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Clearfield, Pa.
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Clearlleld, Pa.
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Jan. , 1874.
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nd Real Batata Areiit, Clearlleld, Pa.
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tad bujinf landa la Glaarflald and adjoiolng
waatlaai and with aa eiparlanaaol ovartwantv
aara aa a anrrayor, dattari hlmi.lf that ha aaa
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Claart.ld, Pa., April 3D, 1X74.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ana balib ta
Naw Logfl and la-umber,
OLEARFIBLD, PA.
ttoa la Oraham'a Row. liS4:71
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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ATTORNEY - A T - LA W,
Wallaretan, clearleM County, Pena'a.
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HOMIEOPATIIIO PHYSICIAN,
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PHYSICIAN 4 STJRQEON,
LUTI1BR8DURO, PA.
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ATTORNEY . AT - LAW,
Hallefoate, Pa.
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ibo latbJadt.lal diatrlal. Hal ..tote buaieeee
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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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acoaiD ITRIIT,
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a.pii'74 Claarteld, Pa,
T. M. ROBIN80N
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e aaaafaaiarnl, aad whlah ha will nil at tba
J"fc) raw. Hla eloek iaaladn almoal
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.7?",",' Cell eat aee th
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a CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
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( I.UAKI'llil.K, PA.,
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truatrd to lili oar..
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april i-am
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OBVIS, ALEXANDEB dc BOWEBS,
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J. H. KLINE, M. D., .
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
M'.Tffltrt, SHIJTOLES, .,
AT THE
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Carwannllla, Nor. !5, U74.
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('urweaavllle. Pa.
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W. ALBERT & BROS.,
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Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4io.,
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
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FRANCIS COUTRIEt,
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Kaeps constantly on hand full essortinant of
' .. '. (,i . l,.nh will ImsoI
for oash, as ohsap as slsswhera In the oounty,
i ill- 1 T lBAT.lw.
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THOMAS H. FORCEE,
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CHAIIAMTON, Pa.
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imoe r ana d w -. -
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dciircm MACKMAN,
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Manger,
Clearfield, Pelin'a.
win ..-Kii. Inha la hla Una nromptly and
In a workmanlika mannar. atr4,T
G H HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NKAn CLEAIIP1KLD, PENN'A.
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on abort aotioa. Pipoa borad on rttionable tcrtna.
All work warranted to ranuor eaii.iamiou, ,ni
dall.arad If dalrd. mylSilypd
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SQL) AK- TIMBER,
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AI.L KINDS OP HAW ED LVMBEn,
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JAS. B. GRAHAM,
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Beal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SIIINULKS, lath, a riuHBie,
:t0'7 ClearB.ld, Pa, '
JAMES MITCHELL,
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Square Timber & Timber Lands,
jell'73 CLEAHFIBI.D, PA.
DR. J. P.BURCHFIELD,
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Voluotaara, baaing retaraed from the Araay,
ofTora hla profaaaloaal aerrleea to Lhaeitiaeaa
ef Claarflold eoaaty.
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Dr.Wooda. lepra, oo-ti
H F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la ' -'
WatuhcR, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, sc.,
iell'TI CLEARFIELD, PA.,
S." I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
IRP BBALBB IB
Watclioa, Clocks and Jowulry,
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C'LUAKKIUM), PA.
All kinda of repairing la my Una protnptlr at.
ended to. April J.I, IS7S.
HF.MDVAL.
REIZENSTEIN BERLINER,
erholesals dealers fa
GEMS' HRISIIlG GOODS,
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Franklin and White sis., Now York. jy3l73
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
ieaat ro
Chlflksrlng's, Stein way's aad Km arson's Pianos
dmttb s, Mason A Hstnlln'a and Psleubat'e
Organs and Mslodeoas, and (.rarer A
Baksr's Bswlnst Machine
slso raicaan o
Piano, Qultar, Urjcn, lUrnony and Vnoal Me.
"' ""P" tehan for lass than balTa Isros.
rMTKoomr anposit (lulteb s Purnltare titort.
Claarlsld, May . IHfl. if.
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EOLLOWBDSH k CABEY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS,
318 Marktt HI., PMIndtlpMa
OA.Paper Finer Baaka aad Baga, FoeWap,
Letiar, N.U, Wreppiog, Carlaia and Wall
rapore. ianz.,7
OTONE'S SAW GLIMMERS AND
SAW UP8ET8.
Ws hare reeelrsd tht ajreney for ths ahoroand
wlll sell theni at nannfaetum's prleas. Call end
esamlns tbasi. Thy are the heit.
jal Tt II. F. BIULKR A CO.
A. Ms HILLS
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Km I Via. ka .4..aal l -l .r iUTI
Vlrlal. Tt-llTll i. ton aa u.
IS4.M fur e doabla art. for any twa parsuns
eesnina at tha laiaa lima, to hara each en ei'per
est, will wet tha two tats for $,U.o, or HT.M
aeeb.
Terns levari ably Cahsi. i
Claarlsld, Marsh SO, 1S78.
.!. B. Parsois, Pras'l. R. B. fiaaratn, SatVy
CONTINENTAL
Lire Insurance Company,
OF HARTPOHD, CON It.
A aaats. MMa..3,t 1
RaUaef AsmIs te Liabilities-.....,. , H
Kwrafibes insnranee at therar levsat awai
Paliey. holders paittelpate in the prntla at Um
woapaay, tuns eoaunuaiiy redating lbs annual1
par n sole. . ,
. For rates, Ae,, eall im er nddrsst
H. M. McKNaLLT, Art.
OBse ta flbnw'i Row, Oleer-ald, fft. filA'fi
W1LLIAU U 1IKNU.V, Jutioi
ee ma Ptxcs ark Bcuraaan, LUMBER
CITY. Oellaatieai ad m4 sieney promptly
paid esr. Artie s of ftraaant end deada of
emeernnoe neatly isoatsd aad warranted ear.
reetnrna ebarge. fiyTi
THE lABBATH BELLS.
The old nan sits In his eary ehalr,
And bis ser has eeucht the rinsinc
Or many a ohureh-bsll lar and near!
Tbeir own sweat musto sinftnjr.
And bis bead sinks low en bis agsd breast,
While bis thoughts far bark are reaching
Te tbetiabbath moras of bis IntyUb days.
And ft mother's sacred tsachiog.
