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VOL. XVIII.. No 2 Lehighton, Carbon County, Penna. Noyember 23, 1889. Single Copies 5 Cents
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Weispt Business Directory,
TpiuHKLIN HOUSE,
EAST WEISSrORT. riSNN'A.
This house ollera first-class accommodations I
tha -permanent boarder and transient guest
ranlo prices, only One Dollar per day.
augT-iy John KKitnto. Proprietor.
Oscar Oliristman,
WEtsarORT, PA.
Liver t and Exchange Stable
...rrldln" carriage and safe driving horse
nSfiScSnmodatlons to agents and traveller,.
Mftll andtelegrapl. orders promptly
Give mo a trial. """
The - Woissport - Bakory,
c.-w. iiAUtiYa rnoruiETPit.
Delivers Fresh Dread and Cakes In Weissport
lililtthton and vicinities every day.
m the store I havo a Fine Uno of V0"fectln,nr
o? hi? olldav Trade. Sunday schools, uhUo
vals suppllod at lowest prices. iiecumi
R. J. HONG-EN,
OOOBSSOB TO OlIAUUSS S01IWP.IT.Kll,
Near tlio Canal Bridge, In
BAST WEISSPORT, Ponna.;
Is prepared to do all kinds of
Blacksmithing and
Horse-Shoeing,
P." P. Mast Road Cart,
the Cheapest and Best on the market. IeM-r
Mpafc for CAMUSIS
Henry Christmas
at inn"
Fort Allen House, Weisspnrt
Sells thol'opular and Celebrated
Burlington O and O York
SIH3LB AND I0TJ3LB OABBUOES
At prices that are considerably less than compe
tition. I have all styles and quality
which I wish you would not fall to lnspeci
before making purchases. mayll-sm
Retailers) of FRUITS go to
SEAGER'S
EAST WEISSPORT-; Penna..
Ho receives a car-load of Iresh
fruits every, week, including
everything seasonable, such as
Peaches, Watermels,- Canteloup
va, &c, &c. . U will pay you to
-leave yo.ur orders "with him
save freight and have goods de
livered free.
Over Caaal Brilp I WBissprl.
Joseph F. Mx
UNDERTAKER
AND DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
PARLOR SUITES,
. . BED ROOM SUITES,
., c. Trices the very lowest. Quality of
goods the best Satisfaction guaranteed In
every particular.
Gaakbta, Coffins aud Shrouds.
"We have a full line which we will furnish a
, (be lowest possible prices.
Flour, Peed, &c,
UI the choicest quality at very reasonable prices.
Call and be convinced.
JOSEPH P. REX,
Aprlt-ly EAST WEISSPORT.
DENTISTRY.
Dr. J. A. Mayer &Scn.
Dr. GEORGE H. MAYER,
aqjaduatetrom the Dental Department of the
VJJnlveralty of Pennsylvania,
has opened an ofiV in the samo bMlldlng with
his father, soooud-lloor in tlio B.iy Window,
W BROADWAY, MAUCII CIlUNlt, PA.,
and Is now prepared to recclveevcryonemneed
at first-class deutat service. 1uue B-89-tl
Lehighton Businos3 Directory
VAL.. &JtlH AlfclJ, Uiiun. . .. v MW i ii t
ture house In town. ISvery description 01
. ..i... .... . ... UpUaa vnrv InW.
lurnuura aiwiiva u sv ......
nrf A. PKTKRH. Saloon and Restaurant, Bank
TV. street rresn LMisCTanYjv""i" "i
n aoaaon. LiroD in auu seu us. 3
ESRANG'S SHAVING SALOON, opposite tin
Aovooatk Okkick, Is .headquarters foi
shavingand haircuttlng. Cigars & tobacco sold
Hotel. Hank street, for a smooth shave or
lasntonauie uaircui. ,V1uh u du,,u'"
noeuer s jiair wuiu, uuica uwjuiu.
A RELIABLE JEWELElt:
1). H. BOCK,
Jau28-8S OPP. PUBLIC SQUARE.
THE CARBON ADVOCATE OFFICE, Bank
street, plain and fancy Job printing a sped
ly. Advocate one dollar per year In advance.
dealer in cnoice. uianus ui nuisiuoa, kui
itndles, wines, &c. fiT" Patronage solicited
brandies,
Our Churches.
mrETHODIST EPI8C0PAL. South llank street.
UN. UonHnu .otuI.o. ollhk Til .1 111 7 fV. H m..
Buuday Schools p.m. Rrv. Dunqak, Pastor.
1 senices. 10 a. in., (German), 7.00 p.m.,(KnB
irh), Sunday chool 'J p.m. J. 11. KuuER.Pastor.
Enrunaibi'i cit.ni. n w
at 10 a. m., (German), 7.00 p. in., (KuglUliV
.1 .1 (1 . . I - T.l.l.l. u r .1 .1 U.mriiiv .btoIm.
Buuuav scuum 3 j. . o.rti.fifcftu..,,,.
TlVANGELIOAL. South street, Sunday serjrtw
JU at loa. m., lueriuaui. i.uip. in., ir.iwnu'
Sunday schoo!2 p. m. J.S.Newiiaut, Pastor
ATIini.in. corner Kortharauton and Cos
U ttriuUserrloei ovry Sunday inorulne and
yontnirT RsY. IUmuavwi VasUc
Professional & Business Cards.
Horace Hoydt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
JrFlon The Room recently occupied by W.M,
Rapslier.
iANK STREET, - LEHI0HT0N. PA
May bo consulted In English anil German.
uly -ly
W. M. Rapshor,
vTTORNEY ahd COUNSELLOR AT LAW
AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
First door above the Mansion House,
MAUCU CHUNK PENN'A.
cal Estate and Collection Airenct. Will Bm
ml Sell Real Estate. Conveyancing neatly done.
uuecuoiis promptly lunuc. oeiuing rotates uj
eeadenta a specialty. May be consulted li.
:ngllsh and German. uov. w-yl
W. G. M. Seiple,
l-IIYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
30UTII STREET, - - - LEHtGHTON.
