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INVITATIONS,
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We have one of POTTER'S DRUM
CYLINDER POWER PRESSES, the
best made, for rapid work on hand
bills, and
THE ONLY GORDON JoBBER
between Chambersburg and Uniontown. We
arethus ens bled to do finer work, at lower rates,
than any office between these two pIaces
Every person should have his business card
printed on his letter paper and envelopes. Every
business man, who is not an old fogy, will have
bll-heads printed Every person who wants
to drive bis business, viii have cards printed.
Persons having bills printed for sale of perso-
n al property who will also advertise their sales
the GAZETTE, will be entitled to special aud
favorable rates.
We have just obtained large sup
ply OF
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which with our improved Presses, on.
ables us to do all kinds of printing in
the neatest style and at the shortest
notice. Send in your orders.
MEYERS & MENGEL.
Dec. Q, 'sS-tG
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BEpFoRD, May II, 1869.
JOHN HAFER.

.
DEAH SIR II have used several bottles of your
medicine in my family, and find it to be all you
claim for it. Yours, truly,
JOHN HAFER
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BRnroRn. Mayl8. 1855

This is to certify that / have used Middleton
Liniment for the Rheumatism which had in my
right shoulder so bad that / could not get my
hand TO my head without great pain, and after
few applications entirely relieved
l.. T. DART.
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ny ASIIINGTQN HOTEL, BED
w FORD, Pa.-This large and commodioas
hogse having bean re-taken BY abe subscriber is
nos apea f.T the reception 81 visitors board
ers The F0oms are large, well Ventilated, and
comfortably furnished The table will ALWAYS be
81 glied with he bestthe markctean afford The
Bar is stocked with the choicest liquors In short
ii my purpose 10 keep a FIRST-gLASS HOTEL
Ibanki me public for past fayGrs, / respectful
y s1iielt renewal Of their patronage.
Hacks viii rn1 constantly between the
nayl7, '67yl DIBERT, Propr.
u EDFORD H0TEL.-The un-
4 ie-sg1ed having take charge of the Bed
t0rd d1tel- formerly kept By Col John Hafer, an
nounoes 20 the public that he viii be able to af
ford the best accommodations, both 20 the travel
ing pubic and home custom. The house viii be
improved and re fitted, and the Bar viii always be
we'll Supplied with choice liquors. His table viii
he supplied with the choicest bles of the season,
and lie vii spare no pans TO make ii suitable for
all Ills stable is one Of the best In Bedford AMI
a good h5stier viii always be Ia attendance
- BoardeTs taken by the week, month or year
Terms reasonable. The public are respectfully H.
JOSHUA J. SHOEMAKER
Jan. 70. 81
~ He ENGEL HO USL
i .fatiaaea sfre5t Be4forz, Pa
The subscriber respectfully begs iefye to infor
improved ana refttea his house, both for the ao-
con@odation Of travellers and boarders, as well
Ceuugry customers. Persons coming TO this place
for tae purpose Of visiting the Bedford Springs,
VIII lad this aouse pleasantly located
PIE and convenient StabliHg Is attached e.
this Hotal, which viii always be attended by
careful atstler. Also a safe and convenient ca4
riRge house.
Al are invited to give him "a call.
ISAAC MENGEL, Proprietor.
April 10, '64.
ETNCHANGE HOTEL,
Ia HUNTINGDON, PA.
old establishment having been leased bi
j. MORRISON, formerly propriety OF the Morr
House, has been entirely renovated and re-
furnished and supplied with all the modern iu-
prove uents and congeuiences necessary to first
class Hotel
The dining room has been removed to the FIRST
0o1r and rs now spacious and airy, and the cham
bers are all we'll ventilated, ana the proprietor
Will endeagor 10 MAKE his guests perfectly home
Address j MORRISON,
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
JaHieu HuntlEgdoa, Pa.
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BEDFORD, May l3, 1869
This is to certify that / have used .Middlerop's
Pain Cure, tor Rheumatism and was very much
benefited by it. JOHN HARRIS.
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FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

A Y kR'S ) A RS n Z A RI l. l. a
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p / G P A d L 0 c K!
WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF HARDWARE
FANCY AND FURNISHING
ARTICLES, AT
HARTLEY & METZGAR'S.
Eureka Fodder Cutters.
Corn Shelters,
Dark India Buffalo Robes
Lap Rugs,
Horse Blankets,
Sleigh Runners
Sleigh Baskets
Steel Sleigh Soleg
Sleigh Beils-in great variety.
Fancy seds and Skates,
Lamps, Shades and Lanterns
Lightning Weat-cutfsrs.
The best Sausage Meat Cutters in the worll
Great assortment of Butcher Knives Butcher
Steels, Carving Knives, Pad Locks. &C. Chofre
olsLsather. Calf Skins, Sheep Skins, SaddIery,
and all kinds of Hardware nov4tf
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AttQrneus at gam.

