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::rAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
TO
ASH BUYERS
J . -r tit I'
Ma ffiass-FcrasMEi STORE.
B..iiiiitfiillv tnffirmo tlio
1 " ' ! ' Vl.en-buri'anil the public penor
r -;7. ,,. ,... n (fKfi.VT ICEOUVTHiN
, U Hl'VKU.S oil all goods in
; i KKAPIXd MACHINES
f iTh'-R FARMING ItViPlEWENTS j
lililil AMI HEATING STAVES
' ' . i ic.mil.ir ilcsiitns and of all stylos,
' ""' . nun lit ics :
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E7ST DESSURI3S!
... n manufacture :
rdware:, ALL KIND !
j , , , rfs licit Hinires. Shutter
" i ll''- riiftr-y. I!" '. Iron and Nails,
.' ' ut:v. loi. Knivtsnnd Forks,
' '! ..'iinV- uu.I Vol Us, Pocket Knives, Tu
' ' -"is. Meat t'u tiers, Apple I'r.ters,
Ka.-rs and Strops. Hummers,
ti', ','.!.. iiiitiiu' M.;liiu,A iijrurs Cbis-
i . uouis-' s. .-onares, l'llcs. Hasps,
'., '-. vVm iu ii s. Kip, Panel and t'ross
''.. r,-.ir -II l;in.N. SbovH. Spurts,
. i -i , !!.-. It.tWcs. rorks. Slcikrli-lrlls,
''.'' Wrtx. i5rift!s, t'lothos Wash
' ."' v r -i rmfiit l hums ntulj l'nt-lit
r.lly. lirtnu-Stoiits. 1'iifut Mo-
,..'n-l !. HSiirt-. I.i.'mlicr Stii ks, (';ist
. t I lii iis, Kevotvors, PiSi'iN.tCar
. iv.! : iV.ps, l. ail. How Shot's imtl
.'.'i.i-i r i'h'.ns. nm-s and liie Urkks.
irr.ess and Saddlery Ware
ODD and WILLOW WARE
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j:itiv taken possossion of thonf.v-
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A i. -I i u.v:it of
fe, Parlor and Heatinf; Stoves
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rff ;. . l v t-iiliirtftvl our stttt:k wo art
r.ir-i to wit at a Kiat retiuution
r ii. Our Bt k ftnisits of
. i'rfilT;crr. Vntioj Soaps,
; A.:i-n'F Hair t'torati -s.
" i ;-t"i-H, f .iniiiieiits, 1'aiu Kiil
' V.;rfa-M-i. ls- .lamaiW ':nu--r,
i-.xt i-itcm, I'ssnicfB. Lemon
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MilMS at lower prices
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Muiu Siiftt. Kliensburif.
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wnig tiiaT.tno j.eopio
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r""'y or, deposit, discount
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rear of
calls can
Ayer's
Hair Vigor,
For restoring Cray Hair to
its natural Vitality and Color.
A dressing which
is n: ouce Agreeable,
liiNiItliy, ami effectual
tor preserving the
M I . f aded or gray
U uj original color
icitfi the gloss and
freshness of youth.
'i'li in hair is thick
ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, tliotnh not always, cured
by its use. Noihing cnu restore the
hair wliove t':e ftjlliclc.s are destroyed,
or the elands atrophied and decayed.
lnt such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this replication. Instead
of fouling the hair villi a pasty sedi
ment, it wiil keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional u.-e will prevent tlu hair
from turiii'.i gray or falling oil, and
consequent ly prcvont baldness. IVce
from those deleterious substances which
make soma preparations dangerous and
iniurous to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. if wanted
u u rely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
tioth else can be found fo desirable.
C'tiniuitu.ig ti'-'itlier oil nor dye, it does
no' soli wiii'u cMmbric,. and yet lasts
long on t!... b:;ir. giiug it ft rich glossy
lustre ami it raleitd eiiiime.
Fjepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWIILL, ?.:ass.
TRJCtJ $i.oo.
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Furniture,
Bedding,
Mattresses,
Feathers,
Blankets,
Quilts,
And all olhr A KTfrT.Ef to bo FOrXO In any
rixiri nc and mhiuung stuhe m this
city, and at rincts as low as the lowest.
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21 &23 North Tenth. St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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PIUCE LIST OF TEAS.
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DM IN ISTK ATION OTIC.;. .
