ADVERTISING . RATES:
31. 1 mu. 9 mue. 6 me,. 1 yr.
A. Imo mon. 51 12.00
1.50 1.71 9.00 01 ou 2100
3.00 3.50 0.50 , 9,66 15.111
4.11. 5.21 9.00 17, 00 43.00
11.10 17.01 2.1 tu.oo
11.16 22.00 4C.. 00 110.01
20.01 40.00 CO. 00 tot (X)
30.00 111.00 110
Sue Rquaro .
wo Squares
Three tiquarem
Six Squarer, .
Quarter Column
Half Column .
Ono Column
Praessional Cards /111.00 per line per year.
Adtaluistrater'sand Anllit . er's Notices, 113.00.
City Notices, II cents poi Runlet insertion, 15 cents per
tlue each subsequent Insertion.
Teu Hues agate coustltute a square.
ROBERT IREDELL, Jn., Pumas's:RA
ALLENTOWN, PA.
moth tuff.
IN TILE
CLOTHES LINE!
GREAT 18 the stock at (Ile GREAT SHOWN HALL,
Of the ft le it r 10.1,4 for lbw present Full.
WII.SON continue to keep
LL The beO of clo.hisg, woud,rni rimn.
Elegant, Ehtra Clothes,
An each
~, f
thisA t.t. our hest el~ Bello come, , tall,
(.
nail.
TELL your relations and neighbors, all
blow cheaply you buy, e. the fl KEAY lirloyn 11611.
Tit R . ()WN, and , oliveottiddr . ith, and green,
- o • O.h .11 1111 ill. v 1•. 1,11.11, 1 1.1.
1? 14- 01 " -M.t1 , 1'. Clotltitq, of style and taste,
.1-Vo - flr'lnittlol.o pour illik ', lll . l.. With ta't
OVlnteoiTS, stylkil; and strong and stout,
Tian rclll .trot bother by w.,.trlng
r, at all,
tn a t i h e o n .:l l , l l.l " ; ea lir (111.1,1 . BROWN HALL
Nom: In the woihl no good or so cheap,
Am the Cloth, which Ithrkh.ll6; Wilson keep
A(1)41,111.1,!eilafl*.o 1.11
A lA. the vattetles now in store,
LL Aril ron+tan.ly addiag more and more
omi or short thou , , , h our customers he,
T
Wt• flt them SX:lett) . ; OHM' Fee.
OWER. THAN EVER the prices, all,
If Ow gout, vu , nnll iit Owl/I:EAT BROWN HALL
All Good tool 'Fro° m o “
A . o olw 1 inv.tetl
To Illy the', Clortoot At the
G..ott Browo Hall of
ROCKIIILL & WILSON,
603 AND 60,) CHESTNUT ST.,
PHILADELPHIA
1113112:1
Coal anb Lumber.
JACOBS it CO.,
IM=ITEE=II3
ROUGH & WORKED LUMBER,
SASH DOORS AND BLINDS,
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,p'D-nrdelx from iho trade handled
♦ FILBERT. B. OTTO. U. M. OTTO. I. W. JULIA{
FILBERT, OTTO .11:: MILLER,
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EWIMI
WILLIAMSPORT, PA
MILL, ON CANAL WEST OF MAYNARD STREET.
OFFICE AT TILE MILL.
W. F. CRANE, MIEN/.
ELLIS P. MOORE d: CO.,
LUAII3ER MERCIIA yrs,
NO. 620 BEACH ST.,
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CAIt BUILDEItt;',CAIIINET MAKERS . kt UNDERTAILIIRS'
LUMBER
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WAT NIT'I
ABll
CHERRY,
CIIEsTst - r. nwi
43...1) %INF.
Always Oil ha 011
P:a Oen lar attottli.. paia 1. hidplug
R MOV . A
ITII OSNIUN'S
COAL AND Wool) YARD !
The shot, Coal and Wood Yard ha. been romovisl to tho
enil end of tho Jordan Bridge, Si /t"Ell SI I/E, tt hot . o
he conntantly kept n 11111 1 111111 1 . 11/I.ppir of
Egg, Stove Nut end Chestnut Coal,
nelocted from llin lust tUturth In the country.
0 El R COAL
le under cover—and It lo to the lotero+t of every en to
perelhooe
DRY.AND SCREENED COAL
4u - S large stock of hit kinds of good Wood contd.!' y
011 111.1 d. 1111 d delivered to oil parts of the city at the lowest
worket prices.
as ho kept at tirouirxhat
Hecker.
CiirTIIIS IS THEPEOPLE'S COAL YAHD.naI.
Our Coal Is selected from the best sullies In tho Lehigh
region, tool knowing this to be the fact and that It will give
perfect satisfaction, there is o se Orden.g to refund
the looney. All wu auk lx atrial,
tern bat store.
FRANKLIN SMITH
July loth
COAL. CONSUMERS,
LOOK TO YOUR IN7'EREWT !
P. 11. STELTZ
Hereby Inform• the ettllena of Allentown, and the pub
lit In &renewal, that ha la prepnred to furulale all kludu of
CO - A L
from hie well stocked Yard, formerly 11. (loth S Co.'o, at
the Lehigh Bashi, in the City of Allentown where ho will
conelantly keep on hand a full onpply of all in of Coal,
at the very leveret market price.
Die coal la nice awl
clean, from the very mine, and In ninthly auperior
to any offered in Allentown.
' Ile will still Coal liy the CAR LOAD, at very small
fite, as lei Intend,. to do 11111.1111,ni1110 prinriple iif
quick lialee and tlmall Vrollte. (DTP hint a call, and
upon comparing prlcee you can jitilire for yonreelvea.
,Ile will dll, Cool noon nll to ROY Dort of tho City
neon orders being left at the Yard, dr Weii.lieltner's store
POWDER AGENCY
Ar!Tt for Lehigh count• for thr
Comphay." Prep... 4 at nll burn to deliver naperlor
Mining awl Illantlug Pmeder, Spdrting Pow dor. SPartlalf
Powder lu Arun and raakter. Fie.. ate. at ally point and
4 I°,' l -'") . q:«"?,V 1 1(..F T 4 9 .7.;': 1
117,i'lid O l t i l n ll , „rn i t ( r ' :e t t:
Orue ' r ' :hy moll proglllllY 111 0 , 1.
tilar 31.11
REMOV A L
TREXLER & BROTHERS,
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L U M B E R,
Irby announce to their Mond,. and patron,. that !hay
moat I,IIOVIA front their old aloud to their
NEW YARD,
near the corner o f Truth and Hamilton iitteeili, formerlytwctipleil by Ilritiois di Miller, as a Littalier Yard, where
they will cougantly keep on hand it large and iteitioated
itilick of
LUMBER,
...It a. all klrals Or
PINE, HEMLOCK, CHESTNUT, POPLAR, SHINGLES
PICKETS, LATHS, &c.
