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BY S. X ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, I860.
VOL, 15W, 2&
WAITI5G FOB TEE SPBDTG.
As brecies stir th morning.
Asileaosrsignsinair;
Eteel bin tin heavens above me,
Mr-velass tba treci aad bare ;
yt unto m the stillness
TbU burthen seem te bring
"Patience! tba earth U waiting,
Waiting for the Spring."
Strong ash, and sturdy Chestnut,
Rough oak and poplar high,
Streuh oat their eapleee branohes
Against tba wintry sky.
Even the guilty aspen
Bath ceased bar quiTering,
As though the too were waiting,
Waiting for the Spring.
I it rain mine ear to listen.
If haply where I stand,
Bat one tray note of music
May found in all the land.
"Why art tboa mate. O blackbird ?
0 thru to., why doat not aing ? "
- Ah ! surely they are waiting ,
Waiting for the Spring.
0 heart ! thy days are darksome ;
0 heart ! thy nights are drear ;
Bat eooo ah all beams of sunshin
Proclaim the taming year.
Soon ah all the trees be leafy.
Soon vry bird shall aing :
like them be silent, waiting,
Waiting for the Spring.
THE GAMBLEE'8 LAST PLEDGE.
"Mr. Willard, if you have a few momenta
leisuie this morning I Lave something ot
great importance I wish to communicate."
The speaker, Edward Martin, was a young
man of marked ability, and had been lor
some time enir-loyed as confidential clerk in
the house of Willard & Co.
"Why, Edward!" exclaimed Mr. Wil
lard in surprise, "what is the matter? You
have been weeping."
"I have, and not without cause !" an
swered the young man. "But I am now
prepared for the worst! I expect to lose
jour confidence, perhaps I shall be sent to
prison, and bo. forever disgraced ! But I
cannot live with this weight upon niy con
science, l'ou have been too kind."
Mr. Willard fixed his gaze upon Edward,
and for 6ome time remained silent. At
length he exclaimed :
'Tou have not betrayed my confidence ?
Surely my kindness has not been unappreci
ated?" "Yes; but oh! I was mad ! I must have
been a maniac, or I never could have robbed
ooe k good !"
Robbed r echoed Mr. Willard.
"Yes!" cried Edward, falling on his
Inees before him. "But, oh, pity me ! Not
lor myself, 1 would not murmur at the
sharpest torture, but lay mother, it will
kill her should she learn her son has become
a gambler and a thief 1"
"You have become a gambler you have
robbed me and you ask for pity?"
'"Not for tnylf, but for that mother who
like a guardian angel watched me in my in
fact years, and as I grew to manhood, wept
and buped, ana prayed.
"Eovard, your mother is inJeed a noble
vouian, and I thought her son equally so.
I would have trusted you with my eutire
fortone.and it grieves me to learn that I have
been deceived. Have you not always re
ceived from me the utmost kiudness?
"Yea, and my crime is doubly great since
adds the sin of ingratitude?"
'Why have you betrayed your trust?"
'Ubthe old tory, sir. I was induced
te rut a gambling saloon. My first visit
but a few days since. I was persuaded
o venture a few dollars, and I won.
plred again and again, and still won. When
1 returned to my home I was richer by sev
er hundred dollars. Visions of wealth
"itted through my mind. But when my
mother prayed that night,! wept I The gold
oid not bring happiness. I resolved never
Fun to vL-it such a place."
iou kept your resolution?"
o. I sought the advice of one I deem
w mjr Inend. He ridiculed me for what
e tenaed uiy (jualms of conscience, and ad
1 be to continue till I had amassed suf-
--kui ii establish business for myself. .Last
0'fiht I met this friend, and by persuasion
1 as induced to so aeain."
You hive played but twice? Then your
"-ascauiiot be heavy."
. w"u; 1 not consent to play for some
e, but at length my brain became heated
"'h w:ne, and as the picture of affluence
-eniositivuiiy draw,,, I became mad 1
i had won the nreviaus eve-
L'ied onward by some fiend,! drew
, tor the means I possessed, and I
Ud in UIV nossA.oiinn turn rhmia
U!r
belonging to the firm, and in
w tl.M.e nf,
K of winning back my own I eta-
this
um and lost ! Madly I rushed
".e plate,
while at every step a voice
tLiefl'
ringing in my ears 'gambler and
I reached mv hn?n. fh. hna
jaad divary it appeared that once lor-
da:
T ice b C DOt '"lCD 10 m mother'
stdbV irU?llingt0 TOOm ' wept' ,0Dg
md i llte.r'y I became more calm,
down I promised God that I
Ji neve, gamble again."
.Mr. h ,Lrd.d ya confe"" to me? ' sked
your pardon. If. in your generous
n-.f...
