Locking the Trunk. • •11y dear,' said Mrs. SpoopenzTyke, as she arose from her knees, hot and tired with_ packing, and rubbing the small of her back- as she straightened up, 'l'm all through now, and I wish you would lock this trunk.' _'Certainly; replied Spoopgn -dyke, -ilropping his paper 'mid slaw. ining _down the lid. 'All you-'so got to . ,do is just St the. hasp in the lock and tura the key. So !' .But the hey didn't quite turn, and Mr. Spoopendyke hit the hasp with the side of hiq fist and tried it nein. 'Don't it work ?' asked Mrs. Spoopen; dyke, watching the proceeding with considerabie interest. 'lt'll work if you'll let it alone,' said Mr. Speopendyke severely, and he raised the lid, iropped it again, pound ed the has}, anti wrenched at the key with all his strength. 'Stand back and give me room, can't you ?' he growled, as be ',rased down 'on the cover and gave th key quick. twists in u vain ef fost to catch the lock unawaros. ' 'Why don't you rest yotir weight on it and let me lock it.? asked Mrs. SpOoPendyke, fluttering . around - her husband all 1 wondering, -if ho was thormighly.aware that bis - plug hat was immediately ander the- - lid. ° 'Have you got the time to keep away from this thing and.let me work it r de manded Mr. Spoopeudyke, contemplat ing his wife with a Spartan exprs,sion mug visage. "Sposo I can do a ng l i t with you sitting on my clbi) ? If you'll go down cellar for, a minute I'll lock this trunk:. iwa M r ._ Spoopendyke ':banged away at the gasp and breathed :)hard. But his best efforts conld only Urn. the key half - -way. ; . 1 . ' dock flit'Oh ! ain't I glad you couldn't ;lock f lit I' exclaimed Mrs. Spoopenkke, -anxious to stay Ler husband's growling - wrath. 'I forgot to put in your walk ing oane.' Tod gast the cane'! sputtered Xt.. Spoopendyke. 'Spose 'it's goiiig to lock any easier with a dod gusted walk ing cane sticking out at one end ? Who 'says I can't lock it ? What's the rea son Ican't lock it ?' and he stood off and fetched the hasp a tremendous kick. 'Anything else you've forgot ten to put in ? and- be sprang on the lid and tugged .at the key withlishead thrown baak and his teeth _set. 'Clot a couple of mirrors . yon want in here? Any china i4 o the'-house that ' s. wants a ride in 'this trunk ?, Want to put in that dod gasted ass on the' top floor ,who tries to play the fiddle ?' and he flopped oft on the floor and banged at • the hasp again. 'Let me sit on it,' suggested Mrs. Spoopendyke, _climbing up without waiting for a response. 'Now try it.' - Mr. 'Spoopendyke fumbled around and worked at the hasp and key, but ' fruitlessly. 'Can't ye sit any harder than that ?' , te yelled, as the key stuck and wouldn't turn either way, "Praia of breaking the measly thing ? Press down, ean't ye ?' Mrs. Spoopendyke._ squirmtal around' and said, 'now dear,' and - then looked over to see how he was getting . on, but still the kick was. obdurate. 'Dod gast the measly trunk !' howled Mr. Spoopendyke, firing the key out the window and giving the trunk a farewell kick. 'lf you want it locked you get a blacksmith and a steam der rick,' and Mr. Spoopendyke thew, him self into a chair and pretended to bury himself in his paper, 'I don't now how we're ever going to get it open,' said Mrs. Spoopendyke after a long, silence: 'Get what open ?' growled her has . _ band. 'The trunk. Now I remember, its got a spring lock, and when you took the key out it locked itself. • I don't suppose we can ever find the key.' 'That's it 1' yelled Mr. Spoopendyke. .'You know all about it how ! Why didn't you tell me it was a spring lock ? Why d'ye ,keep it to yourself for ?' "I forgot," whimpered Mrs. Spoopen dyke, 'butit will be all right. I eau open ' . 'Oh, yoi can Eoppliit snorted Mr. tipoopendyke. - ili)u're an opener. All you want is to be sharpened on both sides to. be an oyster knife ! Wit:h -. dark lantern and a skull cap you'd niake a full set of burglars' "tools ! you'll open it! If ion had II biose handle and one corner kicked off, you'd get rich as a screw driver !' and Mr. Spookendyke tore oat of the house to see if he could borrow something to pick open the unfortunate trunk. 'That gives me time to pack- the valise,' murmnr,:d Mrs. Spoopendyke, 'andTas I've got another key to the traYdr,` well do pretty well after all,' land the worthy lady began tp jam night shirts and hair oil into the bags, together with sandwiches and tooth brushes, wondering betimes whether' Mr. Spoupendyke's silk hat had been so badly smashed that it wouldn't do to go fishing in on rainy - days, even if it didn't look well enough for clihich.— Brooklyn Eagle. An Accommodating Road. Several days ago a stranger made his appearance at tue Union Depot and asked officer Batton how long before the Grand River Valley train would go out. 'ln about twenty minutes,' was the reply. 'Then • I'll have time to get a drink, won't I ?' 