LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SUPPLEMENT-SATORDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1881.
CHRISTMAS !
THE STAR IN THE EAST.
" The Light
That
Was
Shene
Bern.'
When Christ
What liethlehem U Te-Ilay Scenes or tha
Savier's llirtbplacc.
S. S. Cox in N. Y. Sun.
The distance from Jerusalem te Beth
lehem is but a half dozen miles. We pro
posed te go te and from it in a morning.
Our vehicle and female French driver
which brought us from Jaffa were retained
for the purpose. Although the read was
rough and stony, and the streets narrow,
we risked the carriage and ignored the
donkey en the pledge of the guide. The
sequel showed that theie was some risk, as
many of the streets were impassable for a
carriage.
We leave the Jalla gate and under the
upper aqueduct and evr the upper p.irt
of Gihon, and then drive nearly due south.
The bed of the Kidreu, in the deep valley
en our left, pursues its empty way te the
Dead Sea, while en the right and te the
west, along the harizen, in broken and
gray masses lie the mountains of Judah,
shutting out the Mediterranean. One
lonely person we meet amid the unaccus
tomed path between the stone walls be
fore we reach the direct way te Bethlehem.
He wears a stove-pipe hat. Its strange
ness and awkwardness in this laud of robe,
fez, and turbau creates a smile. When we
reach the main read and leave the "hill of
evil counsel" en our left, we find the way
iilicd with laden camels. Under the lash
of our guide these gave the way, and with
considerable malice both they and their
drivers fumble and tumble about awk
wardly amid the rubble of the read. The
olives are thick, perforated, aud old, in
the fields, withiu the stone walls.
' Where," we ask of the guide, "de they
get se much stone for the walls'."' They
arc ten feet wiue and three high, and, like
the Dutchman's wall of the anecdote
" when they fall down they arc higher than
when they stand up !"
"Why de you ask?" says the guide ;
"don't you see the fields are full et"
stones?"
" But no one could miss any stones out
of these liclds," we remarked.
"Oh !'a few arc leftover," responded the
guide.
Hew the hardy olive can Hud susten
ance en such "stony ground," is a mira
cle. We arc happy in a breezy day, which
mitigates the fierceness of the sun.
What a crowd of people new are upon the
read, going te Bethlehem and Hebren ;
and te Bcersheba, even unto llehebeth !
Nine out often of these arc upon donkeys
and camels; aud mere than three-l'euiths
have their eyes sero or shaded ; and these
are Arabs, whose suit is sometimes gay in
color, but generally of stripes, brown and
white, which reminds us et the dress el
our penitentiaries, depending in the face of
the wearer. They cany the long Dam
ascus gun. and a plentiful pouch, for the
desert and danger. Cactuses, with their
big stocks and leaves, furnish some of the
hedges, and " turn" the animals from the
fields. We meet some, who are blue-eyed
and geed-eyed, in European dress. These
are of the German colony, which here
thrives upon the old stony soil aud makes
its crops of grape and grain in their sea
seu, or several crops in one season. Seme
herds of black aud white cattle of Dutch
breed arc seen picking up a quiet r.imina r.imina
atien from the browned herbage and the
green leaves left en the trees.
The land is net unlike the dress of the
Arabs brown aud white. It. is burnt
with the sun of the new dcpaiting .sum
mer, aud white with the lime of many
summers.
" Ah ! this is fine land !" wc say ireni
cally te the guide.
"Geed land ! I-guess it is," responds
the guide, who is from t'.ic state of
Maine, "or it wouldn't held up se many
stones and rocks. Geed deal of heft about
it."
But wc notice that where water runs
the vineyards of the Germans appear, and
the walls have a trim te;!c. Thrift,
Teuten! thy name is thrill! Old elive
roots for fuel, as twisted and as diuicult
te unravel as thc.philoiegicai roots of our
cellege days, appear en the backs of mul
titudinous donkeys going up te the city,
while going from it, for the terraces, en
the heads of blue robed, tattooed Arab
females, arc baskets of manure gathered
in Jerusalem. The plain of Hcphaim is
spread around us, two miles wide by three
long. Here David defeated the l'hilifctincs,
and many ether associations cluster.
Among tliem the cave of Adullam has
been vcii lied, which another Samuel has
described, and the well of Bethlehem,
"which is by the gate," for the water of
which David was athirst, comes in for an
explanation from our Biblical gaide.
These, however interesting, must net draw
us aside. We have passed the traditional
tree where Judas hanged himself and the
rural abode of Caiaphas, the High Piijst ;
but these i.eb:il:e of tradition detract
from the main object Bethlehem. The
well of the magi, however, is 0110 of the
incidents of the mair object, and a pretty
story is told of it, although it is net rec
orded iu the second of Matthew ; for did
net the wise men, after leaving the pre
sence of Hered, here steep te draw water ?
