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THE TIMES.
New Jtloont field, Jon. U, JAT.V.
NOTICJC TO ADVERT18KUS.
No Out or Stereotype will lip inserted In this mtpr
nulpnH llwht face and ou metal lisse,
IVTwMity percent. n pucpms of rcirulsr rntcs, will
be charred ioradvprtlapiuenta set in Double Oohimii.
NOTICK TO HLIWCHIBEKf..
Iiooli at tlip flu-nres on the llil of your psi'cr.
Thm ilviintf'll run dm ilntetn which yoiiranh
arrlpllnn la nniil. within 1 week slier inonpy Is
nt, n e II the data la .uaiiKPd. No otlipr receipt
la neoesmirv.
OUR CIRCULATION.
For the Information of Ailvertlnois,
and others interested In knowhiR, we
make mention of the fact that we licgln
this year with a circulation of KJNE
TEKN HUNDHED copies.
Gold is now quoted at H premium.
Silver nt 8 per cent, discount.
The "sliver bill" is still under discus
sion in the Benate. Benntor Matthews'
resolution declaring the bonds of the
Nation to be payable in sliver M as pass
ed by npnrly a two-thlrd vote. It Is
probable that this vote shows the full
strength of the silver party in the Sen
ate, and should the Wand silver 1)111
pass and be vetoed by the President it
is evident it could not pass over the
veto.
It 8 nt: ms strange that any body of
men would contend for a bi-metalic cur
rency and at the same time make the
dollar of one metal worth more than
the dollar of the other. Every one of
any experience knows that the re
sult will be to drive all the more val
uable money out of the, channels of
trade and reduce our currency to the one
metal and that the cheaper. While
greenbacks were at a large discount,who
thought of paying gold V The passage
of the liland bill will result in making
silver take the place formerly occupied
by greenbacks, while the brokers will
be the only one to handle gold. Are
there any among the advocates of a bi
metalic currency that will pay a premi
um on gold in order to use it in the pay
ment of their individual bills V We
think not,and unless people are willing
to do that it is certain that we shall still
have a mono-metalic currency if the
Bland Bilver bill is pnssed, unless it i3 so
amended that the silver dollar shall be
kept on a par witli the gold. If that is
done the needs of trade will soon regu
late the amount of silver that would be
required and no more than that would
be coined. A double metalic currency
thus regulated would be acceptable to
everybody, and no other arrangemet
will give the double currency only in
name. Even now the quantity of silver
in circulation has become a source of
annoyance to dealers and to the banks,
and the amount now in use is small in
comparison to what it will be if the
silver agitators are successful.
Peace Prospects.
There is now a good prospect for
peace between Russia and Turkey unless
England should decide to interfere be
cause she has not been consulted regard
ing the terms.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the Turkish government has decided to
sign the preliminary peace negotiations,
which are as follows : Servia to be inde
pendent without compensation; Mon
tenegro to receive Antivari, Nicsics and
Bpaz, and a portion of the territory
bordering on Lake Scutari. Russia to
hold Batoum, Kara and Erzeroum until
a war indemnity of 20,000,000 is paid ;
the Dardanelles to be opened to Russia
men-of-war ; Bulgarian autonomy to be
conceded rather on the principle of tho
Lebanon than on the plan of the Con
stantinople Conference, and Turkey to
nominate a Christian Governor for a
long term of years, subject to ratifica
tion by the Powers ; Bulgaria not un
derstood to include Thrace, but only to
extend to the line of the Balkans ; part
of the Russian army to embark at Con
stantinople for their return home, and
the final treaty of peace to be signed at
Constantinople by the Grand Duke
Nicholas.
A few days will show the course that
England will take, and though she is
growling and showing her teeth it Is
doubtful whether she will take any
action.
A Norristown Romance.
Norrlstown has been enjoying a little
romance, which in its details is rather
peculiar. In August last Miss Mary
Taphine, a young lady of seventeen or
thereabouts, obtained a warrant against
John F. Wilson, charging him with
assault and battery. Wilson kept out
of the way until within a few days ago,
when the officers pounced upon him
and placed bim in the lock-up.
