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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

The CURSE OF BEAUTy.-Elizabeth
Hogart, alias Copeland, is the name O
woman who was sentenced at the ses
sion of the Saratoga county court re.
Gently at Ballston, to two years impris
onment at the Sing Sing State prison
on the charge of stealing articles from
the summer residence Of James b. Lit.
tell, of New York, at Saratoga. This
unfortunate woman although yet quite
young, has passed through many vicis-
situdes of lie. The great curse OF her
lifo was her beauty OF form and feature,
which is yet q distinctive mark. She
was born in Saratoga county OF good
family, aud quite young was married,
but not very happily mated Intro
duced into society, her beauty drew
crowds of admirers about her, and in
a weak moment she was beguiled from
tho path of right by the voice of the
tempter. From the first wrong step
her curse has been steadily downward.
She has been a lobbyist at Albany and
q pampcrcd mistress Of some of the
wealthiest State Senators, and in one
instance at least would have been com.
fortably settled for lite had she but
been true to her Friend" IL is no
great graduation, but still it tends down
wards, when from the kept mistress
became in turn the head Of bagnio
in Saratoga, and as such procuress-
And at last thief and now a sentenc-
cd criminal. What will be the next
chapter in her lies history p Troy
Press.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
EDUCATIONAL.
by NJ. L. McoUowN.
ON THE wING-No. 3.

~ n. %
oh MONDAY morning, Aug, IL W
stepped on ooard the Local freight
soutn, ior "aiiacetoh, where we oegal
lne laoors Oh inc tn,ru mn week OF our OK
animation tour Inc uay was pleas
ant ana as we wished 70 close IN tlm I'M
10 take the tram ior osceola at 4'zO
we had no in,ermlssion during the ex
animation rourteen teachers -wer'
IN the class fourdlrectorsirom Bogg
were IN attendance, and two from wal
iacc,on borough NO appointment
were haue,
our appointment the next day being
osceola anu Decatur, ana oeing unior
,una'c enough 10 miss tne tram at " al
,avg'on, s',a VIZ wels comPeneu 70 TAKE th'
o'u I le''n1i. pp ~, pan VI 'raVe'iing' an'
leaeneu ~ I mn m psourg ABOUT . p. IN. ina
osonI" .ssah oig aAlng .ho eaiiy lra'n W.
,,o'g noaonoI osSeola On l,'no, anu com
.ioneeo worA "i'h nineteen canuidatei
~ 'ne ciass. AZ no eAalllna'ion our
lne our % 'our mas . greater interest ueef
.nail'ies'e1 Ny Palrons ana directors
.nan aV osoeoia' nc examination
oioseu ,. aooue p M anu inc ooaru OF
directors Co went inlo session ana MADE
. .ne iollowing appointments ior Deca'
'er vownsnlp beaverton scnooI, An
S lle N. harper ones'eVille, +; W; A.
Suui'I Caui ~ Oenleri emu A T., D. 9i 2hunkwiler
ooa, nun, h''a lalston Decatur; An
n.o nrsnes ~ s M1snannon, asli,i r. ,; M worn
NJ Soneison' 5.i' ~ Morlie Dig ~ Doilinger
NV NV oas'le' "; NJ H. Dlckel ono, 1onn
SnLo SiIo,alrep nes. new OaSlle, ~ W.
JISiuoPP, rioln s,' .no uorougu anu 'owh-
sn'R, p. n'no @ directors @ ~vre Sv present
II ... ny noAe uny eunesuayl at
uo',.ljai iou.AJa,o We eAa'h'neu ',aone,s ~,
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~" nv nsp nolo "olo 'e,, ~ sne class'
IVY uiieo.ois i'. "ere pIeseh. anu u mum
Sa ~, y, 0'iIHons, Th' "ppv.n.lncnlS were ,a
" i" oi, oniiGusn .no A,nunos7 , Vi wi, mr'
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,ioao I TL;r,Ig. a'y oSano,s on'o. s",nou ae ms
'aJ0c pay e, .hn III 'een 'va'no'S more eAa'h-
nv ~ .nV sonoois Vi d'ccoarlai ap-
pe'n,'nents pelng mauo alIGr lne close %
III 'no eNain'ua''9n , ,s as loilows uieh
i,ope 1uhoo,, y "s. 80 . a. Nvau Ior'er !, ;
Iun, p Ina ~ w 2cnon w, nageftys \
poaus, p "ny meIu Ilahk scnool, D.
DoynIon DI. Hevnng nI. Lul, scnoo'' Jane
powni' M plalr nun, Maggle WOOD
,h gulm ny n;y,,; NO" w Sonoo,, ,a anne MAT NAT
.Hv"' '.i,1o @ DnI'"H1 w. o. v:,,,y muooy ) , Ilah-
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M ST' "no J 'pan',eseeu cD,i oy tno ol.'~9ns'- G
ny imo uuy ,o''owing we "ere at James
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

