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10_TEHB^jCHM 1897.
1? farebe.dof an- Kood remedy on tfc
market, for It doe.* so much more. B?
aides removing Impurities, and toning u
lhen?n-?l.>??rn rutem, Itriire? any bloo
dise*?*. It matters not how deep-seated e
obstinate, which other railed bloo
remed??? fail to reach. It is?real bloo
remedy for re?l blood disea.es.
Mr A*a Srnlth, of Oreeneastle, Ind
?jrrite*: "I had such a bad case of Srlati
Rhein atluro tb*t I beramo absolutel.
belple?s-una?il? to take m y f .>od or handl<
nyselfin any way. 1 look many paten
medicines, but they did not reach nv
trouble One donen bottles of 8. 8. 8
?med u>e sound and well, and I now welgl
1T0."
Books on blood aal skin dl*?*se? mailed ire
t?y Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
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OLD VIRGINIA HOMES.
KO MO* V HAIL, I!? WESTMflRKI.AYD,
AND ITS HISTORT.
In the ITand? of Ibc (nrtere?One ef
Ite Liberal Proprietors? Prenehln?
In the nail-Room?I.nte Orcnponts
Kr ml lit seen rea.
(For fho Dispatch.)
Nomony Hnll is the name by which one
ef the best-known homes in lower West?
moreland has long bren called. The es?
tate pertaining to it Is In the
broken snd hilly region lying between
the headwaters of Nomlni cnek. The
1 utatlon consists for tho greater ; |
of an irregular body of gently rolling
?able land, well mixed with red clay, and
*. ? fertile. On the aMsa of the farm
luxt to the two streams tho ground
falla into abrupt wooded declivities,
which the torrents of ages have washed
into numerous deep ravines and yawning
chasms, and from tho depths of these
grow oaks, chestnuts, and tall poplars,
?which in plans barely reacb .above tho
? I -^t trenches, in which na?
ture has platitid th'm. On the steep
Sides of these gullies and through the
Woods generally ar? thick clusters of
t led laurel (Ivy) nnd other small
growths, which at points are nearly Im?
penetrable save to the hau, raccoon,
Wild-turkey, ?r other nativo tenants of
the teaks or covert.
Here, among tho hollow trccr. of these
hld.> t round is found as
a breeding-place for the b? BUtlfU] wood
(or summen duck, aad many of them are
annually batcbed here aad rear? d in the
marshy streams that border the wood?
lands. On this marshy grain?!, al 0,
where the fresh arat? rs from the hills
mingle with the .?-alt ti?OB, tho mallard
finde a favorite haunt, and hither, as far
back as the memory of man extends, the
?wild geese havo como to Bleep and ft.? 1
at night, and not unfrcqucntly to fall
victims to the deadly aim of the lurking
huntsman, ? m these marshy flats the
muskrat builds Its winter homo of dried
reeda and flags, and hither tho ortolan
and sora come earlier In tho season in
euch numbers as often make the waving
expanse of wild oats a sportsman's para?
dise.
The principal sir am at the head of
Voniini creek, on which Isaac Allerton,
grandson of tho "Maytlowit" emigrant
cf that name, built a mill al the era of
tho first settlement, was e.alb i Herring
preek, In deferenco to the multitud? of
Bsh of that kind found In Its waters. The
first English poeseaaloa of the land em?
bracing Nomony Hall plantation was that
of Thomas Hawkins, one of tho early
commissioners of RappahannOCk county.
?His patent was of date, February 26. MB,
and was for MM acres "si le of a south?
east branch of Nomlny, formerly known
by the name of Herring creek." Thomas
Hawkins was on Intimate terms with the
first Lawrence Washington, who styles
him "my friend," In naming him as ex?
ecutor of his will. If Hawkins mado a
clearing nnd built a tenement on these
grounds, among the first of English blood
who familiarly trod them were probably
his sons?Thomas and John, and their
sisters, Elizabeth and Hannah?tho for?
mer the glad possessor of a rare "dia?
mond ring and pearl necklace"?"memen?
toes of her mother," and
ahlning proofs of tho family rank and
affluence.
