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BY S. J. ROW!
CLEAltFlELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1865.
VOL. 11. NO. 40.
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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.
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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.
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T A.RTSWICK HLSlua, ieaier in jjub,
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JP KRATZER, dealer in Ury woods, tioio.
. In. Hardware. Queensware, Groceries. Pro
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i n.oi.r In Knreie-n and Domestic Mer
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family articles generally. Nov. 10.
JOHN GVELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds of
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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
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ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
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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.
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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