r ran
, TUB
HIUIIU STBBV WBDBBIBAV, BV
OOODLANDER & LEE,
CLKARPIKLD, pa. .
H T A IILIMH Bl II leal.
The large Clrcwtatlos efauy Hewapaper
In Notib Central PenaBylvsals
. ..Tenni of Subscription,
It paid la edvaaee, er wttbiB 1 month.... Xl
If paid arur and before a month. a XI
It paid attar the aiplrattoa of month... B OO
Eatei ot Advertising,
T-anaionl adrortlaotBoaU,poraqaaraof lOHooaor
S t.moa or lata II &B
t nr tiwh tabtequent Inaortlua.. 6fl 1
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NOEL B. LEE,
Publlahera.
(Cards.
TtVSTICEH' COWBTARLEB' PEES
We have printed a large aamber of the bow
FEB BILL, aod will aa tba receipt of twenty
Ova ente. mall e eewv r A"V addreae - sat
II
W. SMITH,
ATTOENEY-AT-LAW,
ll:l:T Clearfleld, Pa.
J.
J. LJNGLE,
A i T O K M K I -AT - LAW,
1:18 Phlllptburg, Centra Co., Pa. y:pd
Q R V. BAUUETT,
Attorn kyb and Counselors at Law,
clkarpikld, pa.
Jaaiury 80. 1970.
jSHAEL TEST,
ATTORN RV AT LAW
Clearfleld. Pa.
Aar-ome IB tba Court Honae.
liyll.'H
c. Arnold, '
law a 'collection
OFFICE
CUKWE.NSVILLK,
fir.
Cltarliold Couni.l, Pna'a.
7S,
s.
T. BROCKHANK,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW,
CLIAKFIELU, PA,
OlSuo In Optra llouro.
ap it,77-ll
s.
V. WILSON,
; ATTdltKKY AT LAW.
OOlff or t di,r Mt
oppoiita Court Uouw,
K.t.S,'7".
f Vnliti llotal tuilJb,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
RANK FIELDING,
ATTORN E Y-A'T-L A W ,
ClearArld. Pa.
Will atlnl To all btt.fneil ontrontad to him
ptomptl? and faitbrullr. Janl'7
WILLIAM A. WALLArB. OATID b. KaRlt.
HARRr r. WALLACB. JOUR W. WBIBLBT.
WALLACE & KKKKS,
(Susmra to Wallace A Fialding,)
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,
Janl'77 Clearlleld, Pa.
THOa. 0. Ml BRAT. QTHVR euBliWR.
JURRAY i CORDON,
ATTORNEY 8 AT LAW,
CLEAHF ELD, PA.
aVOIBca in Tie t Opi-ra Uune, toaond Door.
:.11)71
IOHBPB B. M'BBALLr. OABIBI, W. tf'CVBOT,
cENALLY & HcCURDY
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
t loartield. Pa.
A0T Legal baainoet attended to prompt) with1
d.i.litr. Office ob Heoond itreet. Abort tb Plrat
national nana. Jan:l:70
HeCVLleOCOR,
MRD. 0 L. BUCK.
& BUCK,
M
cCULLOUfill
ATTORN EYS-AT-LA W,
viearneia, rtu
All IpRtl botlaoaipromptlj ftttooded to. OAo
on Seoond atrt. lo tbo Maionio buildinf.
nH,'7T
O. K'MMRR,
ATTORSEY-AT-LAW,
Real Eatate and CollaolloB Agent,
C'I.EAKPIEI.I, PA.,
Will pruiaptl, attend. to all legal buaineia aa
trottnd to bia eara.
dr-Offir. ia Pla'a Opara lloaaa. janl'70.
JOUN L. CUTTLE, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mid heal Eelaie Agent, CleartJeld. Pa.
OBoa oa Tbird .treat, btt.Cberrj A Walnut.
ay-Kaapeetrull; oOara bla aarfleaa in aelllng
and buying Ian da in Clearfleld aad adjoining
oouBtlel And witb aa oiperieneo oi over twoote
y.ara aa a surveyor, flettera bimeell that be eao
render aatlafaotioa. Feb 2f ',A:lf.
JJK W. A. MEANS,'
fUYSICIAN It SURGEON,
LCTHER8UI1RI), PA.
Will attend profeaalonal nalla pruaiplly. auglo'70
jyi. T. 3. BOIER,
rUYSICIAN AND S l) HO MJ N
OBoe oa Market Street, Clearfleld. Pa. .
-Offloe biinri: I to II a ai , aod I to ( p. m.
Qil K. M. SCHEURER,
HOMOIOPATIIIC PHYSICIAN,
Office ia realdraeo aa Pint at.
April M, H7I. Ctearteld, Pa.
J)R. U. B. VAN VALZAII,
CLEARFIELD, PENN A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING
fmr- Oflea koara Vrosa 11 to 1 P. M.
Hay II, 1870.
R. i. P. BURCHFIELD,
Uio Bargooi of tbt BKd R(lmoBt,Pot)tir;lriila
.Vol an Won, byle rotarnod froa tb Army,
offars bla profaaaloQtl aorTlfoa tolbtiUDa
f 01oarlold ooqntf .
AProfoaaloBaloftlli proapUj t too dad to.
Oliao oa SteoBd atraot. foratrloooBp.od by
ur.wooda. oprVil-U
WILLIAM M. 1IBNKY, Juhtici
OP TBB I'BAOO AID 8CRIVIIRB, LUMBKK
OITY ' Oollootlona Dftda and anoaajr prompt,
paid ovar. Artielaoof ogroooa)t Bad deoda of
mmvy neo orU; aioeuud ud worrMtod or
rfot or bo obtrito. U)y7
REKD A HAGKKTV,
MAURI IN
HARDWARE, FARM IMTLEMLNTS,
llu ware, Halle, etc..
aagl,'77 Seooad Street, Clearfleld, Pa.
HARRY KNYDER,
BARBER AMD BAIRDRE88ER.
Bbop oa Market St.. appoeite Court Uoaae.
A eleaa. towel for every euatomer.
Alee manafeetaror af
All Kluda of Artie lee la llaeaaa Hair.
ClearOell, f. may 10, ?.
JOLIN A. STABLER,
BAKKR. Market St., Cleerfeld, Pa.
Pre.b Bread, Rweh, Rolla, Plea Bed Oabea
oa kaad er mede te order. A general eeeortaient
ef Cenloeltoeertee, Kraiteaad flBta ta Meek.
lee Cfeem aad Oyatere Hi eratoa, Halooa Bearly
appoalie Ike PaeteaVe. Prteeo mederaia.
Merli ia.'TA.
Clearfleld Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
Till wnderelgaed, kevlng eeubllaked a Mar.
eery aa Ibe Pike, about keif way kelweoa
CleerkVId aad Oarwenavllle, ia prepared ta far
Blah ell klnda ef FRUIT TRKK8, (aiaadard aad
dwarf,) Rverireeae, SkrabWy, Orafie Vtnee,
Uueiakeiil, Lawteei Blaakherry, JtlraurKeTry,
awd Raapbarry Vraee. Alee, Rlneriaa Orab Treea,
Vueeeo, Bad early eeatlet Rbaberk, Ae. Ova. re
promptly BtteaOad be. Addreaa,
i. D. WRIODT.
ewM M.) CeneeBeetlle, Pe.
CLEARFIELD
QEO. B. GOODLANDEE, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEEMS $2 per anirnn ia Advance,
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VOL. 52-WIIOLE NO. 2,573. ' ' CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1878. . . NEW SERIES-VOL. 19, NO. 21
Cards.
HENRY BRETH.
(oarnnn p. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
roa sbm. Towaiaip.
