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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
CUT THEN BOTH OUT

"She was a magnificent creature. Her
eyes were as blue and glowing as the
sky when the sun is in his glory, and
her checks were as rosy as the sky
when the sun smiles and sets behind a
cloudless horizon. This magnificent
girl bad never been in love- Such is
the glowing description Of Miss Lucy
Swivel, as furnished by the Little
Rock (Ark.) Gazette. That journal
further informs its readers that Miss
Swivel has been teaching school on
the river below the city; that she
boarded at tho house of Henry Mucklc,
widower and the leading citizen of
the neighborhood, and that both John
and George Muckle, sons of the old
man, were rivals for her hand. Last
week both of the young men, who
graduated together at a Northern Col.
lege in June, proposed marriage to Miss
Swivel, She told each to appear be.
fore her at noon on Monday. They
obeyed. She said that she loved John
and adored George, so they must enter
into some contest for the prize. Would
they walk twenty miles in ten hours
The lover who could make the better
time was to have her. Neither would
win unless the specified ground should
be covered in the specified time. The
lane at the house was half mile long,
The young men started. At the ex.
piration Of three hours Mr.. Muckle ap.
preached, with the fair teacher on his
arm, "Wait a minute my devoted
sons" said the old man, "each of you
have shown your affection for your
step.mother."
"Step mother" exclaimed George.
"Step-motherl" !" echoed John.
eyes, step.mother, for while you
were walking, ] married the girl"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
For the CLEARriELD REPunLcAN
JAMES n. GARFIELD.

ny Mss MARY N, VINCENT.
Bowed in grief and hope depressed
The wife the mother, friends and a D alton,
Lay their own loved chief to rest.
As youth, his was 40 humble lot,
Orphaned aud poor, though rich In mind,
His widowed mother little thought,
His words should yet the fate Of nation bind
thata life so nobly lived,
fame so nobly won,
Could by the base assassins hand
AT noontido be cut down.
All, Garfield though thou
Canst take thy part no more
As deneral, Statesman and Ruler Of a Nation
\ ct shalt thou live on ana Oor.
Ihy life shall form Of history's bright pages
Cherished by the affections
And memory Of q Nation.
Ills work shall live after him.
Who served bis country so nobly, 90 well,
Crowned with the highest honor he stands,
while with uplilted heart and hand,
He VOWS that he, to the best
Oi bis ability, protects this people.
~ was hope and joy that day,
Yet scarcely had his reigu begun
when the cruel bali Was fired
Two long months Of pain and suffering,
Anxious hope and weary care,
Loving hearts and fearful faces,
Aud moan ofOcean, all in vain,
Tried to restore the sufferer there.
One blissiul dream and pang Of pa
lie laid bis hand upon his heart,
And President Garfield passed away.
Leave him then In an hOnored grave,
In memory that is indelbls,
or the highest mid the martyred brave,
With name that Is infallible.
Pa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

DR.. Higbee, Superintendent of Pub.
lie Instruction of this State, writes in
answer to letter Of inquiry in regard
to the admission of some now pupils
into the Soldiers Orphans Schools, as
follows: "Wo cannot grant orders for
the admission Of any more children to
any of the schools, because the fact Of
our having too many pupils in now for
the amount Of money appropriated.
Should we continue the present num-
Der to the close of the school year,
MAY 3lst, 1882 1--WE would exceed the
appropriation at least $4,000. This
we feel that wo dare not do, and in
order to avoid it, must withhold ad.
mission and let the aggregate diminish
by discharges 'on age and ION order"
The letter is dated October 7th, 1881.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Some teachers of tho county have
not yet provided themselves with the
course Of study and plan for graduating
pupils in our common schools. Ifthis
proves to be a willful neglect Chat
pupils are to be deprived of accepting
the proposition we have made for re-
ceiving some reward for their labors,)
we shall certainly remind such teach.
ers OF their indifference at time and
IN manner least expected.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
mentions what may be safely set down
as the worst case Of spelling of recent
record. lt occurred in a "notis' Of a
"sellybrashun" to be held on the shores
of "Lake Eary," and mentioned the
occasion as a "gublc." This word
troubled the editor o good deal, hut
with rare perspicuity he at length
resolved It into "jubilee."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

The State appropriation to schools
this year is considerably less than for
many previous. The appropriation is
based on the number OF taxables as
returned by the County Commissioners
after the tri.ennial assessment. and this
year the rate per taxable has been cut
down from 81 cents to a fraction over
II cents.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
SNAIL FARMS AND BIC CROPS.

