Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-24

70 oihuihorcHt w hcr ioOhb ID no WOmun.
A man in Duluth Is 80 mean that he
auarrcls with his wife about the poll
tics of tho paper she expands hor
hustle with.
\ Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton says
our "nation needs strong, healthy wo.
men more than 1t needs Cuba or specie
currency"
Senator Sumner refuses to act on
any OF the Senate Committees because
no Is put on the tail ond of them. He
refuses 10 play second fiddle.
Josh Billings gives the following
advice TO young men: "Don't be dis
kouraged If your mustasirdon't grow.
Il sometimes happens when mustash
duz the best, nothing else duz so we'll"
I Robert Finney, Secretary of the
Eureka and Boa:man's Marine and
Fine Insurance Companies, of Pitts
bureb, is discovered to be defaulter
to the amount Of 100000.
Ampg curious wills in England o
devoted wife wills that her darling
husband shall marry ero long q nice,
pretty girl, who is good housewife,
being careful she has good temper.
Col. Frederick Dent, father of the
wife of President Grant, died in Wash.
ington City on last Mondy night
week. lie had reached the advanced
ago of SS years. His remains were
taken TO st Louis for interment.
Josh Billings divides the human
ruco into three classes those VINO
think it is SO, those who think it isn't
so, and those who don't care whether
it is 90 or not.
An exchange says: The District
Attorney of Dallas Texas, is only paid
when he convicts His appeals to the
Jury are terrific, and as ho has large
family they haze double force.
Writ Sykcs, the silent partner Of
Olive Logan was once u poor printer
boy, but fy genius, industry, and tact,
he becare the husband of a woman
who csn earn 5000 night by deliv-
eringiestares.
4 Colorado paper quotes an in
,tance Of the restorative effects of the
climate Of that State. 1t says an Ohio
lady, who could not sweep her room
Iat home, after her arrival in Colorado
was able to chase her husband mile
with pitchfork.
"If boys and girls" said a clergy
man at Evanston, ILL.,, "do their spark
Ing at church, say amen to 1t. /
have daughter whom 1 cherish as
the apple Of my eye. When she is of
suitable age, had rather she would
be courted in the house of God than
n the theatre"
A Western girl sold her piano on
her wedding day and bought sewing
machine with which she mado her |
husband q new suit Of clothes. The
husband proclaimed the industry aud |
irugality Of his wife, and her three sis
ters found husbandsin fortnight Il
Providence, in beautiful accord with |
its name, has such thoroughfares as
Faith street, Hope street, Joy street,
Benevolent street, Happy street &c.
The other day man was found faint
ing from starvation in Benevolent |
street, and was carried through Happy
street to a hospital.
Illinois papers say that scarcely q
day passes but that movers from the
plains of Kansas, Nebraska, and some
parts Of Missouri, may bo seen wcnd.
ing their way slowly eastward. In
most instances they are poor, detected,
and next TO destitute, having to beg
10 keep down hunger.
An old man in Illinois chewed to.
bacco sixty years. then took TO hard
drinking, for twenty. five more, reads
tho paper by moonlight, walks four
miles before breakfast for a dram, at
tends TO the wants of his old and fec
ble grandchildren, and superintends
the funerals of his postcri,y with a
deccncy becoming bis years.
Colonel Robert Morrow, paymaster
Of one Of the Arizona departments of
the army, committed suicide Mt the
Occidental Hotel, in San Francisco.
He fred three shots. The last time
he put the muzzlc Of tho pistol into
his mouth, and blew his brains out
lie was formerly private secretary
Of President Johnson. No cause is
assigned for the deed.
A German peddler sold man a
liquid for exterminating bugs. "And
how do you use it p inquired the man
after he had bought it. "Ketch te
bug un drop Won little drop into bis
mouth" answered the peddler.-.-
"Pshaw +" exclaimed the purchaser,
al could kill it 10 half the time by.
stamping on it," "Yell," explained
the German, "that is good way, too"
Grape seeds arc recommended as an
excellent substitute for chicory, of
which our coffee is sometimes made
nowadays. The grape seeds, when
roasted and ground are said 10 have
m aroma like that of East India cof-
fee, and the taste of the coffee made
from them is said to be similar. The
only objection TO their general use
seems to DO that it would be more diff
fcult to get enough Of them than to
send to the Fast Indies for coffee.
Stephen Girard's will prohibited
clcrgymen from ever entering the
doors Of Girard College. At a recent
visit OF the knights Templar Of Bos-
ton to tho institution, ono Of tho
Knights, well.known physician, who
wcafs whiic neck .i., --~- passing
in, tho janitor accosted him, saying,
"You cant pass in here, sir the rule
forbids it," "Thc hi / can't" re-
piled tho physician" Gan right, sir,"
rejoincd tho janitor; 'pass right in"
Bishop Hebcr wrote the popular
hymn "From Greenand's Icy Noun
tains" on Saturday evening in the old
vicaragc house Of bis father-in-law,
Dean Shirley, who needed II for n
special occasion. lie composed II in
I. xor, ehort tina nnlv nna word