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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
INGENIOUS TRIPLES.

There are many people who are de-
sirOus, not 40 much to do something
well, something useful but to do some
thing which no one else can do. When
Il picture was shown TO Michael An.
gelo, which had been painted with
fingers instead Of brushes, the great
painter replied "Tbe foolish man had
better have used his brushes" an an
swer very applicable TO all such vain
workers. In the history Of vanities
OF labor, we may enumerate endless
criticisms of the schoolmen, the fanci-
lul anagrams and acrostics OF the poets,
and the unending twaddlc OF the old
preachers tho Rev. Henry Tongue,
Tor instance, who, in 1915, left his rec.
tory at Spcrnal, in Warwickshirc, to
become naval chaplain. He duly
notes, in his diary, that he commenced
preaching on the "Paguo Of Frogs,
when ut Tripoli, and continued the
course up the Mediterranean, and
good part Of the bomeward voyage,
He also made the opening of the Lords
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
CLEARFIEIn, Pa WEDNESDAY, MAY 80, 1877.

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pence Ihe Balkan passes were not
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
THE LEGEND OF THE CEDAh
OF LEBANON.

This ancient legend-the dream,
perhaps, OF Syrian hermlt-shows
that the Cedar OF Lebanon, the timber
tree of the Temple built on Zion, was
held in the highest estimation, and ex.
ercised the fancy. The story proceeds
that Seth received from the angels
three seeds upon the spot where sin
had been first committed, outstanding
their blasted and dead. He carried
the seeds home, placed them in the
mouth OF the dead Adam and so buried
them. Their future history is curious.
Growing on the grave of Adam in He.
bron they were afterwards most care
fully protected by Abraham, Moses,
and David. After their removal TO
Jerusalem, the Psalms were composed
beneath them I; and in due time, when
they had grown together and united
in one giant tree, they, or lt-ior it
was now one tree, Cedar Of Leba-
non--was felled by Solomon for the
purpose Of being preserved for ever as
a beam in the Temple. But the de-
sign failed the kings carpenters
found themselves utterly unable TO
manage the mighty beam. They
raised il to its intended position, and
found it too long. They sawed it, and
it then proved too short. They spliced
it, and again found it wrong. 1t was
evidently intended for another, per-
haps a more sacred office, and they laid
il aside in the Temple TO bide its time.
While awaiting Tor its appointed hour,
the beam was on one occasion impro-
perly made use OF by q woman named
Maximella, who took the liberty of
sitting on 1t, and presently found her
garments on fire Instantly she rails
cd a cry, and feeling the flames severe.
ly, she invoked the aid Of Christ, and
was Immediately driven from the city
and stoned, becoming IN her death u
pro.Christian martyr. In the course
OF an cventiul history the presdestined
beam became a bridge over Kedron,
and being then thrown into the Pool
OF Bethesda, it proved the cause of its
healing virtues. Finally, it became the
Cross, was buried in Calvary, exhum.
cd by the Empress Helena, chopped up
by corrupt Church, and distributed
Gardeners Chronicle.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
FEEDING VALUES AND Eff
FECT.S.

