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FAHNESTOCK!
BLANKETS, FLANNELS. MUSLINS,
BLANKETS, H. ANN ELS, MUSLINS,
ULANKETS, FLANNELS.'MUSLINS,
IJLANKETS, FLANNELS, MUSLINS.
BLANKETS, FLANNELS, MUSLINS.
White and Colored Quilts,
White and Colored Quilts,
White and Colored Quilts,
In Quantity, from sil up.
in
Atfl,$1.50.$l.7und$i
TABLE LINENS ANI NAl'KINS,
TAiSLE LINEXh AND NAl'KINS,
TAItLK LINENS AND NAPKINS,
Frem tin :.eeit te tin- Finest Giiidiw,
at LOW PRICES.
GossamerWaterpreofs
Fer Ladles, Cent, Bey and Girl-. Lai "it and
Attractive Mnr-k, Irani "l.CO up.
FAHNESTOCK,
Nest Doer te Court Heuse.
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BABD&
HEADQUARTERS
HEADQUARTERS
HEADQUARTERS
ret:
UNDERWEAR
UNDERWEAR
UNDERWEAR
Fer Men, Women ami Children. LnrgetSteck
In this clt j- ut Lewest Trices.
LOTS OF
CHEAP STOCKINGS
roil
Men, Women and Children,
AT Tin:
NEW CHEAP STORE,
Ne. 43 WEST KING STREET,
Between the Cooper llonse ami Serrel
Herse Hetel.
(AdleiV Old Staml.).
LANCASTER, PA.
D
KKSS GtOI)S, &C.
HAGER & BROTHER
Have) II a Luigc Line el
DRESS GOODS,
In all qualities, including many ei the
Choicest Styles et the Season. Alse"
Black and Colored Silk.
GINGHAMS, LAWNS, CHINTZES AND
WHITE GOODS.
HOSIERY AND GLOVES,
Allet which will lie sold at Very Lew Prices
te Reduce Stock.
S
FECIAL!
Fer JULY ami AUGUST we have made a
Special Lew Price for
CARPETS,'
Of which we have a Handsome Line et the
Newest Patterns in
BODY BRUSSELS, TAPESTKY BRUSSELS,
EXTRA SUPER INGRAIN, WORSTED,
WOOL AND HALL AND STAIR
CARPET WITH BORDERS.
Alse a line of Carpets at 25, 31, :i7J ami 50c.
OIL CLOTHS AND MATTINGS
Will he sold en the same low basis.
We Invite examination.
HAGER & BROTHER.
w
ALL PAPER, &C.
WALL PAPER,
WALL PAPER.
Our Stock Includes all the Choice Spring
Patterns in
EMBOSSED AND PLAIN GILT SATINS
FLATS, BLANKS, CEILING DECO
RATIONS, FRIEZES, DADOS
AND BORDERS.
Te reduce stock wc will make a
SPECLtlL LOW PRICE.
' Wc Invite examination.
HAGER & BROTHER
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1ITARKC.T AND NINTH STREETS, PHILADELPHIA.
SEPTEMBER, 1881.
MORE Woolens In Stere.
MORE Woolens under contract ler future delivery.
3IOEE Woolens afloat and in transit from foreign countries.
MOKE and greater facilities than ever before for meeting the wants and demands or the
people.
This Is our situation at the opening of our FALL AND AVINTER BUSINESS OF 1SS1.
We new have already In pert a large invoice et
SEAL SKIN CLOTHS AND PLUSHES.
COLOR-BLACK, BROWN, SEAL, OTTER MOLE, DRAB AND WHITE, FOR LADIES
COATS. SACQUES, WRAPS, JACKETS, CLOAKS AND FOR TRIMMING.
J-EAL SKIN CLOTHS of every quality and color will be one et our leading specialties
this season.
LADIES' DRESS CLOTHS.
Our assortment contains mere new colors, a greater variety et shades and a wider range
et effects in SMALL CHECKS, STRIPES AND NEAT SMALL FIGURES, Ac, than can he
found elsewhere. Seme of our leading colors, are handsome, bright shades et GREEN,
OLIVE, SAGE, BROWN, GARNET, Ac.
Children's Saeques and Wraps.
