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Published Every Friday Morning by J. FHAJfK BÜCH. QVFIOB—On Broad street, Lititx, Lancaster County, Pa. TEHMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOX.—For on* year $100, if paid in advance, and $1.2611 payment is delayed to the end of year. For six months. SO cent«, and for three months, 25 cents, strictly in advance. vja-A &ilnre to notify a discontinuance at the end of the term subscribed for, will be considered a wish to continue the paper. •»•Any person sending us five new cash snbeeribers for one year will be entitled to T&e KBCOBD for one year, for his trouble- . VOL. XII LITITZ PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 3,1889. NO 36 Rates of Advertising in the Record. l i n 2 in 3 io. 14 c. y% 1 week SO 90 1 9.Ï 2 25 4 00 7ft I 85 1-flft 3 25 5 75 1 (It) 1 75 2 50 4 K 7 50 1 Ä 15 s no 5 25 0 ofi 2 «1 S 25 4 50 7 50 13 ?5 Ü fi» 4 K fi 00 9 75 17 » 00 3 50 «-25 » 50 15 00 00 6 UU 9 5Ü 13 75 26 00 50 00 7 50 10 00 12"50 15 0" 23 0& 31 0i 54 0« Yearly advertisements to be paid quarterly. Transient advertisements payable in ad. vance. Advertisements, to insure immediate insea tion, must be handed in, at the very latest, M Wednesday evening. Job Work of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at short noSiee. . All communications should be addressed to RECOKD OFFICE. Lititsr Lone. Co.. Pa. W. H. and Gents' Outfitter. CLOTHING-. I offer everything in the way of Spring andSummerClothing and make a specialty o" SUITS TO ORDER, having an endless variety oi piece goods to select from. In the Ready-made Department you will find an elegant variety of Men's, Youths' and Children's Clothing, made up in'good style, warranted as represented or no sale. Prices will be found as low as anywhere. HATS AND GAPS. We have the latest and nobbiest styles in Fine Stiff and Soft Hats and Straw Goods for men and boys. Caps for summer wear a specialty. No old styles. The most comfortable and neatest Shirt is the Tailor Made Flannel Shirt. I have them in all colors, in various patterns, at prices far below last year's prices and in such pretty designs that they will selh White Shirts, laundried and unlaundried, the latter from 35 cents up. Who'd think of making a shirt when they can be bought at these prices ? NECKWEAR. Nothing adds so much, to the appearance of a man as a neat Collar and Necktie. I have the correct styles in seasonable summer shapes of fashionable Scarfs and Ties, in large variety to select from. These goods were made especially for me from silks of my own choice. In COT,I.AHS and Cum-'s I can supply you in linen, celluloid or paper, just as you prefer. In styles it must be funny if I cannot suit you. Would be pleased to have you call and see before going elsewhere to purchase." WALTER H. 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It purifies the blood, cures Constipation, and regulates the liver and Kidneys, effectually cleans, lug the system of all wasto and dead matters» Paine's Celery Compound combines true nerve-tonic and strengthlnjf qualities, reviving the energies and spirits. " I have been troubled for some years with a complication of difficulties. After trying va-rious remedies, and not finding relief. I tried Paine's Celery Compound. Before taking ono lull bottle the long troublesome symptoms be-gan to subside, and I can truly say now, that X feel like a new man.. Digestion has Improved, and I have gained tell pounds in weight since I have commenced taking the Compound." HOXESTCB STEARNS, Felchvllle, Vt. tl.oo. Six for $3.00. At Druggists. WBILS, KICHABDSON & Co., Burlington, v t THE BANK CLERK. J HARBY ßTAMM's QHEAP EW J^OSTON gTORE. Ho'Ü0! p ! Try Us for Bargains! New Boston Store, 24 Centre Spare, Lancaster, PA. Laree Assortment OF New Spring Dress Goods Muslins Muslins Don't Forget, Come to Us FOB YOUR NEW AT LOWEST PRICES Muslins Spring Dress Ever Known. Low Prices, Muslins Get the Best AT Bea utiful Styles, Fair Dealing. Muslins lowest fpiees. 1,00! Baiialiis IN LOWER m PEICE THAN EVEE. BIG BARGAINS • IN Dre^ [joodfi. Come Early. Mz\ [{oodi!. I B s r r y g r a M M, T H E ^ E W g O S T O N g t O R E , No, 2 4 Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa* J On an afternoon in September Chas. Weston was walking leisurely on Broadway, New York. Absorbed in pleasant thoughts' the expression of his handsome face indicated perfect freedom from anxiety or corroding care. The hurrying crowd, the ceas-less roar and rumble of city life, were unheard or unnoticed. His heart was in his house at Hartfort, the home of his birth and of his boyhood, where he had been spending his summer vacation unrestricted by bank hours or the routine of business life. There was no shadow on that home. A comfortable income supported it. His mother was still untouched by time. His young brother, a noble and promising boy; Gertrude, his sister, was all that a sister could be, and Gertrude had a lovely female friend " There are monuments in life which we never forget." The drives, the ramble in woods, the boatings, the pleasant things said and done, with every look that accompanied them were remembered now In front of a music store he paused abruptly. A college classmate, sud-denly stood before him. Cordially they grasped each other's hands. Who could foresee the sad result of that meeting ? Why, Johnson, what has brought you from the West? I thought you were absorbed in your land projects. " Even so. And that interest brings me to the East. I have come miles out of my way to see you in reference to it." " Whete were you going ?' " Here, to get musie for Gertrude." " Gertrudei! How well I remember your beautiful sister and those happy college vacations with you at Hart-ford. Careless, boyhood days-r—never to return. • Now, let us take the cars for Central Park, I have much to say to you." Within the grqunds, Johnson took his arm. " I must talk briefly for my time is limited. Just now there is a great boom in real estate in my state ; ^especially. Land almost worthless hitherto has assumed fabulous prices." " In making a fortune for myself I must bring you in for a share Weston looked laughingly into his face. " Why, well, haven't \ ou out-lived your passion for castle-builciing yet ? Don't be offended. 