May bo consulted In English and Qerman.
peefal attentluu given to Gynecology.
Officii Houus; From 12 M. to 2 P. M.,and
roin o to 9 P. M, mar. 3i-yi
A. S. Rabenold, D. D. S ,
nch OrricK ; Over J. W. Raudenbush'
Liquor Store,
BANK STREET, LEIIIGIiTON.
lentlstry In all Its Branches. Teeth Extracted
vlthout Pain. Gas administered whon requested.
Office Days AVEDNEHD AY of each week.
.O.addicss, ALLENTOWN,
jan3-yl Lehigh county. Pa.
F. I. SMITH, D. D. S
Offlce opposite the Opera House.
Bank Street, Leh jt.ton, Pa.
DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
Filling and making artificial dentures a special
ty. Local anesthetics used,
ias administered and Teeth Fxtractod WITH
OUT PAIN.
'JFFICE HOURS i From . m., to t2 m., from
1 p. m., to 6 p. m., from 7 p. m., to 8 p. m.
Consultations In English or German
Office Hours at HazJetou-Evcry Saturday.
Oct 15-87 ly
Dr. H. B. REINOHL,
Graduate of Phlla. Dental College.
DENTISTRY !
IN ALL ITS BRAN0HE3.
Perseryation of the Teeth a Specialty
OFFICE nOURSi From 8 a. ro. to B p. m.
OAK HALL, Market Squaro, Mauca Chunk
BRANCH OFFICE:
AST - MAUOH - CHUNK,
Two Doors North of Post-Office. .
OFFICE HOURS: Tto va. in. andfto7p.m
AprU2s-3m
DR.G.T. FOX
172 Mnln Street, Bath, Pa.
AT easton, swan hotel, tuksda vs.
AT ALLKNTOWN.AMBIIIOANHOTBL, THURSDAY
at Bangor, Broadway iiouarc, Mondays.
K.T BATH, WKDNESrJAYS AND SATURDAYS.
Office Hours From 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Practice
Imlted to diseases of the
Eye.Ear, Nose&.Throat
ts9Also. Retraction of the Eyes for the adjust
mentofxlasses.
Stoves,
Tinware,
Heaters and
Ranges,
In Great Variety at
Samuel Grater's
Topular Store, Bank Street.
Roofing and Spouting a special
ty. Stove repairs luinishea
on short notice.
Reasonable! !
PRANK P. DIBHL,
NORTH STREET,
jf Tractlwl Claoksiulthi Horseshoer
"" Is prepared to do al work In his line
Ji'. in the best manner and at the lowest
irlces. Please ciU. novaj-80-ly.
P ACKERTON HOTEL,
Midway between Mauch Chunk & lhlghton,
Z. It. 0. HOM, Proprietor.
PACKERTON, - - - Pikka.
t his well-known Hotel Is admirably refitted, and
ias the best accommodations for permanent and
ranslent boarders. Excellent Tubles and the
rery best Liquors. Stables attacned. (ans-yl
MANSION HOUSE
Opposite L. tt 8. Depot,
BANK STREET, - LEHIQHTON,
0. II. HOM, PROPRIETOR.
fills bouse offers first-class accommodations for
ranslent and permanent Doarners. it lias been
pwlv mflttpdln all Iti deiiartmenta.nnd 1a lmit.
d In one of the most picturesque portion of the
'wrougli. terms moderate. If? i ne n a u i
'PPlled with the choicest Wines, Liquurs and
igar?- rresn ugeron ian. apru-ji
T. J. BRETNEY
tespectfully announces to the Merchants of Le
dghton and others that he Is now prepared to
ao an Kinus vi
Hauling op Freight, Express
Matter and Baggage.
On reasonable terms. Orders ole at Sweeny's
Corner Store or at my reslden ceft I'INESt.,
oear the Cemetery, n 111 receive prompt atten-
iion. raironage soucivcu.
For Newest, Designs and Most Fashionable
Styles of
DRESS GOODS.
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS.
SILVERWARE. &c &c.
GO TO
R. H. SNYDER,
Bank Street, Iiehlghton.
Goods (uarsnteed and prices as low as eltr
where for the same quatUr of ouods.r
Ju1tM,18W-
For ?tere thn Tweniy.flte VeoM. A f)ra.
pleto Hecovery. The 31 enn Used,
I hid Infltmmstory n'jamslw-i. Tor nesrly
yutr I hsd to be fed asd I urood 1 1 U-X I couli Unit
jo rt lief. Mytlomc!i was ,ul i1 ud cut to i
with powerful randlrlnm Ukrn to rffwt a euro u
hit 1 was compf UM to lire uu bread sudwftlnr, I
ttfforedfortvtt&tr.firej-eanlii tbl, wsy, Iiras In
laced to try Dr. Dsvld Kfun-dr', l'iu lUmedy,
reads at Hondoot, N, Y auJ
I Am How VolJ,
thanks to thia xnMi.-'ne. X5r. KennsJr's Favorlli
tlemadyUmybeat frlnal. VI tb It I am enabled te
tnJoytKwd alirht'e rest. Also tui-i, inch u inti:
indpaatry, which I bael.'!fiidi'prl jd tt forycani
-howlnir that tho ravorlto llomdy lus no eqnat f o'
fia cure of Ind'sratlon ard fr'sre tfla as wdL If
Ay should donbt tbta autri.wut 1 will scad tb)
iy proof at once. Garrett Lan,ft.;r. Troy, JT, Y.
It la tny pleasure auA alHolntodaly toward theso
ho are BtruKirUiu; for ory lit 6 atlust tbe doadV
Olsoasoa of tho indnoyo
to add my teetlmony to tlia already wpltrbty erl
'.rnceof tbe wonderful cQcacy of Vr. Sctld Eense
j'a Favorite Itnaody My wlfo waa a borelraa caw
ibundootd by the rbjraiclani. Dr Dld Kcnni'dy'i
:aTorlta Remedy wu resorted to; not because an
lore was placed l:i it, but bocajw. Lollilng eliw ru
iiatocd. AH bm aid medlclncii Lad been IcaloJ
ilthont avail. TUo i ff t waa llttlu ahort of a mint
le. At tbe second bctUe aba had rcralnod atrenfftb,
.nil coutloulnif tho treatment lias fully recovered.
