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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
". NOVERRE ON DANCING.

Female dancers were first introduc
cd in the ballet at an entertainment
given at the court of Louis XIV. in
1851, and at length the art was
brought to its greatest perfection by
the celebrated NJ. Noverre, who was
connected with several OF the royal
courts Of Europe as maitre de ballet
during the latter part of the last cen
tury, and who not only produced an
immense number of ballet pantomimes
with the greatest success, but. has left
vouminous writings on the subject.
According to him, few occupations
would seem to be so important in this
world as that of dancing.
He makes it appear necessary for a
ballet master who aspires to anything
like emlnence in his profession to pos.
sess nearly every accomplishment and
virtue possible to man. He mentions
mythology, ancient poetry, and chro-
nology as forming the primary studies
of such person, and suggests that he
ought TO possess genius for poetry
and painting.
In addition to these, ho ought to
have slight knowledge of geometry,
so that be may be able to calculate
the proportions, &c, Of his figures. lie
shonld be an expert meohanician, and
capable of making small models of any
machinery he may require. He ought
to be acquainted with anatomy, TO be
able to draw, and to be proficient in
music.
After all this, one is not surprised
to find that NJ. Noverre rates the value
Of his art very highly. He says, in.
deed that ballet should be "com.
plete pantomime, and through the
eyes speak, as il were TO the very
soul of the spectator" r"
Explanatory speeches will become
useless--amute but powerful eloquence
will be substituted TO much better ef-
fect--each motion will be sentence
every attitude will be.ray situation
each gesture will convey thought
each glance n new sentiment-and
every part will please, because the
whole will be true and faithful imi.
tation of nature
And again: "Tho mere figured
dances, without meaning, without the
representation of any one subject, un.
supported by regular and sensible
intrigue, being no part Of the drama,
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THE PANTHEON.
ITS FAULTLEss BEAUTY-TnE CHANGES
WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE.


Curtis Guild thus describes the Pan
theon: The impression OF its faultless
beauty came over me as | stood in the
centre OF the perfect circle Of this great
temple to oil the gods, rotunda 142
feet in diameter and 143 feet high.
There are no windows, but perfectly
circular aperture in the top Of 2S feet
in diameter admits light that lights
the whole, and through which the blue
Italian sky and neccy clouds are seen.
Around on all sides are now Christian
affairs, and the great inches are vacant
that once held marble figures Of hea.
then dcities, the magnificent bronze
plates that sheathed the most perfect
dome in the world are stripped away,
nay, even some Of the stone and mar.
bic work Is whitewashed or otherwise
dis6gured, and yet yon cannot stand
upon the floor Of this magnificent old
temple to the gods. built twenty-soven
years before Christ, without involun-
tary expressions OF admiration at its
perfect beauty Of proportion.
What must II have been in its prime
with its magnificent front, not as now
sunken, as modern Rome or as success
sivc modern Romcs have hcaped thcir
soil up over the old city till now you
step down into the Pantheon Eigh.
teen centuries ago its magnificent por
tico, with its grand front of over one
hundred feet supported by sixteen
Corinthian pillars thirty-six feet high
(Which still rcmain), was above the
level Of the street, and was approached
by q flight OF six marble steps and tho
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
TIE INTENTION or PUNCTU.
ALTON.

Punctuation is peculiar TO the mod
ern languages Of Europe. 1t was Who'll
ly unknown TO the Greeks and Ro.
mans and the languages of the East,
although they have certain marks or
signs to indicate tones, have no regu-
lar system Of punctuation. The Ro.
mans and the Greeks also, it is true,
had certain points, which, like those
of the languages of the East, were
confined to the delivery and pronun-
citation Of words; but tho pauses
were indicated by breaking up the
written matter into lines or para
graphs, not by marks resembling
those in the modern system of punctu-
alton. Hence, in the responses Of the
ancient oracles, which were generally
written down by the priests and deliv-
cred to tho inqurers, the ambiguity,
doubtless Intentional, which we want
of punctuation involved, saved the
credit of the oracle, whether the OK
pected event was favorable or unfa-
vorable. AS an instance of this kind,
may be cited that remarkable response,
which was given on n well.known oc.
casion, when tho oracle was consulted
with regard to'the success of certain
military expedition "lbiss ct redibis
nunquam peribis in bello." Written,
as il was, without being pointed, it
might be translated either, "Thou shalt
90, and shalt never return, thou shalt
perish in battle;" or, Thou shalt 90
and return, thou shalt never perish in
battle" The correct translation of it
altogether depends on the placing of a
comma after the word nunquam, or af.
ter rediJis. The invention of the mod
ern system Of punctuation has been
attributed to the Alexandrian gram
marian Aristophances, after whom it
was improved by succeeding gram.
marians; but it was so entirely lost in
the time of Charlemagne that he
found it necessary to have il restored
by Warnefried and Alcuin. 1t consist
cd, as first, Of only one point, used in
three ways, and sometimes of stroke,
formed in several ways. But as no
more particular rules were followed in
the use of these signs, punctuation was
exceedingly uncertain until the end of
the fifteenth century, when the learn
cd Venetian printers, the Manutli, in.
creased the number of the signs, and
established some fixed rules for their
application. These were so generally
adopted, that we consider the Manutii
as the inventors Of the present method
OF punctuationj and although modern
grammarians have introduced some i'm.
provements, nothing but few partic.
ular rules have been added since their
timc.-FfeemaR'S Journal,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

