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MclT Mil (ill & ITCH.
ATTOll X E VS-AT-LA W ,
(Irarliebl. Ia.
11 li-B.I ,u,in.Mir",np'l alti-n-ioil m. Office
on Ci-cond iticat. iu lh tklaannio bnlldini.
Jnnls.'IT
W. C. ARNOLD,
I, AW A COLLECTION OFFICE.
CUIlWKSfVIl.LB,
r2S rlrnitiald rinfi'.T, Prno'a. T5y
TUOM. H. Ul SKAT. UTSCS Ot'SlW.
MURRAY & GORDON,
TTOK N E Y 3 AT I. A W,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
p Offleo iD I'lf Op,Ta lluu.e, leoood Hnr.
:SII'74
FRANK FIELDING,
A T I O It N E Y - A r - I. A W ,
l iMi lleld. Pa.
Will atl.Di) tu all bu.iDB.a cnlruftnl tn him
()iouitl) and UitRUilljr. Dovl2'73
WILLIAM A. WALI.ACK.
ARRT f. WALtAl'B.
PA T1D I. K RKKi.
JOHN W. WIIIOLItT.
WALLACE &. KREBS,
(Huwt.i-.r. to Walluei' a t'mlain,)
ATTORXEVS-AT-LA W ,
ll-U'79 tlrartlem, Pa.
mstrs a. a'anAtLT. oasiei. w. a'cranr.
McENALLY & McCURDY,
AT luUNKYS-Al-KAW,
I It-arUf M, Pa.
-Tlnl tmiiiv liittjinlei, to prcitni'tlv wilhj
olit;. Ulllew 'u Swond it ret-1, Atture :he Kirvt
Nut it. mil tl.ink. Jnn:l;7
G. R. BARRETT,
A TTHtNi;Y AND tunNHKI.(ll AT LAW,
CLKAKFIKLU. VA.
Mivinir rei-iK'H". hi Julhi, hai rrmmed
he irActitic 'f ihf Uw Id hi li ofTir l Clot
I, I'a. Will attori'l th1 wmrlr. nt .IcftiTfin nd
K'k riuiittii when hjh cIiIIj rptxincd in runnerlUn
ar'h fNiit'-m oinn)n:'l. J:M:72
A. G. KRAMER,
A T T O II X K V - A T - I. A W .
Hrjl E-I.ilr aii.l Ct.ltei-tl. n Asm',
l.i:Altt-'il:l.i. PA..
Will .ri.rnll; atteuJ to all leal buiineia an
tru'tol t" lili1 carr.
TO-OBrt in Pn'' 0;.era II. . jml'H
WM, M. McCULLOUGH,
HI-tlHU: I' I'iiltNKY, I
I Icarllcld. Ha. I
rOffica in tlie Mmimio hailling. '.fpal j
buiiif.nruiHitly allt-n-lc(t tn. II. al onlnle honhl i
anl-.ll. J'"'"
A. W. WALTE RS,
A'lTOKNKY AT LAW.
Cleartirlit. Pa.
i..illi. In flr.ibnu'a Row. (leo-li
H.' W7 SMITH
ATTOIINRY-AT-LAW,
11:17.1 ( lrailleld. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
attdUney at law.
t Itotflrld. Pa.
f-fflfm ia Olil Wnirrn ll.'I'l hu'l-linar
fiTu.r f H.ooDd an-l Hark.t Sta. (oivil,nft.
ISRAEL TEST, .
ATTOHN K Y AT LAW,
CiearUcld. Pa.
ct-OBo. ia tba Court Houa.. . Jjrll.'B7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT La -V,
C Ira rile Id, Pa.
MrOfret oh Matket airvet vyy. Curt Houre,
Jan. 8, IH74.
" JOHN l7 CUTTLE,
ATTUBNEY AT LAW
.lid Ileal 1-iaUiw Ageutt Cleartleld. Pa,
Offtco od Third street, bat. Churn A Wain at.
jJHe9poctfally offer bli ierTtcain ikilirtK
in d buying laoda ia Clearfield and adjotaibg
leaotlta j and with aa axparienoa oi far twaoiv
cars aa aorvaTuT, flattara bimaoll that ha oao
raoier satlafaotloD. . ir co J'3:u,
J. BLAKE W ALTER8,
HEAL ESTATE liKOKEK,
Axil RRALCR la
Saw liO uiid liiimhor,
CLKAKFIKLIl, PA.
Olfif In Imbain'. K.iw. l:Si:71
J. J. LINGLE,
A T T O It X BT - AT - LA W,
1:U (l.roula, tlcarll. Id Co.. Pa. f.fd
J. 8. BARNHART,
A f'l'Mt N KY AT LAW,
lltlleloiitc. Ptu
Will prrlioe lu tltartlfld mid ll of thaCourtluf
:he Jtath Judicial iliairicu Ueal vilata buiinear
ttid vidlwtion ul fllaiin oihJc iM.aialitea. nl'TI
DR. W. A.- MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
IXTIIKHKIIUkl), I'A.
Will attend prolf.lnnal sail, promptly. ao10'7li
OR. T. J. BOYER,
F 1 1 Y s I C I A N AND sUKlihUS,
OCtce ou Market Htrvut. Clearfield. Pa.
iarufflca buara: I to 12 ft. in , and I to I . id
Hit E. M. SCUEUItEn,
llnMlKOPATIMC PIIYBIUIAN,
Oliov in raridt-iira on Murkot at.
April 14. 1H7J. ClfarllrMPa
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SUKGEON,
UAVINU loca'trd at Pannfl.ld, Pa., offarl bia
proleMional .arvle., to tbe pmpla of that
piacr and .urruaiidiiigeountrj. Aiiean. prumpuj
aliened to. at. 11 II.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIEL D,
Ut rWrtfeon of the tud lteg1ieBt,PtoniyTanla
Volamaara, toatnit raiarnad fr lb Amf,
offara bt profaaetonal aarviaaa utbaaiUtaDa
al Llearrialtl eoaoty.
S-HrireFatoBl call DrcmptU attendod la.
rtiVt oa deennd ureal, fnrtnarlyoeeopted by
DR. H.B. VAN VALZAH,
t l KAHf IKLI. PliNH'A.
01 TH E IX MASONIC ltni.DIXfi.
j!V Orbot buara- Fn.n II to I P. M.
May 1J, l7.
Dll JKFr ElisoN f-lTZ,
HOIIDI.AND, PA.
111 promptly atitbd all rail, la Ik. Unfit hi.
T..r..
D. M. DOHERTY,
fA-lllliNAIU.K HAKhKH A IIAIK MIKPl-KK
CLKAUFIKLIi, I'A.
Sh. p in ruoui formrrty norupicd by Naagla
Marktl .trial.
July II,
HAIiltY SXYDKIt.
(Pnrnnny with lw S. hul.r l
IIAhllKK AND MAINHRKCflKH.
Ph..p Markrt Ml., .ppnait. t'oarl llrat...
"njt.wl r.,r atfrrr .n.ttrtn.r. may IB, '75.
lalvt rj Ntiiblc.
TI'K ndraifad bfa kav. le lateral th.pab
Ha thai ha it now rJly prvpar to arcomlao
all ! lb. way.rfaraianini II. .m, Ho((ln
MdUa and llaraeaa, oa tha ahortM MM an
a nauoaahl. Una a. Rrlda oa Unit atiMI,
1 hW and frank.
, 4IK0. W. OKA II HART.
CL
VOL 51-WIIOLE NO.
(fa ids.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitloe of tbe Pewcv and Simmer,
rurweiiavflle, Pal.
ltjL.CollflflUoM made mid nmney yrnmytly.
paid oror.
RICHARD HUGHES,
a ri'lt-
OrraUtr Totrmhtp,
Oicol Willi P. 0.
II dflii-ial ruclnei entroMrd tt him wi'l bo
prompIlT Itf"d-1 t... irrliiy. "Tfi.
OtfO. ALBKHT UI'SHV Al HKKT AI.IimT
W. ALBERT &. BROS.,
MttntitnoTuriTi A citvtii'ivi' Ifiilpriili
Sawed Lumbor, Square Timber, Ac,
wguulanj, pknn a.
