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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-17
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Thssubseribers have, at great expense, rebuika
aeighborhood necessity, In the erection Of Grst-
class woolen Mandatory, with all the modern
improvements attached, and are prepared to make
all kinds Of cloths, oassimeres, satinetts, Blab-
ksts, flannels, &c. Plenty Of goods on hand u
supply all our old and thousand new customers,
~hom we ASK 70 come and examine our stock.
Ths business OF
CARDING AND PULLING
will receive our especial attention. Proper
arrangements will be made to receive and deliver
Wool, 10 suit customers. All work warranted and
done upon the shortest notice, and By strict attsn-
ton to business We hope TO realise liberal share
Il public patronage.
10000 POUNDS WOOL WANTED
We viii pay the highest market price for Woo
and sell our manufactured goods ~ low as similar
goods can be bought 10 the county, and whenever
we fail 70 render reasonable satisfaction we can
dways be found at home ready to make proper
explanation, either In person or BY letter.
JAMES JOHNSON a SONS,
.r-ii7s" povsr q
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years ho has been In poor health, and
for some months has had sick leave OF
ABSENCE from duty. At the recent re.
union OF the Army Of tho Cumberland,
Gen. Davis, us Vice President Of the
Association, took active part in the
Washington ceremonies Of the onveil'
ing Of the Thomas monument on the
10Th and 2Olh of last month. His ap-
pearance ut that time indicated the
rapid advance OF the disease, jaundice,
which caused bis death.
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1850.
Ha-per's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

"Btudying tho subject objectively and from the
educational point Of visw--seeking ~ provide that
which, taken altogether, will b Of the most ser
vice to ths larger number--I long ago concluded
that, " I oouid have but one work Tor public
library. 7 would select complete set Of HarPe1's
Menfkly"--cHAnLEs PRAscis ADAMS, Jr.
Its ntenfs arc contributed BY the most emf
nent authors and artists Of Europe and America.
while the long experience Of iu publishers has
made them thoroughly oonversant with the desires
OF the public, which they will spare no efsrt to
crafty.
The volume. Of the Nsgasias begin with the
Number for June and Dscember Of each year.
when no time is specided. 1t will be understood
that the subscriber wishes to begin with the cur
rent Number.
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Total Republican eoutributiin to

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revenur........ tslitO41oIS Oo
The World in explanation of the
above statement remarks that it has
given the Republicans the advantage
of all the Territories and Of the major
portion Of the receipts from sources
not classified. 1t is of course some
what to the disadvantage Of the Demo
cratic showing that in the great
States, like Ohio and Illinois,
the Republicans, despite their temper
ance professions, have the greater fol-
lowing, nevertheless the totals are by
no means unsatisfactory, as they show
that If there is nnytbing in the argu-
men,s Of the Republican campaign
the Democratic States pay
into the National Treasury 63l per
cent. of the country's revenues, leav-
ing the Republican States to furnish
36i per cent.
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The volumes Of the Basar begin with the FIRST
Number for January Of aeh year. when no ime
10 mentioned, 1t viii be understood that the sub
soribcr wishes 10 cemmence With the number nert
after the recsipt Of order.
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WhAley, 9. hillar Mccormick, Rsq, f i
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SOLD by ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
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sPEER'S
p. j. SHERRY,

The P. .. SHERRY h . Wine Of Superior
chuso or. and patskes Of the golden qualities
Of the grape fron which !, 10 made. For Purity
Richness. Flavor and Medicinal Properties, d
will be found unexcelled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
Varieties.

Punch: Music Of the future--prom
issory notes.
The Evansville QInd.) Journal wants
q bridge built across the Ohio opposite
that city.
Tea and coffee are beginning to be
fashionable in Washington.
Fourteen hund red deer have been
killed l,dle in Morrisor County, Mimi, this
sealskin miiten are fashionable for
ladies' to wear owe kid gloves, and in.
France has az propriated this year
more money than usual for the en-,
couragement Of the fine arts.
The Rev. DR.. Bellows, the well
known Unitarian pastor, has had charge
OF the same congregation in New York
for forty years.
Next year Germany is to have an ex-
nibition OF fish. There will be shown
the results Of preserving fish with
The salicylic acid 'inStsad II salt, which
process retains in the fsh nearly al
their original qualities.
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Two Horrible Hangings.

