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UljOKUK HAG Kill V
PuS1lBhrl.
101 ri I. ll'lKittT. ' ' ' ' BiHIKl. W. H'OIIBBT.
' ' MoENALLT b McOURDY,
ATTO RN K YS-AT-L A W, "
. i.-!., cirartteld, Pa. '
flVteaal baiineu attended to promptly with
dSty. OBee on Second itreet, abore tba Pint
National Bank.
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wiiuia a. wau.ac. n"-
Wallace l fielding,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, P.
VLeial buiinen of all klnde attended to
lib .ramntneii and OdoUty. OBce in reiid.aee
f William A. Wallace.
Jenl:7!
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
Baring resigned bia Judgeship, hei resumed
the practice of the law in his old ollice at Clear
feld. Pa.' Will attend the oourts of Jefferson and
Blk oouotlea when ipeolally retained in connection
with resident eoanaol. , . 1:14;71
T. H. MURRAY, ;
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW..
Prompt attention glren to all legal business
entrusted to kil eare in Clearield aad adjoining
eeanties. Offioe en Market St., opposite Naugle'l
Jewelry Store, Clearfield, Pa. JeM'U '
A.
W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, :
Clearfield, Pa. t i
ttta.OBce In the Court Ilonie. . docS-ly
"H. W. SMITH,
ATTOKNE Y-AT-LAW,
tl:l:fl " Clenrfleld, Pn. "
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
0Oe en Second St., ClenrOald, Pa. norll,
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTO R N R Y AT LA W,
. Clearfield, Pa.
-Offlce In the Court Eonse. Urller
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Is
s Clearfield; Pn.
flee en Market fit, over Joseph Shewere
Uroosry store. jn.a,ij,
tios. j. a'cDiLoiisn. ' wtr. n. a'cottocoa
T. J. McCTJLLOUQH & BROTHER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. Clenrfleld, Pa. -
Oflioe en Locuet street, nearly opposite the rei
tdenee of Dr. R. V. Wilson. We hare in our of
flee one of Rieeeek A Bro'j largest fire and bur
glar proof eetes, for the proteetionof books, deeds,
aad other raluable papeli placed in our charge.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Ketnte Agent, Clenrfleld, Pa,
OBee en Third itreet. bet. Cherry A Walnut,
-Respectfully offers his serrloei In selling
and buying lands in Clearfield and AUJointng
eountles ana ntin an experience 01 otbt .weuir
yean as a rarreyor. tatten himielf that he eaa
raaer laiuraotion. lvb. o;"o.u,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER, ' -Ann
aaaua ix
Saw Iepgs and Xumber,
i ... . CLEARFIELD, PA. ' i
Offlce In Masonic Building, Room No. 1. 1:35:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Ml Oxeola, Clearfield Co Pa. y:pd
ROBl?RT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT -LAW,
Wellaeeton, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
feaVAII legal busincii promptly attended to.
D. L. KREBS,
Succesrnr to IT. B. Swoope,
Law akd Collection Office,
Pdtl,l'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
John U. Orris. C. T. Alexander.
ORVIS A. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bellefoute, Pa. sepllet-y
J. 8. BARNHART,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
nellefoute. Pa.
Till praetloe In O kernel d and all of the Coartl ef
dhe 2Mb Jodlfllel di.tiiei. tWl etto kw.lnM.
and eolleetion ef elaim! made ipecialtles. el 71
CYRUS GORDON,'
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market itreet, (north lido) Clearlekl, Pa.
All I.
Jat. 2, '7
All legal buiinen promptly attended te
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DR. T. J. BOYER,
rhl Y8ICI A N AND SURGEON,
OBee a Market Street, Clearield, Pa. ' '
eT-OBoe bourn to 11 a. m , and 1 to I p. m.
JU. E. M. BCHEORER,
UOMfEOPAiniC THYSICIAN, -OBoe
In Maionle Building,
April It, 1171. Cloarlleld, Pa.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
- LUTIIERBBURO, PA.
(Yill attend profeulonal oalli promptly. aug10'7(
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN A SUBQEON,
HAVINO Located at Pennfleld, Pa., offers bis
erofrsslonal "errler te the rfeople of that
pace aad surrounding ccruntry. Allcalii prompny
atfaded to.
oct. II tf.
M. J. P.'BURCHFIELD,
iMus.rgeoo of the Old Regiment, renmylranla
rclinteari, baring returned from tbe Army,
ara bis professional eeirleea to. theeitisaul
oiiaarneldeonnty.
M-ProfailUeel lla nronntlr attenllfl to,
Alta os Saeond atraaL formerlroeenpled by
A'l-Waods, aprlOO-U
JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
. UBds In Ihs Court Unuaa. Clearfield. Pa.
fill alwara he found nt home en the LAST
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1. aoLtowioan , . . . . t. pant cannr.
H0LL0WBUSH & CARET,
1 BOOKSELLERS, '
Blank .. Book Manufacturers,
AND ST ATIONERS, ' '.
aiS JIarktt St., rhUadelphla.
rrper Tloor Baoki and Ban, 7oolMap.
Leltr, Koto, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall
Papwa. ' " fM4.T0-lTpd
.GEORGE C. KIRK,' .
