4 THE "CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN," ruiueaan BVBnT WBMelBAV, IT (IBORflB H. GOODLAKDBR, CLEARFIELD, PA. KMTABLIIHEO IN ISJSt. The largeet Circulation du) inrnr U North Central Peaaeylvaala. t , Terra of Subscription. f paid la adraaoe, or wltliia I moatbj.... OU I f p.ld after I Bad before I month.......... S Ml f f paid after the eaplraUoa of f niontba... 9 OO . Bates ot Advertising. ' rro.Unt.drerUeiB.nU,p.reqoaroof llllne.or le.a, I timet or teat . $1 S ldmlnletretor.'Bad Em.eBlr.'aolleei....... S ' Aaditor.' Botlee. t ' Ceatloa. aad trajt..-. ' C Dlaiolattoa aolle......- .-...... Ill Proftittoaal Card!, I line, or Imi, I roar.... M t Lotal nolloee.par line... ......, Mi YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. I .qu.ro .. I t eoloma... I lunar.. .H M i iQlim.. Inuim II II I ooloiaa.., .5I M T II 1M II oKonas n. ooodlanber, ( Editor aad Pobli.hu. (Sards. noa. a. bubbav. CYBUI SORDOV. MURRAY & GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 1:8071 CLEARFIELD, PA. FRANK Fl ELDING, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Clearfield. Pa. Will atlaud lo ll Ba.looae entniliea ptomplly aad folthl.lty. aovll'71 wnuta A. wailaib. bavio t aaata. jonn w. waieLar. HARRT r. WALI.ACB. WALLACE &. KREBS, (Haieeoeore to Wallnee A menial,! ATIOBNKYS-AT-IiAW, 11-lJ'tJ Clearfield, Pa. a. . iloj, a. . a. tab um", a. a. DRS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH, Clearfield, Pa. OKIee la reiideact of Dr. Wilton. Orrica Ilouaii From II to I P. a. lr. Vea V.luh a ba fooad at aijht la all room., B..I J,, lo llartowiok A Ir.io'l Drog Btm, ap mire. novio'll DR. JEFFERSON UTZ, , WOODLAND, PA. Will promptly attead all o.ll. la too Ilea of hi. prf...lon. BOT.ll-71 loaara a. b'shallv. BAaiaL w. m-'cobbt. . iTTIT t irftTTDTW 1VLCLN Alibi Of uiuuuiiLi.il ATTORN E YS-AT-L A VV, ClearOeld, Pa. CUnl baelo..e attended to promptly wltkj (duiity. Offlo oa rJnond itroot, aboo tfco FiMt M.tioaal B.ak. J,l,,4 Q. R. BARRETT, ATTOBNiT AND COUHSELOR At llAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. Harlan rorlfood hit Jodso.bip, bao malaod th. prmcliM of thi law la bl. old olo. at Clear n.ld. Pa. Will allood iboooartoof Jeltrooo aad Klk ioontlil bn poolallj itUlaed ia enaaallaa aalrk Petal del nt flOUDIOI. WM. M. McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Clear Hold, Pa. -Oiri(io la Court llouar, (flhorlff OBoo). Li(albo.lnMipromptl7att.nd.dlo. ' Iwugbt and told. i"11" jT w . b a n t z, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, Clearfleld, Pa. -OBpo la Plt'i Opera Iloan, Rooai No. 4. Alliejal boiioeil oatroeted to ail aro promptlj llended to. A. W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. tetvOOoe la Orahaai'l Row. deol-ljr H. W. SMITH, ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW, ll:l:TJ riearfleU, Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. )Boo ob Soooad 8t-, Cl.erl.ld, Pa. (aorll.aa ' ISRAEL TEST. ATTORNRY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. Ofloo la Pio'e Optra Hoaaa. (JjH.'f " JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ClearBeld, Pa. 9-0fleo In Pit'i Opora Houeo, Rooai No. ft. Jan. , 1874. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. . nd Real Botate Ageat, Clearfleld, Pa. OHleo oa Tblrd Urate, btt.Cberrj AWalnat. fdr-Htepootfollj of.n bit lerrlotlla etllla tad bujlnf land! la Oltarfltld aad adjolalnt; toaalltl Bod with aa tiptrltatt of ortr tvtalr tart at a earrtjror, Botttrt blntolf tbat ht taa roadtr latltfaetioa. Feb. l!.S:tf, FBEDEBICK O'LEABT BUCK, SCIUTENEB CONVEYANCEB, General Life and Fire Ins. Agent. Deed! of Coaeojraaoo, Artlelet of Afroteeoat and ill lffl ptpere aniuptli aad aeatlj oit ented. Offioe In Pit'i Opera lloeee, Rooai No. 4. Clearleld, Pa., April III, 1874. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, AID MALI IB Haw lMgn nnd Iumber, CLEARFIELD, PA. Offloo la Qrahara't Row. 1:16:71 J. J. LINGLE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 1:11 Oeeeola, ClearBeld Co Pa. j:pd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY - AT- LAW, rVallaeetoB, ClearileM Coantr, Peaa'a. teoVAII Itfal baeiaett Bronptlj atuadod to. DR. T. J. BOYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ofllot oa Marktt Straot, Cktarlola, Pa. . d-OOoo boani I to H a. aad 1 to f. m. JR. E. M. SCDEDBER, HOMlKOPATHIO PUYSICIAR, OBot la reaideaee oa Marhot at April 4, 1871. Claarleld, P DR. W. A. MEANS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, LUTHBRSDURG, PA.' Win atload profoitloaal ..Hi promptly. aaillTt J. 8. BARN HART. ATTORNBT . AT - LAW, BellafonU. Paw Will practise la Clearfleld and all f the Courts f tit 1MB aiudieleJ diitrtet. Heat eaiat aaiiaew and oolleotloa of claim mad special Uo. Bi ll JAME8 CLEARY, BABBEB a HATH DRESSES, 1C0ND BTRIET, jylJ CLKARPIBLD, PA. tl JAMES 0. WHITE, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. Room. In th. Leonard Ho.ee, teptv'74 Clearteld, Pa. T. M. ROBINSON Manafttlarar aad dealer la Harness, Saddles and Bridles, Collar., Wblpt, Bra.hu, Fly H.ll.Trimmlaf., Korea Blanket., A.. Vaoaoia, Frank Hillor'l aad Realibol Olla. Aaoal far Bailey aad Wileee'l Barflot. Ord.n aad repalrlaf promptly etleadod to, Shop oa Market ttreet, Clearleld, Pa ia room formerly eotapitd by Ju. Ateieedtr. l:4'74 MITCHELL WAGONS. The Bert it the Cheapest I Tbomv Rtllry haa rmlred another rarta It 'Mitebell Weroai." wbirh are amoaf the. o let of "Uii.k.ll w.m..." wbirh are amoal the eery k. mtaoftMared, tad wbnh ht will tell at the moat rouonablt raM. HU Meoh laHadtt almael all deeerlplleat .1 w.roalarreaad o"ll, wide and narrow traoa. call aae oeo loom, oprl 74 THOMAS RRILLY. JAMrTsErWATSON VcoT REAL EPIATI BR0IKR8, CLEARFIELD, Pl.tr A. Hoem aad OoVae te ml ColroMloa. aromptly made, aad treWotaei Coal tad Fire-Cray Uad. aad Towa property lot tea. umee ta wootera Hotel B.lldlaf. lid ioor), Seeerid l. myl74y GLEARFIEL GEO. B. GOODLANDEB, Proprietor. VOL 48-WHOLE NO. Cards. A. Q. KRAMER, ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW, Raal Betato and Collectioa Atat, CLBARPIELD, PA Will proaiptljr attend la all loel kailnou ta. trailed to bli oaro. T-0oe ta fit t upara lioeia, areonq noor. tprll I loba II. Orrlt. C. I. Aloxaadtr. 0. M. Bower. OBVIS, ALEXAHDEB & BOWEBS, ATTORNEYS AT LA IT, Htllofoute, Pa. J.nI8,'.7-r J. H. KLINE, M. D., P1IY8I0IAN k SUBGEOM, HAVINO loeattd at Ptonteld, Pa., offer, ble rofeeeloaal eerrltet to tbe ptonlt of Ibal pUi. and tarroaadlni toaalry. Alloall. pro"-P"7 attended to. .J?. .,-f- GEORGE C. KIRK, jilUleo of Ibt Peace, Sarttjor and Coavoyanetr, LaltierBburK, fa. Allba.laeu latraetod to hire will bo proaiptly attended to. Penont wl.lilnj to tnpioy . o.r- r.p.rt. prTBP'V, and ..! .x.d. .JOn.4 JOHN D.THOMPSON, Juetlto of tbe Poaot and Sorlrener, Carweuevllle, Pa. fctvColloelloo! aiade aad ajoaej promptly paid oror. ; ..o7a.bbbtT aaaat Ai-aaat Ataaar W. ALBERT 4V BROS., AaatonrlroDealenla Sawed Lumber, Sauare Timber, &o., WOODLAHU, runn . .aWird.r.to.leltta. Bill, oiled oa tbon ao.i nd reatoaablt ttrmt. j tr P tv. ClearBeld Co., Pa. w "alhkkt a brob. .IJ-I7 FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, Frencbvllle, Clearllal Coaaty. Pa. .