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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

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So much has been written concerning
DR.: Livingstone's recent discoveries
end his future programme in Central
Africa, that the prevailing populat
ideas- on the subject are not very clear
~, defined. A general survey Of the
operations is briefly given in the Lon
don Saturday Review Of August a.
from which we extract the following
for the perusal of such of our readers
as are interested IN. geographical re-
searches: l,U.EIui j.. -: .J,'!
From Livingstone's last dispatch,
dated Unyanyembe,D February 20, 1877,
we get the latest. views" of the great
traveller as to what he had achieved,
with his plans ;tor.. the future: What
he has placed beyond doubt: is the ex-
istense of great mountain range, di.
viding the drainage Of the 'Zambesi
from that to the northward, identical,
probably, with Ptolemy's Mountains OF
the Moon. But more important still
is the great valley system of lakes and
rivers, starting from q broad upland
between ten and twelve degrees south
and from four thousand to i've thou.
sand feet above the sea, from which
rise mountains six thousand or seven
Thousand feet in actual height. This
watershed extends over seven hundred
miles from west TO east Cour tless
springs here ooze up from the spongy
soil, !" spreading out, says Living
stone, to ., bird's-eye view, like
the, frost vegetation on q window
pane. In passing over sixty miles Of
latitude he waded thirty-two primary
sources of this kind. Several Of them
ara covered with veritable living
bridges, the rich, dark, glossy leaved
grass with its leaves and roots felting
itself into mat, which, when stepped
upon yields twelve. or fifteen inches,
the water rising to that height up the
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
Heavy Bid for a Minister.

The New York correspondent of the
Boston journal says: Some Of our
popular pastors have a hard time
of il in resisting calls, which pour in
from every quarter. Popular men
as they arc called-are not numerous,
and the demand very greatly exceeds
the supply. Our versatile, witty and
popular lrishman, Henry NJ. Gallach.
er, has had a regular seige. The
thriving town of Elizabctbtown has
completed u very churchIy Baptist
edifce, and the society wanted min.
lister to fit the church. Mr.. GALLAGHER
was selected, and a call regularly
made out. A wealthy man in the
parish, who has any quantity Of land
TO sell, contributed toward the salary
$4,000 a year, whilo the church was
to raise $4,000. His present church
not to bo outdone, raised his salary TO
the same plane Then the spirit Of
rivalry commenced between the two,
the pastor being nearly torn to pieces
and distracted. Last week lie called
his official men together, and an.
nounoed that hc should stay with bis
present charge. Tho decision was
tclegraphcd TO the wealthy gentleman
OF Elizabeth, and he took the first
train for Now York. On reaching
the parsonage they found the minister
under the charge Of doctor. Tho
door bell was unhung, and admission
positively denied TO every one. But
servants are human, and money
laughs at locksmiths.
Admission was obtained through
the basement, and the persistent COM
mittecmnn seated himself in the cham
Der Of tho patient. The interview
lasted from four clock until two in
tho morning Ton thousand dollars
salary was offered, and house and
lot valued at fifteen thousand dollars
would be given in fee TO the minister,
This seemed TO upset things. Last
Wednesday, Mr.. GALLAGHER quietly
packed his trunk, stepped on board Of
a Cunardcr, and has gone abroad, leav-
ing both churches in a stew. The
matter has got into Wall street, md
the betting is sixty to forty that Elz-
abetb wins. idr a a rHn aa
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
She Was a Woman.

We have heard time and again of
the prodigal SON. What Of the prodi.
gal daughter! She exists. A Rooh
ester newspaper brings us the mcagre
outline of the career of one who seems
to usr so peculiarly sad, and '-at the
same time so representative Of the OK
perience OF many another prodigal
daughter, whose case has never been
recorded, that we take it as text for
a paragraph hero. The girl when
residing at homo, was teacher in the
Sunday School, and enjoyed tho re-
spect Of her friends, and the love of
her family. For some time past she
had been living at house Of i'll repute
in city distant from her native place
At the solicitation of her family, her
former pastor communicated with her,
and informed her Of the conditions
upon which she might return homo
and be shielded from the necessity Of
clinging TO her present mode of life.
Those conditions were, that she would
give up that life forever, return to her
native place and enter an asylum
The heartbroken penitent expressed
her willingness to embrace the first
two conditions, but shook her head at
the third. Her soul was bungering
and thirsting for love--for fathers
blessing, mothers kiss, tho sympa.
thy ofthe brothers and sisters among
whom she had spent happy child.
hood She was longing to be forgiv-
en-, ycnrning to be received back into
the good old path once more. 1t was
the Old story over again of the inhu.
maniiy Of society and the family of
womep. The prodigal son is received
with open arms, the prodigal daughter
is given the cold shoulder. The fatted
calf Is killed for one the broken bits
are given to the other. The girl asked
for her family, and they gave her an
asylum demanded love and they
yielded charity.-Erchdnge.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
Among the LaplanderS.

