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7 KRMS.—f'iper year, i* mdeence, 2,60
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srrtioas, end for 6 ana 12 montht hy spr
at sontracf. .
The republican congressional caucus
Was held on Saturday evening, and re
nominated. Mr. Blaine for the apeaket*
ship as well aa the other officers of the
last congress.
"That means mischief for us." is w hat
a prominent Republican t ongreasman
said when he heard that Kerr was nomi
nated for Speaker, and "mischief forus"
means good for the country.
The most extraordinary wedding of
the age took place at the Tombs. New
York, the other day. Charles B eston,
colored, who ia to be hung in a few weeks
for murder, married Catherine Guy, a
white woman. Polan. soon to be hang
ed for the murder of Mr. Noe, acted aa
groomsman. The bride thought proba
bly that this was her last chance.
It is not any more, "Where is Charly
Row." but, Where is Ross Tweed * The
Bo knows, you bet.
Grant has not yet been Indicted for j
being in complicity with the St Louis
eroked whiskey ring. When Babcock s
telegraphic despatches were read in evi
dence, lightning struck the white house
near enough to show tlut there was a
powerful conductor of the tluid there.
Tor the next fiscal year the total esti
mates of the Government amount to
$314,612,608, or fully four million and a
half dollars more than those of the pre
sent year. This is owing to the increas
ed appropriations asked for the army,
the navy, for public works, aud miscel
laneous expenses.
Tkey are looking for Tweed iu tana
da. We know the Bo ain't in Penns
valley—he might be with friends
at Belle Fonte.
Tweed and Charley Ross can soon set up
in the mysterious disappearance busi
ness. If any oneasks wheie Tweed is, re
ly by asking where Charley Ross is.
The difference between two mysteri
ous disappearances is, Tweed's SIO,OOO,
Charley ROM $20,000 reward. Charley is
10,000 ahead of the Boss, and still he wont
come home.
The Tyrone Herald make® an attempt
at rabid politics—horrible as its iwtutor
rooster.
A Connecticut paper has a sensation
over a minister's son eloping with a far
mer's daughter. Well ws just think that
a minister's son has just as good a right
to elope with a farmer's daughter as any
other scn-of-a gun, and Henry Ward
Beecher a better right than any body
else. That's Reporter logic, on a blus
tery day.
The U. 8. Grandjury at St. Louis have
found an indictment against Babcock for
complicity in the whiskey frauds. Bab
has given $7,000 bail.for his appearance.
If Grant geta the nomination for a third
term, Bab ought surely trot along side of
him for Vice President.
A resolution has been prepared by a
prominent Southern Congressman de
claring that the Confederate war debt
shall never bo recognised or assumed by
the United States, and that the national
credit must be ever kept uuimpeached.
This would be stealing away material
which the radicals thought of using in
the next presidential election. They
thought of using—and have heretofore
used it—theory of paying the rebel debt
against the democrcts, notwithstanding
every southern state already has consti
tutional prohibition against paying any
rebel debt, the same provision being also
contained in the amendments to the
federal constitution. They must now
cry all the more earnestly that the
"common schools are in danger."
Babcock, Grant's private secretary and
boaom friend, and general director of the
western Whiskey ring was handsomely
fixed as respects lucrative positions. The
Terre Haute Express enumerates as fol
lows :
Gen. Babcock is moderately well off in
offices. He is Major of Engineers, regu
lar army ; Military Secretary to Presi
dent Grant, Commissioner of Public
Buildings and grounds, President of the
Columbia Lyingvin Asylum, Engineer
in-Chief of the Washington Aqueduct,
and Architect of the new State and War
Detriment buildings. His engagement
as confidential Washington agent of the
St. Lonis Whiskey King has ended.
The President's message has the old
theme of religion and politics dished
up—a subject upon which every Centre
county—yea every American—school
boy is booked on. President Grant has
called up the subject in order to help his
third-term aspirations, and really cares
as little about our religion, whether it
be defiled or not, as docs an atheist or a
pagan. But when he sticks out that
kind of a sign to invite support for a
third term, he should, to be consistent,
at once issue his proclamation against
the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath-School
Union, up in New England, which is
mixing religion with politics, and is the
first body that has got astride the third
term horse, and nominated Grant. We
suppose that kind of mixing religion
with politics will suit the President.
The aforesaid religious body excells any
thing we know of in stepping out of its
sphere and in down-right impudence.
A Sabbath-School association, to favor a
Sabbath-breaker, horse-racer, nnd dram
drinker for the Presidency ! Good Lord,
what are we coming too?
The action of this body of professed
Christians, is thus given in a despatch
dated Boston, Dec. , and we give it here
without further comment:
At a large meeting to-day of the Metho
dist Episcopal Sabbath-School Union
and ofthe Tract Society, and also week
ly preachers, the meeting comprising
nearly two hundred ministers, Bishop
Haven urged as a measure of safety for
the public the renomination of General
Grant for President His remarks were
adopted by a unanimous vote.
Gen. Henderson assistant counsel in
prosecuting the members of the whiskey
ring at St Louis, and through whose
energy and ability, some of the rogues
have been brought to speedy justice,
and who has found guilty ones right at
President Grant's desk, namely Gen.
Babcock his private secretary, this faith
ful officer for doing his duty, has been
removed. The raacality came too near
headquarters at Washington, to suit
Grant. The excuse for the removal of
Henderson is the silly one that he made
Improper illusions to the President in
one of his speeches court. The
following is the order of removal.
Washington. December 10, 18Tf.
Mriran r or Jwi n i
To lhi'i. />, /'. /Vj#r. I'. .itt<>rn>ii. fll
Louit,
The sworn reirort of Henderson's
speech forwarded ly Mr. Katon and re
ferred to by Ihith you and Mr. Hender
son in your despatches yesterday as a
correct report was rend at a full Cabinet
meeting to-day, and it was regarded b>
every member as an outrage on profes
sional propriety thus to relleet without
a shadow of reason 1 upon the President
by whom his employment by this de
part men! was sanctioned in order that
no impediment might tie placed in the
way or bringing to speedv punishment
every deflrauder of revemie in St I ottis
! You w ill advise Hen. Henderson of his
I discharge from further service and secure
II n his place the aid of the most able and
| efficient counsel you can tind without re
gard to his politics.
