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them away carefully in separate places.
! "liaye You any gold, silver or conner
CONS r Fortunately, although travel.
ing artist, he had some of these needfu,
accompanlments OF traveller. lie was
required 10 show what he had, and make
q, a,special deposit, without retaining sin.
gle red.
Have you any other piece of metal
hint, glass or mineral of any kind about
you II so, you must leave that behind.o
Having gone through with oil "the fors
malities," the door opened upon its nois.
less wooden hinges, and the "saie yisitor,'
was permitted to enter the court-vard,
which was crossed upon n path of anti.
friction material to the wooden door ~
the magazine, which he entered and walk.
ed up and down with noisless tread ba.
tween the long rows of powder casks. pis
ieo TIER on tier, IN quantity sufficient to
destroy us many lives and as much prom.
erty as the late great explosion at Ha.
yana.
"Iou are very particular" said the Wis.
itor to the keeper, "to avoid all possible
chance of accident?"
I'VE simply obey the rules" he re.
piled.
How those rules do need amen ling and
adopting to the present age of the world,
though cur friend, just at that moment
as he drew his handkerchief from his pocl1.
ct and applied it to- his face, more to hide
any change Of countenance than for any
other purpose, at the same time declaring
himself fully satisfied with what he had
seen, and expressed a wish TO retire. ard,
wlthout wasting any time, made a decis
ded movement towards the door. "Here.''
tho, he, under the rules, they have di.
vested me OF every harmless copper, lest I
might carelessly drop one upon the floor
and ignite grain OF loose powder. They
have questioned me as they did and old
Dutch burgomaster hundred wears ago,
about my habit of smoking. so as to take
away my flint and steel. They have or.
dered me to diyest my pockets of all me-
tallic substances, lest by some possible
nlschance some of them should ignite
wonder why they did not inquire wheth.
er 'saltpeter will explode Fortunately
they allowed me to retain my cambria
handkerchief. and in feeling in my pocket
for that, ! have discovered the box of
friction matches that used to light nv
cigars. | think | will retire, resume nv
coppers and my keys, my and finger rings,
put on my boots, and give the customary
coins to the attendants, and go away quite
satisfied that | have conformed to ali the
rules, and have visited a powder magazine
with box of friction matches in mt
pocket 1t is all right; but thank Heay.
en- l am now on the outside of the outer
wall"
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BARON Won Humboldt.

This great philosopher, traveller and au-
thor, expired on the 9th of May, in Ber-
lin, Prussia, at the advanced age Of ninety
one years. He had out. t.lived three gener-
ations, his reputation as q man of science
was worldwide, and he had been a witness
of the most thrilling events that had ever
transpired in the history of the world
lie was born in 1863, seven years before
the American revolution, and had seen
our country emerge from the condition of
q few sparsely settled colonies to an indie
pendent empire, extending from the At
ian.ic to tho Pacific Ocean, numbering
thirty millions of Inhabitants, and second
to none in all that constitutes true great
ness. He saw the old French Revolution
rise in glory and 90 down in blood and
gloom he witnessed the rise Of Napoleon
the Great, and beheld his own land (Prus
sia) crushed beneath the despot's heel-a
mere serf to France; he again saw the
Corsican Conquerer chained prisoner in
ST. Helena, and his whole kindred BAN
ished from Gaul; and now, just as his
eyes were closing forever, the tramp of
armed men fell upon his ear, going forth
once more to battle under the banners OF
a Bonapaite and Cssar--the Gaul and
the German-and who can tell what the
end will be?
Alexander Won Humboldt received a
high education in the University Of Cot
tengen, where his taste for the sciences
was cultivated with assiduity. His fame
as a minerologist was early established,
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Antecedents of Leading Actors.

