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M- HAPSHEH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
DlJit SllBiT,LinianT05,Pi.
. ... . !..,. tflllnnrand
Ball Reallistate. Conveyancing ,ieUy done ejoi-
actions promptly inane, nmuus
spesialty. May be cousulted In Kniisn
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Physicians and Dentists.
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'r-UYglCIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention paid to Chronic Diseases.
Ofllca: South Kant cornr Iron anil 2nd at.,I.e
kl(klon,Pa. . April 3, 1873.
1ST.
B. KEHEH, M. D.
V. S KxnmlliluR SurRunn,
rrtAOTiciNa phyhioxan and su e.onoN.
Oinci: BankStreot, IIEUisa'u ULOCK, Lefluih.
ton, Fa.
Ala; be consulted in tho Ocrm n Lli'puazo.
Nov. 30.
W. A. Coitright, D.D.S.,
OFFICE: Opposite liie"ijmadwny House,"
Mauch Chunk, Pa.
ratloms havo the benefit of Hie latest Ira
pravemonts In ine.'ImilMl appliances nnl
tho Ix-st inethols or treatment m all surgical
ases. MTHOUS-OXIHK administered II
desired. If ioII'Ip, persons residing outside
af Muuch Chunk, should m.iks cusiii;' menta
bv malt. J)M1
rnnojus MK.i.s:itR,
JL COXVKYANUEK,
AKI)
SFCHERAL INSUEAHCE AGENT
Tke t!lola Orapintes aro Ropwontedt
LKltA.N )N MU I'UAt. VIB3,
RUAillMS IIUIU.VL i'UIE,
tmumimi Flits:,
roi'i'.-iviiiM: j?inu. .,
i,:;iniin i-'rttK.iitKlthtnrsa v
Er.ISR AliCIDtlNl- INSU.RANOU.
A lo raamvlvinii aud .Mutail Ito.-.n Tlitcl
e.telvonnd In-nraui-c i'"Va"y.
QAR30N HOUSE,
j. w. itAODKN'nusH, proprietoh,
llASK Sr., LXMOKTOX, I'A.
Tho ejAttaos Ilnuac "Hers flrst-class accom
nmdatlaus te tho Traveling public Hn.irdinx
bv tho luy r Week on li'iasoiiahlc Terms.
Ohoice Uixarr, Wlnoa ami i.lnuors aliTiiyion
hiad. lio- l She Is and Stnlilos. wlili ottoe
tlro Hostlers, Attached. April to.yt,
pACKEBTO.s iion.r.
Midway botneen Mauch Chunk & Lehlsshton
LUUPOL1) MEYER, PnoratitToa,
Paekerton, I'cnn'a.
This well known hotel l ndmlrablv refitted,
and has the bosta'Cooiiiiodiiliona lor iierituiti
nt and trami-n' boarders. Krcellent taides
and tho very best liquors. Alio nnnstiililee
llaeUil. Sep:. Id-Jl.
Livery & Sale Stables
UANIC STlt-UriT.J.iaillGMTON, Pa
FAST TROT TING HOUSES,
ELSUAXT CAltUIAGES,
And positively LOWKM l'Hlf!E3 thin any
omer i.iTory iu iua oo.ii.i,
Lorsoanrt hndao-no Canlaiaa for Faneral
nrjajts and Vcclln;. I)AV:i CiiUKKT
WOT. 33 Wli
J. W. RAUDEXUUSII
Kncctfolly ann'mncs 10 the public thnt be
km .mie. rv PIKW lilVUUY ST A 11 In
na'ctiou wllli till huUl, ami li prcparuil tu
faraicli Teams for
Funerals, Mwj or
isiaess Trips
mn eherteit notleo and raou liberal term. All
arderi left at tho'T.irh in HnuaV will receive
etrompb altontPin Stable on Nor'h S rent,
peat I he hotel. l.oliUhmn jnK-M
nrMPIflMO f"r Soldior. wiilowe.
rr Parent' and Children
I I-1 IUIUI IV A!)y ,ifWe, W(,unrt
Ar Injury eetltles, nilllionaapptuprlatod and
worklnc (nrre doublpd. Prtonpi work and
homo made hippy. Fee $10 Apply now.
Widows, re-tiMrrled, now entitle.! during
wldowliowl. Great urce In INCUSASE
eaee. Huontv and IMck Piy.att'i IMaetiire
procured. Dettrlert entitled Id all duel under
new laws. ptiTlUIIIU lor Inventnrn. tarn!
IVarranlt 111 1 Till 10 procured, bought and
sold. The ll'Oilf.D SOLI1IKII." (wcikly
paper). Sample c.ipy Irre. Send aL.tnp lor
hill Instruction,!, blanks and bounty tnble.
V. W. FITZQSnAT.O & CO , Pension, Pat-nt
aad Land Ait'), VasUintoa, D,0. -l.tos
DROP TN AT 'PIT K. i
Carbon Advocate
OFFICE FOB
Cheap Printing ! a
IggTlie CiVRRON Arvocatr
one year for $1, and Kendall's
Horse Book re a prominm.
