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M.\RIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1884.
Vol. XXXI, !so. 20
That Rat.
I am very bad at telling other people's stories, but as Cousin Ben will not tell it himself and is perfectly willing 1 should; why 1 will do my best to please hiin.
It has always been a matter of marvel '() me why Cousin Ben married tJieone he ' did, HS well as it was to all his relations /  uud friends, but now he explains it.
J tkn visited at the house of a widow % who ha'', two daughters, the eldest Sarah, who wis 26, two years older than Ben, bad not the luck of beauty or any other si)ecial qualification tbat I could ever see, except such as emanated from the kitchen. She could not even talk well, and I am perfectly certain that Ben never took much of a fancy to her, lliodgh he did to the nice little fSuuday teas she got up for bis delectation.
]?ut the other daughter, llattio, was a perfect little beauty of sixieen, and as merry as a cricket, evidently put in to coun' irblance the stolid f^rayity of Surah. fom^j^latMj^^^^^;'.j^ j
not iielp lalkiii" jr^^^^^^ffWWT^Si'?; f   , ¦, ,. ^,. v .'      ,       ,,,,-.  M 1-..1     which took ('
yet iumgle«l  with  tins talk  was a  little
something that sounded like upbraiding, I
and a feeling of annt)yaiice bi^caii.se there
afternoons the servants, consisting of the cook, housemaid and Sam, a stout negfo boy of sixteen, were always out, and that if Sam was in, and he must have been if that was his laugh, theu Sam was alone in the kitchen. In the meaniime the laugh widened, and vvas accompanied with sounds that seemed to emanate from the blows of a heavy stick upon the floor. Then the lapse of a minute occurred and the sounds advanced, evidently coming up the kitchen stairs. We were all in the back parlor, explained Ben.
With hardly time oiioiifjh transpiriug to think of a theory for the extraordiir-iry iiiterrnptiun to the quiet of the domicile, it was explained bj- tlie rapid entrance, at the only door to the room open, of an enormous rat, followed closoly by Sam, who, witli H baseball club, which, as he afterward explained, he sometimes fond¬ led at Iloboken, wlien he could get an afternoon ofl: to join in the fe^iilivtiegnf the "Native Born African liaseuallist A.ssoci.itiou,"' i)ursued   Ihe   flyj,
was an individual wlio was a wiJo'.ver. though qiiiteyoungaiiclHSuitor 01 Sarah's, who would step out of the line of his business, which was to attend to Sarah, and pay attention to Ilalti(^
Ben bad ottered llatLinal vai lou.->imes to rid htr of this second-hand man. as Ben «;alled the widower, Epliraim Styles, but Ilattie always said that he did not annoy her, and she could not conscien¬ tiously see anything done to her sLsier's
AVhat the idoa of that r.it could have- been, IJeii declares it impossible to say, and wliy he siiould have been so eccentric in hismoveineuts is aconundinra. Sarah was facing th« door, wi'li outstretched feet toward it, making an inclined plane from the ilooi to the top of ber head. Xow why th.at rat siiould have chosen that inclined plane, when there were twenty other nooks and corners about that room more inviting and safer, was wiiat puzzled Bon, but choose it he did, and up the loute he went, commencing;-, of course, at the foot, making a straight
beau, Ephraim Styles; and so all Ben's iji^.y^jy tuniingsliglitly aside at the f.ice, oilers to take hiin out of evenings, when ! t„ ,,^^. .i,e ,.jjr|it ear as a step-ladder, and be   lavished mire   attentions on   ilatl»te I yieii over tiie top of the head  and down
than .Sarah aud 'sliill !jim"—whi-;!) was defined by geitiii^ him to go out of the houss at tbo same lime Don did himself.
