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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02
Perjury in Divorce Gases.

The method Of obtaining divorces is
easy and Infamous enough. The facil-
ity which Indiana law affords for the
final separation of man and wife. the
destruction Of family ties, the shield
ii throws over the violation of mar
riagc VOWS, and the decentralization of
households. OF which children are alike
the jewels and the victims, one would
suppose ought to suffice for tho wants
Of the restless and Disconnected who
cannot brook the chains of matrimony.
The moral sense of the whole commu.
nifty revolt' at the idea Of the divorce
laws Of Indiana. They are a blot up.
on the statute books of that State. and
stand forth as great reproach to the
civilization of the country. Utah.
with its brazen defiance OF Christian
law and the decencics of society takes
bold stand against the purity of mar
riage, justiiying its system by Scrip
turc aud tradition; but Indiana, by
her laws, sncaks, as it were. into tho
domestic circle, and, with secret in.
duccmcnts of easy methods Ofdivorce,
leads tho'weak TO ruin and encourages
the vicious to cowardy crime.
y new feature in divorce cases has
Just been dcvelopcd-that is. the false
pcrsonation of the husband by a patty
who is produced by the lawyers to
swear that he is the person suing for
a divorce, while the husband is, per.
haps, far away, or entirely ignorant
oiany legal proceedings being entered
upon in his name. Two such cases
have just come up in the courts. and
we are happy TO say that in each case
the pegurer has been convicted and
sentenced to the State prison for nino
years One is the famous Dalzell
case, whore a scoundrel named Arch.
ibald pesonated Mr. Daizell ia suit
for divorce from his wifo at time
when Dalzell was at sea and wholly
unconscious that be was IA plaintiff in
the case. The other was the case of
Sohn NJ. Holt, indicted for periury iu
falsely representing Benjamin Kane
in a similar suit. Both these ruhians
were convicted in the Brooklyn Court
Of Oyer and Termincr aud sent to tho
State Prison for the term above men
toned, for which the pnlic should be
grateful to judge aud jury--N y
Herald.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02


A m0dlsl and ,iriuous young man,
on 6rsi going into society, ia apt 60
be sorcly perplcycd upou The qucsiion
how TO make himself agreeable TO
ladies lie need not be ashamed of
hi. pcrploxily Washington Irving,
IN ono Of his early sketches confessed
that q well dressed lady was an OBJ.
jcct perfectly "awful' to his young
Imagination. We were once ncquaint-
ed With a gentleman Of distinction in
public life, The father Of several ac-
complishod daughters, who could not
even to bis titlieth year, enter draw.
in room where ladies were presented
without painful embarrassment. Its
certainly good sign for young man
To stand in some awe Of the beautiful
sex. A person Of coareo and vular
mind, who thinks more Of himself
than his best friends think of him, and
who knows little Of the worth OF
good woman's heart, rushes fearlessly
in where an Irving or an Addison
would blush 10 tread. Bear this in
mind, young gentlemen who blush
and stammer in the company Of young
ladies; the girls are as much afraid Of
you as you are of thom You are
awkward in your manners, you think
lfyou think so, it is likely that Your
young friends think otherwise for
the really i'll bred fellows that we
have never suspected their III breed
ing And, after nil, what is good
breeding bat habilual good nature 7
The simple fact that you wish to please
is a proof that you possess, or will
soon acquire the power TO do so. The
good heart aud wcll.infOrmed mind
will soon give grace TO the demcanor,
or will 50 abundantly atone for the
want Of it, that its absence will never
be noticed Besides, the ladies-that
is most of them like man who il
simple in his manners, provided that
they see that there is substance aud
worth in him. Graceful manners and
ready wit are good as far as they 90.
But be surc OF this, O bashful, blush
ing youth, that ~ the society Of ladies
and of men, you viii pass, ia the long
run, for what you arc w0rth-no moro
mo less The art Of pleasing, there
fore, is nothing more than the art OF
becoming an honest, kind, intelligent
and high minded man. Such a man.
be he graceful MS Chesterfield or awll-
ward as Caliban, all worthy womeu
trust and love
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02
CLEARFIELD, PA.
wEDNEsDAY MoRNNo, ,NovEMpERs. lsIO.
FALLING LEAVES.


