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VOLUME XXIV.
EHKNSHUKG. PA.. FRIDAY. OCTOliER 31. 1 SCO.
NUMBER 42.
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KII TI I AVENUE, PITTSBURG," PA.
Cpcnz WcdnccdayScpt. 3.
SHE BARGAINS
-IN
Dress Goods.
ii,h wo n i.-h to seatl every
r S raivlos. Write to U3 anJ
a? your nool.s.
)y .fjks nearly all-wool
;ri'1 auithis, 36 inches
at li-V n yanl.
ht of ilruiMe-wMth cash-
. cow i-olorings, maJe spec
: i, only 25o. a yanl
ivnil fanoy stripes, in
Gt'iv prin shades, 30
wi'.o, regular 5o. ools
y a yartl.
p-M allAvool mixture
" i in. wiilo, 30o. a, ytl.
'. ; i'f all-wool stripe tri
'.'vo folnrinrs. 30 inches
';!' a yar-1.
bun-lrt-l ;.ve, everyone
..' in l uliuia.'s tr designs ;
. -Jii; s lift k aiitl cruss-ta-!i:;mv
weight cloth,
.y;ir.l.
t of a!l-wt)ol .j) in. stJ c
7"o. quality at
y.rl.
'Hr, "o inch, all-wool
strife suitings,
-'r up to the finest
'i-'h'.o iu foreign countries
- ': for u, our stock is
r silks of every tle-
i:i viry lare varieties.
- to our Mail Order De-
RNE k CO.,
-'-1 l'KXN AVE.,
TSSURGH, PA.
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l. I t l Va THH tTT.
' ' rtr mia. luaral
' aKrii.
"! '.., i circular ta
t''. Jit, & Co.,
! EAK FilEH
' "'- ti-, ' o.. I
v t . ,'TJ.'Li''1:U1'd full
Aouduis t oon.
I
V:' f
OPLE'S STORE,
: PITTSBURG : EXPOSITION
. t' r l xpo.-'ifion exi'iirsiun rftts on all the rallronds to rittsburi will 'Induct
, '.v ,f hi tn vitit our city. Tu nianBiji'rs'of thrt Pittshurii pxi-itlon re aiafe
.v ';T, ti t aiakts ltliilerptin, cutfitHimni: and Instructive, and la evtry way
" ' !': ' p .'ri.i::icf t'f th tt.nu.in li who will com to se it.
' in Jo our part by havlnii a stiow theru. It. will be principally of CAKPETS,
. ..i-. y i cpri'-t'iit.s one of the man y departments In our larise entablishiiieut, we
, ,; i,i coine mid ee our storeroom on Kiftn Avenue, thH lamest and finest In the
: ', ; ,.u will the very ti:u-t and bi-fct Dress (ioods of all kinds. Cloaks. Wraps.
,t."i i evr-ry dmcrlption, in the new ntilts;tor Kail and Vliter wear for Ladies
,"j (.'iiulreii. Shawls of all kinls, and the latest fa.-b!oni In Ladles" and Mmses'
C IV payment, with all the 'new and nobby styles of Hats; and Bonnets la
a,. f!l -.erlim III Itself.
, ttn- way of K.ill I'nderwear. "(llovfs. Holery and Traxntosa as well,
- j; "N. Kl.tMiels. Comforts. Taole Linens, btieetinits and Hiusekeeplne gooils,
... ... u '"ii piles of the oest. Yon are Invited to cll and see our store whether
! . . I ir ii.i-i." or not. N puahlntt or borinil to buv, polltd and courteous treat
; , u j ,.;,e price.
CAMPBELL &-DIOK.
NO MQHE OF THIS!
m
Fluhher FWv. onl. s worn unenmfnrtaSlT tirht,
wiU often aup "iT the fn-t. 'f. roturki
Ulis rv tl tlu
" CCLCSESTEH " HU3EEa C3.
effer a shoe with the lrildx of thw heel UimmI with
ri.oiwx. This elinii T, t4ii aho aud prrvents
the KubUr from nholnf off.
( all for Ibe o!c hvater
"ADHESIVE COUNTERS"
aud you cau w aik. ruu or Jump tu tLcru.
HOISEKT EVANS.
Mult 2lJ.ii
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UNDERTAKER,
AD JtAKl'FACTl'KtK OK
and desler In all kln li ot JTKMTl'KE,
A full 11D. tTank.U alwayi on baait.-.
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN KEH.VIKEI).
Apt so a
LILLY
liiSUBAHCE & STEAMSHIP
AGENCY.
KIKE- INSURANCE AT flST. Pl'UfltS
1SMVEU IN UOtJU KFJJAKLK COMPA
NIES at veky uiwrsr bates.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS SULD A.MI UHArTS
UM'Eli I'AY.UiLE IN ALL.ir"AKTtl
OEEVKOPE.
J. I i. IIiill.ii . A;ent,
L1IXY. CAM uni.v CO., PA.
Kebruary U, laxo.-ly.
A 80L1D
FENCE!
made op
EXPANDED METAL
c" A7r":I' SOIBETHIMC HEW.
For RraiocNcaa. fuoHrs. Cvwrrcwiva, Win
0ROIM, 6a. Arbvra, ta4w fiaarda, Tralllaaa,
rrrpraor PLiirTKRIIU LATH. DOOB SATS
Ar. writ for XUtutratrU CataiLafuc: raailad fre
CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO
ll Xmtm Kl flltobwili. INk
Hardwar Aea keca iu Uiva name wl Uiia paper
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RMlarn tk
Nenae mi Talr
Try tho Curo.HAY"
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aar. ai.le. I'rir. ao -ita at lrauitii ; br mail
r!'ere.l. w eU- tLY JKIIS. M WtrrtDbL,
p Vurli.
LUMBER IS ADVANCING.