[Signed,] Knw van S, Tinkkkivnt.
Attornev General.
Relow will Ih found some of the allu
sions rejHirted to have been made to the
President: "What right has the Presi
dent to interfere with tViumissioner
Douglass in the proper discharge of his
duties? Now, why did Douglasbendthe
supple hinges of the knees and permit
any interference by the President? lie
iDouglasl was not bound to listen tv
dictation from the President, lUW-ock or
any ether officer."
So then let all take notice that when
an officer traces rascality right into the
white-house hegeta his walking paper
for his impudence.
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The radicals are very uneasy there is
some possibility that the democratic
house of representatives at W aahiugton
will do some investigating this winter,
and that some of the nasty, hidden
things will be unearthed to the gaxe of
honest men. Great wrong- have been
committed, unheard of rascalities hate
been practiced for a long time by the
dominant party, which will create a nasty
smell whan a committee of honest men
raises the lids and opens the abuse- of
men in high places to the public eye.
It is only by a change, such as we now
have in congress that the jobs,thievings,
plunder!ngs and systeinatiaed villanv
that our public servants have been guilty
of. can be exposed. So long as the radi
cal party held both houses of congress,
no investigation of tlagrant abuses was
to be hoped for. The pari)' in power
would not expose itself, but rather
studied to conceal the plunderiugs
carried on. aud white-washed such as
were detected in fraud and plunder.
R,iss Tweed will be distanced in rascali
ty when investigating committees enter
into their work at Washington. Ross
Grant will be found having around him
the worst characters that ever had a
hand in the administration of the gov
ernment, and who found in the white
i house protection and a hiding place.
There will be more Rabrocks exposed,
and the smell of crooked whiskey will
come from the breath of other men in
high places and who w ere deep in the
confidence of the President. Black Fri
day was a flash that flew direct into the
executive mansion, and with a demo
cratic congress at that memorable day
to promptly investigate and search out
the guilty parties who caused that disas
trous panic which spread desolation over
I the country, would have brought out
. revelations that would have set Credit
Mobilier and Sanborn contracts in the
shade, and shown that the presidential
mansion was head quarters of the gold
speculators.
We look for investigation. The peo
' pie have been robbed and plundered in
■ a manner unheard of, and they should
know how it was done and who did it.
Let the democratic house go to work
vigorously. Already there is trembling
in certain quarters. There are many
guilty radicals who see a felon'sjdoom be
fore them if their official crimes are in
vestigated.
The Pittsburg Leader makes a good
point upon the school question in poli
tics when it says, "The 'indexible de
termination of certain Republican papers
to get up an artificial excitement on this
subject with a view to furnishing a new
'cause' for the party to replace the worn
out'bloody shirt,' is far less admirable,
however. Some discretion should be ex
ercised. If the animal itself will not
make his appearance and snarl a little,
it is impolitic to cry'wolf, wolf,' toooften
or too long previous to the time when
the cry is to be of decisive political
value."
Here is a characteristic little incident
of President C rant's career: When he
was General of the Army, immediately
aAer the war, he visited Canada. At
that time Lord Monck was Governor
General, with his residence at Spencer
Wood, some three miles distant from
Quebec. It was announced to Genera)
Grant, at his hotel in Qaebec, that the
Governor General would call upon him
at a certain hour next day. Lord Monck
desired to observe the usual ceremony,
and therefore, at the appointed hour,
sent two aides-decamp in advance to
announce his approach. A few minutes
later he entered Grant's room, preceded
by two other officers, himself clad in full
uniform. At this moment Grant was
seated in earnest conversation with a
horse-dealer of fume in Quebec. The
horse-dealer was entertaining him with
a disquisition on the off-hind fetlock of
a favorite mare. As the Governor Gen
eral approached and saluted him, Grant,
just lifting his eyelids, but not rising,
put out his right hand and said, "Hoy
dy do?" And then he went on talking
about the mare.
It is plain to be seen, says the Pittsburg
Post, by a cursory perusal of the Radical
journals that hope has gone out of the
Radical bosom with the assembling of
Congress. For months the Radical lead
ers have been bespattering the Demo
cratic members of Congress, especially
those who were mentioned in connec
tion with the Speakership with mud and
trying to create the impression that an
nnrestrainable intestine war was raging
in the Democratic ranks. The wish was
father to the thought. The Radical ras
cals who have keen plundering the
country for years, hoped to see a con
test in the Democratic ranks that would
afford them an opportunity to escape
exposure and punishment. In thiithey
have been sadly mistaken. However
much the Democratic nicudicrs may
liave differed as[to their choice for Speak
er, there was and there is no dissensions
in the ranks of the party. Anindcjamd
ent difference of opinion is essential to
the purity of any party, but it is not to
be construed into factious dissensions.
The Democrats in Congress are of hut
one mind as to the necessity of purify-,
ingthe Administration of the govern
ment, and dishonest officials in the
White House and out of the White
House, had as well begin to prepare for
the worst, for exposure and punishment
are inevitable. Their attempts to create
dissensions in the ranks of reform are
worse than useless.
The Blaine faction in the Republican
party have begun an active eanvaHs in
his interest for the neat Republican
nomination for the Presidency, Hjs
• friends say they will not on any account
: support Grant if kejshould be nominated
r for a third term, but will, on the contra
i ry, give all their strength to some Demo
. 'rgt,
OH 10 OS Tit A MPS.
Ohio proposes to tramp out the tramp l .
Tramps have got to he u nuisance us well
as a burden to the Community among
which they trump Tliey are the terror
of women alone at home, and frequently
commit crime- V I'olumbns des|mlch,
dated S inst., says.
In answer to a call of the City Council
of I.ima. a-tale convention to consider
the "tramp" ipiestioti aas held here to
day Seventv eight delegates, represent
ing alsnit twenty-live cities and towns
were present A number of short ad
dresses were made, the pith of each be
ing that the system of tramping had
grown to such an extent a-to make it a
que-tiou of great imp ttatuc to the peo
ple. llie general Une of the speeches
was that the whole system of tramping
was contrary t- good morals and -liould
bo suppressed; that each county should
care for it* own poor and that no able
bodied man who would not work should
Ihallowed to eat the bread of charily.
