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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28
Hints for .snaieurs and Oiners
BY AQELLuLus.

A good many are disappointed
when they open the boxes or packages
Of plants they have ordered from nur
serymen. | do not now mean disap.
pointed on account ofthenurseryman'
not having sent what was ordered, OF
his having sent what is worthless
The disappointment ! refer to, is that
in finding the plants in bad state,
viz, dry, branches hroIson, 0c., tue
fauit'is sometimes in the nurserymen
they don't pack well enough; some
times with the eXpressmen and the
U. S. Mail carriers, they forget to
"handle with care" sometimes both
are faultless, and the damage is caused
by the far distance the plants have to
be sent.
Disappointment is an evil, and the
hints | offer will, in many cases, rem
edy the evil,
Your strawberries you find "pretty
dry = don't despair! don't throw
them away; don't plant them imme-
diately, but take them to a shady
place, and plunge them in water. Let
them lie good while, and you will
soon see them all, or most of them
fresh; then you may plant them.
This will apply also to other plants,
roses, gcraniums, &C., &c, but some
plants will require more time to lie in
water. You must then wait little
longer / once received from friend,
living at a great distance, a very rare
plant. The friend did not think OF
packing very carefully lie put a
little earth around the roots, and wrap
ped it in paper, and mailed it. Well,
when he packed it, the earth was wet
enough. But the mail When
opened the package, l found a good
deal Of dust and few black things,
that seemed to have been plants at a
former time. ] did not despair; got
tumbler of water, and put the whole
mass therein. The next day / saw
by means Of microscope, something
green, but very small. | waited a
while and then planted, giving plenty
of water.
] have just read, in horticultural
paper of the old world of two cases,
which, | hope, your readers will find
very interesting. They are narrated
by a highly educated gardener. In a
part Of his garden wherein the month
Of April-roses had been planted, be
found, after two months. one plant
that had been forgotten, to be planted
out, and therefore was quite dry. He
put it in water, in a shady place. Six
weeks having elapsed, he found new
white roots and green sprouts. In
the month of July, the crown of a
high-growing Remontant Rose was
broken off by the wind. 1t was, when
found, quite dry, h'<ing been exposed
to the sun and wind during six weeks.
He put the crown (Which had thirty
to forty fowers) in water. After
three weeks he found life. whereupon
he cut it in pieces, both the old and
the young wood, and planted them in
an old hot-bed Most all of them grew.
-HOrficultWiSt
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28


SANFORD CoNovER.-This man Con-
over, if we mistake not, was here du-
ring the war--a uhil0m resident of
the well-known Libby. lie is the
man, we believe, who wrote upon his
return TO the North a long letter, of
some three or four columns, narrating
how successfully he had fooled Jeb
Stuart, apd gained access to the Sec
retary Of War. His proiessed mission
was to obtain authority from the Con-
fedcrate government to raise regi-
ment in the Northern cities, and bring
them through the lines, to enter the
Confederate service under his leader
ship as Colonel in the Confederate ar
my. Failing TO attain his object in
securing the promise of a commission,
and authority TO recruit on behalf of
the Coniederacy, he endcavored, du-
ring a raid upon Ashland, to reach
the forces of the enemy. Upon his
arrest, and the search of his person,
there were found sundry very suspi-
cious papers, and he was held for q
while as suspected spy. Had the
Confederate authorities been possessed
of one-half the spirit Of vengeance and
virulencc which he and his creatures
sought to ascrbe to them in their
false swearing, his own base life had
been terminated upon n Confederate
gallows.-RicLmond Dispatch.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

A DECLARATION OF PRlNCIPLEs.-
The Louisville journal, in the present
aspect of affairs, makes the following
confession of the Democratic faith (:
ave heartily indorse, so far as we
have seen, every platform laid down
by the Democracy in the North, Mid
die, Western and Northwestern States.
We are for the obliteration of the
Freedmen's Bureau Bill everywhere /;
we are for the cessation of all military
law, and for the universal restoration
of the great writ of freedom; we are
for the annulment of all confiscatioBs !;
we arc for tho cqGif powers and rights
and privileges OF the whole people of
the old Union; we are for the uncon-
ditional pardon OF all paroled Confed-
crates who have kept their faith; VIC
are for the immediate unlocking of
the prison-doors Of all prisoners held
in captivity upon the charge of trea-
son and we are for the establishment
of the Republic upon the plan which
our noble President has recommended
and is exerting all his energies to car
ry out II to be in favor of all these
things is to be Democrat, then we
arc a Democrat, an earnest and zeal
Gus Democrat, all the time a Demo
crat, and ready to cooperate with all
who are ready TO cooperate with us
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

