tltiua(
5 9
J5J4r you a su'jioiVi- Io inc
paper you are now rendlnat Ifnt't.
it will cott you. bat tl- forai xvtek
to t come one, and tlen you can
Ml your neighbor that you will
nti(Ar borrow nor fend.
MISBA4i?aaiA6EAVBl'S r;? G eateslBjoocI Pi r'fi Mr
ThlGrcit(!frmnn Wr'llc'.nctitliOfffc. I Ij
. , . BSchoopcstnndljcM. 12ilofciofftITL-y B B
A J 4 1 1 -I . x ..-rr I i r -.-- - .in nni I lMlliliniWl!RSforl.oo,Icsathao a J
lVhliinGW si-mpoiinni. . HsiMis!.
udn common plmplo on tho foco f
Ell to that awful dfrensn Scrofula, ijr i? If
1 M1'n0' j1?"8 1U ' t
1 m 'I 'i 1 oniP'- '1 ifii 'Is i'ionr jf'
1 . n, anl av ft -1
tyerpuy
sOui$b Itemain the Same !
Don't trVntil You See Our Goods
and Compare Prices 1
One dtiv tim clocks, 60tV?6c, and up to $2.51).
O.io du alarm flocks, SOc, $1.00 and up to $3 50.
Kit-M-ilfty clocks from $3.00 up to $10.00.
Anglican Lever Watches from 5.00 up to $50 and $60
W'c doiVt nalicblo1". about low pi ices and wc have no
d to " cut V. for-dto simple .'ifason that our puces- are now as
.. :t ... . l.'....itli?, tf,i,. Hf" '.liltov Tnivolprs ill lllis tOt 11 OV H)
ncc
In iv
, 11 inn iiiitri mil1 myew vjt r vv.i... v. . . . --
tut .uuiii. ivYy -6m
examine f.iir goods andjeahi pricps before buyinji elscwlicre
i ?:TB.e iceiiable J
' The lam Weather
M akes it Quite
IttcMeevCream, Fresh Spda Water &
x&m&'s Good Milk Shake.
n.,(i TiWHvnlR
Partjps.ioijjpe
UUU A, s-fc f i i
very lowest prices.
Gonlections, Fruits and Groceries.
Tqjob Games; anU
Tn rtiiriino wri'havo everything
nwnystlie very lowest.
SlGVBKWAM-AND JEWELRY.
Wn n'nit't lie lie.lt-in
a liiie hne4H
. . -wT . .
e n5iY effects
a.- nxvaall llie
ICE gREAMT, soda-woter, milk shake, con
X FECTilONS'AND FRUIIb.
WE AUU now nicely looUed In our new store room and with
ia.i f-nnllltlna a,l .nnvfltiUnnea am itettnr than ovar nrd
pareiHo aater to the public.
to Ilia pauplo 10 call and eoo
Ico Gi'oam and Co.
as.
nisIi.oll,35orsWJreiJiWin miyqnaniuy .11 snort nmice.
FINE-SILVERWARE, BATCHES AND BEAUT!-
. m JEWELRY.
E CAHUV ai lino and as ci
as catf OS fotiiKUu-Mitt.
have airtho
10 ttsMMMBUnMd the priena at a the vary low
i'omeW(l seFtif Worn jou buy.
set.
11 tlje Yei'v Latent
BWIDGE STIiBBT,
haw o'lened up
I.adu s Vi'-L
u li -ii-two
?,')(.
t5c
.Vh-
the
in 11 v f 1
lit In' 1
1 urs Mtli
46'-
.r)0'-. I,
Ml-
In nuic'.v u.'.i !
"I ij.1
niov i'i 'I
mm
m'l lx (itutclnid in town at tho prict.
Ho.: iv
, ?'..r 1
Mi
t i.n'T' ! our .) and
OBERT'8 B OCK
Adam's Express Company.
$1.00 a Year in dvnn
VOL CStlX.. No 3 1
,L. 1 a in in ... . 'v... 1 -
..... 1 limn laiiiniMiiini minimi! i IMWW I
inviinlidn: fJonie find SfO US
i-iid
eJVSTfi 2 f&'iP
VV w.t.,VJh j I
Seasonable for
snimlied with I co Cream at the
the New Novelties,
that is new. uur prices aro ui-
silvcrwavo and lev
welry. Wq
at the lowest prices.
rn
Wo extend an eirnest Ipvl alien
us at our handsnm new ilora.
T,, if..t-iii r,r WhiileaalA lots, rienie and fc-
Jlrai tivalcoiiiiiiittecsnnd wedillng parties m I
Don't but Clsewiiem 1111DI you can am learu m 1-
te a lino of the above poodi
ro In Carbon couuty. We
Novelties in Toys
WBISSPORT, PA.
UNDERW
EnOe
a very nice line of S'ttwonable
UnJeiwi iir in
sfts, Ohiltlrens and Gents.
fqr 25cts. Something better qt
Thpse''roods are actually worth double
ioc,
10 !, i'l-i'.ched in town.
O.-'n's and Missfts
aud jilc. i lit v are worth
( hiiilr.'ii n ' il it tit- at
lowest pvices-
10 con
lUUti
itiii' 1$ i' uams.
9
- e.
Senil 3 2-ccnt stamps to A. 1. Oidway A Co.,
Dotton, Mass., for bcntmedluilwoj-l; rjufi'.l3licdP
Praonal & Baste Garfe.
