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May 11 1ST. yyi. j. r. burchfield, Late SergeOB of Iba IM Reglmaal, Paaaaylranla Volaauara, baaing retaroed (ram Iko Army, . elara kla proteiileaal aerrieel la Uaeltiieaa PV-Prefetaioaal ealla promptly alUadad to. oe an eeeeaa atraei, iormoriyaw-i"--Bf.Waoda. apr, 00 II I TARRY RNYDER, II BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER. Skep ob Market St, appaalta Oowrl Howa. A elate totrel (or arery eaatoaw. Alee BHaafaetare af All Klnda of ArrltlM ta Maaaaa Hair. Claarlald, Pa. may 10, It. CLEARFIELD - , GEO. B. GOODLANDES, Editor & Proprietor. ' PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance. VOL. 53-WHOLE NO. 2,031 " CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1879. NEW SERIES-V0L. 20, NO. 32. TlfHTICEK' CUNDTAIILKlar BEErl Prl,1 large a am bar of tba o. FkE BILL, aod will on Ike raoelpt of twenty, ftve oenU. mail a aopTta any arldrana. mrll WILLIAM M. HENRY, Justice OFTBB PBAOB ABD SCBITBBBR, LUMUEH CITY. Collectione made and money nromntla paid oror. Artlalea of agreement and deada of eonaeyanoe neatly oiaaated and warranted oor- root ar no abarga. l:tjy'7l JOHN D. THOMPSON, Juitlc of th Fmm and 8er.Ter, Curwenivtlle, P. m.CollMtloDi B4 and nonj promptly paid orr. JAS. B. GRAHAM, dealer la Heal Estate, Square Timber, Board! SIIINOLES, LATH, A PICKETS, :lt'7I Clearleld, Pa, ' REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfleld, Perm' a. teaVWitl exeeute Joba In hie line promptly and Lc a workmanlike manner. ayr4,R7 JOHN A. STADLER, BAKER, Market St., Cleerneld, Pa. Freak Bread, Rutk, Roll,, Plea and Cakaa on hand or made ta order. A general aaaortment or lonreolionariea, rruitaand nuta tn atork. Ice Cream'and Oy.lera in acaion. Saloon nearly oppoaita tbe t'oatomoe. rrioea moderate. Hari.li m-'7l. WEAVER & BETTS, OKAL1BI IX Real Esta.e, Square Timber, Saw Legs, AND LUMBER OF ALL KIND8. JMT-Offic on &M-nd itreot, Id rr of itort riKHn of Usorjce Wearer k Cu. jacV, '75 tf. RICHARD HUGHES, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE -rnn ttrealur Township, Oaeaola Mill. P. O. All official baainaii entrafted to him will be promptly attended to. tnoh29, '7A. JOUN L. CUTTLE, A rrOIlN EY AT LAW. .nd Real Affent, Clearfield, Pa, Offlea on Third itrtit. bat.Cbftrrjr A Walnvt, x-HfD6etfullr offori bii rrieoi la lUn and buying landi ta Clarfild and atljolnlag eouBtica aod with aa iprfane ot OTer twentT ytara ai a larvajror, BatUr blmtelf tbat b eaa rondor lauiraouon. i'"- iwa.u, J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, ABD nBALBB IB Haw Iaorh and laumber. CLEARFIELD, PA. Offloa In Oraham'l Row. 1:11:71 ANDREW I1ARWICK, Market Htreet, Clearrleld, Pa., aABUrAOTOBBB ABI OBALBB IB Harness, Bridles, Saddles, Collars, and Uorsc-rurmsnmg itovus. MfAU kindi of repairing promptly attended u..jm llnna Hrii.hae. Cnrrv (inmha. An., alwaaa on band and for aala at tba loweat oaak prioe. March 1, 1870. G. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. mwr-Pomna alwara on band and made to order en abort notice, ripoa norea on reaaonaDie tonne. All work warranted to render latiifaotion, and delivered If daalred. my!6:lypd J-alvery Ntablo. THE nnderaigned bega laare to inlorm the pob. lie that be ia now fully prepaiW to accommo- aata all in ine wayui iwrni.uiUB Saddlea and Herneea, on the ahorteat notice and an reaeonahlaterma. Keildenooon Loonit atroet, aatweoa Third and Fonrth. UKU, w. uaanuani. 11.arc.ld, Feb. 4, l74. WASHINGTON HOUSE, GLEN HONS, PENN'A. Till and"rlffod. htrlon Utmd tbl ooro nodloai llout, In th UU)r of Olon Hop, U now prrparad ta aeeommodBta all who my 01,11. My labia and bar ahall ba npplied with tha bxt tbo narkat affrla. GKOKUB Vf. DOTTa, Jr. Olaa Bopa, Pa , March 16, 1879 tf. THOMAS H. FORCEE, aiALaa i GENERAL MKIICH ANPINE, C.RAI1AMTON, Pa. Alio, aitantlra mannftotarar and daalar In Squara Timbar and aawed Lamberol all kinda. . B0rdara lollciUd and all bills promptly fllfed. E. A. BIGLER & CO., DMA MR! IP SQUARE TIMBER, aad manufacturer! of ALL KIM) OP RAWED MJMnKR, l-ni CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. S. I. SNYDER, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER ABB VBALBB IB Walelion, Clocks nd Jowelry, CroAo' Raw, Mark Stml, 'I,EABFIK1.I, PA. All klnda af repairing la my line promptly Bl ended to. April 1, 1T. Clearfield Nursery. ENCOURAGE IIOMK INDUSTRY. TIIR Bnder,lgnad, baring oaubllihed a Nar aary ob the 'Pike, about half way balweea ClMrfleld end Cnrw.n.rlllc. it preliarad to far- alak all klnda or FHl'lT TRKKS, (undard and dwarf,) Brargreene, Shrubbery, Ureno Viaaa, Uooaaberry, lwloa maoaoerry, mrawo.rry, aad Haapbarry Vinea. Alan, Siberian Crab Treea, Uninoa, and early erartet Rhubarb, Aa. Order! promptly attended to. Addreea, " ' ' in xo .inn. aaoJO Iri-) CarweBiaille, Pa. MEAT MARKET. F. M. CAED0N it EEC, On Mark at Pt, an door wool of llaatloa Doaaa, CLRA nrlBLaU, fA. . -a. M.mm. A (.aa ana na Anmnlllf Var aTagraUl ran vaj i v tmrwj ia w.. A aharaoter tor furniablng Iba pablla with Froah Meata of all kiad.and of tba aery beet anility. We alao deal la all kiada of Agrlealtaral Implo meate, which wo keep oa aahibltien for the boa ant of tbapaklla. Call around -baa la Iowa, aad take a look at thing., or addreat aa r. ai. i'Aniun wnv. ClearSeM. Pa., Joly 14, UI tf. Clearfield Insurance agenty. JiBBB BBBB. CABBOLL l. BIPBI.B. HF.RR BinOLE, JtgtHtl, Repraaaattha fcllowiog aad other Int-elaai Co'a CemDanloa. Aiaata. LirerpETuadoa A aloba-H. S. Br..l4.l. LTO-lag-w malaal A aaak pla..- .J0. Pbaaaia, af Hertferd, Co "" laiaraaao Oo.of Nortk Amarina ,4l.o74 North Britlah A atereaalllo U.S. Br. ZX C e.