NEW FIGURED CLOTHS IN GREAT VARIETY FOR YOUNG MISSES',
CmLDRENS AND INFANTS' WEAR. OUR
KEFS AID BOYS' DEPARTMENTS
Have lecclved their usual careful attention, only our purchases have been larger te meet the
demands et our growing business. Much attention has been devoted te selecting tine, season
able and fashionable fabrics for GENTLEMEN'S STREET AND DRESS SUITS.
FLANNELS FOR UNDERWEAR
And ether general purposes, in large assortment
PRICES, ler the BEST STANDARD MAKES.
INVITATIONS
ais cordially extended te citizen and strangers te make a personal cvniiiiiinltonjef the Largest
and Handsomest Stock et Cleakings and Woolens in Philadelphia at Retail.
SNODGRASS, MURRAY & CO.,
GREAT RETAIL CLOTH HOUSE,
Market and Ninth Streets, Philadelphia.
IS"
A: CO.
L. AJNTE
Ne. 24 EAST KING STREET. Ne. 24
Have J list received, opened and ready ler inspection a large anil complete
sleck et general
PRY GOODS, CARPET1NGS, ETC.
At pi ices that dely competition. High Colored Satin Suitings, New and Rich, Flannel Suitings
in 0-1 and 2-1 goods. Blooming Black Cashmeres, a matter we pay special attention te. Shawls
in long anil square, in endless variety and quality. Flannels, Checks and Muslins In all widths,
and in tact anything necessary te constitute a complete stock for the buyer te select from.
TAPESTRY RRUSSELS CARPETING AT 75c. PER YARD,
Elegant in Designs and Colorings. Feathers. Steam Dressed, the best the market produces.
(tncenswaic, Cleth, Cassimcre and Ladies' Couts.
BOLTING CLOTHS
el the very lies I brand in the market, at New Yeik Prices. An examination solicited of our
entire stock, and satisfaction guaranteed te all.
Jacob M. Marks.
Jehn A.
MIULINHMY.
JUST OPKNKI JUST ttl'ENED
THE LATEST STYLES OF THE
1SS1.
NEW FALL GOODS,
Comprising Millinery in all lis branches et
HATS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS & RIBBONS.
Alse all the Latest Fall Styles et Dress Trimmings, Buttens, Fringes, Gimps, Kid Gloves and
anything cNis that can be leuud in a llrst-class Trimming Stere.
OUR MOTTO :--" BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES,"
AT
M. A. HOUGHTON'S
CHEAP STORE,
Ne. 25 NORTH QUEEN STREET,
IKON HITTERS.
TKON 1!
1TTKKS.
IRON BITTERS!
A TRUE TONIC.
IRON BITTERS arc highlyrceemmendcd ter all diseases requiring a cerUiu and effi
cient tonic; especially
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OP APPE
TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c.
It enriches the bleed, strengthens the muscles, ami gives new life te the nerves. It acts
like a cliarin en the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tasting the
Feed, Uelching, Ileal in the Slemacli, Heartburn, etc. Tue r.nly Iren Preparation that will
net ulacken ttie teeth or give licail.iclic. Sold by all druggists. Write ter the A It C Boek, 32
pp. et useful and amusing reading sent free.
BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
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Fer Sale at COCHRAN'S DRUG
street, Lancaster.
ASTRIVa JiRO'S AliVERTlSJHaiiKT.
STKICH BRO'S ADVKKTISKMENT.
ASTRTCHBROS
LANCASTER BAZAAR,
Ne. 13 EAST KING STREET.
Wc announce our Fall Opening ler
Wednesday und Thursday, Sep
tember 28 and 29, 1881.
We are new ready te .hew te our patrons all
the Latest Novelties for FALL WEAK In
everyone et our departments.
In our MILL.1NEUY DEPARTMENT we arc
showing all the Novelties in
HATS. RIBBONS, FLOWERS,
FEATUEUS. SATINS, VELVETS,
AND PLUSHES.
Elegant Black Satins at 73c. and $1 a yard. A
full and fine selection or Ituchings, Lace Col Cel
lars and Fichus, Lace Tics, Linen Cellars, &c.
The finest and grandest display et Trim
mings ever seen In this city.
Fringes lrem 50c. te $4.50 a yard.
Passamcntcrics from 18c. te $8 a yard.
Ornaments up te $t apiece.
Leeps, Buttens, Tusseis, Girdles, Bulls.
