THB "CLLlttFIELD REPl'BLICAX," nauiiisn n wapaKsnAT, it C.OODI.ANDUR IIAGERTY, , ; CI-BARFtKbD, PA. 'f. l.BTAItLlftlir.U IS lfT. The l.iri.'ml (li dilation ttfiuiy Newapaper hi Surlh Central Pcuuavlvanla. Torms of Subscription. If pain III .rinn, or tiilliln S monthl.... " I! iii.l uitor J end itoforo 6 nientlie 1 11 If after lln ilrllcn cl 6 uiontlif... 3 CM EiUS ol Advertialag. Tmnilnl edverllaeraonti, porrquaro uf lOllneaor leae. II tlinel or lea.. 11 3U M 1 50 2 50 1 50 I 00 ( 00 10 F,r eaetr etibaeqiienl ineerllon A jTuinietratnri' and Rxecutcri' notices..., Atiilitnn' notice ..... rJ!l"Hi and Ultra?" lliaaulutlon notions i Profeeeional Cardi, 5 linn or leia.l your Looal notices, per lino YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. I equar.... t SS I i column $23 00 1 Iqtierel 1 00 I 1 column.. 4ft 00 I equarea .-.-....".SO 00 1 column .., 60 00 Job Work. lll.ANKH. ' dingle qalre......$ (0 I S qulrei, nr. qulre,$l 75 'I quirt!, pr, quire, I 00 Ora I, nr quire, 1 (0 HANDBILLS, i ihMt,15 or loas,?l 00 I ihoct,25 or loae,$5 00 i ekoet, 15 or lost, 00 1 ihect, JJ or lo,10 00 Over 15 of each of above at proportionate ratee. GEOROB B. GOOPLANDER, UnUKUK iiAUKKl V, VtiMtartor. J -1 (Saras. mm . a'ayaur. . oAxiei. w. n'cvanr. . MoENALLY & McCIJRDY, ATTO UN K YS-AT-L A W, Clearfield, P. lap-Legal tmeinoii attended to promptly with fidelity. Office OB Second itreet, above 0 Firat National Bonk. V:U:U wrjwm . wau.hi. aj riai.niao. WALLACE & FIELOING, AT'FOKK F.YS - AT - LA W, Clearfield, ln. JneT-Logl bullncai of nil kinde attended to vith proaaptnciie end fidelity. OSiee In rceldenoe of Williim A. Wallace. Jnl:71 G. R. BARRETT, Attorney and Counselor at Law, c1.earfiei.b, pa. . rtaviag resl;ned hia Judglilfs tit ranmod th prutloo of tho law in hia old oftoe at Clear t'i, Pa. Will atund th eonrts of JeOVraon and Elk oonntloa whoa apaciallj rauinrd in connootion witk rnaidcat counacl. 2:14:71 T. H. MURRAY, ATTORNEY ASO COUNSELOR AT LAW. Prompt attention given to all lr(al buaineal atruaud to bit earn In Cloarfleld and adjoining mantiw. OBoo oa Market at., oppoilto Kaule'i Jawelry Store, OlcarBeld, Pa. jeUTl A. W. WALTERS, ATTORSEV AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. V-0flloo In tho Court Hooio dec3-lj ' H. W. SMITH, ATTORN EY -A T-LAW, tl:l:7l Clearfield, Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offloa on Socond t'fc, Clearteld, Pa. nnTll.M ISRAEL TEST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. fJfOSet in the Conrt Uonao. Jyll.'t? JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW," Clearfield. Pa. flalaa oa Market 81., eer Joaeph Hbnwera' Oroeerj flora. Ja.5,l71, ito: i. n'ccLLovoa. wii. . aTccixouoit. X J. McCULL0UQ3 & BROTHER, ATTUKNKY8 AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. Offloa on Loonat atrool, nearly oppoiito tho rea idenot of Dr. R. V. Wilson. We hare in cur of lea one of Rieaeek A Ilro'a largest (Ire and bur Klar proof aalel, for the protection of hooka, dceda, and other valuable papera placed in our charge. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAY. And lieal Eitnte Ajrent, Clearfield, P. Offioa oa Third atreet, bet.Cherrj A Waluut. aWKeapectfully offera hia aorvlcaa In aelllng and buying landa in Oloarleld and adjoining eonatiee ! and with an experience ol ovartwontv ycara aa a anrrcyor, Oattori hiinaelf that ho ran tender aatlafaotion. Fob. 28:' 3 tr, J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, xn pKALin m Han Iogs and Iiiulcr, ClEARFIELD, pa. OBoo In Maionic Building, Room No. 1. 1:25:71 J. J. LINGLE, ATTOBNEV-AT - LAW, 1:11 areola, Clearfield Co., Pa :pd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Wallaeeton, Clearfield County, Penu'a. VtVAII legal boaineaa prompliy allended to. D. L. KR EBS, , Euooeaanrto II. B.Swoope, Law and Collection Office,. Pdtl.l'Jl CLEARFIELD, TA. John U. Orvli. C. T. Aloiandcr. ORVIS &. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEYS AT LA IK. Hellefoute, Pa. ieplS,'i-y I. S. BARNHART, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Jtnliefonte, ri. Will practice In Cl..ar?eld and all of tli.Courli of . 2Mb Judicial diatrlct. Real .rial, bualnea. ad collaetion of claim! made rpeclaltlel. nl 71 DR. T. J. BOYER, .PHYSICIAN AND 80 RQ EON, ' OBc. on Market Street, Clearneld. Ta. e-OOce honrii I to 11 ," t0 :tr. k. m. bcububkr, 1I0M030PATUIC PHYSICIAN, ' OSoe In Mnconlo Building, Ana.1 U, lta- Clearfield, Pa. DR. W. A. MEANS, rilYSICIAN & SURGEON LUTIIERSIICRQ, PA. Will attend profeaalonalcalla promptly. ang10'7 J. H. KLINE, M. D., FnYSICIAN It SURGEON, avrvn ln..l.d alPennflebl, Pa., ofTorl bll I 1 nttfeuianaxl ervipcs to the people of that plaoe an and iiirroonding country. Alloalla promptly attended to, DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD, late Surgeon of thi dad Regiment, PcnniylTanla Volunteera, having rctnrnad from tha Army, offera hia profeiiional lirvleel to tbeolUioni ef Clearteld county. aaa-Profetalonal call! prompliy attended to. fiBoe en Second treat, formerlyoeoupled by Dr. Woodl. aprl.'M-tf M COAUOIIEYA CO.' RESTAURANT, . , Saaond Slraet, CLEARFIELD, PfNN'A. Alwayt na band, Freah Oyalere, Ice Cream, Oaadiae. Rata. Craokera. Cakea. Claara, Tobaoeo, Oaaaed Frniti, Orangel, Lamoai, aad all kinda i mn in eaeoon. , - B1I,LIARD ROOM oa leeqad Deer. Atl Tl P. AtcSAVOUEY I pO. EARFIELD GOODLATOER & HAGERTY, Publisbers. VOL. 4G-WII0LE NO 2299. JEFFERSON LITZ, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, HAVINO looatad at Oioeola, Pa., offera hia profeiiional aorrtoaa to tho people of that place and ittrrounding oountry. tefvAll ealli promptly attended to. Offlo and reatdenoa on Curtin it, formorlj ooonpled hy Dr. Kllno. (May, U:ly. t. uot-i.owr.uBH