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tel. MAKKET BQAJAKE. '
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TOIIN 0.' BEHTOIjETTE,
ATTOrWBY AHD COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
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MATJClI CHUNK, PA.
.MarboeoainUsdliiOei-uian. mainly'
ft IVLOSUSTItEET,
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HI. UAPSIIISM,
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8,11 It.al U.tate. ('nTeyanrlnR .lently done Col.
eitlons promptly niud. seuunR i-.""'" ' 'T
,-l.tlti a specialty. May be consulted In KiillMi
nd llarinan. Ncv...
J AS. It. STnUTHKRS,
ATTOItN JY AT LAW,
43O01ca: 2J floor of lllioad'a Hall,
Maticli Chunk. P.
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p J. JlKEIl.VN.
' ' ATTMINKY AT LAW
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ATS-;n1w,fonsolled In Herman. Jn,
Justices and Insurance
H
A. UKLTZ,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
OrrlCXI
Llndermnn ll'o-k. BANK-Strcct,
LviiionroK, PA.
n.H..t..ln nntlMMInv nr.rt nil oilier lml
dim connect.-il with tlio offlre promotlv attend.
.1 ,A A nnl fnr I.IHJtME Vtt! fltlll I tfO IllPlir
ance Contpiiiloi t Hints collected at reasonable
cuaraes, iitc. iipji,-j
rnirosus kpicrer.
Jl conveyanurr
AND
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
Th Mlowlnn Cotnpinle ro lteptented:
LISHAN )N MU rUALFinH,
itEAiiiNa MiiruAn FiiiE,
WMIMINO FlllE,
inrr.'.VIT.t.1i VI11R.
LEIIKlll FIltE. andtboUtAV
KT.EI15 ACCIDENT INSUltASOE.
Also Pentisvlvanla and Slulnal Horse Tblcl
Mrca2J.187I THUS. KhMEItL.il.
Physicians and Dentists.
v. ia:m:it, m.
-Ileber's Bloclt. HANK STREET,
LEHIOHION, l-cnna.
) TteAtdence ...lrnm 7 a. m. to 10 a. m
TTOTjrtS.? nntl Unorin lo 10 p. Ill,
S Parrjvllle ..from to a.tn, to 12 noon,
Mar be ronsultcd lu tbo (lorman LatiRUDRO
QI1AS. T. IIOIIS, M. D.,
OFFICII I OVER II. A. l'ETBR'S DltUa
arORG, BANK sr.. LEHIUU-IUH, la
Umeral practice attenied to, and 8P11CIA
ATTENTION OIVEN TO DISEASES OI1
WOMEN. marsi .yi
yjy A. DLCUIl.VMBll, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUHOKON
SpeeUI attention p.ild to Chronic Dtse.
nfflfM, Snulh Kut eorncr Iron in,i 2nd sts.,T.
hlihlon, I'a. April 3, 1873.
1ST,
11. ItEIIEIC, M. D.
V. S. Kiamlnliig Surgeon,
PRACTICING PIIYRIUIAN andSUlIOEON
OtricK; llank Street, Hedkh's Dlock, Lehieb
ton, ra.
ily bo consulted In tlio Germ n LaiiRuaRc.
Nov. 3
D
1VIU KB BERT'S
Livery & Sale Stables
HANK STtlEET.LltliiaHTON, P
PAST TROTTING HOUSES,
ELEGANT CAUUIAGES,
And positively LOWER PRICES ISnu any
j ' other Ltvoiy In the Cujuty,
IrreaDd bsodsomo Conlaces for Fnnersl
puriwaes and WcudlUAa. 1) AVI D KB11KRT
Nov. 22. IS73.
DEL'AItTUIlE,
The nnderhmed repeif nl'y snnouneess tohls
p;tr jih una (lie puolio Kojerally, that Iroui oud
after thl. dato bo
Sell Goods for Cash Only,
and to tbat end has marked dowu the Pilces of
his cutlre stock of
Groceries and Provisions
Consl'ttnr of the Choicest
TEAR COFFEES. fcUGARS. SPICKS. HAMS
HHUULDKllS, tJVIII). IIU1TEII. EGUS,
tSc c, to the very lowest i'r'ces.
Rest Fam'y Flour $2.75 a sack
and a l other aitlcles at equally Low Price, for
the Ready Casj,
Pntionnee m.lctcd and satl.tactlon ;aaron
feed luallcaiei.
P. A, ANDREWS,
NejrtheLth andbusq. nil, Url'se.
janli tf PACKi:TOrV, I'a,
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OW IN IMKSH.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
OelnracoioolrtelilitirT of all the Important
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VOL. VII., No 14.
Railroad Guide.
pllILA. &. ItUAUINQ UAIMIOAD.
Arrangement of l'asscDgcr Trains.
Tjnvir.Mni'it iotti
Trains leave AI.I.KVrOWN asfollowei
fTIA PKllKlO'.IK'f nRANCIt.l
For Philadelphia, at e.5J, 1M0. a.m.. and
5) p. in.
SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia at S.!a a. m..3.H o. m.
I VIA KASf PKSSA. I11IANC11.I
For Roidlns, (130. S.tii',v Hi m I2.lt, 1 Id. 4.30
atsua u.i p.m.
For lI;itrisoura. 2.3)5 SO, 0.03 a. to.. IMS, 4.30
a.oi p. m.
'or Lancaster and Columbia, 5 SO, 8.3 j a.m. and
4 so d. in t
tI)oes not ran on Monday.
PUXWJAVn.
'or Iteadln?,2 30a.m. ando (up m.
'or llnrrlt)urir,!:.aia. m. and tips n. tn.
Trains FOU ALLENTOWN leave as follows!
fl'IA IRRKinKM I1RASC1I.I
Leave Philadelphia, 7.U a.tu., l.ou, M.30 and 5.30
p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia, e.n'inm. nnrtSlSp. ".
(via HiHTPirvvi imANril I
Leavo Reaoms 7.4 . 7.4S. 10.30 a ni.,4 05,0.15 end
Leave Ilanlsbure, S.50. 8 10 a. ro.. and 100. 4.CO
nn'i i fr p. m.
.cave LanrAstcr. s.to a. ro., I2.M and 3.43 p. ro.
LcaiColuuibla S."On. m . t.i and 3.33 p. iu.
HUIN1AY.
r.eavoTtoadlntf. 7.C0 a.m.
Leave Harrlimrir.5.2ta.in.
TrAlnsmmkeil thus il run to and from depot
9th and Oreci street. Phllndolphli otber
trains tooio irom jirnau uroei nepni.
