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LANTZ,
rrQT & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
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.i'l.'.ii-" a'l )u" H:'t,,rs himse lf that l.y ei.di
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111 in'-wn "f Artifu-ial Tooth ..u Ruhber,
1 ' fr -,r Omtia:uus Hum, and perfect fits in all
. r.;r ii. ,t,(, grvat folly and danger of en-
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April 13, lS74.-tf.
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i t artiuYial teeth in the most
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's '.'i-i iiii-i.leiit t the pr..f -.-don done in the
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V. i K- Il 'i's new bii k huiMinc, Main street,
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Ca yen tell why it is that when any
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WILLIAM S. REES,
Srvayor, Conveyancer and
Estate As:ent.
Lands and Town
Lets
FOR SALE.
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: J i li i'T l.e..r the Corner .Store.
Depot
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P:js:ciin, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
;Si;cces.jr to Ceo. W. Seip.)
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t-iilii:iif. resiI!iit'C ar:h street, next
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STROUDSBURG, PA.
PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHEUR,
MOUNTAIN IIOMK. PA.
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u-t il hoiise fiirniull v kf-nt liv Jacob
''t. iii tlie Iiori)t!j;li of Strotxl.-bnr, Pa.,
"1VlIi-rcj. limed and refurnished t lie fame,
''ii;rrl to entertain all who may patronize
It is the aiul ,,f (i,c proprietor, to furn
'i'tTior aceointnodations at moderate rates
will sp;ue no pains to promote the com-
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'r';-'i;'o solicited.
f '72-tf. D. L. PISLE.
J'le: iioi'sk,
HONESDALE, PA.
"neutral location of any Hotel in town.
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:-,h!a re;t. Proprietors,
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Kb WARD A. WILSON'S (of
jmrtr, N. V.) Keeipc lor COX
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r 'ii'ii-a at
HLUNTSHEAD"S drug store.
Mutt, t',i fresh and pure.
V 2I(;'- W. IIOLLIXHEAD.
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!tin,N V t!-1 s r? w- 0 ""dcrstands their
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V'ivJ he th;it McCarty & Sons in the
, ei.0r8 Hall, Main street, Stroudsburg,
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4.
Our Mania.
There are shadows about me to-nijrht,
for I well remember the hour and the cir
cumstauce and a certain unmindful some
body. The building js old and wormy,
wedged in among the brick wildernesses of
a great city. The stranger and the outcast,
and the night watch pass it hourly; yet
the associations that now crowd upon mv
mind are there, the old staircase, the gas
jet, the picture I so much admired and
"No." 'v
My footstep sounds loudly in the lofty
hall Ah ! I could not have foreseen that
any one could be up there and about. The
doctor is gone ; the good sisters are at the
evening matin ; they having the Word of
the Master have left her to herself, and are
gone, gone to pray for her.
'XV is all alone on the stairs. She
has been mildly chastened, but her voice is
still that of the mourner, and it may be
yet many days before it is sweet as ever. I
hear the gentle call, and I go up upward,
as arc my aspirations to better and nobler
purposes ; for my star was there then, and
its pure light pointed the way.
It had been foolish, I thought, to hope
at such a time, lest it might blight her with
relapse, and bring back the stripe that no?
seemingly had gone. It had been foolish
to wish, lest it might recall the remem
brance of weary hours just expired. Aye,
it had been very, very foolish, all my hopes
and wishes, they have been so unkind to
in?.
The word and token which then suggest
ed my earnest hopes, I may not wish to
tell. It had been her own secret for a
time ; she whispered it, and kept it as a
rich treasure, for to her, it had been quite
new, and the more cnteresting. I may not
in turn wish to tell it, for should it be
known, it would disturb her, though her
face we may never see. The merit of our
secret now is in the keeping down in the
innermost, the associate of our prayer.
It is an unfriendly hope that leads us
joyously onward for a season, and then
betrays us. The word we have whispered
in confidence to-night, may, before the sun
rises be repeated aloud as an evidence of
disloyaly. and become the by-word tint
arouses the contempt of the world. Our
sins-viit us at will, the rod is uplifted, and
it matters little whether hope, or disap
pointment produces, the sting. The honor
nevertheless lies iu performing our own
part welkin thinking well, and hoping well.
