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F-Nl-RAL ELECTION PROCLA
MATION'.
VtheroM. in and by ao Aet of the Gen.
ml Assembly of the" Commonwealth of
Pennsyl-ania, entitled "An Act relating to
the elections of 'bis Commonwealth, pass
ed the 2ii1 day of July, a. d. 1836, it is
made the duty of tho Sheriff of every coun.
ty within the Commonwealth to give public
notice of the General Elections, and in such
notice to enumerate :
1, The ofikers to be elected.
2. Designate the place at which the elec
tion is 'o be held.
I, JOKr-H ARD, High Sheriff of the
rount of Jan'ata. hersbv give notice that
on the SECOND 'f L'EsDAF of OCTOBtlt .
tiett (being the loth day of the month) a
OenerV. Election will be held at the several
t'lection districts established by law in said
vounty, at which tune they will vote by bal
lot for the sever.il bilkers hereafter men
tioned, viz :
One person to All the office of President
Judge of the Ninth Judicial District com
posed of the counties ot Cumberland, Ju
niata and Perry.
One person to represent the counties or
Juniata sr.d Mifflin in the House rT Repre
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Penn.
ylvauia.
' Two persons to (ill the offices of Associate
Judges of Juniata county.
One person to Mil the oflice of County
Treasurer of Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of County
Commissioner rf Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of County
Auditor of Jnniata county.
One person to fill the office of County
Survevor of Juuiata countv.
I ALSO HEKEBY MAKE KXOWN
and give notice, that th s places of holding
the aforesaid General Election in the several
districts and townships in the county of Ju
niata are as follows, to wit :
At the Court House in the borough of
MltHintown, tor the borough of Mifllintown.
At the Court House in the borough ot
fcifilintown, for Fermanagh township.
At the School House in Mexico, for Walk
ex township.
At Smith's School House, for Delaware
township
At the School Honse in Thompson town,
for the borough of Thtmipsoiitowu.
At th- Public House ol Thomas Cox, for
rcenwood township.
At the School House in Richfield, for
Monroe township.
At Earner's Hotel, for Susquehanna town
ahip. At the School nouse in McAlisterville,
for fr'svette township.
At the School House in Patterson, for the
borough ot Patterson.
A the School House ia Purrysville, for
the borough ot Perrysville.
At the Locust Grove School House, near
the residence of Mr. Stewart, for Miltord
township.
At Spruce Hill School House, for Spruce
Hill townxhip.
At the Schsol House at Acidemia, for
Keale township.
At the School House near McCnlloch's
Mills, foi Tuscarora township, except that
j. irticn of it lying north-westward of the
iUnuuit of the Sb.ide Mountain.
At the Lick School House, near the resi
dence of Benjamin Walls, dee'd., tor Lacg
township, exc-pt that portion of it ly ink
north-westward of the summit ol the Shade
Mountain.
At the Centre School House, for so much
of the townships of Lack and Tuscarora as
lie north-west of the summit of the Shade
Mou-'ttiu.
At the Church Hill Sehool House, for
Turbett towaship.
I ALSO MAKE KXOtTX and give ro
tice, as in and bv the 43rd section of the
aforesaid art I am directed, "that every per.
..n excepting justices of tlie peace, who
Miill hold any oltice ol trust under the
United states, or this State, or any city or
incorporated district, whether a commis
sioned otiiutr or otherwise, a subordinate
officer or agent who is or shall be employed
under tlu legislative, executive orju1ieiarv
duparluiciit ot this State, or of the United
States, or of any incorporated city or lis
trict, and also that every member of Con
press and of the State Legislature, ano ot
the select or common council of any city or
commissioner of any iuborporated district,
is by law incapable of holding or exercising
at the same office or appointment of judge,
inspector or cleik of any elections ot this
Commonwealth, ami no judge, inspector or
other officer of such election shall be eligi
ble to any oflice then to be voted for.
Also that the 4th 4th section of the Act
if Assembly, entitled "An Act rt lating to
vxeeutioiis ami for other pu .poses," appro
ved April 18, 1840, it is enacted that the
aforesaid !3th section -tdiall not becenstrued
ao as to prevent any military officer or bor
ough officer from serving as judge, inaec
tor orclerk of any general or special elec
tion of this Commonwealth."
Pursuant to the provisions contained ia
the 6i th suction of the let first aforesaid,
the judges of the aforesaid district shall re
spectively take charge of the certificate of
return of the election of their respective
districts and produce them at a meeting of
the judges from each district, at the Court
Mouse in the borough of Mifllintown, on the
third day alter the day of election, being
the prescut year on Friday, the 13th day of
October, then and there to do anil perform
the duties required by law of saic judges.
Also, that wli.trc a judge by sickness or un
avoidable accident is unable to attend said
meeting of judges, then the certiricate of
return aforesaid, shall be taken charge of
by one of -the inspectors or clerks of the
election of said district, who shall do and
perform tne duties required of said judges
unable to attend.
