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THE TWO BOYS.
A STORY OF REAL LIFE.
George and Thomas were friends at
school. Both were young, clear-headed,
and good humored, neither being reniltrk •
able for any quality of person or mind.—
They were just like other boys, having
nothing in their hearing to indicate wheth
er they were to turn out corsairs, poets, or
orators. if there was observable anything
worthy of remark, it was the general sim
ilarity of their tastes, minds and disposi
tions. They were both satisfied to beat
the hoop, fly the kite, and spin the top,
without wearing out their school books
by any useless application, for both would
rather have their ears boxed than study a
lesson. The two boys at school were how
ever, early handed over to the different in
fiances which covered their future cat eer,
and these were not long in becoming per
ceptible in their conduct and character.—
George and Thomas were placed at school
by their parents at about the same period.
Thomas was brought by his mother. The
carriage door was opened by a footman,
who helped the young master down the
steps with particular care, paying hire at
the same time the most respectful defer
ence.
"I have brought you my boy Master
Thomas, Mr. Robertson," said the fond
parent to the conductor of the academy,
while her eyes glistened with maternal
affection. "I have brought you my boy,
and I shall leave him in your care, I hope,
for several years."
"We will do all we can to repay your
confidence, Mrs. Green. What are your
particular wishes respecting his studies ?
Will you have them selected with a view
to any particular profession ?
"Why, my dear sir, it has pleased Prov
idence to endow us with an ample fortune,
and be is our only hope; of course we
wish him to receive the education of a
gentleman; but it is not probable he will
ever have to work for his living."
"Then I suppose a thorough English
course orlesseus. Let him be well ground
ed in rhetoric, mathematics, and"—
"011, my dear sir, no. There is no use
of his straining his tender mind with hard
studies; make a gentleman of him, but not
a pedagogue." Mr. Robertson smiled.
"If there was the slightest possibility of
his ever having to earn his own bread it
would alter the ease; but you know, my
dear sir, there must be a difference between
poor people and rich. "He must learn
music, then, I suppose," said Mr. Robert
son "Oh, music, certainly, divine music.
I wish him to read it at sight. You will
find a guitar among his things ; and I wish
you to see particularly that be practices.
You know that keeps him busy, and does
riot hurt his eyes. See, she added, affec
tionately placing her hand, glittering with
jewels, beneath the youngster's chin, and
pushing back the hair from his forehead,
"dear little fellow. his eyes are already
very weak." 'Do you wi.ih him to study
any of the classical languages, madam ?"
"Who ? what ?" said Mrs. Green, looking.
up. "Latin and Greek, madam. Or,
should you prefer Spanish and French ?
"Should you like to study Latin, and
Greek, and Spanish and French, my-dear
Tom, or any of' the other classical lan
guages ?"
The boy sulked a little, put his finger
in his mouth, and looked down on the
floor; the mother kissed him again. "Oh,
do just as you like with him, Mr. Robert
son ; only be sure that you never punish
him, if you please; he is very tender dis
positioned, and can't bear to be whipped ;
and of all things make him attend to his
music and dancing; and I wish very much
to have him study Italian, it is so useful
in singing."
The boy was conducted among his corn.
panions in due form, and soon became in
terested in their sports.
A short time afterward, a man, dressed
in a plain•gray suit, with a cane, and feet
dusty from an apparently long walk, stop
ped before the door of the academy. He
held by the hand a little boy. The new
comers entered and the elder addressed
himself to Mr. Robertson, with whom he
had been previously acquainted, with the
brevity of a man of business.
"My son, Master George Steele, sir, I
wish to place him at your school. His
trunk will be here immediately from the
neighboring town, where the stage left us."
The conversation usual on such occasions
then ensued. Inquiries into the boy's
age, tastes, capacities, etc., were made and
satisfied, and the directions of the parent
given respecting the course of' studies to
be pursued.
"Above all things," said Mr. Steele,
"let him to form habits of strictly moral
conduct and of severe industry, and subject
himself' to the discipline of 'the school,
without a murmur. If he does not like
the place, he may quit it ; but while in it,
he must malq no disturbance of anv*kind,
but treat every one with respect. He will
have to make his own way through the
world. I have been unfortunate, and
have nothing whatever to leave him but a
good education. • If he is worth anything,
this will be sufficient; if' he is idle and ir
resolute, he will sink into poverty and ne
glect. Remember, George, what you learn
here will be your only fortune. At an
expense which I can scarcely maintain, I
furnish you with the opportunity of ob
taining credit in the world. For all else
that makes man respectable and happy,
you must depend
: upon yourself. They
shook hands and parted, arid so the two
boys commenced their education.
