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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

An porsJns nre hereby warned against pur-
ing properly. nov in tao possession Of Robert
Williams Of Rumhargcr. Brady Lwnship, Clear
held county, Pa, viz; sioFo. beds snd bed
sionds, cupboard, table, ! clock, | stand,
sewing machine, AMI sets Of chairs This pro.
pcriy belongs to ,nc ami is left in biz possession,
subject to my order. J llN D. ELLIS.
Knmbarger, April !. lsI5..3la
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07
A DMINIsTRATRIX, NoTIcE7

"A Notice Is hereby given that Letters Of Al
ministration on the estate Of J. A. BLATTRN
BERGER, late Of Osecola. clcar6cld County, Pa,
deceased, having been duly granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted to said estate will
please make Immediate payment, aud those
having claims or demands will present them
properly authenticated for settlement without
delay. CAROLINE BLATTRNBERGER,
Osceola, April 7, Is75..et Adm'x.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07
Gnonor B. GoopLASpER, Editor.
CLEARFlELD, PA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, $50,

The Radicals in Connecticut have
endorsed Grant, and if they can ride
into power on that boat, the third
term stock will be above par
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07
EoR RENT

Arnold's lIni IN cuwcnsrillr, ltr night Of
week, on reasonable eims. Seating capeeii,
coo stage, lsx4Oi dup curtain all complete
Also, 3 fine rooms on second floor, 20xi0, suita.
bic for Offices, fronting On Main street For fur
iher rart culai address
y, Il. ARNOLD.
Curwenssillc, April Z, lsT5.-sm
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

certify that the above is a correct list OF the
names and peFsons and firms assessed for the ear.
ren, year Notice is hereby given that an appeal
viii be leli at the County Commissioner oiet.
in clearheld, ou TUESDAY, the 20th day Of April
next, where all who feel themselves aggrevei
can attend " they see proper. No exonerations
or reductions can be made aiter the day OF appesL
l.uthersburg. JAMES MILES,
March ~, '75-it Mercantile Appraiser.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

About twenty-five nations of the
Garth have semitic the Centennial Com
mission the official lists Of the Commis-
sioners appointed by those foreign gov
crnmcnts. to see that their industries
arc properly represented at the Exhi-
bition Of 1876. These commissioners
have all been selected by their respect
i've governments because Of their cml
nent fitness, and as illustrative Of the
character of the commissioners from
abroad, | present the names and ofllcia
standing Of u few of the commissioners
appointed by the Netherlands
Dr. u, II. Won Baumhauer, Hon
orary Professor at lIaailem, President
Mr.. A. II. Eigman, President OF Tho
Society of Dutch lndustrials Mt Leidcn
Mr.. p llartsen, President Of th'
Board of Commerce. and Manufacture
of Amsterdam.
Mr.. j. Il. Van licemskerck Nal
Beest, Artist at the Hague.
Mr. II. c. Van der llouycn Val
Ourdt Secretary Of the Section Over
vclurve OF the Society of Agricultnr'
of Gelderland.
Mr. NJ. NJ. dc Monchy, President o
the Board Of Commerce and Manuihc
iturcs At Rotterdam.
DIR. J. Th. Mouton, Under presiden
Of the Society TO further Manufacture
and Trade Industry in the Netherlands
Those from the remaining twenty
one nations are equally distinguished
and as each of our own State Govern
ments are about selecting Commission
ers TO look aitcr the interest Of tn
different States, it occurred to me tha
it might be of public benefit to shoy
with what wisdom these things ar
done in Europe.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

The Governors proclamation soems
to have quictcd the coal strikers in
the Anthracite regions
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

That high old priest, Father Gcrlc.
man, who violated his VOWS of celebacy
by marrying the organist Of his church,
and who attempted to reach Germany
by the round about way of going from
Philadelphia TO Jersey City; thence To
Cincinnati thence to Baltimore thence
to Gcrmany--if ii had not been for
the Baltimore detcctivcs--is to have
his trial next week, in the Criminal
Court. lie is charged with stealing
about 500, 900 ofhis parishioncrs' cash,
which, in their eyes Is a slight offence
compared with taking unto himself n
wife. Tho case against Gerlcman
looks bad, aud yet ] shall be greatly
mistaken If he is convicted. The ey-
priest is German and the Gcrmana
arc more than anxious for his acQnittal,
while the Irish are determined to con
vict him. One thing is certain, "No
Irish or Dutch need apply for stu
alton on that jury.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

,Yooaward Township.