Also, that in the SIst section of said Act
it is enacted that "when two or more coun
tics shall compose a district for the choice
tf a member or members of the Senate of
this Commonwealth or of the House of Re
presentatives of the United States, or of
this Commonwealth, the judges of the elec
tion in each county having met as aforesuid,
the clerks shall make out a fair statement of
all the votes which shall have been given at
eiich elections witliiu the county, tor every
person voted for as such member or mem
bert, whice shall be signed by said judges
and attested by the clerks, and one of said
judges 4hail take charge of such certificate
and shall Produce the same at a meeting of
o ie judge from each county at such place
iu suce district as is or may be appointed
by law for the purjiosc.
Also, that an Act of Assembly, entitled
An Act relating to election of this Coin,
monwealth," passed July 2, 1838, further
provides as follows, to wit :
"That the jndgos and inspectors shall
meet at the respective places appointed ft
noldirg the election in the district to which
3S' respectively belong, Wor. , 8 i o'clock
iu the mort.ing of the StOOND TLESDAY
of OCTOBER, and each of said inspectors
shall appoint one clerk, who shall be a qual
ified voter of such district."
I ALSO MAKE KNW-V and give notice
that aa Act of Assembly, approved March
dO.H, 1866, provides as follows :
Si-ctio. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and Honsc of Representatives of the Com-
roonwcalth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the wme, That the qualified
voters of the several counties of this Com
monweilth, at all grneral, towBship, bor
ough and special elections, are hereby here
after authorize and required to "J
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally class ined aa
follows: One ticket bhaU embrace the name
the names of til Judges nt Courts voted
for, and to be labeled outside, "Judiciary;'
one ticket shall embrace the names ot all
State officers voted for, and be labeled,
-S tate ."one ticket shall embrace the names
of all county .officers voted for. including
office of Senator, member of Assembly, i
vote i ior, and members ot Uongress, if vo
ted for. and be labeled "Countv:" one tick
et shall embrace the uames of all township
officers voted for, aud be labeled "Town
ship;" one ticket shall embrace the names
of l' borough officers voted for, and be la.
beled Boroughs" and each class shall be
deposited in separate billot. boxes.
Ihe Return Judges for this R"Drescnta-
tive District will meet in Mifllintown on Tues
day, October (7th, then and there to do and
perform such duties as are required by law
of said Judges.
Agreeably to the provision of tb 61st
section of raid A-:t everr General and Spe
cial Election shall be opened between the
nours ot eight and ten o'clock iu the fore
noon and shall continue without interrup
tion of adjournment until sevn o'clock iu
the evening, when tho polls shall be closed.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The folio Ting provision of th Registry
Law passed at the late session of the Legis
lature applicable to elections and election
officers, ts published for the information of
all concerned j
Sec 4. On the dav of election anv per
son whose name is not on the said list, ane
claiming the right to you. at said (lection,
sh:ill produce at least one qualified voter ot
the. district as a witness to the residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voter, for the period of at
least Un days next preceeding said election,
which witness shall take aud subscribe a
written, or partly written aud partly printed
affidavit to the tacts stated bp him, which
affidavit shall define clearly where the resi
dence is ot the person so claiming to be a
voter ; and the person so claiming the right
to vole shall also take aud subscribe a writ
ten, or partly written ami pirtly printed af
fidavit, stating tl e best of his km wledge
and belief, where and when hs was burn;
that he is a citizen ot the Commonwealth cf
Pennsylvania, and of the Un.ted Stales ;
that he has resided in the Coininohwealth
one year, or if formerly a citizen therein
and has removtd tlierclroiu, that he has re
sided thereiu six months next proceeding
said election ; that he has not moved into
the district tor the purpose of voting there
in; that he has paid a State or county tax
within two years, which was assessed at
least ten days before said election, and if a
I naturalized citizen, shall also sHte, when
I and where and dv what court he was natur
alized, and shsll also produce his certificate
of naturaiizition for examination; the said
affidavit shall state when and where the tax
claimed to be piid bv the ail! mt was assess
ed, aud wl:-n, where and to whom piid, anil
the tax reoeipt therefor shall be produced
for examination, uul"s till- atllint sli ill st:ite
in bis affidavit th it it has been lost or de.
