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Hoops---The Consequence OF Wearing
Them.

A lady, whose garments formed an i'm
mense cirsumference, entered store in
Boston, and .in doing so pfoslraled some
flower pots Containing valuable plants, which
were ruined.' The storekeeper aintends to
sue tie lady for damages, so that the law may
settle how large space lady's circumam-
biens may occupy.
A gentleman remarks that while riding in
an omnibus, the other day, The vehicle was
stopped at crossing, when three or four fe-
males entered, who, on taking seats com.
menced such pat;ing of the sides of the
dresses, that Tor some time (being ignorant
of The real object, ,I>..he was under the impres.
sion that they were going to crow
We saw a lady few days ago, who re-
sembled an immense funnel moving over
the pavement All who met her had tc
evacnate the sidewalk and take to Tie gut.
Ter. On she went, sweeping children, dogs
boxes, every obstruction that came in hel
way. The french diggers leaned on ,heil
picks, and looked aghasl at The te rrible sweep
of her hoops. The constable was called, but
he dared not approach her. When she Turn.
ed corner the windows rallIed, so greal
was the motion of the air caused by heI
hoops. As she crossed the railroad, her
hoops burst, striking a train of coal cars
which happened TO be passing, throwing
them off the track, smashing them 10 atoms
and seriously iniuring the carmen. Such
was the great power of the hoops that the
lady was thrown twenty or thirty yards, and
landed head downwards in coal pile, sink.
ing TO the middle, the torn skirt fiulterirg III
The air as signal of distress. She was
relieved, however, and has recovered the
hoops.
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MoDEsTY.-It is a sure sign Of good seEse
to be diffident Of il. We then, and moi till
then, are growing wise, when we begin 10
discern how weak and unwise we are. An
absolute perfection of understanding is i'm.
possible he makes the nearest approach 10
it who has the sense 10 discern and the hu.
mility TO acknowledge its imperfections.--
Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth,
il covers multitude of faults, and doubtless
the ustre of every virtue which il seems to
hide the imperleclions of men being like
those flowers which appear more beautiful
when their leaves are little contracted and
folded up, than when they are full blown and
display themselves without any reserve 10
the view.
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George the Third.

1t is said the king, after the close of the
Revolutionary War, ordered thanksgiving
10 be kept throughout The United Kingdom
A noble scotch divine in the presence of his
majesty inquired
"For what are we to give thanks, that your
majesty has lost thirteen OF her best prov.
inces p
"No," answered The king.
sIs il ihen," the divine anied, that your
majesty has lost, $1,000, 900 lives of your
subjects in the contest ?p
"No, no !" said the king. -
"Is il then, that we have expended and
lost hundred millions Of money, and for
The defeat and tarnishing of your majesiy's
army?"
"No such thing" said the king pleasantly
"What then is the subject of The thanks.
gving?"
80, give thanks that il Is no worse !"
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Swift's Haired Of Foppery.

Dean Swift was great enemy Of extrava-
garoe in dress, and particularly to that dis.
tincton and osientation in The midaling
classes, which led them 10 make an appear.
ance above their condition in ife OF his
mode OF .eproving this folly IN those persons
for whom ne had an esteem, the following
instance has been recorded -
When George Faulkner, the printer, re.
turned from London, where he had been So
Letting subscriptions for his edition of the
Deans works, he went to pay his respects 10
him, dressed in bagged wig and other fop-
peries. Swift received him as slranger.-
"And pray, sir" said he, "what are your
commands with mel"
II thought il was my duty, SIR" replied
George, "!o await on you Immediately on
my arrival from London"
"Pray sir, who are you 2"
"George Faulkner, the printer, sir"
o"You George Faulkner, the printer! Why
you are the most impudeni, barefaced scoun.
drel of an impostsr have ever heard of!
George Faulkner is a plain, sober citizen,
and will never trick himself up in lace and
other fopperies. Get you gone you rascal,
or will imm edately send you to the house
of correction.
Away went George as fast as he could,
and having changed his dress he returned to
the Dean, where he was received with the
greatest cordially. "My friend George
says The Dean, 81 am glad 10 see You return
safe from London. Why, there has been an
impudenl fellow with me just now, dressed
in q lace jacket, and he would fain pass i'm
self for you, but soon sent him away with
| flea in his ear"
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WIN. S. WooDs, Esq.
The Mission of the Newspaper.

