Lebanon Advertiser

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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSIAH FUNCK, Attorney-at-Law —
Removed to 728}. Cumber—ud Street,
second floor, (Funck's building,) corner of
Cumberland street and Liberty alley, Lebanon, Pa. May 27.1887.
VALENTINE J. IHHIt'll, Attorney.
at- Lawr, Oflice, No. 813 Cumberland St.
2 doors West of the Court House, Lebanon'
Pa. March 10,1887"
LEE L. GRFMHINE, Attorney-at-Law-
OfHce, No. 729 Cumberland street, half a
square east ot the Court House, Lebanon, Pa.
J une 30,1884.
DERR A FISHER, Attorneyn-al-Lsw.
Office, No. 126% North Ninui street' Lebauon, Pa. [January 6,1*86.
fGEOKGE B. ITLBICH.-Attorney-at-
\W Lawand DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Office,
742X (Second floor) Cumberland Street, Leba
non Pa. [Nov. 19,1883.
FENRY T. BIHIGHAl'S, Attorney-at-
Law, has removed his Law Office to the
aecc nd floor of A. Rise's Hat Store Building
nee rly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Pa.
I ec. 13,1876.       	
JOHN MEILT, jr„ Attorney-at-Law.—
Office removed to building of Geo. B. U1-
rjch, Esq., No. 742}£ Cumberland street, second
hoor. July 23,1884.
l_| P. LIGHT, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
Oe No. 104, N. math Street, next door
north of the Trinity D. B. Church, Lebanon,
ra.
'   Jan. 16,1884.	
OHN BENSON, Attorney-at-Law.—Ollice next door to the City Hotel and opposite
• County J ail, on Eigll—t street.
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Lebanon, August 29,1883.
DR. S. T. LINE WEAVER, PUysician
and Surgeon.—Oflice at residtwee, on
North Ninth street, two doors north of Guilford. [Lebanon, May 30, '83—6m«
HOWARD   C.   SHIRK.'—Attorney-at-
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
near Willow. [April 14,1886.
DR. M. V. PEXERMAN, Homoeopathic
Physician and Surgeon.—Office, 501 Cumberland street, Lebanon, Pa. consultations
:*■i English and German. Attends all calls,
night or day. April 28,1886.1y*
DR.    E.   F.    BURNSIDE,     "Physician
and Surgeon.   Office, J, o. 431 Chestnut
Street, Lebanon, Pa.
April 28,1886.
CHARLES H. KILLINGER, Attorney-
at-Law, has removed his office to No. 112
— orth Eighth street opposite tbe old Lutheran
Ohurch.    April 14, 1886.
: ACOB G. ADAMS, Attorney-at-Law.—
tt O—Ice opposite City Hotel, and one door
south ot   County   Prison, on South Eight-
Street. Lebanon, Pa.
June 19.1878.
A,
FRANK   SELTZER,   Attorney-at-
Law.—Office removed to No. 21 North
Eighth Street, next door to Squire Kreider's office, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,1883.
DR. jr. H. MEASE, Dentlat.
Office, South Eighth street, opposite the
■ ail, Lebanon, Pa. Nov. 22,1882.
f,"IBANK E. MEILT, Attorney-at-Law.—
!  "office removed to rooms lately occupied
uy Adam Grittinger, esq., dee'd., on Market
■ quare. North Ninth Street.
Lebanon, Nov. 1,1882,	
/"-I RANT'WEIDMAN, Attorney-at-Law.
IT Office No. U, North Ninth Street, Market
Square. Lebanon. Sept. 20,1882.
BASSLER BOTER, Attorney-at-Law.—
Office No. 28, North Eighth Street, three
u oors north of the Catholic Church, Lebanon.
May 28,1884. ^^
T   P. SHINDLE GOBIN, Attorney-at-
•J . I_-v.—Office No. _. North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa.  May 28,1884.
PG. MARK, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
e atNo.839 Cumberland Street, second floor
of D. S. Raber's Drug Store.    Scrivening and
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon, April 10.1878.	
CAPP 4k SHOCK, Attorneys-at-Law.—
Office—No. 712}<2 Cumberland street, second t&oor. Rooms lately occupied by J. Funck
A Son, Esqs.  April 30.1884.
DR. WM. H. BEABDSLEE, Dentist.—
Successor to D*. W. A. HUBEll. Nitrous
Oxide Gaa wiH be administered when desired.
Office No. 838 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
pa.  May 14.1884.
JACOB B. REINOEHL. Attorney-at
Law.—Office above the VaUey Nationa
Bank, North Eighth street, next building to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
__a.AU law business promptly and carefully
transacted. Collections in Lebanon and adjacent counties will receive diligent attention.
-M.Can be consulted in English and German.
Lebanon. Jwly *»-1884-	
-p   HARVEY SELTZER,
VETEXINART SURGEON;
Graduate ofthe American Veterinary College,
New York.   Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.
OlflCE—Ii.rear of U. E. Cumberland Street,
April 6. l8S5-ly Lebanon. Pa..
DR. WS, X. BRCCE, Homoeopathic
Physician. Graduate ot Hanemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
street-, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted In
English and German. {April 14.1886.
DOLLiABS pays for
LIFE SCHOLARSHIP in
FAX-IKES*
BUSINESSCOLLEGE
1709 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Positions for Graduates.
Time required 3 to 4 mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Everything.   Write for —*xui_ie._
tw a new ~m
CABINET - MAKER
A.ND-
The undersigned would respectfuUy announce to the public that he has opened a
New Cabin-Making aii Merta_i_ Ett______t
en WILLOW STKEET, between Seventh and
Eiafcth Streets, in the City ot Lebanon.
msr Having a large and good selection of all
binds of Furniture, 1 solicit the patronage of
the pnblic to call at my place of business and
examine my stock, which consists of ihe best
and latest styles of Furniture, which ls now
ottered tor sale at my place of business.
sear All kinds of work la my line of business, made to order at Treasonable terms.
