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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-04
TALES G. SKETCHES
THE PALACE OF CLAY.
A STORY FOR LITTLE FOLKS.

A great king orce made known his in.
tention TO visit certain distant corner OF
his dominions, and to this end it was or
dered that dwelling should be prepared
suitable for the reception of his majesty.
Now great sorrow seized the steward of
the king in that province; for the land
Was poor, and neither marble nor porphiry
could be found in all its borders so that
while lie earnestly desired to make right
royal provision for the honor of his sover
eign, whom be bad never seen, but whose
service was his greatest joy, no means
seemed ready to his hand
Nevertheless, he called the builders,
carpenters and masons, and laid before
them the kings command, requiring that
every one should bring together all the
materials which he could find suitable for
the work For [ should have said that
the province had in old time been devas.
tated by revolt, and the royal dwellings,,
which had once been great and splendid,
uow lay in RUNS.
So the builders came together, but every
man brought the same story of the poor
ness OF the land ]; and nothing was found
whereTith palace could he made, save
the common red clay of the province
Then the steward said to all his men, Be
hold our sovereign is a great and mighty
lord, and in all the world could no dwell
ing be found fit for his resting place and
In our bands is only this worthless clay {;
yet Of such as we have will we build
So the foundations were laid OF stones
brought from the ruins OF the former pal
aces, and the walls were erected from
bricks baked of the clay. Early and late
the master builder was present on the
spot. Every brick was fashioned and laid
In Its place, every arch was sprung and
perfected under bis eye, and by the guide
OF has hand. Still the workmen often
proved uhtalthful arches crumbled or
beams gave way, and the work advanced
but slowly. Often, too, struggling bands
OF rebels, who still kept up guerrilla war
fare IN the province, would attack the bull
ding; and the labor of weeks and months
perished in a single night.
Years went on, and the kings coming
was delayed, while still the palace of clay
stood incomplete. In some years it seem
ed as if no progress had been made; for
the repairing OF mistakes and mishsps de
manded more time than could be given
to the building, and the builders heart
grew heavy with dismay. Still he slack
ened not his efforts. but toiled on, while
taithfulness took the place of hope, and
willing heart gave cheer to the hands.
Now the arranging of the grounds called
for his attention, and here, as before, the
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GEO. w. ELDER.
Attorney at Law,

Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
don counties my26
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New Series---Vol. XVIII. Nos27.

toll, reduced by sickness, almost unmatched
in the annals Of war. He found the rebel
cause at the lowest ehb, and the rebel ar
my demoralized and dispirited He left
one in the food tide of success the morale
Of the other restored by the prestige of
great victories.
Gen. Mcclellan, in his Official report
got up for electioueeriog purpose, omitted
such Of his dispatches to the President
and Secretary of War as would tell against
him. The omitted history has been sup
piled to Congress, and will probably be
published.
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Russia gets $20,0O0O00 of gold year
from the Ural Mountains.
There are estimated to be about 7,000,-
900 of Jews in the world.
Brigham Young's new theatre will cost
$3.50, 900, and hold 1900 people
The New York ladies are now said TO
be the heaviest spectators in stocks.
The poet who compared the sea to IL
on, justified it on account Of the waving
main.
In one Rhode Island regiment are four
teen brothers, named Postly, Four ara
twins.
God hath given to mankind common
library-his works; and TO every man
book-himself
The President has graciously received
pair of stockings from Miss Addie Rock.
way, OF Newbuzyport. with the secesh fag
knit into the bottoms, so that he may
trample on it, and the Union flag on the
tops, 40 that he may nail his colo:s to the
mast
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Cards and the Bible-the Contrast