Was it net here that the reflection of the
star which led them was seen in the well ?
Then we pass the Greek convent of
Elijah, where ether stories arc told, net
new worth the repetition. But from this
point the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusa
lem are visible "twined iu mutual being,"
birth aud death. Frem this eminent
point, tee, can be seen the sugar-leaf
mountain called the Tomb of Hered. It is
high aud round. It is the scene of a mas
sacre of Franciscans ; but it sinks into
nothingness, as Hered did, compared with
these he persecuted, along with that dim
vision, shilling hard and bluish like steel
twenty-five and mere miles away through
avenues of black aud gray suu bathed
mountains. That is the Dead Sea. This
is our first glimpse of this famous labora
tory and sport of nature. Belew aud
around is something mere attractive te
both eye aud memory. It is the field of
Beaz and the scene of that sweet J-tery of
love.
"Ruth and Luke !" cried out the guide.
"KutU and Beaz, rather," I responded,
with a pleasrnt thought, tee, of Naemi,
the mether-iulaw, as wc gaze with curious
eye ever the rolling bleak aud new dry
fields where the ever new, ever old
tale of female devotion is located. Then
Bethlehem appears mere clearly. Its pro
minent object is the Church of the Na
tivity within its semicircle. Ou the right
is the old Knight Templar's castle, new
the house of the Austrian consul. The
landscape begins te show much grape and
olive. The square, solid houses of Bethle
hem, and terraced hills, gardened aud
graved, amid ledges of limestone, make
as pretty a picture in its frame of rock as
an artist could desire te delineate.
Ourguidecallsahaltatthe feet of the
hill. We are at a singular square tomb
It is net uulike these domed temples which
we have seen for the burial of holy man in
Algiers and Syria. It is the tomb of
Rachel. Surrounding it are found the
slovenly tombs of Mehammedans, with
their rough gravestones lying loosely in
dirt and dust. It was buiit by the He
brews. Here they come ou Thursdays te
wail and burn incense. There is no doubt
that here net only was Benjamin bem, but
Rachel died. All agree te this ; and it is
pleasant te have brothers both Hebrew
and Moslem, both of whom claim a fee
simple in all that concerns Jacob agree
upon something. Here Jacob set a pillar
te memorize the last resting place of her
whom he wen after such a remautic,
though dilatory, courtship. Seven year
was nothing "forthelevo he bore her."
"And as for me," hew sad .the simple
story " I buried her there, iu the way of
Eprah the same is Bethlehem !"
Who is the strange man we see sitting
wearily at the arched deer of the tomb?
What brings this pilgrim here he of the
grisly beard and long, unkempt hair? He
is no Arab no Hebrew. He wears no
bourneus of stripes aud no dark gaber
dine; only a plain black garment, dusty,
like his -bare feet, with travel. We ask
him, through our Yankee Arab guide, net
altogether incurious at this sad, strange
and lonely warder at the birthplace of
Benoni "son of my sorrow Is he, tee,
like us, a pilgrim te this tomb and shrine
of the elder day ? Yes. he is a pilgrim,
like us and from Russia. He is a Greek
priest from the Yega, and lives spiritually
upon Jerdan's stormy banks, waiting for
the peaceful shore ; and really upon Jor Jer
dan's arable banks, waiting for the rains
te fructify his fields. He owns land here
about also, and lias come hither te make
his new leases. Thus was our illusion of
the pilgrim at Rachel's tomb dissipated;
for even here the cause of the pilgrimage
was a causa lucri. Near by, en the west,
iu the village of Beit Jala, live the Greek
and Armenian patriarchs, se that this is a
pious precinct, aud land is none the less
valuable because it is net cultivated by
Arabs or overrun by Uedeuins : Christians
till it. At this point you may go te Solo Selo Sole
mon's peels. They are one of the wonders
el this vicinity aud worthy el minute
description for their beauty, size, history,
and permanency. Frem them yet waters
Hew into the mosque which is built ever
the temple. Here is the " Sealed Foun
tain " referred te in Solemon's songs. It
is said that these peels were repaired by
Peutius Pilate, but that would net make
their waters mere agreeable. Maiden-hair
ferns abound about them, aud swimmers
of an archaeological turn can take a plunge
and come up beaded with antiquities. We
had no occasion te study in that fashion,
and were content te see the Arab women
fill their goat skins from one of the open
ings in the aqueduct.
