Lebanon Advertiser

              VOL. 46-NO. 18.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1893.
WHOLE NO.—2358.
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IKNNSYLVAN1A KA1LKOAD.
On and after May ?f, 189S, trains will leave
Lebanon a* follows, connecting at Conewagf
for all points on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Leave Lebanon at 6.80 a. m. Arrive at Cone,-
vriieo 7.15 a. _a.,I_ancasterS.lo a. m., Philadelphia 10.20 a. m., Sew York 1.10 p. in., Hinrlv-
burg 7.45 a. m., Altoona 1.45 p. m., Pittsburg
B.SOp. m. This train makes close connection
at Harrisbnrg for points on the Northern
Central and Phiit-rtol phia & Erie Bailroad.
Leave Lebanon 8.10 a.m. Arrive at Conewago R.53 a.m., Philadelphia, 11.... a. in., New
York 2.03 p. m.
Leave Lebanon 10.50 a.m. Arrive at Cone
wago 11.85 a. m., Harrisburg 12.01 p. m.
Philadelphia 3.00 p. in., New York 5.50 p. m.
This train makes close conneotion at Harrisburg for points on the Northern Centra!
and P. & K.K. B.
Leave Lebanon 2.00 p. m., arrive at Conewago 2.43 p.m., Lancaster 3.45 p. m. Phlladel
Spin. 6.45 p. m.. New York 9.20 p. m.. Harris
Erg8.10p. m., Altoona 7.25 p. m., Pittsburg
11.20 p. m., Baltimore 6.45 p. m., Washington
8.15 p. m.
leave Lebanon 8.15 p. m. Arrive at Cone
wago 4.00 p. m., Lancaster, 4.45 p. m., Philadelphia 6.50 p. m., New York 9.85 p. ro.
Leave Lebanon 0.35 p. m. Arrive at Ooue-
\»ago7.20 p.m., LancasterM0D. m.. Phlladel
phia 10.65 p. m., New York 3.50 a. in., Harrisburg 7JOJ»_l___
8. M.PB-JVOST, J. B. V.OOD.
Ueneral Manager.       (*enl. Pas^r. Agt.
July 1, 1802.
PHILADELPHIA AND BEADING BAILBOAD. 	
ARBANGEMENTorPASSENGEBTBAINS.
MAY 14th, 1898.
1BAINS LEAVE LEBANON.
For New York via Philadelphia, Weekdays,
7:03,8:50,10:80 a. m.  2:16, 4:40 and IMS p. in.;
8unday,7:42 a. m.. 2:49and 4:49 p. va.
■Tor Mew York via Allentown, W eekdays, 6:05
'  7:03 a. m., 12:51,2:16, p. m. Sunday, T.U, 9:42
a.m.
ror Philadelphia, Weekdays, 6:05, 7:03, 8:50,
1O-.30a.m.,2:16, 4.40 and 6:45p.m.; Snnday,
7:42 a. m., 2:49,4:49 and 6:53 p. m.
ror Middletown, Weekdays, 6:08, 8:28 a. m,
12^5, 5:26, and 11:25 p.m.) Sunday,9:50and
11:50 a. m. 5:06 p. m.
ror Beadlnv, Weekdays, K-.05, 7:03 (Fast Express) 8:50,10:80a. m.. 12:51, 2:16,4:40, «:45,9:00
p. m. Sunday, 7:42,0:42a. m.,2:49,4:40,5:51,6:53
P.-».
For Allentown, Weekdays,6:05,7:03,8:50a. m.,
12:51,2:18 and 4:40 6:45 p.m.;   Sunday. 7:42,
9:43 a. to., 4:49 p.m.
For Harrisburg, Weekdays. 6:08, 8:23, 11:00 a.
m., 12:55, 2:28, 5-_0. 7:07, 8:50 (Vast l-xpress),
and H-25 p. m.; 8 -nday, 7:36, 9:56,11:5. a. m.,
5:06,7K», 11:25 p.m.  ]
Kor Pinegrove, Weekdays, 8:25 a.m., 1:00, 6:15
and 8:65 p. m.
ror Gettysburg, Weekdays, 6:08,11:00 a.m., 2:28
5-26 p.m.   Sundnys. 7:_6.11:5.', a m.
ror 8hlppensburg, Weekdays, 6:03,    :«0 a. m.,
2:26 p. m.   Sundays, 7:36, H:'<0 a. m.
