(Enmtois $rcfman. EBNSBURC. PA FRIDAY. - - APRIL 10, 1885. j j - .. Xlun. Garfield indignantly denies that she intends to get married. Gen. Grant was still living vester day morning, bat the end is rapidly ap proaching. TnE Pricce of Wales left London for Ireland on Tuesday lajt. He may have a go-x deal of fun, but bis tour will not produce any visible political effect. A Harrisburo correspondent of the I'hiUde!pbia Timet in noting the peculi arities of the members of the House, says that by actual observation and count, sixty-two eat with their knives arid cut the butter with them five nev er b'.ack their boots most of them drink a great majority either smoke or chew tobacco very few play cards, but all draw their pay with diligence and regu larity. Each branch contains one fop. Smith, of Philadelphia, and Snodgrass, of Fittsburg, besides several cranks. Ben Perlet Poore, the veteran Washington coi respondent, who is fa miliar with the course of political events at the national capital for the last half century, says : "Xever during the fifty odd years that I have personally known Washington and the successive admin istrations, have I seen a new President take the helm so promptly and so effi ciently as the 'man of destiny' from Buffalo has. Geueral Jackson had to reconstruct his Cabinet before he was maer of the situation as President Cleveland already is. A letter purporting to have been written by Jefferson Davis to Geueral Grant was extensively published a few days ago in the northern press, although It bore upon it face, and especially in its cocci uding sentence, the ear marks of b u nplJ forgery. Now that the for ger :.hs been eiposed, the editors who wer strapped by it are creeping out of their holes with the declaration that all the time they had strong doubts of Its au'.bentlcity. Jeff Davis may be anything that a man sees proper to say of him.but when he undertakes to Indite a letter he was never known to write himself down an ass. At a meet ing of Confederate veterans of the Louisiana Division of the Army of the Tennessee, held at New Orleans on Tuesday last, William Pres toa Johnson, son of General Albert Sidney Johnson, who commanded the Confedrate army at the battle of Shiloh, offered the following resolution which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the Association of the Arrav of the Tennessee hear with dsep ie irret of the pain and peril now endured by Cierjeral U. S. Grant. Twenty-three years airo to-day oor soldiers met him on the field of battle and found him then, as ever, a sol dier without fear and without malignity. In hli own suffering and the sorrow of bis family we tender bim and them our heart felt sympathy and ask for them the comfort and peace which come from liitn who I not only Lord of Hosts, but Father of us all. President Cleveland has Inform ed the citizens of Chicago that he will appoi tit as Pension Agent in that city Mrs. Mulligan, the wife of trie gallant Colonel whose death at the siege of Lexington, Missouri, was one of the no table incidents of the early part of the civil war. The office is now held by Miss Ada Sweet. The Chicago Times of Saturday says : It would hardly be possible for President Cleveland to make any appointment tbat would be so gratifying to the Irish-Ameri cans or me great west, or mat would corn maid '.he approval ol o many of the sur viving heroes of the war. There can be no queaiion as to the abllitv of the lady to properly perforin toe duties of tho office. Her Intolltaeoce and tines were attested, W!)en she was an applicant for the place some yars aito.br hundreds of the most distin guished men in the country. Ex-Governor If cbrard, of Texas, who was recent!y appointed United States Minister to Japan, is said to weigh 3.6 pounds. Whether this is his true weight may be questioned, but in point of fact be is a very large and very heavy man, and in selecting a pro per person to represent this big country at Japan Mr. Cleveland hunted out the biggest man in Texas, the State tbat gave him the biggest majority last No vember, the figures being, Cleveland, 223.20); Blaine, 88,355; Cleveland's majority 134,853. Theie is a fitness of things in Hubbard's appointment in ev ery respect Id which it can be viewed. It Is said too that his voice Is as terri ble as that of ex-Governor Allen, of Ohio, who could be almost beard in an tP-o air speech nearly over an entire :.; township. ppoiotment yet made by Mr. i-utd has fallen on a more deserving than that of ex-Governor Thomas In: ft M. Waller, of Connecticut, to be Con sul General to London. It Is an im portant and lucrative office. The career of Gov. Waller, who is one of the most brilliant Democrats in the Union, has been a most interesting one and credita ble to him in an eminent degree. His original flame was Armstrong and be began life as a ragged orphan newsboy in the city of New York. He next drifted to sea as cabiu boy and cook's mate, and was about shipping from New London, Coon., to California during the gold excitement of 184. when a prom inent citizen of that place, the late Rob ert I Waller, saw in him the germs of future distinction if properly cultivated, and adopted bim. He dropped the name of Aruudtroug was sent oy Mr. Waller to the New London High School stud ied law went to war aud was honora bly discharged oo account of a painful trouble with his eyes. He has since practiced his profession, served in the Legislature, ran for Congress, and iu J88i was elected Governor of Connecti cut. He was a candidate last Novem ber for re-election and although be re ceived a plurality of 1,700 on the popu lar vote, he was not elected, the law