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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
ON BERA VI0R IN A CROWD


Tho wholesome element the safety
valve of q crowd, Gays u writer in
London Society, is the good example
that may be sot. Happily, good ex.
ample is as infectious and efiicacious as
a bad one. As a matter OF social ethics
every man ought TO have made up his
mind what will be his conduct il he
happens TO bo in crowd. 1t is i'm
possible altogether TO eliminate the ex.
plosiveness Of a mob. A crowd very
soon forms and puts into expression
popular judgment If member of 1t
shows any shortnoss Of temper Of con-
duct, nc is speedily hustled and bon.
neted, and is left TO form his own con.
illusions on tho nature and character
Of a democracy.
There are always elements of fdanper
stored up in crowd Not without
reason Socrates spoke OF the Anthenian
crowd as a kind of wild beast that re.
quires watching and studying. Often
enough q crowd has proved itself
kind of wild beast that will tear its
victim to pieces. The great moralst,
Mr. Pickwick, has given us an impor.
tant lesson on behavior in q crowd.
When he arrived in the borough Of
Eatanswill and found it in state of
uprorious excitement, his friends asked
him what they had better do. "Shout
with the crowd, was that truly great
mans ready response. "But if there
are two crowds ?" they inquired
"Shout with the largest "Volumes,"
says Dickens, "cOuld have said no
more !" if, indeed they could say as
much. Unfortunately truth is not de-
pendent on majorities, 1t is not to be
ascertained by any method OF the mere
counting Of noses
An historical essay might be written,
which might prove very sad and terri.
blereading, on the enormities ofcrowds.
A crowd is peculiarly liable to be acted
upon disastrously by panics In a
panic more people are killed by the
terror than by the circumstances that
inspire the terror A mob will go ut.
terly mad with fright. 1t will prove
itself utterly deficient in caution, cool
ness and courage. Thus on board a
sinking or burning vessel some people
will 60 mad with frenzy and Others
break into the spirit room. |
once heard of the case of a clergyman
who, just before preaching, discovered
that the church was on fire. He, never
theless, ascended the pulpit, gave outa
text, and delivered what was the short.
est sermon in the world He then dis
missed them in u quiet and orderly
fashion. The reverend gentleman bad
an admirable instinct respecting be;
havior in q crowd.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
WHAT MR.. T1BBTTS SAYS or
HI!HSELF


A correspondent ofthe Chicago IriJ.
une says: "Coldwater, Mich, possesses
quite a remarkable man in the person
Of the Rev. Allen Tibbits, who came
to Michigan in 1924, and to Coldwater
in 1881. In July of that year he
preached the first sermOn-in his own
house--ever preached here He is in
his seventy. fifth year, and narrates the
following record of his life: Il never
swore an oath, or took chew Of to.
bacco, or smoked q whole cigar,
never bought or sold a drink of whisky
or brandy for myself ] never owned
or carried a pistol, ! never owned
kite or played game Of marbles, lu
n travel of over 100000 miles by pub
lie conveyances never met with an
accident, or was o moment too late
when it depended upon my own exer.
tion. never sang a song or played Il
game Of checkers, billiards, or croquet,
or any game of cards. | never skated
q rod, or struck q man a blow with
my fist. can repeat more of the
Bible than any man living of whom /
have any knowledge, ! have given
instructions to more than 100000 pu-
pills. am the only one alive of the
persons who composed the first church
in this city and county. / have given
away more real estate to this city
(Coldwater) than all the other inhabi-
tants. | preached for fifteen years,
and travelled more than five hundred
miles attending funerals, and all the
salary | ever received was a pound of
tea, worth seventy.fve cents Be-
sides this record Of his own, he has
spent twenty-one years in travelling
and lecturing in almost every State of
the Union east OF the Mississippi, and
in Upper and Lower Canada. In all
these years he has increased in wealth,
and is now surrounded by his children
and bis children's children, living in
the enjoyment of a ripe old age"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
NEW SERIES--V0L. %, NO. 6.

