EBCNSBURC. PA..
FRIDAY, - - - 3IARCII 2, 1888.
M EXT 1 51 OP DEMOfBATIC t'OCHTY
C'OHHITTEE.
Tba members of the Democratic County
Committee are reqoetted to meet In Armory
IlaU Building, opposite tbe Court House at
Ebenaburg. fa., on Monday. March 12th
ISM, at half past 1 o.clock r. m. for tbe pur
OM of electing fire Delegates to tbe State
Coorentloo, to be held at liarrisborg, Ta.,
on May 234 1388, and transacting such
other business as may be neceftnary.
James M. Walters;
Chairman.
Johnstown. Ta., Feb. 33. 1888.
Tub President and party returned
from their visit to Forida on last Son
day morning. They spent four days in
the "Orange State" at Jacksonville,
St. Augustine and prominent points on
the St. Johns River. A stop of a few
tours was made at Charleston on the
return trip.
It is related of a resident of Perry
county in this State who emigrated to
Nebraska last fall and safely passed
through a conple of genuine blizzards
this winter, that be wrote back to one
of tbe managers of be Conntv Fair say
ing : "Offer a premium of 530 at your
next Fair for tbe biggest fool that ever
lived in Terry county and I will try hard
to be there."
It looks as though the Prohibition
ists Intend to be beard from In New
"York in next fall's fight for a President,
and judging from tbe way in which tbe
Iabor party is goiDg to pieces it is
quite likely that the compulsory ab
stainers may hold the balance of power
la the State. The finances of the party
are said to be in excellent condition,
with a steady income assured. Repub
licans will no doubt te gratified to bear
this.
Thine as T. Daunt m, the great
A merlcan humbug, frankly declares
that he would gladly accept the Repub
lican nomination for President. The
T. T. of bis signature, he says, stands
for Presidential Timber. In order to
preserve the personal fitness of things a
ticket containing Bam urn's name for
President ought to have on it for Vice
President that of XUn Rice, the greatest
clown that tbe country has ever pro
lued. It would then be so perfect
that nothing but. itself could be Us
parallel.
Xeal Dow, who is 84 years of age,
Is the candidate of the Prohibitionists
for Mayor of Portland, Maine, and bas
been endorsed by the Democrats. This
is a most singular and unnatural alli
ance, trying to mix oil with water, and
we suppose that the Democrats who are
in a hopeless minority in Portland, are
only standing by Xeal for the mere fun
of the thing. The campaign Is said to
be the most exciting ever known in
Portland, the Issue being plainly drawn
on the enforcement or non-enforcement
of the Prohibitory law.
Dckinu the twelve weeks that Con
gress has been in session there have
been Introduced into the House and
Senate 10.020 bills and joint resolutions.
Of this number thirty-oue have passed
both branches of Cougress and been
signed by the President. Tbe number
of bills thui far introduced is over
thirty per cent greater than at this
period of the last session, and should
their introduction continue at the same
rite the number will resell 20,000 by
the end of the session. It is an old, but
true saying that "the world la governed
too much."
Attorney General Kiuktatkic k
having received a number of communi
cations from County Trearurers re
lating to the distribution of the fses
from liquor licenses, gives it as bis
opinion that tbe entire amount of fees,
instead of being paid into the State
treasury by tbe county Treasurers and
then distributed by the AudUor Gener
at.should be paid to the County
Treasurers and be distributed by them,
after paying the State her proportion of
the same, between the cities, counties,
boroughs and townships In the manner
rrovlded by the Brooks High License
law.
On Wednesday last tfie offlcial returns
of the social election held in the
F'eventh Congressional district or
Michigan a little over two weeks ago,
to supply the vacancy eaused by the
death of Moffat, Republican, were pub
lished, showing the election of Sey
mour, Republican, over Bieeo. Demo
crat, by a majority of 402. Three
years ago last November tbe district
gave Moffat a msjorlty of 4,473 and at
the next election in November 1vSG he
had a msjority of 2.3)0. Seymour's
narrow escape from defeat in such a
stronghold is regarded by the Demo
crats as a good Indication of their abili
ty to carry the State next November.
At the last Tresidentlal election tbe
Republican business men of New Yoik
city gave Cleveland a most vigorous
and efficient support, untried as be then
was on the National field. In preference
to Blaine. The same business interests
will stand by the President at the com
ing election on bis record and his merits.
The HmjAic, of a late date, contains
three columns of interviews had with
leading men engaged in all kinds of
business in that eity, on the subject of
the next Presidency, and as a sample of
the whole we publish that of Uoland G.
Hazzard, President of the Americaa
Loan and Trust Company, who says :
I am a Republican. I was an original
Wide Awake. I carried a torch for John
C. Fremont. I voted for Lincoln and Grant
od all the rest. But 1 say to you tnat
there It no man living whom I would ratber
aee President of this country than rover
Cleelatid. He Is tbe only candidate for
the Democratic party to nominate. It is
inconceivable tliat anybody else can be
cnougni or. And be will carry the country .
against anybody tbe Kepublicaos can nom- !
loate, I think. lie Is very strong with tbe
bankers and merchants of this city, and he
deserves to be, for a pluckier, brainier man !
hasn't been President ft r a loDg time.
It will be seen by the call, elsewhere
published, issued by James M. Walters
Esq. Chairman of tbe Democratic
County Committee, that tbe members
of the Committee are requested to meet
in Aimory Hall, la this place on Mon
day, March 12, for the purpose of elect
ing five delegates to the State Conven
tlon which will meet at Harrlsburg on
May 231, and transacting such other
business as may be necessary. Tbe
custom of County Committees electing
delegates to a State Convention which
has only ben followed on exceptional
occasions in this county, is one that
is more honored in the breach than in
the observance, and at any other time
than tbe present we would feel com
polled to enter our protest against it.
