Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-17

TEACHERS WANTED The School Dircc.
tors of Jordan township wish to employ
three competent teachers for the term Of
four months liberal wages will be given.
applicants vii! please attend the Exami.
nation at Ansonville on the 22d day orUc
tober apply to Robert Lidd!e Pres't or
D. W. Wise Sec'y. BY order of the
Board. ID. w. WISE. Sec'v
Oct. 2, 1860. st. pd. -''' Wv
E1~We call attention to th G advertise.
ment Of DR., A. NJ. Hills, in ano ther col,
umn. The DR.. shows his teeth this week.
Whether the la.o ELECTION has caused the
display Of his Ivory :" or whether he is
after something else, it is not for us to
say. Bat, give him a call any how.
BALTIMORE ELECTION. The election last
week, for Mayor, and city Council, &c,
resuted in favor Of the Refo.m m Party by
over 5000 Notwithstanding a clean sveea
ofeyerything.
~ IS well known that, since 1853, BalH.
mora has presentcd a practical demonstra.
ton OF Americlas RuLng An,rjca and
fors man to 60 to the polls and not vote
the American ticket, was in great danger
oflosing his life, and ifhe escaped with q
whole skin and sound bones, he was ex.
tremeIy lucky. The result was. but few
pecplo yontured to vote and the Plug Ia.
tes had things their own way
7hc last Legislature Of MARYLAND how
ever, was Democratic, ard the city of Bal
timoro was cut up into small election dis,
tricts This prevented large crowds at the
polls. Business men and property hold.
ers then took part in The selection Of can
didates, and on the day Of the election all
the grog shops and drinking saloons were
closed, And the result was, that the late
election was the most pcacable and quiet
erer held in that city.
D1PTHER1A AND ITS CURE, SIMPLE AND ErrIcA-
cieus REMEDY FOR THE DIsEAsE-rnis sin.
gular disease which has thus far seemed
TO battle tho skill Of our best physicians
has become 80 prevalent, and has been so
generally fatal that any suggestion will
hardly prove uninteresting. It's causes
are no. known, and therefore all treat
ment has heretofore been merely experi-
mental but its pathogonomic symptoms
are so'Wtyersiied and dissimilar, that in
many instances the throat of the patient
closes and he dies before the disease has
beer discovered.
lhe diagnostic by which it is known ,,
irom nearly every other complaints off
tnoi throat is the formation of a
mem6rane which increases gradually un,
"a the patient is literally strangled 10
ueh,h, 1t is sometimes accompanied by !
ulceration. and extreme prostration of the
en'ire system. and at others bv neither Of
0no1 systems, yet in either case il is O.
TI1"hJ iatal To arrest tie formation Of
tnis membrane would Therefore seem eouiv. /.
aient 10 curing the disease and this in
most cases may be done in the following
manner;
in the early stages Of The comnlaint /
which is always accompanied bv sore.
ness and swelling Of the throat let tho
patientuse a simple solution of salt and
water, as a gargle, every fifteen midutes
Al the same time mOisten n piece of fan.
mel with a solution oi tina same kind
nade warm as the patient can bear it. and
bind 1t arount the throat. removing il as
often as the garg e is administered, and IN
ne meanwhile sprinkling ene salt between
The neck aud the flannel. Use inwardly
solne tonic or stimulant. either separately
OF u the prostration be great use both to-
Es'her. This treatm mt, as may be seen,
extremely simple, and, if used IN the
her stages of the disease, will effect