Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-06-09
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY JUNE 9, 1858.


you have them both, and had the first
long, long before you had the last"
But Susy, you said only Yesterday"
"Never mind what ! said Yesterday" -"
interrupted Susy, with some of her old
spirit breaking out "Just mind what |
say to-day. If was a fool once, is that
any reason ! must be- one always. But,
indeed, Charles" she added more softly,
y nave alway meant to be your wite--the
only Scruple | have is that am not halt
good enoug for you"
1t l. needless to say how this discussion
ended. The reader has already divined
that Charles continued his journey, and
thuS, IN the course of one eventful dav. he
siaked life, saved life, made an i'm
promptu marriage, and set out on a most
unexpected wedding trip.
ASIODEUS on THE "LOST ARTS
For The Pr IS.
iherc are many things in heaven and
earth which we do notdream ofin orr NH
losophy.' If, for instance, we should say
to any one, that the active and useful
powered steam was known to the anccnts
he would doubtless shrng his shoulders
and cry, Bah This is an invention OF
the modorns. The ancients knew moth.
ing OF tins great moving force which has
shortened space, brought distant coun
tlcs comparatively within each others
embrace, supplanted manual labor, and
giving such mighty impulse to the pro.
duct;vc energies Of the human race. Yet,
let Is halt awhile amid our self-adulation.
Let us take turn among the ancient re.
mains Of Palestine, Of Greece of Babylon,
and Egypt, and while gazing on the ruins
Of those mighty and stupenduous struc.
lures which remain rs evidences of an an
ccnt civilization, ask ourselves the peril
nent question. by what motive power
were these immense blocks of granite rails
ed to their position? How werethev cut? ?
How movcd?" That the ancients did en-
ploy other than mere hand force, or sim
pie mechanical contrivcnces for this pur-
pose, will appear evident from the follow
ing allegory, to be found in the RaLbinical
writings Of the Jews. When King Solo.
mon was about to build the temple, he
was anxious to procure a certain worm
which possesses the extraordinary power
of dividing the largest and heaviest stones
But no one knew where he could obtain
this precious insect. Finally, King Solo,
mon discovered that Asmodeus, the de.
mon, or as he is termed in Hebrew, Esk.
modal, was in possession of the secret
But how was he to eXtOrt it from such q
source? Here was puzzle. However
Solomon soon resolved upon stratagem
1t was this EShmodm was in the hahit OF
repairing to certain we'll in the desert
where he used to allay his thirst, which
was indeed excessive. Now, the wise king
had large pit dug close by the well OF
water which resembled the latter that no
one could tell the difference. This he
filled ,cih spirits, and SeaieR up the other
When Asmodeus came as usual to allay his
thirst, he drunk the spirits instead of the
water, which so intoxicated him, that Sol
onion at once bound him in iron chains,
and thereby got the secret of the Corp,
with which he cut the blocks used for the
Temple. Now, if this allegory be rightly
interpreted, it will prove to demonstra-
ton that King Solomon rctortcd to the
pa,0cr Of Stedm as direct agent in eifectng
the cutting and moving of the immense
granite piles which formed both theground-
work and the superstructure of the Tenn
pie. The word "Eshmo{i" is a Hebrew
term, composed of three distinct words,
viz, Esh No. dai--frc, ,oaicr, sufficient,
in their connected form, therefore, signify
q SoGfciccy Of fire and 0atsr, which are pre-
cisely the elements necessary TO produce
steamer the ,cOrm which insinuates it.
self with wonderful rapidity into the ma.
chnery used by man for various purpo
scs.
But, besides this definition of the name
let US look to the whole description given
of the manner in which the secret for cut
ting the stones was obtained, and we shall
have the whole 'modus operandi" for gen
Grating steam illustrated There was a
well, says the fable, in the desert, which
Solomon sealed up, but he had q larger
pit dug close by, which he filled with spir.
its. Now, steam is generated by raising
water to a certain stemperature, but the
boiler must be sealed or closed up; there
must be 40 openings in the weH or boRe
for the ratified vapor to escape; but this
stream, or, rs the fable has it, spirits, must
be conveyed from the boiler or generator
through proper channels, to the machin
cry on which it is intended to act, which
is expressed in the fable in its highly allie
gorical style. That steam may be called
a sp,rt none will deny; and that it is held
in bondage in iron chains, subservient tc
the will of man, is a fact which daily eX'
perience fully attests. This was the worn
which Solomon employed to cut the stu
penduous blocks out of the quarries. Thi,
the demon which gave him the secret
1t was the secret which science knows how
to extract from the hidden resources o
of ncture, but which has very often expos
ed its possessor TO the charge of havin;
dealings with the devil. $. JACOBS,
Rabbi, Crown Street Synagogue.
No TINE TO READ.-The idea about tn,
want of time is a phantom. Franklin
found time in tho midst of all his labors t,
dive into the hidden recesses of fphiloso
ply, and to explore the untrodden path
of science. The great Frederick, with al
op,,,ira ot his direction n, tbo r,;ls, -