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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23
What Will You Leave Behind2

Talking with an old farmer once, he
said :-"When l die, am going TO
leave behind, as a heritage for my
children, the home where they were
born, made as beautiful as my means
and uneducated tasto will allow, pleas
ant memories OF the home frcside and
Of the sunny summer days, aud true
regard for the dignity and worth
of the calling which their father fol-
lowed" The old man was so full Of
emotion when he talked in this way
that he had TO use handkerchief to
prevent the tears telling their tale Of
manly sensitiveness. His boys were
widely scattered, having varied ex.
perience In life; but there was not
one of them who did not honor the
old farmer thoy called tand reverently,
too) "Father !" not one Of them who
was not glad to visit the old home.
stead once year.
Now, we repeat the question, "Wbat
will you leave behindi" Money? 1t
will do your children littlo good, com.
paratively. Money is easily obtained.
But homes are scarce. The associa-
tions which the men of tho world value
most are the associations with their
early homes. No man, no matter
what his position in life, who has had
a happy and pleasant home in his
youth, fails to remember, love and
long for it. 1t is IA heven he seeks, one
toward which his heart goes out when
ever he is in trouble; it is the shrine
10 which he makes pilgrimage when
ever he has means and opportunity ;
it is the one spot on earth upon which
he is willing TO lavish the wealth he
may have acquired, and where he
desires to die and be buried.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

When wo hear that mans skelo-
ton was sold in Cincinnati last week
for four dollars and fifty cents, it is
impossible not to feel q pang Of COM
passion upon rejecting how very poor
a man must be to sell his skeleton for
such sum. Most persons cling to
their skeletons with an affectionato
earnestness which is as touching as it
is remarkable; and even when they
arc dissatisfied with thcm, they seem
to hate to part with them. Whether
tho Cincinnati man intends to have q
new one put in, or proposes to have
himself kept for the future merely
rolled up in fiabby sort Of bundle
and carried around with string, wo
are not informed. But wo warn him,
If he proposes to get new ono, to
havo himself measured for It. We
can imagine nothing more uncomfort-
able for a man than TO have his bones
either an inch or so too long or few
inches too short.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23
American ChiYalrY.


Journeying to Boston from Wash
ington, an English authoress had her
berth made into bed, and, divesting
herself of her outer garments, retired
behind the curtain and slept until
daybreak. al knew" she proceeds,
"that at each end Of the car there
was toile;-room with marble basins
and washing paraphernalia. / put
my head out at the opening of the
curtain to see if the place was unoc-
cupied, when, TO my amazement, what
should meet my eye, all the way up
and down the narrow corridor, but
stoekinged-no, | mean socked-feet
struggling into boots of the most de:
cidedly masculine persuasion As I
was contemplating the possibility of
threading my way through this novel,
living hedge, | came to the knowledge
that | was the only lady in the car,
and that, unknown and unprotected,
/ had been passing the night 10 the
most ignorant and helpless security
with about twenty men, In any 9th
country, this discovery would have
been horrifying in itself, and extreme
ly disasreoabls in its results but,
short as my experienc of American
chivalry had been, it was quite sufii.
cient for me to know that / had alb
solutely nothing to feel uncomfortable
about. Most Of the gentlemen did
mo the honor to ignore my presence
completely, thereby making me feel
very much assured those that did
not neither stared nor spoke; but as
the train slackened at the Jersey city
station two Of them helped me down
the steps of the platform, and, ono
taking my shawls and the other my
hand. bag, said: ALLOW me, madam,
TO see you to the ferry whittier they
accompanied me, and bowed them.
selves out" 3"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23
A Qurious Race.

