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Jtutitte of tit Ptaot and Btr.rti.tr,
CnrwantTltla, Pa.
fctjuColItotiona mailt toil mono? promptly
FREDERICK OL. BUCK,
' ATTORN Et-AT-LAW,
Cltarleld. Pa.
AH Irf at baeiaess promptly uttrnded to. Oflct
a greead street, ait door Jo First National
aaa'. oolll, 71.
paid oror.
fobjnitf
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl'fiTICI OF Till TRACE
rot
itttatur TotrniMp,
' Otetota Mills P. O.
All aOleial buslneft entrusted to hia will ba
promptly attended to. aeolift), 7,
ON THE DEATH OF SPEAKER
i KEUR. ;
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW 4 COLLECTION OFFICE.
Cl'RWKNSVlLLB.
Clearleld Couau, Pena'a. T5y
f aoa. . at'Baar. crart eoBnoa,
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
t'LEAKFULD, PA.
ajrOfioa la Ple't ttpera H.ueo, roeond loor.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORN EV-AT-LA W,
Clrllel, Pa.
n in
aiMtl ud (aitbiul).
aovlj
CATIO L. K IKIL
torn w. 9Lir.
WILUAH A. WALtACI.
ARKT f. WALLA CI.
WALLACE k KREBS,
(Bamfion W WatlAO k Folding,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
II 1J73 ' - Claarand, Pa.
lOdara a. a'aaatLr. aaaiai. w. a'cuaar.
MoENALLT 4 MoCDEDY,
AT'fOKN KYS-AT-LA W,
CltarUeld, Pa.
ja4r"Lgl bailnca attonded to promptly wttaj
4UUIJ. OBoa oa tiaoond atraatt aboaa h First
Nalioaal Bank. J.o:l:70
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attornkt and Counhklor at Law,
clkakfiri.d, pa.
1Uriot riiitDod hit Jul;hip, h mam!
in pnaum x tat iw in nil oia omo at tiear
Bald, F- Will atttad theaourUof Jeffrrwi .nd
K!k aoaatlM whin apae-all; tataiatd in otintion
with rMidtnt ooudmJ. J:i.71
aa.LiiT luar ALiBT..aW. albrit
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Maaafactarara A axtcnaira Dealari la
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4o.,
WOODLAND, PINN'A.
at-Onlart KHIU4. Bllla illod aa abort aatiaa
aad raaaoaabla tarma.
Addrtfl Woodland P. 0., ClaaHlald Co., Pa.
alJ-ly W 1.1)KRT A BRIIB.
""FRANCIS COUTRIET.
MERCHANT,
Preiiehvillc, loarOeld Cauuty, Pa.
Raapl anoftantly aa hand a full ajaortmant af
Dry tltwda, llardwara, ttrooarioa, and avarrtblng
anally kapt la a ratail flora, whinta will ba aold,
for eaab, aa aboap aa alaewhara in tba aoaoty. '
FranabTilla, Jun. !, IS7-lj.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
aaataa la
!?!!. MKKCHANDISK.
tiKAHAMTttN, Pa.
Also, ottanalva aianuraelurcr and daalar in Bauara
Ttaioar and Hawad Luaiharol all kiada.
JPOfOrdara solteitrd and all bilta pmtnptlr
Hod.
A, G. KRAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Kftatoaad Colloetloa Ajrnl,
t'LEARKIEMt, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal bueiaasi aa
treated to his oare.
-0na ia Ple'a Opera Iloaie. Jaal'TO.
wmT M ."McC ullo u g h7
ATTORN KY AT LAW.
tlaartVld. Pa.
ayoaoo ia lha old Waatero Hotel balMlng.
LrKal baainaaa praaapll j atleaded ta. Rral eauta
bought end euld. Jall'7l
A . wTw A L f ER 87
ATTURSEY AT, Law,
Clearttrld. Pa.
kOfflca ta Orahaui'a Roar.
HT wrSM ITHT
A.TTORNEY-AT-LA w,
i:I:T ' rifardtld. Pa.
WALT E R B ARRETT,
, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
,. ClaarieU. Pa.
M-OKoa la Old Weatarn Hotel kulldlaa;.
ea,r af ttaaoad aad Market 8ta. (n.iTll.a.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Cltarlltld, Pemt'a.
feaAvWill exaoutoioha In bia Hue promptly end
ia a workDjaalike manner. errt,o7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLSAHFIKLU, PENN'A.
A4rPampa aleraya en band and made to order
on abort notia. Pipee bored on reaauaeble lerma
All work warranted to render satisfaction, and
dellrared ifdeatred. my2o:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALKRI I
SQUARE TIMBER,
and maaulaoturera of .
a i.i. KimnnoK bam tp i.i uif.n
l-7'7J CLEARPiKLO, PENN'A.
deel-ly j
ISRAEL TEST,
;'ATTl)HN RY AT LAW,;
- i CiaarOtd, Pa.
r-oee la the Caart Baaae. ' LJyll.'e?
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealor in
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BIIINdl.KH, LATH, A PICKET!!,
0071 Clearllelil, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
ncataa la
&uare Timber k Timber Lnndn,
Jell'M CLEARFIELD, PA.
JAMES H. LYTLE,
III Kratirr'a Hollrlltip. ClraiUrld, Pa.
Deeler in Oroeetiea, Provisloas, Vegetables,
Fraite, Fluur, Feed, ate., eto.
aprU'7t-tr
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND 8noB MAKER,
Market Clcardeld, Pa.
Ia the ekop larely aaenpled by Frank Hburt,
eaa door want of Alleghany House.
JOHN H. FULFORD,
. ATTORN BY AT LAW,
Clwlele). Pa.
ptf O.oa aa laaiket streat, app. Court Hoaea,
4aa. a, lara.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
... ATTUBNEY AT LAW
(net Baal RtUlt Aaaut, ClaarHeld. Pa.
O.oa aa Third street, eel. Cherry A Welnel.
' CaT.Raaparrally afore hit oervteee la aelliag
aid buyiaf laada la Oleariald aad adjoiaiag
taaalaaa , ud with aa eiperleaee el over tweatv
raara aa a aaraayar, lattere hlmaeU that ba aaa
reader aaileiaatloa. IFeb ja.':tl,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ABB BBtUI IB
Maw Loitft a"d Iiiiuibor,
PA.
1:74:71
J . J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
1:11 Oar aula, ClaardaU Co., Pa. yrpd
J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Bellefonta, Pa.
Will praetiae la Claarteld aad ell of IhaCaarteaf
tae xath JadleiaJ aistrlet. Iteal aetata baelaees
aad aelleetiaa af alalsaa atada epaaiaitlaa. al'll
CLEARFIELD,
Ofliea la Orabam'a Row.
T. M. ROBINSON,
Market Mtract, 4 learflrld l'a-i
a arc? act it aaa or
Light and lUavjr ColUrf. PaddUa,
Bridlra, Htiairiag stall; duot.
lit t, 1B7C 6m.
rOHN A. STAPLER,
Praah Urrarl, Kuk, Kolli, Pitt and Cmm
no band or made to ordtr. A general aiortmtQt
tif ConttditioDMriff, Fruit aad Nuta ia attK-k.
lea CretB tod Oji-tara in attaoa. 8alixa atari
oiipoailt tbt I'oah ffict. Prtcra uiodt-rtia,
March IO-'7a.
J. R. M'MURRAY
WILL BDPrt.T YOII WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOWEST
PHICK. COME AND EKE. (l:S:7Sj:,
NEW WASHINGTON.
MAKBI.E AM) HTONR YAHD.
