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. W. C7 ARNOLD"
LAW k COLLKCTION OFFIOR,
crRWKNVIl.LK,
Jain ClrarG.U County, Pmiu'i. lij
iau. . m r. orrnii soaniia.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
C1.KAHFIKI.B, PA.
9Ofto Is l'le'i 0fr. lion.., Meon4 door.
Ml
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOKDKY-AT-LAW,
r . C'ltarHolil, Pa. . ,
Will titM t U ihatinui ooiruilMt tlia
pio!oiifj .i.d Mihfully ,'. , ' I - muiinn
II.I.1AK . wli., '..'.. IMI.
a.aar r. wiLt yoa. I f Joaa v waiataT.
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(liwini lo Wallup 4 HMi,l
ATTO II NB YSvVllAW,
II II 7.1 ClearHahl, Pa. "
a . qTiTiTamb'rT
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
Raal K.l.l. and CulUcllua Arat.
( l.tAHKIl:!.!., PA.,
Will .rvu.illr ittaad to III l.al tiulaex aa
tru.lfl ala aara.- f
rOioa llk Joha II. FalurJ, i.ila Iba
Cuuil Mouna..- i " ' v
.V-U,---:. "
ioara . I'cuuri aiL m a'cuanr.
McENALLY 4 MoOURDT,
AirultMEYH-A'l-LAW,.
. Claarttold, Pa.
Ui:al hnitnea. attamlH tn romitl. wllhj
i.ti-lilT. lilniia oa saoond alraal, abova ;ht Pint
llill Hank. J.o:l:74
: "q7r B ARRETT, .
Att'isnky and !iiun8ki.ii at Law,
CLEAItKlltl.D. PA.
IUiui r.fiina.1 hi" Jailahl, haa ra.uuail
ba uraoltou uf tbfl law In hit old onW at Clra
i i ti. ipiii tt nf .LFprinn anit
I'll. ...-H... akn i.fllnllv flnln.1 It) PIlH ndl()n '
with raiidcat enunavl. 5:14:71
WM, M". McCULLOUGH,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
I , ' C'larelil. Pa. ' '
oy-OITioa la Cuurl lliiaw. (.Sharlfa OUaa).
Ut'ljal huaiticaa roaipll atuindud bo R' alataa
mu(M'awtaal4. ' Jall'73.
A . W. WALT E R S ,'
AITOKNKY AT LAW, 'v
t'lrarttpld. Pa.
,VU,(lna la Ornh.ma Row. (dael-ly
hTw.'smTthT
ATTOHNEY-rAT-LAW,
il l:7 near-Held. Pa. 1
WALTER BARRETT,
. ATTOHNEY AT LAW.
leardtld. Pa.
0!rCimim la Old W.lar llol.l balMlaf,
oc.ru r cf ri.oood anj Markal Bla. aoTll,M.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN K Y AT LAW,
Clear-Held, Pa.
jrar-ftflea la Ilia Court tloaaa, , )7ll,'(7
JOHN H. F ULFOR D,"
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
pth Of r oa Matk.t Mrt, "rP- ""art Hone,
Jan. .1, l7l.
JOHN L. CUTTLE, '
ATTOKKKY AT LAW.
i,d Heal Catale Affaal, ClearHeld, Pa.
(Ifflpa on Third atroat. bat. Cborrj A Walnai,
av-KaDaelfullf offara kla aarvloaa la aallloe
nd ourlo landa la Ulaarlald and adjoinlaf
l.ar. aa a aar.ojror, latlara klraaalf Ibal ka aaa
-aadar aallafaatloa. iron j.:-.i:ii,
J ."' B L A K E W A LT E R 8 ,
l!EAL ESTATE BUOKER,
aaa aaabaa ra
Maw Logx aul Imnbor,
CI.KARFIW.I), PA.
ffioo'la tfrabam'a Row. I;35:71
J . J. L INGLE, .
.ATTO BNKY-AT - LAW,
I: II Hareola, ClearHeld Can Pa. Jfd
'J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORN KY . AT LAW,
Bellefoute. Pa.
Will nractlca la Claartald and all of tbaOoorli of
the IMk Jadialal dutrW. Real a.l.l. kaalnau
and oollaatioo of alaina aiada afiaaialllaa. al I
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
' - LnTHKR.tBURa, PA. -
Will attend Drofealioaaloall. promptlr. aatlO'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PUYSICIAN AND SUHIIMIN.
tlllioa oa Market Straot. Clearfleld. Po.
dhTTOAeo bourai I lo II a. ra , and I to II p. m
D'
,11 E. M. 8CUEUHER,
II0M0PATUIC PHYSICIAN,
k Offloa la retidraea oa Market .1. i 1 !
April 34, int. CloerlebM'a
J. H. KLINE, M. D., ,
PHYBICIAN ft SURGEON,
ft
fAVINli located at PennSeld, Pa., off.r. bit
nrofeuionaJ aerviaea to the piritiila of thai
Uoi and anrronj)diii oountry.
andaurronndinnoountrr. Alloa lit
i frmi!lj
4tandet to,
oet. II tf.
)a. J. P. BURC H FIEL D.
rata Horaeoa of tka a4 kaglmant, Peaaaylranla
Valaataarf, bavlag rataraod froaj Ik. Artav.
offara bia profaaatoaal a.rvl.ee to Ib.eitlaeaB
f Claorlold aooaty.
WPr.,f..etiaelelle promptly atuaded tw.
oa aa leaaad atraal, foraaarlyooeapiea y
r. Woodi. aprtM-U
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
t'l.RARFIKI.I), PKNN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC ni'ILDINO.
,eT- Olloa hoara From II I. I P. M. ' (
NayJI, ISTS.J
DR. JF.FFEIISON i.m,
WOOULANU, PA.
Will prowiplly attend all oalli la the line of hia
ewtoeaaia. aor.la-IA
'D, M. DOBERTI, ..
ASHIONAIII.R RARHKk A HAIR DRKSBKR.
CLEARFIELD, TA. I
ftbop neat door lo Wea.er A Bella' rlore,'
rteenad .treat,
lalyll, -75 y ( . '
rTARUV SNYDER,
IX . Formerly altb Lew rVknlrr.)
RARIIKR AND HAIRDRKaRRR.
Rbup nn Markal St.. .ppoalie Court HoaH.
I alran tuaal far every euotomer. . may IB, '70.
0. W. WEAVER 4 CO., r '
DliUtiOISTS k APOiHKCARIRS,
Ct'RU SNKV1LLK, PA,
lire I. r. la ell kleide of Pre,., Medielnea, Fan.
ry tioode and IrrwKf lets' ran,lriea
, Cor.en.nlK.. Maroh 17, l"7i. .
"qeoboe iirreB0D80Nr
. WITH
.T. V. LI rr 1 9TT 4 CO,
' ' oWlarf la 1
XATfl 4 CAPS, BOOTS A 8HOJCS,
f a.ie aa ati w..t iidu tkit.im.ki.t
GEO B GOODLAHDEB, Proprietor, . , , ' PR1NC1I UI3, NOT! MEN. ' ' ' I , ; '.. TEBMSS2 per annnm in AdTaoca.
VOL. CO-WHOLE NO.
JOHN D. THOMPSON, ,
JuitlM of tht Peaa. and a,rr, -Curwenarllle,
Pa.
4rv0olleatlon. ma la and ania. prom.ll
paldovar. ,f,l,"J"r..
aao, abaaai aar Al.lnT..-.......w. al
' W. ALBERT - BROS.,
, Maaufaetarorf A .llamlva Uoalan la (
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, ic,
WOOOLAMii,: PKKS'A.
aT-Ordan aollollad. Bill. Iliad on ihorl nolloo
and reaionalda tarma.
Addratl Woodland P. 0., riaard.ld Co., Pa.
aii.lr W AI.BKRT A BRUI.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
' MERCHANT,
Prenehvllla, (iaardald County, Pa.
Keapa aoaalaalljr on band a full ataortmaal af
On Uooda, Hardwara, Urocarlaa, and avorjtblna
aaaall; bapt In ralall at.ra, wkloh will bo .old,
for eaab, aa oboap aa alMwbara la Iba eoiffltj.
