FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
TEDDY'S LAMENT.
"Hut one wock morn I cn't hellev
Vacation's pnnsed no noon "
And Todily pau.nod In blank dismay
KlRht lu a merry tuno.
"I'd planned to huvo a lot of fun.
Vacation to enjoy,
And now to And It almost gone
It too hard on a boy.
"Of course I wont a-cnmpln out
Ten day on Uullrush lilu;
Bad lovely days and fairer nights:
Not once It rained the while.
I fished and went a-himtttiK, too,
Tool hoat rides every day;
How many lovely tramps 1 took,
I'm sure I oouldn't say.
I spent two weeks on grandpa's farm,
Ale berries ripe and md:
I got the cow 'most every nlulit,
And grandma's chickens fed.
I learned to milk the mooley cow. ,
Helped grandma churn the croaa,
I slept real early every night.
Hose at the dawn's first gleam.
I celebrated, too, the fourth,
With glorious lot of noise.
From croi kers. caps and other wor'.cs.
Just like tho othir boys.
I went to socials and lawn fetes,
To picnics and to parks.
And now that horrid school board putt
An end to all our lurks.
"If 1 were boss that would not be,
I'd change things round quite sooni
I'd have school called at ten o'clock.
And end liefore 'twas noon.
I'd have vscntlon nine whole months,
Have school the other three.
With half a holiday each week.
And all tho Krldays free."
-Bcrthe M. Schwolzer. In Youth's Companion
THE STORY OF SMUGQY.
Or, Why Clem and Patty Didn't Steal the
Apples.
"Let's slip down into the Gray or
chard ond pet a few apples on the hlg
tree by the wall," said Clem.
"All ripht," answered Patty.
"There's such a lot of them, and not
more than half of thorn will ever be
picked."
Patty put her hand up to her Hps a
few moments later. She stopped short
in the lane, too.
"Why, Clem," she said, slowly.
"There's a family just moved into the
Gray house. I'd forgotten all about it."
"Oh, they won't see us. They'll bo
too busy (retting' their things fixed up
in tho house. And papa said he knew
they wouldn't be a bit stingy, like old
Squire Oray used to be. Come on.
We'll just get a few apples anyway."
Patty hesitated a little before she
went on, and when at last she said:
"Guess they will be too busy to look
out of the windows much," it was not
in a very decided tone of voice.
"We'll go around by the hill this
time, and they will be sure not to see
us." Clem sturdily answered.
So Patty went trudging on with her
brother, for the way he had named
seemed a very safe one, though the
knolls made it rather hard and rough
for both their feet. ly and by, as they
came nearer tho orchard, they both
heard a brisk hammering in tho (.tray
house, which made it quite plain to
Clem that the new neighbors were very
busy.
"Just as I told you," he said, with a
triumphant toss of his head.
And then, before Patty hud time to
unswer a word, out Hew a dot: from lie
hind a stone wall, and "l!ow-wow-wo'vl"
sounded his thrill little voice.
Clem started to run, but Patty took
him by the sleeve as she laughingly
snid: "He don't mean to bite. Just
uee his tail waggle. It's the way our
good old l!ose used to do, and he never
iurt anybody."
"Seems like it," Clem answered as he
stopped, thonn-h he did not look as if
he were yet fully convinced about the
matter.
Just then a kind volet exiled from
the (Iray house: "Simiggy, Smuggy,
come here." The dog stopped his burk
ingaml wagged his tail still fast r.
When Patty spoke the dog' name bn.
seemed greatly pleased, '.'i '.igh ho
walked otT toward the hone us if he
must obey at once.
"Funny name for a do'.'." snid t'lcm.
"Yes, indeed," answered Patty, "but
he must be nice."
"Indeed he is," spoke a lady from be
hind the wall as she heard what the
children were saying.
"How did you happen to give him
such a name?" Clem asked as quickly
as he could, trying to hide his embar
rassment. "It was because of his way of taking
things when he was a puppy," the
lady answered in her kindest tones.
"He used to carry off our shoes, and
anything ' which he found about tho
house. It seemed to give him great
pleasure to hide them away where we
would have a long hunt for them. So
one of my brothers named him Smug
gler, lint wo soon found that to be a
pretty long naniu by which to call
him when we wished him to
eonie into tho house or do anything for
uh. So we shortened it to Smuggy, or
Smug, when we were in a hurry. It is
a name which sounds quite strange to
those who hear it for thu first time, but
we have got used to it."
"I'm real glad you told us about it,"
said Patty. "And I guc.v we must bo
going home now." n
"You are welcome to all the apples
you wish to get from our trees, for we
are very busy and can not begin to
pick thorn all.". The lady spoke thut
to the children with one of her bright
est smiles.