Mayo, 1878 ly
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juatlca of tbo Paaoa snd Sorlroaer,
Carwansvllle, Pa,
ft.ColItettoni aaada sod Bonay promptly
paia oror. (i22 Tin
RICHARD HUGHES,
JI'STICB OP TUB PEACE
Vetatur Totnthlp,
oaaaoia Mini p. n.
A II offielal bualneeo entrnated to him will I
promptly attended ta. mcb20, '70.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
- , wbalm la -
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
fiRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alto, aiteniiTO manufacturer and daalcr lo Square
Tlnbar and Hawed Loubarol all ataai.
M-Ordiri lolUltad and all bills promptly
Iliad. Jyl'
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market ft., Clearfleld, Pa.
In tba ahup lalalj ooeupiad by Frank burt,
ooa door want tit Allogbanjr Uonta. '
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and Itl'ILDER.
Plana and Sprclfieatioaa furnUbod fr all bind
of building'. All work Drat elaaa. titair build
log a afiocinltjr.
I 0. addreia, Cltmrfirld, Pa. JaclT-TTtl.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
Houso and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield,) Peuii'a.
a.Will axMutejoha lo bia Hn promptly arid
to a workinaoliko nanoar. air4,o7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLKARPIKLD, PBNN'A.
0PuiTip always on hand aod made to ordar
on abort notice. Pitaa bored ou reasonable terui.
All work warranted to reodar aatiafaottoo, and
dallvorod if daairad. my2b;ljpd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DRALBKI ir
SQUARE TIMBER,
aod manufacturer of
ALL KINDS OP SAWED LUMBER,,
f-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer In
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SlIINHLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
0:10'7I flcarflfld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL, .
BRALRB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Je!l'7 CLEAR FIELD, PA.'
WEAVER 4V BETTS,
nXALRRt IB
Real Esta!e, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
tr-OAoe on Seoond Itreet, In rear of flora
room at Seorge Wearer A Co. Jnnt. '71-t.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ADD DIALBR IB
Haw ljogn and Ijumbor
CLKARPIKLD, PA.
OSeo la Orabaia'a Row. - 1:1&;T1
S. I, 8 N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
t
ABD DBALBB IB
Watches, Clocks mid Jewelry,
Omkam't Jfea, Mmrktl Arael,
, C'LRARPIELD, PA. ,-
All kind of repairing IB toy line promptly at-
Aprll 2A, 1B74.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
Tha anderaignod would Inform lb publto that
bo baa rrnoved bia Huot and Hhoo Htiop to tbo
room lately oceapird bv Jim. Dtaring, in Kfaaw't
Row, Markrt MraH, wltera he la prvparad In at
rn1 in tha w-nti of all who ne t anything in hla
liBM. All work dona iy bin will h of ttiit har
malarial, aad g Dura at d tu h flrat-r laa in orcrj
rrapuct. Repairing promf1- attended lo. All
kioda ot Leatbtr and fcboo Piiidiaga firaaio
JOHN 8CH1KFKR.
Claar-eld, Pa , July IB, lH7T-Sia.
3w Garble Yard.
Tbo nndenigned would Inform tha pub He that
bo baa opm-a. a nrw MaJble Yard on Third t trout,
ufjiioalt (ho Luftirran Church, whero ha will krp
oonxiantly on bnod a atook of rarloni kiad of
mat bia. All kind of
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
apojla for Ctmrtrry t,ott
and all otbar work In bl lina will ba promptly
aiecntcd in a neat ana workmaoiika nunnar, at
rvaaonabto ralai. ... f , r
UoguaranioaanllfifaftorjLwoTk and tow priooa,
Oira btra aeall, J. VLAHAHTV.
Cl.arfl.ld, Pa., Mutrh 17, 1S7S-IT.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Street, Clearfleld, Pa..
MARtTrACTtfBBB ABU nBALBB IB '
HARNES8, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
and alt klnda ef
HOKHK rVBMSHItO HOODS.
A full atook of Haddlora' Hardware, Beeabee.
Onmba, Blankeia, Robe, ete., alway oa bead
and fur aale at the loweat eaab prleaa. All kioda
of repairing promptly atttnded to.
All klnda of kltlee taken in eiebange for bar
nee and repairing. All kind of h.rneea leather
kept on hand, and for aele at a email prolt.
Clearteld, Jaa. 10, 1870.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
For aal at tba Cltariald RartiLicaii oftoo.
The mm iompltl SrrU$ mf Lmtv
BimnSta publtihed.
Tba Blank aro got tan ap la auparlor atyla,
ara af waiforai alao, aad fnratahvd al ary lew
Agar far aah.
Call at tba RaruaLiraa efloo aad aiaaiia
tbL. Ordora by m promptly ftllad.
Addroa. UOOUlfAMifBR A LKK,
Jaly Hi. IHTT-tf. C It aria id Pa.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
MATTllKftBEN,
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET ITREET, REAR P.O."
The wedarelined bega leeve to Inform tbe etti-
eee of Clearfleld, aad tho peblle generally, thM
he haa ee band a Aa. ae.ortm.Bt ef Furaitare,
eaeh v W.laut, Cbeeleat aad Patated Cbeaabar
SaitM, Parlor Bailee, Reelielag aad Eieeneiea
Chalre, Lad Me aad SaaU' Eaay Chain, lea Per
forated Diaiagaad Parlor Chalra, Oaae FaLeaad
Wiadeir Chalra, Clothe Ben, Sue aad Eieoa
loa Led dm, Hat Raeb, Berebbtag Braahee, Ae
1I0ULDIN0 AMD riCTCRI FRAME,
eeklat Olaaeea, Okreaaoa. A- ehleh would
ealiahl. for tlobday pieeeeU.
oeeie-ra e-onnb TntitiTms-SJ.
DIPLOMATIC STYLE AT WASH
1NOTOS.
Tbo WaBhinirton corrcron(Iont of
the Chicaca -jimet writes: A Ions
topped, peaked-crown but, say seven
incuts BDove ine crown band, with
huce rolling brim, lay upon the coun
tors of one of the leading Washington
batten the olber day. Such a hat bad
noTor been put on sale bore, and the ex
treme idiocy of the shape and general
pieturesqucness ol its almtirdity attrao-
toa general attention.
'is tins f, sample bat ol a new
stylo 7 was asked.
"No," replied the batter, bowing pro-
fnnnrtlv 'that hat hnlnnmi tn linn
" , , ; J ' "
nisKeranuovt. attache to the i'ortu
euco legation."
"Wbero tbo duoe did be fret it, and
wbat is it doing bore? Dry-docked
for repairs?" . ..
"No, it is a bat 1 bave just made for
bim. H is made Irom a block that the
don brought with him Irom bis lovely
country, tbe only land where such a
uat grows to perleetion.
"Now, that you bavo it in your poo
session, this rare block, why don't you
duiiii more lists, so that tuts country
can competo In stylo witu Portugal f
"liou Tjloas you, the Don would not
permit such impertinence. There is
only one sueb hat in this country, and
mat is worn ty tho Don. Ioiiseo,this
bat rattier singles bim out from the
common herd, and gives him that pe
culiar prominence mat to a distinguish
vd foreigner is a necessity. Nothing
so humiliates mm as to be like anyone
else u lion God's green earth. This hat
of Don Whiskurandos is only one of
the many peculiarities ol hie odd dress.
The but will remain here a few days
upon cbiuition, but no money could
buy its duplicate."
The remarks of the ablo and talented
bailor a applied1 to Don Whihkorandim
equully apply to ull of tbe small try of
tlie legations. Ibo ministers dross
simply and plainly, and the great ma
jority ol tliem would not be selected in
a crowd as foreigners even, so quietly
snu sensiuiy are muse men dressed.
Sir Edwuid Thorlon, Admiral tinre
Jones, Hurd Von Sililur.or, the Ger
man minister, Iiorges, tbo Brazilian
minister, and even tbe Jupaneso mini
tor dress and apgiear like tho average
gentlemen that ono meets in a street
promenade.
