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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSIAH FCHCK- -U»s»sj 1 lai.—
Removed to 726% Cumberland Street,
second Hoor, (Fsnck's building,) corner of
Cumberland street and Llbsrty alloy, Lebanon, Pa. May 27 1887.
YAI.B-vriNE J. UHRICH, Attorney
al-Law, olles. No S13 Cumberland St.,
2 €oors Wost of the Court House, Lebanon
Fa. March 10,1887
LER L. flBCHIIINE, Attorney-at-Law.
Office, No. 728 Cumberland street, half a
square east of the Court House, Lebanon, Pa.
J uns tt, 1*14.
DERR est FISHER, Altorneys-at-_an.
Office, No. 126H North Ninth Street' Lebanon, fa. [ J anu ary 6,1**86.
f~\ EOKOE   B.   ILBIIH.-Attorney.at-
IT Law and DISTRICT ATTORN E1". Office,
742J. (Second floor) Cnmberland Street, Leba
non Pa. [Nov. 10,1883.
FESBT T. BIBIUHACS, Attorney-at-
Law, has removed his Law Office to tte
sect _d floor of A. Rise's Bat Store Building
nearly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Pa.
Ces. IS, 1876.
JOHN MEILT, Jr., Attorney-at-Law.—
Office removed to building of Geo. B. tFl-
r'ch, Esq., No. 742% Cumberlana street,second
floor. July 23,1884.
• J   P. LIGHT, Attorney at-Law.-Ollice
VJ» No. I'M, N. Ninth Street, next door
north of the Trinity U. B. Church, Lebanon,
Fa.
Jan. 16,1884.	
JOHN BENSON, Attorney-at-Law.—Office next door to the City Hotel and opposite
tho County Jail, on Eighth street.
Lebanon, August 29,1883. ^^^^
DB. S. T. MP* WBATEB, Physician
an— Snrgeon.—Oflice at residence, on
North Ninth street, two doors north of Gull-
for«. [Lebanon, May 30, '83—6m*
HOWARB   C.   SHIBK.—Attorney-at.
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
near Willow. [April 14,1886.
DB. J. r. PETEBMAN, Homceopathic
Physician and Snrgroo. Office. 504 Cumberland street, Lebanon, Pa. oonsuitations
:_ English and German. Attends all calls,
night or day. April 28,1886.1y»
DR.    E.   F.    BCBNSIBE,     Physician
and Snrt*(eon.   Office,No.431 Chestnut
Street, Lebanon, Pa.
April 28,188C.
mail
VOL. 39.-NO. 32.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1888.
WHOLE NO.-2029
J. H. KRUM & CO.
(FISHER'S   EALL,)
FALL k WINTE
Every department stocked brim foil of the newest effects in DRESS GOODS.
Cashmeres, all tbe latest fall shapes, 35 cents,  worth 50c; never sold to low.
Dress Flannels, (all shades and grades.)
OUR BIG BARGAIN—An all wool flannel. 1 yd. wide, 39c regular price, 50c.
An elegant variety of plaid striped goods.
Spec      —A 54-in. Tricot, 73 cents, sold every other place for one Uardo
Onr DiesaGoods Department was never before so complete.
Those  thiJ-j can be suited will be suited, and in fact cannot helped be suited
when once they see out immense line of goods.
Wa are beyond donbt the headquarters for falicy or plain Dress Trimmings.
Dress Braids, beaded fronts and- panels.   Beaded Trimmings,by the yard.
Ornaments, something fancy, 1S_ cents.
Plain or Striped Velvets/
Trl
Silks and Satins.
mmings.
CHARLES a. KILLIHGEB, Attorney
at-Law, has removed his office to No. 112
N orth Eighth street opposite the old Lutheran
Churoh.       A ril 14. 1886.
JACOB O. ADAMS, Attorney-at-Law.—
Office opposite City Hotel, and one door
south ot County Prison, on South Eighth
Street. Lebanon, Pa. Jnne 19,1878.
A       PBAHK   8ELTZEB,   Attorney-at.
A. imm "flli ii removed to Ho. 21 North
Eighth a treet, next door to Squire Kreider's office, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,1883.
DB. J. H. MEASE, Dentist.
Office, South Eighth street, opposite the
i ail, Lebanon. Pa. Nov. 22,1882.
In Domestic Ooods we beat everything.
Calicoes and Ginghams, the best ean always be found with us.   Extra white
and heavy, 8 cents.
Canton flannels, bleached and unbleached, and colored, ranging in price from
6  cents up.   White, red and blue Shirt Flannels.   An extra red or white
flannels for 35 cents.
AD wool striped Skirting 70 cents per yard.
A Skirt Pattern for $1.57$.
We can give yoa a good Skirting for 60 cents per yard.     These goods do not
have their equal.
Ladies and Gents underware.
A good finished Shirt or Drawers at 50 cents.   All wool, cream or scarlet, for
one dollar.   Fine scarlet for $4 per set.
Children's underware a specialty.
Blankets/ All Sizes.
BLANKETS/ AU Colors.
Grey and red mixed.
A fine pair for $1.25.
Plain red, brown and cream.
Extra size.
Comfortablesl
f
Shawls!
Comfortables/
17**BAN K E. MEILT, Attorney-at. Law.—
I    Offlee removed to rooms lately occupied
by Adam Grittinger, _sq., dee'd., on Market
Square, North Ninth Street-
Lebanon, Nov. 1,1882,
/"IBAST WEIDHAH, Attorney-at-Law.
\X Office No. 11, North Ninth Street, Market
Square. Lebanon.       Sept. 20,1882.
BASSLER BOTEB, Attorney-at-Law.—
Office No. 28, North Eighth Street, three
d mors north of the Catholic Church, Lebanon.
May 28,188L	
T   P. SHIXDIiE GOBIN, Attorney-at.
rf . Law.—Office No. 21 North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa. May 28,1884.
PG. MABK, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
. at—'o. 839 Cumberland street, second floor
oTD. S. Kaber's Drug Store.    Scrivenlng and
Conveyaneing promptly attended to.
Lebanon, April 10.1878.	
CAPP A SHOCK, Attorneys-at-Lan.—
Office—No, 742K Cumberland street, second hoor. Booms lately occupied by J. Punch
& Son. Esqs.  April 30,1884.