invited tho other heirs to take their
choice, saying he would take tho third
choice on behalf of Mrs. Denny. The
representative of Mrs. Schenley took
the second choice to the O'IIara heirs.
In this way, without litigation or dis
cussion, was this immense property of
twenty or twenty-five millions divided.
The Schenlcy share, as real estate
values have turned out, has become
the most valuable portion OF the origi.
nal estate.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
THE PINEAPPLE.


Tho pineapple plant is native o
tropical America, growing wild in The
forest, but is also cultivated in thost
regions, as well as to some considera
Bile extent in the West Indies and on the
Eastern continent. 1t has fifteen OF
more scrrated, ridged, sharp pointed
leaves spriRging from the root, rcsem.
bling in its general aspect the century
plant, but much smaller in size. In
the centre of this cluster of thick sue
culent leaves springs up short stalk
bearing spike OF beautiful flowers
which in time produces a single pine,
apple. On the summit of the fruit is
u tuit OF small leaves, capable of be.
coming new plant, which, together
with suckers, are the means by which
it is propagated, as the cultivated
plant seldom produces seeds. 1t flour.
ishes best in moist and warm climate,
but is able to survive a long drouth OF
extreme heat There are several va
rieties of pineapple, differing in their
leaves, being more or less spiny on
their edges, and in the shape and color
of the fruit. Great care is requisite
in its cultivation, otherwise 1t will be
coarse and fibrous, with but little sweet
ness. Nothing can surpass the rich
and delicate flavor Of pineapple which
has been properly grown, or OF the
wild fruit Of the forest, which is always
equal if not superior to the cultivated
ones. A word as TO the manner of
preparing pineapple for eating Let
the rough exterior first be removed to
sufficient depth and then slice the
fruit longitudinally with core, and not
across the hard centre, as is generally
done with us. As soon should an ear
of corn be divided in sections when the
kernels must be pulled from the cob,
as pineapple across the corn, instead
of nicely sliceing the fruit from its ad.
herents. The deliciousness of a pine
apple when freshly picked from the
plant and prepared in the above man.
ner cannot be surpassed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
PaAcTIcL HINTS AND HELPS FOR TnE
SCHOOL cRooM.

scHooLRooM.
Keep list of your plans, your diff.
culties and your methods OF meeting
them, look at the list often and see il
you are carrying out your plans.
Be sure that you learn something
every day If you leave tho school.
house forgetting it, 60 back immedi-
ately and get the latitude and longi-
tude of two or three islands, city, a
mountain peak, or call up some forgot.
ten principle in arithmetic, and try TO
remember the whole until next day.
Let everything you learn be connected
with your business as q teacher, II
you study law, physic, or theology,
with view Of leaving the school.house
as soon as you get to be doctor, min
ister, or lawyer, you are thief and
ought to be shut up somewhere where
you can't receive money without earn.
ing It honestly. You cannot study for
some other profession while teaching,
and do justice to your pupils.-7he
Country Teacher.
Teaching is an art. Men don't pick
up artskill without much close study
and patient toll. To teach is not like
pouring grain into the hopper of mill.
To teach is to develop, to train, to make
men wiser bettcr, purer, happier and
the teacher Of music has much Of this
work 10 do. To teacb. reouires more
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
CLARIFIED, Pa. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1878

