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CLICARKIKLD, PA,
HATAB1.IIUBD IN IBT.
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In North Central Peimaj Haula.
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. URORGB R. OOODLANDBK,
Klitr and I'ufclnh.r.
earns.
not. . niMT. CT1U1 OBJIO,
MURRAY & GORDON,
A T T O.R N E Y 8 AT LAW,
l:W7 CLEAkFIKLII, PA.
A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W ,
tlearneld, p.
Will llt-to ll bvete.ee MtlljU to bit
promptly Hid faithfully, aonia 71
WII.I.1AM A. WJXLArR.
Air F. WAI.I.AI'1.
PAVin L.
JOBS W. WBM1I.BT,
WALLACE 4. KREBSi
(Suieeieore to WaIIaco A Ftoldieg,).
ATTOBSE Y8-AT-LAW
11.1273 . Clearfield, Pa.
. T. IL10, . B. A TALIA
DES. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
I'learUeld, Ha.
Olf.ee lit recitlcnee of !r, Wlteoa.
Orri, lloni: From II M P. IT. Vad.
Valuh eeu be found At night In blf roomi, ueal
door lo HArtewiolt tram a urug -r
Atalra.
Dlt. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOIIOI.AND. PA.
Will promptly Attend all oalle In tliA line of ail
,.,r..,u,, aoY.III-tJ
lobars . a'axALtr. iut w. b'cubht.
MoENALLY 4 MoCUEDY,
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
n-Ugl buclnooc attended to promptly with)
H.Jity. OOioe on Second etreet, eboee ihe Firet
(KC11 Bank. JABII.ia
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attornkv and Coitnsklor at Law,
olbarfikld, pa.
Having recigoed bit Judgoihli, haA rreuined
the preetioo of lb law In nil old oSoa At Cleer
...l, I'a. Will attend the oourtc of JeSerron and
Elk eeantlel han ipeeially relained la oonnaMiou
eilh reiideut eiunel. 1:14:71
"wm, mTmccullough.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
t'learflelil. Pa.
4r0ffi ia Court lluue, (KLerlB i UtHo)
LrfHl bajioeiiroujrtljrattndi'l to,
R al antata
jir;
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clrarrleld, Pa.
..OI5oa in (irabua'. Bow. d3 Ij
A TTORN E Y-AT-LA W ,
ll:l:7J Clearllpld. Pi.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
llEoa oa Saeond St., OUartald, Pa. butI,I
iVrael "testT
ATTORN K Y AT LAW,
t'learfleld. Pa.
. a.Ofj0t in fiaa tiptra uoaaa... 4yAA.ai
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pi.
0O(B Ib Pia'a Opera lluaaa, Room No. a.
aJan.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Viiii Hail Batata A geiif, Clearfield, Pa.
Offlno oa Tblrd etreet, bet.Cberr A Walnat,
HrHaapeolfallj olfere hi, nraleeilB aallla
1 ,ad auelnf laada la Olaarleld and adjoiniai
ountiea and witbaaeiparieneaolovertweatT
reari a a tarvovor, flattarA himtelf thnt be aab
.-ender latlifaetioB. irea. ia::ii,
TeEDEMCK O'LJEAEY BUCK,
SCKIVENER k ("OXVEYANCER,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Ueede of Con?e)rinee, Article! of Aireemtnt
and all M-gal peport prompuy anu nt-ai y eio
ruted. OHWe In Pie 'l Upon llouee, KKB Mo. 4.
CHArflrld, I'A., April 1, W.
j blake Walters,
UK All ESTATE BROKER,
A!iD pBibaa ta
Saw littgn and Tjnniber,
CI.KAKPIEI.O, PA.
fflne In Drnhain'A Row 1:35:71
J T J . L I N G L E,
ATTORXEY-AT-IjAW,
1:11 uaeaola, t'learfleld Ca., Pa. j pd
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SUltQ EON,
OBoa oa Uarkit Strut, Oleerdeld. Pa.
jerOfflee bouri: I to 12 a. m.t and I to S p. na.
jll. eTm. BCHEURKR,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Olllee lb refidenee on Market at.
Aprim,JI71. Clearnrld, Pa
DR."W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
LUTHKRSnURO, PA.
Will Attend prafeuWnAl eelli promptly. au,10'7
"1. S. B ARN H ART,
ATTORNKT . AT - LAW,
llellefonte. Pa.
Will praetiee la Clearneld and ell of the Coartl of
me Asia anaioiat miirmi im u.iu
end eolleotiou of oleltue made epeclaltlei. nl'TI
0. W. WEAVER 4 CO.,
IHtUGGISTS It APOTHECAKIES,
OURWRNSVILLK, PA.
Dealere la all kind of lre, Uedlelnee, Fan
ey Uootla and DruKgiere' 8eiitirlee.
Curaoaarille, Meivk IT, 174.
GE0BGE M, FERGUSON,
WITH
. V. L IFF I SCOTT ft CO.,
lCAlere in a
HATS & ( Al'.S, HOOTS k SHOES,
3:17 Ml Market Street, PbllaJalpkia. 74-lf
CHARLES H. EIJJ0T,
NOTE UK OK Kit,
mil Joaa W. Saatoi t Co.
Stock and Bond Commission Brokers,
111 Sella Third Street, Pbilada.
PaMiealar allenllon glrea ta aarebim and
,alri af floeernmrnt PnadA.
Refer ta M. W. Woodward, R., Celiler Mas.
araclarerl Mellonll Hank I Cberlre BlAneherd,
K.q, l.umWr Uerrkantl Herbert Unreel A Co.,
Lumber Merehentii Wm. Moalellel, Kx., Viea
PrraideBt Beak of AmaileA Powell A Co., Bank
ere, .llitn.io,t, Pa. acb'7-lai
A. H. mitton7
JlenuUclertr and dealer In
Harness Saddles and Bridles,
Collar., Whlpi, Bmhea, Ply We ta, Trimnlagr
Htrie Ulanketf. Ae.
Vernam, Prank Millrr'e and Neellfoat 01 U.
Ag.nl for Velley and Wlleon'a Baggier.
Oiden and rrpalrll tirontplly alleaded ta,
Chop oa Market (Irud, Cleirleld, Pa., la raoaj
fi.rmirly nenapied k.r Ja. Aleien'ler, jjjl'j
M ITCH ELL WAGONS.
TLo Beet ii the Clteapeitl
Tbetnae R.llly kai reealeed aaather large let af
"Mlleboll Wagaae," wklak are aainng tba eery
beet aaaafeetered, aid athleb ke will aril al Ike
moat reeeoneble relea. II le eluek laeladef almaat
aH (Uaeriptleai wf wageeje lergeead emalt, wide
and earrew traek. Call a4 ere thaej.
apr'74 THOMA" RTl.ir.
CLEAR!
GEO. B. Q00DLANDEE, Proprietor.
VOL 49-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
A. G. KRAMER,
A t T O R ' E Y - A T - h A W ,
Reel E.taleaed Celleetlua Agent,
CI.BAHPIELI), PA.,
Will promptly atleod ta all legal bu.inei en
trailed to blf eere.
XrOfflea la Ple'l Opera llouie, Heaad loar.
aprll l-B" '
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN A 8UBGEON
HAVIN8 located at Peannold, Pa., offer, kU
arolewlenaj earrleu ta tbo people of that
alaoe And ,urrondln eoonlrj. Allealla promptly
Attended ta ' - am. li tl.
t r. uvi w.
