VOL. 42. The Huntingdon Journal. Office in new JOURNAL Building, Fifth Street, TILE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL is published every Friday by J. A. NASH, at 12,00 per annum IN ADVANCE, or $2.50 if rot paid for in six months from date of sub scription, and 113 if not paid within the year. No paper discontinued, unless at the option of the pub lisher, until all arrearages are paid. No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely paid fur in advance. Transient advertisements will be inserted at TWELVE AND A-HALF CENTS per line for the first insertion, SEVEN AND A-Sals mire for the second and FIVE CENTS per line for all subsequent insertions. Regular quarterly and yearly business advertisements will be inserted at the following rates 13m 16m 19m I 1 yr l3m 11.143 51)1 4 5(1 5 501 800 V i col 9 (.0 2`• I 5 0.11 8 01 10 00 1 12 00 1 ,4‘,1)1 18 00 3 " 7 00110 00114 111018 00 %col 34 00 4 " 8 00114 00120 00 18 00 1 c 01,36 00 All Resolutions of Associations, Communications of limited or individual interest, all party announcements, and notices of Ivarr , ages and Deaths, exceeding five lines, will be charged VIM C SNTS per line. Legal and otl er no ices will be charged to the party having them inserted. Advertising Agents must find their commission outside of these figures. All advertising accounts are due and collectable when the advertisenient is once inserted. JOB PRINTING of every kind, Plain and Fancy Colors, done with neatness and dispatch. Band-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• IFR. G. B. HOTCHKIN, 204 Mifflin Street. Office cor ner Fifth and Washington Ste., opposite the Poet Of fice. Huntingdon. [ junel4-1878 fl CALDWELL, Attorney-at-Law, No. 111, 3rd street. 1/. Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods & Wil liamson. [apl2,'7l TIR. A.B. BRUM_BATIGFI, offers his professional services 1J to the community. Office, No 623 Washington street, one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. Lian4,'7l TAIL ITYSKILL has permanently loatted in Alexandria to practice his profession. Dan. 4 '7B-ly. C. STOCKTON, Surgeon Dentiat. Office in Leieter'e Tl. building, in the room formally occupied by Dr. K. J Greene, Huntingdon, Pa. [aPl2B. GEO. B. ORLADY, Attorney-at-Law, 405 Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. [n0v17,'75 GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. 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Office, No. 229, Penn Street. [apl9,'7l Miscellaneous. FOR SALE. CITOICE FARMING LANDS MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA, BY THE Winona & St. Peter Railroad Co. The WINO NA k ST. PETER R. It. Co., is now offering for sale, at VERY LOW prices, its land grant lands along the line of its Railroad in Southern Minnesota and Eastern Dakota, and will receive in payment therefor, at par, any of the Mortgage Bonds of said Company. These lands lie in the great wheat belt of the Northwest, in a climate unsurpassed for healthfulness, and in a coun try which is being rapidly settled by a thriving and indus trious people, eempoiied to a large extent of farmers, from the Eastern and the older portions of the Northwestern States. H.M. BURCHARD, Land Agent, for Pale of Lands of said Company, at MARSHALL, LYON COUNTY, MINNE SOTA. GEO. P. GOODWIN, Land Commissioner. General Office of Chicago & North-western Railway Co., Chicago, 111. 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[octlB, SCHOOT of every BOOK S A variety, cheap, JOURNAL STORE. at the Election Proclamation [GOD SATE THZ CoMMONWIALTII.I ELECTION PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an act of the General Assem bly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to regulate the General Elections within said 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, SAM'L. 11. IRVIN, nigh Sher iff of Huntingdon county, do hereby made known that the General Election will be held in and for said county On Tuesday, November sth, 1878, it being the Tuesday following the first Monday of No vember' (the polls to be opened at seven o'clock a. m., on d closed at seven o'clock p. tn.) at which time the Fr eemen of Huntiudon county will vote by ballot fur the following officers, namely: One person for the office of Governor of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania. ' One person for the office of Supreme Judge of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania. One person for the office of Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One person for member of Congress of the Eighteenth Congressional District, composed of the counties of Hunt iugilon, Franklin, Fulton, Perry, Juniata and Snycer. Two persons to represent Huntingdon county iu the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. One person fur the office of Register and Recorder of Huntingdon county. Oue person fur the office of District Attorney of Hunt ingdon county. One person for the office of Treasurer of Huntingdon county. Two persons for the office of Commissioner of Hunting don county. One persons for Director of the Poor of Huntingdon county. Two persons for the office of Auditor 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. U. and closed at 7 o'clock P. U. I-i pursuance of said act, I also herebymake 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 iollows, to wit Ist 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 the 19th district, at the new school house in the town of Warriorsmark. 4th district composed of the township of Hopewell, at the house of Levi Houpt. 6thsclistrict, composed of the township of Barree, at the house of James Livingston, in the town of Saulsburg, in said township. 6th district composed of the borough of Shirleysburg, 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 Frisker, dee'd, 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 west corner of Tobias Caufman's Farm on the bank 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 I ,' along the said line to the Little Juniata river, thence down the same to place of beginning, at the public school bones opposite the German Reformed Church, in the bor ough of Alexandria. Bth district, composed of the township of Franklin, at the public School House, in the village of Franklinville, in said township. 9th district, composed of Tell township, at the Union chool house, near the Union meeting house in said twp. iilth district, composed of Springfield township, at the school house, near Hugh 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 oldie school house on the farm now owned by Miles Le s (formerly owned by James Etuais,) in said township. 16th district, composed of Walker township, at the house of Benjamin Magahy, in McConnelstown. 16th district, composed of the township of Tod, at the Green school house, in said township. 