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- TEAPROP.
I never pass an evening in the green
room Of a theatre without bringing away
something . 'worthy of being treasured. No
matter what character we act upon 'the
stage, here at least WO lay down the role
and appear in our own proper, characters.
It seems as if there were some necessity
imposed upon us, when behind the scenes,
to throw off all disguise, and exhibit the
true lights and shades of what we are and
have been. Not long ago I heard a little
story in tho green room of a theatre, in Par
is, which may •possess some interest for
readers beyond the circle who knew and
appreciated the narrator.
The conversation shared by authors, ac
tors and editors, had taken a metaphysical
turn, and some one was trying to prove
that our character and destiny were con
trolled entirely by our original constitution,
and that it was therefore impossible for us
to change.
"No man," said ho, "can ever be cured
of his vices or his evil passions. Who ev
er heard of a miser made generous ?"
"I have," said a deep voice at my side,
"I am a living' witness to the reality of a
change you have pronounced impossible;
I was once a miser I"
We all turned towards the speaker ; I
recognised him at once as ono of the most
successful dramatic writers of the day, and I
one whose liberality , was the theme of ev
ory tongue.
'And who performed this miracle?' in
quired the first speaker.
"Who! A tear shed by a child!" Hero
our attention \ increased, and we simultane
ously drew around the speaker.
'lt was in 1834," said he ; had just
given to the theatre of La Porte Saint Mar.
tin, a drama, which thus far has brought
me the most money, and (why should 1
not say it?) the most fame'as a dramatic
writer. I received by the same post two
letttrs from Marseilles. One was from the
manager of the theatre of that city, saying
that to secure the better performance, and
consequent success of my new piece, he
desired my personal aid at the rehersals.
The proprietors of the theatre left the sum
to be allowed for my counsel, time and ex
penses to be named by myself, but I must
certainly go, and immediately. The other
letter was in these words :
"The widow and child of your late
brother are in sickness and nearly dying
of want. A few hundred francs would
save their, lives, and your presence here
would restore them back to health.
(Signed) 4VICIOIL LAIIBAIiT, M. D.
"Isaid to you atfirst,and I do not shrink
from repeating it, (for I can now make the I
avowal without shame,) that I had the
flinty heart of the demon of avarice. The
physician's letter put me in a rage, and I
crushed and tore it in pieces--but the pro
posal from the manager required immediate
attention and I started the very next day for
Marseilles. My journey was ono longsum
in addition. I noted down to a centime
my expenses—l estimated the value of ev
ery hour of my time—l fixed upon the
sum to bo asked for my advice—each word
was weighed and had its price, and noth
ing was omitted by which 1 could swell up
the amount of my demands. My poor sis
ter-in-law, I thought of as little as possi
ble, and when her image, in poverty and
sickness, did force itself upon my memory,
I quickly banished it. Ohl it was vile in
me, it was infamous, for I had ;long ago
intentionally ill-treated, my poor kinswo-
man,.
"Years before the period in uestion, I
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had received a letter from my only broth
er, (a true-hearted sailor, now, alas! bu
ried in the ocean,) imforming me that he
was deeply in love with, and about to mar-1
ryohe daughter of tifisherman, who would
bring hita a valuable dowry, made up of
an' excellent' heart, afine person, eyes; of
tbe greatest he4uty, and an entire absenee
or ready money. To this letter I had re
plied as, follows :
"'You are ''n love, it appears, and you
mar foolish
would,girl who has the
t o t
rare merit o . ding poorer than yourself.
Be happy
. with your mermaid if you can,
bUt between ourselves you are going to do
a very foolish thing---if not too late, break
it off., Adieu !
' "This letter was' short but not sweet.
