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The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06
BLOop-SUCKING USURERS.

One OF the greatest curses to the
largest sized towns and small sized
cities in the country are the heartless
usurarS-the men that hang around
law offices and take advantage of the
necessities of the poor, the unfortunate
and the entcrprising-who rob the arm
Of industry week days and insult the
Almighty by trying to pray it of their
souls on Sundavs-who even dare to
appease the wrath OF an offended and
just God with petty brides, in the shape
Of donations for charitable purposes
from their blood money. For your
large town and small city miser wants
the world to consider him "respecta-
bic" mar-his intense SelfiShness
prompts him to keep a sharp lookout
fer all the pleasant spots either on
earth or in heaven-and it is alike a.
musing and painful to see the strug
giles between his ambition for social
and moral position and his avarice.-
Men Ike these gloat over their dollars,
wreached, according to law" from
the enterprising mechanic and manu-.
facturer and the hardy laborer, whom
they have turned out Of business and
cast on the world, oftentimes homeless
aud moneyless. If there be any spot
in hell more profoundly deep and hot
than another, it is where the shyster,
the miser and the hyPocrite will be
found-the blight and curse OF every
community in which they lived on
earth, and the despised and rejected Of
Heaven when they shall come 20 the
Judgment of just God.
We have in our minds eye, as we
write, few Western cities, that are
fair and beautiful to the view, and blest
with great natural advantages; but
cursed with a superabundancc OF un-
patriotic and misery sharks and shaw
ers, that rest like a nightmare upon
them and paralyze their prosperity
Those of them who have become rich
through meanness and eXtortion, give
tone 10 popular sentiment as PERM,
cious to the general prosperity as the
noxious exhalations Of the Upas tree
are to general health. Where con-
crete meanness and dishonesty is held
at a premium by leading citizens, in a
community OF few thousand inhabi-
tauts, what can be expected from the
vo9ng, the thoughtless and others who
constitute the masses of their people?
The usual result is an acquiescence, if
not an Endorsement Of the degrading
idea that the many are made merely
to be pigeoned, plucked and rode over
by the hearless few who own and con-
troll the corporations, and sometimes
even the courts. In such communi-
ty, integrity, intelligent effort and en-
terprisc have no chance. The cities
shrivel up, real estate is depressed and
valueleSs, and the skinfints themselves
are not half as we'll of as they would
have been if they had spent half the
amount of time and money in aiding
and encouraging the industrious and
energetic business citizens that they
had spent in laboring to embarrass
and ruin them.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

A female Savior is creating a pro
digious sensation in the southern part
Of the Russian Empire. She claims
to be the daughter OF God, selected to
suffer for the redemption of her sex,
in the same way that Christ died for
the salvation Of man. She processes
TO be able to heal the sick, give sight
to the blind, and raise the dead.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

Six comets have been discovered BY
the astronomers since April sd, and it
has not been a particularly good year
for comets, either.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

Remember the poor" and send us
4 turkey for our New Years dinner,
IS what Kansas editors say.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
Wire Fences.

To build an efficient wire fence II j. nee
csslry to procure the best quality ot wire.
Muck that j. i'm the market j. brittle and
worthless. Number nine j. the size COM
monty used. Set the posts one rod apart
and put two or three STAYS on each space.
The end posts must necessarily be large.
set firmly in the ground. and well braced.
rs the entire strain from tightening comes
on these. Fasten the bottom wire 10 the
posts, eighteen inches from the grotnd
and three wires above ten inches apart.
This would make the fence about four
feet high. which j. sufficient. rs cattle jump
wire less readily than boards or rails. In
fastening the wire To the posts, care must
be taken TO drive the staples so n not TO
bind the wire. a. il must draw through
them easily 10 facilitate tightening. For
a lever 10 tighten Use two by four scant-
ling three feet long. with two pins insert
ed near one end. Wind the wire around
these pins until IL is tight enough to sup
port the weight of the lever without sag
ging. Fasten by driving staple around
the wire into the lever at opposite end
from pins. One lever will tighten sim
gle strand of section forty rods long.
placed upon the middle of ii. Wire fence
has many advantages for outside inclos-
urcs. as il retains no snow drifts To OBJ
struct the roads in winter or soak the
fields in spring. The wind has very little
effect on it, and in soil that the posts are
thrown out by frost they can be driven
in again without removing the wire.
Cost of wire and staples for four wires
will not vary much from thirty cents
per rod. Wire fence. well built, well
kept. and snug, is a tidy. good looking.
efficient fence and an ornament 10 the
farm, but 1t is decidedly the poorest fence
in use for slovcn.-C0y. Farmers Union.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
THE SMITH
AMERICAN ORGAN co.
ESTABLISHED
Nearly a Quarter Of a Century.
$4,000 ORGANS S0LDI

