VOL. 49 The Huntingdon Journal. J. It. DURBORROU C trOLISREICS AND PROPRIETORS Odiee um the Cornet of Fifth arid Washington aired*. Tun HUNTINGDON JOURNAL is published every Wednesday, by J. R. Dunnonnow and J. A. Masa, tinder the firm name of J. R. DURBORROW & Co., at $2.00 per annum, IN ADVANCE, or $2.50 if not paid for in six months from date of subscription, and t 3 if not paid within the year. No paper discontinued, unless at the option of the publishers, until all arrcarages are paid. No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely paid for in advance. Transient advertisements will be inserted at TWELVE AND A-HALF CENTS per line for the first insertion, SEVEN AND A-HALF CENTS for the second, and FIVE cart, per line for all subsequent inser tions. Regular quarterly and yearly business advertise ments will be inserted at the followinz rates : i 3mi 0313 1 90111 y I 316 m 19m ly I_ l _ 1 _I . 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JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and Fancy Colors, done with neatness and dispatch.— Hand-bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, ec., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice, and every thing in the Printing line will be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. Professional Cards AP.\V. JOHNSTON, Surveyor and • Civil Engineer Huntingdon, Pa. Orinca : No. 113 Third Street. ang21,1872. . DR. H. W. BUCHANAN, DENTIST, No. 22811 Street, HUNTINGDON, PA. July 3,'72 CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law, D•No. 111, 3d street. Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods b Williamson. [ap12,71. DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his professional services to the community. Office, No. 523 Washington street, one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.4,'7l. EJ. GREENE, Dentist. • moved to Leister's new WWI Pvltingdon. GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. • Brown's new building, No. 520, Hill St., Huntingdon, P. HC. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law • Office, No. —, Hill etreet, Huntingdon, Pa. [ap.19,'71. T FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney- KJ , • .t-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attention given to all legal business. Office 229 Hill street, corner of Court House Square. • [dec.4,'72 SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at • Law, Uuntingdoo, Pa. Office, fill street, hree doors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l. Tr CHALMERS JACKSON, Attor ti • ney at Law. Mee with Wm. Dorris, Esq., No. 403, Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. All legal business promptly attended to. [janls R. DURBORROW, Attorney-at 'c." • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practioe in the Pereral Courts of Huntingdon county. Particular attention given to the settlement of estates of dece dents. _ -.„. Office in be JOURNAL Building. [feb.l,'7l W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law J • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa., fieldiere claims against the Government for back pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend e•l to with great care and promptness. Office on Hill street. , • pan. 4,11. S. GEISSINGER, Attorney-at- L• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. • Mee one door East of ft.•Mt Speer's office. geb.s-ly J. HALL MUSSER. K. ALL. Lovett. L OVELL & MUSSER, Attorneys-at-Law, HUNTINGDON, PA. Special attention given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; to the settlement of ESTATES, &c. ; and all other legal business prosecuted with fidelity and dispatch. in0v6,12 RA. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law, • Office, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. imay3l,7l. JOHN SCOTT. F. T. BROWS. J. X. BAIL.' QCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At t.-, torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions, and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against the GoTernment will be promptly prosecuted. Office on Hill street. fjan.4,ll. WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention given to collections, and all other legal business attended to with care and promptness. Office, No. 229, Hill street.. [apl9l7l. Hotels. JACKSON HOUSE: FOUR DOORS EAST OF TILE UNION DEPOT, HUNTINGDON, PA. A. B, Z EIGLER, Prop. Novl2;ll—Goi, MORRISON HOUSE, OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT HUNTINGDON, PA J. 11. CLOVER, Prop. April 5, 1671-Iy. Miscellaneous ROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, in H• Leister's Building (second floor,) Hunting don, Pa.. respectfully solicits a share of public) patronage from lowa and country. [0ct18,72. - 111 A. BECK, Fashionable Barber -Lt. and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite the itranklin House. All kinds of Tonics and Pomades kept on handled for sale. [ap19,71-6m I:IOFFMAN & SKEESE, Manufacturers of all kinds of CHAIRS, and dealers in PARLOR and KITCHEN FUR'S'. TITRE, corner of Fifth and Washington streets Huntingdon, Pa.. All articles will be sold cheap' Particular and prompt attention given to repair ing. A share of public patronage is respectfully solicited. Lisn.ls,l7gy WM. WILLIAMS, MANUFACTURER OF MARBLE MANTLES, MONUMENTS. ' HEADSTONES, &C., HUNTINGDON, PA 'STER PARIS CORNICES, MOULDINGS. 4!ZU ALSO SLATE MANTLES FURNISHED TO ORDER. Jan. 4,11 (29 TO THE JOURNAL OFFICE Fnr all kinds of printing. FOR ALL KINDS OF PRINTING, GO TO THE JOURNAL OFFICE The Huntingdon Journal. Ulm J. A. NASH, [Original.] A Parody on John Anderson Me Jo. BY THE BARD OF THE GLEN. Escll poet hath his day, John, And so have I had mine, But you can write away, John, For you are in your prime. But do not tire your brain, John, By writing late at night, There's nothing to be gain'd, John, But wearing of the sight. Go sooner to your bed, John, And with the lark arise, Then clear will be your head, John, And bright will be your eyes. And now that I've grown old, John, My days are yet but few, The muse, the pen, and all, John, I give them up to you. And when that I am dead, John, You'll write a line for me, Your name be at the head, John, That all who read may see. If you should go before, John, Then I will do the same, Your writing will be o'er, John, But still will live your fame. Vita tong-geller. A CLOSE SHOT, Where the Kentucky cuts its way through the mountains, having upon