Boots! Boots!
,V!i ' 1 1 i 1 1 ' ' LiiU'L 0:':'.J.'.v' J ,:H
.11 . i 'I r -.. .' : II. I v I
'' '' - A ftili Assortment of ' 1 ' '
THE CELEBRATED yORTC; BOOTS,
Hand or Machine Sewed, Wh6llt Stock and Double
m;,mWhi1,;, : .'.. y,
Warranted to Give Entire Satisfaction,'
Manufactured and For Sale to the Trade by '
M. B. 'SPAHR, "
A full Assortment of
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers'
Constantly on Hand. ,
-Snec(dl Attention ratd to Ordert-Wt
Xetv 31111 inert f Goods
A.t Nowiort, in. (
I BEG to Inform the pnbllo that I have jtut re
turned from I'hlladnlphia, with a full assort
ment of the latest styles of
MltUNSHV COOPS, ' ,
' hats and bonnets,
ribbons, french lowers,
feathers, , . ' '
; chignons,, '. ' . '.,.' '
LACE CAI'ES,
-notions, '''
And all articles usually found In a tint-elan Mil
linery Establishment. All orders promptly at
tended to. rWe will sell all goods as Cheap as
can be got elsewhere.
DRESS-MAKING done to order and In the la
tost Htyle, an I get the latest Fashions from New
York every month. Hollering done to order, In
all widths. I will warrant all my work to give sat
isfaction. All work done as low as possible.
ANNIE ICKE8,
' Cherry Street, near the Station,
6 16 13 Newport, Ta.
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CARSON'S This la not the lowest priced,
STTTTT.AP but being much tho best Is in
0 1 riijUn.IV tno n,i uy (nr the cheapest.
OT T Do not fail to give It a trlnl,
A ' and you will use no other.
TIIK alarming Increase In the mimler of fright
ful acnldeiits, resiiltlni? in iterriW deaths
and UiedistnicttoR of valuable nroifrty, caused
by trie lndiseriiiituate useot sils, known unduT the
lumieM potmlctmt, prmiiitKOs t calUiyBwi ope
clal attention to an article which will, wherever
USED, remove the CAUSE of audi accidents.
Wealludeto . i ., i ', i- '. .
Carson's Stellar Oil
fob '
ILLUMINATING PURPOSES.
The proprietor of this oil has for several years
felt the necessity of iirovhlliifc and presenting
to the public, as a substitute Tor the dangerous
comixiunds whioh are wnt broadoa-tt over Ute
country, ait oil that is HAFK and ililll.MANT,
and entirely irliaohv .Aftw a hum aeries of labo
rious and costly e5()eriments. he has ftneceeded In
providing, and now oilers to the publio, such a
Substitute In "CARSON'S HTKLLAlt OIL." It
should be used by every family, i
1ST, Because it is safe beyond a quostlon. ' The
primary purpose in the preparation of STELLAR
, OIL has been US make It l'EBFECTLY SAFE,
thus Insuring the lives and property of those who
wit- ' ' - ; i ; , '. ,. ,
2D, Because It Is the most BRILLIANT liquid il
luminator now known.
3D, Because J( Is more economical, In the, long
run, than any of the' dangerous oils and fluids
now In too common use. '
4TII, Because it is iuteusely BRILLIANT, and
therefore economical, giving the greatest possi
ble light at the least ex)endlturo to the consum
er. Its present standard of SAFETY AND
BRILLIANCY will always be malntained,--for
upon this the proprietor dejiends for sustaining
the high reputation the STELLAR OIL now
enjoys. ;
To prevent the adulteration of this with the ex.
plosive compound uow known under the uame of
kerosene, &c, &c. It Is put up for family use In
Five Gallon cans, each can helng sealed, and
stamped with the traile-mark of the proprietor ; it
cannot bo tamjiered with between the manufac
turer and consumer. None Is genuine without the
TRADEMARK. .
STELLAR OIL is sold only by weight, each can
containing live callous of six and a half pounds
each, thus securing to every purchaser full meas
ure. It is tho duty and interest of all dealers and
ciHisuuierHuf illumliutliUK wll Ui-uwU tti'Ki.LAlt
Oil, only, because itaow in known to be safe and
reliable, , :. ..t .
