" !
AM 77? C7MSI? tiPRAGUK.
"CLEARFIELD BEnjl)LICAN,"j
fUtl.lBHMIl IVKflf KlkUMiaUAT, IT
(iEOKGK U. UOODhA N DER I
OLKAKnEL!., PA. . '
l.ft T A II I.I N II Ell IN IH1I1.
The liirgcat t'lrculitloii of any tfawapair i
In North Central Pennaylraulae
Torms of Sabsoription. j
f fiAil In aJranco, or wllhtn S montlii..,.$9 tM i
(t iatd nftnr 3 and Uafore luorttlit , II AO
If jiui llir lit oilrtiiij of ft Kmnlb,,, 3 Ml,
Rates ot Advertising. ;
Crnnalcnr sdvortlaeutent., per aqnare of llllneeur
Irae, .1 tlruee or lose 41 Ml
h'ot' o toll .ub.eiiuent ineurtliiu. ,,.
.liini.ii!n"l' mill Kxeeutnrc' aeltrue........ t fc
Auditoro' notice. ........ a Ml
autioue n.t E'lrmTI ........ 1 oil
Diinolulion pntl..rf ............. t M
prflovftt floral, llnof or lMI,l u
UiiorI nutit'Ok. r Hn , 10
VKAKLV ADVKIIT1SKM R!Tfl.
I ,uhi. IHI I 1 wiliium ..' 00
I iiusrc i ooloua 10 W
! giurpB... W ill! t foluuioM ISO OA
II BO 11(1 R B. (IOOUI.ANIIKR,
Eaitor aod Publirbor.
tfarfls. '
rum. o. i u. i . cruvi oono.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
:S074 C!.EAlFII!Ln, PA. '
" " FRANK FIELD ING,
ATTOHNKY-AI-IiAW,:
CUlrfltld, Pt.
VTill ktltod to nil ouiinaH entrailwl to Bin
pii,in.li; nd r.lthfull;. norll'U
n.ui A. wiitirt,
HARnr r. WAM.Ar.
rAvir t. It BIBS,
jon w. wniflLRT.
WALLACE & KREBS, ,
(Suwiwrt u WkIImm A FivldiBf ,)
ATTORSKY8-AT-LA W ,
1 1 -1273 leartlld, Pa
R. ?. WII.KOK, M. VA VALKAll, M. D.
DBS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
C'leorUclil, P.
Offlco to renidflnM of Dr. Willon.
Omen IIocmi From 12 to I r. . l)r. Vo
Valish oon be foond ot night In hi. rootni, next
door lo llortiwiok Irwin i Bro Sioro, ip
l.lrf. "'M
TAR. JRKKKIWON UTZ, ,
1 1 . WOUDLANI), PA.
Wil
II prouiptltr attond all oalle In the line of bit
..ion. nor.l-iJ
prole:
lo.m-n a. n'Miii-r. oimat. . ctianr.
MoENALLY & MoCURDY,
ATTOUNEYS-AT-l.AW,
loarfiold. I"a.
B-I.O!t bu.lneM attonded to promptly ltbj
l.inlKr. DIHuo oa Second .tract, abora the Fir.t
NationoJ bunk. ' Jn:H
Q . R BARRETT,
Attobxkt anu Counsslor at Law,
OIjKARPIELD, pa.
Iliivln? r.ltn.d bi. JuJ..lup. baa re.omod
lb. pruoliM of the ln in hi. old office at Clear
Hcl , I'a. ' ill attend the oonrti of Jcffenon and
Klk oonnti.. lin epeciallt retained in oonooction
with reeident counsel. J:U:I1
W M . M. Mc C U L LO UGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Cat-Office la Coort lloo.e, (Kherllfl Offioo).
Legal bn.ine.. promptlj attonded to. Rial eitt
bought and eold. J
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT I, AW,
' ClearHeld, Pa.
K-e-Olfloe In Orabem'. Kow. decl-ly
H.w7 SMITH, "'
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ll:l:T I'learlleld. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
iffiee oa Second 8k, Cloarleld, Pa. aorll.M
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
J-OBa la Plan Opera Honea. Jylltr
" JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
fUrOnet la Pie a Opera llouie, Roam No. I.
Jan. , I8T4.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tnd Heal lietate Agent, Clearfield, Pi.
Office oa Tblrd .treet, bet. Cherry A Welnat,
jrar-K.ipectfully offer, ble eereleeiln eelllnf
ind buying landi In Clearfield and adjoining
wuntU.l and wltk an aiporleneeof of r twenty
leare ae a inrfeyor, dattere blmielf that he oaa
render eatlefutloa. leb. JliOS.tf,
FREDERICK O'LEARY BUCK,
SCKIVENER i CONVEYANCER,
Gcnoral Life and Firo Ins. Agent.
fteode of Conreyanee, Article, of Agreement
and all Icgol papere promptly and nrally oaa
euted. OHioe ia Pie'e Opera Hour, Koum No. 4.
Clearlleld, Pa., AprU , 1974.
j. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AMD PRAban IM
Haw Log aud Iiuiuber,
OI'EAHFIRI.D,. PA. .
ffice In araham'e Kow. 1:14:71
J. j. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
1:11 nareola, Clearfield Can Pa. y pd
DPlT "fr'iCBOYERT
PHYSICIAN AND 9U RQ EON,
OBoo oa Al.rkel street, Clearlleld, Pa.
parOflioe boor.: 8 to IS a. m., and 1 te I p. m.
jjirMrsCIIEURKR,
UOMIXOPATIIIO PHV8ICIA,
Office in reridenca on Market at.
April 14, UKJ. Clearfield, I'a.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PIJ.YSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTIIRRB1,'IIU, PA.
Will attend profeaalonal oalla promptly. aoglO'ID
" J. S. B ARNHART,
ATTOHNKT - AT LAW,
Itollclnnte. Pa.
Will practice la Clearlleld and all of thoCoarleef
the ?Mn Judicial wi.ino.. rtco, .
and eolleetion of olaime made epooialties. nl 71
G. W. WEAVER 4 CO.,
KRUC.GI8T3 i APOTHIvCAIUKS,
CURWBNSV1LLK, PA.
' llralerl la all hind, of Prof ", Medlelnee, Paa
ey lloode and I)rujtKl.te' BondriM.
Curwen.rille, March I
, 174.
GEORGE M. FERGUSON,
WITH
W. V. LIPPIXt'OTT & CO.,
ilealora la
HATS li. CAPS, HOOTS & SHOES,
Ml 1.11 Uarkel Street. Philadelphia. JS-tf
CHARLES H. ELLIOT,
NOTE HROKER,
WITIt Joan W. BBTfxia A Ca,
Stock and Bond Commission Brokers,
Hi Boalh Third Blreet, Philad a.
Pa;lialar atuatloa gifea U paroeaaea aed
ealee f Uo.ernmeat Bond).
Hefor to M. W. Woodward, K.qo Carbior Men
afutnrere National H.nkiCb.rlo. Blanehard,
K.O., Lambrr Merchant llarbert K.l 1 1 to.,
Umber blcrchaat.: Hontelloe, K.q, Vice
Prr.ideat ll.nk of Amarioal Powell la), I
ert, WiUiamaport, Pa. meb4 Ti-.a
A. H. MITTON,
Manafaatarar and daalar la
Harness, Saddles and Bridles,
Collar., Whipa, Brashes, tj .U,Trlmlage.
Ilnrae BlankoU, Af.
Veeaom, Frank Miller's and Rralaroet Oils.
Agent for Bailey and Wilson's Buggies.
