Ijc Stmts,: .Jfew.Blbqmftdfc $. 3 Continental Life Insurance . Company, OP NEW YORK, STRICTLY MUTUAL t Aaets, j0,00,tt01.jsrs I T8RUE8 nil the new form of Policies, and pre 1 sents as favorable terms an any company In the United Btatei. , Thirty days' grace 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 profits of the Company, and tmve a voice In the elections and management ot the Company. , ',. No polley or medical fee charged. ' Jj. W. FROST, Prertdcnt. M. 11. Wtmkoop, Vice Pres't. J. P. Rogers, Bee'y. - . J. F. EATON. General Agent, No. North Third Btreet, College Block, Harrlsburg, Pa. THOS. II. MILLIOAN, 4 421yl Hiwclal Agent for Newport Perry County Bank ! Hpoiialcr, .1 uii Id it & Co. THE undersign d, having formed a Bunking As sociation under the above name and style, are mow ready to do a General Banking business at their new Banking House, on Centre Square, OPPOSITE TUB CO VR T HO USB, NEW BLOOMPIELD, PA. We receive money on deposit and pay back on demand. We discount notes for a period of not overOO days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and New York. . On time Deposits, five percent, forany time over four months; and for four months tour per cent. We are well provided with all and every facility ior doing Banking Business; and knowing, and for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un der which the people of this County labored forthe want of a Bank ot Discount and Deposit, we have have determined to supply the want tand this being the first Bank ever established In Perry county, we hop we will be sustained In our efforts, by all the business men, farmers and mechanics. This Banking Association Is composed ot the fol lowing named partners: . -i . W. A. 8roisi.sa,Bloomneld, Perry county, I'a. B. F.JUNKIN, " " " Wm. H. Mixlxh, Carlisle, : officers: ' W. A. 8PON8LEK, President. "William Willis, Otuhier NewBloomfield.S 6 ly PEBBY COCXTY , Meal Estate, Insurance, CLAI3I AGENCY. 'LEWIS POTTEB & CO., .Real Estate Broken, Inturanct, 4 Claim Agen Now J31oomfleIl, I?tt. . WE INVITE the attention of buyers and sell ers to the advantages we offer them in pur chasing or disposing of real estate through our of fice. We have a very large list of deslrab property, consisting of farms, town property, mills, store -and tavern stands, and real estate of any descrip tion which we are prepared to oiler at great bar- f;alns. We advertise our property very extensive y, and use all our enorts, skill, and dllllicence to effect a sale. We make no. charges unless tit property Is sold while registered with us. We alsc draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, audsll legal pa pers at moderate rates. Home of the best, cheapest, and most reliable fire, life, and cattle Insurance companies In the United ttuie are represented at tills agency. Property Insured either on the cash or mutual plan, and perpetually at 14 and 15 per thousand. Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims -collected. There are thousands of soldiers and heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and bounty, who have never made application. Sol diers.lf you were wounded, ruptured, orcontrant ed a disease In the service from which you are dis abled, you are entitled to a pension. When widows of soldiers die or marry, the minor children are entitled to the pension. Parties having any business to transact In our .line, are respectfully invited f give us a call, as we are confident we can render satisfaction In any 'branrh ot our business. , No obarge lor Information. i'Mly LEWIS POTTEH ft CO . LOOK OUT I I would respectively Inform my friends that I In tfliid calling upou them with a supply of good of my " OWN MANUFACTURE. r- ! . ' Conslstlug af ' . . :j -. CAB8IMERS, CA88INET8. FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) CAHPETS, Sen., te exchange for wool or sell tor cash. J. M. 1HXLKK. CbktmWooi.sk XlCTOBT. 6,17,4ra, ITIXKCUXOKK' NOTICE. Notice Is hereby !J given, thut ltlers Testamentary on the estate of John Kapler, late of Marysvllle. Perry couiitv, !'. dei-easetl, liave been grnnleri to the ftniMcrlbers, resldlug In Marysviile, I'erry oounty, fa, All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate navnient. and those having -claims will present tluu duly autheulicated for .jwiueuitul to HK1IMAN FPriKK, DAVlUttKlUEIIhUJ Deetinbw 23, 1173-0 (Kiocutors. ENIGMA UKPABTMKNT. W All contributions to this department must be accompanied by the oorrect answer. t4T Answer to last week' enigma i "Wilt yon publish Sheridan's Ride." We will Pnb: Ush it If furnished the copy. Ed. J ' ' A Strange Story. rpilE tnitb of the following is vouched JL for by the Ban Francisco Chronicle t When Foster, the Spiritualist medium first came to this city and hung out bia shingle at the Grand Hotel, be was an ob ject of much