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VOL. VI., No. 34.
LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY", JULY 20, 1878.
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Railroad Guide.
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'ORTIl PENNA. RAILROAD.
pnssenirersforPblladolsuia leave LchlKhton
7a.lm!!Vla. L. V. arrive at Phtla. at 8:40 a m.
11:00 a.m. vlaL. V. " " 'SR'S'
4-41 0. m.. Tll 1 V.. " 8:15 p.m.
11:07 a.m.. via L. 8.," i'SS'
2:11 p.m. via L. fc S. " " 5:42"''
4:5T p.m. " " 8: p. m.
j:3;p.m.vlaL.V. " " 10:00 p. m.
ItotumlDK, leave depot at Rerks and Amerl.
can St. Plilla.. at 8:15 and IMS a. m. 2:30, 5-30,
ind8:0bp.m. ELLIS ULAIIK. Agent.
Jane , 1878,
plII-A. READING RAILROAD.
Arrangement of Passenger Trains.
MAY urn. is:s. ,,
Train leave ALLBVrOVN asfollowai-
(VU PUBKIOMES HBAMM.)
For Philadelphia, at 4:25, 0.50. tl.04. a.m.. and
o.65 p. m.
v SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia at 4.24 a. in.,3.55 p. m.
IVIABASf riW.VA. BBANC1I.) ......
For lie iillnu, 1 2.30, 5.00, .o a m 12.15, 2.10, 4.30
For'naniiDurs. 2.JJ5 50, .05 a. m.. 12.15. 4.30
Tor Lancaster and Colnmola, 5 50. 0.05 a.m. and
4 30 p. m.
fDooa not ran on Mondays.
SUNDAYS.
For neadlni. 2.30 a.m. and 4:35 and 0.05 p.m.
For Uirrlnburg, 2.3u a. ro. and J OS o.
Trains FOB, ALLE .XTOWN leave as follows:
(VIA rBBKIOMEN DBASCn.)
Leave Philadelphia, 7.3 1 a. m 1.00, 1.30 and 5.30
p m.
Leave Philadelphia. 8.0!) u. in. and 3 15 p. m.
(VIA KASI PESSA BBASCII t . .
Leave Readme, 7.41. 7.4 J, 10.35 a m., 4.00,6.15 and
10.30 o m ...
Leave Uarilatmtx, 5.23, 8.10 a. ro., and S.00. 3.57
and 7.55 p. m. ... . ..
Leave Lancaster, 8.10 a. m 12.5.. and 3.45 p. tn.
Leave Columbia. 8.110 a. ra . I.uo and 3.35 p. m.
SON DAYS.
Leave Heading. 7.20 end 9.40 a. m.
Leave IlarrUDnrit, 5.20 a.m. .,,
Trains maiked time ) run to and from depot
th and Oreen streets, Philadelphia, other
trains to and from llroad street depot.
Tne 8.50 a, m and 5.55 p. m. trains from Alien,
loin, and the 7.30 a.m. and 8.31 p. ro. trains
Irom Philadelphia, have through cars to and
from Philadelphia, j jgt WOOTl'EN.
atm'M Itanaetr.
C Q. HANCOCK, QtnH TleKet Agent.
"PENNSYLVANIA. RAILROAD.
GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
United States Mail Route.
The attention of tho traveling publio Is res.
pecttnlly Invited to some of the merits ni this
great highway. In the confident assertion and
belief that no other line can oner equal Indaco.
meats as a route of through travel. Ia
Construction & Equipment
tub
Pennsylvania Railroad
eUnds confessedly at tho head of American rail.
raya The track Is dnuhlo tho entire length of
the line, ot steel rails laid on heavy oat lies,
which are embedded Inn foundation nf roclc ual.
last eighteen licb.es In ileum. All brlilcesaie
nt Iron or stone, and 1ml t upo i the mostan
piovel plans. Its iiasseuter cars, white eutla.
vntly safe and substantial, a-o at the samo time
mode a ot oomfott and elegance.
