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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
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The following card appeared in the
last issue of the Frankfort, (Ky.) Yeo.
man, and is certainly one OF the most
unique things that has come to our
notice
70 the man ,cho entered my udrehouse
on the night of the l6M Of October, 1876
DEAR SiR-l trust you may be enabled
70 appreciate my motive in thus ad-
dressing you, without giving publicity
TO your name. From the fact that !
have long known you | adopt this
and trust this warning may save you
from disaster and ruin, | could easily
deliver you to the United States courts,
where you would be required to pay
the awful double penalty of entering a
government bonded warehouse" and
stealing the contents thcrefrom, and,
ior the two, have you incarccrated for
the remainder Of your probable life,
and compel you TO do nat which has
ever boen very distasteiul TO you--per-
form manual labor, Do not deludc
yourself with the belief that you arc
not known to me- The mcmento you
left will be carefully preserved, and
should you need il in the future it will
be returned TO you without question
on my part. Let me exhort you 60
adopt different course Of liic. The
world is wide, Ihe harvest truly is
great, but laborers are few, "and If you
will turn your ingcnuity,to the practice
OF some honest and useful art you can
make most reputable living, and
even acquire an ample competency.
Hoping to hear from you in a better
business,
| am sorrowiully,
LEWIS CAsTLEMAN.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER.

Young men should be deeply i'm.
pressed with the vast importance OF
cherishing those principles and of cul.
tivating those habits which will secure
the confidence and the esteem of the
wise and good.
A young man may be unfortunate,
he may be poor and penniless but il
he possesses unbounding integrity, and
unwavering purpose TO do what is
honest and Just, he win have friends
and patrons, whatever may be the EN-.
barnssmentsand exigencics into (which
he is thrown. The young man may
thus possess capital of which none Of
the misfortuncs Of life can deprive him.
We have known men who have sud
denly been reduced from afiiuence Ia
pcnury by some overwhelming misfor
tune, which they could neither see moi
prevent. Yesterday they were pros.
porous today every earthly prospect
is blighted, and everything in their
future aspect of life is dark and dismal.
Their business is gone, their prosperity
gone, and they feel that all is gone
but they have rich treasure that
nothing can take away. They have
integrity of character, and this gives
them influence, raises up friends, fur.
nishcs them with pecuniary aid, with
which TO commence life once more un-
der auspicious circumstances.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

A SPIDER Wen DREss. The Empress
of Brazil has presented the Queen Of
England with dress the equal Of
which has never been seen. it is
woven Of SPIDERS webs, and is, as may
be imagined, q work of art as regards
quality and beauty. The handsomest
silk cannot compare with 1t, but II can
only be admired and aardly initiated.
There have already been many at,
tempts TO make use Of the threads spun
by spiders, but up to the present tho
experiments have not been satisfactory
enough to encourage any further Of.
forts in this direction. In the year
l7lO IL was discovered that to make a
piece of silk ii would require the webs
of70O, 900 spiders The Spaniards had
already tried to use the spiders threads,
and made gloves, stockings and other
articles Of the sort, but even these were
so troublesome and yielded so little
profit that, In spite Of the fabulous
prices paid, thoy were Obliged to aban.
don the trade. In certain parts OF
South America garments made of these
threads are worn, but the spiders IN
these lands arc unusually large. 1t is
likely that the above mentioned dress
was made of tho threads of the smaller
species Of American spider. There is
therefore, some hope that the time Is
not far distant when, thanks to the
progress of modern industry, fashion
able ladies may have the satisfaction
of wearing elegant silks Of the same
delicate texture. 4f
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
.chsE- -SI-G -GaTL.l.l.A.GR. TIN.MEA, "a! a, J. 4
THE GREATEST TUNNEL IN EURopE-DI
RECT ROUTE FROM ENGLAND TO INDIA.