II. V. Mobtihmeb, Proprietor.
VOL. XI., No 5.
Railroad Guide.
ia & Mil E. R.
Arrangement of Passenger Trains.
NOVEMIIEU, 12th, 18S2.
Trams leave Allentown at follows :
(Via I'BRKIOMKN ItAtLltOAD.)
For Philadelphia at '5.10, 6.45, 11.10 a. m.,
and '3.10 p. tu,
SUNDAYS.
For Phlladelphlaat 6.00n.m. and 3.31p.m.
(Via Hast I'knn Hrancu.)
For Iteadlng and UnrrlsbuOg, 0 00, 8.40 a.
tn.. V2.15, 4.3 1, nnd 9.05 p. m.
Kor Lancaster and Columbia, 8. CO, 8.40 a,
m., and 4 3up a.
SUNDAYS.
For llnrrlsburg, and wnypolnts, 0.05 p. tn.
Trains for Allentown leavo as follows !
(Via Pkhkiomkh IIailhoad )
Lravo Philadelphia, 7.40 a. m. and 1.00,
1.35, and &.15 p. in.
SUNDAYS.
Leavo Philadelphia, 8.10 a. m., 3.15, and
4 SO p. tn.
(Via F.ast Pk. Branch.)
Leave Heading, 7.30, 1015 a. m., 2.00,3.55,
nnl n 13 p. in.
i.c.ivu iiarnsDurff, a-v', 7.ou, v.uu n. in , i.ia
id 4.W) p. in.
I.'nvu Lancaetcr, t7.30 a, in., 1.0J and (3.40
P m'
l.tf.iro i..,mu iiii.iu,, iv itiiu i.tu.
troui KhiitStrret lleput.
SUNDAYS.
Lenvo Ilcndlnir, 7 30 a. m.
Leave llurilshurie, a. m.
Tral-s via "Perklomen Knllroad" marked
thus () run l and I ruin Depot. Ninth n tut
Urcen eln oik, I'lilhulclphhi, other trains lo
and front Itrund street Depot.
Tho Suohinl 0.45 . in. trains from Allen
town, ami hu 135 ind A 15 p. in, trjln Irom
J'liiiailelpina, via I'tTKltitcen itaiirnau, navo
tUroutsh cim to and hum Philadelphia.
J. K. WOOTTKN,
(Icneral Managor.
C. Q. UANC'OI'K,
llen'l I'n'j'r Jc Ticket Agent.
November 6th
JOHNR.G.WEYSSER,
rnorrtiETon of the
West End Brewery,
Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Pore Porter aefl Lapr Bssr
Delivered all ovor the State.
OctotiarS.ltSl yi
V YOU AUK IS NEED OI'
Hoots, Shoes,
Hats, Caps,
or, Gents' Furnishing Goods
GO TO
CLAUSS&BROTHER
THE rOPUl.AR
Merchant Tailors,
Bank Street, Lehighton.
PHIOES VERY LOW FOU (1ASH. The
public patronage eollclted. Julyl-tf
Central Carriage Works,
Bank St., Lciiiglilon, Ta.,
Are prepared to Manufacture
Carriages, Buggies, Sleighs,
Spring Wagon, &c,
Uf every description, In tho most substantial
manner, uud at Lowest Cash Prices.
Hepali-Iiif l'romiitl; Attended to.
TRF.XLER k KUE1DLER,
April 23, 1993 yl Proprietor!.
IL was WeSsiSj
DANK STREET, first store alwive Iron,
calls attention in his new ami lush
tunable Flock
All of which ha Is Selling at VERY LOW
EST CASH PRICES.
6f An Inspection invited and satisfaction
Kaaiantccd In all eases.
Life and Fire !
E. K. Stroh, General Apt,
AT MAUOH CHUNK, Pa.
Only gnol and reliable Companies rcpre-
, enle.1. AUn, .RPnt for thi ITALIAN nmt
ROTTKnnAM MNF. OF 6TJJA MER3.
r mmmmr?
Tlie great superiority of DR.
BULL'S COUGH SYRUP over
allothercough remedies is attested
by the immense popular demand
for that old established remedy.
For the Cure of Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness, Croup, Asthma, Uron-
chitb, Whoopinr? Coush, Incipient
Consumption and for the relief of
consumptive persons in advanced
stages of the Di.xasc. For Sale
bytllDnipiicts. Price, 2.") cents.
With MciDe Qnality not Quantity is
J- -j-i t. . i 11.
iiitj w&m nnLiiaucB; nsxi is me
Knowledge antl Expenence to Cor
rectly Prepare and Disteetlicsamc
At A. J. CURLING'S
POPULAR
Drug k Family Mlciiie Store,
Bank Stree Lehighton,
You can always rely upon Kfltln,' STUIOT
LV l'uieaud CTtinijulterateit
Drugs and Medicines.
DURI.I.VO, carries tho larcest slock
PATI NT .MKDIl IMS In Iho county.
Dl'ULINd hasanLleuunt stock of DRUO.
