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Such are the most important of the
provisions of theeBill as regards fxity
of tenure, of which we may say that
while it does not secure it, it renders
it very much indeed to the advantage
of the landlord not to interfere whit
on any grounds except those which
imply incompetent farming, or I'M
faittfulness to reasonable contracts on
the part of the tenant. The most
popular, and, we believe, also the
most permanently important, part OF
the Bill, however, remains, the ap-
pointment Of a Land Commission
which is the Land Court in another
form,-with large resources for help
ing the tenants to purchase their hold
ings from willing landlords, for secur-
, 1881-05-07
MIS- E L L A N E o u S.
From the Spectator

The Times of Thursday Z April
contained a very remarkable and con-
spicuous paragraph, headed, "The
Court" and describing her Majesty's
journey from Windsor to Osborne.
1t appears that precautions are now
taken Tor the Queens safety like
those adopted in Russia, and that,
contrary to all previous etiquette, the
papers have been permitted to des-
cribe them. The Queens train has
always been preceded by a pilot en-
CINE, but on Wednesday the railway
along its whole length was watched
by pIatelayers, provided with flags
and fog-signals, SO that an alarm
might be sent instantly along the line.
The departure, announced for Tues
day, was suddenly changed to We'd
nesday, and IN the Queens arrival at
Portsmouth, boththe Alberta andths
Admiralty yacht 'E%nchantress' were
found in waiting. The latter had been
suddenly ordered up, the Queen had
made her choice Mt the last moment,
and the Enchantress' was chosen.
All this must mean either that the
Government have information hat
the Sovereign is threatened, which
seems impossible, considering her re-
latio to the Executive, or that the
recent catastrophe in st. Petersburg
has produced an impression in her
Maiesty's mind that all crowned
heads are in danger. Neither solu-
ton is q pleasant one, especially
when it is remembered that the Queen
throughout her reign has displayed
great personal courage. and has not
the least eason to apprehend any
toss popularity with hersubjects.
Even the Irish do not attribute the
Coercion Bill to her, and the danger
must either come from abroad, or be
wholly imaginary.
Mr.. Gladstone in regard to the Irish
Land Bill showed how complete was
the concensus of authority on both
the Land Commissions in favour of
Legislative interference between land
lord ond tenant in ireland and ax-
, 1881-05-07

The colonists OF Natal are still OK.
pending their irritation upon the
British Government. MIR. Gladstone
has been burnt in efigy IN Newcas-
tie, the British flag has been trailed.
and the refugees from the Transvaal
are demanding compensation. The
Newcastle traders lose SO much by
peace, that all this may be pardoned
and, per contra, the Cape Parliament
has unanimously passed an Address
to her Majesty, approving the cessa-
ton of hostiIitles, and desiring a per-
manent peace. The serious matter
behind all this talk is that very much
is left to the Commission which has
started for Newcastle, that the Boer
rank-and-hle are far more ignorant
than their leaders, and that the war
may recommence over details, the
farmers demanding independence Of
action as regards natives, which the
British cannot grant. In that case,
the result might be civil war among
the Beers and a rising of the natives,
which would make of the whole mat
ter a snarl only to be united by the
sword. Fortunately, there are now
10000 troops in South Africa, with
Sir Evelyn Wood. who seems to keep
his head and pardon local aberra-
tons, in full command.
, 1881-05-07

ing to them guaranteed titles when
they do SO purchase, for assisting the
reclamation of waste lands, and for
assisting the emigration, not of indi-
viduals, but Of any organised body of
emigrants to the Colonies either by
means OF help to the Colonial Govern
ments, or to companies established on
satisfactory conditions for promoting
such emigration. This was the part
of the scheme which was most enthu-
siasticaIly greeted by the House, es-
pecially Mr.. Gladstone's announce
ment that no absolute limit would be
put on the sums to be so applied,
" ever though they should exceed
f5. 900, 900 or E1O,000,OO0. or any
specific sum-" provided only that the
revenues of the State should never be
applied at all, except where they
could be applied with ample security
for economical management and sst.
isfactory result.
, 1881-05-07
B:ASSIN.
A N rs GO R D0 n,
DENTI5T,
MAN be consulted every day
W from 8 to 10 q. m. and from 12
to 4 p. IN. at the residence of Mr..
A. Meyer Basin.