Now the time that had elapsed since
the committal of the ofl'ence had cooled
the lady's wrath, and Bhe was loth to
appear against the prisoner. Her
brother .however ,inslsted that she should
push the matter, so she attended the
hearing liefore the Burgess, but when
questioned she had nothing to say. As
neither party lind brought any money
with them, the Burgess, with an rye to
securing the costs, committed both to
Jail.
Their friends came to the'rescue and
the pair were released, and it seems that
their Incarceration had softened their
hearts to each other, ond on Tuesday
evening they appeared before a clergy
man -ami were made one, and it is hoped
that there will lie no cause in the future
for prosecution for assault and battery.
. .
A Very Strange Case.
The Cincinnati Commercial of last
week reports one of the most remark
ably instances on record of parental de
votion in that city and of success In keep
ing secret a family nllllctlon. Twenty
seven years ago lie kept a house on
Western row. About that time a num
ber of houses in that vicinity were de
stroyed by lire, including his residence.
Ills wife in a delicate condition, sutlered
much from fright, and subsequently
gave birth to a monstrosity an ollkprlng
without any of the better senses of a
living creature, except that of sight
without toes or lingers, deaf, speechless,
without the least spark of intellect or
instinct. Twenty-seven years have
pnssed, and the family have kept this
creature in the household, secreted in a
room, and only a few of the neighbors
besides, who lire on the most Intimate
relations, have known of its existence.
It eats when food is placed to its mouth,
and is kept in a cleanly pi initio n by the
most constant care A long beard has
grown on its face. It is about three feet
in length. It crawls about some, but
moves with great dillleulty. That such
a creature has lived so long is singular.
That a family, instead of placing it in
some asylum, lir.3 endured its presence
injthclr midst, and nurutred it in assid
uous privacy through all these years is
a strange and itflecting incident of
paternal devotion.
Sad Effects of War.
The sufferings of the people in the
places effected by the Russia-Turkish
war are forcibly set forth in the follow
ing dispatch :
" Mr. Master, ngent of the English
relief fund, has just arrived here with a
train full of refugees from Andrlanople.
These unhappy people have been iu
open cattle trucks three days. Many
perished from the cold weather. Last
night fifteen were found dead in the
trucks. Tho sufferings of all are de
scribed as awful. Mothers are reported
in their frenzy to have thrown, away
living babies rather than see them die in
their arms. As the train moved from
Andrlanople numbers of people tried to
cling to the outside and framework of
the carriages, and many attempted to
ride on the buffers. At one station,
where hundreds of people had congre
gated without food for two days, the
men threatened Mr. Master with vio
lence if bread was not given to them.
Yesterday there were 13,000 women and
children out in the snow at Charlou.
Three trains full are hourly expected to
arrive at Constantinople. It is not
known where they will find shelter.
Tfie snow is several inches deep, and is
still falling. The cold is intense. All
that can possibly be done is being ef
fected by the administrators of the relief
fund, but many lives are being sac
rificed." .p.. .-.
A Profitless Discussion.
Nearly all the preachers of New York
have commenced a lively discussion on
the question regarding the existence of
a hell. From the number of huge
swindles, gross frauds and cases of gen
eral cussedness reported from that city
it evidently is the belief of many per
sons residing there that there is no such
place of punishment. The frequency of
these cases, however, convinces a good
many other people that there ought to
be one at any rate. Wouldn't it be bet
ter to drop the discussion of this subject
and try to live so that more of the ex
pectation of enjoying a heaven and less
of the fear of hell would occupy the
thoughts New Yorkers.
A Balaklava Hero in Siberia.
