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LANCASTER, PA MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1881
Price Tire Celts.
liFggilntcllui
cleiblng.
OPECIAX NOTICE.
spring STYLES
OF
CLOTHING,
AND THE MOST RELIABLE,
Ueught direct trem the largest uml best maim -facturers
in the country, ceminjr in each day
thin week.
THE LATEST STYLES
AND THE BEST FITTING GARMENTS
arc what wc arc placing en our tul!es at the
present time.
RUT WIS HAVE
A Few Aid Suits Left Yet
THAT ARE HARGAINS,
having been put at
them out.
Mich it pi ic iih te clear
THE RAPPEL.
Purchasers or THE RAFPEL will at .nce
appreciate its merits ns the best style or Neck
wear ever made. Its ingenious construction
enables the wearer te two it as a Flat Scarf or
a becoming Itow. U'lien made into a Iknv it
makes a perfect WINDSOR KNOT.
WILLIAMSON & FOSTER,
ONE-PRICE HOUSE,
36 EAST KINO STREET,
ntilvdAw
LANCASTER, PA.
A RARE CHANCE !
The Greatest Ri-du-lieu ever made in FIN K
WOOLENS ferOENTV WEAR at
II. GERITART'S
ffli
1.
A Large Assortment et Genuine
English & Scotch Suiting
O)
sold during the Fall Season liein :t0 te W40.
A Suit will be made up te order in the Rest
Style Irem S20 te SSO.
HEAVY WEIGHT DOMESTIC
Suiting and Overceating,
Redncr-din the same propeition. All goods
warranted as represented.
The above reduction will ler cash only, and
ter the next
THIRTY DAYS.
H. GERHART,
Ne. 51 North Queen Street.
"OVERCOATS!
Closing out at n great reduction our Immense
line of Novelties in Overceatings.
Fur Beavers,
SealSkin,
Elysiaii;
Mentanak,
Ratina and
Chinchillas.
All the New and most Desirable Styles
STOCKANETTS,
IN NEW COLORS AND CHOICE STYLES
Why net leave vetir order at enceandsecuiv
an Elegant, Stylish, Well Madu and ArtiMic
Cut Garment as low as 820.
A LARGE LINE OF CHOICE
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
AT
J.KSMALING'S,
THE ABTIST TAILOR,
121 N. QUEEN STREET,
MW&S
Special Announcement !
New Is your time te secure bargains in
CT-OTHING!
Te make room for our large stock of Cloth
ing for Spring, new being manufactured, wc
will make sweeping reductions throughout
our large stock of
HOT WIT CLOTMu,
CONSISTING OF
Overcoats, Suits, &c,
KB
MEN, BOYS AND YOUTHS.
ODDS AND ENDS OF CLOTHING IN COATS,
PANTS AND VESTS, BELOW COST.
Call early te secure the best bargains.
D. B. Hostetter & Sen,
24 CENTRE SQUARE,
fW
IiAX.'ASIKB, VA,
IttMlM,
En
Seiiiis
IRON
rilON BITTERS.
IRON BITTERS!
A TRUE TONIC.
IRON HITTERS are highly recommended ter all diseases requiring a certain and effi
cient tonic; especially
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OF APPE
TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTII, LACK OF ENERGY," Jfcc.
It enriches the bleed, strengthen the muscles, and give- new life te the nerves. It acta
like a charm en the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tasting the
Feed, Belching, Heat in the Stomach, Heartburn, etc. The oily Iren Preparation tbat will
net elacken tna teeth or give headache. Sold by all druggists. Wi ile ter the A IS C Heek, .12
pp. ei useful and amusing reading sent free.
BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
iii-lyil&w
clothing.
GREAT REDUCTION IN CLOTHING.
Gentlemen, we are new closing out a heavy stock of Winter Clothing
at greatly reduced prices.
We have a large line of elegant piece goods that must be closed out
te make room for our heavy Spring Stock. In order te de this we will
offer special bargains for the next forty days.
We have also a fine let of Ready-Made Overcoats in plain and fancy
backs, which must be closed out in forty days. Anyone in search of a
bargain will find it profitable te examine our immense stock.
MYERS & RATHFON,
POPULAR TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS,
.Ne. IS EAST KINU STREET, LANCASTER, I'EM'A.
