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"CLEARFIELD RIP11BLICA!.,"
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Publ! altera.
Cards.
W. F. REBER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pi.
Jaar-OtRsa Ib Ple'a Opera Honee, eeeond floor.
Kifit s, '7J ly
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW ft COLLECTION OFFICE,
CCRWBNSVILLK, .
Ctrarflold Count?, Pm'k 75;
raoa. b. suaa.v.
cratti BuBnua,
MURRAY & GORDON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
9:WU CLEARFIELD, PA.
FRANK FIELDING, "
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Witt attend to til buaineai entruated to him
piniQitl7 nil faithfully. norlJ 7S
WILLIAM A. WALLACI.
BAIRT r. WiLLACM.
DAVID L. KKH.
join w. waiQLir.
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(KunKMori to Wallace 4) Fielding,)
ATTOKNKYS-AT-LAW,
1 1 -12 71 Clearfield, Pa.
A. Q. KRAMER,
A T
TUliNEY-AT-LAW,
Hen) Katate and Collection Agent,
C'I.i:ahpii:i.o, pa..
Will promptly tttmd to all Irfel bualneea en
trust oil to Mi ear.
iMt-Offiofl in Pie'i Opera Home, atcond Door.
eprit .inn
ionii'1 a. M'lXALLr.
dakibl w. h cnanr,
McENALLY & MoCURDY,
ATTOKN E YS-AT-L A W,
Clearfield, Pa.
jaoTLegul hueineaa attended to promptly witbj
I.Mity. ODi.ie on Heeond etreel, alior. the Piret
National Bauk. Jan:l:7
G. R. BARRETT,
Attornky and Counhklor at Law,
C'l.KAltFtKLD, PA.
lUrlnff rined hlr JuilRtihip, hiu rtinmd
(he p ran It no of the few tn ma old omoe vitar
flild, I'a. Will attend the ooarti of JflTerwa and
Klk oountlea when ipeeially retaeaed in eonneotion
with reaiilant oounael,
WM.
M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Clearflrlil, Pa.
Mr-OITIf. lit Court llwiea, (HIierllT'l OOoe).
Leirnl huilneii prmtiptljr attended to. Krai ertata
Ixmht and fold. Jell'7S
A. W . W A L T E R S,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.
I'laarlleld, Pa.
KOffiea In Oruham'a Row. dafll-ly
"Hi" W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
tt:l:T riMrH.ld.PB.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clcarflcld, Pa.
JMT-Office In Old Veilern llnlel bo!ldln(,
aorn.r of Beeoad ani Market Bti. nurSl.te.
. ISRAEL TEST'
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
arOflea la Plea Opera Uonae, )jll,'tT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1'learlleld, Pa.
b7Offlee la Ple'a Opera llouie, Beoni No. 6.
Jan. 1, 11)74.
" JO H N L7 C UTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tnd Heal Ratal. Aa;eiit. CIcarHeld, Pa.
Offlea oa Third ilreel, bet. Cherry A Walnal.
aTKeipeetfall offera hli aerTloeifB aelling
tBd buying landa la Gloarneld and adjoining
lauatiaa ( and with aa aiperlenoe ol orer taentf
reara aa a lurreyor, flatten bireielf that be eaa
render aallifaetloa. fob. J;l:tf,
jT blak e walte rs,
REAL ESTATE BHOKER,
A ltd PBALkB IB
Saw ltog mid Jiimbor,
CLKARFim.ll, PA.
ffloa In Oreham'e Row. 1:16:71
J. J. LINQLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
his (lateola, tiearDeld Co., Pa. y:pd
J. S. BARN HART,
ATTnllNKT . AT - LAW,
HcllUhnte. Pa.
Will praetloe In Clearfield and all of the Cnurte of
the 2sth Judiotal cliatrtet. rteai e.iata nenniw
and oolleetion of elainia tnado epeelaltiee. Bl'TI
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTI1ER8UURU, PA.
Will attend profti atonal ealla promptly. aa)0'70
" Dr7 f. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURUKON.
Oflloe on Harkot Street, Cl.ttB.ld. Pa.
df-Oftlee boarei to 12 a. m , and 1 to R p. m.
D'
.It. E. M. SCIIEURER,
IIOMIKOl'ATHIO PIIVHICIAN,
Olllre la realdence on Market at.
April S4, 1.71. Cle.rlleld. Pa.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
UAVINU loealed at Pennfleld, Pa., oflera bia
profeaaional eerrieee to the people of that
pluoe and aarrouuding ooantry. Alioalla promptly
attended to. Oct. II tf.
6 r7j .7u rc "hTeTd,
Late Surgeon of the S.1d Heglmeal, Pennaylvaala
Volaoteerl, baring returnea Iroaa tea army
otTera hie profeaaional eorvleoi to thaeitiaoBl
of Cle.pl. IJanantv.
tWPMf.eaional ealla promptly atteuJad to.
Ollca oa 8eeond etraat, formerlyoeeapiea ay
tlr.Wooda. (aprt,' tl
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CI'BANPIKl.n, PKriN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
fir OBce houra From II to I P. M.
Hay II, Ifl7t.
J)"
JEFFERSON LITZ,
Will nrumplly attend all ealla la Hie III. of hlr
profea.ioa. Bor.lff-7a
Q. w7 WEAVER oTc6.,
DRL'dfilSTS & APOTHECARIES,
Cl'HWRNSVILLK, PA.
Ilralrra la all kind, of Prof", Mrdlclnra, Fu
ry tlontl, and PrnRgiata' Sondriea.
Corwenarille, Uaroh 17, IS7&.
" QEORQE MTrERGlISON,
with
W. Y. Mri'IMOTT & CO,
deelen la
HAT3 & CAPS, HOOTS & SHOES,
117 1I Market Srreal, Pbiladelpkla. Tl If
Llvory IHtnble.
rPHK anderelgned bga laaTeta lafurm thepab
X lie that he ia aow fully preparrcl to aeeomma
aate ll la tb. way of faralabiag Horara, Boggiea,
SaddlM and llaroeee, oa tbe ahorteat Bullae and
ta reeMaaM. Urma. Realdeaee aa Lowaat a treat,
belweea Third and Foartb.
II KO. W. OIARtlART.
1laarfl.il, Feb. 4, 1174.
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. G00DLANDEB, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ' TEBMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
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VOL. 49-WHOLE NO. 2138. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1875. NEW SERIES-VOL. 16, NO. 37.
(Turds.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jutltee or lb Paeee and Bertreuer,
Curweuovllle, Pa.
.Col lee t lone wade and munev promptly
lialdover. ler-Mim
KO. 4LIT RKIIIir MRIIf.. W. ALIRVT
W. ALBERT 4, BROS
If iHfuturtri A ef tenelra Dealer, In
Sawed Lumber. Square Timber, Ato,
WOODLAND, POII A.
mtT-Ordera lollolted. Bill. (Mad ob ihort aotloa
aod raaioaabla torme.
Addreaa Woodland P. 0., Cleerfleld Co., Pa.
.JJ.Ij W ALBERT BROB.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MKKCHANT,
Pranctavllla, i'learfleld County, Pa
Keep aonetantly on hand a fall Maori me ot of
l)rv Uooda. iierdwere. urocenea. ana eTcrinniK
meJljr Kept la a retail evore, wimh win m euiU(
for eaan, ae oneap aa eiaewnere in ww won 17.
rreaobrllle, June 91, istn-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE
DBALBB IB
HKNERAL MERCHANDISE.
CRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alio, ettenelre manofaeturar and dealer In Sqnare
Timber and Haaml Lnmoeroi an ainue.
atoyOrdare lollellrd and all bill, promptly
lllid. CJyl
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peiiti'a.
bvWill eieeutejobi III hi. line promptly end
n a workmanlike wanner. err.."
G . H . H ALL,"
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NKAR CLKAHI'IKI.II, PKNN'A.
atr Pumni alwave ua hand and made to order
on ahort aotiue. Puma burt'd on reaacnahle terme.
All work warranted to rrnilrr aattaraetton, and
dellrered If dealred. aiyliilypd
E. A, BIGLER & CO.,
dbalkhh in
SQUARE TIMBER,
and mnnufacturera of
A 1.1. hlNI) OH HAM t:i MIMHIiH
HI CLEARFlb'LD, PKNN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer tn
Beat Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
elllNUI.KS, LATH, A PICKETS,
:I'7J Clearfield, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
J.I 17.1 CLEAllKIKLD, PA.
h7fTn'augle,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and draler la
Watches, CIokKh, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Y are, &c,
ialt'71 CI.EAIIP1KLD, PA.,
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL IVATCIIMAKKR
aan riBAi.BB la
WatchcC, t'lockn ond Jowclry,
67r.laai'e Ham, ilarktt Strnl,
i.i:api'Ii:i.I), pa.
All kind, of reiiairiiig ia aiy line promptly at-
ended to. April n, IS71.
...... KKMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholciele deelera la
GEMS' HRMSlIl(i GOODS,
Hare removed to 187 Charoh klreet, between
Franklia and White .11., New York. Jyal'71
JAME8 H. LYTLE,
No. 4 Ple'a Opera llouae, CleatUeld, Pa.
Peeler In Groeetlea, ProTlalona, Vegcteblee,
Fralta, Flour, Feed, etc., rte.
aprl4'7(-tf
J''AMETiTvTrsoNAc,6.'1
REAL KPTATB MROKKKS,
CLKARFIKLD, PKNN'A.
Ilotiaee and Oflieea to let, Colleetiooa promptly
made, and flrat-elaea Coal and Fire.Clay Landa
and Towa property for aa le. Oflioe In Weatern
Hotel llollding (2d floor), Sreond SI. loj U Tiy
D. M. D0HERTY,
FASIIIONAHI.E BARIIEH A HAIR PRKSSKR.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Shop Beat door to Wearer A Ui-tta' eforr,
Soeood alrret.
July 11,74-
AHKY S.NYIiF.K,
(Formerly with Lew ficliuler.)
hadiikr and iiaihdrespkh.
Shop on Market St., oppnulie Court Honae.
A elee.ii towel for ererjr cu-toiner. iny ltf,
L
I ME I LIME I
The underalgned I et prepared to fuml.b
tho publla with an eioellant quality of
Bellefonte Wood-Burned Lime,
for plnrterlng purpoaea, by the large or email
quantity. Can be found for the pre.rnt at Ple'a
new building, on M.rket afreet,
cell. If L. K. MrCVLLOUUII.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is tbe Cbenpest I
Tbomai Relllf baa neeiYrtl anothri Unto lot of
"Milvhll WiKun, wlilcb are atuonK the rtry
beat enureciurrcl, end which he will tell at the
tnnat reavonelila ri'.p. Ilia vtuch fneluilea eltnott
II dKrl.linna ol wearii)r-vliirr('end amell. wide
na oermw trerk. tell en t are them.
yrH74 TIHjMAB KKIM.V.
JOIIaN A. STAl'JJCIi,
UAKKH, Meiket St., Chmflrld, Pe.
Freb Ilrred, Kuik, Holla, Cin end Cake
on hand er wade to ordrr. A primal orlmcnt
of Cuofecltoneriei, Kruita and Null Id Hock.
Ire Oram end Oyrteii fh armon, Fa Inns atarlr
opoaiie I he n-atoffice, rricra modtTBi).
Mmrvk liV'To.
aThVmitton,
Menufaetttrer end dealer la
Harness, Saddles and Bridles,
Co! Urt, Whlpa, Drnahea, Fly Nfll, Trlnnlnga.
Hnree HlankfU, it).
VaeuuiN, Frank Millrr'a and Neatafoot Oil.
Agent fur Bailey and Wilaon'a Buggtea.
Orden and r pairing promptly atletided to,
8hop on Market rtrrel, Ckarfteld, 1'a., In moa
formerly ereapied hy Jaa. Alexander. "1:17
C. S. FLEGAL,
Ironsides Slorr,
PIIIM.IPKIIIH1, PA.
USALKK IS
llAttllWAHK, KTOVEH. IIKATKRS, ItANG
Kj, WOOn AND WILLOW WARI.
AND UAXVFACTl KKR Ot
TIN, 8IIKIT-IRON AND COPPKRWAR1.
Preaqniala Street,
Pbilllpaburg, Centra Co., Pa.
il.May l7.
NDERTAKINO.
The anderelfni. are bow fatly prepared to
tarry on the butiaeee of
AT RSAS0NAD1.K RATES,
Aad reapMtlnllf aollell tba patronage of tboee
aaadlag each eerrleea.
inui'jmnn,
J AM IS L. LHAVT.
ClearflrM, Pa , Frb. I, 1874.
S.
IT
THE CALIFORNIA ROMAKCR.
W. O. RALSTON AND 1l Q1UANTIO FINAN
CIAL BCIIEMC.
Looking at VV. (J. Ralston any on.
wouiu nave wuii umi no wa, or an
men, tlio ono mont unlikuly to commit
suicide. Knowing hi in, that presump
tion would bavo deepened into a pro-
iounu conviction, ilo twemeu an em
bodiment of int4ii)BO vitality, physical
as well oa mental. Of medium height
ana stout nguro, tie seemea to b. potv
sesseu oi great muscular itrengtn and
activity. A stronir will was umted
upon erery lineament of bia counten
ance, li in gray brown eyci wore keen
and cold ; ui lint wero thin and
straight; his chock bono, were bitch
and chocks rathor flat ; his brow was
sufllcicntly lofty to giv good promise
of baldness: bis smoothly shaven chin
was Bauara and had a snannv wv evf
closing on a negative, as tbougb worked
by a spring. ICvor sinco anybody
know liuldlon he has been in contest
with somebody, or with a legion of
people. It bas been affirmed that ho
did a great deal for the development
oi the natural rosources ot California,
but that is true to a much more limited
extent than is generally supposed.
Ho was ambitious, grasping, and tyran
nical. Enterprises which bo could not
control and bold the lion's share of, he
crushed unscrupulously. Wherever
others bad demonstrated, at their own
cost, tho feasibility of a project, ho
stood ready to seizo upon it when it
seemed l-ipo for profit, and expected
tne projectors to De contont with what
ho was disposed to allow them. While
nominally only cashior of the Bank ol
laiiiorniii, ins real position was very
nvurj- ukiii iu iiiut ui uio etuuny naval
man tuio proiusscd liimsell
tbeoook and the oaptala bold,
And tb. mate of the Naney brig,
And tho bo'aun tight,
And tho atidebip mlla,
And the erew of the eaptaln'a gig.