--l'. S. Br.... JTJ.14J Watariowa a.a....a.!a Tin Tra.ra(MtaA Aaeidaal) .. Ofloaaa Maria .., Caart MiraM, 'Mr- laid, Pa. f THE INDIAN HUNTER. Wban tbo Summr barrait waa Rathar'd In, And iba ibfaf of tba gleaner grew wbtta aad tbin, And tha pluwahara waa in lU furrow Ian, Wbaratha itnbbla land bad baan lately oleft. An Indian bun tar, with an it Hint; bow, Look'd dvwn wbara tba rallay lay itrtob'd balow. Ha wai a It ranker tbera, and all that day Had bean out on tha hilla, a ptrilom way j Hut tha loot or tha dear waa far and fleet, And the wolf kept aloof from tha bunter'l feat, And bitter feellnjra pueed o'er bint than Aa ha Mood by tba populma haunta of men. The ainda of Autumn a3D.aj.Yrr tha wooda tha un atole out from their iolliodai The bom waa wbita on tha maple' trunk, And dead from ita arma tbe bale viae ihruak, And ripened the mellow fruit hung, and red Wert the trcee' withered leaves aroand it ahed. The foot of Ihe reaper moved alow on the lawn, And tha lie kla out down the yellow corn The mower rung load by the meadow aide, W bate tbe mia uf evening were apreadinfr. wide, And lha voice of the herdiman eauia up tbe lea, And the danoe went round by tba gee n wood tree. When the hunter turned away from that aoene, Where the home of bia fathers onea had boon, And heard by tha diitant and rueaaured itroka That tbe woodman bowed down the ajiant oak, And burning thought! tlaabnd over bia mind Of the white man 'a faith and love unkind. The moon nf the harrtat grew high and brl ght j A her golden horn plereed the cloud of white A foot it p am heard ia th-rantliag brake, Where the beeeli overihadowad the mlaty lake, And a mourning voice, a plunge from the shore And the hunter waa aeea on tbe hills no more. When yean had pasaod on by tbat still lakeside The fisher looked down through tba Hver-tiud, And there, oa tha smooth yellow aaml, dlfplayed, A skeleton waited and wbita wai Uid, (.-low, And 't waa aaan, aa the waters moved deep aad That the band was still graiping a bun'er's bow. '-From XoniieWow's Early Potm. STOSY POIXT. ANTHONY WAYNE'S MAbTEKSTROKE A OA1.I.ANI FEAT OF ARMS ONI DUN DIlkD YEARS AOO HOW A BRITISH , BTRONOIIOLD WAS TAKEN BY A HK1I.I.1ANT ASBAULT THE STO. RY OF AN EVENT THAT OLO ttlFlKD penn'a's HERO. Thirty yearn to, wliila I wud male ing o icncil altoich of tbe smull monu muiit tlmt corumemorutes tho cruul niidiiilit nittHHaere ot Iroopg undur Uciifiiil Tuyne, (near the old I'aoli taveiii on tlie broad Liincunter pike,) in 1777, a white haired but vigorous man, sunburned and brawn)', came trom a neighboring fiejd to frratily etn-icwity which had been excited by the prueenco ot a stranger. "My li'K did good service on that torrible nihl'.Huid the septuagena rian, alter I bad read aloud the said in scription on tbo stotio. "Were you with Way no at this en campment?" I axked. "Indeed I was, and at many othora," be replied. "Lord! how we acampor ed when those savago red coats and more savage licsriians toll upon us in tbe dark without warning. Poor fel lows! Many of our men were mur dered, as you see. Yes, murdorcd, for they wore bayoneted while begging (or niorcy." "You were with Wayne afterward f" I said, inquiringly. "Yes, sir," be answered, with em phasis. "Didn't 1 leel good, though, when 1 beard tbe iinusli and Tories begging for mercy from Wayne at Stony Point, and if was granted I" "It was not W aynes old regiment that attacked that post," I replied. "It was a portion of the light infantry of tbe army. 'Ui courso it was," be answered. "When 1 heard Wayno was made Commander of tbat corps I got per mission to join it, for the bold, dashing soldier was my distant kinsman, ana a good fellow anyhow. I was ono of lie r leury i hundred or more volun teers who first entered the fort on that hot July night." Wo sat down on a grassy hillock, when the white-haired man, with great animation, gave me a minute account of tbe circumstances of the attack upon and capture of Stony Point ho foro the dawn of July Kith, 1779. When I visited the spot a lew weeka afterward, his narrative was vividly presented by memory, for I fonnd the typography, tho ollicial records and the local traditions in general agree ment with him.' Till kino's ferrt. Stony Point is a conspicuous feature in the picturesque scenery of the Hud son river, near tho Highlands, and is thickly clustered with historio associa tions. It is a IWd, rocky peninsula promontory, dotted with evergreens and sparsely find with verdure, even in midsummer, its highest point in about ono hundred and fifty feet above tidewater. It juts out from tbo west ern shore of tbo river at the upper en trance to llaverslraw !ay, and is con nected with tho main land by a low causeway across a marsh, which, cov ered with water at high tide, makes tho pomnsula an island. Near Us sum mit, upon and among tho mounds tho remains of ancient redoubts and breastworks stands a substantial stono lighthouse, tho keeper's lodge and fog-hell towor. Tho whole rogion around it is classic ground, hallowed by deeds of valor and patriotism. Opposite rnony i'oint, ana lulling out toward it from tho eastern shore of tho Hudson, is a fertile peninsula called Vorplanck's Point. Each jut- land had been rortiucd by tho Ameri cans chiefly lor tho protection ol "The Kings Perry irom point to point, hu h lormed a convenient ana most important open passage across tho Hudson between Now England and tbo Middle Htates. theso lortiticd headlands also presented serious ob stacles to the passago of hostile ships up tbo river a most important func tionfor the British Ministry never wholly dispelled the dream of the earlier period of the war, a weakening the acifrecato power of the struggling colonies by separating Now England from tbo rest ol tbo union Dy a scries of military posts stretching from tho St. Lawrenco to the sea, along the line ot Lake Cbamplain and the Hudson river. Tbe capture of Burgoyne's ar my and the failure of Sir Uoury Clin ton to effect much by sending a ma rauding expedition ap the Hudson in the Autumn ol n i l, uia not ansoiute- lv disoonrago the Ministry, but modi fied their dream. They afterward con fined thoir efforts to plans tor securing to themselves the freo communication between Now England and tbe otbor Btates by way of "Tbe King's Ferry" and the passes of the Hudson High land!. Hucb was tha object of an ex pedition led by Sir Henry Clinton in person at tbe close ol May, 1779. v itu a large land force nnaor uen eral Vanghan, borne by a flotilla com manded by Admiral Collier, Sir Henry sailed from New York to attempt the seicureot Stony Point and Vorplanck's Points, and waa auccesslul, lor only forty men garrisoned the lormer and soventy the latter. Tbo invading troops landod below the two ions ana marched upon them, The garrison at Stonr Point fled to the Highlands, and tho troops at Verplanck'a, after very ilieht rosislano. were mad prisoners of war. Tbl was a terion disaster to th Americans. The passage at "Tbe King's Ferry" was closod to tliemand tbe Highland passes and defences wore menaced with danger. Porceiving this, Washington took iiumediato meas ures for their protection and for tbe recovery of the lost posts. His army, which Lad wintered at Middlebrook, in Now Jersey, was moved early in Juno to "Tbu Clovo," a fertilo volley far in the rear of lluvorstraw, and late in tho month be niado bis headquar ters at New Windsor, on the Hudson, a low miles above the Highland, whore he perfected plans for an active cam paign against the invaders. Anticipating