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ATT0RKEY AT LAW.
ClearOeld, Pa.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OIh in Second St., Clearteld, Pa. dot11,M
ISRAEL TEST.
ATTORN R Y AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
pt-Oan la the Ceart Booet, tiyll.'!
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Clearfield, Pa.
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Clearfield, Pa.
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Im one of Rieteck A Bro'c leriMt Are and bar
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ud other ralueble paperl plaeed In oar charge.
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. . i . . . ni . . 1
umee on mim iireoi, 99.jnnTj "
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niatiea aad with an experience ol ortr twentr
re ae a earreyor, f alwre bimielf that he eaa
linear iatltfaelioa. Fob. J:3:tf,
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REAL ESTATE BROKER,
lea BBiLia u
Saw IiOgs and I.uiuber,
- CLEARFIELD, PA.
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J. J. LINQLE,
1TTOBNEY -AT - LAW,
Lit Iteceola, Clearfleld Co., Pa. y:pd
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
W'allaeetoa, Clearfleld Coaaty, Pena'a.
SV.AII legal bnatncu promptly attenuea to.
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Euoooieer to II. B. Swoopo,
Law and Collection Office,
'?lll,ni CLEARFIELD, PA.
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A1T0BNEY8 AT LA W,
Bollefonte, Pa. eeplVM-y
J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Itelleftmte. Pa.
Will practice In Cleart-td and all of the Court, of
we lata jaaiciej antric.. neei acioio uuvia...
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no(EOPATiiio pdtsician,
OBca la Huoale Bailding,
April M, 117?. Clearfleld, Pa.
OR. W. A. MEAN 8,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
LlTIIERSDLiVO, PA.
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AVINO located at Penateld, Pa., offere hi,
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ud nrroaading eoaalry. All call! promptly
ettieded to.
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yclaoueri, having retaraed from the Army,
bli profoeelonal icrvloee be Iheelllieai
" Clearteld aoaaty.
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oa Secont itreet, formerlyeooapled by
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Carwentvllle, Pa.
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JOHN A. GREGORY,
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Ofloa la tb Court Hoaea, Clearteld, Pa.
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attended to. Pcnona wilhing to employ a Sur
veyor will do well to give him a call, ae he lattere
ki.uir ik.i k. Ma Moil.. Kati.fifltlon. Deodi of
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ia the aapeetty of Eerlveaer and Surveyor.
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the making of drafte, deedi and other legal inatru
menU of writing, eiecuted without delay, and
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OSCEOLA, Clearteld Co., Pa.
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novlS'7l Corwearrilla, ra.
ae. iuaaT......aaaar taiBT-.....w. iuir
W. ALBERT V BROS.,
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Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
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-Orden Kliclted. Bllla tiled en ihort aotloe
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Addreu Woodland P. 0., Clearteld Co., Pa.
jeli-ly W ALBERT A BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Frenehvllle, Clearfield Coaaty, Pa.
Keepi eoaetantly oa hand a fall aftortment of
Drv Ooodl. Hardware, Uraoerlee, aad everything
neually kept la a retail etore, which will be cold,
for each, ae cheap ae oleewh.ro la the eeanty.
rreaohviue, Jane 17, isoi-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
saiLaa ia
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
URAHAMTON, Pa.
Alao, exleniiva eaaaufactarer and dealer In Square
Timber aad bawaa Lumber ot ai aiaai.
tlledT0
Ordara aollclted aad all billa promptly
ny'"
CHARLES SCHAFER,
AGER BEER RREWER,
Clearfleld, Pa.
HAVING rented Mr. Entree' Brewery he
honea bv atriet attention to bnaineae and
the manufacture of a auperior article of BEER
to receive the patronage of all the old aad many
new eaetomere. etJoaugTI
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearteld, Pa.
rt-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.-
NEGATIVES mad la eloady ae well ae la
clear weather. Conatantly on hand a good
aaeortment of FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and
8TKRE08COPIC VIEW8. Framea, from any
atyle of moulding, made te order. aprJt-tf
EV. SCI1ULER,
BABBEB AND HUB DBESSEB,
Second atreet, next door to Flrat National Bank,
novt'7 Clearteld, Pa.
JAME8 CLEARY,
BABBEB & HAIR BBESSEB,
SECOND STREET,
jyM CLEARFIELD, PA. It
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfleld, Pean'a.
WWW aieeato loba In hie line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. ayr4,t7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
rPe0ipi alwayi en head aad made te order
oa ihort notloe. Pi pee bend ea reaaonable terma.
All work warranted to reader latiaiaclloa, ana
delirered if dealred. aylt:Iypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
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SQUARE TIMBER,
and maaufaoturera of
ALL MINDS OP SAWED LVMBKR,
S-T'Tl CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
H. F, N AUGLE,
WATCH MAILER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Wore, &c, .
J.l.'t, CLEARFIELD, PA.,
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tUlUOMKYA CO.-S
RESTAURANT,
Bewad Etraatj
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
Alerave ea hand. Freeh Ovatere, Ioe Croats,
Caadiaa. NaU. Craokere. Cakea. Cicara, Tohaneo,
Canned Frulte. Orangea, Lemoaa, aad all fctade
of fruit in eeaenn.
