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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1877-01-24

s0bu urovnani presldentske otaZ-
ky. Pakli prs zakon ten schva-
len Dude kongresem, neodepfe
prS mu sveho podpisu.
Jill dne 20. prosince pfijmuto
bylo V dome poslanca usneseni,
aby vSbor pro zalezitosti pravnf
navrhnul osnovu zakona, mimi
by Sc zamezilo ma vzdy zaplaeenf
iakschkoliv nahrad "a skody sp6-
sobene minulou vilkou osobam
neloyalnfm, kterouzto osnovu "a
kona mel vsbor podati do 20 dnd.
Dvacet dnd jiz davno uplynulo,
vsak vtbor dosud zadny podobny
nAvrh nepodal. Pokus. obnoviti
asneseni to. usinsny pied 2tsdny,
sc nexdafil - demokrata si ne
pfeii dalsf rokovani pfedmetu
tom. Toto zdrabani sc pfiimouti
dodatek podobnS, jest pouze do
kazem, lie bSvalf rebelove doufajf
budoucnosti nAhrad IN skody
potadovati a obdrzeti demokra-
Is severni, X vail svornosti a jed
note, tancuii jsk Jim iifnf hraiou
= tax jaKo vfdy einfvali.
Demokraticka strana vzdy
Zastupovala zasady svrchovano-
sti stAt6. DIE xAsady te volen
Jest i president ne vstsinou
hlssa lidu, nSbrf vetsinou zastup-
CO stat6. vsak kdyz Sc svrcho-
vanost stAi6 demokracii nehodf
do kr&mu, odhazuje xAsadu tn a
usiluic to, aby Tilden byl pro-
hlAsen za zvoleneho bud iak bud,
ielikoE obdrzel vstsinu odevzda-
nsch blasH. Pravda, Tilden OBJ
drfel vetsinu odev zdanSch hlas6,
vsak 10 die dstavy nerozhoduie a
ien ten, kdo v4tsinu voliteI-
sktch hlasH obdrzel, mdfe "a
zvolen6ho prohlasen btti. Kdy-
by jsme chteli ccle v9ci iitI na
dino, q ttiditi vetsiny die statd
shledali by isme, BE konetns piece
neobdriel Tilden TAX velkou vets
sinu jak sc zda. Budeli Hayes
uznan "a zsoleneho, bude poaei
vypadati jak nAsleduie:
Hlasn volitelskSch pro
Hayese ls5
Hlaso volitelskych pro
Tildena 1s4
PoSet statn v kterSchz
Hayes vetsinu obdr-
zel 81
Poeet s,at0 kterych
Tllden vstsinu obdr-
bel I7-ss
We stAtech ktere daily
vetsiny republican
skis odeyEdGno hlas6 1924. I30
We ststech kters daily
vetsiny demokratic.
ke oievzdano hlas0 4.13I.332
Vetsina hlas1 We sta
tech ktere Sly pro
Hayese l62.7ss
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1877-01-24

ske odeyEdAno hlasd 1924 .I3o
We stAtech kter6 daily
vetsiny demokratic.
ke oievzdano hlasa 4.131.332
Vetsina hlas1 We sta.
tech ktere sly pro
Hayese l62.79s
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2e, 1877

Thus il appears that the Improved
Kentucky are about as purebred as
other popular breeds; and the more
especially, as they have in them but
one (thc original) crop Of native or
common sheep, all other blood in them
being called pure. To produce the
greatest uniformity, and to obliterate
all differences of form, fleece, or flesh,
| have several times bred to my own
Improved Kentucky rams, selecting
them for the ewes 80 as to most sue.
cessfully accomplish the desired object
and the flock is as uniform as the flock
of any other breed.
"Besides many other premiums
awarded to them in Kentucky, and
four in other Western and Southern
States, a premium was awarded to them
by the KY, State Agricultural Society,
in the year 1866, and by the U. s. Agri.
cultural Society, when the Fair was
held in Louisville, Ky, in 1857 and .
special diploma and medal were award.
cd by the great Centennial Exhibition
at Philadelphia, to the wool OF this
breed of sheep, and to blankets made
Of il, and to their dressed skins with
the wool on them, none Of which were
specially prepared for the OCCASION
American AQriculturist
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