Mrs Siddons was formerlya o lady's waits
ing maid; Forrest, the American "howler"
was an errand boy in Philadelphia gros
Gerry store Murdock is the son of baker,
and used to serve his fathers customers
from large basket which he carried on
his head; Billy Burton was oncea "printer'e
devil' in London printing Office; Barney
Williams was, for many years, a regular
New York dock -wolloper;;" j. R. Scott,
when 'peeyish" boy served as cabin
"hunky" on an oyster vessel in the Phila-
delphia trade; Charlotte Cushman, before
she turned actress. madea living for her.
self, and mother and sister, by the needle,
(all honor and praise to herN Collins,
the Irish Comedian, served an apprentice.
ship under Dublin barber, and is ever
unto this day reckoned O good shaver"
Charles Matthews was gentleman born
but was so unfortunate as to lose his titles
j. B. Roberts is the ''son of a gunsmith,"
still living in Wilmington, Delaware; J,
L. McDonnough was formerly butcher,
and used to "lIlll for Keyser," whose
slaughter house was in Spring Garden,
Philadelphia; one of the California stars
is a native of Newfoundland, and is the
son of "macllerrel catcher; 1--WE would
not give his name for the world-he'd
be the death Of us J Ned Bingham was
first q gallant soldier, next clever ac7
tor, and now n vender of frst-rate cigars
and tobacco George Jordan the hand-
some and talented "fop" actor served az
apprenticeship to the printing tade, and
is said to be one of the most rapid typo
stickers ever "turned out" Of Baltimore
len paSsant we hear that George has be-
come disgusted with the stage, and in-
tends resuming his lease" at the stand y
Plaoide commenced his public career be
playing second.fddle on Mississippi fats
boat j. f. johnson was once pill-makef
in London, but finding mirth to be the
better kind Of medicine, he cast aside his
mortar and pestle, and turned his atten-
ton to comic singing, at which he is "stunr
ming Garrick's father kept tenpih alley
Laura Keene was once bar-maid in q sa.
loon, and could mix a "gin-sling' and
a "brandy smash with the best of them
of Mexican Buchanan's early life we know
nothing-like "TopseyP we 'guess ha
was mt born but growed :" Bourcicault L.
the sou of Worcestershire gardener.
which pursuit he followed several years
before going ON the stage this will ac-
count for his "cabbaging" propensities;)
John Brougham was raised in charitable
soup-house, in Dublin, hence he is called
a broth" Of a boy; Chanfrau is o
carpenter by trade; Charles Wheatly serv-
ed several years at the taylorng business.
A number of California actors rose fran
obscurity. One of the most "airy" of
them sold "swill-mil<" on the Fine Points,
New York, several years prior to his debut
on the stage. 1t will be seen from the
above that "pouerty and law birth, the
twin jailers Of the daring heat" are not
barriers to the attainment OF fame and
position in the dramatic profession.-Brs
change.
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over the land, unique in appearances and
IKE huge elephant with suspended
trunk, 1t moved slovenly along. Above
and about it large emulous clouds in do.
.ucneu mpsses were floating around, az.
parehtiy mlngling with its top. Casting
my eye TO the southwest beheld another
OIL lhese neteors approaching the former,
ana the balloon between them made me
ieel at least cautious Of a conclusion. and
besides that was sure the two combined
would be more likely to make a violent
thunderstorm than one alone. This nbe-
nomena was so interesting to behold that
could not persuade myself of the dan,
ger s,lillclent 10 make it prudent to dc,
scend until the large rain drops again
alarmed me by their luminous corusca-
tions as they glanced over the surface of
the balloon, although the sun was shining
on 1t at the time. All the time of obser-
yatlon OF the two clouds, | could discoy-
er no uprising current as is the case in
thnndergusts. These meteors, which
take to be of the water spout class, had
certainly very different actions, and evi-
IDENTITY depended upon very different
means for their sustenance. / have here
simply stated the facts as observed. end
must leave the deductions for more scien-
the minds, and for more extended obser-
yations. As above stated, the fiery rain,
drops caused me to make sudden de-
scent upon the farm of Mr.. David Bear.
IN East Earl, about l3 miles from Laneas4
ter, when Mr.. Jacob A. Bear very kindly
furnished me with supper, and took me TO
Concord, where intercepted the up train
OF cars, and reached Lancaster at dusk
was one hour and thirty minutes engag-
ed IN this most interesting atmospheric
voyage"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-07-06