j. McD. SHARPE. e KERR.
GHARPE & KERR, ATTORNEYS
- AT Law BEDFORD Pa, will practice in
the courts Of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fee on Juliana ST, opposite the Banking House of
Reed 4 Schel. March q '66
The New York herald., 1870-01-29

The following appeal has Just been issued by the
Executive Committee Of the Cuban Charitable Aid
Society in this city:-
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
we ask your generous sym ympathy and liberal hand
for the people OF Cuba herocaly struggling for
dependence from Spanish despOtism, in comparison
with which the expressions OF England in 1776
liberty Itself. ClLlzens OF the republic, who make
the laws, We shall OBEY them; one OF the nations,
brotherhood OF man we shall never ignore justice
nor prove faithless 10 humanity. We ask the co op-
Grafton OF oil classes creeds and parties restricting
none IN their liberty OF action and utterance.
that In their association with US they shall not sub
ordinate the cause OF Cuba TO other aims.
Our purpose IS to arouse and concentrate the
moral support OF the nation In behalf OF the recogni
tlon by the general government OF the belligerency
ana independence OF Cuba when reason and facts
snail make the demand. We aspire TO see Cuba an
We have faith IN the success or our cause but should
an lnscrUtaDle Providence decree the relapse OF the
Cuban patriots into desDutism, we project charity
Tor this desoac and ruined people, such as has not
oeen more deservedly and urgently needed since the
Christian era Letters containing donations Will be
sent TO the treasurer, MIR. Charles A. Dana, OF the
New York sum- and other letters to the president, 45
Liberty street, New YORK, box 1850 The treasurer
and the vice presidents OF the several States aud
Territories appointed by this committee are the only
persons authorized TO receive subscriptions OF
money which Will be banded over To the representa-
tiyes OF the Cuban New York, and there our
responsibility VIII cease. Donations Will be pub
llshed IA the journals and the donors Will be made
life members Of tnis society BY order or the Execu-
tive Committee. q. M. CLAY, President
HORACE GREELEY, Vice President
JOSIAH OAKEs, Wee President.
CHARLES A. DANA, Treasurer
>. ID. STOCKING, Corresponding Secretary.
NEW YORK, JAM 2S, 1870.
The New York herald., 1870-01-29
TEE ALEXANDER CASE.
Examination OF DIR. Brockway-His Statement
Withheld by DR.. Shine-A Press Censor.

Examination OF DIR. Broclxway-His Statement
Withheld by DIR. Shine-A Press Censor.
ship.
During the course OF yesterday afternoon DR..
Asahel Norton Brockway, who gave the certificate
Of death III the case Of Captain John Alexander,
whom IT is suspected was poisoned for mercenary
considerations, as has heretofore been fully reported
in the HERALD, appeared before DR.. Shine and made
lengthy statement regard to the al ISSUE
but DR.. Shine refused to give 1t TO the press
for publicatlon, on the ground that he
had taken 1t for his own convenience, aud
would submit It to the jury At o future day. when
called together by the Coroner Ihe doctor" Is also
exasperated at the comments OF some OF toe papers
regarding this case and now assumes to be u press
censor rs ar as possible. Doubtless the statement
OF Dr. Brockway Is very important, but owing to tue
action OF DR.. Shine the readers OF the ERAI liz must
content themselves till what the Doctor really did
say can be procured. II Is understood, however,
that pr. BrockWay denies being present when the
bag OF vaiuahes was taken from the neck OF de.
ceased but just previous TO Mr Aexanders Qcath he
neryouay moved HIS hand about his neck and breast
as ne had missed something. At that
tme deceased was greatly prostratcd nom
kle action OF the medicine which had been
administered. Dr. Brocsway states that he kept
medicine and some posons III his o6lce. tnen Ia Dr.
GaldasI's aVRae, >wulVo WlgAt Asve been oesasuea
The New York herald., 1870-01-29
BROOKLYN CITY.
Sneak Thleving-Held for tho Grand Jury-A
Spot Of Rlood-Unsafe Buildings