She migJit not have rewarded us with a
hope, which was so soon to die. Th i with
holing it was far better. There is always
a weeper at our door now, whose fidelity
never wearies ; but tries in vain to realize,
what we often hoped to be, and is incidental
to all we think and say. hue we write
this, we are seemingly regardless of it ; but
it turns again and asks to be remembered
as she is, with the oft-rej-eated assurance,
that the end when it docs come, shall find
her tried and true. We turn towards the
pleader and extend our hand. It may
never .be otherwise ; for the voice is so
familiar and the shadow so commonplace
that we dare not propose to abandon it.
Vet we cannot compromise, or coerce it.
We are, as a defiant slave, but wrest the
chain as we may. it hangs about us still.
Then oft her friendly face visiting our
weariest night, beguiles us back to the
first and purest hope which she herself
inspired, what of it, think we, if the end
never comes, or conies too Lte ? The as
surance notwithstanding we once had
conditionally to be sure that it would
shortly come, and withal it has come even
now.
How we do learn to hope !
For in the dingy pile where she once
told me what she thought, there is a tradi
tion of one, whose presence supported a
dving fugativc, in the weariest honor of his
rapidly approaching end. They tell there
of a maid who lived as none before or after
her. They tell her name in song and orison,
and repeat their wish over again, as if she
were always near and heard. Iiut it may
not he so, for it is but another evidence of
hope, such as we have. Mary may not
hear, although the hope of supplication
urges the recital of what they ask of her.
Thus wherever we go, we hear the
friendly and cordial greeting ; and the hand
we feel in our?, that we may not press again.
It is our mania to murmur at the world's
falsily, forgetting that the breaking of our
own idol, has but striped and exposed the
sin so offending us. "XV told us of a better
purer something too finely philosophic for
our rude intelligence to contemplate. It
faded and died while we touched it. Like
the Ark of (Jod at Ashdod, it importumed
us. until, as with a heavy sorrow we wearied
under it, and prayed as we do now, that
we had never known it. A tired heart
told us it were good to die. and we listened
as to a kindred spririt.
So often in our solitude have we listened,
that the well remembered scene occurs afresh ,
renewing the fatal compact ; and the old,
old story is told over again, in words we
may never forget. "XV may not influence
our idol to quicken sensibility than as the
heart can revive it; nor withdraw the
promise which makes us unhappy to-night.
Our own hope acted unknidly in its way,
and now recalls only such occasions as
expose the disadvantages we were under,
adding to our unhappiness. What we
turn to now is the hope, that we may be
a little longer the associate of the shadow,
we so well remember as speaking and acting
with us; fulfilling the promise we so
unconsciously extorted in the beginning,
when standing on the old staircase with
the picture we so much admired, and "XV
1 Don.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER
A "Dead City."
A writer in the Temple Bar says one of
the most striking and interesting sights in
China is the death cities, inhabited by the
dead only. They are usually situated a few
miles from the living ones, and have no
paralled that I know of anywhere. I shall
essay to convey an idea of the one outside
of Canton, which I visited in company with
a friend thoroughly versed in Chinese
matters. It presented at first sight the ap
pearance of any other Chinese city, with
the exception of the dead silence, dearth
of movement and a sort of atmosphere
which felt vapid and stagnant. There were
the same narrow streets, paved with the
cobble-stones, and the same quaint little
houses with the elaborate screen in the
doorway instead of a door, the latticed
Venitian window frames, whence the
Chinese woman satisfies her curiosity as to
what is going on in the outer world. Dut
here no eyes peeped through, no figures
glided in and out from behind the screen,
no pattering feet of bearer coolies smooth
ed the cobble-stones, no cry of vender of
fruit and fish broke the dull monotony. The
streets intersected each other and ran in
crooked zigzag, as most Chinese streets do.
II ere and there were patches of garden
ground, planted with cadaverous, sapless
flowers, looking as though they had been
struck with paralysis. A few dwarfed
shrubs looked languidly up, seeming as
though they could not put forth more than
one leaf in a century. There was no hum
of insects or flies, not even the ubiquitous
musquito. Xot so much as a rat ran across
the silent streets, which we traversed for
some time, experiencing with terrible
acutcuess the irksome jar of our own foot
falls. My companion suggested that we
should enter one of the houses ; we there
fore stepped behind the screen and found
ourselves in an ordinary Chinese parlor or
receiving room, furnished with the usual
block ebony chairs and teapoys, with the
quaint, gaudy pictures, lacking perspective,
which we might flu icy are hung in sheer
perversity perpendicularly instead of hori
zontally, commencing at the ceiling and
extending to the floor in a narrow strip,
the figures appearing on various stages, as
if upon a ladder.
