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Tilt-: lUliil.iMlTON VP., FKWK J'llHSS. PlilDAY. OECJ3M Milt l:. Is.SI. DARK DAYS i!Y iiuoh Co:; WAY. Avthurof "Lullrti Unci.-" OHAl'TEIt, 1. A I'l'AYIlP. AM) A VOW. AVIijm tills story of my life, or of such por tions of my llio n present imy oitt-of-tho-conilron lontitr s, is rend, II will h- fontt I tlint 1 l.n vi- '-iiiitiitt. u 1 1 rois nt Jm'.jLiiii-ii: that 1 lirt it sinii '.1 nut ii'ilv w-i.Hy, hut also npnhi-t tli" luv.f the h.u i. in oxem-i 1 cm jifoa I lull two tlilnx? tlio stlviiut'.i oC love. tllO W 'I.II"-S (if lllllllllll IIRtllll', lft.i'M. i iin-y no v ."jlit with you, throw the I ii ml; ii'.i lo. Ynu urn to.) good for me: I nm too hiitiiiin for ,mu AVo cannot, be. friends. Head no further. Incol say notion-.; about my childhood; notions about my boyhool. I .-t ni" hurry on to rarly manhood to tint tun" when tho wonderful liriums of youth lir.u in leave ono; when tl.o impulse v.hlch ran drivo so ber riuson aside must ho, ind'ed, a strong one; when ono lias learned to ei lint Ilia cost of evu-y rash step; when tho timtsiciit and fitful llnm"s of tho liny ho'V s d Hod doe. n to n steady, plowing flr which "ill omit until only nsl.es aro It-It; when tho strength, tho nerve, tin- intellect, i.s or shout 1 Ii at. its height ; when, in short, ono'.s year number thir'y. Y.-t, wlr:' nr.3 I then? A soured, nniw, dlsu', !iit 'il man; without u m In t i'n, with out r lor Pi" morrow; itln.tiL a nal or obji I in lilc. J :i-i-f it Ii iu. o.-i in I'."ii!.iii'jr. as liy ii.-'inet. Uisuig in the nishnf' Iho dav wto, over: noriini : and Ivin r .low n at night, i n 1 carina; liltlo whether tli- listl ss eye i ch ed nii-.'lit open ng i.n or not. Au l why! Ah! to know why you mint sit with ni" as I Mt lonely over my rSuv in liro ono w-.nUr niht. You mu-t re.id my thoughts; tho pictures of my past must riso before you as tl.ey r.so before ni". .My sor row, my hate, my loo must bo yours. You must, iudcud, bo my very self. You in.tv ixgin this retrospect with tri umph. You may po back to the day when, after having passed my examination with high honors, I, Hasil North, way duly en titled to writo Jl. 1). after my name, nnds-jt to wotk to win famo and lortuiie by doing my host toward relieving tho suffer inps ol my fellow ereaturos. You may say, as 1 mi Id then, as I say now, "A noblo career: a life, full of interest mil useful ness." You may seo mo full of hopo and courago, and ready for any amount of hard work; sottling down in a largo provincial town, ros-oh-eil to beat out a practice for myself. You may soo how, after tho usual initiatory strur "li's-, my footing gradually grow firmei ; how my namo liccnma familiar; how nth s' I scorned to bo in n fair way of win ning i ie ess. Y ii may seo how for a whili a dream bri; l-t'-ne I my liie; how that dream fado.l am! Ii t gloom in Us )lac. You nny so the v n'liau I loved. IN, . 1 am wrtng. Her you cannot we. Only I uiyclf can seo l'liilippa :i9 1 saw her then ns I -co 1 or now. I IS IM Vff 'Ik" 1 ', , ' ' ' l'i !l rhtli,.jiti (is inir hvrtlu'na I v her vow. 1- . v in! lniw fair sho wa! How glorious her . Ii, dark beauty ! How dill'eivut from the i .uk-whito and yellow dolls whom lhavo icon ixalted as the types of peifoction! War n Southern Moo I ran through her veins- mid tinged her dear brown cheek wit.i io!or. Her mother was sin Knglish woman; but it was Spain that g.ivo her daughter that exquisite grac, those won drous dark eyes and long, curled lashes, that mass of s-ott black hair, that passionate, impulsive nature, and perhaps that queen liko carriage mid dignity. The Knglish mother may have given the girl many good gifts, I ut tier beauty came Iroiu tlio lather, whom she had never known; thu Andaliisiaii, who i !.'il while sho was but a child in arms. Yet, in spito of her foreign grace, l'liilippa was Ki.glish. Her Spanish origin was to her but a tradition. Her foot hnd novel touched her father's native land. lt. lan guage was strange to hor. Sho was born in Kiiglaiid, nud her father, tho nature of Tvho-o i ecupiUion I havo not been oblo to ascertain, teems to havo spent most of his time in this country. AV'u u did I learn to lovo her! Ask me, rather, when did wo first meet? Kven then, as my eyes loll upon tho girl, 1 haew, as by revclatio , that for mo life uud her lovo meant one and tho same thing. Till that moment there was no woman in tho hoi Id tho sight of whom would havo quickened my pulso by a U'at. Iliad read and heard of such lovo as this. 1 had laughid at it. Tin id seemed no room for such mi engross ing passion in my busy life. A'ut ull at onco 1 loved ns man hns novor loved before; and as 1 sit to-night and gazo into thu Tiro I tell myself that tho objectless lifo I am leading Is tin only ono possible for tho man who loved but failed to win l'liilippa, Our Hist meeting was hi ought about iiitho most prcsalo way. Her mother, who suf fered from n chronic dlseas), consulted ma profes-i.iuully. Jly visits, Hrat those of a doctor, soon became those of a friend, and 1 was lite to woo tho girl tu tho best of my ability I'1 dippc. and her mother lived in a small hoi.