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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
LATE TRANSATLANTIC OF
TREES.

II sometimes occurs tha. il becomes
necessary TO transplant trees late IN the
..4.S..z.- 81, aNer NE hvds have swelled,
5T9sitc, 5T9si acA * -. rse.-s-ti si,i. '..ah
can be done quite safely If due caution
: given in protecting the roots from
light and air.
In removing trees or small shrubs
after growth has commenced, have
a watcring.pot full Of water near by,
and as soon as the tree is dug up, the
roots arc resprlnklcd until every one
10 thoroughly wet, then fine earth Is
scattered over all the large roots and
small fbers, thus preventing them from
being affected by tho light, as well as
becoming dry while being packed up
or removed from one part OF the
grounds 10 another. A portion Of the
branches is also removed, and usually
II is best to do this before digging up,
because the pruning can be done much
more systematically and readily while
the tree is fixed in the earth than alter
ward besides, II lessons evaporation
in proportion TO the number Of young
shoots and leaves removed. Trees
and shrubs of moderate size may be
removed quite safely, even after growth
has commenced in Spring, If these pre-
cautionary measures are strictly fol-
lowed. Where trees have been left
heeled in until growth has commenced,
the roots may be puddlcd as taken out
that is, dipped into solution OF
earth and water Of the consistency OF
thin mortar. This should always be
done when trees are to be set out in
windy day, for few moments drying
will frequently mako one.half differ
ence in tho growth of tree the first
season, even if all other conditions be
favorable .-Moores Rural.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
CLEARFiELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1878
that few years ago were thought tc
be above doubt

that few years ago were thought to
be above doubts
Yet this is not the worst. In most
cases fragrant frauds thefts and plum.
dcring are perpetrated with impunity.
Of all the swindlers in banks, railroads,
insurance companies and manufac-
lures, how many have been put in
prison how many even forced to dis.
gorge2 Very few, On the contrary
they have employed eminent counsel
bamboozled jurors, bribed judges, and
thus escaped justice and maintained
their places in the worlds esteem.
This IS the demoralizing spectacle
that makes men afraid to put their
money into any kind of venture. They
not only have to take the risks Of bust.
ness, but the chances of internal steal
age. No wonder that they are timid.
No wonder that this country now
should DO teeming with agricultural
and mineral wealth, raw material su-
perabundant, crops unprecedented,
money drug in the market, provided
the borrower has collaterals, capital
lying idle in the banks, and labor
standing unemployed on the streets
and nothing doug. We cant trust
each other. 1t may seem a harsh
thing to say but if cool Justice were
TO punish severely few defaulting
cashiers, swindling presidents of Insur-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

CURIOUS END TO A HORSE RACE
Recently q cattle dealer and farmer
who prided themselves on the superb
onty of their respective horses, laid q
bet of ESQ each on who would reach q
certain inn in Linltbgow, driving from
Edinburgh. The money was duly
staked with the innkeeper, the day set,
and the conditions written out--viz,
first at goal, in full harness, to receive
Gl00. During the interval one Of the
gentleman began to see he was likely
TO loose, and formed plan to circum-
vent bis friend, which he managed in
the following way On starting he al
lowed himself to get rather behind, and
on coming up to Haymarket Station
turned quietly in, wbero a special en-
gino and horse-box stood waiting, by
means OF which, horse, gig and man
were soon carried to Linlithgow. The
other gentleman kept driving on, al
though he was surprised, on looking
round now again and again, to see
nothing Of his opponent. But surprise
gave way to rage when he arrived at
the inn twenty minutes late, and was
told that the money had been claimed
by bis friend the other now wished
to make joke Of the whole affair, and
offered back the ESQ but he who had
driven the road refused any comprom-
ise, and declares that be will take tho
case to law Glasgoic Herald.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

LOYALTY REWARDED The French
Government has just conferred the
military medal upon a young woman
employed in the telegraph Office at
Pithiviers during the war OF 1870. Up.
on the arrival of the German forces in
that town during the month of Novem.
ber, they at once, as was their wont,
took possession Of tho telegraph office
relegated Mdlle. Dodu, the young we
man in charge, to room on the first
floor. The wires passed through this
room, and Medlle. Dodu managed to
tap them and convey the information
to the sub-prefect. One day tele-
gram arrived from the Prussian staff
at Orleans addressed to Prince Fred
erick Charles, informing him of the
march Of French corps upon Glen,
and suggesting the movements to be
made in order TO surround il. This
telegram she took TO the sub-prefect
who made three copies of it for the
commander of the French corps, send
ing each by different messenger. Two
OF the messengers were killed, but the
third arrived, and the information en-
abled the French commander to make
a timely retreat. The Prussians did
not ascertain what had taken place
until just before the armistice, but for
which Mdlle Dodu might have Jared
badly. As it was, Prince Frederick
Charles, who was at Pithiviers just at-
ter the armistice, congratulated Mdlle.
Dodu upon her courage, and offered
her place in the Prussian telegraph
service This she naturally refused,
and, after having been placed in the
orders OF the day by the Minister Of
War, was appointed directrice of the
telegraph office at Enghieu.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
BUSINESS CONFIDENCE.

