The Conshohocken Recorder, November 27, 1891

              THE WEEKLY RECORDER.
VOL. xxu, NO. 39. CONNIIOIIorKKX, PA., VIIIDAV, NOVEMBER 37, 1891.
WHAT REWARD?
N
A l..wn bo? und UU
fair IIHIHIH Btn: ».»•(., |,
Mh« f«u»d, f»r hi* «.ke. .lorn, and culd
■uu.
IlnT'»only one;
1 hi* Kliiipvly. curly
lliti
\Mmt hiulbo, Hun. to d.i with Bii(Terln«r
'*ui »ii bravo utvu ibo'd uuk'bt blut toad-
Uilrc:
oowhen be heard Hie country-* war cry r!n&
" bat could HIIQ uyr HU cy«» »«re hen-on
Are.
A < OOfcBMM ■oMtof to tbu front ho went.
• oiuh. health. Itfo. love, lmpc. fame, all lu a
breath,
into oiu, patriotic offering Hint.
H. fluntf. a tfmec. Into tho faco of dentbl
And ho rodvvtiK'd his vm;* "here bulleU
biased.
Tipping the cbnrk'lot;column', riving wed,re.
Or, prison penned, with whit, lipa, hunger
ktaiid,
Pain's brliuuiliur cup It. drunk, hla country*,
pledge-
Death bodctleil until death passed him by.
Taking as .un-ty only M-ar. and youth;
Then he cam. home, nor heaved onu backward
O'er all he'd given up for land and truth.
A common soldier us |» went he mine.
And yet a hem! Who gives mor. than all?
H.WbO gives nil, nor ask-. tor e.cn fame.
What Is there, more than hero, such to CAIIT
Who he be? There were thousands sucb as
ho—
Men every tnrh, from crown to tipoftoel
For such. O country, what reward shall bvt
Tho sods taku not; 'tis theirs but to bestow!
And godlike aieu-'twa. .unni.uud that they
threw
Into the acale when treason kicked the
beam;
And manhood in not purchased! Buy the crew
lu whoa tdgh honor IsH foolish dream!
This boy and nil his noble fellows gave
What money buy. not, pays not for when
givenI
This market talk dishonors every grave.
Llko simony that e'en would purcbasi
heaven.
0 country. ohefJah lovingly all UWM In need.
But do not Offer insult !<> bmvp men:
U-avo tbu baso scramlile to ilie litameles.
gre.il
T'tut BMfO. nuUlhO04 hy the rnitlu pa*
UUUlvli each lioro on . pedestal
tVhcre honor's .un upon his brows shall
.hiiwi:
■tonp the future shall their shadow, fall
To toacb our children manhood is divine!
-W. J. Kavagu ID SOW V»rk Sun.
TIIK YELLOW HALL GOWN
Speak, HK o/ clrcumstnntiHl evidence, my
dear fallow, let me tell you a curious little
instance hi my own life It btfpni with
inyweddinu tiny, which RU on May 1,
I8S8, you reniotnl>er, and it ends just H year
a«o tODlgbL Ix-t DM pear yon out a drop
more of this claret cup. Sot Very well,
then, at wut take a fresh ciRar 1 will
put on one more lump of Liverpool and
then to my story.
Von know-that I married Julie Trowe,
of course, the sweetest, prettiest, brightest
littla woman who ever breathed, and that
.he tnndo the loveliest bride the sun ever
ahoue upou; her trousseau —well, upon my
soul, 1 am not much even now on a worn
mi's garments—but *hu had the prettiest
lot or "things," I believe they call them,
that were ever made, and among them waa
sosftefn yellow bell K°WII. Vou remem-ber
Itf Is it posaibler A filmy, sheeny
sort of an affair, over latin, with great
UajliuL" wraiitliHof gohlen roil trimming—
Isn't that what f hey call Itf—trimming the
Corsage aud the train, and doing duty for
shoulder straps or sleeves, or whatever
they are.
I tell you, old fellow, when Julie came
down one night after we got hoiiw from
our wedding tour into this very little cozy
library of ours at No avenue, « ith
that gown on. ready to go to one of the
Assembly balls. I fairly jumped to my feet
with astonishment at her beauty
I caught sight of hur first in tho mirror
yonder—n perfect vision, a kind of gulden
glory of womanhood, with her amber hair
all piled up on top of her stately little
head; tho.ne topazes I had given her—you
were with me when I bought them, weren't
you, during the lii>t week of our cugage-mentf—
and her hands and arms encircled
in loose, wrinkled gloves of a fainter hue
than the go» u. My dear sir, she was uot,
on those urli-it fellows say, "a symphony
|U yellow," but a perfect Gloria In gold!
/ knew thai my brfde (paa u lovely girl,
but 1 hail not thought Miu could huso
strikingly queenly and so originally
unique, without the least touch of ques-tionable
dash in her appearance.
"Julie," I -.ml, putting my arms around
her. "you look like soinu angel come float-lug
down from Paradise on a >ellow sun-set
cloud. Where did you get the idea of
this gown? It is a darling thing—a yellow
haired girl done up to match."
She laughed and put her two soft arms
about my throat In a quaint little fashion
of her own.
"Why. Tom. yon stupid fellow," she
Dried; "where did I get the Idea fnun» In
leed, from myself, to be sure! I thought
If a yellow girl had been so fortunate,"
und here the witch made a most sarcastic
Jltf-lo grimace, "as to capture the Hon.
I'.,oi Haffle, msjnusr Of congress, perhaps
ft continuation und expansion of the yel-low
theory might nut prove nnsuucitssfuL"
J^ulie laughed her own musical, ringing
laugh as I pfSMMSU her still more closely to
US in my assurance that I had not in my
life seen a woman so beautiful, so en-trancing,
so captivating as my own little
woman in her yellow ball gown.
Wc presently left for the assembly, and
you perhaps recall the sensation she made.
Ah! true, I remember, you were east, but
you beard of it when you got back. Of
sourse you did.
