Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, July 03, 1878, Image 1

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CLXAEFIRLDj PA.
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BLTCII.
GEO. B. QOODLANDEE, Proprietor.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
VOL. 52-WHOLE NO. 2,578.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1878.
TEEMS-$2 per annuc in Advance.
NEW SEIilES-VOL. 19, NO. 2G.
Cards.
tj w. SMITH,
A npHNST-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7J Clearfield, Pa.
T J. LIN OLE,
A'f TOJiNEY -AT - LAW,
, US Plilllp.burg, Centra Co., Pa. y:pd
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It. & W. I5AKUKT
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, FA.
January 30, 1878.
1
SRAEIi TEST,'
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
VOBoa g the Court Hunt.. Jyll.'M
Cards.
Ion PRINTINO OF BVERY DKSCRIP
tlon aoatly tiofratad at tail offloe.
H
E.NRY BliETll,
foBTrun p. o.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
POft KILL TuW H HIP,
May 8, Wfi-ly
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juatioo of tho Ptmoa and Scrivener,
Carwenavllle, Pa.
fc-fjuCollecUooa made and money promptly
pftld urtr.
fbis'7itr
RICHARD HUGHES,
JU8TI0K OF THE PEACE
Fn ...
Itrcutur TowhmMp,
.. . , Oceo.le Hilli P.O.
. 411 official lu.iner. ODtru.trd tu him will bo
promptly attended to. raehlt, fd.
THE OLD PORTAGE ROAD.
A TALK WITH THREE PITTSBURGKRS WHO
WORKED ON T1IK FIRST RAILWAY
THAT CROSSED THE ALLEGIIE
KY MOUNTAINS.
FORCEE,
M. JI. McCULLOUGII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OIB.'a In Ma.onie building, Second .treat, op
poiiu the Court Ilouae. Je2H,'78-tf.
YT C. AltNOLD,
LAW k COLLECTION OFFICE,
e2
s.
CURWE.NPVn.LE,
Clearfield County, Penn'e.
BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloa in Opera Houie. ap So.'TT-ly
JAMES MITCHELL, .
br.el.en in
.Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'TH CI.KARFIRLD, PA.
s.
V. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office ofle door reel of Weitern Hotel building,
oppoiite Court Uoum.
etpl.5,'77. CLEARFIELD, PA.
jRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all bnaineia antrofted to bim
proiaptljr and faithlall. Jaal'7
J K. SNYDKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office In I'itVi Optra Uouit.
Juno 20, 7Sif.
WILLIAM A. WALLACB,
aiaar r. wallac.
DAVID t. KRIBI.
joh w. traioLBr.
WALLACE & KREBS,
(Saxeanira to Wallace A Fielding,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Janl'77 Clearfield, Pa.
raoa. I. Htiaaar. oratta aoanoa.
jyURRAY & GORDON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ofllca la Pla'e Opera Uooea, aaoond floor.
:J0'7
loiara a. h'bmallt oaateL w. a'ci anr,
JcENALLY & McCURDY
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Legal neaiaeee attaoded to promptly wlthj
adollty. Olfiea ob tfeaoad atraet, abore ;he Ftrtt
Aatieaal Bant. Jeo:l:7f
O. K AMER,
A'1'TORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real EetaU aad Collaetloa Agaat,
CLKAKPIELI), PA.,
Will promptlj attand ta all legal bailaeee an
treetod to ble eare.
pTOtu ia Pie'i Opera Hoaea. Jaol'71.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ind Real Eatate Aceut, Clearfield, Pa.
OSca oa Third Hreet, bet.CherrJ A Walnal,
r-Raepeetfullj ol.n hii lerilceiln lelllng
and buying laada la Clearneld aad adjoining
eountiel and with aa eiporioneeot orer twenty
yean aa a aureoyor, lattari hlmaair that be eaa
reaaer eallileotlon. Feb. J8:.1:tr,
J)U. W. A. MEANS,
fHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTIIERSDURO, PA.
Will attend profeeelonal emlla proaiptly. auglV'70
JR. T. J. UOYER,
rHYSICIAN AND SUROKUN,
Offloe oa Market Street, Cleartleld. Pa.
eT-0Hoa hoarai I to II a. m., aad 1 to I p. B.
D
U. E. M. SCHEURER,
II0M(E0PATIII0 PIIT8ICIAN,
Offloe la reildenoe oa Firet at.
April 14, 1171. Clearneld, Pa.
D
u. ii. n. Van vauaii,
t'LEARFIEM), PENN'A.
OFF1CR IN MASON ICJ1UILD1NO.
OAoo boura-Vrom 11 to t P. M.
U.t II, 187.
JK. J. P. BUK(UI FIELD,
Lam 8arf oa of tb iH Rf taat, Pcnnijlvaata
Volaauora, aavlag rotaraod Jrom tht Amy,
tffora all profonioaat torviooa toUoaiUaaai
of uioarflold ooanty.
WProfntoBfti flftlti pronptlv attoalod U.
OBoo oa floooad it root, foriaorlTooeapUd hj
Dr.Wooda. (pr4,'l-U
WILLIAM M. BRNKY, Win
optrb Pbacb and Ucmitbmn, LUMBKR
CITY. OolUetluni mud and moitojr promptlj
paid ovtr. Artletot of agrtmaaol aod ddt ol
o'B7ane BoaUj oiooaud and warrftntod cor.
root or ao obir. Ujy'7
II
ARRY SNYDER,
BARHKR AND HAIRDRESSER.
Bbop oa Market St., oppootte Court Hoaia.
A eloaa towel for every eaatoaier.
Alao Maanfaetarar af
All Klnda af Artklaa la lluataa Hair.
aay l,
Claaraeld, Pe.
7.
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Market St.. Cloarltld, Pa.
Fraek Breed, Rk, Rolla, Plea aad Cekaa
oa hand or eaade ta order. A general aaMrtraeat
of onfeetioaarlae, Fraita aad Nata la etoek
loa Craai aad Oyetere la aeaaoa. Selooa aearly
eppoilla the PotloAea. Prtoae moderate.
Maroh l-'ft.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
TUB aaderrigaed, k.rlag aiubllahed a Her.
aery aa the 'Pike, about halt way botweea
Clearfield aad Oarweaarllte, la p rope red ta tar
dea all kindaef FRUIT TREES, (rtoadard aad
dwarf,) kvrrrraeee, Bbrabbery, Urape Viaee,
Uooeeberry, Lawloa Ulackbeery Strawberry,
aad Raepberry Viaea, Alao, Blberiaa CrabTraee,
Qalaea, aad early aoarlet Rhubarb, Ao. Ordera
proraatly attaadad ta. Addreea,
t. D. WRIdBT,
aepll II j Carwaanllla, Pa,
THO M A 8 H
D BALES IB
ueneral merchandise,
C.HAII ANTON, Pa.
Alio, eitenalTi nftnufietnrar and doalsr tu SQAra
llDbor and Hawed Lumber oi an Rindi.
MTOrdon loHolted and all bllU promptly
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market Kt., Clearfield, Pi.
