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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-18
OBSTACLES 10 MARRIAGE

happy Relief for Young Men rom The o.
fees OF Errors ana Abuses in early lie,
Manhood Restored. lmpedlments TO Mar
riage r.moyed. New method OF treatment.
New and remarkable rem dies. DO ks and
circulars sent free in called envelopes. All.
ires., HOW Ard ASSOCIATION, 4lD
North Ninth St, Philadelphia. IA Ian
,Oroable conduct and professional skill.
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CAST0RI 4 is more than n substitute for
Castor OIL 1t IL the only SAFE artcle In ex-
te'snee which Is sure TO regulate The bow
cls. cure windcolic and pr du, naturals cop
IL 10 pleasant TO take. thiluren need not CRY
ana mothers may sleep. l0-1 wly
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CITY NATIONAL BANK, CAIRO.
OFFICERS
A. Il. Stafford, President:
s. :. TAYLOR, Nice-Pr Id snt;
II. HYsLOP, Secretary and Treasurer
DIRECTORS:
Il. NJ BARCLAY, CHAs. GALtGHER,
+ NJ. STOCkFLETH, PAUL q. SCHUH,
Il. II. CUNNINGHAM, IL. l.. HALLIDAY,
j. Al. PHILLIPS.
INTERET paid on deposits at the rate of
six per cent, per annum, March Isl and
StpIeHiber Is. Int e,t not Withdrawn /.
al led Immediately TO the principal of the
deposits, thereby giving Them compound
interest.
MARRIED WOMEN AND CHI LDREN MAY
psPOsIr MONEY AND NO ONE ELSE
Can DRAW IT.
Open every busino day from a. m. t. 3
p. ma d turday ev nj ~ lur savings de-
posts only, from q To o'clork.
W. ilYSLOP, Treasurer,
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Newspaper advertising promotes trade. for
even the dullest times advertisers secure
py Tar the largest share OF what il being
done.
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CHARTERED MARCH 81, 1859.
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ENTERPRISE SAVINGS BANK
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
COMPULSORY PRISON LABOR

Nothing seems more reasonable than
that prisoners in our county jails and
penitentiaries who are usually incar-
cerated for the misappropriation or de-
struction of value Of one kind or an
n.he- should hr mode n aa.y' er,ens.h
to compensate the public for their keep
ing, II has been suggested with great
reason that in many instances pun
ishment might be inflicted which should
consist of the restitution of a money
equivalent for the crime committed in
cases where the nature Of the crime
admitted of such restitution. The con-
Wet could then work his way out of
prison, his detention being measured
by the rate of his earnings. In North
ampton county it appears the system
of prison labor has been practised for
n number of years. We extract from
the Easton Dispatch the following ac-
count of its workings
The wisdom of Judge Maynard's re-
commentator looking to the intro
duction of manual labor into our co.In-
ty prison has been fully vindicated,
and to the visitor to that institution to
day II has the air almost as much Of o
mandatory as n place of compulsory
confinement and punishment. Butfew
of the inmates are unwilling or unable
to work, although there is one notable
example to be classed with the former
head, The cells generally present the
appearance of workshops, and the pris-
oners that of workmen laboring for
themselves. The products oftheir man
ufactures scattered around, and the
general industry manifested, impart o
look absolutely cheerful, when con
trasted with the apparent hopelessness
of the former situation (before the in
PRODUCTION of labor when each one
seemed to have nothing else to do
than to brood over his misfortunes and
to consider himselfbopelessly wretched
for life, Tho minds of many Of the
prisoners for the first time have been
properly occupied and led to look upon
labor as useful and necessary TO the
true enjoyment of life, and they viii
emerge from their present life better
fitted for a career than ever before
Before the introduction of labor, life in
prison was calculated to brutalizc and
to leave the prisoner worse than il
found him on account Of vile associa-
tons. We learn that the labor system
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
1 GLIMPSE BELOWT,HE ETER.
NAL CITY ttr


