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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
DEAF OF DR.J. G. HOLLAND.

New YoRK, October l2-Dr. j. G.
Holland, the well.known author, died
suddenly this morning, though be had
been in failing health for the past four
years. DR.. Josiah g. Holland was
born in Belchertown, Hampshire Co,
Massachusetts, July %, 1919. At 25
years Of age he graduated in medicine,
and practiced at Springfield for three
years. Subsequently no became a
teacher 10 private school at Rich.
mond, Virginia; was then chosen Su.
perintendent of Public Schools at
Vicksburg, Mississippi, and next en-.
tered upon an editorial position Oh the
Springfield Mass. J Republican, Of which
he subsequently became a JOINT owner
with Samuel Bowels. In his literary
work were included a history of Mass.
achusetts, g1ho Timothy Titcomb
Letters and several novels and
poems. DR.. Holland was one Of the
projectors OF ScribHr'S MOgdsine, and
continued his connection with it up TO
the time of his death.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
APPLECULTrRE

The culture Of apples was briefly
discussed at recent meeting Of Law.
renee Grange. The inferior quality OF
the present crop, caused in part by the
depreciation Of insects was a matter Of
general comment A number of mem.
bors remarked Of the very general un.
soundness and the great loss incident
thereto, and q few remedies were sug.
gested. For enemies which infest the
fruit, j. II. Read recommended a boun.
tiiul application of salt. He had ex.
perimented with one tree whose fruit
had heretofore been very imperfect.
Around this tree he scattered a quan.
tity of salt, and, as a result, tho frnit
this year is Of a superior quality. To
prevent worms eating the leaves Of
trees and shrubs, J. w. Thompson
used tar water, applied by sprinkling
over the leaves, IN regard to raising
fruit trees, l.. Denning compared pres.
ent with former theories. lie said :
"a former mistake was in planting in
sheltered places, facing South. Now
we find that a northern exposure is
better. A great point in the cultiva
tion Of an orchard is undertaking.
Formerly, il was the custom to cult.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
BENEFIT or DROUGHT

Many years ago, when a portion OF
New England suffered severely from a
long continued drought, there appear.
cd in the Transcript, published at Port
land, Ne, the following interesting
article:
Everybody says this is n most re.
markable season, the dryest that ever
the country knew. Still we are taught
that everything has its uses and dry
time is not TO be considered an excep.
tion TO the rule. As tho drought is
now with us in all its severity, it is a
good time TO set about the discovery
and due appreciation of its compensa.
tions: II it turns out to be blessing
in disguise, we shall be all the happier
for knowledge of the fact. Drought
IS natures plan for renvigorating the
surface soil, q substitute for subsoil
plowIng, so much neglected by some
farmers. By repeated cropping, the
surface soil becomes exhausted of its
fertilizing materials, but away down
in the earth there are great stores of
these indispensable elements of vegeta.
bic products. How to reach them is
the question. Man might if he would,
but in most cases he is too lazy or too
sell conceited TO be at the pains. So
the good Creator, in his benefconce,
sends drouth to draw up the phos-
pilates, slicates, carbonates and salts,
and thus restore the fertility of the
cultivated soil. This is accomplished
by sun power, like all the great move
mcnts Of natures forces. The suns
rays ovaporate the water in the sur.
face Of soil, and thus create q vacuum
that is at once filled with water rising
from the notwithstanding deeper
and deeper as the drought continues
and tho moisture is cxhaed-a circu.
lation of water in the earth the reverse
of that which takes place in wet
weather. Now this water which comes
from the depths of the earth, has ac
quired in its passage thither, by be-
coming imbued with carbonic acids
from the decomposition of vegetable
matter in the soil, a power of readily
dissolving minerals which 1t did not
possess when it first fell from the
clouds. Consequently, when it is drawn
up during the drought, it brings with
it, in solution, salts Of lime and mag
nesla, of potash and soda-just the
things of which the top-soiI has become
exhausted, Every drop of water is a
tiny bucket let down into the great
store house Of the earth and drawn up
again by the suns rays, filled with the
fertillzing elements necessary TO vege.
tation. The water on reaching the
surface is evaporated; the salts remain
to reinyigorate the soil. Thus while
vegetation appears to be whitening in
the heat, the great forces of nature are
benefcially employed in bringing to
the surface, from the depths of the
earth, where else they would be for
ever unemployed, the elements of fu.
ture harvests."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
,SPOOPEND YREiS PICTURE
HANGING.