A BALLOON IN \ SToRM--SINGULAR Pie
NoNENA.-Mr. Wise, .he great eronaut
made his two hundred and twenty-eighth
ascension, at Lancaster, Pa, on Tuesday
| last. and furnished to the editor of the
Express, the memoranda Of his atmos-
pheric observations, from which we con-
dense the following:
"When | got up several thousand feet
] observed four distinct rain storms at diff
| ferent distances around me, one of them
not far off. As assembled a little higher
and had moved slowly onward, my mind
was turned to atmospheric phenomena
A little to the north east of me there
hung huge cloud, spread out above, as
near as could judge, about two miles in
diameter, and terminated below by great
cm de soc of the vaporous mass | had no
idea that this, or the more distant storm
Clouds were giving out rain, but took it
to be an incipient storm, preparing for a
thunder gust, and thus | approached it
cautiously As this remark may create
surprise from the Impression that the
same altitude of cloud and balloon would
necessarily cause the same velocity of
bodies in motion, must say that that is
not the case. There are positive and neg
ative powers at work in the upper regions
that often make it otherwise. When |
got near it found it giving out copious
shower of rain, first indicated by the rust
ling noise it produced in falling upon the
earth below.
Ii was to me very singular formation
of rain--a storm-cloud giving out rain
without accompaniment of thunder and
lightning and its great uGder, suspended
from the mass Of vapor, hung down near
ly to the earth. In few moments more
the balloon had reached the outer large
drops of rain, and as they glanced over
the side of the oiled surface, they flashed
like shooting stars, and so luminous were
several of them that | could not divest
myself of the alarming impression that
there was fire pelting against the balloon,
and made precipitous descent, so much
so. that in few minutes found the air
ship crashing into the apple orchard OF
Tobias Kreider, and the grappel catching
hold of one of the trees, obliged me to
cut the rope and bound over the tree
tops, when / threw line to Mr., Henry
Lands who held on TO il manfully, until
we got more assistance.
upon resting here few minutes the
storm cloud had passed on several miles
ahead, and in a few minutes more, Mr..
Metlar and Mr.. John lands had secured
me the grapel and ! rose second time.
The balloon having now lost considera-
BILE quantity of gas, which being compen..
sated by an adequate disposal Of ballast,
put it in order for higher ascent than the
first, and up went accordingly. In q
short time overlook the storm cloud
again, but was now mounted to height
where / could reconnoitre il more thor
onghly, and found that it had long
downward protruding neck, and was
much the shape Of balloon with long
neck TO it. ID was a water spout trailing
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CLEARFIELD, PA WEDNESDAY, JULY G. 1859

thrusts forward, third on the ground.
and there stuck and turned round his
hayonet
With all this ferocity, he was extreme
ly superstitious. lie made his officers
pray loud and long before their compa.
MES and like Caesar, was fearfully pune.
tilions as to which foot he placed first on
his carriage step, or first put in motion
when commencing a march. In his do
mestic relations this barbarian displayed
the same eccentricity as marked every
other phase Of his life He quarreed with
his wife and son, to whom he preferred
his nephews, the Princes Gortschallof.
and he refused to see or recognize his son :
but when Catherine made the Young SUI
varof an officer Of her Guards, the father
said, "As the Empress chooses | shall
have son, be it so but, for myself, |
know nothing of the matter" lie had
also daughter, maid of honor at Court,
and who was chiefly remarkable for her
idiotism. After an absence twelve years.
the Marshal, having appointed meeting
with her, in the house of third party,
the girl looked at him and said, "Ah, ijt-
ther, how big you have grown since last
saw you 2" In French this would have
been play upon words, but in Russian it
was n laughable blunder.
This horrible brigand, who was said to
have the body of an ape, the eyes and
mouth Of wolf and hyena, was, with res
pect to none" the most disinterested and
generous of men. From time 20 time
Catherine offered him splendid presents,
all of which he rejected He gave away
handfuls of money in charity and it was
only when men asked him to grant him
their lives that he refused. One of the
most peculiar traits related Of him, is,
that he used frequently to shut himself
up for a month to study the dead Ian
guages, and that he spoke Hebrew better
than German or French. After victory
he was fond of sending an epigrammatic
bulletin to the capital, aad once plrgia-
rised Caesars famous despatch. ''Veni,
vidi vici, ,"-I came, | saw, conquered
appropriately emitting, however, the sec
ond word, for he despised tactique, and
merely rushed at his object like bull
dog
Again, contrasting the rival generals
with himself, he said, "Kamenskoi knows
wa:, but war knows nothing of him. | do
not know her, out she knows me. As to
Soltikof, he neither knows her, nor is
known by her" Upon the accession Of
Paul, that Emperor having changed the
dress of his soldiers from the Russian to
the French fashion. Suvarof, disgusted at
costume which he considered too efiemi-
nate, exclaimed, "Hair powder and curls
are not cannons, and tails are not bayo.
nets" This sarcasm, which, in the Rus
sian tongue, forms an apothegm in rhyme,
having spread through the army, was the
cause which induced the Emperor to re-
call Suvarof, and dismiss him from the
service.
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DLASTERING.- subscriber, having
Il located himself in the borough of Cleardeld
would infsrm Che public that he is prepared to
do work ip the above line, from plain 10 ornameu.
tal Of any description in a workmanlike manner
Also whitewashing and repairing done in neat
manner and on reasonable terms.
-... =" EDWIN COOPER.
Glearheld, april II, 1881. 1y.
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DENTAL CARD.

