THE " CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN," ruiuniD a? ant wipiiiuat, t GOOllLANDEll & L,EE, CLKARFII.LD, PA. EDTAnLI HER IN I8.lt. Tut lerrejtClreiAlntloa af aa, Newspaper Verms of Subscription. If paid In arwiot, or within I montha....M OO If piid after 1 and before e rnoolba 4 If paid after tba eaplratioa of nientbt... 3 iM Bates ol Advertising. Transient adrertltementa, per aqnaro of 10 Itneeor ), I tlinei or SI AO For each aabtaqMent insertion (0 AdminUtratori'and Bioeuti-ri'notioeo- 4 oO Auditor!1 notleae , 3 60 Oautiona md Kstraya 1 AO DitPnlulion nntleee 1 00 Profeaaional Carda, ft linea of lest.l year...- i 00 Local nolieea, per Una SO YKAKI.Y ADVKRTISKMKNTS. I i.nare M 00 1 oolaran.. $50 00 1 aiuarea... 15 00 eoloinn 70 00 pajuarei... 0 00 I 1 ootoinn 120 00 O. II. OOOM.ANDHH, " NOEL D. LKR, Fublltbtra. Cards. ,1 (Ill PKINTINO OP EVERY DESCRIP tion nmtly eBecated at thl. nffloe. RROCKBANK, ATTORNEY Af LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. p 15,17-ly turn. n't. bitk. Office In Court Hou:e. we l(. MocULLotan, McCl'LLfll'GlI & RICK. ATTOK N EYS-AT-LA W , Clearfield. Fa. AM legal buainess promptly attrBded to. Offloe on Second street, In tbe Maeonie building. JanlO.'TT W. C."A RNOLD, LAW !t COLLECTION OFFICE, CITRWENPVILI.R, c2 Clearfield County, Peun'a. 76y THUS. Q. MUBKAT. emus sobdob. MURRAY & GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, CLKARFIEI.D, PA. Offioa in Pie's Opera llou., aooond floor. :J0'7t FRANK FIELDING, ATTORNKY-AT-LA W, Clearfield, Pa. Will attend to all busineas entrusted to him ptoioptly aud faithfully. buvI2'7S WILLIAM A. WAI.I.ACB. PATID l. KBKBS. a ARRT r. WALL.ACB. JOHX W. WBiai.KV. WALLACE & KREBS, (SuMciicn to Wallace A Fielding,) A T T O UN EYS-AT - L A V , IM?'73 ClearUvld. Pa. inHB I. M'RXALLT, PAJIfcL W. M CI'IUT, McENALLY & MoCOEDY, A TTO I i N E Y S- A T-L A W , Clearfield, Pa. Leg-sl baalneee attended to promptly with) idelity. Office on Second atreet, aboro tbe First National Hank. Jen:l:7t G. R. BARRETT, Attornkv and Counselor at Law, CLEAHPIKLD, HA. Having roaijfned bir Jadffohip, ha rcaunied tbe p met ice of the In Id bio old ofl.no nt Clear field, Pa. W'.il atttod theoourtiof Jefferfoa and Kfk eouotiet when specially ittataed Id ounoootioD with roiident eoiime). 1:U:7I A. G. KRAMER, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW, Real Ettat and Collection Agent. CI.eARPIGM), PA., Will promptly attend to all legal builoeil oa (run tod to ail care. Office in Pia'i Opera IIoqm, janl'70. H. W. SMITH, ATTOK NEY-AT-LAW, il:l:7l CiiarVnld, Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ( learlleld. Pa. AT-0rMce in Old Weatern Hotel bolldinf, acrn.r of Seeond and Market fHa. botSI,Ao. ISRAEL TEST. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' Cleirtleld, Pa. aroffiee In the Court Hob... tiyll.'tf JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. ptr OfTee on Matket ilreet, opp. Court Houie, Jan. a, ier. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. vntl Real t-tate A (rent, tlcardrld, Pi. Offlflo on Third it reel, bol.Cborrjr A Walnat. jMT-Reipeot fully offori hli terTleoi In tiling nd buying landa la OliorBeld and adjoining wontlai ; and with a iptrin ol ovor iwtnt? an m a mrteyor, flat ton himself that ho oan cnar aatuiauon. L'"- 'oiu, J. BLAKE WALTERS, KEAL EfcTATB UROKHR, A5B batLaa n " Nnw Ia;h and Ijiiiiihor, CLEARFIELD, PA. Oaiee in flrabam'l Row. I JS.71 J. J. LINGLE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 1:18 O.coola, Clearfleld Co., Pa. y:pJ J. S. B ARNHART, ATTORNEY - AT LAW, llelletbnte. Pa. ' V ill praelioe In CleatCeld and all of the Court, of the lljth Judicial dialriet. Real estate buaineaa end oolleetion of elaira. made apeeialtiee. ttl'TI DR. W. A. MEANS, PHYSICIAN k SURGEON, LUTIIEHHIIURO, PA. Will attend profoaslonal flails promptly, euglint DR. T. J. BOYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office on Market Street, Clearfield. Pa. ftr-OAo, hoflrst 8 to IS a. m., and 1 to 8 p. aa. D R K.'M. SCIIEURER, IIOMIEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Ofllc. la reridcaoa oa Market at, April J4, I87J. ClearJejd, Pa. DR. J. P. BURC H FIEL D, Late Sora.oaof th.HUd ReflmoBt.Ponltylrania Volaoteers, having retarned from the Army, Oder, his professional a.rrlo.a to theeltlseas of Clearfield eonaty. .. AW-Pn,fe.alimali.all aroaiullr attended ta. Orllce oa Second .treat, formarlyoaenvted ky Dr. Woods. epM.'ee tl DR. H. B.VAN VALZAH, CI.KARKIP.I.I), PKNM'A. OFFICE IN MASONIC IU'ILDINU. - Oflioe honrs From II ta 1 P. M. May II, IMs WILLIAM M IIKNKY, Justice or tna Patra An ScaiTi!a, LUMBER CITY. Collections mede and money promptly paid or.r. Artie lea of agreement and doeda a I eoneeyanee aeatly axaeated aad warreBted aor reet or Bo ebarge. f jy'T JAMES H. LYTLE, In Kritter'a Handing, Clearfield, pa. Dealer In (Iroorilea, Pro.l.lons, Vegetebles, Fran,, Fl.r, feed, elo., etc. eprWfltf HAI!I!Y SNYDER, BARBER AND HAIRDRESPER. Ph.., on Market St.. appoalta Ci.rt Hon 14. A cleea towel for every enstomer. Also meaufactarer af All Klnda of Article, t lluaaaB llalr. ' Cla,i4, ... may ID, 'la. ' D. M. DOHERTY, fashionable barber a hair dresser. CLEAR FIELD, PA. Sht-p ia room formerly oeeapled hj Naught Maikel slmU JOHN D.THOMPSON, Jatlloa of the Peace and Scrlrener, Curvrenaillle, P.. -C.lleeUotu saada aad ajoneT promptly f"4rar. febll'IMf 'CLEARFIELD GEO. B. GOODLANDEB, Proprietor. VOL. 5I-WH0LE NO. Cards. RICHARD HUGHES, Jl'HTICE OF TIIR PEACE roa IHtatur Toirnthlp, OiMola Mill. P. O. All odloial buninera entranlrd to bim will be promptly attended to. raoli29, Tfl. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MEHCUANT, frenchvllle, ClearBeld County, Pa. Keep, eonitantl; on hand a full aeiortment of Dry uooua, Hardware, urocenee, ana averyming nenally kept ta a retail eiore, wnicn win oeeoia, for oash, ae olieap ae eliewnere in tne oouniy. Frenohrille, Jnne 17, lsT-ly. THOMAS H. FORCEE, DIALB IB GKNKKAL MERCHANDISE. (iRAIIAMTON, Pa. Alae, extenalve mannraetnrer and dealer In Mquare Timber and Hawed Lumber o( all ktndi. -OrJerl lolieited and all bill, promptly llled. L-j I o i REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfltld. Peuti'a. fc4i.Will execute Johf In hll line promptly and In a workmanlike meaner. arr4,n7 G . H . HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, , , NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. drPuuipe alwnyi on band and made to order an ihort notioa. Pipee bured on reaeonable lerma All work warranted to render atUfaction, and dellrered if delred. myii:lypd E. A. BIGLER & CO., MALIK! IM SQUARE TIMBER, and manutactureri of A I I. Kl Mm l)K HA n El) l.t1 M II ICH , I 7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. JAS. B. GRAHAM, dealer in Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards, 8lliMll.ES, LATH, A PICKETS, V:I!)7J Clearfield, Pa, WARREN THORN, HOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Market !., Clearfield, Pa. lu the ehop Ulely occupied