Orders aad npalrvag promptly attended en,
Shop OB Market street, Clearteld, Pa., la roam
formerly orewpted ev Je. Aleiandor. 4.I47
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Belt li the Cheapen 1
Thomae R.llly kal received aaelher large lot ef
"MiUhell Wageas, wwea are amouuj ie..j
beet maaafaetared, aad which be will toll at tbo
meet reeoeaable ralee. H la steak laelwdoe almost
al aeaertptieaa ef wsujoaa largeead (mall, aids
aad aarrow track. Call aad eee laoal. , ,
aprl'71 ,, .IUOMA RrLlY.
I ' 1 I , A.'lf f.-A
. V JLI JLU FL ltl1 1JLU U JU;r:i. J. HJUJ .1. :; , , U JUf JLJJ. Vil. 1 1 1 ;. :.; . ,
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor,
VOL 49-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
A. Q. KRAMER,,
..ATTORNEY -AT,-LAW;
. . i . Ural E.l.lo and Colltollon Agrnt,
t'l.KAHCII-.l.l), PA., '
Will prouiill; attond to all Irgal bminrif
tru.Ud to an oaro.
,E4r0ln In 1M'
i Open lleu, lrfopil loor.
' april I-60I
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PUYSICIAN A SURGEON,
H
AVINU looaUd at Pennteld, Pa., olferi kli
profeaalonal aervioei to the people of that
plooe aad aurroanding oounlry. A II call, promptly
attended w). Oct. Ill tf.
" '"' J . . IRVI W. '
DBALRB M
. . GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
I.f'.TfBEH, SlirrliLVH, c,
j , AT THK-
CORNER STORE,
Curwenatllle, Nov. So, 1874.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
J nit tot or tba Poiton and SerlTeor,
Curweuivllle. Pa. 1
t-fCotittioi.i
pktil aftr.
mad and moner promptly
felimitr
RO. AbiKRT BISaT A LI -TUT..- W. AUIW
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Meniifaeturera A eiten.lre Dealeraln
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
. WOODLAND, PBNN'A.
MTOrdert aolleited. BUI. tilled on short notiee
and reasonable terms.
Address Woodland P. 0., Clearlleld Co., Pe.
W tLUKKT A BKOS.
fFancis'coutrTet,
MERCHANT.
Preuchvllle. Clearfield County, Pa
Keeps eon.Lntly on hand a full asaortment of
...;.iw k.nt i a retail store, which will be sola,
for enab, as cheap aa elsewhere in lbs eounty.
Prenebville, Juno 17, 1007.17.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BBALBB IB .
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CiHAIIAMTON, Pa. ,
Also, extensive nianufectarer and dealer In Square
Timber and Hawed Lumber ot all kinas.
-0rJere aollcltod and all bill, promptly
tiled. l-JJ'
REU B EN HACK MAN.
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearlleld, Peiin'a.
ktvWIll eaeeuto jobs la bis line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. errl,w
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEAHFIELD, PKNN'A.
Pomps always on band and made to order
on abort aotiea. Ptpea bored on reasonable lermo.
All work wnrrentcd to render satisfaction, end
delivered If deelred. : my36:lypd
e.'a. BIGLER &. CO.,
Do. A CRM
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufaeturars of
ALL mNIIUOIr lAVI'KD l.l'Mlllill,
S-T'TI . CLKAIIPIKLD, PENN A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
daattr In
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
PUINUI.KS, LATII, PICKBTH,
1:1 OTI CleaHMd, Pa, .
JAMES MITCHELL,
BRA LR IV
Square Timber k Timber Lands,
jall'TS CLKAftFIXI'D, PA.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD.
Lau Sargeoa of the 83d Beglmeal. Pennsylvania
VolBBUara, naving retnrnea rrom eoe ia;,
elfers his professional eerrleea to theeitlsoBa
ef Clearteld eoanty
aww-Profaaalonal calls promptly attendea to.
Ofloa an Beeoad street, formarlyoeeapled by
Dr. Woods.
aprt.'M-ll
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEW ELER,
and dealer la
Wntclice, Cloekn, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, etc.,
. jelt'TI CLBARPIHLD, PA.
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
' ' ABD DBALBR IB
.Watchei, Clocks and Jowelry,
tfroAo.'a Htm, Afareef ArM,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All kind, of repairing la my line promptly at
Tromp
IS, I
Apr I
S74,
REMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholaaatt daalcra la
GEMS' l i RUSHING GOODS,
Hare removed to 17 Church street, between
franklin and While U., Now York. ( jyaUJ
JAMES H. LYTLE,
No. 4 Ple'a Opera House, Clearlleld. Pa.
Dealer la Oroonlea, Provisions, Vegetables,
Frnits, Floor, Feed, ale., ete.
Bprl47-tr
JAMES K. WATSON CO.,
. REAL 8KTATI BROKRRS,
CLKAItriKI.U, fllll'l.
Hoasea and Office te let, Celleetloae promptly
made, and tret-elaoa Coal and Fire-clay Leads
and town property fur sale. OIKee in Weetera
Uotel ilullding (xa Boor,, reeooo rn. imy f.y
S'
TONE'S SAW GUMMEIta AND
SAW UP8ET8.
Te hare reeeivad the ageaey for the above and
will eell Ibom at meaufaotarer's prices, van and
eiaulne tb.au They are the beat.
joif-71 u. r. Hiui.ari a uu.
JAME8 CLEARY,
BARAER a HAIR DRESSER,
BICORD ITREIT,
jyll CtEAlrlRLD, PA.-
(
A . M. H I L L 3
Would respectfully aollf his pallentf
that he has reduced the price of ARTI
FICIAL TKKT1I to 2.00 per set, or
SayM for a doable act. For Bay Iwa persons
eomlog al tbe same time, to have each an apper
act, will gel Ike two ecu for I3S.00, ar 117.10
each.
Terms Invariably Ca.a.
Cleargeld, Joly I,U74. .,
JRATZER t I,YTI-E,
AOXNTS 111 CLIARFIKLD COUNT! FOR
IORIIIdARD'N
, , CeUbraled.Sraada of
Smoking & Chewing Tobaccos.
Wa ara aalftlod ta wbolrtalo ta deal an threali
aat lha aaantt at fit j prti.
KRATXRR A LTTl.f ,
VS:74 tf CloaHlotd, Pa,
Tbo aadarrfitaaw a fall piaparaa.
arrj aa taa bnalaaaa af
INDEItTAKlNC,
AT RIASOHABLI UTIS, .
Aad reepeeUatly aollell the peLraaage at tboea
aa.eiBg aaea aervteea.
, , , ... . JOHM TROOTMAW,
JAMD !. Ulll.
'Olearaela, Pa, II, II74.(1(jA ,,,,,
s.
JNDFdnTAKIKG.
II. .! .,). ' ( i, w .. . . : ' I li '"
2117.
(For tbe liriLic
LINE WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF MRS. Ill
: lit, i. guiuLav.
irv.f.a
: .1, l:
The nutir link lo brukoa.
Tb bouifbulil'i ieo of jojr,
Your tovtiiK wtft'i brii tktn
Vbtr plaiura Mr ot'tyMd, a
V, ihfi hai fta fnreior
' From (hit world f i in,
W btrt pftia aad lioknMr ' ' '
CanntH traublt bar ij(ia. . , ,.
liar homo ii bow ia Uprvod i '
With angel1' ih will d--'
With tbeoa wbo'va b frglvta,
" A happy, bappjr band j,:M ,
Vouraarthl bopei ara ihakro,
' Tbo Mxbl of bona hai gon,
Tbt hand af dtftUi bat Ukta ;,i .
A deal oua ta Uta Uiub,:
1 llultn ImnxiDitton,
M tbinka, 1 boar bar anf : t
I'ro found a lull Mlvatioi '
Ok, bappj, bapp ilijrt
(o, then, linoa iba'R dtiartad, i '
Tu Titirtr woriila ita ln&n t . j ,
May yon bava T,reo itnirtcd
Tu Biatt bar by and by.
