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EBENSBURC. PA.,
miDlY. - - MARCH 4, 1881.
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Gem. G ARrir.LD arrived in Washing
ton from Meetor. O., on Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock, and wa3 received in a
brief address by tne notorious Robert G.
IngersoH "Royal Deb," as GirDeld is
in the habit of saltrting him as a mark
of special honor and distinction.
Tn report of the Auditor General of
this State for the seai year, ending on
the 30th November, 130, shows that th
ost to the treasury of the National
Guard war, 5281,775.73. From this it
would ap-.-ear that our army is rapidly
becoming quite an expensive luxury.
The friends of Stanley Matthews now
assert that he will be renominated to the
Bnae as Associate Justice of the Sup
reme Coi rtby President Garfield, at the
request of Mr. Hayes. Well, suppose
he is, will that, in the estimation of the
Jcdiciary Committee of the Senate, ren
der Matthews aty more fit for the posi
tion than Le was when he was nominat
ed by Hayes USiilf ?
The English suffered a most disas
trous defeat cn -Sunday last at the hands
of the Iloers in South Africa, nearly all
of the British troops engaged, amount
ing to between seven hundred and a
thousand men, having been slaughter
ed, andCen. Sir George Colley killed.
Gen. Colley was the commander-in-chiet
of the British forces in their operations
against the Boers, whose Dutch ances
tors emigrated to that part of Africa
and established a prosperous settlement,
of which tho English government is now,
withe ut auy cause except her own sweet
will, attempting to appropriate to her
own grasping us. Gen. Colley, who was
only forty-live years old. was one of the
most distinguished officers in the British
army, and lika so many other brave but
unfortunate men who have done some
f England's beBt fighting during the
resent century, was an Irishman, hav
ing been born in the county Dublin.
The outrageous and plundering River
and Harbor bill, after having passed the
House by the well-known and corrupt
practice of "log rolling, " was loaded
down in the Senate by additional appro
priatiots amounting to about a million
of dollars, and passed that body finally,
on last Saturday night, by a vote of 32
yeas to 12 nays. If Mr. Hayes had only
backbone enough to put the nns:chtly
bautling in its little bed with his veto
for a covering, ha would receive the ap
pliusc of the whole country. That,
however, would be expecting too much
of a good thing from such a source, and
he has no dubt already made himself a
party to the fraud by giving the bill his
approval. In the final throe3 of its pas
sage through the Senate, Judffe Thur
man and Mr. Wallace vigorously and
eloquently protested against its passage
as a whole, and pointed out the down
right robbery and glaring fraud on the
public treasury of many of its features.
It was alike creditable to both of these
Senators thus to mark the closing hours
of their terms in Congress by sternly re
sisting si'di a giant wrong, fcr the per
petration of which both Democrats and
Republicans in Congress must be held
equally responsible.
Today at noon Rutherford B. Hayes
retires from the Presidency, the powers
and duties rf which he has been exer
cising and discharging for the last four
years, although he was never elected to
the office by tho people. If one could
for a moment throw ont of view the
base and im famous methods through
which Mr. Hayes was elevated to his
high position, there would be a feeling
of t lea.it tome satisfaction in commend
ing certain of his official acts and in ex
pressing a kindly approval of some of the
features of his administration, Thi?,
however, is simply impossible in the
face of tho ever present and over-shadowing
fact, that from the beginning to
the end of his term he was nothing more
than a Presidential impostor. But be
ing even so, justice demands the ac
knowledgment that his administration
of the affairs of the country has been
conspicuously exempt from the corrup
tions and scandals of the last four mem
orable years of Grant's disgraceful rule.
The peculiar position which Mr, Hayes
occupies before the couutry at the close
of his official career may La said to be
identical with that of an old line Whig
Governorof Kentucky who was unequal
to the occasion, as described by a shrewd,
intelligent darkey of that State when J-e
aid of the outgoing executive : "De
Guberner he came in w id a powerful
opposishuu, and he goes out widout
any."
During one of his recent flying visits
to Faris, Mr. Parnell had interviews
with Henri Rochefort and Victor Hugo,
both of whom are avowed revolutionists.
Rochefort is also a rank communist and
was prominent among the bloodthirsty
3Coutidiels who inaugurated a reign of
terror in Paris after the defeat of Louis
Napoleon by the Piussiaiis at Sedan.
This alliance, or association, of Mr.
Parnell with French revolutionists has
caused a good deal of unfavorable com
ment in Ireland, but Mr. Parnell insists
that bo went to France, as he had gone
to America, to enlist the aid and sym
pathy of the whole nation, and not any
particular section of it. Archbishop
McCabe, of Dublin, the Catholic Tri
xxtate of Ireland, regards any affiliation
with such wen as Roche fort as an insult
and au indignity to Ireland in her pres
ent stmggio, and in a pastoral address
issued on .SutvLiy last, refers to the mat
ter In the following i-oicted language :
"We should pray with great fervor for our
Aour.try, over which the Almighty has per
miued'aore trials U f!!. Her history is still
to a grU ex'ent a record of sorrow. But a
calamity more terribic and humiliating than
has yet befallen her neems to threaten. Al
lies of our country in her ttrugele for jus
tleii are sona'it from the rank of impious in
dls yiio baveplunKd their own unhappy
la-ii h:to rr.i.crv and who are "worn to or
troy the foundations of all religion. Will
Ovhollc Ireland tolerate Mich an ind,?r.ity ?
W i.l Uo give her confidence to men who
ha?e wu A.-i'iy p'miied it ? Will she break
from all holy tiiditions whieli, during aces
cf persecution, commanded the veneration of
the Christian world ? Let Ui pray that God
may forbid it."
For the second time during the ses
sion of Congress now closing, Morgan
It. Wise, who represents the Westmore
land district, was instrumental with oth
ers, on Thursday night of last week, by
their absence from the House, in leaving
it without a quorum for the transaction
of business. Wise, together with the
other members who absented themselves,
was hunted up and captured by the Ser-geant-at-Arms
nt the White House,
where he was dinine with Hayes, and
brought before the bar of the House to
state his excuse for being absent. Mr.
Klotz, the Democratic member from the
Carbon district, listened to what Wise
said by way of palliation, and knowing
that ha was lying, asked him through
Speaker Randall whether when he (Wise)
was about to leave the House he did not
say that he was hungry and was going
to the White House to get his dinnef,
and that he (Wise) didn't care a conti
nental d n what the House would say
abouc it. Wise, in reply, said that Hayes
had invited him to dine with him and
that he had done so, but repudiated the
language imputed tohim by Klotz. Mr.
Manning, of Mississippi, however, on
being appealed to by Klotz, declared
that he was present and heaTd Wise use
the language charged by Klotz, thus
putting Wise in a very ugly predicament.
The House, however, saw proper to ex
cuse him instead of imposing a fine on
him. Morgan It. Wise must be a very
important man at Wa3hington when he
is invited to come at a late hour of the
night in full dress to dine with R. B.
Hayes. But such is the life of a great
man like Wise. He was a laughing
stock when he represented Greene coun
ty in the Legislature, and he still holds
his own in Congress. And yet he repre
sents the wealthy and intelligent district
composed of the counties of Westmore
land, Fayette and Greene.
The death of Matthew H. Carpenter,
United States Seuator from Wisconsin,
which occurred in Washington on yes
terday week, removes from the Senate
one of the ablest and certainly the most
brilliant of it members. He was fifty
six years old and started in life as a poor
boy, the son of obsoure parents in Moore
town, Vermont, Having been adopted
in the twelfth year of his age by the
then Governor of that ."state, whose
daughter ho afterwards married, young
Carpenter when he was twenty years old
entered the law office of the distinguish
ed Rufus Choate, in Boston, and after
having been admitted to the bar settled
in Milwaukee, where in a few years he
became as an orator to the Northwest,
what Rufus Choate was to New Eng
land. It is unnecessary to speak of his
career in the Senate. He appeared be
fore the Electoral Commission in 1S77,
"not,'" as he said, "for Samuel J. Til
den, but for ten thousand legal voters of
the State of Louisiana, who, without
accusation or proof, indictment or trial,
notice or hearing, have been disfran
chised by four villains incorporated Jin
perpetual succession, whose official title
is the Returning Board of Louisiana."
Mr. Carpenler"s faults were many, but
he never attempted to conceal them, as
so many public men do, behind the mask
of hyprocrisy. The vacancy caused by
his death cannot be filled by the Wiscon
sin Legislature, under the act of Con
gress regu'ating the election of Senators,
until the 0th of March, (next Wednes
day) which, owing to the nearly equal
strength of parties in the Senate, will
give the Democrats the power of organ
izing that body to-day by electing its of
ficers as well as the standing committees.
The effort made last week in the Sen
ate by a few of the moral, high-toned
Republican members of that body, to
raise a committee for the purpose of in
vestigating the constitutional right of
Eckley B. Coxe. of Luzerne county, to
his seat, proved a most miserable failure,
only ffieen Republicans voting for the
resolution of inquiry, and Mr. Coxe was
sworn in by Judge Pearson. The two
Republican Senators who took a con
spicuous part in favor of the investiga
tion were A. J. Herr, of the Dauphin
district, and A. Wilson Norris, of the
SixthPhiladelphiadistrict, both of whom
are noble specimens of "sawdust" re
formers. Herr took Cameronism and
all that the name implies as naturally
as an Indian takes the sma'l-pox was
counsel for Kemble and his corrupt lob
by agents in the Pittsburg riot cases,
and was specially prominent in urging
their release by the Pardon Board.
