tan at. iirde.
THOU KNOWEST.
John rWi. 15-17.
"Thou .knowest," Lord, the. weariness and
sorrow
Of the sad heart that comes to Theo for rest,
Cares of to-day and burdens of to-morrow,
Blessings implored, and sins to be confess'd;
I come before Thee at Thy gracious word,
And lay them at Thy feet, Thou knowest,
Lord.
44 Thou knowfst" ail the past, bow long and
blindly
On the dark mountains the lost wanderer
stray'd,
How the (loud Shepherd follow'd, and how
kindly
He bore it home, upon His shoulders laid,
And heal'd the bleeding wounds, and soothed
the pain,
And brought buck life, and hope, and strength
again.
"Thou knowest" all the present, each tempta
tion,
Each toilsome duty, each foreboding fear;
All to myself assign'd of tribulation,
Or to beloved ones, than self more dear !
All pensive memories as I journey on,
Longings for vanish'd smiles and voices gone.
" Thou knowest" all the future gleams of glad
ness,
By stormy clouds too quickly overcast,—
Hopes of sweet fellowship and parting sadness,
And the dark river to be cross'd at last;
Oh, what could confidence and hope afford
To tread that path, but this, "Thou knowest,
Lord !"
,4 Thou knowest," not alone as God all-know
' ing ;
As man, our mortal weakness Thou hast
proved
On earth, with•purest sympathies o'erflowing
-0 Saviour, Thou hest wept, and Thou hest
loved
And love and sorrow still to Thee may come,
And find kidding-place, a rest, a home.
Therefore I come, Thy gentle call obeying,
And lay my sins and sorrows at thy feet,
On everlasting strength my weakness staying,
Clothed in thy robe of righteousness corn
plete.
Then rising and refrah'd, I leave Thy throne,
And follow on to know as I am known.
LADIES' NATIONAL COVENANT.
We desire to call the earnest atten
tion of our readers to the following
excellent address made by Miss M. L.
Eastman, at the organization of the
" Ladies' National Convention" of
Delaware county, Pa.
Not many weeks since a large number
of ladies from different parts of the
Union met in the city of Washington,
and formed an Association to which
they gave the name of " The Ladies'
National Covenant," and pledged them
selves to buy no imported articles of
apparel for three years or the war.
They considered some such movement
was necessary to get the ladies inter
ested in what they believed to be an
important matter. The object of this
Covenant is to unite the women of our
country in one great effort to aid in
checking the immense importations of
foreign goods now going on. Importa
tions have been increasing each year,
and in a greater ratio since the war
began. It is foreseen that unless this
is checked it will bring ruin upon the
country.
Oar imports so far exceed our exports
that a large balance is against us, which
must be paid in gold. The intention is
not to stop all importation, but so far
check it that the imports and exports
may balance each other, and thereby
prevent sending the gold out of the
country. •
Exporting so much gold keeps up the
high price of it, and the demand still
continuing to increase, it will become so
'scarce and high that our Government
will not be able to get it to pay the
interest on its Bonds.
It is gratifying to find that the women
of America are making this noble effort
to arrest the fearful extravagance now
prevailing. To Reformed Presbyte
rians, the name adopted is one which
suggests the glorious past, when our
ancestors united in a solemn pledge to
sustain civil and religious liberty. We
hope many will rally around an organi
zation which is designed to sustain
liberty and law in our own beloved land.
Miss M. L. Eastman's Address.
Never before in the history of our
country
. ..were incongruous. scenes and
elements so BiAngel3,- and confusedly
mixed : remember when 'a child, I
was shocked to know on reading an
account of the plague in London during
the reign of • Charles the Second, that
this fearful visitation wrought no change
for the better, on the wicked monarch or
his Court, but seemed rather to increase
the frenzied rage of their excesses; and
that the same spirit, descending from the'
Court, extended to the middle and lower
classes ;—and the city, with the curse
upon it, sounding day and night with the
rattle of the dead-cart and the hoarse cry
of "bring out your dead," was also the
scene of ribald mirth and shameful spec
ulations in shrouds and coffins. Is not
the same spirit in ours, ascendant now?
A civil war, the worst demon of strife, is
ravaging this beautiful land with the aw
ful carnage of its noblest sons, and yet
the daughters do not put on sackcloth.