a. davii carkt. ' H0LL0WBUSH & CARET, BOOKSELLERS, ' Blank Book Manufacturers, AND BTATIONERB, J1S .narKct St., M'hiladelphia. m,Papor Flour Saoke and Bage, Foolaeop, t.eU., Kule, W..IF-, 0..1..n w.n Pnpera. tente.Tu- iypu GEORGE C. KIRK, Juitloo of tho Peace, Surveyor and Conveyancer, LuthernburjO Pa. - , -All Inaiucaa lutruate-1 to him will he promptly attended to. l'creoul wiahing to employ a nur vcjor will do well to give him a call, aa he flnltera. litniaolf that hoean rtnder aati.faelion. Deeda of oonToyanoc, artioloa of ngrecmont, and all legal poperl, proaiptly and neatly executed. l25mar71 JAMES 0. BARRETT, Justioe of the Peace and Liconacd Conveyancer, I.utUenburK. Clearfield Co., ra. 1-Colloctlene A remUUnoci promptly made. and all kindi of leg.il instruraeute eiecuiea on abort notico. aya.TOtf DAVID REAMS, SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR, LulhCraburff. Pa. T1IK luhacriber offora hia aervlcoa to tho public in the opicily of Soritener and -Surveyor All oalli fur aurveylng promptly attended to, and the making of drafte, dec de anu oinor leR... meuU of writing, aveeulea wuoui ueinj. warranted to be corroct or no charge. ''' jTATriTTENBERQER, Claim and Collection OlTice, CSvKULA, CloarBcId Co., Pa. rConvyancing and all lrgal papora drawn .ifk and diaoalch. Diafta on and poe- aaze tirkelf to and from any point in Europe ,l.,r.d. oct6'70 l:u F. K. ARNOLD L Co., BANKERS, I.ulhcrsburg, Clearfield county, P. Money loantd at reasonable ratu; exchange bought and told; dcponlte received, and a gen earl banking buiiuoaa will be carried on at the above jlace. 4:11:7 1 :lf JOHN D.THOMPSON, Juitioe of tha Peaoa and Scrivener, CurwenaTille, Pa. o.Collectloni made and money proj;r''y paidTrar. f.hmitf E. A. & W. D. IRVIN, paAlina l Real EBtate, Square Timber, Logs AND LUMBER. Otneo to now novlSU , 01m kuLUliaC . CurwtniriUe, PaT er.o. ALDCaT aaaar ALianr... w. Ataaat W. ALBERT & BROS., Minufuotureri A extualo Dealera la Sawod Lumber, Square Timber, 4o., W O O D h A 1 , r n a . C-Ordori collclted. Billa filled on abort aotica auu ieiM.i.-.v -- - A, 1,1.... Woodland P. 0.. Clearteld Co. Pa. je25-ly W A.LBERT A BROS. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, Preuchvllle, Clearfield County, Pa. Keena oenslanlly on hand a full Msortment of Dry (ioodi, Hardware, Orooeriea, and everything uaually kept in a retail atore, which will be aold, for caah, aa aheap aa elaewhcre in the county. Fronchville, June 17, 1867-ly. THO MASH. FORCEE, BIALXa IB GENERAL MERCHANDISE, f;HAHAMTt)Sf, Pa. Alio extenflvc mannfaetnrerand dealer In Square Timber and Sawed Loinberof all kinda. jr-Orderi wllclted and ell billa promptly tlftd. JW!L. CHARLES SCHAFER, I,AGKR BEER RUEWKR, Clearfield, P. HAVINO rented Mr. Entrea' Ilrewcry be bopea by atrict altontion to hueineaa and the manufacture of a aupcrlor article of JIEEK to receive the palronago of all tha old and many new euatomere. ' J. K. BOTTORF'S PIIOTOORAl'U GALLERY, Market Street, Clearfield, Ta. -CROM03 MADB A tPEClALTY.-ift NEGATIVES made In clondy aa will aa la clear weather. Conatanlly oa bond a good amrtment of FRAMES, (STEREOSCOPES and STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frnraea, from any atyloof moulding, made to order. aprlg-tf JAMES CLEARY, EARBER & HAIR DRESSER, SECOND STREET, jy2.1 CI.BAHFIBI.D. F. ti o rTl R F rTI S A C KM A N. House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Penu'a. Yea. Will exeontelnbc In hia line promptly and . ... ...1 R7 In a workmanliae manner. H E N R Y R I B lT iN G, HOUSE. BION k ORNAMENTAL TAINTER Cleat field, Penu'a. Tha frraeninlf tod Diilnl'iLg of cliurtliei and nubile Luildinita will rceelve particular attention, ol well aa tte painting of earrlngei and aleighl. Olldina done in tne neaica. .iiv.. work warranted. Hbop on Fourth llreot, foranrly oecopled by Eaqulra snugart. " Q. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. jpcrPumpa alwayi on band and made to order abort notice, l'lpea bared on roaaonal.le tarma. on abort notice. All work warn .ii I. In render aaliaiaeiinn, nu delivered If dealred. my26:lypd IT L I II A n M All, h mm fit-r ltr T III nf 'irif I.UTIIKRSBLRO, PA. Aaent fur the A nerlean Double Turbine Water Wheel and AOflrewB neioeen neei. w nleh Portable U rlit Mill! ea abort notion, Jyl2 7 E. A. BIGLER &- CO.; DiAi.au IX SQUARE TIMBER, and manofaclarart of A 1,1. Kl!m F MWED LUMBER. CLKARFIKLD, PENN'A. TIOOtNAIv Dealer In all kind a of FURNITURE, . lierket Street, PS deer eaat Foil OBee, augirr CLKAT '1 , THE REPUBLICAN. CLKARFIKLD, Pa. . WEDNESDAY MOHNINO, DEC II, WM. UO AND IN. One blf of the world U wnnjinf vtt, ' Or od tha lino A-drjlug i That to tho Mvon dyi imirob iny gi ' - A wofkl portfylng. A moke goti up Uirougli all tho air And ditui fti luucucr glorjr I Liko tbttt which doth the tomeoU Wr Of touli Id f urgAiorr Vainly to ihuo tho Ui wo took , In fMoonoo for our lioning. One day ti forfeit from the wook To tua-lui o at ran hf Innlnr. , ' ' For golhering itaiui m od we go Type of our ibomo tvud lorruw Wbito robot we wore but ytitorday, Are in the eudi to-morrow. Ah, life without, and life within In nniioD ooaiuting; , t Bii dyi contracting toil and ila, One, washing and repenting I O world, oaoe swept with awful flood From agee of pollution 1 O nationt, cl vented with fire and blood Id day of absolution. 