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The TRrs FsrEn,sos-He is aboy

The True FREEMAsoS.-He is above a
mean thing He invades no secrets in the
keeping of another. He betrays no secret
coniided to his-keeping. He takes selfish
advantage OF no man mistakes He uses
no iynotle weapons IN controversy he
never stabs in the dark: He is not one
thing TO mans face and another behind
his back. If by accident he comes into
possession of his neighbor's counsels, he
passes upon them an at OF instant obiir-
ion. He bears sealed packages without
tampering with the WAX. Papers not
meant for his eye, whether they hutter
in al his window, or lie open before him
in un.uarded exposure, are sacred lie
Processes 10 privacy of Others, however
the sentry sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks
and keys, hedges and p;ckets, bonds and
securities, notices to trespassers, are none
of them for him. He may be trusted,
himself out of sight-near the thinnest
partition-anywhere He buys no office,
he sells none, he intrigues for none. He
would rather fail of his rights than win
them through dishonor. He Will eat hon
est bread He tramples on 10 sensitive
feeling. He insults no man. Ii he have
rebuke for another, he is straightforward,
open, and manly. He cannot descend to
scurrility. Billingsgate slang don't he in
his track. From all profane and wanton
words his Eps are chastened- OF woman,
and to her, he speaks with decency and
respect. In short, whatever he judges hon
orable, he practices towards every man.
, 1878-03-02

Honor OLD AGE.-Bow low the head,
boy; do reverence to the old man as he
passes slowly along. Once like you the
vicissitudes of life have silvered the hair
and changed the round face to the worn
visage before you. Once that heart beat
with aspirations eo-equal to any you have
felt; aspirations were crushed by disap-
pointment, as yours are destined to be-
Once that form stalked proudly through
the gay scenes Of pleasure, the beau-ideal
of grace; now the hand OF Time that
withers the flowers of yesterday, has warp
ed the figure and destroyed that noble
carriage. Once, at your age, he had the
thousand thoughts that pass through your
brain-now wishing to accomplish some
thing worthy in fame; anon imagining
life a dream tha: the sooner woke from
the better. But he has lived the dream
nearly through. The time to wake Is very
near at hand; yet his eye ever klndles at
old deeds of daring and his hand takes a
firm grip of his staff. Bow low the head,
boy, as you would in your old age be rev.
erenced.
, 1878-03-02

THI DARpAsELLEs, towards which SO
much attention is nov directed, fairly
teens with historic and poetic memories.
It's navigation was first attempted by the
Argonauts, under Jason IN search for the
Golden Fleece At AbydOs Nerxcs built
his famous bridge Of boats for the invasion
Of Greece, and it WAS here, THAI the loves
of Hero and Leauder became world re-
nowded. Leander, who lived at Abydos,
on the Asiatie shore, was IN love with
Hero, the beautiful priestess Of Nenis, at
Sestos, and regularly swan the strait to
meet his mistress. One dark and stormy
night he failed to appear, and when the
luckless Hero visited the shore next morn
ing the waves had washed the dead body
of her lover upon the sands Overcome
by her loss, she plunged into the sea, and
the spot became ever after sacred to their
memory. On the Sd Of March, 1910, Lord
Byron swan the Dardanelies at the same
point in seventy minutes. He was ac-
companied with Lieut.. Akenhead. The
swim from Abydos to Sestos is still re-
peated yearly by Byron inspired tourists,
and will probably continue to be as long
as the glamor OF poetry and tradition
hangs round the spot.
, 1878-03-02
POETICAL SELECTIONS.
!ANe:war,l

When transient friends. W ho love for dav, :
Are scattered ike the leaves at Autumn time,
When frcm thy listening ear, far, far away,
Their praise has toated, as the evening chime;
When lips that smile on thee for one sweet hour
Have breathed blighting word upon thy
name,
And brows, once light as Vestas flower,
Are dark with hanghty frowns or passion
fame; = aa-F
Then come To me, as in the I" Aud Lang Syne, y
Before thou deemed me fckle. proud OF cold.
And know that in this loyal heart OF mine
There blossoms for thee friendship ne'er
grown old.
When hands that clasp thine own in seeming
truth,
Or hnger, in caress, upon thy head;
Have rudely broken idols of thy youth
And flung them down amid thy treasured
! dead:
When earth holds nauSht for thee but weary
And thou hast grown to doubt the name OF
friend,
Hast learned that living is not all OF life,
Nor welcome death its tranquil, lonsed for
end;
When thou hast stopped: to gather Summer
And wept to find them only withered leaves,
And tlro' the harvest of the Autumn hours
Hast sought in vain for goodly ripened
sheaves;
Then COM to me, and viii give to thee
That old time friendship and unioubting
trust,
Which tingcd, with rose, the clouds of life for
And he'd my faith from crumbling into dust.
, 1878-03-02