an attompt to recap turo tho forts, Sir Henry placed a strong garrison in each, and ordered them to be well strengthened ; then ho returned to Now York with ships and soldiers and sent them on a ma rauding expedition to tho coast of louncclicut. THE LIOUT INFANTRY. Washington had a corps of light in fantry, composed of picked men, draft ed from tho various regimonts of tho Continental army, and organized at tbat time into lour regimonts under command, respectively, of Colonels Butlor, Meigs, Putnam and Fehigor. Duller was ono of a gallant band of four brothers who foui'lit the eood fight for American independence from tbe beginning. Ho had been Wayne's chief support in his hard conflict on the tield of Monmouth a year before. He was only twonty-fivo years of age, out was alruady distinguished lor mil itary genius, coolness and valor. Moigs was a brave soldier, forty years old, who bad won tho thanks of Congress and tho gift ot a sword for gallantry two yciits before. Putnam was a cou sin ol "Uid Put," as the soldiers fond ly calfed him was n skillful cngineor, a soldier of the French and Indian war, and constructor of Fort Putnam, near West Point. Ho was forty-one years, of ago and lull of seal for the American cause, rebinor was a vountr Danish soldier, thirty-two years of ago, who had fought for tho freedom ot tha colonies ever since he waa engaged in the uery scenes on Hunker Hill. The corps commanded by these good sol diers wore considered tho elite of tho army, and Washington chose them for tho execution ot bis design atrainst Stony and Verplanek's points. To the bold and faithful young soldier, Gen eral Anthony Wayne, then thirty-five years of age, Washington gave the command ot tbis corps on the 1st of juiy, my. i uis omcor was a gratitlod recipient ot tho honor, and was proud of the confidence ot tho Commander-in-Chief. Wayne was scrupulously neat in his personal appearance; bad ex quisite taste in dress, and was always disturbed by any violation of good judgment in costume or manners. He was particularly disturbed by tho ap pearance ot his corps when he took command ot thorn. Through tho nog loct ol poverty of tho commissary de partment they were scantily clothed in varied, soiled or ragged uniforms or no uniforms; Insufficiently fed, and lax in manners and discipline Ho immediately pleaded for reformation, and asked particularly for a supply of new uniforms for tbo whole corps beliovinir in the moral influence of dress. "1 must acknowledge" he wrote to Washington, "that 1 bave a prem- dice in favor of an elegant uniform and soldierly appearance, so much so, that 1 would much rather risk my lite and reputation at the bead of tho same men, clothed and appointed as I could wish, witb asingro ehargo of ammuni tion, than to take them as they appear in common with sixty rounds of cart ridges. It may be a false idea, but I can't help cherishing it." Washington agreed with Wayno, but thoy woro compelled to bend to circumstances. Tho army was povor-ty-smitten. Only a week before they wore to enter npon a groat un dertaking (to be mentioned pres ently); whon thoy had been twelve days in camp in tbe rocky re gionof the Honderborg, the corps bad recoivod only two daye' rations of tresh provisions and three of rum. Not a particle ot torago hud been fur nished lor the horses, excepting the scanty tufts of grass that shot up among the stones ; and the store of I bo commissary ot clothing wan empty. So Wayne was compelled to lead his corps, in their piebald and worn-out unitorms, to the perlormance ol extra ordinary deeds of bravery.. Theso deeds were performed under cover of night, whon the meanest ana the most gorgeous uniforms were the samo to the human eye. RECONN01TF.R1NO. From liis quiet nook at New Wind sor, Washington instructed Wayne to prepare for a bold dash on tbe works at Stony Point Tho impetuous young (iencral was impatient to undertake tbo enterprise. On the day after he look command of the corps he recon noitorod that post, accompanied by Colonel Butler and Major Stoward, of tho Pennsylvania lino, i ho latter was Wayne brother in law, lie waa a brav young Irishman, and was re- garded as tho handsomest man in the ontinontul army. Wayne's ardor and ounfidenro were somewhat diminished by his observations, and he reported to Waahinglon tbat tho British works on tbo western side of tbe Point (which only thoy bad seen) wore too lormidabie to storm witb any nope ol success, and that to make regular ap proaches was not leasihlo. lie sug gested tbat a surprise might be effect ed, and at bis solicitation Washington rode down from Now Windsor to Wayno's camp botwoen Fort Mont gomery and tho Dondoiberg, and care fully roconnnitcred the works on tho tbe 6th of July, 1 ones abounded in tho neighborhood, and reports ot every movement soon of tbe Americans were quickly conveyed to th fort. Tbe garrison was continually on the alert against a surprise. Deserters, too, gav information concerning tho move menu and conjectured designs of the troops at their encampment among the mountains. On the day aflor the reconnissanoe by Washington, a letter written to a New York nowspaper, at Stony Point, said : "Yesterday, Mr. W asbington, with several otber robol oflicera, wore roconnoitering our post, attended witb about five hundred men, tbirteon of which number ehos to com in to us in the count of th day by whom wa learn that tho report among them is that an attack on the post is Intended. 1 have no aoubt it will prove a serious affair to them." '1 It troop at Htony point bad rea son to think so, lor they were strongly entrenched in a seemingly Impregna ble position. Tbe works embraced a series of redoubts on tbe summit of the rocky peninsula. An abattis a line of felled tree, their tops outward bad been laid across th Point from north to south, and this was defended by four companies of regular infantry, one of loyal Americans and detachment ol the Royal artillery. A aeeond row or abattis was formed across to pen insula whoro it slopos toward tho causeway on its westurn side, and was defended by throe rodoubts, armed witb brass 12 pounders and munnod by two companies of inlantry and two ol grenadiers, At live dilleront points pickets were stationed, and tho bat teries commanded evory approach. Thoy might enfilsdo any advancing column. The wbolo force was under the command of a trusted soldier, Lieutenant Colonel II. Johnson. Thus prepared, there was no wonder tbe garrison believed that an attack would bo "a serious affair" for tbe assailants. WAyWb INSTRUCTIONS. Aflor bis reconnoisanco, Washing