!.. 44. lii e huit Journal. Uil;ee• i,l JOURNAL Building, Fifth Street, f t •I 11:. .:013ILNAL is published every , J. .1. NAsu, at t 2,W per 3ununr 1N ADCANet, or zi u i fur is sit months from date of sub tirription, not paid within the year. No ~,,,outinued, unless at the option or the pub lisher, nutii Lirrearages are paid. No paper, te,wevet, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely - ~a id for in advance. rt,tri.iOnt adeertiseutents will be inserted at rwELvi: AND A-11ALF CENTe per line for the first in,rtioD, sETEN AND 3ENTS fur the second and FITE CENTS per line for all sable la. ut iudertions. ,4cArterly and yearly business advertisements will be iusertod at the following rates: ! 9r. 1 I cr 9 ;ullB 001 . 27 36 ,ai t ,, .0 12 001!,4co1118 00 36 00! :.0 65 1. l :01.yicoi 34 00 t 50 t;r; MI 4:l', 20 0011 011136 00160 06' 50, 100 .41 I;.,,thiti.ilis .it Ass,wiations, Cotnnuinleations .r interest, all party annenneement., and uotives .if Marriages and Deaths, exceeding tire lines, will lie cliargel - EN i'ENT9 per line. begAl ,in.l .ther notices will be charged to the part 2. il,•-in A4ent, mind find their commission outside of these ti ,:ires. ?/' counts are due and ig once insertod. 3:bn PRINTING tevery hind, Plain and Fancy C010r... ti , ine with neatne.s and dispatch. !land-bills, Ttlanlo, Cards. Pamphlets, xc., of every variety and .tyle, et the shortest amt everythinz in the Printiue lin. will he executed in the most artistic manner and at rite, Professional Cardls• w km W. 'ORRIS, Attorney-at-Law, 402 Penn t, Huntingdon, Pa. II 1.!)W ELL, It ttoruoy-at-Law, 11 1, Zt. , l tb,iice i - ,rluerly occupied by Mt,bsrs. Wood.; lia;uauu A. L•aUMislDil,offershisprofessionalservi ces 1~1... is, onum uuty. Ottice, No 5Z3 Washingtou st reet, one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. Littu4,'7 1 TAIL IT I I,!. liaa p,rmaneatly located in Alexandria to profrss!on. [jan.4 '7B-Iy. C.S TON, Sur4von Denth , t. Unice in Leister's 111‘ , room formerly occupied by Dr. E. J [api2B, OIILADT, Attorney-at-Lau, 405 Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. [n0v17,'75 G . L. ROHR, I). , ntiqt, office in S. T. Brown's uew Pt.Tlll Street, Iluutingdon, Pa. [apl2.ll II .C. M tLr. EN, Attorney-at-Law. Office, N.. —, Penn Street, Liu utiugdon, Pa. [apl9,ll J•SYLVANTS BLAIR, Attorney-at-Lew, Iluntingdou, Pa. Office, Penn Street, three doors west of 3rd Strut. [jau4.7l j W. MATT iZN, Attorney-at-Law and General Claim . Agetit, Ilan( ing , iou, Pa. Soldiers' claims against lie Government fin - lick-pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attended to will great care and promptue4s. of fice un Penn Street. Diukt,'7l L ORAINE A' ”AN, Attirney-at LAW. Unice : No. 404 Peuu S:rat , t, Huntinc„ , lon. Pa. July 18, lti7j. S. 0 EIsSI NO ER, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public, litTl Pa. 011 tee, No. 230 Pon' Street, oipo site Court li••ti,e. [febs,"7l Q E. 1 2 1..E311N(3, Ai torney-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., S (Alice in 31 , nitor building, Penn Street. Prompt avid gamin' attention givtn to all legal business. fatigii,'74.-ranos WM. P. & R. A. 011 BISON, Attorneys-at-Law, No. 3':l Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. All kinds of log - al business promptly attended to. 5ent.12.,'78. New Advertisement BEAUTIFY HIM II 0 AT 141, The uncle/ is prepared to do all kinds of llorsE N sIG . PAINTINC 9 Calcimining, Glazing, raper=gm' g, and any and all work belonging to the businet , s. Having bsd ccvoral years' experience, be guaran tees sati:'lation to those who may employ biro. P]T S MODERAT E. Order mad• be left at the JOURNAL Book Store. JOHN L. ROHLAND. March 14 , h, 1879-th 011EAP 1 CHEAP!! lIHAP 1! PAPERS. FLUIDS. %-/ALBUMS. Buy your PAnor, Buy your Stationery Buy your Blank Books, AT TIIEJOCILVA I. BOOK d S2ATIONKIII STOhL School Stationery, Games for Children, Pocket Book, Pa.6s Be.•ks, Books for L irea. Elegant E! i•ig, A.,07 (1;1 1-.T,:i7css Variety or .LVice AT THE.701.72N.1 I bOoli ce STATIO.VERT .Cr)le` kJ To 1 ,4 ).0 A YEAR, or $5 to $2O a day : : •:I in your own locality. No risk. W4.111.-II a a r i tti;::: theelll a a a l , u u l n e t n . e. Tot stated n - 1 1,0,1 1 k ~a.Ne No inure , ,n :: scat fail to make money taOt. Any m e ran do the work. You can make fret. ho cts. to $2 an hour by devoting y..nr evenings and spare time to the business. It costs ri.dhing to try the hostiles. Nothing like it for money making ever offered boiore. Business pleasant and strictly 11 , 1- Orttbk. Its•ader if you want to know all about the best paying business before the public, send us your addr,s and we will send you full particulars and private Is in: free; Kalliples worth $5 also free; yon can thin muk..,ip your mind f :r• yourself. Address GEORGE STINSON .t CO., Portland, Maine. June ti, 1879-ly STAYIPIING I. Having just received a fine assortment of Stamps from the (.3t, I am now prepared to do Stamping f,r BRAIDING AND EMBROIDERING, I also do Pinking at the shortest notice. bias. MATTIE 43. GRAY, No. 415 Mifflin street. May3,l S 7 5, DR. J. J. DAHLEN, GERMAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office at the Washington House, corner of Seventh and Penn streets, lIUNTINGDO.N, PA. April 4, 1879 i)li. C. H. BOY EIS.. SURGEON DENTIST, Offi_e in the Franklin House, HUNTINGDON, PA Apr.4-y it. M'DIVITT. sURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER, ST., bet. Third and Fourth, (et.l7,'7U JOHN S. LYTLE. SD: YE YOR AND CONVEYANCER SPRUCE CREEK, Huntingdon county Pa. May9,1&79-Iy, COME TO THE JOURNAL OFFICE FOR YOUR JOB PRINTING If you arts sale bills, If you want bill heads, If you want letter heads, If you want visiting cards, If you want business cards, •If you want blanks of any kind, If you want envelopeaneatly printed, If you want anything printed in a workman ike manner, and at very reasonable rates, leave yourorders at the above named office. A WEEK in your own town, and no capital ° t w i t " ii ir e tetu d iaf e Y r iu he can n se ; give lte b t ett l; t e 0 pi business ik(iticu, t y a h ti , :i i el ti i $ wo try nothing else until you see for yourself what yuu can do at the business we offar. No room to explain here. You can devote all your time or only your spare time to the business, and make great pay fot every hoer that you work. Women make as much as men. Send for special 'whey, terms and particulars which we mail free. $5 Outfit free. Don't complain of hard times while you have such a chance. Address 11. HALLETT A CO., Portland, Maine. June 6,18794 y. TOYFCE News for Boys and '". -1- 4. 