- on iho outskirts of iho town. They ner. nut rich people, but had enough to keep the pin -'i of poverty from thoir lives. Tlio moth r was a swcot, quiet, ladylike woman, who boro her sull'orlngs ivitli i-caignation. Her health was, indet :, wretched. Tho only thing whicti icemd likely to boinflt her was u coiitinu..! change of air mid scene. After atti ndlng her for about six months, I was in cnn icieiico bound to iildorso the opinion of her former medical advisois, and tell her it would bo well for her t) try (mother chin My heart, w.i heavy as I gave this ad vice. If adopted, it mo.'int that l'liilippa and J must part. Hut why, during thorn sir mouths, had I not, pisiiouutoly in lovo as I win, won tho your.,; girl's hourtl AVhy did she. not leave aioa my nlllanccil brldol Why did 1 let lr 1 "ive v,i at nil Th a iiv r is short. Bhe loved mo not. Irid owr to'nl mo so in muiiU l i .i in o.i-.U tor Ii 'i- love. Uttt i.he imut h.ivo Uiiown - shn must have knownl When 1 was with h r, every look, i vory notion of iilim nu.Hi. lnvii t"ld her the truth. 'i in 'ii are not fools or blind, A mnn, loving as 1 did, who can conceal the true state of his feelings muit. bo moro than mortal. 1 hnd not spoken; 1 dared not speak. Hot ter itnc rliiinty with hojio llrin certainty with diMpnlr. Tlio day on which 1'iilllppa refined my lovo would be m the d.iy of death to me. I llosldes. whalhad I to offer herf Although sue viliiiv; fairly Well for n beginner, at resent I could otfly ask the woman I made mv v.l i) tosliaru coiupnrntivo poverty. And riillipoal All! 1 wiiulilhavn wrapp d I'lill Ippri in luxury! All that wealth could buy .ijlit to be hers. Had you seen her in the a!ory ol her fresh young bounty, you would j have smiled at the presumption of tho man who could liqu et such a being to become , the wife of n hard working and as yet III- i paid doctor. You would have lelt that she fhould hnve had tlie world at her fot. 1 Had llii iight that fI'.c loved me I might perhaps have dared to hope she would oven tin n have been happy us my wife, llutslu oi I in it love me. iloreovcr, she was nuibi lions. She l:ii"W small blamo toiler how bean litulshe was. Do 1 wrong her when I say that In thn" days she looked for the gift of rank and riches I rom the man whoiovo 1 hori M)o knew that she was a qtieoii anrnig women, and ospecicd a qiwu's dues. Ohi'i- o.t, ire mv v.onls cniei! 'I'liey nr" the oriieli's' I have spuUori, or shall speak, avail's1 yi.tt. l'orulvo them!) AVe wore friends gr -at frie da Snc!i frien Iship i? low's biine. It buovs false l.ojis; il lulls to k '1'iiri.y: it lead astray : It. is a stall' w hi' h breaks w Idenly, an 1 w mn 1 1 the hail 1 .l'ioh loans upon it. Mo little It si'oiiis it ni isl In iiiiikii friendship grow into l"vn; mid yet how seldom tli.it little ii ..il led I 'I'll lovo which Logins with haio or dislike is olten luckier than that which '.eiiis with fiieud.ihip. l.uvci's c.inuot bo fl iellds. 1 hliippa and l.er mother left my neigh borhood. They went to London for aw Idle. 1 heard from th-in occasionally, and once or twice, when In town, called upon them. Time went by. 1 Wuiked hard at my pro fession tlio while, striving, by sheer toll, to drivo away the dream from my life. Alast I strove hi vain. To lovo l'liilippa was to lovo her forever! One morning a letter came from her. I toro it open. Tlio nows it contained was grievous. Her mother had died suddenly, l'liilippa was alotiy in the world. So far as I knew, s'.io had not a relativo left; and I be lieved, perhaps hoped, that, save myself, she had no friend. I needed no timu for consideration. That afternoon 1 was in London. If 1 could not comfort her in her groat sorrow 1 could at least svmpathiz.i with her; could undertake tho management of tlio many business do tails which aro attendant upon a death. l'onr l'liilippa! Kho was glad to see mo. 