Ralston was President, Vico-Prosi.
dent, Directors, and ovorybody else, in
I hat dsiik. i'. u. Mills, tho rrosident,
was only a figure-bead, and "the whole
duty of man," as understood by tho
other suid officers, was to keep their
momns suui. illusion Know every
thing, planned everything, controlled
crvtiiinif. "oo italstun about It.
was all ono of thorn would venture to
say. ho, with his rostlosa lovo lor
abiding in all tlmms and irettinir hold
of all things, Ralnton got a surprising
ii id ner oi irons in mo nro oi specula
Hon. Ho owned a largo shuro of tho
oro Mad at tho Comstock lode, and
controlled tho milk business of San
Francisco. Ho was two-tbirtla owner
of tho California Theatre, and raked
n a good Nhnro of the profits on tho
city s supply ol artificial ico. J I o ran
tbo Kimball manufacturing company
which mado wagons and furniture
und all sorts of things, and bo ran tho
Misnton woollen nulls, and tho iron
oiks. He was tho riirht bower of
Friedlander, the klntr of the (train rinir.
or else Friedlander was his right bower
any way they worked the grain
business of tho coast between them,
nd olt-times caused the hottrt of tho
granger to mourn. He furnished tho
brains lor several heavy "jobs" upon
the city, two railroad schemes, tho
Kavcnside bridge, the hpnng V alloy
water company's sale of their works
and othor "enterprises," not all of which
wero successful, however, fortunately
for tho city. Ho was largely interest
ed in the gas monopoly, and put a mil
lion and a quarter ot dollars into tlio
Palace hotel project. Ho hold a pow
erful influence in local and oven in
Ktato politics, and used to cloct pretty
much those whom ho saw fit to put in
ofllcc. "Sandy" Austin, tho city Audi
tor, was ono of his best supported ad-
ercMB and strongest friends. J t would
hare been well if all thoso whom he
put in place bud been as honest and
able as Austin.
In this stock market Rulston was a
king. Both Shnron and Jones were
deeply under obligations to him, and
ho participated in thoir schemes, which
wero always upon a gigantio scale
Year ailor year would com. what was
known as "the spring rise" in stocks.
For a few weeks tho fictitious valuos
of all sorts of stocks would bo vastly
enhanced or would fluctuate with inch
activity as would cause tbe huir of a
conservattro financier to stand upon
end. Those excited operations were
not upon tho basis of any real discov
eries of fresh values in the mines, al
though they rrofessed to bo. The
simple fact was that at that season
tho gold of the bank of Calilbrnia could
be most conveniently used for specula
tive purposes, and consequently ad
vantage of the opportunity was taken
by Ralston, Sharon and Jones to "give
the boys a new deal." A littlo later
in tho season, when stocks bad been
worked oil' at high figures and double
profit had been mado on an artificially
produced general depression of the
market, tho gold was called in, to be
used by tho grain ring in their spocula
tire operations. Through such manip
ulation the private fortunes of Ralston
nnd thoso intimately associated in his
operations became enormous, but the
hunk's standing was far from being
imiportionably improved. Ha was
said to bo worth twenty millions of
dollurs. That was probably an over
cstimuto. California air seems prone
to encourage overestimates, but bo
must cortainly hav. been very rich.
His palatial resilience at Belmont cost
a million of dollars, and h. expended
in maintaining it an average of over
three hundred thousand dollars per
nnnum. 'Then he built a honse in San
Francisco for a city residence, which
is said to Imvo cost a bait million dol
lars. Before that he kept up the style
of a bachelor prince in a suite flf gorgo
otis parlors in Commercial street, be
tween Montgomery and Kearney street.
There tho big fish in tho political pud
tllo used to assemble, put up "jobs on
tbo innocent public and hold high car
nival. It was a very convenient loca
tion. Tho "Mint," a finO-dnss saloon
and restaurant, l'reqncnted by politi-
cuius, was just a little below on tho
other side of tbo stroct, and directly
opposite was Martin's, where, if you
givo them timely notice, they can got
you. up a finer dinner than is within
the cnpaoiiilies 01 mo "naison J'oroo,
or the "i oodio nog, or any otner
noted haunt of tho gourmands of San
Francisco. Evon Warren Leland un
qualifiedly approves Martin's. Sump
tuous repasts used to ue lurnisneo irora
Martin's to Rulstnn's parlors across tbo
way, and many a belated Chinamen
has patisetl in wonder, gsr.lng upon tho
flashing litihts and listening to music
and revelry floating oat from tho groat
windows of tbe dingy-fared old build
ing in which tho money king and his
friends mad. marry. Sometimes the
iron shutters wore closed, and th. car
of tho passing way fhrer was enchanted
by tho silvery laughter and th. melodi
ous voice, of fairer and gentler beings
than politicians and stock specoialors.
Alas for the morry times gon. by I
Those parlors hav. been dismantled ;
the luxurious baths, and tiier elasses.
and broncos, and carved sideboards,
nd crimson silk counterpanes, and
silken curtains, and Persian rugs, have
an noon scattered.
Ralston in his office, at the bank
and Ralston in thane parlor were ai
distinct individualities as Wm. H, Ev
erts and FalstafT. Jn th. bank he
bore tb. air of an autocrat. His desk
and chair were elevated on a platform
in tb. centra of a laree room, to which
on. was aumitteo Dy a bercuiean ana
supercilious darkey. All about th.
walls were big, leather-seated chairs,
tor people craving audience with bim
He receivod his visitors In turn, whool-
ing his chair away from his paper
laden desk to confront each. One who
brought a heavy letter of credit nn-
proacnea. Ksision assumed a moclisni
cal smile lor bis visitor s benefit
"Merely visiting California T"
"Yes, ibr my health."
"Going to soe Yosemito?"
"I scarcely know."
"Yon should. Most mairniflcont
Bigut in tn. world. You go by way
oi , etc.
The Interview closes with an Invita
tion to call again. If the visitor is of
sufficient importance, Ralston, when
n. returns, invites bim down to Bel
mont. "What an airreoablo man." the
visitor thinks, in train? away. An
anxious looking man approaches and
wntspars something in a supplicating
way, ovidently a petition for accom
modation. "No," is tho gruff, brusque
reply, unrelieved in any way, that
squure lowor jaw sbutlintr like tho lid
of a money box, and disappointing tho
looker-on because it does not click.
"What a disagreoshlo man," tho nega
tive one thinks in passing out. If a
visitor is slow in stating his businss,
Ralston firos off a "Come to tbe ioint,
and probably two sentences Inter in
terrupts him with, "No use talking any
more; 1 know all about it; don't want
anything to do with it," und then
turns to call up by a look tho next
person in order. Thoso coming noon
cry important affairs oro trotted off
through a long, barrow passago way
to a dismal state anpartracitt the
d i rectors' room a irh astly, ch i 1 1 y place.
with maps on th. walls and census re
ports on the big table, which is sur
rounded by crcat chairs. There Rals
ton porches on the arm of a chair, says
"sit down" to his visitor, and by his
manner in listening inevitably convoys
tne impression that bis time is worth
seven thousand dollars a minuto.
Ralston was a spendthrift and ono
wno did sonio good. The aid be gave
to tbo scheme for tho irriinttion of the
. ,- . r . . .
San Joaquin Valley should alone entitle
mm to Kindly remembrance and doubt
less many othor enterprises in which
ho had a finger will flourish all tho
hotter, now that be is irone. for the
impetus he gave to thorn. 8utro will
scarcely grievo much for him. Ho en
couraged tbe gigantio Sutro tunnel
project up to the point at which he
could not control it and maninulate it
as ho wished without the sacrifice of
certain immnt? interests in which he
was largely concerned, and then sought
to throw tho Frenchman overboard.
