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THE .JOUKN A L.
SEW BRRNE. N C. MARCH i6 18-5.
.VKl.LIK'.S PRESENT .
1c ,u iif.r. ( ' h r ist in only two
lxire the world's holiday aud
the hIiow wiiniow.t ol' all the illae
stores were g,y with Ive.uitilul
Chritttmivs gitts. It w.ts u-ally
worth ODr'j while to stroll leisurely
down the principal street, and look
at the pretty things so temptingly
displayed, and dream of the joyous
groni9 gathered in the many homes
at Christmas tide.
So at least thought .Mr. Wells
Howard, a tall, fine-looking gentle
man, who had health and wealth,
hnd plenty of leisure, but no home.
It wad doc the faalt of the good
mother of Mapletoo, nor of their
pretty daughters, that Mr. Howard
had reached the ripe age ot thirty
five, and wm ftUU-a ooarder at oue
of the village botla. Any one of
them would haro joyfully devoted
bentelf to the Uudt of making him a
home, and helping him spend his
ample fortune. However, thin
coco trio gentleman managed to
diapooe of pretty large soma in a
way that pieaneil at )eat himself.
Tbia morning he had walked half
th length of the village street,
when he came upon a picture which
caoaed him to stop suddenly, and
watch the pretty tableaa which ws
bore him.
Within the show window, sur
roanded by ail kinds of bright,
baaatifal things, stood a large
wojea doll, with lorely blue eyes,
tad coral lip, aad floating curia of
bright fold en hair. Outside, her
little, bine haoda clasped in an
eoatacy of delight, a little girl of
eifbt yean stood gazing at the
AoQr, exclaiming:
"Oh-u-h! Yoa darling beauty '."
Mr. Howard glanced from ooe
pietore to the other. The same
bloa eyea and golden hair, only the
Lipo of the tiring child were pinched
aad pale, sad her dreea was thin
and ocaoty, and npon ber poor little ,
fet wereooJy worn -oat gaiters and
thin white stockings. She did not
oeem to mind the cold, for her j
whole heart was absorbed in admir
tion of tho boanUful doll.
"Would you like the pretty doll,
lor your own, little girl f said a I
to ice beaide ber, and poor little
Noli atared Tioleatly.
Looking op into the daik, kindly j
face, beaming npon her, then down j
npon her poor patched dress, and j
worn-oat hoee J
"Ob, air, it ta too nice lor snch as
I," abe answered, looking arooud I
for a chance of escape, for quite a !
crowd of little people were now i
gathered around the fine window, i
ad ml ring the lovely French doll.
"Come with me," he said, quietly
taking bold of ber arm, and leading
ber within the door.
"Miss,'1 be said to the obsequious
young Lady who came forward, "be
o good as to find a pair of scarlet
toekinga and mittens for this
child, and a warm pair of gaiters,
and pat the large doll ia the win
dow into a box."
The girl obeyed, with wide-open
eyes, bowing low as she gave him
back the change for the bill which
be pat tn her hand.
Little Nell came forward, with a
pretty flash npon her pale checks,
and he pot out his hand saying
"I wish yoa a merry Christmas,
little one, with your twin sister iu
the box !" and he placed the box in
ber hand.
Nellie caught the extended band,
and kissed it, while two warm tears
fell npon it; but when she tried to
thank him, be was gone.
It was not many minutes later,
that little h'ell earefolly opened the 1
door of the poor little room which'
she called home, her eyes sparklmp
aud her cheek glowing with hap !
pin ess. In one oorner of the room
her father lay pale and hallow-eyed, ,
opou a poor looking couch, while j
near the window sat her mother :
busily engaged at a sewing ma
chine. She stopped a moment as !
the door opened, and pretsed her I
hand npon her side.
44 See, mamma 1 see, papa !'' she
exclaimed, holding up her scarlet
mittens and ber prettily clad foot.
"And, ob, see V and she opened the
box and held up the beautiful doll
with its delicate robes of silk and
lace. "It is my very own !"
uWhof what!'' gasped the poor
mother, then bnrst into tears.
"Don't mamma; don't cry. I'll
tell yoa all about it. I haven't
been naughty, indeed I have not."
