I)c .dimes, JNnu SloonufauX )a.
The U. li. Mutual
Aid Society of Pennsylvania,
Present the following plan for consideration to
uch persons who wish to become members:
The navment of SIX DOLLARS on application,
FIVE IioLLAHS annually for pouk ybaus, aim
(i.nKUnnuTWnlvil.l.Alrtl aniiniltv flliriniz 1 fe.
with pro-rata mortality assessment, at the ileal h
of each member, which for the First Class is as
follows:
Assessment
15 . IK) 28 73
lfl 111 211 74
17 02 HO 7")
18 Itl HI 77
19 M Si! 79
20 05 83 81
21 lit! M M
22 07 !ir
2:) OS Sil M
2i OS) .17 7
25 70 i
2l! 71
27 72 40 90
41 92 M 1 70
42 94 f.5 1 HO
4,1 1HI M 1 92
44 9S f7 2 94
4ft 1 90 M 2 1(1
40 1 tW W 2 28
47 1 12 00 2 40
48 1 18 01 2 4.r.
40 1 24 02 2 SO
50 1 SO 03 2 65
51 1 40 04 2 00
52 1 50 05 2 05
63 1 60
Will entitle a member to a ccrtltlcnte of ONE
THOUMAND HOLLA KH, to be paid at his death
to his legal heirs or assigns, whenever such death
may occur.
A member, or his heirs, may name a successor;
but If notice of the deatii of a member to the Sec
retary Is not accompanied with the name of a suc
cessor, then the Society will put In a successor and
llll the vacancy, according to the Constitution of
the Society. ,
Should the member die before his foxir pay
ments of Jive dollar are msile, the remaining un
paid part will lie deducted from the one Tlionmnd
Dollar due his heirs; his successor will then pay
only tico oirs annually during his lifetime, and
tho mortality assessments.
iMaleaml Female from 11 f teen to sIxty-Hvo
years of age, of good moral habits, In good health,
liale, and sound of mind. Irrespective of creed, or
race, may become members. For further Inclina
tion, address L. W. CKAU MI.ll,
(Soc'y U. B. WutuaI,A'.S!S,yA
Agent Vantetl I
Address
1)
S. EAKLY.
llarrlsburg, Ia.
6 31 8m pd
iltif rrn TO UK CHEIMTKI) TO
Otl .V7VJVJ MUTUAL POLICY ilOLDEUS.
The Pennsylvania Central Insurance Company
having had but little loss during the past year, the
annual assessment on Mutual 1'oltcy holders will
i,i .v. ,1 on ir pntit. mi the usual one vear cash
rates, which would be equal to a dividend of 40
per cent., as calculated in Stock Companies, or a
deduction of 2 per cent.., on the notes below the
usual assessment; and as the Company has over
$2ki.ihio In premium notes, the whole amount cred
ited to mutual oollcv-liolders. over cash rates, will
fimdtmt to si imio. If nil the same nolicv-liolders in
sured ill a Stock Company, at the usual rate, they
vnmiiii l. ivo i,:,il 4 ihiii morn t ban it has cost them
in this Company. Vet some of our neighbor
ntrontu nr ril II II , II IT llhnilt lU'Villl? Fl'aild I Fl'lllld I
.and declare that a mutual company must fail.
Hut, they don't say now many siock companies are
fiillhiir vrv veur.nr how many worthless stock
companies urn represented ill Perry County
t0it'is a well-known fact that a Mutual Company
.cannot break. JAMES II. GTUER,
2otf Bec'y of Fcnua Central Insurance Co.
ii i: mo val:
Merchant Tailoring Establishment.
THE subscrllier respectfully Informs the public
that he has removed Ills MEIKJHAS'I TA1L
OKINU ESTABLISH MENT from ."Lltlle Store
in the Corner," to room formerly occupied by J.
(i. Shatto, Uentist, where may bo found at all
tiines.a varied assortment 01
Cloths, Cassimers and Testings,
With a complete line of
TallorM' Ti'IminlnjjM,
Of the best quality. Those desiring to purchase
i()()l) liOUllS. at Reasonable prices, and have
them made in the LATEST STYLE, will please
give us a call. . 11. iJJ'.cn.