UIM'.i .SIINDI.ll.S, KANOY nnd Tlll
LKT .WMICLIIS fur the ladles as n,:llas
he ncnts.
DURI.I.NO makes HORSKand CATTLE
POWIIEIIS n sp 'dally. Ills ia yoirs exper
lnee In the drurf Imslncys gives iiltu a great
ailvanliiKC In th ,t line.
TIIUSS1.S, SUPPDKTEIlSa'ndliriAUES
always a largo stock on hand.
WINKS and LIQrOHS, both roreln and
domestic. Ho lias u Clinton (i-rape Wlno and
a Dry Ualawba Wine. Just splendid and
cheap.
WALL PAPiniS and noitDERS the
largest assortment in t)tvn.
Oo to UUIILINIPS with your preeenp.
lions OotoDUIILINU'3 for your Patent.
Medicines.
Ho lo PUnLtNO'S for ynurfaiieyart'clcs.
Farmers nnd horsemen nolo lH'ltl.lNU'J
for your Horse and O.ittlc Powders.
ring. 5.yl.
IRVVry wnntrd.in sell Ldlson's Mus.
rvvjj., 10 loilTclcpbononnd Kdlson'i
Instntitaneous Pi.inoand Dran .Music," En
close slump lorctnlotuo nnd terms.
EDISON 81US1U CO., Philadelphia. Pa.
dee. 24. tu 6.
IMH-B-'SJ-H-A--I-S-ItS
As It Js for all te pitiful Clca3 ef tlio
i It cleanses tUs flyateiii cf tio acrid pclson
that causes the drcadTul cuCcrln? wlilcC:
only mo vicuna oirueunfttuin cm rc&uzo.
I THOUSAMSn Or OAf"3
of tho worst forma cfth3 tsrrlKa clt'f ?!
havo been qUctly relieved, oad in eiiort
PSnFECTLV CURCO
rnifx ncjun cr mn, sou hj i.'uiccists.
(6i vry cv do ient dt mr.ii.
vnxvi, iat,iiAur)so;jc(.1jJm:inpton,vt
llrspectluily uiiuotinres tn tho people of Le
highton nnd its vicinity, t lint he ia now pre
pared to supply them with all kinds of
Household Furniture
Manufactured from the best Seasoned Male
rials at Price, fully as lowns thosamearticle,
elm ho louuht lor els'-nhcro, Here aro a few
ol the Inducements offered '
'arlor Sets nr from 450 to M
Walnut idarblO'top Dres'inK (.aso
llrilriHim Suites. 3 pieces MOtotH
Painted Drdroom Suites alstolio
t'ano Seatil t'halrs, perset ofO..., 40
juinnifln nairs, per ret oi o $
V nnuuii otner tiniais eijuuliy cheap.
In this connection, I desire to call the at
to'tt"n oftbe tieoide lo myample fjellltics In
TIIE UNDERTAKING BUSINESS
with a NEW and IIANDSO.MK 11KAIISK,
and ft lull lino of OASsKKPS and COFFINS,
I am prvpuied to intend promptly to all or
ders In this Hue. at lowest prices.
Patronage resiicctrully solicited and the
most aaiple tatlttactln guaranteed.
V. SCHWARTZ,
octlJ HANK St., Lehlgbton.
Wanted, Salesmen,
To canvass for the sale nf N'nmrr
J Stock. Unenii illed raellltles. No
1 experience required. Sala'v nnd ex-
fjpenses pud Too ncros of r'rult nnd
fjOrnatoental Tree., shrub. It. sss,
. et. w. a T. SMITH. Oeoera. N Y.
Haws
E THE GS815AT CPiKlT.
S : 5
I El
GO 35st-I
INDEPENDENT"
LEIIIGIITON, CAltBON COUNTY,
The Christmas Prayer;
OK,
ANNIE AND WILLIE.
'Twu the evo beforo Christmas! "Good
night" had been said,
And Annie and Willie hail crept Into bed.
There were tears on their pillows, aud tears
in their eves,
And each little bosom was heaving w lib
sighs,
For to-night their stern father's command
had been given,
That they should retire precisely at seven,
Insleudofat eight; for they troubled him
more
With questions unheard of, than ever bo
forej
He told them he thought this delusion n
sin.
Nu such being as "Santa Claus" ever had
teen, ,
And he hoped after this, he should never
more hear
How he. scrambled down chimneys with
presents each year.
And this was the reason that two little
heads
So restlessly tossed on their soft downy
beds.
Eight, nine, nnd the clock on the steeple
tolled ten;
Not a word had beeu spoken by either till
then,
When Willie's sad face from the blanket
did peep,
And whispered, "Dear Annie, Is you fast
asleep?"
"Why no, brother Willie," a sweet voice
replies,
"I've tried, but ill vain, for I can't shut
my eyes,
For somehow it makes ma sorrow because
Dear papa has said there is no 'Suuta
Clans.'
Now we know tbero Is, and it can't be de
nied,
For he camo every year before mamma
died;
Cut then, I'vo been thinking that she used
tn pray, '
And God would hear everything mamma
would say.