Is fact cverythi q ► usually ktlit by tho trade.
SWAN Made of lumber cut to ardor at abort notice
Thankfal for poet favor, wo trust our friend, n• well
at the public In aeuerah will gloo Ur a roll at our New
Yard. whore we will use our best oudeavora toreador mal
efaction both as regard, quality and prices. Coot ZI P S-ll
Fur Pure Water,
rutirely tatetess,
durable awl relia
ble: ,k l u.tl to rho
goo.1.4.1.13•11Iontol
lnuttp, all
.t less than halt
u t ,ney trimly err
t to I.' non-fr
ettl
nne can
It In repair.
EMI=
11,r' TO CONSU PTIVES.—The 'adTertiser,
having been vextored to health Inn few weeks, by •
very simple remedy, after having suffered several years
NV iilll3 severo lung affection, and that dread disease, Com.
so:option. is anxious to snake known to till fellow suffdrers
the menus of core. To all •tvlio desire It, ho will send • copy
of the prescription need (free of charge), with the direr ,
Pons for preparing and nob the same, which they will
end a sure cure for Conenmption, Anthrna, Drouchills, dm.
The only object of the advortiger io evading the Prescrip
tion le to benefit the afflicted. nod woad Information
which Ile (manatees to Lb invaltlable; and be hopes every
sufferer will try his remedy, an It Iv' cunt them nothing
and may prove a blessiug.
Parties wishing the prescription velli_please address,
lire. EDWARD A, WILSQII._
• ' , Willisdasburg,Klodd Ou.. K. Y.
VOL. xxiii
srEcTAci.Ests SPECTACLES!!
RYE OLASEIIIB, &c.
A large and complete amiorluntnt or all kloda or , Ir.
Spectacle..., Ey.e. Olaxacr, &c.. at
CHAS. S. MASSEY'S,
NO. 23 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
Having devoted a great d^ril of care and attention to the
Spectacle Miran , a for th'ne Ppit few yearn, I find tint my
linalnetor In that Pirresceil no nine). that I have de•
trimmed to mei, it it SPECIALITY. There In no article
mann fr clared la willed there it Xrl Muth deception paean
lineal an there la in Spectacle (shore'. Knowing that the
NAAR have. blot frequently humbugged by partiaa pre
tending to nuperior ar.iele of Olivi,^e, and ch‘rding
exorbitant pr.t., for Jaen, thereby franking upon lira an
ent...Mk/4 and Illaraddas of RV. h..' taken patina to ar•
lent a large add cut:inlet° 11A511111114.111 of, tho fluent and ben
(M a ter' ever mann/actor. I, thus affrding all persona
needing Slim:tries an opportunity or purcitaglng at rra•
110Illthie price, Vernon. hayingany illfGeulty In being
suited obiewhem will do well to give rue a call, an I feel
confident that no 1.11 will fall to be 'mite d. Remember the
old stand, Ni.. ft Flout II unilllon street. oppoalta the Ger•
man Hu:unsaid Church Allentown Par. juu
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LAZARUS & MORRIS'
PERFECTED SPECTACLES
AND EYE-GLASSES
ONE OP TIIE AT THE nous OF
MESSRS. KELLER BROS., Jewelers,
TWO DAYS ONLY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AUGUST 30 AND 31, 1309,
Ile attend. for the purpose of anninting Meows. Keller
Dn.. In FITTING TILE LYE IN DIFFICULT Olt UNU
SUAL CASES. Thoce noffering from impaired or dineaned
vision aro recommended to avail themselven of thin op
portunity.
Our Spectitclen and Eye-Glamen are acknowledged to
he tho most perfect anntetance to night ever manufactured.
and ran alscityc be relied upon as nifording perfect once
and comfort whllo ntrengthening and preserving the Eye.
most thoroughly.
Ignt-We take occaxion to notify
themlc that wo em
ploy no pediern, nod to motion tigninct Dome Pres
landing to have our goods for BRIO. au23-lf
02111
erroceries,. Probisions,
THE RIGHT PLfikel: TO R EV.
E. FENSTERMACHER,
CORNER OF TENTH AND 11.1511LTGN STREETS,
ALLENTOWN, l'A.,
krthe place to boy all Muds of
PROVISIONS,
At chair Pokey, " 'oo ' "
APPLES, PEACHES
ORANGES AND LEMONS
POTATOES, SALT,
Also, all kinds of
IMPORTED DRIED FRUIT,
. such as .
PEARS, PRUNES, lIAISTNS, CHERRIES, &c.,
Always on hand a good assortment of the best quality of
GROCERIES of all descriptions. Do not miss tho place,
corner of Tenth and Hamilton, to buy good things at
ressonsitle prices.
aog :stf E. FENSTERDIACHER.
np 15-11
EIZEZI
FLOOR OIL CLOTH,
4.4. 5-4 and 5.4 lo New end Elegaut Beefy. dill Lotorr
In Price. •
KRAMER'S OLD CORNER..
J. JENNIES,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(Late of Philadelphia,) has taketi the Gallery,
No. 11 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
Formerly occupied by R. P. Larnereux. where persons
co et FIRST-CLAS PICTUR tken a REASONA-
BLE og PRICES. A trial to all that Is ES
needed to d
•ethify every
COME ONE! COME ALL! If you wool Photoeraphe,
Codexo do V kitvo, Vlgnettex, Photo Bllnlttturex. Ambro•
types, Atelaulotypee, Forrutypeo. etc. (live us a trial.
J. JEANES .
nu 4.10 . Successor to R. P. Latueroux.
FOWLING PIECES,
At reduced prices, Revoleere, Powder llortui,Shot Begs,
Perctwolon Cups, etc. by C. 4'. Wolfertc, 40. 3d East
Hamill. Street. sop 15-ly
MEM
IMPORTANT TO SHIPPERS
DENNISON'S AND LOCKWOOD'S
TAGS AND SHIPPING CARDS
AT WANUFACTURERS' PRICES
REGISTER OFFICE.
ABLE KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS
1. COFFEE MILLS. &c., et C. F. WOLFEIITZ'S Store,
N 0.36 Loot llotolltou Street. oep IS-IF
PIANOS AND ORGANS..
