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OKOHUK HA8ERTY.
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FRANK FIELDING,
ATIOKHEY-AT-LAW,
. . Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all bustnosi entrusted to him
promptly and faithfully, aovlj 73
WILLIAM A. WALLACE.
lunar r. wallacb.
ravin l. kmcbs.
JOSH W. WRIULET,
WALLACE &, KREBS,
(Sutcofion to Wallace 4 Fielding,)
ATTQRNK YS-AT-LAW,
11-127 Clearfield, Pa.
. v. wilsov, v. . a. s. tad talsah,
DBS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
Clearlleld, Pa.
" Office In realdenos of Dr. Wilioti.
Ornci Hoi : From 11 to 1 p. . Dr. Van
Valiab oan bo found at night In Ma rootna. next
door la llartswick a Irwin a Drag store, i
atairi. novJ0'73
DR. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOODLAND. PA.
Will promptlr attend all oalla la the lino of bla
proiaaaiua. bot.i-7j
jjssra a. 'aur. bahiii. w. K'goaor.
MoENALLY & MoOUBDT,
ATTORN BYS-AT-LAW,
' Clearfield, P.
ffLefpil baaloeii attended to promptly with
fldelity. OfBoo on Seoond itroet. aboTa the Pint
Rational Bank.
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G. R. BARRETT,
Attobnet and Counselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
Earing retigned bil Jadgeabip, baa reanmed
Ibo practice of the law in hia old office at Clear
leld, Pa. Will attend thoeonrte of Jefforaon and
Ilk ooontiel when apoeiallj rotained in oonoeetloa
wttk reaident eounael, 2:14:73
WMi M. McCULLOUGH,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
JBT-Offloe np ataira in Western Ilotel kaildinr.
:Leal buaineaa promptlr attended to. Rral entate
ibeagbt and (old. . jell'73
J a W. B A N T Z,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Yaa.Office nn ataira In Weatera Hotel buildinir.
Ail legal bnaiuaas entruited to hia eare promptly
anended to. July z, ibio
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AHD COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Pronpt ttntioi rlrcn to all legal builneii
tntmitard io bit ere im Clerflld and adjuiniof
urn. tie. UIDm oa Unrkt it., opposite XNanxlc
Jwtlry tn, VMrAalO. fa. . . Joli , J
A. We WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. Clearfield, Pa.
aVOSe In the Court Hoas. deot-ly
H. W. SMITH,
AT TOEN EY-AT-LAW,
tU:Tt , riearfleld, Pa.
.WALTER BARRETT,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OOea oa Second St, Clearteld, Pa. norll.U
ISRAEL TEST.
.. 'ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. Claarfleld, Pa.
' Jt70Be la the Court Hoaa. Jy 1 16?
JOHN H. FULFORD,
t ." ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CleartUM, Pa.
Aai . V. - 3 a . . DLa..ul
Vrooerj lor. Jaa.1,Hr73,
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Aad Real Estate Aarent, Clearfield, Pa
aee en Third atreei, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
ar-beapectfuUy olfere his serriees In selling
and kaylag lands la Clearfield and adjoining
eoaatiea I and with an experience of orer twenty
yeare as a tarreyor, laltori himself that he eaa
reaaer satisfaction. l eo.
J. BLAKE WALTERS
REAL ESTATE BROKEK,
, , PSALia l
Haw ItOfS and lauiuber.
1 CLEARFIELD, PA.
.Caioe ta Haanie Bolldlng, Room No. 1. 1:29:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTOBNET - AT - LAW,
,1:11 Oweeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. ' yd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. '
rWallaeeton. Clearfield Coanty, Penn'a.
teej,AII legal bnfinosa promptly attended to,
JTebn H. Orris. C. T. Alexander.
vORVI8 A ALEXANDER,
ATTORN EY8 AT LA W.
Bellefonte, Pa. sepll,'-y
J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORNET - AT - IAW,
Hrllefoiite. Pa.
JWIU practice In C'lrarflrld and all of the Courts of
jitti judicial district, neai ratate im
od collection of claims 'Aide specialties, nl 71
CYRU8 GORDON,
ATTOJtHEt AT LAW,
Market street, (north side) Cleerfleld, Pa.
All legal business preoipii ailended to
Jaa. 2, 7S. '
DR. T. J. BOYER,
rn YSICIAN AND STJBO EON,
Office en Market Street, Clearteld, Pa.
r-OBoe hours: It 12 a. a., and ; lo t p. aa
T)R. E. M. BC1IEUJREB,
" ' OkKSOPATHIO PHYSIC1AK,
.Offioa in MuyO f JuildiDg,
jAprll 2f, mi.' Clearfield, Pa;
d rTw. a. meansT
PHYSICIAN & 8UBOEQN,
LCT11RRSBURO, PA.
iIH atUnd professional ealla promptly. augl0'70
"UTILLIAU M. ;iENRY, Jcstice
rt-e. or Tea Psaavb aud Rc agrKMaa, LUMBER
CITY,
Collentiotia m.l. kttd mtAmw nrnmntlw
'aid orer. ArUelea of agreement auj deeds ef
aatly aieentod and warranted eor-
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Q00DLANDER & HAQEBTY,
VOL. 47-WHOLEN0.2319.
Cards.
JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
Office In the Court House, Clearfield, Pa.
Will always be found at home on the SECOND
and LAST SATURDAY of each month. , ,, 5 J
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PITYSICIAN k SUBGEON,
HA VINO located at Pennleld, Pa., effera hie
professional aareieae to the neonla of thst
place and surrounding oountry. All call, promptly
attended to.
oot. II tf.
DR. U.
OlAoa
B. VAN .VALZAI1.
OlAoa next door lo Hartiwick A Irwln'a
Drug store, up stairs.
