The Conshohocken Recorder, November 29, 1889

              THE WEEKLY RECORDER.
VOL! X X. NO. 39.
CONSHOHOCKENT, PJU FRIDAY,NOV 20 1889. •1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE STORY OF THE ICEBERG.
lit 1UUUH.I MMOOR sieirroai).
Uow weary the toe-river Ktew
ID tboee dark monlba of wiulcr night,
And poised npon bis lufty cliff,
Longod, longed for other worlds and n'ih»-
What nee iu all hii mighty mold,
With none to wonder and admire
The light and color that he held,
The moonstone gleam, 'he opal fire !
ID vain the mother clacier ahowed
Tale altars an.rn.iiuK with old rites
The Sashes of eternal star-.
The lances of the northern lights ;
A hand of snnbeam. camo that way,
Tempted, and touched, and lored him 03,—
Wild dreams of mis and *( tithem .ales,—
A wrench, a plunge, and he was gone.
With swift emhrace the fliilowe swelled
To u-cet him, leaping tsice and thrice
In thnnder ere they lid him forth,
King of a world of floating toe.
H .»n, down, by vicaleas curreuta drawn,
His hoge mass underneath the sea,
Bis lofty tops ei.skyed, he moved
I.Ike some vast fleet iu majesty,—'
o t fioa lb* dark, myvMrioM Noith,
Wl I. all it. glamour, *v*r«J night
Ti-gl ng with anforgotMa drtam*,
And every day flood (Oil Of light.
Tni while bear s'unib.ri.l in tis oaves;
The nitil earns plsjtd about his tips ;
I) wn, down he bore- to summer seas
And orashed his wsy through sinking ships.
And drowning sallora saw on baft
Those icy walla where surges tom-d,
Descended ont of biaeen, a pile
Of Jeweled splendor fired in frost.
Lspis sod torqnols pierced with light
To sapphire, emerald hollows paled
To beryl, topis burning clear
Iu flames of chrysolite, he sailed,
Down, down to equatorial »ea.
Sii'l slowly drifting- »b, bow sweet
Tbe.e soft caresses of the tide
Pal In the depths about bis fiel.
How tenderly Ibis morning Rleara
Baluttd all bis shining spires.
That far away tho voyager saw
Tipped wi b the b'a* ■ r-f rnl'V Ores !
Ho* anlent j Ibri.ush w.riu ai.u h winds
The .tresses of the noontide heat.
Till brooks bmet forth far up his atdsM,
Dis olviog in a fervent hi at.
New plumed with streaming smoke be went,
Now hut a clowd of amethyst.
The ghost or glory, weird and while,
Now wrai pi d within a world of mist,
The sweet aud treacherous currents still
Around his weakening bases whirled,
The great throat of the hurricane
Tremendooa blasts against him bnrlid.
Into bine air be crept : and now
Those sanbearua srmed with javelins
swarmed,
A hostile legion, fierce and faio,
And all his awful beauty slot mid.
Ah, for fiat dim dark home OHM mor.,
Thus, lances of the northern lights !
Then his tops bent him to their fall,
The wide seas rose and Ciowni d 1 is heights.
And, but a hoik of erumbliug Ice,
Wuhiu the d<ep he found bis grave.
titraoded npoo a bidden key,
Aud wasted to nothing by a wave.
-St Nicholas.
% Good Joke.
" Diiikliughourue I Don't you nn.l. r-atuuil?"
Tomm7 Apt* crieil ont to the
poitei iu a voice loud diuugh to he heard
all over EaatoD. " D-jrUinghoorne—Sir
Charles N'matie's place j are' vim deaf ?"
"Yes, sir; M sir," answered the pot-ter.
" I'll have it put all right, air ; only I
thought you said ItoltenlKirough."
And ho ran oil'to get tho baggage rela-belled.
"Confouml llotteulioiough |" grumbled
Tommy Apes, with au aDV elation of anger,
an be si-rauibled into a llrstclaai conipait-uient.
As a matter of foot, the young
subaltern, instead of being annoyed, was
delighted by the porter's hlnnder.for it bad
given him an opportunity of letting those
•bout him know that he tTM bound for a
place no less fualiioi.ulile lli.m the country
house of the gnat buukeraud distinguished
politician, Sir Charles N'oodie.
"Now there's Lady Noodle for instance.
She keeps the bulk of her jewels at her
town honse, but some of them are always
at Darklingbournc, even when she herself
is not there. 8he told me so herself."
