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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

He REPEATS IT.--Mr. Lrm, who re.
Gently published letter, charging
that the Greenback candidate for the
Presidency and the principal men on.
gagged in the Grecnback campaign oh.
tain their money from the National
Republican Committee, has written q
second letter reiterating the charge
and asserts that he knows Of transac.
tions substantiating oil that ho has
said. There is no question bot that the
Radical leaders are trying TO carry the
election with cash. IL is n death
struggle, and they will bankrupt them
selves morally and financially for the
purpose of succeeding. More: +. p.
Devices, Greenback candidate for
Judge of Supreme Court, has written
letter declining to bo n candidate,
for the Presidency, with conduct pre-.
judicial to the party, and with being
In the interest ofthe Republican party.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
1929.

The following readable extract is
taken from the Now York HerdldS s
report of tho proceedings of the New
York Board of Aldermen. Felix Nc.
Gowan, saloon keeper, is dissatisfied
with the unfortunate number of his
place OF business, and petitions the
city authorities TO have 1t changed.
The petitioner saith:
That he is hotel keeper in this
city, on the northwest corner OF Tenth
avenue and Twenty.ninth street, but
that his premises fronting on Tenth
avenue has a number by which, unfor.
tunately, it is known TO the directory,
to the census takers, to election Off
GERS, TO the assessors and to the public
who there pass and repass. Your pc.
titioner uses the word UNFORTUNATELY" II"
because of late the number has become
TO him source of great annoyance.
The number is 1929 Tenth avenue"
People go by and jeer at the sign on
which il is inscribed. Customers and
travellers refuse to come in because
they say it is an unlucky and fated
number. Boys place their thumbs in
odd abutments TO their noses and
whirl defiance at the number with
their fingers. Some irreverent par
ties have even insulted complainant
and petitioner by calling out, "Hello,
old Garfield, give us a divyp or else,
"Wbat are your aims, anyhow, old
De Golyer ?" so that life is becoming
a grevious burden to petitioner. Be
sides, he and his premises are insulted
by having his number 329, chalked or
painted up all over the city. Indeed
petitioner is afraid of going down to
posterity as "Old 329," instead of as a
reputable and industrious hotel keeper.
Wherefore he prays your honorable
body to change the number of bis
premises to 32sl or 32sl, inasmuch
ag he is convinced that 1929 will always
be a reproach to him and his house" 4"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

CRuELLY STUPID.-When General
Garfield, as Member of Congress
was arraigned before a Congressional
Committee in 1873, for receiving bribes
ho swore before the Poland COMMITTED
that ho never owned, received, OF
agreed to receive any Credit Mobilier
stock, nor any dividends or profits
arising therefrom. The New York
Tribune said on the 18th of February
1873, that "Gencral Garfield had ten
shares Of Credit Mobilicr stock, never
paid dollar, received 1929, which af
ter the investigation began he was
anxious to have considered as a loar
from Mr.. Ames TO himself" Now the
Tribune affects not to understand the
meaning OF the digits, 1920.
This contemplate disrespect for the
naked truth on the part OF the editor
of the Tribune, ia disgrace to journ
alism.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

York lately-at least 500 per cent,
Now, all this is right, il marriage be
merely a civil contract, Then you
may dispose of a conjugal relation as
you would of a house, or barn, or u
horse. But, if it be divine institu.
tion, then no other ground than that
announced by the Almighty himself
can dissolve that relation"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

BLOT IT oUT.-Wipe ont the Elect
oral Fraud of 1876
Wipe out imperialism.
Wipe out the bribe.taker and the
perjurer of the Credit Mobiler.
Wipe out DeGoyerism. Wipe on,
brides in the form Of fees TO Member,
of Congress who hold the purse string,
Of the Nation.
Wipe out forever the attempts tc
convert the honest and free Republic
Of our fathers into a Government o.
brute force and fraud.
Wipe out James Abraham Garfield
the disgraced, tainted, and shamefu
candidate of the Republican party
Wipe out the party that is guilty o
such Frands, and that outrages com
mon sense with such candidate.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
BOB FLETCHER,
nv TOWNSEND HAYNES,

