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VOL. 38.-NO. 15.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13,1886.
WHOLE NO.-1962.
PROFESSIONAL CAEDS,    .
LEE I.. GRIT—BIN K, Attorney-at-Law
Office, Mo. 729 Cumberland street, half a
sq uare east o. the Court House, Lebanon, Pa.
-one 30,1884.
DK1IB _ FISHER. Attorneys.at-I.aw.
Office, No. 126J-; North Ninth Street' Lebanon, Fa. [January 6,1-8B.
C* F.OU-K B. Us-BICH.—Attorney -at -
X Law aud DISTlilCT ATTOKNE Y. Office,
742V_ (Second floor) Cumberland Street, Leba
non'Fa. [HOT. 19,1883.
FEXRY T. BIBIGHAUS, Attorney-at-
Eaw. has removed his Law Ollice to the
•;ci nd floor of A. Kise's llat Store Buildi n _,
ii— rly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Fa.
r ec. 13,1876. __
J OH- MEILY, Jr., Attorney-at-Law—
Office removed to building of Geo. IS. L'l-
r'ch, Esq., No. 7421- Cumberland street, second
floor. ' July 23,1884.
>'3   P. LIGHT, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
■_)•     No. 104,   K.   Ninth Street,  next door
north of the Trinity U. B. Church, Lebanon,
l'a.
Jan. lti, 1884.
-SIX DAYS -
-A.T-
TOH- BE-CH»_r, Attorney-at-Law.—Ot-
*i   lice next door loi lie City llotel tend opposite.
. he County Jail, on Eighth street.
Lebanon, August 29,1883.     	
JvB. S. T. LIStAWEATER, Physician
J and J*>nr_re_n.—Ollice at residence, on
North Ninth street, two doors north of Guil-
I ord. [Lebanon, May 30, '83—lini*
HOWARD   C.   SHIRK.— Attorney-at-
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
Hear Willow. [April 11.186B.
DR. J. F. PE_*_R3liA!Y, Honi—'OpatbU*
Physician and burg- ou.—Offioe. 504 .uiii-
berland street, Lebanon, Fa. consultations
in English and German. Attends all calls,
night or day. April 28,1886.1y*
B. K.  P.   BI _.-*—»E lias  removed
his office to No. 431 Chestnut axreel.
(tpril 28,1886. 	
D
JOSIAH ¥ LKCK A SON, Attorney »-at-
Law.—Removed to 728W Cumberland St.,
ueond floor, (Funck's building,) oorner of
C.iiiiberiaud street and Liberty alley, Leba-
non, t'a. April 14, 1880.
CIHABLES H. KI LI.IXGEK, Attorney-
j at-Law, has removed his office to No. 112
North Eighth street, opposite theold Lutheran
Church.  A i ril 14, 18t0.
} ACCB G. ABA-IS, Attorney-at-Law.—
*t  Office opposite City Hotel, and one door
-onth ot   County   Prison,  on  Sooth Eighth
■ Street. Lebanon, Pa. June 19,1878.
.   t        1KAXI1   SELTZER,   Attorney-at-
____.. Law.—Office removed to No. 21 A'orth
-tenth Street, next door to Squire Kreider'soffice, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,1888.
OHM It. nTHFB   Attorney-at-Law,
Office in Grit?lager". jJuilding, No. 16 N.
.'- In th street, Lebanon. Pa.,
Lebanon, January 24.1883.
B. J. H. J—EASE, Dentist.
Office, South Eighth street, opposite the
11", Lebanon, Pa. Nov. 22.1882.
•J
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[-•BANK E. MEILY,Attorney-at-Law.—
1* Office removed to rooms lately occupied
I y Adam ttrittinger, esq., dee'd., on Market
. quare. North Ninth Street.
Lebanon, Not. 1.1882,  •
I RAhT WEIDHAM, Attorney -al-Law.
IJ* Office No. 11, North Ninth Street, Market
-•iil.tre. Lebanon. Sept. 20,1882.
B ASHLER BOYKh, Attorney-at-Law.—
Office No. 28, North Eighth Street, three
i oors nor—i of the Catholic Church, Lebanon.
May 28,1884. ______
J   P. SIIIXItLE GOBIM, Attorney-at-
. Law.—Office No. 21 North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa. May 28,1884.
I_>   fl. HARK, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
• atNo. 839 Cumberland Street, second floor
i D. S. Kaber's Drng Store.    Scrivenlng and
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon, April 10.1878.  ■	
CAPP -_ SHOC_C,Attorweys.at-Law.—
Office—Mo. 7—}_ Cumberland street, second l.oor. Rooms lately occupied by J. Funck
& Son Esqs. April». 1884.
JACOB V.. REINOEHL, Attorney-at
Law.—Office above the valley Naflona
Bank, North Eighth street, next building to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
*9_All law business promptly and carefully
transacted.   Collections In Lebanon and adjacent comities will receive diligent attention.
SS.Cau be consulted In English and German
Lebanon. .Inly 29.18S4.	
TJ    HARVEY SELTZEB,
VETEBJNABY SUMGEON;
Graduate ofthe American Veterinary College,
New York.   Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.
QIIICE—Ii.rear of 'M —'. Cumberland Street,
April 6,1885-ly Lebanon, Pa.
DB. WM. _?. BISECE, Homoeopathic
Physician. Graduate ot Hanemann Medical College. Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted in
English and German. [April 14,1S8G.
TIN and SHEET IRON
Mahufactor
Y
(Established In 1855.;
James H. Rogers,
Takes this method to inform the Public thai
still carries on th'
TIN AND SHEE1 IB ON BUSINESS
at the old Stand,
No. 16 South Kinth treet.
Where he has the Best and Largest Assort—len
ot Home-made Tin Ware in the county. Young
beginners will find it to their advantage to
come and examine his Stock before pur chasing
elsewhere.
Roofing, Spouting,
AMD ALL-IND8 ill
JOBBING
entrusted to him personally attended to     A
he Is a
-Practical Workman
hflcan guarantee all work entrusted to him.
-J V \I IflS X. ItOil BBS
I— ban on. May 14.1884. 	
JACOB IUEDLE, Jr.,
QO A CUMBEBLAMJ STBEET, Q-)/_
0_5 -_ LEBANON, PA., O-i _*
has on hand, and will make to order all .kinds
—of-     .
BOOTS AUD BH0E8,
BOOTS AND -HOBS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
such as Gaiters, Walking Shoes for Hen, Boys
and Children, of home-made work; also. La
dies' Gaiters, Lace Boots, Button Slippers, Ac,
Ac, of all kinds and qualities, for Ladies, Misses and Children, home-made, all of which will
ba sold at one-half the prices formerly sold at.
