EDNSDURC. PA.. FRIDAY, - - - FEB. 17, O'Brien ami SullivaD, the lately Imprisoned Irish members of Parlia ment, had a grand reception at I.ondou on Monday last. They were met by ten thousand sympathizers at the rail road station and escorted to Hyde Prk wnere rony inousana people were assembled. UroN being asked in Ilarrisbnrg on last Tuesday whether he had decided to act in relation to the quo xrarranto against the Heading Railroad Company recent ly applied for. Attorney General Kirk- rat rick replied that he had not yet taken any action, but was holding the matter under adrlsement. It ia reported of Hoscce Cockling, who has been out of politics since the last Presidential election, that in apeak ing of Cleveland's message a few days 0, be said : "If I do not overestimate the intelligenceof the Republican party, one-half of its members, if the message were properly presented to them, would approve it." ItEf.ARDixo the Reading coal strike the Philadelphia Timet of Wednesday last says : "The indications are unmis takable that the coal strike is on the decline. Gradually the miners re slip ping from the grasp of the strike leaders and returning to work. The resump tion in the Schuylkill region is not rapid, but it is progressing daily, and there is little doubt that in a very few days the principle collieries will a!I be at work. Coal consumers will hail the resumption with gUdnesi, as it is likely to result m a return to moderate .prices." M. S. (JfAv. who was astrong Klalne man. when asked bis opinion about Blaine's letter in Philadelphia on Mon day said : "Ob. I take It nialu Is out or the race. II couldn't afford to he a candidate after that letter. If, under the circumstances he went nominated and accepted the nomina tion, be would be defeated. It would be disastrous to Mm. The people would not stand it ; tliey would not be trilled with. If Blaine mere to take the nomination, there wou'd be no end to the caricatures that would be sotten out. They would be worse than any that appeared In 1W4. No, I think Blaine Is cut entirely." There is probably no Republican in the land so easily pleased with a candi date and a platform in the approaching campaign as John A. Titbits, late Speaker of the House of Representatives of Connecticut, and, as is claimed, one of the test Informed politicians of that Commonwealth. Tibbits was in Wash ington a few days ago and was asked the question : " Who is the strongest man the Republicans can nominate ? " His repl wbs : "There Is one man who, if the Republicans nominate him, can be elee'ed without a shadow of doubt, lie would sweep the country like a whirlwind. His name it is Gen eral Phil Sheridan, and no one the Dem ocrats could nominate would be able to touch him. Why, every Irishman and every old soldier would vote for him, which would make a powerful comtir atioi;."j He was next asked " What would bo the platform ? " and Tibbits was rally equal to the emergency. His prompt answer was : " Anything. That wouldn't make any difference. "Sher idan and Shennandoah" would be all the platform we should want, and as for the tail of the ticket, any name would do as well as atolher." Tibbits had evidently heard of the man in the early days of Texas who went to a star dance equipped with a shirt collar and a pair of spurs. RErciiMCAN editors, whose wish la father to their thought, have been rolling under their tongue as a sweet tnorsol the singular delusion that Gov. David 15. Hill, of New York, is not only opposed to Cleveland's administra- tion, but that he will be a candidate himself for nomination for the Presiden cy before the Democratic National Con vention. If Govirnor Hill has Presi dential aspirations he has the undoubt ed right to nourish and at the proper time to press them for all they ate worth. He is regarded, however, as the shrewdest politician of either party in the S'.ate nf New York, and In view of the practical unanimity with which Cleveland's re-nomination is demi&ded by the Ditnocrtcy of ivery State in the I'uion, to attribute to Governor Hill a wttled purpose to enter the National Convention as a card Mate against Cleve land, is to stamp him as a political lun atic. A week ag last night a banquet wns given in Brooklyn. N. Y. undrr the auspices or the Kings County Demo cratic Club in celebration of the anni versary of lha birth of Samuel J. Til den. Among the speakers was Gov. Hill who. after paying a high tribute to Mr. Tilden bpoke of Clevelaud's ad ministration iu termes of the warmest approval. He said : "I cheerfully reiterate what I aid in ul. stance about a year bro Iu tliU same place, that tne administration of Preside nt Cle land h been dignified, conservative, hon est aud In the main satisfactory to the peo ple of the country. There may be differ ences among Democrats at to details relat ing to party management, and as to the en tire wiadoni of come matters attempted anj s to the details or nome measure proposed, but such differences among friends are in evitable every where in Government politics and society in general. The prosperity and welfare of the whole ' people have ben creatly advanced by tha j advent of the Democratic party to power io the Nation, and we may well rely. If no vr j lous mistakes are made, upon the continued i confidence of the people. i Our Kjpubtlcan fritnda bhould not be de ceived or misled, or be over Jubilant as to their prospects In the approaching contest. There will be no dlvMons among the Demo cracy this year. The Democratic party of the State or New York Is broad and gener ous enough to tolerate d I Terences of opia ionasto rua-.teis not entiuiy essential or ki in their character." Is another column", ill le found a letter from James G. lilaine, written at Florence, Italy, and addressed to Ii. F. Jones, of