1 shall never forget the impression she
pM*i#d as she entered that big, brilliant
room, Wiling» little languidly us to the
pouch of her arm "ii mine, but with her
l/i'ad so proudly, royally posed.
I<*vury one fell down before luir Kven
aid General lieatty. who growls at the
mention of a woman's name, actually
isked my dulling to dance a quadrille
ivlth him —fact. And she did It, too, smil-ing
up at old seventy as if. 'JKIII my honor!
it hail bOOfl myself.
As we drove homo I tried to tell her how
rain and proud I had been of her, and ail
.ho diil was to bury her head on my shoul-der
and whisper, with a little amused
lauchi
"Oh, Tom! it was nothing—nothing In
this world but my yellow ball gown. If 1
tiad worn hi"* "•" l'i,lk or green uo one
would have taken the slightest notice of
Mrs. Tom Marfle, but because she hud the
tplomb to imitate nature lu the color of
ucr ln.ir. and get on a gown to match in
ltend of to contrast with It, she has made
tvhat society calls a sensation.
•'I should think she had, by Jove!" I re-plied.
Well, aa the season wore on it was curt-
3UH, but whenever the girl wore that gown
the mnde the most stirring siicces*— uot
that she wasn't admired In blues and greens
and reds, you understand, but, somehow or
other, whenever that yellow gown was on
fthe simply created wild havoc, and It got
tola: so that whenever I was anxious tQ
;iv. h»r m.-ike herself specially agreeable
|o any public man of my acquaintance of
my ow» party—pr the other side, either—,
psed lo ls?g her to wear iL
Jt was a thorough mancot.and gradually
JQIIB got to believe in It aa much as I.
Why, my dear boy, do you know thftj
Senator Mauley would nevena'iave cast lib)
yote for tbst Iron tariff bill IJVd It not been
for that yollow ball gownf Neverl That
settled the question, sir. Julie had It on
when she asked him to vote for it.
I suppose you think I am a fool.
Julie used to call me a dear stupid gooss
whenever I begged her to wear ft, and often
addedj
■•Well, I must say, Mr. Torn Marfle, you
are auythlng but complimentary to your
wins DssOlnstlons if you think a wretched
yellow dress can overtop them."
And I answered.
"lint it is only Iwcause my wife wears It
that it is so powerful."
And she would laugh and let me kiss her
hands-she has such pretty little hands,
you know.
Finally, when the season was pretty
well over, and WO were thinking of getting
ready to go to Cresson, 1 came home one
day ami found Mrs. Tom Marfle "putting
upher winter things," as sheexpresaed 1^
with the assistance of her moid. I espied
my mOSCOS Hung carelessly upon tho floor
amnrir a niip of other rumpled articles.
"Julia," I *;"'l under my tue.un. i u.uu
you to promise me soinetluug. Will you
dearr*
"What Is It?" she answered rogui-hly,
leading me Imo the adjoining room
"Promise me," I said, with a feeling of
almost unconscious solemnity, which f,.r
the life of me I could not have helped,
"that you will never give swsj oi
or part with that yellow ball gOWQ of
yours. Will you, dear onof"
First she laughed as she linked her arms
through mine, and then a sweet, tender
look crept Into her eyes.
"Very well, Tom," she said. "I promise.
AIM when WO) are old, when > MM gettobs
a cabinet minister or euiha*sador to the
Court of St. James, or some other mighty
thing, I'll lead you up to a wurdrobo sud
show you the dear old yellow faded ball
gown hanging on Its peg, Vosj 1 prom
ise."
And 1 kDOW she would keep It.
Time wont on. Wo want to Cresson for
the mouths of July and August. I forget
now where we spent September, but, as you
know, In the early autumn I waa obliged
to go to New York, and you may bo sure 1
never had a thought of spending a winter
In tho big city without Julie.
1 took a little. Imx of a house on Mist
Forty lifth street, furnished complete, and
In we tinned Oct. 1.
1 can see Julie now. a few days after wo
were once safely ensconced, site was lying
OD a lounge In the back drawing
when suddenly a gleam of sunshine on h. r
fallen hair—she waa tired from BOpaeklng,
poor child—made UN think of my ma-cot.
"Julia!" I cried, In a curious sort of ap
prehension that actually made me laugh
at myself, "you haven't left t he yellow ball
gown at home, have you, or"
"Oh, you dear old gOOM of a boy—no, of
course I haven't. Didn't I promise you,"
she added reproachfully, "never to be
parted from itf 1 told Sauuders to s. e it
safely packed and to hang it lotbsguest
room closet. She is to be trusts I
ly. You see," cried my little wife. Mtbo
fortunes of the house of Murlle aie ftUH
safe."
Cuconsciuusly I let fall a sigh of relief.
I knew tj.Hinders of old. she had boon
Julie's maid since her childhood, and was
reliable. If at times self opinionated, as old
servant* are apt to be.
Well, old fellow, the election was corn
lug on and I was •lashing hack and forth
between my county seat. New York, and
Washlugtou all the time. You know the
Wild uuxletyand fatigue and lai
of it all. Julie could not accompany me
always, although I Insisted upou having
her the most of the time- I couldn't do
without her.
Once,, however. J was obliged to go to
Harrisburg, and the ah||d protested that
she could nut go with me. thut she had too
much spring work and spring shopping to
attend to. I gave In, promising myself
ihut 1 would flnlsh mj buslmswotimmiirlly
and be back with her l>> May l).iy surely.
"You wou't fail, Tomf she said, as she
stood In the hall while the, cab waited at
the door.
"Nothing shall keep me, Julie," 1 replied
as I broke from her and started on my
dreary journey.
liut 1 had counted,so It seemed, without
my host, and not only did everything go
wrong, but presently I had to write my
little girl that I would uot l« with her at
the promised tiuie.
All my affairs were at sixes nod ssrsos.