TnnR.aon.tn nnft Udn. tu. trttlnafrotn Allen.
tnrn. and tbe7.41 a.m .and s.si p.m. trains
troni I'liimiif ipnia, nate lorougn corn w huu
Iioiu Philadelphia.
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General Stanaaer.
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or nior midI lor a
specimen cniyofTlli3 TOLKDO BLAD Ht It
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nlxiv1oui Columns nlle-1 wilh o.irefullr ,irr.
pnod nadiujr mutter of ii'leiot huo value to
people in ui. paitoi me umu. buut-s
SPECIAL FEATURES.
All tho Depirlmrn's whic'i bite made Tub
ishWR 8J nouumr on over mo unuea mmiu.h,
wut po teui.iriv connnuen. namely t in.t inp.
ulnr L -With of timt tiiMiliiPiilHiifd iH-inocrut e
pohtlCini, KF.V PtTUOLEUJi V NA811T, WlllCll
ure wrlitcn iximtM.v rtr The Ulapu our
liOU.-BIIOLU Dl rAUTUKNT, a ifvtl llcpo.-i t'TV OJ
fn tit Ileal mfnrumtluT. upon enhj vi ot inteiet
n tery homo in Youxu ri:o rut's Uepaiit
UKNT t u Heiiff nai Di'partint'ut. eiuhrao n the
weekly Minray hciinol Luron i Otiriiilna
i'ootryi tli llii?hteu Wit nnd If amor i Tub
IlKrtTfcToaiiw.Ontin.il and Selcte4l ; answcies
To L'OlillEtl'ONDEMS.nmi th- Lntett News from
all part oi tho word, lurc iiladb clrcut itei
largelv in every ninte autt Ttrnor. iu the
Union, and lit eveiyuhero iw-'j-n zed a the
.nrrt end 11KT NKWb AKl FAM JLV I'AI'.
KltpuhiUiicil inywbere, Ttv it uud jou will
uevoi wilil'iuly on without it
Aaio.iir tbo new lea lutes tot this winter rro a
ntnoicf
A ndersonville Prison Sketches,
dv one who was I hero
A new Sdr i Ht'try wai
Another oue willioni-
loiiimeuerd Nov. 1iU,
menro hi jauuarv.
TEltAtrf aiiwle copy, per yi-or i five
cnpieB.vi.73 each i ten pr more copies t'.fil ench
and an extra copy Willi ever club ul tun.
iS'ieclmcu conic fctut tree. Heudfurouo Ad
dross TOLEDO BLADE, ii.leoo, Ohio.
Fifty Thousand Books
For Sulc at Hair I'rlcc.
We are now offering to the public, poslase
prep.iid, H)NH-IIAI.1'' tho it-aular pHco ,My
ihouiiaudvoluiiioN ot clioieu bo'ika, uiuiiiilalutf
lli-iorv. Uio.-raphy, l-icilon. PmMrv, Humor,
alediosl.Ri-ligioiHwudSo eulltlo Worlta.edilloli
of utnnrijiu Aulpurs etc. etc. 'Ihesu bootis
ro.i'iroti'd hruur Mr. Locks (Nosiivlirom tlio
scivm oi lou leaoinf; pulnlaberH of tho oouu.
try. ie nil N KV and fltlv-lll aud aieiho
IIUI.NIICAI. KDITl'JNS nsud'ed by tnete.
tall boo'.iwiur. We have luiiloa thou janila of
theaa iM OUb to ell parti or the country, and
?vW,IMi"lt oui la AitltAN t'EU fi be
CATALQGUliS FREE.
Woliafoprlniod a laigo and eoniiiete cata
logue of our Jiooks, i.rruiiod by kuhJecUana
on nopllccitlou will mail copien freet aurcd
crca-i. We hhalt nl-m I e pad to t-uj free xxi
meu cot lea ot the llLAUt wpencver aviHt to Uq
to, All pemnfie reaulng thU auvmiement nro
conlmllv imlttHl lo neuO ui br vo.tai rani or
otherwita th liamea ot theniaolvet and fiteud.
AdOrea TOLKLO U LA UK. Tokyo, OqIo.
Vick's Floral Guide.
A beautiful work of loo Paxra1Oue Colored
Power I'laie. and 50)' I'luamtuwii". with Ue
wllpt on of ibu bet Flower abd VeueUblot,
ami ho to cm w ibem Allfjr u FlVK CEM
HTAMt. In Kueli'h or German,
'tho Flow, r aud Veseu.b:e uarden, 175 paces,
blx Colore! l'lati uud imur liaudi-ed Kuiriuv.
! LnJf,toJfh
e v., l". 11
n,., :i ,.
tur Querns iu pui: coverj f( m .e
Ait uinuan mu uuxuia,
uitratelMonthlv Mauime.ll race
acoioredtila'elu every on tuber aud tuanr tine
a Ciavlnfti. rrlo-ii.a vear, ive t'upiea fur
ti. a jiH-imrn numherit tent tor I" ceuti,
Vlck-Vt HcwiN aio tio lv In tha wi-tld, Bend
Fiva cnt btaijf f i r a Floral Uo ao coQsaluiue
Llfct and lnev aud phuiv of UiformiUeo.
irt.ln-.., JAMK4 V1CK
Jtui Htchntir NY
A. Mosser.,
M anufacturcr of ana.Dealer in
STOVES, RANGES AKD HEATERS,
Tin ani Sheet-Iron Ware ana General
House Mnisliins Goods.
IlOOFINf; nnA Sl'ntrriNn done at
short notice and nt Lowest Cash Trircs.
I am the a.tthnnzed aaet t for tho Sale of the
followlnr FIKST-CLASS STOVES
THE SILVER & GOLD MEDAL COOK,
THE LIGHTHOUSE COOK,
THEMAYFLOWEIl UAN'OE,
THE SUNSHINE II ANOE 011,1
IboNEV ANOllOlt HEATER,
and am Selling tbem VERY C1IEA P tor Cosh.
I'verv ktna of MOVE ORATES and FIRE
mtllKS keptconitsntlron baud.
Store on SOUTH Street,
A few doors above Do oh St, LEUIGHTOX
Patronnire solicited SatlslsoMrn iruamntred.
OU. 6-yl A. l. MOSSER.
The Grandest Exposition
Of Ladles' Gents', and ('MMren's
Boots, Shoes Gaiters
Ever offeicd In tbla vicinity. Is ct
J. M. FRITZINGEll'S,
Bank Street, Lelnghton, Pa.