Froaobvlllo, Juno IT, lMjr.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALBB
GENERAL MKHUU ANDISE,
, , (iBAIIAMTIIN, Pa.
'Alio, axtanalra aianafaotarar and daalar In Square
Tlrabar and tlawad Lumbar of all kind..
BerOnlara lollollod and all bill, prcmplljr
lllld. j .I'J''.1"'" .
R E U B E N HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
' ', ' . Hanger, ;
I'ltarOelil, Penn'a.
k,WIII aioontejoba la kll line prompt), and ;
InaworktaaallkaaiannFr. - arr,"i .
Q.H.HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLKABriKMI, PENN'A.
jeidr-Pumpa alwara oa hirnd and made lo order
on abort aotieo. Pi'poa bored no raoaonable taraaa
All ward warranted lo reader tMtelaetion, and
delirared If daalred. ni;3(:l;pd
E. A. BIGLER 4. CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
ul nutouiMlvrori of
J ALL Kl MIW tV SAW KI I.UiMBlCR,
l-nj CLKARFIKI-n, PKNN'A.
JA8.
B. GRAHAM,
dealer ia '
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Board,
. SIIINUI.H), LATM. WrKETO,,.. '.
:lt'7l rirarlald, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,.
DKiLBR r .
Sfitiare Timber & Timber Landa,
Joll'TJ CLKARFIRLD, PA. ' '
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCIIMAKJiR
aan naAt.RB lr
Watches, Clock, and Jewelry,
r7roAoa'a How, UmrhH Slwt,
CI-BAHPIKMI, PA.'
All blade of repairing la my line promptly at.
ended to. April M, l7..
KKMtlVAU '
REIZENSTEIN II BERLINER, '
wbtleeale) daalera In
gems' urmsium; goods,
Hare removal lo 17 Chomh ktraat, between
Pranblla and Wblto II.., N.w York. JjoTI!
JAMES H. LYTLE, ,
' la Kratiar'o Bnildlnt;. ClearHeld, Pa.
Ttwlor In Oraoerloe, Prorl.lona, Vrxatabler,
Froita, Flour, Feed, ete ate,
aprU'7lt
JAMES E WATSON A CO.j'
RRAL F.8TATI IIROKRRfl,
CLEAHFIRLD, PENN'A.
Iloaaea and Offrea to let, Uolleelioo. promptly
aiada, and flrat-elaaa Coal and Flre-CUy Land,
end Town property for ra la. OflW la Weatara
Hotel Bullclioi (3d floorl, f.oond at. (myU Tty
fjlvory Ktnblo. , ,
TH K aaderaiKnad ( lea re to Inform Urn pnb
li that he ia now fully vrt-par" Ui aeeoniwio.
lati all in the way of farnt'hinK H But;itt?a,
riaddlea and Harnear, an tba animet nutiee and
n neeoaable Uruta. Reaidance nn l.ocual treat,
aelwi-en Third and Fourth.
I1KO. W. I1KARIIART
UrarOcM. Prb. 4. I07
L
IMEI LIME!
Tba nnderalenrd la now arrnared te faratab
tbo pablio with an oioall.Dl quality of
Bellefonte Wood-Burned Lime.
for pla.torlnl purpoerl, be the larae or email raVCHOlIB illDOHs llBVO Well lligll lie
quantity. Can be foond tor the pre.iat at Ple'i voillt'd Illy delicate flesh," "Say VtUI
new boildlne. on Market etreet.
ootl.tf I.. K. Hiti;l,L(li;i)ll.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best ia the Cheapest ! -
Tbutnae B filly baa rt eel ted anather larfu lot of
"Mitcbvll VTaitona," whirh are among the very
beat manurarinird, and which be wHi aell at the
all dtaoripliota ol .,i,ailarr..and imall, wide
and narrow track. Call an l w Ihem.
apr7a TIIOMAH KEILI.Y.
10I1N
I l
A. STADLEB,
IIAkKR, Narkrl St., Cliailild, Pa.
Fre.k Ilrrad, llu.b, Holla, Pir. and Cake,
a band or uiade to urili-r. A p.rer.l ..."rtment
ut ( onleet Inner tea, t'nilt. and Note lo toi-h.-
Ire t rraai and O. ilei. In fra.nn. fi'oa ai.rly
u.-itw the ('".noire. 1'nne aiodirai-,
Marrh ID -7i.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market t-lrccl, tlearlil. Pi.,
Ma.Rt;rAcTi'nan a ft pialii ti
HABNKSfl, g.U)Dl.BS, KUIDLES, COLLAHH,
and all kinda of
iioksK rvHftsHtxo aootts.
A full atork of Faddlera' Hardwara, Bruabe,
liBrf, Blanket, Ruba, eio., alwaya a band
and for iae at the loweateaio prieef, AH kinda
nf rpjiairina; prnmptly attended to.
All ktnda f bi4w takea in exukarga fur har
hrii and raaiiinR, All kinda of barncM Kntber
hppl on band, and for aa.1 at a aranll pniflt.
The buainaaa will W nnd.r the ttnmrdtata
tnfierrifikn of John V. Haraiflk. ,
C'lcarAeld, Jan, 19, IHJA
JjTlZK" HHIW A RTZ, ' 7 "
. . (lata Uee Krai Ce.,)
MILITARY UNIFORMS
AND
EQUIPMENTS, ,'.
NtKlltmt MARKfvTrtTRIiltT.PHI' A.
flaad., Companlr., Ae., furotihed. Pentplif.
pbotograpba and lelfmreruring dlreetb,M rent
In.. -
MftROIIANT TAILORS A CUI'IUKHS,
" ft 1101 MARKET RTKRHT.
jaly 1 ' - ' ' Phlli
TTNPERTAKI NO. ' '
Tba Mdnicnel arw mw fmlry prepared lo
wry e tba attain a of
VNAKKTAKIKC.,
AT RRAH0NAULR RATES.. ,
And reepoetlally aeaVIt tb. petroneee of Iboae
aaadlaa anefc eer.ieoe.
. i , . JOHN TR0I TMAJt,
' -JAMES h. LRAVV.
Oearwrbl. Pa., P,V II. 1ST.
OUSE AND IaOT FOR SALE.
The Howaa oad bat oa Ike earner af Mar.
ka. aad Pink ateoala ClaarteU. l a., la for ealo.
Tbo tot eoalaiaa nearly aa aero of groaed. Tba
aataat la a larfo doable frame, tointaretaff alae
eaaata, Foe Urea, aad nrVer taaaealatlofi apply
ia oka aabacflber, al Ibe Peal OSaet
aorll p. A. OAri.tTf.
V a, I
2104.
,; ' f : ; - CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 1876.;; t ; ; ' ; , NEW SERIES-VOL. 17,' NO. 18.
1 WA-.HIHOTON AND VIRGINIA.
, JAUU UIHILL LOHKI.I..
Vlrjtlnlt fir aa this Imperial moo,
Cn In iba u.llny uold
Ot ikoM tilb-AUturd jei otd
Which Intu granilor for mi our ninrtnl m.til no t
Fhe kvo u llifa antltnilihrl (t5lliio I '
bat bJI givn br bitoli but luv nm& priirt
Ail btj? ilrtr ultJ uuft.ru ixuil dtyi i ; ,
It t lor. I be IticviuMt wronjt b" pan t
Wnt lift of Aiftteo nd ondi mini 'Hod min,
Thnt vti m oonntry. )tlviDK him.
And wuove alnf wlmt w owuti tbco then i
The boon thuii ulil- luv v'p,ir'l from 1,1
bln buforit with tta ftlmlcmant illm. .
A RiMt ibro'p rucmory ia ibm mil) tbiuc
Witt. Ipftiifucfj to uulUat lb r-auiit whim
And liiQd u .1 wbrti herf he knit our Rolilr tng
All of klm that waft lul'laot tn tb bunrl
LIm In tb wit and aaara U part of onrf I
A era it ntura recant fravca,
Whtra UDrrftntful uatura wtvftH
Her ponuiint o'tr tbe-ibut-lnMtl aod. ' '
Proclaiming tba awaat trua of UmI,
VS from i tni eonaearaied plalo alrftch oat
Oar bnadr, aa frra fro in altarihti(lil or doubt,
Aa barn iknnltW Norih -
Puurad bar ambrawncd ntanlioiKl forth
In elL'iuie wt uur aaiur and ttijr aun.