stroyed, or that he never received any ; but
if the person so claiming tho ripht to vote
shall take and subscribe to siid affidavit that
he is a native born citizen of the United
States, (or if born elsewhere, shall state the
fact in his k;H l ivit. and shill produce evi
dence that he has been naturalized, or that
he is entitled to litizensliipby reason of his
father's naturalization.) and shall further
state in his affidavit that he is at the time
of taking the alhJavit, between the agrs of
twenty-oiib and twenty-two yean; that he
has resided in the State one year and in the
election district ten A ivs next preceeding
such election, he shall he entiiled to vote,
although he shall not h ive piid taxes ; the
hi i J affidavits ot all persons making such
claims, and the affi Uvits of the witnesses
I to their residences, shall b-i preserved by
j the election board, and at the close ol tue
election they shall be enclosed with the list
I of voters, tally list and oilier papers requi
red by law tu be filed by the return judges
with the prothouotary, and shall remain ou
j tile therewith in tne prothauotary's office,
subject to examination, as other election
papers are, if i he election officers shall find
i that the applicant or applicants possess all
j the legal qualifications ot voters, he or they
i shall b; permitted ta vote, and the nam or
! names shall be added to 'he list of taxable
I by the election officers, the word "tax" be
ing added where the claimant claims to vote
j on tax. and the word ''age" where he claims
to vote on age; the same words being added
by the clerks in each case respectively on
the list of persona voting at such election.
Sec. b Usuallbe lawnii tor any quali
fied cilizea of tlie district, notwithstand
ing the taint s of the proposed voter ia
contained ou the list of resident taxnbles,
lo challenge the vole of such persons ;
whereupon the same proof of the right of
eulfrnge as is now required by law sball be
publicly miiutt and acted ou by the elec
tion board, and tlie vole admitted or re
jected, according lo tne evidence; every
pTsoa claiming to be a naturahzed citizen
shall be required lo produce his r.aturali
zation certificate at ihe election before vo
ting, except where he has been for ten
years, consecutively, a voter in the district
in which he offers to vote ; and on ihe vote
of such persou being received, it shail be
the duly of the e.fcuon officers it write or
stamp on such certificate the word -voted"
with month and year; and if any election
officers shall receive a Becon I vote on the
same day by vinue of the same certificate,
excepting where sons are emhled to vote
by vinue of ibeir fathers, ihey and ihe
nernou who shall offer such second vote.
upon so offending, snail be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and ou conviction thereof,
be fined or imprisoned,. or boih, at the dis
cretion of the court ; but the tine sball not
exceed ons hundred dollar in each cae,
nor the imprisonment one year; the like
punish nent shall lie inflicted on conviction
of the officers of election who shall neglect
or refuse to make, or cause to be mtde, the
endorsement required, as aforesaid, on nat
uralization certificate.
Sec. 6. If any election officer shall refuse
or nrglect to require such proof of the
right of suffrage as is presenbeo by this
Uw, or tlie laws to which this is a supple
ment, from auy person offering to vote
wbose name is not on the list of assessed
voters, or whose right to vote is challenged
by any qualified voter present, aud shall
admit such person to vote without requir
ing such proof, every person so offending
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and shall be aentenced, for
every offence, to pay a fine not exceeding
one huudred dollars, or to undergo an im
prisonment, uol more than one year, or
either or bota, at the discretion ot me
court.
Sec. 11. On the petition of five or more
citizens of the couuty. statiug under oath
tbat ihey verily believe mat ir.uus w.u oe
practiced at the election about to be held,
in any district, it shall be the duty of the
i Ar ..ill .tiintv- if
COUrt Ol Common pica - .--
in session, or ir not, a juoge menoi
vacation, to appoint two judicious, sober
and intelligent citizens of the county to act
as overseers, shall be selected from differ
ent political parties, and where both of said
inspectors belong to the same political
party, both of overseers shall be taken
from the opposite political party; eatd
overseers shall have the right to be pre
eut with the officers of the election during
the whole time the same is held, the vote
counted, and the returns made oat and
signed by the eleation offioers: to keep
list of voters, if they see proper; to chal
lenge any person offering to vote, interre
late bim and bis witnesses, under oath,
in regard to bis right of suffrage at
said election, and u examine h papere
produced ; and the officer, of naid election
are require to .fford to U eereeen to
elected and appointed, every convenience
and facility tor tbe discharge of their da.
lies; and if said election officers shall re
fuse to permit said overseers to be present
and perform their duties as aforesa-d, oi if
they sball be drives away from the polls by
violence or intimidation, all the votes
polled at such an election district may be
rejected by any tribunal trying a contest
under said election : Provided Tbat no
person signiug the petition thall be ap
pointed an cerseer.
Sec. 12. If any prothonotary. clerk, or
the deputy of either, or any other person,
sbail affix the seal of office to any naturali
zation paper, or permit the tame to be af
fixed, or give out, or cause or permit the
same to be given out. in blank, wbereby it
may be fraudulently used, or furnish
naturalization certificate to any person who
(hall not have been duly examined and
sworn in Open court, in the presence of
soma of the judges thereof, according to
the act of Cougress, or shall aid in, con
nire at, or in any way permit the isne of
any fraudulent naturalization certificate,
he snail be guilty of a high misdemeanor ;
or. if any one shall fraudulently use any
such certificate of naturalization knowing
that it was fraudulently issued or shall
vote, or attempt to vote thereon, or if any
one shall vote, or attempt to vote on any
certificate of naturalization not issued lo
him, be shsll be guilty of a high misde
mennor ; and either or any of the persons,
or their aiders or abettors, guilty of either
of the misdemeanors aforesaid, shall on
conviction be fined in a sum not exceed ng
one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in
the proper penitentiary for a period not
excee line three rears.