TTKNTION, HOL'SEKKEl'KKS!
MOVING! MOVING-! MOVING!
Personal attention given te all kind ei MOYINGS thU iprlng.
BEST OP CARE AND REASONABLE PRICES.
4&Lcac orders ter day and date et moving, or addicts te
J. C. HOUGHTON;
CARE OF
M, A. HOUGHTON,
Ne. 25 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
JfURNlTURE.
"pUYKKS !
ItUYKIlS!!
HEINITSH
BULLS:
Hair Mattress tieiu 10.00 te $40
Weel " 7.00 te 11
Husk ' ' 4.50te 6
Woven Wire Mattress trem lO.OOte A)
Spring lled 2.50te 7
Bolsters aud Pillows Made te Order.
Call aud see my assortment and be con
vinced efthe tact that my price are all right.
Picture Framing a Specialty.
Rcgilding aud Repairing at short neBce.
HEINITSH,
!. liAST KINO STHEET,
jauS-Cmd
Over China Hall.
F
OK KELIABLK
FURNITURE
Call at the Old Established Stand or
Widmyer fc Ricksecker,
S. . Cor. E. Kin? anil Duke Sts.
PARLOR, CHAMBER AND LI
BRARY SUITS.
HALL, DINING ROOM AND
KITCHEN FURNITURE.
MATTKESSES AND 1JED SPRINGS.
The Ijirgcst and Finest Asseitment, and
mestyall HOME-MADE WOKK.
Personal Attention given te
UNDERTAKING.
WIDMYER & RICKSECKER
S. E. COK. E. KINO AND DCEK STS.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
vri;w AND CUOICK
STATIONERY,
NEW BOOKS
AND MAGAZINES,
AT
T. M. FLYNN'S,
Ne. 42 WEST KINO STKKKT.
T)LANK HOOKS.
JOM BIER'S SONS,
15 ud 17 NORTH QUEEN STREET,
LANCASTER, PA.,
Have fer'talc, at the Lewest Priced,
BLANK BOOKS,
Comprising Day Beeks, Ledgers, Cash Heeks,
Sales Beeks, Bill Beeks. Minute Beeks, Ke
ceipt Heeks, Memorandums, Copying. Beeks,
Pass Boekss, Invoice Beeks, &c.
WRITING PAPERS.
Foolscap, Letter, Nete, Bill, Sermon, Counting
Heuse, Drawing Papers, Papcterics, &c.
ENVELOPES AND STATIONERY of ail
kind. Wholesale and Retail.
FAMILY AND TEACHERS BIBLES,
Prayer Beeks Devotional Beeks, Sunday
tchoel Music Beeks, Sunday-school
Libraries, Commentaries, &c.
RITTERS.
TKON UITTEBS.
SURE APPETISER.
BALTIMORE, MD.
M'AI'HRHAXGIXGS, Ac.
WTEW SPICINR STTkLl'S WALL 1'APElt.
NEW SPRING STYLES WALL PAPER.
NEW SriCINU STYLES WALL PAPER.
NEW SIMM NO STYLES WALL l'AI'EK.
NEW SPRING STYLES WALL l'AI'EK.
New Spring Styles Window Shades
New Spring Styles Window Shades
New Spring Styles Window Shades
New Spring Styles Window Shades
-:e:-
PHARES W. FRY,
PHARES W. FRY,
PHARES W. FRY,
PHARES W. FRY,
Ne,
0
NORTH QUEEN STRETE.
NORTH QUEEN STREET.
NORTn QUEEN STREET.
NORTH QUEEN STREET.
Ne. 57
Ne. 57
Ne. 57
C'AltFJSTS.
HIGHEST CASH l'HICE WILL
PAID FOK EXTBA NICE
. CARPET RAGS.
BK
Carpets made te order at short notice and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Bare chances in Carpels te reduce sleck et
6,000 Yards Brussels Carpets,
AT AND BELOW COST.
Call and satisty yourself. Alse, Ingrain, Bag
ami Chain Carpetsinalmestendlessvnricty .at
H. S. SHIRK'S
CARPET HALL,
203 WEST KING STREET,
LANCASTER PA.
piAKPETS, COAL, Sc.
