Ij A IT 71 n W ? "■ .For the Gazette. 'notwithstanding the short tff* V" :,e audience at Mr Thompson's evening the 12th inst., before : ;;ar " !• w,';*yy at Milroy, was large and of table character. The subject like "Astronomy," was one 'public mind is always interested. jffllK !' bv stating he felt rather in a peou ';- a a3 to know how to proceed in • a? t once please 4 Young !scb * a jj;,n.i satisfaction to others.— l# „f the lecturer was such that ' ,jt 'nv preliminary remarks he soon c.il- : l,eir emotions and placed them in "„f his subject; arid the strictest ;: V- u.is paid to his remarks, together ;'. ut jc u i and well performed ex per i- I,:i Th"' last experiment performed, the i® 15 ; \iure-tlis," was brilliant, and a fcel came over the audience. There ' U c streams of light, followed with ,| mms ; rat i 1 changes of motion, riV VvV V.rting. waving, Hashing, vivid and : hi'J-ed the lecture with experi- es ..lanatK>ns was most interesting 1 it was concluded with great , he l-ai-t of the audience. In style - r ' ais most happy, s< -king to ■ . t-iin rea.-oning, and in all cases ,:tkc Ids points easily understood ' v"" The subject was one that %■ ;lv • e entered on in a single lecture. • !"' '!■■■. a preliminary, it was most inter . !i' ! was a resident of Miivoy I ■ *' '.iiat Mr. Thompson be request v'_ ; |,c his remarks nn the same sub r the au i " There need be no doubt a largo au ff".. u i-l be present on the occasion.— i.vrur-'r took Ids scat a vote of was tendered him for i.is truly inter- j ""., ; ~ dive lecture. 'J'ne society s t their regular order uf busi- j i; j r-rand that Mr. Thompson has | b, a •: it interest in the society in dril- ' k ; ; ic. "elocution" —and is at all times "r ■ c .tribute a mite of interest in the n ;f thr society. The young men, s pieces spoken were wit, humor- j .. vijii", ->r descriptive, wore so thor- i i in > !<-ution that tliier voices j , v. rc always ready to change j c' ; ;, v - utiiicnt—giving grout credit to | #'• i;.;:ractcr as w.il as thontselves. In ! r pini-.a it would be much bettor for the V- men. generally, in every town and •,-b t i .lie members ©fa literary so j ; -v ir 1 sr,erid their leisure hours of the 1 K _at " fireside searching in books, •ii .1-. after useful knowledge—that ' : 11 , rc-pared to meet their so- j in n instructive manner—that they j r:i rut on:? be a "star" in the literary | { r—hit society at largo. I think it' ;.JUI ii in-re instructive for young !i . be -;i _' in such it work as this i_: : if {'. uud when evening conies lying pi- • or any other nasty plane, to: v iiiit-r liear nor see any good for fc- or an? ! ody else. SPECTATOR. J! ir v. March 13, 158. , BEX KMC EXT DISCOVERY. ■ Ach i tftnenl <>J Seieuee. —The L -•?, w h its tireless strength, its pul t .; ;• an i its heart of Hamc, is a glori ci it f the creative capacity of the l. :.ivi;;uni the metallic i erves through t. ir uiiM.ee courses over a continent, ■: y i-v.'-rv flesh i f thought which traver s: that rnin ; sses one attribute i g ilik u the power to annihii.i*' j fin •• Bat vast and important as j i :: tin. results of making steam and ! . common carrier ari l messenger d. the disc iv -ry by which weak or : 1 -an be vitalized or restored to : i i . r and purity, by means of internal ; c • lies is . f inSnitely greater < ■ of vegetable chemistry 1 is H dhe f •••e v.-.j equal to this mighty task, f '•••• - f idle.- impart to the stream of : • - r ' g principle which frees the - a all impure and poisonous ele i ■ ic- powers of chemistry are almost r ■ .tic it, and as he has brought t-' tr ur- r ii all the varieties of disease, • inv;iuab!e vegetable compounds i. iU Ai 'S ibt.i.S and OINTMEST, f l i-* -cd their highest and holiest the great motor, is after all but ry ag.'nt. Its usefulness Consists, i: -. i?i conveying substantial benefits, • . c"ainty to the fichftl in v\ hieh ■ . x:-:. it is simply the bearer •I'":". -it their originator. Of all the w:. f carries over land and sea, r * <'S' ii. Ps none so precious AS Hullo -0 H'medics. It is scarcely a figure of ' that whithersoever it conveys b ' s ''with healing on iis wings." 1. • . • influence of the Ointment, the cr disfigured l.y eruptions or ex t •. !-ec .mi s a tabula . o.ta, pure, spot 'rills; crent: and this erasure of - ;s not accomplished by driving ' ; in f o the vital recesses of the by neutralizing tLe niurbidmate- I - "b feeds it. - ret upon the internal fluids and i r .'Crete tliem on the same sani c. They destroy the acrid par ' I 11 their chemical action as '• i- an uikali neutralizes an acid ; - "uitaaeously impart a mild and con ' : action to the secretive and ex - machinery. ' 1 he repeating a familiar story to ' > > diffusion, the universal cleb tv. :n curatives. They have pen civilization has penetrated, r.u iiciues of every class, creed, : JI. the face of the earth. The '-"jvernuient-, the patronage of ■' approval of all Christian nations, ? ■ . r ud of pagan millions, attest their h' fact, ihere is no region with which ■ is any commercial intercourse, 1 - '-.