BY S. J. ROW.
elect goctnj.
HEAVENWARD BOUND.
Time is rushing in hi chariot,
Rapidly b wheel go round ;
Though they cast no dust behind them.
Though they leave no rumbling sound :
Silently they bear us onward.
Sooo our journey will be o'er ;
Soon the friends with whom we mingle
We shall see and hear no more ;
Soon our feet shall press the meadows.
Of the vast eternal shore.
flying months and year remind us
Of the world we're passing to;
Let as leave good deeds behind us,
In the world we're passing throigh;
Which tha'l be the seeds of kindness
Watered by celestial dew ;
And shall bear good fruit for others
Fruits of joy and peace and love.
Tears long after we are singing
In the immortal land above.
Men are born, and men are dying;
Thousands come ; not one can stay ;
Tiir-e is swift, his wheels are flying,
Never ceasing, night nor day.
For the laughter, nor the crying
Of the stricken or the gay ;
Cru.-bing down the God-defying
Tbey who laugh at Death's delay ;
And frem sorrow, sin and sighing
Bearing gentle souls away.
Plans and schemes of men and nations.
Hearts and homes and bom est tad tree;
Granite walls and Art's creations,
All the eye delights to see.
All the ear de'ights in hearing.
Crumble, tumble, fell and fade ;
Oh! we need a world more cheering,
Free from graves and cypress shade ;
Thank; to God ! that world we're nenring,
In eternal sapphires laid.
What a Scotchman Saw in America.
David Maerop, a Scottish writer, who re
cent!y visited thii country, and apparently
enjoyed unusual facilities fur studying the
character and life of the people, has pullih
elsotiie notes of travel, under the title of
'iLiw ihinf are in America." The follow
i ii; exoerpt emlto dies his impressions of the
choicest part of the nation its beauty and
y jii'h. The American ladies, say he,ajree
aMy disappointed me. They are by no
in -ans the dry, hard, angular, disagreeably
iadenendei-t, strung minded women they are
often described. Here and there no doubt
ymi find a few of this stamp. Traveling
over th. country you occasionally encounter
a lady who leerures, or preaches, or edits a
Dl's aper, or fills a professional chair, or
his a regular practise as a physician. But
the c:i.-.'s are few and t.ir between run'
nottts in rj'trtjite vttsto. And they are very
utten. as a Scotch doctor in Massachusetts
described them, "stickil women." But A
nii'rican females as :rrule are just as gentle,
a kin I, as lovely, as agreeable, ami as affec
tionate as our own. Their loveliness is ot a
tlif.-rent type paler and niore ethereal. A
beautiful (.'utiadhiii or Auieri an girl comes
iii art r the popular idea of angel than any
b ing 1 ever beheld out of dreamland. I'akt
fi atures, of exquisite symmetry, a delicately
pare complexion, eyes radiant with intelii
g'-nce, a light, graceful, ufteu fragile form
this is the vision of loveliness that meets
the eye in almost every American drawing
room. I never saw during all my life before
w many fairy forms, which it would have
virpriscd me less to see shooting out wings
an! float up into the empyrean.
American girls, however, are generally too
mi thin. Every other face suggests
dt-licacy and dyspepsia, and one does not
I'-ke t think of angels as dyspeptic. The
Anip!vati -irls. I think, are nervous about
ti.o;r '.hinw-s. and anxious to get stouter.f ir
are constantly having themselves
wei,:hf.l. and every ounce of increase is hail
' 1 with d-liht, and talked about with the
ibm dreadful plainness of speech. I asked
oae K-an;i!:i! ('i)tinccticut girl whom I met
ta Pcnn-'..:iuia, how she liked the change.
U, iiiiiin'-i-t ly !'' she said ; "I have eain
'ieiitlirecn poauds in flesh since last April."
Ti.o wjs not a vulgar girl. On the con
she was educated and refined, and
'i. i jr-il-ally have been shocked at some
MLKs.-imi., that are not considered indelicate
her?.
s:;:: it s iuri lvery odd to a stranger. Every
kuows her weight to within an ounce,
is n-ady to give it at a moment's uotice.
"sVeuis t,. !..
"eais to be a subi -ct of universal interest.
s'neof the first thing done with a baby
L-n u I..-.. ;.. . l . . . : ..r
to is uj nurrv it iuio i'u ui
a;: La
r
ve its weteht duly registered.
