(Cambria mmm.
tRHNSBUnC. PA., "
FSLMY. - - - - JAN. 5, ISS3
i wn-s R a VRKTTA.tbe rri'irt prominent
figure in Fr,i.cli politic?, dird la Paris j
on Mndy nlhl. Ilial-Flri cr-ated n.
treat wr.?-i.io:i, to! oniy n id rituui
etrrlislmt throughout the republic.
II a rreat orator, ar 1 by the furco
of h:? goc'ins ro? to thebi.hft r!ltinc
tf.tn from burnt1 'if'. OaU-; le of
Pra- L hi w.i r.-i: ns the aVt '.X of
Ler r,iM:e men. utvI Ivl he lived le
..n ', - ' T,;.,:,. . ,-,.-?,!ffl!l,.
IIed!e;l in the -eery prime of life hying
)u tht fery-S:;'i ycir of his eze.
t
rebel 1
Jof.'X S. Mosey, thi famous
vfin It now fill in z the ofr.ee of
r.(,ir.tp, ,,..,1 P.t IIor'T Kor.e. i
thoroiigh'y u ider- I
. iK-f. Pmrd in American
. .v...n V. .1- a
la a Tet'er to a frfen-1 In Virginia, he JsH lebl that the Dc-nioeranc bal- are the va8onable attractions. At the
8vs "I re-ard ITahono as the most ?0'-3 wrr3 HI-cj!. This decision would wharve4 and in the marktts the piles of
." .." .". .,.i-,a QT,,i -niaiptt : r'f course embrace tin Democratic tic- evergreens are greater than f ver before,
viudictlvo, unscrupulous and meanest x-rl li th Vri. f ih rt
polrics" That Moshy means to b-ard , of the SuJ e. Here was a Rlorious chanco
the lh-m in bii den.mav be inferred from ! for Charles .T.Cole, Chairman of thi He
the nno-jncemetit that he will return to I publican Slate t icket, to achieve immor
thfs ronntr in the early part of the l&l fame, or infamy, as the case may b'
Bummer' nn-i will also talra tho etuno 1 and he forthwith rushed into print with
against Mahone in the Virginia cam-1 tbe claim that Waller and the other
. next fall ' I1ernocr;lt'e State candidate had not
' j besri legally elected. Tho Republicans
Red Cloud, the noted Sioux Indian
ch'ef. If now 'i MTashinqton nnd on
Tnosd-vy b.ad ?.n Interview with -Tr. Tel
ler Pcrtiry rT th" Tntrio-. Tr.
C!o-id fully ur.'ler-.tnu'li tlio wav of bi i
wiite rrorner ana :s si ai an !-
t General '
i.-ti h: rnirliint bfi'r th
Croo. tbe trreat Indian fighter, took
o: e h'irdr d horses from him for which
b" w;int" Teller to ray him one hundred
tlioii'ind hilars dnrn-."". Teller did
no mv just then whether or not he
would piy the demand, nor did the Sioux
chief insist upon the Secretary check,
bet F3id th it I 6 would call agaia before
be left for lio:a,
Trtr; Pittsburg Pirpntrh furnishes its
re:uh.T3 with a wonderful varie'y of the
very latest nevs from all parts of the
world, and in doincr so displays a depref
ef Industry and er.tarpriM eminently
er-r'it'xt!' to its proprietrrs. Th" 2Js
fnth 13 a Republican ppprr wih openly
announced independent proclivities, and
d'iriQ th late campi.in in this ltate
its warfare against Cameronism was
both feirless and effective. As a re
cord of the news of the day it stands in
tbe fror.t rank of journalism. Its weekly
rttitiTi Is fnrn'shed to club'' i the r-ir.rk.-ibly
low price of ninety cr.ts,
wh:iii is certainly a rare Inducement to
thoso iei':rlrff a first elaa ci'y papt r.
Mr.. Prvr'T.KTox'? Civil Servic bit',
the rrovisloi:? of wl:ic!i will ' four:;1
P'iMishe-1 r!.:ewl.-r? in cur p ;r-?r, r.r.d
vliic'a th" S to l:;-t week, re
ceived thirty -nir. vo'.es in its favor t
five ac'ist it, tho r.eml-rs not voting
beir paired. 2Ir. 1'rown, of Groria.
m.ived TTir-uccessfully to an"",r. 1 the title
of the ti1! so n?
to make ;t rend. "An
net to
car.j w
prpctnae ir. of.V.o Republi
n m C'ii't'1 tho pa'ronag-- c f
thi Gt voremint." There will be p,
fierce ;.tnig'. ever fir- bill in the Hone,
ar. I ST'ecuh.tio:! WasVs-r' ori i? rvich
fi:vi-,-".l over the re ..It. It has all
a!orr 1 to us li it while both par
ties l.i c.r-rrec? p :.)' t a h" in favor of
rc-foru-ir.c the civ" ; vic". i.i'!'er par
ty Is li-.-.ich in lo-. vvl'.h tt.Ii p '. s:-wasv.re
cf Sir. remViet-
At the begin'
C of th" new vear we
desire to soy a word in commend: lien . f.t to l;ring into the Senate is clearly
of tho Altoor.a 3orr in Tri'n:nc. We ' ghowa from the. fact that h has an
get fjoni it the very la'f t tt-lejrrnpbic rtonnced that tie bad offered it '"by re
news, as well as a report of riil the im- quest.'' Being a good lawyt-r, he ought
portant local occurrences a! t.t the line : to have more respect for Lis reputation
of the rennsr'.vpr.'a r ii'r-ad in this and
the neighboring cor.r.tie-i information
which is very cf??:i cf great service to us
lo m iking up our local and "vner.-.l de- '
ry rep'Ct except its
politics the Trilune is a most excellent
paper, and being publ;sl-rd in a city
with which the people rf the rerther:i
and astern sections cf this county have
const ir.t bujiness rotations, it p .???.es
peculiar advantages as an o lvortisir.-r
mediuro. A bf.tt--r wfiklv than is is
sued from th-5 same establitirn mt l.;s I dency at Cliicaro in lGO. As the I'hil
eo habitation and a r.atne outsido cf the ; adelpbia 21?ccr.-d, speaking of Mr. Ed
great br? cities, if even there. I mnr.ds new bill, savs : "If we cannot
Inr. Legi3!atr.re met at Ifarrishurcr :
cn Tuesday last. la tlio mien held i
by the Dti
".Uio membfr.? of th?