By no means. They were never before
bedecked so gorgeously. Oriental mag
nificence must to-day yield to the gay and
costly garments which enshrine America's
fair daughters. The dying groans of the
patriot arc borne on the same wave with,
the sound of music and the dance. The
noise of treading columns, the strains of
martial music, the booming of cannon,
the bursting of shells, the snap and roll
of musketry, the clash and clang of all
warlike sounds mingle into one with the
beat of muffled drum at the soldier's
funeral. The sobs and wailings of the
bereaved rise from the desolate hearth- '
stone and mix with and fall in jarring
cadence with the voice of revelry and of
mirth. The gaily bedizened female
flashing in jewels and flaunting in costly
foreign fabrics, almost mocks as she
passes by, the grief-stricken - sister,
whom this war has clad in the habili
ments of woe. The sin is over the land.
It lurks in high as well as low places.
Shoddy, and Shoddy's wife and daugh
ters stand in this no more implicated
than the cultivated and refined. The
nation is surely going on to • Madness.
Fashion and extravagance are running a
wild race, and" nearly all 'the daughters.
of the land arc equal with them in the
course, furies in_ a wild infatuation for
the glare and glitter of foreign elegancies.
In 1861 we imported to the amount of
$350,775,835, but we more than balanced
this amount with our exports,
and $l6,
548,531 in bullion were sent back to us.
In 1862 the balance of trade was against
us to the amount of $20,471,904, and in
1863 it had increased to $54,600,962.
This year so far as I can ascertain, the
excess is greatly increased, and a fearful
balance will stand against us at the close
of this fiscal year. Now it is proper
that we awake to this truth, and look
whither we are dashing, and if possible,
save ourselves before' the whole nation is
ruined. Since the Ist of January, in New
York alone, for dress goods, wines, and
cigars, we ave paid over $100,000,000.
This does not include nearly all the im
portations, but is merely an estimate of
those particular articles in the port of
New York, which is indeed the largest
but not the only receptacle for foreign
articles in the country.
$100,000,000, expended for finery
and luxuries in five months ! Think of
it ! Enough to pay - the whole interest
of our national debt, and all wasted in
finery and folly by he men and women
of a land sweating and groaning under
the crushing heel of Mars ! Does God
forgive a nation's sin, while that nation,
although smitten, bends not ? Do the
pride and vanity, the profligacy and ex
travagance of this land, ascend gratefully
to Heaven ? Is that fit incense to offer
omnipotence? God's promises of nation-1 1
al blessings were to his own people—not
to the proud daughter of Babylon or of '
Tyre, and let us beware lest we fall in
that class upon whom maledictions are
pronounced. And shall we sit with cold
indifference, when we are able to remedy
this evil? I say, and not unadvisedly;
that the women of this nation can save
it from Bankruptcy, and oh, what a
glorious record if we do it ! It can 'be
done too, without much personal sacrifice
except.of vanity. We are not asked to
give up , comforts; we are only asked to
wear American instead of Foreign fabrics,
for a few years in order that the ruinous
effects of an excess of importations over
our exportations, may be remedied. We
all know - the effects of this draining of
gold from the country. Not a family in
the land but feels the exorbitant prices
Ito which all necessaries have risen, and
any person of ordinary foresight, must
know, that we have not reached the
height of our difficulties, for if this expor
tation of gold goes on,
serious calamity
is certainly threatened to the whole sys
tem of national finance ; and the plain
question before us is, Are we willing to
deny some few luxuries of dress, to aid
in saving the nation, thus saving.our
selves ? A feeble voice suggests that
the very revenue of the country will be
lessened if the importations decrease—
that the specie, which is obtained from
the customs, enables the Government to
pay the interest on its bonds in gold, or
its equivalent. - The Government, it is
true, has to pay annually somewhere in
the vicinity of $100,000,000 interest
Last year it drew from the customs $69,-
000,000, and from internal taxes about
$39,000,000, but owing to the deprecia
tion of, currency, the amount drawn from
internal taxes, was less than $30,000,-
000 in value. Here is $10,000,000 di
rect loss to the Government at once.