Rut it is tho attache, tbe person who
nasoniy a nominal position, who naunts
extravagant loreign eccentricities. lie
wears- nothing made in this country.
1 ho most extravagant aud absurd for
eiini fashions uro selected as advertise
meiils, that the wearers uro legation
people.
'J o the average American intellect
the sight of a person with one glass
screwed in his eye is an irritating one.
i ou try to reason it out. You say
if the man is really near sighted two
glasses would certainly be bettor than
one. Jiut when you discover that the
one eyeglass is merely and always
plain glass, and that it is screwed into
the face only by an agonizing twist of
tbe muscles, and bold there only by a
grip ol constant attention, then with
all this information in your possesion,
you are driven to the inevitable con
clusion that a man who is guilty of
mis one-eyeglass theory is an ass l And
yet plenty of your "dips" of ability and
good training are so wodded to tbeir
eyeglasses thai thoy would as soon
think of going out upon tbo streets
without them as without their trousers.
ACTJSO USDER EXCITEMENT
There is great fear, on tbo Dart of
boiiiv amiuuiu jiurBuoe wuo write lor
the public, lest, in certain excited
movements of reform, there should be
those who will take steps' for which
nicy will bo sorry. J hoy arguo, Irom
this that it is not best to have any
excitement at all, and especially that
notning should bo done under excite
ment. It so happens, however, that
the path of progress bos always been
urKeo bt' sudden steps upward and
onward. , There aro steady growth
and steady oing, it is true, but the
tendency lo rut making and routine
are so great in human nature that it is
ollen only by wide excitement that a
whole community is lilted and for
warded to a new level. Men often get
into the condition of pig-iron. They
pile tip nleoly in bars. They are in an
oxccllent state of preservation. They
certainly lie still, and though there is
vast capacity in thorn for machinery,
and cutlery, and agricultural imple
ments, though thoy contain mess
nrolor possibilities of spindles and
spades, there Is nothing undur heaven
but fire that can develop thoir capaci
ty and realize their possibilities.
there are communities that would
novor do anything but rot, except un
der excitement. A community often
gets into a stolid, immobile condition,
which nothing but a publto excitement
can break up. This condition may re
late to a singlo subject, or to many
subjects. It may relato lo temperance,
or to a church debt. Now it is quite
possiblo that a man under excitement
ill do the thing that be has always
known to be right, and be sorry for it
or recede from it altcrward ; but tho
oxcitemcnt was the only power that
would ever bave started bim on tbe
right path, or led him to stop In the
wrong one. It Is aU very well to say
that it would be a great deal better
for a drunkard, coolly, aftor qnict do
liberation and a rational decision, to
resolve to forsake bio cups than to take
the same stop under the stimulus of
social excitement and the persuasions
of ooropaionsbip and fervid oratory ;
but does he aver do It? Sometimes,
possibly, but not often. Without ex
cllcmeiil and a great social movement,
very little of temperance reform has
evor been effected. Men are like Iron ;
to be moulded tboy must be heated ;
and to say that tbore should be no ex
citement connected with a great re
form, or that a reform Is never to be
effected through excitement, is to Ig
nore the basilar facto of human natnte
and human history.
At the present time thore is a great
temperance reform in progress. Men
are taking tbe temperance pledge by
tens ol thousands. They go around
with glad faces and with ribbons in
their button-holes. They sing their
songs of freedom from tbe power that
has so long and so cruelly enslaved
them. It is said, of oourse : "Oh, this
will not last. It is only nine days'
wonder. Many of these people are
now drinking in secret, and soon the
most of them will be back in their old
courses." The most of them, possi
bly. It Is not probable, however, that
the most of tttem will reoeda. Sup
pose half of them remain true to their
pledge ; does not that pay 1 We should
have bad nona ol them without the
excitement, and to have had a great
mass of brutal men, who bare long dis
graced and abused tbeir wires and
children, sober for a month, sr for six
months, was surely a good thing. It
was at least a ray of snnshina in
great multitude of dark livoa. Tbe
point we make is, that tbe alternative
of a reform through popular excite
ment is no relorm at all. And we
make tha further point that a man
who will not sympathize witb a reform
because ol the excitement that aocom
panics it, Is, ninety nino timos in a bun
dred, a man wbo does not sympathize
witb tbe relorm on any ground ; and
tbo hundredth man Is usually an Im
practicable ass.
Let us take this matter of paying
church debts by wbat bos become
known as tho Kimball method. A
church builds a house of worship. It
costs more than the original estiraato,
or some important members bavo fail
ed in the expoctod or pledged sub
scription, or worse than all, debt has
been incurred with tbe eyos open and
by Intent. It boa beon carried along
lor' years, tna whole mrgMiisatroii
groaning witb the bunion. To a tow
it baa become Intolerable I bey see
tbe church dwindling, xbey see stran
gers frightened away by this skeleton
in the closet ; tbey see thoir pastor
growing gray and care-worn or utter
ly breaking down ; and knowing that
nothing stands In tbe way ot tbe use
fulness and happiness of tbeir church
but tbe debt, tbey cast about for bolp.
vve will say that in most Instances the
church is able to pay the debt, provid
ed every man will do his duty; bnt it
so happens that every man will not do
bis duly, exoupt undur some sort of
social excitement, which Mr. Kimball
or bis helper supplies. Now, it is sim
ply a question between paying a debt
and not paying it at all. It is not
practically a question between paying
in one way or another.
I his method has boon tried many
times with tbo most gratifying success.
In ono brief hull day, ty means of
everybody doing his part under the
innuence ol eloquence and social ox
citement, debts have boon lilted and
churches made tree. Churches and
congregations bave sung and wept over
their success, and witb tbe joy that
ame ol duty done and sacrifice made
for the Muster. Just bore steps in the
critio Ho has known nothing of tho
tinmen iiihi tne church has carried
He knows nothing of the happiness
hat has come Irom the sacrifices made.
or of the hones that have been born
of thorn, lie only knows that it is
probable that men and women, under
the excitement of the occasion, bave
subscribed in somo Instances moro
than they could afford to subscribe
Therefore, in tho ojinion of the critio.
a public excitement fdf the purpose of
securing the payment ol a church debt
is wrong. 1 he critic docs not take in
to account the fact that the willing
part ni the church has been most tin
nstly burdened with this debt for
years, and that nothing undor heaven
but an excitement will stir the unwill
nir purl of the church to do its dutv
Of course ba does not take into so
count tbe furtbur fact that no sacrifice
that has been mado for bim, and for
which be can only make a poor return.
at nest.
To the critics of this method of pav
ing church debts, who object to it on
account of its profanation of tha Sob-
bat b. no bettor reply can be made than
that of one wbo found occasion to de
fend himself in. tbeir presonce. "We
are told, said he, "that it was pormis
siblo in the olden lime for a man to
reliove bis ass on tho Sabbath day
wnen tne animal had fallen into a
ditch, and I am only trying to relieve
a multitude of men and women who
have been asses enough to stumblo
into a church debt." The answer is a
good one, and jttstifios itsolf Dr. Hot-
tana.
A MAN WHO WAS HANGED
; . ONCE.
AND IS QUITE I.IKELT TO BE HANOED
AGAIN, AND THIS TIkl2 EFFECTUALLY.
A gray-haired and decrepit prisoner
arrived hero irom tno nest, recently,
In charge of Detective R. A. Kincade.
of Olnoy, III., und J. Stone, ex Sheriff
ol riitnum county, Indiana. Tho old
man was lodged in our city jail, and
lust evening be resumed bis journey
toward rerryviiio, Hoyle county, Ken
tucky, whero be is wanted lor having
murdered an old and helpless ladv in
cold blood on the night of tbe 12th
day of April, twelve years ago.