17th district, composed of Oneida township, at Centre Union School House. 18th district, composed of Cromwell toanship, at the Bock Hill School House. 118 00 $27 $ 36 1 36 00 50 65 50 00 65 80 60 001 80 100 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 Robeson, 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 Case, at the public school house in Cassville, in said township. 21st district, composed of the township of Jackson at the public house of Edward Littler, at MeAleavy's 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,) }lamely : Beginning at the intersection of Union anti Shirley town ship linen 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 Sandy ridge; thence northwardly along the summit of Sandy ridge to the river Juniata, and thence up said river to the place of beginning, shall hereafter form a separate election district ; that the qualified voters of 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 in the 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. 26th 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 line begin ning at the Juniata river, and running thence eastward in a direct line along the centre of 11th street to the !ins of Oneida township constituting the Third Ward, and also those portions of Walker and Porter townships formerly attached to the east ward, at the office of James Simpson, No. 831 Washington street, in said borough. 28th district, composed of all that territory north of the third ward of said borough,constitutiug the Fourth Ward, at the public School House near Cherry Alley, iu said borough. 29th district, composed of the borough of Petersburg and that part of West township, west and north of a line between Henderscn 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 new district the houses of David Waldsmith, Jacob Longanecker, 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. 31st district, composed of Carbon township, recently erected out of a 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, east three hundred and sixty perches to a stone heap on the Western Summit of Broad Top main tain ; thence north sixty seven degrees, east three hun dred and twelve perches, to a yeliow 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 Henry S Green's land; thence south thirty one and a half degrees, east two hundred and ninety-four perches to a Chestnut Oak on the summit of a spur of Broad Top, on the western side of John Terrel's farm south, sixty-five degrees, east nine hundred and thirty four perches, to a stone heap on the Clay township line, at the Public School House, in the village of Dudley. . _ 32d district, composed of the borough of Coadmout, at the public school house in said borough. 3M district, composed of Lincoln township, beginning at a pine on the summit of Tussey mountain on the line between Blair and Huntingdon counties, thence by the division line south, fifty-eight degrees east seven hund red and ninety-eight perches to a black 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 Run School House. 34th district, composed of the borough of Mapleton,at the public school house in said borough. 35th district, composed of the borough of Mount Union, at thepublic school house in said borough. 38th district, composed of the borough of Broad ;op City, at the public 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 Shado Gap, at the public school house in said borough. 39th district, the borough of Orbisonia, at the public school house. _ . . 40th district, composed of the borough of Mark lesburg, 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. 42d district, composed of the borough of Dudley, incor porated on the 13th November, 1876, at the public school house, in said borough. The 11th Section of Art. 9, of the Constitution, provides: . SECTION 15. No person shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall hold or shall within two months have held an office, appointment or employment in or under 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 iustices of the peace, and alderman, notaries public and persons in military services of the State ; nor shall any election officer be eligible to any civil office to be filled 0 at an election at which h e 11 serve, save only to such subordinate municipal or officers, below the grade of city or county officers as 11 be designated by general law. _. . .. .. .. „ . ... . In 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 at 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 qual— ified voter of such district. In case the person who shall have received the seconi highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend - on the day of the electian, then the person who shall have received the second highest number of votes for Jtidge at the next preceding election shall act as inspector in hie place. And in case the person who shall have received the highest number of votes for inepector shall not attend, the perton 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 ehall continue in the board for the space of one hour after the time fixed by law for the opening of the election, the qualified voter. of the township, ward or ds trict for which such officer shall have been elected, present at each 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 giving information 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. 4 , 1 4, . • i.- ... --- 77 --- . A. r- . ''..4 . •4- • . t 5 ;.• . ,:,.. 1 ,_•.: Is 711: . , - , r ". A & 11 .‘ Tr) - .., , t ... s s 3 t :I tf , ... 0 , . 4 k . , • t-, -,, f . e , .. : 1: ' ' h-. ..•. . ... ....„ , .„,.. ~,, 4_, ,i.....,.., . , ~...,... ~„ ..,.......„ i!,,..,...,.„ rel :4:4", fiir i". A ~..,.. : 4 7 # 1 0 .. 7 ~. : :Noc. • . , . . . SPECIAL ATTENTION is hereby directed to the Bth Article of the New Constitution. :r.frrios 1. Every male citizen twenty—one years of age, possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all election, . }trst.—lle shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. Seeund.—lle shall have resided in the State one year, (or if having previously been a qualified elector or native burn citizen of the State, he shall have removed from and returned, then eix months,) immediately preceding the election. _ . . Thud.