The hill tops show little villages after
wc leave the Hebren read, but none leek
as blithe and prosperous as Bethlehem, as
she sits crescent-shaped upon the moun
tain side, llower whcnco.cemc its vine,
fig and olive luxuriance 1 cannot see, ex
cept th.it the water comes mysteriously
from the peels of Solemon, for is it net
said in Ecclesiastcs : "I made me peels of
water te water therewith the weed that
briugeth forth the trees?" Or perhaps this
white soil hath dews. Certain it is that in
and around Bethlehem something else was
grown in early days than the sheep that
David tended hereabouts, or the lien aud
the bear which he fought. Here were
once the fruitful barley fields which Rath
gleaned after the reapers, when the great
love arose in the breast, el Beaz, out of
which grew the sleck of Jesse and David
a line ever made bcuiiru by havinir as its
pleasant places the vicinity of Bethlehem,
and its ancestress Ruth, and its descendant
Jesus, the son of Jeseph and Mary ! Here
is the source of the kings of Judah and
the world's Saviour !
We halt at Hie gate of the town. We
are, owing te impediments, compelled te
abandon our carriage. We are surrounded
by a bevy of I'clhlchcui girls. One is ex
ceedingly pretty and dens net degrade the
neighborhood of Ruth by unseemly screech
ing for alms. She plies a little pair of pin
ceis, and turns in aud twists upon the
wires olive beads for re:; tries, with a
"property of easiness' which Shak Shak
spcare commends, in the " hand el -little
employment," meanwhile chatting with
easy grace. My wife buys one and con
tracts for another rosary, te be made be
fore wc leturn.
These dozen girls, of whom " Eetlieu "
makes an extravagant picture of coy and
debonair loveliness, are vivacious and
.somewhat pretty, and would be mere se if
net. diity and sura-eyed. They wear little
close cottage caps, with two or three rows
of coins lapping closely ou each ether,
and in the sum making quite a dowry.
They jingle merrily when shaken. I would
net depieciate these Christian maidens,
for these arc net of the Moslem religion,
whatever their bleed. But I cannot, fail
te peitray ene beautiful woman a young
mother, who, be it said reverently, recalled,
if net the Madenna, the picture of her by
Raphael, "LaPcrla" iu wnieh the magi
are offering geld, frankincense, and myrrh.
She sat apart upon a stone under the shade
of an archway, nursing a babe. Her hair
had that rich auburn aud ethereal fineness
with which Murrille favors his madennas,
which aie likenesses, by the way, of his
Andalusian wife. I wonder if, pc:adven
tme. I his beautiful Bethlehem mother
might net have in her veins soma of that
precious bleed of the house and lineage of
David that escaped the murderous decree
of Hered.
Bethlehem has 4,000 people and 500
houses. Many of the houses arc substan
tial. The streets are se narrow that our
guide has te ride ahead and employ people
te move impediments out of the way. It
is said the people arc handsome. That
lcputatien may come from the iii-.My
cheeks of David, or the gracss of Ruth, or
the pictures of the Madenna. Oae thing
must be said of the town, and that is that
if it has any beauty or geed iu it, it is
Christian, for it is par excellence the
Christian town of Judea. Iu 1834, after
an insurrection by the Arabs. Ibrahim
Pasha, then ruler, riddled the Moslems
unto death after his peculiar methods,
quite worthy of a descendant of Hered.
Before purchasing our olive weed, beads
mother of pearl, and ether souvenirs,
whew many such arc deftly made by ex
quisite art, wc make our visit te the most
attractive place of Bethlehem. The place
of tiic Nativity has been often described,
and the church abeve it. Every object
and person here and hereabouts has been
the special object of gifted pens aud im
passioned eloquence. Make a catalogue
simply of the names ; aud each name will
be set te music like a psalm. The anoint
ing of David by Samuel ; the family of
Jesse and their exploits Joab, Abishai,
aud Asahel ; "the city of David,"' as
Bethlehem is called, or Rehobeain's strong
hold, the habitation of Chimham ; the
story of Jeseph coming from Galilee out
of Nazareth ; iu fine, the Incarnation of
the Werd here in all its mystery, each and
all are a poem which resounds from the
simple cave in Bethlehem, with a sweeter
aud louder chorus than that of the Hellenic
epos of the blind old man of that Scie
whose shaken rocks wc left but a fortnight
since.
Let us cuter this place of the Nativity.
It has been honored, as well as fixed, since
the second century. Over it, in the third
century, the mother of Constantine erected
that church which is the eldest iu the
world. Some of its'celumus are from the
temple. Here in one corner of the church
wc perceive a leuely harmit. He is insane.
