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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.,. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1868.
VOL 15.-NO. 17.
ricct gortrg.
Though Earth May Seem a Happy Spot.
Though earth may seem a happy spot,
Though much of beauty lief
Cpon it surface, ai might tempt
An angel from the skies.
I"t ail it joys, and all its ehaini,
And all iti beauteous things.
Act a a heavy downward weight
To clog the spirit ! wings,
For all that seam a go bright nd pore
Will fade and pass awy
Like ehangingelouds of sunset skies.
Or. as the dews of day:
Its brightest hopes, its purest joy
Must rery soon depart,
Ikty cannot last with their bright smiles,
Te cheer the drooping heart.
Then, ch, fix not your thought! open
The passing things of earth.
There nothing can be permanent
That has a mortal birth ;
Bat with faith and hope oombined,
Heavenward turn your eye.
for there are joys that never fad
Within that land on high.
GATflEBIHG A3 IT GOES.
It was Thanksgiving morning, a bright,
old fashioned Thanksgiving morning. A
fall of snow the previous night was joyfully
welcomed by a juvenile party in one of our
northern cities, some of whom were enjoy
ing the sport of snow-bailing each other,
while others had, by their united exertions,
formed a snow-ball, which by its magnitude,
excited the wonder of the younger specta
tors. There was, however, one amongst the
crowd who gazed at the snow ball with the
eyes of a philosopher a man of the world
1 say a man, for though Joe Giuiber had
not seen his twelfth birth-day. he was a
perfect specimen ot the precocious street
boy, whose intellect had been matured by
hnnger and sharpened by necessity. He
had obtained from the "servant" to whom
hi- application had been made through the
area ot the railings, an order to clear away
the snow from the door steps, and, having
completed the job to his own satisfaction,
was now, while waiting for the remunera
tion ot his labor, watching, with a combina
tion of childish interest and cool calculation,
the progress of accumulation in the snow
ball as the boys rolled it to and tro in the
scow.
"It grows bigger and bieger every turn,"
wid the little fellow to himself, as he lean
ed contemplatively on his broom. "That's
the way to get to be a great man."
The attitude and something in the fea
tures of the young speculator attracted the
notice of Mr. Maadtley, the owner of the
house, who was standing at his parlor win
, dow at the moment, and, by his order, a
errant intimated to the ragged sweeper
that he was to come in to her master, who
wished to speak to him. Somewhat sur
prised but nothing daunted, he followed the
S'rvant into the hall, and having carefully
deposited his shovel and broom on the door
mat, marched directly into the parlor,where
le wis told he would find Jr.-MaudIey.
It would not be easy to imagine a mere
striking contrast than that which the poor
oawhed. untended, half naked and half
starved child offered to every object in the
picture to which he was so suddenly intro
duced. A tattered old fustian jacket, tied,
for wini of buttons, round his waist with a
piw of pack thread, partly concealead an
lr.cer riruient of dingy hue and dubiuos
narerial, loose corduroy trousers, made
onpinally for a full grown man, but tucked
P aronnl the legato accommodate the dira
ita;ive stature of the actual wearer ; a pair
cf thick s.)led worn out brogans. and a
shapeless roll of something like black cloth,
which served ordinarily for a cap, but was
low twisted up hard between his hands,
completed the costume of little Joe as he
stood dtziriDtr hi3 hobnailed boots in the
Turki-h carpet in the centre of the room,
facing the pkasant looking man who had
oogbt this interview. Notwithstanding
the novelty of his situation, Jod, retained
h.s self possession and coolness, aud having
h keen lam examined the countenance
f Mr. Maudsley, and being apparently
ati-acd with the result of his investigation,
he male a rapid hut curious review of the
c ounts of the room, commencing with the
ench clock on the chimney-piece, and
ahngw:th the piano, over which hung
ar portrait of the fortunate proprietor ot
-1 thce, sniiiitig and looking upon them
& an 1'iprjssitin of expansive good na
tare' Uc!l at that moment diffused itself
ov the features of iu original, while ex
iting the old specimen ol humanity be
''t him.
'' n"'s your name, my little fellow?"
fd Mr. Maud-ley, opening the proceed
10S in strictly business manner; and this
""flmds me I have not yet informed my
"" rs that he was a banker an honest
wd it,dw.l excellent man, with a heart large
03 'hat Zit fjr Aoton or(jnary meiK
hat is your name, my little fellow ?"
f J,"e Climber, sir."
' VVhoUyour father ?"