'ay Sweet. Alban- T Y
Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
Prepared by
DR. DAT7M KENNEDY, IIONDOUT.N. Y.
it pa- lott'a Bii forts. CyalldVorri,u
9
Horse Doctor,
(Honorary Graduate of Ontario Vet. College.)
Ice: Carton House Bant LenigMon
OASTRATION, DENTISTRY,
AN I J
Diseases of Horse and Cattle,
8UCCE3SEULLY TREATED.
Special and Particular Attention paid to
LAMENESS SPAVINS,
Splints, Ringbone, Hoofbound,
nd all diseases prevalent among Domesticated
Animals.
fits Horse and Cattle Powilcrs sold b lilm
elf and stores generallv.
Consultation Pree CIiarRes Moderate.
Ca Is byielegraph and telephone promptly at
tt nded to Operations Skillfully Performed
Or. G. T. HORN,
AT THE
Central Drug Store,
OPP. THE PUBLIC SQUARE
Bank Street, Lehightou, Pa.,
18 HEADQUARTERS FOR
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
Fine Soaps, Brushes, &c, &c,
Choice Wines and Liquors,
Largest Assortment of Library
Lamps !
Wall Paper and Decorations!
Spectacles !
When you buy a pair of Shoes you want a
rood At, But II you need SPECTACLES It Is
much more Important that the EYE should be
.icconnnodatcd with correct lenses and a proper
ly fitting frame which will bring the lenses di
rectly before tbe centre of the eye. It you buy
your spectacles at Dr. norn's you will find the
above points properly attended to.
PERSCRIPTIONS Caefolly Componmlea
OcUS-1887
New Livery! Fesd Store
AT PACKER TON.
LEOPOLD MEYEItS refpe nfuliy Informs the
people of Packerton and "Iclmty tliat he has Just
opened a LIVERY STABLE on BEAVER St.,
where persons can be supplied with Good. Safe
reams either for KuneiJl. Weridlnir or for Haul.
UK Purposes at very Lowest lutes, (n connec
lou therewith he has also In stock the very best
brands of FLOUR and FEED, which he will
sol' at Lowest Prices.
Attention, Builders !
The underslened Is stl 1 working the DOLON
STONE QUAltltY. and Is orenared to sutmlv. at
shortest notice and at Lowest Prices, persons
wno nesire wnn uuuu oiu.lis ior UUII.DIM,
PURPOSES. Call and In. pect tbe Stones and
learn Prices tefore purchasing elsewhere.
LEOPOLD MEYERS,
feb.2-ly Packerton, Pa,
,fJtGT?tp
D. J. KI8TLER
Resecttully announces to the public that he has
opened aNEW LIVERY STABLE, and that he U
ow prepared to furnish Teams for Funerals,
Weddings or Business Trips on tbe shortest no.
Ice and most liberal terms. Orders left at the
uaroou House" win receive prompt attention.
STABLES ON NORTH STREET,
ncft the Hotel, Lehlghton. au22U-
Howard Deifeuderfer
Opposite the Ponuo Squauk, Bank
Street, Lsuioirroy,
AIANOFACTDREU . OF - FINE - OIUaBS
Also a Choice Line of
Tobacoobs, Oioabs, AND BuoKE&a Scrpuxs.
-IWt Forget to Call-t
SHOEMAKER'S
Horse anfl Cattle Ro.
Joshua Shoemaker, Proprietor
CHEItRYVILLE, P. O., Northampton CO.,
DIRECTION8-For a horse. I tablespoon! nl, two
or three times a week; when sick, 2 table-
twiceawaeki when sick, twice a day. The
same for Hogs. For Poultry mix with teed.
. BTTuts powder Is prepared alter the recipe
Of the late Dr. IL O. WIl.Vip. and Is tbe g"Mitne
artl tie, OnralweBMasjilaishsaJd
Mrs. Blown "H'liat, Clara! In tears.
and married only a month'! Il'lial's the
matter, dear?"
Mrs. Honeymoon (whoso husband ex
ercises around tbe club pool-table) "Geo.
talks (boo boo) In bis sleep, and last night
(boo boo) be was talking about a Miss Q.
(boo-hoo-hoo), ibe horrid thing."
Wben a great man stoops or trips, the
small man around him become greater.
It Is sad to see a 'promising man loso
his grip.
Velvet will bo the favorite trimming for
all of materials.
Professor Tjnciall, the distinguished
dentist, at tbe ago of seventy has climbed
tbe Alps lu search of health.
100 Ladles tYanted.
i .l inn , .,n .. ,i...:.i. r
fret package of Lane's bamily Medicine
the great mot and herb remedy, discovecrri
by Dr Silas Lane while in the Kocky momi
tanins. For diseases of the blood, liver and
kidne.va it is a positive cure, r or constipa
tion and clearing up the complexion it doer
wonders. Children like it. Everyone
praises it. Large-size package, SO 'cents.
At alt druiisU'
While In Kuasla the Shah otdered 11,000
repealing rifles for hit troops.
KUl'KPBY.
fhla I. vli.t mu, mi,,!.. ... V. A i. I n,.
must have It, to fully enjey life. Thousands are
searching for it dully, and mourning because
they flud it not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars are being spent unnnally by our people
In the hope that they may attain this boon. nd
yet It may be bad by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, If used according to directions
and the use persisted In, will bring you good di
gestion and oust the demon djspepsla and In
stall insieua uupeusv. we recoiumenu biocinc
Bitters for dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at roc, and $1 per
bottle ly RKBElt druggist.
The sole panacea for every ailment In
China Is a plast r.