A STORY OF VIcToR EMYANUEL-HIs
Majesty, one day, hunting in the neigh
borhood of Rome, shot AT a hare ut the
very moment when a stout citizen, out en-
joying the pleasures Of the chase, dis
charged his piece at the same object. The
king claimed that he had killed the hare ;
the citizen, ignorant of the person of ms
rival, declared in very impO,ite terms that
he himself was the successful marksman-
The result WAS a regular trial OF strength
for the possession Of the game-a tussie
which resulted in favor Of the king, who
walked off with his prize, while the citizen
poured upon him perfect flood Of such
abuse is only an Italian of certain sort
has at command. At the city gate. the
king ordered the comnandant of the guard
to follow the angry citizen and report his
name and residence. After few hours
the officer vas able to say that the un-
known hunter Vas an honest cabinet
maker Of the Porta del Popodo, when the
king sent one OF his carriages to fetch him
to the palace. Naturally the man was
terribly anxious as well as full of wonder
why he should be wanted At the palace,
and be was not much relieved when he
recognized il the king the man whom he
had abused master Salvina, said His
Majesty, and at the sound of his own
name from loyal lips, the man trembled
in every nerve Master Salvina, have
sent for you because l have found shot
different from mine IN the hare We both
hit the beast. Come, We viii ca: the hare
together, and thereupon the door of the
dining room was opened, where, between
tso plates with appurtenances, smoked
the hare properly roasted.
, 1878-03-02
A Wonderful Clock,

The Reading, (Pa.) EoJ'c gives the fol-
lowing description OF clock, constructed
by Stephen D. Engle, of Hazleion, that
state, now on exhibition il Reading The
clock is the property of Mr. Reed, who
paid the maker 5000 for it. Eiisle never
say the Strasburg clock. in fact, he has
hot Travelled more than two hundred miles
from home at any time. This clock stands
eleven feet high. At the base 1t Is about
four feet vide and at tie top about two
II is about three feet deep at the base,
gradually less toward the top. The color
IS dark brown and gold. The Strashulg
clock is thirty feet high, Yet the mechan-
isrn is not so intricate, nor has 1t as many
tigures as the Hazleton clock. The Stras-
bar. clock figures are about three feet
high, and the American clock about nine
inches. Three minutes before the hour
pipe organ inside the clock plays an all
them. 1t has five tunes Bells are then
rung, and when the hour Is st:tic. double
doors III an alcove open and the figure OF
Jesus appears. Double doors 70 the right
thea open and the apostles appear slowly,
one by one, in procession. As they ap-
pear and pass Jesus they turn toward HIM,
Jesus bows, the apostles turn again and
proceed through the double doors in an
alcove on the right. As Peter approaches
Satan looks out of window above and
tempts him. Five times the devil appears,
and when Peter passes denying Christ,
the cock flaps its wings and crows. When
Judas appears Satan comes down from
his window and follows Judas out in the
procession, and then goes back up 10 his
place to watch Judas, appearing on both
sides. As the procession has passed, Judas
and the three Marys disappear ana the
doors are closed. The scene Can be re-
peated seven times in an hour II necessary,
and the natural motion Of the clock pro-
duces il four times per hour, whereas the
Strasburs procession is made but once a
day, at j o'clock. Below is the main
dial. about I3 inches in diameter. To its
right is q figure of time with an hour glass,
and above this is a window, at which ap-
pear figures representing youth, manhood,
and old age. To the left of the dial Is "A
skeleton representing death When the
hour hand approaches the first quarter
! Tine reverses his hour glass and strikes
one on bell with the scythe, another bell
inside responds; then childhood appears
instantly. Whenthe hour hand approaches
the second quarter or second half hour,
there are heard the strokes OF bells. Then
youth appears and the organ plays hymn
After this Time strikes two and reverses
it's hour glass, when two bells respond in
side. One minute after this chime OF
bells is heard, when a folding door opens
in the upper poareh, and one at the right
of the court, when our Saviour comes
walking out Then the apostles appear
in procession. The clock also tells Of the
moon's changes, the tides, seasons, days,
and day of the month and year, and the
| signs of the zodiac; and on top a soldier
in armor is constantly on guard, walking
back and forward. As the hour advances,
childhood, death ard old age take part in
the panorama
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NATURAL, HUMaNITY. - Antiquity has
preserved beautiful instance of this quality
i IL an anecdote Of Alexander. the tyraat Of
Pheres, who, thoushhe had so industriousiy
harieued his heart as to seem to take de-
LIGHT in cruelty. insomuch As temarder many
Of his subjects every day without cause and
withou. pity yatat The bare representation
of a tragedy, which related the niisfortunes
of Heeuba and Andromache, lie was SO
tonched with the fictitious distress which the
poe. had wrought up in il, that he burst
out in hocd of tears; the explanation oi
which Inconsistency is easy, and casts as great
a lustre upon human nature as the man
himself was disgrace TO II. The case seems
TO have beer this: In real life he had been
blinded with passions, and thought,essly
hurried on by interest or resentment; bat
here there was no room Tor motives Of thai
kind, So that lis attention being first caught
hold OF and az his vices laid asleep, then NJ
ture awoke in triumph, and showing how
deeply she had sowa the seeds Of compassio,
in every mans breast, when tyrants, witt
vices the most at enmity with it, were no
sble entirely to root it out.
, 1878-03-02