Jour ..: ,
JUi Will POOtnw. MA nAA n,M l.
esu
-- w.iuueoce,
I will renar von all : and
love I , TeD' hy the mother that 1
. , most solemnly promise never
u betray my trust!"
' OK t uesire loganjDie again:
:kinrt V T "ng in pit, -1 am
"x1,roul? continue in crime?"
- mod Edward, starting to hit
i
noi -i .
leeL "I have played my last game. I f
i am exposed, and my mother sinks under
the blow, the only tie binding me to earth
will thus be severed, and nothing will re
main for me but the suicide's grave !"
"Edward 1" cried Mr. Willard, "you are
truly penitent, and I forgive you. Your
crime has been great, but you have my sym
pathy and love. But to guard you from
future danger you shall hear my story."
A bey of sixteen I came to this great
city. I readily procured employment, and
at the age of twenty-two I held the respon
sible position you now occupy. But my
companions were my ruin. First T was in
duced to join them in the social glass, and
the attendant follies were soon fastened up
on me. I round my salary insufficient to
supply my extravagances, and I entered the
gambler's haunt I became an expert play
er, and for a time fortune seemed to smile
upon me. I became, in a measure reckless,
my sensibilities were blunted with wine but
possessing some regard for the teachings of
my youth, I often felt the sting of remorse.
At length I was united to one I had loved
from childhood one whose gentle voice and
smile of innocence always made me feel as
if an angel was beside me. For her sake I
resolved to quit my life of crime. I did so
for a time, and was supremely happy. The
wife I loved so fondly was all I could desire.
Early left friendless, she seemed to ding to
rue with all the fervor of her soul. I will
pass over the first two years of my wedded
life, as my purpose is to present to you the
dark side of the picture first.
"One evening I .was prevailed upon to
visit one of my former places of resort., and
at a late hour I returned to my home, my
brain heated, my lips parched, and my breath
tainted with the fumes of wine. I never
can forget the look my wife cast upon me
as I entered my home. Her heed was bow
ed upon her hands, but hearing my foot
step, she sprang to my side, exclaiming :
" 'Oh, Henry, I feared something terri
ble had happened ! It is the first time you
have been absent at such an hour, but you
were safe 1" " j
"She threw her fond arms around my
neck, waiting for the accustomed kiss. I
pressed my lips to hers, when starting, she
gazed upon me for a moment, then with a
look of surprise and agony, she bent her
head ddoq mv breast ana uursi: intn
" 'Why do you weep?' I asked. .
" .Because you are ill, dear husband,
came the sweet response.
"No other words were spoken then upon
this subject. I tried toappear cheerful, but
could not drive that look of agony from my
mind. At last I told her all, and begged
her to forgive me. She only nestled closer
to my breast, and spoke the simple words
"'Henry, I love you dearly I cannot
find within my heart one word of reproach.
I resolved in the future not to grieve
the one who loved me so fondly. Did I keep
this resolve? Ahlno.no! I thought my
passion for gambling had been entirely erad
icated, but that one vL-it awakened within
my breast the demon sleeping there. I be
came a constant visitor, a constant gambler
but my fortune had turned I was inva
riable the loser. As my losses wore upon
me my wife observed the change, and strove
by every possible means to make-ma happy.
She supposed that my duties kept me till
late in the evening. She did not ouspect
the real cause, or if she did she kept the
secret buried in her own breast.
Une evening 1 was returning to my
home earlier than usual, when I heard voi
ces in my own room. I paused in the hall
and listened."
" 'HU duties are too severe !' I heard
my wife exclaim. 'It is injuring his health!
Do you not observe the paleness ot his face,
his care-worn look? Till ten o'clock each
night it is too much.'
" 'Mrs. Willard,' replied the well-known
voice of my employer, 'your husband has
never been detained at the store after six
o'clock.'
"I heard a groan and then rushed from
the house. That night I was taken home
in a state of intoxication. I have an indis
tinct recollection of a gentle hand soothing
my brow, and hot tears falling on my cheeks
but I heard no word of reproach. When I
left home the next morning, the only words
she spoke were : " 'Come home early, dear
Henry.'
"Oh ! how much of agony, of earnest ap
peal, of love, were contained in those few
words. I believe that the angel would have
prevailed, and I should have returned to
duty, but I had already robbed my employ
er, and fearing disgrace I determined to con
tinue until I had won sufficient to replace
the money I had stolen."
That night I visited a gambler's haunt
again, with a large sum of money belonging
to my employer. I met a stranger and at
his solicitation joined him in the game. For
a few moments fortune seemed to favor me,
bat at last at one hazzard I lost all.' Mad
dened I left the place, cursing the world
and myself. I returned to my home, but
the tind words of my wife were living coals
upon uiy heart, and I spurned her in my
drunken fury. She murmured not, she
wept not, but was silent patient.