Twenty years ago the State of Mis-.
sissippi-always famous Tor its cotton
yield--contained about forty thousand
plantations, averaging three hundred
and seventy acres each now she has
nearly twice as many, but the aver.
age size is only halt that of 1860.
The number Of acres under cultivation
is less than in 1860, for scarcely any
rough land has been cleared, and some
plantations have been injured by bro.
ken lovees, and yet tho cotton crop is
about twice as large as it was in the
good old times. No better proof could
be wanted to establish the desrability
OF decreasing the size OF farms and in.
creasing the number Of owners but
the lesson should be learned elsewhere
as well as in the South, Whole coun.
ties in the United States are wretched.
ly poor because every farmer is trying
TO handle q quarter section"-one
hundred and sixty acres-with only
enough capital and wording force to
properly I'LL o quarter as much SOIL
A farmer with two poor horses, two
bad ploughs, boy or two or hired
man, can get no more money out Of q
hundred and sixty acres Of land than
from forty, bnt year after year he will
try to do it and succeed in only getting
poorer The big farms of California
have been the subject of much envious
talk, but the class of California farm.
ors, aside from capitalists, that make
most money is composed of the men
who have clustered in colonies where
scarcely a single estate exceeds forty
acres, Any poor farmer with large
farm would be better of il he were TO
even give away half his land, for then
he would be compelled to restrict him.
self TO space that could not yield him
loss, II worked at all, and would not
put hispocket aud muscle to heruinous
strain that they are now enduring
Herald.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Miss Mamie A. Irwin, who will read
several evenings at our next County
Institute, has been employed to read
and give instruction in elocution at the
Huntingdon County Institute in No
cember.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

JUsT THE MAE-The fact that Hon.
Orange Noble is wealthy and one OF
the leading men Of Ere, led US to sup.
pose that he was about as stylish in
bis manners as big politicians generally
are but since the meeting of the State
Committee recently, at which no was
present, we have got quite different
impression. lie is represented as a
very plain, quiet and unassuming man,
and would in dress and appearance be
taken for prominow iaImer--SclinS.
grove Times.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

The work of filing vacancies in the
schools is about completed. Mrs. r. II.
McGarvey of McPherron will teach
the Utahvile school and W. r. Leath.
ers of Mt. Eagle, Centre county, tho
Hagerty 4 Roads, in Beccaria town
ship, Mr.. John Savage will teach the
Eden school in Goshen township, Lou.
Kelsey the Hubert and Emma Sbiroy
Maple Cornerin Union townships Miss
Olive NJ, Way the Bethlehem and
Ernest Albert the Eagle Eye in Boggs
township Miss Mary Ncvling the
Franklin and Miss Jennie Black the
Troutdale in Bell townthip. Fairview
in Graham, Morrisdale Mines in Morris,
Chestnut Ridge in Pike and Salem in
Brady are yet to be supplied.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

GEoGRAPHIoAL..-"Where is the Island
of Java situated ?" asked an Austin
school teacher of a small, rather for
lorn looking boy. "Idunno, sir" Don't
know where coffee comes from 2" "Yes
81 we borrow t ready parchod from
the next door neighbor."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Owing to the change in the time of
holding the Huntingdon County Teach.
ers' Institute, T. IL. Murray, Esq, was
compelled to cancel his engagement to
lecture before that body.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Miss Lydick, a sister Of DR.. ]. NJ.
Lydick, Of Troutville, and who was en-.
gagged to teach the Bethlehem school
in Bell township, died very suddenly of
diphtheria, at the homeof her mother
in Indiana county.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Tho grasses are the most numerous
and most widely. distributed class Of
plants in the world. There is not q
soil, however wet or dry, in which
some are not indigenous, although
those best suited for permanent pas.
turc thrive best under cultivation, and
are comparatively limited in number
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
by EMILY J. BUoBEE.

