VOL. 41. 'Ehe Huntingdon Journal. J. IL DURBORROW, PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIZTORB o, , Ace in new JocaNAL Building, Fifth Street. TILE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL is published every Friday by J. It. Dunnomeow and J. A. Rasa, under dio find Immo of J. R. DIMBORROW & Co., at $2,00 per IN ADVANCE, or $2.60 if not paid for In six months front date of subscription, and 13 if not paid within the year. \o paper discontinued, unless at tlze option of the pub lislii.rs, until all arrearages are paid. No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely paid for in advance. Transient advertisements will be inserted at rwm.vz AND A-HALF CENTS per line for the first insertion, SEVEN AND A-HALF CENTS for the second and 'MI CENTS per line fur all subsequent insertions. 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Hand-bills, Blanks, CArds, Pamphlets, &c., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice, and everything in the Printing line will be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. Professional Cards• T CALDWELL, Attorney-at-Lew, No. 111, Srd street. 11. Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods k Wil liamson. [*Pl2,ll T 1 R. A.B. BRIIIffiIAUGET, offers his professional services 1/ to the community. Office, No 523 Washington street, one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan4,l7l II C. STOCKTON. Surgeon Dentist. Office in Leisteen II building, in the room formerly occupied by Dr. X. J. Greene, Ifuntiugdon, Pa. iftP l2 S. 76. fIEO. B. ORLADY, Attorney-at Low, 405 Penn Street, lJi Huntingdon,Pa. [n0v17,16 GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. Brown's new building, • No. 520, Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. [ap12.71 I T W. BITCTIANAN, Surgeon Dentist, No. 228, Penn 1. street, Huntingdon, Pa. [mehl7,'7s lIC. M ADDEY Attorney-at-Law. Office, No. —, Peas . Street;Huatingdon, Pa. (ap19,'71 r FRANKLIN SCIIOCK, Attorney-at-Law, Hunting -4J . don, Pa. Prompt attention given to all legal Mali mess. Office, 229 Penn Street, corner of Court House :Square. [de01,72 T SYLVANIIB BLAIR, Attorney-at-Law, Huntingdon, el • Pa. Office, Penn Street, three doors west of So l street. Dan4,7l T W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law and General Claim . Agent, Huntingdon, Pa. Soldiers' claims against the Covernment for back-pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attended to with great care and promptness. Of- See on Penn Street. Datt4:7l LS. GEISSING ER, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public, . Huntingdon, Pa. Office, No. ?..10 Penn Street, oppo site Court louse. [febs,'7l E. FLEIIING, Attorney-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., O. office in Monitor building, Penn Street. Prompt and carcfui attention given to all legal huffiness. (augs,ll-6mos WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney-at-Law, Hunting , V dou, Pa. Special attention given to collections, and all other legal business attended to with care and promptness. Office, No. 229, Penn Street. [ap19,71 School and Miscellaneous Books. GOOD BOOKS FOR TUE FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. The following is a list of Valuable Books, which will be suppli4d from the Office of the Iluntingdpn Tottnits.L. Ally one or more of these books will be sent post-paid to any of our readers on receipt of the regular price, which is named against each . book. • Alien's (R. L. 64 L. F.) New American Farm Book 12 50 Allen's (L. F.) American Cattle.* 2 50 Allen's (R. L.) American Farm Book 1 50 Allen's (1.. F.) Rural Architecture 1 50 Allen's (K. I • Diseases of Domestic Animals 1 00 American Bird Fancier 3O American Geutleman'iStable ..... 1 00 American Rose Guitarist so Ainorkan Weeds and Useful Plants.-- ......... 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[Seven Prize Essays by practical grow -30 Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses* Flint's Mitch Cows and Dairy Farming* 2 50 Frank Forester's American Game in its Season* 3 00 Frank Forester's Field Sports, 8 vo., 2 vols*-_-.- 6OO Frank Foresters Fish .:ad Fishing, Bvo., 1(1, sages 3 50 Frank For to -'s Horse of America, 8 v0.,2 vols.-- 10 00 Frank Forester's Manual for Young Sportmen, 8 vo. 3 00 French's Farm Drainage Fuller's Forest-Tree Cultutst 1 50 Fuller's Grape Cul turist l5O Fuller's Illustrated Strawberry Culturist 2O Fuller's Small Fruit Cultnrist Fulton's Peach Culture . Gardner's Carriage Painters' Manual * 1 00 Gardner'', flow t^ Paint* Geyel in's Poultry-breeding Gould's Americ. v W.,: ............ 4 DO Could's Carpenter's and Builder's Assistant *. 3 0 0 Gregory on Cabbages paper.. 30 Gregory on Ouiou Kaisi paper.. 30 Gregory on Squashes paper.. 30 Guenon Mitch Cows Guillaunie's Interior Architecture*.......... Gan, Rod. 6,1 Saddle. 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Whereas, by an act of the General Aszem bly of the commonwealth of Penuqylvania, entitled "An Act to regulate the General Elections within sa 4 d Com monwealth," it is made the duty of the Sheriff of each county to give public notice of the officers to be elected, and the time and place of holding said elections in the election districts, and the laws governing the holding thereof: Now therefore, I, Tnowss K. lIENDERSON, High Sher iff of Huntingdon county, do hereby made known that the General Election will be hold in and for said county On Tuesday, November 6th, 1877, it being the Tuesday following the first Monday of No vember' (the polls to be opened at seven o'clock a. in., mid closed at seven o'clock p. in.) at which time the Freemen of Huntindon county will vote by ballot fur following of= Seers, namely: One person for Supreme Judge of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One person for State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One person for Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One person for High Sheriff of Huntingdon county. Two persons for Director of the Pour of Huntingdon county. One person for County Surveyor of Huntingdon county. One person for Coroner of Huntingdon county. The Election Polls in all the wards, townships, boroughs, and districts of the county shall be opened at 7 o'clock A. sc. and closed at 7 o'clock P. M. In pursuance of said act, I also hereby make known and give notice, that the places of holding the aforesaid general election in the several election districts within the county of Huntingdon, are as lollows, to wit: let district, composed of the township of Henderson, at the Union School House. _ _ 2d district, composed of Dublin township, at Pleasant Hill School House, near Joseph Nelson's in said township. 3d district, composed of so much of Warriorsmark town ship, as is not included in tlae 19th district, at the school house adjoining the town o, - Warriorsmark. 4th district composed of the township of Hopewell, at the house of^Levi Houpt. sth district, composed of the township cf Barree, at the house of James Livingston, in the town of Sanlsburg, in said township. 6th district composed of the borough of Shirloysburg, and all that part of the township of Shirley not included within the limits of District No. 24, as hereinafter men tioned and described, at the house of David Fraker, deed, in Shirleysburg. 7th district, composed of Porter and part of Walker township, and so much of West township as is included in the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the south westcorner of Tobias Caufman's Farm on the busk of the Little Juniata river, to the lower end of Jackson's nar rows, thence in a northwesterly direction to the most southernly part of the farm owned by Michael Maguire, thence north 40 degrees west to the top of Tussey's moun tain to intersect the line of Franklin township, thence along the said line to the Little Juniata river, thence down the same to place of beginning, at the public school house opposite the German Reformed Church, in the bor ough of Alexandria. ilth district, composed of the township of Franklin, at the public School House, in the village of Frankhnville, in said township. . . . . . 9th district, composed of Tell township, at the Union •ehool house, near the Union meeting house in said twp. idth district, composed of Springfield township, at the school house, near liugh Madden's, in said township. 11th district, composed of Union township, at the Railroad school house, in said township. 12th district, composed of Brady township, at the Centre school house, in said township. 13th district, composed of Morris township, at public school house No. 2, in said township. 14th district composed of that part of West township_ not included in 7th and 26th districts, at the public school house on the iiirm now owned by Miles Lewis (formerly owned by James Bunts,) in said township. 13th district, composed of Walker township, at the house of Benjamin Magahy, in 31cConnelstown. 16th district, composed of the township of Ted, at the . Green school house. in said township. 17th district, composed of Oneida township, at Centre Union School House. 18th district, composed of Cromwell township, at the Bock Hill School House. 19th district, composed of the borough of Birmingham with the several tracts of land near to and attached to the same, now owned and occupied by Thomas M. Owens, John K. McCahan, Andrew Rohmm, John Gensimer and Wm. Gensimer, and the tract of land now owned by George and John Shoenberger„ known as the Porter tract, situate in the township of Warriorsmark, at the public school house in said borough. 20th district, composed of the township of Casa, at the public school house in Casstille, in said township. 21st district, composed of the township of Jackson at the public house of Edward Littles, at McAleavy'e Fort, in said township. 22d district, composed of the township of Clay, at the public school house in Scottsville. 