I was nearly beside myself, feeling *ure
that the bills In which I was so deeply In
terestod would not pass, mid that much of
the future I had planned would, lu cousa-
(juence, goto pleoss,
When, lo ami behold!—and how I blessed
fhnt yellow ball gowb, for 1 had written 10
J, ulie to go up stairs and take a peep at It
-things turned around a* aijuareiy a.s pOI
■iblesnd I started for New Vui», being
due at the foot of Dcsbrosses street at a
ijunrier before 10 on the night of April
ID. 1880
The train was on time, and I jumped
Into a cab, bidding flpj i|r|vor go like
thunder and earn a double tip.
lie did
And all the while we rattled up Broad-way
I was thinking over and planning the
Joy, the surprise of seeing mo unexpectedly
would give her. Xo; i had not had time
to write, and had refrained from telegraph-ing
on purpose to have—1 am a selfish
brute, you know—the blUM of watching
the new born gladness waken In my dar
ling's eyes when she should behold rue.
Suddenly the cab, iu the very midst of
its maddest plunge around a corner, came
to a dead standstill I glanced hastily out
of the window to find myself involved iu a
$1.00 PBB VEAlt IN ADVANCE.
lowed ber St* little distance, ami as she
sweptdowo before me I had time to not*
mj tnsaOOt—tfas fatal yellow ball gown.
: Freshened the frills and Boonesa
■ tlrt, and the great trails of goldSBr
rod looked as natural as ever. A spray of
tho flOWers, too, she had fastened lu her
bonny hair, and the contrast of all thU
linoj color with the black satin of
her mask marked her ut ouco as conspicu-ous—
In fact, that gowu could uever go un-remarked
anywhere.
'hit I nnrveled a little lu a dazed
way that she should have chosen to srou
tbst dress, hot to a moment more I bad
othsr thoughts than this.
io thognlf Of the ballroom.
I . m< rs Dearly now, for the press
and surge of tho throng STSS dense with
the confinesOl the flittering, gaudy scene.
I raised my eyes for en Instant to Barrel1
I i: circle, and my gaze fell upon the
word above the proscenium arch—it was
written in electric light, "Welcome:"
Just heaven! a "welcome" here— now j the
clock pointed to ten minutes to 12. 1
shuddered. 1 staggered ami caught my
self lu tune to lean ngain«t one of the
fluted columns twined with roses iu I
Bd a man approach my darling.
It M M no one whom 1 had ever seen—not
a bad looking fellow as to gutup and geu
cral appearance, hut with, It seemed tome,
u sinister fsOS, ami tho complacent sir
with which ho throw his arm about my
Wife's WSist and drew her into the whirl of
i n <'i t lie flour pi.tdduucd me.
Did fellow, I U-Iievc I knew what the toi-tures
of hades were during the uext halt
hour, and heaven alone can tell the tumult
of Impulse- and p issJona which swayed my
soul H I stood there a lookerou in this
horrible Gehenna. At one moment my
mind wai made up to rush out and seize
her iu my armsand carry her away bodily;
at another, to strike to earth the man in
ID tnbrace she leaned so confidingly—
and Hon. thank heaven! a calmer mood
■OOCeedad, and I determined to bide my
time.
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'Iue yciiuw
Illiihi rated
It was not luiiic hy clocks and \vatrhe»,
althim.uli to uiu It wemwl an eteruity,
wliL-ii 1 babeld then ttaunifriuu nlowiy,
Dttl t.ill. tin k lii'.ul It.-ML low alxivf h»r, out
Into tho luhliii-j*. I followed; a more mil*
■ iivi-r.-ation eiiHiied; she laughed
hehiml her UUWk; thu U'lU nin« ■WMtlf
from aom« iielyhltoriiiK Ohuicli tOWM, and
he took out his watch and niiid, "It'n mid
i.h;lii, dl
Than -he laughed ualu, and I drew
IppUboandu I heard her whisper:
"What will nitithei say? I miiht hurry;
six- would never fur«iv« mt. She thinka 1
am at Cousin V'-and here I l<>*i the
tim.il. M I mi DOmpelltd Uy thu crowd to
MI u.e way
In a few brief momenta they iK»th ran
i.;>the brOIUl dtaircaw. | f<il|owe)|
not, ami iii u ■liQrt li'Mn pnoS
tmergod from the cloakroom with their
wi.i;»s OH.
I stood ulae u-itii beted breeta to let
[hem pneK,nnd ttun with a Hpring I roshed
now n after tbem out Into the uiKht.
She entered tiio 11 rat carriage In line, and
■looping to prew * ki»s upon her gloved
hand, he shut the door with a Miiap, and
the hOMMAt tho noiiud started oft* quick-ly,
leaving M hoth Htatiding on the aide
walk
He turned hack to the hull with ft High.
I jumped into tin- next coach, and giving
the man the address, hade him drive for
dear life.
She had a «ood ten mluutca' atart of me,
but the man drove like the wind, and in
wh.n seemed no time at all I waa at my
own dootatep,
There waa not a light in aalngle wiudow.
I put my night key In the latch and then
trltndrew it. Should I give her warulug
,md ring the bt-UT So- I iiiducketlthB (lopr
vant in, 8lumb|cd tip the stair* In'fhj
daikiie.—, and pre.solitly atood up (lie door
of her room. I listened; there wa* wot i(
aouml. I tupped; silence, waa thu only re-iporuw.
Couhl she not have retiirueclr Tha
Ight waa no aoouer mi lire in my
hraiu th.an . I—k,no«c^k-e-.d., .h..m..d.l/,v,wnnml irfm) the H.nt|v« -n
the gpot In a tcrrllled voice:
"Who is itf What ia the matterr Who
U tlicref"
"I, Tom," 1 replied, my voice shaking
With a hundred emotiona.
"Oh1" I beard the joy In her voloe aa aim
■pram; up, at ruck a match aud came end
unbolted the door.
up the
t'a etirly yen" pfOtCkSted
perfect labyrinth or vehicles of all kluda,
amid which aevernl iwlicemen were en-deavoring
to creatu taimuthing like the or
dar of praoedeuoe and ppooanalon,
"What the devill" I axolalnitaj, jmalung
open the window ami »o dlaeovnpiug mine
uue of a hundred carriages in fifteenth
•trei-t, all alowly hut surely tending to
sud kiruggliug towanl the Academy of
Music,
"WhatIn thundeii" I cried,touching my
Jehu's arm I fear anything hut gently.
