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BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1859.
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WE'VE ALL OUE ANGEL SIDE
Despair not of the better part
That lies in human kind
A gleam of light flickereth
In e'en the darkest mind ;
The savage with his club of war,
The sage so mild and good,
Am linked in firm eternal bonds
Of common brotherhood.
Pespairnot! oh! despair not. then.
For through this world so wide,
No nature is so demon like,
But there's an angel side.
The huge, rough stones from out the mine,
I'nsightly and unfair,
Have reins of purest metal hid
Beneath the surface there ;
Few 'rocks so bare but to their heights
onie tiny moss plant clings,
And round the peaks so desolate,
The sea bird sits and sings.
Believe me, too, that rugged souls,
Beneath their rudeness hide
.Much that is beautiful and good :
We're all our angel aide.
In all there is an inner depth
A far-off secret way.
Where through dim windows of the soul,
(Sod sends a smiling ray;
In every human heart there is
A faithful sounding chord, . ,
That may be struck, unknown to us,
By some sweet loving word ;
The wayward heart in vain may try
Its softer thoughts to hide,
Fume unexpected tone reveals
It has its angel side.
COPYRIGHT SF.CTREU.j
CLEARFIELD COlTJfTY:
OR, REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST.
Karthaus and his sun made only a short
stay and then returned to Baltimore, but some
years later the lormer returned to the settle
ment with his family. When they left, the
whole care of the company's concerns, as like
wise Karthaus and Geisenhainer's private in
terests, devolved on the latter. In addition,
Geisenhainer, who was a thorough going, en
ergetic man and a devout christian, preached
every Sabbath afternoon during his stay, to
those of the settlement who gathered at his
cabin. For a few years the settlement retro
graded. Some of the families who had been
induced to come from New York, finding the
hardships greater than they anticipated, were
disappointed and left. Provisions of all kinds
were scarce, and some times they had but ven
ison, corn ground in a coflec mill, or frozen
potatoes. The construction of a pair of coun
try stones which were put in the saw-mi II, was
source of joy to the settlers, who were then
enabled to add chopped rye to their suste
nance. Grain and provisions had to be pur
chased at the Big Island and elsewhere, and
boated up the river. Alexander Mahan, who
lived near Lock Haven, was usually employed
for the purpose, and acted a9 captain of the
boat's crew. Severe was the struggle coming
tip the river against a strong current, and often
the grain, exposed to heavy rains, reached the
settlement in a damaged state.
In 1815, Jitnge and Schnars purchased a
part of Karthaus and Geisenhainer's land,
which was surveyed that fall, and the follow
ing year several settlers Hugh Kiddle, Jacob
Michaels and William Russell came out from
Bald Eagle, Centre county, made purchases
and commenced clearing. These gentlemen
also purchased goods at Baltimore, and in the
spring of 1816 brought them up the river, and
thus added much to the comfort of the early
settlers. An Indian path enabled the settlers
to commence a trade with Clearfield town,
where they purchased some provisions. For
a few years, the usual stopping place on such
trips was on the south side of the river, where
they crossed, about 12 miles from Karthaus,
at the improvement of Robert Rosa,now de
ceased, father of Sheriff Robert Ross, David
Ross, late County Commissioner, and Thomas
Ross, Esq., County Surveyor, who had moved
there from Huntingdon county.
Shortly after the commencement of Kart
haus settlement, bog ore was discovered some
four miles below, at the head of Buttermilk
Talis. Geisenhainer and Schnars were author
ized to pnrchase three tracts belonging to
Judge Boudinot of Burlington, N. J., which
were conveyed to Peter A. Karthaus. During
1817, Karthaus and Geisenhaiccr erected a
furnace at the Mushannon creek. The ore was
brought up the river in canoes and flat-boats
to supply the furnace, and hollow-ware, stoves,
i., of the best quality, vere manufactured.
This new branch af business -had a beneficial
effect on the company's affairs, and gave an
impetus to the settlement "of their lands.
