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JOLTJME V
ACCOMAC C. H., VA.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 L885.
NUMBER 22
PI
ILISnED eveky saturday
AT AC COM AC C. H., VA.
.o.W. Edmonds.
Owner and Killror.
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DRGE F. PARR AM ORE,
TTOK N*E Y -A T-L a W
^qj Accomack C. H.. Va.
j visit Ghincoteagne the Monday
livery county court, and remain
J'KO days. Prompt attention given j
y usiness placed in his hands.
, ev \
.WIES IT. FLETCHER, JR.,
1'IOENET-AT-LAW.
9 Aocoma"c\;. IT., Va.
ice in the courts of Accomac
v?sfiracti
ml 2?(1,.ti,.
orthampton counties.
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or. Johu W. G. BluckstODe,
GI'fNTER & BLACKSTONE,
1TTORNE YS-A T-L A if,
Accomack C. H., Va.,
jractice in the Courts of Accomack
orthampton counties.
?ill p
ml 35
L. FLOYD NOCK,
lTT(!)RNEY-AT-LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
accomack C. H., Va.,
^ practice iu all courts of Accomac
[V* -Vorthamption counties. Prompt
creurj-t01110 business.
?DbE GEO. T. GARRISON,
IATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
i Accomack C. II., Va.
1*^3 resumed the active practice of
* {>r rfession and solicits the patron
?.e 01 his friends. Office?opposite the
pvai , entrance of the Waddv Hotel.
ln\. LEWIS J. HARMANSON,
?Dektist.?
*e?Opposite Baptist church,
Oxaxcock,
Accomack county, Va.!
Ofli
'ilicj
."ill
ft i
hours from Si a. m. to 5 p. m.
visit Eastville every countv
lay. j
N. CHILDREY,
era;. Insurance Agent,
NORFOLK, VA.
,l.fl communications promptly at
Accomack C. H., Va.,
a full line of
^ANCY ARTICLES,
DRUGS,
OILS,
PAINTS,
SEEDS,
&c, &C, &C,
ept on hand for sale at lowest prices.
Rupert T. "Christian,
WA CEA PRE A Q UE, VA.
3rick!ayer & Plasterer,
Offers his services to the public by
he Davor Contract. Will furnish all
aateriid when desired. He has had sever
ii^irs experience as a practical jfjirk
* >rn?l will srmwintaa satriBfadtfwn.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY.
\LL YOUR WORK DONE RIGHT AT HOME.
JOHN W. DUNCAN,
PRACTICAL
MATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,
Maiu Street, Onancock, Va.
The above named firm also keep a
rarietv of first-class JEWELRY, 14 and
lb karat Solid Rixgs, with or without
>ets, Gold and Silver Watches,
Jlocks of various kinds and prices.
The most beautiful Lace Pixs and Ear
Drops evei offered to this public, and a
general line of Jewelry, such as may be
tound in a first-class city Jewelry store.
Jail and examine our stock of goods,
ind also our machinery for work.
Livery anfl Eiri
Accomac C. H., Va.
"^Benjamin I. Melson,
Proprietor.
Horses fed by the clay, week or month
at reasonable rates.
Passengers conveyed to any part of the
peninsula at bottom prices.
Will meet any train when requested.
Fare to and from station?^5 cents.
Millinery!
Mrs. U. B. Ileudcrsou is opening
a full line of choice
Millinery and Notions,
consisting- of all the novelties off-he
season, and is selling them at the
lowest city prices.
Hats from 15 cents to the best that
can be desired, choice Ham
, burgs and Laces,
extra cheap.
Vases,
Toilet sets,
Dolls, Jewelry, Sec.
STAMPING AND EMBROIDERY
done at the shortest notice.
NOVELTIES received weekly as
they appear in the cities. A cor?
dial welcome is extended to every?
one at
MRS. U. B. HENDEBSON'S,
Fbctmofce' CF%] fflk.
N?f G?O?S. New G?OuS.
Having just returned home with a
large, full and carefully selected stock
of fall goods. I now "take pleasure in
calling the attention of my friends, cus?
tomers and the public generally to my
stock of ladies'dress goods consisting of
Ladies'cloth. Cashmeres, (plain and
fancy) all wool Suitings, Dress
Flannels, Empress Cloth,
Boucle Dress Goods,
Ormskirk Cloth, Trecat
Cloth, Satins, Ginghams,"etc,
Ladies' Cloaks, a fine line of Car?
pets, Oil Cloth, Rugs, Crockery,
Queensware. Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, &c, &c., in fact everything
useful and ornamental found in a
stock of general merchandise.