To this end the plan of establishing
workhouses in all cities and towns sutß*
ciently large to maintain them is recom
mended and additional legislation b>
which any district composed of one or
more townships may he authorised to
erect such houses or to form a chain
gang is to be asked for, that magistrates
Iv given authority to arrest all vagrauts
tint upon conviction, to commit them to
these workhouses which may also be
used for persons Convicted of petty oflbn-
TWKKIt SOT I'Xl'l'SlSJfEll
The journals have lately been tills--'
with accounts of William M. Tweed's rs
cape. Has William M. Tweed escaped?
Kscaped from w hat ? From prison. That
is true. He has escaped from prison;
but not frmn punishment, by any mean*.
1 AH*k at hi* situation five year* ago, and
hi* situation to-day. and then answer
whether he i* punished or not.
Five Vua.s ago be Was aiuong the very
few most powerful men in the city or
State of New York, writh a bright pros
pect of soon becoming one of the leaders
iu national affairs. His wealth seemed
almost boundless, and homage was paid
to hitn on every hand. Ilia time was
divided between attention to public
affair* and the enjoyment of the pleas
ure* and spletidota of Injury. He had
grown great rapidly, and he believed he
was to grow greater with increasing
rapidity.
Those five years, how they have told
upon him. His fortune reduced; hi*
frienda dose.ted . hi* name and reputa
tion blighted, so as to be a cu*s to him
self, and a burden to those to whom he
bequeaths it.
Fven honorable exile, a* a mission to
a foreign court is sometimes called, is
hardly toleratde L>r any considerably
length of time to a man of strong hoing
attachment*. Then what must involun
tary banishment, in dishonor and
ignominy, be? A man upward of fifty
years of age is separated. ]>ennancnt)y
froui all the association* of hi* previous
life, driven forth like fain, a v.an.brer
on the earth.
Talk of his money ! What difference
does it make whether he carried little
or much with him? Physical comforts
and luxuries money may buy for him;
but they are few. and avail little. Will
any sum of money purchase for him
esteem, companionship, self-respect,
peace of mind, happiness? These he
shall find again, nowhere and never
more!
Xo, no! !>o not teach the young muu
of the country that William M. Tweed
has escaped punishment. That is a
grave mistake. Imprisonment he has
escaped, punishment he has not escaped
and can never escape.—Sun.
A very extensive land swindle lias m
cently been disclosed in Missouri. It is
estimated that as much as 12,000,000
acres of western lands have been sold in
the eastern states and Europe for which
the titles arc worthless, netting f'J.j.OOl),*
000 to the operators. The plan of the
villains', engaged in this business has
l>eeu to obtain the names of actual own
ers of lands from the records at the
county seats of wesU-rn sUbia, and exe
cute forged deed* for such pro|MKU.
Eighty half-sections (820 acres each) of
land in one county of Missouri, accord
ing to a correspondent of the Pittsburg
Commercial, weru put upon the market
in that city for which the titles vera ajj
forged. The correspondent says; "The
names of owners and numbers of the
land have been obtained from the coun
ty plots and taken to Pittsburg—the
deed* forged there in the name of the
original owner—and then placed on
record. An abstract of title is then pro
cured from the clerk of court, and the
title on paper looks all right to the buyer
The publication of this warning to your
people may save many a poor man in
Pennsylvania from losing his all, per
haps."
HORRIBLE SUFFER ISO OF R RE
FUGEES OF JIERZEOOI 'ISA.
New York, December 2. —A private
I letter wa. received from Ragusa, Delma
tra, Austria, from a lady who is an eye
witness of the sufferings of Herzegovina
refugees, contains the following: Very
many of the children had only one gar
ment tied together, and principally com
posed of patches, still one mass of rags,
which seemed to make their nakedness
more pitiful, and yet of all the refugees
those at Ragusa are the most fortunate.
The best fed and clothed are there at,
present.
In the district of Kagca alone there
are 12.000 refugees, nearly 'ail women,
children and old men. In Montenegro
there are .10;000; in Croatia and Servia
thousands again, the whole number of
fugitives amounting to nearly 120,000.
With the means received up to the pres
ent time, 10,000 or 18,000 people might£l>c
protected to the extent of a blanket a
piece from the winter's cold, but the re
maining 100,000 or more arc w ithnut food
or a roof to cover them, to any nothing of
the wounded men brought in frotu bat
tle, the tick and dying, toe child-bearing
women and the peat-stricken. The lady
makes an earnest appeal for help to keep
from deathly cold and starvation a whole
population, whose sin is that they are
Christians, Christian dogs, liayuhs, and I
adds : "My husband was on the frontier
of Bosnia, where the river Save divides
the Turkish territory from the Austrian.
He wits entreated by the people of the
Austrian village not to cross the river
and enter the Turkish town as he would
certainly lose his life, but by allowing
himself to be introduced as a merchant I
from Trieste, he was unmolcated. Me
walked through the streets of Kostanitza.
The headless bodies of the Christians
lay all about the streets. On the river
he had S'n boats filled with refugees,
•driving for dear life to reach the Aus
trian shore. The Turks fired Into them,
ami one of the boats was sunk. The I
others reached the shore, covered with
blood, from the wounds of fugitives.
Headless bodies of women were floating
on the water. In the streets of the town
the swine were fippding on the corjtses
of Christian women.
TIIK MESSAGE
of President Grant, is lengthy, and in the
main is a slovenly document. We make
the following extracts from it :
The Kducntion of the Mnsses.
