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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17
NEW SERIES--VOL. 90, NO. 36
MUTUAL BORES.

A social bore has been neatly de.
fined TO be man who insists on
talking TO you about himself when
you want to talk to him about your
self In the same way when man
wants to convince you of the error OF
your ways and you keep on talking TO
him about the error OF his ways, you
become bore OF an aggravated typo
This is the attitude Of the Northern
and Southern papers just now. The
Southern papers, tired OF being on the
defensive as to the shotgun, want to
talk about the shotgun policy In
Rhode Island. But the Conkling or
gans say "Ob, no that won't do at all !;
we want to talk about the shotgun in
the Yazoo section The consequence
IS that they mutually look upon each
other as bores The New York 7ri-
bune and the Herald say, in effect, that
"Really the Rhode Island affair must
not be talked about 1t involves the
most sacred feelings OF several inauen.
tial families; it handles rutblessly the
home and the fresde; in the interests
Of respectability, morality, religion and
politics--especially poltics-lt must
not be discussed. 1t is private affair
and we must consider the other hearts
that would ache. But the Yazoo case,
you see, is all different, so let's talk
about that" Well, the Yazoo incident
is different, but the differences are not
to the disadvantage of Mississippi so.
ciety. In the first place the Yazoo ep-
isode does not affect the highest politi
cal and social strata. The man who
was killed was bloody desperate,
who died the death that desperadoes
usually die. He ought TO have died
at the hands Of the officers of the law
and his fate in the street brawl was
well earned. Secondly. the case is al
ready in the hands Of the law. The
murderer has been arrested and will
be tried for murder. No attempt has
been made TO justify his crime, none to
gloss it over and keep back the facts
from the public. There has been no
German professor in the case. The
man who had murdered negroes has
in turn been murdered and his slayer
will be triod for murder 1t may be
true that political hatred led TO the
personal encounter between Dixon and
Barksdale, but there is nothing strange
or unusual in that. Aaron Burr killed
Alexander Hamiton--both Northern
men--in a political quarrel, and De
Young, in San Francisco has just shed
the blood OF MIR. Kalloch in frenzy
begotten in politics. The murder Of
Dixon was an abominable crime and
ought TO be and will be punished by
law. But the shotgun in Rhode Is
land, the outstanding challenge and
the menace OF murder have been ig-
nored by the laws. Now, Of course,
tho Conkllng organs say that this'is a
very different thing, they won't even
talk about it; they want to talk
about the Yazoo murder, considered as
q typical Southern event, and as an
element in politics. We naturally re.
gard this as q bore and we admit that
they have the right to entertain the
same opinion OF us when we insist on
talking about the typical New En-.
gland event. Nothing could be iairer
than this s.-Bdltimore Gazette.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

CnANoISe INTO A Town GIRL-The
rapidity with which females adapt
themselves TO the circumstances with
which they are surrounded, especially
the fashions, is marvellous. On Mon.
day Of last week, HaEleton lady who
employs several domcstics, got new
table girl, fresh from Butler Valley, o
bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked damsel, who
blushed whenever any oi the male
members Of the family looked at her /;
q girl whose hair was combed smooth
ly back from off tanned forehead I;
whose dress had sleeves to IL, came up
to her throat and down to her feet.
On Tuesday, hor hair went up on top
Of her head and was coiled over A.
something; on Wednesday, shc cut
the sleeves of her her dress, turned II
in at the throat, pinned il back and
bumped II out behind and before the
week was out, she could look all the
men in tho face without any hue Of
modcsty adding 70 tho beauty Of her
face. Such is woman's subsection TO
what she calls fashion. - Hdslefon Sen.
finel.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

DRyISo AND CANNING APPLIES We
always dry our apples in the oven of
the cooking stove as quickly as is pos.
slble to do without cooking them; and
when they are sufficiently dry put
them into thick paper bags, tic them
up securely so that no insects can gain
access TO them, and hang them up for
a while 10 the kitchen before they are
put away in the store.room. Fruit
dried in this way is never wormy, as
the insect moths never get o chance 10
deposit their eggs. When apples are
likely TO be scarce in late winter and
spring, and especially when apples are
keeping poorly, we Gil our cans, that
have been empticd since the canning
season closed, with apples; ifthey are
sweet, we put handful Of raislns 10 q
can TO flavor them. Our pet way Of
putting up sweet apples is TO pare and
then corc them with an apple-corer,
leaving them whole, stick two or three
cloves into each one, and cook them
till soft in a syrup made in the proper
tion Of pint Of sharp vinegar TO a
quart Of sugar. We prefer to keep
them in air.tight cans.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