And Tommy laid back in hU seat with a
consequential air. He felt that he was
deeply impressing the stranger.
"Dayon think that's win) ?" asked the
gentleman. "If I were in her position, I
certainly should not keep inch valuables
in a lone country-house. Why, It seems to
me almost like holding oat an incentive to
bnrglary."
" Ah, bnt precautions can be taken
against burglary," said Tommy.
" Well, of course they can," replied the
stranger, with a dubious shake of the head,
" but I should not rely on Ibem. No
precautions, to my mind,can be sufficient.
" Oh, yes they can," said Tommy, very
positively. " For instance, Sir Charles
Nomiie says that he defies a mouse to enter
Durklingbournc at night without his
knowledge."
" What precautions has betaken then ?"
asked the stranger.
"Well, he has had electric-bells put to
every door aud window in the house.
These are all duly set at ten o'clock each
night, arid »ll r that not a door or shutter
can lie moved without an alarm Uing
given."
"A very sensible device,"' said the
stranger approvingly, "aud one which I
certainly would adopt if I were so fortunate
as to own a country-seat."
So far the second stranger had taken no
part in the conversation. He had, however,
been listening" to it with some interest.
Now at last lie spoke.
" I remember," he said, milling slightly
nt the recollection, "I remember ouce wheu
I was stopping at a country-house, an
amusing practical joke being played by a
clever young fellow who was stopping there
too. The house wss got up jast as yoa say
Sir Charles Noodie'e is—every wiodow and
door was secured by alarm bells. Well,one
night just before bedtime this youug fellow
started a conversation about burglaries.
All the men were loud in protesting what
they should do if the alarm sounded—
tDeTj ''I dash up stairs lino ihedark, or rush
out on the lawu, or do something else very
brave and reckless. Just in the middle of
their boasting two or three alarm bell*
went off, and yoa never saw such a panic
Not n soul of them shoartd a sign of doing
anything except shivering with fear, until
the young fellow, bursting iuto a loud
laugh, explained how it was all a joke. He
had bribed the page boy U) set off the two
bells in his room at eleven o'clock precisely.
' Uy George !" cried Tommy roaring with
laughter, "that's what I call a rare good
joke—doused good ! 'Ton my word, I should
like to try it on to night."
" If I were you, I shouldn't, said the first
speaker, who seemed to be a very timid
man.
" Why V" asked Tommy. " It ouuld do
no harm."
" Well," said the gentleman, hesitating ;
" I don't know so much snout that—(till
it would hardly he fair to the ladies, would
it, to give tin iu such u fright?"
' But there aie not any ladies at Dark-linglionrne
juat now," replied Tommy.
It's a niau's party—half a doaen of nadown
for a week's shooting. Lady Noodie'e in
town."
The Orel stranger thought for a moment.
and lb: u shook bis head.
"I suppose," he said, " I'm too old ami
nervous now to appreciate practical joktsj
such as that. I presume however that to a
young fellow like you they're very amnsing,
but I must say that I don't like them."
"Well," said the secsnd stranger, "I
don't kDow much about the right and the
wrong of the affair, but I do know that the
young fellow I spoke of gained a great deal
of attrfos by his trick. It was talked of
among his friends and acquaintances for
months after."
" 1 suppose, though,'' said the first
stranger, "that the men he made ridiculous
resented it?"
" He didn't take th.it much to heart, I
expect,'' teplied the second stranger.
" Neither should I," pot in Tommy, "in
fact, I should rather like to make myself
disagreeable to one or two of the men who
are to be at Daiklingbourne. I'd like
awfully to show them up."
Here the conversation ceased,but Tommy
If they showed the white feather iw T. iiiiny
firmly believed they would, how deliglitlul
It would be. As for Mr. Jeremiah Haatdl '
M P. ,late Conservative agent for Dolb-hire,
aid I. id de Cellar, thee'.iniv-ul Deer, and
fie two other nonentities who formed the
rat of the company- well, all that could
be said was that Tommy apprehend.d no
evil and anticipa'cd considerable amuse-ment
from giving Ibem a bit of a frigh'.
