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BY S. J. ROW.
CUEAKFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1869.
VOL 15.-N0. 20.
Select gectnt.
WINTER DAYS.
How short snd dark these winter days,
Thst come with fU of snow and rain,
With winds that roam the antrodden ways
And sob at dusk outside the pane.
How bleak and lone the bare field lie,
That in the purple distance merge ;
How cheerless looms the leaden sky
Alocg the du'l horixons verge.
The barren wools no longer ring
With rummer carols of the jay ;
The robin plumed hia russet wing,
And with the Autumn passed away.
Down in the hollow next the glade
The scarlet winter-berries gleam.
Where, stern and chill, the frost has laid
His icy fetters on the stream.
Ootside the window where the vice
flatgs, shivering, stripped of a!I its leaves,
The icicles like daggers shin
Down pointing from the jagged eaves.
The gray dawn loiters on its way
To touch the sombre east with light;
Ani. like a timid fawn, tbe day
Flics startled at tbe step of night.
In feathery flakes the silent snow
Falls earthward from the chilly cloud,
And wraps the froxen earth below
In wintry whiteness like a cloud.
But what care we for winter's cold,
For rain or snow outside the door,
Who in our hearts, like treasure, hold
Love's deathless summer warmth in store.
SHANNON'S UODEL.
Immediately to the the right of the space
in the handsome galleries of the Academy
of Design, allotted to water colors ; there
has been, since the opening night of this
annual exhibition, a large vacant space.
The fact that the position is oue of the best
lighted in the room makes visitors, who are
wholly ignorant of the troubles of ''hanging
committees," wonder why it is not filled.
Some of the invited guests, who were pres
ent on the opening night and remembered
the scene which occurred in front of the
large painting catalogue " No. 123, Venus
Rising from the Sea," which hung there for
that single evening, may know why it hangs
there no longer, and it may be they are
aware of the romance connected therewith ;
bat few, even of those, can have heard the
particulars of the final denouement of this
singular family history ; hence I tell it :
In the spring of l6o, Mr. Thomas B.
Shannon entered my study, and throwing
himself on the lounge with a fatigued air,
exclaimed :
" Well, conirratulate me !"
" On what !"'
" Work is over, and I am ready at last for
my two years holiday."
" Your work is about to begin, I suppose
you mean."
"No, do, I say. It is over I tell you.
Oh! you don't know my dear fallow, the
drudgery of talking commissions; the settle
ment of money matters : the drawing up of
terms; tbe closing of bargains with drafts
an J cheek, which I can't understand. Paint
ing the pictures is nothing. That is the la
bor that physics all paiu the labor I de
light in. Puiutiug is pleasure."
But to be more brief", Shannon explained
tl.i; the co uuiisi-ions which he had sought
had bern obtained, and he was authorized to
Kike- one large equestrian portrait, two
lar.-o paintings illustrative of my theological
fuMect.s. anl several from sketches of war
incidents and Americaa sccucry. Among
tii-.:u was one of " Venus Eisiug irofit tbe
S-n." i'.ir Mr. Gideon L. Vau Jerwater, of
iL eity, a pi-ink-man of culture and wealth,
w?" kp.iwn l.y the artists as a liberal patron
i'ti a imired by ihem as a sensible and crit
ical (.-nnoi.-stur uf the fine arts. The
art. t was very wisely instructed in histreat-ni.-titu
the rather hackneyed theme; a
Ian !- me .-am was named as tbe price of
the pi.'fsre. and the privilege of exhibiting
H i r- it- delivery to the purchaser was
'-o c.aaued aiid granted.
h is ii.it fccccoary to narrate at this point
t.;c- iuc.i.-:.:s -jf Shannon's two and a half
in U.juie, or to notice in detail
the rc.-ah labors. Only one of the
l'acuents ,. ;:a. re-idenoe, aud only one of
t-'ie ptct are pointed by him Lave aught to
J (Li- hi-t,.ry. The incident Will be
tu'-ui.uafl ;a iis proper place, the picture
the ,.ne uric re I by Mr. Vanderwater,
ar'l which, a- I have before stated, hung
' !" a siri.-'.- hi.-ht in the Academy of Design,
.'k. eai-i'ogueJ "No. 123, Venus
rr-jiu the Sea. T. 1J. Shannon."
' j- nuiar.r-iy ijr me, as the narrator of
r"-; s-"7 I did not arrive at the Academy
li i,c'ft' u 'he oi.enin? niirht of the ex-
fci:
!:"" -'f 1 until a late hour ia the
e
'f-ug. I am compelled to give the facts
"! tae ucetirrerice on that evening, from the
--"-a-.en-.eatj. made to me bv Mr. Shannon.
tee paining arrived from Europe but a
Jji - before the evening of the exhibi
"on. and wis hung immediately, without
p: previously shown to Mr. Vanderwater.