'an- yon doing here, may I a*kr"
"Sure'n didn't far honor tell me to drive
rex to 101* Fjwt Kifteeuth *lroetr"
"Xo, I didn'tl" I responded emphatically.
"I told you loV Riist Korty-liftli stne't.
Vou are an infernal idiotl I'd like to know
oow soon I can get out of this."
"Keep cool, air, keep cool!" urged a po-liceman.
"Plenty of time for young fel
Ien» tobewaluiu between, now and iiHirniu.
Vou'll get there aoon, air, all in your turn."
I looked out ouctt moru In deapalr. It
waa worse than Impoaelbla to attempt to
alUht and »et another oah. Thero was no
way of forcing my vehicle out of this pro-cession.
Clearly there was hut one thing
lo do, and that wiu lo kit .still.
My dear fellow, 1 sat, hut I did not ait
atill. I twitched and turned this way and
that, I used bod words, 1 panted and
fumed, and at last, as the horses began to
stamp a bit and the wheels be-aii lo move
at a snail's pace, I glanced out to see what
the prospect of release minht be.
As I put my face to the window pane I
JfW in « flaah that another coach was
rawn i)p cloao to mine. Within it sat a
womau—lircaawl—all, o|t| fellow! my very .
heart stood still within me, my breath
came aud went gasping like a djiug man ■
—she waa dressed lu the mascot—the yel-low
ball KOWU.
It waa Julie.
I tried to see her face, hut it waa hidden
by the folds of a black mantle or shawl, or
aomethlug.
"^Vhnt.*1 cried 1 to myself, "can she he
doing here, and alone, and evidently bent
on entering this public ballroom'"
The wheels turned faster now, and my
cab was soon separated from Mid bnMnd
hers. My distracted eyes caught sight,
presently, of the (laming red and blue
posters before the Academy doors, announc-ing
that this wiu the uight of onu of the
famous masquerade bnlIs thatarv :::uiually
given thero.
1 sat stunned, dazed! I could not move,
or even think connectedly. 1 had hut one
Impulse; it was to follow, to keep near, to
protect her—to win her back to her home,
If I could, without arousing a disturbance
ora com mot ion.
Her carnage drew up before the curb,
tho door was opened and she sprang light
ly out, the train of her gown with Its gar
lauds of K»hieurod tossed up over her hare,
white arm. tho lace shawl (ell buck from
her face—It waa masked—and she patted
In among the throng alone,
| sprang from the cab. paid the man I
know uot what—nor he either, I fancy, in
his ustonishmeut at my change of PaaB-and
made for the ticket Oillce, bought A
ticket aud—old laiy, money'll do most any
thiiiK—of course 1 wasn't in evening dresa
or anything like it, hut a live dollar hill to
the doorkeeper gained me an instant ad
mlsaiou.
How 1
overcoat am!
room and then took Up my station iu (he
corridor and kepi my eyes Jlxed upon the
entrances of the ladies' dressing room.
I hail not long to wait.
Not ten minutes after 1 took up my ponl-tion
ahe came out and apparently waa
looking for some one who was uot up to
time—or, thu thought came to niu—could
It be the man she awaited, knowing me nt
least hy sight, aud seeing mo (here uuex
pectedly, feared to show himself!1
J kept out of her way.
Whyf
Uecause I loved her, and 1 had the most
infinite compassion for her; and even lu
my agony of shame and pain I wauled to
aparuherany outburst or humiliation iu
auch a place aa that.
Hut 1 kept her in sight, although I never
let her see me.
Bha daaoandal tho aialra abas. X fcl*
"Tom, myowu hoy!" she cried, twining
her arms about my neck, "what a surprise,
but you know you neurly frighteued the
life quite out or me?"
I caught up a shawl aud threw It about
her as 1 glanced eagerly around the room
(or suns of the yellow ball gown. She hud)
en eiiiiniiiK-cnifty; had thought of her
aervuwta'quick eye* perhapa. Not ft tnice
p( her late escapade |ay anywhere h) sight.
"What is theniatterr" she exclaimed pj
1 passed roughly by her and fell into a seat
pinning and livid.
"The matterr" 1 repeated, my voloe
husky with the strain upou me "Where
Is that damnable yellow ball gowu of
fourar"
"Oh, Tom!" Julie sank upou her knees
■ ii>- is kheapoku.
"Oh, Tom! forgive me, it waa not my
fault; Indeed, Indeed It waa not. l>o be-lieve
me. won't your"
"Believe your*' I cried dinging her from
nic IrapetOOUaly, "I'd rather MlltVt my
own eyes. Where w it, I suyf"
"I don't know—indeed I don't, Tom!"
You don't knowl" I sneered in my fury,
catching her by thu wrists aud holding her
eaff Inn vice. Isn't it right hure some-where—
in this room—hidden uwayr"
"No. nol" sia- cried iu a terrified tone;
"it is nut. I only wish it were. Tom,
what is thu matter with you1 l*et go of
me—yOU hurt me; you are rude and un-kind!"
She wreMed herself from my
4 asp aa ahe spoke, and atood lu the full
flare of the chandelier, a Hush of amaze-ment
and fright U|HJII her face.
"1 want tosecthat mascot of mine," I
exclaimed hotly, aud with no alaitemeut
of my satirical emphasis, as I began to
o|>eu the closet doors and to peer into the
wardrobe,
my little wife spake with dig*
liily as she looked at me.
"W>*t |s |(r" 1 asked in ft d<>gge«| w«y.
i want to tell yuu all about It, if you'll
listen quietly to me."
"Uo on," 1 responded brutally, standing
still with my hand on a door knob.
"I never knew anything about II until
today; 1 never tire.mied of such u thing."
"Indeed:" aud my lip curled lucredu lowly.
