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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-28

LIGHT OBSERVED IN GRINDING HARD STONES
At the agate polishing establishments in Oldenburg
phenomenon has been observed for the past CEN
fury that has yet perhaps attracted too little at
tentioD from scientific men. Under very powerful
friction. such can only be produced by the ma
chinery at those works. hard stones become spen-
didly luminous and transparent throughout In this
establishment the axis of understood water-wheel
reaches into the grinding room, where four OF five
gTindstoDes rotate vertically; over each is brought
q gutter, 80 that CONSTANT small stream of water
pours upon the stone. The grindstones themselves
are entirely faultless. They are about five feet in
diameter and make three revolutions in second 80
that the grinding surface that passes the object
pressed against il amounts to thirty-two English
miles per hour. When grinding, the workman lies
on his belly his chest on sem-cylindrcal followed
stool his feet stretched out behind, braced against
post fixed in the floor. With both hands he presses
the stone TO DO polished firmly against the grind
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21
THE LONG AGO.


Oh awondernll stream Is tho river Time,
As II runs through the realms Of tears,
With faultlcss rythm and musical rhyme,
And a broader sweep, aud q surge sublime,
And blends with tho ocean Of years.
How the winter, are drining, like fakes Of snow
And the summer like buds between,
And the year In the shcaf-so they come aud the,
20
On the rivers brcast, with It's cbb aad fiow,
As Il glides In the shadow and sheen.
There's magical isle up tho riyor Of Time,
Where tho softsst Of airs are playing
There's a cioudless sky aod tropical cline,
And song rs sweet as o yesLer chime,
And the Junes with the roses arc staying.
And the name OF this isle is tho Long Ago,
And We bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty aud bosoms OF snow
There are heaps Of dust, but We loved them so
There are trinkots and tresses Of hair.
There arc fragments Of song that nobody sings
Aud part Of an infants prayer,
There's lutte unswep', aud harp without
strings
There are broken VOWS, and pieces Of rings,
Aud the garments she used 70 wear.
There are hands ,ha, arc waved when the fairy
shore
by tho mirage is lifted In air;
And we sometimes hear ihro' the turbulent roar,
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before
When the wind down the river is lhir.
Oh remembered for aye be tho blessed iple.
All the day Of life iill night
When the evening comes with Its beautiful SMILE
And our eyes nrr closed to slumler n while,
Muk that stqfoeuMuudN nf koul he in aialt.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21

The exercises of the evening were
opened with a prayer by Rev. A. d.
Yocum.
Then some fine music by the or
chestra.
VIM. NJ. Mccullough, Esq, Secretary
of the School Board, then introduced
Hon. VIM. A. Wallace, who, in behalf
ofthe Board, of which he is member,
presented the building to the citizens
in the following appropriate address; !;
SPEECH OF non. W. A. WALLACE.
Ladies and Gcntlemen- Citizens Of
Clearfeld lit becomes my pleasant
duty, on this occasion, as the represen-
tative of your reprcsentatives-thc
School Directors Of the borougb--to
narrate to you briefly, the circumstan-
ces under which the building whose
dedication you this evening celebrate,
has been erected.
In the retrospect of thirty years of
schools in Clearfeld, we find that there
is nothing new under the sun, for we
to-day do but amplify and enlarge the
thought and practice that which was in
existence in thisvillagc thirty yearsago.
Yet il required the exercise Of no ordi
nary degree of forbcarance and CON
cession on the part of the representa-
tives of the two different organizations
within the Borough, to bring about the
result, that has given to US the graded
school, just now put in operation
Thirty years ago-there are many in
this assembly who will remembcr-we
had common shool, and an academy,
and the funds Of one were united with
those Of the other, but, for period OF
years, they have been separated In
the common school, children were
taught under the common school sys-
TEN of the Commonwealth, while the
academy was conducted under its own
peculiar system.
The legislature, in the year 1871, al
the desire Of many citizens Of the
Borough, enacted n statute, the pun.
poses Of which are found in the pream
bic thereof, in these words;
"WnEREAs, Legislation is necessary
for the purpose OF establishing, in tn,
borough of Clcarfeld, a system of grad
cd schools IN which the rudiments and
lower English branches shall be taught
free, and the higher English branches
and the languages and classics shall DC
taught at moderate prices, and in ordel
to secure to the children OF all citlzen'
thereof an academlcai education Il the,
shall desire 1t, ana to insure tho keep
ing. open Of the schools the ionges
period possible, IN eaoh year, cohslsteh
win the resources OF tne taX'payer
therein ana wheTeaS, IL Is peheVe'
that these op)ec's can DC op'alneu o'
uniung the resources ana properly Q
the Ciearhelu Academy WIN the IL
sources ana management OF the com
mon schools IN said borough, under al
arrangement made oy authority Q
law Therefore, r,, DC !. enacted, &c.
linen iollows .ne enactment wh'c'
authorlzes 'ne u'rec'oIso VI . .ne co,n'ao' y,
schools, anu '; 'ne ~ ausnol'''es y na''l' s ., VI VI
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21
DOoT AND sHoR MAKING.