W ~ v H'NtHf hahNhNH
once knew a ploughman,
Bob Fletcher his name,
Who was old and was ugly,
And so was his dame
Yet they lived quite conteptel,
And free from all strife,
Bob Fletcher the ploughman,
And Judy bis wife.
As the morn streakcl the east,
And the night iled away,
They would rise up for labor,
Refreshed for the day;
And 'he song Of tho lark,
As It rose on the gale,
Found Bob at his plough
And bis wife At the pail
A neat little cottage,
In front Of grove,
Where in youth they tlrst gave
Their young hearts up to love,
Was the solaeo Of age,
And TO them doubly dear,
As Il called up the past,
With a smile or tear.
Zach tree had It's thought,
Aud the vow could iIppart,
That mingled in youth
The warm wish OF toe heart
The thorn was still there,
And the blossoms It bore,
Aud the song from the top,
Seemed the same as before,
When the curtain Of night
Over nature was spread,
And Bob hal returned
From the plough to bis shed,
Like the dove on her nest,
He rcposed from all care.
lfhis wife and his youngsters
Contented were there.
| have passed by his door,
When the evening was gray,
And the hill and the landscape
Were fading away,
And have heard from the cottage,
With grateful surprise,
The voice Of thanksgiving
Like incense arise.
| have thought on The proud,
Who would look down with scorn
On the neat little cottage,
The grove and the thorn
And felt that the riches
And tinsels Of life
Were dross to contentmenl
With Bob and bis wife.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CARBON 4 BRO,

On Marke, ST, one door west Of Mansion House,
CLRARFIELD, PA.
Our arrangements are Ct the most eomplet,
character tor furnishing the public with Rresl
Meats Of all kind, and Of the very bes, quality
We also deal In all kinds of Agricultural Imple
ments, which We keep on exhibition for the ben
eft Of the public. Call around when In town
and take a look At things, or address us
r. NJ. CARBON A BRo.
cieardeld. Pa, July IA, ls7b.h
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

Thpy were in the wood. Said he,
looking things unutterablc, al wish !
were a fern, Gustie""Why' she asked.
aWhy p'raps - -would--press
me, too" She evidently hated TO do
IT, but il is best TO nip such things in
the bud 40 she replied, "Im afraid
you're too green, Charley" The poor
boy almost blubbcred
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

PRIvATE PLUNDER.-It costs only
from $50 to $40 per ton to produce
steel rails in the United States, and the
present card rate is about sGj At one
time these rails sold as high as sllO
This was the price charged American
buyers, while Canadian and other for.
eign purchasers were charged only $50.
Thus the homo customers were com
PEELED to pay q premium of 100 per
cent. over and above value which
represented not only the cost Of pro.
duction but fair profit
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

The Board of MADEIRA independent
School District, we learn, have just
finished plastering and otherwise i'm.
proving their school building.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

The Centre school house in Law.
renee has had new floor placed in il
and new porch attached.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

"IIow very unsteady his hooi.beats
sound !" exclaimed an enthusiastic
lover OF the turf, as st, Julien speeded
around the course at Brighton recent
ly. eyes" replied his companion; "ho
is beating time. - Boston Transcript
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

"Scienco enumcrates bss species ol
organic forms IN the air we breathe
just think Of ii Every timo you
draw breath a whole geological gar.
den slips down your windpipe, and nc
free tickets TO the press.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

Miss Clara Barrett is teaching in the
Millerstown Graded school, in Perry
county.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20

County Institute convenes in Clear.
field December 90 II promises TO be
superior to any yet held,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
SOMEBODY TO BE CHEA TED.


The Philadelphia Times remarks
"While the business men of Philadel,
phia were crowding the Academy of
Music to demand the election Of Gen.
Garfield as the only way to secure
protection TO American industry, the
New York EUeRmg Post, the ablest
Republican organ of business in the
country, and an ardent supporter of
Garfield aud Of "a tariff for revenue
only" reached its readers in tins city,
with an earnest editorial appeal to
Carl Schurz to speak out his honest
convictions for Free Trade, and as
earnest an appeal to the Republican
party TO give honest expressions to
the rights of labor. In its leading
ing Post said
Mr. sohurE Is convinced and proclaimed Free
Trader, who knows that our existing revenue
system Is conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity.
lie is aware that the people Of this country are
paying hundreds Of millions Of dollars annually
to monopolies that under pretext Of encourag.
ing domestic industry are deranging, wasting
and fleeing II with the free hand Of robbers and
spoilers. He Is aware that many Republican
speakers in the field are not simply silent In re-
gard to this wicked abuse. but open .mouthed in
It's yindieation and defense. Bat he enters no
protest, nor 30 much as disploses tho fact. The
people who listen to him are left to the belief that
prominent and leading Free Trader sees moth
ing to apprehond 10 the aseondaney Of men who
are the devoted friends Of gross scheme Of 10
Justice and wrong. Has the
party which boasts Of IL services to human rights
no voice for one Of the most fundamental Of all
rights-tho right TO labor and 10 exchange the
fruits Of that aborl Is II quietly to bo dragged
down from it great height into a slough Of selfish
and sordid interests II claims to have been
originally inspired by the noble ideas Of freedom
and justice aud II Is now to surrender freedom to
tyranny and to sacrihos Justice to the basest In.
equality and spoilation
"Are the Rcening Post, Carl Sohurz,
the Now York Times, Horace White
and their Free Trade associates cheat.
cd in Garfield, or are the business men
OF Philadelphia cheated in him2 Both
cannot be right which is wrong2
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
Livery Stable.

