Boots !
, I i A Full Assortment of .' ; , 1 " :
THE CELEBRATED YORk BOOTS,
i i ' ,
Hand or Machine Sewed, Whole Stock and Double
. , ... Sole and , , . ,
Warranted to Give Entire Satisfaction,
Manufactured and For Sale to the Trade by
' M. B. SPAHR,
YORK, PA.
A full Assortment of
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers
, ' ' Constantly on Hand.
tt-flpectal Attention raid to Ordarif
6 23 26.
New Millinery Goods
A.t Newport, Pa.
IBHO to Inform the publlo that I have Just re
turned from Philadelphia, with a full assort
ment of the latest styles of . , - -
MILLINERY GOODS.
HATS AND BONNETS,
RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS,
FEATHERS,
CHIGNONS, . . , ,
LACE CAPES,' ' .
NOTIONS, "
And all articles usually found In a flrst-class Mil
linery Establishment. All orders promptly at
tended to. -We will sell all goods as Cheap as
can be got elsewhere,
DRESS MAKING done to order and In the la
test style, as I gut the latent Fashions from New
York every month. Golterlng done to order, In
all widths, I will warrant all my work togive sat
isfaction. All work done as low an possible.
ANNIE ICKES, ' , e -
Cherry Street, near the Station, . ;
51613 ' , Newport, Pa.
CARSON'S
Boots!
1 STF.T.T.AT? but being much the beat U iu
f OA SUULOXD, the end by far the cheapest
V OIL Do not fall to give it a trial,
BUU JFUU Will U9V UU UIUC1.
Tl! K alarming Increase In the number of fright
ful accidents, resulting In terrible deaths
and the destruction of valuable properly, caused
by the Indiscriminate use of oils, Known under the
name of petroleum, prompts us to call your spe
cial attention to an article which will, wherever
USED, remove the CAUSE of such accidents.
We allude to
Carson's Stellar Oil
1 ' t ' FOR ' 1
ILLUMINATING PURPOSES.
The proprietor of this OH has tor several years
felt the necessity of providing for, and presenting
to the public, as a substitute for the dangerons
compounds which are sent broadcast over the
country, an oil that it SAVE and BRILLIANT,
and entirely reliable. After a long series of labo
rious and costly exierlinents, he has succeeded In
providing, and How offers to the public, such a
substitute in "CARSON'S STELLAR OIL." It
should be used by every family, , ,
1ST, Because It is safe beyond a question, i TIio
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 Il
luminator 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.
ITH, Because it Is intensely BRILLIANT, and
therefore economical, giving the greatest possi
ble light at the least expenditure to the consum
er. Its .present standard of BAFETY 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
plosive compounds now known under the name of
Kerosene. &c, c., it is put up for family use in
Five Gallon cans, each can being scaled, and
stamped with the trade-mark of the proprietor ; it
cannot be tampered with- between the manufac
turer and consumer. ' None is genuine without the
TRADE-MARK.
STELLAR OIL Is sold only by weight, each can
containing live gallons of six and a halt pounds
each, thus scouring to every purchaser full meus
ure. It Is the duty and Interest of all dealers and
consumers of illuminating oil to use the STELLAR
OIL only, because it atone is known to be safe and
reliable.
3. All orders should be addressed to
. jaiiii:iv & co.,
, WHOLESALE A&ENTS,
. 136 South Front Street,
1 5 ly Philadelphia. ,
New Carriage Slauufaetory,
OK Hiua; Street, East or Caiujbi.i sr.,
Xew liloornfleld, renn'a.
THE subscriber has built a large and commodi
ous Shop on High St., East of Carlisle Street,
New Itloomneld, Pa., where he is prepared to man
ufacture to order
Ofi r r i a g 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 inauuer.
M. Having superior workmen, he is prepared
to furnish work that will compare favorably with
the best City Work, and much more durable, and
at much more reasonable rales.