Estat of Matthew McH rem. 1
Letters of Administration on ithe rrtt '
ce.1. nt. late of Munstt-r township. L",','1B',,,J
havinit been granted to t he uiiders.nne I, an I
sons lr.det.te.llo sai-1 estato are riMinertert o nm-ke
payment forthwith, and .r'" , "ro-
izainst the same will present them properly i r-
bated for settlement. ,., . ,m(itrtor.
FRANCIS O FRIEL.. Administrator.
I.retto. f t. P. Ii74.-8f
the i:o4K-Kr:r.i:it'N diilah.
BY JOHX W. EDDY.
The 1ay liai wearily worn to its cIosp,
And night had come on with its needed re-
I . post!,
I As a hook-keeper wended his way from the
i store
Glad that his toilsome hours were o'er.
The night was cheerless and dismal and
damp,
I And the flickering flame of the dim street
I lamp
Went out in the rough, il.t gusts that leat
With furious sjieed through the gloomy
atreet.
Tired and eol.1, with pain-throhliins; haad,
! sank to rfjiose on his lonely bed ;
Still through his brain, as the book-keeper
lent,
Visions of debtor and creditor crept.
The treat balance-sheet he had finished that
ilay.
And profit and loss, in the usual way.
Showed hov much money the merchant had
made
In the preceding twelve months' trade.
Ami he dreamed, that night, that an angel
came
"With the ledger of life and against his
name
Vere charge, until there was no room to
par,
And nothing whatever w: credited there!
There wer life and its blessings-'as intel
lect, health;
There were charges of time, opportunities,
wealth
Of ta!ens for good of friendship the lst
Of nourishment, joys of att'eetioii tied rest.
And hundreds of others, and each one as
great,
All with interest accrued from the time of
their da'e,
Till, despairing of e'er leing ah! to pay,
Tha liook-keeper shrank iroiu the angel
a w ay !
I5ut the anel declared that the account
mast he paid.
And protet-Ted it could not be longer delayed ;
The book-keeper sighed, ami began to de
plore How meagre the treasure be.'d laid f;i in
store.
He'd cheerfully rentier him all he possess'd
A ml give him a note on demand lor the rest ,
Then" quickly the angel took paper, ami
rote
The following as an acceptable note:
"On demand, without grace, from the close
of to-day,
For value received, I promise to pay
To Him who has kept me, and everywhere
Has guarded my soul with an intinitu care
"Whose blessings outnumber the drops of
the ocean
While living, the sun of my heart's lest de
votion. In witn.ns whereof, to be s'-en of al! men,
I attix the great seal of the soul's Amkn !"'
The book-keeper added his name to the note,
While the angel across the gret ledger-page
wrute,
In lettets as crimson as human gore
SKTTI.V.Ji I t'CLL and was uever seen
more.
When the night had rolled back and its
shadows were gone.
And a roseate morn had blushed into dawn,
On the swift infc of faith rose the incense
of prayer.
From the aitai God's angel had sanctified
there.
vi:ti:ii vuxcirs 111:110 ism.
Peter Punch was a Yankee peddler.
Ilia home was in a neat little village near
the sea coast, l'eter had two reasons for
returning fion: his peddling tour at the end
of every fortnight one was to replenish
his stock at the variety store, and the other
to see his blue-eyed, flaxen haired sweet
heart. Charity Chase.
All the odd notions which Peter, with
all his volubility and palavering, could not
sell all the bits of lace and remnants of
ribbon which could not be disposed of even
for a 'mere nothing,' were given bj the
loving peddler to his grateful Charity.
Peter was a natural salesman. He rarely
turned his back on a house without leav
ing some article of merchandise behind
him, on which he had made a snug profit.
So, in course f time, tie began to feel in
dependent, and to meditate quitting th
itinerant busiuess, and open a store iu the
village. .
Then he began to think about taking a
w ife, and of course he would many Chari
ty. Peter" had never once given a thought
to any other of the fair damsels of liean
ville. But just as he had about made itp his
mind to propose and many at once, there
came to the village a dashing young lady
of fashion.
She dressed and walked lik a queen,
only at times afflicted with the Grecian
beud ; but Peter silly fellow thought
her bent figure the most superb one he had
ever seen, aud 'wished to goodness thegiils
of Beau vibe had sense enough to hx them
selves up in that style, then they would
look like somebody.'