—lle shall have resided in the election district where he shall offet to vote at least two months immedi ately preceding the election. twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months son paid at least one month before the election. By Section 1 of act of 3lith of March, ISCaI, it is 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 all judges of courts voted fur, and to lie 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 fur, and members of Congress, if voted for, and be labeled, "county ;" one ticket shall embrace the name of all township officers voted fir, 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. SECTION Li. Fer 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 dent of any institution of learnieg, nor while kept in any poor house or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in public prison. ,ACTION 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 numoer 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 Name 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 du so as witnesses in &judicial proceeding. Silences 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 Commonwealth, 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 team' place of election, SECTION 7. All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the State but no elector shall be de prived of the privilege of voting by reason of his name not being registered. SECTION 9. Any person who shall, while a candidate for office. be guilty of bribery, fraud, or willful 'violation of 1 any election law, shall be forever disqualified from hold ing an office of trust or profit in this Commonwealth, and any person convicted 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 four years. And also to the following Acts of Assembly now in force in this State, viz armor 8. At the opening of the polls at all elections it shall be the duty of the judges of election fur 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 his name upon the ticket, or cause the same to be written thereon, and 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 a ju dicial proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerks, 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 shall be sworn by the minority inspector, if there shall be such minority inspec tor, and in case 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 out and signed by the officers so sworn. and attested by the officer who administered the oath. If any judge or minority inspector refuses or fails to swear the officers of election in the manner required by this act, or if any officer of election shall act without being first duly sworn, or if any officer of election shall sign the form of oath without being duly sworn, or if any judge or minority inspector shall certify that any officer was sworn when he was not, it shall be deemed a misde meanor, and upon conviction, the officer or officers so of fending shall be tined not exceeding one thousand dollars. or imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both, in the dis cretion of the court. I also give official notice to the electors oflHuntingdon County, that by an act entitled "An Act further suppli mental 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 the day 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 duceat least one qualified voter of the district as a wit ness to the residence of the claimant in the district in which he claims to be a voter,for a period of at least two months next preceding said election, which witness shall be sworn or attired and subscribe a written or partly writ ten and partly printed affidavit to the filets stated by him, which affidavits shall define clearly where the residence is, of the person so claiming to be a voter ; and the person so claiming the right to vote shall also take and subscribe a written or partly written and partly printed affidavit, stating to the best of his knowledge and where and when ho was born; that he has been a citizen of the Uni ted States for one mouth, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; that he has resided in the Commonwealth one year, or of formerly a qualified elector or a native born citizen thereof, and has removed therefrom and returned'', that he has resided therein six months next proceeding said election ; that lie has resided in the district in which he claims to be a voter for the period of at least two months immediately proceeding said election; that he has not moved into the district for the purpose of voting therein ; that he has if 22 years of age and upwards, paid a State or County tax within two years, which was assessed at least two months and paid at least one month, before said election ; and if a naturalized citizen shall also state when, where and by ;what 'court he was naturalized, and shall also produce his 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 ceased, and when, where and to whom paid ; and the tax receipt Met efor shall be produced for examination, un lese the attiant shall state in his affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, or that he never received any : but if the person so claiming the right to vote shall take and subscribe an affidavit, that he is a native-born citizen of the United States, (or if born elsewhere, shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shall produce evidence that he has been naturalized, or that he is entitled to citizenship by reason of his father's naturalization ;) and shall further state in his affidavit that he is, at the time of making the affidavit, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years ; that he has been a citizen of the United Statesone month, 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 reeided therein six months next preceding said election, and in the election district Imme 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 be filed by the Return Judgeewith the Prothonotary and shall remain on file within the Prothonotary'e 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 Max" being added where the claimant 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 on the lists of persons voting at such election. Alai, 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 claiming to be a naturalized citizen shall be required to produce his naturalization certificate at the election before voting, except where lie has been for five years, consecutively, a voter in the district in which he offers his vote ; and ou tire vote of such person being re ceived, it shall be the duty of the election officers to write or stamp on such certificate the word "voted," with the day, month and year • and if any election oflicer*or officers shall receive a second vote on the same day, by virtue of the same certificate, excepting where sons are entited to vote by virtue of the naturalization of their fathers, they and the person who shall offer such second vote, upon se offending shall be guilty of high misdemeanor and on eonviction thereof, be fisted or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the Court; but the fine shall not ex ceed five hundredi dollars in each case, nor the imprison ment more than 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 not 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 imprisonment 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 vote.] cast for each candidate voted for, and make a full