House ci Mocday jrghl, Ji.-iin Faunce,
cf Philadelphia, was nominated for
Speaker on the first laK,,t, r.r.d on the
u-ixth ballot P. Grey Meek, editor of the
Bf'lcfcnte Tf; fc' 'i 'i , was nominated
for chief Clerk. TUbridg" McGonkey,
of Ilariisburg, was i.eniinati d fr.r rr?-lde-it
clerk, an J al-i two transcribing
clerks, one from C!ari.,!i county and the I family remainrd there afttr he went to
other from CumlH'i-Iar.d, After appoint- j II.irHfburg. He learned that Dukes
ing a cniumittee to inquire and report had seduced his daughter, and demand
to an adjourned mr-etincr of the caiieii3 I ed in a letter to bun that he should mar
on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock, ' ty her. Dukes refused and it is said
what other officers are indispensable to ! cast a base imputation upon MissNutt's
nn ciriciect and 'eal org:nivation of the ! character. Nutt returned home on Sat
House, tho caucus adjourned. Mr. nrday evening, Dee. 231, and on .Sunday
Fauncs and tho other nominees were' morning, in company with bis nephew,
elected by ti e ILu on Tu-!-!:'. y. weut to the hotel v.h; re Puked loai Jed,
Twenty-nine of the thirtv llepublican ! and i:i nu-diately alter eiitering tlie lat-
embris of tin enaLe, held a 'meet
ing," not a enn-us ul.r.s-j action would
be binding, c.-. M r- lay nibt. but after
a pool den! of talk an 1 t.-!:i!!g one bal
lot, adjourned without nominating a
ca'j(l: bitT for Pf: ;'. !-r,t pro V -, 11 y-buru.-
I i '-ii.ladelphi a. rrroiving llvo'ea
and I of Vmr.cro. 11. In the s-mi-ate
on Tisil.-.y tl.': first bs'Vr f,,r Pre
sident stood, Peylmrn. 03. TTnll. D 10,
20 and Lre, Ird render, t, 7. t'n the
secon-1 Uiiiot Messrs. A 'ill, Lontrerieck
er and fcCr;'.c!e.l cha:;rTed frcni Lee to
Ileyburii, whVt gavehiri the iieoe-.-.try
twenty-oi.T v'.-j to elect h'm. The :
Denv rr us had it it' their j-o-.vf.r toelcct ,
Lee by voting for ' "ri on .n rrst bril- :
lot, Lut for srrar? r--.i" j : U'lCe-mprtdieiisi-
Lie to 111 threw r. way tho c- rrt unitv. '
thus rnvir"- to Cnrncrvn'?
:'if-fids t Tie
organize! i?i of the hcly and striking
a Mow "t refTrr, about which ' t-"ir
was so much aud such loud boasting
dnr!nr tho Isfe CRmpsij'n.
Thb Republican leaders having been
successful in stealing the Presidency
from Mr. Tilden in 187C, some of the
most protuiueut and active managers of
the crand old tarty in Connecticut con
cluded last week to steal the Governor
ship of that State from Thomas M. Wal
ler, who was elected to that position by
the Democrats last November over Wm.
II. Jlulkeley, Republican, by about four
thousand majjrity. It seems that at
! the election the Democratic ticket in
the city of New Haven and in many
I other parts of the State was printed on
i black paper, leaving the names of the
I candidates in white, and that this is not
i in accorJanca with the law. Neither
i were-the neDublican tickets printed as
t lilt) lw c. lieu 1.3, iui li.ujr uu a utcp
; black borde r on them, which was as
j plii.i a n:ark as the black on the Demo-
i the Uw directs, for they bad a
11 . I . .1 : t . C 4 , V.,,1 n JnAn
cratic bule'its. .New ITavea save a Dem-
ocrs.iic u.j "-i'.y of ah.iut three thousand
a'id tn i eureauay f last week, when
tl eq i stioi.of thvi le?ility of tlio elee-
"-i'-'1 ' the Democritio city ticket came
1 i;: Llt-V lu
: lip.re a majority in the Tjislaturo and
! it was the intention of Cole and Eomt of
i tha more rockk'ss politicians of the pssr-
ty, to jt a law passed declaring the Re
; publfcan candidates elected. Mr. Bulk
1 y. IiortevT, was not east in the same
"ul 1 as R'it;,erford P. Hayes, and, un
like l.im. scorns to take an office to
which be knows be was never elected.
On Saturday lat he addressed a very
brief bitter to Ci'le informing him that
no matter what tho Legislature may do
or declare, any action it may take must
'bp with the Knowledge that in no event
v. i'l I serve or take the p.nition which I
believe it va3 the intent of the electors
i to pive !o another." We don't suppose
' that L'.de could have persuaded theLeg
: isdatnre to carry out his purpose of over
( throwiiiir the clearly exprefsd will of
' the people of Connect i.'nt, but bo that
! as it mwy, th' manly and emphatic let
ter of ?Ir. lln'Veley completely disarms
him and puts au end to his thieving
; sr heme.
i Tiik anti-poligamv liill passed by Con
i press at its last session, and from which
! such preat results were promised by the
' Republican press, has turned out to be
j a miserable failure. This is freely ac
j knowlediieil by several government ofH
, cials .f X"ta?i who came to AYa.'ihii gion
at tho beginning of the present sessioti
j for tho piup se of iirocurincr .additional
and more Rtriii'ient legislation to cruh
out tin evil. Mr. F. 1
rii ;:, who win tbe ar.ll
iiir.d.-, of Yer-
tKid v. ho hibors under th
the a;petitfs and morals of a cimnun-
,1 i m! i i i, '
j it c;u; cu u -u.ated and moulded by (
i i. ,ueui, in3 iiev.ii.ij in. n.u uit-u
; a pew bill acrnuisl Jlnrmon polygamy in
; the Ss-natp, the liKe of which was never
j bef ir" 'lenrd of i;i a countrj' vrhere per
! );:.! liberty is pro'ected by law. His
, bill provi.b 3 that the wife of a Mormon
i prost-cutcl for bigamy shall testify
iu st l.er husband tho same as any
o'.h'-r wiinfss ; that pr
n il service of
! a sub; nn a sh;i'.l t.ot bo necesry before
' a?i attachment f.n '-:M'- to ermprl the
of ti-:
li'lV
Wl
;, a: d that the
not be
:'. ;'i for bia-
' I ti s c
I-.:. 1 as:;;:--:
: " ! '.'
r.'j'ojf .".'
- ' . as a;
tli'! n;
ir.:
the bill i
r. IUt ir.uds i
v.") if . I'A'.cr, (jut vit.tt lie
is no faith it-.
the measure he has seen
' I
than to become the tool of another ir, (
, .,, ,. . ....
actintr as sponser for a bill which, if it
ever becor.Kr: a law, wouM ba kicked
out cf the Su"-i'me Court of the United j
tioi- of pvrsomil libeilv. Tor more than
twenty ytais ttie llepublican pr.rty has
been promising to put an end to this
American "relic of barbarism, " polvpa- i
, , . , , ' . i
ray, rii, il r.'iurisri'f's ai vi 701 ''i-ty 10
d .y in Utah fts it did when Abraham
Lincoln was nominated for the Tresi-
j (b al with polygamy without cutt in
the
tliroat of civil libertv we bad better let
it alone'.'
CArT."A. Xttt, Cashier of the
State Treasury, was shot and Instantly
killed in Uniontown, Tajitte county,
on the day befnr.-' Christmas, by X. L.
Dukes, a lawyer of that place, and
Democratic member elect to the present
I.r crislarure, Uniontnwn was Nutt's
residence when he was appointed cash
bv r 'ate Treasurer llailev, and bis
ter's 10,1m (his nephew remaining on j r,ot 0.J?:,. nature's laws disease musf fol-
tl.e tair-w;i talkinc'to a friend), allow. How heaUhful and glorious would
scuf.le ensued. The i.epht w and his I man's life be if he would stii. t'y obey
r,.; i .., 1 1 ;, .1 . , . ,,- .Jt .1 ..,,-. ' mifure's laws. Man would then
friei. I ru -hi d liKO iho loom ami separa- i .. ... , . . , . . ., , .
