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Q. R. BARRETT,
ArrOBNIY AND COUN8ELOB AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Hating migned bit Jad(0hlp, baa reinmed
th praotioo of the law la bi. old office at Clear
l.ld, Pa. Will attend the eourta of Jefferton and
Elk wantlel when ipeoiall, retained la connection
aitb reaident eouniel. S:l:73
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention glren to all legal bn.inau
eatraited to bil eare in Clearleld and adjoining
eoiotiee. OBoe on Market it, oppoiito Nsn?l'
Jewelr, Store, Clearleld, Pa. jelt'Tl
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
t.0fflee In tbo Court Howe. deoS-1,
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7l riearflald. Pa.
WALTER TAR RETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OflM aa Seeoad St., Clearleld, Pa. taoTll,6
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTOBNKY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
a-0Bn la the Ooart Home, lijU.'d
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
ea oa Market St., arer Joi.pb Ebawera'
Orocerj .lore. Jaa.a.Utl.
taoi. 4. a ooLLovoa.
ii. a. ciiLiocoa.
T. J. MoCULLOUQH & BEOTHEB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Ofleo oa Loea.t itreet, nearly oppoiito tbo let
Id.noo of Dr. R. V. Wilton. We bare In oar of
tee one of Rieeecl A Bro'l largeit tra and br
glar proor ealea, for the proteetlon of book l, deodl,
and otber ralaable paperaplaoed in oar charge.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Eetate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Ofiee aa Third .treet, bet-Cherry A Walnnt.
M-Beipaetfall, offer, hit lerrleei la telliag
aad baytag laadt la Clearleld aad adjoining
eoantlet and with aa aiperienee of oeer twenty
yean aa a tarreyor, latteri klmnlf that bo eaa
riaaer tatltfaatioa. Pab. 8;3:tf,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL) ESTATE BROKER,
abb Sanaa I
Saw XaOgA and Iiumber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oflea la Katonie Bnlldlng, Room No. 1. 1:25:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTOBNEY-AT - LAW,
Ml Oeeeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. yrpd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Wallaretoa, Clearfield Couuty, Penn'a.
hm.AU legal baiiaou promptly attended to.
D. L. KREB 8, ,
Snoeei.or to H. B. Swoop,
Law and Collection Office,
rdtl,l'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
Jofca II. Orrla, C. T. Alexander.
0RVI8 & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
Bellefonte, Pa. iepll,'lt-,
J, 8. BARN HART,
ATTORVRY AT LAW,
Hellefbnte, Pa.
.Will nractlce Id Clearleld A ;!! 6f the Courii :.'
,'Ju Jith Judicial diitrieU Real aitata ba.lne.1
,ud oolltetioa of tlalmi made rpeelaltlel. al7l
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
X.-.rket rtrort, (north tide) Clearleld, Pa.!
,t-All legal bailneu promptly attended la
Jet. 2,S.
DR. T, J, BOYER,
PHYSICIAN Afc'D SO RQ EON,
Offloe on liarkH Street, CleaaCtCiH, Ta.
p&Otm boon i S to 11 a. m., and I to p. m.
J)
R. E. M. BCI1EURER,
noaiKOPATnic physicun,
Offloe la Haionlo Bolldlng,
April 11, 1871. Clearleld, Pa.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
pHY3ICIAN & SURGEON,
LCTUERSIJl RQ, PA. . ,
"ltltend profeaiional oalli promptly, aogl0'70
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
HAVINO looatad at Peanl.ld, Pa., ofen hit
pnf.Hional eerrloei W the poopla of that
iPuetudaarroaadlngtoantry. Alieallt promptly
iP- J P. BURCHFIELD,
tH Sirg.aa of the !M Reglatat , PeantylranU
""leg returned from Ue Army,
rTofoMioaal terrlcet to IbatiUiaat
ICl.arl.ld,,Bi,.
OS rr"0,"lnleelli promptly attenlel to.
Lr w . 8N,a4 formerlroeeapled by
i'V-"
JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPKniNTENUENT,
w , .' CH 'oue, Clearleld, Pa.
Isi .;'"!. YA 'Vfi af dwim V the LA'J
-a. too ,4II R1jaY of each month. 1
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GOODLANDEB & HAGERTY, Publishers.
VOL. 47-WH0LE NO 2311.
J. BSLLUWIUII ,
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E0LLOWBUSH & CABEI,
, BOOKSELLERS .
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS, .
SIS Market St fkilrndtlphlm.
B.Ppor Flour Suki aal Bagi. Foolioap,
Lotlor, Nolo, Wrapniac, Cartala aad Wall
P.aora. f.ha,t01ypd
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Jaitlea of Iho Poaoa, Sarrajor aad Ooarejaaeor,
Latbenaarr. Pa.
lllUilua lalraMM fa Ma Bill W romll
attoadoo to. Portoaa witbiDg to oaiploy a Sur
r.jor will do w.ll to giro him a call, ai bo latton
kiinMiribatkaoamroBdoraatUfutioa. Dordi of
oonTojraooa, artlolea of auroamoal, and all lotal
paperi, prompt), aad aoall, uooutod. tiimar7l
JAMES 0. BABEETT.
