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ABLIKHGD I II 18T.
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,orth Central Pennsylvania.
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OKOROK B. GOOPLANDKR,
. eEOKlsK IUOERTY,
PnMlwWi.
V G. R. BARRETT,
.ITORNET AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
' CLEARFIELD, PA.
kvlnr resigned hie Judee.hip, has resumed
I practice of the Uw In bis old office el Cloar
id, Pa. Will attend theeourti of JoflVrsen nd
Ik oountlel when apociolly retained in connection
Ith resident counsel. 1:14:78
j. T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention given to all legal business
uruited to hil oaro in ClrarOeld and adjoining
amies. Office on Slurket it., opposite Nauglos
(rolry Store, Clearfield, Pa. Jcl471
ILLUM i. WAUAra. FUU FIEI.BIKO.
WALLACE & FIELDING,
t ATTORN EY 8 - AT . LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Legal butineet of all kinde attended to
ith promptness and Ddollty. Office in resideoc.
I William A. Wallace. Janl:Tl
i A. W. WALTERS,
J ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1 Clearfield, Pa.
f. VtuOffiee In the Court IIonM.
decS-ly
f H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNET-AT-LAW,
11:1:71
Clearfield, Pa.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
f VOmet In tho Conrt lions., f jylleT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Offiea on Market St., over Joseph Showers'
Grocery ilore. Jan. 3,1871.
tnoa. i. a'cuLLouflU. wa. H. a'ctiLLOuon.
T. J. McCULLOUGH BROTHER,
5 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
r Clearfield, Pa.
Office oa Market street one door east of tbo Clear
Bold County Bank. 2:1:71
J. B. McENALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
t eLeftal businoes attended to promptly with
fidelity. Olios on Second street, above the Firet
National Bank. l;25;U-lypd
; ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
rVallareton, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
vAll legal business promptly attended to.
D. L. KREBS,
( Fueoessor to II. B. Swoope,
Law and Collection Office,
dtl,l'71 CLKARFIELD, PA.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office oa Second St., Clea-ed, Pa. novll,fto
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Eetate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office on Third street, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
S-Reepeotfully offers bie eerTlcea in selling
and buying land) in OlearOeld and adjoining
eountlei and with aa aiperienceof orer twenty
' years as a turreyor, flatten himself that ho een
fender eatUfaotlon. Feb. 18;3:tf,
J. J. LINGLE,
AITOKKEY -AT - LAW,
1:18 Osceola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
Attn PEALKB 1
iw Iog ami Lumber,
. CLEARFIELD, PA.
1 in Masonic Building, Room No. 1.
1:25:71
U. Orris. C. T. Alexander.
WIS &. ALEXANDER,
" AHTORNF.Y8 AT LA W,
' Hellelonte, Pa. sepl3,'66-y
VS. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY AT - LAW,
llellefniite. Pa.
act ice in CU arlldd and oil of the Courts of
k .Indicia district. Roal estate businc.s
vction of olahns made specialties. nl'7l
DR. T. J. BOYER,
rsiCIAN AND SURGEON,
lea on Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
e hours: 8 to 12 a. m , and 1 to 8 p. m
I. W. A. MEANS,
1ICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTIIKRSIIURO, I'A.
g professional oalls promptly. ang10'70
. H. KLINE, M. D.,
IICIAN k SURGEON,
TO located at Pennfleld, Pa., offers his
waional services to the people of tbet
grounding oountry. Ail cells promptly
oct. 13 If.
i. P. BURCHFIELD,
OB of the Slid RefliTjefitt Pennijlranla
t$, havinc returned from tho Army,
l pmreeiloDftt oorrlooi to thoottiieof
oidonaniy.
'(ioiia.l oalli promptly attenJod1 to,
leeond itreoi. formerly occupied by
opriflft-tf
;fferson litz,
ICIAN & SUilGBON
O located at Oiceola, Pa., offen fell
lifonat verrteei to the people of that
irronndtnn oountry.
oallt promptly attended to. Office
tee on Oartln ti,t formerly occupiod
to. IMay, lw iy
,
. PATH CAHIT
10WBUSH & CARET,
BOOKSELLERS,
i Book Manufacturors
AND STATIONERS,
larhrt VhllaHrlphla.
aner Flonr Parks and Rags, Foolscap,
.Note, Wrapping, CarUin and Wall
fcb21,70 lyj d
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GOODLAHDIR & HAQERTY, Publishers. .', ;' .' '""V--v". . PRINCIPLE,' NOT MEN. "'J , TZRMS-$2 por annum, in Advance.
VOL 46-WHOLE NO. 22C2. : . : CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1872 NEW SERIES-V0L. 13,N0. 12.
tTartts.
F. K. ARNOLD 4 Co,
BANKERS,
Lalherabarg. Clearfield county, Pa.
Money loaned at reasonable rates) exchange
bought and soldi deposits reooived, ana a gen.
earl banking business will be carried on at the
abore pleoo. :II:Tlitf
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
' " Juitioe of the Two ftnd Scrirvner,
Curwcuivlllc. P
VCoHecUQni mftde d montt promptly
.... ...... i. in 1
JAMES 0. BARRETT,
Justice of the Peace and Licensed Conroyaneer,
LuthersnurfC Clearfield Co.. Pa.
' jaay-Collectloaa A remittances promptly made,
and all kinds of legal instruments exoeuted on
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Justice of tbs Peace, Surveyor and Conreyanoor,
Lutheraburg, Pa.