'I I lough her tears she Hashed mo a look of sritituK 1 did all I cull for her, nil 1 ,-tav. 1 in town until tho turn nil was, over. Then 1 was obliged to ! nk i;oiug home V. hat was to become of tin- gir Kith or kin she hal none, nor did she m"iit'"ii the name of any friend who would b" willing to receive hu'.' As I suspeoted, die was absolutely ali iu in the world. As soon as my bail; was turned she would have no on on whom she could count for sym pathy or help. it niu-t havo been her utter h Holiness which ur.'id me, in spito of my bott-r jud.v ir.i'iil, in spito of the grid -vliloii still oppr idler, to throw myself at her loot nud de clare tho desire of my hears.. .My words 1 cannot recall, but I think 1 know 1 p!ead"d eloqu-ntiy. Such passion ns mm; gives 1 over and intensity to the most miprnotiee 1 speaker. lung before my uppe.il was "Ui'.o 1 1 kiii-w Unit I pleaiie.l m vain. Hor eyes, her mann T, tul 1 mo she loved in.' not. Then, i einenibering In r present uelp'.en condition, 1 cheeki-d myself. 1 begged h . to forget the words 1 had spuk"ii; not to miswor tin in now ; to let iir- say them again In somo mi'iiths' tinio. Let me still be hor Iriend, and lender her such service as I could. She shook her head; sho hold out her hand. I The lir-t action meant the refu-al of my i love; thu second, the acceptance of my ' friendship. 1 schooled myself to calmness, 1 and wo diious-od her plans tor the future, j She was lodging in u liousj in a quiot, re I -pootnblo s'lvel njnr llejont's l'ark. She expressed liur intention of staying on hero I f a- awhile. "Hul alone!" I exclaimed. "AVhy not! AVhat have I to fear! Still, I am op mi to reason if you can surest mother plan." 1 could suggest no other, l'liilippa was i past tv.enty-ono and would at onco succeed Uowhatev r money had been her mother', This was enough to livo upon. She hail no 'friends, ni id must live somen hero. AVhy should she not stay i u r.t hor prcsunt lo.lg i ingsi Nevertheless, I trembled lis I thought i ' t thi bcaiititul girl all alone in L .n Ion. i Why could she not lovo mo! Why coul 1 iho not bo my wife! It needed all myself ' restraint to keep mo from breaking afresh into passionato appeals. As fho would not give mo the right to dis pose ol ner luiuro i count no noiiiing moro. I bade hor n sad fnronill, then wont back to my homo to conquer my unhappy loo, or to sulfor from its trosh inroads. f O I U....I. 1 ...I..- . I v-uuque ,; 7iii,i iuu ns iiuiiu n llrvei conipiereii. ji is n man s inc. l'liilippa was never absent from my thoughts. Lt my finmo of mind bo gay or grave, l'liilip pa was alwuys present. Now and then sho wrote to me, but her letters told mo littlo ns to her mode of life; they wero short Irieudly opistles, and gave mo littlo hope. Y'et I was not quito hopelesi. 1 felt that I had been too hasty in Hiking bur for her lovo so soon after her mother's death. ,et her recover from tho bhock; then 1 will try again. Three mouths was the tlmo which in my own mind I resolved should olaise beforu I again nppronched her with words of lovo. Three mouths! How wearily they dragged themselves away! Toward tho end of my seIf-hnpo5e 1 toim of probation I funded that a brighter, gayer tone manifested itself in I'hllippa's letters, h'ool that 1 was, I augurod well from this. Telling myiolf that such lovo as inlno must win in iho end, I wont to l udon, and onco moro inw l'liilippa, She received mo kindly. Although her garb was still that of deep mourning, nevur, 1 thought, had she looked iiioio lK-autiful. Not long after our first greeting did 1 wait before I began to plead again. Sho slopped mo at the outset, "Hush," she said; "1 have forgotten your former words; let us still bo Iriend'." "Neerl" I cried passionately, "l'liilippa, answer me once for all, toll me you ran love mo!" tihi) looked ut mo compassionately. "How ran I best answer youC shu said musingly. "Tho shnrpest remedy is jierhaps thu kind est. ISasll, will you understand me when I Bay it is too lata " "Too late' What con you mean? Has anothor- " The words died on my lips as l'liilippa, ill awing a ring from tho fourth ihnrcrof her :; o 1 1 1: h i I u -i- left hand, showed me tliat it concealed n ylaili - ild i ii le. ll:r eyes nut mine lin plol in ;ly. "1 should have told you bokro,'' she will pofily, mid ben ling Imr pmiiUmd; "lilt I her wi re r a mn or en now I am nloig i to tell llo one. I.r.-il, 1 oiiivmIiuw you thli Localise 1 know you will t 1: im other mi' swer." All J fir ' ! h :u w.l n 1 ; " i r i 1 t i ''Ton int. :' Wlmt run inn mrnn ,' Tin m olUi'v " 1 ros without a w.irl. The p-.mi s'-emcd wliiriiio: mound m , '''he i nlv thing which was clear i.i ni-s,..-'it was liu' '-mi-d gold I nnd o.i t;,o l.i r white hnn 1 ih it symb.ilof p.Mi.'ssinii In- i,ii'it'i"f In that i-i'i'-irut hop" fin i n.l t!i. sweetness of lile s -out -d swept away final in '. ! oin -tli in !u mv lae must Lev" tul 1 her how her lo ws all'ncti'd me. Slu- ciiin) to me an 1 lai 1 h -r haul upon mv arm. I tr.'inlil si like u lent beneath her touch. Sl.o Inokel hesooo iin ;lv int.) my itu-o, "Oil, ni' liko th.i-:" she orl-'l. "U.isil, I am not wiirto it. 1 -enuel not have made you huppr. You will fowl you w ill llnd nno'li'i-. If I have wr nig "1 or misled you, say .in forgive me. I, t m heir you, my true frien I, wish noi hiioiiii"4." 