Tbrwt b buttle wa have baiter Irarned tby worth,
Ibe (Jetji iet eunraite and uadauntad will,
Uhlob, like bta own. tbo dajr'a diaaatar dona,
Cwuld, infa in mm bond, aulter mid be atill.
ltolb thine and our the victory banllj won t
Il ewr with di.iempert'tl ffiiee or pen
We bave uiiadeeiaod tnea, bre watalta It baak
And lor ih dee1 ol boib dun twiuuiun blnoh.
He tu ui evermore aa tltuu watit then.
Aa we furifet tbutt beet nut alwa.ve been,
Mothnr ot ntatea and hpullutd men
Virgmlatnil uamwllroui Jiugleiid'a waoljruetjn!
FABLKS.
From Ilia New York H'urld.J ,
TIIR VNeORTUNAT RI.HPIIAMT.
An KlvphRiit hud Iweii cnileavoriii);
to rivo the) liohi uf a knottud Oak with
hia trunk, birt. tho tivo cloned npou
that moinber, dutaininc it mid t-ui"K
thu hnnli'Mi KlriihutitintulMoiiniu. il
shook thu toi-CMt with hia trunipetiiiK,
Ami nil thn LeitHta galln-iwl iv round
him. "Ah hu, my friend," tuiid a pert
('him patiEvo, "you hnve rot your trunk
chix-kt'd. I loo." "My children," nitid
a tvnineriitu Ctiniul to ht-r vouiii:, "lt
lli in awliil exttniplu touch yon to slum
tlit, holo." llova II hurt much?" euid
u compnrviionato inu. "Alt, it does, it
tloi'B, il muni; I linvc been a mother
inyavll." And while. Ihuy weroaympu-
.lliir.ing with him the unlortiinHtu J'-lo.
pliant expired in great ticony.
I Moral Thu niortd ol' tho ubovc it o
j p'""' "! no xpintiniion.
jl ' ' .'
Talk
TIIK DKY ANU IIIK KMIUIIT.
A Chrintiiin Knilit, witu playinR ot
drnw poker with tho Dey of Allien)
for a monart'h'a mnsom. Tim lenrlena
Christian ohnerved that-the tiiitnd'
Viiier wa looking over hia shouldtT
and telei;raphiii(r tho quality of hia
hand to the deapot ; but, repreming hia
indifriintion at tho discovery of this
peitidy, ho dealt hia antagonist four
kinga and n jack, and himaelf throe
aces and two small heurta, having pre
viously taken the precaution of placing
tho lourth aeo upon hia knee. The
Moslem ruler drew ono card and tho
ChriHtittn warrior two, taking an early
opportunity of replacing one of them
with tho card on hia knee. The bet
ting waa long and fmliioue; hut, finally,
tho Christian, not deairing to prolong
tho agony of his bravo opponent, called
him. What, then, waa bis aurpriao
when tho Key brought four kings and
un ace the ace that he hail ho prudent
ly placed on his knee while bis own
hand translated of three Been, a queen,
aud tho seven of diamond. With the
remark that ho would not play in
gamo where cheating was going on, the
disgusted Christian returned to hia
Knglittb missinnnnd nltcd another
nilvor mine.
Monti Honesty ia tl:e beat policy,
unil.no man known what a Dey may
bring lorth. ,
Tint crsnvicnr. Asn the barbaric yak:
' While a Centipede wub painfully
toiling over the Libyan desert, he was
encountered by a luirbnrlc Yak, who
scornfully asked him bow were hia
poor feet ? The bumble creature nindo
no reply at that time, but aomo days
later auw the barhuiio Yak taken in
the nota of a hunter and almost
devoured by insects, which fled ut the
approach of the Centipede. "Help,
help, my good friend," exclaimed tho
uiil'iiluiiulo beast.. "I cannot movo a
muaclo ill these cruel toil, and tho
no? responded tlio Ucntipeue.
" Can
you really not dcfi-nd yourself ?" t'Altis!
how can 1?" replied tho Yak. ' "See
you not how atraighlly I am bound?"
"And ia your flcab, thcn,ilelicuto V
" It ia, though I any it who ahould not."
"Then," said tho CenliH.de, "I guess
I'll take a hitti tnyaelf."
Moral Tho olhor nion'a extremity
I" l" 0TK)rUllllt
. . .
. TIIK I'RoCRAATINATINil tlHOKER.
A Procrastinating Hmkermet a rich
hut annplo (.Capitalist who waa going
down lo Wall atreet with bug of gold.
To-iiKiriow." be wiiti to himself, "1
will unload some I'ltcilic Mail on that
Snoor.er." Hut, lo! whi n the morrow
came, be liiunil that the Cupitulint bad
gone short on I'nion I'acitlc. tho night
beloro and Inst hia pile!
.Worn Novel-putnff till To-morrow
I ho Man yon can do To-day.
THE IIARI Ann TIIR TORTOISE.
Tho Hare once challenged tho Tor
toise to a trial of speed. The Hare
frisked about merrily, paying litllo at
tention to his rival, or jeering hira tor
slow nous. The Tortoise, however,
nloiltled alonit steadily, and had well
nigh reached tho goal, w hen tho Huro
observed hia progreaa. Away UarteU
the Hare liko lightning, and won the
raeo.
Moral Tho Rueo in not iilwnys to
tho plow, f
TIIR HUMANE COUNTRY HAN ANO TIIR
, AIlllKII. . ,
All lliiinnnoCouiiti-yman whilochop
ping liigota in a wowt tliseoverud u
unltirtiiuato Adder, chilled and appar
ently lileleaa. Moved withitompaMtion,
ho placed I lie nnsviunie repine in uia
h. mom a lid carried it home to bia cot lago,
I where the grateful warmth of tlio lira
(soon revived It. Hut tbo Adder bad
' no sooner retrained tonaeiouaiicsa ( linn
lit stunir lalnlly thti Countryman's
mnther.iti.law and wile. And wn. about
to kill hia Vellow dog. when, trying,
ftrtftle aiiniw now !" he aeired an uk
and destrovMl it.
Mural Thua we , (hat we may
have too much ol a good thing.
THE WHALE AND THE SALAMANDER.
A Sitlamandur who Imped to strike
oil went to tho brink ol I he ocean Uur
iiiu a ahowt-i. and cameatly implored
a Wbalu tn come in out of tho wot.
"Thanks." replied tho conrteotii Cola-
cenn, "but I should liiel entirely out nf
mv c ement In vour aocielv.
Moral The above iraebea (lie
propriety of boing contented with our
lot, . I r I
I. tai BIN AND THk TAILOk.
' A Bca, bo had rateri. Tailor from
drowning in a marinaHiaaater that had
oin-
naniona thoir livoa. asked him
his
nnlninn nf thn theorv of evolution.
Ti:
lie
grateful Tailor replied that ho hiir
wo. an lnatiin,.A if lllfl Blirvlvnl of
If
the
Attnat nnit tlm iihilonot.hicill fowl.
ro-
marking that it waa vulgar to p
imt.
.walked on wun niucn tngiiny w
anmo her interrupted occupation
hatching out a China ncat-egg.
Moral Somo people cannot Ink
joke.
ro
of
- THE THREE BLIND .MICE-
Throo blind Mice, whoso tails had
unhnppily boon cut off with a carving
kmlo by tho lurmora wile, wore, upon
their return to their comrade", somo-
whal npprehensivo, not only of being
reeeiieu wun iioiviuo uu .ai-uu, u
their calamity, but indeed of being
brought to want. At tins crisis it oc
curred to them to represent that they
bad lost thoir tails in tho war; they
did so. Tbo cry of " Bob-tailed Union
Mouao!" waa raiacd, and tho political
effect was ao great that those mice
woro provided with bertha at the pub
lie cheese.
Moral Deception is often the better
part of valor.
