amite, First’ ring a 000 to ray be- id not afe, in namite touch a went te arriage made IN UP: en and Rome, mn, one r arrest- rge and nd the or Scott, bed the about a rai ab ne: Tenn., 1 by his fot pd ft 510 15 he oP C0 Hi i Bon Hoe oy pd 5 UERR L2EY YARDS. Nr 68 3 10 0 1 wo LOO 1222 S555888 oF 10. D2 510 5 ot 0 to 5 6 0 to 5 0 DYNA ¥ 5 ioe 66 64 7a 9. 25 ug. 04 od 50 00 08 a0 yront brim, The ends of the _ arour 0 ose = a ant TYLE ih outer ga ments for winter ig a Caps ‘fushionab'e sha} for this searon are very handsomest mantles are ~ orrich velvet, made np with etimes all these materials St FUR-TRIMMED FULL LENGTH CLOAK. ; {wo of the typical cloak throughout with sable, mink and trimmed handsomely with ‘a deep collar and} sian sable. The other TERED Sy made In quite a new i | season. | ro WINTER CLOAKS, shaded stripe of red and green cher ille. Tt js cutin three-quarter leneth: snd edged throdghout with black fox fur. Warmly . .lihed with: quilted shot silk, this will make a delightful winter cloak. A NEAT HAT. he familiar hat with a twisted brim, while catchy over some faces, is not becom: ing fo all.” Such exceptions will find a wel- come Euggestion in the hat shown in the picture. = Thebrim rolls evenly up a little ear the edge, ahd 'is a good deal wider in | front than at the back: Theerown is very ‘ainall and narrows toward ‘the top, after the manner of the sugarloaf ‘etowns. This ong 1s not absurdly high, howeyer. That jis a harm of the model—it js. extreme In, 0a. .. The under. side of the brim is light |. brown, the upper side and the crown is dark .bsown, «A soft, light brown scarf iis: knot. ted to the front of the crown, “its loops i 11 towards the edge of the wide spreading we a ‘off, and tnoir joy is ae oubled if they are 1 ‘allowed fo have a band in the sending out | ade, cakes, sandwiches and chrystalized i Ore figure is in along’ tight-fitting coat of dark blue coat, lined | “1'be one of the exhibits at the Worlds | patra, the existence of. which was “| expert silyersmiths in the country.. | | Miss Rehan was one ofthe. first with arm extended. From an artis- onable. This stiff littte | “out the softness, and SHIONS, ¥ PARTY, CRACE- TY "| ‘march! from Young's Point, Ta. to children of the honse, The little ones (alk. about their parties for weeks before it comes, of the invitations. If done in a pretentious wavithe invitations are generally sent out in ‘th e of the children, and the prettiest long note-paperis employed for the purpose For the daintest of At home" cards with a colored picture at oné corner. The guests arrive punctually at a children’s afternoon . @ ones are given teaat a’ aters of the house or - out tea and coffee at e is covered with plates : d and ‘butter and various kinds ot cakes and sweets, and c-acker bonbons are placed beside thie plates. The children dance or play games while their elders areat tea. At parties given during the Christmas holidays a distribution of presents occupies an important place in’ the programme, and ‘they are generally given at the end of the evening in some pretty and novel fastion Light refreshments are given in the dining room befpre the children take leave--lemon- fruits being the usual’ refreshments given Cracker Bonibons should not be forgotten, ithe explosive crackers being'to the little ones what champagne ig to their elders, © cansing the shyest natures ‘to ‘upbend une. der their inspiriting influen oh A STATUE OF SILVER. Montana's Splendid Contribution to the Sie Worlds Kale. | 4 A'statue of Justice in solid :silver, eight feet high, costing $50 000 and standing Upon $250,000 worth of gold compressed. into a pedestal-—this will Fair coming from Montana, The pedestal will represent the largest lump of gold ever seen. Sculptor R. H. Park will receive $10,000 for the model. 'Neveriin the history of: the world has a statue of heroic propor tions been. cast. wholly in precious ‘metals except, perhaps, one of Cleo: ‘never authenticated. The cost of the casting cannot be estimated yet. Fhe work will. be done by the most Every possible precaution will be taken to prevent the tarnishing of the statue during the Mxposition "Miss Ada Rehan has consented to be the model for Mr. Park's statue. thought of, as she is considered to be physically one. of the most perfect types of American womanhood, The figure will represent Justice standing on the globe with advanced foot, resting on the continent of North ‘America. In her left hand: ‘she holds balances equally poised, one side of which is piled with gold and the other with silver coin. In her right’ hand she holds the sword n its details, and the effect will be st ‘tially pleastn Gghting. ie 2 hive Beer B0 Et Tom whe ... The fort that | stood on a high _| learned that we could go. no ficther nee a AT VICKSBURG. Grea: Charge. : A Wes: Virginia Gomrads Describes the burg, which were interesting to me, A as [ was there ind have! some recollection ) all the charges that were made d. which was the Bos First Brigade, Second Division, Fif: teenth Corps. 