"WeIl, my dear" said Mr.. Spoopon.
dyke, with a nail in his mouth, and
balancing himself waveringly on din.
ing room chair, "all you've got to do
now is to get your picture ready, and
III show you how to hang the thing"
dts awful sweet of you, pet, said
Mrs. Spoopendykc, alternately rub
bing the frame Of very hectic chrome
and sucking the thumb she had been
bammoring for tho last twenty min.
utos. ats awful sweet and thought.
ful OF you dear, to offer your assistance
at such time, for do believe / never
would have got q nail driven in that
stupid wall"
"Of course you wouldn't, my dear"
laughed Spoopendyke. "Who ever saw
Il woman that could drive nail? You
couldn't drive a galvanized carpet tack
in a Ieven pound bladder of putty.
And speaking of driving nails, I'd like
to know II you're ever going to hand
up that hammer or meat FOUNDER, or
whatever you've been using. Think
| can drive nails with my elbowl"
dts the stove handle, love" and
Mrs. Spoopendyke meekly handed up
mysterious looking implement with a
wooden handle at one end and the un.
der jaw OF shoemaker's plyers at the
other.
ooh, it's n stove hook, is it2' said
Mr.. Spoopendyke, regarding the weap.
on with sinister expression. "Now,
if you'd handed me up a dog iron, or a
pair Of stcclyards, I'd have been right at
home, but a stove hook Really, my
dear, I'd rather undertake TO drive a
nail with a scythe handle"
"But the walls so soft and lovely,
dear, it really drives them beautifully
If they would only stick" said Mrs.
Spoopendyke, reassuredly.
"Only stick ?" said Mr.. Spoopcndy ko
contempluously "now iii bet you
never wet the muciage on q single
nail before you started il. That's why
they didn't stick for ycu-ouchl sui.
fering Moses Are you going to stand
serenoly by and see mo beat my
Enucklcs into a shapeless pulp with
this dod.gasted measly marlin spike2
"Poor DEAR said Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke, consolingly "You do act so i'm.
paticnt-and at tho first trial, too.
Maybe it struck something hard in
the plaster. Try another place-thats
the way managed that"
"oh, yes" said Mr.. spoopendyke,
chats the way you managed that,
and you have punched holes enough
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
CLARIFIED, Pa, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2e, 1888

Would it not be the depth of ingrati.
tude for the business men, the mechan-
les, the property owners Of the city to
refuse him their votes for any position
to which he might be nominated In
the case Of such a man, party and
creed should bo forgotten, and the
whole community should be eager TO
show that they appreciate bis services.
"Mr. Noble is extensively engaged
in the oil business in the Bradford
region, being the owner of more than
thirty producing wells, the iron work
of which was entirely purchased of
Eric manufacturers. He was q gener
Gus contributor TO the city library,
when it was established, has given
bounteously to our churches and chari
table institutions, and his purse Is al.
ways open to every good object
"These facts and many more that
might be added of similar nrturc;
show the extent to which Erie is IN.
debted to Mr.. Noble, and tho claims
be has upon the support of our people
OF all parties"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
NEW SERIES--V0L. %, NO. A.

vato by throwing the soil toward the
trees, We know now that the length
of the roots is as great as the height
Of the tree, and that il is a mistake to
uncover the expremitics of the roots,
He who would grow fruit proftably
must learn how to contend successfully
with its insect enemies" In locating
an orchard, E. M. Davis recommended
the stoniest and steepest part OF the
farm. He has an orchard situated on
very rough land, in which the fruit is
much superior to that on another part
Of the farm. He advised the selection
of varieties which will bear shipping,
and said that an orchard should not be
plowed after the trees had commenced
bearing, but that hogs should have
free access.
This subject will be resumed at o
future session of the Grange,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
NOTES FROM OUR VISITATION BOOK.