.I
The foreign correspondent of the
Boston Herald writing from Leipslc
says "While al Geschcnen had an
opportunity of seeing the st. Gothard
tunnel, which is now being bored
through the mountains from Ggsch-
enen toward Italy, and from Ariolo to
ward Germany. The approach to the
tunnel on the GGschen side is IN the
midst OF the widest and most pictnr-
esquc scenery. A number Of work
shops, sheds, confines, and various
small buildings cluster about the mouth
ana give TO the otherwise wild spot the
busy hum and noise of enterprise; for
the clicking OF machinery, whistling of
the engine, and hammcring from the
placksmithing IS sincessant, as the work
ls continued DAY ana night by gangs
OF Z,ooV workmcn, who, under NJ. fa-
yres direction, prosecute tho work.
These men nave been at work, 10 vary
ing numbers, however. just Tour years
the present month, and II WIN take all
their energies, united TO the work of
those on the Italian side, TO finish the
undertaking by 1880. This, OF course,
If the money does not give out, and
there is o good deal OF trouble in secur-
ing all that is needed. AT present the
entire route is surveyed from Luzerne
and zurich to Milan, and parts of il
cut In the tunnel 81 kilometers have
been completed on the German side
and about on the Italian. Tho tun-
mel will be ten miles long The work
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.

Valleys lay 10 sunny vapor,
And a radiance mild WIS shed
From each tree that like taper
At "a feast stood. Then wa said,
sour feast, too, shall soon be spread,
or good Thanksgiving turkey"
And already still November ..I.I
Dppes her snowy table here
Fetch log, then coax the ember
Fill your hearts with old time cheer;
Heaven be thanked for one more year,
And our Thanksgiving turkey.
Wsleome, bfo,hers--all our party
Gathered In the homestead old $50
Shake the snow OF, and with hearty
Hand shakes drive away the cold
Else your plato you'll hardly hold
,. OF good Thapksgiviug turkey.
When the skies are sad and murky,
'Tis cheerful thing TO meet .r
Round this homely roast OF Turkey
Pilgrims, pausing Just to greet,
Then, with earnest grace. to eat
A new Thanksgiving turkey. /.
And the merry feast Is freightcd
With its meanings true aud deep.
Those we've loved and those we've hated,
An, to-day, the rite will keep,
All, to. day, their dishes heap
1900. With plump Thanksgiving turkey.
But how many hearts must tinglc
Now with mournful memories
In the festal wine shall minglc
Unseen tears, perhaps, from eyes
That look beyond the board where lies
Our plain Thanksgiving turkey.
See around US, drawing nearer,
Those faint ycarning shapes Of air
Friends than whom earth holds no dearer!
No-alas they are not there;
Have they, then, forgot to share
Our good Thanksgiving turkcyl
Some hare gone away and tarried
Strangely long by some strange wayci
Soms have tsrned TO toes; we carried
Some unto the pine. girt grave
They'll come no more 50 joyous-hr brave
To take Thanksgiving turkey,
Nay, replne not. Let our laughter
Leapli like are.light up again.
Soon we touch the wide Hereafter,
snow.held yet untrod Of mem
Shall we meet once morc-and when p
.f To eat Thanksgiving turkey
And though not, 'twcre still ungrateful
Mid such warm companionbood,
To forecast the future iateiul,
Finding there no balanced good.
'Tis but a type Of finer food,
This plain Thanksgiving turkey.
OF higher gifs quaint reminder,
Then let the bounty do its best
To make Us gladder, stronger, kinder.
Bid no ghost to be our guest,
But eat as those now gone to rest
Once ate Thanksgiving turkey.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
NOW 4 BIRD FLIES.

