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Clearfield, ra,
ibiirouiptBM. and Idclity,
W.lliaia A. Wallace.
..d JrlU.. Uffioa in ra.ld.aea
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G. R. BARRETT,
AlTOBNtT AND CoUNHgLOR AT LAW,
ni.EARFIELD. PA.
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bid. Pa. Will attend the oourtf of JefTerlon and
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ATTORN EY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
r-nm. an atairt ia W.it.ra Hotel building.
1.7.1 k.in. i.romotlr att.adad ta. Real eatate
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J, W. BANTZ,
ATTORN R.Y-AT-LAW.
C'learfirld, Pa. I
v n ...l in We.frn Hotel buildlnt. P
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UlMUed to, u'J i
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
nmnt attention rlren to all legal buainMa
atraited to hi. care In ClearOeld and adjoining
tMitiel. OIBo. oa Market at., oppoaita Naugla'.
Jia.lry Stora, Cleern.ld, Pa. 1 il
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- Clearfield, Pa.
ke-OBca In tha Coarl Ilouaa. (dwO-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
1M:7I riearfleld. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mm .a Bwoad St., ClearOeld, Pa. nortl.OI
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
ff-0ffle la tha Coart Hoo.a. fjyll.'
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Mta ea Market St., arar Joaapb Shaw.ra
ancary .tore, jaa.j.iou.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
and Real Utate Agent. Clearfield, Pa.
net. An Third atre.t. b.f.LB.rrre. nainni
nF-R..n..trull. offer, hla a.rric.e In aelllrg
ud buying laada In Cl.ar0.ld and a.ljolniag
naatiat and with aa .ipari.nee at o.er tw.nt.
nart aa a aarr.yor, OatUra himaelf that ha a.n
toaar .atl. faction. ,
BLAKE WALTERS,
BEAL ESTATE BROKER,
aid oat LB a
Raw Ijogn nnl IaUiuber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Aau. i. WnmnU Ituildinf. Room No. 1. l:i:Tl
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORN EY-AT - LAW,
111 Oaeeola, Clearfield Co Pa. y:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
W.n.e.inn. Clearfield County, penn'a.
lifA-All legal bualnera promptly anauara w.
D. L. KREB8,
R.aeeaanr to II. B. Swoop.,
Law and Collection Office,
Mll.ni CLEARFIELD, PA.
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ORVIS 4. ALEXANDER,
ATTORN F.YS AT LA It,
Bellefonte, Pa. a.pU.'OS y
J. S. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY - AT LAW,
niirnnte. Pa
ai araetie. In ClearOeld and all of tha Coarta oi
the 15th Judicial di.triot. Real aetata auaia.
aa. snllnnilo. i,l claim, mall .peeialliea. ai i
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A 1 T U li it L 1 A A U A r, ,
V.rket street, (north tide) ClearOeld, Pa.
a-All legal builneaa promptly attended to
ao. w, 74. ,. , ,
DR. T. J. BOYER,
physician and surgeon,
OOoaoa Market Street, ClearOeld. Pa.
prOSee hours: 1 to 13 a. m., and 1 to I p.
TJK. E. M. SCHKURER,
IIOMtEOPATHlC PHYSICIAN,
Office In Maaonla Building,
April 14. 1871. ClearO.ld, Pa.
DR. W. A. MEAN 8,
fHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
LUTURRSBURa, PA.
attend profeaalonal oalla promptly. anglOTO I
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
IKYSICIAN k SURGEON,
HATINO located at PennOeld, Pa., offer. Ml
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ClearOeld Bounty.
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SJL,Paper Floor Snaki and Bairi. Foolsenp.
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tho making of draft., deadii and other legal Inttru-
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JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juitlee of th. reaca and Scrlrrner,
Curwfinvlllc, Pa.
it.CoUoenont made and money promptly
paidorer. 'T ill
J. A. BLATTENBERQER,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, ClearOald Co., Pa.
MConr.Tiiiilnr and all legal paper! drawn
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ag. tirk.u to and from any point In Europe
procured.
aao. Ataanr aanar liirt w. alb.t
W. ALBERT Su BROS
Uanufacturart A eiten.ive Dealer. In
0,1 Tnn
.Jlu"u1 ! "H""'
e-0rden lollciled. Dilli tiled on thort notice
ana rcMun.iii. ivrui..
AH.Ir... Woodland P. 0.. Clearfield Co., Pa,
U21-1T W ALUbKT UHUB.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Prenehtille, Clearfield County, Pa
Keep, eonatantly on hand a full MMrtment of
aaually kept ia a retail atora, which will b. aold,
llr. l.omla. llnrawarc. uroccrics, .nu wmrju..".
tor eann, aa cnoup a. eiaewnerw w un ww;.
rrenchville, Jun. I., ibo,-ij.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
atiLia in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAIIAMTON. Pa. ,
Alio, axt.nalre manufacturer and dialer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber or ell klada.
-0rd.re aolieiud and all billa promptly
Oiled. , . n'"
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER KRKWKll
Clearfield, Pa.
TTAVINO rented iMr. Entrea' Brewery ne
Xl hope, by alriot attention to baalneaa ana
tile uanurootur. 01 a luponwr -rite
to recciv. th. patronage of all tha old and many
new caatom.ra. t2i.ug71
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY
Market Street, ClearOeld, Pa.
r-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTV.-OMft
TaTffJATIVES mad.? cloudy aa well aa la
1 clear weather. Conalantly on hand a good
n.rtm.nl of KltAMKS. STKREOHCOPfcS and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frama", from any
atylo of moulding, made to order. apr?B-tt
T EW. SCIIULER,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER
Second itreet, aait door to Firat National Bank,
norO'71 ClearOeld, Pa.