POSTAGE SrAMrs-The postage stamp
collector will never be quite happy so
long as there remains one specimen which
is not accessible to him, and this Is likely
always TO be the case with the largest OF
cur national stamps, those which are used
for newspapers and periodicals in bulk
When these are mailed in quantities the
postage is prepaid, and the publisher takes
receipt for the amount, the postmaster
attaching to the stub of the receipt these
stamps, provided especially for this pur-
pOse, which are never sold to any person
The stamps are about twice the size OF
ordinary postage stamps, and range as
high in face value as so. They are can
celed by punching hole through them,
and their use is designed to prevent MS
appropriations by postmasterS
, 1878-03-02

A TIMELY SUGGESTIoN--DO not keep
the alabaster boxes of your love and ten
derness sealed up until your friends are
dead. Fill their lives with sweetness
Speak approving. cheering words while
their ears can hear them, and while their
hearts can be thrilled by them. The
things you mean to say when they are
gone, say before they go. The Towers
you mean to send for their Collins, send
to brighten and sweeten their homes be-
fore they leave them. Ii my friends have
alabaster boxes laid away, full of perfumes
of sympathy and affection, which they IN,
tend to break over nv dead body, l would
rather they would bring them out IN ,;iy
weary hours, and open them, that may
he refreshed and cheered by them While
I need them. / would rather have bare
coffin without flower, and a funeral with
out a eulogy, than life without the
sweetness Of love and sympathy. Let US
learn to anoiut onr friends beforehand,
for their burial. Post-mortem kIndneSSes
do not cheer the burdened spirit. Flowers
on the coffin cast no fragrance backward
over the weary daya.-N I. Ero"get'st-
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AMERICAN GIRLS AsRoAD.-At a co,

AMERICAN GIRLS ABRoAD.-At a con-
tinental ball, where there was sprink-
ling OF all the principal nations, and a
prince, count, baron, or princess here and
there, to everybody's great delectatien
themselves not e1cepted). a gorgeous Of
icer expiatcd to US upon the incompar-
able superiority of American young ladies':
English ladies'" said he, ''are beautiful
and refined, but icy, and always oppressed
with an evident fear of oyerstepping some
propriety, which renders their conversa'
ton constrained. The German ladies'
less carefully trained to coldnsss and re
serve, bur bound BY rules no less seve(
and as much absorbed in balancing then
feather of propriety, prove no less back
ward in the matter of entertaining BIZ
the Americans! ah, they are so digEihed
yet SO natural 50 elegant, yet so enter
tanning. 1 will go and introduce myself
! to another"
, 1878-03-02
EXCHANGING COVRTESIES,
4 Story with an Application.

