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Don't be misled by flashingly worded advertisements and the prom
ise of marvelously low prices, nor by pack peddlers or small retail
dealers, but call on D. S. Bock, the popular Lehighton Jeweler, and
; take your choice out of an elegant assortment of goods unequalled in
the Lehigh Valley for style and prices.
634 Hamilton St.,
ALLENTOWN, -. -' - PENN'A,
I?eg leave to announce that their Lines of Goods arc complete.
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A careful examination
single weakness in the entire assortment, including as it does, every style,
quality and shading made for this season's sales.
Blankets, Muslins and Table Linens-large variety
In the matter of
IN SPITE OF LUCK.
In uplte of 111 luck, I mean, for of nil
unlucky pecplo tho Armstrongs had been
what old Mrs. Ordway called "tho beat
omost." It had been a gradual come
down bo far as tho oldest inhabitant
know, and old Mrs. Lyons, "nigh onto a
hundred!" "ho said, could well remem
ber tho groat-great-graudfather of the
lata Nathan, who was a well to do man
and represented the town at tho general
court, and out of courtesy was alwayB
Colled Squire.
The grandfather of Nathan, though
(standing high in tho estimation of tho
townspeople, being tho old Squire's only
eon, enjoyed a sort of free and easy life,
jmd having what the exact and prim
housewives called a "shiftless wife," as
the years went on developed into a 6eedy
looking old man who liked his pipe and
hi case too well for a determined effort
tn any direction. His sons, as tho vil
lagers said, did not amount to much and
tho time came when the only descendant
loft was Nathan, a grandson. Nathan's
physiognomy showed to the closo obser
ver what' effect might bo expected from
each a down hill process. Fortunately
he wasn't vicious; ho drank neither ci
der nor whisky, was honest and good na
tured and easy. Ilia wife, a poor girl,
who had little education but a good
hart, must have seen something to ad
mire, else she would not have slaved
twolvo long years to keep the larder half
filled. Sho would doubtless have gone
on slaving many more had not the good
Lord taken her up higher and mercifully,
too, removed Nathan only a few days
later.
The clergyman who officiated at the
obsequies called it "an Inscrutable dis
pensation of Providence," but in the
opinion of tho village doctor it was d
"want of drainage" Little Tommy,
their only child, was then about 10 years
old, long and lank, with ill fitting clothes
from which hU wrists and ankles pro
truded In such a suggest Ivo way tho min
ister's wlf er who had a largo heart for
the heathen in TJmzilla's kingdom, said
to Mrs. Uraham, "it might be necessary
to borrow trousers and jacket for the
boy to wear to tho funeral, since It was
to bo in tho vestry."
Tommy's long hair and sallow skin did
not make him specially; attract! ve, though
the mournful black eyes, full of unshed
tears, in a well fed and well dressed boy
who had not lived hi the malarious val
ley that hod been his home, might have
found foster parents whoso hearts would
bavo gone out to him. Instead, poor
boy, Deacon Allen, overseer of the poor,
wondered If Beth Q rattan did not wont
boy to help him on his farm; the au
thorities would "bind him out" probably
tor a term of years and get him off their
-. hands.
"None of that shiftless tribo for mo,"
said Mr. Oratton when interviewed.
"But," said Deacon Allen, who with a
little opposition was always ready with
on argument, "you don't know nothln'
agin the boy, and in ten years' time you
can git a heap o' work out of him bo a
good Investment."
"Humph, I tell ye, I believo in hered
ity , And I don't want any such lazy ne'er-do-wells
about."
"Hia mother wasn't lazy," said the
deacon.
"Now, don't tell mo she was smart,
Hvincr there as she did."
"Well, but what's to bo done with the
Doyr"
"There's tho poor house."
"No.no, Mr. Q rattan, don't send tho
Httlo fellow there," and Ilaniil Drown
wiped away a tear, rough man that he
was, for while listening to the above con
Tarawa hU heart was filled with tender
French Novelties,
dresses and combinations. Our lines of plain goods are Broad Cloths, Shoodah
Cloths, (7amels Hair, Cassimeres, Serges, Henriettas
in all the latest fancy and staple weaves in Silk and "Wool and All-Wool.
LADIES', MISSES', AND CHILDREN'S JACKETS AND LONG COATS,
Berlin and American makes in all the new styles o
Cloth and Trimmings.
rimin
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of our great stock of
in
ing
Prices the Goods
as in point of
pity, no was ono or a gang oi men wno,
with guns and axes, were going into a
forest some twenty miles away to spend
tho winter, "Let him come to tho camp
with me, I'm going up to-morrow;"
"Well, well, if you will take him off
our hands," said tho good deacon, "it
will bo a great relief, I don't know that
there Is anything ho can do on tho town
farm to earn his board this winter; he
would only bo an expense and taxes are
high enough now."
