Lititz Record

              Published E v e r y Friday Morning by
J. F R A N K BUCH.
OFFICE—On Broad street, Lititz,
Lancaster County, Pa.
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RECORD OFFICE-Utitz.
Lane. Co.. Psu
K Price • Listi*
from $2.00 to $15.00
from $2.00 to $12.00'
Ready-made Overcoats,
Suits,
Suits made to Order,
from $8.00 to $35.00 Overcoats made to Order,
from $8.00 to $28.00 Knit Jackets,,
from 75c to $4.50 Wool Shirts,
from 65c to $2.75 White Shirts,
from 50c to $2.00 Percale Shirts,
from 50c to $1.50 Undershirts and Drawers,
from 20c to $2.00 Red Underwear,
A COOK WANTED.
from 75c to $2.00
at $1.50
from 5c to $1.00
from 10c to $1.50
i from 10c to $3.50
from 5c to 50c
from 75c to $3.00
from 25c to $1.00
15c
20c
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25c
from 10c up
from 20c to $5.00
from 15e. to $10.00
Fur caps, Fur caps,
Mufflers,Scarfsand Fur Mufflers
Gum coats,
from $1.25 to $4.50
By calling at my Store on Broad Street, yoa will find that at the above
prices any of these goods can be had.
gssweaiff i^anBan a l t. je r jnunHii^a»L g3a3n h- cLcMIta .,,
BROAD STREET, LITITZ, PA.
Also Camelshair,
Bows and Cravats,
Silk Handkerchiefs,
G-loves,
Hose and half Hose,
Umbrellas,
Suspenders,
Linen collars,
Celluloid collars,
Celluloid cuffs,
Linen cuffs,
Paper collars per box,
Hats,
A. R. BOMBERGKER,
L I T I T Z ,
Has now in stock a large assortment of STOVES, HEATERS and RANGES
HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, Skates, Sleds and Sleigh Bells.
HOUSEFURNISHING- GOODS
Clover Seed, Horse and Cattle Powder, &c.
REPAIRS FOR LITITZ PLOW CO'S IMPLEMENTS?
RJME OLD
Litiii Bakery aaft CoafeGtioiiery.
In addition, to its extensive daily output
at Bread, lioiis, lions and Cakes, will con-stantly
receive and keep in stock
Fresh Candies,
Dried Fruits,
Nuts of all kinds,
Oranges, Bananas,
White Grapes, &a
A fresh stock just received, which will be
sold a t Special Holiday Prices.
L F. Bomberger.
Egcp&ch'g B&^eftJ,
U T I T Z PA.
F r e s h B r e a d , l & o l l s«
B i w s , S w e e t C a k e s ,
S t r e i s l e r s , S u g a r
C a k e s , & c . ,
Served dall In town and country. All ordett
for funeral« or public gatherings promptly
Attended to. A special feature In the buslnea
will be I he baking of GENUINE RYE and
JBKAN BREAD. My aim shall b* furnish f
(food article at all times. Give me ti trial arf
isatlsljr yourself.
Have also added all necessary tools for or
lamenting cakes, and am now prepared tt
ornament cakes for weddings and parties 1»
Any style desired.
HORACE L. KSCHBACB.
WARWICK HOUSE.
ONE SQUARE N, OF R. R. STATION
LITITZ, PA.
This well-known Hotel is conducted in good
style and offers excellent accommodations to
the traveling public at the lowest rates.
WHBK Y o u COME TO LITITZ STOP HERE.
F. G. CARPENTER, Prop.
STURGIS HOUSE
HOTEL-:-AHDvBESTAURANT,
LITITZ, PA.
This well-known House still continues to
accommodate the public lu the manner so
well known and highly appreciated by its
many patrons.
— T H E C H O I C E S T—
T)BNN HOTEL,
PENN, LANCASTER CO., PA.
The proprietor has ample accommodations
for the traveling public at reasonable rates.
The bar is well stocked with choice
LIQUORS, WINES AND CIGARS.
In passing by the way stop.
31oct84 B. J. 1BACH, Prop'r.
Union House,
AKRON, PA.
All neccessary accommodations for man
¡and beast, at the most reasonable rates. A11
.kinds of Temperance Drinks and Choice
Cigars at the bar. The h uise is one of the
finest buildings in the village. When travel-ing
the way please give me a call.