IMr-BILLlARU ROUM ea eeooni noor.
Jell 71 D. MoOACUUKY A CO
JOHN THOUTtlAI,
Ueaier IB an ainat ni
FURNITURE,
Market Street,
One door eaat Peat Otjee,
aogU'tl CLEAItFlELD. PA.
TnhiH A M MAR,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT,
LUTUERSBURO, PA.
Agent fur the Awrloaa Doable Turbine Water
Wheel and Andrewi A Kalbacb Wheel. rCaa fur-
nick Portable ri it Mllle aa taon aouae. jy i a 1 1
HOUSK AND LOT FOR BALE!
The Moaae and Lot ea the eoraer ef Mar-
lu mA kink .ireeia. Clearteld. Pa.. It for aala.
The lot ooauioa nearlr aa aora f freuad. The
kouae ia a large double frame, eontainlbg nine
noma. Far terme and othw iafurmauoa apply
to the tnbmitar, at the r .
iwm
THE REPUBLICAN.
: CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNINO, APRIL II, WJ,
A MAN WITH AN AIM.
Olrc nu a man with an aim,
Whatever that aim may be,
Whelhar It'a wealth ar whether It'e fame,
" It mattera not to ma.
Let bim walk la the path of right,
Aad keep hit aha In eight,
Aad work and pray with faith away,
' With hit eye ea the glittering height
Give bm a awa who aaya
"I will do eomethlag well,
Aad make the tenting dnya
A atory of labor 1011."
Though the aim be baa ae email, -. --"
It It better than none at all
With tomething to do the whom year through,
lie will not Humble or fall,
But Sntan weavct a mare
For the feet of Ihoee wbe atray
With nover a thought ar care
Where the path may lead away.
The man who hat an aim -
Not only loaree ao aame
Wbea (bit life 'i done, hut tea te eae
lie lea vet a record of thane,
(lire me a man whoaa heart
Ia tiled with ambitloaa Ire s
Who aeta hia mark ia the atari,
And moral it higher and higher.
Bettor to die In the etrife,
The handt with labor rife,
Than to glide with the atream ia aa Idle dream,
Aad lira a parpoeelett life.
... . . .. ' .jej
THE BEQISTBT.
Speech of Col. A. K. M'Clure.
A Review ef the Aleiaader (Caaeaa) ub
elltate for the M'Clure mil. Deliv
ered March 871b, lt73
Mr. M'Clure suid : Mr. Speaker, I
need not, at this stage, discuss either
the original bill or tue proposed sub
stitute). The substitute which comes
ostensibly at tbe proposition of the
Senator from the Fiict District (Mr.
Alexander) is but the proposition of
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. White)
with sorao immaterial modification.
Substantially, tbey are tbe same, and
both differ from the registry law now
in Philadelphia mainly, in the dishon
esty with which they appear to proffer
reform, while in fact they most stud
iedly refuso it.
Of courso, the Senator from the
First District (Mr. Alexander) ia not
justly responsible for the substitute
now belore tbe Senate. I lully acquit
bim ol the paternity of tbe measure.
and shall have nothing to say in reply
to tbe remnrlte be has had made as an
apology, rather than an argument,
for tbe position be bat been directed
to assume.
On a previous occasion the aame
substitute, save a fow glittering gen
eralities, which hare since been in
vented, was proposed by its responsi
ble author, and supported on tho floor
of this body; but au exposure of its
deceit and deformities silenced Its ad
vocates and made the opponents of
bonest eloctions in rniiadelphia take
refuge in a partisan canous. Unwil
ling to moet the issue fuirly before tbe
Senate, because tbe wrong could not
bo mado even plausible, a cowardly
rolreat was made to a secret partisan
conclave, whore sincere convictions
and manly Senatorial action might be
constrained to "bow to unscrupulous
loadcrship. What was, by experi
ence, provod as indcfonsible in discus
sion, has been made the offering on
the altar ot partisanship, and with
sealed lips and sullen shame tbe coo
science of tbe Senate is to suffer vio
lonce by tbe vote about to be taken.
lbe pending substitute authorises
the so loot ana common councils of
Philadelphia each to select three cloo
tion comuHBrjioners, all of whom shall
not be of tbe same political party,
and three additional commissioners
aro to be appointed by tbe court of
common plea. . 1 nave already spo
ken of the sonso of fuirnoss of the
city councils in lbs matter of minor
ity representation, a manifested in
the solootion of fir commissioners
Id violation of the plain intonl of the
provisions of their own ordinance, the
majority tolocteu botb tbe Kopublican
and the Democratic commissioners
rejecting tbo cboioo presented by tbe
minority. A body that could thus
command a solid majority vote for
such a wrong, publishes it own infi
delity and sbamo in a measure that no
ingenuity in tb use of words can ex
cuse. Every Senator who know
aup-ht of tbe city oouncili well under
stands that the wont elements of both
partios in those bodies, and unfortu
nately the controlling elements on
botb siaos, would unite in selecting
olection oommiBeionert under whose
administration elootion frauds would
be a more matter of commerce. And
the three commissioners to be ap
pointed by tbe court, would be ap
pointed by majority of tbe Judges,
thus charging tbe court witn a parti
san responsibility. 1 doubt not tnat
the court would appoint roe poc table
men, but the three so appointed would
be In a helpless minority against the
six scloctod by the councils. Under
this unfair provision an oveirwhelming
maiorilv of tbo oeonle of Philadel
phia, who earnestly desire to restore
the purity of the ballot, would be
tracticaUy voioeloss in our eloctions,
ana aeoaucnery ana iraua woaia oave
rate wed licanoo to dofy th popular
will.