At one end of the room was the altar,
which adorns the principal apartment of
every Chinese house, sustaining some
ferocious-looking loss, which represents
either saint or demi-god. On cither side
were brass urn.s containing smouldering
incense, and in front cups of tea and
sanishoo. I do not know if the tea was
hot ; I did not taste it, for if it is ill to step
in dead men's shoes it must be worse to
drink dead men's tea. In the centre of
the room was a bulky article which looked
l :i j. . a ... . . i i . i
iikc ai ottoman or email, covered Willi a
quilted silk counterpane or mastody, such
as is used on Chinese beds, and it might
have passed for one of those most uncom
fortable articles of furniture. liit it was
hollow, and within it lay the inhabitant of
the dwelling, sleeping his last long sleep,
never more to rise, never more to sip his
tea or samshoo, though it waited there pre
pared for him ; never to sit on his ebony
chairs, never to light any more joss stick
to his ancestors, but to have them lit for
him by his posterity.
There were other chambers in the house
similarly furnished, except that the mastody
was thrown back and displayed an empty
coffin which lay ready with sandal wood,
its owner being not yet dead. The veranda
was furnished with the usual green porcelain
scats and vases, in which seemed to stagnate
the bloodless flowers. We stole softly out
into the street, chilled and painfully, yet
not mournfully imprecsed. We went into
the next door, this house was uTo Let
Unfurnished." A third was rich inguild
ing and vermilion, and mirrors reflected
and glittered through the rooms. The
ebony and ivory furniture was most beauti
fully corved. The tea and sanshoo cups
were of exquisite egg-shell china ; objects
de vcrlu lay about on the altar emblazoned
with rare jewels. The bed was covered
with a magnificent crimson velvet quilt,
richly embroidered in gold and seed pearls,
with a deep bullion fringe worth its weight
in gold. Under the quilt lay a high man
darin, who had amassed an enormous for
tune by the very simple process of chopp
ing oft the head. of all such as he disco v
cred to be possessed of money.
Wandering about in this oddly dreary
place, which was neither mirth nor woe,
the painful stillness and the heavy atmos
phere being the only elements which inspir
ed awe, my nerves, nevertheless, received
a shock, when, just as I was examining
the decorations of an apparently new visitor,
speaking in whispers and raising the mastody
a shrill shriek made me start, drop the
mastody and clutch my companion by the
arm, and for a minute I could scarcely
cotrol my fright, lie laughed, for it was
only the crowing of a cock ; but I declare
St. Peter was never more startled. Dut
this was a proof that the corpse was a fresh
one, as the white cock, with a colored
feather, which accompanies the coffin, is
usually left there when the body goes
merely into lodings. If really interred, 1
believe it is then killed and eaten. In
another portion of the city wo saw several
of them, though I think they were past
crowing. Some of the interior walls of the
houses were decorated with portraits sup
posed to represent the defunct; on the
toilet tables were the brass basins used for
ablutions, and in one, where there was a
portrait of a lady who must have Ixien a
Chinese beauty, there was a large pot of
red paint and another of white, which the
Chincsc use unsparingly ; by the side of !
that lay her jade comb and silver pins, and
the gum which was used to stiffen her hair.
We quitted the city nothing loath. We
seemed to breathe more freely when fairly
outside the pent air of the death city.
BRIDES' TO ORDER.
A Matrimonial Mart in India.
A paper of the late lady Ambcrley in
MacmitUans Magazine describes a visit
she paid to a novel institution in Palermo.
Picture a large, long room, the center por
tion of which is divided off from the sides
and further end by an iron grafting which
forms a cage, entered only by a well bar
red street door, through which visitors
from the outer world are admitted. Here
they sit on benches to converse with those
on the outside of the iron grating. Friends
of the Sisters or employees of the place
and the fotser parents are the usual visi
tors. Once a week, however, on Sunday
mornings, from ten to twelve, this place is
the scene of the most novel and ludicrous
courtships. One of the objects of this
mortherly establishment is to find fit and
proper husbands for the girls under their
charge, the one requisite being that the
young man is bound to show himself in
possession of sufficient means to maintain a
wife in comfort before he is allowed to as
pire to the hand of one of these
precious damsels. Having given in his
credentials of fitness to the guardians, he
receives a card which admits him next Sun-
fdar morning to an inspection of the candi
dates for matrimony.