They arc falling, slowly falling,
Thick upon the forest side,
Severed FROM the noble branches,
Whorethoy waved in bcauteous pride.
Thoy are falling in the valleys,
Where the early violots spring.
And the birds In sunny spring time
First their dulcct music sing.
They are falling, sadly falling,
Close beside our cottage door,
Pale and faded. like the loved ones,
They have gone forevermore.
They are falling, and the sunheams
Shine in hoaniy soft around;
Yet the faded leaves are falling,
Falling on the mossy ground.
They are falling on the streamlct,
Where the silvery waters flow,
And upon It's placid bosom
Onward with the waters CO.
They are falling in the churchyard,
Where our kindred swcotly sleep,
Where the idle winds Of summer
Softly o'or the loved ones sweep.
They are falling, ever falling,
Whcr the autumn breezes sigh,
When the stars IN beauty glisten
Bright upon the midnight SKY.
They are falling when the tempest
Moans like oceans hollow roar,
When the tunelcss winds and hillows
Sadly sigh foreycrmorc.
They are falling, they arc falling,
While our saddcued thoughts still 20
To the sunny days Of childhood,
In the dreamy long ago.
And their faded hues remind us
Of the blighted homes aud dreams,
Faded like falling leaflets
Cast upon the icy streams.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

GEN. GRANTS SECOND CoUsIS?-
We have already recorded the fact
that the defeat of Gen. Robert G.
Schenck in the Third District of Ohio
was in a great measure due to Gen.
Grants warm affection for his second
cousin. Gen. Grant preferred to ap.
point his second cousin TO a lucrative
Office rather than that the election OF
Gen. Schenck should be insured. 49,
Gen. Schenck is beaten; but the be-
loved second cousin has an office, and
Gen. Grant is happy.
But who is this second cousin lie
lives Ia the town Of Lebanon, Ohio,
once famous as the residence of Tom
Corwin, and his name it is George B.
Johnson. He keeps a little wayside
store in that village. He does not
possess any qualification for the Office,
except that he is Gen. Grants second
cousin, and was urged for the appoint.
ment by jesse r. Grant, the Presi.
dents father, who also enjoys a profit
able Office in Covington, Ky, and helps
run his sons Administration.
1t seems, however, that Johnson
was not even only the second cousin
of President Grant; on careful exam
ination, il is discovered that he is but
the second cousin of tho Presidents
mother. This renders the devotion
Of the President in appointing him to
Office ut so great cost rs the sacri-
fec of the Gen. Schenck still more re-
ma; ;'!.siIe !...Ll. An, Any man could do a good
deal for his own socouS cousinj but 10
20 to such length for the SECOND
cousin of your mother is q most cx.
traordinary virtue
What renders Johnson's appoint
mcnt still more interesting is the fact
that the man whom Gen. Schcnck
desired to have placed in the Office O
Assessor of internal Revenue for thai
district was Gen. Obadiah c. Max
well, who had served honorably dur
ing the war as n soldier. Maxwell
was turned out of office, and Schencl
defeated, TO make room for the Presi
dents mothers second cousin. Moth
| ing more need be said.-N. y Sun,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

the liie-iide rapidly ebbng from the
ghastly wounds, and the dim eye shonc
no moro with hate, but had an
almost human expression of agony
and despair lurking its iilmy and glar-
ing orbs The crocodile was we'll nigh
struggling in its death throes and the
mighty frame seemed contracted aud
convulsed with the near approach Of
the final spasm. The man was no.
where to be seen. Just then, painting,
worn, exhausted, but still unwounded,
Daoud, the dagger in his right band,
rose to the surface, but unhappily
within a yard of the almost vanquish-
ed monster The scaly thing saw
him, aud with mighty effort of ex-
piring energy, struck out wildly with
his powerful tail. 1t fell like a fail
on the head Of the Syrian, stretching
him senseless and powerlens beside
his enemy. The next moment the dy-
ing crocodile twisted his body round,
opened his mighty jaws with final
and convulsive ofiort--and, when they
closed again, within them was the
writhing body Of the Syrian, caught
as in some huge trap, which crushed
bone, muscle, sinew and flesh into one
undistinguishable mass, And locked
tight in the death spasm, those jaws
never Enclosed again But the scaly
bulk of the crocodile, bearing in its
dead jaws the corpse Of its destroyer,
foaied down the current of the Nile,
under the still moonlight, TO the open
sea, which was TO retain the relics of
both until the hour shall como when
that sea shall give up its dead -Egyp-
tan Sketches.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