«©.Telephone connection,
J O H N A, GETZ,
M ututf proprietor,
AT TIN? BAK.
Ill A G E 11 B E E R and other REFRESH-MENTS
at all times.
Returning thanks for many past favors. I
hope to receive your patronage In the future,
E D W . S. STURGIS, Prop'r.
LITITZ SPRINGS HOTEL
LITITZ, P A .
Just received a new lot of Duffy's Genuine
mediclna 1 Malt Whiskey for Invalids. Also
n ilne lot of pure Juniper Leaf Distilled Gin,
f j r medicalpurposes, the finest Gin now in
use. Also a new lot of Mishler's Genuine
Herb Bitters, noa alcoholic, for dyspepsia,
A newlo.of Grape Milk, a refreshing drink.
:ion-alcohollc. Also a fresh lot of the
unequalled Yineliug Ale, Rleker Beer,
Vlnemont pure Wines, sweet and sour, and
New York Oysters. Meals at all hours in the
Restaurant.
C£HCK«SSAHD WAFFLES EVKBY SUNDAY
FOB SUPPBB.
j. P. STURGIS, Prop'r.
rnOBACCO BUYERS' BOOKS ready foruse
L can be had at the Record Office at all
times. Also the best quality of tobacco
flaclfei'B' Sample Tags, ready printed.
" Wanted—A good cook. Re-ferences
required. Apply at Cloyis
cottage from 9 to 11 a. nr.," wrote
Kate Davis in her clear, decided hand.
"There, that will do, Lily," to her eld-est
sister, the head of the household.
" Yes," sighed Miss Davis, "not that
I suppose it will be of much use.
There isn't even a cook to be had in
in this deserted village."
"Iwould'nt mind that so much,"
chimed in her cousin pretty Cecelia
Chisholm, " i f it were not for the
scarcity of other and more desirable
material. Not a man to say bo ! to
iu the place, (with disgust.)
"And to think of the utter imbecili-ty
with which we made arrangements
to stop here all summer, without
knowing what it was like !"-rejoined
Lily.
" Yes, I am quite convinced that by
September I shall have forgotten how
to flirt from sheer want of practice."
"What an appalling prospect!"
laughs Kate, looking up from the
writing over which she has been bend-ing
with a mischievous face. " Here,
girls," passing over another slip of
paper, "don't you think this would be
more to the purpose than Lily's ad-vertisement
?"
Cecile reads aloud: " Wanted—
Three accomplished male flirts. Re-ferences
required. Apply at Olovis.
cottage—any time."
"For shame, Kate!" cries Lily
"Tear it up at once, you wretched
girl. Suppose papa were- to find such
a thing lying about ?"
Cecile has been gazing at the lake
for some minutes, shielding her eyes
with a small brown hand. "There's a
yacht!" she announce suddenlys, "and
—yes—I declare, she's putting in
here !"
"Jubilate ! Here's ' excitement!"
cries Kate, sweeping her papers into
the waste-basket and leaving one—•
not, alas! the one she intends on her
desk ; "let's get our hats and the glass
and go out on the point."
Two hours later the " Siren of De-troit"
is securely anchored in Sodus
bay, and from the veranda of Cloyis
cottage bright eyes are demur-ly
watching the movements of three blue-costumed
yachtsmen, who pull ashore
in a small boat and stroll up to the
one hotel.
"Well, after all," rental ks Cecile
dejectedly, "we don't know them—so
they might as well be at Kamchatka."
"I'd rather have them here, though,"
says Kate, softly. We'll try to induce
papa to go down to the village and
make acquaintance in the morning."
"I don't believe Uncle James will,"
still in despairing tones. "You know
how he hates strangers."
"I declare, girls, we ought to be
ashamed of ourselves," cries Lily,
jumping up. "Have we nothing else
(severely) but men to talk about ?"
"Not much else," murmurs Kate.
But Lily turns away in scorn.
"Where did you put that advertise-ment,
Kate ?" she demands. "I shall
send Sam with it to the village."
It's lying folded up on mv desk,"
answers Kate, lazily. And the said
paper is forthwith dispatched to the
office of that world-renowned publica
tion, the Sodus Point Banner.
The next morning as the girls are
lounging with books and work on the
shady veranda at the back of the cot-tage,
Jane, the'Sodus young woman
who is acting as temporary cook, ap-pears
at the side door.