DBA LIB iH
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
LIMBER, BUl.rO LEU, He.
-AT TBB - -
CORNER STORE,
rarwennllle, Xor. ?J, 174.
JOHN d7tHOMP80N,
Jaetlea or Iba Peaeo and gerlrener,
CurweniTill, Pa.
t.Colleotl.n, tne.ie and mooe.r promptly
peidorer. ..."
W. ALBERT t BROS.,
MAnufaotnreri A eltenfiTaDealariia
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, Slo,
WOODLAND, PKNN'A.
HT-Ordere aollelled. Bill! llled on ebon not lee
and reaeoaeble termi.
Addreia Woodland P. 0., Cleertrld Co.
Pa.
e3j-ly
M.UK11T A IIKIlS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT.
Preuchellle, Clear Held Coauly, Pa.
Keepi aonetanlly on kaad a full BAaortment of
Dry Goodf, Hardware, Uroearies, and arerythtng
neually kept in a retail ore, wbiob will be eold,
for eaAh, ai ebeAp aa eleewbere in the eonniy.
Praaebvilla, June 17, I87 1j.
f rTo A HF O R C e e
DBALBB 11
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
tiHAIIAMTtl". Pa.
Alan, eateaelre anaafactarer and dealer In Squnre
Timber and Sawed Lumber of ell kind.
M-Orderl enllelted and all bllle promptly
tiled. I'jy''"
R EU BEN H AC KM AN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuu'a.
teauWill eieeate Jobi In hii line promptly end
la a workmanlike maaaer. arre.n,
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
KKAR CL8ARFIKLD, PKNN'A.
4T-Pump alwayl on hand and made lo order
on ehort notice, rtnee oore Hn.pi... -All
work warranted lo'render atlerartton, end
dellrered If deilred. myliilypd
E. A. BIGLER &, CO.,
PBALIR n
SQUARE TIMBER,
aid aBafaoturori of
ALL klNIIHOPBAWGD LIIMBKH,
f71 CLKtRPIBLD, PENN'A.
ey. O. OrVAMAM,
deeler la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINGLES, LATH, PIChBTn,
1:1078 CleArlleld, Y,
TAMES MITCHELL,
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'71 CLKARPIELD, PA.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Lata Bargaoa of the 8.1d KeglmeBt, Peanayleanla
Volaataare, bavlag rataraed from the Army,
affera kle praraHieaal larylaai be IkaeitiieaA
af Clearlold aoaaty,
aT-ProroitloBal ealli promptly attended to,
OBce aa Seeaad itreet, formarlyoeeaplod by
Ur.Woadl. apr4,'e-ll
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER ft JEWELER,
and denier ll
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, sc.,
J.IH'Tl CLKARF1KLD, PA.
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB blALBB IX '
.Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
Vralaa'e Ae, Maritl Arret,
IXEAHPIRLII. PA.
All kind, of repalrlag la my line promptly Bl
ended to. April 1.1, 1(71.
HKNIiVAL.
REIZENSTEIN 4 BERLINER;
wkolaaala daalara la
GEMS' UlttlSllIXG GOODS,
Here remnred la IR7 Charek etreet, between
Franklin and White Hi., New York, jy.1171 .
j"a me sHhTTyt "l e
Ma. 4 Ple'a Opera Hone. Clearfield, Pa.
Deeler la Groerilae, Proetflonr, Vegeteblea,
Fraile, Flour, Feed, ala., ele.
aprU'74-tr
J xii'ErWA'ritri'cd',
RKAL ESTA1I BROKKH8,
I'LKARFIKLD, PKNN'A.
lleuece aad Offlree ta let. Collection, promptly
wade, aait Aret-elaea Cool and Flra-Clay LaBde
end Town property rr ca la. Ofliee In Weelera
Hotel Dillding (Id tonrl. Herondtll. myl 74y
gTONE'S SAWVUMMKItS AND
SAW UPSETS.
Wa kare raealrad tke ageney far tke above end
will cell tkem at meaafAelarer'i prieae. Cell BBd
aiamlne them. Thry are the heel.
j.l 7J II. P. BI0LXR A CO.
JAME8 CLEARY,
BARAER 4 HAIR DRESSER,
tlCOND ITRKBT,
jail CLRABFIEI.D, PA. Ii
A . M . H I L L8
Woeld ra.p-irally lollfy hlfpatlenlt
thAt be kec reduced the prtee of A RTI-
FICIAL TRUTH to tld.M per
AS5 M for a doable act. For nay twa perouae
eomlag al tba lama time, la kave earh aa appeff
aet, will get Ike two cell fr I.U.0O, or fl7.M
nark.
Tenaf Inrarllbly C.
Clearteld, JalyJ, IST4.
JKATZF.R A i.YT LK,
AliKNTS 1.1 CLEARFIELD COl'.NTV FOR
IaORHaldAICD'S
Ctli)bratfil.Brndf af
SmoUng ft Chewing Tobneeos.
Wa are aaebled ta wboleeale ta itealert Ibroug It
eat Ibc eoaaly at city prieae.
KRATZRR A l.VTLI.
; If e !'
UNDERTAKING.
Tba nr1rinaal ara m f.llr frtpar It
arrj aa ilw baafaaH mt
IINDERTAKHfti,
AT RRASDRABU RATES,
And raeweetlalry aellait Ik actreaage af I been
Baaalag aawk aciilaai.
. JAMES L. LEAVL
Cteardeld, Pa., P.b.l 1,1174.
'2118.
AFTER THE STORM. .
After Ike elaraj, calm
After the krwiea, a balaa t '
For iba III bring, good, la Ike Loed'l awn lime,
And tke figb beaemel tba peelm.
After tba draaglit, the dew l .
Alter Ike olead , the blue
Farlha iky will cmile, la Iheiun'c good time, .
And tba aartk (run glAd And new.
. . nioom ia tba hair of blight, t
Uawa la Ike ekild of Bight, t, ,
Aid tke rolllag ekanga uf the biuy world
Bile the wrong yield bark the rlfhl. 1
. I'ndar tke fount of IU . (
Many aaapdoth 111, '
And tba net tent Hp tkoagh It drinkatk aft,
inde only tba bitter till. i
Trntk eaemed aft ba cleep, '
Bleaainga alow lo reap,
Till the hoare of waitiag ara weary le bear, ,
Aad tba euarege U hard Iq keep I
Nevertkelau, I know ,, . ;J
Out of the dark majt grow '
SolBer er later, wketerer la fair,
- t laaa Ike killlal klec Wilk4ii-ea
TIIK MODEL STA TESMAN. ,
A LKITIRE BV HON. J. PHtATOR KffOTT,
OF Dl ll TII FAME. , .
On ilouduv "iglit Jinn. J. Prootor
Knott who mmlc himiieltTiiinoualii Con-
irrcr rt few vitmn aco bv liia speech fin
Dulntb," delivered lecture in Phila
delphia on the "Model 8tntosuirtn."from
which tlio I'ollowiiigexti'iictsBhowthnt
Mr. Knutt is not only a humorist but a
keen obsorrer ot nieu and things, who
npiircciatea the pronont tendency of poli
tics. After finulyiing tho charneter of
various rulers oi the worm anti review
ino; the political systems of nntiqnity
-Mr. MKltt sum.