'HNHE undersigned begs leave to inform the pub
Il lie that be is now fully prepared to acoommo-
date all in the way of furnishing IL. ses Buggies,
Saddles and Harness, on tho shortest notice and
on reasonable terms. Residence on Locust street,
between Third and Fourth,
GEO. W. GEARHART.
Glear6eld, Feb. 4, 1874
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
EDUCATIONAL.

"Keep the people posted upon the value OF
Intelligence over vice and ignorance. Intelll.
gent people arc law bbiding produce more than
they consume they enrich, and beautify, and
build up, and circulate money, and create dlyersl.
ded industry, which gives employment to people,
Intelligence pays"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
CUr THIS OUT AND PASTE TIN YOUR
REPORT nook.

The following course of study is in
tended to guide the teacher in grading
and arranging the studies OF his or her
school. Every teacher will be bcne.
lifted il they 6G( follow it as nearly as
they can. When we visit your school
We will expect to find You following
this scholnlr
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-20
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-23

pains to make our visit pleasant and in
structive to US. There are now mora
than two hundred students in the collepa
and among them the sons of number Of
men of rank and distinction.
By the favor of kind Providence
have now reached the point in my Jour
ney from which [ turn my face home.
ward again. Circumstances which could
not be foreseen or avoided have kept me
on the way longer than anticipated but
l trust all the time has been proftablv
spent. | hope through life to continue
to derive benefit from tour which com.
mencing with Rome (Which I had never
before visited) led me by way of Sicily
and Crete through Egypt, and across the
desert of 1smalia, and by Port Said and
Jatta to Palestine; and then which en-.
braced among others, such places as Jeru-
salem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, the Jor.
dan, Nablous, Mt Tabor, the Sea of Gal
lice, Nazareth, Mt Carmel, Acre, Tyre
Sldon, and Beirut, Damascus, ,Baalbek
Smyrna, Ephesus, Cyprus, the Islands of
the Atgean, and Constantinople; which
brought me into contact with many mis-.
sion stations in Egypt, Syria, and Tur.
key, with their schools and colleges and
with the noble men who have charge of
them; and along the whole course of
which [ received numberless kind atten-
lions from those whom / met as strangers
and from whom parted as friends. Such
a journey will ever be the source of de-
lightful memories, of incentives to new
diligence in my work, and of gratitude
to the giver of all good. M. d. H.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-23
For the Central Presbyterian.
The Annual Collection for the
Invalid Fund.
OFFICE OF HOME MISSIONS,
Baltimore, June 10Th, 1880

Dear Christian Friends, In remind
ing you of the day for the collection
(the LIST Sabbath of July, or as soon
thereafter as may be conveniently we are
encouraged to ask your renewed and
liberal support of this noble cause on
account OF the great good which has
been accomplished by it in the past.
Last year l22 families of aged, infrm.
and deceased ministers, were aided from
this fund, and in many cases serious suf-
ferlng was thus averted In every case
comfort was brought to the hearts and
lives of the recipients of your bounty as
they partook of the fruits of your Chris
tan sympathy and love, and we know
that their gratitude to God and to, you as
HIS instruments has been frequently ex-
pressed The motives which should in
fuence you in contributing to this cause
are those which have been. presented
heretofore, viz, love for the Saviour as
ne is represented by his suffering chill
dren; duty to those who have given
up worldly emoluments and devoted
themselves to the services of the
Church, and who now need your time
~ help; regard Tor your own sancti-
tication and growth in grace which will
be promoted by ministering to Christs
poor. The Master says, ''Inasmuch as
ye have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, we have done it unto
me" This is the sufficient warrant and
incentive to which we point you in ask
ing your liberal support in behalf of this
sacred object A larger amount is need
ed this year than has ever been con
tributed. 1t is therefore hoped that a
collection will be taken up in very
church, and that brethren will give with
that liberality which their circumstances
permit.
In behalf of the Executive Committee,
RICHARD MCILwAINE,
j. LEIGHTON WILSON,
Secretaries.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-23
How to Spell q?