Norris is a light weight statesman just
budding into usefulness as a reformer,
and would have voted for John Welsh
for United States Senator, a man who
deliberately headed a movement after
the Maine election last September to
rai3e au enormous fund for the express
and avowed purpose of corrupting the
voters of Indiana into the support of
the Republican Stale ticket in October.
Hrrr and Norris are a nice brace of
"Christian statesmen,'' as they might
be called, to assail the honor and repu
tation of such a man as Eckley B, Coxe,
the latchets of whose shoes they are un
worthy to unloose.
Two years apo Andrew G. Curtin ran
for Congress in the Centre district, and
was defeated by Seth II. Yocum, the
Greenbrck-Republican candidate. Cur
tin contested Yocum's right to the seat,
but being unsuccessful, Yocnn held the
fort. Each cf them filed his bill of
campaign expenses with the Committee
on Elections, the respective amounts of
which we cannot state, but in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, which pass
ed both houses a few days ago, the large
sum of $3,000 was allowed to each by
way of reimbursing hitn. Under this
state of the case, where is the man who
wouldn't like to be defeated for Con
gress, and then pocket S,000 as a sol
ace to his wounded feelings, or, what is
still letter, to hold his seat, as Yocurn
did, at a salary of J3.000 a year, ano
have JS.OtH) thrown in to cover exjenses ?
This is undoubtedlyatrreat country, and
to run for Congress and be defeated is
becoming nearly as big a thing as to
run and be elected.
j The legislature by a concurrent reso
! iutioti adjourned from Wednesday last
j until next Tuesday, on account of dm
; field's inauguration, which occurs to
d.iy. It will cost the tax-payers of the
SUte not less than fifteen thousand dol
lars, but the people have been accustom
ed in the p&xt to 6ucli silly and expen
sive performances by the Legislature,
that they regard them with a sort of
'. stolid indiQerence and without even
j thiokiog of protesting against them.
The lrith agitation.
The branch of the Irish Land Leapue prom
ises, savs the Pittsburgh Pott, to play an im
portant and possibly a determining part in
the atntation in England and Ireland, for a
reform in the svstem of land tenure. It will
supply the sine'ws of war, to continue peace
able and constitutional agitation, by liberal
contributions of money. It does not counsel
or ask money for purposes of violence or arm
ed hostility to the British government. So
matter how righteous the cause of Ireland,
the odds aeainst the Irish people are so ereat
that an insurrection would only rivet their
chains and entail fearful sufferine and op
pression on a helpless population. The
preat end in view must be accomplished by
other means, and by arousing not only the
English people but the sense of the civilized
world anainst the brutaP.ties and oppression
of English rule in Ireland. England bore
an important part, by its money contribu
tions, in the apitation that ripened" in our civil
war and the freedom of the slave. We can
now reciprocate this service to humanity by
promoting the enfranchisement of the Irish
people from the tyranny o law and custom
as galling in its way as was Americas slav
ery.
The President of the American bianch of I
the Land Leacue is Hon. P. A. Collins, a j
distinpmished Irish-American of Boston, and
the Treasurer Rev. Lawrence Walsh, of ;
Waterbury, Connecticut, to whom all money j
subscriptions should be remitted. Mr. Col- i
lins in a recent interview pave facts and fig- i
urea of the prorrress and work of the Ameri- '
can branch. There are now established j
some tiro hundred thousand branch Leagues in ;
this country, and the number is rapidly in- j
creasing. Within two months, Mr. Collins '
savs, there will be from three to four hundred
thousand members enrolled. Asserting that j
at least one-quarter of the population of the !
United.States is Irish orof Irish lineage, and j
that the people of that nationality here are ;
substantial! of one mind in favor of the land
movement, Mr. Collins denies that there is
anv prospect of a collapse of the apitation, j
either In this country or abroad, growing out ;
of recent events on the other side. He says ,
there are plenty of leaders to take all the va- .
cant places, and that assuredly the move- j
ment will not die from a lack of that kind. !
The agitation viil go on. A noise must be !
made to secure the attention of the world ;
and foroe in some form must be exercised to
make England consider the Irish question.
But the Land League is "pursuing its course i
strictly within the limits of law, pres?rvinz
the peace, counselling and enforcing oioder- i
ation among the people, and under its ad- ;
ministration crime has diminished rather ;
than increased." 1
Some people who take a surface vie'v of !
events are disposed to deride thi policy of '
"obstruction" pursued by the Irish members ,
of the House of Commons. The truth is it
has accomplished great results. It is a form i
of agitation that reached, not only the Eng- i
lish people, but the civilized world, and par- !
ticularlv the English-speaking portion of it j
in the United States, Canada, and Australia. I
The Boston Pilot, in reply to the sneer of a :
leading paper at Parnell's ''stupid obstruc- j
tion policy," explains the philosophy and re-
tults of it in this way : I
No mutter for Ireland ! ancer and acratsb while 1
he could do netlitnir but ask, arus. and be out- .
V'ted. j
The world did not care. No other eonntry nn- I
derstood or Interfered Ireland was an KukiIsIi ;
prorlrce, tho'njht the Nation, and why tli.mld
tnland treat part ot herself injuriously ? There, i
was a wide belief, however vaim. that the lrlh '
had really no aolid cause for coiDplah-.t. hut were
unsettled and turtmlcnt by nature. Mr. Parnell
iaw like tha clear-headed an. I able man he iis
proved himself to he. that tomtthinif mut he dene :
I to awiiten o.e atxeiui"n 01 inuer counirtr-3. ui cugc- i
: land, and ere.i of lreiand hen"l. or another g.-n- !
eratiou would iea almoft the de-truction el an an- !
i clant race and a rud nationality. !
I What could he done with uch petty power at he i
1 commanded ? Wlmt could twnnty nicn do airainpt ;
over 91 x hundred who had made up their minds to ;
' Ignore the minority? They could only do one '
; tbtnff they could atop the wheel? cf the imperial i
i machine. They could lay hold on all the rules acd
I precedent! and ailowancemd Parliament, and cast
I them like solid loi?s hefore the wheeU tf theerjri ne.
t When the gTeaf machine stopped on the track i'
and crearue.d its aner like a K,-coinoi!ve. the pur- I
j po?e of the OhftruciionHt was wholly fratnel.
i They had awnkened Ire'and to the conrro; they- '
1 had aroused all Kn(land to Ireland's irrievancea
I and demands, taking the judgment at one stroke .
' awav from the hereditary iairisiators and handing j
It to the whi le t.ni'irii people ; ar.d they had suc
ceeded in arretti.ff the attention of the civilized :
world to the relation! of the two countries. i
This is no exaggerated view of what the '
Irish cause has gained by "obstruction." It
is a folia of agitation that has compelled '
I England to revise ts parliainentry luies of '
practice, musty with the aze of cpnturieo. ;
Irish prievanct-s and wrongs, and tiie rneat- !
j lire of redress are better understood to-day ;
I than they have ever been before. They
have been forced on the attention of the !
j world. And England, and lea-t of all the i
j Liberal party of England, cannot set itself
' against a demand for justice that lias hack ;
I of it the enlighti-ned opinion cf mankind, i
j Results may not he achieved at once, but ;
! the seed has been sown in a fruitful soil, j
! and the not distant future will witness the ,
! fruition of great hopes. The one fact that
what has hitherto been a local and provincial :
matter, has assumed the mighty proportions
of an imperial question, interesting every
part of the British empire, is an all sufficient
answer to those who cavil at agitation in
Parli anient or elsewhere.
A London correspondent of the Chieago
I Tirm-s telegraphs that paper an interview
with Mr. A. M. Sullivan, on of the ablest
j of the Irish representatives, asking for the
j ral reason for the long fight against the
! Coercion bill. Mr. Sullivan replied, gtvinp
j reasons additional to those we have quoted
; from the Pilot, lie said :
j The first w:is, had the bill passed soon afer b
j inu intrtwlaced. !t wuold have hten ro't with re!st
I aD'.-e and blr-d?hed. The people of Ireland were
I not prepared for it. and time m.it he hsd to fret
; them accustomed t the situation. For that pur-
pose emissaries have traversed Ireland, day and
tiiKht. tor six weeks, ma kirn tlie people acquainted
with the coming- enactment, and coiinielme sub
mllon. It wis f.r hid influence with the Irin
: peopW tbat Davttt was Drought ever. The second
i reaon was that resistance irave time to remove
X.u.ivo and the rttais ot the Land Iaifue to neu
; trul territory. The tremendous cheering by the
I I ri mh m T, r. Ir tt llnni. .if ( j.m m . .r, T . . I -. -
I . I ,u . ... . ... ... u.. .. ... II. ... VUU.. .
Tiiffhf which n Hinl Mo much a ton 1 i men t w-t
J because, obvnietion had delayed tha billB unt'l ail
' was accomplished irathad been souebt by delay.