''If ye please, miss," she announces,
stolidly, "there's some folks around to
the door as sez they hev come 'bout
an advertisement as was in the paper."
"Oh, dear!" groans Lily ; "a whole
family, I suppose, wanting 'to place'
one of their daughters. Very well,
Jane, say I'll be there directly," and
she lazily swings out of her hammock
and vanishes into the house.
"Let's get behind the Venetian and
listen to Lily interviewing the natives,"
suggests Cecile; "I dare say they'll be
good fun." And she and Kate steal
round the veranda and peep through
the slits of the Venetian blinds at three
young men of decidedly "swell" ap-pearance,
attired in costumes of dark
blue flannel and looking distinctly
mischievous, are comfortable seated on
the doorstep.
"The yachtsmen !" gasps Kate, and,
with one glance at each other of utter
amazement, the two girls breathlessly
await development.
Lily, tall, dignified, astonished, ap-pears
at the door. At sight of lier a
sudden air of surprise and confusion
falls upon the free-and-easy trio. They
start up simultaneously and touch
their hats, but no one seems to have a
word to say. Lily bows stiffly.
' You called ?" she says, in-terrogatively.
The vistors glance at each other iu
a shamefaced way; then one, whom
the others mutely delegate as spokes-man,
steps forward, "I beg pardon,
he says, stammering, "but you adver
tised—"
"Certainly," admits Lily, with some
asperity, "I advertised for a cook."
"Oh!" he remarks, blankly; "we
saw—that is, we' thought—oh, good
heavejis!" turning in despair to his
companions, "can't one of you fellows
explain ?"
Culprit number two makes an effort.
"I—we—didn't know," he falters, un-comfortably
; "I think there has been
a mistake."
"In that lease," says Miss Davis,
loftily, "I will say good morning,"
and she turns away. But by this time
the first speaker has partially recover*
ed himself.
"Pray stay oue moment," he im
plores, earnestv. "Evidently we are
all the victims (with wrath) of some
silly practical joker. I feel that this
unwarrantable intrusion, as it seems
of course to you, must be explainecLat
whatever cost. You cannot have seen
this morning's paper."
He pulls a copy of the Sodus
Banner from his pocket, and folding
it down at the advertisement column
hauds it to Lily.
A guilty heart behind the Venetian
quakes. "Cecile I" breathes Kate, in
an agonized whisper, "I inust have
sent the wrong advertisement!" And
Cecile nods slowly as she watches Lily's
start of amazement and the scarlet
color which rushes in her face. Poor
Lily! It is her turn no>v. She gasps
helplessly and tries iu vain to speak.
Yachtsman number one comes to the
rescue.
''You thought," he says quickly,
"some impertinent scoundrel has made
use of your name, and for our part
we thought—" he hesitates.
"You see of course," supplies Lily,
growing, if possible, even more scarlet,
"that any liberty was justifiable with
such—" she chokes.
"The wretch shall be punished," he
declares fiercely.
"No—no," faintly. "It is no one's
fault. I—we—"
"It is my fault!" cries a new voice,
and Kate, panting and glowing,
stands before the electrified group, bent
upon explaining the situation and
taking the blame upon her own
shoulders. A few words and every-thing
is clear. Three outwardly re-spectful
but inwardly convulsed young
men retire with graceful bows and
deep apologies, and three distressed
damsels, clinging together within the
cottage in an agony of shame, spend
the morning in vain lamentations.
"I could never look them in the
face again," declares Kate foi the
hundredth time.
"Well it's not likely you will," re-marks
Cecile. "Sam savs he hears the
Siren is to leave this afternoon." (Is
there a shade or regret in her voice ?)
"Oh, is she, really !" rather
dolorously. Then, with suspicious
heartiness : " What a good thing !"
Just then Lily returns from an in-;
terview with Sam, an open note in her
hand, which she places with tragic
calm before her sister, "Dear Bily,"
ran the penciled words, "I am bring-ing
three young fellows home to
luncheon ; hope it won't inconvenience
you. They belong to the Detroit vacht
which is anchored in the bay, and two
of them, I have just discovered, are
sons of David Churchill, of whom you
have often heard me speak; the third,
a friend who is yachting with them.
Your loving fathe#?" Kate hands the
uote to Cecile, and then,.iudeed, there
is a chorus.
" How dreadful!"
" How ungentlemanly!"
" What fun !" from Cecile.
" What shall we do ?"