A young man from one Of the SUBJ
urbs appeared from u store on Wcst
street, on Saturday noon, in quest OF
tho family team, but not discerning II,
stepped quickly TO the corner OF Main
street, aud looking up that avcnuo'
just in time TO detect the familiar cs-
tablishment about turning into Whito
street on tho homoward course. Then
he took his hat in his hand aud struck
out on the chase At speed that was
wonderful. A clerk In q store that
he shot BY, ran out to see what was
the matter, and finding n man fleeing
for dear life, he put after him. ThiS.
created curiosity in man who was,
digging out gutter, and he forthwith
dropped his shovel and joined in with
commendable aIacrily. And then o
mlkman, who was getting into his
cart, suddenly changed his mind, and
went Logging up the street in rcar OF
the others. Two merchants talking
about materialism dropped the SUBJ
ject and picked up their heels in tho
same direction. Then fvo boys in.
stinctively took leg in. These woro
followed by number Of elderly peo
pie, and before the suburban youth
reached White street, ho became pain
fully aware that he was pursued
This led him TO redoublc his excrtions,
but the increase communicated itself
to the Burging masses behind. And
when he turned into White street his
eyes stood out like billiard balls, and
his hair pointed hcavenward mostly.
On this avenue he found himself 80
sorely pressed that ho jumped into
the first open hatchway and disap.
peared in the darkness of the cellar.
The painting and eager crowd shot up
TO tho entrance and almost into il, and
after peering into tho darkness with
out seeing anything, commenced to
look at each other. Then tho silence
was broken. "Who was hc?' said
ono. II don't know" said another.
"Wbat had he been doingw asked
the third. 81 don't know" said tho
fourth. TheD they stared at each
other again, and the first man said:
"Don't anybody know who he is ?"-
No answer, and then the first man..
who appeared to be burning up with
curiosity, added, "What in the thun-
der did you run for, then ?" because
| saw the others run. What did you
run for?' "Well, that's the reason 1
run. "-DanJmy Nelcs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23


A MAN WITH AN AIM.
Give me man with an aim,
Whatever that aim may be.
Whether rs wealth or whethsrit's fame,
II matters not 10 me.
Let him walk In the path Of right,
And keep his aim In sight,
Aud work aud pray with kiih away,
With bis eye on tho glittsring height.
Give me man who says
III will do something we'll,
And make the nesting days
A story Of labor tell"
Though The aim be hes b small -
II is better than none at ali;
With something to do the whole year through,
lie will not stumble or fall.
But Satan weavcs q snare
For the feet Of those who stray
With never thought or care
Where the path may lead away.
The man who has no aim
Not only leaves no name
When this life's done, but ten to one
He leaves record Of shame.
Give me man whose heart
Is filled with ambitious hre;
Who sets his mark in tho start,
And moves 1t higher and higher.
Better to die in the strife,
The hands with labor rife,
Than to glide with the stream In an idle dream
And live purposeless life.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

A lazy dyspeptic was bewailing his
own misfortune, and speaking with a
friend upon the latter's hearty appear.
ance. "What do you do 10 make your
self 80 strong and healtbys" inquired
the dyspeptic. olive on fruit alone"
answered tho friend. What kind Of
fruit2 "The fruit of industry; and |
am never troubled with indigestion"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

In Washington, tho other day, .
female member of . colored theatrical
troup won't into dry goods store and
called for some nesh colored hose
The clerk placed before her boz Of
black stockings, aad that impertinent
young man has never been Ablo 10 tell
whether no was blown up by nitro
glycorine or was struck by shot from
q sevonty-two podlder.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

An old farmer said to his sons
"Boys, don't you ever wait for sum
mat TO turn up. You might just as
well 20 and Sit down on stone in tho
middle of q meddcr, with pail atwixt
your lcgs, an wait for COW 10 back
up TO you TO be MIXED"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23


SUoH A GETTING UP.-Calling q boy
mp in the morning, can hardly be
classed under the head of "pastime," /"
especially if the boy is fond Of exercise
the day before. And it is q little
singular the next hardest thing TO
getting a boy out Of bed is getting
him into it. There 10 rarely a mother
who is success at arousing boy
All mothers know this; so do their
boys. And yet the mother seems TO
go nj it in the right way; she opens
the stair door and insinuatingly OBJ
serves: "Jobnny.' There is no re-
sponse; "Johnny." Still no response.
Then there is short, sharp "John,"
followed a moment later by a pro-
longcd and emphatic "John Henry"
A gruDt from the upper regions signi-
fes that an impression has been made,
and the mother is encouraged to add,
"Y ou'd better be getting down here
to breakfast, young man, before l
come up there an give you something
you'll feel" This so startles the young
man that he Immediately goes TO sleep
again. And the operation has to be
repeated several times. A father
knows nothing about this trouble
He merely opens his mouth as soda
bottle elects its cork and the "John
Henry" that cleaves tho air Of that
stairway goes into the boy like cleo
tricity, and pierces the deepest recesses
of his very nature. And he pops out
of that bed and into his clothes, and
down the stairs, with promptness
that is commendable. 1t is rarely II
boy allows himself TO disregard the
paternal summons. About once a
year is believed to bc as often as it is
consistent with the rules Of health
He saves his father great many steps
by his tboughtfuness.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