?pLadies' Fine;Shoes a Specialty
I also bays {a :sfcbck" a large quantity
-Of purejinen; TOWELS H long and*
wide at 25c a piece. Cheapest; ever of?
fered in this market.
I cordially invite you'to come and ex?
amine for your selves. Thanking you
for past favors and soliciting a share of |
your future patronage, I am yours re?
spectfully, WC K. HALLETT.
To The Traveling Public!
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Your Patronage Solicited and
Appreciated.
We Seud Out Nothing But First-1
Class Teams.
Our Bates as Low as the
Lowest.
Try TJs aud Be Convinced.
(Office at store of L. IT. Ames & Son.)
Ames, fflcC?flfl?ll? Warren,
PROPRIETORS.
pungoteague
Livery Stables,
G. W. McCONNELL,
Manager.
Sewing Machine
STANDS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS
In Quality and Simplicity.
Bhnn nn "Diuol Others blow and try
lla? 11U lllVal.to put it down, but
It Stands Bold at the Front.
Having sold over 400 in 1SS1,18S2 and
ISS3, shows that the
?eop/e of Accomac Appreciate Its Merits,
I can sefl you other machines for less
>rice, Singer pattern, drop leaf and two
1 rg"'^-rf &IW ???_OOi_*tr!1 -Pviuom?;
^we^mT ?riy o?Mr pattern. Will sell
;be Royal St. -John, drop leaf and six (6)
?rawers. for S3P.0O, but I cannot put
TUE W8JIYBT with these inferior
9 81 ? If III 1 C machines, as to the
price. Having sold machines for nearly
fourteen years, gives me a chance to
know something of the tricks which
others practice on those who are not
posted hi machinery. If
You Want a Gooil Sewing Machine
come and see me. .? write to me, and I
WILL SELL YOU ANY MACHINE
that can be bought,
but none so pood as
Also, a large stock of FURNITURE,
MATTKESSES, &C., on hand. Repair?
ing of Furniture, Pictures Framed, or
anything else in our line promptly at?
tended to. COFFINS, CASKETS and
TRIMMINGS for sale.
Respectfnllv, &cM
R. H. PENNEAVELL,
Onancock, Ya.
MARSHALL'S HOTEL
New Church,
ACCOMAC COUNTY, YA.
X. JF. Marshall, Prcp'r.
Board by day, week or mouth on
reasonable terms.
fallacies meet all day trains and
night trains when requested,
and passengers conveyed
to any part ol the
Peninsula.
Horse aud carriage for hire at -82.09
per day
S. W. Powell,
WHOLESALE PRODUCE
Commission PercM,
S4 SPRUCE STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
JdPReturns made every Monday
to shippers?cash if requested in?
stead of check.
EPHas especial facilities for the
handling of potatoes.
JB. THOMAS,
. "WITH
JOHN HENDERSON i CO.,
(Formerly R. Mason & Sons)
and
confectioners,
Manufacturers of French and American
Candies, Eancy Cakes and Crackers,
No. 145 and 147 W. Pratt St.J
Baltimore, Md,
Slocomb & Ames.
? (Successors to Slocomb, Riley & Ames.)
NOW ES YOUR TIME
to come aud see us!
THE REASON WHY.
We are just returned from the
cities with the largest, handsomest,
and we think the best selected stock
of goods we have ever offered to
the public.
Come early and get
your pick
of -tLc most complete line of Dress
Goods hi the county.
tfOIftl?'G XIKJB
our stock of Cloaks has ever been
shown before in these parts.
Russian Circulars, New ,
Markets, Dolmans,
and Jackets for all ages
from 4 years old to No. 42 for
ladies. Call and be convinced.
SPLENDID LINE OP
Ready-Made Clothing for Men,
Hoys and Children.
Carpets. Oil Clotlai?-ffitiip
Wo can please you and guarantee
city prices itr Brussels, Three Ply
and Cottage Carpets. Come and
see us at the old stand.
Slocomb & Ames,
onancock, va.
Mercantile Notice.
The public will please take notice I
have just received a new and well select?
ed stock of fall goods which I offer to
the public for very low prices. I have
recently changed my mode of doing bus?
iness, and it will be strictly adhered to.