A Cool REQUEST. When Sir Samuel
Baker, the African traveller, was TAX.
ing leave OF Kamrasi, King of Unyoro,
that potentate asked him, as a partic-
ular favor to leave Lady Baker behind.
This cool request raised Sir Samsel's
ire and in high indignation he told the
King that If he ever made such re-
quest again he would shoot him. Lady
Baker, too, who overheard and under
stood the offer, felt that a word from
her would not be out Of place, and
gave the monarch a piece Of her mind
in the strongest language she could
command. His Majesty for a while
was greatly astonished, being uncon-
scious of having given any offence. AT
last, seeing that his guests were really
angry, he said, in deprecating tone,
"Don't be angry. | did not mean to
offend you by asking for your wife. |
will give you wife il you want one,
and thought you would have no OBJ
jections to give me yours. IL is my
custom TO give to my visitors pretty
wives, and ! thought you would like
to exchange. Don't make fuss about
il; if you don't like to do as others do
there's an end Of it"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
A MERICAN AND EUROPEAN
IFORKMEN.

II was a matter to stir ones patriot
ic pride, but not less to move ones pity,
to observe the commotion in business
circles IN Switzerland, as the reports
of the Swiss commissioners to the Phil.
adelphia Exhibition were made public.
Affairs were not in cheerful state at
the time. The "hard times that had
begun in America were already sorely
felt in the centre Of Europe. Produc.
ton was slackencd in all the factories,
and the values of many iavoritc invest
ments had shrunk TO onc-half When
the report of NJ. Favrc-Pcrrct on Ame.
rican matchmaking was read to crowd
ed meetings of watch.makers at Neu.
chatel and Geneva, the general expires.
sion was that of abject despair. Work
was suspended for months on the cost
ly building of the School of Watch.
making founded by the Geneva gov.
ernment. A commission was appoint.
cd by the cantonal legislature to In
quire what new industry could be
introduced in place Of that which must
hcnccforth be abandoned to American
competitors.
Among those interested 10 the other
leading manufacture Of Switzerland
the silk factories Of Baslc and Zurich
there were like scarchlngs Of heart
This same report of NJ. favre.Perrei
warned his fellow citizens that the silk
business was as sure 10 be run away
with by the Yankees rs the watch bus
mess. The wonder in both cases Il
that facts which bad long been accu
mulatng, and which bad never beer
bid In q corner, should have taken any
body by surprise The expectation o.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

Coke-"I think II scorn TO stand up
on terms of greatness towards you,
who are less than little, less than least" E"
This style was prevalent with the
lawyers for long period 1t was re-
vived by the notorious Judge Jetfreys,
but was finally extinguished by the
bench of Judges in the reign of William
and Anne. They taught a due respect
even TO criminals, and settled that
great principle Of law, that "crim.
inals were not TO DO supposed guilty
until they were convicted" Coke, at.
ter few more caprces of fortune, be-
came member Of the Parliament Of
Charles the III, and had still, in his
eightleth year, preserved beneath the
SHOWS Of age his extraordinary yigor
of mind and body. Upon points Of
law his mind was still clear, and fam
cd as bright as ever. He never en-
tirely forgot the wrongs committed by
his wife, and though il Is said that she
tried to get to him upon his death. bed,
the accounts are contradictory At
last, in the year 1894, the venerable
sage breathed his ast--died without a
struggle, and slept tho long sleep which
carries us ir,m the finite out into the
infinite. The world lost a statesman
and great lawyer, The world gain
ed from him great legal lore, and now
and unto the latest generations the
name OF Sir Edward Coke will live
with the world by his books, while his
domestic history, railings and conduct,
will be buried in oblivion.
SMITH V. WILSON.
CLEARPIELD, Pa, Sept. 18th, 1871
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
on, BULLIONl BULLTONlt