Mra. H. K. 1.IOUKI 1
Hearing tngmgtrd la tbt Marble baaioeaa, dtairta
to In for at bar frienda tnd tbt public thtt aht baa
bow aad will keep ounvitailyun hand targt and
wtll atlaottd ttonk of ITALIAN ANI VKKMOM
II A KHLK, and ia breparrd to rurniih to ordtr
TOMbHTuN BH. VOX AN1 CKADLK TUMII8,
HONL'MKNTM, At.
tea. Yard oa Hoed atrtet, near tbt H. R. Depot,
Vioarneia, r. jci,7D
DR. W. A. MEAN8,
PU Y8ICIAN BURGEON
LDTUER8RURU, PA.
Will attead professional ealle praeoptly. aegI070
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PUY8ICIAN ANDSOKOCON
Mat aa Market 6traet, Claaraald. Pa.
WOOUe haurai I u It a. m , and I to I p. I
D
R E. M. 8CHEUKER,
BOMfSOPATIIIO PHYSICIAN,
OBae la raitdrace aa Market St.
AprU M, 1171. pl'r",liP--
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON
HAVtN. roraUd at Poaateld, Pa., afen hit
prefeetioaal aarvieat ta the panpla of that
pier, and earreuadiageoaatry. All aalls promptly
eiteaara ta. eel. la It.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD.
Lata aargaea af lha tU Reglmaal. PeeatylraeU
Velaataare, havlag rataraad treat lha Army,
effare hie prefeoeleaal aarvlaae aa thaaitiaaat
aiuiearleldaoaaly.
eaVPretetateaaleaili promptly atuaded ta.
0ee H teeead alreel, fareaarlyaaeapied by
Pr. Weede. eprl a tl
DR. H.B. VAN VALZAH,
CLEAR PI IfLlh, PKMN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING
0c houra-From II ta t P. M.
' May H, lTt.
DR. JEFFERSON LITZ,
. . WOODLAND, PA.
Will pramatlt auaad all aalla la the Ilea af hit
aev.lB-?a
D. M. D0HERTY.
'AKU10NAELE RARBIk A HAIR DIEHSER.
CLKAKKiKLI, PA.
la nan formaely aaoapiad by Ntagle
, , Market meat.
J'y U. 7.
HARKy1)NDER.
(Formeriy altk Ua feaaler.)
ASR AID BAIRDRESr-IR.
t aa Neehrt M epaajoHa Court Mease.
"at tar every eaeasaaee. eaay It, 71.
leivery Htnble.
THI aaaaralgaael heaa ham to Uiars thepaa
A he en f( frmmt to ae aetaie
7 aad Reawweno, oa Ih. ahaaeiat ailie. aad
WTJ1' '"" eatdsmiaa.seMtaatata,
TblraM Paean.
lob. I. Ilia. . .
I. 8 N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATC1IMAEER
ABB PBALBB IB
Watclies, C'lotki and Jewelry,
tfraaern'o A.a, ifarlal Slrl,
rLEAHPUCLl), PA.
All kiade af repairing la my line promptly at-
April ZB, l74.
S.
aaded to.
WHOLESALE LIQDOB STORE.
At tbt tnd of tbo new bridge.
WEST CLEARFIELD, PA.
Tie proprietor of thit tattbllnboteat will but
hla liqtort direelfrtiiB tlMlllert. Partita beting
to'ta thie bouao will bt auro to get a part article
at a imell aiergin abort noet. Hotel keeptra tna
ho fern tubed wiib llquora on rrtponaliit tern.
Part wiatt tnd brenrliei direct From fletttj'i
Vlotrr, at Beth, New York.
HKOHUB N. CO LBV B.
Ciearltld. Juao 11, UTft tf.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The BeBt it the Cheapest I
Tbomea Reltly baa n eel red auotbtr large lot f
'Mitbeil Wegona," which art among the rery
beet ae no fecit a red, aad which be will aell at the
aiott rtaaooablt ratta. Ilia tUnk iaeludta alrnoat
all diaeriptiona of watoaa lareeaad aaiall. wide
and narrow track. Call an t et them.
.prtf'74 THUMAS RKILLT.
ANDREW H ARWICK,
Market PtrttU ClrarOaU. Pa
ABVPAOTirata ABB MAt-BB IN
RARKKP0, MDDLES, HHIHLKP, COLL ARB,
aad all klndtof
HOKSK riKMSHAQ GOODS.
A fall ttooh af l-addlera' llantwaro, Braahte,
Oirtiht, Bltakata, Rube, art. alwaja oa bead
aael lor taio at tbo towtet taab nrtoet. All hiatfn
af repel nog promptly ai leaded la.
All hiada of bidet taken ta tkebargt for her
aoat aad roptiHag. All blade of baraeet leather
kept oa aaad. aad for oelo ot a aaiall prolt.
Clearttatd, daa. IB, mra.
NDERTAKING
T1
Tba aadtrtiiaa4 art aa lolly preptrod la
tarry at) la buMteee of
ITNBKIlTAKIftC..
AT REASONARLI RATE,
Aud reewertrelry aalialt the aatraatga of tba
eediag aaoh erra..
. aunif IHUtliaann,
JAhlld L. WAVY.
OarleM, Pa., Fob. U. 1114.
JV.T1CBB' tUMaTAHLBM PIH
Wo kaaa aataud a to raa aamln af aaa ejaa
rm Ptaata aaa arte, aa aaa euaaaau ar iwaasi
awta
In Docombor, 1H75, Hon. Michuul
(!. Kerr, ol'tlie Stuto of Intliuiia, was
oloctetl Sicnker oi' tlio IIoiiso of Rod
rvseiilulivfa ul Washington. Ho hnv.
"K JieJ UuriiiR the rvceiw it wun but
nuturul lor lua brother Coiirensuien to
expri'wi thoir feelinmi of rvi;ret on ro-
. a. i- . -i i. .
u.w.huiiuu; tiiiii iinuing inu npeaicera
cbitir vacunt. This luvlintr wiu vurv
fteiiurally imlulged in on Sutuniny,
urc. 10th, nnd wo copy the remarks
ol lion. Jleiaier Clynior, of tliiii Slute,
unci Hon. 8ttmuul b.Cos, of Now York.
Mr. Kerr died of conautiilioii and is
the firnt Speaker of t'oiitrruaa tliut has
died whilu in olliec. Tim runmrks of
the gentlemen imlieuled nro aa follows ;
Mr. C'lyTter. Mr. Speaker, thie Con
Krt's, liom the hour of ils niotiliiiK in
Ueccniber, 1875, ontil lh day of its
adjournniuiil in August, 18TU, atood in
the shadow of an impending tulumity I
A Speaker was eltietcj wtio, by reason
of bis long Burvico, bis largo Xierienco
and pi'u-emineiit ability, was deemed
worthy of tbo exalted station, lie
brought to thu disuliuruo of its duties
a near Dead, a sound Ueiti t, an impar
tial judgment, and a resolute will ; but,
sir, it was painfully nvidenl to crerv
one that a mortal and fast-consuiniiii;
malady had ptMsession ol him. In the
very hour of his triumph, when be had
ot his unibition ; when there lay beloro
the bright pros pee Is of lUture usefulness
and still higher honor ; when he hud
u right to leel thut bo was about to
enjoy tlio full fruition ol a laborious
and well-spent lilb, be was summoned
to me areuu ( oniin I witu thu lust ene
my, ono in wbieh wo must all cngnge
anu in wmcii no mortiil van triumph
roraitysanu weeks and montlis wo
stood sad and helplesa apuetatnra of
thu flix;o struggle. We Weil knew it to
be hopeless, and our sorrow was sou roo
ty lessened by our admiration lor tin
horoio couraue, the aublimu liirliludo.
the dauntless spirit with wliieh bo
nmrehed lairih to meet and embnieu
death. . i -
.Mr. Speaker, it was not mv L'Ood
fortune, as it was youi mid thut of
others who hear mo, to hnvo seiTed
with him In loi merdays.when he stood
upon this fltsjr the peer of any one in
inieiiwi nmi anility ; ami, iheretoru. 1
leave it to thoso who bavo ft personal
knowledge to speuk ol his merits and
services as a legislator and statesman.