"Oh 1 how I longed for evening of the
following day, hoping to win back the sum
I had lost But evening came, and I sank
deeper in my guilt and shame. This con
tinued four nights longer, during which
time I had lost eight thousand dollars of
my employer's money.
I was mad I longed and prayed for
death, tut, coward like, I dared not strike
the blow myself. I could murder her, my
own dear wife my patient, loving Laura,
but I dared not rid the earth of the hated
(oaonster that I was.
"As I was leaving my place of business
late in the afternoon of that day on which I
made my last pledge, my employer said to
mer
Mr. Willard to-morrow we will look
over the books."
"Had a thunder-bolt fallen on my head,
the blow could have not been greater,
staggered from the store. What should I
do ? I might rush again to the gaming ta
ble but, what had I to pledge? I was pen
nyless. Even my watch, and every availa
ble article of value had already gone. But
with frenzy in my heart, hastened to my
home. Oh, the morrow? I could not meet
it. I sat beside my wife she spoke not
that is, her voice was silent, but there was
sorrow stampedupon her face. I rose at
last, and taking: her hand, exclaimed :
" 'Laura, don't you despise me, curse me.'
"She tried to speak, but faltering, she
burst into tears. I was touched at last, for
I still loved her, and falling upon my knees
I told her all
" 'And now,' I cried, starting up, 'there
is but one bope. You may save me will
you do it ?
"Yes, you know I will !' was the gentle
response ; 'what can I do ?'
" 'Your jewelry 1 That diamond and your
watch. They will procure the means for
plry, and I may win back all I have lost.
If I should not, I swear by the Heaven
above me never to gaiuble.' Without one
word she gave them up. I knew them to be
gifts of her parents, now no more, and that
she prized them highly, but with a word of
hope I left the house.
"I was met again by the same dark stran
ger who had won the entire sum which I
had lost. I had played of late only with him.
We seated ourselves and the game began.
The glittering jewel was placed on the table
and I lost I
"'Brandy! brandy!' I shrieked; 'give
me brandy, or the most deadly poison I care
not which."
"Glass after glass I drank, and as the fires
of the inflaming beverage mounted to my
brain, I still played on.
"At last I had lost every article I posses-
ed. My partner suggested that we contin
ue, as my luck might change, but I replied
that I had nothing more to pledge.
"Oh, yes, was the calm response : 'there
is your household furniture!'
"Fienu I" I CTIti But the morrow star
ed me in the face, and quickly drew 2 or
der for every article. I played and lost !
"'Let me die now'' I exclaimed, starting
to my feet. I would have left the room, but
my partner caught me by tbe hand, and
drawing me close to him exclaimed :
" 'You have one thing more that you can
pledge!'
" 'What is it? In the fiend's name what
is it?'
" 'You have one thing more I would pos
sess. I have won from you eight thousand
dollars. It is all here. You stole it, and
to-morrow you will be called upon to give
an account ! Can you replace the sum ?'
'Silence, you fiend of darkness,' I cried-
'or, by heavens above,- I shall add murder
to my dark catalogue of crime !'
" 'Be calm and I will propose a plan by
which you may win all back.'
" ' Speak ! in mercy speak !' I groaned.
" 'Here is the money you have lost here
your jewelry, and here the order for your
household furniture. Should I play with
you no more, you are a beggar, and eoon will
be a convicted felon ! I will place these
things all of them, against -one thing you
possess. It is your only chance. Will you
consent?'
'Yes, to anything!' I cried. 'What is it
I can stake against these? My life?'
"No, your wttel came the calm re
sponse.
I sprang forward and - would nave torn
my tempter limb from limb, but placing a
pistol to my breast, he bid me beware.
staggered choaking to the side-board and
drank deeply. At last I c ried :
'Yes, it shall be so ! I will play this
stake, for I know that I shall win !' '
" 'Stay a moment,' exclaimed my tempt
er. e must nave times regular sign
this paper !'
"I seized the pen affixed my name to the
document which pledged myself to renounce
all claim upon my wife if the game turned
against me.
"With a fixed 'purpose I seated myself,
and the game began. My opponent was
calm, while I was burning beneath the
flames that consumed me. The game pro
ceeded, and I lost one point. I paused, seiz
ed a decanter ol brandy, and drinking deep
ly cf its contents, but this only added fuel
to the fires raging within me.
" 'On with this game of death !' I cried,
and with glaring eyes and heaving breast
we played again. A second point I lost.
I tried to rise, but could not. 'Quick! quick!'
I shouted, 'let us finish tbe torture!' It
came. I wo points more were lost, and
starting to my feet in wild despair, I fell
senseless to the flxr.
"I had made my last pledge the gam
bler's last pledge ! The wife I had loved
was no longer my wife, but a slave ! made
so by the husband who had sworn to pro
tect her till the close of life !
