®he Crntrr fimcmt bbllefontb, pa. TheUrgait.ChMpMt ecial purpose, and set themselves to save him alive. It is not likely that they had any direct revelation from God. They believed in him, and resolved to do their best, and trust in him. When longer con cealment of the child at home was im possible, the same hopeful trust led the mother to place him in an ark of papy rus, of which Nile boats used to be made, and to deposit the ark among the flags on the river's brink. The place chosen was where the king's daughter was wont to come for her ab lutions. The Nile was regarded as a sacred river, and to wash so much as the hands in it was supposed to be an acceptable and helpful act of worship. It is altogether likely that the mother knew the custom of the princess to come to this particular spot. It was at least her last loving resort; and ap parently little as it may have seemed to promise, it proved successful. Her faith was rewarded, and the child saved alive. More than that, the royal prin- ' ceaa adopted the fair babe as her own, and by a wonderful providence was led to entrust it for care to the mother her self. .So rich is faith's reward ; witness es! sometimes for our encouragement in the life that now is. The training of Moses began with his infancy. It was the custom of those days to keep a child with its nurse for three years. We may be sure these years would be well improved by the mother of this child. She would faith fully tell him of his own and their God —the one true God ; of the great prom ises to which they were heirs ; ami of their many and better wrongs. After the expiration of these first years it is fjuite likely the child would be suffer ed to visit his nurse, and so these les son* would be repeated and made last ing. Lasting they would be very sure to be. It has been said that, even in our northern climates, where develop ment is so much slower, the first three years of life are often the decisive ones for all that are to come after. It is ; then that the seeds of life-long pur poses are sown, and impressions are made never to be lost. The practical importance of this fact caa hardly be over estimated. Moses must have received very great benefit from his education in the schools and affairs of Kgypt. This edu cation could not have been less than the best Kgypt, then the foremost na I tion in the world, could afford. The New Testament tells us that "he was learned in all the wisdom of the Kgypt ians, and was mighty in words and deeds." He was taught all that wss thought needful to a statesman or sol-1 dier. Of all this, much might hare proved worthless. Some things would hare to be learned. The best would have to be supplemented with much from a higher source. But Kgypt wss then the best organized form of civil society known, and to become familiar with its laws, institutions, science ami , religion, was one of the divinely ap pointed ways of preparing him to be the great leader and lawgiver of Israel. Ho far as the record shows, the great and decisive act of Moses' life was at, or about, the time when going out unto his brethren mud looking ou their bur dens, "hejspied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew." The sight stirred his indig nation, and "he slew the Egyptian." It is evident that he had begun to think of himself u called to serve his people, and to be their deliverer. He was ready to begin. It is not necessary to suppose that his wajr was either just or wise. He took the way—more in ac cord with ancient than modern ways— which flashed upon him. The special point for us to dwell upon is, that it marked bis decision tp cast in bis lot with Israel; his choice to suffer afflio tion with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. It was the opposite of a world ly cboioe. Deliberately be turned his hack on earthly delights and glory But the choice waa groat, noble, and wise. Greet, too, has been, and will be, his "recompense of reward." The repulse wbioh be received when next be appeared as a friend of bis own people, was no doubt a part of that ' providential training lie needed for the real leadership to which ho wa* to be called. So also wa* his flight tu Midian and long sojourn there. It was evident that, while his purposes were good, he still lacked humility, patience and hard ihood. It wa* hot blood and an impct uous temper which slew the Egyptian. And how unlikely it was that one ac customed to eat at the king's table was ready for a wilderness march. So God suffered his pride to be humbled, and put hiin to the school of patient wait ing, rough usage, and lonely commun ings with God in Midian. PRACTICAL SCOOtSTIONS. 1. The night of sorrow and trial is often long and dark, and yet it is nafe to trust God through it ail; behind the clouds he may be preparing the return of day. 2. Among the important lessons of this whole story is that of the sure re compense of faith. It may, in part, be realized here and now, a* in the case of the mother of Moses. 3. We get also a glimpse of the na ture of true faith ; it works as well as waits. It is energizing as well as patient. It looks to God tor nothing it can itself do. •I. The youngest c'jild is not too young to receive impressions for good or ill. The very first years of lile are the most precious as the seed-time of character, deeds and destiny. 