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

1l!! \ ~ "a = ..l.l
Simon has long been notcd lor The
dexteri,y with which he picks IN
things that have not been previously
dropped, and for tho iurliyc alcrtncss
with which he finds things which the
rightiul owner has not lost but this
is the first time, says Jones, | ever
knew him accused ol stealng so mn
convertible security or so non-nego.
table chose in action US lbc affections
of u female. II is very sad. The
breach OF promise suit recently brought
--ssinsl tbetyenerabI, Simon by Mrs.
Oliver is the talk Of tho town. 1t Is
my purpose TO state the facts, says
Jones, and | hope in so dong may
both yindIcate the Inherently impugned
chastity Of the venerable Simon and
pour balm upon the laccraied heart
strings Of the complainant. | observe
with infinite disgust and ivpel with
abiding disdain the mean insinuntion
OF that rude miner Jonrs OF Neyadn
he is no relative OF mine, says oui
Jones to the effect that the venerable
Simon could plead his own great age
in bar TO the complaint,
If Simon puts in such an unsenalpr
ial plea | shall volunteer as counsel ioI
the plaintiff, and bring in Hamlin
Howe, Merrimon, Chrisliancy, Morton
and "A dozenlother solemn old Senatorial
pumps TO swear that there is absolute
ly no limit this sile Of the grave al
which n Senator is supposed to be le
pally incapable of lacerating the femal,
affections Blu. don't believe Slmor
will nut IN any such plea prcsum,
his defense will be based upon Other
points. The first point OF Simon's DC
tense will be plea in abatement o
damages. He will show, says jones
that had he married her. Mrs. Oliver
must have become the step-mother o
of his Son bona plea which, IN III,
ewes of any Intelligent Jury, woul,
make a big hole in Il clalm Of $50. 00l
lin the nature of set.olI.
Tho defense against the amatcr,
notes which Mrs Oliver il said TO hav,
in her possession, written by the ven
cradle Senator, will doubtless be TO se
up as an alibi the notorious fact that tn
venerable oiihoi, can "rite ana u
support o. 'his .neoly uoVeriior il"r'
rant VII oe pu' on tl'o suanu W swo"
us iavorlte oath lnat Don mas an th'
education oil tnv cameron Ahll9
WINE the Veneraole olmon nas ali 'h'
brains uoh 'niuN ,nese document
WIN s'ahu against such convincing r'
outtaL
Inc oaa luck wh'ch mas oelalle
simon oi iate' says Jones Is enongh !
move even lhe heart OF Ooi, fornsy u
pity There last spring he earinil
collected q herd oi cattle from u
hills ana Wales the mountains ana IN
ueils oi Tohnsy wanna says Jones' an
sent them 70 market at CINCINNATI
charge OF hls son Don believe Ia
herd acted as the pennsylvania dcl'
gauon TO tho hepuoIiean convention
says Jones. Ana now koblnson,w who
a politician, tells me, says Jones, tha
simon lost money on these cattle. a
all events, says Jones, Robinson tell
me he heard q noted Phlladolphl
hummer, whom Hayes was nominate
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

