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rfCiiftfeitt fir
r "o '
A. rvTinn, E2!tcr nntl riiMifclicr.
DQ IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDB.
Terms, '2 per yen in advance.
VOLUME G.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872.
NUMBER 3.
1GV2. WINTER. 1872.
I r.-:s now prepared to ofTer
-it i : "v i on i xducemexts
v i cash rrr.ciiASKRs of
0
13. U.
) IT I! IT. AT
u.f.sali: on iiutail
iMs in part of every T.uiety of
;;. &ae-et-Jion,
AND r,UASS "WARES,
! 1 .!.! AND rr.AIN
.---S. EGILEES. fcc
V ; . MINE T. A MI'S
OIL
i'RXlSIIINO. HARD
EVERY KIND.
',';n' AnloDust
. and COOKlNt: PTOVF.S,
-1 : ' 11 CvOK ISG S TO V ICS.
. :.i I :.I I' 1 1 am. PARLOR COOK-
lN(i STOVES.
(V king Stove eh-sircd T Trill get
"re! at nvvnuf.icturcr's prices.
; 1'hites ard Grates, oVc, for ro
i i'..r the Stoves I j el I ; other?
!evd vli"n yvanted. Particular
attention given to
'Si
V tti i
tir.d Conductors,
IC j o
i! will be made out oi best mate
md put up by competent workmen.
p Burners, Wiclr and Cliinncvs
vnoi.KSAi.E o;: i.K.r.m..
call pa; ticul-.ir attention to the Light
Furr.cr, with Glass Cone, fur giving
light tlr.ui any otl.er in rwe. Also, the
P.ira,r' :i Pini.er, for Crude Oil.
SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS
of all sizes c.nst;i!;t!v on haul.
Sp-chl attention j:ivrn to
i jibing n Tin, Copper and Sheet-Ircn,
at lowest jio.ssil.it. rates.
Vri:or.i-:.-5Ai.r: Mtkciiants' Li?ts
vj'oly, ami will bo sent oh aj plication
by inil ov in porsju
to see nil niv oLl customers and
( tics this Sptincr, I return my
.c re tli.M.Us tor tlie verv liberal ra
I Lave already received, and will
r b. ph'.iK.'.iil who in .13- call, wheth
i uv or not.
FRANCIS Y. HAY.
t o-Tn. Mnrch 7. 1S-C7.
CP- . 1 w T Ur.DrtTioN in- Pu ici:s
iJi To cash crsTo.Micns!
j nOi'SE-refiXISHIA'H STORE.
i ., t-.tidcrsined respectfully informs the
. :is of Eben.-dmrg and the jJiihlic gener
:v . li'itt he has made a cre-at reduction in
1 ' to CASH PUVKUS. Jly stock will
-',inpart,of Cooking, Parlor and lleat
' ' of t!:e most popular kinds ; Tin-
every description, of my own nian-!;."-
; JJarJwne of all kind, smcIi as
' :. , Scic-ws, Putt llin-e?, Tal.le Hinges,
'L-r Iiinge., Dolts, lion and Nails, Win
v ilass, Puttj, Tal'le Knives and Forks,
' trviir-j Knives and Porks, Meat Cutters,
.'" j ; '.( Purcrs, Pen and Pocket Knives in
i'-. it. variet-, Fci-sor?, Shears, Razors and
fops. Axes, II itchets, Ilarnmerp, Poring
.-i.icliine?. Augers, Chissels, Planes, (om
; :i ?:.-;, S jupp-s, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises,
"vTrenches, Rip, Panel and. Cross-Cut Saws,
t 'hains cf .ill kinds. Shovels, Sjiaoes, Scvthes
:.r.l Snaths, Rakes, Fork.-, Slci-h Ilells,
.Shoe Wts. Peps. Wax lristles. Clothes
Wiingers. (irn. Stones. Patent Molasses
tJitcs and Zvleastires. LuniOc. i-.ttoUs. llovrc
ails, Horse Siioe, Cast Steel, Riiles, isiu
linns, Revolvers, Fist' I?, Cartridges, Pow--r.
Caps, Load. Ac. (HI Stove Plates,
' rate.-; r.'id Fire Pricks, Atoll and Cistern
j Mt.ips ato! Ttd.ing; llirnc.s ami Sad'Hcry
-re fall kind ; U'oo'hu awl Wilbur Ware
i rrot r i t-1 y : Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,
' ' i ' d, Far 1 Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating
, R. siti, Tar, ( ;la:-waro. Paints, Yarnibh
. 7:ir; 'nlin-. Alchl. oi:c.
I VI 1 1 I
"i-'i i T- a, C. !T-e, Stijiars. Mo!
ores, Syr-
Spie s, 1 i "i - l Peaches, Dried Applosi
Ft.di, Hominy, (V.u-kt i?. Hire ai d Pear-r..uk-y;
Soaps, Candl.-s; '1UP.ACCO and
-K'Ai;s; P..i..t. Whitewash, Srnb, Horse,
Sr- I )-J -iij v-'. Varnish, Stove. Clothes and
T" :h P.-ihes, all liitidd and siz.-s ; Rod
C r ds and Manil'a Roj.r.s, and manv other
..r;.('e at the lowest rates for CASH".
,-"- ll'iv. S;rtfi,iq made. nainVd ,in,l mi(
ov rot
r C(ish
A liberal discount
t
-try
dealers t uvmcr I imrard
n... '
.-a.e.
t'shtirg, Feb. 28
OFO. HFNTLFY
, i8t;T.-tf.
v . y i: a g i: it .
