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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

ANOTHER REFORM FAILURE.-A lady
of truly manly spirit, accompanied,
by a small poodle, is said TO have sad
ly failed, the other day, in an attempt
ed reformatory movement. She en-
tered the smoking-oar of western
train, and solemnly refused to go into
another car, observing that herpres-
encc would keep the occupants from
smoking. One stony wretch, how
ever, inscnsible to the claims of refine
ment and reform, began to enjoy his
accustomed cigar, which was suddenly
snatched from his lips, with the re-
mark, in high treble, "If there is any,
thing | do bate it is tobacco smoke "
For time the offender was silent and
motionless, then gravely rising, amid
the plaudts of tho assembled somkers,
ho took that little poodle and gently
threw him out of the window, saying,
"If thero is anything do hate it is q
poodlow No mortal pen could de-
scribe the feelings of that reformer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
Send for Mother,

aDoar mo II wasn't enough for mo
to nurse and raise q family OF my own,
but now, when I'm old and expect to
have little comfort here, it is oil tho
time, Send for mother v"-and tho
dear old soul growls and grumblcs,
but dresses herself as fast as she can
Notwithstanding. After you havo
trotted her off and got her safely iq4
your homo, and she flies around ad-
ministcring rebukcs and remedies by
turns, you feel easier. It's right now
or soon will be-mother's como.
In sickness, no matter who is there
or how many doctors quarrel over
your case, everything goes wrong,
somehow, till you send for mother
In trouble, the first thing you think
of is to send for mother.
But this has its ludicrous as we'll as
its touching aspects. Tho vcrdant
young couples to whom baby's extra
ordinary grimaces and alarming
yawns, which threaten the dislocation
of its chin its wonderful sleep which
it accomplishes with it's eyes half open
and no perceptiblo auttcr Of breath
on its lips, causing the young mother
to imagine it is dead this time, and to
shrek out, "send for mother p In
tones of anguish-this young couple,
in the light of the experience which
three or four babies bring, find that
they have been ridiculous, and given
mother good many "trots" for moth
ing. 41 A
Did any one ever send for mother
~-.i did sha fa;is anna. unloas aick-
ness or the infrmities of age prevent
cd her? As when in your childhood,
those willing feet responded to your
call, SO they still do and will continue
TO do as long as they are able. And
when the summons como which mono
yet disregardcd, though it will be a
very dark and sad one for you, then
God too. will send for mother.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

BALLOON TAR TO EURopE.-Tho
Now York Daily Graphic has entered
into an agreement with Prof. Wise, Of
Philadelphia, and Washington II. Dom
aldson, Of Reading, by which tho
Graphic Company voluntarily agrees
to build tho balloon for trans-atlan-
TIC voyage to bo made by Mcssrs. Wise
and Donaldson, and assumes all tho
expenses for such voyage. Tho out
lay il is estimated will be 100000
The departure is fixed for tho goth Of
August or as near that day as practi-
cable. The Graphic announces that
the work of constructing the balloon
has been begun, and, when finished, it
will start Immediately for Europe,
where, after landing, the acronauts
will communicate the full particulars
of the voyage 10 tho Graphic Company
by telegraph.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

poorer ono in the summer than in win
ter. II would also be difficult to employ
q Rood teacher for three months il hc
could get five elsewhere. Ono great
injury TO our schools at present is tho
too often changing teachers, and an.
other is pupils having too much time
out Of school to forget what thcy have
learned in school. This would only
bc increasing the evil. Had we not
rather strive 10 get good teachers and
thon to assist them 10 secure good at.
tendence. 'a r6os m atL
3D.. Tho moro frequent visiting our
schools by directors would greatly en-
courage both teacher and pupils
Thore arc three ways bv which direc-
tors could make their regular monthly
yicts: by employing one Of their
members Us q district superintendent
70 visit oil the schools in tho district,
by one member visiting all the schools
in the district the first month, the
second, &C., each one taking with him
as many Ct the others as he could get,
or by alloting to each director O GER
tam NUMBER OF schools.
4th. Would like to sec the amount
OF apparatus increased each year, as
teachers with good apparatus are able
70 do moro and better work, ana the
poorer classes OF pupils DO not need SO
great number Of books.
oth' Directors should DO more care
iul 10 not grant school orders until tne
reports are made out properly py Inc
teacher. :,
9th. 1t would greatly add 10 the
health and pleasure OF pupils 10 nave
the school room scrubbed each month:
7th Think our directors shonid
choose the best teachers for our pri'
lhary schools, that the first principles
ofan education may be gwen correctly
Sth. Several dlfhcuities nave arisen
from teachers not having peen arl'cieo
with.
9th Every teacher should hold an
examination at the close OF his term
and thus show to the directors and
citizens what he has accomplished
during the term.
10th. Many teachers need to &C
quaint themselves with the proper
manner OF teaching from the appa
ratus found in our schools.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