IN GENERAL Annual Meeting
ID of Shareholders in the St. Tho
mas Marine Repairing Slip Company
will be held ut tn. International
Club on MONDAY the 9th May
ensuing.
The Chair will be taken at /
o'clock p. m.
Office of the Marine Repairing
Slip Company.
st. Thomas 21st April 1881.
JAMES 4. Nc. DOUGAL.
Chairman
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
NEW SERIES--V0L. %, NO. IS.
EA TINGA HEARTY DINNER.

Replying to an inquiry made of its
editor as to what the prevailing opin.
ion is relative to retiring after having
eaten a hearty dinner, or allowing
three or four hours to intervene, there.
fore giving nature a sufficient time TO
digest what may be in the stomach,
the Journal of Commerce sends joy to
many stomachs by saying 1t would
seem at first that "the prevailing opin.
ion" is, that an interval should elapse
between eating and sleeping at night,
for majority of adults as to their per.
sonal habit practice on that theory.
1t appears to have grown ont of the
teaching OF medical men who have
learned to dread late suppers for their
patients, not so much for the overeat.
ing TO which they lead, as to the un.
healthy indulgence herewith in the
use OF intoxicating beverages. But
the opinion is not prevalent" if the
test is universal. Man is the only ami.
NAL that can be taught to lie down to
rest contentedly on an empty stomach.
The pig will squeal, the horse will
paw his stable floor and the whole
animal creation will show itself restless
and i'll at case until it is prepared for
sleep by a full stomach. And with
an empty stomach man can only be
coaxed to bis sleep after long training,
and this swhat we mean by the "prev-
alence' Of a contrary habit. A large
proportion Of even the human race
must be fed before it will sleep. The |
angels cannot sing the human infant
to sleep with its stomach empty Pare.
goric may stupefy it, but proper and
nourishing food alone will give it re-
freshing slumber. We say, "sleeping |
as sweetly as an infant" because that
sleep alone is normal and recuperative |
which is taken on full stomach, and
this is the characteristic of a child.like
repose. Sleep and digestion are hand
maids that assist each other Nature
teaches this lesson, as drowsiness is the
natural consequence Of a wholesome
meal. 1t is not only our "opinion,"
but our experience that eating the last
thing before retiring is the true theory.
Those not accustomed to it, who 90
out to late dinner and come home
stuffed and uncomfortable, of course
do not understand it. Eating at any
unaccustomed hour must be practiced
with caution. A mouthful or two of
wholesome food1not cake and pastry |
at first may be followed on successive
days by additional provision until a
hearty meal is taken just before retir-
ing. To sleep well the blood must
leave the head and 60 to the stomach
and to digest the food well the same
process is necessary. The sleep into
which one is trained to the habit, may
sink with his stomach empty, is like
tho sleep Of exhaustion, and does not
give tho sense of refreshment and re.
covery that comes from rest with a
stomach that is in proper condition
for it. We have tried it for fifty years
borrowing the idea from natures ear.
iest lessons) and have recommended
It to many others, and we know
we speak.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
TICKLE FORTUNE.
a MAN WORTH slO,OOO,OOO TWO YEARS
AGO, NOW WORKING FOR A
LIVELIHOOD.

A little more than two years ago
Johnny Skae, whom everybody knows,
would visit Carson several times u
month, and as he passed down the
street from the railroad station, with
an independent swagger, and a more
independent look in his eye, men would
envlously gaze after him and express
their convictions that he would outslrip
any single member of the Bonanza firm
in the possession of millions. This
was when Sierra Nevada and Union
were selling at $3.50 TO $500 share,
and Skao was thought to hold fifty
thousand shares OF the stock of those
two mines. AT that timo he would
have no difficulty iG realizing $4,000.
600 in cool gold coin for his stock; but
no, he was ambitious, and desired no
longer to play second fiddle, even to
such colossal financial power as the
Bonanza firm. He fancied that the
prospective dividends of the Sierra
Nevada and Union Consolidated mines
would be greater by ton-fold than
those paid by the California and Con.
solidated Virginia mines. Johnny was
over-sanguine he imagined himself
one hundred millionaire, whose millions
were deposited in the bowels of the
earth. OF this he felt certain.
In the meantime he entertained his
friends in the regal style. He invited
them from San Francisco to partici.
pate in princely fish and champagne
banquets, which were spread near the
Virginia and Gold Hill water works,
from which the luscious trout were
taken, and in various other ways ex.
tended his hospitality to friends in such
a manner that they privately called
him "Prince John" In the midst of
this, however, he did one prudent
thing, and that was in settling $3.50.
600 IN bonds upon his wife. Believing
that The stock OF the mines of which
he was 80 heavy holder was sure to
reach at least $1,000 per share, he
hypothecated the same to the Nevada
bank and purchased several thousand
shares on the margin. SoCn thereafter
the market crashed, and it was not
long before his stocks were quoted at
$50 and $50 per share. Ofcourse that
nearly ruined Skao; but being q man
of nerve and desirous of retrieving bis
lost opportunity, hc kept on dabbling
in stocks which at one time might have
placed him in an enviable position,
until he lost all that he had saved from
the first blow and it is even said that
the s2jO,00O which he settled upon
bis wife went tho way of the rest.
Now Johnny Skao is in Arizona, in
place Of living in luxury and superla.
tive elegance, seeking bonanza, which
he will probably never find. II is only
once in a life that one man in million
is so onchantingly smiled upon by
fortune as Johnny Skao was two and
4 half years ago Carson (NeU. )Appcdl |
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
AMERICAN PERFUMERY.

