31 ;
BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEMESDAI, MARCH 30, 1870.
lit.
VOL. 16. I? 0. 30. :
. ECONOMY.
One day. a good wife, who inhabits thii town.
Feeliii anxious to earn tome domestic renown,
CuuceMed ot real economical scheme
The practice of which noneevor would dream
Of converting old panla. her husband ne'er wore.
Into new one for son, whoee trouser's were tore ;
Jtnd iiglaJdeu'd her aoul when the fauoied the joy
lbat would swell in the heart uf her newlyelad boy
0 seising the pants, wjih Kiori and thread,
hbe workf J out the plan (bat was born in ber bead;
And not to a aoul did th secret she telF-- '
I'ut C iii bed the job, and finished it well '.
hhr laid them away a a pleasant surprise -For
husband and H.n. whose conscience and eyes
Would both be enlarged ue'i the panls.aod the fact
That mother and wit was possessed of such tact !
Jew ibeliead of the home, just prior to this,
Leliermg- 'twovld add to hi comfort and blisa.
Had bought fur hiuitclf a. beautiful pair , .
1 breecl.e. expressly for Sunday to wear.' - --'
like the ret of mankind, he was fiank toeonfuJj
JuH a morsel of pride in appeaiance and drejs,
And the faitbfal old pnU were left In the larch,
Ai beii-g unfit to adorn h.ui in church, r - - :
' br hitobaib came round, that sweet day of rest,
And husband prepared to get himeclf dressed ;
lie rubbed off tle dost, and scrubbed off the dirt,
1 hen worried himself into a very brief shirt.
Thus far be progressed then went to the pegs.
For the beautiful pants that would set off hit legs ;
lint nothing hang there save the faithful old pair.
On discovering which nigh caused hint to swear!
Thus thinly attired, he bunted all 'round, - -Through
closet and room, but nothing was found ;
.And it being the rtranest event ot his lite,
iie coBludeu to go and eoosnlt with hie wife.
I declare," u'toth be. we're infested with witches
For thy or the devil have taken my breeches !
J've hunted 'en high and bunred 'em low,
I'ut find nary' button wherever I go!" .
Then son came in. with uis trou-eri :o NEW,
And strutted ftout for a moment i:r two,
:1 ill the fnib.r.tsizing quick hold of the'chiid,
Kxamined the pan., with eye. flashing wild !
'J ben utieiii.g a groaji bis feelings so hurt
He srttled riht down tut the etd of his shirt !
I'nfoitunate wife, for economy's sake.
II er Lurband's st pasts bad cut up in mistake !
lEEDEBIC'S wire.
Kliza Orange btood at the Ion,; meat bin
in the pantry, with a pie in one ht;r:d and
it knife in the other. She was benditj a
little, htr whole mind was apparently fillt..'
wish the work of trimming the dough from
theclgeof the pie. Hut really she was
working hy the . barest kind of median ieal
instinct, and it. iiiiht as well have l-een a
t ablsire as a pie she was paring co dcxter-Kti-ly,
for ail the thought ahe was giving
the wot k.
The sun .shone through the hop vines at
the little wooden hatred witidow, flickering
i.ii her hair and tnuking a gleam t f liht
and shadow on 'the wall before her. The
white day lilies in the bit of garden bed by
tli d'or, h nt a breath of fraftidiice, a lit a
liiiTry cricket piped to his fellows under
t ho lie nnfi f-toiic. "
The day and place made a rpiet picture of
heerful peace, if only it had Leen filled by
a heart at rest. 15 tt ti Klizi Oranjje the
hkv abtive and the September landscape it
hlioii upon were covered witli a thin veil
irprreti Toher tke .uu was clmt Jed and
the sweet flowers were .scented wiih the o
1'T of tWay. Kven the hm.ely sigl t of
hiiitie about her the ogg leatcr, the t-kim-
linr, the flour-.M-oop hanging tn their'
i.aiN, fiiltd lier with loathing and dispai.
1 raiimii bear It ! 'I cannot liear it I 1
t-hnl! die. Oh, no, I shan't die. I can't
lie ; and I must endure what 1 cannot
bear." she utoa.ied, deep in her heart.
There was a distant whirling whir of ber
mnther's spinning-wheel, far away in the
MiTi-t. l''e wuter dripped with a ceaseless
Co in the tuh under tlie shed, the hem
l"-k sticks in the stove crackle'! and snut-t.-ro
1 in disgust at their fate, and some
whrii somebody called out to the oxen that
finis'd aeretkinj ctrt
By and by the dour opened and shut, and
there was a sound of footsteps coming a
rrnus th uncarpeted floor.
V.'hi turn vl, with a sudden impulse to
shut the d'-or upon herself end her misery ;
:md thon came a quick fct line of thankful
!!' fur anything and anybody that might
I 'lpher to tK'ii for a while from hef '
thoughts.
A; the same time a gitTs voice called.
Zay, vihere. are you?"
' H,re."
"Whore are j'ou at ?"
' Here in the pantrr," replied Klizt,
titniing a little to put a sjiiee box upon a
tl i it", that- sl.e might bide the marks of
t-.-ars on her fae.
