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National Republican., 1878-09-18

TIE squibbers Of the Opposition press
are engaged in manufacturing public be-
lief that the Republican party is attempting
to change front on the groenhack question,
on account of the result in Maine. They
have assumed very difficult task, for every
intelligent man knows that the Republican
party has always been the consistent sup
porter, as it was the originator, OF the green
back system. Its greenback policy was not
changed by the result in Maine, and lis
only difficulty now is to prevent the afore-
time hard-money Democrats who have re-
Gently changed front Ia THURMAN from
destroying the integrity of this popular cir
culating medium.
National Republican., 1878-09-18
An Imposition Upon u,e women.

IT IIHVIVITIIIU TIV58lI
Little Dcycraux Blake thinks that unless ono of
the three parties takes up wOman's suffrage the
result In 1850 will be like the political izzle Of 20.
The Nationals are swallowing the Democrats and
now, II the Womnn's Suffrage party would only
swallow the Nationals, tho change would certainly
be an improvement
National Republican., 1878-09-18

THE Democratic Campaign Committee
hesitates at nothing in its efforts to main
tain Solid South. In fact, Mr.. BLACK
BURS's management Of its affairs is directed
mainly to the furthorance of that result
He has recently made arrangements to send
colored stumpers into the fourth district OF
Virginia to oppose DR.. JORGENsEN, the reg.
ular Republican nominee, by advocating O
National or Independent Republican ticket
By made arrangements" we mean of course
that he has hired these stumpers, and that
they will make their proposed canvass
against JoRGENsEN with Democratic money
in their pockcts-the price of their political
honor and personal integrity.
National Republican., 1878-09-18

II GpRIAM had made that speech" three
wcok5 ago, Instead Of sunday, things might
have bCun dIl,Tcnt.-Doiy Cyp,0ph0gous
Nj. GURHAM's speech referred to here
was delivered at Newark, y. j., last week
before the Rcpub!rUn convention which
nominated CORTLANDr PARKER for Congress.
The audience numbered several thousand
people all Of whom were unanimous in the
declaration that the speaker fully and COR
vimcingly exposed the rottenncss Of the
Democratic pctcntion to friendship for the
grccnharks. Onc Of his most telling points
was an HrEHgnmCnt of senator WALLAyE
for his dupIici'y in pIorosing TO substitute
irrcdecmablc non-lcgal tenders for national
bank currency. Another was his defense ol
the Republican party by showing from the
records that it has never pronounced for
contraction, aud at the same time has never
advocated wild and unreasonable expansion.
Expansion, he said, is tramp contrac-
ton, "plckpvckct.' In short, it was Il
great speech; u bold aud 1ligniGcd effort
one that will be heard iroIn again and again
before the campaign Is over, Gore en- some
morc Mr.. Secretary! We like to hear them
roar.
National Republican., 1878-09-18

SOrTH CAROLINA has donned her bloody
political attire, and is pushing tho Demo-
cratic cause, under the parade and display
Of riflc-clubs, to intimidate the people and
make Bourbon victory doubly sure. At a
Democratic gatheringat Winnsboro', in that
State, on the 18th inst, at which the COP.
like HAMPTON" was expected, but did no,
appear, the Charleston N,1rs informs US
there were one thousand mounted red.
shirts in procession. These Were the rifle.
clubs by which the political problem is be-
ing worked out under cancellation" If 1t
had been y Republican meeting these red,
shirters would have been present with ride,
in their hands, demanding divy of time.
National Republican., 1878-09-18

RESUMPTION is now q fixed fact; oply
IOJ days more and it will become legal
flct
National Republican., 1878-09-18

For the last two or three weeks there has
been an unusual stir among our Golored popu-
lation, and II ,uSpicious.loukiAg white man has
been seen In different parts Of the county, gu
National Republican., 1878-09-18