In the ahop letely oerupled by Frank Shortj
one door weit of Alleghany Houte.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuu'a,
tES,Will execute jobi In hii line promptly and
in a workmanlike manner. ap ra.oi
G. H. HALL.
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
MTPumpi alwiiTi on har d and made to order
n ihort notice. Pipee bored on reaiunabla terma.
All work warranted to render a at. .faction, and
delirered if deilred, njr26:l;pd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DRALERB IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
and nwnulacturere of
ALL klKI8 OP 8AW K.I) LCMIII.R,
a-1'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINULES, LATH, 1 PICKETS,
:1073 Cleartlold, Pa,
WEAVER &' BETTS,
DKALERB IB
eal Esta'.e, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
W-Offloe on 8eo-nd atroel, la rear of atoro
room of Utore Weaver k Co. jo9. '78-tf.
J. BLAKE WALTERS.
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AD DBALBR lit .
Naw Lop aud !Liuiiborf
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloe In GrabAm'a Row.
1:35:71
$ I, SNYDER,
PKACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND DIALEB IB
Watches, Clocks aod Jowolry,
Graham' How, Marhtt Strmt,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
AD klnda of repairing In my lino promptly at-
enaeu to. April , m
Hew Harble Yaril,
The nnderiiftnad wnnld Inform tbo publle that
be bn opened a arw Mtuble Yard on Third atreot,
oppoaite lb Lutheran Cbnreb, where be will keep
cuortantly on band a atoek of rarloua kind of
mat ble. All kind of
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
1'oMlB for Cemetery Lota,
and all other work In bia Una will be promptlj
executed In a aaat and workmanliko nanntr, at
reatonable ratee.
l)ruaranteeeeatietartorj work and low price i,
Uire bi aeaJI. J. KLAUAKTV.
Claarfleld, Pa., March lt 1878-tf.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Street, Clearfield. Pa.,
MAKUrACTtmBB AUD DIALEB IB
HAKNE88, BAPDLE8, BIlIDLKS, COLLARS,
aad all klnda of
NORSK FURNI8H1NQ GOODS.
A full Mock of P add I en' Hardware. Bruhea,
Ciimbe, Itlankela, Robe, elo., alwaya on band
and for Bale at tho loweit onah prioca. All kind
of milrinj promptly attended to.
AJl kind of hide taken In exchange for har
nea and rq.airina?. All kinda ol barncia leetber
krpt on hand, and for ante at a email profit.
Clearfield, J. Ill, IH7A.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Fr aale at tho Clearfield Rbpiblicaii offloe.
The nioftt Complete Her it of Law
it lank pttbliuhed.
Theie filaitba are gotten ap In aaperlor Hyla,
art or nniforta itae, and lurnlabed at very low
figure for eaab.
Call at the Rapi-aLirAi ofioe and etamla
them. Ordera by mall promptly filled.
Addree, UOOULAN DKK A LKR,
July &, IhTT-U. Clearfield Pa.
m- WEST BRANCH -r
Insurance acenc Y.
PENT A A UKOCKBANK, Agentt.
(fluooeeeora to Murray A Oordon.)
The following fint olaaa oompanlea reprnentejt
North Brlti.b A Mercantile F.r loa.
Co., of Borlka l H w.f2MOO,000
Stotflflh Oommerclal Fire loa. Co., of
Knulend $10,000,000
North Aaacrii. of PbiladelphU n 4, 7 no, HOC
Fire Aelatloa, f.f Philadelphia , 100,00
Watertowa Fire, New York, lomrei.
farm property only 70fl,000
Mobile Fire Department loa. Co - I7ft,orc
Pereeaa 1b the eouotrr waatiac iaurmnee, eaa
have il promptly ultendM to by add re it a g aa In
per ton er by letter. Loweit poeiible ratea la firat
elaia jempaulea. A' utmMfMi, Offioe la Pia'a
Vpcrauuwao, andkkw rittt i, wr
B. T. HHUUKIIAHK,
Clearfield, May I, lH7 y. Agentl.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DRALIt III
FURNITURE,
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, HEAR P. 0.
The aadwralimed beee leara ta laforra the alll-
aeaa of Clearfield, aad the pablie generally, tbat
be haa aa hand a lae aaeortment af Fernitura,
each aa Walaat, Cheetaat aad Painted Chaaibef
fuiUa, Parlor fiullea, Reclining aad Rr.ten.ioa
unelra, uaqier arc tieaia Kaey vaatra, tbe Per
forated Diaiag aad Parlor Chaire, Caaa Seat, aad
Wiadaor Chair.. Clnibee Bare. Stew aad Ratea-
liea Laddara, Hal Racka, Berabbiog Bra.bae, Ac
KOULDIKa AND PICTURE FRAMES, '
eoblng bllaaeaa. Ohraraoa, AeM which would
aaluble for Holiday preeol..
wecrera run. j rwii i mn n.
In this city, and in tbo employ of
mo i". it. . company, aro llnoo ow
ruilroadore who wero railroaders long
before tho fftUivo sound of tho locomo
tive whietlo was hoard in those liartB,
and the ideas of any such cheerful di
version as a railroad strike or not bad
not occurred. These men are John R
Itlack, tho day watchman at the round
house; Wm. S. McCoy, engineer at
the machine shop at Twonty-oighth
strcot. and.Ilonry Cosaiday, ono el' tbo
oldest locomotive onginoers on tho
road. Tbcso men ulllcgan railroad
intr on tbe old Portau; road, over the
Allegheny mountains, a work or which
thoro aro but lew truces left after tho
cxistoiico almost as brief as tho
work was wonderful. Tbo road, bow-
ever, bus taken its placo in the history
of the State, whore its stupendous do
tails will bo narrated alter those in
whoso memory it is still fresh, have
taken paxsago with chairs.
In an interview with tbo gentleman
named, tho following recollections of
the old road were obtained : The idea
of the road was first laid belore the
Legislature on March 14, 1827, and
very soon after the Bchomo was placed
in tbo hands ot Sylvester Welscb, an
able engineer, who pushed the work
bo steadily and rapidly that in tbo
spring ot 1834 it was turned over to.
tho Mato as completed. Tho work
contemplated connecting tho canals,
which wero built Irom Columbia to
Ilollidaysburg, on tho eastern Bide of
tho mountain, and Irom Johnstown to
1 ittsburg, on the western sitlo, over
coming tbo hitherto insurmountable
barrier to through transportation to
tho west other than wagons. Tho
feat was accomplished in the construo
tioit of ten inclined planes, which oc
curred in a road less than forty miles
in length, and ovorcamo a height ot
2,0, U toot, I.iIUb being on tho oastcrn
and 1,172 feet on the western side of
tho mountain. Thete inclines wore
oporated very much on the plan which
the numerous incline piano companies
about this city hnve billowed, tho chief
uinercnco being the magniiieent scale
upon which they wero required to be
built, tho engines stationed at tbe top
of the disr.y incline being perfect mon
sters in their way. The mountain was
crossed at what was known as liluir s
L'ltn summit, tho descent boing made
along tho mountain branch of tho t'on
emaugh. The shortest of tbo ten
planes was 1,585 feet in length and 131)
iuct of a direct riso, the longest was
3,100 feet in length and 307 feet high.