I shall hereafter do an exclusively cash
business, shall discriminate in favor of
no one, and by this means I can and will
sell yon goods much cheaper than a man
can who is doing a credit business. I 1
have not only made-a change in my '<
terms, but I have made a considerable |
change in prices of my goods. Bear in .
mind I shall seil strictly for cash or pro?
duce for these prices and on no other .
terms whatever. All persons that are 1
indebted to me will come forward and 11
settle either by cash or note. (Jail and 1
note the great changes that has been re- ,
cently made. J. C. WESCOTT,
Pungoteague, Accomac county, Va.
Fall Opening!.,. ?
W.S.DICKINSON& SON j
DRY GOODS, CARPET AND FUR- i
NITURE EMPORIUM,
Pocomoke, M d. J
As previously announced, we have re- !
moved our Dry Goods and Carpet de- 1
partraents to the new store '
NO. 1 CLARK'S BRICK BLOCK, \
and we are now prepared for the fall and 1
winter trade.
We have the newest styles and most i
popular shades of woolen dress goods ,
ranging in price from 1? ceids to SI.-5. | j
Black and Colored silks and 1
Velvets a Specialty. ^
A splendid line of
Men's and Boys' Wear, Fancj/ Goods, ,
Notions, and all Kinds of Staple
Dry Goods.
Our Carpet-Department presents the
various grades and styles of
Cottage and Ingrain, 25cis. per yard and
upward; Brussels, 65 and 75cts. and
upward;Oilcloth, Rugs, Mats,
Carpet Lining. Window
Shades &c. &c. &c.
Special attention is invited to our
Furniture Department at the old stand
immediately opposite the new store, oc?
cupying four rooms filled with furniture
of all kinds at city prices or less. We
furnish a good style marble top chamber
suit, eight pieces walnut finish for $3u,
and others in proportion. In fact we
are head-quarters for almost everything
in dry goods, carpets and furniture.
Believing that it is best for all parties
we shall adhere to the one-price system
and give the best value possible for the
price asked, so that customers may deal
with confidence in person or by order.
Thanking our patrons for past favors,
a cordial invitation is extended to them
I to visit us this season, and we trust
many others will find their way to the
emporium and bring any samples they
may have from other houses for compar?
ison so as to test the truth of our state*
meats. In addition to the inducements
offered by us, Pocomoke offers many
Others in her excellent millinery, shoe,
clothing, drug, stove and tinware stores,
fashionable dress makers, t.iilors, pho?
tographers, &c.
Yery respectfully,
W. S. DICKINSON & SON,
Pocomoke, Md.
Browne, Jacob 4 Co.,
dealers In
REAL ESTATE,
ACCOMAC C. H., YA.
Fruit and Trucking lands, improved
and unimproved of 60,163, 225, 349 and
600 acres eligibly located on the line of
the N. Y., P. & N. R. R , N 0 W for sale
cheap.
Also, four sea-side farms with oysters,
fish and wild lowl privibges unsur?
passed on easy terms.
And town lots for business men at the
new stations on the railroad constantly
on hand at reasonable rates. Send for
circular.
Job Printing neatly executed.
WHEN AUTl'MV I.EAYES ARE
FA1I.I.\0.
When gr?vns their loafy honors shod,
Tho splendor ottho summor's lied,
'Tis vanished post recalling;
We scent the elemental war
Or stormy winter from afar,
Whon autumn lea res are falling,
In life's fresh springtime, blithe and bright,
Whon Hope with visions of delight
Our fancy Is enthralling
Wo little think what dar k dismay
Wlllshroud our hoarts-alasthodayl
When autumn leaves are falling.
Go, cull tho roseB while you may,
Go, dance youth's Hiinny hour&ntway,
Nnrllstto foars appalling;
Quiiff pleasure now without alloy,
There's llttlo Tor you toonjoy
When auturauleavoa are falling.
The Yerningham Fortune.
''It's only Tom!" said Elliel, in
the calm accents of absolute indif?
ference, as she turned anorhcrpage
iu the novel she was reading.
"Only Tom!" repeated Rosamond,
in a tone of disappointment, look?
ing up from her embroidery, and
then adjusting her eye glasse? and
looking down again, as though Tom
were the one person in the wide
world whom she had not the slight?
est desire to see; but Bertha, the
youngest daughter of the house of
.Montgomery, brightened percepti?
bly, and her deft lingers paused iu
their swift flying about over the
dainty apron wbJch she was f'asb
ioning. while she looked up with a
welcoming and expectant smile, as
the loud, breezy voice came uearer.
To tell the truth, Tom Yeruing
ham was looked upon by his un?
cle's widow, and two-thirds, other
daughters, as a far from desirable
young man, and, but for the fact
of the quasi relationship between
them, he would undoubtedly have
been politely but decidedly given
to understand that his presence in
Yeriiingham House was not only
unasked but unplcasiug.
