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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
A THRILLING INCIDENT.


The Norfolk Firginidn, OF Monday
details the following "0n Saturday
last party, consisting OF Mr. John
Strand and his son, aged eight years,
William Bruce and William Grimstead
residents of Back bay, crossed the bay
in boat to the ocean beach. On re-
turning the boat was struck by a squall
and capsized, and all were thrown in
to the bay. Bruce and Grimstead were
unable to swim, as was also the son of
Mr.. Strand. The former, however,
succeeded in obtaining hold on the
boat, which was lying on her side. Mr..
Strand went TO the assistance of his
son, whom be secured, and after des-
pcrate struggle to reach the boat, which
was drifting from him before the wind,
succeeded and placed his boy on her.
All maintained their position until the
mast of the boat became unshiited by
the action of the waves, when she turn
ed bottom upward. The boy losing
his hold was again washed from the
boat and the father again went to his
assistance and again securing him, en-
deavored to reach the boat but the
gales had ircreasedi in strength and DRIFT
ed the boat rapidly from him. The Of.
forts OF the parent TO save his boy are
described by the survivors as being al-
most superhuman. He was seen to
shift him from side to side and TO strug-
gle desperately with the buffeting
waves. Both were seen to 90 down,
and the father alone came to the sur
face. Then he was seen TO leap almost
out Of the water, tread 1t, as it were,
for some time, endeavor to divest him
self OF his coat, and strike out for the
receding boat. Powerless to help him,
Bruce and Grimstead could only look
on and see him meet his tate. The
boat had drilled mile from the unfor-
tunate man when he was seen to sink,
come TO the surface again and then sink
to rise no more, The boat drifted to
small island in the bay, and assis-
tance having been rendered, Messrs.
Bruce and Grimstead were taken TO
the main shore in an exhausted condi-
ton. The sad fate of MIR. Strand and
bis son caused gloom to pervade in
that section of Princess Anne. Their
bodies had not been recovered up TO
yesterday
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
EXERCISING M oLp AGE:

q .
AT eighty o gentleman in New York
city commenced trying TO walk up tho
stairs of tho Erniag Post building, and
there are eleven fights Of them, of
which there are nine from the street
,s....,. s,aL Ary &C the. elevator men
win-vn geE :.,a., - -S-s>y y-t.--.~L'
is at all full, of he will 20 choeriyi mp
all the nine flights, seemingly none the
worse for ii. Within year he also
told the writer that he still continued
dumb-bell and club work before break
fast daily, and simply because II pays;
and he is certainly still q wiry, active
man. even though iii sixty-two years
since he wrote "Thanatopsls." Palm.
ertop, fox-hunting when past eighty;
Vanderbilt, no youngstcr, without
groom or companion, urging his blood
ed trotters over Harlem Lane at a
siashing pace; Gladstone, at sixty
eight, telling Hawardcn trees by the
hour, and for the benefit the exercise
brings--are but few instances of
what old men can do when they try.
Nome of these are moro surprising
than. in an intellectual field. the learn.
inc of German by Caleb Cushing after
he had passed seventy or Thicrs' ac.
tivity at nearly eighty, or, in all ways,
than Moses doing the forty years best
work in his life after he had passed
eighty and vet with eve not dim nor
natural force abated If some men. by
oiling their Joints daiIy--for, as Mac.
Iaren saws, athey are oiled every time
they arc put in motion, and when
they are put in motion only"-can
keen those Joints from grating and
creaking and moving stiffiy. even into
A ripe old aee WHY NAV not Others as
well? And which Of these things
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
FLORIDA ORANGE CULTURE