Also, a good assortment of
SHIRTS, SUSPENDERS, COLLARS,
NECK-TIES, HOSIEKY, &c., &c,
Ou hand at low prices.
A. H. FRANCISCUS & CO.,
No. 313 Market Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Have opened for the FALL T1IADK, the
largest and best assorted Stuck of
PHILADELPHIA CARPETS,
' ' ' I V ' i . ,
Table. Htalr. and Floor Oil Cloths
Window Shades and Paner. Carnet Chain.
Cotton. Yarn, Hatting, Wadding. Twines. Wicks
Clocks, Looking masses, Fanev Baskets, Brooms
JJU9AC19, lull nrin, J 1 ulli "-, HI I tl.3r, T,1IIIC10,
Wooden and Willow Ware,
ID THE UNITED STATES.
Our large Increase In business enables us to sel'
at low prices, and furnish the best quality of
uoous.
SOLI AGENTS FOIITIIC
Celebrated American Washer,
Price $5.50.
THE MOST PEKFEOT AND SUCCESSFUL
WAKHEB EVEU MADE.
AGENTS WANTED FOB THE AMEItf.
CAN W AS11EU in all parts of the State. , Si 13t
Perry County Bank!
Kponsler, Junkln & Co.
1 fTlHE undersign id. havlns formed a Banklmr As.
L lociatlon under the above name and style, are
now ready to do a General Banking business at
their new Banking House, on Centre square,
OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE,
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.
We receive money on deposit and pay back on
domand. We discount notes for a period of not
over60dayB, aud sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York.
On time Deposits, live percent, forany time over
four months: and for four months four per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doing a Hanking Business) aud knowing, aud
for some years, eeilng the great Inconvenience un.
der which the people of this County labored forth
want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supply the want sand this being
the first Bank ever established In Perry county, w
hope we will be sustained In our efforts, by all the
business men, farmers and mechanics. '
This Banking Association Is composed of the fol
lowing named partners;
W. A. KmNHi.EK, Bloomneld, Perry county, Pa
J. I". (JUNK1N,
Wm. H. Miu.br, Carlisle, , . . .
officers:
- W. A. HFONSLKB, PruUenl.
'Wdjjam Willis, Oatliier
New Bloomneld, 3 5 ly
Fur Ths Blnnmileld Times.
LOCAL OPTION.
Sonio of the Results, of Intemperance.
ITS INFLUENCE UPON OUK SCHOOLS.
1. Statistics prove that not less than a
half a million of the male pupils in the
schools of the United States will become
drunkards in the course of ten years if the
liquor laws of the country are not abolished.
2. In the United States there is an aver
age of four whisky shops to one school.
3. At least two million of the children
of our country aro deprived of school priv
ileges on account of the intemperance of
their parents.
4. From these statistics, it is easy to Bee
that we are pulling down with ono hand
that which we aro trying to build up with
the other.
5. The conclusion follows that we have
more to dread from the liccnsod liquor
shops than to hope for from our schools.
ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE FAMILY.
1. One drunkard in a family destroys the
peace aud happiness of evory member of it.
What family has not, directly or indirectly,
felt its blighting influence. Reader, is
your family an exception ?
2. The drunkencss of men has been the
most prolilio source of misery to women.
Should not, then, the mothers and daugh
ters who reau tins, use inoir lmiuonce
use
against a tniilio which hns been the cause
of more sorrow to their sex than all other
causes combined ?
In tho consumption of the liquor an
nually mode and sold in the United States,
nt least sixty thousand lives aro yearly de
stroyed ; one hundred thousand men nnd
women nre sent to prison, and two hundred
thousand children aro bequeathed to poor.
houses nnd chnritable institutions. Sixty
thousand a year is more than ono thousand
ono hundred and fifty-four per week, ono
hundred nnd sixty-four per day, six for
every hour and ono for every ten minutes.
In addition to this, three hundred murders
and four hundred suicides are yearly com.
mittcd on account of it. In tho light of
these facts, alone, evory man should vote
against liccnso.
4. In the State of Pennsylvania, nt least
one person in fifteen is made a pauper by
intemperance.