1 The ( bt ructioclstJ won a treat viotory. The
third reaj4n f-r obstruct on was that If tha bill was
' delayed ti.l Mr--h It wa bettered there would
j be such tui sldTce i f illeiral acts that the llovern
; mant would net think coercion cecessarv.
Dead at Five Score Tears and Five.
Mrs. Mry Orern, a well-known and vener
able resident of Hampden, Baltimore coun
ty, Md., died on last Saturday morning, at
the ag of 104 years. 10 months and 4 days.
Mrs. Orem resided in the neigliiiorhood of
Wood berry for over a half century. Her
maiden name was Mary Peake. She was
born at Ridgely's Forges, at the month of the
Gunpowder, on the 2'J.I of April, 1776. Her
father was an Englishman, named Robeit
Peake, who came to this country with the
British army, deserted and went as a drum
mer in the American army at 'he age of six
teen years. He married Miss Murray, by
whom he had nine children, Mrs. Orem being
i the oldest, and only surviving child. In li
I she married Cooper Orem, a carpenter at the
: Forges, by whom she had nine children.
' James, her oldest living child, is now 75
1 years of age and resides in this city. Mrs.
I Hare, with whom she Ijvea. is the oldest
, living daughter and is . years of age. Mrs.
. Harriet Simmons and MaVv J. Houlk, with
j her son James and Mrs. Hare, her on'y sur
j viving children, reside her. Mrs. Orem has
j had twenty-rive grandchi'dren and fifty-on
great-grandchildren. She was married in
j her father's house by Rev. Nathan Green
1 field and was familiar with many events of
I the Revolution. Her husband, CooperOrem,
j served in the war of 1812 and 114. Mrs.
. Orem had been totally blind for four vears,
bur. in p-nnr! health ami al.--n .-. .1
I ----- ... - 1 " . 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 dj
1 10 a lew nays ago. fne ued
to say that her
; gramiiiiiiicr on ner moiner S sine, whose
j name was Cudlip and, died in Cornwall,
! Kngland, left an immense estate, of which
hue was one of tne legitimate heirs.
Mrs. TTaves on the SrTrATTOjj. "Xow,
Rutherford," she remarked, with some feel
ing, '-what am I to think of vour administra
tion, with my sister's husband's brother in
law, Mr. Matthews, not likeiy to be confirm
ed, and poor Mr. Rogers wir.li nothing to
depend upon except indeed bis lovly poetry ;
and as for our poor dear son, Webb C, it
makes me sick to think what sort of a father
you are, when those (irant boys are all mar
ried rich, and one of them is a Lieutensnt
Colonel on the stuff, and Webb V. hasn't got
even a posrmasfership, and has to go back
to that nasty little Fremont no better'n
when he came here ; and as for me, I've no
patience to think about it, with those com
mon old country folks out there all achirg to
call us frauds the minute we can't give their
ryrahoa'nf husbands collector ships ; and
m even beginning ,o believe that old Til
den himself is more of a man." Then she
swung the broom around at a tremendous
rate .and Rutherford and Carl Schurz step
ped quietly away in a cloud of dust to the pri
vate closet in the cellar, where a few small
bottles were stored.
Rev. Fathkr Feprts, one of the most
widely known priests in the Pittsburgh div
ces, died on Tuesday morning last at the
residence of his mother in Pittsburgh, aged
33 years and 6 months, fiequie&cat in pace.
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FOURTEEN BOT8 AKD THREE GIRLS SCTTO
CATED IH THEIH ROOMS.
Scrato, V.K., Feb. 27, 1881. The wild
est excitement prevails in this citv ovr the
most heartrending disaster that ever occur
red here. At a few minutes bciore 9 o'clock
this evening, a fire broke out in St. Patrick's
Orphanage, at Jackson street and Lincoln j
avenue, Hyde J'arK. ana iourceen os mu
three girls, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years,
were suffocated. 1 ne orpnanage was
charge of several Sisters of Charity, who
had care of twenty -two girls and eighteen
boys. The children slept on the th'rd floor,
a partition separating the dormitories. At
8 o'clock this evening one of the Sisters
saw the children put to bed and locked the
doors. She had hanlly descended the stairs
when she saw a dene cloud of smoke issu
ing from the rooms on one of the upper
floors. Hurrving back to the apartment oc
cupied bv the" girls, she took one of the small
est in her arms, and the rest quietly followed
her to a place f safety. By this time the
fire was raging fiercely on the third floor,
and smoke poured into the hallway.
The inmates of the house were now thor
oughly alarmed, and the girls were hurried
lldiiiff. The Sister who discover-
A ti, flan.ea nirain leiran to ascend the
stairs tosthboys Sscape. When she I
had gone about half way up she was met by
a man who informed her that the boys had
all been safelv removed. Mie peri.iru m.ii
thev had not been taken out, hut he insisted
thai none were in the building, and refused
to allow her to pass. Thousands of persons
d7r hv this time attracted to the scene. It
was rumored that many of the children were i
in the building, txi tuose w no prnumni
Vnow quieted the fears of the crowd by saying
that all the inmates had been safely removed.
Scores of persons entered the house to inves
tigate, but the flames raged so fiercely that
but little progress could be m?de in the at
tempt to reach the sleeping apartments.
Fonr fire companies cam; on the scene m
quick succession, and the work of combat
ting the flames was actively liegun. In a
short time the fire raging in the hallway was
extinguished, and the firemen were enabled
to reach the dormitory occupied by the boys.
The door was battered in, and the discovery
was made that not a single occupant of the
room had escaped. The little oi.es were
huddled together Vneath their cots, manv of
them being covered hv the bed clothing. N ot
one showed a sign of life, and they must have
ben suffocated soon after the fire broke out.
On account of the distance of the orphan
?ertained tonight how the girls were found I
age from the citv it cannot be definrtTe.y as
in thp hnvs' dormitory. The bodies or ine
children were removed to the residence of ;
the priest, and hundreds of persons surged j
into the building to view the remains. Many
of the orphans had been placed in the insti- :
tution bv their mothers, and the distressed :
women "were almost heait-broken with grief i
when thev singled out a child from the num- j
her and claimed the little one. The major-
ity of the children were without father or j
mother, and were shown every attention by ,
the Si ders, and were supported by the peo- j
pie of the parish. The disaster has sent a i
thrill of sorrow throughout the city. There '.
is no fixed theory as to how the fire originated. !
6TI1.I. LATER.
Sen ANTON, Pa., Feb. 28. The excitement i
over the burning of St. Patrick's Orphan
Asvlum is intense.
Although the origin of tho fire is assigned ;
to a defective flue on the second floor, the j
matter has not been definitely settled. The
asseition bv one of the Sisters of Charity
that she was stopped on the stairs by a j
stranger w'len she was about to return to the ,
rescue of the boys, at:er having taken tho
girls to a place of safety, causes much in- i
jiiirv as ti who ho was, but n:ne of thosa :
who" were in the building have yet identified :
him. I
The three girls among the dead are sup- I
posed to have broken from thuir a part me nt
and entered that of trie boys, where they !
met their death with the rest. I
At 11 o'clock this morning the coroner em- '
panneled a jury and viewed the bodies cf .
the seventeen dead children. The children i
were identified by two Sisters of the burned
asvlum. Many of them lay on the floor, '
with blackened f .ces and "burned wrists, i
The jury visited the burned asylum and in-
spected the dormitories. The boys' room
was greatly damaged by flames, large holes i
having been burued in the fl-jor. The girls' ;
rxm was not damaged so much, but the. cots
were disarranged, showing that they must i
have experienced t!:e mot intense fright. ,
The j'Jry adjourned until Friday next. j
A Sovereign Remedy for Smallpox and
Scarlet Fever.
About two years ago The Record 'made
kn.iv.ri through i its columns a saialincs spe
cific which had been given to the public by a
correspondent of tlie Stockton (Cal. ) lle.-a'd,
who declared that it had been successful
used to his knowledge in hundreds of cases,
and would prevent smallpox, or cure it even
though the pittings were filling. The recipe
was originally published as a panacea for
smallpox by some of the most scientist-schools
of medicine in Paris. It is claimed to be of in
fallible efneacy. It is a cure also for scarlet
fever, a..d is harmless when administered to
well persons. Following ii the prescription :
Sulphate of zinc, one grain ; foxglove (dig
italis), one grain ; half a teaspoonf til of sug
ar ; mix with two tahlespoonfuls of water.
When thoroughly mixed add four ounces of
water. Take a spoonful every hour. The
disease will disappear in twelve hours. For
children smaller doses should be given ac
cording to their age.
A subscriber of The Record called at this
office yesterday with a slip cut from the is
sue or"this paper which contained the recipe
ahove given, and stated that the preparation
had cured his child of smallpox in one day.