TRUru.-Thero il another reason
why men feel that religion is gricv.
Gus. Ii is because of their own expc.
rienco. 1t is because they have at.
tempted to live. a religious life, aud
have never given their whole will and
whole heart to It. Men want 10 build
themselves as carpenters build bu
rcaus, using pine for the whole sdb
stance Of it, aud a littlo thin veneer
ing for finish, TO make il look beau.
tilul. Men want to build themselves
up in all manner of gross, worldly
forces, and have thin venooring OF
righteousness or religion over that,
Just to cover down these other things
and make them beautiful, and make
them sell we'll Aud where men Just
surface themselves with religion. it 1.
simply an irritant ltacts simply u,
a provocative 1t keeps up before
them rule, or conception, or az
IDEAL which they do not at all either
accomplish or strive to accomplish.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

UNUSED POWERS. We seldom hear
better sermon on the duty of pro,
pairing for the "hourne whence NO
traveller returns" than is contained in
the allegory which relates that a man
once fell through this world into the
next. There be discovered that we
retain those parts of ourselves, and
those only, which we have assduously
used here. Curious was the spcctii.
Gle presented 10 mis- wondering sight
He saw hundreds Of hungry-lo0king
ears. They were forever congrega.
ting ard hurrying hithcr and thither
lie was informed that on earth these
had done the hearing of church music
and church sermons; had cultivated
the listening faculty, and noting else
so they were now ears and nothing
more He noticed big stomachs ly.
ing about contentedly undor fences
and trees, and was told that those
were persons who had chiefly used
their gastronomic powers, who bad
assiduously guzzled at saloons, and gor
mandizcd at restaurants. He became
interested in some large dolls, with
complexions like wax dolls, too, that
appeared to move languidly, and
sometimes to gape. These, he learned
werc what remained OF ladies who
had cultivated only good looks OF
nqniry for popular prcacher,ho wal
conducted to place full of ears
where lively skeleton, without ;
vcstige of heart or brain, was still
gesticulating improssively. Upor
making this discovery the man immo
diately telegraphed oarthward as fol
lows al find that powers unused di,
out that parts neglected fall away
that we are allowed only to keep 81
much of ourselves as we use. Bool
out that you do not end as a restless
car, as a lazy stomach, or as a bis
bag Of wind"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

A ScALAwAG.-Thc following IS
pronounced by connoisseurs, TO be a
life-liie picture Of "scahwag" lie
is as disgusting to look upon as the
thick skinned, brazen faced iunoramus
who makes profession Of religion
and boasts of his honesty, when he is
known TO be a hypocrito and a rascal
by every one in the community in
which he resides Look at his coun.
tcrpart:
"A scalawag is low flung, mean.
looking 'cuss,' wrapped up ia a white
mans skin, who thirstclh for an office
Of some sort as a sheep killing dog
thirsts for the blood of sheep, and
who to get tho negroes to vote him
an office, sheds crocodile tears in their
presence because he was not born q
negro. lie prctends to believe the
negro the equal Of the white race NOR
ally, politically aud mentally, and hugs
aud caresscs all the carpet baggers
that como along lie IS a dirt eating
creature, who believes that whaisocv.
cr a Radical Congress or Legislature
docs is right, even if they command
to drop his brccches and kiss the hand
thatflings nine and-tbirty on bis hide.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

PRorrCriNa WiDows.-Butler, tho
East Tennessee Congressman, whom
the officers tried to arrest for pension
frauds on widows, and forgery, is the
regular Radical candidate for Con.
grcss in the First Tennessee district.
General Grant has had his trial post
poned till AFTER the election, and is
trying to elect him, in order that he
may 20 to the penitcntiary.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