Next year it is . estimated that more
than $125,000,000 will accrue to the
Government from the new tax bill,
which, with a depreciated currency, will
fall short of 875,000,090. But the
Government haa a very large family to
provide for, which during the last year,
has cost about $700,000,000. New.
mark. If the national currency were
as good as gold ; as it ought to be, and
as it would be, if the balance of Euro
pean trade were not against us, $350,-
000;000 .would purchase aS much as
$700,000,000, and the Government ex-_
penses would be rethiced in that ratio.
In short it'would be a clear annual
gain to the Government of $350,000,-
000. Now by what rule of finance can
it be profitable to spend $350,000,000
for $69,000,000 ? These. facts need no
comment, and I will not intrude upon
the time and patience of an intelligent
clear-minded audience, in attempting to
prove the truth of an axiom. You can
plainly see that the revenues of the na
tion'are not to be injured by this move
ment, but on the contrary, will gain an
immense advantage. It matters very
little whether the Government . receives
one dollar from customs, provided the
people are taxed in other ways to meet
its demands, and who is so devoid of
certil t non sense and patriotism, that ; he
would not sooner pay one dollar to our
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNt 30,
great and glorious Government, than
ten, fifty, or one hundred dollars to
speculators, as we are all doing now ?
Therefore I declare, that it is for 'the
interest of the Government, as well as
the individual, to stop as quickly and
as promptly as possible, the importa
tion
from foreign countries of articles
whose places we can supply by our, own
skill and industry, or, which we can do
without. This will still leave a suffi
cient
trade with foreign powers-.to secure
a sale for all we wish to export, and
save in the nation the gold, which is the
basis for a circulating paper currency.
We shall all be benefitted by this, and
the financial safety and honor of the
nation be secured. But an inaudible
whisper is passing over the land, and,
this the Importers have whispered, and
the timid and feeble minded faintly
echoed, that Foreign Powers may make
war upon us, if we do not buy their
goods. Angels and ministers of grace
defend us ! Are we paying tribute?'
Can it be possible, that we, whose fore
fathers laid down their lives to break
the thraldom of -taxation, are paying
half 4 million a day to foreign powers
that they may keep their armies from
us ? Are we, poor abjects, with the
true nobility of our mothers all crushed
out, with cringing; servile smile, offering
bags of gold to friendly "neutral pow-:
era" over the water, and with‘l)ated i '
breath" begging them not to make war'
upon .us ? Shades of our grandmothers,
come to our rescue ! Shelter with
your noble wings your trembling, de
generate descendants, who are to-daY
selling the freedom for which you paid
so dearly. Ladies of Delaware county;
can we bear this aspersion ? No. Let'
us to-day rise in our might and send it
over the Keystone State, and let it be
echoed from Oregon to the Atlantic,
and from thence over the waters, to be
re-echoed in the columns of the London'
Times, that there are in America women
of true nobility, who dare say to Fran4e
and to England " Millions for defence,
but not one - cent for tribute."
WIDOW SIMPSON'S SPOONS.
In the Parish of Bathgate, in Lin
lithgowshire; Scotland, lived a' widow
woman by the name of Simpson.
In her family resided, in the capacity
of help, one Nancy Campbell, a girl
about nineteen, who was suspected of
having taken •a fancy to Robin, the
widow's son, who reciprocated the scnti r
ment. Nothing, hoWever, would soften
the heart of the widow as regards a
match, till at last the following event
occurred, and caused her to give way
About the hay-poking time a distant
and comparatively rich relation was
expected to call and take tea thab even-
ing on his way from Lintithg6-. It
was not often that the superior relative
honored her house with a visit, and Mrs.
Simpson, determined that nothing should
be wanting to his entertainment, brought
out the treasured spoons early in the
forenoon, with many injunctions to Nancy
touching the care she. should take, in
brightening them up. While this ope
ration was being conducted in the kitchen,
in the midst of those ,uncertain days
which vary the Northern June, a sudden
darkeninc , t' of the sky announced the
approach of heavy rain. The hay was
dry and ready for housing. Robin and
two -farm-men were busy gathering it
in; but the great drops began to fall
while a considerable portion yet re
mained in the field, and, with the in
stinct of crop preservation forth rushed
the widow, followed by dancy, leaving
the spoons half scoured on the kitchen
table. In her rapid exit; the girl had
forgotten to latch the door. The - wbosel
and the kite were
_the only depredaters
known about the moorland' forml . but
while they were all occupied in the hity ,
field, who should come that v-ay but
Georcly Wilson !