The remedy appaars to be precisely the same
as that now being dispensed to scores of peo
ple daily at St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, at
the corner of Seventh and Spruce streets, in
this city, and which has been lound remark-
j ahly emcacious. Mother Gonzaga, the ven
, erable head of the instution, w ho is busily en-
gaged in compounding tlie medicine, has been
a member of the Order of Sisters of Charity
j for fifty -four years, and is now the Mother
J Superior of the order in this city. She states
i that she received the specific" from Father
Kenrich, of Germantown, some ten years
I ago, who first had it from a Trench physician
; who discovered it during the prevalence f a
! smallpox epidemic in Paris, where it had
been used with ereat success. When theSis
; ter first began to make it she voluntarily sent
a bottle or two to families that the. "knew
i were suffering from smallpox : the result
I was so surprisingly beneficial that the report
j rapidly spread, and in a short time the news
I was known all over the neightwrhoixl. Sev
j eral priests in the city have not only recom
I mended it, but announced to their cor.grega
1 tions where it could be procured, and the ad
' ditional publicity thus given lias necessitated
i the constant labor of all the Sisters in the
j work of prepaiation. It is made in a large
: copper vessel, which'liolds eight gallons, and
1 not infrequently twenty gallons a day are dis-
tril.uted. Any person can procure it, nodis
1 tinction beir.g made on account of religion,
i Ir is given free where persons are unable to
I pav, nut those who desire can make a small
! offering in return for it. It is the custom of
j the Sisters to send out a printed prayer and
j a small scapular of tne Sacred llea'rt with
j each lottle. Many cases of cure are reconnt
! ed by people in the vicinity, and the Sisters
I say that in no cae where" it has been used
has it failed to give the best results. Phila
delphia, ll'cord.
CruF.n by Faith. A special correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Tims wiitinn frotn
i Damascus, Ta.. Feb. 2i;tli. savs : Miss Lilhe
Tyler, a relative of Mr. Wil.iam Tyler, the
postmater at this place, hss len an invalid
for upwards of six years. Doctors have
termed her complaint heart disease. She
has been treated by some of the most noted
medical men in this country and has used all
kinds of medicines sle could hear of, with
no relief. About a month ago Miss Tyler
heard of a lady living in Connecticut who
cured long standing diseases by prsyer. A
letter was sent to this lady and an answer
received from the worker of miracles appoint
ing the day and hour when Lillie and her
friends should engage in prayer for her res
toration to health. The day came nt last
and the invalid's friends gathered at her bed
side. This was about a week ago. Miss
Tyler was. at the time, too weak to raise her
head from the pillow, and the company pres
ent included her uncle ar.d aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan Tyler and her pastor, the Rev.
Thomas Wescott. At the apiinted lime
the young ladv and her assembled relatives
encaged in prayer. As remarkable as it may
seem, before the hour had elapsed the young
ladv was sufficiently recovered to sit up in
led and has been rapidly improving ever
since, she is to-day in such an improved
condition that she is able to ride out, and her
relative are convinced that her complete
cure will result. Considerable excitement
prevails in this immediate neighborhood
over the ftrange cure.
Littno Witsessf.s The hundreds of
strone, hearty, rugged and healthy Rooking
men, woman and children that have been
rescued from beds of pain, sicitness and well
nigh death, bv Parker's Ginger Tonic, are
the best evidences in the world of its sterling
merit and worth. You wi'l find such in al
most every comaiunity. Read of It in anoth
er column. 2-21. -Im
SEWS A5D OrillB K0TI5GS.
(larfield has a brother chopping wood at
$1 a day, and they say he is the happier man
of the twain.
In Schuylkill countv Corneliu9 O'Don
ne!I, an old man, choked to death while eat
ing a piece of meat.
While shooting at Mike Murphy late
Saturday nipht. at Cincinnati, Kichard Hur-
jy killtd John Sullivan.
An tnnn went insane with remorse
at Laporte, Ind., ber-a.ise he blunderingly
killed a neighbor while shooting at a rabbit.
A family in West Chester awoke jnst in
time to save themselves from being suffoca
ted by coal gas which was escaping from a
defective flue.
John Vanderheidc. aged 24 years, was
hanped on Friday, in Mielbyville, Kentucky,
lor the murder of a little coiored girl, com
mitted last jr.iy.
Charles Men ill killed h.s mother nt Ch!- i
chopped'the body" to piees and buried what
he could not burn.
The anxiety about Taul Boyton has
been relieved by a letter received by his
mother, dated the Oth of January, which
sa"d be had pone to the interior of 1 em.
Martin Koss and William Pickett, hvmg
u....rir M.i . exchanged shots Thurs
day on account of an alleged insult offered
RoVto Pickett's wife. Pickett was kill
. a iiui ennnot. recover.
There is a farmer in the eastern end of
Lancaster countv, eighty-one years of age,
who has alwavs dealt at one store. His first
visits were made when he was a small boy,
aud accompanied by his father.
Eour stiangers ana me proprietor m a
snk,..n
near Santa te. X. M., quarreiicn
while plaving cards a few days ago. Pistols
o.-..re drawn and the strangers weie shot
dead. No arrests have been made.
Mr. .Kdward Forrest, of Smithville,
Rraiiford county, recently gave birth to girl
twin's who were firmly united in a face-to-facc
poMton from the breast bone to the ab
domen. Thev died shortly after birth.
At the Whipporwill colliery, in Wilte
Parre, Pa., on Thursday. Richard Williams,
aged sixteen yean. was cut to pieces by a
runaway car, and James Davis, W'illiam 1 la
vis, M. Webb and Edward McRue were seii
ouslv injured.
Can a legislative enactment make s-a-s
spell "saw?" They think so down in Ar
kansas, for the l egislature of that State has
j.ascd a bill defiring the pronunciation of
Arkansas to be Arkaiisaw. Kansaw is still
to be heard from.
---Mrs. II. II. Ingham, of Monroeton, Rrad-
Varlet "fVver. In Viping the patient's
ford countv. waited upon a mere attacked
month the saliva came in contact with a sore
cn Mrs. Ingham's hand, causing her death.
The niece recovered.
Archbishop Laing, of Santa Fe, is in
better luck as to worldly affairs than most of
the clerical profession. He owns a gold
mine which yields $1,00 from two bucket
fuls of ore. ne nugget recently taken out
proved to be worth f 2, 000.
Agent Charles H. Day, of Forepangb's
ahow, Philadelphia, lias received nearly .no
photographs in answer to his offer of ?10,no0
for the services for the season of the hand
somest lady in tbp land. Thus far a young
lady of Bradford is the favorite.
Thirteen of the victims of the orphanr.ge
fire at Hyde Park, near Scranton were bur
ied in one grave on Tuesday. A is i ner, who
is much respected, is the man charged with
stopping one of the Si-ters from going up
! stairs, lust he denies the charge,
i Congress has passed a special act plac
I inr Mrs. Elizabeth Upright of Rockland,
Iowa, on the oension rolls because she had :
I eleven sons in the Federal army. There is j
I no other instance in thp country of a mother ;
i having eleven sons, all in the army. (
Two protheis had a lawsuit in New j
' Castie a few dr.vsago iostt!e which nhouhl 1
i pay for an eight dollar tombstone over their i
j mother's t-Hve. They will both receive lu- '
1 cratire office ruder Garficld'a adininistra- I
! tion, or a record f.r meanness is of little me. i
I Kllen Athev, a murderess in jail at 'w
! Philadelphia. Ouio, got out of her cell, and i
, was met in the corridor by Mrs. Lyons, the j
i Sheriffs wife. A desperate encounter be- !
tween the women resulted in the securing of '
; the prisoner and the fatal injury of her cap- j
1 tor-
I Michael Pavitt, the land leiguer, n the
' son of a tenant-farmer of County Main, ar.d i
, worked in a Lancashire cotton mi!! until he ,
was 9 vears old. Then his arm was crushed
1 in the machinery and had to be amputated, j
i Thereafter he turned his attenlion toedueat- j
ine himself, and at 15 became a government 1
I letter-carrier. j
A dower of ?s )0, which has been stand
' ir.g against a property in Northampton
countv since 18:26 and on which f J,i3.3i in
1 terest had been paid, was distnbu'ed recent-
I Iv among the heirs of an obi lady who died a j
; few weeks ago at the age of 104 years. Nine ;
: children survive her, the oldest being over0 j
year of ag. i
; Oscar Trigg, Superintendent of the Mad-
ison. Indiana, Poor Asylum, nas a oiock 01
1 wood a piece of beech" limb ir. the heart of
I which is a likeness of a woman, dressed n
the stvle of the period, the skirts being
I flounced, tucked, gathered and pi.ined back,
; the arms being carried a la kangaroo. It is
j a freak of nature.
j The Philadelphia Time says that a ni
' mor has been current for some days that Mr.
L. P. Farmer, General Fafsenper Agent of
; the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in
! tended to resign, owing to impaired health.
; Mr. Farmer's friends express the hope that
hi will be ahle to continue in the position
J that he has tiled with so much ability.
! Tlif Columbia Spy is responsible for the
! story that on Wednesday evening a large
' mnskrnt was attracted to the residence of
Mrs. Rudnstein, on North Third street, in
: that borough, by strains of music from a
: piano : that he scratched at the door until
i admitted, and that not appreciating his pres
i ence the inmates of the house kil'ed him.
' A child's dress made of font tlass and
' trimmed with lace made of the same mate
rial is now on exhibition in a fIiow window
I on Fifth avenue, Pittsburg. The dress glia-
tens like the finest atin, and is marvelously
J beautiful. The fabric from which it is fash
' ioneil wp spun anrl woven at the glass fac
tory of Messrs. Atrebairy t Co., that city.
