: 3STEW YORK
CONTINENTAL
Life Insurance Company,
OF NEW YORK,
STRICTLY MUTUAL t
J"88UES all the new forms of rollclcs, and pre
. wnts as favorable terms an any company in the
lilted States.
The Company will make temporary loans on Its
Policies.
Thirty days' Brace allowed on each payment, and
the policy held good during that time.
Policies issued by this Company are non-forfeiture.
...
No extra charges are made for traveling permits.
Policy-holders share In the annual protlts of the
Company, and have a voice III the elections and
management of the Company.
No policy or medical fee charged.
Justus I.awhence, Fres't.
M. B. Vr'YNKoor, Vice Pres't.
J. P.ltoouiiS, Seo'y.
General Agent,
No. 6 North Third Street,
4.29 yl College Block, Harrisburg, Fa.
Jncorporateil by the Omrt of Common Pleas, in
M; by the Iwitlalure, in lttTl.
The Pennsylvania
Central Insurance ' Company.
OF POTTSVILLE, PA.
Capital and Assets, $15G,00Q.
Premium Notes, . ?100,000 00
Promissory Notes, ' 50,000 00
Cash premiums due or col
lected for the year 1371, $3,023 00
Cash premiums due or col-. 1
lected for the first three " : ",, .
months of 1872, jl.SOO, 00 , " j
Cash from other sources
and Agents 1,200 00
Judgment Bonds In Com- -' ' " v
pany's office,.......:.. 1,100 00
Total Cash,;..;.. $8,128 00
Total cash and note assets,
April 1st, 1872 1150,138 00
JAMES H. OKIES, ' JOHN D. HADE8TY,
Secretary. President.
- 5 ' - .. DIRECTORS t" i ',;
John D. Iludesty, A. I. Helms, Benjamin
Totcr, A. Buteruiclstcr, James H. Grler, E. F.
Jungkart, Ellas Miller.
AGENTS:
II. H. Hill, Edward Fox, John A. Kable, Ed
ward Wesley, Charles F. Delbert, Win. R.
Griffith. E. F. Juugkurt, General Agent.
Arrangements have been mode with other
first-class companses to re-Insure risks taken
on the cash plan In such amounts as desired.
Liberal commission allowed agents, and ex
clusive territory, if desired. ...This Company
confines itself to fire insurauce exclusively.
. O F F I C E i
No. ;191 CENTRE ST., POTT8VILLE, FA.
' . NOTICE. '
The Home Reserve force of The Penn
sylvania Central Insurance Company of
Pottsville, Pa., will be in Perry county in
considerable force, and act. as the Com
pany's Agents until a full line of Local
Agents can be appointed when the reserve
force will be recalled. ' '
JAMES II. GRIER,
fciec'y of Pa. Central Ins. Co.
InMurance JVotlco.
On and after the teuth day of April,
1872, The Homo Reserve force of Insur
ance Agonts belonging to "The Pennsylva
nia Central Insurance Company" will leave
Pottsvillo in heavy force, and occupy ten
different counties of tho State, where they
will continue to act as the Company's
Agents until a full lino of Local Agents
can be appointed, when they will bo recalled.
As a body of men, I believe they are supe
rior Insurance Agonts, and most of them
epeak tho English, French, Welsh and Gor
man Languages. The City Insurance
Journals, with all their sneers at Mutual
Companies, and continual cry of Fraud I
Fraud I 1 &c, cannot muster uuy hotter In
eurance material t Why don't tho City In
surance papers tell the public that no Mu
tual Company broko or failed during tho
last ten years? Why don't Uiey toll the
public that more than half the Stock Com-
mutes started within the last ton years
iave? It is a well-knowu fact that Mutual
Companies cannot fail.
JAMES II. ORIER,
Secretary of Pennsylvania Central Insur
ance Company. . 0 10
New Carriage Manuractory,
On IIiod Sthebt, East or Cari.ibls St.,
, New IMoouincId, I'enn'a. .
TKEsuliwrlher has built a large and commodi
ous Hhf on High HI., Hint of Cai llHle Ktroet,
hew Itlooinlleld, l'a., where he is prepared to num.
afaoture to-order
On, rringoH
Of every description, out of the best material.
