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The Eternal Word.

No fragment of an army ever survived so
many battles as the Bible no citadel ever
wlthS0od so many SlegeS; no rock was ey-
sr battered by SO many hurricanes and so
swept by storms. Aud yet it stands. 1t
has seen the rise and downfall of Daniel $
tour empires. Assyria bequeaths few mu-
tllated figures to the riches of our National
Mu cum. Media and Persia, like Babylon
which they conquered, have been weighed
IN the balance and long ago found wanting
Greece family survives in her historic fame;
lis iiving Greece no more; and the
iron Rome of the Caesars is held 10 preca-
rlouS occupation by feeble hand And
yet the Book that foretells all this, still sur.
wives. " hIle nations, kings, philosophers,
systems institutions, have died away, the
Bible engages now mems deepest thoughts.
Is examined by the keenest iutelects, stands
Ievered before the highest tribunals, is more
read and slfted, and debated more deyout-
iy loved and more vehemeGtly assailed,
more defended and more denied, more in
dustnously translated and freely given to
the world, more honored and mere abused
than any other book the world ever saw.
/; survives all changes, Itself unchanged
1t moves all minds, get is moved by none
II Sea9 ali things decay, itself incarruptible;
Il 'ees lnyriads of cJher books engulfed in
the stream OF time yet it is borne along tri-
umphaIItIy on the wave; and viii be borne
asag, MI the mystic angel shall plant his
joo' upon 4 le SEA and swear, by Him that
iyeth forever and ever, that time shall be
10 longer. For all flesh is as grass. and
81 the q rfy et man as the flower of grass.
he grass wiihereth. and the flower thereof
tae;h away; but the Word OF the Lord
cnduToth forever
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

ONLY ONE BRICK UPoN ANOTHER. "A
boy watched a large building, as the work
men from day to day carried up bricks and
mortar.
''hIy son. said his father, you seem ta-
ken vi II the bricklayers. Do you think of
learning the trade p
NE sir; ! was thinking what a little
thing brick is, and what great houses are
bailt liy laying one brick upon another.
Very true, my son; never forget it. So
it is in all great works. All your learning is
one lesson added to another IF man
could walk all around the world, it would be
by putting ore foot before another Your
whole life will be made up Of one moment
upon another. Drops added to drops make
the ocean.
Learn from this not to despise lii;le
things Be not discouraged by great labors.
They become easy if divided into parts
You could not jump over a mountain, but
step by step takes you to the other side.
Do not fear, therefore, to attempt great
things Always remember that the large
building went up only one brick. upon an
other -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27
The Stage and the Pulpit.

Fancy the thrilling effect of the Scrip
lures If read as Kean, Murdoch, or Booth
reads Shakespeare or recites Macauley.
And why should we not have it so? Is it
right and proper that every book for public
reading should have justice done it except
the Bible !? And that while every other
subject IS allowed the advantage of natu-
raj and impressive delivery, religion, which
! Is the most important Of all, should be de-
MED by ali The monstrous fallacy with
which well nearing but obtusc people have
been beguiied, or have beguiled themselves,
is, that such reading and reciting would be
theatrical, and that theatrical exhibitions
are not becoming in the house of God. To
this hollow and ridiculous fallacy may be
traced most OF the execrable pulpit reading
and delivery that rob the Scriptures of hall
their power, and have often made the dull
ness OF a sermon proverbial. Set Murdoch
to read the song Of Miriam, or the fight be-
tween David and Goliah, or the story OF the
Prodlgal Son, or of Christ's denunciation
OF the Scribes and Pharisees or to recite
one OF Chalmer sermons, and you will see
the people who had begun to adjust them
selves IN the corners of their seats for their
accustomed snooze, sit up and listen 20 him
very close, with eager eyes and bated breath
And all this simply because Murdoch would
do justice, that is, read it naturally and as
il ought to be read. On what possible
grounu, either OF common sense or good
taste, can objection be taken to the natural
delivery of at least the sermon? If Garrick
could set even the grim soldier who was on
duty at the corner Of the street, blubbering
Ike child; aud if Mrs. Siddons could SO
overpower the tragedian Young. that he
could not refrain from sobbing aloud, though
he was himselfon the stage acting the william
OF the piece at the. time-and all this time
merely uttering the words of fictitious
character. what overwhelming effects in the
way of sinners and pressing home the mes
sage Of the gospel, might not be introduced
by men who are giving utterance. in their
own character, to the most sublime and
soui-stirring truths
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