walls, pierced with loopholes, dottet
with bullet marks and broken with
cannon balls-thc chapel, at which the
confagration was miraculously arrest
ed, after merely 'scorching the feet of t
rude wooden crucifx, the very fame,
drawing back from SO hdeous a thing
and the old well, into which severa
hundred of the dead were flung, anc
rocks and rubbish thrown on them, fol
lack of time and hands for better burial
Here they lay, friend and foo, packed
together--their fiery valor cooled, theil
fierce hatred quenchod-the waters
gone over them-shut away by earth
and stones from the pitiless day and
curious eyes that would pry into the
fearful mystery of thor inhumation
1t is said that in the wood outside
hundreds of French dead were piled
up and burned with tho trees cut down
by-the shot--a mani IN cremation
A kindly peasant woman conducted
me into the old garden, quiet shadowy
place, overgrown with ground-ivy,
green as the memory Of the heroic
men who contended here. There were
some children playing in the garden
and orchard, and laughing merriy. |
suppose they would have thought that
after sixty years it was time for such
things, but somehow, both play and
laughter seemed strangely out OF place
and discordant, haunted as the spot
was for me with pictures and echoes
of another summer evening, when the
dead lay heaped under tree and wall,
and the air was heavy with the moans
and prayers OF the dying. In those
grounds and on my way back 10 the
station | picked many flowers, and
strange and weird were the fancies
that came with them. In looking on
the brilliant scarlet poppies the lovely
corn-6owers, and spear Of iorget-mo
not especially, wondered if they were
the descendants Of the flowers that
bloomed the first summer after the
battle, springing up over the dreadful
field and the more dreafnl trenches. |
wondered If tho rich Norman blood
took form in poppies, and If young
eyes of Saxon blue, closed in sudden
death, opened again in corn flowers
and forget-me-nots found new
variety of morning glory, white veined
with pink, so delicate that o blade of
barley sufiiced for its support, and
very fragrant; and ! thought, "Would
that glory could always take shapes
so sweet and gracious, and so smell to
heaven, instead Of sending up the odor
of smoke and blood and mortality"
Once when walking along q deep,
shady bit of the way, thought it
might be .he road which the Duke
followed that night when pursuing
after the foe like fierce but faithful
bloodhound, and where it is said he
was demonstrated with Tor running
the risk of being fired at from behind
hedges, and gave the noble answer,
"Let them hre away; the victory is
gained, and my life is OF no value now.
On the second thoughts, however, /
knew he went in another direction,
toward Genappe. | rhust confess that
my heart always followed after the
flying Emperor Wak his despair in
TO his rfanY Was his
agony as titanic as hi8 ambition had
been?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
SIGHTS AT WATERLOO
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE
BA1TLE.FiELD.
TABLETS AND MONUMENTS OF THE VII
LA1E cHvRoH-TaRD.

We were prosaic enough to take the
train TO Waterloo, the weather being
uncertain and some of our party moi
feeling equal TO drive OF more than
twenty miles. A little beyond the
village Of Waterloo VIC came to the
station for the battlefield. Hero omni.
bus drivers lie in wait for visitors, and
guides Turk in perpetual ambush. All
charge on you at once. Most of our
party succumbcd, and ratified up Ia
the Lion Mound in bus, ovcr a mod
ern stony road. walked along an
old way, between hodges and through
fields, IN as much rneditative quiet o.
would. be allowed mo bya Flemish
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

The Clarion Democrat is responsible
for the story that one day recently a
man knocked at the door of o wealthy
citizens house in that vicinity and
asked for something TO cat. The owner
Of tho house recognized in the beggsr
a former oil prince, whose business
capital q few years ago was 100000.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
AN UNCONSCIOUS SNAKE
SIVALLOWER.

Last week farmer Potts, of Berks
county, was the victim of terrible
adventure. Becoming drowsy he laid
under a tree, and while sleeping a
snake about nineteen inches in length
and Of a green color darted into his
open mouth and descended INTO his
stomach. After he awoke he expert
enced a peculiar and sickening sensa-
ton. At times frothed at the mouth,
and his eyes almost started from their
sockets. A physician pressed his ear
TO Potts breast and distinctly heard
the movements OF the reptile. The
victim was required TO inhale the steam
ofboiIed milk, which produced a strang-
ling sensation, the snake having made
an unsuccessful effort to leave the
stomach. Potts was then led under q
shed roof and put on wagon. A
strong rope was tied TO beam and
securely wrapped around the legs Of
the sufferer. The wagon was then
pulled away, and Potts was left dang
ling head down. While in this posi-.
ton he again inhaled the steam of boil.
ing milk. The patients tongue pro
truded and his eyes started Thethick
steam flowed into his throat and the
sufferer made noise as if checking.
Then quick as thought the doctor saw
head protrude, and seizing il with
his naked fingers he quickly pulled and
the reptile was dashed into an empty
bucket. In few seconds Potts was
lying on the ground nearly dead. He
was given some whisky and water and
was rubbed with coarse toweling, and
finally he seemed to be resting easy.
His eyes were bloodsbot and every
vein seemed bulged and ready to burst.
lie was carried into the house and put
to bed, and light food was administer.
ed. His throat was very sore, but still
he was thankful when he was told that
the reptile had been removed. He is
slowly recovering.-Pdtriot.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
When Cumberland saw the Schoo

