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Clearfield, Pa.
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tl:lrT rieartleld, Pa.
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ATTnuvEV AT LAW.
Mm .a Bwoad St., Oloari.ld, Pa. noTll.nl
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
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JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Ci.. on Harket 8U, or.r Jo.oph Shtwor,'
Orotarj Mora. Jan.,l673.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Katate A (rent, Clearfield, Pa.
0m oa Third itroot, bat-Charrj A Walnat,
- - ..-11 kl. ...vlfla. In .ellint
tni bajlng land. In Ol.arflald and adlolainf
mnti.1 1 and with aa .iporl.noo ot or Iw.ntT
juri ai a .orTayor, lattora klnualf that ha tan
cml.r tatlafaetlon. fob. MJ:tf,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
KEAL ESTATE BROKER,
aid na.Lia i
Saw Iogfi nnl Ijuinber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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J . J., L I N GLE,
ATTORKEY-AT - LAW,
MS O.reola, Clearfield Co P JT
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Wallareton, Clearfield Coauty. Peun'a.
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Law and Collection Office,
Ntl,l'7t CLEARFIELD, PA. '
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW',
Hellelonte, Pa. Mpll,'5-y
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ATTORNEY AT - LAW,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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. 211, '71.
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OBoa la the Court lion.., Clearflold, Pa.
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AND STATIONERS,
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Iulherburp, Pa.
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Curwenoville, Pa.
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J. A. BLATTENBERQER, ,
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PrenchTllle, Clearfield County, Pa.
Keep, eonatently on hand a full anortment of
Dr. Gooda. Hardware, tirooerlce, and everything
ueually kept in a rotail .tore, which will ba aold,
for eab, aa cheap a. elicwhere ia the county.
Frenehville, June 17, looj-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
OENJCJHL MERCHANDISE,
VRAHAMTON. Pa.
Alio, uten.lra maaufaoturer and dealer In Eqaart
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CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RREWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
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hopee by atrial attention to baaiiwM and
the manufacture of a anperior articla of lUiKK
to reoeii e the patronage of all the old and many
oow euaiomera. -,.-uB,-.
J. K. BOTTORF'S
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NEflATIVES made In cloudy a. well aa In
clear weather. Conil.ntly on band a good
...nrtm.nt of FHAMK8, STEREOSCOPES and
uTiiBHiiampll! VIKWh. Frame., from anf
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J EW. SCHULER, .- .
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER,
Second ctrect, next door to Firit National Bank,
nov(l'71 Clenrlleld, Pa.
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
Jvl.1 CLEARFIELD, PA. tl
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
Y.Will execute lolia in kit line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. l M,o7
G H . HALL
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
n . n ti.nit anil m . rl . In Order
mnM r uuiy. mt " j .
on ,hort notice. Pipea bored on reatonabla terma.
All work warranted to render tatlifaction, and
delivered If deiired. my2:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
m pati.aaa Ix
SQUARE TIMBER,
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ALL KINDS OF HAWED LUMBER,
-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
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rUHN TBOUTMAIK,
Dealer in all klnda of
FURNITURE,
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One door eatt Pott Office,
,1C7! CLEARFIELD, TA.
LI II A R N A N,
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LUTIIERHBURO, PA.
Aacnt for the A aerican Double Turbine Water
. i -.i-. a k'.lh.rl. Wheel. Can fur-
w neei n , .
nl.h Portable fa rl it Mill, on .hort notice. jH 71
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Drug Store, up italra.
t l CLEARFIELD, PA. 6m
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w . F. N AUGLE.
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J.l' CWARriUP.tA,
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLKAUF1ELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT. 11,1871.
jTORCtT MELODIES.
I lore the fine old foroet.
That for twntnrlee hath stood,
And waTed tta lofiy branehaa
Oraodly In the solitude,
Mid 1U gloriea and it gruMt.
A ilately grudeor dwell
And Nature's hud their traoea
All her bright and magi spells
Its shades are full of roieee,
Krer ringing Joyous out;
From Its tretnlillng whtinerod breathligs,
To the storm' wild boisterous abeujV
And lu notos, so deeply thrilling,
From the dark reoesset sUrt,
And swell through ether stilling
The quick buntings of the heart.
Whett th gorgeous robe of p ring -time
Jlnlh arrayed them In its green,
And the leave are bright with dew-drop
Glancing la lbs morning's aheea,
Then IU full enchanting eboru
With a rapture wo have beard,
For the song nre round and o'er n
Of aach gladsome foreit bird.
0, when tho sera of Autumn
Hath fastened on the lenf,
And elad the Bummer glories
With the fsding garb of grief.
One tearful strain of sorrow
Will thy songsters sadly obi me,
Sre they flit upon the morrow
To tume far and sunny clime.