23d district, composed of the township of Penn, at the public school house in Grafton, in said township. 24th district, composed and created as follows, to wit : That all that part of Shirley township, Huntingdon coun ty, lying and being within the following described boun daries, (except the borough of Mount Union,) namely:— Beginning at the intersection of Union and Shirley town ship lines with the Juniata river, on the south side there of; thence along said Union township line for the distance of three miles from said river; thence eastwardly, by a straight line, to the point where the main road from Eby's mill to Germany valley, crosses the summit of Santly.ridge; thence northwardly along the siunmit of Sandy ridge to the river Juniata, and thence up said river to the place of beginning, shall hereafter form a separate elettion district; that the cinalified voteriof said election district shall hereafter hold their general and township elections in the public school house in Mount Union, in said district. 25th district, composed of all that territory lying north eastward of a line beginning at the Juniata riverand run ning-thence in a.direct line along the centre of 4th Street lathe borough of Huntingdon, to the line of Oneida town ship, constituting the First Ward of said borough, at the -south east window of the Court House. 2tith district, composed of all that territory lying west of the First Ward and east of the centre of 7th street composing the second Ward at the Engine House in the borough aforesaid. 27th district, composed of all that territory lying north and west of the Second Ward and south of a hue begin ning at the Juniata river, and running thence eastward in a direct line along the centre of 11th street to the Hue of Oneida township constituting the Third Ward, and also those portions of Walker and Porter townships formerly attached to the east ward, at the othce of James Simpson, No. 831 Washington street, in said borough. 28th district, composed of all that territory north of the third ward of said borongli.constituting the Fourth Ward, at the public School House near Cherry Alley, in said borough. 29th district, composed of the borough of Petersburg and that part of West township, west and north of a line between lienderscn and West townships, at or near the Warm Springs, to the Franklin township line on the top of Tussey's mountain, so as to include in the now district the houses of David Waildsmith, Jacob Longenecker, Thos. Hamer, James Porter, and John Wall, at the school house in the borough of Petersburg. 30th district, composed of Juniata township at Hawn's school house, in said township. 4 00 1 00 1 00 list distria, composed of - Carbon township, recent"y erected out as part of the territory of Tod township to wit: commencing at a chestnut oak, on the summit of Terrace mountain, at the Hopewell township line opposite the dividing ridge, in the Little Valley ' • thence south fitly two degrees, oast three hundred and sixty perches to a stone heap on the Western Summit of Broad Top moun tain; thence north sixty seven degrees, east three hun dred and twelve perches, to a yellow pine • thence south fifty-two degrees, east seven hundred and seventy-two perches to a Chestnut Oak; thence south fourteen degrees, east three hundred and fifty one perches, to a Chestnut at the east end of H - nry S Green's land; thence south thirty one and a half degrees, east two hundred and ninety-four perches to s Chesty :t Oat - on the summit of a spur of Broad Tot on the sisters' side of John Terrel's farm : south, sixty-five degrees, east nine hundred and thirty four perches, to astene heap on the Clay township line, at the Public School House, in the village of Dudley. 32d district, composed of the borough of Coalmont, at 'be public school house in said borough. 33d district, composed of Lincoln township, beginning at a pine on the summit of Tussey mountain on the hue between Blair and Huntingdon counties, thence by the division line south, fifty-eight degrees east seven hund red and ninety-eight porches to a Clack oak in middle of township; thence forty-two and one half degrees east eight hundred and two perches to a pine on summit of Terrace ;.thence by line of Tod township to corner of Penn township; thence by the lines of the township of Penn to the summit of Tussey mountain ; thence along said summit with line of Blair county to place of begin ning at Coffee Bun School House. 34th aistr 4 ct, composed of the borough ofMapleton,at the public Nita,: house in said borough. 35th *is: C.. 4, composed of the borough of Mount Union, at the public school house in said borough. 36th district, composed of the borough of Broad Top City, at the' üblic school house in said borough 37th district, composed of the borough of Three Springs at the public school house in said borough. 38th district, composed of the borough of Shade Gap, at the public school house in said borough. 39th district, the borough of Orhisonia, at the pubiic school house. 40th district, composed of the borough of Marklesburg, at the main public school house in said borough. 41st district, composed of the borough of Saltillo, at the public school house In said borough. The 15th Section of,Art. 8, of the Constitution, provides: SscrioN 15. No person shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall hold or shall within two months have held au office, appointment or employment in or undet the government of the United States or of this State, or of any city, or county, or of any municipal board; commission or trust in any city, save only Justices of the peace, and alderman, notaries public and persons in military services of the State ; nor shltll any election officer be eligible to ary civil office to be filled at au election at which he shall serve, save only to such subordinate municipal or local officers, below the grade of city or county officers as shall be designated by general law. . . An act of Assembly entitled "an act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth," passed July 2, 1819, provides as follows, viz "That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet the res pective places appointed for holding the election in the district at which they respectively belong; before 7 o'clock in the morning of the let Tuesday of November, and each said inspector shall appoint one clerk, who shall be gnat iaed voter of such district 3 00 1 00 In case •hp person who shall have received the second highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend on the day of the election, then the person who shall have received the second highest number of votes for Judge at the next preceding election shall act as inspector in his place. And in case the person who shall have received the highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend, the person elected Judge shall appoint an inspector in his place, and in case the person elected Judge shall not attend, then the inspector who received the highest num ber of votes shall appoint a Judge in his place; and if any vacancy shall continue in the board for the space of one hour after the time fixed by law fur the opening of the election, the qualified voters of the township, ward or dis trict for which such officer shall have been elected, present at such election shall elect one, of their number to fill the vacancy. • It shall be the duty of the several assessors of each dis trict to attend at the place of holding every general, special or township election, during the whole time said election is kept open, for the purpose of givinginfortuation to the inspectors and judges, when called on, in relation to the right of any person assessed by them to vote at such election, or such other matters in relation to the assess ment of voters as the said inspectors or either of them shall-from time to time require. SPECIAL ATTENTION is hereby directed to the Bth Article of the New Constitution. SzorioN 1. Every male citizen twenty—one years of age, possessing the following imalifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections. First.-11e shall have been a citizen of the United States at leant one month. Seeond.-11e shall have resided in the State one year, (or if baring previously been a qualified elector or native born citizen of the State, he shall have removal from and returned, then six tri,niths,) immediately preceding the election. Third.—lle shall have resided iu the election district ~s. _ ....,_;, . 0.6 - - t2i, :r-7, q t- . :.. 11, . .. !.. t- ' '' t•,; ',:` '. . .s.. —r, , , ..1 7 . .. - ! ....,. ,:.= _ -.:. ! ..,. [GOD BANE TIID CAMMONWEALTII.] Election Proclamation where Le shall offer to vote at least two months immedi ately preceding the election. Fun rth.