Jchn Jones and James McCabe were found in pos
session OF some silver gobets which they had stolen
from No. &C Lafayette avenue. They were arrested
BY oilcer Ennis, OF the forty-third precincr.
Mr. James Coombe, an old New YORK printer, died
In Brooklyn last evening" III the scyenty-eighth year
of his age He viii be buried by the New York Typo
graphlcaf Society, from State street Congregational
church. State street, corner OF hoyt BrooKiyn, on
sunday afternoon at three O'CLOCK. MI. Coompe
had been a member oil the society for lorty-tnreo
years, having Dcen initiated IN 1920
In the HERALD law reports yesterday report ap-
peared OF the trial OF the OF Levi S. Parsons vs..
The New York ana Harlem Steam Navigation Com
pany. Plaintiff sued for the recovery OF $4,000, and
It reported that the jury found verdict for the
plaintiff. The amount OF their verdict was 5000,
and not the full amount claimed, as might be in
lerred IRON the report
A large pool OF blood at the corner Of Kent and
Myrtle avenues yesterday morning caused consider
able comment and no little ast0nshnent to the
oficer whose duty 1t was to keep watch over the
peace that locality The oficer declares that ne
heard no disturbance, and all inquiries In the neigh.
bornood have failed t0 elicit any definite inf0rma.
tien as TO the origin OF TINS evidence OF sanguipaJy
anray.
Michael Reid was committed to await the action OF
tne.Grand Jury by Justice Walsh, yesterday after.
noon, for stabblng George Cumberson. The latter
keeps barroom at the corner Of Prospect and Gold
Streets and REID, who was formerly In Ills employ,
got into u quarrel with him about week since In
regard to some money. CumbersOn attempted to
eject. him FROM the place, when ne drew pocket
knife aud stabbed him In the slue.
Mr.. ]. p. Rourke, the superintendent OF Build
ings, Is looking SHARPLY alter parties who are
attempting TO put up unsafe structures.
Yesterday he compelled the owner Of . row OF
eleven three story and basement brick buildings
commenced the south side oil Monroe street, near
Ralph avenue to suspend further work on them, as
they not being erected Iii accordance with the
banding laws. The owner mas agreed TO remove
them.
The citizens OF Brooklyn are beginning to realize
the fact that order prevent their houses from
being robbed during the day they must be careful
and keep their doors always locked. Sneak thevin8
has become a profession from when large
class III Brooklyn ore living sumptuously. Tue
amount OF clothing and other property stolen
py sneak thieves dullng the past week WILL
probably amount to Sa,00J The more experienced
operators manage To Keep out OF the hands Oi the
police. Ou Thursday, however, some OF the police
went out IN cit1enis Dress and succeeded In max.
| ing several arrests. Koundsman Baker arrested
man giving his name as John Brown, whom ne
found Ill possession Oh shawl ana Oiack bag, WINCH
he failed satisfy the ollicer lie got honestly.
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during his absence. During the Doctors examns-
@ ion Mrs. Burke was present, and according % Ut;
ohine, charged the witness with making untrutnIui
Statements In regard to tho death OF her father.
which DR. Br0ckway Indignantly denied, ana Iona
anu angry words ensued between them, which con-
sent 10 restore order. 1t is believed that no Wit
nesses other than the doctor were examined. and
resumed did not appear.
The New York herald., 1870-01-29
One Hundred Years Ola.

The Henry county uowa) Press gives sketch OF q
woman OF 100 years. Her name Is Mary Moreley.
Sne was born in the State Of Maryland IN the year
1870. Her tather was an Old Revolutionary soldier.
and was kiied in one OF the last battles ol that war;
Snc had seen George washington and most or the
Other eminent patriots OF his day. She was married
at the age OF twen'y.four years. has raised eleven
children, and been widow more than nfty.four
years. Her husband was u soldier oi the war OF
1872. She is seemingly as active and strong as most
women OF Sky.
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EARTHQUAKE IN tbs IoNIAS ISLANDS TIE Towx
OF SANTA MaURA DEsrRoYgDlhe Hartford C0U-
rant mas news from Robert T. Keep, Consul ut
Al.bens OF the total destruction oy earthgu.Se on
tha morning Of December 20, or tue town OF Santa
Naura, one or the ionian Islands OF that name.
AT the date OF the advices January l. ten aead and
ifty wounded men nad been taken from the ruins.
NOT house was left stanking. Toe sgryiyofs slep;
~ yle oppR VII 81 unaSr teR1.
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ZEN DRAGT ElAAkT MAGT,