Wo hare heard tho gentle sephrrs
Stealing through tho waving bougbi,
With a melody entrnnolng
As th maiden's whispered rows.
And the storm wind, as It rushes '
In its wild and mad career,
Th bravest brother hushes
To a solemn aw and fear.
E'en the frosty reign of Winter
Hath a cheerful miostrelty,
As the Ice of morning fallen.
From the tall and stately tree,
And the heart can feel no power
In the poet's sweetest lay,
. Lik tb manic of the shower
In some Summer's sultry day.
Oh! I love the bravo old forest.
That for centuries hath stood,
And waved its lofty branches
Grandly in tho solitude!
My homo is in its bosom,
Where no human foot hath trod j
My companion, the wild blossom,
And my trust, In Nature's Uod.
PAYING THE PENALTY.
The Execution of the Modocs Scenes
at the Scaffold V hat Captain
Jack Says.
Jacksonville, Oregon, October S.
The corresponduru of tho associated
press loft Fort Klamath this morning
at 11:30 o'clock, and by hard riding
arrived hero lato this evening with
the report of tho execution of Captain
Jack and his band. Boston Charlie
and Black Jim were led on the neaf-
fold first, and Solioncliin next. Tbey
stopped on it with upparent indifler
enco, having evidently resolvod to die
as bravely as they had lived. Cap
tain Jack went easily np the stairway,
bat looked wretched and miserable.
Their manacles had been struck off,
bnt their arms woro securely pinioned
with cords.
At precisely 6:45 o'clock a. m. the
interpreters. Contain O. U. Applojrote
and David Hill explained to the pris
oners tho nature ol tbo ordor to be
read them by tho adjutunt, and at ten
o'clock Adjutunt Kingsbury read the
ordor promulgating tho suntonco of
the commission and President's order
theroon, with the orders of tbe secre
tary of war and department com
mander in tbe premises. The two ro-
priored prisoners, liarncho and Slo
tuck, yet stood on tho ground ia front
of tho scaffold, shackled and undor
guard. During the reading the pin
ioned victims were scaled on tnopiut
form of tho scufluld, with their feet on
the drop, lifttouing anxiously, but of
course not uiidurulanding a word of
it. The reading occupied ten min
utes, and then the adjutant read tbe
order and commutation in tbo case of
liarncho and Slotuck, and the poor
fallows wore taken back to the stock
ado, evidently much rejoiced nt not
accompanying tbo othors to the happy
bunting grounds.
The chaplain then offered an earn
est and fervid prayer for tbe souls of
the culprits, which was listened to at
tentively. At fifteen minutes past
ton o'clock tho fatal nooses wore placed
around tho necks, under the direction
of Captain Uogo'. It was neocssary
to cut off a litllo of Captain Jacks
long hair, which was in the way of
the ropo. Captain llogo thon bid
farewell to the prisoners, and tho black
caps were placed over tho beads of all
tho culprits. At twenty minutes past
ton they stood on tho drop, and the
ropo was cut by an assistant at a sig
nal mado by Captain J logo's hanker
chiof. The bodios swung round and
round, Jack and Jim apparently dying
easily, but Boston and Schonchin suf
fering terrible convulsions. Boston
and Schonchin ropoatodly drew up
their legs, but the others soemod to
die almost instantly.
As the drop fell, with a terribly dead
ly thug, launching tho four poor
wretches into eternity, a cry of horror
went up from a crowd of ovor 600
Klamath IndianB who witnosscd the
awful spectacle Wails of anguish
wont up from the stockado, whore tho
wives and children of tho victims bad
full view of the sceco. Tho coffins,
aix in number, had boon placod direct.
y In the rear of tho gallows, two of
them dostinod to be unoccupied as tho
ordor commuting the sentonces of
liarncho and Slotuck only arrived at
hiilfnast ton o clock last cvoning, ana
preparations had been made for their
execution wun iee union, pip,r
cation was made this morning to Gen
r.l Wheaton br tho Sheriff of Jack
son county, Oregon, for the custody
of tuo Indians inaiciou uy mw
jury, but it was rosfusod.
DCENM BEFORE THE EXECUTION.
A Fort Klamath dispatch of yosler
day to the New York JJerald says i
Tha ohanlain. standing bofore Cap
tain Jaok, Sooncbiu, Boston Charloy,
Black Jim, Barncho and Slotuck, said:
"1 have to tell you nil that the grett
father in Washington hasdeoided that
to morrow you ruuitt all die for your
sins, and the great spu n aiso tens jou
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15,
that if yoa repeat and abow sorrow
for the orimos yoa have committed
you will go to tbe happy land."
lie then stepped up and shook bands
with thorn all, adding, "I hope to meet
you all in the happy land above."