" We shall have to be civil!"
"Perhaps they don't know we are
the same people." Tnis last sugges-tion
turns out to be correct as is prov-ed
by the visible embarrassment ot
Mr. Davis's guests on their arrival at
the gate. However, they resolve to
mate the bast of an awkward situation,
and by the most grave and respectful
courtesy succeeded in almost banish-ing
the unpleasant reminiscences
which every now and then threaten to
overwhelm their hostesses.
During luncheon the spokesman of
the morning, who is introduced by
Mr. Davis as "M. Walter Churchill,
captain of the yaeht," announces with
unblushing mendacity that he had
"always intended making Sodus bay
the Siren's headquarters for the sum-jner.
His hastily formed resolution
}s carried out; and, indeed, hot only is
Sodus bay for the next two months
headquarters of the Siren, but Olovis
cottage proves head quarters for her
crew, atiJ the result of this little ar-rangement
is the following notice,
which appears in the society journals
for December.
"A brilliant social event is about to
take place in Rochester, the occasion
being a double wedding in the family
of Mr. James Davis, the Misses Lily
and Kate Davis epousing Messrs.
Walter and Harold Churchill of De-troit.
It is rumored, also, that a
match has been arranged between
Miss Cecile Chisholm, the pretty and
vivacious niece of Mr. Davis, and Mr.
Will Carleton, an estimable friend of
the Messrs. Churchill, who accompani-ed
them on 'their yachting trip this
summer."—Chicago News.
Mrs. Cleveland's Pet Moukey.
Mrs. Cleveland's pet poodle, Hector,
finds " his nose out of joint" by the
arrival of a new pet in the shape of a
marmoset. The little monkey is the
present from a Washington lady, and
has already become quite a favorite at
the White House. To-day- while the
president was confined to his room by
his rheumatic knee and the cold, the
monkey was brought in and amused
him greatly by his cunning little ways.
The marmoset is a small animal, and
is often known as the striated monkey.
It is a beautiful little creature, and
like its species is known for its very
affectionate disposition. It is very
delicate, and can only live in a warm
climate, and the warmth of the presi-dent's
sick chamber was particularly
grateful. It is seven or eight inches
long,and has a tail over afoot in length.
It has long fur of reddish yellow color
and great tufts of white hair on each
side of its black head. Hector does
not relish at all the arrival of this new
pet, and since the marmoset has been
in the house Hector has been shut up
in a lonely room more than once. On
New Year's day during the reception
the poodle happened to break hia
prison bars and come down stairs.
He was enjoying himself hugely
with one of the army officers and his
lady escort when Sinclair, the presi-dent's
valet, espied him. Hector also
caught sight of Sinclair and tried to
hide, but the valet had him by the
neck and yanked him upstairs and
back to his prison, much to Hector's
disgust.
Mr. Hoxie and the Tramp.
During the early days of the Union
Pacific, when Webster Snyder was
General Superintendent, H. M. Hoxie
was his assistant. Snyder and ' Hoxie
were an active team, and one of them
was nearly always on the road, exam-ining
its construction or supervising
the details of its conduct. At the
time of which I speak the road was
completed a short distance beyond
Kearney, and Mr. Hoxie had been
out to the end of the line and was
returning. The roadbed was naturally
very rough and the progress cf all
trains necessarily very slow. Some-where
west of Kearney a tramp
boarded Mr. Hoxie's train, and
attempted to work the conductor for a
free ride to Omaha. The conductor
resisted his plea, but his importunities
became so pressing and pathetic that he
was finally referred to Mr. Hoxie.
" Let you ride to Omaha for noth-ing?"
said he, when application was
made to him " No. When we get to
the next station the conductor will
put you off."
The order was strictly obeyed, and
the discomfited beat forced out of the
cars and out to the depot platform at
Kearney. To say that Mr. Hoxie
was surprised when, upon alightning
from the train at Omaha, the first
person that he encountered was the
identical tramp would be to put it
very mildly.
" How did you get here ?', inquired
the offical.
The tramp tenderly and mysterious-ly
caught Mr. Hoxie's sleeve and
pulled him around behind the car and
out of the crowd. " I didn't want to
give your old road away to the mob,'
said the tramp—" I walked."—Omaha
World. _
Knowing Whom to Kick.