The logic of the Fiat money movement
is to put paper money in the hands of the
people as the only legal-tender of the coun-
try. To do this coin money must be de-
monetized, and the gold and silver money
now in the hands Of the people, or of their
depositaries, would then be worthless for
use in the payment of debts-the same as
the trade-dollar is now. In other words, q
contract for the payment of money could
not be settled or cancelled by payment in
anything except paper bearing the legal
tender stamp. In Utopia this plan might
succeed; but in this or any other civiliz ed
country reasonable people will demand
that some basis shall exist for its crcuat-
ing medium upon which certain and never
huctuating values may be calculated. This
basis is now afforded by coin, and the bust
ness interests Of the country that have been
conducted on gold basis have never been
subjected to the slightest iluctuation. If
coin were to be demOnetizcd and irredeem-
able paper substituted for it, who pretends
TO say that the most violent fluctuations
and disastrous panics would not follow?
National Republican., 1878-09-18

THE great point OF enterprise with the
Democrats at this juncture is to crawl into
somebody "lse's political nest. In Maine they
worked into the Ggccnback sty. In Mas
sachusetts they are trying the same cxper-
imcnt. But in Brooklyn, y. T., in the First,
Third, seventh, Eleventh, and Twenty fifth
Wards, where aldermen are to be elected
this fall, the Republican ward associations
have been beset by very large number of
Democratic names seeking membership
therein. This is the old Democratic game,
under which efforts are made to capture the
common council by overwhelming the Re-
publcans in their own wards. This Is the
cNpedient of n party which, having squan-
dercd its own political estate, is ready to
hire out for any service, no matter how
mean and dshOnorable. Guerrilla warfare
is the last resort for broken and despond-
ent party, and the Democrats have evidently
got beyond this point, and are now assum-
ing the roles of the tramp and hummer.
National Republican., 1878-09-18

WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IS is7s
National Republican., 1878-09-18
= Special Notices.

NY WRITTEN PROPOSALS WILL BE RE.
- ceiyed by the Citl,en's Tournament ConimiL
tee for the lar ana Restaurant Privilege Mt Mr. Hs
Park at Bennlngs, On the 9Th Instant the day Of the
tournament H. II. DUDLEY,
SelI.u l,4ro
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13

THETRAMp INTERCHANGEABLE Eighteen
years OF Radical misgoycrnment has
bequeathed to us an inheritance never
dreamed OF BY anybody while the Dem.
ocratic party ruled the State and the
Union. 10 illustrate: Mr.. Il, 0. Da.
vid, Superintendent of the Crawford
county Poor House, relieves himself in
very plain English on tho tramp ques-
tlon. lie says in his annual report 70
tho Directors; M
"Tramps are getting 10 be an intol-
crabe nuisance, There ~ scarcely o
night but we have more or less some
times as high as fifteen or sixteen dir
ty, lazy, lousy, able bodied tramps
and a. there IN no place provided fol
them, we arc obliged 10 admit them
into the house with the lawful inmates
We have no place for them to slccT
but in the sitting room, and as most Of
them are lousy, II Is impossible to keeI
the inmates clean. Thcy are worst
than q pestilence. They crowd an al
ready ovcrcrowded honse. They dc
moralize the inmates fearfully with
their dirty songs and annuity stories
and their very presence ia an insult Z
honest poverty, and they never should
under any circumstances whatever
come IN contact with the inmates o
the Poor House. My opinion is tha
il we had small house on the farm
for tramps, aud had them arrested un
der the vagrant act Of 1876, and sen
tenced 10 Ave or ten days labor, !
would not be long before trampu wonl'
DO scarce around these parts. AT Ieas
il would not be very expensive TO Civ
II o trial"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13
THE PROGRESS or CHRIS
TIANITY.i Ntg

A noticeable feature Of tho late dis
eusslon Of future punishment was the
complacency with which many assum.
cd that Christianity is bound up with
austcrc dogmas which the liberalism
of tho time has rcmanded TO tho limbo
of things obsolete and useless. This
was because IL is known TO them only
in the formulas of belief, and never
studied rs q distinct and independent
entity. Christianity is n life, not O
creed. Dogmas, changing with every
burst Of new light, are but expressions
Of that life as il ripcns from ago to age
and grows 10 richer fruition. The mar
who assaults a system Of those, think
ing to strike Christianity prostratc, Il
more than Quixotic. He has not III,
knight Of La Mancha's excuse for hi
folly, since the experience OF thousand
should have taught him better. A
creed, ~ popularity understood, ia .
convenience, not necessity. Bread \
bread under any name or no name
and 30 Is Christianity. BE II calles
what II may, the thing remains will
eternal steadfastncss in tho midst %
every revolutions yf opinion, yesterday
TO. day and and forever the snmc. Life
forms alter, not ita essence. Just wha
is this life2 Il is known by ia fruits
and needs no definition. II the gen
tlcmen who have been telling the pub
lie that Christianity Is. fast following
medieval Satan on his way 10 oblivion
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13

