Boots ! A Full Assortment of THE CELEBRATED YORK BOOTS, Hand ot Machine Sewed, Whole Stock and Double hole and Warranted to Give Entire Satisfaction, Manufactured and For Sale to the Trade by M. B. SPAHR, YORK, PA. A full Assortment ot Boots, Shoes and Rubbers Constantly on Hand. nrflitecial Attention Paid to Order.-? 6 23 2tS. New Millinery Goods AX Newport, I BK1 to Inform the public that I have Just re turned from Philadelphia, with a full assort ment ot the latest styles ot MILLINERY GOODS, HATS AND I10NNETS, ItlHBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, CHIC1NONS, LACE CAPES, NOTIONS, And all articles usually found lii a first-class Mil linery Establishment All orders promptly at tended to. -Ve will sell all goods as Cheap as can be got elsewhere. DRF.SS-MAKINft done to order and In the la test style, as I get the latest Fashions from New Vork every mouth. (loitering done to order, in nil widths. I will warrant all my work to give sat isfaction. , All work done as low as possible. ANNIE ICKES, . Cherry Street, near the Station, 5 16 13 Newport, Ta. CARSON'S STELLAR OIL. This Is not the lowest priced, but being much the best is in the eud by far the cheapest Do not fall to Rive it a trial, and you will use no other. THE alarming Increase In the number of fright ful accidents, resulting In terrible deaths nnd the destruction of valuable property, caused by the Indiscriminate nseot oils, Known under the name of petroleum, prompts us to call four six). clal attention to an article which will, wherever USED, remove the CAUSE of such accidents. weauuueio Carson's Stellar Oil ',: , , '. FOB ILLUMINATING PURPOSES. The proprietor of this OH has for several years felt the necessity of providing for, Bnd presenting to the public, us a substitute for the dangerous compounds which are sent broadcast over the country, an oil that Is SAFE and 1IRILI.I ANT. and entirely reliable. After a long series of labo rious and costly exjierlments, he has succeeded in providing, and now otters to the nubile, such a substitute In "CARSON'S STELLAR OIL." It should be used by every family, 1ST, Because It is safe beyond a question. The primary purpose In the preparation of STELLAR OIL has been to make It PERFECTLY SAFE, thus Insuring the lives and property of those who use It, : 2D, Because it Is the most BRILLIANT liquid 11 lumtnator now known. 3D, Because It Is more economical, in the long run, than any of the dangerous oils and fluids now In too common use. 4TH, Because It Is Intensely BRILLIANT, and therefore economical, giving the greatest possl ble light at the least expenditure to the consum er. Its present standard of SAFETY AND BRILLIANCY will always be maintained, for upon this the proprietor depends for sustaining the high reputation the STELLAR OIL now enjoys. To prevent the adulteration of this with the ex- Iiloslve compounds now known under the name of terosene, &C, &., It Is put up for family use In Five (iallon cans, each can being sealed, and stamped with the trade-mark of the proprietor: It cannot ue ianierea wmi ueiween ine manuiuc iurr anu consumer. THADE-MAltK. Noue is genuine without the STELLAR OIL Is sold only by weight, each can containing live gallons of six and a half pounds each, thus securing to every purchaser full meas ure, ii is me duty ana interest or all dealers and consumers of Illuminating oil to use the STELLAR OIL only, because it ulone is kuowu to be safe and reliable. All orders should be addressed to ;. , JA11DJKX A CO., WHOLESALE A&ENTS, .130 South Front Street, , 1 5 ly Philadelphia.' lire. It is the duty and Interest ot all dealers and AMUHICAX I'N'IOX HLTEB MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturers of SIMMONS' IMPROVED 1'ATENT FILTERS. First premium received at American Institute Fair, 170. Reversible Hydrant Fillers, price SiuU. Also, Syphon Filters for country use, . . . SIMPLH IN CONSTRUCTION, PERFECT IN ACTION, DL'RAIII.E IN I SE. -' The Syphon Filter IS ABSOLUTELY TUN II EST PHINOIPLE on which a Filter can be made. Agents wanted, bend (or a circular. 6 '2U a 13 onice 18 Dey St., New York. New Carriage Ulniiiifuciory, On Hiun Stiiebt, East ow Caiiusle St., New Bloomflcld, Perm's. THE subscriber has built a large and commodi ous Shop on IIIkIi HI., East of Carlisle Street, New IlloomtleUI, Pa., w here he ts prepared to man ufacture to order i , On, i l i ii t h Ot every description, out of the best material. Sleighs of every Style, built to order, and finished in the most artistic and durable manner. Having superior workmen, lie Is prepared to lurnish work that will com nitre favorably with the best City Work, and much more durable, and ai mucn more reasonuuie rales. WREPAIRINO of all kinds neatly and prompt ly done. A call Is solicited. SAMUEL SMITH. mi Boots I Proposing for a Husband. IT was very dark without, and the wind blew in fitful trusts. The old oak in front