'You will.' " 'That's; good. I always prefer to travel ou a_stiff horn of whisky.' Ho retained in five minutes, wiping his moutilou thelhe back of his hand, and asked: 'Has my train gone yet ?' 'No, sir; You still have fourteen min utes to spare.' . 'That's good, and I guess I'll go hack for a little brandy.' When he again returned he felt in good spirits, and ascertaining that lie still had six minutes to,spare, he said: 'Now -that's what I call liberal, nail I'll lay in one more drink.' _ • The last one proved raore than he could bear up tinder, and he was not seen again for three hours. Then he came around with a wobblirin his, gait. a; ir and ' uncertain look in his eyes, and asked: - • , `Sh y, what time does that 'Grand River 1 alley train go out?' _.. 'ln bout four hours.' 'Fel hours? Why, that'll give' me time to get drunk agin. Mos' commo datin' railroad I ever saw, eh?' 'Yes.' . 'Shay, 1 doan' want to be mean. Oo'n tell 'er superintendent he needn't wait fur me any longer, 'cause 'tmay delay others. He's a aintleman, he is, au' Fm a zentlenian. I am, but when a zentleman holds a train for.tiro _ _MOB' half a day .I can't impose on Into any longer? Shay, do yon ever cry when yon get zhrnnk? I do, and if voieze no leckshreas cry now.' . No objeations being made, she .cried.- Detroit Free Press The Biache;st4 Vititans. • Vasily Tehootiialt, . aged ninety-six -years, has just i iita in the hospital of the Odessa prisonwith a reputation of having, in the course of his, vile exii;t7 ance, committed aloue,..or in coujutic-1 lion with others, 80nanrders,. and also of haviiig.escaped fewer than five I times from Siberia: He was bora near] Ismail about the year 1785, and, appears, to have been of ,Kalmuck descent,. of herculean proportions, and - of great physical strength. After serving his term as a soldier, ho alopted brigand , age as - his profession, and with. a baud of thiae or four sole of roughs kept Ithe wooded part 4`f Bessarabia nod even Ithe coriniry for miles `around ;fo.leissa during`seteral years in such r tstate of terror that the police, rather than arrest him,-lived on friendly terms' with him. At lag,' about the year 1850, • a police superintendent named Klipi - sthevsky undertook to capture him, and surround ing a low roadside inn kept by one Keeseslom and known to . be the mod of thieyes and robbers, succitded in doing so after a desperate encounter, in which fifteen' men altogether on both sides were killed or wounded. For this service Rhorzhevsky . received the Order of St. Vladimir, a distinction not so often bestowed in thosb days us in these. The old Russian, criminal coda" being then in existence; Schoomak remained lin prison nine years before being l b:onght to trial: In 1859; however, he was condemned to twenty: years hard labor in Siberia and to be flogged. Five years later - he escaped back to Odessa, • but was again caught, tried and - sent into - captivity. In 1869 he again found his way back to Odessa, but was again Caught, and after being kept in . prison till 1871,. was retired and sent back to Siberia, but the very same year he man aged to escape from there while being transferred from Irkutsk to Keacusk., and in 1874 was recaptured et s%fi'tay . et, grad. in • this Government (ShersoA). - and for the fourth time tried and remov 7 ed to Siberia. .A couple of weeks ago heappeare4l --here again, thus making the'fifth escape from Siberia, and, be .lng caught in Attempting to steal a wag- On_and repair I of horses in, one of the German colonies in this neighborhood, the - sturdy colonists, following their usual e ractiae of taking the law . into their own - hands in such 'Cases, after belaboring him and a cpmpanion.of bound their arms and legs with cords, brought them-to, Odessa, and handed them over to the prison !authorities. The two criminals had been-so roughly handled, however, es to • necessitate . theirremoval 'to - the prison iefirmary, where Tehoomak died two daps after, seven of his ribs paving been hreken. It is proposed to send his brain , tee Dr. Benedelt of Vietimi; for exatninatiou, 'that - gentleman . beiti r g reputed, to have devoted much attention to the' bruins of notorious criminal's. - • How a Fog Whistle Works. The fog whistle, hero 4 afar for ten mites, consists of t*o distinct whiAles, operated by two engines in' a building Separate from the Fifty pounds of Aeain is 'the ftirea Oarried while, at work: Every blast; lowers 'the mark four pounds: Shavings and kind ling wood are laid ail ready to start up steam when a fog Iowa:: on, and :the 'engineer can heat up for work in thirty five minutes. . • The wli;stle gives ti blast of eight seconds duration every minute -u dole. Cul sound, hat invaluable to steamers and passing sailing ve - ssels.. could hear it the .'other night booming dis mally through a fog five miles.off. The Captain starts ia *hen the fog is such that he can't sr.e (410‘ , 0 Island, one mile distant., Tlie whistle is produced by a wheel with a cam affixed; the wheel, is solid piece of work, rCgulate,l . by a governor, revolves 'once a' minute; the - cini fixed at one point ou , its.periphery, opens a pipe, which lets off steam'in the prolonged booming wail we had heard. To supply . water for steam a big tank under the same roof and supplied by the rain from it is kept pretty . full. Forty feet long by, eb.diken wide and six deep; it is not likely to run dry in any fog; .but a caloric engine. and vamp at the well will supply water in ea , .:6 - oi emergency.