Sec. lit. Any person who on oath or af
firmation, in or before auy court in this
State, or officer authorized in administer
oatbs. shall, lo procure a certificate of nat
uralization, for himself nr any other per
son, willfully depos?. declare or affirm any
matter to tie fact, knowing the same io he
fklse. or RUa.il iu like manner deny any
matter to be fact, knowing the same to be
true, shall he deemed guilty of perjury ;
and any certificate of naturalization issued
in pursuance of any men deposition, de
claration nr affirmation shall be null and
void ; and it shall be the duty of the court
issuing tbe same, upon proof being made
before it tbat it was fraudulently obtaiucd,
to take immediate measures for recalling
he same for eaneella'inn. and any person
who shall vole nr attempt lo vote, ou any
pspir so obtained, or who shall iu any way
aid in, connive at. or have any agency
whatever in the issue, circulation or use of
any fraudulent n-tturalizaiiou certificate,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction I hereof, hall undergo
an imprisonment in the pen'teutiary for
not more than two rears, and pay a fine
not moie than one thon-and dollars, for
every such offence, nr cither or both, at the
di-cretioii of the court.
Pkc. 14. Any assessor, election officer nr
person appointed as an overseer, who shall
neg-cet 'ir refuse to perform any duty en
joii.ed by ihis act. without reasonnble or
legal cause, sliitll be subject to a penally of
one hundred dollar..
Sec. Hi At all elections hereafter held,
under the laws of this Commonwealth, tbe
polls shall be opened between the hours of
six -i:d seven o'clock a. m., and closed at
seven o'cUek P. M.
Se-.:. 17. It shall be the duty of the Sec
retary of the Common wealth to prepare
form for all the blanks ma le necessary by
this net and furnish copies of the same to
I be county commissioners of tbe several
couolies id the t'omnionweslih ; and the
county commissioner of each county shall,
as s-iou as may be necessary after receipt
of the same, at the proper expense of th
couaty. procure and furnish all the elec
tion offi:crs of the election districts of
their respective counties copies of such
blanks, in such quantities as may be ren
dered neces-ary lor the discnargs of their
duties under tins act.
Sec. 19 That citizens of this Siatc tem
porarily in the service of the State or of
the United Slates government, on clerical
or other duty, and who do not vole where
ihus employed, shall not be thereby de
prived of Ihe rigi t to vole in their several
election district s if otherwise duly quali
fied. Sen. 2 i. Tbe act. entitled "A further sup
plement to the act relating to ihe elections
of Ibis Commonwealth," approved April
fourth. Anno Domini one thousand eight
buudred aud sixty eight and other laws
altered or supplied by this act, he and the
same are bert by repealed.
Whrrsii. The fifteenth amendment of tbe
Constitution of the United States is as fol
lows :
Section 1. The right ef citizens of tbe
United Slates to vote shell not be denied or
abridged by the United Stairs, or by any
Stale, on account of race, color or previous
condiiion of servitude.
Sec. i. ThatCongress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legis
lation." And whereas. The Congress of the
United Slates on the "1st day of March,
1170. passed an act entitled .-4a aet to en
force the Tight of citizens of the. United States
to vote tn tke eeveral State of the Union, and
for other purpose ;" the first and second
sections of which are as tollnws :
"Suction 1. lit it enacted hy the Senate
and lloiue of Kepraentaltvet of the United
Statei of America, in Congre assembled,
Tbat all citizens of the United States who
are or shall be otherwise qualified to vote
at any election by ihe pmople in any State,
territory, district, county, city, parish,
township, school district, municipality, or
other territorial subdivision, shall be en
titled and allowed to vote at all such elcc
tivns, without distinction of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude ; any con
stitution, law, custom, umge, or regulation
of any Slate, or by or under its authority, .
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That if
by or under tbe authority of the constitu
tion or laws of any State, or tbe laws of
any Territory, any act is or sball be re
quired to be done aa a prerequisite or
qualification for voting, and by such con-
stiiuiinn nr laws persous or officers are or
shall he charged wilh the performance of
duties in furnishing to citizens an opportu
nity to perform sucb prerequisite, or to
become qualified to vote, it sball be tbo
duty of every such person and officer to
give all citizens of the United States tbe
same and equal opportunity to perform such
prerequisite, and to become qualibed lo
vote without distinction of race, color, or
nrevious condition of servitude ; and if
any such person or officer shall refuse or
knowingly omit to give full ettect to this
section, be shall, for every such offence,
forfeit and pay the sum of five bnndred
dollars to tbe person aggrieved thereby,
to be recovered by an action in the case,
with full costs and such allowance for
counsel fees as the ciurt shall deem just.
and shall also, for every such offence, be
dee,ned guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined not less than
five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not
less than ono month and not more than one
year, or both, at the discretion of tbe
court,"
And whereas. It is declared by the sec
ond section of the ?( article of the Con
stitution of the United Stales, that "This
Constitution and the laws of the United
States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, shall be tbe supreme law of tbe
land, anything in thi Constitution
or lewt of any Stats to (Aa contrary aotwitk
standing.' And wksraat, Th 'egislature of the Com.
nrawealtk, on tbe sixth day of April, A.