SAW-MILLS, STEAM ENGINES,
SH1XJLE M1I.1,S. HAY PKrSNEW. Ac
If yno want a t'lral-rlaaa N4W MII.I..
nit tor Catitloiiu. and acial orlea lo Introduce
In Jiejr een.a to
A. B. AKO.rAK, (Limited;, York, Pa.
.. rT.Nrw York t uj
."!"'' I ,r" """ k""'" ejlly rja cut.J at thH
1. tl f luu us a tril
J
GTE EL
THE OLD MAN SINGS.
Thtre's a wnt.Mo In the jingle and a Mumble in
the iui 1 cr.
And tl.o ai'c, n: t:.iht be clcurLruud the volume
bi. cr::;.;i't'r,
AnJ tlit re mi .!.: ! mtii-h lrnpri.).-ment in the
strt' -s i:itinuti :i.
And j. i,.l. - i mi. l.l be a.l.U-,1 to the cruJo pro-
t.U!i, ...! ion ;
Dut tUt re's n.-.i-u-. li'.ie the harper played tx fore
ttu: u::i'i. ::t kir:.-s.
When tin' oi l i::u:i t;;!; -3 the HJJie und px3
f, . f r t:.- Tt: -s;
ThiTe i- l:ni:rh:. r i h.:;eU w:th tear-Jroxii hen
the old man mivs.
Anil we f rm a r'.r.v about h!m, anj welace htni
in the n.i.l :le,
AaJ l.us u,) t.i l.:.i viiiLi red cl.ult the poor,
Oi.l Iti li. .i 1. ! :.e.
Ar.d a s::.::,. c.i:::-i n 1:N fratures as he hears
tin? strings' vil.rat ion.
And he .iii-s the si.a ol lonir aio ith taiter-
i!'.' intimation;
And phanti,!i:i from the distant past his broken
mu.-.ic lri:irs.
And trixipn: from their dusty graves come
lon f. -r". .t ten tliin;-.
When he tunes the ancient fiddle and the old
man mu's.
We let the broken man play on upon the broken
fiddle.
And we press around to hear him. as he sits
there in the middle ;
The sound of many wedding be'.'.s In all the
muiic sur-res
Then we h -ar their clamor smothered by the
sound if funeral dirires.
Tis the story of hU life time that in the music
riiu's
And every life's a blind man's tune that's
played on broken alrim-s
And so we sit in silence hl.e the old man sings.
ti. W. Kuas, in Yankee Itladc.
THE OLD CABINET.
It Brought Good Fortuno to Two
Lonely Hoorta.
"I dare say it's a groat curiosity,"
said Mrs. Minilon. carelessly; "but I
never diil fancy these quaint old odds
and ends of creation, and I didn't bar
gain to have my bouse turned into a
litorafre-placo for Undo Zadoc's old
rattle-traps. So I ordered it sent to tho
second-hand dealer's establishment this
morning1. lie allowed me fire dollars
for it! And, really," added tho lady,
with a laujjb, "I think 1 should Lave
been tempted. If bettor terms could not
have been made, to pay the dealer five
dollars for removing it from the prem
ises." Mr. Minder looked up from behind
the closely-printod columns of the daily
paper.
"And If your Uncle Zadoc inquires
after it?" said be, "Iiecause it will
hardly do to olTend tho old gentleman."
"Oh! we'll toll him it all fell t
pieces, said Mrs. Minden, calmly
"Ten to one he'll never think of i
again!"
And Mrs Minden replaced the ol
in. Ijo-.j , l ; ... ; . u . i t . V
vai'oii i, nun A 1I1W1 . IL c IJ
"i-r, inlaid wi:h china tiles, and plit
terin with brass ornaments, and con
pratu'.ati-d herself m ffetting' rid o
Uncle Zudic J.ihns..n"s "oi l trash."
t)h, matnnia." cried Iicatrioo Field,
comir.jr in one day from carrying liome
a rull of embroidert-d s ilin to tho shop
for which tho worked. "I saw such a
or. 'y old Iu iiau caVinet in L-ckwoml's
second-hand store as I parsed by! Il
was marked 'Fifteen dollars.' M imnii,
it would bri,'Lt-n up our dim little par
lor like a bit of tho Orient!" .
Mrs. Field, a thin little woman,
sighed as she saw the sparkle in lleat
rice's e yes.
'r..:t, lire," saM she, "fifteen dollars
IIuw are wo, with our narrow moans,
ever to con.as fi f"e.-n dollars?"
"Ah! but you don't understand, mam
ma!" cri-l triumphant Ileo. "Marj
I.ee!iwiM)d siys I may have it for ten,
if I will help her make her dress for
the military ball! So, if you don't
think it too extravagant, mamma,
dear"
"Have your own way, my child," said
the little widow, with a sih. "You
are the support of the family; it would
bo hard, indeed, to deny you a little in
duleneo now and then."
So the teak wood cabinet was set up in
Mr. Field's bumble little parlor,
where it became tho delight of Uee's
heart.
I could fancy all sorts of deli jhtful
mysteries out of tho 'Arabian Nights,
when I sit bore and look at its carved
corners and odd, twisted doors," said
she. "I'm sure, there's a secret drawer
in It somewhere, although I never
have been able to find it.' It shall bo
our household idol, mamma, and I'm
quite, quite sure that it will bring us
good luck."
"I fear that nothintr will ever do
that," said poor little Mrs. Field, sigh
ing.' And, although the remark sounded
extreme, yet there had been a concat
enation of circumstances in Mrs. Field's
life to justify it. When lleatrico was
yet an infant, her husband, a a cap
tain, sailing between the ports of lloai
bay and New York, by way of tho Lon
don docks, wai lost at sea. Tho guar
dian of her little fortune proved un
worthy of tho trust, and decamped,
leaving her penniless; and sinco then
existence had Ix-en one of continual
struggle, until I'eatrice, growing up,
had developed an unusual taste for the
fine artistic needlework which was just
then coming into fashion, and bad vir
tually taken the support of the family
into her own hands.
And in her delight at this new acquis
ition. l'.eatrico told its history to old
Captain Ilurton, a sick lodger on the
loor above, to whom she sometimes car
ried iced co!7ee, whito grapes, little
odds and ends of luxury.