, , , , , . , ' , , live wu'iiout an ache or pain in the bodv,
fed t,. -t;i, when Duses iuuuemy puhed or lU,( or sa,JneS3 1;i the ,e:lrt, and
a pistol from his pocket ai.d fchol Nutt j when his work was done and his journey
:!r.,, i.-h lb.! head. Diilv s then walked j c-tided he would melt calmly inf j an ira-
f.-w .! ; .;i 01..1 . i.im..if ii t, i mortal state. But such is n f the case.
r II.' Jill I CUHI V llitiJ'' v' n'W 1
S'uiiiT. After Capt. Nutt's funeral
Dukiswas aduiitted to bail by Judge
Wilson in the sum of Sl'2XH', his step
fathei on his bond. 11 is a very
sad ali'air and produced inter. so t-xcite-
rnt nt, hnih parties Win prominent, eit-
i:s auil Li.tii occul t iittr l.i!) positions
Tiik statistics of iiii!r iu1. eons-truc-tini
in tiiii cotw.try ilurlnsthe 3 c-;ir just
r ifled pro amarir.cr. The returns show
the ccr.ipli.tit-.il t'f ahout clevt uil.t'UT.nd
miles !ttriiir the yervr, or about iifteeu
liiiT.tlreJ r.i.lcs more than were built in
which was the banner year for
railway hulldirj up to that time.
CHRISTMAS aMjle EMBLEMS.
Tie Miraculous Incarnation Receiving
World-Wide Recognition.
THI CnRISTIU WORLD PARTAKES OF TCI HOLT JCT.
A CHAPTER OX LO.YOEVITT.
Ban Wastes His Stock ef Ijrtiiitj-Rf5ntJ vA Pit
ithei Satioai Have la Promise in Lora
eviij (her Sstkc Kitioni.
DllapldatloB In tbe flni-aav Fabric--Baptl
NlrldH In Ih PhTilral I
gtorrticjr af the Hamuli Kc
It Antitnlt nl Xotl
etui t. tntra)ttel.
Regular Correspondence of tbe Fbikmas.
rnn.ADEi.puiA, Dec. 24, 1S82.
Dear IIcTise To-morrow will be
Christmas. The wide world recocnizes
tbe iniraciilous incarnation of the Sa
viour of mankind, calling its eomiuein
oration Christmas, and with similar
fratilinle it recognizes Christ's rising
from the grave, nnd calls its commerro
ration Easter. rckt are the prepara
tion made for. the couiLnenioratiori- of
Christmas in Litis ci'y. The stores r.re
Li
alive with Christmas ereena. and in the
clinrches the nimble finpers of females
are busily enframed in the work of deco
ralincr the church sanctuaries. On all
the streets are reminders of the advent
of Christmas. The furnished store win
dows and their stock of Christmas goods,
and those that pile the side walks, give
tokens of bow extensive are the prepar
ations for the great festival.
As on- Chrittmas the whole Christian
world partake of the holy j iy which the
an;els announced to the shepherds on
that occasion, and which consists in
givin? glory to God for such an incom
parable favor, it is to be deplored that
at this day doubts should be expressed
about the 2oth of Decemler being the
day on which our Saviour was born.
Yet there are some who do doubt. An
editorial in the Philadelphia Record of
the 19th inst., upon the subject of the
Christmas festival, doubts the correct-.
ness of the date of Christ's birth in the
following words : "It is the custom to
B.'ociate Christmas with the birth of
Christ, and doubtless some persons will
not find it pleasant to have the illusion
dispelled. Rut cold historical fact
seemingly dopg not justify the associa
tion. Indeed it seems very certain that
the event did not occnr on that, day."
But the date and place of our Saviour's
birth is not an illusion. It Is trc that
in the fourth century there was a doubt
about the date of Christ's birth, but
Pope Julius I, then reirnins7, made a
senrch of the Roman archives and as
certained the fact that Joseph and Mary
went to the city of IWhlehem on the
24th of December, &nd on the following
day Christ was born. In consequence
of a decree from the Roman Emperor,
for the purpose of taxinorall his subjects
in the several cities, Joseph and Mary
repa i red to Bet h 1 e hem . t he ci t y of Da v!d .
to whose family they belonged, and
there having been so many visitors ar
riving in advance of them that there
were no accommodations in the public
bouses f.,r such bumble guests as Mary
;m' Joseph, and they were placed in the
fitalloofone of the inns, where Christ
was born on th following day. There
is no fi'.iesfior. of doubt about either the
r of the bill, j rite or place of birtti of the long-prom-delu:;i"i
that : ised Saviour. The custom, therefore.
of cbraMnar the nativity of Christ on
'be 2"'h of December is not an illusion,
l(llt aT Pstrih;isJlP(, fac t,,r asHeUion of
Ul0 jurord to t lie contrary uotwitb
standing.
My attention for the last few days
has been called to the repo rted deaths
of a remarkably old ace of quite a num
ber of persons. A few of t hese reported
ib'aths are as follows- Mr". Margaret
TI')iueywll, the olrtert inhabitant of
Northeastern Pennsylvania, died at
T.nckn wnren ner-fl 03 viira Mrs Men
Aired, d;e,1 a Floyd. Georg'ia, ig'ed 103
years ; Mrs. Mary Larfcin. died at Ral- j
tirnore, Maryland. a-7f d 103 years ; Mrs.
! C.oortri.-, aired 10" ; Mrs. Maria Arr.le-
by. die!
n ced in" :
:t Morristown, Xew Jersay, j
frs. A tin Sr.cmneral. die;! at i
lHoominrd:!!", rinrMa, acred 112. and
Iis. arah ood. died .-it ISr.f.M J, Geor
pia. ?Lced l'2l years. All o; tht.-i- aged
person0 died within the last ten days.
It is worthy of role, that all of them
were femrilcs. This goe3 to prove thht
women are more provident, live purer
lives, and violate nature's laws less
than men. IJ. is alsi evident, that, the
marriage state is favorable to longevity.
Notwithstanding there are so many old
: J . .. 1 1 . t 1
" .J""" "
lv an iitstav.c-of ono of them having at-
a rotii aiTO
There is nothing dearer than life, yet
there is nothing with which mankind is
f lira Qinl .j rn r.lOft in f tn I. or 1 t-c tlio
h;' WP win livP- anf1 the'more we de-
viate from them, the shorter will be our
existence. The average man foolishly
wastes his stock of mortality, aud !e
conn s bankrurtt l" fore bis term is hall
spent. All aiiimal life is so constituted
with a slock of vitality sufficient to
run it five times the period the particu
lar animal requires to mature. The av
erage man mat ures at twenty years, and,
therefore, if he lives up to nature's laws
will survive for one hundred years.
Ila I I lived strictly up to nature's laws
I micht have reached the good old ace
of 13l years. I was late maturing, be
ing beardless at the age of 20 years.
From boyhood up to the age of twenty
live, compared with the companions of
my own age, I was physically greatlv
their inferior, while at the age of 30
years I was physically their superior.
Few men have been more improvident
and more reckless of life than I have
been. I arn convinced that under fa
vorable conditions I v "uld have lived
to le over one hundred jars old. I
now fully realize the fact that I havo
recklessly and foolishly wasted much of
my stock of vitality. There is no reas
on why the average man, under proper
conditions, should not live to be 00 or
1C0 years old. But tbe man who ma
tures at 20 ypars and should live to the
age of 100 years, dies on the average un
der 50 years of age.
The physical downfall of man may be
ascribed to eating forbidden footl.
Civilization seems to consist of refined
methods of violating nature's laws.
Diatelic almse among the wealthy is a
f ii 1. 1 fill source rf ijisi'fise. If man will
We kiil ourselves eating forbidden food.