Recently murderer named Farrell
was hanged at Quebec. The rope was
fastened to beam and the culprit stood
on a trap. door in the scaffold. His
eyes were unbandsged so that all the
final proceedings were visible to him.
The official charged with the execution
proved o bungler. He fumbled with
the bolt and for some seconds tugged
at it, the prisoner meanwhile bending
O beseeching look upon him. At last
the bolt was shot back, and then with
blood. curdling scream the wretched
man, as he fell through the trap, caught
the rope and remained suspended by
the hands. The hangman seized the
rope and shook it violently until the
hold of the culprit was loosened, when
Farrell dropped about foot and slowly
strangled to death, his neck not being
broken. Horrible as this scene was,
one still more revolving took place four
hours later in Camden, N. j., where
the murderer Hunter was led out to
die. The prisoner had attempted sui
eide by bleeding to death, but surgeon
sewed up the severed artery. Then he
tried starvation, but food was injected
into his system. The hanging was TO
be by rope run through pulley, with
the moose at one end and heavy weight
at the other. The Sheriff had miscal-
culated the length or elasticity of the
rope. When the weight was dropped
Hunter was barely lifted off his feet and
fell back into the arms of the Sheriff's
assistants. The Sheriff caught the
other end of the rope and pulled Hunter
up little way several OF the by
SANDERS took hold with the officer, and
in this way they kept him suspended
forty minutes, during fifteen of which
he was alive and slowly choking to
death.
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Mr.. Longfellow as q Story Teller.


I do not see that the poetry Of Mr..
Longfellow las changed much in the
last twenty years, except that it has be-
come graver in its tone and more seri-
GUS in it's purpose. Its technical excel
lence has steadily increased. He has
more than held his own against all Eng
lish-writing poets, and in no walk Of
poetry 80 positively as that OF telling q
story. In an age of story.tellers he
stands at their head, not only in the
narrative poems I have mentioned, but
in the lesser stories included in the
Tales Of Wayside Inn," for which
he has laid all tie literatures of the
world under contribution. He pre-.
coded by several years the voluminous
poet of "The Earthly Paradise" who
has no fitting sense of the value of
time, and no suspicion that there may
be too much Of good thing. I would
rather praise his long narratives in verse
than read them. which is but another
way Of saying that prefer short poems
to long ones. About the only piece of
criticism of Poe's to which can assent
without qualification is that long poems
are mistakes. A poem proper should
produce unity Of impression which
can only be obtained within reason
able time it should never weary its
readers into closing the book. This 10
very destructive criticism, but am in.
clined to think there is something in it,
though it is not respectful to the men,
DRY of Milton. Mr.. Longfellow's stories
can all be read ut single sitting, which
insures the unity of impression which
they ought to create and which they do
create beyond any modern poems with
which am acquainted. Mr.. Longfel-
low had always shown great taste in the
selection of his subjects, and it was a
foregone conclusion that he would de-
light his admirers 10 his "Tales of q
Wayside Inn." Every tale in that col
lection was worth new version, even
"The Falcon of Sir FEDERICO" which
the young Barry Cornwall sang when
Mr.. Longfellow was o school. boy.
Mr.. Longfellow's method of telling
story will compare favorably, think.
with any of the recognized masters of
English narrative verse, from the days
of Chaucer down. His heroics are as
easy as those of Hunt and Keats, whose
mannerisms and affectations he has
avoided. They remind me of the ne
roles of no other English or American
poet, and-unlike some of Mr.. Long
fellows early poems-are without any
manner of their own. They as certainly
attain pure poetic style as the prose
of Hawthorne attains pure prose style.
r. II. Stoddard, in Scribner.
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journalism.