It it too late to prein4 Hut there)
. .. i it I.,
can be any bonest registration oi vo
ters in Philadelphia with one party
exoroisimr absolute control of the reg
istry. Who dare affeot to believe that
tb canvassers, in the interest of a
desperate majority, with powerless
minority canvassers, will mak a just
list Of voters r All wuuin me aouna
of my voice know that such majority
canvasser have persistently registered
fictitious tames and refused registry
to Qualified electors. So bold and
reckless have tbe majority become
that uvat fall tbey uoblushingly flaunt
ed their fraud into lb face of the
community. It was patent to all
nndeniod and undeniable. With
nonulatioD of tbrot) hundred thousand
leas than Now York, nearly twenty
thousand more voters wore rolurned
than Lava evr been returned is New
torh, and tbe jcorle were powerlet
to interpose any restraint poo tbe
fraud. And yet thousands of quali
fied voters were refused registry, or
ineir names aroitramy trickan off,
and they bad to acoept disfranchise
ment because tbe mandate of the Leg
islature sanctioned it. In tbe face of
these known facts the Senato Is about
to declar that partisan and irrespon
sible registration shall be continued in
Philadelphia. -
I mean that Senators shall look this
measure in tbe face. What 8cntor
can rise in his place and assume that
tbe provisions before ua, pretending
to confer oortain power on the court,
ar honest, either in their inception
or in their language, or that tbey ar
intended to invoke honesty in Ibeir ex
ecution f Every Senator know that
they nro hollow mockeries and stud-'
led lies, and every voice around roe i
compelled to tilonoe whon these burn
ing truths aro pressed bom to them.
I challenge doniol I oall for tbe ut
torance on tbe floor of this Senato,
which were made nndor tbe (belterof
a secret csuous. Not one dare ven
ture to state truthfully why this fresh
insult is to be added to the already
intolerable wrongs and unjust re
proaches long suffered by the people
of Philadelphia.
On the most vital question of af
fording a judicial romody for tho ar
bitrary disfranchisement of citizons
by canvassers, tbe substitute belore
us purposoly surpasses tbe present
registry law in its infamy. There is
now a shadow of a remedy, while the
substance is practically denied ; but
under the present law, a remedy is
possible in exceptional cases. The
canvassers may strike off names on
the eighth ' day before tbe olection.
Now an appeal may be mado to the
court by notifying the canvassers four
days before the election, and getting
belore tho court on the day following.
Under tbe substitute now pending,
tbe canvasser can still strike off, in
seoret session, on the eighth day, and
application must be made to tho court
not later than tbe sixth day, and then
only after having given twenty-four
hours notice to tbe canvassers. To
have a judicial remedy- under tho bill
befor us, tb citizens must proceed,
on the morning of the sovonth day by
notioo, and the canvassers bavo the
liBts for striking off nntil such hour
as they please tho night before. Is
this mockery and falsehood not a pub
lic proclamation of tbo shame of the
Senate f Who can, who will, who
dare defend it? '
Equally false and deceitful is the
firetence of bringing tbe roturns be
ore tbe court for computation. An
irresponsible board of commissioners,
tbe creation of tbo councils, is made
tbe tribunal boforo which tbe roturns
are to be oompulod, and the certifi
cate of election issued. Mark bow
tbe slimy pollution of fraud is cher
ished and protected in this cunning
provision. After the roturns are com
puted and tbe certificates of election
issued by this partisan tribunal, the
return may, under certain circum
stances, be brought before tbe court
for examination and revision. When
the returns have passed the necessary
manipulation in the very inner cham
ber of violent and corrupt partisan
ship, the records of fraud destroyed
and every possible wrong consumma
ted, and beyond tbo power of courts
charged only with an inquiry into
prima facie rights, it is provided that
tbe courts shall sit as shorn bamsons
to give apparent judicial Sanction to
ballot stuffing and forgery. This, and
tbi only, it the meaning of tbe pro
vision professing t6 submit roturns to
tbe control of tbo court. Senator
cannot but mark how wanton false
hood and visible deceit pervade every
provision of this substitute.
Sir, 1 appeal to Senator to deal
manfully with Philadelphia. It has
been decreed in caucus that no just
election bill shall pass. Those who
feared to meet the issue on this floor,
or who tried it with Indifferent suo
cess, have been able to coerce tbe
judgment of sincere men who dare
not invoke party resentment. Mnce
it i to, let the decree of tbe caucus be
met and made without deceit. Vote
down the bill yon cannot assail but
must reject. Coolest frankly that
yon duro not be just, for not a school
boy in my city will fail to appreciate
tbe contempt dissembling will merit.