Peter fust saw her at her iir.cVa's, where
she was going to pas the summer. lie sold
Ler a pair of gloves, and lost hi.s heart to
h.T 0:1 the snot. 'What a j-swel of a hand
i she has !' lie thought as he pocketed the
pay and went back to his wagon. Chari
ty's gloves are three sizes larger. What a
waist is hers! slim, but plump as a peach.
Her cheeks ar like mother's peonies, only
picttier, and her lips are like a dead ripe
cheny. Jow, if I was as rich as I ought
to be by good rights, she shouldn't leave
thesa diggias till she was Mrs. Punch.'
Thus soliloquizing, Peter cracked his
whin and drove otf. Somehow Peter's
I t.riie was far les glib on his excursion
than was his wont, and, as a consequence
the end of the second week found him with
not half of his goods disposed of. But he
1 determined to return home nevertheless.
He turned his horse's head in the direction
of Beanvilln, talking thus to himself:
I'm bound to go aud see mat auks ie
lng, and find out if sh is much stuck
i up as her uncle's folks. For tny art I
, Hon't see what's the use of some folks feel
ing so mighty big ; I Imjie she ain't proud.
She looked as clever as pie, though I've
heard say you cau't tell by a frog's looks
how far he can jump.' ,
I Peter was soon in sight of Beiinville
again. lie was determined to become ac
quainted with Miss Deloug at once, so he
resolved to call and show her some shawls
on his way into the village. Full of this
idea he reined his horse to the side of the
road, and dismounted.
Taking a box of paper collars from the
I wagon, he selected one and put it on. He
; then combed his hair, and pulled his pnn
. taloous out of his boots, brushing the mild
from the latter with a wisp of straw. Then
j satisfied with hi preparations, lie resumed
' his seat aud drove on. He called on Miss
j Delong, and concluded in a very short
i time Hint she was proud. 'Proud as Lu
cifer, aud didn't treat me half decent ; but
I'll win her yet, that's tine as the seven
stars iu the bub t. .a: the school inaster
tel'.s About.'
I Peter tinned hi.s ho: so out to paslio'e,
and tell to hoeing aim weeding in h. im d ii
I er's gaidcti st as U be near his pror.x eha,
I mer.
j OL, if 1 could only be a hero! Womi.ii
love biave men, moll. or says. It i eon id
' only save her life withoot tto much ii k,
: I'll jump at the chance. If the house w.n.id
j only burn up, so I could save hei. I won.d
! n't mind having mj cye-w inkeis singed a
' bit. Then she would many me out of
! gratitude.'
Peter's head was fnU of Such thoughts
iI.i.m. At. last, bis wish seemed about
j to be gratified. He was walking down the
I street one day, his hand- in Lis pockets,
j whcti he saw a pair of hoise coming dow n
' Uie street at full speed. Two ladies oc
; cupkd a seat behind tl.cm Miss Le!oiig
aud her aa.it.
The horses are running away with them
! as sure as gtms. Now, Peter Punch Leie S
a chance. Show yourself a hero .
Peter quickly posted himself in front of
the running team, throwing his hat and
shouting wildly to the ladies to keep vp
j good courage ; and he would save thorn.
I On they came, and Peter made a dash for
i tho bridle-bit bat missing it, he w as thrown
down, and tha wheels passed over hi.s
coat tail.
'Aie you hurt, Mr. Punch?' asked the
sweet voice of Miss Dciong fuun the iaiat
pi the buggy, which had come to a stand
still.
'No ma'am, not a bit ; hot I should not
mind it if I was, I'm so glad I saved your
life.'
'Saved my life, Mr. Punch. In what
v. ai ? Your conduct st ruck us as something
very strange,' said the lady.
Do you see that bridge yonder? If I
hadn't stopped that runaway team, yon
would be soaking in the bottom of the ri .er
HOW;'
A merry laugh from both the women
rang out on the ar.
'Why, bless your simple soul, Mr. Punch,
t'.ie horses weren't rutinirg away. We
were in a hurry to reach the depot before
the train leaves that was all.'
And with that the ladies drove on again
faster than before, leaving Peter to sneak
oil" home, feeling, as he expressed it, 'as
though he had been caught in a hen roost,'
but he did not give up the notion of be
coming a hero. lie felt sure he would yet
have an opportunity, and he resolved to
watch for it.
! One evening he was passing the house
! where -Miss Deloiig was staying, when her
I voice, talking in a pleading tone, reached
his ears. The windows were open, atid
several persons were assembled in the par
i lor.