1 will not mention the Grand Gulf, which is at the mouth of the Big Black ‘River, then around fo the rear of Vicksburg. : We arrived in Sight of the city the, morning ‘of the 19th of May, 1863, where we could see the rebel forts and the long lines. of rific-pits, We were: halted in a ravine, and there began to rest our weary bones from the long and, protracted marches and hard "About 11 o'clock a. m.. while we “were resting; our brave Colonel called us iuto line ‘and made a’ short speech. ‘He told us that we would be called up- on to charge on the fort, (pointing in the direction of a monster fort that we could see by going up a small bluff), He also told us to get dinner and eat f ¥, and have our canteens filled with water, saying that at 2 o'cloek p. m. there ‘would he A’ siege.gun fired, _which, would be, the, sigasl for the charge. He i : He told us that-our regiment bore a good name, and he wanted us to main: tain that name; that he asked no main to go any farther than he did; which was enough for us, for well’ we knew ‘he would go as far as the brayest. We prepared dinner, which was a short job, ag it took but a few minutes seemed that the Colonel's speech and the sight of that big fort took our ap- petites. The reader can imagine the suspense that we were in dnring those. long three hours from 11 a.mito 2. p, m., for well did we know that ere the sub went down many of us would | an. awer the last roll-call. iT will here state that ‘one ‘answered the last roll gall while sitting eating eryone was out of danger. It must Te we were sitting to the top of the bluff that pro- tected ug. fon the view of tha enemy, ‘but a stray minie ball ‘came whistling struek alimby which glanced it down: _ward, and it struck a poor comrade in “the head. knocking the brains out in his cap. He gasped and was gone Well, 2 oiclack is Bere, the big ‘gun is fired, and the sound goes | echoing through the air. “Fall inP’ is the command from Col. James H.Dayton, : and each one of us falls into his place; "the line is formed, the command," For: ward, march!” is given; onward we move until we come in sight of the Johnnies; they begin to shoot. Then —chargeYand away we go toward the fort. What sights meet our eyes. God forbid that I may ever behold such again. The air was full of deadly missiles, grape and canister solid shat and shell, railroad iron, minie balls, buckshot, and T know not. what else. A portion of the ground that we “charged over’ was obstructed with fallen trees, tops toward us, beside caneb rakes. so the reader can imagine what progress we made. But on we went. Icould look in no direction without seeing comrades falling, some turning somer-saults, with gun clutch od tight in their hand,bolding on with, the last death grip. aa were charging luff, some 50 or 60 yards from the edge of the bluff, with rifle-pits on the right and left of it. Ta this bluff we went, and wp it and on: to the outside of the fort, There we ound a deep ditch with cane-stalks placed in the ground, sharpened and pointing outward. The points would take us about the bowels. There we were compelled to stop. The reader can just imagine how sny of us escap- ed, while close encugh to the ‘rebel works to see each other's eyes. ’ As soon as the officers in iccmmand we were ordered to fall. back under cover of this bluff to a point 50 or 60 yards from the fort... We fell. back but left a great number of the boys in blue lying on this 50 or 80 yards of giound! I think that I am safe in saying that from the edge of this: bluff to the ditch ontside, the fort. Our brave Maj. Goodspeed lost his life, as did noth sof our Color-Bergeants.. «The flags er cked again they went down; again they went up, antil all of the Color Bearers were killed and all but one of the Color Guards, but thoso dear old flags: “came out of that slaughter-pen in safe- ty. but covered: with. blood.. now at Charleston, the ite. Although tatters ho followed to prepare coffee and hardtack, and it! his dinner, and where we thought ev=| through the tree tops fur abuve usand} comes the command to “Double quick | & had a 1 could have walked on dead bodies | ley are dea se , them through those trying times. I] | have a small piece of one of them