ton prepared to surprise the fort, and from Now Windsor, on tho l!2ib of July, ho sent minute instructions to Wayno, which wtiro in the form' of suggestions, raihCrthan of a positive order; and be gave tho General the privilego of changing my part of tho plan to meet tho demanls of circum stances. Mo suggested that the exe cution of tho enterprise should occur at midnight, with thogrottcst secrecy, secured by tho arrest ot anery porson found abroad or who mifht betray it. Ho recommended tho attempt at sur prise to bo made by only a low com petent and faithful moi "between one and two hundred" with tried of ficers, procedod by a vnngmrd of pru dent and determined met to remove obstructions, to secure stntinoln and to drive in tho guards. Lo also sug gested tbo wearing of a white feather, or cockade, or other conspicuous ob- juct, that might designate friends from toes in tho darkness ; that tbo surprise party should be supported by the main body following closely; Ihut tho ad vance parly should moro witb fixed bayonets and unloaded muskets ; tlu.t tho attack should bo nitdo at these points, and that a watchwnrd should bo agreed upon lor tbo simo purpose as tho white badgo of distinction. Other dolttih) were givon, and Wayne acted in accordance with almost every suggestion. Wayno determined to surprise the gtirriBon at Slony Point on tho night of July 15. The day was sultry. At noon he moved from his encampment, about lourleen miles lion tho fort, with three of bis four regiments, com mantled respectively by Colonels But ler, Meigs and Fobiger. Washington bad ordered down from West I'oint about three hundred light infunlry under Major (allerward (jeiural) Hull, to increase the attacking forco ; also, two companies ofNortk Carolina light troops and a small party ol artillerists to man tho guns of the fort when they should bo captured and turned upon Verplanek's Point. Tho march was ovor lofty, rugged bills, through tan gled swamps and diflieult mountain dedloi. K early tbe whole distance tbo troops were compelled to march in singlo file. Tboy passed tbo south side of Donderberg while a heavy thunder shower was raging on its summit and beyond, and tbe sending down sadden torronts through the ravines. On this march tbo most perfect silence bad boon obsorved, and evory precaution had been taken to provent desertion. Every dog found on thoir way whon they approached tho vicinity of the river was killed to prevent alarms by their barking. At 8 o'clock in tbo evoning, when daylight was lading, the whole party rendezvoused about a mile and a half below Slony Point POMPXY AND THE COUNTERSIGN. Among tho Tory inhabitants and weak-kneed timo servers in the vicini ty of tho Point, lived Mr. Lamb, a warm and faithful Whig. Ho was dis liked by bis Tory noighbors bocause he bad often circumvonloi the designs against the patriots. Ho owned a shrewd negro slave named Pompoy. Soon after the British took possession of Stony Point, Pompoy wont timidly to tbe tort to sell strawberries to the officers. He was kindly received. When berries and cherries became plentiful tho negro carried on quite an extensive trado with tho garrison, lie becamo a tavorito with the officers, bo did not expect that ho was report ing everything he saw and heard in tho fort to a Whig master. At length, tho hoeing corn season coming on, Pompey was kept at work in tho fields during tho day, and his commercial relations at the fort was likely to end suddonly. Ho could only go there in tbe evoning. the onlcers, unwilling to miss their supply of their delicious luxuries, gave Pompoy tho countosign regularly that ho might pass tho sen tinels after dark with his supply of truit In this way bo bod bocome pos sessed nf tho countersign for tho night of tho lfilh. Wayno, awaro of theso tacts, and fully trusting the knowledgo and fidelity of tho negro, employed him as a euido and chose tho counter sign of tho garrison for tho night "Tho Ions our own as tho watchword ol tho assailing troops. In tbo gloom of that sultry evoning Wavne disposed bis forces for the at tack. They woro formod in two col umns. At tbo head of tho right and twenty pacos from it ono hundred and fifty picked mon, led by Lieutenant Colonel Do Floury, were posted, and just in advance of those wore a "for lorn hopo ol twonty mon to "remove obstructions and secure sentinels," commanded by Lieutenant Knox, of the Ninth Penn. Itegimeiit At tho head ot tho left, in like manner, wore posted an advance guard ot one hun dred picked men under Major Stewart, and a forlorn hopo of twenty men, led by Lieutenant uiuoons, ol the mxiii Pennsylvania Kegiment Meanwhile, General Wayne and his field officers had made a final reconnoissanoe of tbe fort, and wbon they returned ho en tored a house (Springstocl's) ooar by, which he bad made hi temporary headquarters, gathered up hi papors, wrote a letter to his brother in-law, Sharp Dulany, of Philadelphia, and, pulling all in a sealed package, for warded them by a trusty mosaengor to bis Iriond Gen, Irvin, with a request that in case of his death It might be forwarded to his -kinsman. Wayne was impressed with the beliol that he should not survive the approaching conflict ; but be lived almost sevonteon years afterward and did good service for bis country, and the letter and papers were never sent. When General Wayne bad supped be put tbe two columns in motion. At a black walnut Ire (which was stand ing bug and vigorous, a few years ago) Pompey look charge of the force as chief pilot At half past 1 1 o'clock th silent march began. Gathering clouds obscured the sky and deeper shade of night favored tbo bold enter prise. Wayne was at tbe head of the right column, and all moved on aa stealthily aa a leopard preparing to spring upon ita prey. Major Hull, with bia three hundred Massachusetts light trooD. wa with tbat column Pompey and two stout men preceded Knox and bis forlorn hope a lew paces, The netrro approached the first senti nel on the high ground westward ofj REPUBLICAN, the morass, gave tho contersign and was recognized as tho fruit peddler. Whilo Pompey was talking with this guardian of tho fort his two stout com panions sprang from the gloom and seized and gagged the soldier. The silence of tho sentinel near tho cause way was secured in the same manner, and up to past midnight tho garrison was (lumbering, without a suspicion of danger nigh. THE SURPRISE. So, soon as the tido bad obbod as was supposed sufficiently to allow a passago by the causeway and along tne beach, the two columns which bad marcbod sido by side in platoons