A ncighbor was asked tho other day
what made her gait 80 peculiar. "Ob!'
said she, "it is a new edition Of Ban.
ion's Pilgrims ProErett"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

Mark Twain, in speaking Of canni-
balism, grows serious for once, and
solemnly declares that for bis own part
he "would rather 90 hungry for two
days than eat an old personal friend"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

a student who had better knowl-
edge Of hymns than Of some of his
studies, one morning was asked TO
spell and define prone, created SEN
sation in the class by replying, in
solemn tone, "p-r-o-n e, to wander"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

A gushing poet asks in tho first limo
OF recent effusion, "How many weary
pilgrims liep We give 1t up; but
experience has taught US that ihere
arc gcod many. tn
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

California and Australia, II is esci.
mated, have together produced gold
amounting in value TO el,b0O,OOO,00O
since 1869.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

Whom are skipping lambs like 1T
erary voIumesl-. When they arc bound
ing sheep. le
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23

On New Yoar's day thsrs wore so.
$40 post. Offices in tho United States.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-23
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, PA.


WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL "a, is,s.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

A REALISTIC priest in Germany has
taken n new departure in the treat
ment of persons possessed with de-
mons. A young woman of his flock
became possessed with company Of
devils, rs is sometimes the case in this
country, and suffered the usual tor
lures OF iainting and commissions She
was brought to the good clergyman, u
robust muscular old fellow, who was
IN adept in the use of n hickory cudgcl.
After looking at The possessed damscl
for II few moments, and intcrrogating
her closely, he laid his walking sticl,
over her polonaise with force and
rapidity that astonished not only the
girl but the devil himself The anlict-
ed girl is now perfectly cured, having
abandoned her cherished hope of being
pointed out as the subject of u miracu-
lous cure, and the clergyman relies
more than ever on his cudgel us an
infallible instrument ofeXorcism.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
Suicide of u Fourteen cnr-oid child.
lIcSnmne uSy) journal, 2jth


Miss Eliza Egan, an Irish girl about
fourteen years of age, in II temporary
fit of insanity, the result of intense
anger, committed suicide by throwing
herself from the banks Of The Kentucky
river, ON the ,Icssaminc side, near The
mouth of Dix river, atnoon, nthe 9th
instant. The body was found, and II
coroner's jury held over it on Tuesday
last, with the result ~ stated above.
This unfortunate young lady left The
house in anger on the morning of the
9th instant, saying to her mother, with
whom she had been quaTelling, that
she would never see her alive any
more. Her words proved too true, ~
theseque shows Whether the mother
or daughter was to blame for the diff
Guilty which ended in the mtimely
death of the latter, does not appear in
evidence ut the inquest.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
The Death Of mn Aged Hunter who
hnd Killed 1900 Deer.

WATERTowN, n. v, October 25,-
Robert SiXbury died on the sd Inst,
nj the house Of his son, Isaac SlXbury,
in the town Of Leay, Jefferson county,
New York, at the nge Of one hundred
and ten years and seven months. Mr.,
SiXbury had acquired great reputation
rs hunter on John Browns tract, in
northern New York. where he had
slain over 1900 deer When past
eighty years Of age he met with IN
accident which ncccssitatod the ampu-
tation Of one of his legs, and he
assisted the country doctor 10 perform
the operation without flinching, The
funeral was attended by several of Mr.
Sixbury's children, aged between
eighty and ninety years, The deceased
had enjoyed comparatively good health
up to the day Of his death.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
Is Henry y.aI.cgitimntc nourbonq