At lue staplo bund ot tho Joneniangh
river a tunnel of 870 feet in length
was nusbed throuirh tho mountain.
and over tho Horseshoe bend a viaduct
was built in the shape of a semi-circular
arch, ot eighty feet span, which
alone cost (54,502. There are several
other viaducts of less importance, be
side a number of culverts, all built of
the most substantial masonry, and tho
iron rails were of tbe very best quali
ty. On tbe loves at tho different ele
vations tbe cart were hauled upon the
track and then attached to locomo
tives, if the run was a long ono, or if
short, were hauled by borsos, as the
case might bo, to the next plane, whero
tbey wero again boistod by tho sta
tionary engine to the next level.
The original design of the road was
to run the canals on either sido of the
mountain to points as near each other
as possible. A separation of about four
miles of sturdy mountain being thought
to be about as near as could be reach
od, and then to tunnel through. This,
however, was abandoned. The work
as finished, a road of less than forty,
five miles in length, cost $1,500,000.
Upon the completion of the road, the
canal boats landed on ono sido at
Johnstown and on the other at II ol 1 i
dttysburg; the load of merchandise
they bore was transferred to tbo cars,
carried over tho mountain, reloaded on
the boats at tho other side and sent
on thoir way.
In October of 1R34 one Joeso Chris
man camo out of the Lackawanna
country to mako a venture in tbo far
west, lie had his mind and heart set
on Illinois. He gathered all that ho
possessed of this world's goods, and
with his wife and childron and some
domestio animals, placed them on his
boat, which bo named "Hit or Miss,"
dtnd embarked toward tbo new coun
try. His intention was to sell tho boat
at Ilollidaysburg, bat upon his arrival
there the enterprising agont of tho re
liance transportation line noted tho
snug arrangement and conceived the
idea ot shipping it entire ovor the
mountain, lie arranged a car special
ly, had the boat placed on tho wheels
tbo satno day, and it began the ascent
toward tho top of the mountain, whore
it arrived at noon. "Like Noah's ark
on Ararat" it rested thoro during the
night and made tho descent tho follow
ing morning, and was quietly landed in
waters directly connected witb tho
Mississippi, all without disturbing tbo
cooking and sleeping arrangements of
the lanmy.
Tho trip was conducted by Major
C. Williams, and was tho first boat
that was ever transported ovor the
mountains, llolh Mr. Dluck and Mr.
Cassiday have a perfoct recolloction of
the circumstance, tho former being lo
cated at the summit at tho time, and
saw and examined tbe apparatus. It
was the success ol this trio tbat sug
gested the idoa to Mr. Dougherty, that
ne eunsequentiy earned out so satis
factorily: tbat of building the canal
boats in sections and transporting
them ovor the mountains entire, thus
saving the time and troublo of loading
anu reloading the cargoes. J he tracks
wore gotten up on an original plan of
.nr. uongnertv s. 1 ho track was ran
down Into tho water, the truck was
run under the boat, which was previ
ously divided into sections, and ono
section hoisted out of tho water, fol
lowed by tho others In the same way,
they wero carried over the mountain.
oonnected on tbe other side and re
stored to it natural eloment. Mr.
Dougherty, the projector of this
scheme, which was in successful oper
ation for a numbor of years, is still liv-
g at ML union.
This magnificent work bad bardly
been in operation ten years before a
pi eject was put on foot for relocating
the whole road and dispensing entirely
with stationary engine. This was
carried forward, but bod bardly been
completed when a proposition to pur
chase tbe road was made by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, which
also bad a line through at tbe time.
Tbe proposition waa accepted, and
ootn the old and new r orlage roads
were subsequently abandoned.
The first engine placed on the Port
age road was built In lloaton and nam
ed after that city, Two others were
afterwards built npon the same model
oy nnssrs. Met Inrg waoe, OI this
city. Tho engine was run on tb
fourtoen-mile level between pianos ono
and two.
As a witness to tho broad ideas
tho oarly days in regard to quick tran
sit it is staled that a bill was presented
to Governor J oo iiitncr for his signa
lure: tbo bill providing lor two en
gincs to bo placed on ono of the long
grades, instead ot signing tbo Uov
ornor vetoed it on tbe ground that
their establishment would take awa,
the farmers' market for horses, whic
were sold in large numbers-for tho
purpose of hauling tho cars.
At a meeting of railroad men a short
timo after this, a toast was drank to
Haymaker and liitner's bulls, whic
aro both opposed to locomotives. Tho
Haymaker portion relurrod to a noted
bull owned by that gentloman, whic
bad attacked Iro innovation pn its na
Uvo UMtlU. , . . ... ,
hat would have beon a curious
railroad relic, had it been preserved
is described by Mr. McCoy. It was
snftll engino witb very littlo of tho ac
companying parnpbernaliaol the mod
orn species, having' wooden whoolii
and one of them arranged so as to bo
loosened with a koy, such proceeding
being thought necessary in order to
make turns, tho wrinklo of bonding
the rail not having beon learned at
that day, and the bonds boing made i
short leneths of rail. This ongine was
afterward broken np add tho wheels
purchased by ono John Ivnowl, who
turned oil tbe flanges, and woro see
for years in tbe mountains employed
in hauling logs.
Mr. MeCow was employed on tin
old road first as a teamster, and subso
qucnlly as engineer. Mr. Cassiday
had charge ol tho stationary engine at
tho bead ot a plane, and during th
last summer of the road's existonco ho
ran a locomotive. The stopping of the
road caused a considerable revolution
all along tbo line. .Many towns which
bad sprung np at difleront places wore
soon silent and deserted. Many ot tho
employes who had bought places and
locatod suddenly found their property
valueless and woro constrained to de
sert it. Among this number wero
Messrs. lilac k ond MeCot
Two reunions have boon held of tho
employes of tho old I'orlago road at
"the tMimmit. At one held on Ucto
ber 1, 1857, Mr. lllack was present
and delivered an original poem. Bkolcb
ing the life ot tho old road. At one
held since, Mr. John Dougherty at
tended, and addressed tho poople on
the great out decayed work.
THE EIGHTH WHITE HOUSE
WEDDING.
Tho New Vork H'orM'j Washington
correspondent thus tells of tbe While
House wedding on Wednesday night:
Tho marringo of the President's niece
and General ltusscll Hustings took
place this evening at tbe White House,
1 he invited guosls woro only some six
ty in numbor, nearly all of them being
persons nearly related by ties of blood
or friendship to the bride or groom
The President and Mrs. Hayes invited
very few of their own personal friends
or relatives. 1 no members ot the cab
inet and their families are considered
to a certain extent members ot the
President's family and woro asked ;
also tho Vice President General Sher
man and Senator Matthews and their
families were included, as well as a few
friends from Ohio residing bore, among
them 'the Chief Justice and Judge
awayno, both ol whom aro absent from
the city, and jccpresentative and Mrs
McKinloy, Senator Matthews and fam
ily and General Shorman are at Prince
ton, so tboy were not, at tbe wedding,
nor was tho Vico President, who is out
of town but there was a full represen
tation of the Cabinet with Indies. Tho
invitations woro engraved on smooth
white nolo paper in this lorm :
Tho President and Mrs. Hayes
rcquosts your presence
at tbo marriago of thoir niece,
Emily Piatt,
to
Russell Hastings,
Wednoeday ovening, Juno 19, 1878,
at 7 o'clock.
