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RUKUK II. UUUIHiAHliaK,
8B0R3K HAQERTY,
Publlahera.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATIOBNEY-AT-LAW,
C'learlleld, Pa.
' WillVUnd to all buiinou antraitad to hli
promptl; and faithfully. dot1273
willia a. WALliCt.
oiTin i. Knr.8.
Joan w. wRisLar
aaaiT r. wallacb.
WALLACE & KR.EBS,
(Hniceaiort to nauaoa a naming, i
"ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
11-H73 ClearOeld, Pk.
B. T. riLJO, . D.
B. B. Tl T1LIAB, B. B
DBS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
ClaarfleW, Pa.
' Offin In midenoa of Pr. Wllaon.
Ornca Hocaas From 11 to 1 P. B. Dr. Van-
. Taliah can ba fonnd at night In hit rooms, neit
door to Hartiwiok a lrmo l Drug eiora, ap
tain. nojoj
TAR. JEFFERSON LITZ,
I I wnnnt.AND. pa.
Will promptly attend all oalli la tha Una of hi.
.proiomon. uvt.mw-iw
..
10IBFI 1. B'!(At.Lr.
DAKIII. W. B'OOBDT
MoENALLY 4; MoOUBDT,
ATTORN E YS-AT-L A V7, -Clearfield,
Pa. .
-Lrl bnalnen attoodad to promptlj wllh
fldahty. Offloa oa tjaoond atroat, aboT tba Flrit
National Bank. ja:l:7a.
G. R. BARRETT, ,
Attobnet and Counselor at Law,
oleakvield. fa.
Hariaa; reiigned bia Jodgoiibip, baa mnmtd
tbo praotloa or t&a law in nn oia om a. iw
llold, Pa. Will altand tha oonrtl of Jrffcnon and
Elk aoantiM whan apMiall; leuined in oonneotion
with raildost oounstl. 1:14:71
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
' ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
-Offioa la Court JIoum, (Hherlff'i Offloa).
lS buiinrai promptly alleoJeJ to. Rl eitata
bought and told. jell'73
J, W, BANTZ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
- arOffica In Pia'i Opara Hoata, Room No. 4.
All lrl bu.ineil eatruited to hi. can promptly
atundedto. July 2, 1813.
T. H, MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
' Prompt attention glron to all lrgal builnesi
antrnited to hli earn in Clearfield and adjoining
eonntiei. Office on Market at., oppoiite Nanglo'a
Jewelry Store, ClearOeld, Pa. jel4'73
-A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
BuOffloe In Graham'i Row. deoS-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7 Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oflea OB Saeond St., Clearleld, Pa. norll.OO
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
r-Offloe la Pia'i Opera Home, Jyll67
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
aj-Omee In Ple'i Opera Hoaia, Room No. t,
Jan. 3, 1873.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Batata A (rent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office oa Third itreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut,
VReipaotfnlly offer, hit .errioe. In aelllng
and buying land, in ClearOeld and adjoining
jountlei and witbaa aiperianoaof orar twenty
7 ear, aa a purveyor, fiattere himself that ba ean
render catl.faotioa. Lr.o. 28.S3:tr,
J . BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
A DBALBB IB ,
Haw Iaogw and IiUinber,
CLEARFIELD, FA.
Office In Graham'i Row.
1:15:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
lilt Oaeeola, Clearfield Co Pa. y pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Wallareton, Clearfield County, Pena'a.
B,AII legal business promptly attended ta.
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market street, (north aide) Clearfield, Pa.
-All legal business promptly attended to
Oaa. Jit, '73.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ofloe ob Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
JssT-Ofloa hours: I to 11 a. m., and 1 to 8 p. m
R. E. JI. SCHEURER,
.UOMffiOFATUIC rUTSICUN,
Offloa la resldenA on Market at.
April 14, 1871. Clearfield, Ta.
'DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTHER8BURI), PA.
Will attend professional calls promptly. angl070
J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY. AT -LAW,
Bellefonte. Pa.
Will practice la Clearfield and all of tha Courts of
tbo lata Judicial district. Heal eitata basinees
and collection of alaluu made specialties. nl'7t
JAME8 CLEARY,
BABBEB & HAIB DBESSEB,
1EOOND tTftXIT,.
Jj CLEARFIELD, PA.
WILLIAM. M. HENRY, Justice
or tub Psuoa Ae8ceivisn, LCMUER
CITY. Colleetioas made and money nromntlv
taM over, Aitioleaof af reemect and deads af
oaveyaaee aaatly aaaiataa aa warraotea ear.
aaatar aa eleerfa, it1'
OlEABFIELB
GOODLANDEB & EAGERTT, PubUshwa.
VOL. 48-WHOLE NO 2307.
(Carfls.
JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
Offloa la tha Court Houie, Clearfield, Pa.
Will always ba foand at hone on tba SECOND
and LAST SATURDAY of each month.
1:3
John H. Orris. 0. T. Alexander 0. U. Bowers.
0BVIS, ALEXANDEB & B0WEBS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. ... Bellefonte, Pa. jan5847-y
J. H. KLINE. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SUBGEON,
TXAVINQ located at Pennfield, Pa., offers bia
IX professional aertioal to the people of that
plaoe ana urrounaing 00UBU7. aueaiu inmpn;
aueaaeu to.
oot. 13-tf.
