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ly &.• TRACY, Pablkhers.
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Bradford Repilicao
:', - ,lo.i.fit.tl Every Thursday,
k Tow.opA, PA., icy
I-10Lp vIB TRA CY.
• ;a I'rr l onn nn. in -.droner
fdr, GesirS—ti cents a line for first
eents per. line for all sub
itea•llna 'notice adverts,
line. Eight lines constitute a
r, lu welve lines an inch. Auditor's
‘timitilstrator's and Executor's
2.' 0 Yearly advertising $11'4).001)0!
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Tst. I:Eel .. .Lice; ie pul?lishesiziii the ltliey,
goore awl Nobles illeek,lll the corner of Bain
rlnc ptt rev is, over J. F. Corset's Boot Sad
tor, ite , circulation is over 2000, Am an
•filurn It is unexcelled to ItiCtin
ti,•l I
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, ;.,-er.l6. la utou, Bradford County,
. entrusted to their' care i
w, will,reet , i‘'n prompt attention " "
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0 ".2- ,veli Co.
I- . . .
‘Li i F.. 1. N . Office. in WOod's Block. south
Cl•:,r,t • tt: .nal liaia!:. up stairs. June 12,923
S INW-4:?.ibree sad 'l. Eltbrre.:
Aleieur,Block. Pat* St may 14,78
DE ..K EVEitros ( Ben ) .V Peck ctruiDA 00 , 1:
sln . (Wel' II ill's 'Market - 49-'l9
.% Office ovsr. Dayton'■ Story
` • apri114,76
Of'LEW: Office In. Mosn'o• Block.
apri1.1,76
Ell
c.kIt.N , KIIAS fi HALL. (W T pav,tel
0,7 an. L M Offico MCI
• :ntrance on Poplar St.. 081475
['NET * A. Solicitor of Patents.
;:I;ar att. ution paid to business in
• ~ i rt snd t••••the settlement of estates.
i.niauce's Block 49-79
FE
YOl'N'ti. (1. McP4rut and
/dice south si4e of !darer'''.
feb I,lg
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rcrl fLt k - sis. N•eLE `k. BUFFINGTON. (H
VV-:11 - , E J Angle and E D Buffingtun).
-st main street. two doors north
tusiness entrusted to their
lye prompt attention. oct 26,77
AND .101 IN W. CODDING, Attcir-
I I , muselloreAtt-Law. °Mee in the
- 1(!. T. Kirby's prtig Store.
July 3, 'SO tf.
T 7 } P. ttorn , •)-v-Law. Office 'fr
\ :•:,, u.ye•R !duct:, Nlai6, Street.
W and E. -A , Attorneys-at
, • pa; ,ifileo . Mercur. Block,
; li;rhy's Drug Store. entracte° on Main
;•-• • u9rth of Post-oillee, All
1 , ;•• niptly.attende.l to. Special-atten
. •;. elaimus ,• c against the United State/
'Patents. etc-, and tc
I st•ttleineut of decedent's es ;;;ter.
ty •••,-
B. 31:KEAN..
• ()AN EY- 3:UitE,A-C1
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1,,ft)11 PA.
p.,t,•ri tg. t,uvefiin men t cliiins • t
f Iffiebrl2
)'.',/ ANS AND SURGEONS
' 1 •.i U.. !A.D. Ofiko over Dr.
• prag Store; reb 12,78
i U n. t....N. sF. G. °Mee at Dwelling
, ruer Westpn St. rob 1.1477
Li. , )111,:9 let door above old
Slain street: Special at
tv.rn to iiselece,pf tart, ,throat and
jii,llyo,7B
s. .\.D. Ofnee and told.
• • \llia ntree:. :tont, ot 31 . E.Chur b.
iolt , ler r Pension Dr •-artment.
- - 22 78
t 11-. D. ()Mee Pine St.. Jpposifp
-• hours from 10 to 12.a.m. ana,
- • iipecial attention given to
.1 't.:4t , Eye: and Diseases of the Dir.
- • oct 20 77
11 L., 711
/ FitAICIAN SCILO LON.
• -•lnd (.111co lust north of Dr. 4,:orbon's
-tr....t. Ithens. Pa.
110TE . LS.
,r 4!: Ntsin•Tit.. next corner south
H • • street.' tiew house and new
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tlo , :n.rhout._:, The proprletpr has,
• r pains or. expense In litiiing,h4
reipe-ctfullt solicit:es shire
' •... : , ..,tronago. 51f;s1s at all. hoarai. Terms
.lane Stable stt•ched
WM. HEMIY.
sECAET
k . t POST. NO.- GS, .A. R. Mesta
s it , irday evouing, at l'itilitary !fall.
I 1 I.:0. V.r.NlYEit, Commander.
, feb 7, 79
%I. 1.01 , 4 E, NO. 57. Moets.kt K. of Y.
...very Mouday (wining at 7:30. In
, benefits $3.00 per week. Aver.
.2 }Tare experience, $ll.
' JESS F.; AYERS. Reporter.
1 • .:';• Dictrz . tor. fob 22 78
, 17): F. No. la. I. o`. 0. F, Meet
• ~ t 4 Hall. every Monday evening
' !:. Ren4rr 2IILL , Noble Grand.
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E. No 3 - 2 Secon d larder - All orders
v• r , ,,ive prompt attention. June 1415
EDUCATIONAL
-'4l*E:l kN NA COLLEGIATE. INSTITUTE.
Mint wilt begin Monday,
s. .; .r.r catalogue or other infor•
or call t‘r. the Principal.
EDWIN Si:QUIN - LAN, A. M.
Towanda, Pa.
PLUMBER AND GAS FITT'ER
VI-UMR ca
?. EIAV %D, Practical Plumber
Fitter. lace of busimesa in Mer
.zr i;!f,cli next door to Journal office opposite
square. -Plumbing, Gas Fitting, ltepaii•
l':,ans of all kinds, and ail kinds of oesring
r , 41%:t1y-at feuded to All wanting,. work in his
Le 6:: :uid give him a call. jbly 41,77
INSURANCE
ELL, 0. S. General Insurance AiteneY•
" T ,-, kan4a. Pa. Office in Whitcomb's Book
July 12,76
And had One
26 CENT DINNERS
41.2.' cai
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4 tUe art at the ItErermrcare ()Ake.
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giscellaneon. Adverthements.
NEW FIRM NEW STORE !
Ed. Mouillesseaux,
(Formerly wjth lleadelman.)
HAS OPF.SED • A
JeweltyStore
uF •l 8 OWN _
IN
_PAT TON'S BLOCK
:With Swans &porilcn'ti Store,
Main Street, Towanda, Pa.,
Where tte kevs a FULL ASSORTMENT of
Goldl , Silver Watch i es
,
SWISS AND AMERICAN;
L I P,CkS, • JEWELRY,
airl.7 SPECTACLE ETC. ;
n ifts Stock is sll NEW mud of the FINEST
AtITY. (*II and see for yourself. ."
EPA 'RING DONE PROMPTLY . .
gl6. :liNOI4AIriNG A SPECIALTY;
ol
TUT; PA.!
We keep, t
llntol constantly for builders.
HAIR,' BRICK, LATH,,
SHINGLES, SASH, DOORS,
•
BLINCS,.SHEETING PAPER,
PAINTS,_OILS, VARNISHES,, • -
CHFSPEAK
Also
'WAGON NIAXER'S SUPPLIES
Fellows, SpokeS, Hubbs, Thills, Polei
earrings Trimmings.
Also a roil line otSbeff and Heavy Hardware, and
Carriages, Platform and: Lumber Wagons,
Made by ua w tb stilled workmen, spa warranted
in every particular.
BEARDSLEY & SPALDING,
Hardware Dealers.