The late Colonel MeClung, of
Mississippi, once got into a dispute in
the office of the Prentiss House, at
Vicksburg, with a rowdy,- when, to
end the matter without further delay,
he took the rowdy by the " nape of
the neck," led him to the door, and
kicked him into the street. The
kickee picked himself up, walked
away, and there the matter ended.
Some weeks afterward McGlung was
in New Orleans, and, when walking
up St. Charles street, saw the fellow
he had kicked out of the Prentiss
House kicking a third party out of
a drinking-saloon. MeClung walked
up to his old acquaintance, oijoe
kickee, but now the kicker, and,
s c a l i n g him closely, said; '-'Look
here, my fine fellow are you not the
man I kicked out of the Prentiss
House the other day?" "Softly,
softly, colonel," replied the rowdy,
taking 'MeClung by the arm, "don't
mention it—I'm the man—but—you
and I know who to kiok."--iV, O.
Picay une.
-»Itch, and scratches of every kind
cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Use no other. This
never fails. Sold at the Lititz drug stor
Lititz, Pa. 8oct-e
A Snake-Artist.
An artist named Diederich Schop-penhaur,
who owns a farm in Lexing-ton
county, S. C., tells this somewhat
unique snake story:
" A few afternoons ago I repaired
to my favorite haunt—a most pictur-esque
retreat—a few miles from my
home, carrying my paints, brushes,
palette, easel and other paraphernalia,
also my canvass, upon which a sublime
landscape view was outlined.
" I had devoted many days to this
picture and it is my intention to make
it my chief d'eeure. I was anxious to
paint true to nature the gorgeous
sunset—to make a faithful miniature
of the exquisite picture hung in the
western heayens. I had worked dili-gently
for perhaps an hour, when,
tired and drowsy, I abandoned my
task and lolled lazily upon the green
sward. It was not long before I fell
asleep."
How long Mr. Schoppenhaur contin-ued
in a somnolent state he knew not.
When he awoke he heard a rustling of
the bushes at his left and discerned an
enormous serpent majestically drawing
hi.mself through the underbrush. It
turned to look at him and halted.
"I perceived instantly that the
snakeship had been dabbling his
ponderous tails which had been mixed
upon my palette," the gentleman
continued. " I had no time to pursue
the investigation, for the reptile glided
off rapidly, and I was both mad and
surprised when going to my easel I
found it overturned and my canvas
lying upon the ground, I could
instantly see that my beautiful picture
was daubed all over with paint as I
hastily placed it in position upon the
easel.
" Amazement all! "What did I
see? Why, a picture the exact
counterpart of nature's handiwork
which I had been laboring so hard to
imitate. I saw there the gorgeous
sunset reproduced with Turnerian
brilliancy and fidelity. Every line
and hue was perfect. The lines
blended with exquisite taste, The i
snake had approached my retreat, and
finding me asleep, conceived the idea
of finishing the picture himself, using
hi&.„taiLas_.a brush. All who have
seen the painting declare it to be the
greatest work they have ever beheld."
Mr. Schoppenheur's tale seems a
little improbable, but he is ready to
substantiate it with an affidavit i f
need be,
Did Yon?
Did you ever se®a man
Who couldn't tell you just the plan
On which a paper should be run ?
So perfect and complete,
So very nice and neat—
What the editor should say,
And what he shouldn't do—
He will tell it all to you,
And you will find it fun—
The way. he lays it out,
And the way he talks about
The things that he would do
If he were only you.
Everybody he would please.
Let him try it for a week
And I'm sure that he would seek
Rest for troubles that are real,
Losing sight of his ideal.
The Tomato.
Medically considered there ean be
no doubt that, while we cannot expect
its health-imparting properties to cure
all the ills that flesh is heir to, yet its
action upon the sj'stem is attended
with beneficial results, since analyists
and members of the medical profession
have said that the fruit is exceedingly
wholesome, and used freely, either raw
or cooked, must of necessity do a vast
amount of good. Besides all this it is
admitted that it dses act in a stimulat-ing
manner upon the liver, and if for
no other reason than this it becomes
invaluable as an article of diet, and
especially so in hot seasons when the
liver is more inclined to become
sluggish. Another point while iu this
line of thought which should not be
overlooked is this, it is easy, very
easy, of digestion, and may therefore
be freely partaken of even by invalids
without hindrance or fear.
A NEW use for the tobacco plant is
said to have been discovered. Its
stems and waste, it is claimed, are
equal to linen rags in the manufacture
of paper. Tobacco waste costs less
than $10 a ton, linen rags $70 to $80.
