Advertising Rates,
Legal Notices
TIlO following price foi lsjtal ftclve,r,9
nz has ben adopted bv the Cakuon
AOVOOATK.
ninrter Notices - - - . $4 00
Vuiltor's Notices - - 4 00
Oommlssloner's Notices - - 4 00
Divorce Notices - - - 4 00
Administrator's Notices - - 3 00
Sreeutor's Notice . - - 3 00
Oi her legal advertising will bo charged for
ny r lie square.
H. V. Morthism, Jr..PaUlihor.
Weisssort Business Directory.
jp UNKI.IN HOUSE,
EAST WBlSSrOUT, PENN'A.
Thl house oilers nrst-chm accommodations trl
Iho permanent boarder mid transient guest,
l'nnlo prices, only One Dollar ior day.
aug7-iy John Hkiiuio, Proprlct.,r.
Oscar Oliristman,
WKISarOHT, fA.
Livery and ExrJimiqe Slallrs.
nasv riding carriage mid safe drlvinis liorse.
Ilest accommodations tn agents ami travellers.
Mall and telegraph orders promptly attended to.
Olvo me atrial. nmvsMy
The - Weisaport - Bakery,
O. W. LACHV. l'llOl'ltUCTPH.
Delivers fresh Kriv.i and Cakes in Weisaport.
ijcuvers vicinities everyday.
In the storel have a Hue Line r Confectionery
St ? n..nd.vTr.ul S.n.d.w schools and fe
vals annulled at low-st nrlces. deoB-fim
R. J. HONGrEN,
UCCEHSOll TOCllAlll.F.1 HCIIWKtTZKlt,
Near the Canal Itrldge, In
EAST WEISSPORT, Ponna,
Is prepared to do all kinds ot
Blacksmithing and
Horse-Shoeing,
P. 1 Mast Jioiul Cart,
the Cheapest and Uest on the market. feb2-yt
Henry Christmas
AT THE
Fort Allen House. Wcisspnrt,
Sells the l'opularand Celebrated
Burlington O and O York
SIN3I.B Ais'D . OmLS GABEUGES
At prices that are considerably less than compe
tition. I have all styles nut nullities!
which I wish von would not fail to Inspect
before making purchases. mayll-3m
APPLES
AND :
POTATOES
Received in Car Load l.otsal-
rnost every week at
O. J. Saeger's
Easi Weissport, Pa.
Store-keepers, 11 ucksters and nil
others can save money by mak
intr tiiivc.h,ises of mm. Uther
fruits in sensim. Call or write
for pices,
Dead Men Tell No Tales
...
W'Rt AUIVt
pur Story's Snort.
vehave-nfu'iH'""!"."..-"--
DrV (Joods, Groceries, I rOVIS-
ions, Notions, Uorils and
hoes,Tobi(:co,(3igar8,
&c , &c, &c.
ti n.n ifiiii.ii Vnilev. but we have an Klconnt
A,aqrtment Jiisttlie Hinio. and the prices are
iairiedway down beliw thegieat niajorltyot
niircoiniietltors.iuid that's what suits you be-
iaiWqUAI.lfY IM'IO llKSr ail'l thermoRR
menlwaya.lUVf H!illT, Our slock U enilre
lvKew. Prush.eie.il. Coiiiplete and Handsome,
an we take pleasuf III asking the people of
Weissport and the surrounding community to
call and inspect our assortment ol general store
gmds, ltesiieetlveiy,
A, W. MAUSH,
Post-Olllcc Weissport, Ptt
Qyev Gail Brite E. Weissport.
uKdbrtakbr
AND HBAliEl! IN
FUUNtTUUE,
PARLOR SUITKS,
BED BOOM SUITES,
.. o. Prices the very lowest. Quality of
a-oots the best. Satisfaction guaranteed In
every particular.
Caskets, Coflina and Shrouds
We hive a full lln which we will furnish a
the lowest possible prices.
ilqur, FeeA &c.,
! the eiiiie est rpi atly at very reiisonahle prices
rail aim no couvimwu.
JOSEPH F. REX,
inrli-ly I? AST WRIHtPOHT
AL. CAMPliEr.L,
J3rtr anil Watctaler.
Bank Street, LQliighton, flinna.
Kespwttnllv Invites the attention of his friends
new stock of
Watches, Clocks,
aniline CllltUll wtui' ...
Silverware, Jevely,
at Prtis that defy competition. It wilt pay you
.liewhere.
IllUPAUUNG
Promptly done at lowest charge, and all work
guaranteed,
Doa't Fonet the Place.
JtMtl aTtlAt-vmvtxTlfNCfcYTI
SIGN OF THE BIO WATCH,
Bank St Lohightoa.
losepk FB Rex5
$1.00 a Year in Advance. INDEPENDENT " Live and Let Live." $1 .28 when not paid in Advance.
VOL. XVIII.. No 13 Lehighton, Carbon County, Ponna. February 8, 1890. Singlo Copies 5 Cents
RHEUMATISM
Far Mere than Twenty-five Venn. A Com
plete Ilecovery. The Mean Used.
I bad Inflammatory Rheumatism. For nearly
year I had to be fed and turned In bed. I could And
bo relief Mr stomach was ruined and cut to pieces
with powerful medicine taken to effect a cure ao
that I was compelled to lire on bread and water. I
auffered for twenty. fire rears In tula war. I waa In
duced to try Dr David Kennedy's rarortta Remedy,
mad at Itondout, N. 7., and
I Am Now Woll,
thanks to this medicine. Dr. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy la my boat friend. With it t am enabled to
enjoy a Rood night's test. Also food, such aa meat
and pastry, which 1 have been deprived of for years,
showing; that the Favorite Remedy has no equal for
the cure of Ind'frestlon and Dyspepsia as well If
any should doubt this statement I will send the
ready proof at once. Uarrett Lansing;, Troy, N. T.
