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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-10-23

of truce and read the riot act to the
leaders Of each Fitzpatrick promised
to desperse his band, lS2 strong, and
all the blacks. Tho other side
dsclaimed being rioters. During
Wednesday afternoon Fitzpatrick, in
stead Of dispensing his band, moved
thom towards tho town in double Glc,
marched near the southern edge Of
the village and filed of drought a
lane. .-fi
i1f COMMENCING THE BATTLE.
Hating nearly milo west, the
whites under Bowen accepted sup
posed banter for battle, and moved
forward through the town and down
the lcvee towards the blacks, who nj
once marched into q waste Of fallen
timber recently thrown down by a
violent tornado. AT range Of GOO
yards firing commenced between tho
parties, and long range skirmishing
was kept up for an hour or two, re-
snting in the death Of Anderson Gar
ret, black follower Of Fitzpatrick. =
The whites subsequently drow off, re-
tired to their camp, built camp fires,
threw out pickots aud laid on their
arms during the night,
FITZPATRICK REITERATED
and on Thursday morning was invisi-
BILE. The whites pursued closely, and
caused Fitzaptrick to desert bis fol
lowers and cross the Missouri 10 Ten
nessee, at Pecan Point, some forty
miles above the city. On the Thurs
day afternoon ffly-two armed white
men reached Osceola from Homers-
vile, Mo-, a town twenty-five miles
west of Osceola. They came as vol
unteers to aid tho whites aud campcd
near the place Saturday morning,
shortly before left the scene, the
whites under Brown returned from
the southward with
FoRTY-Two BLACK PRISONERS
captured in the swamps and vari-
Gus plantations. All were charged
with being participants with Fitzpat-
rick with tho troubles. The stores
and houses were all closed, and much
of the goods and plundor had been re-
moved across the river or elsewhere.
Families were also sent out Of the
place, cotton fields were deserted,
workshops closed, and the general APP
pearance denoted strife and disaster.
Fears are entertained that the whites
under arms may, without acknowl-
edged leaders, become pluhdercrs, and
perhaps, under the influence of liquor,
will commit an outrage or cut a throat.
ArEELING OF INSECURITY PREVAILS.
among all good cllizvns Vi tnc county
An order had arrived from Governor
Hadley removing Fitzpatrick from the
Office Of Register, and this act was
favorably regarded by the people =
Fitzpatrick passed through this city
to-day on bis way to Little Rock,
whore be expects to lay his grievances
to the State authorities. He boasts
like q braggart, conquerihg hero o'
his exploits, and thinks he will 60
back clothed with authority to call
out the militiar aud devasta,e tho
country. Efforts are in progress
among influential officials and good
citizens TO circumyeDt his plans and
bring about peaceful solution of the
impending trouble.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-10-23
and others vino oonspired % roIIuLo

and others who conspired to pouute
the ballot boz.
Yet tho principles involved in this
contest will not perish by tempo
rary defeat in Pennsylvania, whether
honest or fraudulent. Th' nation is
the battle ground of reform, and even
without Pennsylvania right may
achieve victory in Nosembcr
Pennsylvania may not be able to
give her electoral vote to vindicate
solfgovcrnment, but she must not bc
voiceless in the struggle. Her people
must mansully stand to their princi-
Piles and organization. The necessity
for the exercise of the independent
power OF the people in this State is
made doubly imperative by lhomeans
employed TO defeat us on Tuesday
last, and he is unworthy of the bless
ing of liberty WHO would withhold
his every effort because local or tenn
porary defeat is probable,
This battle of reform will be won.
1t may not be this year, but surely in
the near future. 1t appeals to every
friend of national peace and purity, to
every votary of State and universal
regeneration, and to every citizen
who values the sancity of the elective
franchise. There must be no fatering
in the ranks. Let tho friends of
Horace Greeley and tho principles he
represents everywhere perfect their
organization at once. We can deserve
victory in Pennsylvania, and that
may save the nation. 1t will certain
ly save our cause from dishonor and
assure us early triumph.
o.t SAMUEL j RANDALL,
Chairman Democratic State Committee.
A. X. MCCLURE,
Chairman Lib. Rep State Committee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