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
JyJ3 CI. F. AH PI KM). PA. 1
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
.Will .tceut. Joha In hla Una promptly an
inaworkinanlit. manner. ,-r-.,v.
G. H. HALL, .
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PKJN'A.
4r-Pumpa alwaya oa band and made to order
n ihort notice. Fipea bored oa reaannaoia lerma.
All work warranted ta render aumcn..n,
d.llTered if deaired. mjlJ.lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALana
SQUARE TIMBER
and manuraoturtri oi
ALL atl!.D OF SAWED I.UMBF.R,
I'7J CLEARFIELD, l'ENM A.
M
IGAVOIIEYA C !.'!
RESTAURANT,
Second 6trtet,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
. .. knd. Preah Or.ters. Ice Cream,
Candiea, Nuta, Cracker., Cakea, Cigars, T"baceo,
Canned Fruila, Orangea, Lemuna, aad all kinda
of fruit In season. ,
MrlllLLlAttU nun." on
ftil lY V. McUAUHHEYACO.
O II ff
TROUTM A N.
Dealer In all kind) of
F U R N I T U RE,
Market Street,
One door eaat Poet Ofloe,
augl0'71
CLEARFIELD, PA.
T? LI
II A R M A N ,
-.. . oi.ic.1T titti wniuHT.
LUTHERSBURO, PA.
Aaeat fi.r the A-eriea Doable Turbine Water
Wheel and Andrew. A Knlbach wneel. lan , r-
nl.h PorUbla ti nn Biiia on u..r. .....-.
-W-a. II il. YAH VAliAU.
1 ) OOlca net door to Ilertawlok A Irwln'a
,!rug9tore,aPfI1II)(1,A . ,,
' . ar. e n
R,a.r...-Dr. R. V. w"..n. , .. .
tlnrtawlck, Faculty of jenerao. n.eu.c v.--
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCn MAKE. & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Wntclies Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
.
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Rnti l'lntea .,
tl.r;nsiri"s,..,
Urut flmtterratuts.
" im LiiiKi . ..,
Tha underalfnetl ll now Vltare,l In fnvnlak
the publte with aa exoelleut quality of .
Bellefonte Wood-Burned Lime.
for plastering purposes, by tha large or email
quan Uty. Cm be found lur thi praint at l'l.'i
pw building, ou Markot itraM.
aitl I.. K. McCUI.LOUOH.
SUAW HOUSE,
(Cor. nf tlarkal A Front Itre.tt.) .
CLKARF1KLD, PA.
Tim andrnilinad harlair tnkrn thiria ttl ll.l.
Ilotal, would raipactfully olleil public pniroai.
. ii. nbHiUii DtiAn.
A. GUINZBURG'S
CLOTH 1NO AND OENTS' FURMSIIINQ
STOKE, .
Old We.tern Hotel Building, ClearOeld, Pa.
aw Sroaa,
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OOTADSHOE MAKING.
JOSEPH II. DEEKINtl, oa Market ilrret, la
Shaw'a Row, ClearOeld, P. . h.l Juit recei.ed
Ina lt of French Calf rain, and hip., taa
b.nt In tha market, and ia aow prepared toman
ufarlure erarytblng in hia line. Ha will war
rani hia work to be aa renreeentVd.
The citiiena of Clear-eld and Tiemtty are
raapectfully invited te give him a call.
riora dona at anon notice. cioi .j
"lXKCUTOH'H NOTICB. Notice ia here-
I J br eiren that lettera testamentary bavin
barn granted to the aubacriber on the e.tate ol
ALEXANDER BEATTY, deceaed, late of Bell
town. bin. ClenrOrld county, Penn.ylr.uia, all
peranna indebted lo aaid aatato are requeued to
make immediate parmeni, anu louae uninn
claim, again.t the aame will present them duly
authenticated ror acttl-menl,
JULIA ANN BEATTY,
ScpUmber 10, 1S7J-01. Eircutrix.
lyVKHTRIV NITIi:Kr-.N'atiea la bare
I J hv siren Hint letter. te.lamentary oa ibi
e.iale of ALUUSTUH I.ECUNTK, deceased, late
of (Jirard town. hip, ClearOeld counly, i'anna
haring been duly granted to tha undersigned, all
peroue indebted to aaid estate wt'l plcaee make
iiaruient. and thoae baring claim, or liemnaili
will preaeal th.m properly a.ilbent.eated fr set
tlemcnt. lanuiiua w.ion,n,
Eaeoutrix.
Lcconl.'a Mllla, Sept. 10, IB7!. f.ta
DON D3 FOR SALE. Tho Clear
1) acid Ual Company ia offering Ha boadt aa
an investment, running from one to ten year,
bearing ail per .rat, inlareal, payable acmi-an
nuallv oa the Orat daya of Janoary and July,
The amount ia limited lo III.IHMl, being but
one llnrd of the stork of tha company, thua uiak
Ing the bonds a desirable and sale investment
Tuey eau bad at either of Ihe Uanka la tbia bor
eugb, or at me treasurer a omer.