4 HrsBASn MARKEr.-A strong.
minded woman married man not no.
ted for activity Of body or energy Of
character, and before the honeymoon
was over, upon awakening one morn.
ing, lac found his spouse In tears.
"My love" said he, "what Is the
matterp'
"Oh, I've had such dreadful
dream
"Why, what WAS ~"
II thought was going out Fourlh
avenue, when | saw sigp Husbands
for Sale so many women were rush,
ing in that followed, and just then
they were eclling splendid specimen
for 81 ,50O."
"l'ut did they all bring as much a'
lhat!'
"Oh, no They went at 81, 900, 500
aud 30 on down"
"Well, did you see any that hooked
like nor
ayes, indeed. bat they were ,iet
up in lunches like asparagus, aud sob
for ten cents o bunch"
Tablenu. - Pftsburg Teey7oph
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13

A WoRLn's FABLE.--Ono DAY q tail
Obelisk stood summing herself on the
bank Of the Nile, when n New Yorh
World reporter camo down to 90 in
swimming. The reporter at frat pre-
tended MOTTO see the Obeisk, and fell tc
playing in the water with a beautiful
Canard that Kept SCATTERING him with
ts feet. The Obelisk at last spoke
and said "My fine fellow, look here
What IA the fare 10 New York during
a warm winterfn The reporter sald
he "thought about ore hundred thou
sand dollars" The Obelisk then re
piled that the reporter had bettcr gt
home and raise it, for that was th,
kind OF q Cleopaua's needle she was
So the reporter went TO New York
and gothic money, and then he wrot,
TO the Obelisk that he was ready fol
her, and that if she was coming, why
didn't she como alongi AT this th'
Obclisk uttered n great laugh, ant
said abe wanted no moro Of his hero
glyphics as he had failed to consul
the khedive. Moral There are moi'
things IN this World than you can al
ways believe. -.Louisulle Courier
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13
Communicated
EQUALIZATION or TAKES.

The ounty Commissioners are frc
quently asked--"How does il com,
that the harder the times are, the
higher the taxes are 2" presume
this question is not prompted 10 much
by conviction that the taxes are
really higher thantbey formerly were
as by the fact that the questioned
tiuds il 50 much more ai6icahfo pdy hi,
idrcS, whether they be more or lcss
than they were in good umez llav
iug him An insideas wei MS anosfsidc
vehf Of this mbjecr, and being onr.ol
tie parties ibterrogatcd, / feel that
am Justified in giving pnhlie answer
10 Il question Of public interest Tax.
alton is at all times a burden, but it is
a necessary evil and must be borne
as patiently as possibly. So long as
society exists il has right TO protect
itself, and 10 this end governments are
necessary. Governments, State, coun.
ty or municipal, cannot DO organized
and administered without revenue, and
this must be derived from the proper
ty OF tho citizens But those who ad
minister the government should see tc
It that The taxes for that purpose arc
assessed equally, collected impartially
and disbursed judiciously.
!. Are the county taxes higher than
they were in good times2 rLoro are
some reasons why they should be as the
following comparison will show
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13
DEATH OF THE CATTLE KING.