-Hartford Times. A Huobantl'whO Lazighea. Several men wereanaling. purchases in a Michigan avenue .stovy yesterJay; when a man wholpuPteca looking oqk of a window for some tim' turned and said: • 'Well, that's a bad case.' 'What is it inquired two or tines at one?. 'Well, I don't know who is the him band of this woman out here in the wagon, but if I were he I'd go across the street and ema , he that, fellow's 'Why ?' 'Why, because he . hai - ,been wcrking like a beaver :for the last half hour -to get up a Siltation with her.' At this one ofFile' men begat'. to chuckle. Then the chuckle ran into . a !sigh, and finally ho' had.' to- kit doNin. "What's the natter with You r was asked, - - 'Why, I , ra4Lin that woman'i3 bus band.' • , . ''Are you? And you ilr? laughing over the flirtation !". 'I -1. - can't help it,' he mid us - went off into another fit. 'Just thuz of Win a flirting and a strutting up and down and a doing the pur'...y when the. worriln out Were has. been stone blind for seven sears—ha I hs-1 ha Free Press. r • • ' Au exchange says: A docte•r wilt sit down and write a prescription; time five seconds, amr and ink, one fourth of a cent, and the patient pays one, two, three, live or ten dollars, as -the -case may be. A lawyer writes ten or twenty words of advice and gets - from ten or twenty dollar:a fromhia client. An edi tor writes a half column , pnff for a man; pay a man from fifty cents to a dollar. for putting it itftype, prints it on se-v -eral dollars worth of paper, sends •it to several thousand people, and then sur prises the puffed man if ho makes any charge. .Strange world this.. C7eoiet Extracts fro 6 Druggists. "We know the, valne of malt, hops, ealisaya and iron composing 'Malt-Bitters. "' "Our lady customers highly praise them.", "Physicians prescribe them in this.town.'i "The largest bottle and bestinedicine." _ . "Beat blood purifier on our shelves." "Ourliest people take Bialt-Bitters." "Sure cure for chills and liver diseases." A. Valuable Ship-Load. the steamship City of ,Limerick, of the Cotton:. Lino, after 11, prolonged voyage .of cigbteen days from Ham!, arrived at NoW York iceoutly. Her ds lay was caused by adverse woutht-i) She sailed tram Havre with a cargo of two handred and fifteen Peroberon French 'hOrses,, of wbich four died on the yoyage. She also bronght a 4w SonthDown sheep, consigned to Mr. Johnson,' of . Wayne, Minds. The horses wore confined in stalls. occupy. fug all the win and steerage decks and . a part of , the hurricane deck.. The yea- eel went immediately to Tier No. 37, North Rim, where the work of unload ing the animals began. The horses were all hoisted into the ship at Havre, and had to be hoisted out at this end of {tlie voyage. A strong box or stall Was at tached to pulleys and lowered in the' hatchway, :a horse was backed in and secured, and at a signal to the engineer tho animal was raised to the deck. A narrow gangwiy led- to the pier; which being fate l en feel below the steamer's eek made a very steep incline. The horses would. hesitate a while and then, perhaps ditching sight of one of their amber. en the pier, would plunge down quickly: When a colt happened to l be separated from 'iti mother it ovonago pall melt down - the gang Way With .a' whinny of pleasure. , r: r A hire crowd gathered to witness the unloadii*. There were sonie fine,proud looking black and grey stallions, which stepped around on 'the- wharf with a quickness one woirld net expect in horses weighing titian 'Ahout fifty were 'unloaded 'Thuraiay afterreon, - some being put immediately in the cars on a float at the end of the pier, while a few were seat to Stoddart's bonded stable, No. 600, Greenwich street. It -:. was hoped . by Saturday: to start the two initiated rapine• imMigrants on .their is o and alkali days' journey to Wayne, Dlineis. ' Mr. Halley, a freight superin- . tfri dent of the NeWlYork Central Rail y,, a Company, who ivas on the pier last veiling said that this was the. largest d f ico ' of live stock he had evershipped'out i oNew York. . A special .freight train' ' twenty-eght:cars has been . provided, ch ear holding sixhorses,' or twice as any colts. - it.M., W. Dunham, the importer of the erses, said that ho had had his agent, Mr. Johnson, buying in France since March, arid the. lot .was not only •the largest ever broughtnyer, but amounted to one-tenth of all the Norinan horses ever. imported: "We 'charterer( the vessel last May,'' said he,- "and sent her to London to be • fitted up before send ing her to Ravre. - Thedot comprises over one hundred grOwn stallions, fifty mares of all ages, and the rest stallion colts of various ages.. The lot includes some of the choicest stock to be got in France. TwentY-fiv,e of the stallions were exhibited at the. Annual Exhibition of the Seven Deprtments held at Illencon last June, aud'they took all but One of-the prizes Offered. I. paid from 4'1,500 to $1;800 for the prize. animals, and :rota $l,OOO to $1,200 for the others. The lot I call worth a quarter of a mil lion dollar?. When 'I get them home I dill have about 350; or.one r lifth of all in this' country of Jiro breed. I have ene farm-of GOO acres•oritthere, awl an other of 2,000 acres. I raise and sell for breeding purpos'es, and also work a goad many of them. Tire:Pe:Theron horses are more spirited and finer Shaped than the North of French breeds. "The Percheron distriet•is something like Vermont, a high plateau hetween the Seine and the Loire, and has been rised for centuries for 'raising horses. From breeding for 'war purposes in feuds! tiraes they came to breeding for farm work, and when the • diligence sYstem was displaced bY,railroads a Still heavier class of borne was called. for: These horses weigh froin 1,500 to 2;000 pounds; and stand sixteen, to seventeen hands 1.1-i,ib. It Las been hard work . to get so many together, but the French will sell: aeything if you give' them Money enough. There L 10 1 .83.3 are brok en ' when two years old. Few of the horses are e.ide.l, . and the stallionsnie all worked arid so.tept-tractable. ' They drivethern hilched,tandera, several in a line. The French practice of working ,this breed of horses, is the reason of their strength and willing disposition. 'A colt of this breed will press forward at prled-when a collar is put on him. l i lt is as. 'natural for him to work as for a trnitiJ.:l , horse to trot Ora runner to nip. It is aAraristuissable quality; and these herses have inherited a \civillingness 'to Weds' for centuries' beek.\, ,They 'are popular work-hors , eseseryWhere. Thdre are men here not: from Atermont, Can ada, and Penneylvatiia after them— I sell them. in uearly every State and Ter i story in the Union. I recently sent a $lO,OOO 'shipment to British Columbia; the Governor of .Manitoba has: pur chased several; and I ~ have: had orders from New Zealand. A dross be:6min this breed 'and native stir& giveS flue • i.t. animals for farming cr truckio;. I Tte. stallions have been inbred so 'long that 0.14 .- g A very ,- good colts from very . commom mares." • • —How the James Boys :Operate: Jesse and Frank go fete; a 'l:timing community and _ bet:wile acquainted with tilt men, and:, pick out Certuiu ones, alter a , - c-ar.!ful _study of their character, to join with then; Ina par ticular robbery. They!caretully hi cb the 6ubj2ct to Jitem, and if they ,-,eref nilliug they agree t' ) giVa..thein . all the way froni SIOQ to ssoo . taer. They are required to-h - ohitiip auellire off Runs and raise ft"iiteket ihile Jesse and - Frauk, with -perhaps one er two txptricaecd trusties, - do the' robbing. Immediately after the completion of the. job 'the fartners,er, paid .the stipulated sum, whether the haul is large or small, and then they ride to their homes, while the James , boys strike out to a place of safety. The men who lutve been inveigled,into tee job are never asked to go into. a sithilar anderzaking a second time, but they ever uftcrWard remain under thell - pwer and fear of the „larded robber chidftains, - upon whom they dared nut squeal, for by. so. doing they would give themselves away.- They always; stand ready. to protect and se crete the James boys when they are hard pressed. Titis.expiniuS Why the Jai s es boys have so many friends iu Missouri, and 'Why it is gb- difficult to catch them, It is as lwi'd to fled them in Missouri as it- would be to needle iu bay Stack.- - Otnaltaßepubli. can,' , He had lost ilia kuire.aad thoy abked hint the usual qmstion: 'Do you know where you lost it ?' 'Yes, yes.' he re 7 'of course r do. I'm mer Minting in these other places for it o kill time.' • - • . THE POPULAR CORNER nu Ailed Op the old MOisiTANYE STORE with tullood oomph, stock of FRESH OROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. Call here for your Groceilaa. After you 'got prices at Bose' it will bo of no use to try oboe. whero for his prices aro down to rock, bottom. , - . Formal's can get tho tip-top of the-market a (lee. L. Ross'. All kinds of Produce. taken in ex change for goods or for cash. , •.. biaidi :5 Cl. Store MEE ECT STRENGTHENER A,SUR MON 'I3ITTERS are highly recanantraded - for ' all , &serum re quiring a certain and efficient tonic;; especially /adigestion„ Ihjapepeht, Inter-': orittentlllvere; 'Want of Appetite; Loa of Strength, Lack of Puny, eta Enric hes t he blond, strengthens themusolei, and give:3llCW life lathe nerve& * They act like a charm on,the dimtive organs, remot ol lrsi c tll dyswptiosyinptems, such as .Toting the Food, Eddeing, Hoot the Sr Hear ern, efr. The only Iron Preparation Vila will not bine en the teeth or give headhohe. Sold'hy all druggist: Write for the Alt C Bonk, 82 pp. of useful-aud aztusing reading—sent free. ' I . • BROWN 'CHEMICAL CO.. Balthnore, ma. BITTERS , 4 '- ' l GEO. L. ROSS, PEtOES AS LOW AS TIIE LOWEST. 