of that Slate requiring a majority over all tbe candidates. His career from his original low condition in life to his pre- j sent houoratle position is a conspicuous I illustratiou of the troth of the poet's ' lying : I Honor and shame from no condition r' jt-t r-t!i " rrt -tneie all ire honor li or lies. Akoko the mourners over the new ! addition to the course of study in our common choola is the ex-Rev. Nathan iel Home, of Cambria county. AUoona Tribune. - What the Tribur here refera to as "the new addition to the course of study iu our common schools," is an act pas sed by the present Legislature and ap proved a few days ago by Gev. Pattlson. It will be found in another part of our paper. Although as provided by the third section the law does not take ef fect until the first Monday in June, 1886, we publish it now in order that our common school teachers may know what the Legislature requires at their hands after that time. It is not worth while now to enter Into any discussion of the propriety of enforcing, as this bill does, the teaching of the anatomy of drunken ness in the common schools. Our own opinion of the bill is that it is a humbug of the largest possible dimensions, and that a little experience will prove such to be the fact. It is strongly suspected that a book, prepared by some enterpri sing publisher, and soon to appear, on " the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimu lants and narcotics upon the human sys tem," the words used in the act, is at the bottom of the who!e business. This was denied by its advocate when made in the House, and time only can tell how true the charge is. William Shaks peare, in bis tragedy of Othello, puts twenty-eight words into the mouth of one of the players who was on the stool of repentance after a big drank, which describe the effects of drunkenness more completely, truthfully and eloquently than all the dissertations that ever have been or ever will be written on the sub ject. Cassio, who was Othello's Lieu tenant, and who was recovering from a regular Jamboree, says: "Oh, that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains. That we should, with joy, revel, pleas ure and applause, transform ourselves into beasts." Could anything be taught by a schoolmaster or a schoolmistress to the pupils in a school, out of a scientific book ou the effects of drunkenness, tbat would so vividly and enduringly im press opon their young minds the sin of intemperance, as these words of nature's great poet, if they were printed in large letters, framed and bung up in every school room in the . Commonwealth. They are easily understood, go straight to the point and would be more effect ive, than an Indefinite amount of learn ed instruction from a book on the same subject. And then bow much cheaper it would be I Mr. Home voted against this new-fangled common school legis lation, and Lence his twitting by the Tribune, whose editor is nothing if not always ultra on the subject of temper ance from his standpoint. Mr. Home is not a hypocrite, always acts from his well settled convictions, nod bis vote on the bill in question will be endorsed by his constitnents. Here is an interesting question : Could the present Republican Lsgisla ture of this State get along at all with out the aid and assistance of Chris Ma gee, the big Pittsburg Republican boss? Our decided opinion, is that it couldn't. Precisely who Chris Magee is, or upon what meat this Pittsburg Caesar feeds that be has grown so great, is something that we don't know ; but we do know that on nearly every Monday since the legislature met the Pittsburg papers announced tbat "Chris Magee went to Harrisburg to-day." and on the follow ing morning the Harrisburg papers told their readers "Chris Magee arrived in the city last night." He bossed Cam eron's re-election to the United States Senate was conspicuous in sniping the Congressional and State gerrymander schemes, by which it is proposed to cheat the Democrats of Allegheny ccunty out of even one member to the lower branch of the Legislature he engineered as well as he knew how the anti-discrimiuation bill, and though last not least, is trying to pass the "Bullit bill" for the government of the city of Philadelphia, without ever having been asked by its people to do so. It will thus be seen that Magee spreads him self cut over almost the entire field of legislation. One would suppose that Tom Cooper in the State Senate could run the Republican machine at Harris burg without any outside assistance, but that is a great mistake. If Magee isn't useful at Harrisburg he is at least officious, even offensively so, and takes a band at almost every thing of the least importance tbat comes up before the Legislature. Great is Chris Magee the Pittsburg boss. TnE bill reported by the House Com mittee of Appropriations at Harrisburg to pay the expenses of the present Leg islature and also to meet the expenses of the Mate for 1885 and 18S6, is so drawn as to cover a session of 150 days the aggregate of the salaries of the Sen ators being $75,000, and that of the members of the House $301,500. Of course it was well understood by every man In the State who is at all familiar with the history of the Legislature since the salary act of 1874, that when this Legislature met on Tuesday the first of January it intended to remain tiutil the limit for receiving compensa tion had expired, which wilt b about thefiratof June. In other words men now go to the Legislature for the pur pose of squeezing out of the salary act every cent that it can possibly be made to pay, and just as long as the taxpay ers of the State continue to condone the