There can be no question that in the
last twenty years or so there have been
changes in the world of literature that
almost amount to revolution. Liter
ature has taken its place among the pro-
fessions; and if its most magnificent
pecuniary prizes arc not what they once
were, at all events the number of those
who get living by it have multiplied
almost indefinitely. 1t needs little capt.
tai. A bundle of quilts or box of "mag-
mum bonums,"a bottle of ink, with
quire or two of writing paper, suffice for
the stock in trade of the aspirant. We
were very nearly adding that it needs
no brains. although the man who pro-
fesses to instruct or amnse his fellow
creatures should be none the worse for
some education and knowledge. But
as matter of experience, it is shown
every day that o wonderfully small
amount of brains will 60 long way,
and that the more delicate susceptible
ties of the mental fibres may be quite O
secondary consideration. Versatility
and q happy picturesqueness Of ex-
preston; self'assurance and service
able memory; superficial sharpness of
vision, with the instincts of the jack
daw for transmogrifying the ideas that
have been borrowed aad twisted for an
immediate purpose-may be counted
upon to supply any shortcomings in
the intellectual power. Cultivation
and knowledge should be useful, as we
said, but it is more than likely they
may prove snares to their possessor.
For they may tempt him into frittering
away invaluable time by weighing his
opinions and verifying his facts. Elab-
Grafton of style is, of course, gone out
of data man has either the knack of
expression or he has not; and rapidity
of execution, at all events, is to be
placed before everything else. The
habit of reflection is to be scrupulously
avoided if you mean to make an easy
income with your pen. What the pub
lie looks for nowadays, even in the
quarters that might be expected to be
most fastidious, is dash rather than de-
liberation; sensation rather than solid
ity; sparkle more than depth; and
picturesqueness far more than precis-
ion. The world has taken to travelling
by rail and transacting even trivial bust
ness by telegraph, so the men who have
the suggesting of its ideas and convic-
tions can. least Of all, sfford to lag be-
hind.
. t.r. 49, I I.
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The Necessity OF Plenty Of Sleep.

A writer in lScribner for February,
considering 1.-THE Relations of Insanity
to Modern Civilization" speaks of the
loss OF sleep as prominent cause of
insanity. He says:
During every moment of conscious
ness the brain is in activity. The pecul-
lar process of cerebration, whatever that
may consist of, is taking place; thought
after thought comes forth, nor can we
help it. 1t is only when the peculiar
connection or chain of connection of
one brain cell with another is
broken and consciousness fades
away into the dreamless land of per-
feet sleep, that the brain is at
rest. In this state it recuperates its
exhausted energy and power, and stores
them up for future need. The period
OF wakefulness is one of constant wear.
Every thought is generated at the ex-
pense of brain cells, which can be fully
replaced only by periods of properly
regulated repose. If, therefore, these
are not secured by sleep, if the brain,
through over. stimulation, is not left to
recuperate, its energy becomes ex-
hausted; debility, disease, and finally
dissntegratior supervene. Hence the
story is almost always the same; for
weeks and months before the indica-
tons of active insanity appear, the pa.
tlent has been anxious, worried and
wakeful, not sleeping more than four
or fTe hours out of the twenty-fou
The poor brain, unable to do its con-
slant work, begins to waver, to show
Adgns of weakness or alteration hallu-
Aanations or decisions hover around
like floating shadows in the air, until
finally disease comes and
"plants his siege
Against the mind, the which ho pricks and
wounds
With many legions of strange fantasies,
Which in their throng and press to that last
hold
Confound themselves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

General LIE Due, Notwithstanding the
ridicule which has been heaped upon
him for effort to introduce tea-culture
in this country, is achieving success in
that direction, and he believes that tea
plantations will be all the rage in q
short time, and that the $40, 000, 900
paid annually to China for tea can be
kept at home. The Commissioner is
shipping large numbers Of tea-plants
to the South every day, and the tea peo-
pie believe they can grow them at q
profit of $3.50 an acre. .
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Sir Boyle Roche.