W. W. BETTS, Treaaurer,
ClearOeld, Sept. 10, IS7.1. tf j
AIIMINIStTHATOIt'll NOTICF- Notlee
la horeb. aiven that letters of administration
1 omh.e.l.l.ol latMI'ND HKAlSINUEIt. dee
late of Covington township, Clearfield county, ra,
having been dnlT granted to the nndcrslned, a'
... . 0 , I .... . 1 1 I u m.k
Admiulitratof.
Leoonle a Mills, Sept. 10, 1873. 01.
AIlvll!lTBATtB'It Will lt,l- notice
la barebv liven that letters of n.lminletraliun
. ,k. ..i.i. l I1KN.IAM1N BAIKD. lata of
11.11 tnan.htn. I le.rneld coiintV. ra., licficnsrn,
v i.Mn H.iiw wranted to the un.lersirned, all
person, indebted to laid estate will pleas, mak
ln.n,aili.ia navmenl. and thoae bavlni claims o
demands will present them properly authenticated
for aettlcment witnoui nciay. .,.,
JA.MI.S A. L"ll'liivi.u,
aug27-Ot Administrator,
nAUTUIN. All persona are hereby cautioned
... -.-j.ii. -;.L ik. rnllnarin nronertv.
la the aoaaessioa of lleorge Norrls, ol Hra.ly two
a I BOI lo sueuu.v . ,..-r-.-,.
i I...... l eat double harnaae, a lot of camp loo
.... .... I.hlea. Stores, beds aad beddini
diehei, Ac, Bow in tha oamp, aa the aam. be-
Ion, to Bl and ia aubieet ttf uur order,
loogswaaauui CALVIN WAflONER,
Sept. 14. 3 It- AT WELL HANSON.
("AUTION. All neraonaar hereby eautioaed
J against purchasing or la any way meddling
with the following property i Ona bay Mare, one
gray Mare, one Iron-grey yearliag aolt, oo. act
of h.rneaa and one two-horse wagon. The same
was bousht by me at SherlO i aale, and I. aow In
' U- joHN-t'wklaSr
Brpt. 21, i l .
A niilalTIAT1lK NtTICE.Nul!e
A t. hereby aiven that letlera of ndinlnlstratlon
.! !..... r J K R K M I A II MOORK, deceased,
late of Penn Inwnshlp, Clearfield county, Penn a.,
haviag beea duly granted to the anderslgned,
all parson Indebted I aaid aetata will plea
make Immediate payment, and thoae having
.l.lms or demands will present them prop.rlj
,b...i.... lor 't;l'V8'T'(?i,
A. C. MOORE,
AdjalnletreMrrl
persons Imlcblcd w aaiu
n.nsal, and thoae having claim, a demand,
will present th.m properly authtntlcated for let
tlemcnt. KLUENK BKAl-8lUER,
PRINCIPLES
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa. .
WBDNESDAY MOBNINO. 0CT.,I7S.
BV THE RIVER.
I am titling alone by th. river, '
And the willows are sweeping it. brink
The shadows of twilight are falling,
And 1 all by tbe river and think.
The aliadow. of tha twilight grow deeper)
-j no river la lading I rem Btgutf
leaa ne the pray willowa no longer,
And 1 am alone with tb. algbt.
In darknari and gloom, nob), rlrer,
inou art noiselessly floating away
In darkneaa and gloom I am floatiag.
And whither, O aay I do 1 (tray t
Tbe learning of Plato and Pascal
la madly at work ia my braia j
I am aatisfled about nothing
1 feel and 1 rraaon ia rata.
Doe. Justice exist 7 Oh, where ll It t
btill tbe beart of the tyrant ia atone,
Still bil vlotimi are toiling, despairing.
oiiu ne needs But, na ucara not, tneir moaa.
'Tie vaia that yeu teU me, hereafter.
Toes, tbiegs are not to be aoj
We are only able to reasoa,
rrura that which we lea aad wa kaow.
For eenturiea long have th. onrse.
ui ine neart-bruken pierced to tbe skiea;
For eenturios long haa ao anawer
Returned to their desolate orira.
If I eall upoa nature for eomfort.
It ia lileat and grim ai the graves
The winds will not etop at my questlou
Ao reply rrom tbe iung-aounding wave.
And the iters, ai they glitter above me,
fur. ana calm aa tbe flakes or tha anew,
Look aa culd oo the sorroaa of mortele,
At they looked in the yean long ago.
Ob, give m.t oh, give me my ohlldhood,
The unquestioning faith that was there,
Whca 1 kaelt at tbe feet of my mother,
Aad gently ,he taught Bio my prayer.
J am sitting aloae by tbe river,
And the willowa ara aweeplng Ita brink
The twilight ha. deepened to midnight,
And I ait by the river BBd think.
Origin of the Farmers' Movement.
Tbe farmere,' movement, oars a wco.
torn correspondent, datoa ita origin
back about four year. Kra'cration
us has boun so croat of luto yonrs
nlooiir Western Stalet, particularly
in tbe wheat-urowinff region, that the
oounlry has been rapidly Bottled. This
bus given a temporary market lor
brendatufl's to tho new-comer", while
they were themselves milking a now
lurm. But when they bud brought
new acres under cultivation, their la
bors increased the amount of crops,
o that it becumo nocessary to send
large amount or products to Hie mar
ltd. Meanwhile there had been
considerable increase in the number oi
railroad miles in the West. The ex
tension did not, however, keep puoo
with the development ol the country
and was inadequate to the transporta
tion necessities required lor the re
moval of the superfluous products
Consequently, each your when navi
imiion closes, nboul December 1, i
grout amount of superfluous products
accumulates lo bo sent East. The
amount of theso superfluous products
tintin&llv increases. . The exlrnordi-
nary soventy ol llio lasv winter, anu
0 t
Hie mechanical anu puyaicai utnicui
ties resulting from tbe intonso cold
rendered it impnisible for tho rail
ronds, alter tho close ol navigation, to
movo the crops as rapidly as tno ae
mands of commerce required. Accor
ding to the law of supply and de
mand, tho scarcity ot irunsporwuion
facilities during the Inst wintcr.induccd
tho railroads to increase the price of
railroad freight. This incresso in the
cost of curriage wis of necessity paid
by the furmcrs, and thoro was a tax
deducted from the prlcoof thoir grain
at tho farm. This Increased iroigni
tariff caused great dissatisfaction.