his own grandmother. He spoke Of
this lady as q kind woman and one
possessing those traits Of character
which made her lovely. Yet he made
the bold and bald assertion that as her
heart had not been regenerated she
had gone to hell. This was said as
positively as if the speaker had the
keys of the gates Of the lower regions
in his trousers pocket, together with
the roll of all who had been sent there
How did he know his grandmother bad
gone there2 Were the inner secrets
Of her heart revealed to himl If she
never had taken on her lips in public
the formula accepted by him as evi.
dence of a rogenerated heart could he
not be charitable enough to suppose
that the Maker Of all hearts might
have given such an estimable person
recognition which the rigid rale of the
evangelist refused herr 1t would at
least have been wise to have gwen the
old lady the benefit Of doubt and not
TO have thus held her up to a San
Francisco audience as frightiul ex-
ample of what they might come to.
As zone good turn deserves another
so one queer action generally brings
out another just as queer. The story
goes that aman in the audience, moved
with displeasure by this offensive per-
sonality, rose and left the house. As
he was going out, the speaker, pointing
at him, said "There goes man who
won't hear about Christ he will 90 to
hell" Thereupon 1t is recorded that
the man turned himself about and
facing the evangelist said "And what
message shall carry to your grand
mother p This man did a rude thing
but he was moved TO it by the personal
assault which had been committed on
him. How did the speaker know this
mans destinyY If he knew it, was it
in good taste thus TO point him out to
the congregation as one hopelessly
branded for everlasting birthstone, and
all because the poor fellow did not
want to hear any moro Of the evangel-
lists harangue2 There is a great deal
Of we'll meant effort which does more
harm than good, simply because it is
put forth in this unwise fashion. The
world is better off without it. There
is something in the Good Book about
speech that is seasoned with salt"
Men who send their grandmothers to
hell before promlsouous audience
wolld do well to season their speech
with almost anything that will keep it
from becoming unsavory."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
A SENA TORiAL LITERARY
"FELLER."
SENATOR VANCE ERHAPsoD1ZINa OVER THE
MOUNTAIN SCENERY OF MS STATE.

At every season Of the year there is
Il charm about these splendid wood
lands Of the Appalachians. Sometimes
in mid.winter a cold laden with the
sharp, iee-cold moisture of a January
storm drogs lazily against a sharp.
pointed pinnacle, where IL hovors as a
pail. 1t can scarcely be SAID to rain
its moisture seems gently TO dissolve
itself upon the earth. This gives rise
TO what is often termed frozen clout
Every rock, twig, tree and blade OF
grass upon that mountain top is in.
stantly transformed into translucent
silver.
Now, If that mountain be due east
Of you, and il you will rise next morn
ing in time to see the sun come forth
as bridegroom from his chamber, you
will see u picture such as no man in
this world has ever seen surpassed,
and such as might have been in the
mind Of the vision.wrapped Apostle
when fitted before him the sublime
semblanco of the rainbow Of emerald
enclosing the throne Of shining gold
in the crystal sea. The storm has dis.
appeared, the winds are mute, the
heavens have assumed their deep
solemn azure Sharp. pointed spears
of golden fire come up from the east
and dart among and through the trans.
lucent warp OF that silver bridal veil
which covers the mountain top with
It's inefIable gloiics. As the God OF
Day mounts higher and higher toward
his throne, showers of shimmering
radiance are scattered in whirling
waves over the outstretched arms OF
the giant oaks and upon the emerald
cones OF the pines, leaping from branch
TO branch, until their rays meet and
minge in acrown Of eorusoating glory,
and then In maze Of wonder and dc.
light, which is almost agony, you feel
that your are gazing upon the crystal
palace Of God, whose splendors mortal
man may be happy that he can see and
live, and that ten thousand polished
diamonds, tho largest and the brightest
that ever glittered in a monarchs dia.
dem, would not compare with the glory
which is made manifest IN single
tree on that mountain top "wherewith
II IL clothed"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