Jtittiea of tha Paaoo, Snrrayor and Conrejanoar,
' Lutheraburg, Pa.
All builnaw IntruaUd to him will b promptly
attended to. Perionl wishing to employ a Sur
eTor will do well to aire him a till, at be Batten
himielf that he tan render latltraetion. Deedi of
oonrejanee, article! of agreamant, and all leiral
p. pen, promptly and neatly tieouted. (2tmar;i
JAMES 0. BARRETT,
Jutlaa ot the Paaoo and Iiioemed Conreyaseer,
I.utherabarK. Clearfield Co., Pa. t .'
aiaT-CollMtlenf A remlttaneei nromptlr made.
and all kind! f legal initramenU executed on
ihort notice. mayt.TOtf
DAVID REAMS,
SCKITENBR 4 SUEVBYOB,
Lutheraburc, Pa.
THE nbaorlber offer, bia eerTloei to tba public
in the capacity of SerWeaer and Sarreyof.
All aalli for mrreying promptly attended to, and
the making of drafts, deeds and other legal in.tm
m.nU of writing, executed without delay, and
warranted to be correct or no charge. luj78
J. A. BLATTENBERQER, -
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Pa.
Ser-ConTeTasolng and all legal paper drawn
with aocuraoy and dispatch. Drafts en and pas
sage tickets to and from any point in Europe
procured. oott'TO-Om
F. K. ARNOLD 4, Co.,
BANKERS,
Lutberabnrg;. CleirfleU eonnty, Pn.
u - I... ... eManneble felt! ! aXCbange
bought and loldl depoiiti receieed, and a gen-
earl Banting Buaueae wiu ." -
abore place. :1:T1;tf
'JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jaatice ef the Paaee and Scrlrener,
CnrwenaTllle, Pa.
'SnuCollaotlona made, and money promptly
paid erer. i - -
felill'TJtr
E. A. A. W. D. IRVIN,
nnaLnna m
Real Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AND LUMBER.
Oflce In new Corner Store building.
nTl,'71 v,urw..a".
W. ALBERT BROS.,
Mannfaetareri A extenalre Degleri id
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, rlo
WOODbanVi r baa a.
WOrderl eolielUd. Bill! filled en Mart notice
r j ki-
Address Woodland P. O., Clearfield Co., Pa.
emu .
Jel.ly
W ALBERT A BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
PrencDvllle, Clearfield County, Pa.
Keeps constantly en band n full eaeortment of
Drr Clooda. Hardware. Orooerlel, aed ererythlng
nauelly kept In n retail atora, which will be lold,
for oaah, aa cheap aa eliewhere in tha county.
Frenchrille, June 17, 1H57-I.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
PHALnn in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTOlf, Pa. '
Alio, eitemire manufacturer and dealer la Square
Timber and Hawed Lumberol au Kinoi.
M-Ordera aolloited and all bill! promptly
Fed. . - - I'jj
1973
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER BREWER,
Clearfield, Pa. -
IF
AVINfl rented Mr. Katrei' Brewery be
honea br atrlet attention to bnaineaa ana
the manufacture ef a luperior article ef BEER
te reeetre the patronage ef all tha old and many
new cuitomerl. 'et,ja.ug71
J. K. BOTTORF'S v.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, Claartlold, Pa.
ep-CROMOR MADE A SPECIALTY:- '
NEGATIVES made la cloudy ai well U In1
clear weather. Conitnnllr on hand a good
a.aortment of FRAMES, KTERE0SC0PK8 arid
8TKREOHCOPW VIEWS, Framea, from any
ityle of moulding, made to order. apr2g-tf
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER 6 .HAIR DRESSER,
. . SECOND STREET,
Jyll CLEABPIBtn, PA. ' tt
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and
, Hanger, . ;
- Clearfield, Peau'a.
VaVWIll exeenU Jobi In hla line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. asr4,07
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
MtrPumpa alwayi on band and made te order
ne hort notice. Pinea bored on reaaonable terms.
All work warranted 10 render latialeetlon, and
dalirered If desired. mylt:lypd
E
HI II ARM AN,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT,
Ll'THERPDURO, PA.
A rent for the Anerlran Double Turbloe Water
Wheel and Androwi A Kalbarh Wheel. Can for
nl.b Portable Griit Milla on short notice. Jjl3 71
E, A, BIGLER & CO.,
,. BiiLtai in
SQUARE TIMBER,
end manuractnrcn of
ALL KINDS OP iAWEOXUlrJBER,
I T71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
OH N TROUTMANs
Dealer lb all klndi ef
FURNITURE, -
Market Street,
One door east Poal Ollice,
: i, CLEARFIELD, PA.
augll'71
, H. F. NAUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer In
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and I'lnted Ware, Ilc, '
t,ip jl CLEARFIELD, TA., '
M
eOAIIfiHBYA CO.'
RESTAURANT,
Second Street,
CLKAFIKLD, PBNR'A.
Alwayi ea land, Freak Oyileri, Ice Cream
u.dl.1, Nnte, Crk.n, C.kfa, Oigarai Tob
a u. Orsaeee. Lemma, aad nil kindi
Ceadlel,
Canned PralU, OmngeOi
of fruit in season
aaar-BlLLlAHD ROOM en leeond loer.'