- . h.nrl al full MaWnnmt v. aeaally kept ia a retail atore, wb oh will b. told, ?., Lb, at ebp a. olitwb.ro la th. eoaaly. Fraaehrllla, jud. ji, -i- THOMAS H. FORCEE, GENERAL MERCHANDISE, 1 CiRAHAMTON, Pa. a., oxu..i -.af'r' "J!rr 'sirr Ttmlm oa uwa REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and raper Hanger, ClearOeld, Peua'a. am.WIII aatoaUiobt It hit Hat promptly and laaworkaaliktaiaaBtr. Q. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PBNN A. r-Ppl alwayt oa head aad Bade to order oa .bortaoUoo. Pipe, bored oa rM.oo.oi. r-. All work warnaUd to reader leliifeotloa, aad a.llrllfd..lri. B.JSypd E.A. BIGLER 4V CO., BBALRRS IX SQUARE TIMBER, aad aiaauraotarort 01 ALL HIHM OP RAWED LUMBER. I.T'Tl CLEARFIELD, PENH . JAS. B. GRAHAM, dealer la Beal Estate, Square Timber, Boards, SHINGLES, LATII, A PlCkHfB, f,im Clearleld, Pa, JAMES MITCHELL, PBALBB IB Square Timber & Timber Lands, Jeirrt CLEARFIELD, PA. DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD. Ule Sarteoa of the aid Rtrltat,PtaatylTaaU Velaateert, aa.iag raiara.a olera kit profeatloaal i.rrieei te thttltlitai ef Clearleld eoaaty. aBp-ProfeHtoBaloallt protiptly atlealed to. OBoo ob B.toad atrttt, foraiirlyeeoaploa ay Dr. Wood.. iapro,..-H H. F. NAUGLE, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, and dealer la Watched, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, &c, 1,10-71 CLEARFIELD, PA. I. 8NYDER, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER ABB DBALBB IB Watohoi, Clock! nd Jowelry, Orataoi't A.w, Mvktt Strut, CLEARPIBLU, PA. All klodi of rep.lrit, la ny lino promptly at eadod to. April 13, 1471. REMOVAL. REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER, wholeaal dealer Is CELTS' rBISIinG GOODS, Tlaro removed to 117 Ohareh ttrttt, hotweta Franklia aad WklU III., N.w J orb. Jytl'II Miss E. A. P. Rynder, aaiar roa Oblekorfng's, flUlaway's aad Bmoraoa'a Piano; Hmllfc', Haeoa 4 Hamllt's n rloabt't Organs aad Melodeons, and OroTer Baker's Sewing Machines. also tbaobbb or riaae, Oaltar. Orgaa. Harm en y aad VeeaJ If a I. No aupll takea for lets thaa half a term. jBaT-Roem- eppoilt (lallek's ForalUr Hlor. Uiearaeia. nay , laov-ti. . BOUrOWBUII a, aaris ciaar HOLLO WBUSH & CABET, BOOKSELLERS, Blank Book Manufacturers, AKD ITATIOMEES, tin Jlmrket PhlltUUIphlm. oam.Paaor FUer lathi aad Bait. Foolteap. Lotur, K.U, Wrappiaa, Cartala and Wall Prere. febI4.7I FULLERTON WITH W. V. LIPPINCOTT & CO., WholMole Doaltrt la nats, Caps. Furs & Straw Goods, Ho. Ill Mailt Sraaar, ...M tf PHILADELPHIA, PA s TONES SAW GOMMERS AND SAW UPSETS. Wt hart resetted the efi.ny fee the eaoreead will toll tbem at meaafaeloror'. prloae. C.ll aaa aiamla. Uem. They are tbe be.t. j.1,.71 H. F. BIOLER A CO. W. H. MoENRUE, A TTORNSY-A T-LA W, Real litale Aeol aaa Iataraaoe Broker, MaTHfteitlld, CfwetraVlet fo I'M. Afoat far Oal(ola( aaa tattmlaa Bletawn. PaMBfet Stearta hy aay Deelrable Lino, eat. 1-14. A. M. H I LL8 Wo.ld rteaeetrally aotlfy hlin aimu AT lthoi he he. rtdoetd tbe price t bat rtdoetd tbeprleeefAe.il- Aiu",clAfc TEETH te per m, or I3I.N fcr a doeble Bit. Far aay tweporeoa. eemlae al the oame lime, lo hert took aa apper tot, will tot the two aeu for 14.11, or II7.M taeh. T a rararmhly Cats. Clearleld, Mareh II, lltl. 8. ROCK MC TO SLEEP. Rukwr4, (am baakwkrd, ok Umt t jwu ilgbt, Miikt nit flbild "f!, Jurt for to-Blghti Motbtr, eotnt btvok from lk toholcu hr, Tiks m ftjrttln to vow httrt m of yor Kl fron my fonWd th firrowi of Mrt. flmootk tfa hw ilrr thMtvt out f bj balr Ott my iluisbwa your lovlnf te)i kwp Book n to ilp, mother rock m I iImp I Bmekwtrd, low baokrdt ok tld of th JMrf t I am o try of lulU ud of tr Toll without reompe tra JI la t. Take mo and glv aw myobildbood afaia. I hiv growa weary of dnil aad dooay, Wa.ry of AiDRiDg my ' wattk away Weary of sowing tor otbera to Mp I Bock ma t aloop, moibar rock m la .f I ' Tired of th hollow, tbbaa( th aatraa. Iltber, oh, mtbr, my hart aalla for yon ! Many a mmmr th graaa hu growa graaa, flloiiomad aad fsniewj our foa btwea Yt wilh atrong yearalngi and paaifonat pala, Long I lo eight for yoar inNBH agaia t Com from th allono o long aad aa dl Rock m to alp, mothar rook as t ili. Ottr my heart la th days that art Iota, No lota Ha a aaothw'a b rr aa ebwa ' No otbar worship abide! and mdar, Fiilbfol, BDMloah, aad aatiat Ilk yoar. Nod lik a mother aa bam away uaia From th aivk tool and world-waary bria Hlambsr'a aolt ealm o'r my bry lida crp Hok m to iltvp, mother rook m to alp. Com let your brown hair, Jnat lighted with Fall oa yoar ahonldcra again a of old Lot It fall over my lorabead u-Bight, (Sbadiiig ojt faint r away from th light For wllb lu eanny lgd ibadows on mort llap'ly will throng th sweet virions of yor, Lovingly, aoftly, iU bright blllowa awp Bock me to a)ep, mother rook a to sleep. Mother, dear mother I the year hart ba loag Hi nee I last huahed t your Inllaby eoog Hittc tbva, and anto my Soul It shall mom Womanhood'! years have btwa but a dream J Clarpcd to your armi la a lovlag emhraoe, With your light lathe juat sweeping my fees, Nevor bfrealter to wake or to weep Rock me t elecp, mot bar reek me to sleep. THE AD.VIHAL'S GIO. ILLL'STRATINO A 8INIII LARI.Y MIXED VP STATE OF AFFAIRS AT A NAVT YARD. A vivacious corroHtKinilciit of the Cincinnati Gazette tell a story con nected with an attt)initcd reception of Secretary Uohowin at the 1'orUmoutn (X. II.) Jiavy Yard a year ago, which he sttys was current at Rye Beach the pant summer. The secretary, who has apartments each scawin iu one of the cottages at live, hud sent word to the admiral commanding tho yard thnt he would visit I'ortHiuouth on a certain day and insiwct the station. Grent prepara tions wore made to receive hiui. When the tirno for his arrival drew near, tho admiral with all his officers in full uni form, four companies of marines, and tho band, stood on the wharf reudy to greet the head of all our marine forces, while the crew ot a national inirate ntood to their guns all ready to utter a little thunder in tli Secretary s Denan. Thoro wore two ways lor the secre tary to reach the yard from l'ort- moutn. lie couw cross 1110 river Dy hoat or drivo around by the bridgo. Tbe boat-landing at the yard and the entrance from the carriage-way are udod onnoaite sides or the groundn,ana quite concealed one from the other. The admiral, winning to snow an Dossible attention to the secretary ,cnt over to the Portsmouth side, first bis gig gayly decorated and manned with eight expert oarnmen, a stam-launeh, in case no snouiu prcicr to croita in thsttr and, lastly, his carriage and horses to convey tho party around by tbe bridgo, should tbey desire to go that way. A messenger was in waning to ascertain which of these modes of con veyance the secretary eolocted, and to cross in advance and give the admiral notice, so that if the secretary cnose the rarriago, tho officers and marines might be marched over to the goto to receive bim. Of the secretary's party was Master , who was always prominent on occasions of this kind. When tho party arrived at the Ports mouth wharf an officer explained to tho secretary that scvoral modes