vestibule, beautiful vista of white
marble plasters the pediment above
was ornamented with glorious bas re.
liefs (you may SEQ the holes in which
the bolts holding them were placed, to
this day., and the roof was sheathed
with bronze which Pope Urban VIII
not only was vandal enough to strip
and melt down for bronze columns and
cannon, but perpetuate the act that
there should be no mistake as TO who
the dispoiler was, by recording it in a
Latin inscription over one of the door
ways. Then he increased the outrage
by adding two ugly bell towers to the
dome Classes ears" they are very just
ly callod); and another Pope, Benedict
XIV. who was Pope from l740 to
1858, tore away beautiful marbles
from the upper part Of it to adorn
buildings he was erecting.
But despite all this the grand and
perfect beauty OF tbs .emple could not
be destroyed, and we can imagine,
standing here upon what was once the
elegant pavement Of porphyry and
and marble, that the pagan altar rear
cd its height beneath the then perfect
vault of bronze, the smoke OF ascend
ing sacrifice rose through the great
opening direct to the nostrils Of the
mythical Jove himself, and in these
now empty inches, fifty feet above the
pavement, stood looking down upon
priest and people the colossal sculptur
ed figures of Jupiter warlike Mars,
and majestic Minerva, Appollo, with
bent bow or with Tyre in hand, and
Vulcan pausing DER his thunderbolts
The sides of the vast circle glittered
with polished marbles and elegant cary
ing the attic or roof cleaned with
scuptured silver and bronze, and was
upheld by carvatdes of Syracusan
bronze statues of Rome's Emperors
and Senators peopled inches at the en-
trance or in the porticos, and Marcus
Agrippa's temple to the gods was one
of the glories of old Rome. The an
cient bronze doors remain, and the
Corinthian pillars of red granite with
marble capitals, roughened and black
ened with the breath of eighteen cen
turies, will continue to command at
tention, extract admiration, and re-
main the student of the architecture
of classical times but all around the
interior in the different recesses he
will find the modern affairs OF the Ro-
man Catholic Church, with their Aorid
and often tawdry ornaments, tnsel,
and frippery, which i'll accord with the
ancient surroundings. The building
is said to be a species of brick-work,
and was coated and veneered with
marble, but the exterior coating was
stripped off by the spoilers of modern
times So also was plundered the
sculptured silver on the interior Of the
roof by successive vandals.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
aHOME, SWEET HOME
THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH Mr..
PAYNE WROTE THE SONG.


