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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

A SuRE Pop.-Thc Harrisburg Pa.
triot says "'rhc Republicans insist on
a ''solid south" for Tilden and Hen
bricks. Are they aware that by so do
ing they conccde 1888 electoral votes
to the Democracy and that II will rc.
quiro only the votes of Now York,
New Jersey and Connecticut, in addi-
ton TO the Southern States, to defeat
Hayes and Wheclcr2 When, there
fore, Republicans talk ofa "solid south"
they admit the defeat OF their party in
tho Presidential election as a forcgonc
conclusion. For there is no more doubt
that New York, Now Jersey and Con-
necticut will cast their electoral vote
for Tilden and Hendricks, no matter
what may be the result in the October
States, than that the day of election
will arrive. If the Republican mana
gers do not mean to disorganize then
party they must cease their blathei
about the "soid south" for tho Dc
m0craoy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

News Up HERE.-Plenipotcntiary
Morris, when up here last week, made
the stunning statement that Gen. Bel
knap, Grants War Minister was Q
Democrat II is remarkably strange
that this fact was not drawn ont dur
ing Bclknap's Impeachment trial
Minister Morris evidently put . very
low estimate upon tho intelligence o.
those hc was addressing. or he woult
nsi have uttered this naked falschood
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

PESSsYLvASIA's DAY.-We have
been on the Centennial Grounds when
the average admittances reached 49,
900, in August and 100000 in septem.
bcr. 1t was pleasure to be on the
grounds so tar as numbers were con-
cerncd in August but OF the hot
weather, 96 degrees in the shade,l II
was tolerablc in September with one
hundred thousand 10 bother one, but
on the 2sth ult., Pennsylvania day,
when 257,2s6 entered the grounds il
must have been nuisance, SO tar as
comfort is concerned, to have been
among the number on that day.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04


UsuRPATIoN.-Hon, George Ticknor
Curtis, mot George W. of Harper's
Civilization Journal) one Of the ablcst
Constitutional lawyers of the age in
recent letter reviewing the instructions
to deputy marshals issued by Attorney
General Taft, criticises the acts OF the
Attorney-General with deserved sever
ity. Mr.. Curtis shows that in view Of
the decision of the Supreme Court pro-
nouncing the election laws passed by
Congress unconstitutional, the present
attempt to control the elections by the
military power is dangerous stride
toward dictatorial power on the part
of the President. Mr.. Curtis concludes
as follows
II Is now therefore simply question whether
public opinion will tolernte the enforcement by
the Executive Of laws which the Supreme Court
has declared that Congress had no power to
pass. 1t 10 simply question whether the Pres
idcnt Of the United States shall be confined in
his execution OF laws TO those which Congress
had constitutional power to enact, or shall be
permitted TO make law at his own pleasure and
enforce II by military power. II is a mere ques-
tion whether n President, who has been told by
the Supreme Court Of the United States that Con-
grcss has never yet enacted a law that can be
regarded 30 au execution Of n specific power
eonhded to IT, shall be permitted to tell his sab
ordinstes to enforce as law that which is no law
atsll 1t Is question whether We live under q
government Of laws or under the will Of dicta.
tor. On such question you and eau be found
in no doubtful attitude.
The question, therefore, for every
freemen is shall we live in Repub-
lie, or drift toward Dcspotism under
Grant Taft and Hayesism9
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

RE-NoMINATED. = The Democratic
Conferecs of this (XX) Congressional
district met at Lock Haven, on Thurs.
day last, and re-nominated Congress
man Mackey by acclamation.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Georgia holds her State election to-
day, fo,' State and county officers and
Conpressmen.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock sup.
ports Samuel J. Tilden; General VIM.
w. Belknap supports Rutherford B.
Hayes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET
ELECTORS AT LARGE;
Charles r. Buckalew. samuel h. Wilson.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
DISTRICT ELECTORS

CONGRESS-.
l.. A. MACKEY, of Clinton county.
SENATOR;
WM.W, BELTS, Of Clearheld,
Subject to decision Of conierocs).
ASSEMBLY;
A. c. TATE, of Clearfeld.
sHERfFP
ANDREW PENTZ, Jr., Of Brady township.
ASSOCIATE JUDGEsi
ABRAM OGDEN, Of Lawrence township.
VINCENT b. HOLT. Of Bradford township.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY;
WIN. NJ. MCCULLOUGH, Of clearfeld.
JURY COMMISSIONER;
DIR. J. p. .BURCHFIELD, of Clearfeld.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Colorado, the Centennial" State,
held her first State election yesterday.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Hayes and Hard Times would make
good motto for Republican banners.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Charles Francis Adams supports
Samuel J. Tilden Benjamin f. Butler
widow, supports R. B. Hayes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04
,SENA TOR WALLiCES SCALP
ER,S.

