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just received, a large lot Of non-explosiyc
Lamps and Lanterns at
g-25-72 II. +. BIGLER & Coz.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

A cAnp.-Miss McApinc, teacher Of Music,
Painting, Crayon and Drawing. Room at tho
Academy. hug21
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A full line Of Household Goods, Japanned Ware
&C., for sale by II. y. Biglor Co.
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REFnIGERAToRs.-About June 5, 1878, II. +.
Digler Co. will have an assortment of Refrig-
orators. my2S'73
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sAws.---Dstab's Cross cut Saw, Great American
Saw, Boynion's Lightning Saw, at
g-25-72 II. y. BIoLER 4 Cos.
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE!
Ill Tho House and Lot ON the corner Of Mar
ke, and Filth streets. Clcarield, Pa, is for sale
The LOT contains nearly an sdie Of gsourd. The
house il a large double frame, containing nine
rooms For terms and other information apply
to the sybsafibef, al the Post Once.
l4sfi p GArtr" a
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

Montour Slate Paints, for painting houses--in-
side and outside-Cottagcs, Farm Buildings &c.
beautiful, durable and economical. Ground in
pure Linsccd Oil.
my2S73 II. +. BlGLER 4 Co.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

Wood and Willow Ware of all descriptions for
sale by H. +. Bigor 4 Co.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

A DMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE.-Notice
N Is hereby given that letters of administration
on tho estate Of PETER NJ. SMITH, deceased,
late Of Bell township, Clearhcd county, Pcnn'a,
having been duly granted to the undersigned, all
persons indebted TO said estate will please make
immediate payment, and those having claims or
demands will present them properly authenticated
for settlement without delay.
JOHN G. c0NNoR,
aur6.Gt- Administrator.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03
A ADMINISTRATIONS NOrICE.--NotIce

A DEMONSTRATIONS NOTiCE.--Notice
n Is hereby given that letters Of administration
on the estate ofALEXANDER BEATY, deceased,
late of Bell township, Cloarfeld county, Penn'a,
having been duly granted to the undersig gned,
all persons indebted to said estate will please
rake immsd dinte payment, and those having
claims or demands will present them properly
authenticated for settlement without delay.
JAMES BEATTY,
August, l3, 1873 6iH. Administrator.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

AxEs-scvcnty- dozen clearGeld Wood
choppers Axes at
q:25:72. II. Il. DIGLER Cos.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

TO rnE CITIZENS or PESSsYLvASIA.--You at
tenton Is respectfully invited TO the fact that the
National Banks are now prepared to receive sub
seriptions TO the Capital Stock of the Centennial
Board of Finance. Tho funds realized from this
source are to be employed in the erection of the
buildings for the International Exhibition, and
the expenses connected with the same. II is con.
hdently expected that the keystone State will be-
represented by the name Of every citizen alive to
patriotic commcmoration of the one hundredth
birthday of the nation. The shares of stock arc
offered for $40 each, and subscribers viii receive
n handsomely steel engraved Certificate of Stock,
suitable for framing and preservation as a ma
tiona memorial.
Interest at the rate Of six per cent. per annum
will be paid ON all payments of Centennial Stock
from date of ofpayment to January ], 1875.
Subscribers who are not near National Bank
can remit a check or postoGee order to the un.
dersignod. FREDk. FRALEY, Treasurer,
aug20 gOi Walnut St., Philadelphia.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

PLows.--Farmers will find il to their advantage
to call in aud examine our stock Of Plows, Guilt.
vators, &C., among which win be found Single
and Double Iron and Wood Shovel plows, Iron
and Wood Cultivators,
The Gowanda Iron Beam Plow,
The Pittsburgh Steel plow,
The iaupt Boleionte Plow,
and her patterns.
my2s73 II. Il. BIoLgR & Co.
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Paints, oils and varnishcs for sale by IL y.
Diglcr GO.
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rIrs1Irrs, a cnNnrAnLEs, FEEs

81 We have printed a large number OF the new
ZEE BILL, and win on the receipt Of twenty
i've esuis. mail a COPY 10 anv addfais. my2s
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List Of letters remaining unclaimed