- ver had a father, sir leastwise never
.M. I had one. Id. mothers child."
loar mother, then? where if she?"
Gone dead three year next New Fears,
jr" had me and two sisters younger
7f m W keep. She worked at making
all day and all night often, but ehe
get UvinS ou- of . sbe
" TKt t5l0 1)604,1,6 of Ton' sisters ?"
They were taken to the poor house, and
!?J?!d me 'ney died too."
Why did you not go with your sisters?"
, eI1 sir, I didn't much like it. I
MWglt I had rather be independent,"
the little fellow, with a resolute air.
"Independent," repeated Mr. Maudsley,
looking incredulously at the child. What
on earth could you do ?"
"Oh, please sir, I could do lots o' things
First I went into the noose line, and sold
papers ; but that didn't pay me nuffin to
speak of, and I was nearly starved afore I
left it ; then I took to sellin' apples, oran
ges and vegetables of all sorts ; and when
there's a fall of snow I have plenty of work,
scraping afore the doors, aud get well paid
for it too."
"Since you have told me so much of yonr
life, Joe, tell me what you were thinking
about when I saw you just now wa'ching
with such a serious face the making of that
snow ball in the street, for you were think
ing of something .more than the mere col
lection of a quantity of snow !"
Joe turned his keen eye for a moment ou
his questioner and appeared to hesitate ;
then replied with something like a knowing
twinkle of the eye.
"I was thinking that a chap who wants
to get on in the world ought to be like that
snow ball always gathering a he goes."
"True, quite true," said M a udsley, .smil
ing, "but it is not to worldly wealth alone
that the maxim applies ; the mind should
be equally dilligent in the pursuit of knowl
edge and virtue, without which'the posses
sion of riches adds nothing to man's happi
ness. If he be truly great he must be truly
good. Patience and perseverance are his
handmaids truth, justice and humanity lie
in his path the wise man makes these as
his own, and gathers peace and happiness as
he goes."
Th -re was something in the manner in
which these few words were spoken which
sank into the child's heart. He uttered not
a word, but Mr. Maudsley perceived that he
felt what had been said, and he secretly de
termined to make an attempt to rescue the
poor outcast from his degraded position.
The little fellow was, by his direction, im
mediately placed in the hands of servants,
and by the application of soap and water,
combs and brushes, and an entire change of
costume for a suit of Master Maudsley's
clothes, was shortly transformed into a re
spectable looking boy. Being thus rendered
presentable, he was introduced into the
kitchen, where he quickly ingratiated him
self with the members of "the lower house"
by his obliging manners. His stories of life
among the wandering tribes of New York
were immensly relished, and his imitations
of some of the fancy ybungmen were decTa
red by the cook and housemaid to be equal
to a play.
The Thanksgiving diuncr at Mr. Mauds
ley's was a great aff air ; for a large party of
the relations on both sides of the house bad
assembled on the occasion. There was the
three unmarried sisters of Mr. Maudsley,
two rich maternal uncles who beiig bache
lors, were looked up to with great respect
by the family a married brother of Mr.
Maudsley, with his wife and five children,
Mr. Maud.sley's mother, aud aunt, to say
nothing of three or four cousins who had a
standing engagement for Thanksgiving day.
I will briefly pass over the details of the din
ner and dessert; but if any of my readers
imagine that the roast turkey was not of the
largest and fattest that the m.-'rket could
supply, that the sirloin of beef was not the
juiciest and primest ever obtained a first
class prize at the Cattle Show, that the
pluiupudding was not the richest and rarest,
that the mince pies were not the nicest, that
the toasts were not the most cordially pro
posed and the most eloquently responded to;
that, in a word, the feast was not the most
glorious and the company not the happiest
that had ever been known, then I must
take the liberty of saying that I entirely dif
fer in opinion with them.
Later in the evening there was a general
demand for a dar.ee amongst the young peo
ple, and one cf Mr. Maudsley's sisters, who
"didn't dance!" undertook to supply the
music on the piano. Little Joe, who heard
in the kitchen the beating of the merry feet
overhead, expressed a strong desire to wit
ness the dancing, and by the contrivauce of
one of the servants was smuggled behind a
large India screen that had been placed in
front ot a glass door at the upper end of the
room communicating with the conservatory.