Jar lie has a large stock on hand, and desires
to close them out at the
VER TLO WEST CASS PRICES.
JJ—- Also, always on hand, a large and complete assortment of city made and Eastern
Shoes, &c, which will be sold at tbe very lowest rates, being determined not to be undersold by any other establishment, either here or
elsewhere.
A_*- Measures taken, and work made to oraer
III retoforo, at the shortest notice and in the
most satisfactory style.
—W Eepairing attended to, at shortest notic
and In the neatest manner.
jC—-All are Invited to call, examine prices,
quality, __, and then determine tor themselves who Is selling the cheapest.
JACOB ROE P. RL. jr.
I—hssiion. Anrll Ifi. IKxt .
UNION BOILER WORKS
 OF	
_._a_BA-ft-_tr, p.a
OBERT & GROVE
PR0PR1E10R8.
THE undersigned have erected a new
BOILER SHOP on POUBTH STBEET, on
ine of Philadelphia & Heading It. B., in which
has been placed all the latest machinery necessary for the manufacture of all kind of
Furnace Casings,
Boilers, Blast Pipes,
Barrows, Tanks,
—AND ALL KINDS OF—
PLATE kM SHEET IBM WORE
49-Experienced an u skill In I workmen have
been engaged, and. especial attention will be
paid to repairing. F. J. OBEBT,
July 16.1884.1 JAC. H.  GRIIVK.
DOLLAH8 pays fo*
L1.B SCHOLARSHIP i_
_P_f_.__.H-_S'
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Positions for Graduates.
Time required 3 to 4 mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Ev-
eryt—iog.  Write for Circuit-n.
O. SHENK'S STORE,
OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE.
REVIEW:
nyr niV 1st day of the six we advertised a line of Efh-
UIIL U AI "broideries that were below competition. Don_
ask for them, they are gone. It may be that some one of your
friends who loaded up more than sbe had immediate use for will
divide with you.
Since writing the above we have received another large m-
voice of Embroideries the more we compare the more we ourselves are surprised at the prices we offer them. Don't miss
this lot.
mT IU H ~2d day we told y°u of Quilts, Woolen Blan-
I ufll. kets, 8rc. The Quilts are standard, good sellers, we duplicate them right along; people appreciate the goods
and the price. Of Woolen Blankets not many remain, the
balance at your price. And White Counterpanes; that one
at $1—you know—another large lot of them, can't duplicate when
these are gone.
iynTyrn Hit This day was nearly exclusively devoted, as
ilU I nLn UAI .""advertised, to Muslins and Remnants
of all kinds. We have a grip on Muslins that's death to former
prices, and we bold them there. Remnant Day was a lively
day with us; we gave and the people accepted. "Remnants"
with us frequently means, to customers and other small dealers,
desirable patterns.
ri|SQ n|¥ _We advertised Dress Goods. You remember
III- II ill. the crowd you saw at our Cashmere Counter.
Did you ever see All-wool Cashmere go at that price? We keep
the price there. A case of a kind, but they go. A larger stock of
Dress Goods seldom seen in a retail house, and* they tumble to
the price.
[ j F T H11" _We made this a special day in our Wrap De-
U 8 I ,"m"jpartment.' We had thousands of dollars worth
of Coats and Wraps of all kinds; notice now the stock; certainly it would still be large for some dealers, but they sell every
day; don't require an expert salesman, the price sells them; who
wouldn't buy now?
1 | P T l> IV _This particular day was for the Gents, you re-
LaO Ufil. member. Suits of Meltons and Sawyers
led the sales; that's readily accounted for—Shirts, Collars,
Cuffs, Hosiery, SfC., naturally fell in with Suitings, altogether it was a bright day for the head of thia department, who,
in his characteristic enterprise was equal to it.
The above invoice of ads. was taken for our own information.
We thought it might make another. So here it is—new things
every day at
w  _ C. SHENK'S STORE.
March 17, 183G.
ABQEST STOCK
__-7-»
LOWEST   PI'ICES.
GOODS GUARANTEED as REPRESENTED.
Ton Will Always Find bargains.
CALL AND SEE.
5 and 7 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET, LEBANON, PA.
J. A. BOWMAN.
February 17. 1886.
THE LEBANON FUTURE
 XT.	
The undersigned has opened a FUBNITUME BOOM in the ADVERTISER
HALL,
No. 25, NORTH NINTH STREET, LEBANON, PA.,
where I expect to keep in stock a fall line of
Bed-room Suite, Lounges, Extension Tables, Bed Springs,
Kitchen Chairs, Cane-seated Chairs, Mattresses,
Cot Beds, Hall Backs, Marble Top Tables,
and a full line of all kinds of FUBNITUME.
EST* Come and examine my stock before buying elsewhere.   My motto is
"Quick gales and Small Profits."
LEVI KELLER.
Lebanon, May 12, 18SG.
SCALPfcSKIN
DISORDERS
SAFELY, 8PEEDILY CURED BY
PALMER'8
-J-TJD-SPOtsin Lebanon, Druggists J. L. J_em-
berger^and Frank A. Matthes.
The Rev. John Scarlett, East Orange, N.
J., writes: " My wife has been cured of Erysipelas of long standing by Palmer's * Shin-
Success.' Une acquaintance who had Barber's
Itch, and a number of others who suffered
from different skin diseases, have also been
Perfectly cured by its _
-__0_f_Sj_*
iiiKBiSS
" For io years I was greatly troubled with
the Piles; at times so badly, I was unable to
walk and was laid np in hospitals, but without
permanent cure, until seven years ago I used
Palmer's 4 Skin-Success.1 It cured me perfectly* and since then I have had no return
of the trouble."—Rev. C. I..rello. 190 Cherry
Street, New York.
.-f JD__pots In Lebanon, Druggists J. L. Lem
berger and Frank A. Matthes.
RING-WORM
(ECZEMA,)
POSITIVELY CURED
PALMER'S
"Skin-Success
49rDBPOTS tn Lebanon, Druggists J. JL. Lem
berger and JFiank A. Matthes.
HEMORRHOIDS
(PILES)
SAFELY, SPEEDILY CURED BY
PALMER'S
"Skin-Success"
-CS?*Depots in Lebanon, D   --■^   _•*»•
er-'PT-Mnd rmnV A. Myrtfteg\^»_|y
*r
ERYSIPELAS.