'"i.t:!,u. s f j be weighed at short intervals
a tlii.ji-h ;L, childhood, aud on to the time
-'a the .u--stion becomes one of personal
ii:cre-t, and jt is ld enough to weigh itself.
j '"r 3 word about the children. The
!lrrn! As I write the word, how the
fc'.it n i-iiis to burst around uie how
n-any tt.,.t v;co9 j.tart rrom tjie si'cl)Ce 0f
J" Hi ry, a;i. gii tle a;r witlj melody ard
(ihtt r! How many bright and beautiful
tar, tar away, gather round me once
a;n! It' I could picture forth some of
iiiHu otus with whom the happiest of
my h it.py hours in America were spent
' fou-d roproduce the fun, the romping,
U,e ";,;' "n the carpet, the hundred little
lc';ovtit delights we shared in common, my
r"li"r would see that after ail that has been
r;:. en about American precocity, the chil
dren th-re are children still in most points
JUJil like ur own the joy and the sunlight
&f every Lome.
One thins that astonished me was the food
Pfen to the children. It seems to be the
io America to let the children have a
are of everything on the table. I remem
r fitting beside one little boy of four who
UJ soup, a slice 0f fowi witn dressing, a
t potato, a plate of rudding,anda bunch
, fipe. He was a very small boy, and
to get the blice of fowl cut for him by
his aunt. A lady in Washington, speaking
of her own little boy of two years old, said,
"He cannot go to bed without his piece of
turkey. He must have it?" Fancy this in
Scotland! At Clifion House, Niagara, the
hotel on the Canada side, a family party sat
down at one of the bieakfast tables.- One
of the party was a beautifully dressed child
of between two and three years of age, who
was waited upon by a tall negro. The first
thing this small gentleman had was a cup
of milk and biscuit. Then he had two eggs
beat up in a slice of Johnny cake (a cake
made of Indian meal and eggs.) lie sup
ped very little of the egg, and then called
for fish. After fish he had beef, and after
the beef steak, bacon and biscuit. What
more he might have needed was left uncer
tain, by reason of his spilling the remainder
of the beat eggs over his own and his moth
er's dress, which caused him to be carried
away from the table in a state of humilia
tion. American children are undoubtedly pre
cocious, I think this peculiarity, though
partly owing to the quickening effect of cli
mate, is due to some extent,to the American
practice of bringing children to the table
from their infancy. A New England lady,
who boasted of eleven children, (a very rare
thing in New England,) told me that every
oue of them had been brought to the table
at seven months old, and at thiiteen months
could handle their forks as neatly as she
could ! Brought to the table so soon, and
hearing all that goes on, they begin at a pre
ternaturally early age to take an interest in
general affairs, and to acquire the ideas and
language of grown people. An old doctor
of divinity in Canada, said that, calling one
day at a friend's house, a little girl was sent
in to amuse hbn till her mamma was ready.
The child told him, among other things, that
she hud been writing a parody on Kingsley's
song of the ''Three Fishers;" but, when
drying it at the open fire, it dropped from
her hand and was burned.
''Burned !" exclaimed the doctor; "if I
had been the fire I should have stopped till
you had got it out again !"
''O, no. d ictor," said the child, gravely,
"you couldn't have done that. Nature.you
know, is nature. and her laws are inviolable."
It nearly knocked the doctor off Lis chair.
I remember one day at dinner this wa
in the taie of New York being amused
at the exquisite combination of epicurean
ism and forethought on the part of a little
boy of nine. '"Mother," said he, "give me
only a little of the mince pie, as I shall want
to taste the pudding."
The children's re t arks on political sub
jects tickled me most, for the reason, per
haps, that I have so rarely heard anything
of the sort from children at home. A small
boy of eight will stand up to you and s-iy,
"What do you think, sir, of the state of the
conntry ?"
I re nember being amused, beyond expres
sion, at one little boy in Brooklyn, who,du
ri'iji the time of the impeachment trial, began
one '.-veiling at supper, to upbraid his father
for having supported Andrew Johnson.
In one of my former papers I spoke of a
little Canadian girl, who, in the midst of a
conversation on politics.tbrew in her opinion
that Canada should have had Maine and
part of New Hampshire. A case suggested
by its similarity occurred in Boston, where a
little girl, not much higher than my knee,
with whom I was playing a game on thecar
pet, asked me, with a serious countenance,
what effect I thought the acquisition of
Russian America would have on Great Brit
ain? I laughed, the question was so odd;
but, on seeing the little eyes look up into my
face in mute surprise. I recovered myself as
suddenly as possible, and endeavored to put
matters right by saying that the thing might
possibly lead to some snowballing between
the two nations. But the little p-ditician in
petticoats evidently thought this was trifling
with a grave subject., and said no more.