Pittsburg, Chairman of the National Republican Committee, in which he announces that his name will not be presented at the Chicago Con vention in June as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. That Blaine would have been nominat ed had became a Gxed fact and his de clination is simply a confession that be would again be defeated. The letter is apparently a cquare and unequivocal withdrawal and is so regarded by near ly all the Republican members of Coi gress, those from Maine excepted, bat there are scores of editors of leading liepuDiican newspaoers as well as a whole regiment of prominent RepuVi can politicians, dyed in the wool Blaine meo, who insist that bis letter is not an absolute declination and that his friends will carry the (Con vention for him with a hurrah which will compel him to accept Whether the letter really declines or whether there is a mental reservation concealed in it looking to the contingen cy of his nomination in the manner in dicated by his thick and thin admirers. Is a question which will be settled, we presume, by Mr. Blaine himself before the meeting of the Convention. The doubt among a large number of Repub licans in regard to the sincerity of Mr. Blaine when he penned his letter is any thine but complimentary to that gentle man, and leads the New York Times to hit the nail squirely on the head by saying: "It would not be easy to name any prominent public man In either party from whom a document cf this soit would be interpreted with so much and so general doubt as to whether its writer meant what he said or said all that he meant." There is one class of Republicans, however, who are in per fect accord as to the true inwardness of Blaine's letter. We mean Sherman. Allison, Do Pew, Kvarts, Morton, Ilawley. Harrison, Cullom and the rest who have Presidential aspirations, each and all of whom are entirely satisfied that Illaine means just what he aays and are determined to hold him to his text. Sherman even goes so far as to 6ay that his knowledge that Blaiiie contemplated writing a letter of declination was the reason wuy i,e inerman) oecame a candidate. Blaine being now out of the way, or supposed to be, will invest with increased interest the movtments on the Republican chessboard from ttis time up to the meeting of the Nations'. Convention. One of the moat convincing illustra tions of the danger of a large surplus in the public Treasury is the huge propor tion which the struggle among Con gressmen for the erection of public buildings ly the Government in nearly every State and Territory has at last reached. It is stated on the moat re liable authority that one hundred and twenty-tnree Congressmen have intro duced into the House 140 bills asking for appropriations amounting in round numbers io twenty-five millions of dol lars. These bills were introduced by .VJ Republicans, 03 Democrats and one Independent. Gsographically the pro posed division of "pork," as It is called. Is general, all the States, excepting Delrware, Rhode Island and Nevada being provided for. The New England S'.ates are represented by 13 buildings, costing 5l.521.CNX); the Middle States ask for 'J3 buildiDgs and 53,31o,(JU0 ; the Western States .or CO buildings and f ll.IS3.OJO, the Southern States for 48 buildings and 57,705,000, and the Ter ritories aodthe District ofColumbia rrr 5 buildings and f 1.1S0.000. There is no politics in the combination that has been formed to put these bills through by the well-known system of "log rolling, and each political party is about equally re presented. Congressmen act on the convenient process "you tickle me and I'll tickle you." This is a huge grb. more than two-thirds of the contemplat- ed buildings being entirely unnecessary, j It is satisfactory, howiver, to know f from wms recent rtm uka of Prtsident j Cleveland that mot of these schemes, ! i nueuatrd on.y to make members "solid" j with their constituents, will meet j with a veto and that only such as are clearly and absolutely necessary will receive the approval of the K'tcutive. Steimien-J. Meaxy, the we'.I-kowu Irish agitator, died at Wterbury. Conn., on Wednesday of last wek. He was a printer by trade, and abost seven ty years of age. In 137 he joined the Irish constabulary force. He was de tailed to make reports of Daniel O'Con nail's speeches for the use of the gov ernment, and being a very rapid long hand writer, and possessing a remarka ble memory, he performed the work with notable 6uccesi. The accuracy of his reports attracted the attention of O'ConnelJ, ni for years he was a well known figure on the pUtform at all the large political meetings which O'Connell addressed. From 1S4 to 1S he was engaged in newspaper work in Liverpool and London : but about was arrest ed in Liverpool on charges of engaging with other Irishman in a treasonable conspiracy. He was convicted and seutenced to 13 years' penal servitude, but was soon pardoned, and in 1S07 came to this country. He was engaged in journalism in various American cities and many years had been prominent as a epeiker and writer for the various movements in behairof Ireland, and made frequent visits to that com try. His last words were : 'Tell them I w trn to Ireland to the Us'" Hit j remains were temporarily deposited in a vault in tbe city of Nrw York and will be 6ent for final interment io Innes, Clare County, Ireland, where his aged mother resides. Tiik Prfs'dentexrects to leave Wash ington next Tuesday for a ffort visit to Fiurida. Ho will be accim;.iiiril bv Mrs. Cleveland and Secretary of the N.ivy and Mrs. Whitney and Colonel and Mis. Ltmont. The paily will go by special tram and no stops will be w.