The most prominent fact about q
bird is faculty in which il differs
from every other creature except tho
bat and insects-its power of flying.
For this purpose the birds arm ends
in only one long slender finger instead
of full hand. TO this arc attached
the quills and small feathers (coverts)
on the upper side, which make up the
wing. Observe how light all this is /;
in the first place, the bones are hollow,
then the shafts of the feathers are hol-
low, and finally, the feathers them
selves are made of the most delicate
filaments, interlocking and clinging to
one another with little grasping hooks
of microscopic finoncss. Well, how
does a bird fly ? 1t seems simple
enough to describe, and yet it is o
problem that the wisest in such matters
have not yet worked out TO every
body's satisfaction. This explanation
BY the Duke Of Argyle appears to me
to be the best: "An open wing forms
n hollow on its under side like an in.
ycrted saucer when the wing is forced
down, the upward pressure OF the air
caught under this concavity, lifts the
bird up, much as you hoist yourself up
between the parallel bars in II gymna-
SUM-. But he could never in this way
get ahead, and the hardest question is
still TO be answered. Now, the front
edge of the wing, formed Of the bones
and muscles of the forearm, is rigid and
unyielding, while the hinder margin is
merely the soft, flexible ends of the
feathers so when the wing is forced
down, the air under It, finding this
margin yielding the easier, would rush
out here, and, in so doing, would bend
up the ends of the quilts, pushing them
forward out of the way, which, OF
course, would tend to shove the bird
ahead. This process, quickly repeated,
results in the phenomenon Of flight
Ernest ngersoll in Scrbner for Norember.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

Some people dream their lives away.
They seem TO live, not in the present
which they might enjoy, but in future
they may never possess. They think
how happy they would be IL they were
rich--it they were lcarncd-if they
were influential; but they do not labor
TO attain influence, knowledge, or
wealth. They only form to themselves
bright pictures of what they would do
and be, II they only had what they de.
sire; and the vision is so fascinating
that they turn with disgust from
the reality Of the ever present
precious time, fair talents. golden op-
portunities are wasted, and their
dreamy existence closes with the
drcnmlcss sleep. Iff Il
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

An Irishman was crouchcd on the
border Of thick brush with on old
rusty, broken firelock in his hands and
his eyes intently and slyly fixed on q
particular spot. A ne'yhbor happened
TO PASS there, and asked him what he
was about.
"lIush r. says Pat, IA rabbit is com
ing out there presently, and LII pepper
it, I'll tell you"
"Whati pepper Il with that thing
Why, you fool, your old gun has not
even trigger" 0....
"Hush, darling, don't speak loud, the
rabbit don't know that"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

A touching incident is reported from
Chattanooga, An utter stranger called
on a respectable farmer, and asked him
IL his house had mol been robbed dur
ing the war. The farmer replied thai
il had. a." said the stranger, "was
one of the marauding party that did II
| took a little silver locket." "ThaI
Iocket,p said the farmer, 1had bccn
worn by my dear child Here il Is,
replied tho stranger, visibly affected
|"I am rich let mo make restitution
Here are $50 for your little SON." liz
gave tho farmer q fAy-dollar bill and
received $50 in change. Hc theu
wrung tho farmers hand warmly and
lcfl. The farmer, has since dried bis
tears and loaded his shotgun. The
6fty-do'lar hill was n bnd one.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
YouNo MAN, Pusul--Wo don't me

YOUNG MAN, Pusnl--Wo don't mean
squeeze, and cram, and "scrougc' overy.
body. Not that; but keep at things,
Don't give up easily. Ifyour lesson is
hard, push at it, lfyou have the gar.
den to weed, push at H. II you have
anything at all to do, push away with
might aud main. Over and over again
boys have been surprised to see that
they could do things, for they did
not know how strong they were ill
they tried. SO we say TO young pco.
pie, Push Keep pushing Things
will give way. The pushing power
Of 10y or girl, as wei as the older,
people, is truly wonderful when II Ia
put on in all lis force. First get a
good thing to do, then Pwhi
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

How SiMpLr.-Whch We note the
power Of smile, touch on tho shoul.
der in a crowd of strangers, a hand
grasp, a simple song, little help in a
dangerous position, u mere beckoning
Of the hand, or the gin of a flower, we
arc forced to confess that We have been
much mistaken in our notion OF what
the great influences are. II is, doubt.
less, this mistake which prevents our
being satisfied to exert such influence
as those detailed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22
SOMEOFA CHINAMANS VICES
GAMBLING.