When theso remarks were trans
lated by Dave Hill the captives evinced
considerable interest, and tbey were
evidently striving
IIARD TO MANTA1M COMPOS I' SI,
and they had a very stolid appearanoe;
but the nervous twitching of tbo hands
and restless wandering of tlioir oyos
showed that the blow strnok hard.
Boston Charley kept steadily chew
ing tobacco white tbo sentence was
being spoken, and squirted the juice
about tho floor in a nonchalant stylo,
as if nothing of any importance was
taking place. ; i
Sconohin expressed his contempt
for tbo whole matter, laying back on
the bunk and hawing in tho most ex
pressive manner, as if the ontire pro
ceedings were ruther a bnro.
J uck appeared to take th nows
very coolly, but his bright and spark
ling oyos appeared unununlly brilliant
and gazed around the circlo in quick
and restloss manner. ;
" Tho interpreter thon informed them,
by order of the Presidont, that their
wives and families would bo tikon
good care of; also that General Whea
ton was now prepared to hear any re
marks they had to mako.
CAPTAIN JACK SPEARS.
Captain Jack thon spoke, Dave Hill
translating the Modoc into Jargon and
Olivor Applogato tho jargon into En
glish. Tho substance of Jack's speech
was as follows :
I have heard the scntonro and know
what it is; but I fool that I am more
innocont than Bogus Charloy, Hooker
Jim, Steamboat Frank and Sbacknas
ty Jim; that those men planned and
instigated tho crimo of which I am
accused. When I look into my heart
I see no crimo thore. Young mon
started theso murders. It's hard to
rid them of tboir suvago bubits. 1
was always In favor of peace, and
Bogus Charley was the first to pro
pone the murder of General C'anby
and the peace commissioners. Theso
young men were with him. I said
no ; but thoy had tho power and car
ried me with them. We came near a
personal difficulty.
MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER
when Bogus Charley proposed killing
General C'anby. Boston Charloy was
the one who first sanctioned it. Bo
gus Charloy said, 'if you fail to holp
me I will do it myself.' I foel while
these four men are at liberty they
have triumphed over me, and the gov
ernment should foel nioro satisfied if
thoy were brought to trial, as tbey
were as guilty if not more than I am.
I say that Bogus Charley was the
only man who influenced mo. lie
was a traitor to both sides. He told
lies to the Modocs and lied to General
C'anby. I should liko to see him
brought here. Hooker Jim and Bogus
Charley wore tho mon that agitated
murder. 1 want now to toll tho truth
want to see those men. I know
that Shack nanty Jim killed General
Can by nnd shot Meacham, and
nOSTOX CUARLEY KILLED DR. THOMAS.
That is all I know about the massacre
Boston Charloy says Shack nasty
helped to kill Dr. Thomas, and ho
wants to soo him tried as a murdorer.
Shacknasty told mo that he told Con
ors! Wheaton he killed Gen. C'anby,
but I did npt believe bim. He said so
after tbe masaocro. Bogus Charley
told me he knew blood was on bis
bands, and I would not be hold ac
countable, as he was tho real criminal.
Bogus Charloy wanted to kill both
General Can by and Gillem.
By order of General Wheaton Jack
was thon asked by an interpreter
WHY TIIEY KILLED GENERAL CANUY AND
THE COMMISSIONERS,
and what they expected to gain by
such action.
Captain Jack rathor evaded tho
quoslion, and answered t
I wished for pcaco, but the young
mon paid they were not ready fur
peace. Thoy wanted war, but thoy
did not give their reasons. I was al
ways for pcaco ; but through the in
fluence of tho young mon, headed by
Hooker Jim, toe war went on. I did
not couneol tbo Combathcsho.t or Hot
Creeks to fight. They camo to mo
and made mo heart sick, for they
wantod to .fight. When 1 camo here
I hopod to Co set free, as X was not
tbe instigator of these bad doings. I
hoped to live on Klamath with my
peoplo.
General Whonton then told the in
terpreter to lull Captain Jack his peo
plo would t o conveyed to a comforts
bio home and well taken euro of. Ho
eked bim whiuh one of the band he
would like to lake charge of bis family
when ho was gone.
REALIZING HIS FATE.
Jack rathor winced undor thalqacs
lion and said : "I can think of no one
who could lake good care of my family.
He would be auspicious of all, even of
Scarefaocd Charloy, whom he thought
a good man."
Captain Jack then expressed a desiro
to know if bo might entertain tinpes
of living, and, on boing told the Presi
dent's orders would be oarricd out, bo
said, "Tbe groat chief at Washington
is a long way off; and he thinks that
hg bus beon misrepresented, and
IF THE BIG CUIKF WOCI.D COMB
to see him he might change his opin
ion." Ho was thon told that tho big
chiefs children numbered mlllions,and
that ho was guided by good men, who
represented him.
