ny Story.
An affecting story comes to us from
Oakland. It appears tliat ft wealthy,
middle-Bgeil Englishman hud become
somewhat jealous of his young and
pretty wife, a not uncommon inci
dent, we are sorry to pay, in the
lives of wealthy middle-aged men in
this part of tho glohc. A youug New
Yorker, with engaging mnuners and a
cutaway coat was the cause of his dis
quietude, so the disturbed Benedict
concluded to try the threadbare dodge
of ostensibly going up to Sacramento
for a week. The second day, however,
be quietly returned and let himself
quietly into the house as a domest'c
smelling committee of one. In the
library were several coats of mail
brought over from the shore of Albi
on's ancestral home. It struck him as
a happy idea that he should hide in
one of these, which he managed to do
with great difficulty, ns the armors
were clamped upright to the floor, and
be had great trouble in letting him
self down into oneand then screwing
everything all snug and tight after
wards. This done, he awaited devel
opments. This was in the aftornoon.
To his great astonishment, 9 o'clock
passed without any one calling, or his
wife coming down stairs. About 1 a.
ra. he fell asleep and began snoring.
The butler thought he heard burg
lars about, bo he caue down stairs in
bis night-gown, with adoublo-batrded
gun under bis arm. The jealous gen
tleman had just begun to dream he
was iron clad when a handful of quail
shot took him in the breast-plate, and,
amid his terrified shrieks, the butler
promptly put the other load into the
pier-glass, under the impression that
another burglar was drawing a bead
on him. After the whole neighbor
hood was aroused the mUtake was dis
covered, and the battered party ex
tricated by the aid of a blacksmith.
Amid the snickers of the entire assem
bly the chagrined man crawled up
stairs to his bed-room. A small note
was sticking on the pin-cushion. His
wife had eloped the morning before!
San Francisco Mail.
Remedy for Trouble.
"Work is your true remedy. If mis
fortune hits you hard you hit some
thing else bard ; pitch into something
with a will. There's nothing like good
solid exhausting work to cure trouble.
. If you have met with losses you don't
want to lie awake and tbiuk about
them. You want sleep calm, sound
sleep aud eat your dinner with appe
tite. But vou can't unles3 you work.
If you say you don't feel like work,
and go loafing all day to tell Tom,
Dick and Harry the story of your woes,
you'll lie awake, and keep your wife
awake by your tossing, spoil your tem
per and your breakfast next morning,
and begin to-morrow feeling ten times
worse than vou do to-day. There are
some great troubles that only time can
heal, and perhaps some that can never
be healed at all ; but all can be help
cd by the srreat panacea, work. Try
it, you who are afllicted. It is not
patent medicine. It has proved Us
efficiency since first Adam and Eve
left behiud them, with weeping, their
beautiful Eden. It is an efficient rem
edv. All erood physicians iu regular
standing prescribe it in cases of men
tal and moral disease. It operates
kindly as well, leaving no disagreeable
eeauelce. and we a9ure you that we
have taken a large quantity of it wit
most benehcial results. It will cure
more complaints than any nostrum in
the materia medica, and comes nearer
to being a "cure-all" than any drug or
compound of drugs in the -market
And it will not sicken you if you do
not take it sugar-coated.
Charles O'Conor has very direct ways
about him. The story of his wooing
is thus told : The yeung and beauti
ful widow of Commodore McCraeken,
of our navy, returned from abroad af
ter her husband's death, and finding
her financial affairs in a complicated
state, went to Mr. O'Conor to got hi
legal advice in disentangling them.
Mr. O'Conor, upon examination, dis
covered that the Commodore had died
insolvent, and that the beautiful wid
ow was left to the cold mercies of a
Belfish world without a peiiuy to call
her own. This fact ho was obliged to
break to her, whereupon she held up
her hands in piteous dismay, crying,
"Oh, Mr. O'Conor, what shall I do? I
who have lived iu luxury all my life?"
