I Vnrflff AND PUBLISHER. AS M. " VOLUME 10. M M. JONES, Notary Public, Ebensburg, 1'a, - LaFr TTTILLIAM KITTELL, .Attorney at W Law, Ebensburg, Pa. August 13, 1868. ' . TOHN FENLON, Attorney . at Law, ViJlVunv(j IT - 1 1 . fgy- Office pn lllgQ Bircci. aug!3 OEORGE M. READE, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. ; Office in Colonnade Row. augl3. fLUAM II- SECIILER, Attor ney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. j-Office'in Colonnade Royr : aug2G HOEMAKER & O ATM AN. Attor neys at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Particular attention paid to collections. BS? Office on High street, west of the Di- JOHNSTON & SOANLAN, Attorneys at Law, Ebensbnrg, Pa. Office opposite the Court House. 1. t. JOHNSTON. aug!3 J. E. SCASLAJJ, JAMES C. EASLY, Attorney at Law, Carrolltownr Cambria county, Pa. 10- Architectural Drawings and Specifi sations ade. TftUg13 E" J. WATERS, Jiwtice of the Peace , and Scrivener. . ' , t?" Office adjoining dwelling, onUigh St., tbenaburg, Pa. aug 13-6m. I. IOfElW, Tw- dick, Johnstown. , . Ebensburg. KOFELIN & DICK, Attorneys at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. 5af Office in Uolonade ltow, wun m. Kitten, Esq. . - ' Oct- 22. JOSEPH S. STRAYER, Justice of the Peace, Johnstown,' Pa. SF Office on Market street, corner of Lo tmt street extended, and one door Bouth of the late office of Wm. M'Kee. augli T DEYEREAUX, M. D., Physician Xf and Surgeon, Summit, Pa. l?-"Officer east of Mans'on House, on Rail rofcd street. Night calls promptly attended to, at his office. augl3 It. DE WITT ZEIGLER Offers hi3 professional services to the citiiens of Ebensburg and vicinity. He will i Visit Ebensburg the Becond Tuesday of each cjtath, to remain one wees. Teeth extracted, without pain, with Nitrous Otide, or Laughing Gas. jjT Rooms in the "Mountain House,'' High street. Jul3 TENTISTRY. JL The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal timore College of Dental Surgery, respectfully oJerj his professional services to the citizens of Ebensburir. lie has spared no means to thoroughly acquaint himself with every im- I oroytment in his art. To many year3 of per- lonal experience, he has sought to add the I Imparted experience of the highest authorities In Dental Science, lie simply asKs tuai an opportunity may be given for his work to peak its own praise. SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S. - JgWiM beat Ebensburg on the fourth Monday of each month, to stay one wjek. August 13, 1BC8. t J 7 V.n pvunrnr. Pa. Golil. Silver finrcrnmpnt Loans and I other Securities bought and sold. Interest M allowed on Time Deposits. Collections made on all accessible points in the United Mates, anl a Geneml Banking Business transacted. August 13, 18G3. XVT M. LLOYD & Co.. Banker IT . Altoona, Pa. Drafts or. the priucinal cities, and Silver nd Gold for sale. Collections made. Mon eys received on deposit, payable on demand, without interest, or upon time, with interest t fair rates. augl3 THE FI1IST NATIONAL RANK Of JonxsTowx, Pexna. Paid ur Canitnl C.i nfift ftfi Pritiltgt to increase to 100,000 00 We buy and sell Inland and Foreign Drafts, Gold and Silver, and all classes of Govern Bnt Securities ; make collections at home uiuauj receive acposus ; loan money, M do a general Banking business. All 'usiness entrusted to us will receive prompt 'Mention aud care, at moderate prices. Give trial. Directors : J- MORRELL, AC KlUKMAJf, cob M. Campbell, jC. T. Frazer, Jacob Lkveegood, James McMillen. DANIEL J. MORRELL, rretident 1 UW. .'A J X I J- P.0BEKTS, Cashier. sep3l7 LLOyd rrei't. JOHN LLOYD. Cashier. tflRST NATIONAL BANK GO VERXMEXT A GEXCV, DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI- 1KD STATES. JW' Corner Virginia and Annie sts., North rl, AUoooa, Pa. jtT0HiZr.D Capital $300,000 00 M Capital Paid in 150,000 00 All business pertaining to Banking done on k'ernal Revenue Stamps of all denomina 'Wwayi on hand. um purcliaser of Stamp?, percentage, in $lftftPl.: bc allowed, as follows : $50 to t20o a cent5 10C to $200, 3 per cent.; ni upwards, 4 per cent. aug!3 I ATEST ATlTtT V A T. t kiiicr 0UOcriDer nas just received, at adii?i!,0n U,Kh trcet, Ebensburg, a large liable stock of . JolMsei, s.it Bacon, Sugars, CorTee, Spice3, Cigars, Tea, Ck ese, Barrel Salt, lobacco, Cro, ad evcrvthing in the 11.. lV' Motion and Confection Alio Rl "u V7'ccuonert line. t bil? I a"J Sho. Carbon and Lubri- All which will be Bold very cheao for Lauel3 G. G. OWENS, i a; R O V E 11 & : B A - K E H ' S FIRST PKEM1DH ELASTIC STITCH FAMILY SEWING-MACHINES ! 