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T. .RROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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TV. H. UOTtTLLoVgH,
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on Reeaod street, in th. Masonic BuildiflR.
Janl,'7T
Wrc7ANOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CCRWENPVILLR,
e2A Clearfield Count.?, Pena'a. 76y
TBOI. I. HUKRAY. CVBUS OORDoM.
MURRAY GORDON, .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
pf-Ot&e in Pie'e Opera Homo, seeond floor.
WU . : ; r-: ,
FRANK FIELDING, '
ATTOHNEY-AT-IaAAV ,
Clear Held, Pn.
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piomptly and faithfully. nor 1273
WILLIAM A. WALLACB.
HARRY F. VALLACB,
DAVID L- K RRRI.
JOUR W. WRIOLRT.
WALLACE Sl KREBS,
' (SuioMaora to Wallace A Fielding,)
attorneys-at-la v
111271 Clf arUrld, Pa.
totRrn a, m'r jai.lt.
DA SI EL W. B'Ct'RDT,
McENALLY dt MoODRDT,
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Clearticld, Pa.
4YeTLes;il business attendetl to prompt., wlthj
fidelity. Office on tiooond street, above tbe First
National Uank. jsn:l:7
G. R. BARRETT,
Attobncv and Counselor at Law.
clearfield. pa.
Having reiigned hl Jadgenhip, bai mumtd
the practioe nf the law in hia old nfActo at Cloar
fif Id, Pa. Will attend the oourta of Jeffereon and
Elk eonntiaa when apeoially retained in oonneetton
with remdnnt ooonael. 1:14:72
A G. KRAMER, .
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Real E it ate and Collect ion Agent,
tl KARKICri), PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal buaintaa an
truated to nil oare.
r-OOioe in Pia'a Opera Iluaae. janl70.
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
tl:l:7l riearBeld, Pa.'
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
srOffioe in Old Western Hotel banding,
eornsr of 8oond and Market 8ts. noTll.oS.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cleat-Held. Pa.
J-OBoe In lit. Court Uouae. ())!,' 7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
- ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, '
Vlearaeld. Pa.
Ofltna on Matket street, opp. Court llonse,
Jen. I, l7.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
nd Heal tiatale Ajeiit, ClearHeld, P.
nniea on Third street. bet.Chertj A Walnat.
jfSRespeotfullv offers bis ser.iees In srllln,
nd buying lands In Clearfield and adjoining
nnntloa f and with an experionee ol rl.er twenty
.ara as a surveyor, flatters himself that he eaa
render satisfaction. .Feb. !M.1:!f,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
, inn litALBR U( .
ttuw le-og and Ijiuiibor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OIBce In Graham's Row, l:2i:7l
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORN EY-AT - LAW,
1:19 ' Osceola, ClearHeld Co., Pa. y pd
J. S. BARN HA RT,
ATTORNF.Y . AT LAW,
llclleloiite. Pa.
Will praetlea tn Clearfield and all or the Courts of
tbe 2Mb Judieial dletrtot. Real estate business
stid eolleetion of claims made specialties. nl7l
i DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
LUTHERBBURU, PA.
Will attend professional calls promptly. augl0'7t
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
OAca oa Market Street, Clearfield. Pa.
jtaT-OBoe hours I I to II a. m , and 1 to I p. m.
,R E. M. SCHEURER,
HOMiKOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
r Offloa in residenca oar Markei at.
April 14, 1171. ?lrr"l!Ml.,'.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Late Burgeon of the Bd Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, having returned from the Amy,
olTers bis professional servlees to theeitlaens
of Clearfield county.
f0 Professional cells promptly attended to.
Ofilce on Beeoud straat. lormeriyoeeapieu .j
Dr. Woods. apr4MU
dr.h."b.van valzah,.
( 1 P.AHFIFI I). PP.KIJ A.
ori'K'E IN MASONIC BUILDING.
Ofilee hours From It U i P. M.
MayU, 17
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Juktici
or tub Patrt aanSrntvaaaa, LUMBER
CITY. Colleeliona made and money promptly
paid orer. Article, of ogreemont and deeds at
ooaseyauee neatly executed and warraaled eor.
reel or ae charge. MljT
JAMES H. LYTLE,
In .trailer's lltilldltif, ClearHeld, Pa.
Dealer In Orooetiee, Provlslois, Vegeleblsa,
Fralts, Flour, Feed, ate., etc.
eprlm-lf
HAIIUY BNYDKR,
BARBER AND HA IRDRKSKKR.
k.p on Market St., opposite Court Hornet.
A rleaa towel for every euctoner,
Alan maanfaeturer of
All Kinds or Artlrlra la Husnan Hair.
ns.t6.lc. p.. may If, '7a.
D. M. DOHERTT, .
FAflllfiNAIlI.E RARHRR A HAIR DRLF8ER.
CLEAREIELD, PA.
Phi.p In roaea formerly ooeapled hy Nangla
Market street.
Jiy 14, n. '
JOHN D. THOMP80N,
Jnsllee of the Pears and Scrivener,
urweaavllle, Pi.
keA.Colloclloai made tod money promptly
rHrer. fel.'7ltf
.
CLEARFI
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
yOL51-WHOLE NO.
(taxis.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF Till PEACR
roll
Itrcalur Toituthtp,
n.oeou Miiu p. n.
ll offleUl uuitneM ntruBl.d to him wilt b.
promptlT Btundtd to. noli'29, 7A.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEUCU ANT,
ITrncUvlllt, Clenrfleld Couuty. Pa..
Kmdi aoniUntlT on band n full naaortnant of
lrv Uooda. Hardware, Urooeriea, and OTerytbinR
uanally kept tn n retail atore, which will b aold,
for oah, ai onaap at aiiewnera m aw waniy
rrenebvtne, June ii, iaof-iy. t
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DSALBB IV
UENEKAL MERCHANDISE,
;rahamtun, p.
Alio, xtnilT ninufBcturer nd dol.r tn Bqunt.
Timber and Bftwed Lnmbvrof ll kinds.
-Order. Kllcltel and alt bill, promptly
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield. Penu'a.
fcWlll mmuI. lobi In bit line Dromntlr and
lo wurkmanliko manner. ar r4,07
o. h; HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
.Pump. alwara on band and made to order
i snort notion. Pipes bored on reasonable terms.
II work warranted to render satisfaction, and
delivered If desired. mt3a:ljpd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DRALRM I
SQUARE TIMBER,
and niaoutaoturers of
A l.L KINDS OHSAVl:l l.l'MIH.H.
77J CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer lo
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BHINOLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
I:I0'73 Cliarfield, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market ft., ClearHeld. Pa.
In tbe shop lately occupied by Frank Short,
one door west of Alleghany House.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and M ILDER.
Plans and Bpeeillcatlons furnished fur all kinds
of 'buildings. All work Hist olass. Htair build
ing a specially.
. O. address, Clearfield, Pa. Jan.l7-77tf.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Rumbarger, ClearHeld Co.. Pa.
Keeps on hand all kinds of Harness, Baddies,
Bridles, and llurs. FurnUhiog floods. Repairing
promptly attended to.
Rumbarger, Jan. Ill, 1977-t.