All huilneis intru.ted to hiui will be promplly
attended to. Persons wishing to employ a Pur
veyor will do well to giva him a call, as he flatters
himiclf that he can render satisfaction. Heeds of
conveyance, articles ef agreement, and all legal
papers, promptly and neatly executed. marSOyp
HENRY RIBLING,
1IOUSH, SIGN A ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
Clearfield, Penn'a.
Tha frescoing and painting of churches and
other public buildings will reoelvo particular
attention, as well as the painting of carriage and
sleighs. Uilding aono in tne neairs. siyies. .
work warranted. Shop on Fourth street, formerly
occul)
led by E.qulre Shugart. ootl70
G H HALL
rRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
jriff-Panips always on hand and made to order
on short notioe. Pipes bored on rcasonanw terms.
All work warranted to render satisfaction, and
delivered If desired. my25:l ypd
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
Jy2.1 CLEAHFIEtD, PA. ti
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER SURVEYOR,
I.uthernburfc, Pa.
11IIB subscriber offers bis services to tho public
la the capacity of Scrivener and Surveyor.
All" calls for surveying promptly attended to, and
the making of drafts, deeds and other legal Instru
ments or writing, executed without delay, and
warranted to be oorreot or no charge. ol 2:70
SURVEYOR.
THE undersigned offers his services as a Sur
veyor, and may be found at bis residence, In
Lawrence town.hip. Letters will reach him di-
reefd to Clearfield, Pa,
may 7-tf. JAMES MITCIIELL.
J, A. BLATTENBERGER,
Claim and Collection Office.
OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Pa.
Jfat-Conveyanolng and all legal papers drawn
with aocuraoy and dispatch. DiafU on and pas
sage ticket! to and from any point in Europe
procured. "'"''
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RUE W fill,
Clearfield, Pa.
HAVING rented Mr. Kntrer urewery nr
bones by strict attention to holiness and
,. ,.r.lr.nf a sunerior article of BEER
to receive the patronago of all th old and many
new customers. Aug. 25, tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CaiAllAMTON, Pa.
Also, extensive manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kinds.
Mr-Orders solicited and all bills promptly
Ned. iJ"'
aao. AI.IIBT ananr ALinar-. w. ai-sear
W. ALBERT BROS.,
Manufacturers A extensive Dealers in
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, o.,
WOODLAND, runn a.
es-Orderi solicited. Bills tiled on short notioe
ana reasonable term..
Address Woodland P. O., Clearflold Co., Pa.
J025-ly " ALIIKHT m 1)11(18
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
ITrriirhvllle. Clearfield County. Pa.
Keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of
usually kept In a retail store, which will be sold,
lipv iiooaa. iiaruwara. uruoern-., ij'".
tor caen. as eneap aa eisewurro m tut wiw;.
Krenchvllle, June J, icoi-ij.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
V,Win execute lobe In his line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. erre.oi
J. K. BOTTORF'S
rilOTOURAm GALLERY
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
t-CROMOS MADE A BPECIALTV.-
NKOATIVRS made In cloudy as well as In
clear weather. Con.lantlv on hand a good
a.sorlment of FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES end
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frames, from any
styls of moulding, made to order. sprZS tr
E. A. & W. D. IRVIN,
MALISS IX
Real Estato, Square Timber, Logs
AND LUMTIER.
Office In new Corner Stor. building.
novlt'7l Corwsn.Tille, I'a.
A Notorious Fact I
T II EMU are more people troubled with Lung
Ilii-eanei In thie town than any other place o
lie elie tn the Mate, una or the great can mi or
thii ii, the uie of an impure art. el or Coal, largely
mixed with aulphur. Now, why not avoid all
thU, and preearra your Htm, by using only
llumpiirey'a eicnraien vnai tree trom an
imi.uritiei. Ordre lott at the itorce of Kuhard
Mimeop and .lamei 11. u ran am poni win rcorira
prompt attention.
ABRAHAM IH'MI'HHKY.
Clearfield, Nortwbar SO, IHTO-if.
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
aoisv roa
ilcVerlng's, Rtelnway's and Emerson'! Plane
smith's. Mason A llanlin's and Psloabet'i
Organs and Melodeons, and IJrov.r A
Dakar. Hewing Machines.
also r.soa.a or
Piano, Ouitar, Organ, Harmony and Vocal Mu
sic. No pupil taken for loss than nair a term,
ray Rooms neat door to First National Bank
Clearleld, May A, lHAV If.
M
tUAVd IIEY'I
RESTAURANT,
' Rccond Street,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
Alt-ays on hand, Fresh Oysters, Ioe Cream,
Candie., Nuts, CrackAa, Cakes, Cigars, Toliacoo,
Canned Fruila, Oranges, Lemons, and all kinds
of fruit in season.
wr-HILLIAKD ROOM on scennd oor.
jc31'71 D. MoOAUOUEVw
piE lEPUBLIC.
" CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY HOllNING. HARCII 10, 1873.
MANIFClT DESTINY,
r tucvAXP Br itoodibd.
Nothing m It waa of old.
Where oitlei etood tho eat tie browee ;
Weodi itrike their route tlirongb royal moahl)
The llsaitli baik In Cinear'e houie.
What Cheopt built the pyramid f
Whoio duet, if any, there U bid t "
If theee the matter raooa, fell.
Much more tho tribal whom they o'erthrow,
Fron whoaoa thoy oojio, e mmm oa aoll
Nor whither Tan in hod like tho dew.
The aamo doetruetion now, ae then. -
Makee obeolete theee outworn nan -
The red man. whom our hardy eirea
Found in poewBuion of the land;
Who built in wood hie wigwam flre,
And emoked hii niiie ; or bow In band.
Crept on the wild door, or the bear
Or tracked the panther to hie lair.