A young girl in a wood cdored calico
lrt and a pink sun bonnet came iu and
s-it' 1 bet self on a high sugar tub.
' Oil, Millie, is it you? I am glad you
have toaie. Take an apple, will you?
There are Mine real nte l'orters oa the
shelf behind you," said Zay, in a quick,
auttnated voice, still keeping her back to
war U t lie neweotnor.
Miiiietook an apple and began eating
not spcakine at first, but looking with
vcu -oeaichimj eyes at the droorinsr, figure
t '-i 'i her.
1' Millie B?rgin had not been Lorn in tho
c. i.eteit, most stagnant spot in the world.
Ki.i1. a woman besides, she would inevitably
i-:ve become a deteetive officer ; for not so
1st ii-li j a mouse could scampvr behind the
w-i:n-?fit but she knew by ready intuition
l.'i: it wj-? icatnpering after.
Ail now she said, directly.
'"hit is it, Zay? Anything about
Fred-
Tie? "Ml me."
Ziy replied by the downfall of a tear
u;-'"i the pie she Mill held, and a sudden
baking of her whole frame tliat fclie quiet
el as k j Idenly, and with an effort to Btcady
her voice, she replied :
"Frederic and I are through, Millie," ,
' What Oh yoa mean?'' gasped Millie,
throwing down her apple aiid stretching
open her eyes still wider.
'Tt is true," replied Kliza, ia calm dea
r'!". ''1 shall never see him again. If he
were going by the window 1 should not look
o-it, an J ho would not look in. We are
nothing to each other any more."
''Zay Orange, I don't believe it ! Tell
me all about it, quick," cried out Millie,
in ready sympathy.
" It was ouly last nifibt,! replied Zay,
mournfully, "but it ssctns a year it seems
a lifetime. Frederic came in as he always
does from Dorset. He had not lieen borne
for more than a month, and I hadn't seen
him in all that time. It seemed like a
great while ; but, Millie, it was not like
always. Now I am going to see him never
again !" sobbed poor. Zay, breaking down
for a moment; - ' . . , . ' ; ?
Then,-swallowing very hard, she went ou
again : ,. , - . ' '
"He seemed natural enough -just aa he
always did ; till finally, be lay down on the
sofa and put bis head into my lap, and. then
he said he didn't know how I looked at our
acquaintance, and he thought we ought to
have au understanding. We had been
schoolmates and I should always prize him
as a friend almost like a brother. You
know, Millie, I could not have him tVmk I
was dying-for him ; and if he had not look
ed upon us as lovers I would not have him
siippise I had. You know I am very
proud," said Eliza, with a gleam of conso
lation, i ' , . .'
"You arc very much of a fool, that is
whet you are I" retorted Millie, picking up
her apple and biting it ferociously.
' "I never heard of a s-oung man putting
his head on a girl's lap fjr the purpose of
telling her lie didn't love her," she con
tinuijd, looking as experienced as Queen
Elizabeth.
"He said he didtr'tlcnow how I ha J un
derstood our acquaintance, and of course I
would not have him think 1 understood
mote than he meant. I talked a long time,
and I don't thi.ik I ever talked better in
my life. I quoted from Emerson and front
Tupper, and I talked as easy, as possible,
and could think of everything to say just as
1 wanted to say it, but I felt as though
uy heart wis breaking. Afterwards I
brou1"! that new tliene dress of mine to
show hit:', just as I liave always showed
biin eyerytti'ig. -, to he needn't notice any
thing different" ; ad be look e J at it and
then he lri iked up so i sproaehfully and with
ho much meaning and saiJ, 'changeable I"
and nothing more. Oh.1 gillie, I loved
him. His hair, his' hand, and cwtrything,
audi shall nrver, never tee hiui again.
Never, never!"
. At this miserable thought Eliza frank on
a basket of apples all in a bunch and bey an
to crv while her fliend looked on aud-jit-tied
her. -
Presently Millie spoke.
"Don't feel so, Zy ! I have a presenti-tiietU-thal
you will see Fred again. And
1 am perfectly sure it. is a true pres.tni
uicnt. Fred loves you, T know that, fori
have seen ycu together to tniich to doubt
it, and if he loves of courfe be is not going
la let this be the last. You know, Zay J
have seen a good deal of tucli things at one
time and another. There was Siiia'i Lin
coln and Maud Versliire I know all about
their leve affairs ; and both my married
sisters made a confijante of me. Arid I
know men do not give up a girl o easy if
they really love her," fhe couliuued, shak
ing her wise head.
- '"But I do not think you did light.
Y u know what we have t-aid so many time :
l?e to thy own s'f true.
And it doth fallow ns the night and diy
. 1 hou canst not tbon bo false to any man.
And, Zay, you were not true to yourself,
and of course you were false to Frederic."
'Your friend, Ziy, is very proud," repeat
ed Eliza, hopelessly. "And. Millie, I was
not going to admit I had "thought farther
than he had." -
"Elizay ! Elizay ! It ia tfmc to liaog on
the pot and j.ut on the lork," called down
Mrs. Orange from the sairway. 'if yO'i
will start the dinner I "needn't come down
till I get my skein off, do you hear."