Heads; and all ether novelties In great variety.
Zephyr Worsted, any color made, at 9c. an
ounce.
Germantown Weel, Shetland, Saxony and
German Knitting Weel in all colors.
LADIES1 UNDERWEAU AND CORSETS
A SPECIALTY.
A lull and elegant assortment of Gentle
men's Furnishing Goods complete in every
branch el the department.
Better and nicer goods ler the money than
at any place in town.
Ladies', Gents' ami Children's Merine Un
derwear, all sizes, all qualities.
Come and see us.
OOODS.
et every quality at the LOWEST POSSIBLE
septlO-SimLVw
r ANK & CO.
& .CO.,
Charles,
Jehn B. Reth.
1S81.
fRON 1UTTKKS.
SURE APPETISER.
BALTIMORE, MD.
STORE," 137 and 139 North Queen
CU1NA, ANlt GLASS llARA.
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Kill .V MAKTJN.
DECORATED WARE
CHINA HALL.
Constantly m hand and receiving a large
Una of Decorated French China (Haviland's)
and Porcelain Ware In
FRUIT SETS,
ICE CREAM SETS,
BREAKFAST SETS,
BROTH BOWLS.
DIXXEli SETS,
TEA SETS,
1JREAKFAST SETS,
A. D. COFFEES
A Large Line of
DeceraM Gfiaiber Sets.
HIGH. & MARTIN,
Ne. 15 East King Street.
READ THIS
Lancaster, Pa., April 2S, 1881.
Thk Kidjtkvcura Mf'e Company.
Gents It gives me much pleasure te say
that after using one pack et ICIDNEYCURA
I have been entirely cured el a severe pain in
my back and side, of long standing, and that,
tee, after trying various known remedies. I
have every confidence in your medicine,
checrrully recommend it, and knew thatmany
of my friends who liave used It have been
benerfted. PETER BAKER,
m2Clyd Foreman Examiner ana Express.
Haucastet Jntelltgencer.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 21, 1881.
THE DEAD PRESIDENT.
LANCASTER'S MOURNING MEETING.
A Large Gathering of Citizens la the Court
Heuse.
In response te a proclamation issued by
his honor Mayer MacGenigle, the citi
zens of Lancaster assembled in the court
house last evening te give expression te
their grief at the death of President Gar
field. The assemblage was a very large
and representative one.
Mayer MacGonigle in calling the meet
ing te order spoke substantially as fol fel
lows :
The time having arrived for the organi
zation of this meeting I would ask these
present te come te order. The object of
our assembling is understood by all here.
TLe chief magistrate of the United States,
James A. Garfield, lies cold in death! cut
off in the very prime and vigor of his man
hood by the bullet of the assassin ; a
career of the most premising rule closed ;
and our people, sitting down in confidence,
again given ever te apprehension and te
the feeling, born of the assassin's stroke,
of insecurity. Wc are met here te give
expression te the sorrow which fills our
hearts for the untimely fate of our legally
chosen ruler, and te add our tears te these
who will miss him in the kindly offices of
husband, son and father forever. Te
these who arc here and will tell you mere
eloquently than I of our and our country's
less, 1 shall new give place, x or tne pur
pose of organizing this meeting I nomiuate
as president, the venerable Dr. Jno. L.
Atlce, and as secretaries, Hen. J. L. Stein
metz and Thes. B. Cochran, esq.
Dr. Atlce en taking the chair thanked
the meeting for the honor conferred upon
him by calling upon him te preside", and
requested Rev. W. C. Robinson, of the
Duke street church, te offer prayer, te
which the reverend gentleman responded
in an eloquent and fervent appeal te the
Throne of Grace.