practice it will be repeated session after session, no matter which of the two par ties is in the majority. The bill <o appropriates nearly one millhn of dol lars for the payment of the different Judges in the State for the next two years, a half a million for each year. This cannot be avoided because they are all entitled to their legal salaries and must be paid. The matter, howev er, to be complained of is that in the face of this enormous anuual expendi ture for the judiciary, the Legislature is increasing it by passing acts for addi- tlOLal law judges in districts where j there is no more necessity for them than j there Is for a fifth wheel to a watrm, 3 Peace has ben declared between France and Chiuaand if the fiist named country has gained any glory j; is Dot , visible to the naked THEK 10KK POSTOFFICE. Pn-sidenr Cleveland 1 renppointed Henry G. Pearsou postmaster of New York city, in some respects the most im portant place in the postal service. Mr. Pearson is a mild type of Republi can in politics, although it is not al leged he ever made himself disagreeable- or officious as a partisan. His re tention was urged from New York by leading Democrats and the Independent Republicans who turned the tide of bat tle in that State last November, and without whose active aid Mr. Cleve land could cot have been elected. It was opposed by many Democrats, in cluding the Wrld and sometime Demo cratic Sun, who maintained, with a good show of reason on their side, that Pearson's reappointment would be in the nature of a confession a Democrat as well qualified for the office could not be bad, and this would be a bad admis sion for a party assuming control of public affairs. The machine Republi cans were also bitter against Pearson's reappointment, because in the last cam paign he would not permit bis office to be used as a political machine, and as serted if he hid done his duty as a par tisanthat is, "worked it for all there was in it' the influence of the great metropolitan postoffice would have easi ly overcome Cleveland's meager plural ity io the State. We have little ques tion this is a correct assumption. President Cleveland was doubtless governed by two considerations in mak ing the appointment. It was in the line of civil seryice refoim ; a recognition of high official capacity and integrity, as well as extraordinary success in admin istering the office. This was evidenced by the appeals of great business and fi nancial interests for the retention of Pearson, and the equally important fact no serious attempt was made to present other names for the place. And ic the second place, as the reappointment was urged by the Independent Republicans, en masse, and by such newspaper or gans of their opinions as the New York Times, the Evening Post, Harper' s Week ly, the Xation. the Stoats Zeitung (speak ing for the Germans), and the anti Blalne and anti-machine Republican journals of other States, the President deemed this recognition of their wishes not only an act of political gratitude and justice, but as in the highest de gree expedient, looking to the continued success of the party that nominated and elected bim. In this last respect we believe the President's action was wise, and comprehended political drifts hav ing an important bearing ou the future of parties. So far President Cleveland has ap pointed ouly approved Democrats fo fill vacancies, whether caused by expira tion of teims, removals or resignations. This is the one exception, and we hon estly believe the facts as to the New York postoffice, and considerations of the highest political expediency justify it. Mr. Pearson, the reappoluted, ig of a different species from the run of Fed eral officer! we have a knowledge of in this part of Uncle Sam's bioad domain, or suiywhere else we gness. He has never prostituted his office to the re quirements of the boss and tbe machine; atid because he would not do so had been marked for speedy removal in the event of Blaine's election. The office has been conducted by him on a purely non-partisau plan of work on the theo ry that "public office is a public trust." He entered the office as a minor clerk when only seventeen years old. in 18G0, and has steadily advanced from that po sition through all the grades, until on the appointment of ' his chief, Mr. James, as Postmaster General in 1381, he was appointed poatuiastet solely on the grounds of merit and regardless of political considerations. Democratic discontent and growling has Wen predicted by the interested Re publican press in the event of this ap pointment. We do not believe it will be forthcoming. The ranks have not vet lieen demoralize 3 by the rings, boss es and machines, resting on a mudsill of patronage and plunder, that worked the dishonor and destruction of the Rpuh liean party. The mass of the Democ racy, and the people as well, will see in President Cleveland's action further ev idence of the honesty and sincerity of his ante election declarations and pledg es. And it may be added, whether they see this or not, the work will go on much the same. The hand at the helm is firm and directed by a high sense of duty and unflinching courage. Pitts burgh Post. A Contrast M 1th Four Tears Ago. The first month of President Cleve land's administration is ended, and even his enemies must admit that it finds him complete master of the situation. We do not telieve that any previous President has accomplished so much in so short a time. To comprehend fully what has been achieved it Ie only neces sary to look back four years. Whit was the situation on April fourth, 1881 ? Had the Senate gone home, and was Washington at peace ? Not by any means. The nominations of Mr. Rob ertson for Collector and Wm. E. Chan dler tor Solicitor General were pending before the Republican Senate, and olo of the bitterest factional quarrels ever known in the politics of this country was raging within the Republican ranks. The White House was besieged with office-seekers, and the Republican press of the country was divided into two hos tile camps. The tight grew in bitterness till the middle of May, when Senators Conkling aud Piatt resigned. It was not till eight weeks after the appoint ment was made that Mr. Robertson was confirmed and the nomination ot Mr. Chandler rejected. The Senate adjourn ed on May 20, but It did not leave peace in Washington. The factional fight waa continued there and at Albany, and cul minated in the shooting of Garfield by a weak-brained aud disappointed office seeker ou July 2. Tbe contrast beiwtn 1S85 and 1881 is instructive in many ways ; but iu none more so than In the light which it throws uoon the kind of experienca which best fits a man for ex ecutive office. We heard a great deal during the campaigu about Mr. Cieve- 1 a innu s inexperience in rational politics, i and the trouble which his uiiUiniluniy j with methods aud men at Washington I would Inevitably bring upon him. Mr. i Garfield bad an almmUnce f the very j experience which Mr. C.ewUnd lacked. He bad spent his whole public iitu in , Washington, and knew its men and its ways as well as any othei man of his j lime; yet be was unable to overcome di (Hell lies much less formidable lhau those that con iron ted Mr. Cleveland a month ago. but which nvw been sur mounted almost withoMt an effort and without party disaster. Long experi ence in Washington is more prolific of entangling alliances nd obligations than anything else, and ins;ead of being n n ltd... i i r .1 T . -. ijuoiiuiiflu ioi Mm i iesniencv 13 ui-ciuru u i-o jh: llirai 11)11 ivir i: nve I a nwiuu.f. on inn comrarv mat as a lawyer, then as Sheriff. Mayor ar.d Governor was precisely what has ena bled him to rise, so easily to th higher requirements of tin, the highent exec utive office. As for a knowledge of politicians, that can ! obtained in Al bany as well as at Washington. The species i the same everywhere, and its corapiehension ' h matter or" slight diffi culty. T. Eceninq Post. TnE total unml-er of nomipat'ons sent to the, Seu by President Cleve land was i,u. or thf-se ItG firmed, r wo were elected and twe . ; were lef. ut,acted up,,,, by the Snate. Ine rejected nominations wer a Kan- as postmaster ar l a capUin in the r. my, promoted in the usual way. THE CH ASHE IS FRANCE. Whilst the overthrow of the Ferry Cabinet was as easy as to upset a house of cards, the establishment of a new Ministry on its ruins is quite a different thing. M. Freycinet, who has beeu in vited to form the new government, is in entire harmony with President Grevy, but he finds it extremely difficult to ob tain a Miuistry tbat can command a majority of the Republicans in the Chamber of Deputies. Meanwhile the world wondors what was the occasion of this sudden change of administration. M. Ferry Is overthrown not only, but subjected to every indignity short of vi olence to his person, but the Chamber adheies to his policy and votes the liber al supplies he asked for just before his fall. Only a day or two ago he posses sed in the highest degree the confidence of public opinion not only ia France but throughout Enrupe, and suddenly falls a victim not on account of his for eign policy, for that has received a vote of confidence, nor because of the Ton quin quarrel, which he inherited, but because the French have snffered a mil itary reverse in the East for which they had not been prepared. For many months, tbat have stretched iuto year, the Fiench have waged an adventurous war in the far East without even the formality of a declaration of hostilities. In this conflict with semi barbarians, whose military prowees they despised, tbey haye sacrificed thousands of men and millions of treasure on the altar of glory. To raise the necessary finances they have even submitted to increased taxes on their bread and pro visions. But when an unexpected re verse overtakes them in this distant warfare tbey drive tbe Ministry from power and threaten its members with prosecution for treason and confiscation of Drooertv. This is not the sobei act ot a great people. It is a Cartbagenian rage, which renders the wise govern ment of the French Republic an ex tremely difficult task. When a states man so circumspect and conservative as Jules Ferry, whose power seemed so firmly established, can be thus easily overthrown it is not strange that the Monaichists on one hand and tbe Anar chists on the other should take fresh courage. For two years these malevo lent factions have been kept down by tbe strong hand of Ferry, but over his fall tbe clamor of the Bourbons and the Bo napartis'.s answer the howls of the Com munists for the destruction of the French Republic. The moderate French newspapers are confident that a change of Miuistry will not adversely affect the foreign relations of their country. Possibly not. As long as the French have this contract to subdue the Chinese on hand they are not likely to cans much apprenension to their neighbors In Europe. M. Frey cinet is a statesman who has already given sienal proof of bis abilities. He was at first one of the ablest of the co adjutors of Gambetta, but was subse quently driven into opposition by the latter' projects of nmlii.ion. If he succeerie'.n formingaMinisi ry inbarmo ny with the RpuJ)licn maj;rry in the Chamber of Deputies it wou'd t e rash to