When I returned to consciousness I
was stretched npon a couch at my own
home. My own home T No the home I
had lost ! and beside me stood the partner
of my games, and the gentle Laura, once my
wife now his slave I " I started up there
was madness in my touI, and the demon
glare flashed in my eyes. My purpose was
formed murder was the only step left me
nowl Murder 1 murder! My hand was
lifted to strike tbe blow, but it seemed as if
some nnseen power held toy hand. I fell
upon my knees, crying,
"0h! angel of light, and you bright
cherubs who have pity for a fallen man
save me, save me
'Mr. Willard, ' exclaimed the stranger,
'will you listen' for a moment, calmly !'
"'Yes,' I replied, 'go on.'
"He motioned Laura from the room, and
then continued,
" 'What will you do to regain all you nave
lost? To be able to call your wife your own,
your furniture your own, and to repay the
money taken' from' your em ployer ?'
" 'You are mocking me I' I answered.
" 'No, I am not. What will you do T
" 'Give up my life become your 6lave
anything !'
" There,' he cried, throwing a package
npon the table beside me, 'there yoa will
find instructions for the future. Do not let
your wife know anythingjabout our arrange
ments. She is yet ignorant of your acta.'
Without another word he left the house.
"I seized the package and tore it open,
when to my almost agonizing joy, I beheld
the money I had lost, together with the
jewels and the order for my furniture. Tears
started to my eyes, but dashing them away,
I read the following words :
."You will find the sum of eight thousand
dollars in this package, the entire amount
won from you. Place it at once to the ac
count of your employer, and then you will
escape the detection. This sum I loan you.
Your valuables I return. The document
which makes Laura mine I shall retain for
the present. Follow my instructions, and
she will be yours again. At the end of each
year you must deliver one thousand dollars
to a messenger who will call upon you. It
will reach" me. This you will be able to do
as the amount is but one-half your salary
. , -,, n ...
iw remainuer win te sura lent lor vour
support. At the end of eight years the en
tire sum will have been repaid, at which
time I will return the document pledging
your wife, and all shall be cancelled. But,
if during this time, you enter a gambler's
den, the compact is broken I r-hall claim
my property ! Should you ever feel a desire
to do so, go home first look at your wife !
Your Friksd.
"I could not speak, but from my inmost
soul I lifted up my prayer for help a pray
er of thankfulness. When partially recover
ed I called upon the name of Laura, and
that bright angel came bounding to my
arms. Oh! with what frantie rantnre did
!an b(r to my breast, mingling mv fears
of joy with hers. That night my dream was
sweet angels were watching over us.
" But few words more are necessary. My
accounts were found to be correct. At the
end of each year I was met at my own door
by a messenger, who received for my un
known benefactor the sum agreed upon.
But one more installment 2nd I would be i
free."
" One morning to my surprise, the same
dark stranger entered my place of business
I had not seen him during the eight years
past, but rememberiDg his kindness,! sprang
forward grasping bis hand.
"I have called for the last installment, he
exclaimed. 1 handed him the sum. and re
ceived from his hands the fatal document.
My wife My Laura was indeed mv own
gain ! 'You are firm ? 'he asked inquiringlv.
" 'I have only had occasion to look npon
my wite once, and that one look has contin
ued eight years, for when my eyes see her
not my eyes discern her loveliness !'
"There was a smile of peculiar meaning
passed over the features of the stranger. In
an instant his entire person had changed in
appearance. A disguise was thrown aside,
and my employer stood before me ! I was a
bout to speak, when he exclaimed ?
'Explanations are unnecessary. I could
not see you fall young man, and I followed
you. As a stranger I ruined you; as a stran
ger I saved you ; as your employer I have
forgiven you. And more. I won my own
money, ineretore am not me loser. Here
are eight thousand dollars, the savings of
eight years let this form the basis of your
tuture lortuue.
' This is my story, Edward. Now remem
ber, both you and I have made the Gam
bier's Last Pledge ! "
The reply of Cespedes, the patriot leader,
to the overtures of General Dulce was : '
will make no terms with the Spanish Gov
ernment Although I should have but ten
men to follow me, I will fight till I conquer
or die." This indicates that indomitable
will which knows no such word as fail.
A prominent actor in the Cuban revolu
tion is the Marquis Aldama, who owns five
estates, five thousand slaves, and the finest
palace in Havana. Since his daughter'sas-
sa.ssi nation by a Spanish soi-Jier. at the
theater, he has been none the less determin
ed to get rid of SpanUh rule.
uixuAl;U!l riARaon, wuo IS in lilS
T . . Tl . .. . Y I . . .
one hundred and sixth year, passed through
Jacksonville, Alabama, a tew days ago,
from Mississippi, on a visit to relatives in
Alabama. He was accompanied by his
daughter, aged fifty yean the youngest of
mx teen children.