With tho modern model rttiittumnn
the frrcrtt leatlini; object in life, tho ono
which concentrates all tho energies of
bis intellect, and influences ovory sen
timent nml emotion of bis soul, the
one, in tact, upon which Ins very ex is
tcnee seems to bo hinffed, is to itet into
omee. et, pnnuloxical as 't may ap
pear, his modcBly is frequently so ux
eetwivo, so utterly and completely over
powering, especially in our own coun
try, that be uses every possible precau
tion to avoid beti-nyinc the siWhtcat
evideiico of sucn an Inclination, con
stantly and almost irresistibly impelled
by an nil controlinjr impulse to ex-
ehunge tho quiet enjoyment til those
soothing anti rofiiiinir pleasures of pri
vate mo which be loves so well and lor
which he is so eminently fitted by na
ture for tho enres and responsibilities
and perplexities of the public service,
li k o tho timid maiden who feeds in
secret the delicious yet devouring; flame
of her heart's first fond ".flection, ho
leant "concealment, like a worm i' tho
bud, gnaw on his damask cheek" until
some covert enemy or over-zealous
friend, without his knowledge or con
sent, ruthlessly drags his blusliing mer
its beforo tho pu hi ic gaio in a florid
eulogy published ill some nuwKjiapor
over luo signature il "ox l'o,uli,
'M any voters, ' luo Laboring il asses,
or soiuo such suggestivo name, indicat
ing thnt a uow-trodaon and long sutlcr
ing peopling have fixed their eyes iijHin
him as their last hope in their dii-o ex
e.H.w, tea.Kpe, wtlil Mm. CMI
volition, which hiMiiul no agency what.
over in packing, puts him forward as
the gallant standard benrerot Ins party
and tbo champion of the untutored
sons of toil; or, pcrailvcntnro, until
some immaculate State Legislature so
uire tbat the very demon of malice
tsell would acquit it ot the slightest
suspicion of corruption, thrusts him
...: i. . :.. t,....
aglllllHV nil v, in uiiu nent in tuv oeu
ate, there to toil for six long years un
der a Atricvous load of public faro
superadded to tho crushing weight of
bisownpomioroiis intellect. Anu men,
when he is finally called to fill some
position tor which his very soul has
yearned lor years, which has been the
constant burden of his thoughts by
day and tho inspiration of his dreams
by night, what a spirit oi humility and
sclf-sacritlco ho exhibits I How re
luctant ho seems to assume (ho respon
sibilities, and how little he appears to
regard the honors and emoluments of
the proffered place! How sincerely
and profoundly ho regrets that one
more worthy than himself could not
bavo been lbiind to fill it! Yet, how
cheerfully ho submits to pecuniary loss,
personal inconvenienco and tho de
rangement of hiB private affairs when
some great popular emorgency requires
that ho should immolate himself upon
the alter of his country's service in
some lucrative and honorable position I
As inconsistent, however, as It may
seem to bo with the painful diffidence
he sometimes exhibits in tho pursuit
of an otlico, or in set-king a public posi
tion, when it is onto attained and he
comes to cuter upon its duties your
model statesman frequently displays a
sublimity of courage and sclf-reliuiice
amotuitiug to absolute heroism. No
reasonably prudent man would ven
ture to attempt the performance ot a
difficult or dniiieroiis operation in sur
gery without having studied to some
extent, at least, tho anatomy of the
human system, nor would uo under
take the conduct of an important ac
tion at law or a complicated suit In
equity unless he bad previously given
some attention to the science of juris
prudence. An bonestblaeksmitn would
scarcely presmuo that ho could repair
or readjust tbo delicate machinery of a
cueitly chronometer. Al, ordinarily dis
creet ami fonscicticious person would
even hesitate to assumo tho responsi
ble duties of a bar-tender without some
expenenco or instruction in the art
and mystery of mixing drinks. In
dued, thero nt urcely uie avocations in
ordinary relations of lilo in which a
sano man would feel tlisposed to en
gago without somo previous prepara
tory training, yet tho model statesman
frequently, without any preparation
whatever, boldly assumes the respon
sibility, ami, with a reckless disregard
for consequences, plunges headlong in
a vortex of public duties which ho is
but littlo better qunnneti to discharge
than a gorilla would bo to vindicate
is sihbcios train tbo Darwinian theory
of tho duscont of man. Ho assumes
that no special training is necessary at
all for too positions of members ol
Congress, Governor, Senator, Cabinet
Minister or President, and very little,
if any, to bo a first-clasa attorney gen
eral, or an average judgoot tbo supreme
court. To him tbo suggestion that
politics is science would seem the
grimmest of all possiblo satire, or If it
ahould occur to him that possibly It
might be a science, very nitio atten
tion to the ordinary courso of public
affairs is sufficient to satisfy him that
a man's chances for gotting into office
are not improved a particle by hi su
perior qualifications to fill it. Conse
quently bt makes it no part of bis
business to atUntrt to prepare himself
for any position he may seek. Us sets
up for a statesman without having de
voted a single hour during Lis whole
lila to studvinit tu element oi states
manship. Urn may ba as ignoraut of
ths legitimate Amotions of government
in any of its department as h Is of
tb vernsonlar ol tbo iloUsntot ; but
parish tke thought tbat statesmanship
. . 1. : ... be M.niewwl nnlv l,w
in ejeriiifrt iinia,
CLEAltFIELD,
long years of patient study. As tbo
j immortal Dogberry says of reading
and writing, 'It comes of nature." lie
I was bom a statesman. Mntcsimiiismp
is bis nativo element. , Ho revels In it
'tis tho empyrean by which he is tho
soaring eagle. lie rides the crest of
tho political wave as gracefully as the
petrol snorts upon the billow of the
storm-tossed ocean ; that, too, with the
sumo profound ignorance of tho causes
which havo lashed it into fury and tho
same happy unconsciousness of tho
fathomless depths which lio beneath
him. ' ' , .
I would not bo understood as Inti
mating that this hemic Ingnornnee is
an Indispcnsiblo fgrodient m tho char-
actor ot which I am speaking. Very
far from it, indeed. Thero havo boon
many, very many, whoso merits In
nthnr linrtloiilftni fiitvn verv fitsllr in.
strlbedretr mnili". hlgtl'llptih flio list
of model statesmen, notwithstanding
they were profoundly skilled in all tho
arts of government, so skilled, In tact,
as to be able, by an adroit exercise of
tho power with which they were in
trusted, and an artful concealment of
their real purposes, to citjole the impu
lses into the belief that they were the
saviours of tho Commonwealth, tho
preservers of popular liberty, and the
promotors of pulilic prosperity, while
in fact thoy were busily scheming to
secure the perpetuity ot their own an
thnrity, anti actually forging for their
countrymen the shackles ot an free.
sponslDlo and merciless despotism,
Augustus is by no means the only
ono who over "got the start of the ma
jestic world" by a mastorly prnntice of
that sublime species of politicsl leger
demain which gives to a cold, sclHsh.
remorseless personal ambition tho ap
pearance of n patriotic seal for the
welfare of mnnkind and a disinterested
devotion to the public interests. His.
tory is crowded with Instances in which
nations have been lulled into a delicious
repose by the amesthetics which their
model stntesmen have skilltully ap
plied to ihe popular nostrils, while In
sidunnsly depriving the people of their
nfviiK-r, ,,r itiriivciy relieving iiiein in
ineir surplus earnings.