of the house groaned dismally the gates were purst open, and slammed to nnd fro incessantly. I lora and 1 coworcd together in the parlor, more and more frightened as the hours went by. Our house was a lone country mansion several miles from the county-town, and wo were quite alone, all the family including even the servants, having gone to the annual fair, and in tending to stay till morning. " I never heard such strange sounds," I said. " Surely that wag somebody on the stoop just now." "Nonsense," cried Flora, looking about nervously, however. " It was only two nights ago," I re plied, " that Mr. Brown's house was rob bed. They do say," and here my voice fell to whisper, " that an organized band of thieves is going round the country. " Mercy I" cried Flora, turning deadly pale, "suppose thoy come here. What's to bo done ? Hadn't wc better go over to cousin Boll's ? " What! at this time of night. Noth ing would tempt mo." " This is a punishment for refusing cousin Sam," said Flora. " If you had only behaved rationally, we could have had one of the servants from Klmwood to stay with us. But I suppose cousin Hell, is so angry at the way in whtcn you have treated her son, that she will never speak to us again." 1 had no reply to make. 1 already, in my heart, regreted the coquetry which had made uie refuso cousin Sam ; but was too proud to admit it to any one else. To turn the conversation, and endeavor to inspire Flora as well as myself with courage, I went to the piano. But before I could striko a note, my attention was arrested by a grating sound, that seemed to come from under the floor. I glanced at Flora. She was trembling from head to foot "Oh, Rose!" she whispered, "some one is getting into the cellar. We shall bo murdered," and she wrung her hands helplessly. We both listened. But I heard noth ing but the beating of my heart. I was not naturally a cownrd, and my resolution was taken at once, " Flora." I whispered, " you -bang away at the piano, bo that if there is any one below the stairs, he will not suspect that wo have heard him. I will go and listen at the cellar-door." I went through the long, dark entry, to all outward appearance bravely enough but expecting every step to be knocked on the head. At last I reached the kitchen. Putting one ear to the trap door, that led into tho cellar, I listened. But I heard only Flora playing on the piano, the gate banging and slamming, and the old oak breaking in the gale, and knocking its branches against the house. " What cowards wo are, ufter all," I said to myself, boldly raising the trap door, and peering down into the cellar. . I could see nothing, but the air smelt of rain. " One of the windows must be open," I said. " I hear the rain dashing in That explains the queer noise." I descended the stairs, intending to shut the window, uraduaiiy my eyes became more and more accustomed to the darkness. , When I reached tho bottom of the steps, I turned around to look for the window. Great heavens I it was not there! My heart stopped beating. I clung to the cellar-steps. As I looked the window re-opened, now plainly wide open stood staring at the patch of faint, gray light, for a full minute, then, laughing silently at my fears, and persuading myself that the shutters had blown to, and now had blown open again, I advanced, intend ing to fasten the shutters securely. I had gone more than half way across the cellar, lollowing the wall, then tho win dow was obscured again, and a gruff voice cried, Here, lend a follow a hand." At tho same moment,! saw a burly form creep through the window. My knees now absolutely gave way under me, as an other voice behind me, answerd, " Wo had better wait till the family go to bed." In a iuomont, however 1 recovered my sell, and turned to fly up stairs, even at the risk ot being caught by the rulhan behind mo. . But before I could move step, the trap-door full with a bang, and I knew I was shut in hopelessly with two, it not more, burglars. There was a horrible silence. But for the support the wall gave mo, I would have sunk to tne ground. Directly one of the ruffians tried to light a match. I heard the scrape on his boot, and saw the flume for the moment ; but fortunutely the wind blew it out. Tho imminent peril gave me sudden strength. To attompt to ruise tue trap-door lrotn below,, was im possible for me, I knew j my ouly hope of escape was through the window; and to ward it I fled as swiftly and noiselessly as possible. I reuiombered that an empty vinegar barrel stood almost directly under t .i.