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JJ W. SMITH,
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1:11 Pltlllveburg. Centre Co., Pa. y:pd
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R. & W. BARRETT
Attorniys and Counselors at Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
J Miliary 80, 1878. -
JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
dnn-Heli), Pa.
OBoo la tbo Court Horn.. jy 1 1eT
C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLECTION OFFICE,
CUKWENRVILLE,
o2A Clearfield Count;, Peno'e. Toy
g T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offiee ta Opera Houae. op 16,77-ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
PB.LRB III
Square Timber & Timber Liw(Ih,
Jeim CLEARPtRLD, PA.
g V. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Offieo ooo door eoat of Weitorfi Hotel boildlnf.
oppoaite Court Houae.
eept.S,'77. CLEARFIELD, PA.
Jj-RANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to ell bniloeil entrniteil to bin
ptoioptly end faithfully. janl'7
WILLIAM 4. WALLACE. DAVID L. KRRBS.
BARRT P. WALLARB. JOHB W. WRIBLRT.
WALLACE A KRF.US,
(Buieeerore to Welles. A Fielding,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Jeol'TT tieerritld, Pa.
TBoe. I. MUBRAT.
CTRDB .OBDOR.
JJURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ar-OIBoa la Pie'f Opera Uouie, eeeond floor.
I:ltl'74
lOiirB . a'BXALLT. BAH1RL W. R'CBRlir.
fcENALLY & McCURDY
ATTORN E YS-AT-L A W,
viearneiu, I'e.
-UrI baiiueei attended to promptly wltbj
odelity. Offloo oa Booond itreet, eboTe tbo Pint
Netleoel Bank. jaa:l:7l
w. a. aoccLLorjoa, ram. o'l. sen.
jyjcCULLOUGIl A BUCK,
ATTORN EVS-AT-LA W ,
Clearfield, Pa.
All legal buiiaeae promptly attended to. Offloe
oa Beooad etreet, la tbo Meionle butldlaa;.
J""l.'',
a. k:umbr,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
Real EiteU and Colleetloa Agent,
CLBAHP1EI.I), PA.,
Wilt promptly attend to all legal builaeel .a
truited to nil eare.
-Offloe la Pie'i Opera Home. Jaol'7o.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. .
and Heal folate Agent, ClaarHcId, Pa.
Once oa Third atroet, bat.Ch.rry A Walnut.
VReapeotfully off.ra hia i.r.lo.1 In Balling
and buying lande la Clearleld end adjoining
oouaUea t and with aa elperieaoe ol orer twenty
yeare aa a euryeyor, lettere bimaolf that he eaa
reader latlifaetloa. Fob. S:J:tf,
JJR W. A. MEANS,
eHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTHERHBURfl, PA.
Will atUnd profeaaional eelii promptly. auglO'70
jyi. T. J. BOTER,
rUYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Oflea oa Market Street, Clearleld. Pa.
AoT-OSae boon: I to It a, bl, and 1 to I p. .
JR E. M. SCUEURER,
IIOMtSOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
OBeo la rettdeaoe on Firat at. -April
14, 1171. Cleerlleld, Pa.
JJR- n. B. VAN VALZAII,
CLBARPIRI.D, PEMN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
f - OOoe houra From 11 to t P. M.
May 11, 18T6.
D
R. J. P. BURCUFIKLD.
Lew Barf of the l8d ftoglaioat, PonaajtrMU
VolvBUora, baTlag retorted frea tbo Amy,
offere hla profeaaiOBal torTlooa to thoaltlaou
of Clearleld eoaaty.
oProfotaioaal oalla propt)j atUaded to.
unioo oa booobb treat, roraorijrooapte $
Ur. Wooda. apr4,'0-ti
WILLIAM M. BKNKT, Juhtici
or ma Pbacb amp 8cntvaiaBt LUMRIH
CITY. Colleotione node and aioaey pronptly
paid over. AKieloaof aKroomeDt and deoda of
oonvojaaeo seat); oaoeuud aad warronted oor
root or bo obarfo.
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Rbop oa Market St.. oppoelto Court Hoboo.
A eloaB towel for ovary ooatAMor,
A too naaafaetrar of
All KlMda of Artklea la Humid Hair.
CtoarMO. Pa. aaay 19, 'Tt.
JOHN A. BTADLER,
BAKER, Market St., Ceurlidd, Pa.
Froak treed, Roek, Holla, Plea and Cekea
oa head or made t order. A general aeaortmeat
of ConfoMloaerlee, Fralta and Nate la etoek
Inej Crwaoa aad OyMere la eaaeoa. fleleoa aearly
oppoalea tbo Poatoflea. Prtooe moderate.
Mareh IB-It,
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
Till andaralgaed. baring oeubliiwod Mar
eery ea the 'Plae, about half way aotwera
Ckarteld aad Oarwme.llle, la newarod to Par
nteh all klada of FRUIT THEM, (alaadard aad
dwarf,) E.ngroaae, BbrabWy, Grape Vlaoa,
UnoMberry, LambRi Blaakberry, Strawberry,
aad Raepbarry Vlaoa, Aleo, lllberlaa Orak Trowa,
telaea, aad early aoarlae RhwbaHe, Aa, Ordeoa
promptly etleaded to. Addreaa.
t. D. WRT0HT.
eeplt Cwrwaaarllle, Pa.
CLEARFIELD
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GEO. B, QOODLANDEE, Proprietor. . . PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEEMS-$2 per annnc In Advanoe.
VOL. 52-WHOLE NO. 2,577. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1878. NEW SERIES-VOL. 19, NO. 25.
(Cards.
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OB PRINTING OF EVERY DE8CRIP
anotlT oioeated of thia a(Rmi
HENRY BUETn,
(osTtan r. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
ron bell TnWRinii,
Hey I, 1S78
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitioo of tbo Peace and PorjTei.tr,
CrwenavlUe. Pa.
Collect iona Bade and money promptlj
patl over. Iehjr7.ll
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OP Till PEACE
roe
ttttatw Totrnthip,
Oieeola Mill. P. O,
II offlolel builneti entraited to him will be
promptly attended to. mch2v, 76,
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALBR IB
GENERAL MERC11 ANDIHE,
GRAHAMTON, Pa.
Aleo, eitenilve menufaeturor and dealer In Square
Timbor and Hawed Lumber ot ell fcinae.
-Ord lolleltel end all billa promptly
oiled.
(ejyU'71
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market t Clearfield, Pa.
In tho ahop lately ooeupled by Frank Short,
one door weal or Alleghany uouee.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
UaV.Wlll exeeute Joba In hla line promptly and
in a workmanlike manner. arr.,67
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
AvPampi alwaya on hand and made to order
on abort notice. Pi pet bored on reasonable terma.