~ Jas. Coruley, merchanii se....,. .........-. Q
u q. A. Warren, drugs aud stationery. 0
II q. W. Iamborn, confectionery ........... : G
II Mecolly 4 Souihcr mcrchaadise.....- q
IA Weodin A Comman. merehandise........ Q
II Fisher & Co, merchandise ............-- o
~ Ezra Cackill, merehandisc.......,.......... I Q
IA llRllmnn a Smith, grorcrief, ctc..-~-. Q
II w. II. rhillins .gtocefics..........-........ q
IA Thus henderson mercaan liss.........
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

The milk bill Of cur city alms-house
amounts to over $4,000 per annum.
In 1879 the medical prescriptions for
the n9qr oGaih8tjHftibuiiQp aB9gJn.tlss.d!
in 1874 they were decreased TO 500, 1000,
on the principle that it was cheaper to
buy milk than physic. A years ex-
porience has proved how much more
cffieacious milk is than medicine in
such an institution
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

noN, SAMUEL. J, RANDALL.
This gentleman, 80 NELL and iayor-
ably known by Phihdelphians, whom
hc has 80 credltably represented slnce
1852, Is NOW in this city, ] met him u
few lnysngo, and | am happy TO state
that he Is looking remarkably well /;
his trip to Virginia, iora short respite
from the fseverc laboIT imposed upon
him as the leader of the minority
during the session Of Congress, has
done him good. That he will be
chosen Speaker of tho next Congress |
do not entertain single doubt ii one
can form an opinion from aiew Of the
many lcttors Mr.. Randall receives from
the South and West especially In
which the warmest encouragement ,vld
support are preferred. ! would shy
that his election to the Spcakcrslil
Will ,bp M ovation.
There arc many things that serve y
materially MD the friends Of Mr.. Ran
dali IN their contest to make him
\ Speaker his own high sense of honor
which Is the grand feature of hi'
charactcr-his admitted ability ano
his unqucstioned integrity, all serve tt
make him formidable candidate, hui
in addition to these, Coy. Witto hai
formerly announced, IN the columns 9
his paper, the Commonwealth, thu
/ 4 a.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07
TowNsHIP STATEMENT.

u. =. SWAN, District Treasurer Of Jordan town
ship, in account " ih the School Fuuas OF saia
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

lhe MILWAUKEE, Sentinel says "Ihc
editor of the Couicr-Jomndi assumes
ignorance Of draw.poker, on the ground
that he is a Sunday-school Superin-
tendent.
Tothis the impeached editor responds
that he assumes ignorance Of draw
poker on nothing Of the sort. lie loves
the Sunday-school and everybody con
nected Herewith and when he crawls
into the regimcntals OF u Sunday school
Superintendent merely to conceal a
fondness for draw-poker, he hopes the
lightning may strike the mother-in-law
Of his adopted unelc's grandfather, and
scare her within an inch of her life.
Here, as in Louisville, we have dis.
tingushed editors whose love of the
Sunday school is quite MS ardent as this
CoMier-jowrdi editors, and whose
knowledge of draw-poker is the theme
of tireless praise from those whose cd
ucation is less favored, These gentle
men sometimes seek a transfer from
the cares of editorial life to the ease
and emolnment of public station. On
such occasions they would be only too
happy to conceal their affection for
draw-polScr by crawling into the regi-
mcntals of Sunday-school worker,
and would probably attempt to do so
were IL not they fear the lightning
might strike them.
We had such an editor to run for
public Office, not long since, but un-
fortunately there were no regimentals
of Christian soldier big enough to
cover his fondness for poker. lie
didn't implorc the lightning to strike
anybody's mothcrin-law-not even his
own-but he went straight to his
pastor--with whom he doubtless never
played pokcr-and obtained ccrtif-
cate of good character, went before the
people on that and was struck so badly
BY lightning or by the people, that
alas, ! fear it has permanently unset
i fled hia Indictment
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07

u a. W. patchin, dry goods, groceries ... 90
u Borrow, Mahaifey a Reed, drugs........ 90 4
~ John c. Conner, merchandise, ........... 7 90 |
u Jas, NcMnrray a Son, merchandise. 7 90
~ Jackson Ps'ehin, merchandise ........... %
~ a. H. sehaeher, ,eonieoiionsrlcs--....... 90
10 Horace patehiu. drV pnnls rraaar,as IA
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-07
sHopI

Treasurer's ONCE,
CicarGcld, Pa, April Z, 1915. it
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
The Autumn House Cleaning.