When Cumberland saw the School
for Scandal, he said of it 81 am aston
ished that the town can be so complete.
ly mistaken as TO think there is either
wit or humor in this comedy went
to see it, and II made mo as grave as a
Judge" Mr.. Sheridan, when he heard
the criticism, merely said "Mr. Cum.
berland is very ungrateful, for when |
went to see his tragedy Of the Cdrme-
lite, ! did nothing but laugh from the
beginning TO the end"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

u
Ing Io',owing death h4tlce mas JUS
peoh puo''sneu In lnc rittsourg pa
pcrs
senrsLEY,At London, England, January 81
'',, oap'a'" h'Na'' ~ o'nen'sy.
n,gaIu'ng 'no s1pIect Oh TINS nollc
'no lVS' 'e''s inc ioi'ow'ng romantl
s'Vry ,.
mere are lew to-uay ID ftttspurI
Mno oan re'nc'iioer OF appreciate I'M
eAoitcnieht crcateu IN TINS clty an'
throughout tne otate thirty-nve year
aso' wnen M u pccamc known tnat zap
'aln ocnehiey' miudle-aged, twic'
lnurrleu, nalipay onioer IN the britlsl
army, nau cianuestlneiy married an'
e,opcu 70 Engiahu witn mary ~ gro
gnnh' neiress Oh ohe-thiru OF the vas
y lara estate, young gir OF scarce
s'Aeeen' 'nen Ut tne iasnionaole hnish
ing schooi ior young ladies, oil MIS-
Hco,ouu Oh staten island. III struch
people gencraiiy as 80 mueh capita
hos'rac,eu IRON inc wealth OF inc coun
Wy W p'as'eu Drll,sher, 10 say
no.n'ng Oh tne beauty ~ put out O
!1ln' ,no noso ol young r,'tsourg o.
sna. uay, "ho nau counted on lail
helu anu no ,avors ior tne hahu or ior
tune 1i .nv nelrcss, !, incensed rela
'lves, ou. Una, matterod ll,tie IN pc
cun,ary sense, as MISS Oroghan inherit
ca from her mother IN her own fight
pnt inc cllmax oi aosurdlty was reach
Gu Wneh .ne marriage was made INC
subject Oh serious del,6eration IN The
STATE Leglsluture at Harrisburg, and
a law was passed, preceded oy a sol
emn preampie, reciling that, whereas,
wary ~ oroghan, then nm infant In
the eyes oi inc law, had contracted u
runaway marriage WIN an amen,
therefore DO ~ enacted, cue, that the
trustees now IN charge Oh her estate
DC continued IN that trust indefinitely
ms was m'ld dose OIL seqnestration,
ana OF course was not worth the pa
per on which the law was written.
nut ~ SHOWS the excitement created
among sncn steady heads as frequent
ca stated legislatures thirty,,hvc years
ago, oy the Croghan'Schenley elope-
lnent.
rev persons OF our DAY have had a
more interesting ana eventiul career
tnan capt Edward ocheniey, inc hero
9l tns runaway match, ana whose
ceatn ~ LONDON IS stated above. lie
lought AZ Waterloo under wellington,
ana at new Orleans under Packen'
nam against old hickory, before he
haa passed hIs nineteenth year. lie
had seen service IN every quarter OF
,ne g,opo; was the associate oi George
~, Beau brummcl, and that particu-
lar set ,hat gave tho fashions in neck,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

81 know ! am a perfect bear in my
Manners said q young farmer to his
sweetheart. "No, indeed, you are not
John; you have never huggcd mo yet,
you arc more sheep than bear"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

The greatest men in the world might,
but Tor accidental circumstances, have
been as nameless clay as any that nur-
lures the grass of a village church
yard.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
rnE yILLAoE oF wArEaLoo.


on our return, we stopped Tor al
hour at the hrst station, and walkeet
over 70 Waterloo village to see the ols
church ana church-yard, iiiled witl
tablets ana monuments to the nemor,
oi English oiticers-a very touching
sight, ana more 30 as the place has
peculiarly lonely, deserted, forgotten
look. In q garden near by the stranger
is invited to drop q tear over the Mar
quis OF Anglesey's leg, which being {
noble member, has a tomb, an epitaph
ana weeping willow oil TO itself Il
the OLD post house, opposite the church
were the Duke Of Wellington's head
quarters. There is a curious lcgcnt
that when no dismountcd at tho dooi
OF the inn, after having been many
hours in the saddle, his favoritc horse
Copenhagen, flung up his heels in JOY
and came near Draining his master OF
the spot For one moment the fate o
Europe hung in those rccalcitratinl
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
CAPTAIN SCHENLEY DEAD
The Interesting Career Of an Adventurou
Englishman.