Mounted on a flower-stand, and hidden from
observation by the screen, Joe Gimber peep
ed through the evergreens with which it
was decorated, and beheld a scene which
completely bewildered him. As the light
and graceful forms of the children flitted be
fore him in the dance, their eyes sparkling
with enjoj nient, he fancied himself trans
ported to some fairyland; his heart beat,
violently, and his eyes dazzled with light ;
he vainly tried to follow the waltzers in their
mazy round ; his head became giddy, and
forgetting for a moment where he was, he
clapped his hands in controllable delight,
and leaning forward with too little caution
to get a nearer view of a pretty little sylph
ide in a pale blue frock, who had, more than
any ot the others, attracted his admiration,
the screen was thrown down, and Joe Gim
ber falling with it, rolled suddenly in :o the
midst of the dancers. A general scream
greeted the unexpected appearance of this
strange guest, who hastily picking himself
up, would have made a precipitate retreat
had not Mr. Maudsley come forward and
called him to remain. The matter was short
ly explained, and Joe instead of being is-
nominously expelled from the room, became
an object ot curiosity to the company, by
whom his pockets were filled with sweet
meats and fruit. This was Joe Gimbers
first introduction into society. That night
he slept in a little bed made for him in the
garret. Full of most agreeable reflections
he fell asleep, to dream that he was trans
formed into a gigantic snow-ball, rolled by
the pretty sylphide over heaps of sixpences
and sugar-plums, which stuck to him on ev
ery side. Joe had made the first roll iu life.
A few days after the events just narrated
Joe was taken into Mr. Maadsley's office,
where his duties consisted in sweeping out
the office and dustimr the desks before the
arrival of the clerks in the morning, and in
carrying messages and parcels for a few
hours during the day. Mr. Maudlcy did
not, however, stop here with his kindness.
for he permitted Joe to attend an evening
school, where, true to the maxim which he
had made the rule of his life he gathered
learning with incredible rapidity. In the
house where he lodged there also resided a
Frenchman, who had oome to prosecute a
claim for a legacy which had been left him
in this country.
With this person Joe formed an intimacy,
andfor some act of civility rendered to him
by the boy he undertook to teach him the
French tongue ; this was what he ardently
desired; and a few mouth's instruction
made him so proficient in the language that
he could not only write with ease, but con
verse fluently in it.
Th.ve years had passed away during
which time Joe by his assiduity and good
temper, had become a prime favorite in the
office ; the elderly chief clerk, and the heads
of the establishment, liked him for his
punctuality and integrity, and theyoung men
for the readiness with which he executed
their little commissions but more, perhaps,
for the confidence they had that be was nei
ther a "spy" nor "a sneak," and that their
harmless "larks" and venal breaches of dis
cipline would never be brought to the ears
of the "governor" through Gimber' s instru
mentality. He was therefore pronounced
by common consent "a trump," and when
at the end of three years he was promoted
to a seat at a desk in their office, he receiv
ed the warm and sincere congratulations of
his fellow clerks. As Joe jerked himself
for the first time on to a tall stool which he
was thenceforth to occupy in the office, he
thought of the snow-ball, and felt that he
was then a much greater person thau on the
evening he rolled amongst the company in
Mr. Maudsley's drawing-room.
It was some months after Joe's elevation
that a case rome into the office which re
quired that a confidential agent should be
fent to a neighboring city. He was imme
diately questioned, and being found com
petent for the duty, he was entrusted
7 and herrot -only- brought the ffir-
to a satisfactory i-'sue, but laid the founda
tion of a very lucrative business for the of
fice, which was recognized by'giving him a
considerable increase of salary and an ad
vance in his position in the establishment.
Thus, by his roll in this affair, Joe Gimber,
true to his rule of life, gathered from it
much and lost nothing.
Hd was now a person of some consequence,
and being placed at the head of one of the
departments in the office, was invited as a
guest to Mr. Maudsley's house. The little
py'phide in blue had grown into a beauti
ful girl, and as Joe we beg his pardon
Mr. Joseph Gimber was by no means a
bad looking f-liow, it was not surprising
that Kate Maudsley should look with favor
ing eyes upon him. An incident which I
am obliged to confess was singularly unro-
mantic, led to what in affairs of the heart,
is called " an interesting discovery." It
happened in this way: Kare was enga
ged at a table near a window in the drawing
room, when Joseph entered. "Oh I Mr.
Gimber," she cried, "lam so glad you are
come, for you can help me string these beads;
they have nearly tired me out of patience."
The young man was delighted, and imme
diately set about his task, but whether from
awkwardness or his thoughts being other
wise occupied, he repeatedly pricked his
fingers with the needle, and at length the
box containing the beads fell on the floor.
