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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21
FRA UDULENT INSURANCE.

Every insurance company has the
right by its charer to rclnsurc its
risks. Flre Companies find il necessary
to do this often, nd desiring TO run the
risk OF having TOO many eggs broken
by misbap to oIc basket. Life In.
surance Companies too, have often re.
insured risks whn the applicants
asked through thur agents for sums
larger than s20,00i This has not been
done to any great 'xtent, however, be
cause the agents themselves have taken
the matter out Of heir hands by pro.
scnting the applications direct to com
panies of equal rink and position OF
their own. Firt.class companies,
therefore, do very little reinsurance,
preferring to deal directly with the
policy.holder through their own agents
and upon tho examinations of their
own physicians.
This power has bsentaken advantage
Of by weak and corrupt officials 10 the
scrioos detriment d policy.bolders.
When man takes m insurance in a
company, he issupposd to satisfy him.
self of its stability, lthough he too
often fails TO do 70, AID he looks to that
company to insure hm aud to retain
sacredly invested tb reserve which
appertalns to his polly. Hc cdocs not
expect to be passed DER to some other
company any morcthan man who
deposits his money regularly in the
West End Savings lank expects to
wake up some mornir and be told that
the West End Savinp Bank has pass.
cd over bis depositto the East End
Savings Bank. Sue n transaction
would bc an Outrageous abuse Of trust,
and yet life insuranc companies have
been constantly dolE this very thing
for the last dozen yers. When com.
pany Hnds chat, By judicious invest
ments, iIladvired rks, cxtrava CANT
salaries and commbions, its roservs
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

Here's more of "tbe brave
old mans counting exploits. An OK
change remarks:
"The ease against Gov. Wells grows
darker and darker. He fails TO i'm
peach the testimony OF Pickett and
Maddox, powerfully corroborated as il
is by documentary evidence, except by
his own unsupported denial. Mean.
while report comes North that on
ono occasion, just before be was sud
denly called to Washington, he was
about 10 make clean breast Of his
sins and throw himself upon Gov.
Nichols mercy. Duncan 2. Kenner,
Appointment Louisiana Democrat, whom
he had charged with offering him $780,
0U0 TO give the State TO Tilden, tele-
graphs that wells asked two hundred
Thousand dollars 10 count the vote Of
Louisiana as actually cast in the ballot
boxes. replied that | did not have
the money. This Is extremely proba-
bic and Just in accordance with the
statement of Robertson, who was &C.
cused by Anderson of an attempt to
bribe that authority, which Robertson
denies. Verify the character OF this
board is an 'nnsubstanti.l foundation
Tor Hayes title TO rect upon"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21
VOL. 5l--WH0LE NO. 2,5O9.
MY ANGEL FLOWER.



Hines written on the death Of little Arm
regg Dreih, and ahsctiOnately inscribed to
ereaved mother.
had flower Of lovely form
Its colors all were bright;
The ,arihen vase, in which II grew,
shvne with eaulscni light.
guarded It most carefully,
Frm wind and sun anu storm
Its ,endrils twined my heart around
loved the gentle lorm.
And thus Il grew from day to day
Its lcsfels, bright and fair,
Waved in the sunlight, while iis breath
periumtd the evening air.
but soos, alas this cherished flower
Was rudely spaiched away
And naughi beside ihe vase was left
The shining vase Of clay.
My wounded h.ari, with anguish torn,
Clung TO the vase 10 fair
pressed II oilen to my breast
liui, still, no flower was there.
"where has it gone" | wildly cried.
"The flower dearly love 2"
" be Gardtner," some one replied,
" Has taken it aboye.'
Il is not dead--'iis blooming here
Its colors brightly shine"
40, ihen 20 ! cried, with joyful heart,
81 sill NAV call IL mine"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21
CLEARFIELD Pa, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1877.