4 Young and !' ! ! A NEW I VENTION just patented for the,, IPfor Home ule w Pret and Scroll Sawing, Turn"ng, A Boring, Drilling,Grinding, Polishing, Screw Cutting. Price S 5 to f.;O. A Send ri cents for 100 pages. EPHRAIM BROWN, Lowell, Mass. Sept. 5, 1879.e0w-Iyr. NOTlCE.—Notice is A_ tei given. to all persons interested, that t persiins have settled their ac e:mats in : Register's Office, at Huntingdon, and th.t 11, said iivoun•s will be presented for eon an Orphans' Court, to be h.iid iir for the county Boni the 14th day of L. wit : I. ,••• t tr ! Administrator d. r , r.••• •:,.. ph Price, late of Crow- f • it, , tp ~ ..1 1 A7l) h Price. Executor, of the arki •,-t,:tne,•; of .tamer Fletuirtg,late o f,i,•••,u6eti, us filed by Rich ard r, ;. a. C. U. of Asaph , I. 3m j 6m lyr er,, ri r. ,v:-1 •.-tor•lt of Samuel Ralston (lo..rd•;:it tr.ft.l (I..u4liter of Jobi• ali r Eva,. 6t.,1••••••• :o , io.irt of Miller and A. B. 1i ii r , Trn,tees to sell the ran', ate ,•: 1.1 . .-ir,:vltter, late of Barree 16. 1',34! atc t L:ndsay. surviving Tll, t•:, :1••• _icorge \V. Swartz, Cel.,.ed, with a dis trii,ut ion an!....; 17. V.'m S'.ryker, Executor of the will iate of West town ship, al. i„ ;:r'.:,. •,•lr.t of tleorgo W. Cur ,.l.••ii.;, •i T:i- Orphans Court to • f •is ; Price, late of Clay sel; r tow ..1 1') J, m 20 ,;••1 thai tA ii,:1;;••z•i.o! ! 21. tor tor b 0,,. ker, t. wi:i, : I ,w of full age, Fan ni: •• • Striker, minor chil dren •i 1. I:. KI - NTZELMAN, Register. Hun L! !:i• i:t 1 s vw., Pll TER3I (;Ni,- Jr.,„}„. .k ! •7,s 1 . 11 ,, 1t1YQ. IliPreliata, Mt. l'nion . ; ; •; ,11: • N. C., liutiting&n. %. : 4 ., :loa,. Litt...obi. T. c., iii•erator, llUuHllgdnn ( 1r .•tt J. C.. 12. , lit:quitb, A. Ortkis,nia. • Jo•eph. farina'', West. I..ccnian, Lincoln. 1.. h., p.,tter, Ca4sville. i:n•l, OA!, icl, blacksmith, Warriorsinail. I.: farm,. Irznklia. A. J fat nter, ,11:tf 1-tu., farmer, Port,. _li..;leln Ge,. W.. ginitlennen, Warriorsrus,rk Plwasant fatllit`r, Union. 1`..1,; si. xander, ca.epent,,r, Lincoln. ,S;nnl, P., Lc.,nt•r, ,in•nrer I....Aktepor, carbon. carpenter, Union. TUAVER6I,Ii.ORS-...711:84' WV:K. .A.Pitn, John Q., fitrmer, Franklin. WarriurNmark. mall. tiu n tim :don, g , 1111,111:1,, 11111:tillgdion. 8.e.,1: Samuel, t"arttier, Car. thew Aihert, painter Brady. ter Jatne. , , farmer, Tell. Clitistunt. farmer. Huntingdon. .. , ,,l;ll“,earp,nter. 1.. y. •!, ill ii•••., C.•,rad d tcuL, miner, Orbia.mia. 4 1,c...d e 8., plasterer, Orbisunia. Ilene, Sr, farmer, West. 1 , 4 .•ker teannster, 6.0. 1,1 It tn. C., fonnitan. Mt. Union. carpenter, ,2..1.111111.;. Lu iner, Lineolu. 1: , •1; i . y 1: ,•,; , •,71 Andr..w. tinner, II ;• i....• 1: lia:Jtm;:ot•it lant.t. f. I N carprtzt,r, I II A !I: AM, I:: :,;••• .1. If , ! nor, wier. y l.l>u k;mttl, , Lugan. :?• , y1 . .. , 11 54:211,1, Lti•Lier, P. , rter. J,.lm I:o..rer, N , ff./ .:01.1arnict". fanner, Wrst. shoemakpr, Oridsonia. Spi ittgtield. J..hit K., Etrawr, Carbon. STAMPING •,I~Ai. Ncar.liilli.O.oll, Andrew, farluei, ft! M liarl, letn . ll,, Logan. :••:. 11. It, V. lut., A. P.. I trmrr , Oneida. I kliry, .1.. A. I'., fatittvr, i,t•tiu•r, y. Jack , n. J.. . 'I J:.,. It., IRbot . ,„ fiffito,r, l.van • .I,l:ttivitl, tarmer, t;..... , man te,her, If .10.11.11. Huntingdon, 11. If ~.r J•,lln, railn , olc.r, Huntingdon. lcr-t. Van !tun,. inukool , or, .:ackson. M.o.', John, lobekquitli, Jackson. l; farmer, Wartiorsnuirk. 5..1. , 111.. 11., Penu. tutner, P., farmer. 9'":1. %;. Fis.tikLa. /:, hot,. firuit•r, 1)111,Thi. I,atii, fa! iragtield. ttuntingduu. I:triner. Ilrri ly. SA:lHlel, merchant, Ilimtimzdon I i i:as W. 8., farm,', Franklin. 11 , nry A , Juniata. !dso , :ly Jnliu, fdriner, Cass. I\l , :lingli Edward, supernavndent, 'Huntingdon vt: A. I'., firmer, l'nrter. LILTNTINGDON, PA it;, hant. Ilottotingolon. 1111,0-ri,000,, tanner, Juniata. farmer. Ti it iolanotgo-or. FrAnklin. 'I riy; Et! ou 1:;o1,o P. f: ' Lmicr. 11'. J., I,z:triter, Brady. LisTCAI:::SI;; FOR TRIAL AT 1., I! tit Second Monday and 12 t d WEEK: 17.1:7.1 .J.dln S. lirre, et al. IVtn. .Tuba I; it et al. Levi 11'; vs. o,liisoti t Co. 1..,• • N•.E. P. „Kittriek et al, ~-• :-..l;ue. L. J. i v,. i-r .N.:tional Bank of Iluating‘in WEEK. Ans;:..! -- y for vs. Nicholas Rider. vF. Pr. O. Thompson. Mrs. Ni. J. De'Or, vs l.Favne. David In in vs. ticorge Cromwell. John Z.A.tni .er vr. T. K. Henderson. F.•ii.;;, , • n admrs. vs J. M. Oaks admrs. Doligherty. x;•(.2,111;:',1 use vs. Melinda A. Owens. La.. 4, et al vs. ..4111(., Law'a avitur. M !chat.; vs. A. F. Rupert. untln7don vs. IV.P Orbisnn et al admrs. vs. M. IL Massey's es- eeutrix. B ll,riman o a; vs. W. S. Morrison's adm'rs. ii•. , :o:er VP. John S. Boland. Sing,.r Flenuer. 1,cl; h vs. Jane Leers aamrs. Dav;,l exteutrix vs. B. F. Douglass. vs. Same. W. M. WILLIAMSON, Protv's. Office,l Proth'y, Mar. 19, IS-SO.I FINEAND FANCY PRINTING .A: GO to the JOURNAL Once. - • • • „wz ic 7 7: ! • • r ,••• 1 •••„; • - -rpm 11 4 1 - -TV! a r 7: JUL- t ?# 1 4- / • , - • • .• 1).• _«-:: New Advertisements 1 r.,37,•ite. Administrator . F. 1 i ice, late ot Cromwell f I A lircd L. Carot.ll - of Lewis Caroth (A' Joseph Grubb, Ex wen r of Abraham olveen Fed. 1", .1 Adininiqrrator •^r, late of Tell the Ex..cutor, ,la.ry M. Huffer, .1. -'. Atlministra S , ewart, late of Moe- r Curls 0. Carr, Stuttl,, late ,volui• of J.nitthan tut 11,rajatain 41,r, A.ltuifiistrator I Equle of Sautue: •'•i d,cPaseJ. if non. Adwibistrator ,I,=,xased, with dis- n. Administrator of !ate of Barree tp., f i,(.1 G rove, Guardian minor son of t.ttF Jesse (3,mdman, Thomas M. L9gau, Administra. la[c of War l'Ho. Alministra • a. oi ;he ~:tare of Win. Cole. t der!el.sed. , • •,.' "William IV. Stry • kcr, intermarried TRAVERSE .IE:WAS-SECOND 17::E t. New Advertisements NT I OTICE.