Under such a form of Government, it is
of the greatest importance that all should
bopoMWied oi eJucation and intelligence
enough to oast a vot with n right uJtr> i
standing of it* meaning. Largo associa- i
tiona nflgnorant men cannot, for any cam |
tolerable pot tod opp.no a sucb-ottful ro i
iilanco to tyranny or oppression from the |
educated fow, ami will inevitably aink in* i
to acquiescence to the will of intelligence, i
whether d irccteJ by the demagogue or hy
priestcraft, Hence the ejucation of the i
mass becomes of the flrat necessity, for the
presort ati.vn of our institutions They are
worth preserving, because they havotc ttr
J the gre ite.l good to the greatest pro
portion of population of any forut of gov
eminent yet devised All other forms et ;
government approach it Just In proportion '
to the general ditfulion of e location ana ;
independence of thought and action
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
As the ptiitiary atep, therefore to our
advaiu'uttienl that has marked our prog*
ress in the past century. I suggest for your
earuast consideration, and moat earnestly
recommend it, that a constitutional amend*
nenl he submitted to the legislature of
the several States for ratification, making
it the duly of each of the several Slates to
establish and lorever
Maintain Free Public Schools,
Adequate to the education of ail the chil
dren in the rudimentary branches within
tholr respective Hunts, irrespective of tea,
Color, birth place, religion, forbidding
the teaching in said schools of religious
atheistic or pngn views and prohibiting
the giaiitiug of any school funds or school
las, orany part thereof, either by legisla
tive. m .mcipal or other authorities for the
benefit of any other object of any nature
or kind whatever. In connection with
this important question, I would also call
your atteutiou to the imparlance of cor*
roving an evil that, if permitted to con
tinue, will probably lead to great trouble
in our land betoie the close of the nine
teenth century— that i*. the accumulation
of vast amounts of untaxed church proper
ty. In lboO, 1 believe, the church proper
ty of the United States which paid no las
—municipal or State—amounted to about
SS3 OUO.OOO. In lHtiO the amount had doub
led. In 1f75 it is about $1,0)00,01)0.000.
By I'JOU, without check, it is safe to say
. that litis property w ill roach a sum exceed
ing S3,OOO,OUU.UW So vast a sum, seceiv
ing all the protection and benefits of tin
Government, without bearing its propor
tion of the burderit aad expense of the
tame, will not he looked upon acquiescent
!y by those who have paid taxes In a
growing country, where real estate en
hanret to rapidly with time, at in th*
United Stales, there it scarcely a limit to
the weal(h that may be acquired by cor
porations, religious or ulberwit*. if al
lowed to retain real estate without taxa
tion, the contemplation of to vait a prop-
erly at here alluded to, without taxation, ]
may lead to sequestration, without Consti 1
tutioual authority, and through blood. 1;
would suggest the taxation of all property
equally, whether church or corporation,
exempting only the last resting place of
the dead, and possibly, with proper re
strictions, church edifices.
Foreign Relations.
Qqr relictions with most of the Foreign
Powers continue on e satisfactory and
friendly footing.
Specie Resumption.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
this question, ar.d 1 hope Congress may be
induced at the earliest day practicable to
insure tig cou*!Mii)ll> u n s>f the act of the
last Congress, at iu last section, U bring
about specie resumption on and after the
first day of January, 1879, at the furthest.
It would be a great blessing if this could
be consummated even at an earlier day.
Nothing seems to me more certain than
that a full, healthy and permanent reac
tion cannot take place in favor of the in
dustries and financial welfare of the coun-
try until we return to a measure of valur
recognized throughout the civilized
world. While we use a currency not
equivalent to this standard, specie. b r ~
comes a commodity like the products of the
•oil, the surplus seeking a market wherev
er there is a demand for it. Under our
present system we should went none nor
would we have any, were it not that tbe
customs due must be paid in coin, and be
caute of tbe pledge Li py lip jnteiett of
our public debt in coin. Tbe yield ol
precious metals would flow out forth# pur
chase of foreign productions, leave tbe
Unitt-d States hewers of wood anj drawers
of water, because of wiser legislation on
the subject ef finaneo uy In* uali-.pt pith
whom we have dealings, I am not pre
pared to say jhal[l can suggest th* beet legis
lation to secure the end most heartily com
mended It will be a source of great
gr*l(U£ajio:j to me lo be able to approve
any nuatureof (Jong, ess iwjsi.'.f effective
ly toward securing resumption. llnlitu-l
iled inflation would probably bring about
specie payment more speedily than any
legislation looking to the redemption of
legal tenders in c„;n, but it would be at
the cjpenso of honor. *by ish-Pf?
a ou'd have no value beyond settling pr*/-
ent liabilities. or properly speaking, repu
diating them. They would bring nofbing
after debts were all settled. There are a
few measures which seem to me important
in thia connection, and which I commend
to your earnest consideration. A repeal of
of go fnjifh of the legal lander acta a
make these aojfa receivable for debta con*
traded after a dale to bo iaed oft ( e act
iuelf, ray not later than the Ist of January, 1
187". We should then have quotation at
real value, not ficticious ones. Gold would
no longer be 8t a premium but the curren
cy at a discount. 4 hfilthy re-action'
would set in si once, and with it a
I to make the currency equal to what it put-'
porta hi be. The marchanta, manufactur
es and tradesman of evary calling, could
do business on a fair margin of profit, the'
money received having an unvarying *al-,
uo. Laborcri and all clate* who work 1
for stipulated pay or salary, would receive
more than their income, because eitra'
profits would no longer be charged by the
capitalists .to compensate tor the risk of |
a downward fluctuating in tho value of
the currency. Second, That the Secreta-i
of tho Treasury he authorized to redeem, |.
say not to exceed f2,0(0,000 monthly
of legal tender notes by issuing
in their stand long bonds, bearing inteiest
nt the rte of 3 23-100 per cent, per annum,
of denominations ranging frwm fifty to one
thousand dollars each. This would in
time reduce the legal lender notes to a
volume that could be kept afloat without
demanding redemption in largo sums sud
denly. Third, That additional power be
given to the Secretary of the Treasury to
accumulate gold for the final redemption
of the cuirency, increasing the revenue,
and curtailing the expenses, or both. It is
preferable to do both, and I recommend
that a reduction of expenditures bo made
wherever it can he done without impairing
(j jvernment obligations or crippling the
due eaecutior) thereof Olio measure for
increasing the rovaooe, tpd ftp only one,
I think, is of the restoration of the duty fli
tea and ccflae. These duties would add
probably $ 18,000,000 to Iho present amount
received for imports, and would in no way
increase the prices paid for these articles
by the consumers, These articles are the
products oi countries ijlf.cting revenue
from exports, and as we, the largasi uu„-i
turners, reduce tho duties they proportion
ally increase them. With this addition to
the revenue, many duties now collected
and which give but an insignificant return
for the cost of collection might be remitted
and to the direct advantage of cotuumurs
nt home. I would mention those articles
which enter into manufactures of all
sorts, all duty paid upon such articles go
directly to tho cost cf tho article, when
manufactured heie, and must be paid for
by consume,y. 'J'lie duties not only come
from the consumers at
protection to foreign manufacturers ofpu,
same completed articles in our own
distant markets. I will suggest, or men
tion, another subject hearing upon the
problem of how to enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to accumulate balances. It
i< to de . ise some l-otter method of verify
ing claims against the (ioverrmiunl than at '
present exists, through the court offlalnir, |
especially, those claims growing out of the i
late war Nothing is mora certain than
that a large percentage of the k amounts
passed and paid, are pait or wholly fraud- <
ulent, <>r are far in excess of the real losses
austalnod. The laige amount of losses,
proven on good testimony according to
the existing Inwt hy nttldavits of fictitious
or unscrupulous peraons, to have been sus
tained on small farms and plantations, are
not only far beyond the possible yield of
those places for any one year, but as every
-uie knows who has experience, and who
has visited the scenes of those spoliations
are in many instances more than the in
dividual claimants were ever woith, in
cluding their personal and real estate.