A lew years later, and 1o ! the bolls
A merrier strain were peaiinjr.
And hearenward bare the marriage rows
Which bis manhood s joys were ssaling.
But the old man's ees wsre diuiutog now,
As memory ho Mi boloro blm
The sad, sad picture of latsr years,
Whan the ttdi of grief rolled e er hi in.
When tha belli wcro tolling for lor'd ones gone,
For tba wife, for the sons and daughters,
Who,-one by one, from his homo went out,
And donn into death's dark waters,
But tha aged heart haa still ono joy
Whioh bis old life daily blesses.
And his eyes grow bright aud bis pulses warm
'Ksatb a grandchild's sirost earessss.
But the old man nakae from his reverie .
And his djr old laoe is smiling.
While the child with bar serious eyes reftdl on,
The HabOatb bourse beguiling. ,
Ah, bells, once mure ye will ring fur him,
When Ibe heavenly band shall ssvsr
Tbo cord of lile, and bis frsed soul Bias
To dwell with id own forever.
.AM TJOSAL rJUXSGJiJiiMOItS.
Ol U L11IH1TIES IU T IN JEOPAIIDY II V
T1IOHE WHO HIIIJ1 I.D PUEMEIIVE AND
IIF.FFND THEM.
Srn. Editor : Tlio attitudo of Pros-iilt-iit
Cmut niitl his at) ni i n it ration,
mid his blni'k-plumcd wurrior, Siieri
iditn, towards tlio (lcoplo of the south
mid oitpecinlly towuiHla Iouixinna, ami
tlio still more rvcent nction of tho Ho
publican cnuciia of the Hoiiho of licp
rcaviitiitivos in which murtiul law and
urmcd rule is proposed for Jho futnr
oi tno noutli, indicates an umrniinj;
decline in the popular knowledge of
liberty in this country.
With your permission, I propose to
cite a few iustunues and authorties
HiiMuinintf tho absolute rights of the
States and tho sovereignty of tho peo
ple. Although I cannot hope to reach
the real desjiotH of this country, it
may servo to refifsh tho memory of
good men, and causo the admirers of
monarchists to reflect ovor tho con
duct of their leaders, .
The world seems to have retrogra
ded more in tho sciences of liberty
than in anything else. Over thiB bles
sed of all mutters, a pall as black as
the night of death seems to have full
en. It is, indeed, appalling to contem
plate the decline in the popular knowl
edge of liberty in tho lust three or
four hundred years. It is the boast of
the people of this country that tho
true principles of liberty wero horn
with this licpublic; but this is iitr
from being the truth, for we know that
the principles on which the Amorican
Republic was founded, I mean tho ab
solute sovereignty of tlio people, was
the foundation of all the ancient gov
ernments of Etirojae. Tlio prim-pal
elements of liberty were as woll un
derstood u thousand years before tho
United States were established, as they
woro at the timo of the revolutions,
and they were absolutely hotter un-
lerstoou and appreciated in our coun
try in li iti than they aro in 1875.
Ninety-nine years shows a tremendous
falling off in tho nttitudo of tho Uui
tod Suites. The Urant-Sheridan no
tions of government were never
thought of or tolerated by any people.
Among ail tne wise ancients, itov-
ornmcnt was held to bo the mere crea
ture of tho popular will, and all tho
ofliccrs of tho government were ro-
gunled as tlio servants, not as the mas
tors of tho people. Even tho kings
were held to bo the servants of tho
people, who retained their power only
by the consent of tho people, and
when they abused that power, or in
uny way violated tho laws of tho poo
plo's awn ordination, they wore do-
posctl and dispatched with as little
coremony as a mad dog is killed in our
flays.
Aristotle, who was'the tutor of Al
exander the Great, and ono of the
most eminent of tlio tireek philoso
phers, and born 384 years before the
Christian era, teaches us that, at flint
the office of king was given to tho
best men, by tho voluntary joint con
sent of the people 11 o classes fonr
sorts of kings: some possessing great
er and some lesser authority ; ono class
i,.,.t;a ,..i,nn .,.nnnoU:.. A,i.-
during lifo, another annual ; but all of
them receiving their separate jurisdic
tions, forms, limitations, Ac, direct
from tho people ; for, as he declares,
ull men being equal by tho laws
oi nature, canliavo no dominion orsu
poriority one over another, but by
their own voluntary consent. That
tho laws, not the kings or magistrates,
ought to bo the sole lords or rulers of tho
commonwealth, making this most im
portant declaration: "That no king
or magistrate can command what tho
laws do not command." Xenophan,
in bis history of the Lacedemonians,
tells us that the kingdoms of the La
cedemonians flourished longer limn
any other form of uovernment, on ac
count '1 tho circumscribed power of
1.: r..r... .
kuvii Kingn. Aim ii seems iniin wnui
wo can read concerning them, that
they -never desired greater things
thnn tho law, allowed them. In the
beginning tho kingdom was divided
into two joint kings; but Theo
pompua left it oven more easy to his
successors, by constituting tha Ephon
magistracy, with power to deposo and
even execute their kings if they fuiled
to obey tho law. By this means ho
weakened the power of tho king, but
strengthened tlio commonwealth's and
fixed il on a more lasting and stable
basis. When tho wife ol Theopompus
asked him if ho were not ashamed to
leave tho kingly authority loss to his
son, than ho received it from his flit ti
er, ho replied: "No ; for by this
means I have It more stable and last
ing." Lyourgus took an oath onco a
mouth to govern the kingdom accord
ing to tho laws. It would require a
revision of tha code penul in refer
ence to frauds and perjuries, If this
was imposed on (iran, clso ho would
have been in the penitentiary long
Bince. . "
Tho Cumeans had a magistrate
whom they cnllcd I'hylartiis, whoso
oflleo consisted in holding tho king's
hands, who stood lor judgment before
the senate, until their verdict for pun
ishment or acquittal was pronounced.
The ancient Carthageniuna had two
kings called Sulfites, chosen .annually
by the people. The Iberians and I'ar
tbiana had also two kintrs. ono for
Judgo and the other forexocutivo.cloc-
icu ny mo peopio.
