Why Januarjr 1 Xw cr- Every one knows that January 1 is the beginning of the year, but not everv one know why it is eo. It marks do natural division of time nor any event in the world i history which would give it such distinct inn. The winter Bolstice that is, the peri.d whoa the sun appears to r . .1 j reach Us greateiOUineraueciJsi or farther noint fouth ot the equa tor, occurs" December 22, nine days before tb. new year begins. The summer iolstice, another natural diviion of time, occurred on June 22, a point nearly as far removed frm the new vear as the calandar permits. The natural divisions of time which suggest themselves at once to the practical observer are the winter and summer solstices and the vernal and autumnal equi noxes, periods at which the days and nighu have equal length or their greatest difference. These having been neglected, the moon s phases woj14 seem to have been most likely to ba fixed upon. But imperial Ca sar, who in 4G li. C. gave us our new year, governed bycarpice or reasons of the most temporary duration, departed from the former Itoman system of reckoning th w inter solstice and made the com mencement on January 1 for no better reason than the depiret in augurate his reform with a new mor.tr.s was similar to uie proem svstem. This division of time, thoujli imperfect, is still practiced in Russia. The error was in giving the year3i-i 1 -i days which is too much by about eleven minutes. 1'ope Gregory XIII ordered October 5, 1-;S2, U be called the 13th, and that all centurial years which are not multiples of 4io should not be lean years, which onnion of three i l..h r.f ofi j daf s, 5 hours, -19 minutes and still exceeds the 12 seconds, which true solar year hy a fraction of a s c ond, which amounts to a day only in 3,w;l) years. The present, or Gregorian, system is used by all Christendom, except Russia. It was adopted by Kimlaud in 1752 itnd by France in 1"'4. Prior to the reformation of the calendar by Julius Ca-sar, and many centuries afterward, the methods of dividing time were various, compli cated and imperfect. The moon was the planet which influenced and governed must nations, and gave rise to universal variance between the natural and civil 3-ear. The religious feasN of the Christain church are still regulated by the moon. The council of Nice provi ded that Easter, the central point by which all other days in the church calendar are fixed, should fall on the lirst Sunday after the rtt full moon occuring on or after March 21. The complex meth od of making these lunar periods correspond with the civil year is evidence enough of the difficulty of arranging any system for the com putation of time by the "inconstant moon." Our week and month are not natural divisions of time, though some ingenious efforts have been made to trace some connection be tween natural phenomena and the period of seven days. liniucN For the Xewly Married. In a book recently published Rev. Dr. Hall gives some excellent coun sel t young people, a portion of which, treating of the question of a home after getting married, we juote: "It is good for the newly married as a rule to begin by themselves to gether, without the oflicious direc tion of others, however well mean ing, and it is good, if possible, to be in a home, not a boarding house nor hotel. It may be "love in a cottage," and the cottage may be humble, but it is commonly belter adapted to the growth of a pure, true, simple life than rooms in one t those non-mil-iury barracks which the needs of our great cities are supposed to de mand. A mess-table is doubtless proper for the officers of a regiment or a group of monks. The passen ger of a train or an ocean steamer of course can properly dine together, but for young married people, it is best that they should live together, their door closing out the world that they should be all in all, under God to each other; that the young wife should not be pursued bv calcu lations as to how she looks to a hun dred spectators; that he and she should plan together, wisely adapt their modes aud habits of life to means and prospects, always remem bering that it is comparatively easy to go up, but exceedingly difficult to descend gracelully. A modest, self contained dwelling is morally more healthy, more condusive to perma nent happiness, more likely to have its "gnice before meat," its family alUr, and its practical prudence in management, than the nicest apart ments in the most attractive hotel. BetU r to begin at the beginning, and conquer the prosaic difficulties of life while the poetry of early love is still real, and while the later cares and anxieties of life are not yet pressing, than to be forced to the task when other and inevitable bur - dens have to be carried." Rare Piece of Coin. Numerous pennies of the date of 17U3, the year in which they were first coined in this country, have come to light since the publication that Colonel Snowden, of the United States Mint, estimated a penny of that issue to be worth about $100 to a ni.mismatist who desired it to complete a collection. Kprtml vnri. eties" of cents were coined in that year for Congress to select from. The rarest and most valuable specimens of the sample pennies are those with the inscription "United States of Amen.," the word America being abbreviated by dropping the "ca." It is one of this variety that occu pies a place in the Mintcakiuet, and lor wnicn jv was paid, ihis com is considered perfect and a coman- iou to it would brine from $85 to tflOO. The value of rare coin is due) almost entirely to iu condition. If it has not been circulated, and it at l-erfect as when it fell from the die, the highest price is commanded. The slightest flaw detracts from its value. Old coin dealers pay from tS to $10 for a fair specimen of the moon. i-r.i t. . , , i The Carean svstera. devised by hamb an write de word n.uemju the aid of Losigenes. constituted the I tn on ,u vau. 1 R ' "What is ordinary y,rlf3G5 dart and the i e prayed tor the 'resident o he ..Xever fourth r extraordinary year of 3(JC i totted btate-, all his camuet the