of conveyance awaileu ins cnoiee. lie could be rowed across in tne aamirara gig, or take tbe steam-launch, or drive around with the carriage. M aster listened intently while tbe secretary was consulting the memtwrs 01 tlio party and making op bis mind. At lenmn air. jtoncnon iiiiunnuu me officer in waiting that be would go over in the gig. Master .bearing this, concluded that ho would jump on the ferry-boat which was just pushing off. and bo the first to inform the ad miral ol the secretary s intention. Tho lcrrv-boat nausea the officers boat on the same errand, and arrived at the dock far in advanco ot bun. Unfortunately. Manter , is not a trreat sailor, and as a landsman he had been educatod to suppose that a gig was something that went on wheels and was drawn by horse-power. Bo the moment the boat roacneu tne wnan ho iumned ashoro, ran up to tho ad miral, and said, "Tho secretary will drive around." Then there was hur- rvinir In hot haste, lho mannes started at double-quick for tbe gate on the other sido. auile around and behind the great ship buildings, and wholly hidden from the river. 1 ho admiral and all his officers followed aa lost as noHsible. and in throe nilnutos the iorcos of all kinds and the crowd of visitors had passed behind all the build ings, and tho river front of the yard was left without a sign of lifb, except an officer who happened to be off duty and onnortunelv came along few minutes after tho admiral and his forcos had disappeared. , ' J Meantime the secretary 'sparty,mmus Master, had disposed themselves in tbe admiral's gig and were being rowed rapidly to tho deserted wharf The stillness of things seemed unac countable to Mr. Itobeson and the visi tors bo bad brought np from Rye to see how a HocreUtry of the Navy was received at a yam where there was a full force to do him honor. There was no thunder of cannon, raltlo of drums, ... ..Tl.....!. ln,h.uim(.n, noticing the absence of the expected concourse of sound, CAst his eye along the wharf and around the visible por tions of tho yard, and was thunder struck at the general stillness and des olation, His wonder grew as the gig nulled un at the wharf, and no human being appeared to greet him, or even hand him a messago. The situation was fast becoming ombarassing. How- cvor, the party all crawled out of the gig aa treat they could, and gathered in a knot on the wharf. Here thev at tracted the attention of the strolling officer, and as he came near and re cognised the secretary, the whole sita ation flashed upon him. He was In fatigue uniform and not in any sense ready to "receive tho head of tbe navy, but, walking op and saluting the secretary, he offered to escort him to tho admiral a quarters. At tbe same time he managed to Inform the officer in command ot the frigate In the next slip that the secretary bad landed, and by the time the party started on iU walk, the big guna began to thnn- dor, and on one aide of the yard the embarrsaament of the situation was considerably rcliovod. But what shall be said of the per plexity which prevailed at tbe gate on the other sine r J nemmagein wnun D CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1874. it was supposed tho secretary was driv ing around had not appeared when the first gun fired on tho river front, l'oal after peal followed and still no car riage. At length, just as the admiral had given bitnselt over to absolute des pair, up came tne carnage, tinviug furiously, and enveloped in a clond of dust. It seemed that one heavy gen tlemen of the secretary's party chose to drive around, and. hearing the first gun of the salute, the driver bad at tempted to reach the ground so that the guest might not miss any part of the reception. It was natural that all should suppose the secretary to bo In that carriage, and the appearnnco of tho stout gentleman confirmed the be lief, so tho admiral am! all bis officers gave tho enstomary salutation in splen did style. : The four companies or ma rines presented arms, and the band went into eostneles. At mis juimnre the strange gentlemen got out, and tho admiral was advancing toward bim, when messenger came up and informed bim tbat the secretary hail landed at the wharf, and was there alone. The strango gentleman was left to his falo, and under the swill ordors of the admiral the whole force startod on doublo-quick lor the wharf, the officer in advance, and the battalion of marines, with its band, preceding, followed close alter. The marines Do ing moro accustomed to double-quick step than the admiral and his officers, gained on tho lattor, and as the hurry ing column pressed on it was well closed up. Then camo the crowning catastrophe. Turning a sharp corner in the road, where it passed between two high buildings, and whore the echo was altogether confusing, tho ad miral and bis companions bore directly down upon the still more astonished secretary, and the next instant tbe drum major, with his big nir cap ana baton, tirojected bimsell into the olTJciai in-some, followed by drums and brass lorns in dire confusion, and an instant Inter, the column of marines telescoped tho whole party, after tho manner of a railroad collision. The situation was at least gravo. The admiral had graspod the secreta ry's hand at the first meeting, and was trying to explain, wnon the player on the biggest born arrived, and before he could halt, bod run the instrument over the secretary's shouldor, till, seen from bis own party, lho illusion of his having joined tbe band was complete. And to make mntters worse, Hie thun der of tho last guns of the suluto was rattling between tho buildings, render ing explanations on either side almost impossible. But alter some two min utes, which to tho admiral seemed as many hours, the salute ended, tbe ma rines regained their ranks, the band got itself together and withdraw to one side, and the admiral soon ex plained bow be had been misled by tbe messago Irom -Muster that the secretary will drive around. As the reception bad been thus some what marred when judged by naval standards, the battalion of marines whs marched to the parade ground, where they were reviewed by tho secretary. Here everything passed off with the strictest regard to tactices, except tbat tho secretary, instead of standing op posite the colors when the line formed for review, was furnished with a rock ing-chair, which, on account oi lus pre vious fatigue, be occupied while the column passed twice in reveiw. After this the secretary and the other mem bers of bis party, all looking as if they had seen sights enough for ono day, were escorted to the admiral's quarters and provided with a lunch, which re stored the fortunes of the day. Before it was over. Master bad learned the difference between gigs on wbcols and gigs afloat. . THE FIRST THOUSAND. ' Tbe first thousand dollars that a young man, after going out Into the world lor iiunseii, cams anu oaves, win generally settle the question of businos fife with bim. There may be excep tion! to this statoment ; yet, for a rule, we think it will hold true. The first condition is tbat the young man naturally earns the thousand dol lars in question, lie does not