DB. WM. M. BEABDSLEE, Dentist!.—
Successor to Dr. W. A. HUBER. Nitrons
Oxide Uas will be administered when desired.
Office No. 888 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
Pa. i   "   '■' May 14, 1884.
JACOB £. BEINOEHL, Attorney-at
Law.—Office above the valley Nationa
hank, North Eighth street, next bnllding to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
a*9_AU law business promptly and caref ully
transacted.   Collections in Lebanon and adCa-
oent counties will receive diligent attention.
aa-Canbeeonsultedin English and German.
Lebanon. Jnly 29.1884.	
T")   HAR VET SELTZER,
TETKX1NABY SUltGXpN;
Graduate of the American Veterinary College,
New Tbrk.   Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.
OftICE—In rear ofUU E. Cumberland Street,
April «■ 1885-ly Lebanon. Pa.
DB. WM. T. BRUCE, 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 14.1886.
POLLA B8 pays for
LIFE SCHOLARSHIP its.
FAX-MS'
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 Chcitnt St., Philadelphia.
Positions for Graduates.
Time required 3 to 4 mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Everything.   Witts for Ciroulaa.
A NEW-__5
m\m -MAKER
1I1MI IsffiiSiE
The undersigned would respectfully announce to the public that he has opened a
New Cabinet MM aM UMeiMiiig EstaUMient
ta WILLOW STBEET, between Seventh and
fiahth Streets, in the City oi Lebanon.
■►•Having a large and good selection ofall
kinds of Furniture, 1 solicit the patronage of
the publie to call at my place of business and
examine my stock, which consists of he best
and latest styles of Furniture, which is now
•Bored lor sale at my place of business.
sjaT All kinds of work in my line of business, made to order at reasonable terms.
TT.TDE11TAKING A SPECIALTY.
AsT CASKETS ahd COFFINS—from the
•Sheapest to tho very best, furnished at prices
to defy competition.
—"lam prepaied to attend Funerals anywhere, with   or without hearse.   All orders
will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH It. ABNOLD.
April 7.1886.	
REMOVAL!
ATKINS A It KO., have -removed tbeir.
Store to the new bnilding, north-east.
corner of Ninth streetand Walnut alley, where*
hey have inst received a fresh stock ol Gro-*
series, which they are determined to sell.
•heap. All they ask is to give them a trial.
•--Ibe convinced.
We would call special attention to our stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRUO PEACHES,
APPLES.
We are selling th best
T1AS,  COFFEES,   SUGARS
9TRUP8, PITMS SPICES,   QUEENS
SLABS,   WOOD,  AND   WILLOW    WARE.
tn\T Being determined to render satisfaction
to customers we invite all to call and see ut.
ateins;* BRO
L-baaon. June*-). 188S
U. B. HOTD-U1ID SO-SI-TT
OP PENNS_J_VA_n__,
Ho*_s Office—H. E. Corner Ninth and
Railroad Streets. Lebanon, Penna
President....................J. B. Stxhmak, Esq
Tice-President Gideo> Liqht, Esq
Secretary..........................Gbo. A. Mark
Treasurer.............. Himtv H. Kbbidub
Atjtuary -, .,.!-,-n |]of*_h
Medic—I Examiner. .Da. Geo. P. Lixkawkavek
Connsel..  S. P. Light, Esq.
Death losses paid tc Jin. 1st, 1887,
Nearly $5,000,000.00
Divested Assets §166,661.25
Contingent Assets, $128,4.00.00
Total Assets, $£84,061.25
THIS SOCIETT has new been in operation
for seventet- years, has paid all its losses
promptly aad ls fall, and is to-day financially
hi a bsMsr condition than lt ever was. Its
now Division has all the improvements which
th_ long e_poris____.es indicated, aad affords insurance cheaper than it can be obtained iu any
ether Comptar.
The cost for assessments during the last two-
years for a person 30 years of age, was only
S5.25 or t-62% a year. Support a home inst'*-»-
Uon that you know is sound and sale.
E. Z. KEHLER,
District andSecurlng Agent, Lebanon, Pa.
Jauaary   7.1867.
Seal Plush Coats. Newmarkets.
Astrakhan and Boucle Jackets. Silk Lined Circulars.
Misses' and Children'sj Garments of all kinds.
Heavy Astrakhan Jackets  $5 00 and up.
Heavy Boucle Jackets  $3 50 and up.
Ottoman silk circulars, quilted lining, trimmed with fur, $13.
Wo are selling SEAL PLUSH   COATS 40 inches  long, quilted lining,4 seal
loops, made flrst class, at $25, well worth $30.
Lebanon, Pa., July 14 1886.
5. SEIBERT, President
TJHJ LEBANON
G. EHRHORN, Manager,
The Lebanon Brewing Cmpany is prepared to furnish'their excellen
WIENEEI
MAERTZEN !
Salvator Lager Beer
IK AHT QUALITY DESIRED.
[BOTTLED    BEER.l
Orders for onr Bottled Beer left at the Brewery, or with A. _- JQ._in
the prominent bottler, at the Exchange Hotel, Ind. Diet., will be filled.
Oor Wiener Beer, which is bottled, is especially recommended for
LADIES NURSING CHILDREN by the most prominent physicians
in the City,   fi®-TELEPHONE CONNECTION.   Apply to
LEBANON BREWING CO.,
Dec. 1, 1 84. Indepknde-_ Dis.TBio, Lebanon. Pa
The Electric Light is Here.
BRILLIANT DISPLAY EVERY EVENINfi.
SELTZER'S
NEW BUILDING,
Corner of 9th and Willow Streets, Lebanon.
Come and see the handsome styles and the splendid assortment.   Yon never saw
anything like it.   Here are a few items :
Fnr Mon ' Corkscrew and Fancy Worsted Suitings, New Styles: Woolen Suit-
rUr HICil • ings and Pantaloonings. Full line Keller's Patent Back laundried
and unlaundried Shirts.  .
r__ \nA\t_t_. Blaot and Colored Dress Goods, new shades; Spring Shawls,
rUr    LdUiCO .    Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Embroidery, &c.
FOP tu6   HOU86 ■   -Fu*1 line Tal)le Linens and House-Furnishing Goods.
FOR EVERYBODY: Large Stock, Good Goods and Low Prices.
\%_TFRESH GROCERIES, A FULL LINE ALWAYS ON HAND."_3I
-   ,„        J. H. SELTZER & BRO.