return of the same in triplicate, with a return sheet in addition, in all of which the votes received by each candidate shall be given after his or her name, first in words and again in figures, and shall be signed by all of said officers and cer tified by overseers, if any, or if nit 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 soon as counted, shall also be publicly and fully declared from the window to the citizens present, and a brief state ment showing the 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 be immediately posted np on the door of the election house for information of the public. The triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envel opes and be sealed in presence of the officers, and one en vel po, with the unsealed return sheet, given to the judge, which shall contain one list of voters, tally-paper, and oaths of officers, and another of said envelopes shall be given to the minority inspector. All judges living within twelve miles of the prothonotary's office, or within twenty-four miles, if their residence be in a town, village or city upon the line of railroad leading 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'clock met idan of the second day after the election, deliver said return, together with return sheet, to the prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the county, which said return sheet shall be filed, and the day and hour of filing mark ed thereon, and shall be preserved by the prothonotary for public inspection. At twelve o'clock on the said second day following any election, the prothonotary of the court of common pleas shall present the said returns to the said court. In counties where there is no resident president Presidentj udge, the associate judges shall perform the duties imposed upon the court of common pleas, which shall convene fur said purpose; the returns presented by the prothonotary shall be opened by said court and com- HUNTINGDON, PA,, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1878 ' pitted by Ruth of its officers and such sworn assistants as the court shall appoint, in the presence of the judge or judges ofsaid court, and the returns certified and certifi cates of election issued under the seal of the court as is now required to be dune by return judges ; and the vote as so computed and certified, shall be made 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 dis trict shunts:, missing when the returns are presented, or 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 he necessary to ajust return, said court shall issue stun 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 ossessiou ; 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 for 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 li of said Act, it is provided that the re spective assessors, inspectors and judges of the election shall each have the power to admiuister oaths to any person claiming the right to Le assessed or the right of suffrage, or in regard to any other matter or thing requi red to be done or inquirtsl into by any one of said officers under this act ; and any wilful fake swearing by any per son iu 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. SECTION 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 for 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 chal 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, snail be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars; and if any assessor shall knowingly assess any person as a voter 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 ini 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 imnrisonment not 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 punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both at the discretion of the court. Any person who shall on 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 qualified voter of the dis trict exercising his right to vote, or from exercising his right to challenge any person offering to vote, such per son shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not ex ceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court. Any clerk, overseer or election officer, who shall disclose how any elector shall have voted, unless required to does in a judicial proceeding, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a tine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by im prisonment not exceeding two years, or Loth, iu the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. On the petition of five or 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 make report of the same as they may be required by such court. Said over 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 votes counted, and the returns insole out and signed by the election officers; to keep a 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 his papers produced ; and the officers of said election are required to afford to said overseers, 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 tined not exceeeing one thousand dollars, or imprison ment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court: or if the overseers shall be driven away from the polls by violence or intimidation, all the votes polled in such election district may be rejected by the proper tribunal trying a contest under said election, or a part or portion of such votes aforesaid nosy be counted, as such tribunal may deem necessary to a just and proper dispo sition of the case. If any person shall prevent or attempt to prevent any officer of an election under this act from bolding such election, or use or threaten any violence to any such offi cer, and shall interrupt or improperly interfere with him in the execution of his 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 hint 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 offending 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 not more then one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than two years. "If any person or persons shall make any bet or wager upon the result of an election within the Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such bet or wager, either by verbal proclamation thereof or by any written or printed advertisement, or invite any person or persons to make such bet or wager, upon conviction thereof heor they shall forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or offered to be bet. a _ Election officers will take notice that the act entitled `A Further Supplement to the Election Law. of this Com• nionwealth," disqualifying deserters from the army of the United States from voting, has recently been declared un constitutional by the Supreme Court of PenneylN alga, is now null and void, and that all persons formerly disqualified thereunder are now lawful voters, if otherwise qualified. SEC. ill. it shall be the duty of every mayor, sheriff, deputy sheriff, alderman, ustice 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 on 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 Commonweilth, to be present in person or by deputy, at the place of holding such elections in said ward, district or township, fur 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 N he 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 offending. See. 