PHILIP SCHUMjSON & CO.,
MANUFACTORY',
Ne. ISO SOUTH WATER STREET,
Lancaster, Pa.,
ell-known Manufacturers of Genuine
LANCASTER QUILTS,
COUNTERPANES,
COVERLETS,
BLANKETS,
CARPETS.
CARPET CHAIN,
STOCKING, YARN, &c.
CUSTOM RAO CARPETS A SPECIALTY.
LANCASTER FANCY
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT.
Dress Goods Dyed either in thepieaeer in
Garments; also, all kinds of silks, Ribbons,
Linen, Cotten and Woolen Goods Dyed. Gen
tlemen's Coats, Overcoats, Pants, Vests, Ac,
Dyed or Scoured; aUe, Indigo Blue Dyeinu
dena.
All orders or goods lelt with us will receive J
CASH PAID FOR SEWED
CARPET BAGS.
COAL. COAL.
Ceal et the best quality put up expressly ler
family use, and at the lowest market rates.
TRY A SAMPLE TON.
YARD-15!) tOUTH WATER STREET.
dH-lvdRSl rniLIP SCHUM. SON & CO
OUOVKRUSS.
Z. RINGTVALT'S
Cheap. Liqner and Grocery Stere
NO. 203 WEST KING STREET.
fcuIU-Iyd
8
O'CLOCK COFFKE IS THE PUREST
and best ier the Breakfast Table.
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.,
114 North Queen Street.
fcb!-2iiid Lancaster, Pa
Eancastcr I-ntrlligcnrrr.
MONDAY EVENING, MABCH 7, 1881.
THE NEW CABINET.
The Men Whom Garfield Has selected for
His Advisers.
James G. Blaine, secretary of state, was
born in 'Washington county, Pennsylva
nia, January 31, 1830, and graduated at
Washington college iu 1847. He took te
journalism. Having removed te Maine,
he assumed editorial charse of the Ken
nebec JeuYnal, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at Augusta, the capital of the state.
Subsequently he conducted for several
years the Adtei titer, a daily paper pub
lished in Portland. He served four years
in the Legislature of Maine, two years as
speaker of the Heuse of Representatives.
In 1802 he was elected te Congress, and
was returned at every successive election
up te 187-1. In 1SG9 he was elected speaker
and served in that capacity until the Dem
crats secured the control of the Heuse in
1873, when he became the leader of the
Republican minority en the lloer. After
his defeat for the presidential nomina
tion in 187G, he was in July appointed
Senater te succeed Lett M. Merrill, who
became secretary of the treasury, and in
January 1S77, was elected by the Lcgiala
turc for the remainder of Mr. Merrill's
term and for the full term which ends en
March 4, 1883.
.William Windem, Secretary of the Treasury.
William Windem, of Minnesota, was
born in Belmont county, Ohie, May 10,
1827 ; received an academic education ;
studied law at Mount Vernen, O prac
ticed his profession iu that state and in
Minnesota until 18.19 ; was elected prose
cuting attorney for Knox county iu 1852 ;
removed te Minnesota in ib-
) : was a rep
resentative in the Thirty-sixth, Thirty -
seventy, Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth Congresses ; was appointed by
the governor of Minnesota, in July, 1870,
te lill the unexpired term of Hen. Daniel
S. Norten, deceased, in the Senate of the
United States ; was subsequently elected
as a Republican and was re-elected in 1877
for the term which will expire in 188"".
Mr. Windem's most noticeable public ser
vice was performed as chairman et the
special Senate committee en transporta
tion in 1873. At the last Republican na
tional convention Mr. Windem received
the votes of Minnesota for ptesident.
Mr. Allisen was ellcred the treasury
portfolio. Senater Windem, se it is new
stated en excellent authority, was first
ellcred the secietaryship of the treasury
and he declined it. Next it was ten
dered te Senater Allisen, and he de
clined it for domestic reasons.
Mrs. Allisen is net in the enjoyment of
geed health and is subject te nervous at
tacks. The senator feared that the tax
upon Mrs. Allisen of social requirements
as the wife of a principal cabinet ellicer
would be loe great. He was ellcred the
position en Thursday night, and declined
it. J lieu Senater Windem was again
urged for the position, and he decided te
accept. When asked by a brother senator
hew he felt about the change, .Mr. Win Win
eom replied that his only regret was that
it would compel him te leave the Senate.