—lf twenty-two years ofage and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one mouth before the election. By Section 1 of act of 30th of Mardi, 1860, it la provided as follows That the qualified voters of the several counties of this Commonwealth, at all general, township, borough and special elections, are hereby hereafter authorized and re quired to vote, by tickets, printed or written, or partly printed or partly written, severally classified as follows : One ticket shall embrace the names of alt judges of courts voted for, and to be labeled outside "judiciary ;" one tick et shall embrace the names of all county officers voted for including office of Senator and members of Assembly, if voted Mr, and members of Congress, if voted for, and be labeled, "county," one ticket shall embrace the name of all township officers voted for, and be labeled,"township;" one ticket shall embrace the names of all borough officers voted for, and shall be labeled "borough;" and each class shall be deposited in separate ballot boxes. Srevms 13. For the purpose of voting no person shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his presence or lost it by reason of his absence, while em ployed in the service, either civil or military, of this State or of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or on the high seas, nor while a stu lent of any institution of learning, nor while kept in any poor house or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in public prison. SECTION 4. All elections by the citizens shall be by bal lot. Every ballot shall be numbered in the order in which it shall be received, and number recorded by the election officers on the list of voters, opposite the name of the elector who presents the ballot. Any elector may write his Rance upon his ticket or cause the same to be written *hereon and attested by a citizen of the district. The election officers shall be sworn or affirmed not to dis close how any elector shall have voted unless required to do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding. SECTION 6. Whenever any of the qualified electors of this Commonwealth shall be in actual military service, under a requisition from the President of the United States or by the authority of this CAmmouwealth, such electors may exercise the right of suffrage in all elections by citizens, under such regulations as are or shall be pre scribed by law, as fully as if they were present at their usual place of election, SECTION 7. All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall be unificrm throughout tee State but no elector shall be de ter visi of the privilege of voting by reason of his name not being registered. SECTION e. Any person who shall, while a candidate for office, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or willful violation of ally election law, shall be forever disqualified from hold ing ate office of trust or profit in this Commonwealth, and any person con-icted of willful violation of the election laws shall, in addition to any penalties provided by law, be deprived of the right of suffrage absolutely for a term of fear years. And also to the following Acts of Assembly now in force in this State, viz : SscllON S. At the opening of the polls at all elections it shall be the duty of the judges of election for their respective districts to designate one of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be to have in custody the registery of voters, and to make the entries therein required by law; and it shall be the duty of the other said inspectors to re ceive and number the ballots presented at said election. SECTION 9. All elections by the citizens shall be by bal lot ; every ballot voted shall be numbered in the order in which it shall be received, and the number recorded by the clerks on the list of voters opposite the name of the elector from whom received. And any voter voting two or more tickets, the several tickets so voted shall each be numbered with the number corresponding with the num ber to the name of the voter. Any elector may write hie name upon the ticket, or cause the same to be written thereon, anti attested by a citizen of the district. In ad dition to the oath now prescribed by law to be taken and subscribed by election officers, they shall severally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any elector shall have voted, unless required to do so as witnesses in ajm dicta] proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerics, and over seers of any election held under this act, shall, before en tering upon their duties, be duly sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other. The judge shalt be sworn by the minority inspector, if there shall be such minority inspec tor, and its ease there be DO minority inspector, then by a justice of the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, overseers, and clerks shall be sworn by the judge. Certificates of such swearing or af firming' shall be duly made ou,t and 84404 by:the officers so sworn. a n d attested by the officer who atilinngsferad the oath. It any judge or minority inspector refuses or fails to swear the officers of election in the manner required by this ;iet, or if any officer of election shall act without being first duly sworn, or if any officer of election shall sign the firm of oath without being duly sworn, or if any judge or minority inspector shall certify that any offteer was sworn Whelk he was not, it shall be deemed a Mb/de meaner, and upon conviction, the officer or officers so of fending shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed ono year, or both, in the dis cretion of the court. I also give official notice to the electors of finntingdon County, that by an act entitled "An Act further suppli menial to the act relative to the election of this Common wealth, approved Jan. 30, A. D. 1874. That it is provided in Section 10, that on theday of elec tion any person whose name is not on the said list, and claiming the right to vote at the said election, shall pro dueeat least oae qualified voter of the district as a Wit uses to the residence of the claimant in the district in which lie claims to be a voter,for a period ofat least two months next preceding said election, which witness shall be sworn or affired and subscribe a written or partly writ ten an.) partly printed affidavit to the facts stated by him, which affidavits Atilt define clearly Where the residence is, of the person so ciaireiug to be a voter ; end the person so claiming the right to vote shall also take atql seleicrihe a written or partly written and partly printed affidavit, .stain, to the best of his knowledge and belief, where and when lie was born; that he has been a eitisen of the Uni ted States for one month, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; that.he has resided in the Commonwealth one year., of formerly a qualified elector or a native born citizen thereof, and has removed therefrom and returned ; that he has resided thereat six months next preceeding said election ; that lie has resided in the district In which he claims to be a voter for the period of at leant two months immediately preceeding said election; that be has not moved into the district fur the purpose of voting therein ; that he has if 22 years of age and upwards, paid a State or County tax within two yeare, which was assessed at least two menthe and paid at least pap mouth, before said election ; and if a natnialieed eitieee shall also state when, where amid by,w hat court he was naturalized, and shall also preduce ids certificate of naturalization for ex amination ; that said affidavit shall also state when and where the tax claimed to be paid by the affiant was as sessed, and when, where and to whom paid ; and the tax receipt therefor shall be produced for examination, un less the atliant shall elate in his affidavit tlta►tit bus been lost or destroyed, or that he never received any : but if the person so claiming the right to vote shall take and sulerribe au affidavit, that he is a native-born citizen of the United States, (or if horn elsewhere shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shall produce evideuoe that be has boot naturalized, or that he is entitled to citizenship by reason of his father's naturalization;) and shall further true in his Affidavit that he is, at the time of making the affidavit, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years ; that lie has been a citizen of the United Statesone mouth, and has resided in the state one year, or, if a na tive-born citizen of the State and removed therefrom and returned, that he has resided therein six months next preceding said election, and in the election district hums mediately two months preceding such election, he shall be entitled to vote, although he shall not have paid taxes ! the said affidavits of all persons making such claims, and the affidavit of the witnesses to their residence shall be preserved by the election board, and at the close of the election they shall be enclosed with the list of voters, tally list and other papers required by law to Le filed by the Return Judges with the Prothonotary and shall remain on file within the Prothonotary's office, subject to exami nation, as other election papers are ; if the election officers shall find that the applicant possesses all the legal qualifications of a voter he shall be permitted to vote, and his name shall be added to the list of taxables by the election officers, the word "tax" being added where the clainiant claims to vote on tax, and the word "age" where he claims to vote on age; the same words being added by the clerk in each case respectfully onthe lists of persons voting at such election. A 1.., that in Section 11th of said Act, it is provided that it shall be lawful for any qualified citizen of the district, notwithstanding the name of the proposed voter is con tained on the list of the resident taxables, to challenge the vote of such person ; whereupon the same proof of the right of suffrage as is now required by law shall be pub licly made and acted on by the election board, and the vote admitted or rejected, according to the evidence; ev ery person claimiug to be a naturalized citizen shall be required to produce his naturalization certificate at the election before voting, except where he has been for five years, consecutively, a voter in the district in which he offers his vote ; and on the vote of such person being re ceived, it shall be the duty of the election officers to write or stamp on such certfficate the Word "voted," with the day, mouth and year ' • and if any electioe officer:Or officers shall receive a second vote on the same day, by virtue of the same certificate, excepting where sous are entited to vote by virtue of the naturalization of their fathers, they and the person who shall offer such second vote, upon so offending shall be guilty of high misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, be