5 Whoso fault is it ? Not the drunk
ards' for they command our sympathy :
but those who sustain and perpetrate the
evil by their voto. Will you share tho
guilt of such wholesale destruction?
G. In tho light of desolated homes, of
pinching poverty, of misery, of Buffering
brought about by intompcranco, wo be
seech you to voto against the further con
tinuance of this, the greatest onomy of the
domestic hearth.
Father, think for a moment I Hus
band, consider 1 If you voto against li
cense, you are bestowing a blessing upon
thousands of families which aro the un.
happy victims of this tnrrible evil.
ITS INFLUENCE urON THE CHCIICH.
1. statistics prove mat the Cnurcli in
the United States loses at least fifty thous
and members every day, ou account of in
temperance,
Only ono person out of every eight is
in the habit -of attending places of public
worship. Every liquor shop is an enemy
to the Church. They sow the seeds of in
difference and hostility to religion
3. The present temperance reform is not
a political, but a religioui movement. The
Church of Christ must tako tho load, if sho
be true to her Lord.
4. The abolition of the liquor trnflio is
one of the duties of the Church a duty
that could bo very speedily accomplished
by united and vigorous action. Will tho
Church face the responsibility?
5. Every church member ought to vote
against license, llow can a Christian love
God and his neighbor, and yet be
willing
to perpetuate that which retards the ex.
tension of Christ's Kingdom, destroys the
body and soul of his neighbor, , and tho
peace and happiness of his funiily.
6. Could the church members of . the
country all become . earnest and consistent
friends of temperance, then Christianity, in.
telligence, virtue, liberty aud justice would
make more progress in the next fifty years
than has been witnessed since the downfall
of the Roman Empire. j
7. In view of these facts, lot every Chris
tian come up to the help of the Lord, to
the help of the Lord against the mighty,
and vote against the license law on the 8d
Friday in Murck
8. Thus salth the Scripture: "Woe
unto him that giveth his neighbor strong
drink." This applies not only to thoBe
who sell it, but also to those who voto to
continuo the practice. , ,
ITS INFLUENCE TjrON TUB STATE.
1, Nine-tenths of the s pauperism and
crime i n our community U caused by in
temperance.
2. The State pays every year $3,259,010.-
60 for the support of criminals and pan
pers caused by liquor selling. Now, if it
costs the State so muck for these purposes,
ought not tho people to do something to
lessen this heavy taxation. Vote against
license aud you will remove this heavy
burden,
S. From statistics we find that out of
1,541 persons committed to the Lan
caster prison in 1871,1,418 weie ' placed
there on account of intemperance.
4- In the Eastern aid Western. Penlten
tarlos of Pennsylvania, out of 459 convict,
800 bad been Intemperate
5. Out of C07 persons admitted to the
Lancaster poor-house, in one year, 450
wore classified as intemperate.
0. Lancaster county is taxed $105,104.35
for the support of criminals and paupers,
caused by intemperance. Lancaster Co.
receives as revenue from license, $9,710.00,
and the liquor traffics makes her still a
debtor to the amount of $95,475.25.
Query Does Lancaster County make or
loso by the liquor business ?
7. We have cited this county becauso
we have statistics. Of course tho same pro
portions can bo applied to almost every
county. So jtiBt in that proportion will the
citizens of Perry County be obliged to pay
on account of this great evil ! Let us voto
it down.
8. Dauphin County receives $111.50 as
its share of the revenue from license,
whilst sho pays $51,880 for crimo and pov
erty caused by intemperance. As in Dau
phin, so in Ferry. Tax-payers, vote to
your interest.
0. It is estimated that four hundred and
ninety million gallons of spiritous liquors
wore drank iu the country in 1808, which,
if loaded upon thirty foot teams holding
ten barrels each, would reach nearly seven
thousand miles.
10. Tho annual cost of the five hundred
thousand paupors caused by intemperance,
amounts to thirty-five millions of dollars ;
of the insanity resulting from it, twelve
million dollars ; tho expenso to tho country
of tho crimes committed by it, is forty
million dollars.
11. Tho revenue paid to tho Stato for
license is tho price of blood. Large it may
bo, yet not enough to bury tho multitudes
who are tho victims of tho pernicious
traffic.
