Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-21

lurrlDlC thlng war Is, when even the
children show such signs of consan-
guinity, and brother is pttied against
brother ! can't bear to think of il,
Isaac, dear, go down and buy me an
cXtradition Of the paper. Ike depart
ed with half dime, and from the
fact that no change came back, Mrs.
Partinton supposed thcpricc wasrais,
ed
AN IRISH FEMALE TENANT.-'In
trouble youtor my months rent, mad
am," said landlord, last Monday, to
one of his tenants.
as it yer riEtyc aX for now?'
eyes, man, two rooms ut seventy
five cents per week, each
"Ah, now, cant yc wait alittIc time
Sure the likes Of ye must have plenty
ofmoney," replied the woman, looking
mt the thin bent form Of the landlord
with great contempt.
"But my dear woman, the money is
due, and"
Oh, murthor, is it dearing me yG
are! an honest married woman, and
blessed mother of siven boys, each big
enough to lick the life out of We. Out
of my house ye monster" and unable
to give to her indignation in words
she seized his coat collar and fairly
threw him into the street. The own
er intends to let an agent collect the
rent of that house in future.
ETERNITY has no gray hairs. Here
the flowers fade, the heart withers,
man grows old and dies the world lies
down in the sepulchre of ages but
time writes no wrinkles on eternity
Stupendous thought earth has its
beauties, but time shrouds them for
the grove its honors are but the sun-
shine ofan hour its palaces-they are
but guided sepulchrcs its pleasures ;
they are but as bursting bubbles
Not SO in the untricd bourne. In the
dwelling Of the Almighty can come no
footsteps Of decay. Its way will know
no darkening-eternal splendor for
the approach Of night.
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Nea-SOme years ago, Mr.. Kidwcll
was preaching to Il large audience in
a wild part Of Illinois, and announced
for his text; "In my fathers house
there are many mansions" lie had
scarcely read the words when an old
coon stood up and said 81 tell You
folks that's lie. | know his father
we'll; he lives fifteen miles from Lex
ington, in old Kcntuck, in an old log
cabin, ahd their amt but one room in
the house"
MAJOR JACK DowNNG;-Onco said
to Gen. Jackson ''Gin'ral, | have al
ways observed that those persons who
have great deal to say about being
ready to shed their last drop of blood,
are amazin purtic'Iar about the first
drop.
A pleasant, cheerful wife is as II
rainbow set in the sky when her hus-
bands mind is tossed with storms and
tempests ; but a dissatisfied and fret
full wife, in the hour of trouble, is
like one ofthosc fiends who are appoin-
ted to torture lost spirits.
A sad thing it is in human nature,
that a man may guide others in Il
good path, without walking in it him
self; that he may pilot others we'll o.
yer dangerous reefs, and yctwreck his
own vessel, on its first and only pas,
sage over the same rocks.
"Angcls in tho grave, will not qucs-
tion thee as to the amount of wealth
thou hast left behind thee, but of good
deeds thou hast done in the world, to
ontitIe thee to seat among the bless
cd. Koran.
Follow the laws Of Nature, and you
will never be poor Your wants will
be but few. Follow the laws of the
world, and you will never be rich.
You will want more than you can ac.
quire,
lfit be important to know whether
man will cheat you if he can, sound
him so as to his willingness to help
you cheat somebody else.
With time and patience the mulberry
lcafbecomes satin. What difficulty Is
there at which man should quail,
when q uorm can accomplish so much
from leaf
A man who covers himself with
costly apparel and neglccts his mind,
is like one who intimates the outside of
his house and sits within in the dark.
Ignorance and conceit are two of
the worst qualities to combat 1t is.
vastly easier to dispute with a states
man than blockhead.
An inventive yankee has produced
an apparatus which he says is q cure
forsnoring. He fastens upon the mouth
n gutta-percha tube leadinp To the