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C.
Although it was not dusk whon the
marriage took pluco tho houso was
brilliantly lighted. 1 be broad ball ad
joining the suite of parlors was adorn
ed with plants and shrubs in tubs ; in
all the parlors wero blooming plants in
pots and vaces. The bluo parlor, in
which tho ceremony was purlorined,
was decorated witb cut Rowers, as well
as plants in lull blossom. On the further
SKlool the room aro llneo windows and
a horizontal bar ot colored blossoms
Bt rote bud across between tho cornice
of tho two outer ones, and from it a
huge marriage bell of white flowers
hung.justin Irontol tliocontro window.
On cilber side bung in lesloons a wreath
of green and in each loop was a ring of
whito flowers in one tuo initials "K.
P.," those of tho bride ; in the other
"11. 11," those of the grocm. Ilenoath
each of tho gas brackets on tho wall
was a wreath of roses and pansius ; tbo
chandelier and the two mirrors wero
wreathed witb amilax.
Tho guests wore shown into tho bluo
parlor. Bishop Jagger, ol Southern
Ohio, stood ready to read tho service ol
tho Episcopal church. The Murine
band began the "Wedding March" by
Mcndelssbon as the bridal party enter
ed and went to tho south side of tho
room, where the bride and groom took
their positions under the marriag bell,
facing tbe company. There were no
brides maids or groomsmen.
Tbo bride, whose modesty is ono of
nor most striking characteristics, was
literally "a blushing maiden" as she
approached with her father. They
wore prccoded by the Prosident and his
nieco, Mrs. Mitchell, the brido's sister,
and Mrs. Hayes and tho groom. The
bride wore an old fashioned hoavy bro-
cado, but of a modern creamy lint of
white, mado in a rnnccsso rono falling
in a long graceful train at tho back.
The border waa a box plaiting of plain
silk, edged at the top with a wreath of
orange blossoms and loavos. Sprays of
a like Rind woro arrangod lengthwise
on the sides of the skirt, and the front
waa ornamented with loops of satin
faced ribbon, and at th bottom wero
two plaited ruffles of plain silk. The
waist, cut square in front, had tulle
oovoring the nock, fastened on the
bosom with a bouquet of orange blos
soms, and caught in spaces around tho
net k with singlo flowers. Thosloevos
ended Just bolnw the elbow in r utiles
of plain silk and were met by long
white gloves. A short veil of tulle cov
ered the face and a long full one of the
same material fell to tbe floor at the
back ; both were fastened to the bead
with a wreath of orange) blossoms.
There wss no laoe anywhere about the
dress. This robe, aa well as tbe bridal
outfit, was made in New York.
M rs. U ayee's robe nvallod that of tbe
bride in elegancy. It was of nch, soft
silk, color oi Alderner cream, and was
draped with a damans, game made of
chenille, tne same one as the silk. The
dress was cut Princesso shape, and tho
waist slightly open in lront, but with
tho neck covered witb folds of tulle.
Pearls in a luce pattern formed tho
border of tho neck. Tbo sleeves fell
bolow the elbow, and very long gloves
wero worn.
Tho brido's sister, Mrs. Mitchell, who
entered with tbe I resident, wore a
charming robe of th palest bluo satin,
with which was mingled tho same
shade of damasso. The draperies were
fastonod with bouquets of tea roses.
On either sido of the skirt wero bands
of bluo, embroidered in pale straw color
and edged with blue fringo.
Thoro were reapy children present,
among them being the brido's three
step sisters and ber peieesand nephews,
the children ol Mrs. Mitcholl and Mrs.
Fullcrton, her sisters, whoso husbands
also attended.
Mr. Wobb Huvi nni his two broth
ers and Major Plutt, now of Now York,
tho brido's brother, Fannie and Scott
Hayes, the President's children, were
present, oi course. All tho littlo onus
woro very beautifully as well as suita
bly dressed.
socrclary ihompsou was ucoomiian-
ied by his wife and two daughters.
Mrs. Thompson wore a very rich cream
colored silk, handsomely made and
trimmed, and her sistor an cuiiully be
coming robe of pule blue silk. .
Secretory f.varts came with hn
daugntors, who wore, ol courso in
mourning.
Mrs. Key was with her husband, the
I'osttnaster General, and wore a becom
ing penil-colorcd silk, trimmed with
win to luco.
Socrotary and Mrs. Sherman, Soere-
tarv Kchure and flainrlitora Ktwrnl nrv
and Mrs. McCray and Attorney Gen
eral Dovens woro all presonl. The
ladies named wore handsomely dressed.
Mrs. Melvinley woro a voiy elegant
whito satin toilet.
The family dining-room in which
tho supper was spread, bad plants and
(lowers tastefully arranged about it.
and the table was embellished witb
baskets of hot houso grapes and of
flowers, interspersed with dishes of
bonbons antl pyramids ot ices. .Undo e-
cakos stood at each end of the table, on
each of which wore the initials of the
bride and groom. Thure was no wine,
but lemonado, to and coffee were sup
plied as beverages, and a goblet of wa
ter stood at each plate.
lho parly broke up early, for the
brido and groom lett on tho evening
train north, and tbe President went to
tho Capitol to sign bills.
1 bis was tbe eighth marriage which
hud been celebrated in tbe While Houso,
xcluding, of course, wedding recep
tions alter tho ceremonies bad been
performed elsewhere. The first was
tho marriage in 1811 of Miss Todd, of
biladelphia, relative of Mrs. Madison.
to Mr. Edward Ii. Jackson, a represon-
tativo in congress irom V irginia, and
great ancle ol "Stonewall Jackson
This wedding took placo in the east
room, where, as a curious local tradi
tion affirms, Mrs. Madison, elegant wo
man of tbe world aa she is said to haro
boon, used to have Presidential wash
ings hung up to dry. In March, 1820,
umcs Monroe daughter, Maria, was
married to Mr. oamuel L. Gouverneur,
of New York, at one time Postmaster,
or first eousin on tho sido of her
mother, who was a daughter of Mr.
awrence jvortwnght. This was a
very handsome wedding, though, but
low guests woro invitod. In those days
no ono was presented at the White
House except upon an invitation Irom
somo one already on tbe visitors' list
bis was a nocessary limitation, lor tbe
'resident's wife returned calls down to
tbe time of Monroe. Mrs. Seaton, of
W asbington, In a letter ot March 28,
1820, writes that "tbe Now York stylo
was adopted at Maria Monroe a wed
ding," only tbe attendant, relations and
luw old lriends being invited. Alter
tho coremony the bridesmaids were
ismisscd mi a week later, whon the
bride received company at the H'hito
Houso, on which occasion her mother,
mistress ol the mansion, "mingled with
tbo other citiisens." The Decatur's
gave the bride tbe first ball of congrnt-
laiion. two mornings allorwarda
Commodoro Docatur wont out to bis
fatal duel with Barron. "The bridal
lestivilies," wrote Mrs. Beaton, "have
received a check which will prevent
ny uirtbor attentions to tbe l'rosi.
ent's family in 'the murder of Deea-
tur. Invitations already sent out by
the famous "Essex" Porter, Admiral
ortors father, and by Mr. Van Ness,
an undo ol tho lato Mrs. Jude Roose
velt, had to bo countermanded. Mr.