'Tis only the fault of of a too sanguine tempera-ment, " Your heart is always right." " Thank you. Thank you. I have outlived my boyhood. And this is not an allusion. Here, at the East, life i3 comparatively slow. At the West all is on a grand scale. One need not toil for ever in bank or counting-room before he can reap the fruits of his labors. Now there is a golden opportunity. It may never return. There are lands which will be of immense value when the contemplated railroad passes through." " Are you sure that it will take that course ?" ' As sure as I am that I live! There i3 a pause in the construction because of contending parties, each anxious for a certain route. The side which I espouse is certain to win. I have proved my confidence by invest-ing every dollar I can spare, almost everything that I own, and have in-sured a fortune." "I fear you are too fast in calculations." " You would not think so if you were on the spot. Everybody is wild with excitement." " Not a healthy excitement. Slower and surer is better." " That is an exploded notion. Get over it, and invest in these lands." " You forget that I am not rich. The property left me by my father is small, but well invested. My salary is liberal. That is all I have. I cannot ris'k it." " Borrow the money. You can return it promptly." " Never! Never! Do not suggest it." * * * * Johnson left on the night train, hurrying to the West. Then Same a letter—"Do not cast aside my pro-posal. It is a duty to your family. You can place them in independent circumstances. Bank money can be easily and shortly restored. " All is excitement here. Now is your time. ' There is a tide in the affairs of men.' Unconsciously, Jack-son Was being made an instrument to test the virtue of his friend. Just be-fore he retired to his room a telegram arrived; " Be quick, that you may not regret it when too late." The night that followed was one never-to be forgotten. Midnight was approaching.. Alone, in the stillness, your thoughts which he. had rejected with indignation in the day came back with strange persistency. It was an hour of weakness, and Satan assailed him with all his power. Suggestions hurled back at one moment returned the next. " Making your family independent." " The money can be returned before missed." " No harm will come to any-body." Then his better nature asserted it-self. Honor, honesty, self-respect, character, were at stake. Above all, God's command forbade the act. The deed itself was to de-nounce, whatever the issue. Again that voice: "Your young brother's future ;" " his college course ;" " his profession." He walked the floor in an agony of mind, asking himself, "Shall Satan have the ascendency ? Has God for-saken me ?" The conflict was a sharp one. Every nerve was strung to its firmest tension. The occupant of the room below won-dering'as he heard the rapid, irregu-lar tread so late at night. At last it ceased. Exhausted in mind and body, Wes-ton had thrown himself, without un-dressing, upon his bed and fell into a troubled sleep. The conflict continued in his dreams till the perspiration stood in great beads upon his forehead In a ruderless boat he was tossed upon the waves. Frightful billows were surging around and over him. No hand was near to save him. " God help me ! God help me !" he exclaimed. A moment more and there was lull in the tempest. All was still; so stiil that the silence was oppressive, The darkness was like a well before him, and then, upon that darkness, in letters of light, he read— " When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee ;{and through the flood, they shall not overflow thee,: Transfixed, he gazed upon them. Slowly they faded away. Once again the handwriting appeared upon the wall:— " He is able to succor them that are tempted." These words also faded. Then through the darkness, a soft light gradually diffused itself, and from the midst a face, a form emerged. It softly appeared nearer and nearer, till it hovered over him.. It was his mother's form, his moth-er's face that looked upon him with unspeakable compassion and love. She laid her cool hand upon his fore-head, bent down and kissed him. " My son ! My son ! whither, goest thou 1 For the love of God and of yo'ur mother come back to me !" With a bound he sprang to her out. stretched arms. " My mother I my angel! mother !" he cried, in a voice of agony. The vision faded. All was still. In a dream God had sent his angel to minister unto him, and that angel was his mother ! As consciousness returned he press-ed his hand to his forehead and then sank upon his knees " Thank God ! Thank God ! I am saved!" • And he was saved ! He was free. The bonds of Satan were broken! Temptation came to him in after life; but the memory of his conflict never left him. Henceforth, he was " strong in th.e power of his might." •1» ifc jfc Sjt • For months no tidings came from his friend. Had Johnson realized his prospective wealth ? or, was all lost ?" At last a brief letter— " Thank heaven, you did not em-bark in my enterprise! I am ruined ! The opposition company carrried the day. Bribery is evident. Anyway, he railroad took the other course, and [eft our lands almost worthless. I meant well, Charley. Give me credit for that." Weston had never doubted it. Now he wrote, "Draw on me" Will, for $—— ; saved from my salary long since, and profitably invested. Pay it in future, if you wish, to some strug-gling church at the West., For the present, accept it as a claim of friend-ship." Slowly, but surely, Weston moved on in his career to assistant cashier ; and finally to president, where he now stands, holding the public confidence. The sister's friend now presides over his beautiful home. The mother and sister are with him in the winter months, and his brother stands high in the profession of the law. All know the story of his conflict and his victory/ " love him" all the more for the dangers he has passed, and never forget the sustaining"— " When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and floods they shall not overflow thee." Sweeping Carpet. I mind one of the days when I used to delight in a good stiff broom, a commodious dust cap, and open windows, and then, for a " clean sweep." But, phew! the dust that settled afterwards, and the roll of lint and dust that I carried out on my pan! My economical soul has since learn-ed better. I found that a broom, especially a coarse one, would wear out, or tear out, the surface of a wool carpet, particularly the surfaces that are ivoven in large figures. If one uses a broom they should select a fine one, but the cost of a carpet sweeper will be many times saved' by using one. All sweepers that I have seen are made adjustable, and when they wear so as to be too short to do their work thoroughly, a screw driver and a rew moments spent in lowering the brush a trifle, will make them as good as new. We used to have trouble with grease spots on carpets, but the use of benzine has removed that trouble by removing the grease. Some clean their carpets by wiping them with cloths wet with naptha. I have never tried this, but am assured by those who have, that such a washing will cleanse and brighten up a carpet wonderfully. Others scrub a wool carpet with brush dipped in' water with a little ammonia in it. If quickly done, and wet but slightly, the carpet will be greatly improyed. However I am not fond of work that must be done by getting down on one's knees,-and have found that a carpet can be cleaned and brightened by first sweep-ing thoroughly, then going over it a second time with a broom dipped in a large wash bowl of cold water and shaken out. A little ammonia in the water is an addition, and the broom should be dipped and shaken often. It is surprising to see how black the water will look after the floor is done. One of the nicest ways, in fact the one nice way, of sweeping a carpet in the room of an invalid, is to wipe it up with a wet cloth, often rinsed out of clear water. This is not an easy way of sweeping, but we do not mind a lame back where the comfort of a sick person is concerned. Twice a year a carpet should be carefully beaten, if it receives much wear. Often times the carpet on a big, shut up parlor, needs