IS rURMIKED KVERY WEDNESDAY, BY
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ELM STREET, TI0NK3TA, PA.
TERMH, f 2.00 A YEAR.
No Subscriptions received for A shorter
period than throe months.
Correspondence solicited from all parts
of the country. No notion will bo taken of
nnonymoua communication.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TI0NE3TA LODGE
$I.O.ofO.IP.
TTEETS every Friday evening, at 7
ill. o'clock, In trie Hull formerly occupied
by the Good Templars.
C. A. RANDALL, N. O. .
Bir. HASLET, Beo'y. . 27-tf.
TIONtFqOTCIL, NO. 342
b. tf. A. M.
MEETS at Odd Fellows' Lodgo Room,
every Tuesday evening, nt 7 o'clock.
P. M. CLARK, C.
B. A. VARNER, R. 8. 81
3, K. Bt.AIWK, M. D. n. A. KOJIKRT, K. D.
It L AIMS EGBERT,
OFFICE and rnsldcnco In house former
ly occupied Dr. Wlnans. Office days,
Wednesdays and Saturdays. 3-tf
K. L. Davis,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tlonesta, r.
Collections mado in thin and adjoin
ing counties. 40-ly
. ,0 -
J. B. ACNEW, W. E. LATHY,
TionMU, Pa, Erl) Pa.
AGNEW & LATHY,
Attorrays at Law, - Tlonesta, Pa.
Ofllco on Kim Stroot.
May 13, 1875.-tf
MILUH AV. TAT-E,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
lin Street, TIOXfcSTA , PA .
F. W. Hays,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Notaut
Fcm.ic, Reynolds llukill A Co.'a
lllock, fconeca St., Oil Ci'.y, Pa. 39-ly
. M1NNHA.R. K. B. BMILKT.
KiyNIiA Jt C SMILE Y,
ttorceys a Law, - - - Franklin, Pa.
PRACTICK In tho several Courts of Ve
nango, Crawford, Foroat, anLdJoln
iMg counties. J!-ly.
NATIONAL. HOTEL,.
TIZDIOTTIE., 3P.A-
RUCKLIN MORE, PnorniBTons.
Frist-Class Licensed IIouso. Good ila
lle connected. 13-ly
Lawrence House,
rpiONESTA, FENN'A, C. K. Mcv
L CKA Y,- 'PnopniKToiu This hous
1 eenallv locatod. Everything new and
well furnished Superior accommoda
tions and strict attention (rlvon to guest.
Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds nerved
In their seanon. Sample room for Com
mercial Atfontx.
Tlonesta House,
ANDREW WELLER, Proprietor. Thla
house has boon newly fitted up and Is
now open for tho accommodation of the
jubll3. Charge reasonable 84 ly
CENTRAL HOUSE,
BONNER A AONEW RLOCK. I
Aokw, Proprietor. This Is a nevr
nous, and has just boon fitted up for the
Horomiiiodntioii of tho public. A portion
of thq patronage of tho publlo la solicited.
tl-ly .
FOREST HOUSE,
SA. VARNER Propriktor. Opposite
. Court House, Tlonesta, Pa. Just
ponod.- Everythina; now and clean and
fresh. Tho best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion of tho public patron
age is respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 V
W. a COBUR, M. D.
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON oilers his
services to tli people of Forest Co.
Having' had nn experience of Twelve
Years In oontttant practice, Dr. Coburn
guarantees to giro satisfaction. Dr. Co
burn makes a HpeeiHlty of the treatment
of Nasul, Throat, Lunij and all other
t!hronio or linerliifr diseaMCS. Having
Investigated all scioutiilo methols of cur
ing dUeuso and selected tho good from all
ftyslems, he will guarantee relief or a euro
in all rasos where a cure Is possible. No
Charge for Consultation. All foes will bo
reasonable. Professional visit made at
all hours. Parties at a distance can con
sult him by letter.
