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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
THE MIRAGE.

All day, till late in the afternoon, we
had been slowly moving along beneath
scorching sun, over the Western
plains, with nothing to enliven the
scene (Which had become tedious in
the extreme) but land and sky. Dreary
and iorsaken as the surrounding couu-
try was, it is not strange we earnestly
desired change
But, while endeavoring TO forget the
present by imagining the future, our
attention was suddenly called TO the
view which just then broke upon our
tired eyes, the reality Of which appear
ed but short distance beyond. Many
were our cxclamations of surprise and
JOY, as we intehtively halted to con-
template the picture spread out before
our cnraptured gaze. There flowed
TRANQUILITY along the verdant plain a
river tall and stately trees adorned
its banks while, in the back ground,
standing sentinel like, could be seen
the grand old mountains in all their
natural grace and sublimity.
What scencl Water and shelter,
refreshment for man and beast, were
the thoughts that simultaneously en-
tered our minds, when, as if in obedi-
ence to the beckoning trees, which ap-
peared to gently sway in the light
ETHEREAL wind, that to our vivid and
excited imagination, seemed TO fan our
heated checks, We eagerly pursued
once more our onward course, deter
mined to reach this oasis, and there Sc
cure the rest of which we were in
need.
Soon, however, very soon, we paused
again us we beheld our haven of rest,
our beautiful picture, gradually ''dis-
solve, and, like an insubstantial pagent
faded, leave not track behind" Oh !
what change, Could it be that we
had been deceived was il possible that
we had been led SO far from the right
road, hot and dusty though il was,
by that terrible optical ilusion--the
Mirage2
Yes, it was even so, and with sorry
hearts once moro we turned and sought
the path we had so far pursued in safe
ty. And the thought, il came upon
us-as we travel the hot and dusty,
but well beaten, road of life, toilng
along beneath the burden which has
fallen TO our lot, let us not belcd estray
by the gay allurcments of the world,
which, ever in the distance, though
seemingly near, invite us earnestly to
come and receive rest and solacc for
our journey but turn not aside, either
to the right or left, but press on, and
soon will, in reality, appear that haven
of rest that fades not, that haven at
which all are welcome, where rest and
joy forever will be ours.-Nc,o York
Obscrrer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
THAT ODIOUIS POSTAL La W.

Complaints reach us from all direc-
tions at the act of our late Congress in
imposing upon the people the new
postal law, increasing tho tax upon
publishers, seedsmen, merchants, and
all having occasion TO send newspapers
or small parcels to their friends and
customers. The nearest express offices
TO the homes of the majority of per
sons residing in the country are three
to five miles distant, and the carrying
of transient matter, newspapers, seeds,
plants, books and other light parcels
through the mails is a great convent
cnee and saving of time and trouble
to many. The delivery by the post
office in rural districts is quicker and
more certain than by express, particu-
larly to persons not generally known.
The public are aware that the last
session Of Congress made a partial re-
vival of the franlsing privilege. Some.
body must pay the Congrcssman's
postage SO the same Congress which
put free frank on tho public docu-
mcnts, which nobody reads, raised the
price of postage on all transient news
papers, books, etc, one hundred per
cent. This now prevents the people
from sending many articles by post,
and forces that trafc into the express
Offices, In whose interest the law, at
the last hours of Congress, was enact.
cd and it withdmws from the postal
revenue large portion of its former
receipts. The indignant public will
have to wait till tho next meeting of
Congress before relief can be afforded
thcm, when We expect TO see such
amendments made as will reduce the
rate OF postage on newspapers and
small parcels lower than II has ever
becn.--ScientJfc american.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
MAILEF1cTORS


