The Conshohocken Recorder, September 19, 1885

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IN HOLIDAY HUMOR.
" Come,woo mo ; for! am In liohdav humor,
•ml 11*0 enough to consont,"—At l*«u Like
" Is my h»t straight, Marian? "
"I should tilt It rather more forward
If I were you. That bat's a little too
strong-minded for my taste, Olivia."
" And the how of my sash, Is that
straight too? "
" You have grown very particular
all of a eut.den ; " and Marian, paus-ing
in the midst of her own toilette,
fastened a direct, rather meaning gaze
on her sister's faoe. Olivia's gray eyes
encountered the gaze steadily, almost
defiantly, but a faiut blush sprang to
her pale cheek.
" i don't know wbat you mean,Mar-ian,"
she said.
" O, I wasn't meaning anything at
all! But you look very nice this morn-ing,
Livy. I wonder If Mr. Sydney
Treaidder likes cream-colored gowns
and terra-ootta Liberty sashes? "
Olivia laugbed in spite of herself,
bending a rather flushed face over hor
many-buttoned glove. " Marian,"
she said, " you will never be ready at
this rate. The steamer is almost due,
and—"
" And a certain young man in tweed
knickerbockers and a straw hat has
been walking up and down the Pen-sion
garden for the last half-hour. Hay
I not sooth:"' cried Marian, deliber-ately
adjusting each chestnut curl on
her white forehead.
" You sre very silly," said Olivia,
but again she blushed and smiled as
she spoke.
" Mr. Kyduey Tresidder would be a
trifle flattered if be knew what roses
the mere mention of his name could
call into bloom," answered Marian,
still intent on the curls. Frailty, thy
name is Livy ! " But three mouths
dead 1 " Olivia, how about the indus-trious
young man in paper buildings
who cannot allbrd to take holidays in
' Switzerland ? ,'
For a moment there was silence'
Olivia walked across the sunny little
room and stood by the open window.
" The—the person in paper buildings
has given up caring—If he ever cared,"
she said, and there was an odd sound
in her voice, " and so have !.■'
She leaned ou the window ledge
when she had spoken, growing very
intent with the prospect outside. And,
indeed, it was fair enough. Before
her lay the lake, that fairest lake of
the Four Cantons, wide, blue, spark-ling
In the morning sunlight ; direct-ly
opposite, Filatus reared his hoary
bead; aud beyond, In the dim dis-tance,
towered the Vungfrau from
among a virgin company of sister
peaks.
" It's going to be awfully hot," said
Marian very volubly, as she tied on
her hat. " I wish we'd gone some-
"*——«~. win'!--.'jp'Tfip monntalna like sensible
people. No persons in their senses
would think of eslaulishing them-selves
gn the shore of tie lake in such
weather. And an expedition into Lu-cerne
! the hottest place iu the world
except this "
"How many of us are going?"
asked Olivia, turning round again,
and showing a rather grave face.
" O, there will be the Tresldders, of
course—Nelly aud Fanny aud your
Mr. Sydacy." Marian auswered—"and
Mr. Collett t'.bat makes four), aud
Tom Le.'gh and Miss Meldrum. She
is the chaperon, mamma says, but we
are not to let her know it."
" Poor MUH Meldrum ! " said Olivia
softly.
The Pension Sonnenthal was as-sembled
In a body on the shore of the
lake when the two girls came down
the wooden steps; Olivia tall and
grave In her cool dress, with the sash
from Messrs. Liberty's aud the hat
that was a little strong-minded ;"
Marian, bright-eyed, light-footed,
faultlessly got up as was her wont.
"We thought you were never com-ing,
Miss Longcroft," cried ablue-eyed
young man In flannel, stepping out
from the little group of people towards
which the girls were making their
way. And then followed such hand-shaking
and laughter, and congratu-latory
remarks on the weather. Tom
Leigh of the blue eyes and flannels
flitting about among the todies with
knots of Alpenvellchen and Alpen-rosen.
Miss Meldrum, in a highly
starched gown and a shady hat, smiled
upon the little company, to which, all
unwitting, she was to play propriety.
Miss Meldrum's smiles were by no
means perennial; sometimes, indeed,
she was a little moody, a little suur
perhaps, as virginity at forty Is apt,
alas I to be; but to-day she smiled. A
tall young man, brown-eyed, brown-skinned,
wearing tweed knickerbock-ers
ana a straw hat, stood by Olivia
Longcroft's side with an air of su-preme
contentment on his good-look-ing
face. And I may here take occa-sion
to remark that not only ou the
lawn of Pensiou Sonnenthal, but on
the steamer, when they had taken
their places later on, the brown tweed
suit and straw hat contrived somehow
or other to obtain a close proximity to
the cream-colored gown and terracotta
sash.
"Here we go!" cried Tom Leigh,
as the steamer made off from the laud-ing
place.
The young people were in high spir-its;
they scampered from one end of
the boat to the other; they bought
fruit ot the dull-eyed peasants; they
mane a great many jokes about no-thing
at all. Caroline Meldrum, es-tablishing
herself as though by in-stinct
In one of the corner seats (poor
Caroline* whose life was all corners
and third places I) looked on ruther
glumly at the antics of her compan-ions.