-.de unless it be an tour at Savannah for a drive through the city. Otedty will be spent at Jacksonville and one &. S-. Augustine. Tbe party will return to Washington on Siturdav. Blaine Declines the .Nomination. Fittshcrg, February 12. The Pitts burgh Commercial Uazettc will publish tbe following to morrow ; B. F. Jones, chairman of the National Republican committee, has received a letter from James G. Blaine, declining to allow his name to be presented to the National Republican convention as a candidate for the Presidential nomination. Mr. Jones when asked whether Mr. Blaine's declination would prevent his friends from nominating him anvhow. stid "As I am chairman of the National Committee. I do not think it would be proper for mi t i have anything to say on that subject." "Uo you think Mr. Blaine would accept the nomination if it were tendered to him ?" "I have no authority to speak for Mr. Blaine and have no conjectures to offer on the subject. The letter speaks for itself and 1 must decline to be interviewed on this question." 1-olio wing is Mr. Blame s letter :n full : Florence. Italy, January 2. To B. F. Jones. J-.sq.. Chairman Rpublicaa National Committee Sir : I wish through you to state to the members of the Republican party that my name will not be presented to the National Con vention called to assemble in Chicago in June next for the Domination nf candi dates for President and Vice President of the United States. I am constrained to this decision by considerations entire ly personal to myself, of which you were advised mure than a year ago. But I cannot make the announcement without giving expression to ray deep sense or gratitude to tbe many thou sands of my couutrymem who have sus tained me so long and so cordially that their feeling has seemed to go beyond tbe ordinary political adherence of fellow-partisans and to partake somewhat of the nature of personal attachment. tor this roost generous loyalty of friendship I can make no adequate re turn but I shall carry the memory of it while life lasts. Nor can I retrain from congratulating the Republican party upon tbe cheeriug prcspecte. which distinguish the opening of the national content of lSSf as compared with that of 1SS4. In 1SS2 the Repub lican party throughout the union met with a disastrous defeat. The States tnat bad supitorled Garfitlaaod Arthur in the election of 1SS0 were carried by the- Democrats either by majorities or plularities. The Republican loss in the northern elections compared with the preceding National e'ection exceeded ha'f a million votes, and the electoral votes ot tbe Union, divided ou '.he basis of tbe result ot 1S2 gave to the Demo crats over three hundred electors out of a total or four hundred and one. There was a partial reaction in favor of the Republicans in the election of 1SS3, but tbe Democrats still held possession of seven Northern States and oa tbe ba sis of the year's contest tould ahow more than one hundred majority in the electorlal colleges of the whole couutry. Bat against the discouragement natur ally following the adversa elections of these two years the spirit of the Repub lican party ia tbe National contest of 1-4 rose hich and the Republican mas ses entered into the campaign with such energy that the final result depended on the vote of a single State, and that State was carried by the Democratic party by a plurality so small that it represented lss than one-eleventh of one per cent, of the entire vote. The change of a single vote ic eveiy two thousand of the tota! would have given the State to the Republicans, though only two years be-fore the Democratic plurality exceedtd one hundred and ninety-two thousand. The elections of ls,SJ and 1"S7 have demonstrated a growing strength in the Republican ranks. Seldom in our political history Las a party defeated iu a National elec tion rallied immediately with such vig or as have the Republicans since 1Ss4. No comparison is possible between the spirit of the party In 1SS2-3 and its spirit in iss;.7. The periods present simply a contrast the oi.e of general depression, the other or enthusiastic revival. Should the party gain in the results or 183 ovtr tho&e or ISSo iu auythitig like the proportion of the gain of lJv;4 over lS2-3 it would secure one or the most remarkable victories of ita entire existeuce. But victory does not depend on so large a ratio of increase ; the party has enly to maintain relatively its prestige of 1SSG-7 to give to ita Na tional candidate every Northern State but one with a far better prospect of carrying that one than it had for tbe past six years. Another teature of the political situa tion shojld inspire Republicans with irresistable strength. The present Na tional Administration was elected with, if not upon, the repeated assertions of its leading supporters ia every protec tion S:atethat no issue on the tariff was involved. However earnestly Republi cans urged that question as the one of controlling impottauce in tbe campaign, thev were met by the Democratic l-.ad-ers and journals with persistent evasion, concealment and deuial. That resourau the President has fortunately removed. The issue which the Repub.icans main tained and the D.