4:7 CLEARFMELD, PA. : " (m
Xaraniacas Dr. K. V. Wll.on. Dr. I. Q
Hartswlok, Faculty of Jeffcraon Medical College.
GEORGE C. KIRK,
JaiUo of tha Peaoa, Barrejor and Conrayaneor,
Lutueraburg, Pa
All baslneti In trusted to him will bo promptly
attaadtd to. Paraoaa wlabinc to amnluv a Sur-
reyor will do wall to cf v him a Mil, aa ha flatter
himielf that ha ean rendar satisfaction. Deeds of
oonreyanoe, artiolea of agreement, and all les;a)
papers, promptly and neatly executed. t!0noT73
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
. Lutherabtirg, Pa. ,
rTinR subscriber offers his terrleei to the public
JL in tha eapaolty or eorirener and burreyor.
All ealls for surveying promptly attended to, and
the making of drafts, deeds and other legal instru
ments of writing, executed without delay, and
warranted to be oorreot or no charge. Iwja73
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
- Justice of the Peace and Scrivener,
CurwensTllle, Pa.
' acA.Collectloni made and money promptly
palderer. rebll'Tltr
J. A. BLATTENBEBQEB,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Pa.
jFCrConveyanelng and all legal papers drawn
with aoouraoy and dispatch. Drafts oo and paa
age tickets to and from any point In Karope
procured. . , , , oot 7U cm
910. ALBEIT IBTfRT ALBBRTm.. W. ALBERT
W. ALBERT 8l BROS.,
Manufacturers A extensive Dealers ia
tt J T I ? rn- v.. t.
OUWtju jjtuuuer, uuuaio auuuoi, wui.
WOODLAND, r HH n A. ,
90rderi solicited. Bills filled on short notice
and reasonable terms.
Address Woodland P. 0., Clearfield Co., Pa.
Jele-ly . - W ALUKKT A BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Freiicheitle, Clearfield Ceaaty, Pa,
Keeps eonstently en band a full assortment of
urr uooos. Hardware, urooertee, ana ererTininr
naually kept In a retail store, wnicn win do sola,
for eaab, as cheap as alaewnere in ui oeunty.
Frencbvllle, June 17, l07-lj.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
kialbb
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GRAIIAMTON, Pa-
Also, extensive manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed lumberot ell kinds.
AWOrders solicited and all bills promptly
HI ltd. I'jyioci
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER ItREWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
TJAVINO rented Mr. Entree' Brewery he
1 hones br striot attention to nasinesa ana
the manufacture of a auperlor article of BEER
to receive the patronage of all the old and many
new ouatomers. -uoaugi'.
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
M-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.'
TVTEQATIVK8 made la elondy as well as la
la elear weather. Constantly on hand a good
aniortment of FRAMES. STEREOSCOPES and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frames, from any
style of moulding, made to order. apvtt-u
L
EW., SCUULER,
BARBER AND HALE DRESSER,
Second street, next door ta First National Bank,
novO'71 Clearfield, Pa. .
JAMES CLEARY,
BABBLE & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
Jyll CI-KAPIi'lKl.I), PA. ti
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and
Hanger,
' Clearfield, Penn'a. '
feejuWill execute jobs la his line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. apr,07
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
BEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
jr49Pumps always on hand and made to order
on iD.n auiw. , ". " '
All work warranted to render satisfaction, and
I 1 . : . - t,iMU kj.l nm M.M.hl .Mn..
delivered if desired. myji: lypd
E. A, BIGLER & CO.,
- BBALans in
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturers of
ALL KINDS OF RAWED LUMBER,
8 7'7 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JA9. B. GRAHAM,
dealer In
Beal Estate, Square Timbor, Boards,
SUINOLES, LATU, A PICKETS,
8:1078 ' Clrnrflrld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.
J OHM
THOfJTM A N,
Dealer In all kinds ef
FURNITURE,
Market Street,
On. door oast Poet Ofllm,
anglf'?! CLEARFIELD, PA.
HAKMAH,
A'llACTlUAL) JllllJiitVlUUUl,
LUTHERSBDRO, PA.
Aroat for th. American Double Turbine Water
Wheel and Andrews A Kalbach Wheel. Can fur
al.h PnrUhle , rl t Milla on short notice, Jvll'71
DR. J, P. BURCHFIELD,
Late Surgeon of th. 6 d Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, aaving retarnea irom lis Army,
fere his professional servloes to th.eitisens
of Clearteld eunntr.
ayProfassional calls promptly attenJed to.
Boe ea Seoond street, formerlyoenipled by
Dr. Woods. aprVM-U
H. F. N A UGLE,
FATCU MAKES & JEWLLEB,
and dealer la
jyfttchon,' Clocks, Jewclry.Silyer
and riatcol Ware, &c.
Publisher..
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDKEBDAT MORNING, DEO. 10, 187S.
..... MOW THEY POP THE QUESTION.
The sailor says, "I liko your rig, ' ' ' '
And though I've noticed many,
I really think yoa are, old gal,
As trim a craft as any
And if you'll .nly say tha word,
Through every kind of weather,
Just blaat my ayes if ere don't
Uv cruising on together."
The poet, with enraptured gas., i . :
Points oat a single star
: " "J'" tna, l,d. ' joa shin. i '
On tnortals from afar
But oh 1 It is my fondest hop. ,
Though aelnau, 1 must own
- That in soma modest, vine-wreathod oot,
' You'll skin, for mo alone."
Tba dancing matter, French, of course,'
Thinks earnestly of mating,
And seeks some little widow with
A bow .xorucieting.
"Madame, a. hesit is In te hope,
Yon lore a leetle beet.
And go ae way of life vis me j
Madame, I kees your foet."