List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Postofice at Clearfeld for the week ending
September |, 1878
Adams Miss Maggie. Gaines, Alexander.
zimmerman, Miss Ocic. Hiichings Henry II.
Barber y. b. Jacobs, Mrs. Emma.
Corp, Annie. Liddick, Cyrus.
Chapman, NJ. D. Co. Mcdonald John. (2)
Campbell, John @. Nee, Rev. C. b.
COehron, Freeman. Pillitc, A. 5.
DOnOghuc, Michael. Rogers, John l..
Dunlap, Rev. @. W. Scott, A. s.
Penlason, Charles. Scott, James.
Faulkner, Leroy. Wright, James.
Pa GAULIN, p. NJ.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

THE New EDITOR. order that
our 5000 readers may learn something Of the
manners and style ofthe gentleman who has taken
charge Of tho Curwcnsvillo TINES, we copy one
Of bis last productions. II runs thus:
The editor Of the REPUBLICAN has, by long
practice, acquired the art Of lying to such de-
gree that II Is almost impossible to tell, by read
ing his paper, when he does tell the truth. Good
lander Is meek bo isporsocnted by the REyEmLR
and the TJmIs lie had to lilo two or three weeks
ago 10 conoooi an article, last week he lies doz-
en- times to bo able to make q hole by which he
might possibly crawl out whom the time comes for
him to do so. The old saying that when a boy
tells lie he viii Invariably tell two more to get
opt Of 1t istrue In bis case, Goodander, why
Soa't you chow some Of your opcnncss, that you
hlag 50 much about be fair and honest, open and
above board and tell the people that these indie
pendent papers trouble you severely, that you
Hould much rather havo etraight out Demo
ltalc or Republican paper located here. Dc q
hAR and tell the truth.
Nearc US much astonishcd at tho manncrism
p The scribe in question as we were when wcsaw
we 'hr't California jackass. II made terrible
l'''', too. We charge nothing for the illustra-
ton
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

SETTLED AT LAsT.-Last week at
Bellefonte was the time liked for the second trial
of. A Lukons, Of Philipsburg, for the killing Of
Richard Atherton, Of the same place. When the
case was called, the defendants counsel entered
hpIca Of Involuntary manslaughtcr. After some
debate between counsel, the commonwealth ac-
cepted the plea, and 1t was so entered Of record
The maximum penalty is 900 fine and two
years Imprisonment. Tie Pbiiipsburg Journal
10 abiding to the case says; "The case in all It's
bearings is o sad one, differing In many respects
from ordinary cases in which a verdict would be
rendered. We refrain from expressing any opin-
ion in the matter--it is useless to harrow old
vounds-furthcr than that we believe Lukcns
hands to bc entirely innocent Of intentional blood
shed, and the hope that he may be subject of
the utmost eemency, executive and otherwise"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03

Bird cagcs-a large assortmcnt-at II. F. Big.
Ter a Co.'s.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
The Calcutta Crane.

One distinguished visitor which hon
ors Calcutta with its presence only dur
ing the rains is far too remarkable to be
forgotten. This is the adiutant, a gi-
gantic crane, standing about four feet
high, with large, heavy body, a small
head, huge bill, and wings which are
said sometimes to measure u feet from
tip to tip. A more ungainly and carl
cature-like bird probably does not exist,
but it is useful, like the iackal and the
crow, as a great devourer of refuse, and
is said also to destroy rats and snakes.
It certainly swallows Jumps of bone
larger than mans fist, and comes free
ly about the house and compounds, and
is perfectly q1ist and harmless, but the
most quantity ugly creature living. It's
body is gray and black, it's neck red and
bare, with curious feshy pouch dang
ling in front, and it's huge beak the
same color, while its long legs have ex-
actly the appearance of being covered
with white stockings. Whether stand
ing with its head buried between its
shoulders, sitting on the ground with
its long white legs stretched forward in
the most awkward and unbirdlike atti-
tude, flying, perching, or hanging itself
ont to dry when its great black wings
are saturated with rain, no words can
render justice to its extravagant un-
cOuthness.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
Sugar Beets.