Thero soon grow up an ill-fcoling on
this account between the railroads and
tho farmers, the lnlter insisting that
the railroads wcro extorlionnto in
their churgos, and unjust in thoir dis
criminntiotis. During tho Inst fivo
yours thero have beon many altompts
in tho Western amies to control rail
road freight tariff by legislation. Al
most without exception, tho railroad
companies have relused obedience lo
thoao enactments. Ana wiion suit uub
been brought hv the authorities to on
force Ihoso laws, tho railrouds have
been almost uniformly succossrul in
tho lititrtition. This fuel has intonsi-
flod the Irritation on the part of tho
farmers. Tho ulmost nnprecedented
lnrire corn cron of Inst season brought
on a crisis between the railroads and
the farmer shortly iificr the close ol
navigation in lleccmucr last, ine
supply of corn was oo much in oxcoss
of tho aomnna iniinne pneu .
farm in many portions of the ortn
vmi was reduced to the price of fuel,
and in somo places even lower, so that
in many localities corn was used as
Cml Meantime the railroads wero
ovorburdefled with the superfluous
crops lo bo oonvcyod to tho aonhnnrd.
The unusual intensity of the winter
created many unacco'iomcd obstoclos.
Tho unnecessary deluys in transporta
tion caused largo quantities of broad
stuiTs to accumuluto in locul centres
awaiting shipment. At tho onmo timo
tho local storekeepers wero pressing
the lurmcrs fur the psymonl of their
bills, which thoy could not well dis
charge until they had realised from
their crops. Tho low price or tho
crops hod induced most of tho ftirmors
to keep them, in the hope that, in the
nrinrr. hatter nrices would bo obtain-
od. These various circumstances in
creased llio bitterness of tho feeling
on tho part of tho furmero toward the
rnilmnd companies, which they ac-
nnand of eombinimf to increase tho
price of f.eights and to demand extor
tionate rates, and Is the first cuuso of
tho movement now so cxlensivo,
nd
known as the "Orange."
Fear thousnnd five hundred dollars
have been raised for the monument to
(ion. Thomas.
Mr. G.Emory, a onpital iharactcr
actor, comes to thia country from
England next seaon.
The propor thing to movo the Crow
Indian to whore they belong Scaro-IrOW.
NOT MEN.
Excitement in the Oil Regions,
Afiirresnondent writing to a Bos
ton paper from Fetroloum Centre, Fa.,
tny that the recent grand strikes In
tde oil regions have caused intense
excitement. ' At the' oil towns of
I'leasantville, Oil City, Reno, Frank
lin, Pithole, and olsowhere, new wolls
ara being started daily. Most all those
"BiriKes have been mado on territo
ry which has been considorod unpro
ductive by old oil operators. Not
only have those important ''strikes"
caused consternation, but the "flow-
in; of the "dry boles," mado by dis
gusted prospectors in tbe days of tho
great oil fevers of I8C4 ttnd 18(5, is a
tine days wonder. Theso "dry boles
wlich are located in nil parts of tbe
region, the larger proportion, howev
er, being made at Reno and Franklin,
an made productive by the use of ni-trt-glyconno
torpodoes, which, being
t lirown into tho openings, produce
suflicenl concussion to opon the inter
stices in which the palroleuin is se
emed. A great number of these
wells yield aa high as 200 barrels of
cmde per duy. ripeculutors Iroru JJos
ten, ow York, Philadelphia, and the
Vee tern cities, and other places aro
prospecting, and there is every prob
atilily of there being as much excite
ment all through the regions as thoro
was in the palmiest days ot the oil
fevor. Tho hotels aro filled with ox
oiled crowds of oil produoers.brokors,
prospectors, and speculators, ana overy
train brings in more people interested
or anxious to be interested in the
oil trade. As is not generally known,
nothing in the agricultural or horti
cultural line will grow in tbe oil re
gtnna, add birds never como Lore.
This is attributable to the fuel that
the ground and atmosphere aro eo
thoroughly impregnated with the
moll of potroleum thut neither veget
able matter can germinate or the
fcatlrered species exist. There is noth
ing but a durk cloud overshadowing
tho whole region, and tbe particles ol
f lack dirt which aro continuously fly
ing about penetrate everything. The
wivei and daughters of the "oil pion
eers and kings" nevor alliro them
selves in light clothes, but tho appur.
el generally consists of sombre shades.
Many places are always in nrf Erebus
like stute, which is only heightened
by tho uid of lamps. Tho streets aro
lighted with u natural gits supplied
from tho wells, which comes from tho
pipes of ono solid, hissing flamo, that
burns constantly day and night. The
people bavo a bcgiimed appoar
unce, looking as though they had been
smeared wilh "crude potroleum" and
then dusted wilh black dirt. But
through Ibis darkness will be seen
1, .... n ,k at K m &-
"oil princo" a tlO.OOO&uToG'O' "dX
mond.