Now il is the mail service, the Post
Office Department, the Department OF
Justice. Poor Landau Williams has
been found Out, and now the Postofilco
Department is again nnJcr a clond.--
The Navy Department Is also involv.
cd. Landau Williams, and Sidcboard
Robson, and Seneca Stone Quarry
Grant. SO II goes "Like master, like
man. Corruption, frauds, stealings,
anything, everything but q red-hot
stove.
The late adviccs from Washington
state that somo of the clerks in the
Postofiiec Department have been dis
covered in'frauds on the taxpayers by
manipulating mail contracts in the in
terest Of contractors. Mailbag men-
ders and postage stamp washers are
plenty now.
1t is singular that there is no possi-
bility of the Radical negro party
touching any public trust that it docs
not corrupt il in some way
Cresswcll, the late Postmaster-Gen-
eral was charged with stupidity, if
nothing worse and worse il was
Chorpcnning and that sort Of business;
straw securities for contracts, and that
sort OF business, till Cresswell went
out OF office none too well regarded as
an officer of the Radical negro party
/ Administration. Now the Jewell of
Connecticut, the Postmaster General,
the mail thirdtermer, he is in a bother
about his administration Of the de-
partment. If he bad remained at his
post, attending to his Office, and not
been stumping Connecticut for Grant,
the negro, and the third term, it would
have been more to his credit, and less
loss TO taxpayers. e
II is sad conclusion for the people
to arrive at, that there Is not single
man in the Rh..ical negro party that
is fit for the high positions Of the gov
ernmcn,. Mr. Fish is an unexception-
able officer, but there is no opportunity
in the State Department to do more
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

LOOKING Up.-WcstcrL papers ar,
jubilant over the advance which has Ia
ken place in the price Of wheat within
n fortnight The Chicago Inter Ocean
estimates that this advance has added
from 1900, 900 10 5000, 900 TO ifht
value OF that staple now on hand IL
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minncso
tn, aud thinks II is not impossible tina,
an additional 81, 900, 900 may be added
in tho next few weeks. There would
have been a good trade anyhow, thai
paper says, even ifpriees Of pork, corn
wheat and oats had remained at th,
prices of month ago. But the pros
pect now Ia that what Is left of thes,
products will sell for gross price o
SIC, 1000, 900 TO l2,000,0O0 moro thar
they would have realized at the ratei
of month ngo. ,na iN lN ttil
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

TnE IDLE MINEas.--It is estimated
by one Of the local papers published in
the anthracite mining region that sixty
thousand men are idlc, Of whom thir
ty-fve thousand are in the Schuylkill
and Mahanoy region. The officials Of
the Philadelphia and Reading compa
ny assert that at the wages offered
laborcrs can earn from sl.35 TO $500
per day, depending upon the nature ol
their employment, and that miners
skilled workmen, nearly all OF whom
by contract, can earn at the wages Of
fercd, from s75 to 500 per MONTH
IL they are willing to work from sever
to eight hours per day From So,
500, 900 TO $4,000, 900 per month would
bc a moderate estimate Of tho loss sus
tanned by the laboring classes in the
present strike. nI
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

Coon REASONS. Ben Wade de-
clincs to be the Republican candidate
for Governor Of Ohio for two good rea-
sons One is that he has not voice
enough TO out-drown tho roar of tho
lion Of the Ohio Democracy, tho 9th
or Is that the Office must seek the man
and he seems TO think tho Office Is not
seeking him this year. The reasons
are satisfactory.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
MITCHELL WAGONS


Thomas Reilly has received another large lot Of
Mitchell Wagons" which are among the very
best manufactured, and which he will cell at the
most reasonable rates. His stock includes almost
all descriptions of waeens--iargeand small, vide
apvs'Ti THOMAS REILLY.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
AFTER THE STORM.


Amer the storm, Q calm lIH
Amer the bruiss, balm
For the III brings good. In the Lords own timc.
And the sigh becomes the psalm.
Aler the drought. the dew -. .i
After the cloud the blue a.,it t0.|
For the sky will smile, in the suns good time,
And the earth grow glad and new.
Bloom is the heir Of blight, 4i I
Dawn is the child Of night,
And the rolling change Of the busy world
Bids the wrong yield back the right.
Under the fount Of III
Many cup doth nll,
And the patient lip though II drinksth oft, ii.
Finds only the bitter still.
Truth seemed of to sleep,
iI Blessings slow to reap, liHN NN
TIL the hours Of waiting are weary TO bear,
And the courage IL hard to keep
Nevertheless, I know M $50. ID
Out Of the dark must grow
Sooner or later, whstever is fair,
sines the heaxsnk hAvs sillcd IL so.., ..
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

