CHEAP GOODS!
mi! H MiilwiTtlicr lin vin-r opened a new Store, one
L door Kast of Kwei;er's Hotel, solicits a share.
ol the public palronuye.
mil siil'l'iy 01
ilu lias just, received a
'3T o "W J- o o cl w ,
Mid will constantly keep on lmnd, a complete as
sortment of
dr y-uoods, groceries
quxhxsv'arr, hardware,
hoots a shoes, hatsjt cats.
Anil Everything else usually kept In Stores.
Call and see my slock.
TIIS NAME IN THE SAND.
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1I0HT. N. WILMS,
Xcw liloomlield, l'a.
ON lllCill KTltKKT, EAST 01' t'AKI.IKI.F. ST.,
Xcw Clooinficltl, I'ciiii'a.
THE subscriber lias lmilt a larpc and commodl
ous Shop on llicli St.. I'nst- of Carlisle Street,
Jit-w ltlooinllelil. l'a., where lie is prepared to man
ufacture to order
Osa, i i i :i f
Of every description, out of tlie best material.
Sleighs of every Style,
lmilt to order, and finished in the most artistic and
durable manner.
iiy oiooRGE p. rnnvncE.
ALONE I walked the ocean strand,
A pearly shell was in my hand ;
I stooped, and wroto upon the sand
My name, the year and day ;
As onward from the spot I passed,
One lingering look behind 1 east,
A wave came rolling high and last,
And washed my lines away.
And so methought 'twill quickly bo
With every mark on earth from me 1
A wave of dark oblivion's sea
Will sweep across the place-.
Where 1 have trod tho sandy shore
Of time, and been to me no more ;
Of me, my day, the. nanio 1 bore,
To leave no track, no trace.
And yet with Him who counts the sands
And iiolds the water in llishands,
1 know a lasting record stands
Inscribed against my name,
Of idl this mortal part has wrought,
Of all this thinking soul has thought,
Ami from these llecting moments caught
For glory or for shame
JONES IX 'DIFFICULTY.
niiviim superior workmen.
t,i I'lirnUli wovV that will coninnro favorably with
tho lio--.t City Work, and lnneli more durable, and
at niueli more reasonable rates.
he is prepared
lavovaoiv
S-HErjIlUN(i of all kinds neatly and prompt
ly done. A call is solicited.
SAMUEL SMITH.
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NnilKllK were five of us yes, five as
fl happy fellows as were ever let loose
from college. It was " vacation," and we
gut aboard the cars at N , and were
soon travelling very rapidly toward our
destination. Wc had just seated our
selves and prepared for a comfortable
smoke, when in came the conductor, and
who should it be but our old friend 15.
After the common salutations bad passed,
be said bo bad some business for us to at
tend to.
' (bit with it old chum." said wc.
" Anything tit till will be ucceptablc, so
let us have it."
" Well, boys," said be, " in the next
car there is us loving a pair as it was ever
my lot to see. They tire going down to
11 , to get married; and now if you can
have any fun over it, just pitch in."
In a moment be was gone, and we set
our beads together to form apian.
" I have it boys," said Dill Steevers.
" We must make the girl think that her
said
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lover is married "
"That's it Dill that's it,
not giving hiin time to finish
tence.
" That he is a married man
father ol' children," said Hill.
It devolved upon me to commence op
erations. Accord m;j;ly, 1 entered t lie
car in which we were informed the lov
ers were. Sure enough, there they wore.
The jiirl, thinking, I suppose, that she
must give her lover all the seat, bad ta
ken her seat on his knee, and ho for the
purpose tf protecting her, had thrown
his arm around her waist; and so they
sat in real soft lover's style. ' All this I
gathered at a glance. Stepping up to
them. I said : .
" Why, Jones, what in tlie deuce are
you doiug with this girl '!"
The girl rose hastily and seated her
self on the seat.
u See here, stranger," said the follow,
" vou arc a mite mistaken ; my name is
1 ' V
not Jones."
" Why, .loirs," said I, " you certainly
havn't left your wife and children and
tried to palm yourself on lor a single man,
have you '("
" 1 tell you my name am t Jones; its
Harper. It never was Jones 'taint go
ing to be, nuther."