ouriosity. Among those who went to witness the marvelous manifesta tions which it was claimed were daily made was a well known gentleman, whose name we are not authorized to give. The gentle man bad heard of the sllp-of-papor trick, and believing that be knew a thing or two more than Foster did, be resolved to play a sharp game with him. He fore going to the medium's room he wrote a name on a slip of paper, which be wrapped and folded tightly in a piece of tinfoil. When he got there, in company with several friends, be banded the little roll of tinfoil to Foster, and awaited events. " ' The little pnper inside the tinfoil con tained merely the full name of the gentle man's mother her maiden and married name. Foster took it, pressod it to bis forehead, in that dreamy, listless way he has, and then laid it on the table. Pres ently be said, " Yes, sir, I have a message for you. There is the spirit of a lady here who wishes me to write you this message." Here Foster took up a pencil, and with many jerks and quirks, wrote : " Do not remove the remains of . your father and myself, . Let us rest where we are. Your heart is right, but your judg ment is wrong. The message was signed by both the maiden name and the married name of the gentleman's mother. The gentleman turned as white as a sheet, for be at onoe reoognized the message as having been written in the name of hi deceased moth er. He bad long been intending to remove her remains and that of bis father from an Eastern cemetery to bis vault at Lone Mountain, Ho had not thought of the matter at all that day. Foster had never seen him before, Neither Foster nor any one else not even the gentleman's wife knew what the mother's maiden name had been, hence the clearness, the strange out line of the message, and, above all, the aptness with which it refened to his pro ject with regard to the remains of bis pa rents, gave the astonished gentleman something to think about for days to come He did not wait for an answer to his tin foil puzzle, but started away very much in the condition of the young man who went to church to scoff, but finally cencluded to remain and pray. Next day the gentleman met bis friend, the Hon. Chas. E. De Long, who bad just returned from Japan. ' To bim he told his remarkable experience of the day before. De Long' laughed at bim for bis apparent credulity, and scouted the Idea that spirits bad anything to do with the message'. Net tled at this, tbe gentleman, induced Mr. De Long to go with him to see Foster and judge for himself. That night they both, in company with Howard Colt, called at Grand Hotel, and were shown into Foster's room. Mr. De Long was wholly un known to Foster. They all sat down to the table, and after Foster bad smoked a while at bis eigar, be said i " I can only get one message . to-night, that is ' for a person named Ida. Do either of you know who Ida is?" .' .: '' ; Mr. De Long looked at Foster with rather a startling look, and said I " Well, yes, I rather think I do. My wife's name was Ida." ' " ' , " Well," said Foster, " then this mes sage is for her, and it is important But she will bave to come hero and receive it." ' This was just enough to excite De Long's curiosity, and after endeavoring in vain to get Foster to reveal tbe message to him, be consented to bring bis wife the next nigbt to receive the important communication in person. ' Accordingly the next evening the same two, accompanied by Mrs. Do Long, were ushered into Foster's parlor. They were soon seated around tbe table,, waiting eagerly for the spirits to arrive. ' After Foster bad smoked for several minutes in silence be suddenly said : Tbe same mes sage comes to me. It is for Ida. This is the lady is it?" he asked, as of the spirit. " Oh, you will write the message, will you? Well, all right," and with this he took up pen and dashed off the following : " My Dear Daughter Ida." " Ten years ago I entrusted a large sum of money to Thomas Madden, to invest for me in certain land. After my death be failed to account for the investment to my executors. The money was invested, and 1,350 acres of land were bought, and one half of this laud now belongs to you. , I paid Madden no account of my share of the purchase 4(500. lie must be made to make settlement. Your father, " Viubyabp." ;- Both Mr, and Mrs. De Long sat and beard this communication , read with as tonished faces. Mrs. De Long knew that ! life her father bad busl nesa dealings with Mr. Madden ; but to what extent, or even tbe nature ef them, she did not know. She was terribly, frightened at tbe denoue ment, for she knew tbat Foster did not know who she was, or who hes. father might have beon ; and when the communi cation came in so remarkable a way, the surprise of the whole party may bo better imnglned than described. ' Mr. Do Long had Just