1 . i BY S. J. ROW! CLEAltFlELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1865. VOL. 11. NO. 40. TERMS OF THE JOURNAL. The Raftsman's Jgcrnai is published on AVed besday at $2.00 per annum in advance Akveb nsEsT8 inserted at $1.60 per square, for three xst lew insertion fen lines or less) counting a SQuare. For every additional insertion - 50 cents. A deduction will be made to yearly advertisers. TRVIN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square Sawed Lumber. Drj Goods, Groceries. Flour, Grain, jU , Ae., Bnrntide Pa., - Sept. 23, 1863. X1REDERICK LEITZINGER. Manufacturer of V 11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. Or ders solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1863 ; . -. . CR ANS BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear field. Pa. May 13. W. u. J- cbaxs. : ; : : : : w alter babkeit. OBERT J.WALLACE. Attorney at Tftw. Clear field. Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market street, opposite Naugle's jewolry store , May 2ft. F NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and .lr in Watches. Jewelry, Ao. Room in fraham'a row. Market street. , ovlO HBCCHER SWOOPE, Attorney at Law. Clear field. Pa. Oftct in Graham's Ro'. fourdoo s iir.kim A Bovnton's store. Not. 10. V OD V V T A.RTSWICK HLSlua, ieaier in jjub, I 1 Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary, Perfume t Fancy Goods, Notions, etc, etc.. Market street, rurfie!d. Pa. June. 29,1861. JP KRATZER, dealer in Ury woods, tioio. . In. Hardware. Queensware, Groceries. Pro visii us Ac Front Street, above the Academy, Cleai field. Pa. APnl 2" ' 1LLIAM P. IRWIN,Marketstreet, Clearfield, i n.oi.r In Knreie-n and Domestic Mer chandise,' Hardware, Queensware, Groceries, and family articles generally. Nov. 10. JOHN GVELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds of Cabinet-ware, Market street, Clearfield, Pa. Ha also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and attends funerals with a hearse. . AprlO, o9- Dr M. WOODS, Practicing Physicias, and Examining Surgeon for Pensions. Office, South-west corner of Second and Cherry Stre t, Clearfield, Pa. January 21, 1863. 1-UIOMAS J. M'CCLLOUGH, Attorney at Law. Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the -Clearfield co.'Bank. Deedsand other legal instruments pre pared with promptness and accuracy. ' Julya. JB M'ENALLY, Attorney at Law, Clearfield, Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining counties. Office in new brick building of J. Boyn t n, 2d street, one door south of Lanich s Hotel. 13 ICHARD MOPSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do XV mestic Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Liquors. Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors west ol JournalOJUe, Clearfield, Pa. Apr2. f ARRIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law.Clear- J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to an icgai and other businessentrusted to theircare in Clear field and adjoining counties. August 6. 18:8. ATTM. ALBERT A BRO S, Dealers in Dry Goodi, I roceries, Hardware. Queensware. Flour, Bacon, etc., Woodland. Clearfield county. Penn'a. Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici ted. Woodland, Aug. 19th, I8b3. TEJ11 EKANCE HOITSE. The subscriber wou d respectfully inform the citizens of Clearfield county, that he has rented the "lipton Hotel,'" and will use every endeavor to accommo date those who may favor him with their custom. He will try to furnish the table with the best the country c .n afford, and will keep hay and feed to tooommo ate teamsters. Gentlemen don't to-get the "Tipt-n Hotel." SAMUEL SMITH.- Tipton, Pa , May 25, 1364. AV IIISKEKS ! WHISK ERS! Do you wan Whiskers or Moustaches? Our Urecian Compound Will tores tnem to grow on me small est face or chin, or hair on bald heads, in Six Weeks. Prico, $1.00 Sent by mail anywhere, elosely pealed, on receipt of price. Address, WARNER A CO., Box 13S, Brooklin, N. Tork. March 29th, 1865. : BZtsTZKI NOTICE. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1 OrriCEOFTIIECoilPTHOLI.EROPTHECrRRK!CY, Washisgtox. Janruary 3l)th, 1865. ) HEREAS,BY SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE C presented to the. undersigned, it has been ma e to appear that '-IHE FIRST NATIONAL BASK OF CLEARFIEXD," in the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield, and State ol 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 the circulation and re demption theieof." approved June 3d, 1864. and has complied with all the provisions of said Act required to be complied with before commencing the business of Banking under said Act ; Now. therefore,.!, Hugh McCulloch, Comptrot ler of the Currency, do hereby certify that "THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARFIELD, in the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is author iied to commence the business of Banking uuder the Act aforesaid in testimony whereof, witness my ( SSEALband ami seal of office, this 30th day of v-yJanuary, A. 1). 