On the motion Of the gentleman
from Philadelphia [Mr. HALT.
1t was agreed TO-
Such Is Radical Legislation More ;
The facts stated by the lady, we be.
iiiero "a 90 trgn We hare tasca !.
look at the wisdom of the State as
seated in those two chambers nearly
every winter for twenty years, and
have learned enough to know to not
leave Harrisburg on Friday noon for
either Philadelphia or Pittsburg, unless
you want to be "bull.dozcd," or insult.
ed in some way The conduct of some
of the members is sometimes iniolera-
bic in the cars, and IN q business way
is about as becoming and dignifed as
the proceedings of the House on the
day indicated
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

An inebriate got into n car and DO.
camo very troublesome and annoying
TO the other passengers, 30 much 40
that IL was proposed TO eject him; but
n genial and klnd.heartcd reverend
doctor, who was also passenger, in
terposcd for him, and soothed him into
good behavior for the remainder Of the
Journey. Before leaving, however bc
scowlcd upon the occupants of the car,
aud muttcring some words Of con.
tempt; but he shook hands warmly
with the Doctor aud said "God day,
my friend, ] SEQ you know what IL 's
70 be drunk" tli iNm
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21
THE BLOCK SYSTEM or THE
PENN'A. RALLROAD

The scarcity oil accidents on the
pennsylvania kallroad during the
progress oi the Exposition, when
millions OF passengers were carried,
was largely attributable 10 the ell
cleney oi the olock system oi railway
signals. ~ consists slmply IN dividing
u line oi railroad INTO sections or blocks,
oil such length that the movement Of
trans thereon can be easily observed
and recorded by telegraph operators
stationed IN signal towers al inc end
OF each oiock' AS might DC expected,
the slgnal towers are nearly equal IN
humoer 10 the s'atlohs,a lew OF the
MINOR stations only being wlthout slg-
mai towers IN tne perfected plocK sys-
TEN In accordance win It's usual iar
seeing pol'cy' the fennsylVanla hall'
roau company was the nrst 10 miro
uucc on this sue OF tne Atlahllc the
system OF triln signalS outlined above
Inc companys hrst EFFORTS IN TINS d.
rectloi' were begun alew months since
Inc work once oeg9n was sure 70 DC
completed, and the block system is IN
operation on the New York division
ana on the man ilne between fhilauel-
phia and Pittsburgh On the main
line the system was first used between
Philadelphia and Pa0li station ltwas
afterwards extended to Harrisburg,
and then between Altoona and Pitts
hurgh, and recently ii has been estab-
lishcd on the middle division OF the
road.
East Of Harrisburg on the main line,
Il distance OF one hundred and six miles,
there are iorty.two signal stations, thus
giving an average interval from one TO
the other of about two and Oue-third
miles Further west on the road the
distances between the signal stations
are considerably greater. The apara-
tus of each station comprises Il signal
box, located near the track 40 as to be
easily seen by engineers Of trains APP
preaching from either direction, aud
the telegraph instrument within The
sigual box proper stands about eighteen
feet IRON the ground, and consists OF
sliding green aud red signals, Two on
each side OF different colors These
signals can be seen from considerable
distance during the day, aud are illumi-
mated at night by powerful lamp at
the centre OF the box, which is divided
into two cnampari n,.,is 'v slirei Of
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21
Hc only can look forward hopefully

Tlc only can look forward hopefully
unto tomorrow, who has fully improv-
ed TO day, meeting with the ready
mind, and the strong arm Of humble
dependence on God the duty, trial,
or privilege which God appoints for
to-day. And this busy maG of today
is the only happy man. lie knows in
his earnest activity, that he is break.
ing III old evil habits, and Is forming
good ones. lIc knows that his daily
ploughing and sowing IN his appointed
lot will have from the Great Husband.
man u certain aud abundant harvest.
And hence he can rejoice evcrmore.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21
THE RISE AND FALL OF
PARTIES.

