The Conshohocken Recorder, November 8, 1884

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i.ifti.- i;uio.
Ah, don't icrae a-woolng with your long, long
face.
And yourlonin'r purm- l>ehinil;
I'm a nrlirht younir trlrl and I know my plaoe.
And I ihmk I knew my mind.
I like to lauvli. and diuieo and ning.
And to tease my parents <l«-ar.
My brother* call mo a "tin-some thing,"
But they wouldn't lnlM mo here.
Oh, 'Milam my mother's heart'■ delight, An''Inf •™er,l rlifht hand lirara,
»/'"Id I loave my home no froo and bright
To be a rich nmn'n ulave?
Would I buy myself a gown of silk
In a Brand dull houao to pine.
When I have boys to play with and cowl to
milk,
And the whole fair world !■ mine?
Ah, don't oome talking of the cares of Ufa;
My head IN void, not gray;
And its my dt-nin1 (o be no nmul wife—
At leant, not Jimt to-day.
But I've a heart and It'll warm and true.
And I'll keep It safe at oaae;
And if OIIO 1 love should ooine to woo,
I'll give lt-when I pleaee!
—Dinah Huloch Cralk.
HOW I WAS TEMPTED.
i
Standing there, tho bright sunlight
about mo, the terrible temptation of my
lifo came. Not for my own aako was
this temptation strong, but when I
thought of her, my little baby girl,
there came to me the knowledge that I
would yield.
Yield"—and to whatP
To bo the wifo of a man whom my
soul loathed, while my darling, the one
love of my life, lay under tho dark blue
waves.
I would not believe i hi- terrible story
they told me—this man who sought me
for his wife, and the coarse, ill-bred
woman who now seemed to be mistress
of the Grange, where for that short
bright year of my married lifo I had
reitjned as a queen.
The terrible wordsburnedinmy brain
—the words they had spoken to me, or
rather, Vunce had spoken; for though I
felt there was some secret understand-ing
bet WITH the new house-kcoper and
him, outwardly they were distant
enough.
This is what ho told moP
I had not been my darling's legal
wife, for far away in another land,
another wife had claimed him, a wife
who died—at least, so he proved to me
—six months after my marriage.
Oh, Heavens! how could I believe itP
Believe that my love could bo guilty of
such a crime?
This man, Vance Eldridge, whom I
so hated and despised, ami my husband,
Gruj A-liion. whom I had worshipped,
were second cousins, and both had been
mylovers before I had chosen Guy.
When Vance had asked me to be his
wife 1 told him I had already given my
Sromi.se to Guy, who had spoken two
avs before him.
His face had grown black.
"I will not give you up to him!" he
cried. "You are mine by the passion
of lovo I bear you. What does ho know
of loveP"
Tho next moment he had canght me
in his arms, and, despite my struggles,
had kissed me on my lips and brow.
"Coward! Shame! Disgrace to your
name!" I cried hotly. Then I half pit-ied
him, his faco had grown so pale.
"Violet, I cannot ask your pardon,
for I would peril my soul for thoso two
kisses. The day will come when all
your kisses will bo mine, for I hare
sworn it, and I will manage some way
to koop my oath."
The next moment I was alone, the
terrible dread of Vance Eldridge, which
never left me after, conquering every
Other feeling.
Three iin.nl h- later 1 was married to
Guv. ami then Vance left the home that
had sheltered him from childhood.
I had never spoken to Guy of that
scene, nor of the kisses that yet made
my soul burn with anger at the remem-brance
of them. The offence had never
been repeated, and on my wedding-day
he went abroad
Then one year passed, a year whoso
brightness lingers with mo now, so full
it was of passionate bliss and days
bright with love's glory.
Merciful lleuvrn! i-ould it be that the
lover-husband, who kissed my lips with
passionate tenderness, and surrounded
me with every sign of love, the husband
who had seemed to idolise me, had
made me Oh no, no; it could
not be!
"I will not believe it," I cried In my
agony. "Ho was my husband. I was
his wife."
Even this I cried aloud when Vance,
who had come home shortly after the
news of Guy's death, held" before my
eyes the terrible proofs of his story—the
marriagc-certilieate of Inez Vanessa
and Guy Ashton.
"You were not his wife, Violet."
"Not his wife!" I repeat, staggering
blindly towards a chair; but before I
reach it. Vance leaps to his feet, my
senses leave me, and then—then I know
no more.
When I open mv eyes again, I am ly-ing
on the sofa nil dronched with co-logne-
water, and Vance and the house-keeper
are bending over me.
"She is better," I heard Vance say,
as I opened my eyes, and then I closed
them again, biit I had seen the expres-sion
of relief on his face.
"She is fragile as the flower whose
name sho bears," he says; "but—"
I hear tho woman say "Hush!" then
something is held to my lips, which I
drink without opening my eyes.
One week later my temptation came
to me, when Vanco asked mo again to
be his wife.
"Your choice Is this, Violet," he said,
"to leave the Grange with your name a
by-word- for the truth must be told if
you go—to leave it with your nameless
little one in your arms, and his, Guy's,
name a word of dishonor and reproach,
or to become my worshipped and hon-ored
wife, and bury tho tei < story
from all human knowledge."
Tho temptation was terrible, and I
yielded—vieldeil for my little yellow-haired
baby's sako—the baby who look-ed
at me with its father's eyes, and
smiled with its father's smile - for her
sake, my little Lcolinc, and for his as
well—for Guy, who had wronged me
so, but whom I had loved, nay, did love
still, though he slept beneath the wave,
with my heart and soul.
For his suke and the sake of his child
I would sacrifice myself, that his name
might rest in peace, not bo remember-ed
with dishonor.
Near the Grange, or, rather, below it
—for it was built on an eminence—was
a little Gothic cottage, owned by a gen-tleman
who lived at some distance from
it.
The cottage was exquisitely furnish-ed,
and the owner willing enough to let
It. hut (bund it hard to get a tenant it
would suit in size, considering the
rent.
One day. however, I was passing.and
at one of the windows I saw a dark
beautiful face, whoso rare loveliness al-most
startled me.