5. We are not to despise nny form of merely secular learning. It is not the highest and best, but it bus its place and use. It is not the subject of writ ten revelation, for the reason that God's benificent way is to teach us nothing which we can leatn for ourselves. It is where man's eve and labor cannot suf fice that he lifts up a divine torch. In one sense all knowledge is from him, tor nature is his book. By all he would expand our powers and lit us for our work. 6. The summons to a grent life choice come* to us all. The decision demand ed may be a costly one. It may be to surrender delights nnddionors, and to 1 accept affliction* and reproaches. Nev ertheless it is wise to make it. The "reproach of Christ" may be hard to bear; but attending it are "greater riche* than the treasures in Egypt." 7. A right choice does not end all discipline or struggle, since the best convert is not once aperleet saint. His faith may be genuine and hi* rnnsoon tion unreserved and bis ardor bound less, and still he may need to be taught humility, patience, wisdom, and niurh else. It is a long and stern school which prepares for great usefulness and a high place in heaven. SERMON BY KEY. SAM*I, E. ITKST, iT" the llelletunte 1.ut1,- If is O N JTt ir• , > .• i/iii/ Mominj, dune l'J, 1 "-SI. Txt — "Foar not I .mi with this."— lsit.li I-, A. These words were addressed to the church for the people's comfort, as also the scriptural lesson* read this morning were addressed to God's church. I am this morning, by special request, to speak concerning our own particular church—that is the denomination of the Christian church with which we are identified—the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in the t'nited States of America. In doing so I trust to lie able to give the information desir ed without unnece.-.irily wounding the feelings of any who may not belong to our branch of the Christian church. There is so much to he said both as to church work and church progress, in the general operations of God's church from the beginning of the establish ment of hi* church on earth down to the present time, that it is difficult to select that which may be of most in terest and most useful. These words of God comfort his people with the thought that lie i. with them in all their works so long as they are true and faithful to Him. Now m applying these words to the Christian church, and especially to the progress, present condition and prospects lor the future of the Lutheran church in America, we find so many jroints to be noticed that we can but barely touch ujion compara tively few of those we desire to have understood, on ,the more important ones, and then there may be some that should be noticed, omitted. The statement was made from the pulpit of the .church in our General Synod, that met in Altoona last week, by one who i* well informed in cbuirh history, that the Lutheran f'liurch nev er had an opportunity to freely devel ope herself until she was planted upon the free soil of America. This is true of all the denominations in Kuro|>ean countries. Where there is a connec tion between the government of the country and the church we find civil power interfering with the spiritual growth that otherwise would arise more rapidly. There are interventions for the sake of mercenary motive that in terfere with the full development of the gospel work in the Christian church. Ho it is that in the Lutheran church in America we find her development to be far beyond what it i* in Europe—or evpr wa* in her greatest day* in Europe. Wp find also that in her progress during the last two year* she ha* far outstripped herself in this work as compared with former years—ha* gone aw ay beyond every thing that has been accomplished in more than twice that length of time before. In what 1 shall say this morn ing, I shall have reference only to these particular points of progress that have been effected especially during the last two years. The first, of the few of which we shall speak, is the one concerning our Foreign mission* work. Gor Foreign Mission Hoard ha* accomplished far mora in India than the most sanguine expected, and never in the history of the church ha* there been so much gratifying work done in so short aepace of time. Even the work has grown *o rapidly upon our hands that it ha* become necessary to establish new schools, and not being able to supply them with missionaries as instructors, they are taught by the more intelligent natives, and hundred* are taught, and in operating in this wav thousand* of souls have been reached. Our missionaries are simply powerless to teach them as tbey should be taught and instruct them in the Christian re ligion. Hence it h* become necessary to open new schools that those who are diligent may be speedily prepared to give instruction to others. <>ur mean* of accomplishing this work ha* been most gratifying and have advanced he yond all expectation. No it ha* been in Africa. A more progressive work ha* never been known than have been done tiy our (inneral Synod there. We find our missionary, who has charge of the affairs, ha* been regarded a* the most successful man that has ever put his foot on that soil to convert them to Christianity, lie ha* even won the af fection ami control of the rulers of that benighted people, simply by his untir ing efforts and kind words and adapta tion. lie i* considered by the mi*siona rie* of other denomination* as the chief among them, and is often asked to do thing* or lend hi* influence to accom plish