"The mystery to me la how you knew It
—you must have felt |t—(hilt bal| gowii
waa n witi h, I do believe,"
"A rrltch wore ii," I said cruelly.
"lint, Tom, I'll boar all your uuklndncsa
All Vfeomghfl li-i i. r ut nun for it.
The young man had been with the party
some time, and he finally rOM to go. The
others vetoed the propottltion.
"Oh, sit down!" cried one.
"What do you want to break
party for?" uked anot her.
"lie a good fellow," said a third.
The young man heaitated.
"No; I guess 1 had better go," he said at
last.
"Nonsense! It
oue.
"Sltdown! Sltdown! We'll all be home
before 12." added another.
The young man sat down, rested his
anus on the table ami said:
"Well, I'll submit the case to you. You
are talking of going to | he t banter or bar
lug n game of cards at the club, and you
want me to be oue of the party. Now, in
a co/.y lht|e fiut on the North side there's
a little woman"—
"Children sick?" put iu one of the party.
"No; there's only oue, and he's iu good
health."
"Wlfeslckr
"*.,."
''Oh, well"--
"Wait a minute," Interrupted the young
piuu. "I'll leave It to you; hut you must
bear the case. This little woman is adone
lu the fiat The baby U lu bed, and ahe la
altting there reading or sewing, and listen
Ing to the steps of those, poeslng the house.
I left home at U o'clock this morning, and
since then she has been alone with the
baby. Now she hasn't even the bftby iu
occupy her time."
He paused a muuieut to give them an op-portunity
to apeak, but no one said a wonL
Then he said:
"Boys, if you ibiuk you want mv oOtt
pany tonight more than she does I'llstay."
There was another pause, and theu one
of the party took a sip of champagne and
said:
"I'd rather you'd go home."
TheOthen nodded their assent, and the
young muu said:
"I'd rather golP
It u.o some time lattr in the eyeplng
when one of the members of the party aalu":
"There's a map,."
And every one knew whom he referred
to.—Chicago Tribune
Bow w SQMMI
This II the great problem of life which few
satisfactorily solve. Home rail becsu-e of poor
health, others wsnt of look, bat Iba majority
from denolsnt grit-want of nerve. They are
nervous, lrreaolute, changeable, easily get the
blues and "take the apirita down to keep tha
■pirita op," thus wasting money, time, oppor-tunity
and narye force. There is nothing like
the Iteatorative Nervine, discovered by the
great specialist. Dr. Miles, to cure all nerrooe
diaeaaea, aa headache, the bines, nervoua
prostration, sleeplessness, neuralgia, Bt. Vitas
danoe, fit*, and hysteaia. Trial bottles and flnp
book of testimonials free at T. F. HeOoy's. 2
1 1 I M|l ■ ■■■!■■■
If yon aru in waul of aifood STOVE, I° to
H. C. IVIESSIIMGER,
N. E. C«)H. FArtTTK AND ELM BTBF.ETW,
OOKr«3 OHOOKHN
JOHN S. KiPPl.F,
Px-uotioal
fif Si
Cor. Hector and A,;piesls.,
CON8H0H0CKEN.
•^■fitlin.it. furiilihcd aud contraou made la
•II kind, of »»II(11D,. rian and liprrlnrailoii
dr.vrn for n.w wort l1,Ml.'nlar altaot'on ra^
loalurlM and i««i..rt«i>«, and In M.rvihtrl
flt«t-elaai work and mawiial fuaraotced.
MITCHELL
WALL PAPERS
In elaborate variety, and just at this time you will find it decidedly to
your advantage to have your papering done
fine quality and positively
Don't
low prices.
Forget Our Show Window.
now to secure promptness
TtKS'TTITH
Wliarowlllba ..nii.l • li:ll i-»n m if lha bnt
KtovoB at lowaat prlrmi. TI8 HOOFING, BWJUT-INil
ABU KKl'AIKINd nr-itlr Bfi.l rhaapl; cluna
Urati-and Flm Itrlcfc, .torn r»l«ain-tl. PMtana o:
all blnda. and a soD«ri.l aaaorlmr>Qt "I Hoin".Kiim.
Qooda alwara ou liand- a-ji-to
DAVID H. ROSS
ATTORHBY AT LAW,
sol WALNUT ITREET Pnru.
) (J0N8H0H0CKEN
Evening Office i 1 Over the Pout Office
1 7 to 0 D. m.
DR. E. E. FLEMINQ,
Dentist,
WHSTAVKNUK. BCLOW rATarra STRMT.
^onshohockvn, Pa.
James B. Holland
Attorney-at-Law
OimiM, sra s w 5do nrett, Norrlitoirn.
Oonahoboexen, alempit'
Hall, 7 to I». m
*k-<»inn O0a:
fLl illll.SU
WASHINGTON HOTEL, '
No. 40 Elm strert,
Conshohocken,
•' K HAKR0L0, . ProerletM
•. >■ i.r-,,.1, of Wluaa. Utiuora, AM
GENERAL MEADE HOTEL
42 and 44 South Elm street,
Conshohocken, P*.,
JAMES j. L0U8HREY, - Propri.tw
Be»t brandi of Mquori. Wloat, rVitMr, Ala ai
fl^rr AccommodBtf"nn for man and -taMluf.
JONATHAN CLEAVER,
MACHINIST, PLUMBER, GAS and
STEAM FITTER,
Hector St., Conshohocken,
Opposite the Washington HOM* Hniiac.
Iron HMI Steam hcnthiK fur [.rivals or public
lmUdlnKH a specialty.
because I kuuw you'll furKive me In tha
end."
"Don't In; touHttre of that."
"And I know you did think so much of
It—1 did myself—and when that stupid
woman Sauuders confessed to me today
that she hiui Mold ittotheold clothes wom-an
with liie rent of my discarded tilings,
I really In-Iievo I could have murdered her
—oh, Tom, what is tho natter now?"
1 dashed across (he room and caught her
tony heart. I laughed wildly, tha tears
omma luto my ana, old fellow, yes, they
did, aa 1 rained the eager kisnes down upon
her iwatt, innocent lips.