' THE PIIY8ICIAN AND THE HYENA. '
,' A Physician, who. with a,wnllct
upon hia bock, bad gone out, ono durk
and cheerless night, to contemplato
tho beauties of Nuturo in tho vicinity
of a church-yard, thought thnt bo heard
a sound from a nuw-mado grave.
Cautiously hastening hither, what was
liis indignation to aeo a Hyena tearing
ravenoualy at tho soiIb I . Seising ,u
spado, which providentially was in his
wallet, with ono blow ho laid tho ani
mal dead.
Moral Two of a trade can nevor
agree.
THE RHINOCEROt. AND THE DROMEDARY.
A thirsty Rhinoceros having, to his
great joy, encountered a Uromedary
in tho desert of Salinra, Ircsought thu
Intter animal of his morcy to givo him
a drink, but tbo ilromednry refiiBed,
suiting that ho waa holding tho fluid
for an advunee. "Why," auid ho to
the Ithinocoroa. "did you not imitnto
my forethought and prudence, and
tnlto aoino beeil to tho morrow." The
Rhinoceros acknowledged tho justice
of tho robuke. Homo timo afterward
ho met in an oasis the Dromedary, who
hatl real i null at tho turn of thu mar
ket, and waa now trying to cover hia
almrta. "For Heaven's sake, bo
gasped to tho iihiuoceroa, who was
wallowing in the miost ot a reireniiitig
fool, " trust mo for a nip I " " When
was thirsty ." replied the Rhinoceros,
"you declined to alund tho drinks, but
1 will giveyou ahnrn." Hosaying.holot
the grateful sunlight into the. limine
dnry's inwards.
Moral irtuo is Its own i-ewnni,
THE. STATESMAN AND THE ACORN.
A Statesman onco went out Into a
Southern lbrcst, and lying down Ihs
neatb an umbrageous oak, placed hia
carpet-bng nndur hia bend and lell
asleep. It chanced thnt an Acorn fell
from the bough of tho ouk ami struck
tho slumberer in thu eye. Instead of
discovering the theory of gravitation,
ho at onee Med to tho netireal town,
telegraphed to Washington for trecpa,
and was elected to tho Somite. -Moral
(irent lolks from little acorns
glow.
TIIK VAIN RHINOCEROS.
A Rhinoceros that was drinking nt
a limpid stream observed therein the
retleeterl imago ol nis Horn tin lega.
"Alaal" quoth he, "thnt an animal
with such mnssivo legs should be dia
figured by ao insignificant A horn I "
At this moment his meditations woro
interrupted by tho baying of a pack
ol hounds. Away bo tied, bnt hia lega
refused to convey him with sufllcient
sliced, and turning around as tho bny-
,ing pack gained on him he disseminated
crude aauange meat nnd ariving-giovea
over that section of the Continent. " I
sco," ho cried, as ho exalted the laat
hound into tho npacious llrmnment on
high, "tliut tho lega I admired would
havo proved my ruin had not my tie
spised horn insui-ed my safety."
Moral Sonic people don't linow
what's good for them. ,
TIIR MISSIONARY AND TItlKR.
As a pious Missionary wus traveling
through the jungle, bo chanced to ob
serve n Leopard lying under a plantain,
tree, lk-ing undusiroua of intruding
upon tho animal's privacy, ho mado a
wide detour, and was so unfortunate
as to encounter bonealh a lolly barn,
hnoa Tiger. "Wbnt do you horo?"
demanded the ficrco anin.al, in an an
gry voice . "It is rather 1 who should
usit that question," replied the Mission.
ary ; "lbr I left you but a moment
since beneath tho plantain, and now
you are hero again, whereas the Scrip
ture expressly teuches you that the
Leopard cannot change hia spots." " It
docs," replied tho Tiger; "but I Am a
eruutiiro uf quito nnolher stripe." Ho
aaying ho sprung upon tho Missionary
anil devoured him.
Moral There nro oxecptiona to overy
general rulo.
TDK MERCHANT OF VENICE.
A Venetian merchant who was loll
ing In tho lay of luxury was acooatcd
upon the Riulto by a Iriend who had
not seen him for many months. " How
ia this?" cried the latter, "when I last
saw yon your gaberdine was out at
tho elbows, and now yon sail In your
own gondola."' "True," replied tho
men-ban:, "bnt since then I have met
with sorions losses and been obliged to
compound with my creditors tor ten
cents on tho dollar.
Moral Composition is tbo life of
trade,
Mrs. Tilton. What pity that in
nocent children should be the victims of
ao much prurient curiosity ariaing out
of acandul lor which they are nut in
any wiae responsible. A low days ago,
while walking along Iledlord avenue,
in llrooklyn, 1 saw a bright little fel
low running along tho struct, lolluwud
br s troop of children, hallooing,
"Ralph Tilton, whero's Jour lather r"
Tho first child waa littlu Ralph Tiltun,
aou ol Theodore Tillon, lie wha at
tending a kindergarten school on Iled
lord avenue, aud was on hia way to
hia mother's homo. Mm. lillou ia
living with her mother the former
Mrs. Morse on Muiliaou street, near
Nusimml aveiiuo. She has bur two
anna with her, aad the Jul her bus
charge of (be two daughters. Mm,
Moimi paya tho cxiunrxM uf tho Tlllou
boys' schooling, aud it is believed The
odora is contributing largely to bis
wile's present siipNirt. She is a reg
ular atluiiUant ol lie Luryeu'a thurvii,
on CUueaoa avenue, and frequently Hp
pears on tb strenL Tberu is sad,
weary, dejected look oa her faoe, bow
liver, which strictly torn ports with the
rnunful aotoriiHy sbo b attained be
lorw the public. , - ,, j., -
cost aoverul ol his losa fortnnato c
W. BULK NAP:
i
niotiRAPar m ( man who fouoiit in
MEXICO, jfID ON THE PLAINS OF THE
SOUTH AlaaclltTARY OF WAR DEAL
ING IN POl -TADr.RBIllps. .,i
When the lelluiap hoiiibsliellcxpl.xj
od, and tho iowa went over lliu olei-
trio wiro, till. Uio Coinnntteo tiii l-.x-
penditurcs i
(hu War i)epa rtiiicnt had
discovered
thrill of h
the public.
nuna ana viiiniiues, a
ir and ainazenient w.-i.i-d
k'u, IJclkiiiin. as Seercla-
ry ol War, bj
4bsenchaigv4 wilh mnk-
ing ;io-,wu
ir letting contracts lor
head slonc.l
lor tbo graves of Cniun
soldier; (ti
ho bad recc
eiure, that while inolhce
ed not less thao 1250,000
trom tho nosA tnilcra on tbo fmnlicr.
and (bat ho had established a system
of posl-trudershij sales. Tho penulty
hr oll'-jh(;o, if ,'..id guilty , is ntutod Ui
lo fliiro yeam iinprisoiiiiiont anil a
fino jwico the anount ol tlio monies
corruptly receivfl. ,,
Now that thcpublic lili) of tho Gen
eral has come tiao numniury an end,
a biographical (etch will prove inter
esting. Willinr) Worth Helknap waa
of a military fluily. His father was
a hold and brat) officer in (ho war of
1S12. Ho noxtioughtin the war with
Mexico. Ilia liiitve place waa nt New
burgh, iN. Y., hiifumily, on both moth
er's und luther'siido, having been uc
tivo participant! in thu Ilevolutioii.
Tbo elder lielkop mado a reputation
in tlio attack ot. Fort Erie, in 1S14,
and waa retained n tho regular army
when (he war w over. He was ap
pointed a I'rofessrat West I'oini. His
courngoand reckeHsness at tho buttle
of Resaea do la Rlma cstnblishtd him
as ono of the mot brilliant olllcers In
tbo service. Ho tna added to the stuff
of General Tnvk. Jto was honored
by tho citiEona til his nativo Staio by
the presentation 4 a sword, on hii re
turn from Mexittand his iortrait waa
placed In Washiallon's headqiiartera
at Ncwburgh. I liile on his w ny to a
Texan Mst in 51 ho died of lever.