A correspondent Of one OF our ex-
changes, who has made pilgrimage to
that oil Mecca, the Bullion district, in
Venango county, describes the morals
of the place in this way
now live not in the wickedest but
the most lawlcss place in America.
Springing into existence within a year,
Bullion has population Of five or six
thousand people, mostly men-the
toughest, the most irreligious, most
immoral, and most licentious of the
world. 1t is place where every con-
ceivable inducement is openly pre-
sentcd TO seduce the innocent and un-
sophisticated or to beat the uninitiated
when bucking the "tiger;" where
every street-corner is decorated with
a gambling table where every chink
in the street-wall is graced with a
chuck.luck where pavilion theatre
may render choice play Sunday even
ing to crowded house, and advertise
by having its brass band out playing
an hour or two before opening where
base ball matches are played on Sun
day afternoon, viewed by couple
of hundred spectators, while a minister
exhorts in small out-of.the-way hall
to less than a score within hearing dis
tance without a licensed house, il is
place where every other front room is
an open gin-mill, where the joyful
tanglefoot is dished out TO the thirsty
and where the weary are at rest
where the bewitching strains from
Terpsichorcs dishonored halls, known
as "Free and Easies," lure and lull the
unrestrained. All these are as open
and convenient as the vending of wares
in your religious and moral village.
Thus all go on here, the good and bad
in common herd, all ravenous for the
almighty dollar. Good people un-
blushingly wink at the people and evil
doings surrounding them. Almost
every crime in the code, as well as
every oflense in the category of sin, is
of a common place, of every day occur
renee. Thus may be described Bullion,
the last and llveliest of the Pennsylva-
mia oil towns-the most lawless place
in America.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
OUR BRIGANDS.

The Alliance says: Human nature
has not only beautiful samencss about
II, but also a painful resemblance Of
present and past Out Of the earth
comes regularly supply Of generals
and statesmen and inventors and toll
ers, and with almost frightfdl regular
ity a supply of thieves, murdcrers, and
general villains. 1t seems that no
form Of civilization or Of religion is
able to limit or al least cut of the sup
ply of robbers and beggars and assas-
sins. As nature at last becomes weary
Of growing the same plant on tho same
ground, and sends her briars and this
Ties to take possession Of the valleys
and hills which have long grown the
peach or the grape, no she loves TO ring
changes In humanity and 10 turn from
the production Of poets and heroes to
the vilc task Of setting up In business
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

THE PR0IHf1i Ts~nIHas

Brigham Young's will was read
few days since in the presence Of all
bis wives and children and few
itroaS - Brigham youpg IT,, George
o. Cannon and Albert Carrisgton are
named as bis executors. The estate is
largely real estate, and is probably
worth s2,000,000. The will was made
four years ago, and the youngest child,
born of Mary Van Cott, was then three
years old. Brigham Young was the
father of fifty-six children, and left
seventeen wives, sixteen sons and
twenty.cight daughters. The will aims
to make an equitable division of the
property between all the wives and
children, with no preference to any.
Most Of them have already had some
thing decided to them. On this q va.u-
alton was set and II is to be charged TO
the recipients as part Of their share,
though not necessarily at the valuation
he put on it. That is to be equitably
adjusted when the estate is divided,
upon the youngest child coming Of age.
Meanwhile the income is TO 90 10 the
various mothers according to the mum.
ber Of their children, and they can
withhold tiff the children behave badly.
All are provided for as far as their
present needs are CONCERNED. Deceased
held many interests in trust for the
church and for individuals. HIS execu-
tors are directed TO turn them over
properly. The church is forbidden by
law TO hold more than $4,000 worth
of property and so il was largely held
by Brigham Young in trust His
friends will not entertain the notion
that be ever abused that trust. There
is no inventory of the property on the
estate, and it is widely scattered. With
the country prosperous and full Of
money, it would be worth twice the
above valuation. Recently Brigham
Young endowed an academy with lands
at Provo and another at Logan, the
latter with $4,000 acres. He had de-
termincd to endow one at Salt Lake,
but he did not live long enough to do
so. A person present at the reading
of the will says il seemed to be very
satisfactory to all concerned 1t will
be probated as soon as possible. 1t will
be wonderful if some dissatisfaction
does not creep in within the next thir-
teen years.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

A SECOND LOVE AFFAIR.--The Beav.
or Argus relates the following "Seven.
teen years ago, Mr.. and Mrs. j. I. Will
son, of Bridgeport Beaver county, Pa,
concluded to dissolve partnership. Mr..
Wilson went West, and when the war
broke out enlisted in the Union army.
In the meantime, his wife secured a di.
vorcc. No communication passed be-
tween the two until few months ago.
A few days ago Wilson returned TO
Bridgeport, went TO see his former wife,
fell in love, q minister was sent for and
a marriage ceremony was again per
formed. They expect TO have better
luck this time
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
The CONVERTED STRIKER.