"Mum," says he, "I'd rather be choked
to death than to be called any females
ducksy diamonds, and her dear
Il registered vow, mum, when was
deserted by the female whose esteem
valued that her unjust suspicious should
never be made true; that should live SO
as when met her in Heaven | could say,
Jane Amelia, true | was, and true re-
NAMED. 1t was your fatal mistake, and
was only blowing of my nose
"Now, behold, am embraced, and
called duck and dear, and ducksy dia-
monds, before table full of genteel peo-
pie, to say nothing of one of malicious
turn Of mind that writes for papers. Sc
no offence to you. Pm going, num-
OhW
He kinder ended off with a howl, and
he was staring at something as if he'd
seen a ghost.
I looked around. Sally had her bonnet
off, and was standing up in the middle of
the kitchen.
cob" says he again. "What do |
see?"
"Your own Jane Amelia" says she,
and throws herself into his arms.
81 came here to watch you," says she.
81 hired out here in disguise, and I've
tested you, and | know you. There was
a mistake on my side, am well assured.
Pve got the key in my pocket, and We'll
go home together, and I'll never doubt
you any more"
Then, looking more like a baby than
ever, with the tears running down his
face, he looked over her shoulder at me,
"This is my wife, num-" says he.
$50 should hope" says |; "and a
big fool she's made of herself"
She didn't say anything, and they went
away together; and l believe they've
lived happy ever since. If they haven't
it's her fault for better husband never
lived, do believe, than poor Mr.. Skiver.
- Ledqer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

A TOUCHING INCIDENT.-During one
of the most tremendous snow-storms
ever witnessed here last winter. writes a
Newfoundland correspondent, poor
widow left her home in search of her only
son, boy of sixteen years of age, who
had gone out in the morning wood cut
ting, with several others. Unable to
bear her anxieties, the poor mother
rushed out into the binding snow drift,
hoping to find her boy, and that her fee
BILE arms might in some way help him
homeward. After struggling on for sew
eral miles she met the party, who were
on their return. By this time she was
utterly exhausted and unable to retrace
her steps. What was to be done she
sank down iii the snow, worn out with
fatigue and hunger The little party of
boys were quite unable to bear her among
them homeward, and to remain with her
would have been certain death to them
all. 1t was agreed that they should cover
her as well as possible and return to the
village for help. Her son, however, nobly
refused to leave his mother, though to
remain was in all probability certain
death. When the lads gave the alarm in
the village a number of men, at the peril
Of their lives, went out to rescue the
mother and son. Their efforts to find
them were for some time fruitless. They
were finally found under cliff, frozen to
death and locked in one another's arms
In death they were not divided" for
theirs was love stronger than death. "
1t would be difficult to find more touch
ing instance Of self sacrificing affection
than this one, taken from "the short and
simple annals of the poor"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

WASTED AFFECTION letter from
Louisville says: Quite q sensation was
produced at one of our Broadway pala-
tial residences. Last December an adj
vertisement appeared in the Cincinnati
Enquirer entitled Correspondence
Wanted" A young lady, a Broad
way musician, answered, and so pleased
was the advertiser-who, in the mean
time, had gone to New York-with her
letters that an exchange of photographs
was made. Each was delighted with
the others picture, which seemed to
possess some familiar but unknown
charm. Marriage was Immediately de-
cided upon, and the young man request
ed her true name that he might visit her
and produce satisfactory references as to
his character, Louisville being his home
also. Anxiously he awaited the reply,
which came, disclosing the startling fact
that the lady was his own sister. Two
years absence had filled his face with
whiskers and changed the school girl
into beautiful woman. The gentleman
attempts to treat it as good joke, but
the lady is almost inconsolable that she
should have wasted her affections upon
her own brother.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20
Paste and Glue.