' a. therefore, only after being displayed
-r- Vanderwater saw it.
He catered the Academy on the evening
Jtj -juesti jn, in company with his sister and
y.JungoM daughter, his wife and his eld-'-laijhtrr
being at this time in Europe.
'Q alter entering the room he descried
-Ir- Gannon, and making his way through
tie crowd he addressed him and welcomed
kim Lome in very warm terms. At the end
the conversation Miss Vanderwater tak
Mr. Shannon's arm joined with Ler
W in becging the anist to guide thetn
l-3 the picture in which they were all inter
ested either as painter or purchaser. Shan-fi-'a
might have consistantly declined in the
jnixed crowd present, all of whom could not
o w the circumstances of the case, and the
Ration of the parties to himself as far as
'be picture was concerned, but having no
fcoe modesty, aud caring little for the opin
Tt
ion of those of the crowd who did not know
him, and not fearing that of those who did,
he acted as the guide of Mr. Vanderwater
and the ladies and escorted them to the
picture. -
On first looking at the painting there
came from Mr. Vanderwater and his fair
companions simultaneous cries, not of ad
miration but of astonishment. Miss Van
derwater dropped the arm of the artist, and
convulsively clasped that of her father,
pointed nervously to the picture and whis
pered in his ear. His sister made similar
movements, and hurried exchange of whisp
ers was had between the two ladies. Mr.
Vanderwater passed his hands before his
eyes, re-adjusting his eye-glasses, as if fear
ful they had deceived him, aud then, after
a few seconds of observation of the picture,
he turned full upon Mr. Shannon, who stood
slightly in the back ground. A number of
the promenaders, attracted by the strange
ruannnerof Mr. Vanderwater and the ladies.
bad gathered near by.and now observed with
evideDt interest, the scene enacted before
the picture.
At length Mr. Vanderwater spoke, ad
dressing himself to Mr. Shannon in curt but
still iiupassioned pbra.ses. in which the emo
tion he felt was smothered, but concealed.
"The face of your Venus is not a coucep
tion of your own ?" he asked.
Mr. Shannon did not answer.
"It is a portrait ?" continued Mr. Van
derwater, still interrogative.
Still Mr. Shannon did not answer. lie
afterwards confessed, to me that he was
somewhat surprised by the questions.
"Come, sir," continued Mr. Vandetwa
ter, "you must answer. Vou had a model
for that face and figure ?"
" Yes," answered. Shannon. " Tea I
had a model."
"Who?"
"I beg your pardon, Mr. Vanderwater
you have no right to ask."
"But I do ask ; I will know I have a
right."
"When you have proved the right I will
answer the question."
"This is too easily proved, I fear. Here?"
he exclaimed, seizing and opening a locket
which hung around his daughter's neck;
"do you see that? Is that not her por
trait"
"Good heavens?" exclaimed Shannon,
looking at the face in the locket "How
came you by this ?"
"It is the same then?"
"The same? Yes! But how here how came
you with it?"
"Easily enough, sir. The lady, your mod
el, sir, with a sneer and a curl ou bis lip
"is uiy wife.
Before Shannon could speak, Mr. Van
derwater said :
"You shall hear from me again." And full
of rage, the old man left the room, bearing
the ladies on his arms, and endeavoring as
as best he could, but with little success, to
conceal the emotion and excitement under
which he was laboring.
Shannon was utterly dumbfounded by the
denouement, and I found him on entering
the Academy, ten minutes after this occa
sion, endeavoring to reconcile the conflicting
facts. He at ouce informed me of the inci
dent the simultaneous recognition by Mr.
Vanderwater, his sister and daughter, of
tbe remarkable portrait, the statement of
Mr. Vanderwater that the model was his
wife, tbe possession by him of a photograph
of the lady, and yet the impossibility of
her beiug his wife.
- lie suddenly turned and said:
"Has Mr. Vanderwater been twice mar
ried?'' "No."
"Then his wife, if the- mother of the
young lady I met last evening, s a woman
of forty or more."
"About forty-two, I should say. She
married young."
"Then iteaunot be hr. But pshaw! what
am I thinking of? Of course she can't be
Lis wile, as '
' lie hesitated, and I asked "why?"
"It"s of no consc'iueuce. She is not over
nineteen."
"Did you explain this?"
"I had not time. He left me too ab
ruptly." "You cau't, of course, satisfy him that
she was not bis wife "
"I can at least assure him so, for I never
saw Mrs. Van ierwater."
