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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. I8ff&
VOL. 15--N0. 14.
Select poetry.
"HASTE NOT-BEST NOT."
-Withonthaste '. without rest '."
Bind the motto to thy breast;
Bear it with thee as a spell,
Storm or sunshine, guard it well;
lleed not flowers that round thee tloom
Bear it onward to the tomb.
Haste not! let no thoughtless deed
Mar lor aye the spirit's speed ;
Ponder well and know the right,
tlnward, then, with ail thy might;
Haste not! years can ne'er atone
For one reckless action dene.
Rest not! life is sweeping by,
Do not dare before you die;
Something mighty and sublime
Leave behind to conqner time;
Glorious 'tis to live for aye
When these forms hare passed away.
Haste not '. rest not! caltn'y wait,
Meekly bear the storm of fate;
Duty ee thy polar guide.
Do the right whate'er betide ;
Hastenot! rest cot ! Conflicts past
God shall crown thy work at last.
TEE KEECEAKT'S 7IFE. .
A handsome barouche with a splendid pair
of horses, harness and trappings all of equal
style, waited at the open door of a mansion
iD a fishiouaLIe souare at the west end of
London. A young, beautiful and richly
attired lady descended the steps accompanied
by a gentleman, who handed her into her
seat ; already a lovely bey of about four
years old was placed there.
' Come with ua, papa," he cried, "this
onoe."
"Do, Arthur," echoed the young mother ;
"Max pleads for us."
"Dear Blanche, I am overwhelmed with
lu.-iness this morning. But you will not be
alone. Are you not going to take up Laura
and Fanny Oliphant? There, go and enjoy
yourselves; we shall meet at dinner."
He pressed the little hand resting on the
carriage door and she kissed his in return to
their parting salutations, as the spirited
Ii'irses, that had been pawing the ground
impatiently, dashed off at full speed.
Arrived at the Oliphants, Mrs. Devon
port iouud her cousins ready. There was a
fl iwer show and musical festival at Syden
ham, and the Crystal Palace, so worthy of
that nnme, would be attended by the gay
vi'taries of fashion and pleasure. Some
came there on this fair summer's day to view
the rare and choice flowers, and others to
listen to fine music, many to behold the
world's wonders, the treasures of art and
se'u-noe, collected in the far-famed palace.but
many nrre to meet with friends or toexhib
it their elegant toilettes, and discuss the dif
ferent events then on th(? tipicx in London.
Laura and Fanny O'iphant had lingered
anionc the flowers, whether induced to re
nmn by the sweet pcrfutr.es and glowing
colors, or by the appearance of two dashing
yniin? guardsmen of their acquaintance who
ti-nally hunted in couple., the reader must
dVptle. Mrs. Devonport, fatigued with wan
dering up and down the gay crowd, after ap
PMiutinga place of meeting with her cousins,
left them, and with her young son seated
K-ixIf to hear the music of a new opera.
His li-tle hands were filled with expensive
t" she had bought for him.
' What a beautiful child !" was the gen
era, remark of strangers, as they passed bini
ly. an 1 beautiful he looked in his white eni
I ru' l red cashmere dress and dark bluepash
across one shoulder, forming a contrast to
tli curls that fell over it like a shower of
eonl.a velvet'eap the color of his sash, whose
plume was fastened by a rich jewel.
Imrti'vliatply behind Mrs. Devonport were
seated two gentlemen, apparently more in-t'-'!'trifd
:ii each other's conversation than in
t!e fiiie strains from the orchestra. Be
tween a pause in the music, Blanche over
h?arj .an unwilling listener) a portion of
their conversation.
'And so the great house of Devon port &
Co. is likely to become bankrupt."
"oU greatly astonish me; I thought Do
von;. rt one of our wealthiest merchants."
"1 c;:i only say," replitd the "first speak
er, "'that a few d:iys since a bill to a heavy
an.ount was returned to me, and on making
I'M'iir-Hs this morning in tho city, from a
fri h i who is usually an fait in such matters,
I listvc r.o doubt their liabilities will be cn
crji,.us An! then tiny live in such an
tx!'""sive s!y!e, that little wife of Devon
f rt nutht be an Eastern princess."
1 ""r Lliauehe ! She could have exclaimed
IWrije, "What fire is in mine ears
this be true?" She durst not leave the
Not. learing to attract their notice. At
alter what appeared to her an ineal
cu ao'e space of time, little Max, who vainly
trn.eav-,rt.-J to attract his mother's attention,
tan t'.i cry. Sherose.and taking her child's
41,1 "oved away. Hastening through the
tkrone. he sought her young cousins.