144;11a1 1 . • MAIN S.I9PRJEE'r4 (NEXT DOOR TO MOB & CO. s prepared 'to offer a complete assort „ meat of DRY AND FANCY . DODDS, • Crockery, -Glasgware, :WHITE and DECORATED CIIiNA. Latest designs andfpatterns of MAJOLICA WARE; CAGES, SATCHELS, &C. For the coming, Sprmg Trade, we adhere as heretofore to our established principle—that a vtick sale with a small profit is better thati - a slow one with a large profit—and itherefore our prices in any line of goods • will compare favoratile with the prices of any other house. girte 'endeavqr to. sell the best article for the least possible money. myG.tf LOEWUS I FREIMUTH. =0 RT `kd • ILI-uf gAIUURE • FOR r: 7 1 1 '111'1MA L • Az:ft ~.:. r.... 7 :11cliss-.zidaf the KIDNEYS, . . ' --., LP.' it li N4 ^ 13 ()WEL& v . . !. 1 . : e.:35.1:1-....-, ill:" nyitoaf f tha iirrid poinesi I_l ih..:, c-, 4al t.:14 Cr.... 2.4. 1 .11 wait:ring which Er." only t..',.; riot•lic..% of 'Xil.. - =Mimi nan reallez /YIig_ANDS 97 -CASES • ; : : •: ,, t ,3 7.i .bc , + .,.. .- n 0, ,. .,..u6 .1 . T . :„ -.... 3 re cr i, t,n tr a blo diagr e 1 . PE .F.': rECTLY- CURED. ' - Frrri.`t a r...r - r77 ...-1;',.. - - - ii •.--..-.-, ' ' 'l -- - • - uRT R,.,,. eAti i 4 .... 5, :..,,..: v•-• .. . • + - Ir'.' . 'e..?. , ;;;;:f. , :a . -'xe-i'vr .. ..-.•.- "... '''' ' il L...2.1.ctnc.....n1ecint snetzsc, anti ,rai iguncisie ;,.... r 2.10 in •• ••••• ~, 1 - •;.-. t-•,f th , l - Comitry. In Min f $ c're,!'..l4 i., t, ..:, t i...mcu . .., - ...1‘71ici0 all" else had i ; _:• :ill, '. It it :tlile., bt7L ieleiCat, CERTAIN , IN l'l'S A( 'TI ii ••:, but liarMl.isa iu rill eases. 1 , 4 , -,••• ci •-•im , ..; ';'l , -,:tlicns and itiveshiew ,'; . • .• 1 .)':.....11:::-..: 1L:.72.7.r....a..1:dzara=c0ti the bedy. I, , h ~ ~.. - • ... 7 ... V.N. klk 41 CM islichteys is restored. r I r•r. .ii Tn. I; e! , :n=rd of all disease, and the Z. I lioc..l4ni.;:a f.-ce.y'and liesithfalY_ .: In this K . ..i :my CM Worst diseases tire eradicated from 11 ii,c•f3 - s:c - .r; . . ~ ..k. - AZ. It 1...1.' .s. haen proved by th :.. 0”,..5.s din _that . .. f"i,, -,...ie •-• c - --v- - w OR T , q-s--i ~.- :1 i '" I,IIT- -, L';'......-,..-....., .... ~- „ ~ . .., . 4 1. .-i its t:• .3 malt. oMM etall romodi for cleansing the A by:7, , ,,f717 of all morbid sce-ttibus. It ghoul be ' 11.:... , .i iv oviry koitashold so, ,: ' ... , P.O MEDICINE - • i R.I N Air , t 7 - 2 c -.7_ , :(2.3t krLICUTC?S,9„ .CONITITTPA. Ti; . ..;1 7 ,1•Tra. 4 and r.ll ,E=4T..E Dirmises., Dun, t up'ia Dry Vs;tc t able Farm. in tin cans. . ons v..n.".......7 , .: of c I:kb - make:4oquart' medicine. ; • ...I -,r; in i.i rn i.I l'aroz, very Coneentratedfor I Chaster than over at the on.D,EiiIABLISHMENT. • JAMES BRYANT, would, }tall the atten tion or FARMERS and others to his large and complete` assortment of ()pen .8 - 6 9rop.l3tiggies BM PL &TFOEM WAGONS all of Ids own MANUFACTURE and war ranted in - 6very par - - titular • pryant's Flexible Springs steed In all Platform Wagons. The easiest azl,beat In two. NOW .tSNOUR TINE TO BUY! Look at theselinres: . . N Two Seated Carriages trom . 1 $l5O to $176 Ehattons, one seated' ,125 to 150 Top Buggies .w. ' • • ' 125 to 150 Open ,Buggies i: ,- SO to .100 . _ Democrat Wagonsi' - 90 to 110 Remember that the above are all fully warrant. ed n llrst.class Or np pay. • Repairing promptly atttended to it 25 per cent below het years prices. -•, . Office and Factory cor. Stain and Elizabeth Ste. JAS.IBRYANT. g,tt KLINE'S MARKET. Attn. c).t. 13 lA,COCIK isin Street, First Ward. JOHN W. KLINE, MEAT & VEGETABLE IVI A.RKET o a more convenient, location, and established himself in- the Carroll. Block. opposite Seely's Hotel, is-prepared to supply his patrons irith • TUE CHOICEST bp - . utters. , • OYSTERS IN THEIR REASON, FRESH 'VEGETABLES. DOMESTIC &a.; ko; siraotaxise SAlSlDE:wepecialty. MI or derstinimptlt delivered. Ma BIENGSMINI PRE BEN UE TONIC A. D.Dye& Co cl-rEtsnw.tr.Aa, DEALERS IN HARDWARE SHEET IRON COPPER WARE. STOVES. HAPPY THOUGHT RANGES Sold in Towanda and hißiuoE-rcuLERs '.l SUPPLIES. CARRIAGE WOOD-WORK; 'CLARK'S FLEXIBLE SPRING GEAR, A. D. DY E . & .G o. -MAIN ST 'TOWMIDA. .n _ , -, • • - Yon that have beauty; Come and let us take it,• And you that have none,* - Come and let us make It. ' . , • _PHOTOGRAPHERS, . . • Cordially invite the public to give ahem a call at the Boptus.prmerly occupied by • . • '.G. H. Wood, TOWANDA, PENNA. , . . Recent improvement* in the skylight have fur. wished facilities for taking perfect piitures quickly and in all kinds of weather. PORTRAITS FROM PHOTOORAPIII and DE CEASED PERSONS specialty. ' Finished in In. dia Ink, Water Colors, Crayons, or Pastelies, any size. i FI'NEST WORE 01? 