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CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1870.
BY S. J. KOW.
VOL. 16.-N0. 22.
detect goctvjt.
' KEEP THE HEART LIGHT.
We have always enough to bear
We hive always a something to do
Vt hive never to seek foreare.
When we hsve the world to get through '.
Bat whit though adversity test
The courage and vigor of man t
They get through misfortune the belt
Who keep the heart light as they em.
Though there"! always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do ;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through.
If we shake not the load from the micd.
Our energy sure to be gone ;
We mu?t wrestle with care. orwe"II find
Two loads are less easy than one !
To (it in disconsolate mood
Is a poor and profitless plan ;
The true heart is never subdued.
If we keep it a light as we ean.
Though there's always enough to bear.
There is always a something to do ;
We have never to seek for eare,
When wa have the world to get through:
There's no'bing that sorrow ean yield,
Excepting a harvest of pais ;
Fir better to seek fortune's field.
And till it and plough it again !
The weight that exertion ean move.
The giiMjm that decision may span.
The manhood wilhin us but prove!
Then keep the heart liht as you can.
Though there's always enough to bear.
There is always a something to do ;
W e have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through.
THE SSAKE-EATE2 A1.D HIS STOEY.
In the year 1823, sntnan, under the nom
dequerre ol John Tb.uinp.son, was traveling
through the United States, exhibiting him
self as a snake-eater, to the astonishment
of the natives. He had a horse and van,
tarried his own tent from town to town, and
generally pitched it in the suburbs. The
tent held about 150 persons comfortably, and
when John Thompson, whrTwa-i his own
dK)ikeeper, found he had a sufticent number
within, he closed the niterture, jnin cd upon
a srua'I phi 1 form, and tinkled a bell, upon
which a curtain was tailed, and the perform
er commenced his duties. The man seemed
to be about twenty-eight years of ago ; his
face u thin, and a leaden wanness o,cr
spread his features; but his sunken eyes hud
that supernutti-al bright nes so often seen
in the eyes of the consumptive. His voice,
though faint, was musical, but interrupted
by :m occasional cough ; and as lie removed
his cravat, and turned up his wiL-tbai:ds
over the cuffs of his coat, he pointed to a
box before hiro, covered with glass, and said,
"if any one desires to satisfy himself with
r'iard to the reptile which I am now about
to devour in the presence of you all, and to
restore again from my throat, alive, he wiil
please draw near and csaninie h"
He then turned the box on end, display
ing the glass cover to the audience, and dis
closed to thv.-ir sight a hideous rattlesnake.
It was coiled, and when disturbed, elevated
its spiry head from its circle, and while its
forked tonsuc played with a rapid tuotion.
it darted a.iinst the glass in vain attempts
to escape, while its rattle continued to quiv
er, with a violent and whizzing hound, ac
compared by that apparent flattening of the
head which denotes the highest pitch of re
sentment. Its dilated eyes shot fire, and th
coarse scales in its contorted form prew rue
gel in its anger. There was no mistake
about its being a veritable snake.
After this the box was put in its original
position of glass uppermost. A chilly shud
der ran through the audience at the next
performance. The snake eater turned his
back to the company, and bent hi.s face for
a moment over the edge of tluj box, and a
kind of chuckling sound was heard before
he drew forth the horrible reptile in his
hand. The snake no seemed languid aod
passive, although the rtttles continued to
wund. He then placed the head of the
venomous serpent to his lips, and opened
hie mouth, and tilt long coil began to de
fcerid. It was an appaliinjr sight to see the
l''ige reptile gradually going down the throat
ot a human being. The cheeks of theyoung
man began to dilate, and his complexion be
came a livid purple. His eyes seemed burst
ing from their sockets : masses of foata gath
er d about his lips: and he looked as if he
was undergoing the most mortal agony, and
even exhibited the throes of death. On
one occasion no less than twelve of his audi
ence were taken out in fainting Eta.
After apparently mumbling and crushing
the fearful meal, the ;Dakc cater again par
t ally opened his lips, and the forked tongue
t the reptile was seen playing like threa Is
nf bright red fire between them. Present
ly it began to emerge. It moved very slow
ly as if held baek by other serpents who had
'receded it, in the awful deglution of its
master. As the long.Ioathesome folds hung
from his lips, and contintied to extend, the
features of the snake-eater assumed their
wonted appearance, and in a moment the
reptile had emerged, was replaced in the box,
nd the feat was accomplished.
Then after seating himself for a few sec
onds, to recover from the, perilous execution
of his task, the unake-eater ar6e and d
addressed the audience. Ho desired them
to believe that he had wished not to appall
but to surprise them. There was, he ac
knowledged, an art in what he had done.but
H was a mysterious and un discoverable one.