II appears from what is transplnng
around us, that the Modocs and Sioux
are not the only "lniuns" on the war
path and in search of scalps but that
war has been declared in the East as
well as in the West Tho telegram
found below, which was sent in m.
swer TO one of Chairman Murny's
war bulletins, fully explains itself, but
should be read in this vicinity to bc
fully understood by all who were pres
ent at the Radical love-fcast in the
Court House when shapley "wcnt for
Wallacc's scalp" But here's the bul.
letin:
PHILADELPHIA, September 20, 1875.
10 T. n. Murray, Chairman, Ciea.ieid Penn'a!
Mr. shaplcy will be at your place on wednes-
day, sure. dive him chance and hc will take
waIlace's scalp. II. M. Horr,
Chairman Republican State Committee.
Well, for the benefit of those of our
readers who were not present to sec
Shaplcy scalp Wallace, we will state
that nobody was hurt Tho scalper
was introduced TO the meeting by
Chairman Murray, and the first thing
he did was TO pay the very highest
compliment TO Senator Wallacc's abili
ty and integrity that one man cal
pay to another Then hc proceeded
to read some excellent extracts (bu
very inappropriate in view Of the as
sembly before hm) from the Senator
Lock Haven speech. But the fare
did not last long. The speaker 500
showed signs Of exhaustion. 1t wa
evident that he was not qualified I
take train in Philadelphia, at twelv
o'clock at night, and ride 265 mile
and make a speech the next night, a
though portly and vigorous in his pei
sonal appearance. But the 'job pu
up" for him by Iloyt aud Murra.
proved so exhaustive that Shaple
broke down under the weight, thre'
up the sponge, and was hauled off Ii
stage by his hackers, and Senator Wa
lace's scalp was saved, although dow
on n sick-bed at his residence. ShaI
ley was Democrat, and was cand
date for member of the Constitution
Convention a; ,ainst Mr.. Temple, Of Phi
adelphia, and contested his seat befol
that body but was kicked out, and thu
went over to the enemy and was a
pointed by the Mayor Of Philadelphi
Police Attorney. He receives fiji
cents per month, or six dollars per ye
from 1900 policemen, making his ST
ary $4,000 per annum. It was laug
able TO see him running over TOW
", without an escort the next mornin
hunting the Express, two hours aft
the train had left the depot. Chai
man Hcyt had ordered him to make
speech at Lock Haven, Oh Thursdi
night, and there secure Congressmt
: Mackey's scalp, but failing to make t
connection in time, we presume tn
Mr.. Mackey, like Senator Walla'
still wears his scalp, while COUNSEL
shapley holds the fort in his city hon
collecting fifty cents per scalp off t
well heeced policemen, and is as be
py as before he started out on his W,
Branch crusade. What JOY his co
pany must have been to MORRIS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Don't forget to read Judge Black on
Garfield.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