For Brookslde, Weekdays 8 St a. m.. 1.00 p. in.
ror Pottavllle via Plna Grove, Weekdays. 8.25
a. m. and 1.00 p. m.
TBAINS FOB LEBANON.
Leave New York via Allentown, Weekdays.
4.00, 8:15 8-45, and 11:33 a. m., 12:30 1:00, 8:45,
5:45 6:06p.m.   Sundav, 1:00.5:800:00 p. m.
Leave New York Tto Philadelphia, Weekdavs,
8-00, nJS, a. m., 1:80,4.00,5:00 p. tn., and i_t_l_
midnight; Sunday, 1:80 5:00 p. m. and 12:15
midnight.
Leave Philadelphia, Weekdays, 4:12.1:85.10:00
a. m., 1:40,4:00. SM, 7:16 p. in.; Sunday, 4.00
6:30 0:05 a. m., 8:40, and 7:15 p. m.
Leave Beading. Weekdays. 6_05, 7:16,10:10, and
11:50 a.m.. 1:88,4.24, 6:00,7:67 and 10:28 p. m.
Sundays.8:80,8:50, and 10:50 a. m., 4:00, SMS,
and 10:28 p.m.
i-eave Allentown. weekdays, 5:47, and 8:43 a.
m , 12:16,1.4S, 4:25,  6:42,0:05 p. m.; Sanday,
7:25 a. m., 4:25 and OKA p. m.
Leave llariisburg. Weekdays,  6:10, 6.20, 7:55,
9:85 a. m., and 11:55 noon, 1:25, 8:45, 5:50, ana
8:66 p. m. vMtndays, 6:50, and 8-JO a. iu.,'l:u0,
4r0t>, M0,6:10 p. m.  '
Leave Brookslde, e.so & m, and 12.16,2.55 p. m.
Leave Pine Grove, i.ii, and 7.30 a. in., and
1.00 and 4.20 p.m.
atlamtic crrr division.
Leave Philadelphia. Chestnut Street Wharl
and South Stieet Wharf
FOE ATLANTIC CITY.
Weekdays—Express, 8:00. a.   m..  S00,  843
_.0U, fcOO p.  ma.   Accommodation, 8:00 a.  m.,
5,45 p.m.
Sundays—Express. 8.00, 9:60, 10.00 a. m. Accommodation, 8:00, a. m., and 4:80 p. m.
Beturning leave Atlantic City Depot .corner
Atlantic and Arkansas Avenues. Weekdays,
Express 7:00, 7:45 0.00 a. m., and 3.30, and 5.30,
p. m. Accommodation, 8.15 a. m., aad ADO
p. m.
Sundays—Express, 4:00,5.45, 8 00 p. m.   Accommodation, 7115 a. in., and 4.80 p. m.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
C. Q. HANCOCK,
Gen'l Paisenger Agent,
1. A. SWK1GABD.
General Manager.
Apr. 21—tl.
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DIRECT BOUTE FOB ALL POINTS on thk
PENNSYLVANIA BAILBOAD.
Arramgemen t of Passenger Train*.
Ob and alter Monday, May 22, 1893, passenger trains will run as follows :
I.eave—  AH    AM    am     pm     pm      ps
Lobe non....1:30 8:10 1«.6» 2:1X1 3:15 OF
Cornwall...s-41 8:20 11:01 2:1.1 8:-.<6 6.0
Mt. (iretna._:r.     8:80  1<:11    2:21     3:37     6:57
4rrl».- AM      All       PM       FM       PM PM
La*icaster..-:l'i    ....   12:50    3:45    4:46     ..41
P M      P Jf        P M      P X      P M P tt'
Phlladera.l0:_n 11:25    3:""    IMS   6:50    1":.W
PM     FM     PX     PK     F  M        All
New York.l2:53    2:03    |_S0    o.vn    9:85     AS)
AM PMPM PM
Harrisburg.7:45 1:05 12:'I 3:lu .... 7:51'
Wlllla'sp't 11:16 .... 3:0" 7:00 .... 10:4'
Pittsburg...6 50 8:_0 9.00 U:2'i .... 7:45
Leave- am -m am am pm t v
New York.IBIS   0:0(1 .... till'
Philadel'a..4:30 7:<m 8:SU ] 1:..(. .... 4:.T
Lancaster. .1:82 9:31 10:5") 2:00 2:50 6:V>
H irri.iinvif.^-55 t-.M 11:40 2:15 3:40 7:*
Willla'ip,t..8:2^ ... 8:15 .... IBM 4:0
Pittsburg...8:10 1:10 .... 7:1% t*» ...