by Frank Hh'irt, one door went ot Allegheny uouae. ASHLEY THORN, ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and Ul tLDER. Plane and 8peeifleation fiirnlehed for etl kindr of buildinaa. All work Irit-olaM. ISUir build- ink a ipeeially. r. u. addren, Clearfield, Pa. jao.l7-77tf. R. M. NEIMAN, SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER, Itumbargcr, Clerflld Co., Pa. Koepi on hand all kind of Harnctl, Saddle, Dridlct, aod Hone Kurnibiog Uooda. Ktpairiog promptly attended lo. Kuinbarger, Jan. 10, 1977-tf. JOHN A. STADI.KR, BAKER, Market Ht., CleaifielJ, Pa, Freb Dread, Ku.t, Holla, Plea and Cakea on band or made lo order. A general aviorltnent of Confeelionarlei, Prulla and jNuta In (took. Ice Cream and Oyptera in feniun. Saloon nearly opposite tho Poitoflico. Prices moderate. March 18-76. JAMES MITCHELL, hBALRB IB Stjuare Timber & Timber LihiiIh, Jell'71 CLEARFIELD, PA J. It. M'MURIIAY WILL SUPri.T YOU WITH ANY ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICE. COME AND BEE. (3:5:7.1,:) NEW WASHINGTON. AFBIK AND BTOME VARI. Mra. K. l.lDDEIX, Tnaencifed In the Marble busineaa, desires ta Inform her friends end tbe publie that she bae now and will keep oonatantly un band a larre and well wleeted atoek of ITALIAN AND VERMONT MARBLE, and ia prepared to furnish to order TOalllSTONEH, BOX AND CRKDLS TOMBS, MONUMENTS, Ao. fe.fA.Yard on Reed street, near tbe R, R. Depot, Clearnolii, ia. N j.l.,10 Ijlvery Stnble. rIIX underriKtrad beR. leareta Inform thepab- A. lie that he ta now rally preparer to accommo- an in in. way ui lami.uina uuj,i.h daddies and Harness, on the shortest notice and n reasonable terms. Residsnoe on Loeast street, betwaea Third end rootle,. - fiKO. W. HEAR II ART. Ileerlleld. Feb. 4, IDT4. WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE. At iht and of tho new brldgo, MKtiT CLKARFIKLD, PA. TU sronrUtor uf thii erttablMimeat will boy Mf lifOort dlretfl front dlatlller. Partial buying from tbia noun will bo euro to get a pnro art! at a amall margin abota ooet. Hotel kerperi oan m (aniifhed with liquora on rraoonaiia terra a. Pare winea and brandlaa direct from See ley ' Vinery, at Hath, IHew Tk. UKOHUB N. COl.IIUItN. Cleorfield. Juno in, lM7a. tf. 8. I. 6NYDE K PRACTICAL WATCH1MAKKR ABB BBAUtm III Wutchoi, Clock g anil Jewelry Qnkam't Rom, Uarkmt Strtt, (XKARFItl.U. PA. All klndi of repairing la mj line promptly at- onded to. April a, ion. Clearfield Nursery. BNCOURAUK HOME INDUfflRY. nrHB ndarilrned. baring otahiahod a Nur- X ry oa tlie 'Piko, al.out half way batwaea Clearfield and Corweaavilte. lo prepared lo lar niea all kiada of KHUIT THKK8, (aUodard aad dwarf, Kvergrwnaa, Bhmbbary, tlrapa Vlnaa, tioweborry, Lawtoa Blaokbmry, Hirawherry, and Harpborry Vinaa. Aieo, Htberian Crab Tree, gulnoo, and oarly anarlH Kbahorb. Ao. Ordera promptly aUendwd to. Addroea, V J. I. WRIdHT, apSO 6- , CarwaaairllU, Pa. ANDREW HARWICK, Market Btreet, ClearDtld. Pa., BAU'rACTI aa An BBAI BB l nAR.NF.S8, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS, end all kinds of t house rvHKisiuso aoons. A fall stock of S.ddl.rs' Il.rdwara, Braabea, Combe, RbBkete, Robes, ate., always oft bead aad for .ale at the lowest eash price.. All kinds af repairing promptly attended la. All kinds of bides taken in esekange for har ness and repairing. All kinds nf karne.s Icslber kept on hand, and for eel. at B small profit. t'le.ie.U, Ja. It, I "78. L. 1 JOHN H's FULFORD, OIXSHAL lISVUAICS AOBNt, ('learlleld. Penn'a, Hepremu all tho leading Ftra laauraoaa Compaales af tho oewatry i Ouae -.. "'."'" Royal Lan.diaa ......... ....... Hama, New Vwrk Lraomiag, Maaey, P.. ........ Preoklan, I'liilad a.. PhaeBia, Hertford................ Hano.er, New fork.M....M. .a. Ilosao, Col., 0.M.M.M..w., Atlas, Hartford vf Prarid.aM, Wa.hlngtoaA.,..A..- S.OtavwM ..tM.tls ..MMM f,MS,. l.sn.iai l,4.S. IM. S.ll 1 1 MM Piraane abowt eteotlnf aa lnranM aa prop. .rt, of aa, kind, etaewld oaU at B.T MaraM Mnot, oppoaiea Ike OoaK llo.aa, and soo my Hal af etupeiee and rate, befor. Ineerlng. ' ' jus u rt'I.PllRD. CleaelleM, Pa., Ort IT It Ir 2,525. THE CAUSES OF THE EAST filt.V WAR. In tlio Aitiltimoro bun of a recent ditto, we find the fullowinn: "It lina been observed that tho duo liirnlion of war bv Russia mraitiBt Titr- key cxprefwes u a cnuro of tho ntiitrrol only a tcntiincnl tlio delivoreneo of tlio Clirwtiun tubjeeU of Tuikoy from hid Biicieu op,retiioii8 ol Hint iowor. All tbo troiiblviiwbicliliuvoovor cxiat- ed botweon Runma and Turkey wero primarily 01 a reiiL'ioti nuttiro, -thoticli tbo Eastern queittion in its develop ment nan puiiually booome a political problem, involving tho existence of some nation and tbo commercial u premitcy of olhcrs. Uonslantino, tho first Roman Empeiur who made tho unriMian reuginn tlio ollieial religion of lioino, mailoCiiiiHtantinnple tho Cap itol ot tho Roman Empiro, and it be came the chief city of the tircuk Church and the seat of government. It was captured by tho Turks in 1453, the last By&antine Emporor, Conntuntine .v.!., lueiug inn tne iu tin ueienso. The Turks aro a Tartar or Jlonjjol race, nl Japbetiu extraction, and hav ing been driven by Tartar hordes from Turkistan, they spn'ad themselves over Asia Minor anil Syria and over threw tho Empire of tho Saracens, with whom they are often iirnortintlv cotiloundcd. Tho Turks wuro tit one tinio iiuddhists, afterward disciples of .oroastor, but readily embraced .tho fnith of Isluin, with its Bcnsmtl and fatalist leattires. They hnvo now been encamped in Enropo for five hundred years, and have novor to this day bo come one with tho nations whom they nave conquered ; iiaro never given them just or giwd governments, and have never rulormed, nnd it would seem as if it woru very dilllciilt for tuem to reloi iii, because tlio pruioiiilcs of their religion are a hinderiinco in Unit direction. I he Christians ol the northern sections of the country found a friend in Russia, which, undor Viad emir the Great, who was baptized in 088, and bad married tho Bister of the hmperur I onstantino, embraced tho doctrines of tho (jreek Church. She became tbo champion ol tho Greek faith, and, lt,m the beginning, ber aim was to recapture Constantinople and to repossess nnd round out tho bound aries of the Etistcrn or (ircek Empire It is not to ho denied thnt commercial nnd political ascendancy wero embrac ed in her purposes, and consequently the commercial nations ot the West shaped their policy to oppose such a consummation. A review of tho political history of iiussia win show that tho religious sentiment has always been an clement of her policy towards Turkey. Tho sympathy she has shown with every nsurroctionary movement In Turkey has been bceauso the rebels were (,'hristiansof tho Greek Church. When she conquered Moldavia and Wallachia she compelled Turkey to. grant con cessions to tho Christians, of other Nortborn provinces. Tbo Enirlish his torian, Kinglako, contends that the origin of tho Crimean war in 1M51 was a quarrel between