Dinner was served a little after eight,
and it was not finished until considerably
after ten. Darklingbonrne wits famous lor
iu dinners, and this one was fully up to
thegeueial reputation. When it wss dsV
poatd of, everylsody felt too comfortable to
have any inclination to do anything ex-cept,
perhaps, go to bed. The hill aid
room even was deserted, and all the guests
assembled in the library, where they rend
and talked and smoked, and some of the
elder ones sucred. Sir Charles was a loot-ent
host who, unlike most hosts, heln v.d
that whit male guests enjoy moat is to be
allowed to enjoy themselves
As be felt that it was now time to begin
operations, Tommy Apes. »ho had been
chatting a great deal all tLe evening, now
directed his talk to burglaiios. Iu lone
country houses this is always a fascinating
topic, and so before many minutes Ton nil,
for the first time that evening, bad
ten-.ie.1 audience. He told SHiO oi two
very exciting burglar etoiics. Iu all hie
tales a gang of aimed rufli-.us attackul .
lone country-house, und, WoM they were
opposed, tbey sbot wildly about and left
the place a regular field of carnage. Ti.cn
he paused and others took up the conversa-tion.
" for my part," said Bit Usuries Nooilie,
"I have always maiutaioed that the
houaeholder has usually li ins. ll to b'nine
for any burglary. With proper precautions
burglaries are simply impossible. It is not
necessary to nave a small garriaou in your
house to keep robbers out : what is uiu-a
aary
for a robber to enter your bouse without
creating an alarm. Noise, it may h .
breskes no bones ; but there's nothing like
it for frightening burglars. That's uiy
view, and so there isn't a door or window
In this boose that can be openeil after ten
o'clock without sounding an electrin hell."
"A viry wise precaution," said Mr
Min.br.
"Haw, well," drawled that distingu sh-ed
warrior, Captain Itiinimir, "I—nawr—
think its rather ovenloing it, don't yon
know. 1—haw—would prefer to let them
come in and give them n warm rec. iition."
" That's my opinion, Usi," echoed the
gallant Major Prodmore. " It looks a bii
cowardly to take such precautions—at
least to a military man."
" If there were an alarm, what should
you do ?" demanded Tommy Apes of the
last speaker.
"Well, haw—I—haw—should uish up
stairs and are who the doo-e it was," said
the gnllant Major.
"I think that I should run into law
grounds snd cut off the burglars retreat," j
•aid thesoldier-like Captaiu Hammer.
"If you went upstairs should you take ,
a light with yon or would you go iu the
dark?" Sir Churls asked M Jo* PfodtnOrv).
"In tbe daik, decidedly,'' iinsw.red tie
Caa'ain. "You see the light gives lb. in
the means of taking aim at you."
" Wouldn't going up in the dark to I- ok
for an aimed burglar be rather a ere. py
business?" suggested Mr. Marnier.
"Pshaw," replied the Captain ; it would
be nothing."
"No, not stall," said the Major. "If"
we soldiers have ucver anything to f. OS
worse than that, we should have au rasy i
time of iu I should go up without s min-or—
haw—without "
Suddenly an electric bell went off with a
whirr ! In a moment another, and appar-ently
a third joined in the din !
As the bells continued souuding, the
guests and their hosts ga/id into each
other's faces in speechless hotror. All
I'lolinorr ti.mlling r.ckle.s'y o»er one
another in tin ir blind lasfa down the stair-case.
The two warriors had just safely reseb. il
ih.-library, and wire there explaining to
tlie bonified guests that Tommy had been
murder. ,1, an! that tbey UsMMelvM bad
barrel] e . pi.I lb* ...me lale.wheu Tommy
himself entered the room laughing ! Ks.ry
i ga/.d at him for a moment in silmt
.•Una/, in. lit Then the truth flashed upou
Ibem. The whole thing wus a joke.
Tommy round with delight. The oth
ers dul not seem so well pleasad. Lord de
Cellar, Mr. Manderand the two iiiiueuli-lies
were visably annoyed. So was Sir
Chillies Noodle at first. Hut it was the
two miliiaiy meu who wire tbe most furi-ous.
They w.-ie so angry, but at the same
time lookul anil felt so small that soon the
rest of the company forgot thiir own an-noyance
in aniiisi merit at that of the gal-lant
lieiiiiiiei and the soldo r'y I'redmore,
and ihe i veiling i nd.d by everybody siding
with Tommy, and joining in hs laughter
at the expense of the two officers.