. The wife of Cyrus Hoffert, of Cumru
township, Berks county, bad lot her voice
two yers, five months and six days, all of
which time she was able to speak only in a
whisper. Recently, when she was trying to
peak throuch a home-mad telephone con-
strncted of esjpriee hoxes, she reeoven d her
voice, and is now Abie to speak as well as
ever.
When Orin V. Crowell left Socorro, New
Mexico, for Lake View, X. J., tlie other day,
he kissed a pretty cirl nood-l.ye, at the same
time noticing that her cheeks were plumper
than usual. On his arrival at Lake View
he went amonir the citizens with a swollen
face and his month onen like that of a fish.
The pretty eirl bad the mumps and by the
kiss Orin caueht them.
Henry O'Connor, aged 17 years, shot his
sisfer Annie, a girl of 20, at St. Louis, on
Friday nicht, while she was in bed in her
room. He had previously been reproved by
his uncle for striking a younger sister, and
supposing Annie had reported him to the
Jiiuir, lill-u wilrtltviiiuiiuiiurSjjuioc a lami
shot. Annie tries to shield him by saying it
was an accidental shot.
An old German woman died In a miser
able hovel near (uakertown, Bucks county,
a few days ago. in the midst of poverty and
filth, who was heiress to a fortune of $10,ooo.
The money could have been obtained long
ago, but for the obstinary of her husVtand,
who refused to consent to the deduction of
some interest that was n dispute at the time
of the sett'ement of the estate.
The Philadelphia Press sums up the
character of the abortive movement against
Eckley B. Coxe in one sen'ence : "To at
tempt to" torture his voluntary seif-aecusa-tion
of over-7ealous electioneering into evi
dence of such a wi'fn! violation of law as to
forever disqualify him from hoiding ar.y of
fice of honor or trust in the trate is neither
very ingenious nor very decent."
At Syracuse, Y., on Friday last,
Judge Riegle sentenced the Karl gang of tur
glars, ttiieves. and highway robbers. Lean
and Charles Earl each to sixty-five years in
the fsfate Prison, and Emma Earl, sister, re
ceiver of stolen propei ty, to fifteen years.
Of the other memtiers of the gang Thomas
Jatjues got forty years, Frank Richards twen
ty years, and Anna Sterling five, years.
Bartner and Baptiste Costa, two eccen
tric, brothers, lived together in an isolated
house at ( ollinsville. Mo.
Baptiste went to
the nearest neighbor and said that he bad
killed Bartner. His story, though true, was
not believpd. Next day he tried to convince
another neighbor that he was a murderer,
but with no better success. A week elapsed
Iwfore he was able to get himself arrested.
In the eastern part of Bartholomew
county, Ind., a mob, masked and armed, seiz
ed Samuel Ewing on Tuesday nicht of lat
week and hung him till he was nearly dead,
and then stood over him with a cocked pitol
trying to extort from him a confession that
he had poisoned Dr. Biddinger's horses, the
doctor having lost seven by poisoning. The
mob utterly failed and abandoned the pris
oner. Mrs. Armstrong, a voting and charming
widow with a fortnne of f:?0.(K0, was receiv
ed into the best society in Columbus, Ohio.
She married Hermann Corzillious, the
Treasurer of the county. Two weeks after
the wedding she was arrested for the mur
der of her first husband, whose father had
for two years kept detectives at work on the
case, and had at lat discovered testimony
clearly Implicating her.
-A child named Shutter was burned to
death on Thursday, by playirtT with fire in
the absence of its parents from home, near
Coevmans, New Tork. A little girl was kill
ed in Coeymans the same day by falling on
the water wheel of a paper mill. James
Jordan, a miner, was killed by a blast in a
coal mine at I'ittston, Fa.. Fi ;day . Sheridan
C. Matthews, nged 10, was killed by the cars,
at C'arbondale, Fa., on Thursday.
The so-called "independr :it Republi
cans," alias bolters, of the Pennsylvania
Legislature are very much mortified now to
discover that Senator 'ameron suggested
Congressman Mitchell for Senator. They
have been working nearl two months "to
: beat Cameron." and refused to elect two
i good men because Cameron wanted th'-m
elected. After all this fuss and fury, to j
. have stepped into the l ameron irap makes
. these patriotic and broad-fc.uio statesmen
very unhappy.
,j ,,ollse; KilUnning, who died on
Ati' lorn nevri'iiiis, proprietor of the
Thursday night last, was born into the hotel
business, having first seen the licrht in the
Kittanning Inn, the predectsor of the Rey
nolds House. Mr. Reynol Is was born in
119. His father came to Kittanninc when
K was an Indian village and built the fir?t
hotel, which he conducted until 1S50. About
ls.io Absolom was elected Treasurer of Arm
strong county. He leaves SMO.noo to be di
vided between his son arid daughter.
The live question of hugging, whatever
it may be, is before the Michigan Legislature
in the shape of a bill to make hugging a cirl
against her will a penitentiary offense. The
Philadelphia Times thinks no measure of
this sort is likely to pass. No girl unless
the girls of Michigan are totally different
from all other girls wants any such law as
that : it would siniil about ninety-ninc-one-htindredth
of all the fun there is in this
world, and every enterprising young man in
the. State would be in jail witttfn a month.
K. C. Hayden, convicted of the murder
of his wife, and sentenced, in September,
177, to two years' imprisonment in jail, two
years' confinement in the State Prison, at
fiaid labor, three months' solitary confine
ment and then to be hanged, suffered the
latter penalty, Friday afternoon, at Wind
sor, Vermont. An application for a new
trial, on the ground of insanity, was refused
about a week ago by the Supreme Conit.
Ilayden was intelligent and fairly well edu
cated, but reckless and dissipated in his
habits.
An immense loss of stock by starvation
has been one of the consequences of the un
precedented snows of the present winter in
the extensive cattie ranges of the Western
Territories. Such is the fertilizing effect of
ls"T'tt. ,r'"? -'f ZTZ V
te exceptionally g-od this vear, but it was
probably sufficiently good before an.1 did not
j require improvement. Enough i3 said to be
as good as a feast. It is in fact a great deal
t better, and even shnrt commons rigid along
' is r referable to an alternation of famine and
' abundance.
It hardly seems possible, says the Du
j binjue (Iowa) Time, that our city has among
! its inhabitants a man who shook hands with
. Sitting Bull, a man wlio has smoked with
: him, a man who has hunted with him, a man
! who has courted his daughter, Big-woman-j
Tiot-afraid-to-have-p.ipooses ; a man who has
1 dated to enter the lodges of the blood
j thirsty Sioux. Rut it is solid truth and can
j not be disputed. When the history is writ
i ten of that great tribe one name will stand
: boidiy out and read Tim O'Slica, night clerk
J of the Lormier. More anon.
1 A shepherd dog on tne farm of Mr.
Thomas Haiti, of Sceleyville, Wayne county,
has been creating a furore in that neighbor
hood during the entire past winter. He has
been seen repeated lyTo drag a Urge piece of
bark up a steep hill back of the farmhouse,
where a thick crust had formed, then deliti
erately seat himself op. it. and slide to tlie
bottom of the bill. Many poo'e have wit
nessed this strange freak of the dog's, and
after coasting down tbs hiil several tiui'-s
I the nog would enrry the. bark sled to a place
j of Ktfetv until be needed it sgain.
I Father Maloney, a Catholic priest of
I Cherry Creek, White Pine county. New,
j while crossing Ruby Vail- y on horseback, a
j short time ago, g;t caught oHt at night ami
i had a vers' narrow escape from leing de
, vourcd by coyotes. A paott of the wolves
I attacked him, but through violent shouting
! and secii'sr gesticulations am' grimaces and
i the aid of a good horse, but elderly by the
latter, he finally escaped. In relating his
I adventures to a newspaper reporter, be
j closed by saying : "I am now partially re
1 stored to my usual spirits arid elasticity of
mind, and expect ere Ui:n to be able again
'.o compete with the boys in any feat t'
jumping, racing or stone throwing. Alto
gether, however. 1 look upon my narrow es
cape from deatn as a special protection of
Divine Providence."
A novel combiit was witnessed by a
large crowd in Kerry Patch, St. Loui." A
bantam game cock made a fiercealtack upon
a small bull-terrier which c ooroscbed close
i to a number of chickens that werj feeding.
! At first the dog snarled and showed his
i teeth, but did not attempt to injure bis im
i puderfl antagonist. Tl'.e bantam would riot
! be subdued by Mich a moderate, manifesta
tion of spirit. He llew uion the terrier s
back and sticking bissptirs in the hair to ob
tain a foot-boid, apparently, tried to put out
the dog's eyes. Terrier then attempted to
snap off bantam's head, but tite hitter was
too quick. After inflicting some slight
wounds bantam flew a short distance and
crew shrilly. Then he darted back again
and met terrier haif way. The terrier was
agile and fighting hard, "but was never able
to get a bite of bis opponent. H- made a
anap every five or six second., but tlie wilv
rooster always escaped injury. The fight
lasted mme five minutes, and only once did
bantam's life nppet-r to be in imminent dan
ger. Bantam lost some of bis feithers in
the fight. Terrier lost one eye and consid
erable blood.