W. M. Ranhor,
VTTOHNEV aso OOUKSSLLOU AT LAW,
1 intloor ubac the Mnrslon House,
AUOII CHUNK, .-- - VENN'A.
i;eal Hntato and Collection Agonoj. Will Buy
.ml AaII lronl Hftt-jitA. flnnvnvnntiltiiF npallvdono.
.'ollcctioiw lironiptly miulc. BettlVns Ksfatesol
llcc.'dents a iioclalty. Miy bo consulleil In
Enellsli and Ccnr.an nor. 22-yl
O. A. CLAUSS,
Offlee with Claim Bros., 1 lrst street, I.clil ihton
lrlRE, LlFK AND ACCIDENT
INSURASJUil.
Only l'"iitd.iM Coreppunu me rppicsonted
Intormttloii cfioprfiil
4-iy
Ex-Sheriff Rabenold.
84 K, Sill St., - - - - ALT.ESTOWJf.
tn all lis biatiL'liBi. Frt "!!i ?a always on
hand. Thu nalrona&u of the people la
Solicited. Sallafaeilon :
inironieeu.-o-uu
DR. J. P. BROWN,
fSIa'inaton, Pcnna.
Special rnuitnient trtvon lit Dlseai-cs ot Women.
Bpeoinltot In l)Ieaif ol Kye, Rar, Nobo and
Throat.
Catarrh Permanently Cured.
I'lno Vrainrlett Eo Olasses mid Spectncles ad-
I jusren niv ovn paicw. uuhj-o
DK. G. T. FOX,
112 Main Street, Bath, Pa.
AT DAHGOE, naoADWAY HOUHK, M02fPAa.
AT BABTON, SWAN HOTKL, fUKSCAYS.
AT BKTHr.KUK.M, BCX HOTKL, Wr.DSESOATS.
AT AU.RNTQWN, K.OI.F. HOTl'.r., TnUUSDAV
Vt Bath, I'mdayh aku Saturuayb.
Oftlcc Hours From 0 a. m. to 1 p. m. riactlce
ilnltted to diseases ot tho
Eye.Ear, Nose & Throat
rss-Also. Kolroetlon of the Kvcs ox the adlust-
I jnent of glasses.
p t mtt, D. D', 8,
OElee bpiioslte the Opera House.
Bank Street, Leh v ton,
Pa
DEKXISTKV IN ALL HH JlUAKtHKb.
tilling and inakluR artificial dentures a special
ty. HltCiHUULIlJ) U9f.nl,
UhM admluistered and T eeth Kxtraotcd WITH-
.'WICK llOUHSi From 8 . m., to 12 ra., from
i ut i-Ain.
t p. in., to 5 p. m., irom 7 p. in., 10 0 p. 111.
Consultations In English or (irim.in
OIBoe Hours at Ilazleton -Kveiy Saturday.
OotlWT-lv
OE.W.F. DAMZEH,
No. 80 North Wyoming St.,
MAXLETOM, PENNA.
S.iaelallst lu mic.iscs of Hie
BVB, N03B AND THROAT
Dr. Danzcr u 111 be at the
Bxcihange Hotel, Lehigl:tou,
SpcatucU'H and Kje Glasses accurately Otted ut
IC.UIUIIltUlV ,l LNVh
lFJPnt,iiUnt1ii Iti flnrniftti mid RlliTltsh.
i A. S. Rabenold,
Branch Ornoa i-Orer J. W. Uaudenbuah
Uquor More,
IJAKK 8TREUT. LEHIGHTON
ueoUstryln all Iti Uranehes. Teeth Extracted
gUhoutl'alu. Oas administered wheu requested,
Office Days -Vt'EDNEHDAY of each week.
P. O. address. UXKNTOWN,
-yJ Lehigh county. Fa.
DENTISTRY.
J)y. J. A, Mayer &Soil
V)x. QEORGB H. hi AVER,
a Graduate fiuiu ttic UeuUI Uepaitiueut of the
University of Pennsylvania,
has opined .in odioe In the saaie hnlldiug with
uis iiunei.bocouanoorin wenar wiuaowi
58 bl0 'DWAY, M AITC 11 (1111 PA
suon pi
pared 10 icohceteiyoiie in uccii
nriit-cU-.
nclt'.il sei ic - 0:1 Uiit
'lies!
Piles! Piles!
Fii-S 's
I i ltci-.il
t,-l.t full.l
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1'iU - uoioiy. A nm
cure fin
il'iU,iut raalortx crnal,
lit' nhtwluitr Hita.
it, even If ou lme
in i remedy. This Su'muM
i .is to appH, s.iiV, in 'i .mi
'rr lid tint it i;' 1111,1
in 1,1
II 11 IU
lutl. (I With i w '
tory It wnirjli.t
cleun, ituti n -uu'.iW
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l'li tKaii - i. si in Ui
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INDEPENDENT"
Lehighton, Carbon County.
BONO OF MBA WIKIM.
How It singe, slofn, sings.
Ulowlag sharply : i nm the s.c?a line,
Wlth an edge of sal, that ttlnccn;
liovr It lauguft aloud and pa4eB,
Aa it cnU the clone clllt punn;
How it atnirs aaia and whistled
Aa it tuakea th stout aen thistles
How U alngs 1
How It shrieks, shrh V shrieks.
