tub "CLEARFIELD BEPl'BLICAJI," romiKU vtsbbbidat, sr OOODI.ASDEK HAGEHTY CLEAKFIEI'1. PA. ' EfTABtISEU IN 183T. Tb Urfreel Circulation of my Newspaper In Nona tuiri ruiujnuw Terms of Subscription. ..M la advance, or within I monlh M OO t! Elid after I end before nionthi 9 SO H iT i .n lot eipiration of Biontht... 3 OO Bates ol Advertising, ,!,( .dvertltcrnenti, per tquare of 10 llnnor Ui, tin" '" ' H Vor each tuotequeni intenion Aminiilretori' and Eaecutun' notlcea...., Aoditorl' Boticet Jimni end Ettraya bittolution notloot. -. Prohuional Cerdt, a llnet or leii.l year. total nolloet, per line YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. 50 1 60 1 50 1 50 I 00 00 so 1 inou I iquaroa.. I KjutrM.-.. 8 00 1 column.. 4 oolumn.. 1 column. .433 00 ...15 00 ...20 00 i 45 00 , to 00 Job Work. BLANKS. ' Wt.rU quire. W SO I quint, pr. qulrt,)l ti I otilrei.pr, quire,'! 00 Over , p quire, 1 50 IIANDUILL8. ttaoct,Uorltii,tl 00 I iheot.Ji or lett,5 00 cheat, Ji or Imi, 3 00 1 theet, 5 or lett.lO 00 W.ei IS of each of above at proportionate ratol. OBOROR B. QOODLANbER, . DBOllUIS UAOKRTY, Fublliherl. (Cnrfls. Man i. M'taiiiT. bambi w. a'cianr. McENALLY & McCURDY, ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, Clearfield, Pa. ft-Ufal batlneel attended to promptly with Sdiiity. OHoo oa Second atreet, above the Hlret national Bank. 9:11:72 VU.UAM 1. WALLACB. ' "" WALLACE Sl FIELDING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. jtey-Legal buiinen of all kindt attended U with promntneM and fldlttr. fjpce la retidence of William A. Wallace. Janl:71 G. R. BARRETT, Attobnky and Counbkloh. ai Law, clbarpikld, pa. ' Having reelgnod bit Judge-hip, baa retained tat practice of tha law In hit old olTioi at Clear Suld, Pa. Will attand the oourtt of Jcffenon and Ilk eountlel when tpecially retained In connection vita reiident eounttl. 1:14:71 T. H. M U RR AY, AirORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Prompt atteation given to all legal bulinaii ntrtftted to bit eare in Clearfield and adjoining Office on Market at., oppotlle ;,elrT Store, Clearfield, Pa. 14 71 A. W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. fc.00M In the Court Homo. deeS-ly " H. W. SMITH, ATTOnNET-AT-LAW, tLl:7l ClearBeld. Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Met oa Beoond St., Clearfield, Pa. novll,0 ISRAEL TEST, ATTORN KY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. ej-Oflol In the Coart Ilouie. ( Jyl 1 ,'67 JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearflold, Pa. OBm oi Market St., orer Joteph Bhowen' Broctry itort. Jtn.8,l87i. 1IOI. I. B'CBLLOCOB. . WB. M. a'CCLlOCOB. T, J. MoCULLOUGH At BE0THEB, ATTORN KY3 AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. Oftee on Locutt itreet, nearly oppoilta the rei ldenet of Dr. R. V. Wilion. Wo bare in oor of ee ene of Rieeeclt A Bro'l largett Ore and bur glar proof aelet, for the protection of book , doeda, and other Taluable paper! plaeed In oar charge. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. And Heal Eatate Agrent, ClenrfleM, Pa. Once ob Third itreet, oei.vinerrj .r..n. kl. ..tree In I, HI aid buylni laadf In Clearfield and adjoining eeaatiet j aod with aa aaparienoa of orer twenty yean aa a larreyor, flatten himieirtkat ba ean ttaier atlefaetioa. Feb. fi:M:tf, J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, in tiuii i Saw I.ogs and Immber, CLEARFIELD, PA. CBoe U Matonlo Building, Room No. I. Mi:71 j. jrrfNGirE , ATTOKNEY-AT - LAW, kU) Oaceola, Clearfield Co., Pa. rpd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Wallaeeton, Clearfield County, Peua'a. All legal buiinoaa promptly attended to. D. L. K REB 8, Bueceunr to II. B. Swoopa, Law and Collection Office, Wtl.rr CLEARFIELD, PA. Juan II. Orrli. 0. T. Alexander. 0RVI8 A ALEXANDER, ATTORN EYS AT LA H', Hellefoute, Pa. plSOJ y J. S. BARNHART, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, lilljtfiiiir fu Pa. Will nraetlee In Clrurfleld and all of the Court, of the lb adlclal distrlet. Real eetete bnioeM aod eoilcetion of elaime made ipeoialtlei. nl'7 1 CYRUS GORDON, ATTOKNKY AT LAW, Slarket etreet, (north eide) ClaarCold, Pa. erAlllejil hneineei promptly attended to Jan. 19, '73. DR. T. J. BOYER, THY3ICI AN AND SUHOEON, OBeo oa Market Street, Clearfield, Pa. ptrO&a houri: S to 12 a. m., and I to t p. jIt. R. M. SCIIEURER, IIOMfEOPATHIC PUYS1CIAN, Oain la Matonle BuilJii, April U, 1871. Clearfield, Te. "b rTw:a7 mTa n s," PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, LUTUERSBURQ, PA. ik tUrad pigfuaioBal call, promptly. aulD'7 jTh. klineTm. d., PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON, HAVINO located at Pennffeld, Ta., elfen hit profeulenal lerrlevt to tha people of that fiaee and larroundire eountry. All ealla promptly drd to. oot.lMf. Fr. J 7p7 B I) RC H F I EL D, Lett Sarrtoa of tht (3d Retlrneat.Ptnniylniila Volantttri, harlaf ratnrnod front the Army, ef.r, hit profeiileeal urtrieei to theeitliew tfoitartaldaoanty. . W"Profe,elonal ealli promptly attanled to. Steond itreet, formorlyoeeupled by P'Woodt. (npr4,,o-U JOHN D.THOMP80N, 'Ilea of tha Peace and Sirltrener, CarrreniTllle, Pa. Vi.r,,ii..i0 ,,,,1, ,j mnrt pronii'lly Mi.l f.W2 Tier C1EARFIEJJ) QOODLANDER & HAQEBTY, VOL. 47-WHOLE NO 2321. JOHN A. GREGORY, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, Ofiloe in the Court Home. Clearfield. Pa. Will alwayi be found at homo on the LAST FRIDAY and SATURDAY ofoaoh month. 