Jack then continued "I don't wish
to talk a groat deul, and only about
those things near my heart, and I
would lik to have execution of the
senlonce postponod until things could
bo made more clear."
On hearing that tho Presidont' do
oision wa not given without good
doal of thought. Jack said t "I know,
judging by the dotails, ho was not
hasty in tbe matter, but 1 think he
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SllOUlu nave uoaru wun. i unu w "J
Thcr are many ladies who will not
bend, but none, alas, who can't b
bfnued.
I REPUBLICS
...
NOT MEN.
Lafayette, end Arnold'i Treason. 1
BY BOnERT DALE OWEN.
Bottbeovont of this visit of mine
to Pari wa my introduction, by
Francis Wright, to General Lafayette.
Of all tbe men living be was tbo ono
I most enthusiastically admired, and
the one I bad the most earnostly
longed to see. Those feelings had
gainod fresh forvor In tbe United
States. Just two months bofore I
landed In New York Lafayctto had
roturnod home lu the Brundy wine, af
ter a year's sojourn in tho land whiuh
ho bad aided to liborato.und by which
he bad beon weloomed as never a na
tion till then, bad welcomed a man.
I hoard his praise on evory tongue,!
found love and gratitudo toward him
in every heart. -
My admiration cud sympathy were
no doubt transparent, and theso may
have won for mo, from one of the
most genial men, a hearty reception.
At all evonts, he received mo with an
overflowing good nuture and a win-,
ning kindnexs and simplicity that I
shall remember to my dying day.
A fow items of our conversation I
still most distinctly recollect. One in
cidont, presenting tbe Futber of his
Country in i rare aspect, ever recalls
to mo, when 1 think of it, tho tendor
eyes and graoioos, loving mannor that
made the grand old Frenchman the
idol of all young peoplo who were for
tunate enough to share his friend
ship." It was just bofuro the unmasking
of the sole traitor who loomod up du
ring our Involution, on ono of tbe
most eventful days in all that ovent
ful period, and more than four years
alter tbo immortal Declaration bad
beon read from the stops of tho old
Philadelphia State House ; it was on
tbe 25tb of September, 1780. On tbe
afternoon of the preceding day, Wash
ington, aflor dining at l-ishkill, bad
set out with bis suite, intending to
reacb Arnold' headquarters, eighteen
miles distant, that evening. What
would have bapponed bad lie carried
out bis intention, wo can only conjec
ture. What mon oall chance a cusu
al meoting near Fishkill with the
French Miuistor, Do Lur.erne.induoed
him to remain thore that night.
Next morning, after sending notice to
Arnold that be might expect him to
breakfast, he again changed his inten
tion, turned off to visit some redoubts
on the Hudson, opposite West Point,
and sending two aidos-do-camp to
apologise. It wa wbilo these ofliccrs
wero at broakfust with tho family
that Arnold received the deapatch
whioh announced Andro'acapture.and
caused bis (Arnold's) instant lligh'.on
pretence to bis visitors of a call from
West Point. Somo hours later Wash
ington, arriving with General Knox
and General Lufuyetto, and finding
Arnold gone, followed bim, a he sup
posed, aero the river, and looming
that Arnold bad not been at West
Point, returned to dinner. A Wash
ington approached tho house, bis aido,
Colonel Hamilton, who had remained
bobind, camo hurriedly to moel bim,
and placod in his hands a despatch
which us confidential stuff oflioer, ho
bad already opontd, and which dis
closed Arnold's troachery. Washing
ton communicated it contents, doubt
less boforo dinnor to General Knox,
and to him alone, with tbe brief and
significant words, ''Whom can we
trust now V
The usual version is that bo thus
communicated the portcntuous news to
General Knox and Lafayette jointly;
but that is an error. The statement
mado to roe by the latter, during our
journey to La Grange, surprised and
interested me at tbo timo, and has re
mained indelibly improved on my
memory. It was this:
Whon Washington sat down to din
nor, no unusual emotion was visiblo
on his countonance. He wa gravo
and silent, but not more so than of ton
happoned whon recont tiding from
the army occupied his thoughts. At
the close of the meal be beckoned to
I.afuyclto to follow him, passed to an
inner apartment, turned to his young
friend without uttering a syllnblo,
placed tho fatal despatch in his hands,
and then, giving way to an ungov
ernable burst of feeling, fell on his
nock and sobbed aloud. Tho effect
produced on tho young French mar
quis, accustomed to regard bis gener
al (cold and dignified in hi usual
mannor) as dovoid of tho common
weaknoss of humanity, may bo imag
ined. "I bolicve," said Lufuyetto, to
mo in relating this anocdoto, "that
this was tho only oocasion throughout
that long and sometimes hopoless
struggle tliut Washington over gave
way, even for a moment, under a ro
verso of fortune; and perhaps I am
the only human being who ever wit
nessed in him an exhibition so foreign
to his tomperamont. As It was, ho
recovered himself boforo I had porusod
tho communication that bud given
riso to his excitoment, and whon we
returned to his staff not a traco re
mained in hi domeanor either of grief
or dospondency." Atlantic Monthly
for October.