Dr. Atlee again arose, and referring te
the sad event which had called the people
together, prayed Ged that there might
never be a recurrence of an occasion like
this. On the second el July a man in re
bust health and exuberant spirits, a man
who was the chosen head and pride of the
nation, had been stricken down by the
bullet of a vile assassin. Fer eighty
days he lay en a bed of anguish, battling
bravely for life. The blew that struck him
down had wounded the heart of the na
tion, and had created a universal horror
throughout the civilized world. That man
was our nation's father ; had been chosen
chief executive by a majority of fifty mil
lien people. Is it te be wondered that the
public heart should be stirred te its
depths ; that we should hope against
hope aud pray for the preservation of a
life se valued ? But Ged in His wisdom
was pleased te give us this national alllic alllic
tien, doubtless for our own geed. One
benefit can be already seen ; party factious
and party strife have been allayed ; the
heart of the nation has been stirred up in
the East aud the West, the North and the
Seuth. The lessen we should learn from
the sad visitation is te discourage parti
sanship aud office-seeking. Positions of
honor and tiust should be given te these
who merit theni. In conclusion, Dr. At
lce suggested the appointment of a com cem com
mittee te draft resolutions cxp:cssive of
the sentiment of the meeting,
Geerge Nauman, esq., moved that the
chair appoint a conimittce of live te draft
resolutions, aud the motion was agreed te.
The chair appointed Geerge Nauman,
A. J. Steinman, J. M. W. Geist, Jehn A.
Hicstand and William Lcaman, csqs., said
committee.
During the absense of the committee, en
motion of Hen. Antheny E. Roberts, Mar Mar
reott Brosius, esq., was called upon te ad
dress the meeting.
Mr. Brosius said that he was
net vaiu enough te suppese that
he possessed the ability te ade
quately respond te the call made upon
him. Ne man need be ashamed te confess
his inability te properly fulfill the task.
The occasion weighs down the heart and
almost palsies the tongue. Net often has
such a calamity befallcu any people as that
which has occurred within the past twenty
four benis. Ne man can contemplate the
deep sorrow which has fallen npeu this
republic without feeling the severest pangs
in hisjuwn hart. Last night, notwithstand
ing our fears, wc retired with the remnant
of a hope that succeeding bulletins would
show an improvement in the president's
condition But ere wc slept, the sightless
ceuiiers of the air bore te enr
startled cats the message that
our beloved president was dead. Never
since the stricken nation gathered around
the grave of its martyred chief, sixteen
years age, has our people met such com
mon sorrow as that we new feel for enr
second martyred president. We feel the
overshadowing sense of awe that whispers
te us that silence rather than speech will
best accord with the solemnity of the
hour. Our loftiest speech cannot reach
the height of his merits. Being dead he
yet speaks, nis life was an example for
all of us te emulate. He was ene of the
people, one of the toiling millions. He
traversed the rugged read of life from
the lowliest beginning, until by
his own genius and virtue he
reached the highest summit. Aud in
whatever position he he was, thcre has net
been a moment of his life that the hum
blest toiler of the land did net have his
sympathy and support The mere we
knew of him the better we loved him. On
the field wc admired him as a here, in
council as a statesman ; as our chief magis
trate for a brief term, because of the
premise of his probity and scrupulous
honesty, aud we vencrate him for the con
spicuous patriotism he had shown in the
discharge of his public duties, and his
purity and affection in all his domestic
relations. Leving him living, we honor
him dead. Though stricken, wc are net
without consolation. The president has
passed away, but the republic remains.
We have learned that no one man's life
is necessary te the life of the nation. It
was he who when a similar calamity befell
us uttered the words, " Ged reigns, and
the government at Washington still lives."
While we mourn his less and cherish his
memory, let us emulate his virtues, and
stiive te lift ourselves te his high level.
Let us emulate his hereism, patriotism,
energy, and almost Divine patience ; and
then will the memory of our martyred
president be te us as a pillar of cloud by
day aud a pillar of fire at night.
E. K.. Martin, esq., was- next called
upon. He remarked that after what Mr.
Brosius had said he scarcely knew what te
add. We stand under the shadow of a
great sorrow. The reaper 'Death has done
his work, and gathered in the best and
bravest of all the land. Fer eighty days
the heart of the nation has pulsated with
that of the distinguished sufferer, and new
that his heart has ceased te beat, the na
tion mourns in silence. During the short
period of his executive power he gave
premise of mero geed than was given by
any former president. His desire was for
a higher political manhood. While the
factions steed with locked horns, he owed
allegiance te none of them ; he was free
from all of them and had no let or part
with them. He strove te be an ideal
president, and he was one. Mr. Martin,
after speaking of Mrs. Garfield's illness,
the president's intended visit te her, the
assaulc upon him by the assassin Guiteau,
and the death of the president, said, Ged
has a purpese in all this, and intended it
as a lessen for our geed. When the land
was cursed with slavery, it required the
bleed of our best and bravest sons te re
move the curse. What is the lessen we
are taught by this later calamity '? It is
that we must get rid of the spoils system
which has corrupted the very life
of the nation. It was the spoils sys
tem that directed Guiteau'a bullet, and if
we heed the lessen Garfield will net have
died in vain.