It la my pleaauro and absolute duty toward thosa
who ar struggling for very life against the deadly
Diseases of tiio Kldnoys
to add my testimony to the already weighty evl.
drnceof the wonderful cfHcacy of Dr. David Kenne
dy's Favorite Remedy My wifo waa a hopeless case,
abandoned by the physicians. Dr David Kennedys
Favorite Remedy was resorted toi not because any
hop waa i laced in it, but because nothing; else re
mained. All means and medicines had been tested
without avail. The effect waa little ahort of a mira
cle. At tlio second bottle she had regained strength,
and continuing-the treatment has fully recovered,
Jay Sweet, Albany, N. Y,
Dr. Kennedy's Favorito Remedy,
Prepared by
Bit. IIAVJM KKNNKI1V, ItOMIOlIT, N. V
lpe- .itt'ai StiforSS. By all druuirista.
ONSUMPTION,
IN Its first stages, can be successfully
checked by the prompt use of Ayer's
Cherry I'ectornl. Kven in the later
periods of that disease, the cough is
wonderfully relieved by tills medicine.
" I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
with the best effect in luv nractlco.
This wonderful preparation onto saved
my me. i nau a constant rougti, night
sweats, was greatly reduced in llesh,
and given tip by my physician. One
bottle and a linlf of the Pectoral cured
me." A. J. Lidson, M. U., MMdleton,
Tennessee.
" Several years ago I was severely Illt-
The doctors said I was in consumption,
anu tiiat tneycouiu no Homing lor me,
but advised me, as a last resort, to try
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After taking
this medicine two or three months I
was cured, and my health remains cood
to the present day "James liirchard,
Durlen, Conn.
" Several vears aco. on n nassace home
from California, by water, I contracted
so severe a cold that for some days I
was confined to my state-room, and n
physician on board considered my life
in danger. Happening to have a bottlo
of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, I used it
freely, and my lungs were Boon restored
10 a neaiiny ennumnu. since men 1
havo invariably recommended this prep
aration." J. 13. Chandler, J unction, Va.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
Pr, J, O. Ayer it Co., Loweil, Mats.
Sold by all Druggists. Price .l ; six bottles, to.
s
i9W$ SHUT
Horse Doctor,
(Honorary (lradu.Ha of Ontario Vet. College
Office: Carbon House Bank SU Lenisli'r
CASTRATION.
DENTISTRY
AN '
Difeeases r llHrs(i rii,tl;
8UCCHSSKUI.1.Y TKGAir.D.
LAMENES 3 SPAVINS
Splints, Uinghone, noon.on,,,-
AlldaUd,SPiiai, prevalent amnng Dome-tVat.
Ills Horse and Cattle I'ow iris sidil h
llll
elf and stores generally.
Consultation Free charges Moderate.
Ca is bytelegranh and telephone nronurtlv at
niuiweu vo iiperniiiiuf rfKiimuiy 1-4
r. ...... .
rfnrnied
Al pu, I ji.pr, S tip l( Qrnr-f
I1CW L.IVCI sit? Al OtUl
AT PA 'If FH TON.
LUOrOM) MKVKItS It l0 fuliv informs t"
lieople of l'aekertoii and elmt that he has p.
opened a I.IVKItV Si' ill.K oa DUAVIUt Si
where pe-sons can be ipplled III) (!ood, S,
teams either for Kltneial. Wcildlinrnr fur ll.n
nil I'm noses at verv Uiuat Ktlea. lueoniie
toht' eie'iylfh In' hits also In tn.'k the vry be
hr.trds of VI.OUK mut VKISP, Ahlch liewi
jel' it l,ovcl i'riws,
Attention, Builders!
Thnundersh:ne(l Is sti worklnn tho DOI.O
STONE (jUAltltY, ami I, prepared tu aupph,
snorieai iinuee itiiii uv -'vesi i rices, perstii.
whodeslro with (il)OI) H.ONK for HU11.D1N
I'Ultl'OSKS. Call and III ilect the Htnues an
learn 1'rlcus lefore iiureliiislng eKettheie.
LEOPOLD MEYERS,
feb.2-ly raekerlon, Pa.
I
4. HISTer
Itesect fully nnnoimeus in the nubile that he
opened a.S'EW UVUUY Sl'AIII.U, and that he i
uw ureiiiiiuu in luruisu luams lur irlineiai
Weddiuusnr ltiwlnesM Triiw on the shurteiit n
tee an.) most liberal term, orders left at -Oui'Ool
lluuse'wlll receive prompt attention.
STAWiKS ON N0IITH STUKET
irxt the Hotel, Lehlzliton. Iaii2i.v
SHOEMAKER'S
Horse aCattle Bowier,
foshua Shoemaker, Proprieto
OaKItltYVIU.K. P. 0 Northampton co.,
II ltUCTIONS-For a horse, I tablusimoiirul. ti
or lliree limes a week; when sick, a talil
siniuuaiiii "' rur a vim, I ieaiooiu
.. .io, nura .u, mice a nay. i,
same for Hogs. For Poultry mix with led.
. ..rT'",! ',0,wi'elr If, prerured aflerllierech
of the latellr II. O- Wlts.iu.aiid Is tho g n'f
iriicit . uvvuers i auovn n lini'd lin ing .. .....
Stoves,
Tinware
Heaters and
Ranges,
In Great VnriPiv nt
in ureau variety at
SA TV rmfl T . d-Tt TJBI 'c?
IX.xL U VMXJX V Jlt b
Popular Store, Bank Street.
Roofing and Spouting a special
ly. oiove repairs iuini8hed
on snort notice.
j9 JH?
P.
THEY'VE CUT THE WOOD AWAY.
They've cut the wood away,
Tho cool green wood.
Wherein I used to play
In happy mood.
The woodman's axe has daft
Each noble tree,
And now, alas, is left
No shado for me.
The brooks that flow la Hay
Arc dry before
The first hot Bummer day.
And flow no more.
The fields are brown and bare,
And parched with beat)
No more doth boTer the?
The pine scents sweet.
No more his note Is heard
To blithely ring
Where erst the woodland bird
Would sit and sing.
No more the wood flowers bloom
Where onco they bloomed
Amid tho emerald gloom
Of ferns entombed.
Fled, now, the woodland sights,
The scented air 1
Fled, all tho sweet delights
That once were there!
And fled th? gracious mood
That came to me,
When to that quiet wood
I used to fleet
Boston Journal.
MRS. II.