The purest and the yileSt sometimes
stand side BY side Wheat and tares grow
in the same field. The Bible aud the pack
of cards may lie upon the same shelf
The good man bearing the fruits of be,
nevolence and piety. is neighbor-sits side
by side, it may be, in the house of God
with him whose heart has become hard and
uufeeling under the very influences that
have hlest aud saved the former
This law Of contrast We find everywhere.
Let an incident illustrate
On the third day Of the fight at Gettys.
burg. two cannOniers, connected with bat
terry, stood side by side, The piece to which
they were attached, had once on that day
been taken by the enemy, but was valiant
ly retaken, and placed in position. The
struggle was severe, earnest and prolonged.
One detail of men, and then another, were
called to serve in quick succession in the
heated contest. The men to whom We re
fer stood, one on the right, the other on
the left of the cannon's mouth. They
came to their post with characters as unlike
as their previous enployments had been.
The one had been gambler-noted as
| such-the other devoted christian, a
Sabbath school superintendent when at
home. The one spent his short respite in
his favorite game of cards-thoughtless of
God, and of the suffering and dying all
around him; the christian, while conn it,
ting his soul to Christ for safe keeping,
was busted in doing what he could tor 9th
ers
The gambler, when summoned to his
post, places his cards in his cap, intending
to resume his sinful practice-the chris
tian comes to his post with the Bible in
his pocket Cards aud the Bite note
the contrast? When loading their pieces,
bal from the enemy's gun takes square
off the head of the gambler, his cards fly
ing in all directions. The same deadly
missile takes off the shoulder Of the good
man but in his first breath he exciaims,
GLory ANeLuu - With his remaining
hand be takes his Bible from hi. pocket,
and handing it to his sergeant, says: Give
that to my wife, and tell her that 1 die
h0ppyP In three minutes he expired
Thus you see in the heart of each the
ruling passion strong in death. And how
great the contrast! No words can describe
it. They stood side by side, but the NOR
dt distance between them was as great as
is the width OF that gulf which is impass
able. The one shouted, GLORY Alleluiap ?
and went up from the fame and thunder
of the battlefield to the peaceful heights of
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WEDNESDAY, MAY A, 1864.

| poorness OF his means filed his soul with
sadness For in the rude climate Of the
province no rare exOtics could be won TO
grow; and only the hardy mountain daisy
and blue-eyed gentjan and aster-stars cf
faith and eourage-wonld adorn the gar
den. But avenues Of evergrcens led away
toward the sun rising, the wap the king
was to approach, and grassy lawns sloped
gently toward the west; while brave and
tender vines grew up over the yet insight
ly mass of sun burnt clay, and spoke the
love and loyalty OF the servant, while they
sought to hide his poverty
At length signs were given of the com.
ing of the king; aud now again the old
mans heart sank within him, for his years
of toll had brought forth all their fruit,
yet was there no harvest fit for the accept
ance Of his master. 1t was too late now
to remodel the arches, to adorn the cell
ings, or to lay out new plans for the
grounds; yet with all his toll, the building
was narrow and low, and many gaps told
OF purposes unfulilled, or of violence from
without; while from no single point did it
present an aspect fit for royal habitation.
As the shades OF evening deepened over
the work, the steward retired to commune
with his own sad thor ghts. He saw not
the couriers who had hurried before to
prepare the way, nor heard the running to
and fro of messengers, and the joyful bus
tic Of preparation that announced the com.
ing of the king. But in the depth and
darkness OF the nj ght came a messenger,
who said, The king caleth for thee :.
Trembling and amazed. the servant was
led into the presence of his lord Over
whelmed with fear, shame and regret, un-
able to lift his eyes or to speak, though
| words of confession were trembling on his
! lips. he fell down at his sovereign's feet
/ Then a voice. sweeter and grander than
anvil ing he had ever dreamed, broke up
on his ear. saving. w eli done, thou good
and faithful servant"
And when at length ae lifted his eyes.
he heheld IN the dawring light % stately
palace, adorned with all the marks ~ ktng
" grandeur. Airy arches Of purest ala
ha<ter scared upward toward the blue
heavens Stately pillars OF porphiry sa,.
| tanned the dome. Odor OF sweetest and
| rarest flowers foated upon the morning
air. 1t seemed that the coarse aud rude
building OF clay, upon which his hands
had wrought through all these weary years
had been only scafolding, within which
invisible fingers had buildsd up the per,
feet structure that often he had dreamed
of, but had never hoped to see.
And through all the bewilderment of
his sweet surprise, sounded the words from
his monarchs lips:
Thou hast been faithful in rery little, I
will make thee ruler over many things
enter thou into the JOY of thy Lord ?
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Facts.