( v ' i . i ., ii. vii turn j. sprung, anu ciuicmng 11)0 sill above, was about to draw myself up when the nearest burglar discovering me darted at mo with an oath. He was luckily, just ouo instant too lute. Quick as a flush I was ou the sill, and out of the window, and had run around the house to the front entrance. The door, to my sur - ljc; men, New BJoomftcltr,. )cy ijt.fr- ,i.tJ.I...'i.7l W--f- rv tt-Hii-r-xt -t, prise was wide open, and a flood of light streamed over the stoop. But I did not stop to think why this was ho. Breath lessly I rushed in, and as breathlessly fled into the parlor, where the first thing I saw was Flora, talking and gesticulating violently to some gentleman, who facing around at the noise of my entrance, re vealed the form and face of cousin Sam. I did not have tho hysterics. I did not faint. But forgetting everything ex cept my happiness and sense of roliof in Cousin Sam's presence, I flung myself into! lug arms, saying, " bum, dear bam! and I know not what else beside. My story, you see, is told. In a minute or two oousin Saui started for the cellar, but the burglars had taken the alarm and fled. Then ho explained his presence. Ho was returning from the fuir, and seeing lights in the house, and knowing that robbors were about, he had stopped to ask if we were afraid. All this ho told mo with his arm around my waist. Then ho turned to mo, with a sly smile. " Rose.'j he said, " I take it, you pro posed to me, just now. I think I'll ac cept you, which is treating you better than you treated a certain suitor, a few days ngo." I was covered with blushes. But what could I do ? I did what a great many women under similar circumstances would have done I burst into tears. Cousin Sam soothed me, and kissed me, and told mo again and again how much he loved me. But ho tells every body, to this day, that I proposed to him, and not ho to me. A Wonderful Story. XT is said that the tombs of tho Necro- I plis of ancient Egypt two kinds of mummies have been found. One is incom plete that is to say, all organs necessary lor lilo have been separated lrom them ; tho other, on tho contrary, is quite com plete. Having observed this, a Sweedisii chemist, Dr. urusselbach, has come to the conclusion that the .hgrptian mum mies are not all, as has been said and bo- licved for some thousands ot years bodies embalmed by any process of prcs ervation whatever, but that they are real ly the bodies of individuals whose life has beon momentarily suspended, with tho intention of restoring them at some future time, only tho sccict of preserva tion has now been lost. JMcanwhile Professor Qussclbach adduces many proofs in support of his idea ; among others his experiments during tho last ten years, which he says have always proved success ful. He took a snake and treated it in such a manner as to benumb it as though was carved into marble, and it was so brittle had he allowed it to tun, it would have broken into fragments. In this state he has kept it for several years, and theu restored it to life by sprinkling it with stimulating fluid, the composition ot which is his secret, tor fifteen years the snake has been under going an existence composed of successive deaths and resurrections apparently without sustaining any harm. Tho Pro fessor is reported to havo sent a petition to his Government, requesting that a criminal who had been condemned to death may be given to him, to be tried in the same manner as the snake, promis ing to restore him to life in two years. It is understood that the man who under goes this exporiment is to be pardoned. Whether the bwedish government has ac cepted or rejected the learned chemist's proposal is not known. JEe. What He Knew About Farming. Not many miles from Boston a certain farmer owned a contrary horse. While driving homo with a load of hay, some time siuco, the horso concluded not to move any further ; whereupon the farmer pulled out a small quantity of the hay, placed it under the horse and set fire to it. Tho fire had the desired effect, for it obliged the horse to move. He started forward just enough to clear the flames, and the entire load, with the wagon, was destroyed, the farmer having as much as he could do to clear tho horse from the wagon in season to save his life. Just His Trade. The Rev. George More, minister of the Original Secession Church, was riding to the village of Howgate, in tho vicinity of the city. The day was stormy, snow fulling heavily. Mr. More was enveloped in a Spanish cloak, with a woman's shawl tied around his neck and shoulders. These loose garmonts, covered with snow and waving in the blust, startled the horse of a commercial traveler who chanced to rido past. The alarmed steed plunged, and managed to throw its rider, who ex claimed : " You would frighten the devil, sir !" " May bo," said Mr. Moro, " for it'i just my trade!" i An Irishman was looking about the ruins of a burnt confectionery establish ment in Nashua, N. II., when ho spied a box of lozenges, still in a fuir state of preservation. He picked up the box, but preliminary to making off with it the idoa ocourrod to him to be euro that the lozcuges were worth . nurloiuing. Ho picked up a roll and broke it in two, and crammed his mouth as full of