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anxious tone, certainly do =.
The gentleman slightly smiled a
smile of secret satisfaction at the re-
suit of his clever test of Harry's prin-
ciples. =.,.. -..f-.--.,.-[-. .,-...
We'll, my lad he said, eheerfully,
ego on with your work, finish it up
well, and then go home. And instead
Of your coming to see me, 1 will come
and see you, this evening at eight
o'clock. Let me write down your ad-
dress, if you please" And he took a
pocket-book and pencil from. his
pocket. .... -, .......... -
Harry told him the street and num-
Der; the old gentleman noted both,
put up the book, and pencil, and then
gave his card to Harry. "And now" "
he said, with a smile, "let us shake
hands, my young friend. People do
shake hands over bargain, don't
they? And ours is almost that"
A cordial smile frightened Harry
face, too; and they shook hands like
old friends, and parted. '','''.- - :
The boy would almost have thought
it all a dream,y when the, gentleman
was gone, but for the card that lay in
his hand, and which he now examined
for the first time. 1t bore the address
of one of the most eminent merchants
in the city. He finished his work, re-
ceived a dollar and a half, and with a
light and joyful heart, though with
weary limbs, went home. His moth
er, who had been somewhat troubled
at his long absence, welcomed him
gladly, while with a quick glance,
reading the good news in his face, she
inquired with sangurine hopes, con-
,cerning his success. Her joy was ne
| less than his as he told her. -
at is excellent, Harryy!" She said,
smiling. :EWeil, We we viii pay what
you have received to Mrs Gray: Theh
you shall have some supper; Si;' you need
it sadly, my poor, tired boy! and We
will talk over our new hopes o' ~.
| These hopes were sweet; they were were
destined not to be disappo ointed. Thai
evening. according to appointment
and exactly at at the set time, Harrry's
friend appeared. An hours conyer.
sation1l be. held with the lad and his
mother, during which time Harry
passed an extremely satisfactory 'ex:
animation of his qualifications for the
office Of merchants clerk. ',,''=',i''
/ The. day after he was at his desk il
1.-the counting-room of Mr.. R, en-
gagged at salary sufficient to support
himself and his mother, comfortably
the first quarter being paid in advance
The room at Mrs. Gray's was aban
doped, and 2 small small but pretty house lltl s.
| taken, situated in a pleasanter neigh
Dorhood-s lu,l5.s.f- nj .f...,..,,. ,,rfl ,,yol
i This was the, beginning of Harry
tgood fortune: The good impression Trp,e! 1l
which, he and his, employer had re
ceived of each other. at their frs
meeting, were strengthened and con 20
frmed as time went by, and the mer lr
chant learned to prize his clerk, ant
] the clerk his master A few year
| from the time of his engagement Their
Harry, became partner in the busi
i ness; and at the present day is one 9
the richest richest merchants 1 in in the ths city Of hi
auOPlllNOHH. .ruunL LII. ,111ft f.,..-.,.-l, ?.
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A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT-Shortly af-
ter her arrival in Ireland, where Mrs.
Hemans died, she was extremely un-
we'll. IL When among the mountain
scenery of the fine county of Wick
low, during a storm, She was struck
by one effect in the hills. It was pro-
duced bp rainbow. diving down in
to a gloomy mountain pass, which 1t
seemed really to flood with its colored
glorys "I could not help thinking,S
she remarked, that itsiwasohke fonr
religions piercing and carrying bright;
ness into the depth of sorrow and o.
the tomb" All the rest Of the scene
around that one illuminated spot was
wrapt in the profoundest darkness,
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rs DEAD.