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY.
A_-CASKETS aud COFFINS—from the
Cheapest to the very best, furnished at prices
te defy competition.
—-lam prepared to attend Funerals anywhere, with  or without hearse.   AU orders
will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH K. ARNOLD.
April 7.1886.	
REMOVAL!
ATKINS A BRO., have removed their.
Store to the aew building, north-east,
corner of Ninth street and Walnut alley, where*
hey have just received a fresh stock ot Uro-*
cerfes, which they are determined to sell,
oheap. All they ask is to give them a trial.
and be convinced.
We would call special attention to our stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRIED PEACHES,
APPLES.
We are selling th best
TEAS,  COFFEES,   SUGARS
8YRUPS, PURE SPICES,   QUEENS
GLASS,    WOOD,   AND   WILLOW     WARE.
Ser Being determined to render satisfaction
to eustoiners we invite all to call and see us.
atkins:abeo
Lebanoa. June—I. 1883
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Home Office—IT. E. Corner Ninth and
Railroad Streets. Lebanon, Penna.
President....................J. B.Stbhman, Esq
Vice-President ...Gideoit Lioht, Esq
Secret—ry..........................l^-J. A. Mark
Treasurer......,,............H_.vkv II. Kkkidkr
Actuary      ,,, ■,,      _.__«, Honran
Medici— Examiner..Db. Geo.P. Lin**—weaver
Counsel................ S. P. Lioht, Esq.
Death losses paid to Jin. 1st, 1887,
Nearly $5,000,000.00
Infested Assets, f 155,661.35
Contingent Assets, $128,400.00
Total Assets, _tSS4.O6l.So
THIS SOCIETY has now been in operation
•r seven teea years, has paid all its losses
promptly aad in ial], and is to-day financially
m a batter condition than tt ever was. Its
new Bi vision hne all the Improvements which
tb— long experience indicated, aod affords in-
Busauee cheaper than it can be obtained in any
ether Company.
The cost for assessments during the last two
years for a person 10 years of age, v. as only
86.26 or $2.6*2}$ a year. Support a home 1*_>t***»-
tion that you know is sound and safe.
E. Z. KEHLER,
District andSecurlng Agent, Lebanon.Pa.
January   7,1387.
VOL. 39.-NO. 35.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA_, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1888.
WHOLE NO.-2032
OPENING OF ULY SPRING
/.Styles in Plain ahd Fancy.*.
DRESS GOODS.
MOURNING GOODS A  SPECIALTY.
.\ Exceptional value of \*
BLAOK DRESS GOODS.
.•.Immense variety of best Imported.*.
H|li-H-1Er
JLJE_yM_L
.*. Novelties in reahSeot&h Ginghams. .*.
*_>
Snibroideries   and   Flovmoings.
We have received a large Stoek of Rainburg Edgings, Skirting arid Flouncings and including cu line of Matched Patterns in
Nainsook, Cambric and Swiss,
whwhfor variety of design
ana    excellency   of
work have never
been eqiialled.
SPECIAL LOT Or.
ziWHITE   MARSEILLES QUILTS^z
Likens and Household Goods.
the largest stock that was ever shown in this city
Just received an immense line of
LACE ABU BIATO   aBBVAIBti.
CURTAIN POLES IN ALL LENGTHS!.
C. SHii«
*
010   Cumberland St., Lebanon, Pa.   olt)
OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE .
Feb. 28,1888.
REMOVAL!
TO
16 X0RTH NINTH STKEET,
(MARKET SQ UARE.)
J.  II.   KRUM   &  CO.
R KMOVU!
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Feb. 23,1888
S. SEIBERT, President
G. EHRH0RN, Maaa_er
The Lebanon Brewing Cmpany is prepared to furnish their excellen
WEINES!
MAEBTZEN !
Salvator Lager Beer
IN ANY QUALITY DESIRED.
1BOTTLED    BEE R.I
Orders for oor Bottled Beer left at the Brewery, or with A. F. Bui-
the prominent bottler, at the Exchange Hotel, Ind. Dist., will be filled.
Onr Wiener Beer, which is bottled, is especially recommended for
LADIES NURSING CHILDREN by the most prominent physicians
in the City.   J5@-TELEPH0NE CONNECTION^   Apply to
LEBANON BREWING COM
Dec. 1,  1   84. INDEPENDENT   DlS.TBlC,  LEBANON.  Pa
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OAS
OASH!     CASH!     CASS!
CASH SYSTEM  Intro-nred te  I*-.
■—•a.
CASH SALES AND SMALL PROFITS!
Lumber and Coal
A the Ola-established and well-known yara ol
REEffiEHL ft MEILT,
-t the Union CAMA_, in tte east and vest
a<4e ol Ninth street, Lebanon Borough.
■W* The u»_ersi_ned hare determined that
after the «r»t day of January, 1883, they will
sell for cash or on -0 days time only, enabling
them to sell Lumber and Coal at lower rates
tnan ean be sold by parties giTing longer time.
Persons ia want of anything in out line will
find it to their Interest* to examine onr stock
before purchaing elsewhere.
LUMBMMl   LUMBER/
Consisting of Pine, lellow Pine, Poplar, Hemlock, Ac, at sit sizes; also Hard Woods ofall
descriptions.
Kails. Posts, Palings and Fencing boai-ds,
Hoofing and Plastering 1—itis;
S/Hnglm! Shingles! Shifts/lest
Shared and sawed Shingles uf diSerent
lengths. Thank—il lor past patronage, ve
weald respectfully solicit a continuance o-—hr
same.
KHIKOHH- A MKILi
!.«b.no«  De-ember 7.1881
UNION BOILER WBRKS
 OF	
^ IS BAN ON,   PA.