Arrl»»- an am rn pm pm psi
Mt. Gretna 7*1 lOtSS 1BS0 8:20 MS 8:25
Corn wall... 8:04 11:05 12:40 8:S» 4:41 mm
LehMnon ...8:15 11:15 12:50 8:40 4:56 8:4.'-
All train* daily exoept Sundays. Tickets
Sor all Western point*. Baggage checked
through.
MT. GR-TNA PARK, on tke line of thi*
Boad. is the p» rmun«n11ocatlun of the Penu-
svlvan'a Chautauqua, the Unite* Brethren
Cainp-Mw-ting. and Mt Gretna runners'
Kncamoment andIndu-trlal Exposition, and
the moat nopular Kxourston Besort In ea.tern
Pennsylvania for Sunday Schools and other
organizations.
A. D. SMITH,
Geneml Superintendent.
"S'POSE IT'S SATAN."
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to pay pottage, he will send 100 Bam-
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1 how to pirn,   .
I Our prices are much lees than c	
Hood Paper *t_c., Gold Paper tc., Handeome Oold
Parlor Papers, 10 to 20c. per piece. All our papers
have wide bonier! aad ceilings to natch.
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It was only the ground on which the
150 boys of Dr. Kellar's school disported
themselves. Bot besides the boys present there were at least 150 demons and
angels of ambition, envy, loyalty, perfidy and truthfulness.
The doctor himself, In a new suit of
tweed, seemed to the b*5"S to be far more
approachable here in the midst of their
sports than when in academic cap and
gown he cast gloom throngh their rati!;:;
by stalking along with that search--
eye of his well turned on the discon -
ture of evildoers. However, even at
these grewsome times, the boys admitted
among themselves that Kellar was a gentleman, and that they'd rather take a
hiding from him than punishment drill
from a cad any day.
For they were proud of Kellar's, loyal
to the school, and ready to battle to the
bitter end against any common foe who
dared to asperse it in the slightest degree.
A little lad of 10 had just ran light
heartedly on the ground when the aforesaid searchlight fell on him, and simultaneously the head master shouted out:
"Colville two, I thought yon had detention?"
Colville two, a redheaded, merry faced
boy, smiled cheerfully, as if detention
were a good joke to which he was well
accustomed, and replied with pleasant
promptness:
"So I have, air."
"Then what brings yon ont here?"
"I s'pose tf s Satan. He's always doing it."
"Doing what?"
"Making me naughty," said Colville
two, with pathetically fearless frankness.
Then Kellar's little daughter went np
and kissed him.
Twelve years later tbe battle of Tamai
was being fought, and Colville two was
in the thick of it. He had been slightly
wounded in an attack that had been
made upon McNeil's Zareba a few days
previously, and his oolonel had mentioned him in despatches and recommended him strongly for the "V. C."
for personal gallantry.
On the strength of this Lieutenant
Colville had written to the girl he was
engaged to, who was at Cairo with her
mother, telling her that he would not
wait to marry her a day after he had got
his company.
'Tve always been a lucky fellow,
thongb I've baea in no aod of scrapes all
my life," the boy wrote, "and now the
crowning look of all is that I shall win
yon and the Victoria cross at the same
time. Heaps of fellows deserve it jnst
aa much as I do, only I happened to be
in front, yon aaa, and waa lucky enough
to be able to make myself a target for
the concealed enemy, who bad been
picking oS onr men Uke ninepins. Th*
Arabs turned their nre on me, and onr
fellows were able to see where the beggars fired from. I must bear a charmed
Ufe, I think, for the ground was fiddled
aU around me. Bob (Bob was her brother) and I fought shoulder to shoulder for
hours, and wa shall again many a day, I
hope."
The girl who got this letter was
worthy of the gallant, tight hearted boy
who wrote it, nnd she sent him pages of
such loving, proud, encouraging words
as only a proud, loving woman can
write.
"I wish I were yonr wife that I might
go to the front and dress your wounds
myself, my own love. Evan as it is I
am capable uf dressing as a boy and going to the camp. I quite understand
Constance de Beverley's bowing her
pride and riding for three long years in
Lord Marmion's train. Only, Jack,
there wonld be no 'bowing of pride' in
my case. I should be prouder than ever
if I could only do something to show the
whole camp, the whole world, how dearly I love my boy."