SAFELY,SPEEDILY CURED BY
_AL_-___s
liwuiia
SCROFULOUS
ERUPTIONS
SAFELY, SPEEDILY CURED BY
________
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies, A niarvi*! ol
parity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and can
not be sold tn competition with the multitude
of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in can*. Koyal Baking
Powder Co., 10G Wall street, New York.
Hot. 4,1885.
New Liquor Store
U LCB4„0_, FA.
128 North Eighth Street,
WHJfillK   1   WILL,   KEEP   O-   HAND   THE
FINES"!' GJiADES OF
WHISKEY, BRANDY, GIN,
ni p m wm ei;
A. M. FILBERT.
N'n.      *_.-. .net
WM. M. SNYDElC-
MERCHANT TAILOR.
1015 Cumberland Street,
LEBANON, PA.,
as on band a fnll line ot
IMPOllTEl) AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS,
In pit ee good?. Jj—"Also samples .of all tte
Latest Styles ot
CLOTHS.    C—SSIMEKES.    FANCY    CASSI-
MEKK8, t-KNClI WOKSTKD SUITINGS,
SCOTCH SH 1T1N('S.   SPRING  OVERCOATINGS.    LIGHT     MELTONS,
KERSEYS,   Ac.,   Ac..   Ac,   &.(-..
CI all the fashionable shades.
«—- Suits nuulu to order, from $ i> up to$ .".
__-Sprinjr Overcoats, from .1G up.
—_- Pjtiitaloons, from $4 up to $***.
4_- Perfect fit guaranteed.
JJ—*■ Em ploy Ing h i r. i e b u t first-class workmen
he e;u::r:irite»'sall his goods.
WM. M. SNYDER.
March—. 18Wi.	
Hurrah! Hurrah!! Hurrah !M
NWiFIRMul
 AT THE—
[km likj Boot d M imt,
-*_-0 Ovi___-»e-*l»T-cl St.,
LEBANON,'FA.,
Where you "will find the Finest and Largest
Stock of all the Latest and Best Styles of
BOOTS and SHOES,
TRUNKS, SATCHELS,
RUBBERS, &a, &c
30   per cent, cheaper than elsewhere,
ever seen in Lebanon, which has jnst been received from the Eastern cities, and is now
ready for inspection.
<tSr* Goods will he sold at raniz Prices foi
Spot Cash.
-__r Custom work made to order. Repairing
neatly done.
4-S1" Drop in and see ns if yon wish to see
some rare sights.   Remember the place.
Kelchner & Reinoehl.
December SB. 1SS5.
Neio Goods/    New Goods/
BOOTS,  SHOES
—AND—
GAITERS,
At the Cheap Cash Store of
John Bensing.
BEMOVED TO
7U   Cumberland  St.,   LEBANON,  PA.
IK THE ROOM LATELY OCCUPIED BT P. ». M'CAULLT.
Just returned from the City with an Entire
Stock oi Men's Calf and Kip Boots, Brogans
and Congress Shoes, at the following prices;—
Men's Call Boots, $3 and 3.50; Kip Boots, $1.90
and $2.25, and upwards. Bay your Goods
where you get the best BABGAINS. A complete assortment ot LADIES' GOODS at the
following prices: Button Shoes, $1.25, $1.50 and
upwards; —ace Shoes, from 50 to 75 cents.
Cheaper than ever before. CHILDREN'S
SHOES at Reduced Prices, and, in fact, we are
grepared to accommodate all our customers
oth in PRICE and la QUALITY. Goods
guaranteed as represented. Give us a call and
examine for yourself. You will be convinced
that this is tae place to BUY and SAVE
MONET. You ean save trom 50 to 75 per cent
by buying at this store.
DON'l F0RGE1 IHE PLAGE.
714   Comb'erland Street.   714
EASY
and PLEASANTto vse.
Stomach Untouched.
__________
SKIN-SUCCESS
BO
49*--Depots in Lebanon. Drug
berger and Frank A. Matthes.
;lsts J. L. Lem
Hon. A. A. Drake, Wwrtfleld J?.
Stock   Kx-L*l_ai_g
-writes.     " Jly ca_e
ballV-d two em inent
Ehysi-ians, etc, and
-____
J. and New York
being
Moses
iinp perfectly and
quickly cured by
one jar of Pai___r _
•SlON-SUCCESS.'        I,
believe it is the best
remedy for cutaneous -i-teasesextant**
For those inte rested, a few other reference uujues:
Rev. B. M. --DA-CS,
Brooklyn; R. Har-
couut, 1). D., Jersey
City; Judge Hykb,
Itahway;
0OK.__sq.,«
111.; F. A.   MaBCT,
Esq., Hartford, Ct.l
Other names in any I
locality sent on re r
quest   price 75c. Trial Size 25c—At Druggists.
THE PALMER CO., 122 Nassau S-..N.Y.
•tf-_rD__F0TS tn Lebanon, Drug
berger and Frank A. Matthes.
£ists J. L..Lera-
ALMOST
EVERY CASE |
Cured by One
Box in Two Weeks or less.
FF
_____ffi__s
skin-success ii imsmsssfi
J**—**X)_pots in Lebanon, Dru.
berger and Fi_i_* A. Matthes
fists J .L. Lem
4arD_roTS In Lebanon, Druggi-tt|F. L. Leai
barger and Frank A. Matthes.
Depots in Lebanon. Druggists J. Is. Lemberger anC Frank A. Matthes.
The Groaning Ghost.
Some five-and-thirty years ago, when I
was a young man, mj father's business
experienced a sudden and severe check.
We were many io the family and the expenses of education were heavy. It was
necessary to retrench. My father's place
of business lay in the heart of the city.
We had to keep horses, if only to take
myself and my father to and from the
city. The most important article in our
scheme of retrenchment were our horses
and carriages. For all tllese reasons we
resolved to move eastward to within easy
reach of our place of business. My
brother and myself were commissioned
to find a suitable house.
Time drew on and we Vere still unsuccessful.
We passed from house agent to house
agent; we inserted advertisements; we
answered advertisements. Bat to do purpose. In thie autumn evenings my brother
and I used to prowl about the streets
and squares, hoping to hit upon a likely
habitation. We had given notice to quit
our own house, and matters were getting
pressing. It would be a perfect catastrophe if so large a family as ours found
itself homeless. But late on Saturday
afternoon we were investigating a quarter to which we had not hitherto penetrated, and we came oa to the very thing.