The Policy of this Company Il 20 use the best ma
terla.s without regard 10 cost lts employees. espe
cially these In leading positions have been familiar
with the manufacture of reed instruments from the
infancy Of the business.
The cases are solldly constructed, and from INV
and ELEGANT DKsIGNs
The manufacturers claim that they have succeeded
IN producing the most sdflsfdctOrV harmony srer
heard From Reds while the same time their Or
gans have nsUeT been eQuaiSi Ia DcsceT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
Grateful Thousands proclaim YIN

EGAR BITTERs the most wonderful IN
yigorant that ever sustained the sinking
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
AN ORGAN LEADING 5000 SINGERS

ganist in the U. S. refers 10 Organ now used In
the Rev. Dr. Talmadge's church. The Organ formerly
used. made by another house, had proved insufficient
DEAR sIR-I owe you personally my best thanks
for sending 10 (the Brooklyn Tabernacle Congre-
gafion) one OF the Smith American Reed Organs 20
The Academy of Music. IL is perfectly wonderful
that small instrument In size should have sum
cient power 10 lead congregation Of many thou
sand people. The Trustees. as well As myself are
much pleased with IT, The quality of ToyE ls also all
that can be desired. II speaks for itself; and al
have met with. who attend the services speak OF 40
most satisfactory. Accept my thanks, and believe
me 20 remain most respectfully yours,
GEO. W. MORGAN. Or1dnia.
NEW YORK. Feb. 4. 1873.
New Instruments OF n Refined Quality Of
Tone. for Private Houses.
Catalogues sent to any address on application.
FREMONT STREET opposite w.'A''n BOSTON. MSS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
Pin. Tape. and other Worms.

lurking IA the system OF go many thousands.
are efiectually destroyed and removed. Ne
5, stem nt medicine. no vermifGgcs, no an
thclminitics will free the system from worms
~ th..... Iliff.r-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
DIR. j. Walkers California Vim

egar Bitters are purely vcgetaL,-
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges "
the Sierra Nevada mountains Of alifor
aia, the medicinal properties cf which
are extracted thcrciiom without the TO
Of Alcohol. The question is almos:
daily asked. "Wha: is the cause of re
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BiT
TERsE Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifiera and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of VINEGAR lITTERs in healing the
sick OF every disease man il neir 10 They
are gentle Puggatiye as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation 90
the Liver and Visccrai Organs. in Billion
.Di.easp~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
For Infiammatory and Chronic


VI '"fh Dhs-' s's'-s =
ter. salt Rheum, BotcheS. spots, Pimpics
Pustules. Boils Carbuncles. Ring-worms.
-cnrfs, Discoloraiions of the skin, Humofs
and Diseases Of the skin of whatever name
or nature. are literally dug up and carried
ont Of the system in short time 10y the use
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
F0rtify the body against disea
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, He;
ScrOfula. or Kings Evil.

ScrOfula. or Kings Evil. WHIT
swelings. Ulcers. Erysipelas. Swelled Neck.
ioiire. Scrofulous Infammaiions. Indoleni
lnnammations, Mercurial Affections, pio
sores, Eruptions of the SKIN Sore Eyes, etc.
In these. as in all othc' constitutional DE-
cases, WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs havt
.hown their great curative powers in the
-nnsf nhsfinafe and intracfahle cases
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
No Person can take these Bitters

according TO directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones are not de-
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
rannir
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02
My Step-Daughter.
ssT SUPPOSE you have broken the

II JVA h"N~ 49,
L matter to Eleanor p said to "my
widower," " only three weeks before we were
to be married.
"I could not do it after all. We may as
well surprise her, and it will be all over at
once" said Mr.. Eustace, stroking that
handsome beard, which had been one of
his great attractions to me.
''I verify believe you are afraid Of your
own daughter. Your long delay is great
injustice to her, and it makes me unhappy
yes, miserable"
"I am sorry, but | rather like your
scolding, Lizzie. / have always been used
to silent, self-contained women, who would
not move an eye-lash if the heavens fell"
ais Eleanor one Of that sort?'
eyes, the oldest girl in the world. l
wish she had a little more nonsense about
her."
81 have enough for two"
"I give thanks for it. You are
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02
A Spitzbergen uCOId Snap.v