4iYes. ma'am," called back Eliza. "Din
ner pots, pies, an 1 stocking yarn ! That
is all I have to hx.k forward to in life," ehe
added. ,
And so it seemed to prove. Days and
weeks and even months went on, and Mil
lie's cheerful pro; hecies were not fulfilled.
One day Millie Bergen's half aunt Bet
sey, frnn Dorset, who was a talking old
woman and took snuff, came over to pay a
visit to her half brother's family. While
she was there .Eliza Orange came iu, and
presently Millie said of a sudden :
"Do you kn w Frei".;t ie Chcahutit, Aunt
Betsey? llei-ia book keeper in the cut
lery establishment at Dorset, and boards
at Miss llalsey's, or used to."
Eliza stooped over to stroke a even toed
kiiteu lying asleep on the hearth, etepping
her breath to iis'en for the reply.
But Aunt Betsey was never in haste to
begin talking, or to leave off after she
had begun. - She shook up her chair cush
ions, counted the stitches on her seam
needle, took a piuch of snuff, and then 6aid
deliberately :
"Frederic Cheshunt ? Yes I know him.
Why you see Miss Ilalscr lives the very
house but one to me, and we are great knit
tips, and are out and in together like old
folks, ber and im. So I always know who she
who she has for boarders,and Cheshunt is one
of her oldest boardersjuite a stand by,and I
know him as well as I do this young lady
here. I don't know anything against him
neither, nor nobody else. He is just as
nice a young man as there is in the town
of Dorset, now that is so. And he is paying
attention now to a Ktrl over there at Dorset."
' "Who is she, Aunt Betsey, what is her
name," exclaimed Millie.
"A Dudgeon girl, and I and Miss Hal
sey are not over pleased with the match."
"Why, Aunt Betsey."
"Because she isn't more than half good
enough for him.'
'I thought she belonged to a respecta
ble family." .
-. "WeJU she is a likc-lv fcirl ; ani belong
to a respectable family and all that But
I consider her a lazy piece of furniture, and
so does Miss Halsey.'' ,.
Eliza had Sifted her face from tbe kitten,
and was listening, white and eager, greedy
to lose nothing., not even the. pain every
word brought her.
"But do you think they will marry,"
asked Millie moving her chair to bring it
before Eliza's excited face. ..
"I understand he has taken her home to
see his folks, and see hew they like her."
' Ob( did you know we areexpectsng Au-'
gusta and the baby in a few days," she ad
ded, as though-with a sudden 'change of
thought.
It made no difference to Aunt Betsey
what the subject she was nt hoiSfe on any ;
aiid taking a pinch of snuff she chatted a
way just as readily on the next theme put
in her way with such' adroit carelessness.
When Eliza went home scon after. Mil
lie went to the gate, end finally along the
road a far as the third maple tree.
: "1 thought you were my friend, Millie,"
said she bitterly. "Bnt you knstr how I
longed to hear whatever else your Aunt
Betsey could tell. "
"So I am your friend, your true friend ;
but you looked as t uouch there was a dag
ger sticking in your heart, and I was not
going to let her go back to Dorset with any
etory about j-ou to tell Miss Halsey. Be
sides, she had told all she knew, and some
she guessed, already. Don't cry, Zay. I
have a presentiment it will come out right
yet." .
"Bight" meant to these . young girls the
way most desirable, in their finite eyjs they
se2 such a little wjy into life and -the great
beyond. - - '" .
So Millie went back to the. gossiping
aunt,' and Eliza went forward to take up
the burden of life from which the sun was
darkened, and the moon withheld her light.
But
"Tbe dnrkest day,
Live till to morrow. H ill hare passed away.1'
Aunt Betsey was right about a great ma
ny things ; cud at lite very moment: she
was taking a pinch of snuif, and uncon
sciously thrusting poisoned arrows into the
heart of Eilza Orange, the samj subject
was being discussed by Frederic Che-hunt's
fiither and mother in the, clean, airy kituh
en of their farmhouse.
f'lHJ yo fiiv A'raderic a hint of how yoU
felt, mother?" asked Mr. Cheshunt, aox
iously. "Kot a v.ord for nor against. I
wouldn't, I treated the girl just as well as
I knew how though I never ci'u'.d stand it
with the Dudgeon blood. I always did
feel as though I was a porcupine' with my
quills out whenever I saw - one of the fam
ily, even as long ago as when they and we
were young together, though I don't know
any reason whya"- replied Mrs. Cheshunt,
stopping a moment to meditate . upon the
metaphysical siilt;, of the question. "Will,
so it is," she resumed cheerfully, alter an
unavailing pause ; tOute folks can't bear
cheese, and 1 never took to the Dudgeons
But. nevertheless, I shall try to treat 'Ved
dy's wife like a daughter, whoever she rti-y
hi ; so 1 showed her my cheeses, and took
her out to see the garden and the i5g, and
never breathed a breath for nor against to
Freddy. Only as she was off putting on
her things in the real Dudgeon uay, dawd
ling Mid dowdy, I just said to Freddy, sort
of aside, said I, 'Next time you come;
bring Eliza.' And he never said a word.
and i never said a woid. 1 wouluu t lor
anything."