He has been twenty-five years in this
place, drawn, like many ethers, by the
wildness of his vagaries about the un
known world. He is a Chaldean, aud it is
said, was a sheik of his tribe. Amid the
forty odd pillars of the perch of the
temple, here brought te decorate the
birthplace of Jesus, this strange man ap
pears. Had he lived iu the time of the
Saviour, and had his faith been then as
new, perhaps the demon of insanity might
have been exercised. But the crypt wc
seek. There are two chapels here, leading
te the place of Christ's birth ; one is Greek
and the ether Armenian. On the north
side thcrj is a Catholic convent and church.
Frem this there arc steps te the holy spot.
We cheese te go by the Latin way. There '
must be a part, the misc enscene of that
wondrous drama. Even skeptics cannot
ignore the fact that the event has, as the
apostle phrased it, "'turned the world up
side down." Well might Gamaliel say
that this work, proceeding Jeut of this
little village, if it were of men, would
come te naught; but if it were of Ged,
could net be overthrown. Tiie evidence is
that te day its results appear iu civiliza
tions ! What a moral and religions work
has been accomplished by its energy ! Be
ginning at this small fountain, what a
fruitful spreading stream of light for the
irradiation of the dark problems of our
life!
As I came from the church I did net
hear the angels above chanting the millen
nial dawn ; but, nevertheless, I did net
cease te believe that in " this city of
David had becu born a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord." Ner will I unto my
last moment believe otherwise than that
for this ad vent the greatest upon our star
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highest," and that out of it shall come
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te note the learned, modest and elevated
tone of the Latins, compared with the
Greeks and Copte. I de net mention this
because I am partial, but from reasons
which are the result of observation.
The priest at this spat makes the
" drudgery divine " as well as intelligent.
We are welcomed te the convent by him.
Like most of the Catholic priests in the
East, he speaks French. Our guide seems
te be a favorite with him. He invites us
te a glass of native wine or tea, and under
his direction and with lighted taper we
take our devious way below. Many tombs
line this dark path, aud among them is the
tomb of St. Jereme. It is te his patience,
goodness and scholarship the world ewes
the Vulgate, or Latin edition of the Bible.
It was here that this early and great father
gave his forty years of seclusion for the
glory of Ged and the benefit of mankind.
Approach the chapel of the Nativity. Yeu
will knew it by the Latin inscription aud
the silver star in the centre. We are led
into the vault by the priest. He shows us
the manger. He explains te us that in
"these days" stables were net usually
found iu the caves se common in the hiily
places of Palestine. This cave is many
feet below the lloer of the church. It is
33 by 11 feet, and decorated with marble.
Precious lamps burn before figures of
saints, chief among them St. Jereme. Six
teen silver lamps burn ever the spot where
the star indicates the place of birth. An An
other recess shows the spot where the
wooden manger, new in Reme, was found.
Other spots arc shown, as the chapel of
St. Jereme, and the chapel of Jeseph, where
the angel appeared te tell him te fly te
Egypt. If these arc apocryphal traditions
they de net detract from the fact estab
lished by scholars aud antiquarians, aud
confirmed as well by what St. Jereme
wrote as by his selection of this spot for
his duties and fasts. He believed it te be
the place, as his life aud death bore wit
ness. Never did art consummate se splen
did a representation of sclf-abucgafieu as
that wherein Domcnichine portrayed the
last scene iu the life of this Dalmatian
saint aud here, who verified as well in his
life as by his death his faith in the geed
ness and glory of the gospel whose tidings
were chanted first in the starry vault of
Bethlehem !
Doubt as we may as te the Mill: Giette,
the Shepherd's Grotte, the Magi's Well,
David's Well, aud the burial of the 20,
000 innocents murdered by Hered here ;
doubt as te the shepherds' fold, the altar
of the "wise men;" doubt doubt that
(jurist was uern immaculate aul miracu
lously ; but one thing is indubitable that
Christ was here born, and that from this
Nativity arese a light " which before was
never en sea or land," and for the faith iu
whose beneficent and heavenly guidance
thousands have perished as martyrs and
million:; have risked their soul's salvation!
What place can be mere holy, unless it be
that consecrated by His death ?