Tho long and desporuto struggle that
ensued is matter of public knowledge.
r or once be was not victorious.
The men who, are credited with his
overthrow, Fair, Mackey, Flood and
(I'Unon, wore a lucky and powerful
team.. Fair used to bo a mining super
intendent and, when in San Francisco,
took his drinks, about seven years ago,
it an uusruro nut. uoggory cauea tno
'Auction Lunch," in Merchant street.
noar the market, then kept by Messrs.
rioou and u tinen. f air liked his
hosts, for they wore both lolly, irood
fellows, and put them up to a good
thing or two in stocks. Gradually
they quit tho gin business and spent
their time In stock speculations.
Thanks to Fair and to Mackey, who
only afew years before worked in tun
nel for four dollars a day, but was then
a superintendent, they amassed money
rapidly. The four men formed a secret
partnership. Two of them mado tho
nows from the mines, good or bad as
occasion seemed to demand, trd the
other two, made use of that news in
"boasting" and "cinching" stock on
California street. They always struck
to operations in the Combstock lodo.
Flood had a prejudice against ores
which needed roasting for reduction,
"cooking ore," as he called them.
The Comstock yield needed only stamp
ing, wator, and amalgam, and the "tail
ings" wore ao rich, especially from tho
Flood A O'Brien mill whilo they were
working "Halo ft Not-cross" and devel
oping "Consolidated Virginia" and
"California." Strange that the holders
of Hale ft Noreross stock wailed about
it, but they did I Tbe time that Sharon
put up a job which "cinched" pretty
nearly everybody and even took in a
crowd of Nevada minors who camo
down to San Pransico threatening to
lynch him only a few years ago he
appeased puhlio wrath by a solemn an
nouncement that ho had put evory
dollar of slock out of his bands, and
would never operate in mining stocks
any more. So he did. He put all his
stocks Into Flood ft O'Brien's hands,
and they operated for him on his secret
instructions, receiving fine commissions
therol'or and enjoying magnificent op
portunities for speculating on their in
dependent account Two years ago
they were by publio repute worth
nearly, If not quit., four million dollars
oach. How much they made out of
tha "Big Ilonansa" bubbl. last year Is
not definitely known probably as
much more. ?lood is th. brain of th.
firm in San Francisco, Mackey at the
minus. The latter is said to b. the
richest of tho four; Fair to have the
least. O Hrien tried a few years ago
to encourage ulk culture on the Pacific
coast, and spent some thousands upon
it unsuccessiuiiy. I. I. sun.
PaasiNrt or Mind in Accident.
Professor Wildor gives these short rules
for action in case of accident : For dust
in tho .yes, avoid nibbing, and' dash
wator into thorn ; remove cinders, Ac,
with th. round end of a lead pencil.
iiomove insects irom tn. ear by tepid
wator; novcr put a bard instrument
into th. ear. If an artery is cut, com
press below. If choked, get upon all
fours and cough. For light bums, dip
the part in cold water. Smother the
fir. with carpets, Ac; water will often
spread burning oil, and Inoreaso tho
dnnger. Before passing through smoko
take a full breath, and then stoop low,
but if carbon i. suspected, walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds unless your
mouth is sore. Enlarg. th. wound,
or, better, cut out tha part without
delay. It old the wonnded part as long
aa can be born, to a hot ooal or ond of
a cigar. In case of poisoning, axcite
vomiting by tickling th. throat or by
hot mustard. - For acid poisons, glv.
acids ; in csm of opium poisoning, giv.
strong coffee) and keen moving. If
you fall Into water, float oa the back,
th tho nose and mouth projecting.
For
' apoplexy, raise tb. head and body;
tainting, lay th. person flat. '
ftr
CYRUS L. PERSHIXa.
Tho Democratic nomine, for Gov
ernor, was born in Youngstown, West
moreland county, Pa In the year 1825.
and is consequently about 5(1 years of
ago. His father movod to Johnstown
in the year 1830, and died in Anril,
1836. A business connection which ho
had formed proved. 'unfortunate, and
the property which bo hud accumulat
ed in a life of energy 4nd industry was
old under tho hammer tn pay partner
ship debts. Tbe mother and her three
sons, of whom outiSpdidato was the
eldest, wero thus 1 t in doetitute cir
cumstances, but sf VaVnt one of
tbosw to repine qn' ' lows of ad-
vorsity. Possosse energy of
character wuicn as yertor to mis
fortunes, sho, ''
friends, establisi,
tlidf kssistance of
a puall business,
and thus supper
her T and family.
While -attemiiL,
lKrv.tore
Mr. Porsbing was faiade usistant at
the Johnstown weigh-locr it a salary
of (20 per month, during tho navigable
season; and subsequently, in 1842-3,
was appointed by Ueneral Potts onool
bis clerks in tho collector's office in
that place. From those employments
our cumiitlato derived the funds which
enable him to enter Jefferson colleiro.
at Cunonsburg, Pa. At this institution
he prosecuted his studies durtr.g the
winter term of each year, clorkimr or
teaching during tho summer.
un this stibiuct. a cotomporarv has
truthfully said : "It is ovid.no of tho
energy of character posscBsod by Mr.
Pershing, that,- though a poor boy,
without tbo assistance of friends, ho
mado his own way through college,
and graduated with honor to himself
and professors." This was in 1848.
n 18411, Mr. Porahinir entered tho of-
llco of Jeremiah S. Bluek, then in
Somerset, Pa., nnd together with Hon
it. Uollrotli, ol Womorset, and S. H,
Wilson, of Beaver, Pa., read low under
that distinguished statesman und jurist.
Alter a thorough examination hy a
committee ot lour oi the lenilinir law
yers of tho Somersot bar, in which
udgo liilinnro. ol Payolto, then holil-
ng court in Somerset, also participated.
Messrs. Pershing and Wilson wore ad
mitted to tho bar, in November, 1850.
ten. Cotlruth having been admitted at
the previous term. Ho at onco entered
upon the practice of bis profes
sion which he pursued with grout suc
cess. In 1800 Mr. Pershing was nom-
noted as the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the district composed of
tne counties oi notnorBct. Uam-
bria, Blair 'and Huntingdon. This
istrict, prior to that timo. was con
sidered certain for a majority of 2.5(10
against tbo Domocratio party, and in
IBO-J, i oi. John tt.. .Kdio. the compet
itor of Mr. Pershing, had been oloetod
by a much larger majority. Mr. I'cinh-
ng was nominated late in tho cam
paign, but went to work ut once to
canvass his large district, and address-
airy public mootmgs up to tho'
October election. Notwithstanding tho
excitement of a Presidential contest,
and the closeness with which party
linm were drawn Vr Pcrnhillir ran
far abend of his ticket, and was deluttt-
ed, by tho meagre majority of 284
votes. In 1MU8, Mr. rorahmg was
again nominated for Congress, but tbo
ntorlunato dissensions ol that rear
brought disaster to tbe Democratic
ticket, State und Constitutional, and
Mr. Pershing was defeated, Hon. S. S.
iilair being the successful candidate.