predict tbe duration of his government. The longest duration of a French Min istry ince that of Thiers is the one tbat has just fallen, and which lasted a little morn than two years. Since 1871 there have been not less thnn sixteen Presi dents of Ministry In France, the chan ges coming with so much suddenness and frequeucy as to frighten quiet peo ple with the fickleness of republican rule. Whether the new Gevernment has come to stay for any reasonable time will de pend much on the war in Tonquin and the willingness of the people to bear its increasing burdens and sacrifices. Any reverse in the East, no matter how flight, will endanger its stability. Phil adelphia Record. The Prince of Wales. Present indications are tbt the Prince and Prin cess or Wa'es will be accorded a quiet bnt respectful reception iu Dublin. The Castle authorities have reported to the. Government that there is no likeli hood that any hostile demonstration will be made against the royal visitors at Dublin or anvwhere else in Ireland. The Unitid Ireland. Parnell's organ, whose editor, William O'Brien, was re cently suspended from Parliament on Gladstone's motion, denounces O'Dono van R'issafor th murderous sen .iunente he ottered against the Prince of Wales in a recent meeting of dynamiters at New York. It 'says, while all intelligent and pa triotic Irishmen know that the remarks made by Rssa and his followers at this meeting are really nothing but bun combe, still tbey are differently regarded by a great majority of the Qneen's sub jects and do the Irish cans, a good deal of mischief. The paper goes on to de clare the Princo aud Princess of Wales to be both just as perfectly safe in any part of Ireland as they are in Sandrig ham palace, and asserts that no true Irishman would ever dream of offering to either of their Royal Highnesses eith er Insult or injury. "Why is it that the atmosphere of New Yoik," exclaims the United Jrelatid, prompts the utter ance of so much pestilential rot ? " Tbe agitation for and against a public reception to the Prince and Princess of Wales by the Corporation of Cork con tinues to array the Loyalists against the Nationalists. The coutroversr is par ticularly bitter in Cork, one of tbat city's representatives in Parliament, be ing Parneil. The Loyalists ot tbat city having failed to secure tbe co-operation of tbe Nationalists io arranging for a general welcome, have raised among themselves a fund that now amounts to $7,500. This they will spend io the way intended to impress tbe royal visi tors as much as possible with the idea that the city of Cork is a town bursting with royalty to the Brit ish Crown. But the Pri nee of Wales is too smart a man of the world to fail to see when he comes to Cork that a majority of the citizens, while they entertain towards him personally no particular feeling of animosity, are nevertheless Nationalists as against Brit ish rule. The National ists will neither mke nor allow any hostile demonstration against the Prince of Wales. They wills.niply t.-liow Pr nHI's ail:c :-d Keep loof from any demons: rations of welonn whatever. Vice-Presioemt Hendricks iscnt icisd with s..uie jtspwity ior neglpcling to alisent himself from Wahii.'.oii so I as to allow the Senate to choose a Pres- 'u . ... mens pro vein., ana I lias insure the suc I cession in the event of Mi. Cleveland's i death, when Mr. Hendricks alone would be in the line of piouiolion, there being J no President of the Sonate or Speaker i of the house. The same Republican critics, however, were not consumed 1 with anxiety when Vice-President Ar- I thill Mf1nttTfln liba .ni-tL flf f I .. rs ago, so they are estopped in the - - - . . . . . i. .ru vi i n , l ii m null opinion of sendib'e people at least from raising a howl now. Plae Reraamber. Do not forget that life Is worth every effort that U put forth for its preservation, iind no matter what tha ailment or dlisetise you shoo Id not giye up to the Tell destroyer with out making e.very eff.irt in your power to counteract his advance and to regain jour health aud nrrength. Yes. plHase remeiutier that Dr. Hartmnn. of Plfrnhnreh. h dis covered a remedy called Perunn whieh .i. i though not warranted tor-ore every disen-ie incident to this climnte and Immunity in i (rftnernL vet It. Vi a rnr..n.. a .. 17. Z " 73 "'J ..i0 ?T I Ingredients, and no mineral poison Is i allowed to nter Into Into it under any con 1 S"a'ioii. and hence Halwavs a sure and iereroeay. uive u a trul ami you will like it. SEWS A3 D OTHEK 30TISBS. The United States forest com prise 413 species of trees. It is stated as a remarkable fact tbat fleshy people never commit nuiclde. At Tarker. Pa., Ice gorged against tbe Iron bridge on Thursday night, and tbe struc ture gave way. Two sections were twspt down tbe river. Mrs. J. S. Brady, of Toomsboro, Ol, was astonished a few days ago by ber hus band, whom she bad not seen since early Ic the late rebellion, walking Into the bouse. Vigorous health is man's finest estate If weak and nervous, send for circular and free trial package of Pastilles a radical cure, nexrls Remedy Co., St. Louis, Mo. The matches consumed In the United States require wood to the annual value of 13,298.562 ; the railroads use about t3,000, 000 of wood for fuel and $2,000,000 for ties each year. Sarah Solomon, of Pittsburg, rescued from a stove In which she placed them, sup posing it to be tireless, sufficient vestige of 11,100 in money and drafts to have them re deemed. - 'Owing to tbe critical condition of Gen eral Grant, tbe President bas postponed in definitely the general evening reception to the public, which was to bate been giyen oo Tuesday. , Henry