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"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN"
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OOODLANDER UAGERTY,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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flit Urgent Circuit tkMi f wy Newpaiir
In North Ccutrml Penuaylvaula
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OKOROB B. OOOPT.ANDER,
UKOHUB UAUERTY,
Pnbllthon.
Cards.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
. Clcarlicld, Pa.
Will attend to ill biulne.i onlruated to him
promptly and faithfully. 0.1173
W1LI.IAV A. WALLA c'B
AUNT r. WALLACB.
BATID L. BtlRBI.
JOBS V. WBIQLRT.
WALLACE Sl KREBS,
(rSu-wjcnon (o Wallaoo A Fielding,) "
A T T O KN K Y S -A T-L A W,
- H4S'2a.. CIcarfleM. P. .,, y, 9 , ,
B. T. VtUIOir, H. 0. . B. TAB TALI AH, . ft.
DRS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
Clearfield, Pa.
Oflk-s In reaidenoo of Dr. Wilson.
Onto Horns: Front 1 to P. Dr. Van
Vftlifth oan lit found at night In lit. rooine, next
door lo llartewick A lrwio'a Drug Start, up
lBln. BOVlOiS
D "uTjeffkuson litz,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly allond all oalle in the Hoe of hie
probation. . nor.lK-U
oiRrs 1. 'BALir. dasibl w. a'cuRnr.
MoENALLT & McCUBDY,
A'l'TOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pb.
rer Lernl buaineea attended to promptly with
d'lulitr. Oflloa ob Soeood slrset, abovs the Firse1
National Uank. Jan:l:7
G, R. BARRETT,
Attornkvani Counselor at Law,
, olkarfikld, pa.
IlarinK reei(tned bif Judge.hip, bna reaumed
the praotieo of the law in bia old office at Clear
Held, Pa. Will attend the eourta of JelTenon and
Elk oonntloa when apeolall iitained in oiinneetion
with resident eouuael. J:U:73
WM.
M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORSBY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
jSaT-OOIce in Court llouao, (Shariff'a Offioe).
Lfgol busincaa promptly attended to. H a! e.tate
bought and aold. JeU'JS
J7 w7 ba" n t z7
ATTOIINKY-AT-LAW,
f IrarHcId, Pa.
-0!e In Pit a Opera llonae, Room No. 4.
All legal buaineil entruated to b.a eare promptly
attended lo. 'jy'
" t. h. m u rr ay,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention wlren to all lefal bu.lneaa
sntruatcd to hia care in Clearnrld and adjoining
jimntiea. Offle on Market at., oppoaito Naftftle'a
Jewelry 8tort, Clearlleld, Pa. Jela'71
A. W, WALTERS,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cleat-Hold, Pa.
eft-Offioe In Ornbam'a Row. decS-ly
H. W. SMITH,
A TTOKN EY-AT-LA W,
11:1:71 Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
m Beewad it., Oloaeteld, Pa. (nnrll.oo
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
str-OOea la Plea Opera Houae, Jrll,'(7
76 H n'hT F OIL F O R D,"
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa.
irOmoe In Pie 'a Opera ilouaa, Room No. 6.
Jan. il, IHT4.
johnlTc1jttle,-
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
lud Real F.alate A (rout, Clearfield, Pa,
Offlea oa Third atreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
AT9-Keapectrully offere hla aerrloea In aelllng
tnd buying landa In Clearlleld and adjoining
teantlea and with an atporlonee ol ofer twenty
oara aa a aurreyor, Haltera bimaelf that he ean
render .all. faction. fob. I3:lf,
FREDERICK 0'LEARY BUCK,
SCRIVKNEIt & CON VKYANCKR,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Deoda of Conreyanoe, Arlielea of Agreement
and all papora promptly and neatly rae
ciited. Office In Pie 'a Opera Houae, Room No. 4.
Clearlleld, Pa., April 1, 1ST.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
URAL ESTATE BROKER,
ARI DRALRB IB
Haw Iak4 nml Tiiimlx'r,
: CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offlua In Uraham'a Row.
1:12:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTOUNEY-AT - LAW,
I IS t (areola, Clearfield Co.,a. y:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT- LAW,
Wallareton, Clearlleld County, Pettti'a.
raVAII leal baaioeaa promptly attended to,
CYRUSGO RDONl7 r
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market street, (Dortb aide) Cltarlald, Pa.
Mr All legal bnalnosa promptly Rtlebdsd lo
Jan. IV, '73.
, DR. T. J. BOYER,
PUYH1CIAN ANDSDROKON,
' Offios on Market Street, Clsarleld, Pa.
-Olllca honrat I to 11 a. at., and 1 to I p. at.
Y)l7KM7sCLlEURERi
IIOMlKOPATIlIC PIIY8ICIAN,
OOm la reildenoa OB Market at.'
April J4, 1871. ' ClearlleldJ'B
DR W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN k STJ RGEON,
'' ; LrTIIKRSRl'RO, PA.
.Will atlaad profeaaional oalla promptly. auglO'7
' J; 8. BARN HART,
" ,' . ATTnitNKY . AT - LAW,
llellefonte. Pa.
Will practice ia Clearlleld and all of the Courti of
the zom Juaicinl uialrlet. Keal aatato boaineaa
and eollection of etaime made apeelaltlea. bI'71
- JAME8 CLEARY,
"" BARBER 4 HAIR DRESSER,
HtOOND RTfur.T,
Jyl C I. K A V I E I. I, P A. It
T. A. ri.l' I. A. . RII1.B.
. T, A. FLECK & CO.,
1 ' Agents in Clearlleld Bounty for tba sal of
- 14 Ki'TTKHICK CV
Fashionable Patterns of Garments,
' " ' ' At.L RTTtBB ABB ftlBS.
till Market Rtrswt Clearnld, Pa.
,T, M. ROBINSON,
Mann fat am Bad doBler I
Harness Saddles and Bridles,
C1Ur, Wblpi, Rruihoa, Fir KotitTrtnimlafi.
HnrM Hknkeli, Ao.
, Vaeuum, Frank Millor'i ond Nettafoot Oil".
' Arnt for Pail nd WiUnn'l Buf('"-
OrJtrt nd rrpairlng jtrnmr-llr Btlrnded to,
thfip OA Mrkt tlrfwrt, ClnrOetd, IB rMB
j rttrinrl occupir4 by Ju. Altiondtr. S:4'T4
JAMES B. W ATSON oTco."
REAL EtfTATI BROKERS,
CLEARFIELD. PINVA.
lloBaas and Odees to let, CelleetwBS prosiptly
atada, aBd flrst-olaN Goal Bad Plra-Claytanda
and Towb prowerty for sale. OAea ia waatent
Hotel Building (id floor), Rseoad St. ayll fAy
MOT
aOODLANDER & HAQEBTI,
VOL. 48-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW,
ItOBl EltBlB BOd Collection Agent,
CLGAKPIELU, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal builaeBB sb
trn.ted to hit core.
jMrOfflee in Ple'a Opera Home, second floor.
april l-6m
loha II. Or.il. O. I. Alexander. C. M. Bower,
OBVIS, ALEXANDER & BOWERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Uollefout. Pa. (Jbb2S,'7-)
J. H. KLINE, M. D
PHYSICIAN 4 8UBGKON,
HAVING loeatod at Panndeld, Pa., offer! hi.
profeiaional terriou 10 Ilia people of that
plaoe and larroandini eountrT. All oall. (iroraptl
attended tn.
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juitloo of the Poico. Surveyor and Cutivty utoor.
All basintu In I mite J to him will U prompltj
ktuodod to. i'crwnf wishim to omphij eur
,uni will do well to eive hiia ft cull, ho flatten
himiolfthnt ho etB render atitfiictloB. DmmIi of
onrfynno. ortloUi of afrrtwinent. ond H legal
papori.pniDBptljraod neatly exoouUd. l20nov74
JOHN 1 b7fHOMPSON,
Juatloo or the Peaoo and Scrivener,
CurwensTllla, Pa.