A SENSIBLE MAN
Wo.ild use Kemp's Balsam for the throat
and luiiga. It is curing more caeesof Coughb,
Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all
Throat and Lungs Troubles, than an ollici
medicine. The proprietor has authorize an
druggist to give you a sample Bottle Free to
convince yoii of the merit of this great rem
edy. Large Bottle 50c and $1.
The Texas cotton crop Is estimated to be
worth $84,000,000 this jear.
If Sufferers from Consumption
Oongbs and colds will try Puritan Cough and
uuiiiuuiiHiuu t.ure, mey win nnu quicit renet
and uermanent benefit the medical 'nrufoaalnn
declare It a remedy tribe highest value. Try tt,
price 21 cents.
,A large proportion of the diseases whtoh cause
human suflarlnir. remit from dorjnirementof th
stomavb, bowels and liver Dr. Leo's Liver
negutaior removes an mese irouDies. Trial
bottlta fr at Thomas' drug store.
All the ice Imported Into England comes
from Norway.
Teach the boys to respect farming aa an
occupation.
Hints That are llettcr than Gold.
If you hare bad breath, sluggish bowels,
pain In the small of Tour bacg. nervousness
or giddiness, your vital organs are sadly
out of order. A mere "dose of physic" will
not help you. Your only wise course is tn
take Dr. David Kennedy's Favorito Remedy
of liondout, N. Y., and cleanse your sys
tern of the impurities. It regulates the
Liyerand Kidneys.
Many Southern unions aro composed al
tgether of colored men.
ICash off dirt and caro together when
you go Into the house.
Didn't Want a Girl.
Last summer my wife's health was all
run down, and she wanted me to hire a girl
tn do the work. In alittie while I found
one I thought would suit her, when to my
surprise sue said l need not litre any one,
as sho felt much better, and thought an
other bottle of Sulphur Bitters would cure
ner. Uonniu urey, 41 Worcester square,
Boston.
Boston's electricians are going to start
a union.
The best bank account Is well-tilled and
well-ferttllz'ed land.
Fortunate Father and Son.
"I am as certain as I now live," eays C.
E. Bartholomew, of Ka:kaskas Mich., "that
Dr. David Kennedy's Fayorite Kemedy, of
Kondout, N. T., saved my life when I was a
victim of that terrible renal disorder
Brigbt's Disease, My Bon had a lever bore
onliisle. 'He, too, used Favorite Kemedy
and is now well. But for Ibis medicine 1
am sure both father and son would have
been six feet under the sod.
George Augustus Bala, tbe London jour
nalist, is reported to bavedecllncd an offer
of knighthood from Queen Victoria.
THE BBEATll or a ehronle eatarrh patient
Is often so offensive that he becomes an object
efdlagCfst. After a tltne ulceration seta In, iht
spooxy destroyed, A constant source ofdUeom
fort Is the drlpp ik the purulent secretions In
to the throat, somidlmel producing Inveterate
bronchitis, which In Its turn has been Hi ex
citing cause of pnbuonary dliease. Thebrllll
ant retails whlcli have attended Itanse for years
tail properly designate Ely's Ureara Balm as
y far tbe best and only cure.
Ex-President Cleveland and his wlfo are
becoming well known "regular first night
ers" at the New York theatres.
Hood's Sarsauarillacuret catarrh by 'ex
pelling impurity from the blood, which in
tbe cause of the complaint. Give it a
trial.
General Benjamin F. Butler says he has
followed only one rule in writing his mem
olts; that was to tell the truth.
REJIAUKAHLK NEKVE.
The early history of America is full of
instances ot men Having gteat, nerve, ism
we arfc raplply becoming the most nervous
people on earth. The recent Increase of
inianlty, epileptic fits, headache, backache,
neuralgia, sleeplessness, nervonsness, dys
pepsia, fluttering of the heart, etc., points
lo an early decay of the race, unless this
tendency Is checked. Nothing will cure
these diseases like Dr. Miles' Nervine;
warranted to cantaln neither opium nor
morphine. Sample bottles free a Blery or
Thomas' drug store.
Five assemblies of the Knlghtt of Labor
In Cincinnati have joined the Internatlon
al Boot and Shoe IKoixers' Union.
Dr. Ball's Dough Syrup ii last taklnar the
place of all th old faiblontd cough remedies
It never falls to relieve the moit violent oold,
and ror threat dlieais It la Invalaaqle. Price Z6
ants.
"Thus am I doably armed my death and lire.
My bane andantltode are both before me"
Whether to lit alone suffering with neuralgia
Or buy ene bottle of Salvation Oil.
Be an enemy to alt Injustice, but pardon
the unjust.
To keep good actions lo memory refresh
Um wl.ti new.
THE OLD HOUSE.
In through the porch and up tho silent stair;
Llttlo Is changed, I know bo well the ways;
Here tho dead came to meet mo; It was there
The dream was dreamed In unforgotten days.
Bnt who Is this that hurries on before,
AfUttlng shade tho brooding shades among t
She turned I saw her f ace O God I It wore
, The f aco I used to wear when I was young,
I thought my spirit and my heart wore tamed
To deadness; dead tho pongs that agonize.
The old grief springs to choke me I am shamed
Before that little ghost with eager oyes.
Oh, turn away, let her not see, not knowl
How ahould she bear It, how should she under.
i stand?
Oh, hasten down the stairway, haste and go,
And leave her dreaming In tho silent land.
The Spectator.
L MRS. BLIYEN'S BONNET.
"Old folks will bo old folks," said
Myra Manton, "and the best plan Is to
letjetn have their own way."
"Oh, yes, I know," said Lcona, clasp
ing her hands. "But that eld Leghorn
hat, with tho crown liko a stovo pipe
and the front liko awnshhands basin!
Who could tolerate that? And ovcry.
body laughs when sho comes into
church."
"Let 'em laugh," shrewdly remarked
Myra. "I'd bo willing folks should laugh
at mo if I was worth thirty thousand
dollars and owned the Blivon mills into
tho bargain."
Myra Manton was "hired help" at the
Bllven farm a stout Now Englandcr of
Dfty summers, with hair cut short, no
yislblo waist, ond snapping black oyes.