49ET Broad way, New York, -70 Uuestnut Street, Philadelphia, -115 Market Street, Harrisburg, 127 Wood Street, Pittsburg, POINTS OF EXCELLENCE. Beauty and Elasticity 'of Stitch. -. . Perfection and Simplicity of Machinery. Using both threads directly from the spools. No fastening of seams by hand and no waste of thread."- Wide range of application without chancre of adjustment. The seam retains its beauty and firmness after washing and ironing." 1 Besides doing all kinds of work done by other Sewing Machines, these Machines ex ecute the most beautiful and permanent em broidery and ornamental work- 188$ The highest premiums at all the fairs' and exhibitions of the United States and Europe, have been-awarded the Grover & Baker Sewing Machines, an', the work done by them, "wherever exhibited in competition. S$? The very highest prize, THE CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, was confer red on the representative of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machines, At the' Exposition Umverselle, Fans, 1867, thus attesting their great superiority over all other. Sewing Ma chines. For sale by C. T. ROBERTS, Ebensburg. June 17-ly- N E XV FIRM. The undersigned hereby gives potice to his Told .friends an.d customers, that on the 1st of July he admitted his son, Geo. ' II. Roberts, into full partner ship with him in the mercantile business in Ebesnburg, and that hercaltcr the firm name will be EDWARD ROBERTS & SON. Their Hock will embrace everything in the fancy and staple dry goods Hire. Groceries of every description.. Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, of the. latest styles and patterns. A full line of Hardware and Queensware, and in fact any article to be found in a well reg ulated country store. Having enjoyed a successful and pleasant experienc of more than twenty years in the business at this place, and havinc completed a Bpacions edifice on High street, aud in creased ray facilities for suppljing my.friends at all times and at the lowest market prices with the best article in the market; I confi dently appeal to those who have so gener ously given me their confidence ami favor in the. jutai -- ' -u c urasunr w patronage towards the new firm. -July 15-tf. EDWARD ROBERTS. DO YOU WANT A BARGAIN ? The subscriber offers at private sale the following described valuable property, situ ate in, Strongstown, Indiana county : OXE LARGE II O USE, Two stories high, L-shape, one L being 50 feet long, and the other 40 feet. It contains some 20 rooms, and is well suited for, and has heretofore been used as, a Hotel. Situa ted in the bnsine33 portion of town. OXE SMALLER HOUSE. Two stories high, 40x22 feet, capable of ac commodating two families. THREE ACRES OF GROUXD, Upon which the foregoing described houses are situate. The property was formerly owned and oc cupied by Barker & Litzingcr, who have dis solved partnership. TERMS: $1,300 for the entire property. $300 to $500 in hind; the balance in payments. Pos session given the 1st of April, if desired. SA- For particulars, apply to or address A. A. BARKER, maritfj Ebensburg, Pa. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In Common Picas of Cambria county. No. C9, March Term. 18G9. William Uendon and James Bcndon vs. Lvdia Bcndon. widow. and others. And now. 9th of June. I8t0. on motion nf Messrs. Johnston fc Scanlau, Jos. M Donald, Esq., appointed Auditor to report distridution of proceeds of Sheriff's sail of defendant's real estate in above writ. Br the Court. In t ursuance of the above order of Court. I will attend at my office in Ebensburg, on Monday the 23d of August, inst., wheu the parties interested may attend if they see proper. JOSEPH M'DONALD, Aug. 5, 1869. Auditor. XJ ALU ABLE TOWN PROPERTY" f FOR SALE. The undersigned will Bell at private sale, a Tot of ground biluated in the west ward of-Ebensburg borough, having thereon trected a two-story Irame house, with a lank kitchen attached, and a one Btory frame bouse, fronting 66 feet on High street, and extending 132 feet back to lot of Wm. S. Lloyd, adjoining lot of Robt. Evans on the east, and an alley on the west, form erly owned by E. Stiles. The property will be sold cheap for cash, or on good terms. For full particulars apply to V. S. BARKER. " June 3-tf. Ebensburg, Pa. FARM FOR SALE. -The undersigned offers at private sale his FARM, situate in Carroll tp., one-half mile from Carrolltown, containing 51 acres, 30 acres cleared and in a good tate of culti vation. A good frame house and barn, with other necessary outbuildings thereon erected. Good roads, church and school house con venient. A rare opportunity to get a bar gain is offered. For particulars call on or address - SAMUEL ROLLER, July 22-3t " - . Carrolltown, Pa. NEW TIN SHOP ! The undersigned desires to call, the attention of the public to the fact that he has bought the stock and fixtures cf T. W. .Wil liam's Tin Shop, and has removed the shop to the room of Mrs. M'Donald, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE BUILDING, where be will be pleased to wait on all who may favor him with a call. SSQU Prompt attention paid to jepairing. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. anl6 VALENTINE LUTTRINGER. I-WOULD RATHEB 5B RIGHTh1n PReSIDENT.-H!ist CtAT. EBENSBIJRG; PA., THtDiPJGTOT 1ft iftfto T lie Reward. "BT JOHK-O. WHITTIEB. , - Who,! looking backward from 'Ma manhood's ' prime, " : ? .. . Sets not the sphere of his misspent time? - And, through the shade r " Of funeral cypress planted thick behind, Hears no reproachful whisper of the windT ' , From his loved dead? : ; : . J-V ; c. - . - r-. . '. , . Who .bears' no trace of passion's evil force ? Who shuns thy sting, O terrible remorse? -Who' does not cast ;.-; " On the thronged pages of his memory's book, At times, a sad and half-reluctant look,' " " Regretful 'of the past ? Alas ! the evil which we fain would shun" We do, and leave the wished-for good nndone. ' . Our Btreogth to-day . ..... Is bnt to-morrow's weakness, prone to fall ; Poor, blind, -unprofitable servants all ;" . Are we alway. ' - Yet who, thus looking" backward o'er his year3, ' . Feels not his eyelid3 wet with grateful tears,' If he hath been '. ; : Permitted, weak and sinful as he was, To' cheer and aid, in some ennobling cause, nis fellow-men ? It he hath hidden the outcast, or let in , A' ray of sunshine to the cell of sin If he hath lent Strength to the weak, and, in an hour of need, Over the suffering, mindless of bis creed . Or borne, hath bent - T ' " . ) He has not lived in vain. : And while he gives The praisfl to nim in whom he moves and lives, ' " . With thankful heart, He gaze3 backward, and with hope before, Knowing that from hi3 worksite nevermore . Can henceforth part. HOW TOM GOT TO CONGRESS. ... -There was a little fellow among the New England .hills, years .ago, as there are many now, whese parents were poor. . . He could not . remember tho time when he wore shoes and stockings in the summer. Sometimes in the .winter, when he "was, obliged to walk three miles to 6chool, and until the last of May, he did wear such as his father rejected a pair of shoes that slipped up and down at every step he took. Nevertheless, they were shoes and stock ings, and he was infinitely prouder of them than any king living is of his throne and scepter. . One day, as Tom was plodding along with his slipshod shoes, puffing from exer tion, and blowing his blue fingers to keep them warm, there came dashing down the hill a sleigh such as the youngster had never seen no, indeed, nor never dreamed of. And the horse ! Tom stopped blow ing, so intense was his admiration of the elegant creature that came foaming and tossing his daintily arched neck right and left. Tom sprang aside at the very last mo ment, and as he sank up to his chin in the light snow, he tore his old cloth cap from his head and bobbed up and down as if he were in tho presence of the President. 