INDEPENDENT-" Live and Let Live."
H. V. Mobthimee, Proprietor.
$1. 00 a Year if Paid in Advance
V
OL. V.. No; 35.
Railroad Guide.
XT'
OIITH FENNA, RA1LIIOAD .
Passengers Tor Philadelphia trill leave- Lehi eh.
tonaafollowai r
:7a. m., via. L. V. arrivo at Phlla. at 6:15 a. m.
7:42 a. m. via L. V. ll!',5a. m.
HOT p.m. via L.V. " "" 210 p. m.
,3:!p. m. via L. A s. " " 5:p. m.
:29 p.m. via L.V. "k. " -.50p. m.
Returning, leave depot MxRerka and Ameri
can at., Fnua., at 8:1s ana 9:49 a. m l 2:15, p. m.
Jan. 1, 1877. ELLIS OLA UK, Agent.
plIILA. tu nGAOINO RAILROAD.
Arrangement of , Passenger Trains.
MAY. 218T, 18T7. I
Trains, leave-ALLBJ, TOWN asfollowa:
' (VU-rEKauoMror branch.)
JTor Philadelphia, at C.60, 11.05. u.m., J.15 and
6.5S.p.mi
SUNDAYS.
Tor Philadelphia at 129 o. m.
(VIAKASrrilNNA. BBAHCn.) '
Tor Reading, 1 2.30, 5.00, 8.55 a m., 12.15, 2.10. 4.30
.nAaMnm.
For naitlaDlirg: f 2 30, B.M, 8.05 a. m., 11.15, 4 30
and 8 W p.m. , ,,in .
Tor Lancaster' ana Colc.mola, & 50, 8.M a.m. ana
4 30pm. .
tDoes not ran on Monday.
, - . . .SUNDAYS.
rorHeamnit. 2.30 o.nv and 9 oj p.m.
Tor. Hani Dnrg; 3.30 a-tn, and u 09 n.m. ;
Trains FOR ALLENTOWN leave aa follows:
(via. tkhkiohen liuncii.)
Leave Philadelphia, 7.30 a.m., l.oo, M.30 and MS
p.m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia, 8.01 a. m.
(VIA EAST riNKA. nilASCn.)
Leave Reining, 7.41. 7.4s, 10.33 a m., 4.00. 6.10 and
Leave JlariUtmre, 5 23, 8.10 a. .m., 2.00, 3.57 and
J.64P.TO ...
Leave Lancaster, 8.10 a.m., 12.55 and 3.45 p.m.
Leaie Columbia. 8.00 a. m . 1.00 and 3.35 p.m.
BUNDAYb.
.Leave Reading. 7.35 a.m.
Leave Harrlitlmrir. fi.20 a.m.
Tralna xnaiked tbna i) run to and from dopnt
Stb aud Green streets, Philadelphia, other
tralna to and from Broad street depot.
Toe 6.WJ i. m and .'i-M d. m. trains from Allen.
town, and the 7 a.m. and Mi p.m. trams
from 'Philadelphia, bave through carato and
zruia jrnusaeipuia. , ,
J. B. WOOTTEN.
IS-j.- Cn'ol Manaetr.
CO. HANCOCK, Cm'l TicM'Amnl.
HENRY A. PETER)
i
(Successor to C."W. Lestz),
Bank Street, Lehighton, Fcnn'd,
Offers to tho publio a fall line of
Pure Drugs and Chemicals,
PATENT MEDICINES,
Horse and Cattle Medicines
A Completo Asssortmcnt of
From the Cbeapest Brown to the finest lit,
Fancy Toilet Articles,
SPONGES, CHAMOISE SKINS,
4
Plain' & Fancy Stationery,
juA&mhStr Ot nOTJSEIIOLD auticleS
loonumerouiioo mention, ou 01 ivuicn
he is offering at
TEItT BEASONABLE PBICES !
PUnB WINES and LIQUORS for Medicinal
ana Sacramental purposes.