At a time when inc nhtioh was swamp
cd with debt, when the people were
loaded with taxes, and when the most
rigid economy was imperativcly re-
qnired. All circumstances, as well as
the direct evidence, show that It wasno
sudden act of thoughtless imprudencc
but was wiliully, deliberately ard cor
ruplly prc-arranged and determined.
There is nothing to mitigate II; you
cannot defend it even by waving the
bloody shirt.
How did the Republican party ''pun.
ish its own rascals" in this case? Not
a hair on the head of any rascal was
touched. On the contrary, they were
promoted, honored and advanced the
most guilty of them are now, as thoy
were before, the very darlings Of the
party. Even that is not the worst OF
Il. These swindlcrs are periodically
swelling the colossal proportions OF
their crime by taking out of the treas
ury additional millions which they
claim as the ''precious result OF then
original fraud. They have no better
title to them than wolf has to n NUT
ton he slaughters by moonlight. The
legal remedy against these cxactions
is 30 plain that ignorance alone could
hardly miss it. Bat your officers have
found out the way not TO do IL. They
permit the government to lie down and
DC robbed semi-annually, by n corpor'
alton which Iildcn would long agc
have disarmcd Of its power, and whose
criminal abettors he would have swept
into the penitentiary by scores.
repeat that do not blame you as
an active accomplicc in this wicked
ness. But you ought to have come out
from the evil and corrupt fellowship al
soon as you saw how evil and corrupt
il was. You owed 1t to yourself, tc
your church, and your country, Il
break of at once from political asso
ciates capable ofsuch indefensible con
duct. But your acceptance of th'
doctrines planted at Plymouth by tn,
Yankees blinded your judgment anC
made your conscience inaccessible t'
the principles planted IN Jerusalem BY
the "people first called Christians a
Antioch"
You would have us believe thal
Hayes, II elected, will reform abuse
and give us pure administration
Your statement and that of other gen
tlemen equally reliable, mako it certain
that Mr.. Hayes bears an irreproacha
BILE character in all his private rela
tions. do not doubt his possession
OF that negative honesty which it |
disgrace to want. accord him thos'
tame household virtues which cntitl'
him 10 the respect Of his neighbors ant
the confidence ofhis family but he cal
no more stem the torrent OF Republi
can corruption than he can swim
against the rapids Of Niagara. Hi
whole history shows that he would no
even make an effort TO do so. lie hai
been most happily called IA man o
tried subserviency."
A reiormer in these times must b'
made oil stern material. lie must bav'
no connection with, and be under NJ
obligation to, the authors OF the abuse
which need reform Above oil things
he must not have consented expressl,
or impllediy to the commission oil tn
puhllQ WronUa which hia dufv ag n ra
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

Lcssecs, U. s. Grant 4 Co.; Manager
Zachariah Chandler; Manager Proper
ties and Scenic Effects, o. p. Morton.
"There is Millions In IT.
Every day and night until Nov. Z.
The Roaring Farce,
'Radical Reform"
produced with all the effects that have
given this production such an Unpro-
ccdentcd Run for sixteen years past
In presenting this wcll-known play be.
fore the people once more, the Manage
ment desires to state that, notwith'
standing the fact that heretofore
THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTED
in not witnessing all tho great attrac
tions enumerated upon the bulls, that
they have upon this occasion made
such arrangements as will insure IL
complete and enthusiastic Success, The
attention Of the public is particular,
called 10 the following superb ani
matchless cast:
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

THE LATEST ATTRACTION AT TUE Ma
TIoYAL TuEATRE--TIiE AMUSEMENT
SEASON OPENS WITH EVERY PROSPECT
OF succEss--TnE PRoPHIEToRs OF THE
"NArIoNAL THEATRE" AaE BILLING
THEIR ESTABLISHMENT QUITE nEAv-
ILY-wE PRESENT THE PROGRAMME
IN WILL. .a.H" |
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04
MA TIONAL THEATRE

To show the real inwardncss Of the
politics Of the West. We copy from th,
Sentinel, published at Indianapolis, the
following excellent bit at tho "lhicves
party" Our readers will 500 that The
article Is putin tho style of a play bill
but is sharp, descriptive and effective
aRADICAL REFORM"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-04

ROBBERS, corrupiiunists, whisky thieves,
outragers and oppressors by the com
pany, insisted by numerous volunteer
gaugcrs, postmasters, BARRIERS and
Colonies. During the play tho rcaIis-
tic Southern scene will be given, in
which twenty drunken negroes will
tar and feather one white man. 1t is
with pleasure that the management
announces that during the course OF
the drama John Sherman, of Ohio, will
perform the "Heart Bowed Down
upon Hayes piano. Hayes family ram
and blooded stock will be exhibited.
The latter will be attached TO Mr..
Williams Landaulet. A copy of II.
b. Hayes income return will be pre-
sented each member of the audience
free OF charge. The bloody shirt will
positively be exhibited at intervals OF
three minutes, and John A. Logan and
0. p. Morton will, within sight of the
audience, kill and dcvour three men,
bcrs of the "White League drinking
their blood with the froth on. r. Q,
Schenck will respond to the "call7 Of
tho people, and appears in his justly
famous act, called Emma Mine Of Poker
Flat. Boss Sheppard, Deacon Mckee,
John Mcdonald, John A. Joyce, Jacob
Rehm, William Belknap, Bill King
and other distinguished citizens will
occupy private boxes. The entire
entertainment will conclude with the
grand chorus of "Let us have a piece,
sung by 10000 Federal officials, led by
Mizzcr Chandler Chicago Courier.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22