As there will, however, practically be
but one candidate for the Presidential
nomination before the Democratic X
tional Convention which will meet at
St. Louis, on the 5th of June, there can
be no well grounded objection to the
present County Committee selecting the
delegates to the State Convention where
they will take part in electing four
delegates-at-large from this State to
the National Convention, and in con
junction with tbe dolegates from Blair,
Bedford and Sjmerset counties, will
also elect two delegates from this Con
gressional district to the same body.
Tbe names of the members of the
Committee will be found published
on our local page and as its meeting
will be an important one, we trust that
aeh member composing ic will feel that
he has a duty to perform which ought
not to be evaded, and that unless sick
ness either of himself or a member of
his family intervenes, te will be person
ally present.
Owise to the f.iet th.t two widely
different Interpretations were given by
leadiag members ca the Republican
party to the precise meaning of Mr.
Blaise's letter of declination, the New
York Worll, the most enterprising and
wide awake newspaper in the country.
directed its correspondent in London,
Mr. T. C. Crawford, to proceed to
Florence, Italy, where Mr. Blade is
still stay eg, andtta'n an inteiview
with him. Mr. Crawford crossed over
to Florence and met Mr. Blaine on Sat
urday last, and on Sunday tbe Inter
view was fully set forth in the Worll.
Mr Blaine reaffirms bis declination and
says that "under no circumstances
will be permit bis name to be u?cd as a
candidate." He also says that in bis
belief a candidate "has no right to
stand again for President after having
once been defeated," and that be could
not "go through the burden and fatigue
of another campaign." It will thus be
seen that Mr. Blaine treats bis letter of
withdrawal as Coal, and this ought to
settle tbe controversy that has teen
going on among tbe Republican poli
ticians on this side of tbe water.
John Sherman recently ciltHed tbe
editor of the Chicago 77tfuK, a Repnb
lican paper, because of his opposition
in tbe past as well as at present, to
Sherman's Presidential aspirations. In
a late numoer of the Tribune its editor.
in a leading article, reiterates bis opin
ion of tbe Ohio statesman in the follow
ing vigorous style :
Senator Sberraan bas not the elements
of pupularlty that would make him a
strong candidate ir nominated, nor tbe
active pympatby with tbe common people
that would make bim a good President if
elected. We have always thought Mr
bneriuan to be tbe type of a sordid.
selfish, avaricious politlciau, actively Iden
tified with tbe money power of Wall street.
and without an atom of genuine feeling for
the poor or even for the people of moder
ate means. We have opposed his nomioa
tlon to tbe Presidency on tbes grounds be
cause wj have realized that bis cold and
calculating character is estimated at its true
value by tbe people of the United States,
and therefore that be would be about tbe
weakest csndidate that tbe Republican
party could propose for the popular suffrig?
The Democratic National Committee
at Its meeting in Washington on Tues
day of Isst week, decided that the Na
tional Convention to nominate candi
dates for President and Vice-President
should be held at St. Louis, oa Wednes
day, the o.h of June. Smael J. Tilden
was nominated in thit city in 1S7 and
although a msjority of 2-30.000 3f the
voters sustained him at the ballot boxes,
he was cheated out of bis election by
an unholy conspiracy engineered in
Louisiana by John Shermtn and o'.b-T
Republican leaders, and in Florid by
"Bill" Chandler and others of his strip. .
Sherman and Chandler are new sending
up a daily howl in the United S.ates
:enate ror honest elections. With
Cleveland as the nominee at St. Liuis
in June the American people will more
than repeat the verdict in Tild?n'a cse.
Three mora Repullicacs who were
supposed to have Presidential aspira
tions, Don Cameron, Edmunds and,
last and least, Foraker, the superlative
ly loyal Governor of Ohio, have come in
out of the wet during tbe past week and
declared themselves out of tbe race.
Cam ron said in Washington on Situr
day last that he was not a candidate
and would not be, under any circum
stances. Cameron is a relative by
marriage of John Sherman aid Is credit
ed with being friendly to the nomina
tion of the Ohio candidate. As for Mr.
Foraker is was entirely unnecessary for
him to put himself to the trouble of an.
councing that be Is not a candidate.
He never was thought of in lht con
nection except by a select circle of
politic! lunatics who bold positions in
the public offices at Columbus.
The Arrangement, says the Philadel
phia Rt.ctril, by which envelope-making
has been brought int3 subjection to
monopolistic methods is delightfully
simple. The combination of manufac
turers bas agreed to buy one envelope
machine per month from the exclusive
maker, provided he shall not sell the
machine to anyons else, and to pay for
the machine whether it be taken or not.
This is a neat and apparently effective
way of bankrupting independent envelope-makers,
an! Incidentally of raisir.g
pricea fiom 15 to 20 p-r ceot. In the
better days to come, however, such in
genuity may be rewarded by long terms
in tbe penitentiary. A pame of grab
at the expense o? tue people is danger
ous business, after al'.
Where are the Battle Flag Patrltots t
With the report of the secretary of
war they are stricken with sudden
silence, and tbe public misses their ef
fervescing and insincere patriotism.
The doughty Boutelle 6e?ms to bave
crawled into a bole and pulled tbe bole
in after bim.
Toe Boutelle resolution, based on an
assumptloQ o. facts that didn't exist,
was designed to corner the admin istia
tion and make much needed capital for
the g. o. p. It called for information
where the flags "were displayed or con
cealed," tbe sting being In tbe lying
inference of the last word. Secretary
Endicott's response is to the point, and
in its plain statement of facts scarifies
and salivates Foraker, Fairchild and
Tuttle. to say nothing of Boutelle.