9 t I. aoLiowBiiu a. bath camt. E0LL0WBUSH & CABEY, BOOKSELLERS, Blank Book Manufacturers, AND STATIONERS, 213 Market 81., FMIadtlpMa. rB-Pnper Flour Saoka and Bagf, FooUcnp, Letter, Aoto, Wrapping, Cnrtatn and Wall I'aparl. feh84.70-1ypd GEORGE C. KIRK, JuiUot of tht roo, Barrejor and Conrejanoer, Lutlienburg, Pa All buiincit IntntBled to biro will b promptly at leaded to. Persons wishing to employ a gur roTor will do well to rir htm a call, as ha flattrs bimpvlf that he can render satiafaction. Deeds of eonTtyanee, articles of agreement, and all lefra) papers, promptly and neatly executed. tzunor7J DAVID REAMS, SCIUVENER & SU-RVEYOIt, l utbcrburfr, PrV THR subscriber offers his services to tb public In tbe capacity of fieri rener and Surveyor. All flails fur surrey ins; promptly attended U, and the making of d raits, deeds and other legal instm ments of writing, executed without delay, and warranted to be correct or no charge. lUja73 J. A. BLATTENBERGEB, . Claim and Collection Office, OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Pa. jrV-Cooveranolnc and all legal paper, drawn with accurate and diipatoh. Drafti on and pal- aage ticket, to and from any point In Europe procured. ooio lu-om E. A. & We D. IRVIN, PBALBBI IK Heal Estate, Square Timber, Logs AND LUMBER. Often In new Coraer Store building. botU'71 CurweniTille, Pa. CO. ALBERT BIN BY ALIBKT... W. ALBBBT W. ALBERT Sl BROS.; Manufacturer, A attentive Dealeri in Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o., WOODLAND, PKNN'A. 9-0rderl lollelted. Bill, filled on ihort notlte and reaionabla termi. Addreii Woodland P. 0., Clearfield Co., Pa. je25-ly W ALUKU't A BROS. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, Frencbvllle, Clearfield Ceuuty, Pa, Keept eonitantly en hand a full aeiortment of Dry Good,, Hardware, Uroceriei, and nveryihing niually kept in a retn.il itore, which will bo eold, for eaih, aa cheap ae eliewhere in tba Bounty. ' Fraocbvilla, J una 37, 1867-ly. THOMA8 H. FORCEE, r. BIALBB IB GENERAL MEUCIIANDI3E, GRAHAMTON, Pa. Alio, extenilra manufacturer and dottier In Square Timber and Hawed liumneroi an una,. CVOrderi tolicited and all bllle promptly fillfd. I.jyl67 CHARLES SCHAFER, LAGER BEER RREWER, ' Clearfield, Pa. HAVINO rented Mr. Entrea' Brewery he hopee by itriot attention to buiineae and the manufacture of a iuperior article of BEKK to receive tba patroaafe of all tha old and many new euitomera. 0H5aug7J J. K. BOTTORF'S PnOTOORAPH GALLERY, Market Street, Clearfield, Pa. H-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.-ttrx NEGATIVES made la cloudy at well ai in eleor weather. Conttently ob band a food r,orttnent of FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frame,, from any tyla of moulding, made to order. aprZfi tf JEW. BCHULER, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER, Second itreet, next door to Pint National Bank, norfi'7J ClenrfioM, Pa. JAMES CLEARY, BARBER & HAIR DRESSER, SECOND STREET, jyJ3 CLEARFIELD, PA. U REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Pcnu'a. feguWIII tieeutejobi la hit line promptly and In a workmanlike manner. arr4,t)7 Q H.HALL PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. -Pumpi alwayi on band and made to order on ihort Botloo. Pipee bored on reatonablo term. All work warranted to render ietiffaction, and deliTOred Ifdeiired. my:lypd ETA. BrGLER'&Tcbr, S Q U A Re'tI MBER, and manufacturer! of ALL KINDS OF HAWED LUMBER, i-H CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. H, F. N AUGLE, WATCH MAKER & JEWELEU, and dealer la Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, &c, j,19 jj CLEARFIELD, PA., M tGAUGIIEV CO.'S RESTAURANT, Geaond Street, C1.EARFI2LD, TENN A. Alwayi an band, Froth Oyttert, toe Cream, Caadiet, Nutt, Craokere, Cakee, Cigarl, Tobaoee, Canned Frultt, Oranfel, Ltaignt, and all ktnilt of frnit in eoaron. f3171 D. MoUAUOIIKY A CO. r 4J II it T HOUTMAN. Dealer in all klndt oi FURNITURE, Market Street, One door oalt Pool OOlce, au:167l CLEA I1PI ELD, PA. E L I II A K M A n , PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT,, Ll'THERSDl'RO, PA. Arent for the American Doul.le Turblna Water . . a. a it L. U'IikaI I'mm . nl.h lwtobta Ui J'ia'7 tTkaaM and AHifrnWI Pliwrii ft- HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE! Tha Iloute and Lot on the corner of Mar i... ...i vinl, .Ire.t.. Clearfield. Pa., It for lale. Tito lot oonlalnt nearly an acre of ground. The hou li a large dotil.le frauta. containing nine room,. For termi and other information apply to tht ,uh"rlh.r, at the Port oire. o,n p A, UAl LIN Publisher. THE KEPUBLICAN. CLEARFIELD, Pa. WEDNESDAY MORNINO. JUNE 11, 1873. WHAT THE SPARROW CHIRPS. Br pbabl niriit. I am only a little tparrow, A bird of low degree ; My life it of little value, But the dear Lord oareth for me. , lie gave ma aooat of foatheri; It it very plain, I know, With never a ipeok of erintton, ' ' -For it wat aot made for thow. But it keept ma warm in winter, And it fhlolil, me from the rain ; Were it bordered with gold or purple, Perhapt it would make ma rain. And now that the tprlng time eemoth, 1 will build me a little nett, With many a chirp of pleaturo, In tho tpot I love the belt. I have no barn or ttorehonto, I neither tow nor reap . Ood girci me a tparrow't portion, But never a teed to koep. If my meal it lometluiei toaaty, Clone picking makaa it tweat I have alwayi enough to feed me, And "life it more than meat." I know there are many tparrowt; All over tba world we are fonnd, But our Heavenly Father knoweth Whea one of u, to.Ua to tho ground. Though tmall, we are never forgotten ( Though weak, we are never afraid ; For wo know that the dear Lord keepeth Tho life of tbe croaturei lie made. . . I fly through the thicket! forett, I light