In the crannies of the headland,
In the faehei of the creeka;
How It shrieks onee mere, and catches
Up the yellow team in patches;
How It whirls It out and trfkr
To the cornfield and the clever
How it shrieks I
How It roars, roare, roars
In 'I'd ii -m rmlcr-, -vems,
In th 1 n!r.-, . r the shores;
Hovr it mar i : acw and thunders.
As the ? tii.iis h i.l 1 ppllts and sundered -And
I he even", 'hip, tempest driven,
On tho reef lie-' rent and riven
How it roars !
How it walls, wails, walls
In the tangle of tho wreckage,
In the flapping of tho sails;
How it sob away, subsiding,
Like a tired child, after chiding;
And across the ground swell rolling
You can hear the ell-buoy tolling
How It walls I
Austin Dobaon.
BETTINA'S SJ'ORY.
My little neighbor, Bettirm, came in
one eveninj: and said iiriperlotlsly ; "Tell
mo a ntory."
"Certainly," I said; "sit down and'I
wilt begin : 'Once upon a time, a long,
long time ago.'"
"I don't like 'a long, long time ago'
that's tho way grandma's stories ahvays
begin, and you're not as old as grandma
and ofiu't know anything about 'a long,
long timo ago.' Tell mo something else. "
"Very well," I said submissively, "I
know a very pretty story about a littlo
girl who was ono day out in the fields
leathering flowers, and as slio was saunter
ing along "
"She met a littlo old woman, who said
to her, 'littlo girl' I know all that, tho
littlo girl and tho little old woman al
ways say tho same things and. the little old
woman always turns out to be a fairy and
the littlo girl always marries tho prince. I
don't want to marry a princo j my papa
says there isn't a princo living lio
couldn't buy up three times over "
"Bettinal" I gasped.
"And as for fairies, I've been in tho
fields often, and I've never met any
fairies big or little."
"And what's more, Bettina," I said,
shaking my head at her sadly, "you
nover will. "
"No, and I don't want-to j they always
say such foolish things liko tho stupid
old giants. I'm sick of giants I I saw
ono once in a -dime museum, and ho
didn't eat up anybody or say 'fee, fo, fi,
fum' way down in his Bhoes like tho
books say ; lie just stood up there and
let pcoplo.look at him and feel Mm like
a piecs of wood. Ho wasn't worth pay
ing a dime to ceo, Tell ma a story,
please. "
"But it is so hard to toll you a story ;-
there ara so many things you don t like,
Let mo seo shall I toll you about tho
man in the moon ?"
"Thero isn't any man in the moon
there's nothing but dried up lakes and
rocks there, aad all sorts of dead things. "
"unr
"And I den't want to hear about Santa
Claus, becaus I know who Santa Claife
, and anyhow he couldn t get down the
chimney through the grate, because tho
grate's too little."
well, then, thero is tho rabbit that
comes on Easter "
Bettina's lip curled scornfully. "Why,
order the dya for the eggs myself 1"
"Kedladinghood "
"Pooh! Who oyer heard a wolf talkl
Did you?"
No," I said feebly: "but they some
times bite. "
"'Course they do, if anybody's crazy
'nough to go close to them, I guess Red
Ridinghood was silly. " . '
"Then," I said desperately, "supp030
you tell me a story, "
This idea seemed to pleaso her. She
leaned back complacently in her chair
and folded her hands in her lap, Her
hair fell on her shoulders liko yellow silk ;
her skin was sweet and pink ; her eyes
blue, and her littlo form clad in costly
clothes, mado in tho picturesquely simple
fashion of long ago. An ideal looking
child, aureoled by the setting sun.
"Well, she began, iu a quick, mo
notonous tone, pitching her voice a key
higher than usual, "theres a man Uvea
next door to us named Smith you'vo
seen lumt
"Yos."
"Ho has a wife and she'e named Smith
you've seen her?"
"yos,"
"And they've got flvo children Anna
Smith, Fannie Smith, Tommy Smith,
Georgia Smith you'vo seen themr"
"Yee."
"And a baby you'voJieau it?" J,
"Yes."
"But the baby hasn't been christened
yot: it s got four teeth two lower teeth,
and two upper teeth, and when it cries
it goes 'wha-an, wlia-au, wba-an,' and
it's cot blue eyes and no hair; and
they've got a dog you'vo seen it?"
"No."
"Named Bruno, and every time tho
baby goes out the dog goes with it, and
they always know when we baby's Dom
ing home, because the dog comes in first ;
and they've got a cow, and a oat mat a
too old to catch rats, and mamma says
she don't know why they keep It because
it ooete somethinR to feed it, but the chil
dren are awful fond of It; and they've
got a cook and a house girl, but they
haven't got a nurso and they haven't got
a carriage 'oause they're too poor to keep
one, and inaioma says they're not the
kind of peeple site want to loan
ours to. I don't know why 'cause
their shoes are cleau and their clothes
arc very nice, though they uon
cost as much as mine and they've got
nloa hats Anna's hat's got pink (lowers
on it. and Famue's hat s got blue flowers
and Cixirgie's hat's got red flowers, aud
th" babv's got a lace cap all full of frills
nnd every one of them, 'ceptiug the baby,
hate had the measles, and croup, aud
mumps, and whooping cough, and oar-
Highest of all in Leavening
9m
Live .md Lot Live."
Penna., June 13 1891.