—The following named per -A-1 yer,ons have tiled th'ir applications for s,ll liquor, ice.. wiih the clerk of the Quarter Sessions, They will be laid be flu, court on the Se o: d Monday of April next, being the t:i.r,l Monday and lath next: li:.NiiY 1, EISTE In , : or Tavern at Sromil :.,rot4.lk of nantin g don. Ili; V,liellers are: Belikert, W. 1). I'. l'ourli. iNViu. A. l'. Wilson, Rti.l , lpli &li,tfer, I I lenry liassenptlng. .11in .:)11.703, IW. It. Strickler, .1:tc..1, A frka. ' l'. R. Major, llonr3 114.1,mnanr, 'John 1.ei,t,..r. f 1.,..m.i; E. IN.rt, JOHN S. 11ILLER, Tun or Tavern at Intel, First Ward, borooli of Vaiiitiligihm. liiu vonencrs : Hazzard. A. S.'hini,niuml, i..f~~ltn+t~~n. .1. :11.1.:Inghlin Thus. J. titi tl rube, Ti,.. I) N.. ell, N"h! 1;rou W. S. liallinan, 1.. , .11 - 11 ,4 . !Int !HS, nk W. ,tc wart, I 11 enry 1:1.11 C StVo()l'L'. Inn or Tavern WArd, borough of • , ,erb are : %V. L. I.:Ai. 31. N. 1::t. 11. lolt,agt , W. R. Striiller, A. C. C4,rhin, F Alitenick, 1. A. Gi...ette, 14.;-• Slifer, tor, A. Port, A. 1., W. Wiliiain I Brown ti . iio LTG [l, Tavern at Wash. Lionse, Second Ward, borough of Huntingdon, hi, vouch,' : T. )1. Mack . C. Smiley : L. LL . A Fr,..it,ivk !Hiller. Bailimiyue, M. D., T. Walker, Lvi,ter. I'it:ii, i. d \- A LEN'fINE BROWN and HENRY Eam UND, lon or Tavern, at The Juniata House, and, Licruugh of Iluutiuf lu. Hie vouchers are GeL,r;;.. A iexii oil, Miller, liartie Kippp•rt, 1.•1..,.111: it,:1 7 ',1 mull!! t:rut.e. : A..lolmston, ae4.l, Lr mard, Ira Jenkins, Li. S. .•iiiit IF. Mob., N4. • :1 D. 11. Chi:cou, A 811.1.1 GRAFF I 1.7.3, Inn or Tav ,,, l'4•te,burg Hotel, i.orouo.l t i Putersburg. His v9iieLwrti are: C. F. Kirkpatrick. W. Uardy, INVilt tam Kirk patrick, !Thomas Brinniuger, 'Jolla Eberle, j:111, .1. T. \OI3II, .I.W.\lil.'n, G. T. 11,,H, E. R. Mardi Geisier. NVILLIAK DURST, Inn or Tavern dear Pe•ttisylr:uti:r Railroad Depot, borough of Peters- Ilis vouchers tire: 1.1011!1 R 044. 11110111 Na 1.1. E. '•':u rl~, T. L.• 11, .1. T. .N4.l;in, .1. P. ela,k, M:1111/1 am., Otto AlOoon, 11 DAVIDSON, Inn or Tavern thf• borough of .donut Union. Hi* vouchers are: Jacob Fi,lier, R. J. Fount, N I).. , llgh.rty Cha C.;:dri,, P. F. W. Biddle; lkury Harvey Bannett. W. 'l'. l;tiyt,,ii A lexa;der Aititz, iJ,hu Mahan. A. er WILLIAM McGOWAN, Inn or Tav ern, in :lie borough of Shade Gap. Ms vouchers are: W. C. caldwell, T. C. McGowan, iani li. Lee, W. 31. Morrow, F. W. Welch, Asher Make, A. Crue, Zeigler. Jwites Fl,,q .1. W Crve, J. C. 111.1,1,1 y, CARA ?tit In' or Tav • ern at Eng!, Hotta, borough of Orb sepia. Ms vouchers Wi !I i :In' K.efauvcr, C. II WAgii.r, o 1111low.th U. S. Ih•lSroy I:. :WA% M,V,0116 RiVOl , 4O Swartz. Hotto' 11 s i LAS II ESS, Inn or Tavern, borough c,,:dmont. 1113 vouchers :tx,: i;.rvas Itii•sterer, Sa Iles. 1.1,•1in W. L.% tit lam lii•itli, ; J e Wright, 'John EVIOTR ilu Itoznine, A. Clary. Jael:son. G A. ttruble. B. F HASLETT. Inn or Tavern at the Keyslon: Ilotel,Spruce Creek, in Morris township. His v : 'l'l!_m as 31. Bonier, IDaniel Keller, W a. Wad:, ;Andrew .T. Slack iEdwarl Beigle, [Perry Gint,, M. S. Hasten, IGeurge IV : Kreps. R... Mark, .\. G.NLt.•k, P IC. tlarhish, Ilrt,ry Shultz, lon or Tavern, in the borough of Dudley. Ilia vouchers are : Dickaou, ;R - nu. Brown, !Jtaliti Leary, 1:I-, Ilarrturton, Wn.. NLiher, 'Levan Cuilisort %% Nam I':u• lt,bert L.•wis, Thomas Mahor, Horton- Luk. , J. A :WRBIS, 4)r Tavern, at the rui,,n 11(41,1 in Mill Creel:, Brady tuw•uship. lli9 vouch- :T•toutae Martin, tletay NVithers, lu .than K. Metz, S3llllle I B. G rtom, Warpter, M. Holkr. ',ant! Odonk I'4 41, T. lien.ierbon, A. 11 ENiii 1411iLA IN. Inn or : 4 14...1er House, in the I..rout;ll of Alexandria. 11, v.,e•h•-•rti are: Nano,' Ilamor, Ilarrix 11..„roter, 1. , e01.e, • 31,• Mahon, Alfred I.3pyker, 11 Alfred Merlierran, lit,rae 11. Fleming, J. \Valiant W. Jones. J A 'tiE CHAMIIFIRIJAIN, Inn or at the Warriormark Exchange, in the village of Warriorsln .rk, Warriersruark tp. Ills vouchers are: David i;ei-t. 'Diller Iluek, I;i,,iiias IVilsou, Jerry Is..ck, ~,,,,, Hiip-r, 11.1.. Henderson, .1-1, ! - ',..i. , ..n, S. C. Henderson, I . H , ,,,.. , ,,,r, !David tirazier, :.,:. ii wchisou, James 11. Chamberlin. Ti...1.,,ts 1 i`i . .l:l, E. F. G()ULD, inn or Tavern, at the ux.4.;, vi, Hotel, borough of Dudley. 11b, vouchers are : Samuel Wige, Patrick Dougherty, E. C Poormztn, Luko Ilillerore, John ',WI:, William Brow.r.l, S. R.-31 Midis d Carroll, J. M. • - -•-•-• ----- G. T. :4DIONTO.N, for License to sell , be wholesale in quantities not less than one t • at the Miller Brew.ry, corner or .sth and Moore ~..reet, in the Second Ward, borough of Ilnutingdan. unuriE, for License to sell in quantities not less titan a quart, at the on Allegheny street, in Second Ward, b..t0u,11 ulllaotiugdun. W Y. WILLIANFON. Proth'y. Office, March 26th, 16 St , . Clerk. Valuable Real Estate Pzilvate Sale I lit , r.!;:ler:Agned offers his Farm at private sale, • ; :Lout three (3) miles north-east of Peters• !,,: lii,ntin,g.lon county, Pa., containing 107 •:-.. , and in a good state of cultivation. The improvement, are a good BRICK ft..„. T ,;;-,--,! 1 / 4 DWELLING 11015 SE. FRAME BANK W ;;J BARN, with Wagon Shed and Corn- RI Crio attachol, Brick Smoke and Spring ~-,..,,,..,i,v, . House,Wood ilone, Large Frame Hog Pco, Ault all other necesF•ary outhuildings,a never 1., iiin..: ;•riri7, of good water wit bin thirty feet of the LlJor. Also, two never-failing streams pass ,b the farm. AL.°. tern APPLE ;,;; Ci I A iIDS bearing, and ono Young Ap- • • 1,1,, Orchard of about 40 trees of choice gr:;fted fruit commencing to bear, with Pears, , ?luius and Cherries in abundance. The farm is situated about three-fourths of a mile from church, school and smith shop, and in a community. For fortlp-ir information call on, or addrets the I.•rsined on the premises, or at his postoffioe. J. 11. DAVIS, .11an.9-3in. Cottage P. 0., lluntingdon co., Pa. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE „ Is sure to cure Spa vins, Splints, Curb, eti &c. lt removes all unnatural enlarge . irrtut# • -mints. DOES NOT BLISTER. Has RO equal for any lameness on beast or tlr ' l .k nun. It has cured hip-joint lameness (ri IL person who bad suffered 15 years. Al:. cored i . aeurnatistn, corns, frost-bites or any rut or lameness. It has no equal for any blinntql on horses. Send :or illustrated circular vostrivn PROOF. Price Si. ALL DRUG t; I-TS have it or can get it Tor you. Dr. B. J. .ft Co.,Pionriotors, Enosburgh Falls, Ver mont. Harris a Ewing, Agents, Pittsburgh, Pa. r ly. MftJI!IG STOCK FOR SALE. Tbc Carb.thate Gold and r Mining Comps py of Lvadville, Col.,own more valuable Gold and Silver Mines than any o!her Company in the State. The stock is ten dollars per share, fully paid up, and nonassessable. They now offer a limited number of shares for sale through the un- ~c,ig n ed, at $2.00 per ehare. References and inLn•mation cheerfully given. Direct all orders and communications to S. M. BOYD, 144 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., P. 0. Box 1064. [f6-Iy. `‘.l.,,Tllscst There's but One Pair of Stockings to Mend To-Night. An o!d wi:,• 1.;% the hr