JOHN A. STADLER,
F.AKKR, Market Bu Clearleld, Pa.
Frask Bread, Rusk, Rolls. Pies and Cake,
on hand or made to order. A general assortment
of Confectioneries, Fruits and Nuts In slock.
los Cream and Oysters in seeson. Saloon nearly
opposite the Postofflee. Prleea moderate.
March lo-'76.
JAMES MITCHELL,
oaaLBa in
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
jolfTS CLRARFIKLD, PA.
J.Tl. MfURRAY
WILL SllPrl.V YOU WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOWKHT
PRICK. COME AND SEE. (I:i;7y0
NEW WASHINGTON.
irnal.K ANI ftTONR YARD.
Mra. at. H. I.IDDKI I.,
Having engaged In tba MarbU busiaees, desire,
to Inform her friends and the pnblie that she baa
aow and will keep constantly on hand a large and
well selected stock of ITALIAN AND VERMONT
MAR1I1.K, and is prepared to furnish to order
TOM1IBTONEH, BOX AND CRADLE TOMDS,
MUNUMENTH, Ae. '
X.YM-d oo Reed street, near the R, It. Depot,
Clearfield, Pa. JeH,70
IjI very Stable.
'P II R undersigned begs leave to Inlorm the pub-
dale all la the way of furnishing H..SM, Buggiea,
lie uat he is now luliy prepare vo euoonuiu.
daddies and Harness, on tbe shortest notice and
sn reasonable terms. Residenoa on Locust street,
Between Third and Fourth.
OKI). W. IIKARIIAHT.
1la.rl.ld. Feb. 4, 1874.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE.
At the end of tbe new bridge,
WKiST CLMKFIKLD, PA.
Tbe pruprii-ior or mia esiaoiiiDin-ni win wj
hia liauora dtreel from dlatillera. Prtlea buying
from tbia bouae will be anre to g;rt a pure article
a a nill Biargin vvrt. I""' "
tm lurni'nra mi nquun mi )rariiBi ivm.
Pare winea and brandiea direct from Pee ley 'l
17 4...W. .1 ll.th NavVnpk.
UKtmtlR n. coi.ni;RN.
Clearleld. June In, I874 tf.
S. I . SNYDER, ,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABU DIALBft IM
kWntchc", t'lotka and Jowolry,
0raanm's lYois, AfarAet rVtreel,
4 I.KAHFIKI.I, PA.
All kinds of repairing In my line promptly Bl
ended to. Apr"
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE I10MB INDUSTRY.
THE undersigned, having established a Nur
sery on the 'Pike, al.out half way between
Clearfield and Curwrnsvlllc, Is prepared to fur
nish all kinds of FRUIT TREKS, (slaadard and
dwarf.) Evergreens, Shrubbery, llrepe Vines,
Gooseberry, Lawton Blackberry, Strawberry,
and Raspberry Viwea. Also. Siberian Crab Trees,
gaiaee, and early aoarlet Hhabarb, Ae. Orders
promptly attended to. Address,
' r ' j. I). WRIUIIT,
eaule !- Corwenevills, Pa.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Otreet, ClearHeld. Pa.,
. sarriCTtiaaalanai.aaiB
BARNKS8, PADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
and all kinds of
uoHst rvHsisHisa oooes.
A fall stock of Saddlers' Hardware, Broshe.,
Combs, Hlaasel., Rebea, ale., always on hand
and for sale at tka lowest cash prices. All kinds
of repairing promptly attended to.
All klndeof hides taken In eiehaego Tor her.
aese and repaUlng. All klods of barneso leolbor
kept on band, aad for sale at a rnsay profit.
Clearfield, Jan. I", l7fi.
JOHN H. FULFORD,
OtLliSBAL INSUPAMCS AUIST,
ClearHeld, Peh'a,
RepreMis all . wading Fir. Insurance
C,p..iMui.."t'7' jo.n.c.H
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U.. M.w Vorb i,T4,IIO
Lyee-iag. Maaey, P - ' '
Pkwaia, Hartford.. - J'.,,',.,
Hanover, New lore - ill Ml
llomcloi.u.. M
Protidtnon, Watblnfte - fll,'f
. . . saa UasiMaM en nroD'
artyf any bind, abaald eall nt y oee.
Marhel ttreet, ppotita te Oenrt Ilonee,
T .T!a . . ' ' -i- .nrt p.i4M before Inaurlnl.
m7 jruLFUiD,
CllHltM,Pa,Orl.r TMy
2,520.
tTRAWBERRIE ARE RIPE.
In tba ahady woodlandi tray in g,
O'er tba pleaiant meadow land,
Little children in their playing
Fill with fruit their dimpled handa (
And in all the thick graven buihea
Cunning blaekbirda tell tbe thruahea
"Birawbcrriea are ripe!"
tUrdena fluibcd with wonted glory,
Bluahing roie,and lily aweet,
Hold the tame deiieione atory
Of the fragrant rrlinaon treat i
Eager banda tbe rinva unoorer,
(Md and young with joy diaottrer
Strawbarriaa are ripe!
Put the fruit la fa ire it, iweeteat,
In tbe tbouaaod -at reeled town t
Then will pauae the fooUtepa fleeteat,
Ileada be ralaed that were bowed down.
Bad heart! atnile amid their sighing
A they bear tba pleasant trying,
"Frehb ripe btrawberriea!"
For the fruit Is not a berry,
Jut a berry, ootbing mure
'Tib a poem bulb sad and merry,
Holding Memnry'a aweeteat atore,
With pait jo.vs our heart beguiling
As we toil each ather amiltng,
"btrawberriea are ripe I"
PLOT MA KL G. IX JICTlOy.
Harriet llurtiiicau declare.' in her
autobiography, that the (realing ot a
plot in notion ia a task beyond human
faculty. Thin power, she thinks, is
tho sumo us that of tho prophocy :
"that is, if all hntrfan action is" (as we
know it lo bo) "tho inevitable results
of antecedents, all tho antoccdonts
must bo thoroughly comprehended in
ordor to discern tho incvitablo catns
tropy. A mind which can do this
must bo in tho nature of things a
prophetic mind, in tho strictest senso;
and no human mind is that." Sho goes
on to assert that the only thing to bo
done is to derive a plot from actual
Hie, as everybody knows tho best plots
havo been. Shakespeare's wero ; Scott's
best plot ("Tho Brido of Lainmer
moor' i was ; Boccaccio's stories wore
undoubtedly derived from nnrratives
or from life before his eyes; ami plot
making, such as it is, is often tho gitt
of Inferior writers. Dickens, sho ai-
nrms, could not invent a plot nor
Bulwer nor Douglas Jorrold nor
perhaps Thackeray "while Fannio
Kemble's forgotten 'Francis I.,' writ
ten in her teens, contains mines of idol,
sitflicivnt to turnish. a groundwork for
a score ol lino fictions. She describes
how, in preparing one ot her early
oconomie talcs, Berkley tho Hanker,"
sho But over her matorials for two days
Irom seven in tno morning until two
the next morning, with an interval of
only twenty minutes for dinner and
after all was obliged to havo rocourso
to sotno facts of the financial crisis of
1825, and to thosu titcts the story main
ly owed its success.