Tbe only difference in the condition of
the captured rebel fligs and re-captured
Union flags now and when the Cleve
land administration came into power is
that at that time th?y were stored in
the cellar of tbe war department, by
order of a Republican secretary of war,
where they were inaccessible and decay
ing rapidly. By order of Secretary
Endicott they were taken from the box
es in the cellar and "placed in a room
in the upper story of the war depart
ment building, where they can be easi
ly visited and examined." He bas had
prepared a full descriptive list of "all
tbe flag, banners and colors that bave
been placed in the custody of the war
department and can be identified."
It was a Republican secretary of war
that consigned these "precious relics"
to tbe coal cellar.
As to tbe exhibition of tbe rebel rltgs.
the secretary of war shows that while
the law of 1314 reqnirad captured fUgs
to be exhibited at West Point or the
naval academy, such exhibition was
construed by Republican administra
tions, and concurred In by the Cleveland
administration, not to apply to flags
captured from our own country men in
tbe war of the rebellion. And a very sen-
sioieana wise conclusion this is. Jusc
after the close of the war. Senator Sum
ner, in a well remembered speech, cited
the Roman precedents against perpetuat
ing tbe memory of civil wars by preserv
ing their trophies, aud urged this as the
policy of the United States. Thre
was no legislative action, but it seems
likely bis view was tacitly accepted bv
tbe Republican authotl ies of that day.
And in every way honorable to thtm is
the fac- W hen we were recalling the
wayward :s ers back to tbe family ta
ble. It wou!d not have bt-en cbivaliic
or even courteous to have flaunted in
their faces the trophies of their bumili-
tion and defeat.
To dip into figures. Secretary Endicott
shows that there were 70 flsgs rescued
by him from the war department cellar.
and of this cumber 2.JG were United
States flags originally captured by tbe
Confederates and recaptured from tbem,
and 541 were Confederate flags taken
ty Lnitea states troops. It has been
the practice of the war department to
deliver up recaptured Union flags on
applications of governors of States or to
military organizations that lost the fl tgs
in battle under circumstances that re
flected no discredit upon the soldiery
and gallant conduct of the trocpa. In
this way 10 Union flsgs were given op
by different secretaries and three restor
ed by order of congress.
Of the 544 Confedederate flsgs Mr.
Secretary S:anton did the liveliest busi
ness in disposing of tbem. He gave 21
of these flags to individuals or associa
tions and loaned 50 others which were
subsequently returned. Since Stanton's
day tbe only Confederate fl-t? given out
was one loaned to General W. T. Clark,
a Union xjfllcer who originally deposited
P. This was in January, 13.S7. "Since
this date," says Secretary Endicott,
"no Confederate or recaptured Union
flag bas been issued or lent by this de
partment, and no confederate flsg has
at any time passed from the custody of
the latter to any of tbe States lately
In rebellion."
All are familiar with that later occur
rence, which started Fairchild out with
three kinds of palsy, ana S9t going
such universal bloviators as Foraker
and Tuttle. This was the suggestion
of the adjutant general of the army,
that the mouldering flags rescued from
the department coal cellar should be re
turned to the respective State authori
ties, North and South, Union and Con
federate. President Cleveland at first
approved it, but on fuller examination
revoked the order as not authorized by
existing law. nor justified as an execu
tive act." No fiiirn wern rrlrn tin tn
I any one under this order prior to i re
vocation. But It suggests the proper
distribution of these faded and crumb
ling relics ; and some day, in a burst of
good feeling, the Grand Army will pro
bably ask congress to d o this very thing.
ratfburu Post.
Trouble Feared In the Cake Region.
PiTTsnruo, February 27. There are
icdications of tbe wage question again
causing considerable agitation in the
Connellsville coke dietricr. It was re
ported this afternoon that notices were
being posted to-dav, throughout the re
gions notifying the men of a reduction
in wages. The new scale L to take ef
fect on March 1. tbe date when the
price of coke will be reduced from
i 1.7.3 to $1. 50 per ton. Each firm is to
handle thi wage question individually,
but it is understood tbU tbe proposed
reduction generally amounts toGi per
cmt. Meetings will be held by the
cokers next Wednesday. Thev are
specially called to consider the" wage
question and to decide whether they
will accept the reduction. The opera
tors hold a meeting to-morrow, when
the Connellsville Coke Exchange agree
ment will be signed.
Big Steel Work As Closed.
PiTrsnur.o, February 27. The sirike
of tbe furni.ee employes of the dgar
Thomson Steel Works against a reduc
tion of ten pr cent, in wages was in
augurated to-day. All the men quit
work this morning and the company is
now banking the furnaces. A protract
ed struggle is expected, as the masters
are determined to make no more con
cessions aud the men are equally irm in
the stand they have taken. The strike
affects about one thousand men.
A general lock-out was declared by
the firm of Carnegie & Co. S sperintend
ent Jones called the mill committee to
gether this aflernoou and after stating
that the demands of the men could not
be granted announced that inasmuch
as the workmen had refused to comply
with the terms of the firm they could
consider themselves discharged. The
decision was a great surprise to the
men. Tbey assert, however, that the
challenge thrown out by the firm for a
conflict will be takeu np and they will
right to the bitter end.
A new Dependent Pension bill, dif
fering in no important feature from the
bill vetoed by President Cleveland, has
been reported In the Senate. This bill,
it appears, has received the sanction of
a committee of the Grand Army. It
provides a pension of if 12 a month for
every honorably dischargtd soldier who
may put in a claim of disability to eain
a living, or may be unwilling to earn a
support by his labor. But the widows
of so'dier who were killed in battle or
who died of wounds or disease received
in ihe service and in the line of duty are
still to be pensioned at tbe rate of $S a
month, ir tha widows had votea. no
Dependent Pension bill would make so
nniiis a discrimination. i'tiiu. J-
The Battle for Revenue Redaction
This week is likely to witness tbe
presentation to Cod gress and tbe public
of the locg-considered tariff revision
and revenue reduction measure of tbe
House Ways and Means Committee,
and it ir probable that Mr. Rsndall will
also present bia tariff and revenue bill
almnitaneossly with the report of the
Committee. The great battle for tariff
revision and revenue reduction is, there
fore, about to begin, and there will be
much quibbling, squirming and back
ing and filling as small politicians are
compelled to face tbe Isaue. Fortu
nately, tbe issne is greater than party
lines, and it is now doubtful which of
the two great parties will be most dis
integrated by it.