the back,   until   he   again   reached   the fioor. For an instant  all,   even   Sum,   were
leading him to a distant point, and after paralyzed, bnt Sarah sat as nnc(mcerned detaiuiny: him for an indt fini.e time over as though it wa.s a common case and s!ie a slass of beer, leave him—were refused. |,a,l been accustomed to having that rat Ail that was gained by this was simply !,„„ over her every day in the week for that Eph. as he was iilfectionaUily styled j years. It was r,en who rn-.st awakened by the two girls, was to bd prevented to tlie audacity ofthe biu.e, and inen- froin outstaying' Hen, piid having the , tally vowed ils destriiction. It was lien chance of being alone with Ilattie. I ^^-ij^, }^(..,. i,i_.^ presence of raind, and, while
Tilings went un tiiis w.ty for an ind« li-1 Kphraitu and llatlie wore dancinj? can- nite time, and IJen did r.ot .seam Lo jxet j cans, p<ilkas and [ke jota arragonnse on any nearer his object, wliieli was to make j tiie tup of the piano, slui'. the parlor door liltie Ilattie, Mr.s. IJen. He could" never I to prevent the escape of that rat, and be alone with her.    If Ejliraini was not | armed himself with the poker from  the
on hand Sarali Wiis, and .Siinth hail a way j flu-place as a winiijon of aniiiliilatioii <»f   sitlinj; and ;.;iaring at  V>^n that was j a;,Minst that rat.
dieadfnlly nnpleiisaiit. Tliere was one; T.ien commenced the war in earnest, thins also that IJeii did not like, which ! Down came Saiu"^ baseball club with a was that slie would not go out. Walk.s to force tiiat made the china and glass s!iades <Jentral park, ice cream, oysters, or even rattle again, and tiien'vvhaek went IJen's matinees seemed to have no charuis for ! poker, until Ilattie squealed with terror— her, not even though Sarah was invited to ; it mifiht have been, lien says, but he sole- be of the party. Someliow, at the h.et! einnly atlirnis that every time Ilattie nioracnt, she would back out, and so ¦ squealed Kiihraini kissed her, tlion;^h he niaiingo it that 1> *ii would have lo go ' could not tell whether it was before or wiihoul her and take Sarali or be rude,; after.
and if he did s.) he was sure to come back I Around and around that room went and find Epliraiin in the huiisoaluiis witlM that rat, and the chase became so excitinj? Ilattie. that the two ciiasers : lien aad Sam, were
Worse than tliis, wiien Ben did get a entirely lojt in the sport. Whack! and i'liance to talk to Ilattie alone and make j lau.^h from Sam, who generally struck i\n endeavor to como bluntly tQ the point, alter tliat rat Iiad got to tho otlier side of be wa.s always met by tlierespon.se that the room. Bangljnnipand yell from Ben, n\ie  was too  yonni to  marry:  that, in   who alvvays made his blow ten feet before
fact, she was only a cliild, and it would it»ok so absurd lor her to marry while Sarah wdio was .so much older than herself, was still single, or, in other words, would like to see Sarah launched on tbe sea of nialriinony  before she took the  voyage
that rat reached the spot wliere he struck. For five minutes, if not more, was this bloodless warfare maintained, when the whole face of it was changed. That rat was either becoming limp or careless, for he went leisurelv around the room with
herself, anil, as far as could be judged by j an apparent recklessness regarding the her conduct,Sarah was of the same opin-j blows showered at him, not on him, fol- j,^,^_ lowed  by Sarah's  eye, Ilattie's squeals,
But, as there always does, there came Sam's laughs, Ben's yells and Epliniim's one eventful day, and a Sabbath day at oaths ; for this second-hand man swore that, when i^mething was to occur that hike a trooper from the lop of the piano
was to bring Miings to a crisis. Ben had j-one to see iY'^tie—be declares it was Ilattie—and as he always called it, found her "double banked,'' which meant that
Then that rat took a fancy to make ada.sli behind Sarah's chair, and both the rat and hunters saw it. and both made a dash in the same direction, but on ojiposite sides
Sarah was on one side and Ephraim on [of the chair, but wiih the saine intent
the other; that is, not literailly so, bat that they were present, or, as Ben had a way of telling it, that "they were looking <Iown iiis throat."
And yet, in spite of this, Ben wa.s dis- •posed to be happy. Ilattie had ensconced jierself in the corner of the sofa, so that her right side was prott^ted by the arm ,xif it, and her left by Ephraim, and that in such a way that, while nobody could Jiavo come between, Ephraim hud it all to himself. Sarah -sat opposite to them, lol¬ ling back in a lioston rocking-chair, and staring at the couple on the sofa as though .she had been paid to watcJi t.'icm.