I ache, and toothaclif , n,il ncai let fever;
and Tommy 'h cut hi linger often, aud
Ffinnic onco ran a i,"-ll.i in hem, ami
ficorgie fell down and brukc a tooth, and
Anna hurt her foot so she couldn't walk
. for a week, and Mrs. Smith has head
I nc-Va sometimes, and so does Mr. Smith,
! mid thia morning the houao girl broke a
j how dish they'd just bought, and Mrs.
I Smith baid sho was goin; to take it out
j of her wages, and Mr. Smith said she'd
; bottfr not 'cause m..jh5shu might leave
and it s so hard to get (,oo,l girls, so Mrs,
Smith didn'tdoit. and Anna and Oeorgie
say they're awfully glad 'cause they like
the girl. I think she's named Susan, and
lie's got a stater named Mary, and
brother, naojed - Beto Tre never seen
them but Ai$f so andbut it's get
ting lftt, I guess fd better b going. "
"Huttheedof your .ctory, Bettina?"
-BWttttt opened -her eyes very wide and
stared aftne. " The end I " she exclaimed ;
" there (iatf.t amy end. The Smiths are
stilt next door to us and I guess they're
going on living thero as long as they pay
their rent. Maybe they'll die someday
but I guess they won't less, they catch tho
smallpox. There's Venus, the evening
star, and Jupiter's the morning "
"Good night, Bettina" I interposed
.hastily; "goodnight."
As I watched her littlo form vanishing
ncroes the lawn I sighed for the children
that are no more and for the good old
fable that lias been Bwallowed up by
factf I. B. F., in New Orleans Picayune.
'"THK WHOLE WORLD DRUNK."
Count Tolstoi's RrmnrKaklo Sensa
tional Article lu n Late Review.
To what extent can smoking stifto the
voice of conscience? questions Count
Tolstoi in the Contemporary Review.
Wo have no need to seek for the ma
terials for a solution of this question in
exceptional cases of crime and remorse ;
it is amply sufficient to observe the be
havior of tho ordinary ono might al
most say of any smoker Every smoker,
abandoning himself to his passion,
loses sight of, or rides roughshod orer,
certain of the most elementary rules of
social life, tho observance of which ho
demandsfrom others, and which he him
self respects in all other coses, whenever
his conicienco is not completely silenced
by tobfcpeos
But not only is the smoker a nuisance
to Ids neighbors; he also damages his
own spiritual aud mental capacity. For
tho inoro a man stupefies himself with
these stimulant and natuotics, the mora
stolid, quiescent, and stagnant he bo
comes intellectually and morally. It
follows, tliereforo, that by for tho greatest
part of all that . ia done in this world of
ours, both by those whose profession it
is to guido and teach others and by those
who aro thus guided and taught, is dono
iu a state of ebriety.
Is it conceivable that people not drunk
should calmly set about doing alt the ex
traordinary things that nro being ac
complished in our world, from the Eiffel
Tower to obligatory military 'service 7 It
is utterly inconceivable.'
Nono but druuken men men who
never havo a lucid interval of sobriety
could do theso things, could livo on in
spite of this perpetual, irreconcilable,
terriblo conflict between life and con
science, in which not only in this matter,
but in all other rospecte, the people otour
world live and havo their being.
At no other period ot tho world's his
tory, I feel convinced, did mankind lead
an existence in which the dictates of con
science and their, deliberate actions were
in such evident conflict as at present.
It seems as if the human race in our
days had got fastened to something that
is holding it bock, impeding its prog-
b. Thero would seam to be somo
external causo which hinders it
from attaining tho position that belongs
to it of right, in virtue of consciousness.
Tho cause in question or, if thero be
several, tho main cause is the physical
state of stupefaction to which the over
whelming majority of human beings re
duce themselves by means of alcohol and
tobacco.
Tho deliveranco of humanity from this
terriblo ovil will mark an opoch iu tho
life of the race, and, apparently, this'
opoch will arrive in the near future. The
evil is already recognized. A change -iu
tho consciousness of men iu reference to
the use of brain poisoning stimulants
and narcotics has already taken place;
peoplo aro liegirmlng to reollzo the terri
ble mischief they produce, and they are
manifesting this feeluis in acts; and thu
imperceptible change in their conscious
ness must inevitably bring in its train tho
emancipation of humanity from the in
fluence of all such train poisons, This
emancipation of mankind from the thral
dom 'of bfaiu poisons will open their eyes
to-tho demands of their cou'scfousneas,
and they will forthwith begin to put tbeir
Ufo in harmony with iu dictates.
rv
The Work ef JOaqnln SltlUr's, Life.
For four years J luurc beerbcettlrig
ready for the work." of my life. ' I haw
planted my forests and my orcliards,
built my home on the hills and secured a
roaming place for my mower, ana now l
am ready to complete my life af Christ
in Terse. It will be the work or my life
As nearly as possible I will follow Bible
inee, and will incorporate the best of the
parables, together with Psalms and
Proverbs. I win invent some parables
of course, fitting them in the place-i
whero they belabjr. There ia so much
romance, beauty, and' poetry in the BibU
that it will not bo at all dlftlault fer me
to select my themes and subjects. Christ
vtasa beautiful man, lived among the
most beautiful ef women and the noblwt
surroundings. I can imagine tho tall
dark skinned, beautiful Jewish girls,
sensuously beautiful women, who can be
painted in poetry and in song. I expect
it will take me several years to complete
the work. JomuIu Killer, iu St. Louis
Globe-IJemoc.rat.
