The Huntingdon journal. (Huntingdon, Pa.) 1871-1904, January 25, 1878, Image 2

The Huntingdon Journal.
J. K. DURBORROW,
HUNTINGDON, PENN'A
FRIDAY, - - - JANUARY 25, 1878
Circulation LARGER than any other
Paper in the Juniata Valley.
A FEW FACTS.
The Local News, the champion of the
Bill for the repeal of the Special •Printing
Act," in the issue of the 14th inst., pro
duces an exhibit comparing the charges
against the county fur advertising for the
six years immediately previous to the pas
sage of the Special Act, with those
of the six years which have followed, show
ing a large increase in the expense to the
county and, therefore, urges the repeal of
the Bill. These figures, repeatedly pub
lished, will have their weight with the un
thinking of our population, and, in fact,
with many that ore comparatively well
versed in expenses of this character. We
propose to show up this matter in its true
light so that any one, who will take the
trouble to read, can comprehend it.
Under the old system the newspapers
were only from two-thirds to three-fourths
their present size. They were conducted
on the principle of take whatever you can
get. It is true they had established rates,
but they might as well not have had any.
Advertisers offered them their own price
and the rule was to accept. Tip re may
have been exceptions, but it was simply
because the advertiser would not wrangle
about the price. They all did it and there
fore it was excusable in any particular one.
It is this horrible system of journalism, a
relic of the dark ages, it is proposed to in
troduce again. Out up3n it We despise
it as we despise hypocrisy, deceit, selfish
ness, and all the other abominations that
have had their origin in the unfathomable
depths !
The County Commissioners only adver
tised in two papers. The Board being
continually Republican, and there being
two Republican papers. the Democratic or
gan scarcely received a line of the adver
tising. A voting population of from 1800
to 2500 votes was entirely ignored, and
kept in ignorance of the affairs of the
county, or compelled to subscribe for Re
publican papers. They paid a large pro
portion of the county taxes but this was
not taken into account. They appeared to
think that the Democrats had no rights
which Republicans were bound to respect.
In fact, the Commissioners appeared tc have
but one idea and that was to comply with
the law as shabbily as possible. In all
probability they thought that it was all a
waste of money to inform people in regard
to their county affairs. Their actions in
dicated as much. The papers which they
selected to communicate such intelligence,
as the law compelled them to impart, had
an aggregate circulation of from 1500 to
1800, about the circulation of the JouR
NAL at this time, while the papers were
much smaller and less than one fourth the
labor was spent upon them. The great
colUmns of local news, now to be found in
each issue, was not an important item in
their make up at that period. There is as
much difference in the general character of
the papers as could well have taken place.
The publication of the county advertis
ing, in these two papers, with a minimum
circulation of 1500, cost on an average, for
the six years immediately preceding the
passage of "Special Printing Act," $385.-
79 30,000 inhabitants-30,000 intelli
gent people !—were informed, through a
minimum circulation of 1500 papers—or
one paper to every 20 persons—at a cost
of 71 mills per head ! It is extremely
doubtful whether iu the history of any
State, north of Mason and Dixon's line, a
similar exhibit was ever made. In the first
place the publication was a mere make
shift. The Commissioners could not avoid
it and they tried to do it as little as possi
ble and to pay as little as possible for it.
How was this, you ask ? Wait a minute;
we will explain. A business man—say a
merchant—was charged at the rate of
about 860 per column per year. At this
rate six merchants paid within a fraction
as mach for advertising their limited wares
as the county paid for informing all its in
habitants of every thing necessary for them
to know. But, you ask, 'Did not the
county ray all that was charged for the
work ?" We reply by asking, How cculd
it and only pay the sum we have just stat
ed ? The publishers had their rates and
made out their bills accordingly; say they
made out bills for $lOO ; the Commission
ers would give them a warrant on the
Treasurer for $2O or $3O in full satisfac
tion ! If they demurred, they were laugh
ed at for their pains. It was thus that the
figures were kept down. The idea of a
county with the extent cf territory, with
the resources, and the population of Hunt
ingdon paying to her newspapers on au
average $386 per year, for doing her coun
ty printing is ridiculous ! It is a SHAME
and a DISGRACE ! And every intelligent
man will so regard it. We are glad the,
Local News has paraded these figures.
The county of Fulton, with one-fourth our
area and population, has paid as much, if
not twice as much, fur similar publishing
from the day of its organization.
The "Special Printing Act" came in not
a day too soon to do justice to all concern
ed. It compelled the Commissioners to
give a wider circulation to such matters as
the law required them to publish. From
1500 the circulation went up before the
panic to 4000 and upwards. Instead of
pne person in twenty receiving the paper
*se parson in eight was supplied. Here
Waif a vast change for the better. This
was` complying with the spirit of advertis
ing. When advertising is compulsory the
officer mistakes his duty when he fails
to select the best mediums to the number
authorized.
The adoption of the "Special Printing
Act" gave the struggling papers an oppor
t*nity to improve. They were enlarged,
'their capacity was doubled, and a heavy
zdditinnal outlay followed. Huntingdon
took her place among the first counties of
the State so far as her newspapers were
wton c e re e d. And yet the expense to the
county Wits-tibirtiaof.eated to a larger figure
than ourtitigtfffBr; Tittlfortti Which adver
tised in only two papers. Huntingdon
county, publishing in three papers, pays
less than she should pay in proportion to
her population. She should pay at least
half as much to inform her people, as she
has paid for the last six years, on an aver
age, for worthless scalps.
The only improvements upon the pres
ent law that we could suggest, and which
we are not selfish enough to a lvocate,
would be to authorize the publication of
all legal advertisements in ths3 two papers,
having the highest circulation, and repre
senting the two leading parties of the
country, and then leave it optional with
officials and others to say whether they
will publish in other papers, and make the
pay of the latter in proportion to the cir
culation of the official journal, having the
highest circulation, and which said official
journal should be prohibited from charging
a rate exceeding the regular rates charged
for similar advertising at a period of one
year anterior to the passage of the act.
This would permit officials and pers. - ms
acting in a fiducial capacity to publish in
all the papers in the county and to pay ac
cording to circulation. The publisher who
circulates 500 papers ought not to be paid
as much as the one who circulates 1000 or
1500, but this is done under the existing
act.
EDITOR
A GENTLEMAN of great experience and
intelligence,. who has given employment to
a large number of laborers the greater
Portion of his life, writes us under date of
the 12th inst :
"Permit me to congratulate you on the fearless
and independent course you are pursuing in en
deavoring to educate the public mind, especially
the laboring classes, to intelligently confront the
machinations of the "Bondholders and money
changers." Already they quake with apprehen
sion when they anticipate the result of the outra
ges which they have inflicted upon the labor and
the industries of the country. I sincerely hope,
for the stability and safety of our great country.
that our would be law-makers, will cry a halt and
look the inevitable full is the face ; and may they
give some attention to the muttering thunders
of discontent and misery that can be distinctly
and omniously heard all along our political hori
zon. They have somespecial significance for them.