-REPAIRING of all kinds neatly and prompt
ly done. A call Is solicited.
SAMUEL SMITH.
Sltf
JAME3 33. OLARIC,
MAMl'ITAOTUHXH AND DIALEU IK
Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware
New Bloouiflcld, Ferry eo., Pa,
T7"EKPS constantly on hand every article usually
a y Kept in a nrai-ciaiw esutoiuuiueui.
All the latest style and most Improved
Parlor and KlU-lien Move,
TO BURN HITHER COAL OR WOOD I '.
H. Spouting and Roofing put up in the most
durable niauuer and at reasonable prices. Call
auu examine uis si c. , i
UNCLE TELEG'S STRATAGEM.
' T TELL you it's all nonsense," said
" JL Unl Peleg. "Charity benev
olence pity I it's all played out t Your
big fairs may be all very nice, but people
don't couio there because they . pity the
poor: they come because it's fashiona
ble!" , Iloratia Mere shook her pretty head.
" You seo, child," said Undo Pcleg,
taking snuff, " you're on the wrong plat
form ever to get a peep behind the cur
tain. You're an heiress, and you're tol
erably good looking, and have a way that
people like, and thereforo the world puts
it's best foot forward, so far as you are
concerned. If you were Mrs. Sikcs, the
washerwoman, or Betty, the orange
woman, you'd see quite a different aspect
of things."
"Nonsense,uncle," said IIoratia,still un
convinced. "Be a good darling.old Uncle
Peleg, and lot nie have the Triomphe
de Grande strawberries in your south
garden border for my refreshment table.
Itemeniber I'm to sell strawberries and
cream, and I want my table to look the
best in the room.", .
" Who do you suppose will buy your
strawberries, at the outlandish price
you'll put upon them t" he demanded
sourly.
" Everybody," Iloratia answered, sauci
ly. " Come Undo Peleg, be generous
and graceful, and say I shall have them 1"
' Uncle Peleg again took snuff.
" On one condition you can have
them." '
Iloratia clapped her white, rosy hands.
"And that."
" Just wait until you hear," said the
old man, dryly.' "You can't have my
fifty quarts of Triomphe de Grande straw
berries, each one as big as a pigeon's egg,
until you have first sold a dozen quarts
from door to door."
Iloratia opened her brown,' wondering
eyes like twin wells of hazel light.
"I, Uncle Peleg?" " . , .
" You, niece Iloratia 1 And I am to
specify the houses where you . are to
go."
" It will be fun," cried Iloratia, with a
gay laugh, " I'd just as soon do it as
not."
" Perhaps it will be fun, , perhaps it
won't," said Uncle Peleg. "At all
events, I want you to get one glimpse, at
least, of life through a strawberry woman's
eyes."
" And I am to be disguised, Uncle
Pelog?"
"To be sure you are. Miss Iloratia
Mere would have no difficulty in dispos
ing of her wares ; a friendless strawberry
girl id different."
" All tho more delightful a regular
tableau vivant I" cried Iloratia, merrily.
" Well, uncle, where am 1 to go V
" I'll write down a list of names for
you, that shall be culled out of your dear
est friends Mrs. Montague, Mrs. Dysart,
Miss Ferrars and the like."
" They will all buy I" cried Horatia.
" We'll see," Uncle Peleg said. " Are
you willing to buy the Triomphe de
drnntlp nf. atioll ft rtrinA no f.Viin Tlni-af? ?'
" " t'"- i
"At any price," the girl answered,
gleefully.
" lou don t know how disagreeable
you may find it"
" It will be a perfect adventure !' said
Iloratia, recklessly. '
" cut mind, you re to keep it a secret.
" As the grave," his mischievous nieco
answered with mock solemnity.