"My sister-in-law was a native of Nor
mandy, which implies, as we all know,
that:.she was extremely 'proud; and she was
besides, virtuous, resolute, and especially
headstrong. She never forgot this unfeel
ing letter, and at heart she nourished'a deep
seated contempt for the writer. When,
tberifore, her husband perished at sea,
when without support, without hope for the
Nur°, she found herself reduced tO pen
nry„, and 1 in sickness, she determined to
t3Uffer everything, even death itself, rather
than seal; My aid 7 -rand she might have
I tea without writing to ale--without par
deni, ma ---which certainly would have
Beri , vO,Y )leflOstronik not particularly
, • r pe;:tiod not at all, In a Christian-like
ipiiit--b0 Bhp was, not alone in her desti
ft(tien--She liad'a child, a , lovely little girl
*lin lay ;on the miserable bed, with her - ay.
ina:` int other, daily wasting ttwaY, and en.;
during theyaugs of hunger with the resig.,
nation 9f en angel: Notwithstanding all
hei-obstiritir, my siater-in•law loved her
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child with a mother's doting fondness,and
she soon saw that if she would save its
life,.an effort must be made to soften the
heart of the cruel brother. She made the
avowal to . her physician, a kind-hearted
.and charitable man, who hod already as
certained that poverty was the first disease
to be cured, and to this end he had con
tributed his small but innifficient aid, for
he was nearly as poor as his patient. The
physicians of the poor possess every talent
but that of getting paid for their services.
"It was this excellent man who took up
on himself the task of writing to me ; and,
on my arrival at Marseilles he was waiting
for me in the coach-office yard. As Iliad
not replied to his letter, ho had presumed
in the simplicity of his heart, that I would
of course come. Generous hearts are al
ways thus influenced; they judge for them
selves ad believe in goodness. He hast
ened to meet me, saying :
"'You have lost no time, my dear sir;
you foresaw that delay would be equiva
lent to a sentence of death. God will re
ward you for the good act.
"This unmerited praise was bitter, het
I had not the magnanimity to say it was
undeserved—and what man ever refused
to be flattered 1 What ass but would pass
for a lion 1
"My first visit, which I had determined
should be to the manager of the theatre,
was made to my sister-in law. I found her
in the miserable garret of a dilapidated
house, situated in a narrow street, with
not even a ray of sunshine to cheer her
IGnely hours. Near the bed, with its scan
ty covering, was a little girl—she had
large and lustrous.eyes, arched eyebrows
already finely formed ; her hair, profuse
in careless ringlets, so beautiful in child
hood, encircled regular features, full of in
telligence, and stamped with that serious
resignation which early suffering gives to
the countenance. Oh ! how sweet was that
child even then, and how eloquently her
' thin, pale check plead for her ! I gazed
upon her in silence--[ began to feel that
there is in childhood an irresistible attrac
tion, a fascination, which we feel end ac
knowledge, although our hearts may have
been for a life-time closed to every benev
olent or tender emotion. I longed to clasp
the dear child in my arms, but sordid av
arice
whispered if you suffer your heart to l ,
be touched with pity you are lost. I felt
that I should incur obligations which dur
ing my whole life I had studied to avoid.
1 should be compelled to relieve effectually
the accusing misery which surrounded me.
Like one who sees an abyss at his feet, I
recoiled at the thought. The benevolent
physician could not comprehend my de- ,
testable selfishness, and he believed my
strange demeanor the effect of pity. The
cold hesitation of a miser at the sight or ,
suffering he would avoid, would fly from, I
Ihe supposed the emotion of a softened
I heart. A melancholy smile irradiated his
features. Approaching me more closely,'
he pressed my hand in his with warmth,
and said :
"The sight of so much misery, I see,
affects you deeply. In our profession, it'
we would do our duty, we must become
but too familiar with, such scones; you,
however, are the only physician wanted
here—let us go nearer."
"We went closer to the bedside. I was
in a cold sweat, for shame was at work at
my heart, and my mean and sordid sub
trefuges tortured me.
"When my sister-in-law saw, me so near
her bed-side, she rose with difficulty and
sat up in the bed, leaning upon the physi
cian's arm. There was visible in her
countenance both pride and resignation ;
she would have commanded, but she did
not dare to command, and it was a painful
task to ask aid and protection from the on
ly person in the world she had despised.
