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The daily gazette., 1874-12-30
MILD WINTER.

1t is Predicted by those who profess
to be ''weather-wise, "if not otherwise,
that the extraordinary mildness of the
present season will characterize the
whole winter; in other words that the
winter of 1S74-75 will bear comparison
with some which have long gone by |. !"
Thus,an English chronicle relates TINT
in 1172 the temperature was so ish
that the leaves came out on the trees In
January, and the birds Matched their
brood in FEBRUARY. In 1920 the winter
was equally as mild, and the maidens
OF Cologne wore wreaths of violets
and corntlowers at Christmas andson
Twelfth Day.f In 1921 the trees bloom
ed in the month of March, and the
vines in the month of April; cherries
ripened in the same month, and grapes
appeared in the May. In 1879 the trees
were covered with leaves in January,
and the birds Matched their young In
FEBRUARY, as in 1172; in 1885 the same
thing was repeated, and 1t Is added
that corn was the ear Easter. There
was. in France neither frost nor snow
throughout the winters of 1888, 1900,
1909, 1917 AID 1859; finally, in 1862,
even in the north of Germany, the
stoves were not lighted andlttees flow.
cred in FEBRUARY. Coming T6 later
dates, the winter of 1867, and that of
1866, the year of the great inundation
of the Seipe, may be mentioned as ex.
ceptionally mild.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-30

ONE HUNDRED YEARS Aao.-Sche eol
House No. IL, on the New Castle road.
about two miles from this city, Was
founded these in 1UAf
The daily gazette., 1874-12-30
LINES OF TRAVEL.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON & BAL
TTMORE RAILROAD.
SEPTEMBER 2sth, 1874.

Trains leave Wilmington as follows for
Philadelphia and itermcdiate stations, 6.50,
$40, $50, 1870, Il. m 2oo, 4.oo, "2o Sao,
D. m.
Philadelphia and New York, l.sl, a. m. !;
l2.l7, 12.42, 5.42 p. M.
1902, q, m. 5.20, p. IN,
baltimore and Washington, 1852, 2.os, 1902,
u. IN. 1886, L23, 500, l.l0,p. IN.
Trains for Delaware Division leave for
New Castle, 800, 1910, u. m~; L25, 6+o
y. IN. . i. ,o
Harrington and intermediate stations, 800
1910, a. IN. diO, p, m. ~
neine,r and intermediate station, 800, 1910,
u, IN.
SUNDAY TRAINS,
Philadelphia and intermediate stations 400,
Philadelphia and New York, l.sl, a. m.
a baltimore and Washington, 1902, 2'oi
a. IN. -
ferrrd 10 the time tables posted az the depot.
II. +. KESNEf, Superintendent. .
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

OPEN AT THE BUNa.-At present
there are employed in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington 2,224 clerks,
at an annual expenditure of s2,923,-
600. To do the work Of the same
Department in 1860 only 5l5 clerks
were required, at a cost of s753, ,4S5
per annum. Since there arc now
more than four times as many as in
1860, one of two things must be true !;
either four times the amount of work
is to be done, or there are about four
times too mary clerks. Which is i 7
No doubt there is moro work TO be
done, but can it be in this ratio p
Might not at least one million dollars
annually be saved in this one item 2
Then there are other Departments
apply the same rule-"many a mickle
make a muckle."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

IT DONE SOME Coon D-The letter of
William Welsh, to the President, which
we published few weeks ago on In
dian affairs has produced some effect
at Washington, as The House Commit
tee on that subject have under con-
sideration bill which, among other
things, provides that all books, records,
contracts, bids or proposals for con-
tracts, after the same shall have been
duly opened, vouchers, orders, receipts
and papers Of every description what
soever that relate directly or indirect
ly to the payment Of any money or
other thing of value on government
account, in the office Of appointing to
or connected with the official duty
or action Of any Indian agent or sub.
agent, shall be public records, and
open to the inspection of any person
during all reasonable business hours.
This will enable the people to see be-
hind the curtain which hides the man.
agement of Indian affairs, and expose
wrong-doers and those who would
cheat at the same time both tho red
men and the government.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

lob PRINTING OF EVERY DEeoRIP-
d tion neatly executed d this once,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