-mocrvs avoided in 1S-S4 has been prominently and specifi cally brought tor ward by the Democrat ic President, and cannot be bidden out of sight :n lStvS. The country is now in the enjoyment of an industrial ststem which in a quarter of a ceatury has assured a larger National growth, a more rapid accumulation aud a broader distribution or wealth than were ever before kuown in their history. The American people, wilt now openly and formally ba asked to decide whether this Evstem shall be recklessly abaudou ed and a new trial be made of an old ex periment whicn has uuiformaliy led to National err harassment and widespread individual distress. Oa tbe result or auch an issue, fairly pres-nted to the popular judgment, there is no room for doub. One thing only is necessary tj assure success complete harmony and cordial co opera tion on the part of all Republicans on th part or both of those who aspire to lead and of those who are eager to fol low. The duty is not one merely of honorable demotion to the party whose record and whose aims are alike great, but it is one demanded by the instinct of self-interrst and by the higher promptings or patriotism. A cLs-r observation or the conditions or lire among the older nations gives one a more intense desire that tbe American people eba'l make no mistake in choos ing the policy which inspires labor with hope and crowns it with dignity, which gives saMy to capital and protects its increase, which secures political power toevery citizen, comfort nd cultnre to every home. To this end not less eajniatly and more directly as a privatM citizen than as a public candidate, I shall devote mjself, with the confident belierthat the Administration or the government will be restored to tbe party .. kin). K -1 . ... J uu.il n3 jeujousiraieu tne purpose and the power to wield it for the unity and the honor of the Republic, and for the prosperity and progress of the peo ple. I am very sincerely yours. iSigned James G. Blaine. Tbelr BatlurM Bootnlaa Trobably no one thing has caused such a General revival of trade at K. James, fcu eos'jurjr. or W. W. McAtteers. L,oretto. as their giving away to tbeir custom ers or so many free trial bottles or Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. lhMr trade is aimpiy eooiruou In this very valuable article from the fast that it alwaya cure at.d never darpoints. Coughs Coli's. Astbma. Drnncbitie, Croup, and all throat and lun2 diseases quickly cured ou can test it rWore baying by getting a trial bottle free, lare sizs f i. Every bottle warranted. The Plain Truth. The Philadelphia I'rcs and other Re publican organs refuse to discuss tbe question of a reduction or tbe revenues except upon abstract principles of politi cal economy. They evade the real point at issue. President Cleveland, in his message to Congress, specifically declared that we are couf routed by a condition and that the theory of "free trade" or of "protection" has nothing to do with tbe msttar. And what is the condition ? Why, the continuous increase of an al ready enormous and useless surplus in the treasury. It is agreed on all sides that the reve nues must on reduced in order that the increase nf the surplus rosy be stopped and that tbe people may be relieved or needless burdens of taxation. The only question to be solved is how is this re duction to be effected ' President Cleveland recommends that raw materials employed in manufacture be admitted duty tree and that tbe taxes on the necessaries of life be reduced. He also recommends that in making changes in tbe tariff laws, as suggested in his message, care be ;aken that no industry shall be injuriously affected. Now the Philadelphia rress and oth er Republican organs stigmatize these suggestions of tbe President as indica ting a "free trade" policy. They do this because they imagine that people can still be frightened by the old whig bugbear. If they were fair in their treatment of the President's sugges tions, they would meet them squarely on their merits. There is a middle course between the present monopoly producing tariff and "free tride" which at the present time is the only safe one to be adopted. That course is outlined in the recommend-! uons or tne rresident's message, ir congress should adopt that course we should not have "free trade" but rreer trade and a wider and better market-. for American products. "Protection" would stu remain a prominent roam or the tariff, but It would not be or so extravagant a character as to create and foster monopolies. I his is the simple, plain, unvarnishnl truth, and theee Republican organs may as we'I prepare to accept it. Jlarrisburg ritriut. Cleveland's Hold on the People The Providence Journal is one of the leading Republican papers of New Eng land, long edited by the late Senator Anthony, and can hardly be set down as a free trade paper, which is the usual plan hereabouts as to any newspaper that doss not go into hysterics over President's Cleveland's message. The Journal in a Sate careful editorial going over the political situation in the coun try says that the Democratic party, as represented by tbe President, has de fined its position, and adds: It is undoutvdly true that there ara many mlntakee aud errors In tbe details of President Cleveland' recommendations, whlcb should be pointed out and opposed or amended, but the general spirit and object of his message, on tbe tarifT is one that rec ommends itjlf strongly to the great major ity of the American people as demanded by common sense and practical judgment. And the Republican party haj repeatedly recom mended the same thing In its platforms and declarations of principles. It then argues that the B'aine mes sage from Paris, as well as the speeches of John Sherman and others, are a "grave mistake," since "it is not only the unmistakaole duty, but the shrewd est policy of the Republican leaders to unite with the movement ror aa intelli gent practical revision of the tariff in the spirit of protection to American industries." As for Cleveland' strength as a candidate, tbe Journal save frankly that "there is co question that he has obtained a personal popu larity and confidence that he did not posse's at the time of his first nomina tion, owing to a belief in his firmnesa of character and honesty of purpose." This we take is the judgment of sen sible and candid men of all parties. In his own party Mr. Cleveland is unques tionably much stronger than he was in 1SS1. and it will