-ant-he, what ails you? How pale you
kok," i-ajj Laura.
I hav. a sudden heartache, dear, (heart
alie would have been more truthful.) The
a' and noise are insupportable. But I will
" you away ; the carriage shall return,
ui :bee gentlemen will escort you back to
town."
Oie of the young officers found Mis. De-
vOnport's carriage, and rnrulucted her to it.
he wed her thanks. "Home," she just
iound voice to utter to the liveried servant.
no Stood Waiting her mm ma nils tripn. as
by drove off, she sank back and burst into
'ears.
hat a change 1 It was like one awaking
"ora a dream, and what a rude awakening !
Only a few hours since she had left a splen
did abode, brilliant and harov : the verv
finUirat seemed to dance before her path ,
a coleur de rose had tinted with its unreal
hues life and life's scenes now the veil was
withdrawn, and what was revealed but pres
ent and prospective misery?
Blanche Devonport had been brought up
tenderly rhe darling of a fond father and
and over indulgent mother; then, after her
marriage every gift wealth could bestow was
lavished upon her by a kind husband. But
though apparently the spoiled child of for
tune, she had a noble, high principled mind
that prosperity could not harm nor adversi
ty crush. Those Litter tears fell, not because
she beheld passing away wealth and its en
joyments. but that her husband's nameshould
be accounted dishonored.
By the time Blanche reached her home,
she had resolved in her own mind what
course to purme. The child had fallen a
sleep, and was taken up stairs to his nurse.
Mrs. Devonport was gratified to discover
that her own maid, not expecting their re j
turn for several hours, had srone to spend
the afternoon. She locked the room door,
threw off the bonnet covered with its snowy
plumes, the delicate peach colored dress
trimmed with rich and expensive lace, laid
aside the elegant little watch and chain with
their costly appendages.then select vd a black
silk dress, a simple lace collar and cuff, and
would have even brushed straight the beau
tiful hair, almost the golden hue of her
child's but no, it absolutely would curl and
wave as before. She sat down a few min
utes to collect her scattered thoughts; for
the first time in her existence she was to
confront the stern realities of life but what
matter? she had her husband and her child
left her. At length, rising and ringing the
bell, she inquired if Mr. Devonport had re
turned. He bad, and was with Mr. Merton,
hie solicitor, in the library. Blanche felt a
little nervous, but calmly went down stairs,
then through a suite of plndid apartments
to the library. Her hand was on the handle
of the door, gently opening it, when the
beard her husband's voice.
"Morton, I will make any sacrifice ; buy
time for payment, at any price, if I can only
keep these cinbarrassoieuts from my wife's
knowledge."
His wife entered the room.
''Dear A thur, 1 know all and now no
further sacrifice must be made ! Mr. Morton,
as my Lusband's friend, I beg you w ill ex
plain to me the most honorable course to
ourselves, the most just to thone to whom
money is due."
Devonport wis lost ;n amazement ; be ros;e
and clasped her in his am s.
"My brave little wife ! Fool and coward
that I have been ! I did not do you justice.
There, Morton, have iour cn way now.
Confound it, but I am happier than before
I owned a bhilling."
And the poor fellow brushed away a tear
from his eyes.
The lawyer then briefly explained to
Blant he, that, in consequence of the ladure
of a largo firm abroad, her husband was on
the verge of bankruptcy; that be had ad
vised meeting the approaching crisis by les
sening their expenses, and, with Mr. De
vonport's assistance, he felt confident of ul
timately arranging matters satisfactorily.
Then in reply to his questions as to how
she obtained her information, Blanche de
tailed the couver-a'ion io the CryMal 1'alace,
and inquired the name of the gentleman to
whom they were indebted yes, said she,
indebted for her knowledge of these affairs
for he should be reimbursed by the sale
of every jewel she possessed, and the mon
ey inclosed in the note, with the compli
ments of the "Eastern princess ." and then
poor Blanch began to laugh hystericallj ,and
asked for a glass of water.
"My dear child," cried Arthur, "how in
considerate I have beon! You have taken
nothing since breakfast." He rang the bell,
ordered dinner to be hasened,and would not
allow a word to be spoken ou business until
they returned to the library, when all three
sat down to discuss deliberately how, in the
most prudent niauuer, they might weather
the storm.