The report of the Attorney General,
which will he submitted to o<>ngiess at an
early day, will contain a detailed history
of awards made and ef claims pending ol
the class here presented.
Out Public Domain.
The roport of the General Land Office
shows that there Were 2.4 M.OOl acres less
disposed uf during this year than during
the last year. More than olio-half of this
decrease was iu lands dis|H>sed <<f under the
homestead and timber rultu'o laws. The
decrease of this is supposed to he found in
, the grasshopper scourge and the droughts,
which prevailed so extensively in some of
the frontier Stales and Territories during
that time, so as to discourage and Jeter en
tries hy actual settlers. The cash receipts
. were less by $600,322 23 than during the
, preceding year.
I The Public Lands.
The entire surveyed erea of the public
■ domain is (HtU.iJSS.OW acies, of which 2ti,-
077.&31 acres were surveyed during the
■ past year, leaving 1,10d,4;i,7ti2 acres still
' unsurvayeil. The report of the Com mis
• sioner presents many interesting sugges
tions in regard to the management and
■ disposition of the public domain aud the
t| modification of existing laws, the apparent
-'importance of which should insure for
'-|theni the careful consideration of Con
r | grass
Pcjuioijcra nnd Pongioug.
The number of pensioners still continues
to decrease, the ingtictt number having
been reached during the year ending June
--0, 1873. During the last year 11,667 names
were added to the roll*, and 12,977 were
dropped therefrom, showing a Bet de
create of 1,420 But whtie the number of
penaiunere hat decreased the annual
ameuni dee on the pention roll* hat in
created $14,733 13. Thit it cauit-d by the
greatly increated average rale ofpentiont
which, by the liberal legislation ot Con
crete. hat increated from S9O 26 in 1872, to
$lO3 91 in Jh7i—to each invalid pensioner
an increase in the average rate of fifteen
' per cent.
la the three years during the year end*
i"g June 30th, 1376, ther, wes paid on #c,
count of pensions, including the expenses
lof disbursement, $2.',603,116. being $910.-
63*2 lets than wet paid during the preced
ing veer. This reduction in the amount of
expenditures was produced by the decrease'
1 in th# amount of arrearages due on ft'luw
ml claims and on pensions, the rale of
which was increated by the legislation o!
. the preceding session of Congress,
i At the close of the last fiscal year there
, were on the pension roll* 234,821 persons,,
i of whom 210,363 were army pensioners,
; )06,478 being invalids, 104,886 widows end
> I dependent relatives, MHO were nary pen
sioners, of whom 1,838 wero invalids and
1 1,784 widows and dependent relatives:'
21.038 were pensioner* of the war of 1812,
i 16,876 of whom were survivors and 6.16 V
-. wero widows
}l is rstipiatyd that ?■.*.' 6V> ts.O will be
required for the payment of pensions for
- the next fiscal veer, an amount $965 Oft'
hies* then tbe estimate for the present
t rear.
The Treasurer'# Report.
■ fhc rsport of the of the Treas
ury show* the receipt* from cqstoro# fur
r the fiscal year eniing June 30th, 1874, to'
r have been $103,103,833 60, and for tbe fis
' cal year ending June 80th, 1876, to have
jbeen $157.167,712 36, a decrease for the
' last fiscal year of $6,936,111 34 The re
fjceipi from Internal jjevynu# for lhoyear
ending June 30, 1874. were sicU.*J9 764 'JU,
' and for the year ending on Xhh of June,
1876, wero $110,007,393.68, an increase of
$7.697,708.C8, Tbe report also shows a
i complete history of the workings ot the
Department (ot i#*l year, *"3 contains
' recommendations fur reform* and for leg
islation which I concur in, but cannot
■ comment on so fully as I should like tc do
> if space would permit. I will confine my
self to a few suggestions, which 1 look up
on as vipu to mo pest i,.Ura.L cf the
■ whole people, coming within the purview]
' of the Treasury.
r• ♦ •
i MRS. MOI'LTON AND PLYMOUTH
CHURCH.
1 Mr. 6mma fo WouLoc pes * Urns# J a
■ long letter to the members of j?lymouth|
: I'hwrch. setting forth the yrong to which j
■ she allegus she hu bepn subjected She]
ssys they turn her out now for five year* |
absence front the ordinancesoflberhurch,i
'to which no one member or officer asked '
i her during all that time to return except
Mr. Beecher, and that was lest her going
to another church might have an injurious
' cßect um hi,- r-puUtion. Her absence was
caused, she says, by her of
Mr. Beecher's guilt from his own confes-j
sions to her snd otherwise, and after that'
'absence was well known to him, hit visits'
•o her husband anil her for advice and aid .
•lo pis were frequent and'
full of anguish and copjrilioc on hi* part.