She has got on torn dress, hitched
up at one side sufficiently to reveal an
unbuttoned shoe; there are flakes of
whitewash in her hair and on her chin;
her dress is wet, her fingers are parboil-
ed, and her thumb has been split with
hammer, but her eye is as clear and
bright as that of major general on field
day. She picks up handful of skirts
and skins through the apartments, see
ing five hundred things that should be
done at once, and trying to do them I;
aud every time she comes in reach of
the dresser, she snatches look into the
glass and shoves fresh hairpin into her
dilapidated coil. And thus planted in
the debris, like a queen on her throne,
she unblushingly asserts that "It's an
awful job" Everything is in wretched
shape;" "I'll be SO glad when this is
over" "It does seem as if my back
will snap in two;" "I'm good mind to
say I'll never clean house again so long
as ] live." And then her mind uncon-
sciously scars heavenward, and she won
ders if there will be a house-cleaning
season there, and if not, how heaven
can be made of it. 1t is this speculation
which gives her that dreamy expression
when she is cutting your bread with the
soap knife.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
Questions and Answers.

What is the use of the steam pipe
from the top of steam dome on a
boiler to the water barrel of the water
gage Is it to keep the water at a GER
tain level2 Answer. 1t is for the pur-
pose of furnishing dry steam to the gage.
Is there gain in power, in having
the area of the sails of a windmill equal
to the whole circle, over the old style of
four sails2 Answer. No.
How can I make q desirable cement
for leather9 Answer. The following
waterproof cement has been highly rec
commended: Melt together in an
iron pot equal parts of common pitch
and gutta percha, and stir well. This
may be kept liquid under water, or
solid, to be remelted when wanted. 1t
is not attacked by water, and adheres
very strongly to leather.
Of what material are stove brick COM
posed Answer. Usually of good
variety of fire clay, well burnt. The
clay consists principally of the silicates
of alumina, lime, and magnesia.
What is the object of filing in be-
tween the framework of freproof safes
with cement or concrete2 Answer.
The cement, etc., is very poor conduc-
tor Of heat. If the filling were metallic,
and the safe was subjected to even a
comparatively modern degree of heat,
owing to the good conductivity of the
metal the books and papers contained
i'll the safe would soon be converted into
charcoal.
If rope three hundred feet long
when coiled up weighs one hundred
pounds, will it weigh twice or more
than twice as much if suspended from
the scales7 The argument originated
about the ability of aeronauts to cause
their balloons to descend by that means.
Answer. 1t will weigh the same in both
cases. -Scientifc american.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
How Alcohol Enters the System.

Again, when taken in by the more
ordinary channel, the stomach, it finds
its way by two routes into the circula
tion. A certain portion of 1.-THE greater
portion-is absorbed direct by the veins
of the alimentary surface, finds its way
straight into the larger veins, which lead
up to the heart and onward with the
course of the blood. Another portion is
picked up by small structures proceed
ing from below the mucous surface of
the stomach, and from which originate
a series of fine tubes that reach at last
the lower portion of a common tube
termed the thoracic duct q tube which
ascends in front of the spinal column,
and terminates at the junction of two
large veins on the left side of the body,
at point where the venous blood, re-
turning from The left arm, joins with the
returning blood from the left side of the
head on its way to the heart. 1t is SO
greedy for water that it will pick it up
from all the watery textures of the body
and deprive them of it, until, by its sat
uration, it can take up no more, its
power of reception being exhausted /;
after which it diffuses itself into the cur
rent of circulating fluid. When we
dilute alcohol with water before drinking
it, we quicken its absorption and, if we
do not dilute it sufficiently, it is diluted
in the stomach by the transudation
of water in the stomach, until the re-
quired reduction for its absorption is
effected.-Popular Science Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
Maternal and Paternal Instincts.