Lebanon,- pril28. IE—>
[Established i n 1840.]
COAL. COAL. COAL.
WM. B. ECKEIROTI,
WHOLESALE AND R ETAIL DEALER IJf
Anthracite and   Bituminous
Kindling Wood, Sand and Plasterer's Material.
Also a First-class .LITER _T attached.
Office and Tard:—Forge and Eleventh Streets, Lebanon, Pa.
Lebanon, November 26, 1886.
OWMANS
BOOTS and SHOES
LARGE STOCK.
Lowest   Prices.
Ladies' Shoes from 10 cts a pair up to $500.
Mens' Shoes from 15 cents up to #600.
CALL AND SEE.      1
J A. BOW3V!AN,    I
5 & 7 SOUTH EIGHTH ST., LEBANON, PA.   .
Lebanon, July 1,1897.
GASH!     CASH!     CASH!
o
ASH  SYSTE-K   Introduced la   --.ebon.
CASH SALES AND SMALL PROFITS 1
Lumber and Coal
t\  X\_m oi*l-_**t»b 1 ishad and well-known yard ol
REE-f __itlj A MEILT,
Jt the UHIO* pamat. on the east and vest
sVIe ot Niiit— strMtt, Lot—non Borough.
m\sTs*ssen**—— rsifBf^I hir,Y_ determined that
•tter tke «r»t Cmj at January, 1882, they will
saII for cask or oa 90 days time only, enabling
tXcm to aall Lumber and Coal at lower rates
tnan eaa be sol— by parties giTing longer time.
Persons la want of anything ln out Une will
find lt to f—telr Interest— to examine oar stock
before purc__i!»g elsewhere.
LUMBMMI  LUMBER/
Consisting of Pins, Tallow Pine, Poplar, Hemlock, Ac, mt all mimttst; al«o Har« Woods ofall
descriptions.
Bails. s?cftta, Pallnjp a-_J fencing boa-rds,
■oolm and Plastering 1—ths;
IlKimjlsa.' ssmrHmflesf Shtngles!
Share— ana sawed Shingles of dMevent
lsngths. TaaakfBl for past patronage, \-*e
wanld r-tpeetlully solicit a continuance oftt-
same.
uai-OBHL A MK1L.
i-tb-xaoa l>««eiat_>«r 7.1881
J. K. FCTNQgTS
FiSIIIIilLI IIHISSEI,
Gents* Furnishing Ooods.
AND NOTION TOBE.
846  Comberland  Street.
tVnder the Eagle Builatng.)
Grand Special Display.
—ot NEW-
SPRING MIL LIJtER Y.
SaT Immense stock of Ladles', Misses' and
Children's Straw Hats and Bonnets, Trimmed
anil Untrimmsd.   Also, Elegant Noyelties In
FLOWERS I FLOWERS! FLOWERS J
he   Handsomest ever   produced.   Ostrich
Tlumes and Tips, Pompons, etc., in all desira-
be colors and qualities.
_S*r Prices Guaranteed on Everything.
April 8.1885.
iiiiii ioilei mn
 OF	
LSBANON,   Vt\.
OBERT & GROVE
PR0PR1E10R8.
THB naderslgned have erects, a aew
BOILER SHOP on FOUBTH STBEET, an
ine of Philadelphia A Beading K. Ji., in which
has been placed. aU the latest machinery aM
eeeary for the manufacture of all kind of
Furnace Casings,
Boilers, Blast Pipes,
Barrows, Tanks,
—AKD ALL BIRDS OF—
PLATHIBSHKTIROIWORI
sarnxparisaMd aadskllU_nl workmen hare
bees sngaaed, aad! aspaelal attention will be
aid ta repairing. F. J. OBEBT,
July 18,188-1 JAC. H. -BOTIL
I>.  St. BAlf-
President.
Q-eo. I". M__t,
Treasurer
D. M. K_<m_i*t.
Special Agen
J ao. _. B_n__—F,
Secretary.
Lebanon Mntnal Tire Insurance Co
LOCATED AT JONESTOWN, PA.
INCORPORATED APRIL 21,  1856.
ORGANIZED JUNE 1,1856.
INSURANCE over $8,000,000
In successful operation for over 25 years, pay
Ing Losses close to
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
at an annual average costol less than one-hal
per eent to Its policy holders.
The aompany is under the management ol
experienced men; its Stability lsunquestion
able; the adjustment ol Its losses fair and eoui-
able, and payments prompt.
R[I FIRM ui NEW STOCK
-AT THE-
Letaaflon Valloy Beat and Shos Hnu,
840 Ouixrberland jgt.,
LEBANON, PA.,
Where you will find the finest and Largest
Stock ofall the Latest and Best Styles of
BOOTS and SHOES,
TRUNKS, SATCHELS,
RUBBERS, &c, &c
20 per cent, cheaper than esew here,
ever seen ln Lebanon, which has j nst been received from the Eastern cities, and is now
ready for inspection.
Saw* Goods will be sold at Panic Prices foi
Spot Cash.
AaT Custom work made to order. Bepalring
neatly done.
J3- Drop ln and see us If you wish to sea
some rare sights.   Bemember the place.
Kelchner & Reinoehl.
Decer 23,1385
D. Hammond Mish,
Florist,
Cor. 4th and Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Pa.
Bedding Plants   and  Roses   a   Specialty.
Out Flower Designs, Bouquets, tte,,
to order.
Agent for HOOPE8 BEOS & THOMAS, Nurserymen, of West Chester, Penna.
Orders for  Nursery   Stock,   Ornamenta
Trees, Shrubbery, Small Fruit, Eet.
booked for next Spring's delivery.
gj D. HAMMOND MISH.
1 une 10,1883.
1Z.KEHLER&S0M
-M-w-0
22%North Eighth Street,
LEBANON, P_L
Real Estate Agents
HAVE always on hand a large num-.
ber  of HOUSES, FABMS, and]
BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Persons wishing to bny or sell will doj
well by giving them a call. ■ • Jti-i
Correspondence solicited.
E. Z. KEHLBK _ SOB.
Mai20, 1883
M
-*y|"OST Complete aviortraeat of
WATCHES, JKWELKY
NECELACES,
RINGS,
CHAINS.