Samuel Gouverneur, a child ol this
marriago, now of Washington and at
ono tune a United Status oounsul
China, was born in the White Houso.
rho next couple wedded In tho White
tlouso wero cousins ot John tjutney
Adams's son and Secretary. John Art
ins, an elder brother ol Charles Fran-
Adams, espousing Mrs. Adams's
nieco, Miss Johnson, who, after having
ong survived bim as bis widow, diod
uring a visit to tho North from Wash
ington in 18.2. A very distinguished
oompany was present, among the
groomsmen being Mr. Columbus Mon
roe and (ien. liamsey, late chicl of ord-
ance, while Miss Monroe and Miss
liamsey the later since then tho wid
ow ot Colonel Turn bul I acted as
bridesmaids. The wedding took place
tho bluo room, in tho evening. Dr.
awloy, then rootor oi St. John's
mrch in Washington, where the
rVdamsos, though Unitarians, worship
ped when in Washington, probably ot-
cmted. f or a wock alter grand din
ners woro given at the White House,
concerning which old Washingtonians
remember not only that the display of
duo china, Dutch, Oriental and h rench,
and ol silver and ot gold plate was
something wonderful, but also tbat
f resident Adams, usually so austere
and reserved in bis beannif. relaxed
and bocame tbe liveliest talker at table.
After the ladies had withdrawn tbe
resident fairly delighted the young
men with his reminiscences of travel.
Country etiquette rathur than "repnb-
lifan attntli.it," wrna I,a nU , I.a
w bite House in those days, 'resident
Adams drove in bis coach and four and
was usually mot by a procession on bis
return to the Capital. Awful therefore
was the scandal whon tbe bridegroom
ihk was actually slapped in tbe
faoe by a printer for the Senate, while
the Uapitol on business Tor his litth
The President writes in his diary
that be feared nothing would be done
"by this Congress" to prevent tbe re
petition of such an insult, and that it
ight bo necesssry "to go there arm
I." Further scandal, also of a highly
old world flavor, because about this
me two foreign ministers crossed tbo
ress swords which they wore in the
very lobby of the White House upon a
question of precedence, recalling thus
in a mild mimio way the battle-royal
botween tbe ambassadors of France
and Spain at London in Elisabeth's
day. Wot Tory long before this time,
too, President Monroe and his Secret.
of Trcasnry, i rawmrd, bad qnar-1
relied in tho Prtsident's ofllco, bandy
ing such opithots as "You d d old
scoundrel I" and threatening to resort,
the President to the tongs, and tho Soo
rotary to a cano. Crawford and Mon
roo never met again, tho Socrotary af
terwards sending all bis communica
tions to bis chief through Mr. Asbury
Dickens, then a treasury clork and af
terwards for nearly thirty years Soo
rolnry of tho Sunato.
Undor Jackson two weddings took
place at tho White House, tho prociso
dates of which, oddly enough, no ono
can now fix. Tho brido in the first in
stance was Mary Lewis, tbo daughter
of an intimate friend and oomnanion-in-arms
of Jackson. Major illiam 11.
Lewis, and lho groom, M. Alphonso
Joseph ivor i agoot, a nativo ol Mar-
timquo, secretary ol J-icgution at Wash
ington Irom t ranee m 18.16 and again
in 1110, and iniuulox in ltH2 to IMS.
Louis Philippo appointed bim, tho cos-
sips said, that he might look alter his
wiles properly In iennessoo. Mmo.
Pogeot iB still fondly remembered hurc.
abu died at Moutpclier, In franco,
about fifteen years ago. Jackson gave
tho lovely brido away. He was always
emphatic and impressive on such oc
casions, as witness tho way in which,
when bo and Van Huron woro stand
ing sponsors for Mrs. Donelson's baby,
bo replied : "I do sir, I do ; I renounce
them all." The other marriago was
that ol Missl'.aslon, ol lonncssue, Gen.
Jackson's niece, to Mr. Polk, of the
samo State, a kinsman of President
Polk. Tho lady was to have married
Lieutenant Bolton Finch, of the navy,
an Englishman by birth, who in 1833
had bis name changed by Congress to
liolton, and dud in 1849 as Commodoro
William Compton Bolton. Ho was
one ol the bcaus of tho time, of whom
ono story runs that ho was an heir to
a lurgo ostato in hngland. Captain
1' men bad been engaged to marry sev
eral women before Miss Easton accep
ted him. Tho day was fixed and the
guests woro invited, when suddenly
Miss fasten dropped and married Mr.
Polk who bad posted from Tonnossoe
witb bis coach and lour in tho state
liest Southern stylo to mako a last ap
peal. Tradition lays the chango to
Gen. Jackson's advico. "Take caro,
my dear ; with love marriage is heav
en, without it hell. Captain liolton
consoled himself with Miss Lynch, of
Now York, a daughter of tho well
known Dominick Lynch, and a sister
of Mrs. Admiral Wilkes and ol Mrs.
Julius Pringlo. Andrew Juukson, jr.,
the president s adopted son, married
Miss Yorko, daughter of Peter York,
of Philadelphia, at ber father's homo,
though the wedding reception took
place at tho Wbito House. On Janua
ry 31. 1842. in the east room. Prosident
Tylers daughter Elizabeth was mar
ried to Mr. William uallar, ot Vt tl
liatusburg, Va. It was a grand wed
ding and, Mrs. ltobort Tyler wrote,
"Lizzie looked supprisingly lovely in
ber wedding dross and long blond lace
valo, bor tace literally covered with
blushes and dimples." Mrs. Tyler died
in the September following, and Juno
26, 1844, President Tyler wont on to
New lork, ostensibly to discipline a
defaulting Connecticut Postmaster, and
was marriod at the church of tbe As
cension to Miss Julia Gardiner, of Gar
diner's island, whose fathor was killed
by the explosion on tho Princeton, witb
secretary t psburanu others in 1844.
Prosident Tyler was a grandfather, tbo
bnde a beauty ot twenty, "ibink
what a beauty she'll be in her prime,"
saidthePrcsidcnt to Samba.his valet and
soleoonGdcnte. "Yes, Mossa John but
you disremomber wbare you II be don.
C'olboun took the bride to appear at
the roccplion and cat tne wedding cako.
May 21, 1874, occurred tbo marriage of
Algernon Charles rredenck Sartoris,
of England, a ncphow of Miss Fanny
Kemble, to Miss Nellio Grant in the
hast room, where subsequently Lieu
tenant-Colonel Fred. Grant and bis
wife, Miss Ida Uonore, of Chicago, re
ceived their mends, and whero on tbe
31st of December lost Mr. and Mrs.
Hayes celebrated their silver wedding.
tho first shots, and mado tbo horse
lump, and bo finally Btartod across tli
track, hobbling on the bare bones of,
bis forelegs. It was then that the
spectators turned away sickonod from
the horriblo sight, and qnito a number
cried out to tho oflloor "to end his mis
erable job without any more blunder
ing;" and ho did, shooting the racer
ior tno lourin time in tho lorohead.