THE REPUBLICAN
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WBDNrWDAY MORNING, MARCIT 10, Wit.
IT MtVM PAva.
It nerer paya to fret and growl '
When fortune seema onr foe
, The hatUr bred will push ahead .. .
. And strike tha brarer blow . r "
1 . Perinea liwerk, ' " ' 1
' - And tkoae whe shirk,
, Should not lament their doom, .';
But yield the play, .
And clear tbe way,
That better men hare room.
,'). i '
, It nerer payi to wreck tha health , , ,
In drudging after gnia,
' And be tl sold wh tbinki that gold
) II ebeapeat bought with pain.' . .
An. bumble Jot,
A ooay oot,
" Have tempted even Klngi) '
' , far nation high, . .
That wealth will bay,
Not oft eontentment bring..
It nerer payi I that blunt refrain
Well worthy of along,
For age aad youth mnal learn tbii truth,
-, That nothing pay! that'! wrong. .
; ; Tba good and pure,
Alone are sure, '
- To bring prolonged auoeeaa ;
. - While wuat ia right, . . .
In hearen'a Bight, .
' Ic alwayi lure to biota.
CURIOSITIES OF HUMAN LIFE.
Care bas been tnkoo to main tbe
following Btatoments accornto, tbe best
authorities having been consulted in
their preparation ; ' ' i
... LINOTH or BCMAN LIFE.
" ' rra.
The arerage length ef llfeli. , 18
Ooe-fonrth to die before the age of M. T
One-half before the age ef. 17
The riek lire an arerage of. 41
Tbe poor lire an arerage of , AO
One of 1 ,000 perauna reeehea ..100
One of too persona reeehea HO
Sin ef one hundred persons reach r...a. 6t
Tbe average duration of life ia great
er now' than ever before. 1 Aecording
to Dupin, the avorage. length of life
in France," from 1770 to 1843, increas
ed 52 days per annum. Macanley
states that In 1685 tbe deaths in Eng
land were as 1 to 20; in 1850 1 to 40.
Tbe rato of mortality in 1781 was 1
to 29 j in 1853, 1 to 40. '
' ' POPULATION.
An able professor of tbo University
of Berlin has lately made the follow
ing estimate of the population of tbe
globe:
Europe., 172,0n0,OO0
A.ie........ 72.o0,oon
Afrlue, M S, 01)0,000
America. North anil South - 100,000,000
AttauaUa..,..... ... 1,000,000
Total l,I,00n
' - ; ' DEATHS. ' ' ;"'T'
Tbe number of deaths pir annum aJ
founded on lUtlatici for 1870 i.. 31,l(d,00
The number of deathi per day li 00,000
" hour ti...n . 5,7an
" - minute la.. 03)
BIRTHS. i . -
The number of blrtbi per day li 106,000
eonr la.... , e,on
tf n .. i minute,!. ' U
MARRIED AND 8INOLB.
The marriod live longer than the
single. The mortality among bachel
ors betwoen the ages of 80 anil 45 is
27 per cent. ; among married men, be
tween tbe same agos, 18 per cent. 78
married men roach 40, while only 41
bachelors arrive at tbe same age. At
tbe age of 60 the advantage in favor
of married life has increased 20 per
cent. , ,. " "...
OF Tit E SEXES. . :
There are more males than females
born by 4 per cent. ' At the ago of 20
there are more femalos than males.
At the age of 40 tbe preponderance is
again'on tbe other side) and there are
more males than females. . At. 7,0 the
sexes' are again even. Between 70
and 100 years there Are 15,300 more
women than men, or an excess of 5
per cent. The mortality of women is
greatest bolwcen the agoa 20 and 40.
After 4Q years of age the probabilities
of longevity, aa is shown, are far
greater for females than, for malos.
or SUICIDES.
Three-fourths of all suicides are
males.. Tbe greatost number are caus
ed by divorces. Tbe least number
are among tlio married, next the un
married, next the widowed, One
third of the cases are duo to mental
diseases ; one-ninth to physical suffer
ing; one-tenth to loar of punishment
or shame; or.o-ninth lo family qnar
rels; one-ninth to drunkennoas, gam
bling, etc. ; ' one-twentiotb to disap
pointed lovo. Of boys undor fiftcon
years of ago 80 por cent, bang thorn'
selves; of girl of the aamo age, 71
per cont. drown tbomsclves, loung
men most oommonly nso the pistol
old men the razor; young women
drown tbomsolves old women uss
the rope ; only one woman in 200 uses
re-arms. Tho ratio of suioides, ns
given by'' H. Dooaisno before the
French Academy of Solencos, is at
follows; London, one in 175 deaths;
Now York oflo in 172 ; Vienna, one in
160; while in Paris it hasreachod the
shocking number of one In 72.
or wiioiiT. , .
The average-weight at birth is 6
pounds tho woight of malos a Utile
exceeding that of females; the ex
tromes of weight at birlb are 2 and
12 nounds. 'At 12 roars of age the
soxes are of nearly equal woight, af
ter which limit the males are hoavior
than females. At 20, msles average
143 pound", and females 120 pounds,
At 85, males reaoh their nttimalo of
weight, whioh is 152 pounds. , At 60
fomalos avorage 120 pound, having
gained but 0 pounds in 80 years. Tho
weight of malos at full growinvera
cos 20 timet their weight ai Dirtu
age woight of allpooplo is 100 ponnds.