Who, crlm and hard of heart to boaet,
Daubed In hie war-paint, itole away
With twenty devlli Id hie breast,
To whore nil hated foemau lay i
Whom, if aleep be oould nut And.
And hie itrong armi in pinioni bind,
To burn blm at the dreadful itako
He would derote to euddoo death
Al Hidden ly hie aoalp would take, .
And mock tbo rattle in hie breath (
Then if pappooae and iqoaw he aaw,
Would mafMiore pnppooee and equaw!
Thcie bronse barbariani of the Peit,
Cut In the munlda of hell are fmei
Their world waa waotod; far and faat
We drove them toward the eottiog ius.
Ay and If future need eboutd bo,
We'll drown thorn In the weitorn aea !
With Iron neti we hold their trail ;
They And ue whereao'er they gd (
Though fierce tboy eannot make ni quail,
Nor matoh tha rifle with tho buw.
We'll give them graree.and let them try
The happy bunting gruunde on high t
MISSION OF THE PRESS.
From th. Now Jersey Meobanie.
Tho great political parties, iDto
which our peoplu are divided, find it
necessary to maintain one or more po
litical journal., in evory county to
rouse llioir adherent, to action and to
keep them odviecd in reference to lo
cal, tttute and national politics. The
potency of the press, us a politicul
agont, is fully recognized ; and with
the immense power which it wields, a
commensurate responsibility is neces
sarily assumed by those who conduct
it.
Upon most public measures the two
grout political parties of this country
ire uiviueu 111 opinion, ana me news
papers of each are thus constnnlly ar
rayed against each other. With too
many editors the fact that the party
to which they adhere has taken ono
side of question, Is sufficient to de
termine their position. Tboy seem to
regard themselves as Dound to sup
port the views taken by those whom
they rocogniro as party leaders, and
they voluntarily assume tha attitude
which a lawyer takes when ho accepts
a retainer. Tho conscquonco is that
publio measures nro not always dis
cussed with that honest freedom of
thought which should be the rulo in a
republic. Whut is demanded of the
partisan press of this country, is a
bold and manly discussion of all polit
ical questions, what is most neouod
by all who ongage in political contro
versy is loyalty to the truth, no mat
ter wbero the evidence may load or
what may bo the oH'eet upon party
organizations. ' The man who is not
ready and willing to follow truth be
yond the narrow limits of party, must
necessarily bo an unsafe political
counsellor, and such a ono can never
feel the proud consciousness of being
a pcrfoctly honost man.
A party strongly ontrenchod In pow
er may com mil many wrong acts with
impunity, even in a representative
government such as ours, if the news
papers which adhere to it aro servile
sunportors instoad of boing free and
bold censors. It is a great mistake
for the newsnnpor pross of any party
to hold a subservient position. Our
best friends aro thoso who tell us freely
of our faults, and tho best friend j any
political parly in this country could
have, would be a press sufficiently in
dependent to sound tbo nolo of alarm
when any improper measure waa pro
posed, and sufficiently honost to do
nonnce every form of corruption w lion
over and wherever It might appear.
Tho curso of our politios, and tho
most menacing enemy oi our govern
ment, is that blind, partisan bigotry
which is born of self inlorest. The
enemies of true and substantial reform
aro the men who four that thoir party
may suffer from the exposuro of this
or that corruption. Tho pross ought
to break all such shackles and rise to
a freer and nobler life; but it does not
do so. l'or years past, upon the ad
journmont of our state legislature, the
political nowspupers oi the Btule,
without respect to party, bavo com
mcntod sevcroly upon the general de
moralization ot members; and yot,
when the very worst mon of each
party have been renominated, voters
liavv uwuil urguu,Lv sn.ii.-n. w mv ui.-a.ui,
and to deposit their ballots without a
scratch upon them, ihus do base
men enlist party prejudice and party
organization in their defonse and sup
port, instoau ot being hold up lo public
I .1..! i ..11
uxeurmtoiifHiiu unveil irum puunc lUOj
as llicy deserve to be.
It nniBt not bo supposed that public
opinion in any party will rise above
iiie standard which Is sot by its press.
Had tho press done its whole duly in
the past, so many of the best mon in
ouch party would not bo found shrink
ing from uny entrance upon tho polit-
ioui arena, ui'progoniallvo govern
ment is based upon the assumption
that the poople will teloot of thoir
number the wisest and bost mon, and
have these dovole their services to the
publio weal; but our politics have
fullon inio suob evil disorder that few
of our best mon can bo induced to be
come candidates for oflloo. They will
not sloop to tho means which are
neoossary to secure a nomination
Umbo's aphorism that "society is a
conspiracy lor tbo success of tools and
knaves," can soon be trulliluiiy ap
plied to as, unless the nrovslont ten
dency to demoralization shall bo' Ar
rested. Bad and ineompotont moo
must be taught that they cannot ex-
poet tbo support of tbo journals of
their party of lor they have scoured
nominations by resort to vilo agencies
A few sharp examples will dispoao of
many ol tbose who seek office lor toe
purpoAo of making unlawful gains.
There are signs of an awakening in
mis respect.
In some of our large cities the mf n
agoment of political affuirs has so com
pletely fallen into the bandjr'Of tho
worst elements of society as i to xoiie
universal alarm. In others We see in
dications that the repulablo men of
both political parties nave determined
to assort their right to manage politi
cal affair. Kilt it is not in feities ulone
that reform is imperatively demanded.