For uniting wood, nothing equals good
glue under which term we of course in
clude all forms of gelatine, such as ism
glass, etc By means of a glue prepared
from the sinews of the reindeer the Lap
lander is able to join together the pieces
of which his bows and spears are made
so firmly that no amount of bending will
cause them to separate, while at the same
time they remain perfectly elastic. But
in order to attain such result as this
the glue must be of the finest quality,
prepared with great care, and applied
with the utmost skill. The most fire.
quent cause of deterioration in glue is
decomposition. Glue that has been kept
in q moist state until it has become
tainted loses nearly the whole of its
strength land some of the glue in market
has been allowed to reach this condition
before being dried and packed for sale.
Another source of weakness in glue is
impurity. The presence of other animal
matter, and especially of fat, Injuries it
very seriously. Good glue is clear,
though not necessarily light colored, and
free from offensive odor. To prepare it,
it should be soaked in cold water until it
has swollen and become soft. If good,
it will not dissolve in the water, which
should be poured off, and the softened
glue boiled or melted. Great care should
be taken to avoid burning it, and to this
end the vessel that contains the glue
should be placed in another that is filled
with water In the hardware stores may
be found regular glue-pots, which are
double, and of course answer the pur-
pose admirably; but very good results
may be obtained by melting the glue in
a common Aat-bottomed tin pail, which
should be placed in a round-bottomed
pot By having one bottom round and
the other flat layer Of water will sepa-
rate the two, and the danger of burning
will be very much diminished. For
domestic purposes, and when used by
amateurs, the quantity of glue prepared
at any one time should not be greater
than is required for immediate use, since
if kept moist it soon decays, and if allow
ed to harden it is more difficult to melt
than when in the original cakes. Glue
when applied to a joint should be as hot
as possible. Chilled glue does not stick
well to wood, as is readily seen when
drop is allowed to fall on the surface of
board, in which case it peels off as soon
as it has set. In cold weather the pieces
to be joined should be warmed, and the
glue should be well rubbed into contact
with the surfaces, which should then be
pressed together and slightly moved on
each other to expel the superauous glue.
After this they should be held together
by screw clamps, if such can be had !;
but if these are not to be obtained easily,
we may manage by means of Irvine and
wedges to secure sufficient pressure. BY
carefully attending to these directions
any housekeeper may by a little trouble
mend a piece of broken furniture, and
have the pieces adhere more firmly than
they did before being fractured, and
this, too, without the trouble and annoy
ance OF calling in the aid of carpenters.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

New YORK STATE FISHERIES. The
'ourth annual report of the Commission
ers of Fisheries for the State Of New York
gives an interesting account of the pres
ent condition of the fisheries the Difficult
ties in the way of breeding fish, and the
modes of overcoming the difficulties. BY
authority of the Legislature, the Commits
sioners have built clearinghouse at
Caledonia-said to be the largest not only
in this country but the world-where they
have achieved the most remarkable re-
suits. The total number of shad eggs
taken this year was S,915,000, of which
s, 295, 900 were Matched and turned loose
in the Hudson River but with proper
care they have no doubt that in few
years 500, 1000 900 of fry can be artificially
hatched-a yield that will defy diminu-
ton by all the engines of destruction
that men can devise. To effect this, how
ever, the Commissioners very properly
call upon the Legislature to make an adj
dition to their act, establishing weekly
time of closing, and forbidding all netting
of shad from Saturday night till Monday
morning under heavy penalty. This is
to give the breeding fish a chance to
reach the upper waters, to which nature
invites them, and where alone they can
hatch their young; also to supply those
engaged in artificial culture of them the
material to work with. In the culture Of
the Otsego bass, the black bass, salmon,
trout, white fish, pike and others, they
have been equally successful, but the sal
mon (sal1no SaLar) seems to defy all eff.
forts at introduction to the waters of the
State
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20
Women Photographers,