A rfed;)n The subdivisien of the year into i y the navy, the Governors of, ..yoU fen raresi variety 01 me issue or tii. j er's Ginger Toxic," contain the gen John V. Haseltine. coin collector, of i uine medicine if the siimatiire of No. 20,1 South Eleventh street, says that, with the exception of the pen ny containing me abbreviated in scription, lh value of pennies of l'S.l range from 50 cenu to $-5. Th most common specimen, and conse quently the leist raluable, is the one containing the Goddess of Liberty, with flowing hair. A Southern Irkej- Prayer. One of the most "emarkable and ; original prayers I ever heard, said 'arut ne was a student of human a gentleman to a Herald reporter : nature an(j ne knew men. A good recently, "was just after the war iiiustmj0ll f the President's eagaci closed and I was taking a run de-wn j ty ia doling w ith men is girt n ia through Georgia in hopes of finding the f0now jg anecdote, published in a desirable cotton plantation. One ..iue antj Gray:" hriuht summer niirht found me at t.,l. Williams- a brave ser- the cabin of an old negro, who had I geant of a regiment which, undrilled once been a slave hut who located jand undisciplined, had joined the on the plantation after the war and ; army 0ftue Potomac, just as the was his own master. He gladly j terrible campaign of 1SG4 began, welcomed me to his humble abode j ijcfore tue army reached Peters and to such bed and board as hej)Ur commanded the com- could provide. i pany, he captain and lieutenants hav- "Supper over, and a most excel-, ing been tined. His gallantry was lent one, too, the old man regaled ; 80 conspicuous that he was recom me with etories of plantation life j nded for a captaincy in the regu until his son, a good chunk of a boy ! jar armj came home from a neighbor's. Be- ordere"j before an examining fore retiring the o'd man asked me j l)oar j at Washington, Jack presented to read a chapter ia the bible, when j hjpjj ef dressed in a soiled, torn uni he would pray. He said he couldn't j f0Tm wjtn bronze face and uncut read but be was powerful in exhort- j eard. in' and prayer. Reading a chapter Tne trjmj dapper eflicers compos fromJoband part of a psalm, we jBg the board had never been under knelt dewn Rnd the old man left his, irc or rwUshed it in the field, but soul flow out to God. Even in the tljey Wfcr p()ted in tacticts and ia uncouth language of the old slave thft tiieory 0f war. every word was sub'ime, and seem- Thougn shocked at Jack's unse-1-ed as coming from one inspired, dierly appearauce, they asked him I remember one passage remarkable j ajj JOrts Otqa(fitions about engineer for its beauty and unapproachable ;5 nfT mat,h ematics .ordnance and cam- as a figure, fcaid ne: ii i naa u wines eb a dove. I'd mount de gol den steDS to de New Jerusalam, an dip mv Sneers in de blood of de his neighbors, for ab.ent enildren, j for hnoseh and fniuily. He aiced ! forgivensss for many sins and thank-1 ed the lord for manv blessings. ! "Well, I began to get tired. I had rested my knees the best I could but I wanted to it up badly, and at 'the same time did nut want to give olFvnse to mv kind host. The bov reclined next to me with his head in a chair sound asleep. Touching hltH centlv. I whlSftfreH : "About 'iow soon will tour father get throu - h ? "Has ho pot to de place where Mst- crossed de lied e;t: Being assured that said point had not yet been reached, the boy yawn ed and continued : Well, when he gits to whar Moss crossed the Red .Sea he's jist half done,'' and lie re lapsed into unconsciousness." Aiv ton Herald Old Monongniiclii. Philadklphia, Feb. 2S By an act of Assembly the mercantilu ap praisers of the respective counties are required to report to their Coun ty Treasurer all the breweries and distilleries in their counties and the amouit manufactured by each. The breweries and distilleries are ther. classified under this return und the rate to be paid by each for a license is fixed. William Britton, ehe own er of a distillery in Brownsville, Fayctto count', paid the tax levied aniler this act and proceeded to sell liquors in Connellsville and other places in the same county. His re- j ceipt from the County Treasurer stated that he was entitled, by the payment of the tax, to sell liquor in the county of Fayette. He was pros ecuted on the ground that his license did not entitle him to sell the pro ducts of the distillery at any place other than where they were manu factured. He contends that his license gave him the risht to sell any where in the county. The Court of Quarter Sessions of rayette county did not support this claim, and gave judgment against .inn. The bunreme Court, however, reversed the lower tribunal in an opinion filed by Justice Clark. They hold that any such interpretion of the law would deprive a distillery entirely of the right to sell, inasmuch as the United states statute requires the liquor to b removed from the place of manufacture as soon as the L nited Mates tax is paid, under penalty of forfeiture. If, therefore, the judgment of the lower court should be affirmed, a distiller or brewer would be between two fires, the State law forbidding what the United States law enjoins. The judgment is reversed and the record remanded. The First Shave. "The first time in a barber's shop is an event of importance in everv young man's life. He will wait, iu sowe cases, three weeks after deter mining to do it, and on the eventful day he has been known to sneak by the shop seventeen times, summon ing up his courage for the trying ordeal. On entering the door he feels that every one in the room knows that this is his first appear arce, and ihat they art, microsopic ally searching for his beard. The barber gives him a hard look when notifying him that it is now his turn. But he has determined to put on a stiff upper lip, as wordly people say, and go through the operation with the stoicism of a veteran. He is re markably sensitive to ridicule, and not for the world would he h-ive the barber know that this was his first shave. So he sits on the arm of the chir. instead of on the