-uCill-tioua mada and money promptly
paldoror. If.."" -
aBO. ALBBBT aRBBT At.UBBT.. ALBBBt
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
M.nnfftcturen A eiteniivo Dualorpin
Sawed Lumber, Sauaro Timber, &o.,
WOVUUAnu, roai
ir-Orderi wlicUod. Billi filled on ihort nolloo
and reasonable tenu
A,l.lri Woodland P. 0., ClrartVld Co,
Pa.
35-ly
ALUKHT A BROS.
FRANCIS COUTR1ET,
MKKCII AN T,
Vrenchvllle, LlcarUeld County, Pb.
Keeoa oonauntly on hand a full aiftortment of
Drr Goods, Hardware. Uroeerlee, and eTerythmg
n.i..M. kr-iil tn a retail store, which will be sol u.
for eash, as cheap aa olaewhort in the eoanty.
Freaehvillt, Juno 17, loor-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
OBAt-BB in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
CiHAIUMTON, Pa.
Alao, oitanaWe manufaeturer and dealer in B'juare
ilinuer ana naweu uumwirui ,
-Order aollolled and all lilla promptly
tiled. I
CHARLES SCHAFER, .
IiAOEll BEER HKKWKK,
Clearlleld, Pa.
AVINO rented Mr. Entrea- Brewery ne
knnn. t, aiplet attention to buainea and
... (.... f a aunerlor article of IIKKH
to reoeire the patronage or all the old and many
.... ..lateral OtSoaUIlI
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearlleld, Petm'a.
fcauWIII exceute ioba tn hla line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. arr.,o
Q. H HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELDi PENN'A.
Puups lwftyi on Umd ond mA to order
on abort nntiea.
I'lpM OOfl-a OO TM"HaT,.aHJ tcriaUB.
tod to rendu r latiilsclloa, and
All work warranl
delWored It dealred.
E. A. BIGLER & CO,,
DRAI.KRI I
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturera or
ALL K1M1M OP HAWKI) LUMIIHR,
g.J'71 CLEARFIELD, rai t.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boarda,
8IIINOLE?, LATH, A PICKavrs,
:lT7a Clearlleld, Pa,
jAMESillTCIIEIjIi,
1)F.AL!B I
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
J.11'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIEL D,
Lata Sargeoo of tba :td Regiment, Pennaylramta
VOluateera, DftTlOg reiurueu iroia mo Army,
offers bis profeaaional iorrieea to the eit leans
or oiearnettf eowniy.
.e-l'p,)f.fiioBal calls promptly Btti.ad M.
Office on tfooond strsst, furmerlyoeenplfd by
Dr. Woods. lapre, oo-u
H. F. N AUGLE,
H ATCH MAILER & JEWELER,
and dealer ia ' ' V
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Tinted Ware, sc.,
j.HTJ CLKAUFIKLD, PA.,
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKKR
ABB PBAI.KB I ' '
Watches, C'lofks and Jowclry,
.,m' Hon, lltrhtl Strut,
CI.HARl'II.I I), PA.
All kind, of repairing in my lino promptly Bl
ended to. April 2J, 187.V
ItlOMDVAU . .
REIZENSTEIN 4 BERLINER,
wholesnli rtealore
GEMS' FIRMSI1IG GOODS,
Hare removed to 1R7 Churrh atreet, between
Franklin and White sta New York. Jy3l'71
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
10 BUT FOB
Chlektrtog s, rJtalnway'aand Btnersun'o Pltnoet
8m I tb a, Mason tiamna ana retounet a
Organs and Melodeona, and GroTor A
Daker's Bewlng Machines,
4 Lift tba cu ib or
Plaoo, Guitar, Orgao, Dirn,o(.y and Vocal Ma.
ale. Bo pupil taken for last than half a term.
ftftrHooia' opposll fJulleb a Furniture Htort.
Clearfield, May i, 1SnB.tr.
I. BOIXOWDUSB 1 '. ' - . ' 1 . " tABBT
H0LLOWBOSH 4 CaVBEI,
.. BOOKSEIaLEBS, V
Blank Rook Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS, '
III Jtlarkrl HI., PhtladrlpMa,
tAWa.r.i,Ht Flour ftaoka and Ilns, Foolaean,
Letur. KeK. Wrannlni, Carlaia and Mall
Paper.. I.M4.7 Ijpd
H.
V. HIOLKH CO.
kare for tale
CARRIAGE & kdi) WOODS,
. : SHAFTS AND TOLE9, ' ,
. ' K
1IU1IS, HPOKES, FELLOES, kb.
CarrlRsa aad Wavoa Makor. ihowld aaak. a
Bote of thl. Bit 1 salt ana bbbbiib. them
They
will b. mid at fair priees.
ay7i-T
CTONES SAW GDMMER3 AND
' - 8 A W U P 6 E t 8 . a
Ws bars reosld the arey for the a We and
will aell then Bt manufacturer', prleo. Call and
Biamine tbewt.' They are th. beat.
Jem 71 ' II. r. tiliiLIit a cn,
Mountain Echo Cornet Hind,
;;' ' cWiWESsvnn, M, ,,;'
Mimic f.rnl.U) for ricolei, FM !..!. Coa-
erls, Lealans, Ae., ,a reaaoaahla terraa. .
AH4reaa, ., . . oniman, oeoy, '
eyt am CarweutUlt, Pa.
publishera.
2383:
. .i.d.' IN SUMMER TIMC.
ft Lioden trout whose hronohei high
Phut out Iho nonntldo'i laltry tky.
Throwing a ohadow, eool aad dlitt, ;
Along the nealow'a grasay rin.
How iwool Id dminy nil to lie. . ,(
Unheerllnff how the tnoinenU fly,' ''
' Whilo woodland oderf, faint and tBrtx, -
Of fern and wild rote Ment tba air : ,
And hrir the llnbl windi play around
From leaf to loaf with nutling found.
And trill of bird, and taeeet'e bum,
, And! all thf lalliof toata (hat eoua
. .. i (, In Eumtner time,
0 Linden freetf ao moity.oltt, ' "'
What .itlriaant'mrmarlu yon hold i) :
Of early ohildhood, and 1U day
Of frolio, Rport, and fuiieleea wayaj
A Mine of joyanfe, bright and fair, 1
Bosoath a tuotber'a tender aaro. :!:.,
And even on, till manhood brought ,t ,
Mnturer ft. mi and decpor tbonght,
And lore aroie, and lifo beoame
AlCradiaat with lla queaehloaa Aftma,
An here, wllhtn your ahellor wide,
We tart and lingered aide by aide.
In Hummer time.
O Llndoa trotal at now enoe mr
, J. Hto that happy anomeota - , -And
dretolu'd it etiRo upoa the grtis,
Bea pioture after picture puna,
Another brighter viaion ataye
My bwikward IboupM and Ills my gato)
For look 1 where down yon shaded walk
A merry troop, in cheerful talk, ' '
And glorfui laurb, and about and BObg.
Maud and children pas along !
O Lindens! Ull me what oould ba
More iwoot to hear, or fair to eee,
In Summer time.
THK OLD HKTTKK.
Sclloc, lounge or aofrt, it inuttoranot
which, it h t ho numo the wttrlti ovur.
All tho children kniw it, even' mun
and woman urmvn rtimemlieni its in
viting, H-rHtiiinird look in chililhtxxj,
for we have all hecn llicro ; itn nutlutiv
iiifliit-nco wo have all lVtlt unci n knowl
odil, Avhilo it o;niwin(r iiiixptilnrity
we (l!)l(irc. Over its ennliions Mir
iheu reigns, and will reijrn forever
more. I biiihwo there is a frtvnt aiini
larity in ttnr exrk'nce, but liere ill a
Hitntple. Mother leuvtw the room an
iiinliint with the light ; thereupon en
sue a frenerul scntinljlo for thu settee.