The following letter from Mr.. A. J,
Cur tbs, of San Mateo, Fla, in reply to
inquiries made in regard to orange
culture, has been published -
In replying to your list of questions
on orange culture in Florida l have the
honor to state
First, There is no blight similar to
that which is known as "pear blight
that affects the orange tree. 1t is cx.
cccdingly hardy and bears transplant
ing we'll and may safely say there
is no cultivated tree that rcpays gen.
erous treatment equal to the orange
tree.
Second, IL Is Of very rare occurrence
that tho frost Injuries more than the
late tender growth. The freeze Of De.
cember, 1876, killed to tho ground
young, vigorous, growing trees in some
localities, but the past season they
have fully recovered and show no signs
OF having been injured. Once only, |
believe, within the recollection Of the
Oldest inhabitant "--1837-have the
largc-bearing trees been killed by frcez.
ing, and then in three years they had
sprouted and were bearing again.
Third, Opinion is equally divided as
TO whether orange trees raised from
the sweet seed or sour trees budded
make the best groves. The usual Gus
tom is 10 plant an equal number Of
both Tho bearing sour trees taken
from the wild groves and budded TO
sweet win give fruit three to four years
sooner than those raised from the sweet
seed, and for the first FIVE years of bear.
ing will produce larger crop. My
own grove, now eleven years old, is oil
Of this kind except one. This sweet
Seeding was one year old when the
other trees we're set out and budded,
and has borne three crops Of less than
hundred each, while the budded trees
have borne seven crops five Of these
crops averaged from FIVE to six hun.
dred, and last season the average was
nine hundred to the tree.
Fourth, The usual distance for plant
ing the trees is twenty feet each way,
or 100 trees TO the acre. Sweet seed
-lings are planted from three TO FIVE
year-old groves. Tho age of some
stocks taken from wild groves is not
known.
Fifth, The time required for a bud
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
THE HOUSEKEEPER
A BOSTON WOMAN ON ECONOMY on
STRENGTH IN HOUSEKEEPING.


"Oh, any fool can keep house |" We
once heard a housekceper say. We
were very young at the time, and had
scarcely made our first essay in that
direction, so we listened to the wise
speech with a certain sense Of encour-
agcment We have since had a varied
experience, and, observing the ways Of
many housekccpcrs, We have come to
the conclusion that when Solomon
VIC believe il was Solomon--dcsoribcd
the good woman "who looked well 10
the ways of her household, eating not
the bread of idleness," he should have
supplemented the remark by saying
that the woman who does this, and
does il with the greatest economy Of
her own physical force, is TO bc most
admired. No doubt Solomon IN his
wisdom would have said this IL only he
had thought Of II, for surely it is no,
always the smartcst or most energetic
women who accomplish the most
We make no reference to those who
have competent servants 10 do their
work but where the mistress Of O
house is obliged TO furnish the brain "a
plan and hands TO execute, she has
need, certainly, Of every one Of the car
dinal virtues; she must have ever as her
object the comfort which surely means
everything in the way Of health and
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

lIARIcor MuTToN. Get your butch.
er TO cut off for you from side of nut.
ton eight or ten outlets. II you have
one, take a cutlet.bat and beat each
outlet to about half an inch in thick.
ness. Strip of all the fat and leave
only about halt an inch Of the bone
above the clear meat, like dainty lit
tie handle. Form the outlets TO good
shape, and as nearly of q size as posi-.
bic. Peel and slice an onion and put
II in the spider with two ounces Of but
ter and the cutlsts. Fry them over n
quick fire TO a light brown, and have
thcm alike on both sides. They take
very few minutes, and must be watch.
cd all the time. Take out the outlets
from the stew.pnn, pour off the grease,
and add one tablespoonful Of flour and
one pint Of sour stock, and stir well I'M
Ill IL boils. Strain this sauce and re.
turn the cntlets to the stew.pan. Peel
and quarter two turnips, peel four lit
tie onions (or dozen button onions)
and cut one carrot, after scraping, into
the shape of young carrots, er into dice
simply. Put the vegetables into the
stew-pan with the outlets, and let oil
simmer gently on the back of the stove
for half an hour, or until the vcgeta-
bles are tender. When done, arrange
the outlets in circle on q hot dish,
one overlapping the other. Put the
vegetables In tho centre remove all
the grease from the gravy, and pour II
round.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
BROKEN CAREERS.

