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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-04-10

CLEARrIELD Co., March -, 1878.
Hos. CHARLES A. MAYER, President Judge 25th
Judicial District;
Dear Sir The undersigned, citizens Of Clear
field county, ire spectiye Of party, approaching
your eminent fitness, great learning, and rigid
and impartial decisions as President Judge
among us for ten years p asst, take this method Of
expressing our entire approval Of your oficia
and private life, and to respectfully urge you
10 again become . candidate for re- election to the
position in which ysu have become an ornament,
and in which yonr services are . o highly appre-
ciated by all iaw-loving citizens.
With great respect, We beg to remain, respect
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-04-10

quest like the above.
Iron the Bellefonie watchman.l
His Honor Judge Mayer gave us a call on
Thursday morning. The Judge is presiding In
Court this week with his usual courteous dignity,
and dispatcLing business as rapidly as possible.
There Il no district In the State thai has an ahlor
or more conscientious President Judge than this
one.
[From the Miliheim (0aaire county Reporter ]
Tho Republican Of last week says 0therc IL a
great deal Of useless and absurd discussion upon
the question OF a Republican candidate for the
Office Of President Judge Of this district" That's
exactly what we thought all along. Judge Mayer
has filled the position very asceptably 10 all par
ties and classes, and all discussion looking 10 his
succession by a new and uutriei man 10 certainly
as absurd % i Is useless" and the Republic az
for onoe bits TIE mall on the head. The people
Of this judicial disiriei mean to retain the serv-
ices Of The able and upright Judge, end are not
in the least disposed to take any risk by ven tpr-
ing on nsw material. That's 6xed. II The Re-
publicani, merely for tie sake Of party. SEQ OF 70
nominate aud vote Tor Mr.. Fprst, or any other
man, we don't see any particular harm In II, only
II shows what partisan bigotry will do.
Prom the Clearheld Republican,
A sensible Radical unbosOms himself in the
Bollefonte Republican Of last week, In this way
BsLLrsosrr. Pa, March 4, 1878.
Rpiron RnruBlicAs I'll have read the article
in your paper Of the 27th Of February, entitled a
Judiciary Candidate" and entirely dissent from
your eoucIusion a. TO the proprlety Of the Rspub-
llcans Of This district nominating a candidate for
President Judge. bad hoped that the Republi-
can voters Of this district would fellow the exam
pie Of every Republican lawyer Of Centre aud
Clinton counties, TO recommend, and when the
time copss to vote for the present efficient, able
and upright President Judge, Charles A. Mayer,
who deserves and should have the support bf all.
Judge hsyu has been tsIsl and found to be
pure ~ gold lot rs hold on to bin. What has
politics ~ do with justice and With lawf II .
Judge sdplpiaiers Justice impaniaIly, and OK
pounds the Law eoTaeilp Whist does Il mniter
whether no favors the 'aelsr Of our fathers" or
worships greenbacksf
A few years ago the Republicans Of the r,s.,
city Of PhilAdelphis showed their appreciation Of
an honest Judgs BY selecting Judge Ludlow, o
Democrat, b the position be had held for years,
and last year the Democrats Of tho sane city
showed that they were ~ wise a. their opponent /,
BY electins judges Allison sud Briggs. Nov let
the Republican, Of this district do likewise, and
assist 10 the reelection Of Judge Mayer.
ATRrr Rtruntrcis.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-04-10

The Centre county bar, unanimously requests
Hon. Charles A. Mayer to be a candidate for re-
election as President Judge Of this district. Thi,
Is q voluntary tribute Of which Judge Magyar IL
eminently worthy. Ne Ia one Of the foremosl
%jurists Of this Commonwealth, and we believe
ireu Of the district would put his name to a 70.
quest like the above.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Good Beds for Stock.