eith er bank bob], rugged cliffs that lift their summits five hundred and a thousand feet, as the case may be, above the stream there lived, in early times, a settler by the name of Rufus Branson, who with his wife and only child, a charming girl of some eight or nine years, occupied a rude cabin at the bass of a precipice a little back from the river. Although greatly exposed to danger— the Indians at that time being plentiful thioughnut the region—he managed to live quietly for several years. The Indians frequently visited the home of the rude hunter, and being always wel comed and provided with such food as might be in the larder, they maintained a very friendly attitude. Especially were they fond of the child, Maggie, and mote than one fierce warrior bad been sitting on the grass in front of the cabin, listening to the childish prattle of the little one, or else engaged iu making her some toy or plaything from twig or bark. In this manner several years had been passed and Rufus Branson came to feel as secure as though he was within the walls of a frontier fort. Office re ig, Hill street Lian.4,'7l. One evening Branson and his wife were seated near the door-way, when suddenly a shadow fell across the threshold, and the next moment a tall savage, whos3 reeling and blood-shot eye told that be was intoxi cated, appeared, staggered to the log steps and threw himself upon them. His first demand was for "fire water," which was, of course, refused on the plea that there was none in the house. [0:p12,71 The Indian became cross and ugly, swearing with terrible oaths that if the liquor was not produced he would murder the household. Branson was a brave man and, although he dreaded the necessity, yet he saw that he would be compelled to take prompt steps to prevent the savage from executing his threats. Waiting un til the warrior had Made a demonstration —which he soon did by attempting to draw his tomahawk—Branson sprang upon him, knocked him down with a blow of his fist, and then disarmed and bound him where he lay. After a few minutes of futile ef forts to free himself, the savage rolled over and sunk into a drunken slumber. lie did not waken until next morning, but before he did so the settler had quietly removed his bonds and restored his wea pons, which he laid by the sleeper's side. The savage, on waking, rose slowly to his feet, felt his rists, as though the thongs had left a feeling there, took up his wea pons and, without speaking a word, left and disappeared in the timber that stood near by. "W hat do you think of that ?" asked the wife, turning to the husband with a scared look. Pshaw ! don't trouble yourself about the drunken brute," answered the settler lightly; but, as he turned away and step ped into the yard, he muttered : "Like it ! Well not much. The fellow must be watched. I was in hopes he would not re member ; but that lump where my fist landed was enough, if nothing else, to re call the circumstances." The summer passed ; they saw the drunken guest no more. He failed to make his appearance. But as the leaves began to fall the settler, one day, while re turning from hunting on the hills and pass ing through a dense piece of timber, caught sight of a figure lurking in the bushes, but which quickly disappeared when he ad vanced toward where it was. The figure was that of an Indian warrior, and Rufus Branson would have sworn that it was the Indian whom he had knocked down and bound the previous summer. The knowl edge was not in any way comforting; hence he did not tell his wife of the dis covery. It would alarm her, without, per haps, any good result. He merely told her he had discovered bear tracks near by, and she and the child must stay within or close to the house when he was absent. Several days afterward, Rufus Branson heard his dogs in the timber down by the river, and knowing that they never open ed without good cause, he caught up his rifle and hastened to where they were barking. They had struck a fresh bear trail and as he arrived in sight they fbirly lifted it, going on in a straight line down the river. The chase had led him several miles and when at last he got in his shot that finish ed Bruin's career, he found that it was three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Swinging his game to a sapling, out of reacts of cat or wolf, he started for home to get the old gray mare and return and fetch it that night. Taking a short cut, he approached the cabin from the western side, where the timber grew heavy up to within a few rods of the building and con sequently he could not see the clearing, or what might be transpiring there, until he passed through the wood. Thus it was that when within but a very short distance from home he heard a wild, piercing shriek. He could guess that something terrible must be taking place beyond the screen of bushes and leaves. Uttering a loud shout. that his presence might the sooner be made known, Bran son sprang forward with the leaps of a wounded buck, a great fear at his heart, for he had only too clearly recognized in that scream the agonized voice of his wife. It took but a moment for him to clear the intervening timber and undergrowth, and' as he dashed out into the clearing, holding his rifle ready for instant use, he compre hended in one swift glance all that had taken place and what was further to fear. Near the end of the cabin, facing the cliffs of which I bad spoken stood the mother, her faCe white as the dead, her arms outstretched, and ber staring eyes fixed upon the precipitous height up which the form of an Indian warrior was straggling. "My. child ! my child !" was all the wo man said, and then Rufus Branson saw that the bundle borne in the Indian's arms was the form *of their only child, little Maggie. Firm of heart, and with nerves as steady as the rocks around, the father for a mo ment actually quaired and cowered under what his quick sense told him was the deadly peril of the little one. But he was quick to recover. The Indian was drawing away; step by step he was increasing the distance, and as he occasionally glanced backward the pa rents saw in his hideously painted coun tenance the fell purpose that actuated the abduction "God and me !" Branson muttered as he raised his rifle, glanced through the sights, and touched the trigger. The Indian started violently at the shot. He was hit, but not badly, and with a yell of devilish triumph he passed'upward. "Too low by a couple of iLches," said a low, calm voice at the settler's elbow. Branson started as though he himself had been shot. Where had that man came from ? Who was he? Neither had seen him approach. But there was no time for explanation. The stranger, a man rather below than above the ordinary height, whose fine, ath letic form was fully displayed by the close fitting buckskin garments, stepped forward a few paces, and grimly planting his left foot in advance, threw up an unusually long rifle as though preparing to fire. 