As her eves met mine she drew back,
but not before 1 saw a strange interest
—strange at least for one who I be-hoved
hud never seen me before—dawn-ing
in her eyes, while I looked up, at-tracted
by her manner.
A few .lays later I happened to be in
one of the rooms of the (irange quite
sdone, for l.euline was sleeping, nnd
with a deep pain at mv heart I looked
over tho broad lands thatlhad believed
mv child's inheritance.
Blending there. I realised witii full
ion i- the misery of the life that la
fore me. as the wife of a man I actually
shrank from a man who I felt was "a
villain.
Ah. women's hearts are strange; that
word I shrank from applying to Guy,
who had so wronged me, while to this
man, of whom I knew nothing actually
wrong, it Seemed the fitting term.
Somehow I -poke my thoughts aloud.
and a voice behind me repeated my
words.
"1 will take back my promise," I
I said; "anything is better than an un-
; willing wife. He lores me, and ho will
here mercy."
"Ha. ha, ha! He lovos you, and will
have mercy. Ha, ha! If ho does, Mrs.
Nobody, I will not."
1 turned, and was face to face with
the housekeeper, whoso vulgar face was
almost purple, and appalling with tho
I hideous expression that rested upon it.
"Ton fool!" she said; "I know all the
story of Guy Ashton's marriage; and
even if Vanoe were fool enough to let
you slip, I would publish It. Great
Heavons, girl, if yon knew how I hate
you!"
At this instant a light footfall was
heard, and we both turned ronnd and
stood face to face with tho beautiful
stranger of the cottage.
Mrs. Cassin's faco paled slightly, and
without a word she turned and left us.
"I only came In," the stranger said,
| "because I heard your cry of terror;"
. then she took my hand. "Child," she
said—"for you seem a child to me—will
you tell me your trouble?"
I burst into tears and told her all,
then looked up in her face.
"There is tho man I have promised
to marry," 1 said, as Vance came up
' the pathway.
I will never forget the look that came
. into her eyes as she rose to her feet.
"I do not wish to meet him," she
I said. "Oh, God, that I could save you!
But I am powerless—my hands are
tied."
Without waiting for an answer, she
i slipped through the window that open-
' ed on tho veranda, and was gone be-fore
Vance entered the room.
1 .ate that evening I sow him and Mrs.
Cassin, the housekeeper, talking earn-estly
together, and my heart sank with-in
me.
An hour after that Vance came to me
and told me that the next morn must
see me his bride, or
He said no more, but I understood.
My baby and I would go, not only
friendless, but nameless, into the world.
Despair seemed to seize me, but I
gasped out my assent, then fled to my
own room, and, clasping Leoliuc in my
arms, cried in passionate anguish:
"For your sake, my baby, and for
your father's; but, oh, my darling, if
we could only die together!"
Perhaps, had death seemed near me
in any way, I would not have been so
willing to go: but. despite mv fragilo
ap]>earance, I wns young and healthy,
and there was little danger just then of
my wild wish being granted; but God
knows I meant it at tho time, for my
anguish was more, it seemed to me,
than I could bear and live.
My marriage morning dawned, and I
knelt beside tho altar: the words were
spoken that made me Vnnee Kldridjre's
wife, and all the time thoro rose before
my eyes the stately vessel that had gone
down with Guy—my Guy, I called him
still, despite the terrible story I had
heard.
The ceremony was over, and white as
my bridal-robes I stood, and it seemed
to mo my senses were leaving me, and
then in the midst of us stood the dark-eyed
stranger of tho cottage.
Haughty-looking as an empress she
stood, ana Vance's face paled, a* clear
and triumphant her voice rang out:
"I can speak now!" she cried. "My
unhappv brother is dead, free from your
power, Vance Eldridge, whom I knew
as Guy Ashton. Child," turning to me,
"you were Guy Ashton's wife, for he
never put ring on woman's finger bo-fore
he wedded you; but that man,"
pointing to Vance, "took his name, and
under it married a child in years—a
proud, passionate, loving child, whose
very soul at the time went into bis keep-ing."
Vance never spoke a word, but a
sneering smile crossed his face as the
woman continued:
"He tired of her, however, and de-serted
her, and she dared not push her
olaims nor follow him, and why? Bo-cause
her brother, led into gambling by
this same man, forged his name for a
check, and the villain, who purposely
lured tho boy into the commission of
the crime, held the proofs of it in his
Sussession; but tho unhappy youth is
Bad, and I am here to tell the truth."
"It is rather late," Vanco said, "for
Uii- lady is already my wifo; for, ac-knowledging
the whole story true, my
first wife, your sister, whom I married
years ago, is dead almost a year. My
marriage with this lady is perfectly le-gal;
the story I told her—well, all is
fair in love or war, and Violet, Vio-let,
my wife, you will pardon me fur the
love I bear you."
I shrank back, white and shuddering.
I was his wife, yet triumphant through
it all rang tho thought, "Guy had not
wronged or deceived me. Guy had
been my husband."
In the midst of it all I thanked God
for that. My child, my Looline, boro
rightfully her name. She was the legal
heiress of tho Grange.
The next instant there rang through
the building the eloar musical laugh of
tho stranger, and at tho sound of that
laugh, Vance started and looked at
her.
"She Is not your wife, my dear bus-band,
for I am Inez Vanessa, instead of
Assunta. Oh, man! could your eyes
deceive you thus—eould such a simple
disguise make you a foolP Has six years
so changed the girl you professed to
love, that such a flimsy thingasacrown
of raven hair, a dash of olive puiut,
could mislead you? See!"
The next moment the black hair ley
on the ground, and a sponge had wiped
the liquid off her face, and sho stood
before us. like, yet unlike, tho beautiful
dark woman she had been.
"You know me now—I am Inez,your
wife, and the ceremony between you
and that child there is neither more nor
less than idle words, for I can prove my
identity. It was Assunta that died a
year ago—not I. When I came here I
learned your plans, and in this disguise
I watched you, but I dared not speak
till to-day, but to-day I havo thwarted
you."