'They call me mad," he added bitterly,'and
conjurer, but a conjurer I am not, and
though I have been mad, I am not Dow.yet
often do I wish I were. You will denomi
nate my calling one of foolish haxardand
Perhaps of disgust.but did yon know all you
ould judge mo better. I thank you for
your attendance ; and if I have' succeeded
in surprising you, my aim has been w. r '
THE SMtl IITM I BIOGRAPHY, AND THE WAV THE
trick was do!.
One day John Thompson had performed
in the suburbs of a western city, when a gen
tleman appeared among the audience who
had known the snakoeater under a different
name, and in a different sphere of life ; in
fact, they had been college chums, and the
visitor this eveninjc had considered that the
snake eater's lot would have been cast in
quite a different nionld. The old fellow col
legians met. Eight years only had they
parted. and yet what changes had taken place
in that period.
'Will you not go back with me to En
gland?" said Thompson's old companion.
"No," answered the snake cater. "I
must die in a land where all those I hold sa
cred are buried. I will tell you my short but
melancholy history, and afterward don't
question inc, but keep my secret. Let nie
spin out the few years alloted to me as John
Thompson and lot me select the spot where
I must be buried.
"But to coiue to facts, my friend ; I am
not what you think I am. Though regarded
hereabouts as one who has dealings with fa
miliar spirits and wizards. I am only a bro
ken hearted man. the child of sorrow, and
almost without hope. I do not speak this
for your sympathy, for human sympathy
can but at best awaken afresh the wells of
mournful tenderness in my breast, without
pouring one ra." of sunshine upon the trou
bled fountains ; they must flow on in dark
ness, without a prospect of day ; yet listen
to my story.
"About eight years ago, with the spirit of
adventure stirring within me, 1 came from
the walls of an English University to the
far western States of America. I wrote to
my parents for, in fact I asked for, my at
rinionv, and said I would never expect any
more from them. They sent inc a handsome
sum, and I sought with this capital in hand
to make trade with tLe Indians, and there
fore took land dose to the frontier. I bought
furs from the tiatives,and bartered generally
with them. For all the country could pro
duce I gave manufactured articles; and thus
I went on prosperously. My capital doubled,
trilled, quadrupled in fact, in all respects
I was prosperous. Then followed a love
affair, and it was pure love with tne, my
friend. The family of my affianced thought
I lived too much out of civilized life, and
would uot consent to our union ; so we elo
pe 1. and what a wife she-wade me ! I speak
not. in rhapsody, but fhe was the lovliest
being i hat ever inhabited this lower world.
None could excel her in beauty, and the
made that beauty perfect by the graces of a
mind fire and highly cultivated. Her voice
was melody, her smile a burst of pure and
living light, and her calm blue eyes were
the sweet expositors of a sinless affection.
To speak no more of her perfections, suffice
to say that I loved her niith my whole soul.
She was my idol ; her happiness was the
centre of uiy every wish, and she was the
object of every aspiration.
"We were married ; time went on, and
brought me a bud from the rose I had estab
lished in my green bower at home. We
were indeed happy then. Aloof from soci
ety, though we missed a few of its luxuries,
we suffered none of its vexations and de
moralizing corruptions. On Sundays we
role many miles through the wilderness to
attend a place of worship established by the
missionaries, and to hear the word of God
read and revealed.
"On the day that my dear littleSarah had
attained her .second year,sho was seated near
to my counter, and her mother was standing
by, when three fierce looking Indians enter
ed the store. They had evidently traveled
a long way for their leggings were torn aud
dirty, and their feet were almost bare. I
recognized one of them instantly as the
Crouching Wolf, a desperate being who
hung alternately around the skirts of settle
ments, begging for rum, or getting it in bar
ter for the furs of wild animals. Just a year
previous to this he had visited me for the
purpose of procuring the 'fire-water' ; I
had refused him, and he left me with the
vow of f uture vengeance.
" 'Hoogh !' said he as he reeled up with
his gruff looking companions toward the
counter where tny chill was playing and my
wife stood, 'the Crouching Wolf said he
would come back. He wants the talking
water ; he wauts that, or revenge. He will
have one. '
"I tried to reason with him. but he was
deaf to reason. He had tasted from the
flagon of one of his red companions, and the
fumes were in his brain.
" 'Come, medicine man,' said he, 'the
Wolf wants the fire-milk. Where is it?
He cannot wait. - His spirit is up, and his
forehead is warm.'
"I saw that he grew desperate, but my
resolution was taken. I sternly denied him ;
it was a fatal denial.