tho Greek and tho Latin churches as to privileges nt Je rusalem. Turkey favoring the Latin Church, Russia took up tho old quarrel of tho Greek Church, and cluiming that existing treaties bad boon viola ted, invaded Turkey. England and 1' ranee lormod an alliance with Tur key in tbe interest of Western Europe 1 ho result ot Uio deleat ol KUBSia in that war was tho treaty ol Paris, in which tho Eastern question was taken out of her hands and committed to the great powers of Europe. It must havo been observed that Russia, throughout the controvoray ol words with 1 urkev in tho present dispute, has spokon of the question aa one in which r.uropo was as much committed to tho protec tion of tho Christians as hersell, Ser- via Itself was a creation of tho treaty of Paris, and was placed under tlio frotoctiott of European powers. Tho lorr.cgovinian insurrection of two years ago was tho rebellion of tho Christians of that province gainst Turkish taxation and persecution. European intorforonce actually led to tho adoption by Turkey of a now con stitution and an announcement of her intention to carry out reforms herself, but Russia held that this was a mere promise and demandod that certain plans should bo followed, which Tur-1 key rejected. Meantimo, howovor, a Turkish Parliament under tho new constitution, has met, with a minority of Christian delegates in it. Iiussia, being still dissatisfied, proposed a pro tocol suggesting ' a basis of peaco, which turkey also rejected, denying tho right of Europo to dictate absolute policy to the 'lurkish government. Russia then, proceeded to enforeo by tbo sword the demands for reform made by herself, or rather to enter upon the forcible protection of the Porto's Cbriijtian -subjects. In every European province ol tho Turkish Em piro except Prissend and Scutari and the Metropolitan district tho Moham medans aro in n minority. Tho an cient Turkish policy was to crush and virtually enslavo tho conquered Chris tians. It gavo them ncithrr tolera tion or consideration. Tho interfer ence ol Iiussia has secured a modifica tion of this policy, but she is not satis fied with the sincerity of Turkey in her promisos ol reform. About six millions of those Cbristiuns in Turkey belong to the Greek Church. . Jt is strango that a religion whose cardinal principle is the lorgiveness of enemies should on so commonly per verted by nations, sects and individu als into an instrument of strife. The depravity of human nature novel had a more torcihlo illustration thtn this. At tho siimo timo, wlnlo rohgion is tho only motlvo assigned in tho Russian declaration ol war, and is no doubt up permost in thd minds of tho Russian people, no ono oan suspect that the main design of the Russian govern ment ia any other than, to extend its territory and powor perhaps by first securing the independence ol certain provinces. . , In a Shape to re Answered. In Olio ol tho courts in this city, two or throe days ago, there came np for trial a case in which a Chinaman was tho complaining witness against a white man. Jlliring tho impanelling of the jnry one of the attorneys questioned oloHcly tho men summoned aa jurors, to ascertain their viowa on the ChlneNo question. Ho asked ono of thorn : "Wonld ynn bellcvo a Chinaman under oath f Tbo witness responded In the afflrmatlro. "Wonld yott holievo a Chinaman as'qnickly as yon would a white manf" "Well (hesitatingly), I wonld believe him os soon as I would some' white men." "That isn't en an swer to my question. I now ask yon, and I desire a categorical answer, would yon believe a Chinaman as soon as yon wonld believe me, or the attorney for tho defenso, for instance T" ""Oh, yes, sir ; certainly !" Tbo attorney did not appear to leel much better after hoi found out. Hwrtmnto Vtnnti. ' j CLEARFIELD, JOE S HEAVY CATCH. Tho stream that Daniel Webster lovod was famous for trout, and bo was lumous for catching them. Often ho would sit fur horn's on a moss-covered stone in a retired nook, his lino dnngling iu and shove tho water, but never a bile, and if thcro bad been, tho fish wits safe, for ho was entirely un conscious of all around and about him. Ono warm and sultry morning in July, while thus absorbed, ho was amused by hearing over tho stream : "Hullo, thoro I hullo, I say I How aroyo? Nico morning this I Got any lishr Have any bites? How dye get over thoro ? I've boon fishing two hours ; nary bilo. 1 Bee you bavo long boots on ; what II you tuko to carry me over? Don't wunt lo get my leet wet. I 11 pay you well ; what II you take ? " . Hero bo paused long enough for Mr. Webster, who hail uir .tliis. timo been surveying tho speaker (a slight-built, dandified youth), to ask : " What will you givo ? " ( "Well, a quarter; that's enough, ain't it ?" " Well, sir; I suppose it is." So, quietly laying down his rod, he took bis way to our Boston boy, Joo I)., who, by tho way, was as good a fellow as over sold tuiio ; he was now on a tli roo days' furlough, and bound to crowd all tho fishing, sea-bathing, and sight seeing seasons into tbe allot ted threo days' time, aud ono wos rap idly nassiiiLF awav. .Mr. Webster seated himself on the bank, joo mount ed his shoulders, and, like Ciesur, w bora Cassius from the raging Tiber bore, so Joe upon tho god-liko shoulders Bnfely crossed thostream. Thequartcrquickly changed bands. Mr. Webster quietly settled into his accustomed seat, while Joo, on lurlhcr pleasure bent, hastened up tho stream. I n cu and hungry, ho returned rather Iato lor dinner, and passed into the dining hall, where tho guests wera.cn gaged in tho lust act of tho drama. Cur llostonian, however, fell to with an appetite, sharpened by his morning exercise, and with a lull determination to make up with speed what ho bad lost in time. So intent upon his own ull'ttirs was he that ho took no notice ol those around the tirhle, unlil somo ono requested Mr. Webster to rclnto his morning adventures. Joo looked up, nnd followed with his own tho direc tion of all other eyes, ho beheld his morning .r.neas. 1 urmng to his near est neighbor, ho asked : "Who Is that?" " That? Why that's Dan'! Webster!' ' He found no further nso lor his knifo and fork, and was silently leaving the tablo, when air. tvebstor now recog nized bim ; with a look or nod (Joo could novor tell which), ho de tained him and requested him lo tuko wino. Joo took tlio wino with a trem bling hand, and, with a look of earnest entreaty, begged Mr. Webster not to relato tho circumstance which occur red in tho mornine. Mr. Webster replied : " You should not bo ashamed of tbo adventuro, since there is no young man in this country however lofty his aspirations, that will be likoly to attain tho position you this morning occupied. Joo lelt tho tablo and tho house, and on the first train left tho town.satish ho bad dono enough for ono season. In tho evening Mr. Wobstor related the whole affair to the assembled guests, nnd to this day Joo enjoys the sobri quet of "Dan." From the Golden Jlule. A RUN FOR LIFE. ' A