In IHUC John Tuylor lived near Pun
vilki, Ky., and enjoyed the luxuries ol
good health, littlo tare, a lair means
of living, and a largo family. II is son,
Urn. Taylor, was indicted by the
Grand Jury ot Boyle county, for rob
bing a country dwelling and stealing
some goods. One ot the principal wit
nesses in bis case was Mrs. Mary fiul
ton, a widow, v, hp lived in a farm
house, with no other companion than
a little granddaughter. On the morn
ing or tho 13th of April, that old lady
was found dead in her bed with a bal
lot bole in her head and tho bod-clothes
drenched witb blood. At first the hor
ror seemed likely to remain a mystery
till tbo littlo granddaughter, whom
fright for a long time rendered mute,
said she awoke about 12 o'clock the,
night before, and saw tw men in the
room wbnm she roadily recognized as
John Taylor and bio son William. She
knew thoir presence meant mischief,
and she quietly covered herself np
witb the bedclothes. She board the
nflo shot that killed her grandmother,
but was paralysed, and gave no sign.
Tho men did not discovor bar.
At once tbe futher and son woie
plaoed under arrest. The prisoners
were forcibly taken from tha officers,
carried to the woods and hung to a
tree. Tho erowd remained only long
enough to complete tbeir work, as
thoy supposed. By some agency
possibly through a delect In the 'rope
tbe old man was allowed to full to
the ground shortly aftor tbe mob loft,
and there he lay lor several hours. He
finally recovered tba Use of his limbs,
but not of his mind, and went a-wan-doring.
He was recaptured and es
caped. Ha made for Illinois and found
safety in the swsmps ot Egypt for
nearly a year. Thence he went to
Cooper county, Mo., thence to Kansas,
thence back to southwest Missouri,
thonoe to Hurbane county, Kansas,
thence to Vernon county, Mo., whore
he mado a final settlement, uear tho
Iowa of Nevada, Vernon county. At
each of the above places he spent a
year or two, leading the wretched life
of a squatter ( but at tha last place be
met witb some success in tilling a
fialch of ground. He has a daughter
iving in Kentucky, and Ave sons-in-law,
soma of whom lira In Missouri.
St. Lou it Republican. '
P. T. Bamnm-says : "I toll you, as
a showmsn, yon can't maka animals
drink whiskey. Tboy know belter." The
Norristown llrrali says tbe showman
is mistaken. Wa once beard a woman
call out of a seoond story window lo
an object that had lor nearly ao boar
been trying In vein to unlock tbe Iront
door, "Druok again, you old bog, are
you I" ,1
RUSSIAN LITERATURE DUR
ING CATHERINE'S REIQN.
Tho reign of Catherine formed a dis
tinct epoch in tbo Intellectual history
of the empire. The patronage accord
ed by the empress "to letters, the ex
ample of her personal brilliancy, stim
ulated tbo creative faculty of tho court
that surrounded tor. Sho gathered
the intellectual results of the century
from all parts ot Europo, domosticating
mem among tbo steppes of her empire,
Her broad philosophy of lito and
thought and government astonished
even the schools Irom which it bad
sprung, ibo bold, halt savage auda
city of hor system went so far boyond
tbo timid speculations of Western Ku
roe that oven Voltaire said, speaking
ox ine on pern iiuostan, "u osi aa jNord
muintonant que nous vient la lumieru.
Tbe Kuasian oourt as tho ooitome of
wo Whole lawicoo, corrupt magnm
cenco of tbo lost century, combining its
own Eastern barbarity and sumptuous-
ness witb tho esprit of life, cynicism of
action, the exquisite egotism ot the
Western nations. An age glorious for
missis, tbe culmination ot tbe material
philosophy of t he old barbaric empire
an age when letters flourished as tbe
ornament ot a court, and pools wore
ponsioned lor their praises ol tboirem
press ; where serfdom was increased
throughout tho empire ; when powder
ed, painted lovers and lavorites wont
forth to conquer armies in cattails cov.
ered with jewels : when, in celebration
ot tbeir victories, princes, tbo boroos ot
the poets epics, ordered fetes in arti
ficial gardens planted with exotics,
whero jewelled elephants stalked
among tbe guests, and then, from ex
cess ol reaction, passed days in moody
silence, yawning with ennui, the cup
of pleasure drained to tbe tbo dregs.
Tbe bacchanals of tbo French regency
tun into insignificance by tbe sido ot
tbe sumptuous orgies ot the ltussian
court, btronge that at a time when
the European stales were thus corrupt,
and the foundations of society were
gradually being undei mined, there
should appear upon the horizon, piero
ing through tho gathered shadows, in
tellect strong, while, and true as tbe
sunlight of reason. Tho decay of Italy
produced that fine antique marble, Al
fieri, whose intuitions were as facts to
other men ; born not ot tho Cruoca,
but of the smouldering Greek spirit of
its countrymen. In Russia, while the
empress founded academies snd foster
od tho classical tendencies of her pool
nurslings, there was ono among them,
Deracbawin, who amidst much of flat
tery and fawning, much of tbe spirit lost
in mailer, many odes and pevans de
graded by the worship of the warrior
lavorites, uttered words that make bim
as dear to the hearts of the Russian as
Alfien to those of tbe Italians. He
carried tbe motive powor ot bis genius.
tbe idea of naturalization, the spirit of
ancient uussia, bigb and pure across
an tne loreign infiltrations ot the con
lury.
Every country loitering on tbe verge
ot destruction, covering the abyss with
(lowers, finds suddenly some grinning
satirist lurking among them, as Franco
in Beaumarchais, Italy in Goldoni. It
requires a complexity of life ahd civill
zaiion to produce comedy. Purity and
simplicity of soul do not generate satire.
Ibe many-sided brilliant oarooue of the
court and empire ot Catherine called
into Ills the genius ot the poet Von
Visin. Uewrotetwooomedies.lmmor-
tal in the minds ol the people, tbe char
acters of which have passed into pro
verbs, notn satirize tbe customs and
habits of the empire military organi
zation, education, social life. Tbe
reign of Catherine produood other poets
Kapnist, Kostrow, Kheraskof more
or less imitators of Derscbawin, and
liko him formed on the models of French
classicism.
There was a flavor of tho ri'naue cen
to in tbo intellectual activity of the
llusslan Merati. A passion tor books,
archives, chronicles, extended through
out tbe country. Nicola Novikof oc
cupies tbo sumo position in the intel
Iccluul history ol Utissia as Aldus Man-
uzlo in that of Venice an earnest lov
er of books and manuscripts, whose
araeni desire was through the medi
um of the acudumios, to disseminate
knowledge throughout tbe empire.
There were strange incongruities in
thai reign of Catherine a mingling of
the court ol i.oo A. with that f rench
regret intellectual activity and moral
fiecay. iTaamtvoTTei -aoahb, I. jar
per'i Magazine jar June.
WEDDING FEES.
SOME Ql'EER TIUNOS ABOUT TUIM.
A New York paper says: In Now
York, whore marriages form a very im
portant part of the clergy's functions,
wedding loos aro looked alter witb es
pecial solicitude If a clergyman bo
popular, genial, and of good social stand
ing, his fees often form a large Item of
bis income. 1 he cream of the mama
ges in high life usually fulls to tho share
of tho Protestant Episcopal and Pros-
bytonan ministers, since those two de
nominations embrace the wealthiest
olass of the church-going community.
Foes Of 120, ff0 and flu are not un
common, wbilo on occasions when the
bishop or some other dignitary ot the
church is called in. they roach 150(1.
In tbo poorer parishes on the east and
west sides, tbe amount shrinks to 17,
$'), and oven 12. As a rule, well-to-do
Episcopalians pay larger fees than
otliors. In the Mothodist, Baptist, Con
gregational ists, and other Protestant
denominations, fees of IA, 110 and"20,
are those most commonly givon, the
latter being the limit usually reached
by the well-to do but not wealthy class.