"During the colloquy my wife and child
had gone out on the green sward, and the
latter was picking wild flowers and stringing
them. The Crouching Wolf left me,growl
ing some gutteral sentences to his compan
ions; and, oh, merciful Heavens! I saw
them advance toward my child. I was mo
tionless, and paralyzed with terror. As the
Wolf approached my little girl, he drew a
tomahawk from his belt, and flourished it
on high. I sprang toward him. but was
pushed back by his companions. The dear
innocent, unaffrighted child smiled in the
face of the Crouching Wolf, and it seemed
as if the cheerful purity of her look stayed
his vengeful arm. He paused.until a scream
from the mother aroused the terror of the
littlo girl. She then shrunk back from the
releutless savage, while the mother, like
myself, was kept at bay, and the dear little
innocent, quivering with dismay, said, in
childish simplicity, 'Naughty Indian f if he
hurts Sarah ma will be angry aud punish
him.'
"As she said this she burst into tears
her last forever. In one instant the tren
chant weapon of the infuriated Indian clove
asunder the tread of my babe ; in the next
his excited comrades, of whom now there
were five, had murdered the wife of my
bosom. I have an indistincLand horrid re
Hseinbrance of my burning store the red
fiends yelling over the consuming roof and
walls and my escape to the forest. The
rest was but silence and oblivion I was a
madman.
"Ten months after that I found myself in
New Orleans. 1 had reached the city no
one knew how had been conveyed to a hos
pital. kindly treated, and dircharued as cur
otibut an outcast and a beggar. Misfortunes
sehloiu come alone, I found that during
mv seelasioB from tbe wcnrkl my father had
died, and as I had already received my share
of his property, the residue meltej away
among ieveral brothers and sisters. My in
heritance on this side tbe Atlantic being de
stroyed by Indians, I was without a home
or a friend.
"How I subsisted I scarcely know. At
last as I was one day walking moodily along,
I saw a group collected around an Indian
who was performing tricks from a box with
a rattlesnake. The Indian was Crouching
Wolf.
"The murderer of my wife and child ! I
exclaimed, as I penetrated through the ring
and with one fierce blow felled the vile mon
ster to the earth. I seized him by the throat
and placed my knee upon his breast. In a
few moments he was a distorted aud ghastly
corpse beneath my feet.
"My award of retribution was considered
just, and no effort was made to arrest me
Availing myself of the box belonging to the
Crouching Wolf, which I coutended wa
mine as a debt, I soon learned the mysteiy
of his art, as if by intuition. An upper
drawer of tbe box contained tbe real rattle
snake; an under drawer merely the s-kin
of one, which could be inflated by the breath
at will. The motion of the tongue, which
was dried aud had wires within, was pro
duccd by the same cause. Filled from the
lungs, it could readily be taken iuto the
mouth, and compressed into a very small
compass, and while re pas tins outward, in
flated again. I bought a new snake frJui
the museum, which I killed and prepared
according to the model fore nie. I could
no endure the thought of even using the
same instruments employed by the destroyer
of all that I most loved on eiirth, and I
turned from his trickery with a feeling of
almost positive loathing ; yet in the end I
did not see why I should not inuke capital
out of it.
"A little practice made me an adept in
the mystery of snake earing.and I have rfnee
wandered in loneliness from town to tetfn,
attempting this curious enterprise. "My pe
cuniary success has been suiBoient for try
comfort and convenience, and the dsnger of
tho feat is only in appearance. With a
slight exettion 1 can turn my face ime the
colors and contortions you witnessed thisdny
But these things can only temporarily divert
my thoughts, for I carry within rny heart an
aching fever, which no prosperity can allay
or remove. The objects which have cheeted
me can cheer tne no metre. I starrd alone
in this wilderness world, a lsoumer and a
pilgrim. My visions are of my wife and
child ; my day-dreams are of them ; but 1
niu;.t suffer, as you see, nntil I meet them
in that better country where the sun de
sends not.and dark'wss is unknown ; 'whine
the wicked cease from troubling, aud the
weary are at rest.' I can fortret my child,
lor her existence seems to me like a misty
trance.in the fond assurance that the spark
ling dew-drop has exhaled in heaven ; but
the cherished rose that sustained it, I cease
not to grieve. Alas for the wife of my bos
om !"
With the ls-st words the snake cater s
voice failed, his body was convulsed, until a
flood of tears relieved him. He would hear
ro sympathetic words from his friend, but
parted with him thus: "You alone, have
my secret. In a few months more my body
must be co&signed to the earth on the sacred
spot where my wife and child were murder
ed. You shall be one of the executors of
my will, and I beseech you faithfully to car
ry oi my instructions."
The . snake-cater was right ; in a few
months after this interview he died ; and
now, in the very centre of a populous town,
cn the banks of the Mississippi, may be
seen a tombstone recording the events which
I occurred on tbnt spot and the hope of the
departed husband that he should meet his
wife and child in heaven.
