ljc tmc0, : New J3laomficl $nu I NEW, YORK CONTINENTAL Life Insurance Company, OF NEW YORK, STRICTLY MUTUAL I A-smetH, jo,f:m,:M.-;.tM ! ISSUES all the new forms of Policies, and pre sents as favorable terms asany company In the United Status. Thirty days' grace allowed on each payment, and the policy hold 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 have a voice in the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical fee charged. L. W. FROST, President. M. B. Winkoop, Vice l'res't. J. P.ItOQEiis, Sec'y. J. F. KATON. General Agent, No . 6 North Third Street, College Block, Harrisburg, Ta. THUS. II. WII.LKiAN, 6 42 ly Special Agent for Newport. Varry County Bank! fTIHE undersign id, having formed a Banking As JL sedation under the above name and style, are now ready to do a General Banking business at their new Banking House, on Centre Square, OPPOSITE TUB COURT HOUSE. NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. We receive money on deposit and pay back on demand. We discount notes for a period of not over 60 days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and New York. On time Deposits, Ave per cent, for any time over four months; and for four months four per cent. .We are well provided with all and every facility for doing a Banking Business; and knowing, and -for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un der which the people of this County labored for the ' want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have have determined to supply the want ;and this being the first Bank ever established In Perry county, we hope we will be sustained In our efforts, by all the business men, farmers and mechanics. . This Banking Association Is composed of the fol iowlug named partners: W. A. HroNSLEH.BIoomtleld, Perry county, Pa. P.. V. JUNKIN, " " " Wm. H. Miller, Carlisle, office us: , , : j W. A. 8PONSLEB, President. "William Willis, Casliier NewBloomtleld.S 6 ly , BALL SCALES! LB. M ARYAN EHTH, V. W. DEKH and JAMES II. Ultli.lt, known as " The Ball Scale Company," have now on hand a large supply of Buoy's Patent COUNTER SCALE, the Simplest, Cheap est and best Counter Scaleln the market. 3T For Scales, or Agencies In Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey. Delaware and Maryland, ad dress "The Hall Scale Company," Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county, Pa. - For Scales or Agencies in this County, ap ply to the undersigned, where they can be seen uud examined any time. J LEIBY & BItO., Newport, Perry Co., Pa. FHANK MOKTIMER, . .. New Bloumlleld, Porryco.,Pa. 2HI 3Li 33 33 .A. 1ST O IN" Mutual Fire Insurance Company, ' OF Jonowtown, l'eim'u. , : POLICIES PERPETUAL at Low Rates. No Hteuni risks taken. This Ik one of the best conducted and most reliable Companies in the State. Country property insured Perpetually at H 00 per thousand, aud Town property at to U0 per thousand. LEWIS POTTER, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.. t i 16 Agent for Perry County. . ' LOOK OUT! I would respectively Inform my friends that I In tend vailing upon them with a supply of good of my OWN MANUFACTURE. , Consisting of CA8SIMER8. CAS8INET3, FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) CAItl'ETH, &c, to exchange for wool or sell for cash. J. M. BIXLEK. CB NTH WOOLEN FACTOIIY. 6,17,4111 J. M. OiaVIN. J. II. OIllViM J M. GIUVIN fi SON, CommlwNloD Iexeliautisi, No. 8. SPEAR'S WHARF, Halt lino re. Bid. -We will pay strict attention to the sale oft kinds of country produoe, aud remit llieaimMiut promptly. 6 Mly TUBAL CAIN. " Old Tubal Cain was a man of might, In the days when earth was young i By the florce red light of his furnace bright, The stroke of hit hammer rung ; And he lifted high his brawny hand On the iron glowing clear, Till the sparks rushed out In scarlet showers, As he fashioned the sword and spear. And he sang : "Hurrah for my handiwork I Hurrah for the spenr and sword I Hurrah for the hand that shall wield them well, For he shall be king and lord." To Tubal Cain came many a man, As he wrought by his roaring fire, And each one prayed for a strong steel blade ' As the crown of bis dcelro. And he made them weapons sharp and strong, Till they shouted loud for glee, And gave him gifts of pearl and gold, And spoils of the forest free. And they sang : " Hurrah for Tubal Cain, Who hath given us strength anew 1 Hurrah for the smith, hurrah for the (Ire, And hurrah for the metal true !" But sudden change came o'er his heart, Ere the setting of the sun, And Tubal Cain was filled with pain For the evil he had done ; He Baw that man with rnge and hate, Mndo war upon their kind, That the land was red with the blood they shed, In their lust for camnge blind. And