She did not, therefore, descend to solicita
tion, but trembling with emotion she point
ed with her attenuated finger to her child,
saying in heart-breaking, tones, "My poor
child will soon be motherless I" This sim
ple but powerful appeal to my compassion
did not conquer my stubborn heart. I
carefully avoided looking at the child, for
fear of relenting, and said, as cooly as I
could, "Why do you forebode such mel
ancholy forebodings ? You are still young,
and in the care of a skilful physician—we
ought.neyer to despair." Any other hu
man being would have said, "Your broth
er is here ; he has come to wipe away
your tears, and to make'you forget his fer
nier unworthiness; rely upon him, for he
will be a. father to your child"—but Isaid
no such thing-4 had but one wish, to fly.
Oh ! ,worship .9f the golden calf, how
flinty-hearted, boVv infamous it makes us !
While thus Undecidefi in what manner to
effect the shameful . retreat I meditated, the
sweet child, .who had steadily fixed her
eyes upon. my. iron countenance, and upl
peered more surprised than abashed, Corn.
itig close to 'me,' took hold' of my hand,
pointed to the Toot of hdi motheed bed; and
in the most. touchirig accent, said
"'Sit down there, you are so tall.l can't
kiss you, if you don't take me in your
"I sat doWn, and she climbed 'up to , 'a
seat upon my knees. The Mother seeing
this, clasped her hands and raised her eyes
to Heaven,tut if in ;prayer Vor: myself
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felt that the decisive moment bad arrived,
and I cased my heart in triple steel.—
“What is this woman and' what is this child
to me? thought'!—"l am under no prom
ise to support them—they have no legal
claim upon me—they cannot oblige me to
feed them—my riches, so Ibng and so pa
tiently toiled for; are mine,yes mine alone;
the future is dark and uncertain ; to give
away a part even, would be foolish and
imprudent." In short, I gave myself all
the excellent reasons which the love of
hoarding can bring so triumphantly into!
the field of argument. My resolution once
taken, I resolved to be firm, and calling
to my aid a savage scowl, I looked stead
fastly in the face of the child. She, too,
looked in my face steadily and boldly, and
appeared considering in what way she
could break through the icy-rampart be•
hind which 1 was entrenched. At length,
throwing her little arms around my neck,
she said in her childish manner.
" Till you be my papa ? Oh I I will
love yoti,so. You look just like m dear
papa, sometimes he looked cross too ; but
he was see' good ; if he did look cross I
wasn't afraid--are you good, too?"
"I cannot desc:ibe to you the touching
effect of this artless appeal ; yet I faltered
not, but making a strong effort to retain
my stern and unyielding aspect, I rudely
unclasped her little arms from around my
neck, and without a word in reply, placed
her on her feet beside me. In an instant
she turned deadly, frightfully pale, then n
single tear rolled slowly down her marble
cheek, and fell, yet hot, upon my tremb
ling hand. A change, sudden and entire,
came over me—my greedy avarice, my
brutal conduct appeared before me in their
revolting deformity—l felt degraded in the
dust-1 no longer tried to struggle nein%
the principle of goodness implanted in us
all, I no longer reasoned, I felt, and giv
ing way to the happiness of being guided
by the heart alone, I placed my hand up
on the child's head, and in a fervid and
solemn, tone, exclaimed, "I call Heaven
to witness, that here, in thy mother's pres•
ence, I do swear to be to thee a father
and never daughter was more tenderly ' I
loved, than I will love thee, my child !"--
Oh ! I could wish you had seen the moth-1
er when she heard these words. Her eyes
appeared to gleam with light, her features
were rndient with joy, her breast heaved',
convulsively, and she tiled to speak, but'
there was no sound, not a word could she
utter. The physician was alarmed, and
we feared she would actually die of joy.
But joy seldom kills—she soon breathed
more freely, and tears came to her aid.—
Brother,' said she, "I have wronged von:"
she added much more which I would not
hear. I believe, (Heaven pardon me,)
she would have asked forgiveness for my
brutality towards her—it would have over
whelmed me with remorse. I interrupted
her thanks by saying, that in her feeble
state she ought to avoid the exertion of ,
talking. The physician who who= was of my
opinion, enjoined silence and quiet, and
after giving some directions, was about to
take leave of his patient, whin 1 called him
aside, and handing him my purse desired
him to take the necessary measures for
her immediate removal. I knew no per
son in Marseilles. and the worthy man
took upon himself the task of finding a
suitable residence : "Though," said he,"l
fear she will not need it long." "If but
fora few days," said I, "it will be one day
snatched from years of misery. That
very evening everything was accomplish
ed, and the next day found us in the occu
pancy of a small house, beautifully situa
ted in the midst of trees and flowers, and
near the sea-shore.