-.ay would not find himself at -in' i -tirnate may be formed of the . '" var "'ty of his foreign correspon ds! ttie fact that sixty corresponding y ( 'uich number sixteen are accom -'!• ■<*''[ are PDI F'' O J' il l ' n conducting \,y c ntre of a SANITARY CIRC'I.K ' • rlA.—-Jyjudon Man ting Her• I . 1 WITT'3B OL' BCTT'G SARSAI*AKIIJ-A . ( '":io ot the kind made—are for ■' at , j cent* per bottle to close i'\ ' i< ; \ j large portion of their " u of iuf origin and progress of 1 a: i:* i-;>read all over the length The im-etliigg in New York city :• ute-estlnE, and crowds are unable *** 6 • -arups of Florida U said to be ■ iit ~ " Uv * hundred bu.Ueia of froga to the . hough lor fencing. An emigrant ! ■sat', of neighbor* would soon meet a j j FEMALE SUASION.— Great Excitcmm nt . uyahoga F'alls. A corresponden writes us that the citizens of Cuyahog fulls wore last Saturday surprised bv th j sudden appearance in ilie street of 4oin forty k * female women," armed with axes i hatchets, hummers, Ac. The curioush , armed and equipped females immcdiatel* j proceeded to the Baloon over the post officii : the doors oi which were barred agains •them. J hey demanded admission am I whatever of the ardent the premises contain j ed. Both requests were denied, But a; j "Hell hath no fury like a woman (s)com j rd," they soon chopped the doors dowi j and made a complete wreck of the ostab j lishment. They then marched to the oth I cr saloon and soon mingled several barrels | of "Lawty's best" with the waters of the j dark rolling Cuyahoga. At the hotel the amazous met with rather a warm reception —a plentiful sprinkling of hot and cold I water, keeping them at bay for some time ; However they effected an entrance, but i spared the landlord's ale on his promising ito sell no more.— Cleveland FUnndcviler. The amount of losses settled and adjusted by tlu I Lycoming County Mutual Insurance Company, from De I c. idh-r 3: It, 1*57, to tUcfer.li day of March, 1858— being thi third 'iir.irter oi the present flsval y> ir, coiumc ucliik June i 10th. ISS7 —whs $22 784 71 Losses previously reported, v 22* 768 s $-!,553 7( Unsettled claims !n process of nd|it stun ot, about $3,020. The boatmen ; Huntingdon have agreed on a rat.: ot freight from that place, to Jl.irrisburg t>'. routs pet busltc), Sl.2'i per ton net, Sl.Bo cross: to Columbia 7 cents per bushel, $1,73 per ton net, sl.t>o gross; to Havre deOrace II 4 cents per bushel, s2,.'i7', per ton net, s2.o6gross; to Philadelphia 12 cents per bushel, $11.25 per ton net, S3CJ gross. Appointments by the Governor. Gen. GEO. .M. I, vim AN, of Berks County, has been appointed Flour inspector of Phila delphia. JOSEPH 11 ni E, to be Recorder of the city of Philadelphia, in place of Robert Lee, resign ed. William O. Kline, Bark Inspector, Philn delphia. Jacob Layer, Superintendent Powder Mai gazine, Philadelphia. Joseph Collins, Whiskey Inspector, Phila delphia. Quarantine Master. Lew is It. IVan. Port Physician. —Samuel P. Brown. Inspector of' Butter and Lard. —John Koiss lev. Health Officer- —Arthur Hughes. PITTS in; Ron. — Flour Inspector.- John M tck lin. A CARD TO THE I. A DIES. Or DDEO.YC O'S (!OI.DEjY FEM.ILE fU.T.S. ire infallible in o inning stoppage, or irregularities of the men-'es These pills nr<- nothing new, but have been used by the Dmtor fur n; my years, Ituih in France arid Ameri ca, with unparalleh ,| series in every rase, and he is urged by tu'itiy ladles u lie have used llie in to make these pilis public for ;h" a'leviulioa ■ f these suffering from any irregularities whoever, us w ed ae a prevenlii e to ihnse lad it- .vli'ipt he ilth will i; •1 per in it an increase off >. uiily. Pregnant females, or those supposing thetnselve. so, are cautioned against using these pi,ls. as the proprietor HF snines no responsibility after tiie above admonition, al though their mildness would prevent any n jury to health; otherwise th e pills are reroitiuiended Uireriioi s ac company each hoi Price .J I Sold tehuleiale and retail by 1' v. IIaKIIT & CO., f.eneral Agents for Lewistown, Mi til it roiiiity, I'a.. and also agent, f,,r ilelleville. Vlilroy, Iteed-vi le, Alleriv ille, Jcr '1 bey will supply dealer, at the proprietor's prices, and -end ihe pills to I. dies (cvnji <!cutiiiil by return mail to any part of rity or country, on r> ceipi oi >1 liirongh the i.ewistown post otfiee. For ptria .ii.irs gel circular of agents 3-See that earli lox has my signature. .I LK PONCO, jySO Broadway post office, New York. THE MARKETS. LEWISTOWN, March 18, 18C8. Butter, good, lb. l." Lggs, "ft dozen, o 1 1 Our Miller* yesterday were paying for wiiite \\ heat ii.tOr 1 Lie; red Wheat 0( )(a 100; Corn 40; Rye f>o; Oats J.