Kansas h .a reaaon to lie proud of her
women officeholders. Mrs. Kellogg, of
that Mate, makes an admirable auudant
attorney eeneittl ; and Mrs. Slater, who is
now serving her second term aa mayor of
Argona, is said to have done all the
housework for her family of five pci.plo.
as well an given due uiU-uliuu to her
public duties during her tenure of office.
r
Powsrj Latest U. S. Gov't Report
I Baking
rbwder
$1 viien
UUNS AND SIGN BOARDS.
HOW SOME FAMILIAR ONES
HAD
THEIR ORIGIN.
Quaint and Ineongrnons Specimens
Used In the Olden Tlmea Even Now
tome Queer Ours .''lay Be Seen in Old
London Town Tlir-lr Peculiarities
Kiplalned by n Student or Old
Things.
Nowadays tho treat commercial com
munity pays but little attention to tho
trading legend which, like the noble
man's armorial bearings, was once upon
time a necessary part of every store
keeper's stock in trade. Barbers mid
pawnbrokers still, it is time, continue to
exhibit their well known symbol the
triped pole and the (luce golden I'alls;
and in addition to these, which still hold
their own on this aide of the Atlnntii-. tho
curious mottoes and dovioe which com
monly distinguish the public hous. , ilnd
gin palaces In England nrc familiar to
every visitor to that country. But theso
are scattered remnants of n custom
which, not bo very long ago, was nhnosfc
universal. In llie good old days, when
few people could rend or write, and w hen
modern aysttm of numbering the
ioiws in the street was a convenirnoo an
et undreamed of by our uninvehtivo
lace, the sign board flourished in nil its
glory, and it will lx readily understood
that in those tunes it had a far more im
portant part to play than would ever bo
assigned to it in our own.
Reference lias just been made to Eng
lish public house (or saloon lmr) signs,
which ore interesting because they re
tain so much of tho old world flavor.
Everyone who has amused himself by
making even a cursory examination of
these stranded anachronisms during a
stroll through somo of the old thorough
fares 6f ohilon, or has learned some
thing of their character in tho pages of
Dickens or Thaokeray, must have been
struck again and again by the extraordi
nary and often entirely meaningless com
binations of ideas which are presented by
them. As wo turn back to their pro
genitors in the tradesmen's tokens of tho
past we find the same cause for amuse
ment and surprise. What, for instance,
can be the possible significance of "Tho
Lamb and Anchor?" Why should a bull
bo assoclated'with o gate, in tho common
iignof"The Bull and Gate?" mere io
thero any conceivable connection between
an elephant anil a castle, which yet
flourish together over one of the most
famous taverns in tho English metropo
lis? between a nun and three hares?
between a goat and compasses? What
law could have governed tho introduction
of such anomalous inscriptions as "Tho
George and Cannon?" or "The Green
Man?" or "Tho Iron Devil. " Thepuzzles
presented to us in those quaint and curi
ous compounds struck nn observant
crsifler of tho Inst century, who thus
gives vent to his. astonishment :
I'm amazed at thcatgns
As I fas through the town;
I see the odd mixture,
A magpie and crown;
The whale and the crow;
Tho raxor and hen;
The leg and soven stars;
The axe and the bottle;
Tho tnb and the lute;
The eagle and child)
The shovel and boot.
Truly, such "odd mixtures" must at
first sight seem devoid of any sort of
meaning; and it is only as we delve
back into the podt that we become aware
that their apparent absurdity and ex
travagance may be very easily explained.
There are, indeed, several ways in
which these sprango associations have
been brought about. For example, when
a young tradesman decided to start busi
ness on his own account h frequently
followed tho common practice of adding
(as a kind of recommendation) his late
master s sign to that which ho himself
adopted just ae to-day It is not unusual
for Jones, opening a store, to mention
under his own name the fact Uiat he
was "late with Brown Co." In this
way wo may account for such complex
tokens as the "Three Nuns and a Haro, "
above referred to, and others of equal
incongruity.
Again, a similar result was brought
about when a tradesman, removing from
one plaoeof business to another, adopted,
as ho very often did, the sign of the new
establishment in addition to that which
he luul chosen for his . own. Thus wo
read tliat one Anthony Wilton, who liad
formerly traded under the sign of tho
"aroeu Cross," removed to a house al
ready known by the motto of the "Cross
Keys." and thenceforth carried on bus
iness under the double sign of " lho
Green Cross and Cross Keys. " In the
Daily Courant for November 17, 1718,
there is on advertisement reading :
Thomas Blackall and Francis Ives,
mercers, are removed from the 'seven
Stars' in Ludgate Hill, to the 'Black Lion
and, Seven Stars,' over tho way. "
Thus so wild and senseless an associa
tion as a lion and seven stars becomes ex
plicable ; and, of course, there was no
limit to the number and oddness of tho
combinations thus produced.
A third and very frequent source of
such curiosities as are now referred to is
to be sought in the mistakes and oorrup-
nous of the ignorant populace of former
times. As there were no inscriptions
under the various signs to show what
they were really intended to represent,
and as tliey were, as a rule, very rudely
painted, it was often enough a matter of
no small difficulty to decide upon their
actual meaning. Hence arose numerous
errors. Moreover, in the course of timo
the original significance of the sign wus
often entirely lest under tho corrupted
pronunciation which they luul acquired
m being passed from mouth to mouth
Many of the most puzzling devices Bhll
in use as public house signs in England
are to lie explained by reference to such
corruptions. Thus the " Bull and Hate
ia really the Boulogne (iato ; tin- tiolit
and Compasses" is only u corruption of
the pious words, "Godencompasseth us,
while the ''Iron Devil" ia as resolvable
iui ' L'Hirondelle French for bwallon).
a the "George and Cannon" into
Ut. i' Tunning, the statesman.