A good bed for the horses, COWS
or other stock kept housed during
the winter, goes much father toward
saving feed, and keeping stock
thriving and comfortable, than a
large class of farmers and others
are willing to allow. -Four tons OF
fodder will more than equal five
tons, where damp, scanty bedding
and hard, cold, uncomfortable stand
ing places only, are provided.
There are very few farmers who can
not provide with little difficulty or
expence, plenty of litter to give
their stock good comfortable beds
through the usual season of neces-
sary shelter and stabling. There is
usually refused fodder, straw and
much other matter which may be
thus utilized and made into manure
by this process; forest leaves are at
his command very Frequently,
where the disposition is not want
ing, but the whole involves some la
Dor. The coarse refused fodder
needs to be cut, or il some way
made fine before going into the ma
nure heap Country Gentleman.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21

" consumption the farmer should
by all means take time to plant q
few trees. Trees of all kinds should
have plenty of room-thirty feet
each way for apples-and twenty
five for peaches. Standard pears
might be placed as near as twenty
feet of each other, as they do not
spread like the former. Cherries re-
quire the same distance that pears
do.
No farmers wife should allow her
husband to have a minute until ne
plants vineyard. If he can do no
better he should have few vines in
the yard. We find a wide difference
among vineyardists as to the best
variety for the South. We have
no. had sufficient experience in the
grape culture to risk an opinion as
to which variety is best adapted to
our soil and climate. Our expert
ence has been confined principally
to the Concord and the Catawba;
but the latter has not been a sue
cess. With the former we have
been more successful. For the ia
ole, We think the Delaware has no
superior. We have a few vines of
this variety growing in low, rich,
soil, composed 0f clay and sand,
that are very thrifty and vigorous,
and pIofuse bearers. The Ives
Seeding is spoken fvery favorably.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Small Fruits in Gardens.

But few people, says the CHATEAU
qua Farmer seem to know the use of
small fruits to family, whenigrown
in their own gardens. You com
mence with Strawberries; they con
tinue about a month. You pick
perhaps from six to twelve qnarts a
day. You have them on your table
as a desert, if you please, at noon,
and your tea table is loaded with
them at evening, and you want but
little else but your bread and but
ter. Your family consume in one
way and another, about eight
quarts day, and while they last no
medicine for bodily ailments are re-
quired, as a quart of strawberries a
day will generally dispel all ordina-
~ disease lot settled permanently
in the system. After Strawberries
raspberries come to continue about
three weeks; then we have blackber-
ries, when the climate is not too
cold tor cultivated varieties; then
the currants ripen, which remain
until the early grapes mature; and
taking the season through, any fam
lily with a half acre of land in ga
den, can grow small fruits that
make country life delightful, and at
the same time many dollars can be
saved in the supply of the table.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21

producers. want US to return to
first principles and go TO work. !
love the working man, and from my
heart l honor the industrious wo-
mar. l love industry, hard-hahded,
brown faced, honest industry. |
have no respect for the effeminate
fop whose whole energy is expend-
ed in waxing his mustsche, in twist
ing his cane and in primping before
the glass. l have no patience with
the vain beauty who wastes her
time on cosmetics, and her fathers
money on costly toggery and fool
ish furbelougns- / look with hope
to the labor loving boy and the &C
tive ready girl who are willing to do
their share in the work OF home.
1t is work that has made the wilder
ness smile and the desert rejoice;
that has opened the farms and built
the cities; that has increased our
products and extended our com
merce; that has erected our rail
roads and equipped them Tor freight
and travel. It is energy that makes
the silken cotton and golden sugar;
that ploughs the field and plants
the grain; that sows and reaps; that
spins and weaves; that sa~s Rud
grinds; that fells the forest and
tunnels the mountain. 1t is energy,
long, continued, persevering energy,
that makes the profound scholar,
the able lawyer, the eloquent states
man, the useful preacher, the
wealthy farmer, the prosperous me
chanic and he successful man in
any business. Idleness Is the baae
of society, the ruin of youth and
the forerunner of iB poverished and
helpless age. 1t produces no in
ventions and makes no discoveries.
1t sleeps while others work, and
starves while others prosper. The
idle man is a drone in the hive of
human industry, add as such is al
most beneath contempt.
Let me urge, then, our young
people to overcome all influences
which lead to sloth. Stand not on
the street corners. Waste no time
in idleness. Be not ashamed of
sunburnt face or 3 hard hand. Do
not shrink from effort, earnest and
faithful, persevering and exhaust
ing, if 1t be needful to the accom-
plishment of great purpose. Be
resolved that if intelligence and in
dustry combined shall accomplish
success, that you will stand upon
the highest mountain of prosperity
and look with pity upon the poor
idler at its base.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Gardening and Trea-Planting,