1 on know tutitl tutttte is very cotnlortu
hle for one iertin, but unlewi we are
playing "lion," wilb one uudemcuth to
lH'tvonato that turritio beaut, who
ruiak'hc anil snarls at all overhanging
hit litis, feet or clothing wo prefer
to lie alone ; so tho best lellow socurus
the lounge, while the other in revengo
grasps ami claims the pillow, witb
which he speedily maker) a bed on tho
floor. This is forbidden, and mother's
onli'unco mukee the boy "get," but the
pillow gets with him, and, though tho
night be a melting one in July; lie silt
on it as complacently as though it were
Jlinimi'V. iiepentetl nods soon tell the
story, und alter throwing the pillow
(a not unwelcome mixsile) nt the lace
on the lounge, he goes reluctantly to
lieu. Mother sa3"fl : "Doine, tleor, you
hail bettor go too. Jint wo aro talk.
iug with volubility and do not caro to
hour. I ho trut h la, belore we ao
proiieliod that lounge we were wide
nwttko ; now it is as much, us we can
io to keep our 03-cs open. We close
them for relief, and find the relief so
pluitsitnt; think of continuing it, but
suddenly, in a semi-omiirious stute, we
hour : "( Inino, you will got awleop if
von he there; got up immediately I
Mother, let me slay hare a httlo long.
or; J non t leel a bit sleepy; ' ami to
corroooiDte this etatuuient wo dniru
on tho buck of the lounge with one
hand, and hum a ttino, which occasion
ally ends abruptly: "Harry I do yon
hearine?" ; "Yes, in in a minute."
Hero we swing one foot to and fro
(slow time), and turn over, auk sudden
questions with jerks, anil shire at the
polling as host we can. I lien comes a
blank, and wo are in tlrennihtnd. 11'
going to sleep is pleasant, the awaking
is detcstnhle. Hy una ny, niter pn
lonireil culls which elicit no response,
or otilv gmans on onr sitle, mother
shakes tts rtnd lands us at the foot of
tho stairs. Wo ascend with indiffer
ence, stopping ut each step to gather
Hircngui tor mo iicai int. aiiv iti.,hi
r - . .. ha ni.
is renclica mm our sleeping weight
socked on tho floor; tho bead falls on
tho knees und tho hantls grope oronnd
for those hntetul shoe-strntim ; we take
short mips, hy way nf diversion, then
go at the Knots ngnin witn retiouniea
encrirv. The fiort shoo alwnvs comes
olf without trouble, but will the last
over como untied ? We tumble and
grumble work always goes Iwtterwith
emphasis and then as we aro alont
lo put sliKKing Tiori tnrougii, unci
brenk the string, mothor iiiukes her
iippcnninco. Mother, who henrs every
Homo in tho honse, from tho clock tick
to tho child's crtmpy corigh that fills
her motherly heart with alarm.' Six
to tirio she administers n lift lo wholo
somo correction as she patiently un
ties the ohstinatd knot, nod wo men
tally vow not to go to sleep on tho
lotingc ngnin ; inn it n o uci 10 uciiiw u
the slioes tint. Then wd are tucked
In hod, kissed good night, and our good
inothc't Vnnishes. ' And would you be
lieve it, the next night finds as on tho
lounge again I Do you know of a
minor pain thnt Betfeo. caiiiiot euro?
N'o. Come homo lVom scliool with a
long-drnwn fnce, and complain of an
"uwful Jiitin" below tho region of tho
heart. Forthwith wo are-scnt to tho
setleo, tho room is darkened, and pres
ently the odor of petiporniirit pene
trates the pillow anil olluctnry organs.
No need to looknpj wo know Aunt
L. is at our side with "two nice swal
lows," lor don't sho believe that pep.
liennint Is tho "cure nil" for "nil the
ills that flcHh is heir to 7" That lounge
allays l he most excruciating toot n actio,
assisted by a Ml tiT cotton dipped in
laudanum. Do you remember, after
ttio long Illness, How wo wero oarriod
down stairs in liither' strong arms
nntl deposited on the beloved old Kiungef
How kind every one seemed, and the
neighbors bring ps .ticlicaclc. 'he
siiiull hIiiimI liviu llnj corner is moved
up besiiie jih, a WulUt placed on It, and
a spotless napkin over this. Tho first
article that is ever put on that waiter
is mother s olil uisiiiontsl sugar bowl
ho i bud, when a girl, liless you, we
will always remoinlier it the cenient-
eil knoh mi ton and the nicked edges ;
it invuriiibly contains' jiu'lverixvu pr
'laouth full lump sugar, nC unexctj)-
tiouable quality.. J lit u there is a slico
uf crisp lirow n toast that smacks of
cream and butter (ohly mother run
muko such), and a liyle glass of jolly,
tuivod tho Hume perwja for these
extra owjieions, ami a small plate of
chipped buof complete the invalid fare.
The children stand around admiringly
and envyuigly,.,tiKi, it innst bo oon
fcsHeil, Aa wo grow older the lounge
still has attractions for us, "Keep
still, dearies. Jet jiKjihcr sliTp a little.
I'oibum it will euro hor hoaduchc."
And liiu fx sir, tired mother links bark
on the kmnge for rest tihe need not
"oonrt the balmy ;" it comes of it own
sweot will. The tired look pomes from
her liieo, the tense lines from her mouth,
and wo know that whan all wakes the
headache wilUiogoutV- .
- , . . i I, I ' BBl, B. ,, i , , .
"Change oara" Is -what bootl.lai k
said to a countryman 'the other day
when he bad jnat finished blacking one
Of hit brOgOn. 1 el:"
HELD
! .'I i I .r
( T .IW
CLEARFIELD,
LOCKS AA'D LOCKHM1THS. i
A curious illustration, teiidinu; to
bear out the truth of the dictum uf tho
wisest of kings, that "there is nothing
pew under thu sun," is the fact that it
has Ititoly been disclosed that locks
with "sliders" and "tumblers", btiVo,
for many centuries, been made in Chi
na, on the identical principles w hich
have Imjou "reinvented," so to sjiouk,
by modern English putentees. Jt is
well known, also, that the Egyptiuns
invented, and used jit their houses a
contrivance embodying ull tho princi
ples of the modern tumbler locK, und
which probably presented as serious an
obstacle to the teioniouB atlompls of tho
Tboban, or Alexandrian burglar, as tho
late devices ol Uruhniuh, CoUcilll
iiobbs or Vale, do to thoso of the
modern house-breaker. :
. ii tno timu-iionorou maxim, "i.ove
laughs at locksmiths," bus, like tho
punish proverb, -"held good in every
uge uud on mo, the mtisiUm ot Input s
chubby loco must bavo boon rcluxetl
toward that particular class of crafts
men for a period not fur short of forty
centuries. J he J'.gvptiitn locksmith
was probably tho first to excite the sly
gixl s mirth. Jiext in order came 11
lubricator ol tho "door iitsUiuiugs ol
dyverso colours, made of brans anil
ivory, ol ancient Koine, followed by
the maker of the still mora elaborate
ivrmrt de TatimtiteU; in tho mediaeval
ago, lmmortuliicd in early christian
missals, i ho locksmith oi the Colo
tin! Kmpire then began to make his
"strange instruments having wooden
slides," thu architecture of which was
peculiarly adapted to tho summer-
house in which the lair heroine of tho
"willow pattern" was kept in durance
vile. Then the locksmith began to
flourish in hngland ; and, bv the time
of good tuoou Bess, the operations of
tne cratl were so itillv estuhlislied in
tho towns of Sluflonlshiro to wit,
H olvorhiiinpton, iIIciiIihII auu ed
nesbnry that Cupid must have in
dulged ill pouls of laughter worthy of
tho nnmorlul l ooms; and, altcrall the
onterprise of Inter years, with its level's
und wards, "detoetorB," and master
keys, the Jluso of l.ovo is still able to
chutit, even in tho hearing of iiobbs
and Chub:
. "My father ba baa looked the doqf,
My mother keepa the key.