' Sleighs of every Stylo,
built to order, and llnMied In the most ai Ustlo and
durable manlier.
. HiivIhk superior workmen, lie Is prepared
to furnish work that will conn. mo favorably with
the bent City Work, and much more durable, and
St much more reaxouable rates.
-REPAIRING of allkludSDeatlyaiid prompt
lydone. A call Is solicited. ' '' '
' ' samuel smith; ;
Hunted Down.
ATalo of the West.
in the year of our Lord ono thousand
eight hundred and fifty. ' Tho scenethe
social saloon of tho beautiful stcamor
Mercury, as she steamed swiftly down the
Missouri river.
"I'll play poker with any chap prosont,
for live, ten,fll'teon,or twenty dollars ante,"
said a rough looking customer, walking to
a table, and throwing a puck of cards upon
it, "who'll play?"
" How much auto did you say, stranger?"
asked a green spocimou of humanity, on
tho long, lank, and bony order, from his
scat in the corner. His clothing was of
rough material and fitted him poorly; his
hat was a beaver that looked as though it
bad seen much rough usage and many
Btorms; his forohoad was high and well
formed, his lloso prominent, and his byes
dark and small. Tho remainder of his face,
was covered with thick, coarse hair.
" Five, ton, fiftcon, or twenty, is what I
said," the rough looking customer replied,
seating himself at the table and running
the cards through his finger, "you know
how to play, I suppose ?"
' Wol, I reckon Jim Brown knows some-
thin about kcerds whom his dad drawed
his last breath a playin' all-fours 1 The laBt
words ho sed wore 1 right 'em up and shuf
fle them out, pardnor; high, low, Jack an'
the game for us, or a busted bilcr 1 Yes,
stranger," tho green customer conoludod,
" I'll play you poker for ten dollars ante.
I can't begin any higher than that, 'cause
I'm rather scarce of tin."
"A green ono," whispered tho gambler
to a friend, as Jim Brown seated himself
on tho opposite side of the tablo "and if I
don't clean him out of every cent he's got,
in less than two hours, my name ain't Joe
Sparks, that's nil." ;
The cards were now shuftled, cut and
dealt, the ante posted in tho raiddlo of tho
table, and tho game commenced.
Brown was allowed to win until lie had
pulled about fifty dollars to his side of the
tablo, and then tho luck suddenly turned
and bis opponent began to win it rapidly
back. ' ' 1 -'
" Jingo !" ho ' oxclaimed, fI novel1 had
sich luck in my lifo. . Can't git nothiu' but
duces and queens, and queous is the' dum
dest on luckiest keerds in the wholo pack.
If my father was alive and here now, he'd
say to mo, Jim Brown of Arkansas, I can't
own a sou of mine when he holds sich hands
s them jingo I I've lost agin !"
" Let us raiso tho ante to twenty dollars,"
said Sparks, pulling the money from tho
centre of the tablo. -
"Jingo I its too much ! You'll bust me 1"
exclaimed Brown, half jumping , from his
chair, " but I'll try it; maybe a raise in the
ante will chango the luck. Shufllo them
up." : '
Sparks dealt tho cards out, ouo at a time
until each had five, and then placed a
twenty dollar bill in theeontro of the table.
" Jingo I" exclaimed Brown, looking at
his cards, " I'll bet twonty-flve on her, if I
dolose." i i :
" See your twenty-five, and go' one hun
dred better," said Joe Sparks with a smilo.
" See your hundred, and put five hundred
on top of it; thero's no use of betting with
out you bet,' as dad used to say;" Blown
ejaculated, taking a roll of bill from an in
side pocket, and laying the amount he had
bet on the table; and then turning sudden
ly round, he said to a man who had been
sitting behind him from the time the game
commenced: , . . 1 . . -. .
" Look a here, stranger, I've seed you
looking into my hand twice, and then wink
at this chap I am playing with, and if I see
you do it again I'll smash you in the face.
that's all 1" . - '
"I'll see your five hundred, and go one
thousand bettor," said Sparks putting up
the money.