put forth such efforts as it never did before to Becure his re election, lie is stronger with the inde pendents, and commands from Republi cans that respect all fair men yield to opponents who demonstrate capacity and courage. Tbe most significant fea ture of current politics, in neighbor hood, street and office talk, is the evi dence everywhere of tbe strong bold Mr. Cleveland has on the American people. Many who speak in this way will oppose him as a candidate undoubt edly, but it goes for a great deal as to the makeup of the man, that he com mands the respect and admiration from political opponeuts because of his per sonal qualities as well as official acts. I'lUslurg rost. That Tells the (Sterj. One or the witnesses before tbe House Committee that is investigating the coal etnke said on Saturday that "Mr Pardee is worth 517,000,000 ; thirty five years ago he was worth nothing." This esiimate of one of the coal barons' wealth may be exaggerated, but it is known that Le is a many million aire. All the other active members of the coal combination, and mauy that have retired, are rich some of them "beyond the dreams of avarice." They have their city houses and town houses, their steam yachts, fast horses, big diamonds, great blocks or railroad stocks and piles of utterly superfluous wealth. How, meanwhile, have the miners fared ? Their lot is harder than it was thirty-five years ago. They are barely able to keep soul and body together. Tens of thousands of foreign laborers have been Imported, duty free, to press down the wages. A gigantic combina tion of tailroads controls the traffic. A "Tew gentlemen meeting in a parlor" limil the production of coal and Ox prices and wages. A comparison of tbe condition of the operators and the operatives shows who is "protected" by the Saws and who is favored by contracts and stipulations. A. 1". World. CoNsinEiuxa that evictions are being made in Ireland by tbe wholesale, that free speech and public assembly have been suppressed, and that outspokan legislator nave been arrested under tbe shadow of he British Houses of Parlia ment, the Irish leaders might well be forgiven ir their indignation should dominate their calmer judgment and lorce them to the utterance or some expression which might betaken advan tage ol by their opponents to injure he cause ror which they are working. Yet during all this trying time Mr. Parnell has malntaiued an almost judicial calm ness, has checked the impetuosity or his followers, confined himselr strictly to constitutional efforts at redress, and even in the amendment to the address to the (i'ieens'8 speech has characterized the administration of the Crimes Act in Ireland by no severer terms than "harsh and partial." Nothing could better prove his fitness for leadership ; and the Englih p-ople will be false to all their traditions if they shall not recognize the justice of a contest which is being wrged with such profound re spect tor constitutional methods l'hilt. litoord. In the White-Lowry case 41 Democrats voted to confirm a Republican in his seat In the Tboebe-Carlisle case only 5 Re. publicans voted to confirm a Democrat. uhH-lboUi. p,rllsln fairness! In the h r w" doubu 10 Car lisle case there was none. 5CW8 A.1U OTHER XOT15KUN. The first use of a locomotive In this country was In 1829. At Cheboygan. Mich., nine feet of snow have fallen so far during tbe present month. Tbe first cotton mill In the United States want into operation In 1787. at Bever ly, Mass. Tbe first table cutlery of American mannfacture was made at Greenfield, Mass.. In 1834. Tbe first iron forge in America was tabliahed io Raynbam, a town of tbe Ply mouth Colony. Tbe first dwelling house in Kentucky was erected in 1774, oo or near the 6ite of Harrodsburg. Tbe first Quakers io New England ar rived a 1G65, In Massachesetls, and were banished from the colony. Tbe first newspaper published in Amer ica, outside of lioston, was issued In Phila delphia, end called tbe American Wetlty ittrcury. Two men or Lead City were In love with the same voung woman. They de cided first choice In a match or seven-up. six best games in eleven. Tbe cats and dogs or Japan differ from the species found In almost every other country. Tbe former have no tails and tbe latter are almost destitute or tails. A farmer at Springfield, O., buried f3 000 In silver and gold at tbe time or tbe Morgan raid in 1863. Lest week bis son found tbe buried treasure in the foundation of an old boildisg. Tbe father had died without revealing it. A negro woman of Greenwich. N. J., tbe other day came into possession of f 2,- Z7G pension money and in addition thereto a monthly pension of twelve dollars ror tbe balance or her lire. She bad two 6ons killed In tbe Uulon service. Spectacles were actually Invented about tbe year 1280, A. V., and certainly they were made previous to the year 1311. Tbe man who conferred tbie gret benefit on suffering humanity was Alexander Bipica, a monk of Pia. who dlsd In 1313. Three years ago tbe manager or a silver mine iu Australia plajed a game or euchre with an employe to see wbetoer the latter should ray fOOO or ?750 ror a one-fourteenth share in the mine. Tbe employe won. and his share is now worth fl.000,000. According to native Journals, Japan can boast of a phenomenal giantess. Tnough only twelve years and five month of age, she Is said to stand eight feet high and to weigh over two bundled and seventy pounds; her bands measure over nine Inches In length, and ber feet fifteen Inches. CarlHolmer. of Killarney, Fla., stepped on tbe head of a large rattlesnake as be was going home the other evening. Tbe reptile snapped Its tail in Mr. Holmer's face, but he did not budge until he bad disabled it by stamping upon it. He tbea procured a gun and killed the snake. It measured seven reetin length, and had eleven rattles. Sberlfl Matson. or Chicago, received a letter rrom a woman in Cerro Gordo. 