Jiutloo of tbo Poaea and Llooniod CooT.yao.r,
Luthenburg, Clearfield Co., Pa.
ar0n11iuifUiii A MmlltanAM aromntlT made.
aad all klndi of logal laftramoata oieooted oa
nort aotico. mj.,ivu
DAVID REAM 8,
SCRIVENER SURVEYOR,
. I.uthenburg, Pa. .
Till nbaerlberoBert bit aorTioee to tbo public
la tbo eapacity of Boriraner and Snreeyor.
All aalll for eumyleg promptly attended to, end
the making of drafla, deed, and other legal in.tro
menu Hi writing, txtcntcj without iel-, n4
warranted to be correct or no oharge, 1 Dje'S
J. A. BLATTBNBEBQEB,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearleld Co., Pa.
("ConTeyanelBg and all legal paper! drawn
with aeoaracy and dirpateb. Draft, oa and paa
uga tickeU to and from any point in Europe
procured. ootilMm
F. K. ARNOLD t Co.,
BANKERS,
Latheraburg, Clearfield eoaaty. Pa.
Wmm lAaa.il at MMMH.VI. aal... aaaliaJlWO
bought aad aoldt depoaite reoeWed, and a gen
earl banking bulineu will be carried oa at the
aboraplaoa. 4:H:71:tf
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Ju.tlce of the Peace aad Sorirener,
CurwemtTlllo, Pa. .
teauColleclicnt made, aad moaey promptly
paid orer. feblJTIlf
.E. A. &. W. D. IRVIN,
- ntiiaat i
Real Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AND LUMBER.
OSleo In new Corner Store building,
novlS'71
Curwenirlllo, Pa.
IBO. ALBBBT BBBBT ALBaBT At-BBSe
W. ALBERT v BROS.,
HAiinfutunn k axtomlre Dwlorsll
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
-0rdra wile 1(1. Billi filled on ibort aotioa
i
PAOU lu aval Mew ay roe wihib.
AdJrc.l Woodland P. O., Clearleld Co., Pa.
Jcli-ly W ALBERT A BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEUCUANT,
Frenchrllle, Clearfield County, Pa.
Keep, ooa.tantly en hand a full aieortment af
Dry Uoode, Hardware, Urooeriea, aad aeerythiag
neually kept la retail ttore, which will be told,
for eaeh, ae cheap at elee where in the oounty.
Frenchrllle, June 17, 1867-ly.
THOMA8 H. FORCEE,
BBAua ta -
GENERAL MERCHANDISE, .'
CRAHAMTOM, Pa.
Alto, extonilro manufaotnrer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kind..
COrdon toUolted aad all bill, promptly
llied. -Jjll'71
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RRE W E R,
Clearfield, Pa.
HAVINO rented Mr. Bntre.' Brewery he
hopee by atrial atteatioa to huiaen and
the manufaetara of a tuperior article of BEER
to reoeiea the patronage of all the old and maay
now eoetomera, ati&aQg71
J. K. BOTTORF'8
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearleld, Pa.
: T-CR0MO8 MADE A SPECIALTY.-
NEGATIVES made la alondy at well at ia
elear weather. Constantly oa hand a good
...ortment of FRAME". STEREOSCOPES and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Vramoa, from any
f tyla of moulding, made to order. aprll.tf
JAMES CLEARY,
BABBEB & HAIE BBESSEB,
SECOND STREET,
Jyl.1 CLEARFIELD, PA. (tl
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
tet.Win eieeute Job. In hit line promptly aad
la a workmanlike manner. apr4,!7
G . H . HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP .MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
aSaF-Pompi alwayt oa band and made to order
on'ibort notice. Pipoe
Lerou Ob reaton.t!: !:H.
All work warrantei ! "4f '', "1
d.llrared If deaired. myltilypd
E
1 A, I H A R M A M,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT,
LUTHERSBURG, PA.
Agent for the American Double Turbine Water
Wheel and Andrew. A Kalbach Wheel, Can fur
nl.h Portable art it allll. on ibort antloa. Jyll'7l
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
BBALint IX
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer! of
ALL KINDS OP SAWED LUMBER,
I-771 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JOIIW TROUTMAN,
Dealer la all kind, ef
FURNITURE,
Market Street,
One door aatt Pott Offloe,
ngll'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
aad dealer la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &o.,
J.10'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
M
GAUUIIBYdt CO.'!
RESTAURANT,
, , Seeoad Street, .
CLEARFIELD, FENS'A.
Alwayi on baal, Froth Oyitort, Isa Cream,
ran.ll- lilt. Oraokart. Cah.t. Clgart, Tohaeao,
Canned Fruitt, Orange., Lomoat, aad all kiadt
af fro.il la toaion,
filU MeOACOHEI
00.