sen arated, tbo right diverging southward for tbo purpose of crossing tho morass ana sinking tho boacb which extended along tho southorn and southwestern shores of tho peninsula. At tho same li mo tho left column moved toward tho causeway, which Colonel Butler's rogi monl instantly passed in water two feet deep, and at the foot of the slopo diverged to the left and secured a picket guard. At tho samo time tho column on tho southern side in tbe wa ter knee-doep (lor tbe tido was not yet down) and reached the beach. Be fore doing so thoy wero discovered and fired upon by a picket guard. This aroused tho garrison and thoy flow to arms. The assailing column was now directed under the fort. It closod in solid ordor and pressed up tho steep uiusiue in ino luce oi a tempest irom muskets and artillory tho missiles from the latter doing vory little harm, for thoy passed ovor tbo heads of tho assailing forco. At tho samo time Maor Murfreo, of tho left column, bud made a feint against tho fort on the northwest sido with his North Caroli nians, but this did not weaken tho re- sistonco to an advunco of the right column which was gallantly struggling with tbo hall-removed ubattis part way up the hill to gain tho sally-port of tbu fort. Evory ledgo of rocks above tho ascending column woro sur rounded with British inlantry who, with taunts and imprecations, poured down an incessant storm of bullets. But not a patriot faltered. Steadily, and as silently as on tho night march from tho walnut troo, tho soldiers fol lowed Wayne, who, with a spenr in hand, directed every movement, as inch by inch they approached the breastworks and pushed back tho foo. Not a guu was fired by tbo patriots. Tbey turned tho abattis, pushed on to ward tbo breastworks, cut and tore away the pulisadcs and clearod the chevaux de-fnsc at tbo sally-port. Within the innor ubattis a Hying bullet bad struck Wayno a glancing blow on the head and stunned him. He fell upon bis kneos. Uis two aides (Fishbourne and Archer) partially raised bim to bis feet. In a moment bo recovered full consciousness and re quested bis aids to carry him within the works wbero, in case bis wound should prove mortal, he dosirod to die. but tbe hurt was not sovoro. Ihe troops dashed forward with fixed bay onets the main column following the advanco closoly. Tho charge was led by Lioutonant Colonel De Floury, fol lowod by Fobigor's regiment. Tbe ramparts wero carried : Do Floury seized tho colors of the fort with his own hands, and his assailing column entered the works in triumph, shout ing tbe significant watchword : " 1 lie fort's our own I" De Fleurv, Lieut. Knox, Sorgoant Baker, of the Virginia lino (bleeding from four wounds), Sor goant Sponcor, ot the same line (with two wounds) and Scrgoant Duulop, of the Pennsylvania line (also twice wounded), wero tho tlrst five to enter the works and win tho Toward oflorod by Wayne. In bisordorof battle, the General had engaged to reward tbe tivo men who should first enter the works witb promotion, honorable mon- tinn, and with 500, MOO, f.300, 200 8100 respectively. "NIB FORT'S OCR OWN." Almost at the moment when Do Floury entered tho fort Lieutenant Gibbon with tho assailing party ol tho left, closely followed by Major Slowart, burst in on tao opposito sido. Iho terrifiod garrison, porcoiving resistance to be useless, surrendered immediately, the men, especially the "Loyal Ameri cans," fulling on their knees and cry ing out pileously; "Mercy I Mercy, dear Americans I" To the honor of tho conquerors, it is asserted that not a man of the garrison was injured af ter tbey censed to resist and begged lor quarlor. Major Hull and Wavnos aides carried the bleeding uenorai into the fort, wbero bo heartily joined in tho shouts of triumph by tho victors, and soon afterward, with vigorous hnnd, wrote the following despatch to Washington : Fnar Foist, lfith Jolr, 177D-! o'clock, A. H liaaa (laaaaaL I The tort aod gemeon, witb Colonel Johnaoa, are oure. Our offloera and men behered Ilka man wha are determined to bo free, oure, moat linoerelj, Uaa'L WAaBiaoruB. Aar T Watbb. Tho victory was complete. Tho Brilish ships lying on tbe Hudson, near Stony Point hastily slipped thoir cables and fled down the river ; and at dawn the noxt morning tho guns of tho fort, manned by tho handtiil ol artillerymen who accompanied Wayne wore tu mod upon l'ort ruyeite, on Verplanek's Point opposite, command ed by Lioutonant Colonel Webster. A cannonado was kept up lazily during the day. (iencral Itobcrt Howe Had been ordered to attack that fort simul tnneously with tbo assault on Stony Point but through a misconception the movement was delayed and the fort was saved to tho British by timo ly roiuforcomont to tho garrison sent up tho river by Sir Henry Clinton. In winning this brilliant victory Wayne lost fifteen killed and eighty three wounded. The British bad sixty slain and Lieutenan tColonol Johnston and five hundred and forty throo offi cers and mon wero made prisoners of war. Washington porccivod the danger of an attempt to hold tho fort at Stony Point with so tow men aa could then be eparod trom the army, and he or dered the ortl nance and stores to be removed to West Point, the military works ta bo destroyed and the place to be ovacuatod by tbe Americans. This waa accomplished on the nights of th 17th and 18th, or twenty-four hours aflor therapturo. A large poition ot tbe ordnance was placed upon a galley to bo conveyed to Wost Point While oft th eastern side of the Donderberg a shot fiom the British sloop of war "Vulture," which had vontured near Verplanek's Point, struck the galley between wind and water, openod a sluiceway, and she wont to the bottom ot tbe Hudson witb bor freight of heavy nuns. Tbe property captured hr tho Americans at Stony Point was valued at more than 1180,000. On tha 20th th British re possessed thorn- selves of Slony Point, but there wa little ol value lea, except the eligible site lor a lortincalion. now IDE HEW WAS RECEIVED. The news of this exploit thrilled evory norvo of tho Union with delight, and unstinted praises of W ayne and bis troops woro upon every lip. On the leceipt of the General's despatches, the samo day Washington issued from Now Windsor a general ordor, in which he congratulated tho army on tbo suc cess of the gallant move at Stony Point, and requested tbo victorious commandor and bis whole corps to ac cept his warmest thanks. Four days afterward the President of Pennsylva nia awarded similar tokens of appro bation to Wayno and bis mon. "You have playod their the British own gamo," ho wroto, "and