The ownership of tho property seems to
have paaaed from Thomas Hawkins to
Thomas 1m?3, und probably into other
hands. Judging from the facility nnd fre?
quency with which the early land war?
ranta exchanged holders. It became,
early in the eighteenth century, one of the
almost regal possessions of Robert Carter,
of Lancaster, Bscratary and agent of
liaron Thomas Fairfax, tho Lord Prop
prletor of tho Northern Neck. Mr. Car?
ter'? landrd estates n*nonnt??d to over
thr?-e hundred thousand acres, scattered
through the northern counties of the
colony from Chenpeaka Bay almost to
the Alb -ghan^us; and over these planta?
tions wero distributed eleven or twelve
hundred slaves. About the year 17^G bis
aon,
ROREUT CAETKli. JR.,
having completed bis attattea at William
and Mary College, received Nomony Hall
as a paternal gift. At the same time his
futher undertook In his behalf the erec?
tion of a substantial brick mansion, to
Wh'ch were attached several outbuildings
Of a llko substantial material. Tho main
building was a s<iu.ire, with roof sloping
from the apes to tho four walls. The
foundation walls beneath tho ?surface en
i i a cellar of numerous departments
and dark passage-ways The rear room to
tho right of the entrance-hall was of
large dimensions, adapted to the festive
and frolicsome ngo of its erection. High
v Widows, with small panes of glass, and
deep itMBsaee; high mantels, with panol
Work above, nnd tall wainscoting in the
rooms and hall, were in keeping with
the ^ le of the beat early Vir?
ginia homes. A long lane led for a quar?
ter of a mile from the gate to the house,
and on either side rowB of poplars sixty
feet or so apart adorned the sweeping
lawn.
Young Carter, as the culmination of a
courtship into Which he. early fell, ob?
tained a wife In Maryland among the
F ens?a family who gave name to the
small town between Baltimore and Wash?
ington that baa bee famous In
the bloody annals of American duelling.
Ko picture of Prlacllla Fladen Is preserved
that we may jueK'e how t r h< r pt-rsonal
beauty may have helped to make her the
first bride of Nomony. The joys of her
bridal hour and tho grief of widowhood
were separated by no great Interval, her
husband having died In 17J3, leaving her
nth two Infant children. The distress
tuatlor? was increased by the de?
sasee eoon afterwards of her husband's
father, "King" Carter, and the provisions
of his will, which, by the strict construc?
tion of the law, left her and her offspring
penniless, so fur as respected the lands.
tenements, other hereditaments, with the
appurtenances thereof, which had b?^en
devised to her husband. liy an appeal
te the daaaral Assembly la 1734, and on
the evidence of a wish which "King* Car
expressed, but not embodied in
! these properties became vested
By law in her infant aon, and liberal pro
tkdoa was made for herself and daughter
(Bataaheth. Ijadas Mrs. Carter's care the
' <d son grew to manhood
Bad entvrud Into posaesalon of his estates
"*nit " having enjoyed a libe
{,',' 'fining, principally at
?*"""> *?d Mary College. Of his sister
K?BBhath. the ?rst daughter sheltered and
pa?rea la this early hom?,, I am unable
???Jurijiah an account. An lnvolo? of
Ma ?-ens fcer, wea-riius ?pparel. euiopad
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com? to my hand.
COINCILLOR RODERT CARTER
e? the young Inheritor of tho estate
came afterwards widely known, i
of hi? long ?ervlc? in the King*? Com
at Willlamnbtirg, married Ml?? >
A. Tn?ker and settled nt Nomqny, wh
he reared a numeroua household of cl
dren. HI? estates hsd during his njj?noi
steadily Increased in value, no rnat
?i ono of the most prominent i
oi?ii)ent planters of his day. HI? cor
spondence at tho era of the rsvolul
shows him to have BOM In ardent ?y
patay with th?' atiagsls for civil tra. i
and George Mason found In him an Int
llgent and staunch supporter of tho 1
of Rights.
He used his ample Income freely In I
cuise of humanity and bencvolen? , off
lug In his homo an asylum to bV m. t
Als*rlns pirate; educating, at his i I "
?xpense, Henry Toler, a young Bapt
preacher, and seeking to SttdoW SB ?
phanage In Frederlcksburg. Th?
hi? ?paciou? mansion were thrown M
to the early Baptist preachers when ta
appeared In tho county, and for mai
years the "dissenters" geSU
vltcd to hold meetings In the gr? ll I
of his home. Here Lunaford, Tnyi?