Tho Suheans Confined their kings to
their palaces, and any one who found
them beyond theso limits had a right
to stone them. :
TheThracianselectod their kingsfor
their gravity, mildness, and wisdom ;
but would not allow a man who had
children to reign over them, lost the
erown should become hereditary. The
instant a king became a lather lie was
deposed ; if he broke any law ho was
killed by being starved to death
What if this was tho taw in tbia
country T
Mtraboinfhrmsnsthstlhs Athenians,
Romans,M ilesians, Modes, Sicilians, Co
rinthans,Sydoniuns, Germans, Swedes,
Danes and many other of the ancient
nations, elected their kings by the
peopio, and all the sovereign authority
was hold to be iu tho people who pre
scribed both the laws and limits to
their kings, and held them to a rigid
publio account for tho least offense
against tho laws.
Diodorus Sieulus, who tells us that
the first Egyptian kings lived not like
some other munarehs, to rulo accord
ing to theirwills,asobuoxioustonocon
Burcs, but all their public and tluily life
must conform to the laws regulating
their, diet, clothes, recreations devo
tions, 4c.
In Munstur'B cosmography we learn
that I'harmond, the first king of
Franco, was clocted by the unanimous
votn ol tho Deonlo.
Caasaneus also aaya : the kings of
trance were in ancient times, Interior
to tbeir kingdoms and parliaments, nrid
Bubject to their censures even to being
deposod and executed for a breach of
tho laws.
Tho same testimony .given in Bodin's
Commonwealth, shows that in an
cient times the kings of the cities of
the Uauls were subject to tbeireslates,
or tho people whom Cirsar for this
cause culls Reguli (littlo kings), being
themselves subjects and ameunublo to
tho peopio who hud all tho sovereign
ty, causing their kings even to be put
to death whenever tuoy desorvod it.
Wo have thoassuranceof the learned
Jacobus Valdecius, who wrote in 1002,
thnt tho samo things were true of tho
ancient kings of Spain, some of whom
wore deposed, others put to death;
but all subject to the obligations and
laws imposed by tho peopio.
Johanis Mariana, another learned
author, in a work printed in 1599,says
the whole kingdom, state and people
in every lawful kingdom, and in Spain
itself, aro of greater power and au
thority than the king, declaring that
because all royal power that is lawful
has its origin from the people by whoso
5 rant tho first kings in every king
om woro placod in their royal au
thority. So I'istorius, in his "Ancient Histo
ry of Spain," snys :. "Among the laws
of tho Visgoths, I find not only an
act declaring their kings to bo subject
to their laws, but likewise a law re
straining kings' exeosses, annulling all
unjust judgments, &e. All of which
prove tho whole state or people among
the Spanish Goths to be above their
kings who nre liablo to tho laws, and
to bo deposed for their vicious lives or
maladministration."
I'rinno, in his "Sovereign Tower of
Parliament,', says that all of the an
cient kings of the Goths in Spain con
fess that they received tho kingdom
from the people, revocable by the
peopio, and that tlio people might do
nose them as often as they pleased,
having only given them a limited del
egated power. This learned author,
who published his work in 1 013, un
derstood tho necessary quality of dele
gated tocr, lliut U cau be roroked
by tho party or parties granting it,
whenever the objects for which it was
delegated aro disregarded byotherpar
tics to tho compact. "A compact,"
says Daniel Webster, "broken in one
part is broken in all." The principles
of law and iustico violated; by tho
wagers ol the Abolition war, were
acknowledged by all tho most eminent
lawyers and writers on governments
of tho last two centuries ; they will be
acknowledged by all cminont writors
for centuries to come, and the leaders
of tho faction now in power will there
fore pass into history as tho most
abandoned criminals, bocause tho
greatest tyrants of history. To say
that delegated power may not bo re
voked by the party delegating it, is to
contradict the common sense of man
kind. And tho delegators of powor
have always been held as retaining the
right to judge for themselves when it
is necossiiry to revoke that power.
Wo road in tho history of Hungary,
written by Ruspah, and published in
1634, that tho kings of Hungary are
merely elected by the states and
senators in their parliaments or
assembly of tho estates and peo
ple, without whom they can neither
make laws, impose taxes, levy war
nor conclude pcaco ; the trrund ofllcos
of the realm the great palation of
Aiiingnry who has tliechiel command
both in pcaco and war, power to judge
the king himself, Is elected only in
and by their parliaments which aro of
tho peopio. Ul theso peopio 1'rinne
says, Peter, king of Hungary, grow
ing vory insolent, tyrannical.&c, in tho
third yoarof his reign, tho people all
combined and deposed and banished
him from tho realm and clocted Alba
in his plnco, who was worso than Pe
ter, was slain in tho third year ot his
roign and Peter again restored to tho
crown, who persisting in his formor
sacriligo, tyranny and cruelty, was in
tho third year after his restora
tion, taken by the peopio and his eyes
put out and cast into prison whero ho
died. Such was the sovereign power
of the people of Hungary, even as far
back as 1U10. For a period of over
3U0 years Hungary had vory few
kings that woro allowod to die a natu
ral death, lor crimes not one-tenth as
outrageous as thoso of Grant and
Sheridan. Thoy thought no more of
despatching a kingin Hungary ,than wo
do of killing a ruttlc-snake.
In ancient Poland the kings wcro
held to bo only the servants of the
peopio, and were required to take an
oath to faithfully grant to every man
his right, and reign according to law.
Tho oath taken by Stephen, king of
I'oiand, who was crowned In 1070, is
almost divine in tho beauty and fervor
of its composition, and shows how en
tirely sovereign the states and tho
people woro ovor tho crown. It is a
sad reflection when we contemplate
tho intelligence, in relation to the
immortal rights of self-government in
Poland 300 years ago, and look upon
hor whore she now lies ; and we re
flect npon the small degree of pop
ular intelligence in ournorthern States
on this same right of sell' government
with shame and regret Wo behold
the northern half of the vaunting froo
Republic of America attempting to
piny tho atrocious role of Russia in mak
ing ol the other halt another modem
Poland.
The ancient peopio of Denmark
mado abort work with any king who
d n rod to violate the law. Alhe was
driven from tho throne and killed by
the pcasanU in 1290. Christopher
waa dethroned and bold In prison and
compelled to buy his lift) with a vast
sum of money. Kicus Was slain by
hit servants in 12KB. Waldermor was
driven into banishment by his own
subjects. King Kribns was deposed
14.18, and fled into Poland to save bis
lifo. King C'hristierne, for stretching
the laws,, impriaonod and died in
chains. In short, no king waa allowed
to reign after having onoa violated the
laws of th realm. What a reflection
for Grant. .