YANKEE BULLDozISG. "A statement
was made in Congress last week by
General Weaver, Of Iowa, that at the
last election in Boston the Republican
ticket was printed on paper six inches
in length and two in width, striped on
the back similar to the American flag,
minus the field OF stars, and that this
ticket was copyrighted If any en-
ployee voted another sort OF ticket he
was Immediately discharged. As sew
oral of the Radical Congressman from
Massachusetts, attempted to justify the
act the truth Of tho statement can not
be doubted. Such conduct is worse
than absolute dsiranohisement.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Editor & Proprietor
VOL. 55--WH0LE NO. 2,7OS
REST



Ny feet are wearied. and my hands are tired
My soul oppressedi
And with desire have / long desired
Bost-ouly rest.
'Tis hard to toll, when toll Is almost vain
In barren ways;
'ris hard to SOW, and never garner grain
In harvest days
The burden Of my days Is hard to bear,
But God knows best;
And have prayed; butyain has bcen my prayer
For rst-swoet rest
'Tis hard 10 plant 10 Spring, and never resp
Tho autumn yield;
'Tis hard to Tin, and when 'tls titled 10 weep
Der fruitoss fields.
And 30 l cry, weak and human cry,
So heart oppressedj
And 80 sigh, a weak and human sigh,
For rest--rest.
My way has wound across the desert ycars,
And cares infest
NV path and through the flowing Of hot tears
pine for rest.
Twas always soi when still a child laid
On mothers breast
Ny wearied little head, cen then prayed
As now, for rest.
And am restless stillj twill soon bo Ger,
For, down the West,
Liio's sun is setting, and / see the shore
Where / shall rest
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
27OS CEARFELD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY o. 1881.

salutary. We persist, in spite of all
warning and Of all experience, in turn
ing loose our villains upon the world
time after time, as soon as moderate
term of detention has finished their cd
ucation and defined their future course
All who have really studied the ques
tion are satisfied that professional crime
and the class that habitually live by
violation of the law, might bo well
nigh exterminated by the perpetual
seclusion of the incorriglble and by the
inhicton of special penalties, which
are truly deterrent, even, if we have to
fog the garrotter, the mutilator and
the wife beater. Yet still we go on
from day to day making positive crimi.
mails. We do not discriminate between
criminal-minded persons, incorrigibles,
and weak or defective minded persons,
but all alike are doomed to a convlcts
record We make the incorrigiblos
even as comfortable as we can, pity
ing, petting them when an opportunity
occurs, raising an outcry against any
penalties which are painful and think
ing we have done enough, and arguing
as if we had done all we had right to
do if we tic the hands Of the most
practiced robber and rullian for a time.
All wholesomeness OF notion in refer.
once to this subject seems to have
gone ont Of us, and to have been re,
placed by sentiment at once shallow
and morbid. We have been feeling
toward the criminal, neither as Chris
tians, ner as statesmen, nor as philoso-
pliers, nor even as men OF the world.
We neither abhor him, nor cure him,
nor disarm him. We do not act eithoron
the reformatory, or the retribute, or
the purely defensive principle, but on
feeble muddle of all three. So the
criminal lives and thrives, nourished
by the very society which he out
RACES" Here is food for phiIanthropic
thought and legislative action.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09
STATISTICS or CRIME.
Nearly Fifty Thousand Criminals Shut
up for the Protection of Society.
NEARLY ALL OF THEM MEN-THE VICIOUS
SYSTEM IN VOGUE.

