Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1868.
NO. 38
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A S:pKSST FICIUBE.
Tbe long beams glide througii the liudcus and larches,
From uplands cloverei and cool. And fiame where the waterfall fjlasslly arches.
And reddbn tbe foaming pool. Dripping nnd still Is the wheel of the mill.
For the daylight's lahor is done. And the'prentlce-lad, Inliis worlc-drcss elau. Sits on the door step, gloomy and sad.
With the grief of his life begun. And yonder he marks how tlie miller's fair
daughter. Has crossed the brown foot-plank that spans the fleet water,
AndfoUoired the sinking sun.
Pile has gone by tho path that is lonely and shaded, A flutter of joy In hor breast; She will bide till the purple and garnet have faded Below the white star of the west. And the 'prentlce-lad knows that the bloom ot the rose "Will die from her check at the last. And lhe vow he has sworn he kept with scorn Iiy the dark-eyed wooer so proudly born—
His face to the winds be cast! A woman from truth unto falsehood turning. And the old fond lover remembering, yearn¬ ing— "Tis the storj- of ages past I
MEG HAETIiEY'S CUBE.
I^ was towards tUe close of a gloomy tlay in February, and the dusk was fas¬ tening lieavily upon end) object in a .scantily furnisiied room on tiie ground- floor of an «)ItI-fasliioned but respecta- lile iiouse in the crowded district of Soho.
The street lamps had been lighted for the last hour, aud the wet window- jianes flashed like crj'stal beneatii tho nickering gas, wliilst every now and tlien a bulging umbrella (so closely did the house abut upon the public tho¬ roughfare) would press against tlie glass, .ind put the brilliance momenta¬ rily out. But the passengers for .Solio were few aud far between. It had been a wild and stormy day, and no one ven¬ tured abroad who was not comioelled to do so. Everything looked dull and dark enough, both in the house aud out of it; aud so thought its mistress, Mar¬ garet Hartley, as she sat upon the liearth-rug, with lier hands clasped about her knees, and gazed thoughtful¬ ly into the fast-fading lire. At a little <iistance from her stood her sewiug- niachine: she had been working at it all the afternoon, unlil her fingers and her feet were weary, and her head ach¬ ed with the sound of its eternal click ; and uow, either from motives of econ¬ omy or taste, she preferred to commune wilh herself iu the dark to summoning artificial light to reveal the discomfort by which she was surrounded. And she had plenty to think of, tliis woman, ay, and to regret,—although five-and- twenty summers hail not yet passed over her head.
The expiring embers were not yet so dull but that they revealed the form croucliiug lieside them to be young aud graceful; and the face, to such as can accept the beauty of expression before that of feature, attractive. Yet. had each hourof pain through which it had been Mariraret Hartley's fate to pass, left a wrinkle on her fair smooth brow, it would have beeu as .seamed and puck¬ ered as that of au old woman. For she had suffered greatly, aud not without cause. As she gazed into the smould¬ ering fire, had she cast her thoughts ten years backward, she might have seen herself as Margaret Lee, when, on the death of her father,—a poverty-stricken music-master,—she eutered the house of her brother, a. banker's clerk, who had married fi-om a station even lower than his own, to become the drudge, and almost the servant, of his wife and children. Philip Lee w.as many yeara older than his sister, and the world had said at the time that it was a fortunate thing the penniless orphan had such a home ojien to receive her. Yet her spirit had been wellnigh broken hy daily taunts and unkindness before any change happened in her miserable life. But then a certain llobert Nelson, a sailor brother of Mrs. Philip Lee's, had appeared upon the scene, aud fallen in love, or professed to do so, with his sis¬ ter's wretciied little slave. He was rough and rude and unpiiueipled, but the maltreated girl of seventeen, who had barely sufficient to eat and drink since sbe had entered uj'on her life of depeudeiice, was not quick enough to perceive that in marrying Hobert Nel¬ son she would but exchange one sort of bondage for another, and accepted his offer with gratitude,—a feeling which proved of short duration.
Mrs. Lee was too incensed at her brother's choice to wish to hold any commniiicaliou with Margaret after her marriage, aud tlie unfortunate girl soon found that no drudgery is so hard as that of an ill-used and unprotected wife; for Kobert Nelson, his first fancy for her cooled, proved a harder taskmaster than she had ever kiioivn before. He was his sister brutalized. Being attached to some small coast¬ ing-vessel, he was seldom at sea for more tiian six weeks or two months at a time; so he established his young wife in a couple of dark rooms near the docks, where the only liappy liours she spent were those during which he was away. For he was exacting, tyrannical, and extremely jealous, scarcely allow¬ ing her female companions, lest the indulgence ofany society should bring lior into contact with tlie other sex.
Aud yet she had had one friend du¬ ring that unhappy period of her life; one true, stanch ally, who, in hisjour- neyim^s amongst the sick and the af¬ flicted, had chanced to light on the iibode of this disappointed creature, and striven to make Jier trace the hand of I'rovidence even in the apparent blast¬ ing of her earthly hopes.
And this friend and guide had been a hard-working London curate,—John Hartley, her jiresent husband,—that she loved so tiearly, and yet to know herself the wife of whom had not the power to render her contented !
Had she, tlien, quite forgotten that awful day on which Eobert Nelson first discovered that the curate was trying lo imbue her uuinstructed mind with the truths it was iiis profession to impart, and the consolation it was his duty to administer, aud, turning him with curses from the door, had given her something harder still than curses as her share of his displeasure ?
Had she forgotten the life of terror whieh slie had thenceforth led, and the good cause which her brutal husband gave her to tremble at his frequent re¬ appearances?
ifad all remembrance faded from her mind of that day of relief, when, after a longer absence than was usual, instead of receiving home the man whom she liad learned to hate and dread, the owner of tho vessel called upon her, with a lengthened visage, to impart the melancholy news that tbe " Mary Jane," in making her return voyage from Portugal, had been wrecked some¬ where near the coast of Africa, and was supposed to have foundered with all hands on board V
And then, when the intelligence of lier liusbaud's death had been amply oonfirmed, atid the owners ofthe "Mary Jane" had reconciled thennselves tothe loss of Iheir vessel, and she had so far recovered tho Iirst surprise of he.aring she was free, as tobe trying to persuade lierself that Itobert Nelson had been better than she thought him, and that she was not so very thankful for her deliverance,—John Hartley had come back lo her again,—come just in time to prevent her entering on service for her support, and told her that he lovetl her, and wished her for iiis wife.
Had the short space of three years really been sufiicient to blot out, or even dull, the memory of a moment of hap¬ piness like that?
John Hartley! so good-and gracious, —both iu appearance and demeanor!— so infinitely above herself, not ouly by birth and station, but by the degrada¬ tion of her marriage.
Had she not thought, when first he brought her home, even to the dull room which she now occupied, that she was the most happy,—moat fortunate of human creatures?
And when, once since, her health had failed, and he had sent her (at an outlay which he could ill afford) to the country for a fortnight by herself, how she bad panted to return to the old house aud him! and told him truly, when once more folded to his honest ' heart, that life was nothing to herwhen not spent by hia side. Aud they had a child too,—an infant of theirown ; and John, though often harassed and gen¬ erally overworked, attll kept hi^heaith, aiid more than his fiiat'love'-fo^-faer; aiid she bad food and Clothes au916l«iit for her need, and a loof abovebei head.
And yet Meg Hartley was not happy,— she was even discontented.
She had not forgotten her first trials: they had been too real and undisguised to be forgotten ; but she had ceased to shudder lit their memory.
She had no more need to dread a re¬ currence of them, and so their sting was fading with the lapse of years, and she put their gracious uses far away, and permitted the paltry worries ofthe present to harass her instead.
As her soft eyes rested on the flicker¬ ing flre, and a sigh, every now and then, escaped liermurmuring heart, no thought, not even the remotest, ofBob- ert 1\ elson, or tlie past, rose up to check her ingratitude. Sailors and sudden death, and the dull docks, had not the least share in her tlioughts. She was thinkingof John Hartley, and the many ills of poverty, and the misery of hving in Soho instead. How wretched, how uninteresting, how monotonous, was her life, pent up in that horrid city, where each day seemed to pass alike, and was a burden in itself.
She was thinking of her own cotton dresses and of her husband's shabby coat; of Iiow eaeii moruing, were the weather fine or foul, John Hartley had to go forth to his work and labor midst such dens of infection and of flltli, that often, on returning to liis home, he put his little child's caress aside, lest any¬ thing contagious should be lurking in his clothes.
And how, when no .such fear existed, his spirits would be so downcast and depressed from the constant witnessing of crime and want and sorrow, that he would turn from his frugal meals al¬ most with loathing, and say lie felt as though tlie bread and meat would choke him, whilst so many were starv¬ ing without prospect of relief!
And when would it be over?—what chance was there of her husband ever escaping from his pri'scnt life of anxie¬ ty and toil?
Were they to drag out all their days in this unhealthy, crowded town ? Was their child to grow up pale and thin, like the many whom she saw around lier, for want of ever breathing the pure, sweet air of the couutry?
For Sleg Hartley divl not consider that her husband's lot was much worse than herown. Their hours were spent in equal toil, the only difference being that his hnd less moiiotoiiy.
What did .she live for but to nurse the child, and carry it outwalking, and help their one household drudgo to cook the meals and keep the house clean, and rack her braius from Mon¬ day until Saturday to see how she could make the weekly slipeud cover the weekly wants? jSlie had no friends, or auy she could call such ; for the parish of which her husband was hut one of several curates lay at some distance from their own abode; and London neighbors, knowing little and caring less about e.ich other, did not trouble themselves to become acquainted with a parson's wife, who dressed in cotton ot an alternoon, and carried out her baby for au airing in the park.