seat, and in gettirg down lies too fr back. When he brings ui his head. 1 hastily does it, and knocks over the ; stool in the operation. Thi ciiises the u00d to rush to his face, and the embarrassment which produces it is not all modified bv detecting the barber exchanging signiticent glance with the operator at the next chair. When the lather is being put on, he cannot control the working of his imagination, and he finds himself poseessed of an irresistible desire to snzile sheepishly. This proneness to grin is inexplicable, but it is in separable from the first shave, and the victim is obliged to resort to every facial artifice to overcome it, ! and then doesnrt succeed. Messrs. Hiscox fc Co. call special attention to the fact that after Apri! 16, 18S3, the name and style of this preparation will hereafter be simply Parker's Tonic. The word "Ginger" is dropped, for the reason that un principled dealers are constantly de- iceivinjr their natrons bv substituting j inferior preparations under the name i of Ginger: and as pinker is an un- important flavoring ingredient in uur ionic, we are sure mat our friends will agree with us as to the propriety of the change. There will be no change, however, in the prej aration itself; and all bottles re maining in the hands of dealers, 1 wrapped under the name of "Park- j Hisoox & Co. ia at the bottom of the outside wrapper. Hand organs are often accompan ied by two cranks one on the end and the other standing behind. A maiden effort year proposal. -The first leap - - , ., i.. :H Lincoln.1 Perception. pres;,ipnt, Lincoln was not a ecbl- paigns. -ot a single question couiu Jack answer. "What is an echelon .'" asked one of the board. . . u Don't know," answered Jack. an abattis?" saw one. ?'' ows have got me again," jpiied Jacs. "Well, what is a hollow square, sir 9" "Never heard of one before ; guess they don't have them down at the front, do they?" "What would you do, sir, if you were in command of a company, and cavalry should charge on you?" asked a lUping lellow, in white kid. "Do, you fool!" thundered Jack; "I would give them Hail Columbia, that's what I'd do!" This ended the examination, and the report of questions and answers, with the adverse judgment of the hoard, were sent to President Lin coln. Ilis private secretary read the re port to him, and when he came to the only answer that Jack had given, the President said, I "Stop? read that over again." "That's just the sort of men our 'army want!" said the President, taking the report and dipping nis pen in the inkstand. On the back (jf the paper, he wrote in a clear hand : "Give this man a captain's com mission. A. Lincoln. How to have hotter Preaching. A minister, Dr. E. addressing a Sabbath-school in Albany, alluded to a touching incident in his own ministry. Being at the house of one of his members, he was present at that affecting moment when two little boys knelt at their mothers feet fur their evening devotions. Their prayer was as follows: "O God", bless my dear father and mother; bless my dear brother; bless my dear minister." Dr. E , described the emotion of his own soul at th.t time which forty years have not erased from his memory, nor tho sense of assurance he then received, that his ministry would be blessed to the church and people. After giving the history of thesu little boys, one of whom is now in heaven, he said to the Sabbath school : "Next to your father, mother, and brother, pray for your minister. You will love him more ; you will feel the influence of your prayers pervading his inmost soul, and he will preach better to you. On Monday morning a little girl came running to her mother, say ing: "We are going to have better preaching next Sabbath." "How, so? inquired the mother. "Mr. E. told u yesterday that if we prayed for our minister he would preach better for it, and I prayed for our minister last night" A beautiful illustration of a con fiding spirit of true Christian faith. None but Christ himself could so il lustrate the spirit of his own king domthe father of a child. Well did he say. "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God." Let all christian hearers learn how to have "better preaching." The EcnnncliiA. Illown from a faat Train. Tkkstox, N. J., Feb. 2!). Secta ry of State Kelsey this morn ing started for New York on the two-hour train on the Reading Railroad, which leaves this city at S.'KJ o'clock. When the train was between Pennington and Hopeweil he started to go from the smoking cir to the next to it. The wind was blowing a gale. It came in heavy gusts, and just as the Secretary step ped to the platform one of these gusts, roaring through the space be tween the cars, caught up his slight form like a feather, hurled it clear off the train and left it to fall to the ground several feet from the tracks. The Hying bady of Mr. Kelsey was seen by some persousi n the smoking car, and the train stopped at once and backed up to where he lay. The passengers and train men leaped off, expecting to find him dead. Instead, he was lying in a soft b ink of mud, where he had fall en. He was picked up and carried into the parlor car, where he quickly began to recover from the shock, and it was discovered that no bonees were broken and that there seemed to be no other injuries more serious than bruises and cuts, chiefly on the left leg and hand. Mr. Kelsey was carried through to Jersey City on the train and there was placed on a train for this city, where he arri ved at 11 o'clock. He was taken to his rooms at the Trenton House, and although unable to walk or exert himself seemed to suffer only from the 6boek of the accident. Newt of the event spread rapidly and friends were quickly thronging to his rooms to congratulate him upon his escape. He was able to receive them heartily appeared almost as cheerful as them selves. No fears are entertained that any more serious results than a fe days compulsory rest will easue from the accident. Xo Marks. Mr. T. II. Casad, editor of the Loryilon, Iowa, Timet, writes that his little girl burned her foot severe ly on a stove. One