now ed with the blood spilt at the above place. SE ee : We were ordered to hold our ground at all hazarde after falling back under cover of the bluff, for we expected the | Johunies to come out of those works ‘and charge on us. Our officers ordered - us ‘tg reserve our fire until the John: ‘nies got to the point-of our bayonets, then fire, We waited in suspense, watching for them to emerge from their holes; but they did not come. Our officers then picked ont the best marksmen, and ordered them to keep sce a Johnny's head above the breast. works. I exchanged many shots while this duel was going on, which lasted until night spread, her dark mantel over us. Then the order came to fall back, each one having orders not to speak above a whisper. 1 can never forget that silent march to the rear, each one stepping carefally, lest he step on the dead body of hid comrade, | who had made his last chatge and an- swer to his last roll-call. The reason: for this still march to the rear was the fear of the Johnnies opening upon us "by guess, which would doubtless have ‘killed many of us, as they were well acquainted with the ground. “As is wus there was not a shot fired, and we reached the spot where we started from at 2 p.m. dhe ; There the Colonel gave his company Otderlies orders to call the roll, and a sad roll call it was. : That morning 400 answered to roll- call; that night 200 answered to their names—200 out-of 400 had been killed or wounded. That night, as we were falling back over that battle ground, poor fellows would call for help where they had been. lying, unable to get away, since 2 p.m. oy During the night the rebels gathered our dead and placed them side by side on the edge of the bluff near the fort, with their hcads toward us. We-could see the blue from where we had fallen back. I never could tell why they put { them there, unless to aggravate us. It was a sad sight. Those who fell in ‘this charge luy from May 19 until the 98th before they were put under the earth. On that day a flag of truce went up, that the dead might be buried I was on the detail to do that work, and what a task! Those poor comrades were lying in every conceivable shape, gome with their guns still grasped ‘in their hands, with eyes glaring wide ‘open. * It sremed that ‘they would be looking at me, no difference whic side of them 1 would get on. They were all turned black and badly swollen, with corruption : running out of their mousns, I can scarcely write without watting this paper with tears. Wii: Liam KXpMonDs in National Tribune: TAKEN TOO LITERALLY. How a Girl Very Likely Lost a Proposal x ! of Marriage. : “You cannot always take your own madicine or even be measured by your own standards,” said 4 woman recently who prided herself upon being exact and systematic in all things, and who could ;enjoy a joke, even at’ her own expense, +I was at a reception not so many “and was playing upon the piano te en- ‘tertain d'small group of friends whena man who had shown me considerable at« tention suddenly interrupted ms by ask- ing: ‘It you were very much interested in a young woman, what considerations would prevent you from asking her to marry you?’ “Well, 1, of course, was somewhat taken aback, not being in the mood for “around and answered, ‘Well, I never should propose to 8 woman I have met only at receptions and in conipany. 1 should make it a point to eall upon her at all sorte of unexpected times, to see how she looked at home in the morning, whether she wentiabout in an old wrap- per with ‘dishevelled hair and slipshod, whether she helped her mother, or lolled about reading novels unfil noon. A man makes a great mistake when he takes it for granted that the woman he admires possesses all the domestic virtues in the . calendar; and is always attractive and amiable. “In faet,” she added, “I gave ‘him a long lecture on the subject, for which he thanked me. “I may add that I never met the man again. Next morning, contrary to my usual custom, I slept until nearly noon, ‘coming down to a 12 o'clock breakfast, “Mr. H-—— had already called three times.” Origin of Table Utensils. A French writer attempts to trace . table utensils—most of them of re- cent 1ntroduction—to their origin. The Romans took their meals lying upon very low couches, and it was not until about the time of Charle- magne that a stand wasused, around which guests were seated on cush- ions, while the table made its ap- pearance in the midale @pes. and je ‘benches with backs. ‘Romansate from a kind of porringer, yet during a por- ‘tion of the middle ages siices of bread ‘put round took the place of plates. The spoon is