on many a tpray ; I have bo obart or compete, But 1 aever lone my way. And I fold my wingt at twilight, Wherever 1 happen to be) For the Father it alwayi watching, And no barm will come to me. Center of Gravity of Population. According to the rocont lotlor of Gon. Garfield, the center of gravity ol our national population is now, or was at the time tho last consul was taken, near Wilmington, Ohio. ltd march Wostwnrd lm hocn as follows : Com mencing in 1700, the buuinningof our nation, at York, iu tho Southwest corner of Pennsylvania, a little above tho ii'Jtb degree ol latitude, it raeud little to tho South ol that dearee, crossed tho Allcghanies about 1833, moved across the ran-IIandle of ir ginia in I860, and is now rapidlr pass ing over tho Slato of Ohio, still drop ping a, nine oouid ot tv est as it goes. The avernee rate of protrrcsa for the last eighty years lias been fifty miles per decado, but it is now icoinz at abOUl Clghly UlllUS fur uacli ton yours. it is estimated, however, by eood judgos, that this rate cannot bo kept up lone, because the main tide ot settlement will soon reach the poorer soil of tho Eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. It is also possible that tho direction of .this conlcr may bo varied in the future by a chantro of influences. Thus far, cmiirralion has been, as a rulo, Westward along the an mo line of lutilude. The majority of Now York ers leaving homo go to Michigun and Wisconsin; irgimuns betake them selves not only to Kentucky and Mis souri, but to Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, although always free States, yet in the same lulitudo ; while Vermont skips over sovornl Slates to and the eroater number of tier emi grants in Wisconsin, duo West. Of coarse there havo been exceptions to Ibis rulo, as in tho emigrations Irom agricultural to manufacturing States, as from iluino and Now Uumpsliiro to Masxncbusctts, and the settlement of tho Northwest largoly by tho cen tral and Southwestern btates. We think, also, that as Bociety gets older tbcro is a marked tendency Southward n ccnornl migrations. ,V bother it is thut, with tbe increasing refinements ol lifo, people grow moro delicate or not, they certuinly seem to nave s creator dislike of cold climates. Evory year sees ft larger number of invalid residonts at tho boutii, wild many wbo nro not invalids, whoso moans enablo them to enjoy a more agreea ble ilimato than that of the North in Winter. Hitherto this Southern tendencv of emigration, oven if it formerly existed in its present strength, was countracl- cd by tho existence, of a dissimilar and offensive institution, which bore with poculiar hardship, bocauso inflicting a species of dingrace upon the avorago cmigrnm woo nau to uiuks his wny m the world with his own bands Slavery, in fact, was an impusnnblo wall to !rco labor. J no siiuemoiii nas been niado on cood authority that "there oro not probably in ull tho Southorn States O,000 emigrants from tho freo States; that is, not so many as iMuino mono has sent into Massa chusetts. Tlut state of things cunnot last much longer. It is true, more has bcon no grout change sinco the war olosod not so groat as was gon orally anticipated but tho bittornoss of Southern society has not j ot had timo to subside, and tlio tremendous revolution inaugurated by cmancipa lion bus not fit 1 1 v worked itself out. lint n crcat improvement, lias been acconiolishod, novertholoss : nnd when wo consider the increasing ovidoncos of tbo nrofituhlciioss ol raising oollotv and the attractions of many other kinds of pursuits at tho Soulh which hud no iootliold in tho'old days of slavery, together with tho climate in fltienco civen abovo, wo have reason to buliovo that evon the next census willshowamaloriul incronseol South ernward einiuralion. This will tend to check and divert tho Western pro gress of tho contor of gravity of the nnLinnnl nnnulation. bosidoS contribut ing to ft salutary Inlormlxttiro of the nntional oloineuls and to the prosperi ty and strength of tho Union. Boston Journal, . ' An exohange llluslratosthe beauties of tho postal card system thus : Smith m 1,1b landlady "Any loiters for mo to-day V Lnndlay "Nothing but ft few postal cards, but tlicro is nothing Urasil Is lilteen limes tho iin of Franco PRINCIPLES) CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE U, 1873. The Decline and Fall of Yankeedom. We take from the New York World of the 10th ult., tho article below. If it be correct, then the Mistress of Tariffs, Negroisro, Paper Monoy, Shod dy and Imposture is on herduuth bed, and the rest of tho country may hopo for reliof i THE DECAY OP DOWN EAST. Now England continues to deolino and fall off. The chief city is no lunger a metropolis, but a provincial town. With diauuso and decay at hor vory vitals, who can expect to find Uonlth in hor members? llerromolor communities are weakened in all their inaustrios, her ship bnilding, as re cently shown by otio of hor own ionr- nals, is an occupation ol the past ; her commerce is almost a myth, and in agriculture, "tho first of arts," she grows feebler day by day. From this point of viow, a correspondent of tho A'cu) England Farmer by her own moutb is her deeadonce declared paints a sorrowful picturo. "Many of our Oldest and oncu best lurms, he ssyB, "are now used solely for tms turago, while the old homostead is tenunted by owls and bats, or it hus been removed, leaving only the old stone chimney or hull filled cellar to mark the spot," Those places, where, "All timet and tidet teem lott in ono long term Of itagnamt dceolation," are not found exclusively in