GEORGE C. KIRK,---
Justice of the Pease, Surrejor and Conveyaneer,
iBtherabora;, Pa.
All bu.iness Intrusted to him will be promptly
attended to. Persona wishing to employ a bur--ill
do wall ta rite him a eel I. aa he fiattere
himself that he aan render satisfaction. Deeds of
oonreyanoo, articles of afcrecment, and an legal
papers, promptly aid neatly oxoouted. t20nov"4
JOHN D.THOMPSON
1
Justice of the Peace and Sorlrener,
Curwenavllle, Pa.
&B.CoIleeUon( made and money promptly
oaid orer. ....
aao. albbrt Binar aukrt...
,..W. ALBBRT
W. ALBERT Sl BROS.,
Manutaotureri a axtensire maiere m
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, Slc
WOODLAND, FENN'A.
-Orders solicited. Bills filled on short notion
anu rawMun iciuli.
Address Woodland P. O., Clearfield Co., Pa.
Je25-ly W ALBERT m BROS
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
PreuchTllle, Clearfield County, Pa,
Keeps eonslontly oa band a full assortment of
usually kept In a retail store, which will be sold,
ur i.ooii.. iiaraware. uruourice. uu ..trjiBiui
for cash, as eneap aa eisewnere m sue eouni.
rrencnville, June it, iso(-ij.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
PBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTON, Pa.
Also, extensive manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kinds.
-0rders solicited and all bills promptly
Hied. Jyi"
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RREWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
n AVISO rented Mr. En Ires' Brewery he
bonee bv etriot attention to business and
the manufacture of a superior article of BEER
to receive the patronage of all tba old and many
aew customer.. at2Saug73
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH" GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearleld, Pa. '
-ar-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY..
NEQATIVRS made la cloudy aa well as in
clear weather. Constantly on hand a good
assortment of FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frames, from any
styla of moulding, made to order. apr23-tf
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
V-Will esecute lobs la his line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. apr4,o7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JPamps always on hand and made to order
on short notice. Pipea bored on reasonable terms.
All work warranted to render latistactinn, and
delivered if desired. myli:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALBBI IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturers of
ALL KINDS OF HAWED LUMBER,
1-771 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer in
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SUINQLES, LATH, a PICKETS,
0:10'7S Clearfield, Pa, ,
JAMES MITCHELL,
, lir.Al.ia IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
jell'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.
JOHN TKOUTMAN,
Dealer In all kinda of
. FURNITURE,
Market Street,
One door east Post Offloa,
augl71 CLEARFIELD. PA.
I. I H A H M A N .
rJiAUXlUAlJ JU-lliljVVIUUXiX.
I.nTTI KPHBTTIlrt. PA.
Afttnt Tor th Amirie&n Donbl Turblou W-Ur
utm All AIiu rrjwi m r mi Darn vv aa owl. vaai aui-
nian rortatnia unn mini on aan nuw. jji n
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Lata Surgeon of the 83d Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Baving returned rrosa toe Army,
offers his professional servieee ta taetltlsens
01 UlearDeld county.
aWProfesslonalealla promptly attended to,
Ornca oa Second street, formerlyoeoupied by
Dr. Woods. apr4,'0 tl
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MASER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c, .
ialO'fl CLEARFIELD, PA.,
S. I.SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB KBALBB IB
Wotcboo, Clocks and Jewolry,
0raaai's Row, Marktt Ulrmt,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All kinds of repairing In my line promptly at-
enaa in. April 2.1, 1S7B.
REMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wlioUwl drftlerf la
GEMS' HRISlU(i GOODS,
Have removed lo 187 Chureb street, bctweea
Franklin aa White sU., Hew York. Jy31'71
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
AOBBT BOB
Chlekerlng's, Btalnway'a and Emerson's Pianos
omiia s, asaeoB a namiia a ana reloaaet s
Orgeat aad Meledaont, aad Orovar A
Baker's Sawing Macklaaa.
A Lu ,.ia... a.
Plana, Oaltar, Or aan, Harmony and Yaoal Me
et, no pnpii taaea rar lata than najr a Ursa.
BT-Rooms oppoalt OuUoVa f araltVM 8M,
VlMrlaliL My t, IM-I
SjMjSttllanfou.'
IHE IATEIT MOVBI
THE LATEST MOVE!
HARTSWICK & IRWIN'S
. DRUG STORE,
To their Bew building on Second Street, nearly
opposite tha atora of Weaver a Detls,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Where they will continue to supply their old aad
as many new customers aa may come, with
PURE DRUGS!
CHEMICALS!
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS,
(Including all new remedies,)
Patent Medicinal, Palnta and Oils, Olaat and
1'atty, School Honks, ttationery, Paper,
Acj also, a full line of Drug
gists' Sundries, Hair
Tonics,
Cosmetics, Perfumeries, Toilet Articles, Brashes,
Aouei ooaps, j-ooaei doors, ae., aa or
the best quality.
PURS WIXES AND LIQUORS,
for medical fc ucravmeDttU purpotM only,
Pan Whit Uid, Color of all kind, Raw and
Iloiled Linierd Oil, Vtrniih-!, Turpen
tine. Coal Oil. Paint A Varnish
Braibfl, Flarorinf
Ki tracti.