The fiftieth anniversary o! the'ordination
of Pope Pius IX. will occur ou the loth of
April next He received minor orders in
1818, the t ubdeaconite in 1818, tne order of
Deacon in 1819, and of Priest on the lUih
of April, 1819.
Mr. Colfax seems fully to have settled
down in the marrred lite. He now declines
to deliver any more lectures,-on the ground
that "he has that done for him at home."
Alexander Dumas incorporated a large
portion of one of the Gospels in a novel.au 1
to many of his readers it was the strangest
part of the boot. -'
Animal Intelligence.
A gentleman residing in one of our rural
villages had a pony, a lively, docile and very
active animal, whose principal service was to
carry his mistress out riding every fine day,
her uncle, the gentleman, riding his horse.
In their rides they had to pass a farm house
just over tbe bridge, here was kept a surly
dog which habitually jumped over the fence,
and barked at them and worried the horses,
and particularly the pony, attempting to
bite his hind legs, and causing him to wheel
about and squirm about to face the dog and
save' nis heels.
One day the owner of the dog was spoken
to, and requested to keep his dog inside of
tlje fence, and prevent him frou worrying
the horses.
He replied his dog had as good a right
on the road as any other puppy, and he
should not tie him up."
"Then," said the uncle, "I'll shoot your
dog tbe next time he flies at us in this
way."
t Wk-iartl? got home, and the saddle and
bridle were taken off the pony, he slipped
away from the hostler, and run up to the
ramse, where Uruno, a large Newfoundland
dog, was lying on the mat in front of the pi
azza. They met ; pony put his head cfown
to Btuno's and he ranged his head as though
he was listening".
There, look at the dog and pony." said
the tfncle ; what under the sun are they at?
1 bey act as though they were talkine."
They let tlem alone till tbey got through
and pony ran about the lawn and would not
be caught and Brnno laid down again as
before. , .
Next day they rode again prepared to
shoot the cur, or scare him from his evil
prar-f ices. A short distance from tne house
cm toiniria; in artgle of the road, they looked
back and spied Bruno quietly following
them.
Ihis won't do. said owrle. . "(in hrl.
Bruno, you know there is nobody at Lome
but your mistress, and who'll guard the
house when you are away? Go back."
The dog turned and jumped over the fence
as though to go home through the lots. So
tltey rode nntil the farm house appeared
insight Out came the cur ; uncle prepar
ed to shoot, when all of a sudden over came
Bruno, seized the cur by the neck, shook
him severely, and made him yell, so that
the family came out to the rescue', while po
ny lookpft ' pnTevidently with as much de
light as a child would at play.
He pawed the ground, shook and bowed
his head and was very active in securing a
good view of the fight By-and by Bruno-
let go, and the cur sneaked into the house,
and Bruno galloped home, after exchanging
some words or rather rubbing noses with the
pony.
When they all got home' again the ani
uinls Bad another conference, and a fine gal
lop about the lawn, much to the applause
and merriment nf uncle and the family.
Changes in the Human System.
It is obvious, then, that we change our
bodies as we change our clothes. It was an
old fancy, belonging to the category of the
. , .
seven stars, tne seven ages, tne seven days
of the week, and the seven sleepers, that we
are made over again every seven years. But
a strong man, leading an active life, takes
between two and three pounds of dry food
daily, and five or six of liquids. He receives
into his lungs between tour and five thou
sand gallons of air every twenty-four hours,
of which he absorbs two or three pounds.
tIn a year, therefore, such a man takes into
his system about Ihree thousand pounds 6
oretgn material, or twenty times his owri
weight All of this, with insignificant ex
ception, has become a part of his own fluids
or solids. That is, if he weigh one bun
dred and fifty pounds, he has been made
over twenty times in the course of a year,
or as often as once in evey two or three weeks,
But the change occurs much more rapid in
some parts than in others in the blood, the
hair, the cuticle, much more rapidly than in
the bones or the teeth, so far as our obser
vation extends. Yet, that the process of
growth is pretty active even in the bones is
rendered probable by the rapidity wi'h which
a fracture unites, especially in young and
healthy persons. The dentists will tell you
that even the teeth are capable of repairing
their own damages to a certain extent, which
implies that they too are changed more or
less, like other farts.
Red Snow. There has been quite a large
fall of red snow on the Mis.-ouri river, near
Leavenworth, this winter. It was not ot
very bright hue, but rather of a dingy color.