he said ; "Alas ! that ever I made, Or that skill of initio should plan, The epcar and Iho sword for men whose Joy Is to slay their fellow-man !" And for many a day old Tubal Cain Sat brooding o'er his woe ; And his hand forbore to sinito tho ore, And his furnace smouldered low. But ho rose at last with a cheerful face, And a bright courageous eye, And bared his strong right arm for work, Whllo the quick flames mounted high. And he sang t " Hurrah for my handiwork 1" And the red sparks lit the air ; " Not alone for the blade was tho bright steel made," And he fashioned tho first plowshare And men, taught wisdom from tho past, In friendship Joined their hands, Hung the sword In the hall, the spear on the wall And ploughed the willing lands ; And sang: "Hurrah for Tubal Cain ! Our staunch good friend Is he j And for the ploughshare and tho plough To him our praise shall be. But while oppression lifts Its head. Or a tyrant would bo lord, Though we may thank him for the plough, We'll not forget the sword I" EKIOMA II 1! 1' A II T M K M T ' W All contributions to tills department must be accompanied by the correct answer. J3T" A few weeks since, we published an arithmetical problem, which we are requested to give the solution of, as well as the answer. The following working Is different from that given by the gentleman who furnished tho problem, but gives the correct answer, and Is furnished by II. J. Bcchiiet, one of the students at the Bloomfleld Academy. Multiply V, 9s, 8d by Itself. Solution : First reduce !), 9s. 9d to the fraction of a , which gives you i! 3!i-0, and multiply ing these two amounts together furnishes the answer X'.H). 0s. 3d 3-85. Enigma; I am composed of olght letters. I am fouud in lake, but not in rirer. I am found In shake, but not In shiver. I am found in noBe, but not In face. I am found In goes, bnt not In pace. I am found In bound, but not In spring. v I am found In round, but not In ring. I am found In gain, but not in win. , I am found In shame, but not In slu. From each, one letter choose, To name what nations use. A Kiddle. My first Is quick, my second dead, My whole has Just been shown ; To be my first, as I have read, Bo make the riddle known. A True Story. From tho West wo got a truo btory which gloomily suggests somo of Frydeau's wolrd and horrible fancies'.'' It is well for mankind's peace of mind that tilings like this which we are about to relate seldom occur. . The St. Louis Chief of Polioe wus very much agitated the othor morning by the receipt of a telegram from the conductor of a Vandalia tram then approaching the city. In the briefest manner the dispatch stated that in the baggage car of that train was a trunk emitting so diubolical an odor that it irresisibly suggested a murder ous tragedy, and further, that its owner was on tho train, and the number of the check was so and so, A whole battalliou of policemen and detectives was Immediate ly sent to the depot, the train arrived, the trunk was quietly confiscated, aud its own er secretly accompanied to his hotel, not to be arrested until its fatal contents were re vealed. Thou followed a soeno to which only the pencil of a Kaulbach and a Dore could do justice. The lid of the heavy trunk was slowly lifted iu the presence of a horror stricken group, and it is hard to mention the fearful faot to their dilated eyes wcro disclosed the ghastly forms of six (0) Limburger cheeses. tW Ad overbearing lawyer endeavored to browbeat a witness by telling him he saw a rogue in his face. "I never knew before," suid the witness, that my face was a looking glass." , A Romantic Story. IN a recent number of tho Boerten Couri er, of Berlin, a paper whose title may be presumed to Indicate financial, solid, matter-of-fact and trustworthy character, there is an Incident related of Prince Bis marck's domestiolife which, if true, is fair ly interesting. Most people who read the newspapers have heard somewhat of the great Chancellor's daughter. Tho young lady, though not beautiful, is amiable, ac complished and accustomed to the homage of high society iu which she moves. With her father she has been a great favorite ever since she grew up. When in Berlin he was wont to spend with hor whatever leisure moments he could snatch from bis occupations, and iu the country his idle hours have been usually passod in her so ciety. The Prince saw with concern that his daughter repelled all proposals of mar riage made to hor. Though wooed by the eligible suitors, among thcui tho heirs of the richest families, members of tho most ancient nobility, gentlemen filling the high est official positions, even a Prince, the young lady declined them all. After brood ing for a long time over tho possiblo