Jno. W. lliff who has for a number OF
years been known ss the "Cattle King
Of the West" died at bis home In Den
yer City, Colorado, on the 9th Of Feb
ruary, 1873 Deceased was a native
OF Perry county, born near McLuncy.
lie was tho eldest son Of the late Thos.
Ilif, ESQ, who was well known 10
most Of our citizens. He was, at the
time Of his death, about AZ years of age.
He was attracted to the West by the
Pixies Peak gold excitement Of 1869,
and was engaged in the mercantile bu.
siness for some years, but his invest
munts in that direction did not prove
successful, and about the close Of the
war no went into the cattle business,
since which time he became the larg.
est and most successful cattle dealer
that the West has ever produced. AT
the time OF his death his herd numbered
about 10000 head, which at their aver.
ago value OF 800 per head, are worth
81 900 600. The profits on his sales
during tho past Summer have amount
cd to 100000. His cattle range oc.
cupied a strip Of territory l50 miles in
length and 75 miles in breadth. He
also owned 10000 acres Of land, besides
valuable city property. The wealth
th,t be leaves behind him will proba.
bly, aggregate four or five millions ?
His father, the late Thomas Lift OF
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13

PAINFUL ScKSE IN A CouRr RooM.--
Charles f. Frcdericks, night distribu-
tion clerk in the Newark N. J.) Post
office, who was detected in stealing let
tcrs, was brought before Commissioner
Whitehoutc, in Newark, recently. The
father of Fredericks, who is more than
20 years Of age, camc in and was led "a
the chair where the prisoner WAS seat
cd For moment he stood trembling
bciorc him, and then resting his hands
on the shoaldsrs of his son, cried, "Oh
Charles, Charles yon havc--ycu have
Your mother is gone, but before she
died she said you would somc time
break my heart Whom the wife and
child of the accused man entered ths
room the wife, regardless OF those pres
ent, threw herself into his arms and
cried, "Charlic, have you done this
And have we been living upon these
thefts n "'rbis was the first time,
was the answer. The next moment
his almost irenzied wife was upon hcl
knees before the Commissioner, and
cried out, in an agony of grief, xii
me, murder me do what you will, hui
let me have my Charlie She was
hardly conscious when taken from the
room. Examination was waived and
Fredericks committed, in default Of
81, GOO bail.-N J. Tribune.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13
If WE KNEW.


II wo knew When walking thoughtless
Through the crowded noisy way.
That some pearl Of wondrou. whiteness
Close beside our pathway lays
We would pause, when now we hasten,
We would often look around. lN
Lest our careless feet should trample
Some rare jewel In the ground.
five knew what forms were iainting
For the shade that We should fling,
If we knew what lips were parching
For tbs water We should bring.
We would haste with eager footsteps,
We would work with willing hands,
Bearing cups Of cooling water, iI
Planting rows Of shading palms.
five knew WHOM friends around ps Z
~ Closely pressed to cay gSod bye, iill I
Which among the lips that kiss us,
First should meath the daisy lie
We would clasp our arms around them,
Looking on them through our tearsj
Tender words Of love eternal
We ewoold whisper 10 their ears. N
five knew that lives are darksned
ny sous ihopgbtless woris of curs.
Which had ever lain among them .
Like the frost among the flowers,
Oh with What sincere repentings,
With what anguish Of regret,
White our eyes we're oyerhOwing.
Would We cry--jorgirs, forget.
five Lnew-alAsl and DO We
Mover care " seek to know, Nf
Whether bitter herbs or roses,
In OUT ucighhors' garden growl
God forgive us, lest hereafter,
Our hearts break to Lear him say.
-Carebss child, never knew you,
From my presence fee away"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13
AFFECTING SCENE IN A
SALOON.


/. One aftcrnoonain the month oi June,
1870, a lady in deep mourning, followed
BY little child, entered ono OF the
fashionable saloons in the city Of NJ.
The writer happened 10 bc passing at
the time, and prompted by curiousity,
followed her IN to sec what would en-
sue. Stepping up to the bar, and ad.
dressing the proprietor, she said -
oSlr, can you assist me2 ! have no
home, no friends, and am not able TO
work"
IIe glanced at her and then at the
child, with a mingled look OF curiosity
and pity. Evidently he was much sur
prised 10 see q woman In such q place
begging, but, without asking any ques
tons, gave her some change, aud turn
ing 70 those present, he saiJ;-p
"Gentlcmen, here IL lady in dis
trcss. Can't some Of you help her
They cheeriuily acceeded TO the re
quest, and soon purse Of two dollar
was made up and put INTO her hand.
Madam" !" said the gentleman wh'
gave her the money, "why do you cont
to q saloon 2 II isn't a proper place
for lady, and why are you driven 4
such a stepi" flJg
"Sir," said the lady, "l know II ism
u proper place for lady TO be and yol
l. l. a -.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13
COMBA TTFENESS OF BIRDS