OBERT & GROVE
PB0PR1E10R8.
THK aadereigraed have erected a aew
BOILER SHOP on FOUKTH STKEET, on
lne of Philadelphia A Heading K. K., ln which
has been placed all the latest machinery nee
ee_ii-y for the manufacture of ail kind of
Furnace Casings,
Boilers, Blast Pipes,
Barrows, Tanks,
—AKD ALL KINDS OF—
PLATSiBD SHEET DM MI
-9r Experienced and skillful workmen hare
beeu engaged, and; especial attention will be
aid to repairing. F.J.   OBKdT.
•July 16.1881.1 JAC. H. UKOVE.
I>. id. Kin
President.
Sao. F. Mklt,
Treasurer
D. M. K____rr.
Special A,en
Jac _. Umlmak.
Secretary.
Lebanon Mntnal Fire Insurance Co
LOCATED AT JONESTOWN, PA.
INCORPORATED APRIL 21, 1856.
ORGANIZED JUNE 1, 1856.
kWlURANCE over $8,000,000
In successlul operation forover25 years, pay
ing Losses close to
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
at an annnal average cost ol less than one-hal
per cent to Its policy holders.
The company tt under the management ol
experienced men; Ita Stability is nnquestlon
able; the adj ustment ol Its losses fair and equi.
able, and payment- prompt.
NEW FIRM&ndNEWSTOCK
-AT THE-
LebancnVftlley BootandShoo Hrasfi,
840 Cumberland St.,
LEBANON, PA.,
Where you will flnd the Finest and Largest
Stoek ofall the Latest and Best Styles of
BOOTS and SHOES,
TRUNKS, SATCHELS,
RUBBERS, &c, &c.
30 per eent. cheaper tbsn eeewbere,
ever seen in Lebanon, which has j nst been received from the Eastern cities, and is now
ready for Inspection.
Ser Goods will be sold at Panic Prices foi
Spot Cash.
Saf Custom work made to order. Bepalrimr
neatly done.
Str Drop in and see ns if you wish to see
some rare sights.   Bemember the place.
Kelchner & Reinoehl.
Decer a, 1885
D. Hammoivd Mish,
Florist,
Cor. 4th and Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Pa.
Bedding Plants  and  Ream a  Specialty.
Out Flower Detignt, Bouquets, etc.,
to order.
Agent for HOOPES BROS A THOMAS. Hur-
serymen, of West Chester, Penna.
Orders for Nursery   /Stoek,   Ornamenta
Trees, Shrubbery, /Small Fruit, Eet.
booked lor next Spring's delivery.
lunelO.1883. -3.HAMm6-I.MI3E.
E.Z. KEHLER & SON
—O-P-I-I-C-E—
22%Jforth Eighth Street.
LEBANON P^.
Real Estate Agents
HAVE always on hand a large num-.
ber   of HOUSES, PAKMS,  and
BUILDING LOTS lor sale.
Persons wishing to buy or sell will do.
well by giving them a call.
Correspondence solicited.
-racoon «t«. KEHLKK A SOU.
Ma.—0,1885.
"Y*TOST Complete assortment or
WATCHES, JKWELBT
SOLID  BlLVXBAltD~PLATED WARS
Jnst received and for Sale at
NEWHARD'S
No. 22 NORTH NINTH ST.
*e"-Call and examine goods andjprices belor
purchasing elsewhere
itr -ir-Tr-—w rr ~w •»__•_•«_*___.
Sr A noiseless and accurate Time Keeper
Come and see lt at
J—8. J. NSWHARD'S JyWXL.T STORB,
22 North Ninth St.JLebanon, Pa.
8nt- 891
dren
TO
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Ihis pow_5r—ever varies, A marvel ol
parity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and can
not be sold In competition with the m ul tltude
of low test, sho*"t weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bakiso
Powd-sb Co., 105 Waft street, New York
Nov... 1885.
THE GREAr^mURETOR
imiHEPMS
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.«^,»>Mtching aad  ,Hmgliisr*^m^_\__
*_^ _erssstsnt  at  night—worse  by^^
PJr*^cratching—very distress—g.   If
*_llowed to continue tumors form whiclf**
^ften bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore_
2S_   SWAYNE'S   OINTMENT
?v-Cj(i^top9 the Itching and bleed!ae._m_\ +_
^N^heals ulceration, and  iny*^t »,-*
^nany cases removes
_ "*S'J^^hetamors. Sent,
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ELDREDGE
No. 3.
Ihe ELD&EDGB "B" is sold with tho
guarantee of being the BEST
that can be MADE.
AGENTS WANTED.
ELDREDGE MANUFACTURING GO.
863 and 365 WABASH AVE-
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ST. FJ-MO HOTEL,
Not. SO'.and S19 Arch Street,
Between Third and Fourth,
PHILADELPHIA,   PA.
IN response to the requirements ofthe times
I have reduced the rates of this Hotel to
82.30 per day. The high reputation ofthe
house will be maintained in all respects, and
the traveling pnblle will still flnd tne liberal
provision tor their comfort.
The honse has been recently refitted, and 1*
complete ln all Its appointments. Locates ln
the Immediate vicinity of the large centres ol
business and ot the places of amusement, and
accessible to nil Kailroad Depots and other
parts ot the City by Street Cars constantly
passing its doors, it offers special inducements
to those visiting the City on business or pleas
toe.
JOS' M. F_GA.it, l'roprletor.
Cry
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Select Heading.
MILLIONAIRES WOES.
'Hark, hark, the dogs do bark.
The beggers are coming to town,"
Says the old nursery rhyme. Not only
are they ooming, but to a person opening
the daily mail of auy well-known charitable nan or woman it would seem that they
had actually arrived, and with them "their
sisters and their cousins and tbeir aunts.