FIELD
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCIt IJ, 1171
"00 IT ALONE."
There', a (taw maeh In faahloa, I thlak if. tailed
owebre, - '
Though I're aerer played II for pleamra er Inert,
Ip which wbea the earda are la oertaia ooaditioal
' be player, appear to have ehaa god their potitloat,
And oaa of them arloa la a ooaldeut tone
"I think I might Teaturo to g o tl aloat f
WW aa " "" Via k
A moral to draw from tbo tkirmuo ia oardt,
Aod to fancy ha Inda la the trlrlal rtrifa,
Soma eieelkat biota fur the battle of life,
Where, whether the priaa be a ribbon or throne.
The wlnaer it he who oaa "go il alone r ,
When great Oalliloo proelaimed Ibat Iba world
Ia a regular orbit wat oeaaelonly whirled,
And got not a eonrort fur all of hi. paiot,
But only derition, and priton, aad chain.,
"II more, for all that," wat bil conldeat hunt,
For he kaew, like the world, ho eould "go it alone !"
Whoa Kepler, with Intellect pleretag afhr,
DiaooTorcd tbo lawt of each plaaet and ttar.
And doctor., who ought to hare landed hi. name,
Derided hi. learning and blackened bit fame,
"Learn, wait," he replied, "till the truth yon .hall
own,"
For ho felt In hit heart he eeuld "go It tlone !"
A player who Idly depend.. -
In the ttruMle. of life, upon kindred and friend. ,
" ubhtw too tuiuo oi nieiflng. lika tnotc,
They oan never ntona for ingluriou. earn,
Nor comfort the coward who Inda, with egroaa,
That hit erutobai hare left him to "go it alone!"
There It romethlng, no dealt, la the hand which
yoa nem
Health, family, culture, wit. beaute and ...U i
The fortuuala owner may fairly regard
A. eaeh in lit way a moat aioellnui eard
l.t the game may ha loat wltb all theae for your
OWB,
I'ulc.e you're tht eouraga to "go It alone!"
In buttle or bn.laeft, whataeer the game,
In law or ia lore, il la ever tht tame; '
la the atruggle for power or acramhle for pelf,
Let thi. be yoar motto "Rely oa yourtell!"
For whether the Briie be a ribboa or throne.
The rietor it ht who oaa "go il alooa I"
YEBLICTS OF THE MAJOBITT.
It t hJmlited on all iido tbat there
is greut as well a frequent default of
justice by the bad working of our jury
system, particularly id criminal cases.
Tbis default renders it very doubtful
whether conviction and puniabmont
shall deal with crime, and, while it
affords culprits a great many chances
oi escape, it alarms law-observing 0it-
izuna ly leaving lv doubtful whether
proven guilt shall be punished. On
criminals themselves the effect is
worse, because it leaves them so many
loopholes for escape. When triul
after trial takes place, and every cir
cumstance of guilt is proven, tbo too
frequent result is, not the verdict of
''Guilty," which baa appeared inovita
bio, but declaration from the jury
mat tiiey catnot agree. Tbere is
nothing loft but for the judge to di
charge the jury, and the ocouaed Is
either liberated on bail, or, if charged
with a capital offence, is romsndod to
ptison to await the lottery of a seoond,
it may be even of a third trial, until
at lost Justice gets tired out, aod the
culprit escapes. Everycriminal hopes
that the chapter of accidents will be
in his own favor, wbea escape is more
frequent than oonviction and punibh
ment. ' ;
Take the caso of a man who, with
hatred against a particular person
rankling in his heart, walks about a
crowded oity for months with a revol
ver in his pocket, nntil ht meets bis
man in convenient place, it may be
In a hotel, and shoots blm ery dolib
erately as be comes up the stairs en.
tirely nnconscious of bis approaching
fate. Add that the oold-bloodod mur
derer is seon to do this, and that be
confesses tbat he has done it. In
somo parts of this oounlry "wild"
parts, tboy are called the murderer
caught in the act and oonfosding the
onmo would be taken to a neighboring
tree and banged. Formerly, in Soot
land, under an anoient law whicb
worked out the wild justice of Judge
Lynch s court, a murderer caught in
the aot ("red-handed, it was called),
would be banged on the spot with the
least possible delay, with lbs murdor-
ous weapon suspended from his neck,
la ia not quite two hundred years since
A tutor named Gabriel, ZZi waiseOr.
to kiii two oi his pnpiis in plaC
back of Prlnoo's street, Edinburgh,
was dealt with in this manner, with
out the intervention of judge, lawyer,
or jury, and the bloody knife was tied
around his neck. With us, in these
later times Of lip-morality and high-1
prcssuro civilization, the murderer
who has oonfvssed that the victim was
slain by bis hand would probably
escape by one ont of twolve jurymen
persisting, against, the fapt and the
confession, in refusing to agree to a
vordict of " Guilty."