The water obtained from melting a quantity
of it presented no remarkable feature, but
it was very si l.ilar to that produced by dis
solving white snow, save that it contained i
pieties or sediment very similar to brick
dust. Red snow, though quite a rarity in
pome regions, is by no means uncommon in
certain lacaliiies. In the Arctic regions, it
frequently fallj several times during the
year. J here was at one time a great varie
ty of opiniou as to the canse which produc
ed this singular color. Some contended
that it was caused by minute plants of Ver
million hue, while others ascribed it to a
species of animalculae. Recent meteorolog
ical investigations prove the latter theory to
be correct. Some men of science have in
clined to the opinion that the color is pro
duced by purely atmospheric causes.
A man (evidently henpecked) says that if
our school-days tne rule ot three is
proverbially trying bow much harder, in
after life, do we feel the rule of "one."
A 8CMMEB boarder in a country village
says that at the meeting house they have a
beautiful chime of bells in tbe entry after
service.
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la eompoaed of the par jaices (or, ai they aro
medieinally termed, extract) of Roots. Her bf. and
Barks, making a prep aration.highly concen
trated, and entirely -r- free from alcoholic ad
mixtare of any kraaL
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
Is a combination of all the ingredients of thsi Bit
ters, with the pnrest qoality of SamtaCntx Rm,
Orange. Ac , making one of tba most pleasant aad
agreeable remedies ever offered te the pnblie.
Those preferring a Medicine free from Alcohol
ic admixture, will use
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
Those who have no objection to the combination
of the Bitters, at stated, will as
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
They are both equally good, and contain the
same medicinal virtues, the choice between the
two bang a mere matter of taate, the Tonic being
the moat palatable.
The stomach, from a variety of caes. such as
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Nerrovs Debility,' etc.. is
very apt to have its functions deranged. The
Laver. ympatnismg aa closely a itdeeswftn
the Stomach, then be cornea i.ffeeted.lha result
of which is that tha patient suffers from several
or more oi tne following diseases:
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Falness
of Blood to the Head. Acidity of the Storiiaeh,
Nausea, Heartburn, Dirgust for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach. Sour Eructations,
Sinking or Fluttering at tba Pit of the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or
r-uffocatirig Sensations when in a Lying Posture,
Dimness of Viaion.Dots or Webs before the Eight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspira
tion. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyas. Para in
the Side, BacK.Chest, Limbs, etc., Sudden (rush
es of Heat, Burn! ig in the Fief h , Constant fm
aginiagaof Evil, and great depression of Spirrta
Tbe sufferer from :hese diaeasea abould exorcire
the greatest caution in the selection of a remedy
for bis eass, purchasing only that which fie is as
sured from b is inves tigajiom and inquiries
possesses true merit. ' is skilfully compound
ed, is free from injurious' ingredidents. and has
eawblished for itself a reputation for the cure of
these diseases. In this connnection wa would
submit tfrose well-known remedies
Hoojand'f German Bitters, and HooJUrtttTt
UermaM. Teitir, prtpmrrd bp Dr. C. M.
J act ton, PhiftutrJphra, Pa.
Twenty-two years since they were first Intro
duced into1 this country front Germ-any, dsrriig
which time they he undoubtedly performed
more cures, and benefitted suffering humanity to
a greater extent, than any other remedies k nown
to the public
These remedies will effectually cure-Liver Com
plaint. Jaundice. Dys pupsia.Cnronicor Ner-
vous Debility, Cbron
io Dtarrbaea. Biseaeeof
tbe Kidneys, end all Dfscases ariainar from a dia
ordered Liver, Stomach, or Intestines.
DEBILITY,
Resulting from' any cause whatever; prostration
of the syfem', induced by cevere labor,
ba'rashlps, eiposnr'o. fevers, etc
There is no medicine extant equal to these rem
edies in such eases. A tone and vizor istmparted
to the whole system; tbe acnetite is strenrthed.
food is enjoyed, tbe 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 sbeaks, and tbe
ana nervous invalid becomes a stronir and
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feelinc the hand of time wmirhinr bravilv
upun mem, wnn an us attendant ills. will Bud in
tbe nse of th is BITTERS. or the TONIC, an eiixer
that will instil new ife into tbeir veins, restore
n a measure the enerev and ardor of mure vonth-
ful days, build pp tbeir shrunken forms, and give
n?aita ana nappinefcs to their remaining years
NOTICE.
It is a well established fact that fully one-half
ot tne reinale portion or our population are rel
dom in the enjoyment of good health; or, to
use tbeir own expres sion, "never feel well."
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite. To this cla
of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, is cape
cially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the us of either of these
re-meaies. iney will cure every caa of MAR AS
M US, without fail.
Thouaanda of certificates have accumulated in
tbe hands of tbe proprietor, but space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Tbose.it will be
observed, are men of not and of such standing
that they must believed.
TESTIMONIALS.
Han.Grorge W. Wuorlwrd, Chief Jiittjre oj
the Supreme Court of Pruu'a, wrttet :
Philadelphia. March 16, I8A7.