In 1861 Mr. Pershing was nominated
and elected to tho Legislature. Ho
.as unanimously re-nominated and re
elected by largo majorities in 18112,
lbuii, I8t4 and 1805, serving for five
successive terms. During the whole
of bis service at Harrisburg he was a
mombcr of tbo committoo of ways and
means, tho judiciary, and other im
portant committees. At the.session of
lttu.l, the only ono in winch the Dem
ocrats wore in a majority, Mr. Porsb
ing was chairman ol tho committee on
federal relations, and at tho succeeding
session was the Democratic nominee
for speaker of the House.
In tho .Legislature Mr. i'crshing was
an acknowledged leader, and enjoyed,
a rare aegroe, in. conndenco and
personal esteem of his fellow-members
without distinction of party, As a
legislator Mr. Pershing attended to
evory interest ol his constituents,
bother in tho Legislature or the
epartments, with scrupulous fidelity.
and without tho least reference to the
political sentiments of thoso whoso
business he was railed upon to trans
act. On all the great party issues of
tbe day, ho was then, as ho is now.
and where he has always been, with
tho Domocratio party, but he has
never been known in any instunce to
now his partisan predilections to in
terfere with his sense of right and his
conscientious discharge of duty.
in loi 2 Junius ICyon was nominn'teu
Ibr president judgeofSehuylkill county,
a
his nomination was vorv distasLo
I'u I to a largo and respectable cloment
of tho party, who begged Mr. Pershing,
men practising law in Johnstown, but
nown all over tho (Mule as a success
ful and highly honorable lawyer, to
allow bis name to bo used as tba choice
of an lndcehdeiit political movement
lie consented, and though ho refused
to enter into a norsonnl canvass or
even to visit the county, ho was tri
umphantly elected by over 3,000 mtt-
jorily, and so completely has ho con
quered ovory political prejudico, which
th. circumstances of his election might
avo created, that to-day sonio of his
most earnest friends are those who on-
posed him bitterly in 1872. Indeed,
so completely has bo won tho esteem
of the publio by bis judicial fhirnoss
and fearless ability, that all classes
thoro delight to do him honor, and at
tho last Domocrotlo County Conven
tion tho following resolution was
adopted without a singlo dissenting
voioo :
YoW. Tb.t elnea lloa. Cyroa L. Perahlnv
baa ofleleted aa the pre.id.at Jodge of thia judi
cal diatrlet. Be Baa more tliaa aonurmed the moat
ingutno oipeetehona or oar people. Ilia apot
e lalegrlty, legal learning, oltrvme eeatioua-
noea to avoid error, and eneoloto lore of Juatioa
bare aa endeared bim to tba liar and tba BMn.
our people ol all parties that tbe eaorifioe of
leldiag bim ta All a higher aad more oalerged
field of aaefulo.M, baa hitherto kept ia reatraint
the eipreeeioa of oar fulleat ooarielioa of bia
auperlwr availability and ftoeoe aa tha guberna
torial etanderd-bearer is tba aoming eontret.
Such high encomiums upon bis
private and public character are con
curred in by all who know bim, but
happily he has given such a recent ex-
ihition ol his firmness as a judgo and
is disposition to met. out justico to
public wrongdoers' that his namo,
wherever mentioned, suggests ueh a
rosado upon tho - Suite rings as the
honest men of Pennsylvania have long
looked for some bold spirit to inaugu
rate. A short time ago in his court,
three County Commissioners of Schtiyl-
tll county wore convicted ol embes-
ling 17,000 of th. publio funds by
charging 125,000 for a county barn,
hich, it was proved could be built lor
18,000, th. differenco between these
amount having been in part divided
between them, and the remainder dis
tributed among their friends. On
REPUBLICAN,
Monday they were called before him
to be sentenced, in the performance of
which duty he said that they had been
indicted of mulf'eaHatico in ofllco ; bad
boon guilty of n breach of trust
had been corrupt in office ; bud violated
their oaths ; l ud boon negligent in tho
performance of t heir sworn duties, be
sides misappropriating tho public
IUIIUB.
The sontonoe was then pronounced
aa follows :
In the case of tho Commonwealth
vs. Valentin. Bonner, Moses llino and
Patrick Conry. Bcnner and Hin. were
eacn sentenced to pay a fine of 11,000.
the cost of prosecution, be removed
irom oince and undergo an imprison
ment of two years. Conry was sen
tenced to pay a fine of 1500, cost of
prosecution, be removed from office
and undergo an Imprisonment of two
years.
'i he sentenco lull like a thunder clan
upon the guilty parties and thoir po
litical inuntis, wuo nail tnougnt tno
righteous judgu would not dare to
administer tho luw so fearlessly. But
this act was applauded throughout the
country, and the honest press every
where agreed that it was deserving of
tne gmuesi creuit.
Tho Now York ,S'un said of it:
"The punishment of thoso public
plunderers is an evidence ol importance,
not only to tho peoulo of Pennsylvania.
but to those of other places. It shows
that the rule of addition, division, and
silence is broken in that commonwealth,
and the moral influence of such a
change will bo felt ovory where. Tho
public gratitude is duo to Judge Persh
ing fur tirmnoss, wisdom, and modera
tion in this trial, and in tho sentence
with which it ended.
The Philadelphia rimes suid :
"In tho mountains of Schuylkill,
where disorder and lawlessness have
so long reigned, the people in a fortu
nuto hour called Cyrus L. Pershing
from his district home to hold the
scalesot justico before them. Ho came
a stranger, and with the single purpose
of discharging his responsible duty
with fidelity. In this epidemic of of
ficial peculation it was doomed safe for
the commissioners ol Schuylkill county
to pocket illegitimate profits in the
construction ot a now county building.
Tboy rcasonod that it was done clue-
where; that nearly erery city bad its
confederated bund of plunderers, and
mat tnoy escaped the toils ot retribu
tion.
But they wero brought before
court In which Judgo Pershing pro
sitled, and there justice was blind to
social position, to political intluenco
and to official honors. To the utter
consternation ol tho plunderers, they
were mod as other men who como in
to tho dock, friendless and penniless.
and the bravo, just judge quickened
tho integrity of officers of tho court
and of tho jury by tho sternly impar
tial mannor in which he discharged
nis own uuty and denned the duties ol
others.
..,
noble example of tho omnipotence of
i nnnr ,i iii.iim. i'nmh,,, ,.
justice faithful officers are charged
wuii ner sovereignty r
Such, Democrats ot Pennsylvania, is
the man selected as your standard
bearer I Such, independent and hon
est men ot all parties, is the candidate
presented for your suffrage.! Such,
Republicans, is ho who challenges you
to find in bis public or private charac
ter asinglo strain ofdishonorunworthy
of tbo citizen, legislator and judge !
CIIIA'AXEN L . CALIFORNIA.
The Chinamen in California number
ninety 'thousand, ot whom three
fourths are adults. They are not only
a powor, but but a groat and import
ant power. They fill nearly all the
departments of trade, from the high
est to tho lowost They bavo intro
duced American manulactures into
China and brought in with othor things
cheaper goods limn can be mado at
homo. They regulato the labor mar
ket in California. They know Confu
cius by heart, and are content with
tho maxims of that ancient sago rath
er than tho teachings of tho modern
missionary.
Every month about two thousand
five hundred Mongolians uro added to
tho Pacific coast labor antt in house
holds. Tbey monopolize washing and
peddling; control cigar making, Doots
and shoes, Jiinderweor, &c, nro tin
smiths, wtttchmakors, carpontors,
broom makers, fishermen nnd garden
ers, nnd oxports in woolen fabrics;
they are excellent cooks and chamber
servants, and expert money counters
in bunks; in loci, they are industrious,
expert nt bargains, and economical.