Conftctlonerlei, Bird Bed. 8 pica, fronntl and
an ground. 01 aa kmdi.
SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
Will find our ttoek of Chawinf
and Smokinc Tohaooo, Imported and Do-
meitio Cigart. fin a IT and Fine-out to ba of tha
Trj boit brandi in the market.
LAMPS AND CHIMNEYS,
' All klndi of GLASS WARE
GARDEN SEEDS.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
and Ma ileal Trimming of ererj variety.
IlarlBir a lone experience" In the baitnexa, and
an oitemire and well eeleeted ttock of mediotnee,
we are enabled to fill Phjiielant' preaorlptione at
the ahorteit notice and on the moit reaaonable
Unn I, day and night.
HARTSWICK 4 IRWIN.
Clearfield. Pa Majr II, 1871 tf.
H. F. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALBBI IB
1IAR1MVAIIE,
AUo, Manafaotaroriof
Tin and Sheet Iron Ware.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
J ARMING IMPLEMENTS of all
klnda for sale by
II. F. BIGLER A CO.
T AILROAD WHEELBARROWS
.If
for sale by
' H. F. BIGLER A CO.
QIL, PAINT, PUTTY, GLASS,
Nells, etc., for sail by
H. F. BIGLER A CO.
TTARNESS TRIMMINGS & SHOE
findings, for aala by
H. F. BIGLER A CO.
QUNS,PI8TOLS SWORD CANES
For tali by
H. F. BIGLER A CO.
gTOVES, OP ALL SORTS AND
Slice, for lata by
II. F. BIGLER ft CO.
TRON! IRON I IRON! IRON!
x
For lata by
H. F. BIGLER ft CO.
TTORSE SHOES A HORSE SHOE
xx
SAILS, for sale by
H. F. BIGLER ft CO.
pULLEY BLOCKS, ALL SIZES
And but Manufacture, for sale by
U. F. BIGLER ft CO
"UIIMBLE SKEINS AND PIPE
BOXES, for sale by
H. F. BIGLER ft CO.
JPODDER CUTTERS for aala by
acn30-70 II. F. BIGLER ft CO.
T. M. ROBINSON,
Manufacture aad dealer la
HarncsH, Saddles and Bridles,
Collars, Whips, Brashes, Fly Neta, Trimmings.
Barsa Blankets, Aa.
Vaeaam, freak Millera and Neatafoot Oils.
A teat far Bailey aad Wllaoa'a Eueaiaa.
OrUars acd rrfilrlag promntly attended to.
bop aa Market straeZ ClMrdelJ. Pa ta mom
joruoriv ocoopiea ny e-aa. Alaiaadar. .17
i .
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PRINCJPLE8f NOT MEN.
'i .' liuj J! i .
, CLEAEFIELD, PA ; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1874.
G
ROCERIES & PROVISIONS.
J . S. SHO WERS,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Glvea notice that a fraah supply of tba follow
ing goods has Just been received and ara offered
at extremely low figures i
;'. ' MEATS, 4o. ' ,.:
Naw Sugar Cored Ilams, Shoulders, Sides,
Dried Iteef, II am Sauaaga, Lard and Cbeeae,
.' . ,: fish, . '.
Mackerel, Ilerring, Sooth Herring, White Flab,
Cod Fish, Fresh Columbia River Salmon, Snloed
8elmon, Smoked Salmon, Smoked Halibut,
Bloaters, Sardines, Sbadines aud Fresh Lobstcra.
SYRUPS AND MOLASSES, all kinds. '
SUQAR8, all kinds.
RICE, Carolina and Rangoon.
COFFEES.
Rio, dara, Maraeaibo, Nectar aad Turkey.
TEAS.
Young HyeoB, Imperial, Gun Powder, Oolong,
lapaa and English iWeakfaaU
SPICES, of all kinda, atriotly pure.
SHAKER CORN, . FARINA,
ORVKN PEAS, CORN STARCH,
81M.IT PEAS, PEARL WHEAT,
11 EAN S, WHKATEN UHITS,
PEARD BARLEY, MTRINA,
MACARONI, HOMINY,
TAPIOCA. HOMINY GRITS,
MAN IOC A, Ac, Ac, Ac
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, all kinda.
A full line of
Canned 1'tgrlabltg, iYuit aud
Jtllien.
TURKEY PRUNES and DRIED FRUITS.
PICKLES, In Jars and In barrels.
. CRACKERS AND CAKES.
Oyater, Soda, Wine, Butter, Sugar aad Fancy.
SOAPS, Laundry and Toilet
VINEGAR, Cider and Win
PEACH and APPLE BUTTER.
Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Corn Meal.
COAL OIL and LAMP CIIIMNIES.
Cash paid for gutter, Kfrga and Potatoes, A
liberal anara nf patronage la aolioited.
Goods delivered.
Clearteld, March 4, 1874.
ED. TV. GRAHAM,
DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
SQUARE TIMBER & UMBER,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Haa juat opened, at the old etand, ta Qraham's
How, a complete stock oi
; jr e ir a o o d s,
of every deaoriptioa.
DRY GOODS.
GROCERIES.
HARDWARE,
BOOT8 AND 8U0ES,
CLOTHING, tto., dx.,
IN GREAT VAK1ETY."
FLOUR,
MEAT.
SALT,
RYE,
OATS.