The people are fully aroused. The children of
many are crying for bread. In a land of plenty
they will not permit their families to die 01 hun
ger. Those who live in luxury had better take
warning, especially those whose only pastime is to
cut coupons from Government bonds. Then our
countrymen be warned in time. There never has
been a period since the formation of our govern
ment that the course of allourrepresentatives,hoth
State and national, will be so closely scanned as
now and he that proves recreant in times like these,
in the face of the plain views of the people he rep
resents, must expect to confront an outraged con
stituency on his return."
THE Cambria Freeman, in noticing the
retirement of a county official, among other
good things noted of him, says : "Ever
gratefully shall we remember that he was
not only one of the most prompt-paying
officials for whom we did work of any
kind, but that he at all times acted on the
principle that the Democratic papers of the
county were justly and by right of service
to the party entitled to the patronage of
his office."
SAMUEL BOWLES, the founder and chief
owner of the Springfield (Mass.) Republi-
can, 'the most successful and influential
provincial newspaper in the United States,
died at his residence, in Springfield, on
Wednesday night of last week.
HON. J. SIMPSON AFRICA, Hon. H.
G. Fisher and Hon. P P. Dewees will
please accept our thanks for favors from
Harrisburg.
Harrisburg Correspondence.
HARRISBURG, January 23, 1878
Last week was the week par excellence for
resolutions in the House and they piled in
thick and fast and upon a great variety of sub
jects. The first one of any importance was
one directing the Sergeant at Arms to bring
before the judiciary committee the Hon. 0. F.
Bullard, member of the House from Delaware
county, and there held under a charge of em
bezzlement, for the purpose of allowing him to
argue upon his claim of being privileged from
arrest. This was adopted. next came one
from the Democratic side asking the judiciary
committee to inquire whether the taking of
usurious interest for loan of public money, by
any officer of the State was such a violation of
law as to justify impeachment and removal
from office. Then came another Democratic
thunderbolt requesting our Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress to demand the repeal
of the resumption act, the remonitization of
silver and substitution of legal tenders for Na
tional Bank notes. Then one from the Repub
lican side for limited remonitization, resump
tion and no contraction. The last three as
well as several others that followed found a
resting place in that sick bed of resolutions,
from which few arise, the committee on Fed
eral Relations.
The vexed question of the order of business
of the House has been settled at last. On
Tuesday morning the matter came up again
and the advocates of the old calendar were
confident and disposed to push the fight. They
thought they scented victory in the air, but
alas, a change cane over the spirit of their
dreams. Influences had been at work on Mon
day night and Tuesday morning of which they
knew nothing. A short time before the vote
was taken a well known lobbyist was seen
passing from desk to desk and when the hour
of trial came about 30 members from the ru
ral districts, many of whom had been strong
for the old calendar, weakened and voted to
take up new business, and the de novo fellows
carried their point by a vote of 94 to 87. So
the old calendar and 250 files go to the dealers
in old paper. Though in a clear majority of
nearly 100 the country members do not seem
to be able to cope with the cute fellows from
the cities of the first and second classes, by
which titles Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are
known in legislative parlance. They allow
themselves to be threatened and bull-dozed
and get weak in the knees sad cave at the
critical moment.
On Friday last the resolution of Mr. Long,
of Allegheny, for the appointment of a com
mittee to investigate the causes and results of
the railroad riots of last summer and report to
the legislature, was indefinitely postponed by
a vote of 86 to 74. it was that this had put a
quietus upon the scheme. The bold Alleghe
niane, have picked their flints, however, and
are going to try it again. A motion to recon
sider the vote by which the resolution •was
postponed on Wednesday last and it wa; car
ried. Having thus got the matter again before
the House its friends are setting up the pins
to pass it and appear confident of success.
What combinations or influences they ground
their faith upon are not yet apparent. I asked
one of the friends of the project the other day,
"Is the Penaa. R. R. Co., in favor of your pro
posed bill . ?" "I don't know" he answered,
"but they ought to be." "Why," 1 asked.
Because said he, "if the State pays the bill
they will get their money soon and without
any trouble, but if Allegheny county is left
alone to pay these damages they wont get for
go years."
A bill has bees introduced in the Senate
providing for an amendment to the constitu
tion, by a vote of the people, reducing the
number of State Senators and Representatives
making it the same as under the pld constitu
tion. However advisable this reduction might
be in some respects, experience shows that the
place to defeat a bad bill is iu the House, In
the multitude of councils there is safety. While
the House is too large and unwieldy a body
for the rapid transaction of business, it is for
the same reason harder to control or corrupt
it by outside influences. That it is so controll
ed sometimes is true, ha not SP easily as it
once was.
Among the bills favorably reported from
committees this week, was one by Mr. Stewart,
providing for the re-enactment of the local op
tion law, and one to prevent the evils arising
from charging and taking usurious interest
by individuals, banks or other corporations.
It provides as a penalty the forfeiture of three
times the amount of the interest so charged or
taken.
Mr. Bullard, of Delaware county,, having
argued his case before the Judiciary commit
tee, was brought before the Hous• to-day and
remanded to the custody of Hie Sergeant at
Arms. He circulates around freely and appears
to he taking things easy.
There has been quite a spurt of business
s;nce the order of the same has been definitely
settled and a large number of bills have been
introduced, and acted upon by the various
committees and some 30 have even passed first
reading. In fact there is every indication of
a determination to push business and make up
for lost time. B.
Mars' Moons.
When the telegraph announced the discov
ery by Prof. Hall that our neighboring planet
had two satellites, and the dispatch was read
the next morning at ten thousand American
breakfast tables, what think you was the
effect upon the hearers? Some colloquy simi
lar to the following was sure to occur: "Mars
has two moons, Ley ? Pass me the milk Kitty.
Strange isn't it, that astronomers never saw
them before. Another chop, please. I wonder
what they'll discover next? These corn cakes
are excellent. What's the latest from Europe?"
We have become so accustomed to startling
discoveries and announcements, that we take
them as a matter of course. Even truth must
appear in flaming colors to make herself seen.
The virtues of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets have
been tested in ten thousand households, whose
inmates will tell you that they consider the
discovery and introduction of these remedies
of far greater importance to the world than
the moons of Mars.
SIIIPMAN, 111., June 13, 1876.
Dr. li. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir—Last fall our daughter—aged 18
—was fast sinking with consumption. Differ
ent physicians had pronounced her case
incurable. I obtained one half dozen bottles
of your Golden Medical Discovery. She corn
menced improving at once, and is now as
hardy as a pine knot.