Charles Warren Stoddard, writing
of "Under Rome" says: "Fancy q
narrow subtcrranean walk, varying
from twotoseven feet width, twisting
into n thousand angles and three hun
dred and fifty miles in length. Such
were the ancient catacombs. They
have been filed in, walled up and left
to their eternal night, many of them !;
some of the underground trails have
been lost or forgotten these thousand
Years, but st. Calixtus is still marvel,
full of mystery and horrors and ro-
nance. No one ventures into its Ia
byrinths without an expert guide, and
the number and lengths of the wax
tapers that are necessary TO complete
u successful exploration is simply
alarming. In the midst OF a meadow
we found a pair Of steps that led us
into the bowels Of the earth. The
guide unlocked door at the foot Of.
the stairs and our party entered the
door was locked after ua, the lights
were lit, the guide led us into a dark
alley that smelt warm and earthly
one after another, in silence, we tracked
that guidcthrough avenues that seemed
endless, for the shadows crowded in
upon us opprcssively and our tapcrs
burned but feebly. Upstairs, and
downstairs, to right and left, we wan.
dered like band of lost spirits, We
hung on to each others coat-tails, and
grew more and more intimate, as we
felt our hold on life and our depend
ence on the remorseless man who was
buiying us alive increase What if
the earth should fall-the soft tufa
rock that You could scratch with your
thumb-nail? 1t grew uncomfortably
hot it was not pleasant to have the
whole party crowding on to yonr heels,
nor pleasant 10 be in the midst of it,
with no chance of escape in case of a
panic; but It was worse than all to be
the last man, who was half the time
around the corner in darkness and
liable to drop off into chaos or oblivion
at the shortest notice. There were
several small chapels, with the rem
nants of altars and halfobliterated ffes-
Goes to be inspected, Many a Pope
has slept here bis final sleep, andmany
a saint and martyr; but the bones of
these reyered ones have been more
gorgeously enshrined and the dark
city of the dead is now nearly deserted.
1t was in these winding ways that
Miriam, of the Marble Fawn, met her
dismal model; it was here that Hans
Anderon's 1mprovisatore' had his ad-
venture with the young artist, and
here is laid much of the scene of that
most fascinating and patriotic story,
Fabiola How congregations of wor-
shippers ever survived the unholy
darkness of these tombs know not !:
yet in the third century Christian
Rome was driven like hares to these
burrows. Here they worshipped, lived,
died and were buried
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16


How THEY WALTZ AT PUT-IN-BAY.
People may say that waltz is
waltz, but it is mistake as much as
to say that a dog is a dog for there
are dogs and dogs, and there are
waltzes and waltzes. With one person
it is the poetry Of motion with anoth-
er it is about as awkward a perform
ance as putting yourself upon level
and going through the motion of run
ming up stairs would be. A Kentucky
girl is a natural Walter, and she does
il with charming chic and abandon.
An Ohio girls waltzing is easy, grace
ful, and "melodius." II she happensto
come from Cincinnati and across the
Rhine, she swings dreamily round and
round in the endless Dutch waltz"
If she comes from Chicago, she throws
her hair back, jumps up and cracks her
heels together, and carries off her
astonished partner as though simeon
had struck him, and knocks over all
intervening obstacles in her mad career
around the room. If she is from Indi-
ana, she creeps closely and timidly up
to her partner, as though she would
like to get into his vest pocket and
melts away with ecstacy as the witch
ing strains Of the ''Blue Danube sweep
through the ball. If she is from Mis-
souri,, she crooks her body in the mid
die like a door-hinge, takes her partner
hv tha ehoutdara aud noalrau him mis-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
IKE PARTING ToN's COMPOST
IION.


plymouth Rock, being tho subject
given out for the exercise Of the school,
the teacher and boys were astonished
at the following luminous composition
by Ike Partington, which displays
great historical acumcn, and n most
astonishing chronological facility,
Plymouth Rock.-This rock was
brought to this country in the May.
flower, in the year l492, by the Pilgrims,
under the directions Of elder Osman
Brewster, who afterwards moved to
Boston, and became nm alderman Of
that city. II was on this rock that
Governor Carver first shook hands
with Samoset who snid "Welcome
Englishmanw II Is recorded that
when Samoset came up, Governor Car.
yer asked him If he was n real Ingine,
or only member Of an Ingine com.
pany.
The rock has long been regarded as
a famous place, The American Eagle
for q great many years used 10 come
and whet his beak on the rock, but in
1853 Miles Standish, In order to KEEP
il from being stolen, carried II and put
II in front of Pilgrim Hall, whore II re.
mains at tho present time, invested
with great interest and an iron fence
The fence bears the names Of all the
Pilgrims in cast-lron letters that can't
be rubbed out.
The rock is good deal worn out by
the illusions touching II that are thrown
off by Fourth Of July orators. Ply
mouth Rock is the cornerstone Of the
cellar wall Of our Republican structcr
paregorically speaking, and the spirit
Of Liberty slts upon II with u drawn
sword In one hand, and the torch o
freedom in the other; and If foes invade
the shore OF Plymouth at high water
for they never can get in at low tide
they will throw this rpol IN thelr teeth
II is q precious legacy from the Pas,
to the Present, und from II may b.
rcckoned the Pilgrims Progress.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
VOL. 4S--WH0LE NO. 1887.
o, HOW / DID LIKE IT.