1866. HUGH McCULLOCH, Feb. 8, 1865. Comptroller of the Currency. BANKNOTICE. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Opi icBOPTUB Comptroller or thrCcrrescy, , Washington, March 8th. 1865. J T HKREAS. BY SATISFACTORY EV1 donee presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "THF COUNT! NA TIONAL BANK OF CLEARFILD," in the Bor ough of Clearfield, in the county of Cle arfield and state of Pennsylvania, has been duly organ ited under and according to the requirements of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Pjovtde a -National Currency, secured by a pledge of l-' nt td States bonds and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June 3d, iSoi, and has complied with all the provisions of faid Act required to be complied with before commen ei: "the business of Banking under said Act; Now, therfore, I, Hugh McCulloch, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify tbat' TUL COLNTY NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARFIELD," n the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of; , . :.u i"d to commence the business of Banking under lo Act aforesaid. . . . . s -v in testimony whereof, witness my (ifcAL hand and seal of office, this 2d day of V7T;VMath, A!-1865, ' : HUGH MoCUtLOCH, 1, 186. ' Comptroller of the Currenej, SWcrt -Joctnj. THE EMPTY CBADLE. In the lonely quiet chamber. There's an empty cradle bed, With a print upon the pillow Of a baby's shining head. 'Tis a fair aud dainty cradle. Downy soft, with pillows white, But within the blanket folded Lies no little form to-night. ' Once the mother sat beside it. ' When the day was growing dim, And her pleasant voice was singing Soft and low a cradle hymn. Now there's no more need of singing When the evening shadows creep, . For the crad e bed is empty. And the baby gone to sleep. Little head that used to nestle In the pillows white and soft Little hands, whoee restless fingers Folded there in dreams so oft Lips we pressed with fondest kisses Eyes we praised for purest ray Underneath the church-yard daisies They have hidden all away. Ah. the empty, useless cradle ! We will put it out of sight. Lest our hearts should grieve too sorely For the lilt.'e one to-niht. We will think how safe forever In the better field above. That young lamb for which we sorrow Resteth now in Jesus' love THE NEW AMNESTY PBOOLAMATIOK. Highly Important Official Document. Proclamation by the the President of the United Statses ot' America: WHERF.AS, The President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, J 863, and on the 20th day of March, 1864, did, with the object to suppress the existing re bellion and induce ail persona to return to their loyalty, aud restore the authority of the United States, issue proclamations offer ing amnesty and pardon to certain per sons who had directly, or by implication, participated in the said rebellion : and, Whereas, "Many persons who had so en gaged in said rebellion, have since the issue of aid proclamations, failed or neglected to take the benelits offered thereby, and Whereas, Many persons who have been justly deprived of all claim to amnesty and pardon there under, by reason of their par ticipation directly or by implication in said rebellion and continued hostility to the gov ernmentof the United States fcince-the date of said proclamation, now de.-ire to apply for and obtain amnesty and parden. To the end, therefore, that the authority of the Government of the United States inay.be restored, and that peace, order and freedom may be established, I, Andrew Johnston, President of the States do pro claim and declare that I hereby grant to all persons who have directly or indirectly par ticipated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with the restoration of all rights of proper ty, except as to slaves, and except in case where legal proceedings, under the laws of the United States providing for the confis cation of property of persons engaged in re bellion have been instituted, but on the con dition, nevertheless, that every such person shall take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preserva tion and shall be of the tenor and effect fol lowing, to wit : I do solemnly swear or affirm in the pres ence of the Almighty God, that I will hence forth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by, and faithfully sup- Cort all laws and proclamations which have een made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God. The following classes of persons are ex cepted from the benefitsof this