STIjc rite; .KcwifiloomfictiSr, $). 3 Neiv Milliner ; Goods . V A.t 2Newjrt, Xa. IBM to Inform the public that I have Just m turned li-nm rhlladelhl,' with a full assort nient of Hie latest stylus ot ' , MlbLINEUY (lOOPH, !' ' . .HATS ANI ItONNliTS. ',',''' '" miIlONH. KKKNCII rW)WEI!M, FEATHEIW, . , .1 . tv ' ... . ; cmujjoxs, . , ,t LACE CAPES, NOTION'S, And all articles usually found In a first-class Mil lini ry Establishment All orders promptly at tended to. rWo will Hull all goods as Cheap as can bo got elsewhere . PRESS-MARINO dono to order and In tlio la test at vie. as I net the latest Fashions from New York every mouth, (loitering dona to order, iu all widths. I will warrant all my work to give sat isfaction. All work done as low as possible. ANNIE 1CKES, ' , Cliorry Street, near the Station, 8 16 1.1 . ' ,- Newport, 1'a. , Boots ! Hoots I .jAKul AssortmetiJf,, , . THE CELEBRATED YORK BOOTS, Hand or Machine Sided, Vv"iiolo Stock Double . I j i ! . ) : Hoteand., , f ( , k , Warranted to Give Entire Satisfaction, Manufactured and For Sale to the Trade by hi. B. SPAHR, ,". ' ; YORK, PA A full Assortment of i Boots, Slices and Rubbers Constantly on Hand. Mrflpcctal Attention raid to Ortlert.1i 6i3 2ii. . .... CARSON'S This Is not the lowest priced, QTHTTT T AP but being much Hie liest Is In OlXilJljXirt iir. end by far tho cheuicst ATT )o not fail to give it a trial, ' v 1 U. and you will use no other. THE alarmlnc Increase In the number of fright ful accidents, resulting in terrible deaths and the destruction ot valuable proerty. caused by the indiscriminate use of oils, Known under the name of petroleum, prompts lis -to call your so cial attention to an article which will, wherever USED, remove the CAUSE of such accidents. we allude to Carson's Stellar Oil : for ' ILLUMINATING PURPOSES. The proprietor of this Oil lias for several years felt the necessity of providing for, and presenting to the public, as a substitute for the dangerous compounds which are sent broadcast over tho country, nn oil that Is SAFE and Mill, 1. 1 ANT, ami entirely reliable, A iter a long series ot moo rlous and costly exiierliiicuts, he has succeeded In providing, and now oilers to the public, substitute In "CAKSON'S STELLAR OIL, such a It should be used by every family,-- 1ST, Because it Is safe beyond a question. The primary purpose In the preparation of STELLAR OIL Jias been to make It VKItKECTLY SAFE, thus Insuring the lives and property ot those who use It. . . tl) Because It Is the most BRILLIANT liquid 11 uhilnator now known. SI), Because It Is more economical, lu the long run, than any of the dangerous oils and fluids now In too common use. i 4TII, Because It. Is Intensely BRILLIANT, and therefore economical, giving the greatest possi ble light at tho least expenditure to the consuin- . er. Its, present .standard ot SAFIiTV, 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, &a.. It Is iiuL up for family use in Five (ialloti cans, each can being sealed, and HtamiM'd Willi the trade. mark of the proprietor; It cannot be taini)ered with between the liianufac turur mid consumer. None U genuine without the TKAUK-M AitK. STELLAR OIL Is wild only by weight, each can containing live gallon of six and a naif ihmiimI each, thus securing to every purchaser full meas ure. It Is the dutv and interest of all dealers and consumers of illuminating oil to use ike STKI.I4AU i)i 1 only, uecause 11 alone is Known to ie sale and reliable. 3. All orders should be addressed to ' - ' ' ' WHOLESALE A&ENTfl, i 130 South Front Street, 151y., , , rUIlttdelplJa. Kew i'urrlugc Ktiiiufuvttti-) , On Ilion Hthebt, East or Cihi.iblb 8f., ; 1 .. 