'ARTISTIC EXCEL- LENGE GUARANTEED. A STOCK Or PRAXES oN HAND AT ALLTIMES. F. • C 4 EL DAYTON . . ROCKWELL. Oct, 8, 1880:. - ly 4- • - MILS. D. I.S E, • Aidruifacitirer of andpenie; - HU-MAN: HAIR UCH WIGS, BANDEAUX, thepoptaar Chtitelabio Braid, . EVER - ITMNa BELONGING To ruz RAM TIUME ga-SpecialAttention given to COMBINGS Boots all turnedono wsp. SWITCHES from S 1 upward!. Also Agenefor r • Hunter's Invisible Face e Madam Marrs Corsets, and §llOuldet Brace Elastics.' tirP_articular attention paid to dressing ladles hairat their bona* or at my Plaro or boldness. over Evans k Bii4retb•a store. a. " novlB-6nT tyll44Egil 0)4 skt:tu: : ,( til COLLECTION AGENCY BRINK & BI7OIC, Leßaysville. Will writs Policies tor risks in Fire and Llie la suranee. ckillatt Claims with are and . promptness. They represent nous but - FIRST -GLASS. COMPANIES I They solidi tbseonidasee abd pstronsge of Slums bating business in their line, and . will endeavor to merit to r*addrass' . - luta tt B! . U BUM. Lellaysvilit ,pa marcbl9-tt ','.:'';.:.".Te.'''''l-'''Z, i'''',.'A,'.--),,..'', ' ' - ...- • • ~, ,•. ~ . .. SE ME ERN TIN, AN 240 Vicinity. AND. BLACKSMITH'S &a., &e. I ' -4... -- COO }:taa.ll). V.I3TEDGE. eldall AND > 2 ~ ~ _- ft MU REM BRIDGE:STREET rftwiTußE KORE FURNITURE. We, are eionstantlyreCeiving the newest an d latest patternS in PARLOR SUITS ) BED ROOZCSETS, • • TABLES, WARDROBES, -AND-.-- Everythjug.' in the. ',Priv.. •nature Lino. Undertaking. We make a specialty of this branch and shall give it our personal attention. We have a full' line of CCOVFINS, . . CASKETS. "R.CIESES, &c. and will not be undersold. Give us a call before - purchosing elsewhere. N. g.—J. S. Allyn kw no connec tion with our business. = • Ei B. TIERg, Succesior to N. P. iCKS TOWANDA:JAN. 20th. 1881. Stevens & Long General Dealers in GRocznizs, PROVISIONS, ON COUNTRY PRODUCE I:l:Vja):l_l*',MMl To their new store, COR• MAIN AND PINE STS., 'The ell stand Oro; Stevens is Btorcnr.) They invite attention to their complete assortment and very large stock of Choice New Goode, which they hove alwa irt' oti hand. ESPECIAL ATTENTION.. GIVEN To tile PRODUCE .TRADE . And Cash - Paid. for lo Hinds. U. J. -LONG. DR. JONES' CREAM CAMPHOR IS THE NAME of the popular Liniment that cures Aheumetiam, Neuralgia, Swollen or Stiffened Joints, Frost Bites, Pain in - the Face, Head or Spine, Chopped Handa..Bruisee, Sprains, Burns, Mosquito Bites, • Sting or Bite of an insect, Potion etc., for Man or Beast Always sellable, and almost instantan eous in its relief. Having en agreeable odor it pleasant' to apply. Sold by all druggists. Price 29 cts. N. B.—Thies Liniment received a Prize Medal at the State Tait.. 1679. ASA JONES, Prop'r, 319 N. 9d St, Phila., Pa. Jan, 13 6-m. DR.ZONL'INCREANE OANCEIOII, 'THE NAME OF • the popular Liniment that cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Swollen or Stiffened Jqints, Frost Bites, pain in the Face. Head or Spine. Chapped hands, Bruises. Sprains. Burns. Mosqtdoto Bites, - Jiting or Bite of an in sect, Poison -from common Poison Vines. etc.. for nun or least. •,Always reliable, arid almost instantaneous in its relief. Having an agreeable odor, it is pleasant to apply. Sold by all drug gists. Price 25 cents. N. B.—This Liniment received &Prise Medal a the State Fair.lB7o. Mat 20 ly. CANCERS - CURED AT CRANE'S CANCER INFIR MARY,. ADDISON, N. Y. • HUNDREDS OF PERSONS from all part, of the world have been eared of this much dreaded disease and are now living witnesses that that havabeen rescued from terrible and maim)" death:: ,Doctors. Minlatera and the Poor treated Free. Vrite Da a Circular giving fun particulars. kddreal Drs. OW. • CHM k RUSH BROWN. Addison: N. Y. Sept.3o,lyr.OPßaco. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE Is sure to cure limbs!. , to. It removes all unnatural enlargements. nose nos swum. Has no equal for any lameness on beast or man. It has cured hiMoint laments' in a person who 'had suf fered id years. Also cured rheuma tism,, corns, frost-bites or any vases, cat or lameness. It has no equal for any blemish on hoi eve. Send for Illustrated Ovular giving POSIIIVE Pries $l. ALL DRUGGISTS have it or can get It for yen. Dr. DJ Kendall it Co.. Proprietors, lauosourgh enemas. H. O. Portant, Agent. Towanda. Pa. FINEJOB PRINTING.—AII kind of Fine Job Printin promptly executed at lowest rates, a MR* BILMPOED ExPtromoax Office Dont fail to give no a trial.= Good type model% presume and experienced week mrei AAli work Warranted firditlars. iGenei.id ; liistit.4.**, -.. 