A large part of the working capital
of the business world is the confidence
of man in man. Unless one believes
in the substantial good faith of the
people he deals with, all business oper-
atoms are impeded. At the stock
boards and exchanges Of oil kinds
transactions involving the loss or gain
of large amounts OF money are effected
by beck or nod. Men put their
money into banks, believing that they
can get it when they want IL. Goods
are ordered from distance, and mon
ey transmitted from place to place--ln
these and hundred other ways men
show that in the business world they
must trust to some degree In the good
faith Of those they deal with. Brisk
business is impossible on any other
plan; and indeed it Is fair measure
of civilization the degree to which
men can put their trust in truth, hon
esty and the keeping Of promises.
Where that stands highest, business is
safest and consequently healthiest ;
where IL stands lowest, business is dull.
This is matter apart from ordinary
morality. For example, the New York
broker may not stand high as q moral.
list, but no people in the world stand
up better 10 their promises, because
without that as foundation business
as conducted would DO impossible. II
is therefore evident that whatever
tends to strike this mutual trust and
confidence out of existence strikes out
a large part Of the country's working
capital and il may be that great
part of the business stagnation of the
country Is due TO tho loss Of this con-
fidence and trust. II is with no de.
sire to preach sermsn, simply to
treat morality as one Of the factors Of
political economy, that we discuss this
subject.
Many things have occurred during
the past five or six years well calcula.
ted to shake public confidence in busi-
ness concerns Of all kinds. Insurance
companies have collapsed and gone into
bankruptcy under circumstances Of
downright rascality; railroads have
failed and swept millions Of property
out of existence, and yet often up "a
tho very eve of bankruptcy they put
forth rose colorcd statements Of their
condition; savings banks smashed one
after another all over the country do
faulting cashiers escaped with the rs
sets OF tho banks; the great cotton
mills were ruined by the peculations
of the officers immense political frauds
were carried on In the chief cities and
and in the State governments and the
national government IN most cases BY
Republican officials. Rascality seeml
TO cast a suspicion on many Interests
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

The RIVAL CouRrs.-Judge Church,
of the Crawford district, has appointed
three competent, unprejudiced Survey
ors to measure the distance from the
Court House in Meadville to the city
limits of Titusville, and from the City
Hall at Titusville to the city limits Of
Meadville The gentlemen appointed
are Henry D. Beatty, of Crawford
county G. W. Heydrick, Of Mercer
county, and Isaac X. Taylor, Of Erie
county. The Act for the holding of
Court in Titusville requires that tho
distance between the two places must
be over 27 miles by the shortest county
road. If the distance falls short of 27
miles, the Titusville Court will be q
myth. A recent measurement by one
route makes the the distance 27t miles |;
by another, 25t miles.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
A SAD CAsr.-The trial by cour,

A SAD CAsE.-The trial by court
martial OF Lieut.. w. NJ. Fleming, OF
tho Twelfth Infantry, U. s. Army,
charged with embezzling the funds in
trusted TO his care as Quartermaster
and Commssary at Alcatraz Island,
near San Francisco, has been concluded.
The amount cmbezzlcd was 81, 100.
The case was one OF the saddost upon
record, and the disgrace falls upon a
family Of hitherto spotless fame. A
passion for gambling led to tho unhappy
condition IN which this officer now
finds himself. He made statement
at his trial, acknowledging every charge
against him and plead for mercy. The
prisoner will likely spend ten years in
The State Prison, though the findings
of the Court have not as yet been made
public. The Court has sent it's find
ings TO Washington for approval, and
meanwhile Fleming will remain in con
finement at Alcatraz. His wife, who
was with him through the trial, has
lett California for tho East to rejoin
her. friends. Previous to tho develop
ment Of this mania for gambling, Lieut
Fleming ranked high In bis profession
and was respected for many good
qualities.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
FIGURES OF FANCY.