lozenges as the Crachitts did of spoons.' In a mo ment more the box was burled to tho ground, accompanied by the exclamation: "Be gorra, they are hot yet !" They were ot the cayenne sort. SUNDAY READING. THE LOST PENKNIFE. BY KATE SUTHERLAND. T) ICHARD ROSS was goiog home JLL from school ono day when ho saw a handsome penknife lying on tho ground. Now a knife was of all things just what Richard wanted, and the sight of this ono made his heart jump for joy. He caught it up eagerly, pulled open the bright blade, and feasted his eyes on the V 11 11 .... " . . wuiw peari nanaie and sinning steel. "1 m a lucky lellow " he said to him- Bolf, and then he started for home at a full run to tell his brother and sister of his good luck and show his beautiful knife. "I wonder who could have lost it 1" said brother Charley. "It's moro than I know or care either," replied Richard. Finding is keeping. "Suppose you had lost it," said grave brother Charhy. "Oh, bothor !" answered Richard with some impatience. Charloy's suggestion had fullcn like a wot blanket, as we say sometimes, on Richard's self-satisfaction. ' "Somebody must havo lost it," said Charley. "Maybe it was Mr. Ellis," suggested sister Marion. "I saw him going down the road half an hour ago." "I don't believe it's his knife," spoke out Richard, who was not feeling quite so comfortable as when he came in. "I'd ask him if I were you," said Charley. Richard made no reply to this sugges tion. Suppose he should ask Mr. Ellis if it was his knife, and he should say yes 1 i it i. llo would ot course have to give it up, Tho thought was anything but agreeable. "buppose, said Charley, looking up from his book that evening as they sat round a table studying their lessons, "you had lost that knife, Richard f "Why can't you let tho knife rest?" nnswered Richard, half angrily. '-It's no concern of yours." "But I can't help feeling sorry for tho one who lost it, said Charley. "It'ssucha beauty of a knife, and maybe was a gift or keepsake. Or ,maybe, a little boy or girl bought it with the money saved up tor months "Oh, bother!" exclaimed Richard, using his favorite word when things didn't co smoothly with him. "What's the use of supposing all that ? The knife is mine now. It I hadn t picked it up, somebody clso would. .When a thing's lost, it s lost, and there the end ot it. If peoplo are careless enough to drop their thin trs in the publio road, they musn't expect the tinders to run all through creation to look them up. . Finding's keeping the world over. "It isn't according to the Golden Rule," answered Charley. "Let me read it." "Oh, never mind about tho Golden Rule ! What has that to do with my finding a penknife 7 rcturnod luchard "We shall see;" and Charley, who had oponcd a New Testament that . was lying on tho table, read : "As ye would that men should do to you do ve even so to them." . "Well I don't see anything about find ine a penknife there," said Richard "Do you r "Yes, answered Charley "Then your eyes are sharper than mine." ' "If you had lost a penknife, and Tom Link had found it, wouldn't you be glad if he were to ask all round for the owner instead of keeping the knife and not say ing a word about it r Ut course you would ! And you would say that lorn was a nice fellow so unselfish and honorable and all because he had done as ho would be dono by had kept tho Golden Rule." Richard looked very sober at this, for it brought the matter home to him as he had not seen it before. There was some thing about this penknife in the Golden Rule, and he was beginning to see it. And now a craduul change began to come over his feelings, for he was ublo to put himself in place of the one who had lost tho knife, and to feel sorry for th loss. He took it out of his pocket, and turned it over in his hands. "It is beautiful," he said, "and the person who lost it must feel very badly It lsu t my knifo, though 1 did find that's clear." "And vou never could enjoy it," said sister Nell, "because you'd be a! way thinking how sorry the person who lost it must be " Maybe I would. Anyhow, I'm going straight over to see Mr. Ellis in the moruing, and auk him if ho lost it." And ho did so. " Why, Richard !" exclaimed Mr. Ellis when he buw the knife.with a clow of sur- Drise aud nleasuro on his face. " Whore did you find it? It it one grandma sent to Horace for a birthday present, and lost it on mv wav homo. This is his birthduy, and I have been so annoyed about the loss." " I'm glad I found it for you," said R chard. Aud he felt glad as he band ed Mr. Ellis the beautiful pearl-handled kuife. On the next duy Richard received from Mr. Ellis a fine four-bladod pocket knife, worth, for real servico to a boy, a dozen such as the one he had found, and tho pleasant noto that came with it made him to use his own words, " feel good." He could enjoy this knife, because it was really his own. .Nobody hud lost it, and