Gimber, in great confusion, begged pardon
for his awkwardness, and stooped to gather
the beads which rolled about the carpet at
the same instant that Kate had bent for
ward with rhe same intention. 1 can't pre
tend to say how it occurred, but their cheeks
accidentally touched in the same attempt ;
both drew back, and mutually apologized ;
again they stooped, and again the young la
dy's curls lightly brushed the gentleman's
whiskers; this time however, the blush
was accompanied by a smile. The smile
was a preface to certain disclosures which I
do not feel myself at liberty to repeat. I
may, however,state that, although the beads
remained scattered on the carpet, Joe had
succeeded in obtaining from the lips of the
fair Kate the rapturous confession that he
was not wholly indifferent to her. In this
way did Mr. Joseph Gimber gather to him
self the affections of a lovely girl.
My readers must now leap with me over
several years, and imagine that we have
reached the fifteenth anniversary of the day
on which Joe Gimber learnt his great les
son of life from the rolling snow ball. It is
night; but a rich, ruddy radiance strea.ns
from the crimson curtained windows of Mr.
Maudsley's Louse, upon the cold white snow
without. Iiet us enter, and see what chan
ges time has wrought beneath that roof.
Mr. Maudsley, having run an honorable and
prosperous career, has retired from active
business life, and transtrered his interest in
the banking business to his sori-in-iaw, Mr.
Joseph Gimber, now the second partner iu
the firm.
Age has, it is true, taken from the old
man much of hi elasticity of mind and body,
but he can still calmly enjoy he pleasures
of existence, and mingle in the festivities of
Thanksgiving, which are kept up with
much genial hospitality by the children, in
whom he lives anain. Of my hero it is en
ough to say, that prosperity has not ren
dered him unmindful of the olaims of the
poor; for although, as he says, the wise
man gathers like the snow-ball aa he goes,
"tis the good man who dispenses of his
abundaooe to those who need it,"
(educational Column.
W. H PRIOEACX, EDITOR.
Professional Beading.
In teaching, as in other departments of
life, certain means are requisite to effect the
end desired. The individual who assumes
the position of teacher, with little or no
special preparation, must fail in part, if not
altogether, to accomplish the work before
him. In all other occupations preparation
is indispensable. A person cannot find em
ployment as an artisan, professional man,
clerk or laborer, until he has passed through
some course of training. No one will com
mit even an animal to the training of a per
son who knows nothing about that animal.
Why will parents and1 school officers commit
the care and education of their children to
those who are ignorant of the methods of
training and instructing them? In nearly
all other occupations the length of time nec
essary for preparation. varies with the deli
cacyand value of the materials nscd. The
more costly the material, the longer the
preparation required. What material more
valuable than the human mind and the hu
man heart? The whole universe is of less
value than a single soul. The teacher, there
fore, of all others, should have a special
preparation for the duties of his profession.
It is not enough thut he possess a knowl
edge of the biatich ;s to be taught, or that
he be active and diligent in his labors. It
is true, these are very important and essen
tial qualifications, but the teacher must know
how to teach. He must be able to present
truths to the young and tender mind, in
such a manner that it can grasp them and
understand their meaning. He must know
what subjects to present and when to present
them, so as to awaken an interest in the
minds of his pupils, to rivet their attention
to the subject before them, and to make
them eager for the acquisition of knowledge,
in our estimation, is the essential qualifica
tion of the teacher. If this be true, then
the necessity on the part of the teacher of a
thorough preparation for the duties of his
profession. And who does not perceive that
this should include, as a leading feature.the
careful study of works on teaching ? Young
teachers, after having secured certificates,
too often think they are all-sufficient for the
responsible duties of their new vocation,
without further preparation. They do not
seem to realize the fact, in eases of poor
qualifications in the branches of instruction,
that they are allowed to teach through a ne
cessity caused by a scarcity of properly
qualified teachers. ' In many cases, instead
of improving their time in perfecting their
knowledge of the common school branches,
an 1 reading works relating to their profes
sion, they spend their time in idleness. What
is stated here of young teachers is also too
true of the older ones. We venture to say
not one in five, of the one hundred and fifty
three' teachers in this county, take the
"School Journal," or have works relating
to teaching. The mind of a child is by far
too important an object to be trifled with
to be experimented upon. It is your high
privilege to train the immortal mind, to
write down dopp in the soil of primal con
sciousness, principles and sentin.erTts that
are to bless their possessor and benefit the
race; study, therefore, carefully and dili
gently the experience of those who have
been successful as instructors of the yoUng.