And perhaps alio asked him to send Santa
Claus here
With the sack full of presents he brought
every .year."
'Well, why tan't we B'ay dest as mamma
did den, ',
And ask Dod to send blm with p'esenls
adeli?"
"I'vo been thinking so too." And without
"awnrd more, V i ; ; . . "
Four little bare feet bounded out on the
floor,
And four lilllc knees' the soft carpet pressed,
And two tiny hands wero. clasped close th
each breast.
Now, Willie, you know we musl firtnly
believe
That the preseuls we ask for, we're sura tn
receive.
You must wait Justus still,' till I say the
Amen,'
And by that yen will know that your turn
has come then.
Dear Jesus, look down on my brother and
me,
And, grant us tho favor we are seeking of
thee.
I want a wax dolly, a tea-set and ring,
And an ebouy work box that shuts with a
spring;
Bless papa, dear Jecus, and cause him to
see
That Santa Claus loves us far belter than
he;
Don't let lilm get frelful and angry again
At dear brother Willie and Annie. Amen."
"Please, Destis, 'et Santa Taus turn down
to night,
And b'ing na'some p'eeents beforo it Is'ight.
I want he should dive mo a nlee 'iltlo s'ed,
W id b'ight shinin' 'unners, and all painted
e.l;
A-bnx full oftandy, a bonk and a tov:
Amen, and den, Desus, I'll be a dood boy."
Their prayers being ended they raised up
their heads,
And with hearts light and cheerful, again
sought their beds.
They were soon lost in slumber both peace
ful and deep,
And with fairies In dreamland wore roam
ing in sleep.
Eight, nine, and the littlo French clock
had struck ten,
Ero the father had thought of bis children
ufnin;
He seems now to hear Annie's half sup
pressed sighs,
And to Eee tho big tears stand in Willie's
blue eyes;
"I wos harsh with my daillngs,"he ment
ally said,
"And should not have sent them so esrly
to bed,
Cut then I was troubled; my ladings found
vent,
For hank stock to day has gone down ten
per cent.
But.if coura-s they've forgotten their troub
les ere lhl,
And that I denied them tho thrice-asked
for kiss;
But just to make sure, I'll steal up to tho
door,
or I never spoke harsh to my darlings
before."
So faying, he softly ascended the stairs.
And arrived at the door to hear both of
their prayers.
His Annie's "llless papa" .draws forth the
big tears,
And Willie's grave promise falls sweeten
his ears.
"3trange, strange I'd forgolten," said be,
with a sigh,
"How 1 long-d, when a child, to haye
l.hristmas draw nigh.
I'll atone for my harshness," ho inwardly
said,
"By answering their prayers ero I sleep tn
my oea."
Then he turned lo the staircase, and softly
went down,
Threw off velvet slippers, and silk dresslog
gown,
Donned hat, coat, and boots, and was out In
the street,
A millionaire facing the cold, driving sleet.
Nor stopped he uutll he bad bought every
thing, From a box full or sweets lo the tiny gold
ring.
Indeed be kepi adding ro muoh to bit store,
Live and Let Live."
PA., SATURDAY, DEOEMBER 23, 1882.
That tho various presents outnumbered a
scorn.
Then homeward lie turned, with his boll
day load,
And, with Aunt Mary's holp, in the nursery
'twas slowed.
Miss Dolly was seated beneath a pine tree,
Ily the sfde ol a table spread out for her tea;
A workbox, well filled, In tho centre wus
laid,
And on it a ring, for which Annio had
prayed.
A soldier, in uniform, stood by a sled
"With bright, shining runners, and all
painted red."
There wero balls, dogs and horses, books
pleasing tn see,
And birds of all colors were perched in the
tree;
While Santa Claus, laughing, stood up Id
the top.
As it getting read more presents to drop,
And as the fond father tho pk-tdre surveyed,
He thought for bis trouble he had amply
.been paid;
And he said to himself, as he brushed oil' a
,. tear,
i in uappier lo-nigui man i vo ucen lor a
year;
I've enjoyed more true pleasure than ever
before,
What care I if bank slock fall ten per cent,
more?
Hereafter I'll make it a rule, I Relieve,
To have Santa Claus visit us each Christ
mas Eve."
So thinking; he genlly extinguished Ihe
ligbt,
And tripped down the stairs to retire for
the night.
As soon as the beams of tho bright morning
sun
Put the darkness to flight, and tho stars,
one by one,
Four little blue eyes out of sleep opened
wide,
And at the same moment tho presents es
pied. Then out of their beds they sprang with a
hound,
And tho very gifts prayed far were all ot
them found.
They laughed and they cried In their in
nocent glee,
And shouted for "papa" to conio quick and
see
What presents old Santa Claus brought in
the night,
(Just Iho things that they wanted,)and left
beforo light;
"And now," added Annie, in a voice soft
and low,
"You'll believe there's n Sanla Claus, papa,
I know."
Whllo deor littlo Willie cllnbed upon his
knee.