ANOTHER ScARE.-A Detroiter, says
the Free Press, went homo TO supper
the other night to find that his wife
had entered the house only a moment
before him, and naturally inquired
where she had becn:
"Rlchard," she answ cred IN very
sober way, II have been TO consulta
fortune teller"
"Whatr' be exclaimed, turning pale
in an instant and staggering back
against the wall.
AYES, have been 10 consult for
tune.tcller," she went on as the tears
came TO her eyes
"Bosh madam. Fortune-tcllers are
Observation-Disclosures"
"Ricbard, this fertne-teller told
me-"
~ won't hear it'll want none OF
their nonsenscl" he interrupted.
Orchard, II concerns you"
"l tell you won't hear any OF her
balderdash She lies about me, Of
course, and III mako her take itback
or 10 to prison" !"
aRichard, won't you let me tell you
that she said you were gradually kill
ing yourself by too close attention 10
businessi' r.
ibid she say that 2"
"Lizxie, forgive my harsh words. l
SEQ that they tell the truth and the
truth only. After supper III get :
carriage and we'll ride out, and while
We are down town you had better get
that new bonnet you spoke orr
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17
O Temporal o A0RES,i

Strange to say We are considerably
in advance Of our foreiathers in knowl.
edgesBd every visible accomplishment.
In ancient times, youth was 80 well
tied to the maternal apron strings that
IL had TO be In doors alta specified hour
Of the night, not later than eight.
Even when high up tho ladder Of
teens, It frequently felt the weight and
smart Of the rod, and was accustomed
TO cover under tho patcrnal frown.
But "7empore muidndur ct nos mutun.
mW in Ills" Now the youth is father
10 the man. Youth nowadays is pos.
sessed OF u superfuity of liberty. II
can now haunt the street corners at All
hours, and is even so bold as to brave
the law. The necessary accomplish.
menls TO u reputation Tor manhood ut
the present time is to have had tho
honor OF having several scufiies with
the police, or having been in the peni.
tentiary Tor time. IL is antiquated,
nowadays, among youth, to call a
parent father and mother. You must
use the nomenclature which it has es.
tablished, such as The Governor"
"Old Man" Boss" etc. Youth now.
adays coudescends 10 20 no further
than the church door aud often cannot
comprehend the utility of having
church at all. 1t has also established
a certain current Of language that bids
lair TO supersede our present tongue
it is even now making the English
classics tremble at their base. This
new 'patois" is not devoid OF many
rhetorical figures, and we suppose It
is this fact which commends il to
imaginative young men. Indeed, they
oftenlimes speak entirely in fgurative
language; for instance, man nowadays
"walk off on their ears" "Nip things
for all they're worth, "Work things
to the Queens taste,' ETC. 1t was the
style in our grandiathers' days for the
young TO have u deep seated respect
for old age; but what do wo see now
in the rising generation9 Disrespeet
objectionable and insults unmlligated
toward seniors are the order OF our
day Obedience was olden times a
virtue oi which iew werenot possessed.
Is " the reigning trait oil our young
nowadays oh mol we see, on the
contrary, tnat us presence IS a raiity:
we near OF proken-hear'ed fathers and
mothers declining IN years, IN sorrow
ana aihlcuon, ana brought, not unire'
quently, 10 an unumeiy grave oy the
disooedience oil children who deserve
not inc name INDUSTRY seems TO DO
wholly "peiow par In the estimation
OF our young men; we never hnd
tnem IKE their ioreiathers, oy steady
INDUSTRY ana perseverance, STRIVING to
gam iaureis ana blessings but we
rather see them cast on inc ocean OF
ne as shiltiess anu uncertain as a iran
park without q p'iot, tossed oy many
tempesious wave AS q conhrmatlon
oil our assertion, look at the young
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