A simultaneous excla*. jail-on burst from
both of us. The lionoe stood at the corner of a'quiet, sober-looking, very old-
fashioned square. Being the corner
house, it was large*-- than the other
houses. *We had gained some experience
by this time, and we saw at a glance
that the place was almost certain to
suit us.
A bill in one of tbe numerous windows
announced tbat the house was to let:
"Apply next door." We applied. The
door was opened by a tidy, gray-haired
elderly woman.
"Can we look over the house nextdoor?"
I said. A rather queer look crossed the
woman's face for a moment, but she answered civilly:
-'Certainly, air. But it is rather dark
now."
"So it is," said I. "We may come in
daylight if the place is likely to suit us.
Can you tell us tbe particulars?*■ The
woman enumerated the rooms and the
various features of the mansion. All were
most suitable.
"And tbe rent," I inquired, nerving
myself for a disappointment, Sbe named
so low a figure that I uttered an involuntary exclamation.
"You see we've had it on our hands for
some time, she explained, "aad we would
offer easy terms to a good teuant."
"And when ean we look over it?" I
asked.   "Is it your own property ?"
"No, sir. But we have the letting of ft.
My _ husband would show you over tomorrow, sir, if you didn't mind. Me ia
always away all day and until very late
at night•"
"Is be a honse agent V
"_Co, sir. He's employed behind tbe
scenes at one of the theatres. He is a
master carpenter." We thanked her,
made anappointment for Sunday morning, and went home delighted. As we
turned out of the square, I said:
"Did you notice how odd tbat woman
looked when I spoke to her? What did
that look mean?"
. "Suprise," said my brother, who was
an observant fellow.
"I suppose she thought we were two
great swells for a neighborhood,-1 said I
laughing.
"Gad! I like the look of tbe place.
Quiet, respectable and old-fashioned."
We announced our success at home, to
the great relief of everybody. Next
morning we kept our appointment and
were received by the landlord himself.
He was a staid, responsible-looking man
of some 60 years, aad we were favorably
impressed with him. He took us over
the house, and answered our questions
freely and fully. Everything was satisfactory- I wass delighted. —Bub m_
brother, wbo was of a cautious temperament, kept ou asking questions until I
got fairly angry. First he got on to the
matter of drains, and when be had been
reduced to silence on tbis head, be was
mest pertinacious on the subject of damp.
At last he said:
"You don't ask a very high rent.
How's that ?•'
"Why," said the landlord deliberately,
and turning bis cap in his hands, "you
see this neighborhood is out of fashion
now. It isn't what it once was. We've
had this house vacant for some time, and
we're anxious to let it. You ean see
there's nothing wrong about the place.
If it were in the West End, you'd pay
six or seven times tbe rent." His explanation seemed perfectly straightforward, and certainly the house bore the
closest scrutiny. Eventually we closed
the bargain.
The next day I was lunching at my
usual chop-house along with two or three
acquaintances.
"Still house-hunting Denton V said one
of these.
"No, thank heaven," I said.   "We've
got a house at last.   In—-Square."
"—*---_quare-" echoed he thoughtfully.
"Why,  Square is the .   Which
number have you got ?"
"Number 45," I said. He threw his
head back and burst into a fit of laughter.
The oti.er men laughed too. I looked
from one to the otber for explanation.
"When you've done," said I with
dignity.
"Why, don't you know," said my
friend, recovering bis gravity.   Number
45 Square, is haunted '•"'   I saw the
other men looking at me, so I pot on a
bold front.
•*As if every one didn't mow tbat,"
said I composedly. He was somewhat
taken aback, bnt returned to tbe charge.
"Well, you'll have plenty of company
there," he said. "We shall have you appearing in tbe eity with a fine head of
snow-white hair, acquired in ti single
nigbt.   Poor old boy V"
"Don't you be afraid," I retorted.
"There are enough of us to frighten any
ghost.   We shall crowd him out."
"I bet you a new bat you don't stop
there a week," said he.
"Done with you," said I promptly.
"As often as you like Any one else
wants to bet ?**
No one volunteered, and the subject
dropped. Bat I was extremely uncomfortable. ' In the course of the afternoon
I took my brother aside and told him.
"Phew!'' said he. "That explains tbe
low rent. But it's rather serious. The
governor can't stand anything of the sort.
You know how nervous he to."
"Yes, I know," I said. "And it strikes
me that the best thing we can do is to
move into tbe house ourselves, so that we
can tell him tbe story to a,my th, if any
one lets it out to him. Just you and I."
"Right," said he. "We have taken it
and we can't afford to lose the money.
Besides, it's such a capital place.''
The whole family were to move in
about three weeks' time. We had no difficulty in finding a pretext for preceeding
tbem, and it was arranged tbat some of
tbe bed room furniture should be immediately sent to our new domicile. We
were going to sell most of our furniture
in our West End house, and the new furniture could be brought immediaely, and
placed in No. 45. So at 10 o'clock one
evening, after a substantial dinner la
town, we let ourselves into onr new abode
by means of tbe key, and took possession.
A bright fire, lit by onr landlady, was
blazing in the kitchen. We had a plentiful supply of whisky and tobacco, and we
made ourselves comfortable with our
slippers and lounging coats, and prepared
for a night of it.
"Uncommonly comfortable," said my
brother approvingly. "Gad, the old lady
knows how to make a fire!"
"Aud what a grate! And a chimney
as big asa blast furnace. There to nothing
like one of these old-fasioned kitchens
for comfort." Encased in our chimney
corners, we pa-sed the time luxuriously
enough. We had made up our minds to
sit up all night and show the ghost what
manner of men he bad to deal with.
"Well take the ghost by the horns,"
said my brother. "I only nope we shan't
have to take the devil by his." I was not
quite so complacent, for I inherited some
thing of my father's nervous temperament. However, I bad company, aad
there was Dutch courage in tbe whisky
bottle, so I kept up a stout heart.   We
were very cheerful and light-hearted at
first. We talked over various boyish escapes; we criticised the characters of
our friends and relations; we got tbe fidgets; we found we could not smoke forever
without.burning our mouths. Finally
the fumes of whiskey and the heat of the
fire had their inelitable effect and we began to doze.
I do not know how long I had been
asleep, bet I suddenly awoke with a violent start. Avoid shudder ran through
me from bead to foot. I had an indefinable sensation of something strange and
terrible. I rose and stretched myself and
tried to feel at my ease. But I could not.
I touched my brother and he awoke.
'■Hello!" be said. "What's the matter!
Why, I've been asleeep! ' What's tbe
time?"
"Two o'clock," said I.