application of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-reliever, cured it completely, leaving no marks. By two applications ofSt. Jacobs Oil he cared himself fa tor turing pain in the side. A New Ijesson In Natural History. It now transpires that white ele phants are not white, but are a dus ty yellow color instead. This sin gular discovery has been oppor tunely made. It is popularly un derstood that within a short time Mr. P. T. Bcraura will add to his collection of natural curiosities one of these remarkable beaU. If, there fore, those who are gifted with knowl edge on the subject had withheld the information concerning their color from the public, until after the arrival of Barnum's specimen, it is just possible that some hypercritical mertals might nave doubted the genuineness of the animal. That would have been a lamentable con sequence, involving iu duty the char acter of Mr. Barnum as aproviderof genuine curiosities. But this lesson in nature 1 history is not the only fresh incident to Mr. Barnum's acquisition, nor is it the the least painful. That instead of white the color is really that of a dirty oak-grained door is bad enough, and when Mr. Uarnum extracted that information from the several persons in this county who have spent more or less of their early lives among the white elephants of Siam, he ought to have silenced them. But unfortunately these persons are as loquacious as a western trapper or bast India miner, and when once started on their favorite subject of white elephants don t know where and when to stop. In this particu lar instance to talk to the press dif fer, but the majority of them deny the sacred character of the animal. This is to bad. Tiiat Mr. Bar num should go to the pains aud ex pense which according to his state ment he has done to procure a sa cred white elephant which is neither sacred nor white, is simply prepos terous. One of the persons, in speaking on the subject, says the animals of which Barnum's is a specimen are simply diseased ele phants, which, owing to their inher ited or acquired infirmities, are ten derly treated, and by reason of thia fact fail to develop the natural vigor of the body and color of hide. He adds with a blush, too, that they can be purchased readily at an expense of from o00to ii)0 sterling, and, being worthless, are expensive at that price. This is certainly an enormous lie. Mr. Barn urn has stated repeatedly that his white ele phants was procured at a cost of something like a million dollars and at the pains of the most difficult diplomatic negotiations not alone with the king of Siam, but with the priests of various degree of that po tentate's dominions. To doubt Mr. Barnum's word is simply to join that army of malefactors who have at various times during the present generation and the last pronounced him a humbug, and this is out of the question. To let Mr. Barn um out of a tight place, therefore, it is prob ably well to accept the new doctrine as to color, but the sacred character of the yellow or mottled colored ele phant should be insisted on at any hazard. wanted a Divorce. A few days ago, says the Kentucky State Journal, a middle-aged coun tryman walkeil into the office of a prominent Newport attorney and took a seat, when the following con versation took place. "I called in to see about gittin' a divorce from my wife." Ah ; and what "eems to be the difficulty?" "Well me and Jinny are alwars quarlin," and I think it would be better if she would go back to her folks and I stay where I am. She can take the three children with her." "On what ground do you want a divorce?" "Well, you see it't just this way : Jinny's the most ekeerish woman of tramps ye ever seen, and so when we go up stairs to bed she wants me to look under the bed for a man, when I knew there ain't no man there. So you see that riles me and I get mad, and then there's a fuss, and I don't have no peice and can't have no sleep, and I am a hard working man." "You can't get a divorce on those grounds, sir." "I can't?" "No, sir." "Well, then, I know what I'll do. I'll go home and saw the legs off the bed close up so a man can't git un der. If I had thoughtof that sooner I might have saved all this time coming in here." Worth a lucking. Some years ago in Georgia that band of Christians known as Ascen sionists were having a grand revival. One day when the meeting was in full firr a storm rvimu tin. 91(1 a and vnnr.nr irar.iLmnn hr waannt hiiot-f j""ri 6-"v...... - ng with his servant took reluge in the'ehurch door. Beina curious to ee the service the two hunters crept up into the gallery, and there hid in a place where they could observe without being observed. " Come, Lord, come ; our robes are ready. Come, Lord, come," crittd the preachei, while all present gave a loud 4" Amen !" " Marsa Gabe," whispered Cuffey, lifting his hunting horn to his mouth let me gib dein just one toot." " Put that horn down or I'll break your head." replied the muster in a whisper. The horn dropped bv Cuffy'sj side, and again the minister cried : Come, Lord, come: we are all ready for Thy coming; come Lord, come. " Do, Masa Gabe do jest lemme gib 'em iiat one little toot," pleaded Cuffy, wetting his lips and raising the horn. "If you don"t drop that horn, Cuffy; Til whip you within an inch of your life," whispered the exas perated master. Blow, Gabriel, blow : we are ready for his coming. Blow, Ga briel, blow !" pleaded tha min uter. Cuffy could no longer resist the temptation, and sent a wild peal ringing from end to end of the church ; but long before its last echo died away his master and him self were the only occupants ot the building. " IV ready fur de licking, Marsa Gabe," said Cuffy, showing every tooth in his head, " for I 'clara to gracious it's worf two lickings to sea de way common farm cattle kin git ober de ground wid skeered Scen- sionisu behind denj." Jfarjxr'g Magazine. The extraordinary popularity of Ayer'a Chorry Pectoral ia the natu ral result of its use by intelligent pepte for oyer forty years. It has indisputably proven itsslf the very a. a " 1 11 best Known epecinc ior au coicu, coughs and pulmonary complaints.' Tattle Abe.' The following facts were given by a gentleman who served through the war and in the company with "Lit tle Abe," who is believed to have been the youngest person enlisted. The gentleman could net recall the name of the lad, who was known in the army as " Little Abe," and who was enlisted at Jefferson barracks, a short distance from St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1S61, as a drummer, at the age of seven years and 1 month. He belonged to Company E, Second U. S. Infantry. Captain, afterwards Ma jor General Steel. The reasons which influenced the acceptance ot so young a recruit wae that his father was in the service, und his mother dead. There were no relatives who could or would look after the boy, and so. with the consent of the army authorities, he was put with his fa ther in the army. Little Abo was a favorite with both officers and men. He display ed at all times the coolest bravery and utter ignorance of fear. His favorite position was in the front rank in battle, and as soon as he saw a soldier fall disabled he would throw away his drum, seize the mus ket of his fallen comrade and load and fire as coolly as the most hard ened veteran, although his diminu tive size and strength did not allow him to elevate the gun without some kind cf a rest. In the early part of his army experhnce, at one of the battles when the Union forces found it necessary to take up a position in the rear. Little Abe got possesion of a gun. and when the army was forc ed back his drum was captured by the Confederates. He w;s repri manded and told that when re treating if he could not carry it with him he should destroy it. Ever af ter this in battle when he saw a chance to get a gun he smashed in the heads of his drum, and then de voted his whole time to his prefer red employment of popping at the rebs. At the close of a skirmish one day he- was found crying. Somt- body inquired what liouoled lam, and receive! an explanation to the effect that he had been unable to find a cum not in use, so he had been unable to do any shooting. The men of Company E wanted to tit him out with a rifle made in accordance with his size, but the desire was not rranted. as according to the regula tions he must carry a drum. Little A Iia t nswi! t hrom'h the war with out receiving a wound, although al ways in the front rank and in many engagements. Of his career since then nothing is known to the writ er. Correspondence Boston Globe. Always a Failure. Who will say that the Democratic party has not reformed ? Look back forty, thirty, or even twenty years and what ooes it proclaim to-day as principles which it then declared were essential to the well-being and prosperity of the country ? Human slavery, and the methods to bind its chains was a Democratic pet. It was hard money and nothing else. "The war was afnilnre." Repudia tion of the public debt a certainty and necessity. Reconstruction ini possible. W'hat will they say on all such questions and many more in 1SS1 ? The Republican party, back ed by the millions of freemen, tore the shackles from 3,000,0(30 slaves, and made every foot of American soil free, and every man a freeman under the law. It established a currency, the heft the world has ever seen, and which the Democratic par ty dare not assail. While it has paid the debt it owes its crippled veterans with a generous hand, it has gone steadily along paying in huge slices the National indebted ness. It has, by wise legislation re duced interest from lOperceut. to.'. By protection to our industries man ufactories have sprung up all over the land, and the busy wheels of commerce were never busier. No nation at any time has had such reason to rejoice over the large pros perity to the entire people as the United States to-day. Will the Dem ocratic party, whose representatives are to assemble the 8th of July in Chicago, dare repeat its platform of twenty years ago when assembled in the same place? Was the war a failure? Has the country proved a failure? Has there been any fail ure t( pay the honest debts of the Nation? As far as the law is con cerned, has there been any failure in reconstruction? And any and every failure in the poorest and weakest citizen to receive his individual rights lays at the feet of the Demo cratic party. If the Democratic par ty of tj-day could sweep all the past of history out of existence and start new without a principle it would be in better trim to win a battle in a contest with intelligent people. How would it do to declare, "Where as, the Democratic party has always been a failure, and every principle it ever advocated as a party has be- come obsolete by theadvance of civ ;, - - . i : ii: ,i,.. r. nizauon unu huu.iuic, iv repoiveu, we win ni(re uut on uic past and start new ?" That would iook honest, at least, and even that wsuld be a large gain over present appearances. Inter-Ocean. Since the retirement of Charles O'Connor the most prominent mem ber of the New York bar is unques tiomudy William M. Evarts. He can outcat, outdrink, and onttalk any three men. and all at once, too. At the Beeeher trial judge, jury, and counsel, at one time or another, all succumbed to illness, except Evarts. He continued without intermission to spin his diurnal sentences, start ing with the subject in the marnirg and closing with the predicate in the evening, the two hyphened threugh the noonday by a chapter of Cicero. And a murderer in Tex as is said to have received a regu lar William M. Evarts sentence 'J9 years. The story that Senator Cameron has issued orders to the Pennsylva nia Republicans to support Gen. Logan for the Presidential nomi nation, is too absurd to need de nial. 'if THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. Relieves suid cures 1MIEU31ATISH, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, PAt'li ', HEAPACHE, TOOTH ACH5, SORE THROAT, Ql'INSY, BWKLLIXOS. r RAINS. . Soreness. Cuts. Bruises. FROSTBITES, Bt'Bsm, KrAt.DK, Ait another bodily aches and paloa. FIFTT CENTS I BOTTLE. Hold brail DruarMaamt lralera. lMrectluua Iu II laiiicuiife. Tha Charles A. Vogtiar Co. crpWEOaEIHHa-'i fsOTmmnBaBij!; 2 ma m a. vooKLaa a ea sliline, M.W. i i -i,.:i.