no shaking oftener than once in twelve or eighteen months; but rooms that are much used, gathering a great deal of dust. I have found that it is good economy to rip and change breaths, or to turn the carpet about, or both, in order to bring the worn spots into the new and less used places. When the " worn spots " become the greater part of the carpet, then I resort to rugs. These not only brighten up the floor, but save the carpet greatly. If the dining room has a carpet, or even a Kensington Art square, econo-my cries loudly for a crumb cloth. It should be large enough to hold the chairs set around the table, and may be made of—almost anything. You will smile when I tell you that I have seen coffee sacks sewed together and spread smoothly, making not a bad looking crumb cloth beneath the row of chairs that adorned the side of the table. Barkis Was Wiilin' " Young man," he began, as he caught him at the hall door, " you are coming hère quite often of late." " Yes, sir." " Which one is it ?" " Maud, sir." " Maud, eh ! Well, Maud is a good girl and a great favorite. I have no objections, sir. I used to go to school with your father, and I know all about you." "Thanks." "Just make yourself at home, sir. Do you happen to have $25 or $30 in your vest pocket ? I'll hand it back next week. Yes, Maud is a nice girl, and if I should lorget this loan just speak at>out it, will you ?" —The way to get rid of a bad cough or cold ii to use Dr. Coxe's Wild Cherry and Seneka. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold at the Lititz drug store. The Well Bred Girl. A social authority gives prominence to the following as things of which a well bred girl is never guilty ; She never laughs or talks loudly in public places. She never turns around to look after any one when walking on the s.treet. * She never accepts a seat from a gen-tleman in a street car without thank-ing him. She never takes more than a single glass of wine at a dinner or entertain-ment. She never snubs other young ladies, e ven if they happen to be less popular or well favored than herself. She never raises her lorgnette and tries to stare people she doesn't know out of countenance on the street. S l ow Trains. " I want to go to bed, so give me a room as soon as you can. I ought to have reached your city early this after-noon, and here it is 11 o'clock." " What made you so late ?" asked the hotel clerk, as he threw down a key to which was attached a rough edge brass tag about the size of a buckwheat cake. " Oh, slow trains ! Slow trains ! They seemed to stop everywhere and at all the little cross roads." " That's queer." " I should say it was. Why, at one place they stopped about seven minutes, while half a dozen people came out of the only house to be seen in the neighborhood and boarded the train. Did you ever hear anything like it?" "Never." " I have," said a little old man with long, shaggy hair, who had overheard the conversation while searching the Philadelphia directory for the name of a Boston firm. " You have ?" " Yes ; you may not believe it, but it's a fact. Some years ago I used to travel a good deal on the Old Colony railroad, up in Massachusetts. There was a place called Wheat Shaft Lane, where the train stopped nearly every day for an old woman, who was always there to send some eggs into town, Now would you believe it ? One day the train stopped as usual for Aunty Betsy, who was there with her eggs, but she only had eleven. She said that an old hen was still on the nest, and she wanted the train to wait until she could make up the dozen. "Yes." " Well, I'll be darned if that train didn't wait while the hen lay the extra egg." ' The late arrival said he guessed he would go to bed, the bediamond hotel clerk swooned, 'and the little old man walked down the corridor and drop-ped. wearily into a chair. Work: on t h e Gun Plant. Work at the naval gun plant in Washington has been delayed some what by the non-arrival of the forgings for the eight-inch guns. These are contracted for with the Bethlehem Steel Company, but failure to procure the the necessary material has caused a temporary let-down in the work at the foundry. Congress last year appropriated for the improvement of the plant and the erection of the necessary buildings the sum of $1,000,000, and the last Con-gress supplemented this sum by giving $625,000 additional. The Bureau of Ordinance contracted some time ago for the purchase of the improved new tools and machinery. Buildings for their reception will be ready by the latter part of this month. It Didn't W o r k very Well. A Winnepeg correspondent tells of a neighbor, one Farmer Brown, who is not well educated. His daughter has attended a boarding-school and lately they resolved to have a party of the neighboring farmers and their wives. Previous to the party she in-structed her father that when speak-ing of anything, for fear of offending he should add, " the present company always excepted." He was late for diuner, so Jane invited the guests to begin operations. They had not long commenced when in rushed Mr. Brown covered with perspiration. " Why are you so late, papa ?" asked Jane. The fact is, Jane, I've been visiting neighbor Smith's pigs, and they are the finest lot of pigs I ever seed, the present company alius excepted." The Homely Girl. * There is an old adage that says, " Beauty is but skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone." It does not bear the truth on its face. A homely girl, if she realizes she-is not pretty, is gen-erally good, generous ; and, if she gets married, makes a good wife. The pretty doll of a girl, with the face of a wax figure and with sylph-like form, generally becomes the cross, ugly old woman. She grows ill-natur-ed because her beauty has faded, which was all she prized when young. On the contrary, the homely girl welcomes age, because it brings with it the respect due to accumulated years. Age is the leveller of distinction, and the pretty, vain minx who would slight a homely sister of her age, will pay due respect to the aged of her sex. The homely girl never attempts co-quetry. In the absence of personal charms she cultivates her mind to make up the deficiency, and generally succeeds. Let the homely girl take courage. Men of sense and honor ad-mire her for her good qualities of mind and heart. At a F a m o u s New Y o r k R e s t a u r a n t. A lady was taking luncheon with her daughters at a famous restaurant in the city. Her check amounted to something less than $5. She handeel the waiter a bill and he brought her' change for $5. She declared that the bill she had given was a twenty-. She was a very quiet and refined woman, and her belief about the amount of money she had giyen to the waiter was evidently honest. But the waiter asserted that she was mistaken. He went to the desk and inquired. The answer came back that it was a $5 bill The lady put up her purse and was preparing to leave. The. head waiter asked her to step to the cashier's desk The young man then asked her if she was quite positive she had sent $20 up to him. She replied that she felt sure of it, because she had a twenty and a five in h^r purse when she came in, and the twenty was gone. With-out any more words, the cashier count-ed out