Troy, Ap . Fil 27-ly
RLAN....Bc.)OK'M A NUFA P TITHER
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AND
BOOK BINDER,
PATER RULER, So
Al l fr e d J. Purvis,
N la Gener.•soc• street,
MI work in bis line done well and promptly at
lowest price.
Parties baying volumes Incomplete will be fur.
nisbed with any missing numben at cost,price.
All orders given to J. J. &intim. Agent for
Bradford County. will be promptly executed 'ac.
cording to directions.. sep-tf
M. lIENDELMAN
JEW 1 4 J 1 j I AER,
Ie atill to be found at th l e OLD STAND
.11.11. V A9I7IEE7r.
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Next door to . DK!? C. Porter' q Drug. Store
FINE AMERICAN AND SWISS
T \V EI4R Y ,
STERLING SILVER AND
FINEI ) ,LTED WARE,
SPECTACLES di EYE GLASSES,
FROM TILE CHEAPEST. TO THE BEST
/GP ALI. OF 'WHICH RILL re SOLD AT' TUE
• VERY LOWEST PRICES,
Clocks; Watches an Jewelry promptly4epaire.l
by an experienced and competent wostnian.
septl44l
The terldlikallengsd 1
This liniMent has been'
manufactured and used for
twenty-live years. and our,
Innumerable 'certificates of
cure prove it to be an no.
paralelled • success. We do
not offs- it as au internal, .
Remedy,positively asserting, ' ,
that any Liniment: - that can
be taken into the stomach
i
without injury can bare lit-
tie efficiency in acting as a
ireific when externally
This being cOmpoun-
id entirely of Oils; is readi
ly absorbed into the system
giving prompt relief even in
cases of acute pain 'farmed
by Rheumatism. Neuralgia,
Sciatica, Luinbago, Sprains,
Bruises, Chilblains. orpom
any cense where a Liniment
is demanded The Oils are:
so penetrating that a thorough use of the Lini
ment will remove ail 'Mess of joints. lameness
Of muscles, or pain arising from ingaination or
any cause. Even in *conic Spinal Disease. and
Paralysis; frequent Okit-ef-CII Liniment wIU eff
ectmany cures. Irinsll7. for Pali icy Part'
of the body. use freely. with rubbing and warmth
and we guarautm relief. You will rind a trial
of it the bast certificate el its value. It is the
oily Liniment made entirety of Oils, and re chal
lenge the world for its *qua ' Price 35 and 50
cents per bottle. SOLD BY I ALL DEALERS.
Tiff- Dr., Elswens
, • Improrli 'Mandrake Pills.
they,are made plassanAand ijffectlirs. Price 25
• - N. NELSON
DEALER IS
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
ww, VINE ACLU. AND .ED
• JEWELER
of ovary 'variety. sodSpeptielei. Sr POttieui
&Wilton paid to ropeltillt. tlhep IP DookOt
Vousbt's Otocory Skim stn eltoot;
Penns. fundka
OR!k.IAifE tT N I t A t ja l JOB PRINTRig
NEW GOODS
a full line of
UTICA, N. • Y
El
WITH A FULL LINE .OF
WATCHES.
CLOCKS,
M. ,lIENDELMAN
New Adverttsemente.
Know
That BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
will cure the worst vas::
of dyspepsia.
Will insure a hearty appetite
and increased digestion. .
Cures general debility, and
• gives 'a new lease or life.
Dispels nervous : depression . '
tmd low spirits:-
-,: 7 4t estommex h *mer i ec r n a rs .,_
ingtnothertogrillabength
and giva abundant sus
tenance- for her child.
Strengthens the muscles and
nerves,enrichestheblood.
Pvercomesweakness, wake
: fulness, and lack ofenergy
Keeps off , all chills, feveri,
and other malarial poison.
Will infuse with new life
the weakeWinvalid.
37 Walker St., Baltimore, Dee. Mt.
For siz years I have been greet
sufferer from 'Blood Disease, Dys
- pepsia.andeonstipation,andbecame
so debilitated that I could not retain
anything on my stomach, in Liu:,
life had almost become a burden.
Finally, when hope -had almost left
me, my husband seeing BROWN'S
lan: Uwraas advertised in the
paper, induced me to give it a trial.
I am now taking the third bottle
and have not felt so well in six
'..years as I do at the present time.
Mrs. L. F. Cairns.
lINil
iiiWN'S IRON BITTERS .
.'I have a better tonic
• •:: , n - iiny one who
- • Ong up..-than
. : :71-do.. • '
- Ia the Whole .History of
Medicine • .
‘iio preparation has ever performed such
marvellous cures, or. maintained, so
wider. a :reputation, as. Assn's Cuentir
Pscfon4l., which is all
as ''the
world's remedy
.for all - diseises of
ilireat
of
!pugs. Its long - continued
Series Of 'Wonderful cures • in. all- .cll
- has made it universally known
as a safe and reliable agent to employ.
Against ordinary colds; which are the
forerumiers of more •serious disOrderS,
it acts speedily and surely, always re-.
licving suffering. and. often saving life.
- The protection it affords,. by its timely
•in throat • and chest disorders,
makes it au invaluable remedk:to be
kept always ou land in every home.
No person Can afford to be without it,
and_those who have cfneastsed it never
will. From their knowledge of "its
composition and operation,. physicianS
use the Cfwatuv extensively
in their practice, and clergymen recom
mend. it. 'lt' is. absolutely certain In
its healing effects, and will always
cure where cures are possible.
For sale by all druggists.
hop Batters are tiee Purest and fleet Blt.
===l
They are compounded from Hops, Malt,
Buchu,
Mandrake and Dandelion,—the
est, best, and most valuable medicines in
the world and contain all the best and most
curative properties of all other remedies,
being the greatest Blood Purifier, Liver
Regulator, and Life and Health Rstoring
Agent on earth. No disease or ill health
can possibly long exist where these Bitters
are used, -so varied and perfect are . their
operations.
They give new life and vigor to the aged
and _infirm. To all whose employments
cause irregularity of the bowies or urinary
organs, or who require an Apetizer, Tonic
and mild Stimulant, Hop Bitters are in
valuable, being highly curative, tonic and
stimulating, without intoxicating. •
No matter what your feelings or symp-
toms are, what the disease or ailment is, use
Hop Bitters. Don't wait until'you are sick,
lint if you only feel bSd or miserable, use
Hop Bitters at once. It may save your life.
Hundreds have been saved 'by - so doitig.
sso' 0 'will be paid fora case they, will not
cure or help.
Do not suffer ar let your friends suffer,
but use urge that'll to use Hop Bitters.
R member, Hop Bitters is no vile, drugg
ed, drunken nostrum, but the Purest and
Best, Medicine ever made; the "Invalid's
Friend and Hope," and no person or family
should be Iwithotit them, Try the - Bitters
to-day. Oct26ly.
. By Universal Accord,
Avntt's CATHARTIC 'PILLS are the best
of all purgatives fob family use. They
ere the product of , Long, laborious, and
successful chentical Investigation, and
their extensive vise,' by physicians in
their practice, and by all civilized na
tions, proves them the best and most
effectual purgative Pill that medical
science can devise. Being purely veg
etable no hairai can arise .from their
use, and being sugar-coated,' they are
pleasant to take._ln
. - intrinsie• value
and' curative poers . no .other Pills
can be compared with them.; and every
person, knowing their virtues, will
employ them, t when ,-- needed4 They
keep the system in perfect order, and
maintain In healthy action the whole
machinery of life. Mild, searching, and
effectual, they • are espeCially 'Adapted
to, the' needs of the digestive apparatus,
derangements of: which they 'prevent
and cure, if timely taken. They arc
the best and safest physic to employ
tn• children and iveakenect COngLILU- .
Lions.. where a mild but effect*
cathartic is required.