~>; Barley AO. Flour is selling at from 'l:\ to B 2~ "ft KMj lb*, as in quality. Philadelphia Market. In el Cattie sell iii the city at §7( 10 ; I Sheep 8 \(<t -1 :><! per head — Cows, fresh, BBJ ?o !", dry 811 ro 20— Hogs 87 to 7 ' ! net. Flour is quoted at s*l f>ofo !i 2o — Wheat, prime white, 180, red 100(0110 — Rye 70 Barley 00 —< hitr ilo— r-Corn 00(0,00. FOR RENT, THE FOBGE FARM Possession given Ist April next. For further information apply to JNO. A. WRIGHT, Freedom Iron Works. Dcrry tp., Mifflin eo., .Jan. 28, 1858.—tf PUBLIC NOTICE I S hereby given that the undersigned has disposed of his entire STOCK OF GOODS ;to Samuel Watt. All persons therefore know ! ing themselves indebted to me are notified to make SETTLEMENT immediately, and thus SAVE COSTS. B&' All kirid.3 of PRODUCE taken en Book Account. SAMUEL HAFFLY. ; Belleville, February 18, 1858. Notice to Collectors of Taxes for 1857. riAHE County Commissioners hereby give • _J_ notice to Collectors of Taxes for 1857 that the whole amount of their duplicates will be requited to be paid to the county treasurer on or before the FIRST DAY OF MAY next —at which date warrants will be issued against all delinquents. By order of the Board, mhll B. P. SMITH, Clerk. Fruit and Ornamental TREES, ¥? Strawberry, Raspberry, Currant, and ijP Gooseberry Plants, in g r eat variety. of WM. BUTLER, Lewistown, Pa., or J. E. JOHNSTON, Agent, augl3 Trenton, New jersey. HIGH CONSTABLE. —We are authorised to announce JOSEPH GKUV ER as a candidate for High Constable of the Borough of Lewistown. QTOVES! STOVES! STOVES!— 17 Our stock of stove* this season is the largest and most varied of any stock on hand before. Our assort ment embraces the New World, Olobe, riunrise, Capital, } Wm. Peon, Fanny Forester, Cirard, Crystal, Flat Top, See.; all for wood and coal. For sale low by 1 sept 17 FRANCiSCIJS. THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY Sill JAMES CLARKE'S Celebrated Female Pills. FEOTECTED LETTERS BY ROYAL PATENT Prepared from a prescription of Sir J. Clarke, M. D., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen. This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the cure of all thoee painful aud dangerous diseases to which the female j constitution is subject. It moderates all excess and re moves all obstructions, and a speedy cure may bo relied on. TO MARRIED LADIES It is peculiarly suited. It will, in a short time, bring on the monthly period with regularity. Each bottle, price One Dollar, boars the Government Stamp of Great Britain, to prevent counterfeits These Pills should not he taken by females during the FJRST THREE MONTHS of Pregnancy, as they are sure to bring on Miscarriage, but at any other time they are safe. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Tain in the Back and lambs, Fatigue on slight exertion, Palpita tion of the Heart, Hysterics, and Whites, theso l'ills will effect a cure when all other means have failed, and although a powerful remedy, do not contain iron, calomel antimony, or any thing hurtful to the constitution. Full directions accompany each package. Sole Agent for the United States and Canada, i JOB MOSES, (Date I. C. Baldwin .V C 0.,) Rochester, N. Y. N. 8.—51,00 and 6 postage stamps enclosed to any au thorized Agent will insure a bottle of the Pills by return mail. For sale uv Charles Ritz. Dr. tstoneroad at the Bee Hive drug store, aud F. A. Hardt& Co., Lewistown ; A. J. North, Atkinson's mills, and by respectable druggists generally. sep3 N. S. LAWRENCE'S PAPER, PRIM'S C4RD AND ENVELOPE ' : -n t cnJ Ty \ - ftO. 405 COMMERCE ST., PHILADELPHIA. B6k.Cash buyers will find it fur their inter est to call. janT.y JDiJJ A J.^JiISDJd3 a u FISH, I HUM: 4MI PROVISION No. 39 & 40 North Wharves, Half-way between Arch and Race sts., PHILADELPHIA, March I*2, 1857.-ly NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE r I Ml IS Great Journal of Crime and Crim- JL inals hin it# Twelfib War,and is widely circulated throughout the country. It contain* ail the (.'real Trial.-, Criminal Case*, and approprin'e Kditortul* on the same, together w ill. information on Criminal Matter# nut to be found in any other newspaper. ft>Sub(rripiiions, frti per Annum; $1 for Si* Months, to be remitted by Subscribers, (who should write their names and the town,county and stale where they reside plainly,! R A SEYMOUR, Editor &. Proprietor of the National Police Gazette, apun New York fit v. H A R I) W ARE! To Buy Cheap for Cash, Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's, Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's, Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's, Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's, Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's, Farmers, buy at Hoffman's,* Builders, buy at Huffman's, Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's. Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Bump Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, Iron, Cutlery, Vices, Bellows, Chains, Glass, Ac , F. J. Hoff man's Mammoth Hardware Store, arid you can be accommodated. mhll DRAGS, DRAGS, DRAGS, Medicines, Bed L ines, Medicines, Paint*, Paint#, Paint#, Glass, Glass, Oils, Oils, Oils, Trusses, Trusses, At HOFFMAN'S. C 1 A RDEN SEEDS!—I have now on hand a J fine assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds, consisting of some of the finest varieties. Pole and Bunch Beans, early and late. Dwarf and Bush do do do Cabbage, do do Also, Radish, Beet, Onion, Lettuce, Chinese Sugar Cane, and other seeds, nihil F. J. HOFFMAN. I,'LOUR. — I have now on hand and shall con jl tinue to keep a supply of Extra Superfine Flour from Pittsburgh, which we will warrant to give entire satisfaction. N. B. Those who want a good article can find it at mhll F. J. HOFFMANS. \ 1 r ALL PAPER!—As the Spring opens, VV housekeepers will be looking around for Wall Paper, where a good supply can be found and cheap. This can he done at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN S. f 1 ROCERIES.—F. J. Hoffman's is the store VT where good Groceries can be found, and at low prices. mhll riTOVES! STOVES!—A large assortment at low prices for sale by F. J. HOFFMAN. IMSH, —Mackerel, Shad and Herring for sale ' by mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. WSJBSEL JlSSl© &&2MP For sale by [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN. Sugar Cane and Flower Garden Seeds At [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN'S. White Corn Meal. An excellent article for sale by mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. 33iLl 341)3.013, A good article for 12$ cents at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S I Estate of Bruce JlcMtt, deceased. ; ~|VJ OTICE is hereby given that letters of ad j _LN ministration on the estate of BRUCE McNITT, late of St. Louis, Missouri, and formerly of Armagh township, Mifflin county, 1 deceased, have been granted to the under signed, residing in Brown township, Mifflin ; county. All persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and these having claims against the same to present them duly au | thonticated for settlement. mh4 J. P. TAYLOR, Adm'r. New York Advertisements. ! 1858. FROM 1858. KItIIARDSOIV'S ADVERTISING nOUSE. 300 Broadway, X, ¥., Invites the special attention of all A/rcnts-Dealers and Header, generally to the following fresh and vahtn lie Advertisements from JVetc York City. A SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER ' HARPER'S WEEKLY: A Journal of Civilization, Employs the Best Talent in the World ! *1 Kit MS 1N YA UI AB L V IX ADVANCE. I copy for 20 weeks, .$ 100 I 5 copies for J year, S ( J 00 1 " "1 year, 250 12 " ' a , H0 I " "2 " -1 IK. j25 " - 40 m , Harpers "Weekly ami "Magazine, one year, 00, Postmasters sending a club of twelve or tweiily.five] will receive a copy gratis .Subscriptions may commence with any number. Specimen numbers gratuitously supplied Baek numbers can be furnished to any extent Clergymen and Teachers supplied at lowest Club Putts- HARPER Al BROTHERS, Publishers, mil 11 -3m. Franklin dquare, New York. A GREAT BOOK FOR ABENTS, Published this Van, F rb 9th, l -.'jN. FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINS: OR, THE LIE K OF J!*Y JiME.RU '/f-Y SL.IVK. WUtTUR'i 3V 111 MS'. 1,1. 450 Pages, Cloth, Gilt Hick I'rict: HUMS is I lie title of one of the most inter.sclv interest T nig biographies of the day. it is the plain history of j an American slave in the far South, who, after two or • three escapes and recaptures, finally, an eld man, found freedom and rest in one of the Northern States. What the Press say. Tile .-lory i- told wiili great simplicity, but willi much power and pathos. Whoever takes it will find it difficult to lay it down until it is finished —.Yalivaat Kru, Wash ington, l>. A narrative of real experience like the above, will hav t far more efleet against slavery than the ingeniously wrought novel, however true to life its pi.. lures may be. —Am. Bap'mt. Ilere is a book of facts, stranger than fiction,and a Hi usaud fold more thrilling ; a simple tale of life-lung oppression, revealing truly tne workings of the "petuli .r | iiislilulioii" in our couotiy. To tie story-loving we j would say, here is a story woriii reading— Mission Ret n rtl. j A THOROUGH CA.VVJISSER IS IEA.VTEU, In each county in the free States, to engage in the sale of the above work immediately duch can easily clear from SSO TO SIOO PER JIOYTH ! The work is beautifully printed and bound, and is as large as the books that sell for Si 25; lint as we mean IO sell at least ONE 111 NDKKD TH<>l>A II COMES, through agents, we have made the retail price only ONE DOI.