CORN,
ALWATS OJV UAND AND FOR
SALE AT A SMALL ADVANCE.
FLOUR
Received by tha ear load, and acid at a email
advanee.
A supply of ROPE constantly on band.
Special Induoementa offered to thoeo getting out
Square Timber and Logs, aa wa deal largely
la Lambermen'i Snppllea, and ara pre
pared at all limea to purohaaa tim
ber and lumber.
B D. W. GRAHAM,
Market Street,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oct. 33, U7J.
JJANIEL GOODLANDER,
. LUTHERSDCRG, PA,
Dealer In
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
HOSIERY GLOTES,
HATS A CAPS and BOOTS A SHOES,
Tobacco, G rocertes and Fish, Nntls, Hardware,
Queenaware and Ulaa.wara, Men's and
Boya' Clothing, Drug., Paints,
Oils, School llooks,
a large lot of Patent Medicines,
Candies, Nuta A Dried Fruit., Cheese and Crack
era, Rock and Rifle Powder,
Flour, Grain and Potatoes,
Clover aad Timothy Seed,
Sola Leather, Moroccos, Llniags, bindings and
Thread, Shoemakera Toola and
Shoe Findings.
No greater variety of goods In any store In the
county. All Tor eaia very low Tor oa.n or country
produce at the Cheap Corner. Aug. 27, 1S73.
pORTAGE NAIL WORKS.
Dl'NCANSVILLB, BLAIR Co., Pa.,
NAILS!
The above works Win a sr. in oneraled bv the
undersigned, offer to the trade a lull supply of
tneir justly eelebralea r.aiie at the lowest prlres.
JOHN MUSSULMAN.
Duncanaville, March 18, lBT4..Jm
JjURM FOR SALE i
The eubeerlber offera at private sale bli Farm,
situate In Jordaa tewa.hip, Clearfield caantr, Pa.,
within about oaa hundred rods of tha Tillage of
nnionvHie. eaia lerrn contain!
I(N ACRE), ,
about (0 arrea of which art cleared and under
Eood cultivation, with a hewed log huuae and a
awed log barn erected thereon. Uood orobard
on Iho premlaea. A aprlng of excellent water
near the door. This farm Is ana of tha moat val
uable enee in Jordaa tnwnenin, aud is convenient
ta both school house aad church. A three-foot
rain of coal undorliea tha land. Tha cleared nor
lion of tha land la almo.t entirely elearad of
Humpa. aor lenne, ac, apply nn taa prerai.ee,
or addre.1 the aubeeriber at Aasonsllla P. 0.,
uiaarnain county, ft;
BHifH l.r.STKAff
JHEJRlUBLIJ
CLEARFIELD, Ta.
WEDNESDAY MORNINO, APRIL 22, 1874.
KILL .. 1. . I .......... .1
; A COUNTRY 8ABBATH.
Now soars the lark In heaven's eyes
. -.. Through leafy erypt naw steals the stream,
With shallow dimple, aword-blade gleau,. .
And glimpses of divine aurpriae. ,
.Heaven's golden ffra and air of blue '
' Ara dropped about the bowery world (
t Within her holy bosom furled .
Tha aua baa drunk the rose's dow. .'
The landsoape all around is fair,
. But this remaine tha heart and gem
With atoaling atream, and graoeful item)
And sunlit park, and ewisst parterre. .
Tha vista faaolnetea my gaac i
I linger in a blessed trance.
See in a dresat the waters glanoa,
And thlnga that aro the food of praiai.
In many aa Engli.k aotUge round .
Jnpuntca, a glory, glowu j
Her ruby-oolored Sjter blowa, '
And purple panslcs gen the ground, . ..
The firat laburnum droops her enrls,'
And mingles with the lilac's locks,
O'er guidon meadows Irowte tha llooks j
. The orobard bloeaom typta aweot girls.
Tha swset-briar sheds its heavenly breath
I pa., the wall-floirer'a rioh perfume;
And chounut with ita tiat-freaked plume;
0 world to bauish droama of death l(
Tbe aoeot of flower, the aong of bird, -The
laea of leaf, tbe light of leaven, '
Are vital with a mystic leaven
Wa have a aoul for, not a word ;
Vnlcta It ba the Breath of God
Which alao breethee in your ohurtb bellf
It break on ma with what a spoil
Aoroas tba May-ciabrolderod sod 1
Earth, clothed with Sabbath, thou art fairl
Ye two upon each other act I
Tha Sabbath steeps tlio flowery tract.
And finer actus to make the air.
Shirking.
This word is not romarkable for ita
enphony nor ia Its definition more
agreablo than ita sound; yot there is
in this world eo vast an amount of
what it roprosonts that it ia qaito un
necessary to give ita definition or
describo the mental processes of either
the active or passive agont in manors
where shirking ia practiced.
There ia the constitutional shirk,
tbe occasional shirk, the inlontional,
malice, aloretbought-atiirk, and other
species of tbo genus which our readera
can name for themselves. To the
first-mentioned it comes natural to
avoid the drudgery of life, to be other
wise engaged when hard and dirty
work is to be dono, and tako it as
well understood that thoso who do it
enjoy it, but onr constitutional shirk
"somehow never had tlio knack of
doing such things." And so the dusts
tlio futuHuio while aouibuil' olao doc a
tlio sweeping j arranges the china
closet, but avoids dishwater; makes
bouquols, but does n't understand
wending flowers ; he is n't on band
till the brant of tho hard work is over,
and then stands back and lots some
body etrongor, abler, and that under
stands it bolter, do the d rail gory.