reasons of his daughter's conduct, tho Chancellor believing at last ho had fathomed the 6coret of her severity, opened his hoart to her on the subject. Ho told her ho felt suro that she must have become profound ly attached to some poison inferior to her self in position and wealth, lie then beg ged her to mention the name of the man to whom she had given her hoart, as he, her father, was rich enough and powerful enough to change the conditions which might seem to render her lover an ineligi ble match. With flowing tears the young lady confessed that she did cherish such affection as her father suspected, an affec tion that was returned, but that her lover was a simple lieutenant in the army. Tho next day the lieutenant appeared iu the presence of the father. The Chancel lor hardly gave him time to speak beforo saying. " I know why it seems to you im possible to become my son-in-law ; not withstanding the difference of social posi tion your wish shall be accomplished. Though I do not know you, the love of my daughter is to mo sufficient guaranty of your worth." But instead of tho joyful thanks which tho Prince naturally expected, he received a reply of the following tenor : " I thank you for your infinite goodness, but this union is impossible. I belong to an old Catholic family. I cannot take home as my wife the daughter of him whom my family regard as the enemy of the Church, whom I myself am also compelled to look upon as such." Tho officer then sadly took leave and withdrew, leaving the Chancellor utterly confounded, who had little anticipated such a reception of his condescension. Having summoned his daughter, the Chancellor told hor that the officer wholly refused her hand, and that sho must forgot him.' The daughter, becoming paler than ever, replied, " lie is too honorable to de ny his religious faith." I will not ask of him such a sacrifice, aud if he desire it I, less bolioving than ho, will adopt his relig ion to render our marriage possiblo." The father saw his ohild more inconsolable from day to day, aud at length he was thrown into a state of fearful excitement, which was uot without consoquonoes. So things stand at present, llow they will end no one can forsce. The following illustration of tho power possessed by insects to communicate their experiences to one another is given by a lady correspondent of the London (Spectator : "I was staying in tho house of a gentleman who was fond of trying ex periments, and who was a bee keeper. Having read in some book on bees that the best and most humane way of taking the honey without destroying tho' boos was to immerse the hive for a few minutes in a tub of cold water, when the bees, being half drowned, could not sting, while the honey was uninjured, since the water could not penetrate the closely waxed colls, he resolved on trying the plan. I saw the experiment tried. The boes, according to the recipe, wore fished out of the wator after the hive hod been iramersod a few minutes, and with those remaining in the hive laid on a sieve in the sun to dry. But as by bad management the experiment bad been tried too lato in the day, as the buu was going down, they were removed into the kitchen, to the great indignation of the cook, ou whom they revenged their sufferings as soon as the warm rays of the fire before which tb :y were placed revfved them. As she insisted on their being taken away, thoy were put back into their old hive, which had been dried, together with a portion of their honey, aud placed on one of the shelves of the apiary, in which were flvo or six other strong hives full of bees, and loft for the night. Early the next morning my friend went to look at the hive on which be experimented the night before, but, to his amazement, not only tho bees from that hive were gone, but tho other hives were also deserted not a bee remained in any of them. The hulf-drowued bees must therefore, in some way or other, have made the other bees understand the fate which awaited them." Effects of Imagination. DR. SEQUABD says In one of his lec tures : Not only aneesthesis may be produced, but the secretions may be very powerfully affected by the influence of the mind over the body. Here we find facts of great importance indeed. There are many facts which show that the secretions of milk may become poisonous for a child from a mere emotion in the mother, aud especially from anger. And if it were not the duty of every one to avoid anger it would certainly be the duty of a young mother who has to nurso a child. There are cases, although they are not common, in which death had resulted ; and alterations of health iu children from tliis cause aro very frequent. A great many men who have reached an adult