"For ho is so pKir," reasoned gener
ous little Ileo. "And bo has nofrionls!"
On o day, however, when Iteo tripped
lightly up with a plato of cream pufTs
which she herself had manufactured,
she saw a brown-skinned, wrinkled
little old man sitting at Captain Bur
ton's bodsid..
"Eh?" said ho. "Ah! So you are tho
little guardian ar.crel, are you?"
"I am Ileatrice Field." said our hero
ine, coloring up. "And 1 did riot know
that Captain l'urton bad company, or "
"Oh! I'm not company," chuckled the
littlo brown man. "I'm only Zadoc
Johnson. I'm l!on Kirton's second
cousin, and I've la-en looking for him
these six mouths. Nnr, by the merest
chance in the world, I've found him.
And I have to thank ycu. Miss Iteatrice,
for all tho disinterested kindness you
havo shown him."
"It wasn't I," said Hoe. "At least, it
wasn't u'l mo mamma "
"Tako mo down to your mamma at
once," sai l Mr. Johnson. "I've a heavy
debt cf gratitude to pay her. 1'vo only
ono cousin. l!en Ilurton, and ho
might Late died if it hadn't beeii for
you two kin 1 ladies."
II.. ,11. I . !
i'."'euWui purse on tho way
uunH - 3u:iJ,
"If there's any of this debt that money
cm py- " ho said; but Heatrico u.a-lo a
deprecatory movement.
"l'lease don't talk of money," said she.
"There is nothing we have done which
Captain Uurton would not have done for
us had our position been reversed.
And"
"Hallo!" ejaculated Mr. Zadoc John
son, as IJeatrice opened the d.jor of the
little family sitting-ioom at that mo
rnent. " Mo! Whore on earth did you
get that o'.d cabinet of teak wood?"
"Wo bought it at tho second-hand
store," said JJuatrice. "Isn't it beauti
ful!" "It's mine!" said Zadoc Johnson.
"How can it bo yours." indignantly
cross-questioned Bee, "when I bought
it and paid for it, my very own self?''
"This is very strange," said Zadoc.
"I think so, too," said Beatrice.
And then Mrs. Field camo in, and tho
eccentric old gentleman was presented
to her.
"Madam," Baid Mr. Johnson, "I
thank you and your daughter for your
kindness to my cousin Benjamin Bur
ton." Mrs. Field colored, and grew palo, as
shy as a girl, as she murmured a word
or two of acknowledgement.
"It is my belief," said Zadoc, "that
your attention and care Lave saved his
lite."
And then, abruptly dismissing the
subject, he walked up to the old cabi
net, opened its doors, sniffed its sweet,
faint scent, and, turning to Bee, ho de
manded: "What will you sell mo this piece of
furniture f.r?"'
"It isn't for sale," said Bee, almost
ready to cry. "It is my birthday gift to
mamma."
"Well, well, littlo girl, don't fret,
said Mr. Johnson, good-humored! y. "It
used to belong to mo, and I've rather a
notion for it. But you shall r.-t be
teased if you don't chooso to part with
it. (Jood-bye, ma'am. Good-bye, little
girL"
And with this cheerful leaye-taking
he departed.
Mrs. Minden was elegantly dressed in
heliotropo-colored satin and Chantilly
lace, when Uncle Zadoc presented him
self. It was her "at homo" day, and
she took prido in her toilets. But when,
instead of General do Linos, or Mr.
Bonnefouilles, or any other of those
glasses of fashion and molds of form.
Uncle Zadoc Johnson made his appear
ance, sho turned pale.
"Good-day, Nieco Amelia," aid tho
eccentric ol 1 gentleman. "I've oome to
lvjvk at my tfikwood cabinet.
''It's sent away to bo mended,
gasped Mrs. Minden.
"That's a falsehood! said Uncle
Zadoc. "You felt yeurself too fine to
hampered with my old-fashioned
furniture, and you sold it to Die old
dealer, Leckwood, for five dollais.
'Love me, love my dog, says the proverb.
'Love mo, love my old cahinot, say I.
I daro say 'jj not good enough for you,
now you've grown to bo such an elegant
city lady; so good-bye!"
Out walked Undo Zadoc before Mrs.
Minden could collect her 6enses to stay
him.
What curious whim urged the old
bachelor no one ever knew, but instead
of retaining his luxurious quarters at
tho St. Barbo Hotel, Mr. Johnson en
gaged a room in tho tenement-houso
where his second cousin. Captain Ben
Burton, lived.
"I like the kind of people I meet
here," said he, briefly.
And at the end of a month he pre
sented himself before Mrs. Field.
"Madam," said be, "I like you. What
is more, I respect you. I want my old
cabinet, and I should like to have a
father's right in your littlo Beatrice.
Wo are neither of us young, but there's
nothing to prevent our being happy.
Will you marry me?"
Mrs. Field looked really pretty as
the pink blushes mantled her delicate
face.
"Oh, Mr. Johnson!" said sho. "I can
hardly TrH-lieve you mean it"
"Send for a parson, ma'am, and you
will soon find out whether I do or not,"
said Zadoc Johnson.
So they were quietly married, to Bee's
Infinite delight.
"He's just tho sort of step-father 1
should like," said sho, gleefully.
Onco wedded, old Zadoc Johnson took
an elegant house, furnished it in prince
ly fashion, set tho teak wood cabinet in
tho best parlor, and Invited Captain
Ben B irton to livo with them always.
Mrs. Zadoc Johnson was serenely
happy, and I!e;trie exultant. As for
tho captain, ho chuckled.
"Zadoc Johnson never did do any
thing by halves," said ho.
Aud when Mr. Minion saw tho notico
of tho marriage in tho daily papers, he
s'u't) a prudigious imprecation.
"It's ail your fault, Amelia, sail ho.
"If you never had Sold that teak wood
cal inet, all this woulda't havo Lap
pi n. d!"
"You always did lay tho blamo of
every tiling on me!" whimpered Mrs.
M:nden. Anny Ilandolph, in Iv Y.
Ledger.
