is not a relative of the Mes srs. Perkins of the factory and store, of Helton.' It Is reported that Pen nington made no attempt to escape. UAY CROP REPORTS. Cotton Planting and Jpring Plowing WinUr , I Wheat Prospects. Washington, D. C, May 8. The May report of the Department of Agriculture relates to the progress of j spring plowing and of cotton planting, and to the condition of winter grain, meadows and pastures. It also reports the prevailing rates of wages, of farm labor. Cotton planting, though comparatively late, is well advanced, fully four-fifths of the proposed area having been plant ed. Everywhere planting was begun late, but " the progress has at most points been lyiusually rapid. The plants have been slow in germination on dry areas, and have not yet made their appearance at any points. Spring plowing, in preparation for planting, is everywhere late. Last year atthi3 date it was estimat ed to be two-thirds done. This year it is exactly six-tenths. The estimated average of a series of years exceeds seven-tenths. Less than half of this work is done in the Eastern States, in New York, Ohio and Michigan. A much larger pro portion is finished in the Northwest, where corn,, potatoes and other late planted crops are grown in smaller proportions. The injury to the wheat crop was greater than appear ances indicated on the first of April. The roots were killed in the central belt even worse than was supposed. In New York the snow protection was ample, except in spots, and in Michigan no material injury occurr ed ; but in the Ohio valley and in Missouri reports of condition are much reduced. In the South a slight improvement in the prospect has occurred. The average of condition in; the principal wheat-growing States is as follows: New York, 95; Michigan, 100; Ohio, 59; Kentucky, 45; Indiana, 70; Illinois, 42; Missou ri, CO; Kansas. The general aver age is 70, instead of 77 in April, a reduction of about 9 per cent., re ducing the indicated production of winter wheat to about 240,000,000 bushels. .The condition of rye is also lower than reported in April, yet much better than wheat, the average being .86-. . The average con dition of winter barley is 82. The mowing lands promise a nearly aver age crop of hav, the average of con dition being 92. Pastures .look nearly as well, condition 90. Reminiscences of Eminent North Carolinians By John H. Wheeler, auUit r of the Hitttory of North Carolina and nwmber of the Historical ocietie of X.rth Carol 'na, Virginia, Georgia, anj Peun'a. In announcing that the abov'ebook is now preserved in print, tjhe jeditor trusts that, he may receive the gen erous support of those interested in fostering literary enterprises of Norih Carolina origin. I This book was written by, a devot ed son of North Carolina about North Carolina, as he says, especial ly for North Carolinians, and is the work of many years. It is not only a record of those North Carolinians who attained dis tinction in the forum, on the bench, in the cabinet, and "on the tented field," but also of those who have become eminent in the church, in literature, and in the quieterj walks of life. - X f It is a book of which North Caro lina may well be proud; and "thous ands yet unborn will bless the pat ient and pious hands that have res cued from - oblivion these precious memorials of our illustrious men." . This work is complete in one vol ume, and contains 544 pages, in quarto forml j " I Price per volume, bound inj cloth, $5. Same in four parts, with stiff paper binding, $4. . j For circulars, specimen sheets, fcc, address Joseph Shillington, bookseller, four and a half street and Penna. Avenue, or the editor,! Wood bury Wheeler, 321 Four-and-a-half Street, Washington, D. C. j How Daniel Boone Died.) The Paris, Ky., Citizen reproduc es from the same paper of Sept. 8, 1809, the following : "As he lived, so he died-rwith his gun in his hand. We are informed by a gen tleman direct-from Boon's,; on the Missouri coast, that early last month Colonel Daniel Boone went to the deer lick and seated himself with a blind raised to conceal him from the game ; that while si cting thus con cealed with his old trusty rifle in his hand, pointed towards the lick, the muzzel resting on a log, his face to the breech of the gun, nis rifle cock ed, his finger on the trigger, one eye shut,, the other looking along the barrel through the sight, in this position, without a struggle, or mo tion, and of course without pain he breathed out his Jlife so gently that when he was found the next day by his friends, although stiff and cold, he looked as if alive with gun in hand just in the act of firing. It is hot altogether