ELDER SisTER.--"Wo ont you bo sorr
ry, Minnie, when tho boys go back to
school, it's so nice 10 have them back
for the holidays'" Younger sister
ats not nice for me-it's nasty-for
they've toasod my dog and worried
my cat, and they've killed 0 rat, and
scattered some malt, and knocked
down my house that Jack built; and
they've eaten my pudding aud oatcn
my pic, and spent my money and
made mo cry they've laughed at mo
and thrown n stone; I'm sorry they
come; III be glad when they're gone.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

IMpRovINo.-The Rev. 7. W. Ware
delivered an grafton at Boston on tho
Fourth of July. Among many other
things, the reverend gentleman re-
marked. "Has il como 10 this that
America can do nothing without
scandal annexed, suspicion al least,
a Vienna Exposition, Frecdman's
Bureau, q Pacific railway, Presiden.
tial campaign, Washington treaty 7
Are we 10 be followed oil the timo by
the inoompotoncy, tho dishonesty, tho
blundcrs of those who are by our sys-
tom foistcd into places, If not OF trust,
of conspicuousness- can't say hon
or where no honor is."--Erchqnge.
II is seldom that o Boston clergy
man gets of SO much orthodoxy
truth.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
DON'T SIT AROUND WAITING FOR LUCK.

DON'T SIT AROUND WAITING FOR LUCK.
Ho ye who listlcss and moping
Sit dismaliy twirling your thumbs,
And gloomily waiting and watching
For something that thus never comes
You might just as we'll, foolish morials,
Expect you'll by lightning DO struck
One will happen rs soon as the other
Don't stand around waiting for luck.
There's saying--a good and true one
(Take courage, you poor one who delves
WI itis > stvut hs~st vs~se) that Heaven
win help those who first help thcmselves,'
And you'll find, If you wish for good fortune
A pretty good way is to tuck
Up your shirtsleeyes and start out and find II
Don't sit around waiting for luck.
You may pine and nope on forever
Find fault and dcplore your hard fate
But you'd better remember the proyerb
And act on ii ere it's to late;
You may pout aud grumble forever
just SO long you will find you are stuck
In the mre OF sloth and nbasemcnt-
Don't sit round waiting for luck
There Is wealth to be had-go and seek II
And with At get honor and fame;
By the sweat Of your brow you can gain them
And crave for youself pround name;
But to do this takes tact and ambition,
Persistency, hopc-and some pluck.
Are you ready '-then lose not a moment!
Don't sit around waiting for luck
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

The fall style of bonnets are GER
tainly superb. The ladies are show.
ing increased excellence Of TASTE, and
they are to be commended. Tho latest
bonnet is triac higher than freights
on our railroads, and as graceful in
proportion.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
IMPROVEMENTS.

Six new houses were built during
the year: one in Brady, one in Gulicb,
one in Karthaus, two in Knox and
one in the borough of Curwensville
for Pike township all of which are
first class houses and each has suf.
ficient amount of ground except the
one for Pike township, which was
built in the borough of Curwensville,
where sufficient amount of ground
could not bc procured.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
INSTITUTE.

Atour district and county institutes
a great number Of directors were pres
ent, some of whom took an active part
in the exercises.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
WORK DONE BY DIRECTORS.

The many directors of the county
arc alive to their work and anxious to
have their schools in the best working
condition, and are only kept from ac-
complishing it by tho constant com
planning of high taxes by the citizens;
for in many districts, tho amount al
lowed by law will not keep the schools
in proper condition for the required
time.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06

A sound judgc--a musical critic
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
DlaEoroRs' CONVENTION.


A directors convention met at Clear.
field on the 14th of January and dis
cussed and voted on the following
questions;
1st. Should q uniform series of text
books bo adopted throughout the
county?
I'd. Should county institute time be
allowed teachers ?
Sd. Should district institute time be
allowed teachers?
4th. Should the salary be governed
by the grade of certificate?
5th. When should our district
schools open
The boards of Beccaria, Bell, Bloom
Boggs, Bradford, Bradford Independ
ent, Brady, Burnside, Cleariield, Cur
wensville, Covington, Decatur, Gosh
en-, , ,Girard, Knox, Lawrence, LawrencC
Independent, Lumber City, Osceola
Penn, Pike, Union and Woodward
met in their respective districts, de
cided on the questions and each sont
delegate TO the convention, instructed
on the manner to act for the board ht
represented. The convention decided
that uniform series OF books shoult
be adopted that neither county moi
district institute time should be grant
ed to teachers; that the salary shoult
be governed by the grade Of certifi
cate, and that no one time could b
settled upon for the opening Of all thu
schools. A committee was appointed
to examine textbooks, which com
mittee met and recommended sericI
on March 18th, which was adopted
by tho directors at second meeting
On Iuna Qd
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
EXAMINATIONS.