the change for $20 and passed it to the lady. The fact is that the lady was mis-taken. But this particular restaurant retains the good will of the wealthiest people by the utmost confidence in their integrity. They rectify mistakes when they know the mistake is not their own rather than have their best customers offended. They will even trust a stranger for an extravagant dinner and take his visiting card for security. The system is really profi-table in the long run. They cannot be cheated twice, and the friends that they make by their liberal methods outweigh a hundred fold the occasion-al losses they sustain from trusting dis-honest people. The lady mentioned could probably not have secured her money as she did in any other place in New York. But she had all the appearance - of sincerity, and the good will of an in-fluential woman- like her meant un-doubtedly a large profit in the end Had she been refused she would never have patronized the place again, She told a hundred people of her gen erous treatment there. It is easy enough to see that in certain circles this manner of doing business is a very wise one. His Incentive. S. S. Teacher—"Johnny, you did splendidly to-day." " Yes, ma'am." " I wish all the little boys in the class would study their lesions as you do. Are you struggling to win the prize?" "Naw. Dad said he'll gimme a ticket to the next circus if I got off my lesson without a break." Monster Mississippi Bridge. Work on the great bridge which is to span the Mississippi riyer at Mem-phis, Tenn., has been commenced. The bridge proper is on the cantilever plan, and will consist of a channel span 770 feet in length. This is said to be the longest single span of the kind in the world, and its construction is a difficult piece of engineering. The bridge will also have two spans, each 620 feet in length. The bridge will be 34 feet wide, and while only one railroad track will be used at present, the strength of the bridge will be such that two tracks can be laid. The bridge will be approached from the west oyer an iron trestle 5200 feet in length and an embankment 1800 feet long. The eastern approach is over an iron trestle 1000 feet long. The bridge will be 75 feet high, the estimated cost is $2,200,000. OWEN P . BRICKEB, Esq., attorney at-Iaw, is in town every Saturday and Monday mor ning and can beeonsulted on all legal business. Lancaster offlee 48 North Duke street. The " Old Maids' Society." The history of the " Old Maids' So-ciety " in Berlin is an amusing one. In 1880 some 23 unmarried women, with a profound distrugt of mankind in general, organized a society whose principal object was to demonstrate the fact that marriage was a failure. In order to keep the members faithful to their vows a forfeit of $250 was to be paid by each who should so far forget herself as to take a husband. The society was measurably popular, and in 1883 had §1 members. But, alas for the fraility of human nature ! On the first of the present year there were but two members left, while there were $6719 in the treasury which had been paid in for forfeits. The two surviving members wisely divided the funds, gave a large donation to a hospital, dissolved the society and are doubtless married ere this. "Husband, I Want Y o u t o Try It." : I had suffered for years with a com-plaint the physicians called Gravel, and they had gi ven up the attempt to help me. My wife heard of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Ron-doùt, N. Y., and spoke as aboye, To please her I got a bottle. Used that and two or. three more, and presently the trouble vanished never to return. —Washington Monroe, Catskill, Y. Y, General News. John Everhart, a wealthy retired citizen of Pittston, died aged 80 years. Silas Updegraff, a merchant of Wat-sontown, Lycoming county, shot and killed himself. - Wiliam Smith, a miner, was fatally injured by a fall of coal , at. Draper colliery, Pottsville. Joseph Harbot, who recently cut his throat with a razor at Trout Run, Lycoming county, died on Saturday. Work has been resumed at the ore mines of the E. & G. Brooke Iron Company, at Beartown, Lancaster county. James Hitchings, a young car run-ner at Gay lord Slope, Wilkesbarre, was squeezed to death between tvTO cars. A Meadville widow whose husband died seventeen years ago has received $6 conscience money anonymously from Cleveland, $5 of the sum being interest. At West Chester on Saturday Judge Waddell affirmed the will of Ella E. Sharpless, written on a scrap of paper, Which bequeathed $30,000 to her guar-dian, Dr. H. Fronefield, Judge Metzgar, at Williamsport, de-cided the controversy over the Stark children by giving their custody to their father, with permission to their mothers to visit them. The Americus Republican club of Pittsburg celebrated General Grant's birthday by a dinner at which nearly 400 covers were laid. The guests in-cluded many prominent party men. Rev- George William Douglass has been elected rector oi St. James' Epis-copal Church, Lancaster, to fill the va-cancy caused by the election of Rev. C. F. Knight as Bishop of the diocese of Milwaukee. The assignee of the Reading Iron Works issued orders to start up the large pipe-mill of that company on May 5 for the purpose of finishing a large quantity of pipe under process of manufacture at the time of the suspen-sion. Just alter the sexton of Neshaminy Cemetery had dug a grave for Miss Margaret Long, of Hartsville, who died lately, a lafge monument, which she had erected to the family's mem-ory, fell over into the grave, filling it with tons of earth and marble. During the Lucinda oil excitement Mr. Willets paid $25,000 bonus for a lease of Georeg Clark's farm, sunk a well and got nothing. He now sues for his bounds money,claiming that the land ffas represented to him to be on the oil belt. The case will be a test one. Heber Yohn, baggage agent at tlie station, Conshohocken, was cutting grass on; a high hillside with a lawn-mower while standing on a step-ladder, the mower being ingeniously supported by a rope tied to a fence above. Ac-cidentally he cut the rope, with the mower, and there was a crash ; man, ladder and mower falling fifteen feet in a heap. He escaped with cuts and bruises. A Pugnacicfus Hawk. A big hawk dashed down into the yard of a colored man near Americus, Ga., and grabbed a chicken. The old hen interfered, and the two had a fierce fight. A daughter of the house ran out to capture the hawk, and it turned upon her, tore her hands and face severely with its talons, and then went off with the chicken, and ate it within 100 yards of the house. A Woman Sentenced to Death. Josiah and Elizabeth Potts were sentenced to be "hanged at Virginia, Neyada, for the murder of Miles Tau-cett at Carlin. This is the first time the death sentence-has been pronounc-ed on a woman in Nevada. , W h a t t o T e a c h t h e Buys. To be obedient. To have patience. To read books worth reading. To be temperate in all things. To keep themselves neat and clean. To. shun evil company and rough ways. To take'off their hats when they enter the house. To get their lessons and obey the rules of school. r Always to be employed in some use-ful occupacion. Never to chew, suoke, drink or use profane language. To keep early hours and always to be punctual and industrious. S T . E L M O H O T B L , S O S , 317 a n d 319 A.rch street, Philadelphia.—Rates re-duced to $2 t^r day. The traveling public will still find at this hotel tne same liberal provision for their come-fort. It is located in. the immediate centre of busiKess, and places of amus-ment and the differen t railroad depots,; as well as -all parts of the city, are easily accessible by street cars con-stantly passing the doors. It offers special inducements to those visiting the city for business or pleasure. Your patronage is respectfully solicted. J O S E P H M. FEGER, oc71y- , Propr