The actor quotes from many plays,
And swears by many persons,
nis band shall build his Arabella,
A oot among the flowers.
Without her smile h. e'er is like
A ship without a rudder;
Then talks of dark despair and death
L'atil h. makes ker shudder.
Th. tradesman, with a busy eye,
A partner eccka for life
For euro the best investment is
A tidy, loving wife.
Be sees her aa a kind of stock.
To sell es any other ,
Count out the requisite amount, '
And buya her trou her mother.
And Pat, the enachman, winks at Did,
As flits from room to room,
The ever merry ehambtrinaid,
With dusting pan and broom,
lie sale, "Me darlint, when we'r. laid
V by a heap of money,
We'll got the prieet to tie the knot, .
If you'll aay yea, me honey."
Says Hans Von Schmidt, who keeps saloon,
"I want a guter frow,
To help me mak. der lager pier,
Und milk der prindle oew j
To make mine shirts and cook der krout,
L'bd efry lings to do ;
To feed der bore, und slop der pceg,
I'nd tend min. panics too," .
And r.n Sam, th. barbar man,
At Nan rolls up bis eyes,
And talks of matrimonial bliss,
With most heart-reading sighs. ,
If yon don't gub that lily baud
To dis 'era lub-siuk nigger,
lie pute dis pistol to him bead.
And dem him pulls de trigger."
Tis thus mankind rash to their fate,
For which a brilliant light,
That little alfln being Love,
Has powor beyond the sight.
Like ebildren's barks adown the falls
To waters still below,
Some glide along without a heart, .
And some to ruin go.
. Finding a Bootjack.
A housekeeper writos the folloninir
plaint to the Cleveland Leader :
i Den tue average nusoand oi the
period wants to End a bootjnek be
steps to tbe buttery door, and leaning
against tbe door-way witn Ins bands
in Ins pockets, whistles meditatively
aa ins ,eyos wanaur along tbe upper
shelves. V) ocn a or oak in the luno
occurs, t6u may know ho has found
the cako, which be devours absently,
still looking for the bootjack. Being
now deprived ot that aid to roneclion
whistling, ho executes a walls in
slow movement, sustained by a large
piece ot cake in one band, and a usa
ble pickle In the other. Altera whiio,
as the bootjack does not make us ap
pearance tbo husband docs, at the
door of the room, where you are get
ting the baby to sleep, and shouts
"Juno," at the top of bis voice-, under
the impresiiion that you are np stairs,
an impression speedily removed, lo
cover the couni'usion of his retreat, be
steps on tbe dog's tail and bumps the
bird-cage with bis bead, tben wnn"s
to know wbat you have done with
that bootjack, and why it is that you
novor keep things in thoir plnco. If
yon are wise, and simply and calmly
point, li no Columbia, to the objoot in
quostion hanging on Its accustomed
bail, he seizes upon it wrulhlulli', with
the solemn-vow that it was not thoro
wben be went through tbo room bofore.
'ibo otlonding boots are finally lelt
in tbe doorway where It Is convenient
to trip over tbem, and soronity trans
pires, nnloss you have occassion to go
around tbem, wben you will at once
see their value as a natural moans of
obstructing a passageway. It is esti
mated that one pair ot boots Judicious
ly disposed about an apartment of
medium aiso, win provent either a
wolj-disposed person or a profescjonul
burglar from quietly making bis way
about it.
At lea time the avorage husband
dno not care about any coke j it isn't
much like that bis mother used to
make.
Tnx Invincirle School Marm.
Ladies traveling through Canada by
rail are often greatly annoyed by hav
ing llioir luggage unnocossanly search
ed, but ono of tho officials recently
got his doserts; Jt happened that a
Yankee sobool-teachor, on her way
from Kansas to Vermont, passed
through the Dominion, with a trunk
packed to bursting with nothing con
traband. AVhea tbo officer domanded
ber key she bogged him not to open
t, assuring mm that it baa come
through from Kansas, contained sim
ply clothes an.d books, and was so full
thut it would ho very troublesome (o
repack it. But ho slornly demanded
the key, and maliciously pulled every
thing out to Ibo 'ry bottom thon
finding ber assertions true bo re
turned tbe key and addresed her to
hurrv ud and trot the trans back,' oa
the train would soon move. - 'AVhnt
is tbnt to me?" said tbe quick-witlod
woman: "I have a check for that
trunk, and bold the Grand Trunk
Railway responsible lor lis sale deliv
ery, i will not take the key, and you
may ao as you pease wun me trunk.
Report snys that official was very
weary and red In the faoe and rather
profane ere h finlsed packing .bat
trunk.
, i m - .
Ask a 81. Louis man about Chioatro.
ahj be will admit there .Lg such a plao
in Illinois, but will aid, "It is all
mortgaged to Boston.',' '
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PRINCIPLES
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, .DECEMBER 10,
Beminiocence of the Impeachment
;' - ; . Trial. -:
Tbo presence of Andrew Johnson In
Wuabingion recalls to niiod tbe me
morable impeachment trial in which
be was tlul'omlunt toward tho cloao of
hi turm of offieo aa President of the
United States. Tha late Cornelius
Wendell, who was familiar with the
inoident of that trial and an actor in
tome of the most important of them,
used to gay that Mr. Johnson's acquit
tal was altributablo, not as many sup
posed, to tbe ability and the eloquence
of tbo distinguished oounsol employed
uy uira, oui io mo use ol money, W(
never understood, thut.. Mr. Johnsonbeeu round tbe stnllci, when suppuiicd
himself furnished anr part of the eumi
pattl; ntiougtr-iue' parties who
vanced it unquestionably counted upon
porsonul advantages lo themealves to
result irom bis appreciation and grati
tude after the trial should bo orer.