As it was, however, the late Mr.
Yerninghum, deceased some twelve
months since, had been especially
fond of Tom, his only nephew, and
it would not be quite the thing to
snub that individual too roughly,
and so he came and went as lie
pleased, seeming to be quite ana
aware of his own unpopularity.
If is quite certain that Mrs.Yern- 1
inghain and her daughters, at lead; 1
two thirds of them, .jvould have '
looked on Tom with very different 1
\ves, had he been something other '
iian a mere clerk in a wholesale 1
rouse somewhere in the business '
abayrnf h of the city,aud moreover, 1
i d<l u*t"*-*?--cs^hinx,cai JJ?a1?
seams, frayed as to fheir Outton- .
ides, and generally inelegant in 1
ippearance.
The fact that Tom?brought up 1
in luxury and finding, on his
lathers death that he was heironly 1
to his father's name, that father .
Iiaving lost his all in wild specula?
tions?had goue to work to support '
himself, weighed heavily against '
him in tho minds of many, iuclud- '
ing his steprelatives above men
tinned. Precisely what they thought !
that he should have done under ;
the circumstances, no one ever
really explained, but they agreed
that Tom's behavior betrayed him
to be the possessor of a low order. '
of ni'ud,and that he had voluntari 1
ly disgraced himself by the course :
he had pursued.
Tom, himself, evidently thought
little and cared less about the mat- '
ter. With a cheerful unconscious?
ness of his own dereliction, he went
on his way quite as though Torn
Yerningham of two years ago, and
Tom Yerningham of lhe present
time, were exactly the same; and in
spire of shabby garments and
empty pockets, was a favorite still,
except with u few of the mammas
in society, who feared that his
handsome lace and pleasant ways
might counterbalance those draw
backs in the estimation of their
marriageable daughters.
Mrs. Yerningham, bis step aunt
had, however, never liked him.?
She had been a widow with three
daughters, and in comfortable cir?
cumstances, when Mr. Yerningham
had fallen a victim to her charms,
and made ber the mistress of
"Yerningham House, and from her
Jirst advent there, she had strug?
gled and schemed and lied to pre
vent the possi bili ty of her husband's
remembering bis nephew in his last
will and testament. She had nev?
er succeeded in making any rupt?
ure between them, or in deposing
Tom from his place in his uncle's
heart; but she had succeeded, by
dint of worrying, fretting, crying,
teasing, and bagging dming the
last yearof her husband's life,when
he was a nervous invalid, in mak?
ing him leave to her the whole of
his large property, with only a "re?
ine mbrancer'' of a thousand dollars
to poor Tom, who certainly had a
right to expect something different.
Tom, however, was not one to
fret over such matters. He took
his small legacy cousistiug of the
above, thousand, and an inlaid box
in which his uncle formerly kept
his stationery, and went about his
business cheerfully. The money he
invested safely?the box he put on
his table in the shabby little room
which was bis abiding place, and
thought no more about it.
It had been twelve months now
siue'e Mr. Leopold Yerningham bad
departed this life, and Tom had
worked along.steadily and faithful?
ly, and felt not the least bit unre
sigued or envious of bis more for?
tunate acquaintances. He felt that
the work and his enforced surround?
ings was discipline which he had
needed, aud that every day was
making him more deserving of the
name of man than he should ever
have been, had his life been passed
as it once' seemed certain that it
would be. To-day, however, lifs
XOice nearly always loud and cheer
r'?!,;was lourler and more cheerful
tt/tin 'ever, and when he opened the
dyjir pf the apartment where the
three Misses Montgomery were as
sr-m'bled, his beaming face coming
o?t of the dull background of the
h?fj,:seemed like the sun bur*ting
through the clonds.
?ue,three Misses Montgomery
locked up. Ethel languidly, Rosa?
mond, through her eye-glasses dis?
approvingly, and Bertha with a
br^tit.little nod of welcome. Tom
uatufally strode over to thoeoruer
auclftook possession ot the broad
windc-w-sill.
'(You have met with some good
fbp|nne?" said Bertha, half interro?
gatively, half assertively, r as her
sisf?rs>ent on .with. their occupa
tioi^qaite;.;.a^-tho^gh;..--Xuch--a per.
so/-.( s To in :'rTerriinghaui were not
in eijstfuce,' and Tom smiled (or,
mor?.truth fully, such was tiisexc^S' ??
sivefdelight,. grinned) broadband ?
nodded his handsome head. >
"Nothing less than a lift in the
house'and).m additional four bun
drep.a y/c'n-, little woman!" he
whifp_ere(fc|i!id Bertha's eyes light?
ed apJ'ajtLough there was a sudden
glintf of something very like tears
under cover of a daiuty apron, got
held,""01 Tom's big fingers, and
squeezed them rapturously.