1 strove to force my dry lips to frani" some conventional phrase. In vain! words would not come. I sank into a chair and covered my face with my hands. The door opened sudl 'iily and a man en tered, lie may have 1 on about lorty years of age. He was fill and lemarkably hand some, llo was dressed witli scrupulous care; but tliTowas soin 'thing written on his face which told in ) it was not, the faco of a gool man. As I rose from my chair ho glanced from mo to l'liilippa with on air of suspicious inquiry. "Dr. North, an old friend of my mother's and mill"," she said, with composure. "Mr. Farmer," she added; and a rosy blu-h crept round hor neck aj she iudicat'd the new comer by the name which 1 tclt sure was now also lie:- own. 1 l'owo.1 meihanicillv- 1 mad) n few dis jointed i-'Mii ir';s about tin ve.it ior and kin dred tuii's; tliei 1 siioo!; hands with P'lhlppa mil loft the Louse, tlu mot mlser .i' ! in n m I'm gi-m 1. l'liilippa marri 'd, and niarriol secretly! How could her prid - have stooped to a cl m d sline union! What manner of man was lu v.liu had won h r: lleaven-! he mint be har I to p'.e.'is i if he cared not to show his coiiqiii's! to tlio light of day. Cur! sneak! coward! villain! Sti-; lie nny hive his ow n reasons for coneealin nt reason , know n to I'liilipp i and approved of by her. Not a w. rd against her. Sho is still my queen; t lie .en, w innaii in the world to inc. What lh" Ii i- don) is right! I passed a sle-'.less night. In the morning 1 wrote to l'liilippa. 1 wished her all happi ness I could command mv p'li, if not my tongue. 1 sai l no w.ir.l about the secrecy o. the wedd.iis', i r the evils so ofton conse quent to such concealui 'Ut. H'.it.v. ith a fore nod nig of evil to com-, 1 bogged her to remem ber tiiat wo were friend,; that, although 1 could soo her no iimr1, whenever she wanted a I fiend's ni 1, a wont would bring me tuber silo. 1 Used no word of blame. I risked no expression of love or regret. No thought of my grief should j u- upon the happiness which -h doubtless expected to Uud. I'tii'Dwell to the ono dream of my life! F.irewi II, l'liilippa! Such a passion as mill) may, in these matter-jf-i net, uuroniautic days, seem an anachronism. No matter whether to sym pathy or ridicule, 1 nm but laying baro my true thoughts and feeling-. 1 would not retir n 1 1 my homo at one?. 1 shrank from going hack to my lonely hearth and beginning to o.it my heart out. I liiid iiindo arrangom ell s to stay m town for some days, so 1 ayed, trying by a course of w hat i, term -d ;,uyety to drive remembrance nwav. Futile "otroi-t! How many have tried the same reputed remody without sticcessl Anil this lean her liiis!iinilI'liiliniH('n hnn idiii.' Four days after my iutorvlow with l'liil ippa I was walking with'n friend who knew every one In town. As wo passisl tho door of onu of the most exclusive of thu dubs 1 saw, standing on tlio dops talking to other men, the man whom 1 know was I'hlllppa'a husband, His lace was turned from mo, so I was ub!o to direct my friend's attention to him. "Wiio Is i' at maiK" I asked. "That in-.'ii with tho gnrdonin in liU coal is Sir Mervvn Forraud." "Wholsiiof AVhat is hol AVhat kind of n man is lief" "A baronet. Not very rlcn. Just about thu usual kind of mail j-ou too on thosu stops. Very popular witli thu ladies, they tell me." "Is ho married i" "Heaven kuov.sl I don't. 1 novei heard of a Lady Ferrand, although thorn must bo several who tiro morally entitled to use the designation. " And this was her husband l'hillppa'ti husband! I clinched my tooth. AVhy had ho nrnr lied tmdor a i also naini ) Or If sho knew that namo by which she In'i" oi:-1 him to ire w li.ls., V,y t n .,m ,;, sU.. had His m.iiT.a . ,. ., dun I ., , ,,. oniy Nr ."'.rv. u 1 errni. I, I ut ill" iiobhi, in Hie l.iio slioiud beriotidof s .titi.ti-- .I'uilli,. pal 'J he mora I thought of tho matter tie. moro w retched I grow. Tho dreu I that she had been In some way deceived almost drove aio mad. The thought, of my proud, lioauti. fill queen somo day finding horsolf humbled lo tho dust by a scoundrd'.s dccolt was un gtllsh. AVhat could I dof My first Impulse was to demand an expla nation, tin u uud there, ft in Sir Jbrvyn Fort-and. Yet I had no right or authority so In do, AVhat was 1 lo l'liilippa save an unsueeer.sftil siiitorj Moreover, I felt that sh had icvi aled her soci-'l to mo in confi dence. If there were good reasons for the concealment, 1 might do her irretrievable itirm by letting this man know that I was iware of his trtiu position in society. No, 1 could not call him to nccoimt. Hut I must do something, or in tlmo to como my grid may be rondored doubly deep by self-re-t r inch iContinuoii in i,et l-oio.) Our Country lloniu is ono of tho boft UKTlciiltnril monthllos in the rnltoil Slnlos. it costs .Ii) cents a .vcariiinl lsdicjpat that. You cn:i et it lor 'iiuthinir b- siiliM i-liiln;- lor the l'i Pros, boloi e .Pin- nary. I TIIK FIX,XC!U WOill DISTURBED BY MAMMOTn FAILURES. Tin' U.iiikiin; I'h ill ol Opdj Ko ,v Co. ill '.'ow Vor! Tails I'm' e l,ni-:;e MnnTlio ,1 . 