There are over 1000 Photographic
establishments in the United States. In
these the employees are chiefly males.
In almost all the different branches
female labor can be employed quite as
successfully. In each well-regulated
establishment there are two distinct de-
partments, the chemical and artistic
In the chemical department male en-
ployes are paid in this city as follows
Operators, from 500 to $50 per week,
their assistants from SIS to 800 printers
from the negative earn from IS to $50
toners, from 500 to $50, and the assist
ants of these from Sc to S12. In the
artistic department the retouchers of
prints, in india Ink and color, are paid
from 800 to $50, and the negative re-
touchers from $l6 to $25. Skilled
artists (academicans) are also employed
by several of the leading establishments
for elaborate and artistic portraits in
oil and water colors, crayons, &c, &C.,
who receive from $50 to S12O per week.
Female labor up to this time has been
used only to very limited degree.
There is no good reason why it should
not be extensively employed. In the
departments of printing and toning, the
wages Of women range from Sc to S18 a
week as retouchers and colorists they
cain from Sc to $25. TO these branches
their services have been mainly confined,
owing to the want of schools wherein
they could obtain the proper inforna-
ton. Hence they are denied The oppor-
tunity of earning the larger salaries.
The knowledge of drawing which women
have obtained at such schools as the
Cooper Institute is but of limited value
in this speciality The coloring and re-
touching of photographs is an art of
itself, and can be acquired only by
special instruction and practice. Even
skilled artists, academicans, although
masters of drawing, coloring, and tech
nique, have to pass through thorough
training before they become expert in
the special labors of the Photographic
artist.-Mp York Paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

A CONSCIENTIOUS Convict. About six
years ago a colored man in Indiana,
named Dixon, was sentenced to the
State Prison for four years for larceny.
After being an inmate for six months he
escaped, and was not heard of since,
until few days ago, when he appeared
before the warden and gave himself up,
telling him who he was and that he had
come back for the purpose of serving out
the time he owed the State, nearly three
years and half He states rs reason
for his escape that he had wife and ten
children in destitute circumstances, and
his object was to place them in a condi-
ton above want, and as he had accom-
plished that purpose, he was now ready
and willing to pay the. penalty for his
crime. He was was taken in and locked
up.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

A HARD FATE.-A man in the State
Prison sent word to Justice of the
Peace at Trenton, N. j., in order to
make statement under oath that he
was the cause of a fellow prisoner being
confined in Jail, on sentence of twenty
seven years, for breaking and entering,
an offense of which the man is entirely
innocent. These people are Germans,
and, as far as their statements are con-
cerned, it appears that this man, through
the officers, was persuaded to plead
guilty, without knowing the effect OF
any such plea, but under the general
idea and assurance that it would be much
better for him. The stunning sentence
of twenty-seven years, ten years for
each of the indictments, and seven on
third, on man who had committed no
offense, but who was at work in another
mans shop at the time the burglary was
committed, and who was inveigled into
the affair because, as it appears, he had
purchased from the real thief, who now
makes the disclosure, some articles said
to have been stolen-such Il sentence,
under the circumstances, must have
fallen like a death knel on the poor
German when he came to understand it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20
The Trundle Bed.

As rummaged through the garnet,
List'ning to the falling rain,
As it battered on the shingles,
And against the window pare,
Peeping over chests and boxes,
Which with dust were thickly spread,
saw in the farthest corner
What was once my trundle bed.
And drew it from the recess
Where it had remained 30 long,
Hearing all the while the music
Of my mothers voice in song
AS she sung her sweetest accents,
What | since have often read
Hush my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels guard thy bed"
As listened, recollections
That thought had been forgot
Came with all the gush of memory,
Rushing, thronging to the spot,
hp DuCh ~
To those merry days of yore,
When knelt beside my mother,
By this bed upon the floor.
Then it was with hands so gently
Placed upon my infant head,
That she taught my lips to utter.
Carefully the words she said,
Never can it be forgotten,
Deep are they in memory craven
Halowed be Thy name, o Father
Father Thou who art in Heaven"
This she taught me then she told me
Ofi import great and deep;
After which learned to utter
Now lay me down to sleep"
Then it was with hands uplifted,
And in accents soft and mild,
That my mother asked sour Father!"
Father, do Thou bless my child"
Years have passed. and that dear mother
Long has moulded meath the sod,
And trust her sainted spirit
Reyels in the home of God.
But that scene at summer twilight
Never has from memory fled,
And it comes with all its freshness
When l see my trundle bed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