NOTES FROM OUR TISIT4TIO BOOK.
The Curwensville schools were in.
spected by the County Superintendent
October 18th, and were found to be in
a hourishing condition. Prof Brum.
baugh has arranged a course Of study
to 90 into effect in all the schools,
which provides Tor the granting Of a
Diploma to all High School pupils who
complete il in two years, or more.
The Directors are negligent about
visiting the schools. Parents ditto.
A full set OF Mtchelrs New Outline
Maps have been placed in the Inter.
mediate School room by tho Directors.
One hundred and thirty, seven pupils
are enrolled in all the schools, raging
in age from I to Is years
The copy.books were found in ex.
cellent condition. The pupils having
the best in the High School are Rosa
Kttlebarger Gertie Bilger and Lizzie
Dale In the Intermediate School,
Karl Fleming and Minnie Buoy.
New plank walks have been laid on
the school grounds, and new outbuild.
reGoots credii nnon ,be onthorities
Nothe limo tdr yisi,ina tbe schools of
tbo comfy has begnn. we enter unon
that part of our work with the hope of
fndipg the schools better than ever
boCnre 0nr obioct in maxine Ibis cx.
tonded ;rsnection tonr is to ascertain
whether or not the teachers in CHARGE
Of ,bo schools arc discbarging their
several dn,ies in a wav that is intended
to imnrove and develon the minds and
r,orois or ,hosonnder tbeircare When
wc visit vonr school wo will expeet TO
ind
Ist Tho school orconized according
to The course ot stndy nroyided in The
nToaobor's Hond po9i,
o. Yonr m",boJs Of irstruction in
oooordanoo With ,ho hints and sngges.
,;ons aooomnon,ina tbis courss of
s,nd, |
9j Tho D,ar,. oIossos vo,, dr;llod
:, ,ana,ni % losanns 'r os 'ocI rooommon5eJ in
ib6 IL . "Teacbor's Hand Book"
Itb Tbo school room we'll ventila.
tod cIcan and eui,abIv decorated
5,b Ynrr ~ ronort b3ok form oi re.
mort to narorts monnscrint Of nuniIs
py conv'boolks stndv and
roo;,a,ion nro,,ro uP1 Z, mo az Tho ,e3cber's
dosl rood, cos ;nsnoot;on
G,b W. oynoct to ind vour punils
with clean faces combed hair and ex.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

in here to play crbbago in. Will you
gimme another nail Don't you sec
I've knocked this one fiat, and can't
pry it up again."
Cant you unpry il up again !" eiac,
ulated Mrs. SpOopendyke in a very
gentle voice, handing him another
nail. Cant unpry it up again Well,
If that amt GRAMMAR
"Oh, amt it2' said Mr., Spoopen.
dyke, with a most Mortified smile.
"Ofcourse it amt, You old female semi.
nary with a cracked bell in your Gu.
pola Am ] going to school to you,
or am driving nails ?"
"Well, dear" sighed Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke, "you're surely not driving nails. -
mo, you can Just bet I'm not driv.
ing nails, and you can bet l amt
q going to try no more nails neither.
And you can bet" continued Mr..
Spoopondyke, with still densifying in.
tensity, and a war.dance flourish as he
leaped to the floor, "and you can just
bet your high muck a muck, if You set
that measly old chrome of yours on
the side table, I'll throw this dod. gasted
thing so far through it that it won't
get back in a century.-Brookyn Eagle.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

THINKING BAoK.-IIow great, how
wonderful, how mysterious the power
of association. A little flower, lock
Of hair, n familiar name, snatch
of an old song, brings q hood.tide Of
sacred memories and blessed associa.
tions pouring in upon the mind. The
influence of such times is most pre-.
cious. 1t renews, rcioices and sancli-
fies ones life. By its mysterious power
it brings the past into the present and
reviews the scenes Of other days. 1t
recalls ones earliest rccoleotions so
vividly that we seem to be again q
boy. We are almost sure Of it, as we
sit and dream and dream, caused by
hearing the notes of q hymn borne to
us on the passing breeze, 1t comes
softly, sweetly, sootbingly. Only one
line reaches our ears il is; "Ncarer
my God TO Thee, Nearer to Thee 1t
was our mothers favorite song. We
can see the sweet sanity expression
of her face as she used 70 utter those
words, melodious words. We can see
our brothers and sisters gathered
around her knees the old school house I;
the familiar fields of our fathers farm I;
and later on, the dear old Academy
and College where we spent such pleas.
ant times. --Er.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
H0U TO DRIVE 4 HEN