It was for hi* sake that she refrained from
' savoring his connection with Plymouth
' Church and |u|n|r.g soma olhar, and now
! he propose* to cut her off at if th* fault 1
were licrs. The church now asks her why
! she did not demand a trial, and the re- I
'plies that a leading man among them knew 1
|of her statements concerning Mr. Beecher
long ago, and all knew of her absence.and |
j it was their business, not bera, to bring her i
\L) She conclude* as followi:
"My reason tor my was tlieone 1 j'
i have stated—solicitude for one wi.on i
t had greatly loved and revered, whom I
, luyed still, in spite of his wickedness, be
lt cause he seemed to me privately penitent,
i yof whose ministry 1 could not continue to
s attend widie b/Sfhowed himself to the pub
t ( lie as an innocent injured mn, fbojjg'j
-,J could not leave it without exposing what]
i [ know of him. 1 had a heavy burden to
J Cgrry ; and I am sfrjy to say that tbe first
i act of (jhr|stiau ttcntion which f have re
,'ceived from tbe church in the five years
i past was the notifying me that my name
I , was to be dropped from the roll the next
i evening
fl "My proposal to you in my previous let
ter was that you should unite with me in
II calling a council of churches, before whicb
'you should state your reasons for your ac
i'ori end 1 should state tnino, end which
I sliouid between us
1 That proposal t understand pave
r accepted. The questions thus coming up;
i for decision ought, I should think, to be
these :
First—Have my convictions in regard to
,i iftp guilty conduct of Mr. Beecher been
- justified by U*o pj Mence which 1 have
> had ? |
I Secondly—lf they have been justinod,!
i ought I still to have attended his ministry
I and received the sacrament from hishands,
> wbilu kept, by the reasons which I have
i stated, from withdrawing from the
I church?
Thirdly—When I had stated to the
i church my reasons for being absent from
r the services, and had protested agninst b*
ing dropped from its roll, ought 1 to have
i been thus dropped, without further trial,
nnd with noithcr censure nor recommen-
I elation y
- Fourthly—Jf I was improperly icrooyed
i from Plymouth Church, will tlie council
f give uie a certificate of thb fact, ttpohj
I which 1 can enter another church ? " '
"I am not perhaps well able to judge
whether tho six questions u i.ich you pio-l
pose to me to have submitted to the Coun- :
cil cover the seme ground with these ol
mine. Tours uppear to me less distinct,
perhaps because 1 do not understand them
so well; end mine to take up more direc t
l>-the points of Issue between us. I sup
pose it is my right to have something to]
say about the questions to bo submitted,
and accordingly I propose that yours be
submitted, at you put them, and that these
of mine Ls- added to them. In this way, 1
think, the whole ease between ux will come
up, and the questions which I with to
have answered will have an equal chance
with yours.
"When you notify me of youi accept
ance of tins proposition, will you please al
so to send me the names of ten or twalve
churvhvs which you would wish to invite
to lha council, with two or three experi
enced and wise ministers who are not now
in the pastoral otHce, as 1 am informed is
customary? Then 1 will add as many
mure to the list, of such as may bo known
to me to be of good standing iis the denoin-
IB! lion and with the Christian public, slid
the letters of invitation call at once ho sell!
out. Respectfully yours.
KUMA V. AIoUI.TO*
For the Reporter.
CH HINT Til KON LY KOL' N RATION
Hy Rev John Tomlinson.
"For other f'iindalion can no man lay
than that is laid, which Is Jesus Christ. !
Now if any man build upon this founda
tion gold, silver, piecious stones, wood,
hay. stubble - every man's work shall be
made manifest, for the day shall declare it
because it shall be revealed by fire; and
the fire shall try every man's work of
what sort (t is.* ft any man's work shall be
burned he shall suffer lost ; but b himself
• ball be saved, yet SO n x by fire." It is pro I
i posed to discus* this difficult passage of the'
idivme Word under three divisions, viz ] 1
I CtIKIRT TIIKuXLV FIIUXIsATIO* 1. Tux !
MitMtor liiMLMKU oM ruts FnvtiA-
Tt< * I HuW THK WOHk SMALL HK Tnian.;
Christ the only foundation
L Generally Christ is the foundati >n of;
tbe whole Church. As the God-man. He;
purchased salvation for the Church mid.
His spirit appropriates it to the member
ship, Hence Jetus Himself said .- Upon this
rock 1 will build my Church, and ihegalet
of Hell shall not prevail against it Of
this foundation the Lord God himself saiJ,
Is. 2H.16: tit-hold 1 lay In Zion for a founda
tion a spine a tried stone, a precious cor
ner stone, a sure foundation, he that be
lieveth shall not make haste. See I I'eL
2.6.
2. Particularly, Christ it the foundation
of all true doctrine, by which the tinner
individually it lead to Chrsl and obtains
justification, aanctification and eternal life
Christ himself is the truth, upon him thr
whole superstructure of tnuud doctrine
rests, via Knowledge, repentance, faith,
fustificaiton, resurrection, etc.
Ist The manner of building upon this
foundation 11 is doctrine of salvation in
Christ aloar. act* 412 It is not only im
portant l<> have a good foundation, but al-j
so to build well upon it with good materi
a). A bouse*w ith the best kind of a foun
dation may be ruined by working into it
bad material, into the JF-or, or into the,
| roof, etc fio a character w all founded
may be almost ruined by working In t-ad
material. A little of the luvt of the flesh,
a little of the lust of the eyes, or a little of
the pride ot life. Notice Ist. The good
material—gold, silver, precious atones,
. leptesenting true, pure, useful and prec
ious doctrine and good practices, good
knowledge a good heart and a good life.
2 The bad manorial—the wood, bay and
stubble, representing not heresy, but error
and tradition, vain, unprofitable and
worthless doctrines, e g, the mode of
Baptism, the mo le of Christ's presence in
the eucharist, lteplisinal regeneration,
distinctive sanctifieation—in short almost
all controverted points The di>cussiotis
| n those topics are largely wood, hay and
'stubble.
tiw the work shall bo tried, via :
1. lis the fire of the Holy Ghost, the
: Holy Ghost by the lloty scriptures 2
The fire of temptation and persecution.
This is fire that will prove teachers, doc
trines and characters very effectually.
Two observations aro in point here. Ii
Jt is a probatory fire that is meant, it is the
re of the judgment of Jesus Christ to
prove men's character* that is intendod.
! 1 It i| not a puigatery fire that is meant
in the text, in which men wi I be purified,
from sin efter death. For both the works
that shall be burnt and pass away and
those tha| shall remain and be rewarded.!
• hall ba tried It mui then bp some other
fire, and we believe it it the fire of the Ho
ly Ghost. Paul speaks of it in th# text, i
It is a fire to prove what is truth and what
! error, what is good character and what;
is bad—what are good practices and what
are bad.
Application.
1. The judgment of Jc#u Christ is a
great solemnity. Ar# yog, reader, ready
For your iwai.
2. The result* of the judgment will be
important.