Tho second variety includes proba
bly at one time or another every hu
man being old enough tochooso. We
all havo our moments ot weakness,
wben, undor the pressuro of afllicling
or perplexing circumstance we flinch
from duty and leave the burdon to be
borne by somebody else. There are
many hard, odious, ungrateful tasks
to be done, for doing which tbo only
reward ia the conaciousnesa of having
met rightoou retjuirtunonls. There
are many painful and wearying labors
to be porformed from Which it ia nat
ural one should shrink, and which re
quire tbo goad and the spur to keep
us constant to the end.
Tho intentional, tnalice-aforothouf! lit
shirk has mado up his or hor mind
that there are certain things be or she
will and will not do. He is perfectly
oonvincod that he was not born to do
disagreeable work, and determined
that ho wilfhot. A fur o(T ho smells
danger, and by a doxtorous flank move
ment avoids it. An engngemont in
another direction calls him away, his
feelings overpower him, ho would bo
very glad, but doscn't see his way
clear; and eo ho slips out, and ah bis
piescnco in life is of little use to any
ono, ho finally slips into the grave,
leaving no vacancy behind him.
Sometimes Nomcsisgels after shirks
and harnesses lliora in so tightly that
they cannot choose but pull in tho
traces, and they find outJiy onforced
troatmcnt, what thoy might havo
learned by philosophy, that tho vory
best way loget through a difilcult or uu
unplcaHant task is to plunga brnroly
into thicknost of the contest and fight
It right through, without slopping to
provido a way of oscapo. Jn ibis
work a-dny world wo can't stop lo
choose what we liko to do ; labors aro
thrust upon us, want clamors for our
help, tbe tick and tho dying nppcal
for aid and sympathy ; thore is no
other course for any but him wrapped
up in self save aclivo, earnoat, prompt,
onlinual responses to whatevor calls
may come for our services.
They tell of a jolly gugar planter
who, in the days of specie and slavery,
found himself in New Orleana with
the proceeds of his crop in his pocket
anxious to invest thorn In tho pursuit
of happlTioss. Having duly primed
himself at tho St. Charles, bo was
wandoring along the strceta in seaoh
of a faro bank, whon bis attention
was attracted by nn Italian who was
turning tho crnnit of his hand organ,
on top of which moved and danced a
number of poppets, one of which hold
a platofor contributions. Taking this
foVa novel gamo of chance, the plan
tor, wholly unsophisticated and moro
than half inebriated, resolved to buck
the liger, and placed a $5 piece on tho
plalo, The Italian ground on, tbo
flguro dcxtorous'.y tilted tho money
into a basket, tho Iluliun solemnly
plaocd it in his pookot. "lloro goes
lo got evon," said the plantor, aa ho
pknkod a ten, which shared the same
fate. "Fifteen out here'a a twonty."
The Importurbablo Italian pocketed
the twenty and alill turned the crank.
Tbe disgusted planter departed with
the remark i " Woll, I never was lucky
but blamod If ever I soo a gamo bo
fore where all the percentage was io
favor of the doalor P' -
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Midnight Sensation in Kansas. City.
' Tbero was a big excitemont near
Hovolman's atore, on East Eighteenth
atroet, a few nlghta ago. An aged
oouple and a bull dog resido thore, and
on tbo evening In quostion the peace
and quiet of the trio wore disturbed
by the uggrossiong of a vagrant cow
that "hookod" open tho gato and en
tered tho enolosuro. The old gentle
man beard iho noiao mado by tho oow,
jumped out of bed, grabbed hia oane,
looses Tiger, ana attacked tbe oow.
Now, this cow bad had a varied expe
rience with ail sorts of dogs through,
out the city, and was eapacially pro
ficient in the art of handling a bull
dog. So, just aa the old man caught
tho cow by the tail, tbe said cow lifted
Tiger high in tbo air with ber horns,
ana whiskod out '.bo . gato with the
old man still hanging lo her caudal
appendugo, and boating her to bis
heart's contont wilb bia heavy cano.
The old man and the cow wont flying
down the street, and Tiger afterburn
ing a aomoraault or two in tho air,
came down kerdouse into the cistern
in tbe yard, the top of wbicb was open.
Now, tho old ludy noticing that tbo
noieo in tbe yard bad ceasod, and won
dering at tbo prolonged . absence of
hor husband, stepped out into the
yard to see what was tha matter.
Seo board a splashing in Iho water in
tho cistern, and, horror of horrorri.sho
thought it was the old man. Voll !
well, hor shrieks would havo drowned
out tha sound of liabriol'a trumpet
had that angel entered into competi
tion with ber. The neighbors, alarmed
at her cries, gathered around hor at
onco, and in quite a crowd. "My
huBbund'a in the cistern !" sho cried,
"lie can't swim I" "Oh he'll be drown
ed," and away went two or threo for
a ladder. Tho ladder was brought,
and a man descended, just as tbo old
gontleman rushed in al the gute. IIo
bad beard a block or two away, aa ho
was returning from bis chase ai'ter the
cow, that some one had fallen into the
cistern at his houso, and bo believed
it was bia wife, for wbo olso could bo
about there I Seeing the crowd of
eparcoly dreksed neighbors, around the
cistern (the old lady had awooncd
away by this lime and been carried
into the house), bo ran into the crowd
crying in the greatest agony, "Save
ber I for God's sake 1 Oh, my poor
wifo !" "Havo the d 1," exclaimed
three or four iu a breath; "your wife
says that you are in the cistren." By
this time tbo old lady bad recoverod
sufficiently lo resume ber hysterical
screaming again, and commenced yel
ling at a greater rate than evor, just
as the man who wenldown intolhe cis
tern crawled out and exclaimed, "It's
nothing bub luttt d dog I .