Noroot is more certain of a crop, and
none yields more feed than these. They
are excellent keepers, nutriciOus, and
great promoters of the flow Of milk in
COWS and ewes. The seed should be
sown as early as practicable, two and
a half feet apart. About four pounds
of seed will be sufficient for an acre,
and it will germinate quicker if put IN
water before sowing, and afterward put
in plaster to dry. They are best sown
by means of one of the numerous seed
drills now to be found at every imple-
ment store. The seed should be sown
thick. to save the necessity and trouble
of transplanting TO fill any vacancies,
and afterward thinned, so that the
beets may stand about teight to ten inches
apart. To grow the crop the land must
be deep, rich and we'll cultivated. The
soil best adapted TO them is a good,
strong loan, well manured and well
drained. The manure best suited to
this crop is well rotted stable manure
or compost, and there is no danger of
putting too much on the land. The
ground must be kept light and we'll and
deeply stirred. 1t is said that whatev.
er the amount of the crop on the LIST OF
September, the yield at harvest will he
Just double that amount, and this be
ing the case, it Is of importance to push
the crop forward, that at the date nam
ed it may be rs promising as possible
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
A Stage Drivers Reminiscence.

Everybody in California knows, or
ought to know, or at least knows of Col.
Andrew Jackson Gambill, familiarly
called, by his numerous friends, Jack
Gambill" for short, in early times a
pioneer packer in Trinity and Siskiyou.
Aware of the fact that the colonel had
in early life filled the responsible posi-
ton of stage-driver in Tennessee and
Alabama, the writer once asked him if
he had ever known Land Admiral
Reside. "KnOw old Reeside, judge?
Why, never knew anybody else; he
was trump, you bet? Having struck
a favorite theme he continued 81
druv stage for the admiral out of Mont
gomery the whole of one winter, and it
was mighty rough, tell you. Thar
had been power of rain, equal to Cali
fornia, and the roads were awfvl heavy (;
in fact, in some places it was as much
as a four-hoss team could do TO pull an
empty stage. Well, in addition to the
regular mail under lock and key in the
leather bags there was always lot of
canvas sacks filled with about ton of
documents and seeds, mostly the latter,
franked by members of Congress. I'd
start out about two o'clock in the morn
ing with all this deck load, making
things awful heavy. As Iswould be
about startin, the admiral would take
me one side and confdentially remark,
Jack, you've got big load of passen.
gers, and a tremendous large mail you'd
better distribute the Congressional
matter as soon as you can. All right,
says L and, sho's you're born, about 9
mile out of town, in crossing over 6
creek swelled by the late rain, overheard
went every canvas bag. They fOateo
down stream and lodged in apile of drift
wood on a sand-bar about three quarters
of a mile below, The water IN the
branch fell early in the spring, leaving
a large pile of loan about the drift-pile
and as the warm weather cum on then
Congressmen's seeds began to sprout
and by the middle of summer you ought
to have seen my truck patch. Thar wa'
punkins and squashes by the Wagon
| load, watermillions and mushmelloni
by the million; parsnips, carrots, and al
kinda of beets rutybeggars and othe
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
How to Make Friends with the Chill
dren.

You can get more songs from the
birds, and more of song and glee from
the children, on small investment in
cherry trees, than in any other way
Those last-year's birds'-nests tell the
story. The robin, thrush, oriole, and
linnet, will come early and stay late.
Groups of children will come in the
front way, and will never be so happy
as when invited to go down the rear
garden walk, unless in the supremest
moments when they step from your
shoulders into the trees, and never
come back until they have closed their
fingers on the last cherry. The man
who is not satisfied to divide all his
cherries with the bird and children, is a
curmudgeon notably so is he who
plants cherry-trees in front of his lot,
and gets into whitehead of rage be-
cause boys of average Sunday-school
antecedents could not resist the tempta-
tion to borrow the fruit Besides, the
eclectic judgment Of children, the
sparrow, the yellow-jacket, and the hon
ey-bOe, will always tell you where the
best nectarines and plums MAY be found.
" O. Bartlett
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
VOL. XVIII. NO. .43.