Oflloo and Residence second building
Jlce days Wednesdays and Saturdays. 25tf
Dr. J. L. Acorrb,
PHYRTCIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had nfteen years' experience In a large
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Cull. Oiriee In his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tldloute, iioar
H'idioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobaooo, Cigars, Stationery. GIomm, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
j!l bo tjold at reasonablo rates.
Da. i)HA. O. DAY. experienced
Physician and Druggist from New York,
has charge of the Store. All proscriptions
put up accurately.
h. a. mat.
jxo. i: rx.
- A. KEIXY.
jit 4 Y, r A Jl K C CO.,
3 A K K B B S
Corner of Elm & Walnut SU. Tlonesta.
ank of Discount and Deposit.
Jntorest allowed on Time Deposits.
Cul.Ioctiyn made on all the Principal points
of The y. a.
Collections solicited. 18-ly.
T-O .r..r.ii)ff -o- fluuni.)ynuepj h
-3in'. dxopu n 05i jo Xaiqvs
m ujSo A'd 3AV -uoisHiiuuiuj jo i rnr
-uium 'aiuiu.il nuw 'XKHPiAO'UIMkJ.
- a iM)S. CARDS. 30 Extra Mixed Vis
KJ iiing Csrds, with name 10e or 60 for
Mcllenville Card Co., Mellcnville,
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VOL. IX. NO. 20.
Painting, Papcr-Hanging &c,
IJ H. CHARE, of Tlonesta, offers his
J aerdcos to those in neod of
PAINTING, .;; . ' ,;'
GRAINING,
CALCWTNTNO,
sizing v Varnishing,
IKKJN WRITING,
PArKR HANGING,
AND CARRIAGE WORK,-
Work promptly attended to and
MntiMftiction Gunrniitccd.
Mr. Cluwe will work In the country
wlicn uCIrci. . 13-tf.
WILLIAMH Cp.,
MEADVILLE, . - - PENN'A.,
TAXIDERMISTS.
BIRDS and Animals stuffed and mount
ed to order. Artificial Eyes kept in
stock. 2-ly
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
MR3. HEATH has roeontly moved to
this nlace for tho nnrnose of meeting
a want which tho Indies of the town and
connty have ftr a long time known, that
of living a dressmaker of experience
among them. Iam prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in tho latest styles, and
f;uoranteo satisfaction. Stamping for braid
ng and embroidery done in the best man
ner, with tho newest patterns. All I ask
is a (air trial. Residence on Water Street,
In the house formerly occupied by Jacob
Shriver. I4tf
TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED I
T11K ORIUINAL
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
ASSETS Dec. it, 1873,
n , v : i a , n a rs . i.
MILES W. TATE. Sub Agent.
45 T'onosta. Pa.
. . Frank IlobbI ns,
PnOTOGRAPHEH,
, (SUCOKSHOR TO DKMIJIO.)
Pictures in evory styloof tlxwirt. Views
of the oil regions for sale. or taken to or-
uer. . -
CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing.
SYCAMORE STREET, tiear Union Do
pit, Oil City, Pa. . 20-lf
PIIOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
ELM KTRDSTt
SOUTH, OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S
STORE.
Tionesta, Pa.,
M. CARPENTER, - - - Proprietor.
ll ln8llM
Picturos taken in all the latest styles
the art. 2ti-tf
FINE GOLD VATCHES,
SILVER WATCIIKS AND
Watches, Clocks, Solid ami riated
Jewelry, JHack Jewelry,
Eye Cllaasea, Spec
tacles, Violin String, llc. C c,
AT L KLEIN'S JEWELRY STORE,
TIDIOUTIU, PV.
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
Ilepnirod nnd 'Yniimitetl.
LEAVE YOUR WATCHES
at G. W. Uovard's Store, Tionettta, Pa.
NEBRASKAGRIST MILL.
TII E GRIST MILL' at Nebraska (Lacy
town,) Forest county, has been thor
oughly overhauled and relittod in tirst
elass order, and ia now running and doing
all kinds of
CUNTOM UUINDINti.