By fiction Of the poets birds all
sing praise, II they sing at oil, TO the
great Creator. or course, this sounds
well, and may have some moral found.
alton bnt | can come as near proving
that catbird curses, and swears, and
filings out all sorts Of abusive epithets
at It's enemies, when angry, as any one
can come TO establishing the song.
praise theory. How these little fel
lows can fret, and scold, and hiss, and
imprecate--yos, imprecate Let q
sparrow hawk or scrcech- owl ! or butch
er-bird, go near ones nest, and, If you
observe closely, your imagination must
be very torpid, indeed, II you cannot
hear "lSaereJieuJ" and all that, scatter
ed around pretty freely. have seen
one fairly dance in ccstacy Of anger
when nothing bnt poor, little brown
lizard came nearit. A pair Of catbirds
had their nest and young In ourrant
hedge Of the garden belonging 10 q
farm house where | was lodging one
Spring, and | used TO amnse myself by
exciting tho anger of the mother bird
To this | had only to hang bit Of red
cloth near the nest in her absence, and
await the result. No osooner would she
return than such q twittering and
sqneaking, and scolding, would begin
as only catbird could generate, aud,
when she found out that there was "no
fight in tho rag, she would eye me
sitting at my window and mcw trinm.
phantly, as If she well knew who II
was had thus troubled her cquanimlty.
A war Of words--or rather war Of
notes--isa . thing offrequent occurrence
between catbird and common brown
thrush Early in the morning through
the month Of May they may be heard
screaming their respective medleys at
the extreme pitch Of their voices from
ncighboring trees, each songster mali
ciously bent on drowning the others
voice. The common barn-yard cock is
given TO a like ambition IN the matter
OF "crowipg down" all competitors.
Speaking OF the brown thrush reminds
me that | ought TO record right hero
very singular combat, witnessed by
myself and brother, between one Of
these gay singers and blue,jay (what
bird is not compelled to fight the lat.
ter p, and in which the jay was finally
dscomiited and beaten. We were in
the shade of a wild plum tree on the
edge OF little glade. Near us was q
clump OF sugarhaw bushes, in one Of
which we had discovered a brown
tLrush's nest. The bird was incuba-
ting. A blue-jay, fitting about on mis-
chief intent, as, in fact, blue,jay al
ways il, happened TO spy her, and im.
medately attacked her, driving her for
refuge into the thick, thorny foliage
above the nest. This seemed az easy
turn for the jay, which at once pre-
pared 10 have feast Of the eggs. But
no sooner had it perched on the rim Of
the nest than the thrush, with saw
ago squall, plunged down from its hid.
ing.place, and struck 1t a heavy blow
in the back. The jay retreated in dis
order, but warily returned again when
all seemed still. With infinite caution
in every movement, 1t hsppcd from
twig to twig, turning its crested head
this way and that, till 1t reached the
nest. Again, with q shrill scream, the
thrush pounced from Its hiding place,
using its lonR. sharp peak for "a sword
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-13


ScRiprrRAL PisoAroRIaLlsM.--Down
al Sea Grove the pastor has greet
trouble in getting Sunday school teach
ers. After much inquiry be secured .
long. lank fisherman, Sol. Warrington.
The following IA a verbatim report Of
his first lesson;
q. How many ways does the Old
Testament teach Of catching dah1
A. Angling, with seine and hooks.
- Isaiah xix. 8 TO IL, Amos ". 2.
@. Who were the bost Of the Apps
tles2
A. The four fishermen - Peter An
drew, James and John.
Q. How did the Apostles like their
6sh cooked
A. John xxi. 3, Luke xiv. ~.
q. What was copsidsrcd fair days
luck hsbIng7
A. ST. John xxi. a.
q. What was . poor day's lnekY
! A. 81. John XXI ,.