Button, and Flcrson. uinong the BaptlSl
MeGlmmory, among the Preabyteiisi
Bad Bishop Asbsrry, nmong ths Metb
?lists, with other mini a ??f t1
last esntury, proclafai ord, ni
i the old 1 'i ting ball of mir
and revelry into a plate of religlooa WO
Khip. Mr. C rb r, l. ivlng nnlted drith ti
Baptists, becam? prominent In th?ir asa
ciationai councils, in which he l
: pears on b booms!! b i to fooi
a coll??.*.', in theaa oounolls hs also toi
a it,.; ! tho "lllWfll
. f hereditary slavery," and In IB
hs mnnuinitted the sntln I ly of h
numb? riiiL-, it Is 1
sight hundred. A London mag
r,.i. In a Isttsr from Philadelphia, sai
of Mr. Carter's liberation of his BlSVSI
"This is a sacrifice on the altar of hi
mindly of perhaps a hnn?lr? 1 thousan
doll ira. Vote him a triumph, erown hfa
with laurel.??, and let the million liste
while lie sings:
'I would not have a alave to till m
ground,
To carry me, to fan mo while I Sleep,
And trembla when I wake, for all th
wealth
That Btnsws bought and Bold hav
earned." '
A few years later Councillor Carter re
moved to Baltimore, wh.re his last year
were BpSOt. There his rellgl ?US view
underwent a change, nnd he united sritl
the Bwi denborglaa Chun h, ir? who?
cemetery, in Baltimore, be found buria
Whss he died in that city In lbu!.
Councillor Carter's children, born a
riomony, were fourteen In numb? r. 0
his four sons, two died In t h i r infancy
r of the other two?named Join
Ta?k? i?married Louisa, the daughter o
QeorgS Fairfax Lee. The OthSl
ll?n. Robert Carter whs ?J. orge, v.li ? a I
ti.d In Loudoun and founded the fino ok
home callad "Oatlands," which v.
v months since ns s I
homo by Mr, Bttleon Hutphlna, ths a II
known nswspspsr-man. George Cart?
married MlSB Betty Lewis, and his de?
nts are numerous.
Of the daughters of Councillor Carter,
l.o youngest, Sally Fairfax married Dr,
lohn Yates Chlnn, who had grado
nedlcine in London and settled In Ri-'h
nond county, among who
nits are Mrs. H. A. Tavioo nnd
hildren, and the children of Dr. W. W.
jouglas'a last marriage, all now or for
nerly of the samo county. .In,'
. r. Mrs. Chlnn's sister, like bsT, found
. bUSbaad in the psnon of a physician,
)r. Robert Berkely. Two of Mr. Car?
er's daughter.- ?Betty London and
Vanees?were married to two young men
f Northumberland flfcisaesr Ball and
tajor Thomas ap Jones snd afterwards
:v? 1, the cue at "Portlsl," In Prince
Villiam, and tho other at "Bat!
?ear Tappahanw clc. PriacUla I
?amad for her Maryland grandmother,
ccame Mrs. Mitchell, of Richmond
ounty. Harriet Lucy Carter was married
lugust 1, 17S9, to a young emigrant from
'embrokeshlro, Wales, named
JOHN JAMES MAUND,
rho became the next proprietor of No
?ony Hall. Mr. Mnund was a gentleman
f extensive business relutlons and lar*??
inded properties, especially in the new
Dunties of the Valley of Virginia. He
'as, if I be not mistaken, a lawyer by
rofcrsion, but wan unlike most BBSaabsrs
f the bar, in that hli* handwriting was
" faultless beauty and clearness. In tho
SOBdS from 1790 to 1800 eight children
ero born to him here, the eldest and
dangest of whom were daughter?. Of
?e Blx sons, but ono marrbd. He,
homas Martin, wedded a Miss Weache,
! Baltimore, where they resided, and
here some of their children ?till en
?y a green old age amidst a large clrcl?
! warm and admiring Meada
Tho eldest daughter of John James and
arriet Maund was named Anna Martin,
id on January 8, lhlO, ehe was united
marriage with
DR. JOHN ARNEST,
ho then became the occupant nnd owner
Nomony Hall. Three sons and a
lUghter were born here to these pa?
nts, and on May 18, 1&18, Mrs. Arnest
ed, and was bu.Ied in the garden beside
V father, where a tomb recites her vir?
es and marks her grave. The eldest of
x sons?George?located In Texas, where
? died. John was borne away on the
lo of early emigration to California, and
yet living?an octogenarian?near Sac
mento City. He has planted a numerous
ogeny on the Pacific coast, all of whom
e strangers to his parental homo. Of
?omas Maund, the youngest eon of Dr.