I have inst received n full lino of FALL find
WIN'IKJt HOOTrf, IIOKS ftntl lUMtllKItb,
wlitcb I ora Belli i) tr to tlio uefittleof Le lahtmi
and IlionnrroutidiicnetiTtitorliooit UlIJSArJCIl
THAN JiVliU JlbFOlCU Hold lu tins County.
1180, Oil ClllSfCS ox
Boots & ShoesMqde to Order
nt Astonishingly Low Prices, ami MENDINO
Neatly done nt IT tee to suit (he times.
I invito tbe pnDilo to call and examine my
Block nnU Prices belore nurc&asiui; eliowho.e,
nni bo convinced of the hdovo racts.
UOUNU T( HATIdFY.i-Heiiily.niado Hoots
nnd ilioea bought of me that ilp will hi repair,
eti without chjrjro.
Thnnkful for past patronaro, I rcepecfully
nslc a continuance then of.
T. M. FIinZINOKU.
Two dno-s below Itomiir t lIolTordR Com co
Vork, Jtauk Htieec. lie I. fiyl
QAKB0N ADVOCATE
JOB PRIXTIXG OFFICE,
LISHIGHTOX. TA
Krcry dcEcrlpllon of rnnllnc, from a
Visiting Card to a Poster.
CARDS,
UII.L HEADS,
LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS.
STATEMENTS.
PROGRAMMES,
POSTERS,
21 AND BILLS.
DODGERS,
CIRCULARS.
smrpisa tao",
ENVULOl'ES,
PAUl'llLETS,
BY-LAWS, 4C. AC.
r
Dono Id tbe best manner, at very Lowest Trlcca.
We are nrenarcd to do work at as clioap rates
aairnv efflce in tho htuto tial ccals bourbtly
n huh. viwiuiuvra.
OUR MOTTO IS
Cheap, Prompt & Reliable.
Ic"Orders by email reclvo jircropt attest on.
P
rime Home Mado llrcad !
WUY GO UUNOUY1 When yon can Buy 01
pounds tl Ftritt CUhs It read -
FIVE LOAVES FOU 25 CENTS 1
J. V. O'NHAL, tho popular Itread and Cako
HaKer. uf Leliiuhloii in order in meet iIip ivnntK
ti im iuih'b ins uomu-o.i tie j TiCDoi niscoe
uraitHi uouio .uado UUUAD to
Five Loaves for Twrnty-fivo Cts, Cash.
Sugar. Xtolsln. Coco-tnut Scotch, Drop, Cream
Teu Cents per Dozen.
IooK Out for tbo Wagon!
At MAUCIX CHUNK, on Tuesday, Thursday
LEIIIGU TON aud LIS aTOUT, every After
noon except Friday,
TEU. MS STIUCTLY CASH t
ratrnti.urn solicited j, w, O'NBAL.
"io.i&i upxHisue j-irsi rtauonaiiiniK,
apriUyl Itwmtreeu LehlRhtou Pa.
JK. Obcrlioltzcr's Liniment,
CAMPHOR MILK
Is now hluhlv rocoiumendcd and ex'enslvely
uw. ,ui iiuiuiiiniisui, rn'Mrii ri-er, Aiuta
i'alns. horea. Mluita, Hc,ll!igs, bplalus Ac,
It wot tho creatnat v.duo in cunni I'uu.aalis,
up niii" nun ttwrtiiima in noraoa.
II acta gulchlv and aurily. It at onee nooth
an,i relieve, the si rrjn.nta. tht LMne Mn-cl
aid Jlio Aehiuir Nuves. 'Ihenoner will bn
ikiiu oars lonny ouo not atl ue.l with line!
fccn. i'nee is cents, a boitlua for 11. Pie.
I'.ivu .ij uuuiuuiiacr iu. u,
Tim IMttKiilx Pectoral.
Has provod Itself to no peculiarly odaptoO lo old
penuiiia, ronaurapilve ano eblMrrn. 11 bn'ars
n cold. It stops a eou.b. It aula expectoration.
It irives luatunt rebel H tlvea airenaih. It
bniiKare.t. It has made more cures t'.au nnv
oilier inetllciuo. Thouanrda ol tlm llltnna nt
Uattcni i'rnntylvami liaie used it torjeara
osi i nd testify to the relief riven anil cures i f.
lectfd. Price, a rent tr 4 totttesfor ti. i'ro.
Bireu liv LeW Olirrholltrr M.D., aim lor Sale
yA. J DUltl.INa, Leaiehtou. Mov.I3.Sui,
oal I Coal ! I
I am now supplying the Terr Beat LATTL
MEIt COAL at the following Low Prices, tis
no, I Chestnut by tbo Car, 1 ao per ten
No. I C.lestnut, sinale ton ISA per ton
No. i chestnut, by tbe Car J ts per ton
;vo,s ihtnut,stnalet' n 1 10 per ton
DKLIVERKD. stove and Ekj Else, at
equauy law rriece,
J. L, GABEL,
Dealer in
GENEIIAL IlAItDWAIlE, &c,
Opposite the PuIjIIc f noire, RANK 6TFIDR
n:nioiiTON, r. im.n.iu
INDEPENDENT
LEHIGIITON, CARBON COUNTY,
THE SECRET OF THE WHITE CHEST.
It was hint tlio liouse I wnnteil. In
gly.o and sltuntlon It suited me exactly,
n the pliritto goas.llternlly down to tlio
ground. Facing Hydo Pnrlt, and
plRceit uncK irom me iiign ioru.- hu
nollilns In front of It but the. broad
strip of garden belonging to the terrace
In which It stood, nnd the open sttetch
of ttirf and trees, It wns the very abode
for a London season. Its rent, loo,
was extremely moderate; It was In
sound repair: drainage without a flaw;
fixtures, furniture and decorations In
the best tate; tho owner only desiring
to let It occasionally, because he went
away from towu each spring. Why
then did 1 hesitate to take It? Why
did everybody hesitate to take It? For
the last seven years and more it had
never been let. All the house agents
at West End had had it in hand une
Iter another. The terms had been re
uced each season that It camo Into the
market, nnd still there was no finding
tenant for it. Everyboly who went
over tlio House was charmed witn it.
The entiauce being In the rear, all the
bpst rooms had n delightful routliern
aspect; and going up from floor to lloor
ou their first visit of inspection, every
body grew more delighted the higher
they got. Tho npnrtuients increasing
In cheerfulni'ss, If not in size, the out
look from the windows becamo more
extensive and aliy, while, when one
reached the top story, and ascended by
a'tiarrow stair onto a leaded nai root,
with a high balli!tiadc running rmlnd
It, the view was, as the liouse-agtnt es
preyed It, "quite unhiur."