The evils engojtiJ by av slavish adN
berence to party have spread like a
contagious disease all the eodn-try.-
lir -tW Taral districts there (s
need of a regeneration which can only
be brought about through the agoncy
of tho rural press. Thoro are county
rings as won as oity rings. The peo-
Jile know they have the power to of
bet a ohange, but they romain holp
less because tboy aro not taught bow
to uso thoir strength. A single news,
papor might bocompellod to pay dear
ly, in loss of subscribers, fur a thor
oughly honest expression of opinion
in roforonoe to the men and measures
of its party; but no such difficulty
wotild be encountorod if tho entire
political press should rise to a higher
plane of thought and aotion. T'Tioro
can bo no doubt about tho obligation
to do so. This is n matter which must
rest upon the conscience of every po
litical editor, and thore are fow'who
can fail to recognize tho dulios which
they owe to sooioty and to govern
ment.
If we are ever to have such a refor
mation in our political affairs as is
devoutly dosired by evory good citizen,
the impulse roust bo speeded by tho
owors of tho pross. EJitors of po
tical journals must eoa?o to bo mere
partizans; they must scorn to advo
cate any impropor mcasnro; they must
sternly rofuse to aid unfit candidates
in thoir eagor quest for office; they
must denounce all wrong-doing and
all corruption in their own party as
freely as in tho opposition; they must
demand economy in every department
of tho government, and they musl en
force the demand ; they must do all in
thoir power to cut up by tho roots
special legislation, which has become
such a prolific source of evil ; they
musl load tho woalthy and the work
ing classes to respect all tho demands
mudo upon them by society; they
muit induce the people to leavo thoir
counting-rooms, thoir farms, and thoir
workshops, to take part in primary
olections; and they must educate tho
massoB do to a Standard of political
sentiment so pure and to elevated,
that none but mon of ability and in
tegrity will daro to present themselves
as candidates for office. Men must be
taught that a nomination is not equiv
alent to an election, oven where ma
jorities are overwhelming. Dishonest
oltlciala all who trillu with publio
trust all who uso offico for personal
profit ratiier than for tho publio good
an wuo uiko illegal lees must bo
held up to publio guzo in their truo
character. Thoro musl bo no mincing
of terms, and things must bo called bv
there right names. Buckle, in his
work on tho "History of Civilization,"
says that tho "condition of progress is
the spirit of skepticism." The doubt
ers and growlers of an opposition press,
tho disturbers of publio peuco of mind,
ino men who scent our corruption and
expose official misconduct in ofuco,
irevont tbo continuance of abuses in
government, and canso all great pro
gressive steps to be made, it is doubt
less truo that unduo liconso is frequent
ly used in speaking of opponents, but
it is to be hoped that thero is not an
editor in tho wholo country who would
make an assault upon the character of
a pntlio man unless he believod it to
be required by a due consideration for
the publio good ; and it should bo kept
stoadily in mind that public good and
party good are not ulways synony
mous terms. Aa a general thing, ed
itors aro moro prone to praise than to
consuro individuals. If there is so mo-
times too much abuse of opponents,
there is also too much flattery of po
litical friends. When a villago Inwyor
is nominated for Congress, the village
newspaper exhausts the vocabulary of
adulation in sounding his praise. He
A roprcsontcd to bo all that is wise,
pure, cloquor.t and patriotic. J lie
newspapers of surrounding counties
take up the strain; and it often hap
pens that the hitherto obecuro indi
vidual Buddenly finds himself in pos
session of a reputation which bo Is
unable to sustain. Who is thoro that
cannot call to mind such inslancosf
Thero should bo a limit both to tho
nbuso of political oppononts and to tl o
nattory of personal inonds. In ti p
langtiago of Israel's wisest king, wl6
would have made a brilliant editor U
ho had lived in the days of newspa
pers, "Let us buy the truth and Bill
it not."
Thoro has boon A markod improve
ment in tho mnnnors of editors of lalO
years. Most of them rocognizo the
fuct that tho antecedents und poraon il
affairs of rivals can noithor add to n fr
detract from tho stronglh of an argu
ment, i hero is no reason why edit
ors should engage in personal a huso of
each olhor because they differ in pel
ltics. I hey ought rather to cultivaU)
the kindliest relations with each other.
Lut us hone that the dtv mnv soon
come when the last of the rival racxs
of Potts and Hlurrs may bo consigned
to oblivion, leaving nut a representa
tive behind them.
A nowspapor nood not bo a dally or
a largo sheet to acquire political innu
enco. In some respocls, the editors
of weekly journals bavo the advan
tage of those who writo fcr tho daily
press. '1 boy have moro time for ma
turing thought and perfecting their
artioloB. The rural press has booome
a power in the land ) but its influence
might bo greatly extended. It comes
moro immediately into contact with
tbo massea and rsfleots thoir opinions,
and the sentiments thna exproasod aro
Tieycr without thoir due weight in do-
tormiinnrr ipe action or parties, wbetn-
er in or out of power, Tbo editor of
a country nowspapor should rooks his
paper a live opponent of correct po
lilieal idoaa and a reliablo chronicle of
all important events; but be should
not givo up loo much of bis spaoe to
politics, even in tbo midst of healed
campaign. He should aim to make
bis paper a complete compendium of
general news, and by so doing bo will
stoadily increase the circulation and
the influence of bis paper and pot
money in his pockot. If a country
nowspapor is sickly and pays poorly,
as a general thing it is the publisher
who is to blame. The people aro rea-
'dy and willing to givo liberal support
'to newspapers which moot their wants.
V
"
11 an who aro niuicned to tlie Jldi
rial Association of tbo State should
determine to lift tho politios of this
Commonwealth to a higher and purer
puno 01 inougui anu action, anu suomu
sloalily adbore to such a resolve, thev
could soon remedy tho evils of wbicb
tbo people complain. No abuse could
stand before their combined assaults.