PH YSIOIANS' PRKSORIPTIONS eareful'y
and accurately compounded by aiYSELF, at
airnoursoLiiiouar auumjfut.
Tatrpnase Invited.
H. A. PETER,
Leadcd's Block,
UarCb 24, 1877.
QABBON ADVOCATE
JOB PRINTING 0FPI(!E
LlilllQETON, Pi
Every deicrlptloo of Printing,' from a
Tlsltttg Card to it Poster
CARDS.
r, . s f'
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEAD8,
r. . .
note heads, .
statements,
programmes,
posters,
n an p bills,
f . "
v SODOERS, .
. prrtquLARs,,
BHIPriNQ TA08,'
."ENVELOPES,
PAMPHLETS,
BWsa.Aci'
Done In tie bent manner, at very Lowest Prices.
We are prepared ii 66 work at as cheap rates
Jjanv offloe in the state that deals honestly
OUR MOTTO IS
6hoap,' Prompt? & Reliable.
fir Orders by mill receive prompt -mention.
WW
CARDS.
Vurnliure WnreHotisc.
Y. Schwarti, llnnk street, dealer in all Undi of
Furniture. CoJJtnimadeto order.
Hoot nml Shoe Slnkem.
Clinton Bretney, in Leran'n building. Hank street.
Allorderipromptly filled mark warranted.
fl4 P. LONGSTUL'KT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Noit door to tao " Carbon House.'
DANK STREET, LEIIIOHTON. TA.
December 16 6m.
w.
SI. IIAPSIIKK,
ATTOUNnY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
. llAMtSlEI,LtniOIlI0S, P.
Real Estate and Collection Agency. Will lluyand
Bell ILul Kstate. Conveyaiiiing neatly done Col.
leetlons promptly made. Settling Kstates of De
cadents a specialty. May be consulted In llivllsli
nd Uerman. ,iv. it..
rAS.Il. STllUTHEItS,
ATTORXKY AT LAW,
3T" Offlce : 2 1, floor of Ithoad'sJIlall,
Jllutioli Chunk, Pa.
AH business entrusted to him still be promptly
attended to.
JJANIBIj kalhfbs,
ATTORNEY AND COONSKLLOH AT LAW,
Mrtucli Chunk, Pn.
aa-OfUce, above l)o!on's Jestelry Slore.Droa.lway
JSO. 1). BEHIOLETTI!. I AS B. L003
BKI
EttTOhETTE &, LOOSE,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLOllS AT LAW,
OrriCE Comer of Susquehanna and llioadway.
MAUCll CHUNK, l'ESXA.
Cfn be consulted In Oermsis, Mulr U 187
BIlimtAN",
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Next Door to Klrst National Dank,
iwTCii cuun!;, i'A,
TO-Can h eonaulled In Oerman, TJanO.
JUSTICE 01' TIIE TBACVJ,
Ohcrt's Rulldlnst. EANK-St.. LniioiiTOS.
Convcvanclng. Collcctiue nLd all other uosl.
ness connected with tho office piomptly attend
ed to. Alto, Agent for the Puicnasennu riaio ui
Real Estate. April l -ri
ITIIlOMAS S.
BECK,
J.
justice or tiie ruAcn.
SANK Street, LEHiailTON, Ta.
Conveys'iclng, Collectlnc-and all, business con-
eetea wit it I he enico prouipi IV Biii-nuuii ' ",
,- ....t f. ulrat,lA.. Iniurnntt diinr-nnla"
su 1 lllkksof all Llnds taken on the most IP"ra!
terms. jsn.a. .o,
r-
fjrj- A. UKllIIAJIEIt, M.H.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUItOEON
Special attention pili to Chronlo.lllseases.
O.Tice: South East corner Iron ami 2nd tt.. Lc
hll.uton. Pa. April 3. 1H75,
PTtACTIPINQ 1'lIYflCIAN AND SUnOEON,
Ofllre. nANK Stre't. next donrabova the l'ostoHVp,
Lehl?hton,Pa. OHlce Hours I'arryllle each dsy
rom tOto 12o'clocki remainder of dsy atodlcln
Lehlahton o?tJ..