The Safety Appliauces
n nso on this 'Ine well lllu'trato the far-seeing
and liberal policy ot its manaument. lu accord
ance with which the utility only of an ltnniov
inent and not It- oust has been the question of
consideration. Among many may be noticed tho
Mock System of Safety Signals,
Janney Coupler1, Buffer & Platform,
THE WHARTON P iTENT SWITCH,
AND TUB
Westingliouse Air-Brako,
foimtng In conjunction with a perfect doublo
traoic road bed a combination of safeguards a.
cralnst accidents which havo rendered iheoi
practically impossible
Pullman Palaco Cars
Are run on all express Tialns
FROM! NEW YOllK, PHILADA.. BALTI.
MOHBand WASHINGTON,
To C1I1CAUO, CINCINNATI. LOUISVILLE
INDIANAPOLIS and ST. LOUIS,
WITHOUT CHANGE,
and to nil principal points In tbe far Weat and
bontn mlh Datoneoiaiiffootcara. Connection,
are made In Unlou Depot, and are assured to
Kll important points.
THE SCENERY
0 tho Pennsylvania Route
Is admitted to be unsurpsssed In thewnrld for
grandeur, beauty and variety bnnerlor Ke
fresboient facilities are provided. Employee
are courteous and attentive, and It is an lnevlt.
aole resnlt that a trip by the I'ennsylvaoia
Railroad matt form a
Pleasing- and Mcmorablo Experience.
Tloketa for sale at tbe lowest rates at the
Ticket Ortlcej ot the Company In all Important
titles and towns.
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Broadway and Snsqnehnnna Streets, Opposite
Court Ilonse,
MAUCU CHUNK, PA.
Mar be consulted In Oermnn. uai23-l)'
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attorney at law
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BANK STREET. LEHIOUTON. PA.
December 10-Om.
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Bank Strut, LimanTO.f, Pa,
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May 27, ly.
p J. MKEUAN,
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1IUICII CHUNK, PA.
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CONVEYANCER,
AND
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hlghlon. Ps. April 3. 1878.
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PHYSICIAN AND 8UR0E0N,
Next to E. II. Snyder'a store, IIisk ST.,
LBIIIGIITON. PENN'A.
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(afe Jtttidtnt rhytician of HarrUburg Ifotpilal).
OFncEi Next door to the Union Charcb,
WEIS-iPORT, PA.
HT special attention given to the Diseases ot
Women, consultation In English and aerman.
Aug. 18, 1877-Dm
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R. EDWARD I1IIOWK,
8 UIIQ EON DEN1IST,
Of the Pennsylvania Dental College, Philadel
phia, has opened an office la LEIIIQIITON, on
BROAD STREET, next door to Snyder'a store,
All work warranted satisfactory.
LAUGHING GAS used for the painless ex.
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JpEW STOKE ! NEW GOODS 1
LOW PRICES !
Tbe nndersiciirtd has rmove1 Into tbefJew
fi tore-room ou WHITK htieet, Walssport, V.'
(opposite tbe llnnters Hotel), audi openlntr
a full 4tock of Cbolco
Groceries, Provisions,
Candies, Confections, &c.,
whloh be Is selling at VERY LOWEST CASH
1'RIOES. Pationaie respectinlly sollolted and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Jacob Straussberger,
March 3 ml WHITE St, Weisspcrt.
THE DUMB PAINTER;
on,
LOVE TIIE CONQUEUOH.
Tho warm, glowing afternoon of a Spanish
day was waning to its Buneot, ond tho dim
ncss of tho room whoro Maraquita was sit
ting wa9 lighted up by little flecks of
western rays that camo through tho lattices
and played upon her white dress and tho
cool white of tho marble floor. She was
tilting upon a couch of light construction,
tho whole being twisted from canes; while
her small feet, with their delicate silken
slippers, were resting upon another couch of
the same material. Around her swept the
waves of her long black hair, which she was
coiling and uncoiling alternately ; now
gathering the heavy masses into one or two
long, rich braids, and then flinging down
tho wreath of tresses, until they covered her
like a bridal veil.
The poor little Spanish maiden was evi
dently ill at case. The elastic lounge, upon
which her slender figuro was supported,
swayed and bent with her nervous move
ments; and the pet dog that lay besido her,
vainly trying to lick her hand, seemed as
tonished that it would not lio still long
enough for the operation.
"What can I do, i. ax?" she said, address
ing the dog. "I am a silly littlo maiden,
and dread to have it found out that I am so.