"I find -Hoofland's (ierman Bitters' is a
good tonic, uaeTuI in diseases of the diges
tive organs, and of great benefit in cases of de
bility, and want of nervous action in the system
Yours truly, GEO. W WOODWARD."
Hon J a met Thompson, Judge of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania :
Philadelphia, April 23. IS68.
"I eonsidor'Qoofland's German Bitters' mmJn
able medietue in oase f attacks ot Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experi
ence of it. Yours, with respect.
J AM US THOMPSON.
From Rev. Joseph II. Keuuard. D. D.. Pastor
oj the Itnth Baptist Vhurch. Phtladelphia.
Dr. Jackson Dear Sir: I have been freauent
y requested to connect my nam witn reconimen
dations f different kinds of medicines, but re
garding the practice aa out of my appropriate
spnera,inav in ail cases declined; nut
with clear proof in -"- various instances and
particularly in my own family, of tbe usefulness
of Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters. I depart for
once from my usual course, to express my full
conviction that, for general debility of the system,
and especially for Liver Complaint, it a safe
and valuable preparation. In some eases it may
tail, but usually, laouot noi, n win do very Sen
etcial to those who suffer from th above causes
Yours, very respootlully.
J. u. at-&iaAH.u.Mn.tel Coatesst.
Fiom Rev. E. D. Fendafl. Assistant Editor
Christian Chronirlm, Philadelphia.
I bave derived decided benefit from the use of
HooSands German Bitter, and feel itmv mivil
ege to recommend them as a most valuable tonic,
toall who are su fieri or from a-eneral debility or
from diseases arising from derangement of th
liver, lours truly. V. JvjS&DALl.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited
Be that tbe sign tear of C. M. JACKSON is on
tbe wrapper of each bottle. All others are
counterfeit Princi pa! Office and Manufac
tory at tbe Grmao Medioin btorajio. 831 ARCH
Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co
Hoofland's German Bitters, 'er bottl.
Hoofland's German Bitters, half dosen,
SI 00
M
Hoofland's German Tonie.put up in qu
SI 50 par bottl, or half dosea for Si
art bottles
$7 60.
17" Do not forget to examine well th artiel
you boy, la order to get th genuine.
For sal by A. I. SHAW Agent Clearfield Pa.
April 22, 188-ly
rRAPE VIEaf FOR SALE: All the
" leading. hardy Tarietjes of , first quality
Concord Cuttings, $1.00 per hundred!
Orders solicited aa soon as eoavenient and filed
in rotation, by AM. HILLS,
pURE BUCK LEAD, equal iqwilicy x
English white lead : , Oils,: 1 aiota and
YarnUfcesor all kind's: ft old leaf in books. an4
bronsea. for aale by
A. I. SHAW.
Clearfield, Ootober 22. 188T.
rTHE OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM
J. J'. RICHARJPSO.N A c6I,"
128 Market Street, Philadelphia, an the largest
Manufacturing-Confectioners and Wholesale Deal
ers la Fruits. Pints, Ae , ia tha CuitedStatea.
March 4, 1368-1 y.
L E A R PIEL D HO USE,
FROXT STREET, PnfrlPSBURO, PA.
I will impeach any one who says I fail te gfvo
direct and personal attention toall oar customers,
or fail to cause tbem to rejoice over a well ,fur-
nirhed table, with clean rooms and. new beds,
where all may feel at' home and the weary bo at
rest. New stabling attached.
Pbilipsburg. Sep. 2,'63. JAS. H.OALEK.
NE
W BOOT
SHOE SHOP.
EDWARD 5A.C.K:,
Market Street, nearly opposite the residence of
li. B Swoope. Esq,.,
CLF.aR.naLD, Pa.,
Would respectfully announce to th ettisens of
Clearfield and', vioinity, that he ha opened a
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP, in the building lately
occupied by J. L. CdtrTe.Ss a,lawoffie.and that he
is determined not to be otda either ia quality
of work or price. . Special attestron given, to th
mannfaetwr of sewed work. French Kip' and
Calf Skrna, of th best quality, al ways on hand.
Give Eirfl a call. June 24. 'f.
H
0 $ E i Jf V tJ S T R i !
TOOTS XJiif SHOES'
Made to Order ai the Lowest Rates.
Tne untrersfgned wawld rpeetfully Invite to
attention of thaeitiscsa of Clearfieliaad viefaU
ty to ,8'T bim a eall at hit shop on Market St.,
nearly opposite Hartswiek A Irwin's drug stor,
wlier he is prepared to make or repair any thing
in h is lrne.
Orders entrusted to hfm wilt be executed witb
promptness, strength and neatness, and all work
warranted as represented., .- ( .r l,
I have now on band a' stock of itrt french
calf skins, superb gaiter tops, A., that I will
finish up at the lowest figures.