Mr. Wendell's story was as follows:
Tbo idoa of saving Mr. Johnson had
been almost relinquished by his friends;
uis vuuviiHiun secincu a loregone con
clusion, and was almost uuiversallv
spoken of as certain, whon, on Sunday,
while Mr. Wendell was sitting in one
of the publie rooms at Brown s Hotel
since cbangod to tbo .Metropolitan
ne was accosted by an acquaintance,
who anted: "Wendell, do you want
10 beta hundred thousand dollars that
Johnson
will bo convictod J because.
if you do, I will take that hot."
Mr. W cndoll said he at once com
prehended what the proposition meant,
una alter a lime lurther conversation
requested a little lime in which to
make op his mind, and appointed a
lator hour in tho same day for another
mooting wun tuo parly who bad
mude it. . J
"I flow round," continued Mr. Wen
dell, "and after seoing soveral persons,
iouna mat, i could ruiso sixty thous
and dollars: so when tins man cami
back again, 1 said lo bun, I will bot
you sixty thousand dollars."
"1 don t want to bat sixty thousand
dollars," was the iustuiilitneous reply :
"I ofl'orod to bet you one hundred
thonsand dollars; if you do not wish
to take that wo will let ibo matter
drop. I will bet that or nothing no
smaller sura.
Weodull oow percoived that the
man was unquestionably in earnost,
and that if be took the bet the rosult
would be one of two things Johnson
would be acquitted or be would win a
hundred thousand dollars. He' re
quested further time, which was ac
corded, wilji tho undetstunding, how
ever, that at tho next interview the
money was lo be put up or tho nego
tiation was lo be at ao erd.
Mr. Wendell knew where and to
whom to go to raise money for such a
purposo; no man in tho country knew
better; and although a sudden de
mand for so large a sum taxed bis en
ergies severely, ne euccedod in getting
the amount together within tho lime
limited. The lorms of tbe bot were
fully complied with, and tbe money
was put up.
President Johnson, as we all know
to be an historical fact, was acquitted;
but very few persons in tbe country
have bilborto understood bow it was
done. .1
Mr. Wendell said that somo of the
money went to quarters which would
have boon among the last suspected ;
whereas certain senatorsagainst whom
suspicion wss most rife never touched
a dollar of the money. Mr. Wendell
also suid that they had sovoral more
voles secured to be given in favor of
acquittal in raso they should be re
,uirod lo accomplished that rosult;
but it not needed to acquit, then lo be
cast for conviction.
One of the most curious things about
the wbolo transaction was the man
ncr in which the money was paid over
alter the acquittal had taken place.
It was not banded directly over, from
ono of tbe parlies to tha bet to the
othor, but was lost by one lo the other
in play at cards I
Some of Ibo roadors will probably
rocolloot a vory strange acoounl which
got into print at the lime, of a well
known loderal office bolder losing a
very largo sum of money in an inex-
f licablo mannof at Brown's Hotel.
le did not execute his part of the pro
gramme with the dogrco of skill which
was expected of him, and hid, porform
anoe in the final act assumed a most
ludicrous aspect.
Our distinguished townsman, Mr.
Kvarts, cameliome big with the glory
of his achievement. A sort of ovation
a publio dinner was givon him
soon afterward at tho Astor Houso,
and although some of thoso who were
conspicuous in paying him the com
pliment look pains to stnlo that it bud
no connection with bis dofencs of the
t, yet ho Insisted in his spocch
at the dinner in taking a different
view, and in treating it aa attributa
ble to bis triumph in tho impcachmont
trial. Wo presume Jjiat from that
day to Ibis a suspioion of how little
his argument bad to do with the ro
sult of that trial has never entored bis
head. 1 he men who inado and paid
the decisive bet did not oonsult bim
on thst subject.
We have Dover entertained any
doubt that the acquittal of President
Johnson wot 1.4 J;ave boon right on tho
merits of tho case ; but wo boliove tho
truth of history is that jtistieo was
bought in that instance jV. Y. Sun.
Take listp. No matter how Inti
mate you may bo with the friend with
whom you have business transactions
put ywr agreements in writing.
liow ninny misunderstandings arise
from the loose ways in which business
matters are talked over, and whon each
party puts his own construction, the
matter is dismissed by each party with
tho words, "All right; all right."
Frequently It turns put all wrong,and
becomes a quostion for the lawyer and
the oourts. More than throe-fourths
of the litigation of the country would
bo savod if peoo would put down
thoir agreomejite In writing and sign
their hamos to it. Kaeh word in our
language has jta peculiar 'meaning,
and memory may by the cbango in a
sontonco, convoy an entirely different
idea from that inionJed. , When onoe
reduosd to writing ideas are fixed,and
eipenslvf) Uwsuils are RvoJ.flM, '
K Hi r
JUL lVJJLi
NOT MEN.
" John Paul on the Panic
Well, as I was saying, we nil know
this storm was coming. But I hure
tot to see the man who thought It
was coming just yet, or look in hia
lower sails, if ho did his topsails.
