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New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Onr dispatches from Massachusetts, indicate
that Mr. Boutwell,, having developed in the
balloting of yesterday greater amount. OF
strength than he was popularity supposed to
possess, will probably be elected to the Senate
to-day. We can scarcely expect from any
State Legislature the habitual selection of the
man who is absolutely best fitted for Senator
Massachusetts, did this for several years
in the person of Mr.. Sumner, and
some sanguine persons suggested this
year that it should be repeated with Mr..
Charles Francis Adams. But this was rather
too much to ask in Presidential year, and ii
practical politicians must be chosen, men
like Messrs. Dawes and Boutwell, are
perhaps as unobjectiOnable as any. If
Mr.. Boutwell, is elected, the public
can be congratulated that he will be
unable to repeat in the Senate the errors
to which we have referred in his administra-
ton of the Treasury. while his really valua-
BILE qualities will find a better field of exer-
else in his new position than in the old.
Both he and Mr.. Dawes belong to the class
from whom we find it easy to expect good
things, and whom we always blame with
regret.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
The New Fifty-cent Note.

The plates for tho now ff,v.cen,
note have been nrenarcd Mt Tho I}preau
of Engraving and Printing Treasury
Department and the work Of printing
the now note will be commenced next
week, though il will probably bo Ten
days before the note will be issued 10
the public. The new note will be
about a Quarter of an inch shorter Than
that now In circulation. and n ouarter
of an inch wider. It's dimensions be.
ing three and three quarter inches
long, by two inches wide. On the
face of the note, left hand side. is n
vignctte head OF Samuel Dexter. who
was Secretary of the Treasury in 1901.
and former Governor of the State of
Massachusetts. On the right of tho
note is a section of ceometrical lathe
work, with the words "fiity ccntsn in
white letters. engraved across the.
face. The "story" or lettering on The
notc is tho same as ON the present
issue, with the exception of the words
receivable for ali United States
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
The Brides Of Venice.

AS years rolled on, INC continuance
of peace gave the Venitians ample
scope for the encouragement and pro-
motion of the industrial arts. Their
commercial relations with other coun E.
tries were rapidly developed. Every
manufacture was formed into guild,
tho directors of which framed laws for
the observance of the handicraftsmen.
Thus, among the glass- workers thero
wcro bottle.pakers, bead-makers, ar
list in color, producers Of window glass
and ornamental glass workers. One
branch was totally distinct from all
Others, and tho utmost rivalry existed
among the men working in the sover-
al departments. The promotion of
these guilds and their annual process
sions fostered that love for public
pageants and cercmonials which dis
tinguished the Venetians above all
other nations. At very early time
certain events, which in other couD.
tries were observed in private, we're
celebrated at Venice in public, with
all the splendid surroundings the taste
and wealth of the nation were able 10
produce. On the first of February in
each year the republic gave dowries
to twelve maidens upon their mar
riage, and that day became the most
highly favored for marriage among
the youthful Venetians. In 932, on
the appointed day, when the gay and
happy congregation of lovers with
their friends were assembled at st.
Marks, in the presence of the doge,
Candiano III, and the chief rulers OF
the State, ,-tho marriage service was
rudcly interrupted by a violent knock.
ing at the cathedral door. In few
moments, before the mystery could be
solved, the doors were broken open
and large band of men entered,
armed TO the teeth, whose faces,
FURNISHED from exposure to the sun
and sea, were at once recognized as
those OF pirates who haunted the Gull
oflstria. The pirates swinging swords
or axes in their hands, advanced up
the church, while the terrified people
shrank away from them. They seized
the marriage dowries of the brides,
and then the terrified maidcns were
rudely laid hold of and dragged from
the embrace Of lovers and friends
The air was filed with the oaths of
the pirates, tho cries of the terrified
maidens, and the cxecration of the
young men. Opposiliont to men armed
like these sea-rovers by those who
were unarmed was out OF the question;
and the Istrans succeeded in escaping
10 their boats with their booty and
prisoners. immediately upon getting
clear of tho crowded church the young
men procured arms and sought for
boats 10 which to give chase TO the
robbers. The doge ordered tho great
bell of the Campanile TO be rung, and
the people on every island flew TO
arms. In very short time the canals
were covered with gondolas full of
armed men, and, headed by the lloge,
they set off in pursuit. Tho pirates,
in their hurry, had mistaken the pro-
per outlets, and before they reached
the gulf were overtakcn. Then fol-
lowed fierce encounter and when
the doge gavo tho signal for returning
not one pirate was loft alive. Tho maid
es and their dowries were brought
back in triumph, and tho same evening
the rudely-interrupted ceremony OF
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