age owo their ill health to such an iullucnce in childhood. Every ono knows also that tho secretion of bile, tho secretion of tenrs, and the se cretion of saliva are very much under tho inlhionce of tho nervous system. The purging of the bowels, which depends on a secretion thcie, or a secretion in the liver, is also much dependent on the influence of the imagination. Tlie Emperor Nicholas tried to seo what power there is in the imagination in that respect. Bread-crumb pills wore given to a great many patients and, as a result, most of them were purged. In one case a student, not of medicine but of theology, having the idea that the word pill meant a purgative, locked for " pill" in the dictionary ; and tho first kind of pills that ho found thore was one composed mainly of opium and henbane, both astriiigonts, and capable of producing great constipation. He wanted to be purg. ed, and took a certain number of tlieso pills, and instead of becoming oonstipated he was purged just as he wished to be. Vomiting may be produced in the same way. Du Cros, a French physiologist, tolls of a trial made in a hospital by a nurse who went around and gave to all tho patients a very harmless kind of medicine, and then told them that she was sorry that she had by mistake given them all very powerful emetics. Out of 100 patiouts 80 were affected as if they had taken tho most violent emetic, and vomited for a long time. This we see on a very large scale on seaboard every summer. I have no doubt wbatevor that sea-sickness is in a great measure due to that, and if you could go on board of a steamer with the idea that you would not vomit, I am well satisfied, from experiments I havo mado, that you would escape a great deal of sea-sickness, if you did not escapo it altogether. One fact I recall is very interesting. A person bad crossed, on one occasion, a small bay when it was very rough. There was a man playing the violin on the boat. Tho person I refer to was terribly sea-sick and vomited a groat deal. lie had not, of course, made up his mind that he could not be sick. However, the point is that after that he could never hear a violin without vomiting. - Ducking tho Tiger. A story is told of a jolly sugar-planter, who, in tho days of specie and slavery, found himself in New Orleans, with the proceeds of his crop in his pockets, anxious to invest them in the pursuit of happiness. Having duly primed himself at the St. Charles, he was wandering along tho stroets in search of a faro bank,when his attention was attracted by an Italian, who was turning the crank of his band-organ, on top of which moved and danced a number of puppets, one which hold a plate for contiibutiong. Taking this for a novel game of chance, the planter, wholly un. sophisticated, , and moro than half inebria ted, resolved to " buck tho tiger," , and placed a f 5 piece on the plate. . The Ital ian ground on, the figure dextorously tilt ed the money into a basket, tire Italian solemuly placed it in , his pocket. "Here goes to get even," said tho pluntor, as ho planked a ton, which shared tho same fate, "Fifteen out; hero's a twenty." The imperturablo Italian pocketed tho twenty and still turned the crank. Tho' disgusted planter departed with the re uiaik: "Well, I never was lucky, but blamed if evor I see a game before whore all the por centago was in favor of tho doalerl" EJT A young man iu one of tho Penob scot river towns in Maine, recently sup posing blmBolf to be upon his death-bed, quietly arranged his earthiy affairs, as far as he was ablo, and thon astonished his weeping fi lends by the choice of an auc tioneer to conduct the funeral services. "There's Mr. , down to Bangor," he said, "he is an easy, lluent talker, and I alters like to hoar him. I've hud dealings with him, an' allers found he set out things just about as they was. Ho's tho man I want to talk to my funeral." But tho young man recovored and the auctioneer lost the job. tW A Boston man and a Titusville (Pa.) maid bad a little quiet dauce all to themselves the other day. He did the dancing while she applied the oowhide, and he doesn't dance attendance on her any more. Neither does he insult Titusville ladle as much as he did. ' How a Church Started. The true origin of one of the New Haven churches Is perhaps unknown even to many of the present worshipers within its beautiful gates. "Not to put too fine a point upon it," it began In a dog fight. As a young man (whom it will be sufficient to describe as being at present the surgeon of the U. S. Marine Hospital at Puget Sound) was on his way to church one Sun day about eight years ago, a couple of vag abond curs fell out directly in bis paiu. It was in a part of the oity where Bibles, and