bave eclipsed tbe glory of the British bayonet of which wo have beard so much." Ten days after the victory the Continental Congress voted thanks to tbo brave actors, and ordered medals to be struck in commemoration of tbe event ono of gold to bo presented to Gon. Wayno, and a silver one each to be given to lieutenant Colonel Do r leury and Major Stewart. At the same time pro motions by brevet wero ordered for some subalterns, and a voto approving General Wayno's offer of rowurds was passed. De Floury, a descendant of a noble man who was at ono timo a Cardinal aud a Prime Minister of Franco, re turned to bis nativo country before tbo medal designed for bim was struck. It was made, bowovor, but all record ot it was lost. Lato in A pril, 1850, a boy, whilo digging in a garden at Princoton, Now Jersey, found tbo modal. Con gress sat at Princeton iu tbe Summer of 1783. The modal was probably lost thero by tho Secretary of Congress, Charles Tomson, in whoso custody it properly belonged. Benson J. LossiNa. YELLOW FEVER THEORIES. Tho Woria correspondent combats tho theory tbat yellow fever is cauBod by malaria, or by the corporate un- cieanliness of neglected cities. In tho scientific, as well as tbe popular mind, the bcliul that these uro tbe governing agents in producing the scourge is so deeply rooted that it seems hopeless to dispute them. Ho says it is a great mistake te suppose that the people of tho South and Southwest has been ut terly unmindful of sanitary rules dur ing all these years in which thoy have been afflicted from time to timo with yellow fevor. Tbey havte tried sani tary precautions, porhaps in a spas modic aud imperfect but occasionally in a very enorgetio and costly way, tor the last thirty years, all theso san itary measures buvo boon like the withes with which tho Philistines tried to hamper Samson tho giant has broken them "from off his arms liko a thread." To show that yellow fovor devas tates districts of country wbero thero is an almost entire absence of malaria, he citos that part of the country lying along the Gulf and stretching Irom the alluvial marshes that surround tbe mouth of the Mississippi say from Lake Borgno to tho neighborhood of Mobile Bay, and then beyond far to the eastward through Alabama and West Florida. It is a strip of sterile sand with only soil enough to sustain a continuous forest of pines. There is no cultivation except tbat of tbe or ange and fig tree, and gardens which by dint of diligent culture, may be made to yiold a scant supply of vege tables for family use (luring a few months ol the year, and then wither and fail for want of soil. The streams are unpolluted, and the waters clear and limpid. T he shores are swept by delicious breezes on tho ono sido from the Gulf and on tho other from tho resinous and frugrant pine forests. People can expose themselves to rain, sun, sea and night air, sleep in their wet garments and nover be troubled with malarial fevers of any sort pleu risy or pneumonia. Bt.t for old ago and whisky, the people would havo to migrato elsewhere to dio. N otwithstanding tbis was a paradiso ot health, and supposed to be proof against tbe .scourge, the epidemic of 1 i found it out aud dashed its wavos into its villas and isolated collages and lowly cabins. Kvcn now, in an ob scure quarter of this bolt of country a whole family have been victims of yel low lover. A girl of fifeeen bad boon employed as a nurse for several months in a Now Orleans family where there had been somo cases of remittent fovor of a mild sort. This girl was taken sick with a chill on her arrival borne and died of yellow fovor four days af ter. Her body remained unburied for twenty-four hours. About a woek af terward her brothers and sistors five in number were attacked, and final ly tbo widowed motlior. One of the young men subsequently died. Tbe object of the correspondent is to show that there is no condition proof against yellow fever, and tbat all the orios so far advanced have boon set at naught by its curious inroads and tor riblo work. Medical science, with all its research, lias not boon able to give tbo publio a satisfactory theory a material, tangiblo, practical reason for the cause of the mysterious scourge, or any specifio remedy for it cure. Like in some other diseases, what will cure one will not cure another. It comes down on communities and isolated households as mysterious ly as the mystery enshrouding its origin and tbo antidote. It ovorlcapa all theories and defies all remedies. We are not, bowovor, with out hope that medical science will ere long be able to unvoil tbe secrets ol tbo yellow demon. Tho Drovers' Journal truthfully says that we need to keep more ahoep. In all parts of tbis great country to secure health and comlort ita people must have food and clothing. Iho sheep furnishos the best and most wholesome animal food, and tbe most comfortable clothing yot tested by the masse of our people, in malarial districts especially those where extreme ol host and cold ar frequent woolen clothing and a freer and more common diet ot vounrr mutton would insure better health and belter vigor than generally characterises pork eaters and the wearer of cotton and fin linen. Let no on indulge a aingle tear ol over production of either mutton or wool, could our nocxs be trippiea or quadrupled, tbey would add not only to the comlort and healthfulDos of tbe people, but to their intelligence and sobriety, as well as to the produtive ncss of every field used aa a sheep pasture. A vonnrf ladr graduate in a neigh boring county read an essay enlittlod "F.mpioyment of Time." Her compo sition was based on the text : "Tim wasted is existence ; used, is life." The noxt day she got eight hanks of xephyr ot different shade ana oommencea working f sky. bins dog with poa green ear and a pink tail to a pieo ot yel low canvas. Sh expocts to hav it don by Christmas. A CI11XESE CASE. The borough of Oakland, California, attempted a abort cut on John China man, ihe uouncil passed an ordi nance preventing tbo settlement of a Lbinaman within tbo borough limits, and ordered all then living therein to leave within six months. A caso was mndo up and taken before tho United States District Court, wber Justice rield delivered a lengthy opinion against the municipal authorities, and in it we find some wholesome doctrine laid down which the many should un dorstand. Tbe Judge, among other things, said : "We are aware of tbo general feel ing amounting to positive hostility prevailing in Culitbrnia airainst tbe Chinese, wbioh would prevent their further