Destroy the practico of social drinking
nnd the victory over intemperance is easily
won.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
A California Story.
A San Francisco paper gets off tho fol
lowing good one:
Returning home late one night, a man
living on Mason street disrobed without
lighting the gas, aud lay peacefully down
beside the partner of his joys. Sinking
back upon the pillow, he straightway raised
himself and remarked :
" I say, wifo, how's your pillow warm?"
" Why, what a foolish question," return
ed she; "my pillow is all right."
"Is it real warm?" he asked.
" Certainly it is ; I've had my head on it
for throo hours."
Apparently satisfied, ho laid down and
was silent for a time, when a vigorous nud
ging in tho stdo of his wife proved he had
another idea.
" I say, wifo ?"
"For goodnoss sake, what do you
want?" pttulautly answered tho sleepy
dame.
" I say, you don't use hair oil, do you?"
"Of courso not ; you know that as well
as anybody else. Do, for mercy sake, go
to sleep."
Another half hour passed in silence,
broken by tho solemn ticking of tho clock
iu the darkness, Then thoro was another
spasmodio nudging.
" I say, wife, you didn't put that calf
under the bed, did you?"
" Gracious mo 1" returned the matron,
" what is the matter with you ? Of courso,
the calf is not under the bod. Will you
never go to sleep ?"
" Well," continued the lord, sliding his
legs sideways out of bed, "I'm d d if
there ain't something live under hero."
There was the sound of scrambling round
a partial upheavol of the couch, the quick
gleam of a white garment making for the
open window, through which it disappeared
a thrashing sound in the rose bushes out
side, find all was still again.
The custody of the children lias been
awarded to tho husband.
Tracking a Rich Vandal.
Some timo since a little town In Ohio
was infested by incendiaries, and all other
means of ' detection having failed, two or
three persons clubbed together and pur
chased a bloodhound, one of the kind used
by the chivalry to buut down runaway ne
groes in the pleasant days before the war,
In some manner the news of this bit of en
torprise became noised about and the fires
suddenly ceased, not an opportunity having
been offered since to put the animal on the
trail of an incendiary.
The day before Christmas, however, a
citizen discovered that a beautiful ever-
green tree in front of tils residence bad
been cut down and carried off the night be.
fore, aud tho long looked for chanco was af.
forded for testing the new purchase. To
the astonishment of all, the four-logged de
teclive took a straight line to the house of
one of the wealthiest denizens of the town,
nearly three-quarters of a mile distant, and
placing his fore paws on the window glared
through and bayed savagely at the owner,
who was engaged in decorating the tree for
the festivities of the morrow. The scone
that followed may, perhaps, be imagined,
and a considerable sum of money was
readily paid in order to husk the affair up.
t3f Wbeu persons are sea-sick what do
they most desire ? To feel sea-cure of
euurse.
I A Trapper's Encounter Tilth a Panther.
Dave Mosher, a trapper and guide In the
jjt Tth Woods, had a terrific encounter with
ft fl.ortk Woods beast a few weeks since.
Thret ' mlles fiom Sacondaga Lake thore is
a wild, rugged pass, between the moun
tains, knv1wn tu Black Cat Valley. The
mountains on either side nre very steep
and rocky, a."1! are covered with, a heavy
growth of blav-k balsam and spruce timber.
As tho snows d.eepen and the woathor be
comes cold, man.V dcor and animals tako
shelter in that locality. Among the
rest aro the rock mat tin, having a valuable
dark-colored fur known among trappers in
those regions as " Black Cat." They sel
dom move by day, keeping concealed in
trunks of trees or between the fissures of
rocks. Owing to tho uncertainty of find
ing one twice in a place, and their natural
shyness, it is quite difficult to trap them.