The committee en resolutions having
re-entered the court-house reported the
following :
Resolutions.
The citizens of Lancaster, in public
meeting assembled, desiring te give ex
pression te their profound sorrow for the
less which has befallen the nation in the
death of James A. Garfield, president of
the United btatcs, and te place upon
record tueir detestation of the crime which
robbed a devoted family eT his protection,
and the country of his services in the
neon-day of his usefulness ; therefore be it
Resolved, That it is a humiliating fact,
that in a government of the people the
two most, distinguished examples in the
civil life of the republic of men who had
risen by their own unaided oxer liens from
the humblest walks of life te the highest
positieu of honor and trust within the
gift of the natieu, and both eminent for
their devotion te popular rights, should
fall victims te the hands of assassins.
Resolved, That in the life of James A.
Garfield, every American youth may read
the possibilities te be achieved by the cul
tivatien of correct principles, strict fidelity
te every duty, and untiring industry ; and,
in his patience and fottitude through
weeks of suffering, when daily confront
ing death with calmness, all should learn a
lessen of that Christain faith which was
f he brightest jewel in the crown of his vir
tues. Resolved, That no language can ade
quately express our deep abhorrence of the
deliberately-planned crime which brought
this calamity upon the nation a erime
which has wrought a sorrow that no pun
ishment of its perpetrator can fully atone
for.
Resolved, That we tender our deepest
sympathy te the aged mother, and te the
heroic wife whose firmness and devotion
have wen the admiration and touched the
hearts of this people ; and we commend
them te Him who alone can visit with
heavenly comfort the widow aud the
fatherless.
Resolved, That ou the day appointed for
the funeral, we recommend that all places
of business be closed, in token of respect
te the memory of the dead president.
The resolutions wcre unanimously adopt
ed and the meeting adjourned, benediction
being given by Rev. Dr. Mitchell, of the
Presbyterian church.
THE MORAL DRWN.
T1IK ASSASSINATION OF PRbSIDKaT
GAKFIELIJ, AND ITS LESSONS.
ICy Rev. J. V. Eekert.
In all this mysterious and distressing
occurrence we cannot and dare net ignere
the Divine will and purpose in the moral
government of the world, and the suprem
acy Ged holds ever all human affairs.
The world is divided up into many
nationalities and sovereignties, each peo
ple of them all working out their own
part of the great plan and design of the
Supreme Ruler of the whole.
The moral government of Ged takes in
its scope the world from its beginning te
the end of its history and all the changes,
which makes each nation and civil govern
ment of every form but a faction of the
great whele.
The United States of North America as
a separate government in the world is
playing its part in the greater and wider
government of Ged, and ether govern
ments are playing their part.
And nothing is mere clear and distinctly
demonstrated in the world in the history
of nations than that geed will be rewarded
and protected, and evil punished and con
fused. The scheme of the Almighty is se
extensive and secret that man cannot
knew it, nor comprehend it. And wc can
not give ourselves anything approaching a
satisfactory account of the Divine conduct
of things in the world, without admitting
such a scheme of thiugs as shall take in
time and eternity. Se far-reaching and
all-searching are the dealings of the
Diviue counsels and authority, that the
minutest occurrences arc all included.
The Almighty, in His moral government
in the world, premises temporal geed aud
eternal life te the obedient, and threatens
present and iuturc evils te the disobedient.
Ne person or nation can escape the pen
alty of sin, nor be left unrewarded for the
righteousness they have promoted and
done. Every geed work done is a praise
te the Croater, and every evil deed a dis
honor te nis name.
Let us, for a moment, give car te the
voice of scripture ; Deut. xxviii.,1-13: "It
shall come te pass, if thou shalt hearken
diligently unto thoveico of the Lord thy
Ged, te observe and te de all his com
mandments which I command thee this
day ; that the Lord tby Ged will set thee
en high above all nations of the earth ;
and all these blessings shall come en thee,
and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken
unto the veice of the Lord thy Ged.