'For God's sake, stranger, be careful of my child !" cried Branson, white the ago nized mother muttered an inaudible prayer. "It's our only chance. I know that Indian," was the quick reply, and the sharp click of the hammer as it was drawn back told that the critical moment had come. ..By this time the Indian had nearly reached the summit of the steep. That he was wounded now became evident, as upon a broad ledge of rock he rested a moment. The opportunity was seized by the un known. Although the savage had taken the precaution to hold the child in front.of him as a shield, covering nearly the whole of his brawny chest, but leaving his head uncovered, the stranger did not hesitate in making the shot. For one second, as it gained its position, the rifle wavered, and then instantly became as immovable as though held with a vise. With clasp ed hands and straining eyes the parents watched the statue-like form upon whose skill so much depended. Suddenly a sharp report rang out, the white smoke drilled away, and as the vis ion became clear they saw the savage loose his hold upon the child, reel wildly for an instant, end then pitch forward upon the. rocks. It may be imagined that the fath er was not long in reaching the place where the child lay, and in a few moments the little one was in its mother's arms. "Tell 'us who you are, that we may know what name to mingle with our pray erEl," said the mother, as the stranger pre pared to depart. "My name is Daniel Boone," he said, and was gone. gentling frir the Brain Power. The fact that Mechella, the criminal who was executed it Hudson City, N. J., re cently, was the possessor of an extraordi nary heavy and well-developed brain has puzzled the experts, and seems likely to lead to an interesting inquiry. The claim was made for this prisoner that his ac tions showed him to be a man of deficient intelligence, and that owing-to his par tially idiotic condition he was not morally responsible for his acts, and should not be hung. The New Jersey Court of Pardons would not, however, entertain this appeal. A post mortem examination showed Mechella's brain to weigh 51 grains and 1 scruple ; a weight which has been only exceeded in one instance. Daniel Web ster's brain—the heaviest of any recorded —although there have very possibly been hbarier ones—weighed but two or three scruples more than that of the Finish mur derer. Furthermore, as far as present knowledge of the subject extends, the shrewdest anatomist, with it alone before him, and lacking all particulars of the person who had once carried it about him, would have pronounced it, without hesita tion, the brain of a man of compelling in tellect. So much for cornered wisdom ! This case shows, once more, how easily the most earnest theories relating to the connection of mind and matter may ba overturned. It must be said that there is little ignorance among students on this subject. There is such an evident myste ry about the matter that it would be very surprising to learn that there has been a radical misconception of the nature of the brain function, or even to know that the brain is a mere receiver, instead of being as now supposed, the originator of nervous force. The Mechella case would appear to offer one more proof that intellectual power by no means depends on the size of the brain. Instances have heretofore been adduced to show this, but the latest evidence is always the best. Vary recent ly a measurement of Prof. Aggassiz's brain showed that while the organ was large and healthy, it did not approach the huge brains of which special account has been kept. Mechella's brain was many grains heavier that than of one of the brighest geniuses of our times. THE ADVERTISER who says he- dosen't see the ude of a standing advertisement— snaps his fingers and says he wouldn't give that for one—prefers to speak to the peo ple through the newspapers once in a while in a news-like way, to just keep them in Mind of him—this man don't consider. He contradicts his own opinion the very first time he goes from home. In a strange place, the newspaper is his directory. If he wants to buy a carpet, or a cook store, or a book, or a dress, or get a suit of clothes, or have his watch fixed, or his hair cut, or a pair of boots, or a box of cigars—he looks for an advertisement. Finding one that looks fair and business. like, he don't ask questions, but goes and buys. This man has friends who like what he's bought, and the next time they go to that place they are likely to seek out that merchant. In this way many an one has become famous in his line of business. A single sale of this sort has been the means of making many a man's fortune. HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1874 Speech of Hon. Charles Albright, De livered in the House of Represen tatives, Washington, D. C. Mr. Speaker, as early as the 4th .of De cember of this session I introduced a bill, No. 42. providing fbr the free transmission through the mails of newspapers in the counties where the same are published, and also for the free exchange of papers and periodicals between publishers. It is as follows : • Be it enacted by Me Senate and Muse of Representa tives of the United States of America in Omgress assem bled, That the publishers of newspapers and periodicals may send to each other from their respective offices of publication, free of postage, one copy of 1.01 publication ; and may also send to each actual subscriber, inclosed at their publications, bills and receipts for the same, free of postage. The publishers of weekly newspapers may send to each actual subscriber within the comity where their papers are printed and published one copy thereof free of postage. . . . . . FEC:' 2. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of the foregolug station be, and the same are hereby, repealed. I did this in deference to a general public sentiment in its behalf, and because tile people never favored the legislation which compelled then► to pay postage on their home papers. The people arc the losers by the present law much more than the publishers of newspapers. Since the introduction of bill N 0.42 I have received numerous letters from different parts of the country urging the speedy passage of the same. It was referred to the Com mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and that committee, before the holiday re cess, reported the bill now under consid erauion, and which in its third section im bodies the principles of the bill which I bad the honor to introduce. I propose at this point briefly to refer to the history of legislation upon this sub ject, to show that the newspaper was al ways under the friendly tutelage of Con gress. The twenty-first section of the act of February 20, 1792, provides : That every printer of newspaper. may send one paper to each and every other minter of newspapers within the United States, free of postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe. Section 21 of the act of May 8, 1794, re-enacted the same. Section 4 of the act of March 4, 1845, is as follows: That all newspapers of no greater tine or snperftcles than nineteen hundred square inches may he transmitted through the mail by the editors or publishers thereof to All subscribers or other persons within thirty miles of the city or town er other place in which the paper is or may be printed, free of any charge for postage whatever. This is the first law that allowed sub scribers (within thirty miles of the place where the paper was published) to receive" it postage free. It embraced daily papers, and was net confined to county lines. This law continued in force six years—as to daily papers, to March 3, 1851. Section 35 of the act of March 3, 1863, after regulating the postage on newspapers, periodicals, &c., provides as follows : But the publishers of w,okly newspapers may send to each actual subscriber within the county where their pa pers are printed and published one copy thereof free of postage. This law confines its privileges to weekly papers, and makes the county line, instead of thirty miles, the limit. Section 3 of the act of July 27, 1868, modifies section 35 of the act of March 3, 1863, as fol lows : Bnt nothing in this net shall be so construed as to re quire narriere to distribute :mid papers unless postage is paid upon them at a rate of five cents per quarter, dm. The act of January 31, 1873, swept out of existence all franking laws and privi leges, and went further than many of the enemies of the franking privilege desired. The people now demand a restoration of this privilege, and I am gratified to know that in all the speeches which have been made upon the bill under consideration no voice has been raised against this provision. The Postmaster-General concedes the fact that he never desired the adverse legisla tion on newspapers, and does not now ob ject to its restoration. The honorable Speaker of the House, [Mr. Blaine,] in a letter dated December 17, 1873, says: If I would vote for any possible exception to the role of uniform and universal payment of postage it would be hi favor of newspaper exchanges and the free circulation of county papers within their Ma bailiwicks. It is not necessary here to speak of the power of the press and the influence it exerts in the education of the masses either for the right or wrong. If it is true that the press is corrupt an unreliable, public men have had much to do in giving it its present status; but certain it is that you will not elevate and improve it by hostile and unfriendly legislation. I take it for granted then that so much of this bill as relates to newspapers will become a law. We see that these conces sions to the cause of popular education have existed for many years and have met the prompt approval of some of the wisest statesmen with which our country has been blessed. In view of this fact, Mr. Speak er, I am led to the conclusion that these excellent provisions must have been inad vertently swept away by the besom of economy that was set in operation by the popular call for reformation in the extrav agant practices which bad of late years grown out of the injudicious use of the frankinr , privilege. They met this fate from the fact that newspapers were trans mitted in company with matter which had fallen into disgrace by obtruding itself into the mail-bags and showing a pass instead of paying fare; like the tame goose in the fable, they had their necks wrung for hav ing been found in bad company. Mr. Speaker, the other question is, whether the things named in the first sec tion of the bill under discussion shall be allowed to pass through the mail without charge, or whether the people shall have them ; because it seems to me that unless provision is wade to send them out they had better not be procured. If the only idea upon this subject is saving money, then the bast road to travel in is to take a cross and near cut and dispense altogether with the printing and publishing of the things named in the section to which I have referred. If we print and procure them, then the means ought to be provided for their distribution ; oiherwise they be come waste material. The repeal of the franking privilege puts this whole matter in an anomalous position, as I shall en deavor to show in the course of my re marks. Mr. Speaker, if I understand the policy of the Government with regard to the management of the Post-Office Depart ment, it has been more with the object of accommodating the people in the speedy, safe, and certain transmission of mail mat ter than with a view of raising revenue, and hence efforts have never been specially made for having the Post, Office Department make money, because it has at all times been in the plwer of the Government to make large revenues out of the Post-Of fice Indeed the machinery of this De partment is peculiarly fitted and adopted to this purpose, but the history of the Post-Office Department shows that a con stant and steady reduction and equaliza tion of the rates of postage has been going on. Within my recollection letter postage has been reduced from twenty-five cents to three cents. This has been done becau.e the Post-Office Department stands before the world as a benefactor and educator, by bringing intelligence to almost every door at a rata much cheaper than individual or corporate influence could accomplish it, while the benefits it dispenses inure alike to the rich and poor, yet particularly is it the friend of the poor, because the conces sions in the way of cheap postage and of affording mail facilities in rewrote and sparsely settled portions of the country are directly in the interests of the hardy and enterprising pioneer; and the same may be said with regard to the free-delivery system in the large cities. 