so no thought of what another had lost could intrude itself and mar the pleasures of its use. Children' $ Hour. A Word to Young Men. It is as easy to be a good man as a poor one. Halt the energy displayed in keep ing ahead that is required to catch up with behind, would save credit, give more time to attend to business, and add to the profit and rcputution of those who work lor gam. Lie prompt ; honor yonr engage ments. If you promise to meet a man, or do a certain thing at certain moment, be ready at the appointed timo. If you go out on business, attend promptly to ' the matter on hand, then as promptly attend to your own business. , Do not stop to tell stories during business hours. If you have a pluce of business, be there when wanted. No man can get rich by Bitting around stores and saloons. Never 1 fool on busines matters. Have Order, system, regularity aud promptness. Do not meddle with business you know nothing of. Never buy any article you do not need, simply because it is cheap, and tne man who sells will take it out in trade. Trade is money. Strive to avoid harsh words and personalities. Do not kick every Btone in the path more miles can be made in a day by going steadily on, than stopping to kick. Pay as vou eo. A man oi honor respects his word as he does his bond. Aid, but never beg. Re lieve others when you can, but never give what you cannot afford to, simply because it is fashionable. Learn to say No. No necessity for snapping it out dog fashion ; but say it firmly and respectfully. Have but few confidants. Use your brains rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for yourself. ' Bo vigilant. Keep ahead rather than behind the tiuios. loung man, cut this out, and placo it, by careful perusal, in tho goldou store-house of your brain, and if you find that thore is lolly in the argument, let us know. Anecdote of Horace Greeley. Fanny Fern tells the following story of her first meeting with . Horace, Greeley. He agreed to take tea at her house, and Mr. Parton gave her special injunction to have some stale bread on the tablo, as Horace G., he said, never touched hot biscuit. This was accordingly done, and whou tho great editor sat down to supper, a large supply of dry bread was placed close to his place. He, however, was not oontcnt with this, but peering across the tablo in his near-sighted way at the bis cuits opposite, he stretched out his arm and proceeded to help himself, and actu ally made his entire meal ot them. Mrs. Parton oxprossed her surprise at this, and said : " Why, Mr Greeley, I read the Tri bune for bo long a time, that I thought you abominated hot bread." " Fanny," replied the sage Horace, helping himself to another biscuit, " do you always practice what you preach ? I'm sure I don't." Female Magnetism. A commander in the royal mail servico found his steamer some thirty miles out of her course. He was sorely troubled, and could not account for the local at traction that had sent him so far out of his way. , Instruments and calculations appeared equally faultless. Sorely troub led, from having passed a sleepless, watch ful night, the captain went on deck after breakfast. Seeing a lady sitting (as was her custom) and working near the bin nacle, it occurred to him that probably the scissors were resting on the ledge of it. Detecting nothing of the sort, and bent on closer investigation, he discover ed that the chair had an iron frame. It also, quite reasonably, flashed across . him that the lady'B ample crinoline was ex tended by steel hoops. So, mustering all his facultios, he exclaimed, with as much forgiveness and as little reproach in his tones as possible " Madam, you have, by your local attraction, drawn mv ship some forty miles from her oourse !' The Pototohi 1586. The potato in its early cultivation, met with strange vicissitudes and great op position. The stern old Puritans opposed its cultivation and denied its lawfulness as an article of food becauso the plant was not mentioned in the Bible! Sir Walter Raleigh carried the plants to Eng land from this country in 1586 aud put them in his garden. His gardener thought the green potuto apples were the potatoes, and expressed his disgust to his master at such products. Ho was told to pull up the weeds and throw them away. In In doing so he found tho true potatoes, more than a bushel in quantity ; he hur ried back to Sir Walter in a very happy humor; to show him the sample and make known tho discovery. So lute as 1725 it was only cultivated in gardens in England and Scotland. During a poriod of more than one hundred and fifty years after Sir Walter introduced 't into Ire land, It failed to rise suporior to tho prejudices of English cultivators. gxgA lady in Pickway, Ohio, packed away her silverware into an old clothesbag, and forgetfully sold the lot for three cents a pound.' .!.
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