Dishonest and morconary politicians
would bo driven into that obscurity
front which they should nover have
boon permitted to emerge, and the
stains which hsve been imprintod upon
the iiir fame of our State would ail be
wiped out. Surely this is a consum
mation devoutly to bo wished for an
olijeit sufficiently noble to enlist the
sympathies and to arouse the bost en
ergies of overy political editor in tho
State. The mission of tbo press boing
thus legitimately ennobled, its prov
ince as a high reformatory agoncy
recognized, and its power and influ
ence both oourted and dreaded, it
would soon becoino not simply the
"partisan press," but the grand con
servator of morals, the fosterer of in
telligent thought and the unfailing ap
plianco in every social and virtuous
obligation. With such tendencies, it
would couse to bo tho more partisan
vehiole for ignoble purposes, and would
gloam and glow in the fullness of mor
al and intellectual light.
Death in the MineB.
The statistics furnished the Slato
Government by the Mine Inspectors
in the anthracite region are almost
complete for tho year 1871, and are of
a more than ordinarily intcrestirg
chnractor. Tho death rocord in these
statistics furnishos a most powerful
proof of the fuct that the Mino Venti
lation law is not enforced as it should
bo, or tho list of deaths fur 1871 would
not, and could not, be so great. Wo
present it here as nearly correct aa it
is obtainable at tho time :
Killed. Inj.red.
....... ft, Vl
61 S
I.aekawana.-
Wyoming IM.triot-
Northumberland County M.. 2u M
Dauphin CouotyHH S 14
Columbia Counly 1 2
Schuylkill County. 201 t3
TotaL... J71 SJ1
These unfortunate men left, on a
close csitmate, 220 widows, and be
tween 600 and 600 orphan children.
Wo havo watched the numerous acci
donls occurring in tbo several regions
of Luzerne county, and wo beliove
that we can mnlto a correct estimate
of tha nature of tho 110 deaths, and
filaco the responsibility where it bo
ongs. About one third of the whole
numkr of tho killed met thoir death
on account of the ncgloct of operators
to niko second openings to their
minci Another third wore killed by
the axplosion of gases, which would
have been averted if the law requiring
ovenf mine to bo examined by an ex
perienced miner with a safety lamp
bofo-6 the workmon enter had boon
com
thoi
lied with. About one bixth lost
lives through more nogllgonce,
in tt paying sufficient attention to
the hot of tho mines and olhorwiso,
whit tho remaining one sixth of tho
wink number wcro killed by unfore
seen Kind unnroiduhlo accidents. Wo
havrino doubt tliut very nourly tho
snmlslute ol tacts exist in tho other
rogitis, except in Columbia county.
It M really astonishing that in that
county moro than hulf a million of
tonsaf coal wtts mined and shipped,
n thi production of which only ono
life r)tt lest and two persons injured.
1 lie greatest proportion ol cusiiuiiios
to tlr amount of coal produced is, as
usui L in MciinyiKiu county, wnore ono
mnnhrns killed to every 50,000 tons of
coal Iproducod. Scranton Republican.
Mohammed Ali and the pple.
Mohammed Ali onco summoned a
council ol his olllcers and advisors to
deliborato on tho matter of an Impor
tant expedition. When they -came
together, be pointod to an applo which
lav on tho floor of tho divan. It had
been placed exactly on tho centre of
th largo carpet spread in mo nan do
foro thorn. "Now," suid ho, "wboevor
of you can, without placing bis foot
on the carpet whero it lies, roach and
give me the apple, ho shall command
the ex pod i lion ngaiust xvigid. une
after another triod in vain, sprawling
at full lonpth upon the carpet wun
their heels just beyond its cdn, and
stretching out their arms as fur as
poosiblo. Tbo distance, however, was
loo great, and tho apple romainod un
grasped. At lust tho adoptod brolhor
of Mnhnmmed Ali, the short, Btout
Ibrahim, who, from his shortness and
stoutness had less chance than any
ono olso, aroso, bowed to tho pacha,
and offered to execute too aiuicuii
potformanco. All laughed, fully ex
pecting that ho would make a ridicu
lous failure This laughter Boon, bow
ever, changed into admiration when
they suw Ibrahim quietly fold up tho
carpot until tho applo was fairly with
in his grasp, il was vno very iiimg
which was so easy to bo dono, if thoy
hud only thought of U. It waa like
Columbus muking the egg to stand
by breaking in ono end; or Alexander
solving the Uordinn knot by the sim
ple process of cutting it through..
Kuch a devico might not bo the best
way of ohoosing a goneral for a dim
"ult undertaking, but it was congonial
to the Oriental mind, and was a test
of that unexpected sort which somo-
timos bost brums out the Uot or readi
ness of men. It was characteristic of
Mohammed Ali, and tho penetrating
Quallltoa bv which he achieved bo
much.
mmmm,
. Tea T8. Boots and Shoes.
' The nurooroos members of Congress,
whether Democrats, Free Trader! or
Koronue Itefurmcrs, who cboso to play
jackal to the iron und woolen monop
olies, by voting for free coffee and toa,
and leaving duties ranging from 00 to
150 per cent, on iron and woolens,
will undoubtedly bavo to explain thoir
vote to thoir constituencies ; nor will
they find tho press backward in on
lightening the people that this meas
ure is injurious to their best interests.
It is tbo duty of members of Con
gress who make and voto tax laws to
be at least acquainted with the rudi
monts of the existing taxslion laws.