Writers ambitious for success in fio
tion will be apt to derive a vast deal
of comfort from these utterances. The
difficulty of plot-making has doubtless
kept many persons of brilliant imagi
nation from tho field of novel-writing:
it was always a weight upon Washing
ton Irving ; it has kept writers liko Iko
Marvel and Warner hovering on the
verge of story-writing in tho form of
the dramatic essay; it is peculiarly
tho deficiency of American novelists.
But It must not be hastily assumed
that, bccatiso original plots aro impos
sible, it only remains for a writer to
bring together fuels and characters in
real life Tn ordor to exocuto a novel.
Somebody has said that to combine in
nature is to produce In art. A novel
writer, however much ho may depend
upon actual facts for his groundwork,
must in one sense, after all, invent his
plot that is, he must create tno group
ing and the arrangements; be must,
by moans ot bis imaginative power,
give a freshness and vitality to the pic
ture. A novel is not really original by
the mere facts ot tho story, bnt by the
treatment of them by the atmosphere,
so to speak, in which they aro envelop
ed, by the manner in which tho char
acters aro depicted and grouped, by
tho artistic coloring, by the light and
shado just as one painter may make
the Crucifixion conventional and com
monplace, and another givo to llie fa
miliar incident original forco and ex
pression. Theso results are tho high
est tag upon tho mental powers of a
writer; and the reason why inferior
writers are often good at, mere plot
making is becauso it is purely a me
chanical talent, a sort of puxzlo mak
ing, tho faculty for which may bo rare,
but which ii nono the less far from be
ing a high one. Mere plot, moreover,
is never a satisfying quality in ro
mance; none of the works that endnro
aro famous for tho story they havo to
tell, but rather for tho character
painting and the manner tn which tho
story is told. In almost every instance
an intricate story holds the attention
of the reader only so long as the pux
zul is unsolved ; the moment tho mys
tery is known, tho nnvol is as empty
of interest as an old riddle. It is thus
obvious that writers aro not going to
produce successful books by adopting
tho idea that as original plot Is impos
sible it is not thoreloro to bo attempt
ed, and that all one has to do is to
borrow from history or experience a
group of facts in order to construct an
acceptable romance.
Wo douht if there could bo a better
test ol a writer's real inventive power
than for him to take a plot already
existing and replace itholding to tho
mere story, but transferring it to a
different period, a different locale, and
giving dineront characteristics to the
persons of tho story. If a wrilor could
do this, and produce an impression of
freshness if be could give to tho work
a different ntmosphcre, a fresh tone,
an individuality of its own ho would
really show a high order of imagina
tion and even invention, because ho
would havo to perform the difficult
feat of banishing from his mind old
impressiotiB, of forgetting what had
been done, and clearing his montal
tahlot of hues and colors which we
all know aro apt to bo so tenacious.
It would bo a curious and interesting
experiment, and porhans aomo of our
ingenious writers may be prompted to
make It. Appltlon'l Journal.
LUXURY TIIK CACSE OF NA
TIONAL JlKCA Y.
Frugality of manners ia tho nourish
ment ot strength i.i bodies politic. It
is that by whieb they grow and sub
it, until tbey aro corrupted by luxu
ry tho natural cause of their decay
and ruin. Of this wo havo examples
in the Persians, Lacedemonians and
Romans: not to mention many luter
government which have sprang up,
continued a while, and then perished
by tho sanio natural cause. Hut these
aro, It seems, of no uso to in : and, In
spito of them, wo are in a lair way ol
becoming ourselves another useless ox
amnio to future ages.
Simplicity of manner may be mora
eanlly presorved in a republic than a
monarchy ; but if once lost, may bo
sooner recovered in a monarchy , the ox
amplo of a court being of great ofilca
... slither to perform or to corrupt a
ncoplo; that alone wore suiTlclMit to
'.. 1 - - , - .1,. ,J ,.,.1.1 ar
UlSCOUniVllBWivw ii v --
ilvcr, either In clothes or equipage,
and if the same, were prohibited hy
ELD WSB
tLEARFIELD,
law, the Buving so much bullion would
bo tho smallest benefit of such an in
stitution ; there boing nothing more
apt to debaso the virtue and good
sense of our gentry of both sexes than
tho trifling vanity ol apparel, which
we have learned from Franco, and
which bas had such visible ill conse
quences on tho genius of that pooplu.
WiHer nations havo tnado it their care
to shut out this folly by severe laws
and penalties, and its spreading among
us can forbode no good, if there be any
truth in tho observation of one of the
ancients, that tho direct way to ruin a
man is to dress him up in lino clothes.
But we aro doomod to bo undone
Neither the plain reason of the thing,
nor the exporionco of past ages, nor
the examples wo have betbro our eyes,
can restrain us from imitating, not to
say surpassing, tho most corrupt and
ruined people in those very points ol
luxury that ruined them. Our gam
ing, our oporas, our masqiierudes, aro,
in spite of our debts and povorty, bo
come the wonder of our neighbors.
If there bo any man so void of all
thought and common souse, as not to
seo where this must end, let him but
compare what Vcnico was at tho
league of Cambrtiy, with what it is at
present, anil bo will be convincod how
truly thoso lashionablo pastimes are
calculated to depress and ruin a nation.
It is not to be believed, what influ
ence public diversions have on tho
spirit and manners of a people Tbe
Greeks wisely saw this, and made a
vory serious all'air of their publio
sports. For tho sumo reason, it will,
perhaps, seem worthy tho care of our
legislature to reguluto tho public di
versions, by nn absoluto prohibition of
thoso which have a direct tendency to
corrupt our morals,, as well as by a
relormation of tho drama; winch, when
rightly managed, is such a noblo en
tertainment and gave thoso ftno les
sons of morality and good sense to tho
Athenians ot old, ana to our Jirilisb
gentry above a century ago; hut for
thoso last ninety yenra, hath entertain
ed us, fir tho most part, with such
wretched things as spoil, instead
of improving, tho taste and man
ners ol tho audience Thoso who aro
attentivo to such propositions only as
may nil their pockets, will prouahly
slight theso things as trifles below tho
caro of the legislature. Hut I am sure
ull honest, thinking men must lament
to see their country run headlong into
all those luxurious follies, which, it is
evident, have boon fatal lo other na
tions, and will undoubtedly provo futul
to us also, if a timoly stop lie not put to
mom. u.'ruiiiy t Mayi.
Sn-XULATION A XD SPOL1A
TIOX. In all things that engage tho atten
tion of our restless population, tho
making of money is the pivotal point
n non which the intense lilo of our peo
ple centres. "How can 1 muko some
money," is tho first question asked of
himself by tho average American when
his eyes are opened in the morning,
and the sumo question recurs when
approaching evening brings to a close
the day of excitement and anxiety.