"Oh, darling! I know it is all
right. Yoa never took what was
not your own; bot it carries me
back to the happy Christmas in uiy
own dear old home." then glancing
toward the sick man she said, "Now,
dear, I will listen."
Nelly told the story, just as it oc
curred. "It must have been Howard. It
is just like him," said the sick man.
"But he doesn't know ns," said
Mrs. Lane.
"No: very few jxople do. We
have ben here so short a time," he
answered.
"Please tell me atmut my grand
pa, mamma Is he alive now!"
said Nellie.
"Tell her all said the father. "I
shall soon tw pone, and it will not
matter."
' I iis working hnrd to pet some
shors lor those poor little feet for
Christmas," snid the mother ti-n
derly. "Now I can rest fr a
few moments." Then she told
her child the name of
her grandpa, and of the pretty
home which was his and of the dear
mother tut here she broke quite
down And sobtxvl bitterly.
Why don't we g, and sec them
,f you love your mamma?" said
Nellie, kissing her mother's te.ir
stained cheek.
"They will not let us come," -..r.,1
the sick man . "I stole onr mother
awus Irom her happy home, and
then I U-'.tnii' a drunkard and
broke her heart , but now I am pi u n g
to die, and I hope ou will all !
liappyjoncc more."
llusb. dear! do not tnlk so. Yo;i
1 ve
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I- thill
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happ
He -no. W h
w a.- stroking 1
said :
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Who
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my grandpa
eould see now,
u oul.l love ou
No, Nellie.
I am a slave
t very w here to
grandpa lives
teu miles away
': you must pn to
forgive inc."
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The day before Christmas had
been uu usually cold and frosty.
"God pity the poor thid day,"'
aaid good Mrs. Lathrop, as she
looked down through her frosty
via do vi Into the fey street.
' Jt was a bitter cold night," said
her tiiislunii!, fn'in hi ;irm clmir
bel'ore tlie upeu tire. 'l'Le are .
trimming the church and lighting
it. hat a great In
an wcause
ol custom."
No, father, all because ot Christ's
love. I am so thankful that He
came to earth, and taught us such
previous lessonsof love and forgive
ness. I haw been thinking of our
Lllcn, father," she added, with a
sort of half-smothered sob.
Just then a little rap was heard
at the side door, where a sL '.leied
piazza kept out the storm. Mrs.
I.athrop opened the door. A tiny
child stood there, with great tearful
eyes, on the lashes ot which
were frozen.
tears
Come in, child. Who are you.
and what do you want?"
The child walked straight across
the r,Him to where the old man was
sitting, peering around to see who
the strange intruder could be.
You are ray grandpa," she said.
T am l'.llcn's little girl, and I want
you to forgive mamma and papa
and me."
The old man grew t-ry red in the
face, then he rose and went to the
window. Soon he began pacing
the loom, muttering to himself.
Mrs. Lathtop, w hen she heard the
child's words, clasped her in her
arms, chatlnp the chilled l:mbj and
sobbing.
"Kllen's child! in v precious lamb
and where is
you here?"
Then in a fe
the story W
who her pram
ilie, and how came
w wonH.
ii'M vhe 1
Ipa was.
Nelly told
ad learned
and where
re. -he re-
be lived, t he night be I
solved to come to him.
"I to! 1 Mrs. Morris, our nearest
neiglitnir. that if mamma called for
me, she was to tell her not to worry
about me, but papa is so ver sick,
I do no- t hmk she will."
"And did you walk all the way.
child?" said the old lady.
"Oh. no; I got three or lour long
rides, out it took me most all day."
she said.
"1 think I w i H ha i .Iol in go dow n
to Mapleton. to night," said Mr.
Lathrop, coming up beside his wite.
"The child's mother will grieve lor
her."
"And won't you please to forgive
us?" said Nelly, seizing his withered
hand and pressing it to her cheek.
"Papa said I w as to ask after he
was gone, but I came before."
"Yes, child; and may (iod forgive
me!" he said, catching her in his
arms, and straining her to his
breast.
A few moments later, the blue
eyes closed in a heavy slum her,
from which the child
till loup after the sun
id not w aken
had risen on
Christmas morning.
Meanwhile Mapleton was iu a
buzz ot excitement over Mr. How
ard's strange freaks ol benevolence.