When it on mo or showed itself near
At band would be time enough to bo
dodging, tbey thought, . And my
father once had a home in his stables
A line, spirited creature, which I wa
fund ot fondling around. Xbe old
gentleman warned me that be might
liok, but I didn't thank bim for that;
of oourse he might kick any horBo
might lor that -oiattor. Jiul J. hndn l
ho at school, for nothing. I had
awc4ha wbem eiWis bo laid
bis ears back. So I waltsod around
"John the Baptist" that was the no-
oie. animal a namo, though why so
christened, unless because of bis abili
ty to kick a path through a wilder
ness, I do not know just as usual
and relied on a religious observation
of his oars for safety. At the least
dropping of that baromotcr I stood
ready to jump. Ono day, having
business about bis manger business
not wholly unconnected with a ben's
nest I approached by wbat may ,be
uvsignatea as a nunk movement, and
requested him lo stand over on the
other side of the stall, as I wished to
come in. That there might bo no
mistako about my meaning, I made it
quite clear by pricking the flank most
in my way gently with a pitchfork
nut x was caret u l lo walcb bis oars
very carefully whilo making Ibo re
quest. !Now, if you'll bolievo mo, I didn't
sco his oars drop, neither did I see bis
tool rise, but J, did bear a boy about
my sise strike against the other side
of the barn with a bang. And after
an hour or two, when I had collected
my scattered thoughts, and pickod up
Hie jewabarps and jack-knivos and
green apples and stolen watormolons
that tbe industrious animal had kicked
out of me, and climbed up in the hay
loll lor the double purpose or picking
up tue top ot my bead, which accord
ing lo all evidence of the senses, must
have landed tbero and got a belter
view of what was going on down be
low, I remarked thut thut horse's ears
were laid down oa his uaek as flat as
though a tailor s goose bad lit on
them. Jiut tbe warning did mo very
liltio good then. And when I wont
into the house and tbe old Konlleinnn
said he told mo so, and that it would
only have served mo right if the horse
had kicked me into the middlo of
next week, 1 found no relief for my
burbling bosom till 1 bad emptied the
red pepper cruit into tbe mungcr of
"John l tie .Baptist turning bis clo
ver bay into the very wildest kind of
honey and sot bun sneezing till thoso
coniounoca ears ot his stood up so
stiff and straight that they raked for
ward liko a jack-rabbit's. And I
made np my mind then and tbero nev
er again to lot my liking for a brisk
business bring me round anything the
further end of which one has to watch
lo see what lbs nearer end is going to
do, especially when that
nearer on.
Ftill, and a rearer ona
Yet than tbe other,
has a way of lifting so quick and easy.
It is sound businor-s judgment to
avoid the vicinity of any animal
whose skin is so short that ho can't
drop bis ears without rsising his heels,
tho more so if he hanpons to be so par
ticularly lively thst he ran go through
both motions at once. Further than
this, I don't know that there's any
special point to my story. But I was
s good deal hurt at the lime, and my
noso over since has bore considerable
resoniblunco lo a badly turned pan
cake. It has bocn somo satisfaction
to fool thai I am more familiar with
the habits of the horse than I wasbo
foro tho accidont happened, and if
any one fishes a moral out of my story,
it will not further gratify mo to know
that my noso was not Rationed in
vain.
For an explanation of the prosanl
trouble I do not think that it is nocos
sary to look very far. If you bavo
ever had hojd of a young and grow
ing dog, you must have policed that
nature keeps the skin a good deal big
ger than the dog. You eqn lake up
the slack of the skin in your hands,
put J,wo or throe reefs in it If you
liko, without pinching Ibo dog at all.
Tho mailer with us is limply that our
dog has grown so fust as to become
too big for his skin sftor stretching
day after day till it got to be as thin
aa tissue paper it has finally burst.
For several years tbe dog has been
hide-bound. But I don't think he's
dead, evon now. John Paul, in JV. Y.
Tribune. -
Ifyw to Clean Pictures.
' A now process of cleaning pictures
has recently been discovored. The
groat difficulty has always bocn lo get
off the old varnish, which, by length
of. limo has become almost incorpor
ated with tho color undorneath, so
that any method employod to removo
tho upper surfaoe is pretty pertain to
carry off with it tbe dolioat linos bo
low. Somo picture-doalers uso cor
rosivo suiisUcos, which make tho
matter worse. An ingenious system
has been discovered at Amstordam,
which consists in simply pprosding a
coating of copaiba balsam on tho oil
painting and then koeping it face
downward over a dish of tho samo sir.o
filled with cold alcohol at an allitudo
of about three feet. Tho vapors of
the liquid impart to the copaiba a de
gree of soini-fluidily, in which state it
easily amalgamates with lbs varnish
it covers. Thus the original briliancy
and transparency aro regninod with
out, injuring wiv uu fiamtiug, unu
wbon the picture is hung up in its
place again, two or threo days after,
it looks nn If It had bocn varnished
afresh. The inventors have given tho
publio th? Jionefit of their discovery.
Tbe process has lbs merit of .being a
short ona aa compared wi,lh tha old
methods. , ' ' ' .' '
i s i
A Western woman complains that
since lior husband joined tlis Patrons
of LTuslistidrv bo has sown nothing
unfl0 oaia ...
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.LpJIj
1873.
NEW
. ;' Handling the Beins.
Most drivers overdrive, says Mr,
Murray, in his book called "Tbe per
fect Horse." They attempt too much,
and, in so doing, distract or hamper
the homo. lS'ow und thon you find a
horse with such a vicious gait thut hia
speed is got from him by the most ar
tificial process; but such horses are
fortunately rare, and hence tho style
of mahagemont required cannot be
come gonural. ihe truo way is to lei
the horso drive himself, the driver
but directing him, and giving him
that confidence which a horse alone
gets in himself at hen he fools Ibat
guide and friend Is back of him. -
Tho most vicious und inexcusable
stylo or driving Is that which SO many
drivers adopt, viz., wrapping the lines
around either band, and pulling the
horse backwards with all their might
and main, so that the horso, in point
ot isci, puns tne woigiit bnck ot bim
with his mouth, and not with bis
breast and shoulders. This they do
under the Impression Hint such adoad
pull is nendod in order to steady the
horso. This method of driving I ro
card as radicuily and sunorlutivelv
wrong. It would lax tho intrcnuilv
of a hundred fools to invent a worse
ono. '1 he fact is, with rare excon
lions, there should never be any null
upon the horso at all. A steady pros-
..... : - .iu i.i- i 1. 1 i i i
.ui. is aiiuwauic, jiroouoiy auvisaoie.
out anything beyond this has no jus
t ideation in nature or reason; for na
ture suggests tho utmost possible free
dom of action and bead, body and
iimos, in oracr mat ihe body may at
tain tbo highest rate of speed ; and
reason certainly forbids the supnosi-
ticn that by bits, and not by tho breast
conar, tue Dorse is to draw tbo weight
.1 ..i ...
aiiBcuea io ii.