Correspondence Of the Courier Jounall
The "Public Document of Massa.
chusetts for 1879" comprising -four
very voluminous works, arrived at
the State Library at Frankfort. In
a lengthy report made by the Prison
Board OF Commissioners the following
information is obtained. 1t is OF such
a nature that the statistician, the NOR.
alist, the philosopher and particularly
the Legislator having sense OF right
to society and justice to criminal, is
sure to find it both interesting and
profitable reading
"rhore are l29 penal institutions Of
all kinds in the United States, in which
convicts are employed at any kind OF
eight are State prisons,
forty city and county iails and peni.
tcntiarios, twenty five work houses Of
correction, and sixteen houses Of refuge
and reform schools. In these 129 insti-
tutions, which, according to the best
official information to be obtained, in
clude the institutions in all the States
in which convicts are in any way en-.
ployed, there are 47,769 inmates-44,
OS4 males and $685. females 37,2l5
males and 2,377 females are employed
at some kind Of work, making totaI
Of 40, l22 convicts engaged in labor in
all the penal institutions Of this country
where labor is employed, In skilled
work, there are 22,2SS males and l ,236
females-total 23,524. In unskilled
work, H. $50 males and 2lS females
total, 1l,66S, In prison duties, 3,507
males and ], ,423 females-total, $780,
The tables referring to the number
of convicts in each State are as follows
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

She was four.year-old blonde, gcu'
orally tractable, but mamma had pro.
voked her. III don't love you any
more, mamma" avery well, dear, you
needn't "Well, | don't love you"
GAN right, dearie, mamma will try TO
get along" "Well | do love you, but !
don't feel Just like 1t now"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

Mamma-"And David was able to
kill that great man Golah because
God helped him." Harry (aged six)
-"Well, | don't call that fair, mamma,
that's two on one"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

A burglar sometimes breaks into a
mans chest with false keys, but wo.
man attempts to break into his heart
by means Of false locks.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

As the sled is bent so is the boy in.
clined as the slipper falls 80 Is he
made TO mind.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

Totals...............- l.1S7 10 2,l2t
This excludes the work house al
Louisville, which does not compete
with regular labor, and various other
work. houses, which would doubtless
swell the list of criminals in the United
States undergoing punishment for their
crimes, to number equal in size TO q
most populous city.
In the preface to the statistics OF
Crime" the oompilers say;
"The study of the questions belong
ing to us TO consider, extending over
half a dozen years, has taught us that
the Industrial and social condition ol
the laboring classes as related to the
permanent prosperity of the productive
industry OF the State, is more affected
by the presence of crime, poverty and
tho disorganIzing influences resulting
from decrease Of marriages, increase OF
divorces and kindred matters, than
from many ifnot all, the bad economical
conditions resulting from want Of com
prehension oftho true relations Of labor
and capital The interests OF the work
ingmon demand a change from SO
much economic training and study by
their profcssed leaders and the leader.
Of political science to more rigid and
practical moral education. As we hav,
said, convict labor is Of no account
whatever compared to the presence oi
crime itself; and to avoid the presence
Of crime we must prevent its commits
sion. IL is not enough 10 shut ~
criminals and the tendency to lesser
terms Of imprisonment has not beer
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

The spur of the moment has no
fastening straps
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-09

rI,HB underlined has opened up Drug Store.
fresh Drues, Medicines, Chemicals and Toilet
Articles. These Drugs have been selected with
great care and are guaranteed to be perfectly
pure and reliable. I will give my personal atien-
lion 10 this departmcot and will eheeffuily give
any advice and information IN regard u medicines
fee Of chsfre. DIR. I. J. BOYER.
clesreeld, Pa, Dee. I, Isso-n
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CoNVICTs AT WORK.
Kind OF work in which convict labor

From the first table il is observed
that New York has more conviots than
any other State, being nearly double
that of Pennsylvania, which comes
next, with Massachusetts, but 1913 less
than PeDnsylvanian. In Kentucky
and many other States the various
work-houses were not included IN the
list since table giving the number Of
convicts in each prison in this State
says:
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-17
An Extraordinary Story.
A French Canadian Said to be Living With His Mock Dislocated and to Have Prospects of Recovery.