"Don't you think tny son resembles me?"
inquired an apothecary, as he introduced his
greasy-faced boy tothe wity Dr. II- "Yes,"
replied the doctor, pretending to scan the
physiognomy of each ; "yes, I think I see
your liniments in his countenance."
Two Quaker girls were ironing at the same
table. One asked the other which sha would
take, the right or the left. She answered
promptly, "It will be right for me to take
the left, and then it will be left for thee to
take the right."
He only is the true poet who strives ear
nestly to enact his highest, best thoughts;
this is his hardest task.and only as he stead
fastly labors for its fulfillment is he worthy
of his sacred nr nie.
At table be as biting of your food as you
please, butloa't bo biting iu your remarks.
nEAET WEALTH.
A SKETCH FOR CRF.I)ITOnf.
Samuel Yessie, the old East India mer
chant and thip owner, left a large property
to his wife and children. To his three sors
he left his ships and his business, together
with all the books and papers of his office,
aud having made this provision he went on
m his. will to oay : "Among tny debtors are
many worthy men whom I have not pressed,
and vh m I would not consign to needless
s ifTering. It is my desire thai those who
deserve forgiveiiess u;ay be forgiven, even
as 1 prav that uiy Heavenly Father -may
forgive inc.
When the sous came to take possession ot
the business, one of flteir tir.st moves after
having provided for the management of
more weighty matters, was to eou.sider this
injunction of their father's will.
"Our father has left us enough," said
John, the eider brother, "and we will not
fail to honor his memory and his wishes."
"And lead others to hold ihat memory
green and sacred," added Andrew, the sec
nd brother. "Whai says Peter ?"
The youn;er thus addressed spoke as fol
lows :
"We will" not forget our father's oft re
peated prayer, "Forgive us our debts :s we
forgive our debtors, ' for I think he died
with that prayer upon lis lips or it his
heart at least. 1 would suggest that Mr.
Whherspooo be requested t- make out a
list of those debtors whom he may judge to
be worthy of forgiveness. Ho has been our
father's confidential clerk and correspond
ent for almost thirty years, and probably
knows the exact character and standing of
every person indebted. Let him give us a
list with such marginal explanation as we
may deem necessary, and we can then do as
we deem proper in individual eases."
l'eter's plan was adopted. The old clerk
made out the list, and the amount of in
debtedness thus set down, without reckon
ing interest, wa3 over twenty thousand dol
lars.
"A large sum," said John, thoughtfully.
"And lunik of the interest," suggested
Andrew.
"Not so large as was our father's," add
ed I'eter, "and bearing so much interest as
I uust his account bears, in Leaven."
John and Andrew shook Felcr by the
hand, while little Sammy, John's sou, a lad
of five years, asked how aa accouut could
bear interest iu heaven.
"I'eter must explain that," said his fath
er. And Peter took the boy upon Lis knee,
and told hiiii what he meant toid hiiu a
bout doing good, and how God loved to have
us do good to one another, and how we
could lay up treasures in heaven. And he
asked the boy if be understood; and Sam
my said he di4.
Time passed on. One cool, bleak day in
the late autumn a woman eutered the count
ing hou.se. She was past the middle age,
humbly but 6eatly c!ad, with a face pale aud
frank, and marked with care. John and
Peier were in the otiaeo, ani Master Sammy
was iu the corner, behind Andrew's empty
desk, buildi" houses with old log books.
"Is Mr. Yessie in?" the visitor asked,
timidly, and with uiauh tremulousness.
"That is my name, madam, 'returned
John, handing her a chair, "and this is uiy
brother."
"Your father hell an account, against my
husband, and 1 have come to .settle it."
"What isyutsr husband's uauie?"
"He is dead, sir. His name was Law
rence Patten.'
"Do you know what was the ua:ure of
the indebeteduess?"
"It was a-debt of honor, sir; and uiy
husband could only be content when I had
promised him, upon my bended kuess, that
it should be paid. Your father was his
boudsvian for a large sum. He was collect
or of taes, and a partner whom he had
trusted run away with a groat deal of uion.
ey so much that it crippled him! and
would have ruined him, il your father had
not saved him. He was a poor man, sir,
but God knows he was honest."
The woman wiped her eyes, and little
Sammy came out from behind the desk.
"When Lawrence know that he must
die," she resumed, "he placed in my hands
all of his accounts, and all property, and he
bade me rest tint until I had grrthered to
gether enough to pay the indebtedness. He
said Mr. Yessie had been like a father to
him had put forth his hand, saved him
when others had forsaken him and he
would rather bU children should beg than
that dishonor should attach to hi.s memory.
"Did your husband owe much else?"
"No sir. He contracted no debts for his
living. This was all but it was a heavy
debt for him to bear."
"You say you have raised the money?"
