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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
OLD CLOTHES,


| consider people who make sport Of
mans shabby clothes destitute Of
feeling and worse than the heather
Who could be guilty of calling the
blush of resentment to wrinkled
cheek the quiver of grief to a wither.
ed lip, the tear of sorrow to faded
eye washed of its brilliancy by floods
of tears2
Never, never laugh at the scanty
garments Of the poor. Poverty has a
strong tide of sorrow TO stem, and a
frail bark to guide at the best. 1t has
dashed so often against the rocks, that
il hardly holds together. Sink il not
with your unkindncss.
Sheer not at the old clothes. They
are often made holy by long sacrifices
by careful holdings away, that they
may last till the dear ones are provid.
cd for. II many an old coat could
speak, what tales they would tell Of
the noble hearts beating underneath
Yon rusty garments would repeat
the struggle Of devoted father, whose
son is earning laurels at the college
hard by, How he counted the farth'
ings, and choked down pride, that his
boy, his noble, beloved boy might YET
do him honor. afs
The faded shawl, folded tightly over
spare shouldersl Year after year has
the mother cleansed and mended and
laid it carefully away, as (she called it,
good as new" that her blue-eyed
daughter might have "book-larning.'
And now her darling, only eighteen
teaches the district school-God bless
herl-and the mother smiles over thu
dim, dusky-patterned ribbon and prin
old mcrino that were cleaned up Z
enable her to buy Bessie q pretty bon
net, and a dress such as she deserved
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
sTEWED OR FRIED.

Dick G. was incorrigible. He was
hummer, and no discipline could make
him anything else. At time when
the soldiers considered it wrong to steal
chicken, Dick confscated them with
a flourish. He would do this with i'm
punity, although he was frequently
punished for leaving the ranks. On
one occasion he entered yard, osten.
sibly to get some water. While at
the well he hisscd the farmer'sdog on the
chickens. As the agitated mistress Of
the house came to the door, Dick, in
pursuit of dog and chicken, was close
upon fine fowl. 1t futtcrcd toward
the door, and the woman caught it,
Dick reached out his hands, and tax
ing it from her, said cody, and with
a bow, Thank you, thank you" As
the colonel thundered out. "Take
that chicken back, sir" Dick said,
"She gave it to me, sir,--said ! was
welcome to take task her If she
didn't" and the poor bcwildered wo-
man could not say no.
The next day Dick was notified Il
he fell out Of ranks he would be pun
ished at night sure. He kept up well
until noon. Then, giving one Of the
boys his gun, he slipped out for mo.
ment, but he did not come back, and
the captain was furious. At three
O'Clock carriage driven by a stylish
negro passed the regiment at race
course speed. Dick rcclined graceful
ly on the back seat, and as he passed
lifted his hat and made most elabor-
ate bow to the captain and company.
When the regiment went into quar-
ters for the night, they found Dick
with fire made, and chicken, potatoes,
etc, cooking. The Captain sent for
him and ordered him tied hand and foot.
Dick came limping up dressed chick
on in hand. aim sorry, Captain, dog
goned IL amt. l couldn't catch up,
and so rather than disobey your orders,
! hired darkey TO bring me on, and
here ] am in good time. ! thought
you'd be hungry, and | made a fire.
| have the chicken.--see how fat il is
ready to cook. Will you have II
stewed or fried, Captain p
aHang the chicken ] was talking
about you,' roared the captain. "Af.
ter all my cautions and threats you
dropped out" nf
neBut lordy, Captain, | was into camp
\ Az 4 IL IL.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09