"Thosc whom God hath joined, let
no man put asunder." This is a great
novel question rising above all politi-
cal questions.
Has the Legislature the right to set
the laws of God at defiance by making
laws of their own against His
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

A GRAVE WITHOUT A MONUMENT
The sea is the largest Of cemeteries,
and all its slumbercrs sleep without a
monument. All other grave-yards, in
all lands, show some symbols of dis
tinction between the great and the
small, the rich and the poor, but in
that great ocean cemetry the king
and the clown, the prince and the peas
ant, are alike undistinguished. The
same wave rolls over all, the same re-
QUEEN by the minstrelsy of the ocean
is sung to their honor. Over their
remains the same storms beat, and the
same sun shines; and there, unmark-
cd, the weak and the powerful, the
plumed and the unhonored, will sleep
on, until, awakened by the same trump,
the sea will give up its dead No
marble rises to point out where their
ashes are gathered. Yet that ccmc-
terry hath ornameutsof of which oother
can boast. On no other are the hoav-
enly orbs reflected in such splcndor.
Over no other are heard such noble
melody.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

HUMAN observation-disclosures of be-
ing loved gives comfort and strength,
and makes trust in God a real, living
feeling that influences tho daily life.
If there is no love about us, if all men
turn glances of dislike upon us, and
close their hands against us, then our
hearts grow hard, and we find it diff
cult to raise at once, without the aid
of human steps, above earthly pain
aud dcsolation 10 love ana confidence
in God all has tendency to become
dark above as it is around whereas
love and Kindness keep our hearts
open; dear, loving people are to us
witnesses of the love and tenderness
of God-arc his angels whom he sends
to show us that he has not forgotten us.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

DEATH OF az Tx. CoNGREssMAY.-
DIR. George Fries, prominent demo
cratic politician of Cincinnati, died on
the 18th instant. lie was formerly a
member Of Congress. When John
Quincy Adams was stricken with par
alysis, in the hall of the House, that
terminated his existence, DR. Fries
was his medical attendant, and was
among those who heard his last sub
lime exclamation that has passed into
history "rhis is the las. Of earth r
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

PURITY OF CHARACTER.-Over the
beauty ofthe plum and apricot there
grows bloom and beauty more ex-
quisite than the first fruit itself-a soft
delicate flush that overspreads the
cheek. Now, if you strike your hand
over that, it is once gone forever. for
it never grows but once. The flower
that hangs in the morning, impearled
with dew-arrayed as no quecnly
woman ever was arrayed with jewels
-ohce shake it, so that the heads roll
off, and you may sprinkle water over
il as you please, yet il can never be
made again what il was when the dew
fell silently upon it from heaven On
frosty morning, you may see the
pancs ofglass covered with landscapes,
mountains, lakes and trees, blended
in beautiful fantastic picture. Now
lay your hand upon the glass, apd by
the scratch of a finger, or by the
warmth Of the palm, all the delicate
traccny will be,obliterated. So there is
in youth beauty and purity of char
acter which when once touched and
deiled can never be restored a FRANCE
more delicate than frost.work, and
which when torn aud broken, will
never be re-embroidcred. A man who
has spotted and spoiled his garments
in youth, though he may seek TO make
them white again, can never wholly
do it, even were he to wash them
with his tears. When n young man
leaves his fathers house, with the
blessings Of his mothers tears still
wotupoE his forehead, if he once loses
that purity of character, it is a loss
that he can never make whole again.
Such is the consequence Of crime. Its
effects cannot be eradicatcd-it can
only be forgiven.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

An old woman in St Louis, who has
been about the streets for years pick
ing up rags in the cutters and alleys,
was found dangerously i'll the other
day in a miserable hovel where she
lived alone. Upon undressing her,
s2,70e in groenbacks was found upon
her person, and it is reported that she
has much money and owns several
houses.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