'nest, born here of his first marriage,
will be convenient to make further
ration later on in thl? account, t
e only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ar
st, grew to womanhood at Nomony,
d on the 11th of January, 1838, changed
r name to that Of Iiozler. A gtl
r marriage, mentioning it In a i rivals
ter two weeks later, said: "1 was there,
d I don't think I ever saw a mor? ele
nt collection. It might vio with any
rt of the Slates In respectability and
shion."
)r. Arnest married again in the spring
1820 Miss Juliet Sterrit Nicholson, of
ltimore, who became the sixth bride to
d welcome within tho portals of No
>ny. The children born of this marriage
?' . ' i
4 ( mm moa 7 9
77
FOR
nee the deadly epidemic of La Grippe
ie from Russia in 1890, there has been
v so Buccoaaful as Dr. Hurnph
I* Specific **77." It meet? the epidemic
ditimi, and I? the cure for all Its
illestatlon?; taken early cut? It short
mptly; taken during Its prevalence It
J*ccuple? the system and prevent? Its
islon; taken while suffering from it a
sf Is speedily realized.
ie headache, backache, nnd Influenza
of comparatively ?mall consequence
are easily controlled, but the cough
ironchial Irritation is most serious, par
larly In the feeble, or when the vl
y is Impaired; hence, the danger and
?sslty of prompt and continued use of
until every? vetstla? of the distase fi
Seated.
P cures Cold?, Grippe, Influenza, Ca?
rt, Pains tn the Head and Cheat,
?h, and Sore Throat.
ik for Dr. Humphrey?' Specific
mal of all Diseases at your druggist's
tailed Free.
Id by druggists or sent on receipt of
ent?, or large flask, $1. Humphrey??'
lclne Company, corner William and
o- streets, ?New Tork. ... , ^ ?,, J
four sons and as mar
ors. Heath, like nn untimely iros
i four of these while yet in th.
in f, and Dr. Arnest, too, m
ifter tho birth of tho last of then
in tgjl, sard; Into the grave.
la Ja : y, lv a\ only a few days afti
the brilliant marrlngo scene mention?
above, afra. Juliet Arnest followed h'
Bd and little ones to tho tomb, leai
Ing three aona and a daughter orj.har
In the world. Two, at lea?t, of tho boy.?
Nicholas and James?found a temporal
home and kindly care at "Green Hill.
the residence of Captain CHaaacock BB
Mary, according to her mother's d_yin
request, was sheltered and BUItured f?
some months at "Hickory Hill," adjoinlr.
the parental home. Of these orphan son
of Dr. Arnest, two?Joseph and Renja
min?sought their fortunes beyond th
Mississippi, where the former becam
well known in the ranks of tho Iocs
Methodist ministry of Missouri an
where, at my last account, ho llj 1 tx
cent'.y closed In death the evening twi
light of a long life.
Joseph Dell, the other of these brother?
became a successful merchant of Phils
delphia, whence he returned after th
civil war to his native county, and spen
his remaining year? in rural quietud
and ease. Ho died rather more than i
year ago, leaving an only son?Josep]
Nicholson, of Baltimore?and was buriel
beside his wife in the yard of Yeocomici
church.
Mary Ridgeley, the orphaned daughte;
of Dr. Arnest, grew to womanhood in tin
old parental homo, where sho was wooec
and won by a distant kinsman?Bdwari
Carter, of "Sudlcy," in Prince William
Among tho objects stamped on the earlj
childhood's memory of the writer of this
account were her tall, graceful flgur?
and pleasing face, lighted up with hei
dark and lustrous eyes. Her years wer?
few after leaving Nomony as a bride
and at her death she left two children
a Fon, George Hatley, and a daughter
Mary?both of whom, I believe, survive.
Some timo after tho death of Mrs.
?rmst the youngest son of her hus?
band's first marriage,
THOMAS M. ARNEST.
wedded on November 6, 1839, Misa Emily
M. Beale, Who had been born uni reared
on the hills beyond the Nominl, within a
mile or so of his parental home. After a
brief stay in Iialtimoro, whero young Ar?
nest had accepUd a position in a large
mercantilo establishment, the couple came
to make their permanent home at No?
mony, and to open another chapter in tho
Ulstory of its sunlight and shadows.