Of John Hartley's family she kuew nothing. He had plculy of relations, but tliey were happy ('ouiitry people who lived down in sjull'olk ; aud though he had often said that as soou as he could afford it he must take her aud Daisy (as he foudly called his little child) to sec his mother and his sisters, that lime liad jiever come 3'ot, nor seemed likely to do so; aud the sewing machine, which h-ad been a present from her mother-in-law upon her mar¬ riage, was the only visible link subsist¬ ing between tlie Hartleys and herself. The sewing-machine ! Yes, she had welcomed it as a useful and expensive gift; but she had been compelled to sit at it so often since, during hot, dusty- days when she had been panting for a breath of fresli air, and cold, dark ones, during whieh she had scarcely dared use aa much hml as would enable her to work iu comfort, that she had come to hate the sound of its untiring needle, .and the touch of its patient treadles.
If—as she fretfully thought to herself —if she ever had any material worth making np, for which to nse the horrid thing, it might be different; but as it was,—aud she twitched the worn skirt of her alpaca dress impatiently to one side, as if tlie sight of it, even by those dull embers, was distasteful to her.
But she could scarcely remember what it was to possess a iiretty or be¬ coming dre=s; aud her baby was never (what she called) " fit to be seen." As for an entertaining book, or a few fresh flowers or fruits, she liad almost forgot¬ ten what such tliiugs were; and it was hard—it certainly was hard—to spend oue's life without a single luxury or Iileasure.
And as the thought of these inevita¬ ble hardships pressed ujion Meg Hart¬ ley's mind, tears began to gather iu her eyes, and roll slowly down her cheeks. It was thus that the past had lost its power to make her grateful for the pre- seut, and that she could permit the dread memory of blows and curses to be overwhelmed by the existing dis¬ comfort of having to eat salt butter and wear unfashionable garments. Jt was very foolish of her,—worse than foolish, it was wrong,—and yet it was natural; although the assertion speaks poorly for human nature.
How often, in our short span of life, have we seen a huge billow advancing to meet us,—coming onwartis with re¬ sistless force, aud threatening to over¬ whelm our little bark!
Uow tremulously have v,-c watched its rapid progress, "how we have ilream- ed of it, wept over it, for weeks before it reached us; and, whilst calling on the Master ftlariuer for aid in our per¬ plexity, have yet, in our own minds, felt perfectly convinced that even liis help must be unavailing, and that we never could survive the shock! At last it gained us: we were on the very verge of eternity, when, lo! it broke within a few j'ards of our boat; and, passing under, instead of over it, gave the frail structure an Impetus whioh sent it rid¬ ing gallantly above its foaming crest once more into smooth water.
For a few iiours, perliaps, we could scarcely mention our deliverance with¬ out tears; aud for a few (lays, or weeks, according to our disposition, any allu¬ sion to the danger we had so unexpect¬ edly passed called forth expressions of the deepest gratitude.
W€ll,Tind what tlien ? The huge bil¬ low was far out of sight; and wo liad almost forgotten what it looked liko when so near ; the interest of the topic faded, and we began to grumble because the weather was not quite favorable to our spori, or that wesomctimes brought seaweed in our nets, instead offish.
Jleg Hartley was no better and no worse than the generality of her fellow creatures. There are but few of us who know how to make the best of this life; how to extract the sweets which every phase of it, iu some sort, contains; aud how to east tlie inevitable bitter away. She needed a lesson to be read to her upon contentment; and a heavy one was advancing with the gloom.
She had scarcely realized that she was crying, when the approaching sound of an infant's wail, aud a rude knock at the parlor door, caused her to rouse herself, and brush aivay the tears wliieli stood upon her cheeks.
" Ifyou please, 'in," said the uncouth tones of her sole attendant, an awkward girl from her husband'sNational School, " I think as how the child wants yer; and if yer'll take her, I can be about getting up the tea-things in time for master."
" Give her lo me," said Mrs. Hartley, without altering her position, ns she listlessly lield out her arms for the in¬ fant; and in auother moment it was , cradleil on her bosom, aud drawing its nourishment from the springs of her own existence.
The child, not much above a twelve¬ month old, was teething; and there was something in the touch of those feverish lips, and the harmless energy with whieh the little hot hand clutched at her breast, which might, and at any other moment would, have appealed very powerfully toils niotlier'sfeelings. But Margaret Hartley was in no hu- mot that evening even to sympathize with little Daisy.
Shetookthe child almost impatiently, and, having given it the breast, resum¬ ed her occupation of gazing in the fire; whilst her thoughts returned to the same channel as before. The girl from the National School having blundered up and down stairs three or four times, —in the course of which peregrinations I she had managed to convey the tea- things safely to their destination, and to spread the table with the uninviting loaf of yesterday's baking, the slab of salt butter in its dinner-plate, and the pennyworth of fluid from whicii the milkman dared to take his name,—now demanded of her mistress whether she should light the gas, make up the flre, or take the child iagaln.
To all of which Inquiries MegHartly only fretfully replied In the negative;
telling the girl to go down stairs and stop there till she was eailed for.
And then the parlor door was slam¬ med, and the rough-shod feet shuffled back to the lower regions ; and the dis¬ contented woman was left musing in the dusk, and, save for the baby on her breast, alone. .     ,  .,
How long she remaiued thus, she could never say, for the occurrence by whioh her meditations were interrupted was so terrifying as to drive all calcula¬ tion of time out of her mind. It might have been moments, minutes, or hours, that she sat crouched upon the hearth¬ rug, with little Daisy slumbering in her arms ; but when she was next rous¬ ed to consciousness, it was from liearing the footstep of her husband in tlie hall. His footstep decidedly, and yet uot like his own. There was no sound of fa¬ tigue or languor in thatquiek, hurrying tread, and if he had taken off his wet overcoat he must have flung it ou the pegs in passing, for without the stop¬ page ofa moment he skirted the narrow passage and threw open thesitting-room door.
She felt he stood upon the threshold, yet she did uot turn her head, but, with her chin upon her hand and her eibojv on her knee, maintained the attitude in wliich he found her.
" Margaret!
The voice was so husky aud so low, the tone in which he uttered her name so different to the caressing accents with whioh John was used to greet her, that curiosity alone would have impell¬ ed her theu to look at him.
That white face, drawn with paiu or fear, and rendered still paler by the flickering firelight; those sad, yearning eyes and that agitated mouth,—did they, could they belong to her good, coutented, cheerful husband?
"John, John! what is tlie matter? Has anything happened? Are you ill? All her apathy and want of interest A'leni away with her firstglance at him ; and in an instant she had sprung to her feet, and, with her infant on one arm, had thrown the other about her hus¬ band's neck.
" What is the matter, dearest? w-liy do you tremble, aud look at nie so hard ? John, I have never seen you like this before."
"I have uever had occasiou to feel like this before, Margaret. I am the bearer of bad news to you, darling,— news that has almost broken my own heart."
She looked at him with amazement. There he was, alive and well, aud Daisy was slumbering upon her arm. What great calamity could happen to her which did not nifeet either of tho two treasures other life?
" Bad news, John ? Whatcan it be? Oh ! tell me quickly."
He tried to answer her, but his voice failed him. A dry, harsh sound alone issued from his throat, which threaten¬ ed, as it were, to choke him. At the same time his wife thought she lieard other footsteps shuflling in the passage, as though their conference was uot withouta listener.
" There is some one in the house !" she cried. "O, John, don't keep me longer in suspense.   Is it—arrest?"
She had had some experience of that sort whilst living with her brother's family, and the.dread of it had always kept her frugal in lier expenses,—yet her husband might have ineurred debts unknown to her.
" No, no!" lie groaned, when, at last he had found voice toanswer her; " not that, Margaret. O ! I wish it were; I wish a life's Imprisonment for me could undo what has occurred to-day. Stop, dearest, stop a minute; don't look that way, auil I will silmniou courage to tell you all. O JIargaret! be brave, for I bring you news tliat is worse thau death."
She was too alarmed aud agitated now to use any more entreaty. She couid only stare into her husband's face, with wild pleading eyes, aud press the slioulder upon which she leaned.
" Meg, we have beeu happy together, have we not ? I have tried to make you so.   Say I have succeeded."
The thought of her late discontent flaslied across her mind, and lier eyes became blurred with sudden repentant tears; yet, when she answered " Y'^es, dear; yes, dearest; God knows tbdt you have!" she answered truly, not¬ withstanding the mood in which this unknown misfortune had surprised her. " Aud you love me?" he continued ; " I knowyouloveme, aud will be brave formy sake. Margaret, we must part." She did uotseream nor faint; shedid not echo his words, or exclaim at the strangeness of their import; but oue thought possessed her,—that her hus¬ band had lost his senses, and so entirely was tills fear protrayed upon her speak¬ ing features, that John Hartley read it at a glance.
" No, Meg, I am uot mad ; I have all my senses now, though God only knows how loug I may retain them. Turn your eyes away,—look anywhere but at me, and I will try to tell you ail."
She turned them instinctively to¬ wards the half-closed door. But the next moment she tore herself from her husband's embrace, and pointed to tlie passage iu alarm.
"John! I saw—I am sure I saw some one there," she gasped faintly,— " some one moving in the dusk. Who is it? Wlio can have business here with you aud me?"
"yiiave," said a voice, the memory of wliich.years had uot obliterated from her miud ; and in another second the door was roughly pushed open, and on the threshold stood the figure of her late husbaud,of the man whom she had supposed to be at the bottom of the sea, —of Hobert Nelson.
As he made his appearance, John Hartley instinctively moved to the side of his wife, and placed his arms around her for support, but Alargaret neither heeded his action nor himself. She ¦pas standing as though she had beeu turned to stone, gazing with widely di¬ lated eyes ou the new comer.