Sundays, and . sanctuary privileges were sparsely enjoyed, for in loss than live min utes from tho first grapple of 'the combat ants, no fewer than twenty-eight children hod gathered to act as umpires. The Burgeon-to-be at once decided that then was tho time and that the place for a mission school on which his heart had long been set. Tho shop in front of which the light took place happened to be that of a rag-picker, and after some difficulties, the loft above it was secured for two years at a moderate rent, the rags swept out, benches furnished by the old Center Church, and the Sunday school opened with 80 at its first session. The numbers and interest constantly in creased from month to month, until, to make a long story short, this school of street Arabs has now become the strong West Church with its stately edifice of stone and sterling membership. Curious Love Letters. The proposal : Madam : Most worthy of my admira tion, after long consideration and much meditation, of the great reputation you possess in the nation, I have a strong in clinatiou to become your relation. On your approbation of the declaration, I shall make preparation to move my situation, to profess my admiration, and if such obliga tion is worthy of observation, and can ob tain commiseration, it will be an aggrand ization, beyond calculation, of the joy an exultation, of yours, Sans Disedebation. The answer : Sir : I perused your oration with much deliberation, and a little consternation at the great infatuation of your weak imagin ation to show such veueration on so Blight a foundation. I suppose your animation was the fruit of recreation, or had sprung from ostentation to display your education by an odd remuneration, or rather multi plication of words of the same termination, though of great variation in such respec tive signification. Now with disputation your laborious application to so tedious an occupation deserves commendation, and, thinking imitation sufficient gratification, I am, without hesitation, yours, Maiiy Moderation. tW Ten thousand human beings Bet forth together on their journey. After ten years one-third at least have disappeared. At the middle point of the common mea sure of life but half are still upon the road. Faster and faster, as the ranks grow thin ner, thoy that remain till now become wea ry and lie down to rest no more. At three score and ten a band of some four hundred still struggle on. At ' ninety these have been reduced to a handful of thirty tremb ling patriarchs. Year after year they fall in diminishing numbers. One lingers, per haps, a lonely marvel, . till the contnry is over. We look again, and the work of death is finished. There is a gentleman living on tho Southwestern Railroad near Columbus, Qa., who has thirteen daughters. He buys clothing for them by the wholesale. Thus, when last in Columbus he bought 870 yards Xt calico, 100 of lawn, 13 corsets, 20 pairs of shoes, and other goods In proportion. Unlike many fathers who have only one daughter, he paid cash for all his pur chases. . Though an old man, he has never bought a bushel of corn or pound of meat, but raises them himself. He has never sworn an oath, and does not owe a dollar. K3F" A Rutland farmer sold his colt re cently. Two nicely dressed youne men came along aud wanted to "sample" the colt by driving hira a little way, with the intention ot purchasing if his style suited. Tho farmer consented and the nice young men started off, leaving an elegant gold watch and $ 100 in monoy, just as a matter of , form for security. They did'nt seem to come back, however, and on examination their collateral proved to be oroide as to the watch and "queer" as to the money. EST" Mr. Beecher recently announced from his pulpit that he wished to raise 500 for a benevolent purpose. "Now," said he, "there are 8,000 persons present, and if all pay a half-dollar that will be too much. ' We have some dollar men, some half-dollar men, some quarter-dollar men, some shilling men, some six ponny men, some three pen ny men, and some are so mean they will not give a penny." t" A sinful youne: lady In Ohio was so affected by a sermon preached against ex travagance in dress that she went homn. took her ear-rings and jewels from her person aud put them in a bureau drawer ; then took all the flowers from a beautiful bonnet aud put them on a now snrlnir hat! (TA Dnairt ed a plan, whereby, when a girl misses a wnril. r.TiA hrtv wKn ar,na it i,. ,A tui. " 1 J u ntvuo 111 UUO bUO UfUb to kiss her. A western paper thus slanders ine gins : me result is that the girls are fast forgetting all they ever knew about spelling, while the boys are Improving with
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