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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03
Sam Houston Reprimanded.

The solemn farce Of reprimanding
u man at tho bar Of tho House as
punishment for breach of the privi-
leges Of the body was performed In tho
case Of Sam Houston, Andrew Steven
son being speaker. Houston had been
charged by Stanberry, a member from
Ohio, with defrauding the Govern
ment 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 under the imputa-
tion, ho inflicted q severe chastise.
ment with cano in the precincts Of
tho Capitol. Houston was arrested
by the sergcant-at-arms, and there
was long trial, resulting In the res
olution that the offender should be
rcprimandcd by the Speaker II was
q curious spectacle Houston was at
that time a striking specimen Of manly
beauty. He was In the prime of life,
with more personal advantages than
almost any man Of bis time. He stood
considerably above six feet, with small
hands and feet, and every way finely
proportioned. lie was dressed In
iaultless style when the sergeant-at-
arms led him up to the bar of the
House. IIo was sclf-possossod, easy
and graceful in manner, without
swaggcr or seli-assertion, with tho
bearing of man who came thero to
pay his respects to tho House, and
especially to its presiding ofllcer.---
The galleries were crowded, and the
members, with the spectators, looked
curiously on. Speaker Stevenson was
the only embarrassed person in tho
hall. Ho was large, fine-looking
man Of commanding presence bu. ho
was fidgety and uncomfortable, look
ing as il he expected Houston to read
him lecture. In hcsitating and
perturbed manner he told Houston that
The House had ordered him to be rep
rimanded by its presiding officer, and
he, the speaker, begged him TO con.
slider himself rcprimanded. Houston
bowed in a grateful, dignifed and
lordly way, broad grin spread ovor
the House, and there the matter end.
cd. The Democrats had clear ma
iority in Congress, and Houston be.
longed to that party, but the breach
Of privilege was too fragrant to be over
looked, Still the dignity Of the body
was not vindicatcd by tho Speakers
rcprimand.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

Farmers gather what they SOW,
while seamstresses sow what they
gather.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

The CHARM or MANNER.--It is said
that bees will not sting q person
whose skin is smoarod in honey. Tho
gracious manners Of Charles James
Fox preserved him from personal dis.
like even whom he had gamblod away
bis last dollar, and, politically, was
the most unpopular man in England.
A charming manner not only enhances
personal beauty, but hides ugliness
and makes even plainness agreeable.
There is hardly any career in which
an ill.iavored countenanoo is not
stumbling block at the outset, that
may never be surmounted. There
arc people called "unpresentable,"
who havo giants to contend with at
their first start in life. Yet who docs
not know how much q happy manner
often does TO neutralze the i'll effects
of forbidden looks The fascination of
the demagoguc Wilkes's manner tri.
umphed over both physical and moral
deformity, rendering even ugliness
agreeable and ho boasted TO Lord
Townsend, the handsomest man In
Great Britain, that, with half an hours
start, he would get ahead Of his lord
ship in the affections Of any woman In
the kingdom The ugliest Frenohman
perhaps that ever lived was Mirabeau /;
yet such was the witchery Of bie man.
ncr that the belt Of no gay Lothario
Of his day was hung with greater
number Of bleeding female hearts than
that Of this thunderer Of tho tribune
who shook from his locks "pestilencc
and war" and whose looks were so
hidcous that hc was compared TO "a
tiger pittcd by tho small pox." Tho
success which Aaron Burr achieved, up
TO the hour when ho betrayed his party
in 1901, arose not more from his polit-
ical skill and Knowledge than from
his inimitablc address and his infinite
tact in conversation. From Prof.
Mdtfkeios' Getting on in the rorld.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03
Underground London