Whdn | went to Sweden and express.
cd my intention of going to Laplnnd,
| was told that | should have to wait
till tie mosquitoes had gone, for !
could not stand them. | laughed at
the idea; but whom | arrived there
you may be assured that ] believed IL /;
why Jersey is not for q moment to be
compared with II for mosquitoes---
During the reign Of this insect the in.
habitants 20 to the mountains. The
Laplanders arc most astonishingly
honest; they leave their vuluables in
the sight Of their servants when they
retire and have never known them to
bc stolen. ! left my money bag once,
and travelled some distance before l
missed IT, / tried to make my guide
understand my loss, and, in so doing,
awakened the sympathics Of young
woman (thc Lapland woman are beau
tilul y who volunteered to get II for
me, which shc soon did | offered
some Of the gold, but she said she
would not acccptit; not knowing how
else 70 reward her, ! gave her q kiss
she looked astonished and ] gave her
another. These people are intensely
fond Of flowers; in summer, when tho
flowers are in bloom, IT is national
custom TO visit the gravcyards cacli
Saturday and strcw the graves with
them. Great interest is manifested to
learn of oflairs in America, and New
York aud Chicagoare household words.
The country has n very thick growth
OF birch and fir trees over nearly the
entire surface, some of tho fir trees
measuring from Ave to sight feet in
circumference. The scenery is mag
nifcent, and can conceive Of nothing
more grand than their mountains,
which are from 5000 to 5000 feet 10
height have travelled for the short
space Of half an hour, and passed sew
enty.two waterfalls in that time, with
an average height Of 900 feet.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
A Jefreys without a Commission.


"1n all agos," says Macaulay, "the
vilest specimens Of human nature have
been foand among demagogucs." In
our age one of The most repulsive ex.
empli6cations OF this remark is found
in tho person of that ranting and
mcndaeious dcmagogue, John A, Bing-
ham, Of Ohio. Under gentlcmanly
exterior he carries the heart OF q ruf-
fan, ard his pretensions of liberalism
arc butla cover to a brutal intolerance.
Never dealing in argument, but always
in abuse, nothing but the opportunity
is venting to discover in him those
ooafB6 Instincts which education has
done nothing TO modify. This oppor.
tunity was offered in the House of
Representatives the other day, when
Mr.. Brooke. of New York, ventured
to suggest taat the supplementary en-
forcemcnt bill was unconstitutional
This was an opinion which every man
had right to entertain, and which,
in country where speech is supposed
to be free, every man, moreover, had
the right to express. But it did not
happen to coincide with Bingham's s
opinion, nor did it suit his partl.
zansbip, and he accordingly proceeded
TO denounce its utterance as "treason.
able" and "damning." The calumny
il, Of course, not worth refuting, but
1t comes with an i'll grace from the
man whose treason to liberty is re.
corded on that page Of American his
tory wherein he figures as partici-
pator in the murder of woman, who
had hardly suffered the cruel death to
which he helped to drive her, before
she was believed TO be innocent. II
we were called upon to draw com.
parison, we should likcn Bingham to
the infamous Jeffroys. Like Jeffreys,
his hands are stained with the blood
of a helpless woman, and he is always
ready, as tho Judge Of the Bloody
Assizcs said of himself, TO "givo a lick
with tho rough side of his tongue" p
1t was this propensity ho INDUCED
when he gave IA llck" TO his opponents
"with the rough side OF his tongue
in the House of Representatives the
other day, and If Grant could organize
a circuit and give Bingham a commits.
sion, this modern Jcffreys would quick
ly discover the other propensities Of
his prototype and re-inaugurate the
horrors over which he gloated.-1 1ren-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26