"Yet she has been fur a year past in Eu
rope last winter in Rome."
"Singular.isn'tit? Nevertheless my mod
el was not Mrs. Vanderwater."
"Who was she?"'
"A young Italian girl whom I met en
route to Florence ia 1365, when I was going
to Rome. She was alone in trouble ev
idently flying from some qne, I protected
her. and she accompanied me to Rome."
"W here you set her up in business as a
model, and "
"Stop, Harry ! no jokes on that subject,
if you please."
"I beg pardon, my boy, but "
"I can tell you no more than this."
"Will that satisfy Vanderwater?"
"To tell you the truth, my dear fellow, I
don't care whether it does or not- I will ex
plain no further."
On the following day I saw Mr. Vander
water. I was not authorized by Shannon to
do so, but I presumed on our friendship
though somewhat cooled since his return
from Rome, some other friend having won
some of bis affection to act m his interest
Mr. Vanderwater gave me a warmer wel
come, on my announcing my business, than
I expected, and at once took me to his library.-
"I bad to send you for Mr. Shannoa'a ad
dress," he said.
I named the hotel. He had usually stop
ped at my house ; but on his return he had
gone to a quiet hotel in the city, and had
declined to make my house his home a? us
ual. "Thank you. I would prefer to commu
nicate with him through you, if you are in
any way authorized to act for him in the
matter of our business arrangements."
"But I'm not," I answered.
"Then, will you act for me? I am desir
ous of closing our agreement for this pic
ture. I am ready to pay the balance due
him, and will make him a liberal allowance
in addition to the sum agreed on, if he will
renounce the privilege of exhibiting it far
ther." "I think that he will consent to the re
moval ; bnt he will decline any considera
tion for doing so."
"Thank you. Will you see him, give hiro
this check fiilling it up for the amount you
can agree on as right, you acting for me
and obtaia his consent to the withdrawal of
the picture fro'n the Academy?"
I did so. I saw Shannon paid the bal
ance closed the account and carried his trans
fer of the picture to Mr. Vanderwater.
The same day the picture was removed
from the Academy, and passed into the
hands of Mr Vanderwater. What disposi
tion was made of it at the time I do not
know.
As we left the building, Mr. Vanderwa
ter requested me to go with him to his resi
dence, as he had a second and more serious
communication to make through me to Mr.
Shannon. We got into a cross town car,
which was passing the Academy at the mo
ment, and started for his house.
As we were making a short curve in front
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, at Madison
Square, I was suddenly roused from some
meditations into which I had fallen, by a
sharp, nervous grasp on my arm. I turned
in my seat It was Vanderwater who had
startled me. He was bent in his seal, gaz
ing fiercely through the low windows of the
car, and pointing to an open carriage which
came from lower Fifth Avenue, and was
crossing the square going north. In it sat
Shannon, and beside him a lady.
I recognized Mrs. Vanderwater!
Her husband, too, had seen her, but in
stead of springing from the car and pursu
ing the carriage, which was now passing
rapidly through Upper Fifth Avenue, he
sat like one in a stupor. He did not speak
a word, but sat like a statue in Lis p!ace,and
almost as white and cold. When he had
reached the street car route nearest his house
we got out lie took my arm but showed no
other sign of emotion. We walked a block,
and turned the corner nearest his house.
We were surprised to find a carriage at the
door, and the servants removing baggage
from it into the house. He quickened his
step, drawing me rapidly with him- As he
entered tbe gate and was ascending the steps
a light scream was heard in the parlors, fol
lowed by a cry of "Papa ! papa !" and there
came bounding out to meet him, a young
girl still in her traveling dress. She threw
her arms around his neck. It was his daugh
ter the one who had been traveling in Eu
rope with her mother. She smothered him
with kisses, and he carried her, half faint
ing with joy, and amidst convulsive sobs, in
to the parlor, whither I followed. Miss Van
derwater was there, and seeing my natural
embarrassment, she came up to me and told
me the particulars of her sis-er'sr unexpect
ed arrival. Her statement was interrupted
by her father, who started up aud aked,
wildly :
"And your mother whete is she?"
"She remains in Europe," she answered.
"Oh! papa"
"Europe! are you sure?"
"Yes, you but let me tell you all about
it Oh, papa ! do you know ma thinks she
has found Nellie?"
"Found Nellie!" exclaimed the father.
"Oh, it is so strange ! When we were in
Rome early this year, the Consul told ma of a
lady who had lately been privately married
to a friend of his, and who strangely resem
bled her ; and tbe likeness was so remark
able that the Consul afterwards frequently
referred to it. Oue day he brought us her
photograph ; he told us that the lady and
her husband had left Rome for Paris, and
that he supposed there was no harm in
showing us the photograph as confirmation
of what he had said about the likeness.