H''iLi y DN"
Barefoet boy and little girl
She with rosy cheek and earl
Sturdy little farmer. man.
-,
Vld straw nat, with broken RIM
rs ,ne least mat troubles him,
Full Of mothers choicest things.
nhppy httie PAIR are they,
Jea.ung blithely on the way,
Going to the district school.
from he shady iarm-house door,
@o'ner wa,ehes' tlll no more
They are gone, their hearts delight.
,
Sah you see lnem sitting thers,
Un we pehohes nara aud bare,
Coming Ger her lessons low
..
sitting at the noon Of school,
by the gurghng s'reAmlst cool
Eating up their bread and cheese
-,
Ur W'lh merry laugh ana thout
mhen the boys ana glrls 60 oub
BOOKS ana pencils cast away
zee taem jump and swing, and play
u..L,n.. ,..,.n
p A 'no ie'ule On 'n0 pane
psps snu I"p, auu iAP again,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

A Franklin county school teacher
threw stick at boy who was mis-.
behaving himself, and tho stick struk
the lad in the left eye. He will
probably lose the sight Of it.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

"How can you tell If an egg is bad p
Ono way to tell Isl TO tasteit. If it makes
you so sick you want to die to get rid
OF the taste you can feel pretty sure
it's bad egg.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Teaching is a grand and glorious
work, but IL does not follow that II is
wholly pleasant. 1t has its sorrows,
its pains. 1t is a work SO great and
sacred that one needs at times TO be
very patient The great God sends
grief to many a human heart not to
punish it, but to cause it TO grow.
Those who teach often need to be,
and what can teach so well as sorrow.
Only let the chastening be rightly &C.
cepted.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

EFFECT OF THE DRoUGHT.-Tho New
York Times remarks "The drought
has cost this country hundreds OF mill.
ions of dollars and reduced the pur.
chasing capacity Of large classes. 1t
has been silent loss, not at once plain
to ALL but to be felt by every person
in the country. 1t is not improbable
that this severe blow will give the first
check TO the wild speculation which
has been going on in stocks, products,
and railroad securities. The shock
was sure to come, and II will be first
felt by the most uncertain values, snch
as tho enormous extensions Of rail
roads in tho Southwest. These are
mainly planned for generation ahead,
and will be valuable properties when
population has poured into those un.
settled districts They could not long
stand financial shock. They
will meet the usual fate OF such ven.
lures in this country They will ruin
the originators and first shareholders
but will develop large districts Of wild
land. Their values as securities have
been pressed by constant speculation
far beyond their legitimate rate, and
they must sink as they have risen
The farmer who has lost this year
80 per cent Of his products, and has
not as yet been able to recoup himself
by higher prices, will begin seriously
to object paying from 30 to 80 per cent,
tax on his clothing or machinery or
furniture for the sake Of filing treas
ury which already has more than it
knows what to do with. All classes
who suffer from the Observation-Disclosures
men living on wages and salaries, con.
sumers Of every kind--wil ask why
their daily expenses should be increas
ed under system OF taxation which
helps the few and Injuries the many.
High prices and bard times will enforce
the call for areadjustment OF the tariff
Taxes are felt when every producer is
I ppOrpr
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

"Arbor Day" should be generally OBJ.
served, especially in all districts whore
progress is the CatehwOrd, See notice
IN local column.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

The clam has a larger mouth, in
proportion to It's size, than a human
being, yota clam never talks abouts its
noighbors.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Never Judge a bed by its cover or
the beauty OF il. What seems 80
tempting may prove a pillow sham.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