freside, Swayin • thon4hrtull:. to and fro, In an ancient chair, who-e creaky frame Told a tale of lour ago; - While down by her tide on the kitchen fluor. Stood a basket of worsted halls—a acorn. The good man dovol 'e • the latest news Till the light of his pipit went out, And unheeded the kitten, with cunning paws, Rolled anti tangled the balls about. Yet still hat the wife in the ancient chair Swaying to and fro in the firelight glare. But anon a misty tsar dr,p came, In her eye of ode,' blue, Then trickled down in a furrow deep Like a sinitle drop of dew. So deep was the channel, s.. silent the stream, The good man saw naught Lut the dimmed eye. berm. Yet he tnarveled meth that the , 7 heerful light Of her eye had weary grown. And marveled he lucre at. the tangled balls, So be said in a gentle tone: "I have ehared the joys since cur marriage vow, Conceal not from we thy 6 rrow now." Then bespoke of the timewhen the basket there IVRA filled to the very brim. And hovillere rertptined o: the goodly pile But a single pair far him ; Then wonder not at Ole d'inmed eye-ligb% There's but one pair of stmikings to mend to-night. I cannot hut think of the I, t vy feet Whose wrappings were wont to lay In the basket, awaiting tilt, needle's time, Now wandered so far away. Hew the sprightly steps, to a mother dear, Unheed fell on the careless ear. For each empty nook in the basket old By the hearth there's a vacant seat, And I miss tho 1.1.1.10149 from off the wall, And the natter of many feet: 'Tic for this that a tear gathers o'er my sight. At the one pair of stockings to mend to-night. 'Twas said that far through the forest will And o'er the mountains hold, Was a land whose rivers and darkening caves Were gemmed with the rarest gold. Then my first-horn turned from the oaken door And I knew the shadows were only lour. Another went for the foaming waves And diminished the basket's store; But bie feet grew cold, so weary and cold, But they'll never be warm any more, And this nook in its emptiness seemeth to me To give furth no sound save the moan of the sea. Two others have gone toward the setting san And wade tnem a home in light And fairy finger' , have taken share To mend by the fireside bright. Some other baskets heir garments fill, But mine oh I mine, is empty still. Another—the dearest, the fairest, the best, Was taken by the angels away, And clad in a garment that waiteth In a land of — eontinued day. Oh! wonder no more at the dimmed eye-light When I mend the one pair of stoeaings to-night, *tarp-Ectict. I EWA with my cempani.in On the shore of the Niagara, dowtt tine steep bank of which I had carefully guided him at his earnest request. Ills ,:;es were fixed earne , rly two, tit. slrt am. and so intently did he continue to gaze upon the waters which whiled dizzily almost at our fpet, that I forbore to disturb Lim with 'the question which I had often before hesitated to ask. But my eyes were directed as steadfastly toward his face, as were his to ward the wild scene befOre him; and, in truth, he formed a striking picture, as he stood there by my side. leaning thought fully upon his staff, his long, white hair streaming back over his shoulders, and a painful, gloomy shadow flickering wearily about his wan face. Ah—threescore years and ten had not passed him lightly by ; the feet that thus tottered on the brink of the grave must have wandered through paths of sorrow and distress, and the finger of Time alone could never have graven that brow so deeply with wrinkles ! The casual inspection of the old man's face naturally suggested these reflections; but beyond this, I recalled the faint re tnembrance of having at some time beard a story relating to the long life sorrow of Wilson Webber—the name of my venera ble companiou—which, faint though it was, occurred to ate almost without effort. as I observed his emotion in looking upon the river. And I was thinking of some plan by which I might draw the narrative from the lips of the old man himself, when be conaueueed to speak, iu a voice hardly audible; not to me, certainly, for he never changed the direction of his gaze, and he seemed even unaware of my presence. Ile was evidently soliloquizing. "The river is wide, here—very wide," he said; "so wide that the opposite bank is indistinct, and I cannot separate the ob jects upon it from each other—and deep —how deep ! Ah, anti how deceitful are these rolling waters; how they run, just above, in a still, unbroken current, to break and change into a treacherous vortex ! Over what wealth of human victims do they sweep ; what generous hearts have been 'stilled in their fatal embrace !" 'is He paused. as he Aserved how intently I listened to every word which he thuA unconsciously uttered ; and after a mo ment's hesitation, he continued : 'Sit yonder, if you will," said he, ad dressing me, "and I will tell you the sim ple story of an old man's heart. You no ticed the cottage by the road, as we came down the bank r It is tenantless now, and gone to ruin and decay ; yet time was when it sheltered warm and noble hearts It was fifty years ago—fifty long, weary years —the home of a boatman, wlibse name I need not repeat, and his only child, Min nie, as she was called ; and the cabin was also my home I was younger than you, and a mere boy in appearance, when I was first cast abroad upw, the wide world, and left to its mercies. Contact with it, and its miseries, soon embittered my youthful spirit; it was an experience too severe for my boyish heart, and I grew sick and weary of life itself. It was merely a care less longing for change, at this period of my life, which led we to this wild spot, and the house of the boatman. For the first time in all my waylarings, I was kindly and hospitably received, and my heart instantly warmed toward the humane boatman and his little daughter. I had related to them my story, which needed no other confirmation than my careworn, emaciated face and lustreless eyes, aid their sympaties were readily enlisted for me; and days and weeki passed insensibly by, and found me still beneath the roof of the c.)ttage. It was a Lome, although an humble one; and for the time, I desired nothing more. _ 1 _ _ "But my strange pride of spirit would not permit Ins to remain whera there was a possibility that I might be an intruder; and it was to test the feelings of my new friends toward me that I one morning an nounced my intention of bidding them farewell. If I had harbored a doubt on the subject, it was quickly removed; the impulsive little daughter threw her arms around my neck, and, with tears in her eyes, declared that I should not leave IIUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1880. A LIFE'S TORTURE. them ; while the father said, with a smile : " 'There's little danger of your going, Will, while Minnie holds you as tight as she does now ! But don't think of leav ing us, my boy—at least, not for the present. We have come to like you so well we ao h serry to lose you." "S I remained, and made myself use ful to the boatman in his labors on the ricer, passing my leisure hours with Min !tie, end instructing her in the meagre keewledge which I bad learned by chanee. I had at first regarded her as a warm hearted and somewhat handsome child, and nothing more; but as I studied her more Closely, I was not slow in discovering in her the undeveloped germ of beauty, both of mind and body, which would one day eause her to be eagerly sought after.