Patty thanked her, but answered as
firmly as before: "I guess that we must
be going home now.
"Yes," Clem added, "for father
might want us to help him about some
thing."
And away they went up the hill,
though the lady once more told them
that they had better fill their pockets
with apples.
"(iue.s we wero both thinking about
the same thing," said Clem, when he
and his sister had gone on a short way
"Maybe we were," Patty answered,
with a bright twinkle in her eyes.
" hat were you thinking over? Some
thing about that dog with the funny
name?
Clem nodded his head.
"Should think so," he added. "Don't
,se bow I could help it. All the boya
arouna bora will laugh at Hmuggy's
queer nnmp. ' And ho pot It fixed on
him just becnuso ho took tilings Hint
didn't Wloiijr to him, on thu sly. Just
got It tied to him so that he can't shake
it off any way."
"Wo Rro nomethlnjr llko him in rot
.tinir Ripples thp wny we Htnrtol out, to
'u to-day," nuM 1'atty. "Tlmts wlmt I
1 I'oiildn't linlp thinking nhoitt. And 1
!! queer nntitfii we had t hour a
nliTV tJmt inniie Its mo ourv'lves so.
1 1 1 i tli" hoys haven't made up any
riK-U-iiuinrs about um, liecaitNU wo hve
been to tlio Uray place orchard so
much."
"(iuess they haven't, and we'll tako
care they don't havo a chanee to do it
over anything like that. Jtist think
how it would sound to bo called amugrgy
ell the time."
Anil (.'loin looked straight Into Patty',
face ns ho wan lnukintf somo very g'ood
resolutionn iilxint how ho would be
have himself in the future. Morning
Star.
GOOD QUALITIES TO HAVE.
Facts Concerning a Man Who Succeeded
In lluslnese.
He was industrious in youth.
He entered business life when at the
nge of seventeen.
He had no place In his thoughts for
dishonorable deeds.
He endeared himself to his father.
He did his duty, no matter what men
said.
He had composure under trying In
dignities. Ho sptit his nights in thought and
his days in labor.
Ho had undue advantages taken of
him.
He was willing to begin in a menial
position.
He could stand the closest kind of
scrutiny.
He soon discovered to others that he
hud a high character.
He strove to please and was conse
quently trusted.
lie grew into a place of commanding
responsibility.
He wus good naturcd and evenly bal
anced. He placed a high premium upon his
honor.
He knew what it was to have re
verses. He could win his way into favor with
any man.
He was executive in his very make up.
He had a prime characteristic, that of
faithfulness.
He aimed to enlarge the affairs un
der his charge.
He sympathized with men in their
business ditliculties.
He knew how to unravel business
tangles.
' lie thought of himself fast when
helping cithern.
He found men ungrateful for help
given them.
He was needed finally for a place no
one else could fill.
He was not afraid to pass examina
tions on required capabilities.
He outlined a far-reaching business
policy.
He impressed men that he possessed
rare merit.
lie became secretary of finance inane
of the renowned nations.
He enjoyed great public favor and
preferment fur eighty years.
lie helped those related to him out of
financial troubles.
He never returned evil for evil to hit
worst enemies.
lie died a peaceful death, aged one
hundred and ten years.
There are many just like the Joseph
described in the thirty-seventh, thirty
ninth, forty-first, forty-ninth and
fiftieth ehaptern of Genesis. Young
Men's Era.
PUZZLtRS FCR A COMPANY.
A Triplet of Kiddles In Verse and Their
Annwers.
The next time you are asked to tell a
riddle, the others among the company
having told one, give this one. Tho
answer is a postage-stamp.
Of various colors, totn small and square.
You're certain to meet with mo everywhere.
rravellng farther thun birds on the wing.
You are gladdened or saddoued by that which 1
bring.
If the company, having guessed or
given up this one, insists that you must
"tell another," here are two more. If
you can not readily commit one of them
to memory, perhaps the other will como
to your tongue more easily. The an
swer of the first one is a bed, and of
the second a broom.
They made me to-day. and yesterday too,
Tbcy will mnke me again to-morrow:
The poor sometlmos sell me, 'tis all they can do.
And then tla a causo for sorrow.
Yet think for a moment, and you will declare.
Ihuuch unwilling to part with me so.
If told you must keep me six months or a year
You would Und thut a reason for woe.
With bushy head and body thin
Euch well-kept house I dwell within
In "scrlmmuges" I'm plied with ease
(Hut not In well-bred families).
A Iiutchmnn used me once to show
How Holtund bunlnhed every foe;
With me aloft he suited the main.
Hut nevermore raine home again.