"May I ask Aunt Mellicent now?"
whiskered Tom, and as Bertha,
blushing crimson, answered, after
au instant, with a shy little nod,
Mrs; Yerniughaui came in.
She'was a'thiii, frost bitten, look
ing'woman, with blacic . hair and a
nose much inclined to be tin pleas
antly.pink at the end. Her black
dress-made a chilly rustling as she
iuored,and herrecoguition of Tom's
[nesience was frigfdin the extreme.
Tom, however, was not to be dis?
mayed, and as soon as the lady had
seated herself, aud Bertha had ta
keujup her position behind her
mother's chair back, he boldly
arose, and facing the entire Mont
joinery family, stated his case con?
cisely and frankly, while Mrs. Yern
ingham aud her two elder daugh?
ters gazed upon him with surprised
lisi^pr^batkm.
. "^id~you really mean," said Mrs.
reriiiiigham, bending a little for.
tvard, while -the violence of her
jmotions deepened the tint on the
;ip ol her nasal organ until it was
>f a deep crimson?"and you really
nean that, on the strength of a four
uindred a year rise in j our wages"
.Mrs. Yerningham proirouueed this
dTcnsive word as offensively as
jossibie) "you wish to many my
laughter?"
yfa^^.*r?rr^ ^
me elder girls he added, hastily, as
Jiough fearing that some mistake
might arise?"your daughter Ber
;ha, if yon please."
"But I do not please!" said Mrs.
Jterningham grandly. "It is utter
y absurd?uot to be thought of for
i momeut. Bertha is a forward and
indutiful girl to encourage you, and
[ should be astonished at her had
die not always beeu headstrong
iind willful, and disappointing to
me. You will oblige me, Thomas
rerningham, by henceforth omit
iing my house from your list of
calling places, and my family, in?
cluding myself, from yonr list of
acquaintances."
"But not including me," said
Bertha, slopping forward courage
jusly aud laying her hand on Tom's
:irtu. "Mamma, If you exclude him
Crom your bouse, you must exclude
me to!"
Mrs. Yerningham gasped and
looked wildly about her, .is though
in search of something with which
to annihilate her presumptuous
Bhildj but Bertha continued iutrep
idly:?
"I was twenty one last month,
you know, mamma, and I have a
right to do as I choose?and so I
choose to marry Tom."
"Not with my consent," snapped
Mrs. Yerningham.
"Without it then," said Bertha
sweetly.
"You shall never have a penny of
my money," declared the irate ma?
tron, aud Tom aud Bertha looked
into one another's eyes aud smiled.
Three dajrs after this scene/Tom,
in a very splendid new suit, drove
up tc Yerningham House in a hired
hack, and Bertha, locking pale and
determined, but very happy, came
down the stone steps, and met him
with a.smile. Eivo minutes later
Tom .and his true and brave little
sweetheart were, with two trunks
containing poor Bertha's share of
this world's goods, being whirled
rapidly away from Yerningham
House, where, from behind the
drawing room blinds three pairs of
eyes watched them scornfully.
So Tom and Bertha were married,
and went to housekeeping in three
rooms, and were as happy as two
birds. Bertha never once envied
her two sisters who often drove
past her in i heir luxurious carriage
assLe was walking out, and averted
their heads pointedly upon becom?
ing aware ot her proximity, but she
was human enough to resent her
family's treatment of her husband
and herself. She had never beeu
a pet of her mother's for her nature
was so dissimilar that they had lit?
tle in sympathy with each other, so
she really missed the old home life
scarcely any, but it tried her beyond
measure tos. eher husband grinding
away at his work every day, while
the. money which Leopold Yeruing
!ham had" always wanted and in?
tended that he should have was iu
posses.-ion of one who had gained
possession of it as she remembered
that Mrs. Yerningham had done.
i However there was no help for
it?~ ind Bertha was notoue to spend
u a,:h of her bright young life in
' v J regrets,?nd so the two married
lovers, in their three rooms, and
Mrs. Yeruingham and her two
daughters Hved their separate lives
for a whole long year, during which
Ethel.Montgomery married "well"
as the phrase goes, and had a most
brilliant wedding to which Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Yerningham were not
invited, of course.