When lie meets an acquaintance no
asks, "can you tell me how I ran muko
somo money ; " and so it gooa money,
monoy, money, "how can 1 or wo muko
somo money f"
To the observant mind, which sees
beneath this upper current of money
making thought, the warm tido of gen
erous leeling that forms the substratum
of American lite, tho anomaly is pre
sented of a nation ot moncy-gettcre
joined with a nation of spendthrifts.
j assing inrougn, as tno nation nas,
many poriods of financial prostration,
and recovering (roin them through
tho sheer forco of unflagging industry
and boundless resources, wo, as a peo
ple, have never profited by our own
experience. Tho lesson taught by tho
disasters of tho past aro lost sight of
in tho light which gilds tho opening
future. Conservatism in monoy mat
ters is, with us, an almost unknown
thing. Kconomy of means with tho
view of building up for ourselves and
our children, through tho slow-growing
but sure process of accretion attendant
upon well-directed induitry such a
fou ndation of property as many not bo
shaken by financial storms is seldom
thought of. Trusting to chancej tho
average American will launch ' his
financial craft upon the unsettled sea
of disturbed values, in tho firm belief
that he can avoid the shoals and rocltB
upon which so mnny havo been wreck
ed ; failure alter failure may attend
his efforts well known financial prin
ciples are nothing to him, he ia a law
unto himself and rccognir.es no other.
.Stumbling and floundering through
tho niiro of inmtiio theories, ho ignores
tho history and experiencool all times,
and wrecks himself where havo been
stranded tho hopes and fortunoi of
millions who havo preceded bim.
Speculative periods occur in tho his
tory of all nations ; men become mad
through tho seductive hope of rapidly
accumulated wealth ; but tho law of
labor, sooner or later, demand and
secures tho recognition of the cardinal
fact that productive industry in tho
only source from whence can bo drawn
individual and nationul wealth,
Wo are a cosmopolitan people, ab
sorbing into our lifo the best and worst
elements of all nations. Kvory ship
that reaches our shores comes freighted
with restless, ambitious men, who help
toswell tho speculative tido that sweeps
over our land. Unupprccialivo of tho
(net that wealth springs primarily Irorti
tho toil, an exhaustive system of agri
culture has prevailed, gradually lessen
ing tho productive capacity of our
fields. Tho farmer has thus placed
himself in tho ranks ol tho speculator,
inasmuch as ho has sacrcficed to im
mediate gain th cortainty of perma
nent and increasing results under a
pains taking system of restoring to tho
soil its productive capacity...
If there is any one condition under
which tho law of compensation is moro
inexorably operative than another, it
is in the matter ol robbery of the soil.
Instead of a nation nf speculators, wo
must become a nation ol producers,
and the Infinite rapacities of our own
soil enabling ns lo support endless In
dustrie with their legitimate out
growths, will make us, indeed, that is,
if we aro true in the moral as well as
tho physical senso, the leader among
nations. 1 rn ami 1 lorn.
How to Kitp Cool.. A corresion
dent of tho New York Herald givo
I no following nuns upon Keeping coot :
"Open your windows between six and
oven o'clock in the inornini for ven
tilation, and then close them, as also
th blinds, and keep lucm closed all
day. A liouso should bo regulated
libn a rofrlirrtrnlnr. which, if the door!
are kept tightly shut, will IMtain Its
, . . . (. ..... ie I. I. ii..-..- nt
COKincSH, Ulll II II. in liiiurrii uiron win
soon have tho samo temperature as the
air without, doou puiuawptiy is worm
a trial."
PRINCIPLES, Not men.
PA.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1877.
3USSIOXARIES AXD TURKS.
The unanimity wilh which tho mis
sionaries in tho east declare in their
letters that thoir hopes and prayers
aro all for Turkish success and lius
sion defeat, In the great war now com
nuncing, is having very powerful
impression on tho American churches.
It seems at first thoaght a littlo con
fusing and mystifying that these vory
vedetts of Christianity, theso soldiers
of tho Cross, Btationed on tho very
skirmish lino of thcbutllo against hea
thenism, should take sides with tho
Mohammedans and against tho Chris
tian crusado which Russia is proclaim
ing. On reflection, however, the mat
ter is simple enough. Tho American
and English, missionaries in Turkey,
Syria, Armenia, etc., have entered into
a sort of tacit agreement with tho
Moslem authorities, only occasionally
violated, that their prosely thin efforts
shall not bo directed to the "perver
sion" of the followers ol Islam, but
only to tho ovangcliiation of the Greek,
Armenian Catholics, and Maronite
Christians, of whom thoro aro ovor
twolve millions in tho Ottoman Empire.
As long as this agreement is substan
tially adhered to tho Turks, of courso.
don't care how much success tho mis
sionaries 'meet It makes no differ
ence to the contemptuous Mussulman
whether few or many (ireoki go ovor
from the Patriarchal to tho Presby
terian communion, and bo would not
caro it tho wholo church of Armonia
should bo fused with tho Methodists.
Thus tho missionaries havo almost ab
solute freedom to convert tho subjects
ot tho hnltun so long as they do not
conspicuously tamper with tho faith of
31ohainmcduns.
Hut how different the coso would be
should these regions pass under Rus
sian control. Tho Greek church of
Russia brooks no rivals where it has
control of the State. Jowsand .Mus
sulmans it will tolerate, hut horelic
Christians it crushcj with tho iron
hand ; as tho Catholics of Poland, and
numerous sects that have trieil to
spring up in Moscow and St Peters
burg can testify. An amusing story
is told in Mr Wallace's recent great
book on Russia, which well illustrates
tho feeling of tho people on this sub
ject. 'A peasant having openly exhib
ited kind and tolorant feelings for tbe
Mohammedan Tartars and tno bitter
est hatred :( a sect of heretics whom
Mr. Wullaco describes as holding about
the samo tenets as tho Scotch Presby
terians, was asked why ho was so in
consistent. "Oh," ho replied, "tho
l'artara get their faith SB they do their
dark skins directly from God and
aro therefore not to blamo, but the
heretics invent their doctrines out of,
their own brains."
If Russia succeeds, thoreloro every
missionary station, every institution
and collego planted and fostered by
1'rotestant or tatholio on Ottoman
territory will be at onco wiped out of
existence and the missionaries expell
od forever from the Bold. No wonder
thoy do not wioh to see theGreok eroa
triumph over the crescent, especially
when they think they see an ultimate
chance of an English protectorate
over this wholo region, to bo followed
gradually by English institutions and
English liberty. I'tttsliurg Leaihr.
" FA HVV- VAUGIITKU.
A IlAtOHTKR or A WKI.L KNOWN NEW
YORK (IAHUI.F.R OIVES g335,A00 TO
CHAniTABLK INSTITI'TIONS.
The Now York A'ua has tho following
about "Faro's" daughter, which would
reflect credit on the original Phuroh's
daughter tor its true goodness of heart :
I ho will ot Mary A. 1 lancer was
latoly offered for probalo in the surro
gate's court of Sew York county.
Miss Huncer was tho only daughter
of Matthias M. Dancer, said to havo
bcon1 tho most fortunato gambler in
.New York, iinncer was reared as a
blacksmith, hut left tho anvil to enter
tho lists with professional gamblers as
a dealer of faro. Ho won money rap
idly, and hoarded his winnings. hen
ho had accumulated enough funds ho
loft the Howory for Broadway, and for
Iwenty-nvo years was connected with
various gambling bouses . on that
thoroughluro. A largo part ot his
wealth was acquired in a faro bank,
which, by reason of its diminutive sir.o,
was known as tho "coon box." Tho
most noted ot his resorts was C'ti
Hronriwnv. Ho was ono of tho chief
stockholders in a faro bank nt 8 Bar
clay street, which is behoved 'to have
taken tn tl.ouu.uuu during the war.