Senater lllaiuc remarked that, though the
statement might appear strange, the great
difficulty in making up the cabinet had
been in finding men adapted te the pesi
tiens who were willing te accept. He in
timated that there had been moie declina
tions than the public had yet heard of.
Rebert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War.
Kebcit Tedd Lincoln, of Illinois, is a
native, of Illinois, the eldest son of the
late President Lincoln, and new thirty-
seven years of age. At the time of his
lather s election te the pieMdency, m.
1800, he was a student at the Lxeter
academy, and afterward entered Harvard
university, where he graduated. After
his father's death Rebert Lincoln studied
law, and settled down in the practice of
his profession in Chicago, where he has
been very successful at the bar. Seme
years age he married a daughter of cx cx
Scnater Harlan, of Iowa, who had been
appointed secretary of the interior by
President Lincoln jus,t befeic the letter's
death, and did net enter upon the duties
of the office until after Mr. Jehnsen's
inauguration. Mr. Lincoln's first active
experience in politics occurred last year,
when he acted as delegate te the Chicago
convention and supported Grant te the
last.
Themas I., .tames I'eituia-cr General.
Themas L. James was born in Madisen
county, New Yerk, in 1831, and early be
came an apprentice in a newspaper office.
A few years later, before he was of age, he
became the editor efthe paper of his na
tive town. He was then appointed collec
tor of canal tells. In 1SC1 he went te New
Yerk city and began his official career
there as inspector of customs under Hiram
Barney, then collector. He was three years
later promoted te the position of govern
ment weigher, and when Moses II. Grin
ncll became collector Mr. James was made
deputy collector in the third division efthe
warehouse department. At the first at
tempt at the inauguration of civil service
reform he was made president of the beard
of examiners for the custom house. In
1873, without his knowledge, President
Giant appointed Mr. James postmaster of
New Yerk and Mr. Hayes reap
pointed him in 1877. In October last the
German Republican central committee of
New Yerk city unanimously nominated
Mr. James for the mayoralty and subse
quently, when the Republican committee
of twenty-four appointed by the county
convention decided upon nominating a
straight Republican city ticker, the nomi
nation for mayor was formally tendered te
him, but declined.
Wayne MacVeagli Attorney General.
Wayne MacVeagli, of Pennsylvania was
born at Plnnnixville, Chester county, Pa.
April 19, 1833. He received his early
education in Chester county. He grad
uated at Yale college in the famous class
of 1S53 and then studied law with Hen.
Jeseph J. Lewis, of West Chester, aud
was iu that borough admitted te the bar
en April 2G, 185G. Soen after his admis
sion te the bar he was elected district at
torney of Chester county aud served in
that capacity for three years. During the
war for the Union Mr. MacVeagli was
twice in the service first as captain of a
company of cavalry, which was in the ser
vice ter two weeks only when the invasion
of the state was threatened, in Septem
ber, 18G3, and as a major en the stall
Majer General Couch during .of
the emergency of the following
year. lie was made chairman of
the Republican state central committee
during the campaign of 18G3. In 1870
President Grant appointed him te sue
ceed E. Jey Merris as minister te Constan
tinople. This position he held until to
wards the close of 1871, when he resigned,
returned and took up hisiesidenceat Har
risburg. Frem there he was elected a
delegate te the constitutional convention,
where he served as chairman of the com
mittee en judiciary and en legislation. At
the beginning of 1S76 Mr. MacVeagli re
moved te Philadelphia. Iu 1877 he was
at the head of Mr. Hayes's Louisiana
commission, which overturned carpet-bag
rule iu that state. He was also prominent
in the movement against a third term last
year.
William H. Hunt, Secretary or the Navy.