"Hero aro my stamps. Now I won't
havo to bo forever dipping my pen in ink
as I open my letters," and Herbert Am
brose tried the little rubbers one by one
on the blotter of his desk. "Cashier,"
"Business Manager," "Foreman," "Mrs.
H.," were tho different, types. At sight
of the last 0110 ho gave an exclamation,
"Mrs. II. I What will she say when she
sees that, I wonder? Mrs. II. I Well!
welll I wonder why she never did got
married thought She's pretty enough. 1
don't know as I would mind marrying
her myself," and the proprietor of the
Dally Eclio chuckled to himself as he
thought of what the world would say if
he married his typewriter girl. All the
papers would havo three-line heads be
ginning, "Married His Typewriter," and
their pictures would bo published all over
the land probably. No, on second
thought ho guessed he wouldn't. "I
would like to see her tho first timo a
letter is referred to her with the red
stamp on tho top. I bet she'll blush like
a schoolgirl, and she's thirty if she's a
day."
With this not altogether kind remark
ho took up hisrnorning work and did not
think further of rubber stamps nor of his
stenographer who sat in her little corner
of the big room on the next floor pound
ing out orders for metal, tapo, etc., and
letters to brother editors on ovory con
ceivable subject.
Sho was 80 "if she was a day," but her
face was ono of those that never grow.
old and never grow ugly. Her eyes were
a steady gray, her hair dark and smooth,
her lips firm and full, a face that you
might; pass every day for a year and not
notice. Elsie Ilaviey had been in The
Echo office two. years, and the managing
edljor often said: "It is strange that we
cannot get acquainted with that girl."
Sho came and -did her work day after
day, she answered when spoken to, the
city editor had her name and address on
his city book, but that was all they knew
about her.
Carrying put his desire to see what
effect tho stamp, would havo pn her, Mr.
Ambrose happened to bu in tho editorial
department when the first letter with the
stamp in bold red letters was banded
to her. She took it, glanced at it, then,
raised her eyes slowly to the proprietor's
face as lio stood by her desk. er glance
was, steady but her lips were closed
tighter than usual,
"Do you know anything about that?' he
asked, meaning of course the matter in
the letter.
"I do," was the answer, and she stuck
it on tho hook in her old methqdical
manner, but he qotioet) (hat her hands
trembled and that her face was, paler
ihan' usual.
me, next morning fdiss uariey was not
in her place, in tho corner. Never before
hail she been late when the clock pointed
to eight. Sho must be sick, tho manag-
ing.editor said. Uirls were always get
ting sick just when they wore needed
most, and ho sent tho office boy d-wn. to.
her address to get her excuse.
",No such person lias ever lived at that
number," .was the word he brought
back, and the managing editor looked
across tho desk at the city editor in a
questioning way. "It is very strange,"
was all lie said, but no took the word to,
M,r, AmoToso a as that worthy gen
tleman arrived.
"Bless, my soul," was that gentleman's
ejaculation, "who ever heard of 8U,ch a,
tiling? Didn't anybody ever lrnaw where
she ived?" Nobody from tho office had
ever ueen nt ner tiouse.
"Maybe she ha3 sent her excuse to
me," ho Baid. "Sure enough, hero it is,"
and he opened a square envelope ad
dressed tn Her bold, round hand.
"IJear friend" (she had never called
him mat oetore), "i tuantc you,
thought you would never know, I do
not know how you found it out, hut you
have acted generously toward me, ana t
am more than grateful, Mps.
"Mrs, II. I There 'a a. mystery here,
shouldn't wonder if it would make a good
story, but we won't say anything against
her. 1 bupposo l snail nave to get some
one to fill her place, for it is evident she
is not coming back. I would like to
know what tho thinks I found out) some
thing connected with that stump, I know,
i uiougut tuose stamps were going to
save time, but if they all have the same
effect as this one did and. I have to break
in somebody new for every one of them
l will oe always behind,
The new stenographer came, passed
through tho ordeal of being "broken in,"
and in time. IUsie Uariey was forgotten.
Forgotten by all save Mr. Ambrose. The
look in Iier clear eyes aa she slowly
turned toward him tho last time he saw
her haunted him, and ho would say to
himself: "I would mUs a whole edition
of Tho Echo to find out that girl's his
tory."
In the summer time Mr. Ambrose
went to his country home a little way
out of the city, running in every day to.
his business and back to tho cool green
shades nt nlu1.it. One moraine three
years after Elsie Barley's mysterious
leavetafcing he was coming m on tne
moraine train, and as thnv stonned at a
morning train, and as thny stopped at
station on the way a coffin was taken off
BU( pat into a waiting hearse. The con -
ductor ot the train knew
Air. Ambrose
and remarked to him after the train
moved on, "That was the fellow we read
about in the dispatches a day or two ago
who was pardoned from prison. He
died ot consumption anil they've brought
him home."
Mr. Ambrose remembered the ease.
f wTm JWv Mtsfli4
a House ana lcuiea an oia matt, was no
not?"
"Yes, that was tho charge. Ho was a
young doctor, the nephew of the man
who waa killed. He had married a girl
whom tho old man did not liko, and the
latter refused to help him in any way.
Tho young fellow got slok and the wife
worked in an office but could not sup
port tho two. Tho doctor nnd the old
man had a quarrel one day, and that
night the old man was killed and tho
house robbed. Tho doctor was arrested
and convicted, and it was only tho other
day that tho real mttrderor confessed on
his death bed. Then it was too late.
Consumption had marked the doctor for
its prey, and now ho is dead."
"And what became of the wife?"
"She went away after he was sen
tenced and was gono a couple of years.
Somebody said they saw her in the city
during that time and that she was work
ing in. an office there. They said sho
passed as a girl nnd that sho was saving
up her money, thinking sometime he
would be set free, for tho faithful girl
never believed him guilty, though tho
circumstantial evidence was so strong
that it seemed almost impossible that he
should be otherwise."
"I must look that matter up. It will
make a good story for Sunday," said
Mr. Ambrose to himself, nnd that after
noon ho left his office on an earlier train
and stopped off at the little station to
look up for himself tho story of tho dead
man. Ho was directed to aj little cot
tage, and n woman in black opened the
door.
