iSflfl. Coin II Uoiip, IdfiO.
r. R L. STOVGHTON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
MtilH Wtrert, llrarlVM, rH
HlVlhM pnr.. on ir? aw hnnk,
kt lit rid 'an J in M.aw'a Hnw. f ltrfnr
n utir In the t'Htilir tl". I bow oa hand
i a (It atlfrtrd ai.4i large anorttntn. uf
Cloths, Casshneres. Vesting,
trr, "i klnliof Oundi for it en and
,TI" wtr. and em now prepared ta make up to
itr tt'iTHINU. 1mm a inlt rli.-l to a full
nit, l tbt lit i-Tlei and moit workmanlike
eit-r. 8pe(tal attention given in eaptotn
r-rt ad eattinf out f r mtn and bnvg. I
tiff fMt bujreine to emtoaien, and waraai
Miiffftioa. A literal thare of public
uironer u aonciiva. ;au ann mi
. i
jaiw -u
CLEAR
m
fe
' T .
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REP
UIjIj
CAN,
E. H. L. bTOUUIITO.V.
IT. B1UDGK,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
lora one door eiut of Clearfield IIjum,)
Market Street, t'learfield. Pa.
Tr FKP5 on band a full aMortmenta of Gent
IV Furnishing Uoodf, turb ai blrt, Linen
and Wooltn t ndcnhirtd, Urawerf and Bock
Seek tf, Poehal Handkerchief.,,, Gloree, Hau
l'BkrHaa, ., in great variety. Of Piooe
Mdi ba bMpi wi
Sest Cloths of all "Shades and Colors,"
took at Black Doeskin of the vary best make
Fan or Ca'simvra, in great variety alio, French
Coating. Hearer, Pilot, Chinchilla., and Frioott
erareoitin. Alt of which will ba fold eheap for
Cask, and aaaa up aecoraing w ue latest sty lei
Alto, Arnt for Clearfield wonnty for I. If
tnftr A CVa. eelebratad bawing Marhinaa.
Aer. 1. mb-ti. H. I1KJDUB
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor,
VOL-1J-WIIOLENO.2I01.
THE CLEARFIELD STORE
HECONSTKUCTED.
urnlturt.
CLEAEFIELD
FURNITURE ROOMS,
llerk.t Street, tmtt of fourth.
JOHN TROL'TMAN, Proprietor.
rpHB .ub.erib.r bepa leave to oil) the attea
1 tioa of tbe ciliien. of Clearfield end our
wading .onotry te the foot that ho la bow
area ered to furaish, oa abort aotiee,
Cabinetware of all Styles k Patterns
felted for either Parlor, Dtoinr or Bed room
y the alngle article, or in oeu to null par
cbaaers; Bure.ue, hofaa, Lounge., llat
rack,, Table, Eunda, Ae., A:
I site manufuotar.
CHUBS A SETTEES BELOW CITT PRICES,
Caa.latiat; of Parlor. Biotor;-room, Case,
kockiog and otbor Chaira,
Wtileh I propoee to warrant and tell eheaper
laaa Ma oe poroaaeea oleewbiro. jurt try BO
JOHN TROITXAS.
Cleartfld, Feh.tr, 1S7 If
CHEAP FURNITURE
JOHN GULICH
DESIRES to Inform his old frindi and eni.
tfrnfrs, that having enlarged faia ibo ud
uertaeed hii faciliuea for manoiaeturing, ha ia
to prepared to make to order auch Fnrnitwr aa
bbt be a1 Mired, in good atyle and at aheap rata
for CASH. He generally haa oa hand, a hit
F in, mre rooms, a varied aaaortaent of ready
aadf furaitura, among which era
FUR E A US AND SIDE-BOARDS,
Tsrdrober-and Book-Cat!; Pentro, Pofa, Parlor,
Break faM and l)ming kiteadioa Tablet; Com.
oa, Krpnch-powt.Cottape.Jpntiy-Lind and other
bedita4i; Sofa of ail kinds. Work -stands,
fist-Tar kt, vY tab -stands ; Roekiog and Arm
Cuairf ; springs eat, cane bottom, par' or, oom
mand other Chain; Lonking-QlaaeM of owary
estfription oa haod j aad aew glaeeea fur old
(nuiffa, whtcb will ba put In on very reasonable
Itrm on horteet notice. He aleo beepi on hand
rfurnishea to order. Cora -h ask. Hair and Cot
t tnp Wattraaaea.
Coffins or Evebt Kind
Vsds to order, and funerla attended with a
Buret whenever desired. Also, Huuaa Painting
on to order. Tba auhaeriber ale tnaonfae
tarn, arid baa constantly oa band, Clement'
Ptteat Washing Machine, Ibo best bow ia use!
Tboss asirig tbif machine sever need ba with
at cleaa clothes I He also has Flyer's Patent
Conn, a snperior article. A family asing this
Cam aevar need bo withoat battor 1
All tbe above and many other articles art fur
liibed to eoetomere oh aap for Cita or exrhangfd
far approved country prod no. Cherry, Maple,
Poplar, Liowood and otttar Lnmber auitabla for
Ctoioet work, taken ia txchange for furnitnr-a i
wBtnber tba shop ti oa Uarke atreet, !
i .earn via, ra., aod nearly orpopite theOld Jew
JOHN yiLICH
NwvaaW ?, ISflJ y
Oeorgf L. Reed...
John F. Weaver..
W'iltiam Powell,
William W.BatU.
GEO. L. HEED & CO.,
Two doora north of tba Court Uooaa.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
HAVING returned to our old busineas stand,
we hereby notify tbe cut sons of Clearfield
aud the publie generally, thai we have entered
anon, and intend to proeecuie, a vigorous earn
paign against high prions and inferior goods, and
have now on band a full tupplv of all kinds of
gooas osea ux wis market. In tbe Una of
Dry Goods,
Wo elalm to hare a full assortment, oonalillng ia
pan oi naauni, oieaened and anbieached ;
. Prunta of all fradoa aad etjrlet; aad
Full and Uinter Dress Goods,
Euch as Alpaca of all shades ; Da Lai net, Ho-
nnoa and Mann els; besides, a lull assort
nient of gentlemen's wear, consisting
in part of
Cloths, Cassimeres,
Jirurjs nud ctUrims.
6atLnatU and a full assortment of
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
otions, Hosiery, Trimmings,
BOXNITTS, C,
Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes.
H KMOYAL.