William H. Hunt, of Louisiana, is a na
tive of Seuth Carolina and about sixty
years of age. He went from his native
state te Louisiana in consequence of trou treu trou
ble growing out of nullification and be
came prominent at the bar. He was as
much of a Union man as it was possible te
be in the Seuth during the war, and when
General Butler took possession of New
Orleans he received valuable aid from Mr.
nunt. He was an old Wilis in politics.
but had been a moderate Democrat since
the war until he joined the Republican
party. In 1876 Judge Hunt was the Re
publican candidate for attorney general en
Governer Packard's ticket and took a
prominent part in the presidential cam
paign of that year. When Hayes usurped
the presidency he signified a desire te make
him collector of the pert of New Orleans,
but Judge Hunt preferred the court of
claims aud was, in April, 1S77 appointed
te that position. He has since held it.
Samuel J. Kirkvroed, Secretary of the In
terier.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, was born
in Harford county, Maryland, December
20, 1813 ; received a limited education at
the academy of Jehn McLced, in 'Wash
ington city ; removed te Richmond county,
Ohie, in 1833, and was admitted te the
bar in 1843 ; was .elected prosecuting at
torney iu 1843 and again in 1S47 ; was in
1S50-34 a member of the convention that
framed the present constitution of the
state of Ohie; removed te Jehnsen county,
Iowa, in 1S55 ; was elected te the state
Senate in 183G ; was elected governor in
1859 and again in 18G1 ; was in 18G3 nemi
nated by President Lincoln and confirmed
as minister te Denmark, but declined the
appointment ; was in 1S6G elected te the
United States Senate te fill the unexpired
term of James Harlan ; was iu 1875 again
uclcctcd governor of Iowa, and resigned
fthat eflice January 31, 1877; was elected
in January. 180, te the United states
Senate as a Republican te succeed Gcerge
G. Wright, Republican, for the term end
ing March
1833,
AH CunUreied.
When the nominations were taken up
Mr. Cameren suggested that their consid
eration should be deferred te await the
appointment of the committees. A col
loquial discussion followed in regard te
the preccdents.aud after it had progressed
sonic time, there being no dissent as te
the propriety of confirming the three sen sen
atei ial nominations without reference te a
committee, they were unanimously con
firmed, A long debate followed upon the pre
priety of taking immediate action upon
the remaining nominations. Messrs. Conk Cenk
ling aud Davis, of Illinois, contended that
these important matters ought net te be
excepted from the ordinary practice and
the operation of the rule that requires an
examination and report by some commit
tee upon every nomination sivmittcd te
the Senate. Senators Pendleton, Beck
aud Voerhecs took the ground that ap
pointments of this kind, unless objection
able by reason of defects of moral charac
ter, ought te be confirmed immediately ;
and Mr. Deck remarked te his colleagues
en the Democratic side of the chamber
that if they desired te go out of power
and remain out for twenty-five years they
might try the effects of delaying confirma
tion of a son of Abraham Lincoln.
At the termination of the debate, which
as net addressed at any time te the
merits efthe nominations, they were sepa
rately confirmed without a roll call or a
dissenting vote in any instance.
THE INAUGURAL. BALL.
DANCING AT TUK NATIONAL MUSKUM.
A It. ill l'usxln;; in AlagnUlccnce Anything
Kver Itpfore Scon iu this Country.
Washington Dispatch te the Press.
The inaugural ball surpassed in magnifi
cence aiid beauty anything ever seen in
this country before. It is doubtful if the
inauguration of any ether president in the
near future will be celebrated with one
equal, for the reason that the building
used en this occasion will never be avail
able ler a similar purpose again. The
decorations of the dancing room were
beautiful. The centre piece was a statue of
the Goddess of Liberty. In the uplifted
right hand was borne a lamp in which
burned an electric light. Areuud.lhe base
of the pedestal were arranged palms,
acacia, tropical laurels, cedars Tknd the
vivid foliage of the bigenias and crotons.
Frem the arches which form the circling
outlines of the rotunda sprang airy galleries
and the stairways leading te tjicni were
dropped with the national colors, while
the railings were garlanded with ever
greens, interspersed with Hags. These
pictty galleries were curtained with im
mense iligs and draped in graceful folds
by bands of evergreens. The cilect was
beautiful. One of the galleries was as
signed te the regents of (he Smithsonian
institution. On the pillars each side a little
below werebas relieve3 representing paint
ing, sculpture, science, mcchauics, justice,
plenty aud commerce. Beneath these
wese arranged petted plants te corres
pond with the picturesque base of the
statue of Liberty. The space extending
west of the rotunda was the President's
hall. The pillars that marked the out
lines of this hall had tiic coats-of-arms of
the different states arranged along the en
tire length. Frem one side fell the national
flags and en the ether were ensigns, gui gui
eons, pennants and regimental standards
of the army and navy. Twe has relieves
representing the army and navy were en
the piliars above.