| He was the manager of .he church fair
and one morning he walked into the news
paper office and said, g Want an item thi
morning."
"0f course, replied the editor, whcreup
on the visitor laid the following note en- tn,
table:
1.-The ladies' of the-Street Churcf
will give festival at their vestry hall next
Friday eveding. Literary and musical enter
tainments VIII De provided, and supper
will be served to all who desire. The ladie;
In charge Of the affair have much expeii me,
in such matters. and are sure to provide a
good time The admission will be only Il
cents, and it is certain that no one can spend
that amount TO better advantage. Be sure
To go and take your friends.
When the editor had read it he saidi
"Oh, | see, an advertisement
"No, not an advertisement. We prefer
to have it 90 into the local column, " replied
the manager And seeing the editor looked
skeptical he continued, at will interest 4
great many of your readers and help good
cause besides We have spent 50 much
money In getting mp our entertainment that
We cannot afford to advertise it without IN
ereasing the price of the tickets. In such a
matter as this We ought to be willing to help
each other
"Well, said the editor, if it goes into
the locals, suppose you would reciprocate
By reading little notice inyour church next
Sunday" The visiting brother asked what
notice, and the editorwrote and handed HIM
the following:
1.-The Wetky Chronicle for the comingyear
viii be the best and cheapest family paperil
Maine. Its proprietor has had much ex-
perience, and has all the helps which large
outlay of money can procure. HIS paper
has larger circulation than any o;her pub
lishei ia the county, and is to be furnished
at only three dcllars it is certain that no
one can spend that amount OF money to 4
better advantage BE snre 10 take the Ch,oni
Gle, and subscribe for your friends D."
The manager hemmed and hesita.ed, and
then sail, solemnly, that he doubted
whether IL would be juIicious 10 realslch
notice, but suggested that If 1t was printed
copies Of it might be distributed at the door
Of the vestry Oh the evening of the enter
tainment.
"Ies, said the editor, "but it would az
tract more attention In the middle Of Z
sermon. 1t will interest large number of
Your congregation and help 4 good cause ;
and, besides, 40 Inuch moley Is spent upon
the Chronicle that don't see how the owner
can afford to print handbiils to advertise i.
without increasing the subscription price. In
such !, matter Us this We ought to be willing
TO help each other
Then the gentleman saw the situation and
went Straight out, without leaving so much
rs a complimentary ticket.
, 1878-03-02
All for Love.

There's not wild flower blossoming,
With green blood dancing to blush,
Nor bird OF al the sreening spring,
But with loves tender feel doth flush.
And there is not heart on earth,
That loves, but shall b. loved again:
Some other heart hath kindred birth,
Afd aches with ali the same sweet pain.
The good God giyeth love for all,
The earnest heart to cheer and melt;
As His own smiles OF glory f2ll
On hidden flowers, unseen, but felt!
Thel cheer thee, cheer thee, yearning one,
Keep holy still that love OF thine,
Some spirit waiteth long and lone,
For thee, its ministraat divine.
, 1878-03-02

SryPHES GIRARD's win provided that after
the capacity of Giard's college had been in.
creased as much as possible on the grounds
Sc. apart for il, the surplus income from his
estate should go toward lessening the city
taxes. Recently the city claimed $50. 600
year from that source, but the executors
refused it, declaring that ecollege can again
be enlarged
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rur W,rg-.It needs no guilt to breal

THE WIrE--1dt needs no guilt TO break
husbands heart The absence OF. con
Ten. the mutterings of spleen, the untidy
drcss and cherries home, the forbidding
scroul and deserted hearth-these, ana
other nameless neglects, without a crime
among them, have narrowed to the quicS
the bsart's core of many man, and
nIanted there, beyond the reach OF cure
he Germ of dark despair" Oh, may Wo-
man before that sight arrives, d%eii Or
% me rseollect:ons Of her youth, and cher
;,binc the dear idea of that tGEsfu 'niie,
awaken and keep alive the promise that
she SO kindly gave, And though siie may
be be the injured, and not the irIarins one
the forgotten, and not the forsettih?
wife-a happy ailr5ion TO the hour oi
peaceful IoYe-a kindly welcome 70 a
Comfortable hone-a smile OF love- KISS
of peace to pardon all tine past, the hasa- d
est heart that ever locked itself WITHIN
the breast of selfish man viii soften to
her charms, and bad her I've, as she haa
bo,ed her year OF maiehless bliss, loved,
loving and content-tle source Of comfort
.ndthe spring of joy.-Chameers Journal,
, 1878-03-02

SILVER is stiH the monetary standard
of the densely populated countries OF Asia,
the Russian empire and sonic other coun-
tries, and, together with gold, is legal
standard money in France, the Neither
lands, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24

KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ARREsrED.
The Wheeling wv. ya.) Register
states chat on Wednesday evening Miss
Susan :. Winchester, alias Mrs II. l.
Jarvis, and Miss Felicia IL. Winchester,
formerly of New York city, who came To-
Wheeling about year ago. and open
ed kindergarten school, were arrested
by special agents of the United States
postal department on q charge of using
the mails for franiulentpurposes The
case was proved, ard the women held
in the sum $500 each for their apear-
ance before the United States District
Court ut its September term. They
are charged with having written letters
dated at Evansville. Ind, signed with
fictitious name and addressed 10 Miss
Harriet Lord, principal OF another
kindergarten school in Wheeling, offer.
ing her tempting inducements IT, aban.
don her school and locate in Evans
vile.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24

tV The Point Pleasant Reyiater tells
Of two young men who left that place
for the West, and who. after a four
weeks sojourn, concluded shat West
Virginia is n good enough country
for them. The Richie Democrat says
that
About two months ago a man by the
nrme Of Woodford. from Gilmer county.
moved his family TO Texas Last Sun
day the whole family arrived here on
the back track to their oil home i'm Gil.
mer, From the time Mr. Woodford left
here until he returned. he says IL cost
him $1,000. IL is the same old stor,
Texas won't fll the bill for West Vif.
ginians, and those who will persist in
trying the OK geriment are like vounu
chickens--gencralIy come home to
roost.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24
Letter from Colorado.

DENVER, Col. May 18th.
MAJ. HARPER Thinking few lines,
from this Eldorado might be Of interest
TO your readers, venture To ask for n
little space in your paper. l left Hamp.
shire two weeks ago because times we're
dull and employment hard to find and
from present prospects have gotten
into n worse place. The general cry
is the country is overrun with en-
ployment seekers. Practical miners.
would have little difficulty in find
ing employment in the mines ut toll
erably remunerative wages. though
counting cost Of living no better if as
good as can DO secured east, and the
chances there, are as good, il not better
than here. A man must have plenty oil
money here, and the more the better
capital might be employed very profita.
bly, but without capital one can do
nothing. To 60 prospecting one needs
from 5000 to $500 to start with, and
then he has no assurance that he will
get any returns. In year he might be
rich-and he might labor for twenty
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24

r%The excitement in Canada in re-
gard to the apprehendod Fenian inva
sion & attack on Montreal, Quebec, OF.
tawa and other places, continues intense
but the Canadian military are prepared
to move at an hours notice. 1t is be-
lievcd by some that the Fenian demon,
stration is merely Russian rusc 10
engross the attention Of the Dominion
government and bring recruiting for the
English service in 1.-THE Dominion to a
stop. Another theory is that the de
monstration has its origin in the prov
.inces There is no doubt that large mum
bers of strangers are scattered oil along
the line.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24

s~Santa Barbara, on the Pacific
coast, is said TO rank first for salubrity
and climate in California. 1t is built
upon a gently rising plain facing the
sea, and is protected from the north by
a range OF mountains 5000 feet high
1t is said that the thermometer rarely
falls below forty degrees, and seldom
rises above eighty degrees. An &C
count before us states that during 1876
there were $40 pleasant days, 30 cloudy
days, IL showery days, 10 windy days,
and 5 rainy days. The nights, winter
and summer, are cool. The population
is about 1000.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24

A DANGEROUS PTsToL.-The Winchcs
ter Times says that last week young
man fired n pistol from the barn ON the
Stephens place near Newtown. The
ball wounded Mrs. Brown-wife OF the
butcher who attends the Winchester
market-severely in tho neck. AMI then
imbedded itselfin door. The distance
from the point where the pistol was fr.
ed TO Mrs. Browns residence is estima
tea TO be at least quarter OF mile. u
was a hairbreadth escape Tor the la w.
and is another illustration Of the dan
ger Of promiscuous shooting
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24

A New FLYING MACnINE.-Experi-
ments were made in Philadelphia on
Wednesday with what is called Prof.
Ritchcrs erial or flying machine The
machine is worked by q crank & steer
cd 10y flanges somewhat like that on q
steam propeller. a cylinder is attach
cd, which, being filed with gas sufficient
to balance the weight Of the operator,
the latter moves the machine up or
down ut pleasure. BY turning She
crank he can move it in any direction.
The person trained TO operate the ma.
chine made some successful ascents
and descents, and those who witnessed
the experiment regarded it as a sue
cess.