But neither bolt nor bar. eaB part
My owb true levaand sue."
The Kgyptiau lock, the mile curv
ing, of which aro said lo have cnibel
lished the walls of ancient Kunmks
Temple, and the llerculunoiim, is thus
described by Mr. J'., Jlockett ilonuson,
y. C: "In this lotk three pins lull
into a similar number of cavities in
the bolt, anil so hold it fust; they arc
ruised again by putting In I ho key
through the large key-hole in the holt,
and raising It a utile, so that the lock
ing pins lire pushed by the key out of
tne way ol the bolt. j no security al-
torded by this lock is very small, as it
is easy to nntl tne places ot tho puis
by pushing in a piece of wood covered
witn clay or tallow, on which the boles
will ieavo their impress, uml the depth
can easily Is aseortuined by i trial."
These lin ks were first introduced into
Kngland by the meif hunu of l'bumoia.
who gave them to the Coi'iiihIi miners
in exchange tor tin. tttraugi'ly enough,
locks of similar construction, but evi
dently "hoiuemado," aro still to be
found on the disuv uf many of the
peasuntry in Cornwall and Devon, i
The hx'ks of ancient (ircoce and
Home aro quaintly doscrilwd by the
philosophers uud iiouts of tho time.
Auutus .compares tho coustellutiou of
CUMsioiHia (o a Alomun key, "liavuig a
curved stem and a huinlio "sluipru
like the south stars uf the group,"
Justut Inns fciiys that those ancient keys
lXMeiiilAlvd sickles, uud wore sometimes
so large as to bo eai'i iedou their shoul
ders, us reapers Is'ar thoir sickles to the
harvest Held. This statement is con
firmed by CttllimacliuB in his hymn to
Ceres, whoro he represents thu priest
ess of icipic carrying a key on her
shoulders. Homer's allusion to the
lock and key on tho wanlrolieof the
fair 1'enelopo will probably be bolter
known. The passage is thus rendered
by Popo: :
"A broseB key ah. held, the handle turned,
With ateal and pollihed trory ailomed.
The bolt, obedianl lo tbo atlkea atrtng, ' ,.' '
Foraakea the ataple aa aha pulla the risa;, -The
warda reapoudrd to the key, turned rouBd,
Tlio bar. f r hack, the flying velree reaound,
Loud aa a bull makee hill and valley ring,
. Rt roared the lock when it roUaand Ike apriBg,"
Kustatliius, a (itecU coinniontutoron
lloincr, who flourished in the twelfth
century, says that tho key hero reler-
red to was very ancient, uml was known
as "the serpent key," from its resem
blance in torui. it wus iu uu before
tho siege of Troy, although some
writers persist in uncribiiig its inven
tion to Iheodore of .Siunos.
The mcdiu'vul locks wero. notliiins.
amonit tho most cluboruto and artistic
specimens of thoso articles ever pro
duced, lieiitld, scrolls or lloral wreaths.
exquisitely graven in steel, lined the
edges. Angel lornis silnlliu'ly wrought,
surmounted the escutcheon, like the
twin L'uardiune of the iuiries unit to in
the puntomimo; while tho surthceof
the lock presents as gn at a variety of
leaves and Itnwcrs, ull cliuscd witlthe
utmost skill, as Kiigene iiinimol s beau
tiful boqucl. Thoso locks were nnwlly
found on tho ilisirs of thenncicut Cdii-
tinoutal cathedrals, or on tho muunifi.
aunt cabinets for which the middle ages
were so fumotis, and Mr. l-'airholt as
sures us that in .cither cuse the lock
constituted no nienn purl of the uro-
ttise decoration of tho tloor to whicn
it wus affixed. Tho skill of ConlitH'iit-
al locksmiths, after a coimidoniblu slum
ber, was revived inthe seventeenth
century, in tho person of. AI. Jicigfiier,
a French artisan, m ho actptired great
fkma .as the maker of "lottct links,"
witb which the couriers' despatch box
es , were secured. A Wutci writer,
Von Kiiso, passing over the claims of
his .own couulrvincn, ascribes to M.
Ilcigiiior tho iiivention. of h le,,laT
look which is, in reality, of iliitch ori
gin, ami ,was mmlo a century before
this French C'kubb auw lite light,, .An
allusion to it is made in licauinoiilmul
Fletcher's play, "The Js'oblu tientle,
man," priitUsl us luirlyasthoycur 1HJ5,.
which lompliitely sots aside Kiignier's
claim to tho iiivonlioii ; "A tiuicaso
for your linen and your plate, with a
strange lock that opens with A. 11 .. K.
N." and Carow, in some verses written
five years later, lias this reference;, , ;
"Aa doth a lock that see. ( a a t :
With lettera, for till every one be RnnWS 1 "'
The look's aa fart aj ftlonsai en bad found Bono."
Tho latter quotation partly explains
t he const motion of tho lot tr kirk, with
which XL lieignior's name will always
bo 'ttmtiocfcd their most famous
manufacturer ' Tho lrttiws of the al
phalvct worn engi-avaal on four parallel
revolving rings, which hy rr-arrngo-ment
on the part of tho owner, were
made to spell a certain word, or nu in
ner ot wonls, befora the inek rouiil be
tvtvstied: If evan th owner cbuced to
rnrgtn tho "open Sf-wvmo ' on whleb he
had determined, lllto the hieliloss youth
in th storf ofAH lVat,H th iioor
Veuia remain ciohtyl ttgaiaflt him, till
the magio wntci-Tiirtt mourcfili(4.
"aa
PRINCIPL
, fT MEN.
PA, WEKCJ3DAY, AUGUST 19, 1874.
1
' Soino of tho 'cry oldest Un ks made
by C'hinoso wnikieos were constructed
utmost entirely of wood, and adorned
with grotesnud Carvings of "celestlul
scones," such an those with which mod
ern tea cuddies have made us so f'umil
inr. ' " if
Tradition asriw us that locks wero
muilo in Engluld aa early as tho reign
of A If ml the (i eat, and some go so
far us to say that t 0 ingenious monarch
himself, like Ifm XVI, of France,
was an amateur bricator of thoso ar
ticles. It is triii do doubt, that even
at so remoto a is) .on fngouious black-
Rinith were wont to construct clumsy
nu ns ana kovs,ic x-merwnn ouier ar
ticles of doinciU i use, when occasion
dciiiiuided ; buj 1 -ck making was not
ii'cognixed as a .tinet trull tn ling.
land until the fourteenth cer.'nry ; and
two hundred yej.rs followed before It
assumed iropui- n at all equal to
those uttameil i-j'oylior tiims on the
f'ontiiif nt in Chi.1.., and 1i michnt
'Wl't- a '10 locks prwlttced in Eng
land in the hlteenth oenturv vrcrc mas
sive and strong, but chiefly of simple
construct ion. Almost the only sncci-
meu now remaining Is lo bo found on
the parish church of Snodlund, iu Kent
In the sixteenth century' commenced
tho display of ingenuity on the part of
cugiisit iockhuiiius wiiioti uus ouen un
interruptedly muintaiuod since that
lime, und which forms an interesting
chapter in the curiosities ot industry
During Queen Elizabeth's reign, the
hows ol keys wore usually ornamented
by tho Insertion of a cross, nntl tho
locks wore frcqnently mado of motnl,
sometimes imbedded in ouk cases.