proclamation : First All who are or shall have been pre tended civilor diplomatic officers, or other wise Domestic or Foreign Agents of the pre tended Confederate Government. Second All who left judicial etftf Ions un der the United States to aid the rebellion. Third All who shall have been military or naval officers of the pretended Confeder ate Government, above the rank of Colonel, in the army, or Lieutenant in the navy. Fourth All wholeft seats in the Congress of the United States to aid the rebellion. Fifth All who resigned or tendered res ignations of their commissions in the army or navy of the United States, to evade du ty in resisting the rebellion, ,- Sixth All who have engaged in any way in treating otherwise than lawfully as pris oners or war persons found in the United States service, as officers, soldiers, seamen, or in other capacities. Seventh All persons who have been or are absentees from the United States for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. " ' . ; Eighth AH military and naval officers in the rebel service who were educated b3' the Government in the Military Academy at West Point or the United States Naval Academy. , Ninth All persons. who held the pretend ed offices of Governors of States in insur rection against the United States. , Tenth All persons who left their homes within the jurisdiction and the protection of the United States and passed beyond the Federal Military lines, into the so-called Confederate States, for the purpose of aid ing tin rebellion. . . - F.Wftnth All persons who have been en-! gaged in the destruction ot the commerce or the United States on the high seas, and ail persons who have made naids into the Unit ed States from Canada, or been engaged in destroying the commerce of the United btates upon the lakes and rivere that separate the British Provinces from the United States. Twelfth All persons who at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits thereof by taking the oath herein : prescribed are in military, naval or civil confinement, or cus tody, or under bonds of civil, military or naval authorities or agents of the United States, as prisoners of war or persons detain ed for offences of any kind, either before or after conviction. ' Thirteenth All persons who have volun tarily participated in said rebellion, and the estimated value of whose taxable property is over twenty thousand dollars. Fourteenth All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty, as prescribed in the President's proclamation of December 8th, 1863, or an oath of allegiance to the Gov ernment of the United States since the date of said proclamation, and who have not thenceforward kept and maintained the same inviolate.' Provided that special application may be made to the President for pardon by any person belonging to the excepted clas ses, and such clemency will be liberally ex tended as may be consistent with the facts of the case,.and the peace and dignity of the United States. The Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering and re cording the said amnesty oath so as to insure its benefits to the people and uard the Gov ernment against a fraud. ; ' In testimony whereof I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.fjDone at the City of ashington the 29th day of May in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the independerceof the United States the 89th. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President, Wm. II. Seward, Secretary of State. "State Eights." A Northern gentleman lately called on an old friend ot his m Richmond, a well known minister of the gospel, who at once introduc ed the subject of politics in the following style: "Well, we have been beaten in this war on the Mate lughtsquestion, and there fore 1 submit, but submit only to superior force. I still believe in the right of my State to do as v e have done." This is a specimen and the key note of the poor soph istry that has brought almost total annihi lation upon the " South. Whatever may have been the opinion held in the South on the subject of "State Rights" before the war, there can be no question but that we distinctly established, by the law of war,the meaning of the Constitution, to be applied to this doctrine in all future time, 'The ight of a State to secede and take up arms against the Government-, is not hereafter to be the meaning of the Constitution. This is now as clearly and solemnly established as though an express treaty to this effect had been ratified by the people so late y in re bellion. And this should be the understand ing of it by all who are in future required to take the oath of allegiance. The danger and peace of the country depends upon the construction to be put upon this question though the motive for carrying it to its ulti ma ratio may no longer exist. It might be justifiable in the light of the law of self pro tection to go on with force and by arrns,and destroy and scatter the power of the South. We might with justice now so colonize and re organize the South, that no remnant of political power would be left strong enough to ever give the nation any trouble. But in the might of our great power, with the abil ity to accomplish whatever we will, we are pursuing a widely different course. We' are only requiring an oath of allegiance from those who are constantly giving out such utte.