When he gave the photograph to mama,
she just glanced at it and tainted away."
Mr. Vaaderwater stared at his daughter in
amazement
When she came to, which was in a few
moments, she said to me, " It is your sister
dear, I feel It is my lost baby." The
Consul did not know what it all meant and
I was too much agitated to tell hi:u. When
ma was sufficiently calmed she told him the
story of how Nellie had been lost in Paris,
fifteen years before, and how all search for
her had been vain. He at once became in
terested in the case, and set persons to work
to trace up the gentleman and his wife. He
said the gentleman had strong reasons for
wishing the marriage a secret that he wish
ed to conceal Nellie's antecedents. Oh,pa-
pa, she has been a model for one of the ar
tists in Rome" and a-nidst her sobs the
agitated young girl went on to explain that
the Consul and Mrs. Vanderwater were in
Paris endeavoring to trace the couple whose
names he could not divulge ; while she, 'he
daughter had been hurried home to inform
her father of the discovery.
Instantly the truth flashed upon both our
minds tbe father's and mine.
"Quick, quick!" he said to me, "You
can catch them in the coach. Bring them
here immediately." j
I needed no bidding. I sprang into the
coach from which Miss Vanderwater' s bag
gage had by this time been removed, and af
ter a few words of direction to the driver, I
was soon whirling through the avenue in
the direction of Central Park. It was ouly
after passing as rapidly as the rules permit
ted through the lower part of the park, that
I descried Shannon's carriage in the dis
tance, near the Croton Reservoir, beyond
the Ramble, I ordered the coachman to
drive up to it and hailing Shannon, I
sprang out of my coach and went up to his.
The lady drew her veil more closely about
her face, and Shannon, rising in his seat, en
deavored to interpose his body between her
and me.
"Shannon, I know all," I said.
"Know all? what can you mean, my
friend?"
"Let me talk to you in quiet, you and
your wife," I said.
He sat down again sank back, as it were,
in his seat I sprang into his coach, and
ordered his driver to turn back. Shannon
made no resistance ; the lady simply gras
ped bis arm aud asked what it all meant
"I hardly know.my dear," he said; "but
there is no reason to bea'armed, I confess,"
he added, turning to me and smiling, "I am
somewhat astouijhed."
1 explained in a few words, so that the
ady might understand as well as he, and
wound up by telling him the suspicion of Mr.
Vanderwater and myself that this was bis
lost Nellie.
On tbe Way to Vanderwater's, Nellie told
her history as far as she herself knew it
Her early life had been spent roaming about
Europe ; her parents, those she had known
as such, were itinerent organ grinders, who
roamed about France, Germany and En
gland. When she was ten years old, they
left her with a wine-grower hi Italy, and she
had labored in the vineyard. Subsequently
when older, she had fled from the harsh
treatment which she btd endured in the
vine-grower's family, and in her flight she
had encountered Shannon. He had taken
her to Rome, educated her, and eventually
had married her.
I shall not attempt to describe the scene
when we entered the house. It is impossi
ble to paint such painfully pathetic scenes
without in some way detracting from their
pathos and beauty. Tb : reader's imagina
tion can supply a better description.
The remarkable likeness was not the only
proof of the relationship which was fina!!y
adduced. There was found in Mrs. Shan
non's possession a locket marked N. V., and
containing a portrait of Mrs. Vanderwater
at twenty, which proved a perfect picture of
Nellie at her present age. The relationship
was satisfactorily proved : Mrs. Vanderwater
was summoned from Paris by telegraph, and
those curious for proof of the truth of this
strange statement will find her name in the
first of the -arrivals by the Helvetia on the
27th of June.
It is unnecessary, of course, to pursue this
denouement further p tbe reader must intui
tively know that painting, painter and mod
el have become domiciled in the house of
their owner and father.
Oca Pilgrimage. We are passing to
ward final rest ourselves. Do not regret it
if the eyes grow dim. You will see better
by and by. If the ear is growing heavy, do
not be sorry. If your youth is passing, and
your beauty fading, do not mourn. If your
hand trembles, and your foot is unsteady.
with age, be not depressed in spirit With
every impediment, with every sign of the
taking down of this tabernacle, remember
that is the striking tho tent that the march
may begin, and that when next you pitch
your tabernacle it shall be on an undisturbed
shore, and that there, with eyes unwet with
tears, through an atmosphere undimmed by
clouds, and before a God unveiled and nev
er to be wrapped in darkness any more
that there, looking back upon this world of
ignorance and suffering and trouble, and up
on the hardships of the way you will with
full and discerning reason, lift up your voice
and give thanks to God, and say "There was
not one sorrow too piercing." And you
will thank God, in that land, for the very
things that wrins tears from your eyes in
this. Look then, to that better land, out of
all the trouble of the way, sigh for it, pray
for it, prepare for it, and enter into it.