FLOUR,
FEED, AND OATS.
Constiiiitly on hand, and fcold at the very
lowest iiii'urcH,
I .ten E. WT MA Al
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V.'
TIONESTA, PA.,
OLp DUMPS.,
They need to make fun of him at
the ofhee. He was a queer old fellow,
with a solemn face, and what we
thought ridiculoufllj polite ways. He'd
take ofThi hat when he came in, and
Bay :
"Good morning, gentlemen. I trust
I see you all in good health this fine
J." . .. . ; ,
And sorao ef the boys would nod
and some wouldn't do anything but
I never could help standing up and
bowing, perhaps because I knew that
my mother would have said that I
oufht to do it.
'lVbe sure, he was only on a salary
like ourselves, but had been at R. &
li.'s for twenty-five years, and young
fellows had come and gone, and there
he was.
And, you see, h was gentlemanly of
him, I said ; and if he was a little
creature with a queer little wig, why,
he looked something like a gentleman,
too. I said so once to Merri vale, nez t
desk to mine; but wellI didn't try
it again. .
You see, Merrivale was up to every
thing, dressed elegantly, sneered at
everything almost, anJ I'd cOme from
a country town, and he was a city
man.
Nobody down on "Old Dumps" as
he was, especially after he made us
that speech about our conduct to the
ladies.
Dumps made the speech, you know,
and it was Merrivale who had said the
lady only came in to look at him.
I'm sure the lady really wanted to
kuow the way to the street she asked
for; and how she colored and hurried
out.
And Dumps, with his brown wig,
looked to me like the geutleman that
day ; and Merrivale, with his fine curl
ing hair and black moustache and
broad shoulders, like a puppy.
"The man who calls a blush to the
cheek of a good woman by look or
tout, roust have forgotten his mother,"
said Old Dumps. "When that lady
asked you a civil question, she relied
on her belief that you were a gentlo
man, Mr. Merrivale. When you an
swered her as you did, any one could
read your insultiug thoughts. Mi. Mer
rivalo; and you did -not even rise
froiu your seat, sir. You proved that
she was very much mistaken.'.
"Mean to say I am no gentleman ?"
said Merrivale.
"In this instance, sir," said Old
Dumps, "you certainly have not con
ducted yourself as one should."
Merrivale pulled his coat half off,
aud pulled it on agaiu.
"i'bhaw," said be ; "ho knows he's
safe. There'd be no fun in knocking
down an old bag of bones like that. I
could do it with my little finger. But
you attond to your own business, will
you, Old Dumps? I can behave my.
self without your advice, and that ain't
the first woman that s come in just for
a sort of flirtation. I'm used to that
sort of thing, I am."
"Mr. Dumps is right this time.
said I.
"Bah!" said Merrivale, -You're
from the country."; '
"Thank Heaven for it, then, my
youag friend," said Dumps, - and sat
down.
After that Merrivale was never even
half way civil to Dumps, and the boys
followed Merrivale s lead. But I liked
the old fellow. When we met in the
street, I'd take off my hat and shake
hands, and say some of those oolite
things that mother used to teach ne
to say. And I wrote of him to mother
and she said she was glad her boy
kuew what was due to a good old gen
tleman. But, after all, in the ollice,
you know, what the boys thought and
?ii a?. si '
saia naa usnnuence.
Who were the boys? Why, there
was Merrivale with bis darling airs,
and the way of letting you know he
was. a favorite with women.
And Carberry, who didn't care about
style, and knew the city.
And btover, who used to come with
red eves and headaches, and boast that
he'd been making a night of it.
I was lonely enough In the great
city, and I should havo liked to join
company with Dumps, and walk home
with bim from church Bometimes, but
I was afraid of meeting one of the boys
and I never did. -But I would bow to
him, and we took our hats off to each
other always.
Sometimej, when I lived at Hare
dale with mother, I've seen the sky
beautiful and bright and blue one
hour, and the next black with the
clouds of a thunder-storm. Just that
way my trouble came to me an awful
trouble such as I could not have
dreamed of.