"a VILLAGE.
Tolling solemnly, and slow,
Swings the little village bell,
While doth pause the passer by, es:l al
4 ot Saddened by the knellI
Sadden'd as he passeth by
Praying for the spirit He'd
While he murmureth, with sigh;i 9|E
ri re "Who is deadf''
Treading solemnly and slow, 81 - ta
Comes the village throng,
Who, with the Pastor at their head,
Bear the corpse aIongl
whilst the children cease their play z.
Drawing nearer, half in dread
Wondering, as it passeth onward,
"Who is dead?"
-iffg fE4ytl ZEttifI.-E1e T0f ifEi s1.-EJ
And the busy workmen cease
Gathering, now, the windows round
Whilst their appraised hammers all gave =:
bui,gs Fall without a soHndi llsrrz- q
"'Tis the coffin of child ..,.s.
God, rest light its little headi
God, preserve our little onesi,' ia I:a z5a
"who is deads'' e9sA >-.f 2,
Broken is the number, now,
.AH adlearned to think completeH G5
One familiar face is gone, IN c...sr fss,-..
Now, from church and street,
And the busy query runs,
Till, before the day is sped, .gtlt % D
E,en the smallest child could tell n-sl-.u-------
"Who is dead?',
u I'1JS9I AeiTY. I5sL'JtkIt-}
Tolling solemnly, and slow,
A. ,;k.,.o eoIornv, halI
But the passer hurrieth by, -
Heeding, hearing not the knell-
Heeding, hearing not the knell- .if.., ,t,
To some busy. purpose we'd -..,...e...i -.
Never finding time TO ask, h. s
siWho is ,desd?'' .5-r.
Now with hearse and nodding plume;
XiAnd long escort to the grave, 1ig
Death comes rattling down the street.
Life goes up the lbasyi paver f7 ~ ---iai=
Careless faces-tearless eyes zoe
Noione in the throng has said, la eeiss
AS the long procession passed. them, zT-5J
oL FuI sWho is dead?'' t.i ~
Labor hath no time to lose--o,rs sHaI =. s.,
Noisy wheels still whirl away ~ .i.-.s
Deaths a common thing, which goes
IL By the windows every day 5ass. 'rfsii ~
From the thronged and busy pavements,
No familiar face is fed Esda94 't.
Not one, even in a thousand,
-mal II Knows who's deadl i--j..< iaEir
John a. Wilzis-
t.e,uTitlI y siaoT Frfl=f=ffsriT = - aIsHstts;
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DEATH N cHtI1LDHooD.


How. true and exquisitely beautiful
is the following impressive passage,
whichlis taken from an article in the
Dublin University Magazine 1T 9
me, things appear. So beautiful as.
avery young child in its rshroud., The
little, innocent face looks so sublimely
simple:an confding amongstthe cold
terrors of death. Q Crimeless and fear,
less, that little1mortal has passed alone.
under the shadow and explored the
mysteryof dissolution Il There sdeath
in its sublimest, and .pufest images no
hatred, no hypocrisy, nolrsuspieioH,
no care ,for the morrow eger. darkenedd
thatslittle face death, has come loving
lyuponlit there lis nothing. cruel OF
harsh in its victory The yearniings
oflove, indeed eannotbe ,;stifed; foF
the iprattle, and smile, all 5the little
world oftheughts that were SO delight
full, are gone forever. I,AWe, 1toos will
overcastusf its presence, for we are
looking. ondeath ). but Me:ldon not fear
for the lonely Eoyagep; !; for the child lid
has gone, simple and tEus.in 81 into1the
presence of its all-wise Father; and Of
such, we know, is. the kingdom OF
| heaven. '9i,ifu' .ggiTemk d;ToE NJ
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!; ONcB.A WEEK says; Here is . row
ofordinary capital letters and figures7Ti
.siSS SIX Xxx XZZZZ 3333S888
They are such as are made up of two
parts Of equal shapes. Look earefal-
ly at these and you win perceive that
the upper halves of the characters
are vepy little smaller than the lower
halves-so little that an ordinary eye
will declare them to be of equal size.
Now turn the page upside down, and,
without any careful looking, you will
see that this difference in size is very
much exaggerated-that the real top
half of the letter is very much smaller
than the bottom half. 1t viii be seen
from this that there is a tendency in
the eye to enlarge the upper part Of
any object upon which it looks. We
might draw two circles of unequal
size, and SO place them that they
should appear equal. t.". '"t''" F" 30
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e 81. NJ. -
We extract the following from the
New L ofk Worlo' .igiiQGD
Among the reports in the Paris EX-
hiBition is a chapter on q new system
of shoeing horses! Its inventor, M.
Charlier, contends that the present
shoe. destroys the, horses. foot and
substitutes for it an iron band, let IN
to a rectangular groove scooped from
the outer circle of the hoof. This
band is fastened with seven rectangu-
lar nails, driven into oval holes. The
sole of the foot and the frog are thus
allowed to touch the ground, the
horse never slips and never, gets dis dis
eases Of the foot. The new shoe has
been tried by III. Laugnet a large job
master in Paris, and has reduced lame77
ness in his stables by. tYo-thinFsd5fsi,;TF
The omnibus company, moreover, ne sy9
have .shod 1900 horses, and. speak of
the improvement in high terms, Has
anybody ever clearly explaiRed Why b. a 2
horse can travel without shoes, all his bis
life on a stony desert as hard as iron,
and cannot travel on an English road !
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A CoRREspoNnENr gives the follow.