TuE Eye or A NEEDtE.-Thc pas
sage from the Now Testament, 1t is
easier for camel, etc, has perpleXcd
many good men who have read it lit
orally. In oriental cities there are in
the large gates small and very low
aperturcs, called metaphorically need
les eyes, just as we talk Of windows
on shipboard as bulls eyes These
entrances are too narrow for camel
to pass through them in the ordinary
manner, or even if loaded. When a
loaded camel has to pass through one
of these entrances, it kneols down, its
LOAD is removed, and then it shuilles
through on its knees. Yesterday,
writes Lady Duff Gordon from Cairo,
i saw camel 20 through the eye OF
a necdle-that is, the low arched door
OF an inclosuro. lie must knocl and
bow his head to creep through and
thus tho rich man must humble him
self
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

Every man, woman, and child has
tho power to give, however poor they
may be. Kind words and pleasant
smiles will often make glad the sor.
rowing heart; tho want OF them has
driven many u boy and girl to utter
dospaig. Sympathy or Kindness costs
only an effort of the will, and it pre-
vonts manN evil deeds.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

MORNING LIKE SCIENoE.-Stcphen
Pearl Andrews, a professional philoso
pher and pbilanthropi,t Of New York
has just enunciated for a bonightcd
world, the fundamental principles oi
"Universalogical Science" His claim
is certainly startling. lie aflirms that
the essence of being arises from Unism
Duism and Trinism. just think of il
The essence of beingl 1t seems in
crediblel lie proceeds further tc
state that the FIRST oftbese uniiies, the
second diiicrcntiates, and the third
"unites the Unism and Duism in Q
llingewise (partly united and scpar
ated) Complixity."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

The best cosmetics are temperance
exercise, and good temper. There is
no true beauty without these graccs
The best purifier is coarse towel and
soap and water
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

There is such an epidemic OF crime
just now IN the United States, and so
general an impression among muir
dercrs that hanging is "playod out,
that an old fashioned friend at our
elbow proposes that the "Society for
Alleviating the Miscries of Public
Prisons" be disbanded, and that a So.
cicty for Aggravating the Miserics Of
Publc Prisons be organized in its
stead. The suggestion is a timely
one.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

An enterprising ice cream maker in
Chicago advcrtises: Families sup
piled by the quart or gallon, and de.
liyered in any part Of the city" For
those who wish to obtain families, this
is an eligible opportunity.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

If we would have powerful minds,
we must think if we would have
faithful hearts, we must love it We
would have strong muscles, we must
labor These include all that is valu-
able in lifc
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

lie who has struck his colors to the
power Of an evil habit has surrender
ed himself 10 the power Of an enemy,
bound 10y no articles of faith, and from
whom he can expect only the vilcst
iroaImnnt.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

When steady, well behaved young
man is seen shaking hands with a
pumy. aud bidding il an eflcctionate
goodnight, or saying, "poor old Cor
bison Robscrew = there may be faint
apprehension that he has been "taking
something"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

Fred Douglas advised the negroes
TO stay in The country aud raise pigs,
instead Of oongrcgaung in the towns
to raise hi.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

A man in Iowa city. in drawing his
check to pay his railroad bond tax,
made it payable 60 "bighwav robbers
or bearer"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

Among the premiums offered at IL
country fair in Kentucky is one Of
$40 for the noatcst patch put on an
old garment by an unmarried woman.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

Sorrows arc like tempest clouds
when aiar OF, they look black, but
when above us scarcely gray
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02
THE
y bCIgiRfIELD REPUBLICAN"
psTABLIsilED 1871.
H. largest circulation Of any News
paper in North Central
Pennsylvania,
rsrApLIsnnD Isar.
Terms Of Subscription.

, ,,i ir advance, or within monihs.."s2 90
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-02

