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Modern Women.

III Is sad commentary upon our boosted
civilization that the women of our times have
degenerated in health and physique until
they are literally race of invalids-p ale, nerv-
Gus, feeble and back-aehy, with only here
and there few noble exceptions in the per-
sons Of the robust, buxom ladies characters
tie OF the sex in days gone by, By "a very large
experience, covering period of years, and
embracing the treatment of many thousands
of cases of those ailments peculiar to Women,
Dr. Pierce, of -tae Worlds Dispensary, Buffa-
10, \. Y, has perfected, by the combination
Of certain vegetable extracts, a natural spe-
citic, which he~does not extol as cure all,
but one which admirably fulflls a singleness
of purpose, being a most positive and reliable
remedy for those weaknesses and complaints
that athict the women OF the present day.
This natural specific compound is called DR..
Pieree's Fayorite Prescription. The follow
ing are among those diseases in which this
wonderful medicine has worked cures as.if
by magic and with a certainty never before
attained by any medicines: Weak back, ner-
vous and general debility, falling and other
displaeements of internal organs resulting
from debility and lack of strength in natural
supports, internal fever, congestion, infam
nation and liberation and very many other
chronic diseases incident to women not prop
er to mention here, in which, as wen as in the
cases that have been enumerated, the Favor
lite Prescription effects cures-the marvel of
the world. II viii not do harm in any state
or condition OF the system, and by adopting
lis use the invalid lady may avoid that sever
est Of ordeais-the consulting of a family
physician. Favorite Prescription is sold by
dealers in medicines generally.
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The Legislature of 1876.

The following is list of members OF
the next Wisconsin Legislature, Repub-
licans in Roman, Reformers in Itdiic, In
dependents in SMALL CAPS:
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DA1NTER'S Manua1.-iIouse ana sign PAIN.
Il ing, granting. vanishing, polishing kalsOminng.
paperng, lettering, staining, gliding, glazing, silver
Ing, gass-stanng, analysis OF colors. harmony. con-
trast, ETC., so cts. Book OF Aphabets, CO. Book OF
Scrolls and Ornaments, 81 Carpenters Manual, so.
Matchmaker and Jeweler, 80. Taxidernlists Manual,
20. Soap-maker. Is. Guide TO Authorship. 80. Light
ming Calculator. 25. Hunter and Trapper's Guide, 90
Dog Training, IS Secrets Worth moving l0oman-
ufactrr;ng and household recipes Is. or bookseilers
BY mail JESSE HANEY & co, 1l9 Nsssau-st. d. Z.
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THE NORTHWESTERN HoRsE-NAIL Co.'S
" Finished" Nail is the best in the world.
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Dr. q Walkers california; VI,

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are q purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found or the lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
Of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TEBsi" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the grea.
blood purifier and e-giving principle,
q perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine bean
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BfTTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are o gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Viscerd Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DR.. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorihc, Aterar
tive. and Anti Bilious. .2
R. II. MCDONALD s. co.,
Druggists and Gen CTS. San Francisco California,
and cor of Washington and Charlton Sts.. n. Y
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers -
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An innocent young man from the coun-
try writes % The PArenotogioag Journal,
asking what natural talents are needed
to qualify him to become good lawyer.
The reply is that lawyer needs large
perceptive organs, eventuality, compari-
son and causalty. Motive and vital tenn
permanent are also required to sustain
him In the labors of his profession. 1t
appears that the feelings least needed
are agreeableness, imitation. spirituality,
acquisitiveness and parental iove.-Chi-
caso IHter-Oceaa.
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WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say you saw the advert sem nj
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rHE DEMAND FOR CHEAPER FUEL

! ne natural and probable extension of the Cen.
| Ial hoaa southwark from Madison would Also
| afford the central and southern portions Of our
STATE the advantages of direct connection with me
extensive coal beds Of Illinois. The rapid al
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08