fired or imprisoned, or bolt, at the discretion of the Court; but the tine shall not ex ceed live hundred dollars in each case, nor the • impron* meat more titan one year ; the like punishment shall be inflicted on conviction on the officers of election. who shall neglect or refuse to make, or cause to be made, the endorsement required as aforesaid on said naturalization certificate. Also that in Section 12 of said Act, it is provided that if any election officer shall refuse or neglect to require such proof of the right of suffrage as is prescribed by this law or the laws to which this is a supplement, from any person offering to vote whose name is net on the list of assessed voters, or whose right to vote is challenged by any qual ified voter present, and shall admit such person to vote without requiring such proof, every person so offending shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced for every such offense, to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to undergo an naprisonment not more than one year, or either or both, at the discretion of the Court. SECTION 13. As soon as the polls shall close, the officers of election shall proceed to count all the votes cast for each candidate voted for, and make a full return of the Kline in triplicate, with a return sheet in addition, in all of which the votes received by each candidate shall be given alter his or her name, first in words and again in lig - iares, and shall be signed by all of said officers and cer tified by overseers, if any, or an at so certified, theover seers and any officer refusing to sign or certify, or either of them, shall write upon each of the returns his or their reasons for not signing or certifying them. The vote, as soup as counted, shall also be publicly and fully declared from the N( 111110 W to the citizens present, and slider state ment showing tie votes received by each candidate shall be made and signed by the election officers as soon as the vote is counted, and the same shall he immediately posted upon the doer of the election house for information of the public. The triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envel opes and he sealed in presence of the officers, and one en vel with the unsealed return sheet, given to the judge, which shall contain one list of voters, tally-paper, and oaths of o ffi cers, and another of said envelopes shall be given to the minority iaspi-cter. All judges living within twelve miles of the prothonotary'e office, or within twenty-four miles, if their residence be in a town, village or city upon the line of railroad leadinz to the county seat, shall, be. fore two o'clock post meridan of the day after the election, and all other judges shall, before twelve o'clockmeildan of the second day after the election, deliver said return, together with return sheet, to the prothonotary of the court of eoinnion pleas of the county, which said return sheet shall be filed, and the day and hour of tiling mark ed thereon, and shall be preserved fly the prothonotary for public itispection. At twelve o'clock on the said second they following any election, the prothonotary of the court of common pleas shall present the said returns to the said court. ln counties where there is no resident president President judge, the associate judges shall perform the duties imposed upon the court of common pleas, which shall convene for said purpose; the returns presented by the prothonotary shall be opened by said court and com puted by such of its officers and such sworn assistants as the court shall appoint, in the presence of the judge or judges of said court, and the returns certified and certifi cates of election issued under the seal of the court as is DOW required to he done by return judges ; and the vote as :4,, computed and certified, shall bemade a matter of record in said court. The sessions of the said court shall be open to the public. And in case the return of any election die- Inlet shall be missing when the returns are presented, or HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1877. Election Proclamation. in case of complaint of a qualified elector under oath, charging palpable fraud or mistake, and particularly spec ifying the alleged fraud or mistake, of where fraud or mistake is apparent on the return, the court shall examine the return, and if in the judgment of the court it shall be necessary to ajust return, said court shall issue sum mary process against the election officers and overseers, if any, of the election district complained of, to bring them forthwith into court, with all election papers in their possession ; and if palpable mistake or fraud shall be dis covered, it shall, upon such hearing as may be deemed ne cessary to enlighten the court, be corrected by the court and so certified; but all allegations of palpable fraud or mistake shall be decided by the said court within three days after the day the returns are brought into court fur computation ; and the said inquiry shall be directed only to palpable fraud or mistake, and shall not be deemed a judicial adjudication to conclude any contest now or here after to be provided by law; and the other of the of said triplicate returns shall be placed in the box and sealed up with the ballots. Also in Section 17 of said Act, it is provided that the re spective assessors, inspectors and judges of the election shall each have the power to administer oaths to any person claiming the right to be assessed or the right of suffrage, or in regard to any other matter or thing requi red to be done or inquired into by any one of said officers under this act ; and any wilful false swearing by any per son in relation to any matter and thing concerning which they shall be lawfully interrogated by any of said officers or overseers shall be punished as perjury. Secitott 5. electors shall in all cases except treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privilleged from arrest during their attendance on elections and in going to and returning therefrom. SECTION 8. Any person who shall give, or promise or offer to give, to an elector, any . money, reward, or other valuable consideration for his vote at an election, or for withholding the same, or who shall give or promise to give such consideration to any other person or party for such elector's vote or for the withholding thereof, and any elector who shall receive or agree to receive, for himself or for another, any money, reward or other valuable con sideration fur his vote at an election, or for withholding the same shall thereby forfeit the right to vote at such election, and any elector whose right to vote shall be chal lenged for such cause before the election officers, shall be required to swear or affirm that the matter of the dial lenge is untrue before his vote shall be received. SECTION 19. Any assessor, election officer or person ap pointed as an overseer, who shall neglect or refuse to per form any duty enjoined by this act, without reasonable or legal cause, shall be subject to a penaltyof one hundred dollars; and if any assessor shall knowingly assess any person as a veter who is not qualified, or shall wilfully refuse to assess any one who is qualified, he shall be guil ty of a misdemeanor in office and on conviction be punish ed by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or im prisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the dis cretion of the court, and also be subject to an action for damages by the party aggrieved ; and if any person shall fraudulently alter, add to, deface or destroy any list of voters made out as directed by this act, or tear down or remove the same from the place where it has been fixed, with fraudulent or mischievous intent, or for any improp er purpose, the person so offending shall be guilty of a ' misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment net exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court; and if any person shall, by violence and intimida tion, drive, or attempt to drive from the polls, any person or persons appointed by the court to act as overseers of an election, in any way wilfully prevent said overseers from performing the duties enjoined upon them by this act, such persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pnnished by a tine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by iniprisoureent not exceeding two years, or both at the discretion of the court. Any person who shall ou the day of any election, visit a polling place in any election district at which he is not entitled to vote, and shall use intimidation or violence for the purpose of preventing any officer of election from performing the duties required of him by law, or for the purpose of preventing any qualifled'voter of the dis trict exercising his right to vote, or from exercising his right to challenge any tsetse,' offering to vete, such per son shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a line not ex ceeding one tbonsand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, Who discretion of the court. Any clerk, overseer or election officer, wbo shall disclose how any elector shall have voted, unless required to dose in a judicial proceeding, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ono thousand dollars, or by im prisonment not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 4. On the petition of fiveor more citizens of any election district, setting forth that the appointment of overseers is a reasonable precaution to secure the purity and fairness of the election in said district ; it shall be the duty of the court of common pleas of the proper county, all the law judges of the said court able to act at the time concurring, to appoint two judicious,soberand intelligent citizens of the said district belonging to different political parties, overseers of election to supervise