RELIGION BEFORE PLEAsURE.--El-
der Herring, of Spring Creek, War
rem county, writes an account to the
Cory Republican Of what he deems
q most commendable act of the young
people of that place. Religious ser
vices had been fixed in hall opposite
one in which dance had long pre-
vious been arranged for on the same
evening. To the astonishment OF the
brethren, the young men and women
postponed the dance and attended re-
ligious services, after the close Of
which the dance went off with great
eclat. The Elder was delighted, and
winds up his report with tho ejacnla-
tion: "God bless and multiply such
principlcs."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

The TooTHPIoK BUSINESS Five
hundred million is about the number
Of wooden toothpicks sold by the Bos-
ton house which controls the whole
business Ia this country, and the num-
ber increases enormously each year.
A box holding 1000 sells for 25 cents,
while the same quantity Of quill picks
would cost IS. More orders for TOOTH
picks como from hotels and restaurants
than from all other sources combined.
So great has been the popularity oi
cheap wooden toothpicks in this coun-
try, that the experiment Of exporting
them 10 soon TO DO tried.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

al WANT SOME Too. This is the
way the Chicago Post and Mail re-
lates a late Congressional transaction;
"A bill having been introduced by O
Chicago member of Congress for the
establishment of a branch mint in
Chicago, of course St. Louis mem.
ber has introduced bill tor the estab-
lishment of a branch mint in st. Lou
is. 1t has been noticed, doubtless, in
all regulated families, that whenever
one member asks to be helped at the
table to a particular article Of diet,
no matter II it be bran soup, the baby
of the household at once breaks in
with tho shrill demand, ~ want some,
too! / want some, too~ So with
the little 81. Louis brat. If Chicago
should pass its plate up to old Uncle
Jonathan and ask for rat hash, the
initiative little st. Louis cuss down at
the end of the table would put in his
barbaric yawl-"I rant some, too! 1
,oant some, too !"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

A BLACK HUMBUG.-And now Gov
ernor Moses of South Carolina has
also set up for "Christian statesman"
and, the way he goes to work about
it is Characteristic. We are told in
the Charleston newspapers that all
South Carolina was on q broad grin
when it was announced that Moses
was to deliver o lecture on religion ;
but it proved no joke, and the Cover
nor actually appeared before a large
audience and delivered lecture which
is described as an able and eloquent
defence of Christianity against free
thinking. Indeed, the lecture made
such an impression that some enthusi-
astic friends of Moses insisted on hav-
ing it printed, and not until then was
it discovered that the Governor, from
force of habit probably, had stolen all
the piety ne had embodied in this pro-
duction. Not to put too fine point
upon it, be had paImed off on his un-
suspecting audience one Of the Rev.
Robert Halls sermons, published in
London in 1858, for his own ideas on
the subject of religion.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

az myMD@m.S IwSxC STOR8s
MARKET STREET,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
citizens Of carded county to the fact that we
MUSIC STOREIN CLEARFIELD,
Where we intend to constantly kecp on hudaun supply
PIANOS ORGANS AND MUSICAL MERCHANDISE.
Our stock ofpIANOS will Of
Raven . .o"fA,i ' sTMNwAY SONS PIANOS
prepared furnish Of the cheaper makes Of Pianos to order on the most
and terms payment
Our stock Of conasto o popular
RYNDER Knee downward Couper)
~ ~ ORGANS and the
NEW TEMPLE and CHURCH ORGANS
efunhhto t oordeO factory desired
We sell every plan ON NOTES the
LEASE PLAN
investment of like
will S MAKE HOME HAPPY
Ito purchase
oc2s-72y RYNDERS MUSIC STORE
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04
GOOD flour.

or different brands, always on hand, and will -
sold at the lowest possible figures. U
LIoUoRs, such as Brandy, Wine, Gin, whisky,
Jayne's Medicines, Hostcttsr's and
Hoofand's Dittsrs.
5000 pounds of wpol wanted for which Ne
highest prire will 10 paid. Cloverssed on hana
and for sale at the lowest market price.
Also. Agent for strattonvillc and CurwsnsviIls
Threshing Machines.
&S-call and see for yourselves. You will anl
everything usually kept In a retail store.
L. NJ. coUDRIET.
FrenchvilIe p. o., March I, 1871. D.-I l
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04