The sun danced and sparkled
on the water; the mountains Blood out
very white and green against the
bright blue sky; a couple of Italians
were playing violins, trilling out
pretty shapeless songs in tbeir bird-like
voices as they played. Olivia
Longcroft lay back in the chair which
Sydney Tresidder had brought her,
"I repeat,Thorwaldsen and the glac-ial
period. And I am going to cut
you ofTfrom them, Miss Longcroft, to
hold you hack from them, for to-day
perhaps for all ages; for who knows
when you may revisit Lucerne? We
have agreed not he critical, did we
not? I want you to enjoy the sun-shine
with me, and think about noth-ing
at all. You are like CaagltH, 1 be-lieve—
you think too much."
They had made their way down to
the low wide wall of gray stone which
skirts the parade,mid stood a moment
gating down iiito the lucid depths be-low.
Miss Meldrum, from her bench un-der
the ties, watched them with a
sort of a dull vexation U they
leisurely took their seats on the wall,
Olivia propping beraell luxuriously
against a square post. Tresidder tak-ing
up bin position opposite,uud lean-ing
forward as though to catch every
word or smile she would he pleased to
let fall. Caroline, urged perhaps by a
and smiled up at him with a face from
which all traces of its early gravity
had completely vanished.
" Isn't it lovely ? " she said.
" Yes, I think so; perhaps It's all
rather too much like a lithograph, but
I'm not very critical to-day," aud the
brown tweed suit stretched itself along
the canvas chair so that tbe straw hat
was on a level with the cream-colored
gown.
" It spoils everything to criticise it
1 think," said Olivia, loosing down at
the brown eyes lifted towards her.
"This from a modern yonng lady
who has been to Oirtou! The Millen-ium
iipproachc-: Miss Longcroft, we
will not criticise. We will not forget
for to-day that we are pampered chil-dren
of an effete civilization. We will
play that Mr. Ruskin ie a myth aud
Mr. Pater a nightmare."
" And we will admire everything,
even to that good lady's apparel," an-swered
Olivia, glancing from the
brown eyes to a sturdy peasant woman
hard by and thence to the eyes again.
Tresidder looked across at the wom-an
and laughed aloud. She wore a
shdVt wide skirt of excruciating plaid,
and a velvet bodice adorned with col-ored
beads; a huge umbrella and flap-ping
hat with rose-colored streamers
completed this tasteful costume.
Tbe boat puffed and paddled its way
along the windings of the lake, till by
and by tbe houses of Lucerne—Lu-cerne
the city of the lamps, Lucerue
the home of perpetual holiday—could
be discerned gleaming white ugainst
the piue-ciad hills. And very soon
our merry baud of pleasure-seekers
had exchanged the suuuy deck of the
steamer for the uo less sunny streets
of the festive little town. They wan-dered
up aud dowu the parade; they
stood to watch the people arriving at
the Schweizerhof; they lingered on
the old bridges aud inspected the gay
little shops. Tresidder (whose unob-trusive
maintenance of a desired prox-imity
was a marvel ot skill) expeuded
a small fortuue on the purchase of
wooden hears aud Thorwaldstu lions.
The young man was iu the wildest
spirits; his sisters regarded hiin with
some alarm aud protested aguiust his
extravagance. Miss Meldrum's smiles
had subsided by now; she was hot,
cross, aud tired, aud wanted her
luucheou. She wondered what was
the fun of it all that the young people
should be so mightily pleased, it
seemed dull and fctupid euouith.
They lunched In a shady garden af-fording
a distant glimpse of tbe lake
there were coffee and omelettes, honey
anil ices, and great piles of scarlet
mountain strawberries. Tresidder sat
opposite Olivia, smlliug aimlessly
throughout the meal. I ana awure
that in books, when two young people
are interested in one another, they are
given to exchange glances long and
intense, or swift and fraught with
tragic meaning. A more common-place
experience has taught me that
a recurrent aud meaningless smile,
far off indeed from the Immortal smile
to Tito aud Itomola, is, under the cir-cumstances,
a far more frequent phe-nomenon.
It is a sud thing to have to
record of one's hero, but I must con-fess
that Sydney Tresidder persist-eutly
grinned from begluuing to end
of that luncheon. He grinned vague-y
when he handed Miss Longcroft
her portion of omellette; he smiled
fatuously when he asked her for the
salt. Over Olivia's face, too, the rip-ples
and sparkles played ceaselessly.
For these silly smiles are so remark-ably
catchiug, even when you are
twenty-two and have been to Glrtou.
" Is there some joke between you
two? " cried Miss Meldrum simply.
(Poor Caroliue, Into the muddy
depths of whose small eyes nobody
had ever cared to gaze!) The two
young people were covered hopelessly
wlth confusion.
Tresidder rose with scarlet fuce, and
pushed back his chair. " Has every-body
finished luucheou?" he said,
taking out his watch; " because It's
time we set off to do the lions."
"The Lion, I suppose you mean,"
oried Leigh, also rising; " and fliere's
the cathedral, and a garden which has
some mysterious connection with the
glacial period.''
Miss Meldrum excused herself very
st'flly, on the ;|)lea of fatigue. She
would go aud sit under the trees on
the parade, and they would meet her
at fhe lauding stage at five o'clock.
Tresidder and Olivia made no ex-cuse,
but they drifted away from the
sightseers, somehow or other, and
found themselves strolling together
down the shady parade.
" Thorwuldeen aud the glacial pe-riod,
Mim Longcroft! 'Dost thou like
the picture?' I mean, do they not
sound as music iu your ears?" There
was a half satirical tone in Tresiddei's
voice as he spoke.