The next important era in the lives of
these young gentlemen was the period of
their quitting school. It was five years
after the preceding circumstances, and
they were both about sixteen years of age.
It happened that at the same time there
was a general examination in the academy,
and the various attainments of George and
Thomas were thereby disclosed. The lat
ter showed to advantage in nothing except
a declamation recited with a considerable
flourish of theatrical elegance, and a trans
lation from the Italian, for which he re
ceived a medal. Georg., on the contrary,
discovered a prevailing knowledge of all
necessary branches. He excited some as
tonishment by the rapidity and case with
which he replied to the casual interroga
tories of several men of science, in arith
metic, algebra and the mathematics. Two
essays from his pen, on law and po
litical economy, were listened to with at
tention and interest; and in geography
and the various other ordinary depart
ments of' learning he appeared perfectly at
home.
The parents of both boys attended this
examination and both were pleased.—
"Come, Tom," said the mamma, kissing
her darling, "good-bye to books and school
forever, and now for pleasure." "Come,
HUNTINGDON, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1876.
George," said Mr. Steele, shaking the
modest boy by the band, while a quiet
smile of pride and pleasure stole over his
features; "come, my boy ; so far you have
done well. lan satisfied with you.
ant more than tatisiied ; I am proud of
you. But," he added, checking himself,
"my dear boy, you must not fall into the
error of supposing that your education is
completed. You have things yet to learn
of which you have no idea. Do not be
vain of what you have acquired. Although
I am praising your past exertions, I praise
you more for what I expect you to do than
for what you have done.
"I know, father," replied George, "It
would be foolish in me to be proud, for I
recollect ha'ing read the other day that
Sir Isaac Newton said even of all - his
knowledge, that it seemed no more than a
pebble in the ocean." "Right, George,
my son, perfectly right; so now let us re
turn home, and teach you business and
the world. All that you have learned
here is but a weapon, which must now be
used." "But, father, Tom says be has
finished his education." "No man's edu
cation is finished until he is in his grave,"
said the father. And so the boys started
in life.
We will imagine, if the reader pleases,
that another period of five years has
elapsed. The schoolboys have now grown
to manhood, both inspired in all their ac
tions with the precepts of their parents.
The one, that ho would "never have to
work for his living," the other, that "for
all that makes a man respectable and hap
py, he must depend upon himself."
At the age of twenty-one, George was
taken into partnership with the house
which for five years he had served with
the purest integrity and the most unre
mitting care. While he devoted an ample
portion of his time to the necessities of
his avocation, he still found leisure occa
sionally to run through a book, keeping
alive his taste, and amusing his fancy.—
He had reviewed his school studies with
great profit. His more matured under
standing and experience let in light upon
many passages which were before dark tr)
him. Sometimes, indeed, he sighed as he
beheld the fine equipages around him, and
wished Heaven had blessed him with a
fortune;
but again he felt that he was ex
empted from many temptations which sur
round the path of the more prosperous.—
His necessities had drilled him into a se
vere system of economy and habits of ab
stemiousness, by which his health remained
firm and his mind cheerful, so that, when
the reward of his unceasing labors flowed
in upon him, he was prepared to avail
himself of' it to the host advptage.
While this gradual but steady improve
ment was working in the mind of George,
Thomas was leading a life ofpleasure. He
had grown up an elegant looking young
man, of great taste in points of fashion.
His will was law respecting the cut of a
coat or the shape of a beaver ; and a wo
man might fall in love with him desperate.
ly until he had opened his mouth, when
his first sentiment would break the spell ?
How had he spent his life ? What bad he
studied? What had he thought? What
did he know ? What could he do ? He
was a proficient in horse flesh. lie could
drive a tandem superbly. You could not
touch him at billiards, and his dress was
always exact and perfect; but his mind
was uncultivated and so was his heart. He
was a prodigal, not generous; and he had
never known friendship, because be had
never felt want.
Ile was once trying a pair of splendid
bays before a gig, on a pleasant summer af
ternoon. The long train ofgay promenaders
on either side of the way looked, and ad
mired, envied. No one ever appeared bet
ter while driving.