Underground the city of London is
certainly tho most wonderful in th 20
world. 1t is a labyrinth of drain
pipes, water pipes, gas pipes and
Underground railways. There are
points in the soil in London where it
would be extremely difficult to find
room for another pipe. Ono company
alone-the Gas Light and Coke Com
pany--supplies two districts with
nearly 400 miles of pipe, varying in
diameter from three inches to four
feet. These are main pipes, merely,
and from them every house and street
lamp receives on an average six or
eight feet of small piping. In addition
to these and the underground tele-
graph wires, there are no less than
$500 of drain pipes Of various dmen.
sions. Less familiar to us, but no less
important, and the lead and iron tubes
--leaden pipes with outer castings of
iron-along which written messages,
packed in little felt and gutta.percha
cases, are blown from station TO sta
ton. Tho convenience of these mes
sages is immense. A steam engine
forces in blast Of air, and in about a
minute it travels distance of $50
yards. There are at present 10 sta
tons on tho underground railway, and,
as the people walk upon the streets Of
London, electricity is flashing mes
sages above their heads, and little
missives are whizzing and drifting
just under their feet. As many as
l 800 pass 10 and fro in ono day. The
drainage system Of London presents a
world Of underground streets some
two or throo thousand miles in extent.
All the drains empty into throo great
sewers running parallel with the
Thames, which sewers connect in tho
ncighborhood Of Victoria Park, and
through Barking creek discharge into
the river. Men are constantly en-
ployej keeping these drains in repair.
Londoncrs never pour pail of water
down a drain but at the depths OF
that mysterious aperture somebody IL
making way for A stranger, proper
ly costumed, can explore the depths,
which resemble vaulted galleries, in
the sides Of which arc traps forming
various channels.
When tho storm waters como as
they sometimes do during thunder
storm, the torrent Is fearful--so much
| an that nnon savaral ocooa;o,u ,nor
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

CuRrous TnIHos.--Ii tallow candle
be placed in gun and shot ata door
1t will 60 through without sustaining
an injury; and II n musket ball be
fred into water, IL win not only re-
bound, but be fattenod as II fired
against substance. A muskot ball
may be fired through pane Of glass,
making q hole the size Of the ball,
without cracking the glass if the
glass be suspended by thread IL will
mako no difference, and the thread
will not even vibrato. 10 the arctic
regions, when the Thermometer is bc.
low zero, persons can converse moro
than mile distant. DR.. Jameson as
serts that be heard every word Of a
sermon at distance of two miles. A
mother has been distinctly heard talk.
ing to her child, on a still day, across q
water mile wide.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

BupDrSo INTO WoMANnoop. Their,
is touching beauty in the radian
look Of a girl just crossing the limit
Of youth, commencing her journery
through the checkered space Of wo
manhood. 1t is all dew-sparkle an'
morning glory TO her ardent, buoyan
spirit, as she presses forward exultin,
in blssful anticipations. But the With
ering heat Of the conflict Of life creep
on; the dcw-drops exhale; the gar
lands Of hope, scattered and dead
strew the path and too often, en-
noontide, the brow and sweet smill
are exchanged for the weary look d
one longing for tho evening rest, thl
twilighe, the night
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

A great hardship-An iron steamer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

A retired physician writes: allow
docs It happen that amid tho cyorlast-
ing cry against drunkenness, wo never
hear word against its sister evil,
gluttonyY / think can assert with
truth that in long practice, three
have died among my patients from
over eating, whore one has diod from
drink. Whence comes npoploxy, par
alysis, dyspepsia, and host Of other
diseases, but from too much and too
rich food takon undor imprudent cir
oumstances And yet we hear Of no
society formed to prevent this growing
vice. A man eats until he drops
down and expires with apop!cxy by
the roadside, when up comes the Cor
oner with twelve good men and true,
who pronounce verdict. "Died from
intemperanoe." So ho did, but what
kind Of intempcrancc was itf ! have
hoard more than one minister in the
pulpit expatiate with great vchomencC
against tho sin Of drunkenness, whose
very appearance was proof positive
that he was prc-cmincntly guilty OIL
gluttoay,"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