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
A .Mistake WliW-h. Thonirtt Small, May
lCrntult Very I'ntotpvily
I"k not get in tho habit of being
familiar in manner or speech witn
young men. True, you may say noth
ing tuat is harmf ul; you may only Bay
wh:.t yea t'.ink. and that may lie per
feetly innocent. A r.d always to say jest
what ono thinks is wisdom, but to jest
with Tom or Harry, innocent though
the subject may bo, is not wise. Shall
there, then, be no gayety in life? says a
dear girl. I'lenty of it. But inako it
pure, sweet fun, entirely clear and free
from the bitter waters of Ma rah.
Don't yo t think that the one man
tho one to whom you give your heart
will earn more for one when ho knows
that an idle jest, a careless word, a
familiar ti.anner havo not been given
by you to every man friend you may
have? It doesn't seem much; but, my
dear girl, because you are my dear girl,
jtist ren.emiK-r that while many a girl
amuses t h" neral young man, it is tho
f pedal nan who Is worth consideration.
You do not think it q'lite nico to look
to marri .-igp as your future? Why not?
IK you not find the companionship of a
man you lovo more interesting than
t h:i t of even your dearest woman friend?
Then you think I do not approve of
woman's friendship? Indeed I do
when they are true ones. But tho lost
friend fur a woman is tho man who in
terests her the taanshe loves, aud who
is her sweetheart soon to bo her hus
band. And she makes a mistake in not
trying to tdeasc him.
A WOMAN'S WANTS.
Man wants liut liu're here In-low,
Nor wants that little luii"
A poet w rote, oh! years ajo,
To make a little sor.tr.
What v.-eman wants. ht did not tell;
The fact wo cau't deny;
And sot il you will listen well.
That's what I now oliuil try.
She want? .she wants now let mc see
So much; you u:a3- depend
I si ;i: ! know what the tirst should ba,
It w here the list sh'jiud eiiU.
Sh"d lilrr a r,-!-ia::J Jlrrt. fm sure,
Tin- liic it she iu get her,
And if lie is a lai.Ho-iaire.
Why. that's so uiucli the better. .
She'd Iik a eojtly mansion, too,
T inarMeer 1 rown stone,
I'll. .u a stylish av nu.
The ti-. i. .', .1 . h.-r own.
fche w;.:,ts u carriage, yes, of course
A very nice a!Tu!r
And coueliii.un trim to drive the horse,
YTUcii e trues out (or air.
In ji'we'.s v eil, a diamond set
Most d;!Z7r.V:S t J behold.
And ail the r st, from pearl to jet.
In ; r. i-io h .-lo:ies said p jid.
OX lac .. rare, and .-illts so une,
Ah l fu: i .--o iieii uud warm.
S.. '! i i.rivse lo Lave an endless line
To d.-i-it her pretty fr.ria.
h',h ,'d li".;- a trx-p. f mra ar.d maids
V"!c -.v liii.j; are. au.l aide.
1 :. -. !. r t.row iir.it smooth her braids
A'- l a t u;i -p lier table
In short, to aura t:ie,ma:tor up.
Ami rad ?- y ll't!- cn,
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Ma'.
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MAX'S LAST VWiN. f
Patriotic TJttcrancoa TJn'u tiic
Vonje of tho Qruve.
An Occasion 1i.ti WLlcU .i,i.t 3; en ,
Spriik the 1 rut i I. -1st T" .-::-;"'"
4ioeth-, Wnl'er Scott,
lutiu :tttl Others.
A List ilvin? sp'ocli 3rl rnnf.is'ri
of ten putiit tie an 1 ulways i.r i-r-
says tho London Standard. Must men
m..y bo credited with sjeaki;.g tae
truth at least on this oecastv.n. "' irv
not aware that otit of fiction t!iTo is
any authenticated instmo of any one
dying wi'.h a lis On his lips. TLc
dying, too, are credited in common be
lief with a clearer insight and a fur
ther knowledge into tho past and pr
cnt, if not tho future, than is wx h
safed to halo humanity. Last words
may, therefore, bo said to possess a
many-sided interest; and it is not a lit
tlo r.tirious that now that wo havo a
literature wh i' h disserts tho fanlts and
foibles and habits of great men, there
shot:!! exist no collection of the
last words of celebrities. Scattered
throughout biography am to lc
found an immense nurnler of ex
amples, many of them curiously strik
ing, which only await the industry of
the book-maker of theso "thoughts
that breathe and words that bm:i."
From a shelf of one's book-case in I' d.
one can And illustrations anl to spare.
Perhaps one of the noblest of death
bed utterances wns that of J. R. Green,
whosn last words were: ' 'I dio learn
ing." It is almost worthy of ranking
w;lli tho famous words of General
Woife, who, vvhilj in tho agonies of
death, was aroused with the cries of
They run." and eagerly asked: "Who
run?'' On being told "The Trench." ho
exclaimed: "I thank God and die con
tented." "I thank God," said the great
Nelson, "that I have done my duty," as
the guns thundered overhead proclaim
ing the victory of Trafalgar. The
scholar and the warrior thus alike look
back upon their life's work. It is not
seldom that we find soldiers proud of
having done their duty, but Green's
ut:erance reflects the eternal character
of the student's labors, which only end
as they legan. Tho dying Goethe ex
claimed: "More light," and the words
had possibly a double sense, although
their first meaning undoubtedly applied
to the waning twilight of his earthly
day. It is not seldom that we havo an
instanro of tho ruling passion strong
in d-'ath.