Hamll Brown looked at the deacon as
If he could hardly repress an oath, and
tho Lord who looks into the heart might
have had one to forgive. Ho shut his
teeth for a moment and then'proceedsd
to make arrangements for taking the
boy along, "provided he is willing," said
tho man.
"Willing or not, he'll have to go," was
tho answer.
Hamil Brown found him sitting for
lornly on tho wooden steps of tho little
house that had been his homo.
"Poor little chap, you hero alone
Where aro the women of this town, I
wonder?"
He sat down besldo him in such a
friendly way, tho boy suddenly burst
into tears and cried as never before.
The dazed condition that had enveloped
him had washed away and he was a
little sorrowing boy, as full of griof as
any other who had lost his all. Mr.
Brown let him cry, till ho sobbed, "Will
not somebody put mo in tho grave with
them?" Then, with ono arm around
him, ho talked and talked until the start1
camo out.
In tho spring, when tho men came
down from oamp, a red cheeked, black
eyed and handsome lad come with them.
Wholesome, hearty food, life in tho
keen, clear air of the hilly forest had
worked a niiraclo. It had vitalized tho
whole system. Dody and brain had alike
received an Impetus. Hamll Brown said
to Beth Qrattan, who exclaimed over
the vigorous looking boy: "Yes, it has
been a good thing for him, I think, and
I know it has for me and tho other men,
for what think you of a boy who says
his prayers every night and is always
obliging and pleasant, and who is bravo
enough to shame us all? Yes, I believe
in heredity, too, and I know whose son
I am, and whoso grandson, but I know,
too, that, with all my opportunities and
education," I have been a disgrace to
them. Since I was oxpclled from col
lego, more than six years ago, I've roved
and wandered, to bo brought to my
senses by this little fellow, who might
have hod a homo with your paupers,
though your taxes would have been In
creased thereby. Thomas Armstrong,
with a wido awake brain and a thirst for
knowledgo, is going with mo where I am
going, like tho prodigal of old. You
have heard of the philanthropist and
millionaire of N ? Well, you may
bo surprised, but ho is my father, and I
know him so well, I know tho 'fatted
calf will bo killed."
A little later, like tho butterfly from a
chrysalis, Hamil Brown emerged from
his old lifo, shorn of much that out
wardly had made him such a contrast to
tho youth who, six years beforo, said his
last good-by to parents, homo and friends
who with troubled hearts, but nover
wavering love, had hoped on, never
doubting that somo time he would return
to them.
In all of his wanderings he kept his old
latch key, nnd it would bo hard to tell of
tho influenco of that voiceless bit of
metal. It was a talisman of untold value.
It meant an open, door, and though led
astray by baa habits and wild compan
Ions, each look at that key riveted tho
chain he could not break. Had it beon
lost It Is imposslblo to conceive of what
flileat MT9 hfisn Jha effect oi th? bur
seflli
all the latest styles and combinations, Plaids and Stripes, for full
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great variety of styles
our Famous Fast Black Hosiery.
will be found quite as satisfactory
Attractiveness.
ner swept away. "When at last ho turned
the key In the familiar door, ho forgot
everything but this: It was tho hour
when the father used to gather the chil
dren about him, and In response to his
tap the "come in" was so like that of old
he thought of nothing except the dear
faces before him. The scene that fol
lowed is too sacred for pen of mine.
To Tommy Armstrong, who accom
panied him, tho journey was a complete
bewilderment, though Mr. Brown had
In a measure prepared him for it; but
the immensity of mountains and prairies
was Inconceivable, and city blocks and
parks with their adornments wero hard
for such a boy to Imagine. With glisten
ing eyes the father gazed upon the boy,
who, Hamll said, had taught him the
lesson that lovo and home had failed to,
and without transferring tho affection
that belonged to his own son, ho received
him with open house and heart.- Tho
tide had turned, and in spite of tho luck
that had followed the Armstrongs, tho
uphill march began.
Hamll Brown, leaving his sins behind
him, bravely struggling back into the
nicho that long before should have been
his, looked upon Tommy with pride as
well as love. As tho days went by he
gazed with astonishment at the boy, for
each endeavor strengthened the used
faculties and his progress was steady and
sure. It soemed that Irom some far
away ancestor an inherent persistency
hod come down to him, which, with ma
terial aid, dovcloped qualities hitherto
dormant.
A scoro of years later the little town
that had had almost a IUp Van Winkle
sleep, awoko from its lethargy. Half
a mile north of the village buildings
sprang up as If by magio. Ponderous
machinery was put In place. Tho prog
ress of the stream that once lazily me
andered through the town was stopped
by a huge dam, and the rushing torrent
seemed to enter Into the spirit of the
wide awake projectors. Ere many
months passed the inhabitants became
somewhat accustomed to the screech of
tho locomotive, and did not gather dally
to look upon the Incoming or outgoing
trains that the most sanguine had nover
expected to boo till after the advent of
tho handsome gentleman who had bo
suddenly appeared In their midst. With
out making himself known, he spent a
day or two looking about, his keen eye
detecting the possibilities of the place
and seeing, in the future, what Is now
no surprise to many New Englanders.