Leona was old Mrs. Blivcn's nleco a
slim girl of 18, with a balsam pink com
plexion, dreamy gray oyes, and tooth
wnite and oven ns small pearls.
In the eyes of James Bllven. tho old
lady's son, Lcona was fairest of all cre
ated beings. Even Myra Manton allowed
"that sho was sorter nlco to look at!" Aa
foivMrs. Bllven herself, sho oxprcssod no
opinion whatever; Mrs. Bllven was not
a person who talked muoh.
"She's como to mako mo a visit," said
Mrs. Bllven one day to Myra. "I sup
pose, if she suits me, I shall ask her to
stay, for good and all."
"If you don't, I supposo Jim will,"
said Myra, with a shrewd twinkle of her
eyes.
"As it happens, I'm tho mistress of
this houso," said Mrs. Blivon. "Well,
we'll see how sho suits."
And neither Myra tho solid, nor Lcona
tho sylphlike, knew, as they sat on tho
sunshiny doorstep, slicing great rod
hearted peaches to dry for winter uso,
that Mrs. Bliven, from the garret win
dow above, where sho was looking ovor
her balls of oarpet rags, could distinctly
hear ovcry word they uttered.
".Myra," said Lcona, as sho replenished
her pan from the groat bushel basket,
"I'm going to tell you something."
"Tell ahead!" succinctly retorted Myra.
"I've got such an idea!"
"What is il?"
"Well, ono of my schoolmates at Han
over hall had a grandmother. And her
grandmother had just such a Noah's ark
of a bonnet ns Aunt.Bliven.?!'
ly away.
"And she and her sister took a pair of
big shears and snipped it up Into little
bits and mado tho grandmother bolieve
that tho rats did it."
"Must havo been acredulouaoldorcet
ur," observed Myra,
"Oh, no; but it was really such a neat
job. Don't you think, Myra, wo might
dispose of tho old Leghorn hat in some
such way?"
"No, I don't!" said Myra, spearing a
peach on tho end of her knifo and begin
ning artistically to remove its. pink velvet
jacket.
Leona sighed and went on with her
work. Myra Manton paused to call her
frollcsomo little terrier off .from a brood
of half grown turkey poults who wore
foraging around tho barn door,
"I do wish," said 8he, curtly, "lliat
Cappen John Jackson hadn't sent me
that plaguey beast to talro caro on till he
como back from that voyage to Foyal.
If ho hurts any of tho fowls I expect
Mrs. BHvon'll murder me."
"Myra," said Leona, "aro you really
engaged to Captain John Jackson?"
"Get out!" said Myra, With a sheepish
smile. "I dunno whether I bo or not."
The next day Leona came into her
aunt's room with a pretty black and
white straw bonnet, trimmed with a jot
dagger and loops innumerable of block
ribbon.
"Look, Aunt Bllven!" said she.
"What's that?" said tho old woman,
turning her spectacle glasses full on the
girl.
"I've been trimming a bonnet for
you."
"You might havo saved yourself tho
trouble," sharply spoke the matron.
"But don't you like It?" pleaded Leona,
who was beginning to tremble all over.
"It's very nice, I daro say,' but I'm
very well suited already with what I've
got,"
"But, Aunt Bliven"
"Tain't worth while to discuss the
matter," said Mrs. Bliven, dryly. "I cal
culate I'm old enough to choo30 for my
self what I'll wear and what I won't!"
Leona shrank Into herself liko the
leaves of a sensitive plant; she crept
back to her bedroom with the rejected
triumph of home mado millinery, and
had a good cry over it.
Presently she heard hor aunt calling:
"Myral Myral"
Sho ran out.
"Oh, Aunt Bliven, I had forgotten to
tell you. Myra had a telegram from her
sister up at Portland, and sho had to run
to catch the 10 o'clock train. Her sister's
husband has had an accident, and I
promised her I'd explain it to you. She'll
bo back as soon as they possibly can
spare her, and I'm to do tha housework
whllo sho is gone.'"
Old Mrs. Bliven sniffed discontentedly,
"Seems to mo pcoplo aro always bavin'
accidents," said she. "However, you
may go and pick somo lima beans and
sweet corn, ond wo'll hare a dish of
good, old fashioned euccottsh. Myra is
a good cook, but she never could make
euccotasli. And in tho afternoon we'll
havo Toby harnessed up and drivo over
to Widow Sally Smith's to tea." -
Tho long shadows of afternoon wera
Jying athwart the closely mown grass
when old Toby was led to the door, and
Mrs. Bliven called loudly to Leona to
bring down her bonnet and shawl.
The girl, who had no especial fancy
for the society of Widow Sally Smith
and her hard voiced daughters, listlessly
obeyed.
'But tho moment she opened tljo "best
bedroom" door, wbero tho old lady kept
her choicest treasures.she uttered a Bhriek
of dismay. There, on the floor, la a
series of jagged strips and indistinguish
able debris, lay Mrs. BUren's famous
Leghorn bonnet!
"WreajiMI m(' wM, a shrill
"what's tho mattorr
And Lcona became conscious that old
Mrs. Bllven had tolled heavily up the
stairs, and stood close beside her, peer
ing over her shoulder. Her faco grew.
utncir. as ntgnt.
-"Oh, Aunt Bllven," gasped Leona,
"how can this have happoned?"
"I sea, through it all plain enough,"
said Mrs. Bllven. "You needn't troublo
to tell any lies about it, Leona Parish! I
heard what you and Myra wore talking
about yesterday morning about tho old
lady and tho bonnet that was snipped to
piecos ana tuo oiaino laid on rats, It s a
very smart, ingenious plan, I don't
doubt; but somehow it don't suit mo to
have such very smart, ingenious folia
about my premises. So, if you please,
i ii atspenso with tlio rest of your visit.
Tho horse and wagon aro at the door, ond
llttlo Peter will drive you to tho depot as
soon as over you've packed your trunk."
"But, Aunt Bllven, I never"
"I told you I'd havo no more false
hoods," sternly interrupted tho old lady.