Inherit this sum. It does not come to him by a streak of good luck, aa tbe result of a fortunate venture in the purchase and sale of a hundred shares of stock. It is the fruit of personal industry. He gives his time and labor for it. While ho is thus coming and saving it, he must earn two or three, or perhaps four times as much to pay his current expenses, lie is consequently held stornly to the task of industry for a considerable period. - Tlio-uirect con. sequence to him is steady, continuous and solid discipline in the habits of in dustryin patient, persistont, forecast ing and sell-denying enort, Dreaxmi u n all the tendecics to indolence am frivolity, and making him an earnest and watchful economist of time. He not only learns how to work, but he also acquires tho lovo of work ; and. moreover, he learns the value ol the sum which no bss thus saved out oi his earnings. He has toiled for it ; he bos observed Its slow increase irom time to time ; and in his estimate it represents so many year of practical labor. H is ideas of tlile are shaped by his own experience. Those natural effects of earning the fiist thousand dollars we hold to be very large bene fits. They are Just the qualities of , I I L l I . minu ana uouy wuiuu m hkuij w ov en re business success in after years. They constitute the best practical edu cation which nan can have as swore: er in his working world. They are gained in season lor life s pnrpoeos, ot tho opening period, just when they aro wanted, when foolish lotions are most likely to mislead an inexpenoneea brain, and when, too, there is a full opportunity for expansion and develop ment in lattor years. Men have but one lifb to live ; and hence they start from opening manhood but once. A nd tho mannor in which they start, tbe purposes which thoy have In view and tho habits they form, will ordinarily determine the entire sequel of their career on earth. To succeed, mem must have the elements of success within themselves. One great reason why there are so many useless, inetn cient and poverty-stricken men on earth or. rather, hoys seeming to be men consists In the simple fact tbat they did not start right, A prominent reaon why ths children of the rich so frequently amount to nothing may bo lonna in luxury, ease ana inunisncw, which mark the commencement ot' their lives. It is the law of irod that we should be workers on earth ; and no one so well consults tho best devel opment of this being as when be con firms his practice to this law. The workers In some suitable sphere are the only really strong men In this world Dartmouth College grew out of a school established for the education of Indian children. It now has one In dian among its stndenta. LA'!:1'!.; '' ,,! i.n I ' - ' : . t ' j . ; PRINCIPLES, WOT MEN. THE SUBSTITVTi FOR STEAM. VALUABLE DIBO0VS4lT IF IT CAN BE - PRACTICALLY APPLIED. - The interesting AioUotCnooineiit of a substitute lor stt-aia as a motive power bus boon recently usds in (iermany, from n source entitled lo a hearing. The rapid consumptins.of the earth's fuel supply and drain ou its forests, at tended by so many aiiastrous conse quences, have stimulated scientific in ventors to find a successor of steam. and it is to be hoped th present dis covery will prove a suoeoss. i he new motive is carboleum, and its applica tion to machinery Is claimed tor Dr. Hems, or (ironingon, woo has devoted many years to its study and utilisa tion. Experiment first taught him that w hen the bicarbonate of sodium heated In a .f w M' upjsas at teav peruture of cight hundred degrees Fahrenheit, liquid carbonic acid is dis tilled out of it, having the expansive force ot fifty or sixty atmospheres. Carboleum Is not dangerous as an ex plosive, and thefact that.thusomploycd as the Ciormnn Inventor proposes, it is possessed of enormous motive powor, was attested by scientific men to whom tho experiments wero shown. The heat required to bring out this motive power of the carbonic acid in tho new carboleum cngino is apparently very small when conipored with that re quisite for producing a high pressure of steam in the ordinary engine. In tho former It is only three pounds ol coal per hour lor eiieh horse power represented by thoongino an amount so small that it would be unnecessary in ships driven by tho new process to devote much space for fuel. The chief value of the invention, however, Is claimed to bo Its practicability in large factories. Tho author thinks that lor tho great Industries the carboleum cn gino can, in nearly overy instnco,take tho place of steam. The scientific value of this discovery is inimcnso, if mechanical Ingenuity can succcssiuiiv apply it in tno direc tion indicated by Dr. Beins. If it Is said that the supply of carboleum is not as plentiful as that element irom which steam is made it may be an swered it ia almost as largo as that of coal in some parts or tho world, t ar boleum Is found inexhaustibly In the beds of common chalk in all parts of the earth. As common chalk contains carbonic acid to the amount of half its weight it will yield double its value of earliolcum. Aim tiro cnaiu resources of tho earth aro vast beyond computa tion. Tho cretaceous rocks covor a large extent of subterranean Europe anil Eastern Asia and abound in North nnd South America. Tho chalk beds which cross undot tho English channel at Dover have been gauged at five hundred feet In thickness, and isimilar bods have been found in rranco, Ger many and Denmark, while the sound ings of tho ocean bottom show that thoy probably exist in a growing state in many geological districts. In the United ntutcs few formations are moro widely distributed than the chalk.vary- lnr iir thicknenr (rwouitiiiig to srrie authorities irom lour hundred loot nloiig the Atlantic seaboard to two thousand flvo hundred feel Intho Upper Missouri valley. It is evident, therefore, that the pro posed successor of steam, if mechani cally applied, would ho used over tho larger pun ot tne woria as an invalua ble anxilliary of steam, with an enorm ous economy of coal nnd work. Tho successful introduction of such a mo tive power, minimizing the fuel con sumption, would bo a boon of incalcu lable Importance in tho manuiacturoe and arts. That tho principle npon which Its Introduction is claimed to be feasible, is scientifically correct socms hardly to be doubted. If the immeas urable chain beds arc stored wun mo- chanical energy, as wo know tho coal beds are, the anxioty of physicists and oconomists, lest tlio world s luel supply may lull short in Hie lapse oi a n-w cen turies, is dissipated. The utilisation of tho new fuel would give an impetus to all industries, and might revolution- ire tho commerco of manufacturing' nations whoso wealth and political power are mainly duo to their coal supplies. Jack in hie Box. Somo years ago there lived a personage well-known to tho Jjondon police under the tobrtqvrt of "Jack in the Box." He had per tectod a most ingenious system ot t hell, which ho worked with great pecuniary profit, through In the result disastrous ly. He bnd a box so constructed that ho could himself lie in it easily and ob tain tho air necessary lor respiration. Ho would have this higgftgo booked from one station to another, ' and labeled, "To be left till called for."