"Elsie Harleyi"and then it ail came
to him. Elsie Ilarleyhvas tho dead man's
wife that was the necret of her life. She
took him into her little parlor and told
him tho story. "I thought you had
found out my secret nnd that you did not
like to speak to me about it. I scarcely
know how I got homo that day. Those
red letters seemed burning themselves
into my brain. I wrote to you some
thing, I do not know what, nnd I came
back hero discouraged."
That was only a part of tho long sad
story. Elsie's life had been a weary ono,
and the skies had been over dark for her,
but at last there came a ray of light. At
first sh6 was offered her old position, but
she said sho could not go back to that.
Then as timo went on Mr. Ambrose re
called what he had once thought about
proposing to his typewriter, and he said
to himself, "Sho isn't a typewriter now.
No matter of blamo can be attached to
her in any way, and she is prettier than
Bhe was then. If I don't beiiovo I will
ask her now." And ho did, nnd today
she is Elsie Ambrose, and is happy only
for the thought of that grave down in the
country tho gravo of the ono whose
wrong was righted too late. Katherine
Hartman in Dansville(N, Y.) Advertiser.
Coffee Planting: In Cuba.
I can imagine nothing more delightful
for an American capitalist than the
ownership nnd management of a coffee
plantation in Cuba. He could spend his
winters there, in thecliinato of Italy, sur
rounded by magnificent scenery, with
vegetation full of tropio splendor, and
plenty of game, deer, wild pig, fowl and
fish for the sportsman. Even American
fruits anl vegetables thrive there, and
witli small outlay all the comforts of
your homes could be transferred to the
mountain plantations. The American
Who should go there to pass his winters
would not lack for agreeable society.
The remaining descendants of the old
French planters, who still live on" the
estates they have been able to retain, are
nospttauio anu generous, ana generally
well educated and refined. Besides, this
sort of winter resorting can be made to
pay handsome profits. A plantation that
will produce a crop of coffee and cacao
worth in market 520,000, tho cost of pro
duction being no moro than $1,0,000 or
13,000, can he purchased for 35,000 or
.nit rwi. . . .
qu.ymjj. xia i-isks oi such an invest
ment are small. Droughts need not be
feared and labor is cheap and plentiful.
From an Interview,
Some of DtcUena Characters.
A contributor to tho London Literary-
World claims to havo identified a num
ber of Dickens' characters in real life,
He says that Smike is still living In Bury
St. Edmunds, where he keeps a toy shop,
and he describes him us a tall, hatchet-
faced old gentleman, proud of his ro
mantic eminence. Corker, he asserts.
was connected, through hi father, with
an eminent engineering arm, and lived
in Oxford road, where he prowled about.
a nuisance to all the servant girls in the
neighborhood. He, Major Bagstock,
Airs. UKewton, wno.se real name was
Campbell, and her daughter, were well
known characters In Leamington. Some
fifty years ago, he says, the Shannon
coack, running between Ipswich and
London, was driven by a big, burly old
ble elder Weller. Ho docs not, how
ever, introduce us to the real Sam Wei
ler, or his immortal master, Pittsburg
bulletin.
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that
every human creature is constituted to
do a proiQuna secret and mystery to ev
erybody, A solemn consideration, when
I enter a great city by night, that every
one of those darkly clustering houses
incloses its own secret; that every room
in every one of them incloses its own se
cret; that every beating heart in the
1 3 1 il 1 - - , 1 . , . -'.'
iiunureua m iiiuucuaua pi preasis inero,
is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to
the bean nearest it! Dickens,
MEN OF LETTERS.
William Hartpole Locky, the historian,
has bright red hair, is 01 years of age and
dresses like a parson.
Wilkie Collins' drama, "The Frozen
Deep," was instrumental in giving Dick'
ens his idea of "The Tale of Two Cities.
Jules Verne's real family name is Ol
ohowltz. Tho novelist is now 03 years old
and engaged in tho production of one ot
his greatest works,,
F. Marlon Crawford, the novelist, who
is to become a resident of Washington
is a very handsome man, in perfect
health, and is known all over Europe at
an accomplished swordsman.
The late Dr. Edwin Hatch, of Oxford,
54 years of age, was ono of the most fa
miliar figures of the great English unl
vereity. He waseditorof The University
a Gazette, and held the post of secretary to
the board of faculties and of studies.
1
Objects discovered in and near Rome
by exoavatoni will henceforth be placed
in tho Baths of Diocletian, there to form
a Museum of Urban Antiquities, while
those found In Etruria, Latiura and
elsewhere) will bo plared at the Villa
Glulla, on the Flaininian Way beyond
the Porto del I'opolo, named from the
famous en patron, Poyit Jitllai HI
FIRDUSI.
Then died upon their ears a soft refrain.
And Persia's monarch, surfeited and pay,
Leaned hack aod bade the minstrel slug the lay
Which he bid just concluded, once again. '
He sang, and plaudits praised tho tender strain,
"Who Is the bard who) versa we hear today"
"Fli-dust," said the slntrcr, "poor and gray,
in Tous thy servant languishes In pain."
"Ill nnd In need!" tho tic In wonder, cried.
"The greatest poet of our time and state I
Bear unto him at once our words of love
And richest presents our esteem to prove."
Obedience followed, but as mocking fate
In want, the day before, the bard had died.
Fell N. Oeraon In Philadelphia Ledger.
LETTY'S LESSON.
"A masked ball! My dear little girl,
what can you be thinking of?"
Letty Ogilvie flattened her fresh,
round cheek against the window pane,
making belie vo to watch, tho gambols of
tho cat with a wind swept autumn leaf
in the garden patli outside. A moisture
dimmed her eyes. She bit her lip.
"Thinking of!" she repeated, impul
sively. "Why, just exactly what I nm
talking oft to bo sure. I never attended
a masqucrado ball in my life. And I've
always so longed for a chance; nnd now
and now "
The cat, tho red leaf, tho serrated line
of tho fence, all mingled in one blur bo
fore her eyes.
Dallas Hall looked gravely nt her.
"Tastes differ," said ho gravely.