&.tt Jj W . JK! L.M Iff? kIII PiUPEB Absolutely Pure. Thi powder nererTarlei. A marrel of parity ttrength n I wbulcmene. Mor eeonointcil thin the ordinary klndt. and cannot l told in competition with the multitude of low tent, short wplKhl, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cn Kotal Bakisq Fovuu to, 1M Wall it . Y. 52 DIVIDENDS A YEAR FROM 8.1 OO IS VESTED. Tht is what anr one will receive w ho sub scribes frthe IsDErEXDUfT. of New York I occupies two bclds. First, as a religions journal it is undenominational, and broader than any sect. Its aim is to strengthen and extend r.vaiiKelical religion an to detend It against the altacK of Matcrial:sin. Atheism, and un ellet. It i free to ap(ir or criticise in any ol the de. nomlnailoLI whatever it believes is dcoiitned to advance or hinder the progress of ihe Gospel of Christ. Ann; its religious writers are Leonard W. H ion. Li II, S !. Karileit, l. I., Presi. .Mm Hascotn, Hlshop Thomas M. Clark, iiev. Joseph (Took, Hishnp li. A. toxi. U-eorjire K Crooks, i. I., Howard Cn sby, D. I).. Tueo. I.. CujltT, li lt , Kev. Samuel Dike, George r". Usher, It, I)., Prof. Norman Vox. M'aehlnxton Gladden. 1. !., flUhop K 11 Huntingdon. bUhop J. F. Hnrst K. I. MurrH, II. I. PreM. Nah t'ortt r. Francis U Patton, D. 1 . Philip Schali, II. I.; K. N Storrs, II. II., Wm. M. Taylor, 1) !.. Wm, U. Wilkinson, 1). V.. Prest. T. 1 Woolsey. ! SSecond. As a literary journal It ttands without a peer among the weekly prerS. During the past year it h s puh'i-hed articles and poems by more than three hundredol the most, talented writers in this country and Kurnpe. Among luem Amelia A. Harr. Mary Cleramer, Kose Terry tNtoke Ka e Foote. Dora hed Good ale. Kev. W. Orlllts, "Grace Greenwood." Thus. Hill. D. D , Wm 1). Howells. "H. H ." Sidney Lauier, liooe Hawthorne Lathrop, Louise Chand ler Moulton, Joaqu n .Miller, K. A. Oaks. Mrs. S. M.H Piatt, Josoj.hine Pollard. Kicbard Henry Stoddard. Edmund Clarence Stedman. 1rs Lan. TtKitni'Snn. .1. T. Tn.wbriilsre, Cetl Thaxtrr John Greenleaf Whittier. Sarah C Woolsey, Su sin E Wallace Win. U. Ward, and Prof.'t'has A. Yo ing. Th ifMEPExniiicT will, within the next few months puu'ish stiiries by W'm l. HoweU. au thor ol '-i heir Weddinit Journey" "A Mini cm In otance." fce. ; W It. Norris authnrof "Matrimo ny," "No New Thing," fce ; F. .Marlon Crawlord, author of "Mr Isaacs," 'Dr. Claudius." &c. ; J. S. ol Dale, au horol 'Guerndale." It ia also negotiating wi h other distinguished story writers ot l-nuland and Amerlci, who e name it does not yet loel at lilterty to make public. In eivil and political attairs Thk Independent contends fur sound ideas and principles. It be lieves in the reform d the civil service and tarltl, in the purification of politics, and mxintains those principles which the highest ethics and best in telligence ri quire The Independent has 'tl distinct departments, 31 pages in all. terms to sui:scJirni:ns. One su!iscriitiii one jear.... Kur fix miTithB I-or three m-jntrt? line sutuKTiiiima two years... One sutibcrlptiun live yi-ars. .. S3 00 1 50 0 74 5 0 10 00 TRIAL TRIP" We ott'-r a mi. nth s suhscriiitson, as a "Trial Trip.' lor COcrtt. whi.-h c:tn be remltteil by ptwt aKe'Mamps. Payment ol m 70 In aittlitlnnwiil se curo the balance of a ye it's subscription. Semi pr:st:tl car,! lur free specimen copy, and jn lte for yourself. Address The INDEPENDENT, No. i: BroaJwar. New York. From Now UNTIL APRIL 1ST., I will offer special Bargains in Goorls named below. I ex pect to make extensive changes in my storeroom by that date, and have many goods that 1 prefer to sell at cost, than to run risk of getting damaged while repairs are being made. These are all new style goods, and not old stock that I offer. Please look at the list, and if what vou want, come at once : VASES. TOILET SETS, CAM) CASES, VELVET FRAMES, CUT GLASS BOTTLES, ladies' Toilet and Odor Cases, II A XI) MIRRORS, WKITIXH DKSKS, FANCY I'.OX PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPH ,fc AUTOGRAPH ALP.IT.MS FAMILY BIBLES, POCKET BIBLES, SHAVIXO MUS, CUT tJLASS INKSTANDS JtSD A LOT OK BKAIJTIFI'L MISr'ELLA.NEOt'S MOOK9 OP Poetry, and Fiction. These goods will all be Fold at Greatly Red uchI Prices, and many of them at COST and below it. Come at once, for I :un determined to close them out Do not fail to see these Goods. G, A MAMMOTH BLOCK, SOMERSET PA. BEAVER COLLEGE AND MUSICAL INSTITUTE KOI VOUKG LuU)X Vprlas; Heaalaa Uptas Hatrclia, Beautifully and healthfully located, eitenilre bulldima, plwuaal a-roomls, ebeerful rooms, three literary courses : superior arivantAfces lor musie and art. Extenslre apparatus, twenty plaaos aud organs, loelaUloa; pips organ, Thorouga work, homelike eare, moderate rates. Send lor circular to En v. B. T. TAYLOR, D. !.. fcbW, Bearer, Pa. 1884. The election of this year promises to be one of the most excit ing of the century, ev ery citizen should have at least one good pa per to furnish him the news, The Somerset Herald is recommended to all earnest Republicans, all friends of protec tion, all interested in the news of the nation, state or county, Because it is always reliable politically, and says what it means and means wht it says. Because its Court re ports are always full, fair and trustworthy. Because it is the me dium used by the peo pie of the county when they wish to let their neighbors know when they have a farm or anything else for sale. Because all legal ad vertising appears in its columns, and people are thus kept posted as to what transpires in the management of the af- fairs of the Courts and County. Because it is active, aggressive, and always for the cause of its constituents. Because it has the best Washington and Harrisburg correspon dents attainable. Because it always gives all the local news without burdening its columns with unmean ing and uninteresting correspondence. Because its news col umns present all the latest news in an at tractive style. If you have friends who live outside the county, there is no more acceptable pres ent you can send the m than a copy of their county paper. If you have a neigh bor who needs a paper recommend the her ald. If your childrenwant a paper, subscribe for the herald. Subscription $2.00 per year. Address Somerset, Penna. niVrfjjLlil'NJUi hiKhiy recom- tf" eien.le.1 for all! K; manner of chronic ur v u siaouifja; ; eotnpumts, tuv- OR Mi. eViy!": i K I n it ' a r.ll, . men ue art , W .