The horse reared on bis hind legs and
then fell down, but not dead by any
means. Jie laid on tbo ground kicking
for several minutes, and when baulud
away a few momenta aftorward was
still alive. As soon as he was down
numbor of jockeys and stable-boy
gathered around with pocket-knives
in tuuir nanus, anu Dcgan to cut on
littlo bunches ol bis mane and tail for
mementoes, but tbo olUcor did not at
low tbom to make very many hauls of
too long cnostnut hair. The celebra
ted racer rosts undor an olm-treo on
the southeast corner of tbo grounds,
near tbo track, wboro, in after years,
they said, he could hear other racers
speeding ovor tho track which, was his
death bed. ... , . , -,
From all that can bo learned ot tho
unfortunate affair, it seems that Mo
Whirtor's right forelog broke down
when bo stumbled the first timo, an
the other lug when be stumbled tbo
socond timo. He ran nearly a quarter
01 a mile alter tbo socond log broko
down buforo the bones broke through
tho skin, and then he ran about a
quarter on tbe bare bones bolbro Red
Bluff ran against him. Such a spirit
oi gamcness could only be exhibited
by a thoroughbred horso, and not
many of them would do tbo same
thing.
Somo timo last fall ono of MeWhir-
tor's forelegs became woakened in some
of tho fall races, and since that time
everything possible has been done to
give strength to the atrt-ctod limb, and
it is thought by too much attention
being given to tho ono leg the weak
ncss in tbe other limb was not noticed
Although the colt did not exhibit any
signs ot lameness, it was known U
those lamiliar with him that bis career
on tho raco courso would noccssarily
be very short. During tho three days
and niglits previous to the race, Abe
t erry, Mc hirtor s trainer, was con
tinuully bathing bis lugs, both day and
night, and it was very much feared
that bo would not bo nblo to make tho
race. If bo hud held out during the
race it would havo been his last ono,
anyhow, for Gonoral lluford bad do
torminod to lake him on lho track.
A miZE SEUVAXT GIRL.
DIED ON THE TRACK.
Oil AMI 10 DESCRIPTION OF Till RACING
COI.T M'WHIRTER'S DKATII.
The St. Louis Republican thus de
scribes the death of General Ktiford's
great colt MeWbirtor, on the lflth ult. :
Tbe saddest and most heart rending
eceno ever witnessed on any race-track
in the world happened on tho 19th
day of Juno last, when Mc Whirtor's
forelegs hrokodown in tho back stretch
while tho third mile was being run.
McWhirter, Mahlstick, H.-d IllufT and
Joe I'cmIcs wero tbo starters in tbe
race, tho former two soon taking the
lead and keeping ovon nock and nock
uutil after tho three quarter pole bad
boon passed in tho second milo. About
midway netwoon tho tlirec-ouarter and
eighth-mile posts MoWhirter stumbled.
Ulc! horsemen standing near that part
ol the track knew immediately that
tho horse s caroer on lho race-courso
was ended lorovor, for it was only too
evident that his foreleg had broken
down. Mr. Goorge Cadwallador shout
ed to the rider to stop tbo horso, but
witb a persistence unexplainable he
kept ahead, pushing McWhirter to bis
utmost speed, as was perfectly evident
to all. By the timo the first quarter
in the third mile bad been reached,
MoWhirter had dropped behind Mahl
stick a longth and a-balf, when just
entering on the back stretch he stum
bled airain, and heloro tho halt luilo
post was reached Loo liodos bad pass
ed bim and Rod IllufT was protty close
behind. Just about at the second
turn Red IllufT was aeon to pass Mo-
Wbirtor and at the samo time ran
against bim, throwing him down and
sending the jockey into tho dirt. A
little further on lied Bluff stumbled
nd fell down. As soon as Mahlstick
and Joe Rodes bad passed tho Judgos'
stand, a great rush was made fur that
part of tho track where McWhirter
fell. A most sickening sight mot tho
eyes of the crowd as it gathered
around McWhirter, who by thil time
was on Ins legs again, but only on two
feet. Tbe poor horso was hobbling
around on the stumps of bis forelegs,
tho limbs having beooroe unjointed at
the pastern joint, and the boofs wore
banging loose, joined to the leg by
onlv a small nortion of the skin. The
jockey, Link, stood near the head of
bis borao, crying end saying tbat "tboy
mnsn't blamo bim for it; be didnlt
know the horse's legs was that way."
It was decided immediately that tho
horse must be shot, Officer Keoblc, of
the Filth District was detailed to do
tbe unpleasant job, When the officer
pulled out hi revolver and placed Its
mntxlo against Mo Whirtcr's Lead, the
poor dumb brute did not oven wink :
and when tbe shot was fired be only
jumped a little with bis forelegs, and
tne second shot did not aliect him
much moro. Neither of theso shots
was placed where it should have been.
Hat the third shot, near to the left
eye, waa evidently more painful than J
A cinciuuati girl of American birth
and German extraction furnishes the
latest example of fortune's favoritism
that has come to tho surface of events
of tho day. Tho girl had received a
good education and was a lady in every
Bcnse oi that title, but the was poor,
and had no expectations but labor for
a livelihood. A provious roverso of
fortune in her family had placed her
in this position and she accepted it
with a brave bean and willing hands.
Sho triod tho lile of a sewing girl in a
store to keep away tbe woll, but was
obliged to work lor a mere pittance
and was subject to tbe slights and in
stilts incident npon such a position
Sho waa offered the position ot a gov
orness in a family who wero friends
and associates ol bora in bolter days.
This she refused upon tho grounds that
will bo understood by tbe women of
culture and pride ol character. She
preferred a situation as servant In
boarding-bonso wboro she would havo
tbe advantage or good family associa
Hons, and into such a boarding-bouse
she went. 1 bore was a young gentle.
man boarder who saw and fancied the
girl. He know her character and ac-
oomplishmentsand paid his court to her.
His wat a true and manly affection
which was often tbe subject of joors
and ridicule by his hgbt-bcadud, top
pish companions. But be was earnest
and honest and true, and sho accepted
and appreciated such devotion. Doth
were poor, aud tho wedding day was
not to bo set until some favorable turn
of fori uno should come to him to enahlo
bim to take the responsibility of a wil'o.
For her part she expected nothing,
and could bring him nothing but true
love and ber word was as a bond of
faith. Hut the turn of lortune very
surprisingly camo to ber. A short
lime ago slio learned that she bad lul-
len heir to an eslato in Gormuny
worth 150,000, and personal property
worth as much more. It was almost
incredible, but tbo fortune of (100,000
proved to be a solid fact. So certain
was sho of it that sho said to hor lover,
Now is ourTime, and their marriage
was, a fow days ago, consummated at
the U rand-hotel. Mie kept ber word
with tho samo nobility of charaotor
that had influenced her in chooing a
sorvant's work. Tho boarding-house
scrvnnt-girl and the poor clork aro go-
ing to Germany to look alter thoir in
terests, and they will probably feol
able to visit the Paris exposition. It
is a very pleasant bit of romance, and
tbe best of it is, tbe incidents are true;
tho characters aro real, and the good
fortune is deserved. St. Louis Rrnub-
liran.