"What a woman can find to fascinate
hor in assuming tho dress and personal
ity of somebody who died and was buried
a century ago, in putting on a mask and
mingling in an indiscriminate crowd"
"Mrs. Laddon Lloyd's guests can hard
ly be called an indiscriminate crowd,"
pouted Letty.
"In five hundred people there must be
some jarring element; and, under any
circumstances, I'd rather choose iny own
associates," retorted Mr. Hall.
"You can do as you please."
"And you? Dear little Letty my
'queen rose of the garden of girls!'"
coaxiugly quoted Dallas, "you, also, will
do.oa I please in this matter? I can't en
dure tho idea of your mingling in this
fashionable crowd, in a black satin mask,
and an outlandish costume. Promise me,
love!"
"I suppose I shall have to," un
willingly conceded Letty, still with the
fresh young face turned away.
It was only half a victory, yet, with
such as it was, Dallas Hall was forced to
be content.
When he was gono, Letty Ogilvie went
up stairs, and looked sorrowfully at a
coquettish little costume of black velvet,
plentifully slashed with pink satin, and
accompanied by a Gainsboro' hat of
black velvet, overshadowed with pink
plumes. A lace uiantilki and a monster
rose colored fan lay beside it.
"It would havo mado such a lovely
Spanish maiden," said Letty to herself.
"And now there's an end of it."
Sho took up her scissprs to rip tho gay
little combination apart; for Letty Ogil
vie was no pampered child of- wealth,
who can afford to keep a pretty thing
merely to look at it.
In thA-.Ogilvle, family things were
twisted and turned in a variety of ways
before they were pronounced to havo
outlived their usefulness.
But she dropped them again.
"I can't do it!" said sho. "It's too
pretty. I'll wait until Bessy Mordaunt
has seen it and I.ulu Payne!"
So sho folded the bright colored trifles
away in lavender and rose leaves in her
bureau drawer, not to count a tear or
two that fell among tho pink plumes and
glittered on the silver lacings of the
black velvet bodice.
"What a ehanie!" cried Lucetta Va-
nan, "Xowre not going, after all? Good
ness me, I wish 1 were two sizes smaller!
I'd go as the Spanish maiden myself.
But what sort of a fud has Mr. Hall got
ten Into his head now? They say he. ia a
genius, but geniuses do get into such un,
comfortable grooves! Q( course, he's
coming to read poetry to. you all the
evening?"
"indeed hoTa notl" said Letty. "He
haa got to work day and night nt his law
business, to get tilings in shape for for
tho wedding."
"Oh, I see!" cried Miss Varian, jump
ing up and executing a low courtesy.
Niagara the rapids of the St. Lawrence
Montreal Quebeo aH that sort of
thing. Don't I wish I waa you? Well,
good-by my dcuv! U my Neapolitan
flower girl's costumo is to be ready, I
must prod up that snail of a dressmaker."
that same evening Lucetta came back,
her big, black eyes glaring, her lips curv
ed in sarcastio smiles.
"Letty Ogilvie," said she, "I've cot
such a joke to tell you.1 Where do you
supppose Mr, Dallaa Hall is going to
spend Thursday evening?"
"At work, I suppose," said Lettr. al
most inclined to be offended at Lucetta's
tone and manner.
"Oh, yes pretty work indeed! But,
Letty-mlnd, this is a pro-found secret!
Vd no business to be prying and listen
ing; but, out ot triendbhip to you, I got
close to the shadow of the stair door,
wnere uaiias uau was telling some
young man good-by. You know Miss
McCracken, my dressmaker, has her
rooms on the top floor of the Belknap
ouiiaing, wncro air. f inu-ot-per(oction s
law omce is locnteur
"But, Lucetta." 6tammcred bewildered
Letty, "do you think it is quite honor
able to"
"Honorable, indeed! Oh, you egregious
goose!" cried Lucetta, "do you know
what a dupe you are? Listen! This is
what I heard the knight errant say to
his friend as they parted: 'Very welli on
Thursday evening next, at the Laddon
Lloyd a. And a friend answered back,
'On Thursday evening next at the Lad
don Lloyd's.' So you see, Letty, he's
going to the masquerade, and he means
to have a lolly good time a sort of wind-
up to his bachelor bliss, I suppose while
you are moping at home, because mas
querade balls aren't the proper thing,
mueeiu wii a nerce satirical em
phasis. Letty's eyes flashed, her cheeks Ted'
dened,
t'lf it's proper for him, it's proper for
me,Msald 6he, "I'll go, Lucetta. The
Spanish ccstume sha'n't be wasted, after
all"
Lucetta clapped her hands, with a gay
peal of laughter.
"Will he know you?" the cried. lHas.
he any idt-a what you are golnlgto wear?"
"No, I had mettnt it for a surprise,"
"My dear," whUpered Lucetta,"things
are happening providentially. If I could
only be by at supper time, when every
body unmasks, and see the expres
sion of his face! What character do you
suppose he will represent? Edgar ItaT
enswood? Ivaahoe? Never mind; I've
been to a lot of these masquemdes, and
I ssvvr yet taw a dUauUthat I couldn't
unravel, now-nuinzea no win cw. m
call foryou, dear, at nine. "Thore'll be
plenty of room in our carriage, nnd
nobody will suspect that you'rp not in
bed and asleep."
Of all tho guests at Mrs. Laddon
Lloyd's that night there was no more
graceful dancer, no moro exquisite cos
tume than that of tho "Spanish maiden."
Close to her hovered tho "Neapolitan
flower girl," with her shallow wicker
tray of rosebuds and her scarlet Bash.
And a stately Austrian halberdier had
attached himself to their party with a
certain pertinnclty.
The Spanish maiden said never a word
she hardly darnl to trust her voice
but her heart beat high as tho halber
dier stooped liis plumed helmet to whis
per in her car.
"You are well disguised but I know
you."
She shook her head. Tho rosy color
flooded tlio round chin, tho curve of the
milk white throat, that were visible be
neath tho satin mask.
For whom did ho take her, then? To
what other woman besides herself did he
daro to spoak in accents of such honeyed
softness?