That branch of chemi stry called
perfumery is a new industry on this
coast, but with the ample facilities
here for its manufacture Il will become
in time of every great importance,
The extensive flower farms in France,
Turkey and England in a measure in.
dicate ITS Importance in the world.
The planting OF flowers by the acre
for perlumery purposes is unknown in
this country. The perfumery manu-.
factured here is from produce of flow.
ers imported from Europe, and comes
here in the shape of a fat or sort of
tallow There is only one firm in this
city engaged in its manufacture, and
this establishment produces an aver.
age of one hundred gross Of bottles
per week. II is entirely for homo
consumption, though there was but
recently opened small export trade
with Mexico. Flowers are not used
here in their natural state, as they are
not to be had. There is no reason
why the cultivation OF flowers, flower
farming proper, could not be made on
important industry here. Wherever
the raw material is TO be obtained
pro6tably there manufactures spring
up, and nowhere do flowers grow
more luxuriant than in this State. To
convey an idea of the extent Of the
manufacture Of perfumcry, it may be
said that British India and Europe
consume annually, AT the very lowest
estimate, 100000 gallons of perfumed
spirits The large periumers Of Paris
and Grasse employ annually in its
manufacture $4,000 gounds of rose
blossoms, GO,0OO pounds cassia flowers.
1000 pounds rose leaves, 10000 jcs.
anime blossoms, 10000 pounds violots,
10000 tuberoses, 10000 pounds liacs,
besides great quantities Of rosemary,
mint, lemon, citron, thyme and many |
other odorous plants The quantity |
of odoriierous substances used in this
way is certainly very great, and far
beyond tho conception OF most people.
-Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
and white. Here is what the rever.
end bishop saws:

and white. Here is what the rever.
end bishop says;
am satisfied that the South is gradually but
surely improving financially business Is rcyiy-
ing, and every indication points to a period Of
financial case and comfort.
Auu.slavery as always was from my early
youth, had my friends asked me twenty years
ago to express my utmost wish for the oolore3 peo-
pie, IskOuid not have dared 10 ask for saeh ad-
ra''cement as has been made.
Here is the declaration of an anti
slavery preacher, utopian, benevolent
missionary, whose every fibre was i'm.
bued with zeal for the cause of negro
emancipation and advancement. Upon
his visit TO the Southern States, so
much denounced, after the solid South
has gotten possession of that country,
ho proclaims to tho world that if be
had been allowed to tell what he hoped
in his brightest vision TOR that people
II would have been transcribed by
what has been actually realized in
their advancement. Now, withhold
your denunciations from the statements
of Southern men, and let them fall and
strike the hallowed associations that
clustered around that man.
Mr.. President, / am too much ex.
hausted to detain the Senate longer.
| have said nothing to day that was
intended to stir up any feelings OF ami.
mostly between individuals or sec.
tions. ! belong to that class of public
men who were socessionists. Every
tbrob OF my heart was for the disunion
Of these States, II that deducts from
the force OF the statements | have
made today it is due to candor and to
you to admit it, ! confess that be.
lieyed in the propriety Of its exercise.
| will say further that il was the cherish.
ed conception of my mind, that of two
great, free republics on this continent,
each pursuing its own destiny and the
destiny of its people and their happl.
ness according to its own will
But, sir, that conception is gone
it's sunk forever out of sight. Another
Dne has come in its place, and by the
way it is my first love. The elements
)f it were planted in me by my father
hey were taught by my mother, and |
hey were nourished and developed by |
NY own subsequent reflection May |
tell you what it is, sir2 1t stands
before me now, simple in its majesty |
md sublime in its beauty. 1t is that |
If one grand, mighty, indivisible Re.
public upon this continent, throwing
Is loving arms around all sections
,mnipotent for protection, poworless |
or oppression, cursing none, blessing |
Ill [Applause.l
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
ORA WBACKS or DENVER.
THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING AcoLIMA
TED-wEIGnT AND STRENGTH.