San SriKANo. San Slcfuno. which a
recent treaty has mado historical, was
originally a colony of fishermen found
ed by Neapolitan emigrants, whose
descendants still live there and sell fish
and oysters. It is adolightlul retreat,
which in summer attracts foreign
merchants and Turkish functionaries.
It is embellished with artistio little
palaces, and delights in a well-appoint-
ted botel. Tho village Is situated a
little above the level of the sea. and
upon an expansive plain remarkably
prolific of vegetation. A railroad oon-
noctssan atelano with Constantinople,
which is reached in half an hour. The
cars traverse tho most picturesque
quarter of tho city, that inhabited by
Bulgaria gardenersand Greek artisans.
At tbo station ot Yonikale the traveler
sect tho ruin of a wall which of old
surrounded Byzantium, and the Castle
nf tbe Scvon Towers where Padiscia
once confined the representatives ot
the foreign powers that bad otlcnded
lho Sublimo Porte. It does not seem
that any Turks settle at Han Stefuno.
No barn are seen npon the windows,
un evident indication that the harem
it not in voguo there.
A minister has no right to pormlt a
remediable habit to impair his ability
to accomplish the highest and widest
service lor tho Mastor. There is no
evil of temper, or natural peculiarity,
or indulgence ol appetite, that grace
cannot conquer; and the minister
should be the shining example of its
power. It ia a shame to the profession
to reqire any apology for a weak indul
gence. Preaching to tempted men, in
all qualities of Christin temper, in all
physical and moral purity, in the ut
most self restraint and manly forbear
ance, a minister of the Gospel should
be abla to say, follow me as I loilow
Christ. Mim'i Htraltt. - -I
EDUCATIONAL,
BY m7l. McyUGWNr"
Tbo School Directors of Brady town
ship have given Messrs. Geo. Sugarts
and Cbailos Marshall tho contract for
building a fine graded school building
in tbe village of Lntbersburg. The
building will contain two suitable
rooms, und tho plan ol tbe building is
an excellent one. When completed it
will do great credit to tbe pleasant
little village in which it is located. The
township during this year will support
eighteen schools. This makes the seo-
ond graded building built in tho town
ship in tho last three years, which, in
itself, is an evidence oi tho commenda
ble enterprise of the School Board of
that township.
Two Moat Gone. During tbe June
term ol Court, Messrs. J. r. McKon
rick and D. M. DeVoro. for many
years past laborers in the cause of ed
ucation in this county, wero admitted
to the bar in this place. Mr. McKon-
rick came from Adams county, and
taught bis nrst term In tbe winter ol
1864. He bos since that time beon
identified witb tbe educational inter
ests of this county, and has always
been an active and enthusiastic workur.
He was tho first to move in the organ
ization of the District Institutes, which
have done so much for tbe educational
interests of the county. Ho assisted
in tho County Normal School for two
terms. In 1874, he was chosen Prin
cipal of tho Primary Department in
the Leonard Graded School, which po
sition be has hold until the present
time. W bilo it it witb regret that we
chronicle his departure from the pro-
tession, yet, we leei assured that bis
best wishes remain with us, and hope
to meet bim as before in our Institutes
and educational meetings.
U. M. Ho V ore is a nutiveot Hunt
ingdon county. Ho was first intro
duced to the teachers of this county
in tne winter oi lttiZ, when bo taught
the Osceola High School. Sinco that
timo he has taught during each win
ter in Piko and Lawrence townships.
Nut content witb tbe prospects for
oarly distinction and success offered
young attorneys here, bo intends fol
lowing tho advice ot the vencrablo
philosopher, and will "go wost" to lo
cate. In behalf of the teachers witb
whom these gentlemen have mingled
in the past, wo extend hearty congrat
Mr. F. G. Harris, Assistant Princi
pal in tho Leonard Graded School of
this place, delivered a lecture on "Tbe
Luw-Givcr of Israol," before tbo reun
ion of tho Belles-lottors Literary So
ciety, of Dickinson Sominary, on
Wednesday evening, June 26th. Mr.
Harris graduated at that institution
about six years ago.
Tbe examinations for teachors for
the present year will be bold during
the months of July and August. The
programme will appear in tbo next
issue of this paper. 1 hope to moot
tb xtir4tova at tbaaa mooting, .nil,
as I will be in each district early, I
would suggest tbat the appointment of
teachers be dotorred until the day of
examination. I desire, too, that tne
Secretary of each Board inform me at
that timo, of the exact numbor of
teacher's report books needed for the
coming term.
The following production is from the
pen of a lady who spent many years
in tho avocation of teaching in this
oounty, and wbo still Is active in tbo
cause ot education :
THE SHADOWS IN TEACHING.
Thoro are fow of the avocations of
lite that are so crowded with anxious
and triod workers as that of teaching,
and woe unto bim upon whom the
mantle of school-master falls. What
a paragon must be bo to suit all his
patronsl He should possess all the
characteristics of a Minerva and a
Mars, a Venus and a Paragon, a Sala
mander and a Sensitive plant And
should he go out thoroughly furnished
for evory good word and work, fully
realizing tbo sanctity ot his mission,
and conscious of the purity of his mo
tives, even then he will not meet with
a fluttering roccplion from the busy,
bustling world. Though be be pa
tient, sell sacrificing, and thorough in
his endeavors to lead his pupils slowly
but surely np tho hill of science, yot,
be recotve more frowns than smiles,
and if the closo of each toilsomo term
brnitfB him anv irrootinffs. thev will he
those that send the hot blood rushing
to his already fovcrcd brow and mak
ing bim long for a rest in the last, long
sorrowlcss sleep ot earth s way-worn
bildron. A his is particularly an ago
ol trial to the dovotod teacher, lor it
is not one ot slow, turt progress, nor is
it all a fit mode to learn a little and
that littlo woll. Said a friend to us,
this is a slip shod age, and we have
mused upon the remark, and though
hardly willing to christen ourago thus,
wo cannot dispute tho fuct of its boing
an cfleminate and pleasure-loving ago.
Ono in which tho midnight vigils of
the patient student is easily dispensed
with, or spent in tho temple ol lashion
and prido. If in any situation perso-
verauoo is eminently necessary, it is
in that of the student ; for be is con
tiniially finding bis best efforts baffled
and only by repeated attempts can be
scale the rugged) cliffs or gain even a
foolhold upon its slippory stoep. Tbe
habit of indomitable perseverance is a
priceless possession in tho student's
lo.
"In dark tnlifortueea dreary hour,
la fortune', prorperoa. g.le,
'Twill have a holy soethieg power,
There', aa traeh word a tail."
There are many incentives to urge
teachers, now especially, to Increased
activity. Tho boly lessons which for
merly have been taught at tho tlresido,
are to a great degree neglected ; and
children, almost before they can know
good from evil, aro sent out to choose
lor themselves the path ol sober fnced
virtue, or tbo sweetly smiling siren
vico of this thore is ample proof in
our streets. Precious boys, who a few
earn since, at their aire, wonlil not
nave boon allowed cut of doors after
ght-fall, and wbo, on Sabbath eve-
ingt were carefully instructed in the
way of the just, now roam about at
all boars of the night, and perpetuate
crimes which more mature knaves
would shrink from doing. If these in-
uenco are not counteracted at home,
bero else may we hope for rcfoim
but in the school roorn, . Prisons, pen
itentiaries, and houses ot correction
may and will perform their vigorous
teachings well, but they cannot touch
the plague at its fountain the heart.