'Aifttif, OS* iota PA:TCIi 4 TRACT Main L COVAIUSRFATIONb 21IROUGH POST OPIIIOII WILL lIII ORIVEPROIIIPTATTIMiON 0r23 1 18 tf • • T'NUIR,'&.CO.'S GROCERIES Thlrsei time mono b buying cheep Is 1111 . Cloitiker Itala and lhamaili IMO. They reepeottally annotates to the pull° that they hive a huge stook of TWIRL IT D.' KRAL. GRAIN. SALT, FM I PORL end PROVISIONS generall3r, we hivir Mist adolsitto out stock s twisty Of WOODZN 10/4a 4 inch u BUTT3I3I TOM FIR 71:1711.108118218. Just received s large stock of Bagars, Tess,: Coffees, ihiloes e MOULEIO2II3 PVB SOAP, the bestir' the 7 market, and other makes of soap Syrup sad - Mohasco, which they offer at low prices for Cub. widen • (jin2T.t ;1 2 • CO) ' 9 4 m r d 5 8 23 CA g ist - z 0" • t 3 •tzl to z R - tIl z J. H. SIEMMINIS. THE FASHIONABLE BOOT, SHOE -AND GAITER - MANUFACTURER.. Is now prepared to da all kinds of work in his lino in the latest styles, and cif the best material._ ALL WORK and MATERIAL WARRANTED. Repairing done neatly and promptly on short notice. In PATTON'S BLOCK Over Jacob's Clothing Store. PICTURE GALLERY G. H. WOOD & CO will open their New Gallery in on the First Monday of April. Moving fitted up entirely new, with the beat of instrumento, we are prepared to make Tintypes, 4 at one sitting, all Tor 50 cts. lb neat envelopes, 10 for sl.ou. Copying of all kinds of Photagraphs,and Stereoscopic and large view work done at this gallery., Give us a call and we will try and satisfy you in.price and quality. mar ps A. BEVERLY SMITH, • BOOK BINDER - AND • Dealer in Sctoll Saw Goods. BOOKBINDING OF ALL.KINDS DONE,' NEATLY rind CHEAPLY. Fine Blank Books MY SPECIALTY. Amateur's Supplies. This department of my br.siness is very corn plate, and being a practical sawyer myself I know the wants of my patrons. • WOODS. • BLADES, , , • CLOCK MOVEMENTS, &e, constantly on hand. air $1.25 worth of designs fritgk r. Send for price Hats. - "11EPONTER" BINDERY, street, P. o.lbot 1512. Towanda, Pa GEO. STEVENS. *.lndispensatue to the Library. Clergyman. Law• yin*. Physician, Editor, Teacher. Student and all of any nailing in life who desire knowledge.". EncyclopaNia Britannic& The American Berintr—Mith Ma. This great work Is oeyond comparison superior n its eloaborste and eshatistivechancter to all simUsi works. The contributors sae the most distinguished and original thinkers and writers of the present and of the past. This Issue is the Ninth million in a space of over 100 years since its inception. and this re.' print, a copy in every partionlar of the British Edition. is the best and cheapest work ever over. od to the American people. The artieles arc written in a most attractive style, and the quantity of matter in each volume is one-third greater per volume than In any other Cyclopedia sold at the same rates. The work containr ' -.amends of Engrg vinp on Steel and Wood, 0z.,. tt is 'printed from entirely new type made ETV for It. It will be oom In 21 Imperial octavo vol. tunes. four of w are now ready. aid the sae. wiling volumes trill be baled at the ate *fibres year. Murry vol.. cloth binding. - add Sob/ 4 )47 by iqmtelesan peg, APPI7 to the Publishers. _ • 1. IL IFECIDBABT_ di 00.. Cansinft entnag. octal narwmanw, M CMS TOWANDA. PA. STOP AT FOR AND PROVISIONS. TOWANDA. PA. :i ~' • • • bi O o Merry Pri $: I ' 4 r) " 1114 F•mi t I i R J 1"4 ti) LA j%(s) : 1 z 1 IN TO gANDA. Patton's Block, MO M' . .yIIENDELMAIi ;..' JEWELLER, le itlll to be found at the OW STAND M4l)f STREET, Next door to .Dr. MO. Porterls Drug litor,e . WITII A nrial LINE pH FINE AMERICAN AND . SWISS WATCHES, JEWELRY, )STERLING SILVER AND FINE PLATED WARE, _ SPECTACLES dz EYE GLASSES CLOCKS ? FEW THE CHEAPEST_TO THE NWT. fir ALL OF WHICH WILL RE BOLD AT THE VERY LOWER' Name, Clocks. Wadies and Javan pronaptlyinaired toy an experienced and competent wort:Man. • M. RENDELMAN. i.itptl6-U NATHAN TIDD, (Successor to Kr. liellesa,) DEALER, EN VITTSTON, WILKESBARRE AND LOYAL -SOCK 0 0 A.L, - a•i op •I . : ' I :I I: TOWANDA, PA. W LOWEST palms pot was The patronage of my old Mends and the piddle generally is solicited. tug 80 . c , N ?.\ W RAILWAY : ?Tri1.." 7:1 11 P r; 4 .41111177.1 7 . . h• r e i t;L luil ls i ta l n• - alien r .}.' • ! \' z' , _ . 444 ft L _.....:-0 1 / 4 5 1 .: mamma • Was , CmilCA ° 1 .....,„........„, —slam— Chicago & North-Western RAILWAY Ii the OLDEST BEST CONSTRUCTED BEST EQUIPPED I and hence the LEADING'RAILWAY OF THE West and Northwest - t is the short and beat route between Chicago and all points in NORTHERN . ILLINOIS. lOWA, DAKOTA. WY OMING. Nebraska. atllifotzda. Oregon. Arizona, Utah. Colorado . Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and for' Connell Multi" Omaha,Denver, . LEADVILLE, SALT LAKE. San Frinoiico,Deadwood,SiOllX City, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines. Columbus, and all Points in the Territories. and . the West. Also. for Milwankee;Green Bay. Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Marquette. Fond du Lac, Watertown. Houghton, Neenah, Menasha, SE Paul, Minneapolis. Huron, Volga, Fargo. Bismarck, Winona, LaCrosse, Owatonna, and all points in Minnesota, Dakota, Wisconsin and the Northwest. At Council Bluffs the Trains of the Chicago & North•Westerh and she 11. P. Wye depart from, arrive at and use the same joint Union. Depot. At Chicago.,close , connections are made with the Lake Shore, Michigan Central; Baltimore k Ohio, Ft. Wayne and Penney) is, and Chicago & Grand Trunk Wye, and the Kankakee and Pan Handle Boutel. ggrClose connections made at Junction Points. ' It is the ONLY LINE ramming Pullman Hotel. Dining Can =limn Chicago and Cauncil Bluffs. Pullman flyovers on all Night _Trains. Insiet npenTicket Agate selling you Tickets Min this rusiE.•: Examine your Tickets. and realm •tb_ buy if tberdo not read over the Chicago & North-Western Railway. If you :fah the Best Traveling Accommods- Alone you will buy your Tickets b this route, tirAND WILL TAKE "NONE OTI An Ticket Agents sell Tickets by this - Line. KAMEN( IiIIGIIITT, 24 Yik.k.Ben•Wsneff." --- - spr7 • Chicago. LIVERY, STABLING, . . • Editing, Caftinge-iling and • Seneca Arnold Having leased his farm ;in _Warren, has located in the above branches of ;Nisi . ness, on . FRONT ST., BELOW BRIDGE, Towaiisldlat, .Pa. HE HAS STABLECO FOR 40 HORSES: For use of stalls..s cents. each. Also. Horses and Carriages for hire. , Rlacksmithing in all its branches, promptly done. Horse Shoeing a specialty. Carriages Ilanuriotured and Repaired. If you want anything in the above line call on SENECA ARNOLD. April 224 f " • DIRS. 4: B. WHITNEY, FASHIONABLE 111ICILLIZOI ER, DRESS-FITTER &DRESSMAKER ALSO AGENT. FOE THE Domestic Perfect:Fitting Patterns No. 3 Bridge St., Towanda. Stock entirely new and freak from the city; ao old goods in stock. Ckiods and work tuisurpaased either in styles or make up. oet2S.ly HUMPHREY.BROS, & TRACY, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in all kinds of KEN'S, BOYS. WOMEN'S. KISSES, AND CHILDREN'S Boots, ShOk-Rubbershq CORNER MAIN AND ELIZABETH STREETS, MiSi SPECIAL A I42IOI INCENM JAMES M'CABE sus matovatius anocpty Butaxas TU lount-BASF coma - ow .314 'ND BRIDGE sums, minx Head Quartev a FOR M0T1711120 IN . THE LR OF MUM, MUM, CASH PAID for Desizable N s . dues. Fine BUTTiR and Baas a specialty. EVERY QUALITY op CARDS, JOB PRINTING Yon need not Die to Win MML ENDOWM Yon receive one-half of your mama Di cording to the American Life Table, whe thirds of your life expectancyls finish( illustration. a man or woman _pining the dation at 36 years of age taking a.certitest 12.500, receives $1,275 wheri a Utile over US of age. ezaitly the period in. life when r financial help Is generally more needed any other time. BLANK BOOK MANUFACTU AU work in hie line done well and promyi lowest price. Parties having volumes incomplete will' nis). 4 with any missing numbers at cost pt. orders given to J. J. &wan, .Agent rd County will be promptly aerated or ig to directions. . lep94 2D5 THE- MOST SUCCESSFUL REBEDY ever covered, as it is certain in Ha effects EA not blister. Also excellent for borax BUD PROOF. BELOW. FROM COL L T. FOSTER. Youngstown. Ohio, May 10th, 1881 Dn. B. J. Ezzrom.z. & Co:—I had a very' ble Hamtdetoulan colt which I prized Teri ly. be bad a large bone sparin on one join; a small one on the other which made him lame; I had him under the charge of two ve nary surgeons which felled to cure him. 1 one day reading the advertisement of Yea Elnavitt Cure in the Chicago Express. I date id at Once to i t , and got our druggist to send for y ordered three bottles 7 them all and ought I would give it a trial. I used it according to directions Puyth! l lay colt ceased to be lame. lumps hails disappeared. I used but gee and the colts limbs are as free from LIM as smooth as any home In the state. U tirely cured. Ths cure was so ramstkabl I let two of my neighbors have the • two bottles, who are now 'nitwit,. Kettda eiPaViD. ON HUMAN FLESH. Patten's Mills. Wash'ton co., N.Y.. Feb.21;61. Di. B. J. KCIIDALL, Dear Sir:—The par case on which I usedyour Kendall's Spar was a malignant ankle sprain of Wiwi' standing. I had tried many things, but i Your Spavin Cure put" the foot to the V again, and for the first time since hurt. natural position. For a family liniment , cola anything we ever Used. Yours truly.. REF. R. P . BELL. Pastor of M. E. Church, Pattens Price $l, per bottle, or sir bottles for S. Druggists. have it or QUI get it fer you, of be sent to say address on receipt of price proprietors, DR. D. J. KENDALL k CO, burgh Falls. Vt. Sold at Dr. H. C. Porter's Ding Roth july2B-81. rrc.)wANDA., PA.L RE HAS EMBLISIIIrD - ,&c., &c. WE KEEP IN STOCK ENVELOPES, NOTEEM9, IM'TTERHEADB, STATEMENTB, =I &c.; &c., D WILL DO ALL KIND. Sfil" ; AT SHORT NOTICE. IN THE AND CIOIINT ASSOCIATION Of Bath, N. Y.L BLADES k General Agents for AD OOK BINDER, PAPER RULER, LT fred Purvi No. 131 cknessee street, UTICA, N. Y AU.' Very ILeepectrially, L. T. FOSTER. TOWADIDA. PA IEI April 29 iy
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