"I don't know what sort of consciences
you girls havo, In this ago of the world.
Be silent, I say, and obey mo."
And thus, in all tho bitterness of un
merited disgrace, Leona was turned out
of tho house that was beginning to be
unspeakably dear to her.
James Bliven, when he oame homo,
was thunderstruck.
"Mother, for heaven's sake," cried he,
"what is this? The girl has no placo to
go to."
"jLct her go back to the boarding
school sho camo from," said Mrs. Bliven,
sternly. "I'll havo no double dealers in
this housel"
"I'll go after her and bring her back."
"You'll do as you please," said tho old
woman; "but if Loona's tho nirl I take
her to be, she won't oorno with you."
A sudden wave of despair cwept over
James' soiil as he reoognlel the truth of
these words.
"Mother," ho cried, "you'll forgive
her! You'll send for her to roturn for
my sake, mother?"
But Mrs. Bliven shook her bsad.
"No girl that isn't frank hearted and
true can havo a homo hero!" sho reiter
ated. Yet, in spite of all this, the house
seemed strangely desolate without Leo
na's light step And winning smile.
Lato at night thero was a loud knock
ing at tho door. It was Myru Manton,
come back.
"Things Is all right," said she. "They
was frightened more than they was hurt.
Absalom Atkins always was a coward,
and I ain't goin' to spend any more o'
my timo foolin' with 'cm, so I'vn come
back. Was you supprlsed when you
seen Waggy was gone? The dog," in an
swer to Mrs. Blivon's puzzled look, "that
Cappen Jackson left in my charge.
When I seen the mischief he'd done,. I
jeet kctched him up and loft him to cap
pen's sister's, Mary Ann Jackson, at the
cross roads, and afterwards it occurred
to mo you might miss him and worry
for fear ho was lost."
"I never onco thought of the dog,"
said Mrs. Bllven, Impatiently.
"And the bonnet?" said Myra. "Pm
powerfully sorry, but"
"The bonnet!" said Mrs. Bllven.
"What do you mean, Myra? What aro
you talking about?"
".You don't tell me you never dUkiv
ered it?" cried Myra, bursting into a
laugh. "Well, I do declare! Who did
you s'poso dono it?"
"Dono what?"
"Why, worried that ero Leghorn hat
o' your'n into ribbons! It was Waggy,
that's who it was! Pups is always mis
chievous, and I think he's the worst I
ever seen. I meant to told Deaoon Ship
man's boy, that helped me to to my sat
chel to the daypo, to explain it t' ye, but
wo was pretty nigh bein' loft, and the
flurry and fluster driv it all outen my
head."
Mrs. Bliven stared at Myra.
"It was the dog, after all, then?" said
she.
"La me, who else did y suspect?'
cried Myra. "Whero's Leona? I fetched
home some o' thorn puce colored poppy
seeds and a sllpo' rose geranium for her,
'causo I knowed Goodness, what's the
matter with you, eh? What are you
looking at me that way for?"
By the very earliest morning train
James Bliven wont after Leona, with a
letter from his mother imploring hsr to
return to the farm.
"I'm an old woman," wrote Mrs.
Bllven, "but I ain't too old to own when
I've been in the wrong. Corns back;, and
I'll guarantee you and ma woa't havo
any moro quarrels."
Lcona came baok, and wueu once
again she crossed the threshold ah was
James' promised wife.
"Mother will bo pleased at tits engage
ment as I am myself," said tb ydung
man, rapturously.
And Myra's kind eyes shone a cordial
welcome, and Mrs. Bliven herself camo
to meet Leona, wearing the simple straw
bonnet with tho jet dagger aadthebUok
ribbon bows.
"It's dreadful becoming," said she,
with a complacent gltnc at tho looking
glass, "and hereafter I mean to get you
to trim all my hats forme, Leona." Hel
en Forrest Graves in Philadelphia "Satur
day Night.
Can Yon Aeoount for Xtf
"It may seem singular to you," says a
New York florist, "but Tvo been keeping
a record for these twenty years past, and
I havo found that nino murderers out of
ten are ardent admirers of flowers, and
most of them prefer daisies and lilies."
Detroit Freo Press.
Would Put the Fire Out.
Sophomore (opening stove door) Well,
here goes my last month's essay-.
Senior Hold on. It won't burnj it's
loo fresh. Burlington Freo Press.
Frcaerves Ills Ignoraaeo.
Dumpsoy Blobson is a remarkably
well preserved man, isn't he?
Popinjay Yes In respect to Ignor
ance. Burlington Free Press.
f Retribution. , ,
After having inflicted corporal pun
ishment on Paul the other day, I took
liim and told him how It hurts me when
he Is naughty and I have to whip him.
On the next occasion he asked: "Mam
ma, did it hurt you when you whipped
me this timer "Yes, dear, it always
hurts me when I have to punish you."
"Thot serves you right for whipping
me." Babyhood.
High Water Mark.
Doctor And you say that Col. Hum
drop is not a man of temperate habits.
Gossip Of course he Isn't Why, I
don't believe he ever drank a glass of
water In all his life.
Doctor (musingly) Never drank a
glass of water? Why, I took a cataract
i,JW r las XhvrtOAy, UjwtJl
UNCARING.
Only a ros you nay,
And carelessly .throw me away;
Yet my petals to white
On hor booom last sight
Rose and fell o'er a heart yoaag aas gay.
Only a woman, you say,
And laughingly turn away;
Yet that dead heart so true
Broke In sllenoe for you.
Till the boauteoua mold tuned to clay.
Only a lifetime you say,
With your spirits aa lithesome and gay;
Yet thy laugh, now so light,
Will be tears by to-night,
For a voice that U silent for aye.
Oora Irene Shaw in Philadelphia Ledger.
PRETTY POLLY PIPER.
"Come, Polly," said Mrs. Piper, sharp
ly, "what are you dreaming about?
bdeven o'clock and tho best parlor not
dusted yet, and old Gloriana calling you
to help hang out the olothes, and the to
matoes waiting to be made Into catsup.
add the poaoh short cake to bo baked,
and you hero, dawdling away your time
Ulto a uno ladyl"
Polly Piper jumped quickly up, hiding
nor dogs -earod paper covered novel, as
she did so, under tha sofa cushion.