The savage tribes have a prominence in
longevity over refined and polished na
tions. L'-aving out causes of destruc
tion of life inseparable from the habi-
I fuJi-s of haibrous races, the African and
1 inn. tit nifenesi luram extreme 01a age.
j Hi:i,h,,:t Kivt s our native American In
tlians lone; lives. lie reports two of
fhese Indians, or.e a fernala wlio lived
113 year-, aitd her husband lived 127
; years. He reporfd a leruvian wlio
! lived to be 1"0. Prichard, or. the Ion-
nnf 1 ft' j. liu rr .ua v 1 !." J rf 1 fa
priiptify of Sir Edwara Ilyile Ea.ti, who
tiied :if Jattiaica af fhe ape of 100 years,
and f a Mack wouisn who died af fhe
a-e of 130 years. Numerous insiancea
of long life are given of negro men aud
women In the UnJwJ 8ti9.
When one look? back at the reported '
ong life before the Deluge, however old
he may t he feels like an insignificant
infant. What' a wonderful dilapidation
has been in tbe human fabric. The
comparative longevity of tbe ancients
and the moderns is a matter of vital im
portance and interest. Button and Ual
leck both agree upon the possibility of
long life before the Deluge. We have
tbe recorded word of the longevity of
man in tbe Methusaleh, Jared, Koah
and numerous others. Surely tbe chron
ology of the early ages could not have
been tbe same as this of the present age.
If the same the physical degeneracy of
man has made wonderful rapid strides.
Once man strode the earth like a collos
sus, and flourished like a tiee. His days
were not like the flower and the grass
that springeth up in the morcinjr and is
cut dowc in the evening. Think of Me
thusalah being in the full vigor of man
hood at eight hundred years of aze. Just
thinK of a man perpetuating his species
at the great old ao at which Methufa
lah did. l'For MethusaWh lived after
lie begot Sataech seven hundred and eijh'
ey-tico years, and then begot sons and
daughters. " Now-a-dass man gropes
his way through this valley of youthful
and premature death, tbe inexorable
curse of "three sore and ten" holding
him tbe hair. Very fewmen of the pres
ent age possess one-tenth of the vitality
of Methnsaleb. "For the days of Me
thusaleh were nine hundred and sixty
nine years." In these primeval days it
was as common for men to live nine
hundred years, as it is in these degener
ate days for men to live ninety years.
Jared lived nine hundred and sixty-two
years. Noah lived nine hundred and
fifty years; Adam lived Line hundred
and. thirty years ; Seth lived nine hun
dred and twelve years ; Canan Jived nine
hundred acd ten years, and Euos lived
nine hundred and five years. In these!
degenerate days death at one hundred
years is uncommon.
It seems as if the once great welling
up of the deep founts of physical mor
tality have ceased, and man lias become
the mushroom of an hour. The flames
of tho ancient divine fire seem to have
died out of the human clay. The ques
tion now suggests itself. Upon what
food did our piimeval fathers feed ? It
is certain their cooks had not learned
the ait of bestowing upon them the boon
of chronic indigest ion. They assuredly
were not in the habit of gorgeing their
stomachs with fried oysters, devilled
crabs and chicken salads. They could
not have Wen subject to colic, too'.h
ache, spasms, itch, carbuncles on the
back of neck, scald heads or ingrowing
toe-nails. Were those primeval gentle
men's stomachs supplied with the same
arrangements of fountains and gastric
solvents which they reveal to the eye of
the naturalist in these profane days of
scalpels and microscopes ? What a pity
that the anatomy and physiology of the
stomach and loins of that wonderful old
Methusaleh had not been clearly made
out and scientifically arranged with pic
torial illustrations for the edification
and benefit of modern Esculapiuses.
The old patriarchs must have bad good,
clear consciences, and slept sweetly and
soundly, and did not worry themselves
in grasping after wealth and fame. As
Methusaleh and other patriarchs appear
upon the record not as fables, but as
possible and actual facts, the critical
question the purely essential problem
is, has the human race actually degener
ated physically in modern times, for
morally and spiritually, it seems that it
has wilted and almost withered to death.
In reality. 1?,o people, of the present
age cacr.ot boast c:thrcf the:r physical
or mental vigor.
Tho accumul.itfon of !
literatuie which is ptored np in huge
magazines, and the multiplied faculties
of modern education which long exper
ience has secured, are no proof that we
are relatively increasing in strength of
mid, nor are our concentrated faculties
and stupendous triumphs of bodily labor
proofs that we are. relatively increasing
in physical energy. When we make al
lowances for our advantages,
we are
perwiraiea wan me irresisiaiue sense or i
vu mi tt I'M 1LY. lieu vr
inferiority.
tin lr wifli mi iir.r.sirtial .vp nn tliusotror.
......... .j
ity and unbeudmg morality, the refine- j
inn,!, i, lasie aousti.ument.iiie menial , TCjlf,n he nertook to blow up Fort
and puysu-a! vitfor eo common amon , Fisher, in North Carolina. At the cer
ihe ancif-nt Egjpfiaus Atl.eniatis and on Wednesday Benjamin ap
lu.mans a!-, evinced at this day in their vnr fn uniform and looked bis
monuments that have deued. the wreck . premie; t nnd best. Governor Robert K.
of time nr.d yar.dala of ages, we can- pa,t,90T! wiH be jnaugurnted a week
not deny our inferiority, lake a glance from npxt Tuesday, being the Mxfeenth
lac. at the history of the world, and flHV of ,bp ni0nth'. His inaugural ad
tt,u contrast that presents itself between dr;,s wni no nrief, hvt ho intends nt
U:-i tienlal, moral and physical coudi- many davs afterwards to send a special
t :on 01 society m ages long past, aau its j message to the Legislature,
condition as regards Ihesa relations at I - - -
present, ia met with the humiliating con
viction of the awful dilapidation that
has takeu place in the human fabric.
G. N, S.
The Washington correspondent of
the iew York World furnishes that pa-
J'.fr ?Lln u,e 0"w,'? summary or tne
vtvit wrvitx iteiorra uitt, as it, passea called awav. At this f J-ne physicians, weU
the Senate 00 Wednesday night of last 1 Vnown lu'this city (P.ttshnfe), informed
week. He says : j his parents that he was in imminent daneer
The Civil Service Reform Bill, as It pas.ed r total rarstycts, nnd directly afterward
the S-'nsite, provides for the appointment bv j thev announced to his snrrowfnt mother that
the President, by and with the consent o"r thev could Five no hopes of his recovery,
the Senate, of three persons, not more than I At this jnncture the rise of Pervna wascom
two of whom shall be adherents of the same I fenced, and In MX weeks Wm. Lincoln
pnrty, who shall constitute t;,e United Mat"9 ' Cm ts wss well and at "ork. Ttead pau 23
Civil Service Commission. These Cotnmis- ! in "Ii's of Life;" cet .'roin your Drupgist.
sinners are to hold no o'her cflicial positions
unaer the Cntted States; are to receive m
salarp of f.J,0(0 a year, with traveling ex
penses ; and are to aid tiie President in pre
pariiia ruies for carrying the act into effect,
and when the rules are promulgated it be
comes tne duty of all heads of departments
ard officers io the Government employ to
which they may relate to se that they are
carried out. These rules are to provide for
open coinpetitie examinations for testing
the fitness of applicants for the publie ser
vice, and all offices, places anil appointment
will have to be. filled by selections from
am one, the highest grades. Appointments
are to be apportioned among the aeveral
States and Territories and t'ue District of
i Columbia upon the basis of population, and
those applicants selected will have to pass
through a period of probation before any
abnlute appointment is made.