Tho three golden balls " still employed
by i.awnbiokers have had a i uiinus
hihUirv. They sooni t hat e originated
with a legend t,f ,st Nil hol.u..tlm
ono occasion threw three golden j.i
into the open window of a poor man
foi accounts differ gavo tluwi purscx
t three nKr virgins to enable tliciu i
marry TliinSt. Nieli.,l.m tt.n tin p..in,ii
saint 't the 1iii1mhI uIii nit!., i.inM1
agevcie ilti ;i,.it li. i nn lets ut l.io i'i
end i'i,- tin j 1 1 , it
tUIRlj 1.U,' 1 01 Ilk
abused intnilm-I.. i-.
The three puuu, of
s unt transfoiiiieil ml
)-, .nut the l,.'.Ln
,1 i v . 1, ,i
or .ihke
lilt
III ot till IUI
f I,
thre
deiii I
it.il i
golden 1 1
!, n ,.t il, I
li.iiu t!, in ,i
illcl I,,
.tot, Lit tiHil' .v,t
1,1 II. I'i
W4
riot paid in A.dvae.
Single Copie 5 Cents
i-i rnp mimry .in.' i i, n 't
familiar "three i.olchn b ' ' "n
Ii
they arc joculaily k.ikI to ( t if
ttvo to one tha' the jiliil. in
will novor be rederuieil.
As for' the partie-,l u ,1 Im-i i
that, too, ha-f its 1 t ;j. Ii i.
the dayswhen the I ...li, i n-.i n!
of Miimi when li s on' 1 nil
hair or ih.nv your teeth with il
inipii tialilv Amen;; nth r i --1
lu eweinvmly performed tha '
'I If!
"le,
from
i kind
your
iluto
'i'lns-,
phlc-
botcni ei Muni Icttirg, during vthich n
poli'wa, Kia'i'd tightly by th" patient
tint th blimil might flownem freely.
Aa this polo vtn i liable to lie -i.-imud by
th blood, il .-ns painted rod that tho
discoloration might not lie olnei vahle.
When not in use it to cYno',illy sus
pended outside the chop dooi , v. ltli the
white linen swathing bnnrN t'viat'Hi
artistii ally nroimd it; and this in timo
gave rise to Hi" red and white hint which
ia still ao familiar to tin all. thou ;h our
barber., (or hair dressers, Hf m riy now
prefer to be called) have Ion; -;iv aoci'
the practice of surgery.
The enrh fashion of etpn 'iiv shop
pijiii-i tt,'" livhnni'in- 'li n ,i,, acros-t
tlv Hidewnlk. nnd vrrv frequently they
wceJ.dp1 ( nough and lu.u enough
one ti-nile. nan vyitn? with another in
n.iUin; I'' 10 striking (ind atlrmtivr to
ob' tract the thoroughfare nntl even to
c:n!'c serious accidcnt-i. I.iUie by little
public attention wu3 called to tlii- public
nuisance, and in course of time project
ing Btieet signs either fell into iliiiiso en
tirely or assumed the less ohjeetionablo
proport ions which they piewvo at the
present day.
About Entiling Suits.
A groat deal of unmitigated nonsonso
is teud and written about tho American
Kir! and the fashionable bathing suit.
Liu-t summer possibly n thousand bath
ers and bathing costumes were seen along
the Jersey and Long Island beaches, and
in no instance has anything been found
to justify the cuts and paragraphs with
which the Eastern woman has been tia
duced. Sensations may be iu prepara
tion, but so far none have been devel
oped, and with the exception of Coney
Island there is no beach about Now York
wheio nnv display ia mado of personal
charms. Hero the holden element con
always be found, but for tho ono girl in a
short sleeved low cut bodice and knee
deep skirt there are 500 women taking
their ocean dip in a big straw bat, muffled
up to the chin in blue flannel, with a
long, full skirt and black sandal shoes
and stockiggs. Among the fashionables
at liong Branch Uio raging beauties are
least in the surf.
They have sense enough to keep out of
tho hot sun, When they do bathe it ia
in tho shade of the evening or in the cool
of tho morning, nnd then less than 15
minutes is spent in uio sun, i'or tno
most part these belles and heiresses wear
black or navy blue flannel, mado Mgh
neck, with a turned up collar that will
reach to tho oars if needed, and long
sleeves with 'cuffs that pull down over
half the hands, m place of bathing mite.
A big harvest lint of plaited straw, with
oork soled stockings, complete the
aquatio outfit. To be sure, thero are red
silk stookiugs, but one-only sees them in
print, and as for the decollete bodice or
blouso, it is all a myth. Then tho suite
Of black India silk!