NJ. SMITH offers his professional services
n to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Clear
field and vicinity. All operations performed
with neatncss ana despatch. Being familiar
with all the late improvements, he is prepared to
make Artificial Teeth in the best manner.
Office in Shaw's new row.
Sept. l4th, 1858. lyI.
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,,s t,ppnpp. !. TEST
T ARRIMER & TEST, Attorneys at Law
| Clearield, Pa. will attend promptly to COL
tliohs, Laid Agencies, &C., DC, 10 Clearheld
Csntre and Elk counties. July 30.-y
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JOHN TROUTMAN

CTIIL continues the business of Chair Making
- and House, Sign and Ornamental Painting, al
the shop formerly occupied by Troutman Rowe
at the east end of Market street, short distance
vest Of Iitz's Foundry. June l3, 1850
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DR.. R. v. WILSON.

HAvING removed his Office to the new dwell
III ling on Second street, will promptly answer
D rofs sional calls as heretofore.
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selrtt y
MY WIFE.
WRITTEN Br AN INVALID.

WRITTEN BIT AN INVALID.
lheard her, oh how cautiously,
Open my bedroom door
lheard her step as noislessly,
To my couch across the noor,
I felt her hand upon my temples press,
Her lips just touching minej
And in my anguish and distress,
'Twsrc sinful to repino.
Our pilgrimage is nearly through
We've passed life's mountain brow;
thought loved her years ago
l know love her now.
lor face was lowering over mine,
Her warm tears on my cheek;
Her whispered prayer of thought divine,
Rose feryently but meek.
Her bosom rested on my arm,
l felt its tremulous throe
] knew the cause of its alarm,
And felt its source of woe.
And then the blood my system through,
Came pressing on my brow
| thought loved her years ago,
Ikrow l love fer now.
Thus watched that tried and patient one,
by night as well as day;
In sadness and almost alone,
Bereft of sleep--depriyed of rest
0ppressed-born down with care,
Till oh, her labors have been blest,
For God has heard hOr prayer.
Her cheek resumes its wontei glow,
And placid is her brow
l thought loved her years ago,
know love her now.
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L. JACKSON GRAMS, i,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office adjoining liz
o sidence on Second Street, Clean I'D, Ia.
June |. 1854.
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Business notices not exceeding Shines are in
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Advertisements not marked withthe number of
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THOMPSON, IARTSOCK n co.
Vrov Founders, Curwensyille. An extensive
assortAeat of Castings made to ordere
Dec. 20, 1851.
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II. P. THOMPSON,

Dhysician, may be found either at his Sc, once &c
at scofelds hotel, Curwensyille, when no
professionally absent Dec ~, 1891
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The trees Of Washington county, Va, are
alive yith locusts.
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FILLS IRWIN & SONS,

t the mouth of Lick Run, five miles from
n ClearHeld, MERCHANTS, and extensive
Manufacturers of Lumber,
July 20, 1852.
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DAGUERREAN, Melaineotypist, Ambroty-
IL pist, and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,-
Ker.ey, Elk County, Pa.
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70 all oantiag Farms, see advertisement II
1rtnion,or Lands.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-08-03
A Representative Man.