3d ay God absolve ua all at lait, Of all be loving heedful, And place na whore, earth's porgiug past, No washing is nwadful t The License Question. The Pennsylvania Legislature last winter passed an Act prescribing that onto cvory three years tho citizens of the viirious counliusslioult voto upon the question of license or no license. Tho first voto upon tliis question talics pluee in this county on the 27lli of December. The question will bo an exciting one, and ono that will briupr out tho lull vote of both friend and foe. For tho convenience of oar readers we give tbo Act in full : An Art to permit the volen of thla Common wi alth to vote evrry three yean, on theqneatioa nf grantiug lioenae to aell intoxicating liquora. Seo. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of liemaeniativa of the Commonwealth of I'cnnsylcania in Gen eral Assembly met, and it it hereby en acted by the authority of the tame. That on tho third Friday in March, ono thousand cihl hundred and bov-only-three, .in every city and county in this Commonwealth, and at the annual municipal elections every third year thereafter, in evory such city und county, it khu.Il be tho duty of tho inspectors and judges of elections in the cities and counties, to reccivo tickets, cither written or printed, from tho legal votes of said cities and counties; labelled on tho outside,, li cense," und on tho inside,, "for liconso," aa Jiaauial tioonan,"- And to dunosil said tickets in a box provided for that nurnoso bv said inspectors and Judges, as Is required by law in tho caso of othor tickets roccived nt said election; and the tickets so recoived shall bo counted, and a return of tho same mado to the dork ot the conn ol qunrtcr sessions of tho po ico of the proper county, duly cortihod as is re quired by law) which eertificuto shall be laid before the judge of the said court, al the first meeting of Said court after said election shall bo held, and shall be filed wilh tho other rec ords of said court; and it shall bo the utv of tho mayors ot cities anu sher d's of counties or any otbor officer, whose duly it may bo to' perform such service,, to give due puuuo nouoo 01 such special election ahovo provided lor, three weclis previous 10 ine vinie of holding tho sume, and also three weeks boloro such election every tnira ear tlioroafter. Provided, Ihat this act shall not be construed to repeal or affect any special law prohibiting tho salo ot intoxicating liquor, or prouiu iting tho granting of liconso; JVo- tdetl, Hint when ttio municipal ana township elections in any county or itv do not occur on tho third r nuiiy in 'March, tho election lirovidod for in this section shall be hold on the day fixed for the municipal elections in said county : And provided further, That all liccnsos granted after tho flrat du? of January, ono thousand eight hundred and soventy-threo shall ccaso, dctermino anu necomo void on i tho lirst day ot April, ono llioutana eight hundred and sevonty-tbrey if the district for which they shall be granted dolorniincs against the grant ing of liconse; and tho troasuror of tho proper county shall then retuna, to the bolder of such licenso, the mon eys so paid therefor, for which the said treasurer shall be entitled 10 credit in his accounts witb tho Com monwealth. Sec. 2. That in recoivtngandcount rl'. and in molting returns of the votes cost, tho inspectors and iudgos, and clerks of said olection, shall be govcrnod by tho laws of this Com- monwcallu roguiuting gonernt elec tions: and all the penalties of said election laws are horeby extended to, and shall apply to the voters, inspec tors, judges and clerks, voting nt and in attendance upon tho olectious hold undor lbs provision ol tins acu Sec 8. Whoncvcr, oy vno ruiuma nf ninntiong In anv city or county nforosnid, it shnll appear that thoro Is a mninrilv Bo-ainst licenso. it shall not he awful for any court or boaru 01 licenso commissioners to Issuo any liconso for tho salo of spirituous, via ous, malt or othor intoxicating liquors, or anv admixture thcroof, In said city or county, at any lime thoroaitor, until at an eiocvion as auove pruviuuu a maioritv shall vote in favor of li cause ! Provided, That nothing con tained In tho provisions of this act nlinll nrevent the issue of liccnsos to druggists, lor the sale of liquora for mlii'innl and manufacturing pur poses. IT ll.lilA.ll a.i.uiv, Speaker of the llnuac of RepreaenUtlvei. eiAmas a. xvuijin, Pneaker of the Senate. Annnnvrn The twenty-seventh day of Maroh, Anno Domino one thousand eight hundred and sevcntx-two. . . Joua W. Gear. Spinks Dover used to have any tnlnd of his own, but since be bus beon mar: riod hia wife has given bim so many piepes ot ber's that be now has a very roipociaojo moniaj eoaowmenv. PRINCIPLES CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNISDAY, DECEMBER 11, The AesthetioB of Murder. Tho only writer who has troated of murder in an appreciative ' modorn spirit, by which wo rucun the spirit now manifest in American juries, was calturod essayist born eighty-six years ago who regnrded it as a fine art. some people thought bim ucart- o.ss and villainous, and tbo best of pcoplo thought him ironical, but had ho writton bis celebrated cassny on "Murder as a Fino Art" in 1872 he would have boon considered a philoso pher. Murder is no longer debatable as a matter of fact, but as a matter of form. Tho cumulative verdicts of American juries compel us to criticise murder, If we criticise a statue, or a. olclore.