Hero aro my good father and mother, in
whose eyes I have been all jwrfection, and
who thought that even this grandiose Don
Carlos was not moie than half good enough
for mc, will now believe that tho spirit of
evil has taken me. Max, you aro a good
dog, but I dou't believe you have wit enough
to get poor Maraquita do Mona out of this
difficulty."
Max laid his paw on her arm, closed and
unclosed his eyes, and looked as wiso as
some others might when expecting a tale of
confidence from a young damsel; but Mara
quiui's playful mood had passed, and sho
rose and paced tho room with restless steps.
By tliis time tho sun had sunk out of
sight, and tho voico of Don Albert do Jona,
calling to hisdaughter to ba ready for a drive
to the plaza, was heard, as he deceuded tho
stairs and knocked at the door.
"Not to-night, father," she replied; "I am
ill. My head aches terrible pray excuse
mc. I will remain hero quietly until you
and my mother leturn,"
"Well, tho afternoon has been sultry,"
said her father. "ie down and rest while
we are absent. Shall I call your maid?"
"So, father," sho replied. "I do not need
her I shall be better alone."
Better alone! Ah, Donna Marquita, thy
poor father is deceived, but thou canst not
hide it to thyself that it is only to seo tlio
handsome painter of Logrono that thou sit
test braiding thy beoutiful hair only to
watch him, as ho comes down tho street in
tho twilight, and as he looks up with eager
glance at tho lattice, to throw a moss rose
bud nt his feet. Thou knowest, loo, that at
that token ho will venture to enter thy pres
ence, and that his lips will greet theo as the
one dearest to his heart. Not with words
will bo that greeting, but with another lan
guage, always understood tho Ianguago of
kisses.
No, not with words for tho painter,
Navai-cttc, is both deaf and dumbl But
there is no need of words for lovers. And
so it was with these two lovers; they met
and parted, with only tho soul's telegraphic
signals, and they needed no ccno from the
lips.
Donna .Maraquita had been invited by a
friend, some months before, to visit tho
studio of Juan Fernandes Ximcnes Navar
ettc, to seo a beautiful paintingof the virgin
which ho had recently executed. This
young painter, who was called El Mudo,
from his misfortune, was rapidly gaining
fame, and this very painting was tho great
stepping-stone to public favor. Tho excitable
Spaniards warmed with enthusiasm at tho
beauty of the head, which was said to have
been copied from that of the artist's mother,
Donna Catalina Ximcnes.
Among tho many who visited the studio
were Don Albert and his daughter. Tho
beauty of tho painting, the filial, admiring
reverence of the artist in taking his mother's
head as a model, the "silent world" In which
he lived, all wrought upon tho susceptible
imagination of the young girl, and from
thence-forward El AAido was associated iu
all her dreams.
On his part the painter had seen a vision
of beauty such as he thought he had never
before beheld; and yet it must have been
only tho sympathetic and cordial manner of
Donna Maraquita that induced the thought
for, although see was indeed noble-looking,
and with a grace blended with dignity, yet
so were many others.
Again and again she came, sometimes ac
companied by her father, but oftcner alono ;
and at last the painter was delighted to find i
that she could converse freely with him In
tho deaf-and-dumb alphabet, With what
Joy he now related to her his whole life its
mournful childhood and youth, when no
sound of bird or breeze or human voico
could reach his car; and how he used to go
wandering for whole days through picture
galleries, until the idea seized him that he,
too, must paint, and how that, ever since
(hat hour, he had lived in a higher and
more exalted sphere, and was no longer tho
lonely man, apart from his fellow-creatures,
but that his art was the one grand link
that bound him and them together.
And what mora did Fernandez impart?
Ha told her, too, that tho moment ho saw
her he felt that she was to bo the connecting
one between him and happiness.
"And yet how oh, how can I take you
from tholiving, speaking music of tho world,
and bind you to a speechless silence that
ever surrounds me?"
Her trembling fingers telegraphed to his
mind that sho sought no higher destiny,
It was enough for tho affectionato girl that
ho loved her. Sho would give worlds that
his lips could speak: but her lovo could
never be lessened because tlicy were silent.
How to break tho tidings to her parents
was now tho great object of her solicitude;
nnd on this very night sho had promised
Fernandez that is should bo told them. lie
came at tho twilight held a brief interview
with her, and then left her to tell what he
felt it impossible for him to make them com
prchend.