A foot passenger, plainly but neatly
dressed, paused in the middle of the street
to give him passage. It was George. They
had seldom met since their school days,
but nevertheless recognized each other
and bowed. George was carrying a large
book under his arm. "What a fool is that
plodding fellow !" said Toni as he quick
ened the pace of his horses with a resound
ing crack of the whip. "flow I hate a book
worm ! Step, you rascals !" "How fine.
ly Tom looks !" thought George. "I al
most envy him those superb horses; but
no matter."
At this period I happened to be well
acquainted with them, and had an oppor•
tunity of observing the different degrees
of happiness produced on the one hand by
industry, intelligent study, and modera
tion in all life's pleasures, and on the oth
er by luxury and idleness. I caught Thom
as one day alone. He seemed sad, and
even thoughtful—a strange thing for him.
"Well, Tom, what's the matter ?" He
yawned, and stretched his limbs. "Real
ly, I don't know, but I am wretchedly dull
and stupid."
"how can you be dull with everything
that is delightful at your command ?"
"Well," he yawned again, "what you
say is true. I don't know how it is, but
lam fairly tired out. I can't contrive to
get rid of my time."
"Have you nothing t.) do?"
"Nothing, positively nothing."
"It's a fine day, why not walk ?"
"I am tired of walking. I hate walk
ing. .I never enjoyed a walk in my life.
Riding has grown tedious, and sailing
is horrid."
"Suppose you try reading."
`'Oh, dreadful ! I can't read—l've lost
the relish My mind wanders away over a
thousand different objects. I must have
excitement or lam miserable. The day
to me is like a long and unpleasant jour
ney ; I any always tired to death before I
get to the end. Oh, if some one would
invent a method of passing away the time !"
I bade him good-bye, and left him again
yawning and stretching his limbs."
Some time afterwards I had occasion to
spend an evening with George. I reprov
ed him for not having visited me. "I
blame myself," he said, "but I have scarce.
ly leisye to visit any oue. My time is
occupied continually. I never get through
business until late in the afternoon, and
sometimes in the evening; and as every
prospect of my prosperity in the world de
pends upon my care and attention at the
counting.room, I am veay industrious, I
assure you."
"Are you not afraid," I asked, "that a
too severe application will warp your mind,
and injureyourhealth?" "Oh,no,lam pru
dent enough to avoid that. I have a most
cheerful succession of employments, each
in some way uniting pleasure with utility.
The only difficulty I have is to get time
for them all. The more I apply myself in
this way, the more pleasure I take in ap
plying myself. The most melancholy re
flection I have, is that, knowing as I do
how short life is, the weakness of my body
compels me to devote so much of it to
sleep, or I regret that fortune has not
placed in my hands the means to study
with less interruption, to educate myself
according to a higher standard, to travel,
and thus obtain a wider field of observa
Edon."
About a year had elapsed when tl;
elegant Mr. Tom Green suddenly aban
doned all his old haunts about town, left
Off smoking, drinking, and swearing, and
made the following soliloquy to the moon
one night as he was returning from an
evening visit to Henrietta Barton :
'She is poor, but I have money. I love
her, and it %, ill be a noble action to chose
such a creature, from no motive more sel
fish than admiration. how surprised and
delighted she will be when she receives
my offer—when she is elevated from her
humble and quiet sphere to my splendor
and fashion. I think I ought to marry
her. I think I will marry her—l will
marry her.
Having settled the matter to his satis
faction, he entered his home and went to
bed. The next day he wrote her and her
father a letter. "The old gentleman will
be out of his wits with joy," said he, as
he pressed down the seal upon the yield
ing wax. The next morning the servant
brought a letter. He reached out his hand,
with the most self-complacent feeling im
aginable. "Poor little thing: Let us see
how passion looks in the pretty periods of
the charming Henrietta."
He read with a start and sudden change
of countenance —"Deepest regret—high
est estimation—valuable as a friend—pain
ful necessity of declining." He loud
ly exclaimed with astonishment at an
event so totally unexpected. How a man
with such a fortune, and such a person,
could be refused by a quiet, modest little
girl like Henrietta Barton, was beyond his
conception. But he was not a man to die of
love. "There are others as good as she,
and not quite so particular."
A few weeks afterwards, Mr. George
Steele's marriage with Henrietta Barton
was announced in the daily prints. "Sad
dle Surrey, John ; quick, you rascal," said
Mr. Tom Green, when he read the par
agraph.