"I know you'd forgive me, dear," she
whispered; "and really you must forgive
I I B i indara, too— she misunderstood me
About it; and, after all, I daresuy It may
have m.oli- some poor thing presentable of
pot ol those public balls, 0r something,
where the rthopgirfa go In hired dresses,
and aecoudhand linery.''
"Very likely," 1 answered with a ttrrjbh:
sigh of repressed, contrition/.
Bha kiss) ■! my fur-head.
"Look," she said, pointing to tbewlp/
OjOWa where thvllrat faint gleams of ilay-raahed
np thoaa stairs, left my Pgbl werwcraapfDfflo—"look. It's our-Muy
nd hat and satclitd in tiio coat- iiiorning, i-n'i ii r"
"V..-, ni| darling girl; heaven kuuws
> ■ ■ i. UaTeglvon mu the happiueas of mv
life oil this lir^t auniverr>ary of our woif-ding,"
"And you do forgive me, and you don't
reel too badly about tho loss of the yellow
ball gOWn'M
Barayaa warn lifted In loving appeal.
"Forgive youl Thero knothing to for-give.
I'll boy you another yellow ball
S:>wu before you are a week older; but,
ulio It never can bo tho mascot to me
that the old one wasl"
"I suppose not," sho said, a little rue-fully.
Did I ever (ell herr Well, not yet—stay,
I fear I have, too; fur there comes tho little
woman now, from her hiding behind those
BBrtalnsI Bba must have heard it all-yes,
we are going to tho Adairs' dauce;
And. hv the w.-.v. how do vou jike Mrs.
Dyspepsia
Make, the llvoi of rannj' peoplo miserable,
and oflen lead, lo MlMealructlon. Distress
aXlor eating, aour atomach, «lek teadaclie.
heartburn, loai of appetite, a taint, "all gone "
feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, and Irregu-r,
i,t l»rlty o( the bowels, aro
After ayinptoma. Dyspepsia dues
Eatint? "ol B,,t wo" o( lt,c"- u
* require* careful, persistent
attention, and a reundy like Hood's Harsa-parllla,
which acts gently, yet surely and
efTu'ieully. It tones tho stomach aud other
organs, regulates the digestion, creates a
good appetite, and by thus etny
overcoming (he local synip- u ■'c "
loins removes the ijiiipi-Headaoh©
thetlo rlteita ol the dlsenao, bnnlihei the
lieadarho, aud refroihea the tlreil mind.
" I have been troubled with dyspepsia, I
had but little appetite, aud what I did eat
Hoart- ols<re«*ed me, or did me
■UMH> """ BOOd- ln an n0U'
Dlirn after eating I would expo-rtcnto
a lalntnoss, or tired, all-gone feeling,
as though I had not eaten anything. My trou-ble,
I think, was aggravated by my business,
which Is that of a painter, and from being
more or less abut op If) a a«ia»
room with (rcshpaint: Last #MHr
spring 1 took Hood's 8ar»a- 8tSfMOh
(•nia-topli threo bottles, It m \W Ml
Immense, ajnoHllt Ol good, It ||ava me an
tippullle, and my food relished and satisfied
tho craving I had previously experienced."
UBOBOE A. TAUE, Watertown, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all dratgliu. (I; sli for «5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO.. Apothecaries. Lowpll. Mass.
IOO Doses One Pollat
Qm H. THWAITES,
Plumber, GJIH and
Steam Fitter,
Cor. WASHINGTON and OAK. St«.,
Conshohocken, Pa.
Flxtuio and nttlnga for8leam.(la» and w.ic,
Hy<lraiillr lunn, HIH-« and Ir-.n I'unip..
Healing fut.lle and I'maklluildliigalii Slaaia
a Specialty.
HAULIKO AND CAB SKKV1CE.
jyjAYALL MAY,
Hauling linda.
MONTGOMERY HOUSE,
Cor. Fayette and Marble st».,
Conshohocken, Pa.,
V. S. BL00MHALL. • Proprietor.
All the beet brand- of Liquors. Wines. Ale.
Beer. Porter, etc gubling acc«<mtnodaUona.
^l/ARD'S HOTEL,
Elm street below Poplar,
Conshohocken, Pa.,
JAMES WARD, ■ . Proprietor.
Ail llielK-.ll.iHudaof
and (linn. Herr. Porter, Altai
brandies, Win
Igara.
Families Supplied with
m
ft!
•J^PpeclaJ attention
freight. Hector and
• ■ten ic. I
'ayelle M*.
It (I,-live
ri.n.l,,,!,
fug of
..ken.
Bemoveil to llth and Sansom Sts.,
I'lilindelphla. Pa,
liiilzi' BndQonts' Overgaiters
AVDCBIUIBIN'S LEOOINOS,
The latest and Deal atoelr In tlia a nrlit
J. H. RICHELDERFEB.'
M IT ,if r'n,,... win't -HI., nmi
K- .1 Itesler i.u.'.-i- nml !.*•«-
Klii. 'r.iVtoori'u . femtiroltluri'd
•"iniH-ntit■ - mnunicit, u'-"Hi'Un■n'-
r<i nt-iPMif annas in KDHI variety.
UtOVCS. t'<'.H. H-llI {•*. COllrir-, ODltH,
tio-h ly n umr-1 *•. ■u-|-wiilt'Kt. The
M. Kr. if - ii -1 • • • v tic ffi tivitiA and
lens iii-- ie f»>ct hlinnh'er b'aoe
• o-uit.-v«rvlio>iy. ajii* ic.-iiawora.
can1i|fi.'. Juck-tx, in-11 o ami
-ca-l'-i rlnniM-l iimlt'i M< ar for
lawks1 »i] tans*. A'«n KTI-IH
ohaai pmteetore. sn-i H thoaaa* il
itrttd. - X"0 niriiKroiiH to tni'iiilon
.*• aim at1. Ollul'dil ffa'"rpmol,
Uni-ii ( nll.i smlt litt ill-pot Ml otxft.lt! and
ram.