the proceedings of the election officers thereof, and to malce report of the same as they may be required by such court. Said otter, seers shall be persons qualified to serve upon election boards and shall have the right to be present with the of ficers of such election during the whole time the same is held, the vows counted, and the returns Made out and signed by the election officers; to keeps list of the voters, if they see proper; to challenge any person offering to vote, and interrogate him and his witnesses under oath, in regard to his right of suffrage at said election, and to examine hie papers produced; and the officers of said election are required to alfurd to snit! ov e rseers, so selected and appointed every convenience and facility for the dis charge of their duties; and if said election officers shall refuse to permit said overseers to be present, and perform their duties as aforesaid, such officer or officers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not exeeeeing one thousand dollars, or imprison ment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court: or if the oseFscars shall be Oven away from the pale by violence or intimidation, all ttjo votes polled in such elegtion district may be rejected by tht proper tribunal trying a contest under said election, or a part or portion of audit Vat,: UfOr , 'St!iil may be counted, as such tribunal may deem necessary so a just awl propzr 4ispo, sition of the case. If any person shall prevent or attempt to prevent any officer of an election under this act from holding such election, or use or threaten any violence to any such offi cer, MA 4ligi interrupt or improperly interfere with him in the execution of Ida duty, shall block up or attempt to block up the window or avenue to any window where the same may be holden, or shall riotously disturb the peace of such election, or shall use or practice intimidation, threats, force or violence, with the design to influence un duly or overawe any elector, or prevent him from voting, or to restrain the freedom of choice, such persons on con viction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hun dred dollars, to be imprisoned for any time not less than one nor more than twelve months, and if it shall be shown to the court where the trial of such offense shall be had, that the person so offinding was not a resident of the city, ward or district where the said offense was committed , and not entitled to vote therein, on conviction, he shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less than one hundred net more then one thowsand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than two years. any person or persons shall make any bet or wager upon the result of au election within the Commonwealth, or shall offer to melte any such bet or wager, either by verbal proclamation thereof or by any written or printed advertisement, or invite any person or persons to wake such bet or wager, upon conviction thereof heor they shall forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or offered to be bet. Election officers will take notice that the act entitled t•A Further Supplement to the Election Laws of this Com monwealth," disqualifying deserters front the army of the United States from voting, has recently been declared un constitutional by the Suprexue Court of Pennsylvania, is now null and void, and that all perilous formerly disqualified thereunder are now lawful voters, if otherwise qualified. Sec, 111. It shall be the duty of every mayor, sheriff, deputy sheriff, alderman, justice of the peace, and constable or deputy constable of every city, county and township or district within this Commonwealth, whenever called upon by any officer of an election, or by any three qualified electors thereof, to clear any window, or avenue to any window, at the place of the general election, which shall be obstructed in such a way as to prevent voters from approaching the same, and en neglect or refusal to do on such requisition, said officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and on conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars; and it shall be the duty of the respect ive constables of each ward, district or township within this Commonwealth, tote present in person or by deputy, at the place of holding such elections in said ward, district or township, for the purpose of preserving the peace, as aforesaid. SEC. 112. It shall be the duty of every peace officer, as aforesaid, who shall be present at any such disturbance at an election as is described In this act, to report the same to the next court of quarter sessions, and also the names of the witnesses w ho can prove the same; and it shall be the duty of said court to cause indictments to be preferred before the gran i jury against the persons so ofuudiag. SEC. 113. If it shall be made to appear to any court of quarter sessions of this Commonwealth that any riot or dis turbance occurred at the time and place of holding any elec tion under this act, and the constables who are enjoined by law to attend at such elections have not given information thereof; according to the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of said court to cause tile officer or officers, so ne glecting the duty aforesaid, to be proceeded against by in dictment for a misdemeanor in office, and on conviction thereof, the said officer shall be tined in any sum not ex ceeding one hundred dollars. Ssc. 114. 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Nature, prodigal of treasure, O'er the vantage ground of pleasure, Pours her harvest without measure, In golden light. The fulfillment, 0 how grand ! But, as falls into the hand Luscious fruit with autumn brand, Burning bright. Memories of the days gone by Will awake a bitter sigh, And we turn a tearful eye At that call. In our hearts sad retrogression Bursts upon us the confession: Pursuit is sweeter than possession After all. Inter-Ocean. torg-CrAller. £2,000 REWARD. Hiram Boudonot, the little detective, was of French extraction. lie was wont to listen to a narrative of crime, nod his bead at the close, and proceed to put himself upon the trail of the criminal. He rarely failed to bring down the man. Once he followed a murderer to Naples, thence to Berlin where he found him cold and dead in the morgue.— Bat death could not cheat the little French man out of his game ; he arrested the corpse, reading his warrant to it by the sickly lights of the dead house lamps, and brought his prise back to America. Upon another occa siou—but why particularize when his thrill ing adventures are legion? If his memoirs are ever published, the general world will know where to assign him among the indomit able men of the present century. It is our present purpose to tell the story of one of the episodes of his eventful 4.1 n the month of March, 180—, news of the assassination of Sir gdward Dykes, the great English horse breeder, reached New York.— It had been cabled from London. If the an no:moment had been accompanied by the in telligence of the assassin's arrest, it would have created no excitement in detective cir cles; but on the contrary it said that the mur derer was still at large, and that two thousand pounds bad been offered for his apprehension. The British authorities, moreover, feared that he Tonld espape to the United States. "This fear ekpressed in the cablegram, was, with the liberal reward, enough to put the de tective bureau qui dive. A. second dispatch not only confirmed the report, but said that the assassin, John Anderson by name, had sailed on the Liberia bound for New York. The Paglieb t 4 ete9tlyas were so confident of this that they were able tcp telegraph a thor ough description of the man as well as to make known the name under which he was sailing to our shores. The British consul at New York at once prepared to secure the , accused upon the arrival of the Liberia in quarantine, and the proper papers were made out. "The vessel's arrival was eagerly looked for, and at last the officers of the law boarded her in quarantine. "Gentlemen, I anticipate your demands," said the captain, a short, bald-headed sea dog, whose urbanity was ludicrous In the extreme. "Yon seek a man whose body, I regret to say, became food for the fishes several days ago." The authorities exchanged looks of discom fiture. "Dead!" exclaimed one. "Why, sir, that man was John Anderson, the murderer of Sir iidward Dykes." "I couldn't have helped it if he had killed Abel," Captain Fletcher replied. "Night be fore last we were rolling in a gale that blew good-sized guns until twelve o'clock. Now, sirs, I got a certain idea into my head when that man entered passage at Liverpool. You see I had heard of the murder of the horse breeder, an 4 as it was hinted that the rascal would try to leave the kingdom, I was on the lookout. But; sirs, I did not dare to inform on this passenger, for I feared that I might be mistaken, and thus get into serious trouble. Time proved that my conviction was well grounded, George March—that is the name on the ship's registry—grew moody and fear ful. He avoided me—avoided everybody— until I was not the only suspicious man on shipboard. "Night before last as I was saying," con tinued the tedious salt, getting back to the gist of the subject, "we were in a gale, Barn acle was at the wheel, and he is a man whose veracity cannot be doubted. I had just been consulting him—it was about eleven o'clock —and was going aft, when I spied a figure leaning over the taffrail. "That man," said Ito Barnacle, "is March." 