"There, during three months, I clung
to the hope that my sister-in-law might
regain her health, and for a time I had
good reason to indulge in the expectation.
Sho was ever calm and tranquil; she would
smile sweetly as I would forget my fifty
years, my grey hairs, and become a child' s
again, to please the being I had sworn to,
love and -cherish ; but alas! my hope was
not to be realized—her struggle with pov
erty and disease had been of too long du
ration ; the sources of life were exhausted,
and medical science, with the tenderest
care, could not avail. She well knew that
her life was drawing to its close and she
contemplated the melancholy certainty
with holy resignation. If she rarely spoke
of her approadhing end it, was to spare our
tears.
"The fatal hour arrived but too soon.
It was ow of those moonlit nights, so
beautiful• in that climate, when the mild
sea air
"That cocas the twilight of the sultry nit."
came gently into the room. Seated be
tween her dear child and myself she seem
ed to enjoy the freshness of the breeze,
when her hand convulsively grasped mine,
and I turned luickly towards her. Her
face was white as marble. Looking first
at the child and then at me, with calm se
renity in her countenance, she said, 4Your
kindness, dear brother, has made the close
of my life happy. I die without a pang,
for you will love my child." She ceased
speaking, and soon was no more. Shall
I avow it? Her death to me had nothing
°Oho terrible, of the appalling. In her
last words, ip hercalm Krenity,in the my
of hope brightening her -features as she
passed away, there was a mysterious, un
seen power, which seemed to say, Igo to
a hater world—it was not the eternal sleep
succeeding life's fitful fever, but the dawn
ing of a joyful day.
"From that hour my brother's child has
been mine, our joys and sorrows are in
termingled, and to her happiness I have
devoted my life. Her beauty and loveli
ness have increased from year to year.—
The joyous smile and the words of sweet
I welcome which ever await my return to my
I once lonely dwelling, are now more dear to
me than all the world beside.
Like the dew-drop which falls upon the
bud and expands the flower, that precious
TEAR has opened my heart to claims of
kindred, and of man upon his fellow man ;
and the flinty-hearted and grasping miser
of former days, is no longer the degraded
being who would have bartered his
very soul For a bag of gold."
From the Pht.edelphri Daily News .
Important Police operations—Breaking up of
A Counterfeit Note Manufactory.
For some time past a police expedition
of considerable moment has been in prep
aration by Mayor Gilpin and Mayor Guth
rie of Pittsburg, which was set on foot a
few days since,under the command of Capt.
Bennett of the City Police, and High Con
stable Hague of the Iron City. The offi
cers who necompanied them were Moser
and Bunting of the Mayor's Police. The
object of the expedition was the breaking
up of a notorious gang of counterfeiters,
located about fifteen miles from Danville,in
Montour county, who have doubtless made
most of the bad paper money with which
our State, Philadelphia particularly, has
of late years been flooded. The officers
reached Danville on Monday, about nine
o'clock, A. M., and thence set out on the
road leading to Money. When fifteen
miles from Danville they stopped at a ho
tel kept by Abraham Haws, well known
in that section of the State. it was but a
short distance from this that the manufac
tory was known to be situated, and a Dr.
Geltner, a son-in-law of Haws, was also
known to be the leading spirit of the gang.
The officers feigned to be sportsmen, and
after reposing themselves at the hotel start
ed out. Capt. Bennet and High Constable
Hague went directly to the house of Dr.'