1 Ifn man's work abide, he rha'l re
ceive a reward—a gracious reward in pro
portion to tbe fruitfulness and usefulness
'of his doctrine, preaching, work, etc, in
lha chujch on earth.
* If n man's work shall be bussed, be
•hall suffer loss. Ifit do not stand the fire
or test be shall suffer lose. His work and
happiness in the future would not be what
they weuld have been bed be not been an]
jerrorisL It is no small matter, therefore,'
to Vc ar. errurist. His. capacity will be
I full, but his capacity is not vhat it would
lievc been bad he not been an errorist.
This matter may be illustrated by meas
ures of different capacity —sonic holding a
pir.t and on up to a firkin or barrel, all
be full but some hold a great deal
more than others. fi>o of the degrees at
.happiness in the future world, one will
Ihavo biore capariiy than tho other and
Ihjvcapatity will of course be full. W ill
; there n< t Ic room for chvv there- then.'
; Npj if each ono enjoys all be is capable of!
i enjoying J*aul, Lot tier, thslvlu, White
i field and others will enjoy themselves'
more, no doubt, than many an ignorant
;and uncultivated and undeveloped indi
vidual, no matter hew pious, ho may have
j boeu —and for the sol* reason that their is
more capacity An errorist will feel the ef
fect of his mistake through all eternity.
Hence the question is important : What it
< trust
j 8. Sxwi'sossVY vißa. Tbis expres
sion indicates, 4
| 1. Great dakcjkk. An errorist is in
■ danger, in imminent peri),
j 2. Grk at nirrtccLTr, The person j
will be xaved, soul will be saved, he will!
have a lower placo in Heaven, but will be
saved lf>* f*!sp views and theories,]
wrong opinion! antj oryor; moreover ren .
dcr his salvation exceedingly difileulL sjo!
much so that it may be aid with proprie
ty.- He has been plucked as a brand out!
*1 the fira.
Let each one, therefore, choose Ohrist
for a teacher and an example and follow
him cloeeiy.
•If any man's work ahlde. which he hath'
built thereupon, he shall receive a re
ward
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one year.
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•even day*, collected bv the agent* and
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World, and in tutr.ua., ? AND CM*
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home and abroad, Contribution* by home
and foreign writers, fall reports of the Far-,
mer'sClqp <>flha American Institute, and
quotations of valuatdu and ifitercßing ar-|
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3. Its Grange now*, to which attention
is specially called. U a feature which can
be found in no other paper. All the re
sources at the command of a groat metro
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its collection, and lh result is a page each
week where the members may find a com
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every 0.a.0 i.i tb * "nion for the past seven
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Address THE WOULD," |
10 dec Ct 36 Dark Row, New York-
THIS WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC
of our intention to put M w ainfI.OWKII RILCET on much of our Stock.
s a*
IUK YEAR If Mo-l.Nt, OUT BALI: WILL TOMMI.WK lit JIALL'-rAST MX
I, • I
jO CLOCK, KATLL VVKKg DAY MUKRIKU, LL<l CONTINUE UNTIL OU R
FALL AND WINTER STOCK 18 SOLI).
TIIE MAIN FACT IS.
We have in NLI) up rois MAN Y OVEIIf 'OATS ami SUITS for fbia year, and
to liaoafrr our Slock iuto Cash uicili-d for preparation for I*l7o, we will
iunk certain sua ijois which will he apparent o A Mis A Tfcu WEDNES
DAY, DECEMBER FIRST, when we ahull have gone through our Salea
rootus anJ cut off Profits, ami even a part of the cost, from many of our
present price*.
To be very tract in elating this matter, as we do not intend that any adver
tisement or custom of our house •hall misload the public in the least particular,
tee think it prvjwr to say, that this Mark I town, whilst it applies to
A THOUSAND AND MORE OVERCOATS,
A THOUSAND AND MORE BUSINESS COATS,
HUNDREDS OF DRESS COATS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND VESTS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND PA IRS OK PANTS,
and tzlends throughout our house, yet there are some lots in which (as they
have already been marked at close prices, wc shall make no change.
WK NRAIBE TO ANNOUNCE THAT TIIIB IB
0U;I TlilAL and OiJL7 MAJiK DOV/il Y)S 22ft
-8 tit,
So THAT NONE NEED WAIT KOU LOWER Price*.
The etki* we take will wo.vukrkuu.y aid those who keel i.ikeEcok-
OMUIXO.
THE TERMS OK THE SALE ARE THE USUAL TERMS
OF OUR HOUSE:
I.— -No Second or Altered I'rice—One Fixed Price.
2. —Cash from All, to war rant Low Price#.
1 3.—The Contract on our | ait. to return money, it a part of the bargain in
each cne (provided goods are returned unworn.)
4— A FuU Guarantee given for each garment.
The Stock we ofll-r i* all hew, and it not "bought" or "wnoUMALB" nock
but our owu
Carefully Made Clothing.
It will be remembered that our stock always embrace* the CHOICBBT
STYLES of BL'HSTANTIAL oootnj, and that EVEEY size and shape i* provid
ed for both hex and HOY# I. will alao be borne in mind that there it but
ONE OAK HALL, and 311 AT IS AT THE OOHXER OF
Sixth --Six 111—Sixth—Sixth—SIXTH!
and MARKET Streets.
Hoping fur a visit from each reader, aud that our friends will past thit an
nouncement to ail their friends in the country,
We are Very Truly,
WANAMAKER <fc BROWN,
PHILADELPHIA
bUOMUDQE d CO, COAL, LIME,&c.,
WILLIAM SIIOItTLIDGK. BOND VALENTUSI
SHORTLIDGE <fc CO.,
Burners and Shippers of the celebrated
Bellefonte
Z WfHflfTlEf =LIUM|E. ;
Dealers in the very best grades of
ANTHRACITE COAL;
The only dealers in Centre County who sell tbe
W I Li K E Si 15 A Ri Hi E Ci Oi A! L
from tbe old Baltimore mines Also
SH AMOK IN AND OTHER DRAPER
of Anthracite Coql dryly housed cgpressly for house t|se. at the lowest prices
I) EAL ER S lA* GR A I .V.
They pay the highest prices in cash or grain that the Eastern markets will afford-
WHEAT.