JOSEPH N. DEERrN9, 90 Markst street, Ia
Shawl Rsv, Clsarasla. Pa, has jsst received
. aas lot sf French Calf skins and kips, The
bsst 10 the MARKET. snt ishes prepared 70 nan-
ulhssuss svwysAiAg In his liss. He viii war
rest his vsrk 10 be % reprsssntsd.
fhs citizens q Cisafasid asd vieinity are
respectfully Invited 10 give hin call.
Work doue at short notice. 7iiG7sy
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21
Mountain Rcho Cornet Rand
cuRwENsvILLE, PA.

MUSIC furnished for Picuies, Festivals, Ccn.
certs, Lestures, Ar., on rcssonable terms.
Addrsss, v. X. sRGNkh, see'y,
mays-en Curwcnsville, Pa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21
Dedication Ceremonies
OF THE
LEONARD GRADED SCHOOL"
At Pies Opera House. ClearGeid, Pa, OF
Friday evening. october OH, 1874.

As we stated last week, never be-
fore did the citizens of Cleaifield bor-
ough so fully enjoy themselves as they
did on the evening indicated The
stage was handsomely fitted up in par
lor style, and occupied by State su-
perintcndent Wickersham, County Su-
perintendent Gregory, Rev. A. d. Yo-
cum, Rev. III. S. Butler, the members
of the Borough School Board, several
members of the Citizens Committee,
and Hon. JGs 4. leonard, who really
seemed the most unconcerned of any
one present. The following was the
programme agreed upon by the joint
committee:
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21
NEW SERIES--vOL. Is, NO. AZ.

uct run any cHiiu gong 10 tnat ScnOOl
n single dollar for any branch of In
struction. Let II be a free school
free for all, If there are any among
these boys and girls who can reacl
the top Of the ladder, and are prepared
to study Algebra, Geometry, Latin
and Greek, you will see to it that they
have the opportunity, without money
and without price, should be very
sorry to hear that your children are
taxed for instruction in the higher
branches. Let it be an academy fol
the people in every sense. If poor
mans son is a good student, and wishes
to study the higher branches, do moi
tax him, but give him fair chance
You will find some Of the best scholars
will come from the poorer families in
your town. In Pennsylvania, as wei
as other States, in the State Senate, as
well as the Senate of the United States
some of the most efficient, the most
distinguished, have been the sons Of
poor parents. Talent and worth come
quite as often from the families of the
poor as from those Of the rich
The speaker was in favor Of giving
an equal chance to all for good edu-
cation. Said he, | see written all over
that building up yonder, outside and
in, ! see written all over it in letters Of
light, universal education education
for all. That is the lesson, the great
lesson that public school houses teach,
Education for all, not education for the
children of those who belong to a par
ticular party; not education for chill
dren who belong TO particular sect,
nor for those who belong TO a particu-
lar caste not for the children Of the
rich, nor for those Of the poor but cdu-
cation for all-universal education.
That is what the school system Of
Pennsylvania-the school system Of
this country means. say TO the
Board of Directors here, il is your duty,
in accepting the Office of intellectual
guardians of these four hundred chill
dren, to sec to il that all boys and girls
of school age in your town, have an
opportunity of attending this school
that all reasonable inducements are
held out to them TO attend public
school. They ought not to allow q
single boy or girl TO remain outside Of
this school, if it is possible to have
them in. II seems TO me 1t would be
a high crime, in our time, TO be born
in town like yours, for any boy OF
girl to grow up without having all
possible inducements held out to him
or to her to obtain an education. [Ap-
plause.1
The responsibility, Mr.. Wickcrsham
contended, is, toa great extent upon the
Board Of School Directors to see that
all children are properly educated.
Mr. Wickersham said he had some
times imagined the eight hundred thou
sand school children Of Pennsylvania
drawn up in line, he then passed along
the line to see that all had an equal
chance. Then, having the great race
course Of life before them, he gave tht
word of command, "Ready-forward !
and the whole eight thousand started
with equal opportunities. That seemed
TO him fair picture OF what our com
mon school system is doing. The
schools should be entirely impartial, IN
all respects.
There are persons who iind faul'
with the common school system. lie
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-21