It is now evident that the report of
the Ways and Means Committee will
present a bill that is unexpectedly cou
servative in tariff revision. It will
commend itself to tbe Virginias, Nortb
Carolina and Louisiana, by repealing
tne tobacco and fruit brandy taxes, and
by a satisfactory reduction on sugar,
and tbe chief point of dispute in the
House will be on the extent to which
free raw materials shall be admitted.
There is diversity of opinion among
those who sincerely desire to make tariff
revision fairly in the interest of our
manufacturers, and that question will
be settled on the floor.
Two vitally important features of the
bill to be presented by the committee
will meet with universal favor. They
are first the m general reductions on
necessaries of life, and the correction
of the administrative features of our
present tariff laws, by which great
frauds are practiced to the Injury of our
borne producers. On these points there
will be little or no dispute, as the ne
cessity of such revision is admitted by
all parties. Oo the question of the du
ties on steel there will be little opposi
tion, and there should be none at all,
to a reduction to 511 or $12 ; but thbre
will be dispute over the reduction on
iron, and a more dertermined hostility
to free wool, coal, iron ore, etc. These
are questions to be fairly and practically
discussed, and to be decided s the in
terest of our general industries shall
demand.
Let it not txs forgotten that tariff re
vision and revenue reduction are purelv
economic questions which should be de
cided squarely on their mer'ts as they
relate to the exlstiog conditions of our
ever changing Industries. Politicians
will subordinate business prosperity to
party interests, and those who i- tbe
bereficiarifs of the monopoly tariff that
is one of tbe lingering legacies nf the
war, will protest against all revision
as free trade ; but the tariff was never
so well understood by tbe masses of tbe
!eople as it is now. and as tbey pay all
tbe needless taxes imposed by monopolr
and combines, they will defy party dis
cipline to attain just tariff reduction.
It is a question that reaches every borne
where a pound of sugar or a blanket is
need, and the pocket will answer all
false theories by which protection is
atnued in tbe name of protection.
Phila. Titiun, February. 20
The Western Railway Strike.
The strike on the Chicago, Burling
ton and (juincv Railroad derives its
main importance from the fact of the
interruption to traffic on a great railway
system, and the strength and conserva
tism of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, who are making the strike
From the scattering statements as to
the trouble published In the press, it
looks as if tbe subject of dispute was
really hardly worth striking about, but
the fame which that organization bas
for never going into a strike except on
the utmost provocation overbalances
the unfavorable presumption. It may
possibly oe questioned whether the
reputation for strength which the
Brotherhood has, by reason of striking
very rarely and never losing a strike
heretofore, may not now be shown to be
an over estimate. The organization bas
incurred tbe opposition of the Knights
of Labor, and has held itself aloof from
other trades unions in a way that may
isolate it in this struggle. 'The reports
that the striking railroaders from the
Reading road are already on their way
to take the places of ihe Burlington
men is an indication of the disintegra
tion ot labor organizations which may
be quite significant before this conflict
Is over. The most serious aspect of the
trouble in its bearing on this section of
the country is the infectiousness of rail
way strikes. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Foundations ror the Platform.
The Democratic National Committee
has called the Nominating Convention.
It now rests with the Democrats in
Congress to furnish foundations for tbe
platform and capital for the candidate.
A record of broken pledges is not a
good and stable foundation for a party
platform. For eight Tears the Demo
crats bave been demandiog a revision
and reduction of tbe tariff and the stopp
ing of the surplus. With what face
Could they proceed in June to promul
gate further pledges of the same sort if
the third session of a House in which
they have a majority shall result in a
third failure even to propose a reduc
tion to the Senate ?
For more than ei;ht years tne Demo
crats bav been protesting against the
assumption of centralized powers by
tbe Federal Government and the ex
travagance in expenditures which na
turally accompanies such a policy.
With what confidence can they go to
the country with another such protest
if they shall join in tbe grand raid on
the surplus now organized in both
Houses ?
The Democrats in Congress can or
irsnizs victory or invite defeat in the
Presidential campaign. Which will
they do ? .V. V. M'orhL
Be Houest About Pensions.
Let Congress be honest in disposing
of the penbion question ; honest to the
soldier ; honest to tbe country.
Tbe nation should grant a pension to
every really dependent soldier who bas
been in any degree incapacitated for
self-support by military service. That
is honesty to the brave men who offered
life and gave sacrifice to preserve free
government.
The nat!on should interpose every
possible safeguard against tbe idler who
disgraces the cams of soldier by seek
iug a pension that he bas iu no way
merited. That is honesty to the nation
that, with the most generous pensions
of the world's history, should be pro
tected by every law maker and by
every honest " soldier against tbe
frauds of the army thief. Be honest
about pensions .
Electric Bitters.
Th s remedy is becoming so well know
and so popular as to need no special mention.
All who have used Electric Bitters &iog the
same 6ong or praise. A purer medicine
does not exlat and it ia gmnniMui . n
' tbat Is claimed. Electric Bitters will nr.
all diseases of the xlver and Kidneys, will
remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive Malaria from tbe system aod
prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.
For cure of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitter. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded.