As the roll is called. Mr. Speakor, I
shall be mindful of tbe earnest pro
fession of reform with which you
gladdened the people of the Stale
while your oam oi oiuoe was yet
fresh upon your lips, and you pro
claimed tbo policy of the majority of
this body. Hate they turnod to ash
es, to bo aoattored to the winds by a
caucus, that has hushed to serviloobe-
dionce those wbo claim to be leaders
of men f And tbe Senator from Bear
er. (Mr. Rutanl who baa declared on
the floor of this body, that a fair eloo
tion law must bo accorded to Phila
delphia, bow is bo to vole f He must
be torsellul oi bis piiirnteu laun u no
now bows to the exactions of those
who can triumph only by fraud. And
the Sonalor from Susquehanna, (Mr.
KitctO from whom came the report in
favor of a just bill, what has made
bim unmindlul or bis own exprossoa
oonviotions T And the Senator from
Lancaster (Mr. Warfol) was of Ihostt
wbo have made a reoord in favor of
the integrity of tb ballot-box. Mutt
all these oonvuition, and all these
professions, and all devotion to the
purity of elections, Im offered as a
saeriflcs on tho altar of party 1 It so,
let me admonish Kenatort that tbey
are but driving tho pecpla to revolu
tion, and that when ravueuuioa comes,
at come it must, they will share tmo
retribution that has been invoked by
worse men. than themselves.
In Washington, tbo othor day, a
female member of a colored theatrical
troup wont into a dry goods store aad
c&laed for soma flesh colored ho.
Tb-s Clerk placed before ber a box of
blacK Stocking, AUto mat impertinent
young man baa never boen ablo to tell
whotber n was blown up by nitro
glycerine or was itru'ck by a shot from
a seventy-two ftoftrtW.
On Nw Toar's day ther were) 82
070 post-oBoe In (bo Unitsd States.
7. Christian Statesman.
' Wo havo received a copy of the
Christian Statesman, a papor published
In Philadelphia by tbe fanatics of tho
nineteenth century in the Interest of
moaern priestcraft and in antagonism
to tbo Republican institutions of our
country as given to us by our futhert
in the Constitution of tbe United
StAtcs, Among other reasons urged
for -changing our Constitution to as to
rooojjaise "a God, a Christ, a Sabbath,"
Aa, ws aro told that the omission of
tbosi in tb original Constitution was
an oversight on tb part of its frara-
ers. Dutiiniortunateiy for Iheirargn
msnt, history refute tbe (illy tuggus
tion. The experiment of a church
and f (ate combination bad been made
b kv Am settler -f oar ooaatry,
and tho appallinir result had been fear
fully witnessed both In the Eastern
and in some of the Southern States
under the Colonial governments.
In Puritan in New England, and
tbo cburcb of England in Virginia, had
their religious creeds and Ecclesiasti
cal powers fully recognized in tboir
respective charter. Tbey acknowl
edged a Cod and a Sabbath, and they
bad powor to exterminate from tboir
colonic all wbo dissented from their
dogmas, a heretic." In New Eng
land men and women and children
were fined, imprisoned, cruelly whip
ped and tortured, and some were sold
into slavery, others tied to cart-tails
and publicly whipped through the
streets, others bad their ears cut off,
their tongue bored through with red
not irons, and othor were bung, on
no other chargo iban that of worship
ing God acoording to tbe dictates
of their own consciences. Baptists,
Quakers, and all other who dared to
avow other religious sentiments than
what were pronounced orthodox by
the ruling party, were treated with
cruelty and barbarity by those self
styled "christian statesmen," wbo held
tbe reins of government, in Virginia
here tbe cburcb of hngland was the
recoiftined order, many of tbe most
faithful servants of bod were fined
and imprisoned, for preaching the gos
pel without lioeuse trom tne csiuDiiatieu
church. It is a well authenticated
historical fact that the first great
peech in which Patrick lisnrr dis
tinguished himself was hit successful
plea for the release of three preachers,
who stood indicted "for nreachimrthe
gospel of tbe Son of God," in the State
ot viririnia. Ana mat ciuer jcrciuiao
Moore was incarcerated in prison for
tho same offence, and the milluuus
from the court to lb jailor ordered
him to commit tbe body of Jeremiah
Moore to prison, and to bold bim there
till he should rot, "for preaching tbe
gospel contrary to the law." And
ibw - some now living who as well
as tbe writer of ibis article, can well
remember when Thomas Jefferson was
denounced as a wicked infidel fur his
opposition to Priestcralt and advo
cacy of the Inalienable right of men.