" Well, you don't seem disposed to give me much of a welcome, Mrs. Nel¬ son," ho exclaimed, greeting her sur- Erise with a hoarse laugh ; " but per- aps I should have written first to an¬ nounce my coming. Only, you see, three years spent in the galleys on the coast of Morocco, during which we were not allowed pen and ink and postage- stamps to communicate with our friends makes a man feel as if uo time sliould be wasted before he lets his wife know that he's returned to his lawful duty. Very sorry to cut up fun, of course, but you seem to have been amusing your¬ self during my absence; so I think it's my turn uow." And, with a malicious leer on his face, he approached Marga¬ ret's side, as though to take her from her present husband's arms. But she only shrank closer iuto them, and whis¬ pered, faintly :—
"How did you hear of this, John? Who told it you?"
He stoopedi to answer her, until his cold lips touched her forehead.
" I was returning to our home, dear¬ est,—ah!" (with a shudder) "what a happy home it has been!—wlieii this mau followed and accosted me. At first I did not recognize him ; when I did, thank God that in my grief an3 dis¬ pair I did not harm him."
" Buthow has itali happened, John?" Tell me plainly, for I can hardly thiuk or understand."
" Part of the crew of the wrecked ' Mary Jane,' Margaret, who put off in the long boat, inhopesof reachingland in safety, were driven towards the coast of Barbary, aud there taken prieonfers. For the last tliree years they have beeu working in the galleys there, Kobert Nelson amongst the number, and were only set free a month or two ago by the aidof an English exploring party." "Now, parson!" exclaimeil Bobert Nelson, as he approached tbe wretched pair, " I can't waste any more time here, whilst you are spinuing yarns to my wife; I sliall have plenty of oppor¬ tunities to tell her everything she may want to know concerning myself; and as I wish to get to ray destination to¬ night, the sooner she inakes herself ready to go with me the better."
As he uttered the last words, a pierc¬ ing shriek burst from Margaret's lips.
" Go with you !" she exclaimed. " Leave my husband to return to you! Jiever.'   1 will perish first!"
"But, as it happens, missus, you won't be allowed tochoose betwixt us," said Bobert Nelson." " Y'ou belong to me, and with me you must go,—there's no question about that,—and I'm not sure that I can't prosecute the parson for haviug bagged you as soon as ever my back was turned. It was a dirty trick to play any man, and if I can make him smart for it, I will. Mean¬ while, I shall take my own again."
"John! John!" she said, in a low despairing voice, which yet entreated him to deny the other's statement. .." It is too true, my darling; we mast part. O Margaret! I'd give.all I pos¬ sess, except my hojie forthefature,"he
said, with a solemn look in his sad eyes," " to utido what we have done; but that is impossible. We erred in ignorance, and the sin is even now for¬ given us. But parting, Margaret, is worse than death."
" Keep me with you, John ; don't let him take me away.   1 cannot go."
"HowcanI keep you, little one?" , he answered, fondly. "You are my wife, Margaret. I shall always think of you as such; but I have uo legal right over you now, and, were Robert Nelson to give up his claim, we still must henceforth be nothing to each other."
" IHothinff!" she cried, iu a burst of vehement passion. "Nothing—with this to bind us," holding out the sleep¬ ing infant at the full length of her arms.
John Hartley gazed upon it for a mo¬ ment, aud theu, with a groan, turned away and buried his face in his hands. "Now, Meg," exclaimedBobertNel- sou, laying his hand roughly on her arm, aud bringing his dreaded, bearded visage iu dangerous proximity to her own, "stop all this palavering, aud make ready to come with me. I've stood,it quite long enough, to my mind, already. It's sufficient for me to find that you've been the wife of another man during my absence, without hav¬ ing to stand by and hear your cursed fooling with one another. Go upstairs and put your things together. Do you hear what I say to you? In another half-hour I must beon my roadagain." "Butwithoutme,"ahereplied, fierce¬ ly. "I cannot go with you. I will not! You despised and ill-treated me wheu I was your wife, aud they said tliat you were dead, and I married another man, and if I am uot his wife, I am uo one's. I will not go with you. No power on earth shall make me!"
The bronzed face of the returned sai¬ lor grew still darker beneath tbe flush of rising passion.
" We'll soon see about that," he an¬ swered with flxed teeth. " I was going to give you time to get your things to¬ gether, but you mvist come without them now—aud ai once."
" John! John ! save me!" she cried, flying to her husband's side.
"Margaret! dearest! I am powerless. In tho face ofyour first husband's claim I ean say nothing. He has legal right to you, my poor girl, and I have uoue. Prai/, Margaret; pray, my dearest, that Heaven may grant you strength to do your duty. There is nothing left for either ot us except prayer."
Still she struggled iu Bobert Nelson's grasp, affirming passionately that she did uot belong to him; that she was not his wife; and that she would soon¬ er die than return to his protection.
"iMargaret," interposed tlie calm voice of John Hartley, " my wife—ah, no! I meant my dearest, listen to me, and be brave; resistance is utterly use¬ less. It is we who, though innocently, liave beeu iu the wrong; it is we whose Iiands are now fettered; aud Heaven, who has permitted your husband to le- turn alive, intends that you shall do your duty towards liim as you liave done it to me."
" You don't love me, Jolin," she an¬ swered, mournfully; "you can't love me as I love you, or you would die be¬ fore you gave me up so easily."
"Jiasily?" he repeated, bitterly. "If this task be easy, Meg, God have mercy ou those who endure harder ones?"
" I'll hiiveno more of this," said Rob¬ ert Nelson, rudely; " I'm sick of such bosh. Put down that brat and follow me.   I'll not wait auother secoud."
"My child! must I part with my child ?" screamed the unhappy woman, as she pressed the infant closer to her breast. " O John ! can he take away my baby? Can he force me to leave that too beliiud?"
"And am I to have nothing, Marga¬ ret?" replied John Htirtley iu a voice of despair; "ami to lose wife aud child at oue blow? all the desire of my eyes ata stroke? Won't you leave Daisy behind you, as a little comfort that may prevent my heart from breaking?"
She rushed back to him, and put the baby in his arms.
" Mine," she whispered, with fever¬ ishly excited eyes, and gasping tone, " mine and yours,—d»rs, .lobn,—I give her to you; love her for her wretched mother's sake."
" You sliouldn'thavetaken her, any¬ way," growled Robert Nelsou; "I'll have no other man's brat kicking about my premises; but it's as well, perhaps, to make a virtue of a necessity. Now, are you ready ?"
Then she returned, and fell at that hard man's feet, aud embraced his knees with her hands, as she poured forth her soul in au entreaty that he would give her up.
" Hobert, have pity on me—on us—I shall never live with John Hartley again; I sliall leave this tlear home, where I have been so hapiiy: but dou't ask me to return and be your wife. To remain hflre would not be right, but to return to you seems worse. O Hobert, have pity-have mercy on us both! Listen to my baby wailing for me, and don't separate iiie utterly from all that is so dear!"
But she might as well have laid her head against a stone wall, itnd implor¬ ed it to resjiond to her passionate en¬ treaty.
The only answer which she obtained from Robert Nelson was a harsh laugh at her distress, as with a grasp of iron on her arm he dragged her roughly towards the open door, and she felt that her fate was decided, and hope, in this world, over for her.
"Husband, Qod bless you for all the love you have showered upon me! I have been ungrateful, John, ofteu im¬ patient, discontented, and careless, but I bave loved you faithfully through it all. O, don't forget me now that I am going!"
Such were her farewell sentences, frantically uttered, as, half-dragged and half-supported, she was borne through the dark passage towards the outer door. " I shall never forget you, darling ; nnd—we shall meet again—look up, Meg, and think of that!"
One backward glance at him wliom she had considered as her husband, as he uttered these last fond words; and Margaret, that cruel grip still flxed up¬ on her arm, was liurried out of the house into the driving, pitiless rain.
Bareheaded, aud otherwise unprotect¬ ed from the inclement weather, it still never struck her as strange, remember¬ ing Robert Nelson's brutality towards her in years gone by, that he should choose to expose her to the fury of the elements. The rain, if anything, was coming down harder than it had done before; in a few minutes her dress was clinging miserably about her wet ank¬ les, aud hershoes were soaked through ; and yet the soreness of her heart and the great mead creeping over her ofthc man into whose power she had again been thrown, prevented her thoughts dwelling upou anything but the two dear ones she had left in the old house behind her, aud the hard grasp upon her arm which seemed to press iuto her flesh lilte lieated iron.
Onwards he liurried her; never re- laxi^ig that unnecessary torture of re¬ straint ; never addressing a word to her of comfort or affection; whilst she, t^alklng at her utmost speed to keep up with ills stride, did not so much as lift lier eyes to the dark, dreaded face wliich slie felt ever and again to be re¬ garding her.
She never inquired where he w-as taking her. They passed stand after staud of liackney cabs, but RobertNel- son did not ofi-er to put her iuto one of them, and she did not venture to sug¬ gest that he should. They might have been walking to the world'seud togeth¬ er for aught she knew or cared. She could thiuk but of two things,—her re¬ gret for the past, aud her tear of tlie future.
By and by, after they had traversed what had seemed to Margaret miles of dark and sloppy pavements, Hobert Nelson, without relaxing his hold up¬ on her arm, turned suddenly in anoth¬ er direction, and she found herself in¬ side a railway station. A busy, bust- llug station, wliere bells were ringing, aud passengers pushing, and porters calling, and everything gave token that a train was just about to start; and from which in another minute alie found herself rushing into the dark, unknown country, the sole companion of Robert Nelsou in a first-class car¬ riage. She slirunk into a corner, and resigned herself to thought.