"Just the time for a ghost," said he
with unseemly levity. **D*> you know,
Will, I dout think he will come here.
Ghosts are uncomfortable things and I
am sure they don't like good fires. Get
too much of them where they are, I suppose.   Lets-go and look for him."
"Anything for a change," said I, although the thought of perambulating a
great lonely mansion ia tbe dead of night
was anything but agreeable. "I am wide
awake."
"So am I," said he; and taking up tbe
brass candlestick, he went toward the
door. I followed—close. We passed
along the passage, our stealthy footfalls
making a faint sound oa the nncarpeted
floor. We examined the rooms on the
ground floor. We heard and saw nothing. We ascended the stairs. Every individual stair creaked horribly, bat that
was all , No ghost.
My brother suddenly opened the door
of a bedroom oa the first floor. Instantly
a gust of air blew the candle out. Anas we stood tbere in tbe icy cold we distinctly heard—a groan. It was no fancy.
It waa a long-drawn, wiling moan of inexpressible horror and pathos. It died
away in despairing cadence. It seemed
like the sorrowful lament of a soul in
torment. As we stood there grasping
each other's hands, with our hearts
throbbing ia great pulsations, it came
again. Oh, the horror of it! It seemed
to be in the room and close to us. The
cold was deathly, the silence broken only
by that wierd and awful. moan. Once
more it rose and fell—and somehow or
other tbe next moment we found ourselves ia the kitchen, with shaking limbs
and ashen faces, relighting our extinguished candle. Then we looked at each
other.
"That was no fancy, Will," said my
brother.
"Fancy—no," I replied, my teeth chattering ia my head. "What are you going to do?"
For uiy brother had relit the caudle and
was moving away.
"I'm going to have another look," he
said.
"But perhaps," I suggested, "the—the
ghost extinguishes the light."
"I'll give bim another chance,'' said
my brother coolly. "Gome alang, you
chattering idiot." I was too shattered
to resent this unflattering description,
and with a quaking heart I followed bis
foolhardy footsteps. Tbis time he opened'the door more cautiously and we entered with every nerve strung to its utmost tentiou. Holding the candle on
high, we looked around. Fare vacuity.
And the sound came not again.
"Poor old chap,''soid my brother. •__)
can't stand tbe light. Shall I blow it out
again ?"
"If you do—," said I. "But joking
apart, who is going to sleep in this room?
I'm not, for one. And this would naturally be the governor's room."
My brother was struck.
"You're rigbt,"-he said ;^rwe must get
to the bottom of' this. We'll find it out
somehow. Aad aow I think we may go
to bed.   Ill j ust look around."
He examined the room carefully, but
there was nothing to be seen, neither was
there anything to be heard..—Bo we gave.
up tne in ing tor that night and went to
bed. I could not sleep a wink. My
nerves were completely unstrung. My
nerves were completely unstrung. After
a night of tossing and fever, I awoke un-
refreshed; and mightily pleased to find
myself in broad daylight.
At noon that day I had to run the
gauntlet of my friends. And, I am
bounp to say, I lied like Ananias. As
the day drew on, I grew more and more
uncomfortable, and I fairly dreaded the
ordeal of the ensuing night. As before,
we dined in town. It was a fine night,
and we took a walk around the square
before turning in. The houses all looked
cheerful with their bright lights. Oars
alone was black aad gloomy. We agreed
that at 2 o'clock precisely we wonld again
visit the haunted room. There was no
danger of oar going to sleep to-night.
We were painfully wide-awake. All sorts
of wild conjectures crossed my Blind as
we sat by the kitchen fire, waiting for the
appointed hour. Perhaps some maniac
had taken up his abode in the house, and
roved about at night uttering that awful
noise. Or perhaps some wily person had
a fancy to live rent-free and bad adopted
this method of frightening tenants away.
In any case the effect was sufficiently
horrible. Tbe shock of one's nervous
system was the same, whatever the cause.
The whisky ebbed fast, but not so fast
as my courage. My brother, cool and
practical, was deep in thought. He was
not likely to indulge the wild speculations that crossed my brain. He was
seeking some material explanation ot tte
weird phenomenon. At last the hour
began to sound. At tbe first stroke my
brother rose and took up tbe candle. I
had provided myself with a second candle on my own account. We examined
tbe rooms on tbe ground floor, without
success. We ascended the stairs, and
paused outside the haunted chamber.
The passages and the stairs above us were
thick with shadow. . My brother turned
the handle—and the weird sound sound
died away as we entered.
In a moment it came again, lt rose
and swelled and died sorrowfully away.
It was singularly human. Yet it was
beyond all description unearthly. No
banshee could wail in sadder or more
thrilling tones. We stood tbere like
Dante and Virgil; except that the antbor
of tbe "Inferno" aad his guide did not
wear carpet slippers or carry brass candlestick—. Neither had they such extraordinarily tough heads of hair as we had.
I felt mine going gray fast. And a cold
stream of terror trickled down my back.
My brother stood still aad listened intently. Tbe gbost groaned again, and yet
agaiu. In fact he kept on groaning. It
was frightful. The wail began in a
whisper; it swelled to an acute pitch; it-
died away in a note of woe tbat thrilled
one's heart. It was awful to stand tbere,
waiting for tte sound to come again. My
matter-of-fact brother spoke.
"He's in good voice to night," said he,
approvingly. "A bit hoarse, but I don't
wonder at that. . Still, I wish he'd try
another key. He's been at that long
enough, and he might get himself tuned
—hush r\j- Quite expected some supernatural visitation to rebuke tbis ill-timed
levity' None came. My brother, having
politely waited until the gbost had finished, began again:
"All these groans are exactly alike,"
he said, considering. "That's odd, isn't
it? Will, I tell you what. The ghost-
up the chimney." Once more the sound
came, as though to affirm his words.
And it certainly did appear to proceed
from the region of tbe fireplace.
"_ttl»-° resumed my brother, thoughtfully, a gbost in a chimney is an uncomfortable sort of a thing. Witt, we've
have that chimney swept. Fancy a
ghost coming down with the soot. We'll
see about it the first thing to-morrow."
This awful threat appeared too much
for our visitor, and he gave tongue no
more that night. We went to bed, and I
dreamed that tbe spirit of a chimneysweep appeared to me and confessed to
the murder of one of the little boys, who
wore still employed ia those days in his
profession. However, I got some sleep.
I got none the previous night.
We left the office early in tbe afternoon. We secured tbe services of aa intelligent sweep aud a sharp little bright-
eyed boy. Tte chimney was amply wide
for the youngster to climb, aad up he did
climb.   We waited ia suspense.