Next week will, or should be, If
the weather Is fair, busy time for
farmers, gardeners and orchardists.
Where it has not been done ALREADY
such vegetables as early Irish pota-
toes, English peas, onions, lettuce
and cabbage seed ought to be put
in the ground Immediately. The
vegetable garden is generally the
richest spot of ground on the farm /;
if it is not it ought to be. But
there is one thing about the garden
that is not often properly attended
to. If the drainage is not natural Y
good, then subsoil drains should be
substituted. All the labor and all
the manure that can be put on land
undrained will not produce as many
or as good, healthy vegetables as
an ordinary amount of labor and
fertilizers would on that which is.
Some one has very sensibiy said
that every farmer ought to live in
town one year, to enable HIM to ap-
preciate the blessings of farm life.
No man, surely, has the blessings of
heaven scattered around him more
profusely than the farmer, yet a
great many refuse to reach forth
their hands to pluck them. Too
many farmers gardens are hidden
behind their corn cribs and smoke
houses. Vegetables will not grow
in such gardens They do better
where you can see them. They
like TO be looked st and admired.
Those who did not plant orchards
in the fall, but intend to do So this
spring, have no time to lose. 1t is
true trees sometimes do we'll set
out as late IS April, but the chances
are all against them. A seasonal
Bile summer must follow if they do
much good. The ground should be
well prepared. And this is the
great drawback TO spring planting
where large orchard is
contemplated. From this time on
the farmer generally has so much
work on hand that he hardly knows
what to do first However busy he
may be, he cannot afford to plant 4
tree in a slovenly manner. Unless
be can do It just right, be had bet
ter not do L az All, for il is just that
much time wasted. But If be has
zes a abundance Of fruit for fAzi-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
4 Secret Worth Knowing.

An able writer gives utterance TO
this valuable seret: This looking
forward to enjoyment don't pay.
For what l know of it, l would as
soon chase butterflies for a living,
or bottle InOonshine for a cloudy
night. The way to be happy is to
take the drops OF happiness as God
gives them to US every day of our
lives. The boy must learn to be
happy, while he is learning his
trade; or the merchant while he is
making his fortune. If he fails to
learn this art, he viii be sure to
miss his enjoyment when he gains
what he sighed for"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
THE BRAVE AT HOME.

The maid who binds her warriors sash
With smile that well her pain Ensembles
The while beneath her dropping lash
One starry sr-drOp hangs and trembles-
Though Heaven alone records the tear,
And Fame shall never know her story,
Her heart has shed drop as dear
As e'er believed the field Of glorya
The wife who 9irds her husbands sword
Mid little ones who weep or wonder,
And bTavely speaks the eheering word
v has though her heart be rent assunder,
Doomed nightly in her dreams TO hear
The bolts Of death around him rattle,
Hath shed as sacred blood IS e'er
Was found upon The field Of battle.
The mother who conceals her grief
While to her breast her son she presses,
Then brezthes few brave words and brlef,
kissing the patriot brow she olesses-
With no one bat her sacred God
To know the pain that weights upon her'
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received on Freedoms 6sld Of honor
It. BUCHANAN REED.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
The Power Of a Kind Word.