" M 188 Iloratia Mere would scarcely
have been recognized by her nearest
friends, when she Was dressed for the
curious part she was to play " for one
day only" as she declared. A calico
dress ; thick boots in which her tiny feet
felt unwonted clumsy, a much-worn water
proof cloak, borrowed from Mary Ann,
the cook, and a worsted hood enveloped
in a faded black veil, and a basket hang
ing over her arm these were the do-
tails of her costume.
" Strawber-ne !" she cried, raising
her aweet voice to " C. above." " Oh,
Uncle Peleg, it will be such a joke I"
And she tripped away delighted at the
prospect of playing at the realities of
Wo.
Uncle Pelog looked after her rather
doubtfully, as he resorted mechanically
to his untuning panaoea for all human ills
or perplexities, the snuff box.
, " 1 m almost sorry 1 sent ber on Buch
an unpalatable errand," he said to him
self; " but it's just as well she should
learn to see the world as it really is. Her
life has been couleur de rose, and no
wonder. The strawberries will be a dear
bargain after all I"
While these eccentric reflections were
parsing through the old man's brain,
Iloratia Mere had already reached the
first house on her list inhabited by Mrs.
Montague, a lady who had always pro
fessed the sweetest and most saintlike
character, whose voice was soft and low.
and who spoke in six syllabled words of
WebBtonan elegance.
Mrs. Montague herself was iu the
hall as iloratia rang the door-boll.
" If ye plase, ma'am," said Bridget,
" it's a girrel selliu' strawberries will
we buy a quart r '
.- " Strawberries indeed I and at the up
per door I" shrilly cried Mrs. Montague,
in a voice that for an instant almost com
pelled Iloratia to doubt the lady's identi
ty, " Uon t you know, better, girl, than
to bring your' trumpery wares to the
front door f What do you a'pose base-
mont bolls were mnde for t Clear out,
this minute I What ''art-' you standing
there for ? Don't you hear what I say ?"
And she took hold of . Horatia'a . arm
and assisted her progress with a vigorous
push. , ,',i't( . . i
Mrs. Dysart came ; next an elegant
widow with an ivory . pure complexion ;
curls like the tendrils of a grape vine,
whose obstinate rings she was always la
menting. This time our heroine knew
better than to go to the front steps, and
made her way meekly to the area bell.
" Strawberries, is it ?" said the little
girl who came to the door. " I'll ask the
missis t"
Mrs. Dysart herself presently came to
the door, and Iloratia started to see tho
marvelous dissimilarity between Mrs.
Dysart of society and Mrs. Dysart at
home. Her skin was sallow, wrinkled
and blotched, here and there, from the
too frequont use of powerful coBmotics,
her hair was screwod up into little papil
htct secured by pins, making a perfect
chevaux de rite of her head ; her beauti
ful figure was lathy and straight like a
pump draped in calico !
" Strawberries 1 of -course not at this
season of the year," said Mrs. Dysart,
snappishly. " I'm not made of money !"
And Bhe slammed the door in Iloratia s
face.
" Miss Ferrars will buy them at ' all
events," said Iloratia to herself. " Lu
cille Ferrars was always noble-hearted
and generous."
" How much are they r said the fair
Lucille, coming to the head of the base
ment stairs, in a dishabille of greasy
cashmere and a soiled white apron.
" Kighteen conts a bosket.
" Pshaw 1" said Lucille, supercilliously.
" As if I was going to pay such a price
as that 1 I'll give you ten!"
" 1 hey are unusually nne, said Ilora
tia, timidly.
" I shan't give a cent over eloven !"
Iloratia turned away.
" I wonder you fruit girls have the
face to ask such a price I" said Miss
Lucy Ferrars, fingering her purse strings.
" Twelve, there and that's more than
they're worth !"
" 1 cannot sell them under the prico 1
have named," persisted Iloratia, shrink
ing from the sharp, glittering eyes.
"Go about your business then !" said
Lucille. " I'll seo the wholo tribe of you
starvo, before I'll bo imposed upon so !"
Iloratia felt herself disenohanted.