AT the public examinations of teach
ers sixty-two directors were met, all
OF whom evinced q desire to employ
the very best teachers for the wages
they were paying.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
ANNUAL REPORT
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
ron THE
Year ending June !, 1878.

While the schools Of our county
have not reached tho standard that
might be desired, yet it is with pleas
ure that report that educational in
terest is fast advancing, and should
teachers, directors and citizens con.
tinue in their present efforts it will
not be long until the schools of Clear
field county will rank with those ol
any other county in tho State.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
GRADED SCHOOLS.

Tho directors of Clcarfcld borough
have under way o first class building
for graded school, which when com
plctcd will cost nearly $4,000. The
directors Of Huston township are also
putting up fine building for q graded
school, which will cost near sl0,000
Tho directors Of Houtzdalc are putting
up two story building for graded
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-06
HOUSES REPAIRED.

Tho house in Bradford Independent
district was so repaired as to make il
first class house. 1t is piooly fur
nished with the patent desks and a
good blackboard. The house for Pike
township isalso furnished with the pat
ent desks and supplied with good ap-
paratus, tho other houses were furn-
ished with the improved wooden desks.
Ono of tho houses in Goshen township
has been repaired 80 as TO make good
house of it. The schools of Knox tp.
we're furnished with Ramps outline
maps. The school rooms in the Bor.
ough Of Curwensvillo were papored
during the year, also furnished with
libraries and suitable oil paintings, TO
mako them more attractive and pleas
ant for the pupils.
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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
EFFECT OE THE PANIC.

The New York Times, speaking
of the effect of the panic on partic-
lar industries, says athe iron, cotton
and wool interests show most signs
of distress, but in the first two of
these it will be remembered that
the check in production is not en-
tirely due, perhaps not mostly due,
to difficulty in meeting wages pay
ments, but to uncertainty as to the
price of raw material, which has
gone down steadily for some time.
A turn in prices, if it extended to
these articles, might put very diff
ferent face on affairs. There is,
moreover, general agreement of tes-
timony ss to the ability of operatives
10 sustsin temporary suspension.
1t is one of the curiosities of the
situation that while laborers are be-
ing discharged by the thousand
throughout the country, the pud-
dlers in the great iron mills on the
Troy flats, who have received an av-
erage of S. per day, are on a strike
to secure fifteen cents more refused
by the employers"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
SILVER RESUMPTION.

Secretary Richardson uttered a
very foolish sentiment, when he at
tributed the failure of his plan in
paying ont silver to the premature
publication of his purpose. The
scheme of silver resumption on a
basis Of $3.50. 900, by paying out five
dollar lots, was not very portent-
GUS affair at best. 1t failed, of course.
Yet it illustrated, at the same time,
that the people are not really anxi-
GUS for silver for currency purposes.
Hence the Only care of the Treasury
need be to avoid the use of silver for
specializing purposes, and then SIM
ply continue to pay it out as cur
rency in sums of moderate amount.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
A PlUcKY CONDUCTOR.

The Detroit Free Press relates
how conductor Wilsy, of the Michi-
gan Southern Railroad, dealt with
three gamblers who had plucked a
man on his train. He demanded
that they should return their booty.
out they refused The Free Press
proceeds:
Wilsey "shed" his coat for, busi-
ness, and all the ladies in the car
got up aud ran out. "Ah hap said
one of the gamblers as the conduc-
tors coat came of, "this is better"
and he pulled out a revolver and
lined it on Wilsey's eye. Com
mence shootiugp' replied the con-
ductor, and out came his own shoot
ing iron, and for twenty seconds
two revolvers were held up into two
mems faces, hammers up and fin
cures Oh the triggers. The other
two gamblers began to feel their
hip pockets, when W lsey quietly
said, ''If you don't hold up your
hand Pll blow the top of your head
off" They quit feeliug,and at that
moment a Cleveland merchant and
a Toledo Lake | Captain come up,
each with a cooked revolver, and
demanded to be counted ''in." At
this the gamblers offered to restore
the watch. and when they had done
so the conductor made them return
the full $55. "Now, then," said he
when he was through with them,
"get off this train! l shall remem-
ber you, and if ever catch one of
you on my train again I'll have
the engineer run her up to sixty
miles an hour, and my brakeman
will pitch J ou into the first swamp
The fellows were ready to go, and
as each one passed through the door
a piece of calf skin and sole leather
struck him under the coat tail with
full swing, materially assisting him
to reach the platform with the least
possible delay.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
HONEST VERDICT.