- Ho took caro to send it hy a train that would arrivo at its destination in the middle of tho night, so that all the luggage including his liox which in cluded hlmsoll would bo stored till the next morning. Then, in tho mid dlo of tbe night, when nil the luggage had been safely locked np, he would get ont of his own box, and deliber ately, and at his leisure, open all tbe trunks which ho found around him.' Ho would have plonty of time for this purposo, ana ho had about him dupli cates of all the keys employed by trunk makers, so that he could open what ever ho liked. Ho never took too much out of any one doe, or robbod from more than ono box of the same party, but went Impartially collecting whatever was most valuable and least likely to be traced. These ho packed Into his own box and retired with them, duly locking himself up. In tho morning he would be called fbr and handed over by the unconscious railway porters to his confederates In the scheme. ' ' A Mimt.-4io may lie called a miser. Ho livva near Bnfi'nlo, and is rich, Lately ho was drawn on a jury in that city, and this is how he turned tbe event, iiHttnlly considered a misfortune, to actual profit The pay was a dol lor and a half a day tor four weeks, aggregating thirty-six dollars, i He round itxlgiiiga at fifteen rents a night with a poor and dirty family, the to tal bill being four dollars and twenty cents, lie bought a tin pail for twen ty cent more, and there his expendi ture ondod. How did he cat f Every morning he went to a free soup house, established for the feeding of newt hoys and bootblacks, and hod bis tin pail filled. Clear profit for the month, thttty-ono dollars and sixty cents. He is a sell made man. 1 '. Recent discoveries in the ruins of Pompeii prove that the ancient Romans oscd wiudow glass, but for centuries tho housos of our ancestors ware with- ont window gloss, the place of which Was frequently supplied with waxed linen or oiled paiier. At tbe end of the last century there wore still men whose occunatioa it was to paste oiled paper Into window sashes. Horn was also used oa a substitute for glass. REPUBLICAN, THE ALTITUDE AT WHICH A MAN CAN LIVE. There has been a great deal of die- oussion, says VhamUri Journal, as to the altitude at which human beings can exist, and Mr. Glaisbor himself can toll us as much about It as anybody. In July, 1872, he and Mr. Coxwell as cended in a balloon to the enormous height of 38,000 foot. Previous to the start, Mr. Glaisher's polso stood at 76 beats a minute, t ox weirs at 74. At 17,000 foot the pulse of the formor was at M, that of tlio lattor at 100. At 18,000 feet Glsiaher s hands and lips wore quite blue, but not his face. At 21,000 feet he heard his heart beating, and his breathing became oppressed ; at 20,000 feet he became senseless; notwithstanding which the a-ronsut, in the interest of science, went np an other 9,000 feet, till ho could no longer use his hands, and had to pull the strings of tho valvo with bis teeth. Aeronauts who nave to make no ex ertions bavo, of course, a great advan tage over members of the Alpine Club and those who trust their legs ; even at 13,000 feet, those climbers feel very uucomf ortablo, more so in tho A Ips, it seems, than elsewhere. At the monas tery of Ht. Bernard, 8,117 foot bigh,tbe Monks became asthmatic, and aro com- ielled frequently to descend into the valley or the Khone lor anything hut a breath of fresh air; and at the end of ten years' service are obliged to give up their bigh living and como down to their usual level. At the same time in houth Amenca there are towns, such as l'otasi, placed as bigh as the top of Mont Blano, the inhabitants of which fool no inconvenience. The highest inhabited spot in the world is, liowcver.the Iluddhistcloistcr of Hsnlo, in Thibet, where twenty-one priest live at an altitudo ol 1U.UUU reel, luc brothers Hchlaginswcit, when they ex plored tho glaciers of tho lbi-Gainin in tbe same country, encamped at 21, 000 feet, the highest altitudo at which a European over passed the night. liven at the top ot Mont illano 1'ro- fcrwor Tyndall's guides found it very unpleasant to do this, though tho Pro fessor himself did not confess to feeling so bad as they. The highest moun tain in the world is Mount Everest (Himalaya), 29,003 feet, and the eon dor has been seen "winging the blue air" 500 feet higher. The air, by the byo, is not "blue," or else, as De saus suro pointed out, "tho distant moun tains which are covered with snow would appear blue also," its apparent color being due to tbe reflection of Ilgbt. W hat light can do and does, is marvelous; and not the least is its power of attraction to humanity. stewed'or FRIED. Dick G. was incorrigible. Ho was a bummer, and no discipline could make bim anything else. At a time when the soldiers considered it wrong to steal a chicken, Dick confiscated them with a flourish. Be would do this with im punity, although he was frequently punished for leaving the ranks. On on oceamon he entered a- yard, oaten sibly to get some water. While at the wollbehissed the farmers dog on the chickens. As ths agitated mistress of the house came to the door, Dick, In pursuit of dog and chicken, was close upon a fine fowl. It fluttered toward the door, and tho woman caught it. Dick reached out his hands, and tak ing it from her, said cooly, and with a bow, '-Thank you, thank you." As the colonel thundered out. "Take that chicken back, sir." Dick said, 'Hhe gave it to mo, sir, said 1 was welcome to take it ask ber if she didn't," and the poor bewildered wo man could not sav no. The next day Dick was notified If be Tell out or ranks be would be pun ished at night sure. He kept up well until noon. 1 hen, giving one ol the boyi his gun, be slipped out for a mo ment, but be did not como back, and the captain was furious. At three o'clock a carriage driven by a stylish negro passed the regiment at race course speed. Dick reclined graceful ly on the back seat, and as he passed lifted his hat and made a most elabor ate bow to tho captain and company. When the regiment wont into quar tern for the night, they found Dick with fire made, and chicken, potatoes, etc., cooking. The Captain sent for him nnd ordered him tied hand and foot Dick came limping up, dressed chick en in hand. "I'm sorry, Captain, dog goned if I ain't I couldn't catch up, and so rather than disobey your orders, I hired a darkey to bring me on, and here I am in good time. ; I thought fou'd be hungry, and 1 made a fire -have ths chickon see how fat it is ready to cook. Will you have it stewed or fried, Captain f "Hang the chicken I I was talking about you," roared th captain. "Af ter all my cautions and threats you dropped out" - "But lordy, Captain, I was into camp aforo. you was, responded Dick. "Will you have the chicken stewed or fried, Cap.?" and Dick showed th Captain what a beauty it was. The officer glared at bim a moment and then snapped out, "fried, curse Itr And Dick served the chicken in trinmph, and cscaiicd all punishment, as ho always did. ToWo Blade. THE RESULT. - The