All work warranted to render etiafeetion, and
delivered If detlred. niylS:! ypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALIRO IN
SQUARE TIMBER,
and menulaeturera of
ALL KINOH (IF SAWED LUMIIICH,
S-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer lo
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8IIINDLE8, LATH, A PICEETS,
:10'73 Cl.arlleld, Pa,
WEAVER Sl BETTS,
TiRALKRa IR
Real Esta'e, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
fy-Office on' Koeond it root, in roar of atora
room of Gtorjre Wearer A Co. jan9. '70-tf.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ARB DBALBR IR
Haw Ijog- nnd Iaumbor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloe In Orabam'a Row. 1:16:71
S. I. SNYDER.
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
a an via lib m
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
OraAom'f Row, MatUt StrtH,
CliEARPI ELD, PA.
All kinda of repairing 1b ay lino promptly at
aded to. April IB, 1871.
New Marble Yard.
The uaderaicoed would Inform tho nubile that
he baa opened a new Majble Yard on Third atroet,
oppoaite the Lutheran Cbaroh, where be will keep
eunKtantly on band a atook of rarloua kind of
niaible. All kind of
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
Joifa for Cemetery Lota,
and all other work In bla Una wtll bo promptly
aieouted in a neat and workmanlike manner, at
reasonable ratea.
Hegoaranleeiaatlafertory work and low pricea.
Give him a call. J. FLAI1AKTV.
Clearfield, Pa., March IT, IdTS-tr.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market W treat, Clearfield, Pa.,
' XinrrACTl'MKft AMD DBALBR IX
HARNESS, SADDLES. BRIDLES. COLLARS,
and all klndi of
H0RSK FVRNISHISO GOODS.
A full rtork of Paddlera' Hardware, Bntihea,
Conba, Blankets, Robee, etc, alwaya on band
and for aale at the loweat eaab priooa. All klnda
of repairing promptly attended to.
All kindi if bldei taken 1b eirhertfre ftif hat
neaa and repalrlna;. All kinda of harneva leatbor
kept on hand, and for tale at a tin ell profit.
Cltarfleld, Jan. IV, 187ft.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Far ! at the Clearfield Ripcilicar ofleo.
Themonl VomplrU RerU ofi.au
Ulnnktpnbllnht.
Theaa Blankt art fottea Bp 1b anperlor itylo,
are of amfura tiu, and furaubwd at vary low
tforea for eaab.
Call at the RarvRLiciR offieo and eiamla
theaa. Urdera by Mail pmaiptly filled.
Addrea. UOODLANDEHA LRB.
Joly Hi, 1b77 U. Cleartaid Pa.
WEST BRANCH
Insurance agency.
PKMTZ k BROCKBANK, Ageata.
' (Raeoeaaon lo Marray A Oordon.)
The folnerlag firat-elaM eompaRlea ropreeeatad:
North Dritlah A MoreaatiK Fire laa.
Co., of KngleeJ..... .......J,IW,00
Beottiah Oumwereiel Fire lae. Co., of
(nglaad ...f lfl.DAO.ton
North Amerieo, of Pblladrlphla 4,700,000
Fire Awueiatlna, f Pbiled.lphla I.IOO.OOt
Wetertowa Fire, New York, laauree
mrm property only TM,0o
Mobiw Fire Department lae. Co...... 17t,erC
Peraeaa la the oouatry waatiag laauraaea. eaa
hare it promptly attended lo by addreeaing aa ta
pereoa or by letter. Loweat poaaible retee ia trat
claaa oompaulca. A nHrMenM OBeo la Pie'a
Opera U.uea. ANDREW PENTZ, itH
8. T. UHOCKBANK,
Clearleld, May I, U7l ly. . Ageata.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
.tlATTKKHHI'.S,
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR P.O.
The aadorelenod beea leave to laform the ettl.
aaaa of Olaarllald, aad the pawlte generally, that
ae Baa aw aaaa a aae aeeortmenl of raraltara,
aaeh ae Wemut, Chealeat aad Pelated Chamber
olue, Parlor Sailoe, teellalng aad liwaaioa
Cbeira, Ladlee' and OeaU' Eaay Cbalra, the Pn
mrateel Dtohif aad Perlor Cbeira, Caae Keata aad
Wiadaor Oaatra, Clotbat Bare, Stop aad RUea
tWa letddere, Hal Reoke, Borabbiag Braaaoa, At
MOULDIMO AND PICTDRI FRAMES,
aoklng aiaetee, CkiejaMa, Aa, whlek em Id
auitablo for Holiday areeeata.
deelk'TI JOHN TROUTMAN.
JONG AGO.
Ob do not ting that aong igain,
I board It long ago,
My darling naog It to mo then,
la twilight't genlla glow.
We ttood upon Iho the muMy bridge
And watched the riff r'e flow,
But many daya hare pasted ainot then,
For that waa long ago.
I leeta to tea my darling now,
Aa in tbe fading light,
V watched tbe waret play bido and eeeb,
Wilb water lilliea woite,
" 'Tit better to bare lored aad tott,"
In minor oadanoa low.
The aweot word i dropped from her red Mpa,
in aoyt tocg, long ago.
The learea opon the maple traea,
Had ebanged from green to rod,
When one day la tho twilight's glow,
They told mo the waa dead !
"I worshipped at aa earthly shrine "
Uod laid my Idol low,
But many daya hara pasted ilnoa then,
For that waa long ago.
And this la why that little song,
lilrea ma such bitter pain,
The atory of a broken life,
Soema wedded to tho strata.
Tat eveo though 1 lost bar here.
I'm glad I lorad her ao,
Glaa that tbo oarrled there the name
I gara her long ago.
LETTER FROM IOWA.
BY A NATIVE OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
EditoroftdiRepcblioan: 1 have
been out bore for aomo limo, and I
bare taken a protty food view ot North
Central Iowa, and 1 would like if you
would irivo me tbe privilege of your
columns tor tho purpose of retailing
iny viowa to your many readers thro
me KEPUBLICAN.
While a constant stream ot emi
gration is flowing westward, and find
ing homes in different sections of this
broad and fertile country, 1 think a
word in reimrd to tho advantages of
this section of tho State would not be
amiss, Tbe general fai'O of the coun
try is, of course, prairie. Tbo land
rises rather abruptly from tbo west
side ol the cast branch ot tbe Iowa
river, ana stretcnes northward in a
broad and fertile table land, bounded
on the west by the went branch ot tbe
nvor.
From tho eastern side of the east
brunch a level extends back a short
distuned, then it rises into what in call
ed uplands, and extends in an unbrok
en pruirio for many miles in width, in
some places high and gently rolling,
in others level with occanional alonirbs
and marshes; but cultivation is doing
a great deal in the way ot drying up
the sloughs. One would naturally sup
pose these ponds of wator would bo
nnhcalthtul, but such is not tho case,
Tbe wind blowing so constantly keeps
the wator sweet and pure, and you
neither see nor smell any indications
of foul or stagnant water.
1 he air is pure, art' and inviiroratini?.