Mr. Arnest was henceforth a farmer,
pure and simple, absorbed with the labors
ind cares of his plantation, and rarely
initialing in affairs beyond. When he did
eave home it was generally to seek be
rullement with gun or rod. In the uso of
he latter of which he displayed great
'ondness and large success. For twenty
ive years of his life at least it Is ques
ionable if Isaak Walton ever had a
nore ?ealous disciple. In the autumn of
to, I believe it was, when five or six
hildren had been given to Mr. and Mrs.
arnest and were climbing the stalrwaye
if the old home and playing under the
iroad leaves of Its catalpa trees, the
louse accidentally took Are and was con
umed. The black column of smoke as
ending from the tall building was aeen
or miles around, arresting the attention
f children in their play at school, of
iborers In the field, and of the people
enerally, and calling forth from many
ps the sorrowful exclamation: "Old No
?ony Is burning."
Soon after this event Mr. Arnest erected,
fow feet In front of the old ruins, a
rooden residence of good site and taste?
j1 appearar: ?, which has since borne
ie name and perpetuated the history of
lomony Hall. The live? of Mr. Arnest
ad wife, more than twenty yeara of
hlch woro passed here prior to the
osing of the civil war, were prolonged
ntll December, 1886, when their deaths
-curred with an Interval of lesa than two
eeka between them. Having been play
latea In childhood, and walked together
i man and wife for nearly fifty years,
ley followed thus closely the one upon
ie other'to their resting-places side by
da In tho burial-ground at the foot of
to garden.
Their children were eleven, all but two
' whom preceded their parents to the
ave, four having died in tender Infancy.
?s second sou?George?after.. spending
hia first session at Fleetwood Academy
came home for vacation, and died at th?
age of 14 in Prince William county. Vlr?
ginia ami Mary were called away In tin
Sf their early womanh? ??I. Krn
ii.io became the wife of Charles V
1. i , and went to live In lower Northum?
berland. Slie was long ?Inc? borne to her
burial in tho garden here, where ?he had
BO Of I Its walks and garh
?' Bowers, Several of Ik r children?
of whom arc happily BaBfliSd rSB llfl
in her native county to r< fleet her features
and emulate her virtue?.
Ar .ni.?, lor sister, was married to Robert
M. Newton, Esq., ainl went, about IBM
with him to Texas, from which ?ho v.-?s
??.?line 1 never to return. Should her only
?on in the far South chance to muse ev?r
b ido her resting-place, his will be the
only kindred eyes to gaz? upon her dis?
tant gravo. Happy, the only one of th- se
IS now surviving, Is Mr?. William H.
Rui ;, of Co'oia.,1 p. a h.
Thomas M. Arnest, Jr., th? only son of
Thomas M. and Kinlly Arnest who reach?
ed manhood, succeeded his faihSf Ifl 1*?7
In the proprietorship of Nomony, and soon
afterwards married the only daaghtSf Of
rai R. L. T. peale. As an agricultu?
rist and man of affairs ho exhibit? won?
?1 rful energy and push, notwithstanding
two winters since his here?litary
fetidness for his gun OOSt him the los*? of
his rit-ht foot. His mtirriage has been
air?- . : witl? a numerous progeny,
who Hock around the fireside In winter,
la summer swing beneath the huge
msrmosa limb In the yard or gather ?lil
Bli i under the big poplars. Amidst the
varying fortunes of the families who have
dwelt here, these poplar? have seemed to
flourish. . In their day the Colonial Gov?
ernment has flouii.-ht-d and passed away,
tho nation ha? sprung Into being and risen
to power, ecclesiastical system? have been
changed, and domestic Institution? sn\?; I
away, while the feet of ?!x generation?
bSTS trodden I, r.i lib th? lr shad?', and
still they rear their giant forma and lift
their mighty arms aa If to welcome the
line, or challenge the storms of cen?
turies yet to come. O. W. 11.
Iron Dissolved by Water,
(Philadelphia Record.)
Som? Interesting experiment? and re?
searches into the ability of water to ex?
ercise a destructive influence on iron pipe,
which have recently been made In Eu?
rope, have yielded resulta not generally
expected, It has been ascertained that
water? containing little lime, but an ap?
preciable quantity of dissolved carbonic
acid, were observed to exercise a solvent
action upon the Iron, and the course of
the action was traced. A known quan?
tity of iron filings was placed In each of
three vessels, which were, respectively,
filled with ordinary river water, and the
tame water after carbonic acid had pass?
ed through it for a few minutes, and
after the addition of sufficient lime W
just neutralize the carbonic acid. The
vessels wero sealed by m?*rcury from
contact by the air, and after the lapse
of a certain time the Iron dissolved In
?ach case wae determined. In the tli ?t case
the water had dissolved about 0(X)03 per
cent.; in the second, 0.02 per cenjt., while
In the third only traces of iron could be
discerned. Th* water In the second case
waa clear, but on standing exposed to
the air ferrlo oxide separated. It was
therefore Inferred that water* contain?
ing carbonic actd and very little lime
llssolved iron as ferrous carbonate. The
after la then decomposed by the oxygen
)f the air, and ferric oxide Is deposited
ind carbonic acid formed. The latter
?an again attack the Iron, and thus water
ontalnlng little carbonlo acid may have
i powerful action upon Iron pipes.