Latch kes the tcrrorof Mistress Cau-
dlo also came into uso about this pe
riod. Locks wero for tho flret timo
mude with alarm bells and chimes dur
ing this period. Somo of those bells
rang so loudly, in case of any unlawful
tampering with tho lock, ns to arouse
tho whole street. Hells witb chimes
warned the initiates and alarmed tho
bnrgliir In a much moro soothing way,
So sooner wits tho skeleton key of the
intruder nppliod to tho lock than tho
latter began to chime such plaintive
airs as
"Hume, sweet home,
lie It ever so humble,
There's bo plaoe like homo)"
a sentiment with which the chagrined
house breakor would doubtlosa concur
as ho took his nrecinitnto fliirbt.
Tho modern lock is a fur more effect-
ivo and economic affair than its old
fashioned predecessor. The vastly in
creased facilities for manufacture and
the doorcase in vnltic of the raw mate
rial, enable tho lock milkers of to-day
to turn out locks of the most admirable
workmanship and approved pattern at
a very low figure. As few branches of
industry afford wider scope for tho
exercise of ingenuity and skill, so thoro
are few in which those finalities have
been moro signally and usefully dis
play ed.
In no country have locks been
brought to- greater perfection than In
this. Our safe and bank burglar proof
iockm won 11 almost seem to have
reached perfection, so atrong, so ingo-
nions, rind yet so simplo aro they to
those who understand tho secret of
their vrovlrnpr, and ' arwoty day
brings out some new contrivance of
still greater security and stength. The
wen Known lecununy oi naitvo invent
ive genius bus, moreover, conspicuously
shoivn itself in tho infinite variety of
tlieso contrivances produced hero.
Among tho multiplicity of patterns, it
would bo sl range indeed, if a few were
not moro elaborate than effective, yet,
upon the whole, our lock makers and
Inventors lmvoeverv reason to be proud
of the result of their labors ; nor, if tho
number of failures had been In tho ru
tin of one for every perfect lock pro
duced, could we regret tho exereiso of
competitive Ingenuity in a branch of
industry which contributes so essen
tially to the security of pronorty and
oven lifo itself '
11SPTII.C JWXTIXG IX All
. ., KAXSAS. ....
Tho most relentless industry of the
Springs Is the capture of tarantulas
and cciitiM'dcs to sell to visitors. Tho
tarantula is a hornblo hairy spider,
immense in sine ana very poisonous.
Tho centipede is a long worm with In
numerable horned feet. The blto of a
full-grown tarantula is dangerous, while
that ol tho cent mode Is painful. Aoith
or will attack man, but, on the con
tmry, will tret ont of the way as rnnid-
ly as possilile, but each has a disgust
ing luinit ot getting Into houses and
lurking in places where they aro liable
to bo trodden On or clasped unawares
in tho fingers, in which evont they are
heard irom. In the Hot Minings ver
nacular they aro "trnntlora" and "Sauta
Fes,". Thu reptile hunter, currvimr
wiui mm several glass Jars, explores
the mountain sides, turning over such
stones as look promising, und when he
finds a "Santa Fo" or a "tranllor" he
drives it in tho mouth of the jar and
closes it up. Tho reptile aro killed,
preserved in alcohol and Bold to visi
tors. The prices fl uctuato, as a matter
of course. The holder will ask an otiU
rngoons price and tako what bo can
get. I huvo seen an average specimen
of tho centipedo sold for 10. When 1
first went to the Springs tarantulas
wero high, a fair specimen being worth
$3 ; but afterward 1 saw them go a
bogging at tho Bhnmefiil figure of fifty
oenu) each. At the hitter rates oven
the poorest of men could afford to have
a fttrnritiila, bnt it's rough on the deal
er. Tho number of speciniis offered
for' sale gives an impression that the
country swarms witn these poisonous
reptiles. Hut tbo fact ia thoy are flir
from abundunt, and the Industrious
hunters keep the country well gleaned.
I think I traveled about 1,000 miles in
tho ! vain endeavor to get a ccntlpcdo
or fttrntUula ''from first bands, I did
see a IKtld centipede one day, almut
two inches in length, bnt it got away.
While silting on the plana of the Cen
tral ono ovoniug. I saw something
black and apparently about tho sir.o of
a two weeks old chicken run across
the rout! And under the dresses of a
couple Of ladies who wero walking
along., ' Thero was a 'succession of
shricKs, hut the two ladies wore gome,
and picking tin stones they soon spoiled
as fine a specimen of tarantula as, I
ever saw1. It was vory large and vory
hideous in Its appearance, I.ikowisc
Mr. Joseph T. Long, wbo had a room
at Maj. (lulncs,' on the hill, had a tar
antula adventure. . lie was awakened
one night from t sweet dream of pence
by fcmult) shrieks Mid cries for help
from an adjoining room. Mr. Long
flow. to (be rescue, and in the moonlight
saw the gbastly form of an immense
tarantula crawling up the wall. He
stabbed t it with k poker, chased it
into a corner, and finally slew it, earn
ing tho everlasting gratitude of the
My.--Cor.Jmliiintipoiit Herald.
,i r III i " asl s B. , , , , ;.
I'Voant eta. railroad dinner; "Onr
h otters, Industrious traders, though
irv rv." aispUoed taWawitch," , f ,
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: RE
LUMBER.
STATU OF Till THADR.
From the Philadelphia Treia or Auju.t 8.
Ill an article published a few days
Bgo on the lumber interests in this
Htuto, several fuels wore broadly staled
concerning tho present and prospective
condition of the trade hero as well as
olswheru. In that article tho only
true way of chunging tho business as
pect Hum lis present learlully ucmor.
allied condition was pointed out. The
immediate stoppage of production ou
tho part ol the niumilucturers and lum
bermen generally was earnestly conn-
Belled, aim the ruinous ettucts ol over
production squarely commented on.
that the counsel then given was bulb
corroot and judicious, the lollowing self-
explanatory resolutions adopted ut a
convention ol
BOl'THr.aW MTMBKUBlKM,
'since' teld !n TWulblk-, TH.; wHf rniifl-
antly prove :
ioWiTi.'Tbat, in view of the diet
that yellnw-piue lumber cannot be sold
at present except at ruinous prices,
owing to tho fuct that a supply greatly
in execoss of tho demand lias been and
still is being shipped to market with
Instructions to ncll mid the price left
to tho discretion ot tho commission
merchant, it is therefore the sense of
this convention that shipments should
hereafter be made sparingly, until sueh
time as there shall bo increased de
mand, and manufacturers, now having
lumber in market awaiting sale or
shipping hereafter, instruct their com
mission merchants to make no stilo of
yellow-pine lumber until it can bo sold
at a pneo affording a living profit.
Ititdved, That tho chairman of this
convention appoint a committee of
threo, whoso duty it shall be to onro-
lully prepare a plun, with suitnblo con
stitution und by-laws, for the organiza
tion of tho ycllow-pino manufacturera
into a permanent association for the
proU'Ction of that interest, to report at
an adjourned meeting ot this conven
tion, to be held in Norfolk on tho 3d
of September. 1874.
Resolved, That t ho chairman appoint
a committee ol throe to prepare a suit
able circuhir, embracing tho object of
the adjourned meeting ot this conven
tion, with statistics showing the pres
ent condition ol tho lumber market
and direct ono to every manufacturer
ot yellow-pine lumber In V irgima,
Xorth Carolina, nnd Maryland, asking
their attendance and co-operution nt
tho adjourned meeting.
lirfivrd, That wo earnestly recom
mend to mtiiiiil'ticturers to reduce their
production of lumber as rapidly as
practicable, in view of tho great excess
ot the supply over the demand now In
tho market.