BENEDICT ARNoLD.--The editor OF
the Hagerstown md Mail is reveline
in collection of ancient letters, dated
from 1777 to 1881, from several nota.
bic person connected with the revolu.
tion, written to Rev. DIR. Booth, an il.
lustrious school master of that period.
He kept school on the banks of the
Antietam, at place now known as
Booths Mills, on the Washington
county branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, property still in the
possession of his descendants. Among
these letters is one from Benedict Ar.
mold, dated at Philadelphia, May 20,
1873, sent in wagon with three hun
drcd dollars and his sons, who were to
be taught and appropriately birchcd
by DR. Booth. Arnold says "When
the boys deserve correction | do not
wish them spared. They have been
some time in Philadelphia, which is a
bad school, and my situation has pre-
vented me from paying that attention
to them otherwise should have done.
] wish their educaticn TO be useful
rather than learned. Life is too short
and uncertain TO throw away in spec
ulation on subjects that perhaps only
one man in ten thousand has genius
TO make a figure in. You will pardon
my debating to you, sir, but as the
fortunes of every man in this country
are uncertain ] wish my sons to be cd.
ucated in such a manner that with
prudence and Industry they may nc.
quirc fortune. dn case they are de-
privcd of their patrimony,) as well as
to become useful members of society"
II is to be feared, however, that the
father subsequently injured the pros.
poets of his sons very seriously.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08

NORTH ArRIcA.--Scientific men main
tanned that the Desert of Sahara has .
lower level than the Mediterranean
Sea, and that by means of canal Q
large inland ocean can be formed in
Africa, which will alter the climate by
the introduction of moisture, and open.
ing of means of commerce and inter.
course. In order TO collect facts with
reference to this subject scientific OK.
pedition was fitted out some time ago
to visit that locality and report upon
the matter. They have just rcturned
TO Rome, and the members Of the body
are understood TO be favorable TO the
project. They say it is possible that
the consummation can be reached, and
what is now a desert turned into q lake.
But at the same time they report the
cost would be so immense that the per.
formance of the work is extremely i'm.
probable. twill hardly be commenced
at time when the money centres of
Europe are in disturbed, uncertain
condition Besides, there arc 9TH
er commercial and national pro.
jccts on hand in the Old World
which will be attended TO before public
attention takes strong bend in the
direction of constituting an inland sea
in Africa. The day for this improve
mont has not yet come; but the report
of the commission will be valuable
addition to the history Of North Africa
and It's sadaptability to production under
such mighty change as that proposed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08
TROUBLE.

Trouble is the foe of mans peace
of mind. But half CT our troubles are
imaginary, the creation of our brains.
Things that trouble us are not as bad
they seem, and most of them are only
mists of passing cloud. We should
treat troubles as we would intruders
into our houses--put them out and
lock the doors against them. When
men are worn out by over.worls, or
are sick, then trouble has the advantage.
At such times a mans friends should
contrive means Of diversion or find out
ways of rest There is no better relief
for trouble than travel and new scenes.
When men begin TO feel that business
and care are robbing them of Sleep
and each day increases the burden,
they should put the will in exercise,
and throw them off or put themselves
in the hands of their physician, and
obey his directions. II is suicide for
them to 60 on after they begin to feel
the grinding action Of work ON the
body and brain. But prccaution is in
using means of prevention Give
certain number Of hours each day to
active employment, and never allow
your work TO break over the bounds.
Take a portion of your time for recre-
alton. Make real, solid enjoyment
your medicine. Above all, intcrdict
everything that will tax, excite, or OK.
haust the nervous system. Sleep,
tired natures sweet restorer balmy
sleep" When trouble drives sleep
from the cyelids, and gloomy, deprcss-
ed feelings possess the mind, 1t is high
time for man to pause and seek re.
lief, for there is no telling what such
condition will lead TO unless overcome
There is danger of going on after the
strain begins TO tell on the health, for
every turn of the machinery brings
the final crash nearer. There are
cvcnts that come, and are liable to
come in every mans life, which he
cannot foresec, and over which he has
no control. But men should be like
mariners who do not know whether
the winds will be fair or foul, but they
60 prepared for whatever may come,
be il calm or storm. Nor do they give
up the ship until she goes down. Men
should treat trouble in this way, and
never give up until death enters and
tells them the voyage Is ended.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08
MONKEYS.