IT Is Cur EVEN, ArTER ALL.-0ld
Deacon Sidelinkcr was a well-to-do
marine farmer, who occasionally so far
far wandered from the paths Of
rectitude and strict morality as to i'm
bibc sundry fluid extracts, and on such
occasions found it extremely difficult,
fnot impossible, TO retain an cquilib.
rum, and while he managed with
wonderful powers of mind and body
TO preserve gravity of demeanor,the
centre of gravity was entirely lost
One day the old deacon had been
absorbing liquids Of highly exhila-
rating nature pretty freely, and wan
dercd into the fields where his men
were cutting hay.
81 say" (hic) said he, sustaining his
dropping frame against an apple tree,
"you (hic) haint cutting that grass
even, (hic) not by Al mean not AT
all even.' Just at this moment the
fermenting fluids within him gained
the ascendency over his physical pow
ers, and hc rolled on to the ground al
in sad heap. Raising his head up
and rolling his bleared optics wildly
around, he said, "well, (hic) come tc
stoop down here where ! can get {
good sight along the field (hic) ! SCI
II is cut even, after all"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
4 FASHIONABLE FOLLY

Mrs. Grundy has decrced that Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Smith, who have moth
ing whatever In common beyond the
tact Of belonging to the same social
set, and who naturally either dislike
each other exceedingly, or arc entirely
Indifferent 10 each other, shall exchange
formal calls ad infnitum. Accordingly,
Mrs. Jones. with IoudIy-exprcssed re-
grct at the necessity of'goinq, and hope
that Mrs. Smith will bc out, arrays
herself claborstely and pulls the Smith
door.bcll. If Mrs. Smith Is not at
home, actually or figuratiycly, Mrs.
Jones breathes a sigh of relief and
hurries away. If she Is, Mrs. Jones is
ushercd into lugubrious parior, where
she wastes half an hour IN idle gossip
about the weather, and the last engage
ment and the next party, and the
wondrous achievements of various COM
monplace children. Each woman
listens and talks languidly. Each is
WISHING the bore were over. When the
necessary minutes have been consumed,
Mrs. Jones departs. When the neces-
sarv weeks have passed, Mrs. Smith
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
HOLLBNBACK'S BULL DOG.
MADDEN's BRILLIANT ILLUSTRATION OF
THE POWER OF MUSIC.

Mr.. Hollenback, of Sixth street,
owns bull dog about the size of a
ycarling calf, and the whole ncighbor-
hood has TO walk on its tiptoes and
put ON a respectful look when that
dog is turned loose. The other night
Mr. Hollenback was telling a crowd in
a corner grocery what prize medal
of dog he had, and how he could
prance over everything in Detroit, and
a young man named Madden, who
owns fiddle and fiddles it most Of the
time, said he'd bet money that he
could make the Hollenback dog quake
and tremble under the power Of music.
lie said he never saw a dog which
couldn't be fiddled out of countenance
lin five minutes by the clock, and he
had tried lots of them. Mr.. Hollen-
back grinned with delight, and it was
arranged that the young man should
try it right away. Madden got his
fiddle and the crowd went over TO Hol-
lenback's.
The dog was called into the kitchen,
and then the crowd slipped out, one by
one, leaving Madden alone. Gross
name-d;dn't know what to tb;nL M
tbe nroceed;ngs and he set mn and
nye Madden = look in which border
rufiianism, inquiry, deceit, and aston
ishment were about equally mingled.
The fiddle was poised and the Young
man commenced 6ddling n sad time
something like aMotber Is dead The
doc arose at tho first note and bent an
earnest look on tbe fiddle He had
probably never seen n fiddle and was
In doubf as IN whether II was new
kind of n doc or an internal machine
As the time began 70 draw out longer
and LONGER Cross-eved Terror toot a
stem forward and Save utterance 10 a
grdwl which made thinos tremhle
Madden looked fxedlv NJ 1be animal
and sawed away untiI Il became evi.
dent that he hadn't better keen tba,
tune much LONGER and he cbanged ofI
on IN sometbing lively Tho dog,s
bristles rose mn and bis eves assumed
hungry look The young man
cb.nge3 70 , chant and no dos cana
a little nearer and His under lin feIl
down like the end hoard Of a coal cart
A man who was Ioosing thronob
the key-bole Of the door remarked that
he wouldn't be in there for $40 OOO 600
and the excited whispers Of the crowd
seemed N exc;te the loo He uttered
several more growls and in his own
lianguage inouired aWbat do Won
tal.e me for anvwav pn Madden bod
faith and struck nm 'sTbe Green Shores
Of frslandn He bsdnI aven c;ted the
agreen shores' before Cross.eved Ter.
rer laid bold NJ him bv the hin ana
cave him a sc;ont;sc toss Nav, mo
ment fiddle and doc and howl and
prowl were ali mixed mn tooether
Naddan sbouted for tho crawd % rush
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
CURIOUS ADJUSTMENTS.