"Please state the relative merits or
values of corn at So per 100 pounds,
oats at sl,75 per 100 pounds, bran at
Go cents per 100, and barley at 50 per
100 pounds, for feeding work horses.
These are the prices OF horse feed
here. How much bran will be equiv
alent to tour quarts of cornY We
have not produced enough corn or
oats TO feed our teams Tor year. Our
crop of wheat was good, and bran is
cheaper than ever before here by ten
cents per cwt.--[T., Fort Collins, Col,
y What is the relative value
Of oats and corn for horse iced ? Which
is tho healthier TO feed alone, and
which is the more profitable to grow
for consumption on the farm, where all
the manure which can bo made is need
ed? Likewise which takes up the
most strength from the groundY And
lastly, in cultivating and cropping an
orchard OF young apple trees, eight 10
ten years old which is preferable p
Farmer, Meadville, PENN"
Basing the answer to "I's' question
on the proportion OF digestible fodder
constituents in these several articles OF
fodder, as determined by numerous
experiments in Germany, we should
have the following results; Calling the
feeding value OF 100 pounds Of corn
200, that OF 100 pounds of oats would
be l75, OF barley 1870, and of bran lI5.
Therefore pounds Of bran would be
about equal TO pounds, or A quarts OF
corn. In practice the feeding value of
bran may not come so near that Of
corn as is indicated by these calcula-
tions, but still there can be but little
doubt that wheat bran at 65 cents per
cwt., is a much cheaper fodder than
corn at 81, provided that the animals
thrive equally well on both. As TO
the comparative effect of oats and
corn on the soil, in answer to Farmer"
il is sufficient TO consider that while
the weight Of an average crop of oats
is but about 1000 pounds Of grain,
that Of a crop of corn is about 1850
pounds, and therefore, even if we do
not take into account the much greater
weight of the stalks and leaves of the
corn as compared with the oats, it is
evident enough that the corn crop
must make heavier draft on the sup
plies Of plant food in the soil than the
oats The oats would, therefore, in
your orchard, rob the apple trees of
much less nutriment than would the
corn but on the other hand the cult.
vation that corn requires when II is
properly cared for would be so bene-
iicial TO the trees that the evil Of its
greater exhaustive effect might be al
most counterbalanced. d.-Prof G. G..
Caldwell. IN. Y Tribune.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
now THE SULTAN LOOKS
AND LIVES.

By 10 o'clock in the morning, clad
in iur-lined anteri, the Sultan takes
his place in the cheerful little room IL
the right wing Of the palace which he
has made his own-a little gem in itc
way, furnished in ebony and green
velvet, its only adornments a select Ii
biary, number Of maps hung on the
walls, the busts of his father and un
Gle, and The portraits Of his father and
grandfather. The first person he sends
for in the morning is Said Pasha, Grand
Marshal Of the palace, with whom he
draws out the programme of his day
be then calls for the other Said Pasha,
his first Secretary, with whose assis-
tance he carefully examines all the pa
pers sent to him from the Porte. 0c-
casionally, while still in his dressing
gown, he receives Ministers on press
ing business otherwise he works al
his papers about noon, when he break
fasts, and shortly after appears IN hls
study, dressed in the Quaker.cut black
frock coat called stambutee. Then
commence the official receptions, gen.
orally followed by second interview
with his Grand Marshal, after which
he either takes walk in the palace
grounds or trip on the Bosphorus in
a yacht. He dislikes driving but on
Sunday he drove over to Stamboul,
where | saw him, to inspect the ar
rangements OF the new Chamber Of
Deputies. He dimes shortly after sun
sent, takes no raki before his dinner,
and no wine with that meal. Once
or twice week he invites some mem
bers OF the Cabinet TO spend the even.
ing with him, and talks with them on
public affairs. Other evenings are
devoted to music; he has n special
pianist, an Italian, attached to the
palace, and sometimes the palace troupe
perform pantomime for his amuse.
ment. About II o'clock, or earlier, he
retires to his harem, which expressed
prosaically, means go to bed. lie is
perfectly conscious that his constitu-
ton is not robust, and his physicians
say that be adheres most faithfully to
their advice for the preservation OF his
health. No one who saw the Sultan
on Sunday examining with interest
every detail OF the new chamber, Wis.
iting the imperial lodge, mounting the
tribune, noticing the silk stuffs which
cover the benches, and jauntily de-
scending the broad staircase Of the
ardeltdnoum with Said Pasha, could
coascientiously conclude that the mems
SaaG was wanting in that slenderirame,
although the frame is undeniably slen-
der and the expression OF the face anX-
ious and sorrowful.- London Truth.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