A hero has been dug up in Siberia. It
is Viscount FitzGibbon, the gallant
Irish cavalry officer, who was supposed
to have fallen in the celebrated charge of
the Six Hundred at Balaklava. It was
never ascertained whether the hero was
really killed or not. When last seen
he was leaning faint and wounded, on
his horse ; and now the story goes that
he was taken prisoner by the Russians,
and, for some insult to an officer,quietly
transported to Siberia. After having
been hopelessly embedded there all these
years, he is now said to be on his way to
Ireland and Britain, to look at the statue
which has been upraised to bis honor at
Wellesley Bridge, to shake hands with
Mr. Tennyson for writing such nice
verses about the boys, and, last of all, to
claim the estate. Ay! there's the
rub!
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. .
Washington, D. C, Jan. 24, 1878.
Civil Boivlce Reform, of which we have
heard so much in the Inst six mouths, is
getting to be considered a myth or a fraud
in these part. The lute compromise be
tween the President and Congress will have
the effect of doing away with what rem
nants may be remaining. The old rings
are still extant ; the old favoritism still
exists ; and the snme unfair and unequal
treatment Is given and revolved as of yore.
It has been universally acknowledged that
Secretary Bclmrs of the Interior Depart
ment lias been more earnestly seeking to
root out and tear down the crookedness he
found under his jurisdiction than any other
oflicer of the present Administration ; and
I purpose giving you a little insight Into
the workings of bis, the purest and fairest
of all the Departments. It will tike all
the space allotted to me in your valuable
paper, but porhaps will Interest you more
than aught I could write
A competitive examination took place
the other day for the purpose of filling five
subordinate clerkships iu the Patent Ollloc,
the applicants examined numbering about
80. I submit the questions given, which
were nuulo public by one of the disappoint
ed applicants (contrary to orders from the
examining committee) and go to show
simply that it was not intended that nuy
of these applying should gaiu an ofllce
savo favorites who may have lind an inti
mation beforehand of the questions to be
propounded ; for you will readily seo two
things that not more than ono man in a
hundred, even were they fresh from college
could answer all these questions, and
that not one single question save tho last
relates in any way to the business that
comes before tlio Patent Ofllce.
TUB QUESTIONS FOIl TKST,
1. AVrite letter to the examining board,
Btaling nge, extent of education, previous
business, legal residence, &o.
2. Stato the dilfurenco between chemistry
and physics, and how do changes produced
iu substances by chemical action differ from
tlieso produced by action of heat or
magnetism.
3. State to what tho phenomenon of light
is due when n candlo, lamp, or a jet of
illuminating gas he burned.
4. What is tho best lino upon which to
dosci'ibo the teeth of a gear-wheel, and
why? What, if the exigencies of tho
machino permit, should bo the relation fn
number of two intci-meshing gears ? Give
reason.
fi. What is the difference between tho
u so of spur-gears and bauds and pulleys iu
a machine? Supposing pullejB to bo used,
should tho surface of the belt be rough or
nearly smooth? dive reasons.
U. Describe a platform balance, common
ly called platform scales, aud the priuciplo
upou which it works. Givo reasons.
7. Which is most destructive to a bridgo
to have a locomotivo pass at full speed
or slow, and why is any precaution needed
when great bodies of troops uro to pass
over a bridgo.
8. What is the clfectivo head to which is
due tho velocity at tho exit end of a con
duit of water supplied from a distant
resevoir, and why?
0. A cylindrical ves sol of tin or sheet
metal filled with wnter has at a certain
height, on the samo circumferential line,
tb r co round perforations. Ono is direct
through the tin metal ; one is prolonged by
a pipe of equal diameter, extending hori
zontally outward from the openiug, the
third, which is slightly larger, is also pro
longed the same distanco horizontally by
two eonio frustumes, united at their small
est ends, the outer one beiug the longest
and the section through their point of
junction having the same diameter, as the
two holes just mentioned, which of these
aperture will discharge the most water in
a given time, and why ?
QUESTIONS FOR TIIK AFTERNOON.
10. Machines are often called labor-saving.
How should this bo understood ?
'll. Does any reason exist why, under
present condition, or under any supposable
condition, in which these should be a total
absence of frictlou, a machine should not
be constructed capable of originating with
in itself and imparting to other bodies any
desired amount of force ?