Tliail.I.lNll STORY OP A CONFEDERATE i.ieitesant's adventure. Major McCltllan, Confederate, In Philadelphia Times.) fbo Frank Stringfollow, whoso ad- vonturo is described ' in this extract, has since Ihe war entered the Minis try in tlio Protestant Episcopal Church Ho was Gen. Jeb Stuart's favorite ser vant. Ed. Tho socond adventure which I havo Siromiscd to relato occurred when tho odoral army occupied Culpepper Court House, and tbo Conledoralc army lay in Orango county, Virginia. General Lee desired certain information which it seemed could best be obtained by an individual scout, and blringtullow was selected for tho sorvico. It was nec essary be should penctrato tho enemy's camps, remain concealed us long as possihlo, and return when bo bad col iectcd tbo desired information. His operations woro to bo conducted most ly at niL'ht. llo wished to bo accom panied by two men, one of whom, Fnr- nali by name, had his homo in the im mediate vicinity of tho enemy's camps. and being intimately acquainted with all the country, could accurately guide him from place to place in the nighlas by daylight. Tho expedition was under taken on loot, as tho distance was not great, and concealment was ol prime impoitanco. Tho men woro clad In their tiwn uniform as scouts, not spies. Tho country was a difficult ono for tho operations of a scout. From tbo long and frannont occupation by both tho contending armies tho land had been almost entirely denuded of its timber, and only heio and' there a few Ihin clusters of trees remained standing. One day had passed since they bad en tered Ihe enemy's lines, nnd with nigbtlall Ihcy commenced their wnn derings among the hostile camps, mnin Iv with fho nurtioso of locatinrr the different cirps, and of ascertaining whether any troops had been detached from the Army of tho Potomac. Tho night had been nearly consumed in this way, when reaching ono of tbo clusters of trees, of which I havo spo ken, they laid themselves down to catch a few moments' rest. A singlo blanket covorcd tho three men. Treachorons, fatal sleep I Their la tiguo was greater and the night was further spent than they had supposed, nnd the sun was shining bright in their eyes, when a party of six Federal sol diers, with their muskets in their hands, pulled away the blanket which cover ed them, and sainted them with a hu morous "Good morning, Johnny Hob! Wake apt' Hpringfeluiw, lying upon his back, was tho first to arousa and to comprehend tho situation. Know ing that an open attempt to seise bis arms would draw npon himself instant death, he feigned lo he only half awak ened, and much to the amasement ol his tormentors, turned upon bis side, muttered and grumbled at being awakened, telling them to go away and let him alone. Hut by turning upon his sido he gave to himself tho opportunity of placing his hand, unob served, npon tho handle of his pistol, and in another second ho sprang npon bis feet and opened fire. Jits compan ions joined in the attack, and for a few moments the firing was rapid and fa tal. Tbe Federal soldiers stood their mound, bat at ancb close quarters the mnskot was no match lor the revolver. There waa no time to reload nndertbe quick eye of Ppri igfellnw, and oncej mm t "awe- in PA;, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1877. discharged tlio muskets woro usoloss. A lew seconds terminated the encoun ter, in which Springfullow found him self tho sole survivor of his party. Far rish was killed ; bis other comrade had disappeared, ho knew not how ; four of tlio Federal soldiers lay dead at his leel ; anil tho l wootiicrs, having thrown down their empty guns, woro run ning for their lives. A RI M FOR LIKE. But though victor in this fight, per ns multiplied themselves around bim Tbo trees among which bo stood woro surrounded on every Bido by open fields dotted quite thick with tho enemy's tcntB, somo close at hand. Concealment was quite Impossible, and bo must run for his lite; but run in what direction he might, onoruks would be euro to in terccpt his course, for tho adiucont camps bad been aroused by tbo firintr, and tbo soldiers who bad cscancd would bo sure to roltirn with others to avenge tuo (loam ot their comrades. At a dis tance ol a low hundred yards, a littlo branch made its way -through tho open fields toward tho rivor. Its banks wero fringed with bushes, and whilo it offered only an utterly forlorn hopo, Mtringfellow turned toward it and ran. Ho was seen by thosowho had already started for bis capturo ; seen to cross Uio open field ; seen to enter the busb orr tho bunk of tho stream. And now vindictivo shouts announced that the enemy felt secure of their prey. But not so l Entering the bed of tbe stream, a kind Providence guided him to a spot where tho waters had hollowed out tor him a hiding place, behind tho roots of an old stump. Underneath tho bank and behind l hose roots ho forced his body, having hastily colloetod what driftwood was within reach still further to conceal his person ; and thcro bo lay, naif covered with tho water and mud, and awaited the result. From every direction men wero hurrying to the spot with the perfect assurance that tho daring enemy would soon bo within their powor. For long, long hours did scores of searchers con tinue to examine every foot of the brush that lined tho stream. Many times did hostile feet passdirectly ovorSlring fellow's body, and once a man, moro inquisitivo than tho others, stopped, whilo walking in the bod of tho stream, to cxamino the very spot whero he lay. But tho driftwood which bo had skill fully arranged for his concealment de ceived tbo man, and he passed on with out making tho discovery. Toward afternoon the search slackened, and by nigbtlall it was abandoned. But not until the noisoof tho camps was bushed in slumber did Stringl'ellow duro to leavo his retreat. Then following for somo time tho course of the stream, ho passed in safety out of tho oncmy's lino, swam tho liapidnn between tho pickets, iiuaI, thankful to God for bis delivorttnco, found himself onco moro among his friends. THE COSSACK. Tlio (.ulaU corrospoiidoiit of a New York paper contains tbo following sketch : I no Lossaek s not a very savory gentleman, and Galatz is a fine place tor taking the edge off ono s sen sibilitios regarding smells, and we can got to windward ol tho Cossack if wo wish to inspect him, which is more than we can do in regard to tho Galntz drains. Friend Cossack is a httlochap, about nve loot uvo, oven on his high heels, but at onco sturdy and wiry, His weather-beaten faeo is shrewd, knowing and merry. His eyes are small, but keen; his mouth largo and between it and his pug noso rather render man the rest ol his lace is a tuft or wisp of straw-colored mustache, Ilia long, straight hair matches his moustacho in color, and is cut shocr round by tbo nape of his neck. He wears a round oil-skin pcakless shako with a knowing cock to tho right, to maintain which anglo thoro is a strap around his chubby chin. Below the nock the