what they cannot do of them selves. All proof* of our mission field*, both in India and Africa, are that, to day, they are in a far better condition than we dared hope two year* ago they could be in ten or twenty yearn. If we have then, within the last two years, made such progress that would have satisfied u* hud we made it in ten years, what have we to expect that can be accomplished if we continue in this course for the next few years. The reason of this is because of the careful maimer in which the work has been carried on in the past, and now it is 1 beginning to bear its fruits ami wo ore just entering upon the great harvest, the seed of which was sown many year* ugo. This progress i* not confined alone to foreign mission work, but from the report of the Home Mission Board it ] in touml that within the last two years the Ueneral Nynod of the Lutheran | church hits accomplished far more than j the most devoted member had expected or even dreamed of accomplishing in ! such a short space of time. She is to- ' day farther advanced in her mission - work than her be-t informed memliers hud any idea of. This is due to the manner in which this branch of her work has been managed during the last two years. Hereafter it will be con ducted so that all the means given for the sup|K>it of the lion* Mission work, of the General Nynod of the Lutheran church, will pas* through the proper channel and be applied where it doe the most good. In (lie way the money is now collected and to be applied through the mean* of the treasurer of tile General Nynod Board—every dollar will i>e credited and every cent proper ly applied. When a contribution i* mule for Home Mission work, those making it can feel satisfied it will reach tin- proper place—and no appeals are to i.e made from any other source. It has only lu-en a few years since three fourths of the amount of money given as church contributions for various causes, in various parts of the country, was never entered uj*on the church nqiorts, an 1 there never was a credit given for the full amount so collected and dis bursed, but when it all pae through the hands of the General Nynod of the Lutheran church, every cent is credited, and it is found that the General Synod of the Lutheran church of the I'mted States, has given more than ha* hereto fore been included in her statotica) re ports. I "uring the last two years we have far exceeded any amount realised in ali the previous years. We are just enter- j ing upon a |*-riod of rapid progress and church development, anil our plans for the operation* of the board are so ar ranged by the action of the General Synod, 1 i*t week, that their har.d are no longer tied, but that they can go on freely and uninterruptedly, and carry , out the wishes of the people. We are now in a better condition to do Home Mission work than ever we were, and within the last two years have accont plished more than we could have ex pected to accomplish in twice that length of time. 1 cannot go into de tail* connected with the Home Mission i work. The reason that we are meeting with such unprecedented success, i* because the money passes through a regular channel, and is applied to the object j for which it was intended. Concerning ; the erection and repairing of houses of j worship, all appeals now come through j the board of Church Kxtension, and the money after being so collected, finds its course to the proper object. No special appeals for individual churches are now necessary. All these wants are met by our system of Church Kxtension. We also find by keeping an accurate ac count of all moneys contributed and expended for the erection of new ehurehes, and repairing of churches, is j more than we supposed it was in ten or fifteen years, and the manner it is expended and applied is such that not a cent of it is put wheroit will do no good j It is applied by |>er*on who understand i the exact wants of the localities, and consequently make the same amount of ' money go twice as far as it did before | we had this excellent method of ex pending money through the board of Church Extension. Now if this is the progress we have made during the last j two years, and a great many obstacles that heretofore impeded our progress : are done away, what can there be to j hinder us from making still more rapid strides in this glorious cause of go*|,cl j work. Then there is the work of our Puhli- ; cation Board, which ha* succeeded so j far as to give us all manner of publiea- ' tions at the very lowest prices. No matter what it is we want, we can get it from a regular Lutheran publication house. We can stand here to day and safely challenge all other publishers to give us lietter rate* for books, etc. We are so situated in this respect that we can do all our own publishing connect ed with our church work, and do it at better rates and in a more satisfactory manner than it was possible for us to have it done by other publishing houses. Heretofore it was not so ; then we were obliged to pay more and very often have to take work very unsuitable, because of the want of the right kind of man agement. But now we pay less for any work we desire done, and the work is far better than it was when we were obliged to go outside of our regular publishing houses for It. Then we have also a Historical Society connected with our church, whose duty it is to preserve statistics concerning the growth of the Lutheran church