Price M cts. and f 1.00 per bottle at tbe drug
store of E. James, Ebeusburg or W. W.
McAteer, Loretto.
John Miller, of Talmyra. Wis., 82 years
of age, recently led to tbe altar Mrs. Ganse,
a blushing bride of 65.
Charles Breck, of Milton. Mass., owns,
and occasionally wears, a pair of sboes
made by bis father 52 yean ago.
In some sections of Maine tbe doctors
bare been compelled to put on snowsboea
In order to make their rounds of visits.
A negro who was on trial In a New
York police eonrt. on beiDg asked if be was
a man of family, declared tbat be was the
father of S? cbflren.
Israel Lucas, the defaulting Treasurer
of Auglaize county, O., who was arrested
In Canada, bas compromised with the boun
ty for (12.000. Tie stole (31.000.
China bas at present 1,500 temples to
tbe honor of Confucius, at which 62.GOO
pigs, rabbits, sheep and deer and 27,000
pieces of silk are offered annnally.
Camilla Prlxotto. tbe daughter of a
prominent Hebrew of Columbia, S. C,
eloped with W. E. MeCartha. a young
Christian. She is mourned as dead by her
family.
Tbe demand In England for butter dur
ing tbe last year was for 300.000,000 pounds.
Or this Holland and Sweeden supplied 200.
06,000 and tbe United States 10.000.000
pounds.
Two masked men stopped a west-bound
train on the Southern Pacific Railroad near
Stein's Pass Station, Ariaona, on Wednes
day night, and, .after planderlng Wells,
Pargo& Co.'s express car, made good their
escap.
A great deal of Chinese laad Is divided
up into farms of one-sixth of an acre in
eaeb. Field hands In China are paid fl2
per tDDoai, with food, straw sboes and free
shaving. It costs about per year for
clothes.
A man giving his name as James Foster
pleaded guilty last week at Bangor. Me.,
to robbing old man Bennett or 33,000 in
mooey on the nlgbt or December 4 last.
He Is supposed to be highly connected, but
his Identity Is unknown.
A saloon on tbe State line of Kansas
and Missouri Is annoying the authorities of
both States. The bar Is on wheels and Is
moved back and forth across tbe line at
will, by which means ths proprietor evades
tbe license lar of either Statu.
A redwood tree recently felled near
Humboldt. Cal.,measured 10 feet In diame
ter one way and 20 feet in tbe other at the
stomp. It was 200 faet long, tapering to a
diameter of 8 feet, and contained enough
timber to construct a small village.
While ploughing on a piece of new
ground near Itlpon, Wis.. Michael Erau9e
unearthed a fine spear head of copper which
was evidently a possession of some prehis
toric chief. It is two feet long and about
l'-i Inches thick, and Is beautifully fash
ioned. Pillsbury Mill "A." Minneapolis, grinds
7.000 barrels of flour daily, which Is enoogh
for New York. Brooklyn, and Jersey City.
It Is eight stories high, and work Is never
stopped. It keeps 200 railway cars busy.
An electrical apparatus enables a watch
man to locate a heated box anywhere in tbe
mill.
An Illinois farmer In Washington coun
ty, thinking to increase tbe weight of a
number of bogs bs was about to take to
mat ket, gave them all the salt water tbey
would drink. Fourteen of tbem died on
tbe way to town or before they could be
weighed, and tbe tricky farmer's net loss
was about $150.
During a baseball game on the grounds
ot Chattanooga University on Wednesday
of last week, J. C- Johnson, a spectator and
a student, took exception to a ruling of
Umpire Ben MagilL Magill struck Johnson
with a baseball bat, fracturing his skull.
Johnson died In a few hours. Magill es
caped into Georgia.
In Whatcom county, W. T., recently
Lewis Dairow killed a grizzly hear tbat
weighed 1600 pounds, one of the largest
ever seen In tbe neighborhood. Dartow
shot seven slugs from a Winchester into tbe
animal before he could subdue it, and just
as the final shot went crashing through its
brain tbe grizz'y was wilbin a few feet of
bim.
The exceedingly loud manner iu which
tbe Canadians declare tbat the fisheries
treaty bas sacrificed their interests, and tbe
equally loud howl from New England's
shore tbat its welfare Is murdered by the
fame document, will be likely to suggest to
tbe disinterested world at large the con
clusion tbat tbe treaty must be about the
fair tnice.
A. R French, of Kansas City, had
pretty good luck in fishing the other day.
ne seated himself on tbe pier at Santa Bar
bara, Cat., and with a book and line caught
five sharks, averaging in lengh five feet and
nine inches each. Tbe finny monsters
fougut gamely for freedom and It took the
combined efforts of three men to get each
on terra firma.
A dog testified to his ownership ra the
Hennepin county. Minn., court. He was
claimed by two men, one of whom stated
tbat he bad been stolen from him two years
before. At the word of command of hij old
master tbe dog said grace, bowed, opened
tbe door and went through a number of
clever tricks, at once settling tbe question in
his owner's favor.
Tbe first Texas cattle drive of the sea -son
started north last Friday from the vicin
ity of Sin An tonio. Tbe drive consisted of
12.000 head of two and three year-old steers,
owned by J. R. Blocker, of Austin, Tex.,
and Colonel Stoddard, of Wyo., Ter. They
will be divided Into four herds of 3,000
each. Tbe cattle are in prime condition
and are expected to yield their owners a
handsome profit.
The village of Little Chute, near Nee
nan, Wis., ie settled almost entirely by
Hollanders, tbe majority or whom make
their living by manufacturing wooden sboes,
and all or whom wear tbem. Several times
a year tbey bave a dance, which lasts three
data and in which everybody joins, botb
old aod young. These dances are always
held In the daytime, the people believing
tbat dancing at nigbt is Immoral.