!
10 surprise Chinese gambling par.
ty IL fdgrdnte delicto is considered the
acme of police subtlety and daring. On
every block is TO be seen one, two, OF
three quiet faced watchful old China
men, sitting on little stools in narrow
doorways, set some twelve feet back
from the sidewalk John passes Ger.
berus unchallenged, threads the pas
sages ensily enough and finds himself
in the temple of fortune, reduced to q
dirty little gambling shop. But should
officers X. Y and 2 Cor any other un.
known quantity make q rush on any Of
these little, old, watcbful men, there
are hundred chances TO one that they
will not be quick enough toprevcnt him
pulling a cord that sets bell tinklng.
Once let that bell tinkle and though
the invading force were fifty strong all
would be- in vain. For suppose they
skurry past Ccrberus and try the as
sault. Obstacle number one is big
door, three, five, six inches thick, with
heavy cross bars of wood and iron on
the wrong side which would DEFY the
whole force used collectively as bat
tering ram; and even were that door
passed in the first sweep the passage
is found TO be maze, with a barrcad-
cd door at every angle; ingenious me-
chanical contrivances slip bolt and bar
into their heavy sockets quick as light
while the tinkle Of the bell has sent
the gamblers flying by some rear exit
or up TO tho root. One memorable
time, certain wonderfully active and
efficient officer, while hotly pressing
some flying pigtails in one OF these
passages, suddenly found himself haul
up to the ceiling, with his neck in Q
moose, and there hc danglcd until Gu,
down by his brother stars.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

Closely related TO gambling are the
lotteries, in which almost every Chi
ncsc storekeeper deals. On every
ticket eighty Chinese numbers are
printed, the buyer having the plivilegC
of crossing out five or more of these
numbers, and if any or all Of these
numbers when drawn are found to be
prizes, tho money called for is paid
The prizes arc five, and vary from
twenty-five cents to one hundred dol
lars, tho price oi-the tickets being
from ten cents to one dollar The
drawings take place twice day. Tbi,
much you are told. White people
patronize this petty system OF robbery
extensively No drawing party ha'
yet been seized, and the whole husi
ness is intangible and shady.--jSGib
Rer's. GlN .f g
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22


A WirE's PowER.-A good wife is
to u man wisdom, strength, and cour-
age; o bad one is confusion, weakness
and despair. No condition is hopeless
to man where the wife possesses firm
ness, decision, and economy. There Is
no outward propricty which can coun.
teract Incidence, extravaganza, and
folly at home. No spirit can long en-
durc bad influence. Man is strong, but
his heart is not adamant. He needs a
Tranquil mind, and especially it he is
an intelligent man, with a whole head,
he needs It's moral force in the conflict
of life. Torccover his composure, home
must be place OF peace and comfort,
There his soul rencws its strength, and
goes forth with renewed viror TO en-
counter the labor and troubles of lie.
But if ut home he finds no rest, and
there is met with bad temper, jeal.
ousy, and gloom, or assailed with com
plants and censurc, hope vanishcs,
and he sinks into despair.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

A HuGE ESDoRsEMESr.-New York
City, Tilden's home, gave him a major
ity o. 53,527, and Kings county, in.
cluding Brooklyn, 1920, making
7l,947, where tho people know the
man for whom they were voting. On
the other hand, Hayes had less votes
at his homo than WIS cast for the Rad
ical State Ticket In October. r..
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

a Coon LITTLE BoY.-"slotbor,"
said little urchin, when he came
homo, II have seen such smart
preacher. Hcstamped and made such
q noise, and then he got mad and shook
his fist at tho folks, and there wasn't
anybody dared to 90 and fight him."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

Education is at home a friend, abroad
an introduction, in solitude q solacc, in
society an ornament IA -,s ~
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-22

Mrs Dom Pedro will spend th,
winter in Egypt
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
FIRE AT MT. PLEASANT
One Wipg Of tho Insane Asylum
sNrncf.
No I.iyes Lost.