Hebrews contribute liberally, and a
rabbi with an average congregation
rarely gels loss than 110 or 20, and
ollen 160, 1100 and $250.
But many persons get married with
ont paying any few. An Episcopal ree
tor on the East Side says that in ten
years of ministry ha has married ovor
one hundred couples, many of them
well-to do, and somo even wealthy, wbo
have not paid bim one cent, lnanum
ber of Instances tha parties called in
carnagm, with tha nsual aooompani
men ta of silks, bouquets and ooatly attire,
been pronounced man and ' wife, and
gone away without leaving the pastor
al treasury one cent tbe richer. In
one ease the groom was a man of ex
ceedingly fashionable appearance, with
wealthy oonnecliona and of ark now!
edged social standing Tba rector and
the defaulting groom still meet frequent
ly in society, but not a suspicion seem
ed to dawn aorosa tha mind of tha lat
ter that ha is still his pastor's dobtor.
A Roman Calbolio clergyman in ana
of the most populous parishes says that
be haa married hundreds of couples
who gave bim nothing, although a
large proportion of them were evident
ly able So pay handsomely. Soma of
them promisee, to "call and settle In a
few days others excased themselves
by saying "Ibey bad no change with
them;" and still others walked off
without word ot explanation. Tba
WV
i n JL
rabbi of a prosperous synagogue said
mat bo meets almost every day well
dressed young mon wbom ho has mar
riod, and who bave not paid.
Clorgymon of all denominations are
unanimous In saying that a very large
percentage ol persons wbo marry nev
er pay any fee at all. Sometimes thoso
sins of omission are beyond tho reach
of tho bridegroom. Too often tbo
handsome sum be has allowed for that
on rposo is pocketed by theparsimonious
Dost man wbo stand np with him. A
.wealthy young gentleman, tbe son of
a tnorcbaut belonging to a fashionable
congregation up town was marriod by
bis pastor. Before tbo ceremony the
groom oonlldsd to the keeping of the
groomsman a richly knit silk purse
containing ten shining gold eagles, to
be handod to tbe clergyman at tbe
close of the service. Instead of doing
this, however, the groomsman ooolly
pocketed the purse and gave the pas
tor in its stead a 15 note. The griev
ed and astonished dominio was too
proud to say anything at the time, but
when, on the next day, his butcher in
formed bim that the bill was exhaus
ted. He enclosed the note to tho suppos
ed offender, accompanied by a few
scathing lines. Tbe prompt de toot ion
and exposure of tbe offender, and tbe
replacement of the original gratuity by
one equally handsomo, followed as a
mattor ol course.
Wedding fees in Protestant oburcbes
are usually considered, tbe perquisites
of the pastor's wife. Ladies pin money
Irom this oourco aggregate Irom ;UO
to $1,500 a year and are to be found
scattered over the msgic parallelogram
on eilher side of Fifth avenue. Some
are said to enjoy as high as 12,000 or
$2 500 from this source. In tbo days
of Mr. Boechoi's popularity in Brook
lyn, bis wedding tees are said to bave
boon ovor $3,000 a year. If tbe pas
tor is unmarried he usually puts tbe
money into books. Many a fine libra
ry has been accumulated in this way.
One Episcopal rector with a largo ooiw
gregntion contributes tho amount of
wedding fees toward paying the luner-
al expenses of bis more needy parish
ioners. One of tho assistant ministers of Trin
ity churcb at one time used to average
from two to five marriages a day, while
a popular rabbi up town bos officiated
at nearly 1,000 weddings.
A clergyman ot this city, who was
called upon to marry tbe son of one of
his tbritliest members, was astonished
at receiving no fee. Six months after
ward tbe heart of the disappointed
pastor was gladdened by the sight of a
bag of the finest Mocha ounce, wbicb
the member a grocer sent as a sub-
slilute. Soon allorward a second son
of the grocer was married, and, after
waiting the same length ot time, two
bags ot Mocha appeared. Tbe legend
does not relate whether the grocer had
many sons: it he hail, his pastor would
soon bave been ablo to compote with
him in business.
Tbe gonial chaplain of one ol our
crack city regiments tells tbe follow
ing : "I was once called on to marry a
fine, hearty yonng German and his
irauiem. a pretty, blue-eyed little thing,
so shy and modest tbat she could hard
ly speak. When 1 got through tbe
husband asked me how much it was,
" Kiive me,' 1 said, 'as muoh as you
lovs your wile. i -
"lie looked tenderly down into the
blushing, appealing face that nestled
alongside of bim, and then, diving bis
big, burloy fist into bis pockot, brought
It out running ovor with silver ana
It was a large fee, but be assur
ed me that be could afford it, and, not
to hurt his feelings, I took it
A former clergyman ot Trinity
church was importuned by an Irish
laborer and his sweetheart, who want
ed to be married. They were too poor
to pay a fee, they said, but they would
remember bim with thankfulness to
the last day of their lives. Ascertain
ing tbat there was no Impediment, the
doctor porlormed tbo ceremony, where-
upou the thrifty groom asked "his river-
enoe tor the trifling loan ot hall a dol
lar to get a night s longing.
An east side clergyman had a bndo
and groom who whero poor and proud,
When the service was over, the bride
groom indignantly refused to be mar
ned gratis, and insisted in fishing filly
cents in pennies and five cent pieces out
of his pocket. Tbe groomsman, not to
be out done in liberality, added anotb
fifty cents from his own store.
THE A LPS IN WINTER.
During wintor in the Alps tbo very
day-light has an unreal glow. Tbo
noisy Bummur lifo is suspended. A
scarce audiblo hush seems to bo whisp
ered throughout tho region. Tho first
glaciorstreum that you meet strikes tho
keynote ot the prevailing melody. In
su minor tho torrent comes down liko a
charge of cavalry all rush and roar
and loam and fury turbid with thedust
ground from the mountain s flanks by
Ibo ice-shore, and spluttering and
rilbing in its bed like a crcuturo in
tbo agonies of strangulation. In Win
tor il Is transformed into tbe likeness
of one of tbo gcntlo brooks that creep
round the roots ot ocawiell, or, evon
ono of those sparkling trout streams
that slide through a water meadow in
tbo South. It is perfectly transparent.
It babbles round rocks insload of clear-
ng them at a bound. It can at most
frot away tbe edges of the huge white
illows or snow tbat cap the boulders.
Iigh up it can only show itself at in.
lorvals bolwoen smothering snow beds
which form continuous bridges, riven
tho thundering fall of Hancock becomes
a gcntlo thread ol pure water creeping
behind a broad sheet ot ice, moro deli
cately carved and moulded than a
lady's voil, and so diminished in vol
ume that one wonders bow it has man
aged to lostoon the broad rook fares
witb so vast a mass of pendant icicles.'
The pulse of tbe mountains is coaling
low ; the huge arteries through which
tha life blood courses so furiously Ih
summor bave become a world too wide
for the trick lo of pellucid water. Ifono
is still forced to attribute personally lo
tbe peaks, they are clearly in a state
of suspended animation. Tbey are all
pell bound, dreaming or dim abysses
of past time or of tba Summer tbat is
lo recall tbem to lite. They are in a
trance like that of the Ancient Mariner
when he heard spirit voices conversing
overhead in mysterious murmurs. "
A clothier who bad a large apple
paintod on his sign-, explained to those
wbo couldn't see the apple-cation that
if it badn't been for an apple there
wouldn't be any ready made clothing
stores to day. It must be admitted
that the symbol is very appropriate
for Pall clothing, or suits for Eve-Ding
wear.