— Simultaneous with the discovery a great ambition possessed me ; and as I dreamed over it, my purpose was strengthened and confirmed. It was simply the determine rive to go out into the world once more, Id to devote a few brief years of' toil to the :requisition of wealth—not fir myself, but for Minnie and her father. My heart exuittel over the idea that I might thus re pay rey humble benefactor the debt, which my gratitude magnified a thousand fold; arid, best of all, make darling little Minnie my wi!e. She would be a peerless woman at tha expiration of the period I had limi ted ; and I actually surmised whether it would not be selfish for me to take her all to myself Ah—you smile, my Young friend; but these were not the idle dream ings of a bey ! I was a man then, in spirit and determination, if' not in years ; and I knew that my ambition was a good and noble one. "I unfolded nay plans fully to the boat man, revealine; everything as I had planned it. lie smiled, just as you did, when I with boyish zeal, of my attachment to his child; but he heard me through. shook my hand earnestly, and gave me a hearty God 'Teed. "'Good by, then, Will,' said he. 'Per haps you are a little wild with these no tiocs of yours; but I see you are sincere, and I won't try to die,:uatle you. Keep your heart unspotted from the world's wickedness my hi.y. and whether you come hick cr not, don't forget us' was a comparatively easy matter to rem with the Leaman, bat when I met Minnie upon the threshold my courage al most died. She placed her hands upon my shoulders, and threw an eloquent look of grief and entreaty into my face from her great brown eyes. "'Will, you can't go!" she. faltered.— 'You must stay. I know you will for my sake 'lt is fir your sake that I must go, Minnie,' I replied ; and in answer to her mute inquiry, I unloaded to her all my hopes and longings Child, though she was, she perfectly comprehended all I tueaut to convey; and her lashes dropped with a feeling, aiwust maidenly, as I spoke of the relations which I hoped, in the fu ture, to bear to her • •Y, ii veil !Atom, t'et•ti ?' the inur -oli red q pn. •i will—if ytot,`,linni:, will promise to be to me all I have wished.' "There w;,s the innecAtt warmth of the child, in the embrace with which she camped my neck, but the devotion of the maiden, in tha whispered words: 'Yes, dear Will, yes!' My heart was too full for utterance; hastily returning her kiss, I s!rapped my little bundle to my back, and grasping my stick more firmly, I strode manfully forth. Pausing at a little distance from the cottage, I looked back; Minnie was standing in the doorway look ing sorreivfully ailt..r me Tears filled my eyes as I walked rapidly away ; and in the sad enthusiasm of the moment, I resolved to move heaven and earth, if necessary, to wia her. "Five years. almost to a day, had elapsed since my departure from the cotta;e, when again stood by it, and nervously, almost fearfully, rapped at the door. I could de tect no change in the appearance of the old, familiar scene; the cottage was the 931116, 111/011811gCd in a solitary feature— the land,eape around it was the same—and there ran the noble river, even as when I last viewed it; but—tny heart sank at the thought—what changes might riot have visited the inmates of the cottage? My queries., however, were cut short by tilt , opening of the do.u. ; the boatman himself stood before we peering, with the aid of a lamp, into the face of the bearded man be. fore him, evidently not recognizing me. Ele had changed too, as well as I; his hair w almost , d his st had Jr as gray, an_ :ep hat. JOH 1. firmness j but when he at last came to know me, he seized my hand with all of his old heartiness, and almost dragged me inside the door. •'You have not for,;otten us, Will—l knew you would not,' were his eager words. %No wonder I did not know you ; but you're welc - ane, toy- boy And how about your old dreams, Wid ?' he added, with an in credulous loL•k. 'Have you come back to fulfill thew ?' 'Most certainly I have; I am rich now —and ycai may rely upon it, all that I pl3nned when a boy shall now be accom plished !' "I wished to say more, but the question which I wished to ask, died upon my lips. Foolish fears, perhaps they were; but I could not help entertain;; a suggestion that this fair fabric of happiness which I bad shaped for myself, might be dashed down, even when near its completion.— These fears, however, were but momentary; the garrulous boatman mentioned the name I most wished him to speak. " will be overj.iyed to see you,' he sal , : •Slie is a tall. handsome girl now —almost a lady—and she speaks of you often. She h:is never lOrgotten you. "'Where is she r I impatiently asked. 'Tell her that I have come; you know how anxious I must be to see her again." " 'You shall see her soon, my boy,' the boatman replied, with his old smile. 