-enc s as we have quoted above, trusting to their honor and oath, that they will give up their cause. Now, it they con tinue to hold and express such views, what is their oath or fea'ty worth? It amounts to nothing, if they interpret it as meaning to support the Constitution as they understand it. They can go on and do over again just what we mean th.'y shall swear not to do, when they think they have become strong enough. There ought to be something in the oath of allegiance requiring them to ex pressly renounce the right ot a State to se cede or rebel, so 'that they will stai.d be fore the world henceforth bound to abandon all their secession heresies, both in practice and theor3T. Virginia. The Richmond JiepuLlic, remarking on the task before Gov. Pierpont, in re-establishing a State government in Virginia,says "the difficulty is not with reference to any opposition it may receive from the people of i. 1 . 1 1 . . 1 - j: . ... Virginia, out wiiu reiereuce 10 iue uisirust which is so strongly manifested by the North in regard to Southern loyalty. " If this is so, the "difficulty" need not be of long duration. Whatever Northern distrust there may be "in regard to Southern loyalty" can be read ily removed by the people of Virginia who have but to prove their loyalty by co-operating with the General Government to re store, not only its authority, but the love which existed before the rebellion. We are sincerely glad to see the question so sim ply stated, and hope the difficulty is no greater than it appears to be from this view of the subject. The Force op a Fact. The force of one of General Sherman's principle accusations aeainst Stanton is wholly destroyed by the authoritative statement that the dispatches which he charges the Secretary with with holding from the public never reached the War department. It is understood Lieut. Gen. Grant retained them in his possession for reasons of his own. The Boston 7W says:T The voluntary contrihurions to pay the National Debt of three thousand millions of dollars, will, probably, reach, i the gross sum about the time of the milknium. Jeff Davis made a blunder and Talley rand says some blunders are worse than a crime when he took the bucket instead of kicking it. TKE THREE WISHES. The Eastern origin of this tale seems ev ident; had it been originally composed in a northern land, it is probable that the king would have been del hroned by means of bribes trom his own treasury. In an east ern country the story-teller who invented such a just termination of his narative would, most likely, have experienced the fate in tended for his hero, as a warning to others how they suggested such unreasonable ideas. Herr Shimrock says it is a German tale, but it may have had its origin in the east for all that. Nothing is more difficult, indeed, than to trace a popular tale to its source. Cinderella, for example, belongs to nearly all nations; even among the Chinese, a people so different to all European nations, there is a popular story which reads al most exactly like it. Here . is the tale of The Three Wishes: . There was once a wise emperor wjio made a law that to every stranger who came to his court a fried fish should be served. The servants were then directed to take notice if, when the stranger had eaten the fish to the boue on one side, he turned it over and be gan on the other side. If he did, he was im mediately seized, aud on the thud day there after he was to be put to death. But, by a jrreat stretch of imperial clemency, the culprit was permited to utter one wish each day, which the emperor pledged himself to grant, provided it was not to spare his life. Many had perished inconsequence ct this e dict, when, one day, a count and his young son presented themselves at court. The fish was served as usual, and when the count had removed all the fish from one side, he turned it over, and was about to commence on the other, when he was suddenly seized and thrown into prison, and was told of his approaching doom. Sorrow-stricken, the count's young son besought the emperor to allow him to die in the room of his lather a favor which the monarch was pleased to accord him. The count was accordingly released from prison, and his son was thrown in