"They—they are very interesting."
Olivia wondered why her voice falt-ered
as she brought out the stupid
little sentence.
desperate instinct to snach at some-tliiuft
wiiiuh watt
vided herself with a basket of apricots
and was eating away a sort of flece
steadiness. The little barefooted
children hucg around with envious
aud admiring eyes. Fortunate lady
who could afford a whole basket of
fruit for her own consumption ! A
warm white glow, which lent a pecul-iar
air of unreality to the scene, had
succeeded to the glarish sunlight of
the morning. The lake lay strangely
oolorless aud still below. Above,
there was not a scrap of blue to be
seen iu the sky. AH around a pro-found
-ilei.ee was relguiug. And
there was silence also between tbe two
young people lounging contentedly
ou the wall. Olivia leant back and
sighed with a dreamy tnjoyment; she
felt strangely at peace with herself
aud all the world to appreciate the
bits of happiness as they came to her.
Her life had not been a tragic one,
but it had had Its complications. Per-haps
she was not habitually a very
cheerful person; rather given to take
life too seriously, both as regarded its
pains uud its pleasures. Aud though
she did not realize it at the moment,
there was the charm of contrast and
comparison to add keenness to her
present euiovment
Meanwhile Tresidder was fumbling
lazily in his half-dozen pockets. " I
want to show you a letter I had this
morning," he said at leugtb, with
rather uneasy carelessness; " I thought
I had it with me. 1 want your advice
about answeriug it." Olivia looked
at him 'juestioulngly, tbeu suddenly
lowered her eyes. " It was from some
fellows at St. Moritz," the young man
went on, in the same tone; " they
want me tojoiu them there, aud go
for a week's walkiug in the Bernese
Oberland."
" Shall you go?" No sooner had she
spoken them than Olivia wished the
words recalled.
" That depends entirely on you."
There was uo mistaking the toue this
time The smiles had ceased to play
about his face; the brown eyes looked
up at her iu all seriousuess as be
leaued forward, taking both her hands
in his strong grasp, Olivia turned
away her head, aud looked across the
wide smooth lake to the piue-clad hills
auC snow-crowned peaks bathed in
the still, warm whiteness of the mys-tic
afternoon. Her luce was flushed,
her eyes were bright, her heart was
beating with unusual rapidity; she
did not draw away her bunds. How
beautiful it all was! she thought; she
had had misgivings at times, but
there was no doubt about it ; it was a
fair aud well-ordered world after all !
How happy she had been to-day. yes-terday,
the lust three weeks! And
this kind, handsome, high apiritcd
young man at her side—who looked at
her se lovingly with his beautiful
eyes; who listened so attentively to
every word that she spoke; who was
so thoughtful in a hundred ways—how
far was he responsible for this new
calm happiness? Would not life,
passed with such a companion, be
sweet iudeed? How beautiful the
mountains were, and the lake! How
kind, how lantle. how clever he was.
Aud so it came to pass that Olivia
Longcroft and Sydney Tresidder be-tween
them decided that the latter
should not make the journey to SU
Moritz, nhould eutirely abandon the
notion of that walkiug tour in the
Bernese Oberland.
I shrink from conjecturing how long
those two voting people might have
lingered together on the wall, If Misa
Meldrum (who, happily, slumbered
through a certain interesting crisis)
had not woke with a start to find the
afternoon considerably advanced, the
t-ky like lead aud the atmosphere sug-gestive
of nothing so much as a vapor
bath. She came rapidly across the pa
rude, shuding her eyes from the glare,
uud holcUug out her watch toward
them.
" .Miss Longcroft, Mr. Tresidder! it
is hulf-pust five; half an hour later
than we appoluted to meet the others
at the lauding place. I have been
wondering when you would feel in-clined
to make a move.
They rose up like people iu a dream
obedieutly following iu Miss Mel-drum's
wake al no.' the parade. But
lo and behold! when they reached
the lauding stage, their was not a
trace of the rest of their parly to be
seen. " I have no doubt," said Tres-idder,
'• that they have goue by tbe
five o'clock steamer, and left U3 to our
fute. 1'hi not sure that we don't de-serve
it, are you, Miss Meldrum? Car"
oline tOBsed her head ; she was begin-ning
to suspect thai that afternoon's
siesta of hers had uot passed u n not iced
but iudeed her suspicious were ground-less.
A dark-eyed joung mau, iu pic-turesque
boilman's costume, came tip-to
Tresidder, pourlug out a torreut of
hideous Swlss-tlermau 2>atotH, rather
to the Knglishment's bewilderment.
Hyduey turued away half luugbiug
aud addressed himself to Caroliue , Iu-deed
there was something like rude-ness
iu the wuy lu which he complete-ly
ignored Miss Longcrost's presence,
throwing her never so much as a word
or glance.
"The fellow wants us to go back in
that, absurd cockleshell of his," he
said, "one of those ridiculous sham
gondolas with two gondoliers. What
U > you think of It, Miss Meldrum ?"
Caroline hesitated and objected; it
would take a long time; they would
be late for tulilt d'hote.
" The lake is as smooth as glass. We
sha'n't be morall.au three-quarters ol
an hour at the utmost, the fellow
■ays." Tresidder distinctly inclined
towards the boat. Nobody had con-sulted
Olivia, pel haps because she
was keeping la the background, silent
a id dreamy-eyed, but she did not
seem to notice the omission. Well,
the end of it was that they yielded to
the boatman's wiles aud were soon
well out lu the middle of the lake, the
light flat boat moving rapidly acro'n
■arftMe of levlen-huefl water.'