Yours respectfully,
REV. ISAAC N. AUGUSTINE.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
THE RAILROAD BILL PASSED.—OD
Thursday in the State Senate the following trans
pired with reference to the Cumberland railroad
bill:
Mr. Dennis, from the committee on judical
proceedings, reported favorably the House bill to
authorize the city of Cumberland to subscribe
sixty-five thousand dollars to the Pennsylvania
railroad company and to ratify the action of the
city authorities in the matter.
Mr. Dennis said the committee had given the
bill very great and careful consideration, and
could find no consti; utional objection or other
objection to it; but on the other hand it is an act
which has great merit in it, and he asked a sus
pension of the rules so as to pass the bill and let
it go into effect without delay.
Mr. Lee ohjected to a suspension of the rules
because of the absence of the Senator who, when
the bill was before the Senate some days since,
urged an objection to it. He thought, therefore,
the consideration of the bill should be deferred
until that Senator came in.
Mr. Dennis explained that the Senator referred
to (Mr. Bannon), was present when the coonuittee
examined the bill and favored its passage.
Mr. Lee then withdrew his objection upeq this
assurance. The rules were suspended and the bill
passed
The bill was shortly afterwards signed by the
Governor, and is now a law.—Cumberland Md. Civi
lian, January 20th.
THE MIDDLE DISTRICT PENITENTIARY
PROJECT.—The following is the text of Senator
Fisher's Bill for the erection of a Penitentiary
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania:
An Act to create a Middle Penitentiary District
in this State and to provide for the erection of a
State penitentiary for the same.
IVLIEREAS, The present penitentiaries for the
Eastern and Western Districts of the State are
entirely inadequate for its present requirements,
Therefore:
SECTION 1. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in tieneral Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same: That the
counties of Fulton, Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin,
Adams, Cameron, Somerset, Blair, Cambria, Hun
tingdon, Union, Snyder, Dauphin, Perry, Juniata,
Mifflin, Clearfield, Clinton, and Centre be formed
into a now penitentiary district, to be called the
Middle Penitentiary District of Pennsylvania.
SECTION 2. That a State Penitentiary capable
of holding two hundred and fifty prisoners, on the
principle of solitary confinement of the convicts,
as the same now is or may hereafter be established
by law, shall be erected, at suoh place, within the
limits of any of the counties composing the Middle
District, as the commissioners hereinafter men
tioned shall fix and appoint to be called "The
Middle Penitentiary" the expense whereof shall
be defrayed in the manner hereinafter provided.
SECTION 3. That the following named persons,
namely, R. R. Bryan, John T. Shiley, James Kel
ley, Robert L. Johnson, John Clark, George Jack
son, R. M. Kinsloe, Samuel B. Crawford, William
Calder, John Copenhaver, George Brisbin, George
Aughenbaugh and Edward Scull he and they are
hereby appointed commissioners, for the erection
of said penitentiary, whose duty it shall be to
select and purchase a suitable site of not loss than
fifteen acres, within the counties composing said
middle district, for the location of the same; the
title whereof shall be vested in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania; to agree upon suitable plans and
make all necessary contracts for the building of
said penitentiary, taking security for the faithful
performance of said work, in a good and workman
like manner, and in case of the death or resigna
tion of any of the said commissioners, before the
completion of their trust, the Governor shall
appoint a suitable person or persons to fill the
vacancy or vacancies.
SECTION 4. The said penitentiary shall be con
structed on the plan of the State Penitentiary for
the Eastern District now located at Philadelphia,
subject to such alterations and improvements as
the said commissioners, or a majority of them,
may from time to time, with the approbation of
the Governor, approve and direct.
SECTION 5. That the sum of one hundred thous
and dollars be and is hereby appropriated out of
any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise approp
riated, to be paid on warrants drawn by the Gov
ernor, in favor of said commissioners, on the
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, to be by them
applied in purchasing the site and thereon erecting
the penitentiary aforesaid, and the said commis
sioners shall furnish a detailed statement of their
accounts to the Auditor General's Department
quarterly, to be settled and adjusted in the usual
manner, Provided, That the Governor shall draw
warrants for said money in such amounts only as
in his opinion the progress of the work requires.
SECTION 6. After the completion of said peniten
tiary and when in readiness for occupaney, the
courts of criminal jurisdiction, within the several
counties composing the Middle Penitentiary
district. shall direct that all prisoners sentenced
to confinement in a penitentiary, shall be incarcer
ated in the penitentiary aforesaid, and all prish
ers from said counties who are at that time impris
oned in the Eastern and Western Penitentiaries
shall be transferred to the Middle Penitentiary,
under the direction of the inspectors of the peni
tentiaries, there to serve out the unexpired term
of their respective sentences, and in accordance
with the laws in force in reference to the punish
ment of persons convicted of crime and sentenced
to the State prisons.
SECTION 7. The said commissioners, upon the
completion of said penitentiary, shall surrender
their trust to a board of inspectors, to consist of
five members appointed by the Governor, from the
county in which said penitentiary is erected, who
shall serve without compensation, and shall
manage and direst the business of the institution
and make all regulations not inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth.
SECTION 8. The said commissioners shall not be
entitled to receive any compensation except actual
expenses incurred in execution of their trust, nor
shall they, or either of them, be concerned as
agents, principals, or otherwise in any contract
connected with the building or furnishing said
penitentiary, or giorive any profit or advantage
from the same, but they are hereby authorized to
procure a suitable office for the transaction of the
business of the commission to employ a supervis
ing architect, a clerk and a messenger, which
officers shall receive fur their services such reason
able compensation as the commissioners may
direct, payable out of the moneys appropriated
by the provisions of this act.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
CRIMINAL CONDUCT.
Enrroa:—The disposition of our people,
generally, to prevent the spreading of the loath
some disease with which we are now so sorely
scourged is truly commendable, and particularly
humane a , d praiseworthy are the efficient and un
tiring efforts of our Borough Authorities in this
respect. The closing of the public schools and
churches, the adjournment of court, the system of
general vaccination, the order against the as
sembling of persons together in places of business
or elsewhere, and the free ace of disinfectants, are
precautions which meet the hearty approval of all
thoughtful citizens. It is st-ange, however, that
while such means are being used by the masses to
conquer the contagion, our physicians, or a large
majority of them, should treat its frightful and
deathly presence as a huge juke. In numerous
instances these gentlemen, or coins of them im
mediately after their visits to their dying patients,
have been known to make it a point to c o me in
close contact with their acquaintances, and even
to throw their arms around them for the sake of
having a laugh. This practice is reprehensible,
and the doctor who dots it ought to be sent home
With UMBILICATED CONPLUrNT CRICKEN-PDX ON THE
NASAL ORGAN. If he don't know the difference
between small-pox and cbicken•pox, nor how to
cure either, he should at least be as careful as other
citizens are of the lives and health of each other,
and he shuuld nut act as if he were to receive a
commiesion out of the loteineße of the grave-digger
It is imagined by some that physicians do not
carry the "disease," but the physicians themselves
would scarcely allege this so soon after the deaths
of Mrs. Ilendig and George Wells. Another wit
nests to the contrary may be found in the hospital
now, and his name is David Ilazzard. We want
to be fair with our doctors. We do not, of course,
expect them to relieve the sick, but we insist upon
It that they shall nut infect the well.