Ah, kind harted -Mother ' Cheshunt 1
Unconscious influence is sometimes tuight
ieit ; and a word spoken in due season how
good is it 1
- ' Frederic didn't tell you, I. suppose,"
asked Mr. Cheshunt, ' anything about what
made the trouble bctnixt him and Eliza
Orange ? Or wasn't there ever anything
to it only our surmisings, after all ?"
"Well I don't know," replicd- Mrs. Ches
hunt all the more cheet fully to balance the
gloom of her husband, "I guess they liked
each other, no u-istcke alrout that ; but
they are both pretty proud and pretty stuffy
and I mistrust something has gouo wrong
that they won't cither one of them come
back of. But, then, nobody can tell the
lettrixts and betweens of a couple of young
tolks, and themselves as little as any
body. Young folks don't know more than a
couple of rabbits what they w.nt and what
they ought to want, and they are just as apt
to stumble on the wrong thing as the right
thing," pursued Mrs. Cheshunt, with the
wisdom of experience and of long observa
tion stirring in her brain. "Why, I can't
positively say thre was any certain en
gagement, or tbe like of that, but I suppos
ed it was an understood thing. Well, I
don't know, father, it will come out right,
one way or the other, and talking won't
feed the pig, or pick the peas for break
fast to morrow morning."
So saying. Mother Cheshunt put on her
sunbounet and went briskly out, with a
pail of milk in one hand and an empty bas
ket in the other. It was not her heart that
was on the anvil, and so she could comfort
herself for her disappointed expectations by
the homely duties of her homely life.
Meantime, at tbe same moment, Freder
ic Cheshunt, alone iu his countiug-iooui,
trotted his foot and thought.
Since that one black day, so long passed
now, he had been in a whirl of wounded
self-love, suspicion and despair. Unsatis
fied and restless, he had been tossed from
one mood to auother, sure of nothing but
of repenting whatever he did in one stage
ot feeling as soon as he had passed into the
nAft
Ah, if he could be wise enough to wait
till the tide of, passion had gone down, and
I he finds which is h'iftib sand and which
is solid rock ! But youth is to wise, and
its wisdom is tuck foolishness ! ,- . -j
At last just when Mother Cheshunt went
out with her pig's pail, and Eliza Oranpe
parted from her friend Millie, nnder the
maple tree, and walked along the quiet
country road with wet cheeks and a suffo
cating weight at her heart, Frederic Chesh
hunt jumped op, threw on his hat, and went
out with his hands in' his pockets, like a
man resolved. ' 't --.
The next day he went out again at the
same time just after the close .of office
hours and the next day, end the' next.
Then the look of dogged determination
that h:ul been clouding his face cleared
away like a fog before sunshine, and he got
to whistling at his work and buying new
neckties.
''Dj ypu know, Aunt Betsey," said his
landlady, Miss Halsey, "that I am con fi
deut young Cheshunt is really in love this
time .' - . . i -.
Miss Halsey was a sproce little spinster,
with as many wrinkles as a loaf of beard
just ready to go into the oven, and bread
enough to quite setup a y5ttth of moder
ate ambition. She was as great a snuff tak
er, .and as great a talker as Aunt .Betsy
herself; and ehs trotted in, puckered
and spry, upon this morning,. withher
snuffbox and her tongue.to talk over things.
"There is one certain sure sign. Aunt
Betsey; don't you know it? 'Writing
po'try. Dr. Watts wtoc beautiful poetry,
and he couldu't have done it if he hadn't
been in love. It was a Miss Ito'we, I've
got a book and it tells all about it," sai 1
she, solemnly, an) with a dive into her deep
pocket for her snuff box, corresponding
vv'tUhe imprcssivenes-i of her tone. Love
is very inspiring, and they, are apt to write
it when they are in love. I saw. it when I
went to neat up Cheshunt's room this nioin
ning. I'o'trj'j sure enough, capitals and all;
there it fy on he table, wrote out in a
schol-nly band, with leautiful flourishes,
and his name on the end in full, handsome
as print. So I suppose I have as good as
lost a boarder, aud a first-rale one."
Miss Halsey, suuffed, and nodded, .and
winked, and sighed,"aud suuffed ; " divided
between regret at her own 'Joss and maiden
ly delight over a love story. ' . " ' -- '.' :
. The same diy Father fjliediunt, after fob
lowing up stairs and down -stairs, in my la-
-dj-1 -ctram, bcry found my Jadjvatthe pen of
her pet pig, with a pail of water and a shin
gle washing his face.' ?- ' '
"Well, mother, I have got news for you,"
said he, throwing out his words all i:i a heap.
" Got a letter from Frederic. "end he says
he is coming home to spend the week 'end
with hi wife. What do you think of that?"
"You don't !" ejaculated Mother" Chos
hunt.dropping the shing'e jus; wIilmi the pig
had laid his head in the most convenient
position, shutting bis eyes and putting back
his ears in luxurious satisfaction. A new
shingle, too, nicely stnoo;hed and sharpened.
"VesI do,'' affirmed Father Cheshunt,
doubifully. "That is what Frederic says
liis wife. What do you suppos he has
got for a wife, mother?"