Those who come hero with pulmonary
diHeaxo very soon experience a change
for the belter. Tho country is re
markably healthful at all seasons.
Many who have never visited tbe west,
havo great fear if the Iowa winds, but
life bore would be impossible- without
it. In traveling ovor the prairie the
heat is intense when there is no air.
Fortunately, however, there is almost
always a frosb, oxhilerating breeze,
hiL-h makos it comfortable for the
worker in the field, ae well as pleasant
lor traveling.
Land has been selling very rapidly
for tho past five months. Men are
here irom all parts of tho oast, pur
chasing land which thoy will improve
at once, and settle on permanently, as
it will pay no man to hold unimproved
land. Unimproved land, in fact, is
all the kind in market, as none of the
old settlors are leaving, which fact
goeB far to prove the prosperous con
dition of the country. Land salos
range from five to ten dollars per acre,
owing to quality and locality. At
liritt, point twelve miles wost of
(iurner, on the Chicago, Milwaukee A
St. I'aul Railroad, eighty teams can be
counted in sight atone timo, breaking
prairie. This railroad crosses the State
as far west as Algona, from which
present terminus It is now being rap
idly construciea to intersect tho bU
Paul & Sioux City Railroad, at a point
eighty miles west of tbo present ter
minus. 1 no Minnesota & Iowa Kail
road is graded north and south, with
prospect ol speedy completion, crossing
the Chicago, Milwaukee A Sl. Paul at
Garner, in Hancock county, thus giv-
ng tins part all tuo lacililies lor ship.
ping produce or stock in any direction
that a country could demand.
1 ho wboat crop of last year was un
precedented in Iowa, but this year, if
nothing happens the gram belore bar-
vest, it will lar execod it, as tho pros
pects aro equally as good as last. Corn
is raised in abundance, and bay can be
bad for the cutting and curing, which
can bo done for 82.00 per ton, and
thonsands of acres ot the fim st grazing
in the world for stock, Tbe country
Is in a healthful condition financially,
all kinds ol produce plenty, Inch al
ways finds ready sale and brings a fair
price. Wood can be had for little more
per cord than is paid in the wooded
country in tho east. Anthracite coal
from Pennsylvania sells at 112.00 pur
ton. Bituminous coal, furnished from
Oekaloosa, Iowa, at 15.00 por ton, but
not so good an article aa eastern coal
Immense beds of peat have boon dis
covered which will, no doubt, be mil
ized for fuel at no distunt day.
Countless flocks of wild getwe, ducks,
prairie chickens and brants find their
home upon tho prairio, while the
streams and lakes are stocked with an
inoxhanstible supply ot as fine fish as
can be fonnd anywhere in the wost.
Tbe excellence of oar free schools ia
unsurpassed by any State in tba Union.
Any locality numbering fittecn chil
dren is entitled to a school.
For beauty of landscape no country
can surpass this. As far as the eye
can reach is the beautiful prairie,
which, at this season of the year, Is
covered with its carpet of emerald
green, studded wilb wild flower, of all
kinds and colors. Later in tb season
a greater portion of the green will be
changed to "waving seas of golden
grain." In looking over tbe green, the
eight Is frequently relieved by artifi
cial and occasionally natural groves.
Quite a good deal of attention is being
paid to the planting of trees, which
not only tend to beatitity the country,
but serve aa wind-breaks in winter.
There is no doubt but what almost all
kinds of fruit will be a success here.
There are quite a number ot apple
bearing orchards, and cherries, plums,
and small fruits of all kinda do well.
Vegetables grow to an unusual size,
and require but very little attention
or care.
Tea miles wuet of Mason City, In
Ccrrogordo county, is tba town ot
Clear Lake, having a population of ten
or twelve hundred ; bot tha chief at
traction is the lake itself, a beautiful
sheet of water three by six miles in
extent, Its banks being covered by a
fine natural grove. A abort distance
from the town the grounds are fitted
up with a large pavilion, and a num
ber of summer cottages, with ample
spar for pitching hundreds of tents
anion? tbe trees. Camp-meetings, Mu
sical Conventions and Sunday School
Associations of the northwoBt aro held
hero yearly. Tho accommodations for
tho traveling public are excellent,
Vory fine drives aro also numerous.
Tbe lake is supplied with sail and row
boats, for fishing or plcasuro, and good
bathing houses and grounds give it all
tbe facilities ot a first-class summer re
sort, which, in fact, it is.
During the winter season, seldom
any rain fulls from in December until
March, and sometimes but little snow.
The wind is cold and piercing, but dry
and healthful, containing no moisture
whatever, and vory oflen for weeks
during tbe winter there is a succession
of clear, bright, cold days most-beautiful
winter weather. Spring sets in
early, and seldom ever a frost in May
luut will injure vogolation,
E....A
Concord, June 18, 1878.
TEXAN SPORTS.
ENCOUNTER OF A BULL WITH A LION AND
LIONESS.
Tho San Antonio CTexasl corres
pondent of the New York triiW, de
scribes the second fight between a bull
and lion ntthat place:
At one o clock the lion "Ulu tioorgo.
was put in the arena, lie was a large
African lion, who, although old, pro-
son tod a formidable appearance lie
was vory largo, lie had Dcon given a
calf a few days belore, which ho de
stroyed in fino stylo, as well as several
vagrant dogs that bad strayed into the
arena, in which be had been placed for
a weok past to cHow bim to exercise
his muscles. Old George has only one
eye, the other having been burnt in
ordor to get tbe remains of his keeper
out of his cage in Memphis a few years
ago, he having torn bim all to pieces.
At 3:45 o'clock Moxican vauquoros
wore seen bnrging tbe bull across tbe
prairies, iho lion was shut up in one
cornor of tho cage, with a circus can
vas, while tbo bull was led in by lour
men with ropes.
lie took a sudden lit ol butting,
jerking away from bis keepors, and
mado a rush upon one of them, a largo,
heavy man, and throw him to the
ground in an instant, piercing the calf
ol bis leg with his born. Ihe position
ot tho untortunate man was horrible,
the infuriated bull standing over liira
shaking his head, threatening each
moment to impalo tbe prostruto vic
tim. A cry of horror oscoped lrom
the multitude, fortunately tbe atten
tion of the bull was diverted, nnd tho
njurcd mun was convoyed out i f the
arena. A bugo gaxh was cut in bis
leg, fracturing tho tibia, cutting thro'
two largo muxcles and an artery. But
for tho prosenco ot a doctor the wound
ed man would havo bled to death.
As soon as the bull was fairly in tbe
cago the curtain that concealed the
lion was dropped. As soon as they saw
each other the lion crouched down,
growling, and lasbing the ground with
his tail. Before he could spring, the
bull, although lamo from bis previous
encounter witb the lioness, without a
moment's hesitation bounded toward
tho lion, catching him under tho belly,
lie threw the lion sprawling, feet up
ward, against tho cago, following it
np by going for bim again and pinning
Dim to me ground, ii was in vain
tbe lion made show of resistance; tho
bull pinned bim to tbe csgo, holding
Dim against the hare as in a vice.