"God bless you." was tho dying ex
pression of Dr. Johnson, who addressed
it to Miss Morris, the sister of tho beau
tiful girl who sat to Reynolds for his
picture of "llopo Nursing Love." These
were also the last words of Wordsworth,
and of Edmund Burke, while Sir Walter
Scott, in his last moments of conscious
ness, invoked the blessings of Heaven
upon his sons 'and daughters. "Joy"
was the utterance of Mrs. Hannah
More; "Happy" that of Sir James
Mackintosh, the historian. Charles
Matthews, Lhe great actor, died with
tho words "I am ready" on his lips,
which remind us irresistibly of Colonel
Newcome's death, more real to most
people than many in roallifo and of the
noblo expression Thackeray pots ir.to
his month. "Adsum." It is dii'.lcult
and perhaps needless to institute eom
pari ions, but it would be impossible,
wo imrtgino, to find any nobler words
than thoto of General Washington: T
am a!v.it to dio, and I am not afraid to
die." There is a calm heroism in
tt.rm which seems to s-how lis that the
great soldier had conquered tho king
of terrors. "Wonderful, wonderful, this
death" that seems to indit ate a philo
sophical calm they wore tho words of
E;ty, tho painter. "Dying, dying,"
said Thomas Hood just before the end,
and his biographer tells us that he thus
expressed gratitude for coming rest.
W ho shall say what was tho meaning
of Charles L's "Remember," and was
there not a grim irony 4s well as per
haps an unconscious pathos in the ex
pression of tho merry monarch, whe
ized to his courtiers for the
trouble he had caused them: "I have
been an unconscionable time in dying,
a;;d I hope you will excuse it." As
Lord Macaulay remarks: "This was tho
last glimpse of that exquisito urbanity
so often found potent to charm away
th resentment of a justly incensed na
tion." "This hand hath offended,"
was the last and noblest utterance of
Crantner, as extending his right hand
he watched it consume away in the
flames. And Latimer, addressing
Ridley at tho stake. exclaimed
in tones of triumph: "This day
wo light a candle in Fngland which will
never bo e xtinguished." Is there not
soir.othing irresistibly touching in
Douglas Jerrold's last words: "I feci
o;tt: oqj SuiSuis poipjjr2oj -oanivu
jo jAaoi ts qons o oiqis-sodtuj. etiai.
uorjco-io pAOT jossoi s.po;) ;r.o:p,!.w
ojnuiT y "jfcTiTUintu )t;0Jii oq jo iijis-j
-JojotjrrtD Jiutijod f-j lou io poj ur.o;
ip.w oq siq? jjqjoq.w 'puts ,.'At;.w oq
Aq t:tuiuB oSut;ji6 A'ucm ojs put
Aui:no3 Orudis o Aoujnot iTuoi uo
ujo3 xnv j,, :p3jt:mda qicop ejq ojo;
-oq X;j;oqs 'ptts si it putiinonj.r Jiunjj
1oit:m. fun futjttJAi tj oqav ouo su
part of his "Hcq,.iem," while frienis
took tho soprano and bass. "Happy,
supremely happy," Lord Lynd
hurst exclaimed as ho lay dying in the
dining-room surrounded by his father's
pictures, and able to look back upon a
career of rarely successful eiTort.
"Sleep 1 am asleep already; I am talk
ing in my sleep," was the ex-,j re i-m of
Daniel Wilson o;i the night of his death,
which reminds us of Shei'.j-'s beautiful
linos:
"How wonderXul i Death,
lcath ud hi, :.;-...th.'r ilt-ip."
Lord Eldon resignedly remarked in re
joinder to the information that it was a
cold day, it being, in point of fact, ono
of the severest frosts that had occurred
for many years, that it mattered not to
hiui where he was going whether tho
weather was hot or cold. It is, perhaps,
hardly fair to lay any great stress upon
tho last utterances of Swift, which are
recorded as being: "I am what I am; I
am what I am," for ho passed away in
the midst of an almost total eclipse of
intellect. "I am not going to dio, am
I?" Charlotte Bronte nsked her hus
band after a few short months of mar
ried life: "He will not separate us; we
have boon so happy;" and there is much
that is pathetic in this when we re
member what a stormy and sorrowful
life she had passed through. There is,
too, something saldening, if charac
teristic, in Oliver Goldsmith's farewell
words when his doctor a V j: "Is your
i:iin 1 at ease?" and li ;.:.,. : ..,rr...-.v-fully:
"X.-, it is rot;" v.t it is fair to
1 that there seems to havo 1 con in Lis
mind a natcra. remorse f-.-r having taken
his own remedies in spito of tho remon
strances of his m.-'Jical advisers. Keats,
as everybody remembers, ex-daimcd,
shortly before his dr-tth: "I feel tho
flowers growing ever me," a beautiful
conception, worthy c f ono of cur greatest
rv-t. Another poet, Tor iiat-. Tasso,
died sayii.g, with extrtmo difficulty:
"In man us tuas, Iljmlro-," which was
eu.-iousiy like the dying prayer o:
Mari in Luther.
"My days nrc parsed as a shadow that
returns not," were tho la-st words of
Richard Hooker, but they were not
f poken so much in regret for wasted
hours as for his labors being at an end
before they were completed. Joseph
Addi-,on, when dying, called, it is said,
ho young Earl of Warwick, his wife's
on, ;i very dissipated young man, to
is belside, saying: "I have sent for
,'ou that you may see how a Christian
:an die." ("owper's was a sad doat.i-be i.
Ai-ked how he felt, ho replied: "J'eeli
I feel unutterable, unutterable despair!"'
I!i:i last words wore to a lady who of
fered him a cordial. "What does it sig
nify'?"' When Lord Lovorcnco lay on
his death-bed, apparently unable to
speak or recognize any one, his vvifo
said: "Do you know me?" To which bo
replied, quite audibly: "To my last
gasp, tiy darling," and a few minutes
later, breathing tho words: "I'm so
wuarv," ho passed away. There was
much that was artificial about Pope's
death-bed. His attempt to write an
essay on tho immortality of tho soul
si ems unreal, and his last words:
"T'.or is nothing which is meritoriotis
but virtue and friendship, and, indeed,
fri'-ndsiiip itself is only a part of vir
tu r.-iid more like acepy-book maxim
than a confession of faith. And it is
diSictilt to believo that Bolingbroko
was sincere, even when, bending over
tho dying poet, ho exclaimed: ."O, God!
what is man?" Mr. Justice Talfour
died in the midst of delivering a chargo
to the grand jury at Stratford, defining
tho needs of a closer connection between
rich and poor. Ho was saying: "That
which is wanted to bind together tho
bursting bonds of tho different classes
of this country is not kindness, but
sympathy," when ho was struck with
apoplexy. lie could hardly have framed
a nobler sentiment. As Humboldt lay
dying the sua shone brightly into the
room, a:id ho exclaimed; "How grand
theso rays: they seem to beckon earth
to Heaven." But wo ' doubt whether
there are any last words more pathetic
than those of tho dying schoolmaster,
who exclaimed with his last breath: "It
grows dark, boys. You may go home!"