CORN,
RYE,
OATS,
CLOVER SEED &C.,
Bought or will be toM on commission when desired, and full price* guaranteed. Ins
formation concerning the grain trade will be furnished at all times, to farmer
with pleasure, free of charge.
RIFLE and BLASTING POWDER.
FIRE BRICK AND GROUND FIRE CLA)\
DEALERS IN
CAYUGA GROUND PLASTER,
which is always sold at low prices, and w arranted to be as a fertilizer aa as
Other piaster.
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OF ALL KINDS.
.
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Founders, and Manufacturers of tho CELEBRATED
Sheriir Patent Steam Syphon Pump.
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•4 MM
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' No liol*r to
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Whan the Iron to bain*
r.o.M way .. haatad.lhahMtotoii.o4
be drUthad W U) Mod to aoj addraa., on ra
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Established, 1843.
MILLHEIM
MARBLE WORKS
BY
DEININGER & MUSSER.
Tbe old, reliable placo, wboro f\
Monuments,
Couches,
Headstones,
and other marbl
work i made, in tbo trorjr boa* otjrlo. ond
Upon reaaonnble Ufffil.
M~ Thankful far pad favors, tee re
spectively solvit the patronaft of the
public.
ShojH, Eat of Bridge, IHllbolm, P*.
Apr. . y. -
CENTRE HALL
The undersigned waving • posses
lion oflhe tben establishment. respect
fully inform lb* public that lb move will
be carried on by them ia all iu branches
as heretofore.
They manufacture the CELEB-.AIKD
TRUE BLUE COKXPLAN i r.i., the
best no* made,
i HORSE POWERS. Tlf ESifIXG MA
CHINES A SHAKERS, PLOWS.
STOVES. OVEN DOORS, KETTLE
PLATES, CELLAR UKASES. PLOW
SHEARS A MILL GEARING of eve
. ry description, in abort their Foundry is
complete in every particular.
We would call particular attention to
our EXCELSIOR PLOW, acknowl
• edged to be lb# best Piow sow in use,
shifting in lbs beam for two or three hor
ses. <
W* also man ufacture a a*a and improv
ed TRIPLE GEARED HORSE POW
ER, which has been used extensively ia
the northern and welora State*, and has
taken precedence over all other*
Wear* prepared to do all KINDS OP
CASTI Nh from the laifM to the small
est, and have facilities for doing all kinds
of IRON WORK such a* PLANING,
TURNING, BORING, Ac
. All kinds of repairing dona on short no
tice
VAN PELT A SHOOP,
Centre Hall.
BEATTmnr
NO OTHER PIANO FORTE has attain,
ed the same popularity tag-Send sump
i for Circular. D. P. BEAT! Y, Washing
ton, New Jersey.
CENT R~E* HALL
COACH SHOP,
LEVI HURRAY,
at his establishment at Centre Hall, keep
on hand, and tar ale. at the meat reasona
ble rates.
Carriages,
& Spring Wagons,
PLAIK AND FAKCT,
and vehicles of every deecriptioa tnede to
order, and warranted to be made of the
beat seasoned material, and by the moat
skilled and competent workmen. Persona
wanting anything in bis line are requeued
to call and examine bis work, they will
find It not to be excelled loc durability and
' wear. _ may fitf.
LEVI MCKttAY,
NOTARY PUBLIC. SCRIBNKR AND
OO.NYKY ANGER,
CENTRE HALL. PA.
Will attend to administering Oaths, Ac
knowledgement of Deeds. Ac, writing Ar
ticle* of Agreement, Deeds, Ac, tuavlA
KKATTY~rmro-
C<>M BINES EVERY IMPROVEMENT
KNOWN. MMbaditsup for Circu
lar. Address D. F. BMAfTY. Wash
ingtoii. N. 4.
, C. T. At mp*i C Hf/Uowxna.
VIABLE \ V NDEK A BoWKRS Attor
neys at-Law. Beilefonte, Pa. Seecial
• attention given to Gollectiepv, ana Or
phans' Court practice. May be consulted
in German and Engllah. Office in Gar
man's Building. my 28 '74-u
jjR. A. J. ORNDORK.
DENTIST.
Is still located at Pine Grove Mills and
ia now prepared to travel to tbe homes of
patients at a distance and reodei any de
sired service in bis line, in the hot nian-
Iner, of best quality and at reasonabla
rate*. Insertion of new denture# made a
'specialty. Teeth extracted ici.O,n.r pain,
j 21 jan 74
BEATTY & PLOTTS
DKATTT & PLOTTS'
Celebrated Golden Tongue
PARLOR ORGANS
are ranked by eminent musician* and dis
tinguished men of honor throughout the
world a* tbo lending PARLORORGANS
now in use.
An exceieni Organ teethe Church, Hall.
Lodge, Sab bath-school, as weUaa the par
lor.
N. B.—Special rates in this case, as an
advertisement.
An offer : Where we hare rfo agents we
will allow any one the agent 1 * discount in
order to have this wonderful musical pro
ducing instrument introduced.
No other Parlor Organ has attained to
the same popularity.
Send stamp for price and a list ol
testimonials. Address ; - " •
BEATTY A PLOTTS.
Washington. Warren County. !• J
OHNSO.VSUOT K L7
HatLBS'oKTK, ra.
Johnson A Son's, proprietor*, having
refitted and uewly furnished ibis house are
now prepared to accommodate travelers
in the most satisfactory manner.
'••nalO tf
FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN.
—'
7he ImO 'tud uj the tube w u*erUd i •'< i
cou'e teat*,what-the milt tcill fitM, ■ uff/ited
the aid of the handt. '
The attention of Dairymen is called to
the above cut, which represents a Sll-
VKR MlI-KING TUBE. by which moro
than half the time and labor rff milking
cows is saved. Four tubes to a set, which
will be sent postpaid to all parts of the
country on receipt of Two pollers pof cet.
An Agent is wanted in e%y Ce-Hity,- £
whom a liberal discount will fie allowpj}'
Address the manufacturer,
OXOXOX P. PILUKO.
701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
iiSuAll kinds of Secret Society work,
Jewels, Emblems, Badges and Silverware
geneiaily.
Diplomas awarded at the Berks, Mont
gomery, Chester and Bucks County Fairs.
For testimi nials see the Practical Farmer
for September and October. Send for cir
culars. 7oct9m,
Tubes can be seen at the Reporter office
—they are asuccess.