Of coursft lien had to sit opposite, also, nnd as Ilattie seemed to be interested ni an account of how Ephraim liad cut his linger that day Ben was forced to converse witia Sarah. He had, consequeutly-hav- .ing exhuAibtiid tbe subject <,f the weather-- .fallen into thought as to what be should talk of next, for Sarah's conversational power is dreadfully limited, and, aa an idea did not come to him readily, there was Silence on that side of the house, though, on Hattie'3 side it went merrily on—ill whispers.
Suddenly there was a singular noise Ih it might have been almost anything, but sounded as if itmight be a laugh,and as if it came up from the culinary regions.
11 WIS a very peculiar cachinnation, some- it W''s »yeiy H ^.jj.,j ibinir between a Ctichie anu. ..v. mini, vci         _„ppge thrown in, juid  an
.an «««««'«'!'^^ ""'X j3oth Ilattie and Rccompaiiying scuOJe.   nom
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looked 	
and Sarah, looking sleepily
well-known that on )>midaj
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Kphraim were struck ^"^''      ., .o,^„, >,,
ooked at Sarah inquirinff^na S;"^.^'^"' r
.-.,  u^    i,w«bin<T sleepily   back, saiu
XoW, itvas:
Sam to head off that rat, and Ben to pre¬ vent that rat doing as Ben thought he meant to do, reverse the order of his ac¬ tion, climb up Sarah's back and come down the inclined plane in front. To keep that rat from achieving this Ben ?ot in the first blow, a pretty vigorous one, but, alas ! not on the rat, but on the top of Sarah's head. He was aware in un instant of what he had done, as Sarah made no demonstration, neilher slirrins or screaming, it was a perfectly natural conclusion for Ben to come to that he had killed her instantly.
But: Ben liad no time to think of it, for at that instant, it seemed as though there had beeu a tolal collapse of the whole earthly system, and that the skies had fallen ; or if they had not, Ben had. A single whirl of Sara's baseball club bad brought liim to the fioor, for Sam had been so intent on slaying that rat to think, for an ins'.ant.of snch a tiifle as the slay¬ ing of his mistress, which he had not even notict'd.
But Sam could not  help noticing  the
fall of Ben, and the blood streaming over his face, and at once his laugh v;as hushed, his club fell prone from his powerless hands, and with a yell of terror he lied from the room, leaving the door open in his retreiit. which movement that rat fol¬ lowed, and three hours afterward, when the cook and housemaid returned, Sam was found in the eoal cellar, from whence Jie was ujtearLhed by violent means, he emerged muttering "Is boss Ben kilied ? Is he dead ?"
But Ben wa.s. not killed, but he was mighty near it. When he came to him- .seJf he found that lie was in a horizontal
position on the sofa, witlij a bit of oil cloth under his head to keep the blood from soiling the damask, the doctor stand¬ ing by, and Ephraim in attendance wilh a basin nnd wet towel. In answer to his inquiry about Sarali, Ephraim shook his head ominously, and said that she was very bad, and looking piteously on Ben asked him, sententiously, how he conld po.ssiWy have been .so careless.
Then the doctor, when questioned by Ben, muttered .something abont fractures of the fikull and coiicu.ssionsot the brain, but concluded that at the ntniosr it conld only be manslaughter in the second degree. Fiiii'.lly, when Ben staggered to his feet and wanted to see Sarah, tlie doc¬ tor absolutely forbade her seeing anyone, that day, on any pretense whatever.
That settled ir, for the time being, and Ben, with his head skillfully bandaged, went home to think it all over and dream iiljj^jgjj^j^-jjjjt^'biv   he dein;#iH>^Hii»iiiii
FiTrfiw*ifSr; very jp.*^^ vei'y woebegone.   She h.^r-irolTilngKr? hut IIa'.tie had ; and said it very glibly.
.S!ie said that she thought it was a most terrible attack, and she could not realize that anybody could be so brn'al. She would not listen to any hyiiothesis that it could be an accident, nor did she have any sympathy with poor Ben's almost fractur¬ ed skull. That seemed, with her. to be a matter of course, but her sister's injured cranium was another thing, and she pro¬ tested that she could never book with favor again on the man who had almost fatally injured her only sister, and there was not the siiglitcst doubt in Beri's mind that she meant to cany out this resolve, for the more attentive Ben vvas to Sarah, ami the more he showered frui:s and tloweis, books and trifies on her, the more Ilattie frowned and turned from him or upbraided liiin for hisbni.ality.