A Good Guess.
(Harper* a Bazar.)
A Boston teacher bad been giving a fa- *
nlliar talk on tootogy to a class of 10
Is In a grammar echool. To tese c
heir Intelligence he said, in the course I f
>f hi? rem.trkji: |
"Who can tell m? the highest form of
mlmal Hi??" "
A little? girl held up her hand,
"Well.? Mary?"
The hy-?na," ?houted Mary, seriously, a
ut triumphantly. h
"Repressing a smile, th? teacher ?aid: ,
I? It Mary? Think it again, la a byena "
he very highest? Dou't anawer too quick- "
r. take your time." ? C
"Oh. ngw I know," cried Mary: "it's the ll
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Venetian Ware,
Ceiitre-Tahle?
And many others that
you will pay more for
than you will if you buy
them from us.
THALHIMER'S.
Time, money, and brains have been taxed in collecting this beautiful array of Christ
mas Merchandise. " Full preparation has been mado to fit your gift-giving needs. Every?
thing conceivable to please the most fastidious, from the cheapest to the most costly, has been
secure?1
Hund]
The happy throngs of shoppers are growing more and more numerous each day,
reds of helpful hint, aro in our suggestions, and will make your gift-buying e.asy at
MER BRO
The Ip-to-Date One-Price Retailers.
We must tell you about our Toy Dep?artment, without the least doubt the largest in
the city. Everybody exclaims as they first gaze at our mammoth department,
WHAT A STOCK OF T0V5!
All Kinds of Dull?
M as leal Toya,
taSuas nnd l'latole,
l.iii-iiriio? I v ?*n,
China T?n-s??ta
Pa If IBB Ten-Seta,
lliiilillriu-llloek-,
I'rliiliiiK' I'reaae?
Wasnl?g Seta,
1'iii no?,
Trunk?,
Ilnck nnd Suit?,
l'nrlor Croqueta,
Soldier- nnd Stillor-flulta
Skin AiiIiiiiiI?,
All Kind:? ?if Crimea.
Iron Toys.
I :n a In ?-a nn4 Cars,
Knliiier Anime.?,
Tin A ti i m n I a,
Meclin nlci I Anlninl?
Tin WiiKona,
'I in ritinfa,
Motnl Infantry and < avniry,
Horns,
WaenVas Fnrnltare,
Mniili' I.II 11 lerna,
l{ it lit-.- r llnll?.
Iron llnnn'ii,
Iinrn-Yarila,
Tin-Stoves.
Danks,
IUaekboards,
\\ ?ml'en fiaiaee,
i'hlldren'a Chaira
Drnm?,
Shoo ft y a,
llunhy-IInrsee,
fatal I'll-?lira,
Taal IHibbIb,
Font-Halls,
liulty l?.i.l. lnK-?hr.lra
Children'? Deaka,
) i ci 11-? 'iirrlri?i'?,
lOxpreaa-WiiRona,
?llnlntore Parlor Sets,
Sleljfh?,
Uuckhnarde,
and a thousand and one things that cannot be enumerated for want of sp.ace, but are tw be
s? en in our Xmas department in profusion.
Bring the Little Ones and Let Them Enjoy This
Holiday Display.
f SI ITIaT^IVI Oome early so as ie shop to an advantage, as you know of
X^j*"^ aL-J I IV-/I ^?""the immensity of the crowds that are to be found h re. A
double ?oree of salespeople has b ien engaged so as to serve you proni]>tly. We will store
all goods until you want them.
FOR
GENTLEMEN.
SUGGESTIONS FBOM OUR STOCKi
* ? < Kill a and Glove?,
II I..I?C r hlrfi,
I 11. lirc'lna,
U'liikliiR-silrka,
( ard-Caaee,
Ilnlf-IIoae,
?liver !Hatch-*afra,
Nntrhel-TaKi,
Mnnii'urr Irl?