Ilo Irequently cavricd on his porson
between (rll,KlO and $100,000 and on
tho morning of Monday, July 1'2, 18T5,
when his houso was robbed, ho star
ted from homo with $24,570 in his
watch fob. Ono wintor's moruing,
about six years ago 81,000 was stolen
rrom tho chongo pocket ot Ins overcoat
by a bootblack. A detective, to whom
Dancer promised one ball of thoamoiint
recovered, soon handed 8230 to him
and told him that thn boy was in tho
city prison awaiting Dancer's action,
Dancer, liowever.deelined to prosecuto,
and oven went boloro tho grand jury
to plead for morey for the boy.
Dancer had the reputation of being
nncqualed in the United States in skill
nt backgammon. A fow years ago a
tricky professional named iirown ar
ranged tho box so that ho could control
tho dico, and challenged Dancer tn a
match. Alter Dancer had lost 8100
ho was warned by a friend, and with
drew from tho game. This is said to
havo been tho only known instaneo in
which Dancer was overreached. In
playing at cards or backgammon ho
showed as much anxiety lo win twonty
flvo cents as to win 825,000 and was
highly elated when ho had taken in
his opponent's last ditno.
A most daring robbery was perpe
trated ill M. Dancor's rosidenco, 50
West-Klovenlh street, on Monday, July
12, 187ft. Mr. Dancer had gouo out,
when, about cloven o'clock in tho morn
ing two men, one swinging a halchel
and tho other carrying a long, black
hook, knocked at tho basement door.
Mrs. Anno S. Dancer, a feeble lady of
sixty five, opened tho door to the call
ers. Sho was alono in tho houso.
Tho men snid that they were plumbers
sent by a oily official to nolo tho con
dition of tho Croton wator pipes. No
tice had been aent to Dancers and other
residents of the neighborhood, that,
in consequuttre of repairs to the water
pipe at Hroadway and Houston street,
thoir supply ol water would probably
bo cut off Mrs. Dancer, therefore,
readily believed the representations
ol her visitors, and admitted them
without suspicion. They entered tho
hall, and sho went back to the dining
room, resumed her easy chair, and bo
gun tn sow. Suddenly sho was encir
cled by rough arms, dragged Irom tho
window, thrown to the floor, hand
cdlTcd.and gagged with a handkerchief.
Sho fainted. On hor recovery sho be
held the men who had suid that they
were plumbers bonding over hor. Ono
brandished a hatchet anil threatened
REPUBLICAN,
to clcavo hor skull unless sho directed
him to tho secret repository of her
husband'! bonds. Mrs, Dancer was
unable to speak.
Tho robbers then admitted five con
federates, ransacked tho houso. They
burst open doors with hutchets, and
strewed contents of trunks and bureaus
on the floor, disregarding silks, satins,
and ovon jowolry in their eager search
for bonds and money. They obtained
only 800,000 of old and 822,000 of now
bonds of the State of Virginia, tho mar
kot value of which was then about
830,000. Tho plunder was, however,
worthless to tho robbors, as the bonds
wero registered in tho Citizen's bank.
Among the loose property which the
robbors did not got wore 825,000 of
New York Central bonds, which wore
afterward found lying among somo
old gowns undisturbed hy tho Ititiu
dors. After tho robbers had gone Mrs.
Dancer staggered iifto an area, and at
tracted the attention of a neighboring
fumily. A locksmith filed oil' tho steel
bands that encircled her wrists. For
somo time her lifo was in peril, and
sho never fully recovered from the
shock.
Mr. Dancer died in August last year,
leaving half of his property to his wilo,
nnd half to bis daughter, Miss Mary
Ann Dancer. In November tho wid
ow followed her husband to tho grave,
leaving her share to the daughter, who
thus camo into possession of all tho
father's estato, valued at about $700,-
000. Miss Dancer was a sincere Chris
tian, a Methodist by faith, but not
fanatical or demonstrative. Sho occa
sionally attended the I'resbyterian
church. Sho would not murry, prefer
ring to remain a companion and com
forter to her aged parents. Uerdeath,
on the 11th of February, was some
what unexpected. She was 85 yeurs
of ago.
In her will, alter dividing $18,000
among relutivcs and friends, sho mado
bequests to charitable, religious and
benevolent soeioties and Corporations,
thus disposing of the balance of her
entire fortune.
Miss Doncor had notcomo intoenjoy
mcnt of tho property thus bequeathed,
though fully invested with tho title to
the same, the affairs ot her father and
mother not having been fully settled.
Tho property is mostly personal, and
fully sufficient for tho payment of ull
tho bequests. The nearest relatives
aro uncles and cousins. Whether
there will bo a contest or not seems
doubtlul.
IX FA X T DAMXA TIOX.
The Chicago Timn, in its report ol
tho proceedings of tho Presbytorian
General Assembly, in session in that
city, having referred to tho question
of" infant damnation," as charged upon
Presbyterians, called forth tho follow
ing from Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke,
D. D., of Now York, which settles tho
question so fur as tho church is con
corned :
'This paper says that " Dr. Van Dyke
(more tho pity,) sends unbnptiited
cliildren, nnd the heathen, and the tin
conquered Christian, nnd tho Papist,
and the Rutionalist, all to hell." And
then it goes on to say that Dr. Kells,
tho Moderator, and Dr. Irving and Dr.
Kllinwood concur in these sentiments.
Laughter. This paper goes on to
say that there is a division in tho As
sembly on this subject. I supposed I
was a protty young man yet. but I and
you, sir, aro classed among tho old
fogies and Bourbons, and it is intimated
that the younger men havo a new doc
trine on this subject. I wish to say
in all seriousness and the gentlemen
to whom I havo referred not having an
opportunity to reply in all kindness,
whoever wroto this has fallen into no
slight mistake. Perhaps be did not
have tho privilego of going to Prince
ton, or bo would havo understood it
better. I do not believo that a child
or man was ever sent to hell becauso
ho was unbnptir.ed. 1 do not believo
that any dying infant, bapli.cd or ttn
buptir.ed, heathen or Chistian, is ex
cluded from tho Kingdom of Heaven.
1 believo that they are all saved. Ap
plause. I beg leave to say that this, sir,
is your opinion, and Dr. Irving s, nnd
Dr.Kllinwood'sopinion,and the opinion
of the wholo i'resbyterian Church.
Great applause. If it is not, let the
man who don't believe it rise up and
contradict it. Renewed applause.
Wliy, sir, 1 lovo Iho Lord Jesus Christ
becauso, by His cwn precious blood,
Ho redeemed me, and I lovo Him the
moro, 1 think, becauso 1 believo that
now on His throno Ho is repeating not
only his words hut His actions, when
Ho said, "Suffer littlo children to come
unto Me, and forbid them not, for of
such is tho Kingdom of Heaven."
Applause. Anil, sir, it relieves, to
my mind, much of tho dark shadow
that sin has brought over this world,
and much of tho dnrkness that covers
tho broad acres of littlo graves, to bo
assured that God tukos them all from
tho evil to come, and folds them in tho
arms of tho Great Shepherd above.