"Madam," said the lawyer, "the best
advice I can give you is to marry me."
Whereupon they were married.
Samuel Williston, the first manu
facturer of buttons in the United
States, is still living, 70 years old,
and worth six million dollars. He
has made half the buttons used in the
world, and has never yet made a sus
pender button that would hold its
rip and not fly ofl' and rattle across
t he floor every time a man stooped to
fick up his hat in church. lie was
the Crit man who manufactured a tin
button t'lat looked enough likg a sil
ver five cent piece to fuol a short
sighted deacon with a contribution
basket..
Sixteen years ago a clothing house
ic-rk left Erie city to try his luck' iu
roader fields. Getting an appoint
nt as paymaster iu the navy he sail
r Calcutta aud has uosv establish-.-.elf
in that city iu a great busi
! is, iu fact, a nabob. His
1 n Koch.
V
SQUARE GRAND PIANOS
Retailed at Wholesale Prices.
t
tOOOfor 2BO.
t6S0fort300.
700for300.
i800for S350.
the
"MENDELSSOHN" PIANO CO.
i. IK ftTKtJCK
II VItI V.VS FIUC'EN.
Only One Price for Cash, and a low one.
NO DEVIATION.
We give no discounts.
Wo pay no agents' commissions, which
double liie prices of nil Pianos.
We look to tho People, who want a first
claws Piano nt a fair prolit river cost, of
manufacture. Wo appoint tho People our
agents, and give thoin onr Pianos ns low
as any agent can buy equally pood Pianos
of any other manufacturer, giving the
People, in a reduced price, what is usually
expended in commissions, rent, freight,
traveling and incidental expenses.
The "Medelssohn" Piano Co. can sell
you a 71 octave rosewood case Piano, (I feet
10 inches long, with front round corners,
carved legs, serpentine and plinth mould
ings, with improvements, including
Full.Tron Frame,
Over Strung Bass,
Agraffe Trobla, and
French Grand Action,
which only flwoinr.&iiv the host Pianos of
tho most celebrated linker. n.t the verv
low price of $ZM, $-75 or 300, according
to style or case, or with lour round cor
ners and full agraffe for 8150. and guaran-
te tlumi in flvorir rnmwt, pnnl tn nnv
Jiano mado of similar style, or no sale.
Xlio "Momlolssolin ' l'iano is nianuUe- 1
tu red from the very best materials, and
by the most skilled and finished work
men. The nianuiacturc is conducted in
die of the most experienced Piano luanu-
lacturors in tno country. Tins is no now
enterprise, turning out a poor and cheap
piano, made from greon wood, aud by
greener mechanics.
Our Piano is unsurpassed hv anv in tho
market for its rich and powerful tones,
and its adaptation to ihe human voice in
sympathetic, mellow and singingqualitles.
11 p pen km lor itscir.
We are willing to plnco It besido any
other make of Piano on its merits, either
in beauty of case, or excellence of tone.
and "at half tho money'" of equally good
instruments.
"Tho best tho cheapest''
When it costs the leat money.
All Pianos fully warranted for five yenrs,
Send for our Illustrated and descrip
tive Circular.
The "McndeUsohn" Piano Co.,
Office of Manufactory,
66 BltOAUWAY, N. Y,
OXLY UK.TIKOY FOIt
HARD TIMES.
CHANGE YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
All wanting Fruit Farms, cspceiall ad
apted to the growth of tho Vino, where it
is an established success and pays large
profit. Tho land is also adapted to the
imwth of Peaches. Pears. Apples and
si ! fruits; also Grain, Grass and Vog-
Ci OS.
Man v hundred of excellent Vineynt h.
Orchards and Farms, can now be seen.
The location is only 34 miles south of
Philadelphia, bv Railroad, in a mild, de
lightful climate, and at tho very doors of
the New York and Philadelphia Markets.
Another Kailroad runs direct to New-
York.
Tho place is already large, successful
and prosperous. Churches, Schools, and
other privileges are already established.