enough faith in the correctness of Mr. De Long's commu nication to waut to see what there was in it, any way. So the next day he called on Mr. Madden, at the Occidental Hotel. Without saying what speoial reason he bad for asking the question, he asked Mr. Madden if there was not some unsettled business between himself and the estate of the late Mr. Vineyard. Mr. Madden thought for a moment, and then he said there was. He said several years ago he and Mr. Vineyard bad purchased a tract of land together, and their interest was un divided. Tbe land had increased and was still increasing, enormously In value, aud he supposed Mr. Vineyard's daughter de sired to let her interest lie untouched, which was the reason why tbe matter bad never been settled up. Besides, she bad been absent a long time from the country, and was not here to have tbe matter settled. When inform r t jat Mrs. De Long had only just leaned of the investment of her father,. Mr. addon expressed much sur prise. ' He said he supposed she and her husband and the executors knew all about it, but were simply letting the matter rest for the property to increase in value. Mr. Madden then said he was ready to make a settlement at any time. This was readily assented to by Mr. De Long, and according ly, on Saturday, Mr. Madden transfer red a deed for 623 acres of the land to Mrs. De Long, hor heirs and assigns for ever. Having done this, Mr. Madden offered the lady $18,000 for the property, but having been informed that it is worth at least $23 000 she doclined to sell. The Ohio Liquor Law. T M1E Ohio women in their crusade on tbe liquor sellers meet with some cu rious cases. In New Vienna J. C. Van Pelt, who kept a saloon bearing an unsavory reputation, lost his place. First he swore, and then prayed back prayed that tbe Lord would convert the ladies and teach them to mind their own business. Then be shook a bar rel of beer and took out the plug. In a moment the ladies were covered with foam. They came rushing Out, looking like mer maids, and with an awful odor of beer. Their polonaise and panniers were wetted, and their ostrich plumes looked like whip ped roosters' tails. But the ladies were not discouraged. Tbey marched straight home, and returned again with prayeis in their mouths and , smiles on their faces. Van Pelt stood out until he succeeded in acquiring the name of being tbe wickedest man in Ohio, when be surrendered and helped to smash bis own whisky barrels, Then the ladies presented him with $150 and started bim on a lecturing tour. In Wilmington the ladies bave a portable church on wheels, like a dauguerrean car, which they roll around in front of. liquor saloons, ' There the oar stands while tbe ladies pray and slug " Coronation" and " Old Hundred." One day they all wood ed around beer wagon which was labelled " Marietta Ice." The driver escaped, after they had prayed him crazy, and started for Sabine. But tbe ladies anticipated bis ar rival by a telegraph despatch, and the Sa bine ladies met him with his load of beer and prayed for him till like Saul, be gave up in despair. In Washington they tell a story about Ralph Johnson, who became alarmed When the ladies came and prayed lu . bia saloon. Tbe next day Ralph came to them almost heart-broken, and said if he could only get rid of five barrels of whisky which be then had on hand he would join the temperance oause himself. " We will buy your poi sonous whisky and pay you for it," said the ladies. " All right," said Ralph, and be took $300 and rolled tbe whisky out. The ladies emptied tbe whisky out into tbo street. Ralph joined tbe cause for one day,'1 and then went to Lynchburg, where tbey have 11,000 barrels of proof whisky In store, and bought a new lot'. ' ' What do you mean by doing this Mr, Johnson ?" asked a deacon of tbo church. , " Well," replied Ralph, " my customers war kiuder partio'tar like, and that thar old whisky was so dogon weak that I could not sell it to 'em no bow ; but it didn't hurt the la dies, for it was just as good as the- best proof whisky to wash down the gutters with." ' Tbe funniest incident connected with tbe temperance imbroglio occurred with Char ley Crothiers, a saloon keeper in Green field. Tbe ladies all thronged to Charley's saloon, and oommenoed praying and sing ing. Charley welcomed them, offered them chairs and seemed delighted to see them. lie even joined in the singing Tbe praying and singing were kept np for several days, Charley never once losing his temper. Tbe more they prayed and sang, the happier Charley looked.' One day a gentleman cam to Charley and broke out 1 " I aay Chat ley, ain't you getting most tired of this singing and pray ing business " What t me gettlu' tired? No, sir r said Charley. If I get tired of the little singing and praying tbey do In my saloon here, what wilt