Judge Jonks, of tbe Clarion district,
is opposed lo the practice ol serenading
newly married persons with horns and
tin pans, and sent an entire party that
engaged In such proceedings ten days
to lbs county prison.
"BT T UV IT TT
4. : 9 r I Z' 9. M MM 1 A
COINAGE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
The following Interesting statistics
and facts in relation to the coinago of
our money aro taken from tbe recent
report oi the Director ol . the United
stutos Mint, and, therefore, reliable :
OOLD COINS.
Duble-eajIclZ0.
Authorlted to be noised, Aet or March t, IMS.
Weight, 010 grelnaf flneneaa. IHI0. - -Total
am i oolaod to June (0, IS! 7, f U.ivS.itO
'(iy(e$10.
Autherlted ta be earned, Aot of April t, I7IIL
Weiiht. 170 erelne t Ooeneae. IllOi.
Weight ebanged, Aot ef June IS, l8.H,lol:.8 gr.
Fmeueae ebenged, Aet of June IS, 18.11. to Sell .12b.
PioeneM obansed, Aetof January IS, IS37, teOIIO.
Total am't eoined te June 0, 1077, 9d,7U7,U0.
IIalf eagten. , '
Autborlied to be eoined, Aot ef April t, 17113,
Weight, US graia i loenaa, Sloe.- "
W.lgbl (banged. Act of Juno 18, 1S.14, to lit) Ira.
FiuaueaaeliAUgrd, Aet of June 00, 18114, to SUV 22&.
Flneneaa obanied, Aot of January IS. I SH7. to 000.
Total am't eoined to Juno St, lilt, eoU,tl2,Sll.
1 CurtrT-!!7t$2.S0.
Aalborlied to be eoined. Aot ef Anrll 2. ltM.
Weight, 07.0 graina ; nneoeia, 9UH.
Weight changed, Actef Juae8, 18:H, lo 04 0 gr'a.
Pin.n.a chanted. Aot of June SS. 1SH4, to OyO.320.
Fin.nei chained. Aot nf Janu.rv 10. 1837. to UIIO.
Tola! amount coined to June SO, 1 87 1, 1211,7 Hi,T.
Three-dollar piece.'
A ol hoi lied lo be eoined, Aot of Feb. II, 1863.
Weight, 77.4 grain : Sneneaa. 000.
Total am't coined to Jane 311, 1877, $l,30ti,03i.
One Dollar.
Authorised to he eoined, Aot of March 8, 1840.
Weight, ii.t graiaa ; Oneneaa, VIIO.
Total am't eoined to June 80, 1877, 110,313,438.
SILVER COINS. -
, ! '. Mvet Dollar, i.-f ,(.. '
Autborlied to be eoined, -Act of April L 1702.
Weight, 410 grain giienen, 802.4.
neigot cnangea, Act ol January IS, 1887, lo
412) grama.
Flneneaa changed. Aot ef Jaouerv IS. 18:17. tn OOA.
Coinage diaoootinued, Aot of February 12, 1873.
.mount oumeu, eo,.i,coe.
Trade Dollar. '
Anthorlaed to be coined, Act of Feb. 12, 1B7S.
Weight, 420 graioa t Oneneaa VOe.
Total am't eoined to June 30, 1877, $24,381,860.
Half-dollar.
Authorlted te be eoined, Aot of April 2. 1702.
Weight, 208 grain f Oneneaa, 8UJ.4.
wetgnt ebenged, Aot or January 18, 1837, lo
1081 gr.laa.
Fineneeaaobnoged.Aotof January 18, 1837,to000.
Weight changed, Act of Feb. 21, 1863, to 102 gra.
Weight changed, Aet of February 12, 1878, 1. I2J
grema, or mz.v greloa.
Tola! am't coined to June 30, "77, $118,860,640.50.
Quarter-dollar.
Autborlird lo be ooined, Act of April 1, 1702.
n.ignt, lea graiaa j Bneneaa, BU2.4.
Weight changed, Aot of January 18, 1937, to 10.1
graina.
Finenera ebanged, Aet of Jannary 18, 1837, to 000.
Weight ebenged, Aot of Feb. 21, 1863, to CO grain.
W.ight ohnnged, Act of February 12, 1873, te H
gram, or 110.43 amine.
Total am't coined te Jan. 30, 1877, (31,774,1 21 .80
Twenty cent pinct.
Autborlied to be eoined, Aot of March 8, 1873.
Weight 8 grama, or 77.10 grain ; Onroraa, V0l.
Total am't coined to Jun. 30, ls;7, 2(10,418.
1 ' Dime . .
Autborlied to be eoined, Aot or April 2, 1702.
Weiglll, 41.8 graio : fln.no, 8U2.4. .
Weight oban j, J, Act of January 18, 1837, to 411
gram.
Fineners chenged, Aet of January 18, 1837, te 000,
Weight chauged, Act of February 81, 1863, to
38,4 graina.
Weight changed, Aet of February 12, lSrj, to 2
gram, oree.as graina.
Total am't eoined to June 30, 1877,(18,141,788.80.
Half dime.
Authorlted to be coined, Aet of April 1, 1702.
Weight, 20.0 eralno I Onenee. 802.4.
Weight changed, Aet of Jannary 18, 1837, to 20
grain.
Finaneoo ebanged, Aot of Jaoaary 18, 1887, to 000,
Weight ebanged, Aot of February 21, 1863, te
10.2 graioa.
Coinage diecoatloaed. Act nf F.bruar 12, 1878.
Total amount Mined, $4,0uA,04S.O,
Three-eent piece.
Authorlted to be eoined, Aot or March I, 1861. '
Weight, 128 greinai flneneaa. 760.
Weight changed, Act of March I, 1852, te 11.63
frame.
Fines. changed, Aot ef March 8, 1853, te 0(H),
Coinage diaoootinued, Act of Febroary 13, 1873,
Tetal amount Mined, $1,281,(60.80.
. ; MINOR COIN 8. i .
Five-cent (nickel),
Autborlied lo be coined. Aet ef May 18. 1800.
Weight, 77.10 graina eompeaed of 75 per cent.
eoppvr aou 9 per oeoi. nioiei.
Totel am't eoieed to Juae Sd, IS77, (6,773,000.
, , Three-cent (nickel). .
Aatberlied lo be eoined, Aet of March 3, 1883,
Weight, 80 graina ; eouipoacd ef 75 per cent. cop.
per and 25 par cent, nickel.
Toti
:al amount ooiaed to Jnoe 30, 1877, (865,000,
Z'tro cenf bronze).
Authorlted to he eoined, Act of April 22, 1804.
Weight, 00 greine eompneed of 00 per cent. cop.
per aad 6 per oent tin and tine.
Coicge dieeontined, Aot ef Pebraery 12, 1873.
Total amonst eoined, (012,020.
Cent (copjxr).
Authorlced to ba ooiaed, Aet of April 2, 1792.
WeiihL 2114 areio.
Weight ebanged, Aet of January 14, 170J, te 20S
graina.
Weight obang.d by proclamation of the Preat.
drat, Jauuary 38. 1100, In conformity with
Act ot Heron A, 1706, to ton graina.
Coinage diaoontmued, Act of February 21, 1867.'
Tolal amount coined, (1,502,887.44.
Cent (nickel). , ,, .
Anthoritedlo be eoined, Aot ef Frbrncry 21, 1657.
Weight, 72 graini ; eotnpoacd of 88 per oent. cop'
per and 12 per aval, nickel.
Coinage diaeontmued, Aot of April 32, 1804.
Tetal emoant eoined, S2,U07,72U. -
Cotf (droned).
Aethotlied to be coined, Act ef April 21, 1804.
Weight, 46 graiaa ; ooiopoeed ef 06 per eoot. cop
per end 0 per cent, tin end einc.
Tolal am't coined lo Jua. 30, 1871, (1,731.980.