On the bull withdrawing bis horns,
one of which bad mado a deep wound
in the flank, the lion escaped. Por
fully five minutes the combatants
glared at each other tbe lion with
uplifted paw and most lerocious mein,
the bull wilb bead lowered, as if to
make the onset on tbo slightest prov
ocation. Iho pose was magnificent.
With a mufllcd roar the bull charged,
bis borns holding tbe lion firmly to
tbo ground, the bull apparently suflvr
ing no injury.
iho final assault ol tbe bull was ter
rific. Ho gored tho lion, and then
with a toss, ho sent him whirling
through the air. When be struck the
ground he lay on his back with his
mouth opon, apparently dead. The
lion revived, however, but seemed tin
willing to again tackle tho monarch
of the prairies.
Tbe managers, seeing how unequal
the combat was, determined to add a
new feature to it. The bull was tied
np, and while doing which he made
furious efforts to get through the cago,
the strength of which ho tested toils
utmost. Tbe wagon was backed up
to the door of the arena, and tbo lion
ess which bad been vanquished a tew
days previous was turned in. Had the
lion and tho lioness attacked the bull
tsgothur tbeie is no doubt they would
have come out victorious; but tho
lioness, romemboring her previous en
counter, fought shy, and beyond show
ing bcr teeth and striking attitudes
did not do much, while the lion was
too much exhausted by its exertions
to do much damage boyond tearing
the hide from tho bull's face and legs.
It was a strange sight probably nover
before witnessed in America to see
the infuriated bull rushing around tho
arena, with tail up and head down,
chasing the two huge lions, tossing
one after another over his head or
tramping them under foot.
At times tbe bull seemed to bo
standing on his head on the bodies ol
tho prostrato animals, that filled the
air with their roaring. It was ovident
that the lions stood no chance, the
lion being hart tie combat, with sevoral
deep wounds, wbilo the lioness was
too fleet to allow the bull to pin her to
the cage.
Just before the bull was lassoed
there was a very pretty scone. The
two lions wore vory close together,
tb. orippled lion huddling up clos. to
the terrified lioness. The bull advanc
ed on them in a trot, but just as be
was upon thorn, be seemed to realize
their helpless condition, stopped short,
and, alter eyoing them for a few min
utos, slowly walked oil id a different
direction. Victory was declared for
tb. ball, and he was lassoed and so-
cured to the cage.
Mothers. It cannot he denied that
mother, have many care.. The fee
bleness of tbe infant, nnabla to tell his
wants, and boset by danger, to its frail
life from the very beginning, makos a
constant appoal to the mothor when
bur own strength is but slowly return
ing. What rcetlesA nights there are I
How many spells of sit knew, with the
anxinns waiting) And, when the ba
by can tell Its fooling, and Its wants,
bow much waywardness is to be cor
rected, bow many III tendonoies are to
be checked I Nor is It one that is to
be guarded thorn Is a group, a little
community, a kingdom over which she
is to rule, keeping, 11' possible, each in
tut place, and giving lo each Its rights.
The variety of temperament is great
must be allowed Tor, so a. to guide and
restrain without repressing, and as to
be queen without being a despot.
ON A RAFT IN TBE TROPICS.
thrilling; adventure or an escaped
BRAZILIAN CONVICT TWO OF I1ISC0M
PANIONS DII MISERABLY AT SIA-
TUE SURVIVOR RESCUED BY THE CREW
or AN AMERICAN BARK.
Tbo log of the bark Carrio Long,
that arrived in New York recently
from Buenos Avers, oy way of JUatun
zas, shows that on February 11th,
when 200 miles off the Brazilian coast
her crew discovered a rufV, upon which
was a man in the lost stages of
oxbatiBtion, The men of tho Car.
rio Long at once took bim oft and
brought him to New Xorlt. ibis man,
thus saved by the merest chance from
a horrible death, is an athlotio young
colored man, about twenty-five years
of ago. His name is Mr.nuol Francesco,
and bo is a ttrunlian, though be re
lused to tell to what portion of the
Empire he belongs. Two years ago
be was convicted of a potty theft in
Rio Janeiro, and was sentenced to a
penal servitude of five years on the
Island of Fernando do Noronha. On
this arid rock, beneath the burning
rays of an equatorial sun, be worked
in the chain-gang, whoso nagging en
ergies were constantly stimulated by
prods from the bayonets of their sol
dier guards. Allor a years export
ence of this horrible life Francesco de
termined to escape or die in the at
tempt.
By good conduct and strict obedi
ence be obtained the position of ser
vant in the house ot ono ot tho oflicen
of the settlement. At the end of two
years be bad, witb the assistance of
two companions, collected a small
store of provisions, a few bits of cord
ago, and a piece ol un old sun. I. hose
were conveyed, by night, to one ol the
many uarreu roens lonniiig luu rur
nando do Noronha group. This rock
they had retched by swimming, and
hero they also collected, from tho drift
on tho beach, a quantity of bamboo
joints, from which tbey constructed a
rudo rutl about ten feet sniiaro and
two loot thick. A short mast, stepped
at ono end of tho float, supported their
bit ot a sail, and a broken oar formed
their steering apparatus.
Tbo escape was effected on a dark
night, and they wore wafted from the
hated island by a ligl't breeze, vhich
they fondly hoped would carry them
to L apo rl Koqtie, L'll) miles awuy
At daylight Fernando de Noronha
was but a cloud in tbe horizon, th
broezo bad died out, and tho intrepid
voyagers lay becalmed, with Ihe long,
heaving swell ol the Atlantic threat
ening the demolition of their frail raft.
From the first they suffered for want
ot water, ot which tbeir supply was
very limited. Their provisions be
came thoroughly saturated with salt
water, and eating them increased their
thirst. On tbe third day one of tbe
party was prostrated by a lever, and
on tho fourth bis dead body slid from
the little rail, and was seized by tho
sharks that lurked beneath it and
waited for the prey that an unerring
instinct told tbetn must sooner or later
be theirs. On the evening of the suc
ceeding day a terrible storm burled
the little raft hither and thither, at
times completely submerged beneath
the huge waves. Francosco clung to
a box that was lashed to the raft
amidships, and his companion clung
to the mast. In the darkness a great
rusb ot water, a snapping ot wood, and
a yoll of anguish told Francosco that
bis companion bad gone, and that tho
sharks had caught anothor victim.
for five more days the raft floated
at the mercy of wind and waves; but
ot these day. Francesco knows little.