-Now, Bir, tho Hoard ol ruiiiication
Sublishes one book called "Tho (treat
upper,1' which is tho best popular ex
position of our theology on this subject.
and the host answer to that miserublo
ho which is repeated all over this land
about the Proshylcrian belief thai there
aro intunta in hell not a span long.
The Hoard of Publication publishes a
book which is tho best exposition on
Ibis subject I ever read. If tho Board
had published no other hook it would
bo worth all tho money it cost, pro
vided thcpooploof this land including
tho Chicago press would just tlevoto
one evening to the reading of it.
Laughter and applause.
DK.PAtji.TRRsPuNisiKn. J udgo Ship
man, of Connecticut, recently sen
tenced John ('. Tracy to six years,
and James L. Chapman to fivo years
imprisonment in the Stale prison.
Traey was the President and Chap
man tho Cashier of tho Farmers and
Mechanics National Bank, of llnrtford.
They wero bolh regarded as npright,
honorable and skillful men of business.
Tho bank was supposed to have been
well managed ami prosperous. But it
been mo embarrassed, and on investiga
tion there was lotind to bo a deficit of
nearly 81)00,000. Mr. Tracy at first
endeavored tn account lor this by the
explanation that ho had made largo
loans on nindeqiiuto security to personal
friends, with no intention of fraud, hut
confident that tho money would bo re
paid. Hut as the investigation pro
ceeded, this defence becamo untena
ble. It was proved that tho lunds ol tho
bank had been cmber.slod, the accounts
falsified, anil tho comptroller of tho
currency deceived hy liauiiulent and
perjured statements. Tho two guilty
ofllcor wore Indicted ; tho evidence was
too clear and amplo to leavo hoM of a
successful defence, and they pleaded
guilty, and wero sentenced us abovo.
Wo know nothli.g of tho atepa by
which theso men wero led from tho
straight path of safety into Ibis gull of
crime and disgrace. Similar wrecks
have been sadly frequent of late.
mmwmmn urn mim
GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY.
Tho contest between Russia and Tur
key will naturally attract somo at
tention to Iho sent of war. For those
who have not access to larger works
of ref'erenco wo givo tho following ab
stract of tho geography of Turkoy :
Tho province of Turkey as repre
sented on tho map of Europo in our
school goography cmbiaccs a territory
lying on both sides ol tno 1 'amine. All
that part, however, north of tho Dau
ubo, and bounded by Austria, Russia,
and tho Black Sea, is called Roumania.
Tho namo is derived from tho lunguago
spoken, which was originally tho Ro
man or Latin, as wo shall seo boreal ter.
Tho population is of a mixed charac
ter, consisting of Jews, Roman Catho
lics, Armenians and Protestants. Tho
mass of tho people, however, aro mem
bers of tho Greek church. Thoro aro
only about 1,300 Mohammedans in the
principality. The entire population is
about 5,000,000.
Roumania includes tho Dccta of Ro
man history. Hero tho legions of
1 ro an fought, and when lie had de
stroyed the native population, ho is
said to have peopled tho country with
colonists from the wholo of tho Roman
empire. Hence the character of tho
languagu. After the Romans hud held
hwuv tor somewhat less than two hun
dred years thoy wore expelled hy the
Goths, hubsequently other barbarous
tribes invaded tho country, until, at
last, tho Turks, having captured Con
stantinople in 1 151, acquired a nominal
title, though practically tho country
continued under its own Christian
rulers. At present Roumania enjoys
all tho rights of sovereignty, can nego
tiate treaties ot commerce and peace
Sho makes, however, an annual contri
bution to tho Porto. Tho chief ruler
is styled prince regent nnd inherits his
title. Liberty of conscience, and freo
dom of press and of public meetings
aro gitaruutocd tho people. Tho legis
lative branch of the government is
olected, and consists of two houses.
Roumania possesses railroads lines
of telegraph, a postollico department,
schools and universities. Education is
obligatory for both sexes.
1 ho language is oj a mixed charac
ter. This is a necessary consequence
of its history. All the races, nearly,
which havo found a homo on the soil,
havo left somo words. Tho Roman
alphabet is used and tho pronunciation
resembles tho Italian.
South ol t ho Danube, extending from
where tho Danube leaves Iho Austrian
lrontier westward, with tho Moruva
river dividing it nearly in tho centre
where it joins tho iianuhe, lies the
principality of Serviu. Its civil admin
istration is modeled afler that of Aus
tria. Every Serb is a soldier, 'flic
Turks hold tho fortresB of Rclgrudo
nnd sevornl other points. Tho Servi
ans belong lo the Slavic race, and thus
in religion and nationalities aro in
sympathy with Russia. Tho language
is moro liko tho Russiun than tho Po
lish ; theso, with tho Bohemian and
tho Servian being tho four great divia
ions of the Slavic language. The popu
lation is a little over a million.
Tho third principality is that of
Montenegro, to the southwest of Serviu
and nearly midway on the west frontier
of Turkey. The inhabitants are of tho
Servian race and members of tho Greek
church. Theso are under special obli
gations to Russia, receiving an annual
pension for harrassing the Turks. The
population isstmiowhnt over a hundred
thousand. Hut what Ihey lack in
numbers they mnko tip in their temper
and tho nature oftheir mountain homo.
Twenty-five thousand men can be sent
into tho field at short notice.
But tho rest of the territory known
in our geographies is by no means
united. West of Servia nnd north of
thetierco Montenegrins is Bosnia, whose
inhabitants consist of Bosnians, Croats,
Morlaks, Turks, Illy iuns, Jews, Gypsies,
Ae. Theso with tho exception of the
last four, aro also of tho Slavic race.
And then, south of tho Danube, from
Servia to tho Black Sea, enclosed on
tho soiitlr by tho Hnlkan mountains,
are tho Bulgarians. Theso number
about two and a quarter millions nnd
belong to the Sluvic rnco, and are mem
bers of tho Greek church. Sophia is
an important city. South of tho Bal
kan mountains lies Macedonia, a part
of the old empire of Alexander, whose
inhabitants arc descendants of tho old
Greeks. '
Thus wo sec (lint the present conflict
involves in it thrco races. There is
tho Russia or Slavic, tho Greek and
tho Turkish. And tho religious aspect
is no less interesting, lorthreodilTorcnt
forma of liiilh aro struggling for tho
mastery, Iho Greek church, a linenl
descendant of thoso to whom St. Paul
wroto hia epistles, and among whom
ho prenched ; Iho sister church of the
West, ono with her in her curlier litur
gies and formularies ; and lastly the
Mohammedan. It is impossible to say
how this tiling is going to end. It
may bo In the extension of the king
dom of Greeco northward to tho Dan
ube, with Constantinople for its capital.
The rise of modern Greece is a wonder
ful fact in ilio history of modern
Europe, nnd may yet assume nn impor
tance altogether unlookcd lor. There
may bo a concordat in a Greek empire
to which Western Europe, England
and Germany mny subscribe.