I do when I go tu heaven among the angels, where they sing and pray ail tea time 1"' SUNDAY HEALING. L, What Sh, Thought. , . A foolish little maiden bought a foolish little ' i bonnet,: -, '. t , . , ; ; .,. ; . With a ribbon and a feather and a bit of lace "' upon it,'. " I ' And that the other maidens of the little town , might know it,' ' Bhe thought she'd go to meeting the next Sun- :i, day, just to snow it. . , ,, ., , But though the little bonnet was scarce larger than a dime, Tbe getting of It settled proved to be the work of time , . , So when 'twas fairly tied, all the bells bad stopped their ringing, ; . And when she came to meeting, tare enough the folks wore singing. ' Bo this foolish little maiden stood and waited at the door, And she shook her ruffles out behind' and smoothed them down before, "Hallolujahl Hallelujah!" ang the choir : above hor head " Hardly knew yon I Hardly knew yoo !' were the words she thonght they laid. This made the little maiden feel so very, very . . cross, .-. That she gave her little month a twist,' her little head a toss t " " ' For she thought the very hymn they sung was all about her bonnet, With the ribbon and the feather and the bit of lace upon It. i : ,. And sho would not wall to listen to the ser mon or the prayer, , But pattered down the silent street and hnrrled i up the stair, ,. , i ; Till she reached her little bureau, and In a ' bandbox on It, ' Had hidden safe from critic's eye her foolish little bonnet. , . ", ; , Which proves, my little maidens, that each of you will find. ' Iu every Sabbath service but an echo of your mind And that the little head that's filled with silly little airs ' , . Will never get a blessing from sermon or from prayers. Good Advice. " That dVoadful ministerial starch " at tracts the attention of Spurgeon, who says to his brother clergymen : " If you have indulged in it I would earnestly advise you to 'go and wash, in Jordan several times,' and get it out of you, particle of it. ' I am persuaded that one reason why our work- ingtnen so universally kept clear of minis. ters is because they abhor their artificial And unmanly ways. If they saw us, in the pulpit and out of it, acting like real men, and speaking naturally, like honest men, they would come around us. Baxter's re mark still holds ' good : " The want of a familiar tone and ' expression is a great fault In most of our' deliveries, and that which we should by very careful to amend, The vice of tbe ministry is that ministers will partonifieate the Gospel. We must havo humanity along with our divinity if we would win the masses. Everybody can see through affectations, and people are not likely to betaken in by them. Fling away your stilts, brethren, and walk on your feet ; doff your ecclesiasticism and array yourselves in truth." . , ' tW There is as much merit iu catering to the humorous side of nature as to the sober and sedate. Men and women were made to laugh and to indulge in pleasant ries just as much as to pray and fast. Be cause a face is uncomonly long instead of wide it does not follow that its possessor is a first-class saint. We would as soon trust a countenance got up on the broad as the long gauge. .. , tW If you have an enemy, aot kindly to ward him and make him yonr friend. : You may not win bim - over at once, but try again. Let one kinduess be followed by another, until you have accomplished your object. . ,: . t3T Opportunities are like flowers that fade at night ; seize them) therefor while tbey lost ' ' ' ' ''' ' E3T If the best niau's faults were written on bis forehead, it would make bim pull bis hat over his eyes. , i ,. , Force ef Habit Strong In Death. . Tho friends of an old sport hit upon the following expedient of effecting bis reforru- , , Having a couple of coffins prepared and placed in the family vault, on bis being brought borne one night in a senseless con dition, they conveyed him thither and stowed bim snugly away in one of tbem, a member of the family taking possession of tbe other to watch bis movements. Af ter remaining for some time enoaacd in bis 'prison bouse,' he aroused from bis stupor, and In astonishment at bis new residence, exclaimed ! "Am I dead?" " Certainty," rejoined his ' sepulchral friend. 