Prayer Rev. A. D. Yoeum.
Music--0rthcftrn.
Address on behalf Of School Directors, delivering
the building to tbs citizens, By
Hon. WIN. A. Wallace.
Address Of acceptance, on behalf Of citizens, hy
DR.. Il. " Wilson.
Music Orchestra.
Delicatory Prayer by Rev. II. S. Batter.
Address by Hon. J. P. wckersham suhjec.
"Graded Scools."
Music Orchestra.
Addresses by Hon. VIM. Bigler and oihors.
Music--Orchestra.
Denediction.
The School Buildirg was thrown open for 10.
speciion by the public during the afternoon oil
Friday. A cordial invitation rendered to the
citizens generally to attend those exercises
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
Tonnessee RaoIin.

N.rNNNHN.M
Forsome time Mr.. Weaver al the pot
'tety works in North Knoxville, has been
getting claS1froai Mississippi tousewHn
thccrdnars clayfrom this yiciriH In the
mSnufacture OF crocks. TThis clay oust Mr..
Weaver, dolvered here, about seven and a
half dollars Perton. Housed one part of
h TO two parts of our native clay, so the cx-
Fensc in the course of a year was con-
siderable. q -
We were shown yesterday by Columbus
Powell some kaolin takenl from his place
on the Knoxville X Ohio Railroad, which
by actual use, has been found by Mr.
Weaver to be superior to the clay brought
all the wSv from Mississippi. This kaolin can
be brought from Mr.. Powel's place ut cost
of sixty cents a ton. 1t proves to be very
superior article and is found i'm great guam .
tity. He has a well on the place that was
sunk through thirty-five feet of llaolin.
and the first tunnel on the Knoxville and
Ohio railroad through Copper Ridge went
through large bed of it. We hope the
discovery of this article and its price NAV
be the means of increasing the pottery
business, and of introducing the manufac-
ture of it in other forms.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
A Case OF Suicide.

Tn ursday morning about o'clock Ien-
ME Defreese, "a woman of ill-fame residing
ut Mol. Franklin's establishment, died
from the effects of an overdose of opium
She was taken sick with pneumonia fever
on last Sunday and Drs. Stewart and
Deaderick were alternately called in to give
her medical attention. On Wednesday
evening DIR. Deaderick visited her and
found her very sick, but perfectly ,,ra-
tiCnal, and giving her what medical atten-
ton she needed, nc left her in no ommi-
neut danger. About half an hour after
wards both the above named physicians
were hastily called to her bedside and
found her specchless from an overdose of
opium. Every possible remedy was used
to arouse her, and sometimes with seeming
success, until four o'clock in the morning,
she became slightly aroused, and sudden
ly died. No clue could be obtained as to
who furnished, the poison, and Mol.
Franklin says that she found her in
that lifeless condition only a few minutes
after the physician had left her. DIR.
Stewart says that from what he could
learn she had been in the habit of using
opium and morphine whenever she felt
in trouble, and at one time last summer
slept twenty-four hours ut stretch from
the cGccts.of it.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
To Our PatrOns

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he CHRONICLE OFFICE will do us great
avor by paying it. The sum due is small
10 the individual owing, but the aggregate
Pf all that is justly owing us, is very large.
Money is scarce and all our expenses must
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BUR friends the absolute importance of
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|s. We have made the WEEKLY CHRoNI-
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Monday, the war excitement is increasing
nd next year we have important elections
Ia Tennessee. Send us subscribers and aid
5 in circulating a reliable and useful jour
Ilal. RULE d KICKS,
Editors and Publishers.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
Thieves AT Work.