Schcntials, foreman Henry Krug Packing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., uses Dr. Thomas' JSclectrlc Oil with his men for sprains, cuts, bruiss. chapped bands, etc. It is tbe best. Howard Casper, tbe negro wbo assault ed a young lady near Baltimore, and wbo was pursued by a large namher ot citizens with the design of lynching him, has Deen captured and jailed. Rival parties led by Pearce and Hum phries on one side and Day and Bowling on the other, fired twenty or more shots at each other without effect, at Moorbemd, Ky., on Thursday of last week. Tbe six children of a Kansas man have oo names, and be proposes tbat tbey shall choose names for themselves when they get old enough. There will be trouble should all the children happen to want to name toemselves after thir pa. Norman J. Coleman, tbe newly appoint ed commissioner of agrtcultare. Is In a quan dary as to how ba shall manage his big farm near St. Louis and h(s government bureau Id Washington. He says he has 42 colts just ready t break and all are promising trot ters. Miss Lillian Smith, a Californian euly IS years old, at Sao Francisco on Thursday last broke 100 glass balls with a Winchester rifle in two mlDutes and thirty five seconds. This beats all previous records, Dr. Carver's best being two minutes and thirty-six sec onds. Colored Clergyman J. H. Farnham, of Chillicotte, N- C, is six feet eight inches high, weighs 410 pounds, and spreads a foot eight inches broad and twenty-two inches long. At latest Recounts he bas entered as competitor In thesmall-foot-contrcversy now agitating "our best society." O'Donovan Rnssa. the Irish leader. Is about to leave New York for a short time, to lecture In Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis. Ross a begins bis lectures in Cincinnati, April 11, and con cludes in St. Louis, April 18. II io subject will be "Ireland's Attitude Toward England." The board of Pardons after an executive session of several hours ou Thursday even ing or last week, decided to recommend the commutation of death entence in the case of Edwin Bother as, of Luzerne county, wbo was to have been banged on Tuesday last, for tbe murder of William Nichols, at Ha zleton. Fire at 1 o'clock on Monday morning at Detroit, Mich , damaged the Peninsular Stove Works. Ten thousand dollars dam age from fioodiog stock makes the total loss 120,000. Four hundred and fifty men will be thrown out of employment until the dam ages can be repaired. The fire started and was confined la tbe Japan room; Tbe flames were extinguished about 3:30. D. A. Beck ley, Postmaster at at Blooms burg, Pan was arrested on Saturday and ta ken before the United States Commissioner, charged with malfeasance and embezzlement lo office. It was brought out that bis broth er-in-law was the guilty party, though the Posmaster Is, of course, tbe responsible per son. He was placed under bail for bis ap pearance at the United States Court. It Is thought the deficiency will be made good. John F. Finnertr, ex-member of Con gress, and several other persons attempted to speak at a political meeting on Sunday nignt at Chicago In a rough portion of tbe Seventeenth ward knowu as ' Little Hell," but were howled down. Finally the crowd began to throw rotten eggs. The speakers retired from the building, but were pursued ang egged for a considerable distance along the street. Several persons were hit, among tnem a lady. John Wills, colored, formerly a waiter at Welcker's saloon, Washington. D. C. has entered suit for $2,000 damages against Butler Mabone. son of Senator Ma hone, of Virginia. He sets out tbat Butler Mabone assaulted him at Welcker's on February 13th last, and fired three pistol shots at him with intent to tin bim, and one of the shots wounded him ; that he is still suffering from tbe wound, aod has since been Incapable of attending to his business. The tow boat Harry Brown on ber down ward trip strock the pier of the Panhandle railroad bridge at S'ubenvllle, Ohio, on San- day morning, damaging tfce barges which she bad in tow. Five barges were sunk within a few minutes, containing thirty thousand bushels of coal. No lives were re ported lo6t and no one was iujured, as far as cculd be ascertained. Tbe cause of the col lision was not given, but tbe supposition is that the rudder chain broke. A dispatch from Zanetville, Ohio, says that the mother of S. S. Cox, minister to Turkey, died there at midnight on Thursday last, surrounded by ber four daughters, ber brother, uol. bolllvan, and her son. She was a daughter ot Judge Samuel Sullivan a pioneer In Ohio, who settled at Znnesvllle in 1804. when the city was io the woods. ner nime was Maria Sullivan. She was born In Philadelphia la 1301. The faai'ly was driven West by yellow fever. They came from N-w C-t'e. Delaware. The Aran of Sahara are very supersti tious as to the color of their hordes. "The black." says a writer, "or lugs good fortune, but fears rocky ground. Tbe chestnut is the most active. If one tells you he's seen a horse fly in the air, ask of what eolor be was; if he replies 'chestnut,' believe bi;a In a combat against a chestnut you mast have a chestnut. The bay is the hardiest and uiost sober. It one tells you a horse has leaped to the bottom of a precipice with out hurling himself, ask of what color it was, r.nd If he replies, 'bay.' believe him. A curlons accident occurred to the fam ily of II. C. Enge'.hi, at Wilfcesbarre on Sat jrdav evenicg. Th" servant had gone ont to the hydrant to get some water, and re turning to the basement found Mr. and Mrs. Engelhi and their daaghter prostrate on tbe floor, as if dead. Io an Instaut she was over