A quaint writer compares a certain class
of professors of religion to sheet-iron stoves
heated by shavings. When there is a little
revival in the church, they all at once flame
up and become very hot and zealous, but
they cool off as suddenly as they became
heated. If such people, he says, had not
souls of their own to be saved, they would
not be worth taking into the church.
A clergyman having preached during Lent
in a small town, in which he had not once
been invited to dinner,said, in a certain ser
mon exhorting his parishoners against be
ing seduced by the ptevai ling vices of the
age, "I have preached against every vice
but luxurious living, having had no oppor
tunity of observing to what extent it is car
ried on in this town !"
A countryman went into a drug store a
few days since, and asked to be served with
two pounds of opium. So large a quantity
excited the suspicion of the druggist, and
he inquired what it was to be used for. The
verdant replied, to stop cracks in bis cart
wheels. He was advi-cd to get some oakum.
A shoemaker was the other dav fittinz a
customer with a pair of boots, when tbe
Duver observed that be had but one obiee-
tion to them, which was that the soles were
a little too thick. "If that is all," replied
the maker, "put ou the boots, and the ob
jection will gradually wear away."
"Wait.
Wait a moment, yountj man, before you
throw that money down at the bar and de
mand a glass of brandy and water. Ask
yourself if twenty-five cents cannot be better
invested in something else. Put it back in
your pocket, and give it to the little cripple
who sells matches on the Corner. Take my
word for it, you will not be sorry.
Wait, madam think twice before you de
cide on that hundred dollar shawl. A hun
dred dollars is a great deal of money ; one
dollar is a great deal, when people once con
sider the amount of good it will accomplish,
in careful hands. Your husbands business
is uncertain ; there is a financial crisis close
at hand. Who knows what that hundred
dollars may be to you yet?
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy am
ethyst breastpin you are surveying so earn
estly through the jeweler's plate glass win
dows. Keep your money for another piece
of jewelry a plain gold wedding-ring made
to fit a rosy finger you wot of. A shkt neat
ly ironed and stockings darned like lace work
are better than gilt brooches and flaming
amethysts. You can't afford to marry?
Wait aud think the matter over.
Wait, mother, bt fore you speak harshly
to tbe little chubby rogue who has torn his
apron and soiled his white Marseiilas jacket
He is only a child, and 'mother' is the sweet
est word in all the world to him. .Needle
and thread and soapsuds will repair all dam
ages; but if you once teach him to shriuk
from his mother, and hide away his childish
faults, that damage cannot be repaired.
Wait husband, before rout worrder audi
bly why your wife don't get along with fam
ily cares and household responsibilities "as
your mother did." She is doing her best
and no woman can endure that best to be
slighted. Remember the nights f he set up
with the little babe that died ; remember
the love and care she bestowed on you when
yon had that long fit of illness. Do you
think she is made of cast-iron? Wait
wait with silence and forbearance, and the
light, will come back to her eyes, tbe old
light of old days.
Wait, wife, before you speak so reproach
fully to your husband when he comes home
late, aud weary and "out of sorts." He
has worked for you ail day long ; he has
wrestled, hand in band, with Care, and Sel
fishness, and Greed, and all the deuxrns that
follow in the train of moirey-making. Let
home be another -atmosphere entirely ; let
hitu feel that there is one place in the world
where he C3U Cud peace and quiet, and per
fect love.
Wait, bright young girls, before you" arch
your pretty eyes, and whisper "old maid"
as the quiet figure steals by, with silver in
its hair and crow's feet around the eyes. It
is hard enough to lose life's gladness and
elasticity it is hard enough to see youth
drifting away, without adding to the bitter
cup one drop of scorn ! You do not know
what she has endured ; you never can know
until exf erience teaches you ; so wait before
you sneer at the Old Maid.
Wait, sir, before you add a billiard room
to your house, and buy the fast horse that
Black and White and all .the rest of "the
fellows" covet. Wait, and think whether
you can afford it whether your outstanding
bills are all paid and your liabilities fully met,
and all the chances and changes of life duly
provided for. Wait and ask yourself how
you would like, ten years from now, to see
your fair wife struggling with poverty, your
children shabby and want stricken, and your
self a miserable hanger-on round coi ner gro
ceries and one-horse gambling saloons.