1, t..io I'lou Ciiinp.iiiy n! Kiu lno, Wis., Suspeliils Willi l.lnlil!- Itb-s oi' vnno.ooo on,,.,. f.llsine-s 'l'i ollllles. Nr.i. Vol.",. Die. S -The w hlcly Umhwii linn nf OiidykciV Co., bunkers at P.' I'iuc .street, ni'iilc an .'is-igiiiucut to-ilry with out preferences. A member of the Urm sjiid the failure .surprised him, mving to lbs .suddenness and wa.s due to thu lailnrc of ctistnmci-s to respond to calls for mar uln. llcbclicvcsth.it the ,'t.ssots will ul tiimitcly jiclil ncitily if not quite ciiottgh to meet the liabilities. The major portion of the llitbilitics are secured, there being about WOO.diK) unsecured. The llrm was founded sixteen years ago by cx-Mityor (ieo. Updykc, who died in lsso. 'j'lic llrm still'cred the hiss of one million in tH. panic of lsr:i, ssVH,n,)i) being drawn frum it in the run. The jin-ent linn was formed in lsSl with an invested capital of o-,il,0ud ; unu (leiiis:ts ut about l,o m.uth). They ! state that their contracts on the sto"k ex change w ill exceed .MM shares, and that I neither individually nor as a llrm, have , they speculated to the extent of one share. It was regarded as n strong concern and j maintained a high wide of credit. The , I. I. Case Plow Company Tails with Liabilities of ssHOO.omi. 1. ( im:, Wis., Doc. S. The .1. I. Case i I'low (oiiipaiiy assigned to-day. This ' coin -0 wits rendered necessary by foreign attachments against the company's prop- , crty :mil similar actions threatened nt home. The liabilities arc .-sseuino : noni. ( inal assets .silijs,!!),), i, js i,pt.,i arrange ! nieiits may be made to .lllow the company to ;,' on with their lntsinos,. Kxcept the I iiidoblednes.s to Mr. Case Individually ami a low secure items, the debts of tlic'cuui . liany do not tiinoiint to inure than ti'iO.Ooo 1 ii' "). The failure will not all'cct anv o! the other institutions with which Case's i name is connected. The hanks arc scour led on nil advances and Mr. Case is un doubtedly worth in available property up ' ward of ',( kio.iWii. Condition ol' the Vlg Iron Trade ut I'itts , billf;. j I'lTl'sni !!(., l'.'i., Dec. .I. The project to restrict the production of pig iron by banking the furnaces for a month or more has been allowed lo die quietly. Instead I of fitrlhcr ii'stiiction reports have been received at the ollicc of the pig iron asso ciation In this city to the ellect that a number of itiniaces will "blow in" dur ing next month, Il is stated that the stock on hand is much lighter now l haunt tiny previous time for years and that while there is no prospect in the immedi ate lutiire (or better prices there is room fur more iron than is piled in the van Is at present. The Cooilllloii f tho Iron Trade, Cl.' 1.I.W1), ().,l)cc. .". The Iron Trade lieview computes that within thc-p.i-t four weeks -JA iron establishments have started ii)), giving employment to P.'.IT.A men. In four establishments the force has been in creased by Iti.Ati men ; in Hi establishments the w orking time lias been reduced to an average of s hours; in .i'.l establishments thoir wages htie been reduced an average ol I-.'-j per cent, ntl'ectMig about :.'i),oi)0, and tir establishments havo closed down en tirely, t lnowiiig out of work l'.','JT". Ilonxy Tallurc in Ohio. Toi.r.Do, O., Dec. .A. The banking house ul Ifiiyner, Seagrave oc Co., made an as signment to-day without preferences. The liabilities are said tube ?.VHi,(xm, with as sets nominally equal, being mostly real estate. The l'l-cli'lcllccs in the Wilkinson Tnllnio. Svit.M'fsi:, X. A., Dec. II). The AVilkin s'ju failure is thought to involve about .