"Yes, sir. The original debt was three
thousand five hundred dollars. The in
terest he said he didn't think Mr. Yes
sie would take more than simple interest
brings it up to some over five thousand."
"I will find the account, my good woman,
and see how it stands."
Thus saying, John opened a drawer of
his dek" and drew forth thi list wbk-a Mr.
Witherspoon had prepared, and the very
firet name was that of Lawrence Patten ;
and against it? in the old clerk's hand, was
the following : "An honest mon,nnd poor;
His indebtedness entirely thr, result of the ah
tcondwq Ifusiuex partner." Then John
found the note, given nine years before,with
the interest, to the time ot the clerk's ma
king the litrt, cast up on the back.
"The principal and interest I find to be
five thousand three hundred and sixty-two
dollars," .
"I know it roust be not far from that,"
said the widow. She shuddered aud quiv
ered as she spoke.
"You tuust find it hard to pay this, Mrs.
Patten." ,
"In one sense it is very hard, fir, but in
another it is 'very easy, because it is right,
and because I know my itry hasbaud
would but
She wiped her eyes again," and opened
her reticule. Little Sammy began to look"
indignant.' His eyelids were laden' with
dew and his bosom swelled.
Just then John Yessie tore the notes in
to pieces ; and gave tlsose pieces to the wid
ow, who took them mechanically, and as
she clutched thetrr in her hand she drew
from the reticuTe a large pocket book.
"Don't take any money here, my good
woman. You owe us nothing."
"But sir "
"It is all right. The debt is paid."
"Paid? the debt?"
"Yes. When our father.in his last hours,'
came to realize how much he might need cf
God's forgiving grace, he, in his heart, for
gave his worthy and unwiling debtors", and
he enjoined it upon us that we should honor
Lis memory among his fe'huts. Your hus
band's debt he forgave on eatth as he hop
ed to be forgiven in heaven : and I have
cancelled the obligation."
For a time tho widow sat like one in a
dream. Then she folded her hands and
tried to speak ; but tears and s:ibs choked
her uterance. Finally sha raised her
s treaming eyes toward heaven, and to God
she found speech. She blessed the sons;
and she prayed thatall joy and peace might
be theirs forever nruf cwr. She was happy
very happy ; life now offered her hope of
comfort. She would go to her home, and
she would teach her children to bless the
memory of Samuel Yessie, and to pray for
the good of his sons. And with a fact more
radiant than the had worn for months, she
turned from the office, weeping still in the
exuberance of her joy.
John wiped his eyes and looked up.
'I'eter, what do you' think of that?"
"I was thinking," replied the rounger
brother, "what we ought to pay Andrew for
his share of the heart-wealth of this scene."
"Uncle Pete, isn't this what you told me
was laying up treasure in heaven?"
"Yes, yes, uiy boy!"
"And won't Uncle Aodrcw'Wn his share
of it up there where God is?"
"Yes yes."
PiiTtopiiECY Fulfilled. A striking ful
fillment of prophecy has lately come to pass
through the Palestine exploration,' found in
the work of Lieutenant Warren, is liis c-x
cavations in and about Jerusalem. Shafts
have been sunk in variou-i directions, some
to the depth of ninety feet, and beneath
the soil and accumulated debris ot ages are
found the walls of the Temple, in almost as
good condition as when first constructed,
and of ancient buildings, and of these re
built, of old materials, of tenements gone to
wreck from the inroads of time. Here then
after thousands of years have gona by since
tbe Prophet Isaiah, chap. 29 verse 4. pro
claimed "Aud thou shalt be brought down,
and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy
speech shall be lo'w out of the lust,and' thy
voice shall be as one that hath a familiar
spirit out of the ground, and thy speech
shall whisper out of tlie dust," that Jerusa
lem just as it stood of old, with the Temple,
its palaces and its surroundings, all of which
not a trace could more be found, now in the
very words of Prophecy comes forth, speak
ing to us out of the ground, and low out of
the dust, and like the familiar spirit, who
i called up tse spirit of the dead, the "City
of God" appears, testifying to the truth of
sciipt'irc,. and of the certain fulfillment of
prophecy.
A Lovelv- Incident. We recently
heard the following most touching incident:
A little boy died. His body was laid out. in
a darkened, retired room, waiting to be laid
away in the lone, cold grave. His afflicted
mother and bereaved sister went in to look
at the sweet face of the precious sleeper, for
his face was beautiful even in death. As
they stood gazing upon the form of one so
beloved and cherished, the little girl asked
to take his hand. The mother at f?rst did
not think it best, but as the child repeated
the request, aud seemed very anxious about
it, she took the cold bloodless hand of the
sleeping boy, and placed it in the hands of
the weeping sister. The dear child held it
a moment, caressed it fondly, and then look
ed up at her mother through her tears of
affection and love, and said : "Mother
this little hand never struck me!" What
could be more touching and lovely? Young
readers, have you always been so gentle to
brothers and sisters that, were you to die,
such a tribute as this could be paid to your
memory? Could a brother-or sister take
your hand, were it cold in death, aud say :
"'This hand never struek roe!"