"Well, the Dudgeon g'nl, 'most lltely,"
returned Mother Cheshunt, with a weak at
tempt at cheerfulness. "Bit whoever she
may be, fathar, she will be Freddy's wife,
and we must trvat her like a daughter." ,.
Then she went in unj put some yeast ris
ing for an election eake ihit should be fuller
of raiVtns than of flour and frosted like
Mount. Washington in winter.
"Weekend" came, and just at country
tea time a covered buggy drove up to the
farm house with a flouting of stoue brown
drapery ribbyn en Js, and the light folds of
a veil, showing at the side.
Mother Cheih'int sighel,swallowe1,mil
ed, and came to the open door with wide
open arms, teady to take Freddy's wife,
whoever she may be.c-lo e t her warm heart.
"Here we are, mother. Here am I. and
here is my wife," said Freddy, joyful!, as
a bridegroom should, lumping from the
carriage, and holding his hand to his mother.
Thin he turned back with a tenderer
touch to take out his wife. There was a flut
ter, a soft ruflli, and a little spring and then
throwing aide her veil, there stood Eliza
Oranjje, smi'ling and blushing like a whole
garden of roses.
"You dear crceter !" excli'tned Mother
Cheshunt, catching hold of her sod begin
ning to cry.
"I was trying to bring'my niind;to that
Dudgeon girl, Freddy, and Eliza's face was
such a blessed surprise," said she, following
him to the barn, presently.
She spoke with an air of apology, but
with s jch evident relief that Freddy laughed
the light-hearted laugh of a happy man to
whom every thing is ooe drop more in a cup
of joy.
"It might have been that Dudgeon girl,
mother, only for you," he replied.
"Me, Freddy ! I didn't say a syllable. I
wouldn't. I never believed in meddling in
such matters," she replied, indignantly.
"Oh mother! You said, 'Bring Eliza
nextjtime.'you know you did! And o.just to
please you, I have brought her," returned
Frederic, gayly ; "and, mother," said he,
coming closer, and speaking lower, "Eliza
and I are very thankful to you for helping
us over a fool's bridge we should never have
crossed alone."
The mother smiled upen her son as they
went back to the house to the glad faced
bride, while at the self same moment Miss
Helsey in Aunt Betsey's cheerful kitchen,
tried to console herself for the loss of her
best boarder. "I told you so," chuckled
she. "I knew it was a ballot of versei the
first minute I saw the capitals, and I knew
what that meant. Love is very inspiring,
and they most generally write poetry at tueh
times.
,H0T YET.
Not yet from the yellow west, -'
Fade, light of the autumn day ; -Far
lies my haven ot rest.
And roujjh the wy.
She has waited Jong, uly own J
Aud the night is daik and drear
To meet alone.- J
Not yet, with the leaves that fall,
Fall, rose of the wayside thorn,
Fair and most sweet Of all ; -The
summer born.
But 0 tor my rose that stands,
And waits, through the lessening year,
My gathering hands !
Fail not. O my life, so fast
Fail not till we shall have met,
Soon, soon will thy pulse be past; - "
But oh. not yet 1
Till her fond eyes on me shine,
And the heart so dear, so dear,
Beats close to mine.
The Living Things we Ereathe.
Great interest has been excited in England
lately by a lecture delivered by the eminent
physician, Prof. Tyndall. The' subject was
"Haze and Dust." In a series of striking
and beautiful experiments he exhibited the
efiect of light upon the dust particles of the
air, and the powerful reflective properties
belonging to them. He showed how these
partit les cuuld be burned out by heat, and
how the atmosphere could also be cleared of
them by parsing1 it through a filter of cotton
wool. - Finally; he' dwelt upon the injury
done to the lungs, and consequently to the
health, by cjKlinary inorganic dust; but more
especially lie spoke of the organic germs of
many diseases which are supposed to find
their way into the human system as ' invisi
ble ard extremely minute dust aioins: breath
ed in with the air.
The germ theory of epidemic diseases,
such as the Asiatic cholert, scarlet fever,
typhus, and alf malarious fevers, is by no
means a new one. It has long been advo
cated as the best attainable explanation of
epidemic phenomena. I'hysicians. howev
er, are not unanimous in its favor, and luar.y
Kcictitifie nieo say that the alleged existence
of disease germs in the air is as yet merely
an assumption which must be proved before
we can reason upon the subject;
But Professor Tyndall has at least shown
t hut there are myriads ot living particles
that is, living in, tha same sense' as plants
live, and jerhnp animals also floating
about in the atmosphere of a! I great cities,
and that in ljindon a man breather tnta iu
lungs about thirty seven and a half millions
of these living germs in the space of ten
hours. Certainly this fact, taken in connec
tion with. many others previously known.
greatly strengthens th-3 probability in favor
of the germ theory of disease ; and if, with
Prof. Tvndall. we assume it to be true, the
question at once arises, how can we guard
against the entrance of these dangerous par
ticles into the body ?