his cell in his stead. , As soon as this had been done, the young man said to his jailor : "You know I have the right to make three demands before I die : go and tell the emperor to send me his daughter, and a priest to marry us. " The first demand was not to the emper or's taste, nevertheless he felt bound to keep his word, and he therefore complied with the request, to which the princess had no kind of objection. This occurred in the time when kings .kept iheir treasury in a cave, or in a tower set apart for the purpose, like the Emperor of Morocco in these days; and on the second day of his imprisonment the young man demanded the kings trea sure. If his first demand . was a bold one, the second was not less so; still an emperor's word is sacred, and having made the pro mise he was forced to keep it ; and the trea sures of gold and silver and jewels were plac ed at the prisoners disposal. On gaining posesion of them, he distributed them pro fusely among the courtiers, fnd soon had made a host of friends by his literality. The emperor began now to feel exceeding ly uncomfortable. Unable to sleep, he rose early on the third morning and went with feat in his heart, to the prison to hear what the third wish was to be. "Now," said he to the prisoner, "tell me what your third demand is, that it may be granted at once, and you may be hung out of hand, for I am tired of your demands." "Sire," answered his prisoner, "I have but one more favor to request ot your majes ty, which, when you have granted, I shall die content. It is merely that you cause the eyes of those who saw my father turn the fish over to be put out." "Very good," replied the emperor; "your demand is but natural, and springs from a good heart. Let the chamberlain be seized," he continued, turning to his guards. "I, sir?" cried the chamberlin ; "I did not see anything it was the steward." "Let the steward be seized, then," said the emperor. - But the steward protested, with tears in bis eyes, that he had not seen anything . of what had been reported, and said it was the butler. The butler declared he had seen nothing of the matter, and that it must have been one of the vallets. But they protested they were utterly ig norant of what had been charged againstthe count; in short it turned out that nobody had seen the count commit the offence, upon which the princess said "I appeal to you. my father, as another Solomon. If nobody saw the offence com mitted, the count cannot be guilty, and my husband is innocent." The emperor frowned, and forthwith the conrtiess began to murmur ; then hesmiled, and immediately their visages became radi ent. "Let it be so," said his majesty, "let him live though I have put many men to death for a lighter offence than this. But if he is not hung he is married. J ustice has been done." The campaign for and ? against the new State Constitution of Missouri is being very actively and energetically conducted. The enemies of the Constitution are very bitter in their opposition, and will leave no stone unturned to defeat it. They are mustering and combining all the copperheads, conser vatives, and sorehead radicals, and all the re turned rebels they can prevail upon to per jure themselves by taking the oath ; but there is no doubt whatever that the Consti tution will be carried by a large majority. Large numbers of farms are being purchas ed in Maryland, and by New Englanders. r Seamen are shipping in Buffalo at $1 a day, and glad to get it., ' ; A Broadside Dialogue. "And so, Squire you don't take a county paper?" ' "No, Major, I get the city paper on much better terms ; I take a couple of them." "But Squire, the county papers often prove a great convenience to us." "Why, I don't know any convenience they are to me." "The farm you sold last fall was advertis ed ih one ot them, and thereby you obtained a customer. Did you not ?" "Very true, Major ; but I paid three dol lars for it." "And you made more than three hundred dollars by it. Mow, if yonr neighbors had uot maintained the. press and kept itup and ready for the use,you would have.been with out the means to advertise your property." "And your brother's death with a longo bituary notice. And the destruction of our neighbor Rigg's house by fire. You know these things are exaggerated till the authen tic account of the newspaper sets them right.' "(), true, but " "And when your cousin Splash, was up for the legislature, you appeared much grat ified at his defense which cost him nothing.' "Yes, yes, but those things are new to the reader. They cause the people to take the paper." .. "No, Squire Grudge, if all were like you. Now, I tell you, the day will surely come when somebody will write a long eulogy on your life and character, and the printer will put it in type with a heavy black cut over