Could it bo possible that this shrewish
miser was her soft-voiced frieud, Lucille
Ferrars t
" Perhaps Uncle Peleg's views of hu
man nature may not bo so very much
amiss, after all," she said, with a half
sigh, after she had made some half dozen
or more pilgrimages, and more than half
of her berries remained unsold.
Mrs. Parker's house was the lost on her
list. Iloratia had let it remain until all
the other places had been visited, she her
self could hardly have told why perhaps
because Justus Parker had been her
partner in tho " German" the night be
fore. She liked Justus Parker yetsho
somehow distrusted his gentle, nico and
smooth manner.
"I am afraid it's all 'put on,' " she said
to herself. " But Uncle Peleg was de
termined I should go there, and ' I will
not shrink, now that the ordeal is so near
ly over.". .
The servant requested her to go up and
see the young lady herself " she's in
her own room mostly."
Iloratia had heard of Laura Parker's
lingering spine diseaso, although she
never had seen her. And her heart beat
slightly as she ascended the softly-carpeted
flight of stairs, carrying her basket of
berries.
Justus was sitting on a low chair be
side his sister's sofa, at the further end
of the room ; he rose and came forward
as the stranger eutered.
" This basket is too heavy for you to
carry," he said, taking it from her arm
and moving forward a seat, with a sort of
unconscious chivalry.
" It is not so heavy as it seems," said
she, somewhat bitterly, " and if it were
I am nothing but a strawberry woman."
" But I eupposo a strawberry woman
has feelings and sensations like other
people,' said Justus Parker, smiling.
" Sit down a moment, while . my sister
looks at your fruit."
" You must be very warm," said Laura
Parker, gently. " Lay back your veil.
Justus please ring for a glass of water.
Horatiu accepted the water, but refused
to unfold her veil. It was altogether too
good a medium for her to observe the
quiet tenderness with which Justus Par
ker treated his invalid sister tho open
Bible on the tablo, the fresh flowers by
the sofu, all mute tokens of thoughtful
love and care.
, Miss Parker bought half a dozen bus-'
kets of berries, without a word of excep
tion to the price,
11 They are the finest I have soon this
year 1" she said. " You must come again
when you have more." ,
Iloratia Mere's cheeks were burning
when she made her escape it last, both
basket and heart considerably lightened.
" Well, uncle 1" she cried, gleefully,
when she at length reached home, " I
have earned the Triomphe d$ Grande 1 1"
" Have you been to all the places V .
. "Yes, all 1" '. ; . . ! .
And she told him her adventures, with
playful humor, ...
.. J
" Not a bad day's work," said Uncle
Peleg,-laughingly. ' h-'.) .
' Miss Iloratia Mero had the handsome
est refreshment table and tho best sales
of any young lady at the fair, and Justus
Parker was her favorite customer, r
The result of the fair, not an uncom
mon one, if all reports aro true, was one
wedding if not more. Iloratia Mere was
married to Mr. Parker : but not un
til after the honoy moon did he know of
how his aristocratio little bride had sold
strawberries!
" Was it wrong of me ?" she asked,
wistfully.
' Under the circumstances, no," Mr.
Parker answered gravely.
A Fly Story.
A gentleman making a call at the
house of a friend was astonish
ed to find the rooms and passages in con
fusion, and on inquiring tho cause, was
answered :
" Oh, we are very much annoyed here;
we have an intolerable nuisance. A rat
has come to finish his existence under
the floor of our large drawing room. We
do not know the exact place, but we can
not endure the stench any longer. So we
have rolled up the carpets, removed tho
furniture, and called in the carpenters,
who are just commencing to take up tho
floor, until we find the nuisance.
" Now don't bo to hasty," said the vis
itor ; " you need not pull up more than
one board. ' I will show you what I mean
presently ; and meanwnilo, shut down
the drawing-room windows, and close the
door behind mo as Boon as I return.