The number of personal appeals and begging letters charitable persons receive—
asking ftv anything and everything, from
a loan of fifty oents to a cool demand for
money wherewith to purchase house, farm
and stoek—is almost conceivable to any
ordinary individual, who considers two or
three such demands a year a great piece of
impertinence.
"Women make better beggars than men
—that is, a maa will take 'no' sooner than
a woman will," is tha verdict ot thi
"widow of a very rich man known far and
wide for Imt charities. Bhe probably receives oa an average 100 begging letters a
week, and the personal applicants who resort to all means to see bar an almost
as numerous. One of the most consummate examples of imprudence occurred
not many months age wben a card was
brought to tbis lady on whicb she recognized the name of a cousin.
Descending to the drawing-room she
found a man extremely good-looking and
well dressed, bnt a perfect s .ranger, who
immediately explained that he had used a
name tint was not bis, aa ha wanted ao
urgently to sea her. He added that he was
a clergyman and had come to ask her to give
him money to help to build a churoh ont
West. Oa ber reproaching him with 1Mb
ing used her cousin's name he said rather
illogieally that Rev. Mr. So-and-So bad
sent him.
"But he can't bare told yon to come and
tell me a falsehood," said the lady. .
' "Ah, no, madaine. All thia story ia
false. I am a widower, wealthy, and with
no incumbrances. Yoa ai* atone in the
world and shonld have some one to protect you. Let As unite onr fortunes and
our hands."   ..
Before the lady could speak he hurried
on: I am sorry I have made so bad an
impression the first time we met, but,
madame, I oould not see you withont using
this subterfuge. Pray forgive me, and let
me leave me these letters with yon. They
are from my friends, and yon may see
from them that I am not utterly unworthy
of yoa."
During th'e latter part of this speech the
ladj had stepped to the bell-rope, and as
he finished the footman stood at the door.
"John, show this person eat," she said,
and so ended ber first and last experience
with a beggar who wanted her entire fortune.   .
BLACl__A.II.INa   LETTERS.
By the same mail this lady recently re.
ceived letters from a widow in New York
state asking for $6000 to purcha.e a farm
at a bargain, and from a man fat Eansas
wanting a loan sufficient to enable bias to
replace a valuable cow that had died. On
the day of ber husband's funeral a letter
was received stating that, as sbe bad been
so afflicted, if a certain sum shonld not be
at a stated place at a given time she would
loose her children as well as her hnsband.
Blackmailing letters to her are every day
occurrences. Promises of repayment an
usual, but by means the rate. Many peo-
pie say : 'If yoa have more than I, give to
me of yours."
nr mb. child's mail.
George W. Childs, who is known both
at home and abroad as one whose purse
aid good nature an unlimited, when
spoken to on thia aabject handed his visitor a budget of letters received that day.
The    _—■_     .f    thr)—     ——_    smtsmn    —    yesang
woman, who proposed in all good faith
tbat he should purchase a music box for au
invlaid friend of hers. Sbe said that white
reading the litres of "Famous Men" it occurred to her how much pleasure it would
afiord Mr. Childs todo this; that her friend,
of course, knew not..ing of bar writing bat
•• every one leit honored in being permitted to do anything imt her, "whom she
characterized as "the idol of "the towns-
folks, tnm%, wanted to give bim a chance.
Tbe next letter waa from a man who had
a perfect set of the original issue of 100
copies of Audubon's "Birds of America,"
published in 1883, and whioh was the one
tiling needed to make life Childs' office
complete. The letter following thia was
from a colored woman, who wanted him
to adopt her two twin babies. Another a
woman a widow, wrote from somewhere
in New Jersey for money to help support
her only child, a boy of twelve years,
"who," said she, "is following tt his gifted father's footsteps"—here the page turned and oontined—"in the footsteps of tha
destroyer, consumption." Letters from
an upholsterer who wanted work, and a
confectioner with' a suggestion that Mr.
Childs should go into partnership with
him, followed.
The next epistle was from a woman, and
was an application for the best, quietest,
easiest and cheapest way of securing a divorce. It was succeeded by two letters
eaoh asking the recipient to settle disputes,
one between partners in business, and the
other between husband and wifo. In both
cases the fullest rarticulars wen given.
The next envelope, which had a jmuorning
border an inch wide contained the death
notice tttu man Wbo was utterly unknown
to Mr. Childs. Tha cards inclosed waa,
like the envelope, black enough to have
made most people bine.
BEGGING EPISTLES OF ALL KINDS.
Mr. Childs said that scarcely a day
passed that he did not receive exactly
such cards, and they wan almost in varibly
abont persons of whom he knew nothing.
There wen several requests for moaey for
education. One young man who desired a
two years medical course added a postscript to the effect that if he could not have
two one wonld do. Tbe next letter was
from a man who said that he was an
escaped convict and wanted help to aid
him in resisting temptation. After vividly painting the struggle he waa undergoing between the desin to do right and
the tendency to do wrong, ha added that
he bad tried unsuccessfully to see Mr.
Childs several times, bat that if ba could
see him he woald unfold a tale of bribery
and corruption which wonld "make the
very cobblestones ring with horror." A
postscript was added to the effect that he
craved pardon for the soiled appearance of
hia letters, bat that ia hia present unfortunate state he was unable to battle aa frequently as he wonld like tou
AFTEB A WIDOW'S FORTUNE.
A woman in Troy asked for a gift of
$100, and a man in Richmond, after ask-
ing for $160, said that he hoped for "many
happy returns." The nan appeal was
from a. man in thia State for money to
start a store. After having explained all
hia plans and prospects, he closed as follows: "And now, my dear Mr. Childs, if
yoa will give me the money I will do anything you ask mo to, provided it be lawful." A Virginian who wanted his note
for 43200 discounted for six months,
couched his plea ia these terms: *T aaa
poor, nothing remarkable in that; I have
one leg, tbat is unusual; without friends,
rioh or poor, whieh ia not peculiar; with a
paralized fatber and his family to support,
which is my duty."
