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ROYAL NEEDLEWOlfEN.

The Empress Eugenio is said 10 be
an accomplished artist In needlework
and embroidery. During tho last year
she has bcguilcd the weary hours Of
their tcdinm by working a set Of
Investments" for the little chapel where
she worships, and also stool and
cushion for the priest. So ojealous was
the fair devotee Of sharing the pious
task with another, that she would not
allow o stitch to be set by any hand
but her own. Tho gentle craft Of
needlcworh has been practiced by
many Royal ladies before the time Of
Eugenio. Matilda of Flanders, the
spouse Of William the Conqueror, was
particularly famed for her skill in em.
broidery; and the Bayeux tapestry,
still preserved in the Bayeux Cathe-
dral, attests her ingenuity and indus
try with the needle. Into q piece Of
canvas 10 inches wide and 81 yards 10
length, tho Royal lady, with tho as
sistancc Of her ladies, stitched the
history Of the conquest of England by
her martial consort, commencing with
the visit of Harold TO the Norman
Court, and ending with his death at
the battle Of Hastings. "The leading
transactions OF these oventful years,
the death of Edward the Confessor,
and tho coronation of Harold 10 the
chamber Of the Royal dead, are repre-
sented in the clearest and most regu.
lar order in this piece of needlowork,
which contains many hundred figures
of men, horses, birds, beasts, trees,
houses, castles, and churches-all exc.
cutcd in their proper colors, with
names and inscriptions over them To
elucidate the story"
We may hope the beautiful but hap
less Mary, Queen Of Scots, was able
TO cheat the hours during her long and
weary Imprisonment, Of a part Of their
misery, by her close application to the
needle, She wrought several curious
and elaborate works in embroidery
while captive in her naughty cousins
tolls, which are noted In history. II
letter to his friend, "rare Ben John
son." Sir William Drummond describes
q bed Of state which Queen Mary Gov
cred with emblems and devices en-
broidered in gold and silk. She wa'
considered to possess great talent fol
composing those pictorial allegories
Thirty REFUSES and punning devices
besides much heraldic blazonry, were
stitched into this bed of state. 9TH,
workmanship" concludes Sir William
dis curiously done, and truly it may
be said OF ii, the execution SURPASSED
the material" We read also tha
Mary spent many months embroider
ing a rich scarf for her only son, whom
she parted from when he was an infant
and longed hopelessly to see agair
during her eighteen years Of imprison
mont How many sad thoughts AMI
bitter fears must have been sewed int.
that garment by the unhappy mothei
who mourned, with much else, the los
of her liberty, her crown and her child
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29
THE M7sERIEs or RoYHooD

Docs the boy hope, some cold winter
morning. 10 economizc time by o hasty
toilet. and turn himself over for wee
bit Of a nap aftor the rising bell, there
comes a voice up the stairway 20
Johnnie John-n-i-cr' with lingering
persu nsiyeness. AGet right up. Your
iathor saws he wants to have all the
maths shoveled before breakfast" II
little Jennie Is up and ready for break
fast that is all that is expected. She
has nothing more important to do than
breathing on the frosty panes to get
view of Johnnie at work. Does the
boy get up early to get his skates sharp
encdZeDon't make that noise in here I"
Does he try on those idols Of his
heart to see that every strap and buckle
Is in ordcr-"Havcn't told you times
without number not to put on your
skates in the house? BY next spring
there won't be rag of carpet left
How does little Jennie manage to keep
her skates in good condition2 Why,
she appeals to the head Of the house
hold 'Pa, can't Johnnie bore holes in
this strap for mc?p aJohn fix your
sisters skates !" and they're fiXcd. III
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29
UNDER the DAISIES.