The anuiversary of this young
couple found thein extremely happy
and cheerful, iu spite of their ostra?
cism, and on the evening ofthat
day Tom unearthed the inlaid box
from among his bachelor belong?
ings and.presented it to his wife.
"You can use it for a work, box,
or something, can't you!" he s ud,
"It is pretty enough to do some?
thing with," and Bertha received
it rapturously.
. It was "pretty enough" "certainly
? to pleaso;-;
-'polished;'ebon
and pearij,'and Bertha saw wonder?
ful possibilities' in it' immediately
"Icatfliue. it w.ith a bit of blue
satin, and fasten oh.some loops and
pockets here and there," she said,
"and it.wilfbe perfectly elegant!"
and straightway she began meas?
uring and calculating, while Torn,
sitting down lover fashion on a low
seat at her feet, bothered and hind
rod her in true masculine style with
his offers of advice and assistance.
'?The bottom seems very thick,"
said Bertha, absently drawing.the
point of her scissors along the edge
thereof. "I wonder," and then her
remark ended in a sh.irp cry of
"oh, Tom!" as her scissors' ?point
jarred a little, and the bottom of
the box sprung suddenly up and
showed itself to be but the. cover
of a shallow tray, in which lay two
folded papers.
One was addressed iu Leopold
Yerniugham's well-kii?wn hand to
his "dear nephew Tom,'' and the
other?Bertha caught it up with a
queer, little half-strangled cry, and
opened it wiih trembling lingers,
and the next minute she threwber
sjlf iutoTurn's arm-?, laughing, cry?
ing, and talking all at once.
"Oh, Tom, Tom," she cried, "tell
me that I am wide aw'ake, and not
dreaming, for if lam then this is
my step father's real last will and
totament, anil you are his heir
after all!"
Bertha was right, for the note
explained it all. Wearied with con?
tinual persecution Leopold Yern
inghani,desirousof peace and quiet
during his last days, had yield?
ed to his wife's wishes only in form,
and the day after making the will '
which she desired, had secretly
made-and concealed auother,which
was quite the reverse. , \
)J "1 shall try to get an opportunity '
shall trust Providence" To direct? '{
you to this hiding place."
And after two years of waiting,
Providence had done so, and given
to Tom and Bertha?who so well
deserved it?the Yerningham for
tune. ?
Keep Away From Temptation.
The only safe course, for a young
man who would retain his virtue
and his correct principles, is to
keep away from temptation. How
many have fallen who merely ven?
tured to look at vice in her gaudy
colors! Here temptrftion was too
strong to resist. They partook of
the fatal glass?snatched the gild?
ed treasuie, or gave themselves up
to uncleanness. None are secure
who run in the way of sin?who
see how near they can venture on
the hold of vice without entangling
their feet in the net of the adver?
sary.
Have you ever heard the story
of the gentleman who advertised
for a coachman? If not, we will
repeat if. Three applicants were
admitted to the room. He pointed
out to them a precipice, remarking:
"How near the edge of this can
yon drive me without any danger
of an upset?"
The first applicant replied:
"Within a hair's breadth."
"How near can you drive me!"
asked the gentleman of the second
applicant.
"Within a hair's breadth," here
plied.
"As the third was about leaving
the room, supposing he had no
chance of competing with the other
two, the gentleman stopped him.
"Let us hear what you have to
say," said he.
"Why,sir, I can not compete with
either of these; if I were to drive
you, I would keep as far off as 1
possibly could."
"You are the man for me" said
the gentleman, and he engaged
him immediately.
Iu regard to vice, he is only safe
who keeps away from temptatiou.
Those who venture near are often
upset and destroyed. We can all
point to individuals who are lost to
virtue, who, when they took the
hist wrong step, resolved never to
take another. It was the voice of
a pretended friend, it may be, that
urged them on, only tor once, but
it proved their destruction. Ye
who are now safe, whose hearts are
not contaminated listen to the
voice of wisdom and go not near
the strong alluiemeuts of vice.?
Keep away from the gambling ta
ble, tho grog shop and the mid
night party. Keep away as far as
possible, and a life of integrity and
virtue will assuredly be yours.
If some enterprising fellow would
now corner the marketou Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup he could make his
fortune. Beware of frauds. ?
"For I am declined into the vale
of years," she said a little sadly,
"but indeed I don't much miud it
since I can get Salvation Oil for
5 ceuts."
Mistaken for."Ben" Butler.
A Washington letter says:
One of Secret aryLamar's eh arac
terlsticsis sympathy for inebriates,
This kind of philanthropy, bower
er, has its drawbacks.