Jingo 1 you moan butting'," exclaimed
Jim Brown of Arkansas, " wall I'm still in
I guess; I'll go ye fivo thousand butter !"
" I call you." said his opponent, laying
down the required amount of monoy iu
large bills.
" What have you got f" asked tho green
one, with a smile.' ' '
" What you can't boat," relumed the
other laying down four aoies on the table,
"pretty band, ain't it?" :
''Yes, it is; and, Jingo 1" I'vo 'got jiat
ho same hand exactly, V said Brown, show
ing four acres also. "
" Thunderation !" exclaimed Sparks
" what does this moan, oight acres in one
pack of cm da who aver beard 'tell of tho
like 1"
1 Y
" I'll toll you vlit moans,'; suld Browii,
coolly; " it mean that . you got your aces
out of your pocket.' 1 saw you when you
got'oml" ' " "' "' '
"What do you say?',' asked Sparks.
" I say that you got them four, aous , out
of your pocket," returned the other taking
the money from tho table and putting it in
his pockets, l r I-
"And I say that you are a liar I" exclaim.
ed tho gambler, drawing a knife, "and If
you don't hand that money overiu five sec
onds, I'll try this- Arkansas tooth-pick on
you.' ..... ,- , . '. ' ; ,
; "Joe'1 Sparks'! returned the other, hi
small black, eyes flashing, as lie drew his
knifo, " that's a game that two can play at,
but hold awhilo. 1 hao a few, words to
say to you. Yes, I have a short story to
tc.ll you, and I want your attention. ,. , ,
"Ten years ago." Brown continued,
keeping his eyes fixed upon the face of
Sparks, "there lived about thirty miles
west of St. Louis, one David ' Stanley, a
fanner, who had a daughter as good and as
boautiful as an angel-you know how beauti
ful sho was,sir,-but of her beauty I will not
further speak. . . Well, this young girl had
suitors by the score! All tho young men
for miles around dreamed, thought, and
talked of her, and as sho was not a flirt sho
was more annoyed than otherwise by the
attention of so many. But it is only with
two of these young men with whom wo
have to deal and I'll speak of them at
onco." , , ',
While Brown was speaking, his , late op
ponent stood motionless, his knife grasped
tightly in his right hand, and his gaze fixed
on tho face of the supposed groon one.
"Ono of lior suitors," tho narrator con
tinued, was Charles Elton, tho son of a
neighboring farmer, and she loved him and
him alone, as only such - true and noble
women can love, and when ho asked her to
become his wifo, sho laid her head on his
breast and told him she would.' ''
' ' Tho othor young man alluded to was
Henry Bardwell, of St. Louis. He had
persecuted this young girl with his at
tentions for many months, notwithstanding
sho had rejected his oiler of marriage, and
told him that sho could novor care for him
moro than a friend. Well, when he heard
that she was soon to bo married to young
Elton, ho grow madly jealous, and swore
that she could novor bo the wifo of any
other than himself."
" What havo I got to do with all this?"
asked Sparks, growing pale, as Brown made
a short pause. ,
"I will tell you in a moment : you must
hear mo through," was the reply, "the
story will soon bo ended. . The night on
which Charles Elton was to mako Lizzio
Stanley his wifo arrived, and with a light
and happy heart he mounted his horse and
rode to her father's house, to find his in
tended wifo a corpso 1 , Yob, she had been
murdered by the hand of Henry Brad well
while, going to a spring not fifty yards from
the house. Her father saw the deed dono
from tho window of his room whore he was
confined by sickness. - .,, i,
" The murderer lied soon as the bloody
work was, accomplished, and sinoq that
hour I have nover ceased to hunt for ,. 1dm.
You start whon you hoar mo use tho pro
noun I, and well you may, for I am Charles
Elton, and not green Jim Brown of Ar
kansas, as you , supposed mo to bo, and
you" he bout his head forward and hissed
tho words through his teeth "you are
Henry Bardwell the murderer of Lizzie
Stanley !"
His late opponent romuined motionless
speechless, and Elton,1 as ho will be balled
hereafter, oontinued. 1 .