Provision is also made for promotions
from the Iov.er grade t the highest, on the
basis of merit and competition ; thnt no per
son in the public service Is ur.d-r any obli
gation to contribute to any vomica! fund or
render any political service, and will not be
removed or prejudiced for refusing to do so;
nor has any official the right to use hi offi
cial authority or influence to coerce the po
litical action of anv person or body. It is a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
than flOO nor utoie than fl,000, or by impris
onment for not leas than ten clays nor more
tbart a year, or by both Sue anil imprison
ment, for any person in the public service to
f urnisli information to applicants calculated
either to Improve of Injure thuir prospects,
or in any way to obstruct or dt-ce'v them an
to thi'ir ribu under tho roles, or make any
false representations cencerulng the grade of
such applicants. Wiiliin sixty days after
the passage of the act the heads of tite de
partments are required to classify their em-
I ployes nnd clerks in their respective depart
I inents for the purpose 01" examination, and
j trout time to time revise the cmsificatiori as
j oct-asion may require, and no officer or clerk
' 1 1a 1 i be appointed, and no person ahall be
1 employed lo enter or promoted iu either of
' the classes until he has passed an examina
tion ; but. it is expressly provided in the bill
that any preference ewtdeired upon veter
ans glial', not be taken from tht-m, nor shall
any authority riot inconsistent wilh the bill
be tasen from the t'resident.
Olficers not
in the executive brHnch of the Government,
labors and workmen and persons nominated
j for confirmation by the Semite, are exempt
j ed fro'tr classification and examination. Not
j more than two member of anv family are
j eligible for appointment in thtt same grade ;
j reciniaierid:tiion8 tor appointment bv any
i Senator or Member of the House are not to
be received, and no person is to be appointed
or retained in the service who rises intoxica
ting beverages to excess. The soliciting,
1 receiving or giving of any contributions or
j a-eustnent for any political purposes by any
offierr or employe is prohibited under a pen
j atlv of ptini;.hu;ent by a tine of not exceed
. ing f 3,000, or imprisonment not exceeding
three years, or by both in the discretion ol
the court. Provision Is inaue In the Dnl for
the removal by the President of any member
of tbe commUMlen an4 tbe ftppoiatmest of
bis itftttwr.
LETTER FEOK C ALIFORM A.
Oiidali, StJinmtans Co., Itml.,
Dec. 25. 182. S
Dbar Frikkd I send you friendly let
ter s the only New Year gift I have to
give you. Whitwr tho new year may be
to you. it In of vast importance to me. The
EansioK links In ttie chain of life, re now
eing counted at the short end, and no one
know how many or how few there are yet
to count. S'.xtv:Cve bare already pasaod,
and almost another is counted. My destiny,
rov lifp. is in the control of a Supreme Pow
er. Let His will fee done on earth even as it
is in heaven.
We are having beautiful weather here, as
fair as any June weather in the States.
Flewer in the gardens ate blooming in this
mild, etherial air. Grass i grnwine finely.
Grain is its carpet or green over hill and dale.
Wild flowers will soon appear. It appears
se utranae to hear and read of ice and snow
Dd freezing weather in tho State. hl!a we
are surrounded by auch lovely summer
scene.
I see another Teachers' Institute- not'eed
to meet In your town, and I have often won
dered why thev continue. It Is true naw
ynr.rig teacher are conftantly taking tho
p!ac of cider ones, and aurh may pick up
an Idea daw and then, but if I were on my
solt'inn oath, I would have to swear that af
ter attending some fiftv or sixty mertincs of
the kind, Ineliic'.lne State associations. I never
lsrned anything nefu! or new nothing
ttint cannot he, found in books; and wok
information, being much easier ohtalnable
ant mnch cheaper, wonld yet be my choice.
We have grander meetlnes in this State,
where farmers and their wires meet to das
rnss the best method of plowing and sowing.
Thei meeting are as mnch like Institutes
as twins are litre each other. T never knew
firmer to arknowlertze tht he had ever
lenrned anythinar new at a trtanee meeting.
What would printers learn from eneh other
bv meeting and d!srninkT the bet wsv to
set tvpe. display matter, or lock np s form ? i
In short, if teachers mnst meet, why not J
comnel tailors, blacksmiths, and saloon keep- i
ers to meet and tacli eaeh other bow to run I
the machine? Yes, and lawyers. j
But. I mnst close, wishing that ererybodv
may be as kind to you and yonrs as you hare
been kind to me, 'and yonr eontinned kind
ness, with that of other Cambria and West
moreland connty editors, passes all under
standing all comprehension.
Yours, thankfully, Kob Rot.
A Pntxewt-v Pabtoh. Very ciften royal
blood Is bidden away In the ministry In the
nilnlstrv In the Catholic Church, but the
great discoverer. Time, generally brings all
ench into public notice. The Catholic
Church In America, as well as elsewhere,
can boast of many pioneer of royal descent
in the rnnks of her clerey. A few of auch
adorn her sar.etnaries at the present day
Amonff them Is Kev. M. P. O'Brien, of Mi
nersville, Sebnvtkill eonntv, who Is a llaeal
deseem'ant of Donald O'Brien, King of
Limerick. IPs father's mother. Catharine
Carroll, is rVseerded from the Carrolls of
Littalonna. Kang's county, Ireland, the pa
rent stock and home of the Carrolls of CBr
rollro, Maryland. Daniel Carroll, grand
father of the signer of the Declaration of
Independence, emijrrateo from that place,
and settled In Upper Marlboro, Md., as a
merchant, where he died in 1763. lie was a
lawver of distinction.
Father O'Brn. was related to William
Smith O'Brien, the Irteh agitator, and broth
er to the Earl of Ineh'quin. row deceased ;
and the rtltht Rev. B!sh.p O'Brien, of Wa
terford and LIsmore, Ireland, who died in
1R73, was also a near relative. Fits mother,
Ilnnora, Mnllln (maiden name, eomes from
a good old Ir'ah stock, and is still living at
the ripe ape of etjrhty-two. The RIeht. Rer.
Bishop Kirby. of the Irish college in Rome
also veneranle lo rears, whom the great
Pope Piors IX loved so well, is her consin.
Father O'Brien, now rector of St. Vincent
de Paul's Church. Minersville, was the fir"t
ehRn'aln of thn Biockley Almshouse. In
1873 he bepsn an exposnre of the corruption
of that inst'tn'lon, mski'ie his first com
plaint to S (J. Kin;, now Mayor of Phildel
rhia, hnt ihan a roemher of Select Council.
His flonor has ever since evinced a d"en in
terest in its reformitlon. Fa'lier O'Brien
was removed from the position and since
that time he has had pastoral charee of the
Tto'v Fami'v Chnreh. New Philadelphia.
Ileofrschervilia, Bnstleton. and at prenert be
is stationed in MioersviMe. To h'm is dao
to a certain exUnt the oriein of the Inte ex
posure of the corruptions exis'ing in the
Blookley Almshouse. PhiJa. Pr$ss.
Goveixor Ci.evfi.avd was iraii-
i pnrated in the Senate Chamber at JVl
j banv on JTonday and delivered a brief,
i modest an 1 very appropriate address.
! There was no display. Ben. Tinflerwas
inauenrated Governor of M assachusetts
on Wednesday. It was the biggest day
nf h Fa o irnn
of bis life a good deal bigger than the
dav on which the rebels routed him at
nav on wnicn tne re no is routeo: mm at,
Bi!r Bethel, Virginia, or that other day
A BLESSIXG.
The pntn In all his joints beeame Intense ;
fever, with his rie'orintinir effects, was enw
arljed, nni ri; beea me rapioly reduced to the j
semrilariee of a skeleton, while vitality had
reaepprt its lowrst posi'i'e condi'inn. and j
bis Kufferines were of such indesci'bslile 1
character that thuse who most loved tiitn
thoeht it won'd be better if he were to b9 !