U1"''l nd UetKll Denier In
IIEATINS AND COOK STOVES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
'ill fi??IH fill SfiEET-IBOS IMS
'T HIS OWN MANUFACTFRE,
A .d GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
ti.l ull othor work in Lis line.
Virgi'iia Street, near Caroline Street
AMCOS.4, 1A,
The or.ly dealer in the citv having the ri-lit to
t 1 li:lfnr,wi,.,l nil a'iT TV UUP A I. "
coo;
(e. s l'0'E, the most perfect
complete and jtatisfaetory
Stove ever 'ntrjiduced
to the public .
Immense.
Prices Low.
sat
A 0 T 1 0 N G U A R ANT EE D .
YV7ILLIA.M K ITT ELL, Aito::n
NF.Y,
rjF. 1IOMAS C A It L AJN I),
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
GROCERIES B QUEENSVARE.
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIONERY AND NOTIONS,
FBI SALT. SGSB EMI MEATS.
nitOS, TFS.OUR,
FEED AMD PROVISIONS,
13-23 EJevca!!i Avenue,
Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona.
All such poods as Spleen, Priishes, "Wood
and Willow Ware, Shoe Plucking and Station
ery will be sol. 1 from manufacturer's printed
price lists, and all other poods in my line at
Phihu'e'.i hhi, Haltirr.ore. Cir.einn.iti and Pitts
burgh current pt ices. To dealers 1 present the
rccn'.iar advantage of savin them all freight
and ihaynge, us they are not required to pay
fi fights from the principal cities and no dray
ngc charges are made. Dealers may rest as
smcd that my poods are of the best qualitr and
my rices as moderate as city rate?. Rv doing
a f.dr, upright business, and by promptly and
e atisl'ix-n.t ily ii '; 1 i i : r all orders, I hope to'merit
the patrc-iia:e of retail dealers nr.d otbers in
Cambria eoc.nty und elsewhere. Orders re
spectfully solicited and satisfaction jruarantced
in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND.
Altoona, July 9, lf-GD.-tf.
OOD, MOLU1ELL
& CO.,
WASHINGTON STREET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa.,
WIt'Jesule and H'.'ail Dealers in
FOffl m DOMESTIC BUT GOODS.
MSLI.ZXCKY GOODS
II A R DWARF,
j U E I ". N S Y A Jl F .
boots and shops,
ii ats and caps.
iron and nail5
cartets and oil cloths,
ri:ady-madh clothing,
glass warm, ykllow warf.
wooden and willow ware,
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS,
Together with nil manner of We-tern Produce
ju:c'h as FLOFR. P.ACON, I'JSH, SALT,
CAR RON OIL, ic, Ac.
Li Wholesale and rernil orders solicited
and promptly filed on the shortest notice and
most reasonable tern s.
WOOD. MO R It ELL k CO.
OI.O. C. K, ZAII .M .
IAS. IS. ZAHJI.
EilII?.2 cS2 SON,
DEALEItS IN
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE,
HATS. CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
AND AT.L OTIinit ARTin.TS flKNT.RALLY
Klil'T IN A COL'NTKV STOKK.,
WOOL AND COUNTRY PRODUCE
TAKI.S lJf EXCHANGE FOR GOODS.
Stn-re on South Side of Main Street,
v.wU iJw"w-U ;
"TjTdT AYING iccently onlnrgetl our stock
M.Ja. we are now prepared to sell at a great
reduction from former prices. Our stock con
sists of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy
Soaps, Leon's, Hall's and Allen's Hair Restor
atives. Pills, Ointments, Piasters. Liniments,
Pain Killers, Citrate Magnesia, Ess. Jamaica
(linger. Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essences,
I.'nion Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup,
Rhubarl), Pure Spices. &c. ;
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS,
Pdank P.ooks, Deeds, Notes and Ronds; Cap,
Post. Commercial and all kinds of Note Paper;
Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold's Writing
Fluid, ISIack and lied Ink, Pocket and Pass
Rooks, Magazines, Newspapers, Novels, His
tories, P.ildes. Religious, Prayerand Toy Rooks,
Penknives, Pipes, kc.
We have added to our stock a lot of
FIXE JEWELRY, to which wc would iuvite
the attention of the Ladies.
PIIOTOCRAPII ALRFMS at lower prices
than ever ofi'ered in this place.
J'ancr and Cipars sold either wholesale or re
tail. LEMMOX & MURRAY,
July 30, 16(18. Main Street, Ebensburg.
U" OOK WELL TO YOUR
LDEnS1XDI.GS!
BOOTS AND SHOES
For Jtlen'a ami H-' Wear.
The undersigned respectfully informs his nu
merous customers and the public generally that
he is prepared to manufacture ROOTS and
SHOES of any desired size or quality, from
the finest French calfskin boots to" the coarsest
brogan. in the ri.nr efst manxee, on the short
est notice, and at as modctatc prices as like
work eaHie obtained anywhere.
Those who have worn Roots and Shoes made
nt my establishment need no assurance as to
the superior quality of my work. Others con
easily be convinced of the fact if they will only
give me a trial. Try and be convinced.
EvT"Rer airing of Roots and Shoes attended
to promptly and in a workmanlike manner.
Thankful for past favors I feel confident that
my work and prices will commend me to a con
tinuance und increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Eber.aburg, April 2S, 1KGU.
IT J. WAFERS, Jui!iceotttl'eace,
-"- has rcmovcil to the office recently occu
pied by ir. E. H. IMank. on the oust side of
t'rre cet, opposite Colonadv How.