Mathematics in the Schools.
Mrs. Jane G. Swihidiclm, in a com
munication to tho Pittsburgh Commer
cial, discourses as follows on what
she considers an evil in our present
system of educating children :
"Now, it is a fact easily seen that
ninety-nine out of a hundred people
require very little arithmetical knowl
edge, and this branch should bo made
subservient to thoso by winch they
becomo acquainted with their sur
roundings and duties. Their arith
metic should bo of a kind applicable to
their daily wants, and only in the high
school should its higher branches be
taught. Our school system now ia
largely engaged in manufacturing that
product winch a phrenologist once
doscribod as "a rnaihemalicai fool."
In country schools, which are only
opea for four months in the year, and
aro generally crowded, tbero is no
time for special culluro in any ono
branch, and whero tho teacher haa an
abnormal development in ono direc
tion, his modo of teaching must be
one-sidod. As a people our schools
have run into arithmetic, and our con
sciences are fust running after them in
dollars and cents. We chuso these as
indofulignbly through tho mazes of
lilo, us tho pupils do thro the Intrica
cies of cunningly devised problems, in
bolh cases giving undue prominenco
lo Iho means and hone of gaining
material advantage. ' No matter how
many normal and training schools are
estubliahod, tho mass of children will
grow up in ignoranuo, unless the modo
of teaching is simplified and mndo to
conform lo the aciuul wants, of tho
people."
B )i i.
Owi, Russell. Not long ago died
tho Colonel Russell known in tho
southwest as "Owl Russell," wbo was
onco Jlonry Clay's private secretary.
Ho was a man of Inlonse egotism,
whoso chief object in lilo was to be ad
mired and notorious. Years and years
ago, whllo in tho Missouri legisluluro,
ho got tho soubriquet which clung to
him nil tho rest of his life, nnd actually
carried him out of bis political career.
It wasduringa violent dobatoin which
ho had shown an absurd pomposity,
that ono of bis political comrades rose
and quietly told a littlo story. Ho
said that ono night litfnsoll, whilo trav
eling the woods lost his way, and being
a stranger in that part of tbe country
bocame rather nervous. Whilo in
this sorry plight he heard a voloo not
fur awny calling out "Wbo, who, who
aro your" Tho answer was loud and
prompt: "I am Col. Wrfi. W. Russell,
for many years a prominont member
of tho Kentucky Legislature, was
school commissioner lor the south
ern district of Ketticky, am now
the representative of Callaway coniily
In tho Missouri Legislature, am spoken
of as tho whig candidate lor next
Congress, and I am lost. Who are
youf" Of course tho question was re.
peatod and tho answer was again re
turned wilb all its linked dignity, until
the audionco screnmod with laughter,
and greelod poor ltusscll, whenever ho
daroa lo rise, with "Who, who, who
are you?" . And so bo got his name of
"Owl Russell."
The rago of ending fomnles names
in the French "io." has come to a
disastrous conclusion in Oregon. A
farmoi1 named Ako, christened his eld
est girl Belle. She adopted the style
of the Molllos, Susies and Matties of
the region, got aomo cards printod
"Bailie," and now appears to a dis
tracted world at Mis Ballle Ae.
TESMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 1 5, NO. 17.
Congressional AtltographB, ,
The Postmaslor-Gonerol bns issued
an order allowing roombcra of Con
gress to placo their autograph signa
tures on printed . books, pamphlets,
documents, Ac, as in the good old
days of franking, although thoy will
still havo to pay tho postage. This
order is said to havo boen made at the
earnest solicitation of members of tho
Houso. In tho days when each Con
gressman was allowed to send any
amount of matter throngh the mails
at the public expense, it was custom
ary for members to employ clerks
who wore kept busy addressing docu
ments bearing the stamped autograph
of tbe Congressman. Soma members
went so fur as to have a list of tlio
votora of bis district prepared, and
most of theso got a document of somo
kind during the terin bearing a fuc
simile of the Hon . It must not
be supposed thut this kind of election
eering was without its fruits. Many
a man was tickled by roceiving some
speech or useless document, tickled
by tho idea that the Congressman of
the district had remembered him per
sonally. Few were aware that their
names were tuken in order from a pre
pared list by tho Congressman's clerk,
and that the member's name was coun
terfeited by a metallic otamp. One
principal reason why members of Con
gress bated to give up tbo franking
privilege, was because locy set no lit
tle valuo upon it as a cheap moans of
electioneering. For thid recson the
rostmnBtcr-Oenorul was earnestly so
licited lo make tho order which he
has just Issued. Citizens generally
can not even write their initials on
printed matter, but Congressmen and
other officials can certify that the
packages contain nothing but printed
matter and aflix thoir cherished auto
graphia signatures thereto. AVhat is
til use of being a Congresinan unless
you can have privileges which are do
med to common people Tl,ancaster
Intelligencer.