• Well, the kitchen door was open, and
Geordy stepped in. He banged the
settle with his staff, he coughed, he
hemmed he saluted the cat, which-sat
•
purring on the window-seat, and at
length discovered there was • nobody
within. Neither meal nor penny was
to be expected that day; the rain was
growing heavier, some of the hay must
be wet, and Mrs. Simpson would return
in bad humor. But two objects power
fully arrested Geordy's attention ; one
was the broth-pot boiling on • the fire,
and the other the silver spoons scattered
on the table. Bending over the forme,
Geordy took a considerable sniff, gave
the ingredients- a stir with a pot-stick,
and muttered " very thin." His pro
ceeding with the latter must remain
unmentioned ; but, half an hour after,
when he was safely ensconced in a farm
house, a mile off, the family were - driven
within doors by the increasing storm;
. they found everything as it had been
left--the broth on the fire, the eat on
the window-seat, the whiting:and flannel
on the table ; but not n, spoon was there.
" Where's the spoons ?" cried Mrs.
SiMpson to the entire family, who stood
by the fire drying their wet garments.
Nobody could tell. Nancy had left
them on the table when she' ran to the
hay. No one had been in the house,
they were certain, but nothing was dis
turbed. The drawer was piled out,
and the empty stocking 'exhibited.
Every shelf, every corner was searched,
but to no purpose; the spoons had dis
appeared, and the state of the farm
house may be imagined. The widow
ran through it like one distracted, ques
tioning, scolding, and searching. Robin,
Nancy, and the farm-men were dis
patched in different directions, as soon.
as the rain abated, to advertiv the
neighbors, under the suppositioff that
some strollino• 'p beggar or gipsy might
have carried off the treasure, and voitTcl
attempt to dispose of it in the parish.!
Nobody thought of Geordy Wilson 11.6
had not been espied from the hay-field.
Lost the spoons were, beyond a.
and the widow bade fair to lose her
senses. The rich relation came at the
appointed time, and had such a tea that
he avowed never again to trust himself
in the house of his entertainer. But
the search went on ; rabbits' holes were
lboked into for .the missing silver, and
fictive boys were .bribed to turn out
magpies' nests. Wells and barns in the
neighborhood were explored. The milers
44, the. three nearest parishes were em
ployed ti proclaim the loss ; •it was
Oegularly advertised at kirkgate and
'market-place; and Mrs. Simpson began
to,talk of getting a search-warrant for
the beggar's meal-pouch. Bathgate was
,larmed through all its borders concern
king the spoons ; but when almost a month
Wore away, and nothing could be heard
of them, the widow's suspicions turned
'--from beggars, barns, and magpies, to
light on poor Nancy. She
. had been
,scouring the spoons, and left the house
last; silver .could not leave the table
without hands. It was true that Nancy
had borne an unquestionable character;
I but such spoons were not to be met with
every day, and Mrs. Simpson was de
termined to have them back in her
stocking:. After sundry hints of in
creasing breadth to Robin, who could
hot help thinking his mother was losing
her judgment, she - one day plumped the
charge, to the utter astonisment and dis-
Inay of the poor, girl, whose anxiety in
the search had been inferior only to her
own. Though poor and an orphan„
Nancy had some honest pride; she im
:nie•diately turned out the contents of
. 'her hist (box), unstrung her pocket in
Mrs. Simpson's presence, and ran, with
tears in her eyes, to tell the minister.
As Was then common to the country
parishes of Scotland, difficulties and dis
putes which might have employed the
writers and puzzled the magistrates,
were referred to his arbitration, and
thus law-suits and scandal prevented - .
The minister had heard, as who in Bath
gatehad not? of Mrs. Simpson's loss.