"A A-NORRESPQNDENGS gives luG 1Ot10Wc
ing description of a dog city on the
plains SIR ["Before. reachiug Cheyenne
we passed directly through the popu-
lous city of the Prairie Dogs, occupy.
ing an area, it is said of about twenty
five miles square. The subterranean
houses of these dogs, of which there
refhodsands,f areeihdicatedlaen the
surface by small lmonndsief sandabeut. |
the size of the hills, thrown up by theI
red anti II In the centre ofthese mounds
is9thel0penihg by which the dog ehlErsTI
his apartment. en.wefrst enteredh
upon this settlement, none of the ami
mails made their appearance, the
weather Being cool, but later in the
day aassIthh as the sun shone out, they came
out iibg BY = hundreds, seating themselves
after ftisi''isi a ccomica1 fashion upon their
launches hiah ss up upon n their . mounds, ana
showing g no fear whatever Of the Pass4
ing train, air except when a shot was fired
at them b by! ]! on, of the passengers,
when hl,sn those in the imme ediate vicinity
would make nn eia ssuimmersault and disV'
appear. 5e 4. tTt+hle they 2l'i are called Prairie
| dogs but this 'misnomer, as they.
have none of the peculiar characteris-
tics of dog. One naturalist says of
this ssppeetcIies Of dog ,aHe:;is Of the Aro-
dentia family; has the head, jaws and
teeth, nails and body of q squirrel:
! sits its up ON IN his haunches as the squirrel
does, sand and handles and nibbies his food
in the he same am manner. His bark is not
bark, but more like the chirrup of 2.
bird or 'cheep, cheep, Of q ground
squirrel. In shape, form and action,
he more nearly resembles the chip
monk Or ground squirrel, and is twice
OF, thrice its size. His color is a light,
dirty, reddish brown. All the feet
are fiye-toed, and are re provided with
j long, black nails, the thumb being
1 armed with strong comic nail, three
quarters of an inch in length" - -, S''
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sgr 4Hr EIenrT--HiEIAiRFEB5 IenrTr-iHIiEI Ill IS fI.o~

There are people e'who Lhabitualiy
make the best of things NOT from a
sense Of duty, not from a idislikeaof
sympathy, not from any lshfinking
from pain on their own account or for
others, but Simply from a natural and
uneonquefable 4ighthess9 sof1nheart}
These peoplgisdpply the oxygen of the
moral atmosphere, and shoalaH9be
maintained at the public expense to
keep it sweet and pure. Evenuif I'M
stead of being, as they generally arej
active and otherwise estiniable imemd
bers of society, they did nothing but
enjoy life, they would still be worth
cuItivatihg for the : sake of the light
and heat which they yhndle. heonly
difficulty is how to- regulate them!
They are so irresistably impellhd} ito
sing songs that in aworld where heavy
hearts are unfortunately common, tits
difficult always toteep the vinegar and
nitre apart. It is unreasonable Ito ex-
pect any great consideration for the
susceptibilisfes of melancholy people
from the eonstitutionally cheerful, be
cause the veryIIfaet of their beingoso
implies a certain degree of insensibil,
ity, which involves aiicoresponding
amount efblindness to otheripeopIe's
sensibilityo j "A genuinely cheerful per
son makes. the obest of your TROUBLES
because they do not appear to hin
very distressing, and it is,tfor you tt
decide whether snchia view will &C
on your mind as d tonic 6r anirritant.-
london Saturday ReVie,0.' .1naap a,
ii The Il, gentleman Who p AfiFSed, at ran ran
: DOM. did not hit it; and, in disgust
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The II gentleman Who 'sffsd at ran ran
dom" did not hit it; and, in disgust,
he lent his rifle to the youth who de-
! termined to calm at immortality.n
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-03-04