As bouso servants tlioy are cleanly,
but strike for higher wages, leaving
without nolico. Dishonesty is fre
quent, but tho notions of European do
mestics are exorbitant, and housekeep
ing would bo itupractieabla without
Chinamen, for China women never
hire out. Thoir numbers are small,
few marry, and tho most are publio.
Nino-Umtlis of the Chinamen are
single, and show no disposition to set
tle nor to regard polities. Thoy grad
nslly adopt our clothing, except lite
Christian rout nnd stockings. Men,
women and children woar pig tails
reaching to tlio hoels. and this orna
ment is worshiped. They stick to tbo
wido sleeved blouse, mostly muslin.
Opium is their favorite smoko and
rice their favorite diet, combined with
pork. Fish and vegetables are largely
consumed and oggs are largoly im
ported from China, coated with mud,
and dried clams and oysters are also
imported. No one over saw a China
mini tipsy, but thoy gam I do univer
sally. Tlioy livo in crowded dens and
with no comfort A shilling goo. fur
ther than a dollar with Americans ;
quick to striko for wages, they work
lor whatever oilers rather than be idle.
Every man can reatl and write They
havo sovorul temples for worship, and
within ore images rudely bedizened,
tapers ever burning, Incense, gongs,
but no seats, (iiltled text) from thoir
scriptures appear on the walls. There
are no books, no pulpit, no preaching,
no praying, nor is there a day set for
worship. Every day Chinamen pass
in font of the linages, hats on, making
a low obeisance and then pass out ;
time, five minute.
Americans .on see at a glanco tho
important', in many senses, of a po
ulutinn liko this. Though in the
country, thoy arc not of it, Ibr all of
them mean to return homo some day
or other. N. Y. Erprat.
A hunter named Bnigltmon, liv
ing near Jlelroeje, Minn., was takon ill,
probably a month since, whilo in
lonely shanty, into which ho had lock
ed himself at night with his two dogs.
Whether h. died first or tho animals,
maddened by hunror. killed him. can
not b. determined, but when bis body
was found lust week but littlo more
than tbe skeleton remained.
TJTR REPUBLIC OF NATURE.
A LAND OF NO CLOTHES, NO HOUSES, NO
TOOL), NO RlLltllON, NO MARRIAtll.
fiovontoon yours ago Nurcisse Pierre
Pelletier, the son of a shoemaker in a
small town in the department of Lu
vontioo, wont to sea, and utter a tow
mouths was wrecked with a lurgo cur-
go of Chinese coolies. By miracle and
promptitude b. survived tb. brutality
of his own captain, the cannibals, who
ato np most ot tho Chines., starvation
and mora fatal thirst, to tall at th. last
gasp into th. handt of a Dative Aus
tralian trice.
In th. settled portion! of that con
tinent, a native is at great a cariosity
as in this metropolis, Dut the aborigin
al racos still havo much to themselves
the parts nearer the equator. This
was about thirteen degrees south, not
lor from Torres Strait Now Guinea,
and th.Louiai.de Archipelago. The
savagos were very kind to the poor (ly
ing lad, utloptod him into their tribe,
found him a valuable mombcr of socie
ty, and were proud of thoir possession.
He acquired tillos of honor, inscribed
uixin bis skin and carried in his nose
and ears, ho learned to oarvo canoes,
and obtained an acknowledged pre-eminence
in strength, skill and counsel.
ihe tribe is a republic in tho strict
est sonse of the word, acknowledging
no sii)eriority, and fortunately offering
small field for the ambition which leads
to higher political developments. They
have no clothes, except a fringe in the
cose of women ; no houses, except um-
orciias extemporized out ot ieavos
when it ruins heavily; no tools, except
bits of hoop iron found in wrecks: no
arts and sciences; a very small vocab
ulary and an arithmetic stopping short
at ten, and indicated by pointing to
various parts of the body. They bave
no religion, no history, no social insti
tutions, not evon marriage. Regarded
from our point of view, life is thoro
ono great negalivo, and tho only won
der is that they got along as well as
thoy do. Tbe women, bowevor, go to
tho wall, as in all savugolile; tbey uro
the property of tho strongor, two or
three at a timo, nnd are put out of tbe
way us a useless horse is with us, when
no longer useful or agreeable. This is
animal life.
' Narcisso Pellotier was quickly ab
sorbed is the new current of his ex
istence. Ho became u pure und simple
suvago, and us much lorgot that be
had evor been anything else as it
ho hud lived in a long dream. He
could not speak a word of French ;
lost reckoning of days and years; knew
not his own ago ; perched on a roil liko
a bird : had rustless monkey eves :
clave with strong instinct to his adopt
ed fraternity, and only remembered bis
relations as beings ot another world
who must lung since have passed away.
But Nurcisse Pelletier has returned
to life. On tho 11th of April in tho
present your the John Bell schooner.
engaged in the beobe de mcr fishery,
anchored at Night Island, a small is
land on tho coast or (Queensland, to
which boats wore despatched from tho
J " I BMW.ll nt W.t.V Tlin a.lj-.M
sent on this duty encountered in tne
bush u party of aboriginal blacks, with
wbom tbey lound a white man. who
was, like the blacks, perfectly naked,
and appeared to bo completely identi
fied with them in language and habits.
The white savage was induced to en
ter one of tho ship's boats, nnd tho
John Bell brought her prize to Somer
set, tb. settlement at Cape York, where
ha was clothed and cared for by tho
resident magisti ato. Tho dream of tbo
long bas passed away and is forgotton.
To-day takes up the thread of yester
day, and forgot, the gap between.
rtarciase is already reading rrench
novels. Lomlon Timet.
Red in Denmark. Red is the na
tional color of Denmark, and every
body displays mora or less fondness
for it, The servants and attaches of
royalty wear rod ; tho military are
dressed ill rod, and so are tho coach
men and tha footmen of the royal fam
ily. The letter carriers wear red. lho
Hussars o branch of the cavalry
wear very handsome rod coats with
silver buttons. Tbe National Guards
wear red, and on gala days present a
fino appearance, with thoir Doautiful
red coats trimmed in front with a pro
fusion of gold lace. Tbe dross of tbo
Kammer-tiuHS, or Chamberlain in tlio
roar, is worthy of note. Their red
coats have two little gilt buttons, and
from the right side behind is attached
a largo bow of blue ribbon, to which is
fixed ft voritnblo key, as a badgo of
their order.
Even with rna Jiidoe. Ex-Judgo
Morris was lately engaged in an im
portant suit in a certain town in tlio
Stato of Now York, and it became his
luty to cross examine a witness who
was an honost oltl farmer ami not very
well accustomed ta the business. The
witness answered by saying "1 guess
so and "1 think so, which nottled
tbo judgo somewhat and ho frequently
said to th. witness. "I don't want to
know what you guess or what yon
think about it, 1 want what you know."
Well, utter a somewhat longthy exam
ination, Judge Morris settled back in
his chuir and said ; "n ell, 1 guess that
is all," when tbe witness looked at bim
a moment and without leaving the
chair, said : "Mr. Morris, 1 don't want
what you gness about this ; 1 want to
atioio if you are through with mo ?"
1 he wbolo court applauded, and no
one more than Judgo Morris.
Good Old Hpinnir. Tho Washing
ton correspondent of the Savannah
(l!u.) jVnrj Buys: This fine old green
back gentleman will In lutnra ntaKo
Florida his home for most of tha year.