The London season being at its height,
the house of the Devonports was easily
rented. A cottage in an unfashionable su
buiban district waf taken, and thither they
conveyed sufficient from their former resi
dence to furnish it simply yet elegantly.
But the chief part of the costly and valua
bla article in the house weie sold, as well
as the horses and carriages.
Nearly all the servants were i aid and dis
missed the lady who condescended to act
as nurse, and of whom Blanche stood
slightly in awe, among the number; a young
housemaid, who was a great favorite with
Max, begged to remain, and was retained
to supply her place ; the lady's maid was
dispensed with, as Nelly would attend upon
Mrs. Devonport also; she, with two sisters
forir.ed the entire establishment.
Belgravis looked on and wondered ; then
in a few days the Devonports were forgot
ten. But if the creditors were surprised,
they were also gratified, for within a year
all was paid in full. Mr. Devonport who
probably had been too reliant on others,
now attended closely to business, and work
ed early and late, stimulated to exertion by
the heroic conduct of his wife.
One morning about six months after the
events already related, a gentleman was an
nounced. The delicate tint on Blanche De
von port's cheek changed to a deeper color,
as she read the name of Mr. Charles Stan
ley on bis card.
"Partlon my intrusion. Mrs. Dveonport,"
said he, on entering, "but I only recently
returned from a tour abroad, and have now
called to apologize for the rude remarks I
was guilty of uttering, when seated near
you one memorable d y last sunnier. On
your rising, my friends recognized you, and
I felt deeply concerned for the pain I must
have caused you. I have seen your hus
bands solicitor, and understand from 1 im
how nobly you acted. And now allow me
to leave this money (laying dowuapileof
notes) in Mr. Devonport's hands, until per
fectly tonvenient for him to repay me."
"Indeed, Mr. Stanley," replied Blanche,
recovering from her embarrassment, "you
little know the service you have rendered
us. As to this money, I thank you greatly,
but cannot take it."
"Well, then, I shall call npon Mr. De
vonport at his ware house ; but pray give
me leave to renew my visit at some other
day."
Blanche assured him he would be most
welcome; and Mr. Stanley took his leave,
determined in some maimer to benefit the
Devon ports.
It was now the end of a Ion;.', cold winter,
aud in the early spring Charles Stanley was
enabled to carry out his purpose. lie owu-
ed a pretty little villa, with a few acres of
land, about ten miles distant from London,
situated in a beautiful country, and near a
railroad station. Atthistiioe a fast friend
ship had sprung up between the former
debtor and creditor ; and one day. hearing
Blanche lament for her child's sake the want
of purer air, he turned to her husband say
ing: "I know the very spot that would
suit you. to be rented by a friend vi' mine,
lie prefers to live in town, but would like it
occupied by a small family. It is, too, re
markably cheap."
He then named a low sum, that Devon
port was induced to accompany him to look
at it ; and in a few wteks they were com
fortably settled in their new home.
Blanche had the gratification of seeing
her little Max bright ami blooming as for
nerly ; and when at last she di-icovercd the
name of the real landlord, she appreciated
the delicate manner in which he was deter
mined to serve them the garden of fruit
and flowers, the pleasant terraces, and the
shady groves were more prized by her than
her former luxury.
Their summer friends had of course flown
with the change of fortune, but a few tried
and valued ones remained. The Oliphants
had never deserted them, and Charlie Stan
ley, who was a constant guest at length
made an offer to Laura. She, rather proud
of htr conquest. accepted 1 im but professed
to believe he oniy asked her that he might
become related to her cousin Blanche.
The Devonports never returned to the
fashionable world they left "its gi-ld and
all its broidercd equipage" having, by sad
experience, lost all charm in their eyes.
But if not moving in the same rink as for
merly, I hey fully regained the honorable
name which was only dimmed for a time
but never lost.
Home TRi'xns. A judicious wifo is al
ways clipping off from h t husband's moral
nature little twigs that are growing in wrong
directions. She keeps him shaped by contin
ual pruning. If you declare that you will
do some absurd thing. she will find means of
preventing your doing it Aud by far the
chief part of all the common sense there is
in this world belongs unquestionably to
women. The wisest things a man common
ly does, are those which his wife counsels
him to do. A wife is the grand wielder of
the moral pruning knife. If Johnson's wife
hud lived, there would have been no hoard
ing up of orange peel, no touching all the
pasts ii. walking along the s reet, no eating
and drinking with a disgusting voracity. It
Oliver Goldsmith had leen married he
would never have worn that memorable and
ridiculous coat. Whenever you find a man
whom you know little about, odd. y dressed,
talking absurdly, or exhibiting any eccen
tricity of manner, you may be sure that he
is not a married man ; for the corners are
tounded off the little shoots are pruned
away, in married men. Wives generally
have much more sense than their husbands,
especially wlusn their husbands are clever
men. The wife's advice is like ihi ballast
that keeps the ship steady.