very ancient, and many fine specimens are in existence that were used by the Egyptians in the ‘seventeenth century B. €; The knife —though very old-—had not come into common use as a table utensil in the tenth century.. The fork was abso: tutely unknown to the Greeks and ‘Romans, appeared only as a curiosity in the middle ages, and was first used ‘upon the table by Henry III. Drink- ing cups—in the middle ages, made from metal, more or less precious— naturally date from the remotest antiquity.” The nse of glasses, from Venice, began to be general in the fifteenth century. The salt cellar appeared at a very ‘early date, and pecupied the placa of honor ati the banquets of the Greeks and Romans, manv.of them being of gold and sils. ver. The castor is probably not older “than the sixteenth century. = 7 Snow Maggots. On the icy peaks of the Himal says an imaginative writer, t xcellent to will’ mi a nearly b ho which is all stain | at, up a brisk fire whenever they could years ago,” she said rather demurely, a scene right then and there, turned aalayas, ere iss ing the silk. 4 Wetgning | SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER % “WORKED AMONG THE GENTILES,”” ACTS XIV. 8-22. GOLDEN TFXT: MATT. XIL, 21. COMMENTARY. . 12. This verse introduces us to a gather- ing of the church at Jerusalem i the Apostles and elders. Paul and Barnabas being present and declari before them all the wonders which Ea bad wrought among the Gentiles by them. The firsy of the chapter tells why the left Antioch and the cause of is council at Jerusalem. The principal pos of dispute was: Can Gantiles be savel faith in Christ, or must they also be cir- cumcised before they can ba saved? Peter Eo eg the moi anil now Paul and Barnabas tell what they have seen of tha same grace, : ames now sums up the evidenca and gives his decision. James, the brother of John. had been slain (xii., 2), s7 this must be James, the son of Alpheus (Math. x., 3), the author of the epistle of James. In verses 14 to 18 we have a complete and concise summary of the purposs of Gol with the church, the Jews and the Gentiles. The Burposa of the present dispensation is not the conversion of the world, but, asit is written here, to take out of the nations a people for His name, ; 2 a 15. “And to this agres the words of the prophets.” While the gathering of one dy out of Jews and Gentiles on equal terms is not clealy revealed in the Old Testament, as Paul. testifies in Rom, xvi, 25, 26; Eph. iil. 5, 6, the purposent God to bless all nations through the nation of Is- : tael is very cleariy revealed; and itis also written in this connection, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing but Hd ravealeth His secret unto His servants, the prophets” (Amosiii,, 0, : ; : 16. “After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacie of David.” The restoration: hers spoken of has never yet taken place, for the prophet says that when it does take place Israsl shall be planted in their land and never bes pulled up any more (Amosix., 11-13). Before this Israei asa nation the elect 17. After the conversion of Israel as a nation, -thénshall all nations be convorted, for the time will come when all kingzs shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him (Ps, xxii, 11). As ove has said, it is ‘now some Jews and tome Gentiles (the elect church). then 1t will be all the Jews (Isa. Ix. 19:22: Jer. xxxi.; 33, 34), and after toat all the Gentiles (Isa, Ix., 1-3 11, 12). 18. There is no surprise to God in any: thing that comes to pass, and He does. notns ing that from all eternity He dil not see that Ha would ao. ) ; ; : ’ 19. Understanding the purposa of God James saw that the present election was not to be by any special connection with Jewish rites, but by simple faith in Jesus, and by persons, may be sayed (verses G11) | 20. Ha advised writing to the Genfile cons verts toat having received Jesus, ‘and there ‘tore being saved, they should aostain from’ all defilements of idolatry and uncleanness, and observe in their eatinz such portions ot ‘the ceremonial law as would be: for their health and prove them to be separate from the heathen about them (I Cor. vi., 16: vii., 21. It was customary to read from Moses ‘and the prophets in tua synagogus every Sabbath day (xiii; 15, 27) and Jesus Him- self bad testified that Moses wrote of Him that all Scripture referred to Him, and thas He had come not to’ destroy. but to fuifill {ohn v., 46; Luke xxivss 27, 44; Math. vi, 29; Having come to this decision it pleased the apostles aud elders of the church od Jeru: | salem to send to Antioch with Paul “and Barnabas such 'éhie¢ men as Barsabas and ‘Bilas, that nov only might the: Caristians at Antioch learn the decision of. the council by letter, ‘but also by the testimony of these brethren. 