- I.AR A ciAMPi.E COP\ of ihe hook will be sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of the price, and our private cir ctilar to Agents, with terms, etc. Address II 1) \ \ TON", Publisher, mill I-3.i1. No. 29 Ann street, New York. IT IS HOT JL DYE. suijoiu a few tinning of ill WIM recommend Airs >. A. All jl*.-- World's Hair Restorer .n<l '/.via balsam urn. I'rest. Datoit, of ITn ion l'iiverly: 4k "!*!* fulling of lialr cea*#?d, ami my ifrvy links changed ital color.** Kev. C A Burkbt c, Am. lithic* Uni on, .V \ : •• 1 cheerfully add my testimony " Ilev '!. V. Degren, Ed. "Guide to Ifolifiegs,'* Boston: 4 * \Vt can (edify to il* effect*." Kv K. It. Kairchild, Cor. Sec. Ch'n Union, .V Y.:"lf*ed mint ftmily with beiiein.iai effects Rev. A Wei*ur, "Cii'ii Kru," Boston:— "Hime using your prepu rat tons, I am neither bald or grey an heretofore. *' R. v. .las. il Cornell, Uor St-r , etc., \. \ : 41 It has restored the hair of one of my fan - ily to it* original color, and stopped it* falling out," ei We can rjttote from tionierntt* others of like standing in Europe and America, but for further information, set.d for a circular to MRS. S. A. Af.UE.VS World's Hair Restorer Depot* No. 3JJ Broome *lreet } N \ nihil -3-il. r: SOLD EVER YWHERE. CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, Coughs, Chronic Rheumatism, I lebilif y, and all Diseases urisiug frona Scrofulous or impoverished state of the blo"J HEGEM.LVi CLARK CO S Genuine Cod-Liver Oil, J I A8 stood the lest of over ten years experience, and is recommended by nil the most eminent pin siciaus as i!ie most Valuable remedy in use. I>r. VYiiliams, the eel ebrated Physician of the London ( ensumption Hospital, look notes of ils effects in about 500 cases, and found il I more efficacious than all remedies yel discovered. Tnis remedy, so valuable ithen pure, becomes worthless or injurious wTen adulterated. S. e that the label has the eagle anil mortar, and the signature over the cork of em ii bottle, as thousands have hi en cured by the use of the genuine article \v ho had used others without .-mo • j Sold by all Druggist*. HEGKM VN & CO. mhll-3tn. pBISTAUOBO'B HAIR DYE. , , Within a tint shell ail the merits I.e. Of Cri.-tadoro's never equalled Dye; Red it makes black, In brown conforms a grey. And keeps the fibres always from decay- This matchless revitalizing Hair Dye still holds its po sition as t lie most harmless and efficacious Hair Dye in •he World. Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, and applied in ten private rooms, at CRISTADORO'S. No. 6, Astor House, Broadway, and by ail Druggists and Perfumers in the United Slates. AGE-NT—GEO. II KBYSBS* Pittsburgh, Pa. luhl l-3m. "COSTAR'S" WORLD-WIDE ExTeRINi Na t or S. For the infallible destruction of every species of Vermin. Rat, Roach, kr< Exterminator. Put up in '2oc , 35c.,65c., and -SI Boxes. For the Do : struetion of Rats, Mice, Ground or Field Mice, Moles, i Roaches, Croton Bugs, Ants, Ace Bed Bug Exterminator, Put up in 25c., 50c., 75c., and SI Bottles. ELECTRIC POWDER, Put up iu 25c. and 50c. Boxes. To destroy Moths, Bed ; Bugs, Mosquitoes, Ants, Fleas, Plant Insects, Vermin on ! Fowls and Animals. I i?>Term Cash. '■>> No goods sent on commission. I aH.iberil wholesale Teruis made to Druggists ami Dealers everywhere. "Guslar's" Private Circular to Druggists and Dealers sent by mail, un application. Sold, Wholesale and retail, nt " COstTAß'ft" Princi pal Depot, No. 38b Broadway, New York, and by Drug j gists and Dealers everywhere. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE PBOTBR. On Receipt of One Dollar, I will (brward hy mail (post paid) a sufficient quantity | of the Rat, Roach, Kiterminator to destroy all of this I class of vermin that may infest your premises. e>Address ail letters to COSTER'S PRDXCIPAI. DEPOT, 386 Breadway, New York. SVTo save mistakes and trouble: I. Write in a plain hand the name of Post Ofire, CtHv i ty and State. \ 2. Register your letter, and it will come at iny risk. ( 3 New York and Eastern money preferred. r>EK THE FOLI.O WING : RATS, ROACHES, RIGS, INSECTS, &C. IVtint the Farmers say : A late writer says that "the various species of vermin 1 am multiplying at a tearful rate throughout the land.