Wr noticetliHt erpsjt maiiT prupriptory
mediein" men are advrrtisinjr in siu: h a roari-
ner a- to load the puliiic, anil particu'arly
i the retail (Iriiggist. to heltve that tlie s;t'e ff
j their enods is so crent, tlint nniess their ir
! dors are sent in early tliey will be unable to
j fill tht-ni. We, however, untie one excr-p-1
tion to tliia rule in the eas of the .inkV
; M'F'a Co., of l'hiladelpdiia Pa, iho are hon-
ear, enough to tte, that no matter how fast
1 the orders come in for Si-r.a' Syr it of Tab.
11 D Chrrut mil HoAKHorND tbry liall
a I r. ri I tmtl I o . , UB , tola . .
.,t vear wereo.4: bottles : thHr fac'ilitir.
; fnT :.!-;., t msnt .e 1 ,,u1 ,, k.,,,,..
per annum ; but let no drucsist or customer
be alarnvd t'nattliere will ever Vie a corner in
SrwR' Tar, for should the trade de-niund
S.OtHi.rV)') bottles they can be had, and from
our experience w;tli it a a couph and cold
remedy, we have no doubt that its sale will
toon rea"h the lnt named figures. 6i Fran
cise jVe-if and Dispatch.
I
j TTARRisnrno, Pa., Nov. 1, ln. I)r. I?.
' J. Kendall & Co., Gents : I have a very fne
1 mare that has had a bone spavin for a lone
I time, I tried everything man could devise to
1 cure it, bnt all in Vain, and was about to give
! it up when a friend of mine in this city came
f to me and recommended Kendall's Spavin
vuitr, Allien l irieil Willi glfllln rt'SUilS, l't'-
moving the twine clear and clean : then I
sent 2.r cents to you for one of vour illustra
ted Horse Book. "and I think there is no let
ter book printed on the horse and his diseas
es. I have taken preat interest in it and
have since sold 18 copies for von to my neigh
bors, and will try and do what good I can by
getting them for others.
Yours truly, . G. TY. Miller.
Death of a Well-Ksowic RRLioiEreK.
Alter forty years' service in the cause of
her Master, as we learn from the Pittsburg
biipntch. Sister Mary Veronica McDerlv died
at Mercy Convent, in thitt city, on last. Sat
urday morning. Sister Yeron ion was one of
the seven Sisters of Mercy who, in l4 i. ac
companied Kr-. Rev. Bishop O'Connor from
Carlow, Ireland, to establish their order in
this diocese. This was the firit convent of
the order established in the United States.
The memory of Sister Veronica will be long
revered by the large number of persons to
whom shn was indeed a Sister of Mercy.
May she rest in peace.
E. TV. R It ANT, IRrnOIT, F.I.17.ATIETH, X-
J. I could scitrcely speak above a whimper,
and it was almost impossible to breathe thro'
mu no.trtla T'tttorr Vlu'u i ' .. ... II , 1 . m
I short timf. j hj, entirely relieved. My head
nas not oeeti so clear nor my voice so stion
in yoars. I have warded off several colds
since. I recommend this admirable remedy
to all who are afflicted with catarrh or colds
in the hend. J. O. Tichkntor, Dealer in
Boots and Mioes, June 15, 179. See adver
tisement. Kittanniso is excited over the presence
of a man who calls himself Baron Linton
and who claims to be the husband of the late
James E. Brown's grand danchter. llesuvs
that the young lady, who is the danchter f
the late Mrs. Jane B. Finley. met bun while
traveling in Kurope and oecame his wife.
Mr. Brown left an estate valued at $2.0oo,
000. a considerable portion of which will po
to Miss Finley.
I HEi.tFVK Ei.t'8 Cream Batm to be the
hest article for catarrh and bay fever ever of
fered to the pnbhe. It has piven satisfaction
in every case, and knowing its merits I re
commend it. Samcel J. ViL60S, Druggist
Wllkfsbarre, Pa.
V Lni'gliinfT Family.
TEE fTRAViiC VIAL-APT WHICH AFFLICTS A
FAMII V AI.OC TRK DELAWARE FT1LIT
LE6S ITfonis TO STAT PERIODIC
LAUGHTER T ' I.KS TOLD BT
THE MF.IUHBOns.
A Frenchtown, N. .?., correspondent of tite
Philadelphia Titmn. wii'ing under dHte of
; February iwth, t!lsa rather queer .story, as
follows :
' Straight across the Delaware f-om here and r-. i
i am nif the hills which run parallel with thu river
for piany miii livsa himm coneernirjir whom 1 he
j ptran:ret Monrs ate teld. Ti e fatherand simis are
' farmer!, and all live in a Lirjre. ntstantinl lu.ii-f,
! a few var Is froir the road to 1 l"-t'.wn. Thevare
all chronic laiiRhrrs. having an aW:rtion of the
muscles of the ru oith and throat who h compels
them to irlve vent to nft;:rrnl tnerrmo ' at i-turnl
, interrals. The malaov nrs appeared in t tie Sathrr
i about ten jran en. lie : n.inl!v a very que t
I mnn. eni'-vinirttm. hut tn.irifcSTiiiir his rv.: .vim-tit ;
1 without niui-h t.-.'-e. He whs I at the dinu-r
I tahle ne ! in the i r;ri ' f the yi'sr, i-n'in; I
i steatlily ant ii'.l ecrnirit.ii In at-y , f the cotut f- !
! tion whicn the f.thrr member of theiamiiy wen-
csrrylnif on. Siel.lrnly. without any c:oise. he
I I irst into A ltid fit fl iai:: liter extretn' !y diier-
i ent frutn Ins afji'.-ioi 1 laugh that all wire at- j
I tracte-l by it at once. When a - k t-.l wlmt su the
I reason fr Ids m.hlen oitNnvt he raaile no reply, '
i but continued I -is m'-rr mrr.t. sjottie of the fcoys j
thouifht he h:ol hysterics aii.l on luted him on tlie j
' hack, hut itdni !; fl. Altera lew moments he
i tnMle motions for j e;e:l ntul paper ami wr..- thst !
j he was umi'.le to . urn. 1 his nsiMe aud ascil them
1 to tend lor a !o tor. I
i THE -.Tl BE OF TBI M ALA!V.
The'ruritl ph :v-1:ui can.e, hut eoiji i tu-p no rf 111-
: ely toat atof.po.l the laiikrho r. I'eal after real of
! what sounded like trie lieric.-t kind of lun came j
1 from him. td not hitiir would avail to j-rrveiit it.
The doctor finally came to the conuiusion tl.st he
1 wai tho vimm oi a ro rvou attuck. atul. Ic-ivn r a
I nervine, dejmrted. The lH'hercor.t:nue 1 luui:h:rir
't until ahout suroh-wn. wh-n he suddenly ;.j.-e 1
', and fell 011 the (l.i-.r. c'm;detely protriTe.i. He
i soon strew better, however, ate :i hearty tMi-jrt i.nd ',
i sj ent the evening much as 11-tiM. No sumiso! a
! return of the tel. I tr :'ihle appcarine. he wer.t to
j lied and was soon fast a.-ep. Alnnir ah ut two 1
j o'clock in tlie inoru.nir. howev. r. his wi:e w A. '
awakened by his lnuirhter. smi the same symptoms
iuhuii'-.:.-'! i in 111 i'i e. a f on tne ntterms.n prcvi
. ou?. He kept u tip u:it,l 7 G'ol .ek, laiiyhin loud
; and flrona. A t , ep-k the nojeudden!v o".-e4
and d'd not return a.'ain until dinner time, 'i'kais
11 i-oniinuea. ri"Urnn pa-t, ,'iV e) urtiv aOer no n
a nd in the nislitnV uu oVtork'. and h:o- e-. er iiio.
As the wo, kf passed hi- irrow a-.-o-!. tr.i I to tf:c
ditease that l.e was caused verv ht'le it.t-t.nvent-enee
by it. He did n .t (tet tired out. a at lrt.
and toon wnsahle to iro about his work sowing
seed and plutd.r.ir c-.rn. d.uifir.x vetretnM-s and
watern.K the cnttlt while Inuk-Uicc itrimoderitciv.
j lie could not talk, while under one ot the t-peiiV.
I hut carried a suite rind pencil around with h.in, af
I ter the far-hion o! a daf and dumb person,
j THE LACKUtllR OPiiBAtM.
I The tro'ir.le was very regular in lis corr.trsc and
i goinif and only occasionally broke forth at ouiovard
j li.r seasons. Hi"e the old ina n aas tuio n in chu'eh.
just when the minister w.i exhorting his hearers
j in the most solemn strains, and spoiled the effect
j of the discourse, besides .iisturvinv the eo,ii:lihrtuTn
ol the clergyman. An itb-r tunc he was found bv
; one wl his neighbor? along the road, lyin;; ten--ath
I a I ajf of four, lanvhin:; at a ternnc rate. He I as
; been taken while driving home from the mill, and
the fii liipnnv.o ot the sounds frightened the horse,
i causing it to run nway and dump the man and
i part ol hif load tut in the road. For eighteen
j months the hitle r was the only one or the boue
! hold afflicted with the malady. Several 1 them
had com plan ot ir mi tuue to lime of an inclination
to join the father in the lauti. but none ct them
did so until nearly two years alter he sm taken,
when Su-ie, the youngest child, suddenly burst
into a similar fit i urlng one ol her father's attacks.