"f'~' 80 -
Tane--"Capfain Jinks."
I'm Henry Ward Of the Puritan stock,
I'm the great religious weather-cock,
And shepherd of a aourishing flock
OF Christian lambs in Brooklyn.
I'm a wonderfully popular man.
It's owing entirely to my plan,
OF preaching salvation for fallen mnn
To my congregation in Brooklyn.
My method Of running the Gospel machine
Is modern one Us may be seen
II does up the business slick and clean
You can SEQ how it works in Brooklyn.
The first and principal thing to be done,
Is to preach with view to please every one
It's the incest thing beneath the sun,
1t works like charm in Brooklyn.
nv religious views are a sort Of hash
OF feyery conceivable kind Of trash,
Compared with the Bible know it"won't wash !;
But rs popular over in Brooklyn.
To the orthodox preach o hell,
throw a sop to the inhdel-
'Twould puzzle old Nick himself TO tell
What moanby my preaehingin Brooklyn
/ visit the ladies TO DO THEN GOOD,
As every generous pastor should
OF course, it's generally UNDERSTOOD
Among the members in Brooklyn.
tell them It's all stuff about sin,
What they want Is plenty of tin
To be sure, for apreaeher,ths sounds pretty thin,
Bot 1t suits the sisters In Brooklyn.
Success is the principle for you,
1t makes no difference what you do,
Nor what means you take to carry II through,
% -" sO"' 0"' "'''"" ''
Between you and me the fact of 1t Is,
In religion like everything else "biz" Is "biE;"
It's palpabiy plain that's how II "rlz,'
Over the heights OF Brooklyn
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16

WHAT THE BrRps DIN Frederick H.,
of Prussia, was one day walking along
the terrace Of Sans Souci and noticed
that his beautiful, large grapes were
suffering severely under the appetites
of the sparows. Enraged at the im-
pudent thieves, he offered price for
their heads, and in few weeks there
was not a single sparrow in the royal
gardens In the following year, how.
ever, not a single grape ripened, and
the Prussian monarch found that Ms
sparrows disappeared the grubs, cater
pliers and snails began to commit their
deprcdations unmolested, and the king
found out that, although the sparrows
were great thieves, their useful qualities
far more than counterbalanced their
bad ones. He repealed his former
cdict, and since that time sparrows and
grapes have prcspcrcd abundantly at
Sans Souci - idti l
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16

An obtusc English critic has again
been deceived BY the volatile "Ameri-
can humorist.p The majority Of news
paper readers probably remember the
grave announcement which has tNe-
quent1y circulated in the newspapers
lately that Mr. Bayard Taylor has dis
covered during his recent Engiish trsv-
els tho letters which passed between
Joseph and Potiphar's wife. The
writer Of the paragraph alluded 70 the
fAct that only aone slde Of the story"
was known, exptcesshg the hope that
'Mn Potiphar's stAtgsent would now
bs heard h The London Acudery
takes the Jest in earnest
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16

The DoME OF sr. PAuL's.-The dome
of the st, haul's is the original of our
dome at Washington; but externally
| think ours is the more graceful Of
the two, though the effect inside is
tame and fiat in comparison. This is
owing partly to our hard transparent
atmosphere, which lends no charm or
Illusion, but mainly TO the stupid unim-
aginative plan of it. Our dome shuts
down like an inverted iron pot; there
is no vista, no outlook, no relation, and
hence no proportion. You open door
and are in a circular pen, and can look
in only one direction-up Ifthe iron
pot were slashed through here and
there, or if Il rested on row of tail
colums, or piers, and was shown TO be
a legitimate part Of the building, IL
would not appear the exhausted re,
ceiyer il does now.
The dome Of ST, Pauls is the culmi-
nation of the whole interior Of the
building. Rising over the central area,
il seems TO have, the aisle, the transepts,
the choir, and give them expressions
and expansion in its lofty armament,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16

Sidney Smith was once visiting the
conservatory Of q young lady who was
proud Of her flowers, and used (not
worry accurately profession Of fbotan.
icsl names. '.Madanie, said no, "hAvc
you the Septennis psoriasis 7" "No,"
she said very innoccntly, Il had u last
winter, and / gave Il 10 the Archbishop
Of Canterbury, and " eRmc out bcautl'
fully In the spring" Bcptennis psori-
asis Is the medical name for the seven
years Itch III |
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
AND SHOE MAKING.