Middle Massachusetts, from wbonce, wo be lieve, he writes ; but his bsorvations hold true of rnrul New England, from one ond to tho other, no matter wborc wo so. Riding evon almost within viow of tbe rich valley of the Connect icut one comes not infrequently upon a dwelling from which . "Life and thought have gone away Side by aide, Leaving doon and wiadowi wide." No less an authority thao the Mas sachusetts Bureau of Statistics, in its report lor the year onding Jluicb 1st, 1871, shows thut the native farmers are rapidly disappearing; that tho tow who remain uro generally ignor ant and" poor. I ho report which, we re told, is culled from tho evidence of forty-six rosiuont witnesses, rarmors.olergy men, merchants, physicians and otbors furlhor shows that the general educa tion system oi tne lurm labor is very low, even lower than that of the av erage factory oporalivo ; that children undor I-i years ot ago aro, becausoof the povorty of thoir parents, kept in the fluid instead of at school, nnd that, as ft conacqucnco, ft largo per centago of the rising generation can neither read nor write. it is easy toporccire how these influences must effect unfa vorably tbe tone and characior of so- l-ial intoroonrad hOW lllO On fhnfarm must be rondored more than ever dis tasteful to the few native farmers wbo remain, nnd how their eons nnd daugh ters are more surely than ever driven lo city life, or to oungralion elsewhere, until in some counties, as affirmed by one witness, "only men of second or Ihira class ability, physically or men tally, are left to work on larms," or, as another testified, "the farms nro eft lo tho old men and women, and country populations are decreasing at a foarful rato." Still another speaks of tho destruction of "all sell-roiiunce und self-rospcct." iromolber sources, equally relia ble, we havo further convincing proof that this strango picturo is not over drawn. General liullor mentions thut farmers are selling the old homesteads, and with tho litllo money thus se cured moving with their families to the city to become factory operatives. A gonlluman who has hud lurgo expe rience in rural real estate affairs ot Massachusetts says he can find ono hundred and eighty farms in the State on the line of tho Boston and Albany Railrond any one of which can be bought for less than the cost of the buildings. Some of these furms are sixty acres in extent, whilo others nro one hundred and sixty. ! Oct. Uutltr says tho wholo of Massachusetts would not soil lor enough to rubuil the stone walla which now exist in the State. Anolhor authority affirms that com fortable dwelling houses can be bought cheap enough to make it profitable to lake them down, removo them lo Now York, and rebuild thorn here. A correspondent writing from Port land to Moort't Rural spouks of thut city as being dull as a country village. lhcre is litllo manutucturing. no ship building. Tho trade with tho Werl Indies, which once lined its docks, is now small, and tho placo hus that sort of rctrogrado appearance, that dead-and-alive business ulmosphore, which enddone and anhrliiea rnthoi lltnn vi talizes and exhilarates a people Xho samo thing Is truo lo a greater or less degree throughout the entire state ot .Maine, as tho census snows. And yet Maine is not n barren wilder ness, is ho is graciously cnuoweu uy nnture, and filled lo be tha seut of a busy and prosperous population and of varied and surcesslul industries. A great abundance of arable land in viles cultivation ; streams traverse tho State in every direction ; forests of splendid timber still supply dietani markets, will tor yours, at a rate de fying competition : soino ol tho Unesl harbors lio closo lo tho track of the western-bound vossols from Europe, nnd a sea coast which is but ft contin uous lino of biauliful bays and ports affords Iho finest opportunity in tho world fur ship building. And yet llio shin vards of Maine nre silent; tho magnitlcont lorest tends timber lo dis tant markets; tho farmers find no salo for thoir Droducts : the manufacturers nre shut out from tbo cheap supply of fuel from Nova bcotir), and lorcod io suspend operations if lltey cannot bring their coal from Pennsylvania and Blill compolo with nearer rivals; nnd so it huimons Hint, despite the fuel that the State is "protected," in dostry declines and tho population fulls off and shows ft decrease since 1800. Nevertheless, Maine clings to tho party by which monopoly tariffs are suslainocl. A tariff bas made this Stalo con spicuous above others for prostration of Industry and loss of population, and yet Maine sent to Congress tho man by whom the tariff was devisod, and still sustains him in defending the re i nous ay stein. NOT MEN. The census returns from Vermont indicate, to bo sure, an increase in population, but it was only 5 per tent, against an avorago of ovoriiO per cent, in tho whole of iho United Stales. lue assessed vuluation of proporty of """j uuourijmuii snows an tncreaso of about 10 per cent. ; tho roal cash valuation has so fur been given only iur tne mrrr. lands, wuicn liavo In creased in area (wild or forost land btougbt undor cultivation) ovor 300, 000 acres, or ovor 11 por cent., while the valuation has increased $18,000, (00, or 62 per cent., tho avorage price per ucre rising from (33 lo 845, and Iho furtn implements likowiso ad vU)cing in value ft trifle over 50 nor CeUl. Wcio we to proceed no fui'tbor we should concludo that in this Stale at least, the situation on the whole was an eminently satisfactory one. But when we ask what this increased nutubcr of acres produces, what has added this increased value to the land, our satisfaction is changed to surprise nnd discouragement.