The Sword and tue Pen. The
Sword of tho warrior was takon down
for tho purpoeo of being polished. It
bad not been long out of use. Tbe
rust was rubbed off, but thore woro
spots that would not go thoy wore
of blood. The woid wa placed on
tho tublo, near tho pon of the wan ior's
socrotnry. Tho pon took advantage
of the firtt breath of air to move a lit
tlo further off. "Thou aro right,"
said tho sword, "I am a bad neighbor."
"I four thoo not," rcpliod the pon, "1
am moro poworful tban thon art j but
1 love not thy socloty." "I extermi
nate," said the word. "And I pcr
potuole," answered the pen j "where
are thy victories If I record them
not 7 Even whore thou thyself ahult
one day be in the lake of oblivion."
v
A lady retiring from an unprofita
ble trip to churcb.tdeolarod that when
sbo "saw the shawls of those Smiths,
and thon thought oi the things hor
own poor girl had to wear, if it was
not for the consolation of religion she
did not know what she should do."
1873.
NEW
The Lightning Bod Man.
He called in all hia radiant boauty
and inimitablo chock. Uufortunately
we wero Dot in a healthy condition,
and he was not donied admission. We
knew at once that ho was tho light
ning rod man and we groaned in an
ticipation of tho coming affliotion.
"The editor 1" ho asked with a bow.
"No, the editor has just gone out
to kill a lifo insurance man."
"Well, lean explain the mat tor to
you. Being a man of litorary attain
ments, you undoubtedly take an in
toreBt in scionce, which in a few year
ha eoverod tho earth with railroad
and telegrupb, which ha fillod the
rivers wnu sienmuoain, unu wiu nvu
with floating pulacea, whioh has found
ways to defy tbo lightning of heaven."
"We take not the slightest interest
in scionco. We regard Kobert Fulton
as an Impostor, Stephenson a a nui
sance, Morso as an unmitigated ruffi
an, and think that lloniumin Frank
lin Bhould have boon tied to tho tail of
his own kito and sent on a voyage of
discovery among tho thunder bolls.
Ho it was who in von ted lightning rod
mon,tho vilest wretches who oucumbor
tho earth. A law should at onco be
passed giving any man in tbe commu
nity the right to kill any lightning
rod man on sight, or nail him to the
chimney, and stick a lightning rod
down his throat, so that tbe first spor
tive thunderbolt that should come that
way should annihilate him."
We wore golting angry, but we are
mild spoken in our anger. Ho now
planted himself in a chuir, as serene
and calm as though wo had been cal
culating him a benefactor to the hu
man race.
"Yoa don't nnderstand this light
ning rod it is the most recent inven
tion,'unliko anything evor before pro
duced. It will yet take rank with
such inventions as printing, the steam
engine and tho telegraph. The world
will yet revoro the invontor as a ben
efactor second to no ono man who has
ever lived. Tbe lightning rod is for
frotocling the person, not dwolling.
t i a composition of India rubbor,
iron, and a chemicul known only to
the invontor. It is to bo wound around
the body, and run from tho crown of
tho hat to tbo boot beet. Jignming
will have no power to harm the man
who wear it. The rod is also a pro
tection against violonco. A man in
Novada woro one of thorn. In a
drunkon row he was shot at seven
teen times without being injured, a
batchot exploded and killed tho man
in whose hands it was when ho at
tempted to slriko tho man who wore
the charmed lightning rod that is
the name it boars. The man who uses
the charmed lightning rod cannot dio
by violence it is doubtful, indeod, if
he will ever dio, as no person woo uns
purchased one has yet died."
He would have continued, but we
interrupted bim with:
"You wear ono of thorn f"
"I wouldn't bo without one of them
for sums untold; would sooner be
without food and sleep."
"And would it be impossible to hurt
you wbilo you woar III"
"As impossible as it would be lor a
fly to eat up the lfocky Mountains."
"Will you wail for us a few min
utes, while we give some directions?"
"Certainly," was his instant reply.
"My entire aftornoon is at your ser
vice." We went out and collected all tho
men employed in tho building and
told them the circumslnnoes.and each
man armed himself at once. Nunc of
them had over killed a man, and each
was anxious to onjoy the luxury of
trying to do so. We got a neighbor
who owns a bloodhound us big as a
Shetland pony, to bring bim into the
building, We then murched doublo
filo into the editoriul rooms. Tbo
man with the bloodhound lod tho way.