AMBITIOUS ClEltaYMICX. (,
From what in truiihiiii inr, urouiul un,
it i very nvidunt tlmt mnny clergy-
men m o brctiniing Tory nmbitiotii and
Home ninldng themselves sinmilnrly
foiiBiiiiiioiis, if not iiifamoiiH. To sim
ply pivacli the, giwtpol, for which they
woro oriiuinod, secina to bo too ban-on
a snliji et; heneti thoy look riclior fluhli
in whieli to develop themselves.
Boeclicr ih a cao in point. Dr. Tall
madgo ia ranking a "pcoiiilly nut of a
cnmuilo waged upon HieutroA, out of
which ha is bound to come only second
best, if not wholly rendered useleos as
a christian Kontlomiui. Ruv. Dr. Hut
field, of Philttdclhin, hns also found a
new pasture. Ho has opened up a
crusade on the "licentiousness of the
press," and on Sunday week delivered
himself of a newspaper sermon, or a
sormon on newspupcre, occupying the
pulpit in the mnrble pile ot the corner
of Hroad and Arch streets, from the
text: "Doth a fountain scad forth at
tbe sumo place sweet water and bitter?"
The "sweet" witters which issued from
the press fountain, as it transpired,
were rapidly rehearsed, and all of the
members of "tbo third estate," who
thought that they might ho touched
by such of the learned doctor's remarks
as might bo put under the head of
scathing criticism" were soothed with
tho remark that it was only the gnllod
jiult) who winces the wounded bird
who flutters, lie continued ly remark
ing that:
"Tho avcrniro American newsnanor
of our liino its litults arc, first: The
impertinent intennpdilling with the
firivntc affairs of individuals and fann
ies." Jlei-eiipon the Doctor com
mended the enterprise, of tho munagors
of newspapers to obtain early and im
portant news, but denounced tho prac
tice of employing men to drug from
their proper and decent concealment
tho personal and family secrets with
wlueh tho ontsttlo worm lias no con
cern. Another limit was, In tho Doc
tor's opinion, the unfair treatment of
political opponents. JIo did not wish
to bo misunderstood. Ale did not sub
soiilra to tbo doctrine that "wo have
nothing to do with tho private lives of
public men ;" that in going to tho polls
we are to "vote lor principles, not lor
i, o nave a rigni to Know, ana
tho deepest interest in knowing, tho
true character of the men who solicit
our suffrage.' Ancditorshould bo great
and fearless In dealing with friends or
foes. Rut tho publio havo ceased to
expect this from our political papers.
They have become so unenndid, so un
just in their treatment of opponents,
t hat they are rapidly losing their influ
ence with the people. Tbe law of libel
in Pennsylvania is worth something,
hut in most ot the ntatea it is little
better than a dead letter. Franklin,
aa long ago as when bo was alivo, ad
vised any one who was abused by an
editor to take a club and break tho
editor's head. And from then till now
this club law has been abont the only
one that was available for most of those
who have suffered from the licentious
ness of the press. The Doctor thought
that a vast amount of nonsonso ib ut
tered with regard lo tho so-called "lib
erty of tho press," , Tho publisher of a
newspaper ha no more right to asperso
tbo character ol s citizen ' than me
keeper of a liquor saloon. Many of
our best citnwiisreluseto becandidutea
for any olllco and tuke almost no in
terest in politics becnuso of this abuso.
Ho objected to tbo account of vice
and crime which occupy so largo a
snaco in tho columns of the press.
1 bey cannot fail to defile tho public
mind and conscience. Lengthy descrip
tions of robbery and arson, rape and
nuirdor, unfit to be read outside of a
brothel, induce crimes of a like charac
ter, i he death ot a prominent ctttien
is recorded in firo lines, while tho his
tory of a hrttlnl wroteb who murder
his wile occupies whole column. ' II
there is a case in court, tho detain) of
which arc so filthy and disgusting that
in an old KiiL'linli court all women and
children would bedircotod lo withdraw,
all tho sickening minutiie of such a trial
are published in the papers that are to
be rend in tbo family. In many rases
the kind of publicity that is given to a
crimo, tho gushing manner in which it
is described, is far' moro injurious to
society than its perpetration. There
is only onr? lower depth into which tho
proprietor of a newspaper can sink,
and that is in publishing what is called
tho "Personal Column," which pro
motes seduction, licentiousness and
prostitution, and leads to tho ruin of
hundreds of tho youth ot both sexes.
Publishing these notice is on a moral
lovel with keeping a housu of assigna
tion. The people who patronice news
paper are largely responsible for its
character. Tho makers of newspapers
aim to supply an existing demand, and
to furnish an article that will sell. Ho
lonii as the tasto exists It will probably
bo gratified. These evils might be
mitiimtcd, first, by requiring every
person who writes fur the publio proas
to append his proper name to his arti
cles. Ho spoke on this luhjoct tenia
lively rather than with dogmalio as
surance. Ho would have no man
abridged of his right to utter his con
victions without fear or restraint. Hut
lilrorty is ono thing and licenso and
licentiousness another. Kditors usual
ly require correspondent to send their
name along with Uieir communica
tions; why should not their names be
given to the public T W hy should any
maa who ia ncithor a knave nor a
ceward desire to strike ia the dark, or
shoot from an mbnshf There i no
reason why an honest man should not
Im aa ready to put hia name to what
" I he writes fnt the pre" as to hi letter
CLEARFIELD,
lor notes of hand flontlrmeii of the
"third eslato insist on tho imperson
ality of the press mid claim tho edi
torial "wo as on of tholr special pre
rogatives. But why should this im
personality detract Irom the weight of
what is written by wise and good men
and givo a tenfold influence to the
r, filings of thoBO whoso opinions nr
cotltlod to no respect f William t'ul-
Ion Bryant and James (iordon Bennot
wcro editors of influential pnpers in tho
city of New York for a term of years.
It cannot be necessary to suggest the
reasons why an editorial lrom the pen
of the author1 of Thanotopsis should
outweiL'h a hundred of thorn written
by the editor of tho 7Vrarf. This Im
personality oi the press, wbilo it hag
its advantages, is certainly operating
to the pulilic dotenment. It does this
in many ways, but chiefly in giving a
flctiliotis importance to tho utterance
ot worthless men. You almost trem
ble as you read In tho columns of ah
influential paper predictions of finan
cial disasters or olhor calamities which
are about to ovortako the country. if
you know the Bobomian who bides
himself behind that tremendous edito
rial "we" you would care nothing for
ins predictions, iim opinions verbally
expressed would not be worth a pinch.
of snuff or have tho weight of a feather
with any one who knows his real char
acter. Yet these are the fellows who
a year ago were ready to have, the
United Slates declare war against
Spain, and who within tho next two
or throe year will bo clamoring for
the annexation ot Mexico. hoovor
does tho work of a blackguard should
bo consigned to a blackguard's place
and excluded from decent society. No
good man should aid him in his work.
The motto of all the friends of decency
and virtue should be to touch not, han
dlo not tho unclean thing. .Such a
course would aliatc a nuisance that has
become intolerable
Interested and Instructed as to cer
tain unworthy menibors of his craft,
tho reporter withdrew, saddened that
such things coultl bo. Ho consoled
himself, however, with tbo reflection
that "in a great house there aro not
only vessels of wood and stone, but
also of silver and gold."
"BECAUSE."