Hkslst the Beginning. The Arabs
have a fable of a miller, who was one day
startled by a camel's nose thrust in the win
dow of a room where he was sleeping. "It is
very cold, outside," aid the camel; "'I on
ly want to get my nose in." The nose was
let in, then the neck, and finally the whole
body. Presently the miller began to be ex
tremely inconvenienced by the ungainly
companion he had obtained, in a room cer
tainly not large enough for both. "If you
are inconvenienced," said the camel, "you
may leave. As for myself, I shall stay where
I am."
The moral of the fable concerns all. When
temptation occurs, we must not yie;d toir.
We must not allow as much as its "noe"'
to come in. Everything like sin is to be
turned away fr mi. He who jieldsevenin
the smallest degree, wiil soon be entirely
overcome ; and the last state of this uiau is
worse than the first.
A mountain exchange tells of a band of
Indians who made a suddeu attack on a
band of soldiers in the mountains. The sol
diers had a mountain howitzer mounted on
a mule. Not having time to get it off and
put it in position, they backed up the mule
and let drive at the Indians. The load was
so heavy that mule aud all went tumbling
down the hill toward the savages, who, not
understanding that kind of warfare fle 1 like
deers. Afterwards one of them was cap
tured, and when asked why he ran so. replied:
"Me big injun, not afraid of big guns or lit
tle guns, but when white man load up and
fire a whole jackass at injun, me don't kuow
what to do."
Education.
In regard to the abolition of the afternoon
classes in schools, we hrve seen the following
statements relative to the results which
have followed :
"It was principally during the past sum
mer months that the experiment, was almost
forced upon the authorities. The results
on all sid.M are reported to have been
more than brilliant. The forenoon classes
are somewhat, but not much larger than
formerly, but it is faid that the pupils show
an eagerness and vigor in those short morn
ing hours which have never been known be
fore, and their progress is quite iu keeping
with their keen and energetic assiduity.
The most curious point about the matter
(says the Pall Mall Gazette.) seems to be
the fully authenticated fact that, t lie schools
having hitherto only closed experimentally
earlier or laler, according to the wishes of
the respective head masters, the progress
shown by the various schools stands in an
inverse ratio to the duration of the clashes;
or in other words, the less hours beyoud
the four or five of the morning in school,
the mote did the boys get ou with their
work."
We do hope that our American teachers,
and all our school authorities, will take this
matter iuto earnest consideration. The loss
result ng from prolonging the hours of study
is two fold. First, the body is enfeebled
from the want of sufficient exercise in the
fresh air. And, secondly, the mental pow
ers are enfeebled by an excess of labor, and
by the weakening of the physical ones.
Tho whole thing is a most serious mis
take. The chief end of education should
not be the cramming of the memory with a
great host of facts and of other people'6
idea but the development and improve
ment of the whole being, body, mind, and
soul.
See what the Greeks attained by their
harmonious culture of the whole being. To
this day their great men stand in many de
partments of thought and art, at the head
of the world. See how they advanced
from a coarse and vulgar and monstrous
my t hoi. gy, to the refined theology of Soc
rutes and Plato from the condition of bar
barians to a refined and elegant civilization
one of the most . wonderful instances of
mental and moral progress which the world
has ever seen.
It is impossible to deve'op one portion of
the being properly, without developing all
other portions. Our education must be
many sided ami harmonious, even for the
sake of the mind itself. If the mornings
could be devoted to the usual school studies,
and the afternoon given to plav and sport.
to dancing aud gymnastics, cr to healthy
work, in th open air, the mind would de
velop far more rapidly ai.d the body im
prove in proportion.
The brain needs good healthy blond to
work with, just the same as the other por
tions of the frame do. But how can a child,
pent in lhe school room all day, have good,
red, healthy blood? It is impossible. Good
blood cannot be formed under such condi
tions.
- But there is so much, it is argued, to be
learned. And teachers wiil persL-t in en
deavoring to empty all the great accumula
ted oceans of history and science and lan
guage, into our poor tittle pitchers. Some
times those of us whose children are not very
strong physically, are tempted to take them
from school altocether. Sometimes, when
the schools kill a child for us, we reproach
ourselves bitterly for not having done so.