Sir BOYLE Roche was, as his name i'm
Aolies. of a county Cork family, where
the Roches have been settled from very
remote times, giving their name to
places and peerages, as Castletown-
Roche, Roche county, and the titles OF
Roche and Fermoy. Boyle Roche ap-
apears to have made himself useful to
successive viceroys toward the close OF
the last century, and was species Of
whipper-in for the castle. He held a
subordinate Office in the Irish custom
house in the revenue department.. Sir
Boyle Roche soon became popular in
the House of Commons, always ready
to be amused, for his singular success
in the production OF Irish bulls. It is
generally supposed these figures of
speech prevailing among our country
men do not spring from want of ability,
but rather from excess of imagination.
They are attributable to the fertility of
thought, the rapidity with which ideas
rush on the mind, jostling one another,
and becoming confused in the utter
ance, display incongruity. 1t is said
the gifted Sir Richard Steele attributed
their bulls to climate, and declared, "if
an Englishman was born in Ireland he'd
make as many" There is no doubt
bulls are occasionally perpetrated by
others than natives of ireland, as in the
case of the English viceroy who advised
that "the greatest economy was neces-
sary in the consumption of all species
of grain, especially of potatoes.
Boyle Roche represented several
places in the Irish House of Commons,
having successfully been elected for
Tralee, Gowran, Portarlington, and
Old Leighton. He excused his absence
from some engagement by assuring the
Mouse that "No man could be in two
places at once, barring he was bird"
He concluded long speech with this
peroration I" Why should we put our
selves out for posterity? What, ask,
in concluding a speech, cit would be
better, MIR. Speaker, to give up, not
only part, but, If necessary, even the
whole of the constitution to preserve
the remainder"
Speaking Of the invasion then expect
ed from France, he styled the Mar
seillaise the Marshal-law men, who,
if they came, would cut us into mince-
meat and throw our bleeding heads on
the table to stare US in the face but
the best way to avoid danger was to
meet it plump"
We can readily conceive the shouts
of laughter such speech is likely to
have elected.
Sir Boyle Roche must have done SER
vice to the state when, in 1882, he was
created baronet. 1t is stated he was
the messenger employed by Lord Ken
mare, in 1888, to state "that the Catho-
lies were satisfied with what had been
done for them, which turned out to be
untrue.
Beside these have mentioned, many
other amusing bulls are attributed to
him. His moving in committee, on the
bill then before the Commons, for the
better regulation of weights and meas
ures, that "every quart bottle shall
hold quart )" that every man should
be his own washerwoman." His invi-
cation to nobleman who spoke of visit
Wing that part of the country over which
Sir Boyle lived, eff ever you come
within mile of my house, my lord, /
hope you'll stop there. "-L'iSh Bar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

A FEAT OF MRMoRY.-One of the
most remarkable feats Of memory is not
recorded in the books, though it came
before the public in singular manner
in January, 1847. At Sydney, Austria
lia, o prisoner set up as his defense on
trial an alibi, claiming to have been, at
the time that the complainant was
robbed, at home in his own hut listen
ing to the recital of Horace Walpole's
novel, 1.-THE Old Baron" which man
named Lane had, with other novels,
committed to memory, the matter OF
time being disposed Of by the declara-
ton that Lanes recitation took two
hours and half. The Attorney Gen
ersl declared that this was Incredible,
whereupon Lane cleared his throat, be-
gan. I'm the time Of King Henry,
when the good Duke of Humphrey re.
turned from the wars in the Holy Land,
where he had been sojourning for q
number of years, there iived"- and
had recited several pages when the At
torney General told him to stop-he
was quite satisfied. But the counsel
for the defense was not, and insisted
that as the veracity of his witness had
VSoA Iuootionsu ING Wltu0bS buOulu Do
allowed to set himself right, also to
prove the allegation as to time by re-
citing the whole novel. "Do you ex-
pect me to take it all down as evil
dence p stammered the Chief Justice,
in great dismay, and finally q compro.
mise was arrived at and Lane gave a
chapter from the middle of tho story
and its conclusion. The prisoner was
acquitted. -Ne,o York World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