I ha-re one more picture to show of
each. Years passed on. One day a gen
tleman stepped from a gig, which had
stopped before the door of an elegant man
sion, and inquired for Mr. Green. "flow
is he to-day ?" asked the doctor of the
nurse. "Worse, sir, much worse; his
pains arc excessive. He is peevish and
disagreeable to his best friends." "Ay,
ay," observed the physician, 'the gout is
a dreadful complaint..'
AVe break abruptly from so unpleasant
a scene, and stand for a moment within
the halls of Congress. A deeply interest
ing question engages their attention, and
a speaker rises. It is George. His words
carry conviction to every heart. The
murmur of acquiescence and approbation
runs round among the crowd. lie obtains
the object f,r which he has exerted him
self, and his name is full of honor.
This is but a simple sketch, but it is
!blinded on real life; and if I hive at
tempted to introduce no startling incident
or marvelous character, more strongly tJ
arrest them reador's attention, it is because
have adhered closely to the true career
of two of my friends, 0113 of whom has
been ruined by affluence, and the other
elevated by poverty.
ilcatling for the pillion.
Fashion Notes.
Lace is now plaited for trimming man
tles and dresses just ns is other material.
Only the coarser kinds are so used.
Fringes of all kinds, silk braids, ga.
loons, fine passementerie.s and lace are
all in favor for ornamentation upin new
mantles.
New percales, jaconets and cambries are
remarkable for their old fashioned colors
combined with ecru which is now prevail
ing.
Navy blue and invisible green are seen
in all fabrics from silk to calico and these
two shades will be much worn in combina
tion suits.
Light woolens, real Scotch ginghams
and fresh cambrics are selected for chil-
dren and checks and plaids predominate in
these goods.
Great favor is shown to cashmeres this
season. It comes in all colors, including
dark shades for street service, and light
tints for demi-toilets.
Brown linens are barred in clear stripes
by narrow black, white, dark blue and
cardinal red lines. It is more dressy than
the plain brown linen.
Nearly all spring costumes are finished
with a little mantelet or jacket of the same
material of the dress, of whatever quality
or kind of fabric.
A new undressed material for Summer
toilets is of fine cotton, as soft as Lousdale
muslin. It comes in plaids, in stripes and
in figured varieties.
Draperies for dresses have come to be
matters of personal taste, since it is impos
sible with all the numerous styles at pres
ent accepted to provide any special design.
The favorite materials for underskirts
for the early spring are soft, fine serges,
mohair and alpaca, which are as light as a
muslin skirt, and are preferable for clean
liness.
There is nothing positively new in
sacques, either in silk or lace. The trim
ming is less elaborate on the former than
heretofore and there is no change in the
shape of the latter.
New hosiery exhibits the two following
features : In fine fabrics the colors are
all light and the embroidery is usually
white. In plain styles the ground is dark
with brilliant colored embroidery.
Lace overdresses and polonaises take the
form of basques with apron fronts and
short backs, but these will eventually be
superseded by the princess polonaise, the
most graceful of all over garments.
For the earliest Spring toilets, light
woolen materials combined with silk lead
in preference. Later on the pretty French
foulard costumes will be worn, and then
fancy Oxford and other combination suits
in light fabrics.
Silks in light colors in checks and plaids
can be bought from 50 cents to $l, and
the pretty, solid colors to be used in com
bination suits with these goods can be had
in excellent quality for $1 and $1,25 a
yard. It is a comparative inexpensive dress
nowadays, though not more so than the
times demand.
Silks were never cheaper than at this
season, and many of our merchants arc
selling Guinet's and other French silks at
less than it costs to import them. Some
body is losing a great deal of money by
the operation, but it is not the retail
buyers, for the fabrics offered are the best
and they were never sold cheaper.
Our New York Letter.
The C.-ntrtiniul un,l Moises
—Thr ssial— P,d , 11
Troubles— Th, fisleut;,,,,
.11:trrett —The Ilishiong.
Y.iitK, April 15, 1?" 1 7ii.