Nevertheless, evcrjuwly lidvlng
reached the roof, and having looked
round for n minute or two, descended
with a firm determination not to take
the hous-. Now whut was tho reason?
It was not haunted, no chotts hail ever
been seen, or mysterious noises heard
such tliliiLS were never hinted at.
There was nothing about It In appear
anco like the gloomy forbidding man
sion in Severn Square, concerningwliich
so many queer stories nre told, and
which, like the house In question, no
one will take. No, it was the very re
vcre, in all respects of that long (and
still) il u I cu suited abode. I hnd heard
the rumors about the Hyde I'ntU house
often when 1 had been in London, nnd
my curiosity had always been piqued.so
that now, when 1 wanted just such a
house for the reason, I determined to
go and look at it for myself.
1'iiiUilig 1.11 rutisiactory, and Just a;
I expected from boltt m to top, I was
stepping outon Hit roof witli Mr. Crum
ule, tuu agent, and was saying tu iilm:
"Well. 1 can't conceive why people
won't live here," when my eye tell
upon a curious object erected upon the
leads at the rear and surrounded by a
lii,ili railing. It looked like a huge sky
light oi glass lantern, about teu feet
long, lliree high nod three bruad. Hut
nslead of funning a light fur a stulr
ease or room btuealh, 11 seemed to have
been built fur the purpose of coveting
another curious object, which occupy
ing nearly the whole uf the space-under
the glass, was plainly visible through
it. Tills was a long white box, resemb
ling a seamen's chest more thai) any
thing, only much larger. It rested up
on four legs or feet, which raised it
ubout a (not from the flat surface of the
roof. It was painted a creamy white
and varulshtd. and, apparently not be
lug intet.dctl to open, any mure thau
its glass coveting, had no hinges or
lock to its top or lid.
"What the deuce is that?" said 1 to
Mr. Crumble,
"Alii" replied the functionary with
an odd expression in his face, "that's it,
bill"
"What's It, pray?"
"Why, the secret, sir."
"Ttiii secret? how Is It a secret?
what do you mean?
'Well, sir, what it Is, what it's
meant for, what's Inside of it."
"Don't you know?"
"Nn, sir."
' Doesn't anyone know?"
"I suppose somebody docs. sir. but
we don't; wo are forbidden to Inquire.
or to attempt to find out; If wo knew
we eiiuum tie able to let the house per
haps." "How long lias It beeu there?"
"A long while I believe, sir ten oi
twelve years, before my time."
"Uul who put it up?"
"Well, Mr. Gavliuc. we Fiinnosp;
nobody seems tn knuw exactly when it
first appeared there."
Dut the servants," I protested.
"tliey must kaow."
t'hl I have heard there were none
in Hid home at the time! they were all
dismissed Just before it was put up.
Mr. (iayllug never keeps maiiy servants
sometimes he has only oue, sometimes
none, isoliody lives In the house
wnen he's away; but tin olnavs leaves
the keys with us. He Is always change
lug Ills servants, Mr. (iayllug is; I have
etli'ii heard hi in say that he likes uew
urooius.
"What Is he or what was he?"
"A gentleman in the naval line, I
believe; sir: they uro rather rum 'uus,
I'm tild "
"Humph!" I said, "very odd. But
do you mean to tell me that nobody
win live Hero ueeause tliey don't know
what's in that bux?"
"That Is partly the reason, sir."
"Ab.sutd," I vas going on when the
man continued:-
"Hut i here's a clause In tho agree
ment about It; Dial's what does It,
sir."
"Explain," I said.
"Well, sir, here is tho clause," and
he produced the document; perhaps
you would like tu read it yourself?"
Thus It ran;
"And lu taking the house, at I he
rental, aud for the term specified a
above, 1 hereby solemnly pledge my
oath never directly, or indirectly,
thiounh my own ngency. or that of
others, tn attempt to meddle with, or
diatutb the white cheat underithu glass
case of tho roof, or to seek lir'auy way
to dUcover for what purpose ii lias been
placed there, or what it cuutaliu; and
I further guaranty that no person In
my employ, nor anyone entering the
house durlug my tenancy thereof, shall
make any such attempt, and I hereby
undertake that iu the event of their be
lug detected In doing so, or of my doing
so, tu forfeit the sum of one.thotuaml
pounds, and In accordance Svlth this
agreement have, In proper legal form,
lodged the said sum with tlmbaukurs of
Thomas Uayllng Esq.. the lessor as a
guaranty of my good faith."
"Hut for that clause," went on the
ageut, as I finished reading K with
some surprise, "we should have no dif
ficulty In letting the Louse."
"l'ray.ls the owner outof his mind?"
I asked lu n minute.
"Not that I am nwara of, air; he U a
'., , . . - -i -
Gayling is, only, as I say, a little tun
on some points; nothing will Induce
him to strike out that clause, for lu
very pieasaut, anaoie gentleman, Mr
stance. Lor uiess you, sir, parlies
never entertain it for a moment when
z5 Afy- li"
Live and Let Live.
PA., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1879.
they come to Hint part of the business,
they drop It like a hot potato. "
"Humph!" said I nsain, "It'a qucpr
certainty, but 1 don't sea why one
shouldn't acquiesce; It doesn't matter a
rap to mo what's Inside the chest, I
should never want to meddle with or
disturb It, and I'd take very good care
no one else did) I would padlock. the
trap-door on to the roof, nnd that would
settlo that. Ah!" I , continued, after
walking round tho structttro ami look
Ing about me n bit "mil I I see precau
Hons have been taken tn prevent any
access to this toof from others on either
side, by this Iron'chevaux-de-friso; yes,
no one cm get over this. Well, It's an
odd freak, but I am not sure that I am
going to be balked by it; I'll thtnk
abnut it, Mr. Crumble,.
And the result of my thinking was,
that I signed the agreement two days
afterward, having conformed to the
peculiar stipulation regarding tho de
posit. I had no fear of losing the
thousand pounds; the interest on It was
a mere addition of the rent, and the
house was so exactly what I wanted
that It would even then be cheap to
me, with my large family ot mother
less children.