Tommy's window* weie tlun closed aud
the bells r.sei, and he went to lad aud
slept so'iii.lh ,1. cling with sali-laei i.tu that
lie bad .x li"l Inns If ana taken Captain
R II.I:. ..: •! Maj ' I'l.sllll'.le and the I.St
ol the eoui| aoy "ilnnuav ry 0 .11.id. table
pea " Toe 11 xt n.oriiing, however, Iu liis
•lunz Dent, be luoi.ll il lusell suddenly
awakened by nnlm ') else ibauSu Charlie
N.Hidie himself.
" L'M.k here," suid that gi lllli'llilill, iu
anything but a pitanant lone, to the lie-wildeied
Tommy, '' I think, Mr- A|>i»,tiiat
you have carried this Joke of \ours ijui'e
fir enough. It bil belt, r case no*."
"I—I don't und istai dyou.S.r Charles,"
siaminered out Tommy.
"Oil. uousense," answer.il Sr Charles
roughly. " There's no n.e iu keeping it
going ; I'm getting ihornughly tired of it."
'•JJut, Sir Charles, I—really, I'm doosed
is that you should make it impossible sorry," said Tomn-y, " hit*, truly, I don't
know what you mean.''
Sir Chsiles 1 *.k«d very steadily and
sieinly. and Iheri auiii, " Mr. Apes, if yi u
trifle with me any further, I shall lose my
temper. V.nir trick last night of frighten-ing
the company wa< unmannerly -ui ngh,
still I hvgivc it ; but when it cotu-w to
hreuki n "| dici. tig-whir* and abstract.
ing diamond.- ''
" Abstractiug d amuuds !'' exo'aimed the
lion died Tommy.
" Y.s. alielraciing diamonds. Then the
matter ceases to he merely iinuranneily
and becomes—1 say it advisedly—some-thing
very dinVreDl !"
" Abstracting diamonds I" repeated
Tommy, iu a daad w»y. " But, Sr
Cliailes, I uever abst.acted any diamonds.
I naval thought of such a thing. 1 swear
to you that the idea ne\er entered my
mm.I 1 swear it didu't."
Sir Cbailes looked keenly into the young
man's face, and he saw that he wa speak-ing
eailies'ly aud truthfully. Tommy
Apes might be a very silly youth—Sir
Charles i bought he was ; but he was not a
thief. The banker felt that be knew noth
ing of toe disapiieurauce of the diamonds,
aud he wus perplexed. He stood iu silence
relbctiug for a moment, while Tommy
collected bis wits. "Do you mean to say,"
Tommy then a-k.d, " that any of Iaidy
Noodie'e diamonds are missing!"
"Vis; about (4,000 north," replied Sir
Charles laconically.
"O-oil heavms!' exclaimed Tommy.
"Who coald have done it? Not Sam
I'll eclay -he's as honest as steel. I can't
uuiliisland it, ibsised if I can!'' Aud tbe
youug uiuu lay back, bewildered.
Sir (hail..- then explained matters as
well as he coii'd. That morning one of
the maiils had noticed thut the wiudow
into I .a.'.y Noodle's boudoir was open. As,
dining lur ladyship's absence, the room
was kept locked, .Sir Charles himself
having tbe key,he was communicated with.
Oil Unlocking the door, it was seen that
robbert bad been there. The cabinet and
ilressiug table had IHWU rilled, and all the
bad left there
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" These porters »re very etupid," said
one of the two gentlemen who, coming into I Mt {m Kautimt in silence, thinking over
the same compartment as Tommy, had no- )he p,,,^.,.^ ,„a (he more he considered It
turd his apparent aunoyance. ! the mon he |iked jt Two or three of his
"Sloopid, doosiil stoopid!" replied ; fe,,ow -%nnt, ,t Darklingbonrne were
Tommy, nKfDg his glass in his eye and ga«- j auperior „,d ,npercilioo* oeraoos. Tommy
ing earnestly al the speaker. " .Ion im- | ,0OU(?|,t wna. p|ta*ure it would be to him
take them down a peg," aud then, the
' .luai im-agine,
lie didn't know vihere Sir Charles
Noodie's place was—tlmnght it was at
Kntti nborough!"
• .Vlsuiil I" Bid the sttanger. at the
eame time n-prissiug a smile ; they'll be
wanileriug next where Windsor Castle is."
" Y»-as, downright monatrons!" said
Tommy, as he flung himself into a corner
ol Ihe Mtthagi mill turned his attention to
the perusal of a spottiug paper.
The) two other gentlemen In thecompart-nunl
also devoted tln-nistlves to their news-pnpeiH.
nntil Ihe train had steamed ont of
the station and war well into the country.