On Monday night, Mr.. Isaac Il. Ander-
son, who lives on the Motiatt farm, just
below town, came into the city aud re-
turned to his home about . O'Clock. He
soon after retired to bed, having first
counted over some money he had received
for rents during the day. During the
night his bed room was entered by a thief
or thieves, who took out a small table or
stand which contained come papers in a
drawer, Mr.. Anderson's pants and his
wife's dress. The prize they wanted was
found in Mr.. AS pants pocket, being a
pocket book containing $422.l0. The thief
was liberal, for he took only $500, leaving
the ten cents. u
Mr.. Anderson's theory is that some one
saw him through the window of his house
counting the money, and with such a
temptation resolved to make a good thing
of it.. His pocket book was found empty
some forty or fifty yards from the home
The thief has not been heard from,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
NEWS SUMMARY.

At Old Lyme, Connecticut, the birth
place OF Judge Waite, the citizens fired a
salute in honor of his appointment and
confirmation as Chief Justice.
Mechella's brain within one grain of IF
ty-three ounces, three ounces lees than
Daniel Websters, and It was his misfor-
tune that his ability ran altogether in tho
wrong direction.
The Department Professor of "A Con
neeticut Female Seminary insists that the
public shall not be allowed to intrude
while, the young ladies indulge in their
harmless game of leap-frog.
General McCutchins, the Republican
nominee for Governor in New Hampshire
is described as lone who tills his own
broad acres, follows his pillow in the field,
and whose locks are dusty with clover and
red-top.n
A Hollander recently paid $500 for a "di-
Vorce without publicity ia Milwaukee,
only to discover when too late (slas y that
his wife was dead. His frenzy of agony
at the loss-of the MONEYS described az
simply heart-rendipg.
Austria has fifty-nine Wcllstrained Nor
NAL schools, with ISL teachers and $500
pupils Prussia, sixty-two, With 3,6A pu-
pills Saxony, eighteen dnsly-trained Nor
NAL schools; Belgium, thirty Wurtem
burg, ten, and Bavaria, ten.
The annual message of Gov. Whyte, OF
Maryland shows that the entire interest
bearing debt of that State on September
SO 1873, was $eko, TAI ,215.6O, that the excess
OF Indebtedness over aud above productive
assets was So 2l9, l72-lA, and that 10 meet
this the State owns uuproductiVe assets TO
the amount OF SCI, COS, 6e4.5l.
The Russian troops employed In the
hhiyan expedition were fed chiefly on b4s-
cults composed one-thlrd Of -four of rye.
one third Of beef reduced to powder, aud
onc-third of sauerkraut also reduced TO
powder The soldiers are stated TO h1Vc
had great relish for this food, aud their
good health during the expedition IL al
tributsd in great part 70 the use cf it.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
Pire on Third Greek.

Wednesday night, about midnight, the
house of old man .Southey Nelson on Third
Creek, about four miles from the city, on
the Kingston road, was found to be on fire.
Before the inmates discovered it most of
the kitchen and furniture was destroyed.
The bedding and some household furni-
ture was saved. Mr.. Nelson is over ninety
years old, and is blind. The origin of the
fire is not known. His sons returned from
prayer meeting about eleven o'clock, but
at that hour everything about the house
was all right.
Early Thursday morning, Mr.. Nelson's
neighbors, hearing of his misfortune, gath
cred on the spot with teams, axes and tools
and promptly went to work to rebuild his
home. Before many nights have passed
the old man will have a neat home, built
by his kind neighbors,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
Criminal Court.