1t may be of interest, at the present
time, to note the rise and fall OF polili.
cal parties as shown by the National
elections the past fifty years, and be-
low We give the Electoral votes re.
ceived by tho different candidates
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

prudent, persistent and sagacious-
qualities that count moro In the long
run than eloquence He has been saw
agcly criticised in bis own party since
the election and alternately ridiculed
and denounced by the Republicans. but
when the "postscript campaign Is
over, aud the books are posted up, l
think il will be found that he has made
ls much out OF the situation for the
Democracy as the circumstances have
admitted, keeping always an eye IN
the future and not trying TO kill the
goose Of public opinion TO grasp all the
golden eggs OF power at once. If the
advice Of certain hot-headcd leaders
had been followed the Democracy. in
-r,,aad ~ esuttniI mn ,ti.,,,,i t,taIiaQt ttik
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

Hines written on the death Of little Arnor
Gregg Dreih, and ahsctiOnately inscribed to a
bereayed mother1
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

AS the word spouse was mentioned
in the closing sentence of each letter,
the inference isthat NJ. Bcssonart was
her husband. The body was removed
to the Morgue, and IN inquest will be
held next week.-Ner York Herdld
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

NO, %, EHEI H0uEIVH oT''N
DEAn MornER The bearer called on me a few
days ago to ask mo to get her . boarding house
She appears to want to get in your institution
I am sure you will do Ail IN your power for her
Mrs Narcissus Leather will tell you hei own story,
aud NO doubt you will interest ,ourself in her be-
half With love | an yours. always in Christ.
SISTER ALOYsIus.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

Even Donnelly shall have credit for
honesty III his recent come-out for
the b0ndhOlders in TIE ANTI-MoNO-
PoLIST. lie even announced thatWise
men change; fools never. | suppose
he was fearful Of being thought a fool.
and 50 chda gro On this question.
Thus writes one :. j.. Pierce, OF II.
Paul to the Pioneer Press.
Now :. FL. being fool, has never
changed his mind upon anx question.
and never wili.-and he is proud of
it! God has placed immutable Nmi-
tations npon such Ri intellect; but, by
q system ot divine compensations,
what he denies in brains he more
than makes up IN ears. and thus the
great balance 0f nature is preserved.
We have changed our opinions upon
many questions; we know more every
day than we did the day before. aud
we hope never to reach that period Of
mental Justification when we will be
incapable OF unlearning our mistakes.
But upon the bond question we have
had 40 change OF opinion We have
opposed heretofore specific plans Of
settlement hut never the PLAN now
under consideration. We opposed the
former plans because they would have
given the h0ndholders the whole
an4nsffft agIa. wa faz-or 4be 4,,.asa,,t 4
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
THE LEGITIMATE RESULTS.

"Burleigh. the New York cor
respondent Of the Boston Journal.
writes even more dolefully of the con
dition ofatfairs II New York than the
correspondent oil the Springfield Re-
publican. whose lamentations were
printed III sunday $ paper. : BurIeigh"
SAYS:
The oldest men dealing III stocks say
that such i decentralization has never
been known on the street as now. Men
are "a their wits end Ifthey sell long
or short they are ruined RI they buy
for rise thev are ruined. Ii thew
carry Or let 70 they are ruined Cen
trail Is down to >. and men predict
that it viii 20 below :. Men take
their surplus capital and buy for rise
which does not come. The solid
stocks, paving eight per cent dividend
right along and which were considered
a grand investment. not only pay no
dividend. and So cut off the resources.
bat the depreciation Is alarming.
Csear-headed men say unless there Is
q change the depreciation Of stocks
viii he more ruinous than the decline
Of real estate.
Is not this just what the Independents
foretoldq Did we not say that Eng
land experience would be repeated
that labor would starve. and that all
forms Of property would shrink at
least fifty per cent, entailing thereby
4 loss upon tie country many times
greater than the whole cost of the
great civil war. Were We not right I
Now, messieurs hard-noneyites. is
the game worth the candlel
Does it pay to ruin the whole peo-
pie 70 bring gold down topaz: especially
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