! 'Save me ! save mc ! Will no one save
1 me from this cruel fate ?' rang in pleading
tones on the evening air.
' Peter bolted into the house like light-
! ig.
In his wild anxiety he saw n. one but
' the lady of hi love, a-:d a man standing
over her with a dagger in his hand,
j Miss Delong must have fainted away or
! else the villain must have stabbed her, for
she was lying on a divan, pale as a lily.
Peter ran up t her exclaiming :
'Save you ! Yes, I will save yon, though
ten thousand villains seek your piecious
life.'
He raised her quickly, and before any
one could jc.ympreb.-Mid the aflair he bore
her into the street. Hoe Mr. Punch found
his charge considerably revived and des
perately determined to be released.
'Fear not, my pretty piuk, it is your ow n
' Fctcr Punch who Ins saved you. The
villain daren't show his head now.'
j Then out rushed a doi:en people of both
1 sexes.
j 'What are you doing with this lady,
1 fellow ?' demand ml a man of herculean pro
portions, whom Peter recognized as the
villain with the dagger.
j 'I'm protecting her from your murdeious
hand. Advance one step anQ you are a
dead man ; aud Peter drew out and opened
a huge jack knife w itb one hand, while the
other held Miss Dehmg securely.
' You must be an excellent actiess, Loui
sa,' said one, 'since the Tellow took your
distress to be real.'
Acting ? enly acting !' stammered Peter,
releasing Iyouisa, and pocketing his knife
w ith a jerk. 'She ain't a theater woman,
T hope?'
' 'Not by any means, Mr. Punch 5 we were '
acting a tragedy for our own amusement.
Will you come in and witness the last'."
'Not ii!jc!i, I reckon,' muttered Peter,
as he put iu his best jumps for home.
Peter was iinaily disgusted with himself.
The next day he mounted his wagon
again for a peddling tour, lie was plainly
never intended for a heio, or anything but
a peddler.
He took an unfrequented road, which
led along near the sea. A woman was at
some distance in the water seemingly strug
gling for her life.
Pet?r knew by the hat she wore that it
was Miss Delong.
'Peter Punch, yon are in luck at last,
Miss Delong is drowning and you must
save her. I hope she'll swoon just as I
reach her, and wake up to lind tne bend
ing lovingly over her and chafing her
hands that's the way the heroes I've read
about acted.'
As he talked thus, Peter was plunging
furiously ihi-ongii lie wattr to Miss Dc
i'liig, who v.ts iji.ite liiiuwaie lloii, a res
ell. 'i w ..- .. I Ii.. 1.1I.
I'el. i n:.o!e stM.r.l 5 iii.i'cs ;U her bc-
( l'l lie .-I.CC' ( i- i in l'l
ihess : a lid 1 u : ;r. . .
lie b 'i e 1:1 1 . i i oj,!. i 1
W!l i: Slil lit! I :. ' V i. ii 1; t I I
l'.'id f her
!',iilO !;idi.
l,
it, tjnt-
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I11
nied by hystriical sci tarns from
ne i on 1
lady.
Mr. Punch, this is too .t:t r ige. us ! I
demand an c.piaii..teu f said she indig
nantly. Veil, i:' I hail known how you was go
ing to take .hi, 1 should have let you diown
a lew minutes longer. The. ) c relit
to be g. ' - aviug anybody till they're going
dow 11 the thi.ti tune.'
; At this ..i.c.uro, two oUei'y ladies
emeiged from the water, their gaimcr.ts
! shipping with britH.
j 'What is the meaning of this?' cioke.l
' one of them sternly.
I 'it means,' said Peter promptly, 'that I
I saved this young voipan from a watery
i rrrave, and she insults mz for it.'
j 'If he supposed you diowuing, LouUa, he
i is pardonable.'
i Supposed her drowning ! And yvfis i. j os
! sible, then, that she was not that she was
j only bathing? It seemed so ; indeed, and
j Peter matched away crestfallen enough,
j When he reached the spot where he had
i left his horse, he was not there, and l'eter
chafed him for ncaily an hour, his gar
ments feeling heavy and uncomfortable.
He found the beast at length, standing
quietly before the door of a farm house,
j and drove him home lo change his clothing.