The world is too apt 10 slight and forget
lis obligation 10 the newspaper. 'Tis the
newspaper that keeps men posted up on all
subjects. that Go no not pass under their i'm
mediate observation.
The eye of the newspaper is universal; ii
falls on all paris of the world, and searches
out its incidents, as well as The motives and
passions iha! control lis movements. Moth
ing is Too great, nothing 10 trivial 10 escape
its Reeu, penetrating glance it is every
where-on everybody; above, below and
around 1.-THE four quarters of the earth are
its parade ground: and it passes over them
every moment of each day. |, is ceaseless
in it's indusry-tireless in its watchfulness /;
aud, although gossippy in its character, it is
vigilanl at times, peneirative as light, and
sleepless as the stars.
Each succeeding dawn comes not with
more regularity than the morning journals
with the fresh dispatches from all paris of
the world. The thoughts, positions, incidents
and movements of individuals and of nations,
are presented in lis colsmns, Us in a mirror
The reflex and the thoughts and progress
of man and the world. He who reads care
fully we'll conducted newspaper, is never
IN any danger Of falling behind The age. His
Journal keeps him posted up in everything
running ON with The great march of lime-it
gradually prepares his mind 10 receive all the
, new discoveries of the human brain in lis
rapid strides 10 clear and unclouded inlel.
gence il weans him from old fashions, old
customs, and old fosy thoughts il separates
hlm from early preIudices, and gradually
imbues him with sound practical notions,
and enables him 10 fathom the heaviest and
mos, oblruse subjects with the plummet Of
common sense il keeps him alive 10 all the
new progressive steps in Trade, Commerce,
Literature and Art it makes him familiar
with the details of all the events iranspiring
in no matter what part of the world, or the
day; il enables him 10 keep pace with the
intelligence and progress Of The iimes-it
carries him on, impercepiibIy TO himself, with
each progressive step Of The era in which he
lives; and il enables him if a man of bust.
ness, to open new channels of correspcn.
dence, and thus secure for himself new OPEN
ings for trade, and new sources of profit.
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Dos'T WoRRY.-Ths is the first thing that
an editor should gel by hearl. IfMr. Slocum
threatens 10 withdraw his patronage because
you criticised Prof. Drawls ecu.e on the
onion question, don't wony--but tell him to
go ahead and do il.
If MIR. Bullion writes you an insinualing
letter, saying that if you don't stop writing
about the Diddleton railroad, he will ruin you
with law suit, don't worry-bui dare him
10 uy il on.
If Mr.. Smith threatens 10 ''cave your head
in" because you mention that his son Bob
was sent 10 the Tombs for peltng street
lamp with brck-bas-don't worry, but tell
him that you love the law, that You dine on
salad made of red tape aud sealing wax.
Again We say never worry. If you do,
you are no more calculated for an edito- than
a Quaker is for marine hornpipes.
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BLooMsBURG, COLUMBIA CoUNTY.PA- WEDNESDAY. SCI