There are said te be only two places in
this Hely Land siiricrier in sacred associa
tions te this place : Jerusalem and Naza
reth. Te my mind, Bethlehem has no su
perior, uulcss it be Jerusalem. " Why ? "
will occur te the learned Bible student
aud te the veriest child who has read the
Gospels. Bethlehem is net oue of the
mountains which compass Jerusalem, but
it has its lefty thought. It is a beautiful
pearl in the diadem round about the j royal
city. It is net the scene of sacrifice and
sepulchre ; but it is the scene of the nativi
ly and of the magi, aud of the angelic
song which ushered in the purest and
greatest life ever clad iu llesh. Among
tiie hundreds of books of travel and de
scription of this country, the Bible is the
best guide book after all, and in many
ways. In no one way is it mere se than
iu its references te this spot, ever which
the star shone, and the angels chanted of
peace. Ne amount of degeneracy, super
stition, exaggeration, tradition, or pollu
tion, no surrounding, however disenchant
ing, detracts one beam from the radiance
of that star, or gives one dissonant nole in
the seraphic hymning which here iilicd
the heavens with a new-born jy ! The
genius of painter and sculptor has iiiu:;
tratcd the story of the manger and their
gifts and worship, the choir of angels, the
awe-struck shepherds, the flight into
J'gi'pt, the beautiful face of .the Madenna,
with its golden aureole, and the ma.ic.stie,
masterful and melancholy features of Ilim
who became here the genius of love unto
mankind. What place, therefore, in all
this alciiied country, new te many centu
ries made desolate, is se alluring for its
fruitful themes, whether for studio or li
brary, for the orator or ai list, for the dis
ciple or crusader '.
Although Bethlehem was caiied iillle
among the thousands of Judah," and at a
time when Judah fed her thousands of
thousands from hcrwell-tiiled ierraecs and
valleys, she is great among men, and will
be great se long as her story remains.
Hew often has the story been told te
loving hearers ! Frem the little Catholic
church at the North Cape, but a year old,
which we visited under the midnight sun
and amid the summer snows, te the splen
did church of St. Sephia, which dates
1,500 years age ; across wastes of time
and oceans of space, ever daik continents
and isles "gilded by tein.il summer,"
till story of the manger is a theme as sr
cred te kings as te peasants ; as dear te
the leper of Ramleli as te the emperors of
earth.
The locus in ue of such a story, even
though it were almost lest in tradition,
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THE ONE-PRICE
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I'lOXKKlt OF MODUIiATK PRICES.
" Ce-tly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
ISiittKiicspn-ssi'il infancy. KIchnetgaudy.'
Fer t lie apparel oft proclaims the man."
A'i a:cs,ea re.
" Te be well dressed will e mimes
Supersede tliu rest." Jiiren.
Fine Tailoring Custom Department,
Our counters are new laden with the choic
est fabrics in Foreign aud Demestic Goods ;
they are of the latest patterns, and are rich
and handsome : their superior make will show
te line advantage. Wcuakcthis announce
ment te these u-he wish te dress well at mod
el ate prices. We make
Ulsters, Ulsterettes, Fancy Lined,
Self Lined, Silk and Satin
Lined Overcoats.
DltLSS and JlUSiXliSS SUITS in any Style.
We have the handsomest assortment of
Treuserings in ibis city. In connection with
our Custom Department we have a full line of
KU'gnnt, Well Made and Geed Fitting
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
FOR 1IK.V, HOYS AXDCIIILT)ItKX.
tar superior te these generally sold at lteady.
Made Clothing Stores.
Our Fancy ilMcrcttcs, Reversible Overcoats
" which, by the way, can be worn en cither
side," satin and silk lined Overcoats, cannot
ha excelled Ter style and beauty; weliave
them from $3 te $25.
Our Self-lined Overcoats are very handsome.
We have them in twenty different stylcs.freni
I7..W te $25.
OurSIlk-laced, Light-weight Overcoats and
Surteuts are marvels of bcanty, and we will
here state, up te the present time this is the
only store In this cily where you can find the
Surteut Overcoat. This coat is par excellence
tiie dressoverceat.
Our iisnertmcnt of
UKNTS' FURXISIIIXG GOODS
Is complete. The UICYCLK SIIIKT. which Is
very handsome, is a great favorite wfth young
men. We have them for $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and
$2.50, twenty-live pc-r cent, less than they can
be bought for elsewhere.
Having adopted the OXE-1'RICK system, it
is enforced in Its most radical lerm. as in no
Instance will or can 1 make any deviation
from the price plainly marked en every arti
cle, having in the first place mndc the same
suUicicntly low te place superior quality goods
within the reach of the most economical.
A visit le my establishment, particularly se
il you prefer a better class et clothing than is
generally found in stores, will confirm my
statement.
AL R0SENSTEIN,
NO. 37 NORTH QUEEN STREET,
Xext deer le Sliultz & Bre.'s HatStere ami op
pesltctlie Grape Hetel.
hoots & siiens.
fADIICS AND CSKNTS. IF YOU WANT A
i Geed and Fine Kilting Beet or Shee
Ready-made or Made te Order, go te
F. HIEMENZ'S,
Ne. 10.1 North Queen Street.