groat victory flr Democratic principles is bringing about the desired result Confidence Is being restored in all parts of th country and speci- allr so ia th Houth. Ths avenues of trade are being opened up as before, and tho people, anxious to return to uie pursuits wnicn peace ana prosper ity secure, are now turning their atten tion to th great work of making not only the nation great and wealthy but themselves prosperous. The Cincinnati tmunttrtr lately re marked that a Republican merchant ia that city having a larg business with tbe noutli, stated openly last week tbat be considered his orediu in tbat section worth twenty-firs per cent, more eiuee th recent Mectiona. Not only this, but on of th most eo oou raging signs of the good results wbicb a IXmocratio - victory naa wrought, can be found in th fact that th securities of this country in th European markets are In tbe very best possible condition. Notwithstanding th rise of the rats of money in Loo don, no effect bas been produced in the bonds of th United States except that ther are at th xcoedingly small tnne of one-half of one per cent higher thaa before tbe election, itm tbe people ds Datient but for a short time. Tbe people know and feel that prosperity will reign again as in the most promis ing days of the Republic. The victory is .not ooraplot. Let it only be mauo so two years benos so that th oontrol of ths government can be given into th hands of th Deraocralto party then through thou management w wiH realise that for which wo now so fully hope. Bedford Gazette. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Love subdues ever) thing except the felon's heart Drunkenness makes somo men fools, some beasts and somo devils. As gold is purified in tbe furnace, so is churactor refined by pain. Few men get their hfe-lubor accom plished without sore heart-aches. He who is ignorant of the way to tho sea should take a river as a guide Idleness is the great slough into which tho vices of the world drift and settlo, to riso sgain in miasma. Not every ono who has the gift of speech understands tho value or silence. Were it not for the clouds that dark en us, there would be no rainbow in our lives. It should not discourage us if our kindness is unacknowledged ; it bos its influence still. Those who hsve lew affairs to attend to are groat speakers. The less men think tho more they talk. When we read, wo funey we would be martyrs ; when wo como to act, wo cannot bear a provoking word. The most beautiful may be the most admired and caroused, hut they aro not always tho most esteemed and loved. Every nature must have the sub-soil plowing of sorrow, before it can rocog uiio either its present poverty or its possible wealth. Distrust is the death of the soul, be lief is its lit'o. Tho just shall live hy faith. Infidelity is the abandonment of life, suicide of the spirit. They who know tho truth are not equal to those who revere it, and they who revere it aro not equal to those who find pleasure in it. Man is physcally as well an meta physically a thing of thrcdsand patch es, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from tbe stort To bo able to practico five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue ; gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kind ness. How east1 It is to be neat to be clean I How easy to arrange the room with the most graceful propriety. How easy to invest our homes with the tru est elegance I lie always frank and true : spurn overy sort of affectation and disguise. Have tbe courage to confess your awk wardness. Confide your faults and follies to but few. I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth ; I hate to see a load of band-boxes go along the street, and I bate to see a parcel of big words without anything in mem. There is no tost to the christian character so severe as prosperity. Ihrougu its means many tall who would have stood proof against all the direct assaults of Hatan. A man's own religion, though con trary to, is better than the faith of an other, let it bo ever so well followed. It Is good to die in one s own faith, for another faith beareth fear. The tasto of emotion may bocomo a dangerous taste we should be very cautious how we attempt to sqnecte out of the human lifo more ecstacy and paroxysm than it can well afford. Some seek power-success, and others praise-success : and they mar gain the success which they seek, but they will lose other things. Whatever men seek earnestly and persistently, aa a rule they have. Never say what may lead you into a disputo with any one ; if a person be iu error and is obstinate, that is no reason why you should disputo wilh him and make yourself uncomfortable to put him right Cicero, who was born 106 years be fore Christ, wrote: "I consider this world as a place which nature never intended for my permanent abode ; and I look on my departure from it not as being driven from my habitation, but simply as leaving an inn." Many people hurry through file, fearful as it would seem, of looking back, lest they should be turned, like Lot's wife, into a pillnr of salt. Alas, too I if they did look back, they would sco little else than the blackened and smouldering ruins of their vices, the smoking Sodom and Gomorrow of the heart. It is Cit Eveh, Ansa All. Old Deacon Sidelinker was a well-to-do marine farmer, who occasionally so far far wandered from the paths of rectitude and strict morality as to im bibe sundry fluid extracts, and on such occasions found it extremely difficult, it not impossible, to rolaiu an equilib rium, and while bo managed with wondorftil powers of mind and body to preserve a gravity of domeanor,the centre ol gravity was entirely lost One day tho old deacon had been absorbing liquids of a highly exhila rating nature pretty freely, and wan dered into the fields where his men wero cutting hay. "I say," (hie) said he, sustaining his drooping frame against an apple tree, "you (luc) haint cutting that gross even, (hie) not by a 1 mean not at all even." Just at this moment the fermenting fluids within him gained the escenilencv over his nhvsical pow ers, and he rolled on to tlio ground all in a sad bean. Raising his bead np, and rolling his bleared optics wildly around, he said, "Well, (hie) come to stoop down here where I can Ret a good sight along tho field (hie) I sec it is cut even, after all." A Nsw lxDCstar in Maine. Among the latest industries establish ed in Main is that of collecting and drying sea-moss, which is followed in th town of Klttcry. Tho moss is collected In dories in the neighborhood of White Island and Whale's Back. Two men go in each boat, and with rakes for the purpose tear the moss irom tne rorss at nan nor. it is ta ken to the beaches, where large beds are constructed by taking up all the large rocks and leaving only a surface of pebble stones. These beds contain from ten to three hundred barrels.