EXTREMES MET.-"Stonowalp' Jack
son and his sister were orphan chill.
dren, and were brought up together
until he won't to West Point. Like
most orphan children, they were un-
usually attached to each other. She
mprried and settled in Beverly, West
Virginia, where her husband carried
on u large farm or plantation. Her
brother, the General, frequently visited
her, and during these visits be would
invariably go to the quarters of the
slaves Tor the purpose OF exhorting
them OH the subject of religion. FREE
qucntly the soldier would be seen on
his knees in the midst of the children
of Africa. offering earnest prayers for
their salvation. When the war broke
out the brother espoused the cause of
the South and became the greatest OF
all the Confederate Generals, with u
worldwide reputation for rconsummate
military ability, and laid down bis life
on the bloody field Of Charlottesville.
The sister, IN spite of the opposition
of her husband and her relatives, sided
with the cause of the Union, and re-
mained true TO that cause TO the end
of the war SO great was the feeling
engendercd against her that she event
ually separated from her husband and
moved to Springfield, Ohio, and resid.
ed with daughter who had married a
Union officer
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

the evo I of war, upon so slender II
balance does her budget hinge, that
Russia would have to borrow largely
to meet the interest Of her debt and
supply deficiencies. Her last popular
loan was not o success, II Is true, but
the declaration of the leading Russian
journalist, Kathoii, ave must have
war" counts for great deal as an rs.
surancc that popular feeling supports
the Gar. In the essential matter of
railroads, Russia is better situated lhap
she was during the Crlmean campaign,
but the single tracks are not expected
by such good critics as Herr Wickede
to stand the strain of u campaign with
efficiency.
The inhabitants of Russia from TWEEN.
ty to forty from the army, six years
service with the active army ana nine
years in the reserves being demanded
in European Russia. The regular
army on war footing includes the
following
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

OLD FAMILIES. "A very searching
investigation was carried on few
years ago in the North Of England by
two families who were searching up
their respective ancestry. The strife
was great between hem, each deter
mining to look into antiquity further
than the other. One OF the families
whose name was Spencer, employed
an artist to paint an historic scene
representing the building OF the ark
and the loading up of the ship by Noal
and his sons with its mutifarious and
various cargo. On the gang-plank
leading to the deck Of the ark two
men were seen rolling up large box
on one side of which was printed il
large letters, ''Relics, insignia, and pa
pcrs belonging to the Spencer family
This was considered a coup detdt hard
TO beat; but the other family, deter
mined not to be outdone in the antedi
luvian pretences of their name, pre-
pared at great cost and research a re.
cord of their antiquity In describing
the exploits Of one of their ancestors
at very early day, who was repre-
sented as man of some authority
this remarkable passage occurred =
During this year Adam and Eve were
driven out OF Paradise "-RTal Nell
YORKER.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

WATCH THE CHILpREN's FEEr.--ThC
following advice from the New York
Ereaing Post, is very important. Let
every mother remember 1t : "Llfe-long
discomfort and sudden death often
come to children through the inatten-
tion or carelessness of the parents. A
child should never be allowed TO 90 to
sleep with cold feet; the thing to be
last attended to is TO see that the feet
are dry and warm. Neglect Of thl.
has often resulted in dangerous attack
of Group, diphtheria or fatal sore
throat. Always on coming from school
on entering the house from visit ol
crrand in rainy, muddy or thawing
weather, the child should remove it'
shoes, and the mother should herself
ascertain whether the stockings are
the least damp. If they are, they
should be taken of, the feet held be
fore the fire and rubbed with the hands
till perfectly dry, and another PAIR Of
stockings and another pair of shoes
put on. The reserve shoes and stock
ings should be kept where they arr
good and dry, so as to be ready fol
use on u moments notice"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

GOSPEL HARNESS. DR.. Murray re.
marks: ave have no faith In the
monastic conception Of holiness, its
cause and security. The mind makes
its own sins, and the offspring are OF
the color and character OF the parent.
The "warfarc" of which Paul speaks
is not u defensive, but an offensive,
warfare. As o Christian, therefore,
your security lies in the suddennoss
and fierceness with which you attack
your foe. You can never pitch your
tent, and unharness, while an enemy
remains alive on the field which field
is your own sin possessed nature. Then
shall you have rest from your labofs,
and not until then. Then shall peril
to you be cpasscd the necessity of con.
fiict gone forever with your sin 4; and,
conqueror at last over yourself, at
peace with your conscience and your
God, you Join tho company Of those
"who have fought the good light, who
have 6nishsd the course, who have
kept the faith"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