Tben she went on to tell how regularly
she wrote to his mother, keeping her
posted np in all that Jaok was doing and
suffering and winning. "Shots my beloved mother, and only she can fully
understand how dearly I have loved you
ever since that day when I went and
kissed you because you said yon 's'posed
it was Satan made you naughty.'"
Violet Kellar had fought a hard fight
before she had gained her father's oon
sent to become engaged to penniless Jack
Colville. The girl's brilliantly good
looks, attractive manners and .general
cleverness had brought far more eligible
men to her feet. Bnt she had been
faithful to her first love through it all.
"I hate poverty, bot I love Jack," she
wonld say, when her father pointed ont
to her how far more sensible it wonld be
of her to marry a man who could give
her a good establishment in which he
could stay at home in ease with her than
to link her lot with tbat of a mere subaltern in a inarching regiment.
"Probably after they have settled this
disturbance in Egypt his regiment will
be sent off to India tor three or fonr
years; and as he can't marry on his pay
yon will be left behind to meditate on
yonr folly in having engaged yourself."
"I shall marry him as soon as this
affair is over in Egypt, papa, and if he
can't give me bread and water enough
to support me HI beg it from some one
who can. I dont want a good establishment or a husband who'll stay at
home in ease.    1 want._. .... mean
to have him!"
"The boy always got v.l _ t lie wanted,
confound him," her father grumbled
good temperedly, and wheu he said that
Violet knew that her case was won.
Her mother, after the manner of
mothers, sympathized witb the yonng
people's romance and hopefully assured
her that Jack wonld win promotion in
some miraculous way without seeing
much dangerous service.
So when Violet said: "Mother, dear, I
don't want a swell wedding. I don't
even want a wedding dress—Jack like*
me in sailor serge better than anything,
but I do want to go ont and be as near
him as I can. Take me to Cairo and let
the chaplain marry us as soon as tbe
fighting is over." Mrs. Kellar agreed
to do so, and all their acquaintances
declared that the mother was as great a
fool as the daughter.
Violet's letter was keeping his hjfcart
warm this day at Tamai. He was feeling unaccountably happy and light hearted, as after a sharp tussle with half f
dozen Arabs, three of whom he killed
with his revolver, he was allowed breathing time for a few minutes, during which
he ent the word "Suakin" on the little
black pipe that had been his inseparable
companion during the whole of the campaign.
Suddenly just as he had Ughted and
returned smoking it, he heard a frantic
shout, and glancing up he saw young
Kellar dash forward and fire at someone
behind him (Jack). Simultaneously he
felt a sharp agonizing pain in bis back
and knew that he was struck by a poisoned spear. An Arab, who had been
concealed in a bush, had crept ont and
stabbed him before young Kellar could
intervene.
He had staggered and then fallen on
his face, and they thought that he was
dead for a minute. Bat w hen they lifted
him and were carrying him away a faint
flicker of the old fun came into bis fading bluefbyes as he said:
"I wanted Violet and the 'V. C. so
muoh.   S'pose 'twas Satan"	
Before he conld finish the sentence the
fading light went out, and the blue eyes
closed forever in this world.
• * # * » »
Who shall tell her? The whole regiment knew the story of Jack's love, and
not a man in it bnt felt beartsore for the
girl who had loved and been so proud
of ber yonng hero.
"It will break my heart to go to Violet with suoh a tale." her brother
moaned. "I'd rather take a revolver
and blow my own brains but than have
the task."
"You shall not haye it," bis colonel
promised. "Ill go to her myself with as
bitter tidings as I've had to convey."
Colonel Branksholme's month twitched, and his steady, fearless gray eyes
filled with tears as he spoke. But this
was more for the fine young soldierly
lifo which had been cut short in its glory
than for the desolate girl who waa left
to mourn it. However, he fulfilled his
task so synn pathetically that Violet soon
found ber greatest comfort in talking of
her lost lover to his gallant chief.
"Time treads on the grave oi affection!" Snd, merciful Time! Two years
after Jack foil at Suakin, Colonel Brauks-
holme, who had been away on leave for
a month, telegraphed to tbe second in
command of the regiment, "My wife and
I will be back tonight.™
"WeU give them a grand reception.
Have the band to meet them, take t!
horses out and drag the carriage along
the parade," some of the more enthusiastic of the juniors declared. But
when young Kellar said: "Better not.
The bride is my sister," the regiment
felt that the less demonstration they
made on the occasion of her joining it
the better. Jack's memory was too green
with them still for them to give her anything bnt a silent and rather aad welcome.—Montreal Star.