A LECTURE BY HON, J. PROCTOR KNOTT,
OF DULUTH FAME. t...
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

A Boston artist, who exccls as an
animal painter saw as he was passing
through one OF the rural towns OF
Massachusetts, q very animated look.
ing bull Thinking he would like to
take him on canvas he got permission
of the owner, an honest old farmer, and
in due time produced an excellent like
ness OF the ull,which hc sold for 5000
On seeing the farmer soon after, he
told him he bad sold the picture of bis
bull for 5000. aGood gracious r. said
the old man "why, would have spld
the hull for lose than that !"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

But, suppose we should say every
thing that can be said OF the worst type
of the politician whom have styled
the model statesman; suppose we should
paint him in all his colors, and lingcr
upon each individual feature of his
hidcous deiormity suppose we should
describe him as the champion Of fraud,
reeking with open corruption, and fat
tcning upon secret bribery, or as the
fomcntor of social and sectional dis
cord, sransinsed with poisonous NAL
ignity at which the very demon Of
hatred would blush forshamc suppose
We should say that To an utter ignor-
ancc of or criminal indifference to
tho duties of whatever position be may
occupy, he adds ia greed as Unsuitable
rs the grave = total dcstitution Of all
moral sense whatever; a cynicism that
snccrs ut tho very name Of virtue as
naught but the cunning mask Of the
knavc, or at best the weakness Of the
fool; n want of conscience; want Of
heart; want OF confidence in human
integrity n want of faith in anything
higher or noblcr than his own sordid
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

llarbcr-1'lin ont your hair a bit,
sir? iickion--No. never mind; my
wife attends 10 that Just oil it well
however f fra
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-09-02
Geod s a.. kAllar.

Fpm the Mobile Rsgister.
Col. Lamar ID his speech before
the Democrtic Convention at
Jackson, recently, told the follow
ing anecdote, which, We we're
told b. q reliable gentleman, has
Its foundation in fact:
There lived in one of the conn-
ties adjoining Lafayette, q few
years ago, an old negro man who
was engaged in buying cattle and
driving them to Memphis for mar
ket, and by taking in all the
neighbors' mich cows, etc, he
found on the way, he always man
Jagged to make a considerable
lprofit on his cattle trades.
On one occasion, however, be
invested in q drove OF hogs and
took them to Memphis, but By q
loss 10 weight, and a decline in
the market, he lost some money
lin the transaction. He had al
ways been in the habit Of boast
+ "
ling, after selling his cattle, Of thu
large profits he had made, bn1
when he returned home after thu
sale Of his hogs he did not have (
WORD to say. The little darkie'
Ibid not understand his silence
land quite q number Of them gath
Tered around him, and entreatet
him to tell how much profit b,
had made on his hogs, but al
they could get out Of Uncle Joe
for some time was:
s'Gway, g'way chilern. Don
be bodderin' me- bout dem hogs
But they continued to tantaliz
the old man, until he exclaime
ii . fury:
"Profit, h-ll! All de profit
slgot was de comply Of de d.
|: hogs from here to Memphis
The Colony then remarked tia
i be supposed the audience knew ,
q good many men who had eoI
over to the Radical party to g,
|. office and who, 50 far, had g,
! nothing but tide company
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-09-02

There is burden Of eare in
getting riches, fear in keeping
them, temptation in using them,
guilt in abusing them, sorrow in
losing them, and . burden Of
account at last TO be given up
concerning them. Matt. Henry.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-09-02