'Jump on behind, my lad !" shouted the driver, "jump on behind !" And Tom did jump on, at tho peril of his life, and atvay they went, tearing along with great speed, until over went the sleigh, and out went the riders and buffa loes and things generally. Tom sprang to the horse's head, and clinging to the bits, the tips of his great cowhide shoes barely touching the snow, asked if the gentleman was hurt. "Not a bit of it, my lad," said he, sha king himself free of the snow; "only warmed up a little. What's the damage any?" "Nothing, sir, that I can see," returned Tom, his handsome face glowing with good humor as he yielded the horse to its owner. "Well, then, iny lad, get in, and well try again. You are going to school, I see," added the stranger, as he gathered up the reins. "Yes, sir." "How far?" ; "Guess 'tis about two miles from here." The gentleman turned and looked into his face, and then glanced all over his fig ure, even to his feet. . ' "He sees my shoes," thought Tom, proudly, givingthem a shake forward to make certain that they should be seen. The gentleman did see them, and smiled in spite of himself as he glanced back at Tom's face. . He then kindly pulled the warm furs around the boy, and, pulling his cap over his eyes, shouted "Go' along, Nell !'' And the chestnut mare, now thoroughly sobered, meekly commenced the ascent ot what was known thereabouts as the "long hill." She was evidently ' accustomed to having her own way, for she availed her self of every, little hollow to rest, and did not -allow herself to be pressed forward until the whip was applied. . , Tom wondered what had possessed the creature a few minutes before. He scratch ed his head on the right side, and then on the left, and finally, his Yrankce curiosity getting the better of his diffidence, he venturrd to ask ; ' . i what was it that Btump,". returned the gentleman, with a smile. "Nell ia a little aristocratic 7 ames.ac an such plebeian things. She dies not know that a stump was the ma king of her master." - . Tom scratched his head again, and wig gd all over. - Then came the question : -."How could a stump be tho makin of a man?" . v . . .. . "My lad " answered Tm cfM king the white surface of the fin n W oronfltr With his whiplash, "I was a poor boy, and my lather could not afford school. ... "We worked verv hard hnt. T ncaA to study in. the .evenings , by the light of the fire, and learned the whole of the Lat iu grammar by the . light of one t pitch knot." ; , . ... For a momeut Tom sat perfectly still. Then he asked, . as if ashamed of his igno raaee : ; . v, 'Please, sir, what' s a Latin grammar ?" -This last question aroused. the gentle nun, and becoming sensible that the little fdlow at his side was thirsting for know!, edge, he kindly went over such parts of hi history as he thought would be of in terest to him, and ended by saying that he wus a member of Congress. -.;-.-.This last announcement almost took -Urns ; breath away. He had heard of mpinbers of Congress, but he had an idea thftt they were myths, whom nobody ever say. Perhaps the awe with which Tom regarded him a3 he glanced up sidewise infjo nis lace flattered the gentleman, for nasaia, smilingly :, 'You are just as likely to be a member prongress as 1 1 You know,- in Amen - 9 A 1 1 1 11 success, is to De determine ana Drave. Hv yo study as I did, you may possibly rise as high yes perhaps higher I" . . MButl haven't any Latin grammar, sir," l m sa;a lorn. - - '-,".'