1. ...... . . ' New BIoomiMd, t-enn'n. " ' mUKsnbsarllierbasbulLtaLirce and commodl .1 . oiih blumwi HiulL.St.jkaHliitf Omlislc- Stitet. New ltlooiullelil, l'a., where he is prepared to man ufacture 10 oruer " " Of every description, out ol the best material. Sleighs of every Style, built to order, and unfilled in the most artistic and durable maimer. .... . . Having superior workmen, he Is prepared tu mi ulali win k (.hut will eomuare favorably with the best City Work, and much more durable, aud at much more reasonable raie. a-REPAIRING ot all kinds neatly aud prompt ly done. A call Is solicited. SAMUEL SMITH. - ! MANITACTUKKB AUDIHSALKlim Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron lVare Ke w Bloouiflcld, Terry co., ro., KF.EI'H constantly on hand every article usually kept In a urst-uluss establishment All the latest styles and most improved . l'urlor iiikI Kitchen Ntve, TO BURN FlTIII.lt COALOR WOOUI Rpoutln and Roofing put tip in the most durable manner and at reasonable pruxM. Cull Mil lUUDIISSIIIIHS. 1 Tompklas Pdps the Question. ttx'LLdo it !" cittotlt Mr. Toinnltlns. ,X with a vory decided flourish of hip red and yellow bandanna ; and Mr. Tomp kins folded lils finits ncrossltis portly breast and paced tlie garden walk with tho air of a fat Napoleon. . . ' Ho had nindo tip his mind; ho lind deci ded tho question upon which ho had boon pondering for tho lnnt two hours. Yes, ho would do it; upon tho whole, Mr. Tomp kins would pop tho quostion 1 To bo suro, ho was forty, fat and bald; but everybody that know him said there wits not a more amiablo man in llolloway; besides ho did not think himself so very ill-looking a man, an d even Nnnnlo Day could not lie entirely oblivious to the fact t hat ho was gome thing of a catch. Fifty thousund dollars was great wealth in llolloway, and Mr. Tomp kins possessed that amount of wordly goods. ... Ho was a widower ; his first wifo had been Betw.y Trimmer, and ho had married her for bar ' smartness;' and it was a proof of his fondness for variety that ho had now set his heart upon pretty Nannie Day, , tho doctor's daughter, who was only eighteen, and anything but 'capable.' Indeed, Mrs. Jones, tho housekeeper, to whom Mr. Tompkins has applied for licr ; opinion of Nannie, said bIio was a 'lly-away llirt of a thing, and jest about as s tidily as a white kitten.' ' Rut everybody knew that Mrs. Jones was an ill-natured critic, who would sue no good in any body. Nannie would sober down aftor awhile, and her girlish llighituess just pleased Mr. Tompkins. And she was so bcwitchingly pretty ; her hair was like gold in tho sun, and her eyes wero like two violets, and her eyes would drive any man out of his senses; Tompkins knew that; they had driven him out of his many a tinio. If alio accepted him (and of course fche would) how all the young follows would envy him ! Tliat hist consideration decided him; that and a glimpse just then of Natniio herself, passing the pasture next his garden, and carrying a little tin pail, which betokened that she was going ' strawberrying. Pos itively sho had never looked so charming as she looked at that moment, in her pink calico dress and whito apron, and tho broad brimmed Hat, with ribbons that just match ed her eyes. Yes, Tompkins would do it 1 Ho felt very assured and triumphant in advance, wheu he stood on Dr. Day's front door-step that evening, asking the 'help' if "Miss Nancy was In?" "Miss Nancy? yes; she's in tho settin' room. , Walk right in there, Mr. Tomp kins," and Almiry looked exceedingly sig nificant, as she opened tho 'settin room' door. Almiry was a sharp girl, and Mr. Tompkins presumed sho guessed his errand. ' Thorc was no light in the 'settin room,' and only tho whito tablo cover and crimson loungo showed plainly through the gloom. A fumalo figure In a pink dress and a whito apron arose at tho entrance from a seat by tho window, and Mr. Tompkins hurriedly exclaimed, feeling a little flurried jn spite of himself : "Don't bring a linght,Miss Dny, don't I want to say something to you, and the twi light " Mr. Tompkins took a seat bo side the lady, who finished his sentence for him him by whispering " Oh !" Now was the tug of war. Mr. Tomp kins did not find his task as easy as he hud hoped; but having been through tho ordeal onco before, ho was not to be daunted by trifles ; so ho russessed himself of the la dy's hand, having some trotiblo to find it in tho deepening gloom, and cleared his throat preparatory to commencing. ' Hem I Miss Day my dear Nauniu !" He stopped short, and tho fair 