The would be-hero was eonlined to the
house for a mouth with the rheumatism
after his last attempt at heroism. At the
end of that time he considered himself
; cured both of his ailment and his love for
; M.ss Del-Mig. often saying to ii.;Mit :
1 'Fine feathers make line buds. Louisa
i wasn't any prettier in that gray bathing
j diess than Charity ; and the ebony red of
i her cheeks was all washed in sticaks by
Ithe waves. Chaiity don't 1 ainr, and,
what's more, she don't care whether I'm
a hero or not, and I mean to ask her to
have me the first time I see her.'
An IsQrEST on At.el. The other after
noon an excited indivit.'ua.' with his hat
standing on two hairs, aud his eyes pro
jecting from his head liLe Hie horns cf a
snail rushed into the of.ice of Coroner Hol
mes. The coroner is by profession a den
tist, and his first thought was that he was
well nigh distracted with the toothache,
lit. was soon undeceived, however, as tho
frenzied individual cried out, as soon as he
could catch his bicath aittr tunning tip
stairs; llcen a man murueicd !'
A man murtleied '' cried the coroner;
'how '.' w bete ?'
Iu a gaiuing, I believe, with a club 01 a
roc k . "
'How long ago V' ciied the en out r, seiz
ing hta hat ai'd cane.
'Let-11 done a good while ago, and iiO
police nor coi:si..ble hasn't never dune
not hi 11' about it, xeer been n cioiter
set 011 the bod,), nor noilim' o' the kii.d ;
no verdicii
V hat was the man's name '.' "Vho was
he'.'' Ci icd the cui'niar.
'His name was Abei.'
Abei Abel who?'
Don't kaow'i Never heard nothiu' but
his fust name.'
Weil, what is the name tf the man who
killed him? Do they know ? Any one sus
pected ?"'
'Weil, I've he a ul that a fellow named
Cain put out his light. Can w as the bleth
er of Abel, and '
Coroner stnellsa mice, and, flourishing
Lis cane, cites, 'You git down them stabs,
my tine fellow. Git and don't show your
self here again !' With a loud guffaw the
fellow went down the stairs three steps at
a time, the doctor calling out to him, lbw
dare you tritle with an oiheer iu this way,
sir?'
In Virginia, lately, an eagle pounced on a
young lady, fixed his talons iu Ler hair,
and tlcw oif with about ten pounds of
jute. This incident will undoubtedly be
used by tho ladies as an excuse for wear
ing such enormous chignons ; but is it
right, is it fair to deceive a poor bird in
that way? Imagine the feelings cf thr.t
proud American bird when it alighted iu
the nest of its young, whb keen appetites,
and found no girl attached to that bunch
of hair !
A Sharp Diamond Samigler.
TV ere is n very important trnTHe c.trii.vl,
on in di:itiioi:us ia the m:s L.11 -opean !
line in this c ur.try. and as the duty upon
theiii is tn per cent, a 1 valorem tiie ':a-.p- j
est watch is kept up n tli..so s,jpvei.- I ;o 1 0 !
enjrigl in it. I?y means of nre.its ahr r. !
Fie Collector'1 ofii'e has o'tcn i::frmt:f.n
by ntble of the departure frotn tie v:;ri.m :
ports of suspected diamond sm millers, nnJ 1
is prepared to intercept tlutn. 1-: i.in" ca- s ,
out cf ten the stone :re conceded up -n the '
passengers. Wi.ei: tiii become-a c-iialr.:y, '
or what is app. sel to he a ccr:.ii;.tv, tii' :
passenger is arrested and fik-n to tl ? .
searcher's bureau ia the Cist uu llaa-c.
Here, if fount necessary, the party i strip- !
ped to the skin tnd his c o;h: examine-1
inch by inch and seam hy -cam ; the i col
ore taken from his boot-, his lmir and bard ;
arc cotiihe.l. and every means taken to tii -
C 'Ver ti.e l.iJing p'aej of the trensare-. !
Once t!iN mode of search ue-l to le t :er
n'lly successful, but now it rarely s.v ve ary
ptup-ise pseept in the citse ofr fw recruits )
t!.e sm.igjiin z rarik. An old !u J is ea-g'it ;
with clmfl" but .. ce. !