It is Irrational to expect that twelrs
men, taken indiscriminately from a
crowd, shall exactly agree in opinion
whon silting as a jury to try a porson
charged with orime. In England,
however, such expectation is the basis
of all trials, criminal or civil, and we
adopted It in this country with otlior
eccentricities of jurisprudence, omit
ting, however, one essential point,
namely, that once the case is given to
a jury in England they are looked up
andor strict charge of the sheriff, who
is forbiddon to give them any food
until tboy have agreed upon and deliv
ered thoir verdict this seolusion and
enforced abstinenoe being sometimes
continued nntil one or more of the
jury is physically unable to hold out,
if which cose the judge dischargee
! theni. in either country a siotrlo
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1873.
juryman oan bold ont against bis slov
en companions, and, Ii be cannot eon
vert them to bis opinion, can prevent
the conviotion of the aooused. Tbis
was, the case ia a . neitrhborini citv
only last week.
It has been suecostod that, to reme
dy the evils complained of, not the
ungnsn bat the Scotch jurrsvstem
should bo adopted In the United
States. In civil cases, by recent stat
ute, there mast be a jury of twelve
persona. If, after three boors' delib
eration, Bine or mora of the lor ag
on a verdict, such verdict is to be taken
aa that of the jury; and if, after being
locked up nine hours, the jury, or nine
of them, cannot airree, tho ludire ia
entitled to discharge thorn, and usually
doos, J bat is, threo-fourths of the
ury can givo the verdict.
In criminal cases in Scotland fillcon
persons aro drawn by lot Out of a
"panel" of forty-fivo. These consti
tute the jury, and the verdict of a me
lon ty suffices. There are three vor.
diets in Scot!;sl; "Guilty" or "Not
Guilty," as with us. and also "Son
Proven," which it given in oases wbore
there is little moral doubt of guilt,
though the legal evidence ia insuffi
cient. Formorly, In the case of a ver
dict or "Hon Proven," the aooused
oould be tried again, if additional evi
dence came in, but this appears not to
be the practice now. It has been
complained that such a verdict fixes a
stigma on the accused person, but the
reply Is that it shows bow the case
reuliy stood. In Scotland, the result
of the verdict being given by a major,
ity of the jury is that no new trials
are allowed in criminal cases.. The
Fosters and the Stokeeee would be
badly off in Scotland.
It is for our Constitutional Conven
tion, when it comes to consider the
amondmentof the criminal law, with
a view to the rendering of justice with
cortainty aod without doluy, to exam
ine into the features of Scottish juris
prudence which we have here exhibit
ed. Crime is very raro in Scotland
certainly crimo of great magnitude
seiaom occurs there, and judgos, pros
eouting officers, and lawyers, agree
that tbis is tbe result of a Jury system
which, by allowing me majunty io
doliver tho verdict, abolishes alt the
negation of justice caused by tbe disa
greement of jurymen, and goes far.
very far, towards tbe punishment of
crime, without trickory or delay.
Philadetphia Preti.
. A Protest Agaloit Patching.
Gail Hamilton writos that some pes
tilent fellows latoly prostituted our
agricultural fairs to the promotion of
patches by promising premiums to tbe
best mender. And there were not
wanting foolish virgins to como for
ward and compete for tbe prise. Now
I do not mean to say that a patch may
not sometimes be requisite and neces
sary, as well for the body aa for tbe
soul; but there is a groat deal oi
darning and patching and mending
beyond what is wholesome. I have
seen women darn stockings, which, as
stockings, had no right to further
existence. True economy t would
have put tbe feet Into tbe rag-bat
and sewed np the legs into dish
cloths; and to see a human being,
capablo of love and hope, and memo
ry and judgment, turn away from this
great, beautiful world, and all the stir
and thrill of multiform life, and give
itself to driving a stupid little steel
crowbar back and forth through a
yawning heel and a dilapidated toe
when whole stockings can bo bought
at forty cents a pair, is melancholy,
not to say exasperating.
'A little darting bow aad then
It rell.bed by tho beet of men f '
and tbcro is a nervous irritation whiob
Is really allayed by a abort and solita
ry turn of the needle, and there are
accidents and incidents which demand
a stitch, and which DO right-minded
womnu '!! ref?; hot a protracted
and repeated darulngon principle and
irom clioioe, a premeditated and vain
glorious prostration bofors the shrine
of this liltlo one-eyed dorpot, is a
sight for men and gods to weep over,
not io bold out prises to ! I say again,
if a woman must, she must, and that
is the ond of it; but she often thinks
she must whon she must not. She
often dams and mends and makes
over what it would be cheaper to
throw away infinitely cheaper, as
regards lime and patience and bappi
pesi, which are real values and not
dearer in respect of money whiob only
ropresonta value. Patient Griselda,
do not let your patlonoe which in
right moasure and ior right purposes
is a divine vlrtuo dogenorato into
meanness of spirit, Insipidity of mind,
poverty of resources, and acquiescence
in what is not Inevitable. Life s
short and its issues mighty, and there
are things which ought to be done
with painstaking, and things 'that
ought to be done slightly, and things
that ought not to be done at all. She
it the wise woman and the thrifty
housekeeper who aoouralolr discrim
inates and im)ligonily ohooses the
good part wbjefy styall not bo taken
away from ben
. , - -aa, aa-
Ptthsrribe for the Hgprsi,icAM.
m: TTK TT
NOT MEN.