The lest game of base ball we ever read
of transpired in Bridgeport, Ct., a few nights
since. A party of roughs attempted to
clean out a beer saloon, but the owner seized
a ball club and put them oot, scoring three
strikes and three runs. The roughs wenf
out on a fly and were caught by the police.
True conrage consists not in a stupid con
tempt of danger, but in preserving, on the
most dangerou3 occasions, the calm use Df
our reason, with a determination to act up
to its dictates.
Many things that are certain are contra
dicted ; many that are false pass without
contradiction ; contradiction is no proof of
falsehood, nor universal assent of truth.-
Tne Carifp Man Outdone. From the ,
Oil City (Pa) Times of Friday last, we learn
that while Mr. William Thompson assisted
by Robert R. Smith, was engaged in making
an excavation near the house of the former,
about half a mile north of West Hickory,
preparatory to erecting a derrick, they ex
humed ar enormous helmet of iron which
was coiroded with rust. Further diggiug
brought to light a sword which measured
nine teet in Lrgth. Curiosity incited them
to enlarge the hole, and alter some little
time they discovered tho bones of two enor
mous feet. Following up the " lead" ihey
had so unexpectedly struck, in a short lime
they had unearthed a well preserved skeleton
of the human family which probnly inhabit
ed this and7 otbr parts of the world at that
time of which the Bible speaks, when it
says: "And were giants i.i those days."
The helmet is said to be of the shape of
those found amoung the ruins of Nineveh.
The borres of tha skeleton are remarkable
white. The teeth are all in their places ard
all of them are double and cf extraordinary
size. These relics have been taken to Tion
esta, wnere tney are vtsitea by a ltrge
number of people' daily'. When his giant
ship was in the flesh he must have stood
eighteen feet in his stockings. The joints of
the skeleton are now being forwarded to
New York. Those remains were found
bout twelve f et below the surface of a I
mound whieh had been t nrown by probably j
centuries ago, and which was not more than
three feet abve the level of the grounq
around it. Here is another nut for anti
quarians to crack.
Keep Your Books. Every man, whet ti
er he be "his own lawyer" or not, would do
well to be his own book-keeper. He would
have fewer ocasious for consulting the law,
and when compelled to do so would be much
more certain of getting his rights. Some
men trust eveything to memory dates,
names, places, accounts, agreements, every
thing in the way of business, and the couse
quent confusion or treachery of memory,
leads to half the almost interminable diffi
culties with which their lives are troubled.
And then when the matter gets into the
courts, and the evidence is contradictory,
the jury are not easily persuaded of a case
depending r proof upon the memory a
lone. Every business, transaction should bs
carefully recorded. ..The veiy haLifc -will-
strcngtheu the recollectiou of all thecircum
itatices, and, besides, possess an infinitely
higher d. gre of credibility than the "I re
ineniberKO," however poitive the affiima
tion may be.
Badly Sold'. Mr. A. called on' a farmer,
and asked him (he price ot oats, and was
informed that they were worth thirty-five
cents per bushel. He agreed to pay forty
cents on condition that he should be alowed
to "tramp'' them in the half bushel. To
secure the bargain, he paid for twelve bush
els, and the nest day-took his wagon and
went after then;. The farmer filled the half
bushel, after which Mr. A. got in and gave
a most vigorous "'tramping" contracting
their proportions considerably. The farmer
thereupon emptied the oats info the bag
without filling up the measure. Mr. A.
raved, but it was no use. The farmer had
complied with his part of the agreement,
and as an evidence.told Vr. A. after he had
measured the oats,he might "'tramp" them
all day.
"My dear," id' Mrs. Bumble to her
daughter, "you must have something warm
around you in the carriage." Miss B.
mentioned the request of her mother to her
beau, and he immediately cc-mplred with
it by placing his arm' around the young la
dy's waist.
A shoemaker with one ej-e complained
that one of his lamps did not burn. One
of his 6hopmates who is a genuine son of
the Kmerald Isle, with astctiishment ex
clamed : "Faith, and what do you want
with two lamps? You havn't but one eye 1"
Two' young- ladies and an Irishman were
conversing on age, when one of iLeiu put
the home question : "Which of ns dr you
think is the elder, Mr. II.?" "Sure,", re
plied the gallant Hibernian, "you both look
younger than each' other."
"It's a good thing to have a handsome
penman for a beau," said Mary, as she
glanced over a billet-doux. "Ves," replied
Ju's. "If the penman is only handsome,
I don't care how ugly lUc pen nuinsJap is."