HARTSWICK & IRWIN,
UitUGGISTS,
Market hlrtrl, VlearlUtd, Pa.
WH loo to Inform oar old aad aew
eoetomera. thai we have
tabliahaieol to the anaeiona knlli.. -..
ereotod en Marked tireet, aearly adjoinma the
Man. ion Houeo on the wait, aad oppo.il Mueri.
ttraham Horn' otoroi ab.re o r..peolfullr
In rile the public to dome aad buy their
Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
OILS, PAINTS AND VARNISHES.
Oar atook of Drag, aad Ifedlolaeo ooailiti of
'"'"""I i eeieoua with the greatoit
car., and
WABEAKTED BTRICTIY PUEE!
W. aim keep a full ttook of Dr.., Perfaaieriea,
Toilet article,, Koapi, Tooth Vraahoa, Hair
Bniahe., Whiteaaah Braihea, aad .r.rj other
kind Unuhoa. W o bare a iarj. lot of
WHITE LEAD, TUEPEXTLXE,
Flaxaoed Oil, PainU, aad ia fact ereritbinr,
tied in the painting bnilnou, whioh we oner at
Cite prioel to eaah bovera.
TOBACCX) AKD 6EGARS,
Confoetlcaarw, gpinei, and the larfeet 'itoek of
TarietiH eror offered ia thia place, and warrant
ed to be of tb. ben tin Market afford,. I
i. O. HARTSWICK,
o. it, jooa. aUUI I. 1WIS.
PRINCIPLES j NOT MEN.
CLEARFIELD, PA., THOltSDAY, JAN. 21, ISC9.
TIRMS-$2 per annum, in Advance.
NEWSERIES-VOI, 9, NO. 26
GROCERIES.
We haro a full fopply of Coffee, Tea, Bugar, Rioa,
Molasses, iubacoo, r mh, halt, linseed,
ouai and ash Oils,
FLOUB, BACON, DRIED FEUTT,
Fagax-eured Hams, Mcas Pork, aad a full
supply of Prorisions.
Hardware and Queens are,
Woodrn H Willow H'arr.
All the fnreroinr artidee will be exrhanired for
CASH, Ll'MBEK, or COl'KTKV J'KolilCK,
and at priooe to liirh there oan be no exoeptioa.
TboK ia need of Good, ia our line, will pleaeo
rCALL AKD SEE
GEO. L. KEED t
Clearfield, Sept. 17, I8eg.tr.
US."
CO.
ICIIARD
MOSSOP IS SOW
y-tarksmithing.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP
PECOXD FT CLEARFIELD, Pa.
THE andorslgned begs to inform bis friends,
aod the inhabitants of tbe borough of Clear-
lid and surrounding neighborhood, that ha is
low ready to elevate all ordera aitber ia iron or
wet.
IIORSK SnOElNQ oa tbt moat approved
tv etTle.
ALL KINDS OF PAW-MILL IRONS and
tli I N E work, logmen's tools, oan lb oo ..spreads.
rant, ate.
bteel toolt of all kinds mads of best Bnglish
sr Amarlraa atael.
tAII anv work la warranted te viva talis-
futinn, or aot charged for.
WU AMOS IKNNARD.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP
THIRD STREET, CLEARFIELD.
Tn E imhsrribrrropfltfuny Informs his friends
and tbt pulilif in fenetal, that fat baa local
I'd ia the borough or CLEAkFIKLD, ia tbt
ib't recently occupied by Jacob fchankweiler.
vtiere h is now ready to perform all da'iel
! his eontomers tn a workmanlike manner.
P'Hi, Klifhs, Itnggiee aad Wagons ironed, and
finrve-ihoeing done at roaatnablo ratoa. Ha
merifBiy a-ks a share of work from tba publie,
ar k intends to givt his whole attention U tba
fco"nM. THOMAS RILEV.
llsrrb 12, m.
Boggs Township Awake I
GREAT EXCITEMENT AT
THOMAS BEERS'S!!
pVFRTItODT rving to r( there first, for fear
I 4 of being erowdrd out into the en Id.
1' Vft want srood ShAltie .na i. H . a..
ir T
I
lr
' J. want your Plei, ironed riht, fo to Ilaaaa.
' yoa want food U ill Iron,, fo to Baaaa.
' want oor Wfiron Ironed in the boat
(trie and workman. hip, ,o to Btiaa.
Hrae, aiake. the heal Stnwip V.rHe. in th.
'ie,aad doe. all kind, of HLAChMITIHK
" "be.p a. ran he Hon. ia th. eoante for Ca.h
) l'oet OBre addrae. t, Clearleld Rrtdra.
, THOMAS BKKKH.
Vfi Tp, Ie. 1, 187-tf.
m:w sihool so(i cook.
11 "E would rerpertfuPy c!l tbt al ten tioa of
M Pnaripnla f hrhi.ols, Keminsnea. and
Trh,.ri uf . AV. o-.t. I c -
THE SONG CABINET,
Ilj C. O. ALLEV.
Tki.Ilv.k e.,Di;n,
' t er rareiullr prepared eerie, of Pri
,i S-i , L.ona.
r'"n(i,, A larff. autnbor of aew and beauti.
""looi 0,e
Thirdly A .hort Cantata-Tho Sc-hool Fe..
'de.irn.d oipreeely for aae at School
'Tiion,. Conoeru and Kibihitiom.
I'abli.hera, ia preeenttnf tbie ork to
J"'i,.i, ana Jr(,.r would oall .perial
fc1''' to it, eoporinr wteriu a. a hrbool Sour
Ttie aalhnr be. heea ,ere earelul in the
j,'""" of hi. aiu.ie, wbirb 1. almo,t enlirel.e
end in adartinf to It appropriate word,
nnobjeetionable eenliroenl.. whirk will
waet,.J ... . s : ; i c.i i. j
c eet.fiiiow ,a ai, vht pctoh mnm
f'ttitimi-i..
Bi i-anrear nao ne.a aonpia ny tne
. - ... buoraiioa, a. ine le ii ,imi ior ane
r'." Srho.,1, ia lh. eity of New lork.
, rirr. in', eente each. Te Sehoola, Ac, ail
si'"'"' '"'
'"I' ' pie. ernt by nail (po.t paid,) oa
f lit, eeme.