At last came tho moment of unmask
ing. Letty flung nsido tho black satin
domino nnd stood revealed, with eyes
alight nnd checks dyod with angry crim
son. - In the samo second the Austrian hal
berdier dashed his tinsel helmet on the
floor. Ho was a lierfect stranger!
With a smothered exclamation Letty
vanished in the crowd. It was some
time before Lucetta could find her.
"Oh, Lucetta," cried the girl, "we
have been laughing and whispering with
a man we never saw before! This is
what comes of masquerades!"
"Well, where's tho harm?" breathless
ly retorted less punctilious Lucetta.
"Don't everybody do the samo thing?
Come back, you silly child wo haven't
found Dallas Hall yet?"
"I don't want' to find him," almost
sobbed Letty. "I'm afraid to stay here
alone. That halberdier looked so inso
lently at me!"
"Nonsense, girl! ho can't eat you. We
aro all Mrs. Laddon Lloyd's guests. Come
back to tho supper room, I say! There's
such a crowd and everything fit to eat
will bo gone directly."
But Letty refused to stir. In the
shadow of a group of monster palms in
the hall she cowered, a brilliant bit of
color, whilo all tho hungry pleasure
seekers were converging toward the sup
per rooms. If it had not been for her
fantastic costumo she would havo hast
ened home at once.
As she stood there, perplexed and ter
rified, a step sounded on tho now desert
ed stairway. A tall figure dressed in
black, came swiftly down, with a roll of
papers in its hand.
"Oh, Dallas! Dallas!"
"Letty, can it be possible that this is
you?" "After all your advico to me!" shi
wailed.
"After your promise to me, Letty,'
ha said, glancing with a strong disap
proyal at her rococo dress and clustering
pink plumes.
"Dallas, what are you doing here?"
"I came, Letty, to receivo instruction)
for the last will and testament of olu
Myron Lloyd, Mrs. Laddon Lloyd's un
clo, who is now lying ill upstairs, ant
who desired tlio document to be exe
cuted as prlvately.as possible while his
niece's attention was absorbed with hei
guests. And you, Letty?"
She flushed to the very roots of her
hair. How waa sho to tell liim that she
had come thero to defy his authority
to be a spy upon his actions?
He looked keenly at her.
"Havo you a cloak here?" he asked.
"Yes," sho murmured "in the dress
ing room."
"Ga upstairs and get it quick, before
tho crowd comes back to interrupt our
egress. I must take you home."
As obedient as a child sho complied.
and clung, half laughingi half sobbing,
to Ins arm as sho related tho story of how
she had allowed herself to. be influenced
by Lucetta Varian's officious tattling, of
her injudicious resolve and of her own
hearty repentance.
"And nil the time," she said, "you
were only in the path of your.profes-
sional duty."
I certainly wasn't attending Mrs.
Laddon Lloyd's masqucrado ball in any
historical capacity," said ho dryly.
"Dallas," sho murmured, "will you
forgivo me?"
"My own dear love, there is nothing
to forgive," he answered. "You have
learned one of life's lessons, that is all.
Now kiss me, and let's forget all this
nonsense."
"But I will nover disobey you again,"
she pleaded.
"1 wish I could bo certain of that,"
said he, with a laugh.
And tho next day Lettv Ogilvie ripped
the Spanish maiden's dress apart, kept
the black velvet to trim a winter gown,
and sent tho gaudy pinksatintooldAunt
Jemima Berryfield, up the street, who
was making a crazy quilt of the craziest
description.
"For I never want to seo the hateful
thing again," said she. Helen Forrest
Graves in Philadelphia Saturdav Night.
No Tim a Lost.
Scribbler When is that review of my
novel coming out, Scather? When I
brought the book to you, you assured nie
that you would lo no time in reading it
Soather So I did. Well, I have lost
no time in reading it yet. America.
Pride llvs on Itself. It iz like a rao-
ooon in winter keeps fatt hi sucking its
claws.
We should awl aim at perfeckshun.
but no one hut n phool will expekt tew
reach it.
A lie iz good for a tiiort race, but It
takes truth tew run the heats "blood
will tell."
All happiness iz like gold quartz
thare iz four quarts ov stone to one
ounce ov gold.
Hope and Debt are partners in trade
llopo hunts up tbe customers, and
Debt skins them,
He who spends all his substance in
cnarity win unaouoieqiy Kit nis rowara
hero and hereafter; but hiz reward here
will be the pool house.
Thero iz a huge number or souls per
ambulating around the world who liav
bin straining for years after a camel, and
finally had to swallow a nat,
Give a smart ohild a pack or kards
and a spellin book, and he will learn tew
play a good game ov Hi Lo Jak long be
fore he kau spell a word ov two Billables.
A man haz got about done going down
hill when he giui whar he brags on hiz
lazynew. mien a uritter it ov no more
use tew himself nor others than a frocen-tw-dath
iootr iu a barn vtvrd. Nw
A citizen of Holland Citv, Michigan,
bought a horte one day for four bushels of
ear corn and sold it tho noxt day for twelve
bushels ot rye.
When a man has a business that
doscn't pay he usually begins to look
nround for a partner to share his losses
with him.
100 Ladles Wnntcil.
And 100 men to call nt druggists, for n
free puckago nf Lane's tnniily Medicine,
the great root nnd herb remedy, disenveerri
by Dr Silas Lane whilo in the Kooky moiin
tanins. For diseases of the blood, liver nnd
kidneys it is a positiyo cure. For comtipti
tlonand clearing up the complexion it doe
Wonders. Children liko it. Everyone
praises it. Lurgo-sico package, 50 rents.
At till druisU'
An unruly stomach is not to be tamed
by lectures.
WortH its Weight In flold.
If you feel deprcesed.Tour appetite Is poor
and nio tloubled with Dlztlnets of tho head,
Ktlllonsnesa or Dyspepsia, nr. Leo's Liver Ke
ulnr will cure vo.. Trial size bottles free.
A nell.kmiwn pluslclon in New York adtlses
all his patients that suffer with Coughs and
Culdstouso Pnrltsn (Jough end Consumption
l uro. At T. 1). THOMAS' Drug Store.
In York county, this state, a party of
tramp recently emptied a water tank nnd
converted it into a bed-room.