Oh, the folk of it the insane folly of it
Children are pushed through book after
book, and they know very little afterwards
of what they have gone through. It is all
words, words, words. They learn to repeat
their lesson as a parrot does and in three
months, perhaps three weeks,they have for
gotten all about it.
We have seen nigh. -School boys puzzled
with the Mmplest questions. In fact, we
have been wonder struck with the ignorance
of boys who were tor years under the care
of the best teachers. Nature takes its re
venge. To the demands of too much, she
answers with a refusul of anything. In this
way beneficent Nature saves many of our
children from sickness, insanity, or an early
death.
Let parents and teachers abandon once for
all the idea that their children must learn
everything. Let them select a few studies,
give very short lessons, and then see that
those le.-sons are learned and understood
thoroughly. Do not let them be anxious to
gel the children through their books. If
the foundations are laid deep and sure, in
this American world of ours, the superstruc
ture will almost take care of itself. But
now our education seems designed simply to
make us a nation of smatterers.
Harmonious culture of all the powers, the
physical as well as the mental and moral
should thus be the great, aim of our educa
tion. And as a means of mental culture,
children should have few and short lessons,
thoroughly learned and understood. Will
not all intelligent people aid in making A
uierican Education cuii'oiui to these almost
self-evident truths?
Professor Parker of the New York Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, says: "As
we place more confidence in nature and less
in the preparations of the apothecary, mor
tality diminishes." Professor Clark, of the
same school, says: "Every dose of medi
cine diminishes the vitality of the patient."
A man's character is frequently treated
like a grate blackened all over first, to come
out the brighter afterward.
The Work of One Mechanic.
What vast resnlts may flow from the pa
tient, persevering industry of one humble
mechanic, has seldom received a more fo rci
ble demonstration than in a book now before
the public in a new edition. How thorough
ly railways and locomotive engines have rev
olutionized the land traffic, transportation
and travel of the whole civilized world with
in the last forty years need not be told, for
it is within- the - knowledge of every one.
Still there are considerble numbers who have
no adequate idea of the tremendous tnagui
tuda of that revolution. It is but thirty-
eight years since the Liverpool an 1 Manches
ter railway was opened, by a trial trip ,with
the first rude attempt at a locomotive for pas
senger travel, and yet there are now not less
than a hundred thousand miles of railway
track in operation. Of this enormous length
of iron roadway t'ie United S;a!cs has a cr. at
ly larger proportion than any other country, its
great indeed as nearly all the others com
bined. But the statistics of the English
roads furnish the readiest means for popular
illustration of the vast change' and the in
crease in transportation and travel within the
period named. In 1SC6 there were in Great
Britain between thirteen and fourteen thou
sand miles of railway, requiring 8,125 loco
motives, 19.22S passengor carriages, and
242.947 burden cars and trucks, for moving
goods and merchandise, a nd all that we in
this country denominate as freight." In
that yeur the number of passengers carried
over the Britain railways, amounted to the
enormous aggregate of three hundred and
thirteen millions six hundred and ninety-nine
thousand two hundred and sixty-eight, or a
number of passengers equal to one third of
the population of the globe. The aggre
gate distance run by the passenger and
freight trains, was 142,807,853 miles. This
is probably not more than a quarter of the
whole amount of railway dune in the coun
tries where they are iu use.
Having made this very brief reference to
the extent of the railway system, and the
revolution it has brought about, we may
trace back the brief but wonderfully rapid
course of its progress, until we find at the
other end of the line a poor boy engaged in
the coarsest manuel labor, at the mouth of
a coal mine, who in the year 1800, at the age
of eighteen, did not know the letters of the
alphabet. This boy was Geo. Stephenson,
the father-rtf -the present railway system.
He was the son of a fireman, tending en
gine, near New Castle on the Tyne. He
bad been successively herd boy, coal picker,
horse driver, assistant fireman, "plugman,'
and Lrakesman. before he bad acquired the
first rude elements of a school education. It
was the ambition of his youthful life to be
come an engine man, and to reach this, to
him, a proud elevation, he devoted all the
patient industry, the persevering applica
tion, and the intelligent inquiry that a boy
so circumstanced could bring to the work.
The steam engine be bad to deal with was
a stationary engine, used to raise the coal
from the mine, and a rude contrivance com
pared with the grand stationary steam en
gines of the present day. But the uncul
tured, untutored, but thoughtful and ambi
tious boy, made that rough machine the
study of his young Hie. He closely watched
its every motion, trying to trace it back to
the moving cause, and try to understand
the use and necessity for every part. To fa
miliarize himself still further with its con
struction, it was his custom once a week,
when all the other workmen were enjoying
their holiday, to take it apart and clean and
repair it as thoroughly as he could. It
was one of those early specimens, moved
partly by the force of steam and partly by
the pressure of the atmosphere. In his con
stant inquiries on the subject, ho had heard
of the new and superior engines of Roulton
and Watt, and these stimulated his eager
desire to know all about steam machines.
But none of the Watt engines were wiihin
hi- reaeh, and he foun J the only way to get
a further knowle Ige of them wai by meani
of books. This was a great shock to him,
for he could not read. To master this dim
culty was his first great task. Attending
bis engine the whole of the day, he began to
take lessons at a poor village school at the
rate of three-pence a week. Studying his
lessons at night and looking at them as op
portunity offered during the day, it took
him two or three years to acquire an ordi
nary knowledge of reading, writing and
arithmetic. Meanwhile he was constantly
gaining ground as a steady, intelligent, in
dustrious and temperate workman. Before
he was of age he occupied a higher rank
than his poor father. Not satisfied with
his meagre wages he made at his regular
employment at the mine, he made him
self haudy at other kinds of work, and in
the intervals of his mining duty he men
ded the shoes of his comradesand their fam
ilies. He then got to making 6hoes, and soon
learned to make them well. His own clock
having been damaged by accident, he took
it to pieces and repaired it, and then added
clock and watch cleaning and repairing to
his other resources. He even cut out the
clothes of his fellow workmen, and when
all other means of doing 'extra work' failed,
he put in his spare moments by unloading
ballast from vessels that had come for coal
This gave him money for school, for books
and for tools and while he was carrying on
his studies of the steatu engine, modelling
machines and contrivances of his own, and
advancing in grade a? a work-nan. A Dam
ping engine in the neighborhood having
failed lor a whole year to keep tho mine
clear from water, he expressed bis belief
that he could set it all right in a week, and
his patiently acquired knowledge of the ma
chine enabled him to do it. This was the
roost important stroke of his life, for it gave
him a.:-k no wledged position asameclnnic,and
his services were soon in demand through
out the whole district. Step by step ho ad
vanced, improviug everything he touched,
economizing the labor of men and horses,
increasing the amount of their production,
rtntil at last he undertook and accomplished
the work he had so often tried and that had
so often failed, of superceding horse powers
on the colKerry railways, by inventing a lo
comotive engine that would draw a heavy
train over a smooth rail. The mighty re
sults of that improvement we see around
us every day but it may be a profitable
lesson to trace back once more to that pa
tient, observant, ambitious imdomitablv in
dustrious hoy, watching his -ude engine and
studying his alphabet wheu he was uearly
a man grown.
Mixed Motives.
The power of man'sconduct depends upon
the number of motives which it has to push
it. When a train of cars is stuck in the
snow, they first put one engine behind, and
it pushes and butts, and butts and pushes,
and the train creeps .-lowly along a little way
and stops. They send for'another engine,
and put that behind, and with the two they
draw back to gain some impetus, an! then
plunge into the drift, at d the train stops
again. They send for the third engine, and
put that behind ; and now there are three
great motive forces, and they plunge in, and
up springs the snow on every side, and the
train moves as though it weregoingto over-
cotno the obstruction ; but its speed" de
creases at every revolution of the wheels,
and it soon stops. They want one more en
gine; and now with the four, they will shove
the train through with a power that is irre
sistible. Well, here is a line of condnct ; snd the
more motives you put against it, the more
forcible it will be. A man's action will be
powerful in proportion to the number of fac
ulties that are inspired to urge him forward.
Mixed motives.therefore, arc desirable. You
say, "I performed a good deed to-day, but
it does not seem to have proceeded from a
single motive ; I think I can distinctly trace
as 1 aving to do with that deed, six different
motives." Which was the leading one?
'Well, I think benevolence was the strong
est." Then, what was next? "Well.I think
conscience was the next." And what was
there then?" "Well, to""spealr.lhe" truth, I
think pride, and some sense of what was
becoming and proper, came next." And
what then? "Well, I am sure that I fell
into the weaknoss of thinking that people
would know it, and praise me; and I think
that adulterated my other motives." Adul
tcrated them? It did not do any such thing.