D. 1870, passed an act, A further supple,
mini to tbe act relating lo elections in this
Commonwealth," tlie tenth section of which
proviles as follows :
' Sue. 10. That so much of every act of
assembly as provides that only white free
men fhall be entitled to vote or be regis
tered aa voiers, or as claiming to vote at
any general rr special election of this Com.
n.onwealth be and the same ia hereby re
pealed ; and that hereafter all freemen,
without distinction of color, shall be en
rolled and registered according to ibe pro
visions of the first section of the act ap
proved the 17th day of April, 18G9, enti
tled 'An act further supplemental o the
act relative to the election of this Common
wealth; and shall, wbeu otherwise quali
fied under existing laws, be entitled to vote
at all general and special elections in this
Commonwealth. "
1 also hkasbv oivi notice that the fol
lowing act, restoring spring elections, was
passed hy he Legislature and approved
June 28. 1871 :
Section 1. Be it enacted, 3fc, That the
fifteenth section of an act entitled 'An act
further supplemental to the act relative to
the elections of this Commonwealth, ap
proved April seventeenth, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and thai in tbe
year Anno Domino, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two, and annually
thereafter, all elections for ciiy, ward, bor.
ougb, township, and election in the differ
ent cities and counties of this Common
wealth, shall be on ihe days and at the
times ihey were held as provided by law iu
the different cities, wards, borough: and
townships, in said counlies, prior io the
seventh of April, Anno Domino one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the
dale of the passage of the act aforesaid.
Sec 2. That the term of the different
city, ward, township, and election officers,
in said counties, to be elected at the elec
tions to be held one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-two, shall begin when the
terms of such other expire, and annually
thereafter as provided by law prior to tne
pnssngc of ihe act of seventeenth of April.
Anno Domino, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine; rroridtd, tbe terms of as
sessors for the present year shall ex'end
until their successors are dnly elected and
qualified pursuant to this act; Provided
farther, that this act snail not apply to any
elections provided for by special laws since
the passage of tbe act of April seventeenth,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty -nine.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
The qualified electors will take notice of
the Allowing Act of Assembly, approved
the 2nd djy of June, 1871 : An Act to au
thorize a popular vote upon the question of
calling a Convention to amend the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1 . He It enacted by tee Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
nionwcalth of Pennsylvania in General As.
semblv met, and it is hereey enacted by the
authority of the same, That the question of
celling a Convention to amend the Consti
tution of this Commonwealth be submitted
to a vote of the people at the next general
election, to be held on the seeond Tuesday
of October next, the raid question to Devo
ted on in the following manner, to wit : lu
counties and cities, in which slip ticket vo
ting is authorized by law, rotes for- and
against a convention may be expressed and
given upon the ticket, headed or endorsed
with the word "State," and not otherwise ;
and the words used shall be "Constitutional
Convention," and underneath "For a Con
vention" or "Against a C nveution," and
in counties or districts in which slip ticket
voting shall not be authorined by Uw, each
elect ir voting- upon said question shall cast
a separate ballot, endorsed on the outside
"Constitutional Convention," and contain
ing inside the words "For a Convention" or
Against a Convention," and all votes cast
as atoresan shall be received, counted and
returned by the proper election officers and
return ltidgws as votes for Uovernor are re.
ceived, counted and returned uneer existing
laws.
Section 2. That the election aforesaid
shall be held and be subject to all the pro
visions of law which apply to general elec
turns ; the sheriffs of the several counties
shall give notice of this Act in their elec
tton Proclamation the present year, and the
Governor shall cause all t ie returns of tho
said election, as received by the Secretary
of .the Commonwealth, to be laid before the
Legislature at its nxt annual election.
JA.Mr.S H. WEBB,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM A WALLACE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Appboved The second day of June,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundied
and seventy-one. JOUX W.GEARY.
Given under ray hand at my office in the
borough of Mifllintown, the fifth day of
September. A. V one thousand eigut Hun
dred and seventy-one.
JOSCFIl Alii, Bnerji.
Sheriff's Office, Miffiiniown,
September 5, 1871.
A Sew Order of the Carter.