He was without food or water, and
had periods of unconsciousness. On
the morning of the tenth day as the
Lame Long camo bearing directly
down upon him, he was barely able to
otter a hoarse cry, and to feebly wave
a bit of rag, torn from his shirt. As
a boat from the bark ncarod the rail
two sharks loft its shadow and darted
swiftly away. When the rescued man
was placed on tbe dock ot the bark he
was unable to stand, but in a feeble
pantomime begged tor wator. A gill
of water was poured down bis swollen
throat, and, half an hour afterward, as
much more, mixed wilb gin, revived
him so that be was able to swallow a
few mouthfula of soup. His body was
covered witb running sores, and be
was a most pitiable object : but his re
covery was rapid, and was perfected
long before bis arrival bore.
When they arrived at Matanzas,
Francesco was much alarmed at the
presenco and questions of tho customs
oflicors. UiHin hearing his story, the
Brazilian consul demanded that be
should bo delivered to tho local officials,
and held in jail until his case could bo
communicated to the Brazilian author
ities; but Captain Park said : "No, sir,
he deserves bis liberty after tbe efforts
he made to obtain it. I saved him
from death, and I'm not going to con
sign bim to a prison. You can't hsve
him, and yon don't dare to take him
from under that flag" pointing to the
star, and stripes that flew from the
mizzen peak, no rrancosco was
brought to New York. When rescu
ed be bad a few piece, of Brazilian
money with him, and a paper contain
ing the warrant for bis transportation
to Fernando de Noronha, signed by a
Brazilian magistrate.
Curiosities of Life. Lay your
finger on your pulse, and know that
at every stroke some Immortal soul
passes to Its Maker ; some teliow-ncing
crosses tbe river ot death ; and if we
think of it, we may well wonder that
it should bo so long before our turn
oomos.
Half of all who lire dio belore seven
teen.
Only one person in ton thousand
live, to be a hundred year, old, and
but ono in a hundred reaehe. sixty.
laa married live longer than lb
single.
Thoro is ono soldier to every eight
persons, and out of every thousand
born only ninety-five woddings takes
place.
It you take a tbonsand persons who
bave reached sevonty yean, thoro are
of clergymen, orators, and publio
speakers, forty-three ; farmers, forty ;
wuraiiion, iiiiriy-biiiuui Miiuiem, oiiir-ty-two
; lawyers, twenty-nine j profess
ors, twenty-seven; doctors, twonty
tour. Wisdom is a fox who, after long
hunting, at last cost you tha pains to
dig out; It I. a cheese, which, by how
much tbe richer, baa th. thicker, the
bomlier and tho coaraor coal; and
whereof to a judicious palate the mag
gots are blest. It is a sack posset,
wherein th. deepor yon go, you II find
it the sweeter. Wisdom is a ben
whose cackling we must Value and
consider, because It Is atlendod witb
an egg. Hut lastly It is a out, which,
unlesa you choose wim judgment, may
cost you a tooth and pay you with
nothing out a worm.
HEPUBIKIN.
THE RIGHT WAY.
Society may well thank the Episco
pal Church authorities of Michigan for
tho firm and prudent manner In which
they treated the denlorahlo scandal in
which the aged Bishop McCoskry was
involved, l heir action bos beon such
as to subject the offender to the most
extreme punishment, and yet to keep
tue Odious lucis out ot punno view
Since the Bishop has been deposed
from tho ministry as well as from tho
bishnprio, there is no longer any nec
essity for going into the details, it
would be sheer pruriency and vulgari
ty to do so. But if a weaker and less
rosoluto But of men bad bad in cbargo
the destines of the Episcopal Church
of that State, thore might have boon
an effort to gloss ovor tbo offense, or
to bave denied them ; and this would
have necessitated an examination of
the evidence, and laying bare the facts
beforo the public. All the indications
at one time pointed in this direction.
The other porson whose name was
mixed up in tbe scandal denied it
stoutly, and demanded that tho Bishop
should come back from New York to
vindicate hor. The Bishop himself
also denied tbe charges. It seemed
as though the trial was inevitable, and
ulgar curiosity awaited it with eager
appetilo. But in tbo nioantime tbe
gentlemen who had charge of tbe mat
ter quietly wcro examining the evi
dence, neithor seeking lo cxculpalo
tho accused nor to criminate him, but
solicitous only to know the truth.
lbcy boro themselves liko men who
had greater interests at stake than the
sheltering of the reputation of any one
man bowover eminent or beloved be
might be. The dignity and purity of
their church was at stake and this at
least thoy might sheltor trom reproach.
In order to keep that worthy ot tho
continued love and veneration of the
pure In heart, it was necessary to keep
it beyond tho suspicion of harboring
in high places an unworthy man. It
was in this spirit that tbey gathered
tho evidence ; and when tbo counsel of
the Bisbopcame to make arrangements
lor the trial, he was confronted with
proof so convincing that tboro was
nothing left to do but to confess and
resign. 1 be resignation gave up tbe
priesinoou as wen as the uisnopric,
and tbe man whom all venerated a
little wbilo ago seeks only to hide in
obscurity.
1 hat which is especially gratifying
is that there wore no two parlies, no
discussions in tho diocese ; all the pro
cedure was judicial and calm, earnest
and sad. All looked upon it as a great
calamity, and sot themselves gravely
and resolutely to meet it. lo our
thinking this deplorable attuir gives
evidence of a vigorous vitality in the
I'.piscopal Church of that tnalo, a vi
tality which can be bettor estimated
by comparing tbo course of evonts
thoro with the courso of events in
Brooklyn ; for if thoro bo anything
that has suffered more in reputation
than tho great pulpit orator, it is
1'lymoutb church, lbcy mado com
mon cause wilb bim and all sank to
gether. In Michigan one man bits
lallon ; but he bas lull no stain on bis
church. That is anchored on the rock.
TUE WISCONSIN CYCLONE.
Some characteristics of tbe Wiscon
n cyclone were very marked. One
eye-witness describes its progress
through tho country as an immense
bounding ball of dense black clouds,
now rising high in the air and skipping
ovor considerable space of country, and
now descend i ng again upon the earth
with a terrific violence that no human
work could withstand, crushing build
ings as if they were mado ot straw, or
tossing them liko feathers into atoms.
Another singular phenomenon was the
internal evolutions and contortions of
this mighlhy globe of wind and cloud.
While it swept through tbe country in
a direct course witb prodigious violence
and force, a portion of its power seem
ed to be resorved for inside service, liko
a wheel whirling within a wheel, and
many an ohioct was thrown far out
side of tbo trail of the cyclone on eith
er sido, or tossed far back in its rear,
as a gigantio gymnast throws tho balls
i i .i. r .1.
over UIB DCHU Ul inu Clime Ul mu iur-
formance. A woman was caught and
carried np 400 feet in tho air, and dash
ed upon tho ground stone dead, with
both arms broken, tho shoos stripped
from ber foot, and bor body as black as
tho ace of spades. Tho mighty ava
luncho of wind enrriod somo ot tbe
dobrisovor tllloon miles. Horses wore
taken up out of the fields and carried
hundreds of rods, and dashed to atoms
upon tho ground when the insane fury
of the hurricane was through with its
gigantio sport, 1 hor seemed ts rule
tho hour, and divided the honors wilb
Death. Some portion ot the path over
which this tempest servant moved is
as clean of bouses, barns, lences, or
chards, etc., as the face of the lawn af
ter the passage ot tho mower. I he
death roll is still incomplete, but It al
ready numbers ovor fifty, and tho loss
ot property destroyed must reach ovor
f 500,01)0. it is one ot tho few cases
whero the first reports wore not great
ly exaggerated. Subsequent Invcsti
gatlons only revealed tbo fact that tho
details wero more heartrending and
terrible than the generalization. .