Swarma of Locusts,
The following historical fuels will
give an idea of the enormous magni
tude sometimes attained by migrating
swarms of insects. After tbo defeat of
Poitava, while retreating through Bes
sarabia, CharlcsXM'sarmy was march
ing through a defile, when suddenly
the men and horses wcro brought to a
halt, a swarm of locusts being precipi
tated from a thick cloud which Inter
cepted the light of tho sun. Tho com
ing of tbo locusts was heralded by a
whizzing sound liko that w hich pre
cedes a storm of wind, and tho noiso of
tlicir wings and of their bodies as thoy
clashed together was greater than tho
roar of breakers on the sea slioro. Gen.
Lovallian sawatPhilinpevillo, Algeria,
a cloud of locusts twenty to twenty-five
miles in length, which, when it de
scended to tho earth, formed a layer
over nn inch in thickness. Toward the
closo of tho year IStif, Iho cotton plan
tations of Senegal wcro destroyed, and
a living cloud was suen to pass over
tho country from morning till night ;
tho rnto at which it moved showed
that it was about fifty miles long, and
this was only tho vaiiLUnrd, for when
tho sun went down a still denser cloud
moved on. "The English traveler,
Barrow, states that m South Africa, in
the year li'JY, theso insocts covered
tho ground to tho extent of two square
miles, nnd that, having been drivon by
iho wind toward the sen, thoy formed
a drift near tho coast Pearly four feet
in depth and niiy miles long. After
the wind changed, the Stench of thoir
putrefying curcasoes was recognized al
the aintaiico oi one hundred and fifty
miles.
Magnificent Generosity. A sin
gular compliment has boen paid to a
policeman by the Town Council of
r.xeter, England. A short time ago
Archbishop Freeman and hie daughter
wero riding in their carriage, when
tho horso took fright nnd boiled.
Policeman Sullocks, at Iho risk of his
lifo and with great presence of mind,
stopped the horses, and Iho archdea
con and bis daughter woro saved from
a torious accident. Tho archdeacon.
sensiblo of bis indebtedness to tho
policeman, wrote to tho wafch com
mittco of Iho Town Council in praise
of his gallant conduct. Tho Town
Council complimented Sullocks, and
resolved, with iho approval of tho
chief constable, to hand him over
Archdeacon J'l-ccman s letter. Such
is a paragraph going tho rounds of the
papers. Is is not deliizhlfnl 7 Such
magnificont gonerosity on tho part of
an archdeacon and a lown (.'ouncil is
only too raro. What will tho happy
pol coman do with Iho ai-cbidiaconal
loiter, is now tho question. Have it
framed, it is supposed, that future
gonorations of Sullocks yet unborn
may gaze upon it with proper pndo
CurLKa-I.lKE. Gen. Butler wroto
a lottor in 1871 to llonry Wilson, the
Vice Prosidontof Iho United States,
which was published last week for tho
first limn. After expending all his
sarcasm on iison, who bad sent bim
a lottor of advico, Butler sars:
No man who had so littlo to manage,
I Hgrco, could have dono belter than
you, and your advico In a liko caso
would bo priceless. But ono has to till
a potato patch and a pramo on such
uuiuront principles mat Husbandry
of ono scarcely fits tho other; and,
therefore I cannot emulate yourcoiirso
brilliant as it has been ; 1 ennnntjoin a
church to got tbo votes of the religious
peoplo. 1 crtnnot profosa temperance
to git tbo Jupnorl of tbe temporanco
men. 1 would not jolo a Know noth.
ing lodgo, and tuko an oath to perse
cute foroignors, to be cloctcd Unitod
elovalion might seem to mo. 1 cannot
be "all things to gain aomo." I must
remain a plain, blunt man, and must
speak right out tbo things that I do
know,
' Tho negro exodtufrora Alabama and
Georgia continues. Tho Montgomery
Advertiser loams that flaeen thousand
tickets for negro emigranla have boon
taken up on tba roads loading south
ward and westward from that oily.
Oaafamors Bhawla. ' ?!
,i 'r J, 4 N I1. 'f;
A large part of the wool of these ex
quislto fabrics, and we re(or to Ue ,
true Cashmero shawls, Is auppliod not
only from Ibe Cashmere Valley Itself,;
but from Thibet and Tarlary, tba
cashmere goat being distributed over
certain portions of Central Asia. Tbo'
oity of Cashmero ittelf contains a large
population, tbe fertility of tbe valley;
in addition to its chief manufacture,
contributing to its prosperity. It is
only tho summer wool that is used;
and this is blcnued by A preparation of
rice flour. , On plain shawls, the wcav-
ing is effected by a long, heavy and.
narrow shuttle, but this is superseded
by wooden needles when tho moro
variegated shawls ato to be mado,
For each colored thread, a different
needle is usod. So slow U the process!
whon the design ia eluhoralo, that the
completion of a squaro inch will occur.,
py three porsonsfora day, and a shawl v
of remarkable beauty would tako this
number a year for its execution ; but a
number are engaged On the same
shawl, according lo theepoed required.