Teachers of Clearfield county, you have,
iu the language of your Superintendent,
"attracted the attention of all the surround
ing counties, by your zeal and enthusiasm"
in your improvement in the common branch
es; but all must admit, .the teachers of this
county aje behind their profession in regard
to reading educational books and education
al jrurnals. This should not be so, and we
would say to teachers everywhere, prize
highly the inheritance you have received
from the pa-t. Procure "Wickersham's
Scho.d Economy," "Page's Theory," or
Northend's Teacher and Parent." and the
"School Journal," and study diligently the
example of others who have won distinction
in your profes-ion. Acquaint yourselves
thoroughly with the methods cf instruction
which they have left tor your guidance, and
thus not only will you become better pre
pared to meet the responsibilities of your
position, but you will, at the same time, be
fixed with that zeal in the cause of learning
which has enabled them to labor in it so
faithfully and so well.
Lost Time. Li t any man pass an even
ing in idleness, or in reading some silly tale,
and compare the state of his mind, when he
goes to sleep or gets up next morning, with
its state some other day, when he has spent
a few hours in going through the proofs, by
facts and reasonings, of some of the great
doctrines in natural science, learning truths
wholly new to him, and satisfying himself,
by careful examination, of the grounds on
which known truths rest, so as to be not only
acquainted with the doctrines themselves,
but able to show why he believes them, and
to prove before others that they are true.and
he will find as great a difference as can exist
in the same being; (he difference between
time unprofitably wasted, and time spent in
self-improvement. He will f& himself, in
one caso.listless and dissatisfied ; in the other
comfortable and happy. Jn the one case, if
he did not appear to himself humbled, he at
least will not have earned any c'aim to his
own respect ; in the other case,he will enjoy
a proud consciousness of having, by his own
exeitions, become a wiser, and therefore
more exalted nature.
Life is divided into three terms; that
which was, which is,and which will be. Let
us learn from the past to profit by the pres
ent, and from the present to live better for
the future.
What the Bottom of the Sea is Like.
Professor Huxley, pretty good authority,
says : In 1863, Lieutenant Br oke ol rained
mud from the bottom of the North Atlan
tic, between Newfoundland and the Azores,
at a depth of more than 10,000 l'eet, or two
miles, by the help of his Sounding appara
tus. The specimens were sent for examina
tion to Ehrenberg, of Berlin, and to Bailey,
of West Point, and those able microscopists
found that this deep sea mud was almot.t
entirely composed of living organism the
greater proportions of these being just like
the Globigerinae already known to occur in
the chalk.
Thus far the work had been carried on
simply iu the inserests of science, but Lieu
tenant Brooke's method of sounding acquir
ed a high commercial value when the enter
prise of laying down the telegraphic cable
between Europe and America was underta
ken. For h became a matter of immense
importance to know not only the depth of
the ocean over the whole line along which
the cable was to be laid, but the exact na
ture cf the bottom, so as to guard against
chances of cutting or fraying the strands of
that costly rope. The Admiralty conse
quently ordered Captain Daymyn, an old
friend and shipmate of mine, to ascertain
the depth of the whole line of cable, and
to bring back specimens of the bottom. In
former days such a command as thi3 might
have sounded very much like one of the im
possible things which the young prince o
the Fairy tales is ordered to do before he
can obtain the hand of the princess. How
ever, in the months of June and July,lS57,
my friend performed the task assigned to
him with great prewssion, without, so far
as I know, having met with any reward of
that kind. The specimens of Atlantic mud
which be procured were sent to me to be
examined and reported upon.
The result of all these operations is that
we know the contours and nature of the surface-soil
covered by the North Atlantic for
a distance' of 1,700 miles from east to west,
as well as we know that of any part of the
dry land.
It is a prodigious plain, one of the widest
and most even plains in the world. If the
sea were drained off you might drive a wa
gon all the way from Valeutia, on the west
coast of Ireland, to Trinity Bay in New
foundland. And, except upon one sharp
incline, about two hundred miles from Va-
lentia, I am quite sure that it would "not
even be necessary to put the skid on, so gen
tle are the ascet.ts and descents upon that
long route. From Valentia the road would
lie down hill for about two bundled miles,
to the point at which the bottom is now
covered by 1,700 fathoms of water. Then
would come the central plain, more then
1.000 miles wide, the inequalities of the
surface of which would be hardly percepti
ble, though the depth of water upon it var
ies from 10.000, to 15,000 feet, and there
are places upon which Mount Blanc might
be sunk without showing its peak above
water. Beyond this, the ascent on the A
merican side commences, and gradually lead-
for about three hundred miles, to the New
fcuntiiand shore.