The unsatisfactory aspoot ol the case
is, that no human agency can provide
a romody against a repetition ol this
torrihlo calamity. Scientific knowl
edge is as helpless hero as the most
prolound tgnoranco. io prevent sncn
an exhibition of Natures wrath, to
speak Biipetstilloiisly, is impossible;
and to guard against it equally so. And
what makes it all tbe more uncomfor
table is the well authenticated fact that
theso cyclones are on tho increase year
by year, especially in tho west fni-
cago Tribune.
Min wituoot Occupation. -Tho
man who bas nothing to do is tho most
miserable ol beings. Ho matter bow
much wealth a man possesses, he can
be neither contented nor happy with
out occupation. W. were born to
labor, and tha world la our vineyard.
W. can find a Hold lor uselnlncs. al
most anywhore. In occupations we
forget our caros, our worldly trials,
and our sorrows, it keep. n. lrom
constantly worrying and brooding over
what Is Inevitable, Jl we have enough
for ourselves, w. can labor for the
good of others ; and such a task i. on.
of th. most delightful dnties a worthy
and good man can possibly engago In.
Detroit husbands and wives some
times ono. in a great many years
bars disputes. Tbe other day whon
a Beech street couple were holding an
angry argument, the husband raised
bis hand., and exclaimed : "Ob, Con
sistency, thou art a jewel I" The wile
at once broke, and as she sbbed, the
gasped nut! "Youaaw ber at th. Opera
House, I suppose ; but if sh. bad to
split wood, wash dishes, and tako oare
of six children, aha wouldn't look any
better than I do boo hoo!"
TRUTHFUL AND MANL Y.
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer of the
26th ult., says: "We once tried to be
divorced from the North to separate
peaceably. We fought our own bat
tle We had tbe North against ns
with its millions of money and its own
people, and the men thai, money could
buy. W e were delea tod by overwhelm
ing numbers, after thousands of the
noblest hearts that ever throbbed a gal
lant, heroic, impulse wore laid in tbe
dust, where in dust could Do traced
tbo cause for which they fought and
loved as well. Our country was forc
ed into submission, iho survivors ac
cepted tbo position and have struggled,
throughout pain and wrong, to regain
their former prestige in the councils of
tbe nation and build up tbeir shattered
fortunes. At last the feeble remnant
of carpet-bagism bas been sweopt from
the land, and the Southern Slates stand
forth redeemed of military rule. We
are as loyal aa any one in the country,
aro as proud ot Amorica as any, have
in the National councils as able and
eloquont advocates as any, and are able
to offer any true American- witb no
sectionalism, 138 votes in the Electoral
College. There need be no further
fears of secession. Thousands of ho
roic souls sleeping in tbeir grave pro
test against it. This may be true, but
thean Southern Slates aro unwilling to
be the barps on which every duma
gegue of tho country can play with the
oaso that ho can grind a nicely greased
hand organ. With Lamar, Hall, Gor
don, Ransom and other intellectual
giants, tho poors ot any the country
has produced, we need tear nothing in
debate Our people mean to do right
as near as human judgment can discov
er, and they aro not laboring to eectire
tbe good opinion of tho North simply
because their approval is nocossary of
sympathy or kindness, iho south bus
ueoD politically poriecieu tiy suucring.
Wo know who nre our friends. Re
publicans bave not one spark through
out our borders."
PLANTING TREES IN THE
FALL.
Tho question as to whethor Spring
or Fall is the better season for plant
ing bas been much discusind, and tbe
conclusion reached has generally boon
that in Westorn JNew lork and sum-
lur climates ono is about as good as
tho other. My experienco with hardy
fruit and deciduous ornamental trees
is in favor of Fall. It ia true that we
have an occasional severe Winter whon
Full-planted trees suffer, but these are
of raro occurrence.
Last Fall, quite late, after the hurry
of tho season was all over, I planted
soveral hundred dwarf pear trees. Af
ter planting, tbo earth was drawn up
around tho base, say six or more inches
abovo tho levol ot tho ground, to give
protection to tho roots and stiffen tho
tree against tbe Ioi-ca ol tbe wind.
May 22, I had tho earth around the
troes removed to the ground level, and
find vigorous now roots, throe to five
inches in length, spreading in all di
rections from tbe quince stock. The
tops are also pushing rapidly, and in
tbe wbolo plunting of 300 trees thore
is not a failure.
It is easy to seo what an advantage
those trees have ovor those planted
this Spring, even under the most fa
vorable circumstances tor the latter.
In Spring planting it often happens
that a long period of cold weather and
drying winds follows tho planting, and
tho trees got seriously dried before tho
growing season opens, or a dry and
warm period comes bolore the roots
have acquired vigor enough lo sustain
tbe treo; under such adverse influ
ence they cither die or linger along
feebly all Summer.
We must tako some risk in planting
at any season, but, on tbe whole, I
think the chances are in favor of tho
Fall for hardy deciduous trees. P.
Harry, in American -ilural Home.
FIGHT WITH A SHARK'. '
Tho Pensacola, Florida, Gazette, of
June 8, publishes tho following : Cap
lain John B. Guttmann, of the Pensa
cola Guards, signalized himself in an
odd encounter last Friday, and came
out first best, liiding down to the
shore ol Escambia Bay, the captain no
tieed a strange commotion in the wa
ter, and thai the beach for a considera
ble distance was covered with fish from
six inches to a foot and a half in length,
somo dead and some still jumping.
while others continued lo spring from
tho water, above which showed the
sharp dorsal fln of a shark, cutting the
surlace as ho pursued tho fish. The
sporting spirit of tho captain was fired,
and springing from his buggy, he open
ed bis pocket knife, with a blade less
than throe inchos long, and rnshod in
to the wator, which was thigh-deep,
whero he encountered the shark, and
pushed his little knife into it. The
creature did not seem to feel it, and its
hide was so tough that the captain
could not rip it, so ho continued his
thrusts, while tho shark endeavored to
turn so as to sizo him. Finally tbe
shark full the blade, and, rotreating
twolvo or filleen feet, charged back
with a rush. Tho captain sprang aside
as it attempted to bito him, and seized
it by the fin, which was ten Inches
long, and plied his knife while tbey
waltzed round, the shark continually
turning in the endeavor to bito. Find
ing his knil'o ot no avail against the
niuo lives of tho shark, tho captain
caught up a stout, heavy piece ot drift
wood, which opportunely came within
reach, and, as the fish threw its boad
out of tbo water, struck it a severe
blow at tho bssoot the skull, which in
stantly stunned it. Ha then threw It
ashore, where it was dispatched. It
was exactly fire teet in length.