} There are people who like monkeys
They it is who must be the true linl
! between us and monkeys, Just as mon
keys make the link between them ant
the lower animals. In my opinion on,
must be, as it, were, q semi-simian tc
endure the society or even the sight Of
monkeys.
have, as / have said, no sympathy
whatever with them my dignity will
not admit of it. ] feel as staid Cas-.
tilian might feel in company with q
low comedian from The Palais Royal.
Their grimaces make me uncomforta.
BILE, their half humanity shocks me,
their hideous community of feature
with some Of my dearest friends is hor-
rble to me. A party of my fellow
creatures staring, with faces expressive
of various stages of idiotic delight, at
the antics Of the Gagged monkeys in the
Geological Gardens, is TO me pitifnl
and q painful spectacle; II is enough
TO persuade man of the truth of Dar-
winism. Mr.. Gladstone, who, not long
ago, deplored the fact that his special
duties gave him no leisure to read Dar.
win and Wallace, and to make up his
mind upon the doctrine of evolution,
might perhaps now find time to spend
an hour in front OF the monkey-house
in the Geological Gardens. He would,
| am sure, come away n strong believer
in this fashionable doctrine. Yet mon
keys have many pleasing qualities;
some of the species are very gentle, and
capable of considerable affection, TO-
wards human beings. There is, how
ever, that about monkeys, in this coun-
try at least, which should effectually
stand in the way of their becoming
pets. They have almost always, every
one of them, the seeds of fatal con
sumption, their lives are nearly always
to be measured by a few months, and
their antics, are mono the fewer that
they are racked every now and then
by a dry hectic cough Their i'll health
depresscs them, but nothing can de-
prive them of their love of mischief,
and this contrast Of buffoonery and de-
preston is one reason why tame
monkey makes one of the most melan.
choly of pets. They are ghastly hu.
morists, they are droll in season and |
out, their gayety is like that ascribed
to the Chinese, who laugh to see the
executioner fog or behead a criminal.
A monkeys humor is of kind that |
could never enter into 1t is founded
on the doing of mischief. Let the man
who does not believe me watch mon
key playing with puppies or kittens,
and compare their innocent playfulness
with the cruel tricks the monkey will
put upon them. My own monkey
pined away, and in two months after
he came to me, was IN the last stage of
1t was cold, shivcry,
winter weather. He crouched near
The fire, feeble and exhausted, looking
1t me, as sick animals will do, with re-
proachfhl eyes, as if / was responsible
or his sufferings; but almost to the
asst he would do mischief pulling a
,urning coal on to the hearth-rug, or
Ipsotting a cup of tea II it stood within
each of him. Notwithstanding his
he was affectionate. And
was getting reconciled to him when
10 dled.--Neio Qudrteriy Magazine.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08


WHERE PERFUMES CONE FRoM.-
Our fair readers may be interested ia
learn where, for the most part, the
flowers grow, the sweet perfumes Of
which are found in these pretty hagons
on their dressing tables. The chief
places of their growth are the south Of
France and Piedmont, namely, Mont
pelier Grasse, Mines, Cannes, and
Nice; these two last especially are the
paradise of violets, and furnish yearly
product of about 10000 pounds Of VIC
let blossoms. Nice produces harvest
of 100000 pounds of orange blossoms,
and Cannes as much again, and of a
finer color; $50 pounds Of orange bios.
SONS yielding about two pounds of
pure Neroli oil. AT Cannes the acacia
thrives well, and produces yearly about
5000 pounds of acacia blossoms. One
great perfumery dstillery at Cannes
uses yearly 100000 pounds of orange
blossoms, lao, 600 pounds of rose leaves,
$4,000 pounds Of jessamine blossoms,
10000 pounds of violets, and 5000
pounds of tuberoses, together with a
great many other sweet herbs. The
extraction of the ethereal oils, the small
quantities of which are mixed in the
flowers with such large quantities of
other vegetable juices that it requires
about 600 pounds OF rose leaves to win
one ounce of otto of roses. demands
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08
NEW SERIES--V0L. l6, NO. 35
RISE ABOVE TT.