Of course ali organic germs cannot be re
garded as certainly productive of injury to
the human system, but only such as are the
seeds of ifiscase. Professor Tyndall sug
gests, as the best safeguard the cotton wool
respirator, placed so as to cover the mouth
and nostrils. It completely filters the air,
and all impurities, both living and orgauic.
re removed in passing through it. The dis
tinguished lecturer said that iu ins opinion
such respirators must come into general use
us a defence against contangion. By means
of them the noxious air around a patient
may be made pure, and the atteudints can
breathe it unharmed. For "in all proba
bility," says Prof. Tyndall, "the protection
of the lungs will be the protection of the en
tire system."
These recent experiments and discoveries
in this m jst interesting field of scientific in
vestigation, show us the wisdom of many
customary precautions against disease, the
reasons of which have not heretofore been
cleary understood. Of this character is the
custom of kindling fires to purify the atmos
phere during the prevalence ot an epidemic ;
also the use of closely woven net curtains in
malarious localities as u preventive of fever ;
and the habit of travelle is alrays to skep
with the mouth closed, and if possible cov
ered, iu fever districts. Mr. Waller, an Af
rican traveller, says that while on the banks
of the Zambezi river, where the marshes
reudered the country particularly unhealthy,
his party found much protection from dis
ease merely by the use of mosquito curtains.
After being tumbled about in travel, the fi
bre of the material became ao frayed as to
form in connection with the net work a fine
gauze. The dew, falling at night upon this,
formed a perfect filter for the unhealthy air.
and those who used these curtains were able
to tnake long iourneys through this mias
matic region without a day's" illness from
fever.
There is still very much that baffles reason
and inquiry in regard - ta,epidemic disease,
but if the great questions belonging to this
branch of science are ever to be answered,
it can only be through the continuance of
patient, profound, and practical investi
gations by able men, such a3 these of Prof.
Tyndall to which we have referted.
The following may be cited as an exatrp'e
of a scrupulously hoas t testimonial to char
acter. The writer says : "I have kaown
Mr. for several years. I consider
him eminently qualified for the post he seeks.
He possesses a fine voice. , His taste in li
quors is remarkable, Hs plays whist with
singular stciJiness. He knows as much a
bout every thicg as most men. He is fre
quently sober and occasionally industrious."
Don Piatt says the conclusions of the Com
mittee on Banks and Banking, in regard to
Grant's connection with the gold swindle of
September last, reminds one of the verdict
o the-Scotch jury, "guilty, but not proven.
The March of Mind'. Reader, did you
ever go into a little red "school' us" in the
backwoods, when the worthy pedagogue was
teaching the young idea to shoot as well us
he knew how? If you did, jou might bove
heard some' such dialogue as the following ;
"John, wher'a your passin' lesson?"
"That sentence on the blackboard There
go a gentleman and a scholar."
, "Pass there." '
' ' "There are a noun of multitude, fust per
son, sing'lar, nomerative case to go."
"Very Well, 'go' the next." So Tom
makes for the door. "Come back pass go."
"I was trying to go past."
."Next." ,. .
."(?' is an insensible rig'lar verb, finity
mood, perfect tense ; 1st person, go it; 2-1
person, ahead ; 3d person, no go ; made in
the 3J person, to agree with daddy's old
gray mare understood."
"Very well, next pass gentleman."
- "Gentleman are an abstract noun, sab
fectve mood, neuter gender, put in opposi
tion to scholar."
"Bight; scholar, the nest."
''Scfiolar is an obstinate, proriomical ad
jective, ridiculous mooi, imperfect lens?.
fust person, because I aru speaking, and
governed by ."
"fJive'tbe rule."
"Scholars arc gcrvented by indefinite ar
cres. ...
"Very good; take your seats with nine
merit marks apiece." .
l
A few days ago, a member of the Peun
sylvania Legislature, on his way to Harris
burg, stepped up to the ticket offi ;e of the
Philadelphia and Reading llailroad Com
pany, in lliiladclphia, and; by way ot a joke,
asked the ageut for a ticket to Paradise,
knowing at the same time, there was no
station by that na.ne on the road. The a
gent, who was a smart fellow, "handed the
Legislitor a Bihle, which he had in the
olFce for his use, saying at the same time :
"Ilere.str, ticlcet androifr combined
which -I furnish gratis." The legislator
happened to be an easy point; man. and
seeing the joke, threw down $3 20. sayine,
"I guess, Mr. H., I will take a ticket for
Harisburg this time."
: A certain Senator, who is not, it niiy Le
.esteemed, thn wisest wait r"i tl.e o'a;,. has
a frequent custom of sttrking fr?s fre'ud when
auot her t-poats, which iT....w t
particular person, he comr-lained of the
affront ; but one who had been long roiuaiu-
ted with him assured the house it- was ouly
an iff habit hi hil got, for though he would
oftentitires shake his head, there waa no'h
ing in it." " ' 't'. "
A notion seller was offering a 1 ankee
clock, finely varnished and colored, with a
looking glass iu the front, to a ceitain lady,
tint remarkable for her personal beauty
Why, it is beautiful," said the; rendjr.