The Brooklyn Edgte, IN reviewing
Towards life OF fayne, says Mr
Payne, on one occasion IN 1850, WINE
at New Orleans, when questioned on
the subject OF the music OF Home
Sweet Home" told his personal friend,
Mr. james Reed, OF Phlladelphia, that
tho air was not wholly original with
Mr. Bishop, and related the following
pleasant anecdote concerning 1t. lie
said "First l heard the air IN Italy.
One beautiful morning, as was stroll
ing alone amid some delightful scenery,
my attention was arrested by the
sweet voice OF peasant glrl, VINO was
carrying basket laden with flowers
and vegetables
"This plaintiye air she trllled out
with 80 much sweetness and slmpllcl-
ty, that the melody at once caught my
fancy. accosted her, and after lew
moments conversation, ! asked her
for tho name of the song, which she
could not give me, but having slight
knowledge OF music myself, barely
enough for the purpose, | requested
her to repeat the air, which she did
while ! dotted down the notes as best
1 could. IL was the air that suggest.
cd the words OF Home, Sweet Home,
both Of which | sent to Bishop at the
time | was preparing the opera OF
'Clari for Mr.. kemble Bishop hap
pened to know the air perfectly well,
and adapted the music to words
This statement is fully sustained in
the letters of Mr.. Payne TO MIR. Bish-
op, which are introduced in the volume.
There have been many ridiculous
statements as to the circumstances un-
der which Mr. Payne wrote the words
of his celebrated song. "Some," says
his biographer, shave stated that he
was residing in London at the time,
without shilling in his pocket; others
have stated that ION stormy night,
beneath the dim fiicl<ering ofa London
street lamp, gaunt and hungry, and
without place to shelter his poor,
shivering body, he wrote his inspired
song upon a piece of ragged paper
picked up from the sidewalk
This was not so. The letters of Mr..
Payne above quoted, prove directly TO
the contrary. We sec by his acknowl.
edgement TO Bishop of the receipt Of
ESQ, that he was comfortably situated
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
THE TRUE CINDERELLA.

Many of the best stories IN our story
books are the reproduction of some
very ancient bit OF history or myth I;
and the finest of ell English nursery
tales, "Cinderella," was once the delight
of the children of Egypt in the palmy
days OF the Pharoahs
We will tell you how II happened (;
and VIC think that you will say that
the old story is quite as clever as the
new, and much more probable for in
the true Cinderella history there are
no fairy god.mothers, no mice and no
pumpkins. A wise old eagle takes all
the management Of the slipper, and we
can in fancy see him carrying it over
the silver sands and dark pyramids Of
Egypt, without greatly taxing our be-
lief.
Rodolpbe-a pretty name, to begin
with--was the faircst lady in all Egypt.
She had dainty foot, and wore jew
eled slippers, and all the people gazed
upon her with delight when she walked
as though she were a goddess or n
fairy.
She went ont TO bathe one day among
the white lilies of the Nile. While she
and her maids were sporting in the
water, great shadow passed over
them, and they saw an eagle alight on
the bank where their clothes had been
left. Presently it arose with some.
thing in its talons, and wheeling through
the golden hazes, became speck in
the clear sky.
When Rodolphe came up the bank,
she found that one OF her Jewelled slip.
pers had been carried away, and she
said to her maids, "Thc eagle has taken
| It."
And the maids said "Then IL will
bring you good luck. The eagle is a
bird Of good omen"
SO Rodolphe hobblcd home with a
light heart, one Of her slipporless feet
crushing the lotus blossoms. Her
maids laughed at her, but she said
at is good luck, for an eagle has taken
IT,"
Far away up the Nile lay Memphis
with her brightwingcd temples and
palaces; a city seventeen miles in cir
cult, the seat Of tho Pharoahs for near
ly a thousand years, at this time the
capital Of Egypt. Here were the splen
did temples OF Isis, Scraps, aud OF the
sun, and the throne was now filled
with n Pharaoh who had overthrow
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
NEW SERIES--V0L. 10, NO. "a.
REMARKABLE DREAM.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A HOLLOW
TREE-TnE SEQUEL.


The Edenburg Clarion county, Her
dtd tells the following story For
several years past a notion peddler
named Goodman, has made periodical
visits TO this county, and during that
time has staid over night several times
at tho residence OF John Logue, resi-
dent OF Perry township, In TACT his
visits have become so frequent oil late
that Mr.. Logue looked on HIM as an
old friend. One night last week the
same Individual came came round ana
took lodging as usual Next morning
he related singular dream which he
had had during the night TO the erect
that he had found a hidden treasure IN
a tree which stood on Mr. Logues
farm Ihe peddier stald IN the neigh,
pornooo ior TWO or 'nrev Gays, anu
made MS neaoquarters az MI Aogue ;
mouse, ror inree successivo n'gnts
nc ciaiheu 10 nave ureaheu tne iueiti-
eai cream, ana ON tne morning Oh tnc
thlrd prevailed on MI Logqe 10 ac-
company MN 70 tne spot IN u ponso
wood inc peddler pointed OUT a iarge
oak tree as the one ne saw ID ms VISION ,1,
~ was apparently souhu at tne put.,
put ABOUT twenty ieet up iimI hau
been broken on. Mr; hoSue u'a no,
leei lKe humorlng what nc supposed
70 ~ pe d superst'll1us wnlm, out tne 'ls oia
lelloW % scGnco 70 naSo 80 'h1ch Soun' ,,
dence IN ms VISION 'naI ne i, oI'ereu .e ,; Mr
LTguS one'na'l ol '9o sPo,,s u ne. ne "oq,u ui
no'P n'ni w ous u""h .nv NV nv
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
PUNCTUALITY.