4T Order wilictted. UM HUrd on ihurt twin
and rtnional Ic tcruiF.
Mirer WnodUbd 1. Clwrfi. Id Co., P ;
3i.t j W ".LliKUT A 11KOH.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEHCUA.NT.
'rclirhtille. I liurlirli! 'milt). Pa
K.ei. ouin"lnutly on hanj a full i,,.ortmrnt uf
Dry lionii., Ilardwure, OTm-rric-, .i.J .mr.vtMnir
o.uallv k"PI in a retail nl'Tf, wliirb will be
V..i,.ui. i..,.. j? ihiir.i.
- -
THOMAS H . F O R C E E ,
paai.aa ia , .
tiKSKKAL M MM 'II AMUSK
CHAllAitiTtiN. I'a.
..i,l.. nuniilaoluriTonddcAltrlnCciuan-
TimbM and Sawid LumWn.l all kind..
f-Ordi!r aoliritrd i"l all l.illa .f.n..nj
lillrj. IjIl73
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
( Iraitlrld, Pemi'a.
L Will rx.otr Jol.p In hi. line )r.li.lt and
iu a workmanlike inannfr.
t4.7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKKR,
KF.AR t l.EAItFIEI.il. PEX.X'A. '
Jl'nnips alwny. on l.nnd and made In i.rder
nn .hurl noli,... Piiii". biin-l n rra.i'nitt'l. trrraa
All work warrant.il I" miliar aalinactlon. and
dalinmd if doired. n. vi.:l) i.i
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
and inantilAcriiran of
All. KIMK III' HAW I II If Mil IK.
till CI.KtliKllCI.H. PKNS A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealrr in
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
HIIINtll-KH, LATH. A PK'KBTH,
MH'7.1 Cl.arllrld, Pa,
WILLIAM
or ?hc Pa.i
M. IIK.N'KY, JuHrirn
acm ahi cltIvt1Kt, LliMHKH
tUTV. Collei'tioiii Mitdtf and Ul'inev pruuiotlj
tin id over. Arliclea of a,'ciii(tiil ant dt-eiln oi
neranee oe.it ly ateaate-l nn I warrantrd rut
reot ir bo ohria. ' I-.iy7
JAM ICS 11 1 T 'II ELL,
DKALaH ta
Square Timber & Tinilu r Ltmds,
J.1T7J Cl.F.AHFIKl.n, PA.
JAMES H. LY T LE,
In Kramr'a llulldlnp, t Icaifirld. I'a.
Diml.r to Oroortk'r, PruviHon, VrgctjtMel,
Proit, Fl"tir, F..d, rlc, flc.
aprH'76-lf
WARREN THORN,
HOOT AND snOE MAKER,
Market ft., t'U'aillelil, Pa.
In lh. alion Int.ly orcupi.d by Fr.iik Sbxrl,
on. dour wr.t uf Allib!in llbu'e.
ASHLEY THORN,
AltCUITKCT, COXTItACIOR ai.d UI'lLbKR
Plana and ?trclnatiti. TurnlKhfi l f.ir all kml,
.r building-. All work Brat rln... Stair boil I
in. a ,riHilliy.
P. 0 addr.il, Cloarl. Id, Pa. jan.17 77tt.
R. M. NEIMAN,., ,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Kumliarger, Clearllt'lil Co., Pa. ( '( '
Karpa on hand all kind of llnl n,'t. S'idilHM
Bridlfi., and llofan FurnUhin (Jnod. lle alnnj(
pruutptiy atlraili'U la. 1
Itauibaigir, Ja. Ill, 1377-tf. . ,
JOHN A. STADI.EIV ' ' .
-tlAKKH, Mm kit Sl Cliailtlil, r..
Frc.b Llrrfld. I'.u.k, I'.ijlla, I'i.i aud Cnke
on hand or made to ordr-r. A iir-nyr.! a.rortuit'nt
of Contaotionarl., 1 tuiia and Nat, In tNik.-
Ira I'rfalD and Oyrlan it, .r.fon. bal(Hn Biarly
upiiofltla iba I'naiofliof. 1'iicra a.od, ral. , .
Mnrrh l(l-'7. ' ' '
J. U. M'MUKUAY
Wlt.l, BI'PI I.Y Vol- WITH ANY AKTKM.K
OF MKItlilAXIUSK AT 'I NK VKKV LOW KriT
PKICK. t'O.MB AND 8KH. i:57.1j:
YI AHIH.K AM) ctom: aki.
Ill Mm. He r. I.,
tiuvina ftf,AtA la tho Martd hualm e. ii-aii
u latum hr trteodi aad thv fiublin thai aba bae
now and will kmmi ounatanil) uu bad a larpte anil
ell eclwted Itoh ul L1A1.1A. A .Ml aILMUA 1
MAKltl.K, and l rpmrt-il tu lurttinti iu m-inr
TUMIitSTUNKH. HOX AMI CIIAhl.E 'loMI'fr
MONlMbN'lN Aa.
f,Vard ub Uevd trenl, mai the R. U I'i.u.
U'lvttrticiri, r. Jt i.to
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE,
At tha tad ol tha nt'W br,dicP( '
. WEST rl.FAIiriM.il, PA.'' ' ''
Tt.. pri.nrl.tor of tbif ..tabll.tioii at all! buy
hp Honor, dlr.fi, frnra di3ti!lera. P.rll.a hat int
Iron tbta bouoa will ba aura to n1' a pura am.i.
at a amall narffm ahoi. port. Hold iwirtrt osa
ba furm.hed wilb lionorf on r,'S .nabla Irrtu..
I'or. winei and branitl.a dtrrat trum Fralay'f
Vln.ry, at Bath, M.w York.
IIEOltilU N, COLVt'XN..
Clrarlald, Jan. Id, Isii tf.
S. I. 8NYDE R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
Ann pc.ii.rN is
Watches, Clocks und Jewelry,
uVwtwai'a Aoa, JtVirf StrtH, ,
rt.BAHPII'.l.l), PA.
All kind, of rtpalrlng In aiy liur pn.tnptly at-
nd.d to. April 2S, 171.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market street. t'laatrl.H. I'a .
tAarrAcTtmaa asp DRAi.ta is
HARNESS, F.tHlH.BS, lllllM.lV COLLARS,
and all hindi or
uottfS ri'Hsisuixo coons. .
A full ttnoh of Saddlara' llardwar., Ilrdrha",
'oBtba, Rlanhol., RoHpi, ,.., aUa.i a nn h.nd
.nd for aa'a at th. hiwr'trarn pria,-.. All kind.
of rrpinna prxinptly ai,dpd lih '
All klhda ! 1, dr. Inh.n in rna- ff. Ir nar
,itaj and rfpalil'i All kind, nl bnrii,.. I. nlhl-r
.pt naml. ana w, a.,, al a .man p.ni,..
1'l.arll.ld. Jan. Id, s76
JOHN H. FULFORD,
Ol SKHAL MSVKASCK MUST,
l.artttld, Pean'a.
Rrprptnia all lh H-ndlif Fir. Isaomnoi
ampaniv. of tha osuntry I
One., 1 i,i.".i no
Koyal Cauadiall .'".'"'
loaia, hVw York ,.,.,..... I.T4.1I4
.looming. Muney, Pa . a,V . 4.,3
Franklin, Ph, lad' I.Ws,S;,l,
I'hwaia. Ilarllord I,s?,
!.., Naw Vorh l,4!.Sa
loa, l'.,l , O... ' a.' i
III... Haili Td AOS.llll
ProaldaisM, Wahln(tl... IID.llW
PVraaaa aboM .fpallaa aa laitranek a amp-
t al any hind, abowld aU aa rar afiaa.
Haftat aira, ipoait. to. Uo.n Hanaa, aaa aa
f IIM of eaaipaAM sod raiM awnr inmring.
JOHN B FILFORll,
CNwrSaM, P, Ool H.Th-ly
EARFI
'2,503.
A BOHEMIAN MAIO't KISS tONQ.
I m him throuflt tt4 window ,
'Itinsi w t.Miin wh In i'j(lH
Tmi)- ftrBlinjt down tht f ndi'D,
due lmlin. uuiwnr nlgtit.