We are enjoying the excitement at
tendant upon an English fair, writes a
correspondent Looking around us we
notice interests and excitements which,
If known in America, are unfamiliar to
us. Here is group of lads, reminding
us of the flies that gather to drop Of
treacle. We find in its centre table
of common deal, into which are stuck
by the blade some fifty or sixty pocket
knives. The table and the knives are
owned by very rummy looking man,
Of fifty-fve or sixty years, who is ex-
horting the boys TO try their luck. He
knows they are clever lads. He knows
it by their looks. Here are four brass
rings. If any boy win throw one Of
these rings at five feet from the table
80 that il falls upon knife, he shall
have the knife, or fourpencc, as he
pleases. Smart boys, such a. thoy are,
can do it with ease. The rings are
full two inches in diameter, and sure
to go over the knives II well thrown.
He shall be obliged to attach one con-
dition, only one to the throwing of the
rings. If it should happen that no one
of the four rings should go over
knife, the thrower will kindly please
TO pay him, the owner one penny. We
looked on. The first ring we saw
thrown went over q knife. We saw
twelve other lads try their luck, and
not another ring did we see 20 over
knife. This game was the center of
constant circle of losing lads, and
sometimes losing men, all the afternoon.
Not far off is Aunt Sally. She is o
stick stuck into the ground, with skirts
over crinoline, decorated in imitation
Of squaw's. In her mouth is an Or
dinary tobacco pipe. To every man
paying his penny is given four round
sticks, an inch in diameter and a foot
in length. If, standing at distance
of twenty feet, he can hit and smash
the pipe in Aunt Sally's mouth, he
shall be rewarded with fourpence. If
not, he loses his penny Aunt Sally is
a "good card" but beside her are other
catch-pennies, such as opportunities to
try your strength, your weight, the
power of your lungs, and the distance
you can jump. By-and-by comes a
contest in step dancing. Then comes
a donkey race, always a comical affair,
and popular in England. 1t comes off
amid a storm Of shouts and laughter,
and the most unlikely donkey comes
in ahead simply because the most like
ly one stops, doggedly or donkeyly,
Just his own length short of the goal.
A hurdle race follows, and it is i'm
possible to decide which of the two is
the winner, and finally a travelling
triclSster gives various feats which
make the natives open their Seyes
and their mouths in wonder.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09

A NEw INDUSTRY IN MAINE
Among the latest industries establish.
ed In Maine Is that Of collecting and
drying sea-moss, which is followed in
the town Of Kittcry. The moss is
collected in dories in the neighborhood
of White Island and Whales Back
Two men go in each boat, and with
rakes for the purpose tear the moss
from the rocks at half tide. 1t Is Ia
ken to the beaches, where large beds
are constructed by taking up oil the
large rocks and leaving only surface
of pebble stones. These beds contain
from ten TO three hundred barrels
If there is no rain sea-water has TO be
thrown ON the moss, and the sur
blcachcs Il from tho dark green color
first to n beautiful pink and then to
clear white. II has to be turned oc
casionally, and made the same as hay
After Il Is thoroughly dry it is packed
in barrels and shipped to Boston
where II finds q ready sale ut six cent
a pound. Immense quantities are usec
BY brewers.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09

hcx ~ rur Rox -Sone vcars nyr
,hero I;vcd norsono : :. ,rel, lnown s =
ths Iondon nolice under the sobr;ous, u
of aIocL in tho RnvS Ue had nor
c,o,od : r,os. ;nnon;ons @ s,sten ostbof,
which h" worLeS With sycat necnn;ary
~rnst ,hr"r,,h II ,hs M res,,H d;so st,.nns
O"i H. hod . bov 'o 90 cons,ructsd ,s0 ,h., v
~ oon,d h;,nsois W Ia ~ IL !, oas;lv and nh
ta;n 'tha n;r ,,aoassa - -, snr rosn;ra,;on
M mo snu,,i @ have ,h;s ,nya,a ~, 90 hooSnd
from "Y one staff station ~ 10 'ss"sb syosber auS
Iabaied aTo \" ief, ,;n cal,ed a. y ~
Wo took caro ~ ~ ~ sond @ ~ i bv a train tba,
would ar,.;yo " a. % ;ts des,;,a,;on IN tb'
,aa,' wo ~ AZ ~ ~ "oe'''.'." .,... 4, n ~ .h'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09