.. - " - -"No ! Well would.'you like one ?" i"le3f ir," cried Tom, with flashing eyes. . :; ;" v ell, my- lad, I shall come this way again, and. I will leave one at tho school house for you." s "J3ut I haven't any money !" ."Never mind : you can pay me when you- get to Congress." "Thank you," said Tom j "I won't for jret it, sir. . ' The gentleman Jooked down at him with 9- J M.amuul uui l Ti-uuj -tllTJ- tTTGF IVJIt;- UU III silence until they reached the school house. " - "Please don't forget the grammar," sug gested Tom, as he lifted the old cap again. "Not I," returned thq gentleman. "A man who cannot keep a promise should not make one hey, my lad?" Nell tossed her head, and the boy soon lost sight of the rider. Then he looked down at his shoes, at his coat, and his old cap, as he hung it on the peg in the entry, and silently contrasted them with the fur trimmed overcoat and outfit of the stran ger. "Never mind," said Tom to himself, "I will have them all, too, when I am a member of Con rres3." At the, end of two weeks a bundle of books was left at the school house. There was not only a Latin grammar, but a well worn copy of Virgil, Esop's Fables, and sundry other volumes such as Tom had never seen. Pine-knots were plentiful where Tom lived, and he sat up till midnight all the rest of the winter pondering over the mys teries of those books. - As luck would have it, the school-master, who boarded around with his pupils, had not eaten the rations due him at Tom's father's. When he arrived he entered warmly into the boy's ambitious projects, and as he had a smattering of Latin him self, was qualified to aid his pupil. Although the schoolmaster was allowed the use of a tallow candle, he vastly pre ferred the more brilliant light of Tom's pitch knot ; so that, as often as the long winter evenings set in, the master and pu pil might be seen (and were seen) sitting before the fire-place with their heads butlJ In the patres or the books, along which they plodded slowly, but to such purpose that, ..at . the end of .the winter, Tom could read his fable and solve the problem in a manner creditable to himself and master. - v It was up hill work with poor Tom, but he managed to make what little he accom plished to tell on the future. One day , his father brought home a stranger, and . told Tom that he was ap prenticed during his minority, to this man, who would make him a blacksmith. "But I am not going to be a black smith," cried Tom, in a passion ; "I m going to Congress." . - "The more need that you should learn to shoe the horse that oarries you there, replied the father with a shrug. Tom packed up his worldly goods, not foreettin? his books, and trudged away to a distant village, where -he pared horses hoofs by day, and studied and read at night by stealth, for he was allowed neither knot nor candle, V x ,' V . 'VI. Six months the poor fellow tried to bo faithful to his duty; but, one night, when bis master had thrown his grammar into the fire, and lathered him for disobedience, Tom took leave of the workshop. He made his way, bare-footed as he was, over bogs and briers, until he ventured into the main .road, and by dint of begging a rjde cow and then, reached the city. As Ben. 'If you pledso, sir, made the mare run ?" Franklin had done before him. with h? roll under his arm, he sought and obtained employment. . Perhaps the hanniest dav of Tnm'a Ufa was when he found himself in an anti quarian book store with plenty of leisure, pit-uy oi dooks, and nothing to. fear from friend or foe. It was Wonderful Vw he road and read. The parched earth does not more greedily take in the summer rain. Vben bis intellectual thirst was marti ally satisfied, he began to work. He saw the ladder up which he must climb, and seizing the lowest round, he made his wav steadily upward. WV all know by what steps an ambitious man makes progress Dy patient ton by sell denial by courte ous deportment by constant acquisition oi Knowledge. Years passed by. during- all of which Tom had looked in vain for his early friend. the stranerer. In his timid awkwardness. he had not thought to ask the name of his benefactor, and the only opportunity to do so had been lost. Well, years slid away, and Tom was elected member of Congress from the very county wnere ne spent his struggling boy hood. He went , to Washington, not in cowhide, shoes and butternut colored home spun, but dressed something as imagina tion had pictured, as he looked after his benefactor on the eventful day of the sleigh ride. A nobler looking man the ladies in the galleries said never had appeared upon tne noor than this Yankee