There is one unpleasant leature in Amer
ican precocity it tends much more frequent
ly than here to pertness, and utter want of
reverence for parents. "1'apa, don't be
foolish," I heard one little girl say, when
her papa was attempting to describe how
some comical Frenchman had spoken at a
public meeting. You will hear a child say
to the parent, "You get away," or "Don't
trouble me just now." The parent never
seemed to uie to feel this as a Scotch parent
would.
I remember an indulgent father bringing in
a bunch of grapes for his little boy. "Come,
you are a good fellow after all," said the
child cheerfully. The parent seemed to me
rather gratified at so kind a recognition on
the part of his son.
I remember another brave little fellow of
four years old, who sat near me at dinner on
a tall, slim nursery chair, wiping his mouth
after the first course, and saying, "Give me
some of that tart, mamma, and ring the bell
for Emma ; I want some fresh water."
This is only one case out of many that
help to explain wh t a new England lady
meant when she said, "I am learning to be
a docile parent!" "Parents, obey your chil
dren in all things," is the new idea. It is
not, after all, so great a stretch I o anticipate,
as somebody suggests, that we shall by and
by see on the sienboard of some American
store "John Smith & Father."
Another incident occurs to me in connec
tion with the same little fellow who directed
his mother to ring the bell. One day.when
dinner was over, his mamma said to him
"Wipe your mouth, darling."
Precocity looked gravely at her. "Say
please." He then wiped his lips solemnly,
as if an important moral lesson bad been
given, and requested to be lifted from bis
chair.
Let it not be supposed, however, that
CLEARFIELD,
American childten are rude, or ill-behaved.
On the contrary, they struck me as more
polite, more considerate, more orderly, as a
general rule, than our own ; but they need
to be dealt with in a different way. You
must treat with them as persons who have a
will of their own, and a right to exercise it.
You must appeal to their reason and good
sense. If you appeal merely to your own
authority, you are apt to get a pert answer.
"Remember who you are talking to, sir?"
said an indignant parent to a fractious boy ;
"I am your fathe', sir."
"Well, who's to blame for that?" said
young impertinence; "'Taint uie."
One little boy to whom I have already re
ferred, was making himself very disagreea
ble on one occasion when his mother had him
with her on a visit to some friends. She
took him to the bed room and told him if
he did not behave himself she would shut
him up in the closet.
"You can't. There ain't a closet here,"
said the child triumphantly.
"I'll put you into that wardrobe, then."
"No you won't."
"I will."
"You try it."
She took him instantly, put him in, and
turned the lock.
Thereupon Young America began to kick
up a tremendous noise inside, battering the
doors of the wardrobe as if he would have
knocked them off their hinges. His mother,
fearful that he would do mischief either to
himself or to the furniture, and remember
ing that the house was not hers, took him
out and said, in great distress, "O, George,
I don't know what to do with you !"
"Don't you?" said he, looking up into
her face.
"No, indeed, I don't."
"Then," said he, "if that is so. I'll be
have," which he accordingly did, marching.
into the other room with her, and conduct
ing himself for the rest of the evening like
a little gentlemaii. She had capitulated
given up the struggle for authority. He
was now behavingon his own responsibility.
A gentleman in Northampton, with whom
I spent a very delightful week, and who be
longs to one of the old Puritan families, told
me that for several years he had tried whip
ping with his boy, but found it ineffectual.
On one occasion the boy was caught in an
oft-repeated fault. His father took him to
his room, upraided him for his disobedience,
reminded him (which was probably unnec
essary) that he had several times been
obliged to apply the rod of correction, that
it seemed as yet to have been in vain, that
he was much disheartened, and was at a los.s
what to d' with hinl. A blight thought oe
curred to the ho.-. "Father," sai l he. "sup
pose you pray."
The father was a good man. and cmiU not
refuse to do this. But having a suspi. ion
that the bov had suggested this in otdtr to
eseaoe punishment. he prayed for the young
reprobate first. and whipped him afterward.
He told me, however, that he had never
been able to make anything of the boy till
he gave up flogging ami appealed to the boy's
sense of what was right and proper.
The precocity of American children and
the deiuicratic ideas that pervade society,
and filter down even into the minds of the
youngest, account, probably, fur three facts
first, that American parents, guardians,
and teachers, do not expect the same rev
erence and unquestionable obedience that is
looked for and inculcated here; second, that
the children there will not be governed 1 y
mere authority and force; and third, that
happily, as a counterpoise, they become at
an exceedingly early age amenable to reason.
A Strange Discovf.ky. A queer exhu
mation was made in (lie Strip Vein Coal
Bank of Capt. Lacy, IIammondsviie,Ohio,
one day last week. Mr. James Parson and
his two sons were engaged in making the
batik, when a huge mas-of coil fell down,
disclosing a large smooth slate wall, upon
the surface of which weie found, carved in
bold relief, several lines of hieroglyphics.