THE UETROTIIAL.
There, sitting on a bench, if his curiosi
ty and ardor will allow him to remain sit
ting, he Waits the arrival on the other side
of the grating of the Lady Superior, ac
companied by a girl. She has been selec
ted by the order of seniority and capacity
for household work from the hundred or
more between seventeen and twenty-one
awaitimr for a youth to deliver them from
their prison. The two young people, both
no doubt breathless with agitation at the
importance of the ceremony, have to take
one long, fixed look at each other. X'o
word is spoken, no sign made. These good
Sisters believe so fully in the language of
the eye that to their minds any addition is
futile, and might but serve to mystify the
pure and perfect effect of love at first sight.
The look over, the Lady Superior asks the
man if he will accept the maiden as his
bride. Should he answer in the affirma
tive the same question is put to her, and if
she bows her assent the betrohal has taken
place, and they part till the Sunday follow
ing.
SKiXIXO THE CONTRACT.
The young lover ttgain makes his appear
ance before the tribunal of guardians, and
there the contract is signed, the day of mar
riage fixed, and he is granted leave to bring
the ring, earnings, a wedding dress and
confttti and present them through the grill,
of course, to his betrothed. Kvcrythg has
to pass the scrutiny of the Sisters, for fear
of a letter of some tender word being slip
ped in with the gifts. During the Sundays
that intervene between the first love scene
and the marriage, an hours 's conversation
within hearing of the Lady Superior is al
lowed, but not a touch exchanged. The
empty talk, interspersed with giggling, con
sists of inquiries as to the wedding dress,
the sort of confi tti most liked and the oc
cupation and place of abode of the suitor.
Sould the young man refuse the rst dam
sel presented to him he is favored with the
sight of three or more, but should he still
appear difficile he is dismissed. Ths girl
also has the power of refusal.
NO GOODS WARRANTED.
The marriage over the task of the Sis
ters is done, and whether happiness and
faithfulness are the result of this heathenish
rite they never inquire. Visitors have
wondered what inducement there can be
to make the youths who have the world to
choose from come here in search of a wife.
Two hundred and fifty francs is the great
attraction. The sum is given iu dowry
with each of these girls, and for that sum,
it seems, a Sicilian is willijig to sell himself
for life. Those girls for whom the institu
tion fails to find husbands are allowed at
twenty-one to face temptations alone, and
situations arc found for them.
The Freak of a Girl.
SHE DRESSES IN MALE ATTIRE, AND WORKS
IX A HARVEST FIELD TWO WEEKS BE
FORE HER SEX IS DISCOVERED.
Almost every one in Reading, certainly
those among our oldest inhabitants, is ac
quainted with Col. John C. Myers, a
brother of (Jen. William Myers, U. S.
Army, and formerly editor of the old JJerhx
Comity 1'ress. Several years ago the Col
onel took the late lamented Horace Greeley's
advice to "Go West," and has sincebecome
one of the most successful and wealthy
farmers of Nebraska. The Omaha
Jiee of a recent date relates the following
interesting incident in connection with the
Colonel's farming operations :
Colonel J. C. Myers,
owning an extort
sive farm about seven or eight miles west
of Omaha, employed several harvest hands
two or three weeks ago, at 2.50 a day
each. Among the number thus engaged
wa a young, rather good looking and
smooth-faced chap, who attracted some at
tention on account of his very symmetrical
build, lie worked faithfully from morn
ing till night, in the harvest field in the
hot sun, and fairly earned his money. On
Saturday hist Colonel 3Iyers was consider-
ably surprised upon accidentally diseovei -
10, 1874.
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ing that the supposed . young man was a
girl dressed in male attire. He at once ac
cused her of being a female, and demanded
her reason for thus unsexing herself. She
acknowledged the fact, and explained that,
owing to adverse circumstances, and her
inability to obtain work at any reasonable
compensation while attired as a girl, she
had donned the garments of a man and had
then no difficulty in securing employment
at a remunerative price. This was not her
first appearance in a harvest field, nor was
it the first time she had done the hard
work of a man. Further than this she
would not explain, refusing to give her
right name, her home, or any other facts
concerning nerseit.