Twelve simple minded but honest
negroes, majority of whom could
not read or write, set an example in
North Corlina the other day which
the New York juries that acquitted
MacFarland and gave the elegant
Stokes four years at SingSing, should
take seriously to heart. A month
ago white boy was murdered by
two negroes. They were arrestd and
brought to trial before a jury COM
posed entirely of celored men. AT
ter hearing the evidence the unlet-
tered jurors retired and in an hour
returned with verdict pronouncing
the prisoners guilty in the first de-
gree. The Judge in pronouncing
sentence took very proper occasion
to draw a contrast between those
twelve negroes representing honest
ignorance, and the twelve white men
at New York representing dishonest
intelligence. Evidently the interest
of justice have not suffered in the
South by admitting the freeman to
the jury box.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
MUTUAL INTEREST.

How closely the interests Of all
men are interviewer together, may
be partly judged, from the fact that
the ravages of the yellow fever in
certain sections Of the South have
had a most disastrous effect upon
the various branches of New Eng
land industry. Two months ago,
for example, one establishment had
orders fer half a dozen large cotton
presses from as many different men
in and around Memphis, and one by
one all of them have fallen victims
to the terrible scourge; work on
the machinery being discontinued,
of course. Other intances of simi-
lar character are related. The fact
is not little instructive;a ;and its sug-
gesSions are especially pertinent,
alike to employers and employed,
at this particular juncture OF bust
ness affairs.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
THE CREDIT SYSTEM.

The danger of undertaking heavy
enterprises upon credit has been
abundantly illustrated since the 18th
of September; indeed, every day has
furnished some new lesson. The Ia
test is that embodied in the case of
the Texas and California Construc-
ton Company. According to state
ments ofthe Philadelphia papers that
organization has some seven million
dollars of documentary obligations
maturing, without the cash to meet
them. The circumstance that leads
especial interest to this particular
instance of embarrassment is that
the Company has been engaged in
the enterprise of building railroads
in Texas, and includes for consid
erable portion of its liability such
prominent men as Col. Thomas A..
Scott and j. Edgar Thompson. On
behalf of the latter it is avowed, and,
no doubt, correctly, that they will
meet their share of the. liabilities,
yet it cannot be done without delay
and in some degree compromises
Colonsl Scott was in Europe endeav-
isg to negotiate loans to meet the
G-1Eny's paper when the crisis of
SepteAber overlook him and pre-
vented success.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
MEMPHIS.

While VIC have the gratifying In
telligence from Memphis that the
yellow fever scourge has abated, we
are made aware that it has wrought
fearful havoc among the population
of that city. About one in five OF
the inhabitants remain. OF the
four-fifths Comet there have been but
1900 deaths; but fear has drivea the
people away. Thus, evea where the
people have been stricken down with
the disease, they have been made to
know that an epidemic can exert ia-
direct injuries. Never did a city
suffer more, in one form or other,
than has Memphis, and the appeals
for charity are worthy the most lib
eral response.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
LOCKED UP.

One of the jurors in the case of
Stokes has been sent to prison for
thirty days and fiued two hundred
and fifty dollars for bad conduct
during the trial. That juror was a
liquor dealer, and having obtained
permission to transact some bust
ness, under the care of q deputy
sheriff, he visited various customers,
patronized his own calling too liber-
ally and under the relaxing infiu
ence of the liquor his tongue was
too free in its discussion of the
Stokes case. The juror visited rum
holes and faro holes and other disre-
putable places,for which offences he
was hauled up before the Judge who
tried Stokes,and the judge sent him
to Jail for contempt Of Court.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

Further accounts concerning the
industrial situation and outlook in
various parts of the country, are of
reassuring character. Of course
the depressing influences of the
monetary stringency are still widely
felt; But large amount of work
is yet being done, some of the great
industrial centers showing a remark
able degree of vigor in their respec-
tive manufactures while, even where
work is slackest, the employer and
the employed are recognizing their
mutual dependence, and endeavor-
ing, by mutual concessions, to tide
over the difficulties with as little
loss as possible to each. All the
manufacturers are showing a desire
for the welfare Of their employees,
and some of them express a willing
ness to continue operating, even
without profit, if they are assured
that serious losses will not be in
CURED.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-11-13
RoeUEs oUARRElLING.

1t is an old saying about the ad
vantages to honest men resultin &
from the quarrelling Of rogues. A
squabble in Tammany has taken
place, and John Morrissy has caused
the expulsion from its Cou ncils of
Police Com missioner Charlick. In
revenge Charlick has issued an Or
der for the immediate closing of all
gambling saloons in New York City
and threatens to dismiss every po-
lice captain who does not have the
order rigidly enforced. As John
Morrissey is the king bee of gam
blers, this is carrying the war into
Africa. We do not anticipate the
complete publication of New York
through this suddenly awakened
zeal of the Police Commissioner, but
there is chance for a lively stir for
q day or two.