There is no expense in assorting th§
former, and very little shrinkage, as
against the lqsa of one-third of rags.
The yearJy tobacco, \vaste is estimate^
by the census reports at from 3,000,-
000 to 4,000,000 pounds.
StQSt Excellent,
J. J . Atkins, Chief of Police, Knoxvillo,
Tehn., writes; "My family and 1 are
beneficiaries of your most e^oallent med-icine,
Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption haying found it to be all
that you claim for it, desire to testify to
its virtue. My friends to whom I have
recommended it, praise it.at every oppor-tunity."
Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption is guaranteed to cure
Coughs, Colds, Brouchitis, Asthma,Croup
and every affection of Throat, Chest and
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Store, Large size $1.00,
K-seiioe of Business-law.
It is a fraud to conceal a fraud.
Ignorance of the law excuses no
one.
Notes bear interest only when so
stated.
The law compels no one to do
impossibilities.
Signatures male with a pencil, are
good in law.
A receipt f >r m mey is not always
conclusive.
Principals are responsible, for the
acts of their agents.
A note obtained by fraud, or from
a person in a state of intoxication, can
not be collected.
A bill maybe written on any paper,
or substitute for it, either with ink or
pencil.
The payee should be distinctly
named in the note, unless it is payable
to bearer.
No consideration is sufficient in law
if it be illegal in its nature.
A note made by a minor is void ; a
contract made with a minor is void; a
contract made with a lunatic is void.
The time of payment of a note
must not depend upon a contingency.
The promise must be absolute.
An endorse has a right of action
against all whose names were on the
bill when he received it.
Notice of protest may be sent either
to thé place of business or residence
of the party notified.
An agreement without consideration
is void ; a note made on Sunday is
void ; contracts made on Sunday can
not be enforced.
If the drawer of a check or draft
has changed his residence, the holder
must use all reasonable diligence to
fine him.
If the letter containing the protest
of non-payment be put in the post
office, any miscarriage does not affect
the party giving notice.
A note indorsed in bank—the name
of the indorser only written—is trans-ferable.
by delivery, the same as if
made payable to bearer.
Each individual in a partnership: is
responsible for the whole amount of
debts of the firm, except in cases of
special partnership.
Checks and drafts should be present-ed
during dusiness hours; but in this
country—except in cases of banks—
the time extends through the day and
evening.
An oral agreement must be proved
by evidence. A written agreement
proves itself. The law prefers written
to oral evidence, because of its precis-ion.
"Value received" is usually, and
should be, written in a note, but is
not essential. If not written, it is
presumed by the law, or may be
supplied by proof.
Odd Freaks of Chance.
A friend of mine, sleeping for one
night in a hotel, stuck his diamond
breastpin in the bed curtain, rose
hurriedly to catch aij early train, and
left it there, says a writer in Cassell's
Magazine. He hardly liked to trust
the honesty of the chambermaid, and
left nis loss untold. He spent a twelve-month
or more at Malta with his regi-ment,
and, returning on furlough, went
to the same hotel, asked for the same
room, and found his breastpin where
he had left it. That does not say much
for the cleanliness of the hotel, I hear
some one saying. Perhaps it does not,
but it says something for the sharp-ness
of the pin wearer. There was wit
as well as luck in his method.
Here is a story of pure luck : A
lady, a spectacle wearer, went shopping
in. the west end. On putting her hand
in her pocket for her "eyes," pre-paratory
to choosing a dress, she missed
them. Her husband, who professed to
know her ways, was sure that she had
neyer brought them. She was as sure
that she had. He was rightly pun-ished
for his injustice- by having to
bear, unaided and alone, the res-ponsibility
of the choice of color and
material. The choice made, he went
on his way to the city, the wife on hens
the her home, Of frugal mind, she
chose an omnibus as her mode of con-veyance,
and sitting meditative, as
the vehicle bore her homeward; she
fancied she recognized it as the same
which had carried her town ward. She
searched the gtraw at her feet, and
f HUKI her spectacles unbroken.
—As a,Salvation Army soldier in
Frederic'ton, N. B., walked out of a
store with a dozen eggs, his foot slipped,
and he and the eggs went down with a
smash. He never said a word when
the boys laughed, though he looked
mad, and in the evening at the meet-ing
he told how the devil had got into
the eggs just to try and get him tc*
swear. And then there gfeat re-joicing
when hp. toiu how he got the
b,egt of the devil by keeping his mouth
shut.