- Although wheat shows un increase of about 5 porcont., and corn an increase of over 15 per cent., almost all other crops are either stulionary or show a decline. Tobac co, of which the production is ontiro ly nominal, shows a largo increaso; but mnplo sugar, which is an import ant crop, shows a fur largor decreaso. Potatoes, hops and oats remain about the same; barley nnd buckwheat show ft considerable increase, but rye ft honvy fulling off. Wool shows a nominal increase, although iho num ber of sheep bas docreascd 20 per cent. Horses have decreased 3 per cent , swine G por cent., work oxen ft nearly 40 por cont., all other cuttle lib or cont. Juiicb cows aiono oi an inds of slock have increased about 5 per cont. ; but while the butter pro duct bas increasod 2,000,000 pounds, the cheese bus declined 3,000,000 pounds. In other words, the increased area of very much highor pticed farm lands produoes less of all tho essen tial elcmonts of agricultural wealth. Thoso figures confirm, in tbe most striking inannor, all recent accounts of tho condition of tbe farming popu lation throughout Picw England. J. lie intelligent, capable and wealthy na livo farmers hare mainly emigrated to tbe West or entirely died out, while theirraostcapablosonslcave the farms for other employment. The farms aro lur(,cly occupied by tenant on biro, who pay comparatively high ronls for poor furms, who have little or no cap ital, cannot keep oxen or horses, or oven sheep and swine, to any extent, and whoso farming consists chiefly of raising a cow or two to supply the family with millr nrt httltav. end rule. ing a succession ot crops of such small grains as still continue to yield a mod orato return to tbe exhaustive method of the unprncticed agriculturist. The change is going on in a precisely 6lm ilur manner throughout New England. Capital and intelligence can find bet ter rewards on Iho broader prniriosof Iho West. But a class of industrious, though poor laborers can, without capital, continue lo find profitable employment on the furms nbandonod. But their farming is in iho long run ruinous to themselves. Tho size of farms is continually growing smaller, the inability to introduce improved eystemsand machinery becoming more striking, the general lono of farming increasing, tho average intclligonco of Iho population declining, tho yield of labor becoming yearly less, ilenco, though there is, especially at certain seasons, an ever-recurring clamor for more help, yet the farmers are unable to pay their lu borers living wages and earn a profit on their expenditure. Lien co, wogos aro excessively low, compared lo the high prices noccssa rily demanded for tho product of tho soil. A nonresident proprietary, like that of Ireland, is gelling to be the charnclcrisliu of largo farming districts of Now England, adding veurlv lo the nominal valuo of the leasehold furms, advancing yearly tbo rent demanded, and sloadily degruding the character of the tenantry, until. in place of the boasted intelligence of rural New England, ft competent au thority can to-day write: "Tho gen eral educational condition of the farm laborer it very low, evon bolow that of tbe factory opcrativo; a large per centage ol them cin neither read nor write. What wonder, with tho farm ing interest of New Enulund in this condition, with wages such as these employers oan pay, that the cry goes ioriu iur mm wiuu luut mvru to iur- rihlo scarcity of farming help : hat wonder that country boys uro inces santly Hf4e,npi into in Ittcer towns, fleeing from the wages of tbe furm lo tho greater allurements, the higher waives, which an arlinclul activity in taritf-slimulated industries permits the cily at least tcminirarily to offer I What wonder that all the adjurations of tho great farmer's nposllo, Greeley, fail to drivo tho ambitious youth buck to tho povorty, tho stngnution, the rolroirrcssion of iho New Enabled farm, which his icnornnt policy of protection only tends to still furthor degrade ! What wonder that Iho in fluence of Now England hits censed to bo powerful for good, thut corporato corruption, monopoly and legalizod fraud have como lo bo the chief Intel lectual crona in whiub Now Kniland rivals, if it cannot excel, Pennsyl vania! What wondor lhat Vormont voles the heaviest majorities for tho tbo Republican parly I An Indiana lawyer defended a man forkoMiintr his saloon open after ton o'clock at night. He made a plea Hint it was ten o'clock until i, was eleven, and won his coso. Tho cignr makers in San Francisco are attempting to employ whito boys as substitutes for their Chinese opera- that tho lattor are thiovish, careless and wasteful. Within forty-five days thoreocourrcd in tho United Btfttes lony vw nan road accidents, killing twenty-two por sons and Injuring ninoty-ftevco. There are only nino clllos in the world with ft population of mor lban ft million. London loads the lisHilb its three nd t quarter millions. - 1EPUBLICAN, NEW A House One Thousand Years Old. Tho lofiiost bouso, and the most poi feet in tbo mailer of architecture I have over soon, was that which a wood chopper oocupicd with his fam ily one winter in the forests of Santa Cruz county. It was tho cavity of a redwood tree, two hundred and eighty feet in height. Fire bad eaten awny the trunk at tbo baso, until a circular room had boon formed sixteen feet in dlumelor. At twenty fcot or moro from the ground was a knot-hole which afforded ogross for the smoke. With hammocks hung from pegs, and a few cooking utensils hung upon other pegs, that bouse