"I wish I wore a fine lady," smld she.
"I'd be practicing sonatas on the piano.
or sketching Yellow mountain, or hem
ming ruffles, instead of working like a
slave I"
Mrs. Piper lookod koonly at hor (laugh'
tor.
''Polly," said shs. "you know tott
well you needn't work unless you've a
mind to."
Polly tossed her sunny head witii a
movement of disdain.
"I doa't know hovr yew naakia that owt,"
said she.
"You oan marry this rloh relation of
ours, if you please," insinuated hor mo
thor. "Ho wants a wife to keep that
grand new house of his, on Haviu hill."
Polly laughed.
"How do I know ho'lj liko meT' ah
questioned.
"Nonsense, Polly! There's no need to
tell you that. You're as pretty as a piuk,
said Mrs. Piper, viewing hor daughter
with maternal pride.
"And how do I know I shall like hlmT
"Why shouldn't you like him? He
can't bo moro than GO, and a man at 60
ought to be in his prime. And ho a vory
handsome at least Viola Bsrtlett says
he used to bs. And you know very well.
Polly, you oan make him lovu you, fast
enough!'
Polly pursed up hsr ohorry dot of a
mouth.
"A lover of CO," oried she, "who used
to re nanasome wnon viola llartlett was
a girll Oh, mother!"
"A handsome house and a grand oar-
riaga or your own," artfully interposed
Mrs. Piper. "And servants to do all
this drudgery that ooxnss so hard on too
now, and a good home for your poor
latner mat's crippled wltli rheumatism
and"
"All this is taking a good deal for
granted," crisd Polly, dancing aorooa
tha room. "Just hear old Gloria bawling
tor neipl 1 turns: she'll drown herself in
the washtub if I don't oouio pretty soon.
He's to be hero in the noon train, Isn't
he? Oh, mother, you'll havo to make
the peach shortcake yourself, and Pll at
tend to th tomatoes! And, mother I
declare I never thought of it until this
minute, but bora's a note from th school
trustees to lot you know that this U your
woe it for boarding to nw eohoolmas
tor." Mr. Piper gavo a start ef dieoaay.
"Tha new sohoolm aster f" sis ohod.
"But, Polly, ha oan't com this week!
Wo haven't but the one snare room, and
your cousin from New York U to b litre
today: and, besides, ws oaa't be both'
erod with oountry schoolmaster wha
tnere's so muoh to b don. Writ and
tell the trustees so at ono. I dare say
the man would just as soon goto Widow
Topham's this week. Thar ha is oamlng
now. rail lusn, folly."
A score of dimple broke oat arouad
Polly Piper's bawitohing little Cupid's
bow oi a mouth; bar blue eye sparkle.
fun.
"Tell him. yourself, mother," site re
torted. "I doa't know what on wurth t
say."
And, thus foroed into th breaoh, Mrs.
Piper unwillingly advanoad toward a
tall, pretern aturally slender young man
who was oominf hasitatinsty up the
garden path, with a baggy umbrella In
on hand and a tahabbr raits la th
other. Ha paused, and set (town th
shabby Tails, that 1m might th more
oooveiiiaoUy rsis a still shabbier hat
from hi perafrfrtag brow, sa li saw tha
two woman,
"H has rot nloe aye, in spite of tbat
tow oolorad hair of his," thought Polly.
I'm giad rm not motoarr
"Is this Mr. Paraoaku Pi pec's ri-
dtnoof" akd th young sum,
datly.
"Yes, It is." answered th lady of tbe
haosa. "But thatV baea a taJAak. V
don't want you herel"
("Poor fellowl" thought Pollr. "How
he colors I I'm sorry now I let mother
do It I might have softened matters a
little. How tired h looks, and I'm suro
that valise must weigh a quarter of a
ton at leastr)
"Better go to Widow Topham's, half a
mile down the road, and tall tha folks I
passed you on, so you oould take your
week there first. It ain't convenient tar
us .to eatertiin you hers today."
And, to nip th whole matter la tin
bud, Mrs. Piper turned short around and
made a diva into tha hotua, roIately
closing th door behind hsr.
"There." said she, "if dotitl I cal
not have him her!"
"He hasn't gone yet," said Polly, bar
pretty nose flattened agahsst tha faa-
light of tie hall door.
"What he doingf sharply (turned
her mother.
"He has sat down o his valise. Now
he is wiping hi forehead with a very
nice white pockethaadkerehitf. Now
he's looking back at th hens. Ob,
mother, don't you think"
"Polly," said Mrs. Piper, in accents of
eendensed exasperation, "I don t think
anything at all! But t you doatroand
help Gloriana with th washinr, Pll g
myself, and there's an end ot itF'
And Polly, who knew the manlag ef
her mother's voice as well as a musieism
comprehends his gamut, obeyed at ono.
Was It Polly's fault that old Gloriana
had suspended the olothes Una la tkmi
velvet green meadow through which tfa
brook gurgled like a Uughlaf, frs lis
some child?
Was it through any complicity of he
that the tall young man had, selected
that especial "short cut" from th Ptpr
farmhouse to the high road!
Polly stopped and looked at him, her
mouth full of clothes pins, her bon.nl
hrowv.Qurls blown kJeUc tad jv. hVs
a meadow of ripened wheat in a Soptcm-
tr gale,
"Ho has stopped to cat blackberries,"
thought sho. "ne must Ijo very hungry.
Young man, Isay youngrmanl"
Tlio stranger started; . , ; t
"I beg your pardonr'.iTaldJIie".. "Am I
trespassing?" ' J'T'Sfcr
"No," said Polly, "it, isVt'tfiat:- Anr
one Is welcome to tho wild blackberries.
But you seem hungry!" .
"I'm almost famished," frankly ad
mitted the young man. "I breakfasted
at 5, and I'vo had notliing since."