In reply to the ssRepnblican'' it
Is only necessary to say that not
withstanding the fact that the
South holdsin her hand 100 Of the
184 votes necessary to elect q
President that she has a major
ity party Of the House, and can
elect nearly half Of the Senate
the Southern Democracy have no
wish and no intention to dictate
to the National Democracy poll
|tical measures, Or to name the
men VINO are to rule the Union
The principles Of the National
Democracy as laid down by the
great leaders Of the party at the
North, are broad and strong
enough for tie South to stand
upon. The leading men Of that
party &c the North such men
las Bayard, Thurman, Tilden, Pen.
Idleton, Hendricks, Seymour, Gas.
ton, and b score Of others whom
| We could name are good enough
for the Southern Democracy. we
twill support and vote for them
with pleasure, and we would re-
gard it as inexpedient for . South
fern Democrat to be presented for
even the second place npon the
| ticket in 1876. When tho North
has learned to do entire justice ia
1.-The South, to recognize bel
lstrength, her virtue, and her man
Illness, then win be time enough
10 AK : share il the governmeni
I3 the Union, Until then ths
I'm epnblicann may cease to sug
/ eest = The roaring bnlls Of ths
l Radical party the idea that il TIL
Democracy isto control the Union
1 The South viii control the pemoc
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-09-02
Tho Local Press.

From the Progressive Farmer.
The committee on Progress to-
the National Council, at . meet
ing held May 4th, 1875, unani-
monsly
Resolved, That VIC request all
subordinate councils Of Progress
i've Farmers to exert themselves,
as far as possible, in favor of =
liberal support to.the local press
Of the country, knowing as we do
that in q well-sustained local press
lies one ofour greatest aids to q
general prosperity in the land .
Devoted Lover: Sir, / love your
daughter; all that is necessary to
complete our happiness isyour
blessing. Stern Parent: No sir I!
fmy daughter has got to marry a
wealthy man. Devoted Lover: ]
am one Of the gaugers indicted by
the grand jury Stern Par
lent: Take her-b bless you my chill
dren.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30
KNmen rs artists.

The Baltimore Gazette, speaking of
women artists, says That the ranks
of the painters should be recruited
from among women as we'll as from
among men is natural and right. Rea-
sOning merely from natural laws, a
woman should have all the delicacy of
touch, all the artistic sense of beauty
of color and harmony of effect, and
especiallythe subtle sentiment requisite
to make an artist. In certain branches
of art she might not be able to COM
mand success. But art has an infinite
variety. It is as wide as nature itself,
as varied as men and mans life; as
high and vague and imaginative as the
unseen world and all the airy creations
of fancy. All women, because they
study art, may not be Rosa BonheuFs
or Angelica Kaufmans. They may not
even reach the level of Miss Hosmer,
and may be compelled to forsake the
congressionally flower strewn paths of
the Winnie Reams. They will undergo
a process of sitting as men do who
make art a profession. They must
have the same qualities, love of art for
arts sake, a vivid perception of the
salient points of beauty, deft hand,
true eye, and above ell, perseverance.
The poet may be born, not made; but
the artists has TO be born and made
too. All that We have said is, it will
be seen, no encouragement TO a woman
artist. Who has DETER, more supple
hands? Whose ideas of beauty and
fitness respond more quickly to cultive-
ton? Who can be educated to love
and appreciate art and artistic arrange
ment, and the great loneliness of ma
ture, from the perfection of flower,
and the wavy beauty OF field of wind
rippled wheat, to the gathering storm
of summers day? Her impressions
are quick and vivid. Why should she
not, then, be painter? She has in
sight why cannot she put the insight
into a tangible form. with technical
skill, proper color, light, shade, per-
spective, correct drawing ? And still,
if she cannot do this, the time is not
thrown away for the woman who has
studied art. We do not speak of paint
ing as an elegant amusement, a de-
Iightful occupation of spare hours,
source of qualification in preserving
memorable places, persons, and many
of the smaller pleasures OF memory
which ordinarily fade away and are lost
to u.s. We might very well do this,
but it is not the intention with which
we started out. That was the pursuit
of art and q profession by women
artists. In doing so we have dismissed
from contemplation ali who have no
special talent Such persons had bet
Ter abandon art at once. It's ranks are
crowded enough. There IS room for
more, but not at the bottom. Half
wav up the pressure is relieved, and at
the top of the ladder there is no COM
plant of want of elboW-rOom. There
fore it is of those who have at least
some aptitude for art we spoke when
we said that it's study was not time
wasted even to those who cannot hope
to attain the highest station" ~
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30
CROSSING the Channel.