! I.j ail Book and Voile ftnree.
nlLLIAM II ALL A H'N
Selling, at half their mual prion,
RESS GOODS,
CLOAKS AND SHAWLS,
BUOWN 6IIEETISGS,
FLANNELS AND BLANKETS,
WOOLEN GOODS,
nosiERr,
MEN'S CLOTHING,
GENTLEMEN'S FUKNISHINO Gooda
LADIES' BOOTS AND SHOES,
GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS AND SnOES,
BOYS' do do
HOOP SKIRTS,
BALMORALS,
LADIES' COLLARS AND CUFFS,
RAISINS AND CURRANTS,
BROOMS AND TCBS,
CANNED FRUITS,
BEEF AND PORK,
FLOCR AND FEED, .
Ac, te- As.
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
.1. I. SHUN. unvaeisT,
(fteeooi otreet, op polite the Coort Eoaao,)
CLr.ARFIELD, Paaa'a.
TBK raboerihon reepootfally aaaoaaee. to lb.
eitiseo. of Clears, Id aad rirlailj, that he
aae now ra aaaa a fall aapply of
DKUGS, PATENT MEDICINES
Pye Blaffa, Tobasoo, Cirara, CoafootloaariM
rt.lieaery. Ae.
ruisciANs
Will (nl hi. .took of Drar. FI LL aad COM.
PLKIE, and ataToryalifbtadraaoooa Kaotora
priooa.
scnooL BOOKS.
Teacher, and other, will be funiUhed with
cluneal and atiaoollaaooa. hook, by ,xproaa,at
abort aotioo.
STATIONEBY,
Coa,t,Unf of Cap, Flat Cap, Fooleoap, Letter aad
Perfumed Note Paper. ; ale., a wary Boat stock
of afooraiafr Note Paper aad fcaeelope. oa hand.
Peua. Paacii., Ink. Ae.
HOUSEKEEPERS
Will tad a full etork of PI Rg SPICKS, SODA,
SODA AMI. Coaeenmtod LVB. SOAP, o.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Are requo.ted tootamine hi. stork of Perfumery,
Hair Gilo, Fine Toilet Soap., Braiboa, Comb.,
Toilat Kelt.. Ae, Ae.
SMOKERS AND CUEWERS
Will Ind a fell enpply of prime Chewier aad
Fmokinf T0BAO)U, Imported aad Domestic
CIUAKS, Banff. Fine-Cot. Ae., A a.
CAIUiON OIL,
Of th. ho.t hrond., alwaya oa kaaA
Liyuoiw. 1
I The beet quality af Lioaan alwayi ea head, far
oaieal parpoaoa.
oTer'Fby.ieiaB.' rrvaenpuoat promptiy aad
oareiolly eempoaadea.
April, 1bS. A. L SHAW.
ROS ADALIS,
MAVB (OI HA.; Tt) BAY NM.
You're slartinr to-day oa lif'i journey,
Alone on the nie-hwey of hTe i
You'll meet wilh a Ihouaand temptatioaa,
Kcb eily with oril I. rile.
This world is a .laie of etcilem.nl ;
There', danger wuerrrer you ro ;
Bui If yon are tempted ia uieaknee,,
Hare courage, my hoy, to aay, No.
The .iron', sweet aonr may allur. you (
Beware of her ounniua aud art
Whenerer yon see ber appruaebinf.
Be r uardrd and haste to depart.
The billiard saloons are iBTitibn,
Decked out in tbeir Unset aad ahow j
Yon may bo inrited to enter f
Hare courage, my boy, to ray, Ko.
The bri(ht ruby wine may be offered
No matter how tewiptin it be,
From noieon that attnr like oa adder,
My boy, have the oourmae to lea.
The ramblini hell, an be! ore you.
Their hrhts, how they danoe to aud fro.
.i ,"u muuiq do umptea to enter,
Think twice, even Ulrica, are yoa go.
In eounure alone lie. yoar aafety.
Whan yoa the tone, journey begin,
And true! ia a Heavenli Father
Will beep yoa aaeMueol from lia.
Temptations will go on increasing,
As streams from a riralet flow.
But if yoa are true to your manhood,
Hare the courage, my boy, to aay. No.
II FASHION AND OUT OF FASHION.
BY tU.tr BAT.
There re ome poodle who make t
iirBcutx ot ramnjr against every new
i'uhliio that come, in vopue, for no
other reason, apparently, than because
it 18 lue lMRliion. " bat ia the sense
of it ? what is the use ol it 7 where
is tbe reason of it V they snoerinply
ask of every mode that makes it an
peanwee aaii tbe same queries might
not aupirerst themselves, with equal
propriety, concerning the antiqnaicd
styles which they make such a merit
of keeping np. To people who are
always asking. What is the nse of be
ing in the fashion f we may rcry prop
erly retort, What is tbe use or being
out of it f Tbe truth is, it is both
unreasonable aod impertinent to look
for either nse, sense, or reason in fah
ion a thing whose glory is eccentrici
ty, whose w isdom is folly, whose rea
son ia caprice. Fashion is no more to
be regulated by reason than the strains
of a musical fantasy, or tbe vatrarii-s
of a midsummer night'f dream. Its borongh's flowing Arab of white a! pa
chief aim is at novelty and vanetv ca. she mar nnrt v thank the aiu-maa
led could they witness the anxiety
with which a country farmer's datigli
tur, who haa como two miles to lay
out the proceeds of ber duiry, inquire
of the village milliner, "bow is the
way to make tuuslin dresses this year V
and "ii pink or blue ribbine is coin' to
be the fashion for bonnets this sum
mer r as if tin fate of ber soul do-
upon iuk or uiue "ntiuins,
01 the "way how" to make mualin
aresses.
"ihe lollies or fashion" is an old
ong in the ears of most people, if not
an old tune in their mouths; but it
seoms to me tbat if the philosophers
wuuaroau ioiiu oi moralizing upon
that theme would reflect a little upon
the folly of those who persist in wor
shiping a shrine that wan never set
op lor tbeir devotions, they might
sometimes vary tbe tone of their med
itations. There can bo no folly in
adopting any mode whatever, not pos
itively indecent or injurious, if one's
means will permit ; but it is both fool
ish and out of taste for people to
attempt what their means or thoir
situation in life will not warrant them
in doing. The main cause of the
fickleness in fashion is to baffle such
poople in their pursuit of her. No
body cares to dress like ber waiting
maid, but we all know that waiting
maids are mnch riven to aninrr tbe
modes in favor with their mistreobos.