Nevertheless, 1 do not deny, that af
ter All was signed, s?aled and settled, I
was conscious of a lurking curlo-lty
nnd suspicion regarding that mysterious
ertctlon. What could It be? What
could It contain? I was constantly
saying to myc!f. What strange freak
could po-sess the man to take such
strong measures to guard against any
penetration Into the secret measures,
by the by, which In themselves were
rather calculated to provoke Invcstlga
lion, to draw attention tn tho very
tiling he wished one to overlook? Wns
Mr. Gayling a inKer, hoarding up some
unknown treasure in this strange fash
ion? Probably that was It. Well, If It
was, it was no business of fciluc after
all. My parliamentary duties would bo
too urgent,! hoped to let niu dwell upon
much else, so I would dismiss It, aud be
yond putting the padlock on the trap
door of the roof as was threatened, I
took no measures to prevent any of my
household indulging In speculations. I
at least would not direct attention ta
tho matter, ns Mr. Gayling did, and
contented my Inmlly aud domestics by
saying that I ttidn't consider it safo for
people to go on tho roof.
Now, in spite of my resolution, I
found my:elf perpetually recurring to
the strange chest. Fur the sake of
quiet and air, I had appropriated the
two largo back nnd front rooms at the
top of the house for my bedroom ami
study, and thus slept every night be
neath tin) white chest.
lleloie I had been In the house n
mouth, it begau to net ns n nightmare
on me, r.u ircubus I couid not shake
oil. I was oppressed and depressed by
it, In n way quite unaccountable. I
was puzzled at myself; I could not
have believed four weeks before that
I should ever have become so tttTected
by such contemptible restlessness, dis
quiet aud distrust. These feelings at
last reached such a pitch that I tlnnlly
charged my bedroom, I would not sleep
any longer directly underneath this ac
cursed labile.
Another month passed, during which
more than once, I was tempted to go
secietly on tu the rouf nnd look at the
thing again; there was no harm In that
that was not forbidden in the bond,
nod I need hardly say, 1 saw nothing
to provoke any new comment.
About a week after my last visit to
the roof, a lengthy debate kept me late
at the House of Commons and walking
horn", for the sake of Iresli air, I louud
the nihUummcr dawn breaking, as I
struck Into park I.ntie. Reaching Ox
ford street 1 was startled by observing
In tho western skynsttnng light not
du to reflected auuitse. At the mom
ent I saw it a Uro engine passu! me at
full speed, and presently the urst sign
of the commotion which a conllagralloo
causes In the streets became evident.
No man undergoes this experience.
when ho has been away Irom home
many hours, and sees the red glare ris
ing iu the direction of his own home,
without n pang ot anxiety, it not of
terror. How well-founded was this
sensation in the present ease was made
evident ere I had walked another twn
hundred yards; yes, merciful powers!
It was my house that was on tire!
1 can scarcely record what followed;
I only know that somenow I lounu my
self lu the midst ot inepoiico aim n ru
men. That I explained to th superin
tendent who I was, and that under Ids
escort I soon ascertained that all the
Inmates of my house, my children,
their governess, nnd the servants, were
in safety, and had been taken into a
neighbor's at the rear; that as soon as
I round this to do mo case, i accompa
nied still by the superintendent, mount
ed to the ton of an adjacent residence,
whence the firemen were directing the
hose unon tho flames.
Once on this vantage point my mind
revetted to the while chest. Was It
stilt there? Yes; the flames, thcugh
burning out from all the windows of
the tipper stories, back and front, had
not vet done more thau wtench aud
crack the glass case For a time It
seemed us If tills would be tho most
that inlulit happen. The wa'er seemed
to be netting the upper hand, nnd as It
fell In torrents on the hut n of, such
clouds of steam were thrown up with
the smoke as would have completely
Irddeii cve'ythlng from view, but that
our poltiou Had been skillfully selected
and was well to windward of the bum
lug mass, Hut presently, amid the
roar of the flames, there came a dull
heavy rumble for a moment, and '(hen
with u tremulous crn-li the rout fell In
Willi It of course went the fragments
and framewoik of the glass case, am!
tlio now charred and blaakeded chest
Itself. I had my eyes upon It at the
moment, and down It went deep Into
the utter ubs:urlty of tho dense smoke
aud steam which always succeed. to
this climax ot a coiitlagratiuu. For
several minutes noting was to be ills
verued through the overwhelming
wreathes ot black -gray fumes. Hut
presently, though Hie light from the
fire had been quenched, there begin to
be visible, by the alu. ot the increasing
light of Hie morning, the depth of this
pit of Acheron, lent yas not ao very
deep after all, for the firu havlug orig
inated on the second floor, the tailing
root had ouly crashed duwn as yet as
far as the drawing-room, and there,
when my eyes had become accustomed
to the spectacle of the indU'ribable da.
brts.I plainly beheld ro-ttng slantwavs
across the stubborn remnant of wall,
what had been the white chest; It was
now split and swashed and Its contents
were revealed,
Good heavens! what was It that I
looked down upou? I turned my face
away for a moment with a shuder, tor
there, protruding through the splinter
ed fragments of Its once creamy while
b""
woodeu case, was huge leaden coffli:,
which In its tnrn melting and bursting
1 with the heat, displayed within the un-
mlstakable form uf a shrouded coipse;
I was lu tbo act uf drawluj my com-
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panlon's attention to It In horror, when
suddenly there flew up around It with
redoubled fury, such A mass of flame
Mid smoke, that It was entirely hidden
and soon the fire had sn spread and
burst nut nsain. that the horrible
spectacle of this unintentional Increma
tion was shut from sight, and the house
wa finally burned t tho groundl
I nassed over what Immediately fol
lowed nftcr I had made my way back
to the friendly abode where Hie mem
bers of my family were sheltered. In
a few days they weie snugfy settled
again lu another home, fortunately
not very much tne worso lor mo ter
tlbie senro. In due course the time
arrived for looking Into my losses, nnd
wliilo 1 was doing sn. i received n
letter from Mr. Gayling, who had
come to town requesting an Interview.
I was glad or this, for I roiesaw it
must lead to somo explanation ot the
fettango circumstances surrounding the
agreement I had signed. My curiosi
ty ns to the contents or. the winte cnest
had been rudely satisfied, It was true,
but what had been the reason for plac
ing such an object in such n place?
and this I was determined to find out
Unexpectedly Mr. Gayling disclosed It
to me Immediately wo met.
"I have asked for this interview,
sir." he said abruptly, "becausu I.ain
a ruined man."
"Hut," I Interposed "lam told you
were fully Insured."
"That has nothing to do with it," lie
answered ; "no Insurance can restore
the three thousand a year which I lose
by what has happened. I am simply
going to tell you certain facts; because,
when you Dave beam mem, j sunn put
It to you whether you will not, out of
your ample means, feel that some com
pensation Is due lb me. The fact is,
that it has been during your tenancy of
my house, and through accident, or
negligence, on tho part ot some one for
whom you are responsible, mat my ruin
has beeu brought about."
"I don't understand yon."