-. Tf ' i 1 ?'t u.. j liLKill Ul LI,e l.li! s v r rri x f i. u. . . . . . i - - . can do without Salts. Castor Uti, Citrate of Mag. . : . , nesia. Senna or .Manna, and o the whole ..r , 1 lS , Ule 1 them, and what Is muct, u muj "no a.iUCISili;i! llie '.rue' i h . salety ana comion uj u . , i (1t ... as well as by the robust man. It Is ery plerant pOJ, alctLS OI lo-nuv. , . tot he taste, therefore easily 'mJ'"" Ll" ltjfli K-, llOOoUV kla-w't', '"" dren It Is the only Tenetable remedy exist ins: l"L"rU .,"k m ......I. ni.i calomel. reKUlaii-K kliuWS l.o'.V. bl.L , ..... J'l1!;? soiattuiug of the It wtllopenlbe Dowels In pnpr-u.d wduicvio , QiY&ler.oUrt title mil nner. There hunt hi' r lor th 'tire f dt-eases. Headwho, Costirene-s. inuiK".i..n, uicu.ui ruu.ic tali ;ii ,v.n - r Bllloos Ferer, and all derangements ol the in- j olten Save V. t " te.nal Tlcra. ASAfemale reipilalor it hs no l,u iU i.a r equal in the world. . tlVsICUU IiOW aitiurt -i !, . Anounee of pretention 1 worth more thin a , pound of cure.- The Pa aca will not ooIt cure CaroUa iU elui-ul ruer-, , old standing and mall. nant complaints, tut Irone irieiiC)ll buUi .13 Lit t.ri - i ol the best preentatiTes of such fllsonlers erer ., I . -s- ". .; offered to the world. You can andd seTi-re at- It ;t at.c IU pit U to cure ,f,, tarksof acute di-eases, soi h as Cholera. Mnall- ; i acili ' the tiatir-i t'. . ; ' po. Typhoid. Bilious. Spotted and lntrml.t.-ni reUaC.I.0 ILie illfl.l, Wr..:;-. Verers. by keepins; your blood purined. Tne sit it. dlllerentdeitrees ol all such diseases deoend 1- , -., .1 ... , toKetherupiu the condition o the b..l -OW a-U.l3 We (it) i,r,t . Be sure to aek for FiKtmts Bi.oon Clkass- e jort lo litj., ,j ca or Kaxacca. as there are sereral other prep- r arotlons In the market, the names ot whlcii are sirtflUltnMi U. somewhat similar. j lu tills lUtblliiZ' lit a.,,! i ... . Dr. Geo. G. Shively 4 Co., Successors to Fahrncy s Bros, k Co.. UI1 in vij.'t.rULt it U(.t it;;; MANVFACTVBERS AND PROPRIETORS ! iy lid OWerluJly UJmi, , v.r,,o.Pi. a,'(t the orati.- , . ,, ' AYER'S PILLS. A large proiwrtion of tlie disease liioh cause human wittering result iroiu d.ran-e-nient of the stomacli, bowels, aud lucr, AVEa's Catbautic Pills Act din-ctiy upon tlitse organs, and are esecuUIy UesiKiml lo euro tho diseases caused by tUc:r t!. r.:i incut, including Contiatiou, Iudices tion. Dyspepsia, Headache, Ij s iit i-j . and a host of other ailmeuts, lr ail ot which they are a safe, sure, prompt, :u.,l plex-ant remedy. The extensive use of tiieso by eminent physicians in rejjular prac t sIi.AVi utiiuistakably the estimation iu n.w..:i tuey are held by the medical i-ro:is- MOtl. Tiicsa Pillss are compoamlod of vcertaMu sultotauces ouly, and are allutely free ffin caloiuel or any other injurious ingredient. A Sufferer from Headache wrritcs : 'An:r.'s Pills are invaluable tn me. ai d are my constant companion. I have b-e:i n severe sutf-rer from Headache, and joi:r 1'11.1-h are the only thing 1 could ( for n-u.'f. t'uo doso will iiiicklv niov mv bowels and free iny head from pain. Ho y aro me m elteotive and the eabtesl physio I have ever found. It is a pleasure lo me to eak in their praise, aud 1 always do f when occasion oilers. W. I.. Pack, of vV. T Pase i riro." Franklin St., Uiehiuond.Va., June 3, Iff-. . , , . ..,.. tnta 1.. ....... 1 ... i- nave never Known iio-iu w lau i" jie"ioj'o.-ii the desired result. We constantly keep them on hand at our hotn and prize them as a pleasant, saf-, and reliable family medicine. Vi ,1' rull LiV.SPhPSIA they are invaluable. .1. T. 11.11 K3.-' Meii.i, Texas, June 17, 1S?2. The ltrv. FntNels B. ir.P.LOWF, vrrili) from Ati iiilit, (!., says: " t or some years past 1 have been subject to constipation, from which, in spito of the use ot ine.i:-c:ii.- of various kinds, 1 sullered inert a-nii; iiK-oiiveiii-iiee, until some months ru- 1 be.-aii taking Av tic's Pills, i'liey h::i ei:tir-iy corrected the costive habit. :tl:d have vastly improved my general lie.utii.'' Avr.a's Cathartic Pim- correct irn -:i-lariii'-s of tlie bowels, stiinulate t'.ie ape ti to and digestion, and by their prompt and t'anrouli actioir give tone and vigor to the whole physical economy. pitnpAnnD rtv Dp. J.C.AyeriCo., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggist. YOUNG, OLD, A.'IO MIDDLE- All experience the wrjiderful beneQcial elfeets of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. C'lii'.dren with re Eves. Sore AGED. F:irs. or nnv scrofulons or s-.ph- llitic taint, may be made healthy and strong by its use. Sold by all Druggists ; SI, six bottles ior Si GO pa o J2 I- 6 0 Eh GQ CO I 9 H MOB EKSIT llKkl'X Corrected by Cook A Bnai-rs. DULXllS is CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR & FEED Apples, orled, ft Anplehniter. V (Till Kr.n. fra liutter, f) ft (keic) " (roll) Buckwheat f) busb ' meal, 100 i.i Beeswax t Bacon, shoulders, B " sides, - country hams, V tt , Corn, (ear) new f) bushel ' (shelled) old mealr Call skins, f lb Kv doi Flour. V hl l Flaxseed. a bu. (0 ft) Hams, (snitar-cureu) It t nanl.fl tt. Leather, red sole, K - upper, - " kip. , Middllnirs, anil chop 100 h Oats. V liu Potatoes, 1f bu (new) Peaches, dried, t. Kye. y on Kairs. f S Salt, No. 1, bbl, extra " Uround Alan, per sack.... " Ashton. per sack Suxar, yellow y t, white ' Tallow, f tt Wheat. ft bu " WooL Via 5-ilc 409.c 1.1 -a 20c 7 c 3-i.i'y Xac luc n'-, lie '.ie! it 7 if' 3c c OK ...5 6i j; oo 1 c viz'4 .......aoi tfr.UiC . t iMc TJcrt-Ou ioc 45cc.K)e .M UC Hcfflloe Tixtsj le tl WVrT!2 Oil ..1 iHts 4u So Hei9c HlMkl ;4 i 00 Sae.A-K- Wi QTAD C00KJT0YES ALWAYS SATISFACTORY EIGHTEEN SIZES AND K1HDS ALL PCSCHASESS CAj EE SUITED HAKCrsCTCRBD BT Isaac A-Sbeppard i Co.,Baltiniore)fii ND FOR S.W.ii nv R. B. Schell 4fe Co., lehsoiyr. SOMERSET, PA. A DDI7T s Send 8 cents ,or post- eu.uy box of which' will help Ton to rn- re tnonev rti-hr . w . k . . - fTT,... i and reccWe fme a 1 nave aicftn m m . i . Iws instances as reconimcndi d by you. an I j Ijles) jl ttlf pi''Ulal' tat Ti W M 8 Li ThJ iLA "'"T "'l from lirst hour. Tlie !rool ot the .lldd g SjttJTt in caewW the .trii.,, but i, CO.Auirn-i, Maine. A pn. ortunitv to tet liif r.zi j w WUJ lUllililUCt a cvzz err.; Fc; tia Ilonaa Body. Price f All rr-JiT.