There is always way out Of dis
couragement. Conviction that oul
course is right constancy of purpose
an invincible determination never tt
submit or yield, and calm reliance Oh
Providence, may sustain us in lofty
attitude. five will wait with patience
for the elements of time to keep in oui
affairs, the difficulties may disappear
Of themselves, and we may find clear
path where we had anticipated only
insurmountable obstacles.
Discouragement oftcnest overtakes
those whose lives pass in the petty de-
tails Of commonplace existences. The
mother whose narrow round of duty
confines her to the range of two or
three rooms; the primary teacher,
whose life passes in the monotony OF
the school room the mechanic, whose
days are filled with activity that never
varies-these typical individuals find
II hard TO lseep bnoyanf, hopeful. fresh
and resolute. But this is what they
must do or dwindlc into ciphers.
This current is not SO difficult to set
in motion as many people think. In
stead of suffering the mind, while busy
with routine work, to dwell on trihes,
on petty troubles, or to drift whittier
it will, let some subject of interest oc-
cupy it.
Of all things, when the mood of dis
couragement overtakes one, he should
think Of anything else than his own
troubles, and more than this, should
take measures at once TO follow new
currents of thought and feeling. Some
times the mood is purely the result of
bodily conditions, and requires for its
cure sleep, or exercise in the open air,
or change of diet, or a simple waiting
till it passes away Of itself When il
springs from causes not connected with
the body, then the cure must be spir-
itual or intellectual An intensely in
teresting novel, constant intercourse
with fresh minds, change of scene, ira
vel, the study of science new to the
patient, anything that will absorb the
brain, and keep it from consuming it.
self, is good medicine.
The world is full of sunshine and
beauty. at is right, meet and our
bounden duty that we should open
our hearts to all the soothing, healing,
invigorating influences of the sky that
bends over us in changing love, the
balmy air the happy chirp OF innum-
erable insects, tho ten thousand voices
with which nature speaks to him whose
ears are opened to receive her gentle
teachings
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ABOUT FATT'ENING CATTLE

The price of cattle fattened for mar
ket depends on the symmetry of the
animal, as well as the "iat" style, as
shippers term ii. Good blood is i'm.
portant, but not absolutely necessary
to make what is termed good seller.
In order TO fatten steer to bring the
highest market price, he must be kept
in a growing condition from calf, and
in no case allowed to go hungry. 1t
is the starving the first and second
winters which willis and sbrivels up a
steer, that causes him to be sold at a
rcuuceu price. NO amount or rccuing
WIN MAKE hin u first-ciass seller, no
difference what his color or blood. An
animal well fed, of any blood, from u
calf until the spring he is three years
old, will be smooth with bones well
covered and will sell at profit while
a halistarved animal becomes crooked
in the back, bones projecting and
shriveled up, takes the best part of
summer to get in condition to live and
will not be in condition for market un-
til he is four years old, and then will
bring price that will be unsatisfactory
to the producer and to every one that
handles him. This is no theory, but a
fact | deduccd from close observation,
ms ! have tested the plan for several
year 1t will and does pay to feed
corn to calves and to yearlings. They
start out TO grass in the spring strong
and vigorous. You are then able to
market your cattle the spring they are
three years old, weighing |, 400 pounds,
which is heavy enough to bring the
first price The best steer | sold in
1872 was common native. lie had
all he could eat from a calf and was
never hungry. He was handsome
animal, and was worth more per pound
han any shipped in 1872 He
weighed in Chicago ] $50 pounds, aged
.hree years. now have steer calf
eleven months old, from very ordinary
,ow. The calf now weighs eco pounds
think it will weigh, at three years,
800 pounds. Dr0uer's Journal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08
TIE FABRIC or A DREAM.