Crowds have visited the place since the dis
covery, and many "good scholars have tried
to disciph ,r the characters, hut all in vain.
Nobody has been able to tell in what ton. ue
the words are written. How came the mys
terious writing in the bowels ot the eaith,
where rrobably no human eye has ever pen
etrated? By whom and when was it writ
ten ? There are several lines, about three
inches apart.the first line containing twenty
five words. Attempts have been made to
remove the slate wall and bring it out, but
upon tat ping the wall it gave forth a sound
that would indicate the existence of a hol
low chamber beyond, and the characters
would be destroyed in attempting to remove
it. At last accounts. Dr. Hartshorn, of Mt
Union College, had been sent for to exam
ine the writing. Wrlhetlle (Ohio) Union
What the Heart is. Somebody says,
the heart is like a plant in the tropics, which
all the year round is bearing flowers, and
ripening seeds and letting them fly. It is
shaking off memories and propping associa
tions. The joys of last year are ripe seeds
that will come up in joy again next year.
Thus the heart is planting seeds in every
nook and corner; and a wind which serves
to prostrate a plant is only a sower coming
forth to sow its seeds, planting som of them
in rock crevices, some bv river courses, some
among mossy stones, some by warm hedges,
and some in gardens and open fields. So it
is with our experiences of life that sway and
bow us either with joy or sorrow.
A Mississippi editor said of his local can
didate before the election: "He is as fine
a fellow as ever lilted a hat to a lady, or a
boot to a blackguard."
PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2-5. 1868.
BREAD;
The importance of having a good article anf hew
to make it With a recipe for good home-made
Yeant.
BY A PRACTICAL noTJtiF.WIFE.
Holy Writ assures us that bread is the
stnff of life; and our daily experience ful
ly proves the truth of the assertion. But
it is not enough to procure this staff of life
in sufficient quantity; the excellence of its
quality is of great importance. The stroDg
healthy man may eat poor bread without ex
periencing any inconvenience; but the deli
cate child, or the invalid wliose impaired di
gestion requires great 'carefulness in diet,
cannot pay too much attention to the quali
ty ; bread is indeed to theni the staTof life.
The superior nutritious properties of bread
have been disputed, but the doubt has been
dispelled by some chemical researchs made
in Fiance, testing the comparative nutri
ment of various edibles.
Messrs Percy and Yanguelin have discov
ered that bread ccntains 8'.) nutritious parts
in 100 ; meal, 34 in 100 ; French beans, 92;
common beans, 89; peas, 93; cabbagesand
turnips contain only 8 parts solid matter in
1 0: pounds; while 1W pounds of potatoes
contain 25 pounds of solid substance. And
as a general result the scientific reporters
estimate that I pound of good bread is c
qual to 21 or 3 poun 1-s good potatoes ! An a
lai niing statement to many of us, who have
supposed potatoes quite equal to bread in
nutriment. The Irish, whose food in the
old country chiefly consists of potatoes and
mi!k, might find bread quite as cheap food
if they could raise the wheat. Potatoes al
so give a fl :bbiness. to the muscu'ar system.
The word bread is derived from brayed
grain, from the verb to bray or pound ; in
dicative of the old method of preparing the
flour. Dough comes from the Anglo Saxon
word thiucimi. t j wet, to moisten. Loaf is
from the Anglo Saxon word 'tax, to raise.
to lift up, as raised bread. Leaven is deriv
e 1 from the French verb levee, to raise, as
the S;:xon word lif-ian.
The superiority of good home-made bread
has long been acknowledge, yet how few
families really make good bread. All ba
kers use alum, which is injurious to the
health, and causes indigestion in delicate
persons. But the alum benefits the baker
in several ways; it causes his loaves to sep
arate evenly and without trouble, and in
creases the weight of the loaf, as it makes
the flour absorb niore watey therefore, a
tour pound Joat ot bakers I r.fau will con
tain less nourishment than a loaf of home
made bread of equal weight. Economy
should make every woman her own bread-
maker. The alum also imparts a. better
color to tl.e flour, and conceals any unpleas
ant odor arising from damaged flour. Ba
ker's bread dries much quicker than home
made. The reason is, that alum is what
chemists calls an efflorescent salt, that is, it
dries by exposure to the air ; common
salt is deliquescent, that is, it attracts mois
ture from the air; therefore, bread which
contains salt only will keep moist much
louver than that which contains alum.
These are certainly reasons why every worn
an should make her own bread, or have it
made in her kitchen.
We purpose togive a few recipes for bread
making that will not fail. First we will give
a recipe for making yeast. The yeast bought
at the door is not always of good quality.