'She crossed the river this afternoon to visit a sick person ; but she promised to return before dark. Something has detained her; 9be will be here presently.' "The Icad fell from my heart, and my spirits ascended to their wonted level For a while longer I listened to the talk of the beat man ; but when he left the room for a moment I stepped without the dtor, and turned my eyes to the river. The moon was at her full, and I had no difficulty in distinguishing a boat, just putting out from the oppir-ite shore. Th,ire was -but one person in it, besides the rower, and that a female figure; and with my heart beating hieh with hope and expectancy, I walked quickly to the edge of the water, and sto AI where lam now standing. My eyes were steadf a stly fixed upon the boat; I feared that some misfortune might yet intervene between myself and the dear one who sat in the stern, her band carelessly playing in the water, unconscious of my presence. Nearer and nearer came the boat, until I could distinguish the features of her beautiful face—and my excitement moved me to rashness; I called my name to her, over the water, calling her, also, by name. Fatal words ! I forgot that the boat was nothing more than . one of those frail birch canoes, which were then used upon the waters, and which required but a movement to be thrown from their uncer tain balance ; and, apparently, she also for got it. Reongnizing my voice, she sprang up, heedless of the warning cry of the tuna at the oars—her hand was once waved joy onsly toward me—and the next instant, while a shriek of horror ran across the water, both were struggling in the will fllod ! You see tbat white circle of foam opposite us r It was there that the help less girl, wildly stretching out her arms to me for assistance which I was powerless to extend, was drawn downward into the treacherous depths! In an instant all was over; death, dark and fearful, had mocked my fancied happiness; and the corpse of the loved and lest Minnie was hurried forever from my eyes." Tile old man sighed and gloomily bowed his heal. Tke river sent up its hollow murmur, the wind moaned among the tnes upon the bank, and, as darkness set fled down, every sight and sound seemed to betrsy a d.asoutte aspect, congenial to the old nun's broken heart. "Let us go," he said ; and I offered my arm for him to lean upon. -It is fifty years ago . to•night, and this is the fiftieth time I have visited the spot A few more visits—a wry few—and my cares will be over !" "But what of the boatman, Minnie's father ?" I asked. "Nothing—except that he became in sane upon that terrible night. Where he is now, I know not; he must have died long since." The old man's story passed from my mind ; but being lately in the vicinity of its scenes, curiosity and re awakened in terest led me to revisit it. I found a new made grave near the door of the deserted cottage ; and my surmises would assuredly have indicated its occupant, even without the assistance of the wooden slab which some pious hand had raised at the head of the grave and inscribed with the word- : "Wilson Webber, mtat. 73." Inquiry con firmed my suspicions, that the old man had made but one visit to the river subse quent to that upon which I had accom panied him; and that he had yielded up his life upon the very spot which had been the scene alike of his hopes and sorrows. (strect Light in the Home. The eminent English writer, Dr. Rich ardson, has written an article called "Health at Home," which is replete with wisdom. A most important point, and one on which he dwells, is the fact thitt sr, many people are afraid of the light. "In a d.O k and gloomy house you never can see the dirt that pllutes it Dirt accumulates on dirt, and the mind soon learns to apologize for this condition because the gloom can teals it " Accordingly, when a house is dark and dingy, the air becomes impure, not only on account of the absence of light, but from the impurities which are accu mulated. Now, as Dr. Richardson cleverly puts it, we place fl ,wers in our windows that they may have the light. If this be the case, why should we deprive ourselves of the sunshine and expect to gain health and vigor ? Light, and plenty of it, is not only a purifier of things inanimate, but it absolutely stimulates our brains. It is in regard to sick rooms that this excellent au thority is particularly impressive. It used to be the habit of physicians in cld times. to sedulously darken the rooms, and this practice continues to some extent even to day. In certain very acute cases of ner vous diseases, where light, the least ray of it, disturbs in over exciting the visual or gars, this darkening of the room may be permitted, but ordinarily to keep the light out of the room is to deprive the patient of one of the vital forces. Children or old people condemned to live in darkness are pale and wan, exactly like those plants which, deprived of light, grow whtte. Darkness in the daytime undoubtedly makes the blood flow less strongly and checks the beating of the heart, and these conditions are precisely such as bring con ed utional suffering and disease. The sup pression of the light of day actually in creases those contageous maladies which feed on uncleanliness. Dr. Richardson states : "I once found by experiment that certain organic persons, analogous to the poisons which propagate these diseases, are rendered innocuous by exposure to light." Fun and Fancy. Siippery elms ought to be a winter tree. The domain of the baker during the holidays is dough, mainly. A Broadway barber in ten minutes talked a telephone to death. Architecturally speeking, Sara Bernhadt is the minaret of the stage. How to get married in i-lent style— borrow $lO to pay the minister. When charity asks her dues she don't get what's odor if you don't give her a scent. If you make bottle too hot fbr your children they will skip out into the cold world. A man never realizes how frail be is until he bursts a suspender button among a group of ladies and finds himself slowly falling apart.. An Ohio man met a weeping woman and kissed her tears away. The jury found a verdict of $3.800 for the plaintiff. It is far better to let her squall. When a lady sends a cake to a church tea party she is mad all the evening if some one asks for another piece of her neighbor's cake and not of hers. Wife—" Bat, my dear, I shall catch cold coming down so late to let you in." Husband—'•Oh no, my love; I'll rap you up well before you come down." The ballot is not only the freeman's pro- tection, but if he hangs off until the last thing on election day ho stand 4 a chance of being offered from $2 to $5 fbr his vote. The worst case of selfishness ou record is that of a youth who complained because his mother put a larger mustard plaster on his younger brother than she did on him. . Another American girl is to marry a nobleman- Why is it that our girls refuse to support their own countrymen ? There is a lack of patriotism somewhere.