- an oratorlo-or n pm. - We may speak ol the "design, r tho "group ing," the "light and shade," the "po etry and sentiment," but we may no longer donounce the act as hideous or heinous perse. Tbo days whon the husbands of Dacian . wives and the sons of Tbracian mothers were butch orod to make a Roman holiday are passed, but modern civilisation has only enlarged tho amphitheater fur murder, and thrown ovor it the pro tection and eanction or law, as exhib ited ill the sacred right of trial by jury. Modorn butchery has reached a state of such colossal Miblimity and rcsthet- ical excollcnce, nndur tho tender train ing of modern juries, that it deserves to bo treated, us tha British essayist treated it, as one of tho line arts. Not long ago, a young man in Vir ginia was murdered for peeping into a parlor window ana reporting what lie saw lo the father of the girl, whose amours with a rival the too curious lovor could not tolerato. Tho mur derer was, of courno, acquitted. Men tion has been mudo In our columns of tho fact that a man may not kits bis wife in publio, or bear truthful wit ness figninst his nolghbor, or ttike measures to resloro his gum shoes to thoir wonted place in the borne of bis mistress, nor a woman roluFe to marry a barber and be spared, and still later it appears that a man may not domol- ish furniture and live. J o show bow popular murder is bocoming it is only necossary to stale that nearly thirty practitioners in tho murder profession uro in tho JNow aork "lombs await ing the formalities that attend an ac. quiltul by an American jury. Ros enzweig, who killod a girl and packed her in a trunk and attempted to ship bcr West, having grown weary ot in carceration at Sing Sing, is about to have a new trial and go free. The same hour that brings us the news of the murder of tho breaker of furniture in Circlovilld conveys tho intulligonuo that a jury in Sidney, in twenty min utes, returns a verdict of "Not guilty", iu the caac ol a mnn popuiariyToudV: cd to bo guilty of a murder as improp. cr and unartistio as any known since' tho invention of tbo art by Cain socio years ago. Since it is hopeless to appeal lo juries for the suppression of murder, which is oertainly wrong ana ougni to bo suppressed, an appeal should be made to the lu6to ol those woo prnc- lico murder that some limitation at least may be thrown around it. A dis tinguished critio in murder has re stricted its subject to throe classes. The person to be murdered should be a "good man," be should "not bo a publio character, and bo should be "in (rood health." Into the philoso phy of Hub classilicuion ana limita tion we can not enter, but it would gratify many peoplo who have con sidoruble unfinished earthly business lo know that there is a lino of do. markalion somowhero beyond which the murderers may be persuaded not to pass. The authority to which we have appealed maintains by way of corollary and illustration that no tni lor above twenty-five, who la then sure to bo dyspeptic, ahoulu bo Included in tho lint ol victims which good taste would sanction, and that tho subject ought to have a family of young chil dreta wholly dependent on his exer tions for support, by way of deepen. ing the pathos. If these restrictions could bo enforced the majority of our countrymen would oxporiunco a sense of socurity to which they have long beon a stranger. A very important question next arises as to what persons are entitled to practice muraor. i nai iui r worn and rich mon aro, ipso facto, abund antly authorised to engage lu the pro fession of murder, has beon settled in our Courts ovor and ovor again. Wo have named several othor classes ol peoplo equally ontitlod to undertako una caning, uui somo limit muni oo fixed. The good of the community would seem to demand that minor be deprived of this privilogo, aa thoy rs o' .1 ! .1... . iP " .... Ol oiner civil riguin, lur, n a vumj man onco "indulgos himsolt in murtor, vory soon he comes lo think liltltjof robbing, and from robbing he coins noxt to drinking and Sabbath-brik-ing, and from that lo incivility ajhd procrastination. ' 11 some sucu i mi tation Is not established, many a un horenftor will date his ruin from "sfo murder or other that perhaps bo thought little of at the time," so ctsy is it to follow the downward putl. We bcliovettial harlots and disroptla bla people generally should bo de barred irom tne privileges ot munor, but tbo juries are not like-mindod vith us, and as the rending ot a newspipvr Is A disqualification for an Amor can juror, our viowa are not likolv to cm to the nonce oi me great uuiwar our social and political fabric Bill tho work to bo dona by tbo lovois oi a long lifo and natural doath (thrucn doath by muraor is now almost "nutural" as that by old age) h to make the profession of murder nore exclusive, and to limit, as far as poesi blo, the clusses of subiocts, until srnti mont will tolerate.and American jurors csuse, tho finding of murdorers gullLy of murdor. Cincinnati Unquirrr. Pnttstown is again agitating the subject of a new county, oompotod of parte of Montgomery, Uhestor anu Berks, with 1'oltslown aa the county scat. . . .. Why was Robinson Crusoe unable to get op an oyster stew f Because he Ratjn't lbs skill l required,. DIDO 1MJJ.II NOT MEN. i 4 Eliding of a Remarkable Lawsuit. ; A very romarkable lawsuit, which las been fop some time ponding in the on rts of Kentucky und Indiana, was Irought to a termination' a day or two igo by the agreometit of the parties to lie suit to a compromise. Somo yoars ago a German gentle nan named GustsvusSchurman resid d in Louisville. He was tho posses or of a considoruble amount of prop erty, lived in eood style, drove fine torses, sportedf a footman in livery, aid cluirnod to be a barman nobleman. Is was married to a German young Lay, had a young and interesting nraily, and to all appearances wus pivjuperoqs and happy But as In so tnaiey-tamilles," thoro was A gnost in this one, the secret of whose oxislenee did not come to light until the death of the principal actor in this little social drama. Gustavus was a resident of All-la Chapcllo, little city 'mi Rhenish Prus sia, pursued the business of cloth man, ulacturer, and was what might be considered well off, bis real and per sonal estate being worth about S100.