Then it was in the cold and silent night, the only light being the dim oil-lamp which burned in the centre of the carriage, that all the petty discon¬ tent of which she had been that day guilty cameback npon Margaret's mind to sting it with self-reproach. What would she have given at that moment
between! How sweet appeared in ret¬ rospect the peaceful hours when she had knowsn ho fear, which she had passed in nursing her baby, or aitting at her once-despised sewing-machine! How calm and happy, how free from jar and disa^ention, had been those quiet eveningsj'when John, wearied by the long day's toil, would bid her be idle with himself; and in summer take her for a stroll until Heaven was dotted with its stars, or in winter draw her chair beside his own, and hold her hand In his, whilst he told her how he loved her, and pictured the future whicii might one day be theirs.
As she thought of all this, and com¬ pared her present feelings with those which she had encouraged but a few hours before, Margaret shuddered at her ingratitude for the benefits which Heaven had sent her, and hated her¬ self for having entertained it.
"Why don't you speak, Meg?" in¬ terrupted tho coarse voice of Robert Nelson. " Here's your lawful husband come back to you after an absence of more than three years, and you don't seem to have a word to say to him. Are you sulky, or are you asleep?
" O, dou't ask me!" said the unhappy woman. " Don't speak to me. I have nothing to say."
"But you shall say something if I choose it," he replied, with decision, as he changed his seat to the one oppo¬ site her owu. " Now, look you here, missus; you were always a stiff lot to deal witli even in the old times, and I dare say the parson's discipliue h.tsn't made you auy better. But what did for him, you know, won't do for me. You know rae,—uone better, and I tell you, once for-.ill,'Wis won't do. You can rattle away fast enough when you like, and I choose that you shall talk to me now; so tell me of all you've beeu doing since I've been away."
"Ono—no, not that !"sheexrlaiiued, in a voice of pain. " But I choose that." " I oannot."
Robert Nelson's face grewaugry, and he took a coll of rope from one of his pockets, at the sight of which Margaret shuddered, and he saw it.
" Ah ! you remember this, do you ?" he said, with a chuckle. " Well, you will taste it again, ray dear, if you be¬ gin nny of your old tricks. Come, sit on my knee."
He had heen her husband, but his touch seemed uow (remembering the later   purer touch of John  Hartley's hand) to  have  become defilement to her, and she shrank from it visibly. " Come, Meg, do as I tell you." " Don't ask me; pray, don't ask me." " Is it to be war or peace between us, then ?"
"War," she said, despairingly, "if you retiuire the appearance of love from me."
And theu she shrieked, for he had raised his band to strike iter, and his dark, fierce eyes glared malignantly, as though he could have killed her where she sat.
But her'sliriek was mingled with otlier shrieks, and died amongst them ; whilst his uplifted arm suddenly de¬ scended, not of his own will, but from the force of a tremendous shock by which the carriage tliat they occupied was thrown off the line, and, with sev¬ eral others, hurled down an embank¬ ment, at the bottom of which it rested, broken iuto pieces.
Their train liad come iuto collision with another, and the loss of life aud property waa fearful. But Margaret knew nothing but that she lay crushed and all but insensible beneatli the de¬ bris of some of the fallen carriages, and that her life was slowly ebbing out of her.
She had no pity or fear for herself; she ouly felt thankful that Heaven had permitted her to die instead of live.
"Dou't touch me," she murmured, when some one laid a hand, &» she thought, ou her shoulder; " dou't touch me.   Thank God! Iain tlying."
She feared that a touch might recall her to life ; she dreaded lest some good .Samaritan should strive to retain in her that which the loss of John Hart¬ ley had converted from a blessing to a curse.
live. Ah 1 I can take you there now, Meg, darling!—take down my dear wife an<f my little child, of whom I am so proud, and show mypeoplelam justly so; take you to one ot the prettiest par¬ sonages in England ; just such a home as we have always pictured and longed to have together; where Daisy shall learn to walk upon the green grass; aud we shall have a garden, aud a meadow, and keep our cows and pigs; and you shall have your poultry; and—why, what's this, darling ?—in tears ?—when I thought you would be so glad."
"OJohn! John!" sobbed the little woman, " I don't deserve it; indeed I dun't. Take rae iu your arms, John, and let me tell you all. I shall uever be happy again until you have forgiven me."
And with her head upou her hus¬ band's breast, and her arms about his neck, Meg Hartley told of her former discontent and present penitence, and received his full forgiveness ere slie slept.—Temple Bar.
LEGAL   NOTICES.
ADMIJTISTBATOB'S NOTICE.
Estate  of Alexander Wilson, late of Safe Harbor, Conestoga twp., dec'd.
LETTERS of administration on said estate having been granted to tbennderslgned, oil persous Indebted thereto are requested to make Immediate payment, and thoso having claims or demands against the same will pre¬ sent them without delay for settlement to the undersigned, resldlngin Manor township.
A. B. WITJlEIt, Safe Harbor K O., JuI25-Ct30 Administrator.
AmiTOB-s aru'riC'E.
Estate of Ellas Redcay, late of Adams¬ town borough, deceased. THEundersigned Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribute the balance remalulng tn the iiands of Isaac Flchthorn, executor, to and among those legally entitled to the same, will attend for tliat purpose on AtOND.'VY, AUGUST 10th. ISliS. at 2 o'clock, p. m., in the LihraryRooin of the Court Honse, in the city of rjaneasler, whore all persons interested in said dlstrihu- tlon may attend. E.MLEN FltANKl.lN,
Jyll-Jtai Auditor.
A Hint for Boys.—The cashier of one of our leading bauks resigned some time since, aud the paying-teller was immediately elected to fill his place. He was a quiet young man, and was promoted over the heads of those who had been in the bank mauy years in suijordinate positions. The secret of the promotion is well worth knowing. The uew cashier lives some miles out of the city. He entered the bank when quite young. He resolved to make him¬ self useful. Living farthest away, he was the flrst at his post in the morn¬ ing. Having the farthest to go, he was the last to leave. He was never afraid of work, uever hesitated to lend a baud when his own duties were done. Oth¬ ers would go out to reitaurants and ho¬ tels for their lunch. He brought his with him, and ate it in a little closet. For his own pleasure he never left the bank during business hours. If any of the clerks wanted to go away he was always ready to take their place. He could alw-iys be found, aud was prompt at any call. His spare time was devo¬ ted to an intelligent comprehension of his business. As paying-teller he was very popular. He was never snappish or ungeutlemauly. Growling, grum¬ bling, unreasonable customers could not irritate him. He overstayed his time to accommodate men who were belated with their cheeks. As cnshier, lie is the same genial, agreeable, prompt oflicer that he was in subordinate life. Men disappointed in their diseounls take a refusal from the cashier with a better spirit than they do a recommen¬ dation from some men. He still keejis up Ills habits of close attention to busi¬ ness, aud takes his frugal lunch in Ills closet as he dill when struggling for a position.—N. Y. Letter.
The following remarkable coincidence will be read with iuterest: Some time since it was announced that a man at Titusville committed suicide for the strange reason that he had discovered that he was his own grandfather. Leav¬ ing a (lying statement explaining this siugular circumstance, we will not at¬ tempt to unravel it, but give hisowu explanation of the mi.xed up condition of Ills kinsfolk in his own words. He says: "I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter. My father visited our house very ofteu, fell in love with my step-daughter, and married her. .So my father became my sou-iu-law, niid my step-daughter my mother, bee.r.i-e she was my father's wife. .Some ume afterward my wife gave birth to a -mi ; he was my falher's brother-iu-law and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step-daughter. My father's wife—i. c, step-daughter—had also a son; he was, of course, my brother, and in the mean¬ time my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. JMy wife Avas my graniimother, because she was my mother's mother. I w-as my wife's hus¬ band and thegraudchilil at thesame time. And as the husband of a person's grandmother is his grandfather, I was my own grandfatlier." After this log¬ ical conclusion, w-e are not surprised that the unfortunate man should have taken refuge in oblivion.
AUDITOB-S SiO'Ilt'E.
Estate of Lucy Sheafl'er, late of Earl
township, deceased. rpHE unacrslgned Anditor, appoinled to dis- X trlbutethebalaneereriiaiiiingin the hands of Solomon Sheafler executor, to ami among those legally entitled to tlic same, will sit for that purpose on 'TUESDAY, AUGIJ.ST llth, at 10 o'clock, a.m., lathe Library Room of the Court House, in the City of .Lancaster, where all persons Interested In said dislribution may attend. \v. LB.AMAN,
Jyll-tt3l Auditor.
PROFESSIONAL.
D.^-
apt 1-,
PATTEBSOX.
n- - ATTORNEY AT LAW,
aas removed his ofllce to >'o. 118 East Klng-St. ly-'ra-'22
SIMOS p. EBY, />«,„. „i.h w ^..ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlce with N. Ellmuker, csii., North Duke St., Lancaster, I'a. (sep'-'l'IJTly
cTKBEAinfr    ~
. Attohney at law
Odice with Hon. 1. 10. Ulestor, Ko. 'JJ iforth Duke St., Laneaster, Pa.
SEWINQ   MACHINES.
y^'s.tL.
A3. SASDEBSOX, A-rrOU.v'EY AT LAW, OUice with W. W. UrowJ), Esq., No.-jl   North Luke street, Lanca-ster, I'u. Jan Ui-iy.>j
SEI/rZEB,
ATTORN-BY-.\T-LA\v EphratA, Lancaster Connly, I'a., betu-een the itallroad aud Euliratu Mouututn rtiiriiigs. Jan 17- Iy-9
E.ni.EXl'-BAN'UMX, A'lTOltNKY AT LAW, Has removed his olllce to JN'orth liuke street, directly opimslto the eastern door of tlio t'tmrt House, Lancaster, I'u. All pi-urcssional busi¬ ness entrusted to his care will liicirt wilh prompt attention,   ' dccli-tl-:r
AUOITOK'S NOriUE.