The following purports to be y model
medical puff: Dear Doctor, | shall be one
hundred and seventy five years old next De-
tober. For over eighty -four years | have
been an invalid, unable to step except when
moved by lever. But a year ago, / heard
of the Granicular syrup. | bought bot
tie, smelt the cork, and found myself new
man. | can now run twelve miles and a
half in an hour, and throw thirteen sonler-
saults without stopping.
Remove every stone from the track in
the highway A single projection, which
might have been removed in one minute,
has battered and injured thousand wag--
ons, at damage equal to a hundred days
labor
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27
Tie finest Speech Eyer Made.

The Westminster Rerie,c pronounces Lin
coin 5 Gettysburg speech as the finest that
ever fell from human lips. In view of this
iaet and that 1t is even more pertinent than
1t ever was, We need make no apology for re-
publishing 1t. We give it below:
-Four score and seven years ago our fa-
theTs brought forth upon this continent a
new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedi-
Gated to the proposition that ali men are
created equal Now We are engaged in a
great evil war, testing whether that nation,
Of any nation so conceived or dedicated, can
long endure. We are met on great battle
held Of that war We are met to dedicate
alportlon Of it as the final resting place of
those who here gave their lives that the ma
ton might live. 1t is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this But in a
large sense We cannot consecrate, we cannot
hail0w this ground The brave men, living
and dead, who struggled here, have conse-
Grated it far above our power TO add or de-
tract The world will little note nor remem
Der long what we say here, but il can never
forget what they did here 1t is for US, the
living. rather to be dedicated to the unfin-
Shed work tha, they have thus far so nobly
carried on. 1t is rather, for US to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining before
us-that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to the cause for which
they here gave the last full measure of de-
TTotlon-that we here highly resolve that the
dead shall not have died in vain-that the
nation shall, under God, have a new birth
Of freedom, and that the Government. of
'3e people, by the people, and for the peo-
PIE, shall not perish from the earth.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

manly, promising youth The low charac-
ter or his countenance has given place to an
open, pleasing expression, with depth enough
to make 1t an Interesting study. His foster
father is dead, his good foster moth err is aged
and slckly, but she knows no want The once
l'soorI outeast is her only dependence, and no,
bly, he repays the trust
lie that sayeth soul from death hideth
a multitude of sins
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

There was very gay wedding party in
New York lately. The Rev. w. ?. Corbett,
a methodist minister was married to his sec
ond wife, (the first one is dead He is now
fifty years of age his young bride is only
twenty-five. The groom has six children,
and the oldest, a daughter, is older than her
mother-stepmothe Of course The cere-
mony was performed in the Seventeenth
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, by the
Rev. Bishop james. Over nine hundred in
sponded to-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

The report of agriculture for January con-
salns an elaborate compilation of the statis-
fIcs OF the wages of farm labor throughout
ihe country. 1t is based on the original re-
turns from every State in the Union, almost
every county being represented in portion
OF Q, them. 1t also includes the Territories
The average rate of wages tor white labor,
without board is made S2S per month !;
$3.50 per month with board. The average
rate OF freedmen's labor is SIG; with board
furnished, 1915. The highest rate for State
Is IN California, which is about S45. Mas
sachusetts pays the next highest-S3S. The
average rate for the Eastern States is $33 so;
N the Middle States, S3OO7; in the West
srn States, S2S 90; in the Southern States,
lor freedmen, $16. The increase in the
prlce of labor since 1860 is about SO per
cent; since 1885, upon Careys estimate,
~ per cent. The rate of wages, with board,
ol the States forming the belt from Penn
sylVanla to Iowa, varies but "a cents, ranging
from sls.72 to s1s. 9s.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27
MY PoLICY-I.
When Twas President,
Igoverned by myself;
All the bread and butter 1 got