He tup rd tir.n fh window ;
(livr me k kiM.M he tniil j
Ard truigt twi.y 1 wat bidden,
Like a litil mo ue, in brd.
(.'tie fye fttti.Tt (he bed clothe I
WhihH mi .virrii
Hut the other bt uwt'd iwii lu.-kjr
lie wt uL lltwifi to pcrp !
lv eolled n(jin, enjjfr
A llit' ilnr lor rlmg lro(,k$,
Or the b- Oml In the lili.
For the guldta buney looks !
The filrneo of my ehiioibor .
ll a'mott niHtto me trt
Yvr tMhivr ltn re hit re Ted m
Itul tti I'rnlinjt ot my bemrt I
He koorked ml olli-d. and culled ne.
And lili voter. o rirar and iwcot.
It rnitetl wv the bd eltti
And ati-od utu i' M. feet !
It ilrew tne tn the wirnlnw i
" lie Hiti'l hp g ne," l hough t
I rst I ted itio window lortlv,
Anu, '-i'it g out, vii caught I -
Ua caimht and ahowcrcd ailh kiff ;
J In muii) did hr t
A ii ai lay h'uhri,
Fur I am hiu'hinn vet I
'if. . M.rfl-ir-'i, in Setilutr'a jtinm I m,
SI'JICIA Vl.h. UF riu: llE.i VHSS.
I hail cifftiKitiii, n fjw wi'fka Bimi". to
l:iku the curly tniiii from I'roviilfiiff
1 1" liuMmi ;, uml for this iii-w roKu
lit two urlnt'k hi Ihu iniiniiiig. r.vpry
I iliini; iirimud wu wrniipt'il in tlitrk
nchH mid liiihhcd ill ik'ii(.-i3, broktn
only by tt llut SWIlll'll at tllllt hulir Oil
, uilt'Ul'lllly clunk Ulld TUhh of tbo tl'uill
It ttus a mild, MTt'iiu iiiiilsiiiiiniur't,
ninlit ; the fky wn without u cloud
I ho wind wit low. Tim moon, thin In
iho In-l fuititnr, bud just rinen, and
(lie Hiiih shimu iiii a Nicclml luntic
hut lilt iillitltd by her irt'i,c'iict) ; J )
iilrr, to biiiim lnli, uus lliu buruld
ot Ihti (lit ' ; tho rli'iniit'H, jhhI nfiovt1
thv horixoi,, xht'd thttlr Hwrul influence
in the mill ; Lyro Hiniklt)d nt-iir the
Ziliilh; AndioiiH'du Viilrd her newly
tlini'ovi'i'fil Mlorii't, from tht1 nuked eye
in the Miiith; the ntettdy I'ninlein, lur
lieneutli lheiole, iooketl ineeklr lip
Iriilii the I 1 1 1 1 1 - of the iiorlli to their
soveri'ijxn.
Sm li was tho gltiriiina spectnele an I
entered the train. Aa wo prmved
ed l!iu tin, id niti.m l. ,l twilight 'o
tunio morn ,eieeitilile j thu iiiIuiinu
hllio ul the xkv blflllll to Wiftell, the
"nuiller slurs, bite til I f u ihildivn, went
ftrt to rext ; tho sinter beam ol the
I'leiiules soon luellud tOL'i-lliur : but tbe
bright eoiiKlellutioiix of the West and
the North n muiiied lint hunted. Sti ud
ily the uomiroiih tittiiftiiiriitioii teent
on. tlitmlKol uiil'i Is linlileii lioni nioi'-
tnl eyes nliiltetl the seeiiery of the
henvetta; the nlories of night dinstilvcd
into thu clones of t'lo duwti. The
blue sky now turned more softly irruv ;
tlio Ljreiil uuteli-KtHin shut up their
holy eyen ; tlie 1'jist Ik'l;uii to kimlle.
I'liint ctrt'itks of ptirplu soon blushed
ulonc the skv, the wliolo celesltul con-
leave wits rilled Willi tlio inflowing tides
I of tho niorninir liixht, vt bit h tame
iii'oiii ubovo Iu one u'tit ocetin of ritUi.
itiife: till tit li iiylh, as wo reiii hed tbe
llluo Hills, a fulfil of purple lire blazed
out Irom uhovo thu horixon, and turn
ed the dewy teardrops nt (lower nnd
buf into rubies and diamonds. In a
lew second tho everlasting fntea ol
the morning were thrown wide open,
ii 1 1 il I lie lord ot chiy, jirrnyed in glunus
too stvcre fur thu gitzu of man, begun
his course. . , , , .
I do not wonder at tho superstition
of the ancient Mugiuus, who in tho
inoruiiifr ot thu world wont up to the
bill tops of Ceiitrul Asia, and ignorant
of the true (iod.udored thu most glori
ous work of his tmud. lint I um tilled
with uiiiiizeiuciit, when 1 am told that
in this i-iili(,'htt!iieJ tij;e, and in the
In u ll of the CTiii-tij.li world, there lire
pc ii ii i s who tun witness this daily
iiuiiiil'i'-liiliini of tlie power and wisdom
ol the Creator, and yet wty in lliuir
hearts, "There is no liod." Kditard
lurn lt, at Hit JinviguMtinn of the JJuJ
li i Mrvmtiiiful Vbscnatiiry. . ,
I i ..SlCUriA'S GIBRALTAR. ,
I The lieiiilrmartei's of the Servian
army It 'thus deseiihed: Xisch, tho
Nisf-a-of the Rummis, wusonee a splen
did ( iiy. nnd Was the hirlhpliieo ol thu
Enipeior Constuiitiiio the (iivnt, who
iidornnd it with initnillteiit pulitees
and other iiliblic wotks. It was still
limber en bellislied by tlio Emperor
Trajan, who built the fumous bridge
over the Huuiibe near tlio "I ron (Jules."
Not one stone of all these splendid con
structions remains to tell iho story of
the mugiiifli eiiee of tbe Homun empire
in this now hulf wild Country! Thv
111 ill re's sito w us even a disjiuled point
until in no yroi m iio, w Inn an exiruor
diiuiry low stii'ti ol water in the Dan
ube reveulid the foundations of the
piers lliilt once supported thu massive
arches of that splendid si mil urn. TLo
majority ol persons in Anurlcu hum
not stopped hi recall the fuel thai these
semi barbarous provinces in Eiuopuun
I'urkey onru forined a prineipul part
ot tin) i'uiitic anil highly ciillivated
umpires ul' lireeeo und lJuine, Xib,
or Nissii, was a populous and splendid
eily when London Wus a wilderness.
Today it is n wretched Turkish town,
posstwiiij; tiofeitliiresol interest, arch
iteetnriilly speak liir, with a rambling
old liirtress Wbddi oes its origin to
dhu early days f tho lioman empire.
As the spectator recalls all these
chunk's of lime, he cnti almost imagine
a ftriin smilo of contenijit from tbe
Hi oini sof these old iiioimtuiiis ns they
look down upon the throngs of men
who tn.dny are ciijjngcd In tlio same
diama which these old warriors of tbe
frontier havo So often witnessed in the
pust. Who knows but tlio present
simple may end in tho formation of
a strong Sclavonic elniiiro that shall
ont o nioru restore this land to the t ill,
tivutinn and power It enjoyed 1,500
years ngn.
"My son," said a pious father nut nn
rSntith Hill to his boptdid son ; "yon
did not saw any wood lor tbe kitchen
stove yesterday as 1 told yon to, yon
left the back uati' open and' let the cow
(jet tail, yoii nit4ill eifibleen ttTt IVorrr
tht) rlotues-liue to nnike a lasso. Von
stoiiird Mr, Jlobinson's 'pet rtox and
lamed it, yon put a Imld hIk-II turtle In
tho hind lull's bed, yon tied n stmne
dni to Mr. Jafohscti'a tbsir bell, paint
ed red and urm-n stripes on the leirs of
id Mrs. folaliy s white Hiny,atid htinji;
your sisters bustle out in tho front
window. Now, whalani I what can
1 do to you for such conduct T '
' Am all the counties heard from 7 "
itskrd tho fnrididiile.
I'he liilher replied sternlv t " No
trifling, air; so, I hare yet several re.