3- All orders should be addressed to
JAIlDIItf & .,
V - AVIIOLKRALE A&ENTS, '
131 South, Front Street,
1 5 ly - " ' Philadelphia.
New Carriage Manufactory,
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' On High Stkbbt, Eiat or Cshmbli St. .,
New illoonillclil, Pcnn'n.
THE subscrller has built a large and commodl.
ous Klmp on lltgli St., East of Carlisle Street,
New lllooiniield, Fa., where he Is prepared to man
ufacture to order
, On v r i a o h
Of 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, he is prepared
to furnish work that will compare favorably with
the best City Work, and much more durable, aud
at much more reasonable rates.
4-ltKl'A IKING of all kludsneatlyand prompt
ly done. ' A call Is solicited.
SAMUEL SMITH.
jjtf r
MAMCrACTUKElt AND PEAl.Ell IN -
l
Stovos, Tlu and Sheet Iron 'Ware
New Illoonifleld, retry Co., Pa.,
KEEFS constantly on hand every article usually
kept in a Urst-class establishment.
All the latest styles and most Improved .
1'arlor and ICIti'lien Niovesj,
TO BURN EITHER COAL OK WOOD!
Kpoirtihg and Roofing put tip In 'the most
durable manner aud at reasonable prices. Call
aud examine his at ck.
31
A CURIOUS STORY.
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rnilE JTOLtOWINO, supposed to bo
X' told by' an old tuan ih the year 1890,
is a rich " take off" orr Horaco Greeley,
and his peculiar theories, 'and whatoiiglit
result fVoth his election as President. '
"You ask me to toll you, my children,
of the events which immediately prece
ded the destruction of the once great
American Union, and the capture of the
country by its present European rulers,
and to say something also of the cauRes
which led to these doplorable results,
I undertake the tusk with a heavy heart,
for whon I revert to that terrible time
I cannot help contrasting our proud con
dition up to that fatal year with the hu
miliating position occupied now by the
American people. The story is a short
one : In the fall of 18T2, Horace Greeley,
the editor of a newspaper in New York,
was elected President of the United
States. The peoplo - voted for him be
oauso they thought he was an honest
man.. And so he was. But he was also
vain and weak, and he cutertaincd cer
tain fanatical and preposterous notions
about agricultural matters, for instance
which ho was determined to force upon
the people at all hazards and despite all
opposition. He believed, among other
things, that every man ought to go the
west to earn his bread, aud longbelbie he
was chosen President, , ho used to advise
everybody to move to that region as a
cure for all diseases that could befall tho
human family.
As soon as he reached the Executive
Mansion, which we used to call the
White House, President Greeley organ
ized an army of 200,000 men, and pro
ceeded to force tho entire population of
tho seaboard States westward at the point
of tho bayonet" The utmost violence
was used. Those who resisted were shot
down, and their dead bodies were carted
off to a national factory which tho Presi
dent had established for making some
kind of fantastical fordlLzer. All the
largo cities of the East were depopulated,
and the towns wore entirely empty. Tho
army swept beforo it millions of men,
women and children, until tho vast plain
west of Kansas were reached, when the
pursuit ceased and the urniy was drawn
up in a continuous line,'1 with orders t6
shoot any one who attempted to visit tho
Enst. "'Of course hundreds of thousands
of these poor creatures perishod from
starvation. ' This seemed to frighten
President Greeley, and ho sent a message
to Congress recommending that seven
hundred thousand volumes of a book of
his, entitled " What I Know About
Farming," should bo voted for tho relief
of tho starving sufferers. This was done,
and farming implements and seeds were
supplied,' and then the millions of wretch
ed outcasts made an effort to till the
ground.,, OfthorSsUlt of ( this. I will
speak further on. i.