The other day an individual tot
tered mto a street car where the
Secretary was riding. -The first
thing he did was to thrown dollar
through the opening in tmWront
doer. Bvandby the driver paVed
back the change done up in a little
package. Pretty soon the driver
opened the door and called out
sharply:
"Put in your fare."
The drunken man stared, but
didn't move.
People began to titter.
"Never mind," said Mr. Lunar,
looking benevole.iitly. at the b ifog
Jg.fed:passenge.t?i^u,PB ffci?toryou;^
.and be'sfceppcdTip8anS putTarni'ckef
in the box.
The. situation wis ?8tilftnisty,'but
the drunken man recognizedtliat iu
some way the Secretary had done
him a friendly act.-- He extended
his hand, and Lamar "shook it, say?
ing: - V".
'That's all right."
The drunken man g ized steadily
and earnestly at his benefactor for
nearly five minutes. Then a broad
grin spread over his face as be
reached out his hand and said:
"How d'ye do, General Butler? I
thought I know'd yer; fit with ycr
at New Orleans."
Mr. Lamar accepted the baud
again, but with less suavity.
"I know'd yer,'' continued the
drunken man, aod he kept on ,griu
ning while people began to snicker.
"Tou_dou't thiuk he takes me for
Ben Butler, do you?" asked" Mr.
Lamar rather painfully, of a friend
who sar. beside him.
The Secretary wasn't left long in
doubt, for after anoiher hard look
the drunken man delightedly point?
ed to his left optic and broke out
with?
"Got yer eye fixed since we was
at New Orleans, hain't yer?"
Mr. Lamar dropped out at the
next coruer, with an effort to look
responsive to the smiles which fol?
lowed him.
Ask the Price.
Whenever I want anything I al?
ways ask the price of ir,' whether it
be a new coat or a shoulder of mut?
ton, a pound of tea or a ball of pack
string. If it appears to be worth
the money I buy?Hiat is, if I can
ifford it; but if not,-! "let it alone;
tor he is no wise rian who pays for
i thing more thanXt is worth.
.But,, not only in fhe comforts of
irrntJ.'- ??????? MRrat iiralKotlier
there is a price to" "arrr?y^oTrjOj?,;
meut as well as to a joint of butch?
er's meat.
The spendthrift sets his heart on
expensive baubles, but he does not
ask their price; he is, therefore',5
obliged to give them his houses, his
land, his friends and his comfort;
and these are fifty times more than
they are worth.
The drunkard is determined to
have his brandy and gin and his
strong ale; and he never makes th*
price an object, so he pays for them
with bis wealth, his character and
his peace?and a sad bargain he
makes of it! It is the same with
others.
The gamester will be rich at once,
but riches may be bought too dear;
lor he who in getting money also
gets the habit of risking it ou the
turn of a card or the throw of the
dice will soon bring pounds to
pence. The gamester pays for his
riches with his rest, his reputation
aod his happiness. Do you thiuk
if the highwayman asked the price
of uugodly gaiu that he could ever
commit robbery? No, never! But
he does not ask the price, and fool?
ishly gives for it his liberty, if not
his life.
Ask the price of what you would
possess, and make a good bargain
A little produce will secure you a
great deal of peace. But if, after
all. you will have the pleasure of
sin, I pray you consider the price
you must pay for it.?(Jhurchmau.
The Race of Life.
A sporting paper, viewing a race
of life from its distinctive stand?
point, gives the following "pointers''
to those who might wish to stake
money on the issue of this great
go-as you-please coutest against
time.
"if one could see a million babies
start on a journey (all scratch the
mark, of course), and follow them
through life, this is about what you
would see: Nearly 150,000 of them
drop out of the ranks at the end of
the first year, while twelve months
later the numbers will be further
thinned by the deduction of 53,000
more; 28,000 would follow at the
end of the thirteenth year. They
would throw up the sponge by twos
and threes until the end of the
forty-fifth year, when it would be
found that in the interveuiug per?
iod some 500,000* bad left the track
Sixty years would see 370,000 gray
headed men still cheerfully peg
ging away. At the end of eighty
years the competitors in this great
"go-asyou-please" would number
9S,000,"but they would be getting
more shaky ami 'dotty' each lap.
At the end of 05 seasons 223 would
only be left in the final 'ties,' while
the winner would be led iuto his re?
tiring room, a solitary wretch, at
the age of an hundred aud eight.