I had written to my mother that I
was doing well aud liked my business,
and would be down to see her on Sun
day, when I was sent for to go into the
inner olhce ; and there I can t go
through with it I can't even remem
ber details; bull was charged, with
m
OCTOBER 4, 187G.
You'd have to understand our par
ticular business, as well as book-keeping,
to know how I. was supposed to
have done it; but they believed I had
robbed them of one hundred pounds.
Tbey urged me to confess. I was
innocent, and I said so. Then they
told me they did not wish to be bard
on me. I was young. The city was a
bad place for boys. They would be
merciful, and only dismiss me without
recommendation. All I could say had
oo effect. They proved me guilty be
fore they accused me, they said ; and
at last I staggered out of the office.
The boys were getting ready to go
home. I saw they knew what had
happened.
"None of you believed this of me,"
said I. "None of you who know me ?"
- And Merrivale said :
"Look here, Forrester, you're very
lucky to get off so."
And Carberry said :
"Now come, we know too much to
be fooled. It's always your sly boots
of a good young man that does these
sort of things."
And Grab said :
"I say, Forrester, don't talk so much;
you'll give yourself away."
And Stover said :
"O, go take a glass of brandy and
water, and don't go on like a girl
about it."
And what with shame, and rage,
and grief, rbouilmve died; when
out of bis dusty "corner came little
Old Dumps, in his little snuff-colored
overcoat, and held out hit band.
"Mr. . Forrester," he said, "I've
wttched you ever since you've been
hero. I know what you are. You
are incapable of a dishonest act, and,
what is more, I will prove it before I
rest. The man who respects himself,
the man who honors his mother will
do no dishonorable thing." '
He took my hand in his arm, and,
bowing to the others, walked out into
the streetwith me. I heard Grab
and Stover and Carberry laugh, but
Merrivale gave us a furious look, and
stood, white to the lips, looking after
us.
"Mr. Dumps," said I, "I thank you
for your confidence in me. I deserve
it in this, at least; but it saves my
heart from breaking under this dis
grace. How eball 1 telkmv mother?"
"Don't tell her yet," said he. "Wait.
Others shall think as I do soon."
Then he went ou in silence. . He
took mo to his- own room, where he
kept bachelor's hall. 'He made tea
for me, and served me with sliced pot
ted beef aud thin bread and butter.
The room was a strange, old-fashioned
place, enough like a room in a
story and there was a miniature of a
young lady in tho costume of forty
years before, on the wall over the
mantel; and on book-shelves old,
calf-bound volumes Fielding's Ame
lia, Thaddeus of Warsaw, Evelina I
cau't tell you all of them ; and on a
stand near the fire the prayer-book,
with the book-mark hanging from it.
And it was not until wo had done
tea that he said to me, very apologet
ically, after I had called him Mr.
Dumps: -
"Mr. Forrester, excuse me; but I
am not named Dumps. That :s the
name by which tho young men at the
store considered it witty to call me. I
confess I could not see the wit; but it
rather burhera more than me. Isaw
by your manner that you had made a
mistake. My name is Adams."
I was so much ashamed of heviug
used the nickname, innocently ns I
did it, that I could have cried.
But my old friend comforted me. I
think that but for his sympathy that
night I should have taken my own
life. I did not belieye he could help
me even then.
But he did. I said I could not tell
you just what they accused me of do
ing unless you knew the ins and outs
of our business. And I can't tell you
bow be did it for the same reason. But
one day he came to me, flushed with
triumph, and took both my hands and
shook them hard, and said :
"My dear boy, it's all right. I'd
watched before, and had a clue. Your
character is cleared. The firm wel
come you back, with regrets that they
should have suspend you, and the
real culprit is fouud. The real cul
prit is Mertivale, and Stover is his
accomplice."
And so it really was. They had
doctored my books and meddled with
my proofs. They'd made me out a
thief as plainly as though I had been
one, and they never guessed that "Old
Dumps," with his siiEpicioDS aroused,
had played detectivo, and was able to
co raw to my rescue in the hour of need.