H)ils to ns-uive from others of the
iieijtbbors." .
riirn," replieil tlio hot", "yrm Will
not be lusiifled in roceeilin:tnetnme
ineaaurva nidi) tin offlcial count's in."
8hnrtl7 alterwsrd tlie vlet-tlnr) was
rtiMWri'lfltnlbe riuuse, and before bslf
the rotoa were csnvasaed it'wa ei-
dent, from tbe) poenbar Intonation ot
applause, that tbe boy waa badly beat-
n Biirlnujtnn Hnvkaif.
ELD illl
CLEARFIELD,
EDUCATIONAL.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF TI1K Hist AND
l'nooiiE.s or Tilt schools or clear-
riKLD COl'NTY, PA.
Tho following address was delivered
at tho recent session of the Clearfield
County Teachers' Institute, by Dr.
A. T. Schryver, one ol tho oldest edu
cators in tho county
Ladiks and Ufnti.emfn: By re
quest of our worthy Superintendent,
J. A. Gregory, 1 appear before you, nt
this lime, to give a brief history of tho
schools oi Cleiii lii'lil county during the
lust half century. As 1 am not a cen
tenarian, 1 cannot, in this Centennial
year, o buck ono hundred years.
Fifty years ago I t amo to this coun
ty with the intention of making teach
ing my profession. Tho county was
new and sparsely settled. Tho school
bouses, "like angel's visits, few and litr
between." Only lour school houses
wcro in tho county that were built for
that purpose, and they wore poor log
cabins with but little light and poor
tcacliors. One was located in Cur
wensville, ono on the Grampian Hills,
one near llloomingtnn, and ono near
Amos Heed s. Children bad to go two
or three miles to school. Jlooks were
few. Webster's spellers, tho Testa
ment, Pilgrims Progress, History ol
Witshini'ton or lleiiiumin franklin,
quill pens, and lools-cup paper, consti
tuted the pnpila outfit; and H ho ad
vancod to the rule of throe, ar tractions
tn arithmetic, he was counted a very
good scholar; grammar, geography,
history, algebra, astronomy, or muxie.
Were hardly thought of. Theteachei
had tn make and mend quill pens for
ull writers and set tbem copies, and
Uonrd around with the scholars.
A description of one house will do
for tho majority during tho first tun
years, vus: A log cabin sixteen by
twenty, seven feet in tbo ceilinir, daub
ed with mud inside and out; a mud
and slick chimney on the north end ;
four liirht window of ciirht bv ten
glass on tbo east, a six or nine light
window on thu south, mid a loi lilt
out on tho west with ono pane of glass
along and sometimes an oiled paper to
admit light; holes bored in the lugs
and pins drovu in on w hich to uuil a
long hoard lor a writing table; and
slabs with legs in for scuts. Such were
the ''.Seminaries' ot learning where
many ot our present wealthy and good
itnceiis received their primary educa
tion.
Almost any sti porauuuted ci ipiilo who
waa fit lor nolhinif else provided hu
could make a pen, write a lair hand.
read tolerably well, cypher to tho rule
f three, and ted what 4'i lbs. of beef
would amount to at 3 and i cents ner
pound was ifood enough tor a master.
On Christ mas and Xow Yeur's day the
ooys would get up nn article about
like this: ".Master, wo want a treat:
two pounds candy, two pounds rasins.
inreu uozon ginger-caaes, two quarts
whisky, and two bushels of abides.
1 'lease siun your namo." If the mas
ter signed it, it was all right; if not,
it was a free fight or bo barred out un
til after Now Year's day was past.
Sometimes tbo teachers liked the fun
und whisky, und would make tho schol
ars drunk with black strap, or sweet
ened whisky, not forgetting tn appro
priate a full share to himself In those
days spelling was the hobby of pupils,
and I mast give credit to the young
men and ladies of that time for boing
as good, if not better, spellers than the
majority of pupils of tlio present day,
and would rank number ono in any
school for spelling. It was a common
practice in winter for the young pen
jilo of Curwensvillu, Cleurfield, Bloom
niton, and Clearfield llridgo, to meet
oneo in two weeks at Amos Reed's
school houso and havo a good jolly
time spelling and singing. The dic
tionary was used for a speller. Teach-
ing was not then a profession anil, of i
couree. touchers woru vorv deficient i
many brunches. A the population
anu wcuiin oi the county increased
there was a tall for belter houses and
better teachers.
Fifty yenra ngo there was no school
houso in this plueo, (Old Town) which
consisted of about eight dwelling
houses, and only six or eight dwellings
in uurwonsvnie. I hero was then onlv
ono church building in tho county,
near Thus. McClure's, two miles abovo
Ciirwcnsvillo, which timo has oblitera
ted ; and two stores, two or ihreo ho
tels, tbreo or four flour-mills, and sec
ern! saw-mills. Tho Catholic church
iu Clearfield was built about filly years
ago; tho brick building, called the
Academy, about forty -eight yeurs ago
and about tbo eamu timo the first
court-house was finished, Hubert Col
lins was the architect.
Tbo first school I tanirht in this
plueo, wus in tbo jury riHim of tbo
court houso. IV o bad long seats with
out Lacks, and a tublelo writeon. The
second term was in a small loir cabin
on the west side of the river, opposite
tho stone prison, and when the Acade
my was finished I tauuht one term of
tbreo months in hat, and several terms
in Curwensville and on tho Grampian
Hills, I introduced Into thu schools,
tn addition to such books as wore used,
Murray's English reader and introduc
tion, Murra 'a and Kirkhum's gram
mars, Smith's geography, and Hose's
arithmetic. Many ol the prominent
ciliEuns of Clearfield, Curwcnsvillo and
tlio Grampian Hills, received their
first lessons in arithmetic, grammar
nun geography under my supervision.
I now come down to 1851, tho lime
me present school system was adopted
and county Superintendents elected
Thero waa quito a difference ot opinion
among school directors in regard to
me salary and duties ol the Buiier in
teiidents. Sumo were opposed to the
office at all, and thought the pay came
in tax directly from the people ; others,
that had considerable taxable property
and no children to send, made an elTort
to put the salary so low that no one
,1 ..t .n.
nuuiu accept mo omcepuiling It as
low aa fitly dollars. They finally agreed
upon two Dunurwi miliars; and now
eoines the work to be done for thai
small sum, 1200. Teachers wero to be
examined tor one hundred and nine-
leen schools ; each school to be visited
in the schisiliurm of four months; and
a report made to the State Superin
tendent. It was the duty of tho coun
ty Superintendent, in his school visita
tion, to inquire into all matlursarTeeting
the character and ururalions of schools,
via: nciioni nouses, their location,
play -grounds, shade-trees, out houses,
distance water was brought, tho near
est dwelling house, materials and gon
ers I plan ul the school houses; dimen
sions, height of ceiling, modo uf beat
ing, ventilation, light, Ac school lur
nitiiro, desks, seals, black-boards, map,
globes and other school aparatus, and
general conditio! and repair of the
whole; grade of schools, whole number
and average number of male and fo
male in attendance; numborof classes,
branches taught, books used la eoveb
school; punlsbmont, (corporeal or oth
erwise) degree of advancement, order
cu.
.l.lM.l.a,
PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1877.
and attendance teacher's age, birth
placo, whoro educated, time of teadi
ing and bis general ubility to teach
and govern ; antl lastly, (miscellane
ous) number of visitors, examinations,
visits ot directotH and parents, tbe
leading characteristics of tho adjacent
county, (agriculture, niaiiuluctiiring,
mining ami lumbering) rich or poor
vulley, hilly or tiioiiniainous region,
whetherdunsi'ly or sparsely settlud.und
the prevalent public sentiment with
regard ta odiicalion nnd tlio school
system. School houses ivcro arranged
into threo classes: 1st. good ; 2d, mid
dling; 3d, bad. i The first included
those adapted tin' purposo or grudo
for which they iveiii intended; 2d,
poor, but may bo improved so as to
answer for want of better; 3d, those
unfit in every rcsptyt to leach in. Afe
ol louehuro under IV Dumber tmm 17
to 21, from 2S lo 30, bum 30 to 10 und
50 und upwards, and thsir birth place;
their experience in teaching and num
ber of terms tiinghl.