The recipe for hop yeast given has been tes
ted lor 20 years, and rarely fails; never, il
1 he veast jug is pel fectly sweet and the yeast
properly made: Bil in porcelain or copper
tinned kettle, two large handfuls of hops,
tied in a cloth, ix large potatoes sliced thin,
in six quarts of water. When the potatoes,
are very toft, skim them cut, and cither rub
through a colender or mash fine on a plate.
Take out the hops, squeeze dry, and hang
awav for another time, as they can be used
twice. Keep the water boiling, mix one
and one half pints of wheat flour to a smootl
batter with cold water, and one tablespoon-
t nl of ginser, two of brown sugar, and one
teas;jtiful of salt ; mix in the mashed
potatoes, "tir all into the boiling water, and
boil ten minutes. Turn into a six quart tin
pan. When milk warm to the touch add
one teacup of yeast. Let it rise over night,
then put into a stone jug.
This yeast will keep in a cellar, perfectly
good for six weeks. A large teacupful will
make two large loaves of bread. Be sure to
reserve a teacupful to rise the yeast with
the next time. Always scald the jug thor
uoahly al keep water in over night, with
tablespoonful of saleratus stirred into it
This will sweeten the jug. It takes a larger
quantity of this yeast to raise bread, biscuits
or muffins than the distillery yeast, but the
effect is quite as good. Once used, the yeast
man's bell will pass unheeded.
To make bread of first rare quality, the
sponge should be laid over night. Bread
that has been raised three times is muc
the best. It is of a firm, even texture has
no fissures or cracks, and the slice presents
an even sarface. Here is a recipe that rare-
Iv fails : Take one quart of new milk, add
boiling water sufficient to make it warm
to the touch. (Water can be substitu
ted for the milk, but bread made withou
milk dries more rapidly.) Add one tea
spoonful of salt.stir in three quarts of flour
and one teacup of home made veast, or
three tablespoonfnls of distillery yeast. Mix
well toeether, then sprinkle flour all round
the edges of the batter or sponge, leaving
a small space in the middle uncovered. Set
in a warm place to rise, covering wi'h a pan
In si;u n.r the sponge will be ready to mold
over before breakfast. Mix it up thick that
it can be kneaded well, and knead it
half an hour or more. Chopping it with a
chopping knife adds to its lightness and po
rosity. When well kneaded, sprinkle flour
on the bottom of the pan thickly, put in
dough and set it away for half an hour or
more, but Watch it closely. (Bread making
should be most carefully tended, as any neg
lect ruins the whole. If allowed to rise too
murh its sweetness is gone, and though sal
eratus will take away the acidity.iis aroma
and flavor are destroyed.) When light en
ough, turn out on the molding-board and
knead thoroughly) divide into two loaves,
reserving a portion for biscuit, so that the
new-made loaves may not be cut that day.
Mold well, put into the pans,- let it rise in
a warm place fifteen minutes, then bake in
a hot oven. If the oven be hot, the bread
will lose less weight in baking than when
the oven is slack. The batter can be baked
in the morning in muffin rings, and makes
delicious breakfast cakes, better thau hot j
biscuit.
Bread made with potatoes is very nice.
Boil three large potatoes, well pared or six
good sizid ones; rub them through acolendar
into your bread pan. Rinse them through the
colendar with a pint of boiling water, add one
quart of milk. Stir in half a pintot flour,aud
hen the liquor is cool enough add a teacup
full of home-made yeast; set it in a warm
place. If this is done after dinner using
the potatoes left troni the table the sponge
will be ready for more flour by eight or
nine o'clock in the evening. Now mix to
a stiff batter, sprinkle flour over it, set it to
rise. In the morning knead into a stiu
dough, let it rise well, then knead agaiti,put
into pans, let it rise 15 to 2 J minutes, bake
in a hot oven.
Palatable as good wheat bread is there is
no doubt that eating it entirely is not con
ducive to health. Rye, Indian meal, and coarse
flour make bread that is better adapted to the
development of t lie muscle. Bostuu brown
bread is much used. and is far better for youg
children than bread made of superfine flour.
It is easily made : Take two quarts of Indian
meal, sifted, one quart of rye meal or Gia
ham flour, one large spoouful of salt, one
teacup of molasses, one teacupful of home
made yeast, or half the quantity of brewers
yeast. JHix with not water as stilt as one can
stir it, let it rise one hour, bake in deep earth
en or iron pots, which are made purposely.
To avoid the thick crust produced by baking
so long, boil it four hours, and bake it one,
removing the cover before setting it into the
oven to bake.
Good bread and butter cannot be made
without some experience an I intelligence.