"It's too bad!" cried sympathetio Polly.
"Look here you shall come to our houso!
I don't oaro what mothor saysl"
"You aro Mlsa Piper?" he a9kod.
"They call mo Polly!" said tho rrlrl. "I
doolaro it's semi-barbarous, this sort of
thing! Wo've no business to act liko tho
priest and the Levlte, oven If wo.do hap
pen to be expecting company from tiio
oity. There's a very nice little bedroom
over the kltohon, sir, If you dont mind
the ohlmnoy going through it, and tho
outlook into tho poultry yard behind, and
111 get you somo dinner myself. Cornel"
With the gesture of a modern Queoo
Boadicoa bidding her serf "Follow mel"
Polly left the basket of clothes to its fate
and led tho way back to the house, whera
Mrs. Piper was even then beating egga
for tha peach shortcake by tho kitohou
table.
"Mother," said she, "I'vo brought the
schoolmaster back. Don't bo vexed; bat
hs was so tired and hungry, poor leUewl
Pll fix up the kitchen bedroom for liha,
and it will take only a few minute te
cook a bit of boefs teak and make a oun
,of coffee."
"Polly," oried the despairing taatroa,
"I think you must be craKyl'1
"Madam," said the bewildered strast-
ga "I do Bet Ma tntntd, if
"It's all right, mothor," said Pally, fty
Ing briskly around, pouring out a bowl
of rich milk, into which, she helped a
tioerai portion of tlio sliced peaches
whloh had been intended fori the short
cake, and urging her company to "oat
mat to begin withl" whilo she measured
out soma coffee and put a juicy slab of
steak on tha gridiron ovor abed of white
hot coals.
At that moment there cams a fusllads
of knocks at the hall, portals beyond.
"It's your ooitsin, Polly!" oried Mrs.
Piper, hastening to open tho door.
It was a stout, thick sot man, in blu ,
spsotacles and a pepper-and-salt suit.
"Cousin Albert?" smiled Mn Plrxsr.
holding out both hands in ostontatioiM
wsloom.
"Ma'am?" said the stranger, vacantly.
"So must be a little deaf." thonrrM
Mrs. Piper, and she raised hor voioe ao
ordlngly. "That atn t my name, ma'am," said
th stent man with the bluo lassos,
"and I ain't hard o' hoarln' neither. Pa
Joseph Parks, that's billod to conuaeno
teaahln' the deootrict sohool to-morrow
morning, and tho trustees"
"My goodness mot" oxolahned Mrs.
Piper, "if you're the school teacher, whV
this young man? I know how it would
be, Polly. He's a tramp an inipoatort
Blow th horn for the farm haads; loos
the dog!"
Th young man who had iust dis
posed of th last luscious spoonful eat
Staobs and oream here roso to hia fuH
eight.
"Up" to thia time." said ha. "no one
has askad me for my namo or creden
tial. Everything appears to liave been
taken for granted ; but if any one is
doubtful of my identity, I shall be pleas,
ad to settle the matter. I am Albert
Haven, from Nw York, and I pro-sum
I have the pleasure of speaking to tar
oouMna, Mbn and Mrs. ParaoeUu Pi-
pw?"
Albert Haven!" oried Mrs. PIner.
"Why, Albert Havea is 00! Miss Viola
Harriett"
"You aro probably thinking of rr'
Kscl, who died last month," said tUt
stranger. "Miss Viola Bartlett, I know,
was an old sweetheart of his. And I, as
his atlr and representative, have decided
to earry out tho plans he had made far
vbfsinr hi relations in this neighbor.
hood."
"Well," cried Polly, with ys that.
shoo Ilk hasel'diamonds, as she poured
out two oups of fragrant coffee, "If y en
have ehtated the school master oat ot bui
wdoosus, Cousin Albert, you must bo
content to share your dinner with his:
for I won't have any one else turned oat
of door today, no matter what hap
pen." "Uy dear little Cousin Polly!" oried
Mr. Haven, "you are the vary soul of hos
pitality. Depend upon it, I never sbaM
forget this bowl of peaches and oream."
The schoolmaster unpacked his oleaa
oUars and text books in the kitchen bod-
room. Ur.'Albart Haven helped Polly
start a box of geranium slips in tbe gar
den. Out by th chattering little brook
let old Gloriana muttered to herself as
th hung snowy pocket handkerchiefs
ajsd napkins galore to dry; and Mrs.
Piper, as she took the hot poach short
aka aud th pans of tea biscuit out of
ft .veta, flssacU witla a tfasril Ui
nsnyh: "Polly waa wber than I was, after all.
And I do believe things aro going to
happen just as I wanted them to."
Helen Forest Gravis In PliiladolDhla
faturda- ITight.
J-ae A Golden Opportunity;
Sh farehlv Whom alinuM vm, naif
th prettiest girl in this room?
Hflodklnrr about blm FPm WH
to teU the truth, thero isn't a pretty girl
i th plac. Llf.
Xuaga Dethroned.
Msa. HinTrm (nt Haw VnrM r lt.
deoter, you would examine my husband,
I am afraid his mind is giving way.
Family Physician Good gracious!
What has he been doing?
Mrs. Million He has subscribed ear
oral haradred dnllara in th VTnrtri'a u
Nw Yerk Weekly.
Sue Worn II In FUlts.
He Do You remember hoar I mJ tm
call your hslr golden, dear?
She Yes',' but you never do new.
Why is it?
He Beeaue, when I saw you take (t
down the other night, 1 discovered that
it was plaited. Lawrence Amerioaii.
Strong I'.vldnnoc.
New Tenant Bay, I bolieve that there
are skunks about this place.
Landlord Oh, that can't be! What
makes you think so?
Tenant I dug up twelve suits af
-clothes in tha garden yesterday, Law
reno American.
Business Before Plcaaar.
The Minister What a pleasure to be
good! Are you good, Tommy?
Tommy No, but I'm goin' U tussi
over a new leaf soon as I llci thsd
Thompson kid business before pleasure.
swars ssr usee... sang y a weekly.
at.