$1110,001). The assignment gives preferences to the amount of $!iS,tVX), which includes the city and county deposits, and I rust 1 mills. Large holders of real es tate, which is heavily encumbered, and many fanners are among the depositors, they having been attracted by the four percent interest. Few business tlrtus are invohed. Tho assets will but little inoro than pay preferences. Among the depositors were the city of Syracuse, $-J-'i),(kki, and the county of Onoiulaga.silti.tHK). Thu (ilobe hotel property owned by t lie llrm, and the elegant resi dences owned by thu AVilkinsons were conveyed lust night to John Wilkinson of Chicago. Alfred Wilkinson, n member of the Stock Kxohiingo, Is said to have lost ovcrs'KKl.lKK) in stocks. Other Talliuos. .1, K. Tolles A: Co., clothing dealers at Nashua, X, II. , oiler their creditors 41) cents on tho dollar, nnd this will propnhly be accepted, AV, it F. 1 1. AVhitteniore, oil dealers, 111 llroad street, Huston, have failed with liabilities reported at about $ir(l,(HH, and with nominal assets of K.Ti,()i)tl to $!0,ikH), A large portion of the indebtedness i.s for borrowed money, Thu llabllitiesof Leiiubach Hros.. bank- nipt Imvelry ma'' ifiictiirers of New York, are mii.wu ; aciu it assets y.-i,ooo, K.ll. liaison ol- Co., bankers at Do I!iiyler N, A',, have inai1 an asslgiuueiit, inaking 1 1 references nine intluglo s'.'OUkk), Hacker it Ster i, millers of Millorstadt St, Clair county. 111., havo iiiadu nit assign- inent with abilities of -ia),(KK). (leorgu 11, Skinner Co., silk iiiiiuufae- turers ut A'onker.s, N. Y a.ssi(;iieil yester- ilny. M. GAGE. i i " . llmlhiKtou, Vim Ness, Wcdncsil.iy, Doc. in. ! .Mm. t potior, 1'iivllion, Tlillf.silay, Doe. . N'orlhlld.l Hotel, rild.i), Doo. u. Coin old. "very -latunlay i " Vinii, :;i Wost.'Dth Mt., ovcrj Moinl.ty. iJICALTH'L 1. i i batm Art Prints. F EE PUESS ASSOCIATION. 1313 Coll'-ge St. Oliver (Jiwn's J-Isdilc. W". tlio mil isi-i lin i, .,i-, ina: i)oo,i.n i, ti., by tin- Itoniii-ii'.lo I'ii, lint. I'l.ei-; ,. i iin- lll-tllo. of l"llf."tl-ll, TollUlllsslinii-is, Ii, ',.. (euo. oviin.M- and adju-t tho olnlm, and ileniainl-of nil persons nirainst i hi- i-t.it.-ot illlM-r (iii'i-n, Into i,r itli-lmii.n.l. ,n -;.i, .ll-trli t. ilecoii-oil, ami ni i nil ohm,, anil .lo. inaii'ls ehllnli-ii in otl-.-t iln-n i,, ,,,! j. inoiiths li-,,ni tlio.laj ol.tho ihrn-li t ,,.v, allowed In s.n.t t ',,, t i, i.lt purous,., wo ,1,, thereloie hoi-,-l,v pw ,,,, ,, , "!'.';" ' ,.'""""''" "' "IM' ni'polntiiieiit at theilMol Inr house of Siis,,nua (Irooii In Itieiiinond iis,j, illstiiot, on thollr-t 'I'uos diii.sol robrii.ir.i and .Mil next, ul In o'clock a. in., on o.ieh of said davs. Dated this ,:n ,lny ,,c Decoiubor, b-i, .lulIX l M.ASUX, i ,. , . 0. 1'. ItllOADS, '( ominlssinnors. L'lW.'lH- -MplK'HS I), ricld's list nt t T.Ti: UP Vr.llMUXT, ' To all p,-i-s,m nisTUii i in-1 uirrKSimv. i conoonioil in the estate ol .Million- D. I'l.-lil. Into ol Jericho of siiiil ill-ti-ict.ilocea-i-'l. Ii1!i:i:tiii : At a l'i-iili.iio Court, holdcn ul llitrlimrton. I w illuii aiid.lortlio District nt Chittenden, on the Mil .in; ol' Det-euiber, ss,nM m-l ruiiiont, ' liiiiportiii'. to lie Iho l.i-t will ami test.i 'iient ol Aiphoiis D. riolil, i.iieof.lerioho. In -.ti'i ili-trlit, deceased, was pre.ontod to thu 'I al.ii-i-saiil. I. ii' pi-nliatc; and it i- or- I den d by -ni.l court that theu'il d.n ol Jau- uary. lss,-,, tin- Pi ohato Court Vootn-m 'sanl llui-llmnon. In-u-siwrnod Im- pr.i In-.-sMiJ iii-trunient : and that iiotiie tlioionl l- unen to all p. i-sons conceini-il, by pulih.hiii,; thi onlor thi-.-o i.-.-ek- -.'.tocosivol in iho Hi ilin - , ton l i-,"- l'ii-,s, a iiev-iapi r printed .it said ll.nliio.!ioii, pioioiis to Un- inn,, un pointed. ' Tlicivlore, ou me horolo- untitled in up- 1 pear lioloie -am 1 n, nt tho tune and pli-cu 1 uloi-i-said, uud contest the i.'-i.bate m -.-lij w ill. il oil hme oall-e. (iion under 111 hioi-lat Ilin limrlnii. in '.ml ' i!:strii-t, Ihissth i.iy ,,-, Doi-eniber lst. 1 jilwaw lll.'i). W. WALLS. It.-jUier. tlonas Ciii'i ii th's Ivstitto. sTATP. ill' Vr.liMDXT. . Tlio llonoi-.ilnc District ol Chittende-i, s-. , the I'l-ob.ite 1 ourt, lor the District of Cliitt Ion. 1 To all per.-oiis Interested in theestat' ol I Jonas Carruth. late ol ll'ii Ini'-'toii. In s,n, district, deceased. ' (iiiKirri.M! : Wlioieus said Court has .issliruod the -.'d day of Januar.i , l-.s.i. for the settlement of the ailininistrator's account, and loi-a ile.-ree ol the lo.sidiie ol said estate to the heirs ,,f 1 said ileeeaseil, and ordered tljat public notice theieol be iriM'ii to all pei-ons inten-.teil In I said e-tale by pnbllshin'.' this oilier three Iho. ks siieccsshely pievloiis to the .lav , assiirned, hi iho I Iti 1 litmtiin I'm- Press, - piintod in liui lini:ioii, in said district. TI1010I1110, ou 1110 heioln not Hied to uppi-nr 1 ut tho Pinliaio Court munis in lliiiihurton, on the il.i iisslvued. then and thole to contest the allowanco of :ild iiccount II ou -co cause, and to i-stublish your rlirht as heirs ami law'lul claimants ol -al,l icsiduc. (liven under my h.iuil. tills !t It dav of December, Isst, j lw:it (iLO. W. V.Lr.S. Ue-stor. David IS. Xort lirop's Kstatt'. I STATU 1)1' Vl'.ltMOXT. 