Prices greatly reduced for cash. New 7 Octave Mauus t
grat-clues make. tor V 275 and upward. hew Cabin
Organ,. for * 45 and upward. Hecood- Laud 1 °strum.
from IMO to 41175. Monthly litatallineuts received. and
atrumentii for rent. Warerounia. No. 481 Broadway
• tier, V. 11(1RACE W ATEBS.
420 HURIAL LOTS FOR SALE.-- -
The underaigned oiler for male 4% now Cente•
tary iota immedlately adjoinl•g the.Uuton Cemetery. on
Tenth street,
The lute will he .old by subscription. nod immediately
after the whole tooftber ate disposed of they will be awards
ed by lot lu the Mutt° manner a. 14 the organization of the
Union Aekordottoo. Pieta or taittOi Of the Mt . ..WM.... be
area at our o MCo. toy 12 GOOD St lIUIIL
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Ladln ?order•
MILLIKEN'S, .
1128 CHESTNUT ST.,
PILILADELPHIA.
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LINENS
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
LARGEST LINEN STOCK IN THE CITY-
OUR OWN IMPORTATIONS
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED I
BEST IRISH LINENS,
TABLE LINENS by the Yard.
TABLE CLOTHS, ell elle ,
NAPKINS AI)N 11014.1E5,
TOWELING% all klude,
LINEN SHENTINUIL every width
PILLOW CASINGS, .
Ladles' mild &etas' Lluen Handkerchiefs, Llueul.•
Al
Ft - Pugh Csuibrics, Nursery Diapers, &c., e.
•
WAUTAMTRIIII Or •
.AIILLIKEN'S SHIRT BOSOMS
Hot ßlankets for Cribs. Single Beds. Double and Extra Blies
el Blankets, dr.
Full limo. of TIALLAIII/VILLE, OILBEKTU. SItAKEE
WELSH, SAXONY , SILK WARP. &c.
DOMESTIC MUSLINS,
COTTON BIIEETINOS,
WHITE GOODS,
PIANO, MELODRUN AND TA lila 00
Orden from the i a-ad" "d
by mall
GEORGE • MILLIKEN,
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lirbicli
v 4,0,1,6
Svectadro
'ALLENTOWN, PA
CELEBRATED
MaMM
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AND MANUFACTURERS
AND
PUT UAIUS or
BLANKETS
FLANNELS
Prices kept down to the lowest point
LINEN IMPOATER,
1128 CHESTNUT STREET,
BRANCH STORE. ECEI ARCH STREET.
' . .PHAADELPIK,I.
Mali Japer anb stationeru.
SCHOLARS, ATTENTION 1
PUPILS, PARENTS AND ALL OTHERS
WHO NEED
BOOKS OR STATIONERY
Are Invited to call at No. 35 West Homilton Street, (Walk -
crio otond, ) four doors below Eighth litreet, where you
will find large and complete clock of all kind oof
School Books
aced in thin county, at the lowest cash prices.
A full line of LATIN, GREEK, GERMAN loud FRENCH
boaki. for Colhotes, Academies and School, always ua
hand; tit the lowest rates.
A full aitiotAmiint of Stationery, Blank Books, Menni•
ratolum, Pocket Uoo:, i, Comb, Picture, Ster
eoscopes and Views, A' hiliOW PUP .% An. • hold 01 1 1 . v ary
lowest cash pr , rec
Engski, and ti q m a n packet and (amity Bibles, Prayer
Books nod ity MD Book,
A large and oplendid stock of Miscellauotioo Booko
Prosu and Poetry, nod Sooday School Book, All the re
quisites for Sunday Schools olwayo uu baud lot Philadel
phia Price,
We are closing out our clock of WALL PAPER at coot.
Agent for the role of
BRADBURY'S CELEBRATED PIANOS.
Plow, give me a colt when you wish to purchase.l
E. MOSS,
au 18.5 to) Haugh on St., below Eighth, Allentown, Pa.
/Boat fßalters.
R E . OVA L.
T 1
1 LE NT ' S
_ 7 oli &
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOT AND SHOE STORE
HAS BEEN REMOVED TOME
S. IV. Corner of HAMILTONami SIXTH STS.,
NOR. 38 AND .10,
whore they are now• prepared to receive their patron..
The
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
101111t•Cl. THE
LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS IN THIS VICINITY,
A great quantity of the work being of their own make and
the balance from the beat manufacturers in the country.
THE RETAIL DEPARTMENT
Will be conducted ne heretofore. June SO-'O9
.111 HOOTS AND
All the leading styles on band or made to measure
Prima tired LOW FIGURES uu Illustrated Price List with
in.tructions for selLmetteurement sent on receipt of Poet
Office addrem WM. F. BARTLETT,
:13 South tilltb street, above Chestnut
Philadelphia.
plumbing anb gais Sixturro.
GAS FIXTURES. •
ADDIS & ROBERTS, !KN.
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NO. 136 WEST HAMILTON STREET,
ITIMZEII2I
GEORGE GAAS' NEW BUILDING), ALLENTOWN
All kiwi,. of flax Fixtures of the Lott tank , r 4 Hydrants
ydraulic Mann, Lift nud Force Pumps,
DEEP WELL PUMPS;
Bath Tube, Water Closets Chunlr itg Boilers. J... &el
Special attention given to pe• .g rip Portable Dan
Wrks In town or country. All v *minted.
apr My.
G AN FIXTURES
AND
KEROSENE LAMPS
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- MERIDIAN BURNER,
&trod uud Ilext lu the uutrkut. It given filo 11011.4 ❑uh
of nay burner mad,
couLTEn, JONES & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS
702 ARCII ST., PIIILADA
112 M
STRATTONN PORTABLE AIR GAS
MACHINE.
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SAVE NONE Y Rr -VA KING YOUR 011'N GAR.
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THE CHEAPEST LIGIIT IN USE.
Stratton's Gas Machine for illumlnallug Hotels, Private
Residence. Stores, Hills, etc., In simple In construction,
consumes all the material used In the moue facto re of gas,
nod is no cheap as to brlug it within the roach of all. it Is
free frotu explosion, eau be managed by any person, and
produces a superior fight l others,. at one•holf the cost
of ordinary burning gas. IndFIRE IS APPLIED TO THE
AI'PARATUS. It can ho attached to ordluary gag pipes
and Sutures, the uuly variation being In the eulargentent
of the burnerjets. All parts of the apparatus are made In
the most thorough and workmanlike in:tuner. Superiority
ver unmet:lnes Is daunted In tile follow lug particulars :
over
Cost of Construction. Second, Illuminating Capae.