When a woman has hen to drive
into the coop, she takes hold of her
skirts with both hands, shakes them
quietly to the delinquent, and says
"Shoo, there !" The hen takes one lool,
at the object TO convince herself that
it is a woman, and then starts maiesti
cally into the coop. A man doesn't do
that way. He goes out doors and
says: ut is singular nobody can drive
hen but me, and picking up a stick
Of wood, hurls it at the offending bipcd
and observes "Get in there, you thief.
The hen Immediately loses her reason
and dashes TO the other end Of the
yard. The man straightway dashcs
after her. She comes back with her
head down, her wings out, and follow.
ed by an assortment of stove wood,
fruit cans and cinders, and a very mad
man in the rear Then she skins un.
der the barn, and over a fence or tow,
and around the house. and back again
to the coop, and all the while talking
as only an excited hen can talk, and
all the while followed by things con.
venient for handling, and a man whose
coat is on the saw.buck, and whose
bat is on the ground, and whose per.
spiration has no limit. BY this time
the other hens have come out TO take
a hand in the debate and help dodge
missiles, and tho man says every hen
on the place shall be sold in the morn.
ing, and puts on his things and goes
down the street, and tho woman has
every one of these hens housed and
counted in two minutes.-NobRs Reg.
iSfer
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
VOL. 55--WH0LE NO. 2,74:
LIES HARVEST,
rnEsInrsI oAnrIELD,s rAvOnlrs nrns.

PhEsinESr GARFiELD's FAvORirE hymn
Ho J reapers Of life's harvest,
why stand with tusted blade,
Until the night draws 'r,uni thee.
And Jay b,gins to fade
why stand ye idle, waiting,
For reapers more to come
The golden morn is passing
Why sitye idle, dumb
Trust In your sharpened sickle,
And gather 10 the grain;
The night is fast approaching
And soon will come sgain.
The Master calls for reapers,
And fhall lie come In vain2
Shall shoaves lie there ungathefed
And waste upon the plain
Come down from hill and mountain
10 mornirg's rudy glow,
Nor wait until ihe dial
Points to the noon below
And come with stronger sinew,
Nor faint In beat or cold,
Ant pause not tn the evening
Draws round Its wealth Of gold.
Mount up the heights Of wisdom,
And crush each error low
Keep hack DO words Of knowledge
That human hearts should know.
BE faithful 10 thy mission,
In service Of Thy Lord,
And then a golden ehaplet
Shall be thy just reward.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

Not long since two boys of the osce-
ola High School undertook 10 amuse
themselves during school hours with a
pistol, which was accidently discharged,
the ball passing through the heshy
part OF the leg Of the junior lad, pro.
ducing an agravating wound and
startling sensation in the school.
Another warning, etc.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
NOBLE PARAGRAPHS FROM
ERIE.

An attempt has been made TO create
false impression in several ways
about Mr. Mobiles nomination. We
have only space TO mention two of
these errors. First, Hon. William l..
Scott's name has been used in opposl.
tion to MIR. Noble. That gentleman
personally took no part in the contest,
and there is no evidence that be au.
thorized anybody else to speak for him.
Second, it has been asserted that Mr..
Noble was Senator Wallace's candidate.
That is untrue. Mr.. Wallace took no
part in the matter Neither did Mr.
Randall. Mr., Noble was no mans
candidate, but the free choice of the
delegates to the State Convention.
Since the Erie EUeniRg Herald hasrc.
fused to put up the Democratic county
or State ticket, and announced that 1t
is an independent paper let no one ac.
cept its utterances as Democratic 1t
no longer processes to be a Democratic
organ, nor to speak for the party. 1t
repudiates both the county and the
State organization, and its course shows
it desires the Republicans to succeed.
But it cannot injuro any one, now that
its position is understood.
1t is only few days since Mr.. Noble
was nominated for State Treasurer,
but already we could fill columns with
complimentary notices IRON the news.
papers Of all parties, showing that the
nomination is satisfactory and is en-.
Enthusiastically received throughout tho
State, and Mr. Mobiles election every
whore predicted. Only one item con.
tanning a slur has como under our
notice, and that was in yesterdays
Erie Herald, 1t is too small to notice
only it shows that since that paper has
taken itself without the pale of the
party and become independent, it has
practically gone clean over to the op.
position, and abuses both the Demo-
cratic County and State nominees more
than the straight Republican organs.
Ere Observer
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