Tho ancient people of Denmark had
such an abhorauce for a tyrant, that
thoy made any man king who assassi
nated a tyrant. -, So that a king who
durud to transcend his powor and op
press tho peopio, always know his fute
For a hundred "Fears not one king
died a natural death, unless the dag
ger or slilletto it-deemed the natural,
as it certainly is the proper death of
tyrants.
In still more remote ages the peo
ple always bold that they were the
truo sovereign, i For instance, Sarda
napaluB, tor his liees and misgovorn
ment was burned in his palace. Dos
iderius, tho lost king of Lombardy,
was deposed snd made prisoner in
I'a via, and the kingdom ceased in 744.
Peter, Duko of Venice, for tyrannous
and bud government was boacigod in his
palace, which way fired by tho people,
and then takii.g -orm-they dragged
him into the slaughter houso where
they chopped him to pieces and threw
him to be devoured by the dogs.
This waa in 877. Duko Fabier, and
many other dukea wero condemned
to death and executed by tho states of
Venice. Many huudreds of examples
could be added, but I deem it unnccea
ary ; besides, such histories aro horri
ble to contemplate. But thoy may be
profitable reading for all monsters who
attempt to govern a poople without
their consent, and oppress with the
merciless arm ol' military power. The
lives of all such tyrants are spared, not
in justice, but in mercy ; and what is
mercy to tyrauU in sparing their lives,
is inhumanity and cruelty to the
wronged peopio.
One of the maxims of the younger
Plinoy was : that the Prince, even tho
greatest, is obliged to' the common
wealth by an oath as its servant, and
is less than the republio or kingdom
itself. Stophanius Brutus, in his great
work entitled, Wndiciai Contra 'J iran
03, publishod in Paris in 1&89, and he
was one of tho intellectual lights of
the sixteenth century, pursues this
subject at great length and shows how
in the nature of things, the creators
of political institutions must foreverre
main the rightful sovereign masters.
Tho creator and creature can never
change places. F'or practical exom
plo, tho sovereign State which crea
ted our Federal Uovernment, are still
the lawful masters of the government
It is only the creaturo, and therefore
the servant of the Slates which made
it, and it is the eternal right of any and
every State to assert its original sover
eign power against whatever hand
may oppress it. This is a right, thank
God, which no Stale cun loso. It can
not be loot, although it may for the
time being be overwhelmed by despot
ic power. Like justice, it cannot bo
destroyed.
I'rinno says : "It is undeniably ev
ident that all monarchies, empires,
kingdoms, emporors, kings and princes
in the world ware originally created,
instituted, ordained, continued, limited
and received all their juriadictioti,
powor, authority, both from, by and
lor the people, whose creatures, minis
ters ana servants they are and ought
to be."
If you examine all the lawful mon
archies and empires in existence prior
to, and about 1043, you will find sa
cred and prolane history agreeing that
thoy had their original creation from,
by and for tha people. This eminent
old author also says, that "emperors,
kings and princes are not tha proprie
tors, lords or owners of the revenue,
torts, castles, Bhips, ammunitions or
treasury of the ompires or kingdoms,
but only the gusrdiana, trustees, stew
ards or supervisors of them tor the
people." This was written in Eng
land, more than a hundred yean bo
loro our revolutions. What a com
ment on the nonsense of Congress
and the Radical newspapers, that our
ports, arsenals, ic., are the proporty
of the Federal Govornmont, when
those who understand the tiling cor
rectly, know that the Federal Gov
ernment is the property of the Slates,
and owns nothing and has no authori
ty but that of a mero agent of the
States I The moment it ceases to act
cqnally for all, its authority is des
troyed ; it ceases to possess any law
ful authority whatever, the moment it
becomes the partisan of one portion of
the Stales against the other. The op
pressed who obey its unjust decree,
do so exactly as a defenceless traveler
surrenders to the commands of a high
wayman, who commands him to stand
and deliver whatever valuables he may
have in his possession. Theso uncon
stitutional decrees ol Congress are no
more lawa entitled to obedience, than
aro tho thieving command of rob
bersw But suppose the people of the
southern Statue, and especially that
portion who are now so sorely op
pressed, should so lar forget their own
honor, so lar insult tho memories of
their heroic dead as to ratify, endorse
and fully Bsuction thoso despotic
measures ; would that alter the case
or be any justification in lavor of tho
black and inhuman despotisms T If tho
whole southern people were to become
completely coward nod uuderapressure
of black tyranny ,thcirdastanlly subser
viency would not bind their posterity
a single hour. Their right to rid them
selves ot every Sbcriduii set over them
by any means iu their powor, would
still stand as eterniU aa tlio right to en
joy the gonial rays ol the sun, aud
breathe tho air of heaven.
This base ver been the belief of tho
wisest of mankind. The most emi
nent of ancient law writors have al
ways maintained this doctrine. Tho
most respectable authority ot all ages
have always dispiscd and condemned
all classes of sneaks who counseled
submission to despotism ; those who
do aubmit are a genvt tneak, and are
an exceptional monster in nature.
They seem to be constitutionally inca
pable of comprehending and apprecia
ting tho inoslimnhle blessings of liber
ty ; for an individual who Compre
hends liberty and is not a sneak, leels
the outrage of tyranny quite as much
whan applied to others as when ap
plied to himself. It is the principle
which touches him. ISow I would be
ashamed to show my face in tho com
pany of true mon, did 1 not feel tho
wrong of the military despotisms
which our government sock to impose
upon some sections of the south, quito
as much as if wa were the victims and
they the onnreewnrs. It is a horrid
firinclple which cuts through tho heart
ike a knife. Nor should wa hesitate
to declare, that should any attempt le
mails to impose upon our section such
a elate of things as are being imposed
upon tha south, we would deem It
our duty to strike at every opproaaor
the first moment w could uo so, and
by any means which promised the saf
est and most expeditious war of
breaking tho tyrant'e grasp. Unlesathe
justice) of God has fled from the world,
we are "treasuring up wrath against
a day of wrath. Uught such wretch
e be permitted to iasten the loath
soma yoke of negro equality upon tha
REPUBLICAN.
necks of eight millions of whito mer.?