Il " y
All the bread and butter I got
I putu pom the shelf.
But Sumner and Stevens
Made such a strife,
Ihad to turn CopperEead
In fear of my life.
Congress was so bad,
And "My Policy so narrow,
might have put my party
In wheelbarrow.
When I'm impeached,
My party II get fall; :,
Down will come My Policy,
Copperbeads, and all.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

IRWIN BROTHERS, Dealers in Square & Sawed
L Lumber Dry Goods, Groceries Flour, Grain
II, &c, Burnside Pa, Sept %, 1853.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

Beware of hating men for their opinions
or of adopting their doctrines because yo'
love and venerate their virtues
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

Many persons are in advance of their age
but an old maid generally manages to D
about ten years behind hers.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

Conversion without conviction Is no better
than conviction without conversion.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

fNALTER BARRETT, Attorney at Law, Clear
w field, Pa. May b. 1868.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

A philosopher who had married vulgar
but amiabe girl. used to call her brown su-
gar, because he said, she was sweet but I'M
refined
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

A new stove has been invented for the
comfort of travellers. 1t is to be put under
the feet, with mustard plaster on the head
which draws the heat through the whole
system
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

M ERRELL & BIGLER. Dealers in Haraware
ul and manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-iron
ware, Second Street, Clearfeld. Pa June IS.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27
N EW " In TER GOODS,
G.. KRATZER & SON.


G. KRATZER & SON,
Are just opening at the Old Stand above the
Academy,
large and splendid assortment of Fall Goods,
which they selling at greatly reduced prices.
Particular atten lion is invited to their stock Of
CARPETS,
Cottage, common Ingrains, and superior Eng.
lsh lngrains, and Brassels,D Floor and Table Oil
cloths, Window Shades and Wall Papers
Especial pains has been taken in the selection
of Ladies' Dress Goods, White Goods, Embroide-
ries and Millinery goods
They have also large stock of Ready-msd
clothing, and Boots and Shoes, which they will
sell at u small advance on city cost,
Flour, Bacon, Fish. Salt and Plaster, Apples,
Peaches and Prunes kept constantly on hand
Also. some pure Brandy, Whiskey and Wines
for medicinal uses
Also in store quantity of large and small
clover seed
We intend to make ii an object for Farmers
and Mechanics to buy from us because We Will
sell our goods as low they be bought in
the county; and will pay the very highest price
for all kinds of country produce. We will also
exchange goods for School, Road and County
ders; Shingles, Boards and every kind of manu-
featured Lumber. March a. 1866.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27
II, A G L E II o T E L
CURwENSvIII.E. PENN'A.

LEWIS w. TEN EYCK, PRopRIEroR.
having leased and reftted the above hotel, hs
is new ready to accommodate the travelling pub
lie His bar contains the choicest brands of liq-
uors He solicits share of public patronage.
July lIth, 1866. p
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

ENREDERICK LEITZINGER Manufacturer of
: Il kinds of Stone-ware, Clearfeld. Pa. Or
ders ssoiicited-wboiesaleo or retail Jan l. 1868
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

II f. NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
II. dealer in Watches. Jewelry. &c. Room in
Graham S row, Market street. Nov 10
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

DR J p. BuRCHFIElD D-Late Surgeon of the
SD Reg't Panp'a Vols. having returned
from the army offers his professional services to
toe citizens OF Clear6eId and vicinity Profes-
sionai calls promptly attended 20 Office on
South-Eass corner of Sd and Market Streets.
Oct 4 lS65-6mp
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

CNAIM'S PANACEA, Kennedy's Medical Dis
- covery, Hembold's Buchu, Bake's Cod Liver
OIL, Jayne's and Ayers Medicines, for sale by
Jan. 10 HARTSWICK IRWIN.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

WALLACE: BlGLER FIELDING; Attor-
w news at Law Clearfield, Pa, Legal business
of all kinds promptly and accurately attended to.
CIearfeld, Pa, May 10th, 1856
WILLIAM A. WALLACE WILLIAM D BiGLER
j. BLAKE WALTERS EIDING
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

DUFFALO OVER SHOES, so pairs.best quality,
ID just received and for sale at 81 pair at
December IL, 1866. MOSSoPS.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

II BUCHER SWooPE. Attorney at Law, Clear
IL. heid Pa ofEce in Graham's Row. four doc, s
west OF Graham Boynton's store. Nov. TO-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-27