Assigned Estateof Jacob Bucher and
wife, of East Coealico township. ryUT. undersigned Auditor, appointed to dls- J. tribute the balance remaining in the iiands of Cyrus Ream, assignee of Jacob Bucher and wife, to and among those legally entitled to tha same, will sit iOr that purpose on THURS¬ DAY, AUGUST 13th, ISOS, at lOK o'clock, a. m., in the Court House, in Ihc City of Lancaster, wliere all persons lntercs*.Grt Insald distribu¬ tion may attend. IlEUBEN H LO>,-G, JulH-Jt.:« Auditor.
AWDITOB'.S JS"OrlOE.
Estate of John D. Heft, late of Jiain-
bridge, Conoy twp., Lancaster co.,
deceased.
THE undersigned Anditor, appointed to dis- tribnte the balance remaining in the hands of Henry P.I. Wiley, admluNtralor, d. b. n., lo and among those legally entitled to tliesaiiie, will sit for that purpose on MONDAY..\UGUS'T 3d,l*B, at loo'clock, A. .M., in the Library Room of theCourt House, in the City of Lancaster, whereall persons interested in said distribu¬ tion may attend. I'HIL. 1). UAICEU, Julyll-lt-:il Audiior.
FKEB. S. PTFEB, A'i'TORNEV AT LAW, Olllce in Widmyer's Ruw, .No. l south Inike St., Lancaster.Pa.    Pensions und IJouiUy claims promptly atteuded to. I jy lu-tfy5'tiu
T>   IV.SlIEJrK,
SX. ATTOKXPJY AT LAW,
Olliee with O. J. Dickey, South liueen street Limcaster, Pa. (Jy 22 'l>>tr
SAJItVEI. II. PBKIE, AlTuRNEY AT LAW, omce In South Tlnke streel, :{ doors below the Farmers' Rauk, opposite Lutlienin Church. Jam 'ii3-tf
ASIIINU'ION W. II«i*I{l.\S,
A'WOK.VKY AT L.VW, No. 28 North Duke Streel, LanciL^ler, I'a. aug;lO tf-10
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EXECUT«U\S NOTICK.
Estate of George Musser, esq., late of the CUy of Xjaneaster, deeeased.
LETTEItS testamentary on salil estale liav- iiiK iJcen granted to the mKlersigued, all uursons Indebted thereloare reqiiastedlo make iinniedialL-settlement,and thosehaviuKclaims ordemandsi^ainsttlieKuiniiWlU present them for setLleniuiit to the nndorsigned, residing in said city.
J. n, LiviNrjsTox,
JiilU-Ct-;Jl E.-cccuUor.
JOHN 11. y.KM.KIt, .SimVEYOK ANO COXVF.VAXCEK,
Also gives partlculitriiitent inn torlerklnj; sales of real aud peranmal invporly at any dl.slauce witliin the comity.
Olllco In Springville, Jlouat Joy township Lancaijtercouniy. Adilie-ssaiirini; Uaiuun, I'a
AUCnoXKElLl.N'CJ.
THE snbscriher in iiroi)ared i« cry sales ol Ileal or Personal Property ou   reayuinible terms.   Apply to or addri:ss—
S. \V. ROWE. Jjaiicusier i'a
AVIUTOR'.S IVOrit'E.
Estate of John Hostetter, late of Mau¬ helm borough, deceased.
THE underslKned Anditor. appoinled to dis¬ tribute llic balance rcmaiuiug in tUeliands of Henry S. Hostetter and Emanuel V. Ilnstet- ter, executors of said deceased, to and amont; those legallj'entitled III the same, will sit lur that purpose onSATLTRDAY, AUGUST Stb.at 2 o'clock, p. m., in tbe Library Uoom of the CourtHouse, In the C'liy of liiuciisler, wliere all persona interested bi said distribution may attend. DANJEL G. BAKEIt,
Jyl5-lt 3.1 Auditor..
WATCHESfc   JEWELRY
Wholesale ami Retail Dealers in - Auicrifuii & Iiiipoi'lcil Watcltc.e,
AlIDITOUS' XOTICK.
Estate of .Tohn M. Wliitehill, late of Marietta bor., Lmie'r co., dec'd.
11HK undersigned Auditor, appointed Io dis- . tribute tlie balance reniaininjfiu lliehauils ot'Abraham at. Cassel,e.Yccutor, toaiidaiuoiig those loyally entitled to thesame, will sit lor that purpose on TCESII AY. AUOCS'l' 11, at 10 o'clock. A. M., in the Llbr.ary Itooin of the Court Ilouse, in the cily of Lancaster, where all pel-sons interestetl in said distribulion niav atteiid. W. A. WILtJO.N'.
1\-.M. .VUG. .\TLEI-:, Jnl li-lt-K Alldllois.
" Don't touch me," she again whis¬ pered, as the the liandling became more patent to her senses ; "only leave me alone."
" Only leave you alone, little wife! When tlie lire litis completely gone out, and the room is as cold as a cellar, and I am waiting for my tea ! Why, it's not like my busy bee to be sleeping on the hearth-rug wheu herhusbaud wants her. What's the matter, Meg? Are you tired, my darling, or only lazy?" Margaret Hartley started to her feet asif she had been shot. The room in utter darkness ; the fire burnt out in the grate ; and the baby on lier bosom even shivering with the cold. Plow could she havo been so foolish as to slumber thero whilst her duties were neglected ?
But the next moment her dream and its import Hashed upon her mind, and, feeling the glad relief wliich comes to us when we have experienced some un¬ founded dread, sbe burst iuto a flood of happy tears. " O J^ohn ! .Tohn!" she exclaimed, as she hung about her hus¬ band's neck. " I dreamed that I had lost you : that we were separated."
" God forbid, my love!" he answered, solemnly, "I trust that nothing will ever have the power to separate u.4. ex¬ cept death. But give me the Daisi', Meg, aud let us have candles and tea. I'm as hnugry as a hunter to-night, and sliall do justice to anything you may have to give me."
She dried her eyes, and sot about see¬ ing to her husband's comfort, whilst a glad thanksgiving that her fear was " but as a dream that is told" keptring- iug its hallelujah in her heart. In a few minutes the fire was burning again in the grate, the candles were lighted and on the table, and Margaret had de¬ cided that she could spare Jolin a mor¬ sel of cold moat for his tea from the provision for next day'sdinner. When she returned, she found him dancing the child upon his knee, whilsthe.sang a lively tune to mark the time. What could have happened to her usually so¬ ber aud sedate husband to make him so merry to-night? Margaret thought, as she looked at his bright face and lis¬ tened to his cheerful voice, that she liad uever seen John so gay before. But, as his spirits rose (and they had not reached their ultimatum u ntii after tea), hei-s seemed to fall. Self-reproach was heavy at her heart; her husband's bright content contrasted most unfavor¬ ably with her feelingsof thoafternoon ; and the more she thought on them, and on her dream, the more she despised herself for haying given way to their indulgence. She was depressed and half tearful all the evening; aud hor husband's remonstrances only called forth what were to him most myste¬ rious expressions nf penitent humility. " I am not worthy to be your wife, John," she exclaimed, on one occasion. " I am far worse than you think me to be. Ah ! ifyou knew all!"—and then John laughed at her, and alTirmed he would not be afraid even to know "all." He was too sure of bis little wife's in¬ tegrity and love for him.
" What o'clock is it?" Ue asked more than once during the evening.
" Wliat makes you so curious about the time, .Tohn ?" inquired his wife.— "Have you to go out again? I hope not, for it is rainlngjharderthan ever;" and she shnildered to recall how she had been dragged (in faney) bareheaded through that very rain a prisoner in the grasp of Robert Nelson.
"Nothingof the sort," replied her husband : "my work is over for to-day. And yet I am anxious about the time, Meg, and I wish it were niue o'clock. " it must be nearly so," she answer¬ ed, as she peeped behind the blind ; " for the postman is next door."
.Tohn Hartly rose from his seat, and, coming behind her, placed his hands upon her shoulders.
How he trembled!—or was it iier own frame wliich sliook beneath his weight?
" Is the postman coming here? " he whispered, eagerly. (Why, what on earth could John want to know that for,—he who so seldom received or wrote a letter?) "He is—is he not, Margaret?—yes!—no!—yes! he is.— Hurrah !—my darling—it's all right!" and, with one fond kiss on her aston¬ ished face, he had darted like a boy into the passage, and opened the hall door himself.
"Here it is!" he exclaimed, as he rushed back w-ith an open letter in his hand. " I could uot tell you before, dearest, lest you should be disappointed but I had seen Lord Chester this after¬ noon, and was almost sure of it." ' Of what—of what?" she said, eag-
AIIDI'I-OU-.S XOTI€E.
Estate of Joseph Markley, late of Up¬ per Leacock twp., ileceased. THEundersii^ncd Audiior, appointed lo dis¬ tribute the balance rejnalntiitf in the Iiands of Jacobs. Eby, administrator ol said deceased, to and amoni? those legally ontltletl lo the same, will attend for that purpose on 't'UK8- DAY, thcllthdayofAtrGUST, ISIB.at'Jo'elock, P. M., in tile Court Ifouse, in tlie City of Lan¬ caster, where all persons interested in said distribution may attend.
W.^L WEIDMAX, JulyS-lUll Auditor.
