PERSONALS. 
Governor-elect Jackson, of Maryland 
is said to have promised bis salary of $4,500 
per year to Mrs. Jackson for pin money. 
Gen Sparks, late of the Land Office, Wash¬ 
ington, contemplates a trip to Europe. His 
wife is anxi us to go, and they will probably 
start in a few weeks. 
President Cleveland is to take lessons in 
horse-back riding this winter, at the Washing¬ 
ton Riding Academy, which will be opened 
about Dec, 10. A large, strong horse for his 
special use is to be secured. 
The seven thousand volumes which consti¬ 
tuted Mr. Beecher’s library, brought only 
$ 10,000 at the public, sale. This sum was 
swelled to $:27.(K10, however, by the sale of 
paintings, bric-a-brac, etc. 
Belva Lockwood has annexed to her law 
office at Washington a bureau for finding 
wives for men who are too busy to spend their 
time iu courting. Her latest client is a flank¬ 
er of Denver, Col., who wants the widow of a 
banker for bis wife, a woman who is both 
handsome and aimable. 
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, the only wo¬ 
man who was ou the floor of the convention 
which first nominated Lincoln, on Sunday 
severed all relations with the Republican 
party in a public speech in New York- 
“Henceforth,” she said, “my party shall be 
that w’hich stands for woman suffrage and 
prohibition.” 
Pope Leo XIII. is very fond of agriculture, 
and has a passion for planting trees, One of 
his first works after his election was to plant 
the garden of the Vatican with fruit, trees aud 
vines, and this year, for the first time, the 
grapes of the Vatican garden are turned into 
wine. His Holiness superintends the opera¬ 
te n and gives the necessary orders. 
Ex-Senator Wallace, of Pennsylvania, 
is growing rapidly rich. He has retired tem¬ 
porarily from active politics, but intends to 
become, if possible, a political power in his 
State, after he has made all the money he 
wants. His wealth is obtained from railroads 
and coal mines. His profits in the last few 
months are said to have been enormous. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Georoe M. Baker has issued a set of new 
speakers which will be of great interest to all 
who desire to select new pieces for reading or 
recitation. It sometimes seems strauge that 
with the thousands of suitable recitations in 
the English language one should ever be at a 
loss for a good “piece to speak.” Yet anyone 
w ho has ever tried to settle upon something 
for a special occasion knows how hard a task 
it is. Mr. Baker has grouped characteristic 
selections iu such a way that almost anybody 
cau find something suitable here. We qow 
have numbers given up to Irish Dialect, Ger¬ 
man Dialect, Negro Dialect and Yankee Dia¬ 
lect. “The Grand Army Speaker” is a collec¬ 
tion of war poems, excellent iu every way. 
The nooks are published by Lee <& Shepard, 
Boston, aud cost 30 cents each. An excellent 
book ou the study of elocution is “ Vocal uiul 
Vocal Language,” by E, N. Kirby, also pub¬ 
lished by Lee A Shepard. The author is an 
instructor in Harvard University. He has 
succeeded admirably in presenting a series of 
rules aud exercises fo>- the student in voice 
culture. 
Houghton, Mifflin Sc Co. send an excellent 
assortment of new books. This firm is noted 
for the excellent taste displayed iu the make¬ 
up of its calendars. 0. W. Holmes and Mrs. 
A. D. T. Whitney are the authois selected for 
1888, and the selections made from the writ¬ 
ings of these authors ure excellent in every 
way. “Winter,” by H. I), Thoreuu, is a very 
thoughtful volume. One must study Ttioreau 
iu order to understand him. The thoughtful 
reader w ill always fiud help in his pages. The 
volumes on Benjamin Franklin aud Patrick 
Henry w ill be of great interest to all lovers of 
history. “Bird Talk,” by Mrs. Whitney, is 
called “A calendar of the orchard and wild- 
wood. ’’There is a little poem for each month in 
the year to represent the voices of the birds 
that appear during the month. 
Lee & Shepard send “ That Glorious Song 
of Old.” “ The Breaking Waves Dashed High,” 
“It Was the (’aim aud Silent Night” and 
“Why (Should tin* Spirit of Mortal be Proud,” 
four beautiful little books, neatly bound 
and beautifully illustrated. These are well 
suited for those who appreciate holiday books, 
yet are not able to pay the prices demanded 
for the larger ones. “ Faith's Festivals" and 
“ The Bridal of Triermmu” are from the same 
publishing house. Readers of Walter Scott 
will remember the latter book. This edition 
is magnificent in paper, binding, printing and 
illustrations. Another excellent book from 
this firm is *• Wendell Phillips,” by Goo. L. 
Austin. This book deals with the earlier 
struggles made agaiust slavery by the old ab¬ 
olitionists. 
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THE POST OFFICE CLUB. 
The schoolmaster in our district has been 
having some trouble with the big boys. This 
is the teacher’s second year with us. He gives 
pretty good satisfaction, and our people don’t 
believe much iu changing. We don’t believe 
in hiring a new teacher every term just for 
the sake of variety. There are several big 
boys who make a point of coming to school 
every year about this time. They don't cure 
much about studying, they want to have-a 
good time. Last year the teacher was a little 
afraid of them and they hurt the school a good 
deal. This year he felt a little more confident 
that the school board would sustain him so he 
went at them at the first sign of disorder and 
drove them out of school. Uncle Jacob is a 
strong supporter of law and order. Some of 
us think he would make a good man for the 
school board aud we mean to try and elect him 
next spring. His remarks at the store the 
other night ought to help bts canvass. “I be¬ 
lief in packing up a gootdeacbor right straight 
out, efiVry time. School deachlng is u very 
goot business for lazy beeble to get iuto. 
Sometimes veu a young man finds dot he 
makes a big failure mit efl'ery thing else, he is 
sure he can deach school. Yell, dose men 
deaches der school, but dey don’t deach der 
bupils Such fellers make more noise dan der 
goot deachers und consequently- beeple hires 
dem. Der goundry is quiet uud noise dakes. 
One of dese deachens dot sbust keeps aloug uud 
keeps two-thirds off his mind thinking off his 
salary will grow fat mit deachiog, vile a goot 
uud gareful deacher dot tries to keep up mit 
der times uud study things out vill vare 
himself all up. So dot unless der beeble off 
der district makes it dere business to 
have der deacher up mit his duty, bis 
idea's of what dot duty is vill get pretty small. 
I belief dot more off der future of dis goundry 
rests mit der district school dan most beeble 
vill think. Dere vill alvays be a gontest mit 
der city und der gouutry. All dese anargists 
und Hennery George men und dese Oder 
fellers, dese saloon geepers und boliticians vill 
alvays make dere headquarters mit der city 
und gontrol der local bolitiesdere pecause dey 
makes a business of bolities while der goot 
men must vork for a filing. Veil, dergonse- 
quence vill pe dot der goot beeble off der city 
vill alvays haf to look mit der farmers for 
help in geeping der yenueral goferment safe 
und bure. Der farmers must be honest und 
intelligent so dey can do dere part iu dis 
work. Der great majority off der farmers 
vill haf to depend upon der district school for 
dere education. It, is der duty dere fore off 
every man dot has der imlerests off dis gofer- 
meut mit his heart to see dot der district 
school vas gept up uud broperly managed. 
All dis talk about higher education mit der 
beebles vas all right mit a certain class, but 
it vaspetter lower education dot der goundry 
vants, iu nay obinion ’’ small pica. 
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