"Bakes alive!" said tho bathing mls-
tresHof Long Beach, "there isn't ono in
the whole pavilion. Last year we took
care of one belonging to n New York
lady, and it was the only silk suit that
came here the whole season. She didn't
fieem to care for it herself, though it had
oost her $25, she said, and she took it up
to tho hotel and dried it herself after each
bath, for fear of liaving it stolen from
the bath house." Thu woman btated
further that everybody but tho green
young ladies had to havo a hat and
gloves to keep tho sunburn off. There ia
no denying the popularity of the divided
skirt wMch has been universally tdontoct
by all the members ot the New York
athletic clubs. Tills garment is nothing
more than a pair of skirt-i, joined a third
of the distance from the band. The full
ness conceals the lino of bifurcation ; the
only object is the greater freedom in the
use of the limbs. With tills is worn flan
nel tights, a sailor blouse, black stock
ings, and cork soles. Blue flannel is the
conventional color ana fabric ror sport
ing costumes, just as white satin to for
tho regulation bridal rone.
The Oldest Tree on Bartli.
The oldest tree on earth, at least as far
as any ono knowB, is tho "Boo" In the
sacred city of Ainarapoora, rJunnan. it
was iilanted, tho record says, in the year
388 B. (J.,and ia, therefore, nearly 8,800
voorb old. Its great age is proved accord
ing to historic documente, saya Sir Jamce
Emorson, who adds ; "To it kings have
dedicated the dominions In testimony of
a belief that it is a branch of the identi
cal flg tree under wliich Buddha reclined
at Urumella when he underwent his
apotheosis. " Its leaves arc carried away
bv pilgrima aa relics, but as it U too sa
cred to touch with a kntro tneae leaves
can only be gathered after they liavo
fallen. St. Louis Republic.
Mm. I'l-uncoa Fisher Wood, well known
for her buccesa in preparing bterilized
milk uu her New Hampshire farm for tno
use , ,f New York babies, haa been sifting
Kt.iii-.ti, to aaCitrtniii whether college
bred w, aneii are indifferent mothers. She
linda th .1 i ino-tenths of their clUldren
bunl'. u inuncy a recoid never before
equulud in any class, age, or country.
A Well of Frozen Air.
Near Dayton, Gu., thcic it a well
locally known as tho "well of tioz. u air."
In tlriiliucr the well u 6triitm 1 "f frozen
clay and giavel wan lucoun imI at a
depth of 55 feet. Afi r pab-.m, iluotigh
live ft nt of this numerous i iitu . weio
encountered from which t-ohl camo iu
mmtfl. The escape of the air from I ho
well can be heard roaring for nearly 200
varcUt. The air which conied fmm the
subterranean depths is bo fi iijid that it h
not possible for any ono to hold bib hand
on i- the opening for moie than tno
in. iiite, without having it frozen. A
lin-Let of watei si ' ov.-i the. opening v ill
lt4 through aud thiough v il'nu e fi-.v
houin. It is needless to udd that work
was abandoned on tho well wheu the
c at iu. i of "frozen air" weir tapped.
Philadelphia Ledger.
JJiStaaee fa No'fc' - WT-ai-a-u
Noa .- Ilen. oay recw - 1 1
ships nero v. n ;
other. One l.'i o. i ( .
Bombay cti.ia' v r
oud. One , '
tho other. Tt. .
taken too mui.lt ti.... . - was seut
bj vwte, 1,000 nult-a mound!
t&"If you wanl it I'ttft ) that 01
itself and isn't aini'l to itii Ut
ncice; that bilien m j uolle
' 'nrallty, and the eit,rc eiifnt of
tin Ui against malcfartari; that
h" uiHriont, and isn't afraid to
cr;-c( . them, gel TUS OAllDOlf
AUYUCATX.
ITk Women.
The more sensitive iih! ii of the fe
male sc; underi women much more
suM'oplil ile than men to those nutnor
ous ills v hich spring from lack of har
mony in the system. Ihe nervous sy
Um gives way, sick luvducbe is fro
qnenf, th" nppt'tito is losf, rod other
ailment pji ullnr to the - ox ause groat
siiiretitiK Hood's .Snrfuparlllftiapecu
liurly niiiiiited for such casus, and has
reciveii ti'-imost HranrrioK pralso for
he relief it has afforded thousands of
women vimse very oIstenoe before
tnkinif i' r, us only misery. Itstrength
us lho nerves, cures Mek headache and
tidiKclio . purities and vltallzos the
lornl, inn! gives regular nud healthy
'lion to ctery organ in the body.
A i- -imist 1 1 a rmia who saysit
hint to I ito t-ctli pulled.
Tfvte i-' truetofh presr-nt, we can
xpil rn eli of the future.
Doe, any man Know when he stops
being .'k'i enblo nnd lieeomeaft bora?
i.vrn Hrntte Shonld Have it,,
nni "iirvats (sum nil 1 1 to call a riyilrJig
'tn litile ailment Hating Ketl Flag Oj
! i " you hare a Physician tlwars a
. ii 1,1 is lthrmmitum, Neuralela, Bnrrj.
' ei ' .ill Allies and Cains. Prlco Heft.
1 Hie,
' erl,
c iiiuii;-i in iitr ui niiiiii nf Q
init this is ono of thero. Pan-T
i JtiMitiinlinn Clue has no eenall
'is ami ("eniuinptlon. Ttlts 'JS mm
Iheiiu's' Dreg Store.
lie e probably never was, n woman
' 1 1 id not demand that her husband
he is good an wore his lovo letters.
i ubscribo for this paper and get all
tl'i nows.
usplciou of wrong doing breaks up
more homos than actual wrong doing
does.