"Curse you!" he cried, as he drew a
pistol from his pocket and tired straight
at her heurt.
I know not what impelled me, but I
sprang between them.
I felt a sharp pain in my side, and
then I knew no more.
When I woke to life again—oh, the
Joy of that awakening! for Guy, my
own, my husband, was bending over
me.
Was it only my senses that deceived
me, or was it true?
I closed my eyes. When I opened
them he was"gone.
"Guy! Guy! Guy!" I cried.
Then Inez's bea'ntiful face bent over
me.
"Ah. tell me, did I only dreamP"
Something in her face uiado cho ques-tion
me on mv ips.
"Keep quiet, violet, Can you "
"Guj lives! ii. irassaved! Where—
where
"Here, in;, lu\i' tin darling wife!''
I .. i- in the arms oi my husband,
Wfc m l t little stronger they
tiild tne all the storj of Guy -1
and of the king months he had lain
helpless in a far-off land, anil I listened
to all with Leoline in m\ arms, my
head on my lin.Land's breast
Then they toM in.' afnitlier story —
that Vance was dead and l.iiried, and
before his death, Mrs. Cassin had con-fessed
he was her son, whom she had
put ill the place of little Vance Kld-ridge,
whose nurse she had been, and
who had died in his Infancy.
They told me he had died by his own
hand, and 1 listened, pule with pit] and
horror, but ah. the world is selfish,
and 1 as well, for am I not in mv hus-band's
arms, ami the past seems already
fading away.
As time passed, the one temptation of
my life was almoet forgotten, and anoth-er
ehlra eame to keep in] la a. line com-pany.
A dark-haired boy is now almost as
tall aa my yellow-haired girl, and the
last little one that came to me I hare
called Inez, after the beautiful woman
whoever since has made the Grange
her Inline.
Her homo it will be for a little longer
still, but only for a little, for last night
a-lender ring glittered on her linger.
When sin- told me his name I bent and
kissed her.
"There never was ono of his name
unworthy of woman'- hue." I said; and
t.uy . who has knioMi him all his lifo,
repeated my words when I told him.
Fifteen Years Apart.
The American Indian approximates
nearer to what mini should be manly,
physically perfect, grand ill character
and true to the in.-tincts of his con-science—
f ban any other race of beings,
civilized or uncivilized. Where do we
hear such noble -entifnents or meet
with such examples of heroism and self-sacrifice
as the history of the American
Indian fnrni-hes? Where shall we go
to hear again such oratory as that of
Black Hawk and Logan? Certainly
the records of our so-called civilization
do not furnish it. and the present cen-turv
is devoid of it.
They were the true children of the
Great Spirit. They lived nearer to the
great heart of the Creator than do their
pale-faced conquerors of to-day who
mourn over the lost and undone condi-tion
of the savage. Courageous, brave
and the si.id of honor, their cruel and
awful destruction from the face of the
earth is a sin nf -iieh magnitude that
the relies and the | pie of America
may u ell shrink from the jusl punish-ment
which i- sure to follow the assas-sination
of as brave a race as ever
breathed tlio air of Heavon.
I wrote the above -eathing rebuke of
■be American people when I was 16
years of age. I ran across t he disserta-tion
yesterday. As a general rule it
takes a juiiili la year- of Up W arraign
Congrc.-s and jerk the administration
bald-headed. The less he know- about
things generally, the more cheerfully
will ne shod information right and left.
At the time I wrote the above crude
attack upon the government I had not
seen any Indians, but I had read much.
My blood boiled when I thought of the
wrongs which our race . had meted out
to the red men. It was at a time when
my blood was just coming to a boil
that I penned the above paragraph.
Ten years later I had changed my views
somewhat relative to the Indian, and
frankly wrote to the government of the
change. When I am doing the admin-istration
an injustice, and I find it out,
I go to the.Vre»ident candidly and say:
Look here, Mr. President, I have been
doing you a wrong. You were right
and I was erroneous. I am not pig-headed
and stubborn. I just admit
fairly that I have beon hindering the
administration, and I do not propose to
do so any more.
So I wrote to General Grant and told
him that when I was 16 years of age I
wrote a composition at school in which
I had arraigned tho people and the ad-ministration
for the course taken to-ward
tho Indian. Since thut time I had
seon some Indians in tho mountains—
at a distance—and from what I had
seen of them I was led to believe that I
had misjudged the people and the Exe-cutive.
I told him that so far as possi-ble
I would like to repair the great
wrong so done in tho ardor of youth
and to once more sustain the arm of
the government.
He wrote me kindly and said he was
glad that I was friendly with the gov-ernment
again, and that now he saw
nothing in the way of continued nation-al
prosperity. He said he would pre-serve
my letter in the archives as a
treaty of peace between myself and tho
nation. He said only the day before he
had observed to tho Cabinet that he
didn't cure two cents about a war with
foreign nations, but he would like to be
on a peace footing with me. Thecoun-try
eould stand outside interference
better than intestine hostility. I donot
know whether he meant anything per-sonal
by that or not. Probably not.
He said he remembered vory well
when he first heard that I hnd attacked
the Indian policy of the United States
in one of my school essays. He still
called to mind the feeling of alarm and
apprehension which at that time per-vaded
the whole country. How tho
checks of strong men had blanched and
the Godde-s of l.il.crty fell for her back
hair and exchanged her Mother Hub-bard
dress for a new east Iron panoply
of war ami Human hay knife. Oh, yes,
he said, ho remembered it as though it
had been yc-terday.
Having a heart the welfare of tho
American people a- he did, he hoped
that I would never attack tho republic
again.
And I never have. I havo beon
friendly, not only personally, but offi-cially,
for a good wlrile. Even if I
didn t agree with some of the official
acts of the President ' would allow him
to believe Unit I did ralher than harass
him with cold, cruel and adverse criti-cism.
The abundant success of this
Suliey is written ill the country's won-erful
growth and prosperous peace.—
Bill Nye.
Advice to Smokers.