HUMANITARIAN.
'DEVIL WORSHIPPERS.
MR. EDITOR :—An individual over the signa
ture of F. B. Riddle figures very. largely in the
Local News of last week. Who he is, in addition
to the hare announcement of his name, we are not
informed by him and are left to conjecture as to
whether we should add the title of D. D., L. L.
I►., F. It. S., or A. S. S. Perhaps, he may have
thought of himself, that, like Washington,
"His name alone strikes every title dead,"
But the caption informs us that it is "Rev. F. P.
Ri Idle," from which we ate lel to tne conclusion that
it is a gentleman of that name, who occupies the posi
tion of a minister of the gospel in this place, a po
sition for which I, in common with all good citi
zens have the greatest respect, and from which we
have reason to look for better things than sense
less jargon, low scurri:ity, and the abuse of every
one who happens to differ with him in regard to a
sense of duty, and the manner of performing it.
This gentleman, Mr. Riddle, seems to be afflicted
with a species of cacoethes acribendi, which
amounts, at times, almost to a mania, and which,
though not so dangerous or fatal as the small-pox,
is almost as troublesome and disagreeable. Ile
slings words and ink with wonderful rapidity, and
when he dips his pen in gall the emanations of his
brain are as forcible, if not so elegant, as were
those of Reuben Ireland in some of his lucid in
tervals. It is, however, regarded here as a kind
of harmless lunacy, which injures no one and
makes him feel better after letting off the superflu
ous steam, but it is calculated at times to carry a
wrong impression to the minds of others, outside
of this community who are unacquainted with the
circumstances and the parties, and for that reason
attirs, perhaps, it demands a pas.ing notice.
Now, Mr. Editor, I am not the apologist of the
apologists of the Town Council, the Chief of Po
lice, or the physicians of the town. These gentle
men are all abundantly able to, vindicate them
selves, end if they have failed in the discharge of
their duties, I have the charity to concede to all of
them, an honest intention on their part. But as a
citizen of this place, identified with its interests.
and having suffered in my business relations, from
the present calamity, in common with all others, I
consider it my duty, while claitnins it as my right,
to vindicate myself and my fellow-citizens, when
essailed, misrepresented or slandered, whether it
be by an itinerant minister, with little or
N it inter
est amongst us, or a "troupe of negro minstrels."
From this visitation of an All Wise Providence we
have suffered severely, and what lie in His wisdom
sends upon us we must receive with meekness, as
the merited chastisement of Him who is too wise
to err and too good to be unkind, but we protest
against the assertion going abroad, that as a cem
wunity we are "Devil Worshippers." Our citi
zens, with very few exceptions, are "law abiding."
We were civilized long before the advent of Mr.
Riddle amongst us; and how far we may have
been christianized by his influence and example,
perhaps time alone will determine. I am willing
to admit that to some extent we have been, because
the Lord works sometimes by very feeble means.
In the "few words" which he has to say he in
forms us that he was called on, "about four weeks
ago to visit Mr. Wilcox," for what purpose he
does not say, but that he "declined on the ground
that his disease might be small-pox." It appears
from what I can learn that Mr. Wilcox was one of
his church members, and wnen dying see for his
pastor and spiritual ad•iser, but e en at that early
stage of the ep demic, and when he had the posi
tive assuranse of the attending physician that it
was only chicken-pox, and that there was not the
slightest danger, he preferred keeping hi- person
out ut harms way, and that he was not the only
one who had acquired the happy art of knowing
"how not to do it" when there was even the most
remote appearance of danger. "Oh ! consistency !"
Again, he says "the ministers generally yielded
to the strange demands of the authorities," to close
the churches. Yes, our ministers are generally
law abiding men, and in obedience to the demand
of the "powers that be" closed their churches,
as a measure of public safety, at a time of public
danger. He says "it was thought proper to use
vigorous measures to close thechurches still open ;"
but does not inform us by whom, for what reason,
what the measures were, or what churches. It
might be well enough to inform the publiethat one
was the church in charge of Mr. Riddle, and that
he in open detianeb of law, and with reckless dis
regard for puolie safety, against the protest of a
majority of his church members and Board of Trus
tees, and the citizens of the place, and alike re
gardless of the proper authorities, or of the Apos
tolic injunction, "let every soul be subject to the
higher powers," insisted on carrying on his meet
ing, as he said, "in spite of the Town Council or
of the devil," midi the unmistakeable indications
of public opinion became too significant to be long
er disregarded.
But now for the crowning inconsistency : He
says, "in those churches effective measures were
used to ventilate, fumigate, and exclude infected
persons, and that they were rendered safer than
any place of business in town." What the "ef
fective means" of ventilation and fumigation were
I have never been able to learn, but in regard to
the exclusion of infected persons, I have it from
the most reliable authority that persons were
known to enter the room and occupy seats with
the congregation, with the scabs on their faces,
and the eruption on their persons. I have"it from
a reputable member of the church that he occupied
without knowing it a seat beside a member ut an
infected family, who had come directly from an
infected house. If these facts, with many others,
given on the authority of respew able members of
the church, are to be taken as specimens of the ef
fective means referred to, they must have been of
as much account as the prayers of those that "de
spise dominion, and speak evil of dignities" using
"great swelling words,' and who are regardless of
the divine injunction, "submit yourselves to every
ordinance of man for the Lord's sake." Talk about
turning the town into a hospital or a pest house
As to the attendance at the grog shops and bil
liard saloons I am not posted, as I never attend
such places, and not being in the habit of playing
eaves dropper, I am unable to say anything in re
gard to the naughty conversation of those persons
who were "huddled together" iu that "very small
room." But he tells us of a certain king who trust
ed in the physicians, rather than in the Lord, and
that he died. Now that is our case precisely. We
trusted in the physicians, and tempted the Lord
by rejecting the means which He has given us for
self-preservation, and the sad fruits are before us
in the shape of prostrated business, a desolated
community, the widow's wail, the orphan's tears,
and our town overshadowed by the dark wing of
the Destroying Angel. It is, however, now no
time to indulge in vain regrets. The duty of ev
ery law abiding citizen is a plain one. Let all
such now show themselves equal to the emergency,
in standing by the regularly constituted authori
ties in the enforcement of every ordinance enacted
for the public safety and the public health, and in
carrying out the most rigid sanitary measures that
may be adopted. The Burgess, Town Council and
Police must be protected and sustained in the die
charge of their arduous and iii paid duties. In a
country like ours, where the people are the sover
eigns, it is the duty of the people to see that the
laws are executed, and to teach all offenders and
violators of law, forcibly, it necessary, that "the
ruler beareth not the sword in vain." Having done
this, and used all the mesas at our disposal, we
may prayerfully and hopefully rest the case in the
hands of Him whose hand alone can stay the pes
tilence that "walketh in darkness," and the de
struction "that wasteth at noon day."