Blesscd shalt thou be in the city, and
blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shalt be in the fruit of thy body,
and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit
of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine and
the flecks of thy sheep. Blessed shalt be
thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt
thou be when thou cemest in, and blessed
shalt thou be when thou geest out. The
Lord shall cause thine enemies that
rise up against thee te be smitten
before thy face ; they shall ceme out
against thee one way and flee before
thee seven ways. The Lord shall
command the blessing upon thee in thy
store-heuse3 and in all that thou settest
thine hand unto ; and He shall bless thee
in the land which the Lord thy Ged giveth
thee. The Lord shall establish thee a holy
people unto Himself, as He hath sworn
unto thee, if thou shalt keep the command
ment of the Lord thy Ged and walk in His
ways. And all the people of the earth
shall sce that thou art called by the name
of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of
thee. And the Lord shall make thee the head
and net the tail ; and thou shalt be above
only, and thou shalt net be beneath ; if
that thou hearken unto the commandments
of the Lerd thy Ged, which I command
thee this day te observe and te de them."
Lev. xxvi., 14-24. But, "If ye will net
hearken unto me, and will net de all these
commandments ; And if ye shall despise
My statutes, or if your soul abhor My
judgments se that ye will net de all My
commandments, but that ye break My
covenant ; I also will de this unto you ; I
will even appoint ever 3 ou terror, consump
tion and the burning ague, and cause ser:
row of heart ; and ye shall sew your seed
in vain ; for your enemies shall eat it. And
I will set My face against you and ye shall
be slain before your enemies ; they that
hate you shall reign ever you, and ye shall
flee where none pursueth you. And if ye
will net yet for all thii hearken unto Me,
then I will punish you seven times mere
for your sins. And I will break the pride
of your power : and I will make veur
heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.
And if ye will net be reformed by Me by
these things, but will walk contrary unto
Me, then will I also walk contrary unto
you, and will punish you yet seven times
for your sins." Passage after passage
might be quoted te the same purpose and
tenor.
But shall we net believe the same Ged
of Israel still lives and reigns and. rules
the world? Will our sins pass before Di
vine justice and escape Divine vengeance ?
Are net many of our calamities the just
deserts of our sins ? Shall we net think of
these things when dark clouds hang ever
us, and we are wrapt in the habiliments of
mourning? Are there no lessens for us te
learn when se much distress is laid upon
us ? Can we expect Ged te be less jealous
of His honor and law new than 5,000 years
age ? Will he lift us up as a natieu te
honor and power and glory, and commit
te us a mission among the nations of the
earth se grand and noble, and then allow
us te be abandoned te vice, injustice,
fraud, violence and crime ? The history of
nis Providence will repel any such thought
or supposition. What the common people
cannot accomplish, however pure and up
right their purposes, Divine interposition
can. We need perhaps chastisement and
punishment of much mero severity thau
has yet come upon us. Because " whom
He levcth He chastencth. " And if we
were left without correction, we might
assume that we were given ever te de
struction. The hand of the Almighty
One lies ou the helm, and guides
the affairs of the world. He ciushes
and humbles when the spirit of
the world tee thoroughly animates
the actions of public men.
Nations are chastised through the afflic
tions of their public men, who officially are
the administrators of their laws and the
guardians of justice. The public officer may
be an innocent and pure man, but in as
suming the repeusibilities of an official
position and relation te the people, he
takes voluntarily the effice with all its
labor, risks, perplexities, anxieties and
expectations, and is made thereby account
able for the faithful discharge of all its
duties. And whatever Ged makes binding
en the individual and the government- is
resting upon him. He has assumed a posi
tion that at once makes him responsible
net only for his own individual acts, but
for the state aud conduct of the people he
represents and governs. And as all civil
governments claim their authority as. Di
vine in origin, se te the Divines authority
ever all governments are they held account
able And no geveument can hope te es
cape the Divine justice, if guilty
of any perversion of its duties
and mission, and the punishment
for sin can come and ddbs ceme through
the afflictions of its public officers. This
is the diccct Divine procedure te humble
and correct the faults and purify the body
politic. It may be said, and the delusion
prevails, that governments, like corpora
tions, have no souls and, therefore, net
liable te the punishments the individual
may suffer. We may flatter ourselves
with such mistaken and misleading view,
and expect te escape the punishment of
national sins, but as Ued s moral govern
ment is ever aud above all civil govern
ments, and they only as a part of the great
government of Jehovah, no guilt and per
version of official authority will be shrewd
and agile enough te cvade the Divine jus
tice and wrath.