Cigars nre the most expensive and
the most convenient way of smoking.
Use a bolder and a cheap wooden one
that you can throw a«av. It is had to
put a cigar in your mouth. The maker
of it may have had some contagious
disease.
Thrre is a great outcry against ciga-rettes.
The outcry Is unfounded. It is
-an1 the burning oi the rice paper is
bad for vou. Bosh. It is not half as
bad as tno tobacco inside. The trouble
with cigarette- is that they maybe
made of picked up second-hand tobac-co.
That is not very plea-ant to think
about. In England nearly ovory man
makes the cigarette- be uses, rolling
thorn up very deftly. There are ma-chiues
for sale there for twenty-five
cents each that will loll up a cigarette
quickly, and as neatly as those you buy.
An American rarely takes the t rouble
of making his own cigarettes. Too
much bother, and he hasn't time. A
person is apt to smoke too many cigar-ettes.
It is a curious fact that a man
must see the smoke before he will enjoy
smoking. Blind people rarely smoke.
If n man is going against nstrong wind
that blow- the smoke away from him
before lie sees it, ho is continually un-easy
and thinks hi- pipe has gone out.
Smoking in tho dark scorns to be more
.fceeptable, as then a person sees the
glow of the cigar or pipe.
As to pipe-, thev are classed by a
noted French physician as follows: 1.
Soft earthen pipe. 2. Meerschaum. 8.
Hard earthen pipe, white or colored. 4.
Wooden pipe. 6. Porcelain pipe. 6.
-Metallic pipe.
The white earthen pipe, porous and
permeable to liquids, is put first, be-cause
ir is a good absorber of nicotine;
the metallic pipe is put lust because it
allows all the noxious products formed
during the combustion of the tobacco
to reach the mouth of tho smoker. Tho
iiieer-ehauin, which immediately fol-lows
the clay pipe, deserves its place
only on condition that it is not too old.
If it is seasoned it is as bad as a wood-en
or porcelain pipe. Filially, breth-ren,
do not smoke.
In the first place—don't smoke. Itis
a dangerous, unhealthy and expensive
practice. It i- very apt to control you
and you will smoke more than is good
for you. Still, if you smoke there is no
use saying "Dou'lsinoko," foryou will.
Torn think vou can stop, but you can't.
Every smoker i- -lire ho could quit to-morrow
if he wanted to. There is one
man in Detroit—a journalist on a Ger-man
newspaper- who frankly admits
that he can t slop smoking, lie tried it
and couldn't, lie is honest enough to
admit it. He is perhaps the only man
now living who acknowledges that he
cannot stop smoking.
The best and cheapest way 'f smok-ing
is the pipe, and the cheaper the pipe
is the better. You can throw it away
with more cheerfulness and unconcern.
Throw a pi|ie away as often as possible.
Tbo foulness of it, besides being offen-sive,
is uoisonous.
Robert Bonner says Henry Bergh
doe- not know what he is talking about
when he protests against horse clipping.
"Mr. Bergh," he remarks, "must be
ignorant of the treatment of horses af-ter
a -hup drive on the hard road or on
ine track. If he were not, he would
know tlint after such a drive in the Au-tumn
a horse perspires freely. If ho has
a long, heavy coat, four grooms could
not get him. dry by working half the
night, lie is left to stand with wet
coat and to catch cold. Coach horses
should not be clipped."
An Autumn Musing.
"Is this scat occupied?" she twit-tered.
She had saffron hair and wore a Jer-sey.
She wore other articles too num-erous
to mention, also. Her faco had
a biPlo-poetic expression. '
"Half of it is at your disposal," said
the editor, as he felt a blush stealing
around behind his ears and a cold wave
coming up his back to meot it.
"Then I guess I'll set down." And
she set without any guess work about it.
The sun was sinking in the west.
(Tho sun rarely sinks in the east.) The
we-tern sky was 18k. gold with rose-leaf
alloy. The earth appeared as if
tin heavenly hosts hail melted all their
1 arp's of gold and poured the liquid on
wood, meadow and stubble-field.
"How beautiful is natrcre!" exclaim d
the editor, wondering how much of her
was artificial. "How beautiful is the
setting sun! 8ec how the cart i is made
an . pen gold min . and the houses,
mean and grand, given cathedral win-dows!"
ncr lips parted, but no words came
forth; however, she nested closer to
Km and punched him in the ribs.
"Ah," thought the editor, "here is a
rare soul that appreciates all the beau-ties
about us and lov s nature as the
dnme deserves."
The train had just reached an applo
orchard. The trees were loaded with
fr it, red and gold. More than this,
the editor was Hungry. "0 my soul,"
exclaimed tho hungry scribe, feeling
that the expression was charmingly
ambiguous just then, "drink in the
beauties nature spreads over hill and
vale with such lavish hands! See, fair
maiden, those apples, hanging like
spheres of gold, dyed with stolen sun-set
blushes; what moro beautiful sight
can man see when he is not gazing
upon thee? No wonder it is a popular
fancy that the forbidden fruit was an
apple! Who could resist it! Tell me,
sweet one, dost thou not love the ap-ple
and prizo it above all other fruits?"
"Y-a-a-s, but thev'II make you
mighty sick if you eat em when they're
green."
Theoditorsubsided.—South and WeiU
sb-i in|..-i.ii People.
One of the finest looking negroes of
Leesburg, Ga.. is Andrew Reed. On
each of Ids hands there is an extra tin-fer
about an inch long and of full size,
hese fingers have nails, but are en-tirely
boneless. Andrew's father also
had the extra fingers, and had throe
oilier children born in wedlock, and, to
Use bis own words, a whole "cowpen
full of outside children." These chil-dren
all hnd tho extra fingers, and a
majority of them hud two extra toes.
Andrew bus two children born out of
wedlock, both of whom have tho extra
fingers and toes. He has six uncles,
all with tho same peculiarity, their
families being likewise marked. When
thev were slaves they belonged to Gen-eral
Bailey, of Florida. Ono of them
wa- -tolen and curried to Texas, where
General Bailey followed and identified
him by his fingers and toes. Another
negro, who was known as "African
Jack." died iii Webster County recent-ly.