And pointing out the glaring absurdi
ty of prefrorrin free lea to free hides
and free lealhor, only convicts such
law makers cither of ignoranco or
class legislation ; in both or in cither
tho interest of the masses is betrayed.
In 1871, we itnportod and consumed
40,073,780 pounds of toa. The pres
ent duty of 15 cents per pound amounts
to 97,040,007, and relievos a family
consisting of 6 adults, providod they
uso por capita tho usual quantity of
tea, of a lux on 7 pounds of toa, or
$1.05 per annum. This is the full ex
tent of the relief to the family of 0
adults. 'ow, lot us turn to anotbor
picture. This family of six adults use
and consume $30 worth of boots and
shoes per annum. That is tho lowest
calculation ; and every family in tho
country will understand that wo do
not overrate the consumption of boots
and shoes. .Now, 245 manufacturers
of boots and shoes in Massachusetts
havo declurcd over thoir signatures
that if the duty on bides ancl leather
were removed, they would immedi
ately reduce the price of boots and
shoes 10 per cent. Lot us, tbon, see
how much the rovenuo would loso by
tho repeal of the hide und leather
duty, 'and the gain it would give to
consumers. In 1871, wo collected du
ties on
Hidi-s and skins tl,3J3,41fi
llend and sol. leather..- 401
Calfekiua leaned............ .,. I.JD.IU
Tanned skins... H 4M, liS
Patent leather . 1 8, 1 4
TotaL H, 1 113,0 19
Thus the loss to rovenuo would bo
about $3,183,000. Now for tho gain
to tho people The fumily consuming
$.'10 worth of boots and shoos, saving
thereon 10 per cont. would gain ex
actly 83. And this is no idle supposi
tion or theory, but a simple fact
vouched for by 245 master boot and
shoe manufuclurei-s. To sum up this
comparison, it stands as follows :
Loss to Gain to a family
Revenue. of six adults
IUlM.l f tW "' 7.n'.H.H 1 OS r
u.r.l r.lty on hide
and leather .3,133,011 .00 per annua
Now, when the gabbing member
doos present himself to his loving con
stituency, and says, Buliold, I have
mado yonr lea free, let him bo con
fuundod with the above simple table,
whorein ho can soe that he lias bo
trayed tho interest of hisconsliuency,
tho interest of rovenuo, and all to tho
interest of fell monopoly and class
legislation. Pictorial Taxpayer.
Marriage.
Men and women, and especially
young peoplo, do not know that it
takes years to marry completely two
hearts, evon of the most loving and
well sorted. But naturo allows no
sudden change Wo slopo vory grad
ually from tho cradle to tho summit
of fifo. Marriage is gradual, a frao
lion of us at a ti mo. A happy wed
lock Is a long foiling in lovo. 1 know
young porsons think love belongs only
to brown hair, and plump, round,
Crimson cheeks. So it docs fur its bo
ginning, just as Mt. Washington be
gins at Boston Bay. But tbo goldon
marringo is a part of lovo which the
bridul day knows nothing of. Youth
is the tnssel and silken flower of love,
ago is tho full corn, rino and solid in
the car. Beautiful is tho morning of
love with its prophetic crimson, violet,
purplo and gold, with its hopes of
duya that nro to como. lieuutilul also
is tho evening of lovo, with its glad
remembrances, and its rainbow side
turned toward bcuvon as well ns earth.
Young peoplo marry their opposite, in
temper and gonoritl character, and
such a marriage is commonly a good
match. They do it instinctively.
The young man does not say, "my
black oyes require lobo wed with blue
and my over vohomonoe requires to
be a liltlo moditied with somewhat ol
dullness and reserve." When tbeso
oppositos come together to bo wed,
they do not know it, but each thinks
tho other just like himsolf. Our peo
plo nover marry thoir opposito; thoy
marry their similars, and from calcu
lation. Each of theso two arrango-
ments is very proper. In their long
journey, theso young oppositcs will full
out by tho way a groat many limes,
and both got awny from tbo road ; uui
each will charm tha other back again;
and by and by tbey will be agrcod ns
to the place they will go nnd the road
thoy will go by, and booome recon
ciled. Tbo man will be nobler and
larger for being associated with so
much humanity unliko himsolf, and
alio will bo a noblor woman for hav
ing manhood boside her, that seeks to
correct bor deficiencies and supply
her with what sho lacks, if the diver
sity bo not too groat, and thero bo real
piety and love in their hearts to begin
with, the old bridegroom, having a
much shorter jnurney lo mako, must
assouiato himsolf with one like him
self. A perfect and completo mar
ringo is, perhaps, as rare ns perfect
porsonal beauty. Mon and women
aro married fractionally ; now a small
fraction, then a largo fraction. Very
few Are mnrriod totally, and they only,
I think, after tome furty or fifty years
of graduul approach and exporiinonl.
Such a lurgo and sweol fruit is a com
pleto marringo, that it needs a very
long summer to ripen, and thon a
long winter to inollow and soason in.
Hut a real happy marriage of love and
judgment, between a noble man and
woman, is one of the things so very
handsome, that if tho sun were, as the
Urook poets fa'blod, a god, ho might
stop tho world in ordor to fenst hie
eyes with such a spoctaolo. Theodore
The Evil of the Hour.
The New York Evening Mail puts
the case thus :
There is too much lying. On every
hand we meet with exaggeration,
equivocation, deception. We call it
lying, and every man or woman who
vuries ono jot from the strictest fact
and truth is indeed a liar.
The express-man agroes most sol
emnly to deliver a trunk for you at a
certain pluce by a certain hour. Ho
delivers it tho day after tho time
promised, and thus lies. The grocer
promises to send you the best tea in
the market, lie takes the first his
hand lights upon without any care for
the quality, and ho dispatches it to
you without a twingo. lie is a liar.