Whether such aii 'experiment h
ever been or is likely to bo attempted
In our own country, it would, perhaps,
be well for ovory intelligent, thought
ful citir.en who values his own interests
or tho interest of liis posterity, to care-
limy consider. I do not assert It as a
fact, for I do not know it to bo true,
yet there may be some of our states
men whose researches in political
science have carried them so far that
they have entirely lost sight of that
familiar fundamental maxim which
teaches that all jitrt governments are
instituted among men for the benefit
of tho governed, and not merely to
gratify the caprice, minister to the
pleusuroa, and prontolu thu individual
aggrandisement ot those who govern.
They may be satisfied, indeed, that the
Omniscient Author Of all things was
entirely ignorant of the true principle
of political economy w hen ho ordained
tLoea broad natural htet'e which lio Mt
the foundation of social prosperity and
material progress. 1 tjoy muy bo ut
isfied that tho only iiifbllibro method
of encouraging our national industries
is to impoverish as fur as possible the
industrious classes; thai the only sure
way of promoting ths general wullare
of tho community is to make the wants
and necessities of tho masses tributary
to tho case and luxury of a ioiiunuto
few ; tbat the only just method of de
fraying tho expense) of a government
designed for the equal protection of all
classos is to wring as fur as possiblo
tho public revenues out of the over
taxed sinews ol labor, while sedulously
protecting tho surplus accumulations
of wealth, which servo no oilier pur
pose than the mere grandeur of dis
play, from tho polluting touch of tho
tax-gatherer; that the most direct and
inevitable moans of insuring tho im
mediate and rapid advancement of the
material prosperity of tho great body
of the pooplo is in tbo donation of im
mense subsidies out of tho public treas
ury and the common domain to enor
mous fwrporations for the construction
of great thoroughfares of trade through
distant deserts and howling wilder
nesses a century bei'oro they tiro de
manded by the exigencies of commcrco,
and tbat thuir real substantial happi
ness can only bo secured by eluvntiug
their imaginations to u proud eminence
of patriotic fervor from which they
can look back upon all tho glories of
their country s history in tbo past, or
forward upon the sublimity of its gran
deur, and tho extent of Its power a
hundred years In tho future, forirettinir
in the rapturous contemplation of the
ravishing panorama stretching liclbrc
them, the frauds, peculations, extrav
agances and corruptions which may bo
sapping tho vitality of the body politic
liko eating cancers at the present hour.
ii so wo may rest assured that no inti
mation from them will ever lead us to
susrvct that their peculiar opinions arc
the outgrowth of any interest personal
to themselves. Such theories aro nov-
er announced by their authors or ad
vocates in tho plain, blunt language
in which I have stated them. They
are invariably disguised in somo fasci
nating garn or sophistry, calculated to
catch tho filucy ot a credulous and well-
meaning populace, and nromulgntod
as tho dcliherute and disinterested con
clusions of a mighty intellect agitated
to its proloundest depths by an all-ab
sorbing solicitude for the public good.
'" The "public good," indeed, is always
tho guiding star, the supremo control-
ing motive ot the model statesman. Jt
is for tho public good ho lives and
moves and lias his being. For the
public good ho consents to burden
himself with an oppressive load of
official rares, and ho would have us be
lieve, no doubt, that it is for tho pub
lic good that ho should draw his sal
ary punctually upon the day it is duo.
Thero is ono thing, however, which he
has never been known to tin ftir the
public good, from tho earliest organis
ation of civil government among men
down to tho present time ho has nev
er been known to resign a lucrative
ofllco for which he was totally unfitted
in every psi tiatilur. Thero is scarcely
anything within tho entire rango of
human atloction which may not, under
certain circumstances, bo surrendered
with chourfulness. hvon life itself is
frcmiontly resigned with pleasure, but
aa incompetent ofllcial, once in posses
sion uf a paying position, bangs On to
it with a grim determination and a
doathieaa conatauev which would have
added a brighter lustra to tho crown
of a Christian martyr. ,,
i Notwithstanding all 1 have said with
regard to bis ardent afloolio'n lor the
people, and bis overweening anxiety
to become laeir public drudge, I would
not have it Interred that the patriotism
of tho model aUtcaman format in the
single element alone; nor would I in
aiuuale that his manly taosom ia ever
animated by a prond, Imaginative at
tachment to the splendid land which
gave him birth, where hi young eyes
v; r ii M ii n i n i u I i w
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
first opened ou, the lovelinaa of Ihe
bright blue sky aliovu him, ami the
munifold beauties uf (ho eaiih around
bim, or that he is thrilled with cimt
tions of pride and rovcivitco and emu
lation by tho examples of its juighty
living, or that he delights to linger
with a mournful pleasure upon tho
memory of the illustrious dead who
sleep thoir last long sleep boiieath its
soil ; or thnt his heart swell with the
conscious integrity of an honest, in
flexible, independent mind thrown by
unavoidable circumstances in conflict
with whatever of vice, extravagance
and corruption may tarnish tho admin
istration of bis Kovernmoiit of a timo.
Oh, no 1 The patriotism of tho model
statesman is founded upon no such idle
cfl'uniinato . sentiments us these. It
rants upon a fur more solid and sub
stantial basis. Ho loves his country
with a passionato devotion, it is true,
but ho loves it on account of its bound
less resources ; ho loves it because of
its admirable and unfailing system of
gathering its revenues into the public
treasury ; ho loves it becsuso of the
regularity and oertainty with which
its munificent appropriation bills aro
passed, and the promptness with which
they ruceivo the Presidential signature:
ho loves it because of tho liberal miIit-
ies with which it rewards its devolod,
Bcll'-sscrificiiiirservants.aiid the nromiit-
ncss with which it pays them ; lie loves
it because .of tho fucility with which
loose Butanes may uo incrcasou, aim
tho impossibility ot their over being
diminished; bo loves it lor its aulisidios,
its jobs, its rings, and Its lobby privi
legos ; he loves it tor the cheapness and
durability of its "whitewash," and for
tho even and liberal hand with which
it is applied to a persecuted patriot by
its ingenious nutl justice-loving com
mittees of investigation, for with him
tho first great commandment i to "get
into ofilce," and tho second is liko unto
it, "put vionry ta My jjursc ; nml upon
these two commandments (in his esti
mation) hung all the law and tho prof
its. It is in the rigid observance of
this lost great commandment that tho
model statesman exhibits tbo strong
point in this character; in this ho dis
closes bis utmost preternatural capacity
as a financier. Financiering, in met
is his forte; as poor ArtoimiS' Ward
would have said, it is his "strong holt."
I do not meau to assert that ho ever
troubles himself about the fiscal affuirs
ol his country liirthcr than is necessury
to satisfy bun that there is money
enough in the public treasury to meet
the most extruvagunt demands which
may bo made upon it, and that the
locum havo been abundantly provided
for procuring more when that may he
exhausted ; nor would 1 insinuate that
he has tho ability or lbs disposition to
restore to his country tho only true
medium of circulation and excfitingo,
winch limy have boon almost totally
exiled f rom its borders by a currency
culeu luted to derange values, defraud
labor ot a large proportion of its wages,
and to delude cnpituL by luring multi
tudes upon tho quicksands of specula
tion by its undue expansion to-day, to
bw Krtt 1ir contusion, dismay and abso
lute ruin by its sudden contraction to
morrow. Such nallrvstibinetnaa thean
aro scarcely up to tho dignity of his
consideration, and consequently attract
but little, it any, portion ot bis atten
tion. 1 mean simply to say that his
wonderful skill as a financier manifests
itself mainly in the manner in which
he improves his own individual rev
enue .No mnttor how incapablo he
may be of discharging tbo duties of an
otlico, the model statesman invariably
proves himself to bo entirely "coinpot
on t to its emoluments," and frequently
a groat deal moro beside. What is
precisely his method of financiering
has not only defied tho ingenuity of
investigating committees, but has bank
rupted conjecture itself. It is ouo of
those prolound mysteries which must
remain to be solved by tho more ad
vanced intelligence ol tuturo Sires.