certain if a buck had come in range of his gun, which had been the death of thousands, but it might intuitively have follow edits old employer's mind and discharged its elf. The hypothesis being novel we leave its solution to the curious. While her mother was taking a fly ont of the butter, little Daisy asked, Is that a butterfly, mamma r Ashe Connty Hews. Appalachian Pbibwopher. Ordered by the Board of County Commissioners that a child of Barnes, a lunatic, is properly a charge of Caldwell county, N. C, and it is ordered that H L. Burgess, Esq., proceed forthwith to have said child returned to said county of Caldwell. . There are more rumors in the air about the Ore Knob copper mine resuming work again. Can my', of our Ore Knob friends give us the truth about the matter ? - ; The building known as the new Methodist parsonage was weather boarded from the plank of one pop lar tree ; besides there were 790feet left. The house is two stories high, 18 by 36 feet. The tree grew at the head of Buffalo creek, about 8 miles from Jefferson, and was presented to Mr. Martin Hardin's father by Mr. Ephraim Gentry. There is an other tree at the head of Buffalo which is some larger. It was also presented to MrJHardinat the same time. Mr. W. J. Stimson, of Lenoir, N. C, arrived in town last Friday with wagon, tent and the appurtenances of the photogmpher'sart, and pitch ed his tent in a lot in the west end of town. He remained in town un til Thursday, without taking any pictures, however. He intended to remain sometime, but'learning that the county would exact a license of $10, besides the State tax of about the same amount, something over $20 in all, he refused to submit to the robbery and departed for Watau ga county.j We doubt if he could have cleared $20 in a month above his expenses in our village, yet there are some Iwho think he could have made $100 or more here. The Late Nathaniel Coffey. Caldwell Co. N. C. To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: The subject of this -sketch, Mr. Nathanielj Coffey, who Hied April 27, 18S5, was buried at; Hartley's burying ground on the 28th, Rev. D. C. Stimson,' officiating. He was born on Wilson's Creek, near the Table Rock in Burke counter, AP"i 3, 1795, and was the son of Joel Coffey. I His father moved to Kentucky when he wa3 a small boy and settled down near Monticello, and he staid in Kentucky till after he was grown free from; nis father. His father died aud jail the family but his mother arid two sisters, and they went to Missouri. One of his sisters married a man by the nanie of Mar tin Wrirht, and one married a Sta cia. He came back to this county in 1825 and married Nancy Clarke, a daughter of Benjamin Clarke, and raised 8 children, 5 boys, soldiers in the war, and 3 girls and-never had a death in his house.. His occupation was principally a brick moulder and also an overseer for men who owned negroes. He was not afraid of any of them. He overseed for John Sudderth 4 years on the Catawba river, from 75 to 100 negroes, j He overseed , for James Harper and Elisha P. Miller 4 years; Abram Sudderth 12 years; Joseph Tucker 1 j year ; Alexander Perkins and Judge Mitchell in the gold mine 3 years, t v.. He went to Cherokee when the Indians were there, with a lot of negroes arid staid there 3 months, to fence up the Cherokee land for John Sudderth I have often heard him talking about the Indians. He would go out to their, mounds at night to see them dance and play: He also took a barrel of whiskey with hinito get work done,' and the Indians would call whiskey dedo and sugar cutiadct, and when he .would pour out: whiskey for them, they would run their fingers around in the glass and say,, "cithada ! cuha da !" and he would nndeistand them. . v ne said he never had an interrup tion with any man he ever overseed for in his life. He was honest and trusty Wherever he was sent to do business he did it carefully and right. He was burning a brick kiln rfor N. A. Miller just before the war and was taken sick there and had to be hauled home, and from then he hasn't been able to do a full day's labor. For the last ten years he has not been able to do anything sCarce- He joined the Methodist Church about 25 years ago and died the death of a Christian. As N. Coffey. Oynanita for Private Vengeance. Charlotte, N. C, May 11. A house occupied by Lizzie Blunt and Minnie Bell, women of ill-repute, was blown up by dynamite at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. An eight inch cartridge packed in a piece of gaspipe was laid on the porch -and exploded. The house was so badly damaged that it looks as if it had been shelled with grape