ORTHoGRAPIcAL. 1t will interest
many of our readers to know that
thore are number of words in tho
English language each Of which con-
tains all the five regular vowels, but it
would puzzle almost any one TO think
of more than one or two at short no.
tice. The following may be given as
examples Education, reputation, reg
ulation, emulation, perturbation, mcn-
suration, reputation. Besides these
there are several words each contain
ing all the vowels, including the "y."
Oh these we may mention revolution.
airy, eloculionary and upqucstionably.
The word indivisibility may be noted
as peculiar word, for it contains tho
letter "i" six times. Mississippi and
Tennessee are each spelled with only
four different letters Of the alphabet,
although one contains eleven letters
and the other nine. Schnapps, word
of one syllable and eight letters, con-
tains but one vowel. There are no
words in the English language of more
than eight syllablcs, and OF thoso con.
tanning that number we may mention
incomprehensbility.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26

"CoMMos LAW" AT A DIsoouNr.-A
Kansas paper rcvivcs amusingly how
Gen. Sherman failed as conspicuously
in law as he succeeded brilliantly in
war. In the early "jayhawking' days,
the General made slender livelihood
in Calhoun County and once, when
he had prepared himself most elabor-
ately, IL is related that a "long, lank,
lean genius, . leaving his OK team, came
before tho Court as his competitor.
The General summed up grandly, quot,
ing freely from an immense pilo of
books placed carefully before him, and
citing the English common law TO
prove his point. The "bullwhaokor'
tollowed him, and ridiculed his pro,
cedents and secuted at bis books. lIe
said 1t was an insult TO the court to
read from "lhc common law OF Eng.
land" and declared that "if he were
compelled TO take any of that arsto-
cratic British law,' he wanted tho
every best Her Majesty had, aud mono
OF her common law" That was enough:
the Justices face was set, and tho Gen.
eral lost his case Ii was tho last he
ever tried in Kansas. 1 ni .d
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
A Tale Of Pantaloons.
Affair Exehsnss in The DsrkNo robbi"s in the liph'.
- IRnck Island Cor. CHIN 20 Lournnll

Fair Exchange In The Dsrk-No robblns in the Lphi
[Rock Island Cor Chiss go Journal
A Davenport legal gentleman went
out one evening last week to have q
quiet game of billiards. He stuck to
his cue for several faithful hours, con-
vivialized with his friends still longer,
and then went home. On retiring 10
rest no was most singularly uneasy,
and tossed about for some time with
out dropping into that peaceful slnm'
Der We usually derive from a clear
conscience. His lady was annoyed,
and complained kindly. 1t was no
use, however; something drove sleep
from his cyelids. AT this Juucturc his
lady was taken suddenly i'll (h)w for
lunatc that he was awake } and he
was appealed TO to hasten off to the
nearest drug store in quest of re,
storativc. He hastily atlircd himself,
double quickcd down the street, rush
ed into store, obtained the article so
urgently required, and produced his
pocket. book. Great Cesarl what had
iranspiredg He had never seen that
wallet before and the pants they
werc not his own. Could il be posi-
bic he was in his right mind Was it
not rather all distempered dream
He resolved to sec, and without stop
ping to take the remedy with him, he
rushed back to tho wife Of his bosom.
lie did not flourish revolver, he did
not smash furniture, he did not strike
attitudes like a gladiator--bc simply
took part in the following convcrsa-
tion. G1 an
"Jane ?" T'. la
"Yes, dear" NJ r
"How are you feeling 7" 3f
"Bctter. Much better. ! think n
good sleep is all | now need. How
kind of you to go to so much trouble"
"Very kind, wasn't IL !"
"Yery kind, honey" lL
"Janc, shall / turn on the gas :"
"If you like, dear" adi 1f
The gas was turned on. lgH
"JancW n Uar 1u lHahr vfuDe
ayes dear" 1 oi ga int
"Do these look like my pantaloonsg"
Wby, what can you mean, dear 7"
81 mean, do these resemble the
trousers | wore homo this evening n
"Why how can tell, dear 7" and
Jane raised up with some surprise and
reluctance, gave quick glance, and
screamed outright.
Husband" said she, with some
embarrassment, "youvc made ridi.
culous mistake somewhere, while out
with your friends. What in the world
havo you been doing TO nighty'
"That's rather thin, Jane. We
don't usually take off our pants to
play billiards. When | went TO bed
TO night I-iaid my proper pantaloons
on that there chair When ! dressed
to go out, the pair | have on first fell
in my way. l put them on. ! dis
covered at tho store they werc not
mine. l returned at once, and now !
find the pair l left on the chair are
missing" rrf
Jane began to sob, weep, and pro,
test her innocence, while tho husband
paced the floor in deep reflection.
Jane," at last he said," 81 guess
you can go home to your parents to-
morrow. You and | have gotten
along very well for year or two, but
tho things played" r4i9s sfo
And down stairs he went with a
deaf ear TO the frenzied appeals and
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
The Philosopher 0aricatured.