—.Y. Y. World. The Salvation Army . ITS ORDH N- ITS METHOD OF WORK WHAT IT HAS DONE. Versons who have had access to the Eng lish journals during the past two or three years, have been frequently struck with the graphic descriptions given of the do ings and progress of a queer religious or ganization known as the "salvation Army." Now that a detachment of the army has come into our midst, with ways and meth ods of work so sharply in contrast with our own modes of evangelical work, and as they are likely to be an object of in• creasing interest for at least some time to come, it may not be amiss to give the readers of the JOURNAL a brief history of the origin of this singular organization, with some account of what it has already done, and what it proposes to do in con ueetion with its visit to this country. The founder of the organization and the present head of it, or generalissimo, is Rev. William Booth, an ex-Wesleyan Methodist clergyman, of London, England. He is a man of rare tenderness and sensi bility of heart, and was deeply moved for the degraded and criminal classes which crowd some parts of the city, and whom it see: ned impossible to rears through any of the ordinary methods of the church. So deep was his interest in these wretched classes, and such his determination to do something for their salvation, that he re quested the conference to make this a ape cial work, and assign him to the charge of it. This, however, the conference declin ed to do, and assigned him to a country charge With his whole soul absorbed with this one idea the result may be easily antioi pated. Ile withdrew from the conference, aud. alone, unaided, took up the work upon which his heart was set. He went among the lowest slu•ns, he visited freely the vilest dens, and to the most wretched and degraded refuse of humanity--so steeped in vice and crime that all semblance of humanity seemed to have faded out of them—he freely offered the salvation of Christ to all who would accept it. The vile, the criminal, the besotted in sin and wretched, the refuse of the alleys and dens heard with astonishment, for the first time in their miserable lives, words of sympathy and kindness. They could hardly trust their ears as this new language fell upon them. They crowded around him by huo dreds and thousands, and followed him wherever he went. Nor was it the "bread of life" alone that he gave them ; like the Divine Master who, nearly nineteen hun dred years ago, went about doing good to the bodies and souls amen, so he dispen sed also, when it was needed, the bread that perisheth. The result was that in a short time hundreds were converted. It now became the great question bow to secure these converts and utilize them in the further advancement of his great wort. It would be of no use to bring into opera tion the ordinary church machinery in their case. It would not hold them a sin .gle day. They were a "peculiar people," had led peculiar lives, and had peculiar modes of thought. Their lives bad been different from the lives of other men and women. Their very modes of life had made them sensational and prone to the extravagant, the startling and the out of the way, and so it was necessary in their case that some extraordinary and novel method should be devised to enlist and hold them. It is easy to see how to a mind and temperament like that of Mr. Booth, who. in the course of his work had many a hard fight with the archadversary, and whose mind was full of the militant figures of the Scriptures, the idea of a military organization, or a fighting Chris tiara army should suggest itself; and so gradually the organization grew into the Salvation Army with its battalions, des tachments, its processions and banners and music, its captains and companies, its or ders and proclamations, and all the attract ive et ceteras so caculated by their very novelty to draw the attention of those to whom all ordinary attractions had become blase. The success of Dr. Booth's organ ization is evidenced by the fact that the Sal - cation Army now consists of 125 corps and stations with 179 officers a holly employed in its labor, while privates ere numbered by tens of thousands. ;Ls headquarters are in the east of London, in Whitechapel street, consisting of a large building con taming a large hall for public meetings and smaller hails for business purposes connected with the work. Latterly the organization has rapidly extended over all the principal cities and larger towns of England, Ireland and Scotland, and it has the hearty support of many wealthy and influential persons bath in and out of the church, who freely advance the funds ne cessary for the prosecution of the work. It is claimed that through the labors of the Salvation Army the character of the whole population of South Wales has been changed for the better, that the charge sheets of police courts have been greatly reduced, the liquor traffic almost suspend. ed, and whole eounties roused to spiritual concern. The same g ood results have been claimed for it in th e principal towns of Great Britain in which it has operated, and, it must be confessed, with a consider able degree of truth. At any rate, there is one great lesson being taught the church, and Christian philanthropists generally, in the rise and success of the Salvation Army, and that is, if the lower classes are ever reclaimed and brought to Christ it must be by going down to them with the gospel. The angel must step down into the pool before the waters can be troubled. And another truth taught is, that even the low- eat and vilest can — thus be reached; that they thirst Kr human sympathy, long for something better, and are ready eagerly to accept it wlien honestly Offered and in the ritzlit way.- —.:Tho York Evening Use Onions. The healthy properties of onions have never been fully understood. Lung and liver complaints are certainly beoefitted, often cured, by a free consumption of onions, either cooked or raw. Colds yield to them like magic. Don't be afraid of them. Taken at night all offence will be wanting by morning, and the good effeots will amply compensate for the trifling an noyance Taken regularly they promote the health of the lungs and the digestive organs. An extract made by boiling down the juice of onions to a syrup, and taken as a medicine, answers the purpose very well, but fried, roasted, or boiled onions are better. Onions are a very cheap med icine, within every body's reach, and they are not by any means as "bad to take" as the costly nostrums a neglect of their nee may necessitate. CHINA has streets paved with granite blocks laid over three hundred years ago, and are as good as new. The 000traotors are dead. Famous Feats of Strength. SOME OF TIIE REMARKABLE