Beading Aloud.
On bearing Charles Kemble read
Shakspeare to London audiences, it
occurred to us that It would be well
if, irom among tho thousands who
listened to blm, a few oould be induced
to carry the practice Into private life.
We know of no accomplishment so
valuable at tbat of reading "with
good emphasis and discretion," of
catching the meaning and spirit of an
author, and conveying them to others
r U" dlstinet aad JnUlHtrible utter
ance ; and yet, etrange to say, there
ia do department of modern education
to much neglected. Indeed, to gen
eral it this neglect, thst scarcely one
yoang lady or gentleman in a dozen
who boast of having "finished" thoir
education, can, .on being requested,
read aloud to a private company with
that case and grsooful modulation
which is nocossary to the perfect ap
preciation of the author. There is
eithor a forced and unnatural month-
ing, a hesitating and imperfect articu
lation, or a monotony of tone to thor
oughly painful, tbat ont listens with
impatience, and it glad when tome
excuse presents itself for bis absence. I
Whatever may be the imperfections
of our school tuition, this defoct is
rather , to be attributed to a want of
taste, and consequent negleot of prao-
lioe on tbe part of grown-up individ
uals, than to any defect in their ele
mentary training. There may be a
deficiency of good models ) but tbe
main difficulty arises from tbe unequal
value whiob aeems to be attached to
good reading as compared with musio,
dancing, painting and other fashiona
ble acquirements. Why it should be
so, we can discover no good cause,but,
on the contrary see many substantial
reasons why resding aloud should be
cultivated as one of tbe most useful
and attractive of domestic accomplish
ments.
To young ladios, for example, the
habit of reading aloud has much to re-
oo in mend it. As mere exercise, it is
highly benefioial on aooount of the
slronglb and vigor which it confers on
tbe obeat and lungs ; while tbe mon-
tal pleauro to be derived therefrom is
oneot tbe rnunv aaiiguaroi uimt xiutus
the family circle. Gathered roond the
winter's fire or evening lamp, what
could be more cheerful for the aged and
infirm, what more instructive to the
younger branohes, or more exemplary
to the careless, than the reading aloud
of some entertaining author, and who
could do this with greater grace or
more impressive effect than a youth
ful female f It requires no great
effort to attain tbis, art, no neglect oi
mutio, painting or otber accomplish
ment; it Is, io fact more a practice
than a study, and one whicb the in
torost exoited by now books and peri
odicals would always prevent from
becoming dull or tiresome. Were fe
malea of all ranks to adopt the prao
tioo more than tbey do at present,
tboy would bind to their homes many
who are otherwise disposed to go in
sesroh of unworthy enjoyments, and
would add another chain of delightful
associations wherewith to attach the
young to tbe family bearth. Another
advantage which it would confer on
tbe fair readers themselves, would be
lbs improved utterance and intona
tion which correct reading would pro
duce, instead of tbat simporing and
lisping which are so often to bo mot
with even among females of tbe high
er classes. Nor is it to women iu
their domestio capaoity only that the
practice of reading aloud would be st
tenJed with benefit. Many of the
middle and lower classes are undor
tht nocessily of earning a livelihood
by indoor employment,, such as mil
linery, straw-plaiting, pattern-making,
And the like, and being in general oo-
uaplod in one apartment of moderate
lise, the reading aloud of proper
rookt would bt to them not only a
fodrco of hoaltby recreation, but of
amusement and instruction, m sucu
establishments, roading by turns wCPld
present a beautiful piolure, and how
overilimitcd the amount of information
disseminated, it would at all events be
a thousands times preferable to- that
system of idle and worthless gossip
which is said now to prevail.
To young men preparing for pro
fessional labors, tbe art of rending
aloud is indispensable, and although
not equally nepessary for what are
called business mon, still to such, it is
a becoming and valuable acquirement.