Levi Campbell, or Kingsbury, Me., set
a bear-trap, and a bear got Into it. ne
dragged tbe trap a good distance, until It
was caught In a log. Then Levi came up
and struck tbe bear with an axe. The
animal turned suddenly, wrenched the trap
loose, grabbed Levi, and was in a fair way
or making an end of bim when bis dog
pitched in and attracted the bear's atten
tion until Levi could drag himself away.
An amusing case of absent mlndedneas
occurred In Fond du Lac. Wis., the other
day. A farmer named Mertlse drove Into
town with a load of wheat and stopped at a
street corner to await buyers. None ap
pearing, and tbe street seeming unusually
quiet, be made Inquiries and learned for
the first time that it was Sunday, and. ot
course, all the good wheat buyers were at
church. The best part or tbe story is that
Mr. Mertlse is a churchgoer.
One or the most unique cases of robbery
on record was unearthed at Kansas City,
wben William Jackson a negro, was arrest
ed for trying to sell a stove on a street cor
ter in tbe business part of town. Wben
the police opened tbe 6toye, which was
hardly cold, they found a roast of beef,
potatoes and a tew other articles such as a
email family would have for dinner. It is
thought be went into some kitchen, remov
ed the fire in tbe stove and carried it off
despite lis Let.
Go to GEIS, FOSTER & QUINN'S, Clinton St., Johnstown, Pa., f0.
Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Stair Pads, Stair Rods, Stair Buttons,
Oilcloths, Linoleum, Lace Curtains, Feathers,
Turcoman Gurtains, Madras Curtain Goods, etc., etc. Quality of Goods
uncqualcd and prices the lowest.
Seth Kinman, a pioneer hunter ot tbe
PaciXc coast, died at Hulmboldt, Cal.. re
cently,, at tbe age ol seventy-two yeacs-.
He crossed the plains from Pennsylvania
early la the fifties, a ad had passed tbe
greater part or bis life slnte then in hunt
ing and Uapping. He presented President
Buchanan with a buckbora ebair or bis own
manufacture In 1837, and made a similar
gift to President Lincoln la-iU. President
Jotnson aod President Hayes also received
presents of a like nature fr&r him.
George W. Uutbrie, ooe of the wealthi
est and best known citizens oS southeastern
Illinois, was found dead in his boose in
Marissa, oa Sunday week. Wben found
Mr. Guthrie was lying dead on the floor
with a bullet bole through the heart, and
tbe carpet and his clothing saturated witb
blood. An examination showed tbat tbe
pockets of tbe clothes had been-rifled or f35
in money, a gold watch and chain, and
atber articles, and tbat an unsuccessful
attempt had been made to drill into a safe
wbicb stood in the room. Mr. Gnthrie, It
Is supposed, beard tbe burglars, and wenj
into tbe room witb bis pistol drawn and was
overpowered and murdered.
A mouse caused the postponement of a
wedding at Kansas City recently. The
guests were all assembled and the ceremony
was about to begin, wben a seream from
one of tbe ladles caused a general commo
tion. A little mouse was seen scampering
across tbe room. First one or tbe ladles
and then another declared tbat tbe terrible
beast had taken refuge in ber elothing. In
tbe excitement several valuable vases and
other choice articles of brlc a-brac were
broken, the bride fainted aod tbe brides
maids fled across tbe street to tbe bouse of
a neighbor. Tbe fright left the young lady
who was about to become a wife so ill tbat
it was decided tbat the wedding must be
deferred.
A mouse on a telegraph wire, high
above the street, was the novel sight wit
nessed in San Francisco recently. When
be got 30 feet away from the telegraph pole
tbe mouse grew very timid, and acaroely ad
vanced at all. At length be grew bolder,
and finally made tbe perilous distance or
over 300 feet to tbe next pole. A child ex
plained the mystery or the mouse's queer
journey by narrating bow a blackand-tan
dog had pursued it, making it take to the
pole. Wben tbe mouse bad completed hia
dangerous mid-air-trip be climed down tbe
pole and stepped on the band of a looker-on,
who carried bim away in triumph. The
mouse did not object to tbe proceeding at
all. His spirit seemed completely broken
by the terrors or his jaunt.
Horse tbat Dram tbe
Drlnki.
Water II
Tbe sagacity exbiblted by some or the
horses employed by the fire department in
this city Is very remarkable, acd their ex
ploits bave been frequently described in our
dally newspapers. But for tbe first time '
we read in one or our evening contemporar
ies or a horfe In the service or our ambu
lance corps, which is not for behind any fire
engine horse we have read or in poitit or in
telligence. The horse pulls tbe ambulance
in search or patients for the New York
Hospital, and during the whole period of
his philanthropic career as an ampulance
burse, he bas never once been given a
drink by any of tbe stable bands. He be
lieves in the maxim tbat God helps those
who help themselves, and helps himself ac
cordingly. A Telegram reporter went down to see
bow be quenched his thirst, and was edified
by the intel'ectual behavior ot the animal,
which be describes as follows :
There Is an ordinary faucet with a pail
under it Iu tbe stable, and to this faucet tbe
horse made a bee line.
First he dipped his nose in tbe pail to see
if there was any water there, but finding
there was none, he proceeded to open the
valve by tuining tbe handle witb bis nose.
He did not turn it on quite enough at the
first attempt, so be gave it another nudge,
and held his nose under the spigot while
the water poured over it to bis apparent
immense satisfaction. "But what a lot of
water will be waisted when he leaves it
running tbe moment be has enough ! "
ejaculated the reporter.
"Wait and see," answered tbe driver.
And there was no water wasted, for the
moment tbe horse had concluded bis drink,
be went at the faucet again witb his cose
and shut off tbe flow completely.
"Does be always do tbat ?" again queried
the newspaper man.