SyZ|zszS's,,, sSSSSV@
NlIl3a;l; ;5Ii73;A
DR.. j. Walkers California Yin.
cgar BittcTs arc purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from tho ma
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges OF
tie Sierra Nevada mountains OF Caifor-
MIA, tho medicinal properties OF which
are extracted thercfIom without the uso
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. "What is tho cause Of tho
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR Bir-
TERsi' Our answer Is, that they remove
tho cause OF discasc, and tho patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and n life giving principle,
n perfect Rcnoyator and Inyigorator
of tho system. Never before in tho
history of tho world has medicine beon
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of VINEGAR BiTTERs in healing tho
sick Of ovcry disease man Is heir TO. They
arc gsuilc Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and yisceral Organs II Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of DR.. WALKER's
vrxEoARBITrERs are Aperent, Diaphorett,
Carninative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretio,
Sedative, Counter Irritant sudoriic, Altera|
tive, and Anti Bilious
Grateful Thousands proclaim vrN-
EGAR BITTERs the most wonderful In
vigorant that ever sustained the sinking
system.
No Person can take these Bitters
according to directions, and remainlong
unwell, provided their bones are not de-
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Bilious, Remittent and Inter.
mittent Feyers, which are so preva-
lent in the valleys Of our great rivers
throughout the United States, especially
those Of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan-
sas. Red Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro-
anoke, James, and many Others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably SO during sea-
sons Of unusual heat and dryness, are
invariably accompanied by extensive de-
rangements of the stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, purgative, exerting pow
erful influence upon these various or
gans, is essentially necessary. There
is no catbartic for the purpose equal TO
DIR. j. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs,
oS,o 20 'no wl wise,S Spvuay attsr with which The
,'e,s ,ases IT, =. .ha s,no ,;n,o
uoweis aie ioaueu, q. sno so ahn ,; .o
stiinulatlhg tnc secrctiohs oi 'nc Inel,
and generally restoring the heailny
functions of the digestive organs.
FOrtify the body against disease
by purifying all its fluids with VINEGAR
BI1-rpps No endemic can take hold
n a srs,er, inns fore- ormed
n,n So :.u Is.J:ans.;o. us+
D!sptpsla VI lnuiSeStiOi, ieau-i
ache, Pam IN the Shoulders, Coughs,
Tiphtness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour
F,uctntions of the Stomach Rad Taste
,,.,s
IN the Mouth, BILIOUS ATTACKS, Palplta-'
tatlOn OF the Heart, Inflammation OF tho
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22

erably above six feet. with small
hands and feet. and every way finely
propo.tioned. He was dressed in fault
less style when the sergeant t-arms led
him up to the bar of the House. He
VAS perfectly Sclf-posSesSed, easy and
graceful in manner. without swagger or
Seli-a>Scrtion, with the hearing of man
whc came there to pay his respects to
the House. and specially to its presiding
officer. The galleries were crowded.
and the members, with the spectators.
looked cmiously on. Speaker Steven
sea- was the only embarrassed person in
ihc hall. He was Il large, tnc-loOking
man of commanding presence; but he
Wa~ tid%ctY and uncomfortable. looking
as IT he expected Houston to read him il
lecture. In Il hc>itatiug and perturbed
manner he told llouStun that the House
had ordered him to he rcprimandrd by
Its presiding officer. and ne. the Speak
cr, begged him tn consider himself rep
Houston bowed in Il graceful.
81 dIIT1lltliii'''tr Il IF 'trndGd. Tie Democrats had
clear majority in Congress. and Houston
belonged to that party. but the breach
of priNi ilcgr was too tlagrant to b" over
looked. Still the dignity of the body
Wa, not vin,licatcd 10y n" Speaker,
OH Sidy'r. in Ha'1erS
for J"itt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
Pyramid of Cholula.