JOSEPH H. DRERINa, on Market street, in
shaws Row, Ciearheld. Pa, has just received
. hne lot Of French Calf Skins and Kips, the
best 10 Tho market. aud IL now prepared 20 man
ufseturs everything In his line. lie will war
rant his work 10 BE- - represented
Tbe eitIsens Of Qie,g6eld and vicinity arc
rsspeetfuiiy invited 10 rive Llm n call.
Work done nj short iIoilce TfJ"y
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
ELLA'sgELucKY YOUNG
ny XhK TWAIN.

The facts In following case came
to me by letter 'pm a young lady who
lives in the beaj fhl city Of San Jose.
She is pcrfectl upkown to me, and
signs herself "Aurelia Maria,n which
may possibly M a fictitious namc.-
But no matter, he poor girl is almost
heart-broken bY the misfortune she
has undergone, Md so confused by the
conflicting counDels ofmisguided friends
and insidious enemies that she does
not know what course to pursue in
order TO extncate herself from the web
of difficulties Ii which she seems al
most hopelesaly Involved, In this di-
lemma she tlru5 70 me for help, and
duplicates for my guidance and in
struction with 4 moving eloqucncc that
would touch the bart of u statue
Hear her sad siia!s
She says that when she was sixteen
years old she met and loved, with all
the devotion of passionate nature, a
young man from New Jersey named
Williamson Breckenridge Carithers,
who was some six years her senior
They were engaged, with the free CON
sent of their friends and relatives, and
for a time it seemed as If their career
was destined to be characterized by an
immunity from sorrow beyond the
usual lot of humanity. But at last the
tide of fortune turned Young Caruth-
ers became infected with smallpox OF
the most violent type, and when he
recovered from his illness his face was
pitted like waffle mould, and his
comeliness gone forever. Aurelia
thought to break off the engagement
at first but pity for her unfortunate
lover caused her to postpone the mar
riagc day for season and give him
another trial
The very day before the wedding
was to have taken place, Breckenridge,
while watching the fight of balloon,
walked into well and fractured one
of his legs, and ii had to be taken of
above the knee. Again Aurclia was
moved to break the engagement, but
again iovc ,r'uiiiPneu, anu sue 81. .ne ie
uny iorMau au' s''e nun "'o'''0'
Ana aoain ~ m;ssortuno overtook the
,,onr vor3h Ue Lost one arm bv tbe
premst,re r discbarge of a Fornfb q,
July cannon, and within three months
;nrs I'M machine tnrelio's heart was nj.
mest e crnsbed hv tbese later calamities
She conId M, hut be orieved 10 ace he,
lnvor nass;no from her bv n;ecomeaI
see,;ng a. sbe lid that he could moi
loo, f6revor nnder this DISASTROUS nro.
Acess of reduction, vet knowing of nc
way to stop its dreadful career, and in
her fearful despair she almost regretted
like brokers who hold on and lose, that
she had not taken him at first before
he had suffered such alarming depreoi,
ton. Still her brave soul bore her up
and she resolved to bear with her
friends unnatural disposition yet a lit
tie longer,
Again the wedding day approached
and again disappointments overshad
owed It. Caruthers fell i'll with the
erysipclas, and lost the use Of one Of
his eyes entirely. The friends and
relatives Of the bride, considering that
she had already putup with more than
could be expected Of her, now came
forward and insisted that the match
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16
THE yRE1SVREs on KHTVA.-

h,Lt,L .r~~T1 "A. g., a.tos,. -
a Nvnter N tnc nol'uv1 r2,'.a 1,'I'v ,os,
speaking Oh 'ne lnsa''vn ~ . ,ha
year, says omu Mo,la'n'no', nn',' ~. Wv
Khan, had ncd ana inc ~ nuTsnn ', WI WI
erai, witn his s.an A''u n's 'Iss -
through the gateway guAIuco 70 Va'l'
ly by It's brass cannon, m.o lne N.Y.
ferrous psnse wnicn no Iuroosr ~.
ever entered, uiumPnan. "ser y, ~ .',.' NV.
age powerags'ns1 wnlcn s tns sucsss1Ise a's 9
expeditions ., 'wo nunureu yeA's ,ra,s n"s
hitherto ialleo' rev persons e"'' 'ooh
carelessly on MVvjee' VI ia'ia''ons iys-
erence ana iMtn 70 wno'o Peypie'
The sacred lower oi hn'VA ~ pam
round tower, 10 iee' ~ holgnll wi'ns
out peuestal, capltai, OF orna'neh. e VI
any kind. its suriace ~ inaoc u ouin'
tiles, colorcd piue, green, purple,
and brown, on wnite glounu, arihhgeu
in broad stripes ana hgures WIN ex-
quisite effect, Its covered with verses
Of the Koran, and from its summit the
mollahs call the people to the sunset
prayer. The palace, a huge, irregular
structure, with external mud-walls
twenty feet high, has three centres of
interest-tbc hall of state, the treasure
chamber and the harem. The hall Of
audience is open to the court, finnked
by towers whose decoration resembles
that of the Sacred Tower, has floor
raised six feet above the pavement,
and a roof supported by pillars of
carved wood must have been very
Ikea scene in a play, when the Gen
eral, the Grand Duke, the Prince, and
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16