7111.: CF.STENNIAL
It ~ e ttled who will write the
poem fir the Centennial opening. The
compliment or being requested to write it
has been passed around among the elder
poetl of the country, and declined by each
with thanks in turn. Mr. Bryant consid
ered that his years ought to exempt him
from the task. Mr. Whittier never write.•
odes fir occasions, and it would be contra
ry to the habit of his life to do such a
thing. Mr. Longfellow hates writing is
order. Mr. Lowell declined, and the lau
reate's duty has at last been warned by
the man who of American writer" is mo.t
capable of turning out the hight work,
as one may say, under compulsion—Mr.
Bayard Taylor. There is one poet. who
would have written up to the style of the
occasion—not Bayard Taylor. but B. F.
Taylor—who has the finest flew of florid
English in verse, adapted to the general
contour of the performance, who would
have burned red lights and blue in num
bers that would have soared and swelled
and streamed like a h)liday banner. I dare
say that all the other poets would have
been glad to relinquish the task t) him.
and be would not have done the time and
audience discredit.
RENTS AND 11,11;SE:I.
The real estate agents are playing a
hopeless gamebefore the first of May. try
ing to get as near the old rents as possible,
but the tenant.; have the best of it, and
something like this course of proceeding
goes on. The tenant asks for lower rent ;
agent of course declines and posts a hill
on the house "to rent." Say the holder
has been paying $2,700 for the last three
years; he now wants to pay only $1,700.
For the first two weeks he don't do much
toward looking for a new place for himself.
and agents sticks out. pretty well, till ten
ant actually goes to Whitestone, Newark,
or some other place of cheap rents. to hire
a house. The day after he gets home the
agents calls around early to Pay civilly that
it don't seem worth while to make a change,
as they have been on good terms Po long.
the tenant may have the house at his own
offer for a year, bat he must expect a
raise next May. lie keeps his hone', hugs
himself at getting his own price, and calcu
lates that he will get a new par:or carpet,
risking the hazy idea of having to move
in earnest next year. Agents may talk about
next year for a generation to come ; no
body is afraid of them just now. Why
should they be, when stores that rented
for $l-1,000 within three years and last
year for 87,500 tunable this year to $5,-
000? The building occupied by a well
known dry goods firm year before last
rented for $25,000. They offered 315,-
000 for it last year. which was indignantly
refused, and they moved nut. The build
ing stood empty all last season, and the
owners would be very glad to let it fir
$12,000 to-day. Things don't fall in such
a way to get np again in any one y,tr.
THE CENTENNIAL.
New York w:11 he more of a point of at
traction this year than l'hiladelphia. Eve
body will. of course, go to Philadelphia
and see the exposition—then they will
come to New York and see the metropolis.
I want to notify visitors that they may
come to New York and stay here lonz
enough to see the city, thoroughly. at a
not very large expense. Avoid the large
hotels, avoid the small ones, and. above
all, avoid the European hotels. In brief,
dodge the hotels altogether. Go to board
houses, where yon can live for from $5 to
$G a week, and be tolerably well taken
care of. At least you sill get all you can
eat aril good, clean, comfortable beds.
These houses can be found anywhere be
low Fourteenth street, either east or west
of Broadway, and the visitor whose ability
to pay is limited can be accommodated at
any price desirable. Those who have
money will, of course, go to the first-class
hotels and be bled for the style of the thing.
but it is unnecessary. Stylish boarding
houses can be found at from $ll to $l2
per week, in the vicinity of Lafayette
Place and Tenth street ; or, for the mat
ter of that, on all the streets in that vicin
ity. And let me say right here, that when
you come to New York next summer come
prepared to stay long enough to see really
what a great city is. Walking down
Broadway and going up to Central Park is
not seeing New York. You want to get
down in Prnong the poor ; you want to see
the shipping; Wall street ought to take
up two days; and then you ought to pene
trate the interior of the groat business
warehouses in the lower part of the city.
and see some of the magnitude of their
operations. By all means get into the inside
of such an establishment as Harpers', and
go over to Staten Island and up the East
River, that you may enjoy the finest water
view in the world and the finest suburban
residences, It wouldn't hurt you any to
spend a day or two at Long Branch to see
tho frivolity of a summer watering-place.
All this can be done fur a very little mon
ey, if you only know how. Your wives
and daughters will, of course, want to see
Stewart's and the great jewelry store ; and
if you have any taste for art, the picture
galleries are open all the time. To do this
cheaply, go to boarding-houses to live. use
the street cars and stages, and by no means
allow yourself to be seduced into a car
riage or cab. Street cars run everywhere
in the city—indeed, on some of the lines
you may ride seven miles for five cents.