five are to believe the Paris Ben
Public, this is a very pertinent question
to ask, inasmuch as the Due de Berry,
the father Of the presCntpretepder, was
lawfully married in England in 1906 to
a Mrs. Brown, who is still living, and
from whom he was never divorced be-
fore any British tribunal. To be sure the
marriage was declared nullity by
Louis XVIII at his restoration to the
French throne, but the French Law did
not recognize divorce, nor is thepower
assumed by Louis XVIII based upon
any written or unwritten right claimed
by his Bourbon ancestors.
BY his marriage with Mrs. Brown,
Chambords father had two daughters
both of whom is now married to Gen.
D' Charette, and the other to Prince ID
Faucigny. The Bien Public challenges
contradiction as to the perfect anthem
ITCHY and notoriety of the above facts.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

lTaylor County 0fyl Letter 10 Lebanon
hlandnrdl
A respectable lady living IN tho
western portion of the county hNH
given birihto child, which lived four
days, the most extraordinary Of any
which have ever hoard, 10 was born
with n well-deyelOped chlgnOn on the
top of its head. Indeed, II was 20
plain that no ono could fail 10 see the
perfect resemblance 10 that piece OF
head-gcar. Tho peculiar appcndage
was composed Of II muscular or ileshy
substance, exactly resembling chg
non II was the wonder Of the neigh
borhood, aud large numbers called 20
500 this remarkable curiosity, Some
time before the birth Of the child,
quite number Of ladies, including the
mother, were talking and testing about
uhignOns, The above Is YOuched for
by one Of our most respectable cltI-
Zons.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

A citizen Of Now York, not many
years ago, died leaving u fortune OF
three millions 10 he divided between
one son aud three daughters, During
his life, the merchant had been u close
listed skinnlnt, denying himself the
common necessarIes Of life that he
might amnss n fortune and leave his
son u man Of wealth, The son soon
found the destiny IN store for him and
early began the life Of n fast young
man. He married Il young woman who
thought only ofhis wealth, and made
her rs unhappy ~ she deserved. Ills
father died leaving the young man m
income Of 100000. In drunken quar-
rel the young fellow killed his wife and
then finished his own miserable eNls'
tence by suicide.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
A Remarkable Accident.

It TUIH VII' IVIIV II0VIVV TN TIV0''T
The London Times, commenting
editorially upon an item from the Tx
press relative to the remarkable acct
dent that happened some time since to
Captain John Branch, in this city,
says that all of surgical history ha, no
case like this. 1t will be remembered
that Captain Branch's finger was
caught by ring upon it in jumping
from a car, and pulled of, drawing
with it a piece Of tendon that extend
ed to the elbow. The more remarka-
bic part of the case, a feature that is UNI
known to the Times, is that Captain
b. suffered no pain at the time of the
accident or since.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

AMONG the pleasant episodes occur.
ring during the Conference just closed
in Dallas, was the meeting of one of It's
members, Rev. DIR. j. G. Parks, of Sher.
man, with long-time-ago schoolmate,
lady of this town, after n separation
of thirty-six years. Such reunions, al.
ways touching, are greatly enhanced
when, as in this case, the parties find
that through all these troublous
times of rancor, war, heartburnings,
sufferings and sore visitations, they
have, throughout, been on the same
aide
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

THE University Series schoolbooks
by Maury, Holmes, Venable and other
eminent Southern men, are rapidly
spreading throughout the Southern and
Middle States, and to some extent in
the North. Their strict fidelity to
truth and utter abnegation of sectional
injustice are doing the work. Thinking
parents do not want their children edu-
Gated in the school Of hate. Time, the
great pacifer, is doing its work. The
moral reaction Is steadily gaining
force, and the day il coming when
even Fanuel Hall will do justice to
Southern virtue.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

Mrs. Burnham, of the st. Louis Re-
publican, claims that she can write a
column of abstract matter quicker Than
any man in the professions but there
are hundreds of men in the profession
who can beat her abstracting matter.-
1Brooklyn Argus.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
An Indiana bride, ut Bluff creek, gave