Tho word which Surmounts this edi
torial is personally the property of tho
unjournalistie sex. It bore tho bur
den ot Kve's transgression and it comes
to ns laden with the reproaches of (fen
eration!, of siiifulcroaturus. "My dear,"
says Thompson (with a "p"), over his
stalled ox and plum pudding, "why
didn't you tell me you were going to
rive my best uiimontiniinblcH to tho
icnthen?" JIra T.'s heart fluttens
conscious of welldoing, as she replies,
"Well, my Hear, because' and with
this Archimedean lever of evolution
she move and explain her world of
reasons tho mental phenomena that
made a pair of African legs the pros
pective recipent of Mr. T.'s pantaloons,
i'n'sar with matchless power once an
nounced "I came, 1 saw, I conquered."
Cornelia's tonguo would havo told tho
earth with even greater eloquence, be-causo-n
'Tig tho shield of assertion
when Initio Is at fault. The central
sun round which tho planets of argu
ment rcvoivo. crimo anu error, tne
faults and evil of all mankind and wo
mankind, must bo forcivcn, because .
AVould wo know why tho history of
tho human heart In all time is tho
same? Why Jacob toiled twice sevon
years for Rachel? .Why the swoot
tonguwl I'ctrarca uvea his lonely nio,
and died mid dusty books? Why tho
boy Will tihnkespeare wedded the wo
manly Ann Hathaway? One key un
lock the mystery, and deciphers the
mystic characters drawn by tbo tales,
because 'Tis a tuaurio word. The
fit Im ol the nnleamed aa well aa the
learned world. The problems, true
and fulse, of mathematician. -tho
Ireams, proven and doubtful, of astron
omers Ike vagaries of tho poet, right
or wrong, olfer homage at tho shrine
of this mighty monarch. It l the
arbiter of destiny tho two clieil
word that cut in both directions a
weapon and dofenco. "1 stole," said
tho slave, "bocaune your doctrino of
necessity made mo steal." "And 1
flay theo alivo," quoth Zeno, "because
the same necessity forces mo to do it."
Uinire ol mortal action ye never turn
but that your nissic or discord i aid
tuned to the strain "becauso ." Tho
sun rises, tho stars shine, mea lovo and
mRrry aro happy and miserable die,
reach Hcllorlleaveu booauso . Into
how small a compass is the universo
compressed ? To what nil insignifi
cant ending must all things come?
Piincrah has been, and 1 belies, 1'agan
Athens and Home once knew tho grand
est of worldly dignitie, yet now re
main spectres only of what they woro,
bocause . J bis spirit ol destiny turn
where wo will, meet us and smiles or
frowns. It lived in the highest heavens
ere the world wo and will continue
after 'lis no more, Becauso. Philadel
phia Sumlay Press.
. ; BntFTLESSSBSS. , ,
Khlftleaaness and lazyness aro often
confoundod, but tharo ia really much
odds between them. ,
1ar.y folks hate lo work, hut when
they do set about a thing, they often
do it better than any one olso kan,
while a hittles person I a often
bissy doing things so alovingly that it
disgusts everybody.
havo seen lar.y wimmin who were
ax nest, and aa klean ax a nu 8 cent
piece, and 1 havo aeon shiftless ones
who wax ax bixxy a a hunny bee in a
tugar barroll, and ax badly daubed up.
Shiftless people mako almost ax much
trouble in this world ax wicked onos
do. They novor do otinythinir entirely
right, and perhaps not entirely wrong,
and y u kant git a good average on ono
ov thorn, emiy more than yu kan on
the fuss and hurry of a pissmire.
I havo a grate tneiiny lazy ones on
my list ov acquaintance, and eron
friends, but 1 nevor liav ennything to
do w ith a shiftless ono. They are ol
wusa roddy to borrow umlhiug, and
aro alwnss mluy to keen il
1 )uv to lend thin its. even nil boots
and nnhrcller, but 1 do hate to bar to
go two mile and a haft after them, in
a wot day.
The thflltsM and tho drunken aro a
good deal alike; every time yu lift
Uiem u, and let go ov them they go
again. , .
Yn kan't help this kind ov people,
yn kan't even skaro thorn ; they will
promise ennything, and thoy will tell
a lie just ax honestly ax they will tell
the truth.
I had rather watch two raskals than
on shiftless kus. ,
Jjaay people kan bo puntcbod np a
utile once in awhile, hut tbo more yu
pnnicn np a ahimeas one, tbo wusa yn
ana uy are on.
'Death 1 the only sure kure fur shitT-
leaane they kaa't fool with this
levmidy match foA flilinf.
. i' '"I" 1 '' II I ' :T! ! ' C (,
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
lit1
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PA., WEDNESDAY, APBIL 21, 1875.
PERCY BYHSIIK Nil EL LEY
1 '; ' I'LXCHIIAVh'.
. .After i Grant 'and Sheridan, no one
has appeared on Iho slago during the
Louisiana embi-offliu, who bos attracted
more publio nttunlion thun that negro
acrobat, Pinrhbuck, whose itiiino fully
demonstrates his birth. He belting to
a pinchbaek racoon cross between a
whito and a noffro ol tho third grade.
Nono of hi smartness is therefore in
herited from tbo Afrioan aide, Tho
Washington correspondent of tho Pitts
burgh Jjaider, photographs tbo colored
"highflyer" in thiswayi , . .,,,, .
. Pinchbaek ha hopes again. He
tbinka that since Bruce from Missis
sippi has boon admitted, that it will in
some way help him. Ho is not so
noisy as he was, and has assumed an
airaf patient waiting which ha been
bred in him by tho bull-dog Morton.
Ho bus beon offered tho posttnnstor-
atilp at JNew Orleans, tint this he has
soornfully refused. - The .Scnulo ho will
havo or nothing. !. , ,.
. , 1118 RtMAHKABI.g HISTORY.
Pinchbaek has a Very remarkable
history. Ho was once a slave. Ilia
fathor was Major Holmes, a wealthy
planter in Georgia. His mother was
a qtiardroon, tho property of his father.
Major Holmes was a classical old dni;,
immensely fund of reading. He dub
bed the young brat oirpring of him
self and his quadroon slave with Shel
ley s Iiigh-soundirig name by way of a
joko, and wound np tho high. sounding
gtron-uames with a surnumo of rint h
btick, for tbo sako of tho ridiculous.
Tho little brnt, who wns in tho future
to mako so much trouble in Louisiana,
and tho I'nitcd SUitcs Senate, wns a
great pot with bis fnther, a sort of
lilaeK loot bull lor tho family to play
with, llewnscnllou by them "rineh.,
as ho Is to this day among his intimates.
i . lost at A aAMx or poker.
Major Holmes, liko most southern
gentlemen of his time, was very fond
ol card playing. , His luvoritu gnma
was poker. W hen cngngeil ut this
fuseinntinggamc he would wugcr every
thing he had about him to regain lost
mints, II ho had been nblo ho would
iuvc staked his immortal soul many
times over during his poker-playing
life.
"Pinch." was brought'' up by his
fathor as a special body servant, and
as he wns a very quick, bright lad, ho
always traveled about with htm wbrre
ever he went. ' . .
Ono day when "Pinch" wns in tho
neighborhood of ten yours ot age, ho
was taken by tho tnnjnrilown tho river
to Now Orleans. Tho steamer on
which they traveled when they reached
the Mississippi was tho red steamer
Magnolia, C aptain St. I'lnlr Toinasson
commanding. On Iho way down Ma
jor Holmes got into a game of poker
with the enptuin, ana lost very heavily.
In tho end lie lost all of his ready rash
nbout him, and had nothing left to bet.
llo wished to contmuo tho game, with
tho vain hope possessed by the veteran
gamester, that he might win bock his
losHo. : Ho said, after ft moment's sul
len thought:
"I havo nothing to put up, contain. '
"Hut there's your boy Pinch I
Holmes was so carried awav with
tho excitement of the camo that bo
caught at this idea and stnk cd "Pinch"
then and there.