6 nd Bil (28. Lisren now to the letter and hear lead. ing Jews at Jerusalem addrassing Gentile b+ lievers as brethren. Bahold the graca of God and the love of the Holy Spirit. 'What'a | contrast to the old saying that thie Jews have 10 dealings with ‘the ‘Samaritans! I myselt have heard a minifter.ot the Gospel objecs to the term ‘‘brethren,” saying that he felt like knockine ‘a men ‘down wao catlel him brother. Such was nop the spirit: of tae apostles, 4 24. ‘Such ‘cronblers and saovertsrs still live, and pervers the word of Gol and mys- tify the graces ot God, going so. far as to Say that untess we beliave as they do or join their communion we cannot be savad;otusrs saying thas even though ws balieva we hava something to do before we can be savsd,and yet others insist that Ws cannot Know whether we are savad sill we diz. 95 ‘he letter testifies to the iove of ths church toward Baraapas and Paul, to ths unity of the caurch at Jerasalem in tals matter, and to tndir great interastin tas (Gentile brethrenat Antioch. All trus be lievers are eismbers of the one body. 26. Barnabas and Paul ara noaorably mentioned because of their suffarings for Christ's sake, Some of these wera mantionsd : in last lesson, Sa2a foil list in IL Core xi, 98.93, And yet hear Paul say, ‘‘Noae oc these things move me,” and ‘‘I'hs sutfsrings of this present time are not wortiy to 0a compared with the gory waica saailbs ra. vealed in us’ (Acts xx., 24: Rom, vii, 18. 9%. Written sermons are good sometimes and letters are often very heipiul, buta testimony by word of mouth right from the heart is best of all. In this case they have both the written and the spoken testimony. 98. Observe the partiership of ths Holy Spirit and the church and compare chapter xiii; 2. Hvery one who receives Jesus re. comes His temple, every whit of which He jealously desireth for the glory of God Cor. vi., 19; 20: Jas. iv., 5, Ri. V., margin). Jesus said to His apostles when He sent them forth, “lt is not ve that speak. but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you” (Math, x.; 20). Seealso Acts xvi., 6, %, and lat us covet earnestly tobe completely under the control of our Blessed Comforter and Guide. vo y 29, The body being’ kept wholly for God and fully yielded to Him; the Sout would take full possession and God be glorified. burdensome in the service Christ. ‘His commandments are not grievous” (I John v., 3). ke is easy and His burden is light (Math. xi, 80. The : s at Antioch were made. glad by “this letter and these words from the breth- ren (verses 31, 32, © Words from God are al: ways intended to make us glad and give us peace if we are honestly desirous of walking with Him. Si 8: 1 John i. 4.—Lissson Helper. > signification ot Names. : Siberia signifies ‘‘thirsty.” Sicily {g ‘the country of grapes,”’ Caledonia means ‘a high hill. Asia signifies sin the middle,” from the fact that ancient geographers thought it be. tween Kurope and Africa. Italy signifies ‘a country of pitch,” from pitch. Hibernia 1s ‘utmost’ or ‘last habitation,” for. beyond this to the westward i the Pheenicians never ex- - tended their voyages. Britain is (‘the country of tin,” great quantities being found in it. The Greeks called ft Albion, which signifies either ‘white’ or “High,” from the whiteness of its THE Bible is fall cf promises to * | "Christ and lose anything by it. is grace whosoever will, without respect tu : ceives also the Holy Spirit, and the body be- | See Jer. xxix, 11; Ps. xxxv., its yeilding great quantities of black’ shores or tho high rocks on the west ; ‘show that no ope can Goanything for BETTORS TO BE-/INDICTED. LANCASTER JUDGE INNTRUCTS A’ GRAND JURE TO RETURN ELECTION BISK-TAKERS. Judge McMullen, in his charge to the grand jury at Lancaster, referred to an of : fense against thelaw'to which little atten tion has neretoiore been 'paid—betting on elections. He instructed the grand inquest to present for indictment all such persons known to them who made wagers on the recent election, as thousands of dollars were’ won and Jost in this county on the Presi dental ¢lection. The charge created quite e § nsation and many bettors are alarmed. They fear that thegrand jury may indict them, : A DRUG CLERK'S AWFUL ERROR. THE ‘'WHONG MEDICINE ‘GIVEN TO A YOUNO WOMAN KILLS HER. - Mrs, Peter Bowman, of Saltilio, Hunting: don county, calied at. Morrison's drug store in Newton for a small quantity of Epsom salts. The clerk in mistake gave her acetate of magnesia: Mrs: Bowman died in great agony. She was only 21 years of age,’ and had béen married ‘but three months, . The clerk who made the fatal mistake i almost eraz>d with grief, and his friends are constantly on the watch lest he shall commit suicide. Age CR i gi ian : THE STATE PRINTING. 