Ask your ton, who bat lately gone to
the counting room, to read yoa tbe
last debate in parliament, and ton to
one ho will rattle through it with tuob
a jumbling indislinotnoss oi uttoranco
that yoa are glad when his hour calls
him away, and leaves you to tbequiot
enjoyment of eolf-porusnl. And why
is this J Simply because the youth
baa never been taught to regard road
ing aloud in the light of a graoeful
accomplishment.' At schaol bs learn
ed to know bit words, and that waa
so fur useful 1 but to read as a gentle
man, in the spirit and meaning of the
author, thia ia what be hat yet to ao
quire by the Imltaon of good modoLs
and by frequent praolice. That the
art of reading aloud Is at tbe low ebb
wt mention, any one tan readily con
TrTT TTTK
NEW
vince bimsolf by requesting his friend
to read for blm the lost speech of the
British premier, and message of tbe
American Presidont. Twenty to one
he will find bis friend an apt enough
scholar, but a cat el ess and indifferent
enunciator one who has all along
read for himself, and whose only object
bat been merely to acquire the mean
ing of the works be perused. At the
period of the Reform Bill, when news
paper! were read by the million, it
was costomsry, in the workshops of
tailors, flax-dreesera, and others, for
oue to read aloud while the others
were at work those who eould read
fluently taking their turns of this duly,
and those who could not, paying, oth
ers wbo did, according to tbo amount
of timespontlntheexerciso. In some
instances, Indeed, a reader was paid
by tbo workmen, it being bis duty to
read the public debates and leading
icicles s( a, rflqci, per hour. Wj
nave occasionally listened to such a
reader, (one of the workmen,) and
been surprised at the force' and free
dom of bis utterance, nnd manner in
which he modulated bis intonations,
throwing himself exactly in tbo place
of the speaker. Now, thia was not
the result of any superior tuition, but
tbe effect of listening to the bctt pub-'
lie speakers, and of bis daily exercise
at reader to the establishment. Un.
fortunately the practice to which we
refer, diod with the oxcitement of the
period ; but we see no cause why tbe
attention which waa then given to
public affairs might not be profitably
directed to entertaining and instruct,
ive authors. It is trae that tho in.
quiring and studious workman will
cultivate his own mind at borne; but
all workmen are not inquiring and
rtudious, and the introduction of read
ing aloud to each other in turn would
be productive of incalculable bonefit.
Singing for the million is cried up
on all bands why not reading aloud f
We have in almost every family and
work-shop evidence of what practice
In coooert has dons fur vocal musio
why not the same for reading aloud f
Tho one art ia chiefly valuod as an
amusement and refined accomplish
ment tbe other is equally entertain.
'-Si Vttea aa naoMMaear (nr the adoNI-
mont oi public or private lifo, and cer
tainly more productive of utility and
knowledge From Chambers' Journal.
Early Qreenlanden in America.
We have precise information ts to
tht visits of tbe early Greenland col
onists to the continent of America.
It was indeed doubled at one time
whether Old Greenland itself was not
a creation of Scandinavian romance.
But the actual remains of the colony
have been brought to light, and mod
ern discoveries have verifiod tbe an
ciont descriptions of the country, its
climate, and pioduota. Besides, the
foundations and walls of bouses, now
overgrown with dwarf willows and
scurry-grass, large churches and por
tions of graveyards have been found
in tbe situations mentioned in tht
ancient Ioolandio records. In one
plain, once a meadow but now over
grown with dandelioot and juniper
brush, many fragments of bell-metal,
parts of church bells, were picked up
by the natives and hoarded as speci
mens of gold. Runio inscriptions
have been found as fur north aa the
Woman Islands, in latitude 72" 55',
and the most recent expeditions hare
con Dr mod the existence of all the nat
ural landmarks mentioned by the
chroniclers. Their "veins of gold"
are shown to be deposits of iron
pyrites; the warm minds in winter,
which seem so marvelous to tho an
ciont colonists, bnve been described
by Sir L. HcCliulock, aod the hot
springs of Ooartok confirm the old
Norsemen's tccoont of tbe boiling
fountains . at which the monks , in
Greenland cooked their food. Green
land was colouized at tbo end of the
tenth century, and tbe settlement
prospered for 400 years. After tbe
devastations of tht Black Death, tho
teltlors had to recede gradually beforo
the advance of the Esqulinnux or
"Sit reeling," nnd a valuable account
of tho slate of the country just before
tbe time when intercourse with Eu
rope censed Is to be found in Purchat'
Pilgrim. Ivor Bardson, high stew
ard to tho bishop, was sent to tbe
northern parts of the colony to drivo
bsek the Esquimaux. "Thore," ho
wrote, "is still standing a church
whore formerly our bishop dwelt ; but
now tho wild Sk reelings hsve all that
land, and there are many cattle but
no peoplp, Christian or bealhon, but
all have been carried off by tho enemy,
tbo Skroalings." That is the Inst that
was hoard of the doomed colony, and
no one knows tho fato of the last hand
ful of settlors. Danish writers have
been fond of imagining tht migrations
of thoir countrymen to the loo-bound
reeesset of the east coast of Green
land, where they art supposed to
remain "carrying on a perpetual war
with the savages in revenge for the
ruin of their ancestors." But thit it
a mere fancy which has been gradually
disproved, and except in tht books of
tht tntiquuntnt and the rsgue rumors
of the seas, the momory of Old Green
Itnd hat Ions "'nr passed swat.
CAN.
'. TEBM3 $2 per annum in Adyanoe.
SERIES - VOL. 14, NO. il.
About Cigars.
It hat alwayt been, and probably
ever will be, tbe common belief tbat
the best cigars aro made in Cubs, and
tbis it trae in a certain measure.