or bins. After lying week or two
salted in this style they are ready for
bundling and shipping. Two skins to
the bundle have On average weight
of twelve, fifteen and twenty two
pounds, when made up Of two, three,
and four year old skins respectively.
The company leasing the islands are
permitted to take one hundred thou
sand and no moro annually. The ma
tives are paid about forty cents q skin
for the catch. The common or popu-
lar notion regarding seal.skins is that
they are worn by those animals just
as they appear when offered for sale.
This is very great mistake; few
skins are less attractive than the seal
skin as it is taken from that creature.
The fur is not visible, concealed en-.
tirely by coat Of stiff over-hair, dull
gray, brown and gnzxled. The best
of these raw skins are worth from five
to ten dollars, but after dressing they
bring from twenty-five to forty dol
lars, and IL takes from three to five Of
them to make lady's sack. Prior to
tae Alaska Commercial Company taxi
ing possession Of the island, the in huts
or sod.walled and dirt-rooied houses, or
barrabkies, were partly underground
Most Of these huts were, and are damp,
dark, and exceedingly filthy. Since
then the natives are being quite rapid
ly put into neat and habitable houses.
l don't know anything else | can tell
you of the seals unless would go into
u graphic description Of Worth, the
man milliner of Paris, who converts
them into five hundred dollar sacks,
worth fifty dollars, but as that would
be infringing on the domain Of some of
your lady correspondents, who know
more of Worth and his worlblcssness
than do, will say nothing about it,
Joe IS determined to have seal'skin
overcoat this winter. | tried to prevail
on him to have pair OF pantaloons
made out of the same stuff-hairside
in, but be concluded that wouldn't look
the "genteel thing" and l guess he is
about right. There are few Polar
pickings up here, in fact / have been
picking around for some time, but as
yet have picked up nothing but bad
cold, which still fingers, and | guess
will until | return TO the city OF smoke.
A day has been lost, | may say two
DAYS are gone. | could stand the loss
of time; but my old friend with whom
| have rowed races in the native boats
OF the Territory, with whom and for
whom | have fought the seal on his
native heath, is gone, and the cooks
sculion are all alone In our loneliness.
Yes, Joseph" is gone, and possibly BY
this time is shifting the sooty air OF
the Smoky City. "May bis shadow
never grow less" The cooks scullion
and | have left the ship and will now
foot il across the country without a
compass. Where we will land, and
when, is an enigma, so to speak, but
we have purchased lot of carrier
pigeons, so that when we leave the
baunts of civilization We will be en-
abled TO give you a letter telling you
of our adventures. When "Joe" ar
rives treat him kindly, for while we
had our chickering's he was always
friendly in heart to yours truly,
PoTIpHAR.
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THE MISERABLES.