Speaker (Mr. TaylorS list Of such member
as wished, embracing enough of The re
slficsionists to carry any measure, IL they
| would agree with us. In that committee
proposed, and, with its assent, reported ia
the House clause, by way of condition, tc
be annexed to the act admitting her, subsIan.
TALLY like that which was finally adopted. II
was defeated in The House by Mr.. Randolph
and Messrs. Edwards and Burton, Of North
Carolina, voting against it.
My next movement was 10 gel joint COM
mitlee of wenty-four appointed by the two
Houses. That on The part of the House was
! chosen by ballot, and list which made out
were appointed, with few exceptions
They repored The resolution, now 10 be found
on the statute book, which was finally pass
ed Cd March, 1921, and settled The question.
Never did party put so much at hazard
as the restrictionists did on so small ques.
ton as lha, was which arose on the second
occasion, growing out of the constitution Of
Missouri. Never have / seen the Upion in
such danger. MIR. King, of New York, was
understood 10 concur in all the measures Of
the restricto nisls. He was member OF the
Senate, spoke largely on the subject, and was
most triumphan,ly refuted in one of The ablest
speeches Of Mr. Plnkney, of Maryland, that
ever heard.
Besides The topics employed ia the first
instance, ou this second occasion, The main
effort Of our opponents was procrasination;
they urging that the matter should be put off
until the new Congress. We believed that
their real purpose was 10 consolidate their
party and to influence The Presidential cleo
lion then approaching never was in BET
tel health and spirits, and never worried ms
opponents more. coaxed, soo,hed, scorn-
ed, defied them by turns, as thought the
best effect was 10 be produced. Towards
those, Of whom there were many from the
free Slales, anxious for the settlement of The
controversy Iemployed all the persuasion aud
Cancellation in my power.
Al The conclusion of the business was
exhausted; and an perfectly satisfied that
could not have borne three weeks more of
such excitement and exerlion.
This account Of that memorable question
is written for your own satisfaction, and not
for publication. II is the first draught and
retain no copy.
Your letter has brought on you great i'll
fiction in this long epis,e. You must ascribe
tito the friendly feelings excited by yours. ]
rarely commit this sort of offence.
With great respect,
am yours, respectfully,
H. CLAY.
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lmperIa, Courtship.

The following amusing arcohn, Of the
courtship of the late Emperor Nicholas il
from recent Berlin paper:
About The year 1916, the Grand Duke
Nicholas came 10 Berlin 10 see if one of The
Prussian Princesses would suit him, and the
Princess Charlotte was gwen TO understand
by her parent that if he should take fancy
to her they would have no objection to her
returning The penchant. The time originally
fixed fot The expiration of the Grand Dukes
stay had come, and he wac seated at the
supper on his last evening next 10 The Prin.
cess Charlotte, when he abruptly told her he
must leave Berlin the next day. He hoped
10 surprise her in some demonstration of
feeling on the occasion, but her maideny
pride withheld her from making some very
say-no,hing remark in acknowledgment.
The Grand Duke ,hereupon soon assumed
another plan of operations knowing that
however little the eyes of the company might
be actually fixed on him and his fair neigh
bor, they were nevertheless, the object Of
sOhoioi ooootsatioH, ITO CoWtHcuC6u tdlHHg
her but in an apparently unembarassed
manner, and playing with ring of his the
while, that he had devoted himself, during
his short stay there, 10 making himself nc.
quained with her character and disposition,
&c., and that he had found in her every
quality that he believed best calculated 10
make him happy in welded life, &c.; but
as they two were al that moment the obiec:
OF scrutiny TO many present, he would not
press her for any reply 10 his overures, but
il il was Agreeable 10 her that he should pro.
long his stay at her falher's court she would,
perhaps, have The goodness to take up the
ring he had in his hand. This ring he then,
apparently while playing with the two OBJ
jects, thrust into The rol, of bread lying on
the table before him, and went on, seem.
ingly in all snng Jioid with his supper. With
an equal appearance of unconcern the Prin-
cess presently put Out her hand, and took up
the roll as it mislaking il for hers, unnolced
BY the company, Withdrew The ring, and put
!, on her own hand. The res, requires no
narration.
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Science OF Sound,