come also aud fell over Insensible. The next door neighbor heard the noise of her fall and rushed in to see what was the matter. Finding tbe whole four on tbe floor she threw open the windows and gave tbe alarm. Physicans were summoned, but up to a late hour rext evening were unable to bring their patients to. The servant. Mat tie Scfileising, is In a very precarious condi tion and not expecU-d to live. The accident was caused by tba breaking ot a gas main on the street in front of the building, the gas from which penetrated tbe soft earth, and inakiug iu wy to the cellar great quan tities were iu haled by the inmates. To You. From The Samson CouTTlffht. ISRS. Wanamaker A Brown. indigo color. All-wool Black Cheviot Suits, $8.50 and $10.00. Black Corkscrew and Diagonal Worsted Suits, $13.00, $15.00, $18.00, $2000, $22.50, $25.00, $28.00, $30.00. Brown, Wine, Blue and Dahlia Worsted Suits, $15 00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $28.00. Just so through all the stock, the three great E E E's, Elegance, Excellence, Economy, prevail. Pleasures of the Imagination, J Copyright, 1W5. Wanamaker & Brown. be facts hence the Oak Hall system offers only Bar gains. For Boys the stock is big. Large Boys' Suits, $5.00 to $18.00. Small Boys' Blouse Suits, $3.50 to $12.00. Sailor Suits, $2.50 to $600. Wanamaker & Brown, Oak Hall, S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market Sts., Philadelphia. nanwirs I ji": r a 0 THE BEST TONIC, p Ttala medicine, combining: Iron with pniw Vegetable tonics, cnirtly and completely t irw DnpMli ladla-retlmi, IVrnUm, laapar Blewa, MaJmrl,Chlllsu4 Fe-rera. u.wi Newntlfrtmu It is an unfallinr remedy for Diseases of tba KMaey ..4 I-Wrr. It la invaiuabla for Itsers pecnHar to Woman, and all who lead aeder.tsry lives. It doea not injur the teeth, cause beadscbe.ot produce constipation oihT Jrm medirmn do. It enriches and purifies the blood, stfmnlatea tbe appetlt, aide the assimilation of food, re lieves Heartburn and Belching, and atreng-tb-eng the muscles and rjerrea. Tor Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, lack of ZnergTt Ac-, it has so equal. av Tbe rennlne baa above trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. asseairW aowi CBlaiClL CO, BlLTraOBJ, saw MORE Two Cents. Ial lMl W C iifffilli UUl 11 11 u Wonder ' WHAT is the World coming to T The poor man is now on an equality so far as books are concerned." Central Baptist, St. Louis. - HAPrT MAX. " Give a man this taste (for good books), and the means of you can hardly fail of making a happy man. You place him in contact with the best period of history, with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the wiuv-u usie ouuraou numamiy. ijni 1 RinT KB Winkle. Trrina- I The Burning of Rome, Fairer I Sea-Serjuro tn of Science. Wilson... Knoch Ardeo. Alfred Tennson... Frertrl-k the Great. Macaulay 10 Qoen M shel, etc. EllenT.AIden.. It IJfe of Sir Isaac Xfwiua Psrton.. 13 World Smash inc. etc. Williams ia lin Lady of tbe Lake. To i 127 Marmlnn. ..it-t o , vm Lay 14 Muyan PtlKTlin's Pronnmi. lllus 10c 14 American H amorists. Irvlmr 2c 17 Amerifan Hnmnrtat. Holmea Jc v i-. 18 unetoii the Hcnrth. Dickens.... 10c 19 American Humorists. Lowell JO American Flnmori.ts. A.Ward ... 31 American Humorists. Murk Twain. M leerx.-t viiinre, etc. Goldsmith. Ooter. Aittur.tay Night. etc. Burn. Ti Honit of seTen. et. Jean loitelow. M Scblllera Sons; of the UelU etc HI reet Thmiitnt. from Greek Auth ors. Entipldes 148 The am: Demosthenes, ZMogenes. lid The ame: Aristotle, fto. 44 rhe same: Arlrfhane, etc 14M The mne: .chj-u, Anacreon, etc. 113 Krnera. Matthew Arnold HI Phy.lcal Rdtiention. Spencer IU Moral Sdncatton. Herbert Spencer I.W Intellectual K1iieatltn. Spencer... 18 Whet nowledg;e 1. of Vost Worth. 1J7 Proa. ess of tn Working Classes.. Robert Oillln, LLC. 1T The W ar for rheTJnlon. W.Phllllpa 1 Wen-leu Pnnttpv Ueo. Wm.Cnrtla IS Number.. Mntrnew Arnold. The rnmln, Kl.iverr. Spencer us Tbe KB The 10J The 4e le tc V! V We Sc 00 James iw ine IO On l.iherlr. John Stnnrt Mill... 1J1 Kokeny. Sir Walter bcott. 1 Ftnr J Taw T1 t1ilf TTctt 1 iUl EXGL.ISH READERS In the Elzevir eCillClwllt Vlci55IC3 LibrarT- "This eeriesof brief , condensed accounts of ita place among the standard authorities. The books are admirably written and " -"rsnip. r or ingiisn reaaers uooks may ne recommended as tne T TTnslod and TheomL. Dalies. lie 8 PtrnUr. hij Rv. t,. Mortce lac ff". Lucretius. By w H. SIll-k l.Sc 91 Plantos and Terence. W. L. Collins loo wi l.ucian nrw.L Collins Lie . i nucyotnes. VJ W fr pr jyllis lie . 7fl Xenophon. lty Sir Alex. Grant " w i A.,irch 1" 12 """'' Od-fsey. Pt W. L. Colin in ,JC i 71 Homer's Hind, fer L. Collins. By W . ii. uvnat lie 71 VUrli. By W.L. Collins .777. 3i v. ifi. fiy m i.it. w Si fcurlptdes. COUPON i his Cnunon ul be received u IOCENTS. priee of a uoe-coating not les than Sects , if sent wuhia 1" day. '-oin date of this noner (frlre uih of mm.. T. t 4- . ' enra your PROXI T response, and indicate the on reasonable evidence of pood faith. Oak Hall. of the Period. Imperial power rests with the Farmer. The great freight cor porations seek him that they may take toll upon his ample stores. We traders seek him to take our stuff. His staples are down, his face long but why? No reason, while his dollar will buy so much. The Oak Hall , stock proves this. Our story for this spring is a tale of cheapness.. Note these examples in Men's Suits : Blue Flannel Suits, $6 50, $1000, $12.00, $15.00. They are all, except the lowest, all-wool and all full Happy youngster. A chair, a box, half a doren big books, bits of cord and cork. Papa's cane, Mam ma's