ANOTHER INVESTIGATION NEEDED
Steedman and Fullerton are wanted
again in Georgia and Tennessee. Some
of the "drawers' in that dark.colored
bureau of the government need repair
ing 1t appears additional hands are
desired in Tennessee to gather cotton,
and gentlemen who have profitable"
understanding with affairs 90 to Geor.
gia TO secure them As an induce.
ment the negro is furnished with trans.
portation free. General Tillscn's or
der for transportation for an unlimited
number is exhibited, and Sambo
throws up his Georgia contract TO
take ride to Tennessee at the OK
pensc Of the government. This bu-
reau is capital institution. We all
help to keep it up by taxation, for the
benefit Of plantation runners and 9th.
ers interested in private speculations.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28
A MnlloNAlnr,s MIrr,s ExrrNsrs

A MnuoNAIRE's WIRES EXPENSES.
Wealthy families sometimes have
trouble, get into lawsuits, and expose
their secrets to the world. In New
York, in divorce case that is pend
ing, it appears in the evidence that
the wife, who claims maintenance in
the same style in which she had been
living besides the use of a furnished
house, is accustomed TO spend 500 a
day. Thirty-six thousand five hun
dred dollars is a neat little sum for a
lady's "pin money" when she has be-
sides house to live in, her lardcr sup
piled, and all the furniture necessary
to the most luxurious ease.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

An Industrious hardworking Cor
man mechanic of Louisville recently
committed suicide in consequence Of
having lost all his moneyin gambling
house trying TO mszzle "the tiger"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28
cETrlNc A CALI.

I'VE find the following sriicIc Ia the Lutheran,
descriptive ofihe qualifications q star preacher.
md explaining the modus opcranh Of getting q
CALL" We are sure our readers will admire the
,andor Of n, and conclude, with us, that thcrc u
more truth than poetry perceptihlc. Aiicr numer.
our trials and disappoiniments, forlom hock
fortunately fall in with "siar preacher.'l
Next VIC despatched committed,
BF twos and threes, 70 urge
The labors FOR a Sabbath
Ofthe R1y. Shallow splurge
iicramcz.aiha sensation,
So wonderful his style,
Followed the crcnling Of bis boots
A. he passcdup the aisle.
lIig tones were 20 affecting,
His gestures 10 divine
lady tainted in IN hymn
lictofnfhe second line;
And On that day he gave nj,
In nertnif clear and loud,
u. ,lenfctl rN4vf~ Ser addressed
To an enlightened crowd.
lie preach double sermon,
And gave us angels food
On such a lovely topic
"The joys Of solitude"
All full Of sweet descriptions
OF flowers and peary streams
OF warbling birds and moonlit groves,
And golden sunset beams.
0ffaith and true repentance
lie nothing had to say;
lie rounded al the corners,
And smoothed the rugged way;
Managed with great adroitness
To entertain and please,
And leave the sinners conscience
Completely at its ease.
Six hundred Is the salary
We gave in former days;
We thought it very liberal,
And found il hard to raise;
But when we took the paper
We had need to urge
To raise n cool two tho thousand
For the Rev. Shallow splurgo.
In vain were all the Efforts
We had no chance at ALL
We found ten city churches
Had given him a call
And he. in praycrful waiting,
Was keeping them all in tow
But where they paid the highest,
II was whispered he would 20.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28
Memories.