'The helmsman nodded and said, "watch him,' the which, gentlemen, I resolved to do. "Straight to his side I walked, and tapped him on the shoulder. We had not been mis taken ; the man was the suspected passenger. I could barely see his face, but it was pale, and he started when he saw that I was the captain of the Liberia. Then he stepped back and put out his hand as if to keep me off. "Captain," he said, "where you ever haunt ed ? My life has been a bell ever since I com mitted that deed for which the officers of the law are hunting me. They will catch me in the quarantine—if I get there. But there is a way to elude the dogs of the law—the sea can wrench me from their grip. Better the waves than the gallows. "He did not say another word, but before I could detain him leaped over the vessel's side into the sea. I gave the alarm, and, despite the storm, sent a boat out to hunt for him, but in vain. We lay by till dawn, hoping to find him aboard one of the coops or boxes which we had thrown over for his rescue; but when the day broke not a living thing greeted us, and the waves had torn our boxes into slivers. Thus I parted with the man for whom you are looking, gentlemen. But the secret parts of the Liberia are.open for inspec tiod, You are welcome to his valise and con tents. I shall be glad when the last vestige of the rascal is removed from my vessel." Captain Fletcher's story, told with the bluntness for which he was noted, impressed the authorities, and they left the vessel much chagrined. They carried with them the small amount of baggage left by the suicidal pas senger, and the cable sent the unfortunate re sult to London. But the matter was not per mitted to rest here. Several American de tectives stirred by the handsome reward, boarded the Liberia and searched her thor oughly, but without throwing any additional light upon Anderson's disappearance. The man called Barnacle, who was at the wheel on the eventful night, corroborated the captain's story, and the two continents settled down to the belief that the sea had cheated the gallows. But there was one man in New York who was incredulous. His name was Hiram Bou donot. lie refused to express an opinion on the "Dykes•Anderson affair," but listened to those of the frequenters of his bachelor retreat, f. ho as they discussed his cigars, mourned the loss of the chance for making £2,000. "Well, Boudonot, what do you think about it? Here three days have passed away since we searched the Liberia, and you have listened dumb as the Sphinx to our opinions. Come, give us yours." The little Frenchman permitted a merry twinkle to brighten his eye as he replied : _ _ "It is the universal belief that the man is in the sea. Wouldn't I be foolish to stand out against it? But," he added, with a smile, "sometimes the gallows draws its victims from the waves." Boudonot's companions exchanged signifi cant glances. They seemed to read hope in the detective's cunning smiles and words. "Hiram is always most sanguine when be talks and smiles in that manner," said one, and so the subject dropped. The little Frenchman did not believe that the waves had swallowed up the assassin of Sir Edward Dykes. He heard from the lips of Captain Fletcher and Barnacle the story which we have already stated, and his menoranda filled several pages. A fortnight after the unsuccessful search, a man—who answered the description of John Anderson—entered a sailor's groggery in Cherry street. He appeared to be under the influence of liquor, but did not stagger or quarrel with the tenants of the place, who, glancing at him a moment, turned to their carousal again. It m ight have been eleven o'clock at night when the man entered the place, for the revel was at its height. Be leaned against the wall and surveyed the crowd as if he sought a par ticular individual. Ali at once he heard an exclamation at his side, and be turned his head as a great sea browned hand dropped upon his arm. "Great God what are you doing here ? Don't you know—" The speaker hesitated. "Yes, I know," interrupted the newcomer. "You are Barnacle. I did not expect. to find you here. Come over into the corner. I war.: a few words with you." _ The twain withdrew to one corner of the room, and the man who looked like the mur derer of Sir Edward Dykes continued ; "I am going to leave the city," be said ; going away to-night. What do they think of me. Barnacle ?" "Why, that you're in the sea, of course," the sailor answered, with a grin. "When the paddy fell into the water, I laughed in my sleeve, and said that the hen-coops wouldn't save him, for didn't I tell the Captain that a little lead would send it to the bottom!" "It did." "Certainly. Are they after you?" "No. They don't hunt dead men in Ameri ca. But I want to get out of this city, anyhow. Where is the captain now ?" 4At the theatre, probably. 'Merchant of Venice,' his favorite, yon know. But look here, we had better not talk too long here. Some of the boys are not very drunk, and they might recognize you. Lucky that I 'am the only tar of the Liberia here. Ara% you a lee tle bold coming here like your old self?" "Perhaps. But, Barnacle, I shall leave some thing for you. Go to my boarding house to morrow afternoon, and ask for the package which I have left there. Do you know the place ?" "Yes," io a low tone, "lJe certain of it." "I am certain ; it is-Bleeker street." "That is right. Don't forget tomorrow af ternoon; a red handkerchief is wrapped around the package. "Good-by, Flarnaole, know that the ot)crot ago tq your .keep ing.ii "f wool(' die before it shonld•fall from coy lips." "Good Suppose I treat the boys "No treat, for Heaven's sake exclaimed the helmsman. "Don't get into the bright light. It is hardly dark enough here. Give me the money; I'll set 'em up. Good-by." A greenback dropped into the sailor's hand, and the man who looked like the Enlislituan's assassin went out. We'll see about this," he said,*as he hailed an empty hack. "Can't take you, sir," the driver said, as he drew rein a moment in the thoroughfare. "I am on business now." "But empty 1".. "Can't help it s " " 4 00 , 0" 4nd the speaker, standing on the hqb of the foremost wheel, was looking straight into the hackman's eyes. "Drive me to--.• Bleeker street, and keep your mouth shut. Boudonot l" The mention of that name was enough. "Get in, sir," said the Jehu, and a moment later the hack was moving again. When it stopped before what appeared to be a well to-do boarding Wise, the man who alighted did not resemble the person who had confronted Barnacle in the grogery. startling metamorphosis had taken place in the vehicle. The person who left it wore a flowing bead, and bore a slight resemblance to Captain Fletcher, though he was a little taller than the redoubtable tar. The hack left him on the pavement before the house, the door of which was opened by it rather haa4scirae young girl in response to his kaoek: 4 'ls the last boarder in—l mean the one who has not been here long," said Boudonot. The portress looked puzzled. "I am his friend. Tell him that Fletcher is here. Important business." "Oh—yes. He is in." "That's a good girl," smiled the detective. "Tell him that j am here." A moment later the girl disappeared up a flight of steps, leaving our hero in the dimly lighted-hall. Presently she stood before him amazed. "He's up there. I know yon now ; you have been here before and know his room. First door to the , right." With a triumphant look in his eye the so i disant Fletcher went up the steps at the top of which he came to a sudden bait. Some one had knocked again and the little portress had answered the knock, But be heard time than this. A wild shriek bad pealed from the girl's throat, and the sound of a body falling to the floor succeeded the startling cry of , da ghost !" "Ghost be hanged l" answered a voice which the detective instantly recognized. "Well I swear if the thing hasn't fainted. What is the matter ?" Matters were getting serious. The true Cap tain Fletcher was below I Boudonot bad not it nionlent to lose. Ile started forward again and flung wide the "first door to the right." A man stood in the middle of the room in an attitude of de fense, for the voice below, loud and harsh as it was, had evidently reached his ears. "Captain he cried, starting toward the little Frenchman but a revolver thrust into his face, broke his sentence. "Stand ! throw your weapon on the bed 1" said Boudonot. "I want you,Jolin Anderson. I am Boudonot." The man whom he addressee. dropped his pistol and gasped "And Boudonot must be the devil! Sir, you are the only man whom I have feared." "Good I stand where you are. I am going to talk to the fellow coming up the steps. I don't want him now." Then without moving he threw his voice over his right shoulder. "Captain Fletcher, if you come up here I'll drop you dead down the steps. I have caught my man. Leave this house instantly for lan coming down stairs." There was no reply to the detective's words, but there were sounds of a hasty retreat, and the shutting of the door told thAt the captain had left the house, It was with a merry twinkle in his dark eye that the Frenchman greeted the several broth er detectives who had taken possession of his room, anticipating his arrival. "Look at Boudonot ?" exclaimed one.