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 the officer or officers, so ne glecting the duty aforesaid, to be proceeded against by in dictment for a misdemeanor in office, and on con ciction thereof, the said officer shall be fined in any sum not ex ceeding one hundred dollars. Sec. 114. It shall be the duty of the several courts of quarter sessions of this Commonwealth, at the next term of said court after any election shall have been held under the act, to cause the respective constables in said county to be examined on oath, as to whether any breaches of the peace took place at the election within their respective town ships, wards or districts, and it shall be the duty of said constables respectively to make return thereof as part of their official return at said court. _ _ _ Given under my hand at Huntingdon, the 2Sth day of September, Anno Domini ono thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and first. SHERIFF'S OFFJOH, i SAM'L. 11. IRVIN, Sept. 27,1878. j SHERIFF. PIANOS, PIANOS, SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, ORGANS. ORGANS. To those who contemplate the purchase of a FIRST-GLASS INSTRUMENT, of any kind, will find it much to their advantage to call at THOMAS' MUSIC AND SEWING MACHINE STORE and examine the finest stock of Instruments and Sewing machines ever brought to this county. Examine the Geo. Woods and Stannard Organs before purchasing any other. They are the best, and will be sold at panic prices. The best, cheap- est and 'universal favorites, THE LIGHT-RUNNING DOMESTIC AND AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES, can be purchased from me at remarkably low prices. Remember the place, 313 Penn St., Huntingdon. nov9-tf] JOHN H. THOMAS, Dealer. Ely gluts' Noluer. What is a Year? What is a year ? 'Tis but a wave Of life's dark rolling stream, Which is so quickly gone that we Account it but a dream ; 'Tis but a single earnest throb Of time's old iron heart, As tireless now and strong as when It first with life did start. What is a year? 'Tis but a turn Of time's old brazen wheel, Or but a page upon the book Which death must shortly seal ; 'Tis but a step upon the road Which we must travel o'er ; A few more steps and we shall walk Life's weary road no more. What is a year ? 'Tis but a breath From time's old nostrils blown ; As rushing onward e'er the earth, We hear his weary moan ; 'Tis like a bubble ou the wave Or dew upon the lawn, As transient as the mist of morn Beneath the Summer's sun. What is a year ? 'Tis but a type Of life's oft changing scene ; Youth's happy morn comes gaily on With hills and valleys green ; Next summer's prime succeeds the spring With flowers everywhere ; Then comes old winter—death and all Must find their level there. Pt trq-Etiltr. CAMILLA. Paul Smith was a poor old man. He had a back room at the top of a noisy lodg ing -house, where he slept and munched his meals of bread and cheese (or bologna sausage when he could afford it,) and from whence he crept, harmless and unnoticed as a fly, down to the corner of the dingy street, to the little music shop of Carl Bermann, a music setttler somewhere in Soho. There he tinkered all day on +ken vi olins and other instruments, never absent ing himself for a moment, save on Satur day afternoons, when he went to i teach the piano to three or four very stupid girls. Sundays, he curled up in his den and amused himself—nobody knew how—until Monday morning. There are a few certainties ; he never went to church, but he picked ragged children from the pavement when they fell near him, and gave them halfpennies when he had any ; shared his dinner with a man gy, dirty cur, who acted as a sort of escape valve for the ill temper of half the men and women in the street; and he roused Pat Ryan from his midnight snoose in the gut ter, and literally carried him home to Nora and the children. As for honesty, as a neighbor remarked, "If he found five shillings in the streets, he'd wear out ten shillings worth of strength and shoe leather to find the own er." One dark, cold night, Paul was return ing from his work, with a loaf of bread un der one arm and a violin under the other, and nearly fell over a small object crouch ed on the step. "Bless us! what's this?" cried Paul, striving to regain his "Only me, sir ! and the small object stood up and became a very pale, thin,rag ged "Are you hurt, little girl?" "No, sir." "What are you doing here in the cold ?" 'Nothing." '-Why don't you go home ?" "I ain't got any." "Dear me ! Where's your mother ?" "In Heaven !.. At this Paul was dumbfounded, and see ing that great tears were stealing down the child's wan face, he thrust the violin un der the arm which had held the bread, and putting the other around the tiny figure, he said, "Oh, I've got a home, a real jolly place ! Come up, and see." And this is the way old Paul came to have a neat little housekeeper, and to be buying calico gowns and shoes out of his poor salary. People wondered at the sight of this bent old man, hitherto alone and uncared for, tiow walking daily to his work with his hand upon the shoulder of the odd, yet pretty faced girl, looking at her with hon est pride brightening his eyes, and laugh ing as loud as she whenever the joke came in. But old Paul looked unconcerned, evaded the question of the curious, and learned to love nothing in this world bet ter than the little waif, Camilla. There were many, many days when rheu matism drew Paul by the fire in the old back attic, and drew the very last penny out of the dilapidated purse ; but brave little Camilla, never forgetting how near death she had been on that bitter night of their meeting, always found a way to ward off hunger, and courage to keep them both alive until help came. The winter of 1860 came in like a lion, as many a poor wretch well remembers, and with the blast came Paul's enemy. He turned one night, a sad face from his warm corner in Bertman's shop among the vio lins, and hobbled up the cold street, feel ing the approach of the old rheumatic pains, and wondering what would become of his poor little Camilla. His excitement carried him up to the last flight of stairs, and hearing Camilla's voice, he paused to rest and to listen.