'The free-de livery system brings the post-office to every fireside in the cities at an extra cost now of about $2,000,000 per annum. It is not a question of so much impor tance, then, whether the revenues of the Post-Office Department pay the expenses of the Post-Office Department, as it is whether the revenues of the Government generally pay the expenses of the Govern ment. How any money is made for the Government by the Executive Dopartments thereof using postal stamps in their official correspondence instead of an autograph frank is not readily comprehended, or how the use of stamps checks abuse. When the franking privilege existed' all matter sent through the mail by the Departments of the Government went free. The use of stamps makes the cost to the Govern ment no less. In all the discussion upon this subject I have failed to discover where the saving of money comes in ; nor have I been able to find where the Post- Master General has elucidated the matter, except upon the principle that it pays to rob Peter to pay Paul. The Executive Departments of the Government still frank, but under another name—a stamp instead of an autograph. The stamping business costs thousands of dollars more annually than the autographing did, but Uncle Sam foots the bill as before for carrying the mail. There may be great wisdom in all this, but-the progress of the masses has been too slow to comprehend it, and hence they can but look on the car as it passes by, and wonder. In this light, then, can it be fiiirly and truly said that anything has been gained by the abolition of the franking privilege? I hear gentlemen say that the franking privilege was a good thing, but that its abuses broke it down. I amit this; but tell um what good thing you could have if the abuse of it was a conclusive argu ment for its abolition and removal? This bill is an attempt at a partial restoration of the franking privilege, with the abuses cut off. Franking, as exercised by Con gress, was instrumental in the dissemina tion of intelligence among the people. It is suggested by some that everybody was not supplied with the same document, and that therefore the system worked unequally and unjustly, and should not be even par tially restored. Well, sir, if there is any force in this argument, it might apply to the abolition of Congress itself. Because everybody cannot be elected to Congress at the same time, nobody ought to be, and therefore there should be no Congress. I think every member on this floor ex periences this truth, that it is a little easier to supply a constituent with a public document than to procure a seat in this House. You provide far the printing of the Congressional Record; you donate to each member twenty-five copies or more ; you do it out of the people's moue:. Now, it it is understood that each member will distribute these among such persons as he sees fit, and where he thinks they will do the most good. If the argument of the gentlemen on the other side of this ques tion is worth anything, there ought to be enough Records prcvided to furnish one to each constituent, or none. This state ment shows the absurdity of the argument. It is to be presumed that a member of Congress ought to have some little sense and discretion in the distribution of such documents as he may be intrusted with. The truth is, that all persons connected with the Government are endowed with the privilege of franking except Senators and members of the House of Representa tives in Congress, and their Secretary and clerks; that is, they are supplied with frank-stamps at the expense of the Gov ernment. The stamping army now con sists of forty thousand men and women, to say nothing of boys and girls, and I sup pose it is growing daily. All, or nearly all, Government officials are mustered on the stamp-rolls except Congressmen. Of ficial stamps are authorized, because pub lie servants ought not to be called upon or excepted to pay postage upon correspon dence relating to public business, and be cause it is safe to trust everybody in the public service except Senators and mem bers of the House of Representatives. The Petroleum V. Nasbys, postmasters at con federate cross•rosids, can be safely intrusted with the necessary stamps for their official correspondence, even if they should per chance occasionally write letters to their friends, the Deacon Pogroms. If Congressmen have constituents—and it is to be presumed that most of us have —a few to whom we must write and send public documents occasionally, we may safely be 'entrusted with the privilege, if we buy the necessary stamps, for sending them through the mail. If the 'Ameri can Congress cannot respect itself, the people will not, much. Mr. Speaker, if I may be permitted to say it, I think there is very little strength in the statement that public documents ought not to be distributed gratuitously unless enough are provided to send one to each tax-payer or voter, but that they ought only to be sold. It was well said by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Can non] that there can be no law, however just, thlt will work perfect equity in all re spects. I will illustrate what I mean. Take the Agricultural Report. Several of these sent to a few practical and intelligent men in a township, who generally wake such use of them as. will blss and benefit their entire community, will do fully as much as if every soon in the townihip bad one, and in that way useful knowledge is dis seminated, the nation profited, and the 'material interests of the country advanced. The same is true with many other docu ments, and particularly with packages of seeds, cuttings, roots, and scions. To supply every voter with each article would bankrupt the nation worse than the war. If this whole business is to be regula ted upon the princle of money saving only, the printing of documents. Stop sending out packages of seeds, &c. You cannot send a quart of wheat to every fir mer ; and if you cannot, then, according to the argument of the apostle of the gran gers, you ought to scud to nobody. This point can never be reached unless you can turn back the finger of progress on the dial plate of