— "What has happened ? One would suppose that lie had solved the mystery of the iron mask," "Not quite so lucky ; but meeker street, and not the sea, has given up John Anderson. Have cigars, gentlemen ?" The guests were astonished ; but Boudonot quietly assured them that the Englishman's murderer had actually been caged. He told them how he had traced the cap tain of the Liberia into the vicinity of the boarding house but to lose him ; how he had palmed himself off to Barnacle as the murderer; bow lie learned Anderson's whereabouts from the helmsman ; and bow he had secured the prey. Captain Fletcher told bow he and Barnacle bad thrown and effigy overboard, and after ward effectually concealed the assassin in the bold until the Liberia had been searched, when they assisted in his escape to and con cealment in the city. 44 Ab, you suspected then ?" one of the list eners said to Boudonot. "From the first. When I heard Fletcher's story I laughed to myself. I knew him in Lyons, and he knew me. Here is my estimate of him." Boadonot passed his memoraedum around. On one leaf was written these words : "Fletcher is a liar." Anderson was hung, and Boudonot got the two thousand pounds. cstiert isallanß. A Fearful Risk for Girls. The pastor of a church in one of our large cities said to me, not long ago : "I have officiated at forty weddings since I came here, and in every case, save one, I felt that the bride was running an awful risk. Young men of bad habits and fast tendencies never marry girls of their own sort, but demand a wife above suspicion. So, pure, sweet women, kept from the touch of evil through the years f their girlhood, give themselves, with all their costly dower of womanhood, into the keeping of men who, in base associations, have learned to under-vain, all that belongs to them, and then find repentance in the sad after years. There is but one way out of this that I can see, and that is for you—the young women of the country—to re quire in associations and mtrriage, purity for pur ity, sobriety fur sobriety, and honor for honor. There is no reason why the. young men of this Christian land should not be just as virtuous as its women, and if the loss of society and love be the price t hey are forced to pay for vice, they will not pay it. I admit with sadness, that not all our young women are capable of this high standard for themselves or others, but I believe there are enough earnest, thoughtful girls in the society of our country to work wonders if faithfully aroused. Dear girls will you help us, in the name of Christ? Will you, first of all, be true to yourselves and God; so pure in your inner and outer life that you shall have a right to ask that the young man with whom you marry shall be the same ? The awful gulf of dishonor is close beside your feet, and in it, fathers, brothers, lovers, and sons are going down. Will you help us in our great work ? ' Waiting for the Golden Robes. One night when the earth was so silent that the footfalls of the guardian angels who passed to and fro could almost be heard, and when the grand canopy of Heaven blazed with bright stars, au old man, who had made his bed on the grass under a Iota) tree on the commons, awoke with a shiver. The chill night air had crept through his faded and worn garments and pinched his flesh. lie sat up and looked about him with that longing ex. pres.,ion in his eyes which comes only when men feel that the earth is fast passing away from them forever. He had no friends. Even the wander ing dog which passed near him growled angrily as it caught the flutter of the old man's rags in the gentle breeze. When a tree becomes oft ar.•l withered, and ready to die, men despise it. They forget the beauty it held for years, and they give it no praise for the grateful shade it offered to thousands.— They would have its shade and strength and beauty endure forever, forgettin. , that everything must grow older day by day an at lasi die. Men had forgotten all the good words ever spo ken by this old man. If he bad stuoothed the rough paths of the poor—.if he had turned the wicsed into better paths—if his kind words had filled despairing hearts with new hopes he had no credit for it—in the hearts of men. They had sneered and scoffed at his slow step and many tatters, and they bad laughed in derision as he fell upon the hard earth. 100 sailor east upon a lone isle in the groat ocean, seeing ships sailing to and fro, but none ever turning toward him, could have felt such isolation as this old man fe:t. With his long, gray locks—with his rags and tatters—with his wounded and aching heart—with his knowledge that his hours were numbered, he turned hispale face to the bright stars and mused : "When the leaves clutter down I shall the, and like them I shall be forgotten by all wen. They will bury me, bat they will not mark my grave. They may write my name down in a book, but no one will ever turn to it. Let me die to-night—let me be no more when the golden loaves flutter down to the chilly earth t" Shiveripi ip the keen air of midnight, he held his face in his hands and pondered, and prayed. Few hearts had sinned less, even when smarting under the sense of the world's ridicule and neglect —few hearts had deeper longing fur the blessed 7est of Heaven. By and by the air no longer chilled him. lie grew warmer, and his old heart grew larger, and as sleep came back to his eye lids he whispered : "If I ever wronged one human being in God's great world may the angels forgive me?" . . The frost was creeping onwards from the North —creeping over bill top and orchard and meadow so softly that the blades of grass hardly quivered. It crept to the tree and lingered for a moment in its branches. The green leaves shivered, then the green faded away, little by little, and lo! each leaf was robed in gold ! They quivered in their joy and gladness as the breeze whispered : "The old man below you is dead ! Ile was waiting for these golden robes to come to you. I will waft you down, and you shall cover his gray head with such a crown as no king e‘er wore." And while the leaves were floating down to glorify what men had despised,an angel in Heaven turned the golden pages of a book and wrote:— "Earth has sent another soul to dwell with and find eternal joy and peace !"—Detroit Free Press. Mysteries of of a Lump of COOL For years no one supposed that a piece of soft coal, dug from its mine or bed in the earth, pos sessed any other quality than being combustible, or was valuable Tor any other purpose than as fuel. It was next found that it woulu afford a gas which is also combustible. Chemical analysis proved it to be made of hydrogen. In process of time me chanical and chemical ingenuity devised a mode of manufacturing this gas and applying it to the lighting of buildings and cities on a large scale. In doing this, other products of distillation were developed, until, step by step, the following ingre dients or materials are extracted from it:-1. An excellent oil to supply light-houses, equal to the best sperm oil, at lower cost. 2. 13,m2zulc—a light sort of ethereal fluid, which evapora.tes easily, and combined with vapor or moist air, is used for the purpose of portalije gas lamps, so called. 3. Nap tha—a heavy fluid, useful to dissol.*e gutta, per cha, India rubber, etc. 4. An oil excellent for lubricating purposes. 5. Asphaltum, which is a black, solid substance, used in inakii.g Tarnishes, covering roofs and covering over vaults. ti. Par rafine—a white, crystalline substance, rusembling white wax, which can he made into beautiful wax candles; it melts at a temperature of 110 degrees, and affords an excellent light. Ali these substau ces are now made from soft coal. Adventures of a Bogus Count, Many will remember the then notorious case, several years ago, of PaulSchoeppe, who was tried in Pennsylvania for poisoning a Miss lleinecke, who was very wealthy. He was twice found guil ty of murder in the first degree, and on the third trial was convicted in the third degree. Through the influence of friends he was soon pardoned out of prison. Subsequesily he came to Cincinnati, and under the name and title of Count Schulen burg, figured in an engagement of marriage with a well-known German actress. On the day the marriage was set for, he encountered a former Eastern acquaintance, who recognised him, where upon he immediately lied. Under the same n-sme he was convicted of forgery in Chicago and served two years in the Juliet Penitentiary. Afterwards he obtained a position as a German writer on the Courier newspaper in St. Louis, but was soon iden tified and dismissed. Thence he went to New York city, where he was known as Count Schmet tow. As Count Sehruettow he reo ntly applied for by letter and obtained a position on the editorial staff of one of the Cincinnati morning dailies. Yesterday ho arrived here, lie was not long in the city before he met an old St. Louis acquaint ance, who threatened to expose him. The last known of the Count was his taking an afternoon train for the West—Cincitinati Commercial. Facts About Man. If a well-made man be extended on the ground, his arms at right angles with the body, a circle, making the navel its centre, will just take iu the head, the finger ends and feet. The distance from toe to toe is precisely the same as that between the•tips of the fingers when the arms are extended. The length of the body is just six times that of the foot ; while the distance from the edge of the hair un the forehead to the end of the chin is just one tenth the length of the whole stature. Of the sixty-two primary elements known in nature, only eighteen are found in tho human body, and of these, seven are metallic. Iron is found in the blood, phosphorous in the brain, limestone in the bile, lime in the bone, dust and ashes in all. Not only these eighteen human ele ments, but the whole sixty-two, which the uni verse ie made, have their esset...ial basis in the four substances, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon, representing the more familiar names of fire, water, saltpetre and charcoal; and such is man, the lord of earth ! a spark of fire, a drop of water, a grain of gunpowder, an atom of (than coal ! WHOEVER is afraid of submitting any question, whether civil or religious to the test of free discus sion, is more in love with his own opinion than he is with truth. A Strange Baker. How a Riek Maseaanseteir Man Spends Ilu 3funey —Hie Wonderful Estate—Pigs and Horses in Palaces—An Animal Graveyard—Electric Door knob* and Magic Benekee—A Cow tiring Mi/k Punek—Demons in Caves, &c.