Says writer; "No description can give
an adequate idea Of the intense rigor of the
six months winter in Spitzbergen. Stones
crack with the noise of thunder /; in a crowd
ed room the breath of the occupants will fall
in flakes of snow; wine and spirits turn to
ice; the snow burns like caustic if iron
touches the skin it brings the flesh away
with it,; the soles Of your stockings may
burn otfyour feet before you feel the slight
est warmth from the fire linen taken out
Of boiling water instantly stiffens to the
consistence of wooden board and heated
stones will not prevent the sheets Of the
bed from freezing. If these are the effects
of climate within an air-tight, fre-warm-
ed, crowded hut what must they be among
the dark, storm-lashed mountain peaks
outside ?"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02

0be 0iures, Netp BLOOMFIELD, llo,

! did not contradict him. Where would
have been the useP But it struck me all
ut once that the first Mrs. Eustace, who
was said to resemble her daughter, must
have had avery lonely life Of it.
The i'll news was soon verified, but Flea
nor had believed it from the first. She
vent about the house at first as she had
always done, but loss of appetite and dis
turbed sleep gradually told upon her
strength. She learnt to hold her hand tight
on her heart us she mounted the stairs.
One little industry after another dropped
from her weak hands, and, without COM
ment on my side or hers, she soon lay every
day and all day on a sofa.
She never called herself i'll, and would
lie for hours in silence, with far-away
look in her eyes as if shcwefe gazing sea-
ward. My face must have expressed a
little of the yearning pity that overfowed
my heart.
"ls it for me that you are unhappy ?"
she asked, doubtfully, one day.
eyes; l find have not fortitude
enough to bear other peoples misfor-
tunes"
You may easily bear mine. have been
very happy since knew that my waiting
would be short"
"You have had but dull, lonely life,
Eleanor. l cannot wonder at your indiffer-
ence to it,
A sudden rosy brightness transfgured
Eleanor's face, and, for the moment, she
was more lovely than ] can tell.
You are wrong, believe me-" she said.
I" 1 have had my share of happiness no
woman could have more. 1t was like some
great tropical bloom, long in coming and
soon gone, but it was unutterably perfect"
looked at her with wide eyes, and the
draw bridge of her reserve fell instantly.
She lay still for long time, and could
hear the thud of her heart beats.
When was leaving her, she showed me
me key on a chain that she always wore
about her neck.
Some time you will use this to unlock
my desk" she said, &C and find there whaI
cannot say to you now" Not many days
after she went out of life as calmly as she
had passed throughit.
In her desk was large packet of letters
bound with strip of paper. On this strir
was, written the precious secret which she
could not part with while she lived. "Bury
me with these letters on my heart, anG
write over my head only this, Eleanor
Eustace, beloved wife of Haviland Norton
She had said on my wedding day that
she thought she might like me very WELL
and l have reason to believe she did So
never any less and never any more, while
grew to regard her with passionate ad
miTation.
For long time after her death, life
alone with my widower, was very tame
affair indeed.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02

latter, he grew absent and restless. knew
by a felIow-feeling that he was thinking Of
his daughter, but would do nothing to
relieve him--he deserved half an hour Of
misery. tf
Eleanor came to meet us as her father
opened the door, girl who might have
sat for Tennyson's Isabel:
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02

AnctIOneer. - The undersigned gives
notice that he will cry sales at any point in Perry
or Daupin counties. orders are solicited and
l.. ID. WELLS.
New Buffalo,
Perry CO., Pa
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02

ez- 1t is stated as a Neurological fact
that the milk of young COW is apt to be
foaming. Which is highly probable, as the
creature is heifer-yescent.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02
WILLIAM NJ. sUTCH,
Justice of the Peace,
AND GENERAL COLLECTo

AND GENERAL COLLECTOR,
New Bloomfield, Perry County, Penn'a
Ga Special attention paid to Collections Of all
Kinds. Deeds. Bonds Mortgages and Agreements
eatlyn executed. 7lOf
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02
A Peryerse Father.