'3 till I'AH'I 'IS AX I'ltCSS.
AN AI'ORKSS DFLIVERI I) BEFORE THE PEN NA.
Ki'-ITORIAL AKffJClATION, AT H AKIUSDVl.',
J lKl'ARY 25TH, BY UAItliY G. t-MIlH, E.-V ,
FKLSIUENT Or THE ASSCCIATION.
In the democracies of anFrpiity democrat
ic institutions were principally cot fined to
the cities, which subjugated the svmoundicg
territoiics aud ruled the inhabitants despot
ically. When the people of Athens wished
to make a law or to abrogate an obnoxious
statute they assembled in the great central
quaie of the city, and voted directly by a
frhow of haudi. There stood the Bema, and
the advocates and the opponents ef a mea
sure t f public polic3' were aiike free to as
cend its platform and harangue the voters.
In a repnscntative democracy, such as ours.
this ?iu)t le method of law-making cannot I e
employed, and tha modern editor has taken
tho place of the ancient orator. Now every
faction, however insignificant, must hav its
organ, and evsry citizen arrays hirrslf under
the banner cf some political party. In this
country narlv every newfpapor assumes a
partisan character. Even tlie religious press
finds it difficult to keep out of the political
a'cna. Jt manages to find various connect
ing links between morals and politics, and
sometimes stems to discover such relation
when none exists. The great political par
ties into which our people are divided find it
necessary to maintain one or more political
journals in every couni'3' to rouse their ad
herents to r.ction and to keep them advisd
in refaiet.ee to h eal, Stats and National pol
itics. The potency of the precs as a political
ngnnt is fully recognized, and with the im
mense power which it wields a commensurate
responsibility is necessarily assumed by those
who conduct it.
Upon most public measures the two great
political parties of this country are divided
in epinion, and tlie newspapers of each arc
thus constantly arrayed against each other.
With too many editor, the fact that the party
to which they ad'neit has taken one side of a
question is it:2ijient to determine their po
sition. They teem to regard themselves as
bound to t-unport the views taken by those
whom they rt-cogniz as party leaders, and
they voluntarily assume the attitude which
a lawyer takes whn he accepts a retainer.
The consequence is that public measures are
not alwavs discussed with that lior.ett frte
dom of thought which should be the ru'e in
a rej uL'.ic. What is demanded of the parti
san press of this country is a bold and manly
disciirsFn tf all political questions. What
b must needed hy all who engage in political
dutroversy is loyalty to the truth, no mat
ter where the evidence may lead or what
may la the effect upon party orgmizitioos.
Tbe man who is not ready and willing to
follow truth beyond the narrow limits of
party must necessnrify' l e an unsafe political
counsellor, and Buc'n a ono can never feel th5
prcud coticiousneis cf beiug .1 perfectly hen-ts-t
man.
A party strongly entrenched in power may
commit many wron acts with impunit3-,
even in a representative government Mich as
ours, if the newspapers which .adhere to it
are kervila supporters instead of being free
and bold censors. It is a great mistake for
the newspaper press of any party to hold a
ubsfrvient position. Our best frier.de sre
thofe who tell tin freely of our faults, and
tho lest frieuds any political party in this
country could have, would be a press sufii
ciently independent to E&und the note of
alarm wbenauy improper measure was pro
posed, and sufficiently honest to denounce
every form of corruption whenever and wher
everrit might appear.
The curse of our politities and the most
menacing enemv' of our government, is that
blind, parti-an bigotry, which is born of self
interest. The enemies of true and subslau
tial reform are the men that fear that their
party may puffer from the exposure of this
or that corruption. The press oubt to
break all Mich shackles and rise to a fteer
and nobler life, but it does not do so. For
years past, upon the adjournment of our
State Legislature Fie political newspapers
of Pennsylvania, without respect to party,
n. oo.on tod severely upoo the general
demoralization of members; ana yet, niiru
the very worst men cf each party have been
renominated, voters have been urged to stick
to the ticket, and to deposit their ballots
without a scratch npon them. Thus do base
men enlist party prejudice and party organ
ization in their defense and support, instead
of beins held up to public execration and
driven from public life, as they deserve to
bo.
It must not bs supposed that public opin
ion in any party will rise above tho standard
which is net by its press. Had the press
done its whele duty in tlie past so macy of
the best men of each party would not be
found shrinking from any entrance upou the
political arena. Eapresentative government
is based upou the assumption that the peo
ple will seUct of their number the wisest and
best men, and have these devote their ser
vices to the public weal; but our politic, have
fallen into such evil disorder that few of our
best men can be induced to become candi
dates for oflice. They will not stoop to tlie
meaus which are necessary to securo a nom
ination. Gcethd's aphorism that "society is
a conspiracy for tbe success of fools and
knaves" canjsoon be truthfully applied to us
unless tin prevalent tendency to demoraliza
tion shall be arrested. Bad and incompe
tent men must be taught that they cannot
expect the support if the journals of their
paity after tlmy have secured nominations
by a report to vile agencies. A few sharp
examples will dispose cf many of those who
seek effice for the purpose of making unlaw
ful gains. There are tdgns of an awakeniug
in this respect.