That must be cleansed by the angels
ot kindnoss and love, and with tbcso
the tcachor goes hand in hand.
Bad luck is simply a man with his
hands In his pockets, and a pipe in bis
mouth, looking on to tee how it is
coming out. Good lack it a man ol
pluck, with bia eleovee rolled ap, and
working to make it come out right.
MUCII IN LITTLE. t
1,1... ; tlilUw nulla f.nlH.1 ,.n.L.
"tbo tranquil tramp's retreat."
. .- JLK.;4',;LlTll.0.o'i' tour devilled
sea-shore.
The ladies call Gen. Gibbon the
"hero ot Big Hole." Wboro does
Joseph como in ? '
Tho Boston Globe thinks good char
acter and lair WAtwa ttffllnr MtvitAntnra
than bell punch.
Howard did not even cuptuie Joseph's
coat. Put Mrs. Potipharin command,
is the Stale Journal'! timely advice.
Jean Paul says lovo truly, but nut
exclusively. That is to say, don't fan
a girl to hard as to spoil her crimps.
At tho tloso ofouv Crst Centennial
there wore 25,800,000 hogs in tbo coun
try. Wondur they didn't think to gat
up a picnic themselves.
Senator David Davis is troubled
about bis cancer. Ho can't find it.
Tbeio are a groat many otbor people
trooblod in a similar way.
"Lecture on 'Fools' Admit One,"
was the inscription on a card of admis
sion to a discourse by a Philadelphia
clergyman the other eroning.
Now York Sun : Tho Oregon
woods will furnish that "boundless con
tiguity of shade" which a man of Hippie-Mitchell's
peculiar record ought to
fool gratelul for.
Dennis McLin Those are extra
ordinary names for gentlemen belong
ing to tbe First Families 'of Florida.
Wondor if Dennis and McLinn have
been naturalized.
Explanation by tbo Kansas City
TYmes ; "Tho reason why Chief Joseph
will not wait to converse with Howard
is tbat tho chief docs not want to be
come a bank prcsidont."
That naughty JLawhie : "A scien
tific authority states that 'a singlo fe
male house-fly will produce in one sea
son 20,080,320 eggs.' Great guns!
What must the married ones do I"
Talmaga remarks that "a man is in
earnest whon his stripped and naked
soul wados out into the boundless,
shorclsB, bottomless ocean of eternity."
auu -wiinoui nis gum shoes," and wo
assent
Ourwunderine ExPresidcnt Ulvsscs
was weighed when he visitod tho Paris
Exhibition the other day and was
found wanting by 17 pounds, that rep
resenting tho wear and tear of bis
European junket.
Dr. Mary Walker thinks tho schema
ol making gentlemen's trousers so vo
luminous in tbo nether limbs this year
is lo force her into abandoning them ;
bu t sho says she intends to hang on thorn
as long as she don't have to slip'em on
ovor hor head.
A Georgia man, who was under ex
amination recently to demonstrate hit
Dtncsa lor serving npon a jury in a
murder case, was told by the judge to
look upon tho prisoner. Ho did so.
and said, "Y'es, judge, I think bo's guil
ty I" Ho was excused Irom serving.
Some persons of Intellectual habits
look upon eating and drinking as 'a
necessary nuisance. It has been said
of Johu Lord Hcrvoy, that he "break,
fasted on an emetic, dinod on a biscuit,
and rogalod himself once a week with
an apple." But bis meagre dietary
did not make bim an amiable or a
virtuous person.
The woman who has no senso ol
beauty, and who lives only for herself:
the woman who has no senso of love,
and who cannot compass its divino
sacrifice, its exquisito self-abnegation ;
and she who has no sense of modesty
not one of those is woman pure woman
ly the woman by whom men are en-
uublvd laud tliw vivtld kopa ami.
The raco of mankind would not per
ish, did they cease to aid each other.
From tho time tbat tbe mother binds
tbo child's head, till the moment that
some kind assistant wipes the death
damp from the brow of the dying, we
cannot exist without mutual help. All,
therefore, that need aid, have a right
to ask it of their fellow-mortals; no
one who holds the power of granting
can refuse it without guilt.
. What a thing it is to be cheerful,
and to have cheortul people about one I
Life, except during the pressure of its
most terrible calamities, always has a
bright sido, and those who look at that
side are far the wisest Yet there aro
excellent people who go about bowed
down undor a weight of forebodings,
who feci sure tho worst thing possible
will happen who indeed mako it man
ifest that in their opinion it has hap
pened already.
There is no soil for the roots of a
true man which is bettor than tbo soil
which troublo makes when it is
trouble ; for that wbicb other folk think
to he trouble is not necessarily trouble
to you ; and tbat which in you is
troublo may not necessarily be trouble
to othor people Each man, in bis own
nature and circumstances, finds what
troublo is to him ; and it is tho thing
which yon cannot bear that yon must
bear to make yourself a man.
Cairo is the most Mohammedan city
in the world. It has the finest library
of Moslem literature, and its printing
press has a reputation wherever tho
namool Mohammed is revered, lucre
are upward of 5l0 mosques in tbo oily.
The chief of them is called Al-Azhar
(tbo splendid), and has 10,000 enrolled
students, who are instructed in theolo
gy, law and mathematics. But, al
though Cairo is externally moro reli
gious oven than Mecca, the faith of tho
poople in their system is dying out.
There are many merchants and pro
fessional men who have amassed wealth
and are so crowded with cares that tboy
bavo no time to mako bright and cheer
ful tho home fireside. Their sons and
daughters grow up around them, their
training and education being wholly in
trusted to others. What books aro
your daughters reading f Whore aro
your sons spending tbeso winter even
ings ? Your failing to ask or answer
the questions may in years to come
bring sucb sorrow to your palatial homo
that gold and stock will not satisfy or
dispol. Chicago hlcr-Ocean
Tho celebrated Qucntin Malays bad
lo mako a well-cover in iron one morn
ing. He waa a master in the art of
fashioning the metal, and could shape
it as though it were so much wax. His
follow-workmcn wore jealous, and
therefore they took iVotn bim the prop
er tools, and yot wilh his hammer he
produced a matchless work of art So
the Lord with instruments which lend
Him no aid, but rather binder
Him, tlocth greater works of grace to
His own glory and honor. He takes
ua poor nothings who are weak at
water, and usos us to accomplish Hit
designs, and thus it His tlmightincss
gloriously displayed.
Novel Playino-Carps. A novolty
in "playing-cards" hat just been in
troduced. It consists in having the
alue of the cards placed in the left
band corner at the top, and the nght
band corner at the bottom. For In
stance, the iiiii of !!.viBonds ha a
figure 9 with a snail diamond beneath
placed in two cornors, top and bottom,
the queen oi hearts bat the lettor (
with a small heart beneath, likewise
in tho two corners The advantage of
this ;lan it that, by slightly tanning
the cards in a hand of whist or any
other game, every card with its suit
and value ran be neon at a glance, al
though the face of the cards it not ex
posed to vlow. The cards are also re-
markablo for thoir noiibiiuy, sup, ana
durability.