immigration bither and expel from the State those already hero. i noir dissimilarity in physical charao torislics, in language, manners and re ligion, would scorn, from past experi ence, to prevent the possibility of their assimilation with our people. And thoughtful persons, looking at tbo mill ions which crowd tbe opposite shores ot tbe i acme, and tbe possibility at no distant day of their pouring over in vast hordes among us, giving rise to norce antagonisms ot race, bope that some way may be dovisod to prevent their lurlber immigration. We lool the forco and importance of those con siderations but the remedy for tbe ap prehended ovil is to be sought from the general Government, where, ex cept in certain special cases, all power over the subject lies. To that Gov ernment belongs exclusively the treaty making power and the powor to regu late commerce with foreign nations, which includes intercourse as well as traffic, and, with the exceptions pres ently mentioned, the power to pre scribe tbe conditions of immigration or importation of persons. Tho State in theso particulars, with tbe exceptions mentioned, powerless, and nothing is gained by tbe attempted assertion of a control which can novor bo ad mitted. The State may exclude from its limits paupers and convicts of other countries, persons incurably diseased, and others likely to become a burden upon its resources. It may, porhaps, also excludo persons whose presence would be dangerous to it established institutions. But there its power ends. Whatever is done by way of exclusion beyond this must come from the gen eral Government. ' That Government alone can determine what aliens shall bo permittod to land within Iho Uni ted States, and upon what conditions they shall bo permittod to remain ; whether they shall be restricted in business transactions to such as ap pertain to foreign commerce, as is practically tbe case witb our people in China, or whether they shall be al lowed to engage in all pursuits equal ly with citizens. For restrictions nec essary or dosirabla in these matter, tbe appeal must be made to tba gen eral Government; and it ia not be lieved that tbe appeal will ultimately be disregarded. Be tbat as it may, nothing will be accomplished In that direction by hostile and spiteful legis lation on tba part ot tbe State, or oi its municipal bodies, like that of the ordinance in question legislation which is unworthy ol a brav and manly peoplo. AgainBt such legisla tion it will always bo tbe duty of tbe judiciary to state and enforce the par amount law oi tb nation. A PRETTY GOOD SIOK. It was Mme. de Giiardin, we think who used to say tbat she could read a woman through her dross, and even tell ber character, tastes and thoughts by a single glance at ber toilet, "Nor have I been once deceived," she state. Every article of dross reveals a thought and the most trivial dotail has its language, which all who study woman may understand if thoy like." Another equally oelobrated modern Kronen author says tbat we may know women from tbe hem of thoir skirts to tho flower in their hair in fact, thore is not a stitch in their dross that docs not tell its tale. If a woman is care loss of hor appearance, be aura she is uuhappy and unloved ; lor she never neglect ber person whilst there are fond eyos to look upon ber. It is only wben these bave ceased to smile lor hor that she grows heedless ol her looks, and too often sinks into a dowdy. No woman, howovor, with any senso of soil' respect, should allow herself to sink into a dowdy ; but whatever be hor trials, vexations and disappoint ments, sho should strive to dress as well as ber position will allow. Do riot imagino that we are advocating'! travagance; on tho contrary, sim plicity is our motto, which, if united to good tasto, will be found moro efloo live in the eyes of husband, father1 brother, fi lend, than the most costly attir which the milliner's art can in vent A simple bow in tbo hair may look quito as coquettish and fuscina ting as a diamond aigrette ; and a col ton dress, if fresh and prettily made, may be as becoming as silk ; indeed, we bave often seen cotton eclipse a silk. W mention this to illustrate a fact that riches are little compared to tasto, and that every woman may dress well if sho chooses that, in fact It ia hor duty to herself and those around ber to dress as well aa ber position will allow. Those wbo aocus u who write of the fashions, and you who road, of frivolity and triviality, forget that it is just as easy to dress well as it is to dross badly, and that to dress out of the lashion requires as much ex penditure or thought ana care as to dress in it To drew well and fitly is ia an accomplishment requiring good sense and good taste, with an y for color. Lady s Journal. KiTcnxN Fdccation. Th Popular nncrAfonfA(i raises a shoot of thanks giving that education ia at last begin- nina to reach tb kiloben. Cooking schools are springing up in many place in this country, ana tbe Beotch and F.nirlisb are taking tb load In organ iains? them aa part ol lb national and common school system. We abound in female seminaries and female ool leges, high schools and normal schools, in which everything under heaven. is studied sxeept tbat practical art which is a daily and vital necessity in all tbe households of the land. Our kitchens ar th lortified entrenchment of ignorance, prejudice, Irrational habits, th rule ol thumb and mental vacuity, and the result ia that Americans sulfur beyond any other people from wael ful, unpalatable and monotonous cook ing. W hav long proteased to be lter in th potency ol education, ana hav not been slow to apply it to all other interest and industries excepting only the fundamental artol tbe prep ration of food to sustain life, which in volve more of economy, enjoymant, health, spirit and power of effectiv labor than any subject taught in oar schools. EDUCATIONAL. BY M. I MoQUOWK. TUB OLD MAW GOES TO tCHOOI. t kaow I'm too old ta lean, arffl j mj leeeeai aaA taaka are done, Tha dewa of llfe'a areolae; flilta la the Ufa! af life'a eetUoi aao. To tha (ran bj tee aide af bj fbthere Uteri! Barry me aeea away Bat I waoud ta aaa how tba werM kaa groara, Sa 1 hobbled lo aobool to-day. I aonld not hare told 'twaa a school heme, It lowered an to tha akiee I gaaad oa the nobis etraojara till rl leaner grow thaaa old 070a 1 My tbouibta want back to lha log hooaa tha aobool bonaa of yeare aaa, Where I tudiodaed ramped with tho aaeroy at.jf wbo Bleep where the daiiiae grow. I was elartled oat or aiy dreaming by the toaea of ita moaator bell, Oa tboio