CITIZEN.
SHALL PDX VS. CHICKEN PDX.
EDITOR JOURNAL—Dear Sir :—lt seems that
the above stated suit was the only case tried at our
last court, and the Plaintiff gained the suit. We
are truly sorry that your town has thus been
brought to grief, by this terrible disease, small
pox. No disease that fallen man is heir to, is so
contagious, and so much to be dreaded. With al
most any other disease we have the sympathy and
attention of our friends and neighbors, but as soon
as the news goes forth that we have the small-pox,
our dearest and best friends forsake us. They flee
from us as they would from a serpent, so that the
patient is left to struggle with this terrible enemy
alone, and if death ensues, we are, perhaps denied
a decent burial. This seems hard but it is a ne
cessity and the nature of the disease requires it.
We think it easy for any one now to see that much
sorrow, and loss of life, could have been prevented
in your town, if the proper steps had been taken
in time to arrest this dire disease. The people of
Huntingdon and elsewhere, may learn a lesson
from this sore calamity, that may be useful, and
that is, to study the nature of disease more them
selves, and depend less upon physicians. The
symptoms of small-pox and chicken pox have been
so clearly laid down by our leading physicians
that we think that even a school boy, who has
never seen a medical college, should be able to ar
rive at a correct diagnosis at either of those dis
eases. The former differing so much from the lat
ter in every respect, that we can hardly see how
any one could mistake the one for the other.
We do not feel, Mr. Editor, like censuring the
Physicians of your town for want of a proper
knowledge of this disease (as they call it) in its
commencement, for it is true that some men can
only learn anything by experience or practice.
But we do think that they were greatly at fault
in publiShing through the county papers columns
of stuff trying to justify a mistake, that they had
evidently made in the diagnosis of the d sense—a
mistake so gross, that it could admit of no apology
with graduates, and the journals that gave them
the space to publish long windy articles defending
themselves stand equally guilty in the eyes of the
public. The whole matter is looked upon as an
outrage on the innocent, and God only knows
where its bad effects will end. The physicians
Would all stand much higher in the estimation of
the people to-day, had they acknowledged their
mistake and practiced accordingly. The very
name of small-pox, in the commenoetnent of this
disease, would have kept any person in your town
at a proper distance from this contagious disease,
but being told by their physician, in whom they
had entire confidence, "it is chicken-pox ! only
chicken-pox!" they were thrown off their guard.
and thus the malady bad spread and many an in.
nocent victim to this disease to-day is suffering,
all, for that implicit confidence they had placed in
their physician.
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, we do not wish to
flatter when we teiy that the JOURNAL de , erves
much credit t.r the fearlese sand it has taken in
this matter and the good induencett has exercised
in staying thti PaiadY• JUSTICE.
TUE Ifuntzingers, father and eon, the Pottsville
bank swindlers, on Tuesday last were sentenced to
pay a tine of $5OO each, restore $24,000 they had
swindled from a depositor, and undergo imprison
ment for a tanu yL Ago years.
TOE Senate, in executive session, on Tuesday
last, rejected the nomination of Mike J. Waldron
to be r nited States Marshal for the Western Die
.trict of Tennessee, rice L. B. Eaton, resigned.
E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron
Has never been known to fail in the cure of
weakness, attended with symptoms, ;ndisposi
tion to exertion, loss of memory, difficulty of
breathing, general weakness, horror of disease,
weak, nervous trembling, dreadful horror of
death, night sweats, cold feet, weakness,
dimness of vision, languor, universal lassitude
of the aiuscutar system. hot bands, flushing of
the body, dryness of the skin, pallid counten
ance and eruptions on the face, purifying the
blood, pain in the beck, heaviness of the
eyelids, frequent black spots flying before the
eyes, with temporary suffusion and loss of
sight, want of attention, etc. These symptoms
all arise from a weakness and to remedy that,
use E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron. it
never fails. Thousands are now enjoying
health who have used it. Get the genuine.
sold only in $1 bottles. Take only E. F.
Kunkel's.
Ask for Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron. This
truly valuable tonic has been so thoroughly
tested by all classes of the community that it
is now deemed indispensable as a Tonic
medicine. ,It costs but little, purifies the
blood and gives tone to the stomach, renovates
the system and prolongs life.
I now only ass a trial of this valuable tonic.
Price $1 per bottle. E. F. KUNKEL, Sole
Proprietor,- No. 259 North Ninth Street, below
Vine, PhiladelpWa, Pa. Ask for Kunkel's
Bitter Wine of Iron, and take no other. A
photograph of the proprietor on each wrapper
all others are counterfeit.
Beware of counterfeits. Do not let your
druggist sell you any but Kunkel's, which is
put up only as above represented. You can
get six bottles for five dollars. All I ask is
one simple trial.
TAPE WORM REMOVED ALIVE.
Bead and all complete in two boors. No
fee till head passes. Seat, Pin and Stomach
Worms removed by Dr. Kunkel, 259 North
Ninth Street. Advice free. No fee until head
and all passes in one, and alive. Dr. Kunkel
is the only successful physician in this country
for the removal of Worms, and his Worm
Syrup is pleasant and safe for children or
grown persons. Send for circular, or ask for
a bottle of Kunkel's Worm Syrup. Price one
dollar per bottle. Get it of your druggist. It
never fails. [jan4-lm.
THE DIFFICULTY of curing Bright's Disease,
Dropsy, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases,
is entirely removed by HUNT'S REMEDY.
Diabetes, Gravel, Pain in the Back and Loins,
Retention and Incontinence of Urine, and
Complaints of the Urino-Genital Organs, are
cured by HUNTS REMEDY. The blessing of
health is obtained by all who take HUNT'S
REMEDY.
HEALTH Is AN inestimable jewel. The cough
that deprives you of it may take your life too.
One bottle of Bale's Honey of Horehound and
Tar will avert the evil, and save you from
consumption. Will you weigh Life against a
half-dollar? Sold by all druggists.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in 1 minute.
jan2s-Im.