How it is that, upon a salary, Bay of
nve or ten thousand dollars per annum,
ho can manago to maintain a splendid
establishment in a stylo of luxury that
Nardanapalus might have envied, and
still be able at tbo end of a lew years
to invest a bund rod or two thousand
in tho stocks of somo wealthy and re
munerative cororation, is something,
us Lord Dundreary would say, "that
lie lullab can find out." 1 havo heard
it suggested, however (thouith it was
only in the way of a vague suspicion),
that if you bad a valuable patent which
you desired lo havo renewed, or wished
to procure a largo subsidy from the
federal legislation in furtherance of
somo meritorious public improvement
in our uninhubituil territories, or to
furnish adequate mail tUcilites to the
inhabitants of tho Celestial empire, or
to tho aminble and intelligent natives
of tho Cannibal Isles, you would find
tho model slatcsmnii in cither House
of Congress although utterly impervi
ous to anything like a bribe. Ilia very
ablest countti you could possibly em
ploy, provided you could pay hi in
enough to bring out all the powers of his
mighty genius ; or, thnt, il you should
find it impossible to procure his ines
timable service as counsel, the surest,
in lint tbo only iul'alliblo method of
convincing him of the groat public util
ity of your proposed measure, would
bo to let him win some tun or twenty
thousand dollin-s from you at u game of
draw-poker.
Moreover, it i not at all uiiotuninun
n this cold, curping, uncharitable ago
of stuiKhdoua wandals to find tlx)
who cut directly through the "tionliau
knot," and openly .denounce him aa a
thief, peculator, the tool of a ring of
treasury lohhei-s, the instrument and
emissary of a cloud of harpies which
infests the lobby. But, thanks lo that
singular brovity of memory which tlis-
UnguisUes the average Congressional
witness, or his convenient abaonce In
loreign lands, the model statesman is
buoyed up under this ponderous load
of foul accusations by tho "inner Con
sciousness" that they ran't be proved
on him. ... ..
Dill, suppoao wo should say every
thing that t an bo said of tlio worst typo
of the politician whom I havo styled
the model statesman; suppoao weahuuld
paint him in all bis colurs, and linger
upon each individual feature of his
hideous deformity; suppose we should
describe him as the champion of fraud,
rocking with open corruption, and rat
tening upon secret bribery, or as the
fiimontor of social anti sectional dis.
coni, transfused with a poisonous mal
ignity at winch the vory demon ol
hatred would blush torsliaiue ; suppose
wa should any tbat loan litter ignor
ance of or a criminal indiflorencu to
tho duties of whatever position ho may
occupy, he adds "a g recti a insatiable
as the grave ;" a total dostilutioa of all
moral sense whatever; a cynicism that
sneers at t'to very naino of virtue as
naught but tho cunning musk of ths
knave, or al bust Uio weakness of the
fool; a Want of consieeaoe; want of
heart; want of confidence in human
integrity) a want of faith in anything
higher or nobler than hi own ortfirj
vnrvKt . v. -m 'nj taj v -w- -r wm v. aaj y a a -a r
AP1UL 28, 1875.
instinct; that ho is simply a disgust
ing spectacle of vice that has forgotten
the blush of shame flaunting its dis
honor in high places and glorying in
the enormity of its inlhiny, what is he
tiller nil hut tho ripened fruit ol tho
evil tendencies ot our political and
social system, when unrestrained by
the ooatwleas vigilance of a virtuous and
intelligent people? What but tlio re
sult oi a blind, unreasoning popular
prejudice, or rancorous partisan seal ?
or the acoirlent ol the appalling apathy
of a great people a to the manner in
which their public concerns shall bo
administered, as well as to the char
acter and gratifications of those who
administer them ? What but tho ex
ponent of thut inButiato thirst for gain
with its concomithnt habits of personal
extravagance, which 1 regret to admit
seems to be rapidly becoming tbo lead
ing ctaractcristie sf Ihe praeasnS era in
our country's history.
' What, but tho Ibreruimor ot the
cloud of ruveiiing vultures who will
glut their remorseless beaks upon the
mangled corpse ol constitutional liberty
when society with us nball have reach
ed tho Condition in which ovory other
consideration In lite will be made sub
sidiary to tho rapid accumulation of
wealth; when consolidated capital shall
exercise an unlimited and merciless
dominion over everything, and money
shall constitute the sole psssiort to
rosiieclubility and power,
i 1 am aware thai wo ure apt to shut
our eyes upon the bare possibility of
such a deplorable contingency, e
look abroad upon tlio wide extended
area of our dominion, washed by the
waves of mighty oceans, stretching
from tlio Arctic circle aliuoxl to the
Torrid xone, diversified by inland seas
and towering mountains, and teeming
valleys and fertile plains, and abound
ing in every element of material pros
perity that ministers to the comforts,
gratifies tho tastes, tempts the cupidity
or inspires the enterprise of man. We
count our 40,000,000 of people, pre
senting a mosaic of nationalities such
as t lie world has never seen before.
Wo look around us upon tho won
drous evidences of a rapidly advancing
civilization on every hantl, and we con
gratulate ourselves that we are the
sovereigns of the mightiest nation, the
purest and most powerful government
over vouchsafed to man, a government
founded upon tho virtue and intelli
gence of a free and enlightened pooplo,
and which shall stand as the beacon
light of tho human family in every age
and in every clime, until "time shall
wax old, as doth a garment, and the
heavens shall bo rolled together as a
scroll." Ahl so thought tho proud old
republican of ltouie as he gated with
patriotic exultation upon tho triumphs
of l'ompey, or listened with rapture to
tho herco tornado ol indignant elo
quence which I iccro hurled agumst
the miscreant whoso rapacity hail do.
flowered a splendid province.
uur arms ore omnipotent; tue sen
ate is pure; the liberties of Home can
never die I let What were the laetsr
In less than twenty years alter CVsar
watered his horse iu tho llubicon, the
victory at Actium placed the imperial
diadem upon tho brow of Augustus.
nut did that destroy tho republic 7
No, tho republic was destroyed long
oeioro. ll was virtually uead irom
tho moment that money became the
dominant power in the Commonwealth,
when consuls and pro-consuls, laden
with tho rich spoils of impoverished
province!, returned to the capital to
use theirenormous and ill-gotten wealth
on an idle nnd impoverished populace,
when pmtngnteana licentious tactions,
bought up by the money of ambitious
leaden, struggled to obtain possession
of tho government for tho sole purpose
of public plunder, when those fierce
and sanguinary conflicts onsued be
tween them which finally terminated
in tho gusts of despotism, when the
very name of Roman liberty followed
the reality into the eternal abyss of
the past.