The president and Mrs. Garfield, Mr.
and Mrs. Hayes, ex-Congressman Jehn B.
Alley, of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Alley,
and the members of the cabinet, recaived
en a slightly raised dais at the extreme
end efthe western hall. A stairway in
the rear led.te a gallery above set apart
for the exclusive use ei Mrs. Garfield and
Mrs. Hayes, and ether ladies they might
invite te share this distinction. The fleer
of this gallery was covered with a hand
some carpet in weed tints, brightened
with tiny blue and crimson flowers, and
the railing was festooned with evergreens
and gas burners te simulate waxen
caudles that branched in clusters from
antique vases in the front. The galiery of
the east hall was occupied by a band of
sixty musicians, who gave the promenade
music for the eempany As this hall
communicates te the supper rooms
the bas-relieves were scenes represent
ing fcrsting and hunting. The pillars were
decorated with coats-of-arms aud Hags
with the monograms of the president and
vice president. Surmounting the ether
ornamentation that was en the pillars op
posite the supper room doerc, iu the gal
lery of the south hall, was stationed the
band for the dancing music. There wcre
one hundred performers. The leaders of
these respective bands occupied the small
galleries in the rotunda, opposite
their musicians. The bas relieves
in this hall wcre dancing and comedy.
There were fully 5,000 pcople in
the building at 11 o'clock. A line of peo
ple had been formed from the north en
trance around into the west ball, where
the receiving party was stationed, which
would have occupied at least two hours of
the president's time te receive. Net te
delay the dancing and ether festivities
which had been arranged for the occasion.
General Garfield and Mrs. Garfield and
Mr. Alley and Mrs. Hayes made a tour of
tne uiQerent halls, giving everybody who
bad net the privilege of meeting the re
ceiving party at least an opportunity te
see them.
An immense party followed them through
the halls. General Garfield was in full
evening dress and Sirs. Garfield were a
plain but very rich lilac-colored silk Mrs.
Hayes also were a plain but costly laven
der silk. Soen after the dancing begun
the presidential party left the hall. Danc
ing was continued until nearly 3 o'clock.
In addition te the presidential guests there
were present General Sherman and stall
General Hancock, General Sheridan and
stall, the members of the old cabinet and
many gentleman who will be in the new
cabinet, senators, reprcseutativee, army
aud navy officers, governors of states,
ex-governors, heads of bureaus in the sev
eral departments, justices oi.the rnprcme
court and prominent public men.
WITCH WOMEN'S ART.
THKIIt CHAII.US AND MAGIC SPELLS
In Demand by Levers and Haters.
New- Yerk Sun Sensational Correspondence
Ireni Reinheldsville, Lancaster county.
A few miles across the country from
here, in the barren hills near the old Dunk
ard Cleister, is the unpretentious cabin of
Dame Barbara Fischer. Her reputation
as a woman who works wonders by mys
terious charms, spell, potions, aud pray
ers is of wide extent. She is small in
stature, aged and gray, yet keen, sharp.
bright ami thoroughly independent. She
will allow no one te te encroach upon her
rights, and a short time age the attention
efthe entire community was directed te a
serious misunderstanding she had with
her son, who charged Dame Fischer with
having played a prank ou a pat animal of
hi. She indignantly denied that she had
interfered with his deg, and had never
caused the deg te chase his tail until he
dropped dead with exhaustion. The old
woman had her friends and se did thoyeung
farmer. They freely took sides. Subse
quently the wells of several neighbors be
came exhausted at a time when there was
no drought, aud the cows efthe old Dtmk-
ard neighbors gave bloody milk. These
persons who nan taken side wall the seu,
wcre all very suddenly mere or less aflect
ed iu ene way or the ether, which gave
rise te great speculation and gossip in all
the country around. Generally spsaking,
the neighbors of the old woman arc super
stitious, and believe in all sorts of unnat
ural rclicr, of witchcraft and black art.