The first American organ builder was
Edward Broom6eld, jr., the son of rich
merchant in Boston. He evinced geni-
us for mechanics, and made for his own
amusement musical and optical instruments
of great power He graduated at Harvard
College, in 1742, and died at the age of
twenty three years.
The origin of the words God save the
King is to be traced to the watch word
and countersign given out in the Lord Ad-
miral's orders on the 10th of August, 1912:
'The watch wurde in the night shall be
thus, God save King Henyre; the other
shall answer, And long to reign over u.s.
On every business day in London, up.
wards of 100000 persons enter the city by
the various approaches, and leave it again
in the evening Tor their homes in the SUBJ
urbs or in the country. 1t was ascertained
by the oficeps of the city police that an
average of $4,000 proceed on foot, and
III 900 in vehicles.
The new two-cent piece is said to be the
first American coin issued with an applica-
tion to the Deity as an inscription-the
words God our trust being on it.
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THK MINSTREL,
A TALE OF THE SEA.

mariner by tempest erost
Lay struggling with the wave:
His one sole hope-ail else was lost
His boarded gold to
Slung from his neck-a weary weight
His precious charge he bore;
His faintIng strength, at with fate,
Gould bear no feather more.
But not against his life alone
Uprose the breakers wild:
woman, on the pillows thrown,
Held up her drowning child.
Save her" she cried, in mercy ssveP
AS through tie surf she rolled:
He heard; and cast beneath the wave
His prize of Indian gold.
Fearless he breasts the tropc storm
With limbs by love now strung,
While round his neck. all soft and warm,
Two infant arms flung.
He halls the land-the blessed landI
He drinks its spicy air;
He strains 10 reach its coral strand,
He greets ii with prayer.
Nainly the angry tempest rsved,
His feet have touched the goal
And, with his living burthen saved,
He stauds--a rescued soul!
The child has lived bloomed, loved and died,
Alone the old man hes;
Another of ster tide,
Steals DER his closing eyes.
CLOVIS for him no tropic light,
But. where lfe'= waters freeze,
The glory OF the Polar night
The calm of Arctic seas!
His hardearned gold beneath the deep.
Lies hd;-but where IL she.
HIS God-gift whom the star-vorlds keep,
His daughter of the sea?
Where cloud-wayes foam the rippled skies,
Touched by the golden day,
beauteous form in angel guse
Floats up the liquid WAY.
He follows. hushed in rapt delight,
OF dread and death heguiled,
She, swimming slow wici pinous bright,
He, elinging like a child.
The dross of earth is cast away,
She leads him by the hand,
Through heavens blue her white wings plsy,
He nears the happy land.
She parts the wave that beats him back;
He breasts life's surge no more;
His feet, upon an angels track,
Have touched the immortal shorel
Household Words.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-04

So GaIbraths Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up setting them
down at all points within the borough limits.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-04

heaven. The other died as the fool dieth
If in sense true to his country--none
the less traitor to his soul and to God
Say ye to the righteous it shall be well
with him but to the wicked it shall be i'll
with hun '-Cor. S. S Times.
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LUMBER! LUMBER!
VIM. B. Hoffman

" OULD respectfully inform the public
w that he has now on hand very large
stock of Lumber, embracing:
Boards, Plank. ScantlIng Shingles, Shing
ling Lath, PIastering Lath, Garden
Pale, Fence Rails Sash of
all Sizes Doors. Blinds
and Shutters and ready worked Flooring.
Mr.. H., being a practical carpenter, and
having selected his stock personally with
great care. Farmers, Builders, and others,
needing anything in bis line, are assured that
they will fnd it to their advantage to give
him call.
N. B. Mr.. II. is still agent for the sale Of
the celebrated wooden water pipe manufac-
tured by the Williamsport Company. Or
ders for any size will be promptly attended
TO.
Lewistown, June II, 1862.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-27
Another Communications!

GILEAn DRUa SroRR, January 81, 1894
Ed, JOURNAL Since il became known we were
exactly lSla miles from PerrYsburg tthe center OF
the worldl, there has not been much dii6calty in
finding MS, though there are a great many people
who know not the locality of Perrysbufg To those
With have touad out our location we would mention
the fact that our friends down East keep us con-
stanty supplied with almost "every ihing you
want"
Ii We were to go into special enumeration of
our stock, IL would require TWO columns OF the
JouRNALi aud, as our space is lnlited We eau only
mention 4 few leading articles.
splendid assortment OF Ladies' Travelling and
Fancy Work Baskets.
Family Dye Colors, to make old garments look
as well as new,
Our stock OF Perrumery. Soaps, Brushes, Combs
and Toilet Articles, is full.
In the Stationery and SohoOl-Book line, good
stock always ysOnhand-we think the best assortment
oHtside of perrysburg.
War Blanks Of all kinds-also Deeds.
China Toys in abundance, and lots of China and
Rubber Dot-lleads.
Fockrt- Knives, Gold Pens, Pocket Books,
Files, Flutes and Instructors.
NiOlin Strings, bridges and extra Rosin,
Raz0rs, Strops aud shaving CppS.
We keep all kinds oC Paints, Oils, NarAishes and
Dye Studs genuine oolors.
An the leading Patept Medicines.
Pure Liquors and Wines, which will be sold only
the order OF Physicians, unless compounded
With other medicines, and Cor medical use only
Our stock is purchased for cash, and We " IN re-
oevc cash, aud all kinds Of prodase, in exchange ;
but let il be strictly understood that il must be
yeaig lay, as ."poor trust is dead, and poor pay
killed him." Yours,
Az GARDNER & 90.
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b. r..