13. What is a differential screw ? Its
object? Do you know of any instance of
its use ?
13. What causes besides frictiou operate
in a machine to lessen its working power,
and what in a railroad locomotive.
14. State domostio and utilitarian appli
cations of electricity, and explain the
principles upon which the devices you
enumerate work.
15. What is the specific gravity of a block
of fine wood weighing 19 pounds in air, if,
when attached to a mass of iron weighing
24 pounds in air and 21 pounds in water,
the wood and iron together weigh only 0
pounds ? Give full solution.
10. Name such machines as you have in
mind in which some part has a rectiline or
reciprocatory movement directly fuuotional
in the accomplishment of the result ; and
state the part and the object of the move
ment in -each machine.
17. What is invention, as distinguished
from other modes of arriving at improve
ments? OLIVE.
Miscellaneous Nw Items.
tW Dr. Richard A. Robertson, of Tltus
vllle, who has been missing since June
last, is supposed to have been murdered.
MP Eddie Hmalley, aged seventeen
yesrs, was killed nt Erie on Tuesday by
the careless discharge of a pistol by a play
mate. tW The Connecticut House of Hepre
sensatlves last week passed resolutions In
opposition to the Bland Bilver bill and in
favor of the resumption of specio pay.
monts.
IW The passenger train on the Nashville
nnd Chattanooga railroad ran off the track
near Hunt's Station, Tennessee, on Tues
day, throwing ono coach down nn embank
ment twenty feet high. Several persons
were Injured.
Boston, January 23. A Concord, New
Hampshire, special says: "At New
Market, New Hampshire, last Friday John
II. Robinson, on his deathbed, confessed
that he murdered a young man natnod
Jewoll in the town of Candia, New Hamp
shire, some twenty years since."
EST A party iu Person county, N. C,
ran a fox five days every day until sundown,
resuming the chase each successive day
shout daylight, in every instance jumping
Reynard within thirty stops of where tlioy
left off the evening before. Tliechase was
abandoned on tho fifth day, men, horses
and dogs being worn out.
t3T" Among the oddities of the Boston
cat-show this week will be two specimens
of a " what-is-it," recently captured in the
woods in Rhode Island, having head nnd
shoulders like a cut and hind-quarters liko
a rabbit, and resembling tho latter in
manner of locomotion.
tS'On a farm nt Kittery, Me., is an in-,
termittent spring, which has t he singular
eccentricity of flowing only in dry weather.
It was discovered during tho excessive
drought live or six years ngo, when all tlio
other springs in tho neighborhood were
dried up. As soon as the rains camo cm it
disappeared, nnd has followed the same
tactics regularly ever since.
Eabton, Pa., January 23. The suspen
sion of tho running of coal on the Lehigh
Valley, Lehigh and Susquehanna, Morris
nnd Essex, Central railroad of New Jersoy,
Easton and Amboy and Bolvldore and Dela
ware railroads has thrown over 000 men out
of employment in Easton and Philipsburg.
Reading, January 23. Jacob and John
Iluntzinger, late President and Cashier of
the Miners' Trust Company of Pottsville,
were this morning sentenced each to two
yours' solitary confinement and a tine of
$500, also to refund to Thomas Kerns, the
prosecutor, $24,000, with costs.
ZH" Shortly boforo tho commencement
of tho matineo performance at the Ilolliday
street Theatre, Baltimore, ou Weibiesday
the cylinder of a calcium light placed to
tho flies exploded, shaking the building
and causing nu excitement, during which
many loft the house. Two employes of
tho theatre were dangerously and several
otheis slightly hurt. Tho performance
took place ns usual.
tW The will of Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Denny, one of the oldest and wealthiest
rosidnnts of Pittsburgh, has been filed in
the Register's office. The estate is chiefly
'in real property aud was valued before the
panic nt about ten millions. It is now
worth five or six millions. It lies iu Pitts
burgh, Allegheny, Westmoreland county,
Erie, Illinois and tho District of Columbia,
and was purchased by the father of tho
deceased a great many years ago. The
property is left entirely to tho children of
deceased.