Tbe number of districts, in l-SSfi, wus
25; number ot schools, 111; mule
teuebers, 83; femulu liaebers, 31. Av
orugo salary ol mules, JJ4 ; tenia les,
120. Nil in her of inulo pupils, 2,370 ;
lemules 1,823; leaning gernian, 111.
Avuritgu number attending school,
3 503; cost ol tuition per month, US
cents. School houses were built near
the roadsidu or X roads; nn play
grounds, shinlu trees, or out biiililiriirs ;
dimension ot houses, llixISitnd 24x20 ;
water brought from 10 to 40 perches;
furniture, none worthy of lliu namo;
bluek boards, 2.3 leel ; bud Seats and
desks, loo high or too low ; no maps,
charts or globes to demonstrate the
pupils studies; no t arrangement tiir
bats and bouuuls ; no uinlormity ol
books, und many poor teachers. Di
rectors uud pureiits seldom vinitcd the
school. In one school I foil ml fifteen
different kind of bisiks. and ono parent
said, "Muster, push my boy ahead ; he
don't know substruction from addi
tion." "Very well," said the teacher,
"send him to school." The tally pa
pers, or report, showeil that tho boy
iiad been three, hull days in school ;
and il is oxpuelud that the tuaeher will
rnauogoousciioiursoutol each attend-
ant, or lie is not hi to teach.
nuer i ne pio'ue c.viii.i.iuuoiis oi
lnn-1 and luru, the teacliers were sttidi-
im aim progressive, anu nnprovcti Leonard l.rudcd School " will super
fromfjOto 10J per ten L Knur -fifths I e,e the necessity ot Academic and
ot tlio teuchcin hud not read any pen-
...li..,,l ...I ..I !,..!,.. .... ,!...!
v.,,. ,, iinn uiiiiiioi "j,,n vi, iiiu
theory and prac.iee of leaching. In Cough for the poorest andgoodonough
my visitations, 1 gave such advice to tr lnu richest' being free and open to
pupils, teachers and directors, as Iu. Those persona who bad no chil
thought most beneficial, und urged lho,drcn to send 10 school and opposed thu
teachers to areater diligence in study, h..u , in, mi,l. Lovoi nomn in thu
anu tu organic imsu n niisuuiies iori
mutual improvement unit the public
good. To give a description ot each
district, the number of pupils anil their
progress, would take up too much time,
und 1 will report bul two, vii ; Cleur
tiuld borough and Curw ensvillu. Clear
field hud two school 3H mule and 47
female scholars ; Avernire attendance,
43, nil wboilt DO lir,rt. (How. ..oft I
pupils learn with such allundance ?
Thu teachers wcro competent, and I
think did their duly.) In Writing, 5(1;
Arithmetic. 20 ; (icogruphv, 12 ; (irum
mar, 4. HiHiks used Cobb's Spellers,
Town's Derlnor, Kirkhnm's tirummar,
Sander's Kuaduis, Davie's Arithmetic,
Mitchell's Geography. Progress, got id;
and a good brick school house. Cur
wcnsviile hud two schools ; a poor
houso, but good teachers ; bonks uni
form, and plenty of black-board sur
face ; mnlu pupils, 45 ; female, 411 ;
n ii in her in Writing, 50; Arithmetic.,
32 ; Geography, 22 ; Grammar, 15 ; Al
gebra and History, 10: Philosophy, 15 ;
Physiology, 7. An exhibition nt tlio
close of the term gave general satisfac
tion, and wits a credit lo teuebers and
pupils,
In some districts the parent opposed
Grummar and Geography, ns they do
now ajuiitul Arithmetic, and would
""W r'.1" u,m . i'
their children al home half the time.
1 held public examinations in nearly
every district, so as to give parents
und dirci'lors an oppoilunity of lajing
present to ascuriuni the character and
tpiulitieutioii oflliose who wore to edu
cate their children. 1 wus under the
necessity of giving a few certificates
with Grammar and Geography erased.
Six male and six feinnle teachers hail
Slulu cerlitieales, nnd one hundred hud
lemporuy cerliticutes tor ono year.
Sixty gave sulisluclion, thirty-live were
middling, and fifteen were unfit to
tcueh. 'I'he birlb-pliK-o of eighty-two
was in Pennsylvania, eleven in New
Yolk, two in Virginia, two in Ohio,
two in Murylitiul, five in Vermont,
lire,i in Ireland, three in Kngluuil, one
iu Germany, und one in Seotliind.
The huiutn,'rot school houses in 185C
wus 125 ; estimated valuation, ? 31,250.
Forty of these bouses were very good,
with plenty ol light; but poor furniture;
Ibrly-live could be improved so as to
answer the purpose culling-, Irom
seven to eight feet. Thu remaining
Unity were not IU lor tbe purposo ul
icuciiing in ; ceilings seven leel, unit
windows four to ni no Helils of eluss ;
Beats and desks ninviible, too high or
loo low, antl in every way Inconvenient
no maps, charts, or gifbos, aud black
boards so diminutive us lo bo of no
practical utility.
There wero 3,021 taxable iu 185(1.
Tho wholu valuation i,l seated and un
seated property, with money nt inter
est, wasl,580.476; sevenleuii taverns;
sixty-five men hauls; eight si earn saw
mills; cighl flouring mills; g wool
carding machines, und three louiidries.
Every one living in the dimity ia ac
quainted with its cereal productions,
lumbering und mining interests, and il
is not necessary for mu to repeat them.
The first County Institiito was or
ganiacd In September, ln,r,n. Tb
teacliers met iu tbo Fowii llallulClear
field. The first day, tight teachers
only Were in attendant o, IbiVo scIhkiI
directors, but not a single citiren of tlie
town, and but teu visitors out of town.
Second day, attendance better and
ono teacher came in with large num.
berof her pupils. Third duv, organised
and appointed oflleers for the year, and
adjourned lo meet in December. Dis
trict Institutes were established . In
many places, to meet on alternate Sat
urdays for self or mutuul improvement,
and were kept up with good results
during the winter term
In three years, 1 examined and re
examined two hundred and fifty appli
cants ; trave two hundred and thirty
provisional certificates and twenty-one
irvrinaiiunt ones ; summon two, and re
jected loh. M r. Still.lhu second County
hllKirilitenJent, waa elected with the
undernlaildinir that be wus lo hold a
Cou.,iy Institute, or Normal School, of!
eight weeks, Tor thu Duiient or teachers.
An invitation to teachers and others
was givun in due timo, and tbey met
in Curwensvillu. With the aid ul Pro
fesser Ailen, the achmil robtioued two
weeks. When Mr. Allen loft the eda-
cational spark waa exlinot, Tha wt
oud year waa more successful eaght
weeks of subool, and thirty threw in
attendance. J. Broomall, tbt third
REPUBLICAN.
County Superintendent, urged the ne
cessity and utility of Normal Schools;
but the teachers, it sooms, did not re
spond to tho cull, although there were
some live and progressive ones, while
others seemed to study bow much
money thoy could got" for the least
amount ot knowledge given to tho pu
pils. Mr. Still's salary was ii00 ; Mr.
llroomall's, about ftiMO.
In many places the teachers all re
ceived the sumo salary, without regard
to qualifications ; but that timo has
gone by, and at the present time tliey
are paid according to tho grade of com tl
cato and ability to teach and govern,
without regard to sex, which is all
right. Thosecalled second-class teach
ers a few years ago could not obtain a
school now without keeping pace with
tho progressive teachers. The pupils
nt to-day, who nro li nnd 14 years nf
uge, have as much nr more book knowl
edge, than many of tho teacliers had
ten years ago. In my first visits
through the county, not over ton pupils
had gone through any Arithmetic. In
1H")7, tho increased number who had
gone through Hose's, Davie's, orGrecn
leaf's Arithmetic was eighty, and the
increased number in (irummar and
tieoginphy over ono hundred mony
of them very good. SI omul Arithme
tic was not, introduced as a text book
lor soverul years alter.