1 Scene in an Opium Shop.
Ono who has never visited an opium
shop ran hare no conception of the
fuliil factnalion that holds its vic
tims fust bound mind, heart, soul,
and conscicnco all absolutely dead to
every impnlso but the insalitiblc, ever
increasing thirst for the dainnublo
poison. I entered ono of these duns
but onco, but I can never forget tho
terriblo eights and sounds of that
"placo of torment." Tho apartment
wus spacious, and might huvo beon
pleusnnt, but for its foul odors and
still fouler scenes of unuttorablo woo
tho footprints of sin trodden deep in
tho furrows of those haggard luces
and emaciated forme. On all four
sides of tho room were couches placed
thickly against the walls, and others
wore scutlcrcd over tho apartment
whorever there was room for lliom
On each of theso. lay extended the
wreck of what was Onco a man. homo
few woro old nil were hollow-eyed,
with sunken check and cadaverous
countenances ; many were clothod In
rags, having probably smoked nway
their last dollur; while others wore
offering to pawn their only decent
garment lor nn additional doso ol llio
deadly drug. A decrepit old man
raisod himself as wo entered, draw a
long sigh, and thon with a half-uttered
imprecation on hioown folly, proceed
ed to rc-fill his pipo. This he did by
scraping off, with a fivo inck steel
needle, some opium from the lid of a
liny sholl box, rolling the pnsle into a
pill, and, thon, uftor boating It in the
blazo of a lamp, deposit it in tho small
are
rturo of his pino. several snort
whiffs followed; then tho smokor
would romovo hi pipo from his month
and lie back motionless; then replace
the pipo, and wilh fusl-glasing eyes
blow llio stnoko through his pallid
nostrils. As tho narcolio effects of
the opium began to work bo foil back
on tho couch in a slato of silly stiino
faclion that was alike pitiable and dis
gusting. Another smokor, n mere
voulh. lev wilh his fuce buriod in hie
hands, and as ho lifted his head there
was a look of despair ouch as I have
seldom scon. Thonirh so young, he
was a completo wreck, wilh hollow
eyes, sunken chest, onn a ncroua
twitching In cvory musclo. I spoke
In him. nnil learned thai six montns
hi.fiirn be hod lost his whole patrimo
ny gambling, and camo hither to qunff
forgellulness irom tneso j.cineuncuii-j
hopintr, he said, to find death as well
as oblivion. By far tho larger pro
portion of the smokors were so en
tirolv under the influenco of tho stu
pefying poison as lo proeludo any at-
to mm ut conversation, anu wo pi.
out from this moral pest house sick at
heart as we thought of these tniuitia
tnd victims of self-indulgonco and
their stnrving families at homo. This
bnnoful habit once formed, is soldom
oivon tin. and from throe to five years
inilulirnnea will utterly wreck the
firmest constitution, tbefrnme becom
ina daily more emaciated, the eyes
more sunken, and the countcnanco
more cadaverous, till the Dram ceases
to perform its functions, and death
places lis seal on Ihe waotod life
Lippincott't MngmiM.
A western railroad conductor, aftor
twenty years of experience, concludos
that he would rnthor carry twenty
thousand men passengers than lo bavo
en tone, (orn femaU'eoird bl trttlo
REPUBEICM,
1873.
The Fall Swindlers. ...
Just at present tho moat annoying
class of swindlers, and by its peraisV
ence far outstripping tbe convention-
al book agent and lile insurance man
is the lightning rod man.
Now, no one pretonds that lightning
rods are not good things in their way,
and when kopt in plaoo, oven if they
do look a litilo un lightly to a person
of nestbolio tastes. And thoro are
many persons who have a nervous
dread of thtindor and lightning so
much so that tbey ore in constant ter
ror when a storm is in progress.
Scientific mon aro agreed that a light
ning rod, constructed on right princi
ples, is a protcclion against the elec
tric fluid. v
And there is no ono who can expati
ate on this fact al such length, and is
fortified with so many statistics to
prove tho extrorae danger of eroding
buildings without thorn, or in failing to
attach rods to ihoso already construct
ed, as tho avortigo lightning rod man.
II o will demonstrate to you how cheap
ly it can be done. He takes a hasty
survey of vour buildino: so manv ex-
posed angles, requiring each a point;
so many foot of wire, and the thing is
done al a cost ol Irotn forty to nlly
dollars lou think woll ol it,
Your wife may bo, and probably is,
a little nervous when what tho report
er call "Heavens artillery is thuii
dering rather moro loudly than usual,
and the liifhlning flushes moro vividly
than is its usual wont. And then the
expense is small, and you conclude
you will have it douo. l'bo agent, or
solicitor, (for the work is nevor done
by him, bo moroly obtains tho order),
wuggcBts a few additions it will in
cresso tho salely ol tho building und
you foolishly agree to it, supposing
the oxpenso will not be more than ton
or fifteen dollars additional. You sign
an agrooment or blunk form, which
the agent proceeds lo till up, and ho
drives awny. In a few days thereaf
ter a wagon driros up, containing a
couple of men and nil the parapherna
lia requisite to rig out an entire block
with lightning rodsnnd appurlonance,
and they go lo work and cover- tho
lop of tho house wilh a wilderness ol
wire, and at intorvuls of a few foet
are upright points for atlraling the
lightning und conducting it by means
of the wire to tho ground.