THOMAS PAiSEs GRAvE.--Mr. Simeon
Lester, on whose farm Paine's body
was buried, writes Of the recent reports
concerning the grave and monument:
"Thomas Paine was buried in plot
some 40 feet from where his monument
now stands. His body was removed
from this town over sixty years ago
and was taken to England. The plot
where he was originally buried had be-
come mass of loose stones, weeds,
briers, etc, and was in very bad con-
dition. All that was done was TO clear
up tho rubbish, remove the unsightly
brambles and set out four locust posts,
nicely painted, to mark the spot where
the body Of Tomas Paine once laid
The monument has not been disturbed
in the least, but on tho contrary men,
bcrs of my family have, on a number
Of occasions, washed the monument
where II had been soiled by some mali
cious person. Whatever / have done
IL has been to improve the surroundings
of the monument ofThomas Paine, and
nothing clsc.r flrfHliaH sIf ra.s.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
THE ALTITUDE AT WHICH A
aNl NAN CAN LIVE.


There has been q great deal Of dis
cussion, says Chambers Journal, as to
the altitude at which human beings
can exist, and Mr.. Glaisher himself can
tell us as much about II as anybody.
In July, 1872, he and Mr.. Coxwell as.
cended in . balloon to tho enormous
height of 1000 feet. Previous TO the
start, Mr.. Glaishcrs pulse stood at 70
beats minute, Coxwells at "a. Al
1900 feet the pulse of the former was
at "a, that of tho latter ut 100. Al
10000 feet Glaisher's hands and lips
were quite blue, but not his face. Al
2l 900 feet he heard his heart beating
and his breathing became oppressed
at 10000 feet he became senseless
notwithstanding which the eronaut
IN the interest Of science, went up an.
other 1000 feet, I'LL no could no longer
use his hands, and had to pull the
strings of the valve with his teeth
Aeronauts who have to make no ex,
crtions have, of course, great advan-
tage over members of the Alpine Club
and those who trust their legs even
at l3, 900 feet, these climbers feel very
uncomfortable, more so in the Alps, il
seems, than elsewhere. At the monas-
terry Of st. Bernard, 8,117 feet high, the
Monks became asthmatic, and are com.
PEELED frequently to descend into the
valley of the Rhone for-anything but
breath of fresh air; and at the end
of ten years service are obliged to give
up their high living and come down
to their usual level. At the same time
in South America there are towns
such rs Potasi, placed as high as the
top Of Mont Blanc, the inhabitants OF
which feel no inconvenience. The
highest inhabited spot in the world is,
however, the Buddhist cloister of Hanle,
in Thibet, where twenty-one priests
live at an altitude of 10000 feet. The
brothers Schlaginsweit, when they ex,
plorcd the glaciers Of the Ibi-Gamin
in the same country, encamped at 81
900 feet, the highest altitude at which
European ever passed the night
Even at the top Of Mont Blanc Pro.
fessor TyndalPs guides found II very
unpleasant to do this, though the Pro
fessor himself did not confess to feeling
so bad as they. The highest noun,
tain in the world is Mount Everest
(IIimalaya), 29,003 feet, and the con.
10. koa hao,, saa,, tlx,,;,,,,n.x tho him
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
THE FIRST THOUSAND.