"Wno Is GREATER THAN GRANT. -
A gentleman undertook last Sunday
TO deliver lecture before certain
Sunday School. Alter the children
were gathered before him be began bis
remarks BY observing that there was
some very great rHen IN the world.
"For instance" said he, "ihc Governor
OF Kentucky, is u great man, Now,
all OF you who have ever seen the Gov.
OF Kentucky, stand up Seven chill
dren arose. But he continued.
there is even greater man than the
Governor Of Kentucky. That man is
President OF the United States. How
many ol You have seen the President
OF the United States y Two children
arose, Now, the speaker proceeded,
dropping bis voice 20 a solemn key,
there is some one even grvaterthan the
President Of the Z .iied States. DO
you know whom ! mean p Halt Il
duzen voices chirped out ~rilden, I'll
den aud then every body smiled, and
cardinaIrcd flush mantled 10 the
roots OF tue lecturers hair-Louisrdlt
/ C0arier.JoBn0i- ID
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shall cause more frequent change IN
school books than that named ~ the
act, or accepts any compensation what
ever, either direct or indirect from
publishers Of books or their agents, OF
violates any OF It's provisions, shall be
guilty Of = msdeneauor, and after
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced
TO pay II iine not exceeding 500, and
that he be deprived OF his office, and
repeals all acts or parts of acts incon.
sislent with It's provisions.
Should this bill become law those
directors who have been in the habit
of receiving compensation from pub.
fishers in consideration of their ser
vices IN bringing about changes in
books, will find themselves standing
on slippery ground if they follow the
old business We presume that after
the book businsss Is arranged the next
improvement, win be bill to l6tchase
shoes, hats, bonnets aud clothing ior
the pupils. There is just ar much
sense and equity in purchasing cloth
Ing for the children Us books. The
one is rs essential as the other
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saw the situation Of aiiairs--that the
family was ia Ignorance OF the true
character Of the man that had become
their relative -und be, in the Kindness
oi his hrnrt. did not lay bare to them
the true nwardifss of the man he
came ior. Kiulcy'r young wife, we.
n,aulilSe, stuck to him aud refused To
be tiomiorlci, aud the whole family
were struck with astonishment, i"r be
had iully nsinunlcd himself into their
good giuce- aud confidence. The lam
ily into which Kinley married was
that Of II wrll-to.do respectable iarmer,
none OF whom had probably been over
thirty miles from home. just such u
family as could be imposed upon in
.heir. .t.ae-. ;.,en,raec. Ihis eass- hs.s
Q41bsanagpss0pusu
and Young women. Btwmr how you
trust aud enter into relations with IN.
tererling strangers 1t is safest aud
best diirdys 10 take the necessary time
TO find out something about them, aud
il marriage is involved in the mat
ter, make the young ones wait
awhile. If they will not do it, and
run away, let the fault rest upon them,
and not upon tho carelessncss or in
difference OF the parents
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

at ! g'eleek , N, all that certain tract Of ,,i
lac The estie II sAii decni.e |. situate ia ~
township. sud descrihad ~ folloasi B,n,1
Scsi by apdsu Joshua Gn,hus. John Woolr,d.'
And Dpisel Mans. 90 The north by mad. OF ~.
"rhhur, un the east by laais II John Force, ~.
other ianis late " said d,ccascd. and \. y,
soulh By lands Of BenJnnin kn,pp. cupf,,,,,.
about 100 Acre, sud beiug The sams prsmi'l,
whsresn Wn liitchings iisod At the time oil M.
death.
The Improvements eon'i', Of tpo-sioI b.
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"The golden hours on angels wing.
Flaw nor hin, N Ma a.nri.

till the sad moment when the hand.
some pbiz Of Sheriff Candor put in an
appearance and summoned the gay
bird Of tho Jail iron pastures new TO
the grim old quarters in Fort Candor,
from whence he may be transported
10 stronger wallsat Pilisburg, there TO
ruminatc over bis crimes and his sor,
rows, and dwell in remorse at having
added 10 his other crimes that Of max.
ing tho lifc Of an innocent maidon mis-
! lcrable. When the Sheriff got Jim be
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

Upon the elections in Louisiana, as
in other States, depends the right to
their seats Of Senators and Represent
ativcs who are to aud in making laws
for the whole country, and the choice
OF Presidential electors, upon whose
vote may depend the title Of the office
Of the President Of the United States
himself. No party in the United States
would like TO submit TO n result decid-
I'd by the votes Of electors chosen BY
such meane = Wiliiom A. Whoir.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

II,no,.,r,,, Donr,sIv A rnInn.
a., rs ~ ,,,.~a,e,, ,,.,,a. ,la, Jnd,o
Ca,,,,.,,... ,,na c,aa M aoo,sion ~ ,5o
o.,s.' 80 w. II wo,Iaoo soooLo, !,
,na no,a,ora,,o ,,onso ., pon,oson,,
,,,.s - ean,h r.rol;o, ,ors,s a.
s,o,o dooosi,o,.ics and y I. Garbage
cloim;,c n ho ,h, Rcnuhlica, s,a,o
Treasurer osl,ln,, rar,n ip,nnc,,on 70.
s,raining those banks from naving any
moneys unon cbecks drawn bv Gar
do,o ss rreasurcr The mdco doc;des
tho, ,ho Troosn,er .r,o,.s mon H. a,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