1t is curious fact in the history of sounds,
that the loudest noises perish almost on the
spot where they are produced, whereas mu-
sical tones will be heard at distance. Thus
il we approach within a mile or two OF the
town or village in which fair is held, we
we may hear very family The olamor of the
multitude, but most distinctly the organ and
other musical instruments which are played
for their amusement. If Cfemona violin,
Amati, be played By the side of a modern,
the latter will sound much the louder of the
Two, but the sweet tones of the Amati will
be heard al a distance the o,her cannot reach.
states iha, al Gibraltar the human voice was
heard al a distance OF len miles. II is we'll
known fact that the human voice is heard al
a greater distance than that of any other ami
NAL. Thus when the ootlager in the woods
or in The open plains, wishes 10 call her hus-
band, who is working a, distance, she does
not Shout, but pitches her voice 10 musical
key, which she knows from hDbit, and BY
that means reaches his ear. The loudest
roar Of the largest lion could not penetrate
so far.
"This property of music in The human
voice" says an author, "is slrikingIy shown
in the cathedral abroad. Hence The mass is
entirely performed ir musical sounds, and
becomes audible TO every devo,ee, however
placed in the remolest part of the church I;
whereas if the same service had been read,
the sound would not have travelled beyond
the. precincts Of the choir" Those orators
who are heard in large assemblies most dis.
tinctly, are those who, in modulating the
voice, render it musical Loud speakers are
seldom heard 10 advantage. Burke's voice
is said 10 have had sort of lofty cry, which
tended as much as the formali,y of his dis
courses in the House Of Commons, to send
the members TO dinner Chaiham's lowest
whisper was distinctly heard. His middle
tone was sweet, rich and beautifully varied.
Says writer, describing the orator, "when
he raised his voice 10 high pitch, The house
was completely filed with the volume of
sound and The effect was awful, except
when he wished 10 cheer and animate; and
then he had spirit stirring note, which was
perfectly irresistable. The terrible, how
ever, was his peculiar power. Then the
house sank before him ystill he was digni-
fed, and wonderful as was his eloquence, IL
was attended with this important effect, that
ii possessed every one with conviction that
there was somelhing in him finer than his
words that the man was infinitely greater
Than the orator. Portland Transcript.
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THE SHADOW IN THE VALLEY.

There's mossy shady valley
Where the waters wind and flow,
And the daisies sleep in wirter,
'Nealh a covefet Of snow;
And violets, blue-eyei violet,
Bloom in beauty in the spring,
And The .rnbeams kiss The wavelets,
Til! they seem 10 laugh aud slug.
Bnt in autumn when the sunlight
Crowns the cedar covered hill,
Shadows darken in lie valley,
Shadows ominous and still;
And the yellow leaves like banners,
Or AN elfiu host that's fed,
7'inged with gold and royal purple,
Fluttefed sadly overhead.
And those shadows, gloomy shadows,
Like dim phantoms on the ground,
Stretch their dreamy length forever,
. On daisy covered mound;
And loved her, yes, loved her,
But the Angels loved her too,
So she's sleeping in the valley,
Meath the shy go bright and blue.
Aud no siab OF pallid marble,
Rears i, white and shas,ly head,
Telling wanderers in the valley
OF the virtues Of the dead.
But lilly is her tombstone,
And dew-drop, pure ahd bright,
Is the epi'aph Of an angel
Wrote in the stiffness OF night
And I'm mouniul, very mou!nful,,
For my soul doth ever crave
For the fading oil Ihe shadows
From that little woodland grave,
For The memory Of the loved one,
From my soul will never parl,
And those shadows in the valley,
Dim the sunshine OF my heart.
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alORAL COURAGE.