| ..
IL we single, out oi the whole rang'
oi human history, the rev men OF gen
ius wnom we are conslraineo 70 70
garu as tne eminentiy iaVoreo ana en-
aoweo Oh our race We nn1 wns'
broken career mas oeen allotted 70
mos. OF tnem' nave noe many OF
.nv,n' possessing couIagc 70 insP,,c, in'
tei,'gence 70 enngnten, sens'ointy 70
renne Inc woriu' sickeneu unoer tne
ianguor OF heg,ect or become emolt,
'creu Nv 'ne enaiess contrauIc.ions ana
misrepresehtations Oh their ieiiows ~
ing AZ last as unfortunate men, unnap'
py 70 themselves unpenenc'ar 70 'ne'r
contemporaries W na. an cv'i is tne
no. unirsqueh, uePrav'ty u genius
anu wn,cn unuer happier circ''nis'an-
ees mlgn' nave peen real saiu1ary
lnnuence insteau Mlgne no. lno 'rc-
,ncnuous iorccs oi owi', ior example
nave peen 'urneo 70 pe''er accoun.
.nah ,ei' 70 exPioue 10 SHOCKS Oh nail-
u'aoonc na'e IN carrier may aays' ana IN
,lauoess ''sss. =. % .ne emu mink % o' les
souorvus human noar', oraVo WIZ, ai,u
~ olear noau u Durns' nun VI qui'e
.ia,lsoonuen' powe's! W. ia'n ~ sl'nh
Pas' on lnc snaoy s'ee ol lne suee',
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az '"'u9"'''no' VI n'e u"y'' So"'o'".
P,a.o 'ro sisa' '"'o'ieo' anu srca'
m 'enie u nesslng,a lnan y, .niicc'oA-
Jynon. J no.nei'"i' a',l anu enec''veness,
sIIs,,s n p 10y "n VI .no
VIII VIII, ~; i,'era.ure y, hur1po' awnhcn!ng
VII. VIII n's 0,ai,on solvo n's sluluoer'ng
,a, na.'pn " now :, n.e'io',sa' s conques's:
w n''asoi iunprisoneu ior so many Vi
ms oes' " years IN lne s.lning library
uus. VI W Mo,ionput,ei, ,soiaIeo tnere IN
'ne mus. OF an uhneailny swamp; 'ne
worlu sucn y u'sn % SKINNED milk as
w w 10 nneaPaoio " any sense u ncnor'
~ no, LcsNng cn'iu u poy OIL re-
n'alnaoio INN sense' mno no sooner came
.n.o Tue worlu tnan' seeing ms mis-
.aAe, maui oa' % ~ :. uoup'e qulch as
!. ny Proo"u'e Una, many ornso SOUS,
D.asor anu pe''er pernnPs 'nan any
nno"n W ians, nhse gone uo"n 70 81
,onoo unrogarueu, inc worius s,upiui'
y po.hB no,o ena" a hia'cn ior ,ne
gous 'a1nise'Ves a'1fi !, inlnA ~ oi gVou M ia
ym ~ mug hear, anu nao no pecn
,ei. " u'o n'Anlao, wou'c 'na'' ,nlnh
you nave oeen untrue 70 iac' Even
.no o''o or .wo W whom 'a'c nas oecn
nos. PrVpiuous, u Shakespeare =
goe'ne, nave no. .ney 700 sunereo
from iron, 'ne pru'ses OF na.,ery oi fortune
,al,en '.,s y, ny ra.c 'ar snorI o. 'ne iul,-
noS. anu o;''anoe naPP'e, Age anu GU
aca''on m,gn. nave conducted .hem
.os y eop,e are 'naeeu ,, iona ol raising
I'o',a'''"'s ~ nlia noiu'ng cen.eh.ries
" 'nc so-cAi,ed honor y Oh great men,
ou. 40 you think there Is any hgn,h-
cance az ,ne potion Oh " very NJ
tle inoeeu, Inc ia'hers XII ihe proph'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

CARLYLE ON JONI call the Book
Of Job, apart from all theories about il,
one Of the grandest ever written with
q pen. One feels, indeed, as il il were
not He5rew-such q nobic uhiycrsali-
ty, different from noble patriotism or
scctarianism, reigns in 1t. A noble
book All mems book II is our
FIRST Oldest statement Of the never
ending problem, mans destiny and
Gods ways with him here on this
earth. And oil in such free, flowing
outlines; grand in It's simplicity, and
its epic melody, and rcpose Of reconcile
ment. There is the seeing eye, the
mildly understanding heart. SO true
every way; truc oycsight and vision
for all things, material things no less
than spiritual the horsc-"hast thou
clothed his neck with thunder ?" he
laughs at the shaking of the spear
Such living likenesses were never
since drawn. Sublime sorrow, sublime
reconciliation oldest choral melody
as OF the heart Of mankind so soft
as great as the summer night, As the
world with its seas and stars There
is nothing written, ] think, in tho Bi-
bic or out Of II, OF equal merit
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
FEEDING EQUATIONS