Ity. Third. Compactness and Simplicity . , and cuusequeut
Impossibility of its getting out of order. Fourth, Economy
In nee of material. A machine capable of supplying ton
burners cont. $75.
Any further luformallon will be given and the workless
of the machine explained by calling upon tlio agent for
Lehigh comity.
C. W. STUDER,
WALNUT STREET, CORNER OP PENN.
(•lOVI COLLEtII4.)
ALLENTOWN PA
'UT J. EVERETT'S NEW PATENT
SCAPULAR SHOULDER BRACE AND
STRAP SUPPORTER.
No straps ender the arms. Perfectly comfortable, soa•
tentically made, and benellchtl. SO North 7t h St.,
below Arab PhlladeluLla. Trustier, Settltortcr., Elands
Stocklugft, cruichos, 11c., lowert stirea la the city. Lady
stlteutlaut. nap 15
J. STEWART DEPEIit,.
s IY SOUTH SECOND STREET, ABOVE SPRUCE,
PHILADELPHIA.
.7 1 NOW llffero mru•ual a.4l.TOsent of CARPETS,
.1; to n. 11.0T u l t D: ;, N y 'i r l e N a D c i e l D d
prices. r. m g ia ll f A , r e 3N . (X s
11 lbw Duble.
id I r
COOPER At. CONARD,
S. E. COIL 9TH & MARKET STS.,
PHILADELPHIA,
•re uuw lit the full title of an Inane.. Ftll end Winter
husineuu. ♦lr: that of .applying their frlendu nail patrons
with milabla gantla at tolerate price, from it fretat huge
•tuck.
Ladies' Cloaking's,
Ludiee• Cloaked,
Shawls, Wraps,
Flue Silk Poplins,
Wool Poplins. Plaids,
3000 Tards Block Silks,
Fun Mourning Stook,
Kid Gloves, Ties, de.,
Piano Covered,
Linen Table Damasks.
Large Blanket Show,
Camedimeres, Cloths,
Bored Fine Clothing.
Among the. will La found sonic very great baortalaa
attractive to every buyer.
COOPER & CONARD.
B. E. COB. 9i•u MARKET BTH.,
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OEM
MARKET STREET IS THE
93sa • cheapest and beat place to buy Choi. Tobacco
lio ( O l ll.l; 4 l.l b a y ry th . o a b o o d g. Jones & Bou's Tobacco savvier. on
hand at low rule.
Meerschaum Pipes. Briar. French. nod other styles can
ho bad h•oa to suit customers, either wholesale or retail.
JOHN LEES.
Wholesale and retail Jobbing ((none and id•nulantmr of
Cigars, hl RH ET Ht. nor 174(
TVNDALE, MITCHELL do WOLF,
707 CHESTNUT ST., FIIILADA
CHINA, GLASS AND FANCY GOODS,
WHITE FRENCH CHINA,
BEST PARISIAN GRANITE
DECORATS - D TRA et TOILRT HICTB.
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FANCY GOODS FOR HOLIDAY' PRESENTS
110. CRESTS, MONOGRAMS. nud INITIALS painted on
China and engraved on Glue In the beet manner. •
Boot 0 °oda and Lowest 0 . 4114 Prim,.
nor 17.1 m
uov 5.0 m
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1869
13r2 GOON.
MIND YOUR ,BUSINESS
And look to your interests, by reading and heeding
what ice have to say here, to the people of Atientaisti.
Afresh declaration of war!
A new onslaught upon high prices. No tear pri
ces in 1869.
The wa• closed four years ago.
Old fogy merchants don't sena to knots it.
Dry Goods and Carpets are down.
Ohl stock bought at high prices, •
The people will not buy.
New goods, good goods, cheap goods,
Is what they want.
Down With the rotten credit sgitteni.
Cash! Cash Briogs the bargains.
Slow coach merchants must awake
From their Rip Pau Winkle sleep.
Mike up! buy cheap! sell cheap!
And let the people know it.
Follow in the wake of
Foxler'x New York Store at
Alleakarot
We aro keeping tlo• bull rolling. 1,, , t week e loud
grat rush. WH. ull KEEP IT
I'u MI.
d,,rkllrg to our Moro from ix , arouud. 11iWri4
Easton left out in the cold.
Reading and Bethlehem nowhere
Philadelphia beaten °Wright.
New York itself not ahead.
And why 7 Because with alight expenses we can sell
eve. lower in Allentowu than In our New York Stores.
All It needed was the disposition to do It, and we have it.
Ours la the only store in Oda part of tha country directly
and constantly connected with the NeW Ydrk market.
We solicit) our trade this fall and rotator. We Will alive
you from 441 to 40 on every *lO worth of Dry Goods you
buy. The Hama upon Brussels and I ugrala Carpets.
Customers Cu,, come from a distant.° without fear of our
advertisements being overdrawn.
We sell 51errimack Prints at 12% cents, splendid yard
wide Montt 12i gouts. Wool Flannels 2 . 2 cents, IA bite
Ulaukets 44 per pair, heavy all wool Ctuolmere, 75 coots ;
Silk Lustre Alpaca., Si and 55 cents; Paper Malthus, 12%
cents; Coats' Cotton, 7 cbt.; all wool Ingrain Carrot, $l.
FOSTER'S
NEW YORK CITY STORE,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
SEAMAN & TRA
17 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
BETII LE HEM
BLACK Grue Ornki SILKS, BLACK DIIAB D'YRANCE
SILKS, BLACK TAFFETA SILKS. The largest nod
vhrro pest lisliortlinOnt of SI LKS we have ever buil the pleas
are of altering lLi• Public„
- - - - •
CHOWS VEIY STILES FA.SQP .SILKS,•
SEAMAN S: TRAEGER
FRENCH SILK POPLIN, MARBLE POP
LINS, PLAIN POPLINS.
SEAMAN 4:-TRAEGER.
BLACK ALPAVAS, la an graded, Crow the 10,
umber. to thu fluent Mohair.
eOLORED ALP.4C.4.5,101pric0., very chm ,
SEAMAN A: TRAEGER
DRESS 000Dri lu every variety of Plata sod Fancy
Styleo,
BLEACHED and UNBLEACHED SHEETINGS
)o SHIR7'INGS In very Inrgo ...ortme.t. CHECKS.
TICKINOS mud DENIMS.
SHAWLS. Large and extensive s•sorttnent of BLACK
THIBET, BR OCHE and PAISLEY, BLANKET, CHE
NILLE, 31ISSES', In great variety of size and colors.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER.