LINCOLN AND GRANT.
A Coopla of Freih btorles About the
Creat War Ucroea.
Ex-Governor Ashley, of Montana,
lately told a New Y'ork Tribune re
porter some interesting stories of Presi
dent Lincoln's kind-heartedness. "I
consider President Lincoln," ho said,
"ono of the most remarkable men who
ever lived, as his kindness of heart was
shown to all men at all times.
I remember ono when Cp.rl Schurz,
who w:'S with the army, had
sent a letter to the President without
consulting his commanding ofUcer. Of
coin so. this was a breach of discipline
not to be countenanced, and he subse
quently wrote a letter of apology to Mr.
Lincoln. The President replied by
letter: - 'Never mind; come and see me.'
Of course, when Schurz went, ho began
to apologize profusely, but the Presi
dent, seeing how ill at ease he was,
smiled and said in a kindly tone: 'Never
mind, Schurz. I guess before wo get
through talking you won't think I am
so bad a man as some people say I am.'
That kindnc-os broke Schurz all up.
"Another time I saw him give a par
don for a soldier sentenced to bo shot,
on the supplication of the poor fellow's
wife and daughters. Of course there
was a most pathetic scene, and many of
the bystanders cried. After signing
the pardon tho President said: 'Well, I
have made one family happy, but I
don't know about the discipline of the
army.' "
Mr. Ashley also told some good stories
about General Grant, of whom he was a
ioyal and ardent admirer. Among some
ho related was one of a circumstance on
the evening of tho lirt day's battle of
Shiloh, which had been a defeat.
"At that lime," he said, "when any
man might havo felt disturbed, the
quartermaster came to General Grant
and told hira that if he was again de
feated on the next day he could net
transport tho troops (about 05.000 in
number), if it was necessary to cross the
river. .
"Grant asked Lim: 'How many can
you handle?'
'"Ten thousand,' replied the Quarter
master. " 'Well.' said General Grant, quietly,
'if we are defeated, you will be able to
carry all that are left.'
"So you see," said Mr. Ashley, "what
determination Grant had. II" simply
determined to win or be annihilated."
Teach?r "What are houses built
for?" Ton. my (whose father is a real
fcatato agent) Tur rout."
BABYHOOD.
I novr soo a baby's v?s,
&o..inrioce:.l!y bright,
I r.ev -r be:-r the eo ii: voice,
K-il! i f a ' T iVlir'-.l.
Bui tan j.-ms will co-.-i - of f-:v.:re years
Of s rrovs, bl -nt with joy;
For every 'if-1, however l-r-xht.
Has soniethi:. of alloy.
1 r.-fr h;ir a baby's rry,
(jl either fe:ir or paiti.
And hear the j.v"'t. ripphnp laurh
Ths.t fol ;.--,ts q licit m!: in.
But tUou-.l.ts w.;l ..eta- of bitter tears
On Koiae f.ir-rtisTaiit day.
And of the .uin'h that tlien will strive
To hide the sriwl away.
The clasping hands and to.ldlin?fcet,
' i.v c:.-er to bet-ill
Tiio race of life, nor k:i nv. ior thh.k
How uiucli to !os. or win.
Oh, baby s tulles! oh. baby wiles!
Oh. hapry baby play!
You are to humri y. care worn soul
Whal .-.in.sli :ne is to day.
-Jennie E. Lyali. iu Ladies' 11 .iiie Journal.
SEEN IX PIIIXT.
- t-A iWUDiy XXaiailjUU, XXU V I virMliUUk!
Tfccit Attract Attention.
Many nf Theae Oualnt lilt f onnd in I n
glanil-Suuie of tho K:ir.Wt Atlvt-r-tlseiupnt
of Which Taere Is
Auy Record Kept.
The first English advertisement of
which we have any knowledge appeared
in the Mercurius Civicus, of London, in
the year Mi:!, it being that of a liook on
trie i owor oi l ariiament ; but one ol a
somownat more modern character is '
found in tho Impartial Intelligencer, of
the same city, in 1C4J, inserted by a I
country gentleman from whom two j
horses had been stolen. The earliest I
advertisement in Now England is lie- j
lievel to have been that of one John j
Campbell, printed in the Boston News- j
Letter in 1701; and, curiously enough,
thi was an advertisement for a Ivor- !
j fisements "at pric.; as low as, twelve
i pence." It appears, however, that even
at vuis rato very tew were to ho ob- i
tained.
In 1051 a weekly paper entitled tho j
Public Advertiser was issued in Lon- i
don, which consisted almost wholly of ;
advertisements, principally concerning
the arrivals and departures of vessels
and tho names of books recently issued
f . .... , v,rt . ri '
iiwi me jiie- ' uiii-r papers soon oe-
gan to insert various kinds of advertise
ments, some of which were exceedingly
curious. Many of tho notices at this
period related to runaway apprentices, j
fairs anl r.r -it-fights, burglari -s anl .
highway robberies, stolen ho-.es, and !
lost dogs, swords and scent b.
At
this time England swarmed with negro
or mulatto boys, who were frequently
offered for sale by means of advertise
ments. In 10?-2 one John Houghton, F.
li- S., who combined tho business of
apothecary with that of a dealer in tea,
co'Too and chocoiato, commenced a
paper which at tirst failed, but revived
in 10'Jii; and by his untiring persever
ance and incessant thought and study
he is credited with having educated his
contemporaries into a true knowledge
of the use and art of succossful adver
tising. His example, in some reelects,
might well bo followed at tho present
time, for when quack advertisements
found their way into his paper he placed
a turned rule above them with the fol
lowing rather broad hint: "Pray mind
the preface to this half sheet. Like
lawyers, I tako all causes. I may fairly.