I
Waring, in his Book Of the Farm
recently published, lays down the fol
lowing rules to be observed in winter
feeding Of stock:
!. Cleanliness is Of the utmost i'm
portance. II is impossible for any o
the domestic animals TO do their bcsl
unless their skins are free from dirt
mad in fresh and healthy condition.
2. Regularity, especially in feeding
and watering, is very important. In
establishments where feeding is don,
by tho clock, the animals win lie qui
city down until very nearly the tim,
for feeding. As the hour approaches
they will get up, eager and cxpectant
ready to attack their rations with
good appetite.
3. Temperature-The more wo pro
tect our animals against the rapid cir
culation of cold air, the more we rc
ducc the waste Of the heat producing
elements which it Is our object to con
vert into fat. While, therefore, fresh
air should be regularly supplied, al
unnecessary loss Of neat should %
aVo'ueu.
q rxercise-it 10 difilcuit TO deter
mine what amount Of exercise difier
ent animals require. S. Il. ID. Wells
o. wethersf'cld, Conn, tic their valna
Die ayrshire COWS In winter quarters
early 10 November, and they never
untie them again, except Tor carving
until the spring pastures are ready
ior turning out without any posi-
tive reason Tor dong, 50, prefer that
my own animals should be loose in the
yard for few hours every pleasant
day during the winter. Horses, Ger
tainiy sheep also, are benefited by reg
niar exercise whenever the weather h
not too cold:
0. Fresh Water-By this i do not
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
LONGEST BRIDGE IN THE
WORLD. -
A RAILROAD STRUCTURES ALMOST TWO
MILES IN LENGTH.

The Longest railroad bridge in tn,
world was opened for public travel neal
Dundee, Scotland, on Tuesday, Septem
bcr 25. The structure thus opened
spans the estuary OF the Tay at poinI
almost two miles In width. II has beer
constructed for the purpose of afford
ing facilities for the moro convenient
conduct of the traffic Of the North
British railway company. Hitherto
the North British railway company
have had TO carry their traffic acros'
the Tay by means Of ferry, aud thii
method was not only expensive, bul
exceedingly slow. Accordingly, theii
engineer, Mr.. Bouch, prepared the
plans Of the bridge which has now beer
completed. Parliamentary sanction
was obtained in 1870, the bridge being
constructed as q separate undertaking
with capital Of s1,750,000.
The contract for tho work was OBJ.
tained in May, 1871, and the foundation
stone was laid in the land abutment on
the south side on the 22d Of July Of the
same year. The bridge begins about a
mile and q half above Newport, on the
south side Of the river, where the depth
Of water at high spring tides is As feet,
the velocity of the current reaching oc-
casionally FIVE knots an hour To
bridge this formidable stretch Of water,
the engineer planned bridge Of 50
spans, varying in length from G7 feet
to 2i5 feet--those Of the largest size, to
tho number Of 10, beng placed over
the navigable part Of the river. Inthis
central section, where 1t was necessary
TO provide for the passage Of such ship
ping as frequcnts the ports Of Newburg
and Perth, the bridge has clear height
OF 8s feet above high water, from
which IL slopes down 70 the Fife side
with o gradient OF in $50, and toward
tho Dundee side, where II takes curve
TO the eastward in order the moro con.
veniently to join the land line, with a
gradient Of ! in 70. Cylinders Of iron
and brick work with diamond Of ~
feet, built on shore m such lengths as
would reach from the rock on which
they were intended TO rest 10 q point
above low water level, each consisting
Of cast.iron shell with lining Of brick
work set IN Portland cement, leaving
inside central shalt ~ feet In diane
ter through which the workmen might
pass up and down, were connected BY
means Of wall Of brick work about 3
feet wide, thus placing q space Of u
feet between their centres. The whole
being chen made fast 10 q system Of
strong iron girdcrs barges we're intro.
duccd At low watcr underneath tho grid.
ers 90 that, vixen tag tide rose, the pom.
derous mass, weighing Il might Be as
much ~ 100 tons, was lilled bodily,
and quietly noAtsd ont into tho river,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
A NET. WORK or PERJURIES.