The two boatman stood up strong and
sturdy, skillfully wielding the long
poles. Tresidder sat opposite the la-dies,
talking vigorously to Miss Mel-drum,
while he Inwardly recalled the
smile in Olivia's eyes, tbe touch of her
Angers when he had banded her into
tbe boat a few minutes before. Sud-denly
Caroline paused In the midst
of a sentence.
" I am sure I felt a drop of rain."
" By Jove ! so do I now." Tresid-der
looked up at the sky as he spoke.
"And I," said Olivia, speaking for
the first time.
"We all felt a drop of rain, like
Goldsmith's dinner-party, who 'all
kept a corner.' " Sydney spoke light-ly,
but his face had grown grave.
It was tbe work of a moment; a
transformation scene—a deed of magic.
The sky had grown purple, and
seemed as though it would descend
and close around tbem. The gray
still water was turbid and black, save
where an ominous white line could be
descried mak'ng its way In the direc-tion
of the boat. Tbe fair lake was
horrible, monstrous, swollen out of all
proportion; the very mountains were
thin, shadowy, insignificant; the lake,
tbe sky bad swallowed up tbe land-scape.
And now the rain and hall came
pouring down - a hard, stlnglugsheet;
the lightning flashed, the thunder
rolled and crashed among the hills;
a stiff breeze sprang up, lashing the
water Into formidable waves. The
little craft—flat-bottomed, ill-trimmed,
light as a shell—rocked and plunged,
leaped and swirled. Tbe boatmen,
with faces set In a grim smile, pulled
at the oars like a pair of furies. Miss
Meldrum began to grow hysterical,
and attempted making jokes. Tre-sidder,
leani ni; all bis weight on his
own side of the boat, held it down by
main forcewith both his hands. Only
once he stretched out a hand and
touched Olivia's; but it lay stiff, cold,
unresponsive in her lap. she was sit-ting
bolt upright, motionless, with
pale face aud dilated eyes, the very
embodiment of cold and silent horror.
Once Sydney managed to whisper,
1 Whatever happens, we are together.'
but the words were either lost in the
rush and roar of wind and water, or
they fell on Indifferent ears, for Oli-via
made no sign. The men pulled
and strained at the oars, striking out
for the nearest point at which to laud;
but tlie bout was making no percept-ible
way. Wbat tragic endlug was
destined for the day sojoyously begun?
To make a long story short, and put
au end to tbe reader's suspense, I will
very hard for me. I must tell you all.
It seems, m the boat-In the boat, I
—I thought of some one else."
There was a pause; the moon went
suddenly behind a cloud, aud the
place grew dark. She could see the
outline of his tall figure as he stood
motionless, with benI bead before her.
"Mr. Tresidder, will you forgive
me?"
No answer.
" Mr. Tresidder, do you think me
very bad—very base ?"
" I think that you have made me
very unhappy, Miss Longcroft."
They stood here a momeut in si-lence;
then he shrugged hlsshoulders,
threw up his head, aud came toward
her with outstretched hand.
" Miss Longcroft, I must say good-bye"
(a listener would hardly have
thought it was tbe same voice which
had pleaded so tenderly a few mo-ments
beford). " I must be up early
to-morrow morning to catch the first
steamer. I wonder If I can send a
telegram to St. Morifz to-night ? You
will make my adieus for me to your
people, In case I do not see them ?"
"Good-bye, Mr. Tresidder."
He held her hand u moment in his,
then slowly made hi* wuy through the
open window Into the deserted saU<-
a-mangcr. On the threshold be
pause'1.
" Thank you for a pleasant holiday,
Miss Longcroft."
"And thank you very much, Mr.
Tresidder."
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" Did you know," said Tresidder, as
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Later that night, when they had
changed their clothes, dined, de-scribed
their adventures, and been
duly lionized by the Pension—later
on, Olivia and Sydney stole out to-gether
on to the veranda which over-looks
the lake. The storm had passed,
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a distant report, followed by a rather
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at the big Pension up the moun-tain
opposite. They stood iu silence a
momeut; then Olivia spoke.
"Mr. Tresidder, I want to tell you
something."
" Miss Olivia Longcroft, I am at
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"Do you remember the wall at Lu-cerne
this afternoon, aud what we
said there?''
" O, I have forgotten it completely!
My dearest Olivia, is anything tho
matter ? He took both her bands and
drew her toward him, smiling down
at the earnest face uplifted to his.
" (), Mr. Treaidder, forgive met I
have been rash, foolish. I have made
a promise it Is Impossble for me to
keep. I cannot marry you."
He let 'all her hands, and put his
own ou her shoulders.
" Do you think you have brought
me out here to listen to such things ?"
He spoke lightly, but there was an
odd sound in qis voted.
She moved a step or two away from
him.
" Mr. Tresidder, don't think too
badly of me. How shall I tell you?
Out there at Lucerne this afternoon
life was so differeut; it looked all
holiday, all suushiue; and I—I—was
so happy!'
He came nearer to her, and would
have taken her band, but she drew It
away.
" But afterwards, in the boat, when
I thought I should be drowned, it was
different. Things grew awfully real
agaiu. I felt then It was all a mistake
about you and me. I did not thiuk
about you; I was frightened—I did
not want to die. It made no differ-ence
that you were with me."