Now, these presumptuous imitations,
whether gotten np by servant-maids
or oy respectable young ladies in rural
district, who do their own millinery
and dress-making, are very apt to be
more or less of linrleaqoes npon tbe
prevailing fashions. That potent god
dess does not like to have ber ways
burlesqued any more than we common
mortals, so she instantly chanires ber
costume, and appears to the battled
gaze or ber imnolcnt pursuers in a
shape which they cannot hope to
acquire before the capricious divinity
again shifts ber mantle and leaves
them as fur from their purpose as
ever, lr Miss Dora Hopkins haa to
lament that long white wrappings go
train, aim rcuucea iy the widtli ol
the wire cord that held it in ahnnn
Anybody who has ever seen an old
iady in a milliner's shop, measuring
all tbe bonnets with a liUlo pieco ol
tape to mako sure of ono exactly the
sizu of that she had fifty years ago,
injecting to tins one because the straw
is too light, to that one because of
some innocent little bow of ribbon, to
another becauso there is a auxpicious
mouern air lurking about it whoever,
I say, has observed all this, will bo
convinced that tho most fashionably
dressed people are not always the ones
who in in a most about their clothes.
The immodesty of Cushion isa favor
ite theme with prudes of all aires and
sexes. Old ladies, village editors, and
nice young men in paper shirt-collars
contrive to find something which
shocks their delicacy in evory now
stylo that is introduced. 'When there
are just grounds for such objections. I
have not a word to say against them ;
uut tnu unreasonableness and incon
sistency of some of these prudivb stric
tures upon dress and manners are so
apparent as almost to incline one to err
on the opposite extreme. Every gen
eration seems to have its own pet in
decencies and pruderies its gnats to
strain at and its camels to swallow.
Immodesty and prudery cbano-e their
shae as often as bats and bonnets.
Our grandmothers did not hesitate to
expose their persons in short, scant,
and what we would consider insuffi
cient clothing. A few years ago, our
modern belles displayed what our'hi
to have been bidden by the artful con
trivance of "tilting" skirU, while the
established indecencies of the present
season aro extreme low dressing and
tightly gored skirts stretched over
great protruding ventret of gutta-percha,
rhese things are all equally to
be condemned, but who shall cast the
first stone f A Saturday Reviewer de
clares tbat modern young ladies are
oi i n taunted witti tbe question,
"What would your grandmother say
to yoa 7" but be siiriiificantlv adds.
"It would be well to look at the other
out of vogue, just as she has succeeded ! e f the picture and see what these
id pan-in tin up ner oiu aeiaine shawl
into something bearing a faint resem
blance, in specios, to Miss lirockon-
Down I Down 1 1
THE LAST ARRIVAL
AM) or cor USE THE CHEAPEST!
A Proclamation against High Prices 1
WK ar now oriln(t np a lot af the I, and
moftt araaonahla Good and Waraa vrer
oH-rcd In thin markf, and at pri that remind
ana of th rd aid darg of cheap thinfft. Threw
who lark faith pm thti point, or deaa aw alle
gation.) tapaHluoua, Mod but
1Li, .IT Of Jl STORE,
Corner Front and Market atrnnta.
Whera IhfT ran w, fenl. hnr and know for tham-
arlrea. 1 o fullt wndfrttand what anobaap rnda,
tbi wnn tvs dnna, w a do ant
to aaumcrata and itranaa omr ttock.
for to ttate thai
TBI Gat AT
Blood Purifier,
SCROFULA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS.
Con.nmptioa ia it. earlier rtagea, Enlsrrement
and I ieoratioa ol tbe i lands. Jotnte, lionet,
Kidneya. I'terua, Chrnuie Kheeuetioa,
Jkruption. of tbe .km, Chronic bore
Kyea, Ac Aleo,
SVrHILIS IN ALL ITS FORM.''.
DISEASES OF WOXEX,
Ixvm of Appetite, Sick Hdecb, Lirer Com
plaint, Pain in Ihe Bark. Imprudence ia Life,
Ueaeral Bed IlealUi. and all dteeaeerof tbe Rlnmt,
Liver, Kidney, and Bladder, it ia a perfect heat-ruler.
BoSAPALIS eradicate, erary kind of huavnr
and 1 ad taint, and restorer tho enttr. y.tm to a
healthy condition.
It i. perfectly hanaloM, aorer prodacing th.
Iirhteel injury.
II ,. not a eecret Quark remedy. The article.
of which it i. made are published around each
noma.
Recommended by the afedia Faculty aad
manr thousands af oar beet citisena.
irar-Fnr teetimonial. nf remarkable furae. See
Mlloea4ali, Almanac" for tbi. Tear,
Prepared onlr br
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For Bale by Prurgirta eTerywaera, aalo-ly
NATCEE'S GREAT EESTOKER.
ICHlETt'l
Celebrated Bitter Cordial.
its acknowledged ohjoct in society it
to startle and amuse by endless chan
ges. The soul of its existence is that
very fickleness which is so much cen
sured by prudes whose narrow parses
allow them to rail against fashion
more freely than to follow its endless
caprices. ery often, I fear, there
are a few sour grapes mixed op with
the philosophy of peoplo who so ostn
tatioufly parade tbeir contempt for
the follies of fashion. A lady who can
afford a new bonntt every few weeks.
and whose mantuamakcr pparee ber
the trouble of directing how each new
gown shall be trimmed, will generally
keen on much belter terms with the
fickle goddess than one who bas to
get an old bonnet done over every
season, or who can only sport a fash
ionable covering by cutting down last
winter's cloak into a poplin jacket.
The folly, if there be any, in such
cases, is not in fashion, but in those
whoaltempt, without sufficient means,
to imitate its extravagance. Fashion
was never intended for poor iecple ;
it ignores poverty, and boots at econ
omy; it takes no account of small
incomes and large families of girls.
Unfortunately lor the purses of poor
women, the caprices of fashion are
controlled by those who never bave to
consider the cost of them, and to whom
the most sudden and decided changes
cause not a moment of anxious reflec
tion. Tbeycanjumpfromshortbkirts
to sweeping trains, from Spanish jack
ets to Arab mantles, from "Catalans'1
to "sky-scrapers," without thought,
while their more humble imitators are
at their wits' ends to keep op in the
race after this fleeting will-o'-tlie-winp.