and he who ran through the rooms
might read on the bright faces of those
present the names of all that are most
| distinguished in every walk of life
Authors, journalists, artists, ambassa-
| dors, ministers, even financiers, were
| there-the last named not enhancing
materially the beauty or the wit of the
meeting; and if I do not note their
names it is because I should have to
give list of all the celebrities of the
Partisan world. Moreover, it is not al
lowable to mention any of the ladies
present for the masks which they all
retained until supper were supposed to
cover all with an equal veil As mat
ter of fact, many of the disguises were
quite impenetrable The mummy to
which [ have alluded is supposed to be
for Russian princess but / refrain
from men ntioning her name, because the
only facts patent to. all were, that she
spoke several languages with equal fa-
cility, and that her form was beautiful.
Then famous poetess, wife of cele-
brated statesman, was certainly there
but as she appeared in two complete
costumes OF different colors, and often
walked about with another lady similar
ly habited she puzzled the whole as
semblage. I felt quite sure, from the
voice, that l detected tall heroine in a
recent war; but her hair was Jet black,
whereas it should have been blonde,
and she defed all my attempts to make
her discover her identity. Then there
was a little lady in white, who spoke to
every man in the rooms in his own
tongue, and to every italian in his own
dialect. Side by side with all these
grandes danes, who kept their incog-
nitO unimpeached, were scores of others
who made up for the compulsory veil
ing of their features by the brilliancy
of their attire. As I drove home
through the early dawn the fresh morn
ing air acted like a shower-bath on
ideas relaxed by hours spent in an at
mosphere of patchouli, and sent me to
bed in a semi-pmlosophical mood. l |
wondered if in the palmiest days of the |
empire, any of NJ Brsene Houssaye's |
famous Venetian masquerades could |
have been more brilliant as a spectacle |
than that of 1873-the first that has
been given by the versatile author of
&c Les Grandes DANES since the aimee
terrible of the German war
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
4 RED RTGOLETTE.
ABOUT SOMEBODY.

ABOUT SOMEBODY.
Let other bards sing of the Pleidas shining
Like hre-fies caught i'll glttering braid,
Of clouds with a sun-lit and silvery lining
Or Morn in her beauty and freshness arrayd.
know of beauty more laInbent and tender,
wish that its sheen is more luminous yet
And that is the glow of her sunny hairs splendor
As seen through the braids of her Red Rigolette
Let students of star-eved Astronomy ponder
The tracing OF orbits and systems afar;
On glories beyond all attainment they squander
The due of a nearer, more beautiful star.
What fiery trail of the meteOr's depression
What planet, though splendid beyond all express
ion.
Eclipses the geam of her Red RigoIette?
The death of the day Is with beauty attended,
The clouds with rich crimson are tinted and
stain'd;
High heap'd are the drifts and the halo is splen-
That DER the lit wave is effulgently rain'd.
Air, ocean, and earth with the light respleud-
ent:
know Of a beauty more radiant yet:
The hair on her snowy neck carelessly pendent,
Or bound in the threads of her Red Rgolettel
Oh dainty mead set on the dainty white shoulders
Each bend has the grace of blossom or plume
These arch lines of beauty enrapture behoiders
No less than the downy cheeks roseate bloom.
A curve of more exquisite charm is the golden
And woven hair bound in the braids of her net,
Adjoining, like flags upon battlements olden,
Her temples high crown, through its Red Rigo-
lette!
A picture is painted of maidens essaying
To lure us with hooks that are fair to behold;
The baits are assorted and temptingly playing
With beauty or virtue or talent or gold.
What need that My Lady her hooks should be dang
ling?
All hearts are decoy'd by the flash of her net
The others may vaunt an occasional angling:
She sweeps the wide stream with her Red Rigo-
lette!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
WILLOW WHISTLES.
By OLIVE A. wADswoRrH,

DA OA4FH A. "ADsNOhIHa
The world is wide awake to-day,
The LATEST drones are bustlinp
The brooks slips by, the wind is gay.
And every leaf is rustling;
The shady bank, meath Beech and Oak.
with lance-hke grasses bristles,
And you and ], two idle folk,
Sit making willow whistles.
On, heavenly sunshine of the May,
Succeeding winter hOary,
Nhat shade can shut its light away
What gloom resist its glory!
Down through our leafy canopy
Dart myriad golden missiles,
ana gold the brook, the bank, the tree,
And cen the willow whistles
Such wealth Of leaf such worlds of green!
Such balm, no words can utter!
ana all the birds that e'er were seen
have gathered here to fiutter:
They pertly perch, with heads awry
Upon the swaying thistles,
And evidently wonder why
We're making willow whistles
How dare you, comrade, trihe so.
In these grand forest temples,
And laugh, and beat your sappy bough
And set me bad examples
Such songs Of praises here arise,
As ne'er were found in 1Iissals,
And We shOuld hearken, were we wise,
Instead Of making whistles.
They say the worlds vale of tears,
And man is born to trouble
The words sound idly in my ears
Beside the brooklet's bubble:
Friends change, l hear, and hopes grow pale
The fairest project fzzles,-
Pm glad there's no such word as fail
In making willow whistles
The brook shows back two heads Of brown.
Though ones prettier color,
Titan hue,-nO need to frown,
I've said not which is duller:
Iheyn be the same, both yours and mine,
When time their BROWNIES grizzlies.
And then, wen langh at Aud Lang Syne.'
When. we made willow whistles.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
Recent Discoveries at Pompeii.