The heart has memories that can
never die; the rough usage of the
world cannot obliterate them. Feeble
age, trembling on the brink of the
grave, has them when every thing
else has fled away and been forgotten.
They are the memories of home, early
home the house where we were born.
the yard with its wreath of roses and
towering vines, the lilac bushes where
the robins made their nests spring af-
ter spring, paying their rent in song
such as We dream of, but never hear
af(erward the old elm and swing
where the children used to play all
the while the mother sat by the low
front windows, her face beaming out
occasionally through the folds of the
dainty muslin curtain the same old
house with its pointed gables, quaint
cornices, and antique windows the
frescoed chamber where we used TO
dream OF. all the great, glad world had
in store for us.
Dear old home, with its gay dreams
and sunny hours, and cloudless skies,
and visions of bliss, and glorious hap
pincss, gone-all gone!
The traveller, climbing the noun
tains of land not his own, will, amid
all bis toll and changes, revert ever
and anon to the time when a youth
or school.boy he roamed the fields
and the hills of his own native home.
The mariner, rocked by the storms
Of the sea, or resting at some foreign
port, will run through the long lapse
of years back TO the hours where.
with brother and sister, he frolicked
the Joyous hours of youth away.
Neither change nor time, neither
age nor years, neither distance nor
disease, neither guilt nor passion, can
ever blot from the heart the memories
of the spring time ofliie Those mem
ories OF home will reproduce on the
verge of eternity the freshness ofemo-
ton, of life and desire with which ex-
istence on earth began.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

The PATH TO GREATNEss.-There
are but two ways which lead to great
aims and achievements-encrgy and
perseverance,. Energy is a rare gift
1t provokes opposition, hatred, and
reaction. But perseverance lies with
in the reach of every one its powers
increase with its progress, and it is
rarely that il misses its aim. Where
perseverance is out of the question,
where we cannot exert a protracted
influence, we had better rot attempt
to exert any influence at all, we
should only disturb the organic dcvel-
opmcnt Of affairs, and paralyze the
natural remedies which they contain,
without any guarantee for more IA
vorable result.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

George Wilkins Kendall, writing
from Paris to the New Orleans Picay-
une, says that numerous American
agents are on that side of the water,
picking up the best theatrical and
equestrian talent for the United States
that money can procure.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

HEAVY DAMAGEs.-Ono Miss Mary
l.. Schell. of San Francisco. has sued
General H. NJ. Naglee, late of the
Federal army, for breach of promise
Of marriage, aud claims the modest
sum of 100000, with which to putty
mp her damaged and too susceptible
affections. In his answer. the son of
Mars mildly asserts his objections to
paying this sum by denying that he
ever promised to marry her, and that,
since the alleged promise was given,
he has discovered that the lady is ofa
notoriously profigate character, and
that her conduct with several parties
in San Francisco lately has been such
as to fully relieve him from any legal
obligation such as the alleged promise
might have imposed upon him.
tl(-1o,..- a., ca - olwrsof n uapnor
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

"Glory TO God" shouted Bangor
deacon when a mob destroyed the
Democrat newspaper Office there.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16

The WRONG RooN.-A curious story
is going the rounds, Of a mistake in a
mustard p~oultice at q hotel. A gentle
man, whose lady was suffering from cold,
60, up at midnight and went below TO
fetch a mustard poulsice. In his agitation
he mistook the room on his return. and
wen, into one where there was a light
burning as dimly as that he had left-s
room altogether similar, and apparently
hi, wife in bed fast asleep. He applied
the mustard p~oulsice to her chest, and sat
quietly waiting a, her bedside till it began
10 draw. I, did draw /; but it drew an in
furia,ed scream from the young lady who
had been the subject Of his unconscious
solici,ude. At the sound Of the unaccus-
toned voice. the nature Of the accident
which had befallen him and his patient
was q, once visible, and he rushed head
long from the arms Of the mustarded wo-
man into the arms Of his own. Both par
ties told the story the next day, and had
TO retire amidst the laughter Of all the oc
cupants.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16

THE GOLD MINIS OF CoLvMBIA.-A
gentleman who arrived on the last steamer
has given US some account Of his expert
ence in the gold mines about Panama. He
left here among the first to visit those
mines December 26th last) with q party
of a dozen or more. On arriving at Pau
m they received glowing accounts OF the
mines at Bsrbacoas, and on some ravines
about Panama. The party divided and
our informant remained to examine the
mines a, Panama. He found. on visiting
the different locations. that they were all
worked-out mines, perhaps years ago were
rich and paid well, but If twenty-five
cents per day could be got out by the ma
tives they were doing well. On returning
to Panama he received an account from
the Barbacoas mines, saying that the
whole thing twas played out"-they had
struck a rich pocket in an old mine and
worked it out. and a portion Of those who
were there first have left and gone into
the mountains prospecting. He thinks
the press Of this State ought to take an
interes. in stopping people from going
there and it will be the means Of saving
Thousands Of dollars in money and many
liyes.-S. F. Alta.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16
MULTIPLIED.