AN USsporrED CHARACTER. Money
is a good thing, especially in these
hard times, but there is something o
thousand-fold more valuable. 1t is
character-the consciousness OF purc
and honorable life. This it should be
a mans first aim to preserve at any
cost. In times Of commercial distress,
whilc some are proved and found
wanting, others como forth tried as
by fire. Here and there one comes
out of tho furnace far more Of man
than before. Amid tho wreck of his
fortune bo stands erect---a noble speci-
men OF true manhood. We have oc-
casionally witnessed an example of
courage n such n crisis, of moral in
trcpidty, that deserved all honor
Lot it be the aim of every business
man, above all things else, to keep his
purity unstained. This is tho best
possesson-this is capital which can
never be taken from him-tbis is the
richest inheritance which ho can leave
10 his children. -fa.sr
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
Curious Story About a Hawk.

A curious incident occurred few
days since short distance from Bal
timore, 0 local paper says: One Of
our well.known merchants had gone
out on visit to friend, at whose
houso thoro was bright little boy,
and one day, to please the child, ho
manufactured very large kite, and
ms the wind was strong enough, tho
kite was raised at once. After IL had
gone up nearly half mile, u large
crowd Of country people collected to
admire it, as such magnificent toy
had never been seen in that section
before. While the spectators were
admiring IL, a very largo hawk was
seen to fly slowly out Of neighbor.
ing grove and 20 directly toward the
kite. Tho hawk approached within a
few feet of the strange looking object,
and then circlcd abeut under IL for
perhaps fivo minutes, when he few
Just above it and again circlcd around
It several times. Suddenly he hover.
cd directly over the kite, and after
looking at il intently for short time,
darted downward, and striking tho
paper, passed directly through tho
kite, coming out on the other side
After this strange experience, which
no doubt puzzled the hawk vastly, he
few offa short distance for reflection,
but still keeping tho kite in view
Not being disposed to give II up so,
he quickly rotuine TO tho charge, and
this time fastened on tho long string
Of rags that wcrc used as tail 10 the
lfito, which no tore and scattered in
the air in o savage manner. Finding,
however, no resistance on the part Of
the kite, ho bcoamc disgustcd or scared
and flew away toward tho whods
whence be oamo. The gentleman says
that whenever the bhwk mado an at
tack he would retreat . little, as IL he
expected tho strange bird was going
10 return the assault. re
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

oinity thereof, as may be desired, and
to fix hydrants and fire plugs where
socver they may deem proper; and
they shall further have power and de.
termine the rates and prices TO be paid
by the citizens for the use of tho wa
terj Provided, That tho owners of the
freehold on and upon which said wa
ter Is taken and used, shall, by them
selves, their agents or attorneys, in
all cases, be the parties with whom
snch contract for the use of the water
shall be made, and tho said real estate
shall be bound for and liable for the
payment Of the same, reserving the
right to the said burgess and town
council 10 contract with the lesseos of
tenants should they sec proper to do
SO and tho said burgess and town
council shall further have tho power
to ordain and enact all needful by
laws, ordinances and regulations, and
generally TO do all things requisite
and necessary for carrying into full
and perfect effect all the objects con-
templated in this act. haia
ApPRovED-The eighteenth day of
February, Ammo Domini one thousand
eight hundred and seyenty-one.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
A SUPPLEMENT-
To the act, entitled "An Act to authorize the
ough Of Clcar6eld to erect Water Works"