111., recently, asking him to send her one strand or a rope that had been used to bang eome terson. Her little boy bad been having fits for four years, and nine doctors had failed to benefit him. A neighbor had told her or the rope being used in such cases with success ; and she was willing to pay any price to secure a strand or one. 3enjamin Franklin, or the Second Min nesota Volunteers, Is the only man on the Government pmslon rolls who sacrificed both hands and feet io the late civil war, and as there is no provision or law applicable to s-jch special cases a bill will be presented to Congress Increasing tbe pension he now receives to JlSO a month. He now receives tbe pay provided ror a soldier or a sailor who has lost both bands or both feet. A Jersey City man who deals in second hand furniture found f '20 in an old lounge which he wks repairing. He was hone6t . so he sent word to the man from whom he bad purchased the lounge. It turned out that the man who sold the lounge had bid den tho money in It when "he was drunk and forgotten all about it. Then he had accus ed his wife of taking it, and the row that ensued broke up tbe family and caused tbe sale of the furniture: Fonr years ago Addison Gifford of North Rochester, Mass., went shooting. Ills dog started a fox, followed it, and never returned. A few days aeo Mr. Gifford was out again witb another dog which started a fox and chased it to its bole. Mr. Gifford began to dig the fox out. and while at work unearthed tbe skeleton of a dog. tbe collar on tbe neck or which showed that it was his own lost dog. It had evidently tried to dig tbe fox out and got fast In the bole. A colored woman and a white man met an tbe street at Beaufort. S. C, tbe other day, and tbe path tbrongb the mud wonld only permit or one passing at a time. Neither would waive the right to tbe first place, and they both remained In the street all day. sending ror cnairs asd their meals, while their friends gathered about to watch the "sitting match." When the old lady sent ror her knitting tbe white man con cluded he did not want to go that way, and torned back. Acting Cbiet of tbe Secret Service John S. Bell has discovered the first en rraved connterfeit en the stiver certificates. Tbe counterfeit comes from tbe '.Vest. It Is three sixteenths of an inch shorter than tbe genuine bill. There are no distinctive lines on the paper, which Is very thia and of In Inferior quality. It is a good counterfeit and may easily deceive people. One great differeree between the genuine and the counterfeit Is in the vignette of General Grant. In the counterfeit it Is slightly blurred and looks like a bulldog. Two men Io Penobscot county, Me., went out to look ror their cattle which were In the woods. As they were returning witb the stock, they saw three bears sitting upon their bauncbs ahead of them, directly in tbeir path. Tbe oxen ran ahead or the cows and then turned around, shaking tbeir heads as much as to say, "Keep back, keep back ! We will attend to those black fel lows." Then away they ran ror the enemy. One ot tbe bears ran away, while tbe other two stood their ground and the oxen charged on them. Upon this tbe bears fled and one oxen chased one ot the bears a mile through tbe woods, tossing him over his head in a rearful manner. The bear was tosesd np at least 20 times and evidently had rather a lively time or It Finally, tbe ox returned with his horns all blood, which showed that he bad bad a fierce struggle and had won the battle. On January 10 U. P. Nores left Sher- win's Station. Round Valley, CaL.on snow shoes ror Rodle, taking four days' rations and bis dog. A few days ago bis Utile dog returned alone to Sberwin's Station In a starving connitlon. J. L. C. Sherwln. an old and experienced mountaineer, feeling certain tbat something was wrong, started out on the trail, and found tbe dead body of Noyes iu Rock Creek canyon, lying on nla face in the snow. It Is supposed Noyes was taken with heart disease. Tbe dog stayed with the body two weeks without food, although the rations which Mr. Noyes had Uken with him were lying by bis side. Tbe track which tbe dog bad beaten around tbe body, and on side coyote tracks, clearly showed the animal had ben aefending the body. and. altbougr. food was Iviug within reach, wou'd not touch it without his mas ter a permission. Go to GEIS, FOSTER & QtJIXX'S, Clinton St., Johnstown, Pa., ff, Carpets, Mattings, Hugs, Stair Pads, Stair Rods, Stair Buttons, ' Oilcloths, Linoleum, Lace Curtains, Feathers Turcoman Curtains, Madras Curtain Goods, etc., etc. Quality of Goo uncqualed and prices the lowest. An old Lake Superior steamboat Ckp tain says tbat nothing is ever done when a man falls overboard on tbat body of water. Tbe reason, be alleges, is that tbe water or the lake is so cold that a man cannot live In It during tbe time It takes to stop a rapidly moving vessel nd lower a boat, io 20 years he never knew but one man who fell overboard who escaped death. Others were apparently killed by tbe shock produced by falling Into such cold water. It Is said. too. that the lake never gives up its dead, and sailors aver tbat no corpse was ever seen floating on the lake. Mrs. James, of Syracuse, Kan., dis covered her 5-year old boy stirring around in a basket of old clothes tbat bad been placed in a corner of the woodshed to be out of the way. Upon tbe child looking up and hastily leaving, Mrs. James concluded to see what be was about, and to ber horror discovered a nest of rattlesnakes, six young ones and an old one witb eight rattles. A scream brought Mr. James to tbe scene, and be hastily d isposed of all of them. Ques