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The Osceola times., 1881-02-26
AGED 1926.
Death of the Oldest Person In Amet,e.
Rolla (Mo) Herald.

Lollh lAlo'l heTblN.
On Sunday evening, January 0 Ice,
there died in this city undoubtedlv ~
oldest woman in America, and as "e 4.
nearly all previous instances, was a oai
ored person. Her name was Sarah Ga.
and rumor had il that she froze 10 desa
but upon investigation made bv fr;erd,
of the old woman the rumor proved ma
founded, and, no doubt her death resnh
ed from sheer old age. She was .bs
areat-grandmother of Henry Williams
the driver Of a dray team in this civ
and from him we CLEANED the followins
particulars of this remarkableold woman
Mr.. Williams is quite an old MANA
we believe-and when small boy Mr.,
Clark appeared as old TO him then as he'
fore her death. She never could ,en
when she was born, but often stated tbo,
before the revolutionary war she was
the mother of two children. She All
not know where she resided at that time
but a long while after she was taken to
Kentucky as a slave. There she lived
for number Of years feeling then 4,
though she had seen enough Of this
world. and battled with its troubles sutB.
GENTLY TO deserve a different life bn,
that was not her fate. In lSi0 or there.
abouts, she was brought to Missouri and
as a slave was shifted here and there IN.
ill after the late war. when she settled
down to die near Boonville, Mo. In
1872 she came to Rolla on a visit to her
great-grandchild, Mr.. Williams. As 10
her exact age nobody knows, but if what
she told is true she must have been lgi
years old. She also stated that she at
one time belonged TO the Clark family Of
Howard county this State, and distinct.
! ~ remembers nursing the grandfather Of
/ Gen. Clark, Congressman from The
Eleventh district, and who was after
ward an officer in the war of 1912. ANel
living TO this old age she passed away
without an attendant at her bedside.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-26
Irish Affairs.

New YORK, Jan. l6.-L. j. Jennings
cables to the NelC York World from Lon
don rs follows: The positions of the
government and of the Irish party CON
tinue to stand as they were indicated in
my dispatch last week One thing is
certain, that no progress can be made
with public business while the Home
Rulers remain master Of the house of
commons. Although Mr.. Parnelrs
amendment to the address in reply 10
the speech from the throne has been dis
posed of and apparently by an over
whelming majority, there remain three
other amendments, each of which may
be maue the opportunity for an almost
endless debate. 4 likely delay in carry
ing the reply to the speech from the
throne has never before been known in
British parliamentary history. Before
coming to close quarters with the OBJ
structionists, the government desires TO
give the country 4 practical lesson to
show it how completely all legislation
may be blocked under existing rules.
That is to say, the government desires a
demand for stringent measures against
obstruchoniSts to come from the people
first. Some manifestations ofimpatience
have been made, but, upon the whole,
the proceedings of Mr. Parnell and his
followers in the house of commons seem
to be watched with remarkable apathy,
except in London, where great indigna-
ton with them is expressed Although
only eight English Liberals voted for
Mr.. Parnell's amendment, upward of
forty purposely absented themselves
from the division. An important sec
ton of the radical party is disposed to
support him, believing a formidable land
| agitation in England, such as they ar
IDENTIFY desire, depends on preliminary
success in Ireland. This feeling partly
accounts for the indifference of the pub
lie generally TO filibustcring tacticts of
Parnelites in the house. The main
cause must be advancedby fair means or
foul and radicals are not disposed to allow
the'revolution to move backward The
prestige of Home Rulers has been greatly
increased among the populace 10y their
showing that they can defy law in Ire
land, and they are now coming TO Eng
land and beating parliament. ! can state
positively that between forty and fifty
English Liberals viii vote with Mr. Par
nell against any coerCivc measures.
Meanwhile great pressure is daily
being brought to bearupon Mr.. Gladstone
to induce him 10 enlarge the scope of his
land bill. Influential provincial papers
warn him not TO be seduced into any al
lance with either Wings or Tories, and
these appeals have had great weight
with him. His land measure will doubt
less prove more severe against the vested
interests than was originally contemplate
ed. 1t is always, however to be kept in
view that an uncomfortable public ex-
element may suddenly be awakened in
England by some new outbreak of
violence in Ireland. Outrages in the
sister island are hourly increasing in
numbers and attempted crimes in Eng
land are arousing dangerous mood of
suspicion. In all respects the position
of affairs here seems TO grow more serious
every day and the British government
remains bound helpless.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-26