Geltner, and found his wife at the door.—
She denied that the doctor was in, and was
observed to be making sighs to some per
sons that were invisible, They pushed CURIOUS BUT NOT AGREEABLE.
past her and went up stairs, where they I have no sympathy for machinery; the
found all the tools and implements for ex. action of machines of great power terrifies
tensive counterfeiting. On their way up me by its impossibility. There are some,
the unknown became apprised of their above all employed for beating out metals,
presence, and made their escape and fl ed ! which do so to an alarming extent. W hat
to the woods. A man was engaged at the I ever these may happen to seize between
time in pressing off "two's" on the Harris- 1 their iron teeth, once seized, the thing
burg Bank, the plate of which he carried' must pass through a hole more or less great,
off with him. The officers could have shot 1 towards which all fabrical substances are
him ns ho was escaping, but they wanted i conducted. Of whatever size the thing
to capture him alive if possible, and ran may be when it goes in, let it be a beam
out in pursuit. The fellow got off, and the jof the greatest size, it will come out stretch-
Captain and High Constable returned to' ed into a knitting needle of the greatest
the house, to secure what tools, notes, bank ' fineness. As for the machine, it merely
turns ; that is its business and duty, and it
paper, &c., had been left behind. While
thus engaged Dr. Geltner made his appear- ! matters not what the substance may be
ance outside and was seen by Morser,who i which it has to crush and draw out. You
had been placed upon the watch. Moser offer it an iron bar—the monster draws it
went up to speak to him but the Doctor ,to itself and devours it. If you don't take,
was shy, and started off. Morse followed your hand back quickly enough, the ma-1
and commanded him to stop, but he refus- chine pinches the end of your finger, and,
ed. A pistol was then fired to intimidate' all is over. You may cry,out, but if there
him, but he did not head it. The officer be no workmen present with a hatchet to
then fired tit him, and shot him in the ! cut off your wrist, after the finger comes
shoulder, The discharge of the pistols the hand,after the hand the arm, after the
brought the officers from the house, who 1 arm the head, after the head the body.—
seeing Geltner running threatened to fire Shrieks, oaths, prayers, nothing will avail
at him if he did not stop. He then gave you; the shortest plan for your friends or
himself up, remarking that if he had not i family is to look for you on the other side
have lof the machine. You went in a man, you
been wounded no
taken him. He w three men should
as then conveyed to the come out a wire—in five minutes you have
hotel of his father -in.law, where his wound grown two hundred (bet. It is curious but
was dressed and was afterwards removed not agreeable.—Pictures of Travels in the
to Danville and given into the custody of j South of Prance.
the Sheriff of Montour, and committed to I
prison 'in default of $3OOO bail. Captain
Bennett then gathered up the tools and im
plements, bank paper, &c., and brought
them to this city. The presses were left
in the hands of the prosecuting attorney of
Montour county. The Doctor is only 28
years of age, and is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Capt. Bennett
recovered a finely executed plate on the
Pittsburg Bank. It is hoped this don
props, gang is now broken up. Certainly
they will not be able to operate again in
this section .of country..
flower path is never that which
conducts us to glory. Difficulties and dan
gers to bo combated by perseverance; ar
duous enterprises to bo consummated by
valor and prudence; disappointment and
even defeat to be borne with patience and
resignation ; rosistenco to be overcome by
resolution and constancy, by firmness and
good conduct ; these are the obstacles that
belailhe,path to glory, these the qualifi
cations by`w.bleh they arir to-be surmount
ed, and througlillie j energetic exertion of
which we can alode hope to enter. his
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TILE MECHANIC. • A YANKEE ATTORNEY. , , ..
Sparks ye are, artizans of Earth, from "May it please, you gentlemen of the ju
the great anvil that six thousand years ago ry—the case is as clear as ice, and sharp
rang with the giant strokes of Tubal Cain. to the point as "No" from your sweetheart.
Sparks that will transmit their light The scripture saith, "Thou shalt not kill;
through all time, and gleam heavenward now if you hang my client, you transgress
from the shores of eternity the command as slick as grease, and as
The ants and bees build their little homes plump as a goose egg in a loafer's face:—
themselves—toil and labor in their portion, Gentlemen, murder is murder, whether
and what little creature is there of the committed by twelve jurymen or an hum
insect world that bears a better name ble individual like my client. Gentlemen,
among the care-loving sons of earth than Ido not deny the fact of my client having
they. killed a man ; but is that any reason why
Mankind is born to praise that in others you should do so 7 No such thing, gen
which they do not themselves practice, but tlemen. You may bring the prisoner in
practicing it themselves, they praise not , guilty"—the hangman may do his duty_;
others but their humble selves, a nd
7 so it but will that exonerate you I No such
is in regard to labor, they like to see Oth- thing. In that case you will be murderers.