FOR SALE. A valuable farm situate 2
miles south of this borough, contain
ing about 100 acres, 65 acres of which are
cleared and in a high state of cultiva
tion, the balance well set with flue tim
ber. The Improvements are a good two
story dwelling house with kitchen at
tached, Barn, Blacksmith-shop and oth
er outbuildings. There is also a good
limestone quarry, a large orchard of
choice fruit trees on the premises, and a
never-failing spring of water near the
door. . This property will be sold cheap,
and on reasonable terms. For further
particulars, address Jacob Fritz, Car
lisle, Cumberland Co., Pa., or applv at
this office. 41
FOR RENT. The best Coach and Wag
on Maker Shop in the County. There
is a Blacksmith Shop connected with it,
and everything convenient to carry on
a first-class Coach business. For further
particulars apply to
N. Hendersox,
37 pd Green Park, Perry co., Pa
. New Tailor Shop. The undersigned
gives notice to the publlo that he has
opened a shop opposite Kinesmith's
hotel New Bloomfield, Fa., in the room
formerly used as a confectionary, where
he is prepared to do work in his line
promptly, and at , reasonable prices.
All wrk warranted to give satisfaction.
Give me a call. Samuel Bentzel.
Bloomfield, May 1, '77 tf.
Removal. J. T. Messlmer has remov
ed bis Shoe Shop to the room adjoining
P. B. Clouser's office, 4 doors west of the
Post-OIHce, where he will make to order
Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Repair
ing promptly and neatly executed. He
will also keep on hand a good assort
ment of Boots and Shoes, wLlch he will
sell at low prices. Give him a call. 17
The beet Alexander kid glove for sale
by P. MORTIMER at 1 per. pair.
Ladles Taks Notice. We shall ta-dny
open a pretty line of diikss noons,
which are sent from the city to be closed
out, and many of them at prices below
the cost to manufacture. Look at theso
prices, and then call and see the goods :.
Pretty Styles of Dross Goods for lOeti per yd.
Very Desirable " 12Wcts "
Much Better " 20cts "
A fow pieces of Matalese " 33cts "
Bilk Mixtures for UHcts "
We have also received another lot of
those excellent five cent calicoes. This
way far bargains I
F. MORTIMER,
New Bloom field.
January 2i!nd, 1878.
Auctioneer. The subscriber gives no
tlce that lie will cry sales In any part of
the county, at reasonable rates. Parties
wishing Ids services should engage hlin
before having bills printed.
Titos, hutch, Jit.,
1J- New Bloomfield, Pa.
Notloe. Persons desiring me to call
sales, would do well to notify me as to
the day as soon possible, so tiiat the day
they select may not interfere with the
date fixed upon by some other party. 1
intend to havea complete list of all sales,
and the date upon which they will take
place. Satisfaction guaranteed.
David McCoy,
Ickesburg, Pa.
Yf. 3, ItlfJE, Surgeon nnd Mechanical
Dentist, Ickesburg, Perry Co., Pa.
CirAlways at home on Saturdays.
Cull if you want anything In my line
nt the most reasonable rates.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from practice, hav
ing had plnced In hie hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy, for the speedy and permanent cure of
consumption, brodebttis, catarrh, asthma, and
all throat and lung affections, also a posltivo
and radical cure for nervous complaints, after
having tented Its wonderful curative powers Iu
thousands of cases, has felt It bis duty to mako
It known to his suffering fellows. Actuated
by this motive, and a desire to relieve human
suffering, I will send, free of charge, to all
who deslro It, this recipe in German, French,
or English, with full directions for preparing
and UBlng. Bent by mall by addressing with
Mump, nnmlng this paper, W. W. Blicarer, ia)
Powers' Block, llochcstcr, N. T. 4t d
FISIPIjEN.