The members OF this nourshing society had
very agreeable surprise on Thursday evening while
holding their regular monthly meeting at Pytha-
goras Hall IN Canal street, by the entrance OF a
crowd OF handsome ladies, led by Mrs EeekhOfr
Mrs. Thuring and Mrs. Duintyes VINO presented 60
the society handsome aud beautifully wrought silk
banner OF the Netherland nation. Addresses
thanking the ladies for this Kind manifestation
were made by President koopes and Mr.. Quelle
and to which Mrs. Begin responded for the ladies'
and Captain Duintyes In behalf of the press and
Cnlted states OF America, after which bOuntiiul
supper was given by the ladies Of the society.
The New York herald., 1870-01-29
Tho RevoIutionists and Canadian Newspaper
Men-A Fearful SiOrm-Seven Men Frozen
10 Death.

CHICAGO III, Jan. %, 1870
A SPECIAL despatch to the Tribune from st. Cloud
says q passenger from Fort AbercrOmbe reports
that Cunningham, Of the Toronto Globe, ana Robert
son, OF the Toronto telegraph were arrested on
their arrival at Fort Garry on the evening OF the
18th, and logged III jail; that the storm on the
prairie was the most fearful ever experienced
Seven men were frozen to death between Pembina
and Fort AbercrOmbie on Sunday. On the 10th the
thermometer was thirty-lve degrees below zero.
The New York herald., 1870-01-29
HELP CUBA!

The following appeal has Just been issued by the
Executive Committee Of the Cuban Charitable Aid
Society in this city,
The New York herald., 1870-01-29
OLD PEOPLE.
One Hundred nnd Twenty-nvo Yoar. Old

Ono Hnndrcd md Twcnty.nvO Years Old.
From the Key West (Fla.) Despatch, Jan. 1871
Catharne Portugas, q colOred woman, ana O ma.
tive OF ST. Augustine Fla, died In Key West on the
9th inst at the age OF 1875 THIS one OF the
most remarkable examples OF longevity to be found
In The records Of the South atestcd ~ 1t by data
perfectly reliable. In northern, lattudes extreme
tenacity of lie IS more common, but tho relaxing
tendencies OF this sunny cline makes 1t less dlicuiL
ITO Enuiuo OF the mortal coll.n
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-02-05

In a few months many of our city read
ers will be rushing to the country for fresh
air, which they think. and very justly, that
they need. They will get fresh air, simply
because they will exchange their close par
lor's for the balcony and the country rides
and rambleS. Ii they will remain at home,
and throw wide open the windows, regard
not fearing for their carpets, they will get
just as much and very nearly as pure air
as they will fad at Newport or Saratoga.
And if, after their days in the open air,
they pass their nights in close apartments,
they will return in the autumn very i'm
perfectly benefited. In eight hours each
person exhales nearly one hogslead of pure
carbonic acid. 1t will be quite interesting,
before closing the windows at night, to
calculate the cubic contents of ones Sleep
ing-room, and to reflect what nice lung
food the air will be when mingled with i
hogshead of deadly poison.
Here is what Mr.. Leeds found in one of
the largest and most elegant of the public
schools of this city:
"They have way Of their own Of doing
public business over there. There has been
a good deal said about vcntlating public
schools of late years. and, as it was such
scientific and fashionable matter they must
have their schools ventilated of course. .
Those beautiful and ornamental gratings
called registers are accepted as the cxter-
mai proof of good ventilation, suggesting
as they dc the flow of an abundance of
pure. fresh air. SO regis ers were bought
freely and put in all the rooms, top and
Bottom, with splendid red and green and
blue tassels, although making handsome
show, and doing the very able and scientific
gentleman on the school boards great credit
for their enterprise and great care for the
welfare and interest of the pupils under
their charge.
Now, let us examine the operation of
these registers. Holding n handkerchief
in front of them, there it remained per-
tectly metionless. 1t neither blew hot nor
cold-it was perfectly lukewarm, motion
less. Go to another-the same. And to
anothcr-thc same. Well, that is singular.
Let us 60 on the roof and sec what can be
the matter. A careful search fails to dis
cover any tlues at all, but n mechanical ex-
animation shows that the coping stone has
been put on them, making all the ilues as
thoroughly air-tight as the solid wall
more perfectly capped than that chimney.
There had been no after zion paid to having
the holes for the veItilating flues cut
through the coping store''
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hundred and ten feet. Even supposing-a
snpposition manifestly absurd-that the
syringe could throw water the same dis
lance, it would require nine hundred men
to do the work now done by one or two
All things being considered, fifty thousand
syringes would not be as serviceable as one
steam fire engine. AS Ewbank says, "the
| whole act of using them appears rather as
farce or the gambols of evergrown boys
at play than the we'll directed energies of
men to subdue the raging element
In the sixteenth century syringes were
made which differed from those previously
in use only in being larger and being placed
on wheels. A picture of one of these is
preserved in Besson's sTheatre,'' and
looks, for all the world, like an immense
sausage stuffer, capable of holding about a
barrel Of water. 1t has no hose (tbe ox's
gut continuance had been lost during the
middle ages, and consequently the dirac-
ton of the stream Of water could not readi-
ly be changed, had the continuance been
placed simply on wheels. To avoid this
difficulty, the syringe swung on pivots, and
thus could be elevated and depressed, but
when motion from side to side was requir-
ed, the whole machine had to be turned
1t has already been said that pumps were
used in very ancient times but these, too
were lost in the darkness of the Middle
Ages, to appear again in Germany near the
close of the sixteenth century. A picture
of the pump for extinguishins fire, given
by Dccaus, shows chat it was worked by
four men, two of whom pumped, while one
held the "squirt,' and another turned
pailfuls of water into the machine If a
covered washtub ne put on sled, a board
nailed to one side ard rising two or three
feet higher than it, and the whole thing
considered churn, the top of whose handle
is inserted in a lever, one end of which is
inserted in the board and the other end
worked by hand, very good idea of this
pump will be obtained. The whole con-
trivance was single forcing pump secur-
ed in a tub: afterwards, as in Hautsch's
engine-a very efficient one-two pumps
were employed, but it was not till some
years later, that the air chamber and hose
came into uss and thenceforth, until the
invention of steam fire engines, variations
in structure were SIMPLY those of detail i'll
convenience of carriage and working.
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self on levl with nigger,-for instance
eff Woo shOOd Inv of or sell tn an Ftbeon;op