— Their ravages have heroine a matter of set ions dread " A Postmaster in Illinois, writing to "Cosier V Depot, j says, "The country is literally overrun with thotn, {ruts, I mice, &.c.") Another, from the same State, says, " The I rats positively gnaw the halters off my horses while in ! the stable." An Ohio correspondent remarks, "They | (the rats) are everywhere—in the house, the barn, and i under every stump in the field." In the South it is still worse. A late order from the Navy Yard at Mobih was for thirty pounds of the Rat Exterminator alone. ll'hat the People say : NEW YORK, April 12, 165 C Dear Sir—Having a great many rats around my stable and shop, i though; i would try youc Rat Exterminator, and bight one of your boxes, and fixed it according in your directions. 'I lie next morning ! found over one hut - dred and fifty dead rats. I take pleasure, in saying that it will da more than you say it will. I have also tried il on steamboats, and satisfied them that it is the greatest 1 thing of the age. J s UN DERI!ILL, No. 13510 th st. CAVE, 111., JUNE 21, 1855. j Dear Si,-: My brother, .1 W. MtCreery, P. M., pur chased a box of your Rat Exterminator, and found it to ibe what ion rerommem! it to be, a perfect Rat destroyer, j I herewith enclose $5 for more of it. Yours, &c. ASHI.EY MrCREERY. NEW YORK, December 17, 1857. Sir: " * \!l this summer I have been troubled with j Roaches and Mice. I was aci ally ashamed of the house, tor the Roaches v. sre iv iy where, and I don't know 1 what I should have done hy ttii.-, tiuie. 1 purrhast da h x of your Exterminator and tried it, and in one week there was not a Roa. lt or Mouse in the house. JOHN B. GIVENS No. 91 Elm street M .Niintt's SAI.T WORKS Ohio, June 6 1857. I Dear Sir .- 1 luve used u (tin- Rat, Roach, die Exlt r i linator, tiiree nights, ami it is making ,i sari havoc, am ong the Rat tribe. Yours, Ac-., J B. BECO.M. . ii itul the Press say : H'e know, by in : nil ex|ter.ence, thnl " Go-tar's" prep. I nr..lions lor il.its, Roaclu-s, li- :1 Btiirs,and Insects g:-uer all. . art- complete an I perfect < xieruiinators Wherever '•(.'.isiirV Exterminators In v. b en used, they have ii 'Vtr failed in p- rf .rm all that is claimed for them.— Housekeejters shonl-1 not fail ! try tliein.—,V }'. Jitlas *f hat the £ay : A. J. BI.OCKSON, (Druggist.) New Lisbon, (J ' Your Extermiti'alors prove satisfactory." ft. A. T. E McDONAI.D, (Druggists,) New Brunswick, \ J. '• We tried the Rat,Roacb, Sec. Exterminator, and ; it answered a good purpose." i E B t.'t N'MNOIIA.I , (Druggist.) Peaver Dam, Wis.— !" it (tln- Rat, Roach, dec. Exterminator) is highly satis factory to those who have tried it." SAMI kl Hili., (Druggist,) Deer Creek, Pickaway co., I O. " 7'iie Rat, Ranch, &.c. Exterminator does ait it is ! recommended to do." i Gi n. FOR i) A LEMBOROEII, (Drogeisls,) Lebanon, Pa. " We are pleased to say that which is s -ld givt- satisfac tion." GIFTS FOR THE PEOPLE ! The New York Mercury. 1 In- largest two dollar Weekly in the World. Fifiiy six columns ol choice original matter in each number. Splendidly illustrated. Twentieth year of publication. A (.'oldtn Enterprise: VO other paper can boart of such a galaxy of talented ; La ,r„.| celebrated authors as the contribulorial corps of I lh New Yoik Men my. w ho furnish its columns weekly | with the mo.-t absorbing and fascinating n iuances and I -uories ever perused. Dr J. Ft. Robinson, Ned Bunttine, Lieut. J. Foster Brandon. T. Hamilton Vananda, aml H If Newell, who are well known as the most successful and popular ro ' mancers of th ■ age, constantly contribute their brilliant 1 novellettes for the mammoth pages ef the Mercury ; tuid | each number also contains more com plete original stories I and sketi lies—to say nothing of an immense amount of j news and general miscellany—than any other two news , papers io Ami i ica, without exception. In short, the New : York Mercury defies competition and invites the most : searching comparison. Its immense superiority over the i little six hy-nine mushroom publications of the day will ! be apparent ai the first glance. i We now etfVr, in addition to a paper fully one-third ( I reer than any of iu rotemporaries, and replete with an ! unprecedented variety of interesting reading matter, the fnllowit 2 EXTRA INDUCEMENTS. A VcLCABLB BIFT FOR r.VCRV SIBSCRIBRH. A Gift wor til from 75 cents to y. 1)0 in Gold will he pre sented to each subscriber immediately on receipt of tiip subscript ion money TERMS. One copy for one year. 5 ,2 00 and one gift. One copy for two years, 3 50 arid two gifts. One copy for Hire year-, 500 and two gifts. TO cr.t n-. Three copies one year, -S5 IX) and tiiree gifts. ; Five copies one year, 800 and five gifts. Ten copies one year, 15IKI and ten gifts. The articles iu be dialribiilcd are con pi . ed in liie fid lowing li.