"Certainly," answered the driver, as he
patted his four footed friend on the shoul
der. "As long as I've known him. tbat
borse has never had a drink tbat be did not
draw from the tap for himself just as you
have seen bim do tbis time." Scientific
American.
A Touicb Naake Story.
"1 was reading something in your piper
about snakes the other day," said J. D.
Andrews, an Oregon pioneer. "Let me tell
you of a peculiar experience I bad with
snakes. I bave a farm on tbe Mollalla, a
few miles from Oregon City, near an ob
long, rock-covered bill called itattlesnake
bill, wbicb ror years bas Just been swarm
ing with tbem. In the spring, wben the
weather gels warm, rattlesnakes come out
or the edges aod drift down on tbe creek
bottoms, becoming very troublesome. My
farm being only three miles away these rep
tiles become each year more and more
troublesome, endangering especially tbe
lives of my children, who, despite all I could
do, would persist in going about bare-footed
"Well, a year ago last spring tbey swarm
ed into my wheat field so thickly tbat I
couldn't cut it when It was ripe. This may
sound odd to you, but It Is a fact. But I got
some of my neighbors to help me, and I
plowed several furrows around tbe field,
and then laid balr ropes around it and set
fire to the wheat. Well, or all tbe sizzing
and frying and strange squawks and noises
you ever heard, we bad tbem there. Such a
lot of rattling and leaping up and displaying
rorked tongues, I don't think anybody ever
before saw. Of course, tbey ran from the
fire, but the hair rope or. tbe further side
turned tbem, until we bad a complete circle
of fire around them.
"Well, when the wheat was burned off
there were thousands of dead rattlesnakes.
Tbey were thicker in tbe middle than any
where else, and were twisted and tied to
gether in knots and bunches alioost as
tight as a barrel. I guss we must have
made a clean sweeo of them tbat time, for
they have never put in an appearance there
since."
CARL EIVINIDS,
-PlKACTICAL
AND DEALER IN
o htm.
wfjrrj3'T-awy aSaya&irfswiggijr
M X GA!ALJ
Host
For lrr or tmall mtm-S! rallbra.40 imlna oowderiM
0 -Ml IkJ rr 4& 1 ' . n .1 . ', . . -1 .
r.-ri-t ai.otoct gaarantecd and ibe onl ab.olottij
r.S .T T7 A T-T- MTT C-.IlMTPutmrtlnc and Tar.
for tareet abootunj. limiting. auJ euooimc naiin
luuriecn differcat ti)i4, pz.c from
niARLln FIRE ARMS CO.,
Two ta-feU made with on. or onr
after flfiy abut Lad a. ready been fired
ahota Thee vans carry off n'-arly ail
ax a.waTi accurate and reUatia.
r 1 eck 7bouash.aU if1.
r a- UMibB at rrajf aru,wuu
UiWsoi uom too a t u-U treat
lier.t t nd tAT&re rsaord UVm-U. by qmo of
ve-re rtstkiorv! to iVMaiub try ooe of
hHOT SEMIKAL PASTILLES
A HAdieail Par for Nervosa Dhiitr. Omo
V eakDeMan4i'fa7i?ai Iecar in Toons or M
A la. A m4 M aa. Tma fne V,-K Yakor-B in r
aMl aid henban At i man tVatHa tVi 1 1 AnmrmMtni
pcrfort and foil Manly Stranarlh and V icmvaf HJUu
Tothowvhoanfier from the many otywcqrequeiaana
rrotijcnt about by Iodiscrttioo, KipOMtim Ovar-bn,ia
Mora, or too frea Indxiiaaoa, are aak tnat yoo aand na
roar laama with etatcmnt of yotxr treehle, ana w uj e
LUUALTaCKaGB KKK.with Illast'd famphJetn.
RUPTURED PERSON'S can have FRE&
B, L. JOHSS'0. I. J. BUCK, A. I. BUCK.
Johnston, Buck & Co.,
Money Received on Depsit,
PA TABLE OS DEM 1SD.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS
COLLECTIONS MADE
aT aCCKSSlBLS rOIBT.
DRAFTS on the rrlncipal Cities
Bought and Siold m
General Baniing Business Transacted.
U CCO VD'TS SOLICITED.
A. W. BUCK, Cashier.
Kbensbnnr. April 4. 164.-tf.
lueier to una faicr..
Penn'a Agnl forks.
Steam Engines, Saw Mill. Hay l'rees. Stump
Puller anil Standard Agricultural Iwpltuiect
Itenerallr. Send fur Catalogue
A. H. FAKvlUH AK- SON York.Pa. 4t.
Important to Canvassers.
WANTED Lire Canraner In erery count)
In the C tilted State to fell KUX 'S I'ATKNT Kfc
VKKSIHL.K SAII IKON, whien combine! two
Sad Iron. I'ullaber, Fluter. kc. ooe iron doing
the wora ut an entire act of ordinal? Iron, la
aelf-heatlnir hr gad or alcohol larop. DOES
AW" A IT ITlI HUT UlTt llENS. Price
moderate. A large and ladling income iniured
to fod ranvaora. Addrets. lor circulars, fee,
t UX SAU IKON CO.. V& Keade St.. N. Y.
AGENTS
WAITED
To oanrsM for one of the larxcit. oldest estab
lished. UKST KNOWN M'KSKKIKS In the
country. Moat liberal term. I nequall, d iacili
tlea. UENEVA M'KSKKY. Kstablirhed -8i.
W.T. SHirii. H EN EVA. N. Y. lec. u. t.
51v rAL&l
SALESMEN WANTED
to can(- lor the ale ol Nrery Stoca ! Steady
eti pluyment b i ranteod. SAI.AKY AND E
l'KNSES PAI l. Aily at onro. tanir age.