1t is a singular fact that almost
everybody loses flesh on coming here
from the cast. The average loss in
weight sustained is about one.eighth
For instance, in the course OF two or
three months a 200 pound man loses
twenty five pounds and becomes n l75,
FOUNDER. This is due TO the high alli.
tude of Denver-a mile above the sea
to the dry and light atmosphere, to
the scarcity Of vegetation and to the
comparative scarcity Of oxygen, which
consumes the tissues and taxes the
vital functions to a greater extent than
on lower attitudes. Higher up it is
much worse than here. At Leadville,
for instance, which is two miles above
the sea level, the diminution in weight
does not generally fall short of a sixth
or seventh, and it takes place much
more rapidly than here. In that high
altitude, too, lung diseases, such as
pneumonia, very frequently set in, and
they prove fatal in about thirty per
cent. OF the cases attacked, But very
few dogs except hounds can live in
Leadville, and no cats survive there.
In Denver, however, we have q multi.
tude Of both dogs and cats, and they
appear to experience no special diff.
Guilty about living and getting fat.
Yet it is noticeable fact that animals
and men lose q share of their strength
after coming here. Aitcr being here
two or three months their muscular
power Is not near so great as in the
East. Nor can they endure so much
hard work. Eight hours of continu.
Gus labor does moro to exhaust and
PROSTATE man here than ten hours
in Illinois or Wisconsin. And when
worn out and prostrated, a feeling of
lassitude and drowsiness that is very
difficult to dispel comes over one. In
such intances many hours of rest are
requisite to repair and rebuild the
wasted energies Mental labor is even
more exhausting than physical. A
healthy man may do manual labor for
eight or ten hours a day, and expert.
ence therefrom no specially evil effects
but let mental labor be pursued with
like assiduity, and the nervous system
becomes weakened and irritable. In
lime the physical powers become dis
ordered and weakened by sympathy |
and by the strain upon them TO sup
,IVs hn lao 10. 4.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
FRIENDS AND OPPONENTS.

The Declaration of Independence
was adopted against the opposition of
some who had favored the cause Of the
colonies. They regarded it as prema-
ture and therefore inexpedient. Among
these was John Dickinson, the author
Of the Farmers Letters" which con-
trbuted much toward the American
Revolution. Mr.. Joseph Quincy tells
us, in his reminiscence of John Adams,
that he once asked the venerable ex-
President an explanation of Dickin-
sons course.
Ale became discouraged" replied
Mr.. Adams, "and for some time was
one Of the most violent opposers OF the
Declaration of Independence, He had
a wife and mother who were both
Quakers, and they tormentod him ex-
ceedingly, telling him that he was
running himself and his country by
the course he was pursuing.
"lf had had such mother and
such wife, believe should have
shot myself If they had opposed me
IL would have made me so very un-
happy. l could not have lived had
not pursued the course ! did
"One day in Congress, Miflin, a
relative OF Dickinson, had dispute
with him.
"Dickinson had said, in the course Of
a speech, that, in driving a team of
horses, it was necessary to rein in the
most forward and to encourage the
slow and tagging.
"Milllin got up and said, Not so,
Mr. President. You had bcttcr knock
the dull and lazy horses on the head
and put them out of the team. 1t will
go on much better without them
"The circumstances OF bis family
and his own timidity made Dickinson
take the course he did. He was man
of immense property and founded q
college in Pennsylvania"
1t ls q singular fact that while some
Of the lawyers and merchants who
were members Of the Continental Con.
gress opposed the Declaration, the
clerical members all supported it, The
leader Of the clorgymen was John
Withorspoon, President of Princeton
College.
He was Seotchman, and in his
youth had led corps of Highlanders
to the Battle of Falkirk and fought
for the Pretender Entering with all
his soul into the cause of tho colonies,
he became leader in those measures
which brought about a final separation |
between them and Great Britain.
When the Declaration was laid be- |
fore Congress q deep stiffness pervaded |
tho hall. Every heart was awed.
Withorspoon, Of indomitablc will and
peerless courage, spoke first.
"Mr President" he began, in clear,
bold tones, "that noble instrument on
your table, which insures Immortality
to its author, should be subscribed this
very morning by every pen in the
House.
although these gray hairs must
descend into the sopulchrc, | would
infinitely rather they should descend
thithor by the hand of the exeoutioner
than desert at this crisis the sacred
cause OF my country"
"The country is hardly ripe for such
q bold movement" suggested timid
member.
ain my judgment" shouted Wither.
spoon, eve are not only ripe, but rot.
ten"
The names of five clergymen are
found among the Declaration, They
represent the feelings oitheir brethren.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
ATTACKED BY A FEROCiOUS
LION.