No Matter wriAT Color. A'n emi
nent Scottish divine happoned to meet
at th. bouse of a lawyer, whom be
considered too sharp a practitionor,
two ot his own parishioners. Tbe
lawyer jocularly and ungraciously put
tho question, "Doctor, these are mem
bers of your flock ; may 1 ask, do yon
look upon tbcm as white or black ?"
"1 don't know," answered tbe divine
dryly, "whether they are black or
while sheep; but I know, If they are
long hore, tbey ar pretty suro to be
fleeced."
John Adams wrote prophetically:
" But lot u. lake warning and giv. it
toourchildren. W henover vanity and
gayety, a love ol pomp and dress, furn
iture, equipage, buildings, groat com
pany, expensive diversions and elegant
entertainments get the better ol the
principles and judgment, of men and
women, then) is no knowing where
thoy will stop, nor Into, what evils, na
tural, moral or political, thoy will lead
us." .. ;
Bayard Taylor says that black-eyed
women can never love as fondly as
those with blu. eye. So don't give
yonr wife a black ay.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. McQUOWN.
SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM.
Nothing strengthens our common
school system more than the dissemi-
nution of current Educational news
among its friends and supporters. A
means by which to do this is a want
that has long been felt among those
who are on gaged in tbo management
of our schools. To meet, in a measure,
this want, the editor of this paper has
kindly tenderod us tho uso of this col
umn. We dhall, tboroforo, devote Iho
space each week to tbe publication ot
such educational mattor as will bo use
ful to teachers, directors, aud all iutorst
ed ia the welfare of our schools. Its
contents will be made np of the latost
decisions, hint, and suggestions, of
leading educators and such original
matter as ehall have a direct bearing
upon tho work of the school room. Be
sides this it will contain the announce
ment and proceedings ot educational
meetings held in the county, and re
ports of educational work in tho sever
al districts of th. county. Thus will
it supply a vacancy that has long been
felt and prove a valuable auxiliary in
rendering our work more efllcient. We
respectfully solicit tbe aid of toacbers, j
directors, and others in this effort to
bring our work before tbe people, know
ing that by enlightening tbo minds of
our patrons, we enlist public sentiment
in favor of our work, and thus our
schools are raised to a higher plane of
excellence. Educational items from
teachers in tho different districts of tbe
county will be thankfully received, and
should all bo addressed to the County
Suporintendent.
Our County Schools. A greater
number of privato schools are in session
in tbe county this Summer than bave
been for somo years. The school at
Clearfield, Lumber City and Sbaws-j
ville give attention to tbe training of
teachers, and a good number of our
teachers have taken advantage of tho
opportunit ies thus afforded them. Tbe
Clearfield County Normal School in
session at Curwcnsvillewillclosefortho
present year in a fow weeks. Lumber
City Acadomy which has enjoyed an
unusually liberal patronngo closed for
a vacation of three weeks on Friday
last. A second session of eight weeks
begins Monday July H. I'rol. C. C
r.migh, who has by his unnincbing en
ergy, infused new lift into the school,
will be retained as principal. We
learn that tho next session is full of
promise. Privato schools of a lowor
grade than thoso above mentioned aro
in progress, under efficient teachers, in
nearly all tho smaller towns and vil
lagod throughout tho county. Tbe di
rectors of Huston nnd Union town
ships bave divided tbe term in their
public schools. Huston township has
three months in the Summer and five
in tho Winter, and Union two in tho
Summer and three in the Winter. The
publio schools ol these districts are now
in session.
"Out West." Since the publio
schools closed in the Spring, seven
teachers from this immediate vicinity
bave gone west. .Messrs. -M. U. Gu-
licb, Josiah Lawboad, Burton Marshall,
W. A. Porter and Milos R. Porter, all
of Lawrence township. Misses Ada
Ale and Clara E. McGeorge of this
borough. Mos&rs. Lawboad Marshall
and tho Mr. Porter's aro sojourning in
Kansas, Mr. M. L. Guhch is teaching
in Missouri. Miss Clara McGeorge is
teaching in Kansas, and Miss Ada Alo
is visiting mends in Lass county, Mo,
All ol them are well known to our
teachorshere, having bocn active teach
ers in our ranks tor a number ot years
past. We shall greatly miss them in
our schools and educational meetings.
An exebango says, it has boon ascer
tained that five of tbe Republican and
Democratic candidates for State officers
have been school teachers. Andrew
11. Dill taught school tor some time at
Fredoric City, Md. ; ilonry M. Hoyt
taught school at Memphis, Tcnn., scv
era! years ago; Charles W. Stone
taught school in Massachusetts, ailer
ward taught school and was Superin
tendent ot schools in Warren county,
Pa. ; John Fertig taught school sevor
al yoars in tho western part of the
Stale, and James P. Slorritt was lor a
lime principal of tho preparatory do
partment of Jefferson College
School Discipline. In regnrd to
discipline in our publio schools, it is a
settled fact that a strict onlorcomont of
rulos is necessary in order to govern
tho pupils properly. While this fact
is admissible, it would bo well for teach
ers to romombor that too much discip
line often hardens the nature, and run
dors scholar, dilatory, instead of pro
gressing them in thoir studios, and also
discourages them. Tho habit of teach
ers, for every littlo offence, in giving
them marks and taking oft tbeir month
ly average, does not show tbeir ad
vancement of the pupils. I bave no
ticed the monthly average ot somo
which aro vorv nnor. and it is not duo
to imperfect study, but marks given by
tho teacher lor little potty oilunccs. as
fur as study is concerned, parents
should know the advanoemont ol their
children. Should their deportment
not be such as the rules of the school
require, the average for doportmont
should show this. Children should bo
encouraged, and should receive every
encouragomont from their teachers, In
ordor to to stimulat them with desire
to mako an advancement, aa appears
to bo tho caso in many instances.
OPINIONS OF EDUCATORS.
So long as teachers remain In back
scats and quietly listen to others, so
long will our mnttt honorable and luc
rative positions bo filled with doctors,
lawyers, and preachers. Teachers
should boldly assert in thoir conven
tions county, state, and national
their right lo occupy the chief as well
aa all other offices whose work pertains
to education. Let this army ot 250,
000 strong bo silent. Eclectic Teacher.
No man addicted to the nse ot tobac
co or intoxicating liquors, and especial
ly to drunkenness and profanity, gam
bling, or any of th. popular vice, of
the day, should ever be allowed to
darken th. doors ot a .school house
witb a certittvate ol qualification as
teaehsr upon hit parrton, Ths commis
sioner or Sluts Superintendent who
grants a commission to such Is recreant
alike to his oath and his duty, Tbe
Ignorant who ia without knowledge of
tbe elementary principle, of his native
tongue, and who is a strangor to every
requisite of a gen.ine teacher, and who
yet assume, to grapple with tb. re
sponsibilities of life, Is simply a disgrace
to bis race and corse to his country.