Prosperity is the thing in the world
we ought 70 trust tho least.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03
THE REPUBLICAN,.
iMpERIsHhBLE

lmPthlShhblt.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts In youth
The impulse to a wordless prayer,
The dreams Of love and truth
The ionslngs after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry;I
The striving after better hopes
These things can mover die.
The timii hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need
The kindly word In grlef's dark hour,
That proves the friend indasds
Tho plea for mercy, softly breathed,
When justice threatens nigh;
The sorrow Of a contrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory ofa clasrlng hand,
The pressure Of kiss,
And all the tribes, sweet and fral
That makes up loves FIRST bliss
Ifwith firm, unehauging faith,
And holy trust on high,
Those hands have clasped, those lips have met
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded as Il fell,
The chilling want Of sympathy,
We feel, but never tell
The hard repulse, that chills tho heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unladen record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some woek to do
Lose not chance to waken love
Be firm and just and true;
So shall light that esnnot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
Aud angel voices say TO thee,
These thing shall never die.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-03

A lady in this place wants to know
what is tho meaning Of the expires
sion, "antc," and "pass the buck
Her matrimonial companion uses il in
his dreams, and she is afraid II indi.
Gates typhoid fever.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22

House as fact what turns out to be fancy.
Mr.. Butler-No, sir; whenever put
newspaper so false and so miserable be-
fore the House will stand corrected, but
not by the gentleman from New York.
Mr.. Cox-What the gentleman read was
n mere fancy sketch. The gentleman is a
good man, know: but heis not smart to-
day.
Mr.. Butler-Pardon me, you are neither
good nor smart Laughter.
Mr.. Kelley REP, Pa. wanted Mr.. Cox
to state whether there was as many gold
spoons in the Presidential ma 1sion as Sp,,-
ogle had found there when Van Buren, was
President.
Mr.. Cox-Why not address that cues
ton to the other side of the House ? 1t
does not belong to this side.
Mr.. Kelly-You are hunting after the
gold spoons. ~
Mr.. Cox-I never make this sort of per-
sonal remark here toward any member of
the House, and never will.
THE INCREASE OF SALARY UNCoNSTITU-
- e, TIoNAL.
Mr.. Kasson rep. ,Iowa) argued against
the coHstitutionality of the increase Of the
Presidents salary The Constitution pro-
yides that the Presidents salary should
not be increased or diminished during the
period for which he shall nave been elect
ed. Gen. Grant had been reelected in
November. The votes had been canvassed
prior to the passage of the act increasing
salaries. The certificate had been duly
made out, showing that Gen. Grant had
been elected President. The time for en-
tering on his new term had arrived within
twelve hours when he signed the act.
Without sleeping one night after signing
that act he was sworn into Office. He ar
gued that the Constitution had intended to
provide that the question of the signature
of such measure should belong to dis
interested President 1t was for these
reasons, because the act had been signed
by the President after he had been elected,
and because it affected the Presidents own
interest, that he felt compelled to vote for
the amendment offered by Mr.. Holman.
Mr.. Willard (Rep vt. said that ten ar
guments could be found in favor OF increas-
ing the salaries of members of Congress
and members of the Cabinet for the one
that could be found in favor of increasing
the Presidents salary.
At length the question came to a vote,
aud Mr.. Holman's amendment was re-
jected.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
New York Day-Book

DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY. Establ shed 1850. Il
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erns 81 per year To clubs, nine copies for s.
Specimen copies free. Address DAY BOOK, New
ork City.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
CLIMAX! CLIMAX !

Pages Climax Salve, a Family
blessing for 25 cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
Wewarrant it to cure ScrOfula
Sores, Salt Rheum, Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Sprains.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
IthasnoparaIlel-having per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsams, and putup in large
bOxesfOr thesame price than any
other Ointment.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
COMEDY DAY IN THE HOUSE.
EFFECT OF A MOTION TO REDUCE THE
&c PREsIpENT,s SALARY. A

Giving Butler an Opportunity to criticise
Dawss's Figures and 8. 8. Cox Cnance
TO Convulse the House with Laughter
Dawes Takes the Back Track.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
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and
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
Castor Oil Pills.