cer'aIny there is no express repeal by the
Act Of 1863 of the Act Of 1895. The repeal,
if there Is any, is by implication, and can only
be admitted so far as there is clear incon-
sisiency between the two acts. The Act OF
1895 is Inconsistent with that of 1863 as TO a
vacancy occasoned by death, resignation, alb.
sence, or sickness, but not at all Inconsistent
as to vacancy caused by removal 1t is as
suredly proper that the President should
have The same power 10 I'LL temporarily a
vacancy occasioned Nv removal as he has TO
supply place made vacanr by death or ex~
plration of a term. The necessity, therefore
Tor an Gd lnteTm appointment is just as
great, and indie. d may be greater in case OF
removal than in any other. Before 1t be held
therefore that the power gwen by act OF 1873
in cases Of removal is abrogated, by succeed
legislation, an express repeal ought to appear.
Ii may be, however, that in this as in other
cases of implied repeal doubts may rise. Ii
is confessediy one of the subtle and debates
able questions which arise in the c0nstruc
tion of statues. II upon such a question |
have fallen into erroneous CONSTRUCTING, | sub.
nit whether il should be characl erIzed as a
violation Of official duty and Of law.
The President concludes as fpllows:
"Athough have been advised by every
member OF my Cabinet that the entire Ten
nre of Office Act is unconstitutional and
therefore void and although | have express
ly coDcurred in that opinion in the veto mes
sage which had the honor 10 submit to
Congress when | returned the bill for recon.
sideration. have relraIned from making
removal Of any officer contrary to the pro-
vision of law, and have only exercised that
power in case Of Mr. Stanton, which in my
judgement did not come within It's provision.
| have acted only in an extreme and excep
tional case, carefully following the course
which have marked out for myself as d
general rule; faithfully to execute the laws,
though passed over my objections, on the
score Of cunstitntipnali'y. In the present in-
stance have appealed to that final arblter
fixed by the constitution for determining of
all such questions. To this course have
been lmpeiIed by the soleun Obligations
which rest upon me 10 sustain inviolate the
powers Of the high Office committed to my
bands, whatever be the consequences merely
personal TO myself. ! could not allow them
TO prevail against the public duty so clear TO
my own mind, and SO imperative. II what
was possible had been certain, If had been
fully advised when removed Mr.. Stanton,
that in thus defending the trust Committed
to my hands my own removal was sure to
follow, | could not have hesrated. Actuated
by public consideration Of the highest char
ac!er, | earnestly protest against the resulu-
tons of the Senate which charges me 10
what have done with violation Of the Con-
stItutlon and the laws Of the United States.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, D. c Feb, 22nd 1868.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-03-04
NECESSARY RULES OF SLEEP

Dr. Winslow wisely says there isno fact
more clearly established 10 the physiology
of man than this, that the brain expends
its energies and itself during the hours of
wakefuness, and that these are recuperated
durii sleep. If the recuperation does not
equal the expenditure, the brain withers-
this is insanity. Thus it is that, in early
English history, persons were condemned
to death BY being prevented from sleeping,
always died raving maniacs, thus it is also
that those who are starved to death become
insane-the brain is not nourished, and can
not sleep. The practical differences are ::
lst. Those who think most, who do most
brain work. require the most sleep -
I'd That time "saved" from necessary
sleep is infallibly destructive to mind, body,
and estate. Give yourelf, your children,
your servants-give all that are under you,
the fullest amount Of sleep they will take,
by compelling them to go to bed at some
regular hour, aud rise in the morning when
they awake, and within fortnight, Nature,
with almost the regularity of the rising
sun, will unloose the bonds of sleep the mo-
ment enough repose has been secured for
the wants Of the system. This is the only
safe and sufficient rule, and as to the ques-
ton how much sleep any one requires,
each must be rule for himself-great Ma
ture will never fail to write it out to the
observer under the regulations just given.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-03-04
ALABAMA TO BIZ ADMITTED

The Mongrel Constitution of Alabama
has been defeated, since the majority of
the registered electors did not vote on the
question of its adoption, which is required
by the Reconstruction acts. The people
of Alabsma took this method OF defeating
those most ini1utous measures of an in
famous Congress, relying upon the laws,
bad as they are, to protect them. But
the Radicals void of all principle, indeed
even oft6e show of it, now propose to sd-
NIT Alabama under Constitution which
has been defeated. John Sherman one of
the Senators from Ohio, the brother of
General Sherman, a man of respecta-
bic character, is the mover 10 this proceed
ing which, for shameless villiany, is un-
equalled in the history of this county,
" The party of high moral ideas does
this act In the name of common decen.
cy, we ask whether the most depraved
mind could conceive more brutal, and
scoundrelly thought.
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NO. 80.