In tho meantime the President was
doing infinite harm to the country in anoth
er way. His handwriting was so fearfully
and wonderfully bad that no living man
could read it.. And So. whon he sent his
first annual message. , to Congress the
document - was devoted wholly to . tho
tariff and agriculture asontenco appear
ed which subsequently, was ascertained
to be "Large cultivation of rutabagas and
beans is the pnly hope of the American
nation, I am sure."- Tho printer, not
being ablo to interpret this, put it in tho
following form, in which it went to tho
world) "The Czar of-Russia couldn't
keep clean if he washed himself with tho
whole Alantio ocean opco a day ?" This
perversion of the mossage was immedi
ately telegraphed to Russia by the Rus
sian Minister, and the Czar was so indig
nant that he immediately declurcd war.
Just as this time President Greeley un
dertook to write souie letters .to Prince
Bismarck upon the subject of potato rot,
uud, after giving his views in great length,
he concluded with the Statement that if
the Emperor William said that subsoil
plowing was not good in . light soils, or
that guano was better than bone dust,
ha was " a liar, a villiun. and a slave 1"
Of course, tho Emperor also immediately
declared. war,, and became on ally of
Kusia and hnglund, against wkioU latter
country Mr. Greeley had actually began
hostilities already, because the Queen, in
her speech from tho throne, declared the
Tribune advocacy of a tariff on pig iron
incendiary, and caloulutod to disturb the
peace of nations.' . ' -
. Unhappily this was not tho full tueas
sure of our disasters: The President had
sent to tho Emperor of Austria a copy
of his book " Whut I know," ete.,
with his autograph upon a fly-leaf.. The
Emperor mistook the signature for. a car
icature of the Austriuu eagle, and he
readily joined in the war against the
United States; while Trance was provok
ed to the same act by the fact that, wlfen
tho French Minister came to call upon
Mr. Greeley to present his credentials,
the President, who was writing an edi
torial at the time, not comprehending the
French language, mistook tho ambassa
dor for a becgur, and, without looking
up, handed him a quarter and an order
for a clean shirt, and said to him, "Go'
West, young man go West!" So all
these natious joined in making war upon
tne Lnttea statos. 'lhey swooped down
upon our coasts and lunded without oppo
sition, for those exposed portions of ; our
unhappy country were absolute! v deserted.
Tho president was afraid to call the army
away from Kansas at first, for fear the
outraged pobple upon -'the. plaint , would
com oast id spite of Jiim. But at last
he did summon the army to his aid, and
it moved to meet the enemy. It was too
late. : Beforo the troops reached Cincin
nati, the foreigners had soized Washing,
ton and tho country , east of Ohio,, and
bad bong the President, the Cabinet and
every mcmbor of Congress.
Tho army disbanded in alarm, and the
invaders moved to the Far West, where
they found tho population dying of star
vation, because they had followed tho ad
vice of Greeley's book, to ' try for your
first crop to raise limes; and don't' plant
more thnfl ' a bushel of quick-limo in a
hill!" of course these wretched people
were ni the mercy of the enemy, who
to his Credit be it said treated thera
kindly, fed them and brought thorn back
to their old homes. You know what fol
lowed how Prince Frederick William of
Prussia ascended tho American . throno,
and the other humiliations that ensued.
It was a fearful blow at republicanism
a blow from which it can never recover.
It made us who were freemen, a nation of
slaves. It was at the result of our bund
confidence in a misguided old man, , who
thought himself a philosopher,., but who,
was actually a fool. May heaven , pre
serve you, my ohildron, from the remorse
I feel whon I remembor that I voted for
that bucolic old editor.
In a Bud Fix. "
AVERY good widow, who was look
ed up to . by the 'congregation to
which she belonged as an examplo of
piety, contrived to bring her conscience
to terms for a littlo indulgence. She loved
porter; and one day, just as bIio had re
ceived half a dozen bottles from the man
who usually brought her tho comfortable
beverage, she saw two of the grave el
ders of tho church approaching her door.
She, ran the man out of tho back door,
and put tho bottles under tho bed. ' The
weather was hot, and while conversing
with her sago friends, pop went a cork.
" Dear mo," exclaimed the good lady,
" there goos the bedcord ; it snapped yes
terday tho same way. I must have an
other ropo provided." In a few minutes
went another, followed by tho peculiar
hiss 'of escaping liquor. The' rope would
not do ngain ; but tho good lady was not
at a loss. " Dear me 1' she said, "that
black cat of mine must bo nt some mis
chief under there. Scat !" 1 Another bot
tle popped off, and tho porter came steal
ing out from under the bed curtain. "O,
dear me !" she said ; " 1 had forgot ; it's
my'yeast! Here, Prudence, ooine and
take these bottles Of yeast away 1 t
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. A Long Journey after Water,, .