3 Superintendent of Printing Grier, in his annual report shows that the cost of the State printing and binding the past year, amounted to $174,592 16, anid the cost of pa- per and supplies used was $63,291 49. The number of reports, documents, ete. printed was 236,480. the cost of which was 3131 753 51. The number of copiesof pamphlets printed was 99,090. Cd |... A NOVEL ELECTION WA As the result of a wageron tial election, Gilbert Greenburg ex: presiden of the State Firemen’s Association, an present chief of th Huntingdon fire depart. ment, waded the Juniata river at Juniata, in the presence of 2,000 people, while a live Iv discourse “wad ‘played by the city band, The water was cold and deep. Sn : pe WORK OF THE VILE CIGARETTE. Two weeks ago a Geneva college (Beavi Falls) student named George Ilbee was tak en to his home in Philadelphia ill with ty- phoid fever. Hedied at his home and the announcement of the fact at the college was coupled with the’ statement of his physi cians that his death was indirectly due ta excessive cigarette smoking. § ; : Sem A BLOCK DESTROYED. : A fire occurred at Pottstown in the store of Joseph Manly eatised by the explosion of 4 conlioil lamp: THE block ‘containing the Manly general store, Hileman's office, Mat thew’s music ttore, Weeks Bros.’ cigar. “store and factory were burned to the ground: The loss on the Manly store is about $44.000. Matthew's loss is $2,000.. ‘Dr. Hileman's loss will reach $1,500. Thew are’ partially insured. tree ys SH THEY, PLAYED WITH FIRE. {Two young children of Mr. and Mra Taylor Crobin, of Hbllidaysburg, were play- ing with fire during their parents’ absence from the house. One child was burned to a cinder By the flames,” but the other may probably live. SOSA KILLED INA COLLISION, Daniel Calkins, a brakemanon the Baofe falo, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad, was almost instantly killed at Hutchins, in a rear end collision between an Erie and a Buffalo, Rocliester and Pittsburg train. He was 37 years old and leaves a awvife. —p A puxco man is operating in Westmores land county very successfully. He repre: sents himself asa relative of his victims and tells them that another relative in a distant State has died and Teft them a large sum of money. He then borrows enough money to get them their share. : Ar Coatesville, C. 8. Garret & Son’s Beaver Dam paper mills and over $30,00C worth of stock. a frame dwelling and: three cars on the Pomeroy and Delaware: City Railroad were burned. Loss:over $75,000. i Wirrras WESLEY, aged 69; and ‘his wile, Mary, aged 60: were burned to death at their farm house near Selin’s Grove. It is. sup- posed that the fire was occasioned by the ex- plosion of a coal oil lamp. Frep ATHAM, who escaped from the Washington jail © with murderer Martin Reed, was sentenced to one year’s imprison- went 1 the workhouse. JosHua Pornock, aged 54 years, was struck by an electric car. at Wilkesbarre while crossing a traek. He was instantly kilisel Ar Middletown M. B. Rambler, a promi- aent merchant, was struck by the Harris burg express and instantly killed. Tah A Costly Doll's House.’ ; The costliest doll’s:-house probabls in the world is that made by a resi. ‘hicago, for his 4-year-old ‘ata cost of $3,500. Ib is built, of brick, with a tower and ecu: palo like an ancient castle, and looks for all the world like a reproduction of the great modern residence of some millionaire. It bas a little flight of steps ieading up to the solid oak front door, and an electric push-bell for tha convenience of ‘the baby visitors of the happy mistress of the house. Om this door-—which; by the way, is fous feet. high—is the name of the proprie. = tor on a silver plate. There is ahalle way lighted by a miniature gas lamyg suspended from the ceiling, and it is finished in the choicest of hard woods. Phere are umbrella and hat racks of appropriate dimensions. Elegant draperies cover the folding doors, and the parlor is fitted up in grand style. whe furnitureis all of: white enamel wood, covered with white brocaded silk. There 1s a handsome mantet filled with = bric-a-brac. and little lamps. | A beautiful chandelier. fur- nished with real gas, hangs from the center of the room. Center tables, divans; easy chairs, sofas, etc, fill up
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