never look at my old composing
rule that 1 do not bless myself that,
while my strength lasts, am not at the
mercy Of the world. If my pen is not
wanted, can go back to the type case,
and be sure to find work; for l learned
the printers trade acknowledgements
per work, job work, book work and
presswork. l am glad 1 have n good
trade. 1t is rs rock upon which the
possessor can stand firmly. There is
health and vigor for both body and
mind in IN honest trade. 1t is the
strongest and surest part of the self
made man. Go from the academy to
the printing Office or the artisan s bench
or. if YOU please. to the farm-for, to be
sure, true farming is trade, and grand
one at that. Lay thus a sure founda-
ton. and after that branch off into what
ever you please.
You have heard, perhaps. of the clerk
who had faithfully served Stephen Gil
rard from boyhood to manhood. On the
twenty first anniversary of his birthday
he went to his master and told him his
time was up, and he certainly expected
important promotion in the merchant S
service. But Stephen Girard said to him:
Every we'll. Now go and learn Il
trade"
"What trade. sir?'
"Good barrels and butts must be in
demand while you live. Go and learn
the cooper's trade; and when you have
made perfect barrel, bring it to me.
The young man went away and learned
the trade, and in time brought to his
master splendid barrel of his own
make.
Girard examined it, and gave the
maker two thousand dollars for it, and
then said to him:
Now, sir, want You in my count
ing-room; but henccforth you will not
be dependent upon the within of Girard.
Let what will come. you have good
trade always in reserve
The young man saw the wisdom and
understood.
Years ago, when the middlc-aged
mon of to-day were boys, Horace Gree
ley wrote:
cit is great source of consolation to
us. that when the public shall be tired
of us rs an editor, we can make a salts
factory living at setting type or farming,
so that, while our strength lasts, ten
thousand blockheads, taking ottense at
some article they do not understand.
could not drive us into the poor-house.
And SO may a man become truly indie
pendent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22

Come down. o maid. from yonder mountain hight
What pleasure lives in hight tthc shcr herd sang,
In hight and cold, the splendor of the hillsf
But cease to move So near the heavens and cease
To glide sunbeam by the blasted pine.
TO sit n star upon the sparkling spire:
And come. for Love is of tho valley. come.
For Love IL OF the valley, come thou down
And fni him by the happy threshold he.
or hand in hand with plenty in the maize
Or red with spirited purple of the watts.
Or fox like in the vine
But follow; let the torrent dance th"e down
To find him in the valley let the wild.
Lean. he AIDED eagles yslp alone, and leave
The monstrous lodges thcr. to slope. and spill
Their thousand wroaths If dangling water smoke.
That like a broken purpose waste in air.
So waste not tLuu. but come for all the wales
Await thee: azure pillars of the hearth
Arise to thee the children call. and l.
Thy shepherd. pipe, and sweet is very sound.
Tcnnyson
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22
our HOUSE.

Our house il not of marble fine.
With walnut stairs and oakon ioors
With trcsrued walls and vaults oi wine,
And massive gold enamcllcd doors.
To-day the same old, generous trees
NV father knew n',r,haduw il.
An hold sweet converse with the breeze.
ON which the br, ath Of flowers hath writ
Its sweetness, not from hotheds blown,
Bu, from the clover fir IN the pines
Ger which the morning dew If str"wn
In Natures soft AMI silvcry lines.
w have no gran lcur round our hearth,
Where oft our CHEEKY ncighhors met,
No pictures rare: hut We hay" nrth
And PEACE the source of pleasures sweet
We have the love of honest hearts
Hearts that w know will Ger he true
Trno a. the sunrise which imparts
Its consistency each day anew
. True as the words which friendship wreathes-
Wrcathcs in challet bright and fair,
True rs tho promise true love hreathes,
And pure a. summers purcst air
What morc-ayc. moroccan Ne desire?
If ours were Indias rar, st gems.
If il wcrr ours to own the fire
That burns in proudcst diadeins,
How poor indeed. Our lives would be
If We. these treasures to POSSESS.
should make gain in misery
Aud su.l,r los, i'll happiness
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22

THE TIGER THE KING OF BEAsTs.-
Samuel Haughton, author of work on
animal Mechanics" writes to Nature
respecting the relative strength of the
lion and the tiger: Il have proved that
the strength of the lion in the fore limbs
is only 69.9 per cent. of that of the tiger,
and that the strength of the hind limbs
is only $50 per cent. Of that of the tiger.
I may add that five men can easily hold
down lion, while it requires nine men
to control tiger. Martial also states
that the tigers always killed the lions in
the amphitheatre. The lion is, in truth,
a pretentious humbug, and owes his
reputation to his imposing name, and
he will run away like whipped cur
under circumstances in which the tiger
will boldly attack and kill"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22