' Like the rest of the parish, he thought
it rather strange; but Nancy Campliell
was one of the most serious and exem
plary girls of his congregation—he
could not believe that the charge pre
ferred against her was true ; yet the
peculiarities of the case -demanded in
' vestigation. With some difficulty the
minister persuaded Nancy to return to
her mistress, bearing a message to the
effect:that he and two of his elders,
who happened to reside in the neighbor
hood, would come over the following
evening, hear what could be said on
both sides, and, if possible, clear up
the mystery. The widow was well
pleased at the minister and his elders
coming to inquire after the spoons. She
put on.her best mutch (that is to say,
cap), prepared her best speeches, and
enlisted some of. the most serious and
reliable of her neighbors to assist in
the investigation:
Early in the evening of the following
day—when the summer sun was wearing
low and the field work was over—they
were all assembled in the clean scoured
kitchen, the minister, elders and neigh
bors, soberly listening to Mrs. Simp
son's testimony touching her lost silver,
Nancy, Robin, and the farm-men sitting
by till their turn came, when the door
which had been left half open -to admit
the breeze—for the evening was ,sultry
—was quietly pushed aside, and in slid
Geordy Wilson, with his usual accompa
niments, of 'staff and wallet. ' .
• .
" There's na,e; room for ye. here,
Georily, — said the widow,. "we're on
weighty business.
mem," said Geordy, turning
tndepart, "it's of nae consequence. I
only came to speak about your spoons."
"Hae you heard o' them?" - cried
Mrs.. Simpson, bouncing from her seat.
"I couldna miss bein' blessed the
precious gift o' heath'', and what's bet
ter, I saw them," said Geordy.
" Saw them, Geordy ? Whar are
they ? and here's a whole shillin' for
ye" and Mrs. Simpson's purse, or
rather an old glove used for that pur
pose, was instantly produced.
" eel," said Geordy, " I slipped in
ae day, and seein' the siller unguarded,
I thought some ,ill-guided body might
covet it, and jist laid it by, I may say,
among the leaves o' that Bible, thinkin'
you would be sure to see the spoons when
you went to read.'
Before Geordy had finished his revel
ation, Nancy Campbell had brought - down
the proudly-displayed, but never opened
Bible, and interspersed between its leaves
lay the dozen of long-sought spoons.
The minister of_atthgate could scarce
ly command his gravity while admonish
ing Geordy on the trouble and vexation
his trick -had caused. The assembled_
neighbors laughed outright when the daft
man,pocketing the Widow's shilling, which
he had clutched in the early part of his
discourse,
assured them all that he ken
tied Mrs: Simpson read her Bible so often
as the spoons would be certain to turn up.
Geordy got many a basin of broth . .and
many a luncheon of bread and cheese on
account of that transaction with which
he amused all the firesides of the parish.
Mrs. Simpson was struck dumb even from
scolding. The discovery put an end to
her ostentatious profession, and, it may
be hoped, turned her attention more to
prat;
ILIA the story no moral for you, dear
readcr?--Letsare "lours.
1864
THE NOVEL READER.
•; All the _day long Marcia sat in lie
- corner of family room reading a
novel. So . abisor.lai - mi was she, it was
hard to lay it down to take her meals
even. Her mother was obliged to speak
more than once, if she wished her as- ,
sistance in anything.;. and.if at last she
succeeded, by an exercise of authority,
in making her do what she was at first
requested to, she went to the work with
a sullen, tragic air,
as if she was the
fancied heroine of her story, enduring
all manner of persecutions and fanciful
I distresses. . .
Aunt Annie, who was but a visitor in
the house, took note of all this but
wisely said that it was useless to coin
tnent until the heroine was fairly brought
out of all her tribulations, and desirably
settled in life ; thus Marcia might be
willing to hear something beside her
story. It was ended at last, and with
a dissatisfied air the young lady put it
aside, and came down to every-day life
again. Never did the stocking-basket,
with its overflowing contents, look so
distasteful to her—after her just taking
her departure from such enchanting
scenes, fragrant with orange buds, and
fluttering with gossamer robes and bridal
veils.
" Do you feel that your time has been
profitably spent to-day ?" asked' practi
cal Aunt Annie, " and does novel read
ing make you any happier, Marcia ?"
" I am sure it makes me a great deal
happier while I am reading it, Aunt
Annie, and there are a great , many
lovely sentiments in this book, and real
religious truth is inculcated at times.
I think it is a real good book ; and you
would think so too if you would read it, I
feel sure."
"What would you think of a miller,
Marcia who would look over, handful
by handful, a bushel of chaff for the
few grains of wheat which might possi
bly be scattered among it, when there
were great golden granaries at his hand
which were quite free to him ? Where
there is such a world of real, elevating,
excellent literature, which will help to
refine you, to fit you for a high intellec
tual position, and fit your soul for eter
nity, what a waste it seems to spend
your hours over what unfits you for, all
this—over reading, which weakens your
mind, which, if long continued, will make
you but a silly sentimentalist, instead
of a woman of culture and sound judg
ment, whose opinions are received with
respect and confidence.