— She was singing in that sweet and expres sive manner that made her voice seem to him the sweetest and purest he had ever heard. At the end of another stanza he took breath, and another voice said : "Child, you astonish me. Either lam a poor judge of music, or else your voice is the best I ever heard. You are right in preferring its cultivation to anything else." An electric thrill shot through old Paul's frame, and quickened his blood to a rapid ity that quite carried away his rheumatic pains, and in a twinkling he was up stairs in his little attic. Ile was terrified at the sound of a voice; but the sight of a handsome and polished gentleman, with diamonds in his snowy linen, a heavy ring upon his dainty white hand, unquestionable broadcloth upon his back, in close conversation with k)amilla, whose wondrous beauty had of late startled even his dull perception, was more than old Paul could bear. lie was a very small man—had been in his/youth—and now that Time's withering fingers had touched him, he was shriveled and dried, like withered fruit, bnt in his virtuous indignation, he puffed out to its fullest extent, and in a falsetto voice piped, "Camilla, how dare you invite any one to come here ?" "Oh, Uncle Paul ! This is Mr. Claver ing, the gentleman whose—whose--' •'Whose mother she saved from death. Your niece, sir, a few days since was pass ing through our crowded thoroughfare, when my mother's carriage drew up to the pavement. The horses were restive, and bidding the driver attend to them, she began to ascend unas,isted. Her foot was on the step, when the animals sprang for ward and flung her violently from her fi,othold. But for the sudden act of Tour niece, who received my mother in her strong young arms the fall might have proved a fatal one. I came today at my mother's earnest request, to express heart felt gratitude, and to offer—" "You needn't offer Camilla a penny, sir. She'll never suffer while I've a pair of hands to work for her," said Paul. "You mistake me. I do not wish to insult you, but would raise this child from poverty, and would educate her, that she might be of use to you and to herself, and become a refined woman. Don't let your self-love stand in her light and shut it out from her. She sings like a prima donna, and wishes to study music. The great lustrous eyes of the child turned imploringly to the strange guardian. "Lor. Camilla, I can't stand in your way. I know you're every bit a born lady, if your poor mother did die in a hotel among wretches who turned her child into the cold as soon as the breath had left her body; but, decry me, I can't part with you." "And you shall not Let me serve little Camilla, and she shall never leave you, but shall prove a blessing to you in your old age." Paul could say nothing, and the strange visitor departed, with no further injury to his darling than an eloquent glance from an eloquent pair of eyes. Then from the gloomy lodgity , ' to a snug set of' chambers a few streets off went Paul and Camilla, and the poor old wretch began to look like quite another being in his clean work clothes and Sunday suit, earned from the increased number of pupils provided by the willing assistance of their philanthropical friend Clavering. Day after day, Camilla, went with her books to the teacher so strangely provided and after a little time, there came days when passers by paused to listen to the warblings of the rich young voice. When she had been there six months she entered one morning to find Mrs. Clavering in the music master's room. "What do you propose to do with your famous pupil ?" asked her soft voice. "Madam Camilla, is capable of doing anything in a musical way. She will be a songstress of whom this country will be proud. Ah, here she is !" "Yon have improved wonderfully, my child," said the lady, holding out her gloved hand. "I came to bring you Richard's farewell. He leaves London to night, and will remain abroad many years. Here is a gift as token of remembrance." She did not understand that Mrs. Cla vering had placed a pretty necklace of coral in her band, and then gathered up her shawl, and departed, but when her teacher spoke, she cried as if in mortal pain, and without a word, flew down the street towards home. As she turned the corner she rushed pelf melt into the arms of a gentleman. who on seeing her pale and-tearful, said. "Why little Camilla I What is the matter ?" "Oh, Mr. Clavering, you are going away ?" Richard Clavering's fine face grew sad and expressive, as the tearful eyes looked into his own, and, for the first time, he comprehended the fact that he was a young man, and that his protege was stealing from chilhood into beautiful girlhood, and as an undeniable beauty. "Camilla, I am going away, but will you wait for my return ?" "Wait for you ? I am not going to run away." "You do not comprehend me. Well, it is better so. Perhaps two years later you may understand me. Goodbye, Camilla. Kiss me good-bye." It was a very quiet street, and so ea milla lifted her head and kissed him. In all probability the child would have kissed him in the main s thoroughfare as there, and I only mentioned the fact of the street being a quiet one, to those who are shock. ed at the publicity of it. Well, they are parted. He to go over the sea, she to remain at home and improve the opportunities he has placed before her. The great heart of the music loving public was agitated with mingled emotions of joy, pride, astonishmast and awe, A new songstress had been criticised, picked over peace meal, ground down to the fittest point, dissected, examined through the most perfect microscope, and pronounced perfect! And now the manager of a first class fashion-patronized theatre had enga ged her fur an almost fabulous sum, as the world was anxious to hear her voice. The night came. The theatre was crowded from pit to roof. The orchestra pealed forth a grand overture, the expect ant crowd filled the air with perfume and soft murmurs of whispering voices and rustling silks arose in a subdued sound, and then the broad curtain rolled up and displayed the elegantly fitted stage. Suddenly there was a hush in the vast building, and eyes grew bright with eager anticipation as from the wing came the debutante. A tall, graceful girl, with gleaming shoulders and white perfectly shaped arms; with a crown of purple black hair upon the regal head; with great eyes scanning the crowd, and then with almost childish shyness veiling themselves beneath the long lashes ; a mouth, soft, tender and beautiful, and a cheek as fair as the pure white satin of her sweeping robe; and they had seen the long talked of and highly praised beauty. A roar like the rushing of distant wa ters sounded iu her ears, and then swelled into a thunder; and coming slowly down in the splendor of the foot lights, her beau tiful head erect, her eyes glowing with ex citement, her beauty enhanced by the ele gance of her costume, Camilla, the poor waif, the child of poor Paul Smith, the protege of the proud Richard