sure am | that the American people will
respect this objection, that if | were the
Presidents counsellor, would advise him,
if you prefer articles of impeachment, to
demur both to your Jurisdiction and to that
OF the Senate, and to issue proclamation
that while he held himself impeachable
for misdemeanors in Office before the con-
stitutional tribunals, he never would sub.
ject the office he holds in trust for the peo-
pie to the irregular, unconstitutional, frag-
mentary bodies who propose to strip him
of it. Such proclamation, with the army
and navy on hand to sustain 1t, would meet
a popular response that would make an
end of impeachment and the impeachers.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-03-04

The New York Tribune is now clam
oring for the immediate admission of Ala
bama. This has aroused Thurlow Weed,
who, in the Commercial advertiser, thus
shows up Horace Greeley and his former
course on this subject:
In 1860 the New York Tribune invited
Alabama and other slave States that were
dissatisfied with the Union TO 60 out
They acted upon its advice, and attempted
to get out. 1t cost US more than half a
million lives and three billions of dollars
to put down r, belIion which the Tribune
encouraged. And when this was finally
accomplished, without paying, as Mr..
Greeley proposed four hundred millions of
dollars TO shareholders, the Tribune object
ed to let Alabsms. Arkansas. and Tennes-
see send loyal representatives to Congress.
States must get back. if at all. though a uni
versal negro suffrage gate. Tennessee
and Arkaasas had loyal Republican repre-
srntstivcs asking Congress to "oPEN THE
DooR!" for eight consecutive months, but
they were kept in the cold. Now after
three years of conflict aud chaos; after
hundreds of thousands Of dollars have been
expended in Alabama under the reconstruc-
ton laws which prove defective,th Tribune,
in its On Ito Richmond" insolence, de-
smands the instant admission of Alabama
IF there be ten loyal men in the State who
desire to return to the Union" Here then,
is the end of reconstruction upon the Rad.
ical plan
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-03-04
Form of Impeachment

As it is now conceded that the President
is to be put on trial for high crimes and
misdemeanors, it will be interesting to our
readers to know something of the proceed
ings in trial of Impeachment.
1t will be the duty of the House, as soon
as the resolution of impeachment is found,
to appoint board Of managers, probably
five in number, whose duty it will be to
proceed to the Senate, and in the name of
the Hosue of Representatives, impea ch
the President at the bar of that body, an d
ask them to appoint time for the hearing
of the case, and inform the Seuate that
they will in due time present articles of
impeachment. 1t will then be the duty Of
Senate to organize as a High Court of
Impeachment, and, upon the reception Of
the articles from the House, issue the war.
rant, taking jurisdiction of the case, and
requiring the President to appear and an
swer. 1t is not necessary that he should
respond in person, and he will probably an
swer by bis attorneys. 1t is yet too early
to say who they will be. Chief Justice
Chase will preside, and Senate will sit as
jury. They will establiah rules regard
ing argument and evidence, and must de-
eide all points of law without debate. The
rules for proceedings in Impeachment trials
are well established. In 1881 in the case
of Judge Peck, of Missouri, the Senate
made an elaborate investigation into all the
precedents and established full code of
rules for the government of auch cases.
These rules have since been applied in one
or more cases, and it will not be necessary
to spend any time in preliminary matters,
further than to organize promptly as a
court.
While the Senate is sitting as a Court
of Impeachment, the lleuse of Represen-
tatives is constructively present, and can
do no legislative business. The House
sets as a prosecutor in the case. AN ong
the names mentioned as likely to be among
those who will compose the Board of Man
ayers on the part of the House are Judge
Bingham, Hon. JOS F. Wilson Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee, and Gov.
Boutwell, of Massachusetts.
A Washington correspondent, in speak
ing of the trial says -" As to the length
of the trial it is the belief it will be very
brief. II is conceded on all hauds that
but one article of impeachment is necessary.
viz: that touching the violation of the
Tenure of office Act and the Constitution
iu the absolute removal of an officer during
the session of the Senate. 1t is thonght
that it should not last over two weeks at the
outside. The President, however. will seek
t much greater delay. He will demand
time for preparation, and his friends assert
that be can delay the trial until the end Of
his term. Chiet Justice Chase is pretty
Thoroughly occupied in the Supreme
Court and in he is expected to preside at
the trial of Jefferson Davis on the 22d
prox. These engagements may possibly
dalav the commencement of the trial, but
it is almost certain that it will be SO urgent
ly pushed that it will take precedence Of
all other business.