G. m suiri.R,
rilYSICIAN AND SURQEON,
Next to E. II. Snyder's store, ram; St.,
I.ntlialtTON. PENN'A.
N.R.-Sneclnl atteiitlon given to tho Cure ot
ait imcuin. eto. j j".
J CONVEYANOEK,
AND
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
The fallowing Companies are lUpreseuteu
LEI1AN JN MU I'UALFIlli:,
itKAIUM MUTUAL 1'lltE,
WYOMING riltE.
I'orTsvi r.r.K i.miii.-.
LUlllCHi VIHE. nnd the THAT
ELEita auuiuuji t irisuiiAPiui;,
Also Peumlvanla and Mutual HoriO Thief
Detec.lve and Iu.urame 1'nuipanv.
Maren S9. 1S73. 1 Uua. KEMEItElt.
If. W5UEJOSS,
PRACTICAL BA11BEK,
Opposite tho l'lrat National Bank,
Bank Street, Leiiighton, Pa.
HAIR CU ITINO. SIIAVINri. SHAMPOO.
INU nnd HYEINO piomptly nnd artistically
attended to.
1'atrunago solicited and satisfaction guaran
teed. July 14, 1977.
QIOj:0, liOSTKXIiABJEal,
UAIXEUr NEAE TUE LEUICU VAILEV HOUSE,
Baukway, Leiiighton, Pa.,
Is prepared to make urns'ZB PORTRAITS
Of VEUnONs I'HOM I'llDToaitAPlUS In
the most attlsuo manner, equal tn all respect
to tcel Kugravlogs. He mikes n siiecJativof
EN LAHOlNll 1'UltTHAl'lS OF MbOKAHKD
PEUeONS fiom tyoeaot a'l kinds. Charges
very moderate and patrouago solicitod. m.v 12
Livery & Sale Stables
DANK STUK15T.L.UI11UHTON, Ia
FAST TROTTING HOUSES,
EIiEGA.'N'T CARRIAGES,
And positively LOWElt I'lUl-ES than any
other Liveiy In tho coanty.
Large and handsomo Carruigea lor Van-'ral
Surpcea and WcUdlaire. DAVID EBEEKT.
Toy. K, 187J.
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LEIIIGIITON, CARBON COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY
aim L.MUKJHJrJjJL'HlJJLH'WHIJlJUJW
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Plnclnir the little hats all In a rov,
Ready lor churca on tho monow, you lmosv,
Washing wco facos and llttlo black lists,
Oettine them rradr nml lit to ho ItlBHdi
Pnltms them loto clean parmonts and white,
That Is svhat mothcis aro doln;; to-night.
Spying oat holes In tho llttlo worn lioso,
eying bv shoes that Hro worn thro' Iho toes,
Looking for pnuncnts fo failed and thin
Who but a mother knows where to bcjnn 1
Changing a button to mike It look right-
That 1 what mothers aie doing to-night.
Calling tho llttlo on 01 all 'round tho chair,
Ileancg thcra lisp fjrth thetr soft cvcnlcr;
Pinycr,
Tellli g 1 hem stories of Jesus ot old,
W o Jo cs to gather tho lambs of his fold 1
Watching, they listen with childish delljtht
That is v hat mothers are doing to night.
Creeptne; so soft'y to tako a last peep,
After tho llttlo ones oro oil nslotp j
Auxious to ktow if the children nio wara,
Tucking the Mankcts loud each llttlo lorm ;
KJ6slngcBc'i little face, losv and bright
That is what mothers do uijht uf tcr night.
Kneeling down gently bosHo tie white bed,
Lowlv nnd mcokty bh bows down hir bead,
l'inyiiigasonly a motoerenn pray.
'God gntdo and keep them I'om going astray "
Jay UouM"A Sketch.