However, when they become pinched with
hunger, they will jump at the bait without
hesitation. A keen, Btrong steel trap is set
and covered with snow or leaves, directly
under a drooping branch that the animal
can reach by rearing ; upon this is secured
tho bait, and in tho effort to reacli which it
is pretty apt to step in tho trap. Then
comes a system of desperate mancouvcrs,
and tho only way to hold them is by hav
ing tho trap chain attached to a small Bap
pling that will spring and lift them off the
ground. This sleek, fine furred animal is
about tho sizo of a red fox, and, as David
used to express it : " They're a sassy var
mint to get holt on." As Mosher was go
ing the rounds of his traps, ho saw through
tho bushes ahead, a terrible commotion un
der a largo white birch, whero a trap had
been set. As he approached, a long,gauut,
tawny-colored, fierce-looking animal, whoso
wild scream upon tho mountain side tit
night will send a thrill of horror to those
who aro safe in the cabin, sprang upon a
lower limb of the birch and bade defiance
with gazing eyes. It was drivcti to desper
ation by hunger. Ho raised his old rillo
and fired. In a moment all tho clothes he
had on him would not havo mado a bib for
a china doll. Ho directly found himself
besido a log, partly scalped, with his lower
limbs looking as though they had been
through a threshing machine, while at the
same moment, with a spit and a scream, a
panther disappeared up tho mountain sido.
When he came up, the panther was engaged
in killing aud devouring a marten which
was caught iu tho trap, and his hunger
being partly appeased, was tho means of
tho trapper's crawling off with hislifu.
A Hold Exploit.
The following is from tho diary of tho
lato Mr. Adolphus tho ban ister and histo
rian :
"May 8th, 1810. Wo had a dinner
party, among them Mrs. Mathews and
Curran, who told an amusing story of au
agent to a noblomau in Ireland. It was
known to some ruffians in the neighbor
hood that ho had collected a largo sum for
rents duo to his employer. In tho middle
of the night he heard thieves breaking into
his house, lie jumped out of bed, nnd
arming himself with a carving-knife stood
behind the door, and closed it, so that only
one could enter at a timo, which one would
be shown in the moonlight whilo he re.
mained in tho shade. Four of the thieves
entered and were despatched ono after
anothor, those without not knowing what
happened. The fifth saw a gleam of the
moonlight, seized tho man, and a trenicn
dous scuffio ensued. The agent struck
several blows with bis weapon, but made
uo impression. He was got down, and his
antagonist over him, wheu feeling the knife
he found tho point was bont. He had the
presence of mind to press it strongly
against tno iioor, so as to turn it back.
stabbed his adversary dead, and as he was
alone in the house and could have no as
sistance till the morning, retired to bed.
He was knighted for the exploit. Somo
one said to him, " I wonder you could go
to bed while there were on the lloor the
corpses of five persons whom you bad
killed? ' His answer was, "It did make
me very uneasy ; I could not get a wink of
sleep lor nearly an nour : '
Where They (Jot Their Shells.
There is not much lime in the sea proba
bly not more than there was iu Falstalfs
"sack" but there is enough. And the use
it is put to is one of the ouriositios of natu
ral history. ,
Every iidiabitant of the ocean which lias
a shell derives the materials of which that
bard oovering is composed from the water
Besidos, the lime is secreted or rather sep
arated from its food, as birds do it for ma
king a covering for their eggs; mollusks
take up the largest amount directly out of
the water they breathe. Every time an
oyster draws water through its gills, some
of its limo, which is held in solution,
taken possession of by appropriate vessels
and goes directly to the living membrane
which deposits it, aud thus the thell grows
It is assured that a siugle drop of sea water
contains only about the ton thousand six
hundred! part of a grain of lime. But the
Incessant respiration of the dweller, in one
or two years uuikes a house weighing In
nuiiiu uttcuB iiiiuiy jiuiiuun. iv uuu lue uuiuini
dies most of the shells gravitate and aggre
gate to the bottom, where, becoming broken
and impacted iuto solid masses, mixed in
line earthy deposits under immense hydro
static pressure and chemical forces, they
become marble. All marble quarries are
supposed to have thus originated iu the
abysses of primitive seas, and they were
afterward elevated to where they are now
found, by upheaval.
A Lottery for a Wife.