Also, manufactories of Shoes, Clothing,
Glass. Straw Goods, and other things, at
which ditlerent memucrs ot a iamny can
procure employment.
It has been a health resort for some
years past for people suffering from pul
monary atiections, uuiarrn, JYgue, anuue-
bilitv: many thousands have entirely re
covered.
A new brick hotel has just been com
pleted, 100 feet front, with back buildings,
four stories high, including French roof,
and all modern improvements lor tno ac
commodation of visitors.
Price of Farm Land R2a.no per acre,
payable installments, within tho period of
lour years, in this climate, planted out
to vines, 120 acres of land will count fully
ns much, as 100 acres limner norm.
Persons unacquainted with truit grow
ing can bacomo familiar with it in a short
t'nio on account of surroundings.
Fivo acre, one acre, and town lot.?, in
tho towns of Lnudiuvillo and Vineland,
also for sale."
Whilst visiting tho Centennial Exhibi
tion, Vineland can bo yisited at small ex
pense.
A paper containing full information.
will be sent upon application to CIIRLES
K. LAXD1S. Vineland. JN. J., tree or cost
Tho following is an extract from a de
scription of Vineland, published in tho
New York Tribune, bv tho well-known
Agriculturist. Solon Robinson:
All the farmers wcro of the '"well to do"
sort, and some of them, who havo turned
their attention to trims and market gard
ening, have grown ri?;i. xno son is loam,
Mirving from sand v to clayey, and surface
gently undulating, intersected with small
streams and occasional wet meadows, in
which deitosts of peat or muck are stored.
Hullicient to fertilize the whole upland sur
face, after it has bcivi exhausted ol its
natural fertility.
It is certainly one of tho most extensivo
fertile tracts, in an almost level position,
and suitable condition lor pleasant lsrm
ing, that wo know of this side of tho West
ern prairies.- Wo found some of the old
est farms apparently just as profitably
productive as when first cleared of forest
Jil'ty or a hundred years ago.
Tho geologist would soon discover tho
cause of this continued fertility. The
whole country is a marine deposit, and all
through the soil we found evidences of
calcareous substances, generally iu the
form of indurated calcareous marl, show
ing many distinct forms of ancient shells,
of tho tertiary formation ; and this marlv
substance is scattered all through the soil,
in a very comminuted forir, and in tho
exact condition most easily assimmilated
bv i-!i'h plants as llie tarin ?r desires to
uil'nate. '
WORK
DONE A1THR
'REPUBLICAN" OFFICE
At ih lowest cah price, neatly, promjrt
ly, and in style equal to (hat of any
other establishment in the District.
RiISINFnS r n R M Q
w",'"w wnnnw
SHOW CAR1S,
VISITING CARDS
SCHOOL CARDS
WEDDING CARDS,
PROGRAMMES,
INVITATIONS,
BALL TICKETS,
ADMISSION TICKETS,;
MOXTIIIiY STATEMENTS,
ENVELOPES
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
CIRCULARS,
BLANKS,
POSTERS
DODGERS,
HANDBTLLS1
LABELS,
SHIl'I'ING TAGS, rlc
JOB
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t.tl S.1 t 1 f
lull! ijy
DOUBLE
THREAD LOCK-STITCH MACHINE.
TT r-nin all
the rirtur nf ihe l.lh.Kimnfnv
Tenmon,
B.Vl'kae iiuitccmir 1'A I I.N I H AKIIp.Nr
ami Amivl. , :
Diir new nl .Jd t vr.rU-A out wiihfiMiil nrw Mnchiarry .ttil TkU st our own mwwotki,
In idr lusy city of Nark. Nrw n .cy, l' e eini i a Mndril f M Kl H AN IC A I. l.XCKL
LKNUK. Minimiim of FrieOon. N't uhmim ff lura!iilit)', ml t.in; f wjrk, never bvrtitufui-e
renchvd iu ihe Sicwin); Machir.c wuild.