"Gat V in Cinncinnalt Enqnrer.
There nro no men now occupying no-
lltlcnl nttentinn moro than Gould,
Conkling mill Fenton, nil Nuiv Yorkers
by birth nml reslilencn. I related to
ini tlio otliei day Uould's relation to
federal politics. Ho Is a very gieat
operator, or contilver, ot bchemiir,
wnose ciiiiiii, coiiMiieriup; ins Milan oe-
glniiliiK anil minister processes, lias
probably never been seen in tills coun
try. As all men learn by oppoituulty,
Gould has learned miiru than any, be
eatue of vaster opportunities. Origin
ally possessed of a topographical mlud,
ho began to niauo cnunty maps from
original surveys. A map maker is apt
to beconiu a mad maker. Gould went
up on tho Delaware and Lackawanna
railroad, In advance of its construction,
and located a town and improvements,
and ligured in a bank, lielng also a
giiod deal of a conspirator and under-
miiicr, lie ousted his partner through
the prntess of some county lourls, and
thus gut Mime kuuwledgu of litigation,
of tho relations between lawyers, and
Judges, and the corruptibility ot politi
cat Miclety In relation to corporate en- j
terprlscs. The next step was to appear
in New York aiming tho countless ad
venturers In Wall street, must ot whom,
unlike himself, had no topographical
tastes. An Inborn audacity In tho man
made him like to IUten, without timidi
ty, lo tho reckless suggestions of Eisk
nni! other such liaidened.FCoundrels ot
tho mercantile world. Such fellows
threw away sugges'lons which he tieas
tired up and pondered over. His liter
ary tastes, not InumMdeiable, because
ho bail published a bonk a county his
tory kept him ihodcst and in the back
ground when Fisk and tlm others wero
llashly I'.nd outingi ous. IIo obtained
their respect becausa of his greater sta
bilily.nnd executive certainty. One by
me they disappeared Hue vagabonds
Flsk, Tweed, Heeney et. al. and left
Gould alone, Willi tho plundered capital
of tho Erin railroad to recommence n
career upon, and a universal knowledge
of the Ins and outs ot men great law
yers, great politicians, Judges, aspirants
lor statesmanship, and the gullible
public, too,
"A TOrOORAPniCAL MIND," .,
as I havo called it, Is a rare kind of
mind. It is the Indians wisdom on a
trail, tliu navigator's wisdom on a sei;
it finds Ilia passes over tho Alps and
projects Napoleon's campaigns. Ggulil
hail Napoleonic traits, both fur strength
aud evil. Ills spiiit cxpandei at tho
ttudy of a map; iningl nation is only
aeiial topography. Gould was Just
scant of Imagination, and thereloro
moro reliable as a business projector.
ins eye was on me ground: t he worm
in Ills heart was still tho conqueror's
passion. Incapable of soaring, he
could climb; ho felt by an instinctive
signt me way over invisible distances..
'there are minds which woo a map us)
if a lentil muso was In it The street.
as Wall stieet is called, is composed of
mauy uuu auusoruin creatuies Gould
wns neither dull nor sordid; lie com
bined the gamester mid the. projector,
the conspirator and the englueer. Com-,
niodoio Vauderbilt never saw the rpad
he owned except by tables of figures
and actual sight. Jay Gould was a
topographer; his mind has compassed
the coi tiiient. One divine might havo
made him a really great American.
After his lots of the Erie property he
corrupted, or accepted the corruptible
proposition of some of its new officers,
and assisted to drive It Into bankruptcy.