A. spaH Of a manifest attempt Of the felo al
government TO throw every obstacle 10 the way Of
frc registry, and to ohstruei nauralizcd citirens
In thtr vote federal officials have raised question
Shat no registry will be- legal on wednesday, the
lgih Of 0aobor (which has been day horctoiorcl
Therefore. to rrtg1. collision that has hgn
Threatened by .ush orieiil. WITH lhc citl,nr. Us
MayoT recommends that the places of registry be
mot opened on this day. bu, that an ciIous reserve
their protests until Monday. 0siohcI 81, and
Tuesday, November l., which are the last days for
registry, aud upon those DAYS neglect all othci
business until The full registration to which this
city is entitled be completed. But, undcr no prov.
ocation. to suffer themselves at any time TO be in
yiicd into o disturbance or breach Of the peace.
A. 0AKEY liAll, Mayor.
October Is, evening"
This is the present condition Of af
fairs. The u. S. authorities trying
to force a conflict, the city and State
authorities trying to avert It, il pos
Isible We shall notice the further
proceedings Of the parties as they arc
developed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-30
New York Financial Market.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Nig ht.-Money
easy, weak, and lower. Gold opened I'M
settled, and ranged between 121E @121%.
At noon it was 12lA. During the afternoon
it was somewhat excited. with marked
decline, while the stock exchange was
buoyant and higher OH Government bonds
and share lists. This turn of affairs was
occasioned by the receipt of kilograms
from Frankfort quoting United States
bonds at S2S-a very large rise on the
prices for some days past. This news Gre
ated no little excitement. The rise in bonds
at Frankfort is attributed to purchases by
German bankers to cover their shorts. The
German bankers were free sellers Of gold
here, which forced the market down. Gold
closed weak and dull at 120A@12OH.
Governments opened strong and higher,
were buoyant during the afternoon with an
active demand and small offerings, and
closed very strong; 6s, 81 coupons, 1l3h I;
'G2'S, HOS '6fs, HOY ; '65's, 11oh new,
1O9H '67's, 1922 '6S's, 109A. Ten-lor-
ties, 107%. Southern SccuriticS-Firginia
6's, J9f ; ncw, 60. Louisiana Us, Us new,
GO. Levec G's, g.; SIS, 50. Alabama SIS,
9S; IS, IS. Georgia G's, 10; rs, 80. North
Carolina Us, Al new, 20. South Carolina
GS, 81 new, 1917
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-30

A correspondent of Nature "a London
paper notices a remarkable instance of &C.
centricity In the choice Of place for their
nests by pair of tom-tits g In quiet
street in one of the southern suburbs there
is now a pair of tom-tits who have, taken
possession of cast-iron lamp pillar,
wherein they have built their nest and
reared their young for two or three years
rast. It is curious to think what business
they could have had there, to have found
out that it was suitable residence. The
nest is placed in the bulb or swel!ing-out of
the column, just below the lamp, and the
birds creep through the space between the
cas-pipe and the iron rim at the top of the
column. The space is not three-guarters OIL
an inch in width. The nest is on one SIDE
of the pipe, and cannot be more than two
inches across. The lamp is Lighted every
evening, and on one occasion the pillar was
actually taken down for some repairs WIN
the nest inside, containing seven or elsht
eggs, which were, / believe, destroyed !;
but the birds concluding, | suppose, that
this was not done with malice prepense,
but that it was only necessary domestlc
difficulty, wisely returned to their nome,
8ld continued to occupy the lamp-plilar
for the remainder of the season, rearing
another brood that same year"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-30

A FIGHT WITH GRANTS PRIVATE SECRE-
TARY.-A correspondent of the Dubuque
Herald describes the following scene at the
capitol just as Congress was about to adj
journ
"Quite an atfray came of in the capitol,
in front of one of the Senate doors, two or
three days since, which was carefully kept
out Of the papers here, and have seen no
reference to it in papers elsewhere. Gene
raj Dent, brother-in-aW of the President,
came down to the Senate door, where he
was met by fellow who had applied to him
for his influence in obtaining some position,
and who claimed that Dent had, to use his
own classical expression, lied i'll making
promises he had failed to fulfil. Having
applied to Dent that pithy though unparlia-
amentary term, he struck Dent, who IN
turn took him by the throat, and IL row fol-
lowed. one of the capitol police came to
q,cll the disturbance, but he got Knocked
down. The assistant doorkcepef and two
or three others rushed to the scene of dis
turbance and the only salient points in
the case were the six legs sticking out to-
wards the several points of the compass,
the owners thereof rolling over and over in
one indistinsuishablc mass. BY faithful and
persistent pulling ut the aforesaid legs the
combatants were finally separated, and it
was found that the poor policeman had the
worst of the atl'ray. No arrests were made,
lest the matter should get into the pa
DerS.'"