Who will say that there is no danger
of our drilling on and on to tho same
dread destiny V Where is tbo optimist
so blind and unreasoning as to assert
that tho last bulwark of our liberties
may not bo swept away by tho fierce
clash of contending tactions, struggling
for the possession of public sioils?
That internecine, strife, bom of an in-
satiato lust for power, may not drench
our land in blood? That a Mnrius, a
Svlla, a Pompey, a Cecsar aye, aud
perchance a lirutiis may not ro-n)-pcar
in tho ever-shifting yet ever-repeating
drama of history and that the
aspiring hand of somo Uctnvitts will
not seise tho diadem anil wavo his re
morseless sceptre over the debauched
ami enervated fragments of our once
free and powerful people.
that there Is sulncieut patriotism
and intelligence in our country- to avert
forever such a fearful destiny no one is
more fully conscious than myself. 11
is only necessary tliat it should bo
thoroughly aroused and properly di
rected. As one of the hopeful means
to that most desirable end 1 hail with
the sineernst joy tho approaching C'en
tenninl celebration ol our national birth.
Every fibre of my soul is thrilled wilh
the hopo thnt hero the people of this
great country may leain anew tho
grovo and all-important lesson that, if
they would presnrve their blood-bought
liberties, they must themselves, with
sleepless vigilance, walk the acntry
boats upon tho ramparts ol Ireoilom.
ll is my most earnest, fervent prayer
that, when they shall assemble here in
this hospitable city, whose very name
is intlicutivc ol fraternal alfection, here
at the birthplace ol Uioir independence,
they may meet as brethren around the
venerated hearth stone of tho old home
stead, lo strengthen tho tics and ro-
burmsh the links ol brollioriy concord
which should unito them as members
of the sumo great national household ;
thut here l ievmav smother out the
smouldering fires of sectional jealousy
anil prejudice, and learn that tho per
petuity must forever depend upon the
peace, the harmony and the It-sternal
union of our grent family of co-cqual
states.
IrOOKimi I'r. Western papers are
jubilant rrrer tho advance wnieh has ta
ken place in the price of wheat within
a fortnight. The Chicago nCrr-Owis
estimate thnt this advance has added
from 14,000,000 to 95,000,000 to' fho
value ot thnt staple now on hand in
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minneso
ta, and thinks it Is not impossible that
an additional 5,OO,OO0 may be added
in the next lew weeks. ; There would
have boea a good trade anyhow, that
paper says, even if prices of pork.corn,
wheat and oats bad remained at the
prices of a month ago. Hui the pros
pect now il that what is k'fl of these
product will sell for a gross price of
io,uou,uoutoiz,uov,oo mora than
thoy would have realised at the rates
of a month ago. .i.. ,
The Xteix'l ilmvld rooommands to
President Urant Vioe-l'resident Wil
son's system of drinks, ...... ,
j-' EXEMPTION LAWS.
That wo havo exemption laws ii
this Stale ia well known to oven" one
but It Is an admitted fact, that ns long
aa wa have hod them, tho nic not yet
generally understood, (except by law
yon.') .,
Tbo misunderstanding seems o arise
out of the fact thnt wo have more than
ono act of assembly on exemptions.
. Wo first find tho act of 183ti, and
also tbat of 1846, exempting a list of
articles, consisting oi household goods,
farming utensils, clothing, books, tools
o. these nave been rrpfaim, and
substituted by others moro important,
enactment which are at present in full
force in this State ; ono of which is the
act of April 9, 1849, allowing any per
son tbo right to claim f .100 on execu
tion Ac, the act of April 14th, 1851,
allowing tb wuluw or ehihlren of do.
cedent to retain real or pereonal es
tato to tho value of f.'tOO. There is a
manifest differenco in these two acts.
Whilo tho act of 1851 is for the benefit
of the inrfow and children after tho hus
band's (loath, it cannot be waived by
either during their joint lives, nop can
its benefit be claimed during the life of
the husband. Tho act of 1849 is other
wise ; it is for tho benefit of the debtor
and his family, but the debtor run
waive his right to claim its benefits,
ami when by liiin expressly wuived, in
favor of a creditor, neither his wife
nor any other member of tlio family
can afterwards como in anil claim it,
yet wo find many persons giving obli
gations, nnd conltwting judgments,
waiving their rights to claim its bene
fits, under tho delusion thut the wife
eun ; and will oven argue that it was
paxMcd for the beuefit of tho wife and
family, and the waiver good for noth
ing, because she did not sign it.
It Is a hard maxim, we are aware,
that every man is presumed to know
the law ; but we do think every man
of ordinary intelligence should at least
know, that a married woman's note is
goal for nothing, waiver, or ffo waiver.
It has also beon expresly decided by
the Supremo Court, (Miller's appeul
Juno 12, 1851,) that where a defendant
elects to retain fwif estate to the amount
of $.'100 under tho net of lfrl!), ho
must give notice of the same to tho
iberift beforo holding inquisition, in
order that appraisers may be appoint
ed ; and in dclault of such notice, ho is
not entitled to f.'SOO out of proceeds of
saio; and ll is tho samo where ho lulls
to claim to havo goods to tho amount
of (.'100, set apart for his use ; he t here
by waives his benefit of the exemption,
ami cannot cluim IU00 out of the pro
ceeds of his goods.
iVrtion I, ol the Act ol April Hth,
18111, reads as follows: In lien of the
properly now exempt by law from
levy and sulo on execution, issued iihiii
any judgment obtained upon contract,
and distress for rent, property to tbo
value ot three hundred dollars, exclu
sive of till wearing apparel of the de
feudaut, and his family, and all bibles
and school-books in use iu the family
(which shall remain exempted as here
toforeHaiid ne more, owned by or in
possession of any debtor, shall' bo ex
empt from levy and solo on execution
or by distress for rent.
Krition '. The .Sheriff, constable, or
other officer charged with tho execu
tion of any warrant, for tho levying
upon and selling the property, either
real or personal, of any debtor, shall if
requested by tho debtor, summon three
disinterested and competont persons,
who shall bo sworn or aflirmcd, to ap
praise tho properly which tho said
debtor may select to retain under tho
provisions of this, for which service tho
said appraisers shall bo entitled to re
ceive (illy cents each, to be charged as
part ot the costs of tho proceedings;
and property thus chosen and apprais
ed to the vnluo of three hundred dol
lars, shall bo exempt from levy and
sale on tho said execution or warrant,
excepting warrants for tho collection
of taxes.
Heittiow 3. In any case where the
property levied when as aforesaid shall
consist of real estate of greater value
than three hundred dollars, and the
defendants in such execution, shall
olect to retain real estate amounting in
vnluo to the whole sum of three hun
dred dollan or any less sum, tho ap
praisers aforesaid shall determine
whothor, in tiieir opinion, the said real
estate fan be divided without injury to
or sMiiliiig tho whole; and If tlio said
appraisers shall determine thut tho
said real estate can ho divided as afore
said, then they shall proceed to set
aiart so much thereof us in their opin
ion snail no ot sutlicient value to an
swer tho requirements of tho defend
ant in buc u case, designating tho same
by projHir metes and bonds; nil of
which proceedings shall lie certified in
writing by tlio said appraisers, or a
majority uf them, under their proper
hands and seals, to tho sheriff, iintler
shorifT, or coroner charged with the
execution of tho writ in such case, who
shall make returns to the proper court
Irom which tlio writ issued, in connec
tion with tho said writ: Provided
thut this section shall not be construed
to effect or impair tho liens of bonds,
mortgages, or ot her contrai ls lor the
payment of purchase money of the
real estate of Insolvent debtors.