time. The argument closes in upon you. You must follow it up by do ing away with the Department of Agricul ture, of Signal Service, and other depart ments of useful and scientific information. Thereby you can make the greatest sav ing, and blind but stupid equity can be measured out to everybody, and nobody will be benefited, but everybody injured. Some statements have been made with regard to the expense of printing andbind ing of congressional documents during this which are wide of the mark. To correct these, I propose to read the following extract from a letter from Hon. A. M. Clapp, Congressional Printer, un der date of December 27, 1873 : Appropriation fee the printing and binding for the Gee erament for several years has been about $2.000,000 per annum. During the last year, ending September 30, the amount expended for printing and binding for Congress was D 314,908.07. Far al l'the Executive Departments, including thejudi chary and the Government Printing Office, was $1,210,2:39.- 77. -- It is but truth to elate that the printing and binding far the executive and judicial departments include all blanks, blank-booke, &e., required for the business of the Govern ment here and elsewhere throughout the country. The Department of Agriculture also is nipplied with all its printing and binding Dom this office. It is apparent from the records of tide office that the greater part of the 12,000,000 appropriated for the public printing aid binding ie absorbed by the Executive Depart ments of the Government, instead of being, as is stated in the paragraph quoted above, '•expended for public docu ments which have gone through tne mails free." From a careful aantinaticirand analysis of the books of this office, it appears that of the $874,93827 expended in 1873 for all the printing and binding for Congress, the amount absolutely used fur the printingand binding.uf ex tra numbersof documents “which have gone through the mails free is $518,394.12, which, instead of being the grea ter part of the $2,009,000 appropriated and expended for the public printing and binding, is really only one-fourth of the entire amount. Of the above amount, 8153,751.84 have been expended for the cenims 011870. Now, sir, while I have no anxiety or desire for a restoration of the franking privilege for myself, so far as it relates to my little correspondence, Ido think that if we authorize the printing of public doc uments and the maintaining of the Depart ment of Agriculture and other valuable and important Bureaus of the Government to furnish such information for the people at great expense, we ought to provide some means whereby we can send out the docu ments and the seeds, information, &c., from the Departments so that they may do the good we expect from them. Be lieving that this will be rf r ilit and that the people will justify it, I shall vote for the pending bill. If it is considered unwise to provide the money to send out these documents, then we had better retrace our steps. the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture last year were $127,550, and 1 believe the people have more than realized this amount oat of the knowledge they acquired from this source. I believe in wise, liberal, and judicious legislation; and I believe this bill points in that di rection, and I shall vote for it. I have no objection to putting the daily papers on the free list. The Girls SOME ADVICE BY A WOMAN. AN OLD LADY'S ADVICE.—"Now, John, listen to me, for I am older than you are, or I couldn't be your mother. Never do you marry a young woman, John, before you have contrived to happen at the house at least four times before breakfast. You should know how late she lies in bed in the morning. You should take care to surprise her, so that you can see her in morning dress, and observe her occupa tion when she is not expecting you. If possible, you should be where you could plainly hear the morning conversation be- tween her and her mother. If she is natured and snappish to her mother. so she will be to you, depend upon it 1 y. Profound, truly ;'particularly the decla ration that the old lady is older than her son, or she couldn't be his mother. Good advice it may be; but, girls, how are you to become enlightened CONCERNING JOHN ? or are you to take it for granted that he . is all right ? Perhaps you consider it a matter of minor importance that you should know about him beforehand. See ing him three or four times before break- Eist will not help you, should you attempt to investigate. How can you find out his disposition and habits? How are you to know whether he intends to support you, or has planned fur you to gain a liveli hood for both ? Perhaps be can almost take care of himself, and you may help a little. It is generally understood that each takes the other for better or worse; surely neither should look for or expect perfec tion. Even were it possible to obtain, who, in their sober senses, on mature consider ation' would for a moment wish it ? Who could abide A PERPETUAL REPROACH? who would not willingly—nay, gladly— see such treasure take to itself wings and fly away—to Heaven ? Now, so long as Susan cannot follow John to his haunts, in order to gain infor mation in regard to his habits, mode of life and various other little items; cannot tell whether the gallant and affectionate lover will wear the bonds matrimonial right royally ; does not know whether the fret and worry of every-day life will de velop nobler traits and loftier aims, or if, on the contrary, that shall prove but dross that she counted gold,—why should John's mamma be so anxious for him to go early in the morning in order to play the spy on Susan's movements ? Why should he not take his chances as well as she ? Now, girls, my advice is: Should any such person show himself, on any such er rand, at your kitchen-door, at the break of day, and find you the very quintessence of neatness, your face covered with smiles, and hands with biscuit dough, all things favorable, and should he, his visage aglow with satisfaction, signify that "Barkis is willin', "—or, in other words, ask you to marry him,—turn your back to him at once with A DECIDED NO. He will make a selfish, indolent, parsimo nious husband, who will, in all probability, be asking, three months after you ore mar ried, if not sooner: "What in the world has become of that pound of sugar I brought home a month and a half ago?" or, "What did zou do with that quarter of a dollar I gave you