It is nj of the strongest proofs Of the
inherent vitality Of our country that it has
not been ruined in all its manufacturing
interests by the double and treble system
Of taxation which has clogged all sorts Of
manufactures during the past year. We
are glad to find that the Revenue Commits
sion see and feel the injustice Of the whole
procedure, and have resolved upon a re-
form. In simple manufactures there is,
perhaps, nothing to complain of; but in
complex manufactures there comes tax
upon tax, multiplying itself at such an
enormous rate that no duty can prevent
the importation of the foreign manufac-
,ured article. or, worse still, extensive
smuggling.
The Commissioners have shown that in
the matter of umbrellas there Is a dis
elimination OF Is to 25 per cent. against
home manufactures and in favor Of i'm
porting the foreign article. The cause OF
the over.taxation is this: Umbrellas are
constructed Of a number Of different arti-
Giles, each one Of which is taxed separately
in its manufacture. and then the whole is
taxed when put together. The silk or the
ginSham pays the regular duty on impor-
,a,ion. The stretchers used to be i'm
ported separately, but now are all manu-
featured in this country. Whalebone or
steel or cane frames have their separate
makers; the sticks are a distinct business,
and 80 are the carved heads and the tips
and ferules. 4 separate tax Is paid on
the manufacture Of all these, another tax
on combining them all into one, and then
a tax on the sale Of the manufactured
article. The result is that umbrellas are
imported into New York and Boston, and
the heaviest manufacturing houses are
compelled to meet a ruinous competition
or 20 out Of business.
During the war Of 1912 there was no
in New York that could make or
even mend an umbrella. It had always
been an imported article, and a small
shoemaker OF some ingenuity forsook his
las, and advertised to repair umbrellas.
From tina. sprans the umbrella business in
this country, through n or two English
families, who settled in Amerca. under
standing the manufacturing business. But
for many years the materials were all inn
ported, until the carelessness Of the Biz
mingham manufactures, especially as TO
the quality Of the varnish used to protect
the iron slides, led to the manufacturing
Of a better article on this side Of the At
lan,ic. 1, is fortunate that the Commits
.ioners have pointed out the mistake of
the system Of taxation in time.
The book business has been quite as
much injured. The manufacture Of the
paper and ink is taxed. and Of the type.
and then the whole product i, taxed be-
sides. No prosperity could long stand
this. A book made in England, costing
26I cents, cannot be made here for less
than 5sA cents. The result is, a, the Com
missicners declare, that Webster's spelling
books are now being printed in immense
Quantities for the American market.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16

THE Washington Republican, referring TO
the statements concerning Buffers aiseoM,-
,eous note TO General Grant, says: we
feel justified and authorized 10 say that Gen;
Buffers card did no, contain the dissrase.?'
words, or any other member Of your lA. III.
w. but, he did send a card containing ~. .LIe
following language: Gen. butiet ca
honor to decline the invitation Oh LEU 6r
Grant. Gen. Butler has no" NO ue'"
further acquaintance.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16

MoSrASA.-The Sonora Herald pub
lishes a letter from Helena, Montana. IN
which the writer says:--" When l hrst
came here I was fairly taken with the
place, bu, since the irst Of December 1t
has been rough" and I would not be
caught here another winter for all the gold
In America. Ny opinion is that
a man Is better of in California with 81 80
a day than he is here with So"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16

The grea, Cincinnati bridge, about TO
be suspended across the Ohio river, will
be the longest in the world, being over
1000 feet longer than the Suspension
bridge over the Niagara river, and $40
feet longer than the Menai bridge in En-
gland. Its total span will be l,o57 yards.
The massive stone piers tower ITO feet
over the floor Of the bridge, and 200 feet
above their foundations. One year Is the
per;od allowed for building it.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-16

ARryxrs WARD tells a good story con.
cerning the production of the LADY OF
I~von," a, the Sal, Lake City Theater -
e An aged Mormon got up and went ous
with his ,wenty.four wives. angriiy stating
,h,, he wouldn't sit and see q play where
!. man made such q cussed fuss over one
.yor.n