Cossack is all boots and groat coot, which is ol thick gray heavy blanketing, comes down below bis knees; bis boots como up to them. Ho is moro armed than any man of his inches in Europo, is our littlo Cos sack friend, and could afford to loso a weapon or two and yet bo an avoragely dangerous customer. Weapon num ber one is tbo long black llauless luneo, with its venomous head, that seems itching to make daylight through somebody, llo carries a carbine, slung in an oil-clotb cover, on his back, tho stock downward. In his belt is a long and well-made revolver in a leather caso, and from tho belt hangs a curved sword with no guard over its hilt. Through tho chinks of his great coat are visible glimpses of a sheepskin un dercoat with the bair worn insido to day at noon tbe thermometer was over 71) in tho sun. His whip completes bis personal appurtenances ; ho wears no spurs, lie. rides cocked up in a high saddle, with a leathern band strapped over it, a wiry little rot of a pony, with no middle piece to speak ot, with owo nock and a iiaunt, iiroiecting head, ragged flanks, loose hocks, limp fetlocks, shelly feet, and a gonoral as pect of knackerism tho sort of animal, in nno, lor wnicn a eosiurmnngcr wouiu think twico before ho olfered "throe quid" for it at the northern Tattersall's on tho outskirts ol tho Metropolitan Uattlo Jlarkel on rrnlay afternoon. Hut tbo screw is ol indomitablo ifamo- noss and toughness lives whero most other horses would stnrvo is fresh when most other homes are knocked tip and is fit to carry its rider across Europo, as Cossack ponies havo done before to day. A KNOCK-DO WN A RGUMEXT FOR THE 11 EA THEN. The othor day, when tho wind whistled sad toned jigs around tbo Bat tery, a littlo old man entered a saloon in that vicinity and asked tho bar keeper if ho could leavo somo tracts there. A whole car load, If you want to," was tbo prompt reply, and tho littlo old man placed a package on a heor tablo and sottly said : "There's no nobler causo than tho causo of tho heathen. Wo should all contrihtito a small part of our worldly wealth to shed tho Gospel light across tho seas. A pair of boxing gloves wore soltly reposing on a tablo, and the littlo old man felt them and went on : "It makes mo sad to see such sinful things lying around whon tbe cost of one glove might save a doccn souls In A fries." Tliroo or four ol tho hoys had drop ped In, and tho saloon-keeper winked at them and replied: "Do yon want to earn 1.1 for the heathen?" "Verily, I do." "Put on the gloves with mo and knock me down and I'll anto up cash enough to convert a wholo regiment of African sinners," "The causo is noble, the Inducement REPUBLICAN, front," mused tbe littlo old man, as o toyed with tho gloves. Tho boys encouraged bim to go in, desiring to sco him knocked wrong end np, and ho finally got out of bis overcoat with tho oxplunntion : "It can't bo a sin to box lor tho causo ol tho heathen." The Baloonist meant to lift him over ono of tho tables at tho first blow, but tho blow was warded off handsomely, and tbo littlo old man sighed : "Ah urn! Tho healhon walk In wickedness and they hnvo souls to be saved !" "Look out now I" cried tlio suloon ist, as he got in a letl-bnnder. "Verily, 1 will, nnd 1 will givo thee one in return for the heathen." Ho struck a staggering blow, and tho saloonist didn't leulquito so enthu siastic as on the start, llo took tho dofbnsivo, and ho soon bad all the work ho could do. "Thai's another for tho ignorant minds on tho far-off shore 1" as bo knocked tho saloonist against tho wall. There wasn't any "science" about him, but ho struck to kill, and bis arms wero flying around liko the spokes of a wagon-whocl. 'Don t crowd a feller, called out the saloonist as ho was being driven back, and he got mad and put in bis hardest licks. lie meant to smash tho little old man's noso as flat as window glass, but ho could not do if. Ho got in two or threo fair hits, and was beginning to regain his courago when the aged stranger sorrowfully remarked : My friend, the heathen call, aud I cannot tarry much longer. Take this one, and may It broaden your views on tho heathen question. Receive this ono in tho spirit tendered, uud you may be euro tho a shall be a beacon light as tnr as it will go." llo delivored two Bledge liammcr blows, right and left, and the saloonist got the last on the ear as ho dodged the first. He went over in beautiful style, and as ho slowly regained bis feet he felt in his rest pocket for tho wagor. If you II conio around here to-night and do that again 1 It doublo the mon cyl ho growled, as ho paid tho wager. "My road points towards Hosting, softly replied the old man, "and I can not tarry. Let us part friendly, for 1 only boxed Iheo for the heathen's sake. I garo to thee, thou bust given to the heathen, and now, farewell !" Sun Franeisco Call. HOUSEHOLD RECITES. Meat Balls. Chop very ftno cold meat of any kind, and soak tbe same quantity of bread. crumbs ; mix them together with an onion choiiiied very fine, it tho flavor ot onion is liked ; sea son with salt and peppor, a little nutmeg and allspico ; mold together with one egg ; form into balls and fry in boiling lut. Coun HatAD. Takoone pint of sifted corn monl and stir into it ono teaspoon. ful of salerntus and half icaspoonful suit, then add two well-beaten eggs, one pint sour milk, and tbree tablo spoonfuls sour cream ; boat about five minutes, and put about naif an incb doep in the pun to buko ; il you have no crenm, use about a lablcspoonf.il butler or lard; bako thirty-fire minutes. Lemon Cbiam Pie. Ono quart ol milk, threo cupfuls sugar, yolks of lour eggs, ono cupful flour ; mix the flour with somo of tho milk, then boil the rest and mix this with it ; flavor with grated rind of a lemon ; bako ; make a Irostingof the whites beaten to a froth with a cup of sugar and juico of the lemon ; brown in a hot oven. This makes two pies. Vehetaiii.e Sorp. Purchase a small piece of shin, with some moat upon it; put into tbo vessel that you make Ihe soup in four quarts of water, with salt, boil threo or lour hours, then add a tea cupful of rico, ono carrot grated, ono turnip cut in pieces, ono leek, cut a stalk of celery, littlo pepper; just be fore serving lor tho table, takeout tho shin, removing the meat, which you cut in small pieces, put tho meat into tho tureen and pour tho soup over it ; send to tablo to bo eaten with catsup or spited sauces. Currant Jelly. Take ripe chorry currants, place on tho tiro to get thor oughly heuted. When cool enough, strain through a coarse crash towel till tho seeds aro dry. .Measure tho juico into a clean porcelain pot, let ft boil five minutes hard, then pour over the sugar, which has beon previously meas ured into a stono jur largo enough to hold sugar and juice. Siir constantly while pouring on the syrup, and from tho bottom, till every particle of sugnr is dissolved. I'so granulated Vitgar, ono pound to a pint of juice. II uvo tho jelly-glasses all read)', as tho jelly I often forms whilo stirring. . This niakes splendid, clear jell', very firm, and will keep two years. Mako it about 1th of July. Dors Wanted. Men aro wanted So they aro. But boys nro wanted honest, munly, noble boys. Such boys will make tho desired men. Somo ono has declared, and truly, that these boys should possess ten points, which aro thus given: 1, Honest. Z. Intelligent. Active 4. Industrious, h. llhedi- cnU fi. Steady. 