Moody and Sankey have found the
regeneration Of San Francisco q longer
job than they anticipated, and they have
been Compellcd to foregoe Q visit to New
Qylean1. Next summer they will 20 70
The Osceola times., 1881-02-26
"Don.t Know HslrTbeir yolue. ;,

They cured me of Acue, Billiousness
and Kidney Complaint, as recommended.
| had half bottle left which I used for my
two little girls, who the doctors and neigh
bors said could not be cured would have
lost both of them one night If had not
given them Hop Bitters. They did them so
much good continued their use until they
were cured. That is why say you do not
know half the value of Hop Bittcrs, and do
not recommend them high enough. B,
Rochester, n. Y. See other column. Amer.
icaa R,.rai Home.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2e, 1876

in behalf of the one wife plan, were II
not for tho pugzling fact that where
the patriarchal system has been in
vogue the female sex preponderate the
supply in each case thus answering
the demand This interesting problem
Of sociology may be left to the evolu.
tionists to solve, The polygamist can
claim that the Levitical law, which the
leading Christian denominations have
adopted from Judaism, does not pro-
hibit plurality of wives. 1t may be
furthermore legedagainst monogamy
that it is almost universally supple
mentod by the social evil.
An apology for the temporizing
course of the Government toward
Mormonism for the last quarter of q
century may be found IN the intrinsic
difficulty Of the question. Polygamy
IS as knotty as ii is naughty. A bill
of Indictment cannot be framed to in.
clude an entire community. Prosccu.
tons OF individual polygamists fail
through defect of necessary legal cyl
dence or from the refusal Of iurics TO
convict. For this il is not easy to de-
wise remedy. The time is coming
when something decisive viii have to
be done but what that something is
no craftsmanship has yet been able TO
discover. Meanwhile Mormonism
on, and fixes its hold more
strongly with the lapse of every hour
upon vast tracts OF our domain.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
BANGING FURNITURE.

Men laugh at their wives if they
display tendency to move the furni.
ture about at intervals, making a radi.
cal change in the appearance Of a
familiar room; but the impulse is q
natural one. A distinguished physi.
clan has said that lit is wise and whole.
some to break the uniformity Of decora.
ton from time TO time, however simple
it may be 1t is wholesome not less to
the body than to the mind A
woman passes so much of her time in
the house, she needs the harmless
stimulus derived from these slight
changes. There is a relief to her
mind from the monotony of her daily
round-ofsweeping, baking, dish.wash.
ing, etc. We rejoice in the impetus
which decorative art has received and
which makes itself felt in the most
modest household, if nothing more
than the variety and beauty of dishes.
1t is suggestive and pleasing to put
Cinte butter plate in the shape of a
green leaf or a pansy at each plate
and to put cheese and pickels on the
pretty majolca plates made especially
for them and to adorn the table with
the flower decorated dishes which are
dainty enough for King and cheap
enough for almost anybody. 1t is a
fact easily verified that it does not tire
one half go much to wash, wipe and
put away whole China tca.set as it
does to treat in the same way halt the /
number OF common every day dishes.
which makes a woman's |
work pleasant helps her in its perform
lnce.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
NOW TO HANG THERMOM.
ETERS.

"Old Woathercock" writes to the st.
Paul Pioneer Press "There seems to
be so many erroneous notices among
the amateur meteorologists of the city
about minimum temperature of the
twentyfour hours, and how to obtain
it correctly, that few lines from an
'old woathercock, | trust, will not be
altogether lost In the first place, then,
the temperature of the wall of any
hour of the night or day, is not the
true temperature of the circulating air
and is Of no use to science. A wood
wall radia.es its heat more rapidly than
a brick or a stone, and the amateur
scientist who hangs his thermometer
on a wood wall can force his mercury
down below the amateur who selects
brick wall. The proper way to ex-
pose your thermometer is TO surround
II with q light wood frame covered
with stats, like shutter work, and roof
cd over This will protect it from th Q
direct rays Of the sun and reflected
heat. Run light wood bar across the
centre Of your instrument shelter, to
which you can attach thermometers,
which should be, when properly ex-
posed on the north side OF the building,
and the thermometer at least one foot
from all objects. II these directions
are followed, erroneous reports Of ex-
trome cold weather will not find their
way into print so often. 1t is not
very funny thing for tho press to re-
port 26o below zero, when l5o repre-
sentsthe temperature of the circulating
air, 1t gives persons abroad wrong
Of your climate"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
MOUNT VERNON.