BKACELBTS
CANES
CLOCKS,
SOLID   811, VBSTaWD   PLATED WAR A
Just received and for Sale at
NEWHARD'S
No. 22 NORTH NINTH ST.
AaT Call and examine goods andjprlces beior
purchasing elsewhere
___-•»_»-__►__- __"   «"•>__-•_••*—-___.
AaT A noiseless and accurate Time Keeper
Come and see it at
Jas. J. Nkwhakd'b J kwklpt Stoes,
2. North Ninth S„,|Leban0n, Pa.
Bpt. Ml
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder, never varies, A marvel ol
purity,"" strength and wholesonleness. More
economic—1 than the ordinary kinds, and ean
not be sold in competition with the multitude
of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cans. Boyal B__*__
Powdbr Co., 106 Wall street, New York
Nov. 4.1885.
THE GREA
CURlFDR
imiHGPILES
•JL^Z-YMPTOMS""*
\__lyr
"Moiature, intense
Etching and  stinging,
rmost  at  night—worse  by
^scratching—very distressing.    X
'allowed to continue tumors form which"
rt}ften bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
-5S.    SWAYNE'S  OINTMENT
■C_)5^top8 the ltch:lnea*ad bleeding
^w^^eals   ulceration, and   In,
O '^5_\_!nany CSMeii removi
•^he tumors. Sent
^ Wk^KVfflrti_   am^mr  mmim*  .*-**
^>
_!Octa._
THK
ELDREDGE
SEWIN6
ummm
WITH
A-to__tic,
Cjlinde?
Mle.
No. 3.
Ihe ELDREDGE "B" is sold witii the
guarantee of being the BEST
that can be MADE
AGENTS WANTED.
ELDREDGE MANUFACTURING CO.
MS md 36S WABASH AVE.,
CHICAGO, -_-_»
ytlmttt^
ilkaMt^AiHhnmf.
ST. RLMO HOTEL,
ifos. S17 and 319 Arch Street,
Between _____ and Fourth,
PHILADELPHIA,   PA.
IN response to the requirements ofthe times
I nave reduced the rates of this Hotel to
83.•• per day. The high reputation ofthe
honse will be maintained in all respects, and
the traveling public will still ___ tne liberal
provision ior their comfort.
The house has been recently refitted, and ls
complete in all its appointments. Located In
the immediate vicinity ot the large centres ol
business and ot the places of amusement, and
accessible to all Kailroad Depots and other
part* ol the City by Street Ca rs constantly
passing its doors, lt offers special inducements
to those visiting the City on business or pleas
ure.
JQS; M, __G AH, Proprietor.
THE DONATION PARTY.
BT HELEN FOBRE8T GRAVES.
"Are yoa all right. Matilda ?" said Mr.
Perkins, casting* a final comprehensive
glance around bim, as he pnt one foot on
the wagon step and gathered np the reins
into his left hand.
"Y-jtm, I believe so," answered his
wife,
"Is the big 1 _>af of election cake in T*
' lei"
"And the stone jug of maple molasses?"
*_St's right here."
"And the ten yards o' rag-carpet, and
the pair o' brackets, and tbe cherry vase,
packed in tissue-paper shavings ?"
**Yas, I b'lieve we hain't forgotten
nothin',"assented Mrs. Perkins, craning
her neck this way and that, to make as
surance doubly sure.
"Wal, then, tbat settles matters," said
the farmer, briskly adjusting himself in
his seat. "Attention, company 1 Fair-
ward—mareh P
But as the clumsoy old farm-wagon
lumbered slowly on through daisied fields
and meadows crimsoned with nodding
grasses, he looked up in a quaint one-sided
manner at his wife's clouded face.
"What on airth's the matter, Matilda?''
said he. "I s'posed you was dead set on
goin' to this 'ere 'Donation Party,' this
arternoon."
"I did set considerable store by it,"
said Mrs. Perkins, pumping a heavy sigh
out of some unseen deeps in her internal
economy ; "but somehow I feel sort of
uneasy about leavin' Chatty in charge of
things at home."
Asahel Perkins whistled.
"Ain't she a woman (rowed np ?" aaid
be.
"I s'pose so."
"Get ont!" said the old sarmer. "One
wonld suppose she was a baby."
"But she ain't used to bein' left alone."
*_t's a good time to sort o1>egin, then,
ain't it?" chuckled theold man.
"I'm afeard sba'll let the dried peach-
sass burn."
"No great harm ef she does,"
"And there's the calf to Be fed, and tbe
Shanghai chickens to be looked arter. and
the short-cake to be baked and—"
"Well, I calkilate Chatty'* eqnal to the
occasion, "nodded Mr. Perkins. "Anyhow,
we shan't never know, ef we don't take
some way of findin' about. Come, mother,
don't bet. I do b'lieve ef yon was on the
road to heaven, you'd want to turn back
to see ef the clothes-pins was all a-layin'
w ith their heads tbe right way, and the
chickens had gone to roost all square an'
even on the proper perdu"
"Asahel, yoa hadn't oughter speak light
o' sacred things," reproachfully murmured Mrs. Perkins,
"WeU, mother, I won't," aequicsed
Mr. Perkins, "ef you'll leave off thinkiu'
you know more than Providence does, eh?"
So the old couple kept on toward the
Catfield Parsonage, where there was, on
that particular day, one of those great
local upheavals commonly known as a
"Donation Party," and where four bushels of doughnuts, thirteen bed-quilts, nine
macrame tidies, and nineteen bouquets of
impossible paper roses, had already are
rived in bewildering succession.
"I do hope," sighed tbe Bev. BU Parsons, "that Providence '11 pui it into tbe
head of some one to send mc a fall overcoat, for mine's clear in rags. Squire
Pepper, now—he's fairly well off in this
world's goods—it's just like him to think
of such a thing !"
While Mrs. Parsons, a withered little
old woman, with clusters of false carls on
each side of ber face, and an immortal
butterfly always hovering over the black
lace borders, of her cap, secretly hoped
that Mrs. Goidwood, who had more money
than she knew what to do with, might be
spiritually moved to present her with a
much needed black silk _own.
"1 know it ain't consistent to think too
mnch of earthly adornments,'' sighed poor
little Mrs. Parsons ; bat I never had a
silk gown, and it does seem as if It would
be comforting to own one before I died."
But our hopes are frequently doomed to
be blighted.