I In m < iilTa,
< Oil ara,
I nilrruear,
Whlt?> Sbirta.
? "in !n,
llr laliea,
Sliver l'en-K nit ra.
Mint lim-tci?,
?HIM I'lll?,
Cuff-ll lit tons,
Sh'rt-Stud?,
Swoii fera,
Hill-Hooks,
Mirror?.
I*l?'i ii re-Framee,
l'en-W I liera.
Gold Pen?,
Poeket-llnoka,
M11 ii at ache-Caps,
M liftier?,
Sntrhi'l?,
?moKlmr-.Tacket?.
AVuatc-ISnaket?,
Leather or Cellnlold
Collar- nnd Cnff-TJoxev,
Travelling?Seta,
? I ? I lie a-llr nahe?,
Smoldntr-Vli,
Hat-Mnrka,
i Hut-Mark?,
Silter Kry-Rtnffat,
Aah-lteeel vera,
? hum ( ."nl-llmn,
Card-Tablee,
Macklnlnaliea,
llnt-llriinhes,
Plajale Mai ana,
hnr?-i Imrmt
Tnllet-Set?,
llrniiineut?,
file nka.
Trunk?,
Dreaa-Snlt Caaea,
BROS.'
ONE=PRICE HOUSE
CORNER BROAD AND FIFTH STS.
Goods carefully packed and shipped ,to any point desired.
Anything suitable
for a husband, brother
or sweetheart that
I you cannot buy as
(cheaply anywhere as
you can at
THALHIMER'S.
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| THE E. B. TAYLOR COMPANY,;
ion East Hain Street and 9 East Broad Street.
! Our Stack of Chrisfmas Novelties is Complete for the Holidays, Both In Our Broad Street and Main Street Stores, ^
Ti 1_ _it ,1 1 1 ,l_1i -f ?_ _ 1? 1
4*
any:
It embrace-? everything that CSU be thought of in our line, and consist?.
X BOTH LOW AND HIGH GRADE GOODS.
All purchases made now, if de-?red, will be held and delivered at
X time wanted.
4 Goods carefully packed, and shipped to all points.
I DINNER-, TEA-, AND TOILET-SETS.
X We carry the largest line of these goods of any house in the city, comprising all the t
t Newest Decorations and Latest Patterns, and at prices within the reach of all. l
Special attention is called to our Johnson Brothers & Heakin's English Porce
t laines, for a low priced, serviceable set ; or to our finer ones in Ponyat or Haviland t
t & Co.'s, at ver", low prices. A few suggestions for Holiday Presents:
China, Iron and Bronze Blocks,
Onyx T.ililos,
Banquet Lamps,
Banquet Globes,
Metal riacqnes, hand painted ;
Framed Pictures, solid metal, finest hand
painting! ;
Wedgewood China,
];. ;il Dresden China,
Sterling Silver Novelties,
Silver-Plated Novelties,
Carpet Sweepers,
Comb and Brush Sets,
Cut Glass,
Japanese Bronzes,
B. and II. Bronzes,
Tottery Ornaments,
Mirror, Triplicate Stands, hand and toilet,
and a large number of other articles too numerous
Ceal Vases,
Fire Sets, j
Carvers and Forks, J
Broad or Cake Boxes, *
China Salad Dishes,
Chocolate Fots, ?
Sugars and Creams,
Fish and Game Sets,
Chop Sets. X
Chafing Dish es, ?
5 o'Clock Tea Kettles, ?
Umbrella Stands,
Jardinieres, t
Library Lamps, Hall Lamps,
to mention, which aro appropriate for "We d- ?
din? or Holiday Gifts, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Full line Cooking Utensils in metal and genuine agate nickel iron, embracing all
that are useful to housekeepers, ?
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MM, IM. IX QIICKSA.\D.
A Physician's Life Is Saved by His
Don*.
(New York Herald.)
Dr. John Nugent started from Eastport,
L? I., on a duck-hunting trip tbat came
very near costing him his life. Ilad it
not been for the Intelligence of a New?
foundland do6', the physician tn all pro?
bability would have been swallowed In
quicksand. l>r. Nugent had not been
out long before he sighted a flock of black
lucks In the marshes. He managed to
crawl sufficiently near tor a shot, and
lucceeded in killing one duck and wound?
ing two others. In hi? eagerness to cap
:ur? the wounded birds ho did not
notice that with nearly every atep he
was sinking deeper and deeper In th??
narsh. Suddenly he went down nearly
:o?his waist. Despite his effort? he could
lot free himself. He used hla gun for
i staff, but even with the aid of the
?reason he was unable to make progress,
>ut, Instead, was horrified to And tbat he
va* gradually sinking deeper In the mud
in?l quicksand.