II Is strange what great deal of trouble we take
What sacrifice most Of us willingly make,
How the lips will smile though the heart may ache
And we bend to the ways Of tho world for the SAX
OF its poor and scanty praises.
And time runs on with such pltiless fow,
That our lives are wasted before we know
What work to finish before We 80
To our long rest under the daisies.
And too often We fall In useless fight,
For wrong is so much In the place Of right,
And the end Is so far beyond our sight,
'Tis as one starts on chase by night,
An unknown shade pursuing.
Even so do we sec, when our race Is run,
That Of all we have striven for little is won,
And of all the work our strength has done,
How little was worth the doing.
So most Of US travel with very poor speed,
Failing in thought where we conquer in deed,
Least brave In the hour Of greatest need,
And making riddle that few may read,
OF our lifc's intricate mazes.
Such labyrinth Of right and wrong,
Is II strange that heart once brave and strong
Should faltcr at last and most earnestly long
For n calm sleep under the daisies
But II one poor. troubled heart can say,
"iiis kindness soltened ny life's rough way"
Aud the tears fall over our lifeless clay,
We shall stand up In Heaven in brighter array
Than II all Earth rang with our praisesj
For the good we have done shall never fade,
Though the work bo wrought and the wages paid
And the wearied frame Of the laboror laid
All peacefully under the daisies.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29

A FLOATING aMENAaERIE--Itis stated
that q party of army officers who have
been engaged in mounting guns, and
otherwise putting the Gulf Forts in
serviccablc condition, while sailing
through tho Mississippi Sound, since the
recent flood, encountered remarkable
scene. For miles were seen logs
driftwood, and patches of turf and soil
floating out into the Gulf filed with
live animals, who clung to their frail
barks with the tenacity Of shipwrecked
mariners. Among the animals were
seen rats, raccoons, possums, rabbits
alligators moccasin snakes in uncount
cd numbers, all carried down from the
swamps and marshes, perhaps from fifty
10 one hundred miles inland. The
novel exhibition had a scientific interest
as Il suggested tho manner in which
during past geological periods, animal.
were transported rom regions far in
land 10 the mouths Of estuaries, and
their bones being entombed in the slli
and soft mud, furnished the organic
remains which are preserved for agc'
| in the hardened strata, 1t was, doubt
less, by similar means that tho fossill
now found in the solid limestones wert
engulfed and preserved and also that
animal life has boon distributed over
every portion Of tho globe.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29

Wedding, which deeply interested
two youthful residents Of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, Is thus chronicled by
the Commercial Of that city: "Ho was
eighteen and she sweet sixteen her
father was inexorable so, aftor rails
ing the wind TO tho extent Of 80, he,
she and hcr mother, with mutual
friend, boarded the cars for tho friend
ly glens Of Missouri. After paying
fare for the round trip and $3.50 TO
the parson, the twain, made ono, land
ing In Leavenworth with tho largo
fortune Of u in greenbacks. Repair
ing TO q saloon, ice-cream and cake
was set up, reducing tho cash to two
nickels. Nothing dauntcd, two glass
cs Of soda were called for, and tho
newly. married couple started 10 begin
life's wedding dream without copper.
This 10 enterprise, and We tender our
congratulations to tho pair, wishing
them . long and happy life.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29
SPINNER SWEARS.