Squire Pepper brought a damaged photograph album, from the "unsalable"
shelf in his store,and Mrs. Goidwood smilingly presented to her pastor's wife a hideous basket of wax fruit, whieh had stood
on her own back parlar table until she was
tired ot the sight of it.
Mrs. Parsons conld bave burst ont crying.
The stuffy Uttle parlor filled fast with
the parishioners. The kitchen was well
packed with solid matrons and brisk
maidens, arranging the salt shoulders of
bacon, the juicy hams, the cold roast
fowls, and loaves of home-mrde cake ; the
pounds of coffee, hi brown paper cerements, the packages ot white beans, and
tbe glasses of currant jelly, which were
one by one brought in.
The parlor tables groaned under bookmarkers, embroidered tidies, home-knit
laces, volumes of poems, and snch eminently useful contributions.
Mrs. Parsons hustled to and fro, wondering how on earth, even with all the
china and glass she* had borrowed, she
shonld manage to provide for such a concourse of guests.
Mr. Parsons smiled feeblp at the well-
worn jokes of the people and wondered
how many of this particular type of "Donation Party" it would take to send him
to the poorhouse.
"Didn't you bring yonr city niece V"
old Miss Tackaberry asked of Mrs. Perkins, who surrounded by a group of congenial friends, sat on tins sofa in the parson's study, radiant as the full moon.
"Well, no, not to-day," Mrs. Perkins
answered. "We calkilated, bein' there
was so many tramps and roughs a-prow-
lin' around the country since court week,
as we'd better leave some one to hum to
keep house ; and she didn't seem patick-
'lery anxious to come."
"Should hev' thou't she'd a-wanted to
get acquainted with the young folks,"
said Mrs. Tackaberry.
Mrs. Perkins smiled and smoothed down
the flounces of her dress. "She'll get acquainted before long, I guess," said she,
calmly.
"Not very young, I s'pose said Miss
Tackaberry.
"About sixteen," answered Mrs. Perkins, with suppressed triumph.
**w-__, I never !" said Miss Tackaberry.
"She must find it awful dull here 7"
"Sot so very," returned Mrs. Perkins.
"Been here long tn
-A week."
"Me and sister Typhosa '11 call tomorrow,"" said Miss Tackaberry. **I
was always one to believe in sociability."
But here Mrs. Parsons feebly announced
that "supper was ready," and hi the blind
rush that ensued, Mrs. Perkins and Miss
Tackaberry got seperated.
At the "Donation Party" everybody
ate as much as they possibly oould, and
nearly everybody pnt something in his
or her pockets for tbe children at heme.
Gallons of scalding tea and lukewarm
coffee vanished; tons of indigestible cake
disappeared as if by magic; monster dishes
of stickey preserves were ever "and onon
renewed; relays of hot biscuits arrived
every five minutes from the stove-ovens,
and still they cry for "more !"
Bnt the meal was, luokily for Mrs.
Parson's equanimity, drawing to a close,
when Joel FoUerten, a handsome,
swarthy-browned young giant, popped
his head in at tbe door and looked around.
"Deacon   Perkin's folks here" said he.
"That's me," said Mr. Perkins with
his mouth full of biscuit and honey.
"Old horse ain't got loose, has he? I
tied him close to the—"
"No, it ain't the horse," said Joel.
"Jest step out here. I want to speak to
yoa a minute."
Mrs. Perkins uttered a shrill little
shriek.
"I knowed it," said she—"I knowed
it perfectly well. Somethin's happened.
The new Alderney cow is lamed, or else
tbe house is took on fire, and the insurance run out only yesterday."
"Something's happene-,** said Joel,
with an anxious look, "though I don't
rightly kuow how nor what. Mother she
just came across lots to your house to
get the receipt fur makin' soft soap, and
although sbe could see your niece a-set-
tin' by the fire, she couldn't make her
hear, though she knocked fit to rattle the
side of the old house down. And—
don't be scared—she, sort o' thinkin'
Miss Chatty's in a ft or hut or su'thiu'
so she sent me down here on Speckle-
back, while she stayed by tbe door to sort
o' keep guard."
"Jerusalem!" mattered Mr. Perkins,
fumbling to untie tke horse. "Why
didn't yon kick in the dcor, or smash
the window-panes, or su'thiu'?"
"As for the door, I tried my level best,"
said Joel," bot them timbers would
stand an earthquake. And mother sbe
wouldn't let me break the window, for
fear the flying glass should hurt your
niece."
"Git inl" said Perkins, hoarsely.
"Quick! There ain't no time to loose! I
dunno what onairth I shall say to Brother
Clayton, down in York, if anything has
happened to the gal that's all he's got in
the world."
*•_ knowed it!—I was sure on'tP* shrilly
wailed poor Mrs. Perkins, rocking, herself back and forth. "She's been murdered by a slungshot by some o' tbem
miscr'ble creeters as got loose from
Dilktown Jail. We never oughter a-left
ber there alone!"
"Dob1, mother, don't!" said Perkins,
faintly, ducking bis head as if ber words
were a shower of hailstones. "P'raps
things ain't so very bad arter all. P'raps
—she's—asleep.''
*_fot very likely," said Joel, trotting
alongside of the wagon on Speckle-back,
a stoat four-year-oolt. "Nobody could
ba' slept much with mother hollerin' and
rappin' on the glass lige mad, and me a-
kickin' at the door so that the very clock
tumbled off the shelf."
"It you ketch hold o' my arm that way,
mother," said poor, Perkins, despairingly.   I can't drive a yard finder."
Even in that solitary and thinly peopled neighborhood a Uttle group had
already collected around the windows of
Deacon Perkin's house, peerin through
the tangle of tall lilac bushes and dense-
growing cinnamon roses to get a glimpse
into the tiny-paned casements, and a line
of curiously-minded people had followed
from the Catfield parsonage, under tho
vague impression that ."something was
wrong at Asa Perkins's place."
"Just look for yourself," said Joel
Fullerton.
•1 cant !" muttered Perkins, passing
his hand across his forehead, as if tbere
was some unwonted pressure there. "Get
me a screw-driver, something, 1*U know
the reason why!"
"Father!" squeaked his wife; "there
ain't no need for no screw-driver. The
Battery window's wide open, with nothin'
but a few meshes o' mosquito nettin' over
it. Tou can scramble in there as easy as
not, and open the front door from inside."