An Indiana bride, ut Bluff creek, gave
practical exposition of her views of
economy as follows: "rhe fair bride
was dressed in calico, fringed on the
bottom with the same material, bon
net du solid, and gloves, shoes and
stockings of unmistaiable flesh color,
that fitted rs closely as the skin. When
asked if she would take this man for
better. for worse, she replied, with
touching simplicity, you bet. No
Wall street panic can harm such a
woman
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

SEVERAL popular lecturers are dis
coursing on woman and her work
There are good many poor women
in all our large cities who will be glad
to get work of any sort to do this Win
ter, and dispense with the lectures.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

THE Democracy Of Collin county
have adopted the primary election pol
icy In that county, and the primary
elections take place on the 18th Of
next month. Sherman Courier.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05

The Seneca Falls ladies are singing
about ''the moth-eaten hustle, the old
iron hustle, the cloth covered hustle
that hung on so we'll. y
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
THIND AMENDMENT.

This prohibits the Legislature from
crowding the statute books with spe-
cial laws, and requires that all such
objects, so far rs it may be possible,
shall be accomplished by general laws.
This is a most wholesome measure and
is designed, among other good objects,
to prevent dangerous powers being
granted to corporate bodies, as is al
ways liable to happen under the pres
ent mode of enacting special charters
on great variety of subjects.
While our hope and belief is, that
the next Legislature will call conven-
ton to revise the constitution, or make
new one, still, rs this is not positive
ly certain, and rs each one of these
amendments is wise in itself, we adj
wise the entire people to vote for them.
We take this occasion also to say,
that while the Democratic party is in
favor of q convention to form Il new
constitution, they distinctly under
stand that nothing is to be done that
will reopen or rinsettle those provisions
of the present instrument which legit-
imately grew out of the war. They
want a simple, wise and just constitu-
ton, but they do not want and will
not countenance any provision calcula-
ted to unsettle questions already settled.
They want peace, security and good
government. They want restored con-
fidence in the country too much to haz-
ard these beneficent objects by treading
upon ground which wisdom demands
should be left untouched. On these
points there is unanimity among
the Democracy of Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
SECOND AMENDMENT

Provides that each county in the
State shall hereafter elect an Assessor
and Collector Of Taxes, according to
the old system of the State. The pres
ent system of assessment by Justices
of the Peace is so defective rs to make
u change absolutely essential to equal
ity in valuations and II proper collec-
ton of the revenue.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
FIRST AMENDMENT.

The Supreme Court shall hereafter
consist of n Chief Justice and four
Associate Justiccs--instead of three
Judges as now. Thecourt may hold its
sessions at Austin and two other places,
instead of at Austin alone, as at pres
ent. This amendment is greatly
needed to enable the court to dispatch
its business, which three judges can
not do.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
COUNTY TICKET,

For Sheriff;
JAMES u. BARLEY.
For District Clerk;
a. HARDWOOD.
For County Treasurer:
NJ. v. COLE.
For County Surveyor;
II. VI. COOK.
For Justlcerof the Peace, Precinct NO. !;
j. KERFOOT:
For Justice of the Pence, Precinct No ~
W. A. GEORGE.
For Justice OF tho Peace, Precinct No. ~
CIIAS. BAEKER.
For Justice Of the Seacc, Precinct NO. a.
n. l.. FRANK.
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. b;
n. u. COATS.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-05
Dallas ST., Jefferson, Texas.
Largest and Best warehouse in Jefferson

Conslgnmonts Of cotton ana country pro.
duce solicited, either FOR sale or shipment
Ample room for up irCghis,
We sell cotton, hides, etc., for our patrons,
ana render account sales promptly. W" VIII
Insure your goods or cotton under our open
policy at II reasonable rate, II desired, In
met, II you viii consult your interest, and
place your property beyond the danger Of
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Agents for G. Kmt2's portable Steam En-
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Double Turbine water Wheel, lsiac Stuub n
Co, y uQoCn Of the South Corn MIL, IIu@y
~ Logm's Cotton Gin, manufactured NJ Dan
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baker Wagon.
lSjdNwGm GRAHAM, TAYLOR Il co.