He claimed to havo been a prince
in his native land, nnd was always very
jealous of his associations. He was
stolon when a well-grown boy, and
sold into slavery. For the lost thirty-years
his home has been in Webster
County, where he was always looked
upon as an oracle by his race.
—■»-• ...
At Lake George the water is so clear
and the sand at tho bottom so clean
that the depth can be appreciated, and
the ease of drowning is apparent tbore.
A mother of a K-ycar-old boy. while
averse to denying to him the pleasiiro
of boating, sought to rob it of Its per-ils.
She -aid to aerttlf that ho would
bo safe if he couldn't fall overboard;
and so, having set him carefully in the
exact center of the broadest .seat in the
craft, she fastened him down by driv-ing
a scries of tacks through the slack
of his trousers. Having thus satisfied
herself of his security, sho returned to
ber favorite book and corner of the pi-azza.
Soon there arose an outcry that
a bout huil capsized in the lake. The
scream with which sho received the
news was quite articulate. It called
frantically for a tack hammer with
which to arm the man who should dive
for her boy. "Gracious me!" sho re-marked,
after the alarm was found to
have been baseless; "I guess my inven-tive
genius isn't comprehensive"enough
to be reliable-."
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Thin powder never finift A inarrel of
l»ii illy, mi CMK Hi and who.L" ouu'iieHS. Mori'
coiinmlcal than the ordinary kinds, ami
I anno, be sold in competition witli tho mul-titude
of low teai, pnon weitrnt/atura oi
pill spliato powders. ololcf ontu tn cant
Km Ai HAKINO I'.iwium ' (»., 106 Wall street
Sew York. jvi.vi>
THE 3
BEST TONIC. ?
Thh. medlelno, comlilnfns Iron with pure
TPRiManlo tonktti quickly nnd completely
I UI|MII-( HI mid . Hit I ii i-in, I lull* in <l I'lieie,
und Nfuralf.la.
It U an unfailing nTnedv for THM-MM ofthe
Kl.lnr.- and Liver.
It In invaluable for I'lwancii peculiar to
Wtmim, and a'.l who lead Mttoi liny live*.
Itdoeanol InJura UMteeth.rauM-heariar.lie,or
produce entwilpation—olhrr Iron mrrfi'rinr* do.
It cnrlrlifH an>l ptiriflei tin- Mood.Mlmutatt'i
the appe1 tite. II'IH theMttnllatlotlOf f<»>d. re- trtliurn HIM It. Idling, and strength-en--
the BUtOtei and nerves.
For Intermittent 1 event. Misitudc, Lack of
Energy, Ac it lias no equal.
Md- Tin '•> uuine liasalmve trado mark and
crosM'd red lineion wrapper. Take no other.
*.4«»ltht Hildas tHKll.AL cci.. IIH 1 |t«nKl. BD.
$11,950
IN CASH
GIVEN AWAY
To the SMOKERS of
Blackwell's Genuine
Bull Durham Smok-ing
Tobacco.
The genuine has picture of
BULL on every package.
For particulars see our next
announcement.
KELLKB[fE™ME CTY*
THK (iUKAT Ill.OOr. IM UIHKB
OFTHK WOKI.II.
f <'ntarrlibi»i««vm,eftciprw»»!init that
•carcrJr • tuBiljr Is i-tempt. *■"■ It a
Iruij ilia buM uf U*e Auwrimn nut*.
Koiii.uiy j>r*i>»r.'»U.'iui*r«t IntlwiurkM
tUAt/■!.><" r-.th*t»/'k'«(iM,.s'i.ri'.siiid
NEVER- rtllDC
FAILING ^W
wortM
Cnlnrrh RfMied) i
nlt.-r!, M VI.II I
CAM wbere aiitt.-K.inR
Rfci.Lrrrs
II rii.dlllt.MMt PM-
: lulled Inn _
r»*m foll.mi'd. It
Hr!V«t sit ilia root uf too fftniM, and
fllTiiliut.-" (tin poi*>o faun tlio Mood.
Itn TCeoraahu b«*n wondorfnl and aalea
inunenw. All that iaaaliMl for i( i-n rHal
ThomiMt nl»"linitt) and li»i|t-»laiiiiing
caam j-.rjd ivu'liljr to lhi» fiufyly. /' is
{'•fctt-/,ar. Uu. I'nc*m ftltUtl", <1
#i forS/ii Upon reo-tpt of S6
!■> N.m'l K K. II.T ,\ < > . H-rr. | DM,
an l-atlM wllT bo wnt bt M.
I. prepaid. Tat* M "''i-r. fur )t
a onq itfpaialii.ii Hint .
fit "f ih* I/IVIH* aid t'urea. Bend
-for abealar (<r n*k your ricuffcna fur
oaiOrimc«rnin«t'*ua«.Natiiro Symptoms and Cure
of ( uliirrh. It iimtaiii* l.-t iiiimit,!- uf antln-lUiQ
and ajfuuim* enn*. It U aU-ith* llr-t Blood
riflrr in th*. markit For p.»lr by llrua
•ally. Whol-aal- by SAK*L F Kaj.
K
Km.y.m
r£&
Knrrullv. \V|,OI-MI« !
, Htrrtaburg. >'• : aho by JottNrroH HOLLO-WAT
k Co.. auJSMITB, kLUOE A Co.. Pbllad'a Pa,
"Ring Druggist**"
have combined to comjiel the sick
TO PAY HIQHBST PRICZS
for Medicines &c.,
W. T. TOTTEN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PATENT MEDICINE DEALER,
672 IV. lOth St.,
fr'lmt iloor bilow KAIKMOUNT Avenue
PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
SAVES YOU
About 75 PER CSNT.
I'otten's BanaptrUlt HOC.