Ho, with bis son-in-law and friends,
nro largely Interested in tho First
National Bnnk here. Ho is fond of
the gun and rod, and enjoys out door
exorcise on land and water. It will lie
a great relief to him to get away from
Washington, where bo was bandaged
by the l'resident nnd Cabinot Ho is
tlio one bright exception of the Federal
officials who has not bent th. knoo ;
gruff he may be, and probably had to
be ; long may he livo and enjoy life
freed from tbo cares of ofllco.
Hon. R. (4. White, Into President
Judgo of the Tioga district died at
Wellsboro, on th. Oth instant, after a
protracted illness. He was born in
Northumberland county in 1807, and
Htled in WcllBboro In 1H'!i. Jle was
delegato to the Constitutional Con
vention of 1838, und County Treasurer
in 1842 and 1843. In 1851 he was
ohoson l'resident Judgo of tho Tioga
district, and hold that responsible
position for twonly years. It. retired
Irom the bench in 1871 with th. fltll
oonfldenc of th. bench and bar of the
Stat., and the people of bis judicial dis
trict.
When Is aaoldior'a ammunition box
like a ooantry road T When it ia full
of cartridges.
HO IP PEA CUES A RE PL UCKED.
The following narrative from tho
jrrss Is told In too simple a manner to
nienn a sensutiou. And we reproduce
it simply to show', by a single iustanco,
how easy it is to impose upon an in-
exerienced working class:
A description was givon a few days
ago in The I'rett of the scenes around
certain offices which had advertised
for girls to go to Round Top and to
Georgetown Kent country, both place.
ueing in in. maw oi Jiaryiana, to pun
peaches. As stated in our columns, a
very large number of girls applied and
obtained iiYuddonA from the advortisors.
Tho following extract from the Balti
more Sun tolls a touching tale of tho
suffering experienced by the young wo
mon who wore deceived by tbo repre
sentations of the advertisers :
"There arrived In this city on Satur
day eleven girls, who had gone from
Philadelphia to Round Top. in Kent
county, about three miles from I'hes
turtown, in answer to an advertisement
in a Philadelphia paper for girls to
gatuer peaeues, who gave a pitiful ac
count of the hardships experienced by
many of the girls thoro. The girls
were ou thoir way home, and were en
tirely destitute ol funds, and had noth
ing scarcely to cat for a couple of days.
In their dilemma thoy found thoir wny
to tlio offleo of Mayor Vansant, who
was doopiy interested in their story.
and after giving thorn money to buy
something to eat, also furnished them
nil with tickets to reach their homes.
I ho girls stato that an advertisement
appeared in a Philadelphia paper some
days ago for one hundred girls to go to
uounii iop to pull peaches, and upon
application being made to tbo person
who advertised, it was represented that
girls could make from (1.50 to 02 per
day, and that tnoy would only have to
puy (2 per week for board, and that
trunsportutiouwould be furnished them.
Accordingly aliout forty girls were en
gaged, and on Thurday tbey wero sent
on a steamer to Baltimore, where they
were transferred on Friday morning
to another vessol und taken to Round
Top. The girls say that on th. wny
over from Philadelphia on Thursday
night they wore obliged to sleep on
deck, and suffered greatly from the
cold. Upon arriving at Round Top
tbo girls found, upon inquiry mad. of
other girls, (about bovoii hundred of
wbom they stato are in that neighbor
hood,) that they could only inuko fif
teen to twonty ceiita per day, and that
they bad to sleep on tho floor, with
hay fur a bod, and that tho food given
them wus not tit to cat. Tbey tound
tbe girls there crying and desiring to
return homo, but could not do so on
account of a want of funds. One girl
down more stutea that sbe bad writ
ten two or three letters home, but that
they had been torn up by some one in
authority on the ground, and sbe went
, .,. f.i , , i
iu uiu engineer ui uiu vessel oil wutca
tho girls who returned Saturday went
down, and implored him to take a let
tor to Baltimore and mail it tor her.
About thirty of tho girls who wont
down Friday remained and eloven re-
J - T . l,l tkn kniu. nf
getting back to Philadelphia. Whonl
seated around a room in the City Hull
on Saturday, tlio girls, some of whom
wero prepossessing in appearance, pre
sented a pitiful sight, but when in
formed by the Mayor that ho would
send them to their homos they bright
ened np, and conversed Iracly about
their trip to Hound Top, Tho Mayor
advised thorn not to leave thoir homos
again under such circumstances, and
tho girls took his advieo kindly and
assured tbo Mnyor that if thoy only
onco got buck home again they never
could bo caught going on such a trip
again. The girls said they had noth
ing to eat trom Xbtirsday until Satur
day, except a few cukes which they
hud taken with them, nnd they wore
very glad to accept the hospitality of1
tho Mayor. About 2 o'clock, Beverly
Diggs, tho Mayor's dctectivo, took tho
girls in charge and wont with them to
the i'rcBidoiit street depot and saw
thorn on board tho cars, first furnishing
them with a lunch. About fifty more
girls went down to Round Top on Sat
urday, having como over from i'bila-l
delpliiu, but it is not known what their
experience has been. On Friday Mayor
vansant sent seven othor girls to rinl-
adelphia who had returned from Round
Top, nnd w ho gave about the sumo
story as tho ones sent ovor on Satur
day." Now. Now ! A grainloss sand on
a boundless plain. ' A tiny ripple on a
measureless ocean. Uver tho ocean
we uro sailing ; but tlio only part of it
wo possess is that on which our ves-
sols nt this moment float From tho
stern we look backwards and watch tho
ship's wako in the waters ; hut bow
shoit a distance it reaches, and how
soon every truce disappears. We boo
also some landmarks further off, and
then tho horizon closes lho view ; but
beyond that tho ocean still rolls far,
faraway. : Memory cnnlemplutos the
few yours of our individual life ; his
tory shows us u dim outline of moun
tains ; scienco tells us that still further
back, out of sight, stretches the vast
sea; reason assure, that like spaco it
bath no Itoundary; but all that we
jKMsess of it is represented by this
small word now 1 Tho past, tor oo
tion, is ours no longer. Th. future
may never become, present ; it is not
until It does. Tho only part of time
we can n.e is this very moment, now.
Newton Hull. . ,
A . Fatal Accident. A horrifying
accident occurred In our midst on
Thursday ' morning. Mr. John 1).
Adams, residing ut Cooorsdulo, drove
to tho Cambria Irou Co's lumber yard
on tho morning mentioned in company
with two other friends named Mrs.
Cardiff and Mr. Joff Bracken, both of
whom live in Mr. Adams' locality.
Just as tho wagon was drawn into tlio
yard it ran against a piece of lumber,
and, being brought to a sudden stop
page, threw Mr. Adams to tbo ground
with great force, who, striking his
head on an onk sill, split it th. whole
way across, causing instant duulh. His
remains woro immediately removed to
his into home, where were a wifo and
nine children to mourn bis terrildo
death. JohnMnwn Pom.
Aititppes IN Men. It is very cor
ttiin that no man is fit for anything ;
but it is almost as certain too, that
there Is scarcely any one who is not
tit for something which something na
ture plainly point out to him by giv
ing him a tendency and propensity for
it. Every mull finds in himself, cither
from nature or education (for they uro
burd to distinguish), a peculiar bent
und disposition to some peculiar char
acter; und his struggling against it is
tha fruitless and endless la!xr of Sisy
phus. Let him follow and cultlvato
llntt vocation : ho will succeed in it,
and be considernhlo lu ono wny at least;
whereas if he departs from it ho will
at best be incnnsiilcrablo, probably ridiculous.