shot. ,tA, piece , of iron passed through a pillow on which Lizzie Blunt's head was resting, and on through the headboard, without injuring her. The outrage was the work of jealous parties, who adopted this method of taking vengeance on the women. Two young men have been arrested. ' To the Press of the State. The North Carolina Teachers' As sembly desires to , publicly return most hearty and sincere thanks to the press of the Stats, without ex ception, for the very cordial and zealous manner in which it has es poused the cause of education in North Carolina in all departments, and particularly the objects of the Teachers' Assembly. We are labor ing to build up the educational fa cilities of our State until they shall be equal to those offered by any oth er State of the Union, and we are striving by great gatherings and consultations of our teachers to cre ate an educational enthusiasm throughout our borders which shall give us better schools, better atten dance and better teachers. In jail our efforts we fully realize the great value of the 7 hearty co-operation which has been given to us by the press and in thus publicly acknowl edging our indebtedness and sincere appreciation we feel that we ; speak the sentjgients of every teacher and all otherswEb love North Carolina and desire the extension of her ma terial prosperity, j H. W. Reinhartpresident ; R. S. Arrowood, treasurer ; Eugene O. Harrell, secretary, .North Carolina Teachers Assembly. Cap Creel Letter. Pine Top, N. C, May 6. To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: My residence t is near the I Deep Gap of Blue Ridge. We have j as nice lying lands along Gap Creek . as I think can be found in North Carolina; Our lands produce rye, wheat and the grasses in abundance, but are not so well adapted to rais ing corn. We are having a great deal of sickness in this and adjoining neigh borheods. Robert Cooper, aged about 20. years', died the 2nd day of May, of typhoid fever, near ElJc X Roads. i I notice in a late number of Tub Topic that there is a hard time about the Elk X Roads postoffice to determine who shall be postmaster. It seems there is nearly half the omces that are in confusion. Our office at Pine Top is truly in a bad fix. The postmaster has long since left his office and now his assistant has moved from the office, which has left the office completely vacat ed. R, G. G. , Sanll's Hills Utter. Shull's Mills, May 13. To the Editor of Tlic Lenoir Topic: Beautiful spring has again dawned upon our "land of the sky,", with its warm sunshine and balmy breezes. Our meadows and hillside? are again clothed in their garments of green, and the merry songsters warble forth their songs of gladness as if in praise to the Creator. Rev. G. I). Sherrill. preached an interesting sermon to" an attentive congregation Sunday. Glad to meet our former friend, Miss Alice Cottrell, of Lower Creek, Saturday, now the guest of Mr. Robert Shearer, her uncle. Werwish her a pleasant visit. Mr. Z. B. V. Sherrill will soon return from Xouisville, Ky. School of Medicine, where he has been several months. for E. F. Dobbins, of Patterson, re- turned home Monday from a visit to relatives and friends in this locality. J. C. Shull has recently purchased a new double-seated two horse hack. He savs he means to ride this sum mer. " i TJbetNipto. State Ksrmal School, Boone, I. C . The Normal School will open the 8th of July and continue 5 weeks. faculty. j i . Hon. J. C. Scarboro, superinten dent, Selma, XiiC, Capt. John Duckett, of Hamilton Institute, N. C, A. H. Eller, Chanel Hill, N. 0., J. F. Spainhour, Wake Forest Col lege, N. C, Miss Maggie McDowell, Mooresville, N. C. Others yet to be employed. . OBJECT OF SCHOOL. The object of the Normal is to better prepare teachers to teach in the common schools. Instruction will be given in ' all -the branches taught in the common schools. Phy siology and Hygiene have been added to the public school course. : BOARD. 1 i Board can be obtained in Boone and vicinity from $8 to $12i per month. Rooms can be had on, very reasonable terms for those who wish to board t hemsel ves. j I TUITION AND . USB OP text books '.free. '!:. : The local Toard of Directors of the Normal earnestly solicit all the common school teachers, and those who contemplate teaching, both male and female, of Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Caldwell rand Mitchell counties, and as many oth ers as see proper, to attend the Normal, and avail themselves; of this excellent opportunity for learn ing the best method. of imparting instruction and the best system of school government. ' ' E. F. Loyill, Ch'n B'd D'rs. 1. W. Thomas, Sec'y.