General Spinner, the friend Of women
and the aged Watchdog of the Treas
ury, during the late raid on the depart
ments by an economical Congress, not
only stood firm, but came off victorious
When the Committee sent for him and
very impertinently inquired how many
clerks he could spare from his bureau,
he responded: "Nonc, sir. have
not one supernumerary. Indeed, l
have work-feminine work-gentlemen,
for more" When informed that it
was necessary to cut down his force
the old gentleman waxed wroth. "By
-, gentlemen" he cried, 81 take
that to be vote of censure. | know
my business, by. / have no drones
in my hive, therefore if you resolve to
cut down my force include me, for the
President shall have my resignation.
This bureau, however, did come under
the restrictions, and four females re-
ceived legal notice that their services
were no longer required by the Depart
ment. When this fact reached the ears
of old Spin, he called his clerks, male
and female, and said: Fellows, an at
tempt by this id beggarly, mean Con-
gress is being made to turn some of you
out. Now, when they turn any of you
fellows out, by, they turn me out.
But won't 60. mol dammisoul if !
go step, nor shall you. The four
notified to quit will continue their work.
/ take the responsibility, and I'll pay
EN- out ofthe econscience fund. ltcouldn't
be put to a better use. Now, fellows,
damyersouls, 60 to work" The men
broke out into loud cheers and the
women burst into tears. Then CHR
rupy little miss Of about sixty threw
her arms hysterically around him and
kissed him At this all rushed at tho
benevolent old swearer, and he was
nearly suffocated, for the thermometer
stood at ninety. The dear, profanc
old soldier. Wish we had an army Of
that sort Washington Cdpitol, July 5.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29

Commodore Vanderbilt wears q
white tic, and looks like minister
The correspondent Of the Chicago Inter
Ocean says ho was coming down town
in a street car, when two young mon
entered, both being intoxicated. Por.
coiving the venerable gentleman, ono
Of the young men addressed him with
~ sposo ycr think I'm going straight
down TO h(hic)cll, don't yor " "why
no." said the Commodoro;"I hops
not" The young man nudgcd BIZ
companion and nodding toward Van
dorbilt said, "He's . (hio) Univsrs'list'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29

al am not myself at all to-day" /"
said bore 70 . wit. "No matter
was the reply "whocvcr else you may
be, you are . gamer BY the change"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29

II there Il one time moro than an.
other when . woman should BE- entirely
alone Il IL when q limo full Of clothes
comes down In the mud.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-07-29

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meet ana cast up the several count,
returns, and execute under their hand
and seals one general ana true return
OF the whole district IN triplicate ON
copy OF which, properly sealed up an'
addressed, shall be sent ny mail to TN
Secretary OF the commonwealth on
shall be deposited with the Prothono
tary oil the county wherein the return
Is executed, ana one copy sent to tn
person receiving the highest numDe
OF votes for the senator IN the district
to wit
The return judges OF the Twenty
second district shall meet at the coul'
house IN the borough OF Stroudsbnrg
Monroe county
The return Judges OF the twenty
third district shall meet NJ the cour
house in the borough OF Iowanda, II
the county OF Bradford.
Inc return Judges oi the twenty
ioufh district shall meet al the eour
house IN the borough OF panville-ii
the county OF Montour'
The return Judges OF the twenty
NTH district shall meet at the cour
house IN the borough oil Nelisporo II
the county OF lioga'
Inc return Judges OF the twenty
sixth district shall meet at the cour
house IN the borough oil Montrose, II
inc county oi Susquehanna.
Ihe return Judges oil the twenty
seventh ulstrict shall meet ~ tne cour
house IN the borough OF Sunpury, Il
the county oi N9rthumperlalla'
me return Judges OF inc lhirty-Iiis
ulst,lct sn','i mect u. .hc court mousse Il
the Dorougn ol beWlslo"h' IN the coun
" o. MIMI
me return Judges OF iho inlr'y-see
ohu district snali meet NJ ,he eouf
mouse IN 'he borough OF 'ari'Sie' u
the county OF cumberland
INC return Judges OF inc ihlrty
,hiru uls,rlet sna'li mee, % at .he eour
mouse III ,he borough 9l ehampefsour9
IN ,I tne county oi rfaikil9' m,
me return Judges Oh 'he ihifty
iourlh distrlet ehaii meet ~ tne eour
mouse IN the borough Oh bellcion'e' i
''g M Iou,a'y W VI y, oen.le, '',n - ~ r,,,
Inc return Judges OF the ihirty
@ ,'isn G's.,'eI ny, s,'n n.y. - ~ 1no tou'
mouse IN the borough OF iioinaayspurs
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s'N'n u'st'i1' s''''', my, u, .,i' oou' i
NUS ~ .'ie vv.oas" vi ''''oi' ;" W
o'nu'y Ti " n~u'G,u I'll 20 A., r,.i..
ny rJ;u ,;s. I'LL ,p,, ~. y. wy ,,o "m n'',, y
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Ill n l;s,.';a. LII III, 80, ~ ~ I a. m an,,, ~
tera H. | tha ha.""',h s ' ~ p;,,,rn.a,. % @ - /;
,ha nonn,u 81 Ell, '"'
IN M na,,,' ~ I'd. % IA por,;o,t
Esa,ao, shaii rJS"o ~ ,ha "e "o,,., hous
IN % ,ho bnromrh oe Tn;on,own in IN
no,,pty ~ If FaSe,,e
M ,o,n,'n ;ndaos oe ,ho por,v sr.
a;s,,.;o, shall No., q, tha oon,t Mons
in no borough Of Kittonning in IN
Counts, ~ Arns,rono
The return Judges of the Fort,
sixth district shall meet at the coul
house in the borough of Beaver in tn
county of Beaver.
The return judges of the Forty
/ a u. III A u. a
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-16