I went back to my situation, and
I've got on well ever since; but there's
more of my story. Think of my-dear
old Dumps turning out to be my uncle
my mother's own brother and
neither of us guessing it.
long ago other people bad quarrel
ed, and so seperated these two, who
were always mends.
tu.-l .u- iu.i. L.
$2 PER ANNUM.
by wig and coat proving to be quite
rich, and going down into the country
to live with his sister for the rest of
hia life.
In vacations and holidays I gn ' to
see them. They are happy, together,
and the little tea-table is set with old
I china, and there is potted beef and
Ljelly, and I'm petted like a child.
And in my uncle s room the old mi
niature of the young hdv hangs over
thyd mantelpiece as it did in his lodg
ings. And once he told me its sweet, sad
story, and I knew why the quaint old
manjn the office had a more true and
tender gallantry to women, and was a
braver friend and a more perfect gen
tleman than the young fops who grin
ned at him from the high stools be
tween his desk and the window, and
gave him the nickname of Old
Dumps.
National Republican Platform.
When in the economy of Providence
this land was to be purged of slavery,
and when the strength of the Govern
ment of the people, by the people, and
for the people, was to be demonstrated
the Republican party came into
power. Its deeds have passed into
history, and we look back to them
with pride. ' Incited by their memo
ries and high aims, for the good of the
countrjrand mankind, and looking to
the future with unfaltering courage,
hope and purpose, we, the representa
tives of the party, in National Conven
tion assembled, make the following
declaration of principles.
First The United States of Ameri
ca is a nation, not a league. By the
combined workings of the Nation and
State Governments, under their re
spective constitutions, the rights of
every citizen are secured at home and
protected abroad, and the common
welfare promoted. '
Second The Republican party has
preserved those governments to the
hundredth anniversary of the cation's
birth, and they aro now the embodi
ments of the great truths spokeu at
its cradle, that all men are created
equal ; tha.t they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among which are life, fiberty and the
pursuit of happiness ; that for the at
tainment ot these ends governments
have been instituted among men, de
riving their just powers from the con
sent of the governed. Until those
truths are cheerfully obeyed, or, if
noeded to be, vigorously enforced, the
work of the Republican party is un
finished. Third Tho permanent pacification
of the Southern section of the Uuion
and the complete protection of its cit
izens In the free enjoyment of all their
rights, are duties to which the Repub
lican party stands sacredly pledged.
The power to provkle for the enforce
ment of the principles embodied in
rthe recent Constitutional amendments
is vested by those amendments in the
kCougress of the United States, and we
declare it to be a solemn obligation of
the legislative and executive depart
ments of the Government to put into
immediate and vigorous exercise all
their constitutional powers- for remo
ving any just causes of discontent on
the part of any class, and for secur
ing to every American citizen com
plete liberty and exacte quality in the
exercise of all civil, political, and
publio rights. To this end we imper
atively demand a Congress aud a
Chief Executive whose courage and
fidelity to these duties shall not falter
until these results are placed beyond
dispute or recall.
Fourth- By the first act of Congress
signed by President Grant, the Na
tional Government assumed to re
move any doubt of its purpose to dis
charge all just obligations to public
creditors, and solemnly pltdged its
faith to make provision at the earliest
practicable period for the redemption
of the United States notes in coin.
Commercial prosperity, publio mor
als, and national credit demand .that
this promise be fulfilled by a continu
ous and steady progress to specie pay
ment. Fifth Under the Conssitution the
President and heads of departments
are to make nominations for office ;
the Senate is to advise and consent to
appoiutments, and tho House of Rep
resentatives is to accuse and prosecute
faithless officer. The best interests
of the publio service demand that
these distinctions be respected, that
Senators and Representatives who may
be judgers and accusers should not
dictate appointments to officers. The
invariable rule for appointment
should have reference to the honesty,
fidelity, and capacity of the appoint
ees, giving to the party iu power those
places where harmony ani vigor of
administration require its policy to be
represented, but permitting all others
to be filled by persons selected with
sole reference to the efficiency of the
publio service, and the rights of all
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Marriage and death notices, gratis.