Almost the whole of the bottom of this
central plain (which extends for many hun
dred miles in a north and south direction) is
covered by a fine mud. which, when brought
to the surface, dries into a grayish white
friable substance. You can write with this
on a blackboard, if you are inclined, and to
the eye it is quite like very soft, grayish
chalk. Examined chemically it proves to
be composed almost wholly of carbonate of
lime, and if you make a section of it in the
same way as that in which a piece of chalk
is made, and view it with the misroscope,
it presents innumerable Globigerinaj embed
bedded in the granular matrix.
Black Kettle. We learn from General
Harney's report, what we more than sus
pected already, that the story of Superin
tendant Wynkoop, to the effect that the In
dian band attacked and routed by General
Custer was a peaceable one, has no founda
tion in fact Major Wynkoop, it will be
remembered, said that the band, instead of
being composed of hostile Cheyennes, as
represented by Custer and Sheridan, was in
reality the band of Black Kettle, a well
disposed Sioux chief on his way to the res
ervations on the Upper Missouri, and that
our brave troops had made the horrible mis
take of butchering a tribe of friendly Indi
ans. But Gen. Harney, just from the Up
per Missouri, where he has been superin
tending the ylacing of the Sioux on their
reservations, reports that the bands of ''the
two Kettles" are already there and quietly
settled in their new homes. It is therefore
morally certain that our gallant cavalrymen
did not commit the terrible blunder imputed
to them. They could only have done so
through the grossest negligence or stupen
dous malignity; neither of which we would
be willing to ascribe to' them. The story we
fear was gotten up in the interest of the In
dian Bureau, in order to prejudice Congress
and the people against the proposed trans
fer of the Indian management to the War
Department a transfer whi h would crush
all the fond anticipations of the Indian ring
"at one fell swoop." We are glad to see it
exploded.
A Western farmer stopped in at a Dews
paper office, and seeing the immense piles
of books and newspapers around the editor,
said : "I am glad I don't have all these to
read ; I would rather work." The editor
made no reply to this wise observation.
Already a man has been frozen to death
;n Canada-,
Prudence iu the Young.
The e'ders in the community, who are of
cour.ce addicted to retrospection, says the
JTorth American, as young men are to draw
ing on tne future, look almost with envy on
those who are just entering life ; for men ot
experience can see what they might have
done, had they possessed in youth the
knowledge which they have obtained by
years of battling with the world. The old
are usually ready enough with counsel ; but
good advice is one ot the commodities which
are more freely offered than taken. Indeed,
good advice is seldom accepted by those to
whom it Is offered. We suppose, therefore,
that our homily will be ink wasted and paper
spoiled. But notwithstanding, here goes!
We are at least Interested.
Young men do not see the need of econo
niy,and place a higher value on credit than
on eapital. Wc do not advise meanness or
penurious habits, but do think that such a
course as would give a young'man on reach
ing his twenty fifth or thirtieth year some
actual property, however small in amount,
would be vry much wiser than living up to
the total iucotue. Many clerks and salesmen
command good salaries. Many journeymen
also draw very fair wages, and that, loo,
while they are unencumbered with any
charges beynond their own maintenance.
Any young man is delighted with an ad
vance in his income. Now, why can he not
secure an advance to himself? If, for in
stance, he is tempted to an outlay of a hun
dred or two hundred dollars, orless.for some
superfluity, why not invest that morrey in
some mode that it would yield him a profit?
which is, in effect, an increase of salary. It
would be such an addition to his means as
would not depend upon anybody's fa-vor or
caprice ; and the habit once begun would
soon place him in a position above the dan
ger of want or the fear cf idleness.
If anybody ask what has turned our edi
itorial pen in this direction, we will state a
case. It is a fact, by ihe way, and we judge
one of many like instances. Passing through
the public room of a hotel the other day, we
saw a young fellow sitting there with the air
of a habitue of the place, and in a costume
which indicated the "shabby genteel." We
knew his story. A year or two ago he was a
clerk, upon a salary which enabled him to
live, aud he lived up to every dollar of it.
By the decease of relatives he came in posses
sion of ten or twelve thousand dollars.
If he bad put this in Goverhment bonds,
or anyfjther security, it would have added
eight hundred dollars to his annual income.
He might have remained ia his clerkship
and have been steadily accumulating money
not, to be sure, at a rapid rate, but without
anyrhk, and with a feeling ot comfortable
independence which many a merchant
might envy. But to-day he is not worth a
dollar, and the shabby suit he wears is not
paid for, and never will be.