From that t ni" on she laughed Ht about tha same
, hours h-r father does, i Mie by one the remaining
i members fell victims to the strange t'otnplaiur. un-
t 1 three ye:ir n.r,. thre was but one b-It free, and
1 tha.1 was t'harles, the o'der-t s-.n. llisiut.gfcieu.p-
tion le 1 ti'.ni to believe he would escape the r-'iita- I
i Kion. Hut he ai mistak-u. and it i a d he f iJ ;
j his fir"t ntta' k wliiie pel i i..m ng f -.r the 1 an i o!
a M;;rn-l'iirit dnnisi-i. S'. rncln.iifil wac ths la iy j
: by the fjneer belia'. lor of her -Li.Ior that Ff e ran I
; tpiiii tin- room. a. id it n weeks buiore the proper '
i e.tpii: tiai i"iis coil :d 1 ni u-.-e h er to e -e Liin n iri. '
She is now one oi the ianniy here and, cs -aping I
1 the tnaiady. never initios the hideous cb.i'ras of 1
I Innghter w tic h twh e h day rebounds through the. '
1 house or grounds. 11 lsn-garjv l as ratic-r strange
! that none ol the neighbor shoul.i have caught ti.e ,
lnfei iion. tuit u h i the case, ultnongh u,any o.
' them mingle consta ! v. ith the le raoy. I
; 1 rvino to 6T'-r it. j
KrrrvthiiijC poss.ble h:'S I ecn dne to alleviate 1
, or rem", e tti- malady. I nt w thout per-eptii.le el- j
leet. sCv,rti e'lOiiP'it physic -u s trom tl e lea i.i.g
j cit . have v. -tied jhe h tn-; aiid tjrown ei -e !,ng
j ly intcr-sf 10 th -?se "I hey ail c.iuies them- i
' selves battle i by l.a.a iy and isaiit oi; r 10 f
' cf the family to go to the '.f- x t where they ran re
1 ceive coiistatit t reatiijeii t. l'ios they sfeH-liiy re- i
, fuse to do. Their peculiar trouble, s" E"-.l eabie ;
; at;d 1. lias -na.ii; li-.etn cry seiii lac. ati i tnoy
'. r nut travel wfiere th. y be sut. f-cied to pub- I
lie 'unny 131' . eiuark. I'Ley g f eh ur-: or th c
; nore in the vulave t'.u-e . and aTT'-nd s-.h:11
-;itherinys occiisioi(a.iy in the tieilil cih.-. 1 in :
i the eveirngs. but only an ' z life-long ir.an.'s. J
IVop'e within a radius M a ! w iri'.e1? are so ii'-r-ui j
' tome ; to the thing that the; i.po i n il! 1 it i t IikiI-
tion it. IVlC'-'.ii'ni;;' vn; r-w I--- le ,.d .
' the Imincdiate " teini'ty. and ihe irysicans who ,
; have ai'Ci'de.i ihi 111. i-re e iiizmt of ti e ctreun-
slani-es. l'eeple ani.it li e 1- oise. esoec aily in :
tire summer ;tr::e, have been h.'ei wiih eu-' -i-.y
bv what t'ey saw and h-ari an h.tc carrli-1 ae '
, counts to ii"-ti.t.t pia.-es. I tne reports aie very '
vaitue. lor the pai-er-bv ha.e lit 1 no c h n t i-lei
; ol the tr.iutcr. 1 lo j only knew 11 at 1: I eked r--1
markably strange to see a Isiiier and hii- -et.s out ,
In a held. 1 lowing and sowing- mimy r- ds mrt, 1
; vrt e ieh one l.njriitiiz as tt .cji;ii he ha 1 l.ciir 1 tne
, best n k- in the world, t ui .'on so -:. s me t .id ol
1 the truvelers -alio wci.t that way. Several year?
ag. tw--i -ung men e.,Tne fr- m i.t e-;.'ir. lo at
j tend paitv at l.rwinua. a summer r-rt 11 li.e
I'e:
ide.
. a lew Ul '. les I '
,.w ! e
tirt 1
d the
ao k lo.
. a warm tug
. late, 'i ht-y
j family seen
1 he wilui.oi:
: tie clerlv '..
d.d Lot
trove p :t ti c 1.
a Iter ti e r' guiar h
s were til' open aiei e
.eard. A t .ie ein.g
the most unearti.lv
ne.
no
n
! they heard
had ever re
deiioniuu;.
leieed. It Seemed i;ii a p
, and tht-y leit sviro li.ey
tiitrim-e t'i the lower r v'
fr.irhl and ne:,riy rai: aw.,y
ti.e eeiiClu-loU tll..t. at ti.e
1. am. te l. :i ev hu;i;e.i li tr.
: fctrucii the
llor-e took
; t'ouillitf to
: l.iaee was
leu;.
, i;em uioniititt spread li.e n
Pari .es w- re
; ed tit ItiVe.iiatc tlie mutter, but
' solvtd tl c sal-o 1 1 111' rt lnt-Tiiie.i 0.
.liae near el hand as '. ti.e uati
1 he were u;.e l lo remaia re'..e:el
1. one t f
ut ti mat-
; ter and tac doriv .
IHEl li riitipv; . o UTIi .
The yesris id m -es-Ki.t laughter hr.ve t'.-'.t sorre
; what on tl. la a s oi the lam.ly. but pot o as to be
: very t.i.t leeaole. Tin re are M-ores ot itiic: ui.vler
: the eyes atol al'evf the cheek" ca.i.-rd by t lie .irair-
1 nif up tt tiie sk:ii. Ti.en tiie.r in.-atiii bare t-e-!
coino wolei" anil they keep i hii: ciesi. i with dirh
; eully. i he most marked result ol tbe d;aense.
1 how.-ver. is in tho voic. 'the cnUte tHimly ta:k
, in the same tone, refeiuMin a r.tarl. a- nt: '.h'ra
I the vniee -l an atio s.i.i:er. tb s an i tenoile
' have the eaiiiu lnlleetiou anil iiii"Hat.op. l; ?t
if t heui have more, or lea trouole w n h their cyev
several bavins liis-.tue r-ry ui ir i'k I to 1 . The
pupil- have rontrarted arid the i l.t te ej. e' ail is
tlii.nniMH'il in sre. '1 is a-eootne l for t v the
' contract :ei ol t he eyes wh : le lail'j h . -. and
; fort teq 'i i red i n ork i nif or rea-i i nt w r i le un
1 nir an atlae-k. ery l:IIle pl ye al Biino-si'9 is I
1 caused the laliirher". They re;td and write, s eep J
i and work without any treih'e. 'the only thu,; :
; t:er s,-in t.nable foijo. wl:t:e n:taeked.lr- t " eat, J
' nn i tbat e:n be rea iily underto...d. Several uraii I- :
chiidren ba e beeti tu-rn. a iid i n al 1 but one i iiaire '
' thy were taaen. soon afier tdrth.with st..ted at- !
! t ieis ;it the ?;i pie hou-s as their parens. O' cmirso j
'hey do not iaimh n the older nnes do. but they
rs'-w and exj're-i til the siirnii ol baby i;bt. two'-e a j
' dav and never err wh. le in I hat state. ,
CovrtTiNC. (Ink and M aiiryivo the Oth
Eli. A correspondent of tne N. Y. HV,r'f.
writing from Co'un.b'.n, O., under duo of
Ft'brumy - J. says :
A pr. ir.lnent staie rilli--i-il b l-i.i t-r heauti
tnl a t d hih lv-wont; dished da liih-er-; -M :-s Kate
tind li-i Jennie hulh rd wl'.itn are well atd Mr.
orahly knewn in s.ioietv. A earriae tniiiiiier whi
lived hard hv was il-.u in tits sf"nt. m to
Mi" Jennie, tho ynui.itcr. and niatt' r l ad ;ni
gre?"d s far tr. it aa en -m.-inent .i cil'-ri' 1 in
to w.th the cmisent .f her father, a id ail the ar
ranueinents were made tn cele'inr the rejua'-S
lat evciiitiK. far Is were out. we-er.'s were se
ieeted and eoncratiilat'one had 'already hecun to
irriv e. Slid ten ly and without evi'ianaii'H; the in
vited K-I-slS w ure not . fl 1 tha 11;' we Li. 114 had
hern in !efinite!y postnned. The ria.ns tin re
fi r have j'i- tir-e'-i reide K rwn. I in 1 nesday M 13
.leiinia went tj her re-nni and loand iyine un her
dre-i-iiu i-Hse a note a-i-lreed t ' her sirir in the
hand ritmit of her alh.i need. Hiih a woman's
Cllr: wily She etiened Hill Teld lie lute 31, d w.ifc
rend ?red a Into; in-ane l hnd in it the tall del ths
ot an nr-Miitf enenl fer her Si-ti-r Kate t tne.-: t.io
carriakre -tritr. tner at tha resideiiee .-fa 11 1 1 n - ter a nd
ha e t he marriaiti' cretn any ierlnri:.eil tsat ewn
lnir. Hastening lo the parlur to cml'-ent her sis-
ttr, she learned that .Ui-s Kale had iti.ne out a
short time previously. Mi
Z.
ni te.' hv the arrival t.f
h- very" new -vile, who
diatelv to make prei.ar.it
t.-r's. bnt thev were iitlerrut
t'lecarriam tiimmerand
gave no o' her explanation lor t- eir v-m-itu-t than j
that "it had teen intended from molir-if.' They
then reomred to ll,e residence 1,1 t'le ea.-r-.aa-?-triiri- 1
tiler's father, where they still remain. M:.s Jen-
me was prostraied hy the unexpected Mow and
l.ow lies at the. puint of death from an st'ark of '
hr..in lever. ;
A rTi t W led . (UiIHitm's
flLniosrl'l.A irvKH i KtllLT
M AI.F. WeisnacptoSSlba. Il-t-iil
rrie-. d.4tf. l-u,iejri-tie As-n-a.
xwrKTic fscaijc Co., m. .anau, 41.
h Peter Henderson's (J
I
3 Wilt be Mailed IYre Pt all ysho api'lv "
? lAtT.
i Our Fiperlmental rrrni In
A which e teat n r errtsble and
a F onrr Keef ai-omnkt roinririei
nd one f 'remlniies for l iaius
(roTrrlnar irrr In Rlaaa), re
the largeat In America.