"Listen; sir." ho went on, "nnd you
will: I was brought ud to the sea and
followed It HI! mid-life, for I was en
tlrely dependent ou my earnings. My
only relative at this time wis an old
uncle, also a sailor, and a most essen
trie man, ns you will presently see.
Fifteen yinrs ago he sudtenly camo in
to a large sum of money; I tiever knew
how, but lie retired and took thathnu-c.
He had only been iu itthreeyears wnen
a mortal sickness ovurtouit nun; no
sent lor me.
"Tom." said he. "I nm dying, and I
don't like it; I nm terrified, not so much
nt tho thought Of death, as nt the
thought of burial; a sailor's grave I
would not mind, but tu be boxe up and
thrust into the earth, no, Tom, I won't
stand It. I look to you to seo that it
doesn't happen ; nud I havo taken
measures to make suro unit y ou no see
that It'duosn't happen. I've made my
will, Tom, I'velelt you all l possess,
but on one condition, and it Is, that
you nre my heir so long as I am well
above ground, and no longer mark
the words, well above ground. Di
rectly I am buried, or my lemains are
allowed to mingle with muther-earlh, ns
she Is called she wns no mother tome,
tho sea was my mother, for 1 was born
atsen all my money,mlud, goes straight
to the Seameu's uospitai, every peutiy
of it.
"Hut what nm I to do?'' I asked of
my uncle; "how shall 1 bo nble to car
ry out such n strange condition? Have
you si expressed it In you your will?"
"Yes, indeed 1 have;" he answered,
"and legal and binding you'll find It;
ns expressed In the words, "so long ns
I am well above ground."
"But what nm 1 to do with you?' I
again asked.
"Oh, run mo up aloft, maslhead me,
anything you like, but don't bury me."
"Weil," went on Mr. Gayling, "to
make a long story short, I found that
tho conditions ot the old nun's will
were binding, and his executors nnd
myself lilt upon the plan ot hoisting Hie
coilin to tho roof of his house. Under
certain conditions we found tint it wns
possible for us legally to do that. So I
dismissed my three servants, employed
n country undeitaker, my old ship's
carpenter, aud a foreign glazier, in
order that tho matter should not be
talked of In tho neighborhood, and per
sonally saw the nrranguirents carried
out. You can now understand my
reasons for not havlug it meddled with;
yes. sir. nud you can now understand
that the condition of tho wilt musttako
effect. No sign of the coffin or Hie body
even was to be discovered lu the ruins
of that house. I havo had n rigid search
made, to no purpose; the oh' gentleman's
remains have beeu consumed, have
mingled with mother-earth, and tho
money passes as n matter of course to
the Seameu's Hospital. I have not a
penny in the world. What can ycu do
for me?"
It is not necessary for mo to say what
I did far Mr. Uayllng, but lidding by n
visit to Doctor's Commons, uud by other
evidence, that his story was substantial
I v correct. I felt his case was n htrd
one. certainly n strauzu one; and I ac
cd, I hope, not ungenerously toward
him. All The Year llound.
factory Facts.
Close confinement, careful attention to all
factory work, gives Hie oiwrativcs pallid
faces, oor appetites, languid, miserublo feel
ings, poor blood, inactive liver, kidneys nnd
urinary troubles, and nil the phosicians and
medicine iu the world cannot hcln them nu
ll' they gel out of doors or use Hop Hitters,
maileol tlie purest and best remedies, ami
especially for such cases, having abundance
oi iieaim, sunsniiieanu rosy ciiceusiii uieni
None need sullerif they will uso them freely,
They cost but a trifle. Beo another column,
Tho owner of a steam sawmill in Navada
was until latelj a member of a Methodist
church, from which lie was cxjiclled, as lie
aavs, to grutify the personal spite of the pas
tor. He resolved to hold religious services
of his own, and, to mako them cll'ective, ho
obtained a powerful callio,und attached it
to the bteaiu boilerof hismill. OuSuinUys,
the voioo of tha Methodist preacher isdrown
ed by the sound of tho calliope, a it screech
cs 'ThoSwcet By and By," and other Moody
and Sankey tunes. The clergyman has ap
plied to a Justice's court for relief, but the
Magistrate rules that the use of the calliope
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Ull V P.WW. ...miv .vj..
question has been carried to a higher court.
Rksdino, I'a., Feb. 19. At a nubile sale
to-day on tho premises of Joseph raust,ucar
UentrejHiri, 111 Ulisuuumy, u imwiiwiiiw
between Howard Epler. aged 25 years, and
a huckster name! Wilson llimmclberger,
about a pint of wauuts. After angry words
had iasaed between the two, llimmvlbergcr
took a pieoo of wood from his table and
struck Eplcra murderous blow on the head,
felling him senseless to His ground, fractur
ing his skull, and otherwise inflicting injur
ies from which he will not recover. ' ilmi
inelberger escaped and has not been arrest
ed. At-KiUaning, ra., Sheriff Williams, eon
vic.oii at the December term of Court of per.
. ..ud the use of money lor election pur-
.' Mience.l mi the ldth iuL, by
, jU(0 jjoist, to twenty-five months' im-
i)r,nmeni i tho I'hiiitentiary and tho
payment ofa fjnoof 30U. Williams has
h Id ofTu-4 slue I -T-. '
' 11 -
a Year if PaiQ'in Advance.
If not paid in advance, $1.25.
-
1IOTKI. DCADnCAT.
"Yes," siiid tho affablo cleik at t'.p
Palace the other day, as he lifted his
stomach up ou the office counter and
selected another toothpick, "tliey nre
up to nil sorts of dodges these hutej
bats nnd we fellows have to keep n
very sharp lookout for 'etn; bet your
life."
"no-eh?"
"Now, for Instance, nbout four
months njio, n nice old gentleman came
In with a' rather fast looking man, who
had just anived from New York, lie
sild. nnd who engaged n l.itndsomp
suite on the fifth lloor. Tlio .old man
took me nslde, and said he Was forced
to run over to Hong Kong himself nn
the next steamer, but that ho would
leave Ids son with us. Thn latter, he
confidently explained, was just then
sowing considerable oats by, tho way
sido. 'In fact,' said the genttemnn,
willi much feeling, 'ho is so dissipated
I dare not leave r.ny money with him.
nud I especially ile.-lro that none be
furnished him by your cashier nut one
single cent, remember. For fear, how
ever, lie gets Into any real trouble dur
ing my absence, l will deposit In your
hands this package ot gold notes. Use
it rreely. If imperatively necessary, but
do not let him supposo you havo any
sucu deposit, ns he would be all the
more reckless nnd dissipated. If any
thing should happen we Were to write
to the old party, care Huthschlld's
Hong Kong ageucy."