I merely shook rny head and passed on
to another seat to see tho rest of the i'un.
bout the time the couple got feeling all
right again, in came Jiilliot Gregg. ink
ing up to Harper, ho accosted him with :
Why, Jones, you hero? How did
you leave your wife and babies?"
" jNow, see here, Btranger, you ain t
tho fust man that's called me Jones to
day, nn' I reckon I must look awfully
like nun, but 1 tun t Jones, an more n
that, you mustn't call me Jones, I hain't
got a wile nor babies either ; but this cro
girl an mo is going to splice, and then
you can talk about my wife, and I would
not wonder, but in course ot tune, you
might talk about babies,
mustn't call mo Jones '("
This retort brought forth vociferous
laughter from tlie spectators, and it also
brought blushes to the face of the girl
that "was goin' to be spliced."
" Ah, Jones," said Gregg, " you'll re
gret this in tho future. I pity your wife
and this poor girl."
"So, Mr. Harper, your -real name is
Jones, is it? nnd you've been fooling me,
have you? Well, wo ain't spliced yet, and
I don't think wo shall bo very Boon," tho
I girl said, and lr:r eyes flashed lire.
"Jane, Jane!" said Harper, "don't
you know I'm liill Harper? Tliair ain't
a darned drop of Jones blood in me, an'
I'll prove it."
At this moment, Jeff. Jackson, Bill
Steevers and Jem IJcyers entered, and of
cour.se their attention was called to Har
per by bis loud talking. They stepped
up to him ami said :
" Why Jones, what is nil this fuss
about T
This was more than Harper could
stand, He leaped up on a seat.
'' Now," said be, '' my nanio is not
Jiincs, an' I can lick the fellow that says
it is."
Uy this time we bad got to II , and
our friend Fred came into the car and
got Harper to keep iiiet. The girl that
wouldn't be "spliced" requested Fred to
help her on (he train that was going back
to S., which he did, and the notorious
Jones, alias Harper followed her. We
L'aiiied. afterward, that he proved him
self to be Uill Harper, instead of lill
Jones, ami he and bis gal Jane got
"spliced."
An ACcrting Story.
From a St. Louis paper of the 10th
i ust.. , wc take tho iullowing and story :
Captain S. Main, conductor on the
Council niufi's and St. Louis l'ullman
Car Line, furnishes "some particulars at
tending the death of a Mrs. MeClurg, on
the sleeping car of the Union Pacific
Railroad, while on her way from Califor
nia, with two small children, to join her
parents in St. Louis. The poor woman
lost her husband in California some time
ago, and being ill with consumption she
became dispirited and longed to return
to St. Louis, llcr desire was to see her
parents, named Collins, residing on Emily
street. She started, with two small chil
dren, a boy and a girl, aged respectively
-t and G years.
At or near Sacramento she was robbed
of all her uiotiev bv a man, who she be
lieve 1 was connected with the railroad,
who demanded 1'2 from her on a pre
tense of paying for her baggage. In her
feeble and bewildered state she handed
tho man her wallet. The wretch disap
peared and was never seen by the invalid
again. She was robbed in this way ol
about $1000 in gold and greenbacks.
She lingered, gradually sinking lower
and lower, until the train, on its long and
tedious route, had reached Papio Station,
this side of Stilt Lake. Here she called
her children and some of the passengers
to her side; and told them she was about
to die. She asked some one to pray for
her. but there was no one present who
volunteered, although, as stated by the
conductor, there was not a dry eyo among
the passengers.
Death ended the poor woman's miseries
and her body, with the orphan children,
who could hardly have a realizing sense
of their loss, were brought on to Omaha.
Here a military officer took an interest in
the matter, and the body was put in
charge of an undertaker, with directions
to have placed in a cofliti and sent to St.
Louis. The children were taken in
charge by Captain Main, and brought
to St Louis, having received almost par
ental attentions from two families, who
were en route for New Orleans. Tho
passengers rained a purse of 110 in gold
forth j children. The latter were met
tit the North Missouri depot by Mr. Col
lins,who had been telegraphed from Oma
ha and taken to his homo.
How It Is Done.
rMIE HAPPY Chinese principle of
JL compromise with that large class
which is apt to be oblivious of tho eighth
clause of tho M iss.lie by-laws was first
made fashioriablo among Anglo-Saxons
by Wall street. Hank directors learn
their lessons in the school of tho brokers.