Mr. Sandtbrd was tho fourth County
Superintendent ; sulary $800, alter
w arils increased to 11,000. Ho held no
Normal School, uud lelt without making
a reinirl lor his last year. Mr. George
W. Snyder was tbo filth County Su
perintendent. His salary for the first
term was 11,000, and second term
81,200 per annum, which is an evidence
j ihut bis services were appreciated, and
" the luburer worthy ol hu hire. lie
held live Institutes under tho law and
ono previous, and nineteen months of
Normal School. Tho average attend
anee of actual teachers was filly-six,
exclusive of other pupils, which would
mukc an avurugo of about ninety pu
pils. Tbo present incumbent, j. A.
Gregory, bus been untiring and lesions
in the cause of education, and has done
j mud, to elevate the standard of teach-
cn)i Bd undtfr t10 iUporvision of
j tbeSuperinteiidcnt all ourschools have
, been progressive, upward and onward,
At the present time, I think, the
i ell,.,,.,. 11P ll, wenllliv ii.rt of our
. " .. ... . ...
i i'iiiri.,1. I mi' itnlilii-ai'liiuils nn, i. cltMnrt
conclusion that it ia better to pay a
, Btt Hchool-lox than a heavy jail-tax
to support criminals ; that it is better
to encourage education, morality, and
tho growing genius of Young America,
than to retrograde to primitive ignor
ance. Ignorance tends to slavery and
degredution. Educate the masses, and
tbe iicoplo will bo free.
In IHS0, there wore 51(6,713 schools
nnd 13,327 teachers in Pennsylvania.
1 wo thousand ol those wero rcKitod
unqualified to leaeu, and were cm-
ployed for want of better. Clearfield
county at that time was supplied with
about one-third of its teacliers from
other counties. 1 have visited soveral
graded school in Michigan and Iowa,
whero they had fine huildinifa and
room to accommodatefrotn six to eight
hundred pupils ; I havo been present
at public examinations, and t think
lbs teachers and schools ot Clearfield
county will compare woll with any of
tliunt. A teacher from ibis county
Use il. (J, vt eld teaching in the
Newton High School, of Jasper county,
Iowa, whero thero wero six hundred
pupils and cloven teachers, was com
plimented as being one of the best
! si liohint und teacher of ihe institu-
i lion ; and 1 eeo no reason why our
j schools should not bo supplied with
nrst-viRM teacher, educated at homo.
Mr. Gregory' salary for the first
term wus 1 1,200 a year ; for tbo second
leriii, on account of tho money panic,
it was, like many others, reduced to
31,000. Uu has held a Normal School
in Curwensvillo, twclvo weeks of each
year, for tho benefit ol teachers end
ot hem, having from ninety to ono hun
dred pupils, and upwards, in attend
ance. Tina is light in the right direc
tion. " A Hill. Irarnlnn'ti, a dnnfirnui thing,
brink darp or laalo Dot tha Piariaa apriax ; '
Their pkallow dranghtf tntoaieata the brain,
And drlnhinf tarR-aly sohora oa again."
My Ifarra stora yrara an J laa sr. naarly ran, .
My la.k f t. aohinx will aoon b dona
" 1 lay dawn d thoral and do hot,
Uann np da ftildla and da bow," , ,
And leuvo tho teaching for others to
do, who are in the prime of life and
better qualified for tho the profession.
I now conclude, hoping tho progress
of education may be onward and up
ward, and that Ihe blossings of Heav
en will continue to smile propitiously
nn the touchers and Common School
of our county.
TABl'LAR STATKMSNT OF Till SCHOOLS OF
CI.KAUFIk'LO COUNTY FHOM 1854 To
187(1, UNblta EACH SUPERINTENDENT :
"pioaot jo og
ly W aV l -J lo a
'"jaqmi aoi jo 'o,
aiaqoni oioouj jo -u
e-K !st -
CM U V M M -
ft m - y
i'?'i'iii!
y . lit tu W
S't'st'asK
v y u a
"aa"1
lj3S2S25
"aiaqoaai aaal jo 44aran
"fjaqaaet aalaj yo iJOrag
'-tiidnd aa otj aioqj
'"anAi. ania -ojj aisqja
"'Oatapaom olaJOAf
"qiooai .ad dad q.oa ia ,103
Estimated value of school property
in 185(1, 131.Z50 ; in IBiJ, Vi,M).
fVOOlXO AXD IVJIALIXO.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett grow np
rtNiiking buy, somewhat, wayward
under the severe reina ol nit nodate
Scotch ancestor, and inclined rather to
walking and wrestling matches, yacht
racua, mm nil uviiiiiiiiw juuiooivo ai
Delmoiiico's, than to the tread. milt ot
editorial labor or the vexatious line of
uewspaHr management. If be were
the first lad who struck such a bent
u.idcr the Irown and promises of a
millionaire parent, he would deserve
to go. into history a a monument of
human weakness ; but as be came up
much a do othur boys with like sur
roundings, and landed Into manhood
better than the average of bis class, he
it certainly not to be singled out as
peculiar in bit Infirmities. Indeed,
boys will be boys, and vtltb (few mil
lion In early expectation, tbt' likeli
hood it that tbt man to ba fashioned
oat of each arboy will bt tilbtr bard I
man, givtn to greedy reaping where'
fO-K a-
f JflaS I
.i win ..n.w.J..-.-..,;.J,-, "t,'i..l..TrvT " -
xTfir
iXJCiVV
he has not strewn, or a jolly fellow
who will strew where bo does not hope
to reap beyond occasional tils ot re
morse and headache. And such boys
grow up through all tho fancies and
lollies, tho dreams and disappointment
of other boys. Tbey play and rest and
love and wander and kiss and quarrel
just as do the ragged urchins who veg
etato in tbe by-ways and alleys, uml
there is as much ol human nature In
thoin as can be found in any of tho
less promising paths of our thorny
journey. They may cscupo tho moth
er's spank and tho father a birch to a
degree that is not common among the
loss lavorod who drudgo for bread
from infancy, but they will bo boys af
ter all, and tbo bending ot the twig a
little more or less tells its story in tbo
full stature of munhood.
Mr. Bennett loved and Wooed jusi aa
do other men wbo realize that it is not
good to bo alono in I i tu. nnd being a
conspicuous character tbo owner of
the moot valuable newspaper property
iu the country ; tho winner of various
yacht races; the hem of the lust walk
ing match, and a princely good fellow
in bis own way h could not escaiie
journalistic criticism even in his walks
ami tulkg by moonlight alone, ile
loved Miss May, a highly accomplish
ed and most estimable lady, und there
wus nothing to slurtle tbo world of
fashion or of business in the fuel that
Mis May loved him and consented to
bo his wife. How the engagement
got out to tho public is not worth ask
ing ihout. Tbe liobomian is every
where in tho parlors where love songs
are sung; in tho kitchen whero the
household gossip is retailed ; In the
streets whero the gallunt displays his
arts, and in tlio romantic moon mel
lowed grovo w hero plighted vows nro
whispered, nnd mutual love has no
hiding placo for those who are tho en
vied of the earlb. It was tho misfor
tuno of Mr. Bennett and Miss May to
bo distinguished above the commonal
ty, and they had to pay its severe pen
alty. Their betrotbul crept out into
the public journals, and thenceforth
the Bohemian has never wanted for a
story with which to embellish his con
tributions. Tbo timo, place and man
ner of tbe wedding have pointed scores
of letters and telegrams, and tbe bridal
robes havo been described a dozen
times by copious drafts upon the
boundless imaginations of correspon
dents. But M r. Bennett and Miss May
aru only mortals, and they arc not free
from the iiifiriuitiesof the race. While
they love and engage like other peo
ple, they havo angiy passions much
after tbe ondownients of man and wo
mankind in general, and there is no
law, statutory, fundamental or moral,
that prevents them from loving and
quarreling, joining and parting, halo
ing and forgiving, just as other folk do
from day to day without tlio world
taking note of it at all. They chose
to be betrothed and then they chose to
be unbetrolhed, and thero the matter
wmild have ended under ordinary c'n
cuinslnucc even with them. A few
sparkling paragraphs would have told
the wholo story, and the affair would
be forgotton in the noxt romanco that
society shall oiler to gratily tlio appe
tite for social small chut. Hut tbey
do not seem to havo dissevered them
selves in the usual way. Instead of
agreeing to go each according to hi
or bur inclinations, iho heart bruises
were exhibited in select circles of sym
pathizing friends by ono or both of tho
disenthralled pair, and insatiate scan
dal came to feed upon tho thoughtless
drippings of fretted pride. Dame Hu
mor peered into the clubs to catch (ho
disjointed offerings of tho cups and
mould them into tho playings lor tbe
enrions. Then came a stalwart brother
to aggravate the sister's wounds that
be doubtless meant to heal, and an tin
romantic street encounter, wilb the
unpoutical rawhide to give rest to tbo
story, made wooing and whaling the
thomo for every reporter to flash
throughout the land, and for every
drawing-room and cnnl-holo circle to
discuss the names ot lienncttand .May.