And tho bill, when it comes in, is
about four limes as great as great as
the victim supposed it would bo. The
chancos are ho refuses to pay it. lie
is sued for tho amount in tho District
Court, end the agreement ho signed
being placed in evidence, the case is
decided against him. Ho hns no ro
dress. He knows no redress. He
kuojrs he has boon swindled, but he
-i j., v"iwiw le'-l.f'pi'ticr --i.-ii niijiur-
ently small swindle, and yet one which
nets the operator a very handsome sum
veurly, is known as tbe "churn swin
dle. A well dressed, glib-talking
man drivings handsome pair of horses
attached to a wagon, in which a churn
of a now pa tout kind, makes his ap
pearance in ao agricultural district ;
he calls on the lurmcrs in turn, and
show thorn tbe churn and tho mode ot
it wurking.and guarantees thut it is ull
thai it I represented to be. Circulura
with recommendation from various
ones who cluim to huve used it,are also
shown. As an additionul incentive,
he otters to titko the notes of those
who purchase, payablo in sixty duvs
The amount uked is only fivo dollars;
and this soeitik so amull a sum thai a
vory largo proportion give thoir notes
first with the understanding that they
are not to bo paid a mil the churn
is delivered. Week roll on; no
churns aro delivored ; but when tho
note full duo, tbey are presented foe
payment by somo sharp country law
yer, who purchased thum al a discount
of Iweiity-nvo pur cent. And not till
thon do llio dupes nnu itiai tnoy nave
euch paid their five dollars not for
tbe churn, but for tbe privilcgo of
nurchasitiiril.lt Doing patented.- Ul
course it is a swindle, pure and sitnplo,
but the victim bus no redress, and is
compelled to pay his nolo, wilh inter
est added.
In ono township in Michigan, Iho
wnler knows of thirly-Bve lurmers
who wore sold in this manner within
one week.
There aro other phases of this noto
swindle l'erhaps llio most transpar
ent is whul may be designated as the
halnioloswindlo 1 heoperatorotlurs
lo sell somo well known agricultural
implement and take the purchasers
note for it, payable when deliver
ed. Of courao it is never delivered,
and the giver of the note is astonished
whon bis note comes lo him for pay
ment, a pure and bona fide promissory
note, wilh all the conditions and sale-
guards it originally bore wanting,
no cunnoi account for ll. mere is
hi signature, and the dale on which
ho guvo his noto, and thero nro other
peculiarities which stamp it us his
note. A close examination snows
that it is only two thirds of the note
be oriifinallv novo. The noto was so
carefully worded that tho conditions
enme on the outor edgo ut tno noto,
and Ibcso wore cut off, leaving it, as
slated, a simplo promissory note. To
socuro the signature, without which
the note would bo valculees, the dotted
line on which the nnme was wntton
was carried further in than iB custom
ary, but not so much as to excite sus
picion or comment, j no victim migni
explain or protest, but all to no pur
pose, ao the note ns in tho caso of
the churn had passod Into the hnnds
of third parties, of courso at consider
able discount, and eventually the giver
of tho nolo hue (o pay.
These aro but samples of th swin
dles continually going on. The list
might be lengthened indefinitely
The Persian monarch' smilo must
bo a suit one, a it it simply a Shah
grin. m m-
A Georgia youth object lo postal
cards, because they are eo bard lo
opon.
Tom Hood, son of Ihe poet and hu
morist, will visit America thi full.
When Is an ombrolla like a person
ccmr!froi When It I fecovrd.
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
NEWSERIES-V0L. 14, NO. 40.
OVER THE DAM.
T.s, lif. ll a iwlft-nianla' rlrer, I
And It a tnigtity bard itcmtnin ill tide.
Bat taa boa. glide, aa aaaaaHiiy Mataetia' i
Tbat one feels jest like lettin' it glide.
Yoa bear tbe wild roar of tbe rapids,
That below you aow thunder and break
But you think you can oarily pull back,
it ben yoa aea tbctr wbitc foam in your wake..
Well, with ma It waa mighty imooth aailia' .
Durin' all of lif.'a Oral summer houra.
And the river Bang arerao aweetty,
And ita baaka were so brilliant with fleweral
While the how that hung over the torrunt
Seem'd a halo that beckon'd me there.
And the wbite mist tbat roae from it. water!
o,uiie aouoeurd the black gulf of deepairt
To be aure, I paaa'J friend, aa I drifted.
l'ullln up aturdily gin tbe atrcain,
But I Inugh'd aa I aaw bow they labor'd,
Wbile my boat dano'd along like a dreamt
What malter'd which way it waa glidin?-
If 1 eall d with It up or eatl'd downr
Behind I aaw only lile a atrugglea,
And before me was pleaaure lile'l erowa.
I say 1 pass'd friends pallin' up stream,
And tbey warn'd me of danger U luw
But advice ia ao cheap that when given,
It amounta to jest notbin', you know 1
And eiper'ence wall, that's ot eouie value,
But it alo't alwaya wisdom it bringr;
I've got il you're right; 'tis a nettle.
And 1 pluck'd It at a oust of Its ttins I
It's tough, look in' up tbat bright river,
And seein' where J might have turn'd bank,
To think tbat 1 took thiugs ,o oaay,
LettiB' cvory thing go to the wrack (
But I'm here now, Just aa you And me.
And I'mwell, you can ace what I am j
I drift'd, you know, with the current,
And, uf Bourse, I went over the dam 1
Wiles of the Hoodlum.