Skction 4. I' pon tho return made of
the writ aforesaid, witli the proceed
ings thereon, the plaintiff in the case
shall be entitled to havo his w rit of
venditioni exponas, as in other cnaes, lo
sell tho residue of the real estate in
cluded iu tho levy ufuresuid shall hnvo
determined upon a division of said real
estate; bat if tho said appraisore shall
determine against a division of said
real estate, the plaintiff ni'iy havo a
writ of venditioni exponas to sell tho
whole of tho real estate included in
such levy ; and it shall aud may bo
lawlul, in tho latter csso, lor tho de
fendant In tho execution to receive
from tho sheriff or other oflicor, of the
proceeds of said sale, so much as ho
would havo received nt the appraised
vuluo had the said real estate been
divided. II.
Tux Im.t Miners. It is estimated
by ono of the local pars published in
the anthracite mining region tbat sixty
thousand men are idlo, of whom thir
ty five thousand are in the Schuylkill
and Mahanoy region. The officials of
tho Philadelphia and Reading compa
ny assert that at the wages offered,
laborers can earn from f 1.3ft to 12.00
per day, deponding upon the nature of
their employment, and that miners,
skilled workmen, nearly all ol whom
by contract, can earn at tho wagon of
fered, from 175 to 1100 per month
if they are willing to work from seven
to eight bonra per day. From 12,
500,000 to 1.1,600,000 per month would
be a modorato estimate of tho loss sus
tained by the laboring classes io the
present strike.
Experiments ara now being made
ander the auspices of tho Poatoflice
Department with a view to tho manu
facture of a postage stamp which can
not be wahed .
TEEMS $2 per annum in AdvaLce,
NEW SFRIES-VOL. 10, NO. 17.
ITEMS.
ihirls'i' Thin nnt
sir? I.ii l;ton -Ni, n
wile ntti iid to that. 1
your buir a bit,
vcr mind ; my
Just oil it well,
however, . ,
Some fellow has written a story en
titled "My Mother-in-law."- But hois
not tho only one who tells stories about
hit motber-iii-law. . :
1 A Troy bigamist ran out of a back
door while his two wives were fighting
about which should have him, and has
not sinco boon seen,
"Tberol thut explains where my
clothes-line went lo!" exclaimed an
Iowa woman us she found her husband
hanging in the stable.
"Editing a Mississippi puer," re
marks a w estern editor, "means buck
shot after the first month and a funeral
aftor the sccoud."
There are five fieorire Washine-lons
in thotieorgia penitentiary ; hut, being
colored men, they would smell as sweet
by any other name.
Tho importance of a single vote was
again Illustrated by tho election recent
ly of a Democratic Mayor in Lancas
ter, Ohio, by one majority.
All of tho clerks in tho PnstnfhVe
Department implicated in the recent
mail contract frauds have been dis
missed by the Postinastcr-Cicncral.
An Oslikosh mini has married four
wives out of the sumo family, anil the
other day w hen the lust one died he
was arrested as n suspicious character.
When two young hearts thai bent
as ono attend divine service iu tlio
evening it is Lushftilncss that leads
them to select a sent in the most ob
scure pew under tho gallery.
"1 loved Charles," said she. wiping
her eyes with the hem of hcroverskirt.
"I lovcil Charles as much as anv wom
an could love a man, but when he com
menced wearing spit curls, I drnpiicd
him."
Duties are ours, events are Cod's.
Tills removes an infinito burden from
tbo shoulders ot a miserable, tempted,
dying creature. On this considera
tion only can ho securely lay down his
head and closo his eyes. Cecil.
Samuel !. Wells, tho well known
professor of phrenology anil author of i
several works on that subject, died
April l.ilh, ot typhoid lever, lie was
born iu West Huitford, Conn., in 1620,
and wns educated as a physician.
A PtBLic Oitraue. While Sena
tor C'timeron's party was at Xew Or
leans, Pinchbiick invited them to dine
lit his bouse, which they declined with
the civil rights bill staring them lull
in the lace.
"Jane, whnt letter in the alphnhct
do you liko best?" "Well, 1 don t liko
to say, Mr. Suobbs." "Pooh, nonsense!
tell it right out, Jnnc. Vt Inch do you
liko best?" "Well," blnshinir and
dropping her eyes, "I liko (uj the best."
A man who was sentenced to bo
hung was visited by his wife, who
said: "My dear, would you like the
children to see you executed?" "No,"
he replied. "That's just liko you." said
she, "you never wanted tho children
to hovo any enjoyment.
In nn old curiosity shop in Ninth
street, Washington, are a piano form
erly owned by Washington at Mount
Vernon, a violin of "Tail" Lincoln, a
gold-headed csne formerly used by Joe
Miller, and tho saddlo used in tho lust
Mexican war by Santa Anna.
Eei-Spcaker Blaine wants to sec tho
timo "when tienoral Logan can spoak
as freely in Ccorgia as Gordon aud
I.amar enn in New Hampshire." Now
thnt would bo rough on (icoriria ; (ior-
Tlon and Lamar are good siieakers,
while Logan is tho biggest blnther
skito in the country.
While the ladies of Oneida were
working at tho polls for tho election of
a no-licenso board of excise, ono of
tliem received the following noto : "My
Dear Vile I have washed tho baby,
put her to bed, nnd stirred up the pan
cakes ; what shall I tlo next ? our
loving husband." Such a man is hnndy
in any family.
a
Vice-President Wilson says that he
docs not know a man in Massachusetts
who is in favor of the third term. He
tins probably not conferred lately with
Collector William A. Simmons, of tho
port of Boston, nor with sundry other
liuvenue nnd Postotlico officials, who
draw their inspiration from tho Essex
statesman.
Runaway mulches will bo dilllciilt
in Prussia, under tho new luw. Ity
tho provisions of the act. tho consent of
tho father is nocessary before wedlock
up to tlio young man's twenty-fifth
year and tho young woman's twonty-
liiui'lu : but H tho lather bo duad, then
the mother's is required ; and if neither
pnrent be living, Hint of the sponsors.
Dud, if 1 were to seo a duck on the
wing, uinl were to shoot at it, w ould
you lick mo?" "Oh, no, my son; it
would show thnt you were a good
marksman, and 1 would feel proud of
you." "Well. then. dad. 1 ipennered
your old Muscovy duck ns he was'
hyin oyer tbo fence today,, ami it
would have done you good to see him
drop."
Tho President has declined toatlend
tho Centennial celebration of tho Meck
lenburg Declaration of Independence,
for reasons expressed in his letter.
(,'ciiciid Ci'Mit has accepted so much
that this declination may bo regarded j
as an apology to the country for tho
errors of the past. J he Worth l aro-1
linn eoininitleo, however, it must be
remembered, neither offered him a dog j
...... n.-.ii.n. '...r I
lor 7T.lfr.
A Detroit gentleman walking behind
two school children tho other day,
heard tho boy enquire. "Will you be
nt tho party to-night?" "I shall be
them," imswcred the miss,"but I may as
well tell yon now that your love is
hopeless ; mamma is determined, fath
er is aet, and it isn't right for mo to
encourage your attention. 1 can be a
sister to you, hut nothing more. There
fore you needn't liny me any valentine
or give me any more gum."