SPECIAL ATTENTION Is replested to our
egunt and complete line el LADIES DRESS TRIM
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CAUGHT IN HER OWN TRAP.
Ellen Lamprey and Clara Edgerton were
walking slowly along a vine-embowered path
in Newport. The latter was moody and
thoughtful, while the former was watchful of
all that transpired about her. By and by a
gehtleman entered the path not fur in advance,
and approached them. Ellen saw him ; but
Clara did not.
"here—let us step into this arbor. 0I what
beautiful flowers. See I" And thus speaking
Ellen Lamprey rather dragged than led her
companion into the arbor.
The gentlethan passed, and there was a
cloud upon his brow. Something had evi
-1 dently wrought unpleasantly upon his feel
ings. Ellen marked the fact, and an exultant
expression flashed up into her face. She had
accomplished her object.
The gentleman was Wallace Parker, a
young man of a good family, whose father had
recently died Intestate. The elder Parker had
once been wealthy ; but a financial crash had
swept away his fortune, and hurried himself
to the grave. So Wallace had entered upon
the practice of the' Law, and was struggling
hard to earn name and fame in his own right.
Weary and faint from hard study he had conic
down to Newport to rest and recuperate ; but
he could not stay long, for he had not the
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A PASSING WISH
O for the life of a Gipsy
A stroug-armed t barefoot girl ;
And to have the wind for a waiting-maid
To keep my hitir In curl
To bring me scent of the violet,
Anci z tae red rose, and the pine ;
And at night to spread my grassy bed—
Alt l wouldn't it be divine ?
O for the life of a Gipsy!
So gloriously free ;
Through the world to roam, and to and a home
'Nem.h every greenwood.tree ;
To milk my cow In the meadow,
'Wherever she chanced to stand : •
And to have my cornfields planted
Ily every lad In the land I
•
0 for the life of a Gipsy!
With the dew to fringe toy gown ;
And to have the sun for a sweetheart
To come and kiss me brown ;
To take each little chubby-cheek
• That I chose, nod call her mine,
And teach her to tromp from camp to camp--
Alt I wouldn't it be divine?
O for the life of a Gipsy !
To lie in the lacy shades ;
And to predict sweet fairings
To all the village maids;
To give them caps of pretty flowers, '
And shaWls of wool so white,
And troops of lovers to sing them songs
At their window-panes at night !
O for the life of a Gipsy! •
To hunt the hare for play; '
And to take my trap on my shoulder
And hie away and away—
Away to the Scuts by the water,
When the stars began to shine—.
To my glad wild crew, with hearts so true—
! wouldn't It be divine?
O for the life of a Gipsy !
To be up at the dawning gray ;
And to have my dog, like my shadow,
•
Beside me all the day ;
To have a hat of plaited straw,
And a cloak of scarlet dye,
And shoot like a light through the glens at night,
And make the owlets cry
G for the life of a Gipsy !
To roam the wide world through;
To have the wind for a waiting-maid,
And the sun for a sweetheart true ;
TO say to my restless conscience,
Ile still ; you arc no more mine!
And to hold my heart beneath my art—
Ali I wouldn't it be divine I
Alice Cary, in Harper'e Ifagazini for December
In happier days, when ho had been prospec
tive heir to half mmilliom he had often met
Clara Edgerton, and had learned to love her,
though no words of love had ever been spoken.
In fact, they had been almost too young then
to seriously venture upon such a topic. But
they were older now. Wallace was four and
twenty, and Clara only five years younger.
And now they bud met again—lie under the
cloud of misfortune, while she held in her
own right a fortune greater than that which
his father had lost.
Is it a wonder that a hundred men, young
and old, paid especial court to Clara Edger
ton ? And is It a wonder that a man like
Wallace Parker, should have been backward
in claiming her especial notice?
Ellen Lamprey had no heart to love, but she
fancied Wallace Parker ; she had penetration
enough to see that he was a better man than
were most of those to whom the ladies of fash
ion paid court ; and, furthermore, she saw the
possibilities he would surmount, and could
look forward to the bright career that he wits
opening before him. She was a crafty girl,
and calculating. She could not hope to en
trap a wealthy lover who was young and
handsome ; so she meant to entrap Wallace
Parker, if she' could. She knew that there
had been an intimacy between him and Clara
in the other times, and she could plainly see
that their hearts yearned toward each other
still, however much the young lawyer himself
may have been in the dark. Site had a gamo
to play. She knew very well that Wallace
had come out into the garden in the hope of
meeting Clara. She had not only prevented
the meeting, but she had made it appear to the
gentleman that the lady had purposely avoided
" I declare !—there goes 'Wallace Parker,—
and lie didn't even give us the honor of a sa,
lute !" cried Ellen, after the young man hail
ME
Clara started, and looked up, and preaently
aid,—
" Ile has no heart for anything but Lis pro
MEM
" Aml he will need to srek to his profession
a Mug time before he can resume his old stand
in society," suggested Ellen.
" Yes—yes." It was all Clara answered ;
and she was again thoughtful.
That evening Ellen Lamprey met Wallace
Parker upon the veranda, and ho offered her
his arm. lie could do no less. seeing that she
hed sought his side.
Ellen adroitly led the conversation until it
touched upon Clara Edgerton.
" By the way, Mr. Parker, I had always
thought that you and Miss Edgerton were
good friends."
" I trust we are friends still," returned the
gentleman, in a low, hopeful tone.
" I had thought so," resumed the plotter,
"until she avoided you to-day, in the garden.
And I should not have thought so much of
that if she had not, when we were alone,
spoken— Rut I had better keep my own
counsel."
Wallace Parker was human, and he wished
to know, what. Clara Edgerton had said of
him. At length, with much apparent relue:
lance, Ellen told him,—
" She said you had mio heart."
" What I Did Clara Edgerton say that ?"
" Yes. And she said you would have to
stick to your profession a long time before
you could regain the position you had lost in
society."
"Oh I I had not thought that of her ! But
what else could I expect? Bah I they arc a
cold and heartless set l"
" You do not mean that Miss Edgerton is
cold and heartless 4"
" She Is under the influence. She must be,
or she would not have spoken those words."
" Well, well," said Ellen, with a light
laugh, " she Is very soon to be. under a new
influence. She goes from here to be married.
to
to Mr. Ilapgobd."
" To Giles Hapgood ?" •
" Yes—the banker."
"Itut he le old enough to LI her father I"
" And worth a Million I" added Ellen Big-.
nificantly. And new triumph was In the I
sparkle of her eve when she saw 'Wallace Par-
ker's lip curl with derision, and saw scorn
and contempt in his every feature.