T wilt mall (free) the recipe for a simple Veg
etuble llaliii Unit will remove 'Jan, Freckles.
Pimples inn) Blotches, leaving the skin sort, clear
and beautiful -also Instructions for producing a
luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head or
smooth face. Address, Inclosing 3 ct. stiimp.Ileii.
VauUelf & Co., 10 Ann St., N. Y. A4 (linos
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advert Iser.havlng been permamentlycured
of that dread disease, Consumption, bv a simple
remedy, Is anxious to make known to liis fellow
mitlercrs the means of cure. 'J o all who desire It,
he will send a copy of the prescription used, (free
n( charge), with the direction) for preparing and
using the same, which Ihey will find a sure cure
for Consumption, Asthma, llronchllls, (tc.
Parties wishing the prescription will please ad
dress. K. A. WILSON, l'enn 8t., Williams
burg!), New York. Al.im.
TKANPWAHENT TEACHING ('AKI)H.
Instruction and Amusement combined. Iin
portant to parents and teachers. 2(1 different
artist le designs. The entire pack sent free for 2
cts. currency or stamps, Van Delf & Co.. 20 Ann
Bt.. N. Y. A 618.
UC7 Grt Agents profits per week. Will provo
4 J I.SU it or forfeit t-m. New articles, lust
liiitented. (Samples sent free to all.
Address W. 11. CJUDJ'-STJlll, 210 Fulton Rtreet,
New York. a! Gin.
ERRORSoF YOUTH.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
Nervous Ieltllity Prematura l)ecav, and
ail the effects of youthful Indiscretion, will lor
the suke of sufterfng humanity, send free to all
who need It, the rei:iie and direction lor making
the simple remedy by which he was cured. Hut
ferers wishing to profit by the advertiser's ex
perience can do so by addressing In lertect con
Hdence, JOHN OGUEN, fi Cedar Street. New
Vork. At tins
mnnn Agents Wanted to sell our newly Pat
luu ented Novelties, Chromes, Watches.
Itevolvers, Jviigravlngs, Dooks, &c. Stationary
Packages (10 per hundred. Hpcclal terms given
to Agents everywhere. The best prices ever of
fered. Mammoth catalogue with samples free.
35(im. K. L. KLETCHEK, H Uey Btreet, N. Y.
HEALTH AND UAFFINESS.
Health and happiness are priceless Wealth to
their possessors, anil yet they are within tho
reach ol every one who will use
WUIblHT'S LIVER TILLS,
The only sure CVKE for Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia,
Headache, Hour Stomach, Constipation, Debility.
Nausea, and all Ilillious complaints and Blood
disorders. None genuine unless signed " Wm.
Wright. Phira." if your Druggist will not sup
ply send 25 cents for one box to liarrluk, Holier &
Co.,7UN.4thSt..Phll'a.
January 1, IsTS, ly
-yATCHMAKER & JEWELER.
CEO. C. HENRY,
Watchmaker and Jeweller, Carlisle Street.
New Bloomfield Fa. ltepairing of all kinds well
and promptly done.
CALL ASD SIE ME.
The Subscriber has opened a Store opposite the
Itallroad Depot, at NKWPOKT, where he is pie
pared to supply
OTSTEllS, GliOCEHIES, dc,
At the lowest market pnee. A full stork on
hand. The patronage of the public Is solicited.
iMt. WM. ICKES.
Newport, Pa,
gUrjTJSIXG !
JUST OPENED
A VARIETY STORE,
up town:
We invite the Citizens of BLOOMFIELD and
vicinity, to call and examine our Stock of
GROCERIES, (JUEENSWARE. GLASSWARE,
TIN WARE, A FULL VARIETY OK
NOTIONS, 4.C &C, &C,
All of which we are selling at astonishingly
X.OW FRIGES.
Give us a rsll and Sa rs MONEY, as we
re almost GIVING THINGS A WAV.
Ml Butter and Eggs taken Id trade.
VALENTINE BLANK.
3g y Wert Main Btreet.