There is iron enough in the blood OF
forty.two men to make plow-sbare
weighing twenty-four pounds.
Wild ducks are estimated to fly
ninety miles an hour; swallows fly
rather faster; and the swift flies about
two hundred miles an hour.
The COW eats 276 plants, and rejects
2ls the goat, 449, and 1876 the sheep,
357, and 34l the horse, 262, and 212 I;
the hog, ~, and III.
In man the temperature of the blood
is So degrees; in sheep l02; in ducks
l07 in aguc it falls from 9S to 94; 10
fever II rises to l02 or 105.
The beats in an hour Of common
seconds clock are 1900, and 1890 a
common watch seconds watches beat
$4,000 times an hour, or FIVE per sec
ond
When man and woman have attain
cd thcir complete development, they
weigh almost exactly 20 times as much
as at their birth, while their stature IS
about three and ono fourth times
greater.
But two millions Of species of land
and water.animals and plants are be-
lieved TO exist. There are at least 100,.
900 species of plants, and 100000 Ct
insects only. The species in the seas
are believed to be still numerous. The
number OF polypi exceeds that of other
insects, and the infusorie are not num-
bered, nor are the parasitic tribes. The
species Of the whole may even be five
millions. If an old species become ex-
tinct, and new one were evolved
once week, the whole would last
100000 years.
About the age Of SO the lean man
usually becomes fatter and the fat
man leaner Between the years of 43
and 30, his appetite fails, his complex
ion fades, and his tongue Is apt to be
furred upon the least exertion OF body
or mind. At this period his muscles
becomes habby, his joints weak, his
spirits droop, and his sleep is imper-
feet and unrefreshing. After suffering
under these complaints year, or per
haps two, he starts afresh with renew
ed vigor, and he goes on to 6l or 62,
when similar change takes place, but
with aggravated symptoms. When
these periods have been successfully
passed, the gravity of incumbent years
is more strongly marked, and he be.
gins TO boast Of his age.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
RESIDENT TRAMPS.

Everybody knows what travelling
tramps are, and everybody knows too
what resident tramps are, but probaba-
bly, not by that name. The name,
however, seems to bc appropriate.
Nearly every town, of whatever size
has them. In the line of utter worth
lessness they are an Improvement upon
the travelling species. They are not
only too lazy to work, but they are
too lazy to travel. Their neighbors
would rejoice TO SEQ them go, and
would not ask them to stand upon the
order or method of their going. They
might proceed on foot or "beat' their
way on the cars-no matter how, so
that they only start. They are gen
orally harmless beings, so far as doing
any positive intentional injury to any
one, is concerned. They almost in.
variably use more or less proiane Ian
guagc, which is sufficiently odious TO
all well bred people, but farther than
that does but little real harm to any
but themselves, as no industrious man
or boy would think of following their
example in this respect, but would
rather be turned tho other way by il.
Sometimes men, who are otherwise
well behaved, fall into the habit of pro.
fanity but when they see how far the
most worthless loafer can surpass
them in that direction, their self.re-
spect reacts against 1t, so that in some
cases, there may, incidentally, como a
spark Of good, out Of what in itself,
would appear to be unmixed evil
Resident tramps bring sort of de-
Element upon everything clean, that
they touch. A useful amusement, as
a game of ball, or quoits, or billiards.
in their hands, has the aspect of some.
thing pernicious. A man who after
hard days work in an Office, or a store,
or shop, would like to recuperate his
exhausted nervous energy, by some of
the various forms of recreation that
are so well adapted to that purpose, is
often deferred from doing so, because
OF the bad odor into which they have
been brought by those who spend at
them the time that ought to be given
TO work If there were some method
by which the maxim, "if a man will
not work neither shall he eat" could
be made into practical iule, and
strictly enforced, there would be
speedy change among all classes OF
tramps. Either idleness would give
way to industry, or there would be
gratifying increase Of the mortality list,
caused by abstaining too long from
food. The first alternative would be
the more desirable, and probably the
one that would be generally chosen /;
the other, however would be an i'm
provement upon the present condition.
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
APPLICATION or MANURE.