Several young ladies of New York a
few days ago accompanied a gentleman
friend to witness an exciting game of
base ball, in which be was to take an
active part. Tbe young gentleman had
forgotten bis belt, and much to bis an
noyance, his pantaloons, kept hitching
toward bis pedal extremities. One of
theyoung ladies, more thoughtful in canes
of emergencies than most of her sex.
suggested in a whisper that her three
friendsthere were four them of in all
should contribute one of their red, white
or blue (as the case might be) garters to
to make up a belt for Charley. As only
women of the blushing maidens know
how, each divested herself of a silken
clastic, which they clasped together,
making a vurigated base ball belt for Char
ley, who had nothing to say, but blubh-
tngly eucircled himself with the newly
invented ball belt.
Whisky. It is stated that when Rus
sian troops are about to start on a march
in a very cold region, no grog is allowed
The mm once drawn np. it becomes tbe
corporal's duty to smell their breath and
send back all who have been drinking
Many more examples might be cited, to
prove that it is the universal experience
of all who have fairly tested it that al
cobol diminishes our power to resist cold.
"Is molasses good for cough V inquir
ed Jones, who had taken a slight cold
and was barking with considerable en
ergy. "It ought to be," said Brown, "it
ia sold for consumption."
A Person asked bis friend why he
married so little a wife? u-hj," said
he, 4 1 thought you bad known that of
all evils we should choose the least."
Reel's Comer.
THE FACES WE MEET.
BT DOIA DABXOOSE.
Oh, the faees we meet
In the crowded street.
With the smiling lips, or their weary eye ,
And tbe clouds of care,
Which they often wear.
As Ihey hurry swiftly by.
There are faces aa gay
As Ihe waves that play
On the nunny sands of an islet grsen ;
There are eyes as bright
As the jewels' light '
That Tails on the brow of a queen.
There are tresses of bair
Like a golden snare.
And they catch many hearts in their meshes
ttong;
There are locks like the night
On a mo untain height.
Ere the day-star heralds the dawn.
There are brows as free
As a land-locked sea
No storms have driven, no tempests tossed ;
And brows r.s black
As tbe desolate track.
Which Ihe fire--end has ciossed.
There are lips whose spile,
Without ma-ice or guile,
Lights the face as the sun lights the sea;
And lips where a sneer
Chills the blood as with fear.
At its dark malignity.
Oh, the faces we meet
In the crowded street.
With careworn brows or ith gladsome eye,
Are pictures of lii'e, made
Of light and shai-e.
As they pass us swiftly by.
Utiisttllaiicous ca&ing.
An Old Bachelor's House Mr. A. T.
Stewart's New Mansion on Fifth Ave
line, ew l'ork.
The new house of Mr. Ste wart, at tbe . , 6. T ,., . ,,
., ... , r--1 in tue boating mists. I think suitable
corner of I htrty-lourth street and tilth i . , , ,
..,,. , , . ! arrangements mizlit be made to collect
avenue. -New lork. is nearly ready tor. " ......
, . , ., , ,. 'enormous quanlites of electricity from
ftr.fllr.otll.fi II 14 hllllr fit V-llltl TT1rhIf. -
in composite style, covering an area of
116 by 02 feet, ami i four ftories high.
The exterior ornamentation is elaborate
and tasteful and the effect of the t-truc-ture
is extremely imposing A palace
without, the magui Science of tbe inte
rior ts more striking sun.
On the gr3und floor is a grand entrance 1 over the discovery of th suicide of V.
ball, entered through a superb maiblejA. Hale, a man about thirty-five years
vestibule, a reception-room, parlor, break-
fast and dining-roome, picture gallery
i - ll I-
and music room, an ot spacious uiineo-
mensious and elegant design.
The drawing room is 47 hy 24 feet,
and the dining room 32 by 19 Tbe
floors ami wall.- in all the rooms are of,
marble, aud the ceilings are decorated
with beautiful fre.-coes.
The picture-gallery, which is seventy
by twenty-eight feet, is fifty feet in
height surmounted by a done. All the
apartments are adorned with splendid
mirrors, elaborately carved mantelpieces,
aud furniture of costly woods of gilt,
upholstered with satin of various hues.
The gilded chandeliers, which are of
original and elegant designs, are all con-
nccted by electiic wires, so that they
cau be lighted or extinguished iu a mo
ment. The carpets have been made to
order in Europe, aud correspond in beau
ty and cost to the other furnishings of
the house.
The second floor is reached by a grand
staircase of white marble, which was
manufactured in Italy and imported in
sections. On this floor are the sleeping
apartments, of Mr. Stewart, with suites
of dressing rooms on either side, a libra
ry forty -seven by twenty-four feet, and
a billiard room. All are fitted np with
a cost and elegance of design in har
mony with the lower part ot the man
sion. The third floor consi-ts of bed
rooms of almost equal magtiifiuience, and
the fourth is divided into numerous com
modious rooms for the use of tbe ser
vants of the establishment.
A.N Irishman one morning went out
very early in search of some game on an
estate where the game laws were strictly
euforced. Turning a sharp corner, whom
did he meet but tbe gentleman who
owned the estate. Paddy, seeiug the
game was up, cooly advanced toward tbe :
gentleman and said, "The top of the
morning to your honor ! and what brought
our honor out so early this morning ?"