in America, and also to collect all information they can of a historical nature and arrange it in such a manner as to be conveniently re ferred to, on any branch or topic con nected with the church. The object is also to offer to the church, for thebeno fit of its members, data by which they can ascertain and become fully inform ed concerning the work that has been done, and of making a comparison with that which other denominations are doing or have done. There i* another new branch of work 1 desire to notice, and deserves special mention in our remarks thi* morning, and that lias done more to help on this grand work than ulmo*t any other during the last two years. I refer to Women'* Missionary organization. I do not mean that women never took any interest before in missionary work —either Home or Foreign—by no means. They have alway* done all that wa* ex pected of them, both as to Home and Foreign missions. We are now but two year* from the time they organized what is known as the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary .Society. During the first year they were scarcely organ ized and during the last or second year of their organization they have received more money and have already done more work than they themselves ex pected to do in hull a dozen years. They have already school* in India, supported bv their lund have mis | sionary of their own in India. In their 1 organization they have laws and consti tution of their own by which the society is governed. They have established the society and govern and support thern selves in every particular. They have accomplished a number of very impor taut tilings which the church never j before could undertake. They have entered this work with a zeal and en ergy that is bound to succeed, and bav nig met with such wonderful success | in the first two years of their existence, I we must encourage and uphold them ' for they are capable of doing much good. Their work is conducted'in the 1 most careful manner and is most telling in its results. They have entered upon their work with an indomitable per severance and intelligence that is sur ' prising, and are in a most flourishing eon'lilion, having more than seven thousand dollars of their own money. They are so organized that all their mon ey goes through the hands of the Gen eral Nynod and a correct account is therefore recorded of the amount, but notwithstanding it i* in care of the General Synod, the objects to which it is applied are selected by themselves. It i merely turned into the general treasury as a depository lor it. and ex pended at the discretion of the Wo men's Heme and Foreign Missionary Society. The organization since it wa created winch has been, we can safely ►ay, but a year in first class working order, ha* more than exceeded any ex pectations. The work done for the Home Mission was in the same pro portion, and this is t.ut the beginning *•1 what they expect to do in the future. The meeting of our General Nynod at Altoona, lnt wi-ek, did much to ward pushing forward this work. The utmost g od feeling and harmony pre vailed in all the discussion* and action* of tin* entire Synod. It i* true there were soine animated and sharp diou* ► ions indulged in and quick and decisive re(ort, but afters fair discussion of the • subject all this disappeared, and what , ever proper measures wete proposed were adopted with the most perfect unanimity and fully acquiesced in by those who at first opposed them. It was a noticeable feature of the Synod that every one there so. med to t>e anxious in do that which was best for the progress jof the cause which has jut been but fairly started. Almost evertbing that was done there, seemed to Operate as a rource of encouragement to us a* a. de nomination. E*|>eeial!y was this so in reference to the proposition made by the Cumber land Presbyterians. For some years the Cumberland Presbyterian* have i contemplated proposing an Organic Cnion between themselve* and our church. Their delegate to the meeting of our General Nynod at Wooster, Ohio, |in made such a proposition. The I General Synod took no action at that | meeting in reference to the matter. The General Assembly of the Cumber land Presbyterian church, in IHNO, adopted a series of preambles and reso lutions, declaring their Views on thi* subject in a manner quite flattering to our ehurcb. At their last meeting in Austin, Texas, they elected a delegate for the purpose of officially presenting their aetion to our •♦eneral Synod. The delegate performed thia duty at Al toona, in a carefully prepared address, at the conclusion of which, he present ed the official record showing that a committee had been appointed to con | fer with a similar committee, which they asked the General Synod to ap {mint, for the pur|mse of preparing a asis of union to he submitted for the j approval of each body at its next meet | ing. The delegate gave the assurance that this movement had the full and hearty endorsement of their clergymen, j and of all their membership. The Gen eral Synod did not appoint a committee ■ a requested, hut did ap|>oint a com ' mittee to confer with them and ascer i tain more particularly and in detail what their views and wishes are, and report the same at our next meeting in IHH3. Whether anything more may < grow out of this or not it ia at least a ' gratifying mark of the appreciation on the part of those not trained as Luth erans, and