AT THE SUPPER TABLE.-Aunt Jane
Elizabeth, it strikes me you were rather
familiar with that young man In the
horse-car, on a short acquaintance"
Elizabeth familiar! why aunty, We
were at least three feet apart" aunt
.ane--"Three feet apart! More like
four feet together"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22


\ WANDERING WEsTERNER.-A cor
respondent of the New York Erening
Post writes:
At one of the stations on the plains
east of Cheyenne, while the other pas
scngcrs were taking their meal, we
straycd away to breathe the invigorating
air, and We're attracted by a common
house keeping arrangement not far from
our train. The horse and COW were
grazing at little distance from th%
empty wagon. from which the top had
been removed and converted into n
house. Upon miniature cooking-stove
the lady of the mansion, n rosy-cheeked
young woman, was preparing the dim
ner, while the husband was engaged in
an employment the practice of which
would not have suggested itself to us
beating into fiat slabs the tin cans that
he had picked up on his journey. These,
he said, were for the purpose Of cover
ing his roof when he built house
somewhere.
somewhere? And where is that %
we asked.
"Well, now, mister" he replied, "you
are too much for me there. l suppose
we must stop somewhere by and by, but
the further we 60, the less we want to-
l like to keep going this way; my wife
likes it, and the baby in there seems to
like it, for she grows like weed. We
are none of us sick; we always have
plenty to eat, and SO we don't see the use
Of stopping. One of these days, sup
pose, we shall get to the Pacific, and
then we shall be obliged to stop. In
the meantime, if We strike good place
we may build house to live in for a
spell, but for the present We are well
enough Off"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22
Teaching Childron Courtesy.

Many mothers forbid their toddling
children any intercourse with other lit
tie people, because they suppose it is
not time for them to fully comprehend
the courtcsies of life. This is the very
reason why they should he Taught to be
polite and considerntc mt the earliest
possible moment. We have seen parents
who seemed to suppose that the first les
son bestowed upon child is exactness
of statement, and that falschood is II
cardinal sin. But to teach the child to
tell the truth requires II process of in
comprehensive reasoning, while an in
Fiction of pain upon another child has
its immediate results, and The child can
both see and feel the consequences of its
unkindncss. 1t is very curious to OBJ
serve little people when they first meet.
They usually look mt each other sharply,
but speculatively, and, after proper de-
liberation. decide upon their line of ac-
ton. 1t is either war or peace, but
never entire Indifference. Even the
peace may be but temporary, provided
one possesses that which the other
covets. Doubtless this covetousness is
not SO much due to original sin rs to
that deep law of human existence-sclf-
preservation. The child who sees an
article in another's possession imagincs,
vaguely, perhaps, but positively, that it
is ii thing that is necessary to his own
welfare and happiness. and instinct
teaches him to seize it. Now, this is not
unfrcuucntly set down as an unpardon-
able sin, and an omen of future wicked
ness. Nothing can be more unjust or
unreasonable. 1t is characteristic
which. when properly guided, will lead
to honorable worldly success. Misdi-
rcctcd or uncurbcd, without being
taught proper reverence for the golden
rule, the young creature may fall into
positive crime. =. Madness i'll boy cor
responds with womanliness in girl,
and the nobility of unseltishness cannot
he too early taught to children, nor can
this quality be learned practically UNI
less association with other children is
not only encouraged, but used as con-
slant habit of instruction.
FRUIT JuIcEs.-The juice of the apple
and pear, says Mr.. Knight, may be used
to great advantage in preparing bever-
age. He has frequently, he says, re-
dnced it by boiling to the consistency
of weak jelly, in which state it has re-
manned several years without the slight
est apparent change, though intention
ally exposed to variation of temperature.
A large quantity of the inspissated juice
would take up but little space, and the
addition of few spoonfuls to quart Of
water would at any time form a deli
cious, wholesome, refreshing drink, free
from all Intoxicating properties. Its
cheapness would be greatly in its favor.
On sea voyages it would be a great lux
ury. We suggest experiments with it
in the field of domestic economy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-22

HEFrY.-A Georgia couple weigh
nine hundred and ten pounds.