Previous to tht year 1850 the manu
facture of cigars on that island was
monopolized by tbe Government, but
since then it haa beet thrown open to
all, and owing to the incessant de
mands made upon the Cuban market
there is hardly any real competition
among tbe manufacturers. The Co
banat' brands teem to bring higher
price than those of any otber house.
The best cigars from that houso occa
sionally sell for fifty ocnls apieco in
Havana, or twenty -five conts at whole
sale. ; Beside the immense quantity
sold for importation, over fourteen
hundred million cigars are annually
smoked on the Island of Cuba. The
oignr" manufacture is a Government
monopoly in the Philippine Islands.
The best tobacco is raised on tho nor
thern part of the Inland of Luzon,
and is cultivated under theimmcdiule
supervision of Spanish officials and
agents, who buy it directly from the
planters. Tbcro are throe principal
manufactories. The largest Is at Ma
nila, and employs seven bundrod wo
men and twelve hundred men, all of
whom are paid by the piece, to insure
greater expedilion and belter work.
The otber two average about two
hundred hands each.
Nearly one hundred and twenty
five million cigars, and a proportion
ately large number of cheroots and
oigarettes, are annually exported from
the Philippine Islands. The colonies
affording better opportunities and
more advantagot for tbe culture and
preparation of tbe valuable leaf, but
few manufactories have been estab
lished in Spain itself. Yet those that
have been started have nearly all con
tinued in successful operation, and tbe
one at Seville hat gained a world-wide
reputation, In Franoo tho tobacco
manufacture in all hi branches has
long been one of the principal sources
of internal revenue. As early as 1674
the monopoly of the tobacco trade
wat sold for six years to Jean Breton
for tho-aam of 700,000 lie-res, or about
" hnnrl-d and fifty Ihousand dol
lars. The French cigars are mostly
of a tuperior quality, aud are so skil
fully shaped and delicately manipula
ted that none but experienced con
noisseurs can detect tho difference
from genuino Parlagee or Vueito Aba-
jot, whose superiority is mainly due
to thoir peculiar flavor and uniform
combustion. Immense quantities of
cigars and cigarettes are manufac
tured in Bremen and . Hamburg, with
very Inferior and damaged leaves, and
are ahippod to all parts of the world,
to be sold at extremely low rates.
Bremen takea tbo lead in this branch
of trade, more than four thousand
persons being actively engaged in it,
and the yearly exportations from this
oity alone numbering over three mil
lion. En patsant, it may be interest
ing to tbe reader to know that seven
ty thousand ordinary sizod cigars can
be profitably manufactured out of six
hundred poui.ds of good, unadultera
ted tobacco. Tbis simple fact shows
how very remunerative the business
can be made. Wherever civilization
has penetrated, tho cigar has made its
sppearance, and has ranidjy como in
to favor, however muoh has been said
against smoking. - The annual amount
spent by the English on tobacco alone
and principally on cigars has boen
estimated at not far from fourlcon
million pounds sterling. But In point
of consumption, as well at t radio and
manufacture, the United Statet ranks
foremost, as far as cigars are concern
ed. .
Hot to be Fooled.
In Philadelphia thore lives a doctor
so lean and attenuated that the sou
briquet of "Old Bonos" is far from
bolng a misnomer. This doctor has a
ttudont, and that student is trying his
boat to becomo a doctor. He attends
to the office whilo the doctor attends
to the out-door patients. Among oth
er fixtures oi tho office is a wired skel
eton, so hung and adjusted thitt it will
walk out of tho cupboard where il is
kept; and by manipulating it rightly
it can be mado to go through soveral
grotesque antics. Ono day while the
student snt pouring ovor somo modi
cal work, the street door opened, and
a youthful poddler with a basket of
nick nacks presented himself. .Whon
told that nothing in his line was waul
ed, tbt Jjtlle rascal began to "talk
Jjaok" in a most impndont manner,
and was finally ordered to leave tho
oflica. Thit ho refused to do, and
thinking to scare him, the sludont
pulled a tiring, and open fiew the
door where tbe skoloton wat hidden,
and thst emblem of death sprang out
at the boy, who, frightened half out
of bit wits, dropped bit baskot and
scamporod out of the offloe, taking op
a position on the onnosito side of the
street to await further events. Just
then tht doctor, "Old Bones," came
from his study, and learning tbe cause
of the unroar, ho went to the door and
motioned tbe boy to coige and get his
raret. "No, ym 4'n'l," be called
oat, "I know you, if yoa bare r'4
yrnir cioipsw cm.