last week ?" Ile will oversee the kitchen work, have his fingers in every pie, and weary you with his everlasting talk of wastefulness and extravagance. In fact, such men as John make the very worst kind of hus bands; they TAKE TO MEANNESS NATURALLY. Many of both sexes are deceived, it is true; nor can it, taking human nature into account, be otherwise. The result is, some go through life with bowed heads, and hearts full of bitterness; while others, if possible, profit by the divorce laws, and others still elope forthwith, a la free love ; and thus it will be so long as the world stands. A sorry state of affairs, I admit, but who is to be censured ? The old Serpent, or Eve? Not Adam, of course, because "The woman gave unto me, and I did eat." Answer the question as you way, the facts are the same, and, if either sex is to be deceived, disappointed and duped, I prefer it should be the rougher one. They easily throw it off; they go out into the air and sunlight (and aod's blessed sunlight causes many a burden to be more lightly borne); they mingle with their fellows; business matters divert their attention, and they are usually not so crushed (there are exceptions, it is true) that they cannot enjoy their cigar, the club-room or saloon, or it is just possible, the society of some interesting lady friend, to whom they look unutterable things, or at least those, not lawful to be uttered under the circum stances, and sigh as they think of "what might have been." But, girls. if you marry one who proves indifferent to you, whose habits are bad, and whose soul is small, and you find your selves neglected and uncared for, WHAT CAN YOU DO Why, wait wpon John, care for the chil dren, and through a monotonous routine of duties with a heart full of pain and ev ery nerve unstrung (and how these little daily du tie stings and irritate when the soul is crying out for rest !), when one would fain bury her face in her hands, and think, and weep, until at least comparative quiet comes; until she can look upward with the eye of faith, and feel that "Jesus knows it all." Do not he in haste to marry, nor fancy it is the main road to happiness. There are but too many pitfalls in the way, that are not discovered until it is too late to re trace one's steps. THERE ARE MEN WITH NOBLE SOULS, who live pure, unselfish lives, and who will shield their loved ones in their strong arms, and hold them in the innermost re cesses of their hearts; who disdain not to show their appreciation of little kindnesses, and in whose‘presence there is no restraint. Little golden heads are pressed to the cheek of such a man ; tiny, dimpled hands stroke his hair; even baby crows a welcome. The wife does not look askance to see if husband is in good humor; too well she knows his untiring love. The day's golden hours are when husband and father has come. Upon such men, be they peer or peasant, Nature has set her seal of royalty ; but such a one never in his life played the part of spy or evesdropper. Beware, girls, of these Johns, and never marry for a home. Be independent; CHOOSE SOME VOCATION ; be workers—self supporting. Pay no at tention to all this talk about being good housekeepers, nor be afraid to say that you do not understand it, if such is the case. Walk in the plain path of duty if it be di rectly through the valley of Humiliation ; do not shrink; light will come by and by— a change for the better; or, mayhap, the work considered a burden may anon prove a source of deli2ht. If housework be the duty nearest to you, do it by all means; but if you are permit ted a choice, and talents and inclination lead you into an entirely different path, do not hesitate, nor bury your gifts in a nap kin, in order to fit yourselves far the possi ble contingency of being elected house wives for John. Make the most of your selves ; do right in the sight of God ; be fully pursnaded in your own minds; and each of you is A POWER IN YOURSELF. You are now bearing many self imposed buialens, which help to defeat your plans for usefulness. Remove from your heads some of the numberless superfluities that have long wearied them; be content to wear shoes with but a reasonable amount of heel ; if you wish to walk on stilts, do not in any way have them attached to your ordinary dress; and, aboveall things, abol ish—or, if that. be impossible, at least loos en—the corset, so that you can breathe freely; do this and you can think and work with ease,—rise higher and higher in the vocation yon have chosen, and never fear but the place you seek will be yours when you are prepared for it. God made you girls to be FREE ARP HAPPY, aye, as free as the fresh, wild wind, that wanders where it will, now through the deep, dark forest, where grow the ferns and lily-bells, and anon over the fields of bright-blossoming clover, blessing and cheering all in its way,—a typeof full un fettered joyousness. Do not be tempted to marry a John, who will deprive you of this freedom,— one who will wish you to sink your indi viduality into his own narrow-mindedness. Remember, a life of cheerful, self reliant effort is far better than to be an unappre ciated, neglected wife, and, if it be your lot to mate with one of the nobler type of men, you are the better fitted, by previous years of self sustained endeavor, to stand by his side in life's conflict.—Mrs. 0. E. Snyder, in Chicago Tribune, Failures in Business The man who has never failed in busi ness cannot possibly know whether be is honest or not, cannot possibly know wheth er he has any "grit" in him, or is worth a button. It is the loan who fails, and then rises, who is really great in his way. Peter Cooper failed in making hats, failed as a cabinet maker, locomotive buil der and grocer ; but as often as he failed he "tried and tried again," until he could stand upon his feet alone, and then crown ed his victory by "riving a million dollars to help the poor boys in times to come. Patrick Henry failed at everything he undertook, until he made himself the or ator of his age and nation. The founder of the Herald kept on fail ing and sinking money for ten years, and then made one of the most profitable news papers on earth. Stephen A. Douglass made dinner tables, bed steads and bureaus for many long years before he made himself a giant on the floor of Congress. Abraham Lincoln failed to make both ends meet by chopping wood, failed to earn his salt in the galey-slave life of a Mississippi flat boatman ; he had not even wit enough to run a grocery, and yet he made himself the grandest character of the nineteenth century. Gen. Grant failed at everything except smoking cigars; he learned to tan hides, but could not sell leather enough to purch ase a pair of breeches ; a dozen years ago he "brought up" on top of a wood pile, teaming it to town fcr forty dollars a mouth, and yet he is one of the great sol diers of the age, and is now the honored head of a great nation. . The lesson for every youngman is this: As long as you have health and power to do, ahead; if you fail at one thing, try another, and a third—a dozen even. Look at the spider : nineteen times it tried to throw its web to a place of attachment, and on the twentieth it succeeded. The young man who has the "gift of continu ance" is the one whose foot will some day stand on high ground, and will be able to breast the angry waters of human engage ment.