~ ALBERT BROS. Dealers in Dry Goods,
VI. Groceries, Hard ware. Queens ware Flour Ba-
con, etc, Woodland. Clearfeld county, Pa. Also,
extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lumber,
shingles and square timber. Orders solicited
Woodland, Pa Aug. 18th, 1853
The Louisiana Democrat., 1867-04-24
% General shhd Practical Jokes at Masked Ball

measure. General Shoneld, on the contrary
had done this.
The attorney general further expressed it
as his opinion that Gen. Sheridan had ey-
ceeded his authority, but that this would
be duly rectifed, without prejudice to those
who have been excluded in the meantime.
He also stated that no election that
might be held would be valid unless q pro-
per registration had previously been made
OF all qualified voters. The omission of
any duly qualified, that is, would vitiate
He intimated, however, that his close and
constant preoccupations in the case of the
injunction taken out in behalf of the State
of Georgia, and other business, would pre-
vent him from giving formal decision on
the registration question for couple Of
weeks.
In reply to the remark that such delay
might tend to prevent a proper registra-
Ition, MIR. Stanbery stated that the necessary
steps would be taken to cover that point
also.
subsequent interview which the same
delegation had with the President, Mr..
johnson expressed the fullest accord with
the opinions Of the attorney general and
with the positions he had laid down.
| He reassured them that no necessary
executive interference would be found lack
ing for the purpose of maintaining all rights
secured under the reconstruction acts.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1867-04-24
The South.

no COPY from the Nashville Gazette
4 extract Of d lecture delivered in that
~ ~ by Father Ryan, author of the
ag assg,noilered Banner: A land without
& ms is q land without memories-a
,,snd without memories is a land with
ladl Dut liberty. A land that wears a lau-
~ u crown may be fair to see; but twine
y, few sad cypress leaves around the
sroW of any land, and be that land
Sayrer. p beautiless and bleak, it be-
oon,es D lovely in its consecrated coronet
OfsOrrow, and it wins the sympathy of
,se heart and of history. Crowns of
.ases 10 fade-crowns of tlorns endure
rslyaries and crucifxions take deepest
soot Of humanity-the triumphs of
mieht are transcient-they pass and
are a forgotten-the suferings of right
are are craven deepest on the chronicle of
pations:
yes. give me the land where the ruins are
spread,
and the living tread light on the hearts of
the dead;
Yes, give me land that is blessed by the
dust,
And bright with the deeds of the down.
trodden just.
Yes, give me the land where the battles
red blast
Has flashed on the future the form of the
past;
Yes, give me a land that has legends and
lays
That tell of the memories of long vanished
days;
Yes, give me land that hath story and
song,
To tell Of the strife Of the right with the
wrong;
Yes, give Inc land with grave in eacsa
spot,
And names in the graves that shall not be
forgot
Yes, give me the land of the wreck and the
tomb,
There's a grandeur in grayes-there's glory
in gloom
For out of the gloom future brightness is
born,
as after the night looms the sunrise Of
morn
And the graves of the dead with the grass
overgrown,
May yet form the footstool of liberty's
throne,
And each single wreck of the war-path Of
might,
Shall set be rock in the temple of right
The Louisiana Democrat., 1867-04-24
A correspondent of the Boston Bulletin
writes as follows Of a recent bal n,asque in
delightful Paris: sg