1 To ull per-ous I DisTjtiiT ni--i itiTi-KMiK.s. 1 eoneeraod In the j estate ol D.n Id II. Xortlirop, latent San I'mii . oisco, State of Callloinlii, iloee.isoil, (lltlll.TIMi : ' Ai a I'roli.ite Court, huldeii at Ilurliu'.'ion, within ami for tlio District ol Chiiloiiiloii, on t ho st h day ot Deceiiiber, ss, an liistiiuncnt, ! purpoi tln to bo a duly authenticated cop "I the hi-t will and lostainoiit til I D.n id It. Northrop hue of Sun l'r,inci-io, state ot Ciliioruia, ilecoa-od, and of the I'ro- , hate thereof in Cditorul.i was pieseuloil to , the Court iiloresa'.il lor probalo: and il , is ordered by said eoiiit thu! the ;!ilth day ol January, ls-.-i. at the Probalo Couit ronnis in snid liui lluuton ho as. siirnod lor proiiur s;1ii iiiti'iuueut : and and that notice tlioreot be triven to all per sons coneoinod, by publishing tins order I three weeks siicci-s.sh ely in the llurlinu-lon 1 l'i 00 l'rc-s, a uew-spapor printed at said Ilur liii'.'lon, pie ions to the time appointed. Tlieretot o 011 are heieliy iiotillod to appear lioloie s.ild coiiil, ut tho tliuo and plnce atoro- 1 s.ilil and contest the pniliutc ot suiil ,V, il J you have cause. , liieu iiiidor mv hand at Itiirllimtou, In said district, this Sill din o! December. lss. i i:o. W. WALLS, licnister. BUY AT OM Ml 0AT 1 his stock is now- and I rush and prices w ay Idow-n. PANTS Sl.Kl .SPITS Sa.Sn OVlHt 1 COATS f-.MM, all heavy winter wclulits. '', is also iho place to buy winter Caps 10 cents I upwards. 11 U CAPS nleoones &'.uu(icuuim' j Seal Skin f 'i.tO. Vou can't tillord to buv 011r ! winter PXDLltWLAIl anywhere ole.'Slurt-i nnd drawers .'", ID and .Ml cents and all wool i sett let 7.1 cents ciicii. unit .tuckets 7.1 cents, I upward. No one In this section can show 1 you such a line of Pur coats, llullnlocoals, trood ones lined with heavy tlatiiiollT.liO. Coon , coats S:ci.(ii) and when you cotno to Holies lie beats them all, laricst stock nud best itoods .liipaueso woll Holies nicely lined good ones ' not culls 5T.CO. HORSE BLANKETS' way down. New Hampshire !lunkct, two Straps, 71) cents nud cxcrylhimr else In I lie line , ni same low prices. 110 1101 tuiv nil iilllcle In this Hue until on lian en lied tit Nicholson's LADIES, FURS A specially. Mulls, Collars, shoulder Capos fur lined ifaruicnts. Seal Snciiucs, all line (roods at low prices. 51 Church Street, ni'ituxarox, vr. soptIG,dtf .1 -s- 7MiMm ' -'. . II 1 i If 1 1 Vfl mm WILL Cl 111, aI a la k 1 a, And vest on- tin- 'J'orihl Linrtu its normal romlilhui. In: font totir Stomari, i 11 rhjurnlc the Khfnris, Cui-r Const i put ion . jn'oihuinij a lli tiltliif At tcfifr, Soiinif IHijcstion , Urtllfdr Stools. Clui Shin a ml n rifoi-ons UoO.ij. It is the GREAT REMEDY for all Xci'viins ! isi'iisi's, Nciipnl'gia, f .licuniiil isni, Nci' mis. DcLili t., l'nritl, .sis Milioitsiicss, I y siciiii, ( imI i cncss a lid I'ilci. l.i M'r did plain., nil Ividm-y '.'rouHlt's. l' iiKiic 'iiiilain( s. and all 1 Hm'hso.s arisin,: Ironi an Impure Slad- oi' (lie f Stood. Wc).'lM' .11 lie,iw the liuu.,,1: 0. 1 ll - of the ,utiel--s Used In the ai i,.,it,i 1 o, ' ClU.IUtv CSMi'iu mi taken I111.1 the I tilted .-iiiites Dlspi'iisatoi-, and otlur stati AlltllOlitles. IiIIPIIIil'l'1'1"' .1 'live principle.. r Hops, l -JUiUlihltiiiilc.nioileriit.'l) :i,u otie. In.:, rocotntnenileil in ni-i-Mius dise, pt uniiiii. sleep and reliov In;.' pain, li-ed lu 0 1 spep.m, i-i . stotlnir tone to the irritated and . hai.t stomach, one n! the hot remedies I n- norvoi s ti-oiuoi-s, waketulnoss and iloleiuiiu, idln,iu the pain ol urticiiliii-1 lieiiiitati-iii. etc., et '. RIIflHI! Il'-'ro.l-os the iippctiti-. protnoti s .p. uuuiiu ee.tion, luvors the .-oeieilon of uimu P-o.l 11 Iceble dlirotlou with llatuh 101. ehronli 1 li. -iiiii.it ciittuiooiis mlei.tioii ,111 . drops). lA.ANnPI.inM Tonic. dPn-i-io ,onl 111 or 11 "anUCiLlUn h.nui'.Mi sp, ,-iIle a.ti'.ii in . ,s -of couuesiioii ni the liter assoei. iti 1 w,t 1 ,. ionic .1 sp.-j s 1 nn.l const I pat ion. SlRsliPitMn A Isa well-kll. Wll 1,1 li u- DHnOHrrifltLiLn ,.,-, und i.s mem 1. 1 1,1 t in lii-pensatoi) m coniu-ctiou w.tli 'out,ti'i -mutism, k.n d.-,ises, i-i m-t 1 ! lit 1. .11.11 -) phill-, scroluliili- atTeciioiis, and 01 In r -It pr.n on - on ion- 01 in ,i;i 11, DlDCICCfdH Isailiiirotio torn- and a ti I 11 OlOJUlin jr,.,,,. .i,r il'illlls ol so , jinuiticnt h-i.- te-tilied In it.ru u,!m- ' son, I uia of the viands and .n, .uni is ,1 mu lor rlieiunatlsin, di-ea-os ol tin k.dnos, il. s.l and disoi-il.eleil di;..stliiu. bike other net no caMi.u-i ic. Mandrake in lvuno inir enust .1 .,. tion ieiiiii es one ot the cause-"t oni stipaiom t lie eoinllt ion which is lieiiei.ili) -pnkcnoliis torpor ol 1 lie In or. RHIIRAPP. I !l tonic, cathartic, st miailik. UllUUHIlU iiniL'oi.itlmr the iliyx'sUon, rer deiliiL'tt iis.