Who like3 not may stop hero."
At this period alvertising was fast
becoming a science, and by the end of
the eighteenth century matters . wero
very much as we find them now, al
though lacking entirely tho genius
shown in such as those of tho noted
Philadelphia firm, said to bo written by
a talented newspaper man and former
editor, whoso salary for this work alono
would astenish advertisers of even a
generation ago.
Most of the advertisements of a curi
ous or amusing nature owo their singu
larity either to the eccentricity of their
composers or to carelessness on the part
of some overworked compositor or proof
reader. Of tho first of these classes
many , bona fide examples might be
given, such as the ono which appeared
some time ago in a Pennsylvania paper,
evidently written by a clergyman anx
ious to earn an honest penny outsido of
his probable slender salary:
Cupid and Hymen. The little brown cottape
at Cambridge, Pa., is the placu to call to have
the marriage knot promptly and strongly tied.
Imjuiro ol Kev. S. S. Whitcomb.
- A Georgia justico ot tho peace, how
ever, goes the minister ono better, by
the closing sentence in tho following an
nouncement from the Romo (Ga.) Trib
une. Wamtd A ennple who wish to marry to
cull mi Justic; Walter Harris, iu his nc-.f office
over Bas Ss. Hill's real estate iflec. Ho has re
ceived tiii commission and is ready to perform
marriage ceremonies ut avc-ry low rate.
In some respects tho English press
may bo said to surpass the American in
peculiarities of advertising. Here is an
ingenious specimen extracted from a
recent number of a religious journal,
upon which comment is perhaps unnec
essary: "A pious young man desires to be received
Into a respectable family, where the excellence
of his example and superior morality inhrht be
considered as an equivalent for board und lodg
inps." The following advertisement ap
peared in a recent number of the Lon
don Tablet:
"To Parents: T'nruly bnys nnd r-ir's of nnv
ti,je visited aud punished m u,t .1- Humes by a
therour;:! diei, ii!iaria:i atx-...-;t rud to a.h:..u
ister corporal punishment. A'.l bad habits
cured by one or two attendances. FVe, five
shillings for two visits. Address Birch,' "
The Cleveland (Eng.) Mercury says:
tYunteil A really plain but experienced and
efhei nt povertws s for three ftiris, oldest
sixtc-ea; ruusie, French aud German required;
. brilliancy of cenv. rsalion, fascination of
maui cr and symmetry of form objected to, as
tne joiner is mueii nt home nnd there are
prov.-ii i ) sous. Addiess Muter, post-ohlec,
CI - . elmd."
The most whimsical advertisement,
however, which we havo recently seen
is this, in which r' lief of conscience is
sought by the poi.ar.co of publication.
It nppt ared in a B.iatel paper:
L..14., viac4ei4. u ill .u...u. BirUiiLhaiu
tci Bristol, Feb-uary IS, lv (Friday after
noon).. Lady told aa uutrutii. She regrets it
most deeply. She lives la Bristol.
While referring to foreign advertise
ments tho following odd announce
ment, which appeared in the Cologne
writer, not half so interesting as is the
grim humor displayed in such as this,
which comes from a gravestone cutter
in tho Pino Tree Stato:
'Such as h ;y to::i.lu:ies of v.s look with
pride and sutislactioa tin.iu the raVus ol their
friends."
Or this from an Illinois undertaker:
'An eleiraiit stoekof neat and nobby shrouds,
warranted to give satisfaction tj the most par
ticular." The chief, reqtiisiuja iut a successful
Gazette during the Franco-i.'i uslan
war, is worth preserving:
"H-rr C harles (la rliu? and Fran I.cvise
Car.iU'. !.- llarlniaim. have the he: r lo
nr.i'.ii: lie.' iluru i;tl:e tiriup of .-:iiv". ot artit
1 r: iu 1 it it the victory Olru . e -.1 ei th. y
have !i;id the harplness of v itnessin;: ti.e tutu
cf at. .11.. r il -tender or the cou.'.rj ."
A very characteristic irei.cii adver
tisement is this, which appears ia tho
Courier do Sonne et Loire:
.loi.'i.-r and Mine. C'uiltcr. mechaui-di-n:
-is. Inform the pebiic that they are al
to ;'U! Ct-al. r.s for thtcr fmin'ry l.ic, s.nd
IhiM' paf-i.i.s who iuli-rnl aceoiilmi' fien: t:n :r
couf.derce win i.t.d it. tbi-ir n. i-J. n el t'o-v-tr
every th.tc-' to satisfy thetr tast--. y.-e ap
I r.-h i: -:or. u.-iui'ly rais d by the .-i-ht o: t.,e
Ire i e.irii t:ts vol Oi. aj jn-ar as l'- eT'et-aut-n.t
lit in i.i-.ith lhe carpe. of vcise-re td T.l.en- uc-lit-'l.t
1 ul oasis.'
A good specimen of a genuine Iris.
announcement is the following:
Tuts i- to certify th:.t L Baiiii 1 ' i' i:i:rin
fin not the person who w:is titrred .
fi atre-red 1 y lhe mob on Tuesday la': . :m i
am -ea ly to t'..-e t weuty puimas to ...
who will ! t n:e llfty that 1 uui iLd other ti.
who ;-oi-.s by my tiame.
"Wituess my hand this .T)fh ef Ji :c .
"I AN. O'FLA N . . i i A NT."
leforo returning to our own country,
wo can not refrain from quoting a re
cent advertisement from a Yokohama
paprr, as an excellent example of
Japanese English:
For S ilo.
Best lY-,:p. ruiir.t Oil.
Made From Its Ketu.y Lc-fs.
Can be curable f r the icUne.--; of
M ile, Female or Iter.