To the act, entitled "An Act to authorize the bor-
ough Of Clcar6cld to erect Water Works.
SEC. /. Be it enacted, de-, That the
act, entitled "An Act authorizing the
borough of Clearfeld to erect water
works." approved February the twen-
tieth, Ammo Domini one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, shall
not authorize the board of water CON-
missioners therein named to commence
the construction of said water works,
or the creation of any loan therefor,
until it shall DO so determined by a
majority of the qualified electors Of
the said borough, Mt an election called
for the purpose of determining the
question, which election may be or
dcrcd by the burgess and town coun.
Gil, on the application in writing of
not less than twelve of the qualified
voters Of the said borough; and when
such an election is ordered, at least
twenty days notice of such shall be
given in the newspapers published in
said borough; which election shall be
held by tho election officers chosen to
hold the general elections. Those in
favor of commencing the construc-
tion Of the water works, shall vote
printed or written ticket, labelled on
the outside "water," and containing
on the inside "for water" and those
who are opposed 10 commencing the
construction of the water works, shall
deposit ticket labelled as aforesaid,
and containing on the inside thereof
the words, against water" and the
officers of such election shall procure
box in which 10 deposit said tickets
as they are voted, and the election
shall be conducted in the same man.
ner as other elections authorized by
law, and frauds punished in the same
manner, and at the close of said elec-
tion, said election officers shall care.
fully count the votes polled for and
against commencing the construction
of said water works, and make return
to the burgess and town council OF
said borough; the number Of votes
polled for and against commencing
tho construction Of tho water works
shall bo filed by the town clerk among
the borough records; and if the ma.
jority Of the votes polled at such elec-
tion should be in favor of commencing
the construction of said water works,
then said burgess and town council
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

{ OLDER AND SHARpER.-Grants can.
didatc for Governor of Massachusetts,,
Salary Grabber Ben Butler, addressed
a temperance meeting at birmingham
on tho Fourth, at tho close Of which
he was called upon TO state whether
he is among tho friends or opponents
of tho present liquor law in that State.
The "hcro Of Fort Fisher" said that
"asking questions at Fourth of July
celebration is like whistling al a fun.
cral." Tho question was put again
and again, but Ben, who was always
known to pull for ,he side that pays
best, paid no attention thereto and
quickly loft tho stand and tho grove.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

Tho frat great lumber raft has been
towcd into Chicago from Michigan
ThiB one came from Ludington. II
was I,l00 feet by 70 feet and was
bound together by 100000 pounds of
chain. Il cost $500 TO tow II 10 tho
aty, and CO hours were occupied in
doing IT, To ship tho lumber by sail.
ing vessels would have cost 5000
Where II was cut II sells for sli a
thousand feet, and in Chicago IL
brings s25.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

Henry Campbell, who was tried by
tho United States Court in Williams
port short time ago, for robbing the
post office at Towanda last winter,
was fdhnd guilty and sentenced TO
eight years imprisonment in the East
crn Pcnitcntiary, pay a 6nc Of $500
and tho costs Of prosecution,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

A sclf.posscsscd young man called
at house in Atlanta, Ca, fcw
mornings ago and asked to see his
wife. "She is not here" replied the
mistress Of the house. "There is none
here but tho members of my own
family" "welI," replied he, "it's one
Of them ] want TO SEQ. married
your eldest daughter last night"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

"wbo dat bit mcl" "Wherc's dat
lantern p wero the ordinations Of
an astonished Elmira darkcy, after be-
ing thrown something like . hundred
foet by a locomotive. }'fif4oa
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

Governor 1fartranft has reappoint-
% John McCurdy, Esq, Of Shippcps-
burg, Cumberland county, Supcrin.
tendent Of Public Printing.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

Miss Alice Johnson, Of Kansas, bus
opened barber shop, and gives her
personal attention tothc shaving Of
gentlemen.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

10 Jack they call him now, and his
tribe is called Javabedouins.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30

Tho ago men lovo-marri-agc
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
.aHt THE
"CLRARFIRLD REPUBLICAN,"
pusIsssp EvEsY wrDSrspAr,B BY u
oooDLANDER 4 HAG ERTY,
cLHARFIELD, PA.
EsTABLIs nED In 1877.
The largest Circulation of any Newspaper
In North Central Pennsylvanla.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19