The first thousand dollars that a
young man, after going out into the
world for himself, earns and saves, will
generally settle the question Of busines
life with him. There may be excep-
tions to this statement; yet, for a rule,
we think II will hold true.
The first condition is that the young
man naturally earns the thousand dol
lars in question. He does not inherit
this sum. 1t does not come TO him by
streak of good luck, as the result of
a fortunate venture in the purchase
and sale of hundred shares Of stock.
1t is the fruit of personal industry. He
gives his time and labor for 1t. While
he is thus earning and saving it, he
must earn two or three, or perhaps
four times rs much TO pay his current
expenses. He is consequently held
sternly TO the task of industry for a
considerable period. The direct con-
sequence to him is steady, continuous
and solid discipline in the habits of in
dustry---in patient, persistent forecast
inn and selfdenvinp effort. breaking
mn e ali the tendec,es To Incidence and
fr;volitv and making him an earnest
and watcbful economist of time. He
not only learns how 10 work but he
also acau;res the love of work and
morcovcr he learns the value of the
sum which no has TINS saved out of
his earnings He has toiled for IL he
has obseryed its slow increase from
time to time and in his estimate Il
rcnresen,s so many wears of practical
labor His ;deas Of life are sbaped bv
bis own experience. These natural
effects of earning the first thousand
dollars we hold 10 be very large bcne-
fits. They are lust the qualities of
mind and body which are likely to So
euro business success in after wears
They constitute the best practical edu-
cation which man can have as q work.
or in his working world. They are
gained in season for lifc's purposes, at
the opening period, Just when they arc
wanted, when foolish notions are most
likely TO mislcad an inexperienced
brain, and when, too, there is full
opportunity for expansion and develop
ment in latter years. Men have but
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Love subdues everything except the
felon's heart
Drunkenness makes some men fools,
some beasts and some devils.
As gold is purified in the furnace, so
is character refined by pain.
Few men get their life-labor accom-
plished without sore heart-aches.
He who is ignorant of the way to
the sea should take n river as q guide
| ldleness is the great slough into
which the vices of the world drift and
settle, to rise again in miasma.
| Not every one who has the gift OF
speech understands the value of silence.
Were il not for the clouds that dark
on us, there would be no rainbow in
our lives.
1t should not discourage us IL our
kindness is unacknowledged it has il
i Influence still.
Those who have few affairs to attend
to are great speakers. The less men
think the more they talk.
When we read, we fancy we would
be martyrs; when we come TO act, we
cannot bear a provoking word.
The most beautiful may be the most
admired and caressed, but they arc not
always the most esteemed and loved.
Every nature must have the sub-soil
plowina of sorrow, before II can recog.
nize either its present poverty or lis
possible wealth.
Distrust is the death of the soul be.
lief is its life. The lust shall live by
faith. Infdelity is the abandonment
of life. suicide of the spirit.
They who know the truth are not
equal to those who revere IL and they
4 who revere Il are not eoual 10 those
who find pleasure in n
Man il physcallv as well AS meta.
physically a thing of threds and patch.
es, borrowed une9ually from good and
bad ancestors and A misfit from The
start.
To be able to practice five things
eyerywhere under heaven constitutes
perfect virtue; gravity, generosity Of
soul, sincerity. earnestncss and kind.
ness.
How easy il is to be neat-to be
clean How easy to arrange the room
with the most graceful propriety. How
easy TO invest our homes with the tru.
est eleeancel
Be always frank and true; spurn
| o,,ar,, so,.t 90 ofFao.at;o, o,d i;s.,,;so
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09


A friend assured Mark Twain that
II was policy to feed cold and starvc
a fever. He says II had both. Sol
thought II best TO gil myselfup for the
cold, and lot the fcvcr starve awhile.
In case of this kind l seldom do
things by halves--l ate pretty heartily.
! conferred my custom upon stran-
ger, who had just opend a res
taurant on Cortlandt street, near
the hotel, that morning, paying 80
much for a full meal. He waited near
me in respectful silence until | had
finished feeding my cold, when he in
quircd II the people about New York
were much afflicted with colds. ] told
him thought they were. He then
went out and took in his sign sfl
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09