Wben he came down, he reported that
he had found nothing.   We questioned
him eagerly, but be had seen no ghost or
anything belonging to one. We sent him
up again. This time he fonnd out something. This chimney communicated with
the one next doer.
"Tbat will be tbe kitchen chimney next
door," said my brother. "We must explore that." Our landlady was considerably amazed when we presented ourselves
and asked to be allowed j.o explore. After
a little demur, however, she consented.
There was bnt a small fire ia the grate,
and this was taken out.
"I don't make it up until 11 o'clock at
night," she explained. "Not until my
master comes home tired after his day-
work. Then we have our bit of supper
and drink our grog, and we like to see a
cheerful blaze. Bnt, ia the day I don't
trouble about it." The boy went up
smartly and shortly re-appeared.
*-Wbyt you've got a smoke-jack up
there, missis," said be.
"What's a smoke-jack?" said my
brother hastily.   The sweep explained.
"It's a h-apparatus for roasting meat,
fixed in the chimbley. It has little sails
like, just like a windmill, only they are
laid flat instead of being upright. The
hot air comes up from the fire and blows
these sails round. Then there's a cogwheel that communicates tbe motion to
a fly-wheel. A chain passes round the
fly-wheel, coming down to the grate, and
turns the spit."
"But where are the chains?"
**_h, they've-been taken off, I suppose.
It isn't used now."
"I did'nt know it was there," said our
landlady.
"Doesn't it make a noise ?" asked my
brother, with a quick look at me.
"We don't tear it,w replied the landlady indifferently.
"Will," said my brother, "just run
back to the bedroom and listen. I believe we've got ii. I am going to send
the boy up to turn the thing." I did as
he requested. When I got into the room
the ghost was groaning in splendid form.
He was going far faster than I had ever
heard him before.
The mystery was solved.
During the day the current of hot air
was not strong enough to act on the
blades and set the revolving portion of
the machine in motion. But when the
grate fire was made up at night the force
was ample. The revolving portion of a
jack is raised to a small extent from the
frame and bearing of the pivot on which
it revolves. Reduce the force of the current by letting tte fire go out and the
blades of the jack descend The revolutions become gradually slower and slower.
The pivot bearing bad no lubrication, and
consequently made the groaning noise.
We kept our secret. We were the admiration of every one who knew the story
of the house. And for a very substantial
reduction in tte rent of a very comfortable house we had to thank tte Groaning
Ghost.—Belgravia.
Lawyer Beaver.
Councilor   for   a   I *■»*■,■■»   Dealer   in
Searcta of a Licence (o Sell.
Ashland Letter to New York Voice, Prohibitionist.
I glanced through the court records
while in Bellefonte and will give some of
the results of that examination. Here to
tte title of a petition on file ia tte Court
of Sessions:
PJ-TITIO**"
of John Uzzel,
of Village and Township of Snow Shoe,
FOR  TaVEBJT i_C—-SK.
Filed March 25,18S6.
Fees, S3.Oil. Ch. to It. & <_.
April 29, 1SS6.
License granted and issued,
and fees ($4.25) paid.
Be ate a & Uebhart,
Attorneys for _*_Utioner.
I looked back through tbe files of petitions for severel years and found that (so
far as tte records show) McAllister &
Beaver or Beaver & Uebhart were Uzzel's
attorneys in every instance. In some
years Mr. Uzzel either had no license, *(i
else his petition to not on file. Mr. Uzzel has not, however, always had Beaver
for his attorney. Some years ago he
went to his former lawyers and said that
the fight against bim was hard and that
his only hope was in securing the advantage of General Beaver's standing
and influence, aad, consequently, he
transferred his law business to Beaver.
But I am not through with the records.
On tbe criminal docket "John G. Hazel" to a frequent entry. I have made a
list of tte charges against him. Here
tbey are:
April Session, 1870: John ii. Uzzel before the
Conrt for keeping gambling house, selling
drink to minors and on Sunday.
Augnst session, 1870:   Assault and Battery.
1S71: As ault and Battery.
187*2: Put nnder bonds to keep the peace.
1873: Assault and Battery.
1874: Assault and Battery.
1874: Violation of liquor law. Pleaded guilty.
1874: Assault and Battery.
1871: Assault and Battery.
1*75: Violation of liquor laws.
1878: Assault and Battery.
1880: Assault and Battery.
1881: Assault with Intent to commit rape.
1881: Assault and Battery.
1883: A.-sanlt and Battery.
This is the record, as shown by the
court records at Bellefonte, of John 6.
Uzzel, for whom, among other liquor sellers, General James A. Beaver has repeatedly appeared as attorney to present petitions for license to sell liquor. [Among
tte other saloon-keepers on whose behalf
General Beaver has appeared is one
whose saloon, in Bellefonte, is said to do
more business than any other ia tte
county.]
Ia the larger number of the cases
against bim Uzzel was acquitted. Was
this because of tte "standing and influence" of bis attorney ? Ia some, however, he was convicted; ia others be
pleaded guilty. On one occasion, ia
1874, be was fined, on his own pleading,
(60 and costs for violation of the liquor
laws; and General Beaver secured the
granting of tte licence for tbe next year,
as be bas done for nearly all these years.
Uzzel's last application, as will be seen
from the above printed title, which was
"filed'* nearly a month before it was
granted. Tbis petition was met by a
remonstrance, signed by tbe four preachers of his home town and by 68 voters
aad 123 women. Tte W. 0. T. U. of
tbe county and tte Pennsylvania Railroad Company also protested. But
Beaver beat them all and Uzzel got his
license.
How to Endorse a Check.
Very few otherwise intelligent and educated people understand how to properly
endorse a bank check payable to their order and few realize the inconvenience they
cause by placing their endorsement in an
awkward position. An obseivance ofthe
following rules will enable anybody to
place their signature in the proper   place:
1. Write across the back—not lengthwise.
3. The top of the back is the end of the
face.
3. To deposit a check, write "For Deposit" and below this your name. A
clerk not having the power of attorney to
sign or endorse checks, can deposit his
firm's checks by writing on top of the
back "For deposit only to credit of—"'
and below this waith his own name.
4. Simply writing your name on the
back of cheek signifies that it has passe-
through yonr hands, and to payable to
bearer.
5. Always endorse a eheck as it appears
on the face. For instance, if the cheek to
payable to "8. Read," endorse "G. Read;"
if to "Geo. Read," endorse "Geo. Read;"
if ♦•George F. Read," endorse "George F.