Punctuality is proverbially not a
feminine virtue, yet most necessary to
those who seek for employment. As
regards gaining it, the whole fortune
of a woman's life may turn on her
punctuality.
Some persons have a most mistaken
notion Of punctuality, and fancy that
it consists in never being later than
the time appointed. With this loose
idea they are quite content. But to
come before the time fixed for an ap-
pointment is an equal want of punctu.
ality with coming too late, and is often
quite as inconvcnient TO the other per
son or persons concerned
punctual both in keeping engage.
ments and in your fulfllment of work.
Let the one be scrupulously finished on
the day promised, let the other be kept
to a minute. Let experience teach
that your word may be thoroughly
relied on.
Not a word can be said in excuse for
those who are late in keeping engage.
ments, or who promise what they can
not perform in the time specified
They are utterly inexcusable. In
them zeal and discretion are alike
wanting either they have undertaken
what they can not do, or they are so
wanting in energy, and so dilatory,
that they will not exert themselves to
do il. In either case, much to blame
in the latter, deserving of whatever i'll
may befall them You will do well
rather to overestimate than underesti-
mate the time yoL require for work
This is an error you can easily remedy
But err once or twice on the other
side, and you viii find it hard ever to
establish q character for punctuality.
And unpunctuality is a fault which, in
seli.deiense, an employer can not over
look.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
ORIGIN AND SECRECY OF IN
VENTIONS.


A century ago what a man discover.
cd in the arts he concealed. Workmen
were put upon oath never to reveal the
process used by their employers. Doors
were kept closed, visitors vigorously
excluded from admission, and false ope-
rations blinded workmen themselves.
The mysteries of every craft we're
hedged in by thick set fences of en-
pincal pretentions and judicial atilr-
nation. The royal manufactures of
porcelain, for example, were carried on
in Europe with spirit Of Jealous ex-
clusiveness. His Majesty of Saxony
was especially circumspect. Not con-
tent with the oath of secrecy imposed
upon his people, he would not abate
kingly suspicion in favor of brother
monarch. Neither king nor kings de-
legate might enter the tabooed walls
of Nielsen. What is enormously call
cd the Dresden porcelain-that exqui-
site pottery Of which the world has
never seen the lke-was manufactur-
cd for 200 years by process so secret
that neither the bribery of princes nor
the garrulity of the operatives ever re-
yealed t. Other discoveries have been
less successfully guarded, fortunately
for the world The manufacture OF
tinware in Europe originated in stol.
on secret Few readers need TO be in
formed that tinware is simply thin iron
plated with tin by being dipped into
the molten metal, In theory it is an
easy matter to clean the surface Of
iron dip il into bath of boiling tin
and remove it enveloped with the sill
very metal to a place for cooling. In
practice, however, the process is Of the
most difficult in the arts. 1t was dis
covered in Holland, and guarded from
publicity with the utmost vigilance for
nearly a half a century. England tried
in vain to discover the secret, until
James Sherman, a Cornish miner, cross
ed the channel, insnuated himself mas.
ter of the secret, and brought it home
The secret OF manufacturing cast steel
was also stealthily obtained, and is now
within the reach of all artisans.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

GARDENING ABOUT PARIS There
are over 6,0O0 men, women, and chill
dren engaged in growing early aspara.
gus, lettice, carrots and the like, in and
around Paris. The rent OF the land
varies from $3.50 to s24O per acre, ac-
cording to the situation and irrigation
plant These market gardens are OF
comparatively small dimensions, and
vary from | to q acres in extent.
Taking the smaller size, the plant me-
cessary to carry on the business costs
nearly 81, including large and small
bell glasses, straw mats, grazed lights,
frames, tools, baskets, horses, carts, and
other necessary materials. The reg
ular workmen, it is said, earn an aver.
ago pay of about forty cents day,
with board and lodging, all the year
round. Extra men receive about sew
On cents per hour, women five cents.
Most of the men come from other sec
tions, not so much for the sake Of the
wages, which are low for France, but
in order TO learn business which they
can turn TO profitable account when
they return TO their homes after two
years service. Boston Cdltirdtor
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