A Boston artist, who excels as nn
uuiimil painter, saw as ho wns passing
through ono of tho rural towns of
Massachusetts a very animated look
ing hull. Thinking he would like to
tnko him en canvas he got permission
of tho owner, an honest old farmer and
in due time produced an excellent like
ness ol tho bull.which ho sold for 1200.
On seeing tho farmer soon after, ho
told him no had sold the picture of his
bull for 1200. "(iood gracious I" said
the old man ; "why, 1 woald hnvo sob
the hull for lean thnn that!"
MAIL-E-FACTOM
Now it 1 tho mail service, (he Pcmt
-Ofliee Department, the Department of
Justice. Poor Landau Williams has
been louiid uul, and now tbo Poatoflice
Department io ugniu under a cloud.
Tho Navy Department Is also involv
ed. Landau Williams, and Sideboard
Ilobeson, and Seneca Klono Quarry
: Grant. So it goo ; "Like master, like
I man." Corruption, frauds, stealings,
j anything, everything but a red-hot
stove. -
The lale advices from Washington
stiito thut somo of tlio clerks in the
I'oatoriiee Department have been dis
covered in-ti Hilda on tho taxpayers by
manipulating mud contracts in tlio in
terest of contractors. Mail-bag men
tiers and postage stamp washers are
plenty now.
It is singular that there is no possi
bility of tho liudiOul negro party
touchiii'; any public tnist that it does
not corrupt it iii somo way. .
Crvtiswvll, the luto Postmaster-Cen.
crnl, wus charged with stupidity, if
nothing worse ; and worso it was.
Chorpenning and tbat sort of business;
straw securities for contract, and that
sort of business, till Crosswell went
out of ofllco uoua too wait regarded as
an officer of tbo Radical negro party
Administration. Now tho Jewell of
Connecticut, tho Postmaster General,
the mall third-termer, he is in a bother
about his administration of the de
partment If he bod remained at bis
float, attending to his ofliee, and not
icon stumping Connecticut for Grant,
tho negro, and the third term, it would
have been more to his credit, and less
loss to taxpayers.
' it is a sad conclusion for the people
to arrive nt, that fbcro Is not a single
man in the Rk iical negro party that
is fit for the high positions of the gov
ernment. Mr. Fish is an unexception
able officer, but there is no opportunity
in the Slate Department to do more
than to steal the territory ot a weak
neighboring nation Mexico or San
Domingo. Mr. Br is tow is a good, sound
officer, if he has the moral courage to
resist tho influences ot tlio "ring" of
Radicals that prey on his department,
and which turned Fivo-dollars-silver
Rikjiardson and Syndicate Bout well
out of the Cnilcd" States Treasury
door.
lint tho Postolflce, tho Navy, the
Army, tho Indian, tho Intorior but it
is impossible to do moro than to cite
exception ; the enumeration under the
general rule includes all tho rest; they
ure all involved in the necessity tor
committees of investigation next Con
gress. The inuil-e-factors and niulu
luctors will all go the same route lo
get her.
Tho Democratic party has had a
hard tusk to clear out tho miserable
gang which now fattens on tho peo
ple's money under tlio favor of Grant
and his Radical negro Administration,
Ph'lad'a Commonwealth.
THE MIRAGE.
All day, till lute in tho afternoon, wo
had been slowly moving along beneath
a scorching sun, over the Westom
plains, with nothing to enliven the
scene (which had become tedious in
tho extreme) but land and sky. Dreary
and lorsukeu as tho surrounding coun
try was, it is not strange we earnestly
desired a change.
lint, while endeavoring to forget tho
present by imagining tho future, our
attention was suddenly called to tho
view which just then broko upon our
tired eyes, the reality of which appear
ed but a short distauco beyond. Many
were our exclamations ot surprise and
joy, ns wo intciitively halted to con
template the picture spread out before
our enraptured gaxe. Thero flowed
tranquilly along the verdant plain a
river ; tall ami stalely troos adorned
its banks, while, in the back ground,
standing sentinel like, could be soon
tbo grand old mountains in all their
natural grace and sublimity.
Whntasceno! Water and shelter,
refreshment for man and beast, were
tho thoughts that simultaneously en
tered our minds, when, as if in obedi-
enco to tho beckoning trees, which ap
peared to gently sway in the light
ctheriul wind, that to our vivid and
excited imagination, seemed to fan our
heated cheeks, wo eagerly pursued
once more our onward course, deter
mined to reach this oasis, and thero se
cure tlio rest of which we were in
need.
Soon, however, very soon, wo paused
again as we beheld our haven of rest,
our beautiful picture, gradually "dis
solve, and, like an insubstantial pagent
faded, leave not a track behind. Oh I
whnt a change. Could it lie that we
had been deceived ; was it possible that
wo had been led so far from tho right
road, hot and dusty though it was,
by fbat tcrriblo optical illusion the
Mirage?
Yes, it was ovon so, and wilh sorry
hearts once more we turned and sought
the path we had so far pursued io safe
ty. And tho thought, it came upon
us us wo travel the hot and dusty,
but well beaten, road of life, toiling
along beneath the burden which has
fallen to our lot, let us not be led ostray
by tho gay allurements of the world,
which, ever in tho distance, though
seemingly near, invito us earnestly to
como nnd reccivo rest and solace for
our journey ; but turn not aside, oitbor
to tho right or left, but press on, and
soon will, in reality, appear that haven
of rest that fades not, that haven at
which all are wclcomo, where rest and
joy forever will be ours. Nnc York
Observer.
TIIA T ODIOUS POSTA h LA 11'.
Complaint reach us from all direc
tions at tho aet of our late Congress in
imposing upon tho pooplo the now
postal law, increasing tho tax upon
publishers, sccdsmon, merchants, and
all having occasion to send ncwspaprin
or small parcels to their friends and
customen. Tlio nearest express offices
to tho homos of the majority of per
sons residing in tlio country are throe
to five miles distant, and tho carrying
of transient matter, newspapers, seeds.
plants, books, and other light parcels
through tho mails is a great conveni
ence, and a saving of time and troublo
to many. Tho delivery by tho post
ofllco in rural district is quicker and
more certain than by express, particu
larly to persona not generally Known.
'1 ho pulilio are aware that the last
session of ('ongrass made a partial re
vival of the franking privilege Home
body must pay the Congressman's
postage. So tbo samo Congress which
lint a live frank on tho pulilio docu
ments, which nobody reads, raised the
prico of postage on all transient news
papers, nooks, etc., one bundled por
cent. This now prevents the people
Irom sending many article by post,
nnd forces that Irene into tho express
offices, in whose interest the law, at
the last hours of Congress, was enact
ed ; aud it withdraws from tho postal
revenue a large portion of its former
receipts. Tho indignant public will
have to wait till tho next mooting of
'oiigres beforo relief can be afforded
them, when wo expect to ace such
amendments mado as will reduce the
rato of postuzo on newspapers nnd
small pa i eels lower than it has ever
Decn. lyvntijie Amcnean.
G'ooD Reasons. Old Ren Wade de
clines to bo tho Republican candidate
for Governor of Ohio fbrtwo good rea
sons : One is that ba has not voice
enough to out-drown tbo roar of tho
linn of the Ohio Democracy, tho oth
er is that tho ofllco must sees tbo man
and he soomi to think tho office ia not
seeking him this year. The reasons
are satisfactory.
Apoplexy is less frequent with wo
men fbsn with men.