Tui Death Tranci. A correspond
ent of tho Mcchanicsburg Independent
Journal, writing font Carlisle, says
that there is a young woman, a mem
ber of a well known fumily in the up
per end of Cumberland county, lying
in ono of tho wards of tho Insane tins
pitul of that county in a trance. l''or
twenty. fivo days sho bus not taken
nny nourishment, not even water.
She lies upon her back nnd her large
beautiful blue eyes havo a vacant look,
hor breathing, nnd tho action of her
heart are feeble, anil scarcely percepti
ble ; tho external senses are asleep, and
it is only within a day or two thai sho
could bo roused sufllciently to turn her
eyes when spoken to iu a loud tono of
voice. Tho expression of her counte
nance is pleasant and she seems lo be
enjoying an inner dreotn life, the vis
ions of which are real and ecstatic;
perhaps somo trno revelation or Im
pressions received during a brief visit
to another world.
Hero in this charily hospital, among
tho debased, tho rejected "tho poor
whom wo always have with ns," this
young girl seemingly bas traces and
lootsteps of noblo thoughts in which
there is so much rapture and bliss, thai,
though tho Inactivity of her body ro
minds ns of tho visago ol death, yet
tho briskness of fancy which she ap
parently has, affords us a strong inti
mation of something within us that
can never tlio. Dr. Kriso is giving his
best services, and spnko confidently of
his hopca for her recovery.
Why ire country girls' cheeks liko
well printed cotton? Because thoy
are "warranted to wash and keep their
color.
NEW SE1UES-V0L. 18, NO. 25.
llORHOWlXG TROUBLE.
Hy all means, borrow all tho trouble
you can. Tho Pottsvillo Standard suys
if you cannot borrow enough by day,
sit up nights, and got somebody to
help you I You will have crowfeet at
tho corners of your eyes hy tho time
you uro twonty-livo, and you will need
a wig at thirty, but never mind I there
is a satisfaction in knowing that trouble
has done it! Always boon tho look
out for something to happen. Full
half tho troubles ot this lito are pnrely
imaginary, nnd the moro you worry,
tho livelier will your imagination bo
cotno. You know tho story of tho lit
tlo girl who was found crying bitterly
boloro the month of tho family ovon,
vriiicb. was boing heated for Thanks
giving sucritlco I When asked by her
mother what' was tho matter, sho re
plied between her sobs: "Oh, ms! I
was thinking what if 1 should grow
up, and get married, and havo a little
baby ami the hot ovon lid should full
down on it boo! boo! oow! oow !"
Well, there aro thousands of people in
this world just iiko this littlo girl.
They nro on tho lookout for hot oven
lids. Something terrible is continually
staring at them in the luturo. They
expect tho cholera overy year. I hey
look constantly for tho small-pox.
They shrink up and shudder at the
thought of n comet! They expect to
bo struck by lightning every time a
cloud passes over the sun I They never
go to bed without expecting to be mur
dered before morning ! I f tho cat gels
shut tip in tho pantry they nro sure
burglarsaro in the houso! They are
continually looking for fits of sickness;
and believing that an ounce of preven
tion is worth a pound ol cure, they em
ploy preventatives, nnd their houses
smell of onions, camphor, hartshorn,
and whisky, in about equal parts.
They aro ready to moot all evils half
way. They do not seem to rcalir.e tho
fact that tbe most of tho troubles we
havo are thoso which wo never ex
pected or dreamed of. What wo arc
confidently expecting to come seldom
does come, and tho heaviest blows tall
upon us when we aro most nt our
euso.
A LOW VOICE IX WOMAX.
Yes wo agree with that old poet who
said that n low, soft voice was an "ex
cellent thing in woman." Indeed, wo
feel inclined to go much further than
he has on the subject, and t all it one
of her crowning charms. No matter
what other attractions sho may have ;
sho may bo as fair as tho Trojan Helen
and as learned as the famous Hypntia
of ancient times; sho may huvo all tho
accomplishments considered requisite
at the present day, and every advan
tage that wealth can procure, and yot
if she lacks a low, sweet voice, sho can
never bo really fascinating. How
often tho spell of beuuty is rudely
broken by courso, loud talking. How
often you nro irresistibly drawn to a
plain, unassuming woman, whoso soft,
silvory toncB render her positively at
tractive Besides, wo fancy wo can
jtnlge of tho character by tho voice;
tho bland, smooth, fawning tones seem
to betoken deceit and hypocrisy as
invariable us tho musical subdued voice
indicates gonuino refinement In tho
social circle how pleasant it is to hear
a woman talk in that low key whuji
always characterizes tho truo lady.
In the sanctuary nt homo how such a
voice aoothen the fretlhl child r.nrl '
cheers tho weary husband. How
sweetly its cadence floats through the
sick chamber nnd around tho dying
bod! with what solemn melody do
they breathe a prayer for tho depart
ing soul ! Ah, yes, a low, soft voico is
certainly "an excellent thing in
woman."
Temperance. As a menus ol pre
vention, abstinence from tho habit of
drinking is to bo enforced. Such nb
stineneo may not have been necessary
for our fathers, but it is rendered nec
essary for n largo body of tho Ameri
can people on account of our greater
nervous susceptibility. It is possible
to drink without being an habitual
drinker, as it is possible lo lake chloral
or opium without forming the habit of,
taking theso substances. In certain
countries nnd climates where tho ncr-l
vous system is strong and tho temper
ature moro equable than with us in
what 1 sometimes call tho temperato
belt of tho world, including Spain, Italy,
Southern France, Syria and Persia,
the habitual nso of wiuo rarely leads
to drunkencss, nnd never, or almost
never, to inebriety; but in tho intem
perate belt, w hero wo livo, nnd which
includes Northern Europe and tho Vnt
ted States, with a (old nnd violently
changeable cliniulc, tho habit oi drink
ing cither wines or stronger liquors is
liable to develop a habit of intemper
ance.' Notably in our country, where
nervous sensitiveness is seen in its ex
treme manifestations, the majority ol
brain-workers are not sato so long as
they uro in Iho habit even oi moderate
drinking. For those individuals who
inherit s tendency to ilioliri.lv, tho
only safe course is absolute ulnlinenie,
especially In early lifo. Dr. Heard.
Seven "Minds." 1. Mind your
longuo ! Don't let it speak hasty, cruel,
unkind, or wicked words. .Mind !
2. Mind your eyes! Don't permit
them to look on wicked books, pictures,
or subjects. -Mind I
3. Mind your ears I Don't suffer
them to listen lo wicked speeches,
sengs, or words. Mind !
4. Mind your lips! Don't let to
bacco foul them. Don't Ictstiongdrink
pass them. Don't let tho food of the
glutton enter between them. Mind I
5. Mind your bunds! Don't let them
steal or fight, or write nny evil words.
Mind !
II. Mind your feel ! Don't let them
walk in the steps ol the wicked. Mind!
7. Mind your heart ! Don't let the
lovo of sin dwell in it. Don't give it to
Snlun, but nsk Jesus to make it His
Ihrone. Jlind!