It co operated with them. If benevolence
was first, that was a fit motive, and then you
might put as many behind it as you pleased
Only let that motive which lends all the rest,
and gives direction to them, be high and
divine, and then behind it put every motive
you can, and you will not adulterate it. Ev
ery one you add isan adjuvenant.nndersnch
circumstances. But if it is selfishness that
leads, then ou may well suspect all your
motives, for with such a leader they will all
be serving a wrong end ; but it will be be
cause the lead'ng one is sot right. Let the
mind go ritfht end first, and theu the more
motives you have, the bet!r. And the
grej trouble with persons in life is not that
they have mixed motives, but they have too
few motives, for such is the nature of things
that, in proportion as you go toward things
low and gross, the fewer motives can be
brought to bear on conduct ; while in pro
portion as you go toward that which is high
and pure, the more motives can be made to
eo-operate in thai direction. It is not,then,
mixed motives that ought to trouble you,
but wrong motive that iswrong faculties
in the le-ad. Henry Word Brei h.er.
A Touch Storv. An old fellow who
never yielded the palm to any one in reuliug
a knotty yarn, was put to bis trump3 at hear
ing a traveler state that he saw a brick bouse
placed upon runnel's and drawn up a hill to
a more favorable location, some half a mile
distant.
"What do you think of that. Uncle Eith
el?" said a bystander.
"Oh, fudge," fcaid the old man, "I once
saw a two-story stone house, down east,
drawn by oxen for the distance of three
miles."
A dead silence ensued. The old man ev
idently bad the worse end of it, and he saw
it. Gathering his energies he bit off a huge
bit of pig tail, by way of gaining time for
thought: "Theydrawed the stone bouse,"
said be.ejectiog a quantity of tobacco-juice
towards the fire pkee ; "but that wasn't
the worst of the job arter they'd done
that, they wentback and drawed thecellaar."
The stranger give in.
A "girl of the period" comments thus on
Mormoniaiu : "How absurd four or five
women tor one usaii ; when the fact is, each
wotuan, in the.-e times, ought to have four
or five husbands. It would take about that
number to support her decently."
A lady who had refused to give, after hear
ing a charity sermon, had her pocket picked
as she waajeaving the church. On making
the discovery, she said: "God could not
fiud the way to my pocket.but the devil did. "
A lawyer on his death bed willed all his
property to a lunatic asylum stating as his
reason for so doing, that he wished his prop
city to return to the liberal class of people
that had patronized him.
A poor woman can see more sympathy in
a sixpence thaa in a stream of tears.
TTOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AJ- AND
HOOFLAND S GERMAN TOUIC.
TRKORKAT SEMEMES
For ir diseases of the Liver. Stomactt, or dig
tive organs.
Hoofland'.s German Bitters
U composed of the pore juices (or. as thoy are
medicinally termed, extract) of Roots. Uerbs.aod
Baiki, making a .prep araiion.highly eoneen
trated. and entirely - free from alcoholis ad
mixture of any kind.
HOOFLAXn S GERMAN TOXIC,
Is a combination of all the ingredients et the Bit
ters, with the purest quality of aAiCr. Rum,
Orarge. 4c . making one of the most pleasant end
agreeable remedies ever offered te the public
Those preferring a Medicinefree from Alcohol
ic atlju inure, win use .
IIOOFLAXDS GERMAN BITTERS.
Tho.-e who bare no objection to the eombinatioa
of the Bitters, n stated, will nse
HOOFL.A N D' S GERMAN TONIC.
They are both equally good, and contain the
same medicinal virtues, the choice between the
two being a mere matter of taste, the Tonie being
the most palatable.
The stomach, from a variety of causes, such as
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Nervous Debility, etc . is
very apt to have its functions deranged. The
I.iver. sympathising as closely as it does with
the stomncb. then be v-' comes affeeted.lbe result
of which is that the parieat suffers from several
or more of the following diseasesr
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness
of Blood to the Head. Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartbarn, Diegust for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach. Sour Eructations.
Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or
Suffocating Sensations when is a Lying Posture,
Dimness of Vision Dots or Webs before thefight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency ef Perspira
tion. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in
the Side, UacE,'hest. Limbs, ets , Sudden flush
es of Heat, Burniag in the Flesh, Constant im
aginings of Evil,and great depression of Spirits.
The sufferer from .'hese diseases should exerciee
the greatest caution in the selection of a remedy
for his ease, purehaa:ng only that which he is as
sured from his inves tigalions and inquir es
possesses true merit, O ;a skilfully compound
ed, is free from injurious ingredidenls and has
established for itsrlf a reputation for the euro of
these diseases. In this eonnneetion we would
submit those well-known remedies
lloojtanrl't German Bitter, and Hoo flantT t
German Toaiel prepared by Dr. C. JVi.