Dizzy. U-e to p-jt or wipe r v ib.-ips on the
forehead. tiOihsid'-s under eye. brow s, r.OieUo.- .,
art 1 In ..!.! a s the ba-jl: of ears.
Fevi r. VVu.e ou the forehead, and r.r. " V- s.
Fit. V.'ip. ni :t of the uoseuoie i, and ui,uk a
fv-vv ,!r. .-; mixed w ith t'-a.
:: i..y. Wip-e botUsidesof for,-bead, ai.d i.ose-
le . --.
il. ut or C.outsvvellen. Wipe botl.ides of
ferehead. i: i-h.-les i.r.d n.-uii to the brcist.
Headache Wipe --n the forchtiad and nose
holes, lleii.'ve us.
C'Ii 'Y TIIOOK 1 '"SC,
Tal-r-in Gate outside Brass Smith Hold.
Our American newspapers abound in
advt rtis. -ments of such odd and inpor.i-o-:s
varieties that one is at a loss which
to s..-!ect as examples of the most origi
nal. More amusement is atTored ly
the column devoted to "wants," per
haps, than any other department, sinco
few of those occasional advertiser-) see-,
to have much knowledge: of grammar
and punctuation, and, therefore, tin',, s
Corrected by the printer, their aauouti-' -ments
arc apt to appear in a guise alto
gether foreign to tho roal meaning '
tho writer.
A Boston clergyman, in a ha.'il,
written advertisement, asks for
young man to tako care of a se.nn o
horses of a religious turn of mind;" an '
another person wants "A nurse in u
small gentleman's family." A Tlx -man
apt. lies for a "Boss hand ovr five
thousand sheep that can speak Spanish
Cuenily."
But such ad vertisements are innii"" r
ablo and really, in tho opinion of '':
collector of bad debts in a certai it South
ern Stato is amusingly illustrate by
the following, which is a pen'tino ,ilv.. r
tisment: "We desire an abt"-lodieil.har ! fca'ured i
lerriiere(i,ri .1 to be -put oh aud ut i- -.e.i.a-l i
down you-u.' man. to c .lice' b.r ; r, t
L: '. TT-e. pi.' ::e-re---;. j ' .i .
kr.i.'c and co-.viuJe. VL ..1 i.u-uh h : iieae.-, i . t
To such a person -xc proii.ise eiista:.t ur h
borious eiapiopmeht.''
A New York auctioneer advertises t s
follows:
"Fcr sale A large (juant'ty i f oil paintir -s
by some of the most ancient masters of in
clay."
The virtue of brevity, if not ci clear
ness, is attained in this:
'Two sisters want washinp."
Hero is our honest liquor dealer, who
advertises as follows:
"For sale, a lot of whisky, ot not very f o i
quality, bal as good as the uverape tiiut is soul
about tow n."
Tho modern use of the word "lady"
on all occasions is evinced by this b.-twi '.
fid "want," which appeared a short
time ago in a Boston daily:
Wanted By a lady to ilo kitchen work in a
saloon. Address Deller, 2 McLean et.
A column might be easily jilied wiiu
the most amusing matrimonial ads., bur
tho following is beyond doubt tho in.... -t
unique one of that character " eve r
printed:
"A yountr pent lrman, on the point of pet ! -married.
Is desirous of incetinp a nu.n of cxpei
ience who will dissuade him frcui such a sup.
Address, etc."
Few advertisers display more i , Ul
imagination than a certain c'ass nf rc,l
estato dealers. George Robin?, a fam
ous pioneer in this line, had so poric n
pen as to imbue tho most prosaic pit
of property with tho charms cf a par i
diso. On one occasion ho dwelt at ion:;
upon a certain "hanging wood" rrn
nected with an estato which ho df ;h d
to seih which tho astonished purel M--ei'
discovered was nothing moro or iscs
than an old gallows! Again, after u.
lengthy rhapsody over a veritable
Eden, for sale cheap, bo conciuu. 1:
'But there are two drawbacks to th.s
i-eautiful property tho litter of the
rose leaves ar.d tho noiso of tno ri, r -ingales."
Surely tho art of aiutis
pulTury could no further go.
An unusually short-sighted
onco printed this notice:
il-
' I n :il take a cood c.j ia payment
year's subscription."
Tho next day forty-thrro doit
lor ttie
Wv.ro
sent to the ollicc. Tho day uf.rwards,
when tho news had spread out irto
country, four hundred farmers sent two
dogs apiece by express, with eight bu ;
kcts of puppios, all marked C. O. D.
Tho olfer found its way into neighbor
ing States, and before tho enl ot i
week there were eight hundr. J dogs,
tied with ropes, in tho editor's 'rout and
back yard.;. His paper v.-. - r '.
lishod for six days, and tho Gov. ' t
tax amounted to tidu. As an i t.a
tion of tho value of advoi-.i: g tho
above story is only equaled by tho iu.
that while a compositor on tho M,.:.:.,:al
Witness was sotting up nn advertise
ment for a lost canary, tiio hit.1 "ts-lf
flow in at tho ofiico window! Cr. V.s
I. Adams, in Detroit Five lh so
Duties r I'arenta to J'hlltren.
One of the most import nt dut'os of a
parent in bringing up r. chill is to pre
vent the child from .loing itself barm.
The child does no, know, f.;r instance,
that unlimited sweets and sours injure
the digestion and Lopuiv .he u th; tao
i '.Lor ilosj Lr. it, and it I ; b-r fl-.ty
to have the child's supply of sweets and
sours limited. Tho child does not know
that tho opportunity of getting knowl
edge at school, if neglected, ii no; ll'.e
ly to return, nor that its f uturo uat : i
ii ss and succi s depend et-y ir.u. L
upon it-, iiitptciving the opy-rttii.ities
which its school now affords. lhe par-t-iits
do know these things and it
their duty to persuade, ur go and, i! fOe
essiiry, to compel the child to stud j'.
N. Y. Ledger.
Timkins (with camer-.i)-tako
you. Miss Smiler?" M:-s
"You'll have to take a nega.i-.
lou iiwiuli. -
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