In some of our large cities the manage
ment cf political affairs has so completely
fallen into the hands of the worst elements
of society as to excite universal-alarm. In
New Yoik the best men of the Democratic
party, men who were recognized as its lead
ers, united with Republicans to overthrow
the Tammany ling. In other cities we tee
indications thit the reputable men of both
political parties have determined their right
to manage political affairs. But it is rot in
cities alone that reform is imperatively de
manded. The evFs engendered by a slavish
adherence to part3' have spread like a conta
gious disease all over the couulry. In the
rural districts there is need cf a regeneration
which cau only be brought about through
the agency of the rural press. There are
country rings as well as city rings. Phila
delphia does not furnieh all the "roobters and
pinchers" who are to be found in our Legis
lature, and it is not by them alone that nom
inations are secured by the Hse of vile agen
cies. In some counties where tbe Demo
c ats have large maj rities charges of corrup
tion in the management of county effairs are
freely made by Republicans, and in adjoining
couuties Democratic newspapers bring the
same accusation again.-t Republican oflicials.
In too many instances the press of the dom
inant party declines to enttr into any iuvs
t:g tien and is content with the assertion that
all such accusaiion8 are merely the machina
tions of political enemies. Such a policy is
as short-sighted as it is improper. In no
way can a political party be moro surely
strengthened than by the reformation of abu
ses which may have been introduced by un
worthy members. Unless this is done the
masses begin to think that the leaders of each
psrty are alike corrupt, and are led to de
spair of seeing a reformation. The people
know they have tho power to effect a change,
but they remain helpless because they are
r.ot taught how to use their strength. A
single newspaper might be compelled to pay
dearly in loss of subscribers for a thorough
ly honest expression of opinion in reference
to the men and the measures of its part3',
but no such difficulty would be encountered
if the entire political press should rise to a
higher plane of thought and action. There
can be no doubt about the obligations to do
to. This is a matter which must rest upon
the conscience of every political editor, and
there are few who oan fail to tecognize the
duties which they owe to society and to gov
ernment. If we are ever to have such a reformation
in our political affairs as is devoutly desired
by every good citizen, the impulse must be
speeded by ah the power of the press.
Editors of political journals must scorn to ad
vocate any improper measure; they must
sternly rfuse to aid unfit candidates iu their
eager quest for flicc; they must denounce all
wrong-doing and all corruption in their own
party as ficely as iu the opposition; they
must demand rigid economy in every depart
ment of the government, ml they must
euftrce the demaud ; they must d all in
their power to cut up by the roots special
lnUlat'on, w hich has become Mich a prolific
source of evil in Pennsylvania and elsewhere;
they must lead the wealthy and the working
cla.-ses to respect all the demands made upou
them by societj' ; thej- must induce the pco
p'e to leave their counting rooms, their farms
aud their woik-shopa to take part in primary
elections, and they must educate the masses
up to a standard of political sentiment so
pure and so elevated that none but men of
ability and iutegrity wid dare to present
themselves as candidate? for rflico. Men
must le taught that a nomination is not
equivalent to an election, eveu where mftj .r
ities are overw helming. Dishonest ifiL-ials,
all who u-e ofiice for personal pro6c rather
thau for the puld.c good, all who take illegal
fees, must be held up to public gaze in
their true character. There must be no
mincing of terms and things must be called
by their right names.
The universally admitted necessity for
plain speaking has led the ress of Pennsyl
vania to a general expression in favor cf an
amendment to the libel law. The prevail
ing opinion among the editors of the State
seems to be that while every publisher ought
to be held responsible for all he publishes, he
ought to stand guiltless when able to show
to the satisfaction of a jury that he published
nothing but the truth aod that the publica
tion was made not to gratify private malice
or party spite, but'for the public good.
Further than that the law cf libel ought not
to go. As it now Ktand?, with tho interpre
tation of the odious Star Chamber Court of
England upon it, our libel law is a relic of
barbarous da3rs and t3'rannical rule. Should
it be changed in accordance with the almost
universal opinion of the press of the State,
juries would not fail to convict offenders.
Buckle, in his work on the History of
Civilization, says that the condition of pro
gress in the spirit of skepticism. The doubt
ers and growlers of an opposition press, the
etinturbers of public peaca of mind, the men
w ho scent out corruption ana n on.oi.i
misconduct iu tfiice, prevent the, continuance
ef abes in government and cause all great
progressive steps to be made. It is doubt
less true that undue license is frequently used
in speaking of political opponents, but it is
to bo hoped there is not an editor in Penn
sylvania who would make an assault upon
the character of a public man unless he be
lived it to be required by a due consideration
for the public good ; and it should be stead
ily kept in mind that public good and pait3
good are not always syuononious terms. As
a general thing editors are moro prone to
praise than to censure individuals. If there
is sometimes too much abuse of oppouents
there is also too much flittery of political
friends, When a village lawyer is nominated
for Congress the village newspaper exhausts
the vocabulary of adulation iu sounding bis
praise. He is represented to be all that is
wise, pure, eloquent and patriotic. The
newspapers of surrounding counties take up
tho strum, and it often happens that the
hitheito obscure individual suddenly finds
himself in the posses-ion of a reputation which
he is unable to sustain. Who is there that
cannot call to mind such instances'? There
should bo a limit both to the abuse of politi
cal opponents and to tbe flattery of partj'
friends. In the language of Israel's wisest
king, who would have made a brilliant edi
tor if he had lived in the days of newspapers,
'Let us buy tbe truth and eell it not."