June 13th, 18RA. DANIEL CONNELLY
QIOARS A3TC tOBACCO.
ADOLPH SCHOLPP,
SkaiirrACTCBE aan Wains alb akd Rivauu
VttXtvk nt CfeAa-t axd Tobaccos.
. CLEAR, PTELD. PA
Would respectfully anneanc that fa hrmsv
ed to the large and oaamodiou shirs isaaa u-
Eosite the resfdene of H B Swoop, ETsa., vltrt
e has opened a general assortment of Tobase-,
Cigara. etc.. which be ii prepared toall,whlead
v rttoil. t,hra,
Hia cigars are made of the very neat tnaferfat,
and in style of manufacture will compar with,
those of any other establishment.
He ha always on hand a superior1 artiel of
ohewing and smoking tobaccos, towiieh h di
rects the attention of '-lovers of tne weed."
Merchants and Dealers, througnout the oounty
supplied at th lowest wholesale price.
Call and examine his stock when you com t
Clearfield. Jan 10, 1S68.
NEW
STOKE AND
SAW
JUlXJj,
AT
BALD DILLS,
Clearfield county.
The undersigned, having opeaed a larg and
well selected stock of goods, at Bald Hills, Clear
field connty. re.'pcctfuliy solicit stsaar of pabli
patronage.
Their stock embraces Dry Goods. Groceries,
Hardware. Queensware,Tin-Ware, Boots and Shoe,
Hats and Caps. Heady made Clothing, and a gen
eral assortment of Notions, ate.
They always keep on band th bast quality of
Flour, and a variety of fti
AH goods sold cheap for cash, or exchanged for
approved country produef.
Having also erected a Steam Saw Mill, they ar
Sredared to saw an Kinds of lumber to order,
rders solicited, and parrretnally filled.
Nov. 20, 18C7. F.'B." A A. IRWIN.
s
6 M T H I X G
NEW
IN ANSON Y1LLE,
Clearfield county, Penn'a.
Tbe undersigned having erected, during th
past summer, a large and commodious stor room,
is now engaged in filling it up with a new and
select aortmentdf Fall aad Winter goods, which
ha offers to th public at prieaa to suit th time
His stock of Mens1 and boys' elotbing ia unusual
ly extensive, and U offered to customers at from
S10 tot 20 for a whole suit. Flour, Salt, and Gro
ceries, of every kind, a complete assortment;
Stoves and Stove-pipe, a heavy stock ; Boots and
Shoes, Hats aad Caps, ia great variety : Ladies'
dress goods, furs, and other faney goods, together
with an endless assortment of notions too tedioas
to enumerate, always on hand, and sor sal vary
cheap. Prints at 10 eents a yard. and other goods
in proportion. Now ia th tima to buy.
Country produce of every kind, at th highest
market prices, will be taken in exchange for
poods; and even Greenbacks will not be refused
or any article in stor. Examine my stock be
fore you buy elsewhere.
uctooer 30.1B67. U. SWAN.
UST IN TIME!
THE NEW GOODS AT
A. K. WRIGHT & SONS
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Having just returned from th eastern citie
we are now opening a full at oca; of seasonable
goods, at our rooma on Second street, to which
they respectfully iavite th attention ol th pub
lic generally. Our assortment is nnsurpaaasd
in this section, and is being sold very lew for
cash. Th rtock consists in part of
DRY GOODS
of th best quality, such as Prints, Delaines,AIpa
sas. Merinos. Ginghams; Muslins, bleached and
unbleached : Drillings Tickings, cotton and wool
Flannels. Cassimers, Ladies' Shawl. w
bias. Hoods. Hoop skirts, Balmorals, A.. A., all
of wMch will b sold low fob casb. Als. afln
assortment of th best of , , , I
M ENS' W k'a'b,.
consisting of Drawers and Shirts, Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes, Handkerchieftl cravats, at.
Also. Baft Rod. Dor 1dm. SiMmiami
and Axes. Nails and Snikaa. fiann Inu ut .
Lamp wicks and chimneys, ate., etc.
Also, Quentwar.GIaaswar.Hardwax.Ma)
rles, and spice of all kind. In short, a renerai
assortment of every thine usually kept ia a retail
store, all eksajH for amsk, or approved oomntry
produce. '
Jlov. -jal-iiol3. nnium t BONS.
GROUND AND CNG ROUND SPICES, Clrrjsj
English Currants, Easene Colfea.and Vine
gar ot th best quality, for sale by
Jan.l. HARTS WICK A IRWIN.
Tl CUSICAL GOODS.violins flutes flfesclaroixts
lYl aocordaons. Italian ftrina-a. nrita rrin?a'
clarionet reds. musio paper, instruesioa hooksU
for sal by J. P. KRATZBR,aa-ent foe Pisa, am
organs. January a, UN.
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