Determined no secret between them should
be,
And told, in soft .whispers, how Aunie had
said
That, their blessed mamma, so long ago
dead,
Used.tn kneel down aud pray, by tho side
of l;er chair,
And that God, up In heaven, hod answered
liar prayer.
Don wo dot up and p'ayed drst as well as
we tould,
And Dud answered our p'ayers. Now,
wasn't he dood?"
"I should say that ho was, if ho sent you all
these,
And knew just what presents my children
Would please.
(Well, well, let him think so, the dear lit
tle elf,
'Twould be cruel to tell him I did it my
self.)" Blind father! who caused your slern heart
lo relent,
Aud the hasty words spoken so soon lo re
pent? 'Twas the Being who bado you steal softly
up stairs,
Aud made you His agent to answer their
prayers,
Mns. Sornu P. Skow.
COMING HOME CHRISTMAS;
OB,
Seeing Better Days.
The sturdy gossips of the seaside Til
lage who went nboutiWith their skirts
well lucked up nud their bare browuaims
ready and able for any work, looked as
kance nt the Widow Mlnton, with her
pitiful racnneruess of aspect, her flicker
ing Wnck eye, nnd her trailing old gown.
Thoy nudged each ctlisr.nnd said: Bet
ter days Lord save us!"
But the widow did uot trouble the
neighbors much, nor they her. A body
who couldn't do a heartsoaie lmti'a stir
ring was beet left alone to her brooding;
nnd the widun'g smoky little cabin, soli
tartly apart on the sea-shore, wan left
pretty much to hrrMlf und her sou Tom.
Torn was a sturdy, brown-faced lad,
who picked npa living by doing odd jobs
for the boillmeu, aud now and then tak
ing a day for fishing. Tnm hnd probab
ly tievtr eeu better days. The widow
shook her henrt over him so stupidly
content, poor Tom! so beaming nnd good
nntiired over bepgarlfness and hopeless
ness. A toll, well-grown fellow, wilh
bare feet, n torn straw hat and n red shirt.
Tom look the world easily, looking with
reverent eyes on his mother's by-gone
geulilily, but by uo means seeming to
covet it for himself.
Tho miuister of the pariah, mistaken
soul, deemed it inenmbent lo mixkon, call
on the widow ; nnd, on charily bent, it is
said lie unwarily offered to employ ber
services in bis household for a season.
He deemed it his duty to rouse the old
woman to activity.
He did rouse her; audit is averred tbnt
he never found time to call at the cabin
agalu. Did be take her for a common
household drudge, or a low-born fltld
band? Bbe thanked God she bad too
much spirit left yet to put herself under
anybody's feet. He hadn't far to go to
find scores or drudges and diggers, but
bo might go farther before he kntw a
lady when be saw her.
It might have been the afternoon after
the good man's visit that tho widow nat
idly brooding at her cabin-door. Her
eyea bvi a wandering, far-away look.snd
atjuurjrcr
$1.00
her face was thinner nnd kceucr than
ever. Heyond the bluff which sheltered
her cabin stretched it far line of sea-const,
the whits sand gienmiog silvery in tho
sun. Tar off n group ol'balbcrs.in bright
dresse, frolicking betweon shore and
water. They came from the prent hotel
down beyond; sho could nlmost c.itch
tho sound of their voicts ns sho sat slow.
ly rocking in her uoorwny. it was n
quiet afternoon; the air was soft nud
soolhiug, nnd the widow's heart, so full
of bitterness, felt Itkelf sweeten nud soil-
en in the stillucsi. This part of tho
shore, sheltered by the overlmngiug rock
was seldom disturbed by iulrudern, but
presontly the watoher's eye caught sifjht
of ayonngglrl splashiug nnd frolicking
in the wuter just bejoml Ihe rocks. It
wnq n pretty sight, the rounded arms, the
curving shoulders, tho swaying, flialing
figure. Aud perhaps tho old woman re
called with a sigh the time when she was
young nnd blithe too, nnd hnd as cheery
n voice as that with which the fair swim
mer hailed liir companions in the dis
tance. Gazing nbsenlly on the Mniling scene.
n reverie fell upon her enr nud when she
looked nHuiti, the yotiug water tijinph
had disappeared. She had probably
swam nshore behind tho rocks. The
widow turned nwny, huggiog her thin
shawl over her thin shoulders, nnd
thought that the sea wind was chilly,
ifarkl What was that? Surely she heard
a cry. Iho merry shout or ringing laugh
this; it might be (be cry of a wild bird
on its way to its mate.
She conldu't have got beyond her
depth, the young creature, sunly! But
la! what of it if she hnd? Dying ymmg,
body gets quit of a deal of trouble,
And Yfs, surely, that was a Hurenm.
Tho widow looked sharply out, Would
Tom never comi? The tide was rising,
and ami certainly something was the
matter. She called she beckoned fran
tically to the bathers beyond they
seemed both blind nnd deaf.
No one, not one soul nt hand, and that
yonngthlDg in peril or lift-l A mlnuto
she stood still, listening a feeble old
woman, with n haggard, scared face,' to
whom no ono would have dreamed of
looking for help.