Bitter Wine of Iron 40
" .htmiu'i:! Ginger l-i
Hood's Siirsaiuirillii 75
A>ei - " 75
\\ iiriiiT's Sufi' DON S4
Kidney Won 70
llrnwn's Iron Bitters, 75
Allcock'e l'lusters 10
JHVDCS Bxpeetorsni 78
THOUSANDS OF OTHER MEDICINES
'ills, l'lusters, I )ils, Olyecrino.Soaps. Spices
Camphor 4c., Ac.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST
A KINK HIM' I. \ Y OF
WALL PAPERS
find
Coiling Decorations.
Art decorating a specialty.
Window Shades and Oil Cloths
Ml AM.- N Wl 41 D II I I I'.
FURNITURE,
MATTRESSES and BEDDING
of ct.ll IklmN.
■
Upholstering in all its Branches
SKWIXi; and LAYI.VG OF
0ARPET8 prompt!; attended to.
PARLOR SUITS
IV^rtdct to c>rcir*r.
Upliolr.iiTr.llTi flu-li. Htiir Cloth or any
KOO<lit ilnit you may Ml) Ol.
**-AII oni.-i'H •ntniat«d t<> oaroMM »n.
Mc.-ivi' prompt attention. Mtuptot/uUy
ROBERTS & MEREDITH
HECTOR ST., CONSHOHOCKEN,
MTAHI.IMHKIIjMt,
PAINTIHQIPAPBR HANDING.
JAM FCS T. FOX,
si > I si si«. \ am i w 4 1.1. PAIMEK,
UI.AZIKHtllld 1'APIK If AM.KK.
A full line of iWOK PATTERNS of wall
papem, BrOBIM, Blanks antl Browns.
Latent ilcBignn at Philadelphia prioeH.
S.itiM';ii'tiiui guaranteed on all work on-trunted
to my care.
Hect T St., b€tw€ea Poplar and Cherr?,
ttbHtf «""<.'.i-vii iliiM-t.fi:. |»».
Elmer 12.Fleming,
Afi'lnnl lo l»K. S). « . Ull H.
DENTALSURGEON,
No ~sl Hoelor sirei t. i ?nn»bt>hovkmi
xt <IOIM 10 MitrFi'i'ti-.-. urooerj
- '"!'■ HxtracUns, llilmit HIM) the
_ 'iiiir of Clilklrwni woin H npna alty.
ni t.-eth ln«erl«tf. > xtnietfiig with
iran. Uflloe hour- I'rom 7 lo I0«. ni.,-j tn 1 und
0 10 l'1 p. in., mull I-YiHuar.v. uih22]y
H. J. PArTc/JSO,. D. D. s.
DENTIST,
(Graduate of tbo Pennsylvania College of
Dental Surgery,)
orriras :
m« Walnut St.. I'hll i. Hour-*, 'in. in. to 4 p. m
ll.irry St ..Con-huh. «kM, u7IOta.m Mo 9"
OA8 ADMINISTERED.
novi7-ly
KING OK DENTIHTH.
Gentle, skillful, eunTuland
Moat Beautiful
durable teeth. Petnftai Ailing and extracting
Ail. WARKAMKI*.
BON oxide STH.H. rrloott below all.
QSLE R (LATE WATERS,)
aa N. nth »i., Philadelphia, Ps.
s»-i)pi'ii nighu. .in i-i)
SET OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH
Don't full to call at
X: Oot Pine afreet, rimmi. i|ii.hi. pa.
ArllfU'lal teeth $3 and upward,
Iiiipii'"H)ii In the morning and te<*th in
tbe MtaVDOOn potfeol fUtluK. Lower net
a*ltb tnotloii; holds ta fraely ae the uppers
vuail/.bd air for pulnleai extraction at *6
i-eii.Mper tooth. HlUny, Iti-pairlng nnd otd
seta remodeled a* good ui now ftacfl '\
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN.
Dr. Kyle Rohrback's
OBNTAIJ ROOMS
mat \. Eleventh Nl. above Oxford Nl.
Philadelphia.
Artificial Teetb,
Extracting ami Filling
HnlU-ly
II yon are in wunt ol a good, weli-flttlnK
PVHK OXIDE HAS DAILY.
Ilullv trimi 't a
m. to lo u. m
Dr. S.P.PHILLIPS,
(334 U-ox-tlx 28(1 St.
DENTIST,
AHTIFICT AL TEETH A SPKC1 AI.'l'Y
i i i i NI-TN an ■'. n*.
£
Office Hours
PHII.tlltl.PHIt
EYE, EAR, THROAT
AM) SritllH'AI,
DISPENSARY,
i» V I (III Slrn>I.U|h-n II a.m. lo I Ik.lll.
Bpeelai examination of atRht; and glaanei
InrntMhcd, hour* from II a in, lo 4 p.m.
iv.vi-i i-
MADAM VSRND
t I'li'lM-itti'iUfOiiiiun iiii-l Knnll.lt c:iril n-atler
Aiii'i.l lin
MADAM DUBOIS' FRENCH MEDICINE
Sure and eaft ranimHf. never falls
K32 Andrew between Ml. WriiMii and
Wallace SIH.. nnd I2tli nnd l.Iih Stn.,
PhiladolphU.
•9vNo charge roi madloal adi lee
ARTISTIC SLATE MANTLES.
HAvvrtiTotr
—AHD—
•ilil> »H.
420 H 3d St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
-has. B. Kline,
JVopriefor.
IF YOU ARE IN WANT OF A
UOOli ."TOVK. UO Tl)
H. C. MESSINOEK.
M. B. Gor. Fayntta and Rim Streets,
CONSHOnOCKEN.
m CL0THIN8 SPEJR3 FOR ITSELF.
Wc II re ready t<> meet t lie wnnta
ot the times. Wages are low and
times inul | nre plow,
\Vi- offer oar go d« lowi r th n
ever before.
Full (rrerooats from 98 to $30.
business Salts from $10 I
Dress Baits from $16 to >■'>■>..
One Dollar to-day will buy as
much us Jl.50 a your or two ago.
Our I lo'lllni: lill- bi -I'll HM an!.- I M-l P .in
in mi III i hu yuar'i lain at V iv lt .low II, I'a.,
and MI. iioiiy \ J.