"Well-and tl.cn?"
"Well, theyoting follow raised mer
ry old Ned round Hits edifice for about
three months. He beat Smith aud 1
nut of $400 at pedroj ordered all the
wine in the house: cave queer little
supper-parties In his room, got drunk
and tied Hie elevator man's head over
board, so that tho next landing would
cut it off; was chased round the corri
dors by some married man with a pistol
nearly every night of his life, and, tn
fact, was a regular suotter lu oveiy
way."
"Should think so."
"Of course ho never paid any board
we didn't expect that.liaviug his gov
ernor's bundle of securities locked up all
right in the safe. Hut one day lie did
something so blamed outrageous that
we cuuhlu t stand It had a chicken
fight in the ladies parlor, or something
so wo wrote him n waruiug note."
"What did ho say?"
"Nothing but 'la-la,' nnd left tho
hotel that very day; vamosed disap
peared. At we didn't get any remit
tancu from Hong Kong, wo opened the'
package hist week, uud what do you
supposo was iu it?"
"Dunno counterfeit money?"
"Not such luck. Something can be
dono with real good Aheml Why, '
there wns nothing in that bundle but n
few old Morning (Jails. Tl'iulc of It,
Morning Calls! Ught it makes me sick
to think. of it even uuw," nnd the gen
!el hotel oilklal lifted his Mninaclidown
again, nud went tadly Into his fifth
meal. News Letter,
THAT COAL, SXOVD. ,
Co.nlng down on the car the other
moruliiji they not to talk nbout their
coal stoves, and one man said
" Veil, I d m't want to brag, but I
think I've got the boss stove. Sj far
this winter I havn't burnt hut throe
tons of coal, nnd the stove has kept
three rooms warm,"
"You must have a poor stove," re
marked the second. "I havn't burned
but two tons of coal yet, aud my stove
heats parlor, dining room, two bedrooms
Mid u hall."
"Well, when you come to stoves,"
quietly remarked the third. "I claim to
have the best coal stove in Detroit. I
have burned but a ton and n half of coal
so far, and wu have to keep all the,
dampers shut and a back door open nil
the time "
So. n a men looked out of tlio windows
and somo ao a u ut thestraw,aud no one
seiined to doubt any of the nsaitloiis.
At length a heavy sigh was heard fiom
the rear'end of tlio car, nnd a clciical
looking man aroso aud said:
"Gentlemen, thero goes tho fire
alarm. It strikes the box in front of
my house. I have no doubt that my
residence Is at this moment In flames
aud tho lives uf my family lu peril. It
Is nil owing to my coal stove. I set up
the stove Inst November and put lu one
peck ot coal. Every room has been so
hot ever since that the baseboards have
warpt off, and. wo finally hnd to move
down Into Hie basement, l'hls morn
in the water In nil Hie pipos of the
house was bulling, the shingles ou the
root hut, nnd I just hired four men to
form a snow bank arcuud the stuve.
Too late! alas, too lato That stove has
accomplished its fiendish purpose, aud
I no longer have a home. I may not,
however, he too late tu savo the baby,
good-by, geutlemelil"
He opened the door and got off the
car, and not a passenger spoke again fur
four blocks.--Detrolt Free Press.
Ill) fsUlJAIC AI.VT D.Ul,
"Gen'len, if you see a pusson ruihln'
rouu' ti,e world enveloped In a diamond
piu an' tin ultter, am dat any iigu tint
he pays taxes, mils a church pe an'
brings his chil'u up lu da way dey
should go?"
HiutherOatdner looked down on tho
Ci faces In Hie orchestra chairs, but not
a voice responded.
"When you seo a pussou seated In n
sky-blue colter, puahitt do lines over a
fast boss an looklii' outer his left eye
as it he had de bulgo on all do corner
lots iu town, am dut any sign (hit a sin.
gle grocer would trust hlui fur a box ot
sardlues or a peck ol carrots?"
The elder Touts heaved A deep sigh,
and Huckleberry Joues very silently
scratched his oil leg Jutt below llu'l
kuee. i
"When n man takes up fo" seats In j
de kynr.puohes folks nroun' on de mar j
ket, elboivs arouu' de City.. Hull, an''
gits de fust place ut tie stamp wiuuow
iu de Postunice, am dat any slgu dat
when It cuuiu tu de pull he's givo halt
n dollar's worth of wood lo keep all nr
fun asylum Irom freczlu' tu death?
Doan'you black tnlks git dust in your
eves! Jar's a heap of sand aud suw
dusl In dis world dat passes for sugar
to de man nalkiu by but when it comes
to do pinch de sugar aiu'tdar. Do saw.
dust bulges up an' de sand deeps out,
an' you am dis'piuted an' disgusted.
It's Kinder hard lu have tu eat cold tur
nip when you kuow dat de family nex'
duali am luxunatlu' on sweet caku an' (
turkey; but II de turnip am Laid for you,
ueedu't fear for your digestion. I ex.
peck dat de h'arafler iiu do biggest j
thing euny uf us hev gut to work lur; i
an 1 tule yun, blunder, jai mg seat
rings an' patits cut "'! lucbeti across de
kull am uowhur alongside ot a kind
word an' honest heart."
John Bradley of Philadelphia could not,
in consequence of heart dtteaae, lie down,
m oousixiucuu, ui iivui. swr, uw..i,
nor even sit down comfortably. JIo had i
bed made in such t, way a lo sustain hut
in au upnght p't-ou,aiil in i tu.it e 'utnv
uuee be slipt for nino year.
He dial a lew
'? "i '
The Carbon Advocate,
And Independent Family Jscwspnptr,
Tubllshed every SATURDAY, Jn
Lehighton, Carbon Co.,ra., by
iSAitnr v. noitTXiijar-R.
OFrirrt tiAN'KWAY, a abort distance above
the Lohlftb-Vallcy It, It. Depoi.
Terms SLDOler Ww initece.
F.vmtv Drscrurriox or tlai akd tanct
Job I5 ting
AT VBIIV LOW PRICKS.
THIS AND TIIAT.
A stownway The glutton.
A fits that keep the world busy
Inf-nnts,
Whnt did tho billet donx?, '
It Is .the, brake of day that prevents
night from. going too far.
A French change of. sauce frnut
Mncmaho'mialso tn Grevy.
A tpn dollar .bill .la of.,thf feminine
gender, heu It is the all's X. .
Dancing .has been, introduced I tin
the army. Probably you havejicar.l of
Its sqund-drflTi
The hccordeori waslnventcdln 1828
hy Damlan. If wo ever get' liotd of
Damlan.