vent into dot sdrike. Jake,
To zee yot could get
don't gone in no more, Jake,
On dot ohe ding you ber.
You sec dot blace upon mine eye
Dot cut npove mine head
Dis Is de wrist time vos oud
Since dey took me homo TO bed.
und now | got no work, Jake.
und de children dey want bread
don't bin sorry much, Jake,
u dey had killed me dead.
! dot dis vas country, Jake,
We're bcople got rich quick
| made some money once, Jake.
But dc damn stuff wouldn't sdiek.
vent in dot saloon dere,
Und drinked meln lager beer,
und Of all dc money yot made
Not yone cend saved dot year.
Und now dot times got hard, Jake,
Und yages dey yos small,
dot sdriko would do no harm.
Ba, now got no work ad all.
uud ven at night dot go homo,
My wife she looks 20 sad
For We got no bread to eat, Jake,
Uud | dell you dot vos bad.
Won ding dis business dot me, Jake,
Vat ever else beiall
A half loaf is better, Jake,
Dan to have no loaf ad all.-By HiRs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

And slept and dreamed again, and
saw the same two pilgrims going down
the mountains, along the highway, to-
wards the city. Now a little below
these (Delcctable) mountains, on the
len hand, leth the country Of Conceit /;
from which country there comes into
the way in which the pilgrims walked,
little crooked lane. Here, therefore,
they met very brisk lad that came
out Of that country, and his namc was
Ignorance.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

The Cmcus DoDoE.--A simple mind.
ed man wrote TO the Burlington Hack
cyc TO know whether a Christian can
20 TO circus. The editor handed the
inquiry over 10 that solemn individual
who watches the bedside oi an invalid
wife. The melancholy man thus an.
swercd the ANXIOUS inquiry: "Why,
yes, he can 90 to the circus easily
enough, but il will cost him half dol
lar when he gets there TO get in; that's
where the shoe pinches. You see a
Christian is always too proud to carry
water to the elephant, and that's where
the sinner has the advantage over him
In the matter Of passes"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

Mrs. Partington insults the doctor
" Yes, doctor, and few days previous
feeling somewhat predisposed, and hav-
ing groaping pain in the abandon, |
took some patient medicine, and l feel
convicted that it seriously repaired my
constituent. Isuppose I'm Of an cxora-
bic temperature, for I'm worrying ever
since Betsy Smith died of the congre-
CATION of the lungs, or some tonsoral
affection but, TO tell the truth, l'yo
always dreaded an internal rumor."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

A commercial" traveller, by ms.
take, handed merchant, upon whom
he had called, portrait Of his be-
trothed instead Of his business card,
saying he represented that establish
ment. The merchant examined II
carefully, remarked that II was a finc
establishment, and returned Il TO the as.
tonishcd and blushing traveller, saying:
:" / hope that you will soon be ad-
mitted into partnership"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26
SEPTEMBER.

Therc SQUADS rastling 10 the standing corn
There hangs bright-ehesked apple on the
bough
And later fingers now the iardy morn,
And evening shadows gather sooner now.
One crimson branch flames mid the the maple
wood
One red leaf hides am ID the woodbins's green
And olean.raksd fields lie bare, where lately
stood
The tawnsy grain amid the summer scene.
Blue gentlans show mid meadow grasses ssrs,
And from the itubble shrll the crickets sing
A requieccat DER the falling year
All sounds seem gad'- ohorusing.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

Remember that Friday, October 9th
Is The last day on which 10 pay State
and county tax.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-26

Vote for Trunkcy, scholl ard Ncyer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15

of recent tragedy and story. To-day
bearoless youth of %, tall and straight,
with flowing locks, in bucksl1in dress,
ornamented with fringe and beads, and
bearing the trappings Of savage war
fare and Indian life, appeared III our
quiet village. The bright-eyed, good
featured, Well-formed youth, was en-
route for the parental roof in Linklaen
which he left for a world of sights and
scenes six years before. With the COM
ing OF Spring, Frank Smith returns to
his home and lodge among the noun
tain Grows, and to his dusky compan-
ion, whom he idolizes as the most beau
tiful of her tribe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15
TALKING BY TELEGRAPH.
WONDERFUL SUCCESS OF THE New
SYsTEM-SOME RECENT IMPROVE
MENTS IN TELEPHONY.