7. Obliging. 8. Po- lito. 9. Neat. 10. Truthful. Ono thousand flrst rnto places are open for ono thousand boys who como np to tho standard. Iviich boy can suit bis taste as lo the kind of business he would prefer. The places on: ready in r-vr-rv kind of occupation. Manvof them aro already filled by hoys who lack somo most important points, but i :n J . : , - lliey will nmin uvvuinnv. ni.inc piiuw. lions will soon bo vacant, because tho boys havo been poisoned by reading had books, such as they would not daro to show their fittheis, and would bo ashamed to have their mothers soo. Tho impure t honght suggested by those books will lead to vicious acts, tho boys will bo ruined, and their places must ho filled. Who will bo ready for ono oflhosa vacancies? Distinguished lawyers, nseful ministers, skillful phy sicians, successful inorohants, must all leavo their places for somebody clso to fill. One by ono thoy nro removed hy death. Mind your ten points, boys; Ihcy will prepare you to step into va cancies in the front rank. Every man who ft worthy fo employ a boy is looking for you II you havo the points. Do not tear that you will bo overlook ed. A young person having these qualities will shine as plainly as a star at night "Havo you any boned-turkey?" asked a hungry looking custodier in a Novada restaurant. Tho proprietor laid his bans' on his revolver, and cried : " No insineratlons here, young man ; we'r honest here and don't 'bone' noth- GARDEN TOPICS. I havo often transplanted grape vines as late as the 1st of June, after tho leavos wero as largo as a dollar, and they did well. Tho leaves will wilt and drop off, but new ones will grow speodily ; and in tho lall the vines aro apparently as good as If set earlier; but tho proper time to set thorn is in May before the vines have leaved out. Novor buy old vines, thinking to obtain a crop of fruit a year or two earlier than from those two and threo years old, tho limit in age that vines should bo re-set. Cut tings set to produce young vines should be shaded a littlo with bay or grass fill they tako root, which is not till luto in Juno. When the thermometer is in tho nineties in the shade, tho heat of tho sun will often kill the buds of cuttings that have not tukon root. A the canes to your old vines grow, so as to bo in danger of being broken off by high winds, they should bo tied to tho trelhs ; and a watch kept on them till July, tying the new canes as need ed. .Most vines overbear, and if tho smallest clusters bo cut out, so as to leavo about two thirds ol tho fruit that set, tho lomaindcr will bo better in quality, and equal to tho whole quan tity, il none had been cut out. Beans, melons and squashes may be planted as Into as July 1, and will pro- iluco good crops. Tho succession of pens and green corn should not bo neg lected. Plant corn every two weeks till July, and peas till the middle of Juno, and they should bo planted con siderably deeper in hot weather than in tho spring. Good crops may bo grown in rows threo feot apart with out any bushing, but thoy yield better by bushing. Make the drills so that tho peas will covor a width in the drills about threo inches wide. Winter cabbages should not bo set before July 1st, and it should not bo grown two years in succession in the sume place. If your currant bushes aro attacked by worms, as they aro in many localities, whito hellebore is a sure remedy. A spoonful dissolved in a pail of water and sprinkled upon t,ho bushes from a watering-pot will bo effective; but be careful that this solution does not go upon your strawberries in fruit, as it is a strong poison. You can kill the slugs on your dwaii pear trees bj tho uso of this current-worm remedy. Paris green oporates in about tho same way. When you hnvo dono cutting your asparagus it should bo allowed to go to seed, and not disturbed till full. It is advisable to grow all of your own seeds, and then yon havo what you can depend on. A part of a row of Kens should be saved for seed or a few ills of corn, and a singlo cabbage, car rot, beet, parsnip, turnip, ic.,"will sup ply all the seed needed in an ordinary garden. Tomatoes aro much benefited by bushing them to keep tbe vinos off tho ground. Cut brush about two feet high when set, and stick down four ot them whon your tomatoes begin lo noed support quito closo to tbo plants, and you will soo bow finoly the plun operates. If you bavo celery plant, il ia not necessary to sot them in trenches, as was the old custom, but they may bo grown on the surface of tho ground ; and at the proper time the earth may be banked np against them, as is dono by markot-gardonors by running a double mould-board plough between the rows. In working your garden "take timo by tho fore lock," and don't allow tho weeds to get ahead of yon. A clean, woll cu Itivated garden is an ornament to a place, and tho garden is generally an index to the habits of its owner. T.M.Miner. Linden, N. J, CLEOPA TRAS NEEDLE. Cleopatra's Needle is to be removed at last from Alexandria to r.ngland, nnd the following account of tho mot hod to be adopted is given by the Jjondon 1 imrs : , "Tbo sand is lo be cleared away and tho obelisk set square parallel with tbo existing sea wall. An iron cylinder linishcd oil to a chiseled edge, with sufficient diaphragm togive it strength, is to bo constructed round the obelisk, which is to lio in tho long axis of tho cylinder, and to be wedged nnd calked where it passes through tiic diaphragms so as to divide into water-tight com partments. "Tho cylinder. is to bo ninety-live feel long by fifteen feet in diameter, and will havo a draught of nine feet of water when afloat. All being water tight, it will be rolled into tho sea, and across tho sandy bed of the water till it floats. It will then bo turned over and tho man holes at tho top opened and about thirty tons of ballust put in to keep tbo ends Verticnl, so as to net liko stem and stern. It will then havo two bilge keels, a rudder, light spar deck, mast nnd lug Bails attached, nnd be provided with an anchor and good chain cables, nnd, if necessary, a pump in enso of lenkago. The cylinder ship will then bo fit to go to any port of the world with its freight and in any weather. - "The cost ot this operation will amount to about $15,000. Tho obelisk in its caso will bo towed over during tho summer months and laid aside tbo Thames Embankment on a platform properly prepared and lilted high enough to clear tho parapet, nnd tho bilgo keels and other additions being stripped off, tho cylinder will bo rolled to tho proposed site and then stripped