"Beautiful, indeed, a look at it almost
frightens - nje." - said the lady. ' Tiicr.'
inarm," replied Jonathan, "I giies-i you'd
better take oai that ain't got no looking
glass." Assessor. "How is it, Mi.s. that you
have your age to the Register as only twenty-
five ? I was born the same year with your
self, and beicg thirty nine, it must Le "
Young lady. "Ah! but yon sec, Mr. Asses
sor, you have lived much fas-ter than 1."
An Indiana lawyer, finding his principal
witness too drunk to tettily when he was
wanted, addressed the t otirt in a fenr hour's
speech, in which he touched upon every
thing, including the Fifteenth Amen Juieut,
and finally his man came to time.
"What a lovely little sno v drop thit is,'
said a friend to Volago, as a blon Je beauty,'
with flowing tresses, passed them on the
Brighton road. "A snow drop '. I fchnild
say she was a hair bille," SiiJ the pra tieaj
paragrapher.
Eight kinds of kisses are tuoiiti inaJ in
the Scriptures ; the kisses of Salutation,
Valedictiou, Reconciliation, Sul jection. Ap
probation. Adoration, Treachery and Affec-
tiou.
Imitate the example of a locomotive.
He runs along, wbir-iles over his wci k, and
yet never takes anything but water when
he wants to "wet his whuule.
An astronomer predicts far this year
comet of such brilliancy, and so near the
earth, that our nights will be ahno.t as
bright as our days.
If you want to be successful in love be
careful and not carry too much common
sense into it. It is the rose not the buhh
that the ladies see.
. Extensive gold discoveries arc reported
;n Montana, extending over a large district
on the western or Pacific slope of that terrj
tory. " '
There are 3,4C0 lodtcs of Odd Fellows
in the United States, with a membership of
2G6,975 persons in good standing.
Any undertaking submitted to a lawyer
for his opinion is always pronounced feas
ible. Author a sort of vagrant ; generally one
who writes hiai.-
Circus Saw-dust, spavin, and a fool dis
guised as a loci." ' '
A T. Kettle is the only singer that never
a cold, -
AW. WALTERS. ATToancr at Law,
. Clearfield, fa. Uflice in tbe Court Bows.
I IfALTER BARRETT, Attorney at Law, Clear
T field, P. May T3. ISii.
ED. Vr.ORAUAM,Da!eilh itry-fJooo's. Groce
ries, Hardware, tjueenrware, Woodenwarw,
1 roststons. ete., Martot Street Clearfield. T.
DAVID Q MVLIICO .Dealer in Dry-Gooda.
Ladies Fancy (Soods, Hats and Caps. Boors.
Shoes etc -Second Street, ClearEeid, P. sej,Ii
HF BIGLEK A CO.," Dealers in Hardware
and manufacturer of Tin and Sheet-ires
are. Second Street. Clearfield. Ta. Mar-0.
T T F. NAIOLE, Vateta and Clock Maker, and
IJ. acaier in alencj. Jewelry, Ac
Room in
Graham's row, Markerslrcet.
Kov. IB.
HBUCHFR SWWPE. Attorney at Law.CIeai."
. field, Pa. Offec intiraham'i Row. four doo a
west of Graham A iioyc ton's store. Vor.lt:
I B M'EXALLY.Attarneyat Law. Clearfield
I . P. Practices in Clearfield and adjoin-'i r
wuuties. Office in new brick building of J. Bcj n
t -n. 2d street, one door sonth of Lanicb" Hotel.
I TEST. Attorney ut Law, Clearfield. Pa., will
. attend promptly to all Le-l bnsincss entrust
ed to biscare in Clearfield acdTadjoining eoun
ties Office on Market street. July 17, 167.-
riV-tOMAS II. FORCE. Dealer in FquaTaTnd
1 Sawed Lumber. Dry-Goods. Qneensware, Eo
cenes. Flour. Grain. Feed, tiaeon, Ao . Ac, Or.
bamt.m. Clearfield county. Pa. . Oct 10.
T V. Kit TZER, Denier in Dry-Goofia. Clothing;,
fj . Hardware Qncensware, Groceries. Provi
sions.eto. Market Street, neatly opposite the
Court tlnpsn, Clearfield. Pa. June. ISf.S.
H3TSVrCK A lRWrN. Dealers in Drnes,
Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary. Perfume.
r . tancy Goods, Notions, etc., ete., Market street,
Cleai field. Pa Dec. C. 186.
i KRATZER 80S. dealers in Dry flooda-
y. Clothing. Hardware. Queenswir. Groee
ries, l'roristowa, e, geooad Ktreet Cleat field.
p Dec 27.186S.
TDIiN GrEtlCn.'Btannfaetnrerof al! kinds
el Cabinet-ware, Market etre.t. Clearfield. Pa,
He also makes to order CtiSns. on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. ' . Aprl .'&.
ICnARD MO?SOP, Dealer In Foreign and Do
I Vi mestic Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, tiaeon,
liijora. Ac. Room, on Market street, a few door
west ot .oKryOffr. Clearfield. Pa. Apr27.
"T7" U..LACK A FIELDIKH. Attorneys t Law
Clearfieli. Pa. Office in res deuce of W. A.