Happy the bride who docs not hear all
the comments and criticisms of her dear
friends who make up the audience at the
wedding.
A Woman's Discovery
y'
s been lftad
u ,e: i ti, Tn,,w,on I,'1 ul:c.0Tri V has been made
. V,uV..7.i r:. ' ""? my- msease
v'e-,r iim chitches upon her and for seven
t.,Uwi occut il'ms, mil iicr"A'iiai
!r;:i!,,,s,weP! nndennliicd and death seemed Im-
! Ji?.-' . i'eflhreo months she coughed Incess-l,LmiK,"la,l)?UIt-cr-
Hhi) bought of us ii
nn.i'oPf' K1"8 9 Now Discovery for con
i JMon.a.',d.w,!ls 80 ,nurl relieved on taking
iS0.8 1 "lt S'H "'en nil night and with one
lottlo has been niliaciilonsly mied. Her imiue
'lek-f1.'Utlie,y',',,f-" x-,Jlll"s "rltu W. K "lam
uKoSA'Sb'fe1'- c-,:ft ! "," hMWa
An autopsy on a Wisconsin man a
few days ago revealed five jack-knives in
ills stomach.
A JUSTICI! OF TUB PKACE 8AYH.
Hon. John Nealy, justice of the peace
ind ex-mctnber of the House of Itepresen
atiqes from Meredith, N. II., was for
welve years a terrible sufli rer wieh rlioum
ilsm. Ho says: I cannot obtain uny
nedicins which docs me iw much good as
our Sulphur Bitters, and I think it is. tlio
jest medicine made.
An Iowa clrl named Flora Loalc. shm.
a man dead for serenading her grandfather
on tne occasion of his latesi, marriage.
You havo often seen women with marked
dueness or paleness of face, vitiated appe
ites, and a craving for unwholesome food.
These are signs of a dibon'ered liver, and
lie trouble must be corrected or worse re
ults are sure to follow- Hushind6 and
athers cannot afford ton-eat this matter
ightly. Dr. Kennedy's "Favorite Item-.-dy,
which dispels liver disease, costs leas
ban sick wives and daughters. You will
-ind it a very profitable investment.
A Inninnf iiiim la..l n..... - i . . .
fu.w it.au .mo leucuuy iHKCn
out the ground near .Tnnlin. V Ir ....
J00O pounds In weight.
Some Foolish l'eople
Allow a cough to run nutllitgets beyond
he reach of medicine, 'i'hev often say,
' Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases
t wears them away. Could they bo in
luced to'try tho successful medicino called
.emps Balsam, which is fold on a positive
.uarantce to cure, they would immediately
ee the excellent eflect after taking the fint
lose. Price 50c and 11.00. Trial size free.
At all" druggists.
In Seyler county, Arkansas. Nathan
o'annon, aged 83 jears, uiulwtook to kick
dog. The dog dndged and Cannon was
picked up with a broken leg and wrist
Tnis H est medical writers elalra that theeuo
eesrul remedy for nasal caltarrh must bo non-
rrltfttlniT- HARi- if flnnllnotlnn ....
reach all the remote -nrus hi.iI ,iln,.vnaii .,
uces. The history f the cuVite to treat
-attarrh dujtng the past obliges us to admit
hat only one remedy has met these conditions,
m) that, la fr.lw 1 in ii.i.. n.t.i- ... Z
remedy has mastered catarrh us nothing else has
-.v. u-...v, ... uvtu )BicjituB mm nauems
renlT ennppdn ,til. To a Ph. ...... ,n. .
symptoms yield toll.
With a record of bavins burled 1.100
oersous, George Moaie, an aged under-
aker of Uuthercvllle. this slate, has at last
oeen laid under the soil himself.
Sudden Death.
If you get short of Lre.ilh, J,ayo flutter
ng, jwin in side, faint or hungry spells,
wullen ankles, etc., you havo heart dlicase,
uid don't fail to .take Dr. Milos New Cure.
h)U at Hiery or Thomas' drug stores.
Marcel Bernler reccnt'y died at home
n Now Aukum Prairie, Washington, aged
d'J years. He was tho first white child
oorn In Washington, then Oregon Terri-
ory.
A spring medicine Is needed by everyone.
Winter food, largely consisting of salt meat and
animal fats, catties the liter t become disordered
and the blood imnure, henuo the necessity ol
cleansing medicine. The belt Is Ayer's
Sarsaparllla.
The world forgets a million men where
it Immortalizes one. Fame Is a fine thing,
tays the Texas Sittings, but It Is harder to
;et than a prize In a lottery.
Be sure and oxll for Dr Hull's Cough Syrup,
if yon are troubled with a bad cough or cold,
Mr. L. B Klefer, of Lancaster, Pa., wrote
us: Having a sprained leg or almost thirty naje
standing, and after trying half a doien adver
i Ised preparations in the market without satis
factory results, I tried Balvatb n Oil, and In less
.han three days my leg was all right "gain,
there's neihlna like It.
It Is said that "men aro tbe architects
ot their own fortunes." This explains
why so many of them fall, for but few get
beyond the nave.
bait lthenm
With its intene itching, dry hot skin,
alien broKen into painini crnoks, and the
iti-e watery pimples, often causes indescrib-
ibie suuentig. noons r-rMjarii:a na
.vonderiui power over this disease, ji
unrifieu tbeblood and ox pels the humor.
ind the skin heals without a srar. Send
or book containing manv staumenls
ore, io (J. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries
Luwell, Mass.
The poorer a man Is, the more apt be
Is to refute tbe pennies yon give bim in
change.
catbartlc IMlls are Whips
To the liver and bowels, but give no
strength. The more you tale the mere
you need. Miles' Pills positively strength
en. The longer taken, the IM renuired
Samples frw at Biery nt Tlirroas' Drug
store.
The Carbon Advocate
An iKDKPitKDKirT Pmii Nf wsi'rFH Pub
uifieu eTt'ry nniuruav ill l.eiiiemnn,
Carbon County. HeiinsylMinlB, li
Harrv V. Morthimex- Jr.
-HANK HTKKKi'.
$1 00 Por Yoar in Advance !
Host advertising medium In the county.