Tbo printer promises to do your work
cheaper than it can bo done elsowhore
it town. Ho forgots his promise
charges you what ho pleases and lies.
lho tailor agrees to deliver a suit ol
clothes without fuil by six in the even
ing. You got them in the morning,
and the tailor is a liar. Tho dentist
pledges his word that your tocth as
filled by him will all bo right for a
dozen years. Tho filling comes out in
six months, and lho dentist lies. A
man over the way is in lho need of a
temporary loan. You lend him a
small sum, which ho promises by every
thing sacred to roturn ata given time.
He keeps it a month over time and is
a liar. An auctioneer tells you that a
cortuin picture is by a maslor arlifit,
whon be knows it was painted by a
fourth rato painter. He lies, and is
not worthy ot trust. A salesman lies
about bis goods. A boot maker lies
about your boots. Tho jeweler lies
about your watch. The gossippcr at
tho dinner table lolls exaggerated sto
ries to astonish the ladies, and is noth
ing less than a liar. The ilorint as
sures you that his flowers were picked
in tbo morning, when thoy are nearly
two days old. lho book publisher
advertises that his book is selling by
the tens of thousands when bo has not
sold a thousand. Ho is a liar and one
door from the murderer.
Everywhere, everywhere we hear
lying, lying, lying. Men and women
who would knock you down it you
cnllod them liars, lie every hour.
Deception. Canvassers lio about in
surance companies. IS to ko rs lie about
stocks. Editors lie about politics.
Exaggeration und misrepresentation
rule the hour and its curso.
Gentlemen ladies why cannot tho
truth be told always nnd ever f Why
all this deception and lying? Why so
much falsifying and cheating f In
tho name of all Ibut is true and good,
wo beg of you to
lo us you ngrco 1
a a
Josh Billings on Horns.
DINKEB HOB.1.
This is the oldest and most sakred
horn thero is. It iz set to musik and
playa "Homo, Swoet Homo," about
noon. It has bin listonod tow with
mor rapturous delito than even Graf
fula's gong. It will arrest a man und
bring bim quicker than a sheriffs
warrant. It kausos the donf to hoar,
and tho dumb to shout for joy. Glo
rious old instrument ! long may your
lungs lust t
RAM's HORN.
A spiral root, that omergos Buddon
ly from tho figure hod of the masku
line Bheep, and ram'fics until it reaches
tho tip end. Hams' horns aro always
a suro sign of battle. They nro nsed
tow butt with, but without cny ros
pekt to persons. Tbey will attack a
stun wall or a dcakon of an establish
ed church. A story is told ov old
doakon Fletcher, of Konncktikutt
Stale, who was digging post holos in
a ram pasture on bis farm, and tho
inoshum ov bix body was looked upon
by tho old ram who fed in the lot asa
banter for a fight.
' Without arrnngoing enny torms for
the fight, the rum went incontinently
for the deukon, and took him tho first
shot on the blind sido of hit body, just
about the mcridiun.
Tbo blow transposed tho doakon
sum eighteen feet with hocls-ovcr-hcad
moshun.
Exhasporatcd tow a point nt least
ton foot beyond onduranco, thodenkon
jumped up nnd skrcoincd his whole
voio j u d d old cuss I
and then, all at once remembering
that ho waz a good, pius deukon, he
sppologlzod by saying "lhal iz, if I
may bo ullowed tho exprosshun."
Tho doakon hnz mi entire simpalhy
for tho remarks mado tew tho ram.
WI1ISKT HORN.
This horn varye In length, from
throo to six inches ia the favorite size.
It Iz different from other horns, bo
ing ov a fluid natur.
It iz roally moro pngnnshus than
the ram horn; six inches ov it will
knock a man perfectly culm.
Wbon it knocks a man down it holds
bim tharo.
It is cither tho principal or tho seek
ond in most of all the iniquity that is
traveling around.
It makes brutes ov mon, demons of
wimmon, and vagrants of children.
It has drawn moro toars, broken
moro licnrts and bliled more hopes
than all tho other agoncys of lho dovil
put together.
A blunderlnif compositor, in setlinc
up tho tonls "Woman, without bor,
mnn would be s savaTO." rot tho mine-
n i c - ',,
ttiation in tho wrong place, which
made it rend, "woman, without nor
man, would bo a savagno." Tho mis
lako was not discovered until tho cdi
tor's wilo undertook to read tho proof.
rnr.cociTY. "What would you do
if tnaninin should die ?" askod a lady
with whom we havo lho honor of un
intimate acqituinlanoo, of a liltlo throe
year old girl that we wouldn't lake a
hundred dulhirs for. "Well, mnmma,"
wasjiho melancholy roponso,"I 'sposo
1 should have to spunk myself 1"
Brantomo thus enumerates lho qual
ities of female boanty : "Throe whito
attractions, the skin, tooth and eye
lids; three rod, lho lips', chooks, and
nails , throe long, tho body, hair, and
bands; thrfo short, the tooth, ears,
and feet; and three broad, tho chest,
forehead, and spaco between lho eyes."
Fashionable Sorrow.
Whon BadnosB and sorrow drape tho
heart, outward forms and show pj.
grief sink into Insignificance Lifo's
brightest pictures ought not to be
shadowed in black crape, fur nt best
tbo afflicted ace little enough of light
or hope through tear blind eyes. '
The more cheerful the surroundings,
of tbo sorrowing, tbo belter to rouso
the stricken spirit from brooding upon,
its grief and loneliness.