If the Empress of I ranee had to np
and alter old clothes if she bad to
turn Ism winter's silk before appear
ing at the first fete of the present sea
son if she knew what it was to let a
breadth into last summer's muslin be
fore it would net well over the new
style of hoops if she bad to cut up
and gore that green poplin skirt before
it could be made to hang properly.
the changes of fashion might, perhaps, I
i - i ; j I ? t t- !
of her own efforts for the fact which
she so much deplores. Miss Brocken
borough might have bocn content to
wear the white Arab few weeks
longer, bad she not beheld Miss Dora
Hopkins' imitation with the old white
delaine shawl. Now, it would be far
wiser, and in belter taste, for all
classes of Hopkinses to let fashion
alone, and dress as their fortunes and
convenience might dictate. 1 do not
mean that any one should take pains
to Beep persistently ana conspicuously
out of fashion, because tbat would be
more foolish and inconvenient than
ine opposite extreme; neither is it
necessary to cry out against every
new mode, and declare that yoa never
will be seen in this or in that as long
as you live,, because tho probabilities
are, that yoa will, as soon as its nov
elty ceases to startle yon and. indeed
you would be very ridiculous not to
adopt any style which should become
so general, like crinoline, for instance
that yoa would appear odd or un
couth w ithout it. I here is just
mean between all extremes which
persons of small incomes would do
well to observe, without striving to
imitate either fashionable extrava
gance or unfashionable eccentricities.
Those people who live in a chronic
state of protest against the fashions fre
quently give themselves more trouble
in their efforts to dress persistently
out of the mode, than another class of
foolish women take in trying to keep
up with it, Tbey have an idea that
there is some peculiar merit in drows
ing differently from the rest ot the
world, though they have to change
their style as often, to keep out of
fashion, as other people do to keep it
At crinoline expands, the circumfer
ence of these worthies contracts to the
size of a dinner plate, and as others
collapse, they expand in proportion.
When large bonnets are worn, they
wonder bow peoplecan disfigure them
selves with such monstrosities, and
small ones come
young ladies would say totlicir grand
mothers. Old people aro very apl
to forget the fbshionable indelicacies
of their own day in denouncing what
they consider the gross monstrosities
ol ours. I confess I would aa soon
think of appearing on tbe streets in
my chemise as in tbe coetumo ol my
grandmother's portrait; and yet, that
same old grandmother was all but
ready to faint w.tb. horror tbe first
time sbe beheld her degenerate off
spring in a looped op muslin skirt,
with several inches of embroidered
petticoat displayed below. No lush
ion tbat has ap)eared in the last ten
years seems to have scandalized tbe
gossi of country towna so deeply as
that very pretty and convenient style
of looping op dress skirts, which im
mediately proceeded the introduction
of oor walking dresses. I once saw
two old women grow quite hysterical
over tbe very moderate display of
wnite muslin made by a young lady
enough about the fashions to tell
wholber a woman is well or ill-dressed
without knowinir'what makes her so.
Less knowlcdgo on their part would
destroy the pleasure of dressing for
uieir appreciation more, would betray
eiMitetiipiioia interest in trirjes.
With regard to tho mere eccentric!
lies,' or absurdities, if yoa will, of
iasluon, it is unreasonable, to carp at
them on any account, because, being
mo iimnum ot enprico, they are not
amenable to the judgment of reason
or even taste. The most that con be
said tor any fashion is, that is the
fashion, and against this decision.
judgment, taste, reason, may contend
vni. ttb 01 me present aay have
no more right to sneer at the tower
ing head-gear of our ancestresses than
have modern old ladies to make war
on our little bonnets, for it is more
than probable that, if we live long
enough, most of us will wear struo-
turcs similar to those on tho heads of
oitl portraits, and not only wear them
i-...i-t.i '
out in hi k mom oeaulitul. J-;ven ca
price is not inexhaustible : and fashion
must often repeat itself. Erurymodo
is approved and admired in its diiv.
else it would not be the mode, and as
msuion is coniesseaiy governed by
the most arbitrary caprice, there is no
reason lor one generation to suppose
that it can boast any superiority over
another in the antlielics of dross. It
is natural, I suppose, that every
woman should feci a paitialitv for the
iasiuons oi nor youth, because as she
of course looked ber best then, sbe will
readily be led to conclude tbat the
style of dress then worn was more
taseful and becoming than any ahe
may have adopted since. For a like
reason, any style that we have been
accustomed to see in fine old pictures.
will, if revived in the dress of any pe
riod, naturally recommend itself to
the taste of cultivated people. The
magic touch of art can beautify almost
anything, and the aulhorif "Georgia
Scenes," after declaring that somebody
was "as pretty as a lady in a picture,
thought farther praises superfluous.
But there is one point, besides im
modesty, at which toleration for the
eccentricities of luelnon ought to cease.:
I mean when they trespass beyond
their legitimate sphere ot dress, and
undertake to prescribe modols of shape
or color to the human face and form,
in defiance of One who bas declared,
"Thou canst not make one bair white
or black." God has mado oor bodies
as lie would bave them, and any at
tempt to alter His work will, soonor
or later, be punished with pain and
disease. The manner of covering
Ibem haa been left entirely to os, and
we are at liborty to exercise our tasto.
skill or caprice nron our clothes.
Fashion may punish rebels airainst
her legitimate authority by causing
thera Hrper awkwi.ri and uncouth,
but she has not tbe same means of
establishing the empire which she
sometimes attempts to osurn. A
woman may appear odd, or even ridio-
ulous, for declining to adopt any very
prevalent, style oi aress, but she will
long rtnnrej prinoe should rievsr b eon
rious at' Ms deliitmity, nr wish II
othsrwis
W'hst kimra, queens, and court re.
Irhritios do for fashions in general,
minor peraotiaires accomplish on ft
smaller scale. Every little town haa
some loral fashion which nuy be re
ferred to its own especial leader of
the modes. I remember one instance
in which a peculiar, and by no means
graceful, hitch, on the part of an af
Icctcd beauty, aot all the young mis
ses wilhin her sphere of influence to
wriggling and twisting thomsolvesaa
it they had .St. Vitus' dance; and ey.
ery country milliner knows that the
bonnet of the village hello is the mod
el she will bave to work by for all
other young ladies in the community.
Tho whimsical, and sometimes undig
nified, origin of Fashions is frequently
brought by critics in charge against
them, and it must be granted, by her
warmest admirers, that Madame, la
Mode is something of a toady. Fash
ion is truly the sorvant of great peo
plo, and the mistress of small onea.