" Perhaps you doubt my word, but I will
soon dispel your doubts. Look at ino now
and bob if you don't know me?" As he
said this ho pulled tho false whiskers' from
his face, and disclosed a handsome ' conn
tonance, . , , . , i -, .;. .
At this Bardwoll stepped back, but in
stantly recovering himself, he clutched his
knifo tighter in bis hand, and said: ... ,
" Well, suppose this is all true, suppose
you're Charles Elton, and suppose I'm
Honry Bardwoll -what of it ?" . , , . . , ,
f ' Why," hiBsed tho other," both of , us
will never leave this bout alive, that's all.
I haven't tracked you through a dozen
States, and followed you near ton yers to
let you slip through my fingers'. ' No, Henry
Bardwell you know me too woll to think
that ; but I will give you fair ' play. ' You
have a knifo 'and so have I. They are as
near alike as it is possible to get knivos, so
come up on the hurricano deck, and we'll
sottle the affair at once." ' ''
The' two men ascended to the upper dock:
of the steamer, followed by a number of
papsongors, and stopped, facing each othor
just aft of the smoke stack.'-- Tho captuiii
appeared,' and tried to dissuade tho men
from their purposoj but his words had no
effect whatever. ' ' '' ' ' ; ' '
"Now murdoror," hissed Elton us ho
raised his kuifo, "defend yourself. Tho
thirst for revenge- is consuming mo !"
Their knives were raised above their
heads, and then they descended, Hashing
brlghthly in the moonlig ht, and then clash
ed together with a sharp sound. Both tho
men wero skilled in the uso of tho Bowie,
and lb was evident to the 'spectators that
the contest, as far is strength Bud skill was
concerned, was equal.' . ' I
Fioroer and fioroer grew the fight ; the
knivos flashed up add down, and clashed
loudly together. 'Each mah kept his eyes
fixed 6u the face of his antagonist, ' and
neither moved from the position he t had
first taken. ' ,. ...
At length, Elton, by a fierce downward
cut, knocked the , knifo from Bard well's
hand, but tho aiio blow broko his own.
They clutched each other instantly, their
eyes glowing with passion, ami their rospi
ration hard and nuiuk.
, . f . ; i n i. ii ... l i.
Back and forth, they stvuggUid with cuuh,
other over the steamer dock, neither gut
ting the belter of the other, At last, hold
ing each other, by the throat with a vicolike
grip they struggled td tho ' hilling that ran
around tho edge of the deck. They strug
gled with each other moro fiercely ( and
their eyos started from thoir very sockets.
They threw themselves agninst tbo railing,
as they struggled to throw each other to
the dook, and the frail barrier with a sud
den crash gave way.and the combatants still
holding each othor tightly,' went overboard.
There was a quick cry, a sudden splash,
and Charles Elton and Henry Bardwell dis
appeared forever beneath tho bosom of the
Missouri. . i 'f
The Mercury was stopied and backed,
and a fruitless search made for the two men.
When it was over, sho steamed rapidly
away from tho scone of that dark double
tragedy, and arrived at St. Louis at sunrise'.
TETEIt CAItTWlUGHT.
ri A II1S remarkable Methodist preacher
JL died recently at his homo in Illinois, at
the advanced age of eighty-eight years.
Had he been . blessed 1 with a classical ed
ucation, he could have shone in literature
as brilliantly as he had in tho field where
his wonderful talent aud energios placed
him. Tho venerable .Cartwright "died
with the harness on," after having worked
for Christianity nearly sixty years as a
Methodist preacher. . He believed iu fight
ing the dovil with firo and his powerful
physical organization nearly always - gave
him tho victory in his battles against Sa
tan's captains. : A number of rowdies at
tended a camp meeting once,' and . whilst
old Peter was preaching, got up a dis
turbance. The ofticcrs of the law, from
fear refused to make any arrests, or do
anything to sustain order. , Tho divine
warrior at once voluutered his services and
in a trice he had badly whipped and so
cured two of the scouudrols, put to llight
tho rest and placed " lutrs de combat,", a
Justice of tho Peace who interfered iu the
behalf of the disturbers of the meeting.