Elizabeth Lambert, 30 years of age, liv
ing in Cambrideeport, Mass., who has been
bedridden and uaable to walk with diseases
of the spine and other affections for seven
teen years, is al'eped to have been Instan
tareously enred through the medium of
prayer. After she had uttered her prayer
the at once made an effort to walk and suf
fered no pnln. Within a few days, however
she fell while crossing the room and injured
oi.e of her lefci. but she bas continued to
walk daily, though in a limping manner.
SWINDLERS ABROAD.
If any one has represented that we are in
anv way interested in any bogus bitters or
stuff with the word "Hops" in their name,
cheating honest folks, or that we will pay
ny of thir bills or debts, they are frauds
and swindlers, and the victims should pun
ish them. We deal in and pay only the bills
for the genuine Bop Bitters, tbe purest and
beet medicine on earth.
Hop Bitters MAKrFACTCKmo Co,
Thirty Penitentiary convict and two
white gnards, employed In the Cowee tunnel
on the Western North Carolina railroad, al
tempted to cross the Tnckaseegee river on a
flat, Saturday morning, when Hie flat began
to leak. They all rushed to one end of the
flat and it sunk. Only twelve of the con
victs were saved. One of the guards waa
washed ashore insensible, but after great
difficulty, was restored to consciousness.
FKEE OF CHARGE.
All persons suffering from Coughs, Colda,
Asthma, Bronehitis. Loss of Voice, 01 any
affection of the Tliroat and Lungs, are re
quested to call at James' Drugstore, Ebens
burg, and get a Trial Bottle of Dr. King's
I New Discovery for Consumption, free of
charge, which will convince them of its wou
derf ol merits and show what a regular dollar
size bottle will do. Call early.
At Bradford, England, on Thursday
morning a tail chimney fell upon a building
fall of operatives, kilting thirty six and in
juring fifty. The sufferer were mostly wo
men and children. The total damage Is es-
timate.d at ovet 5000. About 3,000 per-j
sons are thrown out of employment, eight
mills having flue connections with the de
moliaued chimney being brought to a stan-d
still.
A FATAL HIITAKt.
wonld be not to taka Dr. K. V. Pierce's
"Golden V.edieal Discovery" if you are bili
ous, suSering from impure blood, or fearing
consumption (scrofulous diseases of tbe
lungs), Sold by druggists.
Mr. J. C. Flood divided fVOOO among
ehfttitable associations of San Francisco, at
Christmas treating Protestants, Catholics and
Hebrews alike.
TU1T HrSBAHD or HISE.
Is three times the man be was before using
"Well's Bwtith Bwr," 91. Prmuiato.
51VTS AJD OTHER I0TI56S.
Blahop Ireland of 5t. Paul has forbiJJan
Koroan Catholic ia bis diooea to aet a sa
loon keepers.
Raron Robinson, of Ooodersport, "titled
an almost pure white buck deer on the Sen
Dcrmahoning. airs. General T. W Sherman denirae the
story recently started that ber hutband bas
joined the Catholic Church.
John lilnkel. Mt. Carmel, Pa., ays;
"Brown's Iron Blttara has given me a splen
did appetite and grsally Improved my
bsa'th "
At a family gathering In Batb, North
ampton county, recently. Uaaous) Strati h pre
oted each of bis six children with a f 5,000
United States bond.
Five colored persons drowned on Thurs
day twelve miles above Darien, Ga.. at Fort
Bamr.gton. The ferry-boat capsized and
there was no help available.
T.J. Staaffer, a brateman. fell under
the wheels of a moving freight car on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Pittsburg ou Sal
urdav, and was Instantly killed.
Petei -Desgeren, a carpenter of Rck
ford, Washington Territory, on Wednesday
shot bis wife, of whom he was jpalous, and
then shot himself through the bead.
The bridegroom and bride of a Wlscorsin
weddine were both sued on the following
day for damages in consequence of having
broken their prowse to marry otherwise.
Tha tee cut at Chicago thus far haabeen
less tisn for any similar period In 25 vears.
One dealer who two years ago rnt70,000tons
to this date bas only harvested 3. 000 tons.
Jaeoh Phwts, '"-rrrr'j r yMiirsrinrph,
Pa., now Mvlng In Iowa, is nearly 107 years
old, and the railroad companies in hi adop
ted State all furnish him with free passes.
Mrs. James Waiteubaneb. of Newcastle,
Lawrence county, reeeatly eloped with a
colored man. 'Since the elopement her father
died and laft his lsrge estate to her husband.
At Macon, Georgia, a large hawk swoop
ed down on a csee containing three canary
birds, fought away the women who went lo
their rescue and then carried off one of the
bird.
Mary McNally fraetored the skull of
Antonio Garxeasell on Wednekday nleht in
Brooklvn, N. Y., and It Is thousht he will
die. They bad been living together as man
and wife.
John M. Smith, of Womelsdorf. has a
large eollectlon of rare coins, among which
Is a coin of the reign of Titos Antonius, one
of the Roman emperors. Tbe coin 1811743
years oM at least.
A Nevada penitentiary convict says that
be was sent to prison for being dishonest,
and is there kept at work cutting out pieces
of pasteboard to put between tbe soles of
shoes in place of honest leather.
A young man named Rex and girl
rtamed Shearer, quarreled at New Philadel
phia, O., on Saturday night. Miss Shearer
shot Rex twice, mortally won nding him. She
says he tried to break into her room after be
ing warned away.
A Charlottesville. Va , rrlnter bas ac
complished the feat of pntting 2 452 legible
words on a postal card with a lead pencil,
reserving in the centre of the card a circle
the size of a gold lollar, In which Is inscribed
the Lord's prayer.
A woman at Kingston, New Mexico,
gets praise fnr erecting a log cabin without
help. the ent the logs, hanled them, made
the shinples for the roof, and ant the struct
ure together. She bas a husband who takes
eare of the children.
Mrs. Hughes died on Mondavln the City
ITospltal of Newark from Injuries received
from her son-in-law on Dec. 24. She Inter
fered while he was beating hla wife, at theli
home, 110 Harrison court, aud he kicked her.
De has been aireated.
Tbe Harrlsburg Chain Works manttfae
tnred and shipped the other day to New
York a ship's cable welghinp 4003 pounds to
one of the Isreest ah'p chandler firms In that
city. It Is the larttxiiL chain ever tuauufac
tured in Central Pennsylvania.
Dave Roberts, a negro confined In he
Abbeville, S. C, isil on a chare" of cotton
Hfealintr and mnid'rous assnult, was taken
out and ivnehed on Sttndav right. Admit
tance to the tail was obtained bv stratagem,
and the Sheriff was overpowered.
On he back of Miss Delia MoncriefT of
Boston Is bnrned in by lightning a represen
tation of the laree elm tree which stands
within s few feet of a tiiaxza where she was
sUting when the house was struck hv a thun
der bo!t. She suffered no Injury whatever.
On a Vleksburg chtrreh spire a large
hawk perched Itself upon the cross, and it
remained five days. Then eome ope shot It.
The hawk had no eooner fallen than another
took Its p'aee.
At latent accounts It still sat
there to the disturbance of the superstitious.
While John S. Sehrock, a wealth farm
er living near Lewishitre. and some frierdt
were on a htint'ngexpeditlon on Friday their
vieon was upset, arid one of the guns aecl
dentally discharged its contents Into Mr.
fVhrork, Inflicting Injuries from which he
has since died.