She will follow rank and opulonce
through every turn of human caprioo,
while obscurity and insignificance are
left to follow her as best they may
If this difference between leaders and
folio vers of fashion was always taken
into consideration, perhaps there
would not be to many satirical re
marks directed against the former.
Fashion beloncs legitimately to the
sphere of tboaj who have the power
to direct, or at least the means to fol
low, and if others choose to take ber
yoke upon themselves, tbey have no
rigut to complain ol ber as an arbitra
ry or tyrannical mistress. Scott't
Monthly.
A Boy's Composition.
who happened to walk in front of I n.wor suffer r.n that Joe. r., ,r.,.
them their offended modesty taking j jng to distort ber body in' deference
no account of the two pair of stout
ankles which were visible, beneath
thoir own short and narrow gownt of
raoaesl gray. M liy the display or a
littlo atrip of embroidered muslin
should have been considered more
vulgar than an equal breadth of foot
and ankle, I am at a loss to conceive
Neither seems open to very serious
objections on the ground of delicacy :
.but at to grace and beauty, tbe petti
coats nave in a lew exceptional cases
have the best of iL Prudes of all
ages seem to be peculiarly sensitive
on tbe subject of petticoats, though
these last really are the most harm
loss and inoffensive of garmcnta, ex
cept in dusty streets, where they have
a bad habit of getting soiled. As to
tilling boops, extreme low dressing,
false ventre, and all other actual in
delicacies, I must confess myself
wholly on the side ol the prudes; nor
do 1 think such modes at all justifia
ble on tbe ground that worse things
bave been approved and practiced be
fore. One excuse, perhaps, and that
very lame one, miirhl be urged in
pallia! ion of the fashionable mdulica-
cy of any existing period namely:
that so long as It is generally practi-
wnen email ones come in, they are
equally busy with the problem as to
"how people can, etc. lionnets bave , cable, rustora takes the edtre off it
be less rapid and capricious, and if she j been a pet grievance with these mor- somew bat, and tho world looks upon
i-ouiu once irci me ueepair mat smses I anus, in an ages, mougn tbe tmo u as a mailer ol course ; so that in
some broasts, when the style changes j that they make war on in one genera
suddenlyand decidedly, so that a slmrl lion may be the very one adopted by
sacque can, by no stretch of ingenuity, their successors In th next. They
be converted into a long talma, nor
tight coat sleeve expanded into a flow
ing mnnrhe a In juire. the five Miss
Jenkinses woold never be so sadly put
to it iu trying to follow her arbitrary
decrees.
And yet, after all, I question whether
following or submitting to ita whims
a woman is not so conspicuously or
Biigranlly indecent at if alio were to
look upon stylish dressing, in general, i adopt some peeuliir and unsanctioned
- . : I -.r - r. 1 j . ! : i I r . i r r i
as a sure index of a frivolous mind
and the young lady who is first to
adopt a new style of bonnet is too fast
ever to come to any good. They en
tertain a comfortable sense of their
own superiority over the idle crea-
the J-mpress ol trance, who sets fash- tnres who are wasting time
iont for all the world, thinks half so thoncht in the vain pursuit of pomn
milTS medlnal nrer.ar.tlo. i. ... -""" "'") - I'"" nr lasuiou, lien m-ti..,, loil.liwucr
1 tbe pohii. a. a reliable substitute for the i tle country belle, who spends all the that more time and thought maybe
many worthies, oompoaad. wbtek bow Bond the 1 WCCK in planning ana
maraob. ji i. purely reireiania, oompoaeel ol
ndelieacy. If the censors of fashion
would confine their strictures to what
is essentially immodest or indelicate,
no one would have just cause of com-
dainl against them ; but most prudes
isvo a way of confounding innocent
and i absurdities with indecencies, for no
belter reason than because both hap.
Wo have Everything that is Needed
aad consumed in tbi. market, aad a price, that
aeVmisb both old aud rnnnr.
de20 JoM-.l'H FFIAW A P0V.
READING FOR ALL 1 1
fiOOKS Sr ST A TIOXER Y.
aiarkrt BU flrarflcld. (at Uia Post Offlre. )
ri 11 E undersirned here learo te announce to
1 t
ariea. herba, aalberod from th. rreat atoro-
hone. of nature, and selected with theatateet
care. It is not roeommeaded a. a Craa-ALL,
but he its direct and salutary influence anon
H neceosary .he ll.ert l.leer Cide.n I.--. K ..,. k ...
It i enough a nets both a. a prerentire and our.
for many of th. disease, to which thee, wrraa.
are subject It 1. a reli.nlo Family Medicine,
and eaa he taken by either infnnl or adalt with
th. earn, beaencial reeulta. It ie a oerlaia,
prompt and speedy remedy for Dierrhflia. Pre.
ontary.Ecwel complaint, Py.pepeta, Lewaee,
of Ppirita, Fainting., Firkbeadacbe. rfs. Fcr
Chills aad ferersof all kind,. It n far better aad
eaier thaa any quinine, withoal any r f it. per
nicious eBoeta.
working to wasted, and even more personal vani-
make a fine appearance on Sunday, ty displayed, in dressing flagrantly
The ladies who dress nrst are not and conspicuously out of fashion, than
always tbe ones that think most about 'in quietly submitting to its decrees,
what they wear. Tbey have milliners 1 Milliners say that they have more
and dress makers to think for them,1 trouble in pleasing old ladies who,
while they bave only to enjoy the I influenced, possibly, by the recollcc
results of snch deliberation. Lonirition of bow pretty their once rosv
pen to be in vogue at the same time
When "tilting" boops and mammoth
"waterfall" were in their prime, "nice
young men"' of a littlo town out West
met in solemn conclave and resolved
that they would not bestow their val
uable attentions upon any young lady
who patronized tho obnoxious modes.