Ought the wretches to live who would
fix the terrible grip ol despotism over
a larger extent of soil than all KuropcT
Ought wo here in tho north, who have
patriotism, and courage, and justice to
hate such a tyranny, remain quiet f
Shall we Bit longer still and witness
with an ass' doeility.or a coward's bro
ken spirit, tho further plundering and
oppression of our sister Stuto ? Can
men ot intelligence longer nesitate
whoso company to choose, and which
side to espouse ? Upon tho one side
drunkards liko Grunt and Sheridan,
and spoon thieves like Uutler. Upon
tho other chnstiuns, gentlemen. A
warfure not only upon true and patri
otic men, but upon women and chil
dren, and on our own personal liberty T
Must we bunt alter soil and tender
words to express our detestations of
the principle and character of tbia
revolt aguinst humanity of this ne
gro insurrection against whito civili
sation ?
Read the extracts from writers on
liberty centuries ago, which aro pre
sented in this article, and then jndge
whether we have a right to regard
ourselves as a liberty-loving and cn-
lightoned people. 1 lemocracy cun havo
no compromise with despotism. Truo
democracy never had. Let thoso who
counseled continued surrendering of
the principles ot democracy and liber
ty to the sweep of tanaticul oppression
answer for tho bruised and broken, and
disgraceful conditions of our country.
w in eternity bo long enough to wash
the blood from their hands T Grant,
who is a lawfully created fhagistrato,
by tho aid of states whose sovereignty
he fully recognized when ho received
tho votes of their delegates who nom
inated him, and tho electoral votes thnt
elected him, has added the crimes of
mgrutitudo and treachery to usurpa
tion, by arming a crew of lewd villains
to bo fattened with blood and confis
cation, whercvor ho can find those who
oppose him. Let him pvise lest some
modern hero, with the same authority
that stirred Aristogitnn, Hurmodius,
l'olopiuas, i hrasibulus, P.paminonilus,
Timolcon, Dion, Lucius Brutus, Publi-
eolo, Marcus Brutus, Thoratius,' Vale
rius, C. Casaius, to deliver their coun
tries from tyrants, their actions carried
in themselves thoir own justifications.
If more sacred examples are needed,
thoso of Moses, Aaron, Barai, Othneil,
hliiHl, Gideon, Samuel, Iiuvul, Jeptba,
Jehu, Jchoiada, the Maccabees and
other holy men raised up by God, for
the deliverance ot his people Irom their
oppressors, should decide the question.
The examples 1 give you are old ; but
old things may become new. At all
events there Is nothing new under the
sun. T. J. Boyer.
Clearfield, Jan. 23, 1875.
A MODEL POSTMASTER.
The course of postal affairs in the
Louisiana Legislature does not run
smooth and the Now Orleans Bulletin
sets it off in this way :
1 uey nav a one-armed, unalloyed
African down in Keilogg'a Senate for
postmaster, and a rare oillcial he
makostoo. He might, under favorable
circumstances, be able to fill the position
even as well as Lowell filled that of
city postmaster bore, and to tho entire
satisluction of himself and friends, but
this thing of running a postofiico de-
fiartment for ono wing of a sham legig
ature, without the needful, and with
out any prospects, is boyond compre
hension ot our bold bonegambian, and
ho has not only developed a want of
iuu requisite amount ui iiigonuuy, utii
i with rare candor assorted that he
is not equal to tho occasion.
lhoother duv. while tho suhle nnlona
wore in council, a rural member sent
throe newspapers to the postmaster by
a pugo with instructions to have them
mailed tortbwitb. Unr postmaster said
to the unsuspecting page: "You tell
that nigger if he wants them papers to
go, I'm got to see some money. I ain't
got any stamps, and thoy am t give
me any money to get 'cm, and 1 be
d n it I'm gwino to sjien' what littlo
chango's in my pocket to 'comodate
nobody. You joe' tell your uncle that
now.
It wasn't long before another pago
appeared at tho postofilce and staled
that Mr. Hector, a member from the
lowlands, wanted ten copies of the lie-
puUicnn(thooilicialj(iitniul,)"rightnff."
' YY here s your money r mud the
postmaster.
"Mr. Hector never giveme no money;
he said you're the postmaster, and
must send him tho papers."
"liook ahoro, boy, you jest ask Mr.
Hector if ho takes mo lor a d d
fool. I done said before that there
ain't no money in this here post oflleo,
and 1 would lea liko you to toll mo
how'n the devil I'm going to get papers
thout buying cmr .
Pago Well, he suid you was to
send 'em to him.
Postmaster Yon go tell Mr. Hector
to go to h . boino ol those niggers,
putting on too many airs, anyhow,
sinco thoy got In hero, but X bet they
won t make noium out n mc.
The postmaster's message brought
lice tor to tho trout, and assuming an
air of offended dignity, ho straightway
essayed to otter to tho one-armed
Itinctionary a severe reprimand lor Ins
presumption. In tho war of words
thnt ensued Mr. Hector came out sec
ond best, and, a parting shot, as he
ambled off down the aislo almost Iron
tied by a remark of the postmaster,
ran thusly: "1 don't believe you'vo
got any business in hero no bow.
The Newspaper will do it. One
of tho surest indication by which to
judge ot the enterprise and intelligence
oi a community is to be lound in mo
character of tho newspaper which it
supports. It may bo taken for granted,
as a rulo, thnt tho pntronago ot local
ncwsimpors is tn proportion to the in
telligence and thrill of tho population
that they aro Intended to serve; and
though of courso tho abilities of tho
conductors of such journals havo an
importantinfluoncotipon thcirlorttines,
the fact still remains that, as a rule,
communities which support thoir local
press lilicrally get in rolurn newspapers
which are creditable to the towns in
which they are published. A neatly
printod, handsome newspaper, with all
it columns well filled, is a proof which
rarely fails that it is issued in a pros
perous, go-ahoatl town.
Good Advice. The Now York Xcr-
ald earnestly and eloquently suggests
that President Grant resign and go to
Europe as tho most popular out ho
could perform. In the opinion of the
Herald this is the "one thing needed,
not only to give him rest and leisure
lor the Improvement ol Ins mind and
the long covetod opportunity of travel,
but also to give the country peace and
prosperity, to calm all fear, to set the
wheel of industry soinir strain, to re
store civil government and to settle
finally the vexatious and otherwise in-
ioiiiiiubuio vuiru Minn viaii., wtutp. .
A MODEL DUN.