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dering faithful services to their coun
try. Sixth We rejoice In the quickening
experience of the people concerning
political affairs, and will hold all pub
lio rifficers to a rigid responsibility,
and engage that the prosecution and
punishment of all who betray official
trusts shall be sicody, thorough and
unsparing. , -
Seventh The public Bchool system
of the several states is the bulwark of
the American Republic, and with a
view to its security aud permanence,
we recommend an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States for
bidding the application of any publio
funds or property for the benefit of any
schools or institutions under ectarian
control.
Eighth The revenue necessary for
current expenditures, and the obliga
tions of the public debt must be large
ly derived from duties on importations
which, so far as possible, should be
adjusted to promote the interest of
American labor and advance the pros
perity of the whole country.
Ninth We reaffirm our. opposition
to further grants ef the publio land to
corporations and monopolies, and de
mand that the national domain be de
voted to free homes for the people.
Tenth It is the imperative duty of
the Government to so modify the ex
isting treaties with European govern
ments that the same protection shall
bo offered-to tho adopted American
citizen that is given to the native born,
and that all necessary laws should bi
passed to protect immigrants iu thet
absence ot power in the states for that
purpose.
Eleventh It is the immediate duty
of Congress to fully investigate the
effect cf the migration and Importation
of Mongolians, upon the moral and
material interesti of the country.
Twelfth The Republican party
recognizes with approval the substan
tial advance' recently made toward the
establishment of equal rights for wom
en by the many important amend
ments effected by Republican 'Legis
latures, in the laws which concern tho
personal and property relations of
wives, mothers and widows, and by
the appointment and election of wom
en to the superintendence of education,
charities and ether publio trusts. The
honest demands of this class of citi
zens for additional rights and privil
eges and immunities should be treated
with respectful consideration. '
' Thirteenth The Constitution con
fers upon Congress sovereign' power
over the Territories of the United
States for their government, and in
the exercise of this power it is the
right and duty of Congress to prohibit
and extirpate in the Territories that
relio of barbarism, polygamy, and we
demand such legislation as shall se
cure this end and the supremacy of
American institutions in all these Ter
ritories. . '
Fourteenth The pledgee which the
natiou has given to our soldier and
sailors must be fulfilled. The grate
ful people will always hold those who
periled their lives for the country's
preservation, in the kindest remem
brance, i '
. Fifteenth We sincerely deprecate
all sectional foeling and tendencies.
We therefore note with deep solicitudo
that the Democratic party counts as
its chief hope of success upon the elec
toral vote on a united South, secured
through the efforts ef those who wero
recently arrayed against the nation,
and we invoke the earnest attention of
the country to the grave truth that n
success thus achieved would reopen
sectional strife and imperil the nation
al honor and human rights.
Sixteenth We charge the Demo
cratic party as being the same in
character and spirit as when it sympa
thized with treason ; with making its
control of the House cf Representa
tives the triumph and the opportunity
of the nation's recent foes; with re-asserting
and applauding in the national
Capitol the sentiments of uorepented
rebellion; with sending Union soldiers
to the rear and promoting Confederate
soldiers to the front; ilh deliberately
proposing to repudiate the plighted
faith of the Government; with being
equally false and imbecile upon the
overshadowing of the ends of justice
by its partisan manRgement and ob
struction of investigation ; with prov
iog itsolf through the period of its as
cendancy in the lower House of Con
gress utterly incompetent to adminis
ter the Government. We warn ;tho
country against trusting a party thus
alike unworthy, recreant and incapa
ble. Seventeenth The National Admin
istration merits commendation for its
honorable work in the management of
domestic and foreign affairs, aud Pres
ident Grant deserves the hearty grati
tude of the American people for his
patriotism uud his immeuse services in
war and jn-ace.
Making sugar out of melons ia a