Probably tha largest and beaticet
single family in tbe world is tbe How
ard family, of Kentucky; and, possi
bly, there baa never at any lime exltt
ted a parallol to it. ; Id the subjoined
table, tbe. accuracy of whioh may be
relied upon, we give both the Weight
and th height of its members :.
r amer e reel mcnei oo pound!.
Thomaa..t... - 4 .
Jamoa......4 " (
Sarah ' 1
Jehu...., lit
raoiaen......tn.o w '
Mary. ..,..... 1
Ilijh. ....,...,. ff 1
Mattbaw 1
Rli (MMMMW.S '
Daughter..... ...6 '
' Total......70 feet 1.5US "
Computed strongth of father and
tons, 0,500 pounds. Entire agos, 557
years. Many of the grandchildren of
this family are 6 feet Irt height, and
woigb over 200 pounds.' , . ' :
BRAIN W LIU HI.
Tho theory that as a given quantity
or weight of brains is necessary for
the exercise of the mental faculties,
therefore all men are provldod with
an equal quantity, bas boon latterly
exploded. Inquiry has demonstrated
tbat there Is a difference in the aver
age brain weight of racos and nations,
and a still greater difference in that of
individuals, as the following facts will
show : ' ' '
Engllah, arerage weight 47.40 onnoes.
Freeob, . . . 44.66 .
Uermans, " 41.01 .
Germane, another catimate 44.10
Italians, arerage weight 47.04 " '
Dutch,-- , 40.00
American (aboriginal raoei) 44.71 M
Lappi, Swedes and Frlsans 46. 58
Vedahs and Hindoos, ef Asia. 41.11 '
Mussulman 41.14 " i
Kbouds, of Indie (aboriginal),.. 17.S7 "
A riran racea from 3H.00 to 45.00 "
The Kaffre high, Bushman low (Aai
tralian raee.)........ 40.40
MaieysandOeMnio raoei from 30,4
to 4S.70 "
The maximum weight of tbe human
brain (Cuvier'o) is 64.50 ounoot; the
minimum weighl (idiots) 20 ounces.
Arerage weight, male adult n 40.44 ounces.
' . f female adult 47.00 "
Tbe heaviest individual brains on
record, next to Cuvier's, are, first :
Daniel Webster...... 44.00 ounces.
Dr. Abererombie 41.00 "
Dopuytren (French aurgeoo).....M, 42.40 '
DIVISIONS 01 LIFE.
A French statistician las estimated
that a man 50 years of age has slept
6,000 dayt; amused himself . 4,000
days; -was eating 1,500 days;, was
airtlr finn t1nye,.aee 13,lafe eeeae.
bread, 16,000 pounds of moat, 4,600
pound of vegetables, eggs, etc., and
drank 1,000 gallons of liquids of all
kiudu. Tbe amount of liquid would
make a lake 800 foot tquare and 8
feet in depth. .. . , . -
TflK NECESSARY DAILY PR0P6Rt?ON OT
,, FOOD. ' .' .
Dr. Holt gives tbe following daily
proportion of food as requisite to sus
tain life healthfully and scandly.
1st Clang Persons of moderate
health and little exercise, 12 to 18 oz.
of food, equal to 10 oz. of nutritious
matter. ., ;"'
2nd Class Persons of good health
and ordinary labor (mechanics, etc., )
18 to 24 oz. of food, equal lo 16 oz. of
nutrlmont. ' '
8rd, Class Persons of sound health,
hard labor, and consequent violent ex
ercise, 24 to 30 os. of foocf, equal lo
22'pz'of nutriment. ' ' ' ; "
", THE HUMAN MACHINERY. '
A fully.doveloped man has 60 bones
io bis bead, 60 in bis thighs and legs,
62 lo his arms and hands, and 67 in
his trunk; making a total of 240
bones. Such a frame will contain 15
quarts of blood, weighing 2 pounds
each. Every pulsation of the heart
discharge two ounces of blood, which
is an average of a hogshead an hour.
Tbe united length of the perspiratory
tubes is 28 miles, and they drain from
the body an average of 8) pounds of
mattor por day, which is five-eighths
of all tbat the body discharges.
The human body contains over 500
muscles. The Intestines are 24 feet
in longth. , iho Qngor nails crow
thoir full length in 4J months. A man
70 years ot age has renewed his fln-gor-nails
180 times. Allowing each
nail to be balf an inch long, he has
grown 7 feet 0 inohot of nail on each
finger, and on fingers and thumbs to
gether, a total of 77 feet and C Inches
Tbe heart makoa an average of 64
pulsationt in a minute, which la 8,840
io an hour, and 02,160 in a duy. Two-
fifths of tbe oxygen Inspired disap
pear with each Inspiration, the place
of which Is supplied by the carbonio
gal thrown off by expiration. Thua
each adult parson ought to consume
45,000 oubio ioohos'of oxygon every
24 hours, and in the 'same time be
genoratot 18,000 cubio Inches of car
bonie acid gas. " ; , . . ,
; Every moment during life a portion
of our substance becomes dead, oom-
binos with some of the Inhaled oxy
gon, and is thus romored, By this
process It is believed that tba whole
body ronews itself every seven years.