A New York Jew. wh? wr.s repute! to b? ;
ia the hiiia?s of -as :.liiig iliatiitiads, us. J
to crois the water 011 tne Cunurd one fmia
t!i.e to four time-a season. T years ago.
in the eai 'y ji:t'-i ;f tlie e.is.ja. he :s -eizeJ (
up. m his ::r; ii-.il and taken to the sireheFd '
room. Nc-ir'y a t'm sa :d .Jol'.nrs worth ol
precious stor,.'s were !o ;;i 1 s-er ted in the '
lining (yf iiis hoots, lie rctiiii.ed t. Liver j
pot.i by tiie same s'eaiiu-r, and 1 oir vccr
afterwarJ again .aiiood on the coaio'iny s '
wharf on North liiver. lie n as a 4" in sc.'. d ;
and subjected to the -a sue rigor m se-.tic , !
but with no s.ieee . T.'ie J.xv took it su.i -
i,:p!y and philo p!.ica!iy. When le b-ok
hi- leave lie said t " Better h.ck nest ti.uc. !
gentlemen. I sliall go b.iek ti e sat.is 1
steamer on h i-ine , and vvi.eu 1 itt.::u ; j.i
can try it again.'" i
The oSl.tert men tally .1-ternihie-l if he '"ii 1 !
t::cy would try it ngaiu. Upon in piitj ii j
was found that he really engf.gc 1 a ictati. .
passage, having held hi- stac-r.i.jin f.r tlmt ;
purpose. Two hours before ti.e .-a King f s
t!.c t-teamer he was di iven .io.vntt ti.e j; ri
in his carriage, his wife and dam;' trr v :::i
him to sec liitii IT. When ti.cy it! li t L
they canied witli then over tea t'ioi..-m J 1
dol ar-' worth of diam i!.J whie'i he h-.d '
pecreted in his -tate rootn tluri-ig t'ic wholi !
1
time tiie st'-atn r h i i re.r..ii:el m p ft. j
Before hi- return to Nn Y .; k the CV.L-ctor j
was iiotilxd hy one of the revenue ngeut-i J
-1 .. j ..m r: ...i. 11 ......... n I.- !
ll'llOilU t li.l 1 I- IIM V.OU1. till. II! J
tho . which would 1 'five Lncipool
(b-tober w itii several thousand do.lars'
worth ol diainoiids." Indue time ti.e Jer.'
arrif J ; and f or the third time was escort
ed lief. .re the -ea-.cher. He was ei nientiy
not prepare! lor su.-'i pf.i-tct:f a:;-v :i"7i.
lie .-J. 1.1. -I ne.vou- a;i-l agiiate l, an.l fjna.Iy
RttLvin.t 'il to coinp oiui-j. He k ji ioi;i 'iy
i..c l ni.d ti.at that was out of ti.e .pie-ti -n.
lie was naia put tl.r ..:g!i ti.e searching
pr c Hi- p cei'.' i; vvl.ic'i was first
inv.'stigateJ, reva!o.i a inf ill .ran lain sinn
ing ti.e pi.rciiase oi eigiite.11 diamonds of
vaii n;.- size- and jui-.cs, aniou'iting iu all to
nhoai .l.U.l'). When this came to !ij;!it
tiie Jew begged wiia tears to lie allowed to
Co'iii'ioini-e. A .lea! eat- was t..r;iel to his 1
entreaties. Ills c .at was rem jved and the
lii. in examined. Nothing there. Tiicn t! e
waistcoat. As the searcher jvis-ed )ii- prac
tical lagers along die ii.iin; his heart g ive
a tremendous thump a lie rccouui t t.-c
"feci" of sotnething pebbly. h.e iittlc rows
of butiotis. . Tiie gai incut wits hasti.y nppo 1, ;
a strip of chain .is -kin withdrawn and ut:
r.illed. and t ie.e tliev lay, ue, two, three
eighteen ! Ail there.
' Von m j. it 0:1 your e a ! and wat-tc.jat
ngahi. Mr. Ii.-c e-r,'" -aid the sc.wci.or,
Li.ii liy. "Gooi day."
Wi.hoat a wo .1 the Jew departe-l, to .k a
,,-.,. .vir h .me, kis-ed 1 is family, n?e a
roa-i: g din icr, rcj.aire 1 to tiie Iwtli .room,
atid alier soaking a rather cajmeions p'.a-ter
tif.M-s tiie siii i.l v.t' his hack for a lew min-ut.-s
ia warm water, peeled it oO', and with
it "rz' .teen di -icoa 1-. of various sizes nn 1
jii.'i--.'' Went the searcher and collector
111:11 !..ne --aid or tl.oaght when they found
tii'i; seizure tolw notiung hut clever gia-s
imiiatioiis, worth iroin ten to thirty cents
e.ieii. nobody kn iws ; for al b uga tiie
se-izare was loadiy h.'iald.'J, the finale was
never nrid- juiM c. A lady in this city,
inoin"- ia fa-aiouahie cire-ie-, wears a valu
able diamond wi.i-ii was imported ia the;
cavity of a double tooth, sail tooih being in
the mouth of an Is.aeiiti.sh genth mun of
Jew York. It was placed in it- ui.r uiautic
hidi:igplace in London, and saiely covered
with bone lllling which was displaced after
the arrival in Now York.