Some trees sond roots out a great dis
tance for moisture. -"A little less than
twenty years 'ago, 'a Califorrrinri planted a
weeping willow ' on his placo near the
well. ' Two years ago the water began to
taste bitter and otherwise un palatable He
hired a man to clean it out, but it has
troubled him all along until recently,
when ho sent another man down into the
well to see what could be done. He wont
to wOrk, and succeeded iu bringing up
about six bushels of .fine roots, ranging
in size from a pin to an eighth of an inch.
Tho tree hud sent them down outside
the brick wall, a distance of twenty-three
feet uutil thoy reached water, when they
had forced themselves between the bricks
and literully filled up the well a distance
of tbreo, feet. . They hod formed a com
pact mass, just fitting in tightly, and had
to be raised out with hooks and a lever.
' Vaccination and Baptism. '
'' Little Johnny had recently been vne
cinnated,and tho operation not taking, had
to be repeated. About the same time his
baby sister was baptized. Tho following
Sunday Johnny was surprised to find that
the buby was not again to be taken to
church, and anxiously inquired if they
were not going to have it baptized ngain.
" Oh, no," replied his mother, " children
are not baptized twice J1" " What," re
turned tho young roasoner, with the ut
most astonishment in his earnest face,
" not if it don't take tho first time ?." : :
JSjfA tnan broko a chair ovor his
wife's head a week or two ago. When he
got to jail, aud tho clergyman undertook
to talk with him, ho displayed a good
deal of penitence. Ho said ho was vory
sorry that ho had permitted his anger to
obtain the mastery of him, and to suffer
him to do such nn act, because it was a
good chair, one of those good old-fashioned
Windsor chairs, which was an heir
loom in hig family, mid he never could
replace it. .: : , : .
JSaJ" " You havo considerable floating
population in this'village, haven't you !"
asked a stranger of ono of tho citizens of
a villugo on the Mississippi. "Well,
yes, rather," was .tho reply; " about half
the year the water is up to the second
story windows."
sJf Spurgeon, the famous English
preacher, having boen offered $1Q,0UU iu
gold to write a life of Christ, sent word
that as good a life of Christ as could, be
written was to bo found in the New Tes
tament. , ,, . , ,
S8T Preserve your conscience always
soft aud sensitive., If but one sin forces
its way into the tender part of the soul,
and dwell easy there, the road is paved
( for a thousand iniquities, ." .
Lowry's Cat.
JIM STEWARTTsome'tltties called tho
"Commodore,"; is" the most noted
darkey in Erie. Jim is a good-natured
shrewd sort of fellow, Somewhat addicted
to doing business now and then on the'
Jeremy Diddlcr style, as the; following
incident will testify. : Living near - the
residence of the Hon. Morrow B. Lowry,
he was frequently employed by the latter
to do odd jobs around the house and in
the garden. One day Mrs; .Lowry; con
cluded that the peccadillcw of a Worthless
aud venerable tom-cat, long au attacln of
the family, wore such: aa .domanded the
infliction of capital punishment, and Jim
was called upon to play the part of exe
cutioner. . After a long ohase, the viotim
was captured, and put in a basket,, over
which, an old shawl was securely fastened.
The next question was how to dispose of
tne prisoner. Mrs. Jj. suggested drown
ing, but Jim, wiih tears iu his eyes, pro
tested that he could no more drown " that
ere cat", than he could " drownd his
self ;" that were ho to do so, his con
science, acting on a naturally tender
heart, would troublo him so , much 'at
nights that he was sure ho could never
sleep a wink thereafter. Not wishing to
ruin Jim's peace of mind, Mrs. L. com
promised tho matter by giving him a dol
lar and telling him to take the cat and dis
pose of it in any way he pleased, so that
she should never see it again. Putting
the dollar in his pocket and the basket
on his arm, Jim started down town. He
had not got out of eight of ' the . house
when he met Morrow walking leisurely
toward his home, and the following col
loquy ensued :
" Hello, Jim, what have you go there?",
" Ono ob do celobrated Rocky moun
tain cats, sab," raplied Jlni. 1 r.o' :
"A Rocky Mountain Cat ? Why Jim
where did you get him and what are you
going to do with hira ?", i .