My personal acquaintance with him
began wilh the Hrst session of this Con
gress. Under ordinary circumstances
it would necessarily huve been slight,
but painful evonls, fresh in tho rocol
lettion of nil of us nnd ol" tbo whole
country, placed mo in such rulutlotis to
him as to render It almost a duty, as
it is a mournful satisfaction, to put on
record my cstimuto of his character as
a man.
Aller years of public service, hero
aim eisew here, be stood ut the threshold
of thu grave, comparatively poor in this
wwrld s goods, and, to bis great honor
bo it skiKuii, rich in nothing save his
good namu, bis euaracter tor spotless
integrity, his unblemished reputation
for purity in public aud privuto lite.
Thcso wire his jewels ; thuso were the
treasures which lieirarnered : thoso be
valued more than bouses and hinds or
all mere earthly possessions, But, sir,
when weak and worn by disease, when
even hopo had fled, when tho dark
shadows of death were closing about
him, a base and cowardly attempt was
mane to roo nun 01 nis good namu and
send him to his grave disgraced aud
diehono-od. It oecamo my nainlul
duly to inform him of the nutuju of the
charge pi cfcrrvd against him. Ho met
it wilh a philosophic composure and
slern dcttunce which told of hit con
scious innocence. Courting the most
searching investigation, be demanded
to meet bis base accuser luce to face.
For long and weary days the investi
gation proceeded. I w ill not attompt
to describe the proud and doliunl spirit
with which' ho met and braved the
tumble ordeal. Ho broken anddisul
in body, those who knew him best had
grave tears that death would seal his
lip beloro be could make reply ; but
tuo very cxineency seemeu to rekindle
and vivny nis expiring energies, to en
dow him wilh now and almost super
human power. To him it was aatruif-
glu more grave and terrible than that
wmcn no nail oeen maKing lor pro
longed existence: it was for untarnished
reputation, (or unsullied honor. To the
dying man these wera dearer and tur
mure precious than moru exislenco, lor
without t Hem It would huve been a
curse. Thu hour of his triumphant
vindication came, when in this Cham
ber each representative of the Ameri
can people then present rose aolemnly
in his place and declared bis prolound
conviction ol bispurity and innocence.
Thus the dark cloud w hich threatened
to obscure the brightness of his setting
sun was rolled away, and a blessed
peace, a serene tranquillity camo to the
great heart ol the dying Speaker.
1 may not lift thu veil which right
fully separates his inner and privato
struggle with disease, to All his duty.
It was illustrated in tbo last hours of
his tenacious lite, for his reason re
mained unimpaired to the end.
1 hare said that his reason and con
science wera his religion. It was his
babit to submit everything to thia test.
Ho squared bit life with scrupulous
reason. No temporal mUrest of bis
own or that of bis family swerved him
Irom following this iruidinir clement
ol his Character.
Ho was a scholar; ho was A disciple
of the positive philosophy, devoted to
the tenuis ol Herbert Kpencer, John
Stuart Mill, Compte, and Buckle. His
political science was drawn, as most
iHihtical science Is, Irom those of simi
lar philosophical inclinations.' Jeremy
Boutham waa hi teacher, consciously
or unconsciously. His ideas were Dot
transcendental, but utilitarian. The
bunt of bis mind waa increased by his
studies in this school of philosophy, but
there was no unreasoning skepticism
in hi character.
Despite his unwillingness to believe
in anything miraculous or improbable,
bis heart was reverential b lore- the
ureal Omniscience. With him reason
was the firstborn, and, though twin
wilh faith, both iuhurited the lilintlirg.
If be bad any bias in bis mind it Was
toward reaauit, though his faith walked
timidly band in baud with it. lib
said that the sun is reason, while faith
ia the lcer orb that shine by night ;
Michael O Kerr made the great light
to rule bis busy day, How far the
lesser ruled ia the content illations of
the litrbt only God know. If litilb
abiiica only long as sbe reflect some
taint illumination from the brighter
orb what casuistry shall discard this
man religion nature Irom the abrrnc
of a tro) religion. -
It la nob eeetujaarjr to reaevr the
scene or hi deal!) Dud her and now.
Only thi may be aaid, from competent
medu
ouiuied to beat. This fact may serve
somewhat to account for the positivo
noss of his purpose in life and tho posi
tive philosophy to which his intellect
inclined.
He was a Democrat on principles
oxen by bis studies ana philosophy, l
was about to say, by bit religion, i ot
(as has been truly said) be was averse
to tho rough encounter ol the huitini;,
It was dilllcull to induce him to speak
outside of hit neighborhood. Onus in
.Now 1 ork be promised to talk for five
minutes to my triends, but when on
bis feet, and with an audience svinna-
thiiing with his Irco-trado Ideas, be
ueia the audience lor two boors in one
great plea for his favorite libeialities
of commerce, and aguinBt tho merce
nary inequalities ol protection. These
wore his favorite themes to illustrate.
his general political ideas. They were
to him an enthusiastic sentiment bi
principle of action. Ho traveled abroad
to study them, lie came to Congress
to give them vigor and effect.
Uo waa averse to the crowd. When
writing to him about my jro tempore
visit to tho great Exposition, he ex
pressed bis regret that be did not sae
tho grand engine and its wondcrf.il
ramifications of harnessed forces ; but
ot the same time be said that he shi ank
from such throngs like the sensitive
plunt before tbo human touch. Yet
his political thoughts were over "broad,
.- .f..'- M'tll Mi. Hi.
iral authority, that raretv ha one
of oar not been rifted with tin tenaci
ty ef life, lit iitceji inu -bit) (salt
section of the questions growing out of
reconstruction and the aoutliorn ballot,
whien bad been to bun a special study
allow the ultimate scorn of a mind ut
terly hating IVat'd.and tbo lofty patriot
who reverenced all sections and re
speetod all riirlits. It it said that th
spectroscope ruveals that there is a star
winch burns gold for Its illumination.
By a wonderful coincidence It it the
distant star Atdebaran fur oft in the
group of llyades which tho Roiscru
cians, who sought to transmute all
metals into gold, worshipped. That
tar was their fateful genius for inspira
tion and alchemy. Not less precious
to mm, man u it wera a star ot gold,
waa each Slate.Jdisticnt in individuality
and like to each other In a common
right, Interest, and destiny, whether
shining near or atiir I
O, that God would raise up for our
instruction and guidance other men of
the same exalted type ot American
manhood men as just, other haters of
corruption aa earnest, other tribune ot
the people as peerless and tearless, and
other statesmen a lofty and pure in
patriotic devotion I Whun. air, I per-
twive the emblem of mourning over the
seat he o lately occupied, shrouding
our ensign, the omen ts sadly tiortun
lions and painfully suggestive. Were
he with us in this hour of our solicitude
1 know, sir, that be would not full with
oourageou counsel, lie would revive
the heroism of that parliamentary band
before which royal prerogatives cow-
erud when before tho privilege of the
Commons and it staunch Siwakers,
thu bills of right of a free people were
made paramount to Ibe thunders of the
throne !