The suggestion was instantly carried
out, and in a moment, aa it were, tha
crowd was inside the door, staring in a
terrified way at the figure wrapped fas
shawls, which had fallen to one side in
the old rocking-chair, with its face averted. No one had courage to step forward
and solve the mystery. Tbere was a
second of appalling suspense, when suddenly the back door was flung open, and
in rushed Chatty Clayton herself with
bright eyes, cheeks Hushed like twin roses,
and her apron full of brilliant blue asters
and yellow-fringed golden rod.
"What is the matter, Aunt Matilda?"
she cried. "Back so soon? Why, I didn't
expeot you until after dark! I just ran
down into tbe woods to get some flowers
and red leaves to hang on the walls; - slid
the sun isn't fairly down yet. Bat wbat
has happened? Why are all these peoplo
here?"
Mrs. Perkins made a clutch at Chatty
and hugged har, after a strangling fashion,
to her heart.
"She's alive!" she shrieked. "She ain't
dead! Bor she ain't in a fit! I knowed it
aU along! I knowed nothin' hadn't happened ! Oh, Chatty, Chatty, I never was
so glad o' nothin' in all my life before!"
"But," spoke np Mr. Perkins, glancing
furtively toward the rocking-chair, "who's
that? Who's the dead -ramau, « iin woman in a fit, jor whoever she is?"
Chatty broke into a merry tinkle of
laughter.. *
"It—it's only a dummy. Uncle Asahel,"
she confessed. '"I dressed ap the bolster
in Aunt Tilda's doable gown and cap and
spectacles, and set it in the rocking chair,
so that if anyone looked into the window
they shouldn't fancy the old place quite
deserted. For the sunshine was so bright
snd tbe woods looked so delightful, that I
couldn't stay in 1 Bnt, oh"—with a penitent clasping of her hands—"I didn't—indeed I didn't mean to give you such a
fright as this!"
"I don't mind the fright, my dear, so
long as everything has turned out right at
last," said Uncle Asahel, his whole face
beaming into a universal smile. ' 'Neighbors, will yon sit down snd take a
smack?" looking hospitably around on
the assemblage. "We hain't much but
soft gingerbread and dried-peach sasa—"
"And that's burned," guiltily murmured Chatty.
''Cut such as it is, you're kindly welcome to it," added the fanner.
But the neighbors decided to return to
Catfield Parsonage, with the solitary exception of Joel Fullerton, Who elected to
remain and be lectured by Chatty on his
officiousness.
"And so yoa really believed that old
spectacled thing to be—me?" cried Chatty
with infinite scorn.
"You know I had never seea yoa,"
pleaded Joel.
"And yon- went and spoiled Uncle
Asahel'a Donation Party, aad set all the
tongues ia Catfield wagging, and made a
scene all on account of—a bolster ?"
"I'll never do so again," abjectly uttered
Jest
And therewith the young people burst
out into uncontrollable laughter.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, on the baek
porch, nodded their heads and said "tbey
guessed it was all right." —Saturday
Night.	
TBE HAUHTED SHIPS.
lathe twenty years of my seafaring life
I had two experiences with haunted ships.
The term may provoke a smile, but if
there are haunted bouses why shouldn't
there be haunted ships ? As to the question of the supernatural, I may or may not
be a believer ? I will give you the incidents just as they occurred, and if you can
explain everything satisfactorily to yourself 1 shall be gratified.
An English brig called the Charles, in
making ber first voyage from Liverpool to
Boston, bad some trouble with her crew,
and in putting it down tbe captain shot a
sailor named Jack Wallace. Jack lived
about an hour after being hit, and he
cursed the oaptain high and low, and he
vowed by all that was good tbat he wonld
haunt the brig as long as she floated. I'm
blessed if he didn't begin the haunting
business that very night, creating an alarm
Which made even the first mate .shake in
his boots. On getting into Boston every
man but the second mate deserted her.
She loaded her cargo, shipped another
crew, and on tbe way over to England
Jack's ghost kicked np snch a row tbat
the men wen for taking to the boats in
mid-ocean and deserting thejbrif. Every
man of them, mates and all, left her at
Liverpool, and lt was two weeks after she
was ready to sail again, this time for New
Orleans, before she could find a crew.
News of an affair af this sort gets spread
about sooner and further than yoa would
imagine, even withont the help of the
newspapers, and Jack Tar will not sail in
a haunted ship for any man's money.
The brig reached New Orleans after a
long passage, and she had scarcely tied to
the wharf when everybody deserted her,
the captain going with the rest. There
was a regular stampede, and the vessel
left in the hands of the consignees at the
drop of the hat. I found her two weeks
after this with her load of cotton all aboard
and her sails bent for sailing. Her old
crew had talked more or less, and doable
wages were being oflered for a crew. First
mate's place waa offered me, while an
English sea captain had come down from
New Tork. We regarded the gbost business as all nonsense, and were prepared to
grapple with any spirit or investigate any
mystery. By our own personal efforts we
finally picked up a crew, getting hold of
men here and there, who had just come
into port from long voyages and had heard
nothing to the brig's prejudice. Wa
dropped down the river and got to sea
without a single sailor having beard anything, and of course none of them WON
looking for the mysterious. We were well
out to sea before night of the flrst day,
and when I came ou deck at midnight to
stand my watch there was a steady breeze
and a moderate sea, and the captain watch
had an easy time of it. The men of my
watch took a pull at a brace here and
there, and inside ofa quarter hoor all except the lookout were stowed away bere
and there to catch cat naps. I was pacing
the deck with everything very quiet alow
and a!ott,when my attention was attracted
to the sight of a sailor coming aft. I was
on the starboard quarter, and he came
along down close to tbe port rail, and
made as if to go to the wheel. Ilis footsteps gave out no sound, and he came
along with a sort of glide I never could
describe. It was a breach of discipline
fora foremast hand to appear on the quarter deck withont a special errand or without saluting, and when I saw this man
making his way along the quarter toward
the man at the wheel it struck me that he
was walking in his sleep. I picked up a
rope's end and started for him, but he
glided ahead like a shadow, passed within
two feet of tile man at the wheel and went
oat of Sight like a flash. Next instant the
sailor let go of the spokes of tbe wbeel
and staggered about, and the brig would
have come up into the wind had I sot
jumped for the wheel. I yelled out and
raised an alarm, and the men threw a buoy
over and we presently stopped oar way
and made ready to lower a boat. It was
then discovered that no one was missing.