lacked no essential thing. This woodman was in possession of a house which bad been a thousand years in process of building. Porhaps on tbo very day it was finisbod he camo along and enlorcd iu". How did all jack-knife and hand-saw architect ure sink into insignificance in contrast with this house io tha solitudes of tbe great forest I Moreover, tbe tenant lured like a prince. Within thirty yards of bis coniferous liouso a moun tain stream went rushing past to the sen. In tho swirls and eddies under tho shelving rocks, if ono could not land half a dozen trout within an hour ho deserved to go hungry as a penally for bis awkwardness. Now and then ft doer came out into tho openings, and, at no great dislanco, quail, rab bits and pigeons could bo found. What did this man want more than Naturo furnished him f He had a bouse with a "cupolu" two hundred and forty feel high, and game at the cost of taking it. The Arcadian sim plicity would havo mado a lasting im pression, but for a volunteer remark, lhat nothing could bo added l give lifo ft more porfectzest. "Well, yes," said be, 'I rockon if you are going back to town you might tell Jim to sond me up gallon of whisky and some plug tobacco." It will not do to invest bollow tree with too much of sonlimenl und poetry. If that roessago had not been suggested, we should havo bcon under tho delusion lo this day lhat tho lives ol those peo ple, dwelling in a bouso fashioned a thousand years ago, wero rounded to ft perfect fullness, without ono artifi cial want. Overland Monthly. .; Wonders of the World. The "seven wonders" of tho world are among tho traditions of childhood, and yet it is a remarkable fact' lhat ninety-nino persons out of one hun dred wbo might be aekotl the question could not name them. They are Ibe Pyramids the myslory of tho past U ,! F 4W .law enduring for tbo lu tu re ages of this world. Tbo temple, the walls and banging gardens of Babylon, the most cclebralod cily of Assyria, and tho rouidenco of the kings of that country after the destruction of Jttnoveh. The Chryselephantine statuo of Jnpl tor Olympus, the most renowned work cf Phidiuo., tho illustrious artisto ot Greece The statue was formed of gold, ami was sitting on ft throne al most touching the summit of tho tem ple, which was seventy feet high. Tbe Tcmplo of Diana, at Epcsus, which was two hundred and twenty years in building, and which was four hundred and twenty five feet in length and two hundred and twenty in breadth and supported by one hundred and twenty-seven murblo columns of Iho lonio order sixty feet high. The Mausoleum, at llulicttrnassus, erected in tho memory of Muusolu. tho King of Caria, by bis wifo Arlemcsia, B C. thrco hundred and Ully-lhreo. .'ho Pharos, at Alexandria, light-houso erected by Ptolemy Soler ul tbe en trance of the hurbor. It was four hundred and sixty feel high, and could be seen at a distunce of ono hundred miles. Upon it wero inset ibed "King Ptolemy, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors."; Lastly, the Colossus at Rhodes, brazen imago of Apollo, ono hundred and live drcciun (eel in beichl, wiucn was to no locaico ut the entrance of one of tbo harbors of tho city of Rhodes. History of Goldsmith Maid, ONCB SOLD POR 8200. Goldsmith Maid was sired by Major Edsttll's Uumbletonian, he by Hys- diek's Hnmblotonmn. Hor dtim Is old Abdullah, sho by Hyedick's llamblo- totiiun. So sho is a "true blue Mam- blotonian maro, descending On both sides from the famons old sire, blie was rained by John B. Ueckor, in Sua. sox county. New Jorsoy, just across lite Una which diTitlc tn-unua ana Sussex counties nd tho States of Now York and New Jorsoy. In 180a or 1805 John II. Decker, ft nephew of tho above named John ll.Dcekor.and Thomas Uinghnm, ft former owner of Vunilcrbilt s Mountain Uoy, both oi Nowburgh, were buying horses for thonrmv. Unvlne llirouirn iniscoun try in search of slock, thoy saw this maro running loose in an open field on a hillsido. w Thoy offered liw lor her. She was then abonl 0 or 7 years old, and entirely untrained, having novcr been in harncKS, exeopt about twelve hours, half of which time, as Air. Decker then slated, ho ploughed corn with her, hauling stones with her the nthor half. She was then ona tnere sold to Mossrs. Decker and liingliam for $200. Tho next dy Ihoy started with the mare through Urango coun. l toward Goshen, and whilo al Hump. ton, neur Goshen, sold her to William Tnmnklns. boiler known as "Jorsoy Bill.1 for 8300. She was at this timo wirv and fretful. Mr. Thompson soon disposod of her fop 8000. IU ownod her about six months. Alden Gold- mith was tho nurehaser. Previous in her nurcbss. by Mr. Goldsmith she bad bad but comparatively litllo hnndlinrr. and her croat spcod is en lirely due to the truiuing while In bis bands. Ai Winnvbatro Lake. Wisconsin, ft Gorman who was fishing through ft hole in the ioe was drawn lo by sturgeon which soiled the line; but neighbor rescued him. ' Tbcy manufacture fuel from hay and slrw by machinery in Western lows. TEEMS-S2 per annijm in Advanoe. SERIES - YOL. 11, NO. 21. Cutlery, The imporlation of wire and steel goods into England was first restricted by Queen Elizubelh, in ordor that home manufactures might befoslored. Thoro was a guild of London cullers in tho time of Henry V., but Ihe im portant Incorporation in Sheffield was not logalized until 1024. During the next contury, Iho progross of scien tific invention benefitted tho iron and steel manufacturers. The production of cast sloel furthered the common uao of knives, and muny other cutting instruments, besides rendering them cheaper, betler, and