In tho population ofrSan Francioeo
is an engaging classot vtvacions young
men, who aro known by tho name oi
Hoodlums. A few evening ago, as
young lady of patrician fumily in San
Francisco, on her return homo from a
friendly visit, was walking along O'
Farrell streot, she was accosted geni
ally by a young man with an immense
ctirur lor his principal lealure, woo in
choice hoodlutneso, hoped sho was as
well us could bo expected, and solicit
ed a loan as a mark of esteem.
Unaccustomed is she waa to public
spouking tbe damsel responded with
scream ; wncreupon more aartca
from tho nppnsilo Bidewallc a alurtiy
ifontlemun. who promptly knockod
down the presumptuous hoodlum, und
ns deftly escorted tho alarmed lady
beyond reach ot lurlher pecuniary.un-
portunity. Having rendered this ser
vice tho etrangur would fuiu huvo ta
ken his leuvo, but tho rescued liur ono
nervously besought iiis protection to
her homo, and there prevailed upon
him to enter the hooso and receive the
thanks of her fulbrr.
The surpriso of tho fushionuolo
household may be imagined when
Miss introduced her delivcror,for
tho stranger's ottiro was decidedly
seedy. Hut when tho ludy explained
lo her ItUhcr how the brave young
man had savod her life and whipped a
man twice his size, the heart of tho
old gentleman wurmed toward him.
Ho culled linn A noble young leiiow
and pressed a twenty dollar piece in
his hand, whicb,uftor some reluctance,
was accepted, and llio plucky defender
of unprotected woman lofl tho houso
with an invitation from the futhcr lo
cull at his placo of business iho next
day, and he would try if he could do
something for him. Accordingly the
noble young fellow presented liimselt
al Iho Btoro (on Front street) tbe noxt
morning.
Th ore did not happen to be a va
cancy in iho position of head book
keeper jut then, and besidos tho no
ble young fellow could not write, and
bis cltivulrio young soul had nover
stooped lo leurn tho mysteries of flg
uros. So he was installed as porter, a
Iiosilion for which nuluro seemed to
mve spcciully designed him.
In tho conduct of this hero from
humble lilo there wus nothing to dis
credit his character for chivalrous
manliness and bluff simplicity of na
ture, until ono evening noon after the
ubovo events, when the merchant and
bis daughter, whilo enjoying a twi
light promenade, encountered tho he
roic porter in tho company of an in
dividual ut sight of whom tho young
ludy turned fuint.
Curious lo relalo, this individual
was no other than tho one who had
been knocked down for accosting our
heroine oo cordially, and when
the old gentleman wag informed of
tho fuel lio lost all faith in human na
lure. Indeod,on the following day he
charged his porter wilh having prac
ticed un imposition upon bim, and was
shocked at tho irankness wun wnicn
the juslico of tho impeuchmont wus
confessed. Not a blush sufluscd tbe
cheerful countcnanco nf the detected
hoodlum as ho ingeniously avowed
thai tho li It lo drama of the encounter
in tho street had been ingeniously ar
ranged by an intimate friend and him-
sell, as n sociable speculation upon
tho gintittido of a wealthy parent;
and ho concluded his stalcmonl by Iho
romurk thut, whilo ho was ready to
resign hi porter's situation sooing
that a partnership in the firm and tho
young lady s bund were the least ho
could bo induced to accept lor remain
ing in mercantile life he trusted his
venerable friend would not refuse to
signify hia continued esteem by pur
tailing of a spirituous beverago ut his
expense. The merchant refusing this
proffered courtesy with exlremo hau
teur, and making some irusomio com
onsl rations with one of hid boots, tho
still tinruflled hoodlum rotiroi1 from
the palatial warohouso with commen
dublo alacrity, apparently unconscious
that ho and his intimate friend had
dono anvlliins that had not lis per
fect wurrant.
A lady took her son of some fivo
vonrs, to church. After tho minister
had been preaching about hull an
hour, the lilllo fellow grow sleepy and
begun to noil. Tho mnlhor aroused
him into attention sevornl limes by
pushing; but as It soem"d a hopeless
case, sho concluded to let him sleep
undisturbed. After a while tho little
fellow had his nnp ont, and saw tho
minister still holding forth, lie looked
up Into his mother's face, and inno
cently asked, "Mother, is this Sunday
night, or it It noxt Sunday night f"
ie) im i
When N. P. Willis was sskfd 0
make a speech, ho replied ; "I am
hv profession a writer, and you can
not export a pomp to give water from
Ihe rndl a wen tnircmtncinoutn
.J .' J1JUIJ
. ' A Pare Hand.
' In the latter part of '49 a Dumber of
professional gamblers in large praotioeJ
were residing at tbe Graham booae.
(Who that wa In San Franeisoo in
and '00 does not remembor the Gra-
ham house, which stood on the corner'
of Kearney and I'acitlc street f) In
the party, two wero espooiaHy re
marked lor the boldness of tbeir play
and tbe steadiness of tbeir buine
nerve. These were a bunebback,
named Briggs, and Joe Basoot, a bel
ter sort ol graduate or the old Vioke
burg school Both bad been signally
successful in many a sharp operation,- .