We are not of those who consider
that all the foul details of the Beecher
Tilton case are opened by the comics
sion of Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton. The
original oifense is lost in the crimes
that have been wrought TO conceal it
Unchastity is not now the only great
fact, but the black and appalling per
juries, hypocrisies, lies, deliberate cal
umnies, slaughtered friendships, vio-
lated condolences, scattered families
and broken hearts, that formed the
frame work upon which the conceal
ments Of ii were hung. If Mrs. Til
ton'sprcsentc confession be true, Beccher
Is STEPPED in perjury, hypocrisy and
blasphemy bis original frailty is iar
less abominable than his subsequent
deliberate and artfully contrived decep.
tions. The confession of the grief.
stricken woman does not therefore only
open up the old questions again Beech.
er is now on trial also for perjury.
Each Of the parties has made contra
dictory statements. Beecher confessed
his guilt to Mouton and to Tilton, and
subsequently denied it, Elizabeth
made confession at first, then solemn
affidavit contradicting that confession,
and now rcasserts her first confession.
Which is true? The inducements TO
cover up crime are plain enough ;
but what inducements can there be to
make o false confession. 1t is said
that Mrs. Tilton's mind is diseased by
reason Of her sufferings. If this be so,
does ii make her confession the less
credible. Let il be remembered that
this woman has always declared her.
self to be religious it was her religion
that brought her into acquaintance
with Beecher il was her admiration
for him and his influence over her
which first subjected her 10 temptation.
She hes never ceased to be o member
Of Plymouth Church in good standing.
Upon the hypothesis that her present
confession is true, her whole history is
consistent. That she has suffered un-
bearable remorse, that her conscience
constantly urged her 10 confess her sin,
and drove her nearly'mad is easy TO
believe That she should desire relief
from the weight of a hideous lie and
that she should long TO reveal her guilt
to the world and throw herself upon
the mercy of God, is an impulse that
has led to by far the greater part Of the
confessions that have been made. Ii is
no reply TO this to say that she has
made underoath confictingstatements.
For 1t was the making Of those false
statements, the tisshe of ialsehood In
which she lived immeshed, that wore
the hfe out of the grave. No woman
who will think of how much II must
have cost this wretched being TO con.
fcss her crime can doubt its sincerity.
By It's light all that was dark on the
trial becomes clear as day. Bcecher's
own letters and statements the fact
that his astutc lawyers did not dare TO
placc Elizabeth on the stand where
she would have been subject to cross
examination the career of the emitual
friend y; the conduct OF Tilton, these
and q hundred other mysteries arc all
cleared up by accepting as true the
confession wrung by remorsc IRON this
unhappy woman Baltimore Gazette.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
WHAT'S THE FFERENCEf


The Abolition party abolished the
property of the people Of ten States,
on the ground that the people had no
right to hold that property, in the
opinion of the Aboltionists.
In the Communists opinion all prop
erty is robbery, or theft, and they pro.
pose to abolish the property people
hold.
Now about the difference between
Abolition and Communism. The for.
mer took arms to abolish the property
II thought was not TO be held as prop
erty. The Communists are willing to
take arms to abolish the property they
think ought not TO be owned as prop
erty.
Grant fought under the Abolition
flag. Why can he not fight under the
flag OF the Communists
The Communist party is now the
heir-at-law OF the old Abolition party.
Why not make Grant its trustee, as
he was of the Abolition party2 What's
the difference The Abolition party
having ended its mission and abolish.
ed all the property it becomes, Of nc
ccsslty the Communism Of to-day as
the Abolition party was OF the days
of Thad Stevens, Old John Brown,
Sumner, Gerrct Smith, Wendell Phil.
lips, the officers Of the Underground
Railroad" the Yankee ministers, the
halfmadc members of Congress, and
the rest of the Radical carpct.baggeis
and plunderers Of tho people. The
leaders of the Communist party are
ready for Grant in 1880, with Cabi-
net Of Cameron, Megy, South Carroll
ma Patterson, Pinchback, Brag Shcr-
man, Banditti Sheridan, Anderson,
Wells, and anybody else. What's the
difference? Anything TO defeat tho
Democracy, is the only basis on which
"the opposition" rests. Why not Com.
munism, as we'll as Abolition 2-Phiia.
delphid Commonwealth.