Tho result was tint chnriL'od ; "Pinch"
wa lost, nnd he and his lather parted
company, tho chronicler say, forever.
j : LIARNINU TO PLAY POKER.
"Pinch." was brought up on the
steamboat, and there iswhuru he gained
a knowledge ol polito manners, uud so
thorough a knowledgo ot tho game ol
poker. He is to this day a giuat po-ker-pluycr,
aud only the other night
at V iliurd-hotol wob 700 from Con
gressman Sheldon, of Louisiana. If
be cannot bocoine a Senator, he will at
least make hia expenses whilu here
making llicnllompt, "I'incn reinuinoo
on the steamboat until ho bocamo of
age, and then he purchased his free
dom aud went to IS'uw Orleans. He
bad made much money by Ksminir,
anil ho proceeded to establish himself
in Jow Orleans uy opcmiiir up one ol
the finest restaurant establishment
there, equal to Welckurat Washington
or Delmonieo's iu Nuw York, so fur as
cooking was concerned.
UR ACCI'All'LATEU HEALTH.
Tho first floor of his building was
devoted to restaurant purposes, tho
second to faro and tho third floor was
lot out to parties about horn no ques
tion were asked so long as they paid
good rent Ho studied a great deal,
and took pains to make himself a great
man among tho colored people ol Lou
isiana. He was well known among
thont all during the days of Iho war,
and through their nid he made a great
detd of money. . Ho w as tho man who
was most success! ul in gelling dis-
patahes or cotton through tho linos.
in this way ho luado hugo sums. Hi
siix!nor intellect and exlensivo con
nection among the negroes made him
a power. He was onco arrested, dur
ing tbo latter days ol tho war upon
tho charge of keeping a disorderly
bouse, and wa sentenced to tho peni
tentiary. However, ho tlid not stay
thero over twenty days.
II it were not lorshrinkutfu in values
inNow Orleans ho would now he worth
upward ol 1750,000. As it is ho is
worth cosily v-un.uW), and curries the
colored vote of the Sutto of Louisiana
in his breeches pocket .
. "I'lsciis.'s" MAliniAtlE.
"Pinch." married in Now Oi lcans a
langhtcrof ono ot the most aristocratic
colored negro families. These funnies
are ones who have always boon free.
Their children are educated in Paris,
and in point of culture tbuy aro the
equal of any of the whito lam dies of
the land, They look down upon the
oontraband clement, with quite as
much scorn nsdoc the dominant white
race. When "Pimdi." a former con
tmbeind was announced as married lo
one of the real fumilie in Now Orleans,
the nnstocratio colored society there
wa shaken from centre to cii'cunifer
onee. Tho Do la C'roixs, tho Dumas,
the Narios, Joubnrts and tho DePuys
for a king time refused to rrrcivo him,
but since ho has achioved political
prominenco, they havo deigned to tuko
up with bim. i
There is not a lunro energetic un
scrupulous politician in Louisiana than
Pinchbaek, but in business mutters he
is a marvel. , Jlis credit ia so good in
New Orlean that any of tho leading
business men there will lend bim any
amount of money apun hi personal
word. It is not every United Slate
Senator who n hi equal in thoj. .
,. .. ' . ('R.
' When a girl crops her front hair,
nnd pulls It down over net forehead
liko a Mexican mustang, and then tics
a nieeo of red Velvet around her neck
who can wonder at a number of palo
focod vonnir men that throw away
thoir ambition, and pass sleepless night
in tiring to raise down on their upper
lips f Jv mutt O'fy Tmn '
ItllWKIXa OF THE HICIIMOXD
i THEATRE. ,
, A HARK IIIKTOHK'AI. fHM't'U EXT.
The following letter, written Decern
her 28th, 1811, lrom Richmond, by Mu
lor A. M. ivooiruigo to lion, .lames
Pleasants, at Washington, D. f'.,
given to tho public for tho first time,
and is a rare contribution to tho local
history of that city: , .
"Dear Sir Thursday evening the
Richmond theatre was consumed by
me, ana irom ono to two Hundred per
sons consumed. Awfully futul was the
event of that disastrous night and not
ono family in Richmond but mourns
tho loss ot some dear connection or es
teemed friend. ' Amonir tho dead are
numbered tho chief magistrate of this
commonwealth, the president of the
LanK, Jlr. Hutu and lamily, Mrs. Ual
letro, Mrs. Patterson, and many others
ot your acquaintance. The (iovornor
hud effected his escape, hut returned to
rescue his tinuirhtor and with her was
consumed, Yesterday his body, cut of
sixty-niiio winch were taken lrom tho
ruins, was the only one known ; and
for that consolation his friends are
alone indebled to his stock-buckle.
which, uninjured, bore testimony to the
uieniity oi jus person.
"In Mr. Holts' untimely death nnd
much lamented exit is recorded a
course as amiably magnanimous a rare
and unuxumplrd. As he could not re
lease bis wif'o nnd littlo children he
chose to bow to tho supremacy of duulh
surrounded ley his lui.nly , and was seen
by some of his friends glundiuir. on an
eminence in tho house, when all pros
pect ol escape hud passed away, and
with a composure and resolution truly
astonishing, consigning mi infant he
naa leu at nome to mo care oi some
friend. After which, as tho flumes ap
proached, ho tore the hair from Ins
Lead and fed the fire; and eventually
met death in the ombruco of connubial
and purentul enthusiasm. Had ho lived
to the one ot JUulhtisclah nav,
even to the end of time, perhaps so
glorious an opportunity nnelit never
again nave otleretl, in winch ho rouiii
bear equal testimony to the triumph of
a husbund and futher over the loss of
life.
"It is said that Mr. Vcnahlo effected
his escape several times, and at last
was buried amidst the Koncrul destruc
tion, a martyr to tho finer feelings of
humanity.
"A young man by the name of Gib
bon boa purchased renown on earth
and an asylum In heaven by having
snatched from the flames it beloved
mother, whom ho boro to safety, nnd
returned to rescue her to whom his
future life was pledged. Ho clasped
her in his arms and entletivored to save
her, but tho flumes enveioiied them,
tind they died Rs they would have
lived tenderly dear to euch other.
Mrs, I'ltttersiin leaped lrom a window
lronting tho second row ol boxes and
luxated her nock. A Mr. Marshall,
from ono of tho Western counties,
saved a number of women by dropping
them tliroiiL'h an upper window, anil
ho attempted to snvo himsell liy
jumping from tho window a lady
clOHiHid bim around the neck, llo was
killed and sho escaod in saloiy. Mr.
Ediein Jerwu IKdwin J.. son of Gen.
John ilervry, colonel lu tho commissary
department ot Virginia during the
revolution, M. C. and register of the
Slulo land registry otlloo; General
John was the father of General Jacqu-
hno Uervcy li. A. 11. L whose heroic
exertion will long be recollected, it is
supposed will expire to-day from tho
olleets of the flames. Robert Stnnard,
esq., saved from tho flumes a .Miss
Craig, to whom ho is to bo Bhortly
united, llio rescue was uosicraiciy
perilous. Her sister, who was with
ficr, perished. Pcrhap thero nover
wus so great a change in any city in
the world as Richmond experienced.