A party of friends were on n train
from New York with Horace Greeley
the other day, when the farmer of
Chapaqua was awfully victimized by
newsboy, who either did not know
him or was most wickedly inclined 10
poke fun at him. Horace was terri
bly, disgusted, but TO the astonishment
oil his friends, didn't rip out single
oath. The scene is thus described:
Presently the train boy came along
with bundle of weekly periodicals,
in ono of which were Two or three
outrageous caricaiures of the philoso.
pher, and one of these lic tossed into
Mr.. Greeley's lap. The sage took il
up mechanically and glanced at the
caricatures. The passengers were in
a fermen.. The good man would Ger
tainly rip out an oath. Not SO, how
ever. lie looked bIankly at the pic
turc OF himself for moment and
turned the paper over to Mr. johnson
without n comment. Tho boy came
again and took the periodicals up,
On bis very next round be carried
bundle of phamphlcts, entitled the
l"Comic Life Of Horace Greeley" a
production liberally Illustrated with
the most aggravating caricatures OF
the great sage, lie threw one Of them
into tho philosophers lap, with flop,
and, to make assurance doubly sure,
popped one into the hands of each
member Of the party. Tho first pic
ture, on the outer page Of this produc
ton, is view of the usty patriarch
being helped over the White House
wall by pitchfork, and inside is o
scene representing him on the nag
''Protection," racing for the White
House against Victoria Woodruff OIL
her stced "Free Love" The fiend o.
a train.boy droppedthis bombshel into
the party and cheerily continued hi'
round
The philosopher gazed at this hid
eous phamphlel long and sadly, as il
sorrowing that humanity could have
reached such depth of degradation
turned once and looked solemnly al
the door through which the 6endisl
train boy had disappeared, and laying
the phamphlct aside, silently turned
again to his newspaper.
A general murmur of relief ran
among the passengers. A quiet calm
settled upon them.
81 guess t's all lie about hi:
swearing so mncll," said one.
alt would seem so," said another.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
The Road to Siberia.

During tho reign of the Gar Mich
olas, and wo presume there have been
few changes since, the nobility of Rus.
sia possessed many privileges, and
among those not least appreciated was
corporal punishment, and in ordinary
cases they were conveyed TO Siberia,
instead Of proceeding thither on foot.
The unfortunate individuals sent to
struggle against tue inclemency Of o
hard climate, and the severity of hard.
or taskmasters, were divided in two
classes those merely transported and
those sentenced TO transportation with
hard labor. Tho Journey from lxie"
to Toboisk took one year, while the
convicts whose destination was the
mines of Nertchinsk, seldom reached
it--if they did reach thunder two
years. For the bones of many OF
them that perished of cold, i'll usage
and sickness were scattered over the
interminable Russian steppes 10 serve
as finger posts to tho melancholy con,
voys that followed the same desolate
rout. These conveys generally con.
sisted of one hundred 10 two hundred
and fifty persons--men and women
and children, An armed Cossack on
horseback then followed the convicts,
chained together in gangs Of twenty,
with Cossack intervening between
the gangs and posse Of those very
irregular cavalry men closed the pro-
cession. The Car was mcrciful TO
women; they were not chained. The
sick were gently treated they were
allowed to ride in vehicles with iron
rings round their necks like wild beasts
in menageres.
Perfect silence reigncd in those pro-
cessions; the only feeling noticeable
was tho dull apathy of despair. Dur
ing sleep no one could move without
causing more or less severe pain to
bis mate. During meals the convict
crouched round fires closely guarded
by the Cossacks. Each column march.
ed two days and rested for one day
Beyond Nishni Novgorod, when ordi.
nary edifces became few and far be.
tween, long, low, isolated buildings
were constructed to serve as pens for
the herds OF human cattle. Moreover
guardhouses were established at ir.
regular distances to relieve the escort.
The officer in command was response
bio for the prisoners He was like
the captain OF ship at sea no was
absolute master over nil and could in.
flict any punishment short of immcdi.
ate death Some officers, however
were occasionally found, who remem.
bered that the prisoners had once beon
men and women with souls of their
own, and who did not feel any cspeci.
al delight in inHicting upon them un,
necessary physical suiferings. One OF
these conveys was calculated TO arrive
weekly at Tobolsk, whore sat gov.
ernment commission charged to the
requirements Of the public service.
About ten thousand passed annually
through Tobolsk.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26