JaelsoH, Philadelphia, Pa.
Twenty-two years since they were first intto
duced into this country from Germany, during
which time they have undoubtedly psrt'ori.ied
more eures, and benefitted suffering humanity to
a greater extent, than any other remedies euown
to the public.
These remedies will effectually cure Liver Com
plaint. Jaundice. Dys pi psia.ChroDic.or Ner
vous Debility, Cbron ic Diarrhoea, Disease of
the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a dis
ordered Liver, Stumaoh, or Intestines.
DEBILITY.
Resulllng from any caose whatever; prostration
of the system, induced by severe labor,
hardships, exposure, fevers, etc.
There is no medicine extant equal to these rem -edies
in such cases. A tone and vigor i? imparled
to the wbole system, the appetite is strengtbed .
food is enjoyed, the stomach digests promptly the
blood is purified, the complexion becomes sound
and healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from
the eyes, a bloom is given to the cheeks, and the
weik and nervous invalid becomes a strong nd
healthy being.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
Aud fueling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all Its attendant ills. will find in
the use of this BITTKKS or the TONIC, an elixer
that will instil new 'ife into their veins, restore
in a measure the eiergy and ardor of mure youth
ful days. build up tbetr shrunken forms, and give
h.allu and happiness to their remaining years.
NOTICE.
It is'a well established fact that fully one-half
of the fciuftle portion of our population are -el-doui
in the enjoyment of good healih ; or. to
use their oiru expres eion,"nevcrfeeI well."
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, aud have no appetite. To this class
of peisons the BITTEUS, or the TONIC, is espe
ciaily recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They will cure every ease of MARAS
MUS, without fail.
Thousands of certificates have accumulated in
the bands of the proprietor, but space will al low
of the publication of but a few. Tbose.it will be
observed, are men of note and of such standing
that they must believed.
TES TMONIA LS.
linn. George W. Woodvnrd, Chief Justice tf
the Sttpreme Conn uf Vtnn'a, write ;
Philadelphia. March 16, I8B7.
"I find Hoofland's Uerman Bitters' is a
good tor:ic, useful in diseases of the diges
tive organs, and of great benefit in cases of de
bilitv. and want of nervous action in the system.
"Yours truly, OEO. W WOODWARD."
Hon Jame Thompson, Judge of the Supreme
Court of Peitiunlvania :
Philadelphia, April 23, 1868.
"I consider 'Hoofland's German Bitters' a vain
al.lt mullein 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 IT. Kennard. D. 27., Pa1or
of the IHth Baptist Church. Phtadelptia.
Dr. Jaeison Dear Sir: I have been frequent
ly requested to connect my name with leoommen
dationsvf differeut kinds of medicines, but re
garding the practice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in ali eases declined: but
with a clear proof in -"various instauees and
particularly in my own family, of the usefulness
of Dr. Hoofland's Uerman Bitters. I depart fur
once from my usual course, to express my full
conviction that.or general debility of the system,
and esjieeiaUy for Liver Complaint, it i m tare
and valuable preparation. In some eases it may
fail, but usually. I doubt not. it will be very ben
eficial to those who suffer from the above causes
Yours, very respectfully,
J U. KENNARD, 8th,bel Coatesst.
Fiom Rev. E. D. Feudall. Assistant Editor
Christian Chromrls, Philadelphia.
I have derived decided benefit from the use of
Hooflands German Bitten, and feel it my p; ir!
ege to recommend them aa a most valuable tonic,
to all who are suffering from general debility or
from diseases arising from derangement ef the
liver. Yours truly, E D. FENDALL.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's Oerman Remedies are counterfeited .
See that the sign-iture of C. M JACKFOX is on
the wrapper of eseh bottle. All others ut
counterfeit Prinei J-J pal Office and Manufac
tory at the German Medicine Store Jie. 631 ARCH
Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON Ce.
Hoofland's German Bitters, rer bottle.
Hoofland's German Bitters, half doien,
SI SO
b 0
Hoofland's German Tonic put np in quart bottles
f 1 50 per bottle, or half dosen for S7 50.
XW Do not forget to examine well th artiol
you bny, in order to get the genuine.
For sale by A. I. SHAW Agent Clearfield Pa.
April ii. 1BS-Vj