JAMES CLINTON,
Hauling of all Kinds
Promptly Attended To.
Elm street, Conshohocken, Pa.
OYSTERS !
- at FOLEY'S -
JTOOT or FAHfl-iM Hi.
Martina Shoe Store
ARaraMeni $3 shoe. Tha basl tlmt rsn 1*
liniduoi'.i. Amoiioan ealfakln. regularly wclutl
Sli'l M'\vt'<l -otlu-y nmy !-• Imlt-olcl |.y linml
atiirhiiii,'; van aasy, rery dnrablo and rery g<««l
Another Drive in Winter
Overcoats.
Wc cion't jump into a wagon for
one big drive in Winter Overcoats;
nor have we any u efor .. saddle;
but we cannot get along without a
whip, and wc must have spurs
Does this mystify you? If it does,
you will see the point in a moment.
We are nourishing the whip of fine
material and fine workmanship, and
we are driving in the spurs of low
prices. If ever there was a time for
buying Overcoats, it is here now,
and there certainly never was a time
when yon could buy to such un-usual
advantage to yourself. You
can easily discover the traces of the
whip and spur in this oftl-r.
50 MEN'S KERSEY OVER-COATS
in Black, Blue Hrown and
Light Shades, material strictly all
wool, the body lined with double
thickness serge, sleeves with wire
cloth for p.50.
50 Men's Melton and patent
Beaver Overcoats, all shades, for
$12. Nothing like them have ever
before been sold for less than £16
to £17.
Just received an invoice of over
200 Boys Suits, ages 3 to 13 only.
$8.50 buys one of them. This is a
grand purchase. We desire to say
that wc arc not selling at cost or
below cost now. We are not work-ing
any such racket. We make a
a small profit on all of the above
items and defy one to give you finer
value.
Roberts & Meredith,
Fayette street, - . Conshohocken, Pa
The people
The people
The people
Must See our Overcoats
Must See our Storm-Overcoats
us for samples of Over-i
suggestion as to the kind
IV I'Allt WABBANTKD.
il 9ho» Window-
Line, Sand ami Building Supplies
furnished to contractors and builders,
Contracts made ior removal of dirt.
JOHN KNOX,
UKAI.KK IN
Ladles aid (tats Furnishing Goods
Haw, Capa sad Motions.
Fayette street, Oeneheheoken, Pr
SEAL ESTATE AGENTS
JRA N. SAYLOR,
COLLECTOR.
iking.
Kc|ialrini; neatly dona.
I0HN MARTIN, iS.T.fti'.t.'.'.K:
Public Notice
David Mitchell
The Leading Clothier and
Merchant Tailor,
18 & 20 EAST MAIN STREET,
NORRISTOWN.
OPPOSITE 1 DBLIC BQ1 ,u-,
RENTS. BILLS, ETC. COLLECTED
HOUSES RENTED.
HI"" ''"i Front and WlllUm Ma, u. i i .n
■holuM'krn. Pa,
£_ D. BRITT,
Real Estate and Conveyancing,
Cor. Ford and C.idarAve.,
West Ctnsliohorkcn, - Penna
.SB
from
H. G. J. Hallowell
—IIKAI.KR IN
PURE DRUGS,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, Win-dow
Glass, Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, Fancy Soaps,
etc., etc.
Family Medicines!
Physicians' Prescriptions
carefully compounded.
KAYETTK KTItKKT AND FOfKTII AVENUE,
Cuiuholiockgn. Pa.
Monty Ut li*vi no. TTlfTlgt. rniiKin;
I,, t ..I,
.LurKEE
anoni haitcred
|/Vr«//n»]AiNi(N
llNPALLIBLa l( taken
"'"'"•', •"'• TlMl
Fit |-a(icnli, liter MV)
I Sudr
IjSllctexlio Un K
Wjy l»r.OLIVE'S (IK i; AT
Nt^RVf RKaTrottKH
irte.1. A^/.«« «ri,r
ft ircl |.*Uf (l(fU
;LIMI uiARhn..!
F, H. LUBBB,
Conveyancer, Real Esta'e Broker, Cen-tral
Business Agent and
JTo-taxry l».il»H<.
MonuT tO li.NII 111 ,!r..|i.,l.', kUflH, \| |KH,. .
n<iiollal<Ml. IIIIUM-% t., run ,n„l . ,.;I,.I|,,II.
I.n.ni|<i, .i i, I,
WOfai-c: llmlor «l. Ural .io.r In I. IMI ',,,1 i,„y
Win. P. Jones,
All persons arc re-quested
to examine
the Twenty - Year
Tontine policies of
the Equitable Life
Assurance Society ol
the United Slates, be-fore
assuring your life
or investing your
money.
Policies maturing
in 1801 realize cash
returns to the owners,
of amounts varying
from 1^0 to 1X0 per
cent, of money paid
in, besides the advan-tage
of the assurance
for the period of
twenty years.
Assets, April 1,
Surplus,, " •'
For further informa-tion
apply to
Slij.000,000
2f>,000,000
SCIENTIFIC AND
Practical^^Dentistry.
DR. N. S. BORNEMAN,
NO. 2o9 SWJiDE STREET,
Jolt bo.ow Mam. Nnrrntown.
aiiiiouiiciratoths public ot L'nnahohooken
that lila offleo la ormn at all Imuia fur bla
cli.-ma Manjyrara nl aollvo practice In
in-. prori'ulnnvnanii-B lilm tOKuaran.eo i>er-ft'i't
KIT |. u, imn '
•rNltrouaOilueior pnlaleaa uitractlo
■ atwolultr. llo»-lv
An offer good for thirty days—the month of
November, 1891—to all within one hundred-and-fifty
miles of Philadelphia. Every man who
wants to see an Overcoat.
First. Write
coats, giving ;
of fabric—the color—the price—the style
desired. These we will send.
Second. Select one' or two samples—
about what you want, give your breast,
and sleeve measure, your height and
weight on a printed slip which we will
furnish.