- If there is no rain lea-water has to be thrown on the moss, and the sun bleaches it from tho dark green color, first to a beautiful pink and Ihon to a clear white. It has to be turned oc casionally, and made the ssme as hay. After it is thoroughly dry it is packed In barrels and shipped to Boston, where it finds a ready sale at six cents pound. Immense quantities are used by brewers. Tbe ooolost robber that Boston has seen for a long time is a man who went to the Public Library building recently, and, borrowing tool irom some workmen, removed th copper lightning rods, laboring at the Job sev eral hoars, and, having loaded hi anoila anon a warn, rod off. Th workman supposed be was acting un dor orders from th city. ' Eggs shoulde onrTlled by standing In bot water several minutes, not boiled hard In three minute. TEBMS-$2 per annum in Advance. NEW SPIES-VOL. 15, NO.-49. llOLLEN BACK'S BULL DO0. jmdden's brilliant illcbtration or THE POWER OF MUSIC. Mr. nollenback, of Sixth Street, owns a bull dog about tho site of a yearling calf, and the whole neighbor hood bos to walk on its tiptoe and nut on a respectful look when that dog is turned loose. The other night Mr. Uollcnback was telling a crowd in a corner grocery what a prize medal of a dog lie had, and how ho could prance over everything in Dotroit, and a young man named Madden, who owns a hddle and fiddles it most of the time, said he'd bet money that he could make tho Uollcnback dog quake and tremblo under tbe power of music. Ho said he never saw a dog which couldn't be fiddled out of countenance In flvo minutes hy th clock, and he had tried lots of them. Mr. Hollon back grinned with delight, and it was arranged that the young man should try it right away. Madden got his fiddlo and th crowd went over to 11 ol len I ack's. The dog was called into the kitchen, and then the crowd slipiod out, one by ono, leaving Madden alone. "Cross eyed Terror" such is the animal's name didn't know what to think of the proceedings, and he set up snd gave Madden a look in which border ruffianism, inquiry, deceit, and aston ishment were about equally mingled. The fiddle was poised and tbe young man commenced fiddling a sad tune, something like "Mother is dead." Tbe dog arose at the first note and bent an earnest look on the fiddle. He bad probably never seen a fiddlo, and was iu doubt as to whether it was a new kind of a dog or an infernal machine. As the tune began to draw out longer and longer Cross-eyed Terror took a step forward and gave utterance to a growl which made things tremble. Madden looked fixedly at the animal and sawed away until it became evi dent that he hadn't better keep that tune much longer, and he changed off on to something lively. Tho dogs bristles rose up and his eyes assumed a hungry look. The young man changed to a chant, and the dog came a little nearer, and his under lip fell down like the end board of a coal cart. A man who was looking through the kcy-holo of the door remarked that ho wouldn't be in there for 140,000,000, and tho excited whispers of the crowd seemed to excite the dog. - He uttered several moro growls, and in bis own language inquired: "What do you take me for, anyway f" Madden had faith, and struck up "The Green Shores of Ireland." He hadn't even cited the "green shores" before Cross-eyed Ter ror laid bold of him by the hip and gave him a scientific toss. Next mo ment fiddlo and dog -and howl and growl were all mixed up together. Madden shouted for th crowd to rush in, and the dog growled ont that that was a private cotillion, with no admis sion for outsiders. Tho young man lived about a year and a half in leas than a nvnute. He want over th towe wit, a whoop, around tho table with a yell, and felt his coat tails go off aa he stopped for an instant to raise tbe window sash. Tho crowd rushed in as soon as they understood what was going on. They found Madden lying on his face, and the dog was trying to get a hold some where so he could lift him up and ad minister the "terrier shake." They pounded the dog with a chair, kicked his ribs and yelled lor him to let go, and finally they had to throw a pail of water over him. Mr. Madden could hardly get up, and one up could hard ly sit down. He had bites ail over him and a few thrown in "to boot," and the largest piec of his valuable fiddle was just th six of an Arizona tooth-pick. . 0LDCLO TUE8. ' I consider people who make sport of a man's shabby clothes destituto of leeling and worse tban tbe heathen. Who could be guilty of calling tho blush of resentment to a wrinkled chock T the quiver of grief to a wither ed lip, the tear of sorrow to a faded cyo washed of its brilliancy by floods of tears t Never, never .laugh at the scanty garments of the poor. Poverty has a strong tide of sorrow to stem, and a frail bark to guide at the best It baa dashed so often against the rocks, that it hardly holds together. Sink it not with your nnkindncss. Sneer not at the old clothes. Thoy are often made holy by long sacrifices ; by careful foldings away, that they may last till the dear ones are provid ed for. If many an old coat could streak, what talcs thoy would toll of the noblo hearts beating underneath. Yon rusty garments would repeat tbe struggle ol a devoted lather, whose son is earning laurels at the college bard -by. How he counted tbe farth ings, and choked down pride, that his boy, his noblo, beloved boy might yet do nun honor. The faded shawl, folded tightly over spare shoulders ! x car alter year has lbs mother cleansed and mended and laid it carefully away, as (ahe called it) good as new, that her Bioe-eyed daughter might have "book-larniug." And now her darling, only eighteen, teaches the district schoolGod bless her! and the mother smiles over the dim. duskv-patternad ribbon and prim old merino that were cleaned up to enable her to buy Bessie a pretty ln- uet, and a dress such a she aaaervM. Oh I that blessed sell-denial ot aspir ing poverty I Hallowed be old Don nuts, old cloaks, old coats, aye, and old shoes, when such love points to them as its monuments. Mora than on bright and shining light, let me tell you, owes its bril liancy to old clothes : more than one star in literature, philosophy and di vinity. . , 'i iiink ol this when rour evo cnan- oca to light upon tho thread-bar coat or the failed shawl ; suppress theimiie, keep back the sneer. ou know not what the heart beneath has suffered, how many times bled, lou know not what evils has haunted, what storms swept over it. Yoa know not what God like impulses hav one made it great and strong, or what bitter draughts poisoned its fountains, or what blighting mildew snpca It in its lull vigor, lict not th crime oi aaa ing angnlsh to the full cup of the poor man's sorrow b over yours. A Pathetic Appeal. "Mamma, shall you let me go to the Wilkinsons' l. 1 1 ! l.!.., tkU tnltfV H7n darling.'' A nan, "You've berni to imil.l. IMl'J VM" OT.UW. t X,.., a great many halls, haven't you, mam ma T " 1 ee, darling, and 1 v seen Uie folly of then ail."