It is necessary to stuto, in explana
tion of tho adjournment referred to,
that its object was that there might
bo a larger representntinn from Mary
land, the James and York river dis
trict, the different railroads of Virginia
and JNorth Carolina, ilnungtoii, and
other points, all of which together re
present a production of more than one
million tcet ol yellow-pine lumber daily
At the late
OIIEAT LI MIIF.lt CONVENTION
hold In Willianisport, composed of the
weuituiest and most influential manu
factum's and operators throughout tho
entire country, this subject was eurnont-
ly and seriously discussed. J hero can
bo no question but that prompt and
decisive action would then have been
taken on the matter, wore it not that
other und more important topics, at
thnt ditto, wero to bo taken Into con
idoratioii and decided. No doubt tbo
notorious rocinrocitv treaty, and the
lomiation ol rules lor the tiuilorm in.
ipection, meusurinent, and cliissiiicu
Hon of lumber, wero mutters vitul to
tho trade, and lieuring squarely and
directly on its interests. Still, in tho
luce ol the
ALMOST INEVITABLE UANKRt PTCT
that is now, and was then, impending
over the Southern and not a few Kimt-
ern manufacturers, one would think
thut something should have been (lone
to counteract tho growing evil. It is
surely not yet to be learned that "an
ounce of prevention is better than a
pound ol cure 1
So widespread has the alarm on this
subject now bocome that we nnd deal
ers and operators in square tunlior in
Clearfield and several adjoining coun
ties in this Nlnlo issuing a cull for a
convention to bo held on the 18th in
stant, to discuss tho matter in its vari
ous lies ring. J'jo cull In question in
vites all "who aro interested in the
most Important industry of our coun
ty to meet at Clearfifld, August 18,
1874, at two o'clock P. if, to consider
what is best for tho
INTKIIKST OF TI1K THAII1
that such measures may bo adopted as
to reduce the stock of timber tho com
ing season to tho actual wants of tho
market next spring. Wo cordially in
vite all to moot with us, lo givo thoir
presence and their counsel, so that wo
may inaugurate and faithfully execute
some plun that will protect our Inter
esU as well us thoso of our customers
in tho East, from ruinous sacrifice,
which must result in the event of put
ting tlio usual stock of timber on tbo
market next season." Amongst the
signature appended to tho call arc
found some of the heaviest dealers and
operators in the square timber business
on the West Brunch of I he Susquehanna.
It is more than prohuhlo that tho pro-
fiosed convention will result in tho
arming of ' ' ,!' i
A Lt'MUKR KXCIIANOK
at Clearfield, aa there is the feeling
that an organization which will secure
unity of action and a suf'o basis for busi
ness is much needed.
The Button JUiiirtcr Trade, an ac.
knuwludgud authority on all mutters
connected with tho business, also foils
into lino with us on tho question of
over-production, as will bo Boon irom
the lollowing extract ;
Tbo opinion ia fust gaining ground
thut the luunnfucture of lumber must
cease, for a timo At b ust, or the profit
of the busincsBW illbodilllcult to reckon.
From every lumber market colnes the
same report too grout a supply. And
we believe thut the depression in tho
trado is not so much tlio lock of de
mand as it is this surplus of manufac
ture. Hy a curtailment of tho supply
alone can the trade be relieved. Deal
ers aro almost unanimous in pronounc
ing the market dull, but ono dealer
said to us in conversation, "tho trouble
is, the business haa been, over-stimu
lated ; it baa boon running on the high
pressure principle, ami until all revog
niae this fact and act in accordance
therewith, we shall have the same
state of alfuira." This is pmlmbly true
of the lumber business. We cannot
(ay nothing ia doing, for tho surveyor's
reports snow a weekly survey ol about
three million feet, aud a good deal is
old that is not snrveyod by the Bos
ton official. This weekly amount goes
somewhere, it does not crowd our
PUBtlCAN.
whurve, for dealers tell us stocks have
not increased vory much in thu lust
month or two. It is almost entirely
ordered stuff. Considerable lumber is
being sold at tho present time, at low
Iirices iternaps. Arrivals have been
ight, end if -
, TflK PROPOSED SIIVTTINO DOWN
measure can be made universal, naught
can he seen but benefit to tho trade.
Lumber Is a stuple coiiiuiodtly and
must be hud. The country cannot do
without it, but the whole business bus
been overworked and thoro is a depres
sion. This is true the world over.
Tbo United Slntos shipped, It is said,
to South America lust year 120,000,
000 feet, and the unnuul demand thero
is 60,000,000 feet. This year tho Soul h
American market is full, and much of
that which was sent will nover pay a
profit to us. This Is quoted merely to
show -how the business ho been treat
ed, Ihiring the war it was worked up
to a piteh i tW uuie4 r.Oon taller the
war was over, but many dealers pro
nounce businesa dull if it is not clear
up to the war stundurd. The gener
ality of deulore do not expect any
marked advance uf prices beliire spring,
nnd hope for un increased demund for
lumber during tho fall. All say thnt
their sulvution rests in tho shutting
down of tho mills.
It is moro than probable that this
mutter will bo recurred to in a future
issuo. Tho recent conventions at Kust
Saginaw, Michigan, and Ottawa, Can-
adu, as well as the important topics of
inspection, classincation, and other
matters peculiar to tho trade, will ulso
bo dealt with.
VALUE OF SUMMER FRUITS.
A very mistaken idea has found a
lodgment in tlio minds of many, oth
erwise sensible persons, to wit, thut
summer complaiutst tho generic term
under which tho disorders peculiar to
tho season aro known, aro caused
mainly by the uso of fruit, nnd that
tho wiso und safe plan is to prohibit
its uso altogether.
The method, which neglects to tuke
advantage of ono of the most beneficent
provision for man's uso, comfort, and
well-Mug, is detrimental not only to
enjoyment but to permanent health.
Tho tonn "unti-scorbutic" expresses
tho value of fruits as food, und tlio esti
mation in which they arc held by those
who understand their relation to hu
mun want.
When fruit diws burin, it is because
it is euten at improper times in improp
er quantities, or befbro it has riened
and is fit for the human stomnch.
Fruit ought not to bo eaten between
meals any moro than any other food.
It may bo taken aa a lunch, however,
with very great benefit, or asaprepara
tion for a mean, that is, before break
fast or dinner. Perhaps tho very brat
timo in the day for eating fruit is be
fore or with the breaktast. A distin
guished physician has said that if his
patients would make a practice of eat
ing a couple of Messina oranges before
break fust, from February till June, his
practice would be gone. From June,
which brings us tho ever welcomed
strawberries, until .ovomber, there is
constant succescion of flush fruits which
are a pleasure to iho eye and a delight
to the mind. L lie prool ol their health! ul
ness lies in tho fuct that tho more )oo
plo mako it a part of their regular
daily Mod, taking tho place in part ot
meat, ana wholly oi pastries during
tho summer months, tho better and
finer, moro cheerful nnd more uniform
ly well they aro, tho less fever and
thirst do they cxwrlenoo, tho less lee
water and other violently reactionary
fluids aro they obliged to drink, the
loss are they subject to changes and
fluctuations of the system and tempera
ture.
The nrinciiittl difficulty with us is
that we do not eat enough fruit ; that
. . . .
we kill its finer qualities with sugar
that wo drown them in cream. We
need tho medicinal action of the pure
trait acids iu our systems. Wo need
tho cooling, corrective influence, and
should accept it us one of tho best gifts
ol 1 rovidcnce.
Tho waste of fruit is a crime, hardly
to be pardoned when so ninny need it
arc dying for the want of it. A fruit
mission would bo of infinitely greuter
vuhie than the flower mission, benefi
cent as that is, for fruit is life-giving,
and supplements tho- beautiful And
thought inspiring. ! Give fruit, and it
win make ol lite perpetual summer:
TUIXGS A ITO.V.4.V CAX'T DO.
A lady writer, who is slightly dis
posed to turn traitor to her sex, states
that there aro three things a woman
can't do tho most important admis
sion thut has been extorted from her
sex sinco Madumo Eve uto tho npplc.