OTfCE.-All persons Indebted to the estate
~ Of 7. G. Miller, are Notified that they must
call and settle their accounts withou, delay. and
all those having clains against the said estate
arr requested tn present the sane duly Authenti-
Gated. The boo 6 Of Tho said estate are at the
ofles ol c. W Smith. ON Second street
Q. W. SMITH.
JN0. ?. IRWIN, Trustees.
W D. nlGLRR.
TltarnaiI Eth n 1877 A.
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lieu advertisements.
GROCERIES, /,

~ t LUMBER CITY, PA.
The undersigned announces 70 his old friends
and patrons that he has opened good line o.
GROCERIES 4 PROVISIONS ai the old siani
Of KRIS & spencer, for which be solieits liberal
patronage n. W. SPENCER.
Lnuher CITY. Pa March 2a.tf
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-02-21

The country cannot afford to have
the result tainted by the suspicion Of
Illegal or false returns - President
Grant.
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TRUsTrE-' SALE
EtIIftitNfs ns,s s,ll


By notice of " cer'ings IN domesi c attsch-
ment IN the cUur, Of Common T cas- Of Clearaeld
countv. Pa, there will be exposed to public sale
NJ the Court Housc 10 Clvaraeii. on
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RINGING SPEhcH BY An
UONEST REpUBLiClN

Mr., Purnan, II member of the House
Of Representatives,, from FIori,ln, made
the following honest admissions of The
rarcally of tbs Florida Reluriing
Board, on ihc ilpor OF the Ilousc on
Monday
Mr. Purman rose To debate the re.
port Of tho Florida Committee Up
TO that tine no interest Whatever had
bccn taken II, the debate, but when il
became evident that he favored the
resolution Of the mnjorilJ, declaring
the Tilden electors duly elected, the
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-09-26
A Russian Comic Paper.

Russian humor is dense. In
one of the comic papers published
in st. Petersburg, there is series
of pictures entitled "Doctoring the
Sick Man." and representing a
Turkish Aga, who having killed
and eaten a Bulgarian slave, ac-
quires such rotundity that he can
not leave his bed. A British sailor
is the first doctor called in, and
after him comes an Austrian men,
dicant, but their prescriptions do
not seem to help the patient. Then
in stalks a big Muscovite, who
recommends a change oe air-a
trip to Ashland in the last pic
ture the Turk is reduced to his
normal proportions. In the Carl
catures which are sold on the
streets of Moscow, Great Britain is
generally portrayed as a dandified
yachtsman, with red mutton-chop
whiskers and long foppish looking
nose. There are very few illustra-
ted journals in Russia, and none
of any merit, so that the battle
scenes are not brought before the
public with any force. There is
one artist of real talent at the
scene of war, Verestchagin, whose
work has been seen in the past in
the London weeklies. The illustra-
tions in M. MacGahan's "Cam-
paigning on the Oxus," are from
his hand.
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Better Late Than Never.

Life is a race, where some succeed,
While others are beeinning;
'Tis luck at times at others speed,
That gives an early winning,
But If YOU chance to fall behind,
Nc'er slacken your endeovor,
Put keep this wholesome truth in mind
'Tis better late than never.
If Won can keep ahead, MS we'll.
nut never trip voir noichbor;
'ris noble WHOM vop ran ayrcll.
By honest, patient labor:
But II you are ou'stipped at last,
Press on ns bold ns ever;
Remember, though you are surpassed,
'ris better late than never.
Ne'er labor FOR an idle boast
OF victory DER another;
But while you strive your uttermost,
Deal fairly with brother.
Whate'er your station, do your best,
And hold vour purpose ever
And if you fnil 20 beat the rest,
'Tis better late than never.
Choose well the path in which you run
Succeed by noble daring;
Then though the last. when once Ills won,
Your crown is worth the wearing;
Then never fret, il left behind,
Nor slackcn your endeavor;
But ever keep this truth in mind,
'Tis better late than never.
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to you that you are libertine, and
that you have wilfully broken your
marriage VOWS, and that / will and
shall procure q divorce. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself,
Mr.. Reppke, for deceiving me in
that manner--oh, none of your ex-
cuses-I know all. What have
you doneY I'll tell you what you
have done. Answer me, Mr.. Repp-
Ike; who is that person you spoke
of in your dream last night! Who
is that person you spoke of having
a "flne body9" Who is that jade
you dared call "tender p Who is
that wretch with the "beautiful
color and whom do you mean by
sold stock you first want to get rid
of" eh Oh, you villain {! whom
where you thinking of when
you SAID: "The old is too tough,
but the new ! pay attention toi"
Don't say word, Mr.. Reppke, or
I may forget that I am a woman.
That is the kind of a man you are,
eh' The "old is green and not
worth looking at" you said too.
Very good, Mr.. Reppke; am not
so old, and not so green as you
think, and others, perhaps, will con-
slider me worth looking at when I
get rid of you, you grey-headed
reprobate. And may ! ask you
how much more "money there is
in the new than in the DID," and
why you are going to "bring out
the new before September ?" Oh,
you are sly, Mr.. Reppke, you are
deep; first get rid of me, and make
the new match public; that's your
game, Mr.. Reppke. And "nice to
handle," and as "fine as silk" and
"no white veins" she has, and your
love, "burnt glorious" and she is
pleasure to look at and touch,"
and-and-and "finely developed"
you said she was, too. Oh--oh
MRS. Reppke faints.)
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Jenny'S Faith.