it, and.with all your riches, this will be done for your grave as a pauper. Your wealth, liberulity, and all sucu things will be spoken of, but the printer's boy as he spells the words in arranguig the type to these sayings, will remark of you "Poor, mean devil, he is even sponging his obituary!" Good morning, Squire. An Incident of the Late Battle. During one of the battles on the left, a son in one of the New York regiments met his father in one of the rebel regiments and took him prisoner. It was an actual occur rence, vouched for on good authority, and the manner of it was this: Just before the war commenced the son left his home and went to the State of New York ; he enlisted in the Federal service and came down into Gen.. Grant's army here, and for gallantry in action was promoted to a Lieutenantcy. The father was in the ranks 3'ct. The other day while charging the rebel works cn the left, this son in our lines, by some curious happening or providence, came directly up on his father on the other side. ''Hold !" he cried instantly, as he noticed his father was leveling his gun upon him, "dont you know whom you are firing at?" During the four years of our service this son had grown so much that the father did not know him. "Well," says he, "I am your son, and you are my prisoner." The father looked wp, came quickly to a recognition of his offspring, and went to the rear. The head of the family was once a shoemaker in the city of Petersburg. Grant s Petersburg lrogrc$s. ' Curious Discovery. Glass may even be turned in a lathe. Strange as it seems, this is litcrarlly true. No special tools even are needed ; any ama teur turner who has operated on either of the metals may chuck a piece of glass on his lathe, and turn it with the same tools, and in the same way, as he would a piece ot steel, only taking care to keep the chips from his eyes. This strange discovery was made, almost accidential, iu the early part of I860, by one of our most celebrated me chanical engineers, and might have been patented, but the inventor contented him self with simply putting it on record, and generously presented it to the nation. The consco.uence was, that no one cared or thought about it, and the idea has been suf fered to lie nearly barren, though capable of being turned to great good. Let any ama teur mechanic make the experiment, and he will be surprised at the ease with which this seemingly intractable material may be cut and fashioned according to his will. Chamber' Journal. Southern "Wit. While the train "was stopped at a small place near We'don, a robust Georgia troop er hailed one ot the many loungers about the station with : "Say, old tar heel, got any tar for sale?" Tre native so addressed an swered rather shortly to his "gallant defend er," "No. sir-ee!" "Wal, you've got some pitch, haven't you?" "Nary pitch here," answered the saudhiller. "Well, what have you done with 'em, for you know you live on sich stuff." About this time the long, lean specimen of a tar-maker brightened np and replied, "Well, we sold all we had to Jeff. Davis." The Georgian, thrown off his guard, could not resist asking, "Why, what did old Davis want with all your tar?" Quoth the man of pitch : "Why, you Geor gians run so, that hehad to buy something to make you stick ?" - Story of a Ifiser. The Ilalie, says the following scene occur red a. few days ago at a railway station. On a bitter'cold day a millionaire appeared at the ticket office for a third class ticket. "What ! You, sir, take a third class ticket such a day as this?" "Why, I must," was the cool reply, "since there is no fourth class." : "I beg your pardon," answered the official, handing him a ticket, but there is, here is one." The man of wealth hastily paid for it,' and rushed to take his place. On the door-keeper asking to see his ticket, the traveller produced it, but was rather ta ken aback on being told that the ticket would not do for him. "Why, sir, because it is a dog ticket !" Girls sometimes put their hps out because they are angry, ana sometimes because they are disposed to meet yours half way. : . ': WHAT CAN I D0 7 Arthur, a littto boy six years old, being out for a walk with his mamma one morn ing, thejT called on widow Grant and found her in great trouble. - Her eldest son, George, had been knocked down and run over by a heavy cart, and was so much hurt it was doubtlul whether he would recover, so she was crying, aud felt . very sad. Arthur could not help crying too, when he heard the widow tell how the accident . happened, and the pain her loy suffered. Arthur's mamma often sent him down to the cottage to ask after George, and take him fruit, jellies, and other little comforts, and one day as she was filling a small basket sor him to take, he said, "I wish, 'ma, I could do something for