An underkeeper in menagerie was
attacked by a lionin Birmingham, En-.
gland. He entered the cage in order
to clean it, TO separate the animals
from that part Of the cage that was to
be cleaned q wooden panel was used
1t reached from the top TO the floor of
the cage, and was about two inches in
thickness. The underkeeper, Harris
by name, does not appear to have alb.
solntely closed the panel as he entered.
The largest Iona powerful animal
named Wallace - sprang toward
Harris, the sliding panel gave way
from the pressure, and tho man stood
unprotected in front of the lion, who
with its mouth seized the poor fellow
by the shoulder. Harris who had
broom in his hand, pluckily defended
himself for a few moments by striking
the lion with the ohandle of the broom.
But the lion, clutching him with one
of its paws, dashed him to the ground
and began gnawing at his body, from
which the blood was freely flowing.
The lion tanner, Alicamonsa, who was
at the,opposito side Of the hall, hearing
the commotion, ran TO the cage. With
the utmost courage and ooolness no en-
tered thed en,and twice fred bis pistol,
which was loaded with blank car.
tridges. All the time Harris was still
beneath the lion, who was tearing his
flesh. The pistol firing had no effect
whatever on the animal and seeing
this, the lion tanner, who had with him
a loaded whip, began striking tho ami.
NAL with the butt end OF II on the
head. He dealt the lion four or FIVE
blows, and the last, hitting the animal
with terrific force between the eyes,
TO stun II. The lion loosed
Harris, who was instantly dragged
ont Of the cago. He was bleeding pro
iusely, but was not quite unconscious
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04
TIE MINERS FUNERAL.
A FRONTIER INCIDENT THAT CONTAINS A
TOUCH OF THE PATHETIC.

lFron the Lake City (col.) World
The miner, Anderson, of whose
death in Summit notice was made last
week, had q romantic trip from Del
Norto to Summit. Fourteen men
drew the body lashcd TO n sled to the
top OF the divide and eight men came
on from the divide to the toll.gate
with the corpse. From the toll.gate
to Del Norte the trip was made in
wagons. Here is an incident of frontier
life well worth pondering upon by our
Eastern readers. We reprint it from
the Prospecior as an instance OF that
uniaillng friendship which exists in the
breasts Of men whose exteriors may be
rough, but whose humanity would inn
pei them to wade through flames to
pay the last tribute of respect TO o
f5llowman. Picture the procession
wading up the snow clad mountain
silently drawing the body upon rude
vehicle. Above timber.line, where
silence reigns supreme, the cold almost
uncomfortable, those friends, stalwart,
good and true, pursue their toilsome
way over thesnow crust TO be reward.
ed only by the CONSCIOUSNESS that the
remains of their comrade shall find
Christian sepulture in dedicatedground.
Some account of this kind act will,
doubles, 60 across the sea, and reach,
perhaps, some cottage in Sweden
where the old parents shall read the
letter and amid their binding tears
thank God that IN far off America the
body of their son, whose soul went out
of this world from the loneliness of
cabin-for Anderson died suddenly,
with no one noar--was cared for and
dccently buried. SO may il be with
all Of us, and not, as in many cases in
these rugged mountains, whore the all
enguliing avalanche sweeps the miner
to sudden death and an unknown and
unkpOwable tomb