Her voice dlea away, out sue stood
looking up at him steadily with glow-ing
gray eye*.
For answer, he stooped and took
her iu his arms.
" My darling, do you think you are
going to get rid of me as easy as all
this? You don't know yet with
whom you have to deal." Then,
ciniiigiiig his tone—"Olivia, go to bed
at once, this instant; go to bed, and
sleep away those silly fancies My
dear" (bis voice changed again), "you
are tired, upset, overwrought, To-morrow
moruing I will speak with
you about this, but not to-night."
She freed herself from bis embrace.
" But Is Is to-night that I must
speak. Mr. Tresidder, you make It
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all Its finida witn VIM.OAU BiTTBMk No
cpititmicei.il take hold of a system Urns forearmed.
It Int iu«»r:»icv llio Hlomaeli and stim-ulate
tho torpid Liver and Bowels, clt'imaine
the blood of all Impurities, Imparting life and
vigor to the frame, and carrying off without the
aid of Calomel, or other minerals, all poisonous
matter from tbe system. It is cony of adminis-tration,
prompt ui authm, and certain in its
results.
■»>N;Mtpela or IiiilijrfMion, Headache,
Tain in tho Shoulders. Coughs, Tightness of the
Chest, Pneumonia, Dizziness, Bad Taste Iu tbe
Mouth, Bilious Attacks, I'alpitntion of the
Heart, and a hundred other painful symptoms,
are at once relieved by VINHJAR BfrRy.
For liilliimiiiftf ory ami Chronic Rheum-atism,
Gout, Neuralpla, Diseases of the Blood,
l.iwi, Kidneys and Bladder, the Bitters have
no equal. In these, nsln all constitutional Dlfl-easetrr^'
ALRicR'a VINEGAR Birraim haa shown
Its great curative powers in the most obstinate
and Intractable eases.
Mechanical IM*en*«!N.—Persona engaged
In Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers,
Spe-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they
ranoe in llfe.-nre subject toParnlynls of the
Bowels. To guard against this, take occasional
doses of VINKOAR BITTERS.
Shin nineukON, Herofula, Fait Rheum,
Ulcers, Swellings, Pimples, Pustule* Boils, car-buncles.
Ringworms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes,
Kivsineliis, it eh. Scurfs, I>iscohiratIonH, Humors
and diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or
nature, are literally dug up ami carried out of
the system in a short time by the use of the
Bitters,
1*1 it, Tape and oilier Worms, lurking
in tbe system of so many thousands, aro
effectually deMroyed and removed. No system
of medicine, QO vertolfUgCB, no nuthelmintfcs,
will free the system from worms like VINBOAB
BrrTKits.
PIcuMlen, Scnrlt'l Fryer,Mumps,Whoop-ing
CoiiKh, and all children's discuses may bo
made less severe by keeping the bowels open
with mild doses of tho fil
For Feiiuilo Compl Inin, In voung or
old, married or single, at the dawn nr woman-hood,
or the turn of life, Ibis Bitters has no
equal.
cleniiM' tin- Vltlntcd Itlood when Us
Impurities burst UufOIIgh thfl Bldn i>i Braptlona
offBor ^; cleanse it when obstructed aoasluK-glsh
In the veins; cleanse it when It Is foul;
your feelings will tell you when, aud tho health
of the system will follow,
In com Inaloii : Give tho Bitters a trial.
It will speak for Itaelf. One bottle Is a better
guarantee of iu merits than u leugthy advertise-ment.
Around eneh bottle are full directions
printed In different languages.
It. II. fflcDonald Druir Co., Proprietors,
6&u Fnun-ii«ei».(;al.,aiid h-».ftniTcftM Washington St..
Cor. CharltonKt.,NewYork.
Sold by all Dealers und Drugglntg.
SUPERIOR
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
MICROSCOPES.
FIELD-CLASSES.
BAROMETERS.
TELESCOPES,
MAGIC LANTERNS,
THERMOMETERS,
Drawing; InnlruinenlH. I'blhiNaphlcul and
Chemical Apparaln..
List and Don^niitionB of our Ton (IntalngQM wot
b'KKK on .pplU'.tiun. QUEEN * CO.
924 Chestnut St. PHILADELPHIA.
BEST GRADES^
OP
Lehiglf and Setup GOAL:
At the following prices :
M.Oriloi-8 can bo loft at my houso, oorner
of Hector and Poplur gtraets.
Wo have a large scale easy of a coeds fir
farmer* and others to weigh hay or other
thlugs.
0-03EZ3NT OAIJILLi,
FORREST 8T. between HECTOR & ELM
PHILADELPHIA PUMP WAREHOUSE,
No. 156 North Fifth St., below Race.
LARGEST STOCK. BEST FAOTOBY PRICES
KIND-,
HTYLKH
8IZKS
VAIUKT !; Pumps*- II AMI ■POWER,
J MTBAM-l'OWBK,
U ATKH I'OWKIl
WIND-POWEi.
rtTMi-fl for House, bum, hotel; Cottago UH6,
PUMPS for fiictory.brnw«rrt, chemists A paper
mlllH.
rr.MPH for nblp, railroad ami Contractors'.
rex TB for mining, quarry, draining UHCB.AO.