Wal'ice Legal business of all Kinds attended to
with promptness and fidelity.' (Jan ,'70 yp
''. A CalVlCB. ; fBAXK rULDISO
H.W 8iiITH. Arrossar at Law. Clearfieli
. Pa., will attend promptly to business en
trusted to his care. Office on seoond floor of new
building adjoining CoantT Katioual. RaK. and
neatly opposite tbe Court douse. June 30, '69,
A T'CULL'tCOU A KKEBSArronxKra-AT-LAW,
li Clearfield. Ps.- All lefal buaiaaea prompt
ly Uexd
man.
to. Loawiltttiuus in L'rgliFb or
- - ... - ... IMa.
t-cncsr. - -v-- . a..
FREDERICK LEITZIKGER, Manufacturer of
all kinds of Stoae-ware, Clearfield. Pa. Or
den roltcited w holcsale er retail He also keeps
on hand aud for sale an assortment of earthen
ware, of his own manufacture. Jan. 1.18
Vf M HOOVKR Wholesale end Ret.il Prater I a
1 TOBACCO. Cl'iARS AXD SNUFF. A
lare assortment of pities, cigar. caMrs. 4 c. con
stantly on hand. Two doors East of tbe Post
Office. Clearfield, Pa. May 19.'6S
-rVTESTERN HOTEL. Clearfield. Ta This
f y well known hotel, near the 1 ourt House, is
worthy the patronage of the public. The table
will be supplied wilb tbe bett in the market. The
best of liquors kept. . JOHN DOL'G II KKTY.
T01IN II. FL'LFORD. Attorney at Law. Clear.
ff field. Pa. Office on Market ttreet, over
Hart wick A Irwin's Dro? Store. Prompt attention
giren to the eecuringorBou-nt; claims. Ae..and te
all legal business. March 27. 1867.
A I T II O K N , M. U.( Physician and
-- Suuokon. having located at Kyleriown,
Pa., offers his professional services to the eiti
isns ot that place and icinity. Sep. 24 ly
WUT. St. ARUSTROXa.
SASICCL UK
KMSTR'tXi A LINN.
Attormts-it-Law,
A Vt illtamsport. I.Teuiuii.r CuuntT. Pa,. All
log I business entru-u l to tLetu will be carefully
and promptly attended to. Aug ,'69-6m.
IT7" ALBERT. A ERO'S.. Dealers in Dry Goods,
(Urocerie,Uard ware. (juecuware. Flout Ba
con, etc.. Woodland. Clearfield county. Pa. Also
extensive dealers in ali kindsof sawed lumber
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited.
WouJIand. Pa., Aug. 19th, ISfii
DU J. P. BURCIIFIELD Late Burgeon of tbe
b:td Rng't Pens' Vols., having returned
from the army, offers bis professional services te
the citixens of Clearfield and Tieinity. Profes
sional calls promptly attended to. Office on
South-Kasr corner of 3d and Market Streets.
Oct. 4. IHfli 6mp.
aURVEYOR. The undersigned "offers
his services to the public, as a Surveyor.
He may be found at his residenoe In Lawienee
township, when not engaged ; or addressed by
tetter at Clearfield, 1'enn a -March
8th. lS67.-tf. JAMES MITCHFLL.
JEFF EnSO S L I T Z, M. J).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Having located at Osceola. Pa . offers his profes
sional svrTiees to the people f that place aud sur
rounding country. All calls promptly attended
to. 0(5:0 snd residence on Caitin Street, former
ly oocupied by Vr. Kline. " May I9,'fi9.
J.
K. B O T T . O" It
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
F S
Asmt stress, CLKARrir.LD, rcsx'A.
Negatives made in cloudy as well as in clear
weather. Constantly en hand a good assortment
of Frames, Stereoscopes and Stereoscopio Views.
Frames, from any style of moulding, made te
orJer dec. 2.'6a-jy. 14-68-tf.
tpiIOMAS W. MOORE, Land Surveyor
-- and Conveyancer. Having recently lo
cated in tbe Borough of Lumber City, and return
turned the practice r.f Land Purveying, respect
fully tenders bis professional services to tbe own
ers and speculators in lands in Clearfield and ad
join'g counties Deeds of Conveyance neatly ex
ecuted. Office and residence one door last ef
Kirk Sr Spenoers Store
Lumber City. April 14, 188 ly. .
J AILACB
WALTERS.
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Real Eitatb Asexts akd ConvarAHcaKS,
Clearfield, Pa
Real e.tate bought and sold, titter examined,
taxes paid, conveyances prepared, end insuran
ces tasren.
OHce In new building, nearly opposite Court
House N J70.
WW. A. WALLACe. J- BLAKE eitTSSI.
QOLDIERS' BOUNTIES. A recent bill
5 has passed both Homes of Confess, and
signed by tbe President, giving soldiers who est- .
listed prior to 22d July. 1 SSI. served one year or
more and were honorably discharged, a bounty
of SI 00.
irSoonnfi" sr-d Pentiocs collected by me lot
thoseentitled to them. - '
WALTER BARRETT, Att y it Lew.
Aug 15th. 1868. Clearfield. Pa.
DRIED FRUIT, At reduced prices, at
May12.'A9. MOSSOP'8." d
HALL'S FINE
May 1 ,'.
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