For sale by dB
Mtnted
AGENTS! AGENTS! AGENTS.:
Fa GEby DODGE'S bran new bunk, entiticd
Thirty 7 Three,
- 'Years Among
. .
OUR
of t kiMpTherears WILD INDIANS !
bre mood the Autheirs z Perromil
Exotica= amayptar hig,gfil.- With ma able Intrudai4ioa
py Gen. Sherman.
This mir wet yes It OINNI trubseritod for by Prondad
Airmen avid swine Gabbier. and , by Gls. C.
Graaf. Gen- Skerkka, Gen. iturervtrk; and thoikukua Ear
lucnit Men. Gil. OW! Milt —"it is the best look co
krGais Lis row written l Manor WILAT algthatist)
sayst—Anisa book of imminue rare." It is theoutisuthen
tie secosat of our radians em published. folly reveal
lag their lifs‘• seem &dogs. explatto. sta. It is
replete with' thriMag maleness of the /Wilton mad of fa,
Mon Seciuts,Trappers,Catt-terkltittses. Border Buttons.
etc., vividly portraying Life in the Great Rest as It more I ,
4114 kbruscpsd taproot. Nigh Steel &previa:a and Sup,
shrerrei.Uhernsgt Me" In 18 colors, front phut:7l.li.,
undebytiell.Ooveecziestesysersigfor /kis a re a we n t,
AGIMTiII This grand book I. sour out-selling ell
others lob 11.• to aresprietios. IgeOta wage, le WHO
orders a day. WI want 1110 more vents at sacs. So.
choir% Virrirerir mod Social Terms Dims. Our Isms *en.
lerl gut, tin partleulen sea ,fres. • ilia ipestoses Plats
sent es ratifies tor • S oat stamp. addnos the soleirablk
Lh WOM.P9 TON 11 !CN Mallows, Comm
TOWANDA. BRADF'ORD COUNTY,'
Which of you all. my 'friends, haiiiiiiett the
Comet rise
And spread his glistening tall acro ss the skies?
This Is the only Comet of the season: •
And,lf
so yo
n?u have not seen it, what's, the. tele
Perhaps because you Inust getup at tour,
And leave the downy touch you love too we ll;
Maybe, when Widget hammers on the door,
You wads berand the Comet both in Well,
I am not so lass quite as you; •
So up - I rose before the break ot day,
And what I saw I will describe - in few
And simple words. Nothing at all to payl
The Ilttleclock, that I had wound up Mild,
Went-off at 4a. in. like "all pessessed.'"- •
Shivering. I 'sprang from bed, and stood up- -
right; •
I wee, I needn't mention, thinly dressed.
The first thing that I lit on was a lack,• '
IYe gods and little fishes! h0W,71 swore!
The plague) , thing was sticking in a crack.
With much dispatch I sat doWn on the floor.
This taxed my patience very sore, but still '
1-made my mind up - to do nothing rash. I -
Slowly and sadly. to the window-sill .
I felt my way, and thenlbreir up the seal
The night was still, and, dark'as dungeon-cell.
Still! did I say? Ye yodel what do 1 bear?-
'A haw-drawn,: frightful, and blood-curdling
3 IL
-My hair flood up on end withsudden fear. -
A moment more. awdy'my fear all Ilea—
I recognised the vo of an old friend;
Our speckled Th me • was lip to
fibeshooting star that bad a Grecian bend.
Argosy-dish - vpittatly•- settled ;and then 1
tried „
To find the place wherel could see tbeComet,
And, unless all my calculations lied.
I really did not think I was far from It.
I'll tell you all I so*, for I ain't wadi].
And telling of the truteis on:y right;
That darned old Comet was heifind a cloud,
And had his tali tucked-snugly out of sight.
I shut the window down, and went to bed
To curselny luck and warm my chilly spine;
But firmly to myself I softly said.
..ril hare no Comets, if you please. in mine!" :
- Chicago Tribune. '1
• MRS. ORALLONER'S DABOE.
• Mrs. Challoner 'is a woman who does
everything in the world—her small part
of it, that is
,to say—by fits and starts,
and her own caprice.
""As she stands outside the old farm
house gazing "thoughtfully through one
of the kitchen windows, she half de-
Cides to Awn back and • never, disturb
Rose Espott's quiet, but happy lice.
Unconsciously Rose decides her own
fate. I There floats through the open
window a quick. merry ditty, in an ex
quisite-soprano voice. That voice scat
ters Mrs. Challoner's indecision to the
'•it would be a pity," she thinks, ab•
negating all responsibility,
.as is her
wont, "if Wgirl like that could never
haie a chance to see a little of life."
Then she steps,np to the window and
looks in. Rose is paring. apples. . A
dainti girl. with fair, straight features,
an arch. snuffing mouth, and eyes with
the velvet blue lustre of pansies. As she .
works. she sings little bits 'of the , love-.
ditty I have mentioned before. She is
all-unaW,are that she. has an admiring
auditor and looker-on.
;Mrs. .Challoner had taken . a great
fancy to,the girl. I doubt if she would
have no.,leed her at all, however, if it
had not been for her.
and fresh
young beauty; There had been a house
faolcisitors at the Grange, lately, and
Ms, Challoner had been obliffed .to call
.
ottiFarnier Escott for cream, butter and
fruit. •
It . was on one of these expeditions
that she first saw Rose.
At last Mrs. Challoner taps softly
with the ivory 'handle of her fan on the
window-sill, and pulling aside a cling
ing vitte,lOoks smilingly in at her young
prolege.
• Rose looks quickly up. half-startled.
When she sees it is Mrs. Challoner. she
smiles back, and conies .eagerly for
ward.
She likes Mrs. Challoner very ;ouch.
andois not a little..proild that she should
be chosen as - the friend of such a styl
ish. aristocratic , •
' -"Won't you come in?"
' "Thank you --no;• it's too elicious
out here aiming your old-f,
flOwer-beds!. - And, then. I mos , go. I
am, goin "to- give a carpet-dance to•
nig o•
ht. Will you come?"
Thtit Rose is pleased With the invita
tion there can be no dolibt. The pansy
blue eyes shine, while a quick blush
rises 'to her fair face.
"Then it :is settled," says Mrs. ChM
loner, seeing the delight in Rese's face,
though she has said nothing. "Try to
look your best,. child, and you will take
pll the men's hearts. by storm. Gooe.
bye!"
Mrs. 'Clialloner. has scarcely. 'gone,
_when Tom Haines knocks and enters, a
sllght . frown on his . sunny face. ~-
He , is a tall, sun-browned young fel
low', with clear, grey oyes; not very
handsome, certainly, but with -an air
about him that is honest - add true.
44 wish you and that woman weren't
such great friends," he says, abruptly,
standing tall and straight before Rose,
a displeased expression in his gray eyes.
Rose is 'not working now; - her fair,
white hands are. folded idly in her i lap,
and shc i is staring Straight before her,ta
thoughtful, • dreamy expression on her
face.
/ The sight irritates Toni; he is angry
midi Mrs. Challoner for putting 'mo
tions" into the girl's head. His voice
is sharper than he had meant it'to be.
. "Why?" said Rose, looking quickly
up. -
There is a rebellious ring in her voice.
which Tom does not ice fit to notice.
'Companionship with Mrs. Challoner
and her visitor& will only make you dis
satisfied with your own condition in
life. They are i . above you socially
and—"
• Tom stopped. r. •.
"Why don't you go on?" says• Rose,
passionately. ;Toll were aboutito say
that. they are above me 'sociallyji:nd in
tellectually! Here is the ringtlint you
gave me!" tearing .it from her!finger
and tossing it haughtily
.towardshim."l,
wiU never marry a man ,who thinks me
below other people, both/ in regard to
intellect and social standing.'.' • -•
"Rose,you knoi I didn4 - mean!that."
says Tom. hurriedly and pleadingly.