Read." If the spelling of tte name of the
face of the check to wrong, endorse first
endorsement write what it should have
been, "George F. Read."
0. If you wish to make the check payable to some particular person, write "Pay
io—        or order———. *
In England all checks are payable to
bearer, but la this country all strangers
presenting checks for payment most be
dentified by some one known to tte bank.
Among the treasures of Orange county,
exhibited at its recent fair, was a parrot
which to known to be at least 86 years
old,
The Cracksman's Story.
WALTER ENGLAND, TBE SAFE ROB.
BEH, l-U-TL- A TALE.
How He Started Ont to Map Out Work
far Next Winter—To (he "Pen"
for Crack ins _ Safe.
Harrisburg Telegraph.
"My father to English," said.Walter
England in jail this morning, "and my
faint brogue is why everybody takes me
for a foreigner, but I am a native of New
York State."
Tbe speaker was a young man of perhaps thirty .ears, with clear blue eyes,
light hair and red beard. He was captured
last June near Tower City, directly after
having attempted to blow open the safe at
Snyder's store in Lykens. Up to the time
of his trial he would tell nobody his name
nor where he was from, nor would he give
the least information concerning himself,
although innumerable efforts were made
to get him to talk. Detective who saw him
set him down for a cracksman at once, and
pointed to the prison bleach on his face as
proof that he was not long out of jail. He
was tried last week and on Saturday sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, a
sentence he took with a smile. As he left
the court room he whispered to a Telegraph
reporter that he would like him to call before tte trip tp Cherry Hill was taken.
This morning the reporter called on England, which, by tbe way, is not his correct name, and the convict related a story
tbat sounds like a romance.
"I have served in the New Jersey Reform school, done eight months in the
Trenton penitentiary, a year and a naif in
the Allentown prison and four years in
the Philadelphia penitentiary," said England to the reporter tbis morning. "My
penitentiary trip was for burglary at
Stroudsburg, Monroe county, and 1 got
out on tte 30th of March. My parents
are well off. my father being a retired
merchant in New York. When I got out
last March my friends scraped a couple
of hundred dollars together for me and I
was living quietly, when another man
wbo had been in tte penitentiary was released, and he met me and suggested
that we do some work. We started for
Hamburg, Berks county, to rob a jewler,
and I am sorry we didn't do it, but we
concluded we wouldn't do any work, feat
only locate good places to rob next winter. We intended to carry our tools with
us, however, and started far Lebanon,
feat onr valise with the tools io had not
followed by express and we were afraid
somebody was on to us, and we came to
Harrisburg. From here we went up the
Cumberland Valley, stopping off at every
town and locating places to rob next
winter. At Newville there is a jewler's
place, which we decided to work. We
never takea place ia on sight, butalways
locate first and then wait a month or so.
We were in Chamhersburg ten days, and
1 worked the town, finding some good
places which we decided to take in next
winter. There to one jewelry store on
tte square ia Chambersburg, just under
a printing office, cot through tbe floor into tbe jewelry store and bang a dummy
safe in the front of the real safe, after
which we could rob the latter without
any bod y seeing us. From Chambersburg
my partner went to Gettysburg and Hag-
erstown and located places, but these
were not very good ones. There to a
jewelry store in Gettysburg we might get
3600 out of, but ia blowing open the safe
tbe shock would wake people up. We
located a good store at State Line, and
at Greencastle we took in the bank and
planned to work it. I always got a big
bill changed in the stores to see where
they kept their money. While ia Chambersburg we decided to go back to Newville and rob the jeweler, but when we
got there we found we had lost oar brace
aad it took so long to steal another from
a blacksmith shop that it got daylight on
us, and we gave it up. We then started
for Greencastle to rob a general store
tbere, but gave it up, preferring to wait
awhile before we did the job. Then we
came back to Harrisburg and I got word
from a friend in Sun limy tbat there
were good places to rob in that town,
and we started off. We went to Dun-
cannon and crossed the river to take the
train. We got into Halifax, but believe
me there is not a store worth robbing in
the town. Then we went to Millersburg,
remaining two days, aad I tried my game
of getting a 120 bill changed, but one
man to whom I applied said there wasn't
tbat much money in the town. There
was no store t<> rob in Millersburg. On
Sunday I went to Liverpool and located
a splendid store to crack. At Georgetown my partner located a store where
tte proprietor took his money to bed
with him. We were going to get this
money in time. From here we weat to
Sunbury, where there to a good jewelry
store that can be robbed ia the winter
but not in the summer. Why? Because
it to close to dwelling houses and iu summer the windows are open aad the people
can bear tbe noise when the safe is blown
open. In winter tte windows are closed
and a fellow has more time to work. A
fellow ia Sunbury put us oa to the Lykens Valley and we started for there. I
went back to Georgetown aad drove
from tbere to Millersburg trying to locate
some nice _ farm bouses where we could
make a raise. I represented myself as a
circus agent. There is no money in that
region to get away with. From Millersburg my partner went back to take a
look at the Halifax bank and arrange to
rob ic, and I went to Lykens, where I
bad been informed there was a good
bank. I got a $20 bill changed at the
bank and contrived to see that there was
a good bit of money on hand. Tbat bank
in Lykens we decided to work next winter. I found that they only had one
clerk, and we decided that ooe would
drive ap to the door when it was snowing
put on masks and then seize and tie the
clerk and get away with the money fee-
fore he could raise an alarm. I guess we
won't do that now. I would like to
tackle the vault in that bank with a
dynamite cartridge, and blow off a corner
Whiie in Lykens I met an old friend
who was in Trenton prison with me, and
be advised us to work a big hardware
store there, which we decided to do. We
got our yalise of tools from Millersburg,
bat before we could crack the hardware
store our Lykens friend came to aa and
said that in Snyder's store there was a
good bit of money in an old safe, and we
could easily get away with it. That
nigbt we tried. I fonnd I couldn't bore
through the safe, because of the steel
plate, and when I bored into the packing
it ran out like flour. We worked there
until almost daylight without getting
the safe opened and finally gave it up.
Then we fled to Tower City, and in stealing a ride on a freight car I was captured
but not until I had emptied my revolver
at the officer. I suppose I will have to
do two more years at caning chairs.
England gave the details of bis trip in
tbe most unconcerned matter-of-fact
way, and seemed to regret that bis
spring work had resulted so disastrously
to him.
A Lebanon  Writer    Receives   Complimentary Notice Across the   Water.