Rosa, look at that horrid drunk
en- man sitting on the curbstone; do
come across the street. for / would
not pass him for anythingl"
And Mary ran away as fast as her
feet could carry her. Now, Rosa
was afraid too, but the song that
she had been learning that day was
still fresh in her memory. Speak
kind word when you can she had
been singing, and the man before
her, with his head bent on his
hands, looked so forlorn and
wretched, so sadly in need of a kind
word that she went a little nearer
and said timidiy, Poor man, 1 am
sorry for you! Can 1 do anything
to help youY'
He raised his head, looked at her
in surprise, and his haggard face
and despaIring eyes almost caused
her to cry for pity.
Little girl, your kind words have
helped me already. never expect
ed to hear any again, for 1 am with
out friend on earth"
''But God will be your friend if
you will ask him." said Rosa, soft
ly, going nearer still, while Mary
beckoned anxiously for her to come
away. did you ever ask Him"
continued Rosa.
mo, 1 have been SHINING against
Him all my life" grOaned the man.
Poor man! Let God be your
friend. He can do everything. 1
am your friend, but 1 can't do any
thing but speak a kind word"
Darling little girl, that kind
word has saved me. Good byep
And held out his shaking hand.
Rosa was not afraid now, and she
placed her plump little hand in his;
as he bent down and kissed it, two
hot tears fell on it. Then he went
away and Rosa rejoined her COM
panion.
"Oh, you queer creature! how
could you let that awful looking
man take hold of your hand? II
thought he was going to eat you up
when he bent down his head" was
Mary's greeting.
Il was afraid at first, Mary, but
am so glad 1 spoke to him. Only
think he said my kind words saved
him."
swell, he never would be saved if
it depended on my kind words, for
1 always run away from such folks"
replied Mary.
Years after, stranger, a noble,
silver haired old man was address
ing a Sunday school and telling the
scholars always to be kind to the
and distressed ones, es-
pecially the drunkard; for when
wac friendless and wretched," he
said, "God sent a dear child to
speak the kind word that saved me-"
When the school closed, a young
girl held out her hand to him, and |
with tears in her eyes, asked, "Sip
do you know meP' He looked at |
her long and earnestly, and then
taking both hands in his he said,
solemnly and slowly. Eyes, dear
child, twas the kind word you
spoke that saved me."-[Christian
ut Work.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
The True Wife.

What do you think the sweet
word wife" comes from? 1t is the
great syllable in which the English
and Latin language conquered the
French and Greek. 1 hope the
French may some day find an ex
preston for the idea in lieu of that
dreadful word femme. But what do
you think it comes from? The
great value of Saxon words is that
they mean something. Wife means
weaver" You must either be
housewives or housemoths; remem-
Der that. In a deeper sense, you
must either weave mems fortunes
and embroider them, or feed upon
and bring them to decay.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Reliable Evidence.
Mr. r STEVENS

Mr.. Fl. z. STEVENS.
Dear Sir-I will most cheer
fully add my testimony to the
great number you have already
received in favor Of your great
and good medicine, Vegetine, for
| dc not think enough can be
said in it praise; tor was trou-
bled ever thirty years with thst
dreadful disease, CatArrh, and
had such bad Coughing spells
that il would seem rs though
never could breathe any more,
and VegetiRe has cured me; and
| do feel TO thank God all the
time that there IS so good 3 med
icine as -Vegetire. and ! also
think it one Of the best medi
cines for coughs, aud weak, sink
ings at the stomach, and advise
every body 70 take the Vegetine
fer | can assure them It Is one
OF the best medicines that ever
was. Mrs l.. GORE,
Cor Magazine 81 Walnut Sts.,
Cambridge, Mass.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Useful Family Hints.

Cure Tor Spralns.-Alcohol, one
pint; oil OF spike, one ounce; origa
mum, one ounce; camphor, one
ounce; spirits ammonia, one ounce.
Hair Dye.-Lac sulphur, one
ounce; sugar lead, one half ounce;
rose water, one pint. Apply the
wash about four times a week, but
do not shake before useing.
Lip Salve.-Oil of sweet almonds,
eight ounces; white wax, three
ounces; spermaceti, three ounces;
rhodium, fifty drops, and white SUI
gar candy, form an excellent lip
salve.
Remedy for Chilblains.-If they
are very bad, apply at night plas-
ter of brown sugar mixed with
scrapings of common bar soap;
wash the feet daily with brown bar
soap and water.
Chinese Depilatory.-Quick- lime
one ounce pearl ash, two ounces;
sulphuret potassium, two ounces;
charcoal powder, enc drachm; triru
rate together and sieve and place
the fine powder in a well-stopped
bottle.
To Cure Hoarseness.-A small
quantity of pulverized borax, bout
the size of a pea, dissolved in the
mouth and let slowly run down the
throat stops the tickling and cures
hoarseness almost instantly.
Remedy for Chapped Hands,
Five cents worth of gum camphor,
the same ofsweet oil and white wax;
place together in cup to melt I'M
Ill thoroughly mixed. Wash the
hands clean and wipe dry; apply be-
fore retiring.
Mullen Leaves for Catarrh.-The
smoke of mullen leaves has long
been considered a specific for ca
tarrh. 1t will, doubtless, in many
cases, alleviate, if it does not cure.
The leaves should be thoroughly
dried and then used the same as to-
bacco in pipe. The smoke should
be pressed to the back of the mouth
and exaled through the nose; once
or twice a day will suffice, but
should be persevered in. If prop
erly cured, there will not be the
acrid exudatlon spoken of by your
A little piece OF
sponge in the bowl of the pipe
viii prevent the juices passing to
the mouth.
Making Butter in Cold weather.
STRAIN the milk into pans that
have been previously rinsed in hot
water; then remove it to the place
in which you usually keep it. See
that it is not too cold. Then next
put it on the stove, make 1t very
warm, return it as before. Skim it
into an earthenware bowl, pour off
thin cream that will naturally fall
on the sides; stir every day, then
the third day stir with your hand
Or butter ladle; when nearly come
pour in the thin cream by degrees;
if with the former, pour some boil |
ing water on some bran; rub your
hand ell with it, then rinse. There
some cows that will naturally make |
frothy cream, and should he dis
posed of. The way to try them is
20 strain the milk into separate
bowls, skim and stir with spoon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21