ers work and toil for their daily bread, but Who among you is prepared for the brand
do not like to do it themselves, nor even of Cain to be stamped upon his brow to
have the praise of working for a living.— day ? who freemen—who in this land of
These are the drones—the dust that floats liberty and light? Gentlemen, I willpledge
upon the air of labor, and shifted by their my word not one of you has a bowie knife
own worthlessness from one place to an- or a pistol in his pocket. No, gentlemen,
other, until their gaudy glitter, borrowed your pockets are odoriferous with the per
from the reflection of their own wealth be- fume of cigar cases and tobacco. You can
comes the means whereby they are hurled smoke the tobacco of rectitude in the pipe
from existence—from memory itself. of peace and conscience, but hang my un-
And the artizan, does lie live' for the fortunate client, and the scaly alligators of
present or for the future 7 I remorse will gallop thro' the internal prin.
Or does Death, when he grasps him, pall ciples of animal vertebra; until the spinal
him forever from the recollection of the i vertebra) of your anatomical construction
living and leave but a blank place in the ; is turned into a railroad for the grim and
fireside circle for sorrow to occupy until . gory goblins - of dispair. Gentlemen, be
filled by another? I ware of committing
. murder! beware, I
The answer is plain, The mechanic say ! Remember the fate of the teen who
leaves his imprint upon the age in which ; attempted to steady the ark and tremble.
he lives, rind 'rime marks his history as a ~ Gentlemen, I abjure you by the manumit
guide for the future. A palace is draw n ted ghost temporal of sanctity to do no
upon paper, n mere pencil sketch. It is' , murder ! I abjure you by the name of wo :
passed to ihe mechanic. Weeks, months,! man , the main-spring of the time-piece of
perhaps years, roll by,and the pencil siruc- ; 'L'ime's theoretical transmigration to do no
tore of the brain becomes a reality, lifting 1 murder 1 I abjure you by the love you have
its marble walls and lofty towers to the 1 f or t h e esculent and condimental gusto of
sky, and from its domes the artizan looks, our native pumpkin to do no murder! I
down and then passes a filmy thought vague,' abjure you by the stars set in the flying
indistinct, yet massive in its conception, ensign of our emancipated country to do
and what is it 7 Ino murder I I abjure you by the Ameri-
That when those for whom it is built, can eagle, that whipped the universal game
those who live, love, and pass from life to cock of creation, and now sits roosting on
death within its halls, shall have been for- on the magnetic telegraph of Time's illus
gotten, he will be remembered, for his• trims transmigration, to do no murder !
name is carved upon its tablet. i
; And, lastly, gentlemen, if you ever expect
Yes, ho will be remembered, and the .to wear boots made of the free hide, of the
time will come, when labor, and labor , Rocky Mountains ; and to sum up the all,
alone, will be the guarantee of honesty, if You ever expect to be anything but a set.
virtue and greatness—labor, whether with of sneaking loafing, rascally, cut-throated,
the pen, plough, or at the smoking forge, branded small ends of hUmanity, whittled
is all the same.—Cin. Cin. down to indistinctibility—acquit my client
and save your country !" The prisoner
was acquitted.
The Latest Labor Saving Machine.
It is said that a Yankee has invented a
potato digging machine, which, drawn by
horses down the rows, dig the potatoes,
separates them from he dirt, and loads
them up into the cart, while the farmer
walks alongside, whistling "Hail Colum
bia!" with his hands in his pockets.