I can't stand this," shesnid, "Seems
I might pull out that old scow myself.
"Tom!" she screamed, with a yell that
held the concentrated energy of ten years.
But no Tom appeared. And it was the
widow herself, with those withered old
hands that disdained the minister's
kitchen work it was tho widow herself,
who, siraining, tugging, nnd with hor
gray hair fluttering in the wind, un
loosed the old dug-out from its moorings
aud trembling, uubkillful armed with n
rude puddle, went spiuuiug out dizzily
ovir tho water. It leaked, the old scow;
it scorned the broken paddlo nnd the
heavy oars, but finally it came drifting
out blindly nnd dizzily to the object of
liersenrch. A plump hand, with a glit
tering ring npou it, clutched the edge of
tho boat, nearly upsetting it. A young,
eager face, with streaming hair, looked
up Irom the waves, nnd gasping, shud
dering, hnlf-drowntid.nud wholly seartd.
the young water-nymph was presently
aboard the old craft.
"Oh, how frightened I was!" she cried;
"I felt sure I was losing all my Htrenglh,
and would go to the bottom. Ob, you
good soul! you dear soul! how ever did
yon got to mo iu this water-loggcd
craft?"
'It has scon its best days, certain,"
s-id tho widow, tugging nt the oars.
"You don't look nble for such work,"
said the girl.
"I have seen better days," was tho
quiet answer.
Anil tbeu oh, sufficient reward of
nil her effort6l this real lady, this fair
young girl with the soft hands nnd the
pretty bulbing drebs, actually replied,
"I thought so."
"Hero, glvo ma tho oar,'' she nd"ded,
still pantiug. "But, my dear soul, we'll
never be ablo to row down lo that point,
where I left my clothes, and I can't walk
to the hotel; I'm awfully tired. Can't
yon putmo nshore nt your place, nud send
word for me down yonder?"
The little dark cabin on the shore
brightened up wilh nu nmtonted liiattr
ns the widow sheltered her j onng charge,
aud changed her wet garments for some
of her own.
"If my Tom would only come I'd send
him for your thinga."
"Oh, no matlerl I'll wrap your shawl
nronud me nnd walk down myeelf after
I've rested a bit. I'm notburt.you koo',
only scared. Dear me.how I was scared.
My old nurie tised to teach mo not to
scream; but if I Imdu't i-crcamed, where
should I have been now, I wonder?"
Mrs. Minion, would gladly havj parted
with the last shred she possrshed, and
gone sMverirg the rest of fcer dajs.to sei'
ber worn-out gown donned so handsome
ly by tho bright lassie.
"They have even betbr days, Ihe
clothis, miss, nnd I'll u )t deny that they
have ber u in good company in Ibeir time;
but tbej 're not fit for a l.idy now."
Her coinpnniou laughed; a pretty, mis
cbievona langh. She read tho wenkners
of hi r resoner, and treated it tenderly,
"Whatever a lady has worn is fit for a
lady to wear," she Slid, and fnrwlth
wrapped herself, smiling, in the old gray
sV.au 1.
And at that moment Tm. with his red
shiit gleaming in the setllug son, and a
string of fish on his shoulder, stood in
tho doorway.
He stopped when ha saw Ibn guest
standing upon the bearlb-stone, n bright
tta behind her, and the kettle boiling
cheerily. She nodded to him fanillUrly.
Tom thought bo must bo dreaming.
Tom and I are acquainted," said she.
"Are you?" responded the astonished
widow.
'Yes," said the girl; "I'vo watched
! Tom many n time walking along the
j shore with his red sblrt,and (nca be took
i father and mo out rowing. Tom, your
mother saved my lift."
a Year if Paid in Advance.
If not paid in advance, $1.23.
"Saved ynnr liltl" echoed Tom, who
never in all bn life had heard of bis
mother's doing anything beforo.
Tom. stupid nud staring, was hutried
on in starch of the missing garment?.
And meanwhile his mother betook her
self to making a cup of lea for ber pro
tege. It was woudertnl bow n littlo
warmth of human feeling had roused Ibis
woman to lifonnd activity ngaln.
When Tom returned, l ideu with vari
ous articles of uppurfl.the two were quiet
ly sipping their tea together at the old
round table.
He did not rcliirn alone, however. Ful
luwirg him came a tall, gray-headed
gentleman.
"Here's father!'' cried the girl, sr.rii'g.
tug forward. "Oh, father.ttiis good lady
saved my life!"
Lilly 1 Tho Widow Minlou wanted to
kss the beautiful roy Hps that pronounc
ed the words.
"Well, my diar," said tho old gcullo-l
man, giiod-hnmortdlypiiichiiig thi idtinip
check, "fbn has done itvsry thoroughly.
You certainly don't look vtry near death
jnt now.
Whcrent tho story, wllh duo enlaige-
meut aud v.itiution, was told with n pret.
ty pout. Tho father smiled, but also he
furtively wiped nvnyVtJtoar.