APPEALS TO JOHN   WANAMAKER.
That John Wauamaker, owing to his
known pnblic and private spirit, would be
rather an object with beggars might be
taken for granted, wid that such is the fact
is seen when it is knowa that fully one-
half of his personal mail is composed of
begging epistles. Men are more apt to
bother him than an women, and children
more are either. Many children at Christmas time become convinced tbat he and
Kriss Kringte an identical and deluge
hint with letters making known their desires. The majority of such letters he answers. A few, when investigated, turn oat
to be fraudulent, hot aa a rule the bit. of
money or whatever may be asked for ia
sent without further inquiry. Many tetters ask for funds to either erect memorials to people who are entire strangers to
Hr. Wanamaker, or help in transferring
the remains oi relatives who have died
and been buried away from home.
The sister of an expectant bride wrote
asking for money to provide a trousseau,
and a little Bid for money witb which to
surprise herbrother, Bobbie, in helping to
pay his ggbwUpg, til) ■ term,  The littte
one explained that Robbie was going to be
a minister, aad that teat winter he had
been able to secure his tuition by selling
popcorn, but that this year tbe orop was a
failure. The letter had a true ring to it
and was quite a pathetic appeal. A Western man, who had,visited Mr. Wanaraaker's
store daring the holidays, was so impressed
with the number of pntty girls there that
on his return to bis home he wrote to him,
inclosing references of himself and his
means. He asked Mr. Wanamaker to select any one of the yonng women whom
he thought would mako a suitable wife, to
broach the subjeot to her, and if then
should be any signs of encouragement he
would return to Philadelphia at once.
Tbe outcome is awaited with much interest by all who know anything ofthe affair.
SEEKING   AID   FOK   FRIENDS.
A Hebrew merchant, prominent iu all
Jewish charitable movements, said that he
probably averaged fifty importunate appeals tbrongh the mails in a week The
letters were from Hebrews, Germans and
Americans, and.probably three-quarters
of them asked for work. The other quarter consisted chiefly of requests for gifts
and loans of money, to be repaid in the
remote future, and were us.ially from
frauds. Such people almost invariably
made the point that they were not asking
for help for themselves, but for friends,
who had tbey known of their course
wonld never have permitted it.
Daring the Jewish exodus from Russia
in 1881 the gentleman's office waa used as
an employment agency. One man, after
having called again aad again and been
repeatedly advised to work, said : "But
I can't find any work." Tbe gentleman
turned to him and said : "Do you see
that piece of paper lying out there in the
street? Oo oat and piok it ay, and pick
np tho aaxt piece, and pick np all tha
pieces yoa can find between here and the
river. Than oome to me and I wfll give
you some money, with which you can buy
some rags, and thus make some work.
That the man followed this advice was
proven by a visit he paid to Ua benefactor
last Christmas, when he proudly displayed
two bank books, showing credits for
something like $2500.
AN ABUSIVE   APPLICANT.
Several appeals for money to pay church
debts, or to help build churches from
States aa wide apart aa Vermont and Kansas were found in tbe collection. Letters
eontaiog expressions of gratitude for mon-
oy and aid rendered were then. In response to a query whether he ever received
aay abase from persons to whose letters
Bo attention had been paid, Mr Childs
said that he rarely did. One man had
written several times, appointing a place
and time for somo money to be sent, and
wben he evidentally despaired of getting
it he sent tbe following dispatch : "May
God hare mon mercy on you than you've
had on me."
Fully three-fourths ofthe letters begiu :
"Although a stranger to yon;" and most
of them give as a reason for expecting aid
from him that as he ha- ao much money
ft will be a relief to him to get rid of it.
Journalists in need all seem to feel that
the proprietor of tbe Ledger will surely
aid them, and they are rarely mistaken,
but they seldom abuse hia kindness.
PESTERING A MILLIONAIRE.
A millionaire wbo declined to permit
the use of hte name detailed a few of his
experiences daring the past week. He
said that not only was he pestered by begging letters, but his visitors on like er-
rauds were even more numerous. On one
morning, within two hours, four clergymen
asking for money for different uses called.
Women soliciting for homes and associations had been more urgent tban ever thia
winter. He classed all such importuning
as beggary, and for the benefit of ladies
wbo perform such duties it may ba well to
state that any donations for fairs, libraries, ohurch debts, building new churches,
or aid given to charitable institutions,
come under thia classification. Actors,
mechanics, artists, ia fort men and women
of ail classes, wrote begging for sufficcnt
money to enable them to return to their
homes, as they conld not earn enough to
remain ht comfort hi this eity.
A request to build a railread to a town
never before heard of, for tbe benefit of
its 200 or 300 inhabitants, was received,
and several letters from girls who fancied
themselves future Pattis and Rachels, and
who desired either stage educations, positions or outfits. Several impecunious
widows and old maids importuned for
money to start boarding-houses, and a
woman wrote asking for a loan of several
hnndred dollars on her jewelry adding
that she would keep tbe jewelry herself,
aa if she should art have it ber family
woald suspect that she bad disposed of it,
and thus render themselves and her unhappy.
A woman in Syracuse, N. Y., wanted to
borrow $1500, without interest, witb
wbich to purchase a borne promising to
repay at the rate of $50 per annum. It
woald only take her thirty years to accomplish thia feat. Thia winter there has
been quite a craze among peoplo with regard to egg farming, and some have written
asking tbat tbe necessary money be advanced to them tbat they might furnish
the Philadelphia and New York markets
with eggs at reduced cost. The benfit of
cheaper eggs for his townsfolk was to aid
in repaying the money.