Of course, under the circumstances, Col.
Myers could not longer continue her in his
employment, as the discovery had become
known among the farm hands, lie accord
ingly discharged her in the kindliest man
ner, paying her in full for the labor she
had done. She then bid her employer
good-bye, and took her departure to seek
work elsewhere.
Had she attended Trinity Church last
Sunday evening, she might have been bene
fited by that, portion of Dr. Garrett's ser
mon which strongly condemned the prac
tice of young people donning the costume
of the opposite sex, either for amusement
or other objects. That habit was one that
originated among the earliest heathen, who
practiced it in their idolatrous orgies.
Head in j Times.
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
As issued by the Centennial I'oard of
Finance and transmitted by telegraph to
all parts of the country.
To the People of the United States.
Arrangements are steadily progressing
for the Centennial celebration and Interna
tional Exhibition. The principal build
ings are in course of erection. The Presi
dent of the United States, as "requested by
Congress at the last session, has extended
a cordial invitation to all other nations to
join in this work, and a large number of
these have already signified their intention
to accept that invitation. Exhibition space
is being applied for lrom this and foreign
countries, and every manifestation on the
subject seems to indicate eminent success
for our Centennial display. Put, to carry
out this undertaking on a scale due to the
glorious event to be commemorated, addi
tional funds will be needed, for, while Con
gress has cheerfully thrown around this
patriotic work the national prestige, and
promptly promoted it by appropriate laws,
it did not furnish the necessary capital ;
that part was left to to you, and not doubt
ing that, inspired by the memories of the
past and the blessings of the present, you
will cheerfully perform it, and to the end
that it may be convenient for you to do so,
we have adopted a plan for raising revenue
which will be brought before you by a
bureau created for that purpose, and act
ing under the general direction of the Hon.
William Pigler, a member of this board,
and who is commended to your respectful
consideration in the jn'itbrmance of his
arduous duties. In addition to the use of
this plan any person can subscribe for one
or more shares of Centennial stock at 10
each, by remitting payment for the same
in post-office drafts or check to Frederick
Fraley, treasurer, Xo. 1)0-1 Walnut street,
Philadelphia, for which certificates will be
promptly returned.
John Welsh,
President Centennial Board of Finance.
HORRIBLE, IF TRUE.
A Self-Confessed Murderer of Eleven of
his Illegitimate- Children.
The Lebanon Juics contains the follow
ing startling information : We are credita
bly informed by a gentleman that the fam
ily of Mr. Isaac Wagner, a well known
distiller of whiskey in Iva.-t IlaiioVer town
ship, this county, some few years ago, re
turned home from near Springfield, Ohio,
about three weeks ago. In a conversation
he hat! with them yesterday, they stated
that after going from this county they
went on a farm purchased by Mr. Wagner,
within six miles of Springfield, where they
have been residing up to this time. The
cause for their return is, as they stated, be
cause Mr. Wagner was to be hung to-day
for the murder of an infant child of which
he was the father by another woman. Hu
mors of his being the father of several
children with women iu his employ while
residing here were prevalent at the time,
but their disappearance was never accoun
ted for. Since his residence in the West
he is alleged to have been guilty of the
same thing, and his last attempt at destroy
ing the life of an infant was detected by
his sons and brought to justice. The ex
citement incident to the occasion brought
out an alleged attempt at lynching him,
which was avoided by his confessing to
have destroyed the lives of eleven illegiti
mate children, of which he was the father,
nt various times. Upon thirf confession he
was sentenced to be hung and,' the day of
execution is to-day. These are the facts
as they have been given to us, and we
publish them for what they are worth.
Think of eight million people being de
pendent on charity for their daily bread.
And yet that's what the famine has done
for India,
The Xew Zealand gold fields during the
three months ending June !), produced
about 21,")l( ounces of gold, valued at
S 131,000.
NO. 16.
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Peculiar Antics of a Horse.
A fine mare, belonging to Mr. Golds
berry, of Indianapolis, Ind., showed her
appreciation of good tilings the other even
ing by entering the dining-room, going to
the table, which was left standing, and eat
ing the remains of a cake, and drinking a
dish of molasses. The family retired to
another room to entertain company, when
this unwieldly guest came in for her share
of company supper. She behaved herself
nicely, not breaking any dishes cr slopping
the table cloth, but eating like a Christian.