A teacher, chatechising his scholars, put
the following question : "What was made
to give light to the world?" "Matches,"
cried one of the youiigsters, after a short
pause.
To vex another is to teach him to vex us
again ; injuries awaken revenge, and even
an ant can sting, and a fly trouble our pa
tience. Write your name by kindness, love and
mercy on the hearts of the people you come
in contact with, ami yon will never be for
gotteo. The fotf owiig is given as a fireman's toast :
"The ladies the only incendaries who kin
dle a flame which water will not extinguish."
Wanted A correct standard for measur
ing the height of an absurdity,and a slipper
from the foot of a dancing moonbeatn.
A Rhode Ijlander advertises for his lost
umbrella. His faith in human honesty is
unparalleled. '
Man's best fortune or his worst a wife.
guste. girrrtunj.-
A W. WALTERS, Attorsst at Law
. .. CUarfifld. Pa. Office in the Court Uonse.
UfALTER BARRETT, Attorn.y at Law, Cl.a
field- p- May 13,1363.
i;D W. GRAHAM, Dealer in Dry-flooia, Groorf
jM "arJware. Queetisware, Woodenware
M" Street, Clearfield. Pa.
D V1,1? NIVLIXO .Dealer in Dry-Ooo4.
La lies F.ncy floods. IUts and Caps, Boot.
seew&eeodreeOlwficid, p. Mp2Sr
TERRELL BIGLER. Dealer, ia nfdare'
tare. Second Street. Clearfield, Pa. Jane
..iu lii.iiuucioreri or Tin iml Kha.
iron
6. .
HF. If AUG LB. Watch and Clock Maker, and'
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry, it. Room in'
iirahainVrow, Market street. Nov. I.
HBCCUER SW00PE. Attorney at Law.Cle'ait'
. field. Pa. OEct intiraham'a Row.fourdoo "
west of Graham A Uoyaluu'r store. Nov. 14.-
1 CM EXALLr, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield
J . Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoin'sr
u..tiea. Office in new brick baHdr ot J, Both
t mi. 2.1 ttreut, one door gonth of Lanich'a Hotel.
I TEST, Attorney at Law, Clearfield, Pa., wilt
. attend promptlv to all Lesal bofinesa entrust-'
ed to his eare in Cloarfield atd adjoining eouri-
ties JJEce on Market street. July 17 1867
rpitOMAS 11. FORCEY, Dealer t. 8,,,r. Bd"
- Z, LaheJ- lrJ Goods, Queenswara, tin-
cenes. rioiir. Grain. Feed. Bacon.
Ac.
haraton. Clearfield oonnty. Pa.
Gra-
Oct
10.
TP. KRATZER, Dealerin Dry-Goods. Clothing.
. Hardware Qucensware, Groceries. PrerJ
"ions, etc. Market Street, r.enrlv nnn;i. ,k.
Court Houfe. Clearfield. Pa. Jnne, 18CS.
HUtTSWICK 4 IRWIN. Dealers' in DrrV
Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary, Perfunfe
rj r aney f laods, Notions etc., etc.. Market street.
Cleaifield. l'a . Deo. ,1M9 -
P K H ATZER A SOS, dealer, in Dry Good..
V Clothing- Hardware. Qaeenswaro, Groea-
i-.i-s. rroviMons, e., Second Street
r I r . .
Dee 27, 185.
leil DCMTj
r-HN Gl'ELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds
J cabinet-ware. Market street. .Clearfield, Pa
He also makes to order Collins, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl ,'.
I ICH ARD MOSSOP. Dealer in Foreignand Di
I V meetio Dry Goods, Groceries, Flonr, Baeonj
Liquors. Ac. Room; on Market street, a few doors'
west ot JonrMfJ 0ffrClearfield, Pa. Apr27
"ALLACR A FIELDISG,Attorkvs it Law
Clearfield. Pa. Office In res.dnno.a nr W a
Wallace Legal business of all Kinds attended to
with promptness and fidelity. lJan.5,'70-yp
WW, A. WIL'A're: FRANK PlELDTNa
HW S.wITH. Attornet at Law. Clearfield,
. Pa., will attend nroinptlj to basina
trusted to his care. Office on seeon.! floor of
building adjoining County Natioiial Bank, and
nt-arly opposite the Court House. (June 30, '80 "
M'CULLOCGn t K.RiBS,ATroiuiEY-AT-LA,
Clearfield, Pa. All legal business prompt
ly attended to. CootutUtious in English or Ger-
Oct. 27, 18fiSC.