GEO. W. ROBERTSON & SON,
I'hlladolphla Branch Warehouse of
W. &B.DOUGLAS,
Tbe oldest and moat extensive man'fra of
PUMPS. HYDRAULIC RAMS, QARDEN
ENGINES,
and other hydraulic engines In the Unltod
Statosi Awarded highest medal at Unlvor-
-ml Exposition at I'nri**, Fri.n<*<*, 1A67,
Vienna, Austria, in 1867 PariM, France. 1878.
Cent nnial Exhibition at Philadelphia,1876)
Melbourne, Australia, in 1881.
Also First Premium at Peuna. State Fair.
156 North Fifth St..below Race
PHILADELPHIA.
•a-Seinl for Catalogue. No charge for de-livering
poods at depot or steamboat.
OOUH-Iv)
Dr. Elmer E. Fleming
Surgeon Dentist,
,FayetteSt. & Front ave.
Conshohocken.
Office Hours from 8 a. in. to i) p. m.
Dr. Homer J. Patterson,
DENTIST,
OFFICES !
illO Walnut St., Phlla. Hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p.m
Harry St-.Coiishohoekcn, 7 to » a. ni., 5 lo'.i
QAS ADMJJVISTEHUl).
Common Sense Shoes
Much baa been said aboul Common Snis.-
Shoes; but it all "points lo certain shaped
•dines wiiien nave heen advertised M (Sum-mon
sense shoes. They are ready made
-hoes and are olio red tor sale with a doubt-ful
reenmiiiendiiiion. A common sense
shoe Is a shoe made to fit the loot accord-ing
to the shape ol the fool, and not always
according to the shape ot certain lasts which
may be lasbionable or stylish. A common
sense shoe is a shoe that is comfortable
without regard lo a peculiar style ; a shoe
thai can be worn all day without becoming
footsore. A shoe of a given tnapa that llts
the root and Is comfortable tor one peiM»n.
is not. necessarily a common sense shoe (or
another, because feet dilleras much as faces.
Every pi rson. therefore, who consult their
person ni com 1 on us well HS their purses will
uo well to go at once and order a Common
•Seii-e Shoo at
B, JP. SOXJZJV.
Oi.! Established Customers SHOE Store
lb Ml. above Main,
Z>I\J *> n, rA.
^^ESTABLISHED 1857.
N. it. Brtaai !••»•■ n.—« aj j,.,., Philftilel-
61ila store for the same quality fit goong\
one but best quality of goods used.
mltt-3m _
OICHELDERFKR'S Great Prus-
Corn and Bunion Salvo, certain
cine. For sale by druggists and
at K'32 Chestnut street; 5o andTf.c
a box. Sent by mall; trade sup
piled.
Gentlemen's Fuml-hlng Goods
In Groat Variety. Glovas, ties
collars,scarfs, cuffs, h Irts, merino
and scarlet flannel underwear, ho-siery,
ladies' and gents* overgalt-ers.
chlldren'slegglns; also, Buck-skin
Underwear for ludies and
;onts; also, Great Chest I'rotector
u;t; chestnut street, corner )ltb
Philadelphia.
Celluloid Water-Proof Llnon
Collar and Cuff Depot, wholesale
and retail. J. H. RICHELDERFER.
Always something new, now it is the chro
lithlon watorprool collars and cuffs, the
are white like linen. maril-l
it-
NEW SHOE 8TOUK.
The underslKnod wishes to Inform
his customers and the public that he has
opened u full lino of NHOES In hU
8T0RE.188 Hector St.,CoESDOliflCk
which will favorably compare with »ny In
town. Our motto Is
•* Small 1'rolli-. ixml (liilek Nnle«."
I'leusecall and examine our goods before
purchasing elsewhere.
Robert McCJlements.
mSom.
H C. GABRIEL,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
South east corner ot
It 11 street aud Uermuntown uveiui<
or 4th and Oxford streets',
nvlfl-ly FkiXadelrjbla
AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
DR. LOBB,
3211 North Fifteenth street. . y Callowhlll
streot, Philadelphia. Cures all secret 'Us
en-is of liolh HIM Twenty years experi-ence.
Consultation by mail.
NERVOOS n"d SPECIAL Disease*.
Nev Book Just QUt 'tend for It,
ilouis iroin 11 a. in. lo '1 p. tn., and from
d. in ..tolu p.m IIUOES mint lot he AF»UCTM
M (v
MfLLINBRY
11:.i i 01,1 11 III \ ATE.. PHIJLA.
Has now ou band a full line ol Millinry
suitable for the (all and winter, at the
VERY LOWEST PRICES'.
Crape veilH renewed 80.Ua] to new ; a'l mil-linery
work done first class and guaranlt ed
lo give satlstuctlon. •
We want I OOO More BOOK AGKNTS lor
the ronOnal History of U. S. GRANT.
40,uui) copies already sold. Wo wan one
agent In every Urand * nny I'ost and In
every township. 8end tor 8FI0UT< THUMB TO
AoKKTS.or secure agency at once I v sending
50 cents in stamps for outllt. A<idress
Cincinnati,
FORME & McMAKIN Ohio. al.Mm
ANYBODY!?. now make Pho-ajihs
by I lie new
Dry l'late Process.
For5() vta.wlllsenil post-paid Horhe's
Manual for Amateurs, wliicli eive-fuil
Instructions for making tbe plot-urea.
Outfits we t'tirnisli from $lo upwards.