There is an amusing story of this de
scription afloat. X, the cashier of a cer
tain bank, bad " appropriated" a hundred
thousand dollars, anil lost it in specula
tion. The day for the examination of
tlie books was at hand. In great lear
X called in his lawyer, and asked advice.
" I have a reputation to sustain. My
wife, children, the church it would be
a horrible scandal. What can be done ?"
" You can't raise the money?"
'.' No."
" Well there is an easy way out of it."
" Eh !" gafps the cashier.
" Why. you should simply absorb two
hundred thousand more, and the day be
fore the scrutiny call together the direc
tors, and make a frank confession."
X tcw interested, asked more ques
tions, and then decided to follow up the
suggestion.
When the outraged officers met, X was
overwhelmed with mortification. Ho was
a defaulter for $300,000. It was all gone
in that infernal Harlem. He was exceed
ingly sorry. " Of course, gentlemen,
there's the law. You can expose me.
You can throw mo into Sing Sing, shock
the community, and hurt the bank's cred
it. It ouuht to be done. I have not
twenty dollars. 13ut then my friends tire
exceedingly concerned. They airree if
you will Ucep the whole ailatr silent, give
mc a letter regretting that I am compelled
from my health to resign, and duly testi
fying to my integrity to privately col
lect one third of tlie amount and place it
in your bauds. 'ou can figure to your
selves the pain such a proposition causes
me. 13ut then there is the family, and the
bank.
The directors reflected for thirty-six
hours. Then they called X in, apd asked
if tho money was certain to be paid over.
He referred them lo a " friend." All
was satisfactorily arranged. The bank
got back its one hundred thousand, the
cashier retired on a hundred thousand,
and the letter of regret anil admiration
remains in the family archives as evidence
of tho incorruptibility of its worthy but
invalid member.
Among brokers this exquisite anecdote
has a certain laclc ot freshness. It is
what the brokers have been doiii"; for
years. Half the time, indeed, the cashier
is not even suspended, provided ho guar
autces that the deficiency shall bo made
good.
SUNDAY READING.
Is tho Bible the Word of God 1
Tho Uible the word of God ? No !"
says a young sceptic, who has been read
ing an infidel book. " No. It is the in
vention of men."
" 15ut the biblo claims to bo the word
of God, does it not?"
" Yes ; tho . men who wrote it pretend
that they ' spake as they were moved by
the Holy Ghost,' and that what they eaid
was a ' thus saith the Lord ; but that was
only a cunning deception in order to
make men the more readily believe it.
" II tlie Lible is not what it claims to
be, then it is, you think, nn imposture,
in d its writers were deceivers nnd
liars V
" Yes that is what I believe."
" Good men would not lie and deceive,
would they '"
" Of course not."
" Then tho lliblc, you are sure, .conld
not have been written by good men ?"
" I don't believe it was-"
"Now answer mc candidly, docs the
lliblc condemn sin. and threaten bad men
with punishment?"
" Yes."
', Does it forbid and condemn lying and
deception?"
" Yes."
" Docs it declare that liars shall per
ish, that Annanias for lying was struck
dead ; and that falso prophets who speak
deceit in the name of the Lord, and all
who love him not and make a lie shall
be shut out of the Kingdom of Heav
en '!"
" It docs."
" And would bad men false prophets
deceivers and liars make a book that
condemns their own sins and threatens
themselves with everlasting punishment?"
" I hey would not be likely to, certain-
ly."
" lhen the Liblc could not have been
written by bad men, could it?"
" 1 must admit, it is not easy to sec how
it could."
" If, then, as you admit, it could not
bo the invention of bad men because
they could not be guilty of an imposture,
who else could be its author but God :
And if it is God's 13ook, why not believe
and obey it?"
What it 1)J.
A woman went to a
very cold day and asked to see
wood-yard
on a
the lieic
man. lie came lorward. " hir. sau
she, " can you let mo have a quarter oft
cord ol wood lor that f handing linn
piece of money, " my children are freez
ing.
The man looked closely at her. " Why,
you are not Seth Wake's wife ?" he
asked.
" Yes, sir, I am," said the woman.
" How does it happen you are in such
low circumstances?" asked the man.
answered Mrs. IJlake, "rum
too; but you
Trying to the Baste."