George make him jellies, and cake, and other nice things, &a you do." .j-uo "Well, Arthur, I do not supjose,- you could make jellies, but do what you can ; there are other things you can do.' "Me, 'ma? What can I do? I cannot cook at all ; I think perhaps I could make a rice pudding, but not custards and beef tea, and suh things as you send him." "You seem to think, Arthur," said his mother, smiling, "that eating and drinking and cooking are all important matters, but I : was not thinking of them : you can read." "Oh, yes, 'ma; : I am top in the third , class in school." . "And you have a half-holliday twice a week ?" "Yes, 'ma; Wednesday and Saturday," . "Well, now, would you not like to go and -read to George on your half-holidays? He is too weak to read himself, and I dare "say feels rather dull whilst his mother is out at work." "J ust the very thing !" cried Arthur, who was delighted to find there was somethsng lie could do, and as this was one of his half holidays, he asked if he might begin at once. To this his mamma consented, and having, looked out "Ministering Children" as a book likely to interest George, Arthur was soou on his way to the cottage. Arthur's proposal to read was gladly ac cepted by George, and as Arthur read slow ly, and pronounced his words distinctly, George was able to follow him and listen without soon getting wearied. And so for several weeks Arthur gave up part of his play-time, that he might read in the sick room, until George recovered and went to work again ; and wheu Arthur grew up to be a man, he used often to refer to this, his first lesson in doing irhat he could, and smile at his boyish folly in thinking that be cause he could not cook, therefore he could not do anything. 'Do good ! do good ! there is ever a way, A way where there's ever a will : ; Don't wait till to-morrow, but do it to day, And to-day when the morrow comes still. . Do good ! do good ! we are never too young To be useful in many a way; For all have a heart, and a hand, and a tongue To feel, and to labor, and pray." A Strange Story About Mr. Lincoln Three years ago, the gentleman I spoke of told me a story of Mr. Lincoln, which I have not thought of siuee, until now. When Mr. Lincoln received the news of his first election, he came home to tell Mrs. Lincoln about it. She was upstairs in the bedroom, and after telling the news, in walking about the room his eyes fell upon the bureau gla-ss. Immediately he threw himself down upon the lounge, and told Mrs. Lincoln he thought he must be ill, for he saw a second reflection of his face in the glass which he could not account for. It was perfect, but very pale "Oh," said Mrs. Lincoln, "that means that 3-ou will be re-elected but I don't like its looking pale," she added ; "that looks as if you would not live through your second term." Mr. Lincoln himself told this to the friend I meni'ioned, and this gentleman told it to us in our parlor, soon after the first Bull Rua battle. It made quite an impres sion upon me at the time, but one forgets such things. Was it not singular? The Wonders of the Brain. One of the most inconceivable things in the nature of the brain is, that the organ of sensation slould in itself be insensible. To cut the brain gives no pain, j et in the brain alone resides the poerof feeling pain in every part of the body. If the nerve which ' leads from it to the injured part be divided, it becomes instartly unconscious of suffer ing. It is only by com muuiaction with the. brain that any kind of sensation is produc ed, yet the organ itself is insensible. But there is a circumstance more wonderful still ; the brain itself maybe removed may be cut away down the con nut coloxum without destroying life. The animal lives and performs all the functions which are ne cessary to simple vitality, but no louger has a mind, it cannot think or feci. It requires : that the food should be pushed into the stomach ; once there, it is digested, and the animal will live and grow fat. . In a church, a man entered a pew, and, believing he had got a good seat, unfortu-' nately sat dowrwupon the dress of a lady who. happened to be rather highly crinolined. In an instant, he rose to his feet and begged -the lady's pardon in these words: V C i "Yer pardon, mem, but I'm fear'd It broken your umbrella." "Nothing wroDg,"i-; '"; said the lady blushing. , . . ... ... ., The corner stone of the soldiers' monu ment at the National Cemetery at Gettysv burg. Pa., will be laid on the Fourth of Ju- ' ly, with military and civil ceremonies. The. oration will be delivered by Major General Owen O. Howard, late commanding the Ar my of the Tennessee. . , Gen. Logan declines a Brigadiership in the Regular army, and proposes, as soon, a his services can be dispensed with, to retire , to private life- 1