"Pardon me. :but I know nothing of
the kind," :says Rose..freetingly. • "And
really, Mr, Iffaines"—hidinglier heart
pain beneath the smile women knOw so
well how to assume—"l don't wish to
appear rude, but—l am going . to p. car
pet-dance at the Grange. to-night; and
I hav`AL considerable work to do before
•
that time."
"I suppose Mrs. Challoner's heather
will be there?" sneers Tom, thoroughly
aroused again, at mention of the party,
and knowing that he has been given his
cooge. lll
"Mr. Palmer will probably be there,"
says Rose, a faint flush stealing to her
face.—
With. a - muttered imprecation Tom
turns on his heel, and strides out of the
room. •
Women are all fake and fickle to the
core, he thinks bitterly. Every new face
has power to charm them, if it be only
handsome, no matter how black the
soul it masks. Well, he has invested
Rose an ideal character. not be
longing to other women, and he has
fqlind out. his mistake — that is all. •
ill of which • is very , untrue and very
unjust of Tom. Ho •is jealous without
a cause, as Mr. Palmer is utterly indif
ferent to Rose, wfio. if he did but know
it, is even now'cryint , herself sick be
cause of their quarre C Bucher wound.
ed woman's pride sustains her, a
when evening comes sho is gay even En
recklessness. There is an exquisite
flush on the fair face, and the pansy,
blue eyes are shining.
Mrs. Challoner comes for her in her
carriage. Her face lithti3 up at the
sight of the fair vision before her,
'A r m look like a daughter of the
Seeing the Oomet.
*
ti
I ,
id
gods." she says, delll
be the belle of the enrkma.chere.,, "
Rose ; blushes , and Os with pleas
tire She knows that .0(.. is beattriful.
and is not averse People ten
her So. Her father :to have, her
dress well, and,she kink, /how to set oil
her beauty to tbe•bestg e runtage. -
Decidedly she is th lle of tbe;eve.
ning. and Mrs. Chaps* is pleased to
present her to her select set.
George Palmer, kutilsome, polished,
and dcbonnaire, hoverri , About her most
of the .‘evening:. andees 80 often
with Rose, that itroec renratt;
• _ .
____,., .__ .
pieces:of now and notbeautifnl Europe-
As Rose 'listens tolacHtendet.noth- I
Inge he whisperi hi .:h 'q tr,. she smiles, an carpets •in the chief rooms, but -if
up atihira,.w - bile that Annisite flush of Arabi.paid £l2O for them he Oka very
, . .bad batkairn• k have-heard verylateiy,
hers steals over her fiiiik : ',:' "
from one who has takerrtroitble to .in
-aA•wonian isrwatchirOient. , intently ,
pale. plait).
.stenderrnioinfin, fault- .teitikate the truth of the stories of his
lessly dressed. i but witlf4ii ',Oir,. of ape, avarice, that he has the same .small
thy and misery aboutlificlouTiliing to amount of money to his credit that
behold: • • . -.4.,, , :- . ;,4-. -.7.- . he had before he was , either Pasha or
, .. , .z l .-.:
__ . .--a- : . ; Minister, and that the foundation of the
' . #.llcilyou know wile Ittiltifirr: - *toe)? of his having become elate land
s;aid • Rose. "'Stun ItajiV ~, ' • ~ ..,k, : t ilk, :ettpropri — etcit is his having bectimetrits
!lnepxintinually;, :Sh . - 7,*init: - - flialcietbe- child - of aa old irked Artie
1 4010440346-41ilit" ''. '''' - 7""'' , ;7. -5- ' l. : liiiifileiitilthidloliti '' 1_ -":. '.
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-
Mr. Painier laughs tinselly ." :•,- • The sole furniture',of the 4eeeption
'''"Nci.e.l.dan'ti 'know who she b." he . room of Aritbrittrife consisted of small,
saga in a stratike, hesitating tray. "I I hard - divans covered with brawn linen
think I have seen- her before, but-4 and a tiny table with a crochet antima
' mist hive forgotten who she is .."
Thee lie departsabruttly for an hie, walls the only ornaments were photo
and Rose is . left telearve iit his altered 'graphs of him in black wooden frames,
demeafior.,-.. Mrs. Challoner rustles up, and one larger photograph of the Sacred
the nexVitimnent, the pale lady by her Stone at Mecca. In 'the room where
side: t' - ,-- 1 •' - '• - i . • Arabi himself - sat and "received Were a
1- ..
"Allow me to present my brother's similar hard plivan, two or three chairs,
Wife," Aiie, says. ';''Mrs. Palmer, Miss. a table and an inkstand . covered with
i
Escott." - - 'stains. . ~ .- .
..
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For a moment Rose feels faint and His wife was ready to receive Us, hay
betiildered. Then she rallies andgreets ing heard an 'hour•or two . earlier of. our
the wronged young - wife with all the intended visit,' She 'greeted us.warmly,
cordiality of her warm nature. - speaking in Arabic, which Lady 'Anne
There is such ' a touching, childlike interpreted for me i - She .has a pleasint,
air about Mrs. Palmer that Rose falls in intelligent expressiOn; but, having five
love with her on the spot: She wanders- children living out of fourteen that have
indignantly how her husband can treat- been born to her; looked rather over
her so cruelly. Mr. Palmer hes evi- 0 came 'with the Bares of maternity, her
dently seen them together, as he-very beatitY dimmed since the time whenlthe
discreetly. keeps away for the rest of the - tall, grave soldier she had seen passing
evening.. ' -- .- ~ ' under her windonievery day - looked up
- How glad,Rose is when it is"all over. at last and saw • and loved her.: - She
and she •is at home in her owe room' wore a long dress of green' silk. "My
again! What a weary. mocking sham husband hates this long train." she wild
fashionable life is! How could she have us.afterward; "he would like to take!, a
Compared her nobl e Tom with : George knife :and cut it oil; ,- but . 1 say I must
Palmer? - She will never go -te a fash- have a fashionable dress to wear ' when
ionable dance agaiii+never! And she
.I visit . the Kliedite's ;if° and other la
never does.. i • . j • dies." • 1 think there are English bus-
The nextdayTom,comes to lc to be bands, who, in this grievance at least,
forgiven, and is compelled to . forgive will sympathize with Arabi.
remorseful Rose instead. •: . . A day or two. before we left I went
,As for Mr. Palmer, that. very day he' again tesee his wife.' S,lfe looked a lit
departs for 'town, leaving. hiii. wife at tle sadder, a little 'Morelanxious. than
the Grange. 1 i . when I - had last seen her, but was on
!Dear George," says Mrs. Cho i loner, hospitable cares. intent; land soon Went
in explanation to her . friends; "lie is so outof The room to see to the .prepara
restless! And then, !don't you I w, tion 'of dinner . [had- an Italian lady
his married life has been so—so m
it with me as interpreter, who spoke French
of a disappointment to -him—to u all, and Arabic very well. • They had 'ex,- .
o
in fact.' • -. petted me ; this time, and made : more
' . preparations; and when the lineal was
ready - and I saw dish after diSli coming
in, I was in despair until 1 found that
one of the children, my
~bright-eyedf
riend.Hassam was quite, ready to sit by
me and be fed from my Plate, : and so I
disposed of my share to his great satis
faction. "I like this better than having
to wait down stairs till dinner - is over,"
he said. "Then,they forget me and eat.