In speeding my horses, I very gel
dom graxp the lines with both bands
wiion l no road Is slrHicht and free
from obstructions. The lines are
raroly steadily taut, but held in easv
pliancy, and used chiefly to shift the
bit in tho animal's mouth, and by thii
motion communicaio courogo and con
lidonce to him. I bud that, by Ibis
method, my horses break loss, and L'O
much faster, than whon driven by
men who put the old fashionod steady
pull upon tbem. . -.
150,000 Miles of Telegraph Wire.
The Western Union Teioi;rnpb Com
pany nro having another wiro put np
from Ilarrisburg to Philadelphia by
way of Heading, which will makolho
eleventh connectine tho two cites.
Tho number of wires from Ilarrisburg
lo Pittsburgh is cloven and direct lo
New York via Allentown four. Tho
estorn Lmon Telegraph Company
now havo a capital of f 1,073,410, of
which I7,2!i5.2!)5 are owned by the
company. 'Ibo debt of the company
is $(1,038,410. Tho gross receipts for
tho past year from oil sources wero
t!) ,338,0 18 ; gross expenses, $0,675,055;
net earning, $2,757,!M!i. This amount
has been applied to tho construction
of new lines, tho purchase of stocks
of teleirrsph companios, otc. The
number of messages transmitted dur-
ng tbe past year was 14,4!i0,832, bo-
ing nn incicuso of 2,012,335, or about
lli.l per cent. Tho average lolls col
lected upon each message for tho lost
year was sixty-ono cents, the averago
cost of transmission forty-two cents,
and tho average profits per message
nineteen cents. During the past year
$700,789 were expendod for repairs of
the lino, and $032,753 for reconstruc
tion. Tho net profits of the company
for seven yonrs, from July 1, lstiij, to
Juno 10, 1K73, have been $20,812,618.
Of this sum $1,857,23!) have been dis
tributed in dividonds to stockholders
and $2,210,194 paid for interest on the
company's bonds. The Western Union
have purcliasod during the last year
ins control ot the International Ocean
Telegraph Compnny, whose Ijnos ex
tend from Lako City, Floiida, to Ha
vana, Cuba, at a cost of $1,038,400.
They have also secured a majority of
the stock ot ibo 1'acilio and Atlantio
Telegraph Company. Thoy ore now
operating moro than 150,000 miles of
wiro, and during tho past two years
havo extended at tho rale of 20.0QO
miles of wire per annum. Tbey have
expended, up to July last, on tho now
building, corner of Broadway and
Dey stroct, New York, the sum of
$1,224,981.
An Insult to Tin II onus. Do
you know tho origin of tho fashion of
mat cruoiiy to tuo horso, known as
blinkors on tho bridles T No I Thon
I will loll yon. In 1802 Ihny came
into fashion in this wise: Tbe Duko
of Ken I, tho father of Queen Victo
ria, was woefully in dobt. Boing a
Prince, ho could not be sued at com
mon law, or arrested, but a ribbon
slrolchcd across tbo sidowalk must
not bo brokon by the debtor. So his
croditors contontod tbomselves by
using this ribbon lo compel him to
take to tho street, or go back. So ho
hud to travel in a coscb and four. Jljo
off lender got "wnll eyed." Tho puko
could not buy another team, and this
whito eyo mude the horse unploasact
to look upon. Here was a fix, a
princely fix. Poverty and no credit
ruled tho roost, and it seemed that his
Koyal Highness would have to go on
foot, untllono of his drivers lit upon
tht blinker doje, and so ono was fit
tod to bis head. It completely hid
tho whito eyo, and then a blind was
put on tho . othor horses to muko things
even nnd uniform.
Our stages wero onoo driven thr'o
the oountry with four blinkers on the
horses, i. e , ono on tbe outsido of
each head-stall, and that fashion con
tinued many yours, or until one-horse
wagons catno in vogue, and then two
blinders wero placod op pach head
stall. Thus, bocauso the Puko wss
too poor to supply his carringo witb
sound horses, or those having sound
pyet, wo to day, after over seventy
years' experience, follow tho fashion
set by him. "
A Chi noso firm has located In Pitts
burg. In addition to dealing in coles,
lial workmanship the firm will start
laundry at which washing will bo done
I st fifteen cents' n ur .tltusM " 'J "" i
t.V..':'. t.
TEEMS-12 per annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 14, NO.' 40.
Newspapers. . '
Their valuo Is by no moans appreci
ated, but tbo rapidity with which
poople are waking up to their neces
sity and usefulness is one of tho sig
nificant signs of the times. Few fam
ilies are now content wjlh one nows,
paper. Tbo thirst for knowlcdgo is
oot easily satisfied, and books, though
useful, yea, absolutely necessary In
thoir -place, full to meet the demands
of youth or ago. ' Our country news
paper Is esgorly sought and its con
tents 88 eagerly devoured ; then comes
the demand for tbo city news, national
and foreign news. Next to tbe politi
cal come the literary and scientific
journals. Lastly, and above all, come
the moral and religious journals. AU
these are demanded to satisfy tho
cravings of the active mind.