Roads were opened. ; The river, which afforded
the only means of transport, was cleared of
rocks and other obstructions. Things went on
swimmingly. Hard ore of good quality being
found in the neighborhood, the stack was en
larged and was frequently in blast the last
iiaie under the snperintendance of Peter Rit
ner ; but waat f jacoura,gcmeBx and the ex
pense of sending iron from a new country hav
ing few and uncertain ..modes of carriage,
brought the undertaking io a close. The fur
nace for sorae years Las stood idle, and the
buildings are io a state of decay. (We may
expect ere long to learn that the operations of
the Allegheny Coal Company were only a few
years in advance of the age. A railroad will
soon pierce this thriving settlement, and then
the best of bituminous coal, iron ore and grey
limestone so generously distributed through
it, will be brought into requisition, and the
.anticipations of the originators of the settle'
raent, who have parted with all their interests,
realized in the revival of the old, and the con
struction of new works under the most lavora
Lle auspices. Karthaus settlement, 40 years
ngo a wilderness, now boasts many fine farms,
school houses, a bridge across the Susquehan
na, stores convenient to railroads the Sun
bury & Erie, and the Snow Shoe & Belle
fonte and churches of various denomina
tions. The Ev. Lutheran congregation, under
ministration of Rev. C. Fetzer, contemplate
the erection of a fine edifice on their property
near the parsonage.
The venerable John Keating, an able law
yer, who died in 1830 in Philadelphia at the
Advanced age of 86 years, commenced in 1827,
under the agency of J. F. W. Schnars, to dis
pose of his lands to settlers. He owned a very
large body in. Clearfield and Clinton counties.
Frenchville, or the French settlement proper,
was commenced in 1832. The pioneers were
Claude Francois Renaud, Francis Coudriet,
Christopher Bickleman, Nicholas Rousscy and
M. Plubelle. An agent accompanied them
from France. His name was Jacob Weiskopf.
They selected a tract of land under the advice
of Schnars, had it surveyed by Chas. Trcziynl
ney, (pronounced Treyulney,) a Pole, who
lived at Bellefonte and followed surveying,
and then cast lots for their parts. All seemed
satisfied, but, with the exception of Renaud
who remained to clear land, they left for other
parts to gain means of sustenance until they
could clear their farms sufficiently to warrant
them moving on them. Plubelle and Rousscy
went to McKinney's Iron works below Belle
fonte ; Bickelman to Philipsburg, and Cou
driet to Clearfield town, where he carried on
plow and wagon making. Emigration has
swelled this settlement to near two hundred
industrious, economical and thrifty French
families. They have two grist mills, six or
eight saw mills, and several stores. They
manufacture a considerable quantify of sawed
lumber and square timber, and raise on small
farms a lame amount of produce. They have
a fine church property, and are regular in their
attendance on divine service. The principal
part are of Catholic belief. They and their
descendants have proven quiet, inoffensive
and good citizens and neighbors. Weiskopf
the agent said, wo know not what credence is
to be given to it, that the Keating lands were
known in Paris at the time of the French rev
olution ; that he had seen a plot of them made
in Robc.spiere's time. He relates that M. Zar
ron, a wealthy French gentleman who sent
him out with the French, in order to secure
part,oMiis wealth, had transmitted large sums
of money to a Philadelphia banker. It was
his intention to follow his fortune, but politi
cal changes taking place, he remained in
France. The banker in whose hands the funds
had been placed failed, and Keating, an ac
quaintance and friend of M. Zarron, was em
ployed and recovered these lands. Keating
was then appointed agent .and subsequently
became owner of tlfe same.
(TO EE rOSTIM ED.)
The Sentinel, a paper published at Mound
rille, Marshall county, Va., has been suspect
ed of free-soil tendencies, and in order to re
lieve itself from suspicion, its editor says :
We do not like negroes, free or bond, and
would rejoice to hear of every one lcing ex
ported to Africa, or settled in a colony some
where by themselves. The South Is becoming
so 'mixed up' that a man cannot feel safe any
more in marrying there, for fear his wife will
prove to have black blood in her veins. Ne
groes are so fully kept in their 'sphere' by
northern white men, that, as a rule, persons
can always find out Miegro blood' by tradition,
and it is comparatively safe to marry dark
complected women there, without danger of the
amalgamation' so very common in the South.
If that is free-soilism, make the most of it."
Plain talk, that, we should say. -
Some weeks since a Mr. Stalter, of Sloats
burg Rockland county, N. Y., killed a large
rattle snake, which he carefully skinned. Some
days afterwards he accidently cut his thumb
with the knife which he had used for that pur
pose, and hand and arm began to swell. The
family sent for a physician, who not being in
formed of the facts of the case, prescribed for
the swelling and left. Mr. Stalfer became worse
and the physician was ngajn sent for, but found
him past medical aid. Before lie died his body
was covered with livid spots resembling those
on the snake which he had killed. The case is
one of the most singular in the annals ot med
icine, as it has been generally supposed that
the virus of the snake is confined to his pois
on fangs, and the rest of his body is harmless.
. The Gloucester, Mass., Telegraph says that
an unusual case of sickness is now in the hands
or Dr. Haskell, of Rockport. A boy, about
five years of age, a son of Mr. Eben Knowlton,
had contracted the disease of glanders by
climbing in the stall where a horse affected
with the disease had been kept, although it
was not known at the time that the horse was
affected. Cases of this kind are very rare, and
mcst generally have proved fatal.- .The pres
ent case is a Tery severe one, and will proba
bly have a similar result.
A singnlar accidenl happened recently to
Lewis Porter, who lives about two miles south
west of Connersville, Indiana. He was pass
ing through a strip ot timber on horseback.
He stooped to avoid the limb of a tree ; the
limb grazed the back part of his head, caught
under his shirt collar, lifting him off his horse
and holding him up about two feet from the
ground. Mr. Porter's brother was some dis
tance behind him and hastened to his relief.
When let down from the limb, lie was almost
strangled. .
Love in a cottage-"' is all very well to talk
about when you happen to own the cottage,
and ten acres of ground with it ; but when you
are forced to pay a steep rent out of a small
saleri, the romantic edges soon get worn off,
especially if you hava household gods enough
in the aforesaid cottage to destroy a bawel of
"flat hooped Ohio extra family ffour" every
six tveeks. - ,
STRAUSS AND HIS WALTZ.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
Strauss is a second Orpheus, whose tender
moving spirit-stirring, love-kissing music con
quers the most inveterate enemy of Terpsi
chore ; "whose magic sounds soothe hearts,
still s'fgfis, dry tears, tame wild beasts, and
move the stones themselves. Strauss has
written waltzes that are more to me than many
operas. In seven of his measures, there is of
ten more melody than in as many heavy scores
of other musicians. What a fullness of syren
beauty, what a rich mine of poetry ; what an
inexhaustible Ibunt.of-ever-gushing melody I
And not the melodalooe the rhythm also
witff magical .;iifloun6s.ci.?eV--tbc .brain and
enters the. hcarti "JHs vf&in'.is a talisman, by
wWch he draws from the depths of- the human
soul brightest joy and deepest.woe, and ming
les'them with master hand The .bow with
which he draws these Tnanysolored "tones
froth his instruments is a magic'- waridVhich
touches the" grief-worn soul with the healing
balsam of joy, and lends lier wings to mount
up into-the--heavens ' of peaces There are
maoy. waits compositions as-rich. in melody,
but few as rich in jnicltinj riytbW .asihose of
Strauss by; turns kipping humming,: waltz
ing, gliding, and dancUigv so fhYiting,: so irre
sistible that no dancer can w'ithstandtheir
witching influence. ' IIe'.i5 the idol of women.
In every house, on every piano in Vienna, lie
Strauss' waltzes. He has written over two
hundred; all are favorites, are all -sung and
trilled, and played throughout Europe. Cob
bler and dandy hum and pipe them ; orchestra
and barrel-organ play them. We hear them in
the streets, at the ball, in the garden, and at
the theatre. The dancing Viennese carry
him on their shoulders and shout "Strauss
forever." '
This Strauss, this waltz-hero, loved the
daughter of a count. Sophie was her name.
Her eye was bluer than Italy's heavens, and
softer than the sweet light of the evening star.
Grace and beauty were in every motion, and
music in every tone. In a word, Sophie was
beautiful, lie would have given worlds to win
but one glance of love, but she was cold and
stern. Madness, indeed, for a poor musician,
with nothing but his violin, to dare to love the
high-born Sophie, who had as many noble
ancestors as he had waltzes.
"Impertinent," said Sophie, and when he
came to give her brother a lesson on the vio
lin, she scarcely deigned him a look. Short
ly afterward, Sophie was betrothed to Count
Robert, lord chamberlain, who had, indeed, as
many proud ancestors as Sophie, but beyond
these and his titles, had nothing of which he
could boast.
One day when Strauss chanced to be alone
with Sophie, he sank, upon his knees before'
her, and with burning words declared his love,
and besought her to give but one word or
look Jf love ere he was quite driven to des
pair. But neither tears nor protestations mo
ved her she was cold and unfeeling as mar
ble. "I am an affianced bride," ihe said haugh
tily, "and it I were not, think you 1 would be
come the wife "of a poor musician ?"
She turned scornf ully away and left him a
lone in his grief and despair. The repentance
which soon awoke in the heart of Sophie, un
happily came too late. The br.degroom and
her father hastened the marriage in eight
days she would be the wife of Count Robert.
The ceremony was to be performed in the
great saloon of the city, and the Count called
on Strauss to request him to lead the orches
tra on that occasion, and to honor his bride
with the composition of a new waltz.
Strauss, the most miserable man in the u
nivcrse, promised him both. "He wished to
wound me yet more deeply," said the unhap
py man to himself "but I forgive him ; and
may she be happy may she never repent her
choice." lie addressed himself earnestly to
his work- This waltz should be the interpre
ter of his passion and his griet to Sophie. It
should challenge at least her pity, if not her
love. When all the city slept, Strauss took
his violin, opened his window, gazed out into
the cold night, and improvised and moaned
forth his sad tale of woe to the sweet stars
above, that looked kindly down on the deso
late and heart-stricken. ......
Ths day of the wedding came at last. This
fierce agony of love had given -him a waltz,
every measure of which spoke a longing sor
row, a wailing woe. The ' hall: glistened and
shone with bright jewels, and brighter eyes ;
but Sophie was more gloriously beautiful than
all. The richest, gems lent her their charms
and their lustre; the pure myrtle wreath
bloomed In her golden hair, and the rare and
costly bridal veil shaded her beautiful features
from the gaze of the adoring crowd. Strauss,
a haggard emaciated jnanwith brilliant pierc
ing black cyes,sharp,strongly marked features,
dressed from head to foot in-black, es though
he had assumed this mourning livery for the
bride now dead to him, stood sad and silent in
the gallery above, directing the movements of
the orchestra. Sophie danced now with one,
now with another of the wedding guests, and
so often as she paused after the giddy whirl
of the dance, she turng d her eye towards the
pale, grief-stricken Strauss, in his robes of
sorrow and mourning, and met his look of
despairing love.
It was more than pity she lelt it was re
morse, it was kindling love. A tertible pain
awoke in her heart, like a swelling stream,
growing ever wider and deeper, threatening to
overwhelm and destroy her quite.;. Gladly
she would have wept, but she dared not. It
sounded twelve o'clock ; and Stiauss gave the
signal for the performance of the waltz. The
gay dancers stood up, Sophie on the arm of
the happy bridegroom. All stand spell-bound
with the wondrous witchery- of those magic
sounds. They forget to dance, they gaze
wonderlngly up at the pale man in black,
whose grief-torn soul breathed out its woe
through thesounding strings of his instument.
His bow moved, with his heart went his spirit.
The bridegroom led ofl-they dance and dance.
Strauss follows the flying pair with tearful eyes
"torn heart. They dance and dance, and will
never cease. Strauss played and played and
played, and will never' stop his tvonderful
waltz, which so fearfully affects both him and
thfm. Thpvdsncfi and dance : he played and
f played suddenly the E of his violin snaps,
and in that moment Sophie tans aeau upou iun
floor.' Violin and bow fall from his trembling
hands, and with a cry of horror, he shrieked,
"Sophie," and fell fainting on the ground.
Since Sophie's death, the waltz is called by
her namo ; Strauss loved her till his death,
lie, too, is deadj but his Sophie Walta yet
lives. ;
Copper coin is not a legal tender.
JOHN RANDOLPH OF R0 AWOKE.
Some forcible writer furnishes the New
York "Century" a highly interesting article
on the eloquent, but very ecceutric John
Randolph called by one "the abortive child
of talent and notoriety." We extract the
following in reference to his singular appear
ance and peculiarities: "Let me introduce
my sketch by a rflbiked contrast. Over the
fireplace of one of the apartments at Roanoke,
hung, not many years ago, the portrait of a
boy of twelve, by Gilbert Stuart. In the rosy
complexion, the bright plump cheeks, the
laughing eyes, and beautilul lips of the boy,
you saw and felt the fresh charms of youth,the
innocent and sweet grace of childhood. One
who knew the original once held up his hands
and exclaimed, "I never saw such a beautiful
boy!" His skin was peculiarly thin and del
icate, and the warm blood played visibly be
neath.' In the happy eyes and ingeneous lips,
every motion was distinctly revealed. Such
was Randolph at twenty years of age. What
was he at fifty or even forty ? I examined his
portrait some time since with melancholy in
terest. The keen eyes fixed coldly and stead
ily on the beholder defied every attempt to
read the thought of the brain underneath.
The hair parted in the middle and gathered
behind the ears, had lost the youthful gloss of
old days, and was stiff and intractable. The
hi ight cheeks had become sallow and shrunken.
Bitter tears had dimmed the bright eyes once
so brilliant ; midnight agony and groans had
wasted the round cheeks : between the smil
ing portrait of Gilbert Stuart and the picture
I looked on of the aged man.there was scarce
ly, any resemblance to be discovered. .
Randolph's figure, like his face, was full of
singulai eccentricity. Tall, angular, thin as
a shadow, ho resembled rather some ghost
from another world, than a verrtable bein of
flesh and blood. His limbs were wonderfully
slender, and the fashion of the time served to
display this peculiarity to its fullest extent.
He wore small clothes so tight that they seem
ed to bo a part of his person ; and the snow
white stockings, fastened at the knees by a
small gold buckle, fitted as closely as the cu
ticle almost. Over these, and reaching mid
way the calf, were a pair of coarse, country
knit yarn stockings, or "hose," as they were
then called. His shoes were of the old revo
lutionary fashion, with huge buckles his coat
ample, and buttoned tightly around his slen
der woman-like waist ; his chin half buried
itself in the folds of a great white cravat, aud
the dry flaxen hair was surmounted by a fur
cap. The movements of this singular figure
were as unique as the costume. In walking,
Randolph followed the Indian fashion, placing
the foot straight in front the toes inclined
neither inward nor outward. A fanciful mind
might have attributed this peculiarity to his
Indian blood, for he was descended in the
seventh degree from the Princess Pocohontas.
Moving quickly and slowly by starts, with
head thrown back, and th keen eyes spark
ling beneath the rim of his dark fur cap, often
muttering to himself, to wake consciousness
of the world around him, and stride on rapidly
to his lonely apartment this singular figure
was eminently calculated to attract the atten
tion ot every one, whether it moved over the
familiar court greens of Virginia, or iu the
streets of Washington or London. In both of
these cities he was the "observed of all obser
vers." The metropolis of England, where
physical peculiarities and eccentricities are
met with incessantly, could furnish nothing
stranger than the form of the orator of Vir
ginia. In Washington, Baltimore, Philadel
phia, and Richmond, he was the mark.of all
eyes to be pointed out with the finger. Boys
often followed him, but rarely laughed, or in
dulged in those practical jokes so congenial
to the mischeivous minds of youth. They
trooped after Randolph, as one who witnessed
the sight declares, "in silent and curious won
der." This notoriety annoyed him, but led
to no alteration in his costume. He always
m de use of his private vehicle either a
coach dragged onward by four blooded horses,
or a sulky drawn-by a fast trotter. II was
generally driven by Jupiter, his body servant
"Jnba" was his familiar name, a warm hear
ted and faithful retainer, who loved his master
with extreme affection, and clung to him in
sickness and health, in joy and sorrow.
On a par with his singularity of dress and
personal appearance.were the manner of speak
ing, tone of voice, gesticulation in public ad
dress, and habits in general of the individual.
His voice was high pitched, and? under strong
excitement, it rose to a shrill key, which pen
etrated to the farthest limits of the greatest
crowd, and was heard above the loudest up
roar. There was a satirical and ironical de
liberation in the shrill invective thus uttered,
which produced a curious impression upon the
listener. Once heard in his moments of cold
passion,if I may so spcak,Randolph was never
forgotten The use which he made of his
long thin fore-finger, is well known. He
would sometimes stand for several moments
perfectly Bilent with his penetrating eye rive
ted upon the person whom he addressed, or of
whom he spoke, and tho ghostly, finger and
long angular arm moving slowly up and down
when those who were f amiliar with his habit
knew that he was reflecting and arranging in
the depths of his mind the very words and
turns of phrase of sarcasm or invective which
he designed. ' '. ."'' ' . : '
Many anecdotes are related of the effect pro
duced by the voice and finger as when, after
a violent denunciation of his character and
career from a young member of the House, he
rose quietly,and stretching out his arm, said,
in calm indifferent tones, "Mr. Speaker, who
is that gentleman ?" It .was impossible not to
be interested in his speeches, tor they are ex
quisitely choice in their phraseology ; and no
sentence passed bis lips which had not first
been framed and polished carefully, so to
speak, in his mind. Often his gestures were
dramatic and expressive as when he render
ed up his public trust.after the Old Convention
of which I have spoken. "It is time for me to
retire and stand before another and higher
tribunal," he said solemnly, "wuere a verdict
of acquittal will be of infinitely more impor
tance than any from an earthly tribunal. Ilere
is the trust which you placed in my hands
twenty-eight years ago." Then stooping for
ward and extending his arms as though he
rolled a great weight toward his hearers, "take
it back! take it back !" he said, and mount
ing his horse without further words, rode off.
Throughout his entire life, from the day in
March, 1799, when he' mounted the rostiuui
from which Patrick Henry had just descend
ed', to his sorrowful death in May, 1833, his
peculiarities of speaking, acting, dressing,
and living, attracted Universal attention.
OLD HOSS YOU'RE TOO LATE.
This is a great country for jokes,and Ke have
just heard one that is too good to keep :
Early this morning there were added to our
company of travelers a pair who looked like
runaways ; the gentleman was a tall, raw-boned
specimen ot the "half-horse, half-alligator"
class, and the lady a fair match for him. A
mong the passengers from Napoleon, is a sol
emn looking gentleman who has all along been
taken for a preacher. About nine o'clock last
night I was conversing with the "reverend"
gentleman, when a young man stepped up, and
addressing him, remarked, "We aie going to
have a wedding, and would like to have you
officiate." "All right, sir," he replied laugh
ingly, and we stepped into the cabin, when
sure enough, the couple stood waiting.
There had been some "kissing games" and
several mock marriages gone through with du
ring the evening.and I supposed this wgs mere
ly a continuation of the sport ; and so thought
the preacher, who, I could se, had a good
deal of humor in him, and was inclined to pro
mote general good feeling and merriment.
The couple stood up before him, (a good deal
more solemn than was necessary in a mock
marriage, I thought,) and the "preacher" ask
ed the necessary questions, and then proceed
ing in the usual way, announced them hus
band a wife. "
There' was a good deal of fun afterward, and
when it was over I left the cabin and so did
the "preacher," who remarked to me that he
liked to see the young folks enjoy themselves,
and took agood deal ol pleasure in contributing
to their fun ; but he did not understand why
they should select him to act as preacher.
Just then some one called mo aside, and
the old gentleman stepped into the state-room,
which was next to mine.
When I returned the door stood open, and
the "preacher'! stood just inside, with his coat
and vest off, and one boot in his hand, talking
with the gentleman who'played the "attend
ant," and who,as I came up,remarked : "Well,
if that is the case it is a good joke, for they
are in dead earnest, and have retired to the
same state-room." .
The old gentleman raised both hands as he
exclaimed : "Good heavens, you don't tell me
so !" and rushing just as he was, boot in hand,
to the state-room indicated, commenced an as
sault on the door as if he would batter it down,
exclaiming at each lick : "For Heavens5 sake
don't, I ain't a preacher !"
The whole cabin was aroused, every state
room flying open with a slam, when the door
opened,' and the "Arkansas traveller," poking
out his head, coolly remarked : "Old boss,
you're too late."
DlSSIPATIOS AMONG THE AMERICAN'S. We
are, beyond question, the most dissipated peo
ple In the world. We defy the production
of a record of "any race of men in any age so
thoroughly immersed in dissipation as the A
mericans. The Russians drink seventy mil
lion gallons of brandy per year; the Germans
use incalculable quantities of beer and wine;
the French, Italians, Spanish, Portuguese, and
all the inhabitants on the Mediterranean, in
dulge in the use of vinous liquors ; the domes
tic Irish drink whisky ; the English swim in
ale, porter and high-proof brandies ; the Amer
icans drink anything and everything that will
inflame the esophagus and intoxicate the brain.
As a general rule, we care nothing in this
country for quality ; our aim is quantity. The
Americans drink as tho' they were under penal
bonds to the manufacturers of liquor. They
consider their heads as so many volcanos.which
must always be in a condition for an eruption.
It is certainly high time to begin to look at
this matter seriously. .The dissipation among
the young men of our large cities, frightful as
it is, is increasing evyry moment There are
probably ten thousand young men in New York
who have not been absolutely sober for three
years, and twenty thousand more who are in
the habit, at least once a week, of throwing off
all restraint, and reeling through the brothels
and various hells which form a large part of
the sub-stratum of metropolitan lite. There
are an hundred thousand men of all ages in
New York alone who drink large quantities of
poisonous liquors every day. Of the myriads
who moderately indulge in the use of corrupt
stimulating fluids.it were utterly vain to speak.
The young men of our cities are not prepar
ed, like those of the country, to resist shocks
of disease ; their bodies are fragile, like plants
shut in from the sun, and infinitessimal quanti
ties of deadly poison derange the blood and
madden the brain. The police reports of New
York develop the astounding fact that nearly
all the crimes with whose horrible details the
columns ol' the press are filled, may be traced
directly or iudirectly to the villainous liquors
of America. What is to be done ?
A curious trial was recently held at Middle
sex Sessions, in England. Thomas Saverland,
the prosecutor, stated that he was in the room
where the defendant, Caroline Newton, and
her sister, who had come from Birmingham,
were present. The latter jokingly observed
that she had promised her sweetheart that no
man should kiss Ler while absent. It being
holliday-timc, Saverland considered this as a
challenge, and caught hold of her and kissed
her. The young woman took it as a joke, but
her sister, the defendant, said she would like
as little of that fun as" be pleased. Saverland
told her if she was angry he would kiss her
also; ha then tried to-do it, and they fell to
the ground. On rising, the woman struck him ;
he again tried to kiss her, and in the scuffle
she bit off his nose. The action was brought
to recover damages for the loss of the nose.
The defendant said he had no business to kiss
her; if she wanted kissing she had a husband
to kiss her abetter looking man than ever
the prosecutor was. The juty, without hesita
tion, acquitted her j aud the chairman said
that if any man attempted to kiss a woman -gainst
her will, she had a perfect right to bite
off bis nose, if she had a fancy for so doing.
A Blind man in Paris has a placard on his
breast which reads as follows, "Give to-day,
lor God will return it to-morrow." A joker
suspended another over it, which reeds thus :
I'm an old humbug, and proprietor of five
houses. Give all your money to the cripple
opposite." -
You win a woman by appealing to her im
pulses ; you win a man y appealing to his in
terests. It is all the difference between ' a
compliment and a bribe. .
There are ten million dollars worth of pro
perty in Philadelphia exempt from taxation.
The city has three hundred and ten churches.
SABBATH PHYSIOLOGY.
The Almighty rested one seventh of the timo
of creation, commanding man to observe an e
qual repose. The neglect of this injunction,
will alwrrs, sooner or' later, bring mental, mor
al and physical death'. .Rest is an invariable
law of animal life. The busy heart beafs, fctats
ever, from infancy to age, and yet for a largo
part of the time, it is in a state of repose.
William Pitt died ot apoplexy at the early (
age of forty-seven. When the destinies. of na
tions hung in a large measure on his doings',
he felt compelled to give an unremitting atten
tion to affairs of state. Sabbath brought no'
rest to him ; and soon the unwilling brain pavo
signs of exhaustion. But his presence in Par
liament was conceived to be indispensable fof
explanation and defence ot the pubfic policy.'
Under such circumstances, it was his custom
to eat heartily of substantial food, most highly
seasoned, just before going to his place, in or
der to afford the body that strength, and to'
excite the mind to that activity deemed ne
cessary to the momentous occasion. Under
the high tension, both brain and body perished
prematurely.
Not long ago, one 6T the most active busi
ness men of England found his affairs' so' ex
tended, that be deliberately determined to de
vote his sabbaths t his accounts. He bad a
mind of a wide grasp. His views were so com
prehensive, so far seeing that wealth came in
upon him like a flood. He purchased a coun-
try seat at a cost of fonr hundred thousand
dollars, determined that he-would now have
rest and quiet. But it was too late. As he
stepped on his threshold, after a survey ot
his late purchase, he became apoplectic. AI-,
though life was not destroyed, he only lives" to'
be the wreck of a man. .
It used to be said that a brick kiln must bo
kept burning over Sabbath; it is now known
to be a fallacy. There must be no must' a
gainst a divine command. Even now, it is a
received opinion, that iron blast furnaces will,
bring ruin if not kept in continual operation.
Eighteen years ago, an Englishman determin
ed to keep the Sabbath holy as to them, with'
the result, as his books testified, that he made,
more iron in a given time, in proportion to the
hand and the number and size of his fnrnaces,
than any establishment in England which was
kept in operation during the Sabbath. '
In our own New York the mind of a man
who made half a million a year, went out in'
the night of madness and an early grave in"
only two years, from the very strain put upon
it by a variety of enterprises, every one of
which succeeded.
It will take about fivCyears .to'reel them
off," said an observant master of an Ohio ca
nal boat, alluding to the wearing out influen
ces on the boatmen, and firemen of steamers
on the Western rivers, which never lay by on
the Sabbath, seven years is the average of life.'
The observance, therefore, of the seventh por
tion of onr time for the purpose-of rest, is de
nionstrablyaphysiological necessity, a law of
our nature. Hall's Journal of Health. "
The Do-as-you-like PRixciPLE.-Tlie InAe
pendent, in an article on the physical degene
racy of the American people, lias the follow
ing true and important remark : .
"The child's will governs tqo much! If
they do not choose to go to bed they sit up;, if
they choose certain articles of food.they must
have them parents forgetting that instinct is
no safe guide in a child, whatever it may be
in an animal. So we see them, with their del
icate organization, keeping late hours, when
they should go to bed with the birds ; sleep
ing often in warn and lighted rooms, wheh'the
sleeping room should be cool and dark ;' and
eating hot bread and cakes, sweet meatsj meat
and vegetables, pastry and' pudding ; drink
ing tea and coffee, to the infinite detriment
of stomach and nerves. The injury thus
early done can never be repaired; as a machine
imperfectly constructed in the beginning can
never be made to run laultlessJy."
This is the secret. Parents should know
that "instinct is no safe guide to a' child,"
particularly when a child is surroundoct on all
sides with poisonous delicacies." ..To ask a
child, seated at a modern table, what it wilt
have, and to give it what it asks for, merely
because it asks for it, is a very common prac-'
tice. But it is as cruel as it is common. Have
mercy upon the children.
She "Flu tue!; Track!" A Mississippi
county clerk, having issued a marriage license
for a young man, shortly alter received the
following note from lifm :
"Sleatcof Miss July the o 18-39 Mr. Moody
pies let This matter stand 'over until further
orders the girl has Flu the track By her own
Request and Release my name olTof this bond
if you pies." .
A 'good one' was got off at one ol the White'
Mountain hotels, a few days since. A traveler
came down too early for breakfast, having mis
taken the fii st bell for the second. "Is that
the breakfast bell ?" he inquired of Tom, who,!
as usual, was studying his acconfttsTn the cor
ner. "No," was his reply, drawled out very
seriously, "that's the rcsrrefftobel!:' Exit
traveler, wiih a exclamation.; r .. . . .. ,
Tho number of Communicant's" iri Regular'
Baptist Churches on this continent issrfcf down
at 1,062,681, being an increase during the last
year of 74,033 communicants over, and abovei
deaths and excluded members". There are al
so 531,883 persons who are reported as mem--bcrs
of churches which" pVadtic'c"" immersion,'
though not Regular Uaptists.
Mr. J. Y. Brown, who was re'e'ently elected,
to Congress in the fifth district of Kentucky
is under the age required by the constitution.
It is stated that he will not present himself for
the purpose of taking a seat at tho opening ot
the session. He is a Democrat. .
Piggies would like to know what kind of a
broom the young woman in the last novH used,
when she "swept back the raven ringlets from
her classic brow. '.. - :. . .... l
Tho general belief is that diseases of tho
stomach are caused tjy a bad liver. A "good
liver" brings them about nultti .nVrin.
A chaplain at a State Txisou was asked by a
friend how his parishoners were, "All under
conviction,"'was tho reply. - - n '
- Alfred Teunyson,.the poet, talks of comlny.
to this country. An opening for toadies. - 0 ff
Horace Greeley savs there ' aro 30,000 emU
grants oa the road to California. " - - ;'I
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