We do not know how true the above is
hut such a machine is hardly more won
derful than one which is noticed in this
week's New England Farmer. It is a ma
chine for picking stones, one of the most
laborious duties of the farmer. The ma
chine is described as a large cylinder on a
common axle and cart wheels, containing
tour rows of teeth or litters. Gearing on
the hubs of the wheels and on the
giVes the latter a rotary motion, when the
teeth pick up the stones and deposit them
in a box. When the box is full, the cyl
inder is raised and the load carried off and
upset as from a common cart. What shall
we have next 1.--.Bostow.Tournal.- :
ROW TO MANE lIENB jAY.*Tie a stout
string round their body, and luy the-bird
upon its side upon a board, and fasten the
string underneath. You, can then put a
pillow under its head if you wish. Hens
secured in this manner will lay for any de
sired length of time.--CaTet Bag.
Item 1 insertion, SO 60 A squares 9' months. 'VS 00
1 at 8 do 100 3 do 8 months.. 7 60.
FA* eabgrattgus do. lit 3 do 12 months. 100
1 uquaras 8 months, 260 1 boll colonial' mouths. 8 UO,
do ts months, 400 l do (10 d months. V tas
~ do 12 months, 7001 do d
do 12 22
9do 8 months, 400 I col 8 months. 800
do 6 months, 6601 do 6.d0 ' 19 00
do 12 months, hl 00 Ido 12 do ,00 00
A liberal reduotion Will be made to Dlerchants and others
who advertise by the year. ' ' ,
Oar paper elrealatrs in every neighborhood, and Is read by
nearly every loudly in the county—and thstelbre affords a
convenient and chew mines for the business men of our
county—the merchant. mechanic ,and all others—to extead.
the knowledge of their location and business We should
like to Insert "A Card" for every Mechanic, Merahalit, nod
Professional man to u p o n tummy. We have plenty tf room
without oncroachlng our reading columns, and no mon'
In a legitimate bustuesi will lose by advettising extensive y+
for. as a genrral rule, the more e.teneively a man ndvedises.
the granter will be hts profits.
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Books, Jobs and Blanks,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTED.IN THE VERY
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BEST STYLE, AND ON THE SHORTEST
NOTICE. AT THE OFFICE..OF THE
"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN..
Twis night j the stars were shrouded in
a veil of mist; a clouded canopy o'erhung •
the world ; the vivid lightning flashed and
shook their fiery darts upon the earth ; the
deep-toned thunder rolled along the vault
ed sky ; the elements were in wild com
motion ; the winds whistled ; the hail
stones fell like leaden balls; the huge un
dulations of the ocean dashed upon the
rock-bound shore ; and torrents leaped
from mountain tops, when a solitary indi
vidual looked out from his lurking place;
vengeance and desperation were stamped
upon his brow. The storm increased ; the
lightnings flashed with brighter glare; the
thunder growled with dreper tone; the
winds whistled with it wilder fury; the
confusion of the hour was congenial to his
soul and the stormy passions which raged
in his bosom: Fixed upon his firm resolve
he smote his breast and gnashed his teeth,
as if in defiance of the war of elements
around him. A sad smile of desperation
gathered on his lips—a mournful smile,
which came and went, and went and came
in unison with the flash of heaven's artille
ry which appeared and disappeared above
and !around him. At length he sprang
with a yell of triumph—yes, in that awful
night, when the elements seemed in con
vulsions, and when every other heart was
subdued by the awful grandeur of the
storm—Horace Greely went forth and—
spit upon the Whig platform.
Sandy Hill Herald.
CounAGE.—A friend of ours found the
following paragraph pinned to the linen of
n young lady's work basket. We have
seen it before, but it is worth reading
twice :
"There is nothing like courage in mis
fortune. Next to faith in God, and in his
over-ruling Providence, ti man's faith in
himself, is his, salvation. It is the secret
of all good luck so called. It makes man
strong as the pillared iron, or elastic as the
springing steel. It opens the gate to en
terprise and wealth. And while others
bow to chance and accident bow to him;
and he
,irMulds . them to his purpose and
harnesses them to the. cure of his fortune!!
f* -- "A good reputation is better than . - a
fine coat, in almost any kind of business,`.
except wooing a fashionable lady. ' • •
Otri should not think the man sound at
heart against whom - the world - has not
something to say:
,for, soma . ono' hlways
speaks ill against a good pafriet;re lover
of freedorn and an honorable man. •
fg;i - He who does his best, however little,
is always to be eistinguishod from 11411 Why
does nothing.
DESPERATION.