When Don Albert and his wifo returned,
they heard all from tholipsof tho trembling
girl. Tenderly as they loved her,thcy could
not give her up to a fato like this. They
entreated her not to give him any hope;
their decision now could never bo reversed.
Maraquita yielded to their tears what sho
could not have done to their commands; bnt
tho storm in her soul was no less severe.
Her parting with Fernandez the next day
was a terrible scene. Tho sight of his dumb
and powerless anguish was moro affecting
than the most impassioned speech. Tho
only consolation which he could rcccivowas
the solemn assurance of her continued af
fection. They parted Maraquita to go to her lone
ly room, which no persuasion could induco
her to leave, and Fernandez to tho country
villa where his mother lived in quiet gran
ducr: for it was not poverty that induced
her son to paint, but to fill tho timo hang'
ing so wearily upon a person with his jiri
vation. All the comfort which tho mother could
impart to his inuto agony was given, but
the wound was deep and lasting. He had
no time, however, togivo to grief, for he was
summoned to Madrid, by Philip II., and
appointed painter to tho King, with a pen'
sion of 200 ducats. Here the "The Shepherds
Announcing tho Birth of Our Savior," and
his representation of them was so very ex
quisito that every one exclaimed, "What
beautiful shepherds!" This exclamation
afterward became tho name of this painting,
it being everywhere known as "Tho Bcauti
ful Shepherds."
Still Maruquita mourned, in almost utter
loneliness, tho loss of her lover. Still did
Donna Catalina cherish bitterness toward
her whom eIio could not acquit of coquetry
toward her innocent and unfortunate son
Every ono concerned in the affair was un
happy, Don Albert and his wife were
miserable, for, although Maraquita made no
complaint, her pale thin face was a perpet
ual reproach; and her refusal to go into com
pany distressed and annoyed them.
Maraquita had heard of the appointment,
but she heard also that Fernandez had
again left Madrid ; she did not know why;
but one evening a courier brought her a
no to from Donna Catalina, couched partly
in bitter and partly in humble 'terms, in
forming her that her son, "whom her cruelty
had nearly destroyed," was lying danger
ously ill, and that sho must come and look
upon tho wreck sho had made. It closed
with a frantic entreaty for her to como Im
mediately. She showed it to her father, and
he could not resist tho pleading look which
sho gave him. A few moments later they
wcro on the road with a pair of horses that
seemed almost to fly.
The mute appeal of that sorrow-stricken
fac that lay upon tho pillow almost un
manned Don Albert. Ho marked the agony
of his daughter and tho proud, stately grief
of Fernandez's beautiful mother, and he
asked himself if he could bestow aught upon
either from his wealth that could compen
sate for tho anguish of thishour. Cno word
from him would bring joy back to all.
Should he speak it? Could he give up his
cherished hope of seeing Maraquita tho wife
of one of tho proud Spanish grandees, and
allow her to marry a painter? Yet every
thing here betokened wealth and tho utmost
refinement almost, Indeed, to fastidious
ness. Ho did speak that word. His daughter
Uttered a glad shriek. Donna Catalina
pressed his hand to her heart and wept hap
py tears, and the mute sufferer himself was
not slow la comprehend the general happi
ness. They wero soon united, never more
to be separated until death,
No cloud ever came over that perfect and
enduring love. Tho noble Spanish wife de
voted her time, her talents, and her affec
tions, wholly to him she loved, and almost
ceased to regret that she could not hear the
voice when tho eyes were so eloquent.
Sttll did his mother's beautiful and noble
face look out from his canvas, but Mara
quita's, never. It was in his heart too deep
ly to bring it to tho gazo of the world, lie
kept it there, shrined and holy, within the
bosom's innermost depths. 'It was that
mute, unexpressed love, that needs not
speech to declare it the love of tho dumb
painter of Logrono.
FUTURE PUNISHMENT.
BY HKV. 11. W. THOMAS.
The Cnlvinist makes quick nnd easy but
awful work of tho future state. He sends
all tho unnumbered millions of heathen to
an endless hell. He sends nil tho non-elect
and unredeemed there. Ho saves such, and
only bucIi, as from all eternity it foreordain
ed and without any knowledge or foresight
of faith or good works on theirpart should
bo saved. Tho assumption that God is
Father renders that belief to mo impossible.