That frightful epidemic, the plague,
which spared neither high nor 1 iw in sta
tion, iwept away one-third of the inhabi
tants of Venice. On a previous visitation
the epidemic, the great artist, Titian, had
fled to Calore, hut this tiaie he delayed
leaving the city until toj late. His death
was a peculiarly sad one. lh ha I outlived
ni st of his relations and his d.-are-t friend-;
Ids son Poinponio was away from him ;
O.-aj.i laid Iven one ol" the fj.st v ictiiiis of
the plague, liven his servants deserted
him ; and as he lay breathing his a-t,al ne
nn.d unattended, a band of ruffians broke
into the h.-.i-e and ransacked it of oil its
C intents, rnthle-s'y de-trojing whatever
they could 11. t carrj off- all of w hich Titian,
in his powerless agony, was compelled a
wi n -S-S. Fume nor iinuse-endntit er.ms
cm Id help dying tnnrtdity then he was
but one of earth's po r vvorias, ttodueli oil.
vet p -weiless to turn.
niass-Eye Trade of the Fruited State?.
It is not (Z"iora.' known t'.g the entire
clas eve ii.i-int ! f the I'uitfd Strites ia in
the bund- of one Clin, Mcsts. Thein'-tn &
Paai-iing. of Pitt-l..ug, und but few people
have anv i l-.-a f li.e immensity of thetr busi
lie -. T eve i- in the United Stites a defcit
if saline sixty t' ;jnd eyf. Of this r.um
ber r.h -ut twppty-f ve tln innd make use of
c'n-s-pyes To snj j.ly these "bully Uiys
with glas .-eye:,' at lea-!, a hundred sf-eci-iue:.s
(,f .p'li.-s are manufactured. Some
il.li. aii-t.eni 1c oil gentlemen have their
eves ma le to or.br. These are tiir.,ifa'
tnred by hr.nd w ith irreat care and nicety,
a certain fire atid v ig -r lein; thrown inM
ti.ini more than rcal:-t:C. Ve know a Mr.
John.-i.n who i- greatly itiiproVtd by wear
iag one of t::ese gU-s -ecs. The young
l.'.ds d-.te on hitn. ami say he looks like a
V i t. "hi- r; 0 wth ' ii-'h Cue Irmiy rolling
S'.cl: ate -oiuo of the advantages of glas
e0. The eh'-tipct kin! of eye? is the light
hi :e. Tl.c-e ate soli in large quantities.
Ti.e p.. r p -p'e wLo cannot affyrd lux .ries
u-jal y v tar ll.j e, whatever the color uT
their natural optic. When a men has a
genuine bh.tk ej e supplemented by one of a
dim, di-iual blue, it produces a wierd ef
icot. This strange appearance ia still mot
v hon the black eye gives eviJD of a glass
7 1 t - ntach of wl.i-i.ejf, its contrast
with the s.V.-py so'-crre-? of the blue eye ia
r.pt to a-; .'!)i-h u sirnu-cr.
St-ver.ii ar-ago Me-sr. Tlieimar A Paul
dh'g w-. re bjrnt o'tt in tiie big lit e in ritta
bitrir. The s rt w, the ruin the misery
this cai!-d, can only l-e appreciated by a
r.rse-fve-1 nitn. Almo-t all liad te content
tl.r:nt( lies w ith sjen 1-hand cyc, dun and
Cofsi lptah v th? W'.'irec for wear tn3 bar.
A " ell kn. w :i inn chant, of New York,
vhoa-! watiti'ig in optics disvted a doll
of his iia igl.u r to procure an eye. so that
fe might appear in soch ty deeentiy. and
poor man in a very siteilar strait, made us"s
of t'loeu inrgc Mil i -gated crysLils jf which
j'.tiidrcr. are so i .11 J . Hi- te of many cot
res pio J.ie.-d quite a scnnii .n, and Messrs.