There has been marked improvment in the
manners of editors of late years. Most of
them recognize tlie fact that the antecedents
and personal affairs of rivals can neither add
to nor detract from the strength ef an argu
ment. There is no reason why editors should
engage in personal abuse of each other bas
cause they differ in politics. They ought
rather to cultivate the kindliest relatious
with each other. Let us hope that the day
ma3r 80011 come when the last of the rival
racos of Potts and Slurrs may be consigned
to oblivion, leaving not a representative be
hind them.
A newspaper need not be a daily or a large
sheet to acquire political influence. In some
respects the editors of weekly journals have
the advantage of those who write for the
daily press. They have more time for
maturing thought and perfecting their arti
cles. The rural press Las become a power
in the land, but its influence might be great
ly extended. It comes more immediately in
to contact with the masses and reflects their
opinions, and the sentiments thns expressed
are never without their due weight in deter
mining the action of parties, whether in ir
out of power. Tho editor of a country news
paper should make his paper a live exponent
of correct political ideas and a reliable chron
icler of a'l impottant'political events; but bo
should not give up too much cf his space to
politics even in the midst cf a heated cam- i
patgn. He should aim to make his paper a
complete compendium of general news, and
should devote especial attention to local af
fairs. I?y so doing he will steadily increase
the influence of his paper and put money
in his pocket. If a couttry newspaper is
sickly and pays poorly, as a general thing it
is the publisher who is to blame. The pro
p'e are ready and willing to give liberal sup
port to newspapers which meet their wants.
If all who arc attached to the Editorial
AssoctHtion of Pennsylvania should deter
mine to lift, the politics of this Common
wealth to a higher and purer plane of thought
nnd Rction. and should steadily adhere to
such a re-olve, t: ry could soon remed3' the
evils of which th? people complain. No
abuse could stand before their coinlined as
saults. Dishonest and mcrcenarj' political
would be driven into that obscurity from
which they should never have been permit-,
ted to emerge, and the stains which have
been imprinted upon the fair fame of our
Sta'e would al! be wired out. Surely this
is a consummation devoutly to be wished
an olj---ct sufficiently noble to enlist the sym
pathies and to arruse the best energies of
political editors in Pennsylvania. The mis
sion of the press being thus legitimately en
nobled, its province as a hie,h reformatory
agency recognized, and its power and influ
ence both courted and dreaded, it would soon
become not simply the "partisan press," but
the grand conservator of morals, the fosterer
of intelligent thought, and the unfailing ap
pliance in every soeia! and virtuous obi'gn
tion. With such tendencies it would cpae
to Lethe mere partisan vehicle fir ignoble
purposes, and would gleam and cl,,- in the
fullness of mora! and intellectual liiiht.
A WoNHKRFi L Curiosity If Wendall
Phillips were in Piti:duigh low he mitlit
have another illustration to add to the bril
liant collection which has mado his "Lost 1
Aits" so famous the country over, for there
was brought to the city yesterday a curio-ity
equally as womleiful as any thing that he has
ever talked about in that popular lecture.
The new curiosity is a marble slab three
foet arid two inches long, ninety-seven inches
wi le and two inches thick, which seems to
have all the elasticity r.f India Rubber. The
slab rr.co formeil a part of the hearth in an
I upper room of a female seminary in Mour.ds-
vtlle. West Virginia. About two -ears ago
the building, was ejc.droyed by fire ami the
marble fell to the cellar, a distance of eigh
teen feet, where it, lay covered up with tho
elebris. Last October the ruins wpre cleared
out, and the woiknmn discovered this slab,
which was unbroken, and which attracted
their attention by its wonderful quality cf
elasticity.
It was taken to the office of the contract
ors, J. A. lloliiday & Son, in Wheeling, and
placed on exhibition, where it attracted
thousands cf visiteirs. It is a plain slab e f
pure American marble, and is as hard under
the hammer as any marble of the most brit
tle character, yet It can be bent either way,
and as soon as the tension is removed springs
back as quickly as an unstrung bow.
Scientitic men who have examined it, be
lieve that if the secret of its elasticity could
be discovered, one of the "Lost Arts" that
of making mullaeblo glass, would be restored.
Thus far, however, though examined b3' some
of the most eminent scientists, it has cot been
explained.
The owners have"slrendy received many
tempting offers from persons wishing to pos
sess the cuiiosity, but have positively re
fused to allow it to pass from their hands
although willing to allow all who aia ii.tcr-
ested in such matters to gratify their curios-
lty. It is now on exhibition at No. 22 1 .fill
avenue, and those of a scientific turn will
UueJ jiYirie, j-r.fiiLl Pttlttlnn-yh Gazette.
Babies We love little babies,"and love
everybody who does love babies. No man
has music in bis soul who don't love babies.
Babies were made to be loved especially girl
babies yvhen they grow up. A man isn't
worth a shuck who hasn't a bab3' ; and the
same rule applies to wumeu. A baby is a
spnug-day iu winter a ray of sut.bhine in
frigid weather and if it is healthy aud good
natured, and 3'ou're sure it's yours, it is a
bushel of sunshine, uo matter how cold the
weather is. A man cannot be a hopeless
case so long as be loves babies one at a
time. We love babies ail over, no mattff
how dirty they' are. Babies were born to bo
dirty. We love babies because they are ba
bies, and becauso their mothers were Icv.ible
and lovely women. Our love for babies is
only bounded by the number of babies in the
world. We ahvaysleok for babies we do
with anxiety and paternal affection. We
do! indeed we do! We always have sor
rowful 'feelings for women that have no ba
bies, and don't expect any. Women always
look dowc-hearted who have no babies; and
men who have no babies nearly alway?
gamble, and drink whisky, and stay out at
nights trying to get music in their souls, but
the3T can't come it. Babies are babies, and
nothing can take their places. Tianos play
out, and good living plays out. and sweet
tempers play out, and beauty plays out, un
less there's a baby in the house. We have
trieel it. We know; and we say there's
nothing like babies! Ex.