HOW A PLAIN SPOKEN MINNESOTA HAN
DEMANDED THE BPONDULICKI.
Tho following dun is the best decided
ly that we have ever read. Tho man
who would rofuso to pay up after per
using Buch an epiatlo would deserve to
bo kicked into a tun-vat by a jassax,
or talked to death by a scolding wife.
It was issued by a gentleman doing
business at Fountain, Minnesota, to
his delinquent debtors, and is' commend
ed to the attention of thousands of
business mon who aro situated as he is.
Mr Dear Sir: I want to ask you
plain question, in all- kindness and
sincerity, and 1 would like to havo you
answer it honestly and candidly, not
in two or threo years or months, but
now, this week I Supposing you were
as poor as Jobs turkey, and bad in
vested two or three thousand dollars
in an enterprise which you designed
to make an exclusively cash business;
supposing, as a matter of accommoda
tion and good nature, you had trusted
it out all over the country, from 11 1
to Jericho; supposing you had kept
adding your means, and still "putting
it on tho books for a few days," until
your funds were played out, liko old
Foot's prayer meeting ; supposing you
had claims coming against you in tho
hands of business men who had accom
modated you in good faith, and needed
their money ; supposing you had some
pride in you, and mount to be square
toed and punctual, and hated to see a
man whom you owed when you didn't
have the legul-tender in your trowscrs
to pay his just and lawful demands,
worso than you would to see an Injun
or tho Devil; and supposing those
whom you had accomodated lelt per
fectly easy and contented ; "shied the
track" whon you went to see them, and
told the wife of their bosom "Not at
home," or came into town and left
without paying even a part; supposing
thoy held your money, and waited
patiently for wheat to come up to
ninety cent oradollar,or pork to bring
five or six dollars a hundred what
would vou do? Would you let your
debts go, "and smile, and be a vidian ;"
or would you sue every mother's son
of them that didn't pay you if it were
the lust business you transacted in
town T
If vou wore an honest man you d do
the latter, and that's just what I'll be
compelled to do, and shall do, if tho
Lord is God, or there is a Aing in
Israel I
I don't want money to look at (I can
earn enough for that); I don't want
any to salt down (1 never could make
it keep); but out of several thousands
trusted out, I humbly want a few hun
dreds, and I'll be d d if I won't
have it, or an execution returned nulla
bona.
I have iu addition to erecting an ex
pensive store in Fountain, beer, seduced
t ; .1 A lln
into inventing uvcr a uiuusaiiu uuiiai.
in a new nail, which is an ornament
well as convenience to this town at
luriro. As you know, I was promised
four hundred dollars, cash, to assist me.
ell out out of this little four hundred
I have received just twenty-six. I
doo't expect any more, and I don't
want it! the nan is donei it is
mine, and to let when the school house
cannot be bad. But what I want is
owod to me. It is a small amount to
you ; it moans thousands ot dollars to
to me. 1 Bbull be home In tew (lays
to square up. Let "Doc." have th
money now, before I go. There is not
ono of you, man or woman, from
Christiana to Dublin, thnt he would
not stick bis bead in the tiro to serve,
whether he ever expectod anything
for it or not. Got his receipt before I
to home, and bis soul will roioice. 1
ove vou myself as a mother loveth
her first-born ; but 1 love to pay my
tail.. a Knllnn lli.n T 1 .... a .ntf man
woman or child, on tho face of God
Almighty's green earth ; and, by tho
limit Menial and the Centennial Con
gross, I propose to do it, if I have to
muke costs lor every man m riimore
county. Now let's have the spondu
licks, and see how sweet and pretty I
can Binilo on you.
l ours, earnestly,
C. S. Powers,
Senior partner in tho firm of C. 8. Pow
ers ot sons.
A Stupid Witness. Thore is a
point beyond which human forbear.
anco cannot go, and the most even of
tempore will becomo ruffled at tunes
At the attsir.es held during the past
year at incoln, inglanu, judgo and
counsel had had much trouble to mako
the timid witnesses upon a trial speak
sufficiently loud to be heard by the
jury, and it is possiblo Dial tho temper
ol the counsel may thereby have been
turned aside from tho even tenor of it
way. After this gentleman had gone
through tho various stages ol the bar
pleading, and had coaxed, threatened
and even bullied witnesses, there was
called into the box a young ostler, who
up pea rod simplicity personified.
"Now, sir, said tlio counsel, In a
tono he would at any other time have
denounced as vulgarly loud, "I hopo
we shall have no difficulty in making
you speak up."
"t hopo not, sin was snouted, or
rather bellowed, out by the witness,
in tones which almost shook the build
ing, and would havo oertainly alarmed
any timid or nervous lady.
"How dare you speak in that way,
air I" said tho counsel.
"Please ur, I can't speak any louder,
sur, said tho astonished witness, at
tempting to shout loudor than before,
evidently thinking the fault to bo his
speaking too softly.
"Pray, havo you been drinking tins
morning ?" shouted the counsel, who
had now thoroughly lost the last rem
nant of of his temper.
"Yes, ur," was the reply. ,
"And whut have you been drinking?"
"l-'orfee, xur."
"And what did you havo in your
colloo, sir f shouted tho exasperated
counsel.
"A spoon, xur," was the answer, in
nocently sHken, amid the mars of the
whole court exceiitintr only the now
thoroughly wild counsel, who' flung
down hi brief and rushed out of the
court.
An instance of rare honesty, and
showing how a dog may desire to pay
his board bill, recently occurred in
FiU-hbtirg, Mass. A lady saw a dog
frenucntlv about her house picking up
odd bit which had been thrown out,
and ono day she called him In and fed
him. Tho next day he came back,
and as she opened the door he walked
in and laid an egg on the floor, when
he was again fed. Tho lollowing day
he brought his egg lo pay for his din
ner, and on tho fourth Jay, b brought
the old hen herself, who It seems nan
failed to furnish the required egg.
Man is physically as well aa metaphy
sically a thing of threads and patches,
borrowed unequally from good and bad
ancestors, and a misfit from tbe start
BETTER WHISTLE THAN
WJ1JXK
A 1 was taking a walk early in
September, I noticed two little boys
on their way to school. Tho smaller
stumbled and tell, and though no was
not much hurt, bo began to whino in
bovish wav. not a rctfiilar rounnir
boy -cry, as though be were half killed,
but a-little, cross whino.