Uis fame was not quenched by death
only bis opportunity, it was said by
Theodoru l'arkur, ol Samuel Adams,
that be was not in one sense a Chris
lian man,-but one of Plutarch's men
So was Michael O. Kerr. Hi human
worth can only be reckoned by the
gravity of hi loss to us, in this perilous
and anxious trial tor tho atantiuy and
genius of tho Government. If liberty
through his death has lost Irom this
Hall of tbe people one of her purest
devotees ; if liberty, like Algernon Syd
ney, must go to the scaffold, yet from
tbe scaffold she will ascend to another
sphere where there is a better rode of
justice and right ; and there in thut
realm, who will give bcr loss stinted
welcome than the immortal spirit ol
Michael C. Kerr.
Under such patriotic thoughts as
wore his, still surviving death, our
country may cease from its passionate
discord. Then peace will bind our
States as sheaves are bound in the har
vesting, season alter season, till the
latest generation. You, Mr. SKiaker,
and ye who are your brothers in thcso
exalted trusts, ye who have the keep
ing or this bruised and broken land,
can ye not ail rise under the admoni
tion ot such a life as our late Speaker
lived, into a higher tense or duty and a
more self-sacrinciiig patriotism T Can
we not encompass our beloved land
around with a wall of (Iro that will not
burn, but guard ? Shall ye not do this
before ita grave yawns ; that grave
where there is no work, nor knowledge-
nor device, nor wisdom 7 1 bus faith
ul unto death in our trusta, as he was,
from bis outer and public liie, but it
would bo unjust to bis memory did I
fail to record bis lively sense uf this
crowning act of kindness and justice
on the part ot those whose good opin
ion was so dear to him. To his sensi
tive and dying ear it told of the verdict
which alter-times would render. It
broiiL'hl profound consolation to him,
and thercatter he was fully prepared
to say, "Jjme ammit:
His was a proud, sensitive, and im
perious nature, oven shrinking from
lumiliarity with the world, asking littlu
of its sympathy and caring less for its
applause lie clioso to be Judged by
Ins acta rather than by prolnwions.
His convictions were- deep anil decided
upon all questions, and be did not best
tate to obey and follow them to their
ultimate and logical results. He eon
trolled and led hia fcllCT-inen by tho
shour lorce ol bi intellect rather than
by tbe influence of bi heart. He w
always a teacher, a leader ; never an
mutator or senile follower. In any
era ot our history be would have been
a character of mark, hi moral courage
and hia mental power alike fitting bim
for tbe performance ol thegrsroat mo
ment. Uis duath would have been a
great public low at tbe time; in thi
bourol doubt, uncertainty and danger,
it I next to irreparable, wbeu we con
sider tbe character of thu maa, the di
nity and power of Ins place,
, tbe dig
the hold
he bad upon the confidence of tbe iieo.
nit and the stern and anva-ldinu fidel
ity with which ho would havo dared to
perioral hia whole duly.
Tuwtay, Indiana stands chief mourn
er for theeon other adoption, MWtTAIL
C. Ktan j. close -and next by her side
stand Fenrmylvama, on whose soil he
was born and partly reared. She claims
:tster,s aaciswrl rigfe to mourn the loss
of arv hontnvd child. ' My poor aad
broken- auemwetr but ll-ubly express
her estimate of hi worth, her prolound
rtyard for hi memory I
Mr. Coxv Mr. Speaker, the Rciiro-
eentativea of thirty-eovun independent
Sutea this day pause in tbeirdelilterav
tiiHis for the welfare ol forty five mill
ion of people la offer to th memorV
of a greataatdgood man tbeeolumn an
guish of aation for ita losa, and their
sympathy with family and a oonstitu-
icy In their bereareeient
l b lane of lime which beela an tho
green-anal Meedinff wound uf war row,
ana wataa makes to oiien orramonit
Hkt lti(eeMmafeMxike-ry of woe, baa
had bale aav that which yreawvee
tbe recollection of our friend, no dew
of refreshing save the sweet dew of his
memory. "
It isemiucntly fitting that this Ilouso
should place upon the tomb of its lulu
pros)ding office!, and) tho third officer
of the Government, a eivie crown I
The catalogue of j American repro
sentative ia a catalogue of morinlltv
Our political system las In it much of
popular caprice, anu more ol providen
tial viciHsnuue. in luose that wore
hero whun 1 first en tired this Hull but
four or five remain. Aa I look about
this Hall I perceive bne and only one
of my Ohio collcugnc4Mr. W.S. Groea,
bockj who waa a menf icrol the Thirty
fifth Congross ; and lie will sliuro my
thought and luoling. (The flint death
which we wore callol upon to mourn
wa that of a bulttreif ou thorn states
man and soMier,- .'eon - A. Quitman.
Subsequently a.id linti iquouily havo
others fallen I
I leel almost isolated, standinir be
tween the many dead, who were friends.
and the living who in a few years will
bo numiiurcd with the dead ; but in all
these chances and change of time it
has been my lot to cheer und not to
sadden. In the home und among kin
dred for two generations it was not lor
me loweup,bullodrylhutearofothers.
iv nen the greut moan went up that
Douulasa was iiidoet' dead, und in thut
solemn hour for tho country, I came
brh to ""'w mnn wLn an
rounded my Ohio homo to hear tho lost
telegraph not to mourn but to com
fort them with hope. In the dark
hour when the country was filled with
battle-cries and blood, I lifted on high,
not tho wail of Jeremiah, but the joy
of Isaiah in the hope thai soon the
waste-places would bo built up and the
old leaf and bloom return with the
spring. I tried to briig good tidings
to bind up the broken-hearted, and to
them Hint mourn In Zion give unto
them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy
for mourning, and the gnrmeiilof'pruiso
iu. iuu pjiiro, oi Heaviness.
On another and recent occasion, anil
as theshudowBi;sthered over the Rock
hridiro Mountains, u ns mv tilaco to
givu wnat comfort 1 could, fringing th
cioiiu wild golden hopo to thu sun ken
But on this occasion it is mv urivilvmi
and my inlinilo relief to mourn as one
who bus not merely lost a friend, bu
a a citiaen who has lost a compatriot,
snu, as a liepresentiilive, to deplore I
oroiner who in this dire tnul ol our in
stitutiuns is not with us to ifiiidu.
It may not be out of pluco hero to
say that, in spite ot marked contrasts
of character, I shared with Mr. Kerr
miuiy ol thu burdens, studies and sym
puthie of lilo. It was a sad pleasure
to utuna witu uim at the lost, on lb
hot of that vast ocean on which he
knew thut he must sail to noon. Ruck
od with moro than mortal anrniisli in
his last sickness; harassed wilh a false
nccusntion which touched tho very
heart and marrow ot his character:
bis body sbrinkintr and shrinking to
mo very imagery ol death the skele
ton ; yet his spirit waa aa ealm aa a
still, sweet moriiinir as it rises above
yonder am re mountains wbere bodied.
and bis will as firm as their rocky base
L'nappalled by the terrors of the nn-
known world, he passed away out ol
tho beautiful valley where bo soiourn-
ed into tbe valley ol a shadow. Naught
roinutnen out the mere phantom ol a
body. 'This was borne to his homo in
tnuiano. J uo theme over bis remain
was well choseo : "A irood name i
rather to be chosen than great riches.
and loving favor rather than silver and
gold." I mil tho last flower faded from
the earth around bis home, loving
crowds thronged to tbecemetery, and
every Subbatb bis friends and constit
uents mudu their pilgrimages to lay,
w.iu oj iiipaiity, immortelles upon uis
grave
Ho died at tbe Alum Springs, West
irginia. It is an old resort, an inter
vale of beauty, a charming little park
sweetly embosomed in the flluo Ridge;
a lonely Bjiot, with now and then a
hatillalion, but wttb a bracing air, a
upieiidid forest, and grand mountains.