Fhrenotogical Journal.' '
Kews, Genoral Grant eaid in his
inaugural address on Tuosday, allud
ing to Ihe caret and responsibilities of
publio lifer "1 have had scarcely a
"respite ttnee tbo eventful firing on
"Fort Sumpter to the prosont day."
Such statement will cause talk at
Long Branch. It sounds more like
Colfa than Qrftnt. .'. -l
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RE
Hon. S. S. Cox's Speech 'on the Agri
cultural Keport ot . ib75. .
We put aside this work of agricul
tural wonder for the purpose of review
ing it, as our wont is, when we came
upon a few remarks made on the floor
ofuhe House by the Hon. 8. S. Cox,
the Mercutio of Congress.' They are
to amusing that wo reproduce them
as a review .of tbe, most -stupendous
fraud In tbe Way-of Government liter.
attire that a stupid government pro
duces. J Hon. 8. S. Cox said : ; '
f Mr, Chairman, I think there is a
good deal of undeserved reproach oast
on the noble Derpartmen t-of AwetrM
ture. 1 Tbo gentleman- from Illinois
Mr. Faransworth undertook: to say
that the proncnt Commissioner of Ag
riculture kept n cuisine to cook the
soeds sent to him from all parts of the
world.- 'Laughter. ! Other members
nay he boards and lives in our Patent
Office free oC expense.' I recollect
when the Commissioner of Agficul
turo usod to make butter for the Pres
idential mansion. Those' were' ono
tnous and happy days. Laughter.
The gonllost cows of Pennsylvania
furnished the milk, and thero wat no
constitutional question raisod on the
cow. Laughter. I remember well
that a former Commissioner raisod
B taw berries for tbe Presidential man
sion. It is a part of the business of
that bureau, f Laughter ! There Is
no question of its constitutionality.
Laughter.
It seems we are now to have in the
agricultural bureau miorosoopist I
In fact it is a part of our new bureau-
cratio system. : Bring in the micros
cope, that we may tee tbe .insectivor
ous animals wbiob are preying upon
and annoying Ibis utoful bureau
I am amazed that the House does
not appreciate these reports on agri
culture. , Tho Commissioner, on the
Tory first page of his report, tells us
that the 'segregated character of the
rural population hat been such at to
forbid that concentration of ideas and
consultation of views which are com
mon to all othor profoasiona and oc
cupations 1 Tbis is a species of 'una
bridged dictionary' langnage which
fill' the philological and analytical
mind with wondor. But look to the
end I Tho last page of the report ad
visoa us tbac wo may save 1,000,000
by dispensing with fencing I , Lot us
be advised and even do botlor. Dis
pense with barns, stables, and houses;
and then we will be careful and happy.
I admiro economy basod on oon
centration of rural ideas I
' Again, I turn to the Commissioner's
n-no.-t ot November, 1871. I read
mm 69. ' It ft the rport of the en
tomologist and uarOlOrl God help us
to a faithful lexicon.. ' e.havo just
made a bureau of tbe micrt',cope.
My friend from Indiana Mr. Holma11
Opposes it; and I never oppose ' him.
What Is this bureau f It isin fact,
the bureau of bugs 1. I dony that en
tomology at a tcienoe does not inolude
all bugs, humbugs not excluded.
Laaghtor The Commissioner says
that bugs aro not insignificant insects,
as they are generally, and erroneously
called. But, sir, they are bugs..
Now. I always supposed lhat opto-
mologydid roforto bugs. "Langhtor.
Tbe Commissioner gives the various
modes of finding those bugs out. Ho
tells you of the adipoda atrox, whioh
I hope my friend from Ohio, Mr.
Garfield wbO is now going away from
qiy scat, after instructing me In Latin,
will be able to explain to the Home.
fLaughler. There are various other
bugs referred lo.' We have the tal-
oyttnus' femur rcbrvm, and the cahp
tents spretui,&D& the cedipoda pelluoitla,
and the anabrvt tmplcx,n& tbe vdeop-
mtta robusta tbe eopiophora macrouit-
ata, and the plutclta limbipendla.