Tho Universalis says that God is Father,
that punishment is correction, that proba
tion continues after death, and that all will
finally como into holiness and happiness.
Tho doelrino of after-death probation, of
course, supposes that tho freedom with
which wo began this lifo is carried over into
tho life beyond. And this I readily admit;
but in tli is very assumption of continued
liberty lies tho uncertainty and,as I look at
it, tho logical impossibility in affirming that
all will ever chooso the right. In this world
"ovil men and seducers wax worso and
wor" And herein, as all confess, Is the
great danger tho infinite peril of sin that
it tends to strengthen in habit, nnd finally
to crystalizo in an unchanging character of
evil. And if any soul this becomo a fact,tho
assumed law of moral sequence makes the
result as lasting as the character in which
It inheres, and such result cannot be less
than nn enduring separation from goodness,
Nor, admitting tho continued freedom of tho
soul, do I seo how any ono can certainly af
firm that all souls will not, at some time,
turn from tho wrong. Universalism is in
deed a humane doctrine and worthy of gen
crous minds, and all could wish it might bo
true, but tho evidence of its truth is not suf
ficient to command tho assent of all. I do
not see how it can bo certainly affirmed on
any other basis than absolute sovereignty
of God.
Tho Annihilationists affirm that immor
tality is not a necessary attribute of tho
soul, but is conferred on tho righteous is a
gift to those who seek it and that the wick
cd,not having attained to this undying state,
pass into non-existence, nro "punished with
everlasting destruction from tho presenco of
tho Lord." It may bo admitted that this
doctrine is not without apparent support in
the scriptures, and that it seems less objec
tionable, to reason than everlasting punish
ment. 1 1 is not easy to seo why a soul should
bo held in existence simply to suffer, when
there is no possible hopo of its ever being
brought back to righteousness. Should an
nihilation bo true, it is of course, eternal
punishment at least eternal death. Dr,
Bushnell and before him Augustine
maintains that there will bo a descending
scalo of consciousness, m which the wicked
will ever sink lower nnd lower, even
to the lowest pointof conscious cxistenccind
will remain us monuments of ruin over
which the curso of sin has swept.
Tho New Church hold that tho lovo of
a soul, whether it bo good or evil, becomes
its life, its existence, and that it so continues
forever; but that this existence in evil is
better than non-existence, and is, In a sense,
the heaven of tho wicked that is, the best
that God can do for them. This doctrine,
you perceive, is that hell is a condition of
tho spirit, and, as such, a final separation
between tho good and the bad; and, we
may admit, has much in it that does not
seem unreasonable, "iouwill pcrccive,also,
that all these, theories, save one, are in some
form unending punishment.
This much seems evident to me, and this
much I believe, and, belioviug, I preach. I
havo no jwssiblo doubt of future punishment,
of tho separation of tho good and bad, of loss
and suffering for thoso who die in sin. It
is undoubtedly taught in the Bible, and sup
ported by analogy. I havo no doubt of the
riehtcousness of God's Government, and that
wrong-doing will bo punished. The law of
uou, wiiu lis rowanis aim punishments,
meets us at our entrance into tins world
follows us all tho way through lifo with
warnings of danger and punishment for sin;
and from all along the shores of tho unseen
world tho voico of God cries out n ion ion
punishment, assuring all that como to that
world that the consequences of sin follow
them, and that there, as well as here, sin is
punished. And this, it seems to mo on this
subject, is the essential feature of belief in a
ministry of righteousness; this gives strength
to law, and motive or restraint to character.
What future punishment will be, or how
long, or with what result I know not, I
must hold to tho Fatherhood of God to the
eternal goodness as revealed in Jesus Christ.
And, holding to this, I cannot believe that
an All-wiso Father would creato a world,
and continue it through long thousands of
years under an express command to man
kind to multiply and Increase their off
spring till they havo reached numbers be
yond all computation, if Ho foiesaw that to
tho great mass of theso beings was nothing
but unending miser. I cannot think that
any unending existenco that God will per
mit can bo worso than non-existence. And
yet I cannot put away the fact that sin is a
terrible thine, and that its coiisenuences
may bo awful, almost beyond our power to
conceive.