Hence they are ever ready te bcliove in
any story, however monstrously absurd,
and they attach much importance
te every move the old woman makes.
Te the strange visitor Dame Fischer
will have little te say, and less
te de. Any one wcarinsr the irarb
of a city resident and claiming her aid in
anything outside of the most ordinary ail
ment will meet with a very cool reception.
The applicant for her aid in anything ex
traordinary must be known te her pei pei
senally, or must be introduced by some
one with whom she is very well acquainted.
A sufferer calling en her in person will be
promptly treated, no matter who he or
she may be, for all specu-s of bruises,
burns, nervous afHictiens, "wild fiie,"'
St. Antheny's dance, felon, bypochendiiu,
melancholia, aud kindred ailments. Dame
Fischer will lend prompt assistance te all
who may personally apply and exhibit
their atllictieu. In a majority of instances
the old woman uses no medicines, but de
pends upon her " charm ' te heal. This
charm, or, as the natives hereabouts de
nominate it, "pew-wowing," consists of a
simple breathing upon the wound or sere ;
a blowing ever it, as it were, accompanied
by a gentle touch, a wave of the hand,
and a silent prayer. The conditions for
operating arc implicit faith in the mode of
treatment, a perfect surrender of all
thought antagonistic te ths operator, and
a serious premise te fellow out all direc
tions that may be given. Radical cures
arc tlftn premised, and, strange as it may
appear, this class of " wonder workers "
have favorable reputations all ever this
section of the state for having helped
many suifercis te absolute health.
By far the most interesting feature of
this class of backwoods healing art is that
part which pretends te work magic spells,
charms, curses, conjurations, and bad luck
generally en enemies and objects of hate.
Persons in need of black-art aid of this
kind travel for miles te the "hex" who has
the best reputation. She generally lives
alone with her cats, her herbs, her cauls,
and her nysterieus book.". Net far
from this village, ever toward Lancaster,
lives an old woman who, a short time age,
had a score of men hunting geld at mid
night. The men were reputable farmers'
sons, and se great was their confidence in
the old soothsayer's story of geld that
they followed her directions with great
care and spent night after night of labor
ious work in seeking for the supposed hid
den treasure, but which never was found.
Men aud women come from near and
f.ir en every sort of mission "te Dame
Fis -her. Te a large circle of persons no
physician in the land can render such ef
fective service. Husbands take their
wives aud fathers their children, te have
the old woman operate en them for any
ailment te which human flesh is heir. If
a child is demented, blind, dwarfed or in
any way unnaturally afllicted, it is taken
te the home of Dame Fischer for treat
ment. If a farmer hits his horse stolen he
consults the old woman aud implores her
aid in recovering his lest property. She
will undcrttrit? te help hint every time.
If an incendiary fire takes place Dame
Fischer Is consulted. If there is trouble
among the stock of any farmer the old
woman will help him out. Should any
farmer have bad luck with his crops or
his cattle he will seek the old woman's
advice, and liberally pay for all she tells
him, because she is believed te be a geed
woman.
Te catch a horse thief and recover the
stolen animal, it is necessary te search the
animal's stall, find three hairs, cut- them
of eqti.il length, knot them iu the middle,
and burn them, lig4itinbeth ends at the
same time. The hairs arc te be burned
en a shovel at sunset near the stable, aud
which ever way the two stubs point as
they burn is the direction the thief took.
The stub ends are then te be buried in the
barnyard where the sun shines. There is
a little mere nonsense of this kind which
constitutes the recipe for recovering a
stolen horse. The mere (lelid Pennsylva
nia farmers, however, have organized
mounted horse-thief detective associa
tions. Te make a dry cow productive, te clar
ify milk, te increase crops, te prevent
strokes by lightning, te keep off incendi
aiies, witches, evil spirits, plagues,
spooks and ether bad luck, charmes of a
similar character are advised, but all arc
different. Te name the many absurd de
tails of these se-called charms it would be
necessary te print the contents of an en
tire book suce as these old wemen use.
They arc printed in the German language,
and were brought from the old country,
where they were handed down from family
te family. They are seldom, if ever,
brought te the light of day, and very few
persons ever see them. These "pow
wow books are regarded as sacred
things by the owners of them, and are
stored away in secret and dark places, and
are only read near midnight.