On what grounds the "waterfall" was
classed as an indelicacy, even the
familiarity wilh well filled wardrobes faces used to look in tbe fashions of j most impure imagination would be at
prevents them from forming that ex-1 forty years ago, insist opon wearing . a loss to conceive If a lady should
aggeratcd estimate of the importance bonnets of some exploded shape thai : choose to wear a cotton bale at the
of dress which is natural to one who has not been seen for half a century, - back of her head, there would be no
works hard for every bit of finery she ; than in gratifying the caprices of tlu'ir ! immodesty in the act : and though the
it create, aa appetite, prere. a 1 possesses just as a man w ho eninvs most fashionable customers. It ia the ' lnii-n masses of false hair thai some of
oi lienor 1, a f,w neaitn aocs not appre-1 universal testimony or tlross-makers ps used to fasten there miht bave
..u.i.utn.j ifi'ui .ii eiiene eu , aim iiiiiniiei tuut ine most I asiin.iiauir : ueco euinusi as ouniensome OS Carry
highly as one whose sense of the bles- j women are the least capricious about ing a cotton bale, tbey were quite as
sing is qniekened by an occasional what they wear. If once satisfied inoffensive to decency. When men
tw inge of tbe gout, or a passing fit of that a dress or a bonnet is quite a la undertake to meddle with the fashion
iiiuii:riMii. . iir i;t amiest uueness in i sen ir, iney imna no more nnoiit iu ; iney are very apt to do Bomcthinff
SCHKKTZ, fcole Proprietor, N. W. ror. Fihh
and Race street., Philadelphia, Pa. 80 Id by
aU Drufrista. aorll-ly
Attention. Afflicted I
rpnE aabafriWr W M.r Uat a aa
X rwaamad tha pratiM f M ml i etna tw Lath
anbarc. wbara ha inland ta drata l$ atta
tia to Uia U-oatBtnl af CURC.MC DlKKArK9
U fAnarat
Bt'lcraviti fee not half no fine? in hr
j point lace and diamond an tbe 1-ovon
Vll A
41 llroadwa;. N. V.
fi'loofiandXiar
nan.lini
ite Utr'i and tlraona'i
w r Ctdicinnl r a ft for tala by
harts ice iRwrr,
tba i-itum f Claarflald aod v.Hnifj, tbat
lia hat fitOd np ft ronn and baa rrlarnad
frn tba ity with ft larjr inoaai af rwadiaf
tailor. rontieHitif in part uf
Bibles and Miscellaneous Books,
niank, Aoroant and Paaa Bok of trary da
fwripti'rn ( PafHrT nad KnTcl'-paa, Pranah praaaad
and plain: Pent ard Panoili; Ulank, L$fnl
I'aporf, Itodit Mortfag ; Jmirmanl. Kioasp-
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a ,- 1 1 --- 1. j - j ,.n ' ! ootjpnliffd at bit nWca at an bar of fha Bmw,
n"ni irii, i.iti i. ir"ii i np, o hut , . , ..'. .
K....L U..I. fee .it ,.r t'i.ee. H.l. -r Vh.li. Word to Ihoee alUlcled With ehreale . Obtain It
....1. ... k.t. ! disenaoe may b. to xaaia edreeiere.
rf..ij .K.t I ... I., k-.. heed .,'ih.e ! a.v or ba aware that covsrar 1'ht.ieian.
ordered by trst eipron, aad sold at wholeeal. ' P''00 bar. aot n.a K at lea 4
... , . 1 . - Hi, r in ,i ka.. I the treatment el raaonie At....... and root
j oasning associates, ana women in lit
UKoKiiR W ILSOH, M. D.
Lutb.rehurr, F,u. 17, lSS-if
while an old fashioned prude w ill tor
nient one with ordera and counter-
bhiro farmer's daut'litcr in bor new orders, and a thousand minute direc-
r- . -. . . . ... r
tooiisn. A'ress is as mucn 001 ot ineir
province a trade and politics are out
ZWWZXSSX, U ' I?""! '. iD rrojKirtion ' tq the letter.
II. will keep oa b.rd a choice ae- muslin dress and Milk ribbons We lions which mutt each be carried out
to the labor and trouble it costs us to cial terror of country milliners. ' A ! tlectioti rtturni. Men bavo nulhina
of ours, and we resent their interfer
ence as bitterly as they would resent
Cjld logics are the pe-! our meddling wilh prices current or
pertedieal literature, .ooh as Majraslne., New.
! papers, Ac. T. A. UAI L1M.
Clearnold Hay T, llHI-U '
Brr th. lEMorRATio almanac. Oaiy 11
li oent.. Erory voter theald hart ana. u
ung in projKirtion iq ine letter, tjiq injjit are the (pe-1 our meddling wi'h p
uble it costs us to cial terror of country ruilliners. ' A I flection rtturni. Me
iriire. me inrorer memocrs , tss.r. ii.ua. Liru-vom no monurr 101a in art wun our 1 lotiiea. Atrcni 1.1 tier
,kJ' of fashionable circlua arc apt to rate i me that she onco had to rip np a bnr.-j for thom and adnjire them,, if they
...1 ! the importance of dress much more ! net in order to add a Quartet of an inch ; choose : butastofaull findinrr ua urih
and ron. , highly than their wealthier and r.iorein breadth to the front, for an old lady i have none of that. Ilalf the men in
flashing associates, and women in lit-1 wbo was rery ranch afraid cf getting : the world don't know s'.Ik velvet from
lie country towns talk more highly! into the fashion. Tbe milliner, byUhrcaJ cambric, nor wine-color from
I FFAUt BOHI a Lan Bob-. Foot
XilSat J. ' P. kBAIIEH-s.
than would a convention of modntrt. i mistake, added half, instead ot a drab . and I am not sure that anybody
Men ought to know jaft
The belles of Madison Sonare and quarter, of an inch; whereupon the would respect them the more for it if
ji dbij ivania avenoe wouia pe atarv j poonev waa Mot paci to m rippea they cm
to some passing freak of the day. In
ine iMguest iriunipn 01 blondes, a well
dressed brunette will never seem odd
or out of faehion simply for having
disco: nair ana eyes, nor aunng the
reign of t'ght corsets will one be disa
greeably conspicuous because she has
nolthengureol a wasp. I do not pre
tend to say that excessive corpulence
is not conspicuously ungraceful, as is
a long nose, a big mouth, or any other
personal misfortune, but these things
are beyond the reach of fashion, and
she has no remedy for them. It is
true, fashion runs often in the direc
tion of the personal peculiarities of ita
leaders, but if those peculiarities hap
pen to be deformities, they can never
become so much the mode that one
will look odd for not aping them to
the utmost extreme. A leader of
fashion will of course, introduce
styles to set off her own es
pecial graces, or to conceal her de
fects, and of course such graces imme
diately become particularly in vogue,
and even defects may become fashion
able by the means taken to conceal
them. Let tho Km press of the French
show a alight tendency towards em
bonpoint, and obsequious Madame la
Mode wi'l set all womankind to infla
ting themselves with bustles, pads and
heaven only knows what, and then
plump beauties and low dresses have
their day. An imperial tendency in
ihe opposite direction will find fashion j
lacing and squeezing her subjects into
the smallest possible compass, and
Ihon corset-makers, undertakers, and
lean women have their day. Quoon
Victoria's thick ankles put all woman
kind into long trailing skirts, while
an ominous widening of the part in
Eugenie's hair made it necessary for
loyal subjects to build towers of puffs,
flowers and false carls on top of their
heads, as though they too had symp
toms of baldness to conceal. The
sterner sex are not independent of sim
ilar caprices of physique aud fashion.