—Practical ,Thker on Vieitorz. '1 Condensed fro= the New York Sim.] Mr. Emerson Baker of Boston, made a fortune with the Grover eh Baker sewing machines, and is now living at Wellesley, Massachusetts, ten or twelve miles from Boston, spending his money after his own peculiar fashion. He has an estate enclosed, 820 acres. In business he is smart and shrewd; socially, he only cares to please. Ile is a pattern father and husband. A scenic artist has decorated the outside and inside of his im mense stable with huge and extraordinary pictures. He has a tall tower, whose successive floors con stitute a sort of combined music, geological cabi net, and kindergarten, containing a queerly jumbled collection of chromos, curiosities, surgical instruments, doll babies, mediaeval armor and stuffed ducks. Scattered all through his grounds are grotesque edifices all gaudily painted. He has there some of the pavilions from the Cententi it Grounds. He has a chapel. The interior is de orated with mottoes of an instructive and moral character. The presiding diety is a big bronco Buddha, cross-legged and ugly. At one corner of the edifice is a hail buried piece of ordinance, with a tin sign bearing one of Mr. Baker's most no, et and striking puns, "One of the canons of the Church?" And he is much giver: to puns. There is the Union Monument, not yet completed, de signed to symbolise reconciliation. The roof will bristle with 1,000 bayonets, used by Federals and Confederates, and over the bayonets will be perched a stuffed white dove, holding an olive branch The interior is adorned with an allegorical paint ing of grand size. It represents the nuptial cere mony betwoen a uniformed boy in blue and the daughter of a Confederate officer, the "best mail" being a soldier in gray and the leading brides maid the daughter of a Massachusetts General.— Suspended in shadowy form are the ghosts of Robert E. Lee and of Ulysses S. Grant, their faces smiling approval and blessings. Over again t this painting is to hang another representing a black sow standing on the steps of the state House and surrounded by the Governors of Maseacilu• setts, from 1610 to the beginning of the present century. Ile delights in pigs, and has any num ber of them living in luxury. When they die they are buried with pump and ceremeny. The civet piggery is a palatial affair. It was dedieated two years ago, in the presence of 3,000 guests, at ari expense of many thousand dollars Its exterior walls are covered with large oil paintings, illus trating various phases of porcine life. Vie in terior is fitted up elaborately, the peas being iq . polished hard wood handsomely carved, and ear it for by numerous attendants. Here and there iii: the grounds may be seen the mausoleums of do• parted hogs of extraordinary size or merit, the, stuffed skins erected on costly pedestals, and t hi, • forming their own monuments. Mr. (latter has excavated an artificial lake, and placed upon it a queer steamboat, which travels with equal facility upon water or land. He has tunnelled the ledges for fully A quarter of a utile, forming a euhterra nettle labyrinth that ends in a bear pit. Thu en trance of the grotto is a freestone arch that once formed the portal of a Presbyterian church par tially destroyed in the second great Boston fire of 1873. The sacred stones are guarded by two wooden figures, formerly in the employ of some tobacconist. Wandering along the shores of the lake, the visitor eneounters stuffed mules set up 1 among the shrubbery; a monument 30 feet high, made entirely of empty champagne bottles, and itself constituting a gigantic bottle; grotesque wooden effigies of men and animals; stuffed alli gators as it' crawling up from the water; a cottage. shingled with old spades and shovels; a cemetery, containing all that was mortal of deceased pets, j hears, swans, monkeys, dogs, ducks, fawns, cat', cows, canary birds, and pigs—each having been accorded funeral honors. Here and there tin algae are suspended on trees or tacked against ledges for no other apparent purpose than to wave:, some of the choicest puns of the eocentrie pro prietor. There are log holm, built of a thousand worn out railroad sleepers ; piles of burnt-out lo comotive smoke stacks; a monument of defaced stow columns from the Boston Postoffiee, injured lin the tire ; a boat housiarptetorially salerueeout side; dolls' play houses, crockery monstrosities. rusty oannous, wooden snakes in the grass, and thousands of other objects appropriate to museum. or junks shops, but not usually found as features of landscape gardening. Whenever Mr. Baker come across anything extravagant, odd, or non descript, from atilt - ye-legged hear to a queer-shap ed clam shell, he forwith purchases it, and adds it to the bizarre attractions of Ridge Hill farm, If you grasp a brass knob you are pretty sure to re calve an electrio shock. If you attempt to whistle, through a speaking tube, in or to gain admission to this building or that, as directed by . printed notice, you are reasonably certain of Wowing your self white with flour. If you step on an apparent ly solid floor, it is very likely to tilt and let you down, with the uncomfortable feeling of tumbling from somewhere into nowhere. If you are tired, and seat yearself upon one of the garden stools, the chances are that it will sink with your weight, leaving you on the grass, while a painted wooden devil springs up out of the ground directly is front. of you, and grins at your discomfiture. Every day, except Sunday, his grounds are thronged with curious visitors. Each visitor ie obliged to register his name and to pay a small fee for attendance. He is warned to keep away from the dwelling Imam of the proprietor and from the graperies and hot houses, but is at liber ty to enjoy all other parts of the establishment. Strangers were formerly admitted to the hot hous es, but there were thieves among them who stole fruit, and Mr. Baker caused to be printed and prominently displayed the following characteristic notice i "Seven of those who, by special permission, were allowed to pass through the grapery on August 26, were reported as having stolen Hamburg grapes. The lady in black, about fifty years of age, who divided her spoils just outside, did oJt give her son a very moral maternal lerson. Those who used the Norino Tower as a spittoon on August 29 must remember that those who expectorate in, private houses cannot expect-to-rate as gentle men." Ile has gathered together Senators and Govern ors, Congressmen and college presidents, to joia him in raising a monument to the memory of hog. He has entertained two or three hundred ministers of the Gospel, and set them all aeting like so many harlequins, When tiie Charlestown and Savannah militia companies came North to attend the Bunker Hill centennial, Mr. Baker cap tured them, carried them off to his place at Well esley, and leasted them for a furtnight in the in terests of reconciliation. Ile hag organised t-e -mendous pillow fights among his guests. Ile has collected half of the prominent men in Massachu setts to celebrate the birthday of a heifer calf or to attend the funeral of a black bear. On these festal occasions his wretched depend,nts are forc ed to rig themselves up fantastioally,and perform all sorts of grotesque mummery. His caverns and grottoes are inhabited by retainers dressed as de, mons, serving claret punch. The bears are petti coated, and the monkeys painted blue. Probably ao other man ever dreamed of making a cow yield milk punch. Mr. Baker accomplished the mira e by attaching to the cow's udder a fifth teat, made of rubber. A small tube, painted to cor respond with the color of the beast, ran down her hind leg and thence across the floor and into another room, where the beverage was pumped in as fast as needed. Hundreds of visitors drank the milk punch, and wondered at the marvel. Mr. Baker's trust renowned ambition is to lead a great anti-dyspeptic movement. He believes that the most practicable methed of accomplishing this is to establish a college IX cookery. For this purpose he is ready to gieM land worth from $50,000 to $75,000, in addition to a handsome cash endowment. The foundations of his college or Trepho-Phagian Institute, aa.ho calls it, are already laid on his estate. To inter est the entire country in the scheme he planned a "Governor's fete" for the hying of the corner-stone, and invited all the Governors of the states, all the presidents and professors of Massachusetts colleges, and a host of distinguished persona inclnding.Mr. Hayes. It happened that neither Mr. Hayes nor any of the Governors could find it convenient to attend. He captured a lieutenant govenor, how ever, an es-mayor or two, several eminent diviner, and almost the entire Board of Aldermen of Boston, together with a couple of thousand of citizens.. With so many guests Mr. Baker's "Governors * fete" passed off with eclat. The corner-stone• of. the Trepho-Phagian Institute was laid, and as it swung into place at the sound of a cannon, each' of the two thousand guests let loose a toy baloon. Two country attorneys overtaking a wagoner on the road thinking to break a joke with him, asked him why his fore horse was so fat, an4l the rest so lean. The wagoner, knowing them to be' limbs of the law, replied, "That the fore horse was a lawyer, and the rest were his clients." How often do we contradict th- right rules 'of; reason in the whole course of our lives ! Rei4o3 itself is true and just ; bet the reason of every particular maiiis weak and wavering, perpetually swaying and turning with his interests, his pas sions and his vices. • WHEN the coachman of Frederick the Great up- . set his coach, Frederick swore like a trooper, but. the coachman cooly asked • "And you, did yen never lose a battle?" The King smiled graciously. Is a discussion in a board of aldermen, while they were debating a proposition to supply a new style of lamp posts, one member got up and in nocently remarked that he, for one, had always found the old ones "good enough to stand by." NO. 41.
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