Every man abord that craft was there to
answer to his name.
The captain set out to give mo a keel
hauling for creating such an alarm, hot X
took him aside, called to tbe sailor who
had seen all, and we told oor story in a
way whioh put the old man into a pickle.
While he had to believe us, he wouldn't
believe iu the supernatural, and no nan
conld have been more uneasy.
"Here is wbat I saw, sir," replied tbe
foremast hand when asked for his version
ofthe matter. "I think I saw tbe spook
before Mr. Temple did. I thought it was
one of the men coming back to make a report to him, but when I saw him bear off
to port, and saw Mr. Temple start for him,
I believed it was a case of sleep walking.
The thing came so olose that I could have
touched it, and tbere was a smell of dead
folks about it. There wss a sailor look to
the face—it being a youngish chap—and
his two hands were clasped on his side
like this. He fetched a sort of groan as he
passed me, and he went over the stern as
softly as a leaf falls to the ground, and
without a splash. This is a haunted craft,
sir, and I give"
"Shut up !" hissed tho captain. "Tell
me that again and Fit clap yoa in irons."
"But who was itS-rt*^
"Both of yoa were dreaming, and if I
hear any more of tt somebody will bear
from me."
He further requested that nothing be
said to the men, and, although he tried to
make light of the matter, I knew that he
was deeply puzzled. Tbe sailor was as
good as bis promise, and said nothing,
and nothing further happened until the
third night. The second mate, as you
may know, is really in charge of the captain's watch, and this officer, Mr. Graves,
was on duty, and the time was 11 o'clock,
with my watch all below, when something
happened. His wetch had just beeu
trimming the yards, and could not, therefore, be charged with dreaming. All of a
sudden a figure appeared among them.
It was first seen at the scuttle butt, and
one of the men, who after a drink of
water, spoke to it under tbe impression
that it was one of his shipmates. It
glided away at the same moment his nostrils were greeted with such an odor that
he cried oat in disgust. The strange
figure was seen by four men of the watch
as it glided to a point a few feet abaft
the foremast, and there stood for two or
three minutes with hands pressed upon
Its side, and its body weaving to and fro.
A man of the name of Will Ketch—a chap
who had pera- a—rii„ or aevn—
called out to the mysterious  personage:
"If you are are playing a trick on ue,
look out for yourself!"
With that he picked np a bu.ket, or
belaying pin, or weapon of some sort
which was handy by, and gave it a fling
at the figure, and the mysterious personage vanished at the snap of your finger.
There waa a tow which brought as all on
deck, and now the fact that there was a
mysterious something aboard tho brig
oould no longer be concealed. Tbe captain raved and blustered, bat tbo men
had seen what they had seen, and it was
no use to browbeat tbem. Tbe watch
below refused to tarn iu again. The captain undertook to drive them at the muzzle of his revolver, and they threatened to
jump overboard.
There may be a haunted house in a
neighborhood, but no one fears it unless
be passes it. Here was a ship believed to
be haunted, aad yet no one could get
away from it. I confess that things did
look at least "queer" to me, and
while tbe captain pooh-poohed and talked
in a loud voice I realized that he was a
btt shaky. Mr. Graves also blustered
about, swearing at tbe men, advising a
dose of belaying pin to care their nonsense, and when the captain told bim to
turn in be went down to his berth with a
laugh and a swagger. Threo minutes
later he returned to as with a face as
white as chalk and it was a full minute
before he could use his tongue to stammer
oat:
"The—the thing is in tte cabin!"
Without a wordin reply we descended
the companion with him—the captain
going first, I next and Mr. Graves bringing up the rear. As we passed along the
hall and pushed open the cabin door the
figure of a man could be made ont on tbe
far side of the cabin, where the shawdows
were darkest. It was as plain as any human figure could be, though we could
not make out the face and otber details.
We stared at it for half a minute, and
then tbe captain palled bis revolver and
banged away. Tbere was a sort of groan
following his shot, and when the smoke
cleared we took a light and searched in
vain for traces of oor mysterious visitor.
He had departed. It was confessed to
tbe owners aad to the press that tbe
officers and erew of tbat brig slept on deck
every night after that until the end of tho
voyage. Indeed, there were only two
sailors among tbe crew who would venture into the forecastle in the daytime,
aod the steward could not have been kept
in bis place except by threats. We were
ridiculed and laughed at as a crew, bat
it is a matter of history that tha Charles
never made another voyage. Sbe could
not get a charter, nor oould she have got a
crew if she had, and after rotting in ordinary for a couple of years she was knocked
to pieces.
My second experience was on the ship
Homeward. I shipped on her at Liverpool for a voyage to Cape of Good Hope
and return. I had not set eyes on her,
and knew her only by name when I went
aboard with my traps. I had a first
mate's berth, and understood that the
officer filling that place had been taken
suddenly ill two days before. The ship
was ready to sail, and I had to hustle
aboard without making inquiries. Aa I
approached ber I encountered a man
skulking away, and believing him to be a
deserter, I reached out for him. I got
his collar, but he broke my hold, and as
he ran awayl heard him say:
"Aye, but I'd sooner sail tbe sea in a
coffin."
I gave this remark little attention, even
when I found out aboard that he was
actually a deserter. He was ono of six
men who had come off to the ship in the
morning, and nobody could tell why h
had cut sticks. We had a pretty good idea
three or four days later.
There wero only five men aboard when I
climbed over the rail—only five sailors.
The cook and steward were there, as also,
a cabin boy, but tte captain was ashore,
and no one could tell me whether a second
mate had been shipped or not. About
midnight tte shipping agents sent me
eleven or twelve men, every one of them
helplessfy drunk, and a little later on
came the oaptain. He had been drinking
heavily, and after trying to tell me his
name and failing to underatand mine, he
went to his cabin with the order that I
should call him at fi o'clock. We were al!
ready to warp out, the work of only half
mi hoar from av berth, and the tide
would not serve until midforenoon. I appointed a ship keeper and turned in myself, but the drunken fellows wero bound
to have their farewell carouse, and I got
no sleep through the night. Less than
half of them were .of any use next morning
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in warping the ship out. The captain
came on deck perfectly sober, and when I
said something about the condition of tho
crew he replied:
"Yes' it's beastly, Mr. Temple, but we
couldn't have got 'em aboard sober, you
know. Let a whisper get out about a
craft and sailors act like fools."