'1 here is a primeval quietude there
almost a summer afternoon feeling,
aa II tlio lotus cater ot Jenny sun
nan n.atie It a resort stool Irom the
lies of the people thai do come and
go. iho only noise is that ot mur
muring waters. It was amid these
solemn silences that hi lust weeks
und bdurs were passed. It was amid
those renioto and pleasant nooks of na
ture that God unloosed bis weary star.
His wits no sudden call. All prepara
tion, secular and spiritual, possible
were mado by his own direction. The
silver cord was not cut hurriedly, nor
tho golden bowl broken in an instant.
No holocaust ol fire snupped his lile's
cord suddenly. The cord was gently
untied ; the golden howl melted awa)
as if it were a scarf of vapory amethyst,
or mllier aa the light lades away Irom
tho firmament at tho coming on of
evening mild. Just as tho sun went
down, his spirit peacefully departed.
The pearl dropped from its wasted
shell, as the sun passed behind the
mountains. There bu lay in tbe lap
of a lovelier nature by stiller streams
and fairer meadows than we are wont
to fancy in some blest Arcady; but
when death came it seemed to malt
the beauty of the mountain seem as
barren as the descr ; lh flower and
leufugo and risks and hills lost their
charm, tho lirceio Its freshness, the
song of birds its music, and tho sweet
shine ol the tun was all joyless.
Bet In tba mnanleiaa did he feel hi, faith.
Altihinire roapunslvo to the witting there
Breathed immorlallity, retolvioa life.
And Breataroe eiiil rernlring iaflnlle.
no more flinched from uttoring unpop.
ular, than worthy thoughts. Pericles
in his lust illness said : "No Athenian
in consequence of any action of mine
bad ever put on mourning." Mr. Kerr
oould truthfully say the saino in a bet
tcr aenso.
When I went at his request to Vir
ginia and to his bedsidu, and after de
livering tlio messages from bis friends
here, 1 asked him If ho were roady to
meet Ibu unseen world; with a glance
ol gentleness, and a pressure ut my
hand, he declared that he was ready.
We talked of the mysterious realm.
Ilis faith was abiding that, in tbat fu
ture there waa reward tor a just lilo
hero. As he said, half playfully, be
stood upon his record.
It waa this pious probity which be
impressed upon bis puoplo, upon Con
gress, upon bia own life, and upon bis
sot).. It bad ita source in the heart as
well as the head. This is especially
obscrvablu in the care which he gave
to mi son s tuition, even to the last
hours ef his life. lie seldom left bis
house on his return from his office. At
has been so well said by hi colleague,
Mr. Hamilton who olfurod these re
olutions, he scarcely mingled with tbe
masse of tbe noonle. even his own con.
tituenta, but with kind cheerfulness
was wont to retire to his homo and li
brary. There ho studied his favorite
authors, examined bis ton in the stud-
tm tow ua , eti.u uovu up vuiit tiCt'ui
with somo uselul thought or exercise.
The speech of Plato to tho Athenians
he expressed in bis life : "For the glo
ry of parent ia an excellent and an
honorable treasure to their children.
making up for tho lack ol possessions
and dignities." "Dot est magna paren-
fium rirlul." (Hor. Od., xxiv.lib. 3)
May I not read from the Chicago
Timet the record of his last advice to
hia son to illustrate, tbe naternal care
and gentle worth of this our best rep
rosntative man ?
A few days brfora bit dnlh Mr Kerr bad a
ennrersetina wilh bis sin, In tbe aoaree of whioh
he said: "I here nothing to loeve yoa, my sou,
emrpt my gnod aaiue- Unard It and yoor
mother 'a honor, aaj live aa I hare lired." lie
fulther aaid: "Toy all my dobte. If my estate will
werrunt it without Inuring yoor mother paunileae.
Otherwiee pay whet )eu aaa, aod then so to my
orriliturs .nd ill them lb. truth, und pledge your
honor to wipe out the lodebtedaeaa.
too source oi tins mans power was
not altogether intellectual ; it was in
the affection. What a void has been
mado in hia western home !
Who can tell tho anguish of .tho be
reaved ! Fven the delighta of the old
home in tbe West intensified it. "She
was at home," write) thu bereaved son
of the widowed mothcr'amongfricnds;
but she could not feci at homo, Tor he
was not thero. Fverything suggested
father to bcr. Somulhing would re-
quiekca bcr sorrow. Tbo finding of
on old letter, the half-read book with
tbo mark of leaving off, and all thoso
thousand evor-recurring, inconsidera
ble reminders that keep the heart of
sorrow painfully darkened by the
shadow of him who bssgono; thcso
tilings lengthened out and intensified
tho grief till the buidon became too 'doubt hare lllustralodin the chair hud
ol honor. But when tbo sword of pa
triotism iajowolcd in the bill with civil
virtues, then a Washington rescues
tho mere wager by battle from its ir
rational tumu, and gives added glory
to Ibe gem and new splendors to the
magisterial tword I
May something, sir, be pajdnned to
tlio spirit of eulogy, when 1 say thut
these elements of true grandeur found
a rare combination in Michael C. Kerr.
Patience in study, gentle yot firm in
his foolimr and determinations, inspir
ed with the courage of true palrioi-
ism, uviying as ue aid the mob W'th
the same energy wilh which ho analyz
ed a tariff or denounced an exacting
monopoly arranging, classifying, as
similating details for practical service,
making bit conscience hit religion ho
stands, more than most of the men
wbo have taken part in our councils
since the war, as an exemplar ol intel
ligent and tearless, pure and gentle pa
triotic duty. Yot ho was not all judg
ment, else be would not have boon a
Iiatriot ; he wa not all passion, else
io would not have been a stalcmmn.
In debate, as in privato talk, ho had at
limes great Vehemence of manner aud
great intrepidity in action. Uo did not
toss hia thoughts about easily ; bo was
at times timid in their ulloiance till
thoroughly assured by patiently mar
shaling them, nnd then he was eloquent.
Spurning tradition and legends, be-
livirin i,, nn law not. ttvrkltlH! not.
anxious to force men to do what ho
thought was best for them ; with a
noble rage at wrong and a disgust of
imrasitcs, ho would add no largess to
bad gains and greeds. What were the
incBhet of old custom to his fresh In
quiring mind? While lie never turned
away from a new truth, while bo had
no respect for mere antiquity, while be
would clear away tbo lush growth
over our select shrino of duty, ho re
vered tbe ancient ways of tbo Consti
tution and all its muniments wilh the
ardor of a neophyte. Sensitive to every
oiiit of honor, be was not loss careful
of bis own liimo w hen assailed by per
jury than of tbo financial and patriotic
nonor oi bis country.
But, sir, while the contemplation of
his character is no compensation for
his loss, it is not less instructive than
proper for us lo know tlio sources of.
that magic which won tho support of
ins constituency and the proferments
ot this uongrcss. ibe secret ol this
talismanio power lay in the discipline
oi his mind, lie was an example, by
uo means uncommon in this country,
of ono who strengthened by wrestling
with adversity. Thu first Ulf of his
lilo was n struggle with poverty, tho
last with disease. . Kiting above tho
trammels ol early life ho thought more
of brain than of brawn. Desiring a
lurgrr ran go ol usefulness and ambi
tious of thorough education, bo strug
gled out of difficulty into a proics-oon
whure his natural, kuen, analytic mind
had full play. He was uot only a good
lawyer and advocate, but his mind had
a judicial cast, which he would no
OUR COLOS1AI, AM) HEYOl.U
TJOXAHY FLAGS.