- 000. lie loved, or thought ho loved, a' lady named Amelia Ebcrhardine tioll, daughter of one of tho royal counselors, and in 1845 he proposed marriage, wus accepted, and tho mar riage ceremony was performed in that year. An ante nuptial contract was entorod into between the two, accord ing to the code Napoleon, which was 10 force nt Aix-lu-(hapcllo, by which in case of the death of the husband before the wife, she became entitled to one-eighth in fee simple of his en liro estate, and one fourth of tho es tate during her hie lime, besides hav ing a community of interest in all ac quisitions to the common fund after marriago, which community or Inter tst would entitle her to one halt. ' Tho two lived happily together for some time, or oppurcntly so. The life of tho wife, however, was soon rendorcd wretched by the discovery that another bad supplanted her. in her husband's affections. This how- ,'cvor, was not exactly the caso ; It was she in reality; who had taken tho place which nature bad asigned lo another. Schnrman had in his employ a numbor ot factory girls, ono or whom, Lather tine Bengels was possessed of more than ordinary beauty, ibelmpres- liblo young bachelor, was smitten Vith hor beauty, but the inexorable laws of society governing the littlo Rhenish province In which be hvod held over bim a terror of proscription whiob prevented bim from doing that which his heart prompted, lie loved Catherine liengols and his love was returned, but be married Araolia E. d'oll, who brought to him a proud name ana - f for the crime which churman had committed against bis nature ho was anjnly punished. 11 IS I married life was unhappy ,whilo his love for the lowly Catharine Bon gels became mnro intense, now tbnt it was Impossible tor them to be legal ly united. Thoy met clandestinely, and the intercourse coming to the kiowledge of the unhappy wife, she ocenmo uepreoseu ucyonu mensure, up braided her husband with his porfidy, aid threatened divorce. " This render ed the husband dosperato, and, openly avfjvrlng his attachment, took t alhcr in Bengels into his domicile. Ho crming discontented with this condi tio ol things, Schnrman decided upon ontgrnting to America, and came to UK , country. He roturnod in 1S4'J, aid gathering together what proporty hr' could, dnpartcd in 1850 for the I nitod Stales, in compnny with Oath- ciine Uungels. Before his departure, hi wife, instituted suit tor divoi-oe On thoarrivalofSchurman in Amer ica bo proceeded to Louisville, where b) took up his rosidonoo, and sued for sdivoroe from his wifo Amelia, which vaa grantod when ho immediately narried the woman who had eloped vith bim. Gnstuvus Schurman purchased real e tlito in Indianapolis and Louisville, aid by bis tact and business man ago nent increased his wealth lo over a nillion of dollars. At the timo of his (l ath he had seven childron, two by hd first wife and five by his second viio. In making his will he left his Irtissian proporty to his two Gorman lulrtl nnd his American proporty to lis American heirs. Tho first wifo Amelia, learning of tie doath of her husband, obtained rrwscssion by legal process of tho ItjuBsian cstaA, and sued for her share, rf per innrriage contract, of tho de Moiidants' estate in Amcrion. Hor son, Gustavus F. Schurman, roprosont- ed hor with co-tor ot nttnrner, nnn mo ablest luwvors in tho city wcro em ployed to prosecute the caso. Tho pleadings were voluminous and as a vast amount of property wasinvolvod, great intorest was manifested in the result, ft appeared, however, that as tho case progressed tho plaintiff weuk ened soinowhat in enforcing hcrcluims. Being in a foreign country, and copies of proceedings in foreign courts being frequently rendered necessary as tes timony in the American courts, she became wearied and flnnlly ogreed to a compromise, in lieu of all claims, for the sum 01 ono nunarou inousaim ui Isrs. Tn Latest in Suicidb The Inlost in nnvnltv In suicides come from Clnvolnnd. O.. whore an individual hn hud drawn A blank in a loltory wont to his death after tho following nnimin nnd elaborate preparations: Ho first procured a loaded revolver and connoctcd it with clock-works, so that It should be Bred orr at a ccrinir lima Tin ihon pot Into bod, and alter placing the pistol bohlnd his car Innlr a Hose of chloroform. Undor the infliiAnra nflho nnrcotio he then went lo slecn. At tho given time the clock work Drossod ihe trigger, discharging tlm r.iml and launching the slumber or into eternity. This device is on aocoasioo to tho plain solf shootings and hangings of ordinary suicjuo, aim in Its mochanical merits scorns neater, if not quieter, than the guillotine. A man out West Is so bow-logged that, his tailor Is obliged lo use a oir- Irular saw in culling out his trowssrs. UBM1 1872. A Terrible Eiplosion. Twe Hundred and Fifty Poui.de of Nllra-OlyoerlM taelMoe el oreeoreee 1 we eeee mown iv n,. - Narrew Eeeape ef a Paeeanger Train A Seine ef Oaneral Oeetruetion. Tbo nltro-glycerino magazine of tho Roberts Torpedo Comany, somo ton yards from tho track of tho Allegheny Valley Kuilroua, about one-nan muo above Scrubgrass, exploded at 'half past nine o'clock Suturdsy morning. Tho men, Mr. R. A. Wright, familiar lr known as "Doc." Wright, tho Tor- podo Company's agent lor tne bctuo- ' ----- - . f :, r I grass aiHtrict, acenmpameu yy iur. Harry aoblo. (ho western union tele graph operator nt Scrubgrims, lea thai pluce csriy in tno morning in n sleigh to visit the magiiziuo. Tho uaiwonier wiMaMn eu ' em.. somo of the nito-glyccrino with which to fill some cases that Mr. Wright in tended exploding in wells that day. Tho facts of tho explosion, or by what mlfclinnco it occurred, can never be known till tho great day when