The city of the plain is only dis
tinguishable by single mound. that
towers 10 Il respectable hill. Mr.. Beech
cr says somewhere that one can under
stand the labor involved in making a
mountain by shovcling and wheeling
and dumping IL few baIrows of earth in
his own lot. The Cholulans shovcled.
wheeled and dumped Gf. indeed. they
did wheel. and did not carry it on their
shoulders and heads which is the more
likely not less than a score or two of
millions of such barrow-loads. to make
- to,..,.I., g.. III -r:-r
1t is a big as well as a bad faith that
would thus make multitudes erect joy
fully their own funeral pyre.
This pyre has Il base of forty acres,
the size of Boston Common. Conceive
OF those trce-rcligion puritans leveliug
off that sacred place. and bringing loads
of earth from brighton. lSrookline. Dor
chester. and Somerville to erect the
whole level square into pyramid as
high as the pineapple of its state
house, Up. up. up slowly crccpS the
mighty plateau. growing narrow as II
grows taller. like many uphtted men.
Yet when above the tallc>t house of
Bacon street. il Is twenty acres across:
and when it reaches the dome ut the
Capitol. il Is ten acres across. And ali
this for faith. and Il faith which inVolV-
ed their own immolatiOn. or that al
thciI nearest friends and kindred, How
happens it that Boston goes to Buddha
for its god He lies nearer home on
these Aztec plains he is native
American. the better suiting their na
tional or continental conceit he shows
us Il faith that makes Buddha'S nirv;tna
tame. for suicide is always ha>cr than
submission to anothcr's knife. The
pyramid of Cholula is the shrine that
should draw these worshiper>. Here j.
the eleventh religion that should Swel
low up ali their ten. for it is more ma
ie>Iic than any. save the one that builds
it, temple in the skies. and offers mp its
one rictim. the Divine Author then cot,
freely and of His own will. tor the
w"Ild'> salvation.
The pyramid i mounted hl Il road
way cut In the top. lou see along the
cleft edge the strata of thin brick and
other substances which went to lis com
position. Orchards open halfway up.
ravinc> drop down near the summit {:
all the traits of natural hills appear.
y winding row ~ steps makes the last
ascent The prospect is one of great
breadth and beauty and de>olation.
Scores of empty churches stand in
an empty town. The population has
dwindlcd to its shortest span a few
hundreds hug the broad plaza. bigger
than any in the country save that of
the capital. and a. void of life AT mid
day a> a graveyard. "Great eNpecta-
tinn>" is written al over this place. \
tiny church. fresh in stuccn and colorcd
washes. flush with thc street. accom-
m"datc~ all the people of the town. \
timer one going up ON this summit. still
mnIr richly aIraycd in tIcsc" and lie
tion. j. tor ic>tal u>rs. and IL Il monu-
mcnr OF the triumph OF the Church over
tratiicidc. Dr.. Gilbert Hdrcp. IN Hdr-
pr''S tor lime.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
Lookout Mountain.

Most persons in this country or i'll
Europe who have heard of Lookout
Mountain since 1.-THE war; have also
been told of the battle above the
Clouds 1t was my fortune to scale
the remarkable palisade at Il time when
the broad plateau which runs along its
summit was literally enshroudcd in
formidable mlsts. The rain was falling
IN torrents as. with two companions.
galloped through the little town at the
iOot OF the mountain but. ere we had
scaled the winding road the shower was
over, and brisk wind began to stir
the mlStS. We could see but the lodges
along whose sides the route ran. but
as we arrived nearly at the summit. the
mist curtain was lifted for an instant.
and revealed To us delicious cxpamsc
ot valley, with sunlight smiles here and
there chasing away the rains tears
Then We We're shrunhrd in a"nin and
tied turiously along the hard roads.
over which the boughs hung unc"m-
fortahly near our beads. The red sandy
clay nouriSheS enormous pines. whose
roots have here and there been disturb
ed bv the sandstone hoWldcrS. and
ont their lihcrS III Il desperate
grasp; along the pathways great blocks
of stone. carved by the storms and pol
iShed by the winds, are scattered. We
gallopcd nearly to the massive rrIprn-
dirular wall which arises directly ont
of the valley. and disdaintully troVm>
down upon the Tennessee. spulncd
from its base fourteen hundred feet be
low and tethcliug our horses. ap-
preached t" the very edge. There We
seemed shut OF from all the world
Nov aud then hum from the valley
the faint grnwl of a locomotive OF the
rolling of heels came family up; We
heard the cow bells and the bleating of
the sheep on the hill>idcs behind us :;
and Just as We were trIing 10 imagine
how the battle" must have been. the
wind came sweeping away the mist
curtain. and-ve bcheld the whole =
Edward Hing IN ScribHer for May.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
VOLUME 37---NUMBER 1921.

some turn of the wheel of fortune had
dashed him back to poverty. At length
the tickle goddess had favored him and
he was rich again. Whether his wife
WAS living. whether she was the mother
of another mans family. and Il host of
other questions asked. she ha>trncd "a
answer.
Other letters were written 10y both
but all failed. by reason Of hostile In
dians. faithleSs carriers. etc. of reach
ing their destination. But the one as
surlng him that his wife was still his
own. and telling where she could he
found. WAS enough.
Some time aftrrward. a stranger in
Gnircd at the MIsSaSoit House if there
was such a firm a. Tinkham & Co.. in
the city. Being assured on this point.
he called a hackman and told him to
drive to their store and bring Mrs. -
to the hotel. She was not at the store.
HlRIHdt HlRIHdtit,h tbs lafhWqDDr W2Iodgscffde. =" -
The next evening there was a we'd
ding ut the house of a prominent clergy
man. and the bride was woman who
WAS then married the third time, vet
had but two husbands. and by their
side stood Il blooming miss of fourteen
to witness the marriage of her own
legitimate father and mother. Spring.
feld Union.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
Restoration of Salmon to our Rivers.