Whereupon
Whereupon
We will ship you express pre-paid two Overcoats,
C. O. D., with the privilege of examination and trying
on in express office.
One Coat may be returned or
Both may be returned with
no expense to you and no obligation to purchase.
Remember thirty days only—beginning November
first.
Wanamaker & Brown,
Sixth and Market Streets,
Philadelphia.
50 NEWMARKETS!
For Ladies, will be sacrificed because they are out of style with low shoulders,
lint material and workmanship .ire extra good. Truly so astonishing an offer
has never been made here before. It on!) Lists until these 50 Newmarkets
are sold. Ihese are the prices: fS 50 reduced to .s. 93—36 50 to $1 n—
tl 5° '° Si 93-*» 5° lo S3 29—5900 lo SJ 59-Sio 50 to S3 79-$II 50 to
S4 29—*"2jo to $493. Of course, these prices are several times below
cost. \ ou need only to see these garments to believe this statement. With-out
seeing them it hardly is believable.
In this season's display of
Coats, Jackets, Capes,
wXj£!!£L£J? '"."(IT,''"" "' ■■'■'•'>' ■■' "atarlali, VarMt of style, Tharuuih
" r\"""," '' •'" ""'"',•*" abta i..i,CriiJ. VourctloUe
ihi'i|iianiiiy la.iik-iit |...riini. 11. i.,,. . ! ibnnaTW -■•—u, uctaiKiw.
.nd.ii:,;^,!;;;, ,, ' j jgpsO'**' ;K""":" l"""s"'bUc1"""1 CC|OT-
,„„,.JKII,?RESS GO0DS MMaMMfc
KID GLOVES.
-love*:
I In < I.MI M 1.1; 1 1. us, .1 l,v fH.ti.lioiii people,
York onict l.iicci
Wt art* ngi'iii- for IblM t
The POSTER ftOT« Il Mill Ima When UM num.-1 .
Foster. 1'iiiil .'v f». i- matki.l 1 ik Ibi Vmi Rflheni from u-m N.u
It. Price*, 81,81 9B.fl ■'*), fur tdtick ainl oolois. {• olon,tl 35; Rlaok, |1 7">
HEADED GIMPS,
PLAIN GIMPS,
I'EATHER TRIMMING,
nhatnleuoilierdenutnooi iimt N nniy stocked
ATTOUNErs AT LAW.
WM. F.MEYERS
Attorney-at-Law,
60S CHK8TMJTBTREET. PlIILADA.
Evening Office,
riank Buildingi, CuDibohocksn, Pa.
melt Sl-lv
DKAI.KI: IN
Flour,
Oai Meal,
Corn Oats,
Chopped Corn %
Oatsand Baled
HAYand STRAW
Cor.Seventh and Sprlog Mill aveioes,
Cotulwhoakea, Pa.
A. I. CASSEL,
Special Agent,
SPRING CITY. PA.
LOCAL OR TRAVELING
To act I our Nur-i-ry BtOClk. Balary.Rxpi
BtMdj I;III|.I«»\IIMIII a^aranb ■
CHASE BROTHERS COMPANY,
81 Rochittar, N. Y
JO8TICX8 OF Tin: PJUCS.
William F. Smith,
Justice of the Peace,
OFFICE)—rAYETTE STIEEl
ovtr llrook'i Clgir Store, MrmJ>1- '* Building In
C0N]H3HCC<EN.
BNTH AND 1III.UK PitnHPTLT OoLLrTTBD.
I. - H. - BRENDLINEGR,
leading Dealer in Dry Gooils, Trinimings, Carpels and Hooks
Nos. 76, 78, 80 and 82 MAIN STREET,
MlltlilM-IIH \.
DOCTOR
J B. HOBENSACK'S
KEDIGAI 0PHC1 -.
•:oii N. IBCONIl -1., riiiiaii.i|iiii«, Pa.
Arc tin nlil.'l III Ann rl. 11 r..r Uu- Ircal-lil.-
lltof
Special Diseases and Yoalbful Diseases,
Blaod PotBOO, Nl rv.,11- n.lntiiv. I'liTnt.MH.i.
iir«-. HIHIM.T. Kldnerand Hkin i»i««*ri.,
Veiriooi''!*■. Ilyarocflto, Buptdre,
Pennaanitl) cunid bj Improved nitnodi wiih-iiui
ilelfliitlou from bu»ln«t«, nw l>«--iKr'HkUcccsti
Itdw lo bli llftkingciporii in 1 uid itudyj bo the
t«cdand loUietnorottfi
oMiml nation and walebfUl aiU'iiiluii iirto \-%-
ii.-ni-during tridimt'iii. A tort) yvanaaUbnui*
mi-lit Isour fUumaWa >>i iu
oiii.f houra, -MI. in. lo -' P. m , i. lot 1. m. All
■! 1. . Min.liiy It> h> 12 11 11.
I. 1. .1-t1u, mp'"' '-"■'•■ lift
Recorder $1 a year
Selling* Out!
BOOTS AND SHOES
The Whole Stock to be Sold.
-FINE SHOES -
We have a large stock of Ladies' and Gent's fine Hand-Mad*
Shoes which we sell at MALI' It >K M ER PRICE
The line conmrises an assortment of Croxton & Wood's Famous
Shoes and a lot of Geo. E. Keith s Hand-Made Shoes. Strictly Hand-
Made Fine Dongola Kid Shoes for Ladies. Regular Price
$6 00. NOW $2 98
All size lasts. Square and Opera Toes.
Gents' Fine French Calf Hand Sewed. Regular price
$6 00. NOW $2 98.
There is only a limited stock of these j;ood.s. So call at vour
earliest convenience, a.s they won't last long. *
THEO. GRANT,
?^VV"Main street- " " Norristown, Pa.
Buy
the R0YALTREAO POWER m ^"^ -■ ■ ■■ —A*ir,_ ; Il -,'.lllluu-atlllr.iiicr lh-o.lif.n... idlunaalt wrrorofl -a0. _..^_
MAVB f'?*1)?- '"""'""f. SiEnSs
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