Legacies ruin many a one, but habits of
improvidence ruin more. If the rising
youth of our land, in whatever business
they ma3 be, would while they have a liv
ing secured. look to the future in a judicious
manner, saving their surplus, however
smalt, the busiuess of the country would be
put on a better basis than at present. There
would be more actual capital employed, and
less reliance put on credit. Business talents
are of high value,even without eapital, but,
backed by ready money, aptness for business
is invaluable. Most clerks do, and all should
count on undertaking business for them
selves. If they could enter upon it with
habits of economy they would be sure of
success.
The Southern States. A private let
ter from a prominent and well-known South
Carolina Republican, to a gentlemen in New
York, says: "Our prospects in South Car
olina, and I think all over the South, are
now very encouraging, both politically aud
materially. Lawlessness has ceased almost
as if by magic since the elections, and every
body seems to adopt the motto of Grant,
'Let us have pence.' Good feeling seems
rapidly returning between the two parties,
and a prominent Republican is treated dif
ferent from what he was only a month ago.
The financial prospects of the State have
improved wonderfully within the last two
or three weeks."
"The Preservation of Books" is the sub
ject of a correspondence in the London Buil
der. The writer says he was very much an
noyed, some twenty-five years ago, by find
ing the backs of a number of the books in
his book- case mildewed ; and although they
were carefully and frequently wiped off.
they were soon disfigured again. He then
adopted the plan of lightly washing over the
backs and covers of 1 is books with spirits
of wine, "using a goose quill feather as a
brush ; and he says the mildew never after
wards appeared, and that he has since used
spirits of wine to prevent mildew, with
equally good effect, in other cases.
A Fellow iu Decatu r, Illinois, the other
day thought he had found a long piece of
dress goods upon the pavement. He picked
up one end of it and commenced wrapping
it around his arm, when on looking aronnd
the corner he discovered a lady at the other
end quietly talking to a friend. He sudden
ly dropped his prize and started off.
If a seamen should turn back every time
he encounters a head-wind, he would never
make a voyage. So he who permits him
self to be baffled by adverse circumstances
will never make headway in the voyage of
life. '
At a recent Jlilwaukee wedding between
a bridegroom of 61 and a bride of 87, the
couple danced a reel with great spirit, the j
bride remarking that she always wanted a I
young husband.
TIOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
'LA AND
HOOFLAND-S QEKMAS T0JTIC-
TRW MWAT BKMEDIsa
For all disease of the Liver, Stomach, or difa
tire orgaoa.
Hoofland's German Mtters
13 composed of toe pore juieea (or, aa they are
mediomall j termed, extracts) of Koota. Herbe.and
Barks, makiog a pren aration.hiirhl nneen-
traieu. ana evureij
mixture of an kind.
fr from aUh4Bo ad-
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TOTtld,
It a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with the purest quality of Santa Crux Rum,
Orai.ge. Ac . making one of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered te the pnblio.
TSojS r-referri'ng a Medioine free from Alcohol
ic admixture, will
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
These who have no objection to the eombinatioir
of the Bitters, as stated, will ose
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONld.
Tiey are Dbth equallj goad, and eon tain the
same- medicinal virtues, the ehoioe between the
two being a mere matter of taste, the Tonie being
the most palatable.
The stcrtiracfi'. from a variety of causes, anen aa
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Nervous Debility, etc . is
very apt to have its functions deranged. The
Liver, sympathising aa closely as itdoes with
the Stomach, then be comes affected. (be result
of which is that the patient suffers front several
or more oi the fo-tl&wfng deceases:'
Constipation, Flatnlencs, award tfttt, Falaest
of Bloed to the Head. Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Dirgust for Food, Fatness
or Weight in the Stomach. Sour Eructations,
Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of theSt'emaeh,
Swimming of the Head, Carried ef Difficult
Ureathtng, Fluttering t the Heart. Choking or
r-uftViratiBg Sensatioae when fa y fng Postarov
Dimness ef Vieira.Itois or Webs feefore the Eight,
Dull Peia in the Head, Defcieney ef Persprra
tk. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in
the Side, Bock.Chest, Limbs, etc., Sudden flash
es ef Heat, Biimiag in the Flesh , Constant im
aginings ef vrt,and great depression of Spsrrta.