Newspapers are also vuluablo to
materiul prosperity. They advertise
the village, county and locality. They
spread colore tbo reudur a map on
which may be traced character, dosiun
and progress. If a stranger culls at a
hotel he first inquires for tho village
newspaper; if a friend comos from a
distance tho very next thing ufter
family greetings, ho inquires for your
Tiiingo or county newspaper, ana you
feel discomforted if you aro unable to
bnd a late copy, and confounded
you are compelled to say you do not
luito 1U
Newspapers aro just as nccossary
to ni a man lor bis truo position In hlu
as loou or raiment, show us a rag
geu, oareiooiou roy rut her than an
ignorant one. jiia head win cover
his feel in slier life if he is woll sup
plied with newspapers. Show us the
child who is eager for newspapers.
no win maxo ins mark in tho world
if yon gratify that dosire for knowl
edge. Other things being equal it is
rule that nover fails. Givo vour
cniiureo nowspapers.
The Modoo Idea of the Creation.
Joaquin Miller, in his '-Life Amons
tbe Modocs, gives tho following idea
of tho creation of ihe world as that
entertained by the Modocs : "The
Great Spirit made Mount Shusta first
01 all. llo pushed down snow and ice
from tho sky through a hole which ho
made in tho bluo besvens Lv turninc
i .... . ...ft. . .
u aujuu ruunu anu ruunu, in i no miu.e
this great mountain; then he stepped
out of tho clouds on to the mountttin
lop, and doscendod and planted the
trees all around by pulling his finger
on tho ground, ihosun melted the
snow, and the water ran down and
nurtured the trees and made the rivers.
After thut be mado the fish for the
rivers out of tbo smull end of his staff.
He made the birds by blowing some
leaves which ho took up from the
round among the Ireos. After that
o mado tbo beasts out of tho remain
der of bis stick, but he made the griz
zly bear out of the big end, and made
bim muster over all others. Jluving
done that, tho Ureal Spirit converted
M.ount Shasta into a wigwam, and its
volanic eruptions are the outcome of
the fire that be lights in the centre of
Ihe mountnin. Tbe development of
man was n later occurrence The
daughter of the Great Spirit vcnlurcj
loo lar, cot astray, and fell into the
power of the grizzly bears, and she
was forced to marry one ot tbem, and
tho rod men wero tho fruit of the mur
riage. These rod men were taken
under the protection ot tho ureut
Spirit; but the grizzlies were punished,
by being compelled to walk on four
foot, whereas before thoy had walked
on two. To Ibis day the grizzly bear
is never slain by the red men, who
recognize bim as a sort of kinsman."
Capt. Jack's Poums. Capl.Jock
got off a (rood thing lust tho day be
fore his execution. A clergyman was
engngod in explaining to him the im
mortality of ihe soul and the consola
tion of religion to one io his fearful
situation. Ho told him all about
Hosvon, and. what a blessed placo it
was, and how happy ho would bo
whon be got there, whero ho would
meot many of his old friends wbo bad
gono to glory beforo bim, und bow
much happier ho would bo in tbe next
world than in this ono, and that in
stead of suffering a loss by tho change
he would bo the gainer, and that in
view of tho great glory into whioh he
was about to enter, it was belter to
die and bo translated into Heaven
than to slay here in this wicked world
Of sin and suffering. Jack listened
attentively, and when tbo preacher
got thronrh, suid :
"But, lire tbeso things truo you aro
telling me H"
"Yes, every word I told yon."
"You are oortain about them V '
''Yes, sir, I am certain. Tbero can
be no doubt about it."
"You know it to be so f"
"I do, and am positive about the
truth of all I hove told you."
"Well, sir," said Jack, "I will givo
you ton horses if yon will tuko my
placo to-morrow."
The clergyman, it is almost noodles,
to say, did not accept tbo horses 1
Ru.NsniNz as A Foacz. A good il
lustration of man's inability for solf
support, indepondont of sunshine, is
affordod by the following calculation :
.. The mechanical equivalent of the
vertical sunshino upon a square mile
of tho earth'ssurlaco is com puled to bo
3,323,000,000 lbs. raised a loot 'high lii
a second. Under the most favorable
circumstances, a square mile of ter
restrial soil receiving this amount of
sunshino, if planted with hananas,
would yield, according to tho estimate
of Baron Humboldt, 50,000 tons of
nutritious fbod yearly. Tbjg is the
greatest ' amount of food-producing
t ower of which tho earth appears to
io capable. But this quantity of food
would sufllco only JU0,jn0mon, whoso
unitod "mechanical force would not
raise more than 10,000,000 pounds a
oot high in. a socond. It would, tll'cro
ore,' not be ponaiblo fo: an hum,bcr
of men, by their mechanical force, to
firocure anything like' a sufficient
ight and boat in tho ahso'nce' 0 snri
shins ,lo raise from' 'thd soll ' tlie food
vtUlrtfis'Mho.lful
1 for thoir lupport.
Biarery Among tho Aiita
f ' "H - ' -a' . l
' ' Among ants flio habit nfslnvo mnk,
ing as discovered by tho German nal
urnlist, llubor, is ono of the wonders'
Of the animal kingdom. This habit
bolongs to tho Amuzons, or red. tints,
of South 'Africa. These leave their
own dwelling in the evening, go t(
that of tome tribo of black' onls will)
Ibo intention of making captives.
The assailed are, however, not to sub
mit so tamely, Thoy organise lbs
the defonco and resist their assailants;
furioosly. Tho bnltlu is lnngOnil,
fierce, somolimes ona side sometime
the other huving the ndvnntago. Wd
have rcud of and admired the bravery
of the Old Guar) rn their charge at
Waterloo, but here Rre charges and,
oounter 'charge' as fierce as any on
that famous field. We admire ouii
Uevolulionury fathers fur defending,
their homes sgninst foroign Invasion,
but what shall we say of the ants de
fending theirs until all the adult moni
tors of the tribe aro killed or wounded.