Clavering, received the homage of the assembled crowd. When the acclamations had ceased, the orchestra began a soft symphony, and then through the building echoed the clear, pure notes of a voice that sounded far away—a dream's mystic voice full of hope, of doubt, of pain. Nearer, still nearer it sounded, and hope half drowned the doubts, and yet a plaintive sorrow seemed to remain. It came nearer, and the sorrow was a half expectant, trembling glimpse of something better; and when suddenly the strange voice broke in a triumphal strain the list ners held their breath as the wonderful notes rang out on the air and then died away. For a moment, a deadly silence reigned, but it was for a moment only ; then the building vibrated with a crash of enthusi asm that came from the music crazed andi ence. Men rose in their seats, and hund reds flung the floral tributes at her feet. In one of the boxes, above the one where tine music master and manager sat an old, odd-looking man waved his handkerchief and cheered, with great tears running down his wrinkled cheeks; and Camilla looked up to that one box, and gave him the only smile that crossed her lips that night. But at last the curtain fell, and Camilla, weary and worn, went off to the dressing room. Some one stood in the shadow of the side scene, and when she asked per mission to pass, caught her by the bands and drew her out into the light. "Camilla, little Camillia, is it you ? Have I been listening to my little girl all this glorious evening ? Speak to me ? I am bewildered and blind." "Mr. Clavering! when did you come ? Oh ! I am so glad, so happy !" she ex claimed. "Are you glad ? Are you happy ? Oh, is this wy welcome? Have you waited for me my love, my darling ?" She put her hands over her eyes, mur muring : 'You do not mean your worth ; I am dreaming ! I am mad !" "You are here wide awake, Camilla, and I am asking you to love me and to be my wife." She drew him away for a brief moment and laid her head within his arms. Then she passed into her dressing room and put out her hands, saying : Oh, Richard, take me away. I am soul sick of all of this." "And you will only sing—" "In your nest. Come, we must not for get Uncle Paul. He is waiting in the box fir we. " "Uncle Paul," cried Camilla. "Why, you naughty boy, you are fast asleep. Come, it is time to go home. Ah !" She started back with a cry, for the hand she touched was icy cold, and fell back stiff and helpless "Camilla, darling, come away. I will attend him." "Oh ! Richard." "Hush, love, he is beyond us now.— Those strains of music have carried him to heaven from whence they came." _ The poor old man was dead. With the consummation of his heart's wish, his quiet, unpretending, unoffending life had passed out into the new existence. There were loud growls in the music loving world, but nothing ever came of them ; for Richard Clavering removed their singing bird so defiantly that few knew the cause of her flight; and now she sings only to him. ,elect % II istellang. D. Lothrop & Co.'s Publications. The autumn and holiday list of D. Lo throp & Co. is peculiarly valuable and at tractive, not only for the character of the publications it represents, but for the variety of subjects it covers, and fur the elegant and substantial style in which the books it includes are brought out. The catalogue of the past and--present works issued by this house, numbers more than 700 titles, and it is a remarkable fact that nearly all of them fulfil some special want of the public, and meet with a steady sale. Of the more important books in the present list_are new additions of standard works, among them, Bunyan's ly War, in clear large type, on heavy paper and with a large number of' illustrations, one of the finest editions ever issued in this country; Dr. Adams' At Eventide; Dr. Dorchester's volume, Concessions of Liberalists, which has met with unexampled success; a new and elegant edition of Pilgrim's Progress, uniform in style with the Golden Treasury series, with gilt edges, and containing seventeen full page illustratiens. Several works by prominent authors are in prepa ration, which will be duly announced. In the line of books f r or young people the list of this firm is especially rich. No other American house furnishes a cats logue more a'tractive, or draws a sharper line between what is good and what is bad in literature. Among the books now in active preparation, and which will be is sued the coming summer and fall, are Miss Yonge's series of Young Folk's His tories, one volume of which will be issued monthly. The first volume will be upon Germany, to be followed by others upon Greece, England, France, and Rome.— They will be brought out in handsome style, in clear type, on fine white paper, beautifully bound and illustrated. A book of special interest which will appear in the fall is entitled Amy's and Marion's Voyage Around the World. It is from the pen of a daughter of the Rev. Nehemiah Adams, who, with her sister, really made the journey about the globe, in company with their brother, Cape. Adams. It will be fully illustrated from orignal photographs, Royal Lowrie, a story for the older boys, by Charles It Talbot, will create a decided sensation among those for whom it is spec ially intended. It is one of the most fas einating books published for the last half dozen years, and is as pure in tone as it is lively in incident. Parise) , (Mrs. Alden) Faye Huntingdon, two of the best writers of religious literature in the country, ap pear as joint authors of a story for girls, called From Different Standpoints. Two other volumes, That Boy of Newkirk's and Carrie Ellsworth, also appear in the list, .ogether with a new book of poems for home and school. New editions in quarto form of Young Rick, Cooking Club of Ju- Whit Hollow, Good for -Nothing Polly, and Nan, the New-Fashioned Girl, all popular and rapidly selling books, are announced for early issue. The house has in preparation an ele gantly illustrated work which is intended as a religious gift book fur the holidays.— It is called Out of Darkness into Light.