Hear the following ojwn confession :
t nut She can t sharpen a lead pen
cil. 0 ivo her one and see. Murk how
juggedly sho hacks away every pttrti-
cio oi wood around the lend, leaving an
unsupported spike of tho hitter, which
breaks immediately when used. You
can almost forgive the mule creature
his oompnssioniife contempt as chuck
ing her under tho chin be twitches it
from her awkwnrtl little paw, and
rounds it and tapers it anil shape it in
the most ravishing manner, for durable
use. I wish to hoar no moro on that
point, because when I once snake up
my mind, "all the king'a men" ran t
change it.
ell, then, secondly A woman can't
lo up a bundle She takes a whole
newspaper to do nn a paper of pins.
and a coil of rope to tie it, aud then it
oorjiue undone at that. When I go out
shopping 1 look on with the fascinated
gnr.0 of a bird iu tho neighborhood of
a magnetic serpent, to watch clerks do
up bundle, llow tho paper Dills just
into the right crease, how deftly they
turn It Over, and tuck it under, and tie
it up, and tben throw it upon the coun
ter an If they had done tho most com
mon thing In tho world, Insteud of a
deed which might, and In met does,.
task the ingenuity of "angels." It is
inuvuv smaoitisuillg. ,
ThinllfA I may nlludo tn tho fuct
that a woman can't carry an umbrella,
or rather to tho very peculiar manner
in Which they perform that duty, but
I won't. When they unfurl the para
chute alluded to, they put ildown over
their noses, Uiko the middle of the side
walk, raking off men's huts and wo
men's bonnets as they go, and walk
.1.- I i.i ,v , , .
riguiy iiuo me oronKiasioi soraewigui;,
.i: i x-.i. . .i?
niiu umrcguru oi ino consequent tits
tnst, which lo bo understood must be
elf, as tho offender cocks ud ono cor
ner of the parachute and looksdcflantly
at the victim who has the effrontery
to come into tho world and bajutnl the
whalebone and handlo of her "umbril 1"
To be a woman of fashion Is ono of
the easiest things In tho world, A late
writer thus describe it : "liny every
thing you don't want, and pay for
nothing you get : smile on all mankind
but your husband; bo bappy every
where but at borne, i
TERMS-$2 por annum in Advance.
NEW SEMES-V0L. 15, NO. 33.
THE BIBLE.
AVho composed tho following dimcrip
tion of tho liiblo wo may never know.
It wus found in Westminster Abbey,
namclcHsnnd dateless, but, nevertheless,
it is invuluublu lor its wise und whole
some counsels to tho erring race of
Adum.
A niilion would bo truly happy if it
were governed by no other laws than
those of this blessed book.
It contains everything needful lo bo
known or dono.
It gives instructions to a Semite, uu
thorily and direction to a magistrate.
It cautions a witness, requires an
impartial verdict of a jury and furnish
es the judgo with his sentence.
It sets tho husband a tho lonl of
the household, and tho wile as mistress
of the tublo tells him how to rule and
her how to manage.
It entails honor to piironla und en
joins obtHliciiue to children.
It prescrllws nntl limits) the sway of
t no sovereign, the rule ol tho ruler,
, ,, .-- , - nil i no iitiisiiNi ol iiiu culm, auiie iiiir
nnduti hor.tyoftlicniiistcr; coi,,i,u.n.Ujtll0a,)OVC fu,, w,.t , 10' ,,llIlk &
ho.til,jeels to l.o.iorandtl,o s.rv'a.itHJ,I1(;llm ftm it ofHcH)re to
. J , ...amsnige. u.iu u.c pt o-
toction o the Almighty lo ull that walk
Itv tto mli
by its rule,
It gives directions for weddings and
burials. ,
It promises food and raiment, nnd
limit the uso of both.
it points out a ftiilhful and eternal
giinrdiun to the departing husbund und
futhor; tells him with whom to leuve
his fatherless children, and whom bis
widow is lo trusts and promises a fa
ther to the former and a husband to
the hitter.
It teaches a mini to Bet his botiso in
order, and how to make his will; It
appoints a dowry for his w ife, anil en
tails the right of tho first bom. and
shows how the young branches shall
bo loll.
It -defends the right of oil, and re
veals vengeance to every delimiter,
over-reucher and tresspasser.
It is tho first book, tho best book.
It contains the choicest matter
give the best instruction affords the
greatest degroo of pleasure and sutis-
luctiou twit we huve ever einoved
It contains tho best laws and most
profound mysteries thut wore ever
penned ; und it brings the very best of J
comioris to tho inquiring and discon
solate. It exhibits life and immortality from
timo everlasting, und shows tho way
to glory.
It is a brief recital of all thut is to
come.
It settles ull matters in debate, re
solves all doubts and eases the mind
and conscience of all their scruple.
It reveuls the only living and true
God, and shows the way to liiin, and
set osido all other gods, and describe
tho vanity of them and all that trust
in such ; in short it is a book of laws to
show right and wrong; of wisdom that
condemns a folly and make, tbo fool
ish wise ; a book of truth that detects
all lies ami confront nil errors, nnd it
is a book of life that shows the way
from everlasting death.
It contains the most ancient antioui-
iie ana strange events, wonderful oc
currences, heroio deeds, unparalleled
wars.
It describe the celosthil. terrestrial
and infernal worlds, and the origin of
tno angene myriads, tlio human Inbcs
and the devilish legions
It will instruct tho accomplished me
chanic and most profound critic.
It teaches the best rhetorician, and
exercise every power of the most skill
full arithmetician, nur.sles tho wisejt
nnatomistandexercisosthe wisest critic.
It is the best covenant that ever was
agreed on ; tho best deed that over was
sealed ; tho best will that ever was
signed. ..i
To understand it is to lie wise indeed ;
to bo ignorant of it is to bo dentitute
of tine wisdom.
it i the king' best copy, the magis
trate's liest rule, tho housekeeper' best
guide, tho servant's best directory and
tho young man's best companion : it is
tlio school hoy's spelling book and thel
great anil learned man s masterpiece.
It contains a choice grainmnr for a
novico and a profound mystery fiir a
sage.
it is tho ignorant man's dietionarv
and the wiso man' directory. -
it aflords knowledge of witty inven
tions fiir tho humorous, and tlark say
ings for the gravo, and i its own iii
terprotur. it encourages tho wise': tho warrior
nnd luo swill it overcome; it promises
an etornul rowurd to the excellent, the
conqueror, tho winner aud tho preva
lent, inu uiat wnicu crowns all Is
that tho author is without iiartialitv
uud without hvnocriKV.
"Iu w hom there is no variableness or
shadow of turning."
As a rule Iho whole tone of a homo
depends upon the woman at tho head
of it : the average homo ; not tho poverty-stricken
homo nor the wealthy
home. In this average home, whether
sunshine shall enter tho rooms, wlicth
cr the parlor shall be used and enjoyed,
whether tho tublo shall bo invitingly
spread, whether bright lights and
bright fires shaH fjive warmth and
cheer on winter nights, whether, in
brief, tbo homo shall be an agreeable
or a disagreeable placo, is nsuully what
the woman determines. Men are pow
erless in the mutter. . Somo find solace
for a dismal homo in stndy ; some, oc
cupation in business; others aro nt
tructed by tho cheer of tho public
bouse ; and it is ospeciully young men
who are apt, in consequence, to get
into bad company and tad habit.
A yonng lady fit ' Norristown put a
Jilcco of wedding cako under her pil
low, nnd went to bed with tlio happy
belief that sho would dream of seeing
her future husband. That evening,
howover, she hod ealen two plates of
ice cream, about a pint of strawberries,
several weet cakes, and two large1
pickles, and sho now any sho would
rather reniniu single all her life than
marry tho man sho saw in her dream.