But, not slopping to dilute upon tho
contort, we can say the Amazons may
be defeated, but they will probably
conquer, and after killing or rendering
helpless all their adult foes, descend
into the dwelling, niako captive, ami
convey tho larvm and young to their
homos. This done, and the slaves be
ing truinod to perform the duties ol
their now condition, tho captors give
themselves up to a lifo of ease and bo
como so enervated and imbeeilo as to
bo unable to care for themselves. ' If.
uftcFa"sbort period their slaves Ori
removed, tho tribo will dio for wan
01 rood. lho distinguished naturalist
to whom I referred look a colony and
removed thoir serfs. The result ws
the tribe wero dying rapidly, Whon a
single slave was introduced, and was
immediately sot at work Supplying
food, rearing young, and in overy re
spect caring for the body, so that in a
few hours life and vigor flourished
whero had boen only indications of in
firmity and death. .'-
: s- "
A P,fal Ukro. There is a heroism
of humanity that deserves celebrating
fur moro than that cowardly inhuman
ity which resorts lo violonco at tho
least provocation. Hero is one act,
for instance. Last summer, at a re
gatta at Courtmashery, Ireland, sov
eral persons who did not know how
to manage boats got into thorn, nnd
Ono of them capsized ' within fifty
yards of tho shore. Tho bout con
tained two men and Iwo women, and
no other boat was near. The men
managed to swim ashore, leaving the
womon under tho boat to their fate.
McCoy, who was silting at a window
a hundred yaids froni the beach, im
niediately jumped through it, a height
of tep feet, and, rushing through the
crowd to the shore, he swam towards
lho boat and found the legs of one of
tho womon sticking out fi'Om under
the gunwale He dragged her out,
swum with her to a lighter, and rested
bor on an oar, from which she was
conveyed oshoro and savod. Ho agnia
swam lo the boat, and, seeing somo
bubbles on tho water, tived and, al
though noarly exhausted, caught bold
of the other drowning woman. He
succeeded in swjmmiiig with her to
shore, supporting bor with one hand
while swimming wilh the other. Tbe
Humane Society very properly voted
a' silver medallion to the noble fellow.
Of course, be was not ' lionized as
though he bad committed mnrdor, but
probubly he felt a good deal more
comfortable. Hemp does not always
conduce to happiness, especially when
coinpulsorily worn abp,ut the neck.
A Defective Arithmetician. A
man from Illinois tamo over to Fort
Madison the other day with sweet .
potatoes to soil. JJis early education -had
been somewhat defective in arith
metic, for he offered lo sell his en tiro
wsgon load at CO cents per half bush
el, or $2 per bushel;" Baskets and
sacks were begged and borrowed, and
every one was buying potulpes at CO
cents per bait buxhel. The man did
not see it until the last ball bushel
wss sold. He wanted $2 a bushel for
tbo load. ' One man offered him $1.90
per bushel. He persisted in soiling
at CO cents per half bushel, thinking
duphflcBS that thore wero four half
ousncis in a ousuel. Another said he
would take Ihrcelialf bushols. A third
look two bulf bushols. Before the
man commenced the retail business a
grocer bought two half bushels for his
own uso at $2 u buahol. Ho offered
$1 00 a bushel for the wholo load, in
order lo sell again, but was refused. .
When the man saw his blunder, he
held up both hands and exclaimod,
"Oh, thunder I"' ' ,
a ae e
A Successor to Grant. The polico
on duly at the President's Houso in
Washington, on Wednesday last week
look Into custody a crazy man who
wun loitering uuuut wie promises.
Upon questioning him, he said be bad
been appointed to luko charge of the
United Stales Government, and walk
ed all tho wsy from Massachusetts for
that purpose. - He demanded to see
the President forthwith, but wns taken
to police headquartorsinstoao).' Among
a vast quantity of papors and rubb'isQ
upon his person was found a hand
stamp, which makos tho impression in
a circular form of lho loo-end "United
States Government," and across lho.
face "President. It is prohablo that
he will commence bis supervision of
national aUulrs at tbe uovernmoul in-
sano nsylym. .... -
.jaa.. m
Extraordinary rumors come from
Washington. It is given out Ihsttha
receipts of the Treasury from t)io va
rious sources of incomo aro fulling off
in conscqncnce of tho financial panio
and tbo general disarrangement of
business, and that Congress will have
to be appealed lo oarly ncx'tsesnJorl',
in December, to make additional pro
visions to meet the ordinary expenses
of the Government. ' If that be true,
what is to be done wilh the $20,000,000
gold debt falling duo January 1, 18747
Will it be necessary to make a new
loan to pay otT the old one r it looks
.very much liko it j but it only proves
U10 utter incapacity and profligacy or,
tho ''Administration, which, with eh
annual infcomo of Over'$il)0,000,000,i
uhablo to pay efoh its current expen
ditures. a aa 1
A baby wis born on a street rail
way car in St. Louis. If it's a boy it
Ought to be obristen'od H'oscar. ew
York Wdrll ' But, it's a girl; tha
mother bus dolcrmlned to name it
Osr'line.tjoniBvllle' Courier Journal)
A mlssinrf man wilh a ltoman noso
is advertised, but lho Ritfional Jlaptil
thinks he will never bo found, as "such
a nocs'tvyi novor turn up."
"A lass, a lass T' exclaimed an old
.bncholoV; whd" wanted to marry.--"Alas!
alas I" be oricd, alter ho bad
been married awhile. '"
ae t ads tsy . .