The very first lesson parent has to
learn is that whatever he attempts to
teach he must himself first practice.
Whatever he wishes his child to avoid
he must make up his mind to renounce,
and that from the very earliest stage of
existence and down to the minutest
things. In young children the initiative
faculty is so enormous, the reasoning
power so small, that one cannot be too
careful, even with infants, to guard
against indulging in harsh tone,
brusque manner, sad or angry look.
AS far as possible the tender bud should
live in an atmosphere of continual sun
shine, under which it may safely and
happily unfold, hour by hour and day
by day. To effect this there is required
from the parent, or those who stand in
the parents stead, an amount of self
control and self-denial which would be
almost impossible had not Heaven i'm
planted on the one side maternal in
stinct, on the other that extraordinary
winning charm which there is about all
young creatures, making us put up with
their endless waywardness andlove them
all the better the more trouble they
give us. That is, mothers do. When l
said maternal instinct" I spoke ad-
visedly and Intentionally. OF paternal
instinct there is almost none. A man is
proud of his sons and daughters, bound
to carry down his name to posterity ;
but he rarely takes the slightest interest
in anybody else's children, and in his
own only SO far as they contribute to his
pleasure, amusement or dignity. The
passionate love woman often has for
another woman's children and for the
feeblest, naughtiest, ugliest of her own,
is to men thing entirely unknown.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
A Religious Centennial.

At meeting of large number of
clergymen of Cincinnati it was resolved
that centennial religious celebration
be held in Cincinnati in 1875; that a
board of managers consisting of fifteen
persons be appointed, who shall be
charged with the execution and develop
ment of plans for the celebration; that
invitations to participate shall embrace
the whole land and all religionists, and
be limited only by the utmost ability to
make it such religious success both in
representation and numbers as the world
has never witnessed. 1t is understood
that this enterprise meets with the ap-
proval of Director General Goshorn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
The Early Dutch Settlers.

The sturdy old settlers of New York,
the primeval Dutchmen, from whom has
descended SO much of the wealth and
responsibility that now adorns the city,
were a peculiar generation. Their
houses were a model of simplicity. The
white floors were sprinkled with clean
sand, drawn into various figures by the
broom. Large tables and high-backed
chairs of walnut or mahogany, decorated
with brass nails along the leathern back
and cushioned seat, furnished the parlor
"genteelly enough for anybody" Pew
ter plates and dishes were in general
use, and it was long time before they
gave place to the china and earthenware
that had been introduced into the city.
They had no taste for thenew-fashioned,
fantastic novelties, and their shining
pewter dishes, porringers, and tankards,
which are still kept in some ancient
Dutch families, are ga sight to behold" "
Silver plate, more or less, was to be seen
in every household, and was preserved
as an heirloom. Glass was but little
used. Madeira was only used on great
occasions, such as the birth of child,
marriage, or funeral. When a young
man of any wealth was about to be mar
ried, the first thing was to import a pipe
of the best Madeira, a portion of which
was drank at his wedding. another por-
ton on the birth of his first son, and the
remainder was stored away in the cellar
to be used at his funeral Tea drinking
was a great favorite among the ladies,
although custom of comparatively re-
cent origin. A matron at that time
would drink tea with her friends, return
home by candle-ighting, tie on her
check apron, put her children to bed,
and then pass the evening in company
with her husband, together with some
friend or neighbor who might drop in to
chat for an hour. Things have bravely
altered since those days, and we are
nearer no doubt by many years to the
millennium.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
A Wife's Vengeance.

A drunken woman performed an ex-
traordinary surgical operation upon her
husband in Cincinnati. Both were un-
der the influence of liquor at the time,
and had been on spree all day, which
finally resulted in terrible fight. The
woman received bad beating, and, IN
furiated beyond reason by drink, planned
and executed q most diabolical revenge.
She first induced her spouse to go to
bed, and then, procuring some chloro-
form, saturated handkerchief and held
it to his nostrils till he was entirely un-
conscious. She next procured an old
carpenters saw and soon had one OF the
mans legs off little above the ankle
Joint With grim satisfaction she
watched his life blood ooze away, but
was aroused from her reveries by some
neighbors, who, seeing the situation at a
glance, tied up the bleeding member,
the man remaining unconscious all the
time. He was taken to hospital, and
is not expected to live. The female
fiend has been arrested and is now
lodged in Jail. -s ILL. e.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