Inc safely anu Certainly Oh action OF Ia>tor Oil
ior both children and adults, has made liz at al
times popular. because it is a reliable medicine
THE ONLY OBJEC TON
to its constant use is he difficulty of administrator
II 10 children and It's nauseousncss to adults Boil
these objections are now entirely overcome tn,
PROPRIETOR by the application OF the principles o.,
chemistry, aided by careful manipulation an
long ra ;tlcai experience, has at length succeede.,
Ill accurately combining,
IN A SOLUBLE FORM,
all the medicinal elements Of Cas- or Oil with otbe,
armiess but valuable vegetable products Thee,
Pills being coated with sugar, wll be found easy
and pleasant To take. ana, they contain neith,l
mercury hor minerals in any form, are very ga [
medicine in all Cases where purgatives are required
such Us
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
WHO TOOK THE PREMIUM?

Amanda Wheating and Nell Eusls were
neighbors in the town of Briefly Centre, both
daughters Of wcll.to.do farmers. They had
both been at South IIadley together for fin
lshing touch after the district school had
done its best for them, and Nell had learned
among olhcr things, to play few tunes on
the piano by means Of natural aptitude for
the line arts; and since returning home she
had found time to look after her fathers
house and DAIRY, and by teaching the district
school summcr-hcy never allowed that
privilege TO "a woman during the winter term
she had laid up enough money to buy a
secondhand piano in the city When Nell
showed Amanda the money, and confded her
intentions TO her, Amanda had new scnsa
ton. Hitherto she had always been ahead
of Nell so to speak. Her black alpacas had
been finer than Ncll'S and had borne oil tho
palm in the matter of trimmings, her shawl,
had been more numerous and more
gorgeous, her bonncts more SNOWY
her ribbons more frequent; for coun
try girl in short, she had invariably
led the styles in Briefly Centre, and she hai
done them credit with her sparkling eyes an,
rosy checks. But now if Nell was 10 have
piano, If she was to learn to play on it
Amandas existence would be cmbittcrcd be
yond peradvcnture There was but one ri
ano IN ali Bricrly centre, and that was up al
old Squire Bricrly's, and nobody to omen il
from years end to years end
ooh, dear sakcs! Nell" said Amanda
"what makes you think of wasting your mo
ney on such foolIShness as piano, when you
don't know how to use it either, and it'll take
up such a sight of room ?"
"Oh, it'll just fit into the niche by the
chim"cy,' said Nell, happy as a cricket on
the hearth; land mean to learn to use it
see il | don't"
Il don't see who'll teach you; and it cost,
power of money"
"l've thought maybe Deacon Small might
give me some hints; he plays the baSs.yiol
in the choir you know. And then folks can
learn By themselves. I've read about 1t
there's Mozart and"
"Lor sakes!" laughed Amanda ~ s'posc
you're Mozart, or some Of those fellows who
know music by nature. You aren't vain nor
anything, are you, Nell:"
"BIaybc | am" answered Nell, pleasantly
"Onc can't get on without a triilc of vanity;
it's sort of wholesome stuff, after all that has
been said about it, though it's like homeo.
pathic medicine little goes a good ways
But, anyway, / could play Fishers Horapipe
and Chorus jig and OF Hundred at South
Haley. And | thought ii woul sort of liv.
en- father up after the days chores were done
20 hear a little music ii it wasn't so fine, be.
fore the candles are lit, between daylight and
dark It's sociable like, little music is ;
and then IT would be all handy for dance
any winters evening
whats that about winter evenings" ask.
ed Tom Briefly, the 'Squirc's son, and the
hero of the place, lounging in at the open
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

SALT IN THE OcEAN-Everybody knows
that the waters Of the ocean are very salt to
the taste; but how many of you have thought
of the immense quantities of salts of differ
ent kinds that must be in the Atlantic and
Pacific to give flavor to such enormous
bodies Of water? Scientific men have though,
about it; and one Of them Captain Maury)
has told us that if all the various salts ofthese
oceans could be separated from the water and
spread out equally over the northern half of
this continent, they would form a covering
one mile deep. So heavy would be this mass
of salts that all the mechanical inventions of
man, aided by all the steam and all the water
power in the world, could not move it so much
as one inch in even centuries OF time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