AND THAT'S UOW.UR fSLT.
Ho had a wooden leg, threo Angora
were gone from the left hand, and ha
hud to use a crutch. In th. dusk ol
tho - cvonihg b. sat down oa a dry
goods box on t be street corner, and (true
mil tho ground with hia crutch, b. .x-
claimed:
"Well, old pard, tb. war', ov.rt
Gimnio your hand .hak. hard I"
11. shook th. oruteh with hearty
good will, and continued :
"1 bore a no more Keb no mora
Yank I We're all Americana, and
standing shoulder to houlder South
Carolina alongside Massachusetts w.
can lick tho boots oft'n any nation
under tho sun!"
Ho wnltod awhllo and then went on :
"No more - skirmishoa no mora
fonts. Undo Robert I. dead, Gen.
Urunt wants pouco, and they're melt
ing up (words and bayonets to make
cotton mill inacliiory! We're about
throut'h cainuinif ouL old nurd, and
wo huin't sorry not a bit I"
He leaned tho crutch against th.
box, lifted his wooden lug, and said: :
I .na. n ... I 1 . .( fM,mn..hH.M
wbon I was undor Barksdale, and
Burnside thought bo could whip old
Uncle Robert and Stonewall Jackson
I J' IV.. M CVnt W. I'lVUWIV.DV.f.
togothorl Good Lord 1 but wasn't it
hot that day, when tb. Yanki laid
thoir pontoon and got up and got for
us I And when we got np and got for
thorn, wasn't it red hot 1"
He (topped to ponder for a while, .
and hit voice wat softer aa h. aald :
"But 1 forgive 'em I I took th.
chances and Tost. I am reaching ont .
now to shako hands with the Yank
who shot me, and I'll divide my tobae
eo half and half with him I It was a
big wnr. Yank und Rob stood right
up und showed pluck, but it's time to'
forgive and fbrget."
lie cut a chow off hia plug, took off
his buttered but and looked at it, and
continued :
"Didn't w o all come from ono blood f
Hain't we th. big American nation f
Isn't this hero United State, th. big
gest plantation on the rivor, and is
thoro a nation in tbe world that dares
knock tbo chip off our shoulder?"
"Maryland, my llarylaad, . .
Mlobigan, my Vliobigaa.''
Ho put down his leg, looked at his
crippled hand, and soliloquized :
"J hrco lingers gone hand nsod up,
but I'm satisfied. Folks who go to
war expect to feel bullets. We stood
up to the Yanks they stood up to us
it was a fair fout, and w. got licked.
Two fingers hain't as good us five, but
tlioy are good enough to shake hands
with I Wo raise cotton down here
you raiso corn up there leas trade I"
Ho lifted his crutch, struck it down
hunt, and went on :
"Durn a family who'll fight each
other I We've got the biggost and
best country that over laid out doors,
and if any foreign despot throws a club '
at tho A murican eagle, we'll shoulder '
arms and shoot him into the middle of
next woek I"
Ho sat and pondered while the shad
ows grew deepor, and by and by bo
said :
"There's lots of graves down here
there's heap, o' war orphans up
north ; i m crippled up and hull sick,
but I'm going to got up and hit the
onory cuss who dares say a word ag'in
either. We've got through fighting
wo'ro shaking hands now, and durn
the man who says a word to interrupt
tbo harmony! It's ono family ol.
Uncle Sam's boys and gals and babies,
and we're going to live in the sumo
houso, eat at tbo sumo table, and tarn
out biggor crops than any other ranch
on the globo."
Ho rose up to go, rapped on the box
with his crutch, and continued :
"ReioliYtt, That this glorious old
family stick right together In the old
homestead for tho next million years
to come." Vicksburg Herald. -
, AN EARTHLY PARADISE.
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND FINE LI VI NO IN
StOILT FLOWERS AND MUsTO.
The women of Palermo are verily
lovely, with a bright air in their car
riage, and thoir grout black eyes. They
soem to lov. th. sun, and take no pre
caution against his ardent kisses, for
thoy ant ull dark, but thoy are all
beautiful.
The better classes dross exquisitely,
but mostly in black. Laco and gren
adines form the material of most of
thoir drosses, and they almost all wear '
the black lace mantilla over their
heads, instead of a hat This man til- -lu
is the most graceful und coauettish
head gear imaginable, and is generally
fastened to tho head by a flower. Eve
ry lady lady carries a faD, oven th.
poorest ; and thia fashion of carrying
a fun is not confined to tho women .
ulono, for you see hundreds of men
with funs in their hands. Ono soldior
on guard, hod bis musket in one hand
and a fun in the other.
I drovo out to see tho suburbs, and
I can truly say I never saw so many
olegant residences in my life. Every
houso was sot in tbe centre of a beau
tiful park, where evory variety of
plants, trees and shrubs added to the
beauty. Statnos gleamed through the -labyrinths
of shrubbery, and, in fact,
everything combine, to make Palermo
tho dream ot poets, 'i he deep blue ol
the clear sky. tho luxuriant vegeta
tion, the grand line ot mountains to
tho rear, und tho sou to th. tront,leavea
nothing out of tho landscape that '
would do pleasant to th. eye.
The straight, wide street, have al
ways tho sou or mountain for back
ground, and a delightfully fresh breeze
always keeps the air pure and refresh
ing here. Every ganion is enriched
with statuary. The house, enclosed
in thoso gardens uro the residences of
the nobility, nnd also a large number
of foreigners, who have lound Paler
mo so deltghtlui a retreat that tbey
have sot up thoir household gods hero
for good aud all.
Alter dinner we took a carriage ride
again, and drovo to tho long pier or
bulkhead along tho shoro oi tbe har
bor. This ia some two hundred feet
wido and two miles long, and ia used
as a fashionable drive. Almost tbe
entire population go to this place eve
ry evening, and walk along under its .
double rows ot trees, whore gas lamps
illuminate the scene. ..
. Thousands of magnificent oarriagoe
passed and repassed, filled with beau
tiful women in superb toilets and tho
men dressed in the highest stylo of
fino art, which moans Tike a colored
waiter, and tbo long double rows of
gas lumps, of which ovory one had
lour burners, mado tbe sceno ono or
ravishment. Boys with boqueta of
orange flowers and night-blooming ce
retis made the air heavy with per
fume, and the light so brilliant, and
tho sweet music, and the gay throng, .
and tha prancing horse., the rustling
trees, an went to create in tne parti
cipator tho idea that this was not real,
but some sweet dream.
On one .ids was th. wator, block aa
shadow und contrast with th. bril
liance of tb. street could mike it, and
uliov. tho dark sky where the star,
even seemed to shin, but faintly.
Judgo Truukoy, of Yonaago, one ot
the blest jutlges in the State, hu de
cided that to entitle a citizen to vote
at an election bia tax must be paid at
least ono mouth prior thereto, and a
payment for him by another must
either have been authorized or ratified
within the same limit of time.
llolman Hunt says it is almost Im
possible for artists to get pure poppy
or linseed oil, as tho adulteration ex
tends even to tbe seeds before they '
are ground. The only way to make
sure of pure oil ia to have the aoexi ,
picked over, Thia la not a cheap process.
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