The oldur boy took his hand In a
kind and fatherly way, and said:
"Oh, never mind, Jimmy; don,t
whine; it is a great deal better to
whistle."
And ho bciran in tho merriest way a
cheerful boy-whistle.
Jimmy tried to join in the whistle.
"I can't whistle as nice as yon,
Charlie," ,said he; "my lips won't
pucker up good."
"Uh, that is Decauso you have not
got all the whino out, said Charlie;
"butyoa try a minuto, and tho whistle
will dnvo tho whine away.
So he did, and the last 1 saw or
heard of the little fellows, they wcro
whiBtlinir away as earnestly as though
that was tho chief end of lile. I learned
a lesson which I hopo I shull not soon
forget, and it culled to mind these lines,
which may possibly cheer another oi
more mature years, as this class is by
no means confined to the children :
It la better to wbiiUa tbaa whioe ;
It la better to laugh that to ery,
For though It la eloudy, tbe aun will eoon abiae
Aeroae tba alee, beautiful aky.
II la bailer te whiatla tbaa wblne,
0 man with Ilia sorrowful brow ;
Let tbo worda of Iba ehi'd Matter mariner, of
tklne,
And gather bla obeerfulaoea now.
It la batter to whiatla tbaa whiae,
Paor mother! ae weery wilb ear.,
Thank tiod for tha lore and p..c. that are tblne.
And tba joy oftby little ena'a ebare.
It la batter te whiatla tbaa wblne,
Tboagb trouble you find le your way,
Remember that ei.a little fellow of mine.
And wbt.llo your vhioing away.
Qod bleat that brare boy fiir the oheer
tie bronchi to able aad heart ef miee i
Wboa tempted to murmur, tbat young voioe I
near,
"II la batter le wbiaU. tbaa whine."
SEASONABLE HINTS.
Among the bints most seasonable
on either tho garden or tho farm, few
things are more serviceable than those
relating to tho sharpening of tools.
Too otlcn these things are not thought
of until the articles are wanted, when
much valuable timo is lost in putting
them in order which might a well
have been done during tho dull winter
day. Even the smartest of us do not
think enough of these things, and in
deed hardly know how much wo lose
by bavins dull tools to work with. It
has been tolerably accurately computed
that the same man can do as much in
two days with a sharp scythe, as with
one but comparatively duH and the
samo expenditure ol lorce, could do in
three. And it is just tbo same in re
gard to all other tools or implements,
whether operated by hand, steam or
horse power. The engineer continu
ally oils tho machinery, and a good
saw or file is oil to band implement.
We know one who has a great deal of
band-hoeing to do by hired labor, and
he believes that the continued use of
the file on tho hoes makes a difference
of ono-half in the labor. His calcula
tion is that evory ten cent file bo buys,
saves him ten dollar in bis laborer
bills. Spades, scythes, hoes, chisels,
saws, this is the time to ace to these
thines. .
A good grindstono and a set of files
are among the best of farm investments,
especially at this season. It is always
nice to be forehanded, to get things
woll ahead ; but tho best of all fore
handednoss is that which prepares in
advance a full set of good and well-re
paired tools to work with. (.ounfry
Uenttfman.
Driving Nails. Every farmer who
has occasion to drive a nail in seasoned
oak post know it liability to bend or
break. It the point Do moistened in
the mouth it will usually drive more
kindly. Ull is better ; but then it is in
convenient to dip each separately into
it. Another point is that boards be
come loose eventually from the rusting
of nails, which, communicating to tbe
wood, causes not only an enlargement
of the nail nolo but the wearing away
of the nail itself, rendering tlio build
ing shaky or insecure. T his may be
prevented by heating any rough grease
until it smokes, and then pouring over
the nails to be nscd. The grease will
penetntto the pores of the iron, and
cause tho nails to last without rusting
tor an indefinite period. Besides this,
no difficulty will then bo experienced
in driving them into the hardest of
wood. 1 he reason is that the coating
of gaoaae prevents contact by air, and
consequently oxidation. Oxygen is
the great destroyer or iron, and moist
ure tho inducing cause. Anything
which is kept dry the effect is measur
ably tho aame. Paint upon buildings
prevents tbe contract ol air and moist
ure. If tho wholo fence cannot be
painted, the bends, at least, of the nails
thorein sliould bo touched. fiewirK
Builder.
Adjusting, Harness to the Horse.
Every part of tho harness should be
buckled up shorter or lot out until the
harness fits the horse as nearly as a
pair of boots that are of the proper
sir.o to fit one's trot. Tho collar should
tit closely, with space enough at the
bottom to admit a man s hand, it too
largo, it ha tho bad effect of drawing
tho shoulders together. On no consid
eration should a team or work-horse
be compelled to wear a martingale, as
it drawt. the head down, and prevents
him from getting into an easy and
natural position. Tho chock-rein may
be used, hut only tight enough to keep
the head in a natural position, and
should never be wound around the
hames. Seo that the hames aro buckled
tight enough at tho top to bring tho
draft irons at the proper point on the
sidtw of the collar. If too low, it not
only interfere, with with the action of
the shoulder, but gives the collar an
uneven bearing. Caution should be
taken that the girth Is not too tight,
particularly on string teams, for when
the trace are straightened it ha the
tondency to draw the girth against the
nelly and distress th horse. .
A Remarkable Event. A Itadical
exchango aya, that Vico President
n ilson haa wntten a loiter to the ed
itor of the Springfield, Mass., RrpulAi-
cm, denying that he agree with tho
editor, that the Republican party Is
dead. 1 hi roaurroctod Credit Molii
lierite may succeed in infusing a little
more lifo into his party by such bold
declaration, but it will never recover
from the Grant disorder.
It was a brilliant Fond da Laa boy
who, seeing a dog with a mur.slo on for
the first time, exolaimcd : "Mamma,
mamma, I bet five cent the dogs aro
going to wear hoop skirt ; there goea
a dog wttn one on nts nose.
HUMOlt IN SABCAS.V.