How TO LIVE The only true way to
health is that which common sense die
tates man. Live within the bounds of
reason. Eat moderately, drink temper
ately, avoid excess in anything, and pre-
serve conscience "void of offence. "
Some men eat themselves to death, some
wear out their lives by Incidence, and
some by over-exertion, others are killed
by the doctors, while not few sink into
the grave under the effects Of vicious
and beastly practices. All the medicines
in creation are not worth farthing to a
man who is constantly and habitually
violating the laws of his own nature.
All the medical science in the world
cannot save him from premature grave.
With suicidal course of conduct, he is
planting the seeds of decay in his own
constitution, and accelerating the de-
struction of his ows.-Home and Health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20

The SEAL DISASTERS. The terrible dis
asters which have happened to the New
foundland whaling fleet, have already
called attention to the unusual dangers
of the ice-felds which have this season
floated down from the Arctic regions. 1t
is now asserted that a continuous pack
of floating ice, nearly two thousand miles
in length, and varying in width from
fifty to two hundred miles, has reached
the Gulf stream near Newfoundland, and
is still passing the shores of the latter.
1t is true that this enormous and unpre-
cedented field of ice will soon be dissolv-
ed after it is once fairly in the warm
water of the Gulf stream, but there Will,
nevertheless, be sufficient amount pres
ent in the paths of the European steam
ers to make navigation more dangerous
this summer than it has usually been.
Ice is rarely met with on the voyage
between that port and Liverpool, before
July, and its appearance so early this
year is quite unprecedented.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20
Nor ANY.-During the late war man

Nor ANY.-During the late war man
out West, in a small gathering of friends,
was urging upon their minds the impor.
lance of enlisting. $50, my brave
friends" said he eight for your coun-
try-die for it, if it be necessary; for it
is weet to die for our native land"
But" said one, "if it's sweet to die
for ones country, why don't you go ?"
This was poser, and for moment dis
concerted him, but rallying, he replied
that he, as an individual, "was not fond
OF sweet things"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-06-20
Circulation of the Blood.

1t is known that our food nourishes us
by being changed into blood. A healthy
man has in his system about three gal
Ions of blood. This is all contained in
the heart, arteries and veins, and their
minute branches. SO numerous are
these, so thickly set in our flesh, that we
cannot stick the point Of fine needle
through the skin without piercing some
of them.
In all these organs-the heart, arteries
and veins-the blood is constantly in
motion. In the arteries, it flows from
the heart; in the veins, to the heart
And so rapid is this motion that all the
blood in the body, from the crown of the
head, and the tips of the fingers, and the
ends of the toes, passes to the heart, and
from the heart to the lungs, and from
the lungs back to the heart again, every
five minutes.
The circulation is absolutely necessary
to the support of life. In its passage
through the system the blood gives up
its life-sustaining power to the different
organs, AMI in return receives only waste
matter, with which it goes loaded to the
heart and lungs, where it exchanges this
for another portion Of the ife-giving OK
ygen. With this it is again sent by the
beating of the heart on its cheering mis-
sion to all parts of the body.
When we place our fingers upon an
artery, as at the wrists, or on the sides
of the neck under the ears, or on the
throbbing temples, we can feel this flow
of the blood, making pulse at every
beat of the heart, but in the veins, as on
the back of the hand, it is constant, and
on this account imperceptible to the
touch.
If from any cause, as drowning, or
suffocation by gas, our lungs are depri-
we'd of a supply of pure air, the blood is
not purified, does not receive new sup
ply of oxygen, and goes into circulation
a second time, incapable of sustaining
life. Insensibility and death are the sure
results, unless by artificial means pure
air can be forced into the lungs before
life's Pickering fame is quite extin-
guished .-H0me and Health.