-t: ; 2 Packages of Gold containing |ISIK| cat h I 5 do do do 200 each 10 do do do 100 each ifi Patent Lever hunting cased VVatco. -, HOi-.uh | 20 Gold Wall lies, 75 each 50 do 00 each : 100 do 50 each f 300 Ladies Gold VVatciies, 85 each . 200 Bilver Hunting Cased Watches, each ; 250 dewing Machines, S3O to 75 each i 500 dilvt r Wat. Ires, 10 to 25 each ' 100(1 Gold Guard, Vest ami Fob Chains, 10 to 30 each Gold Lock- is, Br Crb t. Brooches, Ear Drops, Breast Pins, ( uiT Pit s, S! eve Buttons, Kings, diiiri dluds, j :.ii h Key -, Gold and Silver Thimbles, and a variety of j other article - w.-.th from 75 cents to sls each. Immediatt ly on receipt of the subscription mm ey the i subscriber's name will be entered upon our subscription | book, opposite a number, and the gift corresponding with . that number \\ ill be forwarded withiii ihiee days lo the i subscriber, by u. fi or express, postpaid. Every yc. rly ' subscriber w til receive one . i the ab-.ve gifts. \ > snb ' scription for less period than one year will be entitled to a gift. All communications should tie addressed to CAULDWELL, SOUTH WORTH fc WHITNEY, Proprietors of the New York Mercury, 22 dprute street, New York. KcSperimen copies sent free rnhll-fit Normal Class. V NORMAL CLASS will be commenced i at M Veytowu <;n the 12ti> of April and continue eleven weeks. The first object and j I aim in the exercises of the class will be to give thorough instruction in the common English branches of education —the second to teach the best methods < f imparting this in struction to others—the third to attend to the more advanced branches. Tn connection with | those, semi-weekly lectures will be delivered i on " School Management and Government," thus affording to Teachers and others an op j portunity while pursuing their studies to ac i quire a knowledge of the theory and practice j lof teaching. Every exertion will be made to ! i give entire satisfaction to all who may come. ' Boarding can be obtained at very low rates. | 1 TERMS —For common branches,ss per quar j tcr ; higher branches, SO. i For further particulars address A. D. IIAWN, Co. Supt., •McVeytown, Pa. IfeT-A u examination will be held at Mc- Veytown, March 27th, for those desiring per manent certificates. Notice of intention to ap>ply must bo given at least ten davs before that time. [feb2s] A. D. HAWX. NOTICE. I 4 LL persons knowing themselves indebted j\ to tiio subscriber by book account or otherwise will please be prepared to pay the same by the second week in March, as 1 iu tend calling on all of you. Please save a few dollars. J. K. RHODES. Newton Hamilton, Feb. 25, 1855.-0t Estate of Jacob Bjler, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that letters of ad ministration on the estate of JACOB BYLER, late of Monno township, Mifflin county, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in Union township, in said county. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment, and those having claims to prcseut them duly authenticated for settlement. feblß* JOHN KENAGY, Admr. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR! A LOT of Fresh Ground Buckwheat Flour i i V for sale at IRWIN'S. < March 4, 1858.—3t j /NORN SHELLERS—hand and horse power, I j for sale by F. G. FRANCISCUB. 1 At the Lewisto| ALL KIV. fSP Ay HIGHEST ch " * 1 On hand, —, | | FLOUR, by the hundred t • • 1 RYE'FLOUR, CO. 111T t HUCKWHEA iAllI) Y i-KBD i_ No. 25. B&PTA large quantity of \ * tor, <Ske. for sale low for cr.sJOL.-of ALFRED M.b '^; x eeu Lewistown, Oct. <S. 1557. tekzL,.* *f >, >• -_i f^y The Medicine of -Si l --* PHILOSOPHY AXV . c<^rTT. „ - THE EXCITING CAUSE OF SICKNESS. IV i E blond is I lie life-sustaining agent. It furnishes the • components of flesh, bone, muscle, nerve and lategu iiifcut. The stomach is its manufactory, the veins its riis tribulors, and the intestines the channel through which the waste matter rejected in its jirodnctions is expelled} Cnon vie stomach, the circulation and the bowels, these Bills act simultaneously, relieving indigestion, purify ing the fluids, and regulating the excretions. TIIE SAT!O\AL COMPLAINT. Uy.