And on Sunday of course you will want to
hear Beecher, Tyng, Frothinghsm and a
dozen more of the great lights with which
the city abounds, and in all their churches
you will find plenty of pews and good,
Christian courtesy and consideration. In
all the metropolitan churches especial pains
are taken to make stangers entirely wel
come and at their ease. By the way, don't
fail to attend service once, at least, in old
Trinity, where you will bear the bait
church music in the city. Come, by all
means, and have a good time.
BUSINESS
Is slowly improving, but it is nothing to
speak of; the country merchants are here
in some force, but they are buying very
closely, as all of them believe that prices
have not as yet struck bottom. The fail
ures for the week aggregate 123, none of
them very large. As an evidence of the
closeness in business matters, there are
164 empty stores between the Post-OrMee
and 14th st., and they are likely to stay
empty for some time to come. They ess
not be rented, for there is no business to
do in them. There wi:i be no building of
any consequence this season, for there are
thousands of empty bosses.
POSTAL TROC BLES
The city had a scare this week. The
appropriation fir the espouses of peblie
:••iaT; ail awe% I'ost
zre4,4 havinz ma.:e provieion •a•-+t
an emer f tro 1., the po.tittleiter lwre
n.itifiel to ent off Vlfer and ftset
ThiA of roar., 113.-ant (req.:tilos off hninine."
in the peit-offsee and a virtmel efo.tivr. of
it The eity too; a:arin. Po.ttnaeter Jagi." l
arrf f,r s 4a4 it orevne4 rev;
iiivAy that the city woni4 be "idiw re
tal tie eonnortenees
of eloping the New York pnot-oalet : The
businee4 of the Rh.ik emsatry prow
thrna l zh it. ant the effeet geoid be Mt
from Maine to Teta,. Rat New IVIN 3 / 4
efill.ll to the imsergewry thr enlw
paniel anthnrized Mr. Jame. t,. in ow.
they takinz their ehmsetv of gettialk their
pay from the srnternment. the wafer kiwi
did like wise. arc' the merrhasta piedavel
money ennagh 1n ray other exposes!, rib
the gnvernment tarn itself As tit•
get oar letters as
THE DIEFAT.rATION A? /CM, 111MtaRTT
is worse than was supposed when be roe
away. He has Awinfite4 his alti stepainsb
er ont of every dollar she bat, in the world,
and the danghter of `files fYitiley loom
everythinz, as he was the treatee of het
decreased father's estate. This illian ran
away owing quite SA)0.000. awl the tern
blo feature of it is, that this looney Iris
almost entirely trust-foods. placed in bin
contr.!l became of his reputation fw integ
rity. He soli mortgages and hrostis, be.
longioz to .stales. and sloandeved the
money in am -4 reckless rnannier. As be
W 3.4 reputed to be rich no one object., In
hi 4 hizh licin2, and no on. thuitgitt it sift
srnlar ; but sine , his departure it has been
discovered that he never had anything—
that hia whole lir. New; an insp-toture. Fin
wag a judge, and had he!,l !many pros t yir g eo
of honor and prnfit. ...11.1 up to ?be very tiny
of his fUght eould hare been eleeted roan♦
position in the gift of the people. There
seers to be an epidemic of teonweireftion
jug now .
Ttl) utAntnN4.
The 'print openintrt art rather late after
all. but the 11. W bnftrhet, are net, and for
the benefit of my lady trail•T‘ t hasten to
tell them not t. hny ono r &moots. :" gig lelpi
they arc morn beeenviine; than any other.
for the newest and ehoieest oy!ce * germ
little Pmri4ian Alp. with hiTh a l niere
crown, and el.*- i brim, sloping very har
row enlist-4 the &telt. erewn and Perin Ip
in,: an inch Arealfer than hunt year's
Alpo, an-. 1 ever an emelt stoWe beetmaiinc
having a peculiarly neat meal ainelest itp
pearanee nn the head, we i , Wm% a mere
male mortal, can testify from Mapeetinn
The 'mhos my that they eve tell the Aar
am far am they ea, .e.. it. f.r it io wr merb
prettier than the !pre-Ai s% %rho% hem
-11.44 of home flefsiwn, it seems that nn wavi
er d0e..4 a peersliarly happy French 4esiips zee
over here, than nor 3e9ilsetat. sit they my.
begin to Ihlapt it en Arneriems awes, is
which it lowa all ffistinetive crane awl ef
tent
This partien;ir fe.ll'.on. I ana 1.41. is
, only to befoul.' at the itaportom
vi , r 6E104 t" still'itser,
it for then' when they ri on to bey reds.