all thirgs shall bo revealed. Tho last scon of tho men thoy wore in perfect health and spirits, and entoring tne sleigh they drovo gaily on their way to meet a sudden and awiui uonin. As they had taken a hatchet with them it may have beon possible that the explosion resulted from a careless attempt lo open one ol tne cans. The magazine, as has boen staled above, was situated ubnut one-half mile up the rivor from Scruhgrass, and ten yards from tho railroad track. The place was unfroquenlod, and lo cated with a view lo tbo safety of Iho neighborhood should an explosion oc cur. At the time of Ihe accident it contained eight tbirly-ftvo pound cans of the explosive agent, an amount sul. ficiont to sweep Oil City out of exis tence should it explode in one of the business streets. The shock was liko that of an earth quake accompanied by a sharp peal of thunder, ihe Oil City accommoda tion, due at Scruhgrass at 9.20, pulled out at 0.30, and had advanced about one hundred yards on its way when the terrific explosion occurred, snak ing the solid ground on sll sides. The concussion seemed to strike the wheels of the looomotive and cars, and for a moment to check its headway. The glass in tho windows wasshallorcd to fragments and the frightened passen gers were impressed wilh the belief that the boiler ot the locomotive nau blown up. It seemed as if old earth had concluded to go on a spree for a brief period, and chaos would rcsunio its sway. Tho concussion seemed to go diagonally across the river, and evidently followed tho oourae of the same fur somo distance.. The inmates of a houso nearly opposite were badly shaken up. Ihe bonne rocked as knnn-k In ft) yee.n nfa ffHirfnl hnrri cane, the clock wus thrown Irom tn stand, the crockery from the shelves. and the inmates rushed out In great terror to find the cause of the iinwont ed phenomenon, it was distinctly felt at Parker's Landing, and by a gentleman on horse back at the Alar tin farm six miles Irom that point. An Oil City gentleman, who was at the sands wells at tho limo, hoard the explosion distinctly. He states that it was so loud that the workmen thought a boiler had explodod neai1 al hand. A little boy standing near called out that it was thunder. This point is fully twenty miles from tho scene of disaster, and how terrilio tho oxplosion can readily be imagined. The ground whero Ihe magazine had stood was lorn up us by some oonvulsion of nature. Tho troos and bushes around wero shattered and divested of thoir limbs, and the tops of largs old troos wero twisted otf us they had boon mere twigs. Iho sight looked as if a whirlwind had cn- vclopod it and cxaustcd lis power lor harm. As soon as tho explosion occurred mon from Scruhgrass and the neigh borhood rushed for tho magazine. A terrible scene met their view, but with- out wailing to oxamino Iho silo, thoy proceeded to search lor the bodies ol Wright and Noble. They were liter ally blown to fragment, und only oc casionally could a bit of flesh, bono or clothing be found. Up to 1 o clock In tho afternoon the only romuins found would scarcely fill a cigar box. Jlits of clothing were found on tho trees and bushoe surrounding the cave on tho river bank used for Iho magazine, So complolo was tho work of the des troyer lb in nuppuseu inn uuuieie ani: blown into atoms which full in the rivor. At the timo Our reporter loll the spot the search was being carried on, but wilh no hopes of success. Oil City Derrick. "Goon Bite, Colonel !" Tbo too profuso uso of Iho title of "Colonel" elicits the following porlinont remarks of the Philadelphia Post: "To call a man a 'Colonel is lo convey tno idea thut ho is of a mild, ciock and benevo lent disposition. It is also an ovi- donco lhat he never was a soldier. For instance wo may recall somo ol the Colonels at Philadelphia. Ihere s Colonel Furnoy, Colonel McClure, Colonel McMiohaol, Colonel Scott, Colonel Mann, Colonol Fitzgerald, Colonel Phillips, Colonel Kitchen, Colonel Green and Colonel Frits. Of what regimont f And we might men lion many more gentlemon of high standing who hnvo novcr beon In lbs army.and can only bo called Colonel as a tribulo lo thoir antipathy to blood. If every Colonel was a soldier, the standing arn.y in Philadelphia would bo a monaco lo our liberlias. Their numbor is as great as it was in San Francisco, to which John Phwnix boro witnoss in the following slory : Tho steamboat was louvingthe wharf, and overybody was taking leave of friends all but PcbiiIx who had no friends to bid him fu.ro well. Ashamed of his loneliness, as the boat sheered off ho called in a loud voice, 'Good-bye Colonel I' and to bis great delight evory man on tho wharf took off. his bat and shouted 'Colonel, good-bye 1"' When isaphotbgraphloalbnm likean old fashioned china shop f When llis full of ugly mus. , n e i ! A woman who tells fortunes from teaoup ne4 not be a saucerosi. TERMS $2 per annum ju Advance.' NEW SERIES-V0L. 13, NO. 49. One of the Kings of Wall Street. A New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, gives tho fol- lowing account of ono ot tho Wall street brokers : Henry N. Smith is known through- Out the country as one of the most di'sporsto and successful operators in Wall st reel, it was lie who became so noted ut the black Friday time as tho head of tho firm of Smith. Uould li Martin : it was be who was in with Fisk in the bold operations ngainst the Krio Railroad, nnd it was ho who made a corner on greenbacks lust nter bv carrying live millions oi dollars on bis person nnd locking it up in the Tenth Notional Bunk, which Ills operation tmewHiie- etioj ntJ.a ol I Congressional inquiry. Smith came on to Washington and was examined. Ths committee did not got much com f irioiitof