Hvery description of Plain and Fancy
JOB PRINTING
very low prlc. We do not hesitate to nay
that we arebettnr equipped than any other
printing establishment In thlsseotion
to do (1 rut -class ob-woik, In all
Its branches, at low prices,
MEN YOU HEAR OF.
Senator Piorco. of North Dak-ntn. In iha
author of several novels.
Senator Ciiaco is mid Ui lm Mm
Quaker now in puhlio lifo nt Washing
ton. Col. John A. Cookeroll has been ro-
oleoted president of tho New York Press
club.
nenrv M. Stanley 1ms Rnhl bin nw
book on Africa to his Loudon publishers
for 6)200,000 cash.
Tho now Chinese minixtnr nt Wnahtnrr.
ton is a reoltise, and much moro fond of
his books than of society.
Marshal MacMahon's memoirs will ha
printed for a nrivnto elrr.ulntimi onlv.
and the edition is to bo 'limited to twenty
copies.
Commander Green, of tho RnhnnTnhfa
Saratorm. nt Philndnlnhla. Is tr I,
salary of 2,000 in addition to his naval
salary.
Professor Tuckor. of Andovnr. limits
iVinericnu oritrin.il thlnlrnra In .Tnnntlmn
Edwards. Beniamiu Franklin anil Nn-
thaniel Hawthorne.
Austin Corbln paid S13.000 for a herd
of Manitoba buffaloes with which to
stock his lllintinir mrk in tho mminlritna
of New Hampshire.
Mark Twain'n inivmie h.iIiI tn lm
$30,000 a year, derived from royalties on
his works nnd from tho publishing house
in which lie is a partner.
Mr. A. P. Benson, of Excelsior Sririntrs.
Mo., has iust had removod from hla
skull a minie ball, which had lain im
bedded thero since tho battlo of Cedar
Creek in 1801.
Senator Pierce, of Brooklyn, has been
adopted by the Cayuga Indians as a
member of their tribe. His Indian name
"Hah-Y'nh-Nay-Shaw-Nace," which
moans the Island Law Maker.
Speaker Iteed is tho largest man in tlio
house. Ho weighs as much as ox-Presi
dent Cleveland and is tailor. Ho is an
accomplished French scholar and reads
every new book published in Paris.
Thero is n strong probability that-both
Mr. Stanley and Etnin Pasha will enter
tho service of tlio British East Africa
company, and that Emin's companions
will settlo in tlio company's territory.
M. Meis3onier is at work on tlireo co
lossal panels for tlio Pantheon, which
will represent in an allegorical compo
sition the triumph of France from Clo-
vis down to tho revolution and Napoleon.
Emanuel Louis Cartigny, of Hyores, is
supposed now to bo the sole survivor of
tho battlo of Trafalgar. Ho was a cabin
lxy on board tho r reach ship Redoubta
ble, whicli carried a crew of 800 men, of
whom tyily 180 survived.
'James S. Carlton, an aged luau now
living in Baltimore, Md., claims to have
been tlio discoverer of tho peculiar
offect of cocaine. Ho says that as early
as 1849 ho know tho properties of tho
drug, and made uso of them iu his own
family.
THE GENTLER SEX.
Tho wifo of Dr. Schliemann knows her
Homer word for word.
Emma Nevada has been carrying
everything bofore her on thelyrio stage
in tho principal cities of Holland.
It is said that the placo to see tho pret
tiest girls ot New York 13 the steamship
wharves on the days that tho big ocean
greyhounds sail.
Miss Ellen Green, who has been travel
ing for a St. Louis paint house eight
years or more, is ouo of tho best paid und
most successful drummers in tho United
States.
The oldest daughter of Senator Allen,
of thpnowstato of Washington, although
but 15 years old, is an expert typewriter,
and for souio timo past has acted as prl
vato secretary to her father.
Mrs. J. C. Croly (Jennie Juno) has
been elected president, and Mrs. Sara J.
Lippincott (Graco Greenwood) and Mrs.
Mary E. Bryan vice presidents of tho
New York AVomen's Press club.
Miss Bislaud, Nellio Bly's rival globe
tourist, is a pretty, soft haired, bright
eyed girl, with a tall, slender, distin
guished looking flguro, nn air of thor
ough good breeding, and a qulot self
confidence that never degenerates into
boldness.
Mrs. Lclnnd Stanford, of California,
has obtained tho permission of the Em
peror William II to havo a copy made of
tlio "SUtino Madonna" in tho Dresden
gallery. The only condition tho emperor
imposed was that he Rhould name the
artist to do tho work.
Miss Drcxel has decided to build jO.
convent near Torreedale, about twelve
milss from Philadelphia, on the Now
York division of tho Pennsylvania rail
road, of which sho will be the head. Its
purpose will bo to educate, and train a
sisterhood to work among tho colored
and Indian races.
QUEER AND CURIOUS.
Tlio latest musical prodigy is a young
boy in Luzerne, N. Y., who is said to be
able to play "Parsifal" on a blade of
grass held between his thumbs.
A Meadville, Pa., young lady has a
peculiar craving for matches, which she
nibbles with as much gusto as some girls
display In masticating caramels. Recent
ly sho masticated several red headed
lucifers, and, very naturally, was taken
violently ill, but recovered.
An express train in Alabama going at
full speed struck a woman and threw her
SO feet in the air, landing her outside tho
right of way. When picked up she was
dead, but there was not a bruise any
where on her body, though the soles of
her shoes had been cut oft as smooth as
if done by a cobbler.
A Dubuque, Iowa, man invented an
arrangement by whloh a runaway horse
could be detached from a buggy, and
before offering it to tbe publio he decided
to give it a personal trial, lie procured
a vicious horse, encouraged him to get
up and dust, and then pulled the lever.
It didn't work, and he was flung into the
ditch and had his neck broken,
Americans aro not great eaters or mus
tard. The latest omelet is served in crescent
form.
The 'possum is the Thanksgiving bird
of Georgia.
Scotch toast i sometimes called "High
land el Ices."
Broiled cope should be served with
Spanish aauoe.
The Paris exposition haa brought forth
several new sauces.
A Ketffer pear from Florida weighs
sVOe pound and tbiitecn OOBOM.