0110 gig gled. Mr. Tompkins considered that en couraging, and recollecting tho manner in which ho had proposed to lletsy Trimmer, he addressed her in the precise language of which he mado uho on that former occasion! , " My dearest Nannie, I havo long sought an opportunity like t ho' present. I have long wished to declare my love to you. To win the pure treasure of , your Virgin heart has long beon the dream of my manhood. Bay, my love, dearest, must I hope in vain? Will you bo my wife? 1 ' Mr.i Tompkins had beamed tho tibovo speech from a novel.expressly for tho form er occasion referred -tin and ho consider ed it a highly ablo oratorical effort' Tho lady trembled and giggled, and ap peared overwhelmed by maiden confusion; and the elated Mr. Tompkins stole his arm about her wivist and whispered : " Say yes, dearest 1" " Yes, thoti, if you will be so persistant, Hiram1 1" ' ' 4 ,' 1' , . Mr. Tompkins starUd up as if a torpedo had exploded beneath his chair; it was tho unmistakable voice of Miss Nancy Day, Nannie's old maid aunt. ' " Good Lord I have I been and gone and proposed to the old maid!" was the thought that darted through Mr. TompViu's brain. He graBpcd hit hat, and muttered some thing ubout 'business to attend to,' and madu a rush for the nearest door. It was it clothes press; '. Dear mo, Hiram, how flustered you bo!" giggled Miss Nancy. "1've nlways supposed the woman was tho one to be up- ot!" , ,,, , ,,; ; , ; Cut Mr. Tompkins hud succeeded in end ing tho right door, and was. gone. ;. Rush ing down the walk, he ran plump into a tall motistnched young follow, who stood by tho front gate with an Arm ' around Nannie Day's slender waist, in just the most fa miliar manner imaginable. " I'll bo hangedif it isn't Tom Willis!" exploded Mr. Tompkins. . , . " Tho same," laughed the young man. " Pray, what do you mean by coming down upon a fellow in that style, Mr. Tomp kins?" , An idea had struck Mr. Tompkins. Of course Tom Willis wouldn't have his arm around Nannie's waist unless it had a right there. 60 ho concluded to apologize and go homo. "After all,' he reflected, as he turned his steps in that direction, "Nannio Dny is a wild little thing, and I mightn't have been happy with her. And" hero Mr. Tompkins had another idea "perhaps I haven't done such a bad thing, on the whole. There isn't a smartor woman in the country than Miss Nancy Dny. Sho' ft great deal mora suitable- for me than lit tle Nannie; of conrso she is." .' And so Mr. Tompkins has a wife, After all. He thinks sho is even more 'capable' than his first wifo; and nil his relations say that 'Hiram has had the best luck with his wives;" but I'm suro Mr. Tompkins hasn't told his wifo that ho1 'proposed to her by mistake. A Countryman lit 11' Show. 66 C iHOW-CUSS" has the following hu- morons article in tho Hartford "Times:" Ono flay this week, being in Springfield, I hoard of tho great Poultry Show in Hart ford, and there lieing nothing to bonder I concluded to go down and visit it, and here I am. I went to tho station house situated on the corner of the Massasott House and Main street, and saw a chap inside of a stercoscopo selling tickets. I wont up to him and says I, " I want to go to Hartford." Says he, "Why tho d don't you go, then?" Says I, "How much might it cost?" Says he, "It might cost live dollars, but it don't." " How much is it then?" says I. 1 "It's ninety cents,"1 says he. "Ninety cents?" I replied ; but at that lie be gan to get wr.ithy, so I gavo him tho money, got my ticket, and came down. 1 I got off at the landing, and ' walkod up the ravino which leads to Main street, hav ing to walk oil both sides of it to keep on the walk, and pretty soon camo to' a largo blo"k of stono being raised. As I stood looking at it a man asked mo who was building. Says, I, " Can't you read that sign? It says "rSonrdmau's building." " All right," says he, ' as ho stepped into a pile of mud. "I hopo next time I come to Hartford they'll havo a sign Boafdman's through." Pretty quick I reached the hen house, and went up stairs to the hatchway, whero a man was settin', aud says I, is