Well, madam " said ho courfernsly,
"accept my cordial thai,l; lor looking
after my little madcap Brll. She's my
only child, yon see, nud us lull of pranks
as any doz-n,"
Belle playfully put her bnud over his
month. "I won't have my charaettr tra
duced where thoy'ye beenso'good to dip,"
she cried. "And oh, father, isn't this n
beautiful place such n nice view of Ihe
water! I mean to come dowu bore every
day and do my sketching."
"I'm nl'ruid," snid the sire, shaking his
bend, "Ibis good lady will have cause to
wish she bod thrown you overboard."
"Oh uo, father; she likes me and I like
her. And I'vo fallen in love with Tom
long ago, you know."
Tom blushed painfully. Something
strango aud new stirred in his mind.
Compliments did not sweeten his
thoughts ns they did his mother's, for
Tom had never seen belter days, aud felt
as if he had been mado a jest of.
A week passed during which tho young
girl strolled almost daily lo tho cabin.
When she was there Tom seldom entered
the house. Ho had grown shy nnd
sulky; he sat ou the shore dorkly brood
ing, or went off silently to his fishing.
One morning Belle and ber father de
parted. Belle kissed the withered cheek
of her friend, and that was all, For
when mention had been made of helping
her substantially, the widow had drawn
herself sharply up, all tho lady shining
in her eye.
"I may have seen my belter days," she
said, "but I haven't como to that yd.
And if I needed any reward, I've got it
now," sho added, as she felt tho soft
blood mnntliug in the cheek that Belle
hnd kissed.
Long after the two had left, Tom went
about with n cloud on bis face, aud in
bis ear were those mocking words: "I'm
in love with Tom," A disgust for his
fishing life and for himself and for nil
their miserable surrounding's of poverty
filled the lad's heart with an unwonted
bitterness.
"Mother," snid ho ' one day, as be sat
ilarkly brooding over the hearth, "ton
6nid you were n born lady; why didn't
3 ou muke n gentleman of nu?"
"I hadn't any money left when you
came," said tho widow briefly.
"Then it's money that makes people
gentlemen nnd ladies?"
"I don't know," snid the widow, puz
zled; "they somehow m stly have it."
Ono day Tom came nnd told her ho
was going to sen. There had been n man
down lookiug for bands, aud he bad taken
Tom gladly, for Tom was a baudy fellow
at almost any kind of sea craft, and
would soon make a good seaman.
"And you must just bide hero patient
ly till I come back, mother; for if there's:
butter days anywhere. I shall bting 'em
with me, be sure."
After that tho sea looked bitter hnd
colder than ever, nnd iho solitary woman
lived a sort of hermit's life. No cheery
voico of gossiping neighbor lightened
Ihe dreary cubiu, no children prattled
about ber; and only Belle, tho bright,
blilbc-htuiled lassie, seemed to remem
ber to cheer her wilh rr Idler now nud
then. Belle wa-j away nowvisiling some
dialaut friend-), but in kindly heart the
kept a corner, it teemed, fur the poor old
woman who had saved her life.
Three years four- patsed hwny, and
duly of a summer afttruoon you might
have see-H the nldow sitting in her door
way, eager and hollow-ej-ed, looking or.t
for some possible ship that might be
Tom'n. Tom was not a good corres
pondent, but occasionally up at ILe little
pi'Blofflco a waiideiiug epistle waited ber
trembling band. Sho wai growing vt-rj
old and feeble now; 5,nt Tom was get
lingup in the woild Tom was first mnte
of his ship Tom was a success Tom
was a geiitlemnn nnd oh, nbovo all
things, Tom was coming home!
Not every one wnlcbe3 in vain, though
we may not always bo looking in thu
right direction. Itwnssowith Ihewidow.
As she sat Chtihtmaa day, with strained j
eyes gr.lng ou Ihe fnr-off niu-lit Mile,
md seeing how some of them hovered
nearer and uearer, nnd some, alas! lock
wing further and further away, the i oor
way darkened suddenly; there cnnie
rushing upon her, M if dropped irom tho
olouds, a plump.elark-eyed, rosy-chceked
lady, who flung herself into Iho nrms of
the wateher wilh a rry of joy."
"Oh, mother!" she exclaimed, half
sobhlugi half laushing "oh mother!
don't you kuow me? Why, I'm Tom's
wife, and I've brought the captain with
me!"
"Mother,'' said Captain Tom that
night, "you've seen better dayi, perhaps,
but I never have."
"For. didn't I tell you," Mid Mrs
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Tom, nrchly, "Ibnt I win in love wilts
Tom. Aud father owns half hbj ship,
yon know; so if Tom's captain, I'm sec
ond mnte, you sec. And we're going io
tnke yotlnvny lo whero we found our
better days."
'M7 Rack is now Well."
Thnt is what Mr. Clntighlnn,nweH,Ma
was happy lo sjy after his wife had" given
hlni a good rubbing wllh TsnnT Davis'n
I'Ats Kii.i.kr, nnd administered a dose in
wardly. For four years ho had been stip
pled wllh rheumatism, and suffered ognny
In tils back. After using Pain Kii.lkb, h
wcnl to his business with comfort, aud I
now us well as eytr.
rortbe UxnnoN Aovooatk.