TO THIS STATEMENT AND
We invite the attention of all, especially
cbtcrvation. I . l. w MAthmes lully uimnua.
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO.,
Now Yoi'lc OliI?njo.
LADIES. USE DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS.
BJXBY'S
BLACKING,
A C'OMHIMn l'OI.ISII ni.A(KIN(l AND
I.KATIIEU ritl'XERVATlVK.
Kxperts and Professional Bootblacks in
Now York, and all other larpecities whero
this Ulackinr him lepn introduced, ac
lc unwleiPre lis snofirioritv over all import
ed or domestic lUackinps in use, as an
Elegant Polish and Conscrver ot l.eatner.
MOTICE.
IUxby's "nest" Rlackinj? has a T?ed and
BP.jo Labe.. Do not bo deceived by ac
cepting our "Standard" Blacking in placo
of "Ilest." Tho4 Standard has tho label
stamped into tho tin cover.
This brand is made to compete with
other American and French Blackings,
but is inferior to our "Pest."
ISixby's "Best" Blacking will save its
entire cost in the wear of your boots and
elioc.
HOUSEKEEPERS TUY-
Bixby's French Laundry Blue,
IN SIFTING BOXFf-S.
Tho most convenient and economical
package, and tho only combined Iileacli
and Blueing Powder In use.
8. M. BIX BY & CO.,
Alftnufacturing C'heniisls,
11 Kos. 17J A 175 Washington St., N. Y.
H I I). I) -A I.I.'S
aAGETIC SOAP
The Cheapest Soap that can bo used for
the loiiowirig reasons:
1st. One bar will go as far as two of any
otJier.
2d. Only half tho usual rubbing being
required, there Is a saving ot more
than tho entire cost of the Soap in
labor alouo.
Rd. The clothes are made Sweet, Clean
and white without Roiling or Scald
ing, thus all injury to thon isnvoid
e". 'There is a saving in fuel and
hard work, and tho washing is dono
in about half the usual time.
It is also guaranteed under a penalty of
fifty dollars not to injure the clothes or
hands, and as one trial will cnahlo any
person to ascertain the truth ot these
statements, it would never pay tho pro
prietor to engage in an extensive system
of advertising and claim such decided
merit for his Soap unless he know from
positive experience that it wou'd prove to
tie in every respect what is i iaimeit tor it.
This is also a superior Soap lor Toilet
and Shaving purpose.
WARNER, RHODES A CO..
WnoLiisALK Fancy Gnocmis,
Geneial Agents,
9 11 Philadelphia, Pa.
PEA BODY HdUSlT"
CORNER of LOCUST NINTH STR,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Convenient to all places of amusement
8nd car lines in tiie city. No changes to
and from the Centennial grounds.
'.'ol. Watson, proprietor of the Henry
House, Cincinnati tor the past twenty
years, and present proprietor, has leased
the house for a term of yers, and lias
newly furnished anil lilted it throughout.
Ho will keep a strictly lirst-class house,
and has accommodation for .loo guests.
Terms only 3 er day.
No bar lias ever been kept in the Henry
House, nor will any he kept nt the I'ea
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uotiiiling 0:n Automatic
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THE
MACHINE ITSELF
thoae leaving
high mechanical nkill ptr"
Ulusic Has Clianns
THE BEST ifl THE WORLD !
WILL LAST A LIFE TJ dK!
45,000
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IN DAILY USE.
A Stool Boxnl Free with mrli
Orcan.
The best talent in the country reconv
mends there organs. Tho nicest" mid best
More for t lie money, and gives bettor sat
isfaction than any iiow made. Tljcy coni'
prise tho
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jp-0lllustraled Ca!Hloi;uo sent by' mail
post-puid to any aildress, ujiou ipplic.i'
tion to
B. SlIOMNGKlt ORGAN CO.,
47 to 01 CttKsi'Nu r St.,
15 New Haven, Conn.
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