Ti.e:-a .1:1 A l'.uihiitig threw a q i'ititity ut
!...: y Yari -n eyes on 'he n:,rkt, but srine
I .o tli.-y 'lid id take nnJ become the fash
i -n, and tiie cargo was nn ei.ltre
Mcs-rs. Tnei-maii A Patiidng have rhnnft
entiie'y b.ini-die 1 the French gl.is-eye from
this continent ; the F :glt-!i eye never took
well here, was T -vcr popular. They are
i..-w engaged in stii-plying the Chinese mar
ket, toid In. v.- invented a new patente 1 aqtii
i.r.e eye ju-t suited for the Mongolians.
Thcv are ,l-. pae..tces tf the slrabi-mie
gla's. eye, suitable for cross or rock-eyei
people.
AVitii cae'i J -z"n glass eye?., a npy cf
direction-h .w to wear g'as eve ate pent.
It is to he !iop d that this book will 1-c ?tod
icl, as some of our best citiz?ns display a
Ji-g: aeef.il i u:c'e--2ics- in the manner in
which tiny wear their eye- To lie glared
at Lv a.i f vc up'-i ie J.' a ri, ia opt to ui-ttirb
a man; indeed, it if citrrin; ly disagro-
abie. --
Shnoting a StuITcd Squirrel.
There is in the neighborhood t f Ilidgc
wood an old gentleman who was once a
Nimrod among the banters. II- chsiJ shoot
Mit a squirrel's eye fiOn the t.p of she tall-e-t
hickory, nine shots out of ten Indeed
there was n.i Jim:: to hi ski.l. lb has been
renp'i ir.g the sp irt of Jiis youth for the pat
few wp.-ks. ' at as s'j n'rnls were sttarce, and
l.ia pve-ight w as dim, his g;ne bag was not
well filled on return home. lie has a
tni-e!iie otjs ra-e.,1 of a grandson, who would
eter ph'.y pranks on him, and an he was
ni'-a.i dei ing through the w? 'd? day Itfora .
-cs'crday, the yoang-t'r got into the path
before him and pet-cbed a stuffed Hjjuirrel on
the limb ol a tree, tying it fat. As tiie oi l
inati camp near, t ie youngster showed him
self end 1 ;li I attention to the squirrel. The
old man ' o':ed. "Sure cnoi'gh there is a
squirrel,"' le remarked. "Be still; I'll
fetch hia.."' And taking cartful aim he
pulled the trigger. When the smoke blew
away there sat the squirrel with hi tail over
his Iwick, not iu the least disturbed The.
old man loaded I.Lsg.in wilh great care ar-i
1,'ojte.l a.vay again. T!ie squiirel 5tood thii
fire witli as much t-i at.iaiity as the first,
only his tai! -1 'inL-i to bo broken and had
liicii over. n his side. The old man was non
plussed. He did not, however, set his rgrnnd
sor.. who was rolhrg in convnl-ions (f
1 Mtgl.t r l-ehii; 1 a coi -etiicit Jog. He had
Income warmed up to the sport and thought,
of nothing 'le bat fetching t. at squirt el.
The third si.-t cut he Cold that b out d t? e
-q iirrel to the iree find he fell, rot w ;t!i the
j u-ual tieavy inuu s i eo r . !
mjn, but bouncing scve.r.l fp-t in.o tne ir.
Thisaroa-rd the old inn's u pi '.oi-, Ri d
going cp to it. he f.und the tme natu e .-f
these!!. II i chaitge of Ji.-P tio 1 h'onght
him in full view of his r.T;ct; n.vr gratis m
who was tet.rit-g nt t!:e gro.tr.-3 in iris lint
to laugh without makh-g ti r.oi-e. A real
izing Bpne of the situation crept t-'ft the
mind of the receraV.e man. iU cast his
eyes on the ground ; they feli on a ,.i"e of
sidng'.e, w hich he pi .ked up. an i rppi-.ttch-ing
ti.e cotiv ilscd b jy unawa-c, hs atlecti n
aicly binned hiui a couple of times on the
veat cf his breeches. This brought the
youngster to a perpendicular, and he to A to
his heels, thereby escaping more lov iag
demonstrations. The old gent'.e.nan c'uli
not help relishing the joke, and tells the cir
cumstance with greater good will t'naa oite
would suppose. The bey is just ten yeais
old, and bis grandfather declares that be
will sometime be Prc-ident of tl Unitci
Slates. Il now has most unbounded fUb
ia the al i'.hy of td.at r.f.
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