Bong+ and ready straw.. in el mm /ore..
ancill an'! beeniainz. will be a aty'lialt
riPt thin amtann. !bete it a satin-IWO,
F r e n eh rosi.,-ei omit. of tennitifyi
tizn. that is tho prettiest thing' owe in brio
nets in the vna.enline Pr. it i.e., var.
tendinl with 311 ita oryle is *on/. thie
tinr,iieitv is ant Pe- , Ponsienl : sw
nntrinune4l hit tbia woe ersitinit fa. owl
the wree h of wheat or oat. whiehe tOrto+
it fu+ mnen more P.-sett..f orarr. , arAlnieh
Mi ellipa of a liTht Peru 'ea the sty
Pith drew, hat either its the Peon? rw ttif
Ode/ shape sowil acres of yeilnat tint. bre%
or wide ersrlibe riiiboa. with wrantba
and tanowa of fine floarr-ra ow or abate the
gown 711 , T thr f a ir,rite gri gu aige,
Prirrien
Sties Mars.
(Marie. Waiter.. 4 Letsieb erseety. 3
baker. h4e4..apire-areol Fmar so*. aribte*
be left it nirpreed that h. er , istasitte I
.‘n infant doll , ' r•l' Tionwso rdee.
Shamokin. Jefferson ewwwty, wwweilkee
to (le3th in its mother', our. ono wegbt
last week.
Jame!. 0110 fiat ►TWEPOIfff 4
irenantrn comply, died s &sr isy. see se
his residence in Jackson tosneebtp.
fifty silt yrar•.
Mr. Lemnel Oriels. of Reading, fell down
stairs on the night of the 4th inst. sopa
received such injuries 2.0 mood hes deteb
on the day following.
Rev. Mr. Wylie of Relleftatte. woo
elected by the Board Trimming.. Prece
dent of Wilson rollmop. u flumberriers.
on Monday. the 26th nit
The reeiaies of Peter KROPP/. of Serbs
&panty. who eouistitted siviewis reerisely,
were followed to the crave abowt 560
people in over 250 carriages.
Boys. dos't dean your revolver's. See
day. Abel Stewart, of ledissa. tried it
last Sunday, when the traipse war dis
charged fatally woo:whim bias.
Sinee the Ist of January. 1476. shim(
117.004) of the debt of Chopin mealy,
his been prtid off with interest. Tbis krwet
the debt POI to peed Agee 1472,011.
Robert Hunter, 3 eitrs..n of Aaronson,.
Crawford county, committal Irmei4s en
the -4th. inst., by nazism his Arms aritb
razor. No cause is gives 6x dui rah set
!oin of Samuel Wills. of Leaman
county, Was drowned in “llerner'ir f3lls.
Susquehanna river. a fey days acn. He
attempted to run throat-4h the rano in
canoe.
William Graham, wed snarly 1 00 7 0 w lO
and the father of seventeen children. An.
in Beaver ',nasty a rem days ace. Be
voted for Themes Jamas tutee sad at
every presidential eitoetinn seam Be :leo
served in the war of 1912.
Lumbering operations the part viola.
have been almost a tailors is Camerae
oounty. On the driftwood nos new, then
one tenth of the mind amewat 4 pine and
about one-half the samomMt 4 beminek hr
been put in. and in siren timber there
his not been a single raft made.
David Oswald. of Berke meaty, while
at work handling logs in the mime mar
the Evansville depot, eat dews is nest and
said be did ant feel well. The , orporosolo
and laborers left him ter a few meastme.
and when they returned they famed that
Mr. (*raid bad died efopephrity. Be had
been at work within a few ...vise of his
sudden death.
Sallie J. Cosner. s ring hedy of Col
umbia, died i• Lese■ttar hot west fps
the 4set of se abortion. The irises is
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doses of Mr.. Mary Oran, wbe Imo boos
arrested. Jobs B. Donk", wbe fonaerly
paid atismOiss ON is visas, Imo am bum
arrested let majisity is tbe Asir. The
infamies lemme found is a horribay se&
kited amikien.
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