His efforts are but tbo blind gropings
of Homer'. Cyclops, arrnind the walls
ol Km cava.
A aula spa. tho vaaaal robe, ,
The wore, for whet It eolla."
Affpa , cT. rT.tieeae, Aft
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Errore ilk. rtrawl upon the surface low t
He who would eearvk for potrla muel dire below.
. ;.?",,r ",0' -h " t'"in Dot
Envy i. more Irreconclshle than
hatred.
Common failings are strongest les
son, ot mutual Inrbnaranco. , -
Aflliclions are blessings to us, when
we can bless God for aflliclions.
A single grateful thought towards
heaven is tho most perfect prayer.
Ho shall be immortal who livcth till
,1)0, be stoned by one without fuuit.
Betweon lato and too late there is,
thanks be to God, an inconceivable
distance
Tho love of a People is tho sublimo
crown which can rest on tho brow of
any man.
A good sermon or a faithful preach
er does not require a largo church or
splendid audionco. ,
Becauso tho viper tnrns and stings
you it would bo wild vongenco to wring
the wood pigeon s neck I
Self-denial ia the most exalted pleas
ure, and tho conquest of evil habits is
tne most glorious trlumpb.
The most joyous and gladsome na
tures are those keenly alive to impres
sions of rovcronce, wonder and awo.
O this itch ot the ear that broaks
out at the tongue I Were not curiosi
ty so overbusy, detraction would soon
bo starved to death. . ,
A person who will fret and scold and
exhibit all tbe evidencea of ill temper
in a cottage, would do so as mistress
or master of a palaco.
A chord of music, a (lower blooming
in a desert place, a sound of harvest
chant or sweet birds singing, will bear
us switily back to bygone hours.
We aro always clever with those
who imagino we think as they do. To
be shallow you must differ witb pooplo ;
to be profound you must' sgreo with
them.
Banter is a marvelous force It kills
sanctity, unveils sophistry, travesties
wisdom, cuts through the finest shield,
and turns tbo noblest impulses into
hopeless ridicule
Folly soon wears her shoes out. She
dances so fast, we are all of us tired.
Golden wires may annoy us as much
as steel bars, if they keep us behind
prison windows.
Forward and loquacious youth "Bv
Jove, you know upon my ward, now
ii i wero lo seo a ghost, you know,
I would be a chattering idiot for the
rest of my life" Ingenuous maiden
"Haven t you seon a ghost 7
Men aro betlcr citizens for being ed
ucated. Tho slrongor tho sourco of
government, tho stronger tho govern
ment. If tho "bnyonots that think"
aro the most potent, tbo ballots that
think are tho most beneficent.
A Frenchman who bos lived in Ame
rica for some years says : -'Whon they
build a railroad the first thing they do
is to break ground. Tbis is dono with
great ceremony. Then they break the
stockholders. This is dono without
ceremony."
Physical courage which despises all
danger will make a man brave in one
way; and moral courage ..which des
pises all opinion will mako a man brave
in another. Tho former would seem
most necessary for the camp, the latter
for tho council ; but to constitute a
groat man, both are necessary.
Courage, so far as it is a sign of race,
is peculiarly the mark of a gentleman
or a lady ; but it becomes vulgar if
rudo or insensitive, wbilo timidity is
not vulgar if it bo a characteristic of
raco or fineness of make. A fawn is
not vulgar in being timid, nor a croco
dile "gentle" becauso courageous.
The solitary discourse at tbe well of
Samaria, with a single listener, has
been repeated until its echoes bave
been beard round tho world. He
whose voioo is heard in the roar of an
ocean storm, or an advancing tempest,
is daily heard in the stillness of the
soul, with far greater power and migh
tier grace
Those who err in ono direction, al
ways take care to let you know that
they aro quite free from error in tbo
opposito direction. A boorish man
thanks God very loudly that be is not
insincere nobody bavingevor thought
of accusing him even of that small and
wretched approach to politeness which
is sometimes flavored by insincerity.
He was a sharp-looking littlo man
who bad offered to go on the bail bond
of a prisoner. Tbo counsel for tho poo
plo was suspicious, and asking him,
quite stornly, "Do I pnderstand you to
swear that yon are a property holder
in this country?" "You do," he an
swered, proudly ; "I own two lots in a
burying-ground less'n a quarter mile
from hero."
Thero aro many things which may
he lawful which yet may not be expe
dient or wise on account ot the opin
ions and weakness of others ; and it ia
better to abridgo liberty and yield
right rather than by Insisting upon
theso to wound another's conscience to
his hurt, and sot an example by which
ho may bo lead to do what he consid
ers sin, and so bo mado wretched.
Somo pooplo are liko telegraph wires.
Thry sot themselves high up in the air
and congratulate themselves upon thoir
subtlety, thoir fine-drawn sympathies.
tine might think that tbey bold all tbe
electricity in the universe But below
them stretches tho groat earth from
which they wore digged, giving littlo
heed to them or to thoir electricity, or
to the mightier currents that ran to
and fro beneath its serene surface.
"Suppose," said a lawyer to a wit-.
ness he was trying to badger, "suppose
1 should tell vou that I could brino a
dozen men of your town to this court
room who would say tbey would not
believe you on oath, what wou'l you
say V And calmly tho witness mado
bis reply : "I would say you liod."
A gentlo smile diffused itself all over
tho court room, and tbe unruffled wit
ness stopped down.
Mr. Spurgeon, in a sorroon on eccen
tricity, said : "One chargo of eccen
tricity brought against Wbitofiold and
Wesley was that thoy actually wore
their own hair instead of wearing
wigs. Could anything bo moro mon
strous ? A boly person from Holland
wrote to mo, and said he bad read my
sormons witb plcasuro; but oonld no
longer, as he now found tnat I am a
carnal and worldly man, who wears a
moustache"
A largo man. who sat on the wharf
fishing yesterday, gave his oppininn
with regard to the bard time. II.
said the trouble was that capital waa
opposed to labor, and no matter how
anxious a man wa. to work capital
would mak. no concessions. He wan
ted work himself, be Said, and one. he
thought of giving np, but now bis wile
was able to take in washing, and he
would nover yield. Ms intended to say
more, but be was obliged to go off to
attend a ball match.
They talk about happiness being
noted out to men in equal proportions 1
lint think of the differentia between th.
man wbo bas tb. gilt of alway. bear,
ing pleasant things said about himself
behind bis back, and tbe man who bas
th. disease of always listening to ill
natured things said about himself in
absence. In neither case do 1 mean
that these are real utterances : bat, by
tbe aid of fancy, wa hear a great deal
about ourselves that has never beea
spoken By mortal tongue.