"You see" said the jailer, after
locking the last door, and seating
his pretty niece in his own pleasant
office, "tbe young man that's killed
and this young man were cronies
till Burgess saw Jenny Anderson,
when he was silly enough to fall in
love with her. Well, instead of
acting like man when he knew
that Henry was engaged to her,
he acted like a fool-tried TO cut
Henry ont. yon see. That
naturally apgered Henry, though
he acted vprv we'll Ahont it-for
he's Ccnrrors fellow, and no
doubt piticd him-until Burgess
hegan to throw ont hints that were
unfavorable TO the girl. Then
Henry got md. singing mad. but
still kept bis hands off. Burgess
grew more and more insane. how
ever. lie visited Jenny at all
t'mes' tli' his strange conduct
began to fr'ighten her. He laid
himself along places where she was
going, and come ont all Of
raS'lon-l'Ne oee9'ng ner 10 io'e
nlm' giving out 'nS'nua'ions aoou'
iienIE'
" ''' one '"! "e CARRIE" 'n'S
''',E ''" ''''' "''' 'e",'F "e"' "nu
'oi| Vt ~ '''''N. WIS" snr "
come '' me va nave S''''P'" IL
wv women are impr"'eht some
'''nes' rs wen as men, henry
n'nht I 'ake tha' very ca'mly-he
han nara words win the ieliow'
an" 'here came near oeing T" hgh''
IL was s'oPpeu III t'me' however,
"", "o. "e'"'e ii'"'!' =" "'' a'se'
ha' sa'o some yer! naru 'n'ngS'
'n"' goes as'' '''i "o"'
well wasn't more than a
fortnight after that Burgess was
found dead in his bed, struck
through TO the heart with a Knife.
lie had been behaving singular Tor
some days, but nobody had seen
that Henry took any notice OF it.
On the day OF the night vi the
murder, it seems, be had sent
Jenny an insulting letter, which
was read in evidence yesterday in
court. Well, as l said he was
found murdered. Blood was track
ed to the door of Henry's room-they
boarded in the same house-blood
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-09-26

Hobart Pasha thinks the battle
is not always to the fiset--Exs acs
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Sequel to n Leaf Dealers Dream.

Mr.. Reppke. q dealer in leaf
tobacco, being very much troubled
about the prospect of sale for his
tobacco, had fallen asleep, and
beginning to dream, spoke aloud
Of certain qualities Of his stock Of
tobacco. His wife, being of an
extremely jealous disposition, over
heard his broken sentances, and
imagining them TO refer to lady,
upbraided Mr.. Reppke next morn.
ing In the following manner:
Now, Mr.. Reppke, let me tell yon
that you are found out; let me say
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line.
Local Notices, ten cents per line each insertion,
ana all notices continued for three months or
longer, discount Of % per cent
advertisements unacCOmpanied by written or
verbal directions viii be published three month
ADVERTISEMENTS, under contract, ordered out be-
tore expiration OF time, will be charged full rates.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid except at the option Of the publisher
vance.
pSS- Terms, CASH. payable quarterly.
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CENTENNIAL REDUCTION
In Advertising.