your name Henry ?" " No," says he, "he's up stairs." So l went up to tho door and Henry asked for my ticket. I told him tho conductor took it on tho cars. Ho said I couldn't go in, but I told him I should ; I'd come clear down from Springfield, Thomp sonville and Windsor Locks a purpose.. Ho asked mo was I a fancier. " I'm a darnod sight fancier than you," says I. , , , He was very etithusiastio alsmt tho Fair, said there wero over 400 entrys. I told him I canto through 0110 when I catno iu, but didn't see the others. We went and saw a patent coop, a coop-de-etat I think ho call ed it, with parlor, dining-room, kitchen and billiard room, and also bath . room and water closet, it stood on a platform, aud I asked him " Why was tho platform like a treasury note ?" he thought a w hile itnd said it was so long since he had seen one ho couldn't tell, " Because," says I, "it has a coupon." . , 1 : The display was eggsellcnt, some of tho handsomest fowls J ever saw, such as whito crested, fauuytailed squirrels, silver gray Dominique rabbits, centipedes, 'stuffed birds, Bunt 11111 peacocks, etc., etc. I was particularly interested in a little duck, with a corn colored poplin alpaca,' with gros grain paletot. I asked a chap with her if his name was Drake, it rather ruffled him. One exhibitor had somo beautiful angola rabbits, and I tried to buy some of tho eggs but they wero not for sale. Another seem ed quite proud of a pair of Iloudans, but when I asked If ho would sell me a pair for Thanksgiving " A tear stood la his bright blue eye, While the young man answered with n sigh, Eggs sell sir!" I next inquired of a littlo covey who owned some ducks what kind of a brand they were. Ho said Muscovy, from Rus sia. I says to him, says I, " What is tho matter of that one's feathors ?" " Oort BchakotT," said ho. "OrlofT," says I, and passed along. ' , Whito Bremen Geese, was the card on another cage. I inquired of the driver if he could tell mo why his goose were like chestnuts? Ho began to guess, and finally said "No, Why?" I told hlin, ' "Ilocause they aro lost roasted." Ho looked at me sadly and walkod away. Still another , 'man had a collection of Bantams, Coellius, Dorkings, Black Ham burgs, Hartford Prolines and Early Hose (this last is very common)., One of the Bantams had just been cochin a Dorking in a pan of water. I inquired if he caught his bantams out in Bantam Lake. Ho looked somewhat grieved and. said " No." Just then tho president came along again and said he hoped I was enjoying myself when I asked him why a Shangliigh hen was like an actuary. " I don't care," says he" why ?" ' Because ho can cacklelato," says I. ' ' "Now I'll ask you ono," says ho. "If you don't mind your own business, why will you bo like a tire in Hartford ?" " Give It up," says I. "Because you will got put out mighty quick." I was considerably put out for a minute, but I told him if he did such things it would make a bad proccdont, so he dried up. Tho Treasurer camo along and, began to talk about his collection, which was one of tho best in the Fair (ho collected tho money). After listening awhile, I said, "can you tell mo why a young chicken is like a pair of forceps?" "No I can't," says ho; "why," says I, "because it is a pul let." For a moment ho acted like as if ho was going to laugh, but ho didn't quite, but I guess ho will troasuro it up till I go home. 1 ; , , t 1 , I then told him how intorestcd I had been in tho foul display, but wanted to mako a suggestion. I had always been fond of fowls, but that I was surprised to sco so many undressed ; a good many had lino combs, but they didn't use them, and, I hoped that tho managers would seo that they were suitably dressed hereafter for an afternoon reception. I further said that if ho had a sparo cage I would go up to William & House's and get somo . crow cusses and put in it. IIo got mad in a minute,, and shouted "police!" and in about three seconds ono of tho thrco chiefs of police had me, and when I got him 011 tho sidewalk I felt a good deal put out. A Tragedian's Little Joke. ONE of the noblest tragedians on tho