A. C.YAT2S&G0.
Iii- l.i mil uu IKI*: ropiiinr c>fiiiiler«.
602,604,4606 CHR3NUT
FHILADELPHIA
NOTIO -
llnvc your I nikin ,.|ii m. brte-a-l rae,
tkUlrally r. |i.ni.'.i lor■ ri n i: N Jim.
■ ■>• r .tract, i uioalte Sew Public lin iiiin »
i hi kctelphlu. Pur Dyspepsia Indiges-tion
inul "tin i eoi'niHIiri- w nil
-.1 ll.l "*>'S lil.l.ir, inul I.I'.IHN:
< II rr - ill II IS V J IIIII pi-r SI..I'll 11 I
F. BENDIMEHE PROP
Fall and Winter Millinery
A full line of all tho
Latest Styles.
MOURNING GOODS a SPECIATY
MOl'ltINt; < i KI) I'.!: ~ I'l I I.KD
ATSIIOIM' NOTICE.
MISS MARY McDERMOTT.
MAIN STKKI.T M:AU OHBBBT,
*|'27 N' liinsTir.vN
JX.1? IT AGAIN
DAVID .JAMISON,
BIIJXJ P08T13 XV
.Minion I on .». PA.
Orders lefl at hi- i ten -i reet,
•II.i II.KII ,i,ii. Main, .ii be i -1■ ai
li-liili-l to VI-.i I l.'ri : ..( i: i.I'lr. . unni
;v,iiniy ilnt.l ami IVaid'a letlanrvnt, ' • H
' Illllk I." , ni :i;i,
Harry O'Donuor,
OPTIC I AN
Ainl M.iiiiifiicturer or
Society Badgos, Medals, etc.
A full line ofjewelry nl nays In Mot I.
at iiic In".', t i ■
70.% < IIK!tT «l T sr.P.III. VIXI.FMIA
ocll-ly
FOR SALECIIEAP
•Vimiow inul I'iiiun Qlaas,Oriiameu*
i.ii GiaM, (Joaeh, 0»r, and Photo-graph
(lia-i, OalheMral %r.d
.Siahu'ii t i ass for Churches, <-u'.
VL'.-IIIHI.I' DoOrOl i-- A:
O.S. BENNETT & CO.,
■ II IIBTII MllllMrffl. Pll I. <
Miidani Monestier
From I'nii",
Manufacturer timl Importer o
LADIES' AND MISSES' SHOES
Ijilcyi ttyltf con-iinilv on band.
1715 Cli.'Miiui St., late of 891 Walnut it*,
1'lllLADKI.rilIA, 1'KNNA.
-11V
William F. Smith,
SPECIAL AGENT of Coa*kok*«ke%
—roa i HE—
Equitable Accident Association
OF BINGHAMTON, N V.
FIMXIST
Java CoTfco, 25c.
Oolong Tea, 50c
LAKSDOWN,
721 VINE ST., Pnir.ADEI.r.IIA.
icll.lv
TO THE LADIES!
THE FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CLENSER
i uu be Died «it ii taCBty apon tbefloestalike.
■ I'iiih «DOlfinH.oi broe i retlaaoit
i ..I-, inni'.iiii or vcivi'i »-iii note. \\i- 'in in
i•■<■ ii-* ramoviiiH initanlly ant und <>i
jmiut. oil o i . lamp blaok, i i
i^iy* lur. It la pui in l, lb. boxes*,
it> int i in u- ralui n> I-- - II not onlv
IndupeiiHlble toevei-y IIOQHI bold, bul evei v
in.uvi'iu.l thimiti imvr ii box tn hie or b«
p HHi-saionini niiMic int. u-.' soldb]
; i ■ vi'iv* ti» I*.- i'i- i:< uouta par i»»»x.
i rv ii nini be i "ii i Ine tl
For '-ui*' iiy all <iiu_.
CUT T-^ISS OUT.
6 » fin
Wbore will be loumi t lull huaonineal ol
tbe bent Stoves at loweit prices.
■ In BoollUK.H|>uDllaa nu<l Repairing
HBtTLY »ll i listI'LV DOSa.
Uratct and Klre llnck, Btora, Bepitln
pinups of all klntlK. umt a Kcncnil annort-in
nil ol boune rurnltlilnK KOIHIB alwuyH on
Go To H. 0. SATILER'S
!i" m '' w itii '•'viiniii.' in
j"<itClocks, Watobcs
and Jowclry.
laie RIUGE AVK..
I'll ' Ii \ I'M I'll .A
*rf-N. i:. Ipenial attention paid to t:<-pi.i
lute, MI work warranted. Uldgoidu <
In tr.ulu or iiought. , laiaVly
J. FISCH & Co.,
whole- de rad retail dealen In
HATS and C
338 and 340 SOUTH ST., PKLA.
WP mannfaotare «ll our goo«u in
\i.u'Ai(i< N. J. jjlfrly
R[0HB(*DBR£ l.H'S UreuT rru-
• -ii. i .ni Riid Ronlon BaWe, oertaln
riiir. I-<M talo he draniate jin«1
„l l'<J (hi -IliUl Htiri-I : V utnlTV
ii h >\. S< nl by in-.il ; triulo *u\
p| ■■■'
in-lith-nu'ii'- himii*<hliirf Uoo<i|
I V :irl.'l v. I.lov ■->. Una,
oollai**.Koai*fH< ouflw. '■ Irta, nrriao
unU #oin lei Ranitrl andHrw*
I.U.-h'Hi -1 .-if I-' OVCltf.iit-
■ . liin-k-
Hiiin L'nderwoar mr ladlea and
naUi also, if real Uhe»l Proteotoi
joti i "i uu 'treat, ooi net nti*
Pblladi Iphlii.
uii! water-Proof i^inuu
CoUm ami Caff " poi, wtiuicmiU'
and retail. J. H- HICrttLDER^E^.