In tho beginning ol the Pa-volution
a vutiety ol flags weru displayed in tha
.e.uncu colonies, ine "union nags,'
mentioned so frequently iu the news
papers of 1774, were the ordinary Kng
lish red ensigns, beurinir lliu'L'nioii
Juck. These generally bore some pa
triotio motln, such as "Lilici'lv'' 'Lib-
city and Prosperity," 'Liberty and
Lnion," etc. It in unceilain what flag,
if any, was used by tho Americans ut
Hunker Hill. Thut displayed by Put
nam on Prospect Hill, on July ImiIi lol
lowing, was red, Willi Qtiitrtitulitaiifti.
net on one side, und on the other, "An
Appeal to Heaven." The first armed.
vessels comn issioned bv Washington,
cs. Even cldor waa found to bo "so
phisticated," tho chemist say, by the
addition of spirits from grain ; pre
sumably bad spirits. In tbe wines
tested, somo of which wore native, the
Michigan chemists found little amiss.
l ho r ronch official Investigator tell a
dillurent story about wine from th
south of France. "Fuvhsino" is the
fashion now with the French wine
mukors. ll is a poison, but it give a
beautiful lint to Iho wino. Arsenic it
"""ally found in fuchai9 a it is man
I uluctured. But even if llieanilinu color
1 1 pure it causes albuminaria to men
i nnirrt'ile tit
M v,Ur.a
. v.ui.'i.'i'. torir otN-n acti'tii. xv.y. m
the Th-tima ol'aaieneo. Tlii eolorti.g
of wines wilh poison has been curried
m loan enormoiisextunt. Fortunate
ly I lie fraud is candy doltx-lnl. All
thut is needed is to add a little amnio
ma to the suspecled wino, soak a thread
ol white wool in the green mixture
thus obtuihed, and then lei a drop of
strong vinegar trickle down the wool.
If thero is no fuchsiiiu, as thu vinegar
advances thu wool become while; if
luchsino is present a roso color ap
pears.
Vie have faith hi mi k. however, al.
though in thu same publication from
which these fuels are gleaned llieru is
u story about a sample ot to talled
milk that was found to bo madu of
sheep's bruins. As yet the milkmen
of this country do nothing wurso iban
to add wuter which is not always
clean. In Amsterdam the milk deal-
ur patronizo a spring whoso waters
are charged with a yellow clay. Thut
sailed under the pine -tree flag, a w bilo I precaution to improvo tho color is not
flag bearing a given pine tree. The I needed in this city, wboro most people
flit Republican f g unfurled in the have becomo accustomed to a ! faint
eminent ota tea, blue. wiU a whauiblue tint, and might object to milk
crcscc-it in the tipper corner next to without it Perhaps we ought to ex- '
he staff, was tlesiged by CI. William I cept the portion of this city w here tho
ncaiiii uoaru lias labored with success
and tho consciences of the milkmen
Monltrio, ol Charleston, nt the rcmicst
of the Council of gaiety, nnd was hoist-
ea on me ion mentions ol Unit city in
September, 1775. Tbo flag displayed
on tho cnl bastion of Fort Sullivan,
niicrwuriis culled .Moultrie, on Juno 28,
1776, was tho snmo, with tho word
"Liberty" on it. On tho west bastion
waved the flag called tho "great union,"
first raised by Washington at Cam
bridge, Junuary 2, 177C. This con
sisted or Iho thirteen nllernnto red and
while stripes of the present flag of the
United States, with tho crosses of St.
George and St. Andrew ombluzoned on
the blue canton in placo of tho stars.
l uis ting was carried also by tho fleet
are graduated by tho hoight ot tho
luctometor. But the fear that Phila
delphia milk might havo bocn watered
Irom tho Schuylkill mado it quite as
doubtful a beverago to Centennial visi
tors as water itself. Tho only ones
who successfully avoided all thcso dif
ficulties wero thoso wbo, like camels,
and ono ol tho English rowing clubs,
carried their water supply on their '
travels. Xew York Tribune.
IS. YOUR XOTE GOOD!
A Boston Iflwrar n-n. rnllnd nn it
under command of Commodore Fsek ! short timo by a boy, who inquired if
sjupninw, wucii it sanen irom mo Del- no una any waste paper to sell. Tho
awaro tapes, lebruury 17, 1770. Hop.
auis tiau uispiayou previously a yellow
lawyer bail a crisp, keen way of ask-
ng questions, and is, moreover, a mc-
etisign, bearing tho devico of a ratllo-i tboilicol man. Sr. ntilli.iir nut. a lnr,
snake in the atlitudo of striking, wilh drawer, beexhibited hia stock of wnsto
the motto, "Don't Trend on Mo." The! paper.
official origin of the "grand union" flag "Will you give mo two shillings for
is involved in obscurity. At tho time; that?"
of iu adoption at Catnbriilgo, tho colo-i 'i ho boy looked al Iho paper doubt
nies still acknowledged tbo legal rights; ingly a moment, and offered fifteen
of tho mother-country, and therelnra' nonce.
There liltloneee waa sot the least or tbingl
Bet-mrd Infinite.
What was that faith? I could not
apeak truly and say it was the accept
ed dogma oi any ciiurcii. no could
no more be a mystygoguo than a dem
agogue, it be could not accept all
that waa written about the Saviour, he
fully sanctioned and truly lived up to
the code of morals which ChrlBt gave.
lie believed an honest man lo be the
best Christian. Uis plan of life was
to get all the knowledge ho could, and
nse it in doing all lb good ho could.
I bough Ins lilo may bare teemed l
ome rewrved, jot hi austerity waa
but the visor which concealed gener
ally, tomfemew, and trustfulness. He
aympiithir.etl with all men, and only
repelled tboae who wore exacting and
dishonest. Hi faith was in honest
Work ; it wa this that made hi home
a sacred snot, refined and beautiful.
ennobled by delightful Intimacies and
old-fashioned hospitality. It hr not a
new standard by wnicn be regulated
hia life. Labomrc tit wart, ia aa old
a the father ol the church. That he
mado Integrity bia religion, work his
onatin, and truth hi idolatry, ia only
repealing th wriitrn words of the
wise and good ol an age, tie wrought
Wit haatow bead', IU emrd ar rt,d,,
Ia lortllaeeo af parfasl deede.
To be kind to the widow and falhor-
lesi waa one ot it canon; and thia
man nover in bi profession would re
ward for aervinc them I To be faith-!
ful to hi public trust and thi man
hard lo bear." I'orsuoh human agony
there ia no compensation in the honors
and proferments of our life. Tho cur
runt ul domestic blisa which once flow
ed so calmly, reflecting the very heav
ens on its mirrored bosom, when thus
overshaddowed where is the adequate
return in ine piauoits and honor or
men? To wait and wish, and to hear
no nop, no voice of husband and father;
iiiu onien am wnicd directed. tunDort-
ed, and comforted, gone; gono; no ad
vent to giortiy tho gloom this is to
the overworn and wearied watcher
what mere mechanism of tongue or
pen cannot express, rxproaaion only
uenumus ine soul oi sucu griefs as
tnese. uur tears ireeze at the loun
tain, our sympathies die in tho at
tempt to express them.
History and oratory have bocn nent
in haranguing about the heroes of war.
Military gemua and renown have been
Ihemea ot encomium to quicken patri
oiism and endear privato virtues. In
the funeral orations over the dead
Greeks who fell in fight, Mara alone
received aHilhcosia. Wo have orations
ny ronclcs, Lyaiaa. and Plato nreserv-
cd In the crystal beauty of f httcydiilcs.