Thursday morning was ushored into
oxisteuco with a resplendent calmness
unexampled before at this season of
the year. Never did tho sun dawn on
so many smiling and cheerful face in
Richmond as on that day. Cheerful
gaiety dispensed it pleasurable in
fluence over evory part of tho city;
tleep interest was foil in the play lor
that evening. It was a new Gullie
play, translated by a gentleman of
liielimnnd. The allor-piece wo tbo
Blooding Ntin"Agno,or the Bleeding
Nun. li. A. II and this tho last
week of performance. Tho house was
full nay, passing full. Tho play pass
ed off to the entire satisfaction of tho
audience, and tho aftor-pioco hud pro
gressed to tho second act. Mr. A est,
whoso comic powers haro long amused
tho people ot Richmond, was on the
stage general glee and hilarity had
thrown the house into wild oestney. In
n minute the sceno is changed ; Rob
ertson bursts on tho stage and in a
horrible voice announce nro. Tho sad
sequel I will not attempt to describe ;
ita misery I can tell, but never can
portray. Suffice, therefore, to say
that wild despair and precipitate alarm
apparently transfixed hundreds to the
floor. Somo thus situated met furious
death unconscious of his approach ;
others were borno lifeless and hurled
lifeless from tho windows. Two min
utes had not clnpsed ere the theatre
was tilled with smoke and names, tno
randies extinguished and one-fonrlh of
the persons who had gone lo ine piay
woro on fire. Imagine to yourself ,be
situation of Sodom anil Gomorrah
when tbo vongeance of heaven visited
them in a torrent of fire, Behold the
Hicillian Jslcs blotted from oxisteuco
by tcrrifiu earthquakes eo tho lava
ol .Ktnaand Mount Vesuvius swallow
ing np whole cities and then, even
then, yon will have but a faint idea of
me won norror inut nvwi in iwmu uv
hearts of those who beheld this sceno.
Koch Individual who beheld it felt as if
evory being was snatched from exist
ence" save himself, who was deprived
of tho pleasure of following his f riends.
The flames, as If sent from tha lower
regions, reversed tho onler of nature,
and Instead of ascending, wore with
violent Telocity fiirced from tho roof
into the pit and txixcs, ana appeared
to creep on tho earth in furious pursuit
of nrev. There were some present
who had beheld tho destruction of
thousands In battle, and seen cities
swallowed up unmoved, that bowed In
hnmhle submission to ibis inentiui
spectre or handmaid to fhto. Who
could remain collected when he beheld
at least five thousand persona in tears
nncj Iranliowith despair surrounding
the funeral pile of so many friends ami
relatives? It may be) truly said tho
flame feostod on beauty, age, infancy,
worth, honor and talent. Oh, kow
estimable, fate, was tbino oflonng to
heaven I May It Inoense reach the
thrnno of tbe Most High, and there be
received a a propitiation for those who
remain. -,!-! ,
"Tho day inoceeding this eventful
night beam ample testimony to the
reverential honor paid the dead ; not a
carriage of any description wa eeri on
the street, and every door, even down
to tho meanest hovel, was shut. The
several dopnrtitvrnts -nf government
closed their functions: and all fislivitr
is prosrrilied bv the Common Hall fori
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i.mr ni.iiniii.. : " .i .il
.,1
".Scarce two weeks have pssw
luce tbe carnage on tbo Yt abash, suc
ceeded immediately hy several alarm
ing evidence of cartiiquakes in the
South. Then Hi is fatal firo, preroded
by several horrid murders and acci
dents in the neighborhood. Doctor
Henderson a few day since stabbod
mortally a Mr. Robertson, and two
nion have been found dead near Rich
mond. ' These are awful forebodings of
Heaven vengeance. May it bo avert
ed, i I hare mado two narrow escape
lately one from tho tumbling of a coal
pit; the other a fall from my horso. i
"1 am, with sentiment ol high es
teem, your most obediont servant 1
A. 8. WooLRiDim. '
"Jlon. Jamtt Pleasant, Washington."
.n : : - KinHirer.
A DARING FEAT.
A kind of dare devil Jersey coast
diver nttiuod Paul Boyton, ho created
some sensations in this county by hia
diving and swiiniug feu l, and lust
week ho convulsed all Kurope iu his
bold attempt to swim across the British
channel, from Dover to Calais, France,
rlio dislauco is bo miles which be mule
in 15 hours.
iloyton on his passage from New
York to Kurope, abandoned the vessul
wheu within ten miles of the Irish coast
and made tho landing abend of the
vessel.
The general pros despatches from
London descriptive ot the feat are in
substance as follows: He started ut
4 30 A. M., accompanied by a steamer,
rrom which a telegraph eutilc wns laid,
through which from time to time wns
telegraphed his progress. Ono tele
gram (at 7.15 A. Saturday) said:
lioyton is going along splendidly, lie
i now lourteeii miles out. lie is in
good spirits and smokpig. Capo Gris
lier, is in sight." Later in lliu day a
despatch was received from Boulogne,
wnien rcponeu inui. mo i-upiuui oi tne
Folkcston packet spoko Boyton at 1 .55
p. M , ten miles lrom Jioiilugnc. in
answer to an inquiry as to how ho wo
gotting on, ho responded, "All right"
Shortly niter six P. M., ho was tuken
on board tho press steamer, against
hia own wish, within 8 miles of the
coast. Tho weather had become bois
terous ; night was closing in, and the
pilot declined the responsibility of guid
ing him after dark. Tho sea was so
rough that nearly all ou board the
steamer were sick. Tho Observer of
London says: Although the task was
hardly accomplished the seeeess of the
life-saving invention is conclusively es
tablished. Boyton's tltvss is mostly of
India-rubber, and is so arranged thai
it ran be inflated, and rendered not
only buoyant bnt waterproof. Bov
ton, on his way over from New York,
jumped overboard somo 10 or 15 miles
lrom tno coast oi Ireland, landing snie-
lv. liccently, in London, ho gnvo an
exhibition on the Thames, he and two
others floating from Westminster to
Greenwich, tho trio eating, drinking,
and smoking en route. More recently
Boyton gave an exhibition in the pres
ence ot nor Alaiesty, in tbe waters ol
Southampton, which resulted in sev
eral stilts ol tho dress being ordered
lor tho roval yacht.. I lie Ores is so
arranged that tho wearer can enrry
not only a supply of provision but
rocket and other signul apparatus.
Iloyton s 1 1 lo lias been sketched so ol-
tcn that a repetition at this time is un
necessary, especially when his deeds
ot daring in tbo interest ol humanity
at Atlantio City and elsewhere aro so
tresh in the memory ol the American
public. Ho is about 38 years of ago,
and when he left Now York lust Oc
tober weighed 180 rouuds, and was as
fine a specimen of American manhood
ns wo ever Itsuked upon. Ol good
height and powerful frame, he Boomed
the embodiment of muscular and con
stitutional perfection, llo then had a
Its II, round, cleanly shaved luce, about
which a smilo was constantly playing,
and was confident of success.
A Now York Herald uahle special,
Inted Sunday, say when Boyton was
picked up he w as not tired and his
garments were dry. 1 he icmpcmluro
of his body lowered ono degree. His
pulse, wns 80. Tbe doctors are of
opinion that ho could havo remained
in tho water six hours longer, llo has
determined to repeat his attempt to
swim across tho clis.nncl.
STICK To"riIE FARM, ,
Within tho Inst year or two, wo can
number a half doxen of our farmer ac
quaintances who havo been lured to
niiuneiul destruction hy tho glamour
of speculation. Antl going back ten
yearn, and carefully broking up tho
history of the tnon weknow, who huve
left the farm to engage in trade, we
find not ono In ten has succeeded. A
recent case has come to onr knowledge
that Is full of instruction to those who
aro lompted to lenvo tho farm. By
his own exertions alone tins lurmer
had accumulated a handsomo compe
tence, anil at the ago of fifty could
look with prido over his acres of rich
land, his tine herds and flocks, aud
comfortable buildings, Ho was out of
debt, and had a hnndsomo surplus In
the bank. Two years ago, In an evil
hour, he was induced to invest in a
dry goods store. Last full his farm
and stock were sold for debt, antl he
reduced to tho necessity of day labor
to support his large and yet dependent
family.' All tbe accumulation of over
thirty years of hard toil many of
them years ol privation, lianlsinps.iinti
the closest economy swept away in a
few moiilh by litis demon, specula
tion. Anil thi ia not solitary cose.