You think that is impossible ; do you re
member what Hall said to the seer of old:
"Is thy servant a dog, that he should do
this thing?"
Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale
faced youth from tho country "that you can
do nothing for him." You can do something
for hiui ; you can give him a word of encour
agement a word of advice. There was a
time once when you were young, and poor,
and friendless ! Have you forgotten it al
ready ?
Wait, blue-eyed lassie, wait a while before
you say "yes" to the dashing young fellow
who says he can't live without you. Wait
until you have ascertained "for sure and for
certain," as the children say, that the cigar,
the wine bottle, and tbe card table are not
to be your rivals in his heart ; a little delay
won't hurt him, whatever be may sayjust
see if it will.
And wait, ray friend, with the brown
moustache ; don't commit yourself to Laura
Matilda until you are sure she will be kind
to your old mother, gentle with your little
sisters, and a true, loving wife to you, instead
of a mere puppet who lives on the breath
of fashion and excitement As a general
thing, people are in too great a hurry in this
world ; we say wait, Wait!
One of the most important items in the
cost of a newspaper is the paper itself.
Many newspapers do not obtain from their
subscribers the price of the white paper
alone. The entire expenses must be cover
ed by the receipts from tbe advertising.
A school ma'am has adopted a new and
novel mode of punishment. If the boys
disobey her rules, she stands them on their
heads, and pours water down their trowser
legs. She must be a temperance woman.
An Irish waiter at a hotel, ordered by a
weary traveler to bring a larger boot jack
than tbe one in the house, advised tbe
broad footed guest to further and use the
fork in the road just beyond.
"What brought you to prison, my colored
friend? ' "Two constables, sah." "Yes;
but I mean had iutempeaance any thing to
do with it?" "Yes, sah ; dey was bofe of
em drunk."
Cling Close t tie Sockv v
A long train of cars, fourteen or fifteen,
were recently . passing over the Allegheny
mountains, on their way eastward. They
were crowded whh passengers. As the Iron
horse snorted and rushed on, they began to"
descend, and needed no power but the in
visible power of gravitation to send them
down with terrific swiftness. Just as the
passengers began to realize their situation,
they came to ashortcuivecutout of the sol
id rock, a wall of rock lying on each side.
Suddenly the sfearn whistle screamed as if
in agony. "Put on tbo brakes," bat with
no apparent slackening of the cars. Every
window flew open, andevery head thatcould
be was thrust out to see what the danger
was, andevery one rose up in their places,
fearing sudden destruction. What was the
trouble?
Just as the engine bepan to turn in the
curve the engineer saw a little girl and her
baby brother playinc on the track. In a
moment the cars wou'.d be upn them. The
shriek of the whistle startled the little girl,
and every oue looking over could see them.
Close to the traek in tbe upright rock was
a little niche, out of which a piece of rock
had been blasted. In an iostarrt the baby
was thrust into this niche, and as the cars
came thundering by the passengers, holding
their breath, beard the clear voice of the lit
tle sister, on the other side of the cars, ring
out "Cling close to the rock, Johnny, cling
close to the rock !" And the little creature
snuggled in, and put bis head as close to the
rock as possible, while the heavy cars whir
led past him. And many were the moist
eyes that gazed, and a silent thanksgiving
went up to heaven. Indiana Mcsenger
The Church Union, of New York, has the
following, which will sfike afl who read it
as being true.
Editing a paper Ls a pleasant business.
If it contains too much reading matter
people won't take it
If the type is too large, it dou't contain
enough reading matter.
If the type is too small, j-sople won't read
it
If we publish telegra'ph rsports, people
say they are ail lies.
If e omit them, tley say we are fossils.
If we publish original matter, they con
demn ua for not giving selections.
If we publish selections, they say we are
lazy for not writing more, aod giviax them
what they have not read in soroe other pa
pers. If we give a man a compliuien'tary notice,
then we are censured as being partial.
If we remain in the office and attend to
business, folks say we are too proud to min
gle with other feSows.
If we do not, they say we never attend to
business.
If we publish poetry, we effect sentimen
talism. If we do not, we have no literary polish
or taste.
If we do not pay bills promptly, folks say
we are not to be trusted.
If we pay promptly, they say we stole tbe
money.
Nasby is going toeruigrate from tbeCorn
ers to New York, where tbe Democracy have
afoDtiag not likely to be disturbed. He an -nounees
his programme as follows:
The only thing that stands iu the way nv
my acquirin politikle inflooence in Noo York
is the lack of sufTL-hent capita! to start a
grosery with. If I kin get that capital I
shel start it on a corner, if possible. I
shel get control of ten votes, wich byjoo
dishus repeatin kin be made to count fifty.