HE FIGHTS AT WATERLOO AND NEW OR
LEANS BEFORE HE IS TwESTy-Is THE
COMPANION OF BYRON, SHELLEY, LEIGH
HUNT, GEORGE ", BEAU HuMMEt--
AND ELoPEs WITH THE RICHEST HEIR
Ess AT THE TINE IN AMERICA.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

An elevated purpose is good and
ennobling thing, but we cannot. begin
at the top OF it. We must work up to
il by the often difficult path of daily
duty always carefully performed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

Some one seeing two or three emf
nent lawyers gathered together on the
site OF the New Law Courts said that
they had met to view the grounds
where they must shortly lie.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28
MUCH IN LITTLE.
To do good is luxury.
Do not seem to be what you are not.
Iaarr 60 oo,.,ol .,.,. ,ou,,o ,1

~ w SVou 70 - iuAuil'
Do not seem to be what you are not.
Learn TO control your temper and
your words,
~ :aaS S7J ts- ~ :, i,;s-:
others happy.
As sight is IN the eyes. so is the
mind in the soul.
Practice kindness, even IL il be but
little each day.
Learn something each day, even II
il be but to spell one word
A cross neighbor may be made a
kind one by kind treatment
Say nothing behind ones back that
you would not say to his face.
II you are not wiser and better at
the end Of the day, the day is lost.
If you cannot speak well Of your
neighbors, do not speak Of them at all.
When does a ship of war become
ship Of peace2 When she drops her
rdac0W.
We may as well expect to grow
stronger by constant eating as wiser
by constant reading.
The young man who boasted that he
would yet make noise in the world
now beats gong for hotel.
Lord Palmerstone once said, speak.
ing of the Turks "What energy can
be expected of people with no heels
TO their shoes ?"
The prejudices of ignorance are more
easily removed than the prejudices of
interest the first are blindly adopted,
the second willfully preferred
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

"Does our constant chatter disturb
you ?" asked one of the three talkatlve
ladies of a sober looking fellow passen.
ger. mo, ma'am I've been married
nigh on thirty years was the reply.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-08-28

We never can tell what's going to
happen in this world. The girl who
this year is working zephyr dogs on a
young mans slippers may next year
be working half soles on the old mans
pants.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-27
Two Little Girls Sm0thered to Death
In O Trunk near Dixon, Mo.

One of the most awful calamities ever
recorded, is that of the death Of the two
daughters of Mrs. Amelia Moench, first
assistant teacher of German in the Frank
lin School, by being sufocated in trunk.
The little girls have for year past been
with their father on farm four miles
from Dixon, Mo-, which is 1873 miles dis
tant from St. Louis. Mrs. Moench spends
her vacations on the farm, and was pre-
pared to 60 to her husband and children
Immediately upon the close of the school.
Mr.. Moench had gone to Dixon, on
Saturday, and his girls called cheerfully
after him to hurry back, and if he wrote
to their mamma to send their love. On
his return he was surprised not to see
them awaiting him. He went into the
house, and saw the tray of the trunk set
ting on the floor. A horrible fear flashed
on his mind. he opened the trunk and
found the two little girls; the younger,
who was underneath, was evidently pass
ed all hope, but the elder was still warm
and limp. Not a neighbor was within
half q mile. The father dashed cold va
ter on the children, then rubbed them
with vinegar, and made every effort to
restore animation, laboring until twelve
o'clock, but in vain. He then gave up
in despair, and went to seek help from a
neighbor.
Their ages were eight snd FIVE years.
It transpired that the little girls we're in
the habit of playing hide and seek, and
had often hid in the trunk separately.
1t had been their habit to hide when they
saw their father returning home, in order
to enjoy the sport of having him hunt
them. The trunk had no spring lock,
and why they were unable to raise the
lid remains mystery, but it is supposed
heat overcame them Immediately. Their
faces gave no indication THAT they suf-
fered or struggled, being calm and smil-
ing. The little girls were particularly
bright, intelligent, healthy, and the cir
cumstances of their death are such as to
awaken a sympathizing pang in every
parents heart.