—Journal of Health. NO. 10. Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly Adam was the first trader. He sold us all for an apple. The New York Arcadian is about to give up the ghost. There are several very angry people in the State of Massachusetts. Disreli is getting bis new broom ready for a clean Conservative sweep. The Third National Prison Reform Con gress will meet at St. Louis, May 13. Love me, love my dog. The Virginia Legislature has refused to impose a dog tax. The Ohio saloon keepers are crying out with one voice—Di-o Lewis. But Lewis won't di-o. A South Carolina legislator has intro duced "a bill to rejoice the bounding . debt of the Stait." Lucifer matches were taxed last year $1,500,0130. The report does not give the tax on matrimonial matches. The New York Graphic wants the Cen tennial celebration in that city by having a grand explosion of the Hell Gate rocks. Mark Twain's jumping frog may take a back seat. At Wanpun, Wis., seven young females n cently bad a jumping match. And now a ring among the claimants for the Geneva award has been discovered, and a Congressional investigation is threat ened. College commencements are not very far off, and poor bat brilliant students are ma king wages writing theses for the rich but stupid. Departed greatness. A bill is before Congress to change the name of the propel ler Wm. M. Tweed, of Buffalo, to one less notorious. The late conference of the four Latin money nations at Paris resulted in defer ing the proposed introduction of a single gold standard. The attendance on the Methodist Sun day schools throughout the world is set down at more than three millions. A pretty large army . Tupper is said to bear his pension and the comments it has called forth with re markable equanimity. But then his phil osophy is proverbial. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is making arrangements to build car shops, a round-house, and other buildings at Vin cennes, Indiana. In the matter of self-interest and self development alone, it is of the utmost im portance to the South to take part unreser vedly in the Centennial. Everything has its compensations. In consequence of the financial hard winter, hundreds of marriages throughout the country have been postponed. The New York Legislature is striving to secure pure liquor for citizens of the Empire State, and for their visitors. It will not succeed. Rotgut will triumph. They are stirring up the corruptionists in the Minnesota Legislature, and hard stceies are told of prominent men in and from that State. Texas cattle drivers are busy gathering herds for an early drive. Cattle are in better condition than ever before at this season of the year. Wonder if Nellie Grant knows what her young man's name is. The- newspapers get it Sartoris, Sartorions, Saetoris and Saetoeiores. A New Orleans editor acknowledges a visit from the editor of the Louisiana Su gar Bowl. He doesn't state who famish ed the other ingredients. Many people, particularly young females, are becoming deranged in different parts of the country from the effects of religions excitement, consequent on the prevalent revivals. "Wor-nk "' exclaimed a North Carolin ian who was offered a job; "do you s'pose I'd wor-nk, mister, when coon tracks are as thick as grass blades ?" • This is what keeps the South poor. The President of Cornell University states that as a rule young women at-that institution average ten per cent. better on their papers than the young men, and seem to be quite as healthy. The latest horse disease is gradually dy ing out. The remedies used are washings and introductions of tar smoke, together with constant examinations of the stables and daily whitewashing. Much excitement prevails in one of the interior counties of Missouri, on account of the hideous cries of some wild animal which is said to be roaming the woods. Maybe it's the spirit of the lost cause. Many of the •North Carolina planters are said to have become demoralized, and now accept positions on railroads or in stores at from $4O to 850 per month, giv ing up their former occupations. Of the first issue of the new postal cards, printed by the German government for letter communication with the United States, the steamers that left Hamburg and Bremen last month carried seven thousand. Quite a formidable array of petitions are before Congress praying for an amend ment to the Constitution, providing for the election of United States Senators by the people. One of the bitterest ingredients in the Simmons pill, over which Boston is making so many wry faces just now, is the morti fying fact that the new collector isn't a "Harvard man." lowa raised more wheat in 1873 than any other State in the Union. She did the same thing 1872. The figures are 34,000,000 bushels in 1873, nud 32,000,- 000 bushels in 1872. Pease, the new Senator from Mississippi, has distinguished himself early, by offering a bill requiring the government to endow a female university and six normal schools in Mississippi ! These monarchs are not all useless. King Oscar, of Sweden, is the inventor of a fire escape apparatus. It was lately tried in Stockholm and proved a valuable in vention. It is reported that Jeff Davis has gone to Europe. The cause of his foreign trip was his quarrel with Foote. A Washing ton correspondent says : "It is reported that Jeff. said either he or Foote had to leave this continent." Foote was obsti nate, so Jeff. went. This country has no further use for him, and his flight to Europe will cause no regrets. • . .
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