member, who, if he spoke through his nose, always drove his arrows home to the mark. One day there appeared in the House the venerable form of an er-mimkr whom all present delighted to honor. It needed but one glance at that genial face for Tom to recognize the giver of the Latin grammar. He had come, he said, to listen to the gentleman who had so manfully de fended the right, and to wish him God speed. "I, said Tom, with his old modesty, "it it has been mv good fortune to do any thing for our country in the hour of her peril, I owe my ability to do so in a great measure to yourselt. "To me !" exclaimed the astonished gentleman : "to me ! I do not recollect ever having had the pleasure of meeting you beiore in my life. "Ahsir, you have forgotten, then: the little c-cVi-trul buy Ruinn tlie liUls "of New Hampshire, to whom you kindly sold Ljatin grammar : "Sold sold a Latin grammar ! Now that you recall the incident, I do recollect a little lellow who interested whom I gave some books." me, and to 'Well, sir, I am that boy.- You told me that I might pay for them when I got to Congress. If you will honor me by meeting a few friends at dinner, I will set tle the bill." HOW A SOLDIF.R TOOK GEN. HaX- cock's Advice. Bations were scarce with us so much so that some of the boys bought of other regiments. During this scarcity, Blake happened to be on guard at Hancock's headquarters. He was pa cing bis beat very, industriously in front of the General's tent, about djylight, when the General rolled out of bed and came to the door. "Soldier, are yoa from the 140th?" "Yes, sir." "Is it true that rations arc scarce ?" "Yes, sir." "How many have you? Half enough ?" "I think so, sir," "Well, it's a poor soldier who can't steal the other half." With the last remark he went to bed again, while Blake renewed his labors. Before long the cook began preparing breakfast. One thing after another was put on the table in the mess tent, and final ly a plate of hot biscuit. When the cook returned to the kitchen, Blake stepped up, emptied them into his haversack, and re sumed his walk. Breakfast was announced and the General went in. He had net been there long Leioro he called the cook to bring in some bread. Cook told him ho. had out some warm cakes on the tablet Some conversation passed between them; and the General, stepping to the door, watched Blake very closely. Blake walked his beat, apparently un conscious of any one being within a mile. Finally the General called a corporal,, relieved Blake, and sent him to his quar ters. Ho had twenty-eight biscuits in his haversaok. The Puzzled Irishman. During the conflict with Great Britain a number of our troops were engaged in repairing the S, fortifications of Niagara: and wiile so; enao-ed, the enemy commenced a pretty sharp fire, eo that it occupied nearly the whole of the time of our force to keep on the lookout for the shots of tho onomy. Finding that they did not make much headway, they stationed a son of the Em erald Isle to give warning when a shell This tho sentinel faithfully performed. J- alternately singing out, "shot, "shell, "shot," "shell," until finally the enemy started a eongreve rocket, which Pat had never seen before. He hesitated, and seeing it elevated, he -shoatcd, "Shot, and by jahcrs the gun with it !" ! - iSa.OOIIf ADVAKCE. NUMBER 1. Au Adroit Sell, One day a gentleman called at tho store of Mr. Ralph Hardman with a violin box under his arm. He purchased a neck-tie, for which ho paid fifty cents, and then asked permission to leave his box while ho did a few errands down town. Old Hard man a dealer in new and second-hand clothing had no objection. "It is a violin," said tho goatloman, "which I prize very hitrhlv. It. was trivari tnd by an old Italian who died at my fath er's house. . I beg you. will be careful of it, sir!" Mr. Hardman promised, and tlie owripr' cf the precious violin departed. loward noon, whilo tha old rWhlno- dealer was very deeply engaged iri the i.uin. w otimi a suit oi snouuy lor hang up Prussian Tricot, a stranger entered the store a remarkably well dressed man, with a distinguished look. The