The son, Wilhuir Worth llclknap, was
named nfler (lei-ml -Worth, a near
and personal frieil of tho fullier. Thu
liirmer washers at Hudson, in Sep
tember, 1M2II. ihspent hiseiirly yonra
at homo, but grduuted at Princeton
College in lrl-lS. (reorgo jd. Robeaon,
Si-crelarj' of Nay, and HoisterCly
mer, of I'a., tliu diairman of the Com
milteo on tho Exicnaesol tba WarDo
partinuiit, win I has unearthed the
transactions f Secrutnry, woro hia
ciasBnitetes. ' l.c liegun law sillily at
(icorgelown, D. 'n bnt removed to
Keokuk, Iowa tr pructieo his pndes
sion wilh Kulih '. Lowe, allerwai-da
Govet-uor of tie Statu and Judgu of
tho Supreme ( itrt. Here he puniuod
his proleasion, fitil tho breaking out
of tho Rebelliui n 18(il. Ho had pre
viously served it the Legislature, aa a
Democrat, butuipoKcd lheLuconitttou
measures. JL as a devoted ndheii'til
of Stephen A. Lrtuglass and identified
with bia Pruxiloitial aspii-ations. He
never lulleredoi thu side of thu Union
and
early ohVrTy bis Berviccs to put
n tho Itubcllul. Ho was lint, Mu-
dow
joi of tho Fitteont Iowa Yoluntuors,
coiuinnuded by High I. lieid. It waa
utlaehed to thu amy of tho Tcnncssoo,
whose lortunca tb regiment Itdloweil
to tho end. Ho hh at the hard lought
battle of Sbiluh, illicit terminated on
tho sidu of tlio biion liireea, by tho
timely arrival of Uicl. Ho took part
in thu siege and bttle uf Corinth and
in tlio ctinipuignugainst Yicksburg.
His courage and integrity advanced
In ut to the Colvnlcy ot the regiinoiiL
Ho conducted it.hrough the siege of
Atlanta in 1 804 Jid passed through
all the suhscquui. bailies, which lid
lowed in quick Hcccariioit. On July
ho captured irebel Colnuul ami a
number of his md. For tho bravury
ho muujieslcd cluing tho siege nf At
lanta, he was proioted to bo llrigadier
General.. Hu waiwith Shermaii dur-
; i h,i ....t i... ..... ...t, I
a .nv viiiiiu iii.i, .u .ui- rv.,, nine.-
ing il hrilliaiit reptution in all thu ae-.
tious, which atlctied it. On reaching j
irusnington, aili.tneaumiiuor oi uio
rebels, lor the iutcpidity hehudabowii
in tho (iuorgia cmpuign, ho was bre
veted Major ticHrul for hia meritori
ous conduct dung thu war. lie re
turned Homo toiowa, aud waa ap
pointed by Prcsicut Johnson, Collec
tor of Interuul livenue tor tho First
District, When Gen, Grunt Irucnino
President, hu vis still holding tho
anmo otlice. Jl visited w asinngtou
to Und out if bcA'ns to hold it longer.
Thu journey nm visit mado him Sec
retary of Viur-to succeed licnerul
Rawlins ultlioir.li bo had nersonnlly
declined tho poi of Collector of Cus
toms at .mw (.leans, jus appoint,
menl dated Octia-r 12th, 1300. In nn
address to the cir.ens of hia State he
auid a few days Iter: "Honored aa I
hnve ncen tu in l'reaident Hi i a no-
sit ion cntiteiTcilnpuh mo without so-
licitution, it willio my cmU-iivor, v illi '
the eiiloit-enicli iif rigid econoiny, to
hi i .iiiiiIiii.. itH iliiirs ,i tn I'lintiiiutiil '
the iipprovul nf lie country, relying on
that piitrioll-nl hit h bus ever guided
tho Aiueiiinii pople, wilh I tic grvul
examples of n Snuton and a Rawlins
bcloru me. If lio result should indi
cate that your kind congratulations
huvo not been alspluced 1 sbnll bo sat-islii-d."
Ho doa tless intended to curry
out that proiino to the letter. His
fame rapidly iinreAsod. . Ho was hon
ored by the liteary societies of Prince
ton, boloro when be made a public ad
dress and also poke Is-loro the gi-udii-uting
t-ndeta of West Point. His solo
purpoao fi'clnei tu be to merit tlio beat
and liigheat pii-lic nrprovnl aud, only
alow miintliBk;o hu waa ono ol tho
moat prominent undulates lor the Iowa
Seuitlorship. llaiuarriotl lile, although
one of the oircirnaianees which brought
about his (low lull, seems to havoboun
of a peculiarly uvotil cbaraetur. He
had thrco wivn. Thu lirpl was a sis.
ter of (ieiiuiid lugh T. Reid, who com
manded (bo reimunt ill which ha en
tered military I i-vice. She dietl alter
a few years, i. be married M ias Tom
ll.ison, nt Keuk k, for bis socond tvilb,
who only atirvved until 1873. Hia
third wifo wosa sister of tho hitler,
who was a wid,w, Mrs. Howeer. Tho
burgiiining or sharing in the ludiun
trading posts A-as brought about, it
aevms, bv thu second Mrs, llelknnp.
who on her dellh lied had her cuiilus
made over toner sister, Mrs. Dower,
who Ih-coiiio ha third wile. Tho re
cent Socrctur) bad two anus by bia
liral wile, no uililren dy. bis soc.id
wife, but ono sweet little daughter,
Alice, by hia 1 1 i ml, who has liot-n the
pet of the reo;iti(,iis of Mrs Helknap
diirihir the wilier. Geticml Helkuaii
had sustained i repulalioli for honesty
and probity. U'hero bad been litllo
wrong stispeot'd, in regard lo his de
partment, up 1. the time uf thu recent
revelation, (kpidiiy and the inevita
ble pusnion It) live lile which hii
means could ipi afford, with tlio inor
dinate am I utis i ot a wile bound In be
quern of Wartiugton society, explain
his downfall. ) ... .:! . i i-... : I
, , -. t,i . .
. A motto forieap yeoj- Givs (hu old
galaobanct I ... t vj t
IF.
JMTEA CUM EX T TRIALS.
- Can Helknap he tried by the Scnat'o
and perpetually disqualified from hold
ing oflice, uotwithstaudinc (bat he is
now A privato ciur.en? If so, then
any citir.en who has over held oflice
under tho I'nited Slntes nt any period
ot his life ia liable, not only now but ut
any time hereafter boloro Ida death, to
uoimpcucnci,i.rieu ami inns uisqua lined.
This is an important constitutional
question, which is likely lo he decided
soon by tho Sennle. Tho Democrats
are talking of impeaching ex-Attorney
General i illiums next, and thero is no
telling whero they may stop il every
ox-olHcor is liable. Only onco lieforo
has the National Homo of Representa
tives ever impeached person who hod
gone out of office, and then nothing
came ,oi IL Blount, A Senator, who
bad been expelled from tho Senate, was
impeached bv the House, and on his
trial this question as to impcachntitlity
of a person who is no longer in oftlco
does not seem to have been raised ; bnt
it was decided that ho was not im
peachable, lor tho reason that Sena
tor is not an oflicer of tbo United
States. .And, so fur as we can learn,
no State Legislature lias ever proceed
od by tho method of impeachment
against any person who was not at tlio
tune in office Judge Barnard, in tho
Statu ot i'w lork, wus impoachod.
and among tlio charges against him
woro aomo lor olleiiccs committed
during a former term of office Ob
jection was mado that the impeach
ment court had no jurisdiction over
thoso purticulur charges, but it waa
overruled and judgment passed on
these along with the rest. . That was
really no precedent, sinco Judge Bar-
nurd waa sun in oftico at tbo time ol
hia impeachment and trial not a pri
vato citizen, wholly relieved or his ot
nciul character. In Englund tho prac
tice has boon to impeach at any time,
whether tho person inculpated is still
in ollko or has left it. If impeachment
and tlio judgment luliowing conviction
he considered as a punishment for
crimes coin in mod, the r.nglisu pruc
tieo i, clearly reasonable and just. Im
peachment proceedings there are strict
ly punitivu and tuku the place of a
iriul in (be courts. Rut it is plain thnt
the authors of our Constitution intend
ed to contino impouchmenta within
much narrower limits, and to muko
them - simply a means of excluding
from office corrupt or unworthy mon.