A Hibernian, fresh from the " ould
sod," having sufficient means to provide
himself with a horse and cart (the latter
a kind he probably never saw before),
went to work on a public road. Ueing
directed by tho overseer to move a lot of
stones nearby and deposit them in a gul
ly on the other side of tho road, he forth
with loaded his cart, drove up to the
place, and had nearly finished throwing
off his load by hand, when tho boss told
hiin that was not the way ho must tilt
or dump his load at once. Paddy repUed
that he would know better tho next time.
After loading again he drove up to the
chasm, put bis shoulder to the wheel and
upset tlie horse, cart and all into tho gul
ly. Scratching his head, and looking
rather doubtful at his horse below him,
he observed : " Hedad, it's a mighty sud
den way, but it must bo tryin- to the
baste I"
B&y During tho examination of a wit
ness ns to tho locality of stairs in a house,
tho counsel asked him : which way do
the stairs run ?" The witness very inno
cently replied : " Ono way they run up
stairs, but tho other way they run down
learned counsel winked
stairs. Tho learned counsel
both eyes, and thcu took a look at tho That is tho only safe ground.
coiling.
" Sir,
did it."
" That's bad" said the man.
"Yes, sir, it is bad. My children are
starving and rum did that. My children
aro growing up outsideot the church, out
side ol tho sabbath-school, outside ot the
day-school ; and rum does that. My hus
band, once kind and industrious, is now a
vagabond, and rum did that. My heart
is broken and ruin did that." And the
poor woman sat down on a log of wood,
tho picture of want and woo.
Nor did tho rough woodman keep his
eyes dry, for he remembered the time
w hen Seth Dlako was a promising young
printer, lie married a nice woman, and
the young couple started in life with as
fair a prospect of comfort and happiness
as a yountr couple could well have. They
had teats in tho Methodist church, too.
and could bo seen listening to tho word
of God.
Hut Seth had a weak point. Ho would
sometimes " drink." Ho did not quite
Lbclievo in total abstinence. "Taste
not, touch not, handle not," was not his
motto.
Tho habit gained on him. It master
ed him; It ruined him; and what is worse
a drunkard's family had to share a
drunkard's shame and degredation ; and
worst of all, drunkenness ruins tho soul.
Touch not, taste not, handle not, boys.
Any other
Procrastination.
A lady who found it dilfieult to awake
in the morning as she wished purchased
an alarm watch. These watches are so
contrived as to str.ko with a loud whir
ring noise, at any hour the owner pleases
to set them. The lady placed her watch
at the head of her bed, and found herself
effectually aroused by the long rattling
sound. She immediately obeyed the sum
mons, and felt better all day for her early
rising. This continued for several weeks.
.The alarm watch faithfully performed its
oflice and was distinctly heard so long as
it was obeyed, llut after a time, the lady
grew tired of early rising; and, when she
was wakened by the noisy monitor, she
merely turned herself and slept again. In
a few days the watch erased to rouse her
from slumber. It spoke just as loudly
as ever, but she did not hear it because
she had acquired the habit of disobeying
it. Finding that she might as well be
without an alarm watch, she formed the
wise resolution, that if she ever heard the
sound again, she would jump up instantly
and that sho never would allow herself to
disobey the friendly warning.
Just so it is with conscience. If we
obey its dictates to the most trifling par
ticulars, wo always bear its voice, clear
and strong ; but if we allow ourselves to
do what we fear may not be quite right,
wo shall grow in ire sleepy until tho voice
of c inssionco no longer has any pjwer tf
awaken us.
may sink you.
re-
Dishop Taylor beautifully
in ai ks :
" Prayer is the key to open tho day,
and the b dt to shut jn tho night. But as
tlie clouds drop the early dew and the
evening dew upon tho grass, yet it would
not spring and grow green by that con
stant and double dropping of tho dew. un
less some great shower at certain seasons,
did supply tho rest ; so tho customary de
votion of prayer twice a day, is the falling
of tho early and latter dew; but if you
will increase and flmrish m works ol
graco, empty the great clouds sometimes,
and let them fall in a full shower of pray
er; choose out seasons when prayer shall
overflow, like the Jordan in time of harvest."
JB There are two modes of spiritual
growth, one by looking in, the other by
looking up. . Tho latter enables us to
transplant into our life the lifo of God.