more abundant. Improved methods of smelling, east-1 lu, Killer, lUIIIIJfr, Ul'UWIIIg, SliOrp ening, polishing, damascening, una gilding, raised the culler's urt lo a high stale of perfection. Great as was the progross of this art in the eighloonlh century, it bus been far outstripped in tho nineteenth Shear stool began to be made in Shef field in 1800. Tho inventions of Mushct .and Lttcus in 1800 and 1804 further extended the manufacture. Forks nnd scissors were mado by roll ing in 1805. From this litno immenso cutlery works sprang up in F.nglund, France, and Germany, and tho com petition between the three countries has been highly beneficial, for while England slunds undoubtedly foremost, yet bolh Franco and Germany pos sess thoir own peculiar excellencies. Among tho imports connected Willi cutlery, thoro is in Shcfiiold an an nual consumption ot moro than sev enty tons of ivory for tho handles of knives and forks, and about three thousand oporatives are employed in forging and grinding tho bludos. An oquul number of work pcoplo nro en gaged on pen and pocket knives, mado annually to the vuluo ot JtlOO.UUU. cry muny are occupied in fabricat- ng razors and scissors. The crcat Exhibition of 1851, and subsequent exhibitions bolh in England and clso- w heio havo afforded opportunities to tho Sheffield cutlers of proving thoir matchless skill in domestic and oilier branches of cutlery. Swords, perfect masterpieces of arlistio design, were displayed, their blades damascened, decorated wilh elaborated etching and gilding upon a ground of blue. Tall Men. At a country becomes settled, and especially in tho cities, whero great numbers of human beings aro crowd ed into a comparatively small place, men degencralo in height, and the women are not only proverbially shorter than in the eountry, but they are less inuscutur. Aebuuvaiun,uugirt. to bo exceptions to all rules, there uro both tall gentlemen and ladies in old cities. A majority of them, however, if traced to their birthplace, will bo found to have come from the country. Kentucky and 'f enncsseo produco tho tallest men iu this country. A young boy, taken from iho cily, whoso pa rents are bolow Iho usual height, und reared in cilberof thoso Stales, would robubly quite overtop any ot Ins umily. The material abounds in tho irruitts nnd meats of those splendid i-egious for developing tho bones. Tbo i tilitgonians havo long been celebralod for being tho tallest raco of men in existence. Magellan's associates givo their averago statuo at seven feet lour inches. Commodore Bryant's officers seldom saw one below seven loot, and some exceoded thai measure. At the polar circlos, especially North, tho Esquimaux rarely tower above four foot and half to fivo feet. As a wbolo, tho English are finely devel oped, tall and energetic. Americans are ft compound of ull tbe nations on tho globo, varying In sizo, strength, height, weight, mental capacity und cncriry.according to Ihe prodoiniuanco of blood from any particular source. A milk diet, ol all lood, is most la voruble for a large, lull fraruo in early ifo. The Days of the Week. In tho Museum of Berlin, in the hall devoted to Northern antiquities, they huve tho representations or the idols from whom tho names of our days of the week uro derived. From the idol of the Sun comes Sunday. This idol is represented with his face liko the sun, holding a burning Whooi with both bunds on his breust, signi- fvirtir bis courso around the world Tho idol of the Moon, from which oomclh Monday, is babitod in ft short coat, like n man, but holding a moon in Ins hand. Tuts-co, Irom wbicn comes Tuesday, waa ono vf tte) moot anciont and poculiar t'uds of the Gcr mans, and is represented in nis gar ment of skin, according to iho pecu liar mannor of clothing. Tho third day of tho week was dedicated to his worship, wodon, irom wnonoo Wednesday camo, was a valiant prince among the Bnxons. ins imago was nrnved lo lor victory, a nor, irom whence we havo iniirsuiiy, is senica on ft bed, with tweivo stars ovor ins head, holding a sceptre iu his right hand. Frigtt, from whonoo we have Friday, is reprcsontcd with ft drawn sword in bis right bund and a bow in his left. Ho was tho giver ot peuce and plenty. Seator, from wlieneo is Suturduy, has tho appearance of por- feci wretchodness ; ho is uitn-visageo, long-haired, with ft long board. Ho carries ft pail of water in hi right hand, wherein are fruits and flowers. A Stupid Clerk. Tho other day ft young lady stepped into a dry-goods establishment und inquired of the olerk uttonding: "Sir, havo you any monse-colorod gloves?" "Mouse ool ored glovos, missf" "Yes, ft sort of gray, just the color of yotfr drawers," meaning the storo drawers, lhat were painted gray. "My drawers, miss, why I don't wear any." A cub wits seen leaving tbo store ft few minutes afier wilh ft lady In iho corner with a handkerchief up to her laco. An act providing for tho punishment by irnprisonmoni in tow i tannon'"! of persons convicted of bribing Stale nfttnnra nr mnmbora ol lllO UoDoral Aa- ttnbly. baft passed both branches of th Ohio Legislature. , , Health and Talent, It is no exaggeration to say thai health is ft luriro inirredicnt In what tho world calls talent. A man with out it may be ft giant in intellect, but his docds will bo tho deods of dtvnrf. On the contrary, let him havo a quick circulation, good digoslion, the bulk. thews and sinews of a man, and tho alacrity, tho untbihkinir confidence in spired by theso, and, though having but nino bruins, be will either blunder upon success or sot failure at defiance ' It U true, especially In this