A widow woman with nine cniidren,
as she begins the days toii, naroly
knowing how she IS TO ma 1000 ior Ten
hungry mouths, may be supposed toieei
reasonably wretched. But the woman
who has nine costly breakfast dresses
and lies awake ior TWO hours ociore
rising, struggling IN her mlnd as TO
which OF those nine dresses she had
better array herself IN, IN IN lar more
pitiable plight. Inc moiner OF ine
nlne hungry children has 10 WORK,
whether she wants 10 or not, Inc
woman with the nine dresses mas no
work to do except work herse'i ana
agiiate her m'ha with troubles maoe
10 order. Inc woman win the cnh-
dren does not make her own misery,
nor can she AFFORD 70 speno mucn 'lme
in worrying over IL, Tor II she does sne
and the nine may s'arve. misery
loves company anu 'ne m'seraoie Iauy
win the dresses makes II ner hrs' ous,.
ness oi the DAY ai'er dressing herseh
to seek some ir,enc ih.o WHOSE car
she may pour the sau taie OF aIi ner
woes. Her woes are more than nine-
fold a woe ior each costume ana sew
eral TO spare. her oreakiast 's woe
TO herself and to those who SIT at meat
with her ana near her lament over ~
Thea come her woes oVer tno m'shts
oil the dresses, whicn, accoruing 70 her
sorrowiul statement MAKE her look
worse than right inen ioliows
the narration oil her woes WIN inc
dressmaker, caused oy the unparuona.
bic obstinacy ana strange stup'ul'y ol
that worrlsome creature. Next IN
order are tho woes wrought oy inc
servants, who happen 70 Do tne most
perverse persons ever Drought 70 tne
aid of mortal woman. In due course
are cataiogued the rest OF the woes
winding up with a list OF physical all, :
ments suiiiclent 70 put 2 regimen. Oh
soldiers into hospital. rurthermore
this unhappy sufferer Is IN trouble not
merely because oil tne woes whicn
have already ovcr.akcn nei, ou, on
account Of me lear Q, countless pur.
dens ana aimon'S wn'en n,e ~ nor
Judgment sure 70 ioiow. lnese arc
really naruer 70 pear lnan any 'rom
the actual we'gn' Oh "n'0" s"o nus
been sunerlng; ,.... .o,,,,.,.,,o.
ana 80, WIN M gr'osous vvanse"aa.o ~ ~ 'ah;ss
ana wl.n = lace csery wr'ns'eo' ~ m"'u"
10 ah smoVu'men' ,, ~ p'.ssn' a"u Va =,
Pecteu calamity, aoes .n's o.aren "
burdens seek ~ ner misery soe ,;s.a som
pany wni'n sno may nAAo a' .,. n,'se,s
pic hs sne - nersch: onc rs por'ao,o
disaster. Her coming is as the nsner-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

ParrrY Tnrros.-An exchange says:
AtLong Branch the ladies' disport them
selves along the sands in the most be-
witching costumes. Those who bathe
vic with each other IN the matter Of
sergs and surf trimmings. The New
York ladies' bathc in blue Pennsylva-
MIA prefer red and white, while the
Southern nymphs are striped like pilot
fish.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CARBON & BRO,

On Market e., one door west Of Mansion House,
cLEARFIELD, PA.
Our srranssmsuts are Ct the most eomPisis
character for furnishing the public with Fresh
Mests Of all kind, and Of the very best quality.
We slso deal Ia ali kinds Of Agricultural lupls-
ments, which We keep on exhibition for the ben
eat Of the public. Call around when IN Town.
" N. CARBON 4 BRO.
clearssid. Pa, Juiy II, 1sTb-f
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

Whom man is attacked by m an.
cry goat the proper defence IL to offer
testimony in the rebuttal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

When . lady passes on horseback--
A Frcnchman exclaims: What .
magnificent angelT An Englishman
cries out my h'eys, what . superb
'orse" An American calculates I:
"That's . peeler Of saddle"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17
TYR J. P. BuRcHFIELD,

Lats Surgeon Of the ssd Rssinsnt. Penney ylvsnia
volunlssrs, having retained from ne Army,
odeu his profsssisnsi services 70 hseiussn'
ef efClsArhsld county.
ss-profsssisnai calls prenpuy atssssss y.
oncs on Second street, fsfnsTlysssspss.ss y
Dr.. r.woods. tapr>sss-u
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-09-17

be called current and berry planta.
ton rather than fruit garden, vege.
table gardens TO match, and then in
vestigated barns and stables, chickcry
and piggery--saw them cut up and
move BY machinery into the ice houses,
the daily supply of beef and mutton,
all of which is raised upon the farm.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-06-06
Shakspeare's Early Married Life.