| Sydney Smith, in his work on moral phil
osophy speaks in this wise of what men lose
for the want Of little moral courage, or in.
] dependence oil mind:
GA great deal OF talent is lost 10 the world
for the want ofa lille courage. Every day
sends to their graves number of obscure
men who have only remained in obscurity
because their timidily has prevented them
from making an effort; and who, il they
could only have been induced TO begin,
would in all probability have gone great
lengths in The career of fame. The fact lie,
that in order TO do anything in this world
worth doing, we must not stand hack shiver-
ing, and thinking Ethe cold and the danger,
but jump and scramble through as we'll as
we can. Il will not do 10 be perpetualIy cal
culating tasks, and adjusting nice chances, it
did very well before the food, when man
could consult his friends on an intended pub
licalion for hundred and fifty years, and
then live 10 see its success for six or seven
centuries afterwards; but at present, man
waits and doubts and hesiiates and consulis
his brother, and his uncle, and his first cous.
ms, and his particular friends, till one flee
day he finds that he is sixty years Of age
that he has lost Sc. much time by consulting
his first cousins and particular friends, that
he has no more time 10 follow their advice.
There is no such little time for over slueam-
ishness al present, the opportunity go easily
slrs away, that the very period Of his life al
winch man chooses TO venture, il ever SO
confined, that it is bad rule 10 preach up the
necessity in such instances Of little vic
lence done 10 the feelings, and efforts made
in defiance of stric, and sober calculation"
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ExTRAoRDIsARY TENAcrrv OF LHE-The
Newburyport (Mass. Herald Of the I'd inst,
states that Mr.. Solomon J. Felkner, of that
city, in cutting stick of white oak timber
found toad in the heart of the tree. Over
him had grown sixty-seven grains or rings
Of the oak, indicating that that had been his
home for sixty-seven years at least, whore
he he had existed without air, without wa.
ter, and without food. For a while he 70.
NAMED torpid, but after few minutes' OK.
posure to tho sun he hoppsd about quite
nsrrilys .sr.- s;.a,
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Stamped Postage Envelopes. es.-Siamped post.
age envelopes have been in use In The Uni.
led S.aies about three years. The demand
by the Government now reaches 81, 200, 900
or $4,000, 900 per annum. In England, &C.
cording 10 return recently presented to Par
Lament, there were issued, during the ten
years ending April, 1855, the large number
Of is6, $4,000 stamped postage envelopes
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The PULPIT ITS OWN WORST EHEMY.-The
people are fast finding out the important fact
that the American pulpit is fas, becoming a
far more formidable enemy to Christianity,
than all the infideI writer's that have ever at
tempted lis overthrow. One political ranler
in the pulpit, can do more harm than hun
dred faithful ministers can do good. The
people have The remedy in their own halds.
Let them withdraw their pecuniary spppor,
from all such unfaithful shepherds, stop pc.
cuniary supplies, and political treason in The
pulpit will cease. That is The only afgumen,
thai such men can feel and realize. Lei i,
be put in force every where
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CAN juror M ARRESTED --In the Su'
preme Court, New York, recently, Justice
Dawes presiding, a decision was siven as 10
the right 20 arrest juror A Juror in the
pannel of the Supreme Circuit Court, it ap-
pears, was arrested by the Sheriff in civil
case. He was taken on habeas corpus before
Judge Davies, who decided that juror can
not be arrested on a civil process during the
existence Of the PANEL on which he il
serving. 4I .8
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DECISION OF CHARACTER.--Withou it, no
man or woman is ever worth button, nor
ever can be. Without it man becomes at
once a good-natured nobody, the poverty
stricken possessor Of but one solitary prin-
ciple-that Of obligipg everybody under tho
sun, merely for the asking ID
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70 LITIc A L..

The NEGROES At Work Let Giddnigs, Bur
real coal-black negroes are at work for Fre-
mont and disunion throughout the West, as
the following will show:
Colored men on the sfump.-The Columbus
{Ohio) Statesman says thattwo colored men
named Jenkins and Langston, are stumping
the State for Fremont.
FucITlvE SLAVES IN OLD TiMes.-I'he fol-
lowing advertisement, from Dunlap's Amer
ican Daily Advertiser will show how fugi-
tive slaves were dealt with in Pennsylvania
in 1890:
"Taken up and committed TO the Jail OF
the city and county of Philadelphia, run
away negro, named Jacob, the property OF
Thomas Prideaux, of the State of Maryland.
His master or others concerned, are hereby
notified TO prove property to the said negro
in six weeks from this date, and take him
away, otherwise he will be dealt with as
the law directs"
CoLoREp REPUBLIcAss The Boston Bee,
Fremont paper, reports a meeting of the
colored citizens Of Boston, who passed the
following:
Resolved, That we, the colored citizens
of Boston, will support with our voices and
votes, John c. Fremont, of California, as
President Of the United States, and VIM l.
Dayton, of New Jersey, as Vice President.
A Fremont meeting held few nights ago
In Marlborough, Chester County, Pa, was
addressed bya NEGRO! Some Of the audi
once left-it was going it rather too strong
for them.
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THERE ARE Two THINGS which ought TO
teach us to think but meanly of human glory:
the very best have bad their calumniaiou,
the very wors, their pansgyrists.