eountry, that the number of centaurs in every community of mon in whom beroio intciioct are ullted with bodily consu- tutions as tough as thoso of horses is small; lhat, In gonoral, a man hus reason lo think himself well off in Iho lottery of lifo if ho draws tho prizo of a healthy stomach without ft mind, or Ibo prizo of ft fine intellect wild ft' crazy stomach. But of tho two, a weak mind in a Herculean Ira mo is bolter than ft giant mind in a crazy constitution. A pound of energy with an ounce of talent will achieve greater results than a pound of talent writ) an ounce of cnorgy. Tho first roqusilo lo success in life Is To bo a good nm. . mul. In any of the learned profes sions, a vigorous constitution ib equal lo at least blty per cont. moro brain. ' it, iudi;mcnt,iiii(iL'inatioii, eloquence, all tho quulilies of tho mind, utlairi thereby a forco und splendor to which , l hey could never approach without it. Itnr fntttllppt in ft wr-nlt hmlv in Hilca gold in a spent Bwimmor's pocket.' A mechanic may have tools ot tho sharpest edgo and highest polish ; but wbut are 'these without a vigorous arm and hand f Of what use is ft lhat your mind bus becomo a vast granury of knowledge, if you have not strength lo turn the key ? Postage StampsHow Prepared, As soon as they eincrgo from the hydraulio press, postage stamps aro gummed. The pusto is mude from clear starch, or rather its doxlrino, which is acted upon chemically and then boiled, forming a clear, smooth, slightly sweet mixture. Each sheet of stamps is takon separately, placed upon a lint bourl, and us edges cov erod with ft light metal framo. Then the pasta is smeared on with a large whitewash brush, and tho sheet is laid between two wire racks and placed on a pile with others lo dry. Great care is taken in tho manufacture of this -paste, which is porfoctly harmless. this grutifying fact hus bcon conclu sively proved by an armlysis recently made by an eminent chemist. Aftor tho gumming, another pressing in Iho hydraulic press follows. Then moro counting in fact, stamps are counted no less than thirteen limes during their procosses of manufacture. The sheets oro then cut in half, each por tion cantiiimng one hundred stamps, this being done by girls wilh ordinary hand aboard. Next follows iho per. foralion, which is performed by machinery. The perforationsaro first made in a perpendicular lino, and af terward in a horizontal lino. Another pressing follows this lime to get rid of the raised edges on tho back of the stamps mado by tho dies, and this ends tho manufacture A scperato apartment is devoted to the packing and sending off the stamps to tho dif ferent post otiiccs. It will bo seen by l.:n .. , .l.n, ..k. .. v.t rtimAM concerning the poisonous, or unclean, properties ol postage stamps, are ut terly without foundation. What is Catgut? Somo inquiring mind ha started tho question, "What is Uatgtitf The iihoe and Mather tit porter thus an swers: "ror many years tne only- article used undor this name consisted of tho intestines of sheep, cut and twisted. As tho Italian sheep are the leanest of those accessible to market, and as tbe membrunos of lean animals are known to bo thougher than those of animals in high condition, the bost catgut bus come from Naples and that vicinity. Thcro is no historical rocord con cerning the ti so of the intestines of cats for strings of this sort, but from tho fact that tho name irom earliest times has uniformly been applied to this article, it would appear ullogother probable lhat the strings did first como or wore supposed to come from lhat source. Tho chief uso of catgut for many years was for the strings of harps und guitars ; it was manufac tured from tho vicora of sheep. Tbo membranes of smaller animals uro somolimos used for the covering of whips and such purposes, but sheep still lurntsh the strings for musical in struments. Tho process of preparing is quilo curious. The motnbranes are ordinarily exposed to iho power of burning sulphur, and then slit and twisted into cords of di (To rent sizes as wanted. Musical strings, whin cords, hatters' cords, strings of clocks, eto. are tho chief nscs on the list. They aro then dyod, stretched on frames, and dried in a very high tomporaturo." A painter, being asked to estimate the cost of painting a certain house, drow fortli pencil ond paper und made tho following colculation : "A naught is n nattghl ; three inlo five twice you ran'tj I'll paint your house for fifty dollars - There is n rage this season for old nnd raro antique luces. Raul and fino laco is worn uliunst (o tho exclusion of tbo cheap imitations. Hamburg edgings nnd embroideries on line and shcor muslins are called for instead of imitation lace. A Now Hutnpshiro man lias been relinvod ol what tho doctor called "angino cordis" by expectorating piece of string five inches long, which he had draw n into bis windpipe some months ago. A pet parrot was so diegtistod wilh the tumult of moving duy In Harris burg, that ho signalized bis passago through Iho streets on tho top of tho furniture-wagon by tho most shocking profanity. Imprimatur Let it bo printod- was a phraso of permission lo print lu countries whoro Iho proas was under government Control. Hence, the term it found on the tillc-pngo of old books. Ladiua can, In tho present state of civilization, either buy ibeir switched to match tho huir, or dye their hair lu match their switches. You pays your money and you takes your choice. Crimo of all kinds appears to be on tho incrcate. Vermont cows yield an annual in of 80,000,000. Captains of ocean 83,0'Jt) ft rear in rjnld. sicumors get