" Oh, golly, sab," replied Jim, "didn't
you hoar ob dq big bunch ob dem cats dat
kum to town yesterday from , Kaliforny,
salt ? Pes' mouscrs in de world, sail,
and dis is do biggest and bes ono ob do
lot, sah. Dey are gwino to gib me foah
dollahs for him at do Roed House, sah."
; " Well," said Morrow recollecting the
general cusscduess of the fumily cat
" Jim we want a good cat up home, and
I guess I'll take this fellow, but don't
you think four dollars is mighty steep
for a cat?" ',
" All de res sold for five dollars, sah,"
answered Jim. "' " ' '
This decided Morrow, so he ' paid Jim
the price asked, and told him to carry
the " Rocky Mountain cat" up to Mrs.
Lowrv. ' Jim. however, had verv import
ant business elsewhere, and beggod Mor
row to take the basket himself, which the
latter good-naturedly consented to' do.
Arriving at home ho took.. his prizo into
the sitting, roomi . carefully closed the
doors, slightly lifted the basket and cov
ering, and smiling benevolently at Mrs.
L.'s apparent astonishment, remarked :
" My dear, . I've brought you, a. Rocky
Mountain cat the .best mouscr. At
this moment the cat jumped out of the
basket, and commenced rubbing himself
against his master's legs. Morrow stoD
ped short, whilo m wife broke in impa
tiently t "JLa rna Morrow 1 !' Why that's
tne same old cat 1 gave Jim btewart
aoiuir to arown, not more tnau ten min
utes ago."
What followed we know not, but a fe w
minutes later tho Hon. Morrow B. Low
ry might havo boen noticed on the streets
of Erie, armed with a very heavy walk
ing-stick, and wondering " why a man
can never find that d d nigger, when ho
wants to seo him badly.
How to Keep a Situation.. "'.
Tho following bit of good advico is
f.... ii'..;.7.. ,ir... i : it
tbo attention of our readers : '
' Lay it down as a foundation rule, that
you will bo " faithful in that which is
least." Pick up tho loose nails, bits of
twine, clean wrapping paper, and put
thom to their places. Bo ready to throw
in an odd half hour's timo, when it will
be an accommodation, and don t seem to
make a merit of it. Do it heartily.
Though not a word be said, be sure your
employer will make a note of it. Make
yourself iudispensable to him nnd he will
lose many ot the. opposite kind beforo ho
will part with Vou.' ' '
Those young men who watch tho time
to seo the very second their working
hour is up who leave, no muttor whut
state the work. may bo iu, at precisoly
tho instant who calculate the extra
amouut they can slight their work and
yet not get rpproval who aro lavish of
their employer's goods will always bo the
first to receive notice that times ure dull,
and thoir assistance is no longer required.
Jfeiy-A correspondent of tho Boston
Traveler records the following: "A bright
little boy about four years of ago, son of
a clergyman was at your correspon
dent's bouse one evening with his parent,
and I gave him a couple of five cont
pieces. lie laid them on the table, and
putting his Cugor on one said : " This one
1 am going to give to the heathen, and
the other one 1 am going to keen my
self." He played with thetri awhile, till
one of them finally rolled away and he
could not find it. " Well," said I, " my
lad, which one havo you lost ?" " Oh,
aid he, " I have lost the ono I was going
to give to the heathen." ' '
SCIENTIFIC BEADING.
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, '; JtfachUerr for Embroidering. , ( '
The town of St. Gall, in Switzerland,
is a great centor of tho embroidery trade,
about five thousand machines boing era
ployed in that branch of manufacture for
that market alone, each machine working
at least three hundred needles. The his
tory of the invention of these machines
is aq eventful ono, two or three fortunes
and about tho same number of bankrupt
cies having resulted from its introduction. .