Somo Foolish l'eople
Mi tv a iniigli in run until it gels beyensl
no reach ot mediant, trier ems isr,
' Oh, it will tint away, but in taost ct
wean, mem away. Uould tney bo J
red to try the successful roedisiae olefl
cnip's lin'.shm, nltlcli i. sold on t positte-s
jii.usnlee to urc, tliey would lnimodi&ttTr
see the oju-rlli nt effect after takinr the fgjit
Ice. Price .We unit fl.OV. Trial site tS3
A' all .IriU'L'isti
If it gags a mnn to Msh n man, why
decs it not gag a woman to klao r
man? Women uro much uicsrthan
men.
IfSufTorera from Consumption
( o ikI.s and Colds will try Pan-Tins CeushaaJ
Co i iiinplion (lire, they till nnd quick relrjt
and permanent iiiueflt. The medical profeaalan
dei tire Italeniedy of the highest value. "Mj
it. i i ice aim ow cents, iriai uomes ireo.
A mi!" pi oi'orliouot tin diseases whtch cans
hum in MUfcring icsult fromderanceaent ottha
itontacli. bottels and liver, llr. Lee a Liver
Itcinihilor removes all these troublee. Tsa
bellies lire at Thomas' Drag Store.
If a man can learn to forget himself,
ho is in n, very fair way of earning pop
ularity by romomborlng othors.
A groat many peoplo get Into the
swim who can't swim.
The I'nlplt'ftnd ihejatage.
Kov P. M. Shrout. Pastor Unlte Brethren
Ohureh, Illuo Jlotind, Kan., tojl: "I foal it C7
duty to tell what wonders Ilr. King's Nsw Dt
Qntrerv has done for me. Mvlnoas waro bad rr
diseased, and my parishioners thought I copfd
live t nlr a lew weeks. IteoS flTObtttias sf Dr.
King s New DIeovcry and am tonna aaa rug,
tratnina- Sfl lb, tn wslizht.
Arthar Love, al.inager Lovo's Fnaay 7oUu
Combination, writes; "After a taereoph ttna
and convlnelng evlnenee, I am eeaadtat Dr.
King's new uiseoycrv tos uoasnEiptiirj, occur
'email. Ami rtireg when 6Tervhinrf SlS9 f&BS.
The greatest kindness I ean do or maar thotuv
and irlcnds is (o urge them te try It." I'm
trial hottles at HKUER'S Drug Slort. Htenla
sites 5cc. and it-oa.
Lovo is u f-ui'retl nmttor; but it io
difficult for a woman to make her
four h or fifth lover believe It.
Tho devil hus lots of silont partners
in tho world.
tiiy-lilen's Arnica flalvo.
i.i-'s'l- K ilic in Die world far ents. bra4.
sen -1, ulcers, lt rheura, fever tores, UtciS
eliavpetl linn I", flniblalns corns and all tr-tB
eriiMlons, sail 'positively cures piles, eraops
reiitin eti. it is gtiatiucc to kitw tH, w.u
iitt'iion, or nullify it niiiiiro. itvw Muvinpn
liox. I in .ile bj lihURK druggist.
Wheu woman obeys man, slio is hlo
delight; when man obeys, wonmn, he
o u'Uf her contempt.
We bate to see alrU throw kUseo.
Tho average girl is mch n thundcrlus;
bad shot.
1
l!o Carefnll
No matter what disease yoa may
hac. Bo sure that the meaicino yot
ike is reliable. Suoh a medicine yo
t 111 always find Sulphur Bitters. They
ut n ft cheap rum drink, but tare
u.i lc of the choist roots and harbeto
e tonnd iii the vegetablo klntjdotnt--
lilil.V Al'gUS.
Nt. ni.iu ever forgot fo ohargo hin
ui. mis up with tho tbinfis he prtimlsecl
to tin f ii iheui.
In i eisia riciims are inimbaredby
thou- .mils. So are the people who
huvr been restored to healthy by
Uco.l . i-.trbttpiirilla.
If hinder did not hurt it vlotlme
tin i t.otild lio no particular pleasure
in it f i the) aluuilersr.
Hold It to the Light.
i. ii an who tells inu j-tiiiBdentlslly JbsI
t ut t me tour rold is ji-rscrtelng KesriVa
aii tins iiir. In lie' ireiaraUea of till
.iil..ii lf incdiiiiie fur rousbs ana eoiaa c
it- inco'i itir n'i"" . -"'-
i ari d to ruaihint only the lt BU
. '.... tA. .1 t.i.
Ti'iiirtitii. inii'i i -y -
iint light and leok ihreughlt, nle
i 1 1 jlti. , k'nr loeli; Hint 'ornpare witn oinor
i , s laige bolltss at all ilruif'"!A r
.N..n.i?i Ifetini'le bottle free.
i'i,. laid friends a man has are thotc-
iio me never called upon to prove
their frienctsbip.
.... .
Tl
i'he n in who said "AU'h Mir ,a 10vo
i v. u i undtiiibtedlj the man who
got
1 he I e .u of it in both cases.
Keuiarsuiblo Facia.
h- oube is usually aupposfd to
, Mi , but when properly treat
(,ropfli Hon fit casee can be
,i,.,i Mis. EUnirfl. Tlateh, of
it i , ami Mr.. Mr.ry L. .Baker,
I I
i,, i 1 1 i ., were cunst after suffer -
B.C. Linl'iugr';- drusai-
. . UI., my that -U.. Miloe1
Now Heart C'urr, winch eu.ttu the
former, "w.'.. -1 ' 1'-!
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