Faith and Licirr.—A city corres¬ pondent recently attended a festival given to the children at the Howard Mission. The exercises were quite in¬ teresting, beiug interspersed with hymns sung by the little folks. There w'ere magic views, &c., and appropriate remarks were made by the visitors. At the conclusion the juveniles were to be treated to cake, lemonade, and water¬ melons. All elderly gentleman, ad¬ dressing the children, wished to make clear to them what faith was, and to make his explanation more lucid, ask¬ ed, " Boys, what nice things are we to have after the speaking and singing are over'?" " Water-melons!" shout¬ ed the whole school. " Now, boys [im¬ pressively], how do you know you are to have water-melons?" Instead of answering, " Our teacher told us so," which was e.Kpected, and which would have enabled the gentleman to define to them the nature of faith, the boys roared out, in the highest key, to the annoyance of the speaker and the con¬ vulsion of the audience: " Seen 'em in (he cellar.'" Amidst this cachinalion the speaker subsided, but being too old a hand to die easily, remarked, for a parting shot, that he thought " kiiowl' etlgeeame frorasight rather than faith.'-
Avnrron-s xotice.
Estate of Catharine Lapp, late of Oer-
narvon township, Lancaster
county, deceased.
THE nnderslgned Auditor, appolnteil to dis¬ tribute the Ualanco reinalnlng In the hands of John Herlzler, executor of the hist will of said deceased, to and among lliosc le;;ally en¬ titled to thesame, w-lll attend for tliatimrposo on FRIDAY, the "111 day uf AUC UH'V, Islis, at 10 o'clock, a, m., in one of tlio .lury Uooiiis of tho Court Ilonse, in the; cily of Lancaster, wiiere all persous interested in said distribu¬ tion may attend, li. D. Wlln'B, JulS-tt3I] AUdilor.
FINE JEWELRY, StLVER WARF, CLOCKS.
SPECT.VCLE.S,'ririJiiir.iis,     -
ACCORDEONS. 1>0C1CET liOOlK AKD   FANCY   GOODS.
Also, Walchliiakers* Tools, Watch Glasses, and Clock and Watch Materials,
Sole .\sents for lhe sale of lIOriTON'.-j CEL- EllItATKD GOLD TENS.
H:.\IR .TEWF.LRY made styles. .Special attoution i
lo order in over 1000 ilven lo I'uniishilif;
WEDDING FBESENTS.
SPECTACLES SUlTEIl TO ALL KVE-S.
We employ asklllful WalelHr,.ikcr from the Swiss factories lo do REP.MIllXG, which will be fully w-arralited.
H.Z. EHOADS   &  BRO.,
Between CoopersaiiilShenk-s Hotels. West Kliiy Streel, Laneasler, I'a. ina li'OS ly-t'o
Qiiiclc Sales au<l Sitiail Proiit:$:
WATCHES.' WATCHES.' WATCH ESI clocks; clocks; clocks;
ritllE undersigned keeps I'onstantlv on hand Lone oflhe lai-ftest and most varfed as.-orl- ments of tho genuine
,\MEKIC,VX IV.VJ'trnKs
in Lancaster connly, anil sells Ihom i,ij llie most reasonable terms. jVlsn, a Ijir^e iissoil- inent ofCLOCKS.
Call, examine the stock, and convince ymr- solves before piircliasln',; elsewhere.
Tlie Singer Se-tring JHacbine
WINS THE PRIZE OF $100,
A S the subjoined report will show. It is -OL proper here to state that the Agent of the Ilowe Sewing iMachliie publicly challenged llieSlngerAgenttonpubllc test trial, ciarm- ing tlmt the Howe ^lachlnc could do nny work equally as well and some things bettor ban the singer Miiohine, and as a proof to this.stiitemeiit, putupSlOuas a forfeit to tho Children s Home ¦whicli was covered by tho Singer Agent. . TlCPOllT.
Tlie agent of the Howe Scaring Machine iiaving eliallenged the agent ot ihe Singer Sea-JiigMaeh/ne (o.a pubttc rest trial oftho saperitiriiy of Howe's .Mnclime over all others, elaiining tltatsaiil Howe's Slachlnc eonlil do any work done by otlier machines equally well and iu some things much better than any oilier; and, tbo Agent of tho Singer .Ma- eiiiiie huving acctpUd said cliallcngc.and tho niiuerslgiiea liiivlng been appointed by salil I..11 ins i„ witness iiiid report njion tbe rela- tne.Kliipteilness of said machines for -work '¦'.^..'^;',.^',',"'"t'",'¦'""'''''¦'¦ and decide on lll,.^ supeiioilli or Ihe laiiiily machine of cacii ''??ii'r,. ¦""',''"", '"aliling, cording, tucli- ing, lelllng and ijuiUlng; „,„i „n the siiperior- ily ol the maiinwi-uiilng maiblnc of each ]>iirly lor lalloiliit-. shoe wi.ik. sa.lulers' work and roach rriiiiniiiig, bt-;; Ii-nvi- to report- •rliat they attended ...aid public lest trial al Ilie Court House, In Laneasler. Pa„ on 'rues- d;.y, Wednesday and 'Ilinrsday, April Hili, Mill and Kith, IsttS, and alter wilnessing Iho wovliingsof said inaehines, hy ibu respective pat-lies, and closely scrutinizing lhe work done, give the following as their decision iu the premises: That tlieSingerf.iinily machine execiiled the mnsi, ofthe work done, nealer and betler Ilian the How-e machine,and work¬ ed faster and seemed to be more easily opcr- raled, making less noise.
'J'lie luMiimlng done on the Singer machlno was mucli superior on some materials, tliiin on Howe's, and equally w-ell on others. Extra heavy w-ork, ligbi lucking, felling aud cording done w-as belter executed on the How-e ina- chine than on the Singer. The hemming, heavy tueklng, rullliug, braiding, fancy braiding, eircninr w-oric and other binding were all heller done hy the Singer machine.
Singer's niaehlne greatly excelled Howe's in gaiheiing and sewing on rullles utoneand the same operalion. and on braiding.
On lhe maiiiifiielnrlng mneliine ofthe ro- slJCcIivejia riles, lesls were luadeon shoe work, carriage irimming and other niuterlals, all of wliicli proved tho sui.erlorlty of Winger's ma¬ chine over Ilietr eonttslanls.
S.V.MUEL SLOKOM, A. It. HARR. K. MCMELLEN,
Committee.
We, Ihe undersigned, being tlie majority of lhe Commiltee lo report upon the Tesl 'Irial of the Howe Sewing Machine with the Singer Sewing Machine, and having reported upon thesame in iDirt, now-desire lo suite that we niaile a very lliorough examination Into tho merits oflhe w-ork executed hy the respeetlve macliinesattlietcst trial, and say in all can¬ dor the report w-as according to our best Jildginetitin the nialter. As a further guar¬ antee we take the liberly to insert here a pre¬ cise record of the votes east as wc examined the ^oods In the commltlee of the w-hole, viz : SHOE VVOUK—Singer liad :j votes on two points, and-1 votes on oue point. Ilowe had :i volts on 1 point.
(,'ARUIAGE TUIMMING-Slnger had .3 votes oil stitching uud 5 ou hemming. Jlowe had '.; v<»Ieson stilehlngand none on lieiiiming.
FAMILY—Singer had 1 voles on hemming, .1 on binding, ;(on rulliing, 4 on fancy braiding, :ton piaio braiding,:: on extra lieavv work, 1 on iighttucking,-! on circular cup work. 11 on turning corners in cording, :: ou hemming, « on felllng.y on heavy uiciclng.
How-e had on slilehing 11 votes, hemming none, hindingi;, ruining none, jilaln braiding 'JI, fancy braiding uoue, heavy work 'i, clreular cap work 1, cording rounil corners ;I, he.avy hemming 'A felling 3, heavy tucking 11. On quilting llie machines each had 2 voles, ono member declining to vole.
The above table will siiow at a glance, that the singer Sewing Machine had Ihirteen points, wiiile the Howe had only live points.
W-e, therelore, decide tiiat ihe amount of lorfeit be paid over lo W. W. Beardslee, the a-^ent of the Singer niaehlne, aud bo by him donated to lhe Clilldreirs Home, in our clly, as agreed upon in tile imbllc eiiaileuges ana Ills acceptanec.
S.VMUEL SLOKOM,
unIi)-llm«'-:;0
IIE.N-RY F
.•VNllKEV; Sllasbillg.
i'a'
AVniTOU'.S N«>TH'E.
Estate of Susanna Bender, late of Jle-
chanicsburg, tipper Leacock twp.,
Lancaster county, deceased.
THEundersigned Auditor, appoinled lo dis¬ tribute tlie balance remaining in lhe hands of Peter Heller, e-xeentor, lo and among thoso legally entitled to thesame, will sit for that purpose on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I'i, at ;! o'clock, P. M., in the Library Room of tlie Court House.Sln the elty of Lancaster, where all persons interested insaiddistribntlonmay attend. W. A. WI IJiON,
_Jull5.4t-M Anditor,
AVUITOK'S Sit'riCK.
Estate of John Holl, late of Str.isburg borough, deceased,
THEundersigned Auditor, appoinled to dis¬ tribute the balance remaining in tlio iiands of Adam Holl and Isaac Holl, adnlinlstrators, to and among tiiose legally entitled Io the .same, will sit for that purpose on TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, at 2 o'clock, p, m,. In the Library Room of the Court House, in llie elty of ijan¬ easter, where all persons Interested in said distribution may attend, lyll-It.'U W. LEAiLVN, Auditor.
AGRICULTURAL AND BIECHANICAL. TO PAWMKKS!
THE AJIEItlCAN POl'.TA UI.E
FIELD AND FLOOD FENCE,
THE SOIPLIST. TIIE MOST DUP.AUl.E, THE 3I0ST POUTAIU.E.
IT is titled for Level or Itolliug Ground. II is easily constructed, and cheap, -It makes the most regular fence of rails, and is Ilie bcstsub- stiuilo lor Post and Kail and Worm Fences yet discovered, 'J'lic l'ati*nlre has generously ^Iveii the right for Lancaster Counly lo the Lancaster Co'niily Soldiers- and ,Sailur.s-Monu¬ mental Association, and all those who w-isli lo assist a patriotic purpose, and at the same time receive value lorlheir money, call do so hy calling at the Court House, in Lancaster eily, where they can sou a specimen of tlii.> fence and procure farm rigiils -at nioderalc prices. Apply to the ondersigucd at Ihe I'rft- thonotary's Otlice, Court House, Lancaster, or at tlieollleeofiIaj.A,C, Iteluiielil, sepr-lf-l'J W   L, V,F,\n.