It's hard to think that our girls are
growing up untrutbiul, but il really
appears fact Whlls Il Philadelphia
girl was seated at the piano, entertain.
ing her lover by singing, "The Violet
| Plucked from Mothers Grave that
same mothers voice came sounding
down stairs; "You, Matilda Jane,
come up here and take oil my corsets
Immediately. lfyou're too lazy osew
your own, you shan't wear mine"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

Tho vacant schools in Boggs town.
ship have been filed by the employ.
ment Of Ernest Albert to teach the
Eagle Eye school and Olive NJ. Way
the Bethlehem.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
NOTEL RAT TRAP

Before housing my new crop Of corn
| built box in one corner of my barn
of thick plank ten inches wide, eight
or ten feet long, and made another the
same length small enough to slip into
it from the outside of the barn by cut.
ting place large enough to insert it.
| bored twoinch augur holes in the
side Of the boxes at intervals 80 that
they wonld exactly meet when the
inside box was slipped to its place. |
housed my new crop on it and in
a few days | drew out my box and
found there were rats in it, | stopped
the augur holes and carried it out in
the field and called an old negro man
to help me kill them. | got o stick
set the box on one end, opened the
bottom hole and at il we went, and
when we got through we counted up
and had thirty-fve grown rats. So |
returned the box to its place and con.
tinuod my operations until had effect
ually thinned out the rat CROP You
see they would always find the box
under the corn and adopt it as a den.
ming place Correspondent Of american
Farmer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
THE LONE FISHERHAN.

Mr.. Wolfe makes formidable open.
ing of his campaign, aud if a big meet.
ing, long speech and a full report OF
his speech can make his campaign
boom, he will make a full figure in the
State canvass. Considering the fact
that he was nominated only by him.
self, as he admits, his movement has
already attained respectable stature.
There was imminent danger when
made that it would fall still.born he
was deserted by nearly everyone OF
the bold politicians who have been
patting him on the back, and it looked
very much for time as if the nomi.
nee of one Republican was to have
only about the support Of one Repub.
hcan. 1t is already apparent that
there is a Wolfe party. Old Simon
Cameron is reported to have said that
it won't command ten thousand votes
outside of Philadelphia But ten thou.
sand such votes are good many /;
quite enough if they are all Republican
votes to make it reasonably certain
that Mr.. Baily, at least, will not be
the next Treasurer. But if ten thou.
sand votes outside OF Philadelphia loom
up now, there is very good reason to
believe that there will be more by
election day. Ten thousand arc a
good many for the seed of q new party
scattered by one man n few days ago.
This increase and multiplication is o
sign of a vigorous seed and fine bar
vest, We know that a good many of
the weak brethren hereabouts who
halted when Wolfe pressed on against
their Cameron foe, are quite sick about
their pusiIlanimity to-day. They had
not enough faith in the virtue of their
cause to trust that it would float its
bold champions. They weakened ;
and are sorry, when they sec the buoy.
ancy with which their abandoned bark
is bearing its lone captain on to glory.
IiehigeHcer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

The regular meeting Of the Clear.
field County Grange will be held in
Mechanics Hall, Clearfeld, on Thurs.
day afternoon, November 3D.,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

Chestnut Ridge in Pike township is
in need of good male teacher-salary
$50 per month.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

Morris and Penn townships recently
adopted the new Lippincott Readers
for use in their schools.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26

It's mighty mean man who, when
you haven't seen him for q few years
and meet him away from home, and
you appear glad to see him, and you
remind him of the old times you've
bad together, will say: "Yes, jolly
good times, weren't they Do you
remember that So | loaned you, and
never saw again p
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-26
TO PRETENT LAMP CHLlLNEl'S PROM
CRACKING

A Leipsic journal, which makes a
speciality Of matters relating to glass,
gives a method which it asserts will
prevent chimneys from cracking, The
treatment will not only render lamp
chimneys, tumblers, and like articles
more durable, but may be applied with
advantage 10 crockery, stoneware, por-
celain, etc. The chimneys, tumblers,
etc, are put into a pot filed with cold
water, to which some common table
salt has been added. The water is
well boiled over a FIRE, and then allow.
ed to cool slowly. When the articles
are taken out and washed, they will
be found to resist aiterward any sud
den changes of temperature. Thepro-
cess is simply one Of anaealing, and
the slower the cooling part Of it is con.
ductcd the more effective will be the
work.