tioning the child, It was learned that be had been caring for the snakes since warm weather. He could handle tbe young rep tiles as be pleased, and the old snake never objected. " Speaking of tbe reasoning powers or fowls, a Maine paper relates tbe following Incident : A well-known Afusta eentleman keeps a number of hens and is accustomed at intervals to pound up oyster shells and feed to them. He was engaged in this work a short time ago when a chicken seized a quite large piece of shell, and running off with it attempted to swallow It. Tbe piece was too large, however, and after one or two ineffectual attempts the young fowl gave It up, and taking it up carried it back to the gentleman and laid It down at bis feet. In viting him as plainly as words could have done to break it into smaller pieces. -"Bill" Gregory, the greatest outlaw In dian ever produced, was recently arrested for robbery at Terre Haute, but U now free again, as there was not sufficient evidence to convict him. Gregory has bad a remark able career. For fifteen years be has been the leader In hundreds or burglaries perpe trated In the Hoosier State, but has served orHy one short term in prison. Twenty- three or bis accomplices are now serving terms in various prisons throughout tbe country. There is hardly a crime known to man which Gregory has not committed, i He has been a persevering train robber, a sneak thief, a housebreaker, a kidnapper and various other things equally bad. The great deer range or the country Is n Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Da kota. The Indians slaughter great num bers or them, but the deer still continue numerous. A St. Taul paper savs : "Yon might as well talk about exterminating the ducks, cranes, gulls, pelicans, and all kinds or water rowl, which breed np In the Peace Itiver country, 1,500 miles northwest cf Winnipig. There are about 20.800 saddles of venison handled here a year. Sometimes this amount Is exceeded, as in 1878, when the prairie fires got into the timber and drove the deer Into the settlements. One firm here dresses 500 or COO deerskins a year. The deer fur is or no commercial value, but tbe skin is made into mocassins and into the backekin or the store." In the eouth western portion ot Allegan county. Mich., there Is a peculiar religious denomination known as "Sanctified Saints." They have hut little faith in other sects, and consider the salaried minister an emissary of the deviL Their ministers receive no SAlary, and no contributions are taken at their meetings for any purpose. His sup port Is dependent on his own labor and tbe free-will offerings tbat are made. Salva tion is literally free. They refuse to send their children to tbe public schools, regard ing them as "inventions of the devil." Tbeir meeting house Is or a peculiar, primi tive sort, equipped with wooden Deuches. Or. entering tbe sanctuary tbe men greet each other with what Is termed a "holy kiss" and tbe salutation "Praise the Lord." Tbe women kiss and salute each other In tbe same manner. Tbe meeting Is opened by elnging. When the chorus is reached every member holds up bis right hand and beats time. Then an elder preaches a ser mon, every sentence of which ends with "Praise the Lord." Till JOIa'CD TWINS or LVCUA. Til Strancelf Jolnrrt Nncressora of Mlaoaeae Twlma. John and Jacob Tocci. the twins of io cana, who have been shown in almost every city of Europe as the successors or tbe fa mous Siamese twins, are dying In Vienna. Their mother Is a strong, healthy country woman. Tbe boys resemble each other ex actly, have pretty, delicate features and are now in their tenth year, John and Jacob are separate as far as tbe sixth rib and have one abdomen and one pair of legs between them. Jacob moves tbe right leg, John tbe lett. The twins cannot walk, and ke;p their balance by placicg their arms round each other's neck. Jacob eats often and heartily and Is the healthier or the two, and to all appearance It Is he who keeps bis brother alive. Two days ago the twins quarreled over a toy. and John grew so ex cited tbat his neartblood suddenly ceased to flow, and be changed to a condition or com plete lethargy, from whici he had not awoke oa the following morning. Tbe boy suffered from the same complaint a year ago in Berlin, and Professor Vlrchow then de clared that a recurrence of the lethargy would put an end to the twin's life. A number or Vienna physicians sre ob serving the malady, but they entertain little hope for Jobn.s lire, and if John dies Jacob must follow htm io the grave. The con scious boy cries incessantly, because he baa often beard Professor Vircbow's remark re peated, and knows tbat bis brother's death Is but the harbinger or bis own. The poor creatures are meeting with the same rate that some time ago put an end to the life of the Siamese twins, the second or whom died or poisoned blood vessels, after having spent six terrible hours with the corpse of his brother. The advisability of an opera tion separating tbe living from tbe dead brother was discussed at tbe time, but be fore a resolution could be taken death had dene Its work. Tbe twins or Locana. who ror tbe last eight years have traveled to all the world's shows, were soon to have left for New York, where Parnum Is said to have engaged them ror a year at a salary or 30,000 frauej. In the event or their death the parents have sold tbeir body to a Lon don anator.lcal museum for tbe price of 8,000. -PRACTICAL -AND DEALER IN- '.