stage, Charles. Young, was an irre pressible farceur in piivato society, and constantly, playing, with , imperturbable gravity, tho most whimsical pranks in pub lic. Ho undertook to drive Charles Mat thews (!!) to Ciishiobury, 011 a visit to tho Earl of Essex. Having passed through the turnpike, and paid tho toll, ho pulled up at tho next gato ho camo to, and, addressing himself most politely to a woman who is sued from tho toll-house, inquired if, Mr. , tho toll-taker, whoso name he saw above the door, happened to bo iu tho way. The woman answered that ho was not in the house, but that she could send for him if tho gentleman wished to see him particu larly. ., " Wij'll, I am sorry to trouble you, mad am ; but I certainly should like to havo a few minutes' conversation with him," re plied Young. Upon this tho woman called to a littlo boy: " Tommy, run and tell your father a gentle man wants to speak to him." Away ran Tommy down a straight, long path in tho grounds of a nursery aud seeds man, tho entrance ot which was closo to a turnpike. Young ;sat bolt upright iu tho tillbury, solemn and silent, to the astonish ment of Matthews, who asked what on earth ho wanted with the man. " I want to consult him on a matter of business, " replied Young. After some five or six minutes the boy, w ho had entered the building on tho ex treme end of the path, reappeared, followed by a limn putting on a jacket as ho walked, and in duo time both of them stood besido the tillbury. Tho man touched his hat to Young. . , " You wished to so me, sir?" " Aro you Mr. ?" "Yes, sir." " 'The Mr. who is entrusted to tako the toll at this gate?" "Yes, sir." " Then you are precisely the jierson who can givo mo the information I require. You see, Mr. , I paid sixpence at the, gato at , and tho man who took it gave me this little Jiit of paper" (producing a ticket from his waistcoat pocket), "and he assur ed mo that if I showed it to tho proper au thorities at this gato, I should bo allowed to drivo through without payniont." " Why, of course 1" said tho man, star ing with amazement at Young: " That ticket clears tho gato ? Then you do not require me to pay anything here?" " No I Why, any fool "My dear Mr. , lam bo much obliged to you. I should have been so sorry to have dono anything wrong, and therefor wished to have your opinion on the subject. A thousand thanks. Good munnntf, Mr. .'' Aud on drove Young, followed, as tho reader may easily imagine, by a volley of imprecations and epithets or anything but a flattering description so long as be was within bearing. , A Beautiful Thought. When engineers would bridge a stream, thry often carry over at first but a single thread. With that they next stretch a wire across. Then strand is added to strand, until a foundation is laid for planks ; and uow the bold engineer finds safe footway and walks from side to sido. So God takes from us somo golden-threaded plcasuie,and streaches it home into Heaven. Then he takes a ehilil, aud thou a friend. ' Thus he bridges death, and teaches the thoughts of the most timid to nnd their way tinner ana thither between the two spheres. ENIGMA BEPAKTMENT,- t ) Knlgmn. ' I am composed of tlilrty-alx letters, my whole being a line from " Pope," and advice every one should remember. My 1, 84, and 20, Is a cape north of Africa ' Mv 18. 21. 10. 1(1. and 20. Is a river In the My 12, 82, 25, 7, 23 and 15, Is a city In the souiu 01 r.uropo My 10, 4, 28, 27, 8a, 81, and 17, Is a river In Now ftnirlnnrl My 22, 2, 15, 8, 14, and 85, Is a Tillage in Wisconsin My 24, 11, 80, 9, and 8, Is a town In Arabia m y o, 0, ov, 1, unu 10 is a rosi unice la ir 1 . , 1 . I ura euuiuy 1 a. Answer next week. lfAtiHwer to enliFmn In lnnf nnmhpp. " Charity begins at home." 1 How Sercws aro Made.' The largest screw factory in the United States Is at Providonco, R. I. The ma- chinery is remarkablo, and the manner in which it operates is as follows : The first operation is to make a " Blank." By that is meant a piece of wiro drawn tho size, annealed, heated, cut in length, and bangod on tho cut end with a ptiglllis tic battering iron to