During the forenoon of the following day
Ellen Lamprey observed Clara Edgerton and
Giles Hapgood, out In one of the footpaths,
walking very cosily, arm-in-arm, and appar
ently engaged in very earnest conversation.—
She hunted up Wallace Parker, and brought
him out into the balcony that ho might see it.
He did see it, and his look plainly showed
that he was unhappy ; and Ellen Lamprey
fancied that he looked to her for sympathy—
that his heart was warming toward her as it
shrank away front the love of Clara. She
determined to lose no time.
During the afternoon of that same day Ellen
drew Clara out into the garden, and after a
light run of by-play, she carefully introduced
the subject of Wallace Parker.
"He will not remain here much longer,"
she said : " and for one lam glad of it. I can
endure almost anything better than trench.
cry."
"Treachery !—and on the part of Wallace
Parker 9"
" Yes."
" What do you mean, Ellen ?"
"Since it has come to this, Clara, I will
speak. I accepted Mr. Parker's prOffered arm
upon the veranda last evening. We spoke of
you. I had supposed that you }were on the
most friendly terms: but, judge of my sur
prise, when he announced to me, in direct
and unqualified terms, that you were cold and
heartless !"
" Did Wallace Parker say that ?" The
voice was startled aud.quivering.
" Yes,—and I expostulated. But he per-
sisted, He said you Were throwing yourself
away under the very worst of influences."
" 0, Ellen, I cannot believe that Mr. Parker
spoke soberly."
A brilliant idea struck the plotter. She
would make a bold move.
"My dear Clara," she said, "ht order that
you may know exactly how he can speak of
you, suppose you hear him for yourself? If
you will take your seat in this arbor this eve
ning, I will lead Wallace Parker this way, and
he shall speak of you as ho pleases in your
hearing."
At first Clara Edgerton refused to listen to
the proposition ; but after a time she stiffen
de:ed. She did really wish to know if Wal
lace Parker disliked her. The blow would be
a cruel one ; but she had better know the
Huth, even at the worst. So she finally said
1 that she would be In the arbor at nine o'clock.
Ellen Lamprey had no doubt of her suc
cess. she had so far won upon Parker, that
he was ready at any time to wait upon her at
her bidding, and she felt sure-ifAe could lead
him to the garden, that she coutr draw from
him bitter words against Clara. But one of
her most potent weapons was to be *ranched
from her without her knowledge.
Tint evening, as Wallace Parker sauntered
out upon the driveway after ten, he met Giles
liapgood, and the banker was muttering - and
cursing to himself.
"Eh 1 Ilapgood ! What on earth Is the
matter? Stocks down I"
"Down flat?" returned Hapgood, rallying.
" Have you lost heavily 1"
" I have lost heavily, and for all time."
" I am sorry.''
Presently the banker looked up with a grim
MEI
_
"It isn't money, Parkdr. 0, no,—not quite
'so bad as that. I fancied, this afternoon, that
I had lost my heart ; but I guess I shall find it
again. You can keep a'secret
" The•seeret of a friend is with me a sacred
ME
"Then, my boy, I'll te:l you frankly,—
Clara Edgerton has retbsed my hand !"
"Refused you r
" Aye, and that isn't the worst of it. When
I asked her why she had allowed me to bask
in the sunlight of her smiles, she fell to weep.
Ing, and begged of me to forgive her. She
said she sought it at the hands of a father
Egad I think of it ! What'a cut, eh r
" lint she was honest."
"So she was, my boy. She had clung to
me, taking shelter under my gray hairs—so
that she might escape the persecution of at-
tention from the hundred and one fulsome
flatterers that hovered around her. This
,afternoon I could have cursed her ; but now
I can only curse my own stupidity, while I
have come really to honor and respect the
i•pure hearted girl.who was willing to place so
much confidence in Giles linpgood."
The approach of another party interrupted
the conversation, and Wallace shortly after
ward returned to the house, where Ellen Lam
prey met him upon the piazza. lie would
have avoided her, but she took his arm, and
claimed him as her priconer ; and by and by
she led him to the garden. Little dreamed she,
as she prepared for the attack, what he Lad
heard ,within the hour.
When they had entered upon the flower
flanked avenue Ellen spoke of Clara Edger
ton. She spoke at first sympathizingly and
lovingly—then pityingly—and then she grad
ually verged upon the condemnatory.
The arbor was now not far distant, and she
must make a final stroke. This she did by
speaking of Clara's approaching marriage
with Mr. Ilapgood, at the same time adroitly
working in a repetition of the story she had
before told of the lady's hurAlt treatment of
himself.
The arbor was reached, and Ellen stopped
for her companion's reply. She felt sure it
would bo a bitter one.
Wallace Parker took her hand, and looked
doWn into her face, lie had heard the words
but thug had not so much place in his mind as
had other words which he had that evening
heard from the lips of Giles Hapgood.
"Miss Lamprey," lie said, slowly, and al.
most sternly "you and I had better come to
an understanding at once. I um willing to
believe that you are mistaken. At all events,
I will never believe that Miss Edgerton could
willingly or intentionally speak ill of me until
I can hear and Judge for myself. When you
first told me what she had—"
"0 ! Mr. Parker I In mercy's name I"
But Mr. Parker did not heed the luterruptlo
" What Clara had said of me, I was grieve
M2,',M2=l
MIS
Ellen Lamprey trembled like an aspen, and
could not speak. -Her companion continued :
" Never, while I can kelp it, shall the bright
vision of Clara Edgerton, as a pure and bless
ed spirit of light, be wrested from me. As
God is my judge, I believe her to be incapable
of deceit.. lint, if she has faults, I do not wish
to know them. I took her image into, my
soul years ago, and I wish to hold it there,
enshrined in purity. Had not dire misfortune
come upon mo'l would dare to go to her, and
ask her if she despised me ; but now—noW—"
"She can speak without the asking I" soun
ded a voice from the arch_of the arbor. "0 I
Wallace—how blind you have been l—hove
blind ! And all these years I have had no
heart, •no love, that was not yours!" •
And Clara Edgerton, advancing from the
sheltering bower, gave her hand to Wallace
Parker, and rested her hcattupon his bosom ;
while Ellen Lamprey, almost bereft of sense,
shrank away to the house, her stePe tottering'
and uncertain, like unto the steps of One who
is drunk with ranch wino. •
On the very nest morning, without het'
breakfast, Ellen Lamprey left New Port. She
could not bear to witness the happiness of the
pair she had edught to put for ever asunder,
nor did she care to remain after the story of the
ridienlens manner in which site bad got caught
in her own trap should have leaked out.