PETER HENDERSON & CO.
35 CortJandt Street, New York,
X will mail copy
of tny ?iew Hook,
"MEDICAL C0MK01 SENSr."
El il
. . . . I . , io 1 1 (-e 1" II wim "ii nMHWMiMM
aacd hia tiame'and ti-'Lit-oLice auuicM, aa cciU
in stamps to pay fi"' are.
To. fiv one snVe-.nr Wth COs-frrTIOV,
aitrMa. CATAimii, S4m: iiikoat,
cr BRONCHITIS, the ln?orrr.ron In th P"-k i
c-f pr-eat vain ; and It may In the provhletica ot 4od
Save reanT nsernl 1Ivb. Andres.
Vlk JL U. Wfin, 14 Paltk t, tixtmati. X
WSW . 1. . , "-i w i
'.i a week In your own town
Tern's and J-toutht
CVVJfri.-o.
AdirB H. Hellf" $r Co., I crtland, Me. (
: - - --a f flTl ' fn M
irmrr f
Our Questions.
Are you a buyer r,f Mf'; rr s
Clo'ng at retail? Do you need
clothing for tr.c farm, ti.o office, .-. 5
work-shop, the court-room, r,r the
pulpit? Do you want IvnV rloth;n
for the school-rci., tr lor dress ? D
you prefer to buy clothing tc? ty-rna.de
cr to order? Are i-u in need tf
h;rts ?
If yef, to any or all cf these que
ries, state your needs to us, ti.it we
may send you samples and prices.
Your Question
is. Will this pay for the trouble ? Yon
must judge. We will make up the
case, you must decide it. But re
must tell you that we have created
the Largest Retail Clothing Business
in the L'nited States by the simple
method of giving the t-cs rlothin f r
the least money. We mean that :t
shall pay you to buy of us. If yea
buy and are not pleased, return the
goods for exchange, or vieriud your
money. -
Wanamaker
and Brown,
S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market Sts. v$
rHILADLLFHIA.
1
B. J. LYXCH,
SI anufat turr- tat-t lrltr In
I HOME AND CITY MADE
FURNITURE!
; L01IXGES, HELTEADS,
j TABLES, CHAIRS,
i Mattresses. zo.
HVC KI.KVKMH XXYSVL
ttvivsem ir.U. ti.d ITtJi Sf-.,
J A.lto( ,mn Icim'a.
- fit
wishing t
h-.nc-st pr
Of I --.0
rebate i: ..
-1 rs rei; s
ii'v sri n
h'.lll I.h
:iv -id tog.
as 1 a:-i e.
' ; '", Jt. cri -il
.r. j.i ;
b
II
eull b. i re t
th it 1 ra n in
I'r:ee trie ve
Alti'OIi.i. A
o;g c
e e r
St Sl erc.
-art i:r
ril IS.
IVicNEVIN l YEACrfi,
-mN'Tntr. cr-
Till,
en?
Sftot-Iit
110 F'eventi Avenue. . Allooiia, la.
One Poor 1'tit uT i;n : s !3o-ie.
iiooi-'iNo Ai si'or riy
F.iriiKs ran
A IISM.5. ' . -t.
FAMILY 0HCC0LATE1
n at i'el
t.':s. : ary
rxperiep-:
( it or In suaVti
er In t ; i i.'.r.'kvi
N( w ul k h '
elo at-' i- pre '
Ids Mrerirtn t
and 1 wer
A pr-.tr '
e n e vfi
ral ie to ie
' b..riv. r.
op i' o n th;-.t elo -., at
berant; it udds slrei
utm-iol I ra n,
harm- r. ;7.e the w. rk
ar, i itives pn-iiy to i'
Fi - a -lirerT;ee ei
' e to
f-I tne dine
tl:l
oi'd.
II. KSli TOD
eor :
i-c. .
tor oi,.- Sw. Si 1 VaTi.l a ) .vol:
lorh 4 M : i: r. J ! a-i-.'. 'a I Io-b 1! St'
Foraa'e by V.S. Haiiksi. l r :-. and N .1 r .r.
Serf. l-.isr.e;-i:rrf. Pa. -lv.
'kSLXAVlER-jS ACADEMY
hi- J n - I Trt
"V" :aki
it : th,
m l'enr-
Mr- I'n;
Y half a eer.iu: v .,1,1, f-r.-is w) o- some
rr:.s-t l r m-'icrt an 1 riot-iated !s,o..
ivar.ia ai.d el-ewiieru ha.", e r.' u-..ic ' .
t'e.r-nuii r-l -i -at '"nil aids aud h.;f)ie?-.
f rehnini; inflaeiiees.
ils r lit. tied ai any titce. Yen'.v T-
it "
pense ai
Address :
sisr:
OF V.FKCY.
Hunt s J. ' ..
V.'e.- .it', re'anol t'c.
Tjre. 10. l?'-t
STARTLiHG
DISCOVERY!
LOST MANHOOD RE3TORLD.
A T'etrm of yoiithfal tr j-ndvr cjvsh c Ire-r-1
- v t V"rro!i TVliijirr. Ixt-t .Vri!iiv1.
jiTlEfftrid in vs.in errr kT; u rt:- ly, Lss .1'tt-
i. k m f.-llow-euffn-rs, a lTaa j. II. Rf I ,
4 haihtuii M.. T.
li t. 4.
Farms fcr Sale.
( 1 ..i. l ti i . I 1 1 . : 1J : . Tf. . ' " ' R l"t w
hn. t-f he nt an-1 i-u. ..r ti y--. :i-t , .
( '.vi.'y r : fru ; t vf ii k . i;-- - ; j r 1 -:-A
1 t-o- A . I t VAiNi". H i r n; i ,
I so 'r.raii'; Vrlf e p-r Arrr.
1:0 ''iili: ; at-l : n . 4 ' ; ,n. . r : k -u :.
9 r ; o fri iiiv brt : r f- : .
hrtilv lo u.-arkel. A i :r.-
Wisconsin T A TyTiQ
I I 14 11 I "i
.lOO.OO" A C.'JJ.S XJXl.i.1 U hJ
ON THE Ll.NL OF Tw
Wisconsin CENTRAL B.R.
--For fuM p .:ienlart -l.-. l- r '' r ' -I f tf
addre.j I IMKI.I s I . I HI 1
Land t'ommitsionrr, Jlllaanaee.
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n:i;
f .t o
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1
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in
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L toi
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rHTSltlA.N ASllSrR(lro:.,
A I "'I : iW A , I A
Offli-e and r-M-srp m, K'-at een'h s-e -HI
event h avenue, w here r iht calls cuu 1 ? ni 1 n
OtJi.-e hours Ir mi S to lo. a. m.. and fn ro '1 t -4
and 8 t-i 8, r. v. Sp aal attention paid t '
eases of tha Kye and 1 si, i well a t Seer-'s:
0ralljti; ot evtiv iitrr:lMti. I4-W.-H.1
SPKCn. ATIOX. s,7:,,y.dY;:-vVt!;. V,;
l.rain is the only Knfe. lair and hanfii
vet ottered Investors to in k'" '"'! "
niint j-1 1-ivr-f-n:.'. Add--5 !
t i 1
t AN. 114 f.ssf'ie si ..4Tne.li: 1. 1 ;'
I dtiD 4- Snmnn r rr'-wni'.Vif t-
cut; a t eirjg in rr.-ej, w-:y tr?l y rj
tiois. N.'I ! 8
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A
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! 1.1H t lo- ri; i i - i- -
of sr.v proliose.l i
can ew-j.aier
eof A I'VI li 1 IM M : in A-neri--oo-paae
l amjih l.t. li .".
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Q i
nim Free A.i-ire P. O. l' '
!(Y. ut in' a. Maine.
t tf
i. t
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j.ii i o.. Ann 'Sto
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Me.
i.1.'.' free
Ad.lr, ss f
wees fl2a t.iv at hornt eas-.V
Tilrtde
, Aus-u
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