JULIUS CESAR-
Julius Cxsar is a dubious character
m history, but not justly so. Some
will have it that he was a bad, selfish
ambitious man, full of lust for conquest
power ami dominion, without any re
deeming quality that would veneer the
baser qualities of human nature; that
after his immense conquests that cost
the price of blood and treasure and
the enslavement, imprisonment ant
desolation of great cities and national
Hies, that his mini was still it unrest
and that he sought the absolute and
unqualified dominion of Rome and all
its conquered provinces, its dominion
power, and unmeasured wealth, that
he sought a crown, and would convert
Rome into a kingdom and rule it him
self; that he was slaughtered at the
loot ot l'ompey s pillar in the new Sen
ate House that Pompey had erected
for the benefit of Rome ; that many of
me conspirators were his warm per
sonal lnen.is, Dut they could not toler
ate his desperate and remorseless am
bition, not that they loved Caesar less
but Rome more." This quotation from
his friend, Brutus, who helped slay him,
nas mucn in it ol an alleviating charac
ter. If Ciesar had been, as many sup
pose, a remorseless tyrant, would Bru
tus have used this language toward
him? Nay, verily, and who was this
tfrutus? He had been m the service
of Pompey against C:csar. He was
among the prisoners taken by Caesar
after the bottle of Pharsalia where Pom
pey ended his great military career,
nea to rypt and was beheaded. In
stead of Caesar executing him as a trai
tor, ne spared nis lile and crowned it
with honors; received him into his own
service, gave him the government of
the richest province and after his re
turn from it, loaded with wealth and
honors. Cxsar made Brutus praetor
of the ciiy of Rome. He had done
about everything to make Brutus a
trustworthy and devoted friend, and
yet this man Brutus, was one of the
conspirators.
.No wonder Caesar exclaimed in his
eying moments, "and thou too, Brutus,"
and then sank in death at the foot of
Tompey's pillar the Pompey he had
so signally conquered. Out of the
twenty-three wounds, only one was a
mortal one, that showed with what re
luctance they sought to kill Caesar, and
how each conspirator sought to avoid
making the mortal one and yet carry
out each one, the compact seemingly
of the murder of Caesar. We are told
the horses, with which Caesar had
passed the Rubicon, living in honor
able retirement in a splendid paik
which Caesar had provided, by some
mysterious instinct, had warning of their
great benefactor's end and refused their
food and walked about with melan
choly and dejected looks. His wife,
Calpurnica knew there was trouble
ahead, yet it did not prevent Caesar
from going to the Senate Hou-e on
the fatal "Ides of March" 44 B. C.
The people preferred a Caesar to a
Senate to govern them. It was jeal
ousy and envy that killed Cxsar, and
the conspirators, after the murder, had
hard work to keep themselves safe
from the fury of the Roman people.
They fled in dismay and sheltered
themselves as best they could and many
of them afraid to venture to their
homes, and hid among friends.
Now unfolds the true nature of Cae
lar. His will was read by his friend,
Anthony, to the public. Its provisions
were of such a character as to renew
feelings of sympathy for the fate of
Oesar and a realization of the people's
loss in his taking off. His vast estate
was divided chierly among the children
of his sister - no children of his own
while the very men who had been most
prominent in his assassination, were
named as trustees and guardians of
his property; and one of them, Deci
mus Brutus, the one who had been so
urgent to conduct him to the Senate
House on that fatal day, was a second
heir! We are not done with Caesar,
even after they cremated him on the
field of Mars, and after the conspira
tors to mollify the people made a grand
pageantry of his funeral.
Read what Marc Anthony says of
l.aesar in his short funerai orations,
that he was a worthy man. a good man.
All honors, human and divine had
been ascribed to Caesar by the decrees
of the Senate and were read at his
funeral. The fire at his cremation was
extensive. The people lighted torches
by the fire and went to the houses of
Brutus and Cassius, threatening ven
L'eance upon them for the murder of
Caesar. The Roman people erected
a column to the memory of Caesar on
which they placed the inscription; "To
the Father of his Country." They
tailed a Cinna, thinking it was the Cw
na, who helped kill the Caesar
Caesar had made great plans to em
bellish Rome more grandly than she
was and also, Capua, the secon 1 city
then in Italy. The people lost a great
benefactor and mend. He and Alex
ander were men of nolle impulses.
t wsar was murdered. was bocra
tes and men of our own day and na
tion.