This is evident from tho luct that tho
Constitution permits courts of im
pcacbniuiit to impose no real penalties.
I'hcy cunnol injure the offender either
in his iterson or property. They can
merely prevent him from doing a fur
ther injury to the nation by removing
him from oflice und disqualifying him
Irom holding office in the future. The
Constitution also explicitly provides
that any party convicted and removed
from otiice by the Senate "shall never
theless, be liable and subject to indict
ment, trial, judgment and punishment
according loluw." .
Tbo Constitution, in articlo 2, sec
tion 4, thus limits tbo jurisdiction ol
thu impeachment court: "Tbo Presi
dent, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers of tho United States, shall be re
moved Irom oftlceon impeachment for,
and conviction of, treason, bribery, or
other high crimes and misdemeanors."
This is tbo principal clause upon tbo
subject, and standing alone would be
decisive. lint elsewhere, in article 1,
auction 3, it is provided that "judgments
in casus ot impeachment shall not ex
tend further than to removal Irom
otlico. and disqualification to bold and
enjoy any ollico of honor," oto. This
implies that '.n nil cases removal from
office most constitute tho first part of
tho judgment. Such removal would
bo Impossible if tho person hatl previ
ously gone out of office, and the plain
ihlcrehco is that the authors ol the
Constitution did not intend that im
peachment proceedings ' should bo
brought agiiinat persons not in oflice.
On tho other baud, il is to be observed
that tbo only precedents which tho
Iramersol the Constitution had before
them were English precedents, which
nil pointed to tho continuing liability
to impcuchinctit, even nllcr removal'
Irom office, Thu ensu uf Wurrcn Hast
ings was directly referred to in tlio do
tuilos. and it seems a fair assumption
that if they hod intended to limit tho
lime within which proceedings might
bs brought they would have duno so.
On the whole, tbo question whieh we
put nt the beginning of this article is
not nt all a simple ono. Rut it is ono
with which tbo Senato is quite compe
tent to deal and which no other au
thority can decide, and to tho Sennto
wo shall havo to leuve iL Philadelphia
Timet. . . . , ,
the liiftn Catchers.
Ever since it became the fashion fin
Indies to weur tho feathered skins of
enuill birds in their bonnets and bats,
thoso untnrtiiniilo winged creature
have bad a hard time of It. A Paria
journal lutely muted that in tho year
1875 aliout 125,000 bumming birds bad
been slain und skinned in various coun
tries of the New World, merely lo
tiguro and flash, at tbo behest of fash
ion, in the lunciful head-dross nf tlio
lit i r sex. It haa como to such a pitch
now that almost any bird, if it only
were small enough, becomes tho spoil
of tho modirtc. So considerable has tho
slaughter been In tbo North of Italy
und In purls of the Tyrol that their
protection hna beuo mado tho subject
of a diplomatic treaty between Italy
and Austria. Moreover, tho govern
ments of these countries are now
nflu-olialing wilh Franca and Kwiiscr-
laud lor a law lorbidding the dostruo
llon ol all insect-devouring birds. Since
the wholesale destruction ol swallows,
tiiulilinealcs, Ac caterpillars nnd in
sects have ao much Increased as to bo
very inimical to agricullure, nnd gar
dens aud woods in many European
countries are becoming quite deserted
bv winireil visitors. H is very differ
ent in the United Slates, at least ao far
aa regarda the cities and towns therein,
in which imported sparrows havo with
in a few yeam increased and multiplied
rumarkalilv, None of our nova, how
ever rude and rough, over shirs a slick
or stone at tlio spuirows, which hop
about his fuel almost within hand's
grasp,
What has become of Mr. James (r
Blaine's school sineiidiucnt and of the
Presidelit'a measuire on the same .sub
ject lust December J . In (be light of
recent revelations, an amonilnionl and
a message in regard lo the H-nitchtiiiries
would Have been mucli more timely
lialtimorc Ua:etk. , ,.
Miles While, a well-known citiaon ol
liallimorw, died oa Sunday, in thu
cighly-lburtu year uf h issue. He waa
widely know n aa an active member of
(lie eouiety of r rionds, jio was In ex
cellent health to within a few days of
b death. Ue loavps u tW Ytvluud,
NEW
BEDS.,, .:
Frost lbs Baltimore Sunday Telegram.
As wa snuggle botween (he sheets,
and lay our beads on a soil pillow
somo cold winter night, it sometimes
seemsusifnothingbutaliixuriouscouch
ol this sort could bo worth calling a
bod. Yet a largo part of tho world
enjoy no such arrangements for Bleep
ing and could not enjoy it if I hey had
it, Our own iiniestois reposed in much
loss insurious lasliion. in eastern conn.
tries ireople commonly spread n net on
iho flat roof of their house, and make
that their hod. . .In Iluosia tho ton ol
i no itiovo is (lis neastead. la bolu
cases tho sleepers do not undress them
solves. .
In ancient Eirvpt aa still in China
ana Japan wooded pillows were in
vogue, hollowed out to fit tho shajio of
the head. Rut the ancient Egyptians,
while on account of the knet and ver
min, tnoy pratorred bard pillows, are
said to have considered their comfort
at night in the invontion of spring mat
tresses. They nro made of slips of
bamboo crcawed over eiien oilier, una
must have been as cool, if not quilo as
soil and yielding, as tbo webbing ol
twine stretched over aframo, on which
tho natives of India rest.
Tbo Israelites used Bbccp and goat
skins stuffed for pillows, and in early
times the same lor bedding, but their
liodaluada, at A lutor period, at leant,
must havo been very costly. Tbo
prophet Amis speaks of couches of
ivory.
Among the Assyrians, and after
wards among tba Romans, couches of
gold and silver woro possessed by the
rich. Tbo reason for this splendor wus
partly that tbo beds wero not kept in
separate moms, hut (n the same room
occupied by day, and wore used, lot
sitting on and reclining on at meals.
At liunian leasts tbo guosla all reclin
ed, and sometimes each person occu
pied a separate couch. '
Uur Angloouxon ancestors were not
ut all refined in their sleeping arrange
ments. Their beds consisted of wood
en boxes, tilled with a bag ol straw.
In an old illustrated manuscript there
is a picture of a King going to bed.
Ho has a crown on his head (a very
nnuoniturlttbla night-cap), but bus no
night dress. ,
king Henry V HI, of Enidum, is
said to have slept upon a straw bed,
lino dis servants lay utron rushes
strewn ou the floor of tbo royal kitcli
en. The King's bed was not what we
would call luxurious : but so much cer
emony was used in going to it that
seven cbumbcrlains wero employed in
undressing tbo royal personage, turn
ing down Uio bedelothea,eta, etc. One
indispensablo practice was to thrust A
sword into thu straw to see that no
person was concealed in it.
WbcD leatber beds came into use iu
Kni'lund tbuy wero regarded as arti
cles of great value, and il seems comi
cal to us to find them so ollen men
tioned Id wills. The person to w bom
a leather hod is bequeathed did not us
ually receive anything else : bis com
fort by night wan provided for, if not
ins weilare Dy day.
It may be mouttoned in conclusion
wilh beds, that a strangu dupuratitiun
was once common in the south of Eng
land, in a Isabel that a portion cannot
die while lying on pigeon's feathers.
A dying person has ollen boeu remov
ed from a leather bod to tho bare flour,
under tho notion that tbo death strug
gle was prolonged, owing to the pres
ouoo in tba bed ot a lew pigeon leath
ers. In England it is still customary
to surround the bed with curtains..
Americans havo adopted tho ruoro sen
sible French fashion of allowing a free
circulation of air about tho sleeper.
EARTIl s'ciURlTY. : ,
From tb. St. Lonia Repablleaa
Sho was to meet her prom
ised husband hero, but ha came not,
and her child was born in the poor-
houao, Tho mother is getting
strong again, her fuco is cheery and
her oyeos novor downcast Arc bright
and full of tho light of hope. There's
not a shadow of shame on her featnres.