I had my mouth open to ask what
stories were in circulation regarding the
Homeward, when the captain, whose
name was Robinson, gavo me an order and
walkod away. The second mate, who
seemed to have been on a spreo with the
men, came up and introduced himself.
His name was Anderson, and he apologized
for his presence by saying:
"I hung oot to tte very last,, hoping to
get another ship, but I had to take the
berth.   Do you think they are very bad?''
"What?"
"The ghosts."
"Is this a haunted ship?"
"Didn't you know it was? They say
she bas been deserted in every port and
that she changes captains every trip; but
perhaps it is only sailor talk. I hope wo
shall have no trouble, sir."
He sidled away in a half ashamed manner, and all hands, or all who wore of any
use, at once began warping the ship out,
and before noon we were ou our way out.
After we were fairly off tho men began to
knock themselves together, tbe captain
and second mate acted like different men,
and when tho watches wero set I had forgotten tte words dropped by Mr. Anderson^ He wss a thorough sailor and full of
discipline, and one would have judged by
his face that he hail great force of
character."
Nothing occurred to create an alarm for
three days. Then, one night during ay
watch, a man in the captain's watch, who
was below, came on deck and said to me:
"Mr. Temple, it must bs that we bave a
sotwaway aboard. We have hoard groans
and sigbs and sobs for tbe last two nights,
aud some of the men declare the ship is
haunted. There comes the watch, sir,
driven oat by the noises. Won't you
please mate a search?"
It was true that every man in the cap.
tain's watch had tumbled up, and I knew
that tbey must be badly frightened to
thus exhibit themselves. I took a long
look at the weather, saw that everything
was fair, and then descended to the forecastle alone. Not a man dared to follow
me down there. I wasu't even nervous.
If there were groans and cries they must
come from some poor devil who had secreted himself in the hold, and who was
now ill and starving. I ted only reached
the foot of the ladder when I felt the
touch of an icy hand on my face, and tho
next instant my hair was on end. Some
one was sighing, groaning and weeping,
tbe sound did not come from any one direction. At one moment they seemed to
come trom tbe very eyes of the ship, and
the next they were heard at the bulkhead,
which divided the place from the hold. I
felt, too, all the time as if somebody was
moving about me, and I put np my hand
to prevent my throat being clutched. I
frankly admit to yoa that I was scared,
■at I was determined not to show my feelings to tte men, and as I went oa deck
again I carelessly said to tbem:
"The noises come from tbe hold. Some
one bas stowed himself away, and we'll
have him out to-morrow."
I left it to tbem to go back ot remain
on deck, and not one of them, nor yet a
man in my own watch, would go below,
until daylight came, wheu, strange to say,
the noises died entirely away. The captain and Mr. Anderson both saw that
something was wrong as soon as they
came oa dealt. The captain received the
news very quietly, asking a question now
and then, and when I had finished te replied:
***Yery well, sir. After the men bave
had their breakfast we will search the
hold."     ., ■..	
we na*-~6De, But it was fruitless of re-
salt. It Was thorough enough to convince us that no person was hidden away.
The captain had very Uttle to say, seeming, as I thought, greatly distressed in
mind, but I finally brought Mr. Anderson
over to agree with me tbat tbe noises
were produced by tte rubbing of the
cargo, though why we should not hear
them in the daytime as well I eould not
explain.
The noises began about 9 o'clock the
next night. Both Mr. Anderson and myself went down and listened to them, but
we could not prevail upon the captain to
accompany us. Before 10 o'clock the men.
were in such a state of trepidation that it
was hardly possible to separate them to
do duty, and an hour later, when I went
into the cabin to consult with the captain
he looked at me in tbe queerest manner
and said:
"Mr. Temple, we must go back to
Liverpool. This ship is haunted, and if
we pursue tbe voyage we are lost."
With that be burst intoe tars and went
oft to his stateroom and locked himself
in. It was a hard position to find myself
in, for I now believe that the captain had
gone daft, and the second mate was so
rattled that his advice was no good. I
determined to hold the ship oa her course,
liowever.and she was pursuing it when, at
-o'clock ia the morning, the captain
suddeuly rushed on deck and sprang over-
board with a yell, and, though we laid
the ship to ana lowered a boat, we found
no trace of hira. I then put tte ship
about and carried her into Liverpool, and
it was the last voyage she ever made.—
New Tork Sun.
Household Art.
BY DOROTHY WHIPPLE.
It is not impossib'e to bave artistio
walls at a trifling expense.
A really charming wall-paper can bo
made by tacking up the thick dull-colored
papers that are used under carpets. Theso
papers have small patterns pressed iato
them, and when on the wall give the
effect of embossed plaster, and the subdued coloring is ia excellent taste for
almost any sort of room.
A fascinating way to make a frieze
(without any money to speak of) fa to
place a strip of common molding around
tho wall, as many inches from the ceilug
as desired, tben place another strip on the
ceiling, as many inches as desired from
the wall, and then take the corrugated
card-boards that come as wrappers to
wine bottles, and fit them into place between tte moldings. This forms an
arched frieze, bides the angle of wall and
ceiling, and makes a really capital effect.
The frieze was first seen in tho studio of a
New York artist, to whom the idea of
utilizing wine-bottle wrappers came as
an inspiration.
"When B»T>tr was sick, we *t»»o her Cfitorla,
When she> was a CL—,4, Sa« *__J for "aatoria,
When she hoc—- e af las, sho clang to C-storis,
W_—i sho had Children, sho _-to them Castori*
—A spray of Virginia Creeper may thus
be throws, as it were, over one corner, the
leaves and tendrils falling naturally on
either side of the dark green stem, wkich
is in deep shadow, and is, is reality, the
crack.—Oood Cheer.
Catakbh.- -For twenty years I was
sufferer from catarrh of the head and
throat. By a few applications of Ely's
Cream Balm I received decided benefit)—
was cured by one bottle.—Charlotte Parker, Waverly.X. _'.
—Unsightly cracks ia mirrors may be
entirely concealed by painting a spray of
flowers in sueh a way that the craok
may serve as a vine or long stem, nnd so
completely hide the defect.
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with people who aro troubled with
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