Like Mr. Childs, thia gentleman ha*
been bothered with letters asking for help
to secure education. The expenses ham
been variously estimated at from $100 to
$250, and repayments have been promised—
in the hereafter. The applications from
women outnumber those from men three
to one, bat this gentleman's experience
has been that a woman will take a decided
refusal moro readily than a man.
Two Stories of Sullivan.
■en Who Claim to Bave Cowed
Big One but not Witbont tbe
Help 'at Firearms.
lb*
"I'll Ml you a story of John L. Sullivan that never waa published," nmarked
a well-known sporting man in the presence
Ofa Olobe reporter too other night. "I
know it's true, because I happened to be
an eye-witness of the transaction myself.
When tbe big slugger was ia St. Paul recently, oa the exhibition tour, be carried
a load of wine most of the time, and
showed hia ugly disposition on all occasions.
Bat he got the worst of it once at the
handa ofa St. Paul alderman. & happened tbis way :
"Sullivan and Alton Taylor entered the
the ticket oflice of a certain road in tbis
city to procure transportation to Milwaukee for the Sullivan combination.
"John L. brought his fist dowa on the
counter wito terrible force, and leering
at the aldermanio ticket seller, blurted :
'My name is Sullivan—John L. Sullivan.
I got my combination here, an' I want to
go to Chicago an' stop ofl at £au Claire.
Gimme tickets, theatrical rates.' Saying
this tbe champion pugilist slammed a
roll of bills down in front of him and
looked tired, as if the length of tbe speech
had wearied him.
"The alderman replied, politely: 'I
don't think I am authorized to sell you
tickets at theatrical rates, sh, unless yoa
got aa order from the general passenger
agent.'
"Tbe prize fighter growled : 'Say, do
you know who I am? Gimme tickets at
theatrical rates, now, an' no more monkey
business.'
" 'Yes, I know who you are. Yon just
told me your name was Sullivan. Bat
it don't make any difference wbo yon are :
I can't sell you tickets at theatrical rates
without aa Older from tbe general passenger agent, replied the alderman, a little
nettled by Sullivan's furious tones.
Sullivan did aot reply, bat qnick as a
flash he drew his right arm up and tried
to catch the alderman back ofthe head,
intending to bump bis nose on tbe counter.
The alderman was too swift for him, and
sprang nimbly out of the way. His alder,
manic blood was up. Before hte movements wen understood he walked back
to tbe safe, opened the door, and palled
out a big six-shooter. With tbe weapon
in hia hand, he turned baek to Sullivan
and remarked indifferently : 'That kind
of business don't go here, Mr. Sullivan.
You take a walk.
"Sullivan was speechless, but ho had
the caution enough to baek away a few
steps, and Steve Taylor took him by the
arm and pulled him towar d the door.
'Yoa oome on oat o' here he said.   Tm
timm Mvittim.
__j
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA.
Printed and Published Weekly by
JOHN BRESLIN.
Ao. SI Ef. Ninth St., Advertiser Iluiliting,
LEBANON. PA.
^Subscription Price $1.50 a year if
paid strictly in advance; otherwiso $2.00
a year.   We prepay the Postage to al
parts of the United States.
JOB PRINTING, cbeap, at short notice
don't want to have any trouble here.'
Sullivan backed oat and when he got
pretty near the door the alderman laid the
revolver down under the counter and
nonchalantly pioked up a newspaper.
Sullivan saw this and suddenly breaking
away from Taylor, dashed toward the
gate leading inside the counter. But the
plncky alderman was just a little to smart
for him. In an instant the gun was in his
band, cocked, and the muzzle levelled
straight at Sullivan's head. Tbe champion stopped short trembling with fear and
rage. -      *
"P a yoa, air; you make another
move tbis way and I'll blow a bole through
youi carcess, you dirty cur, aad there'll
never be any said about it either.' Advancing as he talked, the alderman shoved
the revolver close up to the face of tbe big
slugger, who stood paralyzed with fear
and continued : Tou think you're a great
man. I'll tet yoa know, you sneaking
dog, tbat you cant bully me. Yon turn
your head around, now, and move out of
that door, or the coroner will have business with you before morning.   Git?'
"Sullivan turned iu a dazed sort of way
and Steve Taylor pulled him along. Tho
alderman kept close behind and toe slugger increased his gait and sneaked out into
the street on a dog trot.
It waa the same trip that Sullivan and
Sheedy, his manager, had a little scene
down in the corridor of too Merchant's
Hotel. ]| is a well known faot that Sullivan was afraid of Sheedy, and although
he threatened many times to do up Pat,
he always concluded to wait. His discretion probably saved him his life. On the
occasion in question Sullivan approached
.Sheedy and complained tbat tbe receipts
of tbe night before had been tampered
with.
'I don't know whether you'ro doing me
or not," be said to Sheedy.
The manager rose from hte chair and
said something fierce ia a monotone,whicb
the bystanders could not bear. Sullivan
backed np a step or two, and doubling his
fist, hissed :• "I ought to mash your face
for you, Sheedy.
"Look here, John," replied Sheedy, motioning the onlookers to stand back, ' 'yon
know your God too well to mako a break
at me. The flrst timo will be your teat
time, for I'll pnt daylight through your 4
'   d fool head in a minute."
Jobn L. put out his open hand. ' 'You
know I dont mean it, Sheedy. What's
tbe use of quarrelling ?
And ia another minute they were cooing
together like a pair of doves.—St. Paul
Olobe.
CITY OF SENSATIONS.
A He-em
Version or Br.  JeUyll   and
Mr. Hyde.
Cincinnati, Feb. 26, 1888.
Verily Cincinnati might well ba called,
not tbe Paris of America, bat the oity of
sensations.   Nine day wonders follow oach
other so closely that society te continually
rippled, and a person has no time to rest.
Ou the 22 of last November, Mr. Chas. A.