his answers. Tliey usked him if he had locked up five millions of dollars in greonbsoks. Frunkly said he had. They asked him why did it. Ho freely acknowledged that he did il to muko money by the operation, nnd wonted to know what (be committee intended to no nooui H. Without answering, tho members of tho commiltoo asked what right he had to lock ap lhat amount of money. Then ho got angry nnd told the in that it was none of thoir d d busi ness; that tho monoy was his own and bo could do with it as ho liked ; and it was about this time that the committee found that they had made a mistake. Smith collected about fifty dollnrs witness fees, and rolnrncd lo Now York, and that was tbo last of tho silly investigation. A gentle man who was also a witness beloro tho commiltoe said, subsequently, that Smith actually carried the 85,000,000 on hts person lor two days, - ine lining of his overcoat was filled with pockets, and into tlieso the money was stowed. Smith Is about iliirly-firoor tbirly- eighl years old, short of stature, slight ol frame and red ol litnr. i no inner he wears cut close, and his whiskers a Ja militairc. or mutton-chop, with moustache. His numo is not ilenry .f. nor Ilonry N. Smith, but Normun Honry Smith, llo is a nittivo of Tioga, Pa., a littlo village which is shut, in with charming grace irom mo outsido world bv a circle of liilla, which in full present such an oncliunt- ing amionraiico lhat it clings to one's memory forever. In this pretty littlo villago, ' this monster operator was born, and bore ha is called lo this usy plain Tom Smith, a nickname ho gol when a baby. Jt is nothing against Tom that ho spent his young days about as other village boys do, and it is nothing against him lhat be learned -L - l-rtA,n.lrii'e Ivnto prM .US4 Mil excellent workman. Il is said there Hint Tom Smith can make Ihe best "fine" boots uf any man in America. A love scrape, if 1 am correctly in formed, drovo him from his hummer and lap-stono, and took him to Buf falo a year or two bclbro the war Whilo thore he attended a courno of instruction in ono of tho "Business Colleges" which was so common then. From this he operated in Buflalo in a small ')"! B"i"S fi"11")' " Albany. He could not long remain in sucn a place, nnd ho turned his oyes toward Now Yoik. His career as a money-imikcr is without purullel in history, it would be idlo to ostimuto his wealth, for to day it might be twenty millions, und to-morrow ten. llo is called the suc cessor of Jim Fisk, but this is an in sult to him. Uu possesses the same reckless during, but ho brought to his experienco a keener and moro delib erate judgment and intelligence than 1'iBk had. Jlesides, no una none oi the "fust" qualities which Fisk pos sessed, He has no desiro to display his wealth ostentatiously ; ho docs hot caro lo build an opera house that ho may have the privilegu of the green room,'aud is not likely lo run a lino ol stenmer merely to show himsolf iu an admiral's uniform, nor to show himself at tho head of a regiment at the cost of thousands of dollars, llo lives as becomes a very wealthy man, and owns a number of tho best horses that money can buy merely for his own driving, lie has considerable money Invested in real estate in his Lgtive lown, where ho has provided handsomely for his rather and mother, O e Man '8 Age. Wofcssor Furady behoved iu Flou- rin's physiological theory lhat tho ai'o of man is ono hundred yoars Tho duration of lifo. ho snys, is lo be meusurod bv the timo of growth Whon onco tbo bones and epiphysis aro united, the body grows no moro, und itk is at twenty years ibis union is effected in man. In tho camel it takos place at eight, In tho horse at flro, In the lion atJ'nur, in tho dog nt two, in the rnhhit at ono. Tho naturul lerminution of life is tiro times that ol the doreiopmoni period. Man being twenty yours iu growing, lives nvo nines twenty yciuo, thnt is to say, ono hundrod yours ; tho csmol is eight year in growing, nnd lives forty years; tho horse is five yenrs in growing nnd lives twenty- live yenis, slid so on witu oiner ani mals. Tho mnn who does not dio from disenso lives from eighty lo a hundred yoars. l'rovldencc lias givon insn a century oi mo, mil no does not attain It beeaiiso ho Inherits disease, eats un- wholosome food, gives license to his psssions, end permits vexation to dis turb healthy equipoiso; bo does not din, ho kills himsolf. Lifo may bo divided Into two equal halves growth and doclino,nd these Into Infancy, youth, vility and age. Infancy extends to the twentieth year, youth to Ihe fiftieth bscanso it is during this period thnt the tissue becomes firm j virility from fifty to soveniy-flve, during which the organ Ism remains compiere; and at seventy-five old age commonooa, to last a long or Short time, as the diminution - n . . . a. nt reserved lorcoa is nnstnnuu or retarded,. ' ' : ' ' "',. .V i Of what nation are all stooklng mendora f Darnalion. Vio Woodhttll ahd her Bister Yeanier It Is probably not ponerally ttnowrr lhat the notorious Tennle C. Claflin onco made Willinmsport her homo. About ten or twelve yenrs sgo Tennio and another sister whoso name wo do not now romombor, together with their mother, domloilod In tho vicinity of Vourlb and Penn streets, and mado their wsy In tho world by clairvoy ance, forluno-tcliing and kindred ac complishments. Tho' Woodhnll at that time was living in the west, and the father, "Buck" (Jlafiin, though not formcrully separated trom his lamily, only visited tbom nccseiouully, and luavisits wereorioi.