Jas. II. Hardy, the Lecompten candidate for
posed Of the counties of Amador and Calaveras,
is now engaged in stumpiDg his section of the
State. aud splitting out his Bilingsgate against
Senator Broderick. In speech recently deliv-
cred by him at Sonora the more sensible men
of his own party were so dsgusted with his
blackguardism that they left the meeting while
be was speaking, lest they might be supposed to
cOuntenance his vulgarities and he wound up
bis speech by calling upon all present to unite
in defeating "this damned sinking skunk par
ty, the Anti-Lecomtontes." A Tow years ago
Hardy was leading Know Nothing, and in
his speeches at that time he was in the habit Of
applying the same language to the foreigners,
that he now applies to bis opponents, merely
changing the names but be is now standard
bearer in the Lecompton ranks, and is fair
representative of the leaders of that party.
Low, vulgar abuse, scurrilous epithets are the
stock in trade of the Lecompton organt and
the only arguments they make use of to bolster
up rotten and sinking cause. In 1857 Hardy
TO who was being tried on charge of commit
ting rape upon Rosa Lee, daughter of Mrs.
Marx. In the course Of his speech for the de-
fense, Hardy took occasion to use abusive and
uncalled for language towards the Israelites as
a class, many of whom were in the room and
took down his remarks. The copies taken
down at the time read as follows
"Louis Marx, Je~, step-father to the injured
girl, was the chief witness. Mr. James H. Hardy,
was counsel for the defendant In his argument he
said: "There are other reasons why you should not
believe him" (Marx.) 'He is a Jew-he belongs to
class who cannot be believed on OATH 'They can
not and will not be believed on oath in Christian
communities He belongs to class who, by per.
jury, away the life of the Savior of the world
1T follows the and their children, and if they
swore away the life of one of the best men that ever
lived would you, gentlemen ofthe jury, believe them
on oath They would swear away the life and lib
erty Of any man."
The two Associate Justices, and FIVE of the
jurors, before whom the case was tried, have
certified that the above language is in sub
stance the same as that used by Hardy on the
trial. No one but a narrow-m minded bigot
would thus vilify class of people for the pur-
pose Of throwing discredit upon the statements
of individuals. A man of such bitter prejudices
is unfit for any position in the gift OF the peo-
pie and YET il is from men of this class that
the Lecomptonites have selected their caudi-
dates.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-08-03

STARTLING REPoRTs.--A correspondent calls
our attention to reports that are afioat respect
Ing certain county officials, that are candidates
before the people in this canvass on the Admin
istrasion ticket. We can only cay that il the
reports are true the guilty parties are unwor'
Thy the suifrages of the people. County Off
eials are sworn to carry out the mandates Of
eur Courts, not to screen criminals, especially
81 the expense of violating their oaths and dis
regarding the orders of the courts, either oui
Of personal friendship or for political purposes
We shall look into the facts connected with
tAis charge Of OFFICIAL CORRUPTION, and il true
shall urge that the aspiraDts for office are un'
worthy to be elevated to any position in the
gin Of She people. either legislative or execu'
live.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-08-03
NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8, 1859.

TrLFoRD on NATURALIzATIoN.-Mr. Frank Til
fsrd, at the Administration meeting on Monday
evening, entered into an elaborate argument
70 prove that the letter Of Gen. Cass, on the
rights Of naturaized citizens is the correct doc
trins, and he actually brought forward the
opinions Of Mr.. Webster and Mr.. Everett, to
sustain this old Federal doctrine of the Admin
istration. He gave us one piece of information
which we shall wait patiently to hear confirmed.
He said that the State Department were now
carrying on negotiations with the Governments
Of France and Prussia, for the purpose of in-
ducing those governments to surrender their
birih-right allegiance claims. and that there
was fair prospect that our government would
be successful. Where did Mr.. Tilford get this
information? Was it Que of the secrets Of the
State Department specially entrusted to him
TO be used in this campaign Or did be re-
eeive his information through some spiritual
telegraph