1 "How long bave I been here? he ask ed. ' ; . . "About thre years," was the answer. '" And how long have you beon here?" be again inquired. " Seven years," responded his compan ion. i( " Well, a you have been dead longer tban I have, suppose you know tbe best place whore spook can get eomethinj to drink t" ' ' ! What Zach. Chandler Found In rv; j a Hack,. BY THE BY, speaking of returning Congressmen, rather a good story has ' been telegraphed of a new member who ar rived with his family, consisting of wife, five children, and nurse. The economical member of Congress packed his family in one hack at 9 p, m.,and drove to Willard's. They had been ear riding for many nights and days, and were in consequence exceed ingly fatigued. ' ' , .. Arriving at Willard's they paid the baok man, ordered their trunks oil; and trudged wearily, half asleep, into that famous car avansary. The husband, wife, and four ohildren were esoorted in tbe supper room, after which, elevated by the coffee and ele vator, they were carried beyoad the juris diction of the Board of Publio Works to rooms under the roof. When the good lady entered her bedroom, she encountered the nurse, and both exclaimed : " Where's Bobby ?" "Why, miss," said the nurse, "I thought you had him." " Nancy," screamed the Mrs. M. C, "didn't you fotoh him in?" ' "No, mum ; I bad the three carpet sacks, the cloaks, baby's clothes, and . I thought you had him." Now Bobby was tbe baby, and the fright ful discovery was made that tbe body had been left in the back,' There was a frantic rush for the elevator aud the stairs. The insane M. C, tried to burst open tbe door so as to precipitate himself down tho well, ne then pulled away at the bell until be broke it; then shouting "Fit e!" rushed down after his wife and four children, who by this time were in the clerk's office try ing to make tbe corpulent and amiable Mr. Iiagley understand the horrible situation. Some one suggested the telegraph, and all tbe police stations wore advised of this loss of Congressional infancy. But the worst part of it was that the crazy repre sentative could not remember the number of the hack, and the backs are not remark able for their ready return of lost parcels. In tbe meantime the unhappy husband made a short excursion into the neighbor hood. , He huiriod through the hacks on the hack stands and had all tbe retired con victs who drova those vehicles volunteer to go and search for the lost child for two and a half hours. Each one was ready to make affidavit that be knew the hack, aud one driver, who ought. to bave been bung long ago, swore that be beard the child 017 as the back drove by. From the hack stand tbe husband hurried to Newspaper Row, and stirred up the Bohemians to the high est pitch of excitement by bis tale of woe. The coi-pulout Ramsdell sat down and wept ; Adams blew his nose, while Eoyn ton philosophically romarked that the loss of a baby was somebody's gaiu, and Pres ton added that it was a loss easily repair ed ; and so tbe nigbt wore on. What became of tbat back, with the precious little burden, is tbe most inter esting part of tbe narrative. It seems tbat our old friend Zach. Chandlor, the Michl gander, who goes mooning about at all sorts of late hours, found himself on Four-and-a-half street in suoh a state of absent mindedness that he couldn't tell where he was or where be ought to be. . In these emergencies be iustiuctively called a haok. All the hackmen in town knew the great Miohigander, and entirely regardless of what he orders or says, they invariably drive bim home, stopping at all the sample rooms and bars on the way. On this occa sion he baited a back, and getting in, said as he did so : ' " Talteme'omed nyou I" ' ' Bitting down upon the back seat, he was startled by a wild cry that almost sobered him. ' This will sound like exaggeration, but it's a fact. It came very near being a case of spoiled obild, for old Zaoh. bad hinged two hundred pounds of Senatorial beef and whiskey on the lost child of tbe lower House, , He started up with such violence that bis bead struck the top of the hack, nearly bouncing tbe driver off bis seat, more, however, with astonishment titan jolt. Old Zach. resolved himself into an in vestigating committee, aud, sitting down on tbe front seat, felt around. He gather ed up the child, aud for a minute sat turn ing the situation over in his gigautio intel lect, then, sticking his bead out of the wiudow, be shouted with that voice which has made the British lion tremble : , " Driver, go'omequiok l've-got-a-baby." As the infant continued its screaming the driver had no doubt as to tbe truth of this startling revelation, aud so tore along tbe street at a frightful rate, considering that bia team consisted of one vicious kicker and one runaway. Pulling up at the pala tial mansion, the gteat Micbigander tum bled out and rushed in with the obild in his arms. Presenting it to the astonished Mrs. Chandler, he said : " MoiUtrornary 'fair sot down baby ron hack. Going to dopt him." The good old lady did not receive the new-comer with tbe same enthusiasm, but sent for . a policeman, not to arrest the Senator, but to remove the en cumbrance. Through this means the poor little waif was returned to it frantio parents. ' We are happy to say that both Chandler and baby are as well a could be expected.
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