After purchasing a largo tract of land
he departed, leaving tho townspeople to
wonder and Burmlse in their quiet way.
"Armstrong Armstrong I" said Mr. Beth
Qrattan, when In the country store the
men gathered to talk over the unusual
occurrence. "Why, that's tho name of
tho boy who years ago went off with
thawlld chap, Hamll Brown, don't you
remember?" "It cannot bo that .boy,
though," and the old villagers who were
present spent an hour calling to'mlnd
all they remembered of that peculiarly
unlucky family.
Tho first families who arrived wero a
..corapleto surprise, though the people
thought themselves prepared for any
thing, after tho excitement that had so
transformed their little farming town.
Mr. Armstrong, with a lovely young
wife, took possession of a delightful
houso on the summit of a hill that over
looked not only what had been accom
plished by human ingenuity, but a view
almost unparalleled, though nature Is so
lavish with her gifts. Imagination can
picture what took place after the "whir
and whiz" began, superintended by the
noble man whoso life was proving that
in spite of the ill luck of his family it
was possible to step up and out of tho
njjajbaj bjii borne Jhemjjrdy down,
and Cachimires.
will fail to discover a
and prices, includ
In tho following summer, on a clear
ing in tho midst of what is yet a forest,
surrounded by huge trees, somo of them
perhaps a century old, stood two men.
Suddenly their hands clasped and with
tears Intermingling with smiles, Mr.
Brown, a magnificent specimen of man
hood, said: "My dear brother, it recalls
so vividly the turning point in my life.
This Is tho very spot where we camped,
and Qod grant that tho towering tree
just yonder that o'ertops all others has
not put out better growth than this hum
ble follower, who for years has sought to
do his will. I shall leave you in your
now home, proud that tho little. Bister,
whom I had nover Been till, I trust, tho
washing away of sin scars had com
menced, is with you, your dear and hon
ored wife.''
A story of a lifo can nover really end,
and it may bo as well to take our leav
just at this point as at any other in tho
sunshine which wo trust may follow
them through life. Ned Qwen in Man
chester Union.
ONE OF THE 8MARTE3T.
Tho Colonel Trie, to SurprlM nu Friend),
bat Oeti LeR.
"Come over and get Introduced to one ot
the smartest girls in Philadelphia," said the
colonel the other morning, after we had fin
ished our cigars. "I dont call her a beau ty,
but she Is highly edusatod and ai sharp as a
razor."
"Detroit, Detroit," she mused, as we were
Introduced. "Oh, yes, I can place it now. I
was wondering whether it was In Quebeo or
Ontario. I was there onco."
"Indeed I"
"Yes, and the people were celebrating tho
queen's birthday."
"1 868."
"They wero celebrating It by a snow and
ice carnival. You are a very patriotic peo
ple." "Well, yes."
"I suppose the Johnstown horror has ren
dered them somewhat apprehensive In De
troit 1"
"As to what, ma'aml "
"Why, that Lake Michigan might burst out
and sweep you all away."
"Oh, we don't foel any fear of that."
"Don't you, Indeed! Ah yes, but bow
stupid of me I The Roeiiy mountains aro be
tween you and the laVo, of course. Are there
many wild animals left in Detroit P
"A few grizzly bears and mountain Hons.''
"And the Indians!"
"They never approach within a mile of the
stockade, and they don't kill over a dozes
people a week."
"How nice I I must sit down sometime and
talk to you a whole half day."
When the colonel and I had returned to our
end ot the veranda I loosed at him. lie bad
his face turned away. It was all of two
minutes before he slowly wheeled around
and brought his Art down on his knee with
the exclamation:
"Well, I'll be hanged I" Detroit Free
Anxious Mother.
The 6-year-old boy of Lewis Stewart, em
ployed In the extract works of Dovls & Wal
ton, at Houlton, fell head tint into a barrel
half full of water, Friday. No one was near,
and after a few minutes' kicking bo suc
ceeded in turning in the barrel and crawled
out, and presented himself to his astonished
mother gasping and begging her not to whip
him for spoiling his clothes. "Whydldnt
you call!" said the frightened mother, after
the "drowned rat" had explained matUrs. "I
did," said he shyly, "but nothln' corns but
blubbers. "Bangor Commercial.
A Crustier.
"So, Mr. Bonklnson, you are going on a
tour of the world r
"Yes, Miss Whitesmith."
"And will you promise to writs to me from
every country you may visit!"
"ProinUe! Ah, you know not how I will
value the privilege. And yon will really cars
to hear from me?'
"Yes. I am collecting the postage stamp
of all countries." Lojyl93 Tit-Bite.
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and fair dealing has made us hosts of friends. We intend to keep these and make
more by adhering to the same rule as in the past.
, Yours, very respectfully,
D. S. BOCK, The Jeweler.
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