Vah tltU .11 ll.naa fa. .ta tatnrA lia
which at the time of the framing of
la loucrai Lunniliuuuu wore nga-
. r t . r . . ' . . .
ting tho whole country, to say thul
the omission to embody in tbe Consti
tution a rolisious creed was an over
sight, is simply preposterous. When
the oppressed citizons oi our country
had become weary of the shackles of
priestcraft and of king-craft, they re
solved to free themselves from both,
or perish in the attempt. Tbe clergy
of tbe established cburcbe were the
most bitter opposer of tbe Revolu
tion ; tbey plead for tbe divine right
of kings to reign, and of their subjects
to implicitly submit and obey. Tbey
prayed publicly for the success of the
British forces which were employed
against u. Tbey were banded with
tho Tories, Cow Boy and Indians, and
resisted to the utmost extent of their
ability the attainment of our liberty.
And when the Delegate of tbe col
onies Were in Convention preparing
the articles of confederation to be sub
milted to tbo colonies and to the peo
ple to be accepted a tbe fundamental
law, the clergy wore clamorous fur
the insertion of tome provision for the
church, or for the clergy. Tb mat
ter was not overlooked, but it was duly
considered, and a tb result of a care
ful and mature deliberation, it was de
termined to insert in tbe Constitution
the irrevokable decision, that no Uw
should ever be made ucder it, for tbe
support of any religious establishment,
or to prevent the free exerciso of re
ligion, in tb United Slate..
It is true a Christian may bo a
statesman, and a statesman may be a
Christian, but the two are radically
different and distinct from each other,
as for iostanoe a man may be a Chris
tain and a miller, or a blacksmith, but
neither the mill or anvil have any
thins to do with hi Christianity, lie
inav be equally a eood a miller or
blacksmith if be is not a Christian,
and equally as good a Christian and
bo -neilhor a miller, blacksmith or
statesman. Christianity is a spiritual
institution, and has no more to do
witb statesmanship than It has wnu
mechanism or science.
But the assumption of the tille
"Christian Statesman," seems to im
ply t blending together what the great
author of Christianity ha forbidden
should bo so associated ; for as his
kioirdom is not of tbi world, hi dis-
oiples, a? such, are commanded to eonie
out and be separated from tbe world.
itoniieT of Liberty .
Tb Bank of England cover live
acres of ground and employs 000 clorks.
There are no window on the streot
Lightisadmitted through opon courts;
do mob could take the bank, therefore,
without cannon to baiter the immense
walla. The clock In the center of tbo
bank bat Ally dials attached to it.
Large cistern are sunk in tb court,
and engine In perfec'. order aro al
ways in readiness, ia .ease of aW
This bsnk was Inoorporatod M4.
Capital, 190,000,000.
California and Asstrall. It i esti
mated, Lav together produced gold
amounting in value to 11,600,000,000
sinoo 1802.
Whon si (kipping lambs lika lit
erary folumr- When tbey are bound
ing sheep. 1 t
REPUBLICAN
What Will You Leave Behind?
Talking with nn old farmer once, he
said: "Whon I die, I am going to
leave behind, as a heritage for my
children, tbe home whero tbey were
born, made as beautiful as my means
and uneducated tasto will allow, ploas
ant memories ot tho home fireside and
of the sunny summer days, sod a true
regard for tbo dignity and worth
of the calling which their father fol
lowed." The old msn was ao full of
emotion when he talked In this way
that be had to use a handkerchief to
prevent tbe tears tolling tboir tale of
manly ensilivenesa. Ilia boy were
widely scattered, having a varied ex
perience in life ; but tbero was not
one of them wbo did not honor the
Old fa.rmoe lby eetllad feuioi twwarenlly-,
too) "Father; not one of them wbo
was not glad to visit tbo old homo
ttcad once a year.
Now, we repeat the question, "What
will you leave behind T" Money f It
will do your children littlo good, com
paratively. Money is easily obtained.
But borne are scarce. Tbe associa
tions which tbe men of tho world value
most aro the associations witb tboir
early homes. No man, no matter
what bis position in life, wbo bas bad
happy and pleasant home in his
youth, fails to remember, love and
long for it. It is a hcvon be seeks, one
toward which bis heart goes out when
ever ho is in trouble; it is the shrine
to which he makes pilgrimage when
ever be has means and opportunity ;
it is the one spot on earth upon which
bo is willing to lavish the wealth he
may have acquired, and where he
desires to die and be buried.
Such a Gettino dp. Calling a boy
np in tbe morning, can hardly be
classed under the head of "pastime,"
especially if the boy is fond of exercise
tbe day before. And it is a little
singular tbo next hardest thing to
gelling a boy out of bed is gelling
him into it. There is rarely a mother
who is a success at arousing a boy.
All mothers know this; so do their
boys. And yet the mother seem to
go al it in the right way; she opens
the etair door and insinuatingly ob
serves: "Johnny." There is no re
sponse; "Johnny." Still no response.
Iben there is a short, sharp "John,"
followed a moment later by a pro
longed and empbutio "John lionry."