Adam's Weddiko. This is the title of an
amusing article in an English journal.
The yvriter is of the opinion that although
Adam and Eve were rather young to be
married, jet on the whole they managed1
matters extremely well. There was no
great parade about arrangements every
thing was quiei and private, and the idea cf
a wedding in a garden was in ver3T good
taste. Would it not be a relief to anxious
fnsmrnas sod hrned papas if the simpli
city of early days was in some measure re
vived ? No elaborate outfit, no expensive
cake, no fashionable ceremony, no costly
gif's, no reception, no bridal tour, but only
love aud Edtu,
CF IMSTAKIlX
At the present time, when several exc't'rs
criminal ca'.s urc r.gih.ting tiifl pop-i'ar
mind in this country, and the j o: u'a- trr.d
ency is toward a sentimoi.t c:Jcu!srtd to
prejudice the deliberations tf leal iuatiee in
the interests of mere mob-pav.-i..n, there
should be wholesome moral in a citation
from late Engli-'n papers f two mtab'. iN
lustrations of the strange mistakes to which
the most confident of eye-witr.esfitig is liab'e
and of the consequent cruel error into which
courts ma3' be led bv any precipitous ai'j:.- !
1 dication even from that mnst t si'ive form j
of testimony. The 2'a'l Mail O jZ'.I'c recalls !
the "E!'z Raker case," as it was called, in
which the following were tha suggestive ficts:
Miss Raker, a comely young woman of the :
Upper-sci vant class, havirg bi-eri iMr-ch irj; d '
from the service of Mr. Pter Wo d. !:o.'i 3 d
victual'cr. ( f P.ettn-.r.d.-t-y N-'-v Roa.l. be- i
cause M. S. Wood had bicon? i-j-iU us f her, !
was supposed t- have committed suicide by ',
a leap into the Thames. The body recov
ered fiorn the river by lli j o ice, and a de J
scription puM'hed, Mr. Wood w;i r.ttr'ict- j
ed to Foe work house whither the dead fvim
had been conveyed, and there, with signs cf j
strong emotion, positively ider.t tied it as !
that of the poor girl whom his w:h-'s evil 1
temper hail driveu homeless to destruction, j
The parents of the girl and other itlativcs
also rec"gi.'Z"d the corpse in th" same iden- !
tity without hesitation ; and the coror et's '
jury were about to find a verdict severe ly :
censuring the Woods' when there er.K'ed ;
unto them a new witness who completed y
overturned all the preoceiiusi evidence. No i
relative r.j 3l:ss l.jker's, but enly an ac-
quaintance, this person a drayman
well known bre.' i'iy of Wbitbread A
excitedly assured coroner and w i ;?:
!!1 the
Co
s that
El i 7 1 a lc er b 3 ! o-1 1 r iin m ! t 1 r : ' fid ; n ' !
j inasmuch as he con'd Ew.r that he had seen ;
i and conversed wi'h her in the street on that j
I very day. Such ta'k sounded like h". wild- i
est of insanity with the unchanged body of :
the dead girl still be-fore the par t.ts. frienels
and recent employers, who had po.-itively i
identified it ; yet. af er a Itief nbr-er.ee? fie.m
the incredulous court, tb drayman brought ;
the living E! zi htrsc'f 1 t-f"ie iht j i ry . with j
the effect of cuisine her father and mother j
to faint and Mr. Wood to (iil down in a fit.
What the identity of the ce'rpve really had
been in life was never revealed, and it. re
mained only for the nn;z"e! jury to render a
verdict ef one more nr.f rturiate fmiid
drowned." It m.ty be ttred that d'ath pro
duces certain changes f "tuic r.tri com
plexion in sorjiR le gree r-t'culate 1 to c-wfr.so
identification ; but as many inis'r.kr f iden
tity have been committed ncaimt the livircr.
Exemplifying an error
scription. another FnrdVi
e-f th hit'e- ele
i mi ma l give'. the
points of a curious n-
.t ..
' j J
t !io'" c. :e I ;
About the year 1S5-". a rcspee'.sb'e y. ung
married nnn rimed Kerry', of ti e vi'i ago of
Kirk La iic ley-, a few miles from D"rby, was
appe.inteel to a smul cletkhip in I uPa. Ilis
wife being an invalid at the time, ho dcoidel
to leave her with 1 er relatives tmtil he
should have prepare ! their new Iv itp f r h- r
reception ; but even while hj wr.s on hi? way ,
."c-orq the ocean the poor la ly elicd, nrd l is 1
first E'lli-h mail after landmg brought him
rows of the sad event. Rrmaining in India,
for a cumber of years, be returned only re
cently to his native vi'daeo, where, with the
accumulated earnings of his foreign clerkship
he purchased a small estate known as S:ar
ling Cottage, which is his present residence.
It was not long arter his return to Kirk
Eanslry, when a Mrs. Rucktuck, of Liver
pool, saw him there and indignantly i Vr.tU
fiPil him a:i the man who had tninied a
neighbor of hers a few years bf-fero.
Mr.
r.nd
Kerry prirourccl his arcus
lrsir.c.
curtly denied that ho lift 1 m?.rri"d a second
wife; yet. upon being summoned I'-on Liver
pool, tho woman alleged, to have1 been wed
ded bv him positively identified him as her
runaway hiishand. The aff-dr reached pi int.