He meditated a connection with the
lialtlmoiu nnd Ohio railroad, aud con
structed tho New Jersey Southern rail
road for that purpose, which had no
lurther effect than to make him oao of
the magnates ot Long Island, familiar
wltli tho natioual politicians there. JIu
was always learning and willing to list
en, and he has paid moro tor informa
tion than tho combined biography of
Wall ttrect. Although a "bull," or
encourager of constructive enterprises
by .nature, ids tag.icliy mado in in a
"beat" at tho beginning of iho war on
railroads. IIu helped to break Lake
Shore, Pacitio Mail. Michigau Ceutrul.
tho coal roads, Northwestern, Wabash,
and Pennsylvania, aud raked In large
amounts ot mouey, which, in turn he
invested in Union Pacific and spent in
tolej-taphic construction. This brought
him into national legislation, and mado
political friends nud newspaper support
necessary. He made, whilp hecbosu
to spend moneys the most enterprising
newspaper in New York. IIo built
more telegraph wire than any Individu
al living, out of his personal purse nnd
those who say that ho built It only to
wreck Western Union forget that Gould
values early intelligence nnd Is a topo
grrpher. Finally lin bought the great
est public work in tl o United States,
and by employing tho greatest legal
talent won n series of suits Ih tho Su
preme Court which made the Union
Pacific railroad, In spite of all predic
tion, a dividend paying property. This
road ho appears to bo protecting now
against the Texas Pacific and Union
Pacific combination, though souio say
he lias pooled In with them. Scott,
Huntington and Gould would mean
business, if they nil kept faith. Tho
operator In Gould nlways gets lbs bet
ter of the topographer.
Yet It is a matter to provoke intellec
tual sympathy to note how utterly lone
ly tills dating man has been through nil
these years. He has made no lricnds
nnd accepted none. Intellect is his
only hold on the human species. Ills
faith In others Is also a matter of spec
ulation. He has his amusements ; but
they aro nil preoccupied j he has re
finements, but they are not assuaging
society ; but ho throws no shadow on
tho floor, no more than Petrr Schlemml.
lie is Jay Gould, the social unsocial, lo
Julf errant. Gould is personally ac
quainted with almost all tho senators
and leading men of tho government.
He is clean in his addiess, not hard to
know, willing to listen to suggestions
and tako them Into consideration, nnd,
being reputed to have iho secret of
money making, men consent to know
him who would shrink to let it bo
known.
Tho Peaceful C!oso or Stonewall
Jai-ltson's Great Career.
Colonel Kyd Douglas, in the Philadel
phia Weekly Times, says the death of
General Jackson was characteristic in
its singularity. At night, when the
battle had ended, just es he had aehieved
what lie believed to bo tho must suc
cessful movement of his career, he,
whom tho enemy began to bellevo both
invulnerable and Invincible, fell at the
hands of his own people. It is needless
to tepeat the paiutul. story of Ills wound
inf and death. At first it was not ho-
nevej hu wounds were mortal, and the
nrmv thoimht. In the language of Gen.
Lee, "JaeUsoii will not ho cannot
die," Hut It was written. l'ncuinnnU
lent Its fearful nd to the enemy, nndon
bunday afternoon ho closed his eyes
and smiled at his own spoken (iieaui
"Let us cross over the river and rest
under tho shade of tho trees." Tho
dream thus spoken Is yet unbroken ;
ni.u ins soul wont out to heaven, Up
lifted by sighs and prayers, rising that
hour frum altar and cloister, all over
tho boutli for his recovery..
On Friday, tho 15th of May, 1603, his
body was taken lor burial to his homo
in Lexington He had not been theio
since ho left It, two years before, at the
beginning of tho war. Only two years,
aud yet how like romance is the simple
story ot Ills growth in fame. And now
lie lies burled ns ho olrected, "In the
valley of Virginia," and among people
lie loveil so well. It wero better so,
IIo could not havo saved Iho south, and
it was merciful that he should perish
llrst. ilia tender memory he left be
hind him in the army, and tho stern
sense of duty he bequeathed his soldiers,
will be told by tills little Incident with
winch l closo this unworthy sketch.