A boy in q country school was read
ing the following sentence "The light
house is landmark by day and bea.
con by night" and rendered Il thus
"The lighthouse rs landlord by day
and a deacon by night"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

General Mackenzie has been ordered
from his command In Arizona TO tho
Department of the Missouri.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

A laboror in Russia gets eight cents
a day and finds himself" Finds him
self mighty hungry, pretty often, we
should think.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

An effort is being made, by the
principal of the Curwensvillo schools,
TO increase the school library.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

The great secret OF PERUSA is that
It always comedies with the uis medi'
catrir Hdturd. (Nature.)
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Nothing is ever done beautifully
which is done in pride.-RuSkiH.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Fourteen hundred pupils are attend.
ing the Johnstown public schools.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

No remedy except PEnuSA does al
ways coincide with the ris mediedtrir
ndiWd.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02

Bees think there Is no place like
oomb-honey-comb.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
Insurance Agency
-OP-
WILLIAM @. HELMB0LD,
Patton BiocL, CD'irensriiie, Pa.
Onmnanies Represented !

NOHh Pt'hAND A'N
Commercial Union Ins. Co., Assets ~ ,O6S'tVZ %
Fircmen's Fund Ins. Co, Assels..... l.l00,OlI %
Union Insurance Co. Assets ........ l,020, ,OS7 rs
Travelers Accident Ins Co. Assets. 5,5ls, ,l9i ~
Northern Ins Co. Of New York As'u Si6,ssO 90
Insurance, placed on al kinds Of property at
Curwensville, Pa Feb. 10, lssi-G
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
S Clearfleld Nursery. p
zs.2t.- -as11a-
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY

rTNHE undersigned, having established a Nur-
i sery on the Pike, about half way between
CleatGel1 and Curwensyille, Is prepared TO fur
nish all kinds Of FRUIT TREES, lstandard and
dwau) Eyergrsebs, Shrubbery, Grape Vines,
Gooaeberry, Lnwton Blackberry, Strawberry,
and Raspberry Vines. Also, Siberian Crab Trees,
Ounce, and early scarlet Rhubarb, SC. orders
promptly attended 10. Address,
J. u. WRIGHT,
sep2O.6s-y Curwcnville, Pa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
JAMES KERR. CARROLL L. MIDDLE.
Clearfeld Insurance agency.
KERR s. MIDDLE, agents,

Represent the following and other arst-cass Co.'S
Companies. Assets.
Livcrpeol London A Globs-U. s. Sl,8O1,s9
Lvoomipe-on mutual A cash plans... 5000, ,00u
pbmnix. Of Hartford. Conn,.....,,......, 1924 0s3
Insurance Co. of North America ....... 6,i33, ,674
North British A Meroantiie-Il. S. Br. t,7s2, ,s6S
scottish CommeroiaI-U. S. Branch.... G7q,145
Watertowp 76a SIS
Travellers Life Academy ...,.. ....... i5e5,45i
Office on Market ST., orp. Court Iouto, Clear
6eli. Pa. June I, 1911
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
THE
"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN"
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,. AT
cLEARFIELD, PA.
HEDIN 1877.
TILE

tue largest Circulation Of any Newspaper
In North Central Pennsylvania.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-02
Terms Of Snhsorintinn.

n paid in advance, or within 3 monthG..s2 90
n raid after and before 9 montha....... Q so
raid after the expiration Of Q months. 3 90
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-16
1he Buckeye stale Will Go Demo
cratic.