ought to bring home many of the children of the Mother church of Protestantism, who have found their way into other communions whose doc trine and practicea they can never ful ly endorse. The principles of I.utber anism have ever been largely adopted hy other denominations in the way of church government, and it has been well said by a learned Divine of our church, "that if there ever were a grand union of -ell the protestant de nominations the principle* of our church would be largely adopted, and to form such a union the Lutheran church would have to adopt fewer new principles and unlearn lees, than any other Christian denomination." Instead of filling our hearts with pride, all this and much more which cannot now he stated, should profound !v impress us with the magnitude of the work, which God has placed upon u* as a church, and should cause us to deeply fael the weight of responsibility resting upon us. Can we not also see, that we have no reason to fear, for God ! ha* been and (till is with us. In deep humility, remembering our utter help lessness when left to ourselves, let us devoutly pray to God for grace, strength, wisdom sufficient to do Ilia work en trusted to im faithfully, speedily, effi ciently, and let us ever hear with ua Hi* precious words to lfia church, "Fear not for 1 am witfi thee," How u Oilmimaii Hides a Itroneo, and Hie Hud Itesults, From Hill Jlye't Hmmnnun When a Chinaman doe* moat any thing in hi* own peculiar Oriental ntyle it in pretty apt to attract attention ; but when he get* on a bucking broncho with the cheerful assurance of & man who undervtalid* his business and ha* been conversant with the ways of the broncho for over two thousand years, the great surging mas* of humanity ceases to surge, and stands with bated breath and watches the exhibition with unflagging interest. A Chinaman does not grab the bit of the broncho ntid yank it around until the noble steed can see thirteen new and peculiar kinds of fireworks, or kick him in the stomach and knock his ribs loose or swears at him till the firmament get* loose arid begins to roll together like a scroll, but he does his hair up in an Oriental wad behind and jabs a big hairpin into it and smiles, and says something like what a Guinea hen would say if she got excited and tried to report one of Bjoernstjerne Bjoern son's poem* backward in his native tongue. I'lien he gets on the wrong side and slide* into the saddle, making a re mark as though something inside of him had broken loose, ami the grand difficulty begins. At first the broncho seems surprised and temporarily rattled intellectually, and lu- stands idly in the glad sunlight and allows his mental equilibrium to wobble back into the place wbilo the Chinaman makes some observations that sound like the distant melody of a Hancock club going home at 2 o'clock A. a , and ail talking at one and the same time. I'.y and by the bronchoabooU athwart the sunny sky like a thing of life, and conic* down with all hi* leg* in a clua tcr like a bunch of asparagus, and with u great deal of force and expression. 'l'hi* movement throw* the China man'* liver into the northweat corner of the thorax and hi* upper left hand duodecimo into the middle of the *ubeed Chinaman, moving in an irregular orbit, and occa sionally throwing oil' meteoric articles of apparel and pre hifttoric chunks of igneous profanity of the vintage of t'ontueiu*. marked It. C. IWJO. When the sky clear* up a little the I'liimnun'n liair ha* come down and hang* in wild profusion about his olive features. The hem of hi shirt flap is een to he very much frayed, like an American flag that ha* snapped in the breeze for thirteen weeks. He finds also that he has tele*cojied his spinal column and jammed two rib* through the right superior duplex, and he has two or three vettehrie floating ahout through his system that he don't know what to do with. The casual observer can see that the Chinaman is a robust ruin, while the broncho is still in a good state of preservation. Hut the closing scene is still to come. The broncho summons all his latent energy, and, humping hi* beck up into the exhilarating atmosphere, he shoots forward with great earnestness and the most reckless abandon, and when he once more bisect* the earth's orbit and l*b* his feet into the trembling earth, a shapele** ma*s ol brocaded silk, and coarse black hair, and taper nail*, and Celestial shirt tail, and Oolong profan ity. and disorganized Chinese remains, and shattered Oriental shirt destroyer, Mimes down apparently from the New •lerusalcm. and the Coroner goes out on the street to get six good men and a chemist, and they analyse the collec tion. They report that deceased came to hi* death by reason of concussion sup posed to hare been induced by his fall from the outer battlements of the sweet by-and by. '- ♦ ' A Famona House The Old tVlhson Mansion. Perry County, Pa. The eulogies on the lute El-Gover nor William Bigler in the Mcnate of Pennsylvania, were of unusual inter eat. Senator Hall, of Klk, distin guished himaelf and hia auhject by a ! thoughtful and interesting review of the Governor's career, ana Senator Smilejr, of Perry, contributed a graceful j tribute in which prose could scarcely be distinguished from poetry. Among oth er curious facts he mentioned the birth of five distinguished Pennsylvaniana in one room of what is known as the old Gibson mansion in Sberwin's creek, Perry county, leas than fifty miles from the State capital. The men were .lohn Bannister Gibson, the distinguished Chief .Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; bis brother George Gib son, for many years prior to the Rebel lion the Commissary General of the Cnited State* Army ; William Bigler, the late Governor; John Bigler, who by a singular coincidence was made Governor of California, at the time his brother was Governor of Pennsylvania, and John Bernheisel, who adopted the Mormon faith and afterward represent ed Utah in the National Congree*. These men were not only born in the same room, but were distinguished con temporaries in public life. If Bern heisel U still living he is the only sur vivor and must be far advanced in years. Som~- years ago 1 saw him in Malt Lake City, living a patriarchal and retired life with apparent content. Soon after the completion of the Paoiflc railroad, Simon Cameron Rapped at Halt Lake City, on bis way to California, and railed on .lolui Rernheise], Dur ing the visit he learned that a buxom young woman, with a bouncing boy on her arm, wa* IWriheinel's last wife and wa* the daughter by a former husband of another wife of rnaturer years, Vi whom the Senator had been introduced as the head of the Rernbeisel house hold, As soon as the complexity of relationships involved burst upon the astonished Senator, he seized his hat, and with "My God, John liernheise), can that be true '!" he shook the dust from his feet and departed considerably wiser as to the peculiar methods of Mormonism. Music for the Million. Frouj ft Ik-Mug ret. Some time ago a aon of Mr. George Kllwanger, while traveling in Germany, became impressed with the agreeable combination of tones produced by -o linn harps, and on returning home men tioned the circumstance to his father. The latter soon conceived of erecting an icolian harp on his tower near Mount Hope. A suitable man to rnske the in strument was found in C. Dennebecq, who expects to have it finished by the Ist of June. The sounding board is to be made of Norway pine, seven feet high, and the back of hard curled ma ple of forty five years cut. These woods are all imported, the slow growth of European woods giving them a texture better adapted to musical instruments than the home products. As a whole, the instrument is to tie tube-shaped, with eight slots in the tube. The latter is to be surmounted with a lightning rod eight feel high, with a weather cock attached. Right here is where | Professor Dennebecq introduces a new j design of his own : lor with every turn ; of the weathercock a slot is presented to the wind and a string is made to vi -1 brate. The first string that is made to | vibrate in this manner gives the funda ; mental note, while the other will sound a third and give the acute octave to ! the first. Professor Dennebecq has no j doubt as to the success of his instrument, •! and thinks when completed and placed jon the tower it can tie hesrd on still 1 nights for a distance of three miles up the river. He made a similar initru j rnent for the Sorosne in l'aris, which, however, is not automatic, but it must tie arranged by the janitor before it will work. The constructor of these instrument* is a pupil of the celebrated Villiaume, and gave three years of hi* life to learn the trade of repairing his own violin. This violin was one of ' Steiner'i make, who was a pupil of Amarti, and whose violins have a rep utation that is world wide. Professor Dennebecq himself has acquired quite a reputation as a violin maker and re ] slorer, and is conversant with the mech anism not only of this but of every ; musical instrument. He is at the same time a practical watchmaker, jeweller, optician and pattern maker. ——- - ♦ A Tunnel Between Fnglaml and France. Loxljox, June 17.—Sir Kdvrard Wat kin, chairman of the Southwestern Railway Company, has informer! a meet ing of that cofipany that two exjieri mental shafts for the proposed channel tunnel have been sunk on the Knglish side and two on the French side, and that from one of the shafts on the l.ngiish side a gallery 800 or 900 yards long and 7 feet in diameter had tieen j driven. The progress during the last week has been 67 yards, which is equal to two miles yearly. They have thus j solved the question of the rate of pro gress for the experimental gallery and ascertained that the lower strata is im permeable to water. The French ex periments have realised exactly the same results. They bad arrived, he said, at an understanding with the ; French tunnel committee that on each side of the channel a further heading 'of a mile should be driven. When these headings are finished, which cer tainly ought to be in six months, one tenth of the question would have been dealt with, and a further treaty would then probably beprojay A Martin's | blacking, 213 dosen monogram towels, $1384.50; 4} dosen thermometers, $90.• | 22; 2 dozen cuspadnrt. decorated, $42 ; ' 4} gallons deodorized alcohol, bay rum. I sl2; 50 gross matches. $140; 1 barrel l of flour. $9: 100 gross assorted toilet J soap, $155; 24 dozen chamois skins, $129.60; 50 dozen whisk brooms. $127.- 50. For these and sundry other ilemz there was spent $25,000. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE ALLEGHENY STREET, BKLLKKONTK, PA., ta now orrxtux'o GREAT INDUCEMENTS to rnosß wtsnixo first-class Plain or Fancy Printing. 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