Our-I'IIOTOUKAI'HIC UULLKT1K," ed
neil by I'rof, ClIAB. K. ClIASDLBR, h"H-\ ol
the Chemical Department ol tbe School of
Mines, Columbia College, published twice a
mouth for only ttt per annum, keeps I'h'to-iraphera,
professional or amateur, fully
posted on nil Improvements, and answers
i,i question! when difficultle arlso.
Clrcii'iu s ■mi! price lists free.
E. AH. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Apparatus
and Material:,
591 Broadway. Now York City
Forty years etlabliiheil in this line o/ bvsineif
MB :<m
READINS.
PENH.
A tliorouuli pr-'linrfltory School for Boyn. I'on-
Hueleil upon Ih^.tlllllAry plan. Boys of any
.■ j.- a.lniiir,-il SPIIII for cutftlociio, trrni". etc. _
L. 0. BISHOP. Head Mntir, Readme, Pa.
A.C.Yates&Co
THE KVEtt POPUI. IB
CLOTHING HOUSE
of Philadelphia, are fully prepar-ed
to show a new and handsome
variety ot Fall and Winter Goods
for Men, Youthe, Boys, and Chil-dren
(all under one roof now).
A. C. YATaS~& CO.
602-604-806 CHESTNUT Street.
LANDBHTH
WHEAT I
ytrter several years trial tho 'l.andreth
Wheat Is proved to he In every respect, the
Superior of all other wheat
The yield Is very large.the straw Is a good
length and stands up well, Irce from rust.
Makes thu
Best Quality of Flour
With very little bran, by old or new pro-
PRICE S2.50 PER BUSHEL.
BEND KOItCIHCUI.AK.
D.Landreth & Son
21 AND 23 SOUTH 6th ST.. AND DEL-AWARE
AVENUE AND ARCH STREET.
afeUm ruiLAVELVHSA,px.
SELWYN HALL
J3:«ix-ry O'Connor,
OPTICIAN
And Manufacturer ot
Society Badges, Medals, etc.
A full line of jewelry always in stock
at the lowest prices.
or. IIKSI \( i si.i'iiK, VI»I:I, P IMA
oll-iy
DAVID"H. BOSS
ATTOMBY AT LAW,
801 WALNUT STREET PHILA.
) CONSHOHOCKEN
Evening Office \ Over the Post OUtce
J 7 to 9 p. na.
HMRY He TRACY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
LAW OFFICES:
No. 903 Walnnt Streot, Philadelphia, a
Conshohocken, Pa.
All legal business promptly oxecutod.
n«-ly
URANK H. CONRAD,
Conveyancer, Justice of the Peace
and Insurance Agent,
WEST CONSIIOIIOCKEN, PA.
Titles examined and Briefs made thereol
Money loaned on Mortgage, Ac Kngroising
neatly done on parchment.
Agent f-.r the t'.nn Mntnal Life In
MiiraDce CTompn ey 4-lrf-iy
F. H. LUBBB,
CONVEYANCEB.
ncAL caiAlt BKUKtn,
aEHBRAL BUSINESS AQBNT
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Money to loan In desirable sums.
Mortgages negotiated,
itOM-.P-* to rent,
Ami Collections promptly made,
Ofllce en Hector M I ■■•'!,Mr-t door below Post
Oltlce, second story. tepl
William F. Smith,
SPECIAL AGENT of Co t.hob >cl:on
—IUB THK—
Equitable Accident Association
OF BINGHAMTON, N. Y.
o
Also, Collector of School Tax,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
* —AMD—
Justice of the Peace,
OFFICE i—FAYETTE STREET,
Over Stewart's Cigar Store, stem pie's Bulid-
CONSHOHOCKEN.
Real Estate for Sale.
Rfint* and Bills Promptly Collected
LOANS. LOANS.
$S4,UOOsOOO.
Surplus reported by tbe lust montbly state-liirnt
i<i be lying idle In Ihu Hanks of New
YoikCttv. This vast leinmir.t of money la
M-cliin:.' Investment. Capitalists are dally
withdrawing their money tr .m stocks and
other uncertain Investments, no matter
bow flattering tho prospects. Capitalists
dusiro to loan their funds in the country on
Km. Batata and collate ralsecurity to honest
men for a long term and ut a low rate of In-terest.
The Traders Bureau ib organized to
bring together tbe I.oaner and tbe borrower
Parties desirous of borrowing or lending
money, or buying or selling anything can
obtain full infoi in ilion ol our plan of busl-neyn
und a copy of Tim TUAUKBS OAZBTTKby
Nonding tlvB'.'e. stamps to
U.W.P08TKK,MaiiagurUie Trad.-s Bureau,
0-27-5: Sin 8fi Fulton Street. N. Y.
HARRISON'S Patent
Asphalt Rubber Paint,
For Tin Roofe, Iron fences,
BRIDGES and
METALS
(X all description.
Present! a Bmoolli, glossy surface, oon-traets
and ex and* witlithu wouther ; war-rantee
. not to shell or crack, and
One Coat Will Positively
Last Ten Years.
Put on eheupei i inn any patnt.
Speclul piiccH for largo roofs.
NOI.K ICIM
JAMES W. HARRISON
CONSHOHOCKEN. PA
P. O. Box 100.
RESIDENCE-Harry Street be-tween
Second und Third #venue
IrJ1 _A_ IE IR>
GEO.SMITHPost,Ho.79,G.A.R.
Will liold it Fair in
WASIIITA HALL
CONSHOHOCKEN.