4JWM>I eoroottnnf a », novtt te theChro
nthiiin aaterprool ool!an and ooll
. Ilk.- limn. iuarJ4-l>
FiROF.W. PAINE, M.D.,
I 'i50 Ho. Plh S1-- I'hllmlrlphhi. Pe.. ,
Hni JWorered nvm; ; i eat out
tbe n****'. throBt, hunc. ■toniurh. iirtT. mn*
nej-<*, tilwl'tpr. womb, etau mid Inn alto «■>
Covered a Catarrh Vapllotor.o«LllvSi-rrtirPcihlle.rH. lWoin<a»crmh
nator ihut (ii-HirorM lln'in aa wmieru-taif
ui~>iita lire. Hook M'M fifu.
IMIII.IMATI'.I.Y I
pii-i m to ' vegtf i"
I'uvinu ltn*li"' h. nmle
or remitle, Addr<
eloaing Ktainp. OI-KIIA*OV
SOUTH llnnir -Tr-ir. 1 Nil ■owmii
TPLJ.I_CCOMPLETE'lOaE., ST■ii*I
„,. S.I.CI... pen.
wort. HXC.l.i i ' »P«ii"
Sn OA&ifl5it*Co.,mM rnifM] rhiUM.
phi., r.. AWuoilif. it—11 M« Mu -.'I uililefc
< - ,-... .'or Ifrnii. P.IMI la N'.O* .
pan. i.iini. .. nil., iiiirerni.il> *m lli.lei
t'ant..IIH...:il ll.-rl.l..' IIMIII. '.■■ »■!-
Win. i.J.I.H-"inlj«l'i;. ,.,lil..P».
;':%
? ho, Collector of School Tix,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
—*HD—
Justice of the Peace,
OFFICE .-"FAYEm 1THET,
nvor fcu-WUII'B Cujar Store,Mterople't BallB.
uur,
CONSHOHOCKEN.
Rcul Estate for Sale.
Ileala .ml Bill. Prompily c«lt*«*.«\
53 FAYSTTB STRBKT, SO.
CHEAP CUSTOM SHOE STORE.
Wo will make yon a good
Congress or Button Caltor for tl.M
We wuiiiiit thi'Hf* uiiliora to give roa aeile-
Itctlon. We u>e Ibe lust material and au-fco
to any style.
A Fine Calf, Consress, Button, ir Ml*
moral Shoe, Hand-sewed, $4.51.
If you wan! unvthlnK known tolho art ef
i rmi'U.uiiii^ done In flrat olaaa atyla and m%
a ro iaonabl>< price, K'VO ua a nail.
v.. II i we 'hi not want our patreae
lo take our anoea. Our experience of iioa>
inaklnn i* equal to any In MooUromery
> iiunty und tHtcoml to none hi riillaualahla.
Try M-i
YOIITI I'r-lirrirully.
D PURCELL.
mm t SIIIDE,
ill Poster,
CONSHOHOCKEN, »A.
Postars iH" up en the
ino-i oniiHptcaont beards
In town.
C'lrciilMr. andpaiaphlaat
ili-iiiiuited.
iinler. can he left at
Uauoauan c^fflcl^,Law•*■•.
Newt Store, or at rest-deneeSi
Elm ttreet.
John MacFeeters, Jr.,
Grocery 1 Provision Stori
HECTOR AND ASH STREETS,
OONBHOXZOOSBir .
o
Naw Creamery Buttered Floar.
New Granulated Corn Meal.
iicw Buckwheat Flour.
New Rolled Avena.
New Mince Meat.
New No. 1 Mackerel.
SKSE" Oysters !
Fried Oysters. Stewed Oystera.
Paw Oyslert Panned Oytltra.
OYSTERS IN ANT STYLE !
■familiesand Parties supplied pioaiptly at
-hoit muii'i-.
JAMK8 O. ■*XrA.-B*.T3.
Ilictor direct, opposite theCathollt lalie I
UOKSHOUUCKBaT.
FAMILIE3 SUPPUED
«II II nan
OYSTERS
.A-t Folev'ffl
.epis FOOT or IIUTIE BTttavr
J. W. DAVIS,
FLORIST AND E0SE OBOWEB,
EIGHTH AVE.IELIV
HALLOWELL ST.
CONHHOHOCKEH
Cut flowaia tail floral
-'AI>. ile.lgn.a tpeolailly. Hot
/ v\ licil ul.*nieln the Hetmin.
-^ |.nHf
*Ga
PRANK H. UOXRAD,
Coaveytuvor, Justice of the Puu*
nod IDsnra.nne Agent,
WBHT ciixsliniincUES, PA.
Titlesesamlner) ami UrleDj maiir iheraei
4nney loanvil mi Moi-txnire, Ac. Knfreaalac
t'ttly done on ivi.tluin ut.
Aacllt I'i Hie I', uu rlnlual Life tat
. lirniH-c •'o'lipi'.tjr I l»lr
HRHBY U. TRACT, "
ATTOK NEY-AT-LAW,
LAW OFFICES:
H Walnnl Nmat, Philadelphia, a
Connbouocken, Pa.
All loiral tmitncss nroiuntly ezeonted.
i I
F. H.LUBBB,"
JONVEYANCER.
REAL F.STATE BROKER.
22N27.AL EUSIKBSS AQBH?
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Money to loan in ileMr^blu BIIIDR,
M»i-tffag«N neKOtlated,
Hou-ftfi to real,
An.I collection* promptly raada
»m« •• on II. .'t.ir **reei,flrat Ooor below ra-a
'fTlr. utiimi -itniv- aap:
L. 0SA5D P. CAR3,
AUCTIONEER
AIHIKKSS
GENERAL WAYNE P. O.
1IKLAWAHE CO., PA. OR,
KING OF PRUSSIA P. O.
MONTGOMERY OO , PA.
i^a- TerflSS Keimonnble. oast
Agunt fur Tiia WIIIL RauosDaB
Ouaahoboskea Pa
1 ... Vinra. Mint., ■..».■
. .i. .1.1. . nw. >./p.ri.a«. uoi
,. I all I.. I... I "it rirrn in«|I«M.....H.a.
On/ null- ■ '_ili_^._^^^^
r