The phyaiclan's only hope of rescue
Tom death was to attract the attention
if Borne other gunners to bis peril. He
bouted for help, and bla cries of alarm
eemed to explain to the dog the peril
>f hi? master. The animal barked and
risked about, and finally atarted off?
elptntr. Th? do* had gone * conalrter
sle distance, when hs met J. Corwith,
he local druggist.
Mr. Corwith had not heard the doctor's
houta, but the dog's action? attracted
is attention. The animal would run
p to him and bark and yelp, and then
tart off in the direction of ths marsh.
Drwlth followed the dog, and In a short
ime found the doctor, waist-deep in the
lucksand. CoralU. procured several
fence-rails and a couple of planks, and,
standing on till? Improvised platform,
succeeded, after considerable exertion.
In rsSC*Blsa* the doctor.
Dr. Nugent was vory much exhausted,
an?l it was some t:mo befors he could
make an eff?,rt to commen?a the home?
ward Journey.
Town r ?rests.
Philadelphia Inquirer.)
A communication In a Journal that is
published In the Interests of forestry
show? that Increased attention Is being
paid to that aubject in many parts of tti?*
country. The writer, who la a woman,
telle h<;w the oitlssns of the town ot
Andov . have raised two-tniras
of the ROO to buy a beautiful
atretch of woodland which comprise? a
part of Indian Ridge, on the edg? of the
town. Tho Ridge la the natural pleasure
?>ark of tho mill people, and on the woou
and in question there are oaks, chest?
nuts, hemlocks, and maples, besides some
magnitlcent whit** pines. A year a<o it
was learned thut the pines were to be
?old for lumber, and a movement was
b??gun to ?soars the woodland for forestry
and park purposes.
"The thought of Its poealbllitles," tne
writer explains, "did not come at once,
but It came very soon. It occurre?! to
some of u? that since all Interested wish
>d the woodland kept In Its natural
beauty, the only care being to keep th?
fore?t In its highest perfection, It might
b Blade a nflefol object leaaon to ownera
ot amall woodlands, and to the boya
and girl? In school?, giving them a know?
ledge they have, as yet, no means of o&
[?iliilng, ?rid developing an Increasing ln
lereat in forest pr???rvatlon."
The town of St. John'?, New Bruna
?vli?k. has carried out a similar under?
taking in It? viclnltv. l'ath? and road?
riave been cut through a charming atretch
)f woodland, and the result la a park In
which tin? ni rural predominate?, an?l the
r-iewa that are ofrorded, outside of the
park, are of the m??st delightful charac?
ter. There are towns and vlllagee in
European countries having totvata in
?heir ixnajeuMaie viwiuity, jsbers lbs saus |
thing can be seen, and It wool
elble in our own Stale to brli
equally beneficial results in man)
Th.* mon. y i?i bs had by cun
ths "Kre?n-robe?l senator?
is an nothing when c
the ?ens? of besttty that w??u? !
veloped by maintaining them
The _i<*ker.
(PUtsburg Chroniol?s-Telegraph.)
Kl'-klng in the m<?rnlng,
rig all tho day;
Kicking if he's boajr,
Ki king at delay.
Thus the chronic kicker
tills hi? life **,?h w?ie?.
Frowning, grumbling, wrangling,
everywhere he g?
Nothing ever ?j-lts him.
Always finding fault;
Every kind of pleasure
H? la sure to hail.
Scowling at tho children,
Growling at the wife;
Turning peace and comfort
Into constant strife
Kicking If the weather
Happens to be dry;
Kicking when tho rain Is
Tumbling from tho sky.
Kicking in the summer.
Heat ha? then no ? liars?,;
Kicking in the winter.
Then hod have it warm.
Kicking every mealtime,
Glaring at the meat;
Often h? la saying,
"Nothing fit to eat"
Kicking *hM he's reading.
? i rumbling at the light;
Now and then denouncing*
Bverytldng In eight.
Kl'-klng In ths morning,
Ki? king all the day;
Kicking in th? ?v-nlng.
Kicking should he pray.
Kilning w'mlo he'? thinking)
Kicking whHt. In tx
Wonder Tf he'll keep on
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