Harper's Young People.
The Dead Man's Hope.
Many children have gone to the sea
shore in tho summer, and they must
have seen a funny sea-weed called "sea
lace." It loves to fasten itself on
rocks and stones.
This little sea-weed is 'like a cord,
and sometimes there are many of thorn
fixed together. They might be used
for shoestrings when they are dry,
they are so strong. Fishermen do
often use them for lines.
In England they call this sea lace
"dead man's rope, because when peo
pie are swimming it winds around
them, and holds them so tightly that
they can not get away.
In great masses it sometimes even
stops vessels. Home of these cords are
forty feet long.. )
The sea moss is the "Irish moss,"
which, when dry, is used in making the
nice iellius and blanc-mange you are so
lona or.
I am sure you have often seen it when
you have been on the beach. It grows
in clusters, with little fringud edges,
far abovo where the waves come in
Sometimes it bleaches out almost
white. Mrs. 0. Hall, in Our Little
Ones.
A Hid nsrffnln.
William Ann You haven't f?ot a cook
hero that would tvelfrh. Bay, two hun
dred pounds, have you?
Intelligence Lady Mercy, nol Why
nust you havo such a bl;f one?
Wlllliit:! Ami My wife bought rt.
"Niriyi'l.trht cornet for eight ucuts. t n I
I'te wunts a e.iok she can j,"ivo It t.
'.i.rlt.
And I In f.eft.
"Horn," snid tho adorer, taking his
'iat and cano for tho seventh time, and
naklng tho third bluff nt leaving slnco
eleven o'clock, "Hose, bid mo but hope.
could wait for you forever."
"That's all very well, Mr. Staylntc,"
said tho beautiful girl, coldly, "but
you needn't begin to-night." Chicago
Uecord.
lie fcnvlns the Crar.
Grocer Mr. Slowpay, do you know
why tho czar of Kussia would make a
success In tho grocery business?
Mr. Slowpny I don't think I do.
Grocer Well, it's beennno ho doesn't
trust anybody. Texas Sittings.
A Ilegree Worse.
"Well, Johnny, how are you? Do you
find dollars scarce, as everybody elso
docs?"
"I am worse off than that. 1 even
find half dollars scarce." ItrooUlyr
Lifo.
CLOSURE.
Lily White Did you have
offers during the summer?
many
Phoebe Ilird Many? Why, I had to
limit the proposal speeches to five
minutes. Iick.
When Obedience Is Kasy.
He What a woman that Mrs. High
strung isl Does sho ever obey anyone?
She Oh, yes; sho obeys her husbund
Implicitly.
He Her husband must bo a very
strong-minded man, then.
She Not at all. lie simply tells her
to do exactly us she pleases, and sho
obeys without a murmur. Uoston
Globo.
Mulcted and Clinlmondlcy.
Tommy Here's a queer word, nurse.
It's npelled m-u-l-c-t-e-d.
Nurse (gazing lon;r and earnestly ut
it) I can't niaUo it out, Tommy, un
less It's some new dood way of spellin'
mustard. I hnovved a man In Oireland
once what spoiled his namo Charlie
Mandelay, but called it Chtunly. May
bo this is one of his spellin's. Harper ?
lia.ur.
A Trlumpa.
Mr. Parvenu (to his wife who has just
returned from the seuside) Well, did
you make un impression oa s'cicty, my
love?
Mrs. Pnrvenu Pidn't I, though?
Wore my diamonds down to lireukfast
every mornin' an' not another woman
in the hotel hud any on. Chicago Uec
ord.
Not IJer Fault.
Jennie Hasn't Gus Clamwhooper
proposed yet?
l unnie Not yet. IIo hasn't even
kissed mo, and I have accidentally mot
him six different times in the dark
hallway. 1 can't do any more thus
that, can I? Texas Siftinrrs.
An ItMMiiiiplat Suln.
Mrs. Itifter I ordered a piece of
dress-goods hero yesterday, and I wish
to know if it has been cut yet.
Floor- alker (after investigation)
o. ma am, it has not; tho salesman
said you hadn't been in yet to change
your mind. Puck.
HI Dally Duty.
"And they say you drove that rich
man to drink?"
"Yes, sir, but I couldn't help it"
"Loumnt neip ni What uo you
mean?"
"lie made roe, sir. I was his coach'
nan." Brooklyn Lifo.
An Ignorant Captain.
Old Lady What is tho matter now?
Moaniooat captain ne ve run on a
sand-bar.
Old Lady Well, why don't you go
over it? What's your walking beam
for, I'd like to know? N. Y. Weekly,
In Ue) Troulilr.
r-itranfjer w hat a tho matter, my
little mun?