. REAUTIFUI. CHROMOS mailed free for q
) cts Agents wanted. BoLEs Co ,Medford, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19

much less will be cultivated than usual.
we do not believe in intermitting the cul-
tlvation of crop because it happens to be
low. On the contrary it is a sagacious
policy, on this account, to use every en-
deavor to produce commodity when
low, since reaction in price is sure to
follow, and those farmers who continue to
cultivate corn, the great fallow crop of the
west, and feed it out to meat producing
animals on the farm, thereby enabling
them to attain increased results from the
cultivation of other moneyed crops, are
those who in the course of years reach the
best results in farming.
We do not want less corn In the West.
but we do want more stock to turn this
crop into manufactured products of fat
sheep, pork, and mutton. In oth.. words,
the corn should not be sent to market in
its raw state, but in condensed form; in
bags Of hog skins, hides of ripe bullocks,
and the Pelts of fat sheep Thus we NAV
see one way to circumvent high railway
tariffs, and make these living packages
hold ten times the amount that those of
cotton, jute or linen would contain, and
at the same time save large amount of
fertilizing material the want of which is
already beginning to be felt in the West
Western Rural
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19
RECIPES. ETC.

Green Corn Pudding-Twelve ears
of corn grated, two quarts of milk, four
well beaten eggs, one teacup and half of
bake three hours; sweet corn should be
| used
The mixing of iron scraps, filings or
drilling chips from machine shops in the
soil about the roots of pear trees, is be-
coming general with some of our best
| fruit growers. The health and produc-
tiveness of the trees are greatly promoted
thereby Pieces of iron hoop, old scythes
and other useless bits of iron have long
been used by the most successful of our
growers.
A VERY useful substance by the name
of glyconine, is prepared by surgeons, by
mingling four parts of weight of yolk of
eggs with five parts of glycerine, forming
an unctuous compound of the consistency
of honey, unalterable by the atmosphere,
and which makes an inOtfensive covering
for sore or injured parts; yet it can be
easily removed by water. Every family
should keep small bottle of such mate
rial to use in case Of large flesh wounds
Hot Water about Peach Trees-It
has been recommended by those who have
tried it, to apply pail of hot water to the
collar Of peach trees in spring, and top
dressing of ashes 1t is claimed that this
will prevent ''yellows," and kill the borer,
or arrest the work of the grub in its incip-
lent stages. In support of this practice
and its advantages, we have the testimony
OF several prominent fruit growers.
-Cocoanut Cakes.-To one pound of
grated cocoanut, one pound of light brown
sugar, add half pint of water; bring the
sugar and water to the boiling point, then
add the cOcoanut; boil the whole three
fourths of an hour, or until the water has
entirely disappeared. Make it up into
cakes, sprinkle flour On board or tin,
put the cakes thereon and dry them in an
oven, not browning them.
Green Tomato Pickles-To every gla-
lon of sliced tomatoes add two tablespoon
tuls of salt, and let them stand over night.
Do not pour off the liquor but add two
thirds of pound of sugar, one pint grated
horseradish, two tablespoons of mustard
Put weight on top and set near the fire or
in warm place until they become sour
when they should be kept in cool place
The juice of the tomatoes forms the vine
gar. and If some are partly ripe it is all
the better. No scum rises on the top, and
they will keep long time
Red Cedar Hedges.-A correspondent,
says there is no timber for hedges com
parable to the red cedar 1t will do well
in any soil with little care at first. 1t is
long lived, and grows very rapidly To
propagate it, gather the seed when ripe
| and prepare the ground as for drilling
garden seeds. Plant the seed three quar-
tiers of an inch deep, slightly manurine
the soil to force the growth at the start
The seed is abundant in MARYLAND, and
the correspondent believes it will be valu
| able in many States where hedge trees are
| becoming scarce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19
Cultivation of Sorghum.