It is te be lamented by all true and
honest patriots and Christians that the
faith they held and se largely professed by
our people, aud the love of country we
claim te have, that these elements of co
hesion and purity have se little efficiency
and power in the government. Ne sooner
than men arc known te enter upon
political life, thau moral principle and
character are trenched ou by the loose
and low practices prevailing among poli
ticians. It has beceme a proverb that
politicians "threw conscience te the devil."
Politics rightly nndersoed is proper, and
means well. Ic is the science, of govern
ment, that part of ethics which consists in
the regulation and government of a nation
or state, for the preservation of its safety,
peace and prosperity ; comprehending the
defense of its existence and rights against
foreign control or conquest, the augmen
tation of its strength and reseurces, and
the protection of its citizens in their rights,
with the preservation and improvement of
their morals.
The objects of politics are geed and nec
essary. I5ut they have become a trade, a
vile scheming, a scandal. Personal ag
grandizement is the purpose and plan of
nearly all politicians. Our popular form of
government is an epeniug and temptation,
te bargain, strife, fraud and bribery. Men
without modesty, qualification or character
rush into the contests for offices for the
money expected in them, and sacrifice
money and honor inherited, and then steal
and perjure Jthemselves te recover their
lest treasures, and go down the read of
shame aud death disgraced and per
haps damned in the end. This is no
sketch of the imagination. Examples are
strewn all around us. Men once honored
and pure in their purposes have stepped
aside lrem their lawful callings and moral
ways, te risk the slime and serpentine
ways of our degraded and disgraced poli
tics, te fall victims te the felly of hoping
te walk with the foul and yet remain
clean.
Could wc hope te raise a veice se strong
and loud te be heard by the people, we
would warn them of our danger from this
dishonorable and corrupting state of our
politics. The people must have higher and
better views, and purer motives, and net
submit te be traded, bought and sold in
their rights and sufferings, like slaves and
cattle in the market places. Until the
people are elevated and become mero pa
triotic, the trade of the politicians will
prosper.
If the cry of party and faction is te be
hoeped around the streets and highways,
aud the masses worked up te the mental
delusion that the country is safe always
and the government will stand and is
strong enough te bear the exhaustion of
theft, the corruption of conscience, the
perversion of principle, and the banish
ment of honor, the suffrages of the peepla
remain a matter for the few te control, and
no danger Jin the future, we reverse the
verdict of all history and deny the justice
wisdom and power of the Divine admiuis
tratien of things in our world.
Empires have existed, which wcre as
strong as imperialism could make thorn,
and lived for centuries, and covered vast
scopes of territory, and yet died and
passed away. Republics there have been,
which possessed strong elements of en
durance and success, but they tee are
geno. Brief as the history of our own
country has been, its youthful modesty and
purity are about passing into manhood un
belief and crime, and if net reformed and
brought back te its simpler ways of right
and duty, and mere scrupulous methods
of discharging our obligation te Ged and
men, we can have no gearaatee for any
thing mere proniisieg,ia the future.
I would net be hopeless, bat ay, hop'
must have a just and authorized fovada fevada fovada
tien te rest upon. , It will be even rata te '
hope against hope, if evils oentiaue that
have brought us into distress. The Divia'
.rower rutes ana neia aoseiute and 1
ual sway, and there is but one way te
avert the penalty, and that is te avoid the
crime. If the fountain clear and pure
the stream will net be foul. If the pee
ple reform, and act from principle, and a
due regard te conscience, and net se araeh
for faction and party, then we may hope
fethe favor of Ged, and the perpetaatiea
of national existence, and that our present
mourning will be turned into future joy.
In October, when the weeds are glorious la
their scarlet and golden drapery, Is the time
te seek the Antnnin ImTMsnilferB. Amvam
old Is often the result of such pleasure trip.
ur. jjuii s vAuign ayrnp always cures congas
and Colds, Price 25 cents.
It te Werm a Trial.
"1 was troubled for many years with Kidney
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i nw Ullll UU14 UltMiUVU, wiuu iwnujr
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I get Hep Bitters, and new I am a boy agaia.