A bow legged potentate may keep all
mankind in full trowsers lor half a
generation, and the memory of a
hu.iip shouldered king lived long after
him in tho full curling wigs which
adorned the heads of noblet and dan
dies in the lasteentury. A gooltory
to the asme moral occurs in an old
fairy book. A certain king had offen
ded a wit ked fairy, w ho, in rovengo,
declared that his wife should beat a
t bave ton with a nose as long as hit father's
foot. 1 he king died before his son
wss'born ; so tho yougster came into
the world a reigning monarch. As
soon as the size of the proboscis be
camo known at court, fashionable
mothers set to work at tho noses of
their offspring, pulling and doctoring,
in the hope of enlarging them, until
the Hdhfttnit and Jitirhcllct of those
days invented the convenience of gi
gantic f.tlee noacs, which could be ad
justed at easily a a modern eti If or
chignon. Long noaes became, at fash
onitble throughout the young sover
cign'i dominium at are deformed feet
amortj Chinese women, and thus waa
fulfilled the prediction of a friondly
fairy, who, unable to break the spell
of the malicious enchantress, bad
oouDtaracted it by declaring tbat the
Master Shrimp has favored the rub-
lio wilh another composition which
bears evidonce of merit. He aays:
Ma ia my mother. I am her son.
Ma's name is Mrs. Sbaimp; sliois the
wife of Mr. Shrimp, and Mr. Shrimp
is her husband. Fa ia my father.
My name is John George Washington
Shrimp. Therefore, I'a's name ia
Shrimp too ; and so ii ma's.
My ma haa ma. fclie ia my
grandma. Sbe is mother-in-law to
pa. My pa aays mother-in laws ought
to be vetoed. 1 like my grandma
bolter than pa does. She brinirs me
ten cent stamps and bolivars. Sbe
don't bring any to pa. Maybe that's
why be don t like ner.
Aunt Jerusha is my aunt. When
pa was a little boy she waa his little
sister. I like little sisters. Dicky
Mopps bas a little sister. Her name-
is Hose. I take ber out riding on my
sled. Aunt Jerusha don't like ber.
She calls her "that Moppt girl." I
think Aunt Jerusha ought to be
ashamed of herself.
Aunt Jerusha isa very pious woman.
She never wants us to talk aloud on
Sundays, and says we ought to have
cold dinners. She hears me say the
catechism, and knowa it all without
tbe book. Sbe aays Suaan Jane ia
spoiling tbat boy; Susan Jane it my
ma, and that boy it me. She saya
she hopes tbat baby will early show a
change of heart, if a change of heart
would make baby stop crying, I wish
BO tOO.
Aunt Jernsha lives with ns- Some
times I.think ma bad talher bave her
live with somebody else. I asked
Annt Jerusha once why ehe didn't
marry somebody and set np for ber
self. Sbe said that many and many a
man bad wanted to marry ber, bat
while her poor Susan Jane waa in each
a state of health the couldn't think of
leaving! Besides, ahe said, what
would become of your poor pa f
Aunt Jerusha sometimes has a stats
of health too. On washing days she
bas the headache, and does her bead
op with brown paper and visegar,
and I have to make toast for her at
the kitchen fire I make tome for my
self, too.
Aunt Jerusha said that nobody
knows what ahe bas done for that boy.
That boy's me, again. I told pa what
she said. He said it was ust ao.
Nobody did know. Ala aays that
Aunt Jerusha meant well, and that
she's pa's dear sister. I don't eoe
why lhat'a any reason she should al
ways scold me when I eat cabbage
with a knife.
now to Get Rid of tbi Nation? al
Pibt. "There are twenty millions of"
people in the North. If each one of"
these would destroy a five cent cur
rency note daily, it would amount to
a million of dollars in a day toward
mo removal or the National debt. If
this were done every day for a year,
it would diminish tbe debt by three
hundred and sixty-five millions of dol
lars yearly, which is more than the
whole internal revenue produces."
2(. Y. Evening ro$f, (Rid.)
1 hereupon the liochester (.V. I.,)
Union (Dcm.,) discourses :
"There are tw enty millions of Hairs
on one or more yellow dogs. If each
of these hairs could be made to yield
a dollar day, every day for a vear-
there would be enough realized by
this timo twelvemonth to pay off the
entire debt and leave sovcral thousand
millions in the treasury. We presume
t win require no very elaborate arcu-
ment to prove that this plan of getting
rid of tho National debt boats tbat of
the rest all to pieces. Any one can,
see at a glance tbat it yields and pays
oft more rapidly, and, what it best of
all, leaves a handsome surplus for
somebody to steal."
Sidney Smith waa once looking
through the hot houso of a lady who
was prond of her flowers, and used
not yery accurately a profusion of
botanical names. "Madame," said he,
"have you the Septennis psoriasis ?'
"No," said she, "I had it last winter,
and I gave it to the Archbishop of
Canterbury ; it came out beautifully
in the spring." Somptennia psoriasis
it Ihe medical name for "seven year
itch."
A yonng man sent his father in the
country Lit photograph, accompanied
with a request for aid, as he was poor
and required money for the necessa
ries of life. The ol j mnn looked over
the photograph, and then responded,
"You can't cheat me, you young dog.
Yoa can't be very poor to beliving
among marble vases and statues and
flowers and nice furniture,- such at
your pickter shows t"
In Decatur, Illinois, the other day,
a man thought he had foond a long
piet-e of dress goods upon the pave
ment, lie picked np one end of it
and commenced wrapping it around
his arm, when, on looking around the
corner, be discovered a lady at the
other end qnietly talking to a friend.
Ue concluded to abandon his prize,
Tba receipts of the sale of pewa
Tuesday night at Beecher't church,
Brooklyn, amounted to ninety-seven
tbouuod dollar..