- ntuwmspnrt sun. In verification of, tho above, wo hoard a pnrly now resident horo re mark lhat ho had had his "fortuo" told by Tonnio w bile located as ubova stat ed. The father ol this notorious couple at ono timo resided in Clinton county (then Centre) at Beech Creek, about 18'iT, whoru he taught school, and tho wifo of our informant was one of his pupils. "Duck" Cltifl in, us he was fa miliarly culled, was considered a rigid disciplinarian and a pretty smart fel low, though somewhul erratic. IIo afterwards kopt u small country store at the tamo place. From thote ho moved toJlio mouth ot tho First Fork of tho Siiinctnuboning were ho urn) his brother Abner kept a tavern and and a small storo and dealt to a small extent in lumber. '"Buck"' was ate the timu asinglo man. llir afterwards itiaaiiad In ato viv.niir of Ulmmokin Dnni and subsequently morod lo tln Slate of Ohio. While resident hero our informant s pen lis oi Buck and Adner as clever fellows: nhrowd. vet standing fair wilh their aBsociutos, and Buck was ono of tho best rifle shot in the vallfly. . An ancedote is told of him about the manner in which bo got his spouse that indicates, if true, a cunning disposition. His dulcincn's old dad wa a respectable old squire. but a little "close. llo was opposed lo tho match, and Buck, was deter minedly iu favor of it. The old iiiiiu'h objection wcro mainly lo the poverty of his would-be son-in law. Wilh n fatherly care, he wanted to start Ins daughter out fairly provided for. Buck's part was to ovcrcomo thoso objections, and as ha hadn't the hard cash, ho bad to adopt a ruse to sur mount the dilliculty. it seems he bud on hand sjino counterfoil noies, tech nically culled "tho qurer." Just what Buck" was doing with this kind of money or where ho got it truditioli doth not sny. To bo churitahlo wo should suppose he borrowed it for thu occason. lo that as it may, the story runs that he filled a pocket with thi stuff nnd managed to hare himself fall into the river. Rescued from a wit cry grave, ho sonkedly presonled him self ut the house und alter telling ot' his narrow escape in n manner that would heighten tho drnttialio effect of his plan, ho proceeded lo empty his pockets of the soiled bank bills. Tho tamo worked like a charm ! Tho old dad's eye sparkled, n pntornnl stnilo lit up his usually stern features, and everything grew lovely for Buck. A man who carried no much money about him as this accident had shown Buck to have, was limply able to tako core of a wife, und paterfamilias gra ciously gavo his consent. And so Buck Claflin is said lo hnvo won hi wifo. It was a "queer" dodge, but his counterfeit passed current and got him the "dry goods !" It may bo lid ded liitil Vic nnd Tannic are now in iuil, in default of ,tHjt-tuil,nwai3--iiiir trim uu me cuargu ir nuoi, l-uii- tnincd in the lata publication in which a Honry Ward Ueucher't nnmo was made to p'ny an unenviiibly conspicu ous part. Clinton Democrat.' Laws Rkgi'Latiko MAKiiiAUK.-Edna Dean Proctor, in his highly interest ing article descriptive of Russia, and tho manners and customs of the peo ple of that country, In the November number of frribner's Al,iija;ine, ini parl tbo following intormuliou about marriago : ' . . "To remedy the evils resulting from too early marriages, the law now provides" that the brido must lie six teen and the bridegroom oightccn yenrsofnge. This luw is Supplement ed by tho apparently useless regula tion hul no man beyond eighty, or woman boyond sixty, can marry. Second and third niarringes must pay tho ponnlty of two nnd fivo yoars' absence from Holy Communion, nnd no orthodox Russian can contract fourth. Nor can ntsrringo tuke plnco . during Iho Church fasts, nor ut any time unless Iho parties having duly confessed and communicated during the previous year. Tho marriago of cousins is forbidden, and groal core is tuken as lo registers and ccrliuiules, so that bigamy is ulinosl impossible A secret niitrriugo is invalid ; and up to tho ngo of twenty -one, Iho timo of legnl majority, neither son nor daugh ter can marry without tho parents' consent, : i ' OiuciiN or Foolscap Paper. Tho term foolscap, to designate a certain kind of pnpor, nn doubt has puzzled many an inquirer. The origin Is not only amusing but historical. Charles 1, of Kngland, grunted numerous mo nopo'ics'for the support of the gov eminent. Among othors wcro tho manufacture of paper. Tho wntor mark ol tho finest sort was tho royal arms ot p.ngiuna. i no consumption of this nrticlo was great, and large fortunes were rondo by ihoso who had purchased tho exclusive right to vend it. This, among othor monopo lies, was sol asido by tho pnrlinmont thnt brought Charles 1. In Iho scaf fold ; and, by tho way of showing contempt for the King, they ordored the royal arms from tho paper, and a fool, wilh his osp and bells to be sub. slituled. It is now over two hundrod yenrs sinco His fool's cap was tukon from tho pnper, but still the paper of the siso which the rump parliament ordoroo1 for their journals, bears tho numo of the water mnrk placed thore as Indignity to Charles. False Hair. It scorns that moro false hair is worn than eier. A bald of human hair was lately stolon at the Hamburg railway station, des tined for England. Tho bale weighed 144 pounds, and the hairrnmo from a good many queer places, such as lu natic asylums, reformatories, penltoh' tiaries, and oven from heads that had fallen on the scaffold. Fancy wearing dependent from the back nf your head tho locks of a Frenob folon or a Gor man murdoror. - ' Tho following note, written to hor school-mate by a girl who had been abrent several days, Illustrates tho sweet simplicity of childhood i "Doar Susie 1 Shan't attend school again until I got some new cuffs, collars and jewelry dear Mamma agrees with mo that It is my dooty to lake ths shino out nf the Upstart Mamy Jones and I'll do it If 1 ncvcrlcnrn nothing "