A. It. B.\KK,
K, mcmellIsn,
liii; iMHST.s «\' WHICH-mi: MixciFOc
li-Yt'EI-S Tin; HOWE 3I.Vt'IIIXE.
The foregoing report sliows that'the Singer is betler Ihan tho Howe -^laclline, in Iho fi^ lowing parlieulars:
Lit docs better and neater wont.
::, It works much laster,
:i. It works easier—an important matter the ladies,
4. It ihaiies less noise.
5, It does nelterlleniming on some mate¬ rials, aud e«iually w-ell on otliers,—the very thing yun need most in tlie family, particular¬ ly in -Shin iiiaklng, mi ,>3heets and Pillow Slips, I*o(-ket Hanukercliiefs, Tow-els, and Table .Spreads,
li, Itdoes betler Tucking,
7, It docs beller Ih'aiding,
.s, it 1-^iiihi'oiders while the Howe docs not,
!i. It works beiicr nil circular woric,
10. it does heller Ilindiiig, The Howe draws tilt: Ihiiiliug while lhe Singer does uot. An item Io iMv.ss ,\laker<,
11, itjiislly .-xtcis Ih., Howe <oi Gathering and Sewing oil Uullles, al nne and the samo oiieralioii,   'Ilie Ilowe lailiiig enlirelv in this,
1:1, it docs belter ,s|ine l-'ilting and Fancy ,SIiIcIiiiigiMi pai.-nt leatlicr,
1:;, !I.l'ar.-.\.-iil,',l Uu-llowein Coadi Triin- iiiiiig. bolii in lime ainl the iiianni'rof work,   ¦
I wili ais...-.tall-Ihat thi: ,Singcr ^hiehinc is mun:sinll»Ie in lis cunMriu-Iion, ease of nian- ageliii-nl, and iiidre duiablc Ihan llie Howe .\lacliiiic. Ihe llow-e iiavlng -JU Jiieccs, tho Singer olil.v 107 pieces.
1 uiisL lhe people will eallat my rooms,
.11 "So. :t Kast Orange Streel,
Two doors from S,.y. Kallivon-sCIothingStorc,
LAN(.'A.STl-:r!, PENNA,, ,\nd see fur Iliemselvi-.-i, We .sell at Ihe low¬ est Casii prices, \\-egivclitorougiiinslruclion. We deliver the Macliine lo yourdoors, fiee of charge, V.'e iiiMire llie Machine 10 give salls- I'aclixii or iio.saIe. We have permanently lo- cili-il here, and onr patrons ean rest assured Unit no pains will he spared on our part to till all our pledg,;s to our cnslomeis. (iriiteful lor tile liberal patronage heretofore given me, i earneslly solicit a euiuiniiauce oflhe same,
N, 11,—Ladles'   and   t'liildren.s'   Underwear Conslautl.v on hand and niaile in onler.    - W. W. LKAltUSLEE,
niay!l-lf--2> Agent,
£»£:f^Ifi(A%SI.K  rKESEXTS !
Oenekal SiiKniTAN.—The Colum¬ bus Journal tells the followinij of Gen. Sherniflii: "At oneof the Connecti¬ cut tows where lie waa brought out on the platform to be seen by liis fellow citizens, just before the train lett he ob¬ served a tall, awkward-looking fellow approach the cars, elbowing the crowd in tbe most excited manner, aud bel¬ lowing *' Sherman! Sherman ! dou't you know me?"
The General Intimated that be did not, at tho moment, recognize his (xues- ttoneras a familiar acquaintance.
" Don't you remember down in Geor¬ gia, stopping one day on the march where there was a crowd of fellows looking on at a chicken fight?"
The General laughed. " Yes, he did remember."
" Well," said the fellow, with a grin of ineflable satisfaction nnd modest triumph, "that was my rooster wliat whipped."
"What IS A Tare?'*—A father liv¬ ing near Cincinnati, was one evening teaching hia little boy to recite his Sun¬ day School lesson. Jt was from tlie fourteenth chapter of Matthew, where¬ in is related the parable of the mali¬ cious individual wlio ¦went about sow¬ ing tares, &c.
" What is a tare?" asked theanxious parent.
Johnny hesitated.
" Tell me, ray son, what a tare is."
" You had em," said Johnny, casting down his eyes and wriggling his feet,
" Had em!" said the astonished pa¬ rent, opening his eyes rather wide, " why what do you mean, Johnny?"
" When you didn't come home for three days last week," said Johnny, "I heard mother tell Aunt Susan that you wa? oft'on a tear."
The Sunday School lesson was brought to an abrupt close, and Johnny, tlie cunning little rogue, was sent oft" to bed.
AUDITOR'S XOTIC'E.
Estateof John HoflfmaD, Jato of "West Donegal twp., dec'd.
IiKE uiulcrsigned AurtUor, iippoint«-'d t4i dis¬ tribute tlic balance rumaining iii ilic baiuLs of John L. Glsli, administrator ofsald dece¬ dent, to and among tliosD leg-ally entitled to tho same, will sitfor tlmt nurposu on Wednes¬ day. AUGUST 12tb, ISGS. at iO o'eloirli, A.M., in lhe Library Room of the Court lIon.se, in the City of Lancaster, whuru all iier.sons inter¬ ested in said distribution may attend,
.SAMUEl. ERV, Jul IS-lt-'VJ Auditor.
KXECUTOKS* XOTKri:.
Estate of Jacob Hoover, late of Salis¬ bury twp-, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary on said estate hav- !lng beeu granted to the undersigned, all persous Indebted tlieretoare requested to make Immediate settlement, aud tliosc having clatmsordcmandsagalnst tliesiime, will pre¬ sent them without delay to tlie undersigned, residing in said township.
SAJIUEL S. noOVER,
of Salisbury twp., JOHN n. Wll^SON, of Le.acoek twp., jun 27-Gt*32 Executors.
iaix»Rovj;i> roirrAisi.i; c.v.st inox Turbine ^Valer Wlicol.
ClOMBINING Kfeat ccononiy in the use ot / water, Himplleity, durability and guucral adaptation to all positions in u'hti-li watercan be Used .as a motive power.
Tlie und(;r.sit'neilarci"'eparod lofiinii.'^Iiaiid warrant the .saniu to kIvo more power Ilian TWELVE I-'EET OVKtWilUT Ult OTIIKU TO'ttlUNJ-: WilEEI.S madi.', usiug tlie same amount of water. Theso wheels have been tested in nearly all partsof t lie Htaie of i'enu- xylvaiiia, and have never failed lo prove ilicir superiority.
JIOYEU & KRAATZ. :H:inufaelurcrs. Ji>*phrala, Lancaster county, I'a.
N. TT.—We aro al.so prepareil to ini all orders for 7>IUAj OEAltlNGri, I'ULLEY.S, sriAt-T- INGs, and every description of casLlngs at short notice.
«S_Ilepairs of all kinds allended to with punctuality. [apl-tfl^o
Xothiui'
more appropriate for than one of the
Gif
EXKCDTOIl-.S XOTIOE.
Estate of Henry Herr, late of Leacock        township, deceased.
LETTERS teatamentarj-on f!ald estate having been granted to mo tho undersigned, ali per¬ sons indebted thereto are requested to malic immediate payment, and tiiose luiviug claims or demands against the said deeodrut will present them to the undersigned, reiiiding In said township without delay.
IlEN'RVIT. HERR, juu 'il-Gt-32 Executor.
AD.UIXIST aA'l OR'N XOTICp:.
Estate of Jesse Haines, late       Sadsbu .    O' twp., Lancaster Co.-     c'd.
LETTERS of administration on said estate having been granted to tlic undersigned, uii fersons Indebted tlieretoare requested to make rnmediatopaymont, and tliose liaving claims or demands against the same will present them for settlement to the  undersijrned.
IIARMAN ALURFG IIT, juiyl-dUTt  renningtonvllle, Cliester Co., Pa.
LiviN'ff Without Sleep. — Five young men in Berlin lateJy n)ade an agreement for a wager, to see wtio of tliera could keep awake for a wliole w'eek. They .ill held out for nbmit. five days and a half, by drinking largely of strong eoflee, and keeping up a con¬ stant round of active exercises and ex¬ citing amusements. Ac the end of that time two of them yielded to drowsi¬ ness. A third soon after fell asleep while riding, tumbled from Iiis saddle and broke his arm. A fourtli was at¬ tacked by severe sickness and compel¬ led to retire from the lisLs. Tlie fifth lield out to the end, but lost twenty- five pounds of flesh in winning the wa¬ ger. Long ago, Frederick the Great and Voltaire made a similar experi¬ ment, making use of the same stimu¬ lant of strong coff*ee, but they did not succeed in driving away sleep for more than four days. "Tired nature" ob¬ stinately refuses to accept any substi¬ tute for her " sweet restorer."
AtC'OrXTS OF TRr.ST KSTATES. «I:C'.
THE Accounts of the following named Es- tate.s will be prp.sented for conlirmation on ilONDAY, AUGUST •Mlh, ISflS:
John S. Landis' estate,  Bernard Jfanu, as¬ signee.
.Samuel F. Houston's estate, Samuel IJ. Ci>x, assignee.
Jacob Grove's estate, Henry JI. Engle, com¬ mittee.
J. & J. F. Herr's estfito,r)anieI Herr,a.<:sli:noe.
Ja-s, H. rownall, trust estate John Jl.l'liiliijs, trustee.
lirtvia Wnid'^ Rstjito,  ^lartin V/ingcr, as¬ signee.