Custom Werk Specialty. Jy2-t!dS&V
The thoughtful and discriminating portion of the public who purobase
Eeady-MMe Clothing
will Eee, with even but little consideration, that the old heuse of Wana
maker fc Brown is in a position te give superior advantages te its
patrons,
These advantages consist in supplyinj goods that are :
lstPROPERLY MADE UP.
2d-MATERIALS SHRUNKEN.
3dEXCELLENT IN PIT.
The cut and finish of our Men's and Beys' Clothing is of a character
te outrank the
Ordinary Custom Werk.
We found out long age, by actual experience, that garments bought
up from the whelesale stocks are by no means se reliable as these made
up under our own personal supervision neither will the cut aud general
style (after wearing) bear a comparison te our own careful make.
By making our own goods the
Producer and Consumer
are brought in direct contact, aud in conscquenco the latter reaps no
small advantage.
Beys' and Youths' Clothing.
This forms a very considerable portion of our business, and we are
satisfied that we can couvince any oue that we always eiler the handsomest
and best finished goods known te the trade.
Lew Prices
de uet always mean geed value ! On this bead we shall always say
that when style aud quality are taken into account we are net under any
circumstances ever undersold, and seldom are the prices, te which dealers
fall, as low as our first and only oue fixed price te everybody.
Our Stock is Enormous,
Especially in Overcoats.
Inviting a visit and recommendations of friends, wc remain,
Verv lespcctfijlly
anamaker'& beewn,
The Largest Clothing Hensc in America-
OAK HALL
Sixth and Market Streets., - -
Philadelphia.
JKWEL11Y.
I
mv. j. ZAunr.
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.MUV. .f. ZAUM.
Manufacturing Jeweler, - - - Zahm's Cerner,
L A K (J A S TE U , PA.
11'c"ll"i"ticturers of the dltterent lines of goods embraced in enr stock have been spec
ially tortunate this year in producing styles et uiu-ualcl beauty, which it will bu a pleasure
te us te show te all who call. Our siec't is full in all dcpaitmcnti
Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware, Diamonds, &c.
If you want te setup any Sl'KCIAhCIIUlSTMAS CIKT place your order as early as pont pent
ine, in helld bold or Silver we can make, in our own factory, any article wanted, wtilcli cn
uitics us te givH our customers nil vantage in juices, net usually leuiul In retail stores.
TIIK. AKUNBkl TINTKI SFKCXACLKS, for which we are the sole agents in Lancaster
county, e bellcve arc the best iu the world, and we arc satisfied that with the aid et our com
plete outfit of Test Lenses, we can tit any -yc.s that need the aid or glasses.
Our facilities for J'lKSX-OLASS UKPAUCINO are complete in every department.
l lie very liberal share of trade we luive received In the past has encouraged us te place In
our cases a finer and larger stock than ever befeiv, te which we cordially Invite the attention
el all v.be desire te examine bcaulKul "ieds.
EDW. J. ZAHM, Jeweler,
ZAHM'S CORNER,
eet'rXJmtl&wK
LANCASTER, PENN'A.
vizy aoevs
1 ANK & CO. i am: & CO.
LANE& CO.,
Ne. 24 EAST KING STREET, LANCASTER, PA.,
DEALERS IN
EOEEIGff MD DOMESTIC BET GOODS.
JUST OI'KKUi) A SPLENDID LINE OK
LADIES' COATS AND COATINGS,
VERY CHEAP.
LADIES' UNDERWEAR iu all grades.
GENTLEMEN'S UNDERWEAR, iu Red and White Goods.
DLANKET3, in great variety.
FEATHERS, Steam Cured.
CARPETS and QUEENSWARE.
HORSE and LAI' BLANKETS, BOLTING CLOTHS, &c.
Special inducements in price new as we drslrc te make a radical change in stock by
JANUARY 1,1882.
Jacob H. Marks.
Jolie A. Charles.
Jehn B. Reth.
I'LVMHEK'S HUri'LIEH.
T OllN I.. ARNOLD.
JOHN I.. AKNULD.
Iirgt-st, Finest and Cheapest Stock et
CHANDELIERS
EVER SEEN IN LANCASTER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
GAS GLOBES CHEAP.
TIN PLATE AND PLUMBER'S SUPPLIES.
JOHN L. ARNOLD,
Nea. 11, 13 & 15 EAST ORAKGE STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
faprt-ttd
C COLUMBIA A3tU PORT DEPOSIT K. K
Trains new run regularly en the Columbia
and Pert Deposit Railroad en the following
time:
Stations NeitTu-iErprcjs.iEiprese.l Acccm.
WABB. A.M. T. X. P..
Pert Deposit.....
Peachbottem..
Safe Harber-....
Columbia
6:35
7:12
tfr25
3:55
4:33
5:11
5:40
06
3:13
5:21
6:90
Statiew Seuth-Express. I Expreaa. i Acceui
waku. a. a. p.m. I a.m.