Iu the joyous event which legitimately grew
out from all this apes Hapgood did himself in
finite credit and honor. He demanded and
received the privilege of acting as groomsman
at the wedding.—
ALMOST A GHOST STORY---A
REAL INCIDENT.
DY GRACE GREENWOOD
On a Christmas night, some fifty or sixty
years ago, there were gathered around the
wide fireplace of a large New England kitchen
a happy family circle, consisting of a well-to
do farmer, who was eke a magistrate—known
far and wido as " Squire Percival"—his come
ly wife, two fair daughters, a niece, and last,
but not least, a son just home from Yale for
the holidays.
The night without was seasonably cold, and
brilliant with moonlight and starlight. The
large stone farm house stood on the brow of a
hill behind a protecting line of tall pine trees
—the only green in the iyide landscape. The
steep hillside and wide valley beneath were
heavily blanketed with snow.
The early part of the evening had passed
merrily with games, jests and song. But for
an hour or two the conversation had taken a
drift In the realm of the supernatural. One
ghost had succeeded another; till, as the
"witching time of night" approached and the
tire burned low, the circle Instinctively drew
closer together, with thrills and shudders of
strange spiritual dread, which le yet akin to
the keenest pleasure—.an awesome joy, an ex-
quisite terror. The solemn soughing of winds
among the pines, heard in the pauses of ghostly
recitals, added its wondrous, weird effect to
TIZEI
Just as young John Percival had concluded
a wild German legend, which he declared
" splendid stuff for dreams," the outside dour
was heard, to open suddenly. All looked
around more or less fearful, to -see standing
on the threshold the slight form ofa fair young
woman, clad all in white, and looking
strangely pure, and cold; luminous, like in
carnated moonlight.
" With the glide of a spirit," she came for
ward. Her feet were quite bare, and her arms
were drooping wearily. Masses of fair hair
fell over her shoulders, but her eyes were darks
:and fixed with a melancholy state. Iler lips
were slightly parted and almost colorless.
She came to the circle about the hearth and
there paused, standing utterly motionless—a
beautiful, appalling figure.
Nora moment all the startled group re
mained as silent as that strange vlsitor—then
one young girl caught her breath in a hyster
ical scream, which was instantly answered by
a cry from the pale lips of the " woman in
white," into whose blank eyes rushed a wild,
keen light. Site gazed about her in terror and
bewilderment, then glanced down upon her
self, and sank cowering upon the floor, cov
ering her face with her hands, and giving
way to chih'ish paroxysms of weeping.
The farmer's wife, a woman of rare sense
and presence of mind, at once divined the
truth.
"She is a sleep-walker I" she said. " She
must be half dead with the cold. Girls, bring
some wrappings I"
Immediately all was bustle. The fanner
and his son discreetly vanished from the scone,
and the kind mother, daughters, and niece de
voted themselves to their bewildered charge,
who still wept and sobbed under their kind
ministrations, but declared she felt no cold
and no pain, though her delicate feet were
actually bleeding from her long walk up the
icy hillside and over the crusted snow.
After having been tenderly put to bed, how-
ever,she became sufficiently composed to reply
to the few questions put to her. She said she
was Lucy Ellett, the niece of the village phy
sician ; that she had lately been taken front
school, on account of nervousness, and sent
to him for medical treatment, but that home
sickness and loneliness had made her worse.
She had occasionally walked in her sleep, be
fore, but only about the house and grounds at
home, and on summer nights.
" I think the moon bewitches me," she said,
smiling through her tears,
That night she had, beibre going to bed,
looked across the little valley to the pleasant
house on the hill, watched the cheerful Christ
mast lights gleaming through the pine trees,
and longed to be one of the happy party there,
though she was a stranger to all.
She cried herself to sleep, she said,•and that
was all she know of her mysterious midnight
trani over snow and stones and ice. Not a
tneutory,not a thought could she recall till the
moment when she found herself on that hearth,
in her aigld-dreas, with BO many wondering
eyes upon bet..
"0, dear what do you think of mo Y What
can you think of me now r she moaned.
" Never mind what we think of you, my
poor child," said good motherly Mrs. Perci
val, "we /pee you already, so just drink this
nice ginger tewand go to sleep."
The "poor chilli" got a little natural sleep,
and in the morning appeared somewhat less
ghostly than the apparition of Christmas
night. But she was still very pale, with a,
playfully shy, grieved look. She was Suffer
ing less than was expected from the exposure,
hut more from the nervous shock of the night
before, and by the advice of hex uncle, who
had been summoned, consented to remain
with her new friends for a few days.
Young John
. Percival was hospitably kind
to the invalid guest, not seeming to perceive
that she shrank from his attentions in a sell.
Hitive disquieted way. Yet when his eye was
not on her, she was observed to study his
face with a peculiar inquiring expression.
She could not remember lutviug.seen that face
at the fearful moment of her awakening, and
she hoped he had not been a witness of that
walking trenee, which she regarded with ab
solute horrmr.
Finally, on the last day of her visit, finding
herself alone with him for a moment, under a
desperate impulse, she asked :
" Did you, too, see me that night, Mr. Per
cival?",
lie was touched by the tremble hi the voice
and the wistful look in the dark eyes but - he
answered honestly :
"I cannot deny that I did see you,"
"0 sir l what must you have thought ?"
" Thought? why, I thought if ghosts
would always come in such shapes, I would
never fear them more." , . .
The shy smile and rosy blush that his play
ful answer called forth, seemed first to'reveal
to the young collegian the pale, sad vision of
the, night is." lovely waking flesh-and-blood
reality.
1... never heard of Lucy Ellett re-visiting the
glimpses of the moon as a soinnatubulist after
this, but I did hear that ou another Christmas
night she stood on the hearth of the old farm
house, dressed all In white, in the midst of the
same,facally circle, and that she gazed about
her, and said :
"I am afraid I am walking in my sleep
I again," and that she then put up her hands in
a pretty, deprecating way, and added :—"But
if I am, John,don't wake mi!"
A Lonnot; paper tells of two rival traveling
dentiste who arrived' together at a. fair, One
hoisted a banner inscribed "Facile Princeps"
the other Immediately painted up, on his
booth, "Facile Fordepe," and d row the crowd.