Tbe trentleman replied by saying, " In-
deed, Paddy, I just strolled out to see if
I conld find an appetite for my break
fast;" and then eying Paddy rather eus
p cwvusly, said, ' and now, Paddy, wbat
brought you out so early this morning ?"
Faddy rpplied, ' Indade. your honor, I
just strolled out to see if I could find a
breakfast for my appetite.
It is in vain to hope to please al) alike
Let a man stand with bis face in wbat
direction he will, be mJl necessarily
turn his back on one-bahf of tbe world.
A Western gentleman advertises for a
" self-supporting wife " Tbe rascal is
doubtless himself a charge npon the com
muuity. Girls, beware of bim.
Why is a vain young lady -like a
drunkard t Because she ia too fond of
tbe glass." .......
GATHERCfa ELEfTRICITT IUTII 1
WALK1AU STICK.
S. II. Locket., Professor of Engineer
ing at Louisarm University, writing
from Niagara Falls, relates tbe following
phenomenon : "While crossing the up
per or new suspension bridge to-day, I
had occasion, while conversing with a
friend, to point toward the fulls with my
walking eane. As soon as I did so, I
beard distinctly at the end of my cane, a
buzzing nirise. like that made from elec
tricity parsing from heavily charged
battery to a sharp-pointed rod. Repeat
ing the experiment, the same noise was
heard. I stopped several passers, and
tried their canes with the same remit
except in one case where there was no
ferrule on the cane. I immediately sup
posed this might be an electric pheno
menon, and set to work to test the cor
rectness of my supposition. I took a
key, and held it at arm's length toward
the falls, and beurd tbe same sound.
Finally, at-dark, I returned to the bridge
and pointed my cane in the air, and bad
the satihfaction of seeing a clear, beauti
ful electic brush ou its eud. Tbe best
point to observe this interesting and
beautiful phenomenon is in the middle of
tbe bridge, and the cane must be held at
arm's length, so that its end must be
some distance from auy part cf the
bridge To-day the wind is strong, aud
drives the mist directly from the falls to
the bridge, but an occasional shifting or
lulling of the wind would cause a cessa
tion of the electrical light or noise. My
explanation of the phenomenon is this:
As Franklin wilh his kite and key
i caught the lightning from the clouds of
heaven, so here, from the suspension
bridge, surrounded by the vapors from
tbe mighty falls, we stand at.d gather on
j our walking canes the electicity gi;nera-
taA l. tl.n fail;,,.. .iiiH ...;. .,!
these mists, which might be used in pro
ducing grand and striking effect?, thus
adding another attractive feature to the
sights at thirl wonderful pi ice."
raw...-
X Tictim of Blackmailing Commits Sni
cide.
Kutlai.d, ermont, is all excitement
i of age, and a resident of the village
i He bad a wife and a child, of whom be
1 1 .V . I
iook leave on oniuruay, anecnonaieiy
kissing both, giving to his wife bis pocket-book
and watch, and telling her that
she would never see him nguin. Mrs
Hale was naturally alarmed at this un
usual conduct of her husband, who bud
never given evidence of mental derang--
nint or serious depression, and, as tbe
hours passed by, communicated her fears) 7 ol--oquized "Clear out, you biga
to some of the neif hhom On Siinrlav I mist, yon shan't touch me." She had
morning a search was made, which re
sulted in finding the lifeless body of tbe
unfortunate man in a lonely place, the
throat having been cut by meaus of a
pocket knife, which was on the ground
j near by. On searching the pockets a
letter was discovered io the breast pocket
of the coat, which reveals the cause of the
rash act. It was addressed to Mr. Hale,
and was written by a young married
man of this village named George A.
Patch. It contained in substance an im
plied charge of misconduct on tbe part of
Hale and the wife of Patch, and a de
mand of $H0 to prevent legal prosecu
tion. It is supposed that Hale was tbe
victim of a relentless system of black
mail, and in despair adopted tbe course
which he did to escape from his torment
org. Patch has been ar rested.
A Yncjia Man Elopes witn a
Grand-mother. A singular case of in
futuation occurred in this city last Sat-
urday. A young man by the name of
Robert Lowry, about thirty years of age,
a teamster by occupation, enamored of
tbe charms of Mrs. George Locke, a
married woman of this city, on the shady
side of forty-five, mother of six children
aud a grand-mother, on Saturday last
persuaded her to elope with hiin They
repaired to tbe seven o'clock down tram,
Satur.iay evening.
here they encount-
ered the devoted but derserted husband.
who interceded with his wife to return
to ber home. The obdurate spouse re
sponded to this invitation by dealing her
liege lord a blow on the eye, and cling
ing to ber new found lover. The train
started, the free-lovers on board, and the
lawful husband left behind. The bus
band was well nigh distracted with grief
and shame. He says the man has been
courting his wife for a lung period, and
got ber completely under bis control.