SCIEHTIFIC MISCELLANY.
It is maintained by Nordonsdirld
that the nnrora is n permanent phenom
enon iu polar regions, appearing tf n-
.slnntly when thesnu is below the hoiliou
nnd Hit- moon is invisible.
It wos nsserled by a Brazilian dele
gate to the Geneva Sanitary Congress
t int ciiCe' is n natural antidote to alco
h 1, nml that the consumption ofnlco
h illc stimulants is comparatively smr-il
wli. ro cnllVo is apopular driuk, as in LU
own country.
I'rof. Much, of neidclbcrg,has found
good rrascus for believing lb-it many
railway nccidetila have been due to del- o
tivo hearing 01 tho part of engineers rr
ol) cr in cLargoof liuioa. Expert roedi
oil tesiimuiiy nhnws that railway em
pit yes are especially liable to nffeeliocs
of the ar.
A natural inteimitlcnt spring ha it
ceully formed in the Frenoh Alps. Tie
water nppenrs at regular intervals of five
and seven minutes, nbont (en qnnrts Ic
ing yielded each time. A singular cir
cumstance is that one flow of -materia
lukewarm nud ccinrless, while tho next
discharge is cold and wine-red.
Scientific investigation by Trof. Pon-
fick, of llrtslau, has verified tho suspicion
that all common mushrooms are poison
ous. Washing anil boiling tlcpriTe them
of their poisonous qualities in a grceter
or less degree. Dried mushrooms requiia
at least a month of dryiug, and aro not
really safe until after four months.
Dr. Burcq has suggested that solu
tions of copper Baits be used to impreg
nate clothing, furniture and buildingron-
terinls as a preservative against infection
diseases. He was led to offer this sug
gestion by observing that workers in cop
per who absorb a considerable amount
of dust from tho metal enjoy n quite
general immmilty from cholera, typhoid
fever and like complaints, whllo copper
salts protect various materials from para,
sites.
Mankind is more iudobted to indus
try than ingenuity.
Little things console ns, bccan
littlo thiugs afflict us.
The scales of justice are for tho
weight of the transgressor.
No ouc is ever fatigued after the ox-
crcise ef forbearance.
Matthew Rhoda, Allentown, Pa., sayst
"Brown's Iron Hitlers cured me nf nervous-
nc:s, debility and indigestion.
Truth is slrnuger than fish stories.
Pressing business running n older-
mill.
A pair of slippers Ihe orange and
banana skins.
A printer, titrnod lawyer, know
wbut n good case ia.
Get the Advocate 01m year for one
dollar.
fS.The Diamond Dyes always do mora
than llmv claim to do. Color over that old
dress. It will look like new. Only leu
cents.
The dealer iu artificial bulr is a firm
believer iu false profile.
A ruuslcinu iu Cincinnati U named
Sord. IIo grow from 11 little boi.
Ily (bo linio a man has a skating rink
on th-; top of bis head he U too old to g
tl.iitiug.
At A Bad Time.
Commander J. II. Coglilan, 17. S. N.,
writes tn us Irom the Navy Yard at Mam
Island, Cab An enforced lesiilem-e of mo
yean in California made tnc Ilia sul ject nf
must painful attacks of rheumatism. Con
sultation upon my rasoby eminent N. vol
nud other surgeons failed to afford iiim tha
slightest relief, Dr lloyle recommended m
do St. Jacob's Oil, th happy result of tli
uto of which was my complete and wonder
ful cure. HWu,ijfoi C.,J Army and
-Vuiy Rcqialtr.
A sure cure 'nr Hlieplessuess is to
imagine you have got to get up.
A Ciuciiiuitti woman knocked her
husband enseI(S3 with a copy of the
Bible. The old version is good at d
strong yet.
Hunting in the wrong cemetery for
the headstone of a depnrte d jrieud would
naturally bo cnlltd a gravo mistake.
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"3UCKUPAI3A."
Quick, complete eure, all annoying Kid
ney, Madder nnd brniuury Diseases, jl.
Diuggista.
Most meu will chin, ntd dodge, and
come back sit you ou ntiy argument, tint
no man will allow another tn split lmiM
on the question of next in a crowded
barber shop, when its his I urn.
A Chicago man has invented n,eat
iioutable.warelhatloaksjust like porce
lain, end is hi eostacies whe n ho sees a
vervact girl drop half a dczeu cups and
fchrie-k ith horror at observing their
failure lo break.
V -,r, ., vmcra urairipg n gen-
teel, lucrative agency business, by wliien $
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or.ee, on vlal, to H. C. Wit.ktssov A- Co.,
in-. n...i too -riin.. v
--A young gentleman who was pledged
to take a yonuglady to a party remarked
to her ou tho afterdoon previous to lb
event that be was going home to take a
sleep in order to bo fresh, "That'is
right," she replied, -bnt dn not sleep too
1odr," "WhjV" he asked. Beeanae,"
sho answered, ' I iU uot want jon to tea.
too fresh."