The Criminal Court, for the District of
Knox, met Monday morning, Judge NJ.
l., Hall presiding The following cases
were tried:
State VS.. Samuel wilkins, concealed
weapons; submitted fined ten dollars and
costs.
state ". a. Nilsson mol pros.
State VS.. Len Brown; mol pros.
state ". Gordon Mynatt mol pros.
state vs.. Bent Hall (; mol pros on pay
ment of costs.
State VS.. Monroe Smith, concealed weap-
ons; fined ten dollars and costs,
state ". DR.. King, concealed weapons !;
submitted fined ten dollars and costs.
State ". Wash Gentle jury respited.
state ". NJ. A. Welker gaming mol
pros.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate are
recorded in the office of the County Court
Clerk, for the week ending Saturday, Jan.
26th:
+. S. Cannon to Phillip Sherrod, tract
of land in Knox county, for $500.
T.. s. Cannon to Jos. ID. McMillen, tract
of land in Knox county, for S225.
Thos. johnson ct ux to T. II. johnson,
lot in Knoxville, for $4,000.
VIM. r. Douglass to Jane Stephenson,
lot in Knoxville, for $50.
II. N. Williams to james Byrely, land
in Granger county, for $4O0.
Nj. l.. Patterson, G. and NJ. to ]. II.
Ijams, lot in Knoxville, for $3.50.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
One Hundrca Dollars Reward.

500 reward will be paid by Mountain
Star Lodge, No. 1917, +. and A. NJ, for the
Sewer county, Tennessee, of Jacob Cum
mings, who murdered shannon Felker, on
Boyd's Creek in said county, on the 2lst
day OF January, 1874.
said Cummings is man of abOutJ feet
ten inches high, about 80 years of age, OF
fair complexion, light hair and beard, blue
eyes erect and weighing about 100 pounds.
w. {. MURPHY, Sec'y
Mountain Star Lodge.
January 2S, l67l.wit.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
RexfYai News

rhe revival at the McGhee Street Bag
I Church continues with undated in-
rest and three conversions took place on
thursday night. 4 deep aud general in
hest ia teiuC manifested In the meeting,
II services will doubles be coOtinut,d
! some tine to come.
Vile union revival at GreeReyille is in
fasing II interest and much good is be-
y ACCOMPLISHED. The members q all
nominRttoas sEe working together in
Arfcct Union To gdVaucc the cause of
iristianity. The members are being
aeOgtheDed in r1eir taith, sinners are be-
q ;syakeued eud 'Oryerte,S, and 3 genNr.
4 \ forest i teing 'Anlfe-tef
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
DR.. Baker's Pain Panaeea,

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, Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Cholera In
ntum, Sprains, Burns, Scalds, Bruises,
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
RreeneriIIe Iie,itAI.

Our correspondent at Greeneviils sends
us the following Information:
The revival in progress here SURPRISES
anything ( have known for years, It Is
being conducted By the three pastors.
AbOur thlrty-hve hnye already pFofessed
faith in Christ The members OF the diff
ferent Churches are all doing their duty
nObly' Last nigh! about forty PERSONS
presented themselves at the altar of
prayer. There il no undue excitement,
yet the IFosk seems "a be very deep aud
thorough. TO ITOd bs al the glory
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
A Child Burned 20 Death.

Cady Melton, an orphan child of some
re or six summers, who had been
opted into family at Rogersville, few
lys since was left alone in a room, when
: some means her clothes caught fire from
c CRATE, and running out into the wind,
e was SOON enveloped in flames, aud ere
Up could reach her, she wa- so badly
rned that she died in few hours. The
lid bore her sutierlngs like little heroine,
hting that she ionged to he I'm heaven
.th heF narente.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28

As rule physicians are opposed to using
or recommending what are Known as fam
lily or patent medicines, and there can be
no doubt but that many Of them are un>
worthy of public confidence: but because
some are worthless il docs not follow that
all arc, and doctors ought to discriminate
between the good and the bad. We are
glad to SEE that in some ca-e4 this is Icing
done. Many of our very beet physicians
are advising their patients 10 use Harris
BLood ard Liver Pills.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
= slice on the Knoxville and chic Rail
road,

on saturday avery heavy slide ncuyred
on the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad about
half mile this side OF the tunnel. A large
nunber OF hands were az once put TO work
to clear the track sufficiently for the trains
to pas, which was accomplished by Sun
day evening. The train ran TO the place
on Saturday evening, and laid over until
Sabbath evening, while the passenger and
mail were taken to Caryville on a DUMP
car. Although the train passed slowly
yesterday morning hands were busy al
day yesterdsyi1 further CLEARING the track.