violin was iri sight upon a shelf, and as no one was near to prevent, the new comer shooed aronnd and opened the box, and took out the in strument a very dark-hued and anciebt ooking one. "Hallo !' cried Hardman, when ha "What for heard the sound of the viol. you touch dat, eh ?" The stranger explained that he was a professor that he was leader of an orches tra and that he could never see a violin without trying it. And then he drew the bow across the strings, playing a few nas sages of a fine old German waltz. "3ly soul!" he cried, after he" had run his fingers over the instrument a whila. this is the best violin I ever saw ! There is not a better in . the city a perfect gen uine oia irmona i 1 will give jou. a hun dred dollars for it.iJ . - Hardman said it was not his. "I will give you a hundred and fiftv two hundred !" Mr. Hardman was forced to explain how the violin came to be left at his store. The stranger had taken out his pocket book, and drawn forth two one hundred dollar bank notes, but put them back re-: marking: "I must have that violin if money will buy it. When the owner returns will you ask him to wait for me ? If he cannot wait, ' ask him to meet me here at six o'clock. If he cannot do that, tell him to call at the office f the Treasurer of tho Academy of Music,"" and inquire for the Director of the Orchestra. Will yoa do III . Hardman said he would. "But," suggested the stranger, "you need not tell the man what I have said about this violin, nor what I have offered j because he may have no idea of what a treasure he possesses. You will be careful and circumspect." The stranger went away, and Ralph Hardman reflected. In the course of an. hour the owner of the violin returned, and asked for his box. But the shoddy man had been captivated by the golden bait. What would the gentleman sell his vio lin for ? At first the gentleman would not listen to the proposition ; but after a deal of talk he confessed that he was not himself a professor, and could not well afford to keep such a valuable instrument. He would sell it for one hundred and seventy-fivo dollars, not a penny less. Italph Hardman paid the money, and became the legal possessor of the violin, ready to take anywhere from three hun dred to five hundred dollars from the Di rector of the Orchestra, as he might bo able. But'the Director did not come. At the end of a week Hardman carried the violin to a professional friend, and asked him what was its real value. His friend ex amined it and said : "Two dollars and a-half without tho box!" Ralph Hardman wa3 strongly of tho opinion that the gentleman who left tho violin in his care was a swindler, and that tho Director was a partner in the business, and that, together, they had made him their victim. That night shoddy was marked up ten per cent. tuuiuicuwuuu ui uiuercub jLiuua u I uica l ctnes, but regarding the practice as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases d clined ; but with a INT clear proof in vari ous instances, and particularly in ray own family of the use of Dr. Hooflaad's German Bitters, I depart for once from roy usual course, to express my full conviction that, for general debility of the Syetera, and es neMnllv fnr T.ivpr Comnlftinf. it ia a safe and I r J - 1 i b. vatnable preparation. In some cases it may fail ; but usually, I doubt not, it will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully. "J. a. KENNARD." CAUTION. Iloofland's German Remedies are counter feited. See that the signature of C. . M JACKSON is on the I wrapper of each bottle. All others are counterfeit. Principal Office, and Manufactory at the German Medicine Store, Ko. 631 ARCH-St., Philadelphia, Pa. - CHARLES If. EVAXS, Proprietor. Formerly C. M. Jacksom Co. PRICES:. nc-ofland'a German Bittersper bottl, $1 Oft 4. . - t, half dozen, 5 00 IIooBand's German Tonic, put up in quart bottle6, $1 50 per bottle, or a half dozen for $7 50. Do not forget to examine well the ar ticle you buy, in order .to gt the gruuine. For sals by all Dr.ugjist audf tortlteepers, .cverywhei. ' -nlS-Gai
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