BIsHops OF THE NJ Il. CHURCH
following are the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Board being completed by the lust
election :trIrse.l 4aI nsr- tr.-.i
Thomas A.. Morris, elected in 1886
Edmund s. James, elected in 1874.
Lovi Scott, elected in 1852,
Matthew Simpson, elected in 1852.
Osmond G. Baker, elected in 1852.
Edward r, Ames, elected In 1862.
John r. Roberts, Bishop of the Ii
IBERIA (Africa) Colorcd Conference
elected 10 1866. rr rha1ftr
Wm. Il. Harrcs. OF the Central Ohio
Conference, elected May 81, 1872.
Thomas Bowen, President Of the
Asburyl University, at Greenwich,
Ind, elected May 2l, 1872. rasT
Randolph s. Foster, President OF
Drew Theological Seminary, Madison,
N. j., elected May II, 1872.
Isaac W. Wiley, Editor of the La
dies Repository, Cincinnati, o., elected
May q, 1872 ~ a48I8 q,
Stephen NJ. Merrill, Editor of The
Western Christian Advocate, Cincin.
natl, o., elected May %, 1872. ~
Edward G. Andrews, Pastor of
Seventh Avenue Church, Brooklyn,
n. Y, elected May %, 1872, sI-li
Gilbert Haven, Editor Of Zion's
Herald, Boston, Mass, elected May
%, 1872, ,0L aaF 1rsrf,ali 1900.
Jesse 7. Peck, of tho Central New
York Conference, elected May %,
1872.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
About Pensions,

In this county, as in all other coun'
ties in this Commonwealth, there arc
those who will come under the provi.
sions Of the now pension bill just passed
BY Congress, on which the Philadci-
phia Inquirer has tho following. re.
marks: "The most unfortunate Of tho
soldiers who fought for the Union are
to bc provided for so as TO give them
advantages beyond the ordinary PEN
sioncrs The manned, the halt, tho
blind aud the deaf are to be the OBJ
jccts Of this bill. In the proportion
between the various pensioners tho
rates determined upon, however, seem
to have been founded on strange
philosophy. For instance, a sodioP
who has good cyesight in both eyes,
good hearing, and whose power Of
locomotion by his feet arc excellent,
is to receive fifty dollars month, il
he has lost both Of his hands If he
has the same advantages in seeing,
hearing and has also two hands which
he may use, but has lost both feet, he
is 10 receive but forty dollars month,
thus clearly showing, in the opinion
of Congress, that mans hands are
worth 1920 per annum more than his
feet. But il the soldier is but half dis
ablcd in hand or foot and has one OF
either members which be can use, TO
is not put upon tho ratio of half tho
pension which would have been paid
him II had lost both members. Twen.
ty.fvc dollars month would seem TO
be the exact ratio where but single
limb is lost if fifty dollars is the just
payment for the loss Of both. But
this bill proposes to give to the single
handed or single footed pcnsioncr
thirty dollars month, although it
must be evident that person who
has one hand and one foot has an ad
vantage which makes him considera.
bly, more favored than one half over
the man who has lost both members.
These distinctions are odd, but the
most unaccoun,able in the bill is that
which relates TO the totally blind.
While q soldier who can see and hear
and walk and talk gets fifty dollars a
month because he has lost both hands,
the totally blind man, who can do
very little except with assistance, re-
ceives ten dollars month less than
the good sighted man who has no
hands, The philosophy of this dis
tinction does not seem very clear.
The man without hands may, by tho
use Of artificial limbs, do something,
and not be utterly helpless, but the
: blind man is the most wretched of all
if he is poor-and these pensioners
are poor. In the controversy of hands
VS.. eyes the world generally would be
disposed TO say that eyes are most
important. But Congress does not
seem TO think so, and the distinction
taken in this bill seem to be arbitrary
rather than wise. 0-fll
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-26
A Few Questions.

Is thcre-anytbing gained by a hash.
ing and re.hashing Of family matters
before children or stranoers7
Are children taught TO love and
obey n parent by 6eariog his or her
failines discussed or do STRANGERS i'm.
prove matters by interfering? Ger.
iainlv it spoils a visit when onarrcling.
pickering. twitting and flinpipr up Of
each Others faults take The place, be.
tween husband and wife. of pleasant
hospitality and general conversation.
As children grow up they learn the
.failiags Of lLeir paronts iast enough.