CorunienclPg Octdirr 31-1, 1885, and
to continue for two weeks. Any con
tributlous will be ilinnklitlly received
by the committee.
JAM • s.i rtii.Fo.vi;, President,
J. it. DAVIS, Secretary.
UNDERTAKER
Hector Street, above Poplar,
CONSHOHOCKSN, PA.
t3J" We have made complete arrange-ment!
In our und-rttkking department that
we are now enabled to do all kinds of un-dertaking,
at all times, at prices lower than
anywhere else in town, and satisfaction
guaranteed.
N. B.—Night bell at McClement's shoe
stote, He.-'or strdet, 4th door above Heeks
East Kt:d Grocery.
P. 8.—Orders taken lor Furniture.
JAMES BEATTY,
J^b>. '''A'Nuii. DKMVKIUJ THK BEST
-TjLEUIGHCOAL
'rj'O'-U-* IK (.'ONFIIOIIOTKKK FOR ""•a? $5--" a ton !• as 4 per ct.
w hen paid for on or be-fore
delivery. Orders
can be left at pont onlcu, Ellis* hardwan
store, John McFceti rs' store, W. II. Maeona-chy's
store and John Fogarly's store. •* - I in
WELL DIGQINCL
The subscribers announces that they are
prepared to
Dig Wells, Clean Cisierns,
AND CLEAN WELLS.
DETTER & CO.,
CONSHuHOCKEN.
again
iTA.m. C WARD'el
OYSTER AND EATING HOUSE
FATKITE STREET,
8 DOOKS BELOW WA8U1TA HAM..
families and parties supplier! wtth B.„
in all styles al short notloe andut the low-est
possible prices.
jaJFrled oysters a specialty.
ELY'S
Cream Balm
CA.EANSEN THE
HEAD. ALLAYS
luflHiiim in "in
lli-iii-. ine More*.
ItlNIOltl s lh<
Sense-. Of Tll-IC,
Smell, lie,,, i.^
A linn I. Kt-Ilel.
A poaltT^ « »re HAY-FEVER
A parlie.e Is applied Into ouch no-di-ll and
is agreeable to ate. 1'riee .V) cents by mall
or at UrugglstM. Send tin-circular.
ELY 1IU0TI1KK8, Urugglsts, Ow.-go, N. Y.
CATARRH
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
the popular favorite for dress-ing
the hair, Restoring the color
when gray,and preventing Dan-druff.
It cleaiiae*a the scalp,
, slop-, the hair falling, and u
sure to please. 50c. and $1. sizes at Druggists.
raRWR'S TONIC
The Boat Cough Core you can use
and the best known preventive of Consumption.
1'AKKBR'S TONIC kept in n home is a sentinel to
keep sickness out. Used discreetly it keeps the
blood pure and the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys
in working order. Coughs and Colds vanish be-fore
it. It builds up the health. ±
If you suffer from Debility, Skin Eruptions,
Cough, Asthma, Dyspepsia, Kidney, Urinary or
Female Complaints, or any disorder of the Lungs,
Stomach, Bowels, Blood or Nerves, don't wait
till you are sick in bed, but use PAKKHR'S TONIC
to-day : it will give you new life and vigor.
» " HISCOX A CO., N.Y.
fc-.d by Druggists. Large saving buying |i sue.
TUTT'S
PILLS
25 YEARS IN USE.
The Greatest Medical Triumph of the Ago!
SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER.
I.ommot appt'ilrc, Bowela ( oatWe, I'aln In
the bead, with a dull sensation in the
baek parr, Pnln under the shoulder-blade*
Fullness after eatlno;* with adls-
Inclination to exertion of liu.lv or mind.
Irritability oftemper* Low splrltsi with
n ferlingof hnvlntf neglected some duty*
Weariness. Dizziness, riutterlng at the
lleart« l)ota before the ryes. Headache
ever the right eye. Restlessness, with
fitful dreams, Highly colored Urine, and
CONSTIPATION.
TUTT*S i>i LI.S aro especially adapted
to such cases, ono dose effects such a
change of feeling nn to astonlihtliosulTorer.
They Increase the Appetite,and cauie the
body to Take ou Flesn*i.iuA tho system Is
noarlsberi.aml nythelrTonla Action on
tho lMa^stlveOrgans,Rejcular stools art
produr<><vrrirp^»c. IIMminyStMiV.Y.
TOTTS HAIR DYE". GRAT HATH or WHISKKKS changed to a
GLOSST BLACK hv a siiitjlo application of
this DTE. It imparts it natural color, acts
Instantaneously. Solil by Drtigtfiats, or
•ent by expresn on receipt of 91.
Office, 44 Murray St., New York.
J M. ALBERTSON t> SONS,
BANKERS,
NORR1&TO TFA, FA.
NEGOTIABLE PAPER PURCHASED.
INTERESTS PAID ON DEPOSITS.
MOSEY I/IANED ')N MOUTH KB IA
IIKVI'I* FOR NAI.K
ON ENGLAND AND GKRMANY
AT LOW -'.ST KA,"TKS,
PASHAUKTICKETHRrTllKA.\IKIilCAy
HXJi UF OV.VA XfiTEAMXMS.
Stocks B night anil Sold OoOommlar.lOB
Gnv-'.' NMHNT UllNUM I1OU0HT AND SoLII.
■afe D"j>>»«ii H..». -. In llurglMr l>rool
Vault t«. ..-!.;