up all the good things." - , •
By the tinie dessert arrived he said hii•
liked me. but hated other'. ladies, and
would like to come and ;see me in Eng
land, bet did not know-bow he would
Manage it., as his papa wanted , the car
riage every day. I advised hirn to learn
English, and. his,mother said*she would
like to send him to one of the Christian
schools in Cairo. "But how can I send
him where he would hear his father
spoken ill of?" She seemed troubled;
poor woman, because the Khedive's
wife, who useitto be good and kind to
her. now says ~Bow can we be friends
when your hhsband is such a. bad
man?" • t
The old mother sat in: . the corner at
tending to the children anitcounting ov
er her beads. . 1 said, "Arc you not
proud now your son is a Pasha?" "No,"
she said, "we were lialipier in the old
days when we had him with us always
and feared mottling.- New he gets Up at=
daybreak, and has only.,i line to say his
prayers before there - are pt.tiple- t‘akling
for him with petiiimis, an- i hil I;:i.S to
to them and then go to his bus
iness. atut often' he is not backhere un
til after midnight; and until he conies X
I cannot' sleep, I cannot rest; .1 dada
nothing but pray for him all the thee.=
There are many who wish him evil, atid
they will' try to destroy him. A'''few
days ago he came home suffering great
pain, and I was surethe haul been ppii
soned;. but" got him a hot bath and
remedies and lie grew better, and since .
then I. keep even the water that-lio
drinks locked up, But,. say all I can, I,
cannot frighten him or make him take
care of himself; he alWays •says; 'God
will preserve me.'"—London PO:y.4
Hamlet in Street Olothe&
Maze Edwards; manager for Edwin
Booth, thus describes their. appearance
at Waterbury last Winter, when the
troupe' -ha,yed without their costumes:
When I found the baggage with the
costumes had not arrived. I was just
going to throw myself into the river,
when I thought I would and tell Mr.
Booth about it, and bid - good-bye to
some of the people who - had always
thought a good deal of me, before kill
ing myself. To jav astonishment, Mr.
Booth took it 'coolly. Lie said. Inasmuch
ur the people - werein Milk hall, be would
make a few remarks to them aboe
accident, and; then they would e z,
and play three acts of **Hamlet" in' the
clothes they, had on. And so it was fixed
up that way.
Well, the: thought. -of Hamlet in a
short-tailed coat and tight pants almost
made me and 'when Mr.j Booth
came on the - stage looking like an
copal minister, with a KnightTemplar's
cheese knife that; he had borrowed, I
couldn't think of anything but. Hamlet.
I forgot all about his clothes, and I be.
Here if ho had only had on a pair •of
sailor pants and a red flannel fireman's
shirt, that the people would have seen
liamiet. I tell you he is the greatest
actor that ever lived.. The people 'sat
perfectly still. and seemed wrapped up
in Booth. That is, thew were wl u they
did not look at the other fellows. -I ,
But when they took in Lmrtes, with a
shoit hitin-fat coat on, a pair of la-de
dab' pants; and a pancake hat, it seemed
to me I 'could hear them smile: .Aqd the
Xing, - Hamlet's stepfather, ,he was a
`sight. Imagine a King with. a - ent.;away
'checkered coat. - a Pullman car blanket
thrown over his shoulder fora robeVitnd
.aileg of a Chair for a sceptei. mashed
On it queen with a traveling dress'acid a
gray woolen basque with buttons on it.
An think of Polonius with a liii4oilnst;
er and a straw hat with a blue ribbon
on! it made me tired. Ophelia was
all rig ht enough. Sha. had on some
.crazy clothes that. she bad heenstrivel
ing in. and we - i iksorrie•straw out [of a
barn, and some artificial flowers ofT the
bonnets, and she Relied through pretty
. But the. Ghost. You would 'have died
to see; the Ghost. Ho had on oneet those
long lhand-me-down ulster . OVercoats
with a buckle in the . back as big as a
ctirry , eemb. and the belt.was hanging
down on both sides, The boys-got- him
a green mosquito bar to put over it. an
with a stuffed.club for a scepter; he fell
e'Ver a
. chairand-then came on: I should
have laughed if I had been on my death
bed, *hen he said to Hamlet `tl am thy
father's ghost" He looked •. more like a
drummer for a wholesale confectionery
house, with, a sort of tin sklmmer on his
head, and 1 believe the audience would
have gone wild with lOughter. if it had
not been for Mr. Booth; I don't believe
you could get him to WWI on the stage
for a inilliottriellari. He just looked at
she Ghost-JtS, z ':.,though it. was a . genuine
one. and theitudienee - looked at Booth,.
and forget all about. the ulster, and the
ghost's pants being rolled -up at.the'bot
tom.- ; - -
It was probably the greatest triumph
that an actor ever had, for Mr. Booth to
compel •the vast 'audience' to forget the
ludicrous surroundings and think only,
of the character he was portritying...• I
wouldn't have missed the night's, per
formance. for a thousand .dollars, and
when,. at 10 o'clock.. I heard the bop,
gettifig the. trunks up stairs, I was al
most sorry. The last two acts were played
with - the costumes, but they were no bet
ter performed than the first..
.1
think, on the whole, had rather the
baggage would be there. It makes a
manager feel better. • • .
i 8o Time to Talk,
Scene—New England railmad office:
Time—lnimediately after a collision of
lightning express trains:
Anxious Inquirer—“ls it true that a
terrible aceident has - happened and
many passengers killed and injured?
My wife and children were on the
train." '
Polite Official—“ Accident!. Accident!
Well. I believe there is little dblaysome
where."
Anxious Inquirer—Can't you tell mo
something about itr • '
Polite official—“ With. pleasure ail
soon as I leatn the particulars. Go
home and I wilt send a boy around
with the information in'a week or two.
Am very busy forwarding bandazes
and coffins. l o time to
.talk.—Phila
delphia A'cle3.'
Vouch for your -neighbor's honesty,slot for oestuont of his debtA •
HURSDAY, JA.NITAIIY 18, 1883.
Arabi Pasha's Boma Life.
I had already scen t and Spoken with
Arabi, writes Lady Gregory,. but it was
not until the end of February that. I
went with Lady Anne Blunt to see his
wife. They had tuoved some little time—
before ton new house, large and dilapi
dated looking, and which Arabi was
represented as having fitted up in a
luxurious style; in fact, at that time the
crime most frequently alleged against
him was that he had bought carpets to
the amount of £l2O. There wore some
- Billy' Arp on People and Things.
Every body, big and little and old '
and young. are always hankering after
some - new thintr, or- something that
somebody else' kits t ot, or something
they can't get; a d its a pity, it is; for
when they get it.they are no happier ;
for happiness comes from contentment
and a ivillingness Ao enjoy what yoti have
Hot, instead Of what you haven't got.—
appiness is like religion; It ain't. away
off yooder but it is right at us, if w will
`only see it and take hold of it.' My lit-
tie chap is now in the goat 'age, and is
-be . gging. me for *a dollar to buy a goat
with to' work in Ilia little wagon; and so
reckon I Will haye
, i to let him have it,.
for I 'remember that rits lon s ,o•Aime ago I
was in the goat age, myseffr, litit now I
am sorter approaching my , dotage. and 4.
would not have a goat under:any con
sideration. The- offl - ce-seekers have their
.age too, and I reckon it's a forage, fOr
they want to.get their living easy, with
out working - for it, and forage on- the
ptiblie.: _Politics is pretty hot up .our
- way; and one can hear awful hard sto
ries. told on - candidates. I One of • 'ern
complained to Cole the other day be
cause they beat him for the Legislature
and said they told lies on hini—and Cole
,said, 4 •Well, maybe you've heard it
wrong, - for folks will • purvarecate and
varygate and exag,orate powerful, and
it won't do to -believe more than half
people say, 'and not more than a quarter
of what_you Say:yourself:" Jessol. Cole
is a curious case. He looked at.a calf
of mine the other day.; and asked, me
what kind of an animal it was. I told
him its father was a full Jersey and its
mother a half Jersey and :fie pondered a
moment and said, •AVell that makes the
calf a „Jersey and a half, - -don't it,
Squire?" , He is very good on additions.
but: , very _ poor on
_averages,--Attantes
Cogstitulion.