The atiiii of sarcasm lies iu the In-
tention of tho speaker, and one may
trust ton the Dust ol pleasantries over
which tuccoHling generation havo
made merry were uttered with enough
good humor to tuko most of the venom
out of them. There was su rely a gonial
smile on tho face of M. d'Argunson
when ho congratulated hi ignorant
nophow on his appointment as librarian
to tho King, and observed that ha
would have a fine opportunity of learn
ing to read. Illuminated with a'gracious
smile must ulso huvo been the famous
retort of the prefect's wife upon Napol
eon. She had been an object of gossip,
and Napoleon, mooting horatastalo
ball, rudely addressed hers "Woll,
madam, aro you as loud of men at
ever?" Tho poor lady had enough
presence of mind to auswor: "Yes,
sir, when they are polito ;" upon which
the emperor turnod away rathor ab
ruptly, and illustrated tbo littleness of
his mind by depriving her husband of
bis placo threo days later. And the
alleged impertinence of the celebrated
Aberncthy must have been relieved
with a grim humor and bonhomie that
took away much of thoir grossness.
The Duke of Norfolk, who applied to
bim for treatment, probably enjoyed
as well as heeded a heroic diagnosis,
lor bo notoriously paid little attention
to his person. "Did your Grace tver
try a clean Bhirt?" asked tho old
doctor, and what a froo masonry or
good fellowship is implied in the very
terms of tho question I It it difficult
to know where to draw the line be
tween what is permissible in conversa
tion and what is not. ItcAections upon
the moral character of every body while
that peraon is paosentare unpardonable,
however brilliant may be the wit in
which they aro wrapcd. Of course
thero is a further rule which is very
comprchcnsive-namcly, thut nothing
should ever be suid that will give paiu
to tiny person within hearing. But '
whilo human nature remains as 11 naa
been from the beginning, men can
hardly be expected to refrain from a
thousund and one suggesting to each
other that they aro fools.
"Music Hath Chassis." SirSamuol
Baker, iu his new volume of African
adventures, tells us of the notable ef
fect of music upon the natives. "I
behove, ho Bays, "tho bjicsi way to
travel in those wild countries would be
to play the cornet, if possible, without
ceasing, which would insure a safe
possugo. A London organ grinder
could march through Central Africa,
followed by an admiring and enthusi
astic crowd, who, if his tunc were
lively, would form a dancing escort of
tho most untiring material." One can
but imagine tho different record wa
should have if music, instead of gun
powder, had been employed as a lorce
fiir tho conquest of savage races. The
pilgrim futhcr, who so severely con
demned ungodly music might have re
versed bis judgment bad he known
the effect of the fife, the drum and the
trumpet on the sensitive ears of tbo
Indians, he might, indeed, have organ
ized bunds of organ players, and, even
if his own spirit had severely suffered
under that unwonted noise, tho speedy
conquest of the otherwise intractable
savage would assuredly have rendered
tho employment ol sucn means good
and wise iu his judgment. Let Airiean
explorers hereafter go lortb with many
wind and string instrument. r,ven
the pirates of the China seas or tbe
cannibals of the Pacific would cease to
bo a terror to every travcllor, bad they
means at hand for the production of
"sweet and dying sounds." Fearful
has been the "bloodshed because the
power of Orpheus has been unknown
or neglected, and future travellers, ex
plorers or adventurers into unknown
wilds may cordially thank Sir Samuel
for liis valuable hint.
Mr. Johnson. Max Adeler tells the
following heart-rending Btory :
Mr. Alexador Johnson, of Towanda,
is dead. He was billious Mr. Alex
ander Johnson was and he saw the
following paragraph from tho pen of
Dr. "Hall:
"If a bilious man want to got well
and is in no particular hurry, all he
want to do is to lie down out door
between two broad boards, and stay
there until ho gets ravenously bun
gT" Mr. Johnson followed this advice,
calmly fell asleep with a board on top
of him. Under ordinary circumstan
ces there would have been no trouble,
but there was a Fat Man's ball in the
beer saloon next door that day, and
the two champion fat men got over
tbo fence, and sat down with a jerk on
top of Mr. Alexander Johnson's uppor
board without knowing that he was
there. It squelched tlio breath out cf
him at the first blow. And the fut
mon, they sat there, and discussed pol
itics, and tbe Alabama claims, and the
wenther, and womena' rights, and the
glacial theory, and metaphysics ; and
they kept on drinking glass after glass
of beer, and getting heavier and heav
ier, nntil one of them looked under
the board, and there was Mr. Alexan
der Johnson as dead as Nebuchadnex
ter, aud smashed out so thin that you
could pass him under a closed door
without scraping his vest but
tons. Ho does not suffer now from
bilo, but Mrs. Johnson is roaming over
tho country hunting for Dr. Hall.
Sho will probably muke a lasting im
pression on him if she meet him.
A l)oo or A SnoPLirrER. Mm. Bob
ctt, tho shoplifter, only got twenty
four hours in tho county jail. It waa
shown on tire trial that she has a pet
dog which fullows her into stores.
She will nsk to look at some costly yet
light -article, as laces, and in the in
spection will carelessly sweep a pieco
off on the floor. Tho dog at onco
snatches it, and with a bound, if tho -door
is open, will jump in the street
and run off some distance, when it will
await tho arrival of it mistress who,
coming up will tuko tho article and
place it in her pocket. Then she is
ready for a visit to another store.
When jewelry is tho job, the dog will
completely hide in its mouth, w hatever
piece is dropped, and then run away
as usual. In the olden time thieves
had dogs of this description and, ac
cordidg to ancient law, the animals
wore impounded and killed. As Mrs.
llobett comes out to-day, shop keepers
will do woll to watch her and especi
ally her dog.
The editor of th i.:e (N. Y.) .Srn.
firiel ha been shown "a ac"lf n lot an
upholstered front trato. which seems
destined to become vory popular. The
looi-Doani is cushioned, and there is a
warm soap-stono on each side, the in
sido step being adjustilile, so that a
short girl can bring her lips to the lino
of any monstacho without trouble. If
the gnto is occupied at 10 30 P. M., an
iron hand extends from one gnto post,
take the young man by tho left ear,
turns him around, and he is started
homo by a stocl foot."
Julia Ward Howe snv that "tho
financial incompetence of men in gen
eral hi becoming every day more evi
dent to the world at large." It la es
pecially evident in the morning, whon
their wives havo "gone through their
pockets over night.
A .Cairo man warns th peopio not
to trust hii wifo, and she retort by
saying that he'll go without clothe
all summer before she'll take in wash
ing to rig him out again.
To be able to practice five thing
everywhere andar heaven const itu It
perfect virtue ; gravity, genorosity of
soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness