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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 186-5.
VOL. 11 NO.
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TEKMS OF THE JOURNAL.
The Raftsma.v'3 Jours At. is published on Wed
zesisY t $2.00 per annum in advance Auvkk
Tj,i:EVT3 inserted nt SI. 50 per square, for three
or irsi insertions Ten lines (or less) counting a
gniMro For every additional insertion 50 cents.
A deduction will be mside to yearly advertisers.
1BVIN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square Sawed
Lumber. Dry (jooda, Groceries, Flour, Grain,
4o , tc, Uurngide Pa., Sept. 23, 1SI53.
i MlKbMUCJv LEITZIXGER. Manufacturer of
II kinds if Stonn-ware. Clearfield, l'a. Or
dir? solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1 Sf3
vJANS A BARRETT. Attorneys at Law. Clear
ly fi.-ld. Vs.. May 13. lS-'i.
i. j.ckans. ::::;: WAtrtn bakhett.
ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear
field, Pa Otfico in Shaw's new row. Market
rvoet, opposito Xaulo's jewelry store May iiti.
HF. NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewefry. Ac. Room in
lirabam's row, Market street. Xov. 10.
HRUCHER SWUOPE. Attorney at Law. Clear
. field. Pa. )Ect iaGrahaiu's Row. four. loo s
west of Graham & lioynlon's store. Xov. 10.
HAKT.SWIC'K t HI STOX. Dealers in Prus,
Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary. Perfume
ry. Fancy Goods. Notions, etc., et.;.. Market street.
Clearfield, Pa . June. 29, 1S3I.
J.
P KUATZER. dealer in lry Coods. Cloth
inz. Hardware. tJueousware, Groceries. Pro
visions Ac. Front Street, above the Academy,
Clearfield. Pa. April 27.
"7JI.LI.A M b'. I K W IJV. Market street, Clearfield,
I'.v.. Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer-chandist-.
Hardware. QuceaswHre. Groceries, and
fruity articles gi:eiaUj." Xov. 10.
JOHN GI ELlCil. Manufacturer of all kinds d
Cabinet-ware. Market street. Clearfield, Pa.
lia also makes to order Coffins, ou short notice, a nd
attends funerals with a hearse. AprlO.V.l.
DK M. WU'iDS, Practici.su Physician, and
Exatnitiiuj Surgeon for Pensions,
t'tlice. South-west corner of Second and Cherry
Ktroet. Clearfield, Pa. January 21, 13.
f pUOMAS J. M Cl'LLOl'iill, Attorney at Law.
L ClearCeld. Pa. Office, east of the ' Clearfield
co. Dank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
JB M EXALLY, Attorneyat Law, Clearfield,
. Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
eounties. Office in new brick building of j. Boyn
on, 2d street, one door south of Lauich s Hotel.
RICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
mestic Dry "Goods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon,
Liquors. Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors
west of Journal UJfice, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
1ARRIMER .t TEST, Attorneys at Law.Clear
J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
nd other business entrusted to their care in Clear
field aud adjoining counties. August 0. 1306.
"ltf.M. ALBERT 4 BRO'S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
W Groceries. Hardware, Queensware. Flour,
Laoon. etc.. Woodland. Olearfield county. Penn'a.
Also, extensive dealers in all kindsof siwed lum
ber, shingles, and square timlir. Orders solici
ted. Woodland. Aug. l'.Hh, 1SC3.
rpEMPEJf AM!E HOrSE. The Fitbsoriber
I would respectfully into;in the citizens of
Clearfield county, that he has rented tho -Tipton
H.'tel." and will use every endeavor to accommo
date those who may favor him with 'heir custom,
lie will try to furnish the with the best the
c ur.tty can afford. Mid will keep hay and feed to
accommodate teamsters. Gtiitlimeu don"t to-gct
the Tipton Hotel." SAMUEL SMITH.
Tit :,.!. Miy r. 14.
l'CTIO.EEU. Tl.e undersigned lining
lecn Licensed an Auctioneer, would inform
t!:c ci'.iiens of Clearfield county that he will at
tend to calling sales, in any part of the county,
wheuwer called upon. Charges moderate
' Address, . JOHN MQUILRIX.
May 1.1 Bower Po.. Clearfield co., Pa.
X. It. Persont calling sales without a proper li
cense are sulject to a penalty of S;iU, which pro
vision will bo enforced agaiut those who may vi
olate the same.
rCTIO.NEEK The undersigned having
been Licenced an Auctioneer, would inform
tl:e citizens of Clearfield county that he will at
tend to calling sales, in any ,jnrt of the county,
whenever called upon Charges moderate.
Address. XATHAXIEL HIMIEL,
Feb. 22. 1805. Clearfield, Pa.
X'. B. Persons calling sales without a proper
license are subject to a penalty of i'0, which
provision will be enforced against those whj may
iolato th. same.
CAITTIOX. All persons are hereby caution
ed against puicha.-i:ig or meddling with the
following property, to-wit : one gray marc, now in
pos.-essiou of l.uther Barrett, of Chest township,
as the same belongs to us and is subject to our or
der having only been given to said Barrett on
loan. HIPPLE A FALSI.
Curwensvillu. Ma rch l,lSrt6-ui3.
( lAl'TlDX. All peKor.s are hereby cautioned
J against purchasing or in any w;iy moiling
with the following pcperty now in the possession
of Wm S Porter, to-wit: one black horse, one
bay horse.or.e bay mare, one broad-wheeled 4-horse
wuon. as the same belong to me", and are in said
Porter's po-scrsion on loan, and subject to be re
turned to me on demand. E. A. IRVIX,
CurwensviBe, Maieh 8. 1305.
TVOTICE. Estate of James Conly. late of Peno
1 tp . Clearfield co., deed. -All persons interest
ed are hereby notified that personal and real es
tate to the amount in value of two hundred and
i.inety-niue dollars, has been approved and set
out to the widow. Ruth Conly, undtr the law
kuown as the S-'iOO. which appraisement was re
turned to the Orphans' Courtof Clearfield county,
at January Term. A. D.. l65. and will be confirm
1 by said Court aosolutelj s.i M arch Term A . D
loj, unless exceptions are filed and sufficient
ra?oa shewu azaiust said confirmation
l.G.BARGER,
February 15.1S05. Clerk of O. C.
LIST OF LETTERS nnclaimed and remain
ing in the Post Office at Clearfield, on the 1st
any of March, A. D. l!So 5.
Beyers, Thomas , Jonson. Mary Mrs.
'-uch, Amos Jones, Benjamin Andrew
Connelly, Frederick Lagargo, Domenick
Crowell, Charles U. Lyons, Jacob T.
LUividson, Joseph H. Udell, Warren
Pisher. Mary Miss Quick. Thomas C. 2
Prey, Kate C. Mrs. lleichley, George W.
tiruham. Frances Mrs. Smith, Charlotte A. Miss
Huttn, Frank A. Vachon, George
Ride, John Wetzel, Mary E. Mias
Marj Jr Mrs. 2 Wirt, Aaron
One cent doe on each letter advertised. Per
Ht calling for any st above letters, will say they
adTrii4. il.A. FRAXK, 2. IX.
BASTK NOTICE.
TRBASCRY DEPARTMENT.
'Office oftiif. Comptroller or t'.ik Clmiuexcy,
Washisgds. Janruarv '-luti. li-ii.
VS7-UEREAS, BY SATISFACTOR V EVIDENCE
T T presented to the underpinned, it ha- been
made to appear that THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF CLEARFIELD," in the Borough of
Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield, and State
of Pennsylvania, has b en duly organized under
and according to the requirements of the Act of
Congress, entitled ' An Act to provide a National
Currency, secured by a pledge of United States
bonds and to provide for tho circulation and re
demption theieofV approved June od, 1 S 4 . and
has complied with all tho provisions of said Act
required to be complied with before commencing
the business of Banking under said Act ;
Now. therefore, I, Hugh McCulloch. Comptrol
ler of the Currency, do hereby certify that THE
FIRST XATIONAL BANK i)F CLEAR FIELD,"
in the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of
Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is author
ized to cotiiiiicneo the business of Banking under
tho Act aforesaid
"TTr-rs. In testimony whereof, witness my
i SK 41. '.hau l and seal of office, this 30th day of
'J-anuary, A. 1 1Mi,.
in'UII McCULLOCH.
Feb. 8, 18f5. Comptrol er of the Currency.
ba.n"k: notice.
TRE SPilY DEPARTMEXT.
Office op tub C nirTKot.LKiioi' the Ccu:;ency. 1
V sm fi ms. March th. I Sci.. 1
TI1 EttEAS, 1JV SATISFACTORY EVI
W deti'-e resented to the u'vlersi g n"l . it has
beenniiid to ii pear that -THE C'UNTYNA
TI'NAL BANK OF Ci.EARFI Ll." in tho Bor
ough of Cle.irficld. in tho cunty of CI : nrlield
an. I State of Pennsylvania, has been duly orgm
izud timler and accoriiitg to the requirements of
the Act of Congress, entitled -An Act to provide
a National Currency, secured by a plid: ? of I'ni
tid States bonds and to provMe forthe circulation
and redemption thereof." approved ' une :'.d. lnol.
and has complied with all the provisions of said
Act required to bo complied with before commen
cing the business of Ranking underMii I Act;
Now, thcrfore. I. Hugh McCulloch. Comptroller
of the Currency, do hereby certify that -THE
OOl'NTY NAT ;XAI. BA X K OF CLEAR FIELD,"
in the Bi rough of Clea: field, in the county of
Clearfield, anil State of Pennsylvania, is author
ized to commence the busioess of Banking under
the Act aforesaid.
rr- In testimony whereof, witness my
( SEAL 'hand and seal of ofiieo, this 21 day of
vCTMacch. A. D. lSf.5.
HUGH McCELLOCH.
Mar. S, 1365. Comptroller of the Currency, ,
U. S. 7-30 LOAN.
By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury,
the undersigned has assumed tha General Sub
scription Agency for the sale of United States
Treasury Notes, bearing seven and three tenths
per cent, interest, per annum, known as the
SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN.
These Notes arc issued under date of August loth,
1SS4., and are payable three years from that time,
in currency, or are convertible at the option of
the holder into
U. S. 5-20 Six per cent.
GOLD-BEARING BONDS.
TLese bonds arc now worth a premium of nine
per cent., including gold interest from Nov., which
makes the actual profit on tho 7-30 loan, at cur
rent rates, including interest, about ten percent.
pr uiir.um. beside its rxr m pti on front Sutf and
mi,;icipj.l t-ij-jlioii, irn'rh ml ts from our, to three
prr tent more, according to the rate levied on o
ther property. The interest is payable semi an
nually by coupons attached' to each note, which
may be cut off and sold to any bank or banker.
The interest amounts to
One cent per day on a ?50 note.
Two cents per d:ry oil a $100 note.
Ton cents per day on a 8500 note.
'20 cents per d;ty on a 81000 note.
1 per day on a $5000 note.
Notes of nil the denominations named will be
promptly furnished upon rc .-eipt of subscriptions.
This is
THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
now offered by the Government, and it is confi
dently expected that its superior advantages will
make it the
Great Popular Loan of the People.
Less than ?2;)().00!l, 000 remain unsold, which will
probably be disposed of within the next f0 or 90
day3, when the notes will undoubtedly command
a premium, as has uniformly been the case on
closing the subscriptions to other Loans.
In order that the citizens of every town and
section of country may be afforded facilities for
taking the. loan, the National Banks, Stto Banks,
and Private Bankers throughout tho country have
generally agreed to receive subscriptions at par.
Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom
they hav6 confidence, and who only are to be re
sponsible for tho delivery of the norcs for which
they receive orders.
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent. Philadelphia.
Subscriptions will be received at the
First Nat ionalRank 6f Clearfield.
First National Bank of Curwensville.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby caution
ed against purchasing or ha.irig anything to
&o with an article of agreement between Samuel
and John Widemire. of Penn township, Clearfield
county. Pa., aud Gideon P. Doughman of the
ame place, relating to the making of two rafts of
timber at three cts per foot, as the greater portion
of said contract is p'aid. and the balance will no
be until the sa.d timber is rafted and run to tnar
Kct and all claims of the undersigned are settled
and deducted therefrom. ,wwtit
SAMUEL WIDEMIRE.
Fb. 22, TS65-pd. JOHN WIDEMIRE.
rkct i'octvtt.
MY POSITION. .
I boast no tilled ancestry. -
No lordly lineage eiaim;
My kinsman's names were not enrolled
High on the scroll of Fame;
But when our fathers, tried and true,
Proud England's hosts defied,
My grandsire aud five noble sons
Fought bravely side by side.
I boast no deed of chivalry.
Of daring and renown;
I've never grnsped the warrior's sword,
Or worn the victor's erown ;
But I've a woman's earnest heart
That beateth true and warm
Loyal to Freedom and tho Rigkt,
In sunshine and in storm.
I boast no stores of priceless gold
Laid up in coffers vast,
For fortune in my pleasant path,
- Hath not her favors cast:
But while earth shelters suffering souls,
Black, w hite or bond, or free.
God grant that I may gladly give
As He hath prospered me.
THE POOS WASHEHWOlEAir.
"I declare, I have a unrul to nut this bed
.1". .1 I.T T.l
mint into the van to-uaw ii uoos not re-
:tii' tieeu to 0,
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cither, but I think L will
SL'nd it down."
''Why will you put it in, Mary, it' it does
not need to g'?" aked her good old aunt,
in her uiet and exj.vcvsive way.
"Why, you see, aunt, we have hut a :nati
wa:-h to-day ; &n small that usntt will get
thrwidi iy one o'clock, at the least, and 1
shall "have to j ay her the i-aiuc as though
she wotk?d tili night; so "
"Stop a iiKum-nt, dear," said the old
laly gently; 'Vtoji a moment, and think.
Suppose you wortviii the situation poor Su
san is oi'liged, you tell me, to toil over the
wah tub six days out of seven for the bare
necessaries of iiie would you not be glad,
once in a while, to get through before night,
to have a few hours of day-light to labor for
yourself and family, or better still, a tew
hours of rest? Mary, iar, it is a hard way
for a woman to earn a living; begrudge not
the poor creature an easy day. This is the
fourth time she litis risen by candle-light
and plodded through the cold here and there
to her customers' houses, and toiled away
existence. Let her go at noon if she gets
through ; who knows but that she may have
come from the sick bed of some loved one,
and the counts the hours, yea, the minutes,
till she can return, fearing that she may be
one too late? Put it. back .on the bed, and
sit down here w hile I tell you what a wash
erwoman endured, because her employers
did as you would to make out the wash."
. And the old woman took off her glasses,
and wiped away the tears that from son;
cause had gathered in her aged eyes, and
then, with a tremulous: voice, related the
promised story :
."There never was a more blithesome bri
dal than that of Ada II. None ever had
higher hopes, or more blissful anticipations.
Wedding the than of her choice, one of
whom any woman might be proud, few, in
deed, had a sunnier iife in prospect than
she."
"And for ten years there fell no shadow
on her path. I ler house was one of beauty
ana rare con'.' rt ; her husband the same
kind, gentle, loving man as in d.ty.s of court
ship ; winning laurel- every year in his pro-fjs-ion,
a i Jing now comforts to his home,
and new joys to his iire.-i-.le. And oesides
these S:ie..-iiigs, ;,,! had given another; a
little crib stood by the bedside; its tenant a
gol ieu haired baby boy, the image of its
nolki lather, and dearer than aught else
earth could ofx'. r.
,-lut L must not dwell on tboe happy
days; my story has to do with other ones.
It was with them as it had been with
others; just when the cup was sweetest it
was dashed away. A series of m it-form ties
and reverses occured withstartiiug rapidity,
and swept away from them everything but
love and the babe. Spared to one another
and that, they bore a brave heart, and in a
distant city began a new fortune. Well and
strongly did they struggle, and at length a
gain began to see the sunlight of prosperity
shine upon their home. Iiut a little while
it staid, aud then the shadow fell, the hus
band sickened and lay for many monthj up
on a weait couch, languishing not only in
mental and bodily pai'i. but often times for
food and medicines. Ail that she could do,
the wife performed with a faithful hand.
She went from one thing to another, till at
length she who had worn a satin garment on
Iter bridal day, toiled at the wash-tub for
the scantiest living. In a dreary winter,
long before light, she would rise morning af
ter morning and labor for the dear ones of
her lo viy home. Often she had to setoff
through the deep cold snow, aud grope her
way to kitchens, which were sometimes
smoky and gloomy, aud toil at rubbing, ring
ing, and icta rching, and not urifrequeutly
wading knee-deep in the drifts, to hang out
the clothes that froze ere she had fastened
them to the Hue. Aud when night came,
with her scanty earnings she would again
grope through the cold snow to her often
times lightiess. and tireless home; for her
husband' was too sick, much of the time,
even to tend to the lire or strike a light.
And oh ! with what a shivering heart she
would draw near, fearing she would be too
late ! It is a fact, that for six weeks at one
time, she never saw the face of her husband
or child save by 'amp light, except only on
the Sabbath. How glad she would have
been to have had, once in a while, a small
washincr gathered for her!
"One dark winter morning, as she was
preparing the frugal breakfast and getting
everything ready before ehe left, her hus
band called her to the bedside.
"Ada," said he. almost in a whisper, "I
want yoa to try to get home early to-night;
be home before the light goes ; do Ada,"
"I'll try," answered she.
"Do try, Ada. I have a strange desire
to see your face by day-light. To-day is
Friday ; I have not seen it since Sunday. I
must look upon it once again."
"Do you feel worse?"' a.sked she anxious
ly, finding Lis pulse as she spuke.
"Xo, no, I think not ; but I do want to
see your f 'ice once more by daylight. 1 can
not wait till Sunday."
"Gladly would she have tarried by his
bedside till sunlight had stolen through their
little window; .but it might not be. Mon
ey was wanted and she must go forth to la
bor. She left her husband. She 'vadied
the kitchen of her employer, and with a
troubled face waited for the basket to be
brought. A smile phryed over her wan face
as she assorted its contents. She could get
through easily by two o'clock; yes, and it
she hurried perhaps by one. Love and anx
iety lent new strength to her wearied arms,
and five minutes after the clock struck one
she hung out the last garment on the line,
and was just about emptying her tubs, when
the mistress came in with a couple of bed
quilts saying:
"As you have a small wash to-day, Ada, I
think you may do these yet."
"After the mistress had turned her back,
a cry of agony, wrung from the deepest
fouutain of the washerwoman's heart, gush
ed to her lips. Smothering- it as best she
could, she set to work again, and rubbed,
and rinsed, and hung out. It was half past
three when she started for home, an hour
too late." And the aged narrator sohbed.
"An hour too late," continued she after
a long pau.-e. "Her husband was dying;
yes, almost gone. He had strength given
him to whisper a few urdi to the half fran
tic wife, to tell how he had longed to look
upon her face; that he could not see her
then ; he lav in the .-hadowof death. One
hour she pillowed his head upon her mi tier
ing heart, and then he was at rest !"
"Mary, Mary, dear,' and there was a
soul-touching cundnisis in the aged woman's
words "be kind to your washerwoman.
Instead of striving to make her days work
ns long as may be, shorten it liehten it.
Few women will go out washing daily unless
their needs are pressing. No woman ou her
bridal day ever expects to labor in that way;
and be sure my niece, if she is constrained
to do so, it is the last resort. That poor
woman laboring now so hard for you, has
not always leen a washerwoman. She has
passed through' terrible trials, too. I can
read her story in her pale sad face. Be kind
to her; pay her what she asks, and let her
go home as early as she can."
"You have finished in good time to-day
Susan," said Mrs. M., as the washerwoman,
with her cloak and hot d on, entered the
pleasant room to get the money she had
earned.
"Yes, ma'am I have, and my heart is re,
lieved of a heavy load, too ; 1 was so afraid
I should be kept till night, and I inn need
ed so at home."
"Is there sickness there?" said the old'
aunt, kindlv.
Tears gushed to the woman's e3res as she
answered. "Ah, ma am, 1 left my babv
most dead this morning ; he will be quite so
to-morrow. I know it, I have seen it so
many times; rod none but a child of nine
years to attend him. Oh! I must go, and
quickly !" And grasping the money she had
toiled for while her baby was dying, si
hurried to her dreary home
Shortly alter they followed her;, tho
young wife who had never known sorrow,
and the a-.red matron whose hair was white
with trouble, followed her to her dreary
home, tho home of the drunkard's babes.
She was not too late. The little dying boy
knew its mother. At midnight he died, and
then kind iiiends took from the sorrowing
mother the breathless form, closed the bright
eyes, straightened the tiny limbs, bathed the
cold eja.v, and folded about it the pure white
.shroud: -yes. and they did more they gave
what the poor so seldom have, time to weep.
"Oh, aunt !" said Mrs. 31., with tears in
her eyes, "if my heart blesses you how
much must poor Susan's! Had it not been
for you she would have been too late. It
has been a sad, -et holy lesson. I shall al
ways now be kind to the p oor washerwo
man. But, aunt, was that story you told
me :i true one all true I mean?"
"The reality of that story whitened this
head when it had seen but thirty summers,
and the memory of it has been one of my
keenest sorrows. It is not strange that I
should pity the poor washerwoman." '
A Hew Counterfeit Greenback.
A' new counterfeit United States Treasury
note of the denomination ot five dollars, has
been put in circulation, which though coarsly
executed may deceive many persons, as it is
a verj' common practice to take anything in
the shape' of a greenback, without waiting
to scrutinize it closely. The counterfeit as
we have stated, is very poorly- executed, the
engravings being quite coarse and rough in
appearance. The "Goddess of Liberty," on
the left hand end of the note and the ground
workaround the figure "5"on the upper right
hand corri3r, are very poorly engraved, aud
present a dim and mixed appearance. The
green on the back is of an indifi'ereut shade,
and unlike the genuine. The engraving is
shorter thin that of tha genuine by about
a quarter of an inch. Good judges of money
will have no difficulty in detecting this fraud
at first sight, but many unsuspecting persons
may be deceived by them. The fraud is a
dangerous one and the public should be on
the look out for it.
The Lockport Bee announces the death
of' an eccentric individual named William
Colley, in the Lower Village. He lived a
lone, kept a grocery, and willed his proper
ty, valued at $18,000, to his relatives in
England. lie kept his specie in an old boil
er buried in th cellar. Among the deposits
in this private vault. were fifty thousand
three cent pieces. How many millions of
coin are thus hoarded in various parts of
the country?
THE STKASBUEG CLOCK.
The priests and military have retired, aud
I am now sitting in a chair i'aeiug the gigan
tic clock from bottom to the top not less
than one hundred feet, aud alxut thirty feet
wide and fifteen feet deep. Around me are
many strangers, waiting to ee the working
of this clock, as it strikes the hour of noon.
Every eye is upon the clock. It wants live ,
minutes to twelve. The clock has struck,
and the people are gone, except a lew whom :
the sexton or head man, with a wand aud i
sword, is conducting round the building. !
The clock has struck in this way: The dial ;
is some twenty feet from the iioor, and ou i
each side of which is a cherub or a little boy j
with a mallet, and over the dial is a small ;
bell. The cherub on the left strikes the first j
quarter, that on the right the second quarter, j
Some fifty feet above the dial, in a large j
niche, is a huge figure of Time, a bed in hi j
left, a scytlu; in Ids right hand. In ft out
stands a figure of a young man with a mal
lei, who strikes the third quarter on the he'll
in the hand of Time, and then turns and
glides, with a slow step, round behind Time,
aud then comes out an old man with a mallet
and places himself in fiout.
As the hour of twelve comes, the old man
raises his mallet and deliberately strikes
twelve times on the bell, that echoes through
the region of the church. The old man
glides behind father Time, and the young
man comes round again. As i en as the
old man hassiruck twelve and disappeared,
another set ofiuachinery is put in motion,
some twenty feet higher stdl. It is thus:
There is a high cross with the image of Christ.
The instant twelve is struck, one of the a
postles walks out from behind, comes in front,
turns facing the cross, bows and walks on
around to his place.
As he does so another comes in front,
turns, bows and passes in. So twelve apos
tles, figures large as life, walk round, bow,
and passou. As the last appear.-, an enor
notis cock, perched on the pinnacle of the
clock, slow ly flaps, its w ings, puts forth its
neck, and crows three times, so loud as to
be heard outside of the church for some dis
tance, snd so natural as to be mistaken for a
cock. Then all is silent as death. No won
dor this clock is the admiration of Europe.
It was made ia 1C71, tndhas performed
these mechanical powers ever since, except
about fifty years, wdieu it stood for repairs.
Moravian.
Who Should Hot Be a Wife.
Has that woman a call to be a wife who
thinks more of her silk dress than her children,-
and visits her nursery no oftener than
once a day? Has a woman a call to be a
wife who calls for a cashmere shawl when her
husband's notes are itcing protested? lias
that woman a call to be a wife who sits read
ing the last new novel while her husband
stands before the glass vainly trying to pin
together a buttonless shirt bosom? Has
that woman a call to be a wife who expects
her hu.;baiid to swallow diluted eouee, sog
gy bread, smoky tea and watery potatoes six
days out of the seven ? lias she a call to
be a wife who flirts with every man she
meets, and reserves her frowns for the home
firesides? lias she a call to be a wife who
comes down to breakfa-f in abominable curl
papers, a soiled 'dressing-gown, and shoos
down at the heel ? Has she a call to lie ti
wife whose husband's love weighs not in the
balance with the next door neighbor's dam
ask curtains or velvet carpets? Has shea
cail to be a wife who would take advantage
of a moment of conjugal weakness to extort
money or extract a promise? Has she a
call to be a wife who takes a journey fur pleas
ure, leaving her husband to toil in a close of
fice, and have an eye, when at home, to
the servants and children ? Has she a call
to be a wife of whom a good husband's so
ciety is not the greatest of earthly blessings,
and a house full of rosy children its best
furnishing and prettiest ornament ?
An arrival from ltichmond represents
things in the rebel capital as almost in a state
of choas. Every person able to render milit
ary service of any kind has been seized and
put in the ranks. The operation of Sheri
dan had created the wildest panic, and overy
body is looking out for himself. The jerson
bringing this information had no difficulty
in getting to our lines. He says that the
prices of everything had more than doubled
since Sheridan's wholesale destruction of
the canal and railroads. Flour is selling at
fifteen hundred dollars per barrel, meat at
ten dollars per pound,' whiskey at four hun
dred dollars per gallon, and other things in
proportion. Board at the hotels is one
hundred dollars per day, and the common
est board per day for laborers is ten dollars
tier day.
It is a remarkable fact that persons losing
themselves in a forest, or in a snow storm,
manifest irtvariably a tendency tu turn round
gradually to the left, to the extent even of
moving in a circle. I he explanation ot this is
louned probably in the faet that the limbs
and muscles of the! right side are generally
better developed than those of the left side. ;
Under the excitement felt when one is lost,
and in the absence of any guiding line, the
snperior energy of the right limbs throws j
the pedestrian insensibly round on the left.
A letter from Virginia City, Montana
territory, savs greenbacks are unknown, gyld
dust being entirely the circulating medium.
ages areSO to $12 a day, board $14 to 20
a week, flour $50 to 60 a barrel, sugar 75
cents a pound, coal oil $ 12 a gallon, and other
things in proportion. Nobody is advised
to go there unless he wishes to load the
roughest kind of a rough life. -
A c,1errvmnn lately traveling in tho Oil
Tti'o-inn fcnw a r-fiilil in tfif rn.id fctumblinrr
and falling. He kindly picked her up saying
''Poor dea ? are you hurt? when, she cried
out "I ain't Door? Pad struck a ile well
j-esterday !"
CALLING NICKNAMES.
One of the worst bad habits which boys
indulge in is calling their companions or
other people nicknames. This when dona
on purpose, is very wrong, and cruel, for
they mostly indulge in their wicked wit on
those w ho have some bodily infirmity w hich
they canuot help. We wi.-h to caution the
boys wdio read this against such conduct ;
for many boys who do not wish to be unkind
or cruel uiay be tempted to do so before
they are aware just because there is soma
fun in it.
"1 shall never forget," says one. "an in
cident of my boyhood by which Iwastaught
to Le careful not to wound the feelings of
the unfortunate. A number of us school
boys were playing by the rode side one Sat
urday afternoon, when the stage coach
drove up to a neighboring inn, ami the pas
sengers alighted. As usual we gathered a
rouud to observe them. Among the num
ber was an eldeVly man, who got out with
much difficulty, and when on the ground ht)
walked with his feet turned one way and his
knees another, in a very awkward manner.
I thoughtlessly shouted 'Look at the old
rat tie bones !' The poor old man turned his
head with an expression of pain which lean
never forget.
"Just then, to my surprise and horror,
my father came round the corner, and im
mediately stepping up to the stranger, shook
his hand warmly, and assisted hint to walk
to our house, which was but a little way oS.
1 could enjoy no moi-e play that afternoon,
and when the time came 1 would gladly havo
hid myself, but 1 knew it would be i vain,
and so tremblingly went into the sitting room.
To my great joy and relief the stranger did
not seem to know me again, but remarked
pleasantly to my father as he introduced ma
'such a fine boy was surely worth saving.'
"How the words cut me to the heart!
My father had often told me of a friend who
plunged into the river to save me as I wa
drowning when a child, and w ho, in con
sequence of a cold then taken, had been
made a cripple by rheumatism ; and this was
the man I had made a laughing stock for
my companions !
"I tell you, boys and girls, I would give
a great deal to have the memory of that c-
vent taken awa'. If ever you are tempted
as I was, rememlter that while no good can
come of sport, whereby the feelings of oth
ers are wounded, you may be laying up for
yourselves painful recollections that will not
leave you for a lifetime."
Why Children Die.
One reason why children die is becausa
they are not taken care of. From the d.-y
of birth they are stuli'e.l with food and chok
ed with phisic, sloshed with water, suffocat
ed in hot rooms, t-tcamed in l-ed-clothes.
So much for in-door. When permitted to
breathe a breaih of pure air ouce a-week in
summer, and once or twice during the cold
er months, only the nose is permitted to
peer into daylight. A little later they are
sent out with no clothing at ail on the pails
of the body which most need protection.
Bare legs, bare arms, bare necks, girted
middle, .with an inverte 1 umbrella to collect
the air and chill the other f arts of the lody.
A stout strong man goes out in a cold- day
with gloves ou and overcoat, woolen stock
ings, and thick double-soled boots; with
cork bet weeu and rubbers over. The saints
day a child of three years old, an infant in
fie.-h, blood, lone and constitution, goes out
with shoes as thin as paper, cotton socks,
legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare; au
exposure which would disable the nurse,
kill the mother outright and make the fath
er an invalid fur weeks. And why ? To hard
en them to a mode of dress which they aro
never expected to practice. To accu.-.tom
them tiexposure winch a dozen years later
would be considered downright foolery. To
rear children thus for the slaughter pen ; and
then lay it ou the Lord, is too bad. Wo
don't think the Almighty has any hand in
it. And to draw comfort from the pre
sumption that 1 ie had an agency in tha
death of rhe child.is profanation.
After sixty years of discovery of tnaresi
um, this wonderful metal, which cotains el-'
emeiits of light almost approaching the sun
in brilliancy, has become a valuable aid to
art, ana is assuming importance in com
merce. A thin wire is- equivalent in power
to seventy-four stt-arine candles;' and to
keep up the splendor for ten hours only two
and a half ounce- of magnesium need bo
consumed. Photographers are able to take
their impressions from its rays in the ab
sence of sunlight. If it could be manufac
tured abundantly and cheap'y, it might l e,
come a formidable rival to Petroleum for do
mestic use, or a sultstitute for coai gas, in
the illumination of cities. A company in
London is now endevoring to manufacture it
for commercial purposes. There are many
uses to which it can be economically annlied.
notwithstanding its high cost, and which are
sufficiently encouraging to the company to
warrant the enterprise they are engaged in.
Suspended. The Cleveland Plain Detv
Itr, the oldest Democratic paper in North
ern Ohio, and the only Democratic daily in
that section ot the Stale suspended publi
cation some ten days ago. The Hcrcdd un
derstands the suspension to be final.
A singular animal resembling a kangaroo
or baboon, lias been caught on one of the
highest peaks of the Sierras. Its voice is
strangely like that of a human being. Tho
animalwhen .standing on its hind legs, is a
bout three and a half feet high.
,:Good morning, Mr. Jenkins; where
have you kept yourself, this long time?"
"Kept myself! I don't keep myself; I live
on credit."
The State Legislature have passed a bill
making the pay of Members SHtfV) the
eesioa.