He intends to pursue the guilty fugitives,
if possible to save bis wife, and prose
cute ber paramour to the fullest exteut
of the law. Titutoille H raid.
A lawyer was once pleading a case
tbat brought tears into the juror' eyes,
and every one gave np tbe case as gone
for tbe plaintiff But the opposing conn
sei rose and said, ''May it please the
eourt, I do not propose, in this case, to . bive and drew all the bees upon himself,
bore for water, but " Here the tears ' when he bopped to the river and jump
were suddenly dried, laughter eneued, i ped in. In the meantime the other froga
and the defendants got clear. 1 plundered tbe hive.
SHOKl ITEXSr
The sieve through which the man
strained every serve for sale at coat
price.
A penniless brother of the poet Joh
6. Percivil died in tbe City Hospital of
New Haven a few days ago.
"Have I not a right to be saucy, if I
please V "Yes if you please, but aot if
yon displease," was the arunrsr.
China exports) lea, rbubarb, mush, gin
ger, borax, zinc, silk, cassia, filigree;
work, ivory ware, lackered ware and mo
rocco. A boy gave a go definition of a
horse, in bis composition, when be sail,
- He is an animal with four legs, one m
each corner." "
The dome of tbe new Stete bouse at
Springfield, Illfnois, will be forty three
feet higher than tbat of tbe capital at
Wasingtoa.
Steam carriages lave recently been
nsed on tbe Boulevard de Conrselles,
Paris, tbe locomotives sometimes drawing
as many as three loaded wagons,
A boquet made of grasshoppers strong
on wire took a premium at a county fair
in Massachuetts last week- Where ia
the Society' for the prevention of crn
elty ?
Henry Ward Beecber says that tie
most gratifying circumstance in his life
was being kissed by a Kossuth, A eon
temporary asks ; "Isn't this a little hard
on poor Mrs. lieecher ?"
Col. S. J. Pope, of Robertson ronnty,
Tennessee, is the owner of au immense
male, said to be eleven feet in length,
seven feet in circumference and over sev
enteen hands high. He is fonr years old
and still growing.
Texas will be some day, as Cimons for
her wine as any of the old vine growing
countries. Mustang grapes are reported
so plentiful near Goliad that the pure
grape juice brings only twenty-five cents
per gallon.
A westener, formerly living in Pitts
field, Ma-s., being in that town on a visit,
stepped into a store the other day, and
paid a bill of six dollars which be con
tracted twenty-seven years ago. Ilonett,
but not prompt
A famous judge came late to court one
day in busy session, whereat, his clerk,
in great surprise, inquired of him the
reason. "A child was born," Lis houor
said, "and I'm the happy sire. "An in
fant judge ?" "Oh, no," said he, "as yet
he's but a crier."
An old lady getting off the cars at
Ilardford, tbe other day, attracted the
attention of a policeman, who tendered
his aid, when tbe old lady peppered him
in tbe ribs with her umbrella, and sharp.
read the papers.
The President has selected Hon. W.
M. Meredith, Pennsylvania, and Hon.
Caleb Cushiug, of Massacbneits. as
counsel of the United States before the
Tribunal of Arbitration at Genava, ta
be organized under the Treaty of Wash-
ington. and these gentlemen have ac
cented the appointment.
Last week there was a report tbat at
Newport a French coant bad eloped with
the wife of a New York gentleman
Tbe newa went to New York, and within
twenty four hours, it is said that over a
hundred desperate indivi iuals came 'D
suddenly to see their wives at the fash
ionable watering place.
On an ancient headstone in a grave,
yard in Winslow, Maine, is inscribed:
"Here lies tbe body of Richard Thomas,
an Englishman by birth, a Whig of '76
by occupation a eoopeT. now food for
worms ; like an old rum puncheon mark
ed, numbered and shook ed, be will be
raised arain and finished by bis Creator."
Two years ago a little son of Mrs.
Van Doren, the widow of a minister, re
siding at Union Hill, was kidnapped, as
it was supposed, by gypsies. On Fri
day, as the mother was pa-sing through
a by-street in Hudson City, she recog
nized ber lost dhild in company with a
party of vagrant Bohemians, and imme
diately took steps to recover him.
A lady who bad passed much time
wilh the royal family of Austrit, gives
some interesting particulars concerning
the manner in which its members live.
A visitor to the imperial palace of
Schonhrnn is greatly impressed with the
extieme simplicity of the private apart
ments. Many Fifth-avenue grandees
and ladies of the "Ring"' would regird
them wilh disdain. These are more mod
est and comfortable in furniture and up
holstery. In Jamaica, West Indies, the aettlera
keep their bees in boxes, supported on
stones half a foot from the ground. A
bee-raiser fonnd a lot of bis boxes rob
bed of honey, and kept watch at night
for tbe thieves. They proved a ta be nun,
ber of huge frogs from a neighborict;
stream, one of which first attacked tbe