The Moffet liquor law is in fair way
to be repealed upon the reassembling
Of the Virginia Legislature. Deduct
ing the cost of collecting the tax under
the Moffet law and adding what is lost
to the State by the payment in coupons,
the revenue from this source, it is be-
lieved, will no. amount to near as much
as under the old special license tax
system.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

Married - At Altoona Pa, Peter
Mock to Barbara e. Mock. They were
lovers twenty-three years ago, and after
seven years courtship fell out on some
trivial matter. Each was married and
each has been divorced, but che hus-
band of Miss Mock is dead. In this
case marriage is but kind OF double
Mockery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

A Mayor is more ornamental than
useful to Boston. Pierce left for Eu-
rope the day following his Inaugural
ton as Mayor. He will remain abroad
some time for his health. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich accompany
him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

DIR. Blacher has recently reported
lin the Courier Nsdieal) some excellent
results from treatment Of pulmonary
consumption, in its first two periods,
with glycerine instead Of cod liver oil.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

Another resumption that 10 q fixed
fact--the Cincinnati Exposition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

: Miss Jennsss. Of Pembroke, N. H.,
IL the right kind OF an aunt. Christ
mas Day she gave two Dephews $25. 600
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REMOVAL.

The office Of Pacific Newspaper Publishing Co.,
Carlos White. Proprietor. has been moved from
Market St., to room 6, left wing of Halleck Block
Entrance at 800 sansome St., by the elevator
adjoining Wells Fargo d Co.. also at 4is Sacramento
st,
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~ I'm writing i'm response to any
I'm this paper, you Will
please mention the name or the paper.
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Boots and Shoes.

E JOHN SULLIVAN, N e. cor. of
Battery and Jackson sts., San Francisco,
offers TO make to order the best French
Calf Leather BOOTS, at from IS to 80;
California Leather Boots, &C.; Caters and
Alexis Ties, Is to $6; French Calf Oxford
Ties, 81; California, % 50; Boys and
Chiidren's Boots and Shoes made to order. Persons
in the country ordering Boots and ShoeSto the amount
Of Twelve Dollars or more will be allowed reduction
Of Tour per cent? so as 70 make the express charges
light. sell Boots and Shoes of MY OWN MANU-.
EACTURE ONLY. Boots and Shoes sent C. o. d.
Positively one price.
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BOWDOIN'S
Rotary Top Kitchen Cabinet Table,
PATENTED AUGUST lSH.
This invention is ALPHABETICALLY A NEW
DEPARTURE in Work Tables.

In all ordinary methods the contents contained
in drawers which have to be pulled out rs often as
anything is wanted.
In this, all contents RHNAIN STATIONARY, anu are
accessible by giving the top OF your table turn,
which uncOvers the whole.
When thus moved around the top Is firmly sup
ported by selfacting bracket.
Within the body OF the table are compartments for
FLOUR and MEAL, and all ingredients and utensils
used In mixing. A kneading board s fitted In close
to the flour. Underneath is shelf for baking pans
fiat irons and ironing sheets.
For convenience In Transporting, the legs unship
nd are packed inside.
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AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL,
SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO.
TlNHIS old and popular hotel has for quarter of
century catered to the wants Of the public. 1Hos.
BRYAN, an old Californian and an xperienced gen.
tleman conducts the house. which is sufcient guar
antee that
Comfort, Good Living, Cleanliness
And the general welfare OF guests will be accorded to
all. The table will be furnished with the best the
market affords. Genemanly and obliging clerks and
careful walters In attendance This house 10 the most
centrally located of any In the city Street pass
the door every two minutes. The hotel coach will
carry passengers to and from the hoase free of
Prices from &I so To &2.SO Der dav.