T. j. M'crn.ocon. n. t. far sr.
I FREDERICK LEITZINGER, Manufacturer
all kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. Or
deritolicited wholesale or retail llealsokeep.
on hand and for sale an assortment of earthen
ware, of hia own manufacture. Jan. 1,1863
-T M. HOOVElLWhoIcsala and Retail Dealer ia
J- TOHACCU. ClUAliU AND SXVFP. A
Ixrge assortment of pipes cigar cases. Ac., con
ctmitlj on hand. Two door. East of the Port
Ofiice, Clearfield, Pa. May l,'6ft
X1TESTERN HOTEL, Clearfield, Pa-Thi.
T well known hotel, near tbe I our't House, is
worthy the patronage of the pubHe. The tab!
will be supplied with the bett in the market. Tit
bestofliquurs kept. JOHN" DOUGHERTY.
JOHN H. FULFORD, Attorney at Law.Cleav
J field. Pa. Office on Market btreet, otf
llrt wick k Irwiu's Drugstore. Prompt attention
given to the securingofliouutj claim., Ac. .and In
alljegarbusine!.: March 27, 1867.
AIT H OR X. M. D., Physician Aim
Scroeon, having located at Kylertown.
I a., oilers bis professional service, to the ri'i
mens ol that place and violnity. Sep.2J lj
wm.u. AM'.r. unniivit
A RTR'.Vi A LI.NN. Attohet.-at-Law.
JT w illiamsport. Lyeoraing County. Pa. 5I
lcj;l business ci.tiufltsd to (hem will be cared..,
-jjLr2.'!L?'J 1 7 attended to. Aug 4,'6tf-lnu "
y ALDr.RT, A BRO'S.,DeaIcrs in DrTGoo.lv,
TT , 'Jroceries, Hardware. Qucensware.FloLi I- -con,
etc.. Woodland. Clearfield county. Pa. i ru
rxtcusive dealers in all kinds of sawed luu.'.,. r
shinglae. and square timber. Orders solieitau.
Woodland, Pa., Aug. lvth, 1S6.1
DR J. P. BURCIIFIELD Late Surgeon it
83d Rcg't Penn'a Vols., having return t
from the army, offers bis professional serricr .
the citizens of Clearfield and -vicinity. I'n..
sional calls promptly attended to. Office v
South-East corner of 3d and Market Stre
Oct. 4. 1R05 fimp.
PURVEYOR. The undersigned pffr-is
his services to the public, as a Survry
He may be found at his residence in La wV.ce
town.hip. when not engaged ; or addroi-.-n'. .
letter at Clearfield, Penn a.
March flth. IHft7.-tf. JAMES MITCHE1 V
TEFFER SO N LIT Z, M. P..
I'hysician and Surgeon,
Hairing located at Osceola. Pa , offers bis p:.T ---sional
serVices to the people of that placa
rounding country. . All calls promptly atti:-. .
to. Office and residence on Curtin Street, ii.rt
ly occupied by Dr. Kline. May 19,"
J.
K . B 6 ' T T O P. V 3
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERf.
MARKET STRKKT. CLKARFtELp, PES.s'a.
Negatives made in cloudy as well a. in c'-.-r
weather. Censtantly en hand a good assor u .
of Frames. Stereoscope, and Stereoscopic View,..
Frames, from any style of moulding, made .
order. inc. 2.'6s-jy. 14-9-?
TiilOMAS W. MOORE, Land Survr'yTr
and Conveyancer. Having recent y
eated in tbe Borough of Lumber City. and riRH.
sumed tbe practice of Land (surveying. rei . r-i-fully
tenders bis professional services to tht r u i -era
and speculators in lands in Clearfield and rr--joir.g
counties Deedsof Conveyance neatly r
ecuted. Office and residence one door Eac:
K irk dr Spencers Store
Lumber City, April 14, 1869 ly.
7 A L L A C E A WALTER.,
A-eal Estate Acejts ad Cohtetaxobr...
Clearfield, Pa
Real estate bought and .old, titles examined,
taxes paid, conveyancer prepared, and rnsuiat -ces
taKen.
ORce ia- aew bailding, nearly opposite Court
Ilonsa.
JJan lH7tt.
WI. At.
1. BLAKE WlVr.
QOLDIERS' BOUNTIES. A recent bid
O ha pssseii both Houses of Con grass ,
signed by the President, giving soldier. wbr.f
listed prior to 22d July. l6l. served one year .r
more and were honorably discharged, a booMr
of MM.
fy Bounties and Pension collected by mc for
thoseentitled to them.
WALTER BARRETT, Att'y at Law. ,
Aug. 15th. 18. Clearfield, PaV
DRIED FRUIT, at reduced prices, at
May WW. MOSTOP'S.
"IT TOOL WASTED 110.000 pound, wool want-
V ed. for which the highest mnrket prtne will
be paid, by J P KKAIZLR.