-p. j iis the most common disease among all clau ses ;n this country. It assumes a thousand shapes, am) is the primary source nf innumerable danserous maladies; but whatever its type or symptoms, however obstinate its resistance to ordinary preparations, it yields readily and rapidly to litis searching arid unerring remedy BILIOIS AFFECTIONS. : The quantity and quality of tin; bile are of most viim I importance to health. Upon the liver, the gland which secretes this fluid, these I'll!? operate specifically, infalli bly rectifying its irregularities and effectually curing Jaundice, Bilious Renutiants, and all the varieties of uia i ease generated by an unnatural condition of the organ BOWEL COMPLAINTS. I'id ess the bowels perform their functions properly, the w hole body surfers. Tens of thousands die annually of Dysentery, Diarrhtea, Chronic Constipation, and other diseases of these waste pipes of the Evstem. The effect of the Eills upon all intestinal disorders, whether casual or epidemic, is a phenomem nin medicine. By following the printed directions, the most alarming cases of bowel complaint are promptly controlled. .1 W0R1) TO FEMALES. The locai debility and irregularities which are the t. pecutl annoyances of the weaker sex, and which, when neglected, always shorten life, are relieved for the tupe being, and prevented for the lime to come, by a course of this mild but thorough alterative. Hollmeatfs Pills are the Usi remedy known in the world for the following Diseases : Asthma Diarrhrea Indigestion Secondary i Bowel Com- Dropsy Influenza Symptoms plaints Debility Inflammation Inward weak Coughs Fever and Venereal Af- ness . Colds Ague fections I.iver compl'U | Chest Diseases Female Corn-Worms of all Low lies* of Costiveness plaints kinds ' Spirits ; Dyspepsia Headaches Stur.e&Gra vel Piles ! TrCAUTION None are genuine unless the words. I'^lfolloiru* . .Verc YvrL a*d /.eruiea,'* are discernible as :i i cafe.- mart in every leaf of the book of directions arouiiu each pot or box ; the same may be plainly seen by hold, ing the leaf to the light. A handsome reward will be giv.-ti to any one rendering such information as may lead to the detection of any party or parlies counterfeiting the medicines or vending the same, know ing them to be spu rious. ♦.♦ Sold at the Manufactories of Professor HOLLOW AY, | bO Maiden Lane. New Yntk, and by all respectable Drug gists and Dealers of Medicine throughout the United Stat- , and Hie civiiiz. d world, in box *. at 2b tents, 62' ! cents, and Al each. : There is a considerable saving hv taking the larger, sizes. .V II Dire. Lions fur the aaidun:e of patients in ever, disorder are affixed to each box. angl? i = CATC TEVI, -:—££- . §sl 4 33, 1 !# Tnr. OmoixAL MFDICK K ESTAKM -HHH >V ] t r~. And Jini article <•/ th iml <c<. l'uua ced aader Ih. a noid of " Fri-vi'Sic WAfKk>," I, M.j or Mi/ o/Air country; all other I'nitnan.< ,'i'rftrt art counter is/a 'FA* genuine can V iauirn bj/the nn .it BUY AN ban# *tam t .d on CM* WAFER. R RYAN'S ITEM >MC WAFERS Relieve Coughs, Colds, tore-throat, Hoarseness BRYAN'S I'Yi .V'NH; WAFERS Relieve Asthma, Bronchitis, Difficult Breathing. I'i'.YAN'S Vl i.>l'Nlf WAFERS Relieve Spitting ci Blood, Pains in the Cbeet liK VAN'S m.MONU- WAFERS Relieve Cciisumptiou, Lung Diseases. BRYAN'S ITI M >NiC WAFERS | Relieve Irritation of the Uvula and Tonsils. r RYAN'S ITI.MONIC WAFERS Relieve the above Complaints in Ten Minutes. BRYAN' S PULMONIC WAFERS Are a blessing to all elssses and constitutions. BRYAN'S I'DI.VONIC W >FR3 Are adapted for Vocahsts and Public baakcis KRYAVF it I.MON'.R hnprcve the compass and flexibility of the Voice. BRYAN'S RRURONK' WAFERS Are in a simple form and pleasant to tho taste. BRYAN'S ITI.MoNIC WAFERS Net only relieve, but effect rapid & lasting Cares. BRYAN'S rruinNl. WAFERS Are warranted to give FftUsfactioa to every one No Family should be without a Box of Hryau's Pnlmcnic Wafers ix THE Borsr. No Traveler should be without a Box of Bryant* Pulmonic- Wafer* It ais t'KEBT. No Dealer should ho without a supply of Bryan 1 * Pnlmonte Wafer* IOK HIS L CSTOXKRS. No person will ever ooject to give for Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers TWRJ.TY-FIVK CKXTS. JOB .MOSES, Late 1. C.Baldwin Ac., Rochester, M Y. For sale by Charles Ilitz, Dr. Stoneroad at | the Bee Hive drug store, and F. A. liardt & j Co., Lewistown ; A. J. North, Atkinson's mills, | and by respectable druggists generally. sep3 Books and Accounts of R> W. Jnitki-j. HP 1 !! E bocks and accounts of IT. W. Jnnkiti , X having been transferred to the subscri ! ber, all persons knowing themselves indebted are hereby notified to ceil and make settle ! uacut, as within a limited time they will be ; placed intho hands of a justice of the peace for collection. J. O. .JINKIN. Lewistown, December 17, 1857. Lewistown Gas Company. ELECTION. 1 -\rOTICE is hereby given to the Stockhold id ers of the Lewistown Gas Company that an election will bo held at the office of the undersigned, in Lewistown, en the 20th day of March, 1858, from 10 o'clock a. m. to 3 o'clock p. in., for one President and Six Managers to eonduct the business of ! the Conipauy for the ensuing year. I mh4 J. W. SHAW, Scc'y.
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