This discriminating animal lias other
peculiar antics besides her love of good
things. She utterly refuses to be driven
by men, and will be held in leading strings
only by the gentler sex. Some time ago
Mrs. Goldsberry drove her to a friend's in
the country, and Fannie, thinking she had
been hitched long enough, managed to free
herself, and with due deliberation started
home. Mrs. G. shortly after went to get
into her carriage, and found it non est,
whereupon her friend tackled up to bring
her home, both expecting to find a wreck
on the way. On arriving at one of the
numerous toll gates which begirt the city,
the ladies saw Fannie kicking and striking
viciously at some men who were holding her,
though she was still properly harnessed to
the carriage. On coming up, Mrs. Golds
berry got out of her friend's carriage, and
going up to Fannie, addressed her familiar
ly as usual, and iu a moment the horse for
got its ugliness, and la-ing its head against
Mrs. G.'s shoulders, expressed in equine
its joy at being again with her mistress.
Ti'rf. Field and Farm.
PresevsraiiC3 Rewarded.
A tall, portly, dignified citizen,- tvt-H
known in Philadelphia, arrived in Xew
Vork, the other day, and having no bag
gage but a light travelling satchel, was ut
terly oblivious to the appeals of the hack
man as he emerged from the railway sta
tion. "Fee thaveneo Hotel I Fifth avenoo
go-in' ritup 1 Fifth avenue ?''
Broadbrim stalked right on without ;
word. Another knight of the whip charg
ed down upon him.
"Say Xicholas Hotel ! Say Nicholas Ho
tel coach ! This way fir the S' Nicholas 1"
Xo response from the pasengeryafid not
a muscle moved at this appeal. Then there
was a rush of half a dozen.
"Kerridge, sir, kcrridge ? Wauter vide
up?"
" mzur House ! hose
the Winzur ?"
going up to
"Astor House, sir ?"
"Prcevoort House ? Breevoort ?"
"Metropolitan Hotel?" "Right down
Broadway ! Ere you are, kerridge, sir ?"
The traveller loomed up like a ten-pin
among vinegar cruets, and with face as
placid as a pan of milk, was calmly and
silently moving away from the
crowd of jarvies, who looked after him with
something like amazement, when a sudden
thought seemed to strike one,- who running
after him, seized hold of one of the handle."
of his travelling beg "Deaf and Dumb
asylum, sir ? Going right up ?" This
was too much. Dignity relaxed into a
laugh, and the driver got a fare for a down
town hotel. Boston Bulletin.
Too Often True.
Some men take too much money out
their business to expend in houshold ex
penses and lavish display, and speedily
bring themselves to the verge of bankrupt
cy. One old gentleman, who had commenc
ed life as a poor boy, had by mastering the
difficult steps to final success gained con
siderable wealth as a merchant. When he
arrived at old age he retired to privated life
to live in case and comfort on his income,
leaving a prosperous business in the hands
of his son.
Iu three years the young man was bank
rupt. He had failed in business, and was
compelled to take a position as a clerk in a
stranger's store.
His father was asked why it was that in
a business in which he had succeeded so
well, his son had failed.
He gave this characteristic answer :
"When I first commenced business my wife
and I lived on porridge. As my business
increased we had better food ; and when I
could afford it we had chicken. But, you
see. Johnnie commenced with the chicken
first
It perhaps is not generally known that
an act of great importance to working men
was passed last winter, in regard to suits
for wages. It prevents a stay of execution
on judgments obtained for manual labor
when the sum is less than one hundred
dollars. Workiug men generally should
bear this in mind, as if it were better un
derstood, great benefit would accrue to
those who are frequently unjustly delayed
in the payment of small claims, for which
they have been obliged to sue their employ
ers. It has become necessary to keep a watch
on our children, as there appears to be an
organized band of kidnappers prowling
through the count ry. Last Sunday even
ing, as two little girls in Lock Haven were
taking a walk, they were confronted by a
mau who attempted to carry one of them
off. The cries of the other frightened the
scoundrel, who fled and escaped. Blooms
burg Republican.
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Chicago has a young rich lady who has
a mania for buying dogs. She has inves
ted 7000 in them so far.
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