Deacon Jones, just deceased, had a
very red noso. His widow thought it
rather personal in Iho minister to bo-
gin his funeral discourse: "Another
shining light has been taken from our ;
congregation." j
"What makes your bread so dark ?"
inquired Iho lady of the house of the,
cook. "If you please, inarm, it's be
causo it wue buked in cloudy weather,"
was l he reply. i
A teacher in a female seminary in
the country, on being asked by a young!
lady of her class what pig-iron was, j
replied, "Iron given In exchange lor
aw inc." j
"I am astonished, my dear young
lady, at your sentiments; you make
mo start. "Well, I have been want-i
ing you to start for the last hour." I
Cliildren arc the tomorrow of!
society. '
-VCCi JV LITTLE.
A LULLABY.
Sleep, Itttlo baby of mine,
Night and tba darkneas art near,
But Teaua look i down
Through tfao abadowe that frown,
And baby baa nothing to far.
Shut, little ateepy blno eyes,
Dear hula bead, bo at rest t
Juui, lika yon,
Was a baby one, too,
And lept on 11 U own mother's breast.
Slrep, littla baby of nine,
Soft on jour pillow ao while
Jeaue li bar
Oil lilue dat.iog ui , aseBBJ
What can you knot, .the bliss.
The oomfurt I aerp,
Awsao and aslsep,
, tteesuse 1 am eertaio of this.
Somo people are just like a buggy
wheel qhcaut ttrrt..
When a man tulks of himself, he
is moro apl to bo fluent than agreeable.
There is no surer tost of Integrity
than a well-proportioned expenditure.
Countries are well-cultivated, not
as they are fertile, but as thoy aro free.
What mukes tho Dead Sea dead ?
Becauso it is all the tiino rocoiving,
never giving out anything.
People arc never mado so ridicu
lous hy tho qualities they possess as by
thoso which they affect to have.
Lovo novor reasons, but profusoly
gives, liko a thoughtless prodigal, it s
ull, and trembles then lest it has done
too littlo.
"I shall follow hor soon," said a
sad-eyed man at tho grave of bis wife.
Within a month he was following an
other woman.
Self-governinont is, indeed, tba
noblest rulo on earth ; tho object of a
loftier ambition than tbe possession of
crowns or sceptres.
Lord Xarbury, on sentencing to
death a thief who had stolen a watch,
said : " You mado a grasp at time, my
lad, but you clutched oternity."
When a California woman defeuted
a lion in a hand-to-band combat, tho
neighbors wero greatly astonished, hut
her husband quietly remarked : " Ob,
that's nothing; that woman could lick
tho devil."
Any excuse better than none. A
toper says ho would bo a temperance
man in a minuto if it wasn't for his
wife. Ho knows she'd be lonesome if
sho hadn't something to jaw about and
find fault with.
A barber, who was in the babit of
stunning his customers' ears by the
rapidity of his tonguo, asked an indi
vidual one day, how ho wished bis
beard cut. Ho replied: "Without
saying a single word."
"A barrister entered ono of the
Four Courts, at Dublin, with his wig
so mnch awry ns to cause a general
litter. Seeing Curran smilo, be Baid,
" Do you seo anything ridiculous in my
wig?" "No," replied Curran, "noth
ing but tho bead."
If you ask what is tho temper
which is most titled to bo victorious
over sin on earth, I answer that in it
tho warp of a sunny gentleness must
bo woven across tho woof of a strong
character. That will mako tho best
tisstto to stund tho wear and tear ol
tho world's trials.
Quaker Strategy. A pair of
Quakers were lately heard in high con
troversy, tho husband exclaiming: "I
am determined to havo one quiet week
with thee." " But how wilt thou be
ublo to get it?" said the taunting
spouse. " I will keep thoe a week after
thou art dead," was tho rejoinder.
Genius at first is little more than
a great capacity for receiving discipline.
Singing and acting, like tho Uno dcx
tority of tho juggler with his cups and
balls, requires a shaping of tho organs
towards a finer and finer cortainty ot
effect. Your muscles, your wholo
frame, must g". liko a watch true,
truo to a hair.
Metre Men. An exchango says
men aro liko hymns. There aro short
metro men, sharp, blunt and hasty ;
there arc long metro men, slow, weighty
and dignified ; there are hallelujah me
tro men, mercurial, fervent and inspir
ing ; and there are eights and sevens
men, gentlo, genial and delightful.
There uro also some "peculiar metres."
John Bright was lately dining with
a citizen of Manchester, England, who
is an enthusiastic admirer of tho Uni
ted States. " I would liko," suid the
host, "to como back fifty years after
my death to seo what a fine country
America had become." " I believo you
would be glad of any excuso to como
buck," said Mr. Hriglit, with a grim
smilo on his face.
The Tin Test. Twothingschar
ucterizo every church" that is in tho
highest condition of spiritual health.
Tho ono is that Ihey all worship ; tho
other that they all work. Tho first
appertains moro directly to the heart ;
the second appertains as well to tho
head, tho hands and tho purso. The
fullest combination of tho two would
nlmost realizo tho ideal of church lilo
in its highest lorm.
Tho chief poril of iho Church to
day arises not from infidel or ignorant
assault. It comes from the falso vow
of counterfeit members or hypocrites,
and from the hull-vows or partinl con
secration of truo members. A full
fidelity on the part of each, producing
a glad, harmonious, and self-denying
ministry of banded believers, will most
ofl'ectiiully refute and at length utterly
overthrow all outward assailants.
It is not needful that wo should
tako interest in ull things only in
something, and in Borne things. God
has constituted us differently, ono and
another, nnd he has let us in tho world
lertile in choices. He is not indifferent
who cultivates this lusto or that, this
study or that, this livelier, keener,
stronger interest, which obscures or
forecloses that. Hut in something
something which is first pure, then
vigorous, wholesome, and of good re
portGod expects each ono to interest
himself, and with his might.
Mr. Curran ono day riding by tho
country scut of ono of tho Judges, was
nl ruck by a group of lovely children
whom ho perceived playing in tho avc
nuo ; ho stopped to inquire to whom all
theso fino children belonged ; bo was
answered by the nurse, who bad a
beautiful infant in her arms, that they
wero tho children of Judgo .
" Pray, my good woman, how many of
them has ho?" "TUcro are twelve
playing about inside, and this in my
arms is the thirteenth." "Th?n," said
Mr. Curran, "the Judge has a full jury,
and may proceed to triul whenever be
chooses, ami tho young ono will mako
nn excellent iTt."
Twin Characters. When tho
proud man bustles in tho storm, nnd
begets himself enemies, tho bumble
peaceably passes in tho shado unonvicd.
f ho full sail oversets tho vessel, which
drawn in may make tho voyage pros
perous. II uniility prevents disturbance:
it rocks debalo asleep, and keeps men
in continued peace. Men rost not when
Ihey ritlo in state, or hurry in a furi
ona churgo, but when they htimblo
themselves to the earth, or a couch,
refreshing sleep does then becalm their
toils and cares. When tho two goats
met on a narrow bridgo ovor a deep
stream, was not he tho wiser that lay
down for the other to pas ovor him,
than he that would hazard both thoir
lives by contending ? Ho preserved
himsell from danger, and mado tho
other boenmo debtor to bim for his
safety. Ho is charitable that out of
Christian ends can bo contont to part
with his due but he that would take
it from mo wrongs not mo o much m
he doce himaelf.