•
Troubled by Jake. Martin's MOtith...
We heard some ladies talking at the
breakfast table at the Ruby Honse. One
was comp lainin .g headache.' . One
suggested morphine. Another sug
gested bromide. • "No." she replied.
'4 can't take' bromide or morphine
either of them Tun Mei wild." An
other „said: " That was •just the,wa y .
with a'lady I knew who had a beautiful
small 'Mouth, The alectoi• gave her
morphine. and she' imagined some one
had unscrewed her head and put Old,
Jake Martin's on in. place of: it. Old
Jake was a wicked,. profane old sinner,'
And had an awful .big mouthae the
lady.kept holding both KandsAhfr the
supposed'` mouth of old Jake to steep it'
from cursing,—Rar4ocll Sun,
. _
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On a very dark l ; 4untrevening .1
lis
toned to an awfdl story of -.theineorri - -
giblo badness of' a young man Who was'
dragging an honbred name through the
mire. I said: "But what will they do
with him?" The answer was: -"Oh,
he'll have to be shipped." Though the
phrase was new. the imagery was e.:(«
pressive, 'and one was aware what was
meant. All get the black sheep out of,
„,icrist e . somewherelsayond,the great sear
'My frien4 went on to say, Speaking or
certain gTeatnity: "When you get there
you will - hear people saying. 'Mr. Smith
has two ions shipped,' and - the like,
just - aka matter of course :" • Too 'lsiah'
pocket-money,
pocket-Money, and lade . „ getting their
own way, : result is this. -And tho poor
father and mother some, - though
net by any means 'always go-abinst bro
ken-hearted to their life's end. Some
take it quite easily, out of , sight being
with them (out :: of mind. • Or, as the.
schoolmen said: ."De. non apparentibua
et -.non oxistentlons eadem est ratio."
Same: silk: - Merelf.tthissit;OUgrittisig,th*
trouble , away from' here. They are able
to forget thatthe ,shipped one lives on
still, though lir • away. Out of sight
With them is tantamount to haysng
ceased to be. - I, suppose we have all
some vague feelin g . that when a human
being goes out/ your door, or turns -
the corner of: t o street and passes out
Of sight, he disappears wholly; in any
case that there is- a marked break in
his life. Ah,, to the 'man that lives, life
is continuous whatever - it - may be to
those that look at him or-think of him.
.Your brother is yOur brother still,though
starving on the streets of 'Frisco. !And
to say that it. serves, him exactly right
is not much comfort. All that can be:
said is thaV the shipped black sheep
goes to destruetion where it does not so
conspicuously* disgrace those at home.
Likewise, 'that when there is la dinner
patty at home ' it is not qtiite so real
that he is , cold and hungry in Colorado
as if he Were so in thestrect below your
windows and in bearing oqour hospi
talities. All the :Same. I used to won-
der hOw some fathets and sistersinan
age.to live at all knowing the facts I
know.
.1 wonder yet.
you
it. come to
this, that the best you ea*, desire is
quite to forget the . bright little boy
whose childish ways bring Oars -to your
eyes when vou remember them ;• who is
dead, dead utterly. in the Sodden, hulk
ing scamp; liar,Stni cheat %% lions ynis do.
not, hope to see again in this world or,
1 any other? It is-a; bitter world to many:.
but one, might Lindheart to bear nearly
anything rather than • that,, 77 .Frascr , s
Mayazine. , ,
. . "Darling Nellie (fray:". • .
There are few. persons in ',the South
who have not heard and admired that
charming'negro melody, 'Darling Nel
lie Gray,' and at one time it stood in
the samrank with —Old Kentucky
Home," . The Old Folki at Home" and
43
Others of hat class. ilt is less known
now, but In certain *outhern sections
Nellie Gray is as honAhold words, and
in every list of plantation songs it has
an hoyored place. • But to come to my
story. liwas.talkinz the other day to a
musically-inclined gi . uitleman, .whose
practicie on the violin,in air)tooni rke - #r
my own - ceps .me constantly striving
to; be a. hristian.- and , -not to. do any
thing of a riotous or: violent- nature,
i i.,
when we mentioned the olit' \ ' song inci
dentally'', and he - told me the author was
his cousin, and r that it and-, its author
had a little history. .
The song writerFiwas B. R. Hanby, of
Westerville, o.,whro was also apainter,
a musician and a poet. When he was
about 20 Years, of age, he 'sometimes
jotteddown melodies which struck him,
and on one occasion the notes of I‘4.Nel
lie Gray" went on paper, and he after
Ward, wrote tire words.. He had nev.en
published any music, and this was, put
aside where'becould use it as the fancy
.
struck him. ' •
One night at a 'little company at his
home; the song, • among . Others, was
Sung,•and a gentleman present, being
struck by the air, made sonie'''hiquiry
about it; r and the facts were given him.
Heat once asked the voung composer
what it was worth, .g,na Mr. Hanby,' not
being posted, put the figureat e 5, and
the .trade was made. The, new .oWn'er
Set about having it published, and *ten
it appeared it.struek the. popular taste
and over 200,000 'copies were sold. An
other case of the history of composers
repeating itself, or rather of one story,
with the names changed, being, narra
ted of many.—Cincinnati Letter.
What is Good English? '\ •
Some persons are unwilling to be con
vinced• abut "in this. connection" .and
, "in our midst." "To me." writes" one.,
.'f"tliere is no grammatical differende be •
tween 'in their midst' and 'in the midst
of theni,' both of them being. absolute
ly correct." This is a- mistake. "In
the midst. of thorn" is absolutely correct;
"in their midst" is absolutely incorrect.
"Yet," writes another„"these phrases
are grammatically correct, exceeding
ly useful, and highly This
• gentleman is also mistaken in every re
spect. The phrases are neither correct
nor useful.- and they: are• directly the
reverse of idiomatic: idiomatic phrases
are old phrases growing out of the very
roots of the language, sometimes appar
ently incorrect,. yet always correct when
profoundly , i , examineti in the light of
philosophy and history. Phrases that are
truly.liniomatic are always beautiful and
congenial to all the.rest of the language.
but phrii,ses like,"iti our midst" arc not
onlythe'opposite of idiomatic, but they
have nO; congruity with the genius of
inventions
andlanguage, •and are mere
and clumSy devices of
,iriodern ignor
ance and preSumption. New ignor
ance
Sun.
Gold - in Central America. ,
The recent reports of the discovery
and _development of gold ' and Aye!
mines at various points in Central Amen
ica eontinue to excite attention. A late
issue of the Panama Star and Berate
gives particulars of progress made in
gold mining in Antioqum and Tolima.
Some' valuable mines owned by ,tht
Columbian' Government are to be 'Sole
in December, and other mines are.being
worked succesfully by companies form•
ed in this country and Europe. Recent.
ly a'number of companies have been
formed for the purpose of prospecting,
and indications grow that a swarm of
gold-hunters soon be roving oves
the rocky backbone of the niountaiw
that run along the narrow strip of ter
ritory uniting North and South Ameri
ea. These countries have long lain
, stagnant under the sway of mixed pea
- pies that sprang up after the SpanisE
conquests, but now mimes. machinery
and enterprise will pour in upon they
as long as mining enterprises prove re
munerative.,
Wondered.
A young husband, desirous of provok
ing a chance to pay"; a compliment to
his young wife and of receiving an as,
infrance of affection, says. with an aspect
of surpise: "My dear, I heard a very
remarkable thing , to-day. Whatshis,
name told me that he had been looking
`into the matter very closely and had.
discovered that there was only one mar
ried woman in this 'street who wasn't a
. flirt, and really loved her dear hubby
lietter than any other mu in the world."