The neWly-discoyered science of
Telephony or talking by telegraph,
which has created SO much interest
among scientists and practical electri-
clans OF late, has made rapid strides
within the last few weeks in the hands
of the inventor, Professor Bell and his
assistant. The latest improvements
enable them to dispense with batteries
altogether, and use permanent magnets,
the electric wave used in transmitting
the sounds being generated by the voice
itself. The Importance Of this advance
is evident to any one with even the
slightest knowledge Of telegraphy, as
the trouble and expense of Keeping
batteries in order has been the great
drawback to the employment of the
wire for private purposes. BY this
latest discovery only the first cost Of
constructing the line and putting in
the instruments is necessary, and once
established, the apparatus is virtually
IA permanency. In q recent series of
experiments with this invention an
artificial resistance much greater than
an equivalent of the length of the
transatlantic cable was introduced, and
the articulation Of every word perfect
,ly transmitted, 50 that the inventors
hope to soon be able to actually talk
through the cable. At the experiment
rooms in this city not long ago two Of
the japanese students in this country,
MesSrs. IsaWa and Mort, talked with
each other over the wire in their native
tongue, to the great enjoyment of the
IeXperimenters and themselves. A
series of experiments were conducted
yesterday over the wire between this
city and Salem, the party at this end Of
the line consisting Of Professor Bell,
Mr.. Nutting, MI. G. II. Foster, Mr..
William Aud and Mr.. j. B. Parker,
Treasurer of the Eastern Railroad.
At the Salem end Mr.. Watson was as
sisted by Miss Webb, the operator, and
the experiment was perfectly satisfact-
DRY, not only every word of the con-
yersatiOn, but the very tones and in
Elections of the several voices being &C
curately transmitted and readily recog-
nized by those at the other end of the
wire. With such advances as the sys-
| tenn has made of late, there would seem
TO be no limit to the uses to which it
may be put, and the practical advanta-
ges likely to result from it Boston
Globe ed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15
SCHOOL EXHIBITIONS

AS the time draws near for the close
Of the winter term probably quite a
number of teachers are agitating the
subject Of closing with some kind Of an
exhibition, either as a means of Great
ing favorable impression for them
selves or to please pupils and fond
parents. If you have not already
decided this question let me ask you to
consider it very carefully before com
hitting yourself. Do such exhibitions
pay? DO they not involve an amount
OF labor which does not return a fair
remuneration? Would not the time
spent in preparation be better spent in
the regular school work? Is the
tendency of such eXhibitions,as usually
conducted, eleyating or debasing so far
as Literary taste and moral principle is
concerned? Important questions all,
and questions which every conscienti-
Gus teacher will consider. Experience
shows, that as rule, in such entertain
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15
NeWYoar's THOUGHTS.

what life is so commonplace that it's
mon0t0ny is not somewhat broken up
as time crosses out of the old year into
the new? There are things to be left
behind with tears and sadness, others
with joy and relief. If the year has
bro't you a great burden of woe-some
peculiar trial or bereavement - does
not it's passing seem to shut a plying
door between yoursoul and it's sorrows?
And if the Summer has yielded some
rich, ripe fruit of pleasure, what lit
tie tinge of regret steals over you,
thinking that the year which has been
such blessed gift-bearer, is passing
away out Of sight We bury our be-
loved and the grave deepens and the
clay heaps higher as the year goes out
Oh, the most cruel doors which can
ever shut between discovered ones, are
the doors Of years! In the silence our
spirits may gather the RICHES of expe-
rience and introspection. If we could
have the days back we might color
them differently = better but days
never come back.
How many hearts whose earnest plans
Heaven witnessed on the first day of
the year!-how many go forth in the
flush of it's dawn, full Of hopes and
glowing anticipations, who must come
at its eve empty-handed and broken Of
spirit. But there are plans we may lay
with sure earnest of success; there
are hopes We may cherish and not be
disappointed. We all know them and
we know their need let us think most
of these. Let us beware of building
upon treacherous foundations, but upon
the Rock of Ages rest cur abiding work.
ROSE GERANIUM.
SYCAMORE. DALE, w. VA.