While every American has heard OF
Mount Vernon, probably not one in a
hundred knows whence IL derived the
name. The unfortunate Duke OF Mon.
mouth had a private Secretary named
Vernon, a prudent, sensible man of
business, who, after the Dukes death,
found favor in influential quarters, and
under William Ill, became Secretary
of State. lie left n son, Edward, born
1854, who, greatly against his fathers
wishes, entered the Navy, and, serving
with early distinction, rose TO the rank
of Admiral. In 1922 be was re
turned to the House Of Commons, and
having, in July, 1889, declared there
tho Perto Bello might be reduced with
six sail Of the line, and that he would
stake his life and reputation on the
success Of the expedition, he was sent
Off with n squadron TO do II, succeeded,
and gave his men $4,000, which had
Just arrived TO pay the Spanish troops.
On returning home, he received the
thanks OF both Houses and the free.
dom Of the City Of London. From
that day, however, bis star declined.
An expedition TO Carthagena, made
two years later, signally failed. Smol.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26

How OPIUM IS MADE.-A letter from
Hindoostan says that opium, which is
there made, is received from that poo.
pie. Each native has about three.
quarters Of an acre Of ground. His
wants are few, and he lives in most
primitive style. In January or Feb.
ruary the plant comes to maturity in
that state the pods arc lanced in the
afternoon. The opium is allowed to
oXude till next morning, when
it is carefully taken of by an iron
scraper. At the Same time preeau.
tion is exercised to close the incisions
by running the finger over the cuts.
About five or six incisions suffice for
the drawing Of the juice The opium
is placed in brass vessels, slightly tilted,
so as to drain off the dew or any other
watery substance 1t is then manipu.
lated and placed in new earthen yes.
sells, and is thus kept till it is brought
TO the weighing stations and sold to
the English government officers. AT
ter the opium has been weighed and
filled into separate jars according to its
quality, they are sealed up and des.
patched to the factory, where all the
opium is again mixed up to q certain
consistency, and made into balls ready
tor expectation and sale at Calcutta.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
THE WINTER SNOW.

Snow to the grasses, snow to the lrcos,
Snow like star showers thrown on tho breeze,
Snow like white blossoms flung from the skies,
Now kissing our cheek as onward Il flies,
Now upward borne on the wild tempest's Wing
Now melting in the air like foam on a river
Now swelling the tide Of some crystal spring,
That flows to the ooenn that Aoweth forever,
Now wreathing its white and beau tifu locks
Around the bare broWs Of the surge beaten rocks
Now resting awhile on mountainous crest
Now dissolying in dew the ocean calm brea st,
Now sailing nloit on a wild eagles back
Now binding the course Of the mariners track
Now cleaying the skirts Of vaporous cloud
Now yelling the earth in beautiful shroud
Now melting in dew on a fair lady's lip,
Now slipping whore lover might tremble to sip,
Now claspiDg It's hands around her bright hair,
Now wetting a curl on her forehead SO fair.
Oh, snow, snow, sparkling snow,
Herald Of misery, hunger and woe,
Full many a wrotch mantlod Ia rags,
May pillow bis head on the pilloWless nagsj
And the shyoriug beggur may halt in the stree /
And make thy mhutle bis cold winding Sheet
Have mercy, oh, bright and sparkling snow,
Have mercy on those who have no where TO 20.
Oh, hy, fy away on thy white silver wing,
Aud die on the bosom Of beautiful Spring.
John Scott.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26