self on a levil with a nigger,-for instance
eff yeo shood by of or sell to an Ethiopian,
then the degredashen wood be yoors, for
700 mite have asserted yoor Superiority
But in the case Nv States Prison l RELY
think yeo put too much stress onto it. In
that case sooperior power compels yoo to
this, and 700 amt responsible. Were I in
yoor place-had | SIGH promisin prospects,
ez yoorn-I don't think shood permit this
to stop me-
But Mr. O'Sullivan WIZ infexble. He
shood quit all practices witch pintcd into
he direckshun Nv Il penetenshary, for it
weuld kill him to be compelled for mint,
to eat, work or walk beside niggsr, even
tho he wuz compelled to do it.
Then an idea struck mel Brilliant idees
alluz do come to me at precisely the rite
time. "Why yeo cussed jack ass ~ scd
fallen onto his neck, "why do we talk NV
this. Now tibet the Democracy hez the
Legislacher, and will hev the control NV
the city in all its departments, no Demo-
crat who hez q dozen votes back NV him
will go to the penetenshary. But few of
'em did afore, when the Ablishnists he'd
the poeece, but now that we hev Judges,
poleece and why my dear sir, the
:hances is ez one to a million. Go OH with
yoor burgulary my sweet Terence, go on
,rd win, with no gaunt fear stalkin like
spectre behind yeo." Mr. O'Sullivan re-
turned to the city with me comforted, that
is ez to hisself. But he is determined that
The wrong shell be remeded. He declares
it his purpose to petishn the Legislacher to
pass an act maxim seprt prizens for niggers,
that Democrats Nv the city may not be per-
Dctoealy menaced with the possibility that
hey may be compelled to assoshate with
IN; or wat wood he still better, they wood
nav hangin made the only punishment for
liggers witch wood finish the cusses to-
wunst and end all anxiety on their account.
SIGH petition is new hangin in my bar,
md l read it to all who cum in, and in no
-ase hez any one NV EN- refoosed to make
lis mark onto it. This will be the first re-
orm tho new Legislacher will be called
Upon to make.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
witch VIM P. NJ
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KITTY.

Kitty, cruellest of girls,
Turned away in pride
Down her shoulders shook the curls.
In golden tide.
Haughtily she frowned on me-
Like a miser old,
Would not give. for charity,
One small lock of gold.
Kitty, if lovers prayer
Your hard heart denied,
Wherefore leave your scissors there,
Nesting at your side?
All, [ know, my pouting pet,
Stealing is n sin;
But small pity misers get
When the thieves break in.