-i-fJ. wo WMtKKTIir.nRK,, A Man'c- X Mure a Mv..... ii-a ot tne skin, ! llarr.nn nf 1 1 -rV " : TTT--. sach as Staple: I ... ."jr,OUn 01 Aleu," , .. - .. ' :" '.- v,B lote he s and 1 Ulillt DtTVat ' Li.i ,. . , Hashes. Kio, w ... ll"'"lrr, a - X Worms. Tetter, "tru 111 IlJ'--r' W:,i, u jr-4v Sal Kheum.S.-e!.l lUUglC Seek to Iti, .. t" K h e u m a t lsru. ; :iit Vi'iim! , .. '-- I Pain Inthe Bones, " "u 'II! . .. aoJ all dlseaJWS w svt,M ' 1 i"- anu nwi. - iv cuiumou, j. purity oi nit iii.u naa lUoU'lii'.l tin ., . Dlood. With tbl. : .... :n,..u,? t--.n. , - rare meoicine in , i "vuuu l: .. - , Jul. n Dowels In a properana wnuiefome , QlVaitrioUH tnJti r.;t, . . MM like Fahrney Blood Clean- ' iToVlUeci the great tr..." ' of all disorders r the -'o.i.-h, body ur; lioi irrrl..irl I . ' " Kidneys and Bladder; tor nerrous f "cl K . Wulk it is tohcwut.i li,a I'.y; '1'UMU leads all oi;it r u,. ; thus giving Nature the a-" : She calis for. It tollofvi tiifllts tii the etoilucli, kit!; ti liver are at oiite ruiev. a j No oilier j'rt'j-arjtiuu t:..i, jsaaie (juaiitiio tr prn-ln.- reoUlt. It is lUiiClllU? b, the het known aLti ;;.t i 1'riee ode. ai,d cl. 1 i i-t ., New York. Kiulit Acre I: tl)tli;il When I itcquirtd title . : homestead and' the 'K-t i ..- I the huiidrtd-at r t t; u;. i. .-, ; down to tight, doubt ;:i.( the ability tit utT'i:iiio n;, . . .urfacv, where a it rim r i - : hati r quired a n.ueh la'.-. r Ilegiiiiiing with a it-tali r,.. . , . . ;..i.i. . ..it,- i .. . . j lit lt 1 1 Lvii 1 1 . i; tut, L I. . ' j i- im . ;.--ll vt-L'tabies ai.t! '..(. tPudy and j:row:i:; ,j am; t'r"sh roitU riht lr..n !:.!. j VU'm tinally look tii i-i :n , ' jianlfiiii'.g in my !tr;., leach ear to add to n.-y I : i duct.-cutli r.ew vai i i;.- V- i ami wliit.i were t:i!.-'..;. j ; j honiw market. I'lf.s !. t - learuii j' it gnat deal in x; t-.: ; both by tiuecp!l ur LiU.ir ::. . ing the articles oalUd tnr. I ut . articles rait-tl '.vtrt- n-.-rt ......1 ; all the ui-i!y, tuy trade . S,-n:e tlnnt'S w re df m , ! ! the l:t a UniroSitatde ly r.. -! tlie very limiird il.'iii .i.i:. :.,r 1 found that if si niarkt t enti i-. 'ted ativ veyetaliie tan l.e remunerative jr:ee I i i..-;. 011 Uliifiirill SUitl lm i!;-..n; ,: which wojld iri.-ui'.- t .'.il i.,. the tuetuu.er siiid dflt-i-1 , while it insured a t;'e market for my jro I i: -s. .. . est trouble wa? iu i.iek o. ; money to buy what 1 iini :. nteded in the i;roj-ecuiii,ii e: form of frardeniiiL.'. Ti,-:t- sashes for hot betTs and a j.;.i,. store, in a half j-rowii i: ti.i..ir such crops as I wished t-i a.u;k wir.ter in a fresh Mate, u.-ii j itlovver, lettuce, endive, jiur-:ev. ' ! celerv, etc., but time h.i. at lu-t come tlit-s diihcu.ties, ai.'i I i now, after twenty years of ia'-nr cured a business i:i tny iifar-t four mil-es away, which La-,--distanced all competitors. Now, what is tlie m-iral ? .r. this, that wher the rilit cm. i:': pxist a man can sunport a tan.:: six nersons and sometimes m eiirht acres, anl do it year after y liesides, 1 keep three and si-iii-".: five cow?, ami always one i;..r all this on eight acres. The I grows richer, the buildin-.' ar? ii good a3 at tir?t, and tne v. -force, besides meif is nqua! man ek;ht moritiis, ami oi.e twelve months. 1 have lately - : a hothouse, have fi.ty peartrf-s twenty-five grapevines in I with a tine young on-Lir-i on ; all fruit I have set witn a.y hands. I thought at lirst tiiat t acrss was too smad, but 1 i.- w it is land onough. 1 nave i. work hard, too hard soine timir-, but 1 have found k-i-ur-'. to read, enjoy life and keeji ,. . the times. alij kou ornt;. Why the Iootp was li-te.i. wliat Mifiht have ljen il-''"' witliout 1 1 111. " Well, wife," sid Dr. M. entered hid hoiun, wineti v " ted in st cosy viiLe in cei.ir. . oik,"I have yut haek ir : n and dreary rids away down si;' tlio iHountsiiu, ami ail Vj i-u i k . e WllstfYt-r. ilie iiits?eli.r. the man wouldn't live till when the fact id he had oiay diuary attack of cutie. Ill's pltioii5 iuid only had sa.-- f to uut u liENSON'.N l.U ' 1N: i!i ir i'i . i i.'i .... i ....... . . ' - . l.O. ,1,1, fit i.i- ne would have been ail ii-'-'- - hour er two. ' Hut some i":ii" - i . . i. ... ; i i i i- ciw iuiu, uuuru I. it. "... i- ciau, svvuiiowiiijr tno cuji : tug tea which Lii wile !t' jj)urel for him. Dr. K was right, yet t eu;..'.' karu, even though siu.viV- : 1 I . .. . . r.,r luijiuij iinieajuj uie in .- ...... I I piULI fJ I U 1 V.) w.llO Ut t I' a, n.l l.iu inn .'I l....t... .........!.. U11U l,Jt; fcSJH UUI.WJ13 u.t v oe suveu inucu vi liieir .rl tli: ... IVIlt J MIA miccu e,ij"4 inv allected by a niosl' r, l-t.-acta tli'ciently and. at oi.ee. genuine have the word t-.ii' cut inthe centre, i'ru.e - .UUUIJ A. .J t .1 ii - Jll, vl.J'. York. "'- iJlihions ot crowd ro 1 night in the I'umbkinvu.e - region, in jeorj;ia, aim i.t. .. .. .. . i .1 . -,... is aimo.-t uraieiiiiii:. - oreaKi oil luru niuos n t"- and their voracity threatei.j cruj s for tiiauy mile.s ucuutA. abwut bUl.det they beiu their I' troin tne lanus on wnicn i-.' been tebdiutr, and the tlmht ;- 1 tinued until ahfUt two hours i uudet. oiiviiiein. .licet r 'dud. the 1 -"":-- has a free trial bottle uf Ir ko's Cough and i.ur.g each and everv one vhoi ''- with Coughs, "Colds A.-thw'-gumntion, or any athfti-.n n LuilJ-'d. Dead heats The stoppt L etfa-ljT.
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