The Troy 2Vmv says:' - "Kecently,
nt a church fitir on Ida ilill,ahirgc ami
frosted cake wns offered to the jierson
who should guess nearest tn the correct.'
weight, at ten cents a guess. The
pastor urged a young Inwyer to Invest
a dime. The practitioner replied ; I'll
play yotl a gnmo of euchre to see who
gets tho cuko, but I don't nnderstnnd
tho other game."
A lady twontly applied to a lire In
surance company fora position as agent.
When asked w but her qualifications
wore she touched her unblushingrheek.
A Detroit fill her keeps his boy in
nights hy varnishing a chair and sit
ting him down, it's a novel plan, but
awful bard on tbo trowsors,
Au Irish rill tor, in' speaking of the
miseries, of Ireland, :, ''Hor cup
of misery has been for age overflow
ing, and Is not yet Ml," , .
A KWNAPP1XQ CASJS IX EXfr
; LAKD.
A correspondent sends tho Boston
Journal, tho following account of a kid
napping cubo in England nearly forty
years ago, which In somo of its aspects
row'inbles very much the case of the
Boss child in Philadelphia. A similar
explanation of tho Boss caso has been
hinted at In somo of the newspapers,
but tho suspicions seem to be satisfacto
rily explained away.
"About thirty-eight yours ago asiin
ilur caso to thnt of the Boss boy's kid
napping at Philadelphia occurred in
Engluud. A beautiful child was stolen,
aud tho robbers notiliod the father that
his child could bo ransomed for tho
sum of flvo thousand pounds. Tho
futhor replied through tho directed
channel thut ho wus a poor mun, and
could not raise five hundred pounds
(500). TbereuiMin the robber re
plied thut they know he wus a poor
man, but they also knew thnt ho had
rich reltlllvcH unu menus irom wuoni
he could borrow the amount, and il he
did not send it by a certain day the
child would lie killed for a self-protection.
In the meantimetho whole afl'uir
had got into the pnper, and ull hng
land wus aroused ut the audacity of
the scoundrel. Large rewarde were
offered ; minister preached from tho
I pulpits about it. (ireut syuiputhy
wus lelt tor tho parents, wo mon
ey was raised, tho child was re
covered, but all his beautiful curhUatsd
been cut close off. The police ami do-
tectivos wero totally untiblc to iitujip(
an' discoveries us to who, yip.iUa
criminals. Many nrrentff Were hiudo,
bnt with no result,
"It is a well-known fivet that the
Bunk of Engluud never reissue any of
its notes, it thoy have only been out
etca iVn minute.!- )., ul' ll iewn
tlcnien who eontnbareil to tlio fund
fiir tho ransom of tho child, knowing
murk
n,tfHWr thu 1,0 WttB going tl
; t , , t ())tllin tll0 of
r
his child, and requested the bank of
ficers to notify him when tho bills
should bo returned to the hunk. Ho
did this, in tho hope of getting somo
traco of the scoundrels who had fright
ened tho whole community. Several
months elapsed, when ono day he wus
notified that the bills hud been return
ed to tho bunk. Upon inquiry bo
found thut they hud come from a bank
ill tho North of England. Thereupon
he posted North und found thut tho
bills hud been deposited by a person
who opened the account with them. a
Tho gentleman nnd bank clerk return
ed to London, when, upon arrival ut
his house, a detective wus sent for, und
ut tho sumo time the father of the
stolen child was requested to meet
them iu order to inform him of their
discovery. Immediately upon his com
ing into the room the bunk clerk said :
'Why this is the gentleman who de
posited the bills with us.' And so it
proved. In onler to raise money ho
nail uliduoted his own child. It was
noticed thut ho had lived better since
tbo restoration of tbo child, but noth
ing was thought of that, as it was sup
posed that sympathising friends ti
plied tho means.
"Ho was arrested fur conspiracy to
defraud, tiled, convicted and sentenced
to Hnal servitude. So ended the great
child kidnapping caso, and people who
had little ones slept easier.
Batiif.ii Tboitelesomk. The Chica
go 7'inu' remarks :
Tho "nigger" gives no end of troub
lo to the Bepiiblican officeholders. Tho
party has pledged itself to treat him a
littlo better than his white brother,
nnd in its attempt to fulfil it pledges
it has run against innumerable snugs.
Tho lust one is the colored cadet Smith.
Ever since his admission to West Point
he has been in hot water? Previous to
tho graduation of bis class tho secre
tary of w ar succeeded In having him
dismissed on account of his deficiency
iu philosophy, and thus ho shirked
the responsibility of assigning him to
duty in the regular army. But tho
cadet objects to his treatmoiit, and
publishes a three-column card in Fred
Douglass' pnper in which he shows how
causeless his dismissal was. Tho whole
troublo seems to have arisen because
of tbo relnctunce of Secretary Belknap
iv uiioiiu mo omcors oi any ot the
regiments by assigning a "uigger" to
duty with them.
How Tiir.v oft a Horse Ur When
a horse falls down, says an exchange,
fourteen men put their hands in their
pockets and ask each other why thoy
don't do something. Fitiecn other
men advise thu driver until ho is half
mad, and tw o small boys stand by with
their hands clusited and an expression
of'doterininiition written on every lin
eament. Then several men ask why
somebody don't hold his head, until
ono obi gentlemen volunteers to hold
'' "UT9 forward calmly, bends
"vcr prostrate animal and puts one
hand gently on bis ear. Tho horse.
getting tired, raises his head suddenly,
the crowd laugh, und the old gentleman
seems to take no further interest in tho
irocecdings. Then the horse, having
iad ull the fun he enn have, rises like
a tidul wave, and tho crowd disperses.
Swab m nii Bees. A bee kcopcr
gives tho following plan to prevent a
swunii of bees from getting away from ,
the hivo, with the statement thut alter '
ten years' experience ho has known it
to fail but oucu: As soon as they
show t be first symptoms of swarming,
stop np Borne of tho outlets to tho hive
bo us to force them to bo a consider
able timo coming out The swarm be
ing made nn iu part of young bees,
many of whom cannot fly, well, und
as nothing can bo dono by tho owiirni
until all are out, and fly about in the
nir, by prolonging their exit tho feeble
one become fired, and finding their
plans frustrated, they alight to arrango
their journey. If they can leave the
old hive all at once, they care very
little about alighting.
Beactitcur. Mossed aro thoy that
are blind, for they shall see no ghosts.
Blessed aro they that nro deaf, for
they never lend money and never hear
tedious stories.
Blessed are they that are afraid of
thunder, for they ahull hesitate about
getting married and keep away from
politicel meetings.
, Blessed aro they that are lean, for
there is no chance to grow flit.
Blessed are they that are ignorant,
for they aro happy in thinking thoy
know everything.
Blessed is ho that is iicK- in form
uml features, for the "gals" shall not
molest him.
Blessed is she who would get mnr
ried but can't, for the consolations of
the gospel are hers.
Blessed are they who advertise, for
they shall rarely bo troubled with a
oustomer.
Wo desire the world to nndorsfunil
distinctly that tbo following is copy
righted. Hastings, of tho Bcllcfonto
RrptiHinin, did it all himself, and wo
are not going to bavo anybody infring
ing upon his patent. Hero it is:
Bald a wonderful nrtbodot preaeher,
To a hen, "yoa're a eharaiav yoanf flrsatars i"
Thea laa baa, all eoaBdiBg,
Continued "nest bidiBK."
And Ihna did lbs llea-rs-ward Bcoebsr.
r - , Thea Theodora Tilton,
The .real aiodara Milton,
Oallod llea-ry bb odious creators.
list Plymouth ohnrch ories,
"Old Iheodore lies,
W.'U hat that Uoary Ward boatl ysrl"
i h , rfBletauBB
An old lady devoutly reading hor
Bible, and thinking of her Work at tho
same time: "And the Lonl said unto
Moses," "Jano you had better put the
tea-kettle on,"