Kebler, One of tbe Queen City's most promising young   lawyers committed suicide,
and it was discovered that hs waa a moral
Jekvll and Hyde, not alternately according
to Robert Louis Stevenson's conception,
but enacting both ro'es at the same time
lido the old-fashioned trouble faced hornpipe dancer.     It was the same old story,
purse add tastes an not in acoord—a temporary  (!)  borrowing of other   people's
money  to   make   them   balance—adroit
caligrapbio manipulation,  to bolster the
balance—and judgment day.     "Its but a
step from the sublime to the ridiculous"
is an old saying, and it seems that there
mast   be an extremely narrow hair   line
between absolute probity and astounding
dishonesty, scarcely space enough to be
called a'"step."   Tbis is well exemplified
in the affairs of the one whose suicide  on
tbe IS   test,   bas  caused   a  tremendous
———tion i_ thi** ts ei jf bbcj___——. . Th— (______.
was Abbott Kebler, a brother ofthe Jekyll
and Hyde spoken of before. Bo for ao
known, Abbott Kebler was aa honest as
hte brother Charles was tricky, and in the
light of recent developments, it really
seems that tbe latter preferred facing an
uncertain hereafter to enduring the
reproaches of hte brother, who had at
leant begun to suspect something wrong,
and was endeavoring to discover what
Since the unearthing uf Charles Kebler- misdeeds the family oircle bas been
sadly broken up, and Abbott went to
Fern Bank, a few miles below Cincinnati. • Hte domestic relations were more
than unusally pleasant, and although somewhat worried by business complications
caused br his brother's actions, he never
gave any sign of mental weakness until recently. For some little time past he had
suffered severely from headacbe and consequent insomnia, and any one of experience
knows what that means, under the circumstances. Tbe fast that when he deoided
upon suicide, he drove one bullet in his
brain and one in his heart, clearly proves
that he had no wish to live, but, every act
performed previous to this moment as
clearly proves tbe contrary, and to those
who arc able to read between the lines the
fact is potent that Abbott Kebler'n suieide
was tte result of mental __suadiness,
which seems to have been aggravated iato
actual insanity by the sight of the two revolvers, aad perhaps the reflection that all
present trouble could be dissipated so
easily.
From the dead to the living is always a
welcome change, and Centennial Exposition matters are ia a most pronounced condition of vitality. Tho park buildings,
whioh I intend to "do" as thoroughly
as the watchmen will let me ht
a lew days, an rapidly assuming architectural symmetry. I had a look at tha
plan of the ground floor yesterday, and
noticed, especially, the comparative absence of columns. It certainly will for exhibiting purposes be a model building. I
don't wonder that plans never "gang
aglee" ia Centennial matters, as everybody means to be in love with the enterprise. Nearly every day I see notices inthe
dailies of action being taken iu different
parts of the country having ta view a representation in some form at the coming
exposition. Speed the plough, the more
the merrier. Mvrtis.
CASH B0IS AND GIRLS.
The Cbanecs Wbicb Tbey Have in the
Battle of L,lfe.
ITCHISI- PILES.
Stmtpoms—Moisture ; intense itching
and singing ; most at night ; worse by
scratching. If allowed to continue tumors
form, whiob often.bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. Swathe's Ointment
stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the
tumor. It is equally efficacious fat earing
all Skin Diseases. DR. SWAYNE _
SON, Proprietors, Philadeiphia.SwAYNE's
Ointment can be obtained of drugging
Sent by mail for 50 cents,
A Great Victory
A Terrible Case of Scrofula
Cured by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
" In the winter ef 1ST9 I was attacked with
Scrofula in one ot the most aggravating forms.
At one time I had no less than thirteen large
abscesses over and around my neck and throat,
continually exuding an offensive mass ot
bloody matter disgusting te behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. It is Impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years of misery, having been treated hy
three physicians, I was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of "W. J.
Huntley, druggist, of Lockport, I was induced
la try Hood's Sarsaparilla. And new, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months, the scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the abscesses have all
disappeared, except the unsightly scars, which
are dilily becoming 'smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less.' _ do not know what it may
have done for others, but I do know that in
my case, Hood's Sarsaparilla has proved an
effective specific Indeed. As au evidence of
my gratitude I send these facts unsolicited,
and I am ready to verify the authenticity ot
this cure, by personal correspondence with
any one who doubts it." Cha——es A. Bob-
_bts, East Wilson, N. T.
■ This statement is confirmed by W. J. Huntley, druggist, of Lockport, N. ¥., who calls the
euro a great victory for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Sendf or book giving statements of many cures.
'Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists.  91 j six for $S.  Hade
only by C. L HOOD ft CO., Lowell, Mass,  '
'lOoTpoiestOnoTDollar. ,
Rat a tat tat!
The origin of this sound was the blunt
end of a lead penoil ia the hands of a
youug lady in an uptown dry goods store.
She was a saleswoman, or, begging tbo
young person's pardon, a saleslady, if she
will consent to ase the word salesgentle-
tnan when speaking of her male vis a vis
who dances attendance on customers on
the oposite side of the'room. The taps
on the counter wen the modern substitute
for the exclamation "cash!" formerly
uttered to call tbe attention of tbe salesman's devil. They were hardly given in
this case before several urchins materialized from among the wilderness of skirts
tbat filled the passageway, and, shouting
certain talismanic numbers, tbey stood
before ths conjuring witch. Wbat followed it will be necessary to tell no feminine reader who has seen her money disappear over a dry goods counter.