A dispatch from Columbus to the Ne"
York World In regard to the action OF The
Ohio Democratic State Convention says
al have not found single Democrat 10 at
tendance upon the Convention VINO ooes
not express the fullest satisfaction with the
entire ticket and the definition OF issues Dy
the platform. The universal Democratic
sentiment Is that we are going 10 nave a
Democratic victory in October. WhiIe the
leading Republicans are not willing TO con-
cede Fosters defeat, they admit that the
ticket nominated IL the strongest that could
have been named, while the platform puts
the party In good attitude. Mr. BooK"a'-
Ter Is one OF the largest manufacturers
OF The State, and delegations OF WORK,
ingmen from the chief lndustrlal centres Oh
the State 10 the number OF several thou'
sands came 10 the city to attend the ConVen-
ton. Many Republican manufacturers pro.
mise Bookwaler the almost sofia vote Oh
the industrial classes. and Judging from tue
response made by the wOrkingmen OF 20
lumbus, the promise will be made good'
Senator PeDdletop said: 'YOu may safely
predict the election Of the Democratic STATE
ticket and Democratic legislature SUD
stantially the same prediction is made by
every Democratic leader now in the CITY.
Every man on the ticket has State repula'
ton aud is a man OF superior qualifications
and the general opinion Is that Inc Demo-
Gratis will make the most successful canvass
that they have made IN Ohio since the war
In this they will be aided by the Republic
can decentralization"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-16

Missouri woman got up before daylight
last sunday morning. put out q big wash
ing. hoed the potatoes, killed and dressec
three chickens for dinner, beat neigh0oi
woman out of dollar on bet as 10 tn'
weight OF one OF the fewls, licked her nus
band for interfering. picked a gallon Of
gooseberrics, and washed and dressed seven
ebildren for Sunday school. This may Dc
classed as a high.proof enterprise Fre'
Press.
In order to keep lee for any length Of
time, place two sticks across BASIN, and
law the ice, enveloped Ia flannel, on them
Failing a suitable basin, the sticks can Oe
placed across the top OF the Watering.
The great object is to keep the ice out Oh
the water, which, II allowed to accumu'
late around Il as 1t melts, still further ac'
CELEBRATES the melting.
Peanut.stand-Smal Boy: "Is them al
yer give for cent? Why. l yuster 10 git
twice that many.v Vender: eyes, but-al
the fruit crops is failed this year, and pea.
nuts and peaches Is uncommon slow comm
inn Small Boy: "Then give me cents
worth of ice-cream. Them ISN'T failed
is m"
MANY persons iron towels, fold them. and
place thea away before they are thorough
ly dry, This Is an error, and sometimes
leads to results not expected. In this
damp condition there i. a mould which
forms on them called "oidium," one va
riety OF which causes skin-disease known
as ringworn.
Indian sunshades are made OF marabou
feathers; japanese sunshades have up
turned ribs some sunshades have lace or
one side; white sunshades have bouquet
OF flowers in water cOlors; and many sun
shades have punches of ribbon on the han
ole.
Besides locking the front OF the house
and living in TIE garnet, half-cut arlstocratl'
families have now new trick for fooIlnG
acduaintances into the belief that they baV(
been away to the seashore. They ill theil
bair with sand.-Phuddeiphid Chronicle
Herald.
Twelve years each at hard labor in prison
was the sentence passed upon two brothers
who robbed q man Of forty cents in New
York. But OF course they didn't know h(
had only forty cents. They would just as
soon have relieved him OF dollar and
half, had that amount been found upon him
Observing little brothers. remark before
room full OF company ~ know what
made that red mark on Mary's nose. Ii
was the rim OF John Parker's hat" And
there are girls who believe that little bro
theirs never 90 to Heaven.
st. Louis is remarkable place. A cal
was sun-struck there the other day, and
went and leaned her head against block
OF ice until her temperature was reduced tC
its normal state. Chicago can't get the best
of st. Louis on good story.
The New York Sun cruelty suggests that
it would have been better for science il
Griscom had tasted until he died, since then
we would have known exactly how long 9
man could live without eating, whereas we
now have to guess at it.
The Louisville Commercial says: "The
desert may not blossom as the rose-not this
summer-but Mrs. Governor Blackburn is
giving the penitentiarY a chance to Chris
tianiZe some OF our worst inhabitants by
her plans for Suuday-school instruction"