There is something grimly humor?
ous in the quaiut array of figures,
but they are fouuded on statistics
carefully compiled. One cannot
help wondering what would be the
betting at the start about any oue
of those million babies coming iu
aloue at the hunrlredth lap of the
great and mysterious track upon
which the race of life is run."-Med
ical Age.
The Mind's Activity During Sleep.
In connection with the present
activity in physiscal research, the
following extract from the recently
published "Life of Agassiz" is of
interest.
"He (Agassiz) had been for two
weeks striviug. to decipher the
somewhat obscure impressions of a
fossil fish ou a stone slab in which
it was preserved. We iry and per?
plexed he put-his work aside at
last, and tried, to dismiss it from bis.
mind. Shortly after, he waked one ?
night persuaded that wbile.vasleep
he had seen his fish-.- with, vail the
pBTf?^e^
fast the image, it.escaped- liira.?
Never.thefess;''h'e went' early to the :
'Jardin des Plautos,' thinking "that "
on looking.?uew'at the impression
he should se8 something which /
would put him on the track of his
vision. In vain?the blurred re?
cord was as .blani ?s ever. .The
next night he saw the fidi again,
but wirh no m ire satisfactory re?
sult. When he a woke it disappear?
ed from his memory as before.?
Hoping th;ifc the same experience
might be repeated'on the third
night, heplacod 'a pencil and paper
beside his-bed before* going to
sleep. Accordingly, toward morn?
ing, the fish reappeared iu his
dream, confusedly at first, but, at
last, with such distinctness that he
had-no longer any doubt as to its
zoological characters. Still half
dreaming, in perfect darkness, he
traced these characters on the sheet
of paper at tue bedside. In the
morning he was surprised to see in
his nocturnal sketch features which
he thought it impossible the fossil
itself should reveal. He hastened
to the 'Jardin des Plantes,' aud,
with his drawing for a guide, suc?
ceeded in cliiseliug away the sur- .
face of the stoue uuder, which por?
tions of the fish proved to be hid?
den. When wholly exposed, it cor?
responded with his dream and his
drawing, aud hesucceeded iu class?
ifying it with ease. He often spoke
of this as a good illustratiou of ja'e
well-known fact, that when the l/?dy
is at rest the tired brain will d'o the
work it refused before."
For twenty-five cents you cun
buy a pound package of the cele?
brated Day's Horse Powder.
To ignore the warniugs of an ap
proachiug bilious attack is highly
imprudent. Use Dr. BalPs^Baiti-:
jOTtTaTftTs^aT^^
but they need Dr. Bull's ,Baby Syr- *n
up for colic, flatulence, ecc. " ^
Unruly Tongrnes.
A gentleman who bad been liv?
ing in Europe for a long time, ou
his return was present at one of
President Arthur's receptions, and
recognized an old acquaintance iu
one of the most beautiful women
in the ioom.
"Mrs. Blank," he said to a friend,
"is no doubt a leader in your society.
She has beauty, high position,great
wealth, aud moje wit than mauy
women cau claim."
"That is true. But nevertheless
she is probably the most unpopular
woman iu Washington.''
"Why so?"
"She is a busybody. People are
charmed with her the first time
they meet her, they are alarmed
the second time they meet her, the
third time they fly from her as if
she had the plague."
The fate of the tattler who re?
tails ugly gossip has been the same
in all ages, no matter what her
rank or race. Oue of the proudest
women in history was Cicely,duch
ess of York, the mother of Edward
IV, of England. So supreme was
her beauty and her power that she
built a throne room in her castle at
Fotheringay, and maintained the
state of a queen. But her disposi?
tion to interfere in the affairs of
others gave her the sobriquet of
??Meddling Cis," while she lived;
and the taint hasclung to her name
through all the ages that have
passed since them.
Miriam, the sister of Moses, al?
though her sisterly love aud mag?
nificent song of triumph have come
to us throu^uthree thousand years,
still bears the disgrace of having
been an ill tempered gossip, for
which offeuseshe was sternly driven
without the camp.
Every circle of society, .every
school has its busybody,?some
woman oryouug girl, often bright,
pretty and attractive, who buzzes
here and there prying into the pri?
vate affairs of every one, and car?
rying mischief and trouble wuerev
er she goes.
The latest theory with regard to
the dissemination of certain viru?
lent diseases is that, the poison is
carried by flies who p -uetrate into
t in1 most secret recesses of the
household. Be this as it may, it is
certain that there is a bumau fly,
who carries the germs of moral dis?
ease into every house. She is more
to be pitied thau are her victims,
for no matter what her merits, she
is always friendless In the woridj
feared, but never loved.?Youth's
Companion.
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