And then Ben m;irri('d Sarah out of pure cuinpensation and synii;athy ? yon naturally ask.
Yes ! he uever could tell exac.ly how it was himself, but he knew that one day, directly after llatlie had been especially severe on him. he aslied Sarah to many him, and she consented. It was astonish¬ ing how rapidly she recuperated after this, llci bandages were off almost immedi itely .nnd .'•jhe was able to go abont a week before Ben was able to call himself quite well.   '
Haltio took a deep interest in forward¬ ing the weddiiiij, and when she had seen it aceouii'lislied, tliiew herself into Beirs arms, and *calling him her''dear brother," declared th;it she had always loved him devoted,but as she knew that .Sarah loved liiin aiso, she could not iind it in her heart to take him away from her.
In two weeks afier slie had married E[»luaim Styles.
Ben declares himself very happy v.'ith Sarah, and is grateful to that rat for pointing out tlie way.—Phila. Call.
Jeifersou's Rules.
Thomas .JetTeison's ten rules are worth I reproducing for the benefit of the rising I generation.   They are: I    1. Xover put off  till to-morrow what i yon can do to-day.
2. Never trouble o'Jiers for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want be¬ cause it is cheap.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst or cold.
G. We never repent of having eaten too li.tle.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8. Ilnw much pain have those evils cost us which never happened ?
9. Take Ihings always by their smooth handles.
10. When an.-;iy. count ten before yon speak ; when very an^^ry,count a hundred.
DiSPEUSlxr. the fair folks: At Boulogne
duriii!^ a royal rPce[)tion Some years ago a
nnmber of English ladies, in tlieir anxiey
to see everything, jivessed with such force
i against the soldiers who were keeping the
' line the sol liers were forced to give way,
I and generally were,   as   policemen   say,
I "hindered in the execution of their duly.''
(The oflicer in conimand,   observing   the
1 state of affairs, called out:   'One roll of
, the drum, if they don't stand back kiss
j them all!"'   After the first sound of the
I drum the ladies took'lo fii;;lit.    "If they
I Jiad been French,"said a Parisian journal.
'•they would have remained to a woman."
—Gla!<tjow Baillie.
righting Sleep With Tea.
The practice of taking tea or coffee by students, in order to work  at  night, is downright madness, especially when pre¬ paring for an examiiiatiou.   More than half of the cases of break down, loss of ^ memory, fainting, etc., which occur dur- j ing severe   examinations,   and far   more j frequently than is commonly known, are due lo this.
1 I fre(iuently hear of promising stu- I dents who have thus failed ; and, on in- , q-iiiy, have learned—in almost every I instance—that tho victim has i)reviously I drugged himself with tea or coffee. Sk'ep is the rest of tlie brain ; to rob the hard- worked brain of its nece.ssary rest is I cerebral suicide.
:My old friend, thelate Thomas Wright, I wa.s a victim'of this terrible folly.   He
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A GENTLEMAx wliodrove up to the Post- office yesterday and found no place to hitch his horse called to a bootblack and asked if he didn't want to earn a nickel.
'•Can't do it just now," replied the lad. "I'm going up the alley to a slugging match."
Close at his heels was a second boy, and the gentleman addressed him with the same inquiry.
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A Talk with Boys.
We naturally seek to doa piece of work in the easiest way. In .some things this I is a poor rule ; for ins.ance, one boy gets : ont a problem in ariihineLic and anoiher i lj(»y copies it oil and hands it in. True, i he has t!ie problem on his slate, but it , does I'.ini no good. It may take a good ; while longer to study it oiit, but that is j the true way. If you look around the ' school you will lind that tlie best scholars , rely on tlieniselvcs.
'    The habit of self-reliance is one of the best in the world;   it is liie b:;sis of al splendid achievements.    Think what men I have done who be^.'.n very small bnt relied on themselves.   Horace Greely began life 'as a printer's boy, and when he entered ; Xew York he was only no;ed for his very queer dress—he was fresh from the coun¬ try—but   ;dl   Xew   York   and neaily   all America  learned  to honor  him.    What would he have doneM itliout self-nliance V Charles O'Connor wa.^once but a strange Irish boy in New York, but he became an eminent lawyer.    .James A. Oartit-ld was I once a c iiird driver,but he was determined to have an cdiica'ion, and see the result. i The pj'esident of  a great r^iilroad once worked in a coal mine.  Chester A. Ar.hnr was the son of   a country minister  and liad few advantages, but he depended on himself.