Singularly enough, it is only the inner
tide of tbo shawl that is exposed to
the viow of Iho workmen, bo beinnr
guided by th design plaocd beforo
him and ihodiroclioiisoiuf-killcaauper-
visor of the work. The thread is pre
viously spun and dyod by ' women".
The shawl worked With tho needle is,
however, far inferior to that ia which
the pattern is woven in.
As soon us tbe biihwi its made notice
ia givon to an official inspector. It is
then stumpod at the Custom House,
when a prlso is put upon it, and on
this a demand of twenty-five per Cent
is mado. Sulphur fumuaarc employed
to give the shawls the beautiful yellow
so much in request In the East. Over
an aperture in tho door of a room
carefully closed from the external at
mosphere, ta placed a high, square
caso of popular wood ; over the apert
ure tbe shawls requiring lo be tintod
are suspended, and a Charcoal firo
being lighlod beneath tho floor, a small
amount of powdered sulphur is sprink
led on it. ' The noxt day tho shawls
are washed and dried, and Hi en laid
ono over . the other and subjected
to pressure. The dyes used aro not'
simply those of India, Africa ohd Persia
supplying not a few of the colors. -.
Iho produ'etion'of Cashmero looms
includes small shawls ot A colored
ground with an extremely fine bordor;
also a light r.nd beautiful fabric, much
rcsomblingankiii. Gloves and sacks,
are manufactured from shawl .wool,
also a red silk cloth for ladies. The
valuo of the Cashmere shawls reported
last year from Untbritsur to Kuropo,
amounted to $1,185,000.
Mr. Grant asks for tho usual 025,000
for refurnishing and repairing the ex
ecutive mansion.- This is modest In
viow of three facts: I. That tbe ex
ecutive mansion has just been magnifi
cently refurnished and repaired; 2. that
the 1 resident 8 salary wos recently
raised from $25,000 to 850,000 a year;
3. that tho occupant of tho mansion
recently signed a bill repealing the
congressional salary grab, but leaving
nis own grab unulloctcd. it is to be
hoped that congress will take these
facts into account, along with the
lurther ttict that the revenues are less
than tho expenditures, and decline to
appropriate the sunj for which tbe -head
salary-grabber sks. Chicago
Timoi.
Tho Detroit Free Press says : Tbe
champion compositor holds a case on
the Times. He ia not noted for his
dexterity in picking up the shining
metals, but for his persistence in (of
lowing copy. Ho had an "ad." which
read: "Wanted A new milch cow,
for which a liberal prico will be paid."
Tbo cow'wos purchased after awhile,
and the citizen who ordered the ad
vertisement called at tho ofllce and
stutod that he wanted a hired girl,
and asked to have "girl" inserted for
"cow." Tho chango wns made, and
one can imagine tho foeiings of the
advertisor as he read the three or four
lines over.
tho Uppointment of Gen. Van Bu
ren to a consulship by the President is
likely td revive the old scandal about
the Vicuna imposition. Tbe Sonate
will investigate the charges, and it is
thought that Pccrctary Fish and Min
istor Jay will bo placed in tn awkward
predicament. The knowing ones say
that tho President nominated Van
Buron for tho purpose of compelling
Minister Jay to resign. Willinms will
then bo appointed to Ins pluco and
Bristow will be mado Attorney-General.
A very nice little gamo, truly.
Mr. Richmond, member of Congress
from tliidistrict, drew about a bushol
of packages of garden seeds and sent
them all to his own farm near Mead
vllle. How unlike tho late Mr. Colfax,
who made all South Bend happy with
seods, and rose to bo Vioo President of
tbo United Stutos by his littlo acts of
courtesy in that direction. Has Mr.
Richmond given up nil ideas of over
boing anybody 7 Venango Spectator.
A 1.IVELT "Dark." lien Imtler ia
trying lo put tho negro Pinchbeck
into i.io uouso ; Morton 18 trying to
put him into tho Sonate; and the peo
ple of Louisiana are trying loget him
into the nenitcnltarv. It is hnrd tn t ..it
which will win, although Justice stands
the poorest chancel
en.
True. A contemporary saratbatit
was a "sido igsuo" that defeated Iho
Rudicals in Now llamshire. And the
worst of it is that the "sido issue" is
one that can neither bo caulorirod nor
healed over.
Truth. Is it a ain, my father f"
said a belle to her confessor, "to listen
to men who say I am handsome 7" Cut
tuinly, my child," replied the abbe )
"you ought ncvor to oncoorngo uh
truth "
"Have tho jury agreed 7" aikod tha
sheriff, as ho met a court attache on
the stairs wi'.h a large pitcher in his
hands. "Yos, airj they agreod to
have a gallon of beer, and sent trie out
for it."
An Irish paper ays thai "In tho
absence of both editors, the publishers
have auoceedod in securing the ser
vicoa of a "gontloman" td edit the paf
por this week." r
"Among all my by?, said an o!4
man, "1 never had but one son that
took after me, and that was my son
Aaron, wbo took after me wilb a olab."
hat Is tho earliest financial trans,
action on record 7 When l'haroh re
ceived a cbeck on the bank of tha Red.
Soa, croaaed by "Motea 4
Gerrlt Smith tliinka th. r;-:i u-.t...
-bill will fail to become a In. .J ...
fuilure will ba the death of tba Re pub,
lican party. , '