The daughter of a wealthv Buffalo man
quarreled with him and left her home. A
laree reward wae offered for her d'scoverv,
and the detectives soon found her doing
kitchen work in a Detroit family. Iler em
plever wns loth to cive ber np. site had
proved buch an efficient aud industrious ser
vant. Mary Elizabeth Martin, of Emporia. Ks.,
Ir'd for the murder of Mrs Lora:r" ?f. Kn
eer, and who has leen feigning Insanity
since a verdict of enilty was rendered, has
been prnrotinced sane by a competent board
of physlelans, and aentepred to be hanged
according to the laws pf Harass, after
year's imprisonment at hard labor In the
penitent iary. The crime was committed for
the purpose of obtaining t3,000 lusurance
upon the life of the deceased. .
A man down In Tennessee bas a dog that
crows like a rooster, at least so the Tennesee
.Sentinel says. Some two years ago thn dog
beean to practice this art, just as be had
heard the roosters, aed every morning as
regularly as eonld be be kept up therractiee
until now he Is an expert crower. He goes
through all the motions of a rooster, raising
his head and bringing It lower down as he
completes bis crow. This story Is also
vouched for by the local clergyman.
On last Monday morning a daughter of
Perry Coon, of Lackawanna township, Mer-
11 .. v, v.
mother to a neighbor to borrow a household
.v". I JL V w - v.. j
utensil. The neighbors were not at home,
the doors all Incited, and the child raised a
window and was climbing In the house when
the sash fell and struck her on the hack of
the neck. When her mother, alarmed hv her
long absence, went to look for ber she fnuad
ber lifeless body banging to the window.
George L. Huston Is bnlldlngat Parrces
hurg. Pa., a residence wholly of Iron on a
foundation of solid rock. The floors will be
of nolished cast Iron tiles. 1n which different
qualities of the metal will be nsed to produce, j
a varletv of colors. All the partitions as well 1
as the outer walls wiil be of iron surface, hnt
eo painted and ornamented as to look like
wood. In the linrary win ne a enmnet ior 1
the exhibition of Iron specimens. This will
be constructed of magnetized iron so that the j
snecimens will adhere to It by magnetic at- !
traction.
Atl.ltt'e Rldean, Canada, on Jannary ;
2, East. ITawkesbiry. a tired man murdered j
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Cooke, aleo their eldest j
daughter, and ore of their sons. Ceoke was 1
murdered with an axe In the barnyard; Mrs. i
Cooke and dauuhter were strangled In the '
woodshed, and George, the son, was killed j
In bed. with an axe. Another aon. who had
his thigh broken, may recover. Fannie
Cooke, who came to her brothers' assistance
receiyed a savere wound in the breast, bot
will probably reeover. Tbe murderer is
still at large.
A week ago last Saturday night Jaek
Vance, colored, living at Smithtn, West
moreland countv, got drunk and quarreled
w ith his wife. He picked np a lighted lamp,
threw it at her, and struck ber on the head.
Her clothing was saturated with oil and in
stantly she was enveloped in flames, and be
fore assistance arrived si. was burned so
badl5 that ahe died from the effects last Fri
day evening. Vance was arrested and lodg
ed In jail at Greensburg. From appearance
he fully realizes the position he has placed
himself in.
The powerful Influence which the Cath
olic Cbttrcb can bring to bear upon Its ad
herents has just been strikingly Illustrated
at Montreal. Ten thousand shue operatives
had gone oa a strike la that city, and Bishop
Fabre. regarding their action as uuwarrant
ed and ill-advised, and perceivlne that It
Would only prejudice the interests which It
was intended to advocate, issued s pastoral
in its condemnation, and erijoinsd the strik
ers to return to work. Ills letter was In due
course read In all the chnrchesof ihedinres.
and the resu.t Is that the strike has been
abandoned.
News of a deplorable tragedy comes from
Monroe connty, Missouri. It appears that
our wwit afro a young man named atarene,
got married and took his w if to hi mother's
house to live. A younger brother viewed
he marriage with great disfavor, and after
brooding over the matter two weeks, he rose
from bed early last Sunday morning, and
without dressing, went to bla brother' room,
shot and killed him wbileasleep by his wife's
side and then fled, but a few hours later re
turned andjhurrendered to the authorities.
Threat of lynching thti murderer were iiiadf
but an investigation of matters develops tit
fact tbat tbe young man la lusaita, ajj& Ll
will p properly wt4 tot,
LlTKm.tktY sTOTI.
! Th3 snslect of eaterteJaing ana' wkale-
, some reading fcr tbe family circle is one of
practical Interact in every bensehold. It I
cannot be stenied that the tendency of tbe !
American press Is u too large a deg-ee sen- :'
aaiionansm, ana rn seme instances even the
sentiment of purity and pacredness prove
an lnsoftclcnt barrier arralnst the all-prevad-Ing
desire of feeltg novel and startling In tbe
presentation of newt. The exception to the
common rule among the metropolitan Jour
nals of tbe day are so few as to be wortrtv cf
notice when encountered. The Chicago
Weekly A'ee is on of the few papers of
which it may be strictly said that nothing ob
,1?;!
IrtClloriaMe to cure thnueht and moral
ever appears In Its columns. It Is an enter- J
prliilng paper Done In the west more so but
mnrn thft-i that 1 1 la plain v. a nn, (h. f '
ter
but
Th'
Is safe lo take Into the fami:v circie.
C?.tc0 Weekly A'ews and the Campkia
Fr.ek.mak will botu be sent to any acdiess,
ior z.uw a year, postaee meiaded. bena all
subscriptions to thi offj-e. j
f A OnmjTMBGtrT. For several veers the ,
ixnaon urapic and the Ixnden Iilutimtfd
A'cvs have each sent oat a costly Pictorial
Christmas Number wblch have been estrerly
, bought by the people at larre In both hemis
pheres ; and these grearpietorali have cores
ta be regarded as a cart of Christmas, an J
are considered very suitable and much-to-be
coveted Christmas gifts.
l a, year Atnetipans have taken up the
lda, and t! e to Urei houses In the book 1
trade, Messrs D. Lethrop A Co.. of Boston, ,
anu jiatper v urns , or ew 1011, Dave
; eacUnt out a "Christmas," which far ex
cels anything that London publtHhers have
evu attempted, 'mere Is a greater reCne ;
ment and beauty In the illustrations, and the '
stories, pcems aud articles are all Mch-class j
literature, Butli are In eirrpie "b'sck and '
white," but it is said that the letter press
and iilustiations of the Lotbrop's "Christ- t
"as" the Christmas Wid-Awake (Dec.
No.) cost over 110,000, and that authors :
and artits. here and abroad, have been busy :
for a year 10 its preparation ; and the resti t :
: Is weil summed tin by the Boston Transcript j
when It says; "The holiday number of the j
: Wmi AwiiK, Ju-t out. Is the wonder of all
t the wonderfully besutiful msgs.z;pes and I
books of America. Without dispute, the isrg j
est, bandsoincst, and raot artistic and best
, unmberof a yourg people's periodical ever ,
j Issued." Bound In a rew cover In colors, ,
j pronounced the finest macazine cover In ex- ,
Istence, it contains 144 pages and 150 picttir-
es. Of the letter press the Boston Traveller
says : "Jfo such store of high class literature
was ever gathered into one number of any i
periodical before ;" and the critic of the Bjs- )
. ton Jimr says of the Illustrations : "They '
are genuine works of art, some of them ex- I
; qulsitely Ideal and the Boston Jovrnnl '.
1 adds, ennmerstlng tbe au'hors Mrs. A. D.