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At about 3 o'olock on a raw, blustery
March morning the inhabitants of tbe
little village of Shickshinny on the upper Susquehanna were roused from
sleep by hoarse shouts and by the violent ringing of the church bell. Men
and boys dressed in haste, and a crowd
soon congregated on the river shore.
There was good canse for excitement.
The ice, which seemed comparatively
firm on the previous evening, had broken
during tbe night. The yellow tide, already swollen to many feet above its
normal level, was almost hidden by the
heaving, grinding cakes. And worst of
aU this unexpected event had placed an
unknown human being in peril. From
Scrub ialand came hoarse shouts for
help and at intervals the discharge of a
gun. The red flashes could be plainly
seen.
Scrub island lay in inidchannel directly opposite the village. It was hardly more than a bar, for nothing grew
upon it but bushes. Near thp lower end
was a small cabin, which Some of the
village boys built for amusement out of
driftwood. Here the castaway had probably taken refuge, and his situation was
extremely critical.   In a short time the
cabin would surely be carried off by the
rising flood and ice.
As the crowd were speculating on the
unknown one's identity and discussing
the hopelessness of rescue, Squire Tyson,
the most wealthy and influential man of
the village, came running down the
shore.
"Jasper is on the island," he cried,
wringing his hands in agony. "He
went over this afternoon to shoot ducks
and has not returned home. He must
have fallen asleep in the cabin, and the
ice has carried away his boat. Will no
one save my poor boy? Are you all
cowards?"
The unhappy man grasped a boat that
lay bottom np on the shore and tried to
drag it into the water.
Half adozen men caught and held him.
"You will only throw your life away,"
they cried. "No boat could move a
dozen yards in that ice. We could save
your boy if there was any chance at all."
The squire suddenly realized that this
was true. He stood gazing mutely toward
the island, bis face rigid with despair.
A groan of pity burst from the crowd as
another gunshot was heard, followed by
hoarse appeals for help. The tide rose
higher and higher, bnt now clear spots
were visible here and there, and all at
once the river seemed to become free of
ice;
The meaning of this was plain. The
ice had formed a gorge somewhere up
stream. Here seemed a chance of rescue, bnt no one was willing to take advantage of tt. The crowd knew by past
experience tbat the gorge would likely
break in a moment or two, and then the
freed ice would sweep everything before
it Uke an avalanche. In vain the squire
appealed to them. In vain the poor boj
on the island cried for help. Not a man
would risk what seemed certain death.
Suddenly a stoutly built lad of 16 separated from tbe throng, and rnnning np
the shore a few yards he hauled a light
skiff into the water. He seized the oats
that lay in tbe bottom and polled sturdily into the swirUng current, beading in
a diagonal course up stream.
A simultaneous cry of amazement
burst from the crowd. Some cheered
the daring lad; others warned him back.
"God bless him!" cried tbs squire,
bursting into tears.
Indeed, Curt Webb was the last one
any person wonld have believed capable
of such a brave deed. He was an orphan and worked hard for a livelihood
in a grocery store. The village boys,
headed by Jasper Tyson, despised and
hated him because he had persistently
refused to join any of tbeir mischievous
depredations. He could never be induced to fight his tormentors, though
Jasper and others dared him to combat
many a time. So the boy s gratified their
malice by calling him the "coward," and
by this epithet he was known in the village.
But the "coward" was surely astonishing his enemies now, and his progress
was watched with breathless interest.
No one expepted to see him come back
aUve.
Steadily the boat crept toward the island. Curt bent to the oars with all
his might and managed to hold his own
against the fierce current. Occasionally
he glanced over !£> shoulder and was
relieved to see no 'trace of approaching
ice. The shore soon faded from view,
and as he neared the island he shouted
cheerily to give notice of his approach.
Jasper shouted back and fired a bunch
of grass to guide his rescuer.
The water had already reached the
cabin, and jnst as Curt swung the boat
into the little eddy behind it he heard a
grinding noise np the river and saw a
white mass looming into view. The
gorge had broken, and the ice was coming down with sweeping force.
Jasper stood in the cabin door, and
when the flaming wisp of grass showed
him the face of his rescuer he blushed
with shame.
"You!" he exclaimed, and that single
word spoke volumes.
"Dont stop to talk," cried Curt hurriedly. "Jump iii. ., me ice,
and we have a slim chance of dodging
it."