On another occasion, as ho was going to an
"appoiutmcnt," Cartwright was met in
the road by a pugilistic black-smith as
largo as Peter, who took hold of tho roins
of tho horse and commanded tho preacher
to dismount. Cartwright askod him what
was wanted, whereupon the smith gave
tho pleasant information that he intended
to whip him ; in fact he had inado it a rule
to whip all the Methodist preachers that
passed his shop. ' Peter had heard of this
man's doings before, and after vain expos
tulation, with an air of resignation, asked
permission totako off his new co.lt, as'' ho
didn't want it soiled, before octiv'd'1 frooi-a-tions
began.'' The black-smith generously1
eonsonted to' tho 'arrangement, and 'soon
had the satisfaction of Boeing hid Into'uded
victim.' standing ' face to faco with ' "him,'
ready. ' The smith pitched in and so did
Peter, and after a few passes ' they 'closed
and in a moment the sooty fighter found
himself Hat on his back with a preacher
astrido of him.' Old Poter'ssledgo-hamnior
fists wero now rapidly pounding on the
anvil face of the under dog, making sparks
fly at every stroke. . Soon the black-smith
cried for quarter. , The divine then dic
tated his own terms. . The black-smith was
to ask pardon for his coward ly. assault, go
hoar his conqueror preach, and earnestly
soelc tho salvation for his soul. These
conditions were contemptuously spurned,
whereupon Peter declared ho would convert
him if he had to pound his head off, and at
once renewed the , pounding. The black
smith soon yielded, and was let up. In u
short time he became truly converted, and
was over after a respectablo, woll-bohaved
man, and a warm supporter of tho Method
ist church and a defender of its preachers.
In class-meetings ho always thanked God
for having mot Peter Cartwright.
' Strange Incident.
Mora than twenty years ago there lived
at Harding a man named Mahar, with his
wife and two children, both boys. Mahar
loft his family about the time we allude to
without informing them of his intentions
and went to Virginia. Ilia wife waited for
his return until such a time llad elapsed as
led her to suspect that something unusual
had happened to him. Inquiries wore made
about tho missing husband, but no informa
tion could be elicited. - Time passed on aud
the wife came to regard horself as deserted
or her husband dead. Years rolled away
and her boys had grown to manhood.
Their mother had never married, nor: evur
heard any tidings from! their father, .until
ouo evening, not long sjnao, sho suw a way
farer passing the house - when calling . to
one of her sons, she told him the man who
was passing along the road was his father;
The young man was incredulous ( but' the
mother calmly insisted that she was , right.
The next evening the man iciune to . the
house,' having oiadui inquiries as to who
lived thero, and stopping ut the gate ntkod
for a drink of water,, when he- asked her if
she knew him, to which sho answered in
the negativo ; but after a repetition of
the question," sho admitted sho knew him
Ho asked if ho could' go In, arid received au
ofllrniatlvo answer.' Both ' went Into' tho
house ; and, after an explanutloii' 'iiian and
wife again joined together, a separation of
tWenty years having added tlioil' weight of
care to each of this strangely re united
couple, , ,
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i CJT It is not. .what; is, but what may be,
; that oftenost blauches tho tUuok, aud pnr
aly zes the limbs. ".!,:., i .
ENIGMA MEPAItTMENT.
I-ST" Answer to Cross-Word Enigma of last'
week" Washington."
" , , Enigma No.. 1. . . , . - , .
I am composed of nine letters i
My 1, 5 and 4 Is used by mechanics aud horse
men. My 8, 9, Sand 8 Is a Spanish coin.
My 3, 2, 6 and 1 Is an animal.
My 7, 0, 8 and t is a town In Wisconsin.
My whole is a city In the United States..
Cross-Word Enigma No. 2.
My first li In walk, but not In run.
My second Is moon but not In sun.
My third It In pistol, but not In gun. '
My fourth Is In apple, but not In plum.
My fifth Is In none, but not In some.
My sixth is finger, but not In thumb;'; : :
My seventh Is In wotght, but not In ton.
My eighth Is In lose, but not In won.