mat took prize. Fit was for sale | shoul'
buy it,
&Oh, I'll give it to you if you want it, Tom,
, SAID Nell.
There is something else | wish you'd Civ
{ me instead, Nell Have you tasted thes
.EillyilowerS? What's the mattcrg You lool
pale, ANY deadly secret on your mind
Make me father Contessor, Nell, do! Tn
afraid that it doesn't agree with you to taxi
premiums I'll tell you what, Nell, you'll
marry me and come up to the Hall to live,
shall think | have drawn the first premium II
the country
"Oh, Tom" gasped Nell, under her breath
~ don't know what to do! must tell some
body am almost wild! II didn't take
the premium for butter! Somebody has ex
changed cards with me. should never have
found it out but stamped my butter with d
strawberry; and that which took the premi
UNI has my card attached to the box, but IT'S
stamped with-wcll no matter what; It's diff
lcrent, that's all 1t isn't my butter"
us that all" cried Tom. You gave me
such start! thought you were going to
tell me that your affections were engaged to
the Deacan, or that you'd been changed in
your cradlew
Now, donr laugh at me, Tom"
Its no laughing matter, | can assure you
when fellow offers his heart and gets moth
ing back
"Oh, Tom, what do you want more than |
have given you already"
You have given me the rag mat, and now
want you Give some folks an inch and
they'll want "A NoNn
But what shall do about the buttcr?"
81 will tell the judges there has been mis-
take made"
And then she will know that she has been
found out"
"And she ought to know it,"
But it'll hurt her, she'll never hold up her
head again, And, do you not see, she has
been punished already"
Yes, dare say she is heartily ashamed of
herself Perhaps you had better let it 90. and
give the money to the poor
But | hate to take credit that does not be-
long to me-
However, Mrs. Whcating herself came to
the rescue. She went into the town hall to
taste the prize butter by means of which poor
Amanda had lost her piano.
Bless my eyes" said she, that's my Ua1-
dyS butter, if | was to die for il! There is
not another lot here stamped with sheaf of
wheat and would take an oath that Man
dy'S WAS, though | wasn't fetched up to hear
swearing in my fathers house. III jest go
and get Nell Eustis, and see if she will own
IT. And of course Nell was only too glad to
resign the troublesome honor of taking the
premium; and the judges were Informed, and
it was finally re-announced that Amanda was
the successful competitor and nobody dream
ed how the mistake had come about
They allus middle and mix things SO at
them fairs explained Mrs Wheating.
But when Amanda's father began to talk
about the piano, Amanda hung fire. she
wouldn't hear to tit cost too much, she had
no gift at music-and SO the matter dropped.
But when Nell fulfilled her dream, and mar
red Tom and went to live at Briefly Hall,
she gave Amanda her secondhand piano that
lad cost Amanda so much.
And, after all, Tom Briefly thinks that he
t was who took the premium at he county
air-UdlDer's Bazaar.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

| The late Austin Brooks was editor OF the
! Quincy CIll) Herald. Mrs. Brooks is remark.
ably neat in every respect and least of all can
she tolerate Il man with so!led shirt front.
One day Mr.. Brooks invited Henry Clay
Dean, better known rs dirty shirt Dean,
home to dinner. Mrs Brooks was shocked
at his filthy appearance, and privately assur,
ed her husband that she could not eat with
a man in such shirt. Brooks told her Dean
was Il great man, prominent politician and
Il particular friend Of his, but to no purpose
that dirty shirt oycIshadowed all his virtues.
At length compromise was agreed upon.
Brooks was to invite Dean to the bath room,
induce him to astonish his person with soap
and water, and have one Of his (BrOOksO
shirts ready for him when he cane out OF the
tub. Dean submitted with bad grace, dip
ping himself briefly, and donned Brooks
shirt. Immediately after dinner Mrs. Brooks
went to the bath room, lifted Deans cast-oil
shirt on broom.stick, and carefully pitched
it out the window. Four years later Dean
came again, and was required to go through
the same process, On going to the bath room,
Mrs. Brooks was Mortified 10 find that the
shirt Dean had taken off this time was the
same he had put on at her house four years
before, and bore the name Of Brooks" in in.
deliblc INK