He then stepped down tho front steps
into the garden, walked round the house
to the stable, and after a few minutes'
absence, came back to the drawing-room
with both hands tightly clasped, so as to
enclose something botween them. Plac
ing himself in tho center of the drawing
room, he opened his hands, and out, flew
two largo blue bottle flics, and buzzed
around the room for a second or two.
But presently one of them lighted on a
certain plank of tho floor, and was almost
immcdiateley followed by the other insect,
" Now, then," exclaimed the visitor,
" take up that board, and I'll engage that
the dead rat will bo found under neath it."
The carpenters applied their tools, rais
ed tho board, and at onoe found the
source of all the unpleasant smell. -1
CIcrygmen In a Bad Fix.
OUT in Ohio recently twenty Baptist
clergymen, who were attending a
convention, went down to a secluded spot
on the river in the afternoon for tho pur
pose of taking a swim. Theso score of
brethren removed their clothing and
placed it upon the railroad track close at
hand, because the grass was wet. Then
they entered tho water and enjoyed them
selves. Presently an express train came
round the curvo at the rate of forty miles
an hour, and before any of the swimmers
could reach dry land all thoir undorshirts
shirts, sooks and things were fluttering
from the cow-oatcher and 'speeding on
towards Kansas. It was painful for the
brethren, exceedingly painful, because
all the clothing that could be found, after
a painful search, was a, sun umbrella
and a pair of eye-glasses. ' And they do
say that when those twenty marched
home by the refulgent light of the moon
that evening in single file and keeping
close together, the most fumilliar acquain
tance with the Zouave drill, on the part
of the man at the head with the umbrella,
still hardly sufficed to cover them com
pletely. They said they felt conspicuous
somehow i and the situation was the more
embarrassing because all tho Dorcas 804
cieties and the women's rights convene
tions and the pupils at the female board
ing school seomed to be prancing around
the streets and running across the route
of the parade. Most of the brethren are
now down on immersion and altogether
in favor of the use of water only in
sprinkling. .
How Tat Kept a Secret.
A short ' time ago, a lady and
gontleman were married very quietly in
the country, and procoeded in their car
riage to spend tho honeymoon among the
lakes, the gentleman giving strict orders
to his Irish footman on no' account to
Btuto to inquirers that they were newly
married. When leaving the first inn on
the road the happy couple were much
astonished and annoyed to find the ser
vants nil assembled, and, pointing to the
gentleman' mysteriously exclaiming,
1 That's him 1 that's the man !' Ou reach
ing the next htage the indignant master
told his servant that he had divulged
whut be had impressed upon' him as a
secret, and thut he had told the servants
at the last iun that they were a newly
married couple.' Be jaber, an' it's not
true yor honor,' replied the Bervant. ' I
tould tho whole kit (hut yer houor and
your honor' lady (God bless her 1)
wouldu't bo married yet for a fortnight 1'
rThe electricity gonerated by a
rapidly-moviug belt from the fly-wheel of
.i ' i !. ,i .... j: .i i
ino large engine mat urivve uiu worm in
Patterson's building, Hartford, develops
cloctricity enough to iguito a gaslight sit
uated at least six feet from the belt, By
presenting the knuckles of one hand , to
the belt, and the point of the fingers of
the other to the burner, the gas will be
instantly ignited. . , '
The Enchanted Mountain.
IN one of the north-eastern counties of
Georgia is a natural curiosity, called
from Indian tradition, tho Enchanted
Mountain. The mountain is not large,
and there is nothing remarkable about it
until you get to the top, when human
tracks, or impressions in the solid rock,
which appear to be human tracks, are
Been. ,., How these wonderful tracks
came to be impressed on the rock of this
mountain is one of the many mysteries
of this mysterious land of ours. There
were a'great many traditions among the
Indians in regard to this mountain, but
none of them are satisfactory, and it prob
ably never will be known who it was that
left the tracks upon' the summit of the
enchanted mountain. One of the Indian
traditions is curious, for it shows that
they had a vague idea of Noah and the
flood before the advent of the white man.