Then I hev suthin positive. Vi;h these
votes back uv me I kin insist upon a share
with money I kin get more votes with
more votes more money, and with money I
kin buy tosi.-hun. In'Noo York tbe star-
tin pint is a few votes, and votes is got by
whiskey. My pint is to get control uv a
trifle more whiskey than I caa consoom my
self. I shel in time go to Congris; I shel
have control co clean streets; I shel fur
nish armories with black walnut, silver
mounted racks, and I may possibly hev ten
or twenty years on the new Court house.
Uv course when I go to Noo York I shel
change my name to MeNusby, add my first
name to MichaeL
A Ge.vtle Rebuke. A lady, riding in a
car on the New York Central Railroad, was
disturbed in her reading by the conversa
tion of two gentlemen" occupying the seat be
fore her. One of them seemed to be a stu
dent of some college, on his way home for
vacation. He used so much profane lan
guage, greatly to the annoyance of the lady.
She thought she would rebuke him, and on
begging pardon for interrupting them, asked
tbe young student if he had studied tbe lan
guages.
"Yes, madam, I have mastered the lan
guagen quite welL"
"Do you read and speak Hebrew."
"Quite fluently."
"Will you be so kind as to do me a small
favor."
With the greatest pleasure, madam. I
am at your service."
"Will you be so kind as to do your swear
ing in Hebrew?"
We may suppose the lady was not annov-
ed any more by the ungentleinanly language
of this would be gentleman.
'Too say that you know a horse from a
jackass when you see them?" asked a coun
sel of a rather dull look in? witness. "Oh,
ye-as just so," drawled out the intended
victim, gnzing ioteutly at his legal torment-
. , . . , T. 1
or, "i know tne difference, ana x a neter
take you for a hoss."
ttOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS-
AND
HOOFLAXD'S GERMAN TONIC.
TBI eKSAT EED!
For mil diaeaaea of tho Liror. Stomach, or digs?
trro organs.
Iioofland's German. Bitters
la composed of tbo pnro jnice (or, aa they aro
medicinally termed. txirartt) of Roota. Herba.and
Birj, making a prep aration.hifhly concen
trated, and entirely fre froia alcohoSe ad
mixture uf any kind.
HOOF LAND 'S GERMAN TONIC,
It a combination of all the ingredients f ta Sit
ter, with the purest quality of Santa Crux Rum,
Orarge. le . making one of the moat pleasant and
agreeable remedies twar offered te the public.
Those preferring a Medicfae free from Alcohol
ic admixture, wrff uie
UOOFLANb S GERMAN SITTERS.
Those who hare no objection to the combination
of the Bitters, ai stated, will he
HOOFLA MD'S GERMAN TONW.
Tbey are both equally good. and. eoafarn the
same medicinal virtues, tbe en oice between the
two being a mere matter uf taste, the Tonio being
tbe ino&l palatable.
The stomach, from a variety of eaoses, inch a'
Indigestion, byspepsia. Nervous lability, etc.. is
very apt to have its functions deranged. The
I.iver. sympathizing at closely as rt does with
the Mouiach, thea be comes affected the resnlt
of which is that the patient suffers from severo
or more of the following diseases:
Constipntion, Flatulence, Inward J'hei, Fulness
of Blood to the Head, .tiid'it of the Stomach,
Nausea. Heartburn, Dirguat for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach, Soar Eructations,
Sinking or Flattering at the Pit of the Stoniaag,
Swimming of the Head, Harried ef Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at tbe Heart. Choking or
r-uffucatrng Sensations when 1 a hjng Fosrure,
Dimness of Vision. Dots or Webs before tie Pfght,
Dull Paria in tbe Bead, Deficiency ef Perspira
tion. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain is
the Side, Baca, Chest, Limbs, etc. udden flash-'
es of Heat, Bamiog in the FVeh , Constant ran
aginings of Err!, and great depression of Spirits.
The sufferer from :hese disessessboetd exercise
the greatest caution ia the selection of a remedy
for bis case, purchasing only twrt wkiea he is as
sured front his hires ligations and1 tnqair"iea
possesses troe Merit, ia skilfully compound
ed, is free from injurious ingredidenta, and baa
established for itself a reputation for the cure of
these diseaaea. In thia eonnnection we would
submit those well-known tessedie
IlooJtaitJ't German Butert,mkJ jiooAanJ'm
Oermuut Tonic, prepared iff Dr. C. M,
Jaciton, PhUadetpkut, Pa.
Twenty-two year since they were (rat intro
duced into this country from Germany, duriar
which time tbey hare oatfotrolejry psrformed
more cures, and benefitted suffering humanity so
a greater extent, than any other remedies known
to the public.