Great laughter. These are for tbe
common mind. Laughter Educa
tion forms It. . Now, those rnpnrtn
Were boon published at a groat ex
ponso,and this Information Is of course
intended for the common people,
hope gentlemen will be able lo explain
lo tbe House what theso things are,
Laughter.'.' " ' ' ' "
, Lot tho re be annotations go out
with these reports, Mr. Chairman. I
would not be so partionlar in tbis re
mark ahlo nomenclature bad we not
been advised to-day by the honorable
gentleman Mr. Garfield that it wat
tbo duty of the Fedural Government,
by its function of educator, to inform
the common mind. He thought we
should, by fedural authority and monoy,
diffuso knowlcdgo among meg. 1
therefore boldly ask, where does bo
got. power to interpret to plain and
honest peoplo the caloptrnut iprctus ol
TJhlerr Laughter Who shall de
termine, by fodoral losts, the length
of wing otlbecdhptenusfemur-rcbruml
rLauo.btor.1 I may. admit, for the
sake oi argument, tbat the loarned
and fresh men from tbe South may
tell us wby tbo mabrui simplex it an
orthoptorout iatoct, but why do you
invoke federal powers to aid in this
microsooplo work T
' These are recondite thoughts and
illustrations.'.- We bave in this grl
cultural book reference made to varl
ons Other recondite things. I bopo
thli bureau will not be discouraged in
its work. r We have here on one page
at you teo what teems, a hydraulic
and then on another, in mag-
nificont wood and type, tbe picture
and description of tbo merino ram
Dictator.' (Seo page 187.) These
are put in the moat extraordinary re
lation. ' Laughter It It like mix
ing politics with farming. Laugb-
tor ..'"''''"' .; , ' ,' .. , '"
Look all through this book. Look
al, the picture of these bogs. Look
at these picturos'of the fungoid scries.
Iloro we have theuri(7otci spora, found
within a blighted lilao loaf) and the
mycelium' and other fungoid forms
found on tne fiber ot a pcaoh tree bar
ing the 'yellows.' Laughter. Now,
it is very evident when wo sond theso
out we ought to send out at the tame
time an interpretation of them for
the benefit of the common peoplo.
Laughter. What have the people
done thai they should be crucified by
such publio reports?
Ai.d wbilo we are meditating about
the new microsooplo bureau, I would
like to take one more glance, at the
book. Where, oh, whore can I find
the proportions of the 'Chester White
sow,' called Mary? ' Great laughter.
Only one year old 1 Bring your mi
eroscopic bureau. Observe the length
of tliut inquisitive snout and tho com
pound curl of that tail ! Laughter.
Soe the lengthening lusciousnoss of
those lacteal glands 1 Laughter.
But her name it is Mary ! Is there
a man who evor loved a Mary ?
fLaughtor l Let him construe our
beloved Constitution. Perhaps thore
is some one here attached to tbe Con
stitution and to education who will
reproach me for. not mentioning the
elaphidien villosum or the ttcnoeoras
putator of Bock., Laughter , Will
the Scotch member from Kentucky
please explain this molodious tormin
ology which bears bis name ? Laugh
tor. .'
But, Mr. Chairman, I have only
risen for tbe purpose of having (be
House undci-stand tbe astonishing
effect of these agricultural reports, not
only upon the people in tho country,
but npon tbe people in the city. 1
acknowledge that tbe effect ia differ
ent according to locality. I now repre
sent a oily, though by some mis appre
hension ia the lost campaign tbo. peo
pie oi Now York Slate ouuhiuo 01 our
grand metropolis voted for me to rep
resent thorn. I foil short in the coun
try. , Laughter. To be suro I car.
ried. that city by some twenty-five
thousand 1 Though I may not, owing
to misapprehensions, be with you next
Congress, laughter, I must refer to
the effect of those reports on the city.
Tho effect npon tbe wicked city of
Philadelphia, which acted so badly in
the lata election, laughter, is
ally notable : I refer to it for the pur
pose of calling the attention of my
frirnd from Philadelphia Judge Kol
ley! to rbe dreadful consequonces b
imposes m;PO bis constituents in sond
inn- theso. reports into tho hoart of
Philadelphia. Koad very slowly, Mr,
Clerk, tho extract I tend up from -the
Sunday Ditpatch of Philadolplna.show
ing the direful effects of those terrible
reports." .
Tbe olork read (eon expressione) as
follows : ; :t: 1 ' ': . .
. "Wo owe our thanks lo Juilgo Eel
ley for tho latest Patent Office report.
We already have sixteen hundred of
these Interesting volumes In our littlo
library, but they bave boen read and
reread to many times that we know
every page of them by heart.' Thit
new volume came opportunely and
gratefylly on Christmas morning.and
tbat night we gathered our littlo fam
ily around the fire and read it through
lo thorn. Tbe affecting tale entitled
'Improvement In Monkoy Wrenches,'
seemed lo touch every heart, laugh
ter, and whon wo came to tbe olimax
of tbe littlo story about 'Kevorsible
I'io Boards,' thore was not a dry eye
between the front door and tho stable.
Laughter. During tbe reading pi
tho piteous narrative eotitlod 'brum
Washers for Carnage Axles, the whole
family gave expressions to boisterous
emotion, and tho hired girl wat so ex
cited that eho' lost bor presence of
mind and went around to her mother's
inadvertently wHh six pounds of sugar
and a butter-kotlle full of flour, and
came homo at midnight intoxicated.
Laughtor. We can never sufficient
ly tbank Judge Kelloy for the Inno
cent enjnymont thus furnished ns.
The memory of that hnppy evening
will lingor in our minds -very much
longor than that hirod girl ever lin
gers when she lights on a lot of sub
stance which bbe thinks will suit the
constitution of her aged paront."-H
(Groat laughtor.)
A littlo boy asked Dr. Burgess, the
preacher, if ho would have a light
"No, mv child," said Ihe doctor, "1
am one of tho lights of the world."