-tiii in d)siepsia atletidod wit' ooiitip.itii.n. bilioitsiii-s., ot,-. The vi nt 11 notion nl' i h 1 1 1 url 1 renders it on - ot tin lie-t remedies lor hemorrhoids eonncited w tl' constipation ; one ol the best remedies tin di.ii-rlio'.i c.iilsc I hy cold 01 'he pn c 11 of in baling inu-estn in tin- stomach. flPNTlAK la pure and slinpl.- tunic bitter Uljllllttlt t ,.citcs the appetite, lin i-i rati -dlirostioii nnd i-nti-i- Into most or the stom achic eoiuliinat ions ciuplooil In model 11 pruc tlce. It lllil) bo Used III nil eases ot 1 un debility of the ilie-tio oru-..iis, nr v.hiioa ffoneral tome itupiossiou i-1 nini oil. Dyp 1 -sla, utotilo iroiit, anionorrhioa, ji)storia,'scii -uhl, intermlttoui l'e or, diari luoa nud wi 1111 are anionir the niatiy allocl ions in w hich Ii -prm cd ueiul. fflfi lsabooiitobr.ini wiu-ko and all win VJulin ieiiiiie a none tonic and stinm'.iiit which is tree t linn unpleasant alter ellect s. It supplies tnateiial lor Pod) and main: it nm toiie mill stiemrth to the inrod und iiitlrm rilivs Iii-mii male it.ility, etc. It Is x.duaui in ninhiiia, iil-iio. malarial del. lilt), low Ii vol-, paral) tie, spinal and nervous eoniplaiuts, ir tl.iiiiniator) atleetioiis nt the hi 111 1. cpilep. . bilious und Iher trolililos, s, v headai.lii ohaiiu-o of Hie, spinal in lt.it ion, c.isickncs, eto. It Is rotieslilnif and io-tor.itho to all w In Inn .' undermine prnlonueil exertion, such is atllli ti-s, intlilic siioakct-s anil othei-s, ciuilimisr those who use it to roiiialii lor 11 lon tlint without lood und endure iinu-llal lat Ijfiie un1 pii'sorve choeii'uliioss. Isa stiinulant und c,iriumutie irmn ill il-stioiis.i. tlatulant i-ollo ami tin feeble state ol the uilmeutai) canal atiendant upon atonic trout, muscular t li.-u unit 1-111. uctt rnliria. headache, impart hi'.' a w at niinjf ,ui coiillal oiioraiion Uion the -ti much. Is u irratotid ntiod) 11c, uroniat a Mttir. i'liii.ii-titi' a nl -iisii .. deiru f w-.trinth and stioii'-'th to tin stoiuaeli, and .11 all caes ol iudiiiotiou. wind) colic und L'eiier.il wc.iknes, it li.i- Inr an -boon stronuiy rocouiincnili d by Iho most 1 m . iient praetit ,111101 s as a or) 11-0! ul mid In no tlciiil rcnii'lv lor periodical Sn k Ibai'i in, D) -p -p-la. and all its kindred t s-it-i--. 1 -reputed to cut-- neur.llLi.i, r.AHPII i Isatonic and stuiii.' i.it litu 1. viMlLLibH e-est no oru-aiis. and ,s. mi in- rein ve simple ji.isttte iletnltt) . COLUMBO Is a inn t- stiinulant stimuhi tome. meiea-uiL' tin aim. 1 11 impro iinr ihirotinu. It anw. r .idiii 1 ' 1 .is a iciiied) ill !iuilc D) spoils), 1. Pinrk'IY Asll Is an .1rterl.1l and nm s rniliuUI HOil stnnnlaiit. It dlpii)s ,t. Mi-tin-s ill prodtieitiL," cutaneous e,ieuutli' expellinir w iud, end nlhi) un; niusciilar rhi o malic pains. .s a r.inodi- In Air nine 1 lit un tisui enjoys miieli lepiitallon m tliiscomitn . YELLOW DOCK tonic, and also laxatnc i 1 mploycd III scrotiilous ciitancnus 1 ni t n i)s, coin.'1'sti'in ot the Ih or und dyspepsia. All these are combined with the Great Nerve Tonic, Diuretic and Carminative CELERY SEED. 1 In the C'cci'i Compound. I Prom, Col. A. P.. Hatch, l'.itmnlt rat ul. snr, I., lor twenty. one oui-s, Clin- ion, 111.. July 11, 1 si. Ci)i M. K. I'.m.nk Dour sir lor nuti years I lune sullereil lrom ilv.popsia and 111 u ralitla, cspeolnlly aeuto Inclal noiirnlKia, 111 comp.iuicd with tiounilirlc lieinlnchc. About a year since I liCRiin tukilitf jour tllLl'ltV CO.MI'IIPND with a result which I am irlad 1 llivc lor the bonctit of otliefs. The tlrst bottli helpod 1110 ificatly, uud lomrer use bus loiiltcd in coiuplctc relict, 1 now luno (rood illirostion, sound sloop, und am tortiuod 110 more I iv m u ralKia. Ilopimr CLLLIIV PO.Ml'ni ND may bo us rcniiincrutUe to vou as It is boni'lli ;ii t ) others. 1 inn Voiiis truly. A. li. H TPIL To Introduce Till: CP.LP.KV COMl'OPND in places wlicie Di: vi. i:tts no .not h wr it i.s Sl'lll'K, I will, l IN lUTKUT III' Two Dot.l 1S, send two bottles to any address m Ni w i;mt land, secuioly packed, uud Lvpro.s l liaiv Paid, to your nearest llvpress lltllco. 1'IUM'AltP.D 11V M. K. PAINE, AVINDSOlt, VT P. S. A. A Practical Apothecary who hasbcfniii tii'ly euiniK-ed In the picpniatlou of mcutclms slnco .Mm cli in, Is'l'.i. -May bo iibtaltiod by every Wholesale lint Itettill Diiiifk'lst ill the Putted States or tail lulu. Price Jl per bottle; sly bottles for $.1. A. G. FISHER, auuerul AVcstcrn Atfcnt, !il AVubusli Ae. I ChleiiBo, HI. c ' 7 'J 4 mm.