- Aaotaer ravaee. "Mightn't 1 just see the folly of one, mamma T A very long pause. Don't Imagine that yoa - are better tban your fellows) There are no re served seats in heaven A FASmONiBLH FOLLY. ". Mrs. Grundy ha decreed tbat Mrs. Jonas and Mrs. Smith, who have noth ing whatever in common beyond th tact of belonging to th same social . sot, and who naturally oitbor dislike each other exceedingly, or are entirely indifferent to each other, shall exchang formal calls ad infinitum. Accordingly, ( Mrs. Jones, with loudk-xrmjed re gret at tbe necessity of roing, and hop that Mrs. Smith will be out, arrays herself elaborately and pulls the Smith door-bell. If Mrs. Smith is not at ' homo, actually or figuratively. Mrs. Jones breathes a sigh of relief and hurries away. If she in, Mrs. Jones is ushered into a logurmous parlor, where she wastes half an bour in idle gossip about tho weather, and tbe last engage-, meut, and tho next party, and th wondrous achievements of various com monplace children. Each woman listens and talks languidly. Each is ' ishing the bore were over. When the necessary minutes have been consumed, Mrs. Jones departs. When the neces sary weeks tare passed, Mrs. Smith Dlavs her Dart in this most tedious society drama, and the curtain falls, to riso again, a month or two later, on Mrs. Jones. Both these women would stop this farcical exchange of visits if they dared, lint they ao not aare. it is the fashion and they follow it As a result tbev are obliged to waste hours on hours, week after week, In a round of bowing, and gossiping, and smiling, from which they get no possible good. They either have to give np one whole . day every week to receiving calls, or they must bold themselves in readiness at almost every hour of every day, to do so. It does not seem to occur to these people that whore such a system prevails nothing else systematic can. There can be no fixed hours for any- . thing. Friends cannot exchange calls at will because acquaintance left in tbe lurch would be hurt sometimes a woman grows sufficiently independent to announce that she will not make calls. Then the rest of her sex, every one of whom would be glad to imitate her, affect a proper horror, and con demn as impolite, shocking, etc., her brave disregard of one of the most senseless observances of society. Five years afterwards, the woman who dared usually knows something, while her old associates are still displaying their old stock of information. Would it not bo well for women reformers to remember that calling and dressing aro two groat grounds for reform t They are alike in this, that women can, if they will, effect the reform in both by their single efforts. Masculine co-op-oration is not needed. If a few prom inent ladies would but say : "W e will call on the persons whom wo really wish to see," and would make their saying true, wo would soon witness a decided change for the better. Would it not be well, by the way, for women to remove a few of the disabilities they have imposed npon themselves before invoking masculine help to rid them of others T Chicago Tribune. CURIO US AM USEMESTS. Wo aro enioving the excitement at tendant upon an English fair, writes a correspondent Looking around us we notice interest and excitements which, if known in America, are unfamiliar to us. Here is a group of lads, reminding us of the flies that gather to a drop of treacle. We find in its centre a table of common deal, into which are stuck by the blade some fifty or sixty pocket knives. Th table and th knives are owned by a very rummy looking man, . of fifty-five or sixty years, who is ex horting the boys to try their luck. 11 knows they are clever lads. He knows it by their looks. Here are four bras rings. If any boy will throw on of these rings at five feet from the table so that it falls upon a knife, he shall . have the kmle, or lourpenco, as he pleases. Smart boys, such a they are, can do it with ease. The rings are full two inches in diameter, and sure - to go over the knives it well thrown. Ho shall be obliged to attach on con dition, only ono to the throwing of tho . rings. If it should happen that no ono of the four rings should go over a knife, tho thrower will kindly please to pay bim, the owner, one penny. Wa looked on. The first ring we saw thrown wont over a knife. We saw twelve other lads try their luok, and not another ring did wo sec go over a knife. This game was tho center of a constant circle of losing lads, and sometimes losing men, all the afternoon. Not far off is Aunt Sally. She is a stick stuck into tho ground, with skirts over crinoline, decorated in imitation of a squaw's. In her mouth is an or dinary tobacco pip. . To ovary man paying his penny is given four round sticks, an inch in diameter and a foot in length. If, standing at a distance of twenty feet, he can hit and smash th pipe in Aunt Sally' mouth, he . shall be rewarded with fourpence. If ' not, bo loses his penny. Aunt Sally is a "good card," but besid her are other catch-pennies, such a opportunities to try your strength, your weight, th power of your lungs, and the distance you can jump. By-and-by comes a " contest in step dancing. Then comes a donkey raoe, alway a comical affair, and popular in England. It comes off amid a storm of shouts and laughter, and the most unlikely donkey comes in ahead simply because the most like ly one stops, doggedly or donkeyly, just his own length short of the goal. A hurdle rac loliows, and it u im possible to decide which of the two is the winner, and finally a traveling trickster gives various tints which make tho natives open their (eye and their mouths in wonder. Thomas Paine'iGravb. Mr.Simeon Lester, on whose farm Paine's body was buried, writes of the recent reports concerning the gravo and monument : "Thomas rain was Dnned in a plot some 40 feet from whor his monument now stands. His body wss removed from this town over sixty years ago and was taken to England. Tbo plot where he was originally buried had be come a mass of loos stones, weeds, brier, ate., and was in a very bad con dition. . All that was don was to clear Up tho rubbish, remove the unsightly brambles and set out four locust posts, nicely painted, to mark th spot where the body of Tomas Pain one laid. The monument has not bean disturbed in th least, but oa th contrary mem ber of my family have, on a number of occasions, washed the monument . where it had been soiled by some mali cious person. Whatever 1 have don it has been to improve th surroundings of the monument of Thomas Pain, and nothing oUto." I , A friend assured Mark Twain that ft was policy to food a cold and itarv a fever. , Us says ; "I had both. So I thought it best lo fill myself up for th cold, and lot th fuvar starve await. In a oaa of this kind I seldom do things by halves I ate pretty heartily. I conferred my custom open a stran ger, who had just opend a re- taurant on Cortlandt street, the hotel, that morning, paying o much for a lull aneal lis waited near me in respectful silenoe until I had finished feeding my cold, when be in-' quired if th people about New York wore much afflicted with colds. 1 mm him I thought they were. He then went out and took in hi sign." , v A married man. hearing thai th ' eating of certain kinds of animal fo) would aid th eame kind of tiaata of . th humaa body, - for tastfiho,. calves' brains would nourish, ta at-. era brains, or beefs liver ths tr s liver Immediately gav strict orders to his batcher that a more tongu should be sold to hi wif or hmUisb in-law. i fit ',; l ) ,K r. J