"I wish, tbon," replied the boy, "you
were, hung at the end of th alley, for
it ia a very dark one." 1
Crime of the Credit, Mobilior kind
has a tweet legal name at ooramon
law. It la callod "embracery," which
is a pretty and aoft a title for bribery
and corruption at anybody could de-
sir.' "'
: ' ' "Bridges'.''"7
The Chinese lay claim to having
been tbe first bridgo builders, and as
the word bridge docs not occur In the
Biblo, we are led to believe that the
Ancient Jewt'and Egyptians were un
acquainted with this method of cross
ing streams to any considerable extent
Giant trees which had stood on the
borders of water courses, and boen
blown down by tbe wind, or had their
roots undermined, and lay extonded
from bank to bank, are supposed to
have first suggested the use of bridges
Chain bridges were familiar to the
people of China more than eighteen
centuries boforo thoy were made in
Europe. .Sorno of the bridgos in that
country aro of ext'eoding magnificence.
Thero is one near Pckln, built wholly
of white marblo, with olaborate orna
mentation, exocutod in the highest
stylo of Eastern art. ' Othorsyot more
beautiful and imposing.span the canals,
having a grand triumphal arch at
either end. Some are flat, without
archos, marblo flagging of great longth
being laid on piers so narrow that the
structure tecmt almost saspended in
the air without support of any descrip
tion. These biidgos do not require
to be made very strong, for only foot
pussongers cross thorn, and thit ac
counts for their elegant and fanciful
construction. The moromasaivo struc
tures have immense archos, tbe ceh
tre one being usually about forty feet
wide, and sufficiently bigb for junk
to pass without striking their masts,
The ascont to tho bridgo on each sid
it by stone steps, and in this respect
they resemblo the Ilia! to, and other
bridges of Venice
The anciont Poruvians, undor th
reign of tbe Incas, displayed great
skill in tbe construction of both road
and bridges. The lattor were mad
01 a tort of native osier, which pos
sessed extreme tonacity. These osiors
were braided into cables the thickness
of a man's body, tbon strotcbed across
Ibo waler, tbe ends run through boles
left for tbat purpose in immense walls
of solid masonry on each bank, and
secured to tbe natural rock or pieces
of heavy timber. The road bed was
generally twenty feet wido, and some
times excoedod 200 foet in longth, with
a railing of osier on both sides. Plank
were lil tronoreroolj. eoroo. llie cab
les for the flooring, and notwitbstand
ing'the Structure rested several bun
dred feet above an abyss, and was
very fragile in appoarance, it afforded
a safo means of cotumunication for
raon and heavy burdens.. Tbe oscilla
tion of these bridges was frightful and
tbe cause of frequent alarm ; besides.
there was an unpleasant inclination
toward the centro that nuido tbe pass
age more or less diflicult
Tbo first bridge of which we bave
authontio record was ercctod by Queen
Nicolria, ovor the Euphrates, at Baby
Ion, 2,204 B. C It was a drp. w-bridge,
660 feet ia length and 30 feel in width,
roeting on ttone piers, without arches,
but connected with each other by a
framework of plank, whick was drawn
at night, to prevent the inhabitants
on opposilo sides of tbe stream from
passing and commiling depredations
on each other. The piers were mado
wliilonho bed of .the river was free
from walor; the ooorso of .tho stream
having boon diverted into a largo lake,
but subsequently rostored to its origi
nal channel when tho work was com
pleted. The stonos of tbe bridgo wore
fustonod logo tli or by iron clumps,
soldered with load. Xerxes, B. C.
481, constructed a suspension bridgo
ovor the Hellespont, tho flooring of
whioh rottod upon enormous cables
mado of flax and papyrus twisted to
gelber, and then stretched taut by
means of windlasses, Bridges of boats
have frequently been rosortcd to,
both In anciont and modorn times.
Darius, undor the pressure of military
nooeesity, threw a bridge of boats over
tbe Thracian Bosphorus, B. C. 621,
. The Romans were tho first people
in Europo to apply the arch to bridge
building. Julius Ceusar constructed a
woodnn bridge aoross tho Kliine at
Cologne, in tbe short space of ton days.
It was tho first structure of this kind
buill in Northern Europe, and was
oreutod B. C. 50.
Army equipments, both in ancient
timos and iu our day, havo includod
small boats, or casks, and sometimes
botb ; the latter being used lo support
tho rafts for the passage of both in
fantry and artillery.
Venice, tho oily of canals and bridges
hat no lets than throe hundred and
thirty-nine of the lattor, mostly of
small span. "
The London bridgo was erected A,
D. 004." It. was first made of wood;
wat destroyed and .re built tovoral
timet, tbo present structure being the
sixth which bs stood on or near the
tame silo. It wat erected at a cost
of upward of two million dollars.
When the original bridge was buill
the bod of the river was made dry, by
diverting the water through a canal,
commencing at Battortoa, and tormi
nallnjr at Kolherhltho. Houses and
shops stood upon tho first bridgt unlil
1756, when thoy wore demolished. -The
advancement made In lb tcienoo
jof engineering hat protlucil frSlllU
comparison with which tho effort of
ancient ekill aro entirely dwarfod. .(
One of the1 most celebrated bndgot or
our time is tbe Britannia Bridge, 1,100
feet long, reaching over Monai Strait,
and connecting Carnarvon with Angle
sea. It Is a tubular structure, resting
on piers. An island of solid rock
stands midway of the Strait, and upon
this firm foundation the enda of tbe
tubes rest. The Niagara Falls rail
road suspension biidgo is 900 foet ia
longth, find the Cincinnati bridgo of
the same construction is 1,100 foet.