M pIo,.,l rnlgrigO AwAnn.

our hr.'luon Dr lli0 pro.s uro p.iiiuP
terribly rlrd ugw lbe public ptintlng
s rivalry which has grown into OBJ
noxiOus phrnsoologY hn- sprung up be-
tween Tie Statesman, Galveston News,
the State Gazette aud the Examiner.
The motives Of the printing committee
Of the house IN proposing the law uh-
der which this geYntlOn has grown up,
we're good, but they were not based
upon correct business principles. Olll-
cinl organs have gone out OF date, and
this Is well, for they were used to stis-
tain wrong, and were in their nature
compelled to be subservient TO such
uses. The public printing in its own
nature, is like any other work which
the state wishes tOhave done. ltshould
be duly advertised, and let to the low
est responsible bidder, giving undoubt-
ed surety for performance.
However, unwilling to throw pat
ronage into the use of party enemies,
politics should have no connection
with business, because they corrupt
each other, and result in unmtigated
evil. However indisposed to see Il
radical get the public printing, if he
would do it as well, and ut lower prices
than democrat, he should get it. II
the Legislature did not amend the law
during its last days, it should have
done so, for the evil Of its system had
become practically apparent, and
could have been Immediately amended
by suspension of the rules.-[Clarks'
vile Standard.
The Standard expresses our senti'
ments in the above paragraph.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-16

The geological survey provided for
by the fourteenth Legislature has been
organized, and the party composing IL
left on the 18th. Professor Buckley is
wonderfully active and energetic, and
evidently does not propose to ma Ike his
office sinecure, He means work, and
has lost no time in taking the field.
We confidently anticipate an interest
ing and valuable report from him,
which will attract attention to the nat
ural resources of our state, and aid in
their rapid development.
The following parties are attached
to the survey: 5. B. Buckley, state
gcologist, Charles +. Hall, Mr.. Horne,
John Coke, Il. w. Stands, jr., William
d. Darlington and Mr.. Napier. Pro
fessor Richard Burleson, first assistant
state geologlst, will join the party III
Robertson county.
We understand the route proposed Is
from Austin through Burleson ant
Robertson counties, where the Goa
formations will be examined, anC
from thence to NacOgdoches, thence t.
the northern and northwestern parts o
the state. - Austin Statesman.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-16