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A STRABOU BUT ALLEGED TRUE TALE
The Altoona, Pa., Tr ibune is responsible for
the tilowlng story, which it pronounces true
to 1.1 letter: A young man giving his name
as Harry Stewart arrived in Altoona, not long
since, in a state of complete destitution and
called upon Rev. Mr. Grayer, to whom he
stated that his parents huddled in Idaho, leav
ing hint alone and penniless; that they had
come front England and moved to Idaho when
none but Indians infested that territory, and
that he had never enjoyed any advantage of
education save what hismother had given him.
lie had heard in Idaho that in Pennsylvania
orphans were given educations for nothing,
and he desired to reach Harrisburg to obtain
an entrance to one of the State Institutions of
learning. The boy appeared ingenious, and
greatly interested Mr. Guyer in his behalf,
who took him to Mr. John Shoemaker's office.
Mr. Shoemaker speedily obtained him a situa
tion in Black's planing Mill, but after working
three or four hours he came back and stated
that he wished to go to Harrisburg. A pass
to that place was procured for 'him, and he
was sent on his way, those who were willing
to befriend him soon forgetting all about hint
in the busy cares of life.
While in conversation with Mr. Guyer the
boy had stated that his mother had left hint
some papers which she declared were very
valuable,' but which he could not read. When
in Harrisburg a sudden thought struck him,
and he entered the law office of Mr. It. Min
nich, to whom he showed the papers. A brief
examination of the documents showed the lat
ter their true nature, and he at once telegraph
ed to the British Minister at Washington, who
in turn telegraphed to the American Minister
at London, and In a short time answer was
returned that young Stewart was heir to an
entailed fortune amounting to $53,000,000 in
gold, deposited in the Bank of London, and
equal to about $77,000,000 in American cur-
rency. This fortune has been lying in the
bank for some six generations, and has thus
increased to its present vast proportions.
Young Stewart's identity as the legal heir
to this vast possession, has been fixed beyond
doubt, and he will receive the first installment
of about $3,000,000 during the present month.
What effect the sudden possession of such im
mense wealth will have upon the mind and
character of a young, uneducated and inexpe
rienced boy, remains to be seen. Stewart ap
pears to have a largo share of sturdy common
sense, a well-balanced, though uneducated
mind, and considerable natural shrewdness,
and if he is fortunate enough to escape the
wiles of the human sharks who will be at
tracted by the glitter of his gold, may soon
learn to use it for the benefit of his fellow man,
and the still further enrichment of himself.
Mr. Munich has furnished young Stewart with
a traveling companion, a shrewd and talented
young railroad engineer named Johnston,
whose knowledge of the ways of the world
will be a safeguard againgt the temptations of
designing persons.
A JOKE ON A HOTEL KEEPER.
One of our Mainlid hotel keepers was not
long since victimized in the following manner :
A. B. went to him and engaged board by the
week at $lO per week. "Now," said A. 13. - ;.
" 1 may be absent occasionally,what deduction
will you snake for that I" "Fifty cents a meal
and fifty cents a lodging," replied the landlord.
Time wore on, and A. B. was sometimes
there and sometimes not. After a while the
landlord presented a bill for three weeks board
—s3o. In a short time A. B. appeared with
a counter bill of deduction for meals and lodg
ing missed. Meals eaten, three, $1.50 ; lodg
ing, seven, $3.50 ; meals missed, sixty, $3O ;
lodgings missed, fourteen, $7 ; balance in fa
vor of A. 8., $2. The landlord of course was
a little astonished at the result of the reckon
ing, and therefore said not a word, for the
best reason, that he couldn't think of anything
that would do justice to the subject. Where
upon A. 11., to relieve the landlord's perplex
ity, remarked with cool urbanity, "well, never
mind the $2 I'll take it out in board." The
landlord couldn't see how to keep even with
such a boarder, and so the connection between
him and A. 13., as landlord and boarder, came
to an end.—Portland Oregonian.
Woo has not felt with Longfellow that
" this is a beautiful world ! I know not what
to think of it. Sometimes it is all sunshine
and gladness, and Heaven itself is not far off,
and then it suddenly changes, and is dark,
and sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the
day. In the lives of the saddest of us there
are days like this, when we feel as if we could
take the great world in our arms. Then come
gloomy hourei, when the tire will not burn iu
our hearts, and all within and without is di's
mai, cold and dark 'Believe me, every hearth
has its secret sorro*s, :%Vhlch the world knows
not, and oftentimes we call a man cold when
he is only sad." . .
PATnica saw..a bull. pawing la a field, awl
thought how amusing it would be to jump
over, catch him by the horns, and rubbis nose
in Rite dirt. The idea was so funny that he .
lay dwn,Q.nd 4..uglipd to think of Tile
more he thought of toe Nwier it seemed,
and lie determined' to dog. linyus quickly
tossed him over the hence again. Sanwa . lult
bruised, Patrick leisurely picked himself up,
with the cbnsolatary reflection :—" Well,• it la
a mighty folue thing I had my laugh feoratj'
A SAILOR complained of the power of the
captain, and spoke bitterly of the character of
tbdcgkippera of the day. " Why," said he, •
not long ago, on the coast of Afriker, a cap'n
was going to throw one of the crew that was
dying overboard before he was dead. So the
man says, ' You ain't itgolug to bury use
alive, are you?' ' Oh,' says the captain, 'you
needn't be so jolly particular to a fete min
utes P "
A KNOWING traveler out West, who had
chartered half a bed In a crowded hotel, and
was determined to have the beat half, buckled
a spur on his heal before turning in. His un
fortunate'sleeping partner bore the infliction
as long na he could, and at last roared, out:
"Say, Amager, if you're a gentleman, you
ought to cut your toe nails."
•
" thugs, where we,re . you Win l" "On del'
Halderbarrack." " What, always ?" " Yeti;
and before, too." "1 - 11.iwOldAre - you, then ?"
" VI, when to old school Is pilt I was ,two
week more nor a year, what is painted red, as
you go before salt your back pehiud you, on
des rite tient side do plackemith shop what
stane.where It was purnt down next year will
pe two vecks."
AN enthusiastic admirer of the beauties of
beautiful women recently startled a friend.
" Been to church this morning," he asserted.
"To church " Yea ; and such necks 1 full
and white, and good enough to eat—six of
them all In a row ; watched 'em all through"
service, Olt my, whatnecks,",
A BOHTON dentist, who sued a man for
$20,000 for reporting that his wife died in con- t
sequence of the administration of nitrousoridef
gas at his office, has recovered one cent: He' .
would have better taken his own laughing gas.
CHICAGO recently sent to California, on."
single train, 15,000 pounds of mail matter,
A nowricuvrtntai Wag says that the lan
guago of flowers It Uttered by tu•llpa. •
ALLENTOWN, PA
SEW DESIONB "