Object Description
Title | Lititz Record |
Masthead | Lititz Record 1889-05-03 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Description | Lititz newspapers 1877-1942 |
Publisher | Record Print. Co.; J. F. Buch |
Date | 1889-05-03 |
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Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Description | |
Location Covered | United States;Pennsylvania;Lancaster County (Pa.);Lititz (Pa.);Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) |
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Full Text | Published Every Friday Morning by J. FHAJfK BÜCH. QVFIOB—On Broad street, Lititx, Lancaster County, Pa. TEHMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOX.—For on* year $100, if paid in advance, and $1.2611 payment is delayed to the end of year. For six months. SO cent«, and for three months, 25 cents, strictly in advance. vja-A &ilnre to notify a discontinuance at the end of the term subscribed for, will be considered a wish to continue the paper. •»•Any person sending us five new cash snbeeribers for one year will be entitled to T&e KBCOBD for one year, for his trouble- . VOL. XII LITITZ PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 3,1889. NO 36 Rates of Advertising in the Record. l i n 2 in 3 io. 14 c. y% 1 week SO 90 1 9.Ï 2 25 4 00 7ft I 85 1-flft 3 25 5 75 1 (It) 1 75 2 50 4 K 7 50 1 Ä 15 s no 5 25 0 ofi 2 «1 S 25 4 50 7 50 13 ?5 Ü fi» 4 K fi 00 9 75 17 » 00 3 50 «-25 » 50 15 00 00 6 UU 9 5Ü 13 75 26 00 50 00 7 50 10 00 12"50 15 0" 23 0& 31 0i 54 0« Yearly advertisements to be paid quarterly. 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I have them in all colors, in various patterns, at prices far below last year's prices and in such pretty designs that they will selh White Shirts, laundried and unlaundried, the latter from 35 cents up. Who'd think of making a shirt when they can be bought at these prices ? NECKWEAR. Nothing adds so much, to the appearance of a man as a neat Collar and Necktie. I have the correct styles in seasonable summer shapes of fashionable Scarfs and Ties, in large variety to select from. These goods were made especially for me from silks of my own choice. In COT,I.AHS and Cum-'s I can supply you in linen, celluloid or paper, just as you prefer. In styles it must be funny if I cannot suit you. Would be pleased to have you call and see before going elsewhere to purchase." WALTER H. 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Laree Assortment OF New Spring Dress Goods Muslins Muslins Don't Forget, Come to Us FOB YOUR NEW AT LOWEST PRICES Muslins Spring Dress Ever Known. Low Prices, Muslins Get the Best AT Bea utiful Styles, Fair Dealing. Muslins lowest fpiees. 1,00! Baiialiis IN LOWER m PEICE THAN EVEE. BIG BARGAINS • IN Dre^ [joodfi. Come Early. Mz\ [{oodi!. I B s r r y g r a M M, T H E ^ E W g O S T O N g t O R E , No, 2 4 Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa* J On an afternoon in September Chas. Weston was walking leisurely on Broadway, New York. Absorbed in pleasant thoughts' the expression of his handsome face indicated perfect freedom from anxiety or corroding care. The hurrying crowd, the ceas-less roar and rumble of city life, were unheard or unnoticed. His heart was in his house at Hartfort, the home of his birth and of his boyhood, where he had been spending his summer vacation unrestricted by bank hours or the routine of business life. There was no shadow on that home. A comfortable income supported it. His mother was still untouched by time. His young brother, a noble and promising boy; Gertrude, his sister, was all that a sister could be, and Gertrude had a lovely female friend " There are monuments in life which we never forget." The drives, the ramble in woods, the boatings, the pleasant things said and done, with every look that accompanied them were remembered now In front of a music store he paused abruptly. A college classmate, sud-denly stood before him. Cordially they grasped each other's hands. Who could foresee the sad result of that meeting ? Why, Johnson, what has brought you from the West? I thought you were absorbed in your land projects. " Even so. And that interest brings me to the East. I have come miles out of my way to see you in reference to it." " Whete were you going ?' " Here, to get musie for Gertrude." " Gertrudei! How well I remember your beautiful sister and those happy college vacations with you at Hart-ford. Careless, boyhood days-r—never to return. • Now, let us take the cars for Central Park, I have much to say to you." Within the grqunds, Johnson took his arm. " I must talk briefly for my time is limited. Just now there is a great boom in real estate in my state ; ^especially. Land almost worthless hitherto has assumed fabulous prices." " In making a fortune for myself I must bring you in for a share Weston looked laughingly into his face. " Why, well, haven't \ ou out-lived your passion for castle-builciing yet ? Don't be offended. 'Tis only the fault of of a too sanguine tempera-ment, " Your heart is always right." " Thank you. Thank you. I have outlived my boyhood. And this is not an allusion. Here, at the East, life i3 comparatively slow. At the West all is on a grand scale. One need not toil for ever in bank or counting-room before he can reap the fruits of his labors. Now there is a golden opportunity. It may never return. There are lands which will be of immense value when the contemplated railroad passes through." " Are you sure that it will take that course ?" ' As sure as I am that I live! There i3 a pause in the construction because of contending parties, each anxious for a certain route. The side which I espouse is certain to win. I have proved my confidence by invest-ing every dollar I can spare, almost everything that I own, and have in-sured a fortune." "I fear you are too fast in calculations." " You would not think so if you were on the spot. Everybody is wild with excitement." " Not a healthy excitement. Slower and surer is better." " That is an exploded notion. Get over it, and invest in these lands." " You forget that I am not rich. The property left me by my father is small, but well invested. My salary is liberal. That is all I have. I cannot ris'k it." " Borrow the money. You can return it promptly." " Never! Never! Do not suggest it." * * * * Johnson left on the night train, hurrying to the West. Then Same a letter—"Do not cast aside my pro-posal. It is a duty to your family. You can place them in independent circumstances. Bank money can be easily and shortly restored. " All is excitement here. Now is your time. ' There is a