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The .Tnpjui Mint.
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A FitEXCil gentleman, who supposed he had mastered the English language, was sadly puzzled one day when a friend met him and asked : "IIow do you do ?'' "Dot vot?" "I mean—how do you lind yourself ?"    "Sair, I never loses myself."
"But how do you feel V"   "SiLooth—you just feel me." *
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"Now, my dear," said the teacher, "What is memory?" TJie little girl an¬ swered, after a moment's reflection, "It is the thing you forget with."
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H
M.  ALKXANDEU,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
OlTors Ills professional services to the citi¬ zens of Mari<!tta and vicinity.
OFFICE.—Market street, opposite  residence of Cieo. W. Mehalfey, JUarietta, I'oiina.
^     S. P. LYTL,E, Ju.,
SURCEON DENTIST,
MOUNT JOY, La^tcaster Co., Ta.,
EAST MAIN .STREET.
Oi'FKE.—Nearly oppofite llrenenian, Longe- iieCKcr. it Co.s ."^torc.
MSf Teeth extracted without Pain by the use of 'NITROUS OXIDE GAS."
Capital, $100,000,
Siirplu   Fund, .^100,000.
This Baxk, reorganized under a new clmrter M:iy 27tli, 1882, is prepared to do a general Banking Business.
JOHN ZIGLER,
PRESIDENT,
AMU8 BOWMAN,
CASHIER.
^^WKX   P.   JJUICKEK,
ATTORNEY &  SOLICITOR,
Opposite COURT  HOUSE   EANC.VSTER, PA.
Collections a spt cialty at agency rates In as parts. Prompt returns. Ptnsiou incrca&ti etc., procured.
D
avid RRAINAHD CASE
ATTORKEY  & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office.—Corner   West of   E.xchango   ilank MARIETTA, PA.
Xil      D. KOATH,
Jnstice of the Peace and ConTeyancer.
OFFICE.—In Central Hall Enllding.
MARIETTA, PA.
T    J. McNlCUOl.L,
FASHIONABLE   TAILOR I
ilarket Street, a few Doors East of Spaneier & Rich's Store, (Second Floor.)
MARIETTA   PA.
A pi I7Xr^G'"=i»ti''> 'Ol" The Lives of jrVVT TUYy L Ik^all the Presitlents of the L. .s. The largest, handsomest best book ever sold for less iliau twice our price. The fastest selling book in America. Immense ijiollla to agentd All int«-lligent people want il. Any one can become a successful agent. Tei ma Iree.   IIallctt IJook (;o., Portland Maine.
<>ootf Pay tor .Cerent*. SIOO lo S2(i0 i»er mo. ut.ulo Hciiiii;; oi]i-4;r:iM<l X«-« ISivtorv #aiuouHiiit<l l><>4-i>.iv*> UuUIOMol IhotVorld Vfrau to J. C. JlcCui-<J.r <fc Co., i-liila.lelpliia, ta.
Alexander Lindsay,
BOOT and SHOE
EMPORIUM,
No. 102 Jliirket Street, Marietta.
Doctor Hrown not only treats all Diseases of , the Eye and Ear, but he also keeps on hand a i line line of
Superior Spectacles and Eje-Glasses.
So manv eves are injun.'d by improper jrlasses t lal it will be to your nitevcst to think of Dr. I r.rown, when you think of jrlii'^^cs.   The only place you  can depinul  on  getting the jiroper glasses Is at Dr. l!i-own's.
'Kverything in the way of Spectncles and Eye-' Glasses.—If von can not call, write for •Spec- qaelcs by nnUl on Trial."' I	
E>R. C.   H.  BROAVNJ.P
EYE   AND   EAR   SURGEON. No.-20 West Oiantre St.. Lancaster. Pa.   C-tf
Manufactukei: of axd Dealeb in
¦"s 11 mm,
Gum Boots,
Gum Slioes, Arctics.
The latest seasonable styles always in stock.