A correspondent of the Boston Bulletin
writes as follows of a recent bal n,asgue in
delightful Paris:
One very clever thing was sort Of strIc-
ture made to look like an ornamental mar
BILE pillar OF pedestal, which was made Of
very light material and built around u per-
son concealed inside. This pillar placed
itself in various appropriate positions,
where such adornment would be likely to
stand, and became speedily convenience
for some couple or other who had some
thing very confidential to say, and who,
supposing9 tito he whatit seemed, with
drew INTO its protecting shadow, where the
whole of their discourse, which the sup
posed to be exclusive, was witness, ! and
Eheard by the delighted occupant within
or, when two others had crowded behind it
for q stolen kiss and embrace, it suddenly
moves its position, leaving the apparently
secure couple exposed to the wild laughter
and jeers Of the market, and the thwacks
of harlequin's sword. fis
Another curious and ingenious costume
is that wornby four men, each representing
a handsomely upholstered drawing-room
chair. The feet from the fore legs, and,
when walking abont, the hind legs, made
Of some light wood, dangle behind a little
cross bar, across the latter forms q seat
upon which the performer sits, when wish
ing to form the chair and play off his joke,
which is done III this manner His legs,
from knees to feet, form the front legs Of
the chais, and his arms its arms, the whole.
Of course, being ingeniously covered and
made up to look Ike chair, when the
maskers assume the right position, which
is done by selecting soWe spots where chairs
might, perhaps, be placed, dropping into a
sitting position, the body being supported
! by cross bar on the wooden hind legs,
the hands placed well forward upon the
knees, making the arms of the chair, the
masker's lap its seat, and his breast its
| back. These four comfortable looking
seats invite fatigued dancers, and il a
pretty young demoiselle chances to throw
herself into one, she is surprised to find the
seat suddenly animated, its arms enfold-
| ing her, and a kiss saluting her, to the in
tense qualification of the masker and
amusement Of the crowd On the other
hand, if an individual Of the masculine
gender should chance to seat himself, the
structure either suddenly gives way be-
meath him, or he is elected out into the
crowd, with the force Of stone from q
catapult, and learns lesson on the folly of
trusting to appearances
The Louisiana Democrat., 1867-04-24

HARPER,s WEEKLY-The New York
World thus excoriates the conductors Of
this mischieyous and licentious publica-
tion--now, happily almost unknown to-
the South:
The last number Of HEpers Weekly is
a disgrace even to the publishing house
which has pandered most and grovelled
lowest to current prejudices. It contains
cartoon entitled "Southern Justice"
which is figure of diabolical aspect and
snaky hair, holding the scales, in one
bowl Of which is a single Southern gentle
man. outweighing three figures in the
opposite bowl, labelled yankee "Ng-
ger" and ~. s. Soldier" respectively.
Around this are grouped other pictures,
one . court room, where, over the dead
body of negro, the white prisoner and
the white judge and the white spectators
and reporters are grinning and leering at
one another; and the legend is Verdiet,
a good joke on nigger;;" another, the
hanging, on the same bough over the road
leading to a church, Of two bodies des-
cribed in the legend Verdict, hang the
d Y ankee and niger Eight smaller
pictures Eli Up the page" One represents
planters, driving negroes off their pianta-
tions, without wages, and shooting them =
and the rest are murders on horseback,
OF clubbings, or burnings, or drownings, on
some other hideous form Of atrocity, in
which tits always the negro who is the
victim and white man who is the rufian
These Infamous falsehoods- for false
hoods theyare, as clearly as if they were
SO many plainly written lies appear upor
the same week with the report Of tht
meeting Of the negroes Of Columbia ant
| the address Of Wade Hampton. The Har
pers, and Geo. VIM. Curtis, the edito
whom they hile to concoct these mischief
breeding. hate-engendering calumnies, de
serve the contempt of every truthlovin.
land patriotic citizen,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1867-04-24
Disasters IN Business and Finances,

4. y y
The last few daysreported several wrecks
in the financial world, beside very serious
damage in many instances where the wreck
is complete. Wall street has been the
scene Of some great disasters not publicly
announced, The first movement toward
coming to a settlement after our long years
of speculation and imitation, is disclosing
the great necessity of it Although we
have not yet come to any single great ex-
plosion in this city, beyond, perhaps, sin
gle individual instance, great losses have
been sustained by the shrinkage Of values,
and many more are inevitable. AS to what
other forms ofloss we are to Witness id the
general overhauling that has begun, and
which must go on, time only can disclose.
We find outside Of New York that, within
the last few days, very serious bank defal-
cations have been brought to light. We
ehumerate such as we see reported IN the
papers
First--Nation Bank at Meredith, New
York, failed. Cause speculations Of the
President.
second--National Bank Of Hudson,
closed. Cause -speculations Of the CASH
Ter,
Third-First National Bank of Newton
vile, Massachusetts, lost twice its capital.
Cause -speculatiohs Of the Cashier.
Fourth Mechanics National Bank,
Baltimore defalcation 100000, by Book
Eaor,or5 md pov;ny Tollnr