If A shadow-thought ever conies, faith
in hor lover over meets it, hope in their
future drivos it nway and tho charity
all around shuts the cold world out.
Somo philanthropic ladies enter. They
come on a mission of good, as they be
hove. 1 bey talk ot her mom aa a
chamber ot sin and shame, of her as a
fallen woman. They picture ber deg
radation. They ask her to make them
promise to sin no more. They kill
her wilb intended kindness. They
had mistaken their woman and then
mission in this case. Tho shock to
thnt shrinking, truo womanly nnture
is fatal.. Conscious ot her own hearts
innocence, knowing that she is true to
bor love, and believing that timo would
crown her lovo witli wifehood, as sho
already fell crowned with motherhood,
this rude charge ol shame is bor death
blow, raitb nnd bono and charity
and life are extinguished together..
Siccchloaa, sho turns bor face to the
wall and folds her babe to ber breast.
Tbo philanthropic ladies leavo, sighing
over her as a burdened Incorrigible
ease. Her heart broke. ' When ths
next attendant entered the room, thero
lav a dead mother clasping her living
child. ,
TRUE SUCCESS 7.V LIFE.
Human lile is not one of chance, hut
a, reality. The special end you toiled
fur may not be attained, iho steps
you took toward that end will prove
of far greater consequence ' than yon
anticipated at tbo otlsturt. ion are a
business man, perhaps, and your ven
tures bava miscarried one alter the
ol her, and now yon look sadly back
through a long vista of disappointments
and defeat, . Hut, mean while, you
aro known to bo ft good man and true
a kind husband and fsthor, a loyal
cHikven and a faithful friend, and many
a man whodiaa passed you in tho race
lor wealth and famo may look with
envr noon tho love and respect which
you have gained by your porsonal
character and services, lour want ol
sucooas in businosa life may be due to
somo peculiar lack in yourself, or may
result irom something adverse in tneir
surroundings, but remember that,
while your undertakings may rail over
and over again, In your aim to do
right and bo honest yoannvo mado lor
yourself glorious success. And here
wo touch upn the truo solution oi tne
whole -difficulty. Wa are miserable
and sad over our failures in life, bo-
cuiisu wo mistakenly identify ourselves
with the apodal object wo have in vlow.
lint this is a crest mistake. Our hon
est convictions and it conscience free of
guilt or shame give us a peace ol mind
known to (ho doer of right forth love
of right No, friends, we have a right
to vutiiit effort as well as effect. Not
(hu result of a course of conduct, bat
thu motivs and nature of It, are tho
U imrrorUtr, matter, Yoncanno(cosa
Diatid Buccetu. whether tbo mean t)t-
plnyed be fair or frral, hat it makes a
SERIES - VOL. 17, NO. 18.
groat deal of difference lo your person
al character and to your followmcn
what kind or methods you employ.
The consequence of your actions aro a
good deal more important than tbo par.
ticulur end they lire intended to sub
serve.
A good end cAnnoijosiiiy naa
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Integrity,, (hen u!l outward si:rcesaps
amount to nothing. The man biinoelf,
t lint is iho true end, nnd so litr no we
fall short of that ideal, wo liiil. Out
ward plana depend upon a thousand
contingencies, but this inner triumph
the world can novor deprive yon of,
because the world never gave it toypa.
Lot us hear no mora sneers t ban at
any want of temporal success, ao de
preciation of patient pains-tuking, or
laborious effort. No man fails who
does his duty, If von are conscious of
a righteous purpose and tho use of hon
est methods, you have succeeded al
ready, whatever may bo the result.
JILXTS OX SICKNESS.
Tho following short bints concern
ing the prntwr treatment of tlio sick
are invaluable: .
Don'( whisper In the sick-room. '
When (be doctor comos to see too,
remember how many pairs of stair, he
has to climb overy day, and go down
to him if you are well enough.
ben you aro sitting up at mabt
with a patient, bo sure to have some
thing to eat, if yoa wish to savo your
self unnecessary exhaustion. .
. Jtomembcr tliat sick penplo aro not
necessarily idiotic or imbecile, and that
il ia not always wise to try to persuade
tucm that their sunenngs nroimncln
ary. They may even at times know
best wbnt they need.
Novor docoiro a dying person unless
by the doctor's express orders, it is
not only wrong to allow any soul logo
into eternity without preparation; but
how can you toll but that ho baa soaie-
thing ho ought to tell or do be lore ho
goes t.way. .
It you liavo a sick friend to whom
you wish (o be of use, do not content
yourself with sending her flowers and
jelly; but lend ber one of your pictures
to bang in place of bora, or a hronre
to rcplaco tlio one nt which she is so
tired ot staring.
Don't havo needless conversations
with (he doctor onlaido of the sick
room. Nothing will excite and irritate
n nervous patient sooner, if you do
have such a conversation, don't tell
tho patient that tho doctor said
"nothing." Ho won't believe you ;
and bo will imagine tho worst possi
ble. in lifting (be sick, do not take (hem
by (he shoulders and drag (hem up on
tho pillows, but get some one to help
you. Let ono stand on one side of the
patient, the other opposite ; then join
hands under the shoulders and hips,
and lift tbem steadily and promptly
tngethor. This method is easy for
thoso who lilt, and docs not disturb
the one who is lilted.
Do not imagine that your duty is
over when you bave nursed your pa
tient through his illness, and ho is
about tho houseiapr perhaps going out
again. S(rcngth does not comeback
in a moment, and the days when little
things worry and littlo effort exhaust
when tlio cares ot bnsinuas begin to
press, but tlio fecblo brain and hand
refuses lo think and execute are the
most trying to tho sick one, and then
comes tho need for your tondocrst caro,
ynur most unobtrusive watchfulness.
THE PO WER OF'h'JXDSESS.
"Are you not afraid," said a friend
to Miss Dix, the philanthropist, "to
(ravel over tho country alone? "Iam
naturally timid," sho replied, "and dif
fident, like all my sex ; but, in order (o
carry out my purposes, 1 know that i(
is necessary to makeaacnuces, and en
counter daugcrs. It is true, I have
boon, in my travels throuiru tuo vari
ous Stales, in perilous situations. 1 will
mention ono wbich occurred tn tbe
Stato of Michignn. I bad hired a car
riage and driver to convoy me some
ilislunco through an uuhabitod portion
of tho country. In starting, 1 discov
ered (hat tho driver, a young lad, bad
a pair of pistola wilh him. Inquiring
what ho was doing with arms, ho said
he carried (hem (o protect us, at ho
had heard that robberies had been com
mitted on our mad. 1 said to him give
me the pistols, I willtakocaro of them.
Ho did so, reluctantly. '
"In pursuing our journey through a
dismal looking forest, a man rushed
into tbo road, caugbl Iho horses by tho
bridle, and demanded my purso. I
said to him, with as much self-possession
as 1 could command, "Aro yon not
ashamed to rob a woman ?" i have
but littlo money, and I wanl to defray
my expenses in visiting prisons and
poor-huuscs, and occasionally iu giving
to objects of charity. If you have been
unfortunate, arc in distress, and in want
of money, I will give you some. While
thua speaking tobim.'l discovered bis
countenance changing, and he bocame
deathly pale. 'My God,' bo exclaimed, ,
'that voioor and immediately told me
ho had boon in tho Philadelphia peni
tentiary, and bad heard mo lecturing
to some of tho prisoners in an adjoin
ing cell, and that ho now recogniied
my voice. Ho then desiried mo lo pass
on, and expressed deep sorrow at Iho
outrage be had committed. Rut I
frew out my purso, and saia to mm, i
will givo you something to support you'
until you get into honest employment,'
tie declined, at hrst, tukinit anything,
until 1 insisted on his doing so, for fear
ho miirht be tempted to, rob some ono
elso before ho could get into htwiest cm-.
ployment. ' .
lind not Miss Dix taken porutassion
of the pistols, in all probability they
would havo been used by tbe anvor,
and perhaps both of thorn murdered.