The wife, after mature reflection: "I
wonder, •now. who it can be? I thought
I knew everybody on the !stre4t.", • '
aliOM
■
... ..._. ~... O ne .. ev ening. _
When :Lucy's Paps had. .
....L. 1 t A , .. China Allet l PlL ''.-• • , come homefrom the 'Office and eaten -•- .' . ' --' -'. Dealing Teo -rorty.
his -
The Chinaman who . recently - obtained 'supper he went •Intit th e Parlor- and
a license to.dobtisittess assn aug*lneer .pinnted . flitunelf .on theitent. After he
the Rest of his *race -in this city to en- had been.t*Te a.-Little While be notle
gaga in that business. is now selling ed.th a t.y i kAid net - - - 4. o m e in and Mahe
goods under th e hammer , in.'s' stc!re-ol? a Break at the piano as was her ens-
NashingtOn Street. near Dupont. - The tem.. This '• puzzled t ti 014 Gentleman
1 place i s fitted :up on
. onp side with a.._ . greatly, buthe was.svery, Happy,- bee
;vomiter,. behind which stes. - ia Mongolian . . cause' the'parents of gills who.play the
I..wearing a sk.ull-cap - with a Ted butto n. . , piano - usually feel like taking an Az to
Before hint. be has an abacus to dust up that Instrument,. Buepretty soon Lucy
accounts, and besides has sundry books. e nt ere d theit ee t n ant i b egan t e lli ng h er
14::. which he -keeps reenrds of sales, Papa how much she loved him, and how .
making the entries: with *a • eat's-hair - Dark and Cheerless her life would be in
brash dippedn Intlia,ink, B4hind him - case he.chouitt be Called Above.'
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are a numbe of shelves stdeked with 1' - .This sort Of talk made her Papa feet -
gand;-eolored shoes, such us,4re' worn f rather ' solemn, for he had been to the
by C - nese females and children, rare. '. Races a . good deal and would occasion-
colored silk handkerchiefs, small look= ! I ally - go Out With the Boys, and When a
ing-giusSes In teak-WOed frames, ohino.'- i m an getson the Shady
_Side of 60 he
-ware
ilecoeitted with picturea of ant, doesn t particularly care to have people
mils known only to the Chinese, and : lug. tte Sweet By and By into their con-;
which- -it would • be -impossible for the ,; yersition. But pretty. soon Lucy placed •
itiost'exPert white .m.tturalist to olaSsify• i her Lily-White Hati4 on ' her Papa's
',--04, fancy artieles.,w.hielk . pjea_sethe_Chl. 4.1,...,;,„ .
nese senses. - ,_; -•-; -- - -mg how g lac it wool Mak t o 4 1111-11 -
The auctioncer,-in a light-blue suit,- could only smooth the 'Furriers of Care,
was . . his .pest, and w.t.s earnestly urg- that thee hid placed there, Then _ she
inf.!e i , t 9se in front of him .6a purchase. I artfully Shifted the Subject, -and• spoke' ,
I t
"Hs," said the interpreter, "now !Of how cold JrW
,the Weatheas getting -..
you a#o. got a chance to buy every-, hnd what .hively Sealskirelacques she
thing .''' - qour own price, and.lf you had seen ,in the store
. windews down
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.wish 'Miss . is. opportunity you'll you 'Own. thaf •
ifteroon. ' -..`.1" . .
-never ll been born; for you'll-never I Then her Papa saw What am was up '•
get'sucligi " - chance again."' One China- to, and Dropped on liiinself.l Seby the
man in the Center of the crowd drew tithe Lucy got aroutel l to that part of
the attention 'of the auctioneer, to.birn' , her . talk where she put her .arms
:and with long, bony-lingers, pointetfto , around his neck and kissed him, and
1 a blouscl on one Of the cordseile.wants asked him to buy her a Sealskin;te
him to sell that," said the interpreter. . ` had. nearly Arranged Ills Lie. He told
The a t tictioneer prodeceth the desired her : of how poor the Crops had been,'and
ga*ten ' and unfolded',it after the . man- that Trade was in a. very dull state be
ner of a cheap John auctioneer when eatse.ef the uncertainty. as to what of
offering for sale a red shirt, swearin g lice Hen Butler' would' want:next. and
that it will never4ade, titter shrink , Sung stich a Song that Lucy began to
and never lose :• a; stitch. He dilated think she-was - lucky to have a place to
upon '-its 4uality-' ; and valise, declaring sleep in.nnti a pair 4 ,tit.l - leav?:Shoes . for
that no Chinese merchant eottl4 afford the winter. ' 't,
to 'sell. it fer kiss than twenty tidlihrs. "No, my child," e said, `‘‘l can n o t .
Through the.. '
interpreter the reporter 'think of spendieg Thrh , i's Hundred Dot- ,
• then ascertained followed the o ff er lags for a Sealskin S ...Tie, when times •
of the artiele;'...' "I will give 55 cents," are so Hard"---and Lucy said that.she .
said the mad who had ordered the gar- was serry she had meetionedthe Subjeet,
ment down. : '," - • ' and went away feelioglquite !cony for
'
i'...;..-,,,;The auctioneer dropped the garment her Papa. -- - ' •
as if lie had. been struck by paralysis.' Soon after she had left the room her
A'timment h,fter. he those to his. *full Big Brothercame Saw that "I Sa that Horse
height, ~ and, .liading. his eyes. with his- you were talking about," lie said to his
right . hand, cast h glance - at the ?man Papa. . -• '
who made the o ff er, and. sa : "Fifty- -Did you?" asked the Old -iGentle
ffVe cents! , ilViiat is the ma ter? Aie Man. -How Fast can hego?" • ' .
yen crazy?" ..,
.: e .
.. "Tiyo-thirty," repth.sl the Big- Broth
-1• You said we could hav el i he goodS
Cr,er and a thousand dollats will . buy
l
at our own price," saidthe bid doer. I er... . hi , ' •
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"Yes,ithitt's What ~ VOu said," cried
out a'number of
• Cuinamen frimi yari
pus parts of the room. . • .
"But I diet not say that yOu could
have them for nothing." remarked the
auctioneer." "Will anybody (;•ii - e any
more for it?"
"Now here," Said ' t ? '
the
holding up the garment with his left
hand and striking the counter with his
er any
,_,
right, "does' anybody else p)
more for this $29 blouse?" . , i, a
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One inficl-looking indiVithiatsin the
rear of the' plac6 Ventured - teehjtl sixty
cents, - hen he'was assailed by the
voices I . ..at—least : twenty (hitiamenr
who ex, tanned, _"Yen have upitmsiness
to bid ore than this man did. 'The
auction Cr - said anvonel could have
goods
. a ! his own price; this . man ti - ed
Lis pm ; and you have no bfisinestto
luterfeti ." ,
The uctieneer - -entered into a long
explana ion : as to the rights of bidders
at an..; • uction, but thecrOwd held him,
to his nneuncement" that; purchasers
could havej,goods at their own price,
-and . force i k the Set - end bidder tikwitli
t
!thy!
draw his b d.
"Give 0 e 'the garment,". said the
first bidde , tenderingtwo quarters
• and a nick I. .• . ,
"You ca not haVe it fat - that," said
c
the auctioneer.
This assertion was followed by jab
bering by everyone cOinposingS•the
crowd, whicli . 4eottld only be compared
t..)
to the chatt-ring of a.eage full of 111011-41
keys. The urport of the remarksarks was
that the au .tioneer had, been; taken at
his word, a d thathe Would have to, let,
the bidder have the garment.! He final
ly yielded and passed over _the blouse
,and took the . purchaser's money, which
Ile handed to one of his assistants, who
passed ikever.to the bookkeeper.. Thci ,
purqiuts.t4 then',,attempted to fit on the '
blotfse, but fetnid it'abon6four stzes , tocil
.small for him, and . he then wantekthqH
auctioneer to take it back and return
him his I money, but this ,Wrefused to
do, saying he bought it - at. his own
price, With his eyes open,, and now he
_must be Satisfied.. ii i. .