A marriage occurred in Detroit, Mich,
recently, which the Free Press thus de-
scribes There was a marriage in the
Ninth Ward, the groom being hard-worlS-
ing mechanic, and the bride daughter of
respectable parents. The father of the
girl was opposed TO the match, and was de-
terinined that it should not come of, but
the mother was convinced that it was all
right. When the clergyman and the
guests began to arrive the father began to
get angry, and would have overturned all
the plans but for the pluck of the opposing
parties, who sent for policeman, doubled
up their fists, and ordered the preacher to
go ahead The father undertook TO seize
the bride, but some Of the crowd ran him
out of doors, and he went across the street
and sat down on the curb-stone and cried
while the twain were being made one.
e3-An old farmer employed a son of Erin
to work for him ON his farm. Pas was con-
stantly misplacing the end boards in the
cart-the front board behind and the tail
board in front, which made the old gentle
man very irritable. To prevent blunders he
painted on both boards large B, then
calling Pat to him and showing him the
boards, said, "Now you blockhead, you
need not make mistake, as they are now
both marked. This pointing to one board
is b. for before, and that Indicating the
tail board is b. for behind" whereupor
the old gentleman marched off with great
dignity.
e8- 1t is stated as Neurological fac
that the milk of young COW is apt to b'
foaming. Which is highly probable, as th'
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02

VXTM. A. MORRISON,
w JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and GENERAL.
COLLECTOR, NEW GERMANTOWN, Perry co Pa.
eS- Remittances will be made promptly for all
Collections made, Al II
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-02

r EWIS POTTER, NOTARY PUBLIC, New Bloom
i 4 field, Perry Co., Pa.
Deeds, Bonds, Mortgages and Leases carefully
prepared and acknowledgements taken. All
kinds of Pension and Bounty papers drawn and
certified, VIII also take dispositions to be read in
any court in the United States 10 ly#
The New York herald., 1874-09-01
THE HERALD SARATOGA TRAIN.
From the Eysnins Mail. August s1.l


We called attention in July to the edt&f5rise Of
the HsEAfD In chartering . special railway Sun.
~ nothing train to Saratoga for the distribution
Of ia issues there and on the way, But to appre-
ciate thoroughly the admirable nature of the en-
terprise one must have an opportunity Of going
with the train. Such an opportunity was afrorded
yesterday-betng the last day Of tho season OF tho
HERALD train-to the representatives Of sbout
twenty journals, daily and weekly, in New York,
Brooklyn, Chtcago, Poughkeepste and Troy, BY the
courteous invitation OF Mr.. ". H Williams, OF the
Union News Company. These Journalists, among
whom was Q representative Of the EUenSn0 AdL,
lcft New York at halfpast three O'Clock yesterday
morning, arriving ct Saratoga at hahpast nine,
where they were entertained ct Congress Hall
Leaving Saratoga at four P. N. they arrived at
Forty second street at ten p. NJ Two OF the finest
drawing room cars belonging TO the road carried
the party, and every possiblo provision was made
for their comfort Thai morrter party has passed
over the road this summer we take leave to doubt.
Tne papers, delivered on the car uniolded we're
folded, put MP In wrappers and marked for the
various places at which they were TO be left with q
rapidity which seemed TO be caught from that OF
the lightning train on which they 20. Az the tram
nev at sixty miles an hour the bundles for each
place were pitched Oh, with barely perceptible
slackcning Of speed. The eagorness with which
tAe pARera~ ~Eexe hQpRht m on theAr AExiYN A
The New York herald., 1874-09-01
THE HERALD'S ICELAND EXCUR-
SION.