Bare that are growlag goaf the aweot aotaa roee BBd fell. I entered tbe maaiira door, aad aat br. the proffered eheir Aa old maa wriahled and gray la tba mldit of tba young and fair) Like a garden ar blooming roeee, tha eeholera appeared 10 aao Tba children ware all aa tidy, their faaea bo fall ofglees They itared at ma wbaa 1 OBterod,thoa broke through tbo whirpering rale. And Bold, with a amile to each ether, "Tba old reaB a coming to cobool." Whan tbeeottatry hero waa new, wife, aad 1 wai a erholar lad. Oar reeding, wiitlug and ipelliag were about all the aladiaa we bad 1 We eloared op the farm taroagh Ihe Hammer, thea traveled iBroaeb wood and enow To tba log houae la the oaoaiag tha aohool honaa of yeara ago. Now, boaa go to aobool la palaeea, aad atady hard Leila aod Uroek I Thoy are taught to write aobolarly aaenyf aad drilled aa tbe atage to apeak They go into the diatriet hopper, bat oobm aat tha eollege apoot Aad tbio ia tha way tbe eahoole af oar band are grinding onr groat men ana. Lot them grind ! let them grind, dear wife I lha world needa tbe good and true I Let tbo ob ildreu out of tbo old beaaa, aad weloema them lata tba aaw: I'll cheerfully pay my laxea, and any to tho ago of mind, All aboard I all aboard t go ahead aad loara tha old maa oentad 1 Our etetein of puhlla aohooli la tha Natloo'a glory aod orowB j May Iba arm be palaied, arer, t hat la lifted ta tear It duwa 1 If bigola CBBoot eadare tha light of oar glowing akiee. Let Iboin go to Oppreaaioa'a shores, whoro Lib- arty blaeda aud dies. I'm glad I'ra beoa to-day ta tha aaw boaee aa large and graad With prida I think of my loila la this Liberty. loaing land ; Vrt aeea a palaoa A rile wbara tha old Baboo! honaa atood, Aod gardena of beauty bloom where tha ahadowa fell la Ihe wood. To the grave by tha aide of my fathere they'll carry me aooa away Thea I'll go to a higher aobool thaa tha oaa I'ra feeo lo-oey Whaxo tbo Healer of maatera teaeheth where tha aoholara Barer grow old from glory to glory I'll elimb, la the beaatlfal where of g"'o. "OOIHO TO SCHOOL." Now, children, you have told me how many member wa have in tha Legislature, who preside over aaoh body, bow law art made, and how often a U. S. Senator is elocted, and in return I will " I had reached tbis point the other evening when there came a ring at tha door bell, and alter a minute 1 discov ered that Mr. Old Fogy had decided on another attack. He brought along two or throo teachers with him, ana they at once walked into my school room. I did at first hav a sign of " State Prison " ovor the door, so as to make it seem like a regular school house to the pupils, but a tbey InBistod upon regarding it as a novelty, I re moved the aign. " Well, you have been teaching, 1 see," observed Mr. Old Fogy. " l es, six ot these children belong in the neighborhood, and don't atlond any regular school." " W e don t exsctly agree on tbe school question, you know," said Mr. Old r ogy. " I on did rulber puxgle me lb otbor night but I'd like you to ask somo ol tbose teachers a tow questions. Well, Mr. Blank ; how many buBbols ol wheat will make a barrel of flour ? " "Why. that isn't a rerrular Question. he replied as he looked around. "lsn tttr lour aritnmetio say that sixty poudds of whoat make a bushel, and because it doe not say bow many bushels make a barrel of flour tbe farmer wbo is figuring on his year' supply must be left in ignorance. Here is Charlie, only nine year old he may answer. "From four and a half to five bash' els," the boy replied. JNow, Mr. Blank, can you nam tb prominent Chinese philosophers 7" i can, sir. " I thought so ; but can you tell how many spokes there are in tb front wheol of a buggy can any of you f "' " 1 protest I cried Mr. oia fogy l but thoy didn't answer for all that Well, Mr. Blank, can you translate Greek T" "1 can, sir." "No doubt of it ; bnt can you tell me how to preserve cidor f'; "Thore yon go again I" cried Mr. Old Fogy ; but none of them could tell. Are you laminar wun cuos-rooi, Mr. Blank f" I am." But can you tell me th salary of our Governor ?" None of thorn could. Try somo of the ladies," suggested Mr. Old Fogy, after a few questions. "All right Miss Blank are yon gooa in Algebra T" "I think so." . t "And can you toll me how many yards of cotton to buy for a pair of pillow slips t n by, no." "Do you know what will take stain out of a table cloth, or grease out of a carpot 1 " "o, sir. Can you mix a mustard piaster, toll me a ready family antidote for poison, suggust a family remedy for a cold, or soie throat, tell me bow many yards in a bunch nf dress-braid, th number of yards oi ticking to make a bed-tick, a way to remove paint Irom windows, or hnw to make gruel for tb sick V "Ho, ir." "What ar von driving at?" indig nantly demanded Mr. Old Fogy. "1 it let my class go ana mi you. Let me first remark that 1 hav not asked a question which these children bore cannot answer, i bis little girl will promptly answer everything 1 have askod Mis Blank, and yet sh i not too year old. A month ago I told her that alum and brown sugar mixed together would Teliava eroup. A week ago, at doad of night, rouaod from sloop by her parent and th wails of her sick bmthor, sh prepared th remedy while ber father wa after th doctor and her mother excited and helpless, and in hall an hour the croup was gone. Yoa ask me what l'as driv. ing at 7 It is simply education on the praotical side of life." "But I'm not housekenper," f ro tas tod Miss Blank. "No I Well, every woman looks for ward to marriage. They were born to. Every lemal expect to marry rich, but not on In five hundred can so marry as to throw th entire responsi. bility of her bouse on hired help. Six out of ton may hav a torvant out an tes th mistreat know how thing should go, what can b axpocted of th girl 7 While the lady si la in tb par lor and realizes tbat she oan draw, play tb piano and read French, the 'help,' lelt to experiment, and having no In. teres t break, smashes and throw away, and tba family are aooo looking for a cheaper bona. Mis Blank ber may marry and never hav to lift a hand ; bat If sh knew every duty li h knew remedies and reoipas -would ah not hav more self reliance and be better prepared tor her duties T" "A lady, wbo oan (peak tereral Bta guagosand graduated with high honor at Vassar, mad som pie without gar or salt and with only on era at When told why 'they tasted lik baa wood ohip,' she bunted into tears and sobbed out I 'They educated m to be aa idiot, instead of a woman I'" D troit tret Press.
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