Yesterday evening fire broke out
in the engine room Of the Insane Asy-
lum at Mt. Pleasant. and in . few
minutes the whole south wing was
ablaze. 1t is not known exactly how
the fire started, but under q stiff
breeze from the south it burned very
fercely for time, the flames being
driven directly into the main build
ing, and Of oBe time it was feared
the entire building you'd be de-
stroyed. II seems that they have a
good supply of water handy at the
Asylum, and by the did Of citizens the
fire was soon brought nader coptrol
The damage is roughly estimated al
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Our informant, who was in Mt.
Pleasant at the time, says that the
scene was perfectly frightful; the
poor inmates Of Inc mad house, the
room next the fire, begged, stormed
and ravcd, because they were not re-
leased. Their madness seemed in.
tensified by the approach of the
flames, beating their heads against
the iron bars intervening between
them and liberty. He says it was a
scene that was sufficient to curdle the
blood in a PERSONS veins.
The authorities of the Asylum and
citizens of the city made arrange
ments to occupy the different churches
provided the main building could
not be sayed, and had them already
warmed to receive the patients, but
happily were saved the trouble Of
their removal. No lives were lost,
and we are assured the patients win
undergo no inconvenience, or be de-
prived of any of the comforts to
which they have been accustomed.
DAILY Of the 18Th.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

Three years ago Col. HIN. Moore, OF
this city, shipped In five head OF
Short Horn Heifers. In the Fall ht
purchased in Bourbon county, Ken
lucky, two young bulls, "Mark Her.
ber"and "Fester" latter for use
in his own herd, aud the former fol
Mr.. Wayne Stenhed. About the
same time Mr.. II. f.. Tubbs, ON tbs
Nodaway, shipped in few head d
the same kind. At that time there
was but little said about short horn
cattle, most of the community be-
lieving that those investing theil
money in these high priced cattle
would be the losers, aud their enter.
prises finally fail.
From that time to this the short
horn cattle has been more or les.
talked up, until the best posted men
we have are convinced that these par.
ties knew what they were doing when
they went into fine cattle. In fact, il
is true, that every man we know OF
in Montgomery county, who fed
"scrub" cattle this winter, even at the
low price Of corn, has lost money
This shows oonclusively, that the only
way to make that business profitable,
is to have better class of cattle, and
get more and better beef with the
same expense and trouble.
To show the growth of the fine
cattle business, we would call atten.
ton to the fact that Col. Moore has
now twenty-three head of fine cattle
His head is headed by the fine
bulls Highland Chief and Foster
The latter animal is admired by every
one who sees him; the former is moi
behind him in form and style, hrying
been premium bull in Michigan fol
the past two years. A number of his
calves having sold for one and two
thousand doliers per head.-Red OaA
Record.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

A Very 0uecf lSug.

The San Francisco News Letter ot
March 25th says: The "man-bug" is
the name of most peculiar and Outrl
specimen of the insect crcation--if in.
sect it be-that can now be seen at the
News Letter Office. This remarkable
curiosity reached here on Wednesday
last on the bark William i. DAILY, and
was given TO Henry Odger, the first
mate of that vessel, by the natives of
small island called Iwiwee or
Iwiwan lying some sixty miles south
of the Samoan group. The creature
has body of a dark green color,
notified with yellow or orangescolor-
ed spots. This is about five inches
long by two and a half broad, of a
beetle shapa apd terminating at the
head in q pair of very red and vicious
looking eyes, and two horny mandi-
bles Of a like color and a decidedly
snappish appearance. IT has no APP
pearance OF wings. its m0st peculiar
feature, however, is Il single pair of
spidery legs attached to the lower
end of its body, These are about
twelve or fourteen inches IN length
and singularly resemble those of a
man in regard to the number ofjoints
and the fact that it stands bolt upright
on them. The creature stands some
foot and half high, walks with a
long crane-like stride, and is like
nothing so much as an immense June
bug on stills. its only food is mice,
and these, when introduced into n
large bird-cage that confines il, il
seizes with q sudden dash or its foot
or claw and dispatches 'yoraciously.