Improvement Lands. I would say that
the mountaineering and specializing class
OF men feel much relieved from the
burden ana responsibility of paving
the bonds. by considering that the
poor, Woodworking frontier farmer
will have to earn and pay the millions
that the lands Will sell for. Horace
Thompson don't expect to pay
10 TO @l0iper acre for q homestead on a
quarter section Of wild land, and him.
self, wife and family dig and delye 20
years to raise the money to pay for it..
1t is the poor man that has to do it,
and farmers o7ty. 1t is but another
device to lay the burdens on the back
OF industry for the benefit Of Specmtu-
tire Caplta{. True it is, these lands
are TO be sold Us the school lands. but
III respect to those the pioneer is
cheered with the thought that his
own children are deriving some benefit
from what he pays TO the state for
after what he pays has passed through
several hands, and is tolled by the
manipulation Of officials, it is then
| divided with his city cousins, and a
diminished moiety comes back to him
for purposes Of education-but in re-
lation 10 the 100000 acres Of land
nothing erer returns. He is only pay
ing premium to rascality. But
there Is nothing too sacred for avarice
80 coyet ,'OH magnificent School
Fund as our worthy Governors call
IT, produced for the most part by the
poor, hard-Working farmer, with the
~ year ! Job on hand, to rear his fam
ILN lnd pay for his homestead Oh 1.-The
School section is to he converted into
the substitute OF the oid bogus
bonds. and Selah chamberlain and his
associates are to carry off the School
monevs-the sacred legacy Of the chill
ldren of Minnesota legacy which
the Constitution saws ''shall renafa
a perpetual School fund. Snail forever
be preserved fRoio{ate and U4adimin-
lshed7 ANA .fathfuttg applied TO the
specific objects Of the original grants"
not taken from per cent. bonds and
put IN Q s-and the SCHOOLS left to be
supported hereafter largely by direct
taxation, as in the early days Of our
state. Fellow citizens, don't give
away the 500 000 acres Of land to paw
interest oaty on that old bogus claim.
Let this magnificent grant Of the
Government be used for the PURPOSES
originally intended.
More. anon.
EBENEzER AYREs.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

advantage. saving the Government
fifty millions per year in interest and
atfording a sufficient circulating med
ium for the proper development Of
our resources.
And why not9 Why III the midst Of
universal bankruptcy, do the people
persist IN policy which increses their
sutferings Why cannot we adopt the
policy which has given France pros
perity, while every nation around her
is going to ruin
Why do we pay twenty millions Of
dollars annually Ito bankers to issue
paper money for our use. when the
government Itself could issue better
paper directly to the fpeople free Of
cost
Why do we support policy which
proposes TO wipe out the greenbacks.
and pay twenty millions more to the
bankers for the use Of their inferior
paper!
Why. while gold has risen in the
last month from l04 to l07 do we per
sist in contracting the currency and
crushing the people III avain endeaTor
30 bring gold down To par
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

This is I mere Incidental part Of
the total expense of the war to France.
Hea national debt was double. now
standing 1t tour thousand FIVE hun
bred millions OF dollars. over twice
IS much As our debt. She pays an an
nual interest charge Of SOC. 900. and
II her financial system was modelled
after that Of the United states. she
would pay one-third more interest.
Fortunately for the people the French
authorities 10 not manage the finances
Tor the benefit OF clique IT specuIa-
tors and monopolists, and commemorative
large part Of the debts used as eur-
reney upon which no interest is paid.
One thousand millions OF our National
debt could he used aS currency r.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

The Washington Nation Is endeayor-
ing to coax the Greenhackers into the
new Wing party movement. We
hardly think it viii succeed. The
men who favor an honest financial
policy viii not take up with make
shift for the sake of putting q certain
cIiqne III power. The Greenback
party is strong enough now to carry
Congress, but the people haven't got
ont OF the habit Of voting for the old
parties. II President Hayes succeeds
in smashing things then the Green
hackers vii goin and win. The move
ment fora Republican, Wing party cam
not succeed, because it's principles are
not defined. Nobody knows what is
rdelly meant by q policy OF ''internal
Improvements, and the statement
that the party will favor "a currency
which shall have . gold and silver
basis, and which snail be sufficient to
satisfy the wants OF trade" is ex-
tremely ambigu0us.-New Raren
Union.
It's something gained 70 find the
friends of Hayes 50 tar converted az
to resolve IN favor Of "a currency
with gold and sttrer basis, and which
shall be SUFFICIENT 10 SATISFY THE
WANTS or TRADE.
That is a mighty concession for the
men who demonetized silver, and de-
uounced paper money rs rags, = and
declared that the business Of the
country could be carried on with gold
alone.
Verify the world moves, hut we
have uot got them half converted vet.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
More. anon.
EBEN EZER AYRh.s.
MORE FdLTfgfES.