A young lady who lives In the town of
Champaign has written to the editor of a
Chicago paper to announce that she desires
to be lottoried off. and to ask his advice on
the subjoct. Her letter Is now before us,
and it must be admitted that the advanta
ges to be derived from her intended pro
ceeding are sot forth by the lady with sin
gular grace and modesty. Sho has been
acknowledged, she says, In all the cities
whore she has resided, to be " the bello of
society." She is "young, .handsome, tal
ented, and attractive." ' Her age is twenty
one, and she Is a brunette. She has "many,
many admirers," but none, as yet, whom
she can appreciate." Consequently, be
ing averse to the singlo state, and in'tbe
hope of pitching on some one she can like,
Mibs K. proposes to put liorsolf up as the
prize in a lottery. Thore are to he 100,000
chances at a dollar apieco. Satisfactory
proofs of her respectability, education, and
good faith are placed in the hands of the
Chicago editor. The drawing is to take
place at the earliest possible moment, and
tho blushing bride is to be handed over to
the lucky fellow who happens to hold the
right ticket.
Thore are, however, some important
reservations. If the young lady does not
happen to like the man who draws her, or
he happens not to liko her, the bargain is
to be put off, tho gentloman receiving $500
by way of smart money. Whether Miss
is to keep the remaining $90,500 does
not appear, but we suppose tho idea is to
have the drawing resumed until the fair
candidate for matrimony gets somebody to
suit her. In an army of 100,000 bachelors,
one, surely, ought to be found eligible for
the smiles of even so lovely a creature as
Miss IC. describes herself to be : and it
would, indeed, bo a pity, after devising and
setting in motion so complicated and or
iginal a matrimonial machine, if tho sole
object of its existence were to come to hu
miliating defeat.
IIIXTS.
If you are introduced to a stranger by a
friend, aud ho retains his hold of your
hand, expressing great delight in having
the honor of your acquaintance, be sure ho
don't care a fig for you or your acquaint
ance. When you hear a man declare ho is the
wisest in his line of business, set him down
as tho weakest, and all thinking men will
approve your decision.
Wheu you hear an editor call his brother
editor an ignoramus, be sure he has applied
tho epithet to the wrong man.
When you hear a man relate a story
which has the appearance of truth, and
closo it with an oath, sot it down as doubt
ful.
Wheu you hear a man boast of his pioty,
go to a different church than tho one he at
tends.
When you hear a man boldly declare
that thcro is not an honest man to bo
found, lend him a mirror.
When you hear a man justify profano
swearing on the ground of habit, don t
make him your agent in business.
If you think of forming a partnership
with a man of whom you know but little,
invito him (before signing papers) to tako
a walk of ton squares and back, and if ho
elbows you into the gutter, or runs you
against tho walls m the buildings, bo sure
and take time to consider the matter.
If your clerk or salesiftan is civil and po
lite, avoiding all that is vulgar and profane,
whilo engaged in his duties, but is found
iu the saloon as profane and vulgar as the
most abandoned, keep your money under
lock and key, aud have all bill paid on
tickets to the cashier.
If a mau tells you he does all his business
on conscientious principles, don't put him
to tho test.
The Difference.
When a woman has a hen to drive into
a coop she takes hold of her hoops with
both hands, shakes them
quietly towards
the delinquent, and says,
" Shew I there."
The hen takes ono look
at the object to
convinco herself it's a woman, and then
stalks majestically into the coop, in per
fect disgust of the sex. A man don't do
that way. Uo goes out doors and says,
" it is singular nobody in this house can
drive a hen but myself," and pioking up a
stick, of wood burls it at the offending
biped, and observes, , " Get in there, you
thief." The hen immediately loses her
reason and dashes to the other end of tho
yard. The man straightway dashes after
ker. . She conies back again with her head
down, her wings out, and followed by an
assortment of stove-wood, fruit-cans, and
coal-clinkers, with a much-puffing and a
very mad man in the rear. Then she
skims up ou tho stoop and under tho barn,
and over a fence or two and around tho
bouse, and back again to tho coop, all the
time talking as only an excited hen can
talk, and all the while followed by things
convenient for handling, aud by a man
whose coat is on the ground, and whose per
spiration and profanity appear to have no
limit. By this time the other hens have
coino out to take a baud in the debate and
kelp dodge tho missiles aud then the man
says every ben , on the place shall be sold
in the morning, aud puts on his things and
goes down street, aud the woman dons ker
hoops and has every one of those bona
boused and contented in two minutes.