Upon- their quality dpeudlialf .the com
fort of the table, and yet full half of the
people in this eountry never taste them in
perfection. Springfield Uvpubltcan.
Hickory Nuts and Salt. One time,
says a writer, while enjoying a visit from an
Englishman, hickory nuts were served in
the evening, when my English friend called
for salt, statiug that he ktiew of a case of a
wouiau eating heartily of nuts in the even
ing who was taketi violently ill. The cele
brated Dr. Abernetby was sent ior, but it
was after he had become too fond of his
cup, and he was not'iii condition to go. -. He
muttered "Salt! Salt!-' of which no notice
was taken'. Next morning he went to the
place, aud she was a corpse. He said that
had they given her salt it would have reliev
ed her; if they would allow hitu to make
an examination, he would convince them,
Ou opening the stomach the nutd were found
in a mass. He sprinkled salt on this, and it
immediately dissolved.. I have kuowu of a
sudden death myself, which appeared to
have been the effect of the same cause.
generally eat salt with nuts, and I consider
it improves them.
Effect of Tobacco on Boys. Dr. De-
caisne while engaged in investigating the in-
flueuce of tobacco ou the circulatory system
had his attention called to the large number
of boys between the ages of 9 and 15 years
who were addicted to smoking. Ot thirty
eight boys who smoked, twenty seven show
ed distinct symptoms of disease. Thirty
two had various disorders cf circulation,
disordered digestion, palpitation, slowuesa
of intellect,aud more or less taste for strong
drinks. Eight showed a diminution ot the
red corpuscules of the blood ; three had in
teruiittatit pulse ; twelve quite frequent epi
taxes ; ten disordered sleep ; and tour ul
ceration of the mucous membratie of the
mouth.
Impure Water. Set a pitcher of water
in a room. in a few hours it will have absorb
ed nearly all the respired gases in the room
the air of which will have become purer,
but the water utterly filthy. The colder the
water is, the greater the capacity to contain
these gases. At ordinary tempeiatures, a
pail of water will contain a j int of carbonic
acid gas,and several pints of ammonia. The
capacity is nearly doubled by redueing the
water to the temperature of ice. Hence wa
ter kept in the room awhile is always unfit
for use. For the same reason the water
from a pump should always be pumped out
in the morning before any of it is used.
Suntiay Schools in Germany. Sunday
Schools had no existence in Germany eight
years ago. Now there are sixty six, with
11,209 scholars, and in the German cantons
of Switzerland, nineteen, with 2343 schol
ars. These scbools,for religious instruction.
were started by means of the efforts of an
American merchant named Woodruff, who
addressed several audiences at Bremen on
the subject, a German merchant acting as
interpreter. The latter gentleman has since
devoted himself to the Sunday School work
with the result named.
An exchange says he can always tell what
sort of a woman a man married from the
way he treats the printer.
How to Prosper. In the first place
make up your mind to accomplish whatever
you undertake ; decide upon some particular
employment and persevere in it. AH diffi
culties are overcome by di.igence and assi
duity. Be not afraid to work with your own
hands, and diligently too. "A cat in gloves
catches no mice." Attend to your own bus
iness, and never trust it to others. "A pot
that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse
boiled." Be frugal. "That wind; will not
make a pot will make a pot lid." Be ab
stemious. "He wire dainties loves shall a
beggar prove." Rise early. "The sleep
ing fox catches no poultry." Treat every
one with respect and civility. "Everything
is gained and nottriug lost py courtesy.
Oood manners insures success. Never an
ticipate wealth from any other source than
labor. "He who waits for dead men's shoes
may have togo barefooted." And above
all "Nil desperandiitu," for "'Heaven help
those who help themselves."
A Western exchange gives vent to its po
etical phrenzy in the following beautift
stanzas :
"I wud notdy in Ortufn,
With peaches fit fur eatin'.
When the wavy korn is gettin' wripe,
And the candidates is treat in'.
When sassidge n eat is phryiu',-
& hickory nuts is thick,
Ow ! who wud think ot dyin'
Or even gettiu' sick?"
Meekness. How difficult it is to be of a
meek and forgiving spirit, when despiteful
ly used. To love an enemy, and to forgive
a civil speaker is a higher attainment than
is commonly believed. It is very easy to
talk of Clnisttan forbearance among neigh
bors, but to practice it ourselves proves us
to be good Christians indeed.
A "brave tar" of Water street, thus da
livered himself at a receut religious assem
blage in that locality: "Fellow citizen: J
Give me the Presbyterians for discipline, the
Baptists for water, and the Methodists for
fire; I'm a Presbyterian when on duty, a
hard-shell Baptist iu hot weather, aud i
Methodist in winter."