My bleed and kidneys are all right, and 1 am
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I have no doubt It will de as well ler ethers of
my age. It Is worth the triaL (Father).
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Second JSditlen of Jeb.
M rs. Ogden, N. Division Street, Buffalo, says :
"I cannot be tee thankful that I was ladnced
te try your Spring Blessem. I was at eae
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one vast collection et boils and pimples ; since
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quite cured, all eruptions have disappeared,
anil I teel better than I have In a long time."
Price 50 cents. Fer sale at II B. Cechran'a
Drug Stere, 137 North Queen street, Lancaster.
The Commedore. "
Jes. L. Feete, the Commedore. Elgin, I1L,
says Themas Eclcctric Oil cured him of acta- :
tlca with one nnnlicatlen. thoroughly annlled.
'It also cured bun et a severe cold and cough.
He thinks it a very valuable remedy, and will
never be without It, Fer sale at II. II. Coch
ran's drug store. 117 North Uueen street. Lan
caster.
An JSntlre Success
It has been proved by the most reliable tea
timeny that Themas' Eclcctric Oil is an entire
success In cnrlng the most Inveterate cases et -
rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back, and
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B. Cochran's dnig store, 137 North Queen
street, Lancaster.
vZrFkxs.
riKBAT BARGAINS 1M tAgTISn,
1 claim te have the Largest and Fines
tock et
CARPETS
Id .bis City. Brussels and Tapestry CARPETS
Three-ply, Extra Super, Super, All Weel,
Halt Weel und Part wool Ingrains : from the
best te the cheapest as low as 20c. per yard.
All the
FINEST AND CHOICE PA TTESNS
that ever can be seen In this city.
I also have a Large and Fine Stock Ot my
own make
Chain and Bag Carpets,
AS LOW AS 35c PER YARD.
Alse MAKE CARPETS TOORDEKatsheaV
notice. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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H. S. SHIRK,
203 WEST KINO STREET,
LANCASTER PA.
SAKl'KTS, J6C.
NEW CARPETS
40,000 YARDS.
New Design?, Bcaatifally Celered.
50 cents.
85 cent?.;
90 cent".
$1.00.
$1.00.
$1.10.;
$1.20.
INGRAINS
centx.
cents.
cents,
cents,
cents.
f.75
TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS
WILTON AND
MOQUETTKS,
OIL CLOTHS,
LINOLEUM,
LIGNUMS.
GOOD VALUE
AT
ALL PRICES.
MATTINGS in Great Variety.
Handsomest shown for many years.
REEVE L. KNIGHT,
Ne. 1222 Chestnnt Street,
a4-lydeedA2twJ
PHILADELPHIA.
StAIU'KTS, CUJII, e.
PHILIP SCHUM, SON k CO.,
MANUFACTORY,!
Ne. ISO SOUTH WATER STREET,
Lancaster, Pa.,
V ell-known Manufacturers of Gcnuine '
LANCASTER QUILTS,
COUNTERPANES.
COVERLETS,
BLANKETS,
CARPETS.
CARPET CHAIN,
STOCKING YARN, Ac.
CUSTOM RAG CARPETS A SPECIALTY.
LANCASTER FANCY
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT.
Dress Goods Dyed cither In the piece or la
Garments; also, all kinds of silks. Ribbons,
Feathers and Woolen Goods Dyed. Gea
tleuen's Coats, Overcoats, Pants, Vests, Ac.
Dyed or Scoured; also. Indigo Blne Dyeing
done.
All orders or goods left with ua will receive
prompt attention.
CASH PAID FOR SEWED
CARPET RAGS.
GOAL,. COAL.
Ceal el the best quality pnt np expressly for
family use, and at the lowest market rates. -TRY
A SAMPLE TON.
YARD ISO &OUT11 WATER STREET. ,
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CARRIAGES, MV.
Carriages! Carnages!
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Market Street, Rear or Central Market Houses,
Lancaster, Pa.
We have en hand a Large Assortment Of
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES,
Which we offer at the
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
All work warranted, uivc ua a call j
4SFRcpa!ring promptly attended te.
One set of workmen especially employed for
hat purpose. fnac-tidaw
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AND BRACELETS. NECK
CHAINS AND HAIR-PINS, -
STUDS, SLEEVE BUTTONS -
AND SCARF P1KS OF
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