IN intelligent gentleman writes as
follows to the Pjoaeer-Prsss
You seem i little surprised ia your
yesterday ! issue that gold should he
again flowing ont of the country. But
when we think oil the immense amount
OF the funded interest-bearlng debt of
the world estimated 1T thirty-tWo
billions of dollars. II il DO wonder that
tire little stock of gold there is i'll the
world does not remain long iii any one
place. AMI I think that we will have
ID get something more reliable than
this shifting material for a basis be-
fore this country will see any perma-
nent revival ut business.
JAMES WATERS.
saltwater, May 10. 1877.
TO which the P. r. sapiently re-
plies:
we don't suppose tie debt of the
world had much to 10 with the out
flow Of gold. One cause was the in
crease 81 imports and the decrease Of
exports. The imports for last week
we're ~ .ls8. l55. against IS 052, IA last
year, an Increase Of 81 per cent: while
at the same time the exports were
only 4,59l o31 against 8,598. $50 the
spending week Of last year.
Well. let us admit that whenever
the imports Of the country exceed the
exports, gold will 90 up and how
are yon to keep this country on a
specie basis When the crops fail
and we nave nothing U ship abroad
then gold viii rise whenever pros
perity increases and the wealthy are
importing largely gold Will rise; when
ever q foreign gwar breaks out, GOLD
will rise. BY what species Of legisla-
ton will you prevent these things
from happening I And when they
happen how will you maintain the
greenback at par
Again the Pioneer Press says:
The great imitation Of the circu-
Iating medium In Germany, owing to
the reception Of thousand million
dollars from France as Il war indem-
nifty, resulted the same rs if the
amount had been III paper. first in m
paraileled activity. but followed by
corresponding depression. stagnations.
and general suffering. Tie reaction
has been 80 great that some Of the
German philosophers are now seeking
a remedy in nigh protective tariffs. :
The p. r. falls into another error
The collapse OF Prnssian prosperity
was due to the decentralization OF sill
yer. AS the Irishman said when he
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

paupers have increased 246 per cent.
The growth Of pauperism has been
equally rapid III over the country;and
the pauper5 are III nine cases out OF
ten, men who would willingly work If
they could find employment. The
amount BIT misery forced upon the
people ~ the ullionists' policy has
been simply incalculable; and the end
is not vet The 7addest symptom Is
ne apparent incapacity Of the people
to defend themselves. They are tied
hand and foot to the olj political
PARTIES.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

Gradually but surely the reign Of
universal bankruptcy il opening mems
minds to correct understanding Of
tbe nnancial question.
An illinois correspondent writes:
There rs 40 use iii Disgusting the
fact thai money Is very close here.
aud rentS and real estate declining
every day T'he cntthr0at trustdeeds
are doiu4 ,heir work. and thrusting
tamilie uftt Ut heir homesteads daily
l have seen tit least four pieces of
valuable improved property in the
heart Of the city offered within the
lust week for less DIAN half the same
property would have brought three
years ago. Ill most Instances property
win bring no more now than enough
to pay the mortgage Indebtedness to
life insurance and other eastern cor
p0raflons.
Judge Davis Will take his stand at
The extra session IN the Senate with
Thomas Ewing and William u. Kelley
iii Tie House on the currency cues
ton lIe Will 70 for remonetizng
silver. for an Increased issue OF green
backs. and an interconvertible bond
nc , Il per cent. interest. III order to
give the people the relief they are Sd
urgently eiamorlng Tor.
a prominent banker. and one Of the
most Intelligent fiuanciers in this city
said this morning that tire two richest
men ii the United States four years
from now 1T Hayes lives, will BE Jay
Gould ana John Sherman.
Feeiers are out here, and appoint
ments promised where they viii 40
any good, 70 have the Rev. Gen. Car
fieid made Speaker of the House.
Why not let Ohio run the whole ma
chine. anu have the emblem Oh our
national banner changed for tile eagle
Go hog and An ear of corn. with
johnny sherman on Columbus Delano
trying - hold the hog hv pulling its
tail
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
Igures are alarming:
aggregate num-

since lo7o the population Of Massa-
chusets has increased LIS per cent. the