"He ought to have a guardian
appointed, hadn't he mammal''
said lielle Herman, one of the beau
ties of the village. "To think of
giving that beautiful French doll
to so poor a child. Why didn't he
give her a new dress, or send her
parents a barrel of potatoes?"
"He left that for ns to do," said
her mother. "Come Belle. I have
heard a great deal of scolding over
this affair, and I am tired of it. If
we do not like what another gives
let us give better ourselves. No
one else, as I hear, has been near
the new comers, though they are
sick and in trouble."
Later, on Christmas day, some
parties, either from benevolence or
curiosity, called at the poor room
which had been Nelly's room, bnt
it was vacant.
'A man came iu Ja big carriage
last night and carried them all
away this morning." said Mrs.
Morris. "It is some of that child's
doings, but
k now
iow or w hat 1 don t still they must not appear picayun
! ish. and a present is decided upon,
At the home ot the Lathrops'
there w ,ws light and gladness, al
though the white hollow cheek of
one of the company told th.it this
was the last Christinas day that he
would ever sec npon earth.
"And now 1 can die content." he
said. "You all lorgivc the great
wrong I have done you. Ellen and
Nelly will be cared for, aud I shall
be beyond the reach of temptation.''
There was such joy and thanks
giving in the heart of the poor old
mother that her lace was radiant.
"For the dead's alive, the lost is
found." she chanted in her inmost
soul.
The patient waudercr died be
fore the New Year dawned, and
they latd hi in away in his long last
slumber and buried the memory ot
all his faults with him.
Kllen was again the !omg happy
daughter, and Nelly, with her darl
ing "Angela." for this was ! he name
she had given her beautiful doll
were inseperable companions. In
all her hours of siu.lv or of plav the
smi! ng
upon h
the sale
face of Ange
a. beamed
e lady was
hei ch.idi-h
i, iidant
secret -.
Two i ar.- had
happily t , aud i
man I e, and 1 1
-ed u n't 1 v and
it was again Christ- ;
e church at D, w as
vergreeiis and bril
:-i commemoration
t t he Light of the
trimmed with ,
liant'y lighted
of t he daw ting
or!,:, i.eai
ago. The chin
expe.-t. i:,: . r,
usual i 1: i : n.
to be .i ( ; -T
won del lul 1 ; '
t h.
i.l ye
with
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It's
u .1
t;
1 an
t i:r
m a-
daughter
ol Mi. Lathi.,.
w a s t .
sing the solo.
Very u ee' a;
child voice, a- -in
sion of t he ( 'hrtst
back among the
el' wa thi
ol; he 1111--md
a I'.tth
d seats, a
sung
child,
crow 1
, per
tall bearded :rai
regarding the :i g
and poh leii i.a:r
st an el v l .i ii. . . . 1 i .
at
mteiitiv
blue eyes
somehow
1 e had he
tuii !:ch
t he blue
cT u I
seen then,
notes,,: ;
e es re-t c
glad 1;
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had endured a
a in tli ' l'.at
.1 - sang, : .11' be II e
!. and a gray-
merciless ,m
t lie la - .C.lll
diction ;.;on
ha, red man.
w : : I, a - w eet l aced old
is ai m, came lorwai ,1
lads' ii'ioii
Nelly, chiii
( h. grand)
mas man. the
Angela, and t !
and this ,.- n,
und the chii.l
lair-faced lad;
advanced and
Permit 1111
. sanl ; lie old man.
a. I in- 1- t he ( 'hri-t-
111.1:1 who gave 11. e
;e p: it t iid in; t ten .-:
. m am in a. in ;-t ei ."
stepped hack as a
, clad 111 mourning,
gave him 1 . -1 hand.
to thank "u. -;r.
you gave my little Nell a joy which
is as fresh to-day as two years ago,
and you were indeed a friend in
trouble. My name is Lane, and this
is my lather and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Lathrop."
MAnd lam Wells Howard, and
mor hapjiv to meet you ail, espe-
ciallv niv little coldeu b aired
friend," he answered.shakiiig bauds i
a iarOUll.l.
"Won't von
(Hue home and see j
Angela?" said little Nell artlessly,
and she did not at all comprehend
why they nil should laugh, espe
cially as grandpa Lathrop warmly
seconded her invitation.