These remedies will effectually ease LWes Cenr
plaint. Jaundice. Dys pBsfct.ChOBie,OT Ses
row Dewilcry, -Ckre ic biarrbeaa, Disease ef
the Kidavys. smd all Diseases arising from a din
ordered Liter, Stomach, or Intestines.
DEBILITY.
Kesnltfng frm any cawse whaferer,' prostnrtfe
of the syitem. induced by serere labor,
hardships, exposure, fevers, ete.
There is no medicine extant equal to these teas
edies in seen eases. A tone and rigor is ins parted
to the whole system, the appetite Is strengtked,
food is enjoyed. the stomach digests promptly .the
blood is purified, tbe eoseplexius becomes soond
and bealtby. the yellow tinge is eradicated from
(be eyes, a bloom is giren to the eheeks, and tho
we-i It and nerrous inralid becomes strong and
healthy being.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing httify
upon them, with all lu attendant ills. will find in
tbe use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an olixer
that will instil new life into their reins, restore
in a meastrre the energy and ardor of mura youth
ful days, build up their shrunken forms, and giro
h.alta and happiness to their remaining year.
NOTICE.
It f j a well established fact that fully onsbarf
of the female portion of our population are sel
dom in tha enjoyment of good health ; or. to
use their own expres -t-1 sion. "nererfee! well."
They are languid, deroid of all energy, eatresae
ly nerrous. and bare no appetite. To this class
of persons tbe BITTEKS, or the TOJ.'IC,is ospa
cially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of thee
remedies. They will cure erery case of MARAS
MUS, without fail.
Thousands of certificates hare accumulated !a
the bands of tbe proprietor, but space will allow
of tbe publication of bnt a few. Those, it will bo
observed, are men of note and of nth standing
that they must believed.
TES TIMONIALS.
Ho. Grarge W. Woodvnrd, Ckif Jtistfft
iht Suprtmt Court of Prnn'a, trntes :
Philadelphia. March 18, 187.
"I find 'Hoofiand's . Uerman Bitters' ia a
good tonic, useful in diseases of tbe diges
tive organs, and of great benefit in eases of do
bilitr, and want of nerrous action in tbe srstem.
"Vours truly, GEO. W WOODWAKI'."
Han Jamrj Ttomfon, Judgt of tl.4 Supremo
Court of Pruusylvania:
Philadelphia, April 23. 186.
"I conider-IIoofland's Uerman Bitters' oval
alir miirine in cae if attacks ot Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experi
ence of it. Yours, with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON.
From Rrv. Joseph. H. Kmnrd, D. D Pastor
of the t ruth Baptixt Church, Philadelphia.
Dr. JarX-son Dear Sir: I haro been frequent
ly requested to connect my nam with recommen
dations ef different kinds of medicines, bat re
garding tbe practice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I hare in all . cafes declined; but
with a clear proof In rarioua instances and
particularly in my own family, of the usefulness
ef Dr. Hoofiand'a Uerman Bitten. I depart for
once from my usual eourae, to expreaa my full
eon fiction that, for general deitlitti of ths system,
and eJpfo'aUf for Lieer Complaint, it ss a safe
and Valuable preparation. In some ease it may
fail, bnt usually. I doubt not, it will bo very ben
eficial to those who suffer from tho abere onuses
Yours, rery respectfully,
J.li.KE5NARD.8th,beI Coateaet.
F, am Rrv. E. D. Frndall. Assistant Editor
Christian Chronirle, Philadelphia.
I hare derired decided benefit from tho use of
Hoofiands Uerman Bitters, and feel it my piiril
ego to recommend them as a most saleable tonio,
to all who are suffering from general debility or
from diseeses arising from derangement of tho
Jirer. Yours truly, E. D. FESDALL.
CAUTION.
Hoofiand's German Remedies ere counterfeited
rSeo that theanignitrure of C. M JACKSON ia oa
tbo wrapper or oaen " r
counterfeit Prinei J-' pal OfiSeesnd Manufac
tory at tbe German Medicine Store Jo. 631 AB.CH
Street, Philadelphia: Ps.
CHARLES 31. EVANS. Proprietor.
Formerly C. X. JAORSOH Co.
Hoofiand's Uerman Bitters, ror bottle, II M
Hoofiand's German Bitters, half dosea,
Hoofiand's Uerman Tonie put up in quart bottles
SI 50 per bottle, or half dosen for 7 M.
tf Do not forget to examine well tha artial
yon buy, in ordei to get the genuine.
For aale by A. I. SHAW Agent Cleartelel Ps,
April tt, ISos-ly