A French Canadian Said to be Living
 With His Mock Dislocated, and to Have
 Prospects of Recovery.
 [From the Pittsburg penn-) Telegraph
 An accident occurred on Monday at Ramey Clarion county, which proved to be one of the most extraordinary cases ever recorded in the history of surgery or medical juris- prudence James Gaupel1, French Canadi- an employed at Ramey's mill, fell from 8 trestle about twelve feet to the ground. Af- the fall he was unable to move his head, and Dr. Edwards, attending physician, discovered that the neck was dislocated and some of the bones broken; but it was evident that the spinal column had not been sev- cred The doctor reset and put the fractured neck in position, and set about devising means to put it in place until the broken bones and confused iga- ments attain their normal condition. To this end muslin bandage three inches wide was wrapped tightly around the neck, and to it were attached two Jugs, one on either side. To these rope was fastened and run over pulley fixed to the ceiling of the room. A bucket was suspended on the other end of the rope and in it were placed various weights, so that the patient can adjust the contrivance as occasion may require by sim ply reaching to the bucket and removing or adding one or two weights. He remains in sitting posture and should any slight change of position occur the tension of the rope will still support the weight of the head. With these appliances for his support, the unfortu- nate man will have to remain practically in the same position until the injured parts be- come united or death ends the case.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-17
HumnnT Frees fn India.

The scientific manner in which the native robbers in India prepare for their raids shows a thorough knowledge of the dangers of their calling, and the best guards against them. When their dusky bodies are least observable they remove their clothes. anoint themselves with oil, and with a single weapon, keen edged knife suspended from their neck, creep
 and steal like shadows noiselessly through the darkness If detected their greasy and slip pery bodiesssas them in eluding capture, while their razor-bladed knife dexterously sewers the wrist of any detaining hand. But the most ingenious device to escape capture is that shown by the Bheel robber. It often happens that @ band of these robbers are pursued by mounted Englishmen, and unable to reach the jungle, find themselves about to be overtaken upon one of those open plains which have been cleared by fire, the only
 shelter in sight being the blackened trunks or leafess branches of small trees that per-
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-17
-a victory in which all American manufac.

"a victory in which all American manufac- turers who make goods of quality which it will pay to counterfeit are interested. The Hartford Courant gives history of the con- test and it's result. When the company had resolved to make fight against the counter feiting of Collins tools in Germany plans were laid to entrap the counterfeiters. Parties in Cuba sent to Germany an order for certain counterfeit Collins special tools. man named Schmidt, partner of Jacob Blunger & Son, supplied the tools. They were fac similes in all but this that the word Gobbins was substituted for Collins in this way:
 GoBBrNs Co,
 Stratford
 George v. Gobbins.
 The whole was an exact imitation, so far as style of type and color of label and so forth is concerned, and was manifestly de- signed to make people, like the Spanish planters, who are unfamiliar with English, think it was the real Collins mark. All the necessary details including the counterfeit goods themselves, the bills of lading, the bills for the goods. the receipt of payment and so on were finally secured by the agents of the Collins company, and the case was pushed forward in the German courts by the governments prosecuting attorney, prompted and assisted by two able German lawyers. Messrs. E. Frings of Dusseldorf and Dr. Neele of Elberfeldt, who had been active in looking out for the eompany's interests there for some time. The German law makes the counterfeiting of the trade mark criminal offense and the prosecution was under crim- lnal law. The case went against Schmidt, as the evidence was overwhelming, but it was appealed The second trial has also gone against him, and the sentence of the court has been duly announced. Not only has the man been disgraeed by being forced to the alternative between fine and Imprisonment, but he has also by order of the court had his conviction conspicuously published in Ger many and this country. Should he repeat his offense and be detected, the penalty for that would be imprisonment It is believed that the conspicuousness of Schmidt's dis grace and the evidence of the readiness of the German courts to sustain honest manu- lecturers even against the interests of fraud ulent German manufacturers will have a most discouraging effect there and corres- bonding benefit here. The result of the trial will doubtless lead other American man. ufacturers to follow up the attempts to steal their regulations