-Wl r For la-irf or mmall rme S3 rallbra.tf mlu powder: ft iTiaurrT nrol,o nd Mi on) .biolnlely mlncort mAT.T. ABTl Gallrry. tnr h,T,..? , liAfcA trl HiOes. louruta different Uric. proe rrum ".. muvwuk. IUU UMUDf f tl tr U. iAKun fike ARMS CO., after Ilfty tbott had already lten art J bota. Thfa rooarairy 4.rr o-arlj ail ft r k 1 a on or 0,lr re aiwaya accurate aiid reUaUe. Tn'l Partai-M uaitMi to t JEV XiilLlinuaiaoi w iaoxn iook a fil treat tut lit scd wuro reAorad tobamlLh by wm ol SEMINAL PASTILLES A Kiical Cure for NrmoiuDiihillrr.lJfnni Weaknewandffereical lxoa.Tln loan or Mid d Is Aedalen. Taud f or Fl kt Y on In ma arwd and broken dAvn mea to tile fa 11 anjomaol of perfect and foU Muaolr Rlrmioth and Vurorova HvJt. To T ho6 whoaafTnr rrojn to many obeoor d taoAana rroaiht almit by 1 ndiwi lion. h-Xtmmrm. rvrw-tir.l a Work, or too free. Iaaalireaoa, wa a that 70a aaad oa yoer flaaae vita etateaBentef yoor trombla, and aataua XhXALr'ACKAO'r. l'HFR.with rUoat'd 1'usjiBlfta. - RUPTURED PtftSOW van Imto FRiB ihrminnhl naura frinT .hulMAlt 11. 1 11 1 mm .ti rJ T B, L JOHJIS.0.1. I. J. Bid. A. f . BUCK. Johnston, Buck & Co., !EterLslou.i?g, Pa. o Money Received on Depsit, PA TABLE ON REM AND. INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS COLLECTIONS MADE AT AU. AOCBSSIBLa r01T. DRAFTS on the rrincipal Cities Bought and Sold ato 4 at General BailM Business Transacted. ACCOVXT9 SOLICITED. A. W. BUCK. Cashier. EbenibnrK. April 4. l&8i.-U. SALESMEN WANTED to canvass tor the tale ol Narerr Stnck Stead t employment rnaranteed. S A, LAKY ANl X 1'KNSI.S PAID. Arilr at once. tatlnv age. CHASE BKCirUEliS COMPANY. (Keter to thli paper.; Kocliealer. A. T. Penn'a Agnl HA Steam Engines, Saw Mill. Hay Prefe, Stomp Puller, and Standard AKnralturml Impltinent a-eoerally. Srnd for Catalogue A. B. FABvlUH AH' A. SON York.Pa. at. Important to Canvassers. WANTF.n-L.lTa Canvaer In everv eonntj In the United State to ae.ll lil'S PATENT RE VEKS1HLK SAO IKON, whicu combines two Sad Irons, Pollnber, Fluter, fcc. one Iron doing the worn ol tn entire net of orjlnarr Irons, la self-heatlnic pv Iran or alcohol lamp. UOEK A WAT WITH HOT K ITCH N. Price moderate. A larare and lueunic Income Insured to jtaod canrassers. Address, lor circulars, fce., FOX SAU IKON CO.. 86 Keade St..N. Y. AGENTS WA5WED To oanrasa for one of the largest, oldest estab lished. BKST KNOWN MKSEKltS la the country. Most liberal terms. I'oeouall d laclli. ties. tlENEVA NT ' KNKKY. Erlabli.hed '( W. AT. SMITH, GENEVA. N.Y. - Dec. . 4U 1704. IMMii. Policies written at abort notice In tbe OLD RELIABLE "ETNA" Aad other Firat Clawa Companies. T- w. dick:, UEXT FOK THE OLD HARTFORD FIRI? INSURANCE COMY. COMMENCED BUSINESS 1794. Kbensbanc. Jaiy C 18a. ESSENTIAL OILS. WIlfTEROREE.I, PEPPTKMENT, VT.X- ST ROTA IK PEA KM I XT. etc. ol prime quality, boucht In any quantity lor casb en dellverly, free of broke rag-e, commission, star age, ., by DODGE fc OLCOTT. Importer and exporters. SS William St. .New York -NTF.NOIKU AUVF.RTINERS sbonld ad l dretta UEORliE P. ROW ELL CO.. IO Nprnre Mreel, New York C'ltjr. FlR SELKtT LlST'OFl, 0PO NK.wara.rKKa Will lx eeoCfree on application. Jan. II '67 11 em m- pi m Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY, SiI?rareMiisicalUitnisi!s -ANl Optical Goods. Sole Agent FOK THE- Celebrated Eockford WATCHES. Colnmbla and Fredonia Watches. In Key and Stem Winders. AIIGE SELECTION op ALL KIN" Da or JEWELRF always on hand. My line of Jewelry Is nnsurpatsed Ccnie and see tor yourir before purctai ing elf" where. VSTaU WOKK OCiglNTIED S CARL RIVINIUS Ebensburg, Nov. 11, l8S3--tr. - ' -- as cal. M sr.; ufe nil to toe Sport) n( and Tar. world rtnowMd. Tte tjdrd SlS.no cjn. St lid for llluKrate eauloroa. A rrom TI I. it U " New Haven. Conn. and Do cleanli dorm tu urlxtra at target ma! 33 c'"r rlfl-. twratr NSKcuUn abota the entire aeventy .rget uatUiea becauae IXimj tuoooazma, due aca fcaera mom to aierarei, or m Munctinti.nr lou.1 eeteobaa arrttnal prtacUMca Br Tfa) rapobcatioa I0U11 eea o I rtiaraer Um lce3 tnneaeeM fell 7Mafft deiay. TYit enyal of the bema ernaiaa MM it .w wnmiflf eiemrexa ot life are jcivea hear, taa parkel oaomnland -r-"rr' " nii-1 luiiiTi TKATE ElfT. Caj HaU.. Trs Vat K. Ttet, J HARRIS REMEDY CO., Win Ctrnsr aoeu w.Teh Btroot-aT.iotrtH wo. Trial of our Appliance. Aak (or Term DONALD E. DUFTON, ATTOKN tT-AT-LAW, Orace In Colonnade Hue. II. H. MYERS. ATTOKN EY-AT-L, AW, EnnBCta, Pa. Office In Collonade Row. on Centre street. G EO. M. READE, ATTOKN JY-AT-LAW, Eaaaeacae, Fa. OfBce oa Centre street, tear ua IYI. D. KITTELL, A. ttorney-o t-Xjaw, EBENSBCEO, PA. Oaice Armory Building, jjp. Court Heaae. TW. DICK, Attoenit-at-law. Ebensborg, Pa. Office In building el T J. Lloyd, dee'd, (first floor,) Centre street. Al manner of legal business attended te satisfaotey rli and eelleatioas a specialty. 1 10-14. -if. 1 FOK SALE-STEAM ENOXN KS. CL AT .t Ore Pans, Holler and ibeet-lroa Wort. -Second-band engines and boilers on band. H'-nt Inn engines and oaonlnenr a specialty. THua As CAbLIK, Allegheny, Pa. (Jan. tt.-lj.) VnVFRTla'ERM by addrekslnr Oee. P Kowell eft t o.. lOSnruee St.. Mew Terl can learn tbe exact cost of any proposed I me a AUVKKTIMNtl toAmerlcan Newspapers. ! Fasre Psnpblrl 1 0 . JB. OLII.IIOE, 534 GRANT STREET. PITT6BCR0H. Ti- ROBERT EVANS, Vein II HJ1 1 .U,a,a4rrf4uJij UNDERTAKBE, AND MANUFACTURKK UT and dealer In all kinds ot KI KNITCSI, r-A tall line e( CatkeU always oa band.- Bodies Embalmed WHEN KEUt'IKED. Apt 80 88 EtenstirE Fire Insurance km T. AV. DICK, General Insurance Agent. EBExsnuaa. fa.. ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE, LORIiTTO.PA, IN CHARGE OF FRANCISCAN BROTHERS. Board and Tuition for the Scholastic Year, $200. Marco 20th. ISO, tf. KENTUCKY MULES. Tbe enlr ana la Fcnn'a who make a speclalitT of ken turkr Nu)dle aad iTiTing uorea, Jranghl and fit aiuiee ana serp - - - -- - coniantly In their ataVile ooe kandraw head e MiiIm, ail aixea, from four foot to tka large aaale weiKliini; l0 11, are It. 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