CLARKE'S TOOTH ACHE DROPS cure instantly,
New To—Day.
VEGETINE.
AN EXCELLENT MEDICINE,
SPRINGFIELD, 0., Feb. 28, 1877.
This is to certify that I have used VIWITIri, manufac
tured by H. 11. Stevens, Boston, Mass.,
for Rheumatism
and General Prostration of the Nervous System, with good
success. I recommend VEGETINZ as an excellent medicine
for such complaints.
Yours, very truly,
C. W. VANDEGRIFT.
Mr. Vandegrift, of the firm of Vandegrift & Huffman,
is a well-known business man in this place, having one
of the largest stores in Springfield, 0.
OUR MINISTER'S WIFE,
Loinenui, KY., Feb 16, 1877.
MR. H. R. STETIOS
Dear Sir.—Three years ago I was suffering terribly
with Inflammatory Rheumatism. Our minister'. wife
advised me to take Vzorrirra. After taking one bottle, I
was entirely relieved. This year, feeling a return of the
disease, I again commenced taking it, and am being
benefited greatly. It also greatly improve. my diges
tion. Respectfully,
1011 West Jefferson Street.
SAFE AND SURE
MR. 11. R. STEVENS.
In 1872 your VIGETINE was recommended to me; and,
yielding to the persuations of a friend, I consented to
try it. At the time I was suffering from general debility
and prostration, superinduced by overwork and irregular
habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative prop
erties seemed to affect niv debilitated system from the
first dose; and under its persistent use I rapidly recover
ed, gaining more than usual health and good feeling.
Since then I have not hesitated to give YESETINE my
most unqualified indorsement as being a safe, and power
ful agent in promoting health and restoring the wasted
system to new life and energy. VEOCTINC is the only
medince I use, and as long as I live I never expect to
find a better.
Tours, Truly,
W. H. CLARK.
120 3lonterey Street, Allegheuy, Penn'.
VEGETINE.
The following letter from Rev. G. W. Mansfield, form
erly pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Hyde
I'ark, and at present settled in Lowell, must convince
everyone who reads his letter of the wonderful curative
qualities of VEGETINE as a thorough cleanser and purifier
of the blood.
HYDE PARK, M. s., Feb. 15, ISTB.
MR. 11. R. STEVENS.
Dear Sir :—About ten years ago my health failed
through the depleting effects of dyspepsia ; nearly a year
later I was attacked by typhoichfever in its worst form.
It settled in my back, and took the form of a large deep
seated abscess, which was fifteen months in gathering. I
had tw.i surgical operations by the beat skill in the state,
but received nu permanent cure. I suffered great pain at
times, and was constantly weakened by a profuse dis
charge. I also lost small pieces of bone at different times.
Matters ran on thus about seven years, till May, In.,
when a friend recommended me to go to your office, and
talk with you of the virtue of VEGETINI. I did so, and
by your kind', ss passed through your manufactory, no
ticing the ingredients, /lc., by which your remedy is pro
duced.
By what I saw and heard I gained some cenfldence in
TEGETINE.
I commenced taking it soon after, and felt worse from
'ls effects; still I persevered, and soon telt it was benefit
ing me in other respects. Yet I did not see the results I
desired till I had taken it faithfully for a little more than
a year, when the difficulty in my back was cured ; and
for nine mouths I have enjoyed the best of health.
I have i that time gained twenty—five pounds of flesh,
being heavier than ever before in my life,and I was never
more able to perform labor than now.
During the past few weeks I had a scrofulous swelling
as large as my fist gather on another part of my body.
I took VEGETINX faithfully, and it removed it level with
the auditce in a month, I think I should have teen cur
ed of my main trouble sooner if I had taken larger doses,
after having become accustomed to its effects.
Let your patrons troubled with scrofula or kindey dis
ease understand that it takes time to cure chronic dis
eases; and, if they will patiently take Vsarnss, it will,
in my judgment, cure them.
With great obligations, I am
Yours very truly,
G. W. MANSFIELD,
Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal L'h,..rch.
- VEGETI_NE
Prepared by
11. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Jan.l 8,1818-Imo.
TIIIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Net Ansets January 1, 1877......... 55,582,887.56
RECEIPTS.
Preminro receipts $1,179,791 03
luterest receipts, etc 375,815.75
1,558,406.78
Total
DISBURSEMENTS.
•Losses aid endowments paid 5379,407,83
Dividends to policy holders
Surrendered policies, re-insur
ance, etc 231,849.29
Commissions, salaries, medical
fees, etc 127,342 75
Taxes, legal expen's, adv'g, etc 109.218 02
1,077,771 15
Assets Jas. 1,1358, at cost
ASSETS.
11. S. 5 and 6 per cent. bonds, Philadelphia
and city loans, E. IL bonds, bank, 11114 oth
er stocks, worth $2,009,342.75, cost 52,000,448.93
Mortgages, first liens on pioperties worth '
$6,900,000
Premium notes secured by policies 711,572.00
Loans on collaterals, etc 305,558.82
. .
.lances, secured by bonds . 21:291.06
Real estate owned by the Company, cost 3r.7,037 .61
Cash on hand and in Trust Companies 173,374.63
Net ledger assets, as above 56,08:),50.3.22
Net deferred and unreported pre
miums ...... . ................ , 5105,221.85
Intbreet due and accrued on loans,
etc
Market value of stocks
etc , over cost 568,803.5•t
Les , depreciation in real
estate . 45,032.61
Gross aseete January 1, 1878
LIABILITIES.
Losses reported. hut not due 11132,52.81
Reserve required at 4 per cent. to
re-insure risks 6,260,336 00
Dividends on unreported policies,
etc
Premiums paid in advance.
$3,408 4u5.46
Surplus 4 per cent. awls 872:318.00
68480,723.40
Surplus, at ppr nen t. (eAt !mated) $1,212,0z.0.00
*The losses were $114,000 leas than those eatitaated by
the mortality table.
SAMUEL C. HUEY, President.
SANCTI. E. STOKrS, Vice-Preet. 11. S. STXYZNI, 2d Vice-Prat.
JAL Wy.411. MASON, Actuary. HIPS?' AUSTLI, Secretary.
HENRY C. BROWN, Aset. Secretary.
R. ALL'ISON MILLER, Agent.
Jan.;s-4t.
New To-Day.
AVERILL 13A REOW,
45 South AS'econfl AS'ite4,
(BELOW MARKET,)
PH ILA DELP II lA, PA.
Has a ,t-tteat variety of the new styles
Queen Anne and Eastlake
FURNITURE,
IN ASII OR WALNUT, together with a large
Stock of all the Latest Designs of
Chamber, Parlor, Library, Dining Room, Church,
Office and
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Also, WOVEN WIRE BEDS,
Springs of various patterns. BEDDING, MAT
TRESSES, of every quality. Folding and Orien
tal Chairs, Piano Stools, &c., at VERY LOW
PRICES. [jan2s '7B-ly
ENGINES
FOR SALE.