The Iife-preserver in which Paul
Boynton undertook to cross the English
channel last week, from Dover to Bou-
logne, distance of forty miles, failing
only on account of darkness overtaking
him seven miles from shore, when the
accompanying boat took him in out of
the wet, is thus described
Mr.. BOynton's dress is mostly of In
dia-rubber, and is so arranged that it
can be inflated, and rendered not only
buoyant but waterproof. Boynton,
on his way over from New York, Jumped
overheard some ten or fifteen miles from
the coast of Ireland, landing with
safety. Recently, in London, he gave
an exhibition on the Thames, he and
two others floating from Westminster
to Greenwich, the trio eating, drinking,
and smoking en- route. More recently
Boynton gave an exhibition in the pres
ence of her majesty, in the waters of
Southampton, which resulted in several
suits of dress being ordered for the
royal yacht. The dress is so arranged
that the wearer can carry not only a
supply of provisions, but rockets and
other signal apparatus. With a fair
wind Boynton generally gets a small
sail. He also uses double paddle to
propel himself along.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30
A Postponed Burial.

The pall-bearers at funeral in North
Carolina we're lately relieved from duty
in a manner not anticipated, The
funeral occurred at the time of the re-
cent food, and the procession on its
way to the cemetery had to cross a small
creek. In crossing the creek, which
was rising rapidly, the wagon stuck
fast, and those in charge of the coffin
were rescued with difficulty. No sooner
was the wagon-bed relieved of the
weight of the ten bearers than new
troubleoccurred. The box OF the wagon
rose upon the water and foated away,
carrying the coffin with ii. In vain those
in the procession attempted to recover
the body. The wagon-box capsized
and disappeared, but the coffin foated
still, and, despite the energetic efforts
to secure it, was carried away by the
raging waters and soon lost to sight in
the distance. Naturally, this little oc-
currence prevented the consummation
of the funeral ceremonies, q body being
one of the first requisites for such an
occasion. Days afterward, when the
flood had subsidized, coffin was discov-
cred upon pile of driftwood, thirty
miles from where the accident at the
funeral occurred. It proved to be the
one lost, and was, with its contents,
uniuiured in any way SO that the cere-
monies were not prevented, only post
poned
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30
A 5000 BOOK Tor a1.so.

The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser, in plain Englirh or Medicine Simpliied ::
By r. V. Pierce, NJ. D.. Counselor-in- Chief of
the Board of Physicians and Surgeons, at the
Worlds Dispenssry, Buffalo, New York. The
above works. book of about nine hundred
large pages, profusely ILLUSTRATED with wood
engraviDgs and colored plates, and well and
strongly bound-will be sent, post paid, to
any address, for one dollar and fifty cents
making it the cheapest book ever offered to
the American people. Other books treating
of domestic medicine, OF like size and style
Of binding, and not nearly as well illustrated
with no colored plates, and some Of them con-
tanning no prescriptions and making known no
means of self-cure for the disease which they
discuss sell for from three dollars and a half
to five dollars. We're DR.. Pierce's work not
published by the author, printed and bound
with his own machinery, and were it. sold
through agents, as other like works are, the
price of it would have to be not less than four
dollars. For when the publisher pays the
author fair price for his production, then
adds profit to. his investment large enough
to satisfy him and compensate him, not only
for his labor, but also for the risk of pecuniary
loss which he assumes in taking the chances
of the enterprise proving q success, and when
the state, county, and canvassing agent has
each received his profit, they have added to
the expense of book, that originally cost
about 81 %, so much that the people have to
pay not less than $500 for it. The Peoples
Medical Adviser, on the contrary, is placed
within the pecuniary reach Of all classes by
the author. who adopts the plan OF the
string the book may run no risk Of losing their
money in sending it through the mails, the
author advertises that money addressed to
grsngers dispensing with middle men and
giving the benefit of their profits to the peo-
pie. Offering bis book'st q price little above
actual cost OF IpiblieatioB. lTbat those de-
him at Bnhaio, New York, aud lo~ed in
registered letters, may be at his risk OF loss
The authors large correspondence with the