tide in the affairs of men.' Unconsciously, Jack-son Was being made an instrument to test the virtue of his friend. Just be-fore he retired to his room a telegram arrived; " Be quick, that you may not regret it when too late." The night that followed was one never-to be forgotten. Midnight was approaching.. Alone, in the stillness, your thoughts which he. had rejected with indignation in the day came back with strange persistency. It was an hour of weakness, and Satan assailed him with all his power. Suggestions hurled back at one moment returned the next. " Making your family independent." " The money can be returned before missed." " No harm will come to any-body." Then his better nature asserted it-self. Honor, honesty, self-respect, character, were at stake. Above all, God's command forbade the act. The deed itself was to de-nounce, whatever the issue. Again that voice: "Your young brother's future ;" " his college course ;" " his profession." He walked the floor in an agony of mind, asking himself, "Shall Satan have the ascendency ? Has God for-saken me ?" The conflict was a sharp one. Every nerve was strung to its firmest tension. The occupant of the room below won-dering'as he heard the rapid, irregu-lar tread so late at night. At last it ceased. Exhausted in mind and body, Wes-ton had thrown himself, without un-dressing, upon his bed and fell into a troubled sleep. The conflict continued in his dreams till the perspiration stood in great beads upon his forehead In a ruderless boat he was tossed upon the waves. Frightful billows were surging around and over him. No hand was near to save him. " God help me ! God help me !" he exclaimed. A moment more and there was lull in the tempest. All was still; so stiil that the silence was oppressive, The darkness was like a well before him, and then, upon that darkness, in letters of light, he read— " When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee ;{and through the flood, they shall not overflow thee,: Transfixed, he gazed upon them. Slowly they faded away. Once again the handwriting appeared upon the wall:— " He is able to succor them that are tempted." These words also faded. Then through the darkness, a soft light gradually diffused itself, and from the midst a face, a form emerged. It softly appeared nearer and nearer, till it hovered over him.. It was his mother's form, his moth-er's face that looked upon him with unspeakable compassion and love. She laid her cool hand upon his fore-head, bent down and kissed him. " My son ! My son ! whither, goest thou 1 For the love of God and of yo'ur mother come back to me !" With a bound he sprang to her out. stretched arms. " My mother I my angel! mother !" he cried, in a voice of agony. The vision faded. All was still. In a dream God had sent his angel to minister unto him, and that angel was his mother ! As consciousness returned he press-ed his hand to his forehead and then sank upon his knees " Thank God ! Thank God ! I am saved!" • And he was saved ! He was free. The bonds of Satan were broken! Temptation came to him in after life; but the memory of his conflict never left him. Henceforth, he was " strong in th.e power of his might." •1» ifc jfc Sjt • For months no tidings came from his friend. Had Johnson realized his prospective wealth ? or, was all lost ?" At last a brief letter— " Thank heaven, you did not em-bark in my enterprise! I am ruined ! The opposition company carrried the day. Bribery is evident. Anyway, he railroad took the other course, and [eft our lands almost worthless. I meant well, Charley. Give me credit for that." Weston had never doubted it. Now he wrote, "Draw on me" Will, for $—— ; saved from my salary long since, and profitably invested. Pay it in future, if you wish, to some strug-gling church at the West., For the present, accept it as a claim of friend-ship." Slowly, but surely, Weston moved on in his career to assistant cashier ; and finally to president, where he now stands, holding the public confidence. The sister's friend now presides over his beautiful home. The mother and sister are with him in the winter months, and his brother stands high in the profession of the law. All know the story of his conflict and his victory/ " love him" all the more for the dangers he has passed, and never forget the sustaining"— " When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and floods they shall not overflow thee." Sweeping Carpet. I mind one of the days when I used to delight in a good stiff broom, a commodious dust cap, and open windows, and then, for a " clean sweep." But, phew! the dust that settled afterwards, and the roll of lint and dust that I carried out on my pan! My economical soul has since learn-ed better. I found that a broom, especially a coarse one, would wear out, or tear out, the surface of a wool carpet, particularly the surfaces that are ivoven in large figures. If one uses a broom they should select a fine one, but the cost of a carpet sweeper will be many times saved' by using one. All sweepers that I have seen are made adjustable, and when they wear so as to be too short to do their work thoroughly, a screw driver and a rew moments spent in lowering the brush a trifle, will make them as good as new. We used to have trouble with grease spots on carpets, but the use of benzine has removed that trouble by removing the grease. Some clean their carpets by wiping them with cloths wet with naptha. I have never tried this, but am assured by those who have, that such a washing will cleanse and brighten up a carpet wonderfully. Others scrub a wool carpet with brush dipped in' water with a little ammonia in it. If quickly done, and wet but slightly, the carpet will be greatly improyed. However I am not fond of work that must be done by getting down on one's knees,-and have found that a carpet can be cleaned and brightened by first sweep-ing thoroughly, then going over it a second time with a broom dipped in a large wash bowl of cold water and shaken out. A little ammonia in the water is an addition, and the broom should be dipped and shaken often. It is surprising to see how black the water will look after the floor is done. One of the nicest ways, in fact the one nice way, of sweeping a carpet in the room of an invalid, is to wipe it up with a wet cloth, often rinsed out of clear water. This is not an easy way of sweeping, but we do not mind a lame back where the comfort of a sick person is concerned. Twice a year a carpet should be carefully beaten, if it receives much wear. Often times the carpet on a big, shut up parlor, needs no shaking oftener than once in twelve or eighteen months; but rooms that are much used, gathering a great deal of dust. I have found that it is good economy to rip and change breaths, or to turn the carpet about, or both, in order to bring the worn spots into the new and less used places. When the " worn spots " become the greater part of the carpet, then I resort to rugs. These not only brighten up the floor, but save the carpet greatly. If the dining room has a carpet, or even a Kensington Art square, econo-my cries loudly for a crumb cloth. It should be large enough to hold the chairs set around the table, and may be made of—almost anything. You will smile when I tell you that I have seen coffee sacks sewed together and spread smoothly, making not a bad looking crumb cloth beneath the row of chairs that adorned the side of the table. Barkis Was Wiilin' " Young man," he began, as he caught him at the hall door, " you are coming hère quite often of late." " Yes, sir." " Which one is it ?" " Maud, sir." " Maud, eh ! Well, Maud is a good girl and a great favorite. I have no objections, sir. I used to go to school with your father, and I know all about you." "Thanks." "Just make yourself at home, sir. Do you happen to have $25 or $30 in your vest pocket ? I'll hand it back next week. Yes, Maud is a nice girl, and if I should lorget this loan just speak at>out it, will you ?" —The way to get rid of a bad cough or cold ii to use Dr. Coxe's Wild Cherry and Seneka. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold at the Lititz drug store. The Well Bred Girl. A social authority gives prominence to the following as things of which a well bred girl is never guilty ; She never laughs or talks loudly in public places. She never turns around to look after any one when walking on the s.treet. * She never accepts a seat from a gen-tleman in a street car without thank-ing him. She never takes more than a single glass of wine at a dinner or entertain-ment. She never snubs other young ladies, e ven if they happen to be less popular or well favored than herself. She never raises her lorgnette and tries to stare people she doesn't know out of countenance on the street. S l ow Trains. " I want to go to bed, so give me a room as soon as you can. I ought to have reached your city early this after-noon, and here it is 11 o'clock." " What made you so late ?" asked the hotel clerk, as he threw down a key to which was attached a rough edge brass tag about the size of a buckwheat cake. " Oh, slow trains ! Slow trains ! They seemed to stop everywhere and at all the little cross roads." " That's queer." " I should say it was. Why, at one place they stopped about seven minutes, while half a dozen people came out of the only house to be seen in the neighborhood and boarded the train. Did you ever hear anything like it?" "Never." " I have," said a little old man with long, shaggy hair, who had overheard the conversation while searching the Philadelphia directory for the name of a Boston firm. " You have ?" " Yes ; you may not believe it, but it's a fact. Some years ago I used to travel a good deal on the Old Colony railroad, up in Massachusetts. There was a place called Wheat Shaft Lane, where the train stopped nearly every day for an old woman, who was always there to send some eggs into town, Now would you believe it ? One day the train stopped as usual for Aunty Betsy, who was there with her eggs, but she only had eleven. She said that an old hen was still on the nest, and she wanted the train to wait until she could make up the dozen. "Yes." " Well, I'll be darned if that train didn't wait while the hen lay the extra egg." ' The late arrival said he guessed he would go to bed, the bediamond hotel clerk swooned, 'and the little old man walked down the corridor and drop-ped. wearily into a chair. Work: on t h e Gun Plant. Work at the naval gun plant in Washington has been delayed some what by the non-arrival of the forgings for the eight-inch guns. These are contracted for with the Bethlehem Steel Company, but failure to procure the the necessary material has caused a temporary let-down in the work at the foundry. Congress last year appropriated for the improvement of the plant and the erection of the necessary buildings the sum of $1,000,000, and the last Con-gress supplemented this sum by giving $625,000 additional. The Bureau of Ordinance contracted some time ago for the purchase of the improved new tools and machinery. Buildings for their reception will be ready by the latter part of this month. It Didn't W o r k very Well. A Winnepeg correspondent tells of a neighbor, one Farmer Brown, who is not well educated. His daughter has attended a boarding-school and lately they resolved to have a party of the neighboring farmers and their wives. Previous to the party she in-structed her father that when speak-ing of anything, for fear of offending he should add, " the present company always excepted." He was late for diuner, so Jane invited the guests to begin operations. They had not long commenced when in rushed Mr. Brown covered with perspiration. " Why are you so late, papa ?" asked Jane. The fact is, Jane, I've been visiting neighbor Smith's pigs, and they are the finest lot of pigs I ever seed, the present company alius excepted." The Homely Girl. * There is an old adage that says, " Beauty is but skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone." It does not bear the truth on its face. A homely girl, if she realizes she-is not pretty, is gen-erally good, generous ; and, if she gets married, makes a good wife. The pretty doll of a girl, with the face of a wax figure and with sylph-like form, generally becomes the cross, ugly old woman. She grows ill-natur-ed because her beauty has faded, which was all she prized when young. On the contrary, the homely girl welcomes age, because it brings with it the respect due to accumulated years. Age is the leveller of distinction, and the pretty, vain minx who would slight a homely sister of her age, will pay due respect to the aged of her sex. The homely girl never attempts co-quetry. In the absence of personal charms she cultivates her mind to make up the deficiency, and generally succeeds. Let the homely girl take courage. Men of sense and honor ad-mire her for her good qualities of mind and heart. At a F a m o u s New Y o r k R e s t a u r a n t. A lady was taking luncheon with her daughters at a famous restaurant in the city. Her check amounted to something less than $5. She handeel the waiter a bill and he brought her' change for $5. She declared that the bill she had given was a twenty-. She was a very quiet and refined woman, and her belief about the amount of money she had giyen to the waiter was evidently honest. But the waiter asserted that she was mistaken. He went to the desk and inquired. The answer came back that it was a $5 bill The lady put up her purse and was preparing to leave. The. head waiter asked her to step to the cashier's desk The young man then asked her if she was quite positive she had sent $20 up to him. She replied that she felt sure of it, because she had a twenty and a five in h^r purse when she came in, and the twenty was gone. With-out any more words, the cashier count-ed out the change for $20 and passed it to the lady. The fact is that the lady was mis-taken. But this particular restaurant retains the good will of the wealthiest people by the utmost confidence in their integrity. They rectify mistakes when they know the mistake is not their own rather than have their best customers offended. They will even trust a stranger for an extravagant dinner and take his visiting card for security. The system is really profi-table in the long run. They cannot be cheated twice, and the friends that they make by their liberal methods outweigh a hundred fold the occasion-al losses they sustain from trusting dis-honest people. The lady mentioned could