Iren@us" in the last issue of the NeD
York Observer asks, "How shall we
spell'? We think a Missouri School
Master has most satisfactorily answered
that question. He has, in his own way,
exhausted the subject. We will allow
him to speak, or rather to aUrite for him
self. The extract below is literal COPY
of rules posted on the door of the school
house by this advanced advocate of the
spelling reform. Whether or not he has
the requisite qualification for a school
teacher may be a question, but he richly
deserves a Diploma from the Pathological
Associations. Let him open a CORES
pondence with Prof. Whitney. Here are
the rules:
Each pupel is required to make bow
on entering the School House of a morn
ing also leaving of Evening the School
Room. there shall be no profane Ian
guage used in the the School or on the
play ground nor there shall be no pin
stickin pinchin, scratching, nor taggin, no.
no fitting, nor no unesery whispering in
school No Pupil shall leave schooi
House without permission of the Teacher
No unesery moving from seat to seat, No
fitting on the road from or to school, nor
no nick-naming Every pupil over eight
years is subject to those rules and The
teacher is to make the allowance for all
Pupils under eight years and enforce the
rules according If any scholar breaks
these rules tina shall be punished by
switchen Associate Reformed PresJy-
terrain
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-23

GIVE admittance unto Christ, and deny
entrance to all others. He will be thy
faithful and provident helper in all thing,
so as thou shalt not need to trust in men.
For men soon change, and quickly fai!.
but Christ remaineth for ever, and stand
eth by us firmly unto the end.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-23
Eastern Colleges.

Two Of the important instrumentalities
in the Christian civilization of Syria and
Turkey are the Protestant colleges of
Beirut and Constantinople visited
both of them, saw their Libraries, Geolog-
zeal, Botanical and Geological Cabinets,
became acquainted with some of their
professors, and learned much from them
with regard to the management of these
institutions, and the influence they are
exerting upon the young men of the East.
In the college at Beirut is son of Mid
hat Pasha, and it has a warm friend in
Rustem Pasha, the governor Of Lebanon,
whom saw paying the most interested
attention to the exercises one night at a
prize defamation of the students in the
college chapel. There is a medical de-
partment in connection with the college,
which is most important auxiliary in
the missionary work. DR.. George E.
Post, the remembrance Of whose polite
attentions / will cherish, and whose scien-
tiic attainments and medical skill have
won for him wide and distinguished
reputation, is one of the professors.
Robert College, at Bebek, near Con-
stantinople, has the noblest situation Of
any building in the vicinity of the city.
It commands magnificent view Of the
Bosphorus and Of the surrounding coun-
try Drs Washburn and Long gave our
little party cordial reception and took
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-23

forty-eight miles distant, and return to
Smyrna before the sailingof the steamer.
A railway has been constructed from
Smyrna to Adm, which has station at
AyasoJook only mile distant from the
ruined city of Ephesus, and the time for
the running Of the trains was such that
we could go in the morning and return
in the afternoon, with two or more hours
between for the exploration of the ruins
The desolation Of Ephesus is almost
equal to that of Nineveh or Babylon,
and not single habitation remains Of the
magnificent city which once crowned the
heights Of Mts. Prion and Coressus, and
whose gardens bloomed on the banks OF
the Cayster. Nearly all the deities of
the old heather mythology had their
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-01-03
A strange tmsuranco Policy.

Just you crowd boy out of his seat
IN the car, snub him at the stamp window
in the Post-oflce, or ignore his presence in
the crowd around fallen street car horse
and he'll get even with you if he has to sell
his skates and hand-sled To do it.
A Detroit life insurance agent lived to be
forty-hve years Of age before he realized this
fact. It so happened that in going up on
the car he many times encountered a tow
headed boy about twelve years old. One
day he lifted this boy off his seat to make
room for himself and then added insult to
injury by calling him Club" and offering
his knee as a seat. The boy went out on
the platform and vowed that he'd hit that
agent hard if the sign ever came right, and
he shed a few tears of indignation TO clinch
the vow.
Time sped along. The boys father had
been "thinking some" of life insurance, and
the agent heard of it and went for him. He
called at his office, his house, and nabbed
him on corners and in the cars, and the
citizen finally said he would take policy
home, study it's clauses, and return final
answer. The tow-headed boy sat figuring
out his school examples one evening, when
the father said:
"John, want to hear how we'll you can
read. havn't got my glasses here, and
you may read this insurance policy to me.
Read slowly, and don't skip the hard
words"
"You got it of that man who stood at the
gate yesterday, didn't you ?" asked the boy,
and when satisfied on that point he felt the
balmy feeling that creeps into mans heart
when he's got the dead wood on the fellow
who stole his hens. The old gent got his
feet to the fire, leaned back in his chair, and
the boy began;
"Witnesseth, that the Bang-bang Insur-
ance Company" etc When he he got down
to the proper place he cleared his voice anew
and read;
"If the said person whose life is hereby
insured shall pass beyond the settled limits
Of the United States or Canada, or shall at
tend a pole raising, or caucus, or dog fight
or -"
"What" exclaimed the father, "does thai
policy forbid me to go down to the caucus