Then moat be several thousands of
these interesting children, male and female
known under the general name of Cash, in
the city of New York til tbis time. Reflecting on the number of dry goods bouses
on Broadway, Twenty-third street, Sixth
avenue, Fourteenth street aad Grand
street, and tbe number employed by all
tbe leading firms, it is even possible to
estimate the total at 4,(100 or 5,000. They
represent a great industry, of which tbe
object te chiefly consumption. They
stand also oa the lowest round of the
mercantile ladder, and some are destine-
to mount until they become clerks, superintendents and proprietors. Others, again
will be fated to fall by the way, or, belonging to the gentler sex, they will float off
and perform matter of fact roles in domestic dramas. They are now leading .Uvea
of considerable hardship. They look
bright eWtm\ cheerful in the morning, heavy
at noonday, and sometimes jaded in the
evening. To persons familiar with the
habits of children, and who reflect on their
ability to play fifteen bours 00 the stretch
withont any apparent sense of fatigue, this
declaration may sound like a waste of
sympathy. But somehow there is a world
of difference between work and even the
kind of recreation which taxes the muscles
more severely than work.
Cash girls and boys are usually tbe children of parents wbo are not able to live
without turning all tbeir resources into
the market. These children do not seek
the situation of their own free will and
tbey often hold it vary much against their
will. Ask them how they like their employment, and they will aot alwavs give a
oheerful answer. They speak of the hard
rules wbich they an obliged to observe,
and of the fines which merchants think
is necessary to imposejto maintain discipline
In the largest stores the pay of a cash girl
is only $1.50 per week, a sum that may be
increased to $2.50 per week by.closer attention and greater activity. Bat even
this sawn amount is liable to a considerable reduction through the infliction o
penalties. Perhaps the cash girls exag|
gerate; perhaps, in tbe inocence of souls
inhenntly truthful, they sometimes tell
fibs. They an occasionally sent home,
they say, at tbe end of a week with no
mon than fifty cents ia their pockets.
The poor dears tbink, too, tbey an often
imposed upon, and even made the scapegoats for their elders, who have reached
the age of feminine perfection, and can do
no wrong. It is convenient to have a cash
girl at hand to charge witb tbe loss of
articles whieh have disappeared from the
counter without having been sold.
But theso are only the girls. The cash
boy te a more demonstrative and aggressive creature than tbe cash girl, and it is
to be presumed that he fares better. The
place to see him at his best is at a store
wbere be is paid according to tho service
rendered. He ig like jt high officer*--—r
deputy t—tefHF, for example—wbo draws
his salary in fees, and whose profits depend
on his activity. The cash boys in one store
of this sort number up to a maximum
company of infantry, 100 strong, and a
champion club of football players conld
not be more active. We are told that at
this store cash boys earn as much as $7 a
week, and that none earns less than $5, a
teas which speaks well far the liberality of
the. firm. They make a boast, too, at this
store of the number of faithful boys who
have been promoted to the various departments of the house. Some of tbe employes
who began ia this humble sphere have
been as many as thirteen years in service.
The qualifications demanded for the service are aot necessarily of a very high
order. As for personal recommendations,
it te to be presumed that only sufficiently
good looking boys and girls need apply.
Looking at some of the dry goods warehouses fronting on several streets, with
exits everywhere, and packed with customers, oue would suppose that it might
be necessary to give bonds before being
permitted to enter the service. It looks
entirely feasible for any discontented Cash
to indemnify himself for unjust tines by
slipping away witb mouey enough in his
bands to buy an outfit for an Indian hooting campaign at the wet. Bnt since no
attempt ol tut) kind was ever reported, we
have to conclude that cash boys aud girls
all come from the stock wbich is proverbially honest because it is poor.
This is one of the few vocations which
have not yet attracted the attention of the
social agitators. Neither has it come
under tbe surveillance of tbe Society for
tho Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
.Tot it cannot be denied that it is capable
of furnishing topics for all sorts of informers. Cash is exactly of the age when he
ought to be at school nine months in the
year. Bat in liea of walking in tbe paths
of instruction he must ran only in the ways
that lead from the counter to the cashier's
desk, and there is not much of kuowledge
to be gathered by tbe way. Hours before
the time when other rosy cheeked children
an to be met ia frolicsome groups, wending their way to the school room, be may
be discovered standing in lino before the
closed doors of the warehouse, waiting for
the opening; and though be may look
cheerful and contented enough in childish
thoaghtfulness, we know that he is preparing the way for future regret and humiliation. True, there is the night school
bat at the end of a long day of intense
activity, st something which is not play
bat very hard work, we are not to presume
that he will take kindly to study, or drink
veiy deeply stt the light draught, obiefly
composed of reading, 'riting, and 'rithme-
tie, which will be offered for his mental
nurture. We all remember the old
proverb about all work and no play, and
the consequences. But Cash, like the
street messenger boy, competes with ao
one, and he is, tbcreford, left unmolested.
He fills a niche, which would be empty
bat for bis childish figure, and so he is
allowed to stand, while his fellows of a
corresponding age are expelled from the
factories where they are thought to be in
the way of persons of mature years.—New
Tork Sun.
A Dead Owl.
People in former times recognized the
expensiveness of death by ptoviding "funeral baked meats" for the crows. Every
one who came ofiered sympathy and—ate
a lunch. Jobn Burroughs unintentionally
reproduced the old situation when be set
up the bird's dead euemy to scare them
away. It bad the coutrary effect. He
says:
One season, to protect my early cherries,
I placed a large stuffed owl amid tho
branches of the tne. Such a racket as
there instantly began about my grounds
is not pleasant to think upon. The orioles
and robins fairly "shrieked out their affright." The news instantly spread in
every direction, and apparantly every bird
in town came to see that owl in the cherry
tree, and every bird took a cherry, so that
I teat more fruit than if I had left tbe owl
in-doors. With craning necks and horrified looks, the birds would alight upon the
branches, and between their screams would
snatch off a cherry, as if the act was some
relief to their outraged feelings.—Century.
When Babj* was sick, w* gave her Ci "toria,
When she was a Cl__, *no ..Ami for ,"_atoria,
When she became Miss, st. clung to Castoria,
When the had Children, she gave (hem Castoria
*-_«*
At*'