Kvery reader can count similar one
in hi own list of acquaintance. 1 hey
all teach one a great lesson stick lo
your legitimate business in which you
Let well enough
. .. . . I
havo succeeiksl.
alone. A man who ha lived all his
life on a farm stands but little chance
to coinieto successfully with tbo men
who have noen eaneatea enti trained
for speculative pursuits. The two oc
cupation are extremes honest toil at
ono and, and tho t ricks of trade nl the
other. '
If vou have a good larm keep il, im
prove It, adorn it, bo proud of It, and
when yon are uono wttn it, nnnu it
down to your children ;' the best In
heritance, with a good name nnd edu
cation, that yon could leave them.
imw tanner. ; ,
In a Minnesota storm two years ago
a man named Taylor was lost. Ho
had fifteen hnndrod dollars wtlh htm
at the time. Hi bones were discover
ed tho other day, and the money was
all right.
A-uegro woman In Pitt county, N.
C, reoenlly gavo birth to triplet; the
first wa whit,theooT.d mulatto, and
the third black. Thi all come from
Civil Rights.
,
TERMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
KtVVJ QVUIVQXHW 1ft Vn 1 ft
A sad VEiuon.
, .tisvniii Irt cling lo Hie youth 'which
I 1'" "" """''"'I '"' 'l '
iii IiIkoo . s him , lit be .nuce'i: c we.!
, signed lor the cheerful acceptance of
- - - r. --
Hie aunts winch mainit! hie is snrc tni
bring. ,. Why, lor example, should a
single woman of forty cling to the!
dress and manners of a girl, instead of
owning to herself and others that the
has Hilly reached middle ago ? Comit
ies advertisements show but too plain
ly bow many havo a horror of growing
old, and snatch credulously at every
device for hilling tho unwelcome fad.
Success in such arts means a walking
deception and where there is falsehood
ou the surface, thero is not much hope
of truth beneath ; failure means an ab
surd anomoly bright hair tloes not
harmonize with a failed cheek, or rouge
with a furrowed brow. Beside, as
lovoly as i tho bloom of youth, it Is
hardly missed when tho beauty of ex
pression beams forth in ita stead. In
mourning over, and magnifying what
is past, thero is always danger of neg
lecting, if not losing, the treasure
which remain. Yet, in middle age
often tho brighter aspects of youth
are recalled. "My good day are done,"
we can Imagine ono musing in melan
choly womanhood ; "how different it
was ut twenty, sheltered by the tendor
ot love, free from care and anxiety,
and happy in what I had antl, whiit
was more a languid, restful, feeling.'
which gnvo assurance of having enjoy
ed myself to the utmost. Around me
were iutimato friends, with whom I
could exchange thought and feelings,
unchecked by doubt or reverse ; health
of body mado it n joy to live and
brentho, while an elastic spirit sprang
freshly front cveiy trouble ; and then
the enchantress Hope, how sweetly
sho whispered! 'Hut how, mnny sor
rows havo chastened body and mind.
Reaction hns como to lie a thing of
divud most usurisns payment for every
excitement. The dear old homo is
broken up. Of early friends, omc are
dead, others are distant or occupied, so
we rarely communicate, and fower still
remain unchanged. Many times have
I been deceived and disappointed in
olhors, and bitterer still, havo been
deceived and disappointed in myself. I
havo to bear my ntirtlen alone, and
hido my grids, hot I tease some care
less car, or hiudcr some busy hand."
THE OLD STORY. .
History is said to repeat itself, and
the following extract from a speech
of Demosthenes centuries ago on tho
degeneracy of A thens may, as a corres-
pondent remarks, fitly be applied to
the present condition of our polities:
"But," voti may reply, "what Athens
may have hist in reputation abroad
she bus gained in splendor at home. ,
11 as there ever a greater upiiearaiice
of prosperity and plenty ? Is not tli
city enlarged Aro not tbo streets
belter paved, honses repaired and
beautified ?" away with such trifles!
Shall I bo paid with counters? An
old square new vamped up! A fount
ain I An aqueduct 1 Aro these
quisitions to boast of? Cast your eyes
upon the magistrate under whoso
ministry you boast these precious im
prorements. Heboid tho dcsoicable
creature, raised all at onco from dirt
to opulence, Irom tho lowest obscurity
to the highest honors. Have not some
of these upstarts built private house
and seats vicing with the most sumpt
uous of onr public palaces ? A nd how
have their fortune and their power
increased, but as the conunouwoolth
has been ruined aud impoverished."
Had tho old Grecian orator had in
his mind's ore the nrosent nruvalenee
of political corruption, tho elevation of
unfit men to publio offices, and the
impoverishment of tho Commonwealth
by those who seek by ita ruin to in
crease their power and fortune, he
could not havo inveighed against this
state
of things more strongly than he I
nlho above words, which stnnd i
tlid in tho above words,
to this day in commemoratiou of hia
political integrity. . . (
Love wtiik Penitentiary. A enso
of true love has come to light in the
tbo Ohio State Penitentiary that has a
romuntio twinge to it. In May, 1873,
Thomas Miles and Anna Mcrarlantl
were sent to the prison from Licking
county, for burglary, under the same
sentence. Not long since tho woman
asked tho guard about 1 homos, want
mg to know how soon he would got i
out. On inoniry of her, it wa learned
that they wero engaged to bo married
before coming to tho prison, and that
sho was not really
tlty of burglary,
but pleaded guilty that sho might be
allowed to suffer with hor lover. . Sho
told the guard that tf Thomas was still
truo ho would mnrry him when they
got out. Thomas was interviewed,
and he was still true to his Anna. Tho
prison authorities were moved at the
situation, and allowed them an Inter
view, which is said tu have been Quito
an uflocting scene. Their terms expire
on tho same day, iaturday, January
31, 1870. It ha been arranged, at
their request, lo bold tho marnagtt
ceremony in tbo prison chapel on the
day of their discharge, the chapluin
officiating. The twain will start out
with freedom agnin after two year'
confinement within tho same walls,
with but one interview in that time.
It may bo added that both havo been
exemplary prisoner.
No Effect. A German paper con
tains a reply from a clergyman who
was traveling, and who stopicd at a
hotel much lrcquentcd by wags antl
joker. Tho host, not being used to
having clergymat at In tablo, looked
at him with surprise; the clerks used
all Iheir artillery of wit upon him, with
out olieiting a remark in self defence.
Tho worthy clergyman ale his dinner
quietly, apparently without observing
llu tf ilies and sneers of his ueighlxirH.
r "f them, at last in despair at his
fiirltnrnneA aniil In him 1
forbearance, snitl to him :
"it ell, 1 wonder at your patience 1
Have you not heard all that lias been
said to 1 on ?"
"Oh, yes, but I am used to it. Do!
you know who I am f
".o, sir. '
"Well, 1 will Inform you. . I am
chaplain of a lunatic asylum ; nch re
marks have no rllect on me I
The Prime or Life. The Jewish
Messenger thus fixe lb uipretne period
ol man life: "From fimy to sixty, a
man who has regulated himself may
be ronsiiloretl as in lbs prime of lite.