A lady in Bangor, Maine, hung her hoop
skirt on a nail in her chamber, and a mem
her of her household, while exploring the
premises, was so unfortunate as to get his
head caught therein, and being unable to
extricate himself, soon expired. His uatue
was Thomas Cat. .
"Why is it," said one of our school marms
to a young scape-grace who had caused her
much trouble by his bad conduct, "why is
it you behaved so well wheu you first came
to school, and are so disobedient now?''
"I wasn't much acquainted theu," said the
young hopeful.
An Irishman, noticing a woman passing
aloug the street, spied two strips depending
from under the lady's cloak. Not kuowiug
that these were styled sashes, aud were
hauging in the right place, he said "Faith,
ma'am, your galiasses are untied."
A traveler in Pennsylvania asked the
laudlord if they had any cases of sun stroke
in that town. "No sir," says the landlord,
"wheu a man gets drunk here we say he is
drunk aud we never call it by any other
name."
Is there n word in the English language
which coutains all the vowels? Ans. Un
questionably. Is there another which contains them in
regular succession ? Ans. Facetiously.
Even Tom Hood is almost inexcusable
for such a de.-eiiption of music as this:
"Heaven reward the man who first hit upon
the very original notion of sawing the in
side ot a cat with the tail of a hoiso."
Folly to eat a hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the brief tune
it is passing down the throat, at the ex
pense of a whole nights disturbed sleep, and
a weary waking in the morning.
The fellow who undertook to get a free
pass ou the plea that he was a railroad man
is found to have spoken the truth, he was a
rail rode man, but a fellow had hold of each
end of the rail when he rode.
A physician stopped at the shop of a
country apothecary and inquired tor a phar
macopcea. "Sir," said the apnhecary, "1
kuow of no such a farmer living about these
parts." . . i i
A girl inEbensburg, Cambria county, who
was caught applying a torch to her employ
er's house, said she was instigated to do it
by the devil.
Young men are as apt to think themselvt s
wise enough, as drunken men are to
think themselves sober enough.
Harrisburg brags on a man in that place
who whitewashes his roof to keep water the
from leaking through. .
Solomon advices the sluggard to goto the
ant; but the shiftless in our day generally
go to their "uncle."
What is the difference between a hill and
a pill ? One's hard to get up, and the other's
hard to get down.
"Ma, what is revenge?" 1 It is when
your father scolds, and I hit him with a
broomstick."
A Schenectady merchant smashed a $200
mirror trying to hit that man in his room.
Easton has a young lady who weighs 500
pounds.
VOL. 15.-N0. 13.
TTOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS,
-LA AND
HOO-FLASD'S GERMAN f OSlC
THSGRK1T RKMED1ES
Far all d-ieaet of the Liver. Stomach, or dige
tire organs.
ITooflancVs German Bitters
Composed of the nnro ! Inr mm thv am
medieinallT termed. ztraeim nrRnnii FlorhK mil
Darks, makinc a Dreo xtinn hihlw mhd.
t rated, and entirely free from aW-nknlin ad.
mixture of an; kind.
HOOFLATiD S GERMAN TOZttC,
Is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with the purest quality of Santa Oriu Rum.
Orarge. Ac . making one of tbe most pleasant and
ngreeaoie remedies erer oDered to tbe pubira.
Those preferring a Medicine free from Alcohol
ic admixture, will use
IIOUFIsAXD S GERMAN BITTERS.
Those who bare no objection to the eombinatiofl
of the liitters, a-i stated, will use
ITOOI'LAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Tbey are both equally good, and contain tbe
same medicinal virtues, tbe choice between the
two being a mere matter of taele, tbe Tonic being
the most palatable.
The stomach, from a Variety of causes, such as
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Nervous Debility, etc.. is
Very apt to have iu functions deranged. Tbe
Liver, sympathizing as closely as itdoel with
the Stomach, then be comes affected.the result
of which is that tbe patient suffers from several
or more ot the following diseases:
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness
of Blood to the Head. Aeidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, ileartbnra, Vugnst for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations,
Sinking or fluttering- at the Pitof the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head, Hurried er Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or
uflVtcating Sensations when In Lying Posture,
Dimness of Vision. Dots or Webs before tbe Sight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspira
tion. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyos, Pain In
the Side, Back,Chest. Limbs, etc, Sudden flush
es of Heat, Uurni jg io the Flesh , Constant im
aginings of Evil, and great depression of Spirits.