Tim army of Leo was on its march to
ueltysuurg, and tho commanding gen
eral had given strict orders for Us iis-
clpline in Pennsylvania. Au officer
riding lo camp from Chambcrsburg,'
late at night, was halted by tho out
posts. Having neither pass nor coun
terslgn, In his dilemma he bethought
him of an old pass In his packet book
bigneii oy uenerai jacKron, wlioso re
cent death hung liko a cloud over the
army, lie found it and handed It. with
confidence to the seutiuel. Tho trifty
fellow managed to read It by the light
of a match, nud ns he did so he seemed
to linger and hesitate, over the slmia
tore. And then, as the light went out
lie nanded It luck, and looking up to
wp.nl the stars bcyonj, he said, sadly
and Uruily, "Captain, you can go to
Heaven ou that paper, but you can
pass this post."
COlOIimCATEU
l'liddlo Hold.
Tho subscribers, Lindshark, narpoon
& Co.. beg leave to tender to the inhab
Hants of Poverty Hollow and vicinity
their warmest expressions of gratitude
for the very liberal share of patrouago
tney nave received, and hopo the!
btrlct attention to business, and superior
accommodations, will secure a contlnu
ance of tho samo liberality. That tho
Fuddle Hotel richly merits our encoml
urns of praiso,. will be attested by nil
who have enjoyed Its rich and spicy ac'
commodntious. It is situated In tho
centre of Poverty Hollow, ou tho broad
roail that leads to Destruction, and I
sight of Lazy Plains, Starvation Corner
and Hottlu lllll.
Some ot the advantages ot this hotel
aro these :
1st. Any pcrsou wishing to break tho
heait ol ills wlfu, and (ill his house wltli
tears and lamentations, can be speedily
qualified for the business, at a very
trilling expense.
Snd. Those desirous of training up
their children to become gamblers,
thieves and diunkards, can be Instructed
in tho nbovo branches, and furnished
tho means of accomplishing their wishes
at a prlco, far loss than that of any
other hotel in the couutry.
28, 1877.
. 3d, Should there be thoso who havo
more money than brains, they can
spend it at our Hotel in a veiy short
time, without nny danger of regaining
it, so ns to embarrass their luturo cir
cumstances.
4th. Any ono wishing to accustom
himself to sleeping In the Hold's, ditches
and barn-yards, nnd under fences, old
stairways, and snow drifts, can bo in
itiated into llio att p.nu mystery in a
short time.
flth. Any ono having a hardv consti
tution and thiLprospect of a long iifo,
an no mado sickly nnd elremlnate, ana
brought to an early grave, on terms
warranted not to fall.
0th. Hoys, young and old, who want
to part with their innocenco and virtue
soon, nnd become "manly" in vice,
will apply immediately.
th. Heggius and town paupers man-
u net tired at the shortest notice, and on
n ost reasonable terms.
8th. Jails, prisons nnd lunatic asy
lums filled at pleasure, nnd at prices
made known only to contractors.
villi. Drunkards killed, gratis, at tho
rate of one hundred thousand per an
num in tho United States.
i. 1). Wo would caution tho public
to beware of common and Sunday
schools, of ministers of the Gospel, of
einperanco lecturers and nuvocates of
prohibitory laws, ns they arc openly op
posed to our interest and reputation.
the weaker sex havo dono us much
harm nnd nro eor.tinuingto plot against
our establishment ; but go many of
their hearts havo been broken by us,
and they liavo exhausted tl.elr petty
malice In shedding so many tears, wo
will not trouble ourselves much about
them.
We hope all of our old patrons who
still survive will continue their support,
aud that many otheis will decido to
avail themselves of tho comforts of our
establishment.
Landsiiabk, IIai'.poon & Co.
Poverty Hollow, July, 1B77.
Example of a Life.
Sir John liowrlng, who was torn In
1703 and died in 1872, has Just been ro-
called to popular notice by tho publlca.
lion In London ot his autobiography,
prefaced wltli a memoir by his son,
Linvin IJ. liowrlng. Ha was one of the
men, however, who, whether remem
bered or not by name, inlluenco tho
character nnd processes of law, com
merce, politics nud literature. Sir John,
Willi the exception or Cardinal iMe.7.o
fanti, was probably tho most accom
plished linguist of the century. Ho
would speak, write ami iiiinic in almost
all tho languages of modern Euiopo.