Hail from $190,000 to $500,000.
Joseph Perry, aged about 67 years--,
and his cousin .Richard Price, aged 60
years, both unmarried, were found
frozen to death.- Friday afternoon, in
the hou.se of [he former, at No. 1,025
Locust street, Philadelphia, Neither
of-tfiemen had been seen around t he
premises since Monday last. The
suspicion of neighbors was aroused,
and they called the attention of Police-man
Thomas W.'MHte»' to t h e fact.
About 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon
the patrolman broke open the rear
door and found both men lying: dead
on the kitchen floor, Under them
were a few old baijs. Each man wore
only a shirt and a pair of trousers.
There were no ¡narks of violence on
the bodies, and every indication that
the two men had been frozen to death.
In the kitchen were two,porter bottles,
one filled with whisky, while the
other was only half full of the same
liquor. The bodies were removed to
an undertaker's rooms and the coroner ,
was notified.
Mr. Perry and h i s cousin had,been
the sole occupants of t h e house for
upwards of forty yeare. In eariy JiTe
he was employed in''what was then
Samuel Conaly's"auction house] on
South Front street. Subsequently he
became associated with Mr. Comly as
a partner, and afterwards succeeded
him. in t h e business. Mr. Perry
retired ten years ago, and t he auction
house is now the. property of William
F. Comly &Co. Mr. Perry was of an
economical disposiiion, and accumu-lated,
it is said, a fortune estimated at
from $100,000 to a quarter of a million
dollars.
The house op Loeust street is an
old-fashioned brick structure, two a nd
one-half stories in height. It was in
a filthy condition yesterday, arid every
room was filled with trash au d rubbish.
There was no earpet on any ot t he
floors. In the cellar was nearly a t on
of coal. ,
Price was a carpenter by trade, a nd
occasionally did odd jobs in t h e
neighborhood. He and his cousin were
it is stated, reticent iu their dis-positions,
and led t h e lives of recluses.
Hie Incentive to O w n a Home.
The Manufacturer and Builder
thinks that the man who is working
to secure a small piece of property
substitutes a new and distinct ambi-tion
for a remote and vague oue.
Day dreams about large estates and
princely incomes may be very amusing,
but they are not half so profitable as
a vision of a lot 100 x 200, with a
snug dwelling house upon it. With
this before him a man will rise early
and retire late, turning his hand
cheerfully to any and every kind of
work. He will have a motive for
rigorous economy which will make it
a pleasure. He will have the vision
of the last payment before him as a
perpetual motive to moderation in
passions, economy in expenses, absti-nence
from expensive pleasures and
from expensive companions. Thus it
will come to pass that a judicious
debt, incurred at the beginning of a
journeyman's or laborer's career, will
become his good genius, watching over
him, inciting him to all industry and
to self-goverment. Every laboring
man ought to own his house. The
first duty of the working man should
be to convert his earnings into real
estate.
Crossing the Ocean on Wheels.
A Camden (N. J.) man has invented
and is having built an •ocean tricycle.
It will be made entirely of iron and
steel, except a small platform where
operators will stand. The wheels will
be eight feet m diameter, and will be
worked by levers from the platform,
which will be twenty-seven feet from
the ground. The idea is to run this
machine out to stranded vessels when
they lie in water not over twenty feet
deep. The inventor says that three
miles an hour can be made with the
tricycle.
The English Queen Failing Very Past.
The Queen is breaking very rapidly
and she is conscious that her life cannot
be spared many years longer. The
only shadow over the year t.iat opens
is the general apprehension among the
people of England that the Queeis
may not Jive till the year is completed.
The appearance of old age is most
clearly markod in her portrait, which
has just been completed and placed in
the art gallery leading to her private
apartments at Windsor.
Good News for the Sleepless.
It comes from Turin, where it is
proposed to publish a newspaper
printed in luminous ink, so that it will
be possible to read it in the dark with-out
lamp gas or candle. Restless
nights therefore lose their terror, for it
will be possible for the wakeful to lie,
in bed and read. We could usun©
certain contemporaries which if prtni--
ed in the above fashion would immed-iately
induce sleep if take» to bed by
;the mo3t obstinately wukclui individu-al.—
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