a PENNSYLVANIA farmer, writing to the
New York Tribune upon some expert
ments on the cultivation of sorghum,
says:
So little has been said of late upon the
cultivation of sorghum that | am tempted
to believe that it has ceased to be con
sidered matter of agricultural i'm
portance. However this may be, there
are doubtless those who still grow it Tor
the kindred plant, Chinese sugar cane),
and to such | would like to make sug-
gestion that will prove, | think, of con-
siderable practical importance. | would
advise the breaking or otherwise marring
the seed stalk or head SO that seed could
by no possibility mature, and by SO doing
necessarily exhaust very large per cent.
of the saccharine matter Of the plant in
the formation Of the starch of the seed.
am led to make this suggestion from OBJ
servations made while Experimenting in
syrup-making from the stalks of sweet
corn. | found that by breaking off the
incipient ears as they appeared, a far
larger yield and a much richer sap was
obtained than when the plant was suffered
to mature its seed, and this would doubt
less be the same with the plants referred
to.
Nor is this all; think may go fur
ther and predict that plants so treated
would furnish a sap that would readily
yield granulated sugar. To ny appre-
hension the formation of the starch neces-
sarily exhausts, to great degree, that
portion of the sap that crystalizes in sugar
making. The true cane, as | understand,
natures no seed, or is used before the
seed is matured, its propagation being by
suckers or sprouts. The sap of the maple
will not make sugar after the buds start,
though it yields rich syrup; proving
that the formation of lignin or wood fiber
which chemically is nearly identical with
starch, exhausts that portion of the saccha-
rine matter which previously crystalized.
Both starch and lignin are readily recon-
verted into granulated sugar, differing, it
is true, somewhat from common sugar
being what is known as grape sugar, still,
this very fact would seem to confirm the
idea that in their formation nature used
but some particular parts of the sap of the
plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19

SpS l.OO Business legitimate. Particulars fres.
WORTH, st. Louis, Mo. Box 281.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19

SEE, in another column, the advertisement
headed 81 aciU help any man,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19

Price % cents, so cents and $1.OO per Bottle
in. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati, o.
p~onrsa.ors for the Southern and Western States
rSs-For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19
ALONE.
rrs G. KERR.

b old SVEN, the Saxon, had'
Id s0ns eIu hattie. or the chase;
Is lads lo an ~ barbarously clad,
[like pessSlInass Noble i'll his face;
[the A so.e their heads in tiers
hf :.tber's honorable years
/ sat they round the fire,
sat ,:I, tbountiful of home;
CABIN oo Jne from child TO sire,
eTrence J an milo mast'ry come;
nls u. Ger huntsman':sh loT near '"''
how .aSs and sharpening 'n' Sp'''
o,d sweyn, the Saxon, Stood
paghts' , o. the chimney stone;
Silence The blazing wood,
nscioas u ~ '1 mind he oft had known;
hs nv HlOSt stoutest branches, s ,aala
|sS sry yisor sign OF HE Will 'AA''
;.b his bow had done,
sric,a;; o.. '" laid his spear aside,
Fesi liiih ~ slunber on his hide;
9ou ike one whose features dsn Teehi
Eep D. and all their light o'sAH''
Of the eldest born, o,,,.
lYof o., Wv +lonnrer brothers. spoke:
eo.n ni nnrowling in the corn,
fox Is p'o ,Yi h0oting from the oak;
Be Hlsn' Swevn had raised his iIad,
|.i,ting what had pass O. nc saiu'
| ,o.st draw this chain Of gold
.oiigbt royalty it shone,L,s
- ~ that shall best unioid
hohc ,rr -n is the most alone;
nalace. monastry. or col
Erd, forgetting, or forgot
With thoughtful tone and look:
Poh 'I;s s most alone of all,
20 the mid-seas forsook-
y, scbo, even, to his call;
No, ali alone were he; -,
echo on the solemn sea!
:. "Bnt lonelier, brother; far,
,h ~, sies Just aYenging rod;
.n la a ,ns wastes, foe the star,
~ a. at vet knows no heav H. no 6oo;
,ssC making man his foe,
sker dareth not 10 go!
va, vitb wit beyond their years;
\, ,a'r nan held his beard and sigh'd,
gu ;ni , ilat form his wishing wears.
IN a ,I something most denied;
e e.. e eager ea., looks he mrned,
Ell at viii VII grace Ingenious burned.
,ber"-and bis tones were low,
NV. I. ret and most alone, Is he,
IT, w., crowds are leading, where to go,
mi missing can no other see:
N l1,T court around him moves,
# from her he loves"
,,om Then. with loving air
oaebipg romance Of the Old,
~ E1ss'd younr Edric's hair.
sbonlders threw the chain of gold,
HI. darliLgs neck and cried:
,ncly since thy Mother died"