In the first plaoe, in 1826, M. Heymann,
of Mulhouse. invented the machine for
longstitch embroidery, and a merchant of
St. Gall furnished the capital for building
it. The blind, unreasoning hostility of
the laborin'giclaases e elj labomviug- de
vices rose up in the path of this new en
terpispj.as it has done in many like in
stances ; and at last the invbntor gave up,
the St. Gall merchant' failed and the ' few
machines that had been made were knook
ed to pieces and thrown into a 'cornor.
Twenty years afterward, a nephew of the
unfortunate merchant found these frag
ments and was able to 1 rocall enough of
his childish knowledge of .their, construc
tion to. put them togother again. He
told no one, but sold the product of his
machines abroad as hand-made embroid
ery and soon, got rjch. .The.sccret, how
ever, could not be wholly preserved, and
at length the new proprietors of the old
shop where M. nermann's first machine
was made, were lod to exploro their for-
gotten rubbish and to bring to light the
old drawings from which it was built.
There being no patent system in Switz
erland, there Was nothing to hinder
them irom making as many machines as
they chose, and they also amassed a for
tune. The business is now a widely ex
tended one, and all that is wanted is a
machine for chain-stitch embroidery the
former being still made almost exclusively
by hand.
Excellent Interest Eules.
: For finding the interest of any princi
pal for any number of days. The answer
in each caso being in cents, separate the
two right-hand figures of tho answer to
express it in dollars and cents :
Four Per Cent. Multiply the princi
pal for a number of days to run ; separate
right-hand figure from product, and di
vido by 9.
Five Per Cent. Multiply by' number
of days, and divide by 12.
Six Per Cent. Multiply by number
of days; separate right-hand figure and
divide by 6. '' .-' ' -pi-
Eight Per Cent, Multiply by number
of days, and divide by 45 r in
Nine Per Cent. Multiply by number
of days; separate right-hand figure and
divide by 4. , , i
. Ten Per Cont. Multiply , by .number
of days, and divide by 3G. , , , .
. Twelve Per Cent. Multiply, by num
ber of days j separate right-hand, figure,
and divide by 3. , . , ;
aF" Vegetable leather is now exten
sively manufactured, tho principal mate
rials being caoutchouc and naptha. The
product is only one-third as costly as or
dinary loather, , which it resembles so
nearly that they can bo distinguished on
ly by closo inspection j and tho vegetable
leather has tho additional advantage of
being made in entire pieces fifty yards in
length, if desired, one and a half yards
wide, of any thickness demanded, of uni
form quality and ample strength. ' It has
but little odor, that of the naptha being
subdued in the process of manufacture.
It is proof against the effects of moisture,
and a nail will not scratch the surface.
For book-binding, covering for writing
desks, tables, etc., it is especially adapt
ed and largely used. .
' -
' Hew to Bore Holes in Glass.
Any hard Bteel tool will out glass with
great faoility when kept froely wot with
camphor dissolved iu turpentine,. A drill
bow may be used, or even tlm hand alone.
A hole bored may be readily enlarged by
a round file. Tho ragged edges of glass
vessels may also be thus smoothed with a
flat file. Flat window glass . 'can readily
be sawed by a watch spring saw by tho
aid of this solution. In short, the most
brittle glass can bo wrought almost as ea
sily as metal by the uso of cutting tools
kept constantly moist with campliorized
oil of turpentine. ' ''
' AS?" A process has lately been devised '
for utilizing leather shavings and clip
pings, which otherwise go to waste.
They are washed clean, cut up fine and
soaked in wator, to whioh one por cent,
of sulphurio acid has been added. When
the leather has become plastie it is press
ed into molds and rolled into thin theots.
To prevont cracking, a little glycerine is
rubbed in ; aud the product thus treated,
although not proof against moisture, can
be applied to a variety of useful purpo
ses. Bkg Any metallio substanco moy be
firmly uttaehed to glass or porcelain with
a cement mado by mixing two ounces of
a thick solution of glue with one ounoo
of linseed oil varnish, or , threo-fourths
of an ounce of Venice turpentine, boil
ing them together and stirring them un
til they aro thoroughly mixed. The pie
ces cemented, in order to make them ad
here permanently, should be kept tied to
gether for two or throo days.