A grunt from the uppor regions signi
fies that an impression has beon made,
and the mother is encouraged to add,
"You'd bolter be getting down bero
to breakfast, young man, before 1
come up there an' give yon something
you'll feel." Thit so startles lbs young
man that he immediately goes to sleep
again. And the oporation has to be
repealed several ' times. A father
knows nothing about thia trouble.
tie merely open his mouth as a soda
bottlo ejects its cork anel ibe "John
llonry" that cleaves tho air of that
stairway goes into tbe boy like elec
tricity, and pierces the deepest recesses
of bis very nature. And ho pops out
of that bed and into his clothes, and
down tbe stairs, witb a promptness
that is commondablo. It is rarely a
boy allows himself to disregard the
paternal summons. About onco a
year is believed to be as often as it is
consistent with tho rules of health
lie saves his father a groat many steps
by his thoughlfulncss.
Tue Original California Pionkfb
A Survivor or Tue Mesozoic Aoe.
Tbe workmen ongngod in sinking a
vertical shaft In the liluck Diamond
coal mino, in Mount Diablo, one dny
this week, came upon a lives frog im
bedded in the solid sandstone 179 feet
below tho surface.
The form of the reptile was as per
fectly pretervod in tho rock as if
moulded lu toll Clay, un Doing re
leased from its captivity of untold
ages tho frog exhibitod almost tho
suniedcirroe of animation as its sneoies
of last year's growth, and evidontly
realized tue boon ot liberty witn a
sense-of gratitude. After a limo,
"however, it showed symptoms of gen
eral debility, and in twelve hours alter
it, release it expired from tho effocts
of old ago. This venerablo reptile
hopped upon tbo virgin earth and
croaked his joyful paeans far back in
the unrecorded past, befure tho crea
tion of man bad even been auggestcd,
and hi amazement on contemplating
tb present ctago ol Darwinian pro
gression must have been profound.
The change, no doubt, reconciled him
to an early domise. The remains
were rovoruntly brought to the city
yesterday by P. B. Cornwall, presi
dent of the company, will probably bo
preserved In tho cabinet of the Acad
emy of Sciences. San i'Vajicisee Jiitl
torn." .
Coal. Prof. A listed mentions, say
the Cornhill Magatine, that a quarter
of a million of square miloa of the
earth's surface nre covered with sand
stone and shale of the earbonilcrous
period, among which ooal is buried;
aod this coal is for tbo most part ac
cessible. Now, thore are upwards ot
3,000,000 square yards of surface in a
square milo, and assuming an average
total thickness of 10 yards for the
distinct seams of each coal field, we
find for the total nnrabor of cubio
yards of available ooal the enormous
figure of 7,600,000,000,000. As
cubio vsrd of coal weighs 1 ton, we
say that there are in round numbers
7.000,ow,utw,uou oi tone oi coai avail
able for the nso of the human raeo.
If wa take the average nnmbor of
human being living at each moment
during the next B,ow year to ue
2,000,000,000, and the annual con
sumption for all purposos to be at the
average rate of 1 ton per human be
ing, the supply would last for that
enormous period. We may add in
confirmation that a valuablo ooal mine
hoe been discovered about twonly-fivo
mile from Virginia, Montana, a much
aeedod "find" in that part of tbe
country.
Wife, do you know that I have got
the pneumonia!" "Now mania, In
deed I Such extravaeanoo I Your the
spond-lUrifliest than i ever did see, to
go and lay out money tor aon vrosn
wean I cfd A new boooe-t to bird."
Thoughts on a New Baby.
BY A LAD.
Yes, thoro's another of 'cm up
stairs now. I know it, bocauso pa
told me 1 must bo quiet and musn'l
play bull, nor auk Willie Smart to
come and play leap-frog with mo
Then tbore's a cross nurse, that's al
ways scolding ine for gotting in her
way, no mutter wbcro I get. Be
sides, Miss Gadall was hore to day
and patted me on the buck, saying
my noBo was another degroe out ol
joint; but I knew better, for this is
tbe thiru time she baa told ine so, and
it is no more out of joint than it ever
was. cue a hateful, gogglo-cyed old
maid that's what she is.
. A saw it, loo.,. It's got a little.
round, red boad, 'without uny hair,
with great deep wrinkles instosd of
eyes, and when it cries it opens its
mouth 06 though it meant to swallow
itself. Pa helped me upon the side of
the bed, and told mo to kiss my pret
ty littlo sister; and when I wouldn't
and called it a horrid ugly thing, bo
said 1 was a naughty boy, and then
the nurse shook mo, and said 1 ought
to be ashamed. I didn't got to kiss
my ma at all. I knew better than to
try it, for onco, when another baby
came, 1 climbed up tbo bed, and put
mv army arnnnrl hoi nn.L htif,.mrt
and kissed ber, but all the time I Cad
my knee on tho baby's besd; sol
wss whipped and put in my crib with
out any supper, because I didn't know
it was tbero.
1 Little Annie thinks it's nicotobave
a new sister, but sho was the buby
before and don't know anything about
it. 1 can remember long, long ago,
ma used to call me her "sweet littlo
darling," and pa jumped mo on bis
foot and said I was a "fino fellow;"
but then Tom came and all my pret
ty toys were given to bim, 'cause be
was tbe baby, and 1 was cuffed and
scolded by everybody, 'cept grandma,
and ebe's good to roe yet, though
there's beet, two new one' givon. I
wonder where all tho babie comes
from I Ma says the Lord send them;
I wish be wouldn't send any more to
our bouso. We've got more'n enough
now. It might bo nice for them if
they could stay little all the time, but
they have to grow bigger, and they
ain l no bettor off than tbo rest of us.