,-,5 The ..pnrchaser bee:tine , wrothy, tic-
nounced , the auctioneer arid the manner
in which I he did busineSs,',bnt found
that th - e crowd Which, : but -a fewti.,n_ in
utes before,'had taken: gidos with hiln.
had turned 'against ; him; saying: "A
bargain,is a.bargain, and' anybOdy who
gets ottOnust be satisfied: l ' 1
• •
Aftertuttermg a few "cuss words,"
the purchaser of the e ,ifkimenk. sold.. it to
a smaller, man 'for '35 cents and went •
awky. l 6ln Francisco:Gall. - A
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There, Was Method in His Politeness..
Prtibably the politest and most
con,-:
siderate man whoever lived was GerP'
eral 4tradsbale,
,of Arkansayv.. Some
time agtn. boarding &train. he perceiv-',
ed hissen, whotn. le had not seen fur
twenty years, occupying a •Seat, read-
ing. The 'old gentleman sat down im
mediately behind the young man. Af
ter the , train had gene about thirty
miles,lhe young "flan laid aside his
newsp.Vr, and discoveringhis
:father,
'seized the old man with affectionate
warmth. 4_•Why didn't you 'let mo
know that you was on' the train. lath- .
cr?"
"Because:" replied the uld ifentle
man, "I saw, that you were reading and
1 did pot wish to disturb- = 7 —" •
••That would. have madea no. differ
ente.T . '
. "And besides." continues the father.
"I thotight that you might want to bor 7
'row a ;few dollars."—.Artansaw Trae
eler.. •
liot at Home.
. .
"There is a yOung- man in the parlor
wishes to see yOni miss," remarked tht
hall door attend:int.
"Did he bring anything . with 'film,
any bpx or parcel?" •
"Orily.,a cane, ink*" -
"Did his Coat, tails rattle ( when 'ht
walked as' it there was a Pitekage of can.
dy- in the pockets?" -
."Nothing of the sort; miss." • •
t. "Then tell.,him I've .gone,: to visit -a
Wtick friend - nd won't be home for a
eek," replied the fair girl, falling back
into a horizontal poSitiou and' resuming
her perusal of "Truth Stranger than,
f Fiction; - or, The Liar Unmasked."--
Brooklyn 4r/file.
'Tim needn't put on no airs, you
yeller-face . piece. We keeps a cow and
has got a pew in the Blue Light (Aus- ,
tin) .tabernacle besides,' were the
words of Miss Malady Snowball ; who
i
l
is as black as night, to a, saddle-mold - 1e
..,
friend. "I don't keer eriie haba't g.t
no cow. We keeps A goat, and my mut '-
der is gwine to.liab a , . carbuncle
.osk , 7 de
back of flea." ' - '' i.
It is said that 'Limes Gordon Bennett
bas leased his residences on Fifth ave.
nue, New York, to the St. Nicholas()bit
for a term of years.
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$1.60 • Year, ht Advance.
Rising eluickly teem the sofa, Lucy's
Papa Avrote - a check and handed it to
his Soh. "Go and,ciose the Trade tc•- •
night," he said, "at:A .- tomorrow after
neon I will make some, of these people
that think they ow n• Trotters look. like
Hired Men." -
So you see, children, that some Papas
think inure of beating Two-Forty than
they do nurkingan Only Daughter hap-
try.--Chkago
"Rectitude" Iliaemned Him:
Kerietime ago Nathan Jones, .a col
ored. . man in .whose goteral character
'Ahem was a lack of lifutlahrambition,
'Was arraigned beforelli Little Hock jus
tice and lined. Jones Went down in_the.
country, became. 4 ;Latter - among - the'
negroes and wits elected Justice of the
; Peace. The other day 'Squire t
- befcire whom Jane's" had been arraigned,
and whom the waves of politics — bet
submerged, -Went .down into Jones'
neighborhood, drank bad 'whisky and
Jailed aivan.• He v.-5.S arrested. and ta
ken. before Judge Jones for examina
tion. ,
'Prisoner at dePitar," said the colored
Justice, "de, las' time feasted dese
judicial optics on face, I was. in
hock an' yersel was de musical =direc
tor ob de festive gee:v.4,lou. I recognize
my lack ob larnin', went ter 'a
night school.. My frien's seein' in me
de. stuff outen:what big men is•made,
ut me on dis bench,mhile_ yer own.
failin ter see dem. features in,
yerself, took' yer offen - bench. Yer ,
IS charged wid killin' a man. De Charge.:
am pretty well sustained, an' blanred of
see bow yer's.a..gwieter. git outen
•
"Judge," said the prisoner, "I am
aware that I am seriously situated. I
.fined you heavily when you, were drawn
up before me, and now, .especially
as my crime is-great, I •do 'not expect
merey r " -
•-•
"1 as, salt, yas. Now -.My mode ob
pieeedement is-a little different from
dat put down . sin =de statuary books. •
When aonan what is' guilty ob two
crimes is art-eked fotch 'afore me, I
disebal•ges him on. de little crime, but
holeS him on. de big one.
_Now. yerseif
'is ob two triunes, de littlest one.,
ob what is killing a man." =. •
- "I 'f;ean't be charged with but one .
crime,'"- exclaimed the white man.
• show yer in a minute. When, I
was afore you, arter I had paid - my fine, .
what was it yer said?"
. "l_don't Teineniber."
"See if yer can't ricolleck." .
"I' believe that 1 told- yon.to keep
your feet in the path of 'rectitude."
"Yes, dat.'B it, and when I axed yer
to say dat word again, yer turned away
and commenced talkin' wid a lawyer.
Dat wordistinek me, an' I wanted it.
wa's elected I• needed but
couldit't ricolleek : On, did'-: '"count
justice Was cheated, an' I is 6.rt4in dat
de higher cunt:N.lmb -dat word. Nay
-salt, discharre :yer 'fur "killin' dat
man." •
:"Thank
.Y ou, Judge."
"But l'll put yer in jail an' see "dat -
Yer's hung for keepin' me outen dat
word. Air. Vonstabio,put de Itaieciffs
urt dc Pnrtr,i , Geteicinain," .64-mretket." -
Trai!eler; : , •
The Age of the Cat
' A tneniber of the Hartfoni county bar,
in relating some rcn'iniscences of the,
court in times gone by, told of a ease
Wherein One of the famous advocates of
that time had badgered and crowded a
witness until ho lost his temper. Tho
witness incidentally said: something
abottta cat,. theATafty.lawyer 'seiz e Upon- thisma a means of still further
worrving the witness.
"liOw old was the Cat?" asked the
.at
torney. .
"I don't know," was the answer.
"How old do you think she was?",
"It was a Tom-cat." '. •
"I - 4idn't ask abort the somf the cat,
I asked how old it was." . : •
"YOU asked how Old she was." •
"Well. Jiow old was that cat?"
"I told you I didn't know."
"Well. him old do you think?"
". "Oh, I can't tell.' 4
•Irou can't tell how' old yon think
she was."
•
"I tell you. I don'.t know."
"Now." said theattorney.."l want a
plain ansarer to a plaid question. How
old do you think that cat vias?"
The witness looked straight at the 'at
torney, whale shining bald head was
the . most prominent feature of his fig-.
ure, and calmly said; "Oh, I can't guess
how old\ the. cat Was, but she was old
enougli to_be hald-headed;" _
;The lawyer's ruddy face, assumed a
deeper hue, the spectators and mem
bars of the bar tittered, and even the
stern`features of the court relaxed into
a smile at the answer which ended that
line of cross-questioning. —Hartford
Times: •
Off the track The Switch
. signal
tower.
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