during the year, and had considerable
property in lots, which, for their eon-
vonience in business, they had eon'
verted Into cash, and bankpd partly
wun Jjurgoyne or Wright, partly on
various mon to tables. One day, in an
atler-dinnorchal, they compared notos)
aud found that they stood equally fair
on llio gamblors'chango, each being'
good for just $120,OUO. immediately
available dust. Both boing more tban
usually enterprising under Ibe rnspir
at ion of wino, Briggs offered a daring;
bmler, which wus recklessly accepted
by Basset, that they should at onco
adjourn to un uppor room, fill op each
a cnecK lor me entire sum ne was
worth in cash, divide equally between
the. two 8240,000 in rod chocks, and
pluy for the wholo noither to leave
tho room on any prcloxt whatover uu-
lil all the red chock were lost ana
won. Accordingly, wilh no less equl
nitnity and pleasant singleness of pur
pose, they rotired, with a few cooieo
spirits ot their set, to the privacy ef a
roserved apartment, and having pro
vided a store of choice liquors, cigars
aud viands for tbe company, executed
the required documents, divided too
rosy counters, they took thoir scats at
the opposite sides of tho tablo and be.
gan tho extraordinary and most inter
eating contest a contest which called
out such feuts of memory, sagacity,
discrimination, self possession, qnicM
recognition ot signs and detection or
finesse,' such fine feints, nimble thrust
und parries, bol assaults und well or
dered retreats, a would have mado tbe
fortune and fumo of a statesman, agon
era) or a fencing muster. Tb firs
deal was mode at four o'clock in ther
afternoon, and the game wont on with
changing fortune all night. At the el
bow ot each stood a glass ot water,
moderately heated with brandy. Nei
ther smoked ; a cloud botwoen thorn
would havo been as culpahlo a blunder
as the sun in tbo eyes of a duelist.
Ten o'clock next morning, yet in tbeir'
places both looking somewhat pale
mid haggard, but very quiet. Briggs
had 84,0U0 left ofall Hint be was worth
in the world. Tho card were deutt.
The table at which they sal was near
a door of the room, and just as Basset,
whoso ''say" it was, was making tip
bis mind, somo ono ontered and stoocl
behind him. Briggs eyed hi antago
nist over his shoulder, nnd with a
sen return; ataro that held his very
breath. Without noticing the entrance
of the newcomer, with no Salter of
his cards, without one startled glanco
or even the move of a finger, Basset
"weet six thousand dollars." "Take
the money," said tbo hunchback, and
ho took il. Briggs bad twoiucks;
Joo Bsissetl threo king. As the two
quuffod great bumpers of raw brandy,
Isriggs remarked, as ho rose to go to
bed, "Ityou had noticed that man I
might have borrowed the money and
held on a tittle longer; but when I saw
that yoa did not turn lo look over
your shoulder or drop the faco of your
curds, 1 knew you had a puro hand."
A fow days after that tbo hunchback
invested fiky dollars, borrowed from
Basset, in a miner's outfit, and started
for tho diggings, where he died in a
month, a helpless pauper. , .
Beau Hickman Dead-
For moro than a quarter of a ccn
tury, dating from about 184(1, one of
the most noticeable object of interest
in Washington was in various phase
of prosperity and adversity- singu
lar genius known as "Beau Hickman.''
Dui ing tbe whole of the period ex
tending from the beginning of ouP
troubles with Mexico to his death, ho
wa as well known, not only to rest,
dents bnt to visitors, ns the Capitol it
self; and it wus his boast that he bad
boen on terms of intimacy with every
reapeclublo member of Congresa from
Webster and Clay down to tno time
whon respectability lo Congresa waa
iho exception and not tho rule
Robert Singleton Hickman, as he
was known, was born in Maryland
about 1813. After a wild and dissi
pated career in all parts nf tho coun
try, brt mainly in tho South, Hick
man drilled lo Washington, and moro
ho dovelopod a most eklraodinary
passion for dress, his chief smbiliorl
being to shino as tho fop of the day,
lio bob nobbed with all tho great men
of bi duy who were given to sensual
pleasures, and llicy wero ft few up la
twenty years ago who wero not and
numbered among bis regular and oc
casional oompanions in tho debauch
and at tho gaming table somo of tha
brightest ornamonto of Iho renntc and
the Houso.
But tho lime earns when hf could
no longer shine but in borrowed plum
age, and Beau became the walking
advertisement of tbo fashionable tai
lors and the stool pigeon of the gam-
oiers. A-iimo ny nine tie wonv uuwn
in the scale, and whon old age begaa
to creep upon him he wus frequently
dependent for tho neccssarioa of lile
upon iho charity of strangers, whom
be levied upon wilh a cool impudenca
Ibat was always irresistible
Hi real numo wa unknown, bi
family supposed to hare beon one of
Hie wcullhtcst in Maryland or Vir
ginia, having sent to him a stipulated
sum every year on condition that he
should keep their secret. ' He never
told anybody ovon iho name of tho
plaoo whero he was born, nnd nobody
over know whore ho lived in Wash
Ington until one niht In Louisiana
avenue a firo turned him into tbe
street with his wardrobe in his arms.
Frequently at the Washington bars,
while tippling glasses with tho polili
ciuna, he said it was a poor city that
couldn't support .him like a gentle
mnn, and it w ao his intention to make
Washington support him t and he did,
even to tho extent of levying 25 cents
from each of tho young buck of the
town, and larger turns from the larger
animals. For the last few year of
his life, having beon afflicted with In
flammatory rheumatism, he mado no
use whatover of intoxicating liquor.
Marriages by moonlight are the
latest novelty In Georgia. Very prop
er consdorirg what a tweet lunacy
tho business is. Il is a colored poo
plo'o invention. The white generally
prefer gas.
When Shakospetre' molhur wished
him lo confess a theft, what distin
guished character did she bold op be
fore him rW1ll!ne. Till. '