" Above all, my dear girl, such read
ing hardens the heart. The more we
weep over imaginary sorrows, the less
we shall sympathize with real ones. It
deadens the soul too. The habitual
novel reader cannot be also a Bible
reader—cannot be a prayerful Chris
tian. Is this enjoyment worth the loss
of the soul, Marcia ?"—Christian Trea
sury.
KEEP THE BIRTHDAY.
A Western exchange makes the fOI 7
lowing excellent suggestions, whiala
must meet the approbation of all youth
ful readers. We trust they will also be
received with favor by the old folks :
Keep the birthdays religiously.
They belong exclusively to, and are
treasured among the sweetest memories
of home. Do not let any thing prevent
some token, be it ever so small, so that it
be remembered. For one day they are
heroes. The special piadding or cake is
made for them ; a new jacket or trow
sers, with pockets, or the first pair of
boots are donned; and big brothers and
sisters sink into insignificance beside
little Charlie, who is " six to-day," and
is "going to be a man." Mothers who
have half
.a dozen little ones to care for
are apt to neglect birthdays; - they
come too often, sometimes when
they are nervous ; but if they ouly
knew how much such souvenirs are cher
ished by their wed Susy or Harry, years
afterwards, when away from the hearth
stone, and ey have none to remind them
that they have added one year to the
perhaps weary round of life, or to wish
them, in old-fashioned phrase, "many
happy returns to their birthday," they
would never permit any cause to step
between them and a mother's privilege.
.dvrrtistintnts.
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Catidogues can be had M the Music Stores of J. E
Gould and Lee k Walker, Chestnut street; or at the
office of the " Ame:ican Presbyterian." jal-ly
OGEOBI NOR TOWED rAAMICIS.
MISS ELIZA W. SMITH,
1210 SPRUCE STREET
Aar- For terms see circulars
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE,
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
1630 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
REV. CHARLES A SMITH, D. D., E. CLARENCE
SMITH, A. M., Principals.
Ninth year. Three Departments: Primary, Academic
and Collegiate. Full college course in classics, mathe
matics, higher English, and natural science,. for those
who graduate. Modern languages, music, painting and
elocution. ny the best masters. For circulars, apply at
the Institute, or address Box 2611, P. 0., Philadelpnia,
Pa. ap2l
11113 MOT CRITWX3I ACAZIRMT,
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
AT WEST CHESTER., PENNSYLVANLA
WILLIAM F. WYERS, A. M., Principal
THE SCHOOL WILL REMAIN IN SF -110 N UNTIL
the 15th of Jane nest. Number of instructors 10;
and the number of students 102. Many applications for
admission had to be refused last fall for want of suitable
accommodations. This difficulty has been removed.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT
Major G. Eckendorff, Instructor. Captain J. I
DeMaziere, Superintendent. For circulars, terms, gte,
apply to
WILLIAM F. WYERS, A. M., Principal,
lal4 West Chester, Pa.
ANNUAL OPENING
OF
SPRING BONNETS,
THURSDAY, MARCH 31st, 1864.
WOOD - 1 41 CARP,
No. 1 125 Chestnut Street, Philada
934-946.
MELODEONS 1/AILMONICF3IS !
riONSTANTLY ON HAND, A STOcK OF MELD
-1.) DEONS of my own make, which cannot be excelled.
I am sole agent for cARH,Rirs SPLENDID
HARM' )NIUMB, possessing unequaled powers, variety
and beauty of tone.
Tan best instrument for churches ever introduced.
H M. MORRISS,
ra Market street.
& 44.1317/Vep
No. 736 Market Street, S. E. corner of Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacturers and DealLre is
BOOTS, SHOES. TRUNKS. CARPET BAGS AND
VALIBBS o. every varietly sun style.
W. P. CLARK.
1626 Market Street, Phila,delphil
BOOTS AND St: OES OF MY OWN . MANI: FAcTuRI
Ladies', Id,ssede, Children's, Alen's sod Boys' Book. , an
Shota. of every variety, at moderato prices.
1G26 STREET