Small lioy I I took mamma out for
a walk, and I've lost her somehow, and
I m fraid una can t find herself any
wlicro. iioo, noo, hoo: dood Jsows.
A Miif-ulnr Iror.
"Haw-haw!" laughed the Chicago
man, as he read the bill of fare. "You
easterners inuko sumo queer mistakes,
You'vo got eroqticttes under the head
of entries. Out west croquette is s
game." Brooklyn Life.
. Kaineali.
Sweet Girl My hired chaperone saw
you kiss rao last night.
Adorer Mygraciousl What did you
da?
Sweet Girl I discharged her. N. Y
Weekly.
ilOIUti.
Tom I saw a mountain this summer
bo high that it wus in tho clouds.
Jack That's nothing. I saw a val
ley so deep thut it wus in a luke.
Harper's Young People.
I.otflo It I.OL'lt).
"May I call you Mae?"
"Hut j'ou have known me such a
short time."
"Yes; but Mao Is such a short namo.
Puck.
n- F. Sharplesr, Pres. N. U.Funk, Sec, C. II. Camit.em., Trca .
CBLOOMSBURCiO
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
Capital Stock $30,0O0.
Plotted property is in the coming business centre of the
town. It includes also part ot the iactory district, and lias no
equal in desirability for residence purposes.
UHOIUU LUTo are ottered
in a short time.
No such onnortnnitv can be had elsewhere to make money.
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
lication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales
Agent, or any member of the
BOARD OF
B. F. SiiAnpi.Ess;
C. W. Neal A. G.
Dr. II. W. McReynolps,
;
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IX
Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Kuts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F.F.
Adams & Co's Fine
; Bole agents for tbe
Hoary Clay, Loadrcs, Normal, Iadian Princess, Samson, Silver Ash
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, MATTING,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. H. BIOWEM
2nd Door aoove Court Iloune.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
bhoes for a family cost more than anv other article. My
experience of over 20 years in
select my stock in such a manner as to give yon the most com-
iort ami service lor tiif; least money. Uome and see me ami 1
will save you money on your shoes.
My lines of Dry Goods, Notions, Gents' Furnishincr Goods.
Groceries, &c., are complete.
W.
The Pot called
because the
didn't
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THE POSITIVE CURE.
ELY BROTHERS, M
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t. ii. i ji u-r-r
Is -An -Antidote
TRY IT
AND 5EEY0UR STORE
"fltL
WITH OJSrOHERl
at values that will be doubled
Board of Directors.
DIRECTORS.
J, L. Dillon.
Brigos, J)u. I. Willits,
K. b. FUNK.
5-n 6 nios.
Cut Chewing Tobacco
following brands ot Cigars'
handlinp; shoes enables me to
H. SVIOORE.
the Kettle
Black
Housewife
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Wtrrm Bt, New York. Prtas so ets.1
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WITIt YOU ?
PorlDul
Dullness.
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ILook Merc!
Io you want a
Do you want an
Do you want a
Do you want anv kind
of a MUSICAL IN
STRUMENT? Do you want SHEET
MUSIC?
If go. do not send vour mon
ey away from home, but deal
with a reliable dealer right
here, who will make things
right, if there is anything'
wrong.
For anything in this line
the place to go is to
J. Sails er's.
Ware-rooms, Main Street he-
low Market.
THE MAKKKTS.
nr.ooMSBUKc; makkicts.
OORHHCTIO WKKILT. KKTAIL rHIl'KB.
Butter Der lb 8
Kggs per dozen
Lard per lb M
Ham per pound i
Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .08
Beef, quarter, per pound . c6 to .08
Wheat per bushel 85
Oats " " 5
Rye " " 80
Wheat flour per bbl 4-
Havi)erton 1600
Potatoes per bushel 5
Turnips " S
Onions " " 100
Sweet potatoes per peck S to -3S
Cranberries ner at "
Tallow per lb
Shoulder " " 4
Side meat ' " 4
Vineear. tier ot .08
Dried aDDles Der lb 5
Dried r.herrips. mffpH . .18
Raspberries . ..
Cow Hides per lb. '3
Steer " oj
Calf Skin 40 to .50
Sheep pelts 9
Shelled corn per bus "S
Corn meal, cwt. ,. , 0
Bran, " iS
Chon iS
Middlings " i S
Chickens per lb I0
Turkeys " " M
Geese " " I0
Ducks "
Coal.
No. 6, delivered -S
" 4 and s " 3 5
" 6 at yard S
4 and s at yard 3 lS
n rw c: 0 VC
kinn n A I CAM
M B mm DMk0rT
Nover rails to littort I
Curu tealp iU hair i-llu
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