A CHASTITY SupPER.-An interest.
ing supplement is made to the story OF
the negro whose execution was re-
ported last Wednesday in the Atlanta
(Ga.) Constitution. The negro, Geo
Williams, was hanged for killing bis
infant son, for not learning to walk.
lie was sentenced to be banged last
yeal, on the same day three other
murderers were to be swung off. lie
was respited on tho very day that
was named for his h,nging, The
Sheriff, attentive to all the details, bad
provided coffin for George, and put
The coffin in the jail. George soon dis.
covered Il, and walking up to II sat
down in il and commenced to cody
cat his supper. After supper bestretch'
ed himself out in il Tor little nap lie
said he wanted TO get used TO ii. When
bc was rcspited, the coffin was care
fully pu, away and saved until he was
sentenced again. No respit came thise
time, and George is now taking a
lengthy nap in the same coffin that he
praotioed in on that memorable night.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

ASnAKER Fourteen years
ago Sallie Dill came to the Shaker set
tIemcnt at Whitewater, Ohio, with a
little girl in her arms. She had been
betrayed by an Indianapolis clergy
man and sought refuge from the world
in which the battle had gone strongly
against her. She became iavorite
with the community and fell naturally
into its quiet way 3, but her daughter,
Ida May, growing up, longed Tor the
outside life of which she read in novels,
and grew restless under the restraints
of Shaker discipline, The elders re-
solved to send her into the world after
the ways OF which she hankcrcd and her
mother, fearing TO trust the girl TO
make her own way, resolved to accom-
pany her They received fifteen dol
lars as their portion, and went to Gin
cnnati, where n friend who had pass.
ed one or two years at Whitewater re.
sided. They spent few days in look.
ing for employment, ard seemed utter
" helpless, the mother knowing little
Of the liic from which she had former
" fled, and the daughter of course
having no idea Of the world save what
she gathered in her girlish dreams.
The mother wanted TO return TO the
Shaker settlement, but the Shakers
would not admit the daughter until a
change OF heart was assured. The
women in their despair took poison
and died. There is something mex
pressibly mourniul in their story, but
the late of the mother seems especially
hard. This poor soul, beaten by the
storms of misfortune, had found rest
in seclusion, and having given up her
own repose to fulfill her maternal du.
ties to her child, encountered the world
anew, only to be driven to despair and
death. All this in connection with the
longiDgs Of the girl for the forbidden
pleasures of the world forms theme
that only Hawthorne's exquisite touch
could do justice to.--N Y. World.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

A SouELcuER.-An Albany damsel
asked one of her fellow. .boarders, a
stylish dry.goods clerk, at the break.
last table, "why is your moustachc
like my back hair2" lie blusbingly
gave Il up, when the answer caused
him TO blush still more, because it's
oil down."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

lrriga,ing the dry lands Of Colora.
do IRON wells by windmill power has
been recently found practicable by n
farmer, near Evans, in that State.
With one small mill an acre OF vegc-
tables was watcred, and the thirst Of
herd Of eighty head Of cattle, horses,
and sheep was quenched.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

They went fishing. She looked
languidly at him and said III wish
the fish would bite at your hook if l
was fsh would" fi
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
WHERE THY WILL MEET

Tho Eastern army Of Russia may
be dismissed from tho calculation at
once. II could effect nothing, and iii;
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

=" Maria, said the pious husband,
"them wicked Smiths are allowing
their children to play in the yard on
Sunday. Tomorrow, I'll sick the dog
on their chickens The judgment OF
heaven must be visited on EN- in some
way
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
MUCH IN LITTLE

Children are the tomorrow Of so.
sciety.
Often forgive Others, but never
forgive thyseli.
-Jerrod defined dogmatism as pup
pyism come TO maturity"
Motto for an Orphan Asylum
"Thus far, and no father"
"A circular saw--A proverb that
goes the round of society.
1t is better to hold back q truth
than to speak it ungraeiously.
We are told that nothing was
- ;'.;7.9,, : =, fsT=sr Rat hew ebogt.e- FASH
: a
Decorah-posten., 1877-03-29
Snunois.