/. lfyou would have no drones in
your school, talk at each recitation to
the dullest in your class, and use all
your ingenuity in cndeavoring to make
him comprehend. The others, then,
will bo sure TO understand.
=. Make each exercise as attractive
as possible. Think out your methods
beforehand, and illustrate freely.
3. Cultivate selfcontrol; never be
led into confusion, and above all be in
earnest
4. BE cheerful and smile often. A
teacher with long face casts gloom
over everything, and eventually chills
young minds and closes young hearts.
3. Use simple language when you
explain lessons. Long words are
thrown away in the school.room.
6. Thoroughly test each pupil on
the lesson, and do not be afraid of re.
petition. Review eUery day, or much
will be lost.
z. DO not try TO teach TOO much
better teach little and teach il cell.
s. Endeavor to make your pupils
understand the meaning Of what they
study. Probe tho matter to tho bot.
tom, and get at the real knowledge of
your scholars. -
0. Cultivate the understanding, and
do not appeal directly to the memory.
10. Lay the foundation OF knowledge
firmly and well.
II. lmpart right principles and lead
your pupils to higher level, to nobler
range of thought. Endeavor to &C.
complish all that skill, intelligence, and
love can suggest.
wha, now yo5 do know not
But shall hereafter know,
When the seed which you are sowing
To whi,ened field shall grow.
'Tis a rich young soil you're tilling,
Then scatter the good seed we'll
or the wealth Of the golden harvest
Eternity will tell
IL. Teach your pupils TO 6ght man.
fully in the warfare of good against
evil, truth against error, and, above oil,
let the eternal principles Of right and
wrong govern your own life, and form
q part OF your own character. II you
do this, you win 'sow beside all waters,
and eventually bring home yoursheayes
rejoicing. ."-Mdine Ed. Journal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
NEW SERIES--V0L. %, NO. 4.

lett, at that time Naval Surgeon
accompanied the fleet, and has told
the story Of il in "Roderick Random, II
whore he compares Vernon and Gen.
Wentworth who commanded the aux.
iliary land force, 10 Cesar and Pom.
pey. "The one" he says, "would not
brook superior, while tho other was
impatient Of an equal so that between
the pride Of one and the insolence of
the other the enterprise miscairied." I"
II was IN the land force at Carthagena
that Lawrence Washington, Georges
elder brother by fourteen years, had
served, and apparently ho esteemed
Vernon, as he gave his name to his
house on the Potomac, aud procured
q midshipman's appointment for Geo,
but his mothers interposton ulti
mately prevented the boys availing
Of it, albeit she had at first
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26

MODERN SNoBBERY,- Does her own
work ? Does she? What of it? Is
it any disgraceY Is she any less of a
true woman, less worthy of respect.
than she who sits in silks and satns
and is vain Of fingers that never labor
We listened to this answer few days
ago, and the tone in which il was ut.
tered betokened a narrow, lgnoble
mind, better fitted for any place than a
country whose institutions rest on hon.
orable laboras one Of the chief corner
stones. 1t eviuced a false idea of the
true basis Of society oftrue womanhood,
of genuine nobility. ltshowed the de.
testablo spirit of caste, of rank, which
a certain class are trying 70 establish
"a caste whose sole foundation is
money, and is the weakest kind of
rank known to civilization. Mind,
manners, morals, all that enters into
a good character, are of no account
with these social snobs position in
their stilted ranks is bought with gold
and each additional dollar is another
round in the ladder by which elevation
Is gained.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
MORE CORN TO THE ACRE.