My ninth Is In real, but not In fun. '
, My tenth Is In priest, but not iu nun. . , , :
My whole Is tho namo of a towu Iu the State
of California.
t& Contributors to this donai tmont mimt
always send answers with their -enigmas or
puzzles.
A Good Hitching Post.
The following anecdote, which first an- :
peared in tho newspapers many yoars ago;
is said to have beun founded on au actual
oocurronco. Although it may not illustrate
the democratic simplicity of tho people of
V ermont to-day, it is nevertheless a "good,
story, and good also for many years' longer
life in tho newspapers: . ' '
"Hallo, you man with a pail and frock,
can you inform mo whether His Honor tho
Governor of Vermont residos here ?" said
a British officer, as ho brought his fiery '
horse to a stand in front of Governor Chit
tendon's dwelling.
" Ho does," was the response of the man,
still wending his way to a pig-sty.
"Is His Honor at home?" continued the
man of spurs.
"Most certainly," replied frock. .
" Take my horse by the bit, then," said
the officer. ' "I havo business to transact
with your master." '
Without a second bidding, the man did
as requested, and tho oflicor flighted and
made his way to the door, and gave the
panel several hearty raps with the butt of
his whip for be it known that in those days
of rcpublicau simplicity knockers and bolls,
like servants, wore in but little - uso. The
good dame auawerod tho summons in per
son; and having seated the officer and as- ,
certaiucd his desire to see the Governor, do
parted to, inform her, husband of the guest's
arrival; but on ascertaining that the officer :
had made a .hitchiug-post of her husband, ,
she- immediately .returned , and informed
him that tho Governor wus engaged iu the ,
yard, aud could not very well wait upon
him. and his horse at the same, time 1. The
predicament of the officer can be bettor im- ,
agined than described. i , . ., . ;
Curloslles of our Bunking System. '
One of the most singular foaturos of our
banking system is the fact that bills on
broken National banks are worth more than
notes of banks in good standing. 'At pres.
cut the premium ou such notes is four per
cent, and may before long bo higher. '
The explanation is easily found. ' The
Government guarantees the circulation' of
all the National banks. : That keeps the
notes of tho poorest of them, "and ' even ;
those which have failed, up to par. In any 1
case they cannot get below that. Now the !
total circulation of tho National banks of
the United States is limited to a fixed
amount. In round numbers that amount '
is 1350,000,000. The banks Cannot issue in
the aggregate more than that, and it is not
the policy of the government to havo any
less Issued. ...... -
But whon a National bank breaks if an
other bank can buy up its notes, and oiler
the same guarantees, it is allowed to 1 suc
ceed to its privilegos aud franchises. Or if
a bank corporation buys up sufficient notes ' '
of various broken national banks, to estab
lish a now bank, the Government allows it
to do this too; so that the maximum of cir
culation allowed by luw, f:)50,000,000, is
not transgressed, tho Government caves not
how many new banks may bo ostablised on.
the ruins of old ones. i '
t3F" Last Sunday a , week, - us Homy
Ward Boechor was giving out the last hymu
iu the morning service at the Plymouth
Church, a woman about forty years of age
began haranguing the immense gathering.
"Oh. you old freelovors," said bIio, ' " hore
you' are in your lino silks and satins, You
came here to worship the god of free lovu
and you caro nothing for the Savior of man
kind. , That will do do, lr. Boechor.' (The .
great pastor had resumed his seaj.) You
can't fool me you're ij free lovor and so
am I, Free love is the r," After further
ejaculation she was removed, by one of tho ,
ushers,. ,. , '; ';, .... , t . . , .,,.;; ,M
t2TTwonty-flve or thirty years' ngd Rev. "
Charles G. Finney; now1' President of
Oborlin College, was "carrying on a scries
)( revival meetings in some eastern city.
Boston, we think. Ono ' day a gentleman
sailed to see him on business. Sir. Finney's '
daughter, perhaps five years old, answered
bis King. ' . ''Is yolir father in 1!" askod the
stranger.. " No,".. ; replied the - - demur ' 1
maiden. But. walk in, poor dying sin
ner 1 Mother can pray for you." .- i ; i -