SioftIeosn uge iOr her raieuht
Stormt ouer 5uiuois. oa Suemas
CT optnnrueos ii9 / 8aoerue %
Gjorne BEN uirsmfommsIiae. 5lere
Steoer laa mon itrnr i Sorueiru
tore Sfarer al &iloalHs, brOroi oOa
eufcIte SIotfs IigsiOm bctsnfte Jig
oo Dc t0m op moo Chicago, %
uencte after ipcoUer.
Sra Gticogo Yolitontor sr rer
i Irngsrs 5lo itloaltt Yen9sbrsrs,
ab%nrcsisreos til Dc tore screenings.
bulc. Nu bar man otter morge I'M
oerleoeIler ubiuuhst Spueu, en- un9
bsllsnt ueo Nauu 8rols /; men bar
poaitoar, at ban life bar i%tllalet
mere emo omfrira s400 imlolertio
CT Hsre bunoreos 8rtue blspns burts.
Srols, lOm ifuloe arrcltcrts. inotll
ban tunoe fare 8auiion. renlte,
iorcl man iffe posisos rris paa
BAN man ontagsr. at ban bar 10.
act Ieien I'll 8anaoo. Gen ltlaalnc
Gum aniIaoes til miurlt $4,000.
% bper Dag sr Der i~iiaaIei mcllcm
6 % 30 grspe.
Gbicaeo. Oct lflnbinnpiife 8aut.
Sirma Stoip Isierisn, Ssbsrs & 80.
bar itanoist line 8orrstniussr. 0en
enc az Sirmast, Ssbcrs. er | euro
pa. Gucuu fan man iutst Ilffsrl
roe ON Stntus. men Der 9lrttcs
paa, at De i~tafftls S%noifposrs, Iom
rimeli0pis MI o0lna / osune Sollit'
8ant 30. 2 or fatti9e Sfanbinaper.
life oil iaa ousr go 8rOccnt al Snb
tuosiummcu. 8runcen til Spbuoe
an9ipss ioriflsllist.
- Chicago. Sanfbuiet Sfcp.V We
tsrisn, Ssbers & Sos @nerer itaI
eiter iencrs 6orlposnos. iiao ~ilettsr'
emo tioIlse.s tenft Snoitpcsrne Ia
life fuune faa 60 Yrocent al Der
iut ltuote &opital.
Decorah-posten., 1877-03-29
Snofanoet.
Wiunnciota.

Woufota. Gn 6ormer / NobIts
Gounip ioris9.e en- u~ofIGtnm9 Of
@tGsb pgeaa % Nli CIT bsloigt
men bsO Sloen al Dc uuge @res.
hopper uoilrittoes Der oaiaa b
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at bGre 6rEshopperncs prrite 81.
s1re tbi ott pareoe life I2r9s ier.
emo oe btQDnoie at Qiege ng tllQOos
mto Dc @rGsboppsG9. Der mbnu
life oar uotipfFsoe.
Minuiotas yegisIatEr aIsmte iaar
olo,Its al beulIas Btoraa til St0ls.
iHugil 4. i0o od r at beirb0te. al
a%rrdtarterne / bet iommcune Var
r,ca iorbelss melsm 9ou1tp. 5rus.
lrRs.
9snnioutorsts 6Intnjug fra gau
9loire III Gbtppewl Gals er not
life laa 9anife al iOJt alll9cbsl ;
3urremmclln sr iorssaatt. uosn al
Gau elaire 5SoIfct bar bait @nICo
MING Ill at uotals ng otrom. % Be.
llItuingsn sr 10 5eusr life iaiiiIaOst
ipr zen CT bIspsn npprobtrst al vi.
uiiteren for 5uors0epartemntst.