Net far beyond thc memory of men
now living salmon ah"undcd in nearly
every New England river month of the
Connecticut. which appears to have
been their suuthCru limit. and in all the
tributaries of the St. Lawrence below
Niagara. with rare exceptions. Under
proVidcnt management the salmon fish
cry of these rivers might have continued
for an indefinite number of Years To
Weld large supply of nutritious food
for the SIISIcnancc of our trcming pop
ulation hut the greed of Che few and
tho Indifference of the many have re
suited in the determination of this no.
hlc fish in nearly ali those waters. OF
the tributaries Of the st. Lawrence
within the limits of the United States.
Salmon River, i'll New York. is the only
one now annually fequented by sal
mon. and on the Atlantic coast they are
constant visitors only in the Kcnncbec.
PenobScot, Muscugus. East Machias.
Dennys, and ST. CroiX. OF these. the
PcHobscOt furnishes more than all the
others, and its ordinary annual Weld
may be put at from five to ten thousand
salmon. This does not exceed the
twentieth part of its capacity, if the lat
ter may be measured by the product OF
some Irish salmon rivers, and certainly
bears Il small proportion to the former
actual yield of the PenObscOt itself.
When the work of restoring the mi
! gratory fishes To their barren rivers was
first undertaken hy the New England
States. the salmon naturally received a
large share Of attention, and from that
time till the present persistent efforts
| have been made to re-establisl him in
his old haunts. 1t is a well known hab-
it of migratory fishes, such as the shad
and salmon, to return, when full grown
from the sea to the rivers where they
were reared, and there deposit theil
spawn. In order, therefore, to restocb
an exhausted salmon river, it is only
necessary to place in its upper waters
very yOurg salmon, i'll sufficient num-
bers to insure the growth of consider
able number to full size. after allowing
for all losses by the ordinary perils in
cident to fish life. The only practica
BILE way of securing an ample supply OF
the young fish is to obtain the eggs and
hatch them.-Charles G. Atkins in Har-
per's for June
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
Believe me, yours truly,
MARSHALL JEWELL

SAM HOUsToN REPRIMANDED.-The
solemn farce of reprimanding man at
the bar of the House as a punishment
for a breach of the privileges of the
body was performed in the case of Sam
Houston, Andrew Stevenson being
Speaker Houston had been charged 10y
Stanberry, member from Ohio, with
defrauding the Government in some
transaction with an Indian tribe on the
Tennessee border. An investigation was
requested, but Houston could get no
satisfaction, and not willing to rest un-
der the imputation. he inflicted severe
chastisement with cane in the pre-
cincts of the Capitol. Houston was ar
rested by the sergeant-at,arms, and
there was long trial, resulting in the
resolution that the offender should be
reprimanded by the Speaker. 1t was a
curious spectacle. Houston was at that
time a striking specimen OF manly beau
ty. He was in the prime of life, with
more personal advantages than almost
.uv man of his time. He stood sonsid-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
Apocalypse Smythe.

There were more strange. eccentric
men in public life fifty years ago than
we see at the present day. Virginia
always sent her quota of this class of
representatives. Among the more con-
spicuOus of the nondescripts was Alex
ander Smythe, well known on the
Canadian frontier during the war of
lei2. He commanded Il body of troops
on the border. and being an impatient,
lrascible man, had difficulty with
General Peter b. Porter. who was Sec
retary of War under John Quincy
Adams. A duel was arranged, but the
quarrel was finally adjusted without Il
meeting. They were to have fought
on Strawberry Island, little patch of
land covered with reeds and marine
grasses short distance below Buffalo,
In the Niagara River, hardly visible in
high stage of water. and never solid
enough to afford good foot hold. 1t
was not known how the affair was
settled; but Porter, who was always
cooked and primed for fight, went on
the ground at the time appointed. and