One 10-horse Farm Engine, ane 23-horse Portable, two
30-horse Stationaries 30-inch Grist Mill and Portable
Bolt, lot Saw Mill 1144-Blocks. All new and cheap. Or
derssolicited for Engines and Mill Machinery of all kinds.
Jan.2s-Im. T L. CLARK, Mt. Vernon, 0.
FARMERS' HOTEL,
W. S. HALL - MAN, PROPRIETOR,
Wishes to inform his many friends, and the
public generally, that he has taken charge of this
house and placed new beds and bedding in all the
rooms, besides re-modeling it. No pains will be
spared to make it comfortable for guests. Table
first class in all respects. Good stabling attached.
Terms moderate. [Jaa.lB.3m.
NOTICE.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Huntingdon 44 Broad Top Mountain Rail
road and Coal Company, will he held at the office
of the Company, 417 Walnut street, Philadelphia,
on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY sth, 1878, at 12
o'clock. noon, when an election will be held for
President and Directors fur the ensuing year
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Jan.lB,]B7B-tdi
S. S. MARVIN & CO.'S
PAN CAKE FLOUR.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
With cold water or sweet milk make a batter and
bake on a hot griddle.
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT.
Jan .11-8 t
WHY NOT
Buy all kinds of Coal where you can get
it cheapest? I mean of Eli Stine, who sells
NUT COAL,
LUMP COAL,
RUN OF MINE,
or any kind wanted, less than any other party in
Huntingdon.
Office in Crum's Shoe Store, sth street, 2 doors
above Post Office. [Jan4-3m.
Jno. M. Maguire, Agt.
Wm. Dorris, Trustee,
Will, during the next sixty days at
Taylor's Old Stand
613 PENN STREET,
sell at actual cost, for CASH, a large
and general assortment of mer
chandise. consisting of
Mu. A. BALLARD.
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
CLOTHING, QUEENSWARE,
These goods must be sold, and every
inducement will he oftered to cash
buyers. Call and examine goods and
prices, as we mean business and will
sell regardless of cost.
Taylor's Old Stand, 613 Pon Street.
STEAM TANNERY FOR SALE
A Steam Tannery, located in Centre county, on
the railroad, with a capacity of 3000 hides, and
which can be increased to thribble its present ca
pacity, will be sold on most reasonable terms. The
locality is in one of the beat bark regions in the
State. Apply to
Jan4-tf] J. R. DURBORROW 1c CO.
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Health and H.ippinels are priceless Wealth to their
possessors, and yet they are within the reach of
every one who will use
WRIGHT'S LIVER PILLS.
The only sure CURE for Torpid Liver, Dyspep
sia, Headache, a•'ur Stomach, Const'pation, De
bility, Nausea, and all Billions complaints and
Blood disorders. None genuine unless signed
"Win. Wright, Phila." If your druggist will not
supply send 25 cents for one box to Barrick,
ti Co., 70 N. 4th St., Phila. [Jan4 '7B-ly
HYSKILL—IIas permanently lo-
D cated in Alexandria to practice his profes
ion. [Jan4 '7S-ly
.I\TOTICE.-
Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to the present Legislature, to pass an
Act enabling the School Directors of Cass town
ship and Cassville borough, to levy and colleet a
limited amount of bounty tax, so as to liquidate
the balance of debt against said township and bor
ough, for which bonds have been given.
A. C. GRELNLAND,
Dce2l-4t] B. KINCII.
$2500 A year. Agents wanted everywhere. Bus
iness strictly legttlmate.Particulars free
Address J.Wctru 0. Co.. St. Louts. Mo.
TO ALL MEN-A SPEEDY CURE.
The direful results of Early Indiscretion,which renders
Marriage impoesible,Destroy lug both body and mind Gener
al Organic Weakness,Pain in the Head or Back,lndigesticn -
Palpitation of the Heetrt,Nervousness,Timidity,Tremblinge,
Bashfulness, Blushing, Languor, Lassitude, Dyspepsia,
Nervous Debility, Consumption, &c., with those Fearful
Effects of mind so much to be dreaded, LOBS of Memory,
Confusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebod
ings, Aversion of Society, Self Distrust, Love of Solitude,
etc. . .
Married persons, or young men contemplating mar
riage, aware of Physical Weakness (Loss of Procreative
Puwerlmpotency), Nervous excitability, Palpitation,
Organic Weakness, Nervous Debility, or any other Dis
qualification, speedily relieved.
A SPEEDY CURE WARRANTED.
In recent diseases immediate Relief—No Mercury. Per
sons ruining their Health, Wasting Time with Ignorant
Pretenders and Improper treatment. Driving Disease into
the System by that deadly Nilson, Mercury, and causing
Fatal Affections of the Head, Throat, Nose or Skin, Liver,
Lungs, Stomach or Bowels, speedily cured. Let no false
delicacy present your appl) lug.
Enclose stamp to use on reply. Address,
DR. J. CLEGG,
LOCK HOSPITAL, BALTIMORE, AID.
Sep2l-Iy] Offices, 89 at 91, South High Street.
HROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, No.
• 813 Mifflin street, West Huntingdon
Pa., respectfully solicits a share of public pat
ronage from town and country. octlfi,
23,561.21
ADAM LEFFERD,
217,220.24
$4,280.723.46
CARRIAGE AND WAGON MANUFACTURER,
Repairing a specialty. A blacksmith shop at
tached. Prices for work of all kinds to suit the
stringency of the money market. [aug3-6m.
CHRONIC Diseases cured. New paths
marked out by that plainest of
all books—" Plain Horne Talk and Medical Common Sense,"
—nearly 1,000 pages, 2a. illustrations, be. E. B. 1 ,OTE,
of 120 Les.ington Ave., N. Y. Purchasers of this book are
at liberty to consult its author in person or by mail free.
Price by mail, $.3:25 for the Standard edition, or $1.50 for
the Popular edition. which contains all the same matter
and illustrations. Contents table free Agents anted.
MURRAY HILL PUBLISHING CO., 129 East 2/3th St, N.Y.
00t.12-6m.
TOYS AND GAMES OF ALL KINDS
Just received et the JOURNAL Store.
New Advertisements
HUNTINGDON, PA
cot. 4th & Penn Sts.
J. P. AERTSON,
Secretary,
FOR
NOTIONS, &C.,
all in prime order,
MARRIAGE.
West End of Juniata Toll Bridge,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
New AdvertisemPn
"CENTRAL"
Smithfield Street, from to 3d Avenues.