We have often witnessed the forma
ton of cloud in a clear sky. A hazy
point, barely perccptible--a littl,
wreath Of mist-increases in volume
and becomes darker and denser, until
it obscurcs large portion of the
heavens. II throws itself into fantastic
shapes, il gathers a glory from the
sun, is borne onward by the wind, and,
perhaps, as il gradully came so il
gradually disappears, melting away in
the untroublcd air. Now we say that
the little vehicles of which this cloud
was composed arose from the condens-
alton Of water-vapor, pre-existing in
the atmosphere, through reduction in
temperature; we show how they as
sumo the form they present. We as.
sign optical reasons for the brightness
or blackness of the cloud we explain,
on mechanical principles its drifting
before the wind for is disappearance
we acconnf nm fhe rrincirles NJ chem-
lstry. 1t never occurs to us 10 invoke
the interposition OF the Almighty in
the production and fashioning OF this
fugitive form. We explain all the
facts connected with it by physical
laws, and perhaps should reverentially
hesitate to cali into operation the
finger Of God But the universe is
nothing more than such a cloud-a
cloud of suns and worlds. Sapremely
grand though it may seem to us, to
the Infinite and Eternal Intellect it is
no more than fieeting mist. II there
be multiplicity of worlds in infinite
space, there is also a succession of
worlds in infinite time As, one after
another cloud replaces cloud in the
skies, so this starry system, the universe,
is the succession of countless others
that will follow. There is an unceas-
ing metamorphosis, a sequence of
events ever in progress.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08

Coon YIELD OF WHEAr:-John J.
Pennell, of Little Britain township
Lancaster county, reports the follow.
very good yield Of wheat the present
season. 1t viii. be noticed that the
Fultz, as elsewhere, has done better
with Mr.. Pennell than other varieties.
Mr.. 7. says that field OF nine acres
OF white wheat averaged twenty bush.
els per acre, four acres of Fultz averaged
twenty-six bushels, and three kinds of
Mediterranean averaged each fifteen
bushels. The land seeded was equal
in quality, to all of which was applied
light coat of barnyard manure and
light coat Of homemade phosphate.
The wheat was drilled in the latter
part of August and beginning of Sep
tember. Here is also another illustra.
ton of the advantage of carly seeding;
but the facts are that almost without
exception in this latitude the early
sown wheat produced far the best dur
ing the past harvest, owing to its good
growth in the fall enabling it TO with.
stand the severity of the winter and
spring. Oxford Press.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08
LINES ON THE DEATH or A SISTER.


Fer since the time sin entered this, our land,
Death, like mighty warrior, has slain with
dreadful hand
And he, to show his power hath universal sway,
Calls some nj morn, some noon, others at close O
day.
Youth and old age alike he calls to rest,
Also, the middle.aged, with worldly cares and
tolls oppressed.
But why, o, death when universal conquest
lures thee on,
Why turn aside thy arrow for single one
And IL single victim thou dost seek,
Why not the strong and great, or worthless weak |
Why dost thou send that lightning stroke Of thine
To pass, unharmed, ambitions towering pinei
10 leave the mighty oak Of passions power,
And stoop TO touch and crush a gentle aowerl
Why spare the idler---trang life AWAY
And stop laborer early In the day
Why pass the drunkard, staggering through the
mart,
To pierce fair virtues bosom with thy darti
Why shun the strong man, daring thee, o, death /!
To blast this gentle maiden with thy breath
Is Z that thou lovst to break a parents heart,
And wound sister, brother, with thy dartf
Dost love to see friends weep around the bier,
Aud wiring from hearts Of relatives the bitter tear
0, King Of terrors Thou art only sent
ny the great ruler, The omhipotent;
Who, In His wisdom, orders all things best,
To call a weary traveller home to rest.
He takes loved one from our midst, to show
That gems the brightest shine not best below;
And that the tender tie from earth thus riyen,
Might be chain 'twixt us and heaven.
Lumber City, Ang. 10, 1875 ism
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08

RAISING TuRKEYs.-In answer TO
the inquiry Of Il. G. W., as to raising
turkeys, ! send my method. For food,
! give for the first week or ten days,
hard boiled eggs and bread crumbs,
and little dust OF black pepper once a
day. When they are older give
them variety; curd made from sour
milk, sometimes mixed with u little
shorts or meal, boiled potatoes and re-
fuse grain, still continuing the pepper
occasionally. think the cause OF Il.
G. WIS turkeys dying ut eight weeks
old must be lice; to prevent which, il
is good plan TO sprinkle a little sui
phur on the nest when the old turkeys
are sitting, but when that has been
omitted, give the young ones n little
in their food, and sprinkle some in the
coop when they are few weeks old.
Gentleman.