- i with full r.ersonal elescrii.tion .f noor Kcrrv.
( ari( : a f1w davs still another vcr-mrma
Mrs. Spass, appearcel at Langley to claim n
matrimonial lord iu the hewi'den d J'.ist
Inilian. As ihotrh these si; Hired ne t, still
other women, to the number of f ur, hastened
to the village in se irch of husbands who b.ad
married and deserted them ; and all unhesi
tatingly recognized and identifml Mr. Kerry
as "the mr.n." Great domestic uproar and
popular excitement were the result of this
grotesque ami scandalous com plication ; all
six of the clamorous eleserted wives seemed
wholly honest in their unnnimcus positive
pssertion ; and yet. by tlie duly certified afa
davits of his firmer em ploy ers nnd ass-cia'rs
in India the persecuted victim of a mit-tsk!)
identity is at last able to confound his half-a-dozen
accusers with convincing prev-f that
in all the times rf hi.- alleged marriage? to
them he wr.s living honorably in a clerkship
thousands of miles away. "And in ttiat
dav.' quotes
scriptural friend near by,
behold seven women shall lay bold e-f one
man, saying: c will eat of our own
meat ami be clothed with our own clothes,
only let us be called by thy name.'" The
s;x would-be-mesdames. Kerry, and the de
tective, Mr. Rucktuck. Five withdrawn
their accusations P-nel frankly confos thU
the case must, e f course, be one of mistaken
ielentitv ; although, but f r tho vindication
from India, popular wrath and judicial pro
cess might have consigned the m-'st innocent
of widowers to transportation for wholesale
bigamy. If. then, the mes1, credib'o and
positive of eye witnessing, no less than ''most
conclusive" circumstantial evidence, may be
yvholly and egrcghmsly mistaken, how
palpable is it that the law caninA be too de
liberate, methodical, p. rid c-ven "technically
temporizing in dealing with cr.igaiua! cases
in which cither public, sectimcrrtrr private
reveng would ure it to a specj whereby
the callows or tho prison justly ending a
gni.ty ...e eo-oay mine s "-j-m. i-.m.
... i:r 4 : . , . . l k
he innocent to-morrow.- occue ocuas,
Somf. editori.yl fiend in Pitman firm, who
writes for tlie Indianapolis Journal, was al
lowed to perpetrate the fol'o-.viug outrage on
dffenceless yvormn: "Rov. Dr. Furl in game, I
of St. Lnu;s, is delivering a course cf lectures
. 1 1. . ; f .v..e T-ni!..
Anel TheD .-tor bad belter ad Ire-shim-
sf If exclusively to young men. Mariil men
as a general tiling, clojnot nceJ to be cie
enlightened on this point,"
TWO REMARKABLE INSTANCES
IDENTITY.
A 33aii With Serves nt'SIccS.
Yeung Donaldson, the dating aeronaut,
who made a l alioe-n ascension .it Readitig,
Pa., eti Cue SO: h of Augu-t last, and per
formed a scries cf trapeze feats w'u.n a nulo
iir moie from tlie earth, repeated Ids ll.riliirg
pei f irtr.ance in Norfolk on Monday h.-t.
T'iero was no basket to the ballot n, bi t in
place was supplied bjf ft trajezo similar to
those used by circus petformeis, aril al e va
tl;e trapeze was placed a hex'p. secured t '
which was a flit cf heavy clothing to lo
used by the ferial voyager v. l,:i he et ccur
tcred the cold currents. Tl.e Norfolk Jour-n.-.l,
in descril 'u g the ascec.Pi-in. says that
when th balloon was rehaved from its nve-.r-
insr and reached a tzreat altitude Donah
suddenly p.tiei arpaientlv villi little e!
!.-en
Tr t
threw himself hdo a sitting p., Mure on the
b-r. kisMu his hard to the crowd lelo-.r.
S'tddcidy, prttendifg to !e-c his balar-ce, ho
fell bi-.tkwaid. Midi: z head downward until
ho caught by h;s t es f n the side Tf prs that
S'lspeioed the; trapeze bar. In this p; iletm
position he swung to and fro several srcer.dss
a time wlrcii si'emed aii aj-e to tl r awes
V. 1 ickttU crowd 1 c!ow. It v.-ss cu;i 'as to ob
serve the vaiyinj :,.o;i rs e f the crowd :f.
varying as the d.M om i ns of each it,d; vidn-
al. Some
were ti.iille l with lulmirr
.11 cf
kej t
tho courage e-f the dating man, and
their eves riveted on him. Od;c;s ;! u id
( t -
it:g with hot ror turned awy with j al id
faces and beating he aits and covered their
eves w i:h their hands to shut cut the eV-ai!-
ful sight. F.iit.t M.:i. ks were-he
;-.rd
in toe
; ladies, and s.-me turned to le ave the rpct,
the
but
f In:? to tie character -.-tic e. f their sex cuti
etjty concluded to ! if",p one nv re l ok, and
lo 'Ub'g oner, locked again. Throwing him-
sidt back hi his scat on the bar the aeronaut
j sat astride the same. Then be:an a series
! of gymnastic evolutions ; ta'ancing litmse'f
I e n his back; turning oer aud '-skinriit g the
; cat," by the siiL? ropes, &c. Fpwardsraml
i ly nr.d ste adily rose the b..;l-"i-n, e'eaving tl o
1 air hkc a n.i j.ty bird. At kn-th it F ked
I like a mere speck in tie e'or."s. Oj-crn
.'.a-cs and telescopes were l.reingbt into re
i nuisition, anil bv their aid Ditiahl.-on could
be seen still performirg hij gymnastic feats.