Tho noiso caused tho lightning rod
man to turn his bead. Ho gave one
howl and fled through the back door,
followed by a volley of shot and tho
Kussian bloodhound. We followed
them up Franklin street across the
Purk to Broadway. There weslopped.
But the bloodhound did not return
for two days, and tboro was a fiondish
glaro in hi eye a though ho had
been enjoying himself in bis savage
way. We much fear that the L. It.
M. has been digested erto this. The
fuloof this wretched man should be a
lesson to all agents who think of in
vading the sacred procinct of our
sanctum, or wbo try to imposo upon
tbo credulity of the editor.
Children's Eights-
The "right of women" bave had
their advocate among ua for a good
many year and now the "rights of
children" have found an advocate who,
mirubilu dictu, is a school lonelier. At
a convention of the schools, held re
cently at Worcester, Massachusetts,
Superintendent Marble reud a paper,
in which ho maintained that every
child in school, however young, "bus
the same right to his opinion, hi judg
ment, hi will and way, whiuh a full
grown man would have if ho sat in
the same sont. Tbo fact," said bo,
''that bo is weak and ignorant dous
not alter thocaso. It tbo child's opin
ion or judgment be at fault, we should
corroct him in the same rationul way
a wo would an adult. If his will be
obstinate, aod bis wuy be productive
of hurra to himself or others, wo should
first point bim out tho right way, and,
if he did not desist from his ovil wuy.
we should onforco both adult and child
in tho sums manner. The qualities of
roason nnd intelligence should always
be recognizod both in tho child and in
the adult. The first right of every
cblld, then, as of every human being,
i to be treated as an equal, and not
as an inferior. It seems to be the
opinion of some people that to teach
is to stamp one's own image upon the
ohild ) that what I know the child
must learn i that what I think he
mast be taught. We have no bnsinesB
to do any such thing. A child is
weak, but we bavo no right to bully
him. He is undeveloped intellectually;
no more have wo a right to impose
our opinion upon bim without his
i tbwe."
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advanoo.
SERIES - VOL. 14, NO. 41.
Don't Be Persuaded.
' What a blossod faculty is that which
enables man or woman to say no, and
thon to stick to It 1 Of courso, one
wbo praotices tbo positive, mast also
learn to think boforo ho speaks, clso
bo will be nnjut to himself as well ns
others.. No ono class of our people
noed to acqniro this habit moro tbun
furmors, and when tbey become ao
customod to aso tho word moro fro-
3nently and emphatically than they
o at prosont, itinerant peddlers and
agents will find their occupation gone,
or at least slightly less remunerative.
Tbe patent goto or bco hive man
calls on tbo farmer and asks him to
purchase his waros, or tho right to
ubo thorn; the farmer, knowing that
ho does not actually need them, sayt
no; but tho smooth, oily tongue of tho
agont soon gets a decision in bis fa
vor, and there are two titles affected
instead of one for tbo farmer is aold,
and tho agont sells bis waros. When
wo glanco over tbo lift of patont
gates, boe hives, ox yokes, clinrns,
fences, and a thousnnd and one other
worthies things that bave been sold
to farmers, and aro at the proscnttimo
being hawked about tho country, wo
cannot holp urging every man to ac
quire tho habit of saying no I
There may bo ono or two botlor
churns than tbo old fashioned one
used by our grandfathers, but how
many thousands of worse than use
less things have beon sold undor the
name of "improved patent churns I"
Tho same is true of nearly ail of tho
smaller implement used about the
household and farm; the inventors,
manufacturers, and pcddlors of tho
same having flourirhed omuiingly,
simply bocauso furmors could not or
did not say no. All the vile nostrums
that are distributed through tbe coun
try wero sent there by the manufac
turers simply because they knew tho
weakness of the masse; and swind
lers of all kinds, from wine plant ped
dlers down to counterfoil money deal
ors who send boxes of sawduut to
their dupes, flourish for tho same rea
son. It ia passing s'.tango that men and
women who posses any intclligonco,
can for a moment suppose, that any
country quack or city quack doctor
possesses opportunities or tho brains
to concoct a medicino of moro valuo
or potency than tho thousands of
learned men who graco tho profes
sion. Tbe eamo is true in regard to
plants; and if furmors will remomber
this one thing, that no traveling agent
evor did introduce a new plant, fruit
or vcgotablo, thoy will bo duped loss
often. When any ono calls on you
and pretends that ho has something
new, that our regular nurseryman or
florists do not know all about, act bim
down as a swincMor, and not only ssy
no, but hasten his departure from tho
promises. If our farmer had so sorved
the peddlers of Alkakengi, or straw
berry tomato, wine plant, coffee plant,
and hundreds ot other such wonders,
they would not only havo saved many
thousands of dollars, but have hud a
fur better opinion of mankind In gen
eral. Learn to say no to this class, and
novcr purchase a thing which you do
not actually need, and then only of
those who can prove positively that
they are the accredited agents of ro
liublo firms. Cultivate this habit un
til yoa can say no to hubilual borrow
ers, and to tho merchant or grocer
who ask you to run in debt for things
which are not positively necessary io
your own comfort and happiness und
that of yourfumily. Wo know how
hard it is to say no under certain cir
cumstances, and whon every attributo
of our nature tell as that it is right.