A PATHETIC APPEAL.-'Mamma
shall you let me 20 TO the wilkinsons
bal, ,ifthcy give one this wintcrr "No
darling A pause. "You'vc bccn u
great many balls, haven't you, nam
ma 7" "Yes, darling, and I've seen tn
folly Of them all. Another pause
"Mightn't just SEQ the folly Of one
mammal" A very long pause.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09
THE sU8s7YTU9t yoRs7KAM
A VALUABLE pIscovn1ylIr II CAN M
~ PRACTICALLY APfLIEn. l---

-. ID.
M. ;,,o,ost;ng reimbursement of a
srhs,;trts sor stcsm n I motive nower
has hoen recently made IN Germanv
from @ a source entitled h n hearing ~
TIa ra,s;J % oorsumptinn n tha oarth,s
fuel snpplv and drain o,, its forests Al.
tended py so many disastrous consc-
oncnces have Stimulated scientific in.
yentors n And n succcror az steam
and Il il n be hopcd ths prcsent dis'
coro,v viii nrovr n succcss The new
motive Il carbolcum. and ;ts annlica.
t;on 10 macbincrv "A claimed f6r Dr.
Rains of Gronincen. Who has devoted
many vcarr 70 i{s study and utilixa-
tion Exncriment ilrst tnueht him
TINT when 'thc bicarbonate Of sodium
h heated IN = III VI IA. "a AZ = tom.
ncraturc az cigbt hundred degrees
Fahrenheit. LIQUID carbonic acid Is dis
titled ont of IL having the expansive
force of sifty or sixty atmosphcrcs.- -
Carboleum is not dangerous as nm ex-
plosivc and the fact that thus employed
AS the German inventor proposes L is
.',,.'-.s.sl r. ,',..,,,'.., l,,;.,, ..,..
'oasosaou " tno,anvsa s,';a..is - .,s pv~
wa, Was a..es.eu ~ so'un.'no @ h h'en ~ WITT, T, =
heat reauired TO bring out this motive
mower Of the carbonic acid in the new
carboleum engine Is npparentlv very
small when compared with that re-
lr'sl'e lor pIou"cn,g n'gn p,e''"re 1
81 steam III ."o o,Jnaty od.. ,t eng'nu. s ~ ~
.nc FORMER !. Is oi'y .,rec Poui'us ~ y
coal pcr nour ,or , caun no'se pow.
represen,eu py .nc chg'hc--a'' n'noun. D
50 small Una. !. wouiu pe W unnecessary '''
~ sn'ps ur,'en y guy III" Prvo'ss r, 70 -
uc,o.c li,"ch sPaoe 'or ,u'', my o"'e' :.
yalue oi 'he invenl,Vn, ., no, nowey.r, Is 's
claimeu 10 1v i's pracucnpl','y ~ mrgo
iac'orles, ~ ! nc au.nor .p ,n'l,hs , .na' 10 ,or
.ne great industries l, lne caroo'ou,n yi, ,
g'ne can, II, nearIy every i"S''nc'''aho
'he P'ace ol steam; s.,, ,,,.......
no so,e,,''aS ;s sa,at a;oa " sn,' ;;,y u's.o,G,y
u Immense, ~ 'iecnhnie',l ', rhsehu,.y s;
cnh . surcessiui'y ., aPp'y y ~ 'hT ua.'o, !.
llol ',lulcn,eu " ~ pe,ns; !; -
saiu 'na' .no supply =, oalpo'o.1. an''. u. - =
no. a plen'''ui as .h"' !. o'ennen! iom o,'
whicii s'ea'ii 70 ,'iauu y n'a, po "n ~
swvreu II is al,,os' , " Us inssu a. '""e r
M .oa, ~ Sum. pa, - ;..hsn".;hI,. ~ Wy q, H.
poS" o,Iu' ne oor,r,nn v" ~ ahal," IL 81, ,a,ts Of
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-09

/ Recent discoveries in the ruins Of
Pompcii prove that the ancient Romans
used window glass, but for centuries
the houses Of our ancestors werc with.
out window glass, the place Of which
was frequently supplied with waxed
linen or oiled paper. At the end ol
the last century there were still men
whose occupation II was TO paste oiled
paper into window sashos Horn wa'
also used ns substitute for glass.