Too late. Even as Jasper sprang to
the boat the water heaved and tossed,
and the rumble of the dread avalanche
deepened to a roar. Half a dozen cakes
of ice swirled by, riling uid tailing with
the waves. Curt pulled straight down
stream, while his companion crouched
in the stern of the boat, helpless witb
terror. But the race could end in only
oue way. The line of broken ioe came
grinding on Uke a race horse, growling
with fury. It smashed the cabin to fragments and sped after the frail Uttle c nt ft
that was striving so hard to escape.
Jasper cried out with terror and held his
hands before his face to shut out the awful sight. Curt stack to the oars, but
he knew nevertheless that escape was
out of the question. His brave hear*
sickened at the thought of what woul<
happen when the crashing ice cakes
reached tbe boat.
Suddenly he saw something that roused
a glimmer ot hope. Twenty yards toward tbe toft shore and slightly in advance of the avalanche floated a huge
tree, evidently torn bodily from the soil.
Its broad end, bristling with snakelike
roots, was turned down stream, and
here and there it thrust out thick limbs
that served to steady it, like outriggers
on a boat.
The opportunity was a good one. for
the tree looked sufficiently strong and
massive to hold its own against the turbulent ice. If the castaways oonld reach
it, they stood a fair chance of escaping
death. Cnrt's resolve was instantly
formed. He roused Jasper from bis
stupor of fear and briefly explained what
he intended to do.
"Now," cried Curt.
Jasper caught the dangling roots and
pulled himself to a piaoe of safety. An
agile spring landed Curt beside hbn, and
the next instant the boat was whirled off
into the gloom. As the lads crept higher np the trunk, Jasper slipped and was
precipitated into the water. In bis struggles to keep from sinking he seized one
of the roots and clung to it frantically.
crying for help.
At the risk of his life, Curt crawled
down, and with some difficulty rescued
his companion. They lost no time in
choosing positions among the heavy
limbs and then had barely settled themselves when down the shock came. The
towering massceof ice surged around tbe
tree, burying the trunk from sight at
times and rocking it to and foo like a
cradle. The peril was frightful and imminent for half an hour. Tbe boys were
beyond the reach of tbe ice, however,
and happily tbe outriggers prevented the
tree from rolling over.
Tbe night wore on, and when it broke
the tree stranded on one of the piers of
the Catawissa bridge. Willing hands
rescued the castaways witb ropes, and
when they had recovered from their exposure they were sent home by rail,
whither the glad news had already preceded them.
It need hardly be said that Curt was
never called a coward again.—William
Murray Oraydon in Hartford Courant
la a German Workshop.
We bad to be at work at 0 o'clook ia
the morning and to keep on till 8 o'clook
at night. Even on Sundays we worked
from 6 o'clock to dinner time. Some
wonld keep on till it was dark on Sunday evening and content themselves witb
knocking off early, as they called it. And
such workl
Everybody would work as if the house
were on fire. It was all piecework. The
man who stood next myself had made
veneered chests of drawers for 80 years,
and never hail made anything else. He
would turn out two veneered chests of
drawers in a week, and the -Work was
faultless. These chests would, I am
sure, sell readily la Brisbane for from
Xli to £15 each. Ha earned about V
Prussian thalers per week. On the other
side of me stood a man who made German secretaires. There were nine or tea
men in the shop. The master was working too. He seemed just as poor as the
men.
Whenever work was  finished, some.
furniture dealer would come round and
bay it.  The men seemed all more or less .
askew in their bodies with overwork. If •
ever they had an ambition in their lives,
it wss to instill a proper sense of respect
into the two apprentices.—"Adventures
of a Danish Emigrant."
A Gentle Hint. 'i~&
Aunty (shocked)—Do yon and your
sister quarrel over your canAy this way
when at home?
Little Johnny—No'm. Mamma always gives us so much we both has
plenty.—Philadelphia Item.
Typographical Error.
An Indiana paper found it necessary
to publish the following correction:
"For 'Burglar Meeting' in the heading
of the article in our-last issue relating
to the proceedings of the Town Coun-
cil, read 'Regular Meeting.'"
Furniture at Private Sale.
Bureau, Chests, Tables, Hose, Cooking Utensils, Stove, Chairs, Demijohns,
Bells, Brushes, and other articles,   Inquire at Advertises Office.
Book-keeping, <§gpewpitii?g|,
•Shop^and,      ^eij>m<an§bip,
a! l Lebanon sBusiness College!
analogue.
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