The Hathaways had lived in Shottery
for forty years prior to Shakspeare's
marriage. The poet, then wholly un.
distinguished, had just turned eighteen,
while his bride was nearly twenty six,
and it is often said now that she did
very wrong to we'd this boy-lover. They
were married in November, 1852, and
their first child, Susanna, came in the
following May. Anne Hathaway must
have been wonderfully fascinating
woman, or Shakespeare would not 80
have loved her and she must have
loved him dearly-as what woman, in
deed, could help it?-or she would not
thus have yielded to his passion. There
is direct testimony to the beauty OF his
person and, in the light afforded by
his writings it requires no extraordinary
penetration to. conjecture that his bril-
liant mind, sparkling humor, tender
fancy, and impetuous spirit must have
made him in his youth the very para.
gon of enchanters. It is not known
where they lived during the first years
after their marriage. Perhaps in this
cottage at Shottery. Perhaps with
Hamnet and Judith Sadler, for whom
their twins, born in 1886, were named
Hamnet and Judith. Her fathers
house assuredly would have been chosen
for Anne's refuge, when presently, in
1886, Shakespeare was obliged to leave
his wife and children, and 60 away to
London to seek his fortune. He did
not buy New Place till 1897, but it is
known that in the meantime he came
to his native country once every year.
1t was in Stratford that his son Hamnet
died, in 1896. Anne and her children
probably had never left the town. They
show her bedstead and other bits of fur
niture, together with certain homespun
sheets of everlasting linen, that are kept
as heirlooms to this day, in the garnet
of the Shottery cottage. Here is the
room that must often have welcomed
the poet when he came home from his
labors in the great city. 1t is very
homely and humble place, but the sight
of it makes the heart thrill with strange
and uncomfortable awe. You cannot
wish to speak when you are standing
there. You are scarcely conscious OF
the low rustling of tho leaves outside,
the far-of sleepy murmuring of the
brook, or the faint fragrance of wood.
bine and maiden's- blush that is waited
in at the open easement, and that
swathes in natures incense memory
sweeter than ITSELF William Winter, in
HM,per's Magazine.
BEEF TEA.-Take one pound Of nice,
fresh, round steak, free of fat; cut il
into small pieces and put into suitable
sized bottle and cork it tight, setting
the bottle into kettle of cold water to
be placed on the stove. The amount OF
water put in must not be sufficient to
float the bottle, but keep adding boil
ing water to make up for what boils
away. Continue to boil until the
strength Of the meat has been extracted
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-06-06
Mrs. Ms Water Cure.

Letter breakers, like listeners, rarely
hear any good OF themselves. Our
readers remember the story of the we'll
to.do client who carried pretended
nroposal of settlement from his lawyer
TO the opposing counsel. The man
opeued the letter and read: Here is
fat sheep. You and l will fleece him
between u.s." To have his curiosity re-
warded by the discovery that he was
being made fool Of, made him wiser,
ami madder,-as it did Mrs. M,
who suffered from the '..hypo." She
was always aiIing with fancied disorders,
and after years OF expensive complaint
and "doctoring" to no purpose, she
asked her physician, DR.. Walter Chan
ming, if she had not better try the Sara
toga waters.
Really, madam" said the accom-
modating, genial doctor, "do you know,
have thought of that very thing for
YOU. will give you n letter 10 one Of
the best physicians of the place, and if
you will put yourself under his guild
ance, am sure he will help you"
Tie lady was delighted, and the doc
tor on the following day brought the
letter, properly saperscribed, and
sealed with q common wafer.
Arrived in Albany. where she had
arranged to spend night, the lady
looked at the letter for the hundred aud
tenth time. Said she to her attendant,
a near relative -" Doctor Claiming
has never told me, right up and down,
what allied me, and now have mind
to look for myself ; for of course he
has told everything to the Saratoga
DOCTOR"
The attendant, VIC may suppose,
would have persuaded the lady not to
do it. Perhaps she suspected what the
result would be. But she did not for
chilly prevent the deed, and the letter
was, with much difficulty, opened with
out breaking the paper. And this was
what her ladysbip found dashed off in
her physicians bold rambling hand:
"MY DEAR DocToR Mrs. Nj,
of our place, will hand you this. l
need not explain her case. She is am
ply able to pay all bills. Keep her AS
long as the mood for the waters is on,
and then return her to
"Yours truly, w. CLAIMING"
Tho lady's wrath can be better i'm
agined than described. She was al
home again within week, and when
she told her husband of the outrage,
lie quietly answered her:
AYE Doctor Claiming told me
what he had written, and lie said he
knew you would open the letter, and
therein see how lightly he held your
fancied ailments"
The result of it all was, that the lady
would not see DIR. Charming again fo1
a twelvemonth and as she had no con.
fidence in any other physician, she
braved it out in her indignation without
doctoring of any kind, and so had one
year of comparative health. -New Yorh
Ledggr,