From Don Piatt's washington CapitaLl
Thursdays NEW YORK HERALD has. nom the pen
OF DR.. Hayes, very graphic and interesting &C
count OF the Icelandc ete where Reikiavik antict-
pated Philadelphia by nine hundred years and
some months He tells Of . stormy trip from Fa-
roe without punning) Islands to the Icelandic
capital; Of the neatness and attractiveness OF the
place and people; of tho Kings arrival and hos
pitable welcome incidentally referring to His MAJ
estys sea sickness, which fact is grateful TO our
republican mind, As 1t is an argument In sup
port OF our favorite maxim that "au men arc
created equal" The Doctor tells us that for
sweetness OF tone the language rivals the italian,
that .'soft bastard Latin, as Byron calls II. We
would never have thought it; And think Of his
reading on deck at midnight BY midlightl Kero-
sene must have beon at q discount there, and no
monOpolizing gas companies innict bad smells and
brought over the new constitution In his pocket,
which Is contrary to all prece aent as II has been
cep.acle and keep them there. Among other s1 mat
ters In tins constitution we notice the following
suggestive provisions -'The deputies 4. a.. rep
and are not to receive Instructions nom the
electors after being chosen" This pre-
snc ef in this VIEW worsSs s Of S01yseS approSal
judges can only proceed in socordance with
81 a 70 % o o.
without losing hts saary another wise eI resuis eS1
though the Lutheran 6 the established church, are
secured. translation Of the hymn sung at the
cathedral Is given. The following excerpt sounds
ss n Walt whitman had been consulted In the CON
struction:-
From solar systems Of the heavens wind thee vroath
thine legions the tmeS colectiona
The third act OF the minennial drama was sort
Of schuetzenfest announced by the posters
thus :-.Nation's High Tide,n or, IN our vernac-
uaY, High Old Time" Alter this celebratton
journey was made 70 the Law Mount, where the
Althing OF the lcelanders was held. This was
the great assembly typical OF what comes 70
thing means all think, and here's where the dif
ference between the two WIN be noticed, for Con-
gress means all talk. The Law Mount Is convenient
to yawning chasm down which they were accus-
toned to throw bad women and wicked men.
AysrY Pretty little poem, by BaJ&rd T&yIof, was
read ct tue cl6sA Of the celebration, containing the
following hne, which Is enGgestlve Of . witsictsm
OF very witty frlend;z---
'aan mother land Of sla,ds and heroes"
is the line. The Joke s tnat We went into q res.
taurant kept by man named Burns, VINO boasted
OF being born In the porth OF Scotland, and our
friend put him into brown study BY remarking,
'Pd suppose from your name that you were
descended rom one Of the ancient scoldsu
The New York herald., 1874-09-01
ARREST OF A HORSE THIEF.
Prompt Action Of the View Haven Pole

Prompt Action Of the New Haven Policcsi
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, August 81, 1874
In answer to telegram nom Captain Irving, Of
the Metropolitan police force, TO Chief Amen, of
this city, stating that man named Rudolpn3
Roth. . German, twenty-five years Of age i've fees
nine inches high and slim built, had stolen Al
horse somewhere In New Jersey and yAs at liberty
with h1 booty somewhere In New Engiano. sour}
detectives were set At work, and after wa'cppls
camo to this CITY either yesterday or saturday,
evening" and put up At the Franklin HOUSE. omcerJ
MCCARTHY repaired thtther tnn mornins smo1 nr1
Chief Allen telegrapned Captain irving tnax ~
priaopar va bSld subject n hAA ozaeEs
The New York herald., 1874-09-01
''6kBEDK0oR.

The First Cavalry Trying Thodr skm
at the Target-Ths shootiAg Only
Fair.
Yesterday morning the Third Cavalry. sse
strong, commanded by Colonel J. IA. Budke, leis
the city for Creedmoor, Long Island. The numerl-
cal strength of the regiment exceeded any tnat
has visited orcedmoor as yet fBy some mistake
the cartridges ran 500 short; ~ number who we're
entitled 70 shoot at 400 yards {she distances were
100 and 800 yards) failed 10 do so. Tho Colonel
says he was told that tcxeus 70 keep the scores on
could be had on the grange, which, Of course was
nottrue, and tne re,<ult was that paper had to be
used causing no u xiie trouble In sslectng tho best
scores, Howsve< ABOUT thirty Of tho best scores
were oDtalne0- They show only average shooting.
Bue iS must pc taken into consideration that tho
meQ naLef ~ n ~ tn Sauge hn&QIA - MAA xng lmfpt
The New York herald., 1874-09-01
A Fast Ride to Saratoga.

From the Commercial Advertiser, August a.
The last OF the HERALD's lightning news traina
for the season LEFT for Saratoga yesterday morn-
ing, from the Grand Central depot, under thet
charge Of Mr.. williams, OF the Union News Com}
pany. A number OF Invitations were extended I'd
the press Of this city to enjoy the rtde and about
ffty gentlemen accepted. The train consisted o4
ono baggage car and the drawing room cars Em-s
pire and Onondaga, and left the depot at teu|
minutes to f0ur, arriving at Saratoga little afteE
nine O'Clock. Dinner was served at Congress Hsll
&C two O'Clock. At four O'Clock the party sSarteQ
on their hOmeward trip reaching New York at ten
O'Clock, fully satisfied with the days pleasure an0
fast ride. .