POISONED orhAas'a ~ 1a an ,n'e,'1Sj nSaj5
series series o. lS'.erS ,iae. 70 sao nonuou @ n"'a =
from INC Nem neoI,uus, , y group VI rs
iahus north OIL Aus'la,'a pe'pnging W 70
lnc rraguan group, WHOSE innaoi'aIl'S US
areex.reme'y savagSn"u ', .n,nh no.n,ns ~
o, maklng meal ., ,''ss'onn.y sao,e. M M
M. Layaru uescr,pcs i,a 'no .', ureaulu' po,s,
oneu .s spears Oh 'ne'e .,o,sN. is'anue.'i % mauu
win iong carVeu poln's oi nuuia'' n
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04
THE SCHOOL ROOM A WORKSHOP.

The intermediate grades covering
the ordinary school life of vast major
ity of our children are but Indifferent
" prepared to meet the demands Of
the times. In their reading, arithme-
tic, and writing, universally y ackuowedg-
cd as essential, they do cultivate the
habits OF attention and analysis to q
limited extent, but these habits may be
more rapidly and more pleasantly cul-
tivated by the better study Of drawing
and music. Let reading be accompan.
led by verbal analysis of both sound
and sense, then by grammatical analysis,
later by rhetorical analysis and by the
careful study OF some author whose
works are read. Let writing be pur.
sued as an aid TO composition. Let
arithmetic and other branches Of math-
ematics demand the construction and
use of diagrams. Let map drawing
attend gcography-the handling OF ap.
paratus by the pupil Illustrate philoso-
phy--laboratory practice accompany
chemistry. Let the cabinet in each
school invite contributions from the
pupils, specimens carefully chosen, well
preserved, properly classified, and neat
ly arranged. Let the designs in draw
ing be cut in paper, carved in wood, or
stitched in canvas. Let all these things
be done under the eye and direction Of
n skill(ul teacher. and every school
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

Nor TO DE FOUND IN BoswELL.--"ls
il wrong Doctor, to believe in Ghosts?'
"No, sir; no moro wrong than be!iev-
ing in you. 1t may be foolish but
there being no substance or foundation
for the belief, the folly, sir is quito i'm.
material" f.lNH
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

The other day, as two newly.arriv-
ed Irishmen were walking along a
street in Philadelphia, pavement trap
door opened, and Chinese store-por.
ter emerged. "Bo gorra T. said one Of
the Paddles, "ii the haythens haven't
got tunnel clane thro' from Chincc,
bad luck TO thin y
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

The doctrine that the necessity Of Ia.
Dor is a blessing, and not a curse, can.
not be insisted upon too strongly. II
is to this very necessity that mankind
owes not only its first redemption from
the savage state, hut every step OF its
advance in civilization, from which,
we trust a great deal more may be cx-
pccted still
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

"Ahl' sighed a hungry tramp, "l
wish 1 was a hoss blamc if ! don't
He's nearly always got bit in his
mouth, while haven't had bit in
mine for two days"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

A Minnesota father, who has five
grown-up daughters, has sued the
county. lie claims that his residence
has been used as q courthouse for the
past two years. INN
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

~ didn't know" said an old lady as
she laid down her newspaper, that
thieves were so scarce they had TO ad.
vertisc for 'cm, and offer reward for
their discovery"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

SUMNER RESORT CNvERsArIoS.-lt
would seem that n Summer resort is
not a very good school, ifthe convcrsa-
ton overheard by the editor of the
Baltimore Every Saturday is a sample
of the daily talk carried on at those
oplaces, viz -
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

AS profession, teaching should be
as much honored as preaching. The
school-master should rank with the
minister. The profession should never
be chosen for mercenary motives mere
ly, or by any persons except those who
enjoy teaching and who deliberately
propose to be satisfied with modest
but honorable living. 1t offers no
money prizes, and young persons OF
vigor and talent should be induced to
enter it by its stability and peaceful
ness and by the social consideration
which should attach to il.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

at is better to divert than to punish
pupils How to settle n difficulty
with an offended parent: First, resolve
to keep cool in temper, and do so sec
ond, state the case to yourself from the
parents standpoint, remembering his
instructive feelings, not always guided
by good Judgment, for the protection
of the child then hear with patience,
state your own side fairly, and finally
deal iustly.-Ncc England Journal Of
Education.