Only the protended mourner cares
lo fluunt his or ior weeds of hq
fore tho world. A widow who said
sho was so thankful io protect her
griof with tho deepest mourning dross,
attended places of amusement in twq
weeks after her husband died com
menced her first flirtation whilo her
husband was wasting away on bis
death bed and six weeks afterwards
danced at the anniversary of her sis
ter's wedding duy I So much for tbq
sincerity of her dosire to shield, ho;
sulf from tho frivolities of life's pleaa.
ures. The truth was, she thought
black crape becoming and fasbionablo,
and tho most interesting way to an
nounce tbo fuct that she was again in
market. Black clothes havo coased
to bo a sac rod symbol of grief and af
fliction. A widow's wreath and vai
are considered so stylish that tboy
have bocn and aro worn by designing
women as Cupid's most Buccesslut
weapons in niuking "conquests."
However, tbero are many true honrtcbf
women, who cling to the cxplodod idea
of woaring black out of respect to tho
departed ; who wear deep mourning a
stated longth of timo, and thon gradu
ally lay it aside. Tbo longth of timo,
for wearing crape varies in different
loculilios. In this country a widow
takes tho black vail for two ycars
subject lo boing oxebanged foru white
one, with orange blossoms, which ex
change frequently occurs before the
expiration of the iwo years.
Ab light begins to dawn on thedoep
gloom of her dress, tho mourner may
bo considered convalescent. First
comes a whilo flower or ribbon ; noxt
purplo or lavender, and finally, tho
whole ordcul is past, und there is a
blossoming out in nuturo's beautiful
tints tho colors of tho sky and flowers,!
Wearing mourning is a barbarous
custom, which should be discouraged,
by all scnsiblo people
If it in a lokon of respect to the
doad, what a marked disrespect ever
to lay it off, thus announcing that yon
bsve furgotton your grief, and aro
ready to enter upon tho enjoyraonts,
of lilo like other people. " '",
Every one has a right lo do as they
ploase. Some enjoy shutting them
selves up like nuns or monks, becausq
bereft of tbo earthly companionship
of a relative or cherished companion ;
whilo others accept those crumbsTjf
comfort and enjoyment ibeir bruiseu).
spirits aro in tlio state to recoive
Either way affects not the deported.
We all owo a duty to tho living,
and have no right to darken a bright
day for another, because unhappy our
eolves. Elm Orlou.
Mean Christians,
Dr. Prime, editor of tho New York
Oliserver, we beliove is not given to
lolling fibs, but ho got off a pretty
tough yarn a few weeks ago. lie of
fered through the Observer a reward
of Fifty Dollars for an nuthentio case
families, "meaner than the one whore
a minister's wife was invited to visit
ono week among the peoplo, and that
week's bourd was deducted from his
salary !" A number of persons iii
communications to that paper, have
laid claim to the reward (none from
this region, of course,) bringing to
light "sgblimer" cases of mcanpess,
Ono casa is this: A benevolent) bo
cieiy employed a hard working mis
sionary for $400 per annum, out of
which ho bad to pay house rent and
support his fumily. He hirod a bum
ble coltago with a small, poor garden
attached. By hard ivorli during odd
hours, tho good man coaxed bis litllo
lot to produce a few vegetables. Tbe
Bov. Secretary of the society happen
ed along when the vegetables wore at
. I . ' IT-- . I . J
lueir prune, no pruevcuou to inven
tor tbom, and arrived at tbo conclu
sion that they were worth $18. This
amount tho Society deducted trom tbe
$100 salary! Another. At a dona
tion, tbo articles wore markod at their
highest market value, and the total
amount deducted from the salary!
Ono package of-pepper was marked
"2 cts." and that also deducted. If
old Split Foot doesn't pepper tho eyes
of such "donors," it will only be be
cause his frionds have donated all tlip.
pepper. Anothor: At a donation two
funs wcro sent in, valued at 5 conts
each, nnd doducled from tho minister's
salary. Tho donors mado a mistake
in parting with the fans ; they will
have uso Tor tbom lbomclvcs, ono of,
these days, or would have if Ihey were
not fire proof. Ono more : A stranger
presented a clorgymun with five dol
lurs. The vestry heard of it, and do
ducled it from his salary. Olhor
rases of meanness nro given by Dr.
Piimo, but those will answer.
Tho investigation tn tho McCIuro
Gray contest has revealed the faot
that the ring election officers counted
only ono third of McClure's volos for
him, nnd tho other two thirds thoy
counled for Gray. Suob. is the fruit
of the infamous registy law and Kadi
cul corruption.
A young lady, about to be married.
Insisted on hnvinu a oeilain olerirvmsn
to perform tho ceremony, saying:
"lie always throws so innch icsnng
into tho thing; and 1 wouldn't gire
fig to be married unless it can bo done,
iii a style of gushing rhapsody 1"
Mrs. Sarah J. Halo is stillin hor
84th year, nt work on The Laity's
Rook, with which sho bns boen asso
ciated during half of her life.
"Name tho longost day in tho year,"
said a toucher to a young hopeful of
fivosummoin. "Sunday!" responded
tbe liltlo man.
If, says Idimcnnuis, enrnost convio
tions woro not obstructed by organ
ized facts, the world would go to piocos
in a month.
A just and reasonable modesty docs
not only rccommond eloquence, but
sets off every great talent which a
man can bo possessed of.
Two Chicngonns, unaccustomed to
worship, debated with the soxton ns to
whothor tbey would sit in tho parquot
or balcony of a church.
October cannot be considered an up
right month, fur it is always found in
the fall of the year.
To all men, the best friend is virtuo;
the best compsnions nro high endonv
ors and honorable kvi.tiincnls.