A'mong his published woiks aro trans
lations from Russian, Servian, Polish,
Magyar, Danish, Oermau, bwedlsh,
Frisian, Dutch, Estlioniau, Spanish,
Portuguese, Icelandic and other Ho
not only rendered foreign languages In
to English, but mado translations ot
English works tuto bpaulsii nnd
French, and when ho wished to lullu
ence public opinion in foreign countries
where he happened to bo resilient, pro
duced ids work in tho foreign tongue.
His translations of hymns and songs,
as for it stance tho Russian Anthology,
shows that he had no ordinary powers
ns a poet nud versifier. Among his
published works is also tho translation
of a Chlueso novel, "The Flowery
Scroll."
In political pamphlets, trade nnd
commercial repoits and ski-tchcs of
travel his pen was most prolific. Ho
editedihe works of Jeremy lienthnm,
of whom ho was a pupil In politics.
Probably it would be Impossible to col
led, or even lo catalogue, all that came
from ids pen. He was, during most of
his life, in government employment.
Hut his work was cruelly in that dill
gent, studious and laborious field lu
which capable men drudge without
public recognition or popular fa mo. lu
l'arllament ho originated and perfected
many measures, the operation of which
has now become a matter of course. In
social science, ns In politics, lie was tho
pupil of Dcuiham; and it is no small
wonder how tho saitio mind could ap
preciate the "Deontology" (science of
morality) and other " ologles " of
Jeremy llentham and still havo a dis
criminating and poetic tasto for the
"Anthology" of Russia and for the po
etic musings of every known language.
With all his opinions nobiMly can agree,
aud with all Ills conclusions none can
conclude: It Is Impossible for any man
to master all the loading topics of pub
lio knunledge and Interest. This Liow
rlng seems tu have attempted. Though
as a specialist he might havo been
much more famous and perhaps useful,
in his diffusion of himself It cannot be
denied that he has lett good traces ot
his work.
These facts about Sir John ISowring
aro familiar to most readers. They aro
cited here, not as now, but as placing
in n stronger light, some circumstances
concerning the men of nil work which
are not so lauilllar, liowrlng commenced
Ilia as a clerk lu a counting-liousu at
Exeter. At the beginning of this ecu.
tury Exeter was a busy commercial
placo, And at that time England was
full of refugees from the Continent.
Youug liowrlng had for his tutors in
the lauguages refugee priests, foreign
peddlers and sailors, and the regular
agents nnd residents of the foreign
houses with which his employers trans
acted business. His attalumeuts being
known to his employers, lie whs sent
from Exeter to Loudon as roanagln
clerk. And by the same houso ho was
sent to Spalu and Portugal at the age
ol twepty to take charge of consign
ments, which yvcro principally for tiia
Subscribers out of Couuty, $1.2
commissariat of tho British army. For
several years ho was engaged in com
mercial pursuits successfully f cr others
unsuccessfully when he tried to act
for himself. At tho age of noout thirty,
five ho obtained employment under the
lirliish Government, his ample knowU
edge and wide experience USing his best
introduction. Irom subordinate posi
tions and consulates, ho roso to such
nppolntments as Plenipotentiary in
China nud Special Envoy to Slam. He.
was knighted In 1854. Thus rose John
liowrlng, merchant's clerk in Exeter,
to a life of influence and success suf
ficient for nny man's ambition. And,
what was the better, it 'was success of.
his own achievement. He owed llttlo
to patronage or favor; and whatever in
troduction ho may have received
through friendship, ho was more than
able to sustain himself and to vindicate
his own preferment. Ills was ono ot
tho lives which, in many respects, is
worthy to be quoted as an example, If
all who cultivate their powers and im
prove their time cannot reacli the dis
tinguished position of Sir John Bowrlug,
they can at least command n success
commensurate to their opportunity.