Half tho miseries of mankind uriso
from thissource.and they might easily
bo obviated if each person would only
be honest to himself first, and thon to
other. Rural Sew Yorker.
How Young Men Fail.
'Thoro is Alfred Sutton borne with
hi family, to live on the old folks,'
Raid ono neighbor to another. 'It
seems hard, alter all hi father has
dono to fit bim for business, nnd oapi
tal ho invested to start him so fairly.
It is surprising ho hits turned out ao
poorly. Ho is a steady young man,
no bad habit so fur as 1 know ; he
had a good education and was always
considered smart ; but ho doesn't suc
ceed in anything. 1 am told be has
tried a number of dilVorenl sort of
businoss, and sunk money every timo.
What can bo tho trouble with Alfrod,
I should liko to know, for I don't want
my boy to take bis turn.'
'Alfred is smart enough,' said the
other, 'and has education enough, but
bo lucks the ono clement of success.
Ho never wants togivo a dollar's worth
of work for a dollar of money, and
there is no other way for a man to
make bis forluno. Ho mast dig, if ho
would get gold. All tho men that
have succoeded boncnlly, in making
money, have had to work for it, tho
sharpers sometimes tho hardest of all.
Alfred wishod to set his train in mo
tion, and a amnshup was the result.
Teach your boy, friend Archer, to
work with a will when ho doos work.
Givo him play enough to muko him
learn oarly that work is tho business
of lifo. Putiont, sclf-donying work is
the price of success. Fuso und indo.
lenco est away not the capital only, but
worso still, all a man's nerve and po Iv
or. Present gratification tends to put
off duty until to moriow, or next
week, and so tho golden moments slip
by. It is gelling to be a rnro thing
for the sons of riclt men to dio rich.
Too otlen tbey squander in a half
scoro of years, what their fathers were
a lifetime in ncenmuluting. I wish I
could ring It in the ear of every aspir
ing young man that work, bard work
for head and hands, Is tho price of
pwpori jr. Country Otntlemnn.
Time to Save Him. A Knpnbliean
paper in Philadelphia speaking of
Judge Gordon's chances in that city
says: Thoro is yet timo, perhaps, to
savo this gentleman, 11 bis friends think
be is worth saving. Hut, they hnd
bettor, in the lunguuge of the Lord
llamlot, "leave rtr their d:imuullo
fuces, and begin !"
The Valuo of Opportunity. ,
Home - porson appear to bo gifted
with quickness of perception almost
amounting to a knowlcdgo ol mo lu
fture. Theso person always seizo tho
golden moment and avnil thomsolves
ot the favored opportunity, and with
thorn this quickness of porception
prompts the most Judicious act ion,nd
always at tho right lime, whilo Othora
swayed by wavering thoughts and be.
gulling procrastination, sagely talk of
what they should have dono on somo
previous ocoasion, but which, having
neglootcd to do, they forever continue)
to deploro their want of dociaivo ao
lion at that prociao moment. .. ,
The truth is thnt in tho course of
evonts, with almost all, there is a
"masterly inactivity" prodimtivo of
great ' results, but this only ocean
when a Wise and fur-teoing policy di
rect a man' courso of conduct. In
the ordinury transactions of lifo, a
rupid knowledge of ovailublo-circumstances
and thopromptobtuseof them
make the most successful man. tthak.
spcure wroto thut "tliero is a lide in
Hie affairs of men which taken at the
flood, lead on to fortune;" but, whilo
we acknowledge tho wisdom of tho
pout, we furthor think thoro is.noth.
ing moro useless than vain rolrospeo
lion, because a favored opportunity,
once lost, never returns, and if we
gain experience by such loos il may
rather bo regarded as guin in the long
run.
It will not bo questioned by any
ono thut a habit of postponement or
ol procraslmution is highly Injurious,
balking grout projects of their legiti
mate results and retarding some of
tho grandest schemes and noblest as
pirations of mankind. Tho mun who
allows his mind 10 wander in the con
templation of probable contingencies
when tho path of duly and recti tudo
lios clearly beforo bim cannot be con.
sidcred either wiso or politic Com
mon senbo most commonly indicates
opportunity, and common courago and
industry should cnuulo us to embrace
il. . Nature, in momonts of danger.
sooms to endow mankind with instinct,
ive prcscionco ; thought is accolurutod,
ingenuity is sharpened and instant ac
tion is the result and tho emergency.