"That voice" was more ,worful In
subduing tbo heart nf a rubber, than
(he sight of a brace of pistola. -
Time for Pruning. In 1806, says
a correspondent of the Gardener's Month
ly, I bad a young orchard that I began
tn prnno In February, and .continued
at intervals (III August, and (host
pruned in Jane tlid better, healed over
sooner, (ban any pruned either before
or after that period. In 1871, 1 began
to renovate an orchard ton years old,
that bad been trained according to the
absurd fashion of low headt which pre
vailed at that time. It took a gruat
deal of cutting and trimming, but I
was determined and persevered ; the
result was that every wound made In
June tho timo (ho work was done
began at once to heal over, and
by the time growth stopped in the hill,
uvury place where a branch bad been
cut oil hud a beautiful ring of new
bark and wood, of from one-third to
one half inuh in width all around it,
ami still they are doing Woll.
' Thu young man wha waa filled with
emotion, hod no room for eUnaw.' u
TtiEVtnmttvr nmn.
o .i f
Aleiaud, r bfoppbt rice from Partis,
the MsdhoVranean: tba A rain car.
ried il to Egypt, tbo AfoorH to Spain,
tho Spaniards lu America.. Lucullus
brought tho cherry-tree (which (akos
Its iiamu- I'roiu-. ('crawis, tho city ot
PonlUB, wber ho found it,) to Rome,
as a (rophy of his JIi(hrida(io cam.
' paign t and 120 yean la(er, or iu A. D.
I 40, at Pliny tells us, Jt was earned to
r.H5ina. - Lorsar Is said to have given
barley tu both Germany and Britain.
According to Strabo, wheat eame orig.
inally from tho banks of tbo Indus, but
it bad reached (bo Mediterranean bo
fore tho dawn of antbentio history.
Both barley and wheal camo lo (be
New World with its conquerors and
colonials, and 1lir mairc which they
found here soon wont lo Europe in ex
change, it wo known iu England in
less than filly years altur the discovery
of America! it was introduced to (be
Mediterranean countries, bv wsv nf
Spain, at tho end of (hu sixteenth cen
tury, and tho Venetians soon carried
it to the Levant. Later it travelled
up the Danube to Hungary, and grad.
ually spread easuard to Ch ina
Wliile
teriv oovoieu
to rice, the liitur, as we
bave said, wns rstnbHslnng itself iu this .
country. " ' ' :
'Iho sugar-cane, which, wilh its
flwcol product, was kr.own to tbo
Greeks and Romans only as a curiosity,
seems (o have been cultivated in India
and China trom tbe earliest timet. Its
introduction into Europe was one of
tba results of the Crusades, and tbenca
it was transplanted ts Maderia, and
early in tbs sixteenth century from
(bat Island to tbo West Indies. - 'ibe
original home of "King Cotton" was
perrbwirf en Ivrwlai wr 4 aMil, eJM.e,l 4a .
is also mentioned iu tbe early annals
of Egypt, and bad spread throughout
Airica in very ancient limes.
Tho potato was found in Peru and
CliiK by thn first explorers oi those
countries, who soon carried It to Spain.
1 1 is said (o nave reached Dargundy in
iDbU, ana Italy about tbe tame time.
It appears to have been brought from
Virginia to Ireland by Hawkins, a
slave-trader, in 15U5; and to England
in 1585 by Drake, who presented tome
tubers to Gerard, who planted tbem in
his garden in London and described
the plant in his Uerball; and it was
also introduced by Raleigh at about
tho samo date. Rut it was slow to at
tract attention, and it was not till
nearly a colury later that it beiran to
be much cultivated. Io 1663 (hu Royal
Society published rules for its culture,
and Jrom that timo it rapidly gained
favor. Tbe Dutch carried it to tbe
Cape of Good Hope in 1 800, and thence
it mado its WBy to India. Journal of
Vhrmidry.
THE UNFORTUN ATK"SE WARD
HOUSE."
. i (Free, tbr We kirgtoa Ckroolali.)
Il would seem as if some terrible
misfortuno is turo to follow all in offi
cial life who pass any time ins certain
mansion which should be haunted, if
gloomy associations could invite tbo
preseuco of ghosts. When General
Belknap first camo to Washington ho
look apartmont tor himself and wifo
in what is, and possibly always will bo
known as Iho "Seward House," or
"Club House," these titles connecting
it with two ol the tragedies among tba
many sorrowful incidents with which
it is associated. And the record ot tbe
sojourn in Washington ot ox Secretary
Belknap odds other associations of a
tragio character to its gloomy history,
though bis second wile did not dio
there, nor did the present Mrs. Belknap
pass more than two months there. Jno.
C. Spencer, when Secretary of War, re
sided thero, and his son was bung for
munity to the yard-arm of the vessel
on which he was cruising. A member
of the Cabinet who perished in tbe fa
tal explosion which, during Tyler'
adiuimstratiou, converted a pleasure .
party on the Potomao into a funeral of
statesmen, also had lived in that house,
though 1 buli ova be was residing else
where at tho time of bis tragic death.
Tbo attempted assassination in that
house ot Secretary Seward, the death
therein of bis lovely daughter, and tba
killing of Barton Key immediately af
ter hu left its threshold, are tome of
the other melancholy associations of
the old house, built with price money
by Commodore Rogers, the father of
the with of General Meigs. A lingular
and very tad coincidence connected
with the death of -Mrs. Carrie Belknap
it will be as woll to rocali now. Mrs.
Grantcontinuod her receptions through
Uio spring of 1874, and always invited
a number of ladies, both matrons and
maidens, to receive with bor. At her
last reception that year, Mrs Carrie .
Belknap and Miss Maggie Beck, both
handsome and popular Kcnttickians,
(the latter lady the daughter of James
B. Bock, the Representative in Con
gress from bis State, and now Senator
elect), wero the receiving party. Be
fore another public reception was bold
at tho Whito House', tho flower-covered
coffins containing tbe remains of
Dotu airs. liciKnap ana Airs, uoruoran,
nee Beck, the latter a bride of a few
weeks, wearing her weddintr robes as
a shroud, rested sido by side in the
cbapol at Oak Hill. Thetwodied with
in a lew days ot each other.
; TH6 POSTAL CARD. : '
When the postal card was establish
ed in this country it was denounced by
certain indiscrete statesmen and newt-
papers, as the "vain and triflinc whim
of a corrupt and extravagant Admin
istration, vainly seeking tor some
plaything to amuso the people with
while it stolo away tbeir liberties."
The language may not be literal ; but
the words were to that effect. It seems
now, however, that the peoplo lake to
(his whim of Mr.Croswell very kindly.
During (he past seven months the Gov
ernment has told ninoty million postal
cards, During the year previous to
that perils! tho entire number sold was
inly lui.uouuuu. mis shows bow
rapidly the uao of postal cards Is in
creasing, as indeed, is tbe whole nail
sorvice. Durinu tht month of January
just past tbo department told throo
and a halt million dollars worth ot
post ago stamps, stamped envelopes,
and. postal cards. This is at the rate
of $42,000,000 worth per annum, an
enormous increase over any previous
year. The last-mail service, tbe postal
card, and cheap postage are education
al institutions as dialinctivt and effi
cient in their way as schools or col
leges, and it is certain that whoever
links hit name with one ot tbem in the
way of perfecting them or bringing
tbem nearer to tba popular want and
pleasure will go down to posterUy with
a fame mora lasting than any built on
mere political otTort,
w hat is now wanted It tome Inven
tion which shall secure privacy tor the
content of tho post-card motsage. Tht
postni cam it tne poor man t letter,
and his rights of delivery and socatity
of communication must be a sacred aa
those of any other man. Any design
or improvement of the present postal
card which should secure secrecy for
it contents, would be a national bless-
ng. . , .
Y boliaalk The New York BeTaid
wants the whole administration im
peached. . Just hold on; tba people
will do that next fall, and allow the
Senate and House to pnraoe their
usual duties, . '
From the way it it thundering in the
political iky, we would not be surprised
to learn that tho Long Branch teat of
grrversment would tie-bat tlimly ptt-
ronized this summer. ' "
. A real aetata man't tnetto "Not
words; Int Anto.""