— The designs are from the pencil of Mary A. Lathbury, whose talent for illustration is well known. It is proposed to make it the most popular presentation book of the season, not only in style and character, but in price. The popular belief that anything was good enough for children to read has un dergone a very decided change during the past tew years. Thirty years ago the books which made up our Sunday school libraries were dull beyond belief. They repelled rather than attracted, not because they were moral in tone, but because they lacked sympathy and interest. The writers were good people, and imbued with the best of motives, but they seemed to forget that children required altogether different literary pabulum from grown people. The result was what might have been expected. The books which ought to have attracted them were discarded for sensational stories whose literary style was execrable and whose morals were always doubtful. One o f the first book publishing houses in the c ountry which attempted to reform this condition of things was that of D. Lothrop & Co. Mr. Lothrop had long believed in the possibility of a pure an 4 elevated standard of literature for the young, which should combine talent of a high degree with moral and religious teaching, and which, in addition to these qualifications, should be bright, sharp and entertaining. It required determination, courage and money to carry out this idea, but it was carried out, and to-day Mr. Lothrop stands at the head of a house which publishes more and better books for juvenile and young people's reading than any other in the country. The best available talent.is secured, and the dress in which his books appear is unsurpassed for beauty and dura bility. Many publishers exhaust them selves in bringing out a single illustrated juvenile for the holidays, while this firm offers perhaps a dozen, equally attractive, and immensely superior to the reproduc- tion of English juvenile publications with which the book market is flooded during the holiday season. Of the works lately published by this house in the special juvenile list, the four Wide Awake Pleasure Book; "A," "B," "C" and "IV are prominent. They are as seasonable one time as another, and will be a perpetual pleasure to young readers. Sunshine for Babyland, Mether's Batts and Girls, Our Darlings, and Little Peoples the last three by "Pansy," also appear in the same catalogue, and with a score or more others are brought out in illustrated board covers. The books which arc now preparing in the same popular style, make a long and attractive catalogue. Chief among them is Wide .nwake Pleasure Book "E," which is announced to be ready for the trade August Ist. It will contain a large mum ber of delightful stories and poems by well known authors, splendidly illustrated.— Among the contents are Sophie May's "Solomon Seal," "Child Marion's" ad. ventures in Rome. Venice and Vienna, poems by Celia Thayer, Mrs. Whiten, R. H. Stoddard, Nera Perry, Edgar Fawcett, Mrs. Piatt, Clara Doty Bates, etc. The volume is intended specially for the holi days, and in elegant appearance u well as intrinsic merit will compare in the way of a juvenile gift book with anything yet published. A new book by Adam Styria, and one that will make a sensation, is en titled Eyes Right. It is not only highly entertaining, but it contains a large amount of practical information for boys. Four Feet, Wings and Fins is the tide eta new illustrated book on natural history for children : Pen and Pelted Pittisrete-Babsi- land for 1878, three new books htwilausi," Two Boys, Getting ../lhead and Pansies, three large print books by Traey Towne, and a new work on Astronomy called Overhead, are especially attractive. Little .Miss Mischief and Her Happy Thoughts, adapted from the French by lilla Farman, will be issued in quarto form, elegaatiy il lustrated and bound, and will make oae of the most beautiful gift books of the season. In similar style will appear Little Miss Muslin of Quintillion Square, whose ad ventures will be a never-ending source of entertainment for other Miss blushes the country over. Another volume of Classics of Babyland, by Clara Doty Bates, is in preparation, which will surpass that of last year in general style and beauty of illustra tion. Those who remember that charming book, Poems for our Darlings, issued last season, will be glad to know that a com panion volume is announced, called Music for our Darlings, prepared by Dr. Bien Tourjee. It will be brought out is equally attractive style, and will make a standard book of songs for the household and school. room. Sidney Martin's Christmas, a splen didly illustrated volume of 600 pages, specially prepared by 'pansy," is another holiday publicatioa. Io addition to these there is The King of Picture Books, Baby Bunting, and a large variety of smaller il lustrated volumes, all handsomely bound in illustrated covers. The Printer. The Pi inter ii the Adjutant of Thought, and this explains the mystery of the won derful word that can kindle a hope as no song can—that can warm a heart as no hope—that word "we," with a hand in hand warmth in it, fur the Author and the Printer am Engineers together-L-Engin neers indeed ! When the little Corsican bombarded Cadiz at the distance of five miles, it was deemed the very triumph of engineering!. But what is that paltry range to this whereby they bombard ages yet to be ? There at the •case" hestand, , , and marsh als into line the forces armed for truth, clothed in immortality and English. And what can be nobler than the equipment. of a thought in sterling Sazon-Baxon with the ring of spear or shield therein, and that commissioning it when we are dead, to m )ve gradually on to "the latest syllable of recorded time." This is to win a victory from death, f.r this has no dy ing in it . The printer is called a laborer, and tile office he performs, toil. Oh, it is noC work but a sublime rite he is performing, when he thus "sights" the engine that is to fling a worded truth in grander curve than mis sile ere before described—fling it into the bosom of an age unborn. He srows off his coat indeed; we but wonder, the rath er, that he does not pull his shoes from off his feet, for the place whereon be stands is holy ground A little song was uttered somewhere, long ago—it wandered through the twi light feebler than a star—it died upon the ear. But the printer takes it up where it was lying there in the silence like a wound ed bird, and he equips it anew with wings, and he Bends it forth from the ark that had preserved it, and it flies on into the future with the olive branch of peace, and around the world with melody,like the dawning of a Spring morning. How the type build up the broken arches in the bridge of Time. How they render the brave utt e rances beyond the Pilgrims, audible and elogneet—:liardly fettering the free spirit, bet -nx•wiligt-•- , not a word nor a syllable lost in the whirl of the world —moving in connected rorepsph and period down the lengthening line of years.—Bayard Taylor. A COUNTRY poet, after looking about over life, has come to the following rhym ing conclusion : "Oh, I wouldn't live for ever—l wouldn't if I mild; but I oeedn't fret about it, for I couldn't if I would." A TACK points heavenward when it means the moat mischief. It has gassy hu man imitators. WHIN angry, count ten betbreiiiii i iig; if very angry, count s hundred:: THE individual chiefly anxious to see the rule laid down is the school boy. SUBSCRIBE for the NO. 38.
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