This is almost always tho cane whon
tho danger is imminent and lituseemx
to bo threatened. But under less ex
citing circumstances, whon circum
stance is man' foe, ho is not usually
bo alert to grapple with bm enemy and
weigh all tho advantages and import;
unco of opportunity.
Kverythiiii, beneath thosun changes.
Tho seasons in iliurnul rotation uomo
and go; day und night ullcrnuto;
men livo and die, governments riso
and fall, and there uro other and mora
trifling chances filling up tho succes
sion of tho season, tho alternations
of tho day and night, tho periods in
tervening between tho birth and death
of man. It is moro especially with
theso chances that opportunity has to
do, and in tho use of those does tho
activo, intelligent mind display ittt
power and force. We have no sym
pathy with idlo dreamers, always full
ing back on tho past and pulholicutly
deploring whnt might have been, but
all udmiro tho bold, bruvo spirit which
never lots an opportunity pass unim
proved, or, at least, seeks with xeal
and energy to profit by it. Ho who,
with armor Tory bright, delight In
action will, when old ago comes on,
rather rejoico in what he has accom
plished than sit down feebly to doploro
und mourn ovor lout opportunities.
The Fin Machine.
This mochino is one of tho closest
approaches thut mechanics havo mado
to tbo dexterity ot tlio human band.
It is about the height and size of a
lady's sowing inachino, only much
stronger. On tho sido at tho buck a
light belt descends from a long shaft'
in tho ceiling that drives all the ma
chines, ranged iu two rows on tbo
flour. On the left side or tho muchino
hangs on a peg a reel of wire that bus
been straightened by running throuch
a compound system of small rollers.
I ho wiro descend!, and the end enter
tho machine This is tlio food con
sumed by this voracious litllo dwarf.
lie pulls it in und bites it oil by inch.
cs, incessantly 1-10 bile to the min-
uto. Justus ho seizes each bito, a
litllo hammer, willi a contavo lace,
bits tlio end of tho wiro Ihrco times,
"upsets" it to a head, whilo he grips it
to a counter sunk hold belwocn hi
tooth. With un outward thrust of hi
tongue ho thou lays tho pin sideways
in a litllo groove across tbo rim of a
small wheel thut tslowly revolves. By
tho external pressure of a stationary
hoop theso pins roll in their pluces as
they aro curried undor two scries of
smull files, threo in each. Theso flics
grow finer toward tho end of the bo
ricB. They lie at a slight inclination
on tho pins, and scries of cams, lovora
und springs uro mado to play liko
lightning. Thus tho pins uro dropped
in a little shower in a box. Twenty,
eiirlil pounds are a day' work for ono
of thoso jerking liltlo automatons.
Tbo machines reject crook od pins, tho
slightest irregularity in any of them
Doing uoicctcu.
A Man Fish. Tho mermaid's mala
mnto has been found. It is called tho
man fish, and has boon shipped and
brought to Brooklyn. It was caught
at the Fishing banks by ono Comino
doro Knglish, of No. 08 Vesscy street,
New lork, two woeks ago. its ap
pearance, resembles that of a malo of
the human species, moro than any
ono of tho finny tribe ever boforo seen.
It is four feet long, nnd weighod whon
alivo filly pounds. Its heud Is broad,
and sontothing liko that of a load fish,
but with large, lull eyes, big mouth
and smull, sharp teulli. Below tho
hoad is a short neck, and below that
on each aro two armlike fins measur
ing 1 1 oin the extreme ends 21 inches.
Then come tho most remarkable re
semblance to a mun, which is a woll
shaped waist, with ribs and tbo gen
eral appearance of a human being.
vt hero tno waisi onus mere project
from each side fins sin ii Her than tho
tipper firs, and moro like legs, Kx.
tending back from these fins is n,
round, strong tail, about one foot nnd
a half long. Tho skin is tough, And
bus no sculi'. Altogether, il is the
oddrwt looking specimen ol tho fish
kind imaginable, and would bo a good
ahjuol for Durwin to discourse on.
About five thousand people were
oollcctcd on an afternoon recently in
I'nint Breexe Purk, Philadelphia, to
wilnoss a trot hetweon the celebrated
Goldsmith Maid and a fust rising com-'
yetitor for the honors of the turf,
udge Fullerton. The Maid won the
race in threo straight heats time,
I.ouia J. Jnnninir. managiug editor
of tho New York Timet, is on of Hi
lew metropolitan journalist whose an
nual .tlury is f 10,000.
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