Columbia.
Safe Harber.....
Peachbotteni....
Pert Deposit.
1US
r. m.
12:(X!
135
6-
6:49
7:32
3:05
7:45
AttttK
Lu!h40
n;
P.M.
12:211
R
KA1IINU COLUMBIA K. It.
a.m. r.M. r.M.
6:40 .... 230
7:50 .... 3:40
8:00 1X0 3:50
7:50 1:10 3:h
10:05 3:20 5.50
ARRANUKMENT OP PAS3KNUER TRAINS
MONDAY, NOV. 7ra, 1SSI.
NORTHWARD.
LKAVK. A.M. r.M. r.M. A. M.
(juarryville 6:40 .... 230 7::
Lancaster, king St 7:50 .... 3:40 9:10
Lancaster 8:00 1:CU 3:50 9:'M
ueinmitia.
AU1UVE.
Reading
SOUTH WARD,
LKAVK. A.M. M. P.M. P.M
Jicaaing
ARR1VK.
Columbia
Lancaster. DrJ7 2.10 s-.K 5:15
Lancaster. King St 9:37 .... 8:25 5:25
inarryvlllc 10:37 .... 9:55 C:30
Trains connect at Reading with trains te and
from Philadelphia, Pottsville, Harrfeliurir, AI AI
lcntewn and New Yerk, via Jteund limk
Reute
At Columbia with trains te and from Yerk,
Hanover. Ucttysliurjr, Frederick ami llaltl llaltl
niere. A. M. WILSON. Sunt.
A.M. V. P.M.
7.-25 12:00 6:10
P.M.
9:35 2:10 8:25
9TJ7 2.10 8:13
9:37 .... 8:25
10:37 .... 9:55
PENNSYLVANIA KA1I.KOAU-NEW
SCHEDULE On and after MONDAY
OCTOISER 31st, 1SSI, trains en the IVutixyl
vania Railroad will arrive at and leave ihu
Lanca.Htei.and Philadelphia depetsaa fellows :
Eastward.
Atlantic Express
Philadelpla Express,
Jf ast xinc,.. .......
YorkAccem. Arrives;
Harrlsbur Express
Columbia Accoiiuiiedat ion,
Frederick Accein. Arrives,
Sunday Mail,
Johnstown Express,
Chicago Day Express,
St. Leuis Day Express
Uarrisburg Acceiuiiindai'n,
Wkstwabd.
Leave
Lanc'tci
1:10 .
4:45
5:08
8:00
8:05
9:15
1:50
2:50
2:4:)
5:05
5:15
ire
Arrive.
l'hilad'ii
3:15 i
7:(M
735
10:10 "
12:01
5:3J
5:15
7:0"i
715
:::
V.M.
Way Passenger,
News Express j...
MailTraiiiNe.l.vIa Ml..ley,
Mall Train Ne.2,via Cel'hia,
Sunday Mail,
If ast Line,.......... .........
Frederick Accommodation,
Lancaster Accommodation,
llarrisburg Accommedat'n.
Columbia Accommodation,
Harrisburg Express,
Pittsburg Express,
Cincinnati Express
racinc Express 11:55 " 2.45 a.m
Mail Train. Ne. 2, wesl, connecting at l.aii
caster with Mall Train, Ne. I, at 11:30 a.in., will
run through te Hanover.
Frederick Accommodation, wi-t, connect Ing
at Lancaster with Fast Line, we-a, at 2:30, will
run tlireiush te Frederick.
Harri-burg Express, west, at 5:30 p. m , hai
direct connection) (u-ithoutcliaiiguercars) te
Columbia ami Yerk.
Fast Line, west, en Sunday, when flagged,
will stnpntDowiiingtnwn.Ceatcsvillc, Parke :
burg. Mount Jey, Elizabcthteivn ami Middle
own.
Leave
Phiiatl'a
1230 a.m.
4:30 "
8:00 "
8:ixi""
MM "
3:C""
230 r.M.
4:00 "
530 "
rJ5 "
9:10 "
11:55 "
Arrive.
Ime'ter
5:lii a.-j
C:7 "
ti.iliO
103 "
I0:"e '
2:30 i-.M.
2:35 '
5:45 "
7:2c
730 '
8:50 "
11.30
MEIHVAl..
OTKANOK YKT TItUfc.1
STRANGE, YET TRUE, that after the hun
dreds et" extraordinary cures wrought by DR.