HIL-VDELFHIA & KEAUIKG EAII.KOAD
POCKET BOOK FREE
to all who cut this ont an<l mail to ns with 10 cts. silver, for a samjile bo.x of proodu that will enable yon to earn plenty of money. An article as staple as Hour: used by everybotly. This liberal offer is made simply to advertise our jroods. U Kit
\y. II. SIZEU, 7 & 0 AVarreu Street, N. Y. City.
PATENTS
MTJNN & CO., of tho SciENTTFTC Amehtcan, con¬ tinue to act as Solicitors for Patents, Caveats. Trade Marks, CopyriKhts. for tho United SUito.i. Caniida. Bnjfland, France. Germany, etc. Hiind Book about Pntents sent free. Thirtv-seven ye.-irs' experience. Patents obtained throuKhMUNN & CO. are noticed In the SciKNTiFic American, the largest, best, and moBt widely circulated sclentiBc p.iper. ?3.20 a year. Weekly. Splendid enpravinps and. interestlnK In¬ formation. Speciraen copy of the Scieiitinc Amer¬ ican sent free. A ddress M UNN & CO.. SriFNTIFlQ Amkuican Office, 201 Broadway, New York.
AIUIANGEMENT OF PASSEXGEIt TUAIN'S Xov. 16th, 1884.
Leave CoInrablHas follows: (Sauday Sxceptod
For Philadelphia and Ueadluf?. T.-IOa. in, ami 12 10and 3.40 p. ni. for Pottsville, at 7.30 a. in. and 1.10 and a.lOp. ni.. for Xew Vork,via Allen¬ town ut 7.;iO a. 111. and 1-2.40 p. m.
For New Vork. via 'IJonnd Ilrook Uoutc.'and Philadelphia, 7.30 a. 111. and 12.40 p. in.
For Colnmbia leave as follows:
Leave Phil.i<lelphia-t.;'.0.9..-)0a.m. and 4.00 p.
m.     Iteadin
Pottsville 5 .'¦>o. O.OO a.  m.  a New Vork. via .\llentown,
7.10 and  12.(K) ui. and fi.lO p.in! (.40 p. m., leave
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THUMA  &   BRO.,
BEAEEll  IN
GROCERIES, FLOUR,FEED, HAMS,
SIIOULDEnS, BACON, DIIIKD UKEF,
AXD BOLOGNA SAUSAGE,
COAL aud IOK.
MyVIVUKK.
YOKK STATE €IJ>ER—best In tho County.
Ice delivered af all p.*wts ©f towu during the Suniiner s«uison.
Parties desiring large q-namttties wouUl do well to write for prices ,or inquire.
The b<!9t Luzerne Buckwheat and Maryland mute Corn Meal.
GKOCEKY—Opponlto the Hollow-ware Works, neiu- tii«9 P. K. R. Uwpot.
iiiililTiii
;¦; •¦   - ;  • ...   ...v........ n, l.oo m  in., Allcniown
."i.l.) and «.40 a. in. and 4.30 p. m.
Trains leave Harrisbiirgr as follows:
For Xew Vork via 'llonnd Hrook Koute.'r..2,^ 7..")0 (i.,')0 a. 111. and l.4.".i). m. For Phihulelphia e.25 7..'i5, 0.50 a. m. and 1.45 and 4.00 p. ui.
Trains for Harrisburg leave a«'folJovc«
Leave Xew Vork vl'» Allentown. 4.00 8.4,") p. ir. & l.Oi) .and 5.ili )).m. via ••Hound Brook lloute, and Phila.. 7.4.'>a. m.. l.a04<M) and 3.;{0 p. in. li inid't. Leave Phila<lolpliia 4.30,9.50 a. m, un<l 4.00, !i..^)Oaiid 7.45 p. m.
C. G.HANO0«K,
Gen'l Pass'r A Ticket Ag«nt •S. B. WOOTTEN,
Gen'l Manager.
A  DUnXISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of David II. STAUFPER,'l:ite of Marie*.ta Ijorotigh,^deceitsed.
Lcttersof administration-on said estate hav¬ ing been Kr.-intetl to thewnder.-ljrned.all persons indebted thereto are reonested to make Im¬ mediate payment, nnd those liavliif^ claims or demands a(falnat the same will iMescut theia without delnv lor settleniont fo the uiuler- slj<ned, resldlngln .Marietta Uoionjrh,
ai?iia:\i sr.MMV,
19 ot Ai>Atnil8TllA^i:«ll.
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