Tim way to make six cents' go far
thpst. Buy n statnp-nnd-put It on u
foreign letter.-
The man who got In a. harber'is
chair, pinned a newspaper round his
neck and began to read the tdweluiav
Justly he called absent minded,'
An Irishman says that "It Is a great
pleasure to be alone, especially av,nur
swalelieart was wid ye." Antique jest,
Easllake school very rate,
It is said that nfternnon marriages
nre Hip present-atyle-ln England. Can't
be. There never wns a mnrrlagn'beloro
Eve. What, uever? No, never! -
"What," said an Inquisitive young
lady, "is the most popular color fon a
bride?" Wo may be a little patticular
in such matters, but we should prefer u
white oue,
Mrs. Partington Again "Poor
maul" said the old lady", "und'So he'it
really gone at lastl Niuety-elg'lit, 'was
he? Dear, deal! to think" how that it
he'd lived' two" years iffoto he'd have
been a centurion."
In struggling to make a dull-brained
boy understand what co'isciencei 1,
u taacher finally asked, "What, nnkes
you feel uncomfortable after you have
done wrong?"1 "Father's leather strap,
feelingly replied the boy.
Breathitt county Ky., Is described
lu tho Louisville Courier Journal ns:
"i land whrersvolvor nnd f fie
Ar Usca lor the purp we of actillnif iltsoutes:
Where bro is icendcd nioaly a tntlj;
And 'us usu il tor pcop o lo die in the.r oiiots.
"Can a man belong toja brass hand
ami be a Christlan?'rr-ikTin exchange.
We see no impediment iu Hie way. .Hut
If he Is given to praetWt'g at home, it
Is nn litter Impossibility for the man
living next dour to be a Christian.
Henry was sitting ' in Hie parlor
with Laura, and In attempting tu (urn
the gas down dim, he extinguished It.
"Therel" ho exclaimed. "The gas: has
gone nut." "Yes," murmured Laura,
anil I wish somebody would In'low his
example." Then Henry went "but
too.
A ISutland lawyer, In referring to
some prisoners, nddre.s-.ed the jury ns
follows: ' 1 tell yon their knees Minnie
as shook the knees or Beltlheezi,
when Paul said unto hltn: 'Th m mt
the man' " And a lilddetord advocalu
nlusliing at his nhptiiieiit's client bout
ed lu upen couit, "Tell it not in Oath,
publish it pot iu tho streets of Jerusa
lem!" "Hnve ynu brown eyps?" inqiitrHd
A charming brunette, ns she raised her
soft and melting orbs to ri clerk who-J
optics are of tlio particular shade rie.
rrlbi'd, In a miisiu store. He blu-dinl
modestly ns he replied: "Yes, tul,
you know I have; hut of whnt pu-si-bio
Interest can that be to you?" "It's
the music 1 want," she sottly respond,
ed,
A widow-Intending tn succeed her
husband In the management uf an ho
tel atlvet Used that "lho.huti-1 will be kept
hy the widow of-the former landlord,
Mr! Brown, who died last summer on a
new.nud Improved plan." A eoroner"it
verdict reatisllius: "The deceased cntnu
to his death by Vxcesslvo drinking, pin
duclug apoplexy lu. the minds uf (Im
Jury," A country paper says: 'yx
child was run over by a wagon Hire,
years old, nnd ergss-eyed, with panta
lets on."
A bright little three-year-old, .liv
Ing on Elm street, while Iht motiier was
trying to get her to steep, became In
terested1 lu some out-bio noise. She
was told that it was caused by a nick
el when she sagely observed: "Mam
ma, I think he ought tu be oiled."
"My deare-t Maria," wrote a re
cently married husband to his wife,
She wrote back: "Deaie.-t, let mu, cor
rect either your giaiutuar or your mur
als. You address me, 'My dearest
Maria.' Am I tn suppose you havo
other dear Marias?"
The day before a Turkish cill Is
married she Is taken to the bath by lier
lady friends, and lumps ot sugar nrn
broken over her head as a foiecaH ut
tho sweets of matrimony. A year ur
so afterward her husband breaks (he
whole sugar.boulover Iter head.
Tho repoit that a .bold thief style
the American navy n few' nights ngi,
and concealed It in his cellar, lackscon
flrmation. One man couldn't carry alt
the Ametlcnn navy, nny'luitv. it W04I1I
lake at least three to .get safely away
with it.
Oh, heavens, save my wlfil"hnut
ed a man wfTose, wlfo had fallen fiver
board lu the Hudson Hiver recently,
he succeedud Iu rescuing her, say Inn:
"My dear, if ynu'J been drowned .wint
should I have done? I ain't giiing tu
let you carry the pocketbook "gain."
"First class JlltfaUronomy, stand
up. Where does thetiiirise?" "P.fn-H
sir, down In our meadow; I neiil it yes
lerday." "Hold your tpiigue, y.ui
dunce. Where does th slin rl-i-v"
"I know, In the cast." "Ilighll nud
why iu the east?" "Becauss Hie 'Vast
makes everything rise?"
A newly married laby made her
first plum pudding the other day. j
aimed tu make n good pudding,' idm
sAid tu her husband who Is a' rifleman,
when the dish was - servfd. "Von
aimed welt," he replied as he Inhaled
its delicious Iragtance. ' Yes," sho
said; I'made a pluiil sceiiter.'"
Mrs. Dnushudder Ted n tramp jes
terday oecause he wore hii old army
coatuf laded blue, "Yuu went tlirmi'ylt
the wai7" said the sympathetic smll.
"Yes'iti, I was a drummer," and when
the fellow reached the sidewalk he con
cluded Hie setiti nee. "fur a liardrturo
sture In Chicago."
"No woman of proper se)f.repecl"
says a woman's fights juuioal, ihseun
sing the mirriage ceremony-, "will sub
mit tu be given aay". Perhaps iiutj
but, deir, woman's lighter.tu bo "glvntt
away" is uot Hie wurst feature ut tin,
ctreiuutiy. Shu U ttus ulleu "1.0M.'
And If she Isn't, tho chauces at ilwt
the tuau li.
There wast an exhibition or- tableau
tn Fond du Lac, WU. uud the small buy
was present. A scene was presented -"The
exlcutluii of Mary Queen f
S001U" Mary kneeling, wllh her head
on the block, the exeeuiloin-r standing
with uplilted ate pulsed for Hie drain
blow, uiuldbrealhltMhll!iice. biialcK 11
ly, in h tout! whisper, tne small Hoy e.
qlaiuieJ, Pa, why duit'l he ebon "