AV. L. ItEAlt,
jul 2i)-^t-37 J^rolli'y.
r. I-'. r.AXDis,       J.s. j.AxnLS,       n. v. landis.
KEYSTONE FOUNDRY   i&   MACHINE   SHOP,
EAST CHESTNUT STREET, TiAXCASTER, 1»A.,
LA^^D^3 & CO., Proprietors.
Iron and Brass Castings done lo order,
Enjilnes, Mill Gearing, Siiaftiugs, I*ulley.s. i-c. built;
Al.'io, aNewand Improved Grain Tliresher and Separator,
Models for Patentees made to order.
Special attention paid to Itcpalring.   .
mayti-tf-il-.H
to be liiBtalled once more mistress of  erly,
the dull home, wbere Viaitora came sel-      *• Of a living in the country, dearest:
dom, and pleasures (such aa the world  ofthe Incumbency of Middlecross, th©
Iterms^pleaaurea") were few and far 1 yiUage where my mother and sisters
The following was a speecli by a suc¬ cessful competitor for the prize of afoot race:—" Gentleman, I have won this cup by tlie use of my legs ; I trust I may never lose the use of my legs by the use ofthis cup."
"Why is abladeof grasslikeanoteof hand! Because It is matured by fall¬ ing dew.
A Boston lady haa had all Jier door- keys silver-plated to correspond with the knobs, and this ia called knobhy.
COURT PROCI.AiVATXOX.
WKEUKAS, the Honorable HENRY G. LONf I, President, and Honorable Alexandku L. ILvYEsandJoiiNj.LiUHAitT, Associate .Judges of thu Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lancaster, and Assistant Justices of tlie Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery nnd Quarter SoHSions of the Peace in aud for the County of Laucaster, iiave is¬ sued their Prece])t to mo directed, requiring rae, amongother things, to malce puhlii; Procla¬ mation throughout my balll wicit, that a Court ofOyerandTerminerand a general Jail delive¬ ry, also a Court of Geneml (Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail delivery, will commence in the Court House in the City of Ijaneaster, in the Commonw eatth of Pennsylvania— ON THE THIRD 3I0NDAY IN AUGUST, (THE 17TH), 1808. In pursuance of which precept Public NorrcE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to tho Mayor aud Aldermen of theCity of Lancaster, in the said Couuty, and all tlie Justlce.^t of the Peace, the Coroner and Constables, of thesald City and County of Lancimi^r, that they be then and therein tiieir own proper persons with their rolls, records and examinations, and inquisltlou.s, and tli. Ir other remembrances, to do those things wliieli to their olUces apiwrtaln, in their belialf to bo done; and also all those who will prosecute against tlie prisoners wlio are, or tlicn shall be in the Jail ofthe said County of Lancaster are to be then and there to prosecute against them, as shall bejust. '^
Dated at Lancaster, the 17th  day of July, '""S. JACOB F. FREY, Sheriff.
SAMUKL B. COX, W.^^, C. MCKEOWN, JACOU 3II1-P.Y
BAJVniEL B. cox & CO.
Carriage   Mauufacliii'crH   aud
Practical Iflcchaiiics.
COUNER DtTKE AND ViSB STS., LA^•CASTr-R, PA.
KEEP constantly on hand and manufaclurc to order CAURIAGI-S OK KVEIIY \yVJi- CItlPTION, made of (be best materials and hy experienced worlcineu.
Havingbeen engaged in theCarrlagemaklng business for some years, tliey feel eonililant thai tho work made by them will be found fullj equal if notsuperior to auy otiii-r made in tlit Stiitc, either as to Nt.vle,WiH*kmansliip or quality of materials, and also in reasonableness ot price. They therefore invite those in want ol Carriages, to givethem a euUJ)cforepurclnis¬ ing elsewliere.
The followiug PREMIUMS have been .^ward- ed to tills est:Uiiisliment:—A premium hy tlie Laneaster Couuty Fair of ISVi fnr liE-STSULlCY: alsf). a Premium and silver Meiial Inrllic IM'A'I SHti'TlNa-TOP imCfGY. A Silver .Meilal bj tho irislorUMilAKrlcuitural and Moelianieal In- Htilutc, in June, 1K5!I; aud also by (he Fulton Institute, November, l.S5!i, for II1'^ST.*^IIIKT1X(J- TOPliUGiGY andTROrriNG UaotiY.
*^PerKnii«; w:inlingcarrl;i'_'fs(:auseicirtrrom FiI-*TY DIPFEltl'INT sTYI.i-iS. all in luie mom.
All work manufaclurodaM his esljililtslimtnt Is warninted. Reputrlug of all liinvls done ou short notice.
SAirulCL li. COX A- CO.'
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
4iKKAT ItnuX-S'IO.V I.V <-OAI.I
At llic XovcKy Coal A I.iibuIjcv Var<I.
WJOared.'iirering in the cit.v, stovr Coat for family use fnuu Sl-TS to S^-.K) pei ton. Nut Coal from Sit.T.i to 8l.."50 ptM-ton. Coal suitable t"or Ib-lck burning froui *!H.''>0 l<5 8<'*.U.'S. For Lime burning from SU.7."; to t?:5..S0. All Coal kept undercover, and guaranteed to give satisfaction.
illTNER itirosTF.Tri-:u, oniee—Prince street above Chestnut, und nt Reading Kailroad.
NOTICE.—AVe have given Messrs. Ciiner A Hostetter sole control ol ourLeJUgli Coal in Ijaneaster City.
RORDA, KELLER it XITTTINC;.
July 1.1. if-ij.
TEX <'EXTS KEWARIk.
STOP TIIE RUNAWAY'! The above reward win bo paid for the apprehension of Isaac W. Garra, a bound boy, bound from the Poor House, of Lancaster county, to Rev. D, Hertz. Ephrala, toserveat Farming business, to the age of 21 years. He ran away on the night o/ the 11! Inst. Now aged about 17 years he may like to oITer himself aa an Apprentice toi Blacksmlthing. i5, HERTZ.
July 15 3t*-35
SAUE  BIIXS   „.   -,^,^ -**,^*«^ jL^vi., published at this Offloe-at Short NoUce and i TOB AND CARO PRINTINO executed at at Uie Lowest Bat«8. I J   '	
this office, at short notice.
Ci HEAT
A.VEJIICAN   COMBINATION
Ruiion   Ifolc,   Orcr.scaiuinf^,
AND
SEWING MACHINES.
W.   F.   D 17 X C A N,
No.-IS North Queen .11., Lancaster, Pn
It is warranted to cxeeule in the best man¬ ner every variety of Sewing, Hemiaing, Fell¬ ing, Cording, Tucking, Rralding, Gathering, Quilting, Overseamlng, Embroidering on the Edge, and in addition makes beautiful
EUTTON AND EYELET HOLES
Iu  all  Fabrics.
ZrSr   IT HAS Is'O i:QUAL! ! .'   -@a BEiXG absoi.i;tei.y tiie BnST
IN THE WORLD ! !
AND INTRINSICALLY THE CHEAPEST I! I
Circulars, with full particulars, and sample of work done on (hi.s ^lacliiuc, can bo had on apiilicatiuu at tite
SAM!S Rooms OF THE COMPAXY,
S. AV. Cor. llth & Chestnut sts.,
PHILADELPHIA
For sale by
Av. y. Du^X'A^^,
Xo. AS North Queen Street,
LiVNC^VSTER, Pa.
Aud by .loiiN lJ.AVis.SM:i:,Rrnnnersvillc, Lan¬ caster eounly. iileclS-taug I
Churn iiig: ^iTffadc £asy.
Goo([ Fro.sh lUitterall tlie Yearlvound.
I'AUMEILS A'iTKXnr   .^AVICTIMK!   SAVE
mo.vi;y!! .save laijouii;
1)Y usingTomUnson A Co's (Lini-olu Etiii- > landl Cel.-bralcd Ihillt-r Powder. Hy th.! nse»»f this inexiii'iisivc I'owder, cliurning oi it'nus is redu<-(,-d I«>niinut<-s. aud Is applfcaM*,- lo the tnakiii;; nf Ihilterat ail seasons of llif year. A small <juaul.ily addcii to (he milk or creaui at- thellnie of cliiirnlij-; will proiiuctf IJurter hi niiirli iL'ss time, in hirgcr quant ity, and ofa .-upcrioriiu.'tliiy. llavor and consisi- eiicy. It renuivts thenniilcasant llavoreausod i»y the cows fiTdlng <>n turnips, garlic, weeds Jir,; !ind prevents .-ill raurhllly peculiar to butter; also mnUcs it lirnior and sweeter even iu the liotte.st weatiier.
This i'liwder. now being introduced inlo this country, has Ion-: been in use tlirougliout Ku- roneand thf Cjiriadas. and I'.utter made wUh It has iuvaruibly Iriken the prize at all A'Tl- cullural Shows, whenever exhibited, "
Pric<'i-|<-ts. and relets, per Ilox. Sold brail respeetahh! I»ruj:gisl» ami Store-keeper:* Lhroughout tlie countr.
JAMF.S A. AR:*r.STRONG, tieneral Aucui for United States, No. nil Market-si.. Pliliadelphla. For syle by GRUGEK A HICE,
ifo. l;: West King-st, Lancaster, Pa. Jun l:l 4m-3ii
XIic C'hcaiicsi and Best in the World.
COMBINING ALL THE LATEST IMPROVE¬ MENTS.
CETS of ARTIFICIAL TEETH
irom $5 to 825—warranted. All work at re¬ duced prices at Dr. Chas. A. White's Dental Establishment, Philadelphia, 108 North IDth St., first door above Arch, New York brancU [ 135 Sixth Avenue. jnn Xl-^m S'.