I rather think if I was a buby I'd
ask tbe Lord to send mo where I'd
not grow any bigger, then I'd have
nothing to do but to lie on my back
and chaw my toes, and I would have
folks say I was the "darlingest, cun-
mngest little creature they ever luid
eyes on.
Grain Statistics.
The imports of grain at Buffalo last
year were larger than in any pre
ceding year, excepting 1871. For a
long lime there bus been a steady and
marked decline in the receipt of flour,
imports during last "year having been
760,308 barrels, against 1,241,009 in
1871, and 1,453,013 barrels in the
previous year, tho decrease having
been noticuublo for several past years.
But Buffalo is not alone in Ibis de
cline, since tho receipts at Western
ccntros have been parallel with those
at Buffalo. Chicago, Toledo, Detroit,
Milwaukee and Cleveland had an ag
gregate of recoipts in 1809 of over
5,0u0,000 barrels; one year afterwards
they lowored to 4,250,000 ; in 1871 to
3,yuu,iuu, and in 187Z to b,duu,uuu.
At present, and Ibis may oxpluin this
decline, a lurger amount of wheat is
raised in the Wostern Stules than for
merly there was. Lumber receiv
ed last year amounted to 212,-
940,000 as opposod to 200,010,000 In
tbe preceding year. Jlo gram re
ceipts at Buffalo for 1872 were 01,'
854,000 bushels, and the total receipts
at the lake ports Chicago, Detroit,
Milwaukee, Toledo, Cleveland and
Dululh, were flour being estimated
as wheat 143,100,CS8 bushels. The
measurement of the cereals which
pass through Buffalo shows nearly
two-thirds of tbe whole receipts of all
the great grain centres of tbe Norlli
west.
Fit Collars to Horses' Shoulders.
It is vary important to have a col
lar fit nioely and snugly to the shout
dersof the horso. It enables him to
work with a deal more ease, and to
employ a great deal more strength.
It prevents galling and wounding, ns
the friction is avoided. Collars are so
made, or should be so mado, as to
tbrow the chief source on tho lower
part of the shoulder. The horse can
apply but littlo strength on the upper
part, and for this reason breast collars
are coming groatly into vogue, as tho
strength is exerted on the lower part
of tbe shoulder. To muko a new col
lar 111 the shoulder of tho horse, the
collar should be purchasod of the
proper size ; just before putting it on
the first time immerse it in water, let
ling it remain a minutes, and immedi
ately put it on the horso, being care
ful to have the bamoa so adjusted at
tho top and st tho bottom as to fit the
shoulder, and thon put tho horse to
work. The collar by boing wet will
adupt itsolf to the shoulder, and should
dry on the horse. When takon off it
should be left In the same shape it oc
cupied on tho horse, and ever after
you will have a snug fitting collar ahd
no wounds. Volley Farmer.
e e
A lazy dyspeptic was bewailing his
own mieforluno, and speaking with a
friend upon the latter's hearty appear
ance. "What do you do to make your
self so strong and healthy 1" inquired
the dyspeptic, "iive on trull alone,
answered tho friond. What kind of
fruit f "The fruit of industry ; and I
am never troubled with indigestion."
An old farmer said to hi sons:
"Boys, don't you ever wait for sum
mat to turn up. You might just aa
well go and tit down on a stone in tho
midjTo of A meddcr, with a pail atwixt
your legs, an' wait for a cow to back
up to you to be milked."
A nolghbor was asked the othor day
what made her gait so peculiar. "Oh!"
said shs, "it is a hew edition of Bon.
Ion's f Ilgnm'S PrcgreHfc'
( A Curious Bow. , .f
A yonng man from on of the Jtob1
urbs appeared from a lor on West-
slrsct, on Saturday noon, in quest of
tho family team, but not discerning it,
slopped quickly to the corner of Main
street, and looking up that avonue
just in time to detect the familiar es
tablishment about turning Into While
street on tbo homoward course. Tbeil
be took bis hat in his band and struck,
out on the chsso at a speed that wa
wonderful. A clerk in a storo that
l. L t k
the matter, and finding a man fleeitij
for dear life, be put alter him. This
created a curiosity in a man who vrat
digging out a gutter, and lie forthwith
dropped hi shovel and joined in with
conuncnduble alacrity. . And then a
milkman, who ws getting into hi
cart, suddenly changed his mind, and
went legging up the street in rctir of
the others. Two merchants talking
about malorialism dropped tho sub
ject and picked up their hovls in lbs
sumo direction. Ihcn hvoboys in
stinctively took a leg in. There woro
followed by a number of elderly peo
ple, and before the suburban youth
reached W bile stroct, ho became pain
fully aware that ho wat pursued.
ibis led him to redouble his exoriioni,
but the incrcaso communicated itself
to tbo ourging. masses buhiud. And'
when he turned Into Whilo street bis
eyes stood out liko billiard. balls, and
his huir pointed boavonwurd "mostly.