If there bo eternal sinninc: there will bo
eternal sutlering. There can bo no perfect
happiness without holiness. Heaven or hell
are states or conditions of mind and spirit
that wo carry over from this world. What
tho purposes and jussibililies of the love of
God in Jesus Christ may be in tho long fu
ture I know not. It seems Ui me that of His
love tho "half hath never yet been told,"
Hopo for tho millions of our earth wings
up In my soul as years liiorftise and I
near the golden gates,
BEWARE OF THE SPITZ.
A careful examination of tho statistics of
deaths from hydrophobia will convince any
reasonable person of the danger attending
the introduction into this country of the
Spitz dog. Since his advent there has been
an alarming increase in tho number of
deaths from hydrophobia. This is duo to the
savage habits of tho animal, which render
him a most undesirable neighbor. The Spit
dog comes from the forests of Pomerania,
where he exists in a semi-savago state, and
where ho is in constant contact with tho
still more savage wolf. Although domesti
cated tho savogo instinctsof thebrute remain,
and, unliko other canines which have long
dwelt with man, the Spitz seems incapable
of forming a lasting friendship with his
benefactor. It Is well ascertained that ho is
liable to turn upon his master at any mo
ment, and those who have visited houses
where the Spitz has been admitted as a pet
probably entertained a lively impression of
his pronounced hostility of strangers. Tho
beauty of this animal is well calculated to
make him a favorite with ladies, who do
not think of tho tcrriblo peril to which tho
possession of their pet exposes them. In the
case of children the danger is particularly
great, as the young people always make a
friend of a dog, and are always given to in
dulging in practical jokes at tho expense of
their canine companions. In the case of
thoroughly domesticated dogs this is not at
tended with any 6erious results, because tho
dogs take to it kindly ; but the sullen and
snappish nature of the Spitz may at any
time break out and result in injury to tho
children involving a horrible death. And
death seems to result inevitably from tho
bites of tho Spitz dog. In view of tho well
ascertained savage nature of this animal it
is the duty of the common council or other
authorities to take immcdiato and stringent
measure for his suppression. The Spitz dog
is a public enemy.
The Secret of Business Sucress.
It is claimed that Vanderbilt exhibited
great ncrvo and shrewd business sagacity iu
tho purchase of stocks and railroads by him.
Yet, whenever ho mado an investment ho
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Oakland, Douglass Co., Oregon, Jan., 2377.
Db. Pikrck, Buffalo, N. Y. :
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Mt. Vkrnok, Ohio, July 10, 1878.
Db. Tmnci, Buffalo, N. Y. :
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We employed three different physicians and
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An old man up in Connecticut had a
poor, cranky bit of a wife, who regularly
once a week got up In tho night and Invited
the family to bco her die. Sho gave away
her things, spoke her last words, made her
peace with heaven, and then about eight
she got up in tho usual way and disappoin
ted everybody by going at her household
duties as if nothing had happened. Tho
old man got sick of it finally, and went out
and got a coffin, a real nice cashmere shroud,
a wreath of immortelles with " Farewell,
Mary Ann," worked In, and a handful of
silver-ploted screws. Laying tho screw
driver besides tho collection, he invited her
to just holler die onco moro. " Do it," said
he, " and in you go, and this farewell busi
ness is over." Mary Ann is at this moment
baking buckwheat cakes for a largo and ad
miring family, while they dry apples In tho
coffin up in the garret.
Here are a few Dutch proverbs Vind
vill prove vich vay dcr shtraw grows.
Efil vas der whole trco of money in der
hands of some peoples.
Dhero vas yoost so goot fish In der vasser
as dond got pulled out.
Before dot I got married I made an Idol
of mine frow; now she vas Idlo all der vhile.
Vhen you saw a pigs mlt a shtraw In his
mouth, dot bcaser you got your umbrellas
inendet.
All men and things ore governed by
the word led. Noblemen and drunkards aro
pimp-led, physicians and pulses are fte.led.
their patients are pll.led, a new marrietl
man and woman nrhrlde-ll,an old married
man and a paok horso are sadd-led, oatsand
dice aro rutt.led, swine and nobility tn
ety.lod, a coquette and a tinder Uo' aro
Htrk-ll,