A correspondent Of an agricultural
journal writes "Farmers differ much
in opinion about how to apply manure
to the soil, whether fresh or in decom.
posed state, or whether to be plowed
under deep in the soil or to be left near
the surface but the great object is
how to get the greatest amount of
good from tho manure. To deposit
manure in the barn yard and leave it
exposed to drcnching rains, sun and
wind for nearly year, is greater
waste than many farmers arc aware of,
for tho nasty eye sores which are seen
below many barn yards is evidence
that there Is great waste Of soluble
ammoniacal salts concentrated year ai-
ter year uselessly at the dark spot on
the lowest corner OF the yard, and a
waste which, If utilized, would be sui.
ficient TO manure an acre or two of po-
tatoes. would prefer to have my
barn yard as clean as parlor during
the whole year, but circumstances will
not permit that. | must have some
place for my cattle and give them air
and exercise, and 10 eat corn stalks
during the winter, few hours every
day at least but beyond what they
make there, no manure ever goes in
to my barnyard, because my cattle are
kept in the stable or field. My stables
are wide enough to admit wagon or
cart behind the horses or cows, and
have double doors the whole width Of
tho stable; and most generally ! haul
the manure out directly on the fields,
either in large heaps or spread broad
cast, as the circumstance wall warrant.
II the declivity Of the land is rather
steep and the ground frozen, ! don't
venture osprcad the manure, but throw
II in heaps where the DRAWINGS cannot
20 TO waste. IL IL were possible, i
would rather apply oil the manure !
make directly on the field with but one
handling, forasmuch as il fertilizcs
about tho same when fresh as decom.
posed, and portion Of the invaluable
salts wasted below the dung yard 10
saved thereby, and ] would as lief have
manure kept near the surface to ferti-
lie and protect the tender germs when
| first starting to grow"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

The SEVENTEEN YEAR LocusTs.-
The seventeen year locusts" have
made their appearance. They come
up ont of the ground where they have
been during their existence in the
pupa state during the last seventeen
years, and fasten themselves to the
trees and fences preparatory to under
going the metamorphose from the pupa
TO the image. After the metamorpho-
sis the image flies away to deposit its
eggs, which is done by boring into the
limb or body of tree, and there plac-
ing them. They cannot sting, as is
supposed by many. 1t is merely by
piercing innumerablo small holes into
the trees that they are enabled to do
the damage. The same peculiar mark,
resembling the letter "W,' which wor-
ried some of the more superstitious
people when they were here seven
teen years ago, appears to their wings,
and the peculiar sound which they
made seventeen years ago is again be-
coming familiar. The "W" is, by
nervous and superstitious people, gen.
orally taken to mean war.-Aitoona
Mirror.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

A CASE OF CoNscIENcE.-A year ago
last Fall while Mrs. Judge McDermitt
of this place was absent visiting the
Centennial Exhibition, her gold watch
and chain which she had left at home
with her husband were stolen from the
house. Vigorous efforts were made to
apprehend the thief, and finally a col.
ored man was arrested on suspicion,
tried and, Tor want Of evidence, ao-
quilted. The property was given up
as lost, and the matter had almost been
forgotten. On Monday Judge McDer.
mitt, on visiting the postofiice for his
mail, received a small package, neatly
done up and sealed, which, upon open
ing, proved TO be the watch and chain,
in as good condition as when taken.
Mr.. Ray says he found the package in
the outside letter.box in the morning.
A string attached showed that it had
been let carefully down the slide. There
was nothing to indicate from whom II
came, or why it was returned. 1t can
be set down, therefore, as clear case
of consciencc.-Mercer (Pd.) Ldcr.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
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NUMBER Two. II. Anderson

NUMBER Two.--James Il. Anderson,
the important witness in tho Potter
investigation Of the Louisiana election
frauds In 1876, Is described as an intel.
ligent, rcd haired, red. faced, red nous
tached, boyish.looking man Of about
"a years Of age. He was neatly
dressed, had great seli-possession, and
created q favorable impression. The
correspondents present were q little
surprised to hear him announce when
bis examination began that he had al
his life been journalist, and Is now
night editor Of the Philadelphia North
American He was apparently master
Of his story, and made II FL into the
documents which be presented with
great skill.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
NOW TO MAKE GOOD TIMES.


We have mutterings OF storm In
our political and social sky Angry
flashes are shot athwart the land, ON.
nious enough to awake the stolid and
heartless, were IT not that many may
DO deceived by names. 1t is called
Communism, lnternationalism, Work
ingmen's Associations, ked hepuoli,,
canlsm, which IN themselves are BAD
enough, but under these Is cconcceaicd
real want, which Is more TO be dread
cd than deviltry. Tho desperate IN
purpose are leading inc desperate IN
condition, and when combined they
are fearful and II a divorce IS not op-
tained between honest need ana organ
ized conspiracy, and the former re.
llevcd soon, ana the latter stamped
out, we may have fearful orisis' 70
meet perhaps IN blood Ihero IS no
ume LOT trinlng. lne extremes Oh neeu
ana ol ulhoollsm are making junc',on'
anu i,ke TWO cnargeu clouus wncn
prougnt IN cohtact, u tempest WIN Gu
sue now can this standihg menace
70 the puohc peace DC averted lnose
oi tnc nrst class' desperate 'nrougn
want, ana whose cohsPiracles are Ior
preao, may DC diverted from thls Dan
gerous aiiiance win men PROFESSIONAL
" dangerous py giving them employ
ment, even II not very lucrative ior
Ill w