THE CARE OF CANARIES.
Most bouses contain tbeso beautiful
Utile singers : but it is not all of their
mistresses who understand how to caro
for them properly. - Thcry aro kept
oither Ido warm or too cold ,- they am
Irequontly overfed, and, in some coses,
are entirely noglected in the matter of
fresh, seeds and water and thoir daily
bath, evidently bolieving in tbo sani
tary influences of water.
As thore Is a great fondness at pres
ent for these feathered pots, a fow direc
tions as to tho caro of them may not
be amiss, and prove guide to those
who err in tbo caro of them, more
through ignorance than willuliiess,
causing an infinite amount of suffering
to the littlo prisoner of lbs wired cago.
In the first place, tbe canary Is very
susceptible of cold. This is a point on
wbicb many well-moaning, but injudi
cious, persons err. 1 bo bird Is taken
out Of a warm room a room, perhaps,
hich there is a stove, and hung
outside of the window, whore itoatctaod
the wind that .-sweeps through tbo
streets. " Ibe sun is pleasant tor it.
we aro told. Yes, but if it is chilled
With tho wind the sun csn do it no
good. Our own experience is decidedly
against banging tbe bird outside of the
window, lu the window is lar better ;
tbon it gets the air and avoids tha
dratt that thore nocessarily is jn tha
street. More canaries die from the
effect of cold than from any other
cause. People think that tbey cannot
do them a greater service than by bang
ing them outside of the window, when,
in many rases, they are really signing
tbeir death-warrant. Fresh air is un
doubtedly good lor birds, but somo dis-1
fret ion should be used in tha matter,
" Tha rays of tha sun parch and sicken
tba little prisoner. It has bo way of
getting into the shade, and all it osn
do Is to enlW and be still. Ono Easter
Sunday, several years ago, was remark
able lor its intense heat in ibis oity.
The servant of a lady, wbo was in tbe
country, hung the canary out of the
window, where the fierce rays had full
power over Its defenceless bead. It
rodually sank lower and lower and
lower, until it lay panting and power
ANi i ' H T
loss in the bottom of the cage, and the
mistress returned lo find bor bird dead
killed by tbo rays of tho blazing sun.
All strong, disagreeable odors aro bad
for the bird, There are different opin
ions regarding tbo effect of tobacco
smoke, homo canaries soom to enjoy
it as much as fho master of tbo house.
singing even sweotor for inhaling the
order, while others bavo shown a de
cided antipathy to it, and bave even
boon thrown into fits Irom tbe smell.
A very small cago is another way in
wbicb people sometimes punish those
pots, l bey imagine, bocause tho bird
is small, that the cago must be in pro.
portion. ' This is an error. Thoy re
quire room to fly around and stretch
tbeir wings, something impossible in a
very small cago. Lot anyone remove
a canary from a small cago and place
It in a larger, and see bow it shows its
enjoymont ot space hy bepping Irom
porch to perch aod flying around. ,
Cleanliness is ol primo importance
in I no care ol canaries. 1 bey should
havo clean sand and fresh seed and
water givon to them daily. At least
once a uionlb the bird should bo re
moved into another cage and ibe cage
in which it lives scalded. Especially
should this bo done in the case of
mites, a plan we bavo found more ef
fectual in ridding tbe cage of those
pests tban any olbor. All this may
seem too much trouble , but we ought
not to undcrluko the care of birds un
less we aro willing to porform tho task
thoroughly. If, when we clean out
tbe cage, we ploco a piece of brown
paper in tbo bottom, to be removod
each day, and another piece put in, it
will save much trouble, and greatly
facilitate tbe cleaning of ibo cago. In
scalding the cage it should be remem
bered to scald tbe porches also, A
piece of Canton flannel, witb tbe nap
sido put down, hung over the cage at
night, is also a help in exterminating
these pests, which prey npon tho vory
life of the bird. In removing the flan
nel in the morning, the little black
specs adhering are tho mites, and
should lie carfully picked out. An
other way ol exterminating them is to
scatter sulphur in tho cago ; but, after
all, a good, thorough sculding is tbe
vory boot remedy.
Tbe canary, while it should not cat
anything und everything, requires
somo variety in its food. Tbe seeds
should bo mixed canary, bemn and
rape ; caro should be taken not to gire
them too much hemp soed, of which
they aro very lond, as it Is beating
and makes tbem too fat. The seeds
should always bo clean and dry and,
as we said, fresh every day. Occasion
ally, but not very often, spongc-cako
can be given, and biscuit, and some
limes a piece of bread. Our experi
ence, ot many years, proves, however,
that Ibis kind ol food is not vory ben
eficial ; while apple and cbickwoed and
Icttuco, of which they are very fond,
proves most healthful.
ft is natural that whon tbo evening
shades appear all birds should retire to
rest, and would, if permitted to do so.
Birds, liko people, can't sleep, unless
very sleepy, with a strong gas-light il
luminating the room, and glaring in
tbeir eyes. Of course, the light is ex
citing, and tboy jump from perch to
perch, and even sing and soom quite
happy. If thoy woro not exposed to
tbe light, and their cage bad a cover
ing to shcild thorn from tbe glare, they
would soon be asleep, winch they
ought to da
Properly cared lor, these little favor
ites will live many years in hoaltb and
song, and the pleasure tboy give will
amply repay tbo trouble and time ex
pended in caring for thom. M. L.
Harper, in Semple't Pittsburgh Ladies'
Journal. 1
HARD TIMES
Tbe Cultivator bas a good article on
a subject which is on everybody's lips.
Without questioning tbe fuel that
since the panic of 1873 the country
has passed through a serious depros-
sion, from which all have suffered, il
has words of good cheer which may
well be commended. H bile great ap
parent shrinkages havo taken placo in
values, this is because over-valuation
had grown to such unreasonable pro
portions. The intrinsio value is just
tbo same to day as. it was bclore all
tho flurry and excitement.
A man's bouso and lunds have not
really shrunk in value. If ho desired
to sell them and put the cosh into some
wild-cat scheme of speculation, be
could not got so msny greenbacks or
silver dollars, perhaps, for property as
lormorly, but bo is no less tbe owner
ot a good home and the means of pro
ducing a comfortable living, tban he
was bvo years ago. Jf we have con
tracted habits ol economy, prudonce
snd a conservative business spirit, thro'
the lesson of tho panic, then it bas
boon ono of tho best experiences tbat
the country could possibly have pass
ed through. Tho recuperative power
ot our people is unlimited, and the
agricultural capacity of the country
bos never yet been moro than partial
ly tested. This is tbo source of legiti
mate wealth tho backbone of tho
country fur more lucrative than any
mineral bonanza.
Hut what we desired more especial
ly to speak ot at this time was the
cry of "hard timos." It has been re
peated quilo enough ; let us no longer
call upon Jlorcules to help us out of
tho miro, but pnt our own shoulders
to the wheel and help ourselves. Tbo
times are well enough. There ara two
things which will cure tho greatest
commeraiul depression Ibat any busi
ness centre ever experienced indue
try and frugality ; that is, waste nei
ther lime nor monoy. Nature furnishes
as witb material enough, rude and un
finished to ba sure, but industry can
fashion it into the means of answering
all our legitimate wants. Don't lot us
put our hands in our pockets, cry hard
limes and wait for butter to turn up,
but take off our coats, employ onrsolves
earnestly, and turn something up.
"But circumstances are against as,"
says tbe timid ono. Circuinslsnccsl
Indtisirions men, stout of will and
stout of purpose, create circumstances.
Toil on, endure, beliova, never tnrn
back. . i , (.
Another Door Open. The Chinese
Government bas dispatched a duly ac
credited Minister to the United States.