The story has been handed down among
the aborigines that it was the landing
place of the great canoe after the deluge,
and tho tracks were made by the people
in the canoe as they stepped upon the
rocks, which had been made soft by long
inundation. .;: ' .
One of the tracks and tho largest one
is seventeen and a half inches in length,
and seven and three-quarter inches wide.
Unlike the others it has six toes. This
must have been Noah's track, and if there
was anything in the Mosaic account of the
flood concerning the size of Noah's feet
we might have confirmation of the' Indiad
tradition. The size of the track would
indicate that he wore eightoens. 1 ,
There are one hundred aud sixty im
pressions of feet and hands visible on, the
face of the rock. , The smallest foot-track
is four inches ir length and of perfect
shupo. Another tradition is that a great
battle was fought thero, and the large
track with six toes is that of the victorious
commander. This is essentially Indian,
as their ideas of mental greatness were
circumscribed by physical size. ' 1
A Singular Story. 1
ASINGULAIl story is told of a per
son who held a promisory note of
another's whioh had run for several years,
but which, on maturity, he found he had
put away so carefully that he could,
not find it. He thereforo called on the
one who had given the note, stating that
ho had lost it, and proposing to give him.
a' receipt as an offset to ' tho note if it
should ever be found. To his surprise,
the person owing the money not only de-i
clined to this, but positively denied ever1
having given such a note, saying he owed
him nothing. Without legal proof, he
was of course obliged not only to let the
matter drop and lose the money, but also
endure the suspicion of trying to obtain
money under false pretense. Several
years passed away without the note being
found, whon the person who owned the
noto, while bathing in the Thames - ono
day was seizod with cramp, and rescued
by companions just as ho had become un
consoious, and sunk for the last time.,
The usual remedies were resorted to to
resuscitate him ; and though there were
signs of lifo, there wag no appearance, of
consciousness. , He was taken home in , a .
state of complete exhaustion, aud remain-,
ed so for some days.. On the first leturn '
of sufficient strength to walk, he went
to his book case, roached down a book,
opened it, and handed the long lost note
to a friend who was present, Btating to '
him, that while drowning, and sinking, as,
ho supposed, never to rise again, there ,
instantly stood out before his mind, in a '
moment, seemingly as though a pioture,
evory act and event of his life, from the
hour of his childhood to the hour of his
sinking in the Water j and among hisaots
the eiroumstanoe of his putting this note'
in a book, the name of the book, and the '
very spot it stood in the book case, , . Of
course he recovered his money, with in-,
teres t. , .1 i .. . '
, " 1 Hog Stealing;.
In the old Virginia laws for the year '
1679, is the following in regard to steal- ,
ing hogs, which shows that those animals ,
were duly appreciated : ' ' '
'The first offense of hog stealing shall be
punished according to the former law (to .
pay 4,000 pounds of tobacco, and in caao
of inability, to serve two years,) upon a
second conviction the offender shall
stand two hours in tho pillory and lose
his ears ; and for the third offense ' he
shall be tried by the laws of England, as '
in case of felony." , , ,,
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Interest Honey. '
' A good story is told 'of a rather ver- .
dant agricultural laborer, who, having by '
hook and by crook scraped together fifty '
dollars, took it to Lis employer, with a re
quest to take care of it for him. A year
after the laborer went to' another
friend, to know what would be the inter
est on it. He was told three dollurs. ,
" Well," said he, " I wish you would
lend me three dollars for a day or two.
My boss has been keeping fifty dollars (
for me a year, and I want to pay him the .
interest for it."
UaT Two countrymen gaping around a
Saratoga hotel, the other day, wore ap-.
preached by a lady wearing a fashiona-,
bio trail., Ono of the party dodged it,
but the othor walked straight aoross it,,
and on finding his error apologized with,
" I beg your pardon, madam j I thought
you bad passed sometime ago." ,
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