V.. J Bowman
The Next Bett Thit'g-
V'rom tbe Ponton Now.
I he prince, then, is coming to
America to see Niagara, and ro one
seems to know the object of his visit.
It 1a evident enough. Unible to
reign himself, he wants to see some
thing pour.
Pattison Talks.
SAYS THAT THE STATE AUTHORITIES
WILL TRY TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
Hazleton, l'a., Feb. an, 1801
Hon. Jloberl E. J'attison, Harris
bnrrf, J 'a. :
York Excei.i.kncy : As a friend of
the Administration, I enclose a few
newspaper clippings, and deem it fur
ther incumbent to inform you that 1
deep seated dissatisfaction approach
ing alarm exists throughout this sec
tion of the State toward the late,, so
called, Reading deal. Opinions are
also openly expressed that the State
authorities have been censurably want
ing in promptly bringing to account
the parties guilty of alleged violation
of the constitution by the merging or
leasing of parallel or competing lines.
11 is lunner asserted that mere is
wide difference between your mode of
procedure in the attempted South
Penn and Beech Creek lease, and the
present Lehigh Central Readinu deal.
With an abiding faith in your integrity
as uuei Executive and satisfied in my
mind that the Administration will be
found to have taken a tenable positiorr,
I respectfully ask that vou confer the
honor of such information as will en
able me to refute the aspersions cast
upon an administration of which,
citizens 01 me umnion wealtn. wc
have just reason to feel proud.
V ery respectfully,
Matthew Long
The following reply was received bv
Air. Long and it is the first outspoken
expression yet made by Governor Pat
tison and is the only authorative expres
sion get given to the public and it shows
that Governor Pattison is not commit
ted in the matter in any way except to
enforce the law:
(Commonwealth ok Pennsylvania,
( Executive Chamber.
Harrispitro, March 1st, 189.
Matthew Long, Esq.,
Hazleton, Pa.
My dear sir Your letter of the
29th ult., with newspaper clippings en
closed, have been received and con
tents noted. All the authority of the
State will be exerted for the enforce
ment of the Const'tution. X VI I Article
regulating railroad and canal com pa
nies is a very wise provision of the fun
damental law. It commands nothing
but what is right, and forbids nothing
but what is clearly wrong The Law
uepartment of the btate will contend
vigorously for its execution.
section 12 of the same Article pro
vides "the General Assembly shall en
force by appropriate legislation the
provisions of this Article." Action by
the Legislature providing for penalties
of imprisonment and fine would prove
a much speedier remedy than the one
now offered.
Very Respectfully,
Robert E. Pattison.
I have been troubled with chronic
catarrh for years. Ely's Cream Balm
is the only remedy among the many
that I have used that affords me re
lief E. W. Willard, Druggist, Jolliet,
havi been troubled with catarrh for
ten years and have tried a number of
remedies, but found no relief until I
purchased a bottle of Ely's Cream
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preparation for catarrh and cold in
the head. - Geo. E. Crandall. P. M..
Quonochawntaug, R. I. 3-4-2t
Bob Fitzsimmons whipped Peter
Maher at New Orleans last week
Wednesday night, in twelve rounds.
Some money changed hands in
Bloomsburg on the result, bets being
taken at two to one on Fitzsimmons.
KXPKL
THE INTRUDER.
That disease is propaga
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etc., which fill the air we breathe and
water we drink, there can be no ques
tion. These microbes attack the hu
man body and breed poison in many
shapes. Recent experiments read be
fore the congress of surgeons at Berlin
leave no doubt that the way to clear
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way. It cleans them out entirely, and
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Mr. r. Z: Nelson, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Fremont, Nebraska,
suffered for years with Scrofula, and it
continued to grow worse in spite of all
treatment. finally, tour bottles of
Swift's Specific cured him. He writes
'Words are inadequate to express my
gratitude and favorable opinion of
Swift's Specific."
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' 1 m -- - -
Tho Euprcmac y of the Foreigner
Prom tlio Brandon Bucksaw.
Tommy (to new boy) "Vou wasn't
born in this country. You can't
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New Boy. ''No, but I can be a
policeman some day, and you can't."
A Safe Investment,
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cm cm buy from our advertised druggist a
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oniumpliou. It is guaranteed 10 bring re
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Llttl. Hob Stood th Tut.