form a sort of rivet head. If you ever saw workmen draw wiro, that operation is fixed in your mind. They anneal it hero, and run it through the machine. It drops in the basket a blank. Pump I clink 1 bang ! go a hundred ma chines at a timo, and a dozen peoplo can operate these hundred machines. Heio wo see two hundred machines in this room and less than twenty girls operi atingthem, Horo is a hopper filled with blanks at the top, on one side of the ma chine A long, iierpciidicular slido peers up to guido an instrument called tongs. Ik is composed of two stoel prongs in parallel position, fitted so as to fall when tho par allel slide, whero tho blanks slip down, gets empty. - The hopper turns, the tongs drop into it, fill and work up to a position where tho blanks can slido down to feed the machine. As they work in a pinchcr, shaped exactly like the head and bill of a woodcock, it works over, snaps a blank and throws it into a clamp. It is held firm at each place while it goes in two or three shifts to a place where one littlo knifo makes a gimblet point, another shaves tho heel and slits it for the reception of tho screw-driver, and another instrument makes the thread. : This machine is automatic and truly won derful. Its movements are almost like human movements. Here an arm roaches and feeds tho machiuo with blanks, and an other reaches nnd fixes it in place to be worked on tho heel and threaded to tho point. If a wrong sized blank works in, tho different parts of tho machino stop until somo ono takes it out, and then pro ceeds with its work as regularly as before. - A Singular Discovery. While some men at the Torpodo station were at work inside old Fort Wolcott, re cently, tho wheel of their cart sank deep into tho ground. Removing some of the earth to find a cause for this, ono of the men struck his spade against what seemed to bo nn iron plato. This excited tho curi osity of all, and they set to work with a will to dig away tho earth abovo the plate.' Soon their eflbrts wero rewarded by tho sight of an iron door fastened with a rusty bolt. On breaking this open they came up on a flight of winding stairs, which they descended, and arriving at the foot they found themselves in a dungeon whose gloom was mado more marked by tho ray of dim light which a solitary loop-hole at tho top admitted. Striking a light to dis pel the darkness of the dungeon, they found npon the floor a few withered bones, a' skull, and a lantern. Tho lantern is of such an old-fashioned construction and shape that it must have been made over fifty years ago. The Cannon Kail Tree. Among tho plants of Guinea, one of the most curious is the cannon ball tree. It grows to tho height of sixty feet, and its. flowers are remarkablo for beauty and fra grance, and contradictory qualities. Its blossoms are of a delicious crimson, appear-, ing in large bunches, and exhaling a rich perfume. The fruit resembles enormous cannon bulls, henoo the name. However, some say it has beon so called because ot tho noise which tho ball makes in bursting. From the shell, domestic, utensils are made and the contonts contain several kinds of acids,' besides sugar aud gum, aud furnish the material for making an excellent drink in sickness. But singular as it may appear, this pulp, when in a perfeotly ripe state, , is vory filthy, aud the odor from it is ex-, ceodingly unpleasant. How It was Done. I gave her a rose, and I gave her a ring, and I asked her to marry me then ; but she sent them all back, insensible thing, and I ' said sho had no notion of men. I told her I'd oceans of money and goods, tried to frighten her with a growl j but she answer-' od that she wasn't brought up in the woods, to be scared by tho sceech of an owl. I called her a boggar and everything bad; I' slighted hor features and form; till at length I succeeded in getting hor mad, aud she raged liko a sea in a storm. And then in a moment I turned and I smiled, and called her my angel and all, she fell In my arms like a wearisome child, and exolaimed : ' ' We will many this fall."
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