Aficr arising to a tremendous bight the bal
1 o:i hung f..r a few nvmen's sirmincly sus
pended in mid air, and then sailed eff in n
southeastern direction. When the b.iihvsn
yvas a mere speck in the distance, invisible
! to the naked eye aud a' most through power -j
ltd telescopes, the man wi'h nerves of ste'l
; and the heait of a '.ion leprated his dating
tra"cz f. at e f ha-giug head elownward, su
p'.'nded I 3' his toe s. Su.'li a scene w-.-.s nev r
b Fro wit!.-e. s?i't r. 11 -tf. F.i. aioi seldom any
: where ia the world. Ti c d' . .-crj -tion c f srch
a fC-r e r-a is l:kc a reman- e, but the reality
; fir surpasses the most vivid powers rf "w rd
painting,"' and we desist from the- viir. cfi'-tt
to ile-pict it. When the aerial sh'p had
reach'.-! an altitude of nbt-ut h if a triih and
struck the colder etirre- t? of air, the aero
naut was o! s'.-rved to cilmb : to tho !. '--p.
d get Lis
suit id 1 inc.
; i!'"-!.
D -sren
ing to the bar, he elres-e 1 hims-.'f, and then
resumed the gymnastic eii-play exercising
himself to keep warm. These? who were for
tunate to have tcltsci pe-s paw the balloon
gtadaally descer.dmg. Occasionally the aero
naut yveiild throw down a big t-f sand t
enable the balloon to arise the country prcb
ably li-.t b'ing suited for a elescent. Lateii:
the evening it was rumored that Donahl-ou
bad descenelcel safely near Ken:p:-vi!le, Piin
ccss Anne county.
The coming down e-.f th" alive aeronaut is
given by an exchange as fj!bvs '
Professor Dar.aldson, the elarirg aeror.?:t.
made nnothir b.'.l!vn ascei si"ti from No.r
1 -Ik. Virci-.ia. on Monrlay last, which camo
near being bis !at flight t- the clou Is. When
a', the hijit cf one mile from the earth, ar.d
whi'e pei forming u;
son concluded that
n
the fr ;pcz-. D.-r.aIJ-
he v.iUlil descend, and
for this urpese u'ied th? valve cord
allow the gas to escape from the balh tn.
ta
The valve c'id not open, and he pulled aj
ain
It still remained clo.-ed. ar.d there being U"
tirreto lose he pulled with both hir.d--. Ag.i H
a failure, ar.d for the third time he gave ;
streng, ster.i'y i?;k. There was a sharp,
hissing sotted, as if r.iaue by the testing cf
cloth, f dlewc-e! by a rushing m.ise, and ho
knew that the ba'h on had buried. It did
not collapse, however, but. .close el up at the
sides. At ibis time il.e auouaut was seated
in the cross pieces above the trap' z? bar.
The balloon leaned ever to M'.e side nrd de-e
scenelcel with fitghtful velocity. During this
avfu! period the aeronaut's Feiit s may le
imagined, but canned be ilesciibed. lie say
for the fitst time in bis life he was fi iphlene-J.
Ia a short tin:-?, which s-emed t him an
eternity, the ba'bi n st t t:ck the I ranches e f
a tree, atnl went crashing through ti c lic.br.
Tie ropes and traj ez- b.-.r? catch:: g iu tin
limbs somewhat ditr.it. isl.ed the raii.'.ity e f
the desrent, but Lib! the velocity was terrific
Cru.h:rg through ti e branches the bslhxn
fell to the ground, the sttrt.Lnut iandu-g cm
his back in a bean of briars. His parts v. e;
o
j torrj an j i,j8 Ugs L.ceratc-1 by' the brt.-.rs
but beyond this he escape.I without u-juiy.
Ilis escape from a frightful death is simply
miraculous. Risir g fre-m bis t henry c urb,
Donaldson, stiii cool and nerves little sha'-e.-
by his tcrrib'e mishap, took a survty cf the;
situ it ion. He bad f.illcu on the rd f a
swamp near a field five miles fn-m Norfolk.
On examining the balloon he fi und a la-gt
rent exteneling from the. top to trie bottom.
R liing it up he started for kes-'stancc, secur
inT yvhich he next procured a cocveyanca
and returned to Not folk.
A Mistake. ' Man wants 1 ut little hcri
below, r.or tvr;' tl at little Icrg." is a libel;
man wants every thing be cm see. e-r Lear
ov. En.l never is willing to let go c f his gnb.
Whenever yen fiml a man who is ihctougu
ly satisfied with what be has got. yu wjll.
find either an idled, or one who has his;
hard to get some more nnd couldn't dr It.
Tha older a tcan grows the more want ful ho
i Jl
his" bold on life slackens,
j p,I!ch tf dollar gr0W8 gu?Vy.-Josh Bd
lings.
Ti!R Rochester Spy says: "An Ohio mai.',
who visited tho western" put of this town-"
ship recently, says he saw Jake Sri-rry nail
ing tito trees together tr make a stick long
eromdi for his c-ok stova. lliatrpg cn tr
i heavily timbered with Cinae.a to.st.c,
1 This poverty of soil is nbn-x-t eqn il lo that
I of Cape C';d. where a inut eia and lull this?"
tic make a grovo.- ,
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