II your hat-irons are rough, rub
them with fine salt and Il will make
them smooth.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-16

of a great central deposit Just where
II viii be found of course it is impossi-
bic TO tell, but / believe II exists either
along the base of Big Horn Mountains
or in tho Black Hills, and If in the
Black Hills Custer would bc NJ likely
TO strike il as any one. The Rocky
Mountains proper have been pretty
thoroughly explored, and so have their
outlying branches, except the Big Horn
and Black Hills, IN tho explored
regions no great deposit Of gold has
becn found, and In one Of the two small
UNEMPLOYED tracts Custer now Is with
his Correspondence Nas Ror'
ifefRta, ir t.4o.ss ff irt
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-13
How Reporter lost his Situation.

1t is said that in moment Of tenn
porary insanity, Boston city editor
assigned horse-raclng, base ball and
Aquatic reporter TO report in half
column the Sunday services at the
church Of sensational preacher.
This is the report he published, and
for which he was discharged:
The House met at 10 a. IN. Prayer
by the chaplain. The first race was
between the chaplain and the singers,
it being pretty even match for the
first two heats; but the singers got the
best Of the last three heats, and came
in on the amen three lengths ahead,
winning the last three heats and race.
Time. 500. Petitions were then pre-
scented for forgiveness and other SINH
lar matters, and notice was given for
special assignments during the coming
week for various objects The sing
ers then sailed up to the judges stand,
and, after getting into position, sailed
away on the course with all canvass
set and spanking breeze from the
organ, which drove them along in fine
style. The top-rigged fiat flying the
blue pennant was we'll ahead at the
stake, and came home ahead Of all the
fleet The speaker then took the
floor, and announced his intention to
ask that the resolutions of censure
that had been heaped upon Ananias
should be rescinded, and proceeded 10
read the records Of the case, from
which it appeared that Ananias had
sold his horse and had not given al!
the price to the church, The speaker
then went on to say that no reason ap-
peared on the records for Ananias to
give any, and much less all, his proper
ty to the church, and he questioned if
any of those before him would do any
more than Ananias had done in the
same place. He then went on to say
that Ananias had obeyed his wife in
the matter. and expressed the belief
that few of those before him could say
as much FOR themselves. After fur.
Their arguments of similar character, he
moved that the character Of AnaniaS
be, and is hereby, declared a I by the
members Of the House."
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-13
The Best School of Journalism.

The Philadelphia Bulletin argues
that "the only school for a practical
editor is the newspaper office. The
scissors is the first good teacher. A
daily overhaul of exchange papers
is better than the study Of library or
textbooks, prepared by learned men,
who pirate about the profession Of
journalism a lad of average brains,
who has received a common school
education, who understands grammar
enough to avoid fragrant errors. and
arithmetic enough to compile election
returns, can train himself to become a
very fair editor by beginning as errand
boy, or boy..of all work in the editorial
room Of respectable daily paper,
where there are men whose EXAMPLES
daily lesson, and whose correction of
mistake is given promptly, but kindly.
One man becomes a good editor, just
as another man becomes good rail-
road president, by perseverance, ener.
gy and careful attention. journalism
is like railroad management and finan-
ciering in these respect, though far
less profitable" 1t is not consonant
with the spirit OF modern advancement
to attempt to discourage any system OF
education which will increase the fit
ness Of any one for the position he is
to occupy in life. The only question is,
whether the school of journalism
proposed" will really effect that OBJ
ject. After the rudiments of educa.
ton are thoroughly acquired, it is a
question whether man will do best il
still further shut out from his fellows,
or if it will not really be better that
he should mix with them and learn his
trade by pursuing it. The question is
right here, and those who write for or
against should confine themselves to it.