The "American, European and Oriental Literary Record," for September, published fey Trubner & Co., London, England, in speaking of the late proceedings
of the American Philological Association
makes tte following ' mention of Mr.
Grumbine's paper, which was read at
the last annual meeting, in July: "A
paper oa -The Provincialisms of Eastern
Pennsylvania', by Lee L. Grumbine, M.
A., of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was read
in his absence fey tbe Secretary. It was
listended to with unusual interests as being of a more popular character than
most of the papers presented to the association. It consisted of an amusing collection of words and idioms, most of them
familiar to persons who have lived in tbe
"Dutch countirsof Pennsylvania.**1
We are pleased to state that Mr. Grumbine has decided to remain ia Lebanon to
attend to bis growing law-practice, instead of going to Cornell university as
Professor of Elocution, as he thought of
doing several weeks ago.	
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Sharking at Nantucket.
An    Old    Skipper's    Opinion — Sharking
Parties—Getting   m Bite.
Sharking is the summer craze at this
queer old ocean resort. Any one can
catch all the sharks he wants at Nantucket. Parties of visitors go out after
them each morning, and return late in
the afternoon. Ladies are very fond of
sharking, and fish daily in their bright
holiday attire for them. In hauling in
a shark it is estimated that a woman can
pull about five pounds and' scream 500
pounds, and skippers say she is a very
valuable member of a boat's crew.
■*Yer see," explained an old captain of
a shark boat the other day, "a Naotucket
shark never seen such a critter as a
woman got up in yer city style, and jest
lookin' at her ia the bow of a boat,
shaking her parasol and lettin' of
screeches ter more'n beat a steam tug
whistle, sorter paralyzes ther shark and
he is wil*_i' ter let yer do most anything
with him."
The sharking parties all go to the
south side, or to the east end of the
island, where the best grounds are. They
take a car from this town on the little
rusty three-foot gauge Nantucket railroad and rumble and bound over the
twisted rails, which often make a rise
of several inches in a few feet, to "Scon-
sett, on the east end, where the Norcross
brothers have two whaleboats in which
to go through the surf to the fishing
grounds. They take the sharkers to the
deep water off Haulover, beyond toe
great Saukaty lighthouse, and drop the
lines overboard. To catch a shark it is
necessary to have a long rope, bigger
than a clothes line, to which is knotted
a long-shanked, heavy hook, about
which string a lot of fat, luscious, round
clams. There is nothing that a shark
is so fond of as round clams, and when
he beholds a string of them dangling before his nose, all divested of their shells,
which are rather dyspeptic eating even
for a shark, he generously overlooks the
hook as an unimportant incident in the
spread. Hn takes right hold, and as he
swallows the big hook and then the
clams, and begins to reel in his end of
the rope with ultimate acquisitive intentions on the boat and other paraphernalia, the sudden sharp tug he givej
notifies the fishermen that they have got
a bite.
Then they begin to pull on their end
of the line, and the double in-gathering
process speedly brings the boat and the
shark to a point where they can scrutinize each other. Usually six or seven
men pull on the rope, with one or two
ladies to help. A shark almost always,
after he has been hooked, comes right
along through the water like a log, unresistingly. There to no more sport in
him than in a codfish until he gets close
to the boat and can see the people in it.
Then he begins to make a fuss, dashing
hither and thither and splashing the
green billows into beaded foam, but his
struggles avail little. Quickly the-boat
is pulled np to his furious front, and a
brawny sailor, standing oa the prow,
brains him with a few blows from a
heavy club. After the shark has been
butchered, his carcass is towed ashore
and left on the beach, and the party return through the surf to set then-
hooks again. The bodies of sharks go
to the mills that make fertilizers. The
heads are saved, the teeth being extracted to be fashioned into delicate little
ornaments, set in gold, for ladies to
wear. The shores about Nantucket are
strewn with bleaching sharks' heads.
Sharking parties have been unusually
luck j this season. In one day one whale-
boat party caught eight that weighed
between 400 and 700 pounds each,—New
York Sun.
Process of Making: Pretzels.
Where were pretzels first made? Well,
that is a disputed point, but the best
claims to the honor of having originated
the article are, I believe, put forward by
Tolz, a little town near Munich, in the
Bavarian Tyrol, the arms of which''are
two gilt pretzeli tied together with a
blue and white cord. The motto I have
forgotten. , The pretzel is far more
popular oa this side of the Atlantic,
however, than in the Fatherland, and I
have more than once been amused to
hear Americans say: "Why, I thought
the pretzel was an institution over in
Germany, but I never saw one there."
That to not very remarkable, however,
for although a vast number are eaten
over I'sciv, one seldom sees them sold
with beer, and at the fine cafes patronized by foreigners they are almost unknown.
"How are they made? Oh, it's a very
simple process when you know how, but
it takes some time to learn, and the
baker must watch very carefully, so as
to get just the right crispne.is into his
wares, for a soft and doughy pretzel to
aa abomination to good judges of the
article. They take a brisk and hot fire,
and the polish is put on with a little
white of egg dabbed on before tte baking. The main trouble is in forming the
pretzel, which ia done by hand, and
some men work with amazing quickness
at turning them out. I see that two men
in Pottsville have invented a machine to
mould them all ready for the oven. If
it turns out to be practicable, and I
don't see why it should not, they ought
to make a very nice thing oat of it, for
pretzel bakers are sure to adopt it,"—
Philadelphia Record.
BENIGHTED.
Xo Western Texas once a good man came
With thought to build a home w here lands
abound.
And to her doorway called a lusty On me
To "feel" the morals of the peop c round.
With pipe in mouth and sleeves rolled up she
stood,
A sight not over-plCKSing to the good man's
eye.
And glibly "overhauled" the neighborhood
In language raw tbat mado tbe soou man
sigh.
At length he said, with sile'it hope wlth'n
To meet with those who held his own l°a!t_
dear:
"Of course all bestial promptings run to sin;
But are there any 'Piscopal.ans here?"
The woman's mouth dropped open and sho
stared:
"No; wal. now I'm not so very sure of that;
Eb shot a thing th' tother night that skared
Pap up a tree an' et tho dog an' cat!
"Pap don't know what a war, ner Eb, ncr
me;
Its skin's nailed thar ngln the barley-ben;
We stuck its hide up thar tor-day, yo see:
_ ;!__ **-! now !t V—a pc.,knyy-l—'P»* 1'*
"Aurelia, darling****
"Yes, Arthur."
"You know we are soon to be married."
•*_«_."
"And we should learn to be  economical
iu small things."
"Yes."
"Hadn't yoa better turn down tho gas'/"