All the muses and graces do obeisance
to tbe solemn rapture ol the eloquent
hour when in graceful periods and im
perishable language tbo orator camo
lorth from tho monument, ascended
the tribunal, and. with panegvric bo-
yond tho reach ol modern art, display
ed Iho virtues of tbe dead. But these
eulogies were in nraiseonlv nl'nmrtiul
glory. Only onco do I recull the words
of an inspired Greek, forgetting for a
moment tuo custom oi the tune, ad
monishing tho peoplo "that tiih whole
ourth was Iho sepulchre of renowned
men," whether renowned lor honora
ble exertion in waror peace. It is tho
no vaunting tlory en the Biblo even:
Saul hussluin his thousands, but Da
id his tens ot thousands." Tbe hel
met, the plume, the spoar, the sword,
the onset these are tho themes of
of classic fuiiorul eloquence. Men are
prone to forget, what has been done by
the gifted and greut whose associations
were those of art literature, benevo
lence, and science. We seldom remem
ber long those whose live wore round
ed with the humility of good deeds and
gentle affection. Men rear monu
ments and arches to the captains oi
armies, rarely to tho leaders ot opinion.
Fow mound of green turf remain to
recall the great thoughts which lived
in mo heroic urea ol auch mon as
Plato, .Newton, St. Aavicr, Howard,
or Cobden. Monuments to mililnry
men overshadow thcso little hillocks
on whose breast tear fall, and over
whose dust blossom cluster. Rome
has ber arch to Titus, her column of
Trajan. The grave of Agamemnon
ha been found and glorified by a tier
nnin scholar ; and tbe exhumed Atridm
i moro honored by emperor and
king than the blind bard wbo sung
their praise along the Agcan.
But, thanks to a better civilization,
even tbe succesafu loess general to-day
mast nave aomeiuiiig more than the
brute instinct which led Pellisaior to
smoke the Kahylr in their rave. He
must have more than the engineering
skill of Todleben and Von Moltke. lie
must have that knowledge ol human
nature by which to rule men, not mere
It in the ranks, but in the Senate, In
the forum, and among the mamiee. He
ho lived, and for which rare trait he
was selected as tbe reporter to the Su
premo Court of Indiana. Ho believed
in settled principles of authority, bind
ing as firmly as the pagan gods wero
bound by Hit decree of lato. But whilo
ho loved law, be loved liberty. As a
Massachusetts scholar has said, "He
loved them together," and because.
like the nitrogen and oxygen of the
atmosphere, they gave vitality when
combined in proper proportions.
' To my mind ho doe not rato so
highly as tho lawyer, only becauso ho
waa more of the scholar and the states
man. Hit pre-eminenco in the last
ennractor came from bis constant prep
aration in the first, . Every speech of
hit was a study, a treatise. W hen ho
apnko on matters connected with tho
laws of wealth, trado, and currency,
bis lucid and cogent stylo was not
more remarkablo than hia abundant
information.
How waa this preparation made?
He seldom read workt of fiction or
frivolity. Tho weightier and more
solid authors wero to bi taste and
preference Jlo never read but, one or
two novels, and those in the last of bis
lilo. wcorgo Knot's Adam lledo at
tracted him bocanso it endeavored to
solve problems of social science He
seldom read poetry, save Homer 't Iliad
and Milton; though Shuktwpcnro was
always near Dim, nnd tho Utlilo Irc
quenlly consulted. In this respect be
was not nnliko Tristem Burgess, the
orator, of Rhode Island. Hu never in
tortangled tho rosea of poetry wilh tho
bearded grain of hit philosophy. Slill
he was a great reader of books. His
first act when bo came to bis homo
from tho office wus to take tip an un
finished hook, lie left a library of
twenty-nvo hundred volumes, each
bought ono by one, read, marked, and
digested.' Hi library is full of stand
ard works on political economy, to
which ho always added more, almost
until tho day of his death.
For a man apparently so uncongeni
al and cold, Ibu liberalities of his cul
ture, taste, and logio are rumatkuhlu.
Ho excluded no volume, however het
erodox or orthodox, from his library or
Ilis mind. Jefferson was his ideal ot a
statesman and Webster of nn orator ;
returned tbo blended crosses of St.
George nnd St. Andrew, changing only
he field of tho old ensign lor thu thir
teen atripes, emblematic of their union.
Alter thellecluralion of Independence.
Done !'' said the lawyer, and the
paper won quickly transferred to tbe
bag of tho boy, whoso eyes sparkled
as ho lifted tho weighty mass.
-not till it was safely stowed away
the emblems of British union beenmo did bo announce thai ho had no money,
inappropriate, but they wero retained "'o money I How do you expect
in the flag until tlio following year, lo buy paper without money ?"
Congress resolved, on Juno 14. 1777, Not prepared to stoto exactly his
"that tho flag of tho thirteen United : plan ol operations, tho boy mado no
oiiiien od iiiinccn sn ipes, niiertiaie n a j reply.
nnd white ; that tho union bo thirteen
stars, whilo in a blue field, represent
ing a now constellation." ApjMom'
A ihcricaii Cyiioptrilin.
cextexxiTl pt.vA'.y.
Many of tho tisitora ol the Centen
nial Exhibition wore exceed ingly care
ful not to drink wuter whilu staying
At Phifiidflnl.iA Ut, ,;..., -....
all over the United Slates of the tricks si-",t'(l ,tt,"J liltinS 11,0 bnK
that rairmounl water played with un-jlT ' o r , ,
accustomed drinkers. Vainly did the ' on ttiXaT ll"ner tlio little lellow re-,
physicians of Philadelphia of whom I lui nci, producing tho money, nn
thoro nro enough in a lew blocks of 1 """,1!CJ t"al " bad como to pay bis
Chestnut and Walnut streets to dose!
ho whole nulion assert the purity of i
Do you consider your noto good ?"
asked tho lawyer.
'Yes, sir."
"Very well ; if you say your not is
good, I'd just as eonn have it as the
money ; but if it isn't good I don't
want it,"
The boy oflirmed that ho considerd
it good ; whurenpon tho lawyer wroto
a nolo tor fifteen pence, which the boy
their city's beverage. Kven New
Yorkers, fresh from tho regions of low
reservoirs, nnd with tho lustu of tlio
nosloe yet in their mouths, found in the
Schuylkill fluid incompatible with true
inwardness. Or if they did not, they
thought they did, which in hydropho
bia amounts to the same thing. .Many
of them thercloro, warned by tbo end
experience of thoir friends, eschewed
anlnr an In .r..nlr t.u....., II.. rri
took ilistoad mixed' drinks of' sundry I cl,oic0 promise of God
n ,,, in I UOU UK, UUl W UClUCr
the general effect was better than tho
risk of tho hydrant is a question still
debated in many households.
The fact is that when tastes or cir
cumstances muko it needful to substi
tute somo other fluid for water as an
ovcrydny drink, thoro is henceforth al
'Well," said tho lawyer, "this is tho
first timo I over know a noto to be
taken up the day it was given. A boy
I lint will do that is entitled to noto and
monoy, too;" and, giving him both
sent him on bis way with a smiling
faco and a happy bcart.
The boy'e note represontod his hon
or. A boy wbo thus keeps his honor
bright, however poor he may bo in
worldly things, is an heir to an inheri
tance which no ricbus can buy tbe
Maiirikd Lire Good counsel Irom
a wile and mother I "I try to muko
myself and all around mo agreeable.
Il will not do to leave a man to him
self till he comes to you, to take no
pains to attract him, or to appear be
loro bim with a long face. It is not
piclures of both hang in his library.
His scrap-book was kept tor the "best
thoughts" of the fathers, as ho called
them. No ethical or partisan bias con
trolled his reason. on will see in his
library Kenan's Life of Jesns huddling
close to .Metosh s r.vidcncv ol Chl'is-
tianiiy ; Tyndull shake bauds with
1'aley ; Draper's Religion and Science
stands by tiucklos History ot Clviliza
lion ; Barne'a Notes keep company with
Tom Paine ; Jefferson and Mudison are
almost unbound with Hamilton and
Jay ; Henry C. Cary lie between Way
land and John Stuart Mill to bridge
the abyss botween five-trade and pro
tection. Friends and enemies wero
alike welcome to bi mind, and he
tested them all in tho crucible of his
reason.