The "blue line" strppt onr sliipppfl nt
the corucr, says a writer in the Vottth't
Companion, and au anxious looking
young woman put n small boy insMo.
"Now, Bob," she sai.1, M she hurricil
out to the platform ngafn, "don't 1m
that note I Rave you, don't tako it out 0.'
your pocket at all."
"No' in," said the little ninn, lonkin
wistfully after hi mother nn the conductor
pulled the strop, the driver unscrewed
the brake, and the hones, shaking their
hells, trotted off with the car.
"What's your name, Bub, asked a mi,
(.'biennis looking young man sitting be
side him.
"Robert Cullen Deems," lie answered
politely.
"Where are you going f"
"To my granilmu's. "
"Let me see that note in your pocket. "
The look of innocent eurprino in tbe
round face ought to have shamed tbe
baby's tormentor, but he only said again,
"Let me see it."
"I tan't," sai, Rolert Cullen Deems.
"See here, if you don't I'll scare the
norses and make them run away. " The
little boy cast an apprehensive look at tbe
belled lioraes, but shook his head.
"Here, Bub, 1 11 give you this peach if
you pull that note half way out of your
pocket. "
The boy did not reply, but some of the
older people looked angry,
"I say, chum, I'll give you this wholo
bag of peaches If you will just show
me tbe corner of your note," said the
tempter.
The child turned away, as if he did
not wish to hear any more, but the young
man opened tbe bag and held it out just
where he could see and smell the luscious
fruit.
A look of distress came Into tbe sweet
little face; I believe Bob was afraid i
trust himself, and when a man left his
eat on the other side to get off the car
me little boy slid quickly down, left the
temptation behind, and climbed into the
vacant place.
A pair of pretty cloved bands
almost unconsciously to clap, and theu
everybody clapixnl aud applauded until it
might have alarmed Bob if a vounir l.i. lv
sitting by bad not slipped her arm around
him and said, with a sweet glow on her
face:
Tell your mamma that we all con-
gratulate her upon having a little man
strong enough to resist temptation aud
wise enough to run away from it. "
1 uouot if that lona;, hard niessnireever
reached Bob's mother, but. no matter.
the note got to his grandmother without
ever coming out of his pocket
udBd.
German commentators are said to fini
in Shakespeare's plays many things which
the author never dreamed of rmttinp
there. And If German scholars may do
this, why not an English schoolboy?
ino late Major uarttelot was educated
at Rugby, and is still remembered then-
as the hero of a funny blunder.
What is the meamnsr of the woid
adage T " asked the master.
Various wild guesses were hazarded hv
different members of the class, and then,
it came young Barttolot's turn. Without
hesitation he replied :
A place to put cats into. "
Every one laughed, and the master.
who was as much mystified as his pupils
by the strange answer, called the boy up
at the end of the lesson and asked what
had put such an idea into his head.
"why, sir " said Borttelot. "doosu'l
it say in Shakespeare. 'Like the Door cat
in the adage 7"
Dentists say that is a physical imnossi-
bility to set diamonds in teeth.
Eev- Wm. Holliashed,
Pastor of the Presbyterian church of
Sparta, N. J., voluntary writes strong
ly in favor of Hood s Sarsaparilla. He
says: "Nothing I know of will cleanse
the blood, stimulate the liver or stom
ach like this remedy. . 1 know of scor
es and scores who have been helped
or cured by it."
The highest praise has been won by
Hood's Pills for their easy, yet effici
ent, action.
A Chance Shot.
Fromtlia Indianapolis Journal.
"Brother Gotrox," said the Rev.
Mr. Wilgus, "did you ever reflect that
your wealth is not really your own
that it is but committed to your hands
as a trust yet to be accounted for?"
'That is the way I got hold of most
of it," answered the great man, sur
prised into su Idea candor, '-hut I
don't see liov you discovered it."
Inviolable Eecr-cy-
Stranger. What s the matter?
Where are all these men running to?
i-itizen. inese gentlemen are
politicians. They have just been
holding a private conference. They
are now nur-ying to nnd a newspaper
in whom to confide the secrets which
they do not consider themselves able
to keep unaided.
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Children Cry for
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"Sweets to the Sweet" is a soulful
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ing bitter with the sweets offered to
sucn cnarming creatures? Yet that
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do. A specialty at Phillips' is the
very best of pure candies. Sole
agency for Tenney's celebrated New
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ANYTHING EVER SHOWN
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TO
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Entrance on
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