SOME disappointment is expressed at
the appointment of Captain John b.
Jones, of Corsicana, by Governor Coke,
us major to command the frontier bat
TALON of state troops--not, truly, i'll
opposition to the appointee, but under
the belief that McCulloch, Ford, Bay
lor, or some other old frontier COM
mander, should have been selected.
Such would have been our own instinc-
tive feelings. But, at the same time,
we happen to have known John b.
Jones since his childhood, and have
great faith that he will prove himself
worthy of the position. On the 18th of
August, 1910, us n beardless boy, we
were in Il severe fight with the COM
bined Comanche, Kiowa and Wichita
Indians, reinforced by renegade McXi-
cans, Kickapoos, Cherokees and other
yagabond groups from various tribes,
in which the father of Captain Jones,
deported himself calamity AS Il colonel
commanding the volunteers from Bas-
trop. This was Colonel Henry Jones,
of COrsicana.
The new frontier commander has
been reared in Texas, and though not
on the frontier he has seen much hard
service during the late war, with credit
to himself. Since the flag went down
at Appomattox, we have seen him in
the wilds of the tropics, after which he
made the tour of Brazil, and finally
settled down as Il man of business at
COrsicana. Feeble in health, he is
1.-THE, energetic and capable of great
endurance, and we hope our frontier
fellow-citizens will uphold his hands
and give him fair showing. Gov
ernor Coke has long known him init
mately, and, doubtless, felt authorized
by his personal knowledge, in entrust-
ing the lives of the frontier people to
his protection.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-16
ABghssis
Correspondence BpiBocn me
President ana Governor
Baxter.
Tie President Endorses the
Proposition Of Baxter for
Settling the Di!liculty.
The Federal Government 10 Pro-
tecl the Legislature In
Its Sitting.

On the afternoon Of the 18th instant,
the following Geographic correspond
ence took place between President
Grant and Governor Baxter:
WASHINGTON, May IL.
Hon. Elisha Baxter:
recommend that the members OF
the general assembly, now at Little
Rock, adjourn for II reasonable time,
say ten days, to enable Brooks to call
into that body his supposed adherents,
30 that there may he u full legislature.
Any hasty action by part of the as
sembly will not be satisfactory to the
people. Brooks friends here agree that
if this course is pursued no opposition
will be made to the meeting OF the rs.
sembly in the state house rs usual, ana
that lie will at once dismiss his forces
if you will do the same.
| urgently request that all armed
forces on both sides be disbanded, so
that the general assembly may act free
from any military pressure orintluence.
| The United States will give all neces-
sary protection to the legislature, and
prevent, as far as practicable, all vio-
| lence and disturbances of the public
| peace. Answer. L. S. GRANT,
Governor Baxter promptly replied as
follows:
| 10 u ). Grant, President:
| There is almost II quorum OF both
houses Of the legislature present, and
| they have power, under the constitu-
ton, to adjourn from day to day until
they have quorum, and they can adj
journ no longer until they have quo
rum. When they get II quorum | am
in favor of their adiourning as long as
they please, until every supposed
Brooks adherent is present.
With this understanding, | will
disband my troops in proportion rs
Brooks die bands bis. But for the meet
ing of the legislature at the usual place
Mr.. Brooks must quit the state house
and get rs far from it west Us / am
east, and deposit the state arms in the
state armory and let the state house
and public buildings be turned over a
once to J. NJ. Johnson, the secretary o
state, to whom under the law they be
long. ELISHA BAXTER,
/ Governor of Arkansas.
The above dispatch was endorsed a
follows:
'IrrTLE Rock, May II.
To U. s. Grant, President:
We. the undersigned members OF tn
general assembly of Arkansas, presen
here to meet under the call of Governo
Baxter, have read his (BaXter's) re
Spouse to your telegram to-day, and w
most heartily approve and endorse il
b. f. Askew, president of the senate
and eight Others.
| X. }. pindall, speaker Of the house
and thirty-siX others. -....
i Last night, Governor Baxter re
ceived the following dispatch, in repl.
to that published above:
! WASHINGTON, ID. G., May IL, 1874.
Hon. Elisha Baxter, Governor:
am directed 10y the president to sa.
that he considers your proposition fai
ana reasonable, and | have asked 70
its immediate acceptance by Brooks
i GEORGE IL. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General.