Some interesting discoveries have
been recently made at Pompeii. One
of them, indeed, is of the highest i'm
portance, as it shows the exact manner
in which classical statues were tinted.
1t is a statue of Venus about three feet
high, holding Il smaller figure in the
right hand The face is slightly color
ed like ivory, the eyes are black and the
hair painted yellow. The drapery is
pale red edged with fancy border
The little figure is also tinted, white in
feshy parts and yellow, green and black
in the drapery. Perhaps Gibson was
right in surmising that almost all the
ancient statues were painted in mezzo-
tinto. The late discoveries a fPompeii
have also brought to light several skele-
tons, one of woman holding golden
box in her hand and having rich brace.
lets on her arms; the bracelets are of
unique design representing golden balls
linked together with beautifully worked
chains
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09
Tavern Signs.

The absurdities which tavern aiQns
present are often curious enough, but
may in general be traced to that inveter-
ate propensity which the vulgar Of all
countries have TO make havoc with ev-
rything in the shape of proper name
What a magpie could have TO do with
razor, is as difficult to conjecture as TO
trace the corruption of language, IN
which the connection more probably
originated. The sign of Leg and Seven
Stars was merely an orthgraphical dew
alton from the League and Seven Stars,
or seven united privinces and the Ak
and Bottle was, doubtless, transposi-
/ tion of the Battle-ax, very appropriate
| and significant sign in war-like times.
! The Tun and Lutte seem quite emblem
atical of the pleasures arising from the
! association of wine and music. The
Eagle and Child had some meaning, but
no application but when we arrive at
the Shovel and Boot we labor in vain 10
come TO any rational definition of the.
affinity. The Swan with Two Nicks
was long n subject of mystery 70 the
curious; but it has been explained by
the alteration of a single letter. The
sign was originally written The Swan
with Two Nicks, the meaning Of which
we find explained by the fact that IL was
customary TO make marks or hicks on
the beaks of the swans and cygnets in
the rivers and lakes of Lincolnshire.
Certain persons had privileges granted
to them for keeping swans in these wa
ters. This information has been col
lected from curious roll of parchment,
presented in 1910 by Sir Joseph Banks
TO the antiquarian society, which also
states that means were taken TO prevent
any two persons from adopting the same
figures and marks on the bills of their
swans. The sign of the Goat and Com
passes has been supposed to have arisen
from the resemblance between the
bounding of goat and the expansion
of pair of compasses but this is more
fanciful than appropriate This sign is
Of the DAYS of the commonwealth, when
il was the fashion OF the enthusiasts Of
that period TO append scriptural quota
tiOns to the names given them by their
parents, or to adopt them entirely in
stead. This rage for sacred titles in
duced them TO com new names also for
places and things. The corruption from
I" God Encompasseth Us" TO Goat and
Compasses, is obvious, and seems quite
natural and it is not unlikely that
" Praise God BaTebones," " the canting
leather-seller, preferred drinking his
tankard of ale at the "God Encompass
seth Us, " rather than frequent a house
retaining it's old and heathenish title.
The Bag of Nails, at Pimlico, was orig.
inally the Bacchanals, where, in the
time of "Rare Ben Jonson," people
were accustomed TO make a holiday eX-
oursion. The sign Of the Bull and
Month exhibits another instance of the
corruption and perversion of language
Everybody knows that a bull has
mouth, but it Vas not so evident that
Boulogne harbor must have an entrance,
called mouth.