Each structure consists of a single -
span, 'ihe Kast Kiver, or Brooklyn
bridgo, now in courso of constructions
will bo 6.8C2 fool in length, and 80
feet broad. Tbe cables are to be 15
inches' .it) 'diameter ; each having 19
strands containing 270 parallel steel
wires one-sixth of an inch in diameter.
Each strand is soaked ia boiled lin-
seed oil, and wound closely with wire
one-tenth of an inch fu diameter, and
then covered with sovoral coats of
paint. The ends of- the cables are to
be fastened to anchor walls on oppo
site sides of the river. The estimated
cost was orignally placed at 87,000,1
000, but it is now thought it will
greatly exceed that aunt. -;
v.-;- Don't Fret, ''J ': , .' ", " "
What good does it do ? Certainly
yon are none tbe happier nor your
frionda because you. constantly air
your troubles. Fretting is useless and
unnecessary. To bo sure, I don't bc
liovo in tho cant that a woman must
always, undor all and any circumstan
ces, wear a smiling fuco when her bus
band comes homo, or that alio noedt)
to take her bands out of tho dough,
or drop the baby 00 the floor, to run
and meet bim at the door. But I do
believe, nay, I know, fur I bave seen
it with my own eyos among my
friends, that many a woman has
driven a kind husband away from her,
away from bis homo and its sacred in
fluences, and caused him to spend bis
time at a billiard tablo or in a drink-ing-suloon,
amid thuir.profano in Ali
enees, simply by her ceaseless fretting
over trifles which were not worth a
word, mdeb loss the peaoo and happi
ness of a home. I know tbat many
a mother bas turned her son against
bor own sex, and made him dread and
dislike the society of women, by hor
example constantly set before bim
I know that many a mother has bro't
up and doveloped a daughter-just like .
herself, wbn, in ber turn, would wreck
and ruin the comfort of another fam
ily circle. And knowing all this, my
sisters, and brothers, too, If tbey
noed it, I know that we ought lo set
our fuces like a flint against this u so
less, Binful, peace-destroying and homo
disturbing habit of fretting.
,Well Said. Thurlow Weod, the
veteran editor of tho New York Ad-.w.Vm-,
: .11. j : -g, l. -- i
Hon. A. II. Stephens to Congress, says:
For ovor thirty years Mr. Slophon
has boen in active political life, and
without making any canting procla
mation ot boing a "Chribtiun states
man" he has boen one in fact; be was
never suspected of having boen mixed
op in any jobs, and his public as his
private life has been honorable, honest
and manly. ' Speaking of his ability
as a parliamentarian, the editor says r
This little irrepressible human steam
engino with a big train, mid scarcely
anybody' to speak of, 1b one of tho
most accomplished parliamentarian
the world bas ever- seen. For tact, .
adroitness and tbo art of "maiiouuvor
ing" in a deliberative body, no man in
tho country is his superior. He play -off
the rules of debate against an ad
versary as Paul Morpby would play
his chessmen. In dayt before tho war
we havo watched tbis inspired mani
kin circumvent an adverse majority Of
tbe House until the Speaker forgot all
about the subject undor discussion in
sheer -admiration of tho cleverness
with which Aleck snnred bit antago
nists in tho meshes of parliamentary
law.' lie will bo an acquisition to
Congress. By all means let him go
back. ' ! . 1
Tbe explanations of tho Credit Mo
bilior Congressmen, says tho Erie OJ-
eerver, are not balf as ingenious as was
that of the darkey who was accused
of stealing poultry. He vehemently
protested bis innocence until tbe po
liceman pulled off hit hat, when out
flew a full grown chicken. "Golly,"
said Congo, looking the picture) of
amazod ionooonco, "how did dat git
derc? guest he mus' ha1 dumb up my
trowsors' log 1
Ban Butler says be was mado by
the Almighty, and not by the nowipa
pors. Quite likoly, for we read in
Genesis 6-6, that "it repented the
Lord that he had made man." Thero
must havo been Butlers in Adam'
camp.
m
A certain little damsel having been
aggravated beyond ondurance by
bur brother, plumped down upon her
kncoa and cried : "O Lord 1 bless my
brother Tom. He lies, he steals, be
swears ; nil boys do; ns girls don't
Amon." '
The Legislature of Minnosotoa last
week came within an ace of removing
the capital from St. Paul because two
hotcl-koopers in that city doolined o.
receive Fred. Douglass at a boarder,
An exchange givet thit advico lo
inexperioncod Congressmen : "Don't
do anything you are ashamed of, but .
whon you bave, don't lie about it." . -
Tho young ladies In Kansas sign a .
plcdffo not to marry any man who
drinks tho ardent.'
Why are conundrums like monkeys?
Because they are far-fetched and full
lul0 - Mhienfe. . , .