Then Ihe lame gentleman who had before '
llllll—m TnmrTITi lowering bis newspaper,
for a moment, said :
" Pardon nie. Mr, bat isn't llraxley Hall
souir»bere ueai Daiklmglsiurne 1"
••Oi-, nld Bqolra Cherry** place," said
T.iiiniy engerlo ■_•« Mi knowkdge of
oottolry ntepU. " Well, it is in Dolbil.ir.,
loo; but you roulil In'i'lly oaU » »">r
DaikllngbuartM."
" Ah.I only Inqalrrd l» "«'"■' *••llf". '
sai.l Hug. niliinen, pointing to he news-panar,
"thai IhWS bra txen * burglary
tin re."
" Bj tl Offal" '-xi-laimeil Tommy Anc<,
lot UHl) intrresteil. " You don't my so."
"Oh, >••; bat Bathing seems to have
I ii stoi.-n.' .,,1 t.-.l the o.-ii'l.-miin rjuickly.
*' I Mippo-.'.'' i-iie.l 'I,,uiu.y, with a loud
lanab, Ibul HI., im- ne tl.eie was noth-i
g worth -.lining. Dl.l Cbirry it as poor
•s a church luon-e."
The stranger I..u,h. .1 ■ |..i. \\\ nl Tommy's
little joke. Tl.eii In- paid, iif'er a moment's
aileni*!', *'I en.'' oi .1-1-t mil why people
sboiil.l k.i'p en'iial.le-. i.t ibeir eouutry
bOOse* j It Mini' 10 at* I l dangrrou*. Yet
I beli. v.- nniiy paople . o."
'• Yi", life iiirso tin v flo," said Tommy.
Thru, .le-ir.ii- ol .liowng bis intimate
knowledge Ol Ihe domeatlc arrangements
wflhcfasbi niilili- Nnodie-. In proceeded:
to'
thing w.is so easily managed! There would
be no occasion to bribe even the page-boy.
Ilia own servant was to meet him at Djrk-linghourne
station, and be might lie his
accomplice; aud Sam Pipeclay was to l»s
relied on.
As the train drew np at Kottenboroagb
both Tommy's fellow travelers rose to l»av«.
Iloth were, it appeared, going the same
journey. As they go' out- ,h« ■>"« who
had suggested the joke asked, with aarnilr,
if Tommy intended to carry it ont.
" Don't you fear," siid Tommy ; " U'e
too good a chance to lose."
■at motionless while the noise lasted.
When it ceased, no one showed a sign of j jewels which Lady Noodie
stirring The flrst attempt at motion was weie all taken.
made when the convival Lord de Cellar,
who was more than half tipsy, made uu
effort to conceal his bulky frame under au
armchair.
Al for Tommy, he could scarcely repus<
his laughter as he looked arouud the room.
There was not a face to be seen that w..s
not pale wilh terror. Sir Charles win
lying back in bis chair almost fainting,
Lord Cellar was rolling about groaning . u
tbe floor. The two gnllant military men
were sitting quivering to their very hair.
At last Tommy got up, and seining a
I candle, said, "(Jentlemen, our couversa-l
tion is being v.rif'id. Don't let us sit
| here."
" That's a pe'ect mob if 'em. Three
bells sounded," mutnred Captuin llmi
" Two," corrected Tommy, who bad the
beet mean* of knowing.
"No, no; three or four," asid alnjor
Prodtnore. " There moat be a gang of tbe
acoondrel*, and they'll be urnuil, and
we've nolhiug lint our lists. It would lie
madness to attack them."
"Sorely," said Tommy, pulling ou a
air, "surely
Come on
you're not
host's
III lead the
get killed,"
The second traveller raid nothing but | «£ *^„,
1 lie shake be gave with bis head showed ■
that he was strongly oppissid to such little
pleasantries.
A few minn es lataf und tbe train atnpp-«t
■t D-irklingbouroe atarioo. Han 1'I|»M:I IV
wa* there. Oil driving to tbe bouse,
Tommy communicated in the greatest con
fldence hs design to Sim, who, without
demur or criticism—he waa a mili ary man
and obeyed orders—under! ok to discharge
Ins part.