off tlio obelisk,-which will bo ready to bo elevated to its pedestal, an operation which will be simply effected by means ol a lew bulks ot timber and two smull hydraulic rams. 1 ho whole cost is not to exceed (50,000, and that of tho obe lisk at Paris is said to havo been 1100,000." ' Tyndnll tho scientist, dwells in the Alps and prosecutes his studies trom a lolly eyrie. Ky noxt season ho will have built himsell a '.'mountain home" among his beloved peaks and glaciers. Tho spot ho has selected is in tho cen tre of a region of unrivalled beauty and Interest. From the llel Alp, hard by tho npper valley of tho Rhino, and not tar from the spot where tho Simp Ion bends southward, bo will enjoy on ono sido a magnificent view oT tho Mntterhorn, tho Weisshorn and Dom, rearing their proud crests aliove an army of icy peaks ; nn tbe other "ide is tbo Aletsch glaeier, bounded and fed hy the giants of the Bernese Obcrlund, tho snowy axo cdgo of tho Jungfran, the snvago pinnacle of the ?insteraar, and tho great central dome bf tho At etschhorn. Hit bride it a skilled crags-woinsn and accompanies her husband on his tours ol Investigation. In used to fatigue by a long courso of Alpino training, ho makes several times a day, without apparent difficul ty, tho long ascent to the eyrie whence he contemplate, the "infinite asure of the past" and the volcanio upheaval of tbo present with sublime equanimity. The Republican's circulation Is the larrfcst ofany paporin ClrarflcW county. -TERMSz:f3r annniu in Advance. lf llj. (aa NEW SERIES-V0L. 18, NO. 21. INSTINCT OF WILD GEESE. Tho St. Louis RermbUcan says : "Dr. Lankford, who returned a day or two since iroin the south-eastern pnrt ol the State, mentions the following curi ous fact in natural history. He gives uio statement on the authority ot Mr. W. li. Smith,' a leading farmer and miller living near Morley, in Scott county, Mo. About a year ago, Mr. Smith captured two young wild geeso and raised them with tho balance of his domestic goslings. Tho wild onos became quite tame and took kindly to tho changes of civilized life. They adapted their habits to tho ordinary delights of tho barn yard, and swam in tbo pond with tho tamo goose, with out showing a disposition to go on a wild gooso chase. At length, about the 1th ol November, the weather be gan to change, and after boing domesti catcd somo bight months the wild fel lows, prompted by an instinct to seek a more sunny climo on tho approach of winter, spread their wings to the orcexe ana started on a migratory lour, nying southward, iheir depar ture was natural and to bo expected, After an absence of somo two or three months, early in January, great was Mr. Smith s surprise to find, on getting up ono morning, that tho two wild geeso had returned to their old haunts on his furm. Thy not only rctnniod, but 1 1 more wild gocse came with them as visitors, which wero piloted safely irom some southern bayou. Ihe now comers mado themselves at home, and wero fed and fondled by tho children. They come up to the mill at feeding time to get their rations, and gabblo all together, and put on all tho airs of civilized geeso who havo had a good moral training." Wanted an Apolooy. Flarly yes terday morning a car on tho Cass avo ntio route encountered a milk wagon driven bra woman about fortv vcars of ago, and the driver shouted and motioned lor her to turn out bho re fused to leavo the track, and the car and wagon camo to a halt. "Why don't you get off tho track ?" shouted tho car driver as ho put on the brake. "I don't like your way of hollering ut mo," she slowly replied ; "I'm just ns much of a lady as tho Queen of r.nglund, and you must treat mo with just as much courtesy as you would hftr." "I say get off tho track !" "And 1 say 1 won't !" llo left his car to lead her liorso off tho track, but she had a long whip and she kept him off. Ho got behind her wagon to lift it off, but tho whip cracked about his ears again. "Will J'ou get off tbe track ?" he de manded. "When you apologize, I will." He was in a fix. His car was full, aid tho milk woman was stout and full of grit, and he decided to come down. Ho said bo begged ber pardon. "That's all I want, and let this be a lesson to you," she replied, as she turned off the track. "When you eoe a milk woman on tho track, speak to hor kindly and gently, and don't un dertake to bulldoxo hor." Detroit Fret Press. COMIX' THRO THE RYE. An illustrated periodical, somo time ago, published an illustration of "Com in' Thro' the Rye," and blunders Into what we proanmo it the popular mis conception of the ditty, giving a laddie and lassio meeting and kissing in a field of grain. Tho lines, If laddie meet a laaeie, Comia' ihro' the rye, and especially tbo other couplet, . A' tbe Uda that smile oa me I When oomla' tbrn' the rye, , seem" to imply that traversing tho rye was an habitual or common thing ; and the song, perhaps, suggests a harvest seeno, where both sexes, as is the cus tom in Great Britain, are at work reap ing, and whero they would como and go through the rye itself, so as to meet and kiss in it. . Tho truth is, tbo ryo in tbo caso is no moro grain than Ryo Beach is, it being tho nanio of a small, shallow stream near Ayr, in Scotland, which, having neither bridgo nor ferry, was forded by people going to and from tbe market, custom allowing a lad to steal a kiss from a lass of his acquaintance whom he met mid stream. Our con temporary will see that this is tho true explanation if be will road Burns' original ballad, in which the first vorse refers to the lass wetting her clothes in the stream : , Jer.nl. Il a' Wat, pulr boiie ' 1 Jenni.'a seldom dry t Shs drng'lt a' her pettlooatie, Couiio' liiro' tbe rye. ....... . mi (spasmodic i hristians. They are liko tho pool of Betbeada. which had no healing power till somo messenger came down and troubled tho waters. and then their virtue endured but a moment. They are like Shakespeare's Cassius, who being "much oulorced, shows a hasty spark, and straight is cold again." It takes a deal ol extra fuel to heat them up, and after all, they soon lose their fervor. And, whilo wo nro in tho way of finding comparisons, we will use one more. Wo hare sometimes seen a loam that was " unequally yoked together," inaS much as one ottho horses was experi. encetl, and pulled evenly and steadily at tho collar in a way that showed good training, whilo tho other was young, restive and fickle. Part of tbe tune the young borso was pulling noth ing at all, and part or tho time he was pulling so fiercely that the wagon was drawn to one side, the harness was strained, tbe driver was almost lolled out of his seat, and tho young creature was in danger of foundering himself In his spasmodic seal. In such a case tho spasmodic horse attracted fur more attention from tbo pnssor-by than hit mate, for bis prnncings and snortings and " cavorting " were much more in teresting to (he eye than the plodding, honest gait of the yokefellow. But tho latter was the one that was