, T. Whitney. Miss Phelps K'se Terry Cooke, j
Margaret Sidt-.ey. Rse Kto-rs-ey, Mrs. Mary '
D. Britie, Ar'htir Ci.msn, George Cary Eg"- !
gleston, Celia Thaxter, Edward E. Ha e. M. :
E. B., Mrs. Harriet Bwecher Stowe. North
j Perry, Mrs. Clara Doty Bates, Mrs. Dt, ;
; Fred A. Ober, Christina Iiosaetti, Mrs. Ma-
lock-Cralk, Thiiip Bfurke Marston, Susan j
Coolidge, Marion Harland, Margaret Pres- !
ton. Trof. D. A. SatEett. and a dozen or
; twenty otters "This a brilliant galaxy to be
j eot together between the cover cf a sincle ;
number of a young people's aiS(.a"i'':e, arid
, when Santa Claus undrslani-. fiat !!.;
, richly la ien runner cin be boucht fortwen- 1
, ty-five ceuts, it would not be ettanre if lie j
were to order a specihl edition f(ir bis twee ;
: tv-tjfth-of-December uses;" and we ourselves j
would add that should th! nomber of the ,
: Wide Awake b examined by parents who ;
1 feel aoxinos to put into tte hands of their
young folks a magazine of h!gb literature as
j pure and stimulating as It is gay and enter-
taining, they would secure the periodical for
1 the year at once ; especial'y as they mar be
j assured that the same distinguished authors
and artist? will contribute of their best to
: the succeeding eluven nnuibers.
Five Teeboks Biemd to
sickenine fco ocsutt recurred
DSATIT. A '
(n kaudi'lrh ,
coui.tv, W. a.. : Cht l.tnts c'2' i Atiam
1 '
Currenre, nn trdu-tr;ous and est.rrab'e citl
xe:i. re.!deil with h's family, ccns'-stlnc cf
liimse'f, wife and six children, twenty miles
south of Beverly, on the wsterr. slope of
Chtrt Muur.tf.ii). Mr. Channel, a neir
neighbor of Currer-ce, had tfea very low
Willi some complicated disrae, whicti re
quired the attend -.rce of same ore dsy and
iiiisht. Mr. Currence had te.-n vet y atten
tive to hi;n, goirg over at nigl-.t ai.J sittit g
up will-, him. LuiS of sleep conipel cd hi
to retrain at home on Chriatmss eight It's
wife took the two smallest ehildren an1 went
to sit up with Channel. Late In the niglkt
nernons at f Misi-iioI'k .-tiartivfr&1 .ttimt tf nr
fence's house was on fire. These who could
j do so left immediately for the scene of the
Are Including Mrs. Currence. Bv the time
; they reached the house the buildinir had fal
len in and was coBinming Currence and
' four of his children. The S;:kentng sightof
t five human beings roestinc bpfore thrm was
, more than the stoutest heart could stand,
t but It w impossible to render assistance. j
I ai.m. uiicnee, jiuutT wun frier, rustei
into the names to cav her nisband and
: children, but was rescued after rece'vlng
. fatal burns
I It is not known how t-e fire orIg!nted,
I but it is supposed that after Currence ic
i tired, btine nearly worn out from lcs of
I Sleep, be fell into a heavv slumber, and that
while in that condition a log tell from tbe
fire and rolled on to the Coot.
flop Blttere are irte Pnrnt
and Beat
Hitters ever Made.
They are compounued from Hops, Bitchn,
1 ninuraKe aim iinaettnn, the oldest,
j best, and most valuable medicines in the
; world and contain all the best and most cur
I ative properties of a l other remedies, being
j the greatest Biood I'ttrifier. Liver Reculator
and Life and Health Hestoring Acent on
'earth. No disease or ill health rati possibiv
1 lone exist where thes Bitttrs are tt-ed, so
I varied and perfect are their operatlotie.
! They give new life and vigor to the aged
; and infirm. To all whose employments
cause irregularities of tbe bowels or urinary
! oresns, or who require an Appetizer, Tonic
! and mild stimulant, Hop Bitters are invalu
; atiie, being highly curative, tonic and stim
ulating, without intoxicating.
No matter what your feelines or symp
toms are, what the disease or ailment is. use
I Hop Bitu-rs. Don t watt until vou are sick.
' ht if vou onlv feel
bad or nti-eralile. use
Hop Hitters at onrs. it may save yonr life.
Hundreds have been saved by so-doing.
f.'.OO will be paid for a case they will Dot cure
or help.
Do not suffer or let your friends suffer,
but use and urge them to ue Hop Bitters.
Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, drug
ged, drunken nostrum, but the Pnrest and
Bast Medicine ever made; the "Invalid's
Friend and Hope," and uo person or family
should be without them. Try the Bitters
to-day.
Two sensations enlivened the services at
j St. Patrick's Catholic church at Poltsvtlle,
Sunday morning. The first was the dennn- J
ciatlon by Rev. A. J. Gallagher of the fire
men's ball A majority of the members cf 1
both fire companies are Catholics. Father '
Gallagher aatd be proposed to attend the
balls to prevent the ruin of any more of hi
young members. While he was saying ten
o'clock Mass some of the Christmas" decora
tions took fire. One of the fir.-t companies
to respond was one whore ball he had de
nounced. The priest prevented a stampede
an.ong the audience by going on with the
Mass while the altar boys extinguished the
flames.
VHA.PT. CtLirRE AND POST WlSjaV
Mr. A. Speer. of New Jersey, one of the
largest grape producera In tbe East, com
menced, but a fw years aee, in a small way,
to make wine from
! and other fruits. lie now controls latge
j vineyards of the Oporto gtape, from wiik-11
, his famous 1'ort Gia(e wiu l made, and
w hich chemists ar d physicians say rivals the
j world for its ben firial eBVcls on weak !y and
! aged persons, and consumptives. - Fur tai
j by E. Jauie5, Ebensburg.
A Uskpcl Cow. Richmond (Kv.) J:!7t
ter : A colored man in the vicinity of White's
mill has a cow that aerves more purposes
than most cows. she gives milk and raises
calves tike olh.r cows, and wbeu her propri
etor desiiea to make a journey he butk'-s on
a saddle and rides her like a horse. Wl cn
it is necessary to no to'rti i 1 1 tlie sacks of grain
are sut 011 her back and a rope is put on her
horns, and she is led to mill. When a barrel
Of water is to be bauit-d she is hitched to a
sled and the water iasoon brought. A. though
this cow is decided y useful, we cannot av
ii,ai iut is iniriiariy ornaniemai.
WAI.!rT LEAF HAIR HERTORFK.
It la ei.tirrlf (llfTrrsrit from all othtr. it la
clear at water, tod . at Ita oamt lad'rataa. la a rtr-
I JT
Irt t eeiaMt Hair Kattntrr. It tiil tnjixifd.tla
ir frta tha bead from all rianrtmS1 rnnr. rv
hair lo lt natural rolor. and f)rr1 opt a oa r0 th
whart It ba- la'.lm .ff. It dnrt not In inr manner
a3ttht healtn. wiilvb S Jli hnr. M Jiar ol lad.
and Nltrato ol Silver t.reparatiout bara dona. It
will flunt llrht or faded hatr lo a n (ii to a
bsatitllu! a!ofi drown. Atk yonr Cra fitt ler It.
Ksoh bottie It warranted. SatiTB. KlifbACo .
'Wholatalt Aaenta, Philadtlai, aod HiU A
Racial. New York. rS-.-l7.1
Miss Annie E. CbatTee, aged S7 years,
rears, committed suicide on. Thursday at
Providence, R. I . by taking arsenic.'and
Roiieit Ford, aged 73 years, killed blaaaeif in
Ur Mist elly ley tctla tin throe.
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