And probably it will bo quite as agree
able to themselves.
Iiodern Marriage. .
II might happen to any man to bo
struck by lightning on ills wedding day.
but for the groom to swoon,, its happen
ed at a recent fashionable xCngllsli wed
ding, is amazing I Apart from accident
or elemental Interferences, tho bride
groom is generally supposed to be tho
only cool, ono might say tno ouly unln'
terested party on tho occasion, and to
keep his consciousness if not all his
faculties well within polso. He 13 not
on exhibition ns the bride is, certainly.
Nobody takes a second look at his coat,
whether it bo of tho morning or evening
suit prescribed by English custom. Ho
has not undergone any paiticular dis
tressing anxiety about his general ward,
robe, nor has his life "hung by a thread"
for weeks before, as has been the case
with his betrothed. Neither la he con
sumed with the fatigue of the toilet, on
this paitlculnr day, IIo can keep his
head cool nnd think how happy ho Is
wltli a slight margin of remembrance
for tho tlinu table of departing railroad
trains.
Clearly if any ono faints It ought to
bo the bride, who comes to tho altar
quito worn out with the preparations
incident to her part of the show. In
the momentous paraphernalia about her
$ho has no time to think :of her own
happiness, not even solemnly ot her
new life. Stio has been on her knees all
the day before, it in true, but she Uai
been packing her ttuulcs. It alio wero
not utterly worn out with tho wardrobe
ceremonial, tho modem girl would be
equal to tho occasion. In composure and
cheerfulness.
For tho world certainly grows less
sentimental. Hysterics and fainting
tits aie no longer necessary to provo
delicacy of feeling, and where Belinda,
a century ago, swooned dead away at
tho slightest word of love, the moro
frank American or English girl does
not regard herself as a victim of pur
suit "iu three volumes," but faces the
situation as honestly as any roan.'
When sho has as much common sen, so
as she has frankness, sho will consent;
to havo Iter wedding morning associated
wllh other memories than of tho hair
dressers and milliners. Brides wear
their oldest gowus now-a-days on wed
ding tours ; and ono of Mrs. Stowe's
heroines directs her newly-mado hus
band lo buy n nowspaper and read It
first himself before offering it to her, as
tho best method of disguising the fresh,
ncss of their new relation. It will bore
gain iu many ways when the samo re
servo shall surround tho church wed
ding and It shall cease to be a spectacle,
and when tho governing principle ot
quiet simplicity that regulates the pub
lic appearance of most well bred people
bhall oliiaij iu this.
Tho Earl of Annislcy, who falr.ted at
the altar, leaving Ids half-wedded bribo'
to stand there alone, is unfortunate In
being the Innocent cause of a thousand'
nowspaper paragraphs. Rut he serves
to call attention tu the fact that swoon,
lug has gouu out of fashion tor brides,
nud that the sensible among women dq
not surfer their preparations to exhaust
tliem to the point of hysteria, but mako
It a religious duty to keep themselves
ou tills and every other important era
in their lives In good physical and men
tal tone.
A Novel Law Question. A novel
question recently came up In an Iowa
court. In February, 187S, a meteor ex
ploded and a fragment fell on land
owned by tho Amatis Society, a band of
communists, In Iowa county. A man
passing along tho road running through
the farm saw the fragment lying by the
wayside. He took It up and brought It
tu the store owned by tho society, where
they held it as their property. Tho
finder appealed to tho courts : he was
tho discoverer, and there was no prevl-;
ous earthly owner, ho said. The socio-'
ty put lu the plea ot accretion ; tho
mineral fell on their lands -and this gave
them a vested right in It, It was a
troublestmu question, for there wero no
precedents established. The court
wrestled with It for a lime, aud finally
concluded that tho title lay In the socie
ty. Tho ruling was that all accretions
from earth, air, orseaby naturalcauses
beconiu part ot tan realty unless prior
to such change ot position they are the
actual property of another. The socie
ty having triumphed presented tho
stODo to the State University.