These who desire the aid of these old
women iu the performance of evil work
must be well acquainted, and must pos
sess the confidence of the old women.
What transpires at the interview is a dead
secret. An old woman hears " the wish "
of her customer, receives her fee, and her
visitor departs. The old woman has as
sured the visitor that all will be well. She
does nothing in his presence by which she
can be brought into trouble, yet no parti
culars efthe visit must ever be revealed.
Bad luck forever is the penalty for any
breach of faith. What orgies, incanta
tions, spell, conjurations, boils or stews
she may afterwaid go through with is all
done at midnight when no ene is about.
If a neighbor's babe is te be stunted in
growth, if a rival's beauty is te fade away
forever, if the business of a competing
merchant is te be broken up, if a water
power is te fail or a spring te run dry, if
bad luck is te take any shape and be
visited en any object of wrath or hate, the
old woman's aid is invoked in all sincerity,
with the abselute belief that the desired
object will be attained.
Te secure jealousy is ene of the chief ob
jects of ninny visitors, and te effect this .
brmgs into play a number et unique but
mestabsuul practices. Te t-oparate man
and wife, the hair of a woman opposite in
color and complexion must first he obtain
ed. If the wife has dark hair, light hair
must be secured, but never led hair. Te
Werk a eliaim ou any uiifeitttuatc and
deemed couple, it must first be learned
which efthe two was bem neatest running
water. That person inust be eerateil
upon. .Something that Mich poisons nave
worn some tunc inu.sl be procured aud
burned. The hair must be held in the
smeke and then buried under the eaves or
their house. The nauie of the person op
orated en is then written en a piece of
paper and buried anywhere iu a shadow
cast by the moon. This absurd charm
is supposed te have sufficient power te sep
arate man aud wife.
There are several charms iutcuded for
young levers who have had quarrels and
who desire te make up their differences ;
for the lass who wants te knew whethei
her laddie is sincere ; for the jealous girl,
envious of a friend ; for the anxious lever
doubting his sweetheart and desiring te
make her love nunc binding, aud for the
jealous young beau whose suit has net met
with favor. The witch women have a su
preme contempt for Ieve powder or leve
potion. They absolutely detest and ridi
cule any such method of controlling or se
curing the coveted love of men or women.
Their chief reliance is the potency of the
witch hazel, a tree that grows en the
mountain side hereabouts. With its
branches and its blossoms much power is
said te be wielded. The lass in Ieve car
ries its leaves in her besom, aud she dreams
with them under her pillow. The pow
dered baik of the hazel, its blossoms, sap.
and root, all are employed for special and
separate purposes.
Whatever practices are resorted te for
the purpose of destroying beauty, wither
ing forms, weakening intellect, or bring
ing about mental or physical disaster, are
never revealed. That dibits are made te
operate in this line of business is absolutely
true. It is common thing in this section
of the country te hear persons sjteak of
friends or ncquaiutcucc.4 as being be
witched; and invariably with such com
plaint is coupled the name of one or the
ether of the several old witch woman lo
cated iu the mountains. It is generally
conceded, en the ether hand, that they de
a great deal of geed hi aiding the sick,
which fact gees f.ir te protect them from
prosecution.
It is a general belief that thern In no reuiPdy
for Consumption, ami possibly In some cases
the assertion may be correct." We knew how
ever of many cure? made bv Dr. I'ull' Couch
yrnp and will guarantee positive relief te tin:
Milliliter In every instance.
Ge te II. II. Cochran, druNt, in and I"'!
North Queen street, ler Jfrs. V'Vivwi tm'.i Nri-j
National Hyci. Fer lirigl-tneisaud duraliilit)
et color an: mii:'italM. Celer trout 2 te '
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On TlniB : Uxnal.
.Tenes nexv gees te business regularly. That
attack of Neuralgia that laid him up, and
which was enlyatresl: visitation of an old
enemy", disappeared. Iiecaue In: tee!, a friend's
advice and tiiul Dr. Themas' Ecleeii ic Oil.
Rheumatic pain, cut". Idui-ev. threataud blng
complaints, etc., are invariably ceiiijtiercil by
Vnr-iiileby II. IS. Cochran, ilriiggM, 1.7 ami
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