Foolish courtships are pardonable since
so many aro nothing else, and foolish
lovo quarrels do woll for poetry where
tho kiss ol forgiveness gives lustro to
song; but they jumble, harshly with
the crack of tho raw hide and the pru
rient bent of tho renorter's nen : and
the indignant brother would have
provca ins worthiness oi a oeiovruj sis
ter, bad ho not. mado wiping and
whaling household words lo make
memnrv usurn the oIhco whore forget
lulnosH should have been enthroned.
Philadelphia Time.
11 USB AX DS A XI) WIVES.
No doubt many a woman has gone
into her room and bad a "irood cry
because ber husband called her by her
baptismal name, not by that absurd
nick namo invented in the days of their
lolly or because pressed lor lime, bo
hurried out of the bouse without going
through tbo established formula ol
loave tuking. Tbe lover has merged
into a husband, security Inn taken tbo
plueo ol wooinj; and tho woman does
not. take kindly to tho irunsiorniation.
So-nolimessko playsadaniferonsgaine,
and tries whut flirting with another
man will do. II her scbemo does not
answer, and ber husband not uiade
jealous, sho is revolted and holds her
self that hardly used being, a neglect
ed wife. Then she will perhaps snlk.
Ho note the cbango ot conduct,
and fooling ho i not to blame, hesi
tatea to tuko tho initiative of smtsith
ing matters. Nothing is in reality
mora annoying than tlio display of uf
locution which soino husbands and
wive show each other In aociety.
That familiarity of touch, those half
concealed caresse. those alwtird name,
that prodigality of endearing epithets,
and devoted attention which they flaunt
in the face Of tho public aaa kind of'chal
lonst to tht world al lurge to come
and admire their -happiness ia always
noticed and laughed at, and sometimes
more than laughed at. Yet lo some
women this pantile of love is lh very
essence of married happiness. They
helive themselves admired and envied,
when they are ridiculed and scoffed at ;
and they think their husbands are
models br other men to copy, when
they are taken as example lo avoid.
Men who have any real manliness,
however do not give in to this kind of
thing; though thoro are somo as el
femiiiate and trashing as women them
selves, who like this sleepy offusivo-
aivts of love, and carry It on into quite
old nge, londling tbt ancient grand
mother with gray bairn aa lavishly as
tbey had lundled tbe youthful bride,
aiufaueina- no want of harmony in
calling an old damn of sixty and up
wards ny tne pet names oy wuivn toey
bad called ber when she wus a slip of
a girl of eighteen. Tht continuance
of lovt from youth to old age it very
cheering; hot tvsn "John Anderson,
my J." would loo lit pstbo if Mrs.
Anderson bod Ignored tht diffoninct
between tht raven looks and lb snowy
brow or Btr venerable John.
cvnivo mi to vn
OL.IVir.0V UJj. 10, lw. 1.
" "
STREET LOAFERS.
Whence do they conic. tboNO Idlers in
tho streets, who, wandering in single
rank or dispersed detachments among
the busv and the, niiriwMel'ul. ai-o eon-
founded with them, and never seen for
what they nro till something happens
which calls them together ; when they
astonish us by their numbers nnd the
problem of how they are able to live
al all idling not being a profitable in
vestment of one's capital ? Moil nnd
women who. ono would suppose, bad
enough to keep things straight, and lo
find food and clothing for themselves
anu liiose belonging to tbem, It they
worked diligently tor 12 hour out ol
thu 21, gather into compact masses ol
gaping idleness at cvory unusual occur
ence, every trifling accident ; and pass
hours staring at tho iirht, if hours are
neeileu lo be passed belore the obstruc
tion gets Itself removed, or the show
vanishes into space. Masteries men,
surely they must bo; yet evidently
thoy are not their own masters, so far
as having tho whip-band of circum
stances goes, women without homo or
duties, for all that dress and appear
ance uml the betraying wedding-ring
would seem to point to both; mere
idlers cumbering ground which others
till, and living as best tbey can on
food which tbey only help to consume,
taking no trouble to create or prepuce.
These multitude of idlers to bo col
lected together in the streets of any
largo town at a moment's notice, have
always seemed to us to be the oddest
phenomena of our social life. Men
witli iho need nnd murks of work leg.
ibly written on every squuro inch ol
their person und uttire, why are they
not nl ibeir bench, in tbo luelory, tbe
foundry, tbo ship yard, at the anvil, at
tbo loom? Or if thoy belong to none
of these trades, and aro of thai queer,
nondescript clans which seems lo havo
no settled occupation, and cue nitty
well believe no settled homo, which
calls itself gciierically the class of the
"liundy men," men ready for jobs ol
any kind and living on tbo disregard
ed crumbs of labor, how is it that tbey
uive so much lime from their poor
scratching on the surface of thu greui
field of work, Slid spend in street siihl
I seeing that precious jewel of humanity
culled -111110 f vt do can tell I All we
know is that, like vultures gathered lo
the carcass, thu least event can happen
in tho streets out of the ordinary run of
daily trufllc, a horse cunnot fall, a new
kind of hurdy-gurdy cunnot grind out
a fumiliur tune, a mounte-bank cannot
go through tricks thai were stale a
hundred year .ago, not Punch repeal
a pantomime known to all bul tho ris
ing generation, but thu idlers are gath
ered iu crowds ; and for them, al least,
all the duties of life aro suspended for
hours to coma.
THE MAX 1170 11 A P REEX
THE CEXTHXX1AL
TO
A bashful appearing man stepped
'"0!lll.-t'"rl-..'lr.!-'!!)m. !'u'nd hain't even hadihewindow-blinda
other evening, and, edging np to the
tame oi the managing editor, bat in
hand, said in a hesitating way :
" You like little items loryour paper.
I suppose ? "
"Certainly," replied Mr. Cockcrill ;
"A newspaper, liko life, is made of lit
tle items. What havo you to otter T"
" Well," said tho bashful man, play
ing with his bat bnnd ; "My namo is
Smith John Smith and I've just got
home."
"Glad to sco you back again, Mr.
Smith," said Cockcrill; "Been gone
long ? "
" I havo been to the Centennial,"
suid Mr. Smith, with a tremor ol pride
in his voice ; "and if you want to mnku
a little notice "
" What I " cried Cockorill, springing
to his feet ; " You've, been to iho Cen
tennial? And you'vo got buck ? Give
us your hand ; I am delighted lo see
you. Spear, let me introduce yon to
John Smith. John has been to tbe
Centennial I "
Spear shook hands very warmly,
with Mr. Smith, nnd then "ran lo the
aperture communicating with the re
porter's room, and shouted :
"O'Shaughui'Ssy.comein hero, quick !
hero's a man that's been to tbe Cen
tennial ! "
Then O'Slmuglniessy bounced in,
follow ed by his assistants, all of whom
embraced the bewildered Smith warm
ly, and expressed tbo grntificnlinn it I
atrordod them to meet a man who had j Ju'"ai'r.
been lo the Great Nalionul Exhibition.! No human desire is more impora
Word got down stair Bomehow, and live und intense, none moro bespeaks
Joe McDowell, Hill Small, and Vnclo ' man's relationship to tho Divine, than
Joe Shadetigo enmc tip-stair at tear
ing rate, to gaze npon the individual
wbo hud been to tho Exhibition,
It wus loo much for the modest man
to bear, and, murmuring something
uooiit mailing uu iteiit oi uis reiur.. ll
they wanted to, bo hurried out just in
timo'to meet on the stairs the foreman
and tbirly-two compositors, all eager
to get a glimpse ol tbo nutn who bad
"been to the Centennial." Cincinnati
S'ltriirrfiiy Xiyht.