Tbe sufferer from ;ee diseases should exervisw
the greatest caution raj the selection ef a remedy
for bis case, pnreharwa; only that which he is as
sured from hi invee tigationa and inquiries
possesses tro-e merit, ' is skilfully eemuoaneV -ed,
is free from inj.urhus ingredidentf. and has
established for itself a reputation for tbe care of
these diseases. In this eonnnection we would
submit those well-known remedies
Hoojtaad't German Bittert, and fioojlaruT t
lirjMa 2w prepared by Dr. C. M.
J act son, Philadelphia, Fa.
Twenty-two years since they were first intro
duced into this country from Germany, during
which time they have undoubtedly performed
more cures, and benefitted suffering humanity u
a greater extent, than any otker remedies known
to the public.
These remedies will effectually cure Liver Com'
plaint. Jaundice. Dys puvsia.ChroBh5.or Ner
vua Debility, Chron io Drarrhma, Disease of
the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a dia
ordored Liver, Steataefc. at Intestine. . . .
DEBILITr.
Resulting from any cause whatever; prostraffeoi
of the syitem- induced by severe labor
hardships, exposure, fevers, ete.
There is no medicine extant eqaal t these) rem
edies insuch casea. A tone and vigor is imparted
to the whole system, tbe appetite is strengthed,
food is enjoyed,"the stomach digests promptly. the
blood is pariSed, 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 becomei a strong and
healthy being.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE.
And feeling the hand of time wefghing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills. will And in
the use of this 13ITTKKS. ot the TONIC, an elixer
that will instil new Hfe into their veins, restore
in a measure tbe energy and ardor of mure youth
ful days, build ftp their shrunken forms, and give
h-alth and happiness to their remaining years.
NOT1CB.
It is a well established fact that fofly one-half
of the female portion of oar population are sel
dom in the enjoyment of good health; or. to
use thcrr own expros sion,ineverfeel well."
They are languid, devoil of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and hsve no appetite. To this claaa
of persons the B1TTEUS, or the T0MC.il eips
oislly recommended. -
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. Tbey will cure every case of MAHAS
MIS, w ithout fail.
Tftonsand of certificates have accumulated in
the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Those.il will bo
observed, are men of Bote and of such standing
that they mast believed.
TESTIMONIALS.
Hon. George W. Woodzrtird, Ckief Justiro oj
the Suprrm Cnrt of Penn'a, wrttes i
Philadelphia. March 16, 1867.
"I find 'Hoofland's German Bitters' is a
good tonic. ueful in diseases ef the diges
tive organs, and of great benefit in cases of de
bility, and want of nervous notion in the system.
Yours truly, GEO. W WOODWARD."
Hon James Th wtjuKrn, Jitdgt tf tis Svfremt
Court of PeKtrrjlvaKiq:
Philadelphia, April S3. 1866.
"I consider 'Hoofland's German Bitten' tvalu
a Me medietue in ease f attacks ot Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I ean certify tbil from my experi
ence of it. Yours, with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON.
From Rev Joseph H. Kenndrd. D. 7., Pastor
of the Tstith Baptist Vktirek. Philadelphia.
Dr. Jacitnn Dear Sir: I have been frequent
ly requested to connect my name with receinmen
dations ef different kinds of medicines, but re
garding the practice as out of mj appropriate
sphere, I have ia all eases declined; but
with a clear proof in various instances and
particularly in my own family, of the nsefulnesa
of Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters. I depart for
onee from my nsual course, to express my full
conviction that, for general dehility of ths system,
and especially for Liver Complatut. tt ts a safe
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. H. KE21JIARD,8th,bel Ceatesst.
From Re. E. D. Fendatt, Assist a) it EdUow
Christum ChTomrlo, Philadelphia.
I have derived decided benefit from she use of
Hooflands German Bitters, aed feel it my piivil
ege to recommend them as a most valuable tonie,
toall who are entering from general debility or
from diseases arising from derangement of the
liver. Ytair truly, E. D. FEWDALL.
CAUTION.
HooSand's German Remedies are counterfeited
See that the sign iture of C. M JACKSON is on
tbe wrepper of each bottle All others aae
counterfeit Frinei J- pat Office and Manufac
tory at tbe German Medina Store.Ne. t31 AK.CH
Street, Philadelphia, Pa-
CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Cm
Hoofland's German Bitters, rer bottle, SIM
Hoofland's German Bitters, half dosea, . h M
Hoofland's German Tonic put up in quart bottles
SI Ml per bottle, or half dosen for 17 H-
17 Do not forget to examine weir th artiel
you buy, in order to get the (canine.
For sale by A. I. SHAW Agent Clearfield Pa.
April , feftS-lj
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