Tommy Apes, on re.cbiig Darkling-bonrne,
found the other guests already
assembled there, and as he glnnra-d rou'id
at them he thought of hia joke, and slni-t
laughed with delight. What a sight ilk at I
rery distinguished individuals veoulil I
present when the nerve snakiug alarm-boll
would sound. There was tbe gr at and
Might Honorable Ashhy ltahler—who waa
accustomed to defy (from a safe dist.n.e)
what he called the " brutal and insalis'l-
,1, iii.s-iacy "-bow small he would look
under the shiak ! Tbrr- wasCnpt. Hammer
—a lordly ll«ivy Dragoon—and Major
l'roilrno,eoflhel.iiucrs, leothol then, tin , ,,.iietly- qtiutly- Oh, Lud ,
T ri.-t caniel-knigliis, and l*th or th-m ! this Toni.uy blew out the eandl
utterly rlei.sti.l by Lieut. Apes, wh.« ] was a momeniaiy s,le„c-,a,„l th.-.i 1.
legiueul was not ,,iiileso smart as theirs. I heard the gallant liunnier
bouse roblied.
way."
"Don't, doa't , you'll
screamed Mr. Maoder.
"No fear, if yon only follow me," cried i
Tommy, looking very hrave aud seizing
tbe heavy poker, said " Come along."
"Where are the servants? How ia It
tbey have not gone to sac »bat is Ihe
matter t" demuuilid SirChailesin a tp-iubl
ing voice.
"They uic asleep or afraid," answered
Tommy,and away he min'iud Ui ihealniis
wiih a candle iu his hands. With an .IToit
Captaiu Hammer and Major Prod more
I managed lo raise • uoiigh courage to follow
him. Tliey picked up ahatovertliey could
find in the way Of weapons, ami, k.i'inng
i well behind rummy, crept up the stairs.
" II si'." »li s|.erul Tommy, in an awe-ti-
ii.. "There *'« M'*eial of
Tomuiy Apes was horrified. He piotesled
his innocence of all knowledge in the
matter, and i xplaim d all he had done.
" I.et me see," siid Sir Charles. "Now,
think ol'it, it sliuck meat tbe time that
■lire* b.lls souuded."
" Y..s." replied Tommy, u bit startled.
" I reniemlier someboily sayiog that
there were three, hut I thought it waa a
inlst.k..."
•• It's deilish i|iuer," s..id Sir Cliarle*
suspiciously, "grnnliog that there were
ihree, Ibut the burglars s1 ould select a*
the time for forcing the boudoir window
the veiy moment you choose fur perpetrat-ing
yonr joke. It is stranger still that the
sound of the other windows opeuing didn't
alarm the thieves."
" I dou't understand il." said Tommy
gloomily. " May I (to and have a look at
the boudoii V" Tommy dressed hsslily,
and then he aud bis boat went to Lady
Noodle's room It wa- ju»l as Sir Charles
had described -this wiudow was open, ihe
cabinet and diessing table were rifled ; and
tbe floor wus strewn wit- tbe fragments of
jewel-boxes.
A* Tommy was looking into one of the
dressing table drawers a litile piece of paper
attracted his attention. Noticiug his name
inscribed upon it, he took it up.aud opened
it, read as follows :
'• DKAH Mn. ATM : Wasn't it a rare
! goi d joke ? We enjoyed it, didn't yon.
" YlUlt liHATKFI I. FK1.I0.V-J0KER8."
Tommy ha* Bpent a good deal of his time
in looking out for the two agreeable gentle-men
who travelled with him the previous
day, but, be hasn't found them as yet.
C. H. THWAITES,
PluinboT, Gas and
Stoam Fitter.
C.;.'as.i«tifl-ite..C*i.lii!.DCieiif
Fixture* »r.d Fitting* ror Btwam, Uai and
Water. H jdraullo Itaina, Bras* and In
Pumps.
. s.aii'1* Publlo snd Fr-
8t**m a apoala.il>.
DAVID H. ROSS
ATTOHHBY AT LAW,
801 WALNUT ITREET Pinta*.
1°'
JOHN ELLIS'
-FOR
Evening Offloe
CONSHOHOCKKN
ver the piasi tltllci*
7 te. U P III
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H. THWA1TSS
KIIU Bell BBIDII t«iiHf i'rm
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D |
WEST
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EA? anil
nans an.i speolllcatloni drawn at short
nolle,,. Jobbing prnmptivatwniio.1 to.
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PRACTICAL
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■ml «n.l tlaiirlsl tS'iarantaMsl
!• ia very dlfitcull to keep onr little one* free
fr.m tho disorder* of babjhood, and as adviaa
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