The farmers in the Middle and At
lantic States, says the Germantown
Telegraph, are beginning to study out
the expediency OF raising more cereals
to the acre than they have heretofore
been doing. They see very clearly
that it can be done, and in the case oI
maize or Indian corn, especially So II
is true that the labor bestowed will be
somewhat greater; but when they con
slider that a very large portion of this
labor is done with machinery, it does
not present the same drawback that il
did formerly. Besides, there is nc
crop that shows the benefit of good
culture 80 much as corn. 1t cannot
stand well in its own defence against
the rapid growth of multitude OF
greedy, rampant weeds; hence its
gratitude when the invading enemies
are thrust out, and it is allowed to 60
on its way rejoicing.
In referring to heavy yield Of corn
grown by Nathan & Pierce, in Mary
land, during the year just closed, he
furnishes for publication the statement
that one hundred and ten bushels were
the product per acre, or rather that
number of bushels, allowing seventy.
five pounds Of ears TO equal one bushel
Of shelled corn. But TO remove all
causes for cavil, he sets down the net
yield, notwithstanding this allowance,
at one hundred bushels per acre This
seems to be a liberal estimate, and
farmers in general will no doubt admit
1t to be so, His mode of culture is to
plow the ground, which was gravelly
loan, about the first Of May, harrow it
in the usual manner, and treat it to
nine hundred pounds of a standard fer
tilizer per acre again well-harrow the
land, make the rows three feet apart,
then q "small amount of fertilizer
scattered in each row, and on May 10
drop three grains Of corn (the Lost
Nation Variety two feet apart in the
rows; cultivate and hoe the crop four
times, cutting out one of the three
plants and removing all tho suckers
and weeds until the time arrives for
cutting and removing to the barn for
husking, &c.
Thisis only what every good farmer
ought to bestow upon crop of corn.
There is nothing out of the way about
it at all hence, there is no just reason,
with an ordinarily favorable season,
that the result should not be the same,
in the production OF the crop generally.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26

ernment for their maintenance and
eommoners only ten, although many
OF them are married, and sent into exile
with young families. Daily a gen
darme visits their lodings, inspeots the
premises when and how he pleasos and
now and then makes some.mysterious
entry in his note book. Should any Of
their number carry warm dinner, a
pair ofnewly ly.mended boots, or change
Of linen to some passing exile lodged
for the moment in the police ward it
is just as likely as not marked against
him as a crime. 1t is a crime to come
and see friend of, or accompany him
a little on the way. In fact should the
lspravnik feel out OF sorts-the effects
of cards or drink-he votes his bad
temper on the exiles and as cards and
drink are the favorite amusements in
these dreary regions crimes are mark
cd down against the exiles in astonish-
Cog numbers, and areport of them sent
regularly to the governor of the pro-
vince.
Winter lasts eight months, a period
during which the surrounding country
presents the appearance Of noiseless,
liteless, frozen marsh--no roads, no
communication with the outer world, |
no means Of escape. In course Of time
almost every individual exile is attack
cd by nervous commissions, followed by |
prolonged apathy and prostration.
They begin to quarrel, and even to
hate each other. Some Of them con-
trive to forge false passports, and by a
as it were, make their escape,
but the great majority Of these victims
of the Third Section either go mad,
commit suicide, or die Of delirium ire.
mems, Their history, when the time
comes for it to be studied and publish
ed, will disclose terrible tale Of human
suffering and administered evils and
shortcomings not likely to find their
equivalent in contemporary history Of
any other European State
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
HORRORS or RUSSIAN EXILE.


A writer in the London Standard
says: On his arrival the prisoner is
driven straight to the police ward
whore ho is inspected by the lspravnik,
police officer who is absolute lord and
master Of the district. This represen.
tativo Of the government requires him
to answer the following questions His
name How old? Married or single
Where irom2 Address of parents, or
relations, or friends2 Answers TO all
which are entered in the books. A
solemn written promise is then exaoted
of him that he will not give essons of
any kind, or try TO teach any one
that every letter no writes will 20
through tho lspravnik's hands, and
that he will follow no occupation ex.
cept shoemaking, carpentering or field.
labor. He is then told he is free -
but at the same time is solemnly warn.
cd that should he attempt TO pass the
limits of the town no shall bo shot
down like dog rather than DO allowed
to escape, and should he be taken alive
shall be sent off to Eastern Siberia
without further iormality than that of
the Ispravnik's personal order.
The poor fellow takes his little bun.
die, and, fully realizing that no has
now hidden farewell TO the culture and
material comfort Of his past life, he
walks out into tho cheorless street. A
group of exilcs, oil pale and omaciated,
are there to greet HIM, take him to
some of their miserable lodgings, and
feverishly demand news from home.
The newcomer gazos on them as one
in a dream, some are melancholy mad,
others nervously irritable, and the re.
maindcr have evidently tried to find
solace IN drink. They live in comm.
mites of twos and threes, have food,
scanty provision of clothes, money, and
books in common, and consider il their
sacred duty TO help each other in every
emergency, without distinction of sex,
rank or age. The noble by birth get
sixteen sbillings q month from the gov.