HOW REVERDYJOIXSOX RE
COME A TI ORXE Y OEXERA L.
In a sketch of tho career ol tho late
lievcrdy Johnson, tbo Xew York Post
relntes the following:
Mr. Wm. Ballard Preston, ol Vir
ginia, was from the first an active par-
lisan'ol General Taylor, and in one of
his speeches boasted that he had been
the first man iu the country to "mount
Old W hi toy and how olf hi pace."
As a return fur hi service to tho par
ty and lo tho President, Gen. Taylor,
with small know ledge ot men, deter
mined lo make Preston Attorney Gen
eral. His adviser among tbo Whig
Senator remonstrated, urging Pres
ton lack ot ureal leirul ability and
learning, but all tonopurjiosc. Taylor
was immovable.
William 8. Archer, Senator from
Virginia, finally took tha mutter in
bund, and, calling npon tba President,
held a brief but characteristic conver
sation with him on the subject,
"I hear," be said, "that you think of
making my irund Preston your At
torney General."
"les, replied iuylor, "1 d.
"Aro you aware of tho fact," con
tinued tbe Senator, "that an Attorney
General must represent the Govern
ment in the Supreme Court T"
"Of course," replied Taylor.'
"Ho you know that he must there
meet Daniel Webster and lievcrdy
Johnson as opposing counsel f"
'Certainly, replied Taylor, "what
of that T '
''Nothing, except that they will make
a fool of your Attorney General."
Without another word tbe Virginia
Senator took bit leart, bnt bo bad
mada tba desired impression. Fronton
wus appointed to anothof plane, Bad
Ruvnrdv Johnson became Attornov
General.
Wt bavt all of U auSlohint ttrtnslh
of mind lo endure tht miafvriuot of
other people.
.uyrz IS LITTLE.
Thero ii no wisdom tavo in truth.
Evory body can c-jtect an error, but
uot a lie.
Wiiliout tie rich heart, wealth It
an ugly beggar.
Foresight ia simple ; afterthought
very complicated.
Ho who scene not to himself mora
than he is, ia mora than be teem.
It requires greater virtue to ina
tain ifcxKl buiiine than bad.
i that gruwe in the held ul nature.
I enour
Vt lien our vices u..
Tff
1 ourselves that we quit our vice.
I should say the happiest man ia
i be whuean link tbo end ol bis lite with
its commencement.
There aro many who know their
own wisdom, but there are few wbo
know their own folly.
Thero must be something wrong
about a condition which Involves one
in fresh trouble every day.
If wo had no fault ourselvoi, wt
should not have so much pleasure io
discovering the faults of others.
That which often prevent us from
abandoning ourselves to a singlo vice,
is the fact that we have several.
People aro never made to ridicu
lous by the qualities they possess as by
those which thoy affect lo have.
Philosophy triumphs easily over
past evils, and evils to come; but pres
ent evils triumph over philosophy.
Dn.tli Is the only monastery; the
tomb is the only cell, and the grave
thai adjoins the convent is tbe bitterest
mark of its futility.
Truth is a torch, but is of enor
mous site ; so that wo try lo slink pant
it in rather a blinking fashion for fear
it should burn ut.
Hate is an active, and onvy a pas,
ivo displeasure ; it need not surprise us,
therefore, to see how quickly envy
passes into bate.
Industry is noble : It is mnnsrr-h
of a wbolo kingdom in itself, and be
thul is King shall never know want, or
sutler from disease that emanates from
idleness.
It often occurs in life, that in the
course of a few mi miles some thought
is conceived, or somo deed commuted,
which tinges the wbolo remainder of
an existence.
Man is of so obstinately contradic
tory a nature thut be will not allow
himself to be forced to his own advan
Mite yet mitfer constraint of all kind
which tend to his harm.
Shakespeare says we ate creatures
that look belore and alter. Tbe more
surprising that wo do not look around
a little, and see what is passing under
our very eye.
A particular want of good sense
in ninny sensible people consists in
their not knowing bow to interpret
what another Rays when be has not
suid il exactly as bo ought.
" Dear me ! how fluidly ho takl"
said Mrs. Partington recently at a
lomcraiice ineetinir ; " 1 am always re
joiced when he mount tho nostril, for
Ins eloquence warms every cartridge
in my body."
Faith is a domestic and private
capital, as thero are Savings Batiks
und lielief Funds, out of wbicb indi
viduals receive assistance in limes of
scarcity ; but here the believer himself
silently draws bis interest.
" You see," said I'ncle Job, " my
wife is a curious woman. She scrimped
and saved, and almost starved all ot us,
to gel tbe parlor furnished nice ; and
ofitopenfora month. She is a cur'ous
woman."
" Didn't you tell me, sir, that you
could bold tho plow 7 " said a farmer
'.o a green Irishman, whom he had
taken on trial. "Arrahl" said Pat,
"How can I hold it, wid two horses
drawing it away from mo? But give
il to mo in the barn, and bejabers I'll
hould it wid any boy I "
It is very easy to pick hole in
oilier people's work, but it is far mora
profitable to do better yourself. Is
there a fool in all the world that can
not criticise ? Thoso who can them
selves do good service are but at ono
lo a thousand compared with those
who cun sec luulls in the laborof other.
I cannot call riches better than
tho baggage of virtue ; the Koman
word is butler impedimtnta. For aa
the bnggagc is to an army, so is riches
to virtue ; il cannot be spared or left
cannot bo spared nor lelt behind, but
it hindereth Ihe march yea, and tho
care of il sometimes Inseth and disturb
eth tlio victory.
Hussompiere, the French embassa
dor to Spain, was telling Henry IV.
how he entered Madrid. " 1 was
mounted on tho very smallest mule in
the world," said t be cm bassador. "A h I"
said the King, " What an amusing
sight, to sco tbo biggest ass mountou
on tho smallest mule ! " "1 was your
Majesty' representative," was the ro-
the longiug to know which impels a
triilh-scckinji soul. And surely, if
tbem is any emergency in which a
man ha a right to go straight to God
himself, it is when ho long for light
nn tlm great moral and spiritual prob
lems thai beset overy thoiightlnl na
ture. Il would not be worth while to
live if w wero to tile entirely. Thnt
which alleviate labor and sanctities
toil is to bave before us the vision ot a
heller world through the darkness of
this life. That world is to be moro
real than tbo chimera which we devour,
and which we call life. It it tho sit.
prcme certainty of my reason at it it
tbo supreme consolation of my tout.
" I have a friend," saysa writer In
tho Whitehall Revine, " who ia unable
'0 ll,V ,",n!l1on h"f, lH ".
but whoso wile and children are enjoy
ing the breezes of their nativo Scotland
for a few week. Wishing to say some
thing civil to him, and knowing that
he and bis hetler-balf got on pretty
well together, 1 remarked that he must
' leel rather lonely without M rs. X. and
the little ones ' ' Yes,' he replied, 'I do;
but tbo wind is tempered to tbe shorn
lamb ; and, yu nee, when my wilb i
aw ny I can smoke in bed.'"
Some person take special pain
to fish np something bad. Suspicion
is their faith. They aoem to regard
other with a distrustful feeling, aad
hence, on every ponsiblt occasion.
charge themselves with the office ol a
detective. Tbey look after spots on
tha sun instead of enjoying it light.
1 hey look on Iho dark Instead ol tbt
sunny aido. Such persona are gener
ally vory unhappy themselfe, and
make other unhappy also. If tbey
are in a position ol influence, whether
in Church or State, they do a world of
harm by tboir auspicious pursuit.
He railed at the police office
and Rtated that he waa in ti oubie. " A
fine young fellow, ahust so nice as any.
body, came up to me on the street and
nay, ' llow yon aoea r ivong nmt
silica I saw yoa In Shasta Oonnty.' 1
sayi 1 never vaa in Quasi uoanty.'
lit say, w by, I dinkt I tee yoa dert.
1 says, 'No; I live near Aoburn.'
Ut goat away, and bimeby 1 meet a
cbap and kt says, ' How yoa vat tine
1 h it yon tl Auburn ? ' Then w bo
a talk and torn drink, tad 1 lead him
ia hundred dollar antil tba pank
open, and I don't see kite torn mora.
Vat yoa disk, br' Bacrammlt Umm
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