CHASE BKOOltliS OIMPANY.
1704. 1HH3.
Policies written at short notice In the
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
And other Fsrat ( lata a (ompanlei.
T W. DICK,
it.NT rOK THE
OLD HARTFORB
FIRE INSURANCE COM V.
COMMENCED BUSINESS
1794.
EbeneDurx. July a 1. 1881.
ESSENTIAL OILS.
WINTEKCiKEEN, PEPPEKHEXT, FEN
XT KOYAE,NFEARMI.T, ftr.
ol prime quality, bought In any quantity lor canh
on deliveriy, free of broke rage, ctoinlf;:on, ster
ane, at., by
BODfJE cfc OLCOTT.
Importers and extorters. S3 William st. .New York
IN TEN OlSiti ADVERTISERS should ad
dress 4.r.ORC.E P. ROWELL A CO.,
lO Nirur Mrecl, New York City.
Toll Ski BCT I.IdT'OPl, ft Nkwsvai eios
Will be ent tree on application.
J AO.. 1 1 (7
Watches, Clocks,
JEWELRY,
Sflrerware Mnsl(2l Instmmsiits:
-AN I
Optical Qoods.
o
Sole Agent
-FOK THE-
Ks;$W Gfckfcrated Rockford
90W WATCHES.
Columbia and Fredonia W-atches.
In Key and Stem Winders.
LARGE SELKCTION ov ALL EIN'Oj
of JEWELRr always on hand.
3f" My line of Jewelry is unsurpassed
(Come and see far yourself before purct-
ing elewhere.
SfALIi WOHK GUARANTEED
CARL RIVLNIIJS
iibensburg, Nov. 11, 183j-tf.
In Tito
World
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i
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AJIcaUbm fYorajfto 4. Maiirln
S3C.W C4k Send fear illustrate caialofna.
- New Haven, Conn.
Raalltire rlflci. twmiy eonbrrucex sbota
and no ciraiilnr dn-lnc the enttr aeTenty
au prlccat large BiaUUns teuau Uter
void 4aac 1 1 n i is ai im at I
dsn forth traetfMeB, and ail Qoactav
vooajpniy an o oiem tnrtsr na
Uua. laaa a S. KX Rmzit taai Oa)
iCLKXD UioajEKuoa, dxM nut fcaja
wntx aucnuoa teuanscet, or eaaatpatl
or inoonvemjaoca an tvnj vty f nr ssj
B eraeaialsC BitrtsraA tirloetem. fey tfve
tnajoaxMao to tn ecsst o f dtwaar n tsTfe
esar iev vraoosn aetmj. ana arnnj
of ta koDaD ervaaaam reefer!. Tat
aafl anivnav t tic aem of Uim er crv hack. t paf it
ocooaieeciaccnteiaaa wMiwiom dog
TKEATKEHT. Onj Montk. P. Tt Xst. S3. Tim, C
HARRIS REMEDY CO., Mro Cantrr
SOOK N.Tecit atxwst.BT.I3DTa. 1TO.
Trtal otour AppUonoo. AsA for Term
DONALD E. DITTOS.
ATTOKStY-AT-LAW,
KnBHsurRO. Ps'a
- Office lo t'oloncado How.
H.
II. MYERS.
ATTUKSEY-AT-LAW.
Ebmboo, fa.
Office In Collonade Kow. on Centre meet.
G
EO. M. READE,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
r-Offlee on Centre atreet. ter iila
M. D. KITTELL,
Attorney-o r - axx av
EBENSBUKd. PA.
Office Armory building, opp. Court Houae.
TW. DICK. Attoekkt-at-lat.
Kbensburg, Pa. Otfiae In building ot T
J. Lloyd, dee'd, (firt fioor.) Centra atreet. Al
manner ol legal bniinea attended te aatit faeley
rll- and eelleatlon a specialty. (iult.-if.l
FOR tA EE STEAM ENOIKES. CLAY .l
Ore fini, Holler aod Sheet-Iron ora.-Second-hand
englneaand boiler on hand. Unlit
ing euzlnea and machinery a cpecially. TUU31
Ai CAKLIN, Allegheny, Pa. (Jan. i.-ly.l
VDVERTlfcERS by addreflog F
Hoarl I t Co.. losiruee St.. New Torn
can learn the exant coat l any propoaed lien o
AIVEKTIIN(J in A merlcan Newipapera, IO
fage I'amphlel 10c.
Y)R- OED.SIIUE.
534 GRANT STREET.
PlTTSbCMGH, I'A.
llOBEll TEVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
AHUKANVFACTl'KKR l)K
and dealer In all kinds ol l l'USlTUKE,
S-A full line of Catketn always on Land
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN UEUVIKEI).
Apt S3 89
Etenslnri Fire Insurance Apcy
T. AV. iMCJIv,
General Insurance Agenti
EBEXSBUIiG. FA.
ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE,
LORIiTTO.PA,
IN CHAlKiE OK
FRANCISCAN BROTHERS.
Hoard and Tuition
for the Scholastic Year, $200.
March 'J0th. 1M. tf.
KENTUCKY
MULES
The uuly firm in
rcun'a w hv tuako
a Fi-ciulitv of ken
turkr Saddle and
lTitltie 14 omen.
I'ranght aud fit ,
XI ... t L .....
t-onM:tutlv in their ataitUi. one anndred hcd of
Midi's, ull Mrrs. from fixir f't ta the .irai1 ml"
wiibinj Woo ltw., are 1. .truli. in. t o-. bJ
Srnmii Avenue. t'ittturi;l, I'a. M - fIi'
iM-d toiill .uilul tlif SiaLi- iirtorclT. yi.tluna h
So. I pik.-.l M.Hk tn I'O l.'utid iu I Ik if stables.
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