-. ' A Bival to Yosemite. '
Rocent explorations of tht groat
Tuolumne river canon, about eighteen
miles north of Yosemite Valley, have,
it Is clslmod, added a new wonder to
those already offered by tbat faoiout
region. Its disooverers, Mossrt. John
Muir and Galen Clarke, roport (hat
while the valley It narrower than tbat
of the Yosemite, tbe river flowing
through it it much larger. Tbt falls
of the Yosemite surpass those of tbo
Tuolumne canon in unbroken volumes
of descending water, but in variety of
cascades and water shoots tbt Tuo
lumne canon it said to be far taperi.
or, ill groat walls . being seamed by
walor-worn fissures, down whicb riv
ers losp, churn, thunder, brawl and
sing with all possible varieties and ex
pressions of sound, i There Is one wt,
ter-leap of 1,800 foot in the Tuolumne
canon, but it ia not unbroken, like tbe
Upper 'Yosemite, and it in that re.
speet inferior to tho latter well-known
cataract. There art maay falls, like)
the famous Bridal Yeil of the Yosem,
lie, which the wind shapes in falling
folds and silver threads, giving them
the appearance of a gauzy fabric
The marks of glacial action art much
fresher on tbe walls of Tuolumne
than in Yosoroite, where rain, snow,
wind, sand and earthquake have all
combined to blur the indications which
aro of tho greatost interest to tbo go
ologiat. From tbe difficulty expert,
enced by the explorers of Tuolumne
in gaining access to its wonders, it is
to be feared that iu attractions must
remuln unseen by tbe vast majority
of travelers.
Eistorio Phrases.
Samuel Adams, koown for many
things, seldom had his namo associ
ated with the phrase first applied by
mm to England : "A nation oi shop
keepers." . ,
Franklin said many things which
have passed into maxims, but nothing
tbat is bolter known than : "Ho taid
too dear for his whistle."
Washington made but few epigram
malic speeches. . Here is one: "To b
prepared for war it tbe most effectual
means oi preserving peace."
'Old John Dickinson" wrote in 1778
of Amoricans : "By uniting, wo stand,
oy dividing, wo fall.
Patrick Henry cave : "Give me lib
erty, or give me death," and, "If this
be tieason, muke the most of it." ,
Thomas Paine had many CDicrram.
matio sentences among them i "Rose
lino a roco-pt, loll like a stick." "Time
that try men's souls." "But one step
from the tublimo to tho ridiculous."
JosiahQnincy,Sr..ssid: "Wherever
or however we shall be called on to
make our exit, wt shall die freemen."
Henry Lee gave Washington his
immortal litle : "Firat in arar firal In
peace, and first In tht hearts of nit
countrymen."
Charlee Cotesworth Pincknev de.
clared in favor of "Millions for defence,
but not ono cent for tribute."
"Poaccnhly if we can, forcibly if wt
must," is from Josiah Quincy, ,
Andrew Jackson gave ns: "The
Union it must be preserved." '
And tbe dying Lawrence gave us :
"Don't give up tho ship."
Singular Relationship. A friend
who married a widow, explains as
follows how he got mixed up in his
relationship : I married a widow who
bad a grown-up daughter. My fath,
er visited our bouse very ofleo, fell la
late with my step-daughter and mar
ried hep. So my father became my
son-in-law and my step-daughter my
mother, because she was my father's
wife. Some lime afterwards my wife
hsd a son (bpr Is that for high)
he waa my father's brother-in-law and
my ancle, for he was the brotbor of
of my step mother. My falhor's wife,
I.e., my stcp-danghtor, bad also a
son ; he was of course my brotbor,
and in tbe moantlmo my grandchild,
for he was tbe son of my daughter.-
My wife was my grandmother, be
cause she was my mother's mother
I was my wife's husband and grand
child at the same time. And as the
husband of a person's grandmother,
is his grandfather, was my ovu'
grandfather.
' m m m
Plain Esouon. Tho following it
tho account of a lit tle trouble in Lou
isville as given by a pollco offlooYs
Pr ae I know, your llonnr. they br
worry good young men. Tbey start
ed to take thoir classes at school, wich
I thinks be worry good for tbem buV
tbey foil in with a West Ender, That's,
what beat 'em, and liicy didn't go to
school. . They raised a row, may it
please tho Court, and Mr. Green he
stuck bis thumb into Air. Iohb'
mouth, and that thumb hasn't ljecH
seen sinco, That's nil 1 know uLuut
the mutter."
A young gontloraao. of MorrisDwa,
N. J., was playing ut buy making
with a rural Maud Mullor, and rather
liked it until a swarm of yollow jack
ets crawled np his nankeen lron?cr.
Maud langhod heartily at tbe Irish Jitf.
he danced until she got "some of il n
hor'n." '
A rural gentleman standing aver a
register in one of our stores, attracted
genorai attontion to himself by ob
serving to bis wife, "Mortar, I guese
I'm going to have tht fover ; I (ee
hot streaks a mnnin' up my legs,"
An absurd thing recently happened
at Troy, New York, The wile of a
Grominent oitlzen, supposing that her
ist boar had come, called her lord lo
nor bodaido and unburdened her mind)
by saying tha'. slit bad been false t"
her marriago vow, her paramour be.
Ing a near neighbor, whose namo sh
gave. She ijia not die at all, end nor
the prominent citizen It making il
ZB.I.Ijt llw.mll fnte i It A tSdut S.ibl.e-l.li'vsa aaa.,1
hid rhft nmL