ATHLETES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES. Among the Greeks the successful ath lete was crowned with laurels and loaded down with wealth and honors. When Egenetne, in the ninety second Olympiad, triumphant in games, entered Agrigen tun), his native home, he was attended by an escort of 300 chariots, each drawn by two white horses, and followed by the pop ulous. cheering and waving banners. Milo six times won the palm at both the Olym pic: and Pythian games. He is said to have run a mile with a four.year-old ox upon his shoulders, and afterward killed the animal with a blow of his fist, and ate the entire carcass in one day! So great was his muscular power that he would some times bind a cord round his head and break it by the swelling and pressure of the veins. An ordinary meal for Milo was twenty pounds of meat, as mueb bread, and fifteen pints of wine. Polydamus, of Thes salia, was of prodigious strength and colos sal height, and, it is said, alone and with out weapons, killed an enormous and en raged lion. One day (it% is reported) he seized a bull by one of the hind feet, and the animal escaped only by leaving the hoof in the grasp of the athlete. The Ro man Emperor Maximinns was upward of eight feet in height, and like Milo, of Crotone, could squeeze to powder the hardest stone with his fingers and break the leg or jaw of a horse by a kick. His wife's bracelet served him as a ring, and his every day meal was sixty pounds of meat and an amphora of wine. While a prisoner in Germany, Richard I, accepted an invitation to a boxing match with the son of his jailer. He received the first blow, which made him stagger; but, recovering, with a blow of the fist killed his antagonist on the spot. Topham, was born in London in 1710, was possess ed of astonishing strength. His armpits, hollow in the case of ordinary men, were with him fall of muscles and tendons. He would take a bar of iron, with its two ends held in his hands, place the middle of the bar behind his neck, and then bend the extremities by main force until they met together, and bend back the iron straight again. One night, perceiving a watchman asleep in his box, be carried both the man and his shell to a great distance, and de posited them on the wall of a churchyard. Owing to domestic troubles, he committed suicide in the prime of life. The famous Scanderberg. King of Albania, who was born in 1414, was a man of great stature, and his feats in sword exercise have never been equaled. On one occasion, with a scimitar, he struck his antagonist such. a terrible blow that its tremendous force cleaved him to the waist. He is said to have often cloven in two men who were clad in armor from head to foot. On one occasion the brother and nephew of a cer tain Mahan, who had been convicted of cruelties to the Albanians, were brought to him, bound together. Transported with rage, he cut them in two with one stroke of his weapon. Maurice, Count of Saxony, the hero of Footeney, inherited the physical vigor of his father, and was especially noted for the surprising muscu lar power, or grip," of his hands. On one occasion, needing a corkscrew, he twisted a long iron nail round into the re quired shape with his fingers, and with this extemporized implement opened a half dozen bottles of wine. Another time, when stopping at a village blacksmith shop to have his horse shod, he picked up a number of new horseshoes, and with his hands snapped them in two as readily as if made of glass, much to the surprise and disgust of the smith. If history isio be believed, Phayllus, of Crotona, could jump a distance of fifty-six feet. The exercise was practiced at the Olympic g ames and formed part of the course of the Pentathlon. Strutt, an Eng lish authority on games and amusements, speaks of a Yorkish jumper named Ire land, whose powers were something mar velous. He was six feet high, and at the age of eighteen leaped, without the aid of a spring-board, over nine horses ranged side by side. He cleared a cord extended fourteen feet from the ground with a bound, crushed with his foot a bladder suspended at a height of sixteen feet, and on another occasion lightly cleared a large wagon covered with an awning. Col. Iron side, who lived in India early in this cen tury, relates that he met in his travels an old white haired man who with one leap sprang over the back of an enormous ele phant flanked by six camels of the largest breed. A curious French work, pub lished in Paris in 1745, entitled "The Tracts Toward the History of Wonders Performed at Fairs," mentions an English man, who at the fair of St. Germain in 1724, leaped over forty people without touching one of them. In our own day we are familiar with many remarkabble ex positions of strength and ender ace. Dr. Winship, with the aid of straps lifted a weight of 3,500 pounds, and with his little finger of his right hand could raise his body a considerable distance from the ground. Rain in Dry Weather. Geo. Daniel Ruggles, of Fredericksburg, Va.,has devised a plan for producing rain in ry weather, and be wants Congress to appoint a special committee to consider it. Ills method is to send up balloons charged with dynamite, the concussion caused by the explosion to produce the required rain fall. The Government should practice economy, but we are willing that Congress shoull spend $10,000,000 in experiment. ing with Ruggles' plan, provided we are permitted to name the men who are to ac company the balloons in the air and ex plode the dynamite. But seriously, we haven't much faith in Geo. Ruggles' plan. It strikes us that it would be better to have the ears of his balloons constructed in the shape of large tubs, with perforated bottoms, and then fill 'em with water at the river, and ascend in the air and sail over dry country with his balloons, and let them act as aerial sprinkling carts, as it were. This, it seems, to us is a more sen sible plan than exploding dynamite. A Sunday school picnic brings on rain quick enough, but it would be rather expensive travelling over the country with several hundred children and fifty grown up per sons holding picnics in localities suffering from a drouth. A MAN left a bony steed on Main street last Saturday, and, coming back a short time afterwards, diseovered that a funny youth had placed a card against the flesh• less ribs bearing the notice, "Oats wanted —inquire within." FELT slippers--Those felt by children in their rude young days. NO. 15.
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