Tbe sufferer from :bese diseases shoald exercise
the greatest caution in tbe selection of a remedy
for bis rase, purcbas-ng only that which he is as
sured from bis inves ligations and inquiries
possesses true merit, is skilfully compound
ed, is free frotn injurious ingredldents. and baa
established for itself a reputation fer the enre of
these diseases. In this connneetion we would
submit those well-known remedies
lloojland's German RUlt.rt. and Hoojtand't
German Tonir prrparrH by Dr. C. M.
JacktoH, PkUarfrlpkta, Pa.
Twenty-two years since tbey were first intro
duced into this country from Germany, during
which time tbey have undoubtedly parformed
more cures, and bene6tted suffering humanity to
a greater extent, than any other remedies known
to tbe public.
These remedies will effectually cure Liter Com
plaint. Jaundice. Dya . , popsia. Chronic. or Ner
vous I'ebility, Cbton ic Diarrhoea. Disease ef
the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a dis
ordered Liver, Stomach, or Iutestines.
DEBILITY,
Resulting from any cause whatever I prostrstion
of tbe syttem. induced by severe labor,
hardships, exposure, fevers, eta.
There is no medicine Xtant equal to thase rem
edies in such cases. A tone and vigor is imparted
to the whole system, tbe appetite is strengthed,
food is enjoyed. tbe stomach digests promptly .the
blood is purified, tbe complexion becomes sound
and healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from
tbe eyes, a bloom is given to tbe cheeks, and tbe
weik and nervous invalid becomes a strong and
bealthy being.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling tbe hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all Its attendar.t ills. will find in
the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an elixer
that will instil new 'ife into their veins, restore
in a measure tbe energy and ardor of mure youth
ful days, build up their shrunken forms, and give
h.alth and happiness to their remaining years.
NOTICE.
Tt is a well established fact tbat fully one-half
of the fenale portion of oar population are sel
dom in tbe enjoyment of good health ; or, to
use their own exprea sion. "nevcrfeei well."
Tbey are languid, devoid of all energy. extreme
Iv nervous, aud have no appetite. To this class
of peisons the BITTEKo, or the TONIC, is espo
cially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. Tbey will cure every case of MARAS
MUS, without f..il.
Thousands of certificates have accumulated in
the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Those.it will bo
observed, are men of note and of such standing;
that tbey must believed.
TESTIMONIALS.
Hon. Grorsf W. Woodward, Chirf Justin
lh Supreme Court of PrmCa, vmtrt :
Philadelphia. March 18, ISS7.
"I find Hoofland's Herman Bitters' is a
good tonic, useful in disesses of the diges
tive organs, and of great benefit in cases of de
bility, and want of nervous action in the system.
Yours truly, OEO. W WOODWARD."
Hon Jame Thompon Judge of the Supreme
Court of Priiutlvatna:
Philadelphia, April 23. 1S6.
'1 consider'Hoofiand's Herman Bitters' a vau
alilr mrdinne In case f attacks ot Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experi
ence of it. Yours, with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON.
From Rev Joseph II. Kennard. D. D., Pastor
of the tenth Bapttet Church. Philadelphia.
Dr. Jaeison Dear Sir! I have been frequent
ly requested toeonnect my name with recommen
datious ef different kinds of medicines, bat re
garding the practice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in all capes declined; but
with i clear proof in various instances and
particularly iu my own family, of the asefulness
of Dr. Hoofiand's (ierinan Bitters. I depart for
once from my nsnal eourse. to express my full
conviction that.or general debility of the eyttem.
and etpeeially for Liver Complaint, tt a safe
and valuable preparation. In some eases it snay
fail, but usually. I doubt not. it will be very ben
eficial to those who suffer from the above causes
Yours, very respectfully,
J H. KENNARD, 8th,bel Coetesst.
Fiom Rev. E. D. Fendall, Assistant Editor
Chriettan Chrome!, Philadelphia.
I have derived decided benefit from Hie use of
Uooflands Merman Bitters, and feel it my piivtl
ege to recommend thetn as a most valuable tonic,
to all who are suffering from general debility or
from disesses arising from derangement ef the
liver. Yours truly, E D. FENDALL.
CAUTION.
Hoofiand's German Remedies areeoupterfelted.
Pee that tbe signature of C. M JACKSON is on
the wrapper of each bottle. All ethers asa
counterfeit Prinei -- pal Office and Manufac
tory at the German Medioine Store,Bo. 631 ARCH
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JAOKSON t Co.
Hoofiand's German Bitters, vr bottle, SI to
Hoofiand's German Bitters, balf dozen, &
Hoofiand's German Tonic put npin quartbottle
SI 50 per bottle, or balf dosen for ST SO.
f tT Do not forget to examine well the articl
yon buy, in order to get tbe genuine.
For sale by A. I. SHAW Agent Clearfield Pa.
April 28, 188;i-l