doing tho work - " I will nnd bequeath," said Pat, in Ids last will and testnmont, " to my be loved wife, Bridget, all my proorty without reserve ; to my eldest ton, Patrick, ono half of tho remainder ; and to Dennis, my younger son, the rest If anything is left, it may go to Tor onco O'Carty, in sweet Ireland." Pillow and Cushing are working to gether, and there ought to be a soft place between them. ' " Papa Tafi will be nominated for Governor of Ohio on the Implacable Republican ticket. The tcebcrgncea between the Presi. dent and Garfield .yiel.ls a little to the warm weather. An Irish agricultural journal says' that potatoes- shonld be boiled in cold wntor. MUCH IX T.1TTLR Good taslo is the flower of good sense. When tho beat Increases the ther mometer rises to explain. God gives ovory bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest. ; The motto of the watering-place girls ia to "Let no singlo man escape." He who sows courtesy reaps friend ship, and he who plants kindness gatb om luvo. wAsr.??y'r Point" your misfortunes to you Tojiiio?j u J'',srwjsta. Why is your shadow liko fatso friends ? Boca nso it stays by you only ib Aulloiiuo. ' " Ma, why don't you havo such tea when there ain't company ?" Simple as the query waa, it "floored" ma. An eloquent Chicago divine mildly refors to tbo Bufferings ot the lost in tho " equatorial regions of the world to como," Tho Corpus Christi (Texas) Timet has been studying human nature. It says: "To owo is human; to pay divine." Tbo other world is to this like the r'ost is to tho West. We cannot ap proach the one without turning away from the other. A philosopher wrilos : " Yo own only what we use." He la tho sort of a man who would use another man's horse and sell it. Men who would scruple to utter n lie, do not scruple to entertain a preju- o -- n i .. standard falsehood. There is a gift that is almost a blow, and there is a kind word that is munificence ; so much is there in the way of doing things. Hard speech between those who have loved is hideous in the memory, like tho eight of greatness and beauty sunk into vice and rags. " Madam," said a gentleman to his wifo, " let me tell you, facts nro very stubborn things." Quoth the lady : " What a fuct yon must bo I " Our guides, wo pretend, must bo sinless ; as if those weie not often the best teachers who only yesterday got corrected for their miBtakos. Meaning goes but a little way in most things; for vou may mean to stick tliints together and your glue mny be bad, and where aro you r An Irishman having been told that the prico of bread bad been lowered, exclaimed : " That is the first time I ever rejoiced at the full of my best inenil 1 How shall you learn to know yourself? Not hy contemplation, but action. Mnvo to do your duty, and you will soon discover what stuff you are made of. The abscnt-mindod woman is con tinually forgetting the location of her pockot, and whon an overdress is worn tho search for a nickel becomes the work of time. Ho sits on tho porch and watches tho birds and sings " There is rest for the weary," whilo bis mother breaks hor back plodding around in the onion bed with a case-knife. A new stylo of trowsors for boys has been invented in Boston. Tho ar ticles bavo a copper seat, sheet-iron knees, riveted scams and water-proof pockets to bold broken eggs. " Can you inform me," said a stu dent to tbo bookseller, whethor I can find anywhere the biography of Pol lock ? " Yes, I dare say that you will find it iu tho 'Course of Time.' " II there bad not beon such a thing as goodness, I should long ago bavo given up all hope of earthly good. If not such a thing as grace, I should long ago have given np the hopo of heaven. Agricultural journal : Question " Will the editor please inform me how tho Hollanders suit cucumbers?" An swer" Tho most common way, as we observed when abroad, is to salt them wilh salt." We are too apt, in our wonder and our applanso at the hoight to which a man has attained against all odds, to forget to note whether his steps up tbo incline have been clean ana jusily taken. A whimsical comparison being mado between a clock and a woman, Charles Fox observed that ho thought tho simile a bad one ; " For," said he, "a clock serves to point out tho hours, and a woman lo mako us forget them." At a Court martial, a young Irish ofilcor, when questioned w hether he llad not given the lie to a certain per son, replied : " No ; 1 only said that either ho or tho Colonol had told a lie, and that I was sure it wasn't the Colonel." Wlicn 'a Cortain woman in town speaks of her " late husband," you must not conclude that she it a widow. Her husband is living, but he never comes home until midnight, and lies in . bed unlil nine o'clock a. m. This is the reason she calls him her "lato husband." ' Stonewall" Jackson was one of tho most courteous men imaginable. His wifo says : " Ho norer passed a '""J w looouuwu wiieiuciauniiuurur ' withou. nlna h. a-,., i. -.n ...... i reasnnablo to suppose that "Stone well " had his' hat in his hand pretty much all the timo he was out. A boy tried his first pipo tbo other day. When his father came homo to dinner, ho found a deathly pallor over spreading his face. "What is the matter with you?" in quired the amazed parent. " My teacher is sick," gasped tho boy. " Well, you must not feel so badly about it, Tommy," said tbe father, kindly ; " She will get well again, without a doubt." And thon, stepping asido, he observed to his wilo that that was tho most sympathetic boy he ever saw. To live uprightly and purely in this ago ia no play. A young man who resolves to do it must put himself, as a fencer docs when about to bo attacked, on his guard. A mild and dove-like disposition does not hold a man np to the line of duty at all limes. There are tho mild, and thoro are alto tho horoio virtue Of Christianity ; and both find their proper moments of ex pression. There aro times when a young man must say no, and a no that has no hint of a possible "yes" In It. There are times, also, when ha mnat say yes, and make it ring like the blast of a trumpet. Never did young men need tuts quality and temper more than they do to day ; never were there moro opportunities for tbeir exercises. , A change in wodding ceremonies is suggested bv Miss Yonge, the novol itt : "Why should not the marriago take place In really early morning, with the celebration at its fit lime, and only " attended by the bride's maidens, the nearest and dearest to both, and by those friends and relatives whose hearts aro in tho matter ? Later In tho day there might, according to the circam- stanccs ol the family, be full festival, including neighbors, and, above all. those special guests of onr Lord's own wedding-feast, tbe poor and tht maim cdj tbe halt and the blind. Might not tins, lor the very reason that it would be a grievance to tho world, be mora liko a Christian wedding and a safer beginning of the Joint journey through life?"
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