The most centrally located first-clas Howe in the City. Street cars pan the door every five min
utes to all the Depots and all parts of both cities. Terms $2.50 per day.
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A: ANDERSON, Proprietor*.
The JOURNAL of Huntingdon is rceel‘ed w,ekly at the Hotel and placed on file for the benefit of
guests from this ection, &e. Jail.lB-3m
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WANAMAKER & BROWN respectfully
.:.-- , . _ -- ' '----;-' announce that their Autumn and Winter
' • Fashions in Clothing for Men and Boys
....:- , .--...
• are ready. The great buildin`gs at Sixth
and Market aro crowded from top to
bottom with such Clothing as merits the
confidence of the people.
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WANAMAKER & BROWN'S Cloths and
Cassimeres are, in many instances, made
expressly for them. No house in the trade
-...... confines itself co exclnsively to the first
class manufacturers. Indeed, a long and
mature experience is necessary to know •
• just what goods to select and make up.
~._....
, ----- WANAMAKER & BROWN'S Order De
partment will be found full of fabrics
of every goo , ' kind, either Novel and
Fashionable styles or the plainer and
more useful things. Talented cutters, who
have been successful for years in our
service, are in waiting to make garments
according to the ideas of the people who
are to wear the goods. Good hands are
employed to make up, and only good
trimmings used.
WANAMAKER & BROWN'S Ready-
Made Department offers every acconimo
. dation to those who do not care to go •
through the process of measurement. The
I stock in all Departments for Men and Boys
%'
is irnmen,e and complete, and does not
lack in style, workmanship or finish,
while the prices can be proven to be
nearly, if not quite, 25 cents on the dollar
0 lower than the market.
WANAMAKER & BROWN'S Little Boys'
and Youths' Clothing has always been a
well-cared-for and prominent feature of
the business. All ages can be fitted, and
the styles are not surpassed—the " fits "
have always been the subject of admiration
WANAMAKER & BROWN'S Shirt, Neck
tie, and llosiery counters enable their
customers to get complete outfits at more
advantage:ous rates than they expect.
WINIMAKER & BROWN
—OAK MALL.-
411 1
The Largest Clothing Rouse in America,
6th & Market Sts., Philad'a.
• //:/'
' tt,
Great
JANUAR!: COURT,
a =fr,4
air -
czia enn
CARPETS,
UN RE
At Sacrifice Prices to close out stock.
Sewing Machines,
proved,) $29.00.
CASH.
No Small-Po:: in our part of town.
Aug 17-limos.
A FARM AND HOME
HOWE
OF YOUR OWN
NOW IS THE TIME TO S.EC°.:RE iT.
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN
ACRE
Of the best Land in America. 2,000,00^ Acre] in Eaistern
Nebraska, on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad now
for sale. 10 yearn credit given, interest only Ii per cent.
These are the only lands fur bale on the line of this Grant
Railroad, the World's Highway. Send for the New "Pi.
neer," the best paper for these seeking new homes ever
published. Full information, with maps, rent tree. 0. F.
Davie, Land Agent, U. P. R. It., Omelet, Nett.
A Great Offer FOR Holi-
days !
We will during these HARD TIMES and the HOLI
DAYS dispose of 100 NEW PIANOS and OttiiA NS, Of ftr't
class makers at lower prices fur cash, or instailnietits,than
ever before offered. WATERS' PIANOS and ORGANS
are the Beet Made, warranted for five years. Illustrated
Catalogue Mailed. Great inducements to the trade. P -
ANOS, 7-octave, $140; 7, 1 4-octave, $l3O, ORGANS, '2
$4B; 4 stops, $53; 7 stops, $B5; 8 stops, $7O; 10 stops, $;,..",;
12 stops, s9u; in perfect order, not used a year. Sheet
music at half price. HORACE WATERS A SONS, Manu
facturers and "haters, 40 East 14th St., New York.
I CURE FITS !!
When I say I cure I do not mean merely t , ~op them
for a time and then have them return I mean a
radical cure. lam a regular physician and lime nta.ie th
FITS, EPILEPSY O 1 FALLING
SICKNESS
a life-long study. I warrant my remedy t
eases. Because others have failed is n..rea
receiving a cure from me. Send to me at 441
tise and a Free Bottle of my infallible retne.:y
press and post office. It Co:4S pm nothing f , r a
[ will cure you. Address Dr. 11. G. BOLT, 1 Pearl
New York.
WORK FOR ALL
I. their own loestlities, eanra.ssing fer the 17,5i...e
tar, (enlarged) Weekly aml Monthly 1.34, ss p.iper
the World, with RW11111 , 411 Chromes Free. I. I:i ! s,
•111
%ions to Agent's. Terms and outfit free. , s I'. 0
VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
j_fi Extra Fine Mixed Cords. with name. I ,
paid. L. JUNES S CO., Nassitu, e. V .
PIANO S Retail prier $9O. only Parlor Or
gans, price $340 only Paper free.
Daniel F. Beatty, ‘V.liington, N J.
9,r Elegant Cards, no two alike, with name, loc., post
paid. J. K. Harder, Malden ltridge, N. Y.
26 Fashionable Cards, Snowilake,Marble, ke., with name
10e. C. Walker dc Co., Chatham Village, N. Y.
9A CARDB(2S styles),loe. 30 Birds, Cards, 30e., with
". name. I. Terpening, Cobleskill, N. Y. [Jana-1m
4 ,)T 14, 1 1 J PITTSBURGH .
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LJlosing
CON"! UES TILL AFTER
WALL PAPER,
TIA.I4IE'S
HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR
Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness, Dllcu
Breathing, and all Affections of the Throat,
Bronchial Tubes, and Lungs, leading
to Consumption.
This infallible remedy is composed of the
HONEY of the plant Horehound, in chemical
union with TAR-BALM, extracted from the
LIFE PRINCIPLE of the forest tree ARIUS
BALsANtm, or Balm of Gilead.
The honey of Horehound SOOTHES AND
SCATTERS all irritations and inflammations, and
the Tar-balm CLEANSES AND HEALS the throat
and air passages leading to the lungs. Fiva
additional ingredients keep the organs cool,
moist, and in healthful action. Let no pre
judice keep you from trying this great medl.
cine of a famous doctor who has saved thou.
sands of lives by it in his large private practice.
N.B.—The Tar-Balm has no BAD TASTE or
smell.
tL worst
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PRICES 50 CENTS AND $1 PER BOTTLE.
Great saving w buy large sue.
"Pike's Toothache Drops" Cure
in 1 Minute.
Sold by all Druggists.
C. N. CRITTENTON, Prop., N.Y.
Jsn IS 'i'B
JOHN G. CHAPLIN,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER,
Fifth street, Handagdoa, Ps.
Three doors above Pesteffee.
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