OREENE in this city ami county, of Con
sumption. Diabetes, Palsy, Fits, Dyspepsia anil
ether diseases, after the patients had ( without
success ) tested Alie, ami Homeeopathic physi
cians. 'Tis very strange that hundreds et"
ether persons, mere or less tillllctcil with ills
ease, will net read Dr. Greene's pamphlets, or
call upon him ami be cured of their ailments.
Strange that they could be influenced by jeal
ous physicians, or druggists, te keep away
irem htm. They ought te knew that the
major portion or his patients are from Hut
ranks et ether M. D.'s, ami that It they did net
He, or threw out some kind of inueudees, they
would lese the balance or their patrons. Mrs.
McCaskcy, et Philadelphia, came under Dr.
U.'s charge through Mr. Powell, or Ne. t; East
Walnut street, almost blind; been ler years
testing the Philadelphia oculists. Oct. 27, went
iieiiii: with geed vision ami health. Oct. 27,
Win. Ensminger, a blacksmith of Stru-thiirg,
came in almost a new man, having siitrcrcd
for years with Dyspepsia in its worst forms.
He had been under 13 M. D's. before he tested
Omnlpatliy.
Catarrh cured for 50 cents.
The remedy sent te anyone en receipt el 5t
cents in stamps.
Ne charge made for examinations. They are
entirely free. Consultations confidential, and
wiiuetit any charge.
DR. CHAS. A. GREENE,
14C J:.HT KINii STKLKT.
SI W FAS
K
KIGAKT-S OI.II WINK STORK.
Brandy as a Medicine.
The following article was voluntarily :.eit te
Mr. II. E. Sl-iymakcr, Agent for Keigurl.'s- Old
Wine Stere, by a prominent practising phv.si
clan el this t'euntv. who has extensividy usei:
the Itrandy referred te in Ids regular practice.
It is commended te the attention of these n
nicted with
Indigestion and Dyspepsia.
BRANDY AS A MEDICINE.
This new much abused Alcohol!'; .stimulant
was never intended 113 a beverage, but te Ixi
used as a medicine of" great potency in tin: chip
of some of the destructive diseases which
awcep away their annual thousandwef victims.
With a purely philanthropic motive we prt
sent te the favorable notice et invalids cspe
dally these atlllcted with that miserable lls
e.ase Dyspepsia, a .specific remedy, which i3
nothing mere or less than
Brandy.
The aged, with feeble apiwdlte ami mere or
less debility, will linn this simple medicine,
when used properly,
A Sovereign Remedy
oral! their Ills and aches. Ke it, hev,evi
strictly understood that we prescribe and u.-
bu t one article, ami that la
RKIGABT'S OLD BRANDY,
Sold by our enterprising young friend, II h
SLAYMAKER. This Ilrai.dy has steed the
test for years, anil haa never failed, as tai
aa enr experience extends, and we thcrcferi
give it the preference ever ail etiier lirandies
no matter with hew many Jaw-breaking French
titles they are branded. One-fourth et the
money that la yearly thrown away en various
Impotent dyspepsia specifics would sulllce !:
buy all the P-randy te cure any such case 01
ases. In proof of the curative powers et
Reigart's Old Brandy,
In cases of Dyspepsia, we can summon num
hers of witnesses one caoe iu particular w
cite ?-
A hard-working farmer had licen ail.l:teu
with an exhaustive Dyspepsia ler a number of
years; his stomach would reject almost every
kind of feed; he had Heur f nictatiens con
stantly no appetite in fact, lie was obliged If.
restrict his diet te crackers and stale bread,
and aa a beverage he used McGrann's Keei
Rcer. He is a Methodist, anil then, as new
S reached at times, and In his discourses eltt.i.
eclaimed earnestly against all kinds of strong
drink. When advised te trv
Reteart's Old Brandy,
in his case, he looked up with astentsmr.cn 1
but after hearing et its wonderful etlects in
the cases of some of his near acquaintancci:, Iu
at last consented te fellow our advice. He
used the Brandy faithfully ami steadily; the
flrat bottle giving him an appetite, and before
the second was taken he was a sound man, wilt,
a stomach capable of digesting anything w hit 1:
hejehese te eat. He still keeps it and uses a I ti
tle occasionally; and since he lias this medi
cine he has been of very little pecuniary bene
fit te the doctor. A PuAcname Phtsicia it.
H. E. SLAYMAKER,
Aonrriei
Reigart's Old Wine Stere,
Established In 1785.
UCFOETKB AXD DZAUOt IS
FINE OLD BRANDIES, SHERRIES, SUP Is.
RIOR OLD MADEIRA, (Imported in ISIS,
1827 and 1828.) CHAMPAGNES O
EVERY BRAND, SCOTCH ALE
PORTER, BROWN STOUT.
Ne. SB KAST KINO ST. LANCASTEK,PA ,