probably not have secured her money as she did in any other place in New York. But she had all the appearance - of sincerity, and the good will of an in-fluential woman- like her meant un-doubtedly a large profit in the end Had she been refused she would never have patronized the place again, She told a hundred people of her gen erous treatment there. It is easy enough to see that in certain circles this manner of doing business is a very wise one. His Incentive. S. S. Teacher—"Johnny, you did splendidly to-day." " Yes, ma'am." " I wish all the little boys in the class would study their lesions as you do. Are you struggling to win the prize?" "Naw. Dad said he'll gimme a ticket to the next circus if I got off my lesson without a break." Monster Mississippi Bridge. Work on the great bridge which is to span the Mississippi riyer at Mem-phis, Tenn., has been commenced. The bridge proper is on the cantilever plan, and will consist of a channel span 770 feet in length. This is said to be the longest single span of the kind in the world, and its construction is a difficult piece of engineering. The bridge will also have two spans, each 620 feet in length. The bridge will be 34 feet wide, and while only one railroad track will be used at present, the strength of the bridge will be such that two tracks can be laid. The bridge will be approached from the west oyer an iron trestle 5200 feet in length and an embankment 1800 feet long. The eastern approach is over an iron trestle 1000 feet long. The bridge will be 75 feet high, the estimated cost is $2,200,000. OWEN P . BRICKEB, Esq., attorney at-Iaw, is in town every Saturday and Monday mor ning and can beeonsulted on all legal business. Lancaster offlee 48 North Duke street. The " Old Maids' Society." The history of the " Old Maids' So-ciety " in Berlin is an amusing one. In 1880 some 23 unmarried women, with a profound distrugt of mankind in general, organized a society whose principal object was to demonstrate the fact that marriage was a failure. In order to keep the members faithful to their vows a forfeit of $250 was to be paid by each who should so far forget herself as to take a husband. The society was measurably popular, and in 1883 had §1 members. But, alas for the fraility of human nature ! On the first of the present year there were but two members left, while there were $6719 in the treasury which had been paid in for forfeits. The two surviving members wisely divided the funds, gave a large donation to a hospital, dissolved the society and are doubtless married ere this. "Husband, I Want Y o u t o Try It." : I had suffered for years with a com-plaint the physicians called Gravel, and they had gi ven up the attempt to help me. My wife heard of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Ron-doùt, N. Y., and spoke as aboye, To please her I got a bottle. Used that and two or. three more, and presently the trouble vanished never to return. —Washington Monroe, Catskill, Y. Y, General News. John Everhart, a wealthy retired citizen of Pittston, died aged 80 years. Silas Updegraff, a merchant of Wat-sontown, Lycoming county, shot and killed himself. - Wiliam Smith, a miner, was fatally injured by a fall of coal , at. Draper colliery, Pottsville. Joseph Harbot, who recently cut his throat with a razor at Trout Run, Lycoming county, died on Saturday. Work has been resumed at the ore mines of the E. & G. Brooke Iron Company, at Beartown, Lancaster county. James Hitchings, a young car run-ner at Gay lord Slope, Wilkesbarre, was squeezed to death between tvTO cars. A Meadville widow whose husband died seventeen years ago has received $6 conscience money anonymously from Cleveland, $5 of the sum being interest. At West Chester on Saturday Judge Waddell affirmed the will of Ella E. Sharpless, written on a scrap of paper, Which bequeathed $30,000 to her guar-dian, Dr. H. Fronefield, Judge Metzgar, at Williamsport, de-cided the controversy over the Stark children by giving their custody to their father, with permission to their mothers to visit them. The Americus Republican club of Pittsburg celebrated General Grant's birthday by a dinner at which nearly 400 covers were laid. The guests in-cluded many prominent party men. Rev- George William Douglass has been elected rector oi St. James' Epis-copal Church, Lancaster, to fill the va-cancy caused by the election of Rev. C. F. Knight as Bishop of the diocese of Milwaukee. The assignee of the Reading Iron Works issued orders to start up the large pipe-mill of that company on May 5 for the purpose of finishing a large quantity of pipe under process of manufacture at the time of the suspen-sion. Just alter the sexton of Neshaminy Cemetery had dug a grave for Miss Margaret Long, of Hartsville, who died lately, a lafge monument, which she had erected to the family's mem-ory, fell over into the grave, filling it with tons of earth and marble. During the Lucinda oil excitement Mr. Willets paid $25,000 bonus for a lease of Georeg Clark's farm, sunk a well and got nothing. He now sues for his bounds money,claiming that the land ffas represented to him to be on the oil belt. The case will be a test one. Heber Yohn, baggage agent at tlie station, Conshohocken, was cutting grass on; a high hillside with a lawn-mower while standing on a step-ladder, the mower being ingeniously supported by a rope tied to a fence above. Ac-cidentally he cut the rope, with the mower, and there was a crash ; man, ladder and mower falling fifteen feet in a heap. He escaped with cuts and bruises. A Pugnacicfus Hawk. A big hawk dashed down into the yard of a colored man near Americus, Ga., and grabbed a chicken. The old hen interfered, and the two had a fierce fight. A daughter of the house ran out to capture the hawk, and it turned upon her, tore her hands and face severely with its talons, and then went off with the chicken, and ate it within 100 yards of the house. A Woman Sentenced to Death. Josiah and Elizabeth Potts were sentenced to be "hanged at Virginia, Neyada, for the murder of Miles Tau-cett at Carlin. This is the first time the death sentence-has been pronounc-ed on a woman in Nevada. , W h a t t o T e a c h t h e Buys. To be obedient. To have patience. To read books worth reading. To be temperate in all things. To keep themselves neat and clean. To. shun evil company and rough ways. To take'off their hats when they enter the house. To get their lessons and obey the rules of school. r Always to be employed in some use-ful occupacion. Never to chew, suoke, drink or use profane language. To keep early hours and always to be punctual and industrious. S T . E L M O H O T B L , S O S , 317 a n d 319 A.rch street, Philadelphia.—Rates re-duced to $2 t^r day. The traveling public will still find at this hotel tne same liberal provision for their come-fort. It is located in. the immediate centre of busiKess, and places of amus-ment and the differen t railroad depots,; as well as -all parts of the city, are easily accessible by street cars con-stantly passing the doors. It offers special inducements to those visiting the city for business or pleasure. Your patronage is respectfully solicted. J O S E P H M. FEGER, oc71y- , Propr |
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