Us is accompanied by Secretaries and
other attaches, and will establish at
Washington a legation similar to those
of other loreign countries. The grow,
ing trade with China from the Pacific
States, and tho impending difficulties
as lo Chinese citiaensbip, which must
soon become the subject of negotiation,
make the arrival of the Embassy most
opportune.
- Three men In Boston, two in Cleve
land, five in Chicago, one in Philadel
phia, two in St, Louis, four in Cincin
nati and twenty-three In New York
are writing the only authentic biogra
phies of Won. M. Tweed. Wa were
afraid this matter might be overlooked.
A STOR Y THA T READS LIKE A
CHAPTER FROM LES MIS
' ERABIES.
Among tbo numerous moss-grown
old tombstones In tba graveyard ot
Williamsburg, Va., is one wbiob bears
.avWIrtwIoo' jrianrlntjon i ,
MARAH SiiPHILL, "
Wbo died at tie age ef twealy-tre, BlalB, with
her two latent daaghtere, by bar
owe buahaad
She wa fair te look upea, pure a aaow, aod
Beloved by all who hnew her. Divlee
proeldeneo aloao keew why aba
bad te perUh n miserably.
''This epitaph, some of tbe words of
which are hardly legible any longer, is
tbo only record left of one of the most
terriblo tragodioa that evor took place
in tho Old Dominion,
It was in 1780 tbat John Sompbill,
a young man who said ha was from
Santa Cruz, in the West Indies, arrived
at Williamsburg, and settled thore as
a tobacco planter. Ho had plenty of
monoy and was ablo to purcbaso about
one thousand acres of tba finest soil
within a short distance of tbe old town.
Being apparently a gentloman in
every sense of the word, Mr. Somphill
was admitted to tbe beet society in bis
new home, and a year later he was
married to Surah Jones, a beautiful
heiress, tho wedding festivities being
colebralod witb extraordinary pomp
and splendor. In course of time two
daughters were born to tbe young
couple, and everybody predicted a long
career of cloudless happiness fortbom.
Alas I How terribly those bright an
ticipations wore to bo disappointed. It
was . on Christmas eve, in 1801, that a
strange looking man, in a sort of mili
tary uniform, appeared at the house of
Mr. Somphill, who was in Richmond
at the time. Mrs. Sompbill received
tbe stranger in tbe parlor.
" Do you speak French, Madame 1 "
he said to hor in vory broken English.
She replied in tbe affirmative,
. "Then, Mudame, pleaso send your
two nurso girls with the children out
of tbo room.'1 - -
She did so, and looked interroga
tively at hor visitor. Tbe latter besi
taled a moment. Then be said in a
lone of deep emotion :
" 1'oor lady I l bave terriblo tidings
for you."
" Heavens I sbe cned, turning very
pale ; " My husbands"
"i our busband is an inlamous villain.
"Sir I " sbe exclaimed, indignantly.
"He has basely deceived you. Ho
is an escaped galley slave, a thief and
a murderer I "
Sbe uttered a bcart fonding scream.
" Do you tell me the truth T " she
gasped.
" Ho is a Spanish tbiof, and was sent
to tbo galleys of Barcelona for life. Ha
mado bis escape from thence, and fled
toCuba, where he robbed and murdered
a rich planter. I am bore to take bim
to Cuba, where tbe scaffold surely
awaits him."
Tbe afflicted lady bad become
strangely calm.
" Sir," she said to the stranger, " be
fore you arrest him, will you permit
mo to bold a private interview with
willi " ,,
" His true name is Juan Cefirio. If
you will let mo remain in an adjoining
1 room until bo returns from Richmond,
I where be has gone, 1 understand, yoa
may see Dim privately
" 1 expect bim back every moment" '
Hall an hour later Cehro, alias Hemp
bill, mado bis appearance. His wife
briefly told bim everything. Heflew in
to a terrible rage. Ho shot her through
the heart, and rushed out of 'the room
lo tho nursery, where be slabbed bis
two littlo daughters. The next mo
ment tbe Cuban officer, who bad
rushed after bim, grappled with him
and succeeded, after a desperate strug
gle, in shackling bim. The news of
this horrible tragedy spread like wild
fire through ibe old town, and in less
than twenty minutes a large crowd of
people bad gathered in front of Somp
bill, alias Cefirio's bouse. Vociferous
threats to lynch the murderer were
mado.and the Deputy Sheriffs,wbo were
promptly on hand to arrest him, bad
the utmost difficulty In taking him to
jail, whore be was chained to the floor,
having threatened to commit suicido.
The villain was bung on the 17th of
May, 1803. Ctnrinnafi Enquirer.
THE DECA Y OF GRANITE.
The arrival in tbe Thames of Cleo
patra's Needle suggests to German
doctor some interesting remarks on
the subject of the durability of stone
monuments in northern climates. Ths
Luxor sbclisk, erected in tbe Place de
la Concorde, in Paris, in 1830, is, it is
gathered from tbe hieroglyphics npon
it, somo 3,400 yean old, having stood
wilh another still larger one before
tbe great temple of Tbebos. Tbe stone
is eyonite granite, of a browniBh-red
color. During the last twenty-eight
years, tbo German doctor states, he
has carefully examined the obelisk
four times, the intervals between each
of the visits being about equal, and on
each occasion he has been struck by
tbe extent to which the surface of the
stone bas deteriorated during a com
paratively short time. In 1844 the
red color of tbe felspar in the granite
was disinctly visible, showing lust tha
stono bsd not suffered by Its exposure
for 3,400 years to an Egyptian cli
mate. On each subsequent visit the
doctor found tbe surface duller and
lighter; and in 1872 it was covered
with a tbin, white film of kaolins, the
last product ot tbe decay of granite.
Thirty-six years, therefore, of expos
ure to the atmosphere of Paris bas af
fected tho alone more tban tbe same
number ot centuries oxposura to tba
purer air of Egypt. In the same way
the unhewn mass ot granite upon
which tbe statue of Peter the Groat
stands in St. Petersburg has already
beon injured to an extent by tba un
favorable climato of Russia, and tbe
writer is of tho opinion that tbe atmos
phere of London, damp and charged
wilh smoke, will vary soon in a still
more marked manner the surface of
Cleopatra's Needle, nnless measures
aro taken to preserve it.
DA h Y LIFKOF AN EXFM-
PRESS.
' 'The ox-Empross Eugenie looks very
thoughttully alter -her fortune, wbicb
is sufliciont to produce an income ot
$250,000 per annum. She looks confi
dontly for tbe speedy accossion of her
son to tba throne of Franca. Hor lila
at Chiselhurst, England, is one of dig-
nilied retirement, T be greater part or
tho year she spends in this lovely Ken
tish village. Almost evory day she
may bo seen, attended by some one or
other of her faithful followers, walking
about its gorse-covered commons or
shady lanos. Evory Sunday and last
day, and evory 9tb of each month, she
wends her way ta Catholic church
wherein rest tho remains of bim who
was to tho lost so tenderly and devot
edly attached to her. Eaoh morning
sbe reads, or bas road to bor, hor heavy
correspondence and tbe rranch and
t-.ngliBb journals. A t twelve tba Boase-
bold assembles to lunch, and daring
that meal tha different daily subjects
ot interest ara talked over Utrr Maj
esty is gifted witb a wondrous mem
ory. No face once seen, no fact once
beard or read, is forgotten. ' AOded to
this, she has mora than bar share el
Spanish vivacity, so that the greater
fart oi me conversation tMts toner toy.
n the afternoon, wben the weather
and bor too feeble health permit, there
is the short walk or the drive. At ova
o'emck there Is tha tea, at which often
times assist vial tors front London or
the neighboring nobility. At eight, -dinner,
to, wbicb those of tba house
hold are only Invited, excepting on
Sundays, wben Prince Loclca Botio-
Krta and the puts and flrisoKls, tb
ght Rer. Moosfgnor GoAUrd art
always present.