Out of this abundant reading he was
enabled by bis method, his regularity
Anddioipline,toprokegenural thoughts
tor practical life. By bi masculine
understanding, steady perseverance,
and unwearied resolution ho rose above
illness, professional avocations, and tbe
local demands of hia constituency, to a
higher piano than most- statesmen.
wayt room for doubt as to what ia im- so,"""cu"' " J l"'nk, dear child, to
bibed. There is not much cheating in I Dc" - J nus.Dlna fat he .hall
nolid food, though a skillful restuura-lTT,? , t'r ""?.m0 D,oa9nru bu
teurwill sometimes palm off a veal cut-1 btt"J' .,, mnolu woman; but you
let without the bono as o turtle steak ?nn do ,wblt J00 likoi word
and there is always a degrco of unccr-1 , m ? at 11,0 rlKht ,ime wil1 not fail
tainty about sausages. But when fluid! " effect; what need havo you to
arc under consideration it is not safe I P"' l"? 'u"V"nS Vlrlu0 7 . "I he tour
to trust anybody except a blood relit-1 ! 0 "" '" ?'" T" an olrt bo"ki '
live. There aro no scruples in liouid i K0 a0" oroP ?.n ? b,,t tbttl on
measure,
American t
lighl
u There aro no scruples in liquid ! , 0 V',w ?roP " ? ut that on
isuro. A iwcnt number of The ' cluLck ,0' " dr"P of P'"n
rioia Chrmit throws a melancholy I "or hasband. fry to appear cheer
t upon Centennial fluids in panio j ,".ln"d TOnu'""1. your husband
ulor. The laboratory ol Michigan Uni
versity furnished tbo tests; the Ph.
C.'t were the testers. The arlich s wore
bought at random of oitlinary deulers.
It is quite distressing lo learn the fads
concerning ' Centennial Prize Coffee,
must be, a waa said of Wellington,! This eloment of persistency bulongcd
something more than a commissary or
clerk, lie must miiitaWr to peaceful
Slates; he must think like lightning,
and strike with ils vehemence and fa
tality for tranquil homes and human
happinesa in great crises ; he must
have ibe gentle amenitiea of culture
along wilh the hearlof the hero. Above
all, he must bavo inwoven like threads
of light Iho palriolio devotion which
see in his country' Aug a symbol of!
order ana unity ami in bia cour. ry a
civil glory hia highest hope and inspi
ration. The legends and Bongs, (lags
and horaldry, with Ibeir beast and
boastings, show through all time that
prowes In th encounter ot body with
j body i th barbaric yt nnivwraal end
to hi oalaral Iraita of character.
wa illustrated during his life.
It
II
wa illustrated in the chair in the
may we not have the promise of a
crown of everlasting life which I trust
in God he wear. Applause ou floor
snd galleries.
A rural lomal beauty alighted from
th stage coach the other day, when a
piece of ribbon detached itself from her
bonnet and fell into the bottom of tho
carriage. " Yott have left your bow
behind," aaid a lady pasonger. "No,
I ain't ; he's gone a fishing," innocently
replied the rustic. . . , .
' Therltjfiberriod F.lectloii Bet.
also labeled "Pure Java," and further
certifying thut any one pound package
is liable to contain an Older Ibr a set
of silver spoons. It was put under
microscope, pnloriscope, spectros'upe,
and acids and alkalies of still greater
scope. Hut not a particle of cafl'einu
could be extracted. Thero wore 22
per tent, of chiccory. Also some bitter
suiisliinre not recognized. Likewise
silicn, which is never present in coffee.
riirthormore, peas and oats. A pack
age oi -itoyai Java brought out simi
lar results; more chiccory in propor
tion to peas and oats, but slill no par
ticle of the coffto berry. We neglect
ed to say that each package of Hm al
Java borotho chance of being one thut
contained an order lor a clis k. It was
probably a clock with s very large es
capement. At the risk of somo monol
ony in tho analysis wo will pass on to
, u. u, "tiarrantcu rure trovoinnienl
Java. Ilreulhes thero a man with
soul so dead that pure government
would have no attraction for bim ?
nut No. 6 was compound ckiccnry,
carrots, and peas. Aguin "no caffeine"
ll is ever thus when pure government
is promised 7 Uld holies at the est
are said to bo strong in tho belief that
the tea that reaches them from thu
Atlantic port it unnaturally weaken
ed. It wat amoug the chief incentives
to the overland trado, that Chicago
Would get her tea direct; thut avoid
ing the suspicion that tho leave had
done duty in New York teapots, and
had been dried and repacked. We aro
sorry for it, but two of the samples ex
amined In Michigan will confirm tho
old ladies' notion, one containing 55
and the other 30 per cent of "sent
tea." Slill another samplo consisted
in part of foreign leave, with "stomatca
mostly on the under side," which must
havo been quite disgusting under the
microscope.
Equally abnormal wero some of the
stronger fluid. "Thrco Year Old Rye
W hisky," wo arc told, had a very pleas
ant odoi and slightly intringent. taste.
Tho chemist found that these agreea
ble qualities were communicated by
the extract of Tonka bean and tho oil
of bitter almond. "Pure Imported
Gin," wholesale price 13.75 per gallon,
wa found to be flurored with, in ad
dition to the oil of juniper, tho oil ol
cubob and turpentine. "Applebrandy
bad capsicum and acetic acid. "Pare
Old Bourbon," of a dark amber color,
was flavored with burned dried peach-
will bo so, and when you havo mado
mm nappy yon will becomo so, not in
appearance, but in reality. The skill
require 1 is not so great. iNolhing flat
ters a man so much as tho happiness
l oi ins wile ; ho is always proud ol him
self as the sourco of il. As soon as you
aro cheerful you will be lively and
alert, and every moment will afford
you un opportunity to let fall an agree
able word. Your education, which
gives yon an immenso advantage, will
greatly assist yon.
A carpentor who was always nroc-
nosticating evil to himself was one day
iijmui ,m, ,-ihi. oi a nve-siory ouiioing
upon which ruin hud fallen, and, being
slippery, hu lost his tooting, when ho
I exclaimed, "Just as 1 told you I"
i niching, however, nn iron spout, ho
kicked oil' bis shoes and regained a
Place of safely, when he thus delivered
himself: "1 kitow'd il ; there' a pair
of shoes gono I "
il ( -
Huh IT clear sky, a bright sun, and
a gen lie breeze, you can havo friend
in plenty; but let fortune frown and
the firmament bo overcast, and then
your friends will prove like tho string
nl a lute, of which you will tighten ten
before you will find one that will bear
tho stretch and keep the pitch.
A fourteen year old boy ba quit
learning to smoke, on reading the as
sertion of a physician, that It interfere ,
with the molecular changca co incident
with the development of the tissues
and makes the blood corpuscles oral
and irregular al the edge.
An organist played in another
church than his own recently, and was
complimented by the oigan-blowor for
tho proficiency shown in his voluntary.
"By tbo way," added tbe man wbo
manipulated the w ind apparatus; "I've
blown that voluntary before."
Of permanent joy there are none,
for they are but clouds. Tbe swilter
they move through tbe ky, the mors
follow after them ; and even the im
movable one are absorbed by the oth
er, and become smaller till they vanish.
"What I tbe chief use or bread?"
asked an examiner at a recent school
examination. "Thochiel use of bread,"
answered the urchin, apparently as
tonished at the simplicity of iho Inquiry,
"is to spread batter and jam on it."
A young doctor in a lady patient :
"You must take exercise for your
health." " All right," said she; "Ml
jump al the first offer." They wero
married in about n month.