Three thousand, two hundred and hfty dollars
worth Of newspaper advertising, NJ publishers
schedule raies. given Tor 400, and three months
note accepted In payment ffonn advertisers Of
nons,bilitv A printed list. irving name, charac-
H.. actual Daily and Weekly circulation, and
schsduls Rates Of Advertisins, sent free 70 any
sddre~s. Apply 70 Geo. p. Rowell Co, Nevs-
raref Aa'erhns 's'"''' e,-
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! SHOWN MIN, lne hHlle, Ine tTachSi
all goes against him, although he
must have done it in his sleep, to
go back to bed in that fashion,
It's six months now; the lawyers
have put it off, and put it off, in
hopes that something would turn
up to clear him. but nothing has
as yet, and I'm afraid nothing
will"
Eugenie sat and listened with
fearful eyes, and when she went
away, carried the impression of
the sorrowful face home with her.
Meantime Jenny stitched away
10 the dim cell, and Henry wrote.
There had been long silence.
1t was broken by Jenny, who
said, in light, cheerful tone:
"Wasn't that pretty young
lady, Henry"
avery" was his reply. Then,
pausing suddenly, he laid down
his pen. saying: Jenny, can't
you possibly realize the danger /
am in ?"
"Don't believe anything about
it," said Jenny, quietly, and in the
same cheerful tone.
"But, my dear girl, you must.
Ny lawyer told me this morning
that I was as good as convicted.
l love you for your faith in my
innocence, your faith that it will
be proved-but, alas, dear Jenny,
there-is no hope !"
He bowed his head on his hands.
Jenny looked at him once; all
her face quivered with anguish,
hnt with an almost superhuman
effort she commanded her features
again.
"There is hope |" she said stout
". 81 wish you could feel it as
I can. I wish could see into the
misty future as God has given me
to see"
"Jenny. when I am gone you
will copy this and send it round
to those who loved me-" he said,
gathering mp the manuscript.
"You will outlive me-" she said
quietly.
"Strange you are so blind to my
danger-strange you will no. see
where I stand. But, Jenny, If |
do die-that horrible death"-he
shuddered-"there will be a time
when my innocence shall be proved
clear as the MONDAY"
"You will not die. Your inno-
cence will be proved-even when
you stand"-Her lip quivered now,
her chin trembled convulsively.
"Jenny-Jenny, my brave girl
my beautiful beloved, You do fear,
but you would hide it from me-
That is WE'LL" he said, as she fell
sobbing into his arms. "Your
heart would break, Jenny, if you
did not weep"
She looked mp, smiling even
through the falling tears, as she
exclaimed:
"My faith is just as strong as it
ever was. God will interpose"
Henry Islington was convicted.
He sat in the condemned cell
BY permission Jenny was with
him sometimes. Her face was a
shade paler, but her smile was just
as sweet. She talked in low,
earnest voice-she sang to him,
read to him. There were many
visitors called on him, among them
several clergymen. To them he
always said: 81 am ready. An
innocent man, who has feared his
God and loved his neighbor as
himself, need not tremble at the
prospect of death" His calmness,
his resignation, we're the theme
of all their tongues. His spiritual
advisers had no boubt of his
genuine piety. EfE
Jenny still said: "He will never
be hung" 1t seemed almost a
mania born of despair, this despe-
rate belief. 1t made stout men
weep to see her shining eyes-to
hear her quiet protestations.
"But to-morrow, my dear child"
some one would say, a. the time
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A little boy entered q fish market
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first time a pile of Holsters lying
on the counter, looked intently at
them for some time, when he ex-
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the biggest grasshoppers I've ever
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An auctioneer, at a sale of anti.
quities, put up helmet, with the
following candid observation =
"This, ladies and gentlemen, is the
helmet Of Romulus, the Roman
founder, but whether he was a
brass, iron or type founder, I can
not tell"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-09-26
An ingenious girl who never has

An ingenious girl who never has
ga feller" in the world goads the
other girls in her neighborhood to
madness by lighting up the parlor
brilliantly and then setting her
fathers hat where its shadow viii
be boldly marked against the cur
tain. isaa1a1
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A man made q bet that he could
ride Ay wheel In a saw mill, and
as his widow paid the bet, she
remarked: "william was . kind
husband, but he didn't know much
about fiy wheels.s z, EsIi.a