On this avenue he found himself so .
urolv nri-oaed tiinL kto lumnftjl fnlA-
mo ni'st open natenwny and disap.
peared in the durkness of the cellar.
The panting and eager crowd shot up'
to thu entrance and a I most into it, and'
. v a . - i -
after peering into tho darknoss with
out teeing anything, commenced to
look at cucb othor. ihcn tho silenco
was broken. "Wbo was he?" said
ono. "1 don t know, suid another.
"What hud he been doing?" naked
the third. "I don't know," said tho
fourth. Then they , stared at each
other again, and the first man said
Don t anybody know who be is f
No answer, and thon the first man;
wbo appeared to be burning up Willi
curiosity, added, "What in the thun
der did you run for, then?" "Because
1 saw the others run. M hat did you
run for?" "Well, that's the rousou I
run. Vanbury Aeir.
American Chiyalry. ' '
Journeying to Boston from Wash
ington, an Lnglish authoress hud her
berth mado into a bed, and, divesting
herself of ber outer garmonls, retired
behind the curtain and slept unlit
daybreak. "1 knew," she proceeds
"that at each end of the cur there
wa a toilet-room wiib marble basin
and washing paraphernalia. I put
my bead out at tho opening of the
curtain to boo if the place was unoc
cupied, when, lo my amazemont, what
should moot my eye. all the way up
and down tbo narrow corridor, but
stockinged no, I mean socked feet
struggling into boot of the most de:
cidedly masculine 'persuasion.' Aa I
was contemplating tho possibility of
threading my wsy throtmh this novel.
living hedge, I came to the knowledge
thul I was the only lady in the car;
and that, unknown and "unprotected,
I bad been passing the night in the
most ignorant, anu neipiea security
with about twenty mon 1 In ant olh-
country, this discovery would have
been horriiying in Itsolf, and extreme
ly diaaajraaubla in ita vnaultB i DUt.
soon as my experiene of .imencan
chivalry hud been, it was quite suffi
cient fur me to know that 1 had ab
solutely nothing to feel uncomfortable
abont." Most of the gentlemen did
mo tho honor to ignore my pretence
completely, thereby making me feet
vory much assured; thoso that did
not ueither stated nor spoke ; but as
the train slackened at the Jersey city
station two of them helped me down
the steps or tho platform, and, ono
taking my shawls and the Other my
hand-bag, said :. 'Allow mo, mudain,
lo see you lo the furry,' whithor thoy
accompanied me, and bowed thotfi
selves out." - "
A Doq's' Friend i! Need. TU
other afternoon a cow and dog, be
longing to It. U raves, were passing
along B. street together, a big, quar
relsome hoodlum cur ruslied out front
tbe sidewalk and pounced upon tho
canine companion of the cow. The
hoodlum socined to bo gctling tho
host of tho fight, whon tho cow prob
ably o descendant in tho direct line of
the "cow with thu crumpled horn that
tossed the dog that worried tho cat'
seeing how things wore going with
her companion, charged Opon tbo
strange dog, and at llio first turfs ele
vated him some ten feet in llio' air.
Sbe was on hand again about the time
he struck the ground, and charging
upon him with urched neck and erect
tail, pitched him from tbo middle of
the street into a pilo of packing cases
standing on tho edgo of the sidewalk.
Thia done, she turnod affectionately
lo ber cunino friend, and tho pair
moved on togothcr, while tho discom
fitted hoodlum raised bis head f bove
tho edge of tho dry goods box In
which he had landed and lookod about
to eeo if. tho lightning had struck any
othor dog Virginia City (JVfP.) AV
terpriu.
Whon wo bear that a man's skolo-
i - ..I I i . I . : . : I... . 1
tun wan nuiu iu viiiuiuimiii insi, vv
fur four dollars and fifty bents, it i
impossible not lo fe'il a pang of com
passion upon reflecting how very poor1
a man must be to sell his skeleton for
such a sum. Most persons Cling to)
their skeletons with an affectionate
earnestness which it as touching at it
is remarkable ; and even when they
aro dissatisfied with them, they soem
to hate to purl with them. Whclhor
tho Cincinnati man intends to have A
now one put in, ot propose.", to have
himself kept for tho future merely
rolled up in a flabby tort of bundlo
and carried around with a airing, wo
are not informed. But wo wurn him,
if he propose to get a now ono, to
havo himself measured for It. We
can imagine nothing more uncomfort
able fur a man than to have hi bones
eilhor an inch or so too long or a tew
inches too short.
A student who had a bettor knowl
edge of hymn than of some of his
studies, one morning was askod to
spell and deflno prune, created a sen
sation in tbe clasa by replying, in a
solemn lone, "p-r-o-n e, to wsndor."
Mark Twain, in speaking of canni
balism, grows serious for once, and
solomnly declares that for his own part
he "would rulhcr go hungry for two
days than eat an old personal friond."
A gushing poet aks in tho first lino
of a recent effusion, " Ho w many woary
pilgrims lie?" We give It op; but
eiporicnco bas taught at that thorp
Arc s good fsanv. .
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