aquarium, and a vivid imagination, supply all his needs. Neither Rangeley trout nor Saguenay salmon can" so delight the expert angler. Imagination has joys and limits. It will not make a dear thing cheap nor an old thing new. Real wants . demand real supplies, and this fact underlies the great Oak Hall Million Dollar investment in Clothing and Cloths , for Men and Boys. Real Bargains must ANYBODY Can make rho- aaaBBaaaveBBsasBSBBBBBsBaaaaai tOgraphS bv new Ty dry plate process For 50 eta. we will ceod post-paid Roche's Manual for Amateurs, which gives fall in structions for making tbe pictures. Outfits we furnish from (10 npwaids. Oor "PHOTOGRAPHIC BULLETIN," edited by Prof. Chab. F. Chasder, brad of the Chemical Department of the School of Mines, Columbia College, published twice a month for ouly $2 per annum, keeps Pho tographers, professional or amateur, folly posted on at' Improvements, and answers all questions wbeu difficulties arise. Circulars and price lists free. E.AH.T. ASTUOT ft CO.. MaaaTra rketearmMc jLaaata an aa Materials, No. S91 11 ROADWAY. NEW kOKK C1TT. Forty year rtlabSthtd in thil Km ej patinas. March 27, 1885..tf. LORETTO HOUSE, . (Formerly known a tbe Myers Home) L0RETT0, CAMBRIA C0UMT, rA. " JOSEPH F. DURBIN, Proprietor. aw Sample Room for Salesmen and good sta biles; far borees. ate- TaRMS Modcbatb. Feb. ao.-Sm. JOBS iiERSCHKL. Dainty little books, always unabridged, in large type, and in neat paper covers. The prices include postage : So 1130 Hilton. T. Bablnrton Macaolar . to I 75 Life of Sam 3c I US Enemas and Usury VU1. D'Aa e bia-ne 74 Toons. People's Life of Washington 8uc 70 He. 3, 43. f, 67. a. s, rnmbined Uc 69 A Hslf Hour with St. Paul .... 2c B TheOrarlflilon Cnnnlmrham Oelkle Jo 7 Seneca and PauL iuion Karrar e S The Celtic Hermlia Ch KlntmifT. 9c Scott. . Be . Be . 6e or tbe Last Minstrel. Bract 2o im Confeaatons of an Opium Eater.. 10c u l-rireoa ol tba wanderlne- Jew e 123 Hermann and IVirothei. omim i-imaa ui in. ry anaei 6S S-hUler-. History 1.1 Public Health. Kd ward Orton.l.L.n. Sc m Bom. ot My Peta. Grace Green wood )e 1W The Karen, etc. Edgar A. Poe. c 1 IS Ethic ot the Dust. John Rnskia.. 10c IU Crown of Wild Ollre. John Kuekia 10e 1 IT Seaame and Lilies. John Hnskln... lOe Hi Lather Aneriot lie w . .. i o e l ne Kssaysor 6J Jlua king's Daughter Ancle! The TsIt Onck, and other stories. . 10c 61 The l lctnre Book without llcturea. inc 60 T he Ice Maiden, and other SVortee,. - 8 The Cbri'tmas Greeting ... Ji SS Shoea of Fortune and other Storlea. luc bi FalryTales. Jo I" Luther's Table Talk. In. Macaulay sc JC114) Life of Oeorre Muller. Mrs. Mutter c 6 Tbe Story Teller, b Story Teller, r oa. Ml, li, 1. 61, M, M eooiMned ... W Adreatnreaof Baron Muncnausen. . M S:ndhad tbe Sailor .1 Pshles from Aop. Illu.trated 4ti Philosophy of Style. Fpencer 44 !denos ol ETOIutKm. Hokley... 43 Bnridblsm. PyJohnCalrd 4 Cl'ilisationsof AMa. Kawllnson., 41 Life of Peter Cooper. C. K. Leur. 4-) Sun.hlne and other Stories. Aloea. W Life of Richard Wajrner. Portrait. Understanding John Lnrke.. 10c na inemttieoi Waterloo. K. a Creasy ae ii i ne name or naraton. E. S. Creasy Hi) Defeat of the Spanish Armada IfO Battle of Rastlnara. F. a.Creany.. 1"S Tints of the Times, O. C. Kerr 10T Battle of tbe Books. Deaa 6wlft... liJS The Heart of Brace, etc. Artoun 10S Virginia. The Armada. Sfatulny.. l'H Count Ramford. John Tyndell FT Pearls of tbe 85 Life of Alex. Battie of Marathon. E.S. Creasy Ancient Manner. Coleridse- 3 lmitan Sons; of Songs. Arnold o ) Highways of Llteratare. l. Prrde. liv 27 H- 'W Lisa Loved the klna Geo fi.il ot c IS Life of OuMsre Port, illnstrated . sc 13 A Half Hour In Natural History.... Sc 0 Hamlet. Shakespeare 7e J Motive and Hohltcf Reading Sc The Words of Washlna-toa c i riwpn. uoni I' ron Fera-tuon, the Astronomer.. rourcnier Apctlea. F Goriet. b wrmwn ot wyominit. Campbeli.. ft r.seeya on Man. Br Pooe ri'Allu R. I mmJ.t " Spectra BrtdeKroum. Ijriiiil" wno desire acquaintance with the great very best within reach. The Christian ta TbeOroek Antbolory. Lord earrs. lie 43 Taeitna. P W. el Anatophanes. By w. L-Collins loo N JuenaL Py F f 'imj. iy vnurco nna I'roanbb.. JS Sophocles. Hy C W. Collin. IV! 84 Horace. By . 15e . lie . ISO T vKscnyius. Bishop of tTolombo 83 Plato. By Clinton w. Collins. IV II Aristotle. By Sir Alex. Grant l.V Demosthenes. Br W. J. Brodrlbb.. IV! 24 Cicero. By W. Lucas Collins- lie 23 Herodotus. By lieo.C. Swarne.... lie Z3 Csrsar. by Anthony TroUope. Uc lie lie lira of 10 crnlm rmjiit toward th. payins; iderrttano; medium Add. r?s ,Of.Y B. 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SeXu.i Debility cured by 'Wells' Health Rene wer ' tl- Mother Swan's Worm Syrup, for feverish ness, worms constipation ; jitles 2V Stinging Irritation, all Kidney and Unna ry ComplaiDts cored by 'Buchu-palb ' i -'" - irrr, rnina, malaria. dr psla, cured by Wells' Health Renewer pe My husband (writes a lady) is three t the naaa since ujing 'Wells' Health Renew! 3 If you are faillnc, Broken, worn ont ans nervous, tise 'Wells' Health Renewtr." Prevalence of Kidney complaint In Aioer lea; 'Buchu-paiba is a quick, comr-fta nre. II. 1 l ECOUltA(;E HOME INDUSTRY. Tha attention ef borers la respectfully lnltd i. my larre rtoek of m ELEGANT FURNITURE, COSSIBTIKO or Parlor andkChamber Suits WARDROBES. SIDEBOARDS, ' Centre, Eitensionlani Breaifast Tallies, CIIAIRS, CUPBOARDS, SINKS, BED SPRING MATTRESSES, and In fact nearly eeerytbtnu Bertslnioi to tk. t nrnlture business. Alpo. i&r vol tn thst line manufactured In th United Slate, old at the lowest catalogue prices. 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