Mrs. Grundy announces that it is
not now considered politeness or
etiquette for ladies to say 'thank
you" for small courtesies rendered
them by gentlemen, such as giving
up a seat in a crowded street car,
passing change to the box, restor-
ing a dropped handkerchief Drum
brella, etc. 1t may not be etiquette,
but it sounds well, and makes the
man feel much better than if his pc
likeness and courtesy were only rec
ognized by q cold society bow of
the head. If the ladies are wise,
they will stick to the "thank you"
and let Mrs. Grundy and her
brood go to Halifax where they be-
long.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21

Good wives are a great treasure.
They are more than silver and gold.
Their love is better than money.
If it be pure, self denying, and yet
considerate, it will be to their hus
bands a constant encouragement.
1t will invest them with an atmos-
phere in which every element of
manly character may grow toward
the full. Notwithstanding the re-
ports of domestic infelicities which
appear almost daily, still we are
sure that the good wives are vastly
IN the majority, and that they give
honor, and dignity, and grace to
marriage as of old.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Farm and Home.

Most of tie paragraphs written
about the pleasures of farm life are
written by men with fair skins and
soft hands who never ploughed
furrow or hoed row in their lives.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21

Ten dollars fine for driving over
this bridge faster than a walk"
What does that meant" asked a
boy who was riding with his father.
Father explained: "If we whip mp
and go fast the policeman will stop
us and take us before the Mayor,
and he will not let US go till We pay
ten dollars" Silence in the carriage.
MediJating boy speaks: Papa! if
it warn't for the policemans and for
God. what lots OF fun we would
have, couldn't weg'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
4 Singers Superstition.

Albani, whose voice is now the
delight of Paris, is quoted as being
very superstitious about a pet
nightingale which, ever since cross
ing the Channel, has refused to
sing. "If he does de- she says,
Il have a superstitious feeling that
/ shall never sing again. have al
ways had a habit of singing to him
before / went to the opera, and &C
cording as he answered me well or
i'll, just 50 I believed thst / would
sing that night. l have put .
canary beside him. l put
him upon my piano every day
when 1 play, and sing to him
constantly, but still he is dumb"
The young lady sang very early in
life. She declares, MY father
says that nv baby goo COOS and
gaa-gaas, as l sat upon my moth
er's knee, followed the music of his
violin with such fidelity that he
used to say with delight; There
is baby that sings before 1t can
speak,
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CANNOT BE
EXCELLED.

CHAR-EsTowH.
Nh. II. r. SIEvENs-
Dear Sir-This is to certify
that / have used your "BloOd
Preparation" IN my family for
several years, and think that for
ScrofulA or CAnkerous Humors
or Rheumatic affections it cannot
be excelled; and as 3 blood puri-
fer and spring medicine il Is
the best thing ] have ever used,
and l have used almost every
thing. l can eheerfully recon-
mend il to any one in need Of
such q medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MIS- A A DIhsMORE,
10 Russell ST.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis,

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he will send FREE ofChARGE o. al who de-
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