Hi natural strength of constitution
renders bim almost itnperviou to tho
attack of disease, and exiiericnco has
given his judgment the soundness of
almost Infallibility. Hi mind I reso
lute, firm and equal ; all hi funotiona
are In the highest order j h assumes,
the mastery ovor biwnew, build up a
competence on the foundation ha kaa
laid in . early manhood, and pasao
through a poriod of life attended by
many gratifications.
plimcnt to a deserving lady :
"It ever a woman wru) boru to era
' I Ijollinh llUli ttxlluli.'lbtt, tvomaii. I
. Cathcriiw t'haso Spragui'. Neverlbe
; , , , .' less liu is hii exile from il a wander-
ci' lo-ilny in r.urope. I fio houM in
wlii.1i she rclncd mi long u jutssetl
jntu the hands ill' urtxlllom, and In lib -ready
a Imuivliiig hones, ! A ln.ul every
other iiImkIu in Washington in n bourn,
ing or u dwelling house, tut this on
cili lliu i It'll iuii of liMOssily should
bare spare! such'. rtf . To-day
lioarderw iiImmU iho niton where tbe
'""u ,l" !' . u' .?"i
j made with Ihoso sleudor bands before
I she nepiu'ioii. , -i :'i ' ' .1 i ( )
I "But in this capital there is no
: woman kill w ho can till her place, or ; t
, approach herm trerevwr, yrt -).
bvehi,rs aiut graco. I'urhup , ,
" UU,,M' VV'' '"Z' TZ
have been so iiiuuy locriliiise untl so
. .n,
'' to praise her. They were pen et-
""' ' """"K '"ft ".'"",
lK"" her from tho tip of her no
her "lack of heart," and above all
with her supreme indifference to thorn
solve. : In her utter devotion to hor
children she proved at least that h ' 1
bad at least a mother1 heart, which
no call of fashion or prompting of aat- ''
bitlon ever tempted from it roving ,! j'
cares. 'To any student or lover of ,,..;
human nature she must, while she
lives, bo an object of the deepest Inter-'' ' '
est, not only because of her tinerlativ - !
grace, the rare spell of bar face, her
social firmness, but because of the rare , , ,.
capacities and possibilities of hor na
ture." ' an eaa e ! t.l'n.'l-!
EXPEI.tlXQ AK ATHEIST.
J. Williams Thorno, Into of Chester
county, Pa., in a blatant Radical, who ' '
having removed to North Carolina, i )
bad himself elected to the legislature :, I
of that State, hut be seems to have en. , .
countered a geriou difficulty in ob
taining admission to that body, a will ' ' '
be seen, from the following pre des- ' '"
patch from Reluigb, N. C. : . .
, The House ot Representatives con-
sidered the resolution of tho expulsion
ol J. William Tborne, member from " '
Warrou county, In three night sessions, "
on account of his non-belief in the ex- ' vli
istence of God, as set forth by a pain- ,
phhit issued by him, Thoyvotoa on
it at 12 o'clock last night, resulting ' ' '
yea 4B, nays 81.' Tho resolution was ''
as follows: I ' ;; " . '
W u krear, J. W. Thorne, the mem
ber from Warren county, has advocatod ,
and promulgated a most blasphemous
doctrine, subversive of tho principles '
of the constitution of North Carolina : 1
and of sound morality ; therefore ..:
Ilesoleed, That tbe said J. W. Thorna
be and is hereby expelled from a aoat
on tbia floor. , ..
Tbo Lancaster Intelligencer 1 says,
Thorno is about 85 ycorg of age and la '
well known in Lancaster ana Chester .
counties as th exponent of "great
moral reforms." At the oponing of '
the Greeley campaign, ho participated .
in a public political discussion at Chris
tiana, in which he warmly espoused '
tho cause of Grant. The motion for i:
his exulsion from the North Carolina . ,,
Legislature was made by ; Hanson
H ughos, a colored man.
A Pi'Nof.nt Rebcke. From late
English paper we learn that the eolo-
hratod Father Ignstius recently gnvo
"P nd wcll-mented rebuke to
Ke 'loin he had been called
to preach. Before the sermon tho Woll
known hymn of lr. W atts was Rnng :
"When I sen-ay the wondrouj oroaa : .
Oa wblob tbo Priaeeof Ulory died,.
My ricbeet geia I eeeat bat Iom,
And pear enatempl as ail ay pride."
The last verse ia very expressive:
' "Were all Ota realm ef eatare atiaa, f
That were a present far too small :
Love ae amaalng, eo dtvlae,
Demaads my aoal, my Ufa, my elL" .
When the hymn wa ended the
preacher arose and slowly repeated
t ho last lino : i
"Demaads my soul, my life, my all." ':
Then looking around, he added.- ' -
"Well, I am surprised to hear you
sing that. Do you know that alto
gether yon havo only put fifteen shil
ling into tho bag this morning?" '
1 ho effect of each a comment on '
such a fact may woll be imagined. . . ...
Barm Manauxuent. A alovonlv
kept bam is no credit to it owner. It '
is not only unsightly, bat the habits
that make it o will generally be found a
ta operate disastrously by the wastinv
of loddcr and neglecting the animal.
IV- vl: - . .. . .. . .1'
vv e uenevo, ss a ruio, mat the animals
in a slovonly kept barn do not com-
rare
in thrill with those of a tid It
swept one, even on a good or better
r,;od'. Tho reason ia that the sloven
has littlo or no system. Sometime
his cattlo are over-fed and sometimes
undor-fed j sometimes they are watered ;
in the morning, somotime at night,
and sometimes not at all. Hay ia i'
scattered about tbe floor where it i
trod upon by unclean boots until it is
soiled and tainted that the animal re
ject it a virtually wasted. Paying no
attention to a change of food, tbe ap. '
petite becomes poori and largo amount
of fishier go to the manure hean.wbich. .
r'"i"-v ",u B"y
"I. , "n"T "ucu " "g"mt.
m co"e ,n0 C"M Rro
Thirty -nine widows woro ranged in
rows of chairs, tho other day, in the '
County Clerk' office of Virginia City.
Each bad a burial certificate or some
other proof of the death of her hu
band. They wero of varied aspect,
from tho dimpled girl of seventeen to
tho wrinkled matron of seventy, mak
ing, probably, the most remarkable"
gathering of widows over known. -Their
errand was to recover taxes
which had been improperly collected, .
tho law which allow them to bold a
certain amount of untaxable projierty '
having been disregarded. ' ik
- " at i ana . ,- j...
"-Mother want to know if you won't .
please to lond hor your preserving ket
tle 'cause as how sho wants to pre
serve?" "We would with pleasure,
boy, but tho fact in, the last time we '
lent it to your mother sit preserved it
so effectually that wo have never seen :
it since." "Woll, you nctdn't bo o
sassy aliout your old kottlo, mother
wouldn't have troubled yea agin, only '
weed yon have a new one.'' i
The charge that Botkin, ol tbe Mil.
wankce .Sentinel, has to Dull on hia
nndorshirt from below on account of
the sire of his en rs, is i base invention."
We've knows Hot over twenty-one
year, have lcpt with bim a great
many time, and Ve know that hi ears
aro flexible. In cold weather we used
to use tho off one for an extra quilt
Cincinnati Timrs. . i
A girl in Susquehanna county, prat-
ty and not yot eighteen.reoently sawed
a cord of wood In one hour and forty
minutes, each stick being cot twice. '
Her mother bad told her that aha was
fit for nothing Lot to sit in the parlor,
and read novels, and the "showed ber
if she wasn'L"
Recently, a party t "n banting i "
In Kansas, seventy 4ve miles loath- ' .
west of Fort Hays, found th bodies ,.
of three men in a roofless cabin. It
1 (upposcd they took refuge there da- "'
ring a severe snow storm In January ' ''
last and perished. . : ;:o :. :
i M Mm am i aai ' ' u -.
' General Sickles i a shining light it ,
Pari now, he give grand dinner par
tie, goes everywhere, and hi turnout
is the finest seen on theBois. - " - i "
When bia wife discovered abotlls in
bi coat tail pocket, b said it wa So.
aodonk Ah said It wa all right "to
txi don't take toe mse taf ol htr;
In ;