At Washington, the principal topic of
conversation is the late invasion. There
seems to be, on tho part of tho military au-
thorities desire to make it appear that a
large force menaoed tho Capital and that its
escape was something Bordering on the
miraculous, When the rebels get to the
point where the laugh comes in this bub-
BILE viii he puuotured, and then il will be
asoertaiued that their force was compare.
lively Insignificant, That Lee would dctaoh
i(ty thousand, or thirty thousand, or TWEEN
ty-Iive thousand TO steal horses, is sin,yly
absurd, and that the rebels sent iuto Mary
land had no other object seems now TO be
settled
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SNAIL FAKAks,-That "man wants but
little here below" is an adage we'll lllustra-
ted by the farmers OF tho Connecticut
river valley. Some of them, the Spring
field Republican says, are finding ont IN
their old age that they have too much land
and hence are reducing the paternal acres
They are slowly learning by experience,
taxation, anil scarcity Of farm laborors, The
great truth, that "a little iarm well TILED,
h better than a large estate half run over.
The men well calculated to prohtably man
aye large estates, are ~ scarce rs great
generals in the army. They are rarely
found, even among the most experienced
The farms of the country can never pay q
higher average than three per cent, t'lI
they have shrewder management or smal
ler divisions. The Republican thinks great
changes may be safely predicted among
the New England farms and farmers IN th'
next ten Yeas.
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The velvet moss grows on sterile rocks
tho misletoe ilourishes on the naked
branches tho ivy elings to the moulder'ng
ruins the pine and cedar remains fresh
aud fadoIesss amid the mutation OF the re-
ceding year-aud heaven be praised,
something green and beautiful to see, ana
greatful 10 the soul, will, in the darkest
hour of life, still entwine its tendrllls around
the crumbling affairs and broken arches o'
the desolate temple of the human heart
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BARGAIN u
Look Cut for the Spring Styles I

T AIDES OF PEYRYsBURG aud vicinity need
A1not go to Toledo to get their Bonncts and hilli-
merry Goods Miss Fowler's Establishment, on
Louisiana Avenue, Perrysburg, affords every thing
desirable in this line. Being constantly in receipt
of the very latest styles she invites the public to
call and sec her goods and specimens Of her work.
She gives particular attention to the making of
New Bonnets, and changing from old TO new styles
to cutting and fitting Dresses, and in short, is pre-
pared to do everything pertaining TO the conducting
of a first class Millinery Establishment
Miss ANN L. FOWLER.
pcrrvsburp March g. 1851 Aim
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The Governor of Maine is apprehensive
ota rebel raid from New Brunswick upon
CaCtine aud Elstport, two towns ON the
Eastern frontier Of the State He has ask
ed the President to send two gunboats to
those places, and it is understood that the
request has been granted. These aSo a
good many rebel refugees in New Bruins.
wick, and many Of tho inhabitants are de.
seendants Of the revolutionary torieS from
whom hatred OF oar government has been
handed down.
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TRuE RcuEs.--A rich gentleman once
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these estates belongs, 20 on the borders oi
the lakeY" "No replied tho man. They
belong to me, said the rich man. " And
the wood, and tho cattle, do you know
whose they are?" NO" They are
mino also" continued the rich man. " Yes,
all that yon can see is mine.' The peasant
stood still moment, and then pointed to
heaven, in q solemn tone asked, " Is thai
also thine II that be thine, though poor
thou art truly rich il that be not thine
however rich, thou art poor indeed"
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Wall Paper.

A VERY LARGE STOCK Of WALL aud
"A WINDOW PAPER, Just received at th,
Drug Store, which we viii sell at the very loves
figure.
PICK & HAMILTON,
Penysburg, April %, 1904. 81