How weak thing is gentility if it
wants virtue.
God estimates us, not by the position
which we may occupy, but by the way
in which we fill it.
Rigor pushed too far is sure to miss
it's aim, however good, as the bow snaps
that is bent too stiffiy.
If we would build on a sure founda-
ton in friendship, we must love our
friends for their sakes rather than our
own.
The whole universe is full of the ma
jestic and awful reality which would stir
the immortal depths of our hearts if we
could once realize and feel it.
When we are least moved by heavenly
love we sympathize least with human in
firmities so also when we are fullest Of
heavenly love we are most compassion.
ate to human misery and best fitted tc
cope with the troubles and infrmitieS
that beset us.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20

ing ended pleasantly enough, but we had
all been so thoroughly frightened I
don't think we would ever care to repeat
the experiment. We were never able to
discover who betrayed us, but always
had a sly suspicion of Bellies fun-loving
father. ,..a
Most of the actors in that scene are
widely scattered. Many are dead.
Bright, queenly Belle had one of the
saddest of lives, short as it was. But
she rests quietly now, and but few know
the story of her short, sad life. Some
of the party are happy wives and
mothers, although 1 never heard of any
of them marrying the one that chose
her that eventful night. Most of us
parted soon after, never to meet again.
But wherever the broad earth may hold
them, am sure they must sometimes
give a thought to our mad frolic on
Halloween. n.-Bdzdr.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
The Song of the Shirt.

An anecdote which Mark Lemon loved
to tell related to the time when Tom
Hood became contributor to Punch.
Looking over his letters one morning,
he opened an envelope inclosing poem
which the writer said had been rejected
by three contemporaries. If not thought
available for Punch, he begged the
editor, whom he knew but slightly, to
consign it to the waste-paper basket, as
the author was "sick at the sight of it. 7"
The poem was signed "Tom Hood
and the lines were entitled "The Song
of the Shirt" The work was altogether
different from anything that had ever
appeared in Punch, and was SO much
out of keeping with the spirit of the
periodical that at the weekly meeting its
publication was opposed by several
member of the staff. Mark Lemon was
so firmly impressed, not only with the
beauty of the work, but with its suita-
bility for the paper, that he stood by
his first decision and published it. BY
letter written by Tom Hood to Mark
Lemon, which we have for the moment
mislaid, it appears that the question of
illustrating the poem was entertained
and discussed. The lines, however,
were published without illustration, ex-
cept that humorous border of grotesque
figures which made up "P,,achs Pro-
cession" on December 16, 1913. "The
Song of the Shirt I" trebled the sale OF
the paper, and createda profound sensa-
tion throughout Great ritain.-London
| NnnietlI - ------- IL IL ------
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
The Mutineers Of the Bounty"

The ship City of Calcutta, which ar
rived at San Francisco recently from
Australia, touched at Pitcairn island,
the abode of the descendants of the
mutineers of the Bounty. 1t reports
that the total population of the island at
present is only eighty, and that this
isolated community is desirous of culti-
waiting business relations with vessels
crui sing through the South Pacific
ocean in the vicinity of Pitcairn island,
and is prepared to furnish any number
of pigs, goats, and poultry and abun-
dance of fruits and vegetables in ex-
change for bread, coffee, tea, paints,
and other articles which they are unable
to raise or manufacture,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-20
Something to Care For.

A good story is lately current of a
Hartford clergyman who is famous
for his manly, earnest good fellowship.
He was travelling on the cars, on the
New York and New Haven road, not
long since, engaged in pleasant chat
with friend, when he was repeatedly
annoyed by drunken hummer in the
seat in front, who persisted in attempt
in to engage him in conversation. At
last, wearied beyond endurance, the
clergymen arose, and, turning the man
sharply away from him, said /; "You
are drunk, and I don't wish to hear or
see anything more of YOU" The bum
mer sank into silence for moment, and
then once more turned, and, gazing re-
proachfully at the clergyman, exclaimed,
SO as to be heard nearly the whole ex-
tent of the car by the passengers, whose
attention had been directed that way:
"Mr. T, pears to me you don't
care anything at all bout my soul"