The gossips of Mapleton had
plenty ol business for the next.few j
months, and at last it was lully j
understood that W ells noward had j
purchased a house in D.. and that j
he was to marry a young widow ot
that place. Only the few most ;
closely interested knew the whole j
story, though Nelly says, thought'
fully, to her tall friend.
"Isn't it nice and queer that you
are to be my own papa, aud that
dear Angela has found her true
home at last!'' Ayeiits' Herald.
The Faculty of Wonder. ;
If you wish to write au essay, or i
to begin a conversation and are at 1
a loss tor something to vrrite or talk
about, only w rite or say "I wonder,"
and something will be sure to fol
low. But "show me the man who
never wonders, and I will show the
man who never thinks," said Vol
taire. Asses never wonder, they
take everything for granted aud
seem to be complete fatalists. They
receive the cudgel as patiently as
if it were preordained and essential
to the harmony of the universe.
The intellectual people, those who
are not asses, investigate, think,
wonder and cease to wonder at one
thing then they begin to wonder at
another. I am willing to grant that
there is nothing new under the sun;
but for all that we live in a very
wonderful world, aud are constant
ly sin rounded by a world of won
deis. In fact, everything is won
dei lul, anil the greatest wonder in
the world would be to find anything
not wonderful. Wondering is the
peculiar faculty aud privilege of
human and intellectual beings. I
have said above that asses do not
wonder; they have not wit enough.
I was pomp to say that wondering
may be applied as a distinctive pei
thet of the human species, and that
Plato might have amended his de
finition by this addition; but I fear
1 should be wrong. Plato defined
man as a featherless biped, upon
which Diogenes, who was what the
world calls a w-icked wag, stripped
the leathers fiom a poor unfortun
ate bautam cock, and exultingly
exclaimed; "There is Tlato's man."
Now, if Plato, iu order to render
his definition more definite, had
! defined man to be a w ondering,
1 teatherless biped, Diogenes wonld
'still have been down upon him, say
ing: "Look at Plato's man a
featherless biped, wondering what
has lecome of his feathers!"
Brooklyn Ecujle.
Odious Custom -f Gift-Making.
In modern times every conceiv
able occasion is grasped by some
gift making. Holidays, birthdays,
wedding anniversaries, promotions,
election to office, departures, and
almost everything else must be cel
ebrated in this way, and it is this
which has made the custom an odi
ous one.
A gentleman was talking on the
subject a few days ago.
"Do you know," said he, "that
many a man in this city has been
compelled at times to rob his family
of some needed comfort in order to
keep up with his fellow-employes in
gift-makingf Well, it is a fact, and
to say the least of it, a shameful
one. A dozen men are employed
in a store and some event iu the
life of their employer makes recog
nition aud remembrance on their
part essential not justly so. but
and each fellow assessed enough to
make in the aggregate the sum re
q uired to purchase it. Some of
these men have families which they
find it a hard matter, on small sal
aries, to provide for. These $2 or
:5 or " taken from their purses are
needed at home, doubtless, but still
they have to give it up to pamper
to a foolish, aye, criminal custom, or
be called niggardly and maybe, if
their 'stinginess' becomes known to
their employer, incur his displeasure
and lose their places."
"Do you think any man would be
mean enough to discharge an em
ploye because he refused to rob his
children for such a purpose?"
"Do I? Well, I should think so.
L know of instances where men
have been giveu to understand that
they were expected to contribute,
and, failing, would have to look for
work elsewhere. It is this system
of robbery which has made gift
niaking so pernicious. The worst
feature is 'hat it is growing steadi
lv. until now some men can scarce
turn around without expecting
sonie one to give them something."
J.,,uisri!lc Courier-Journal.
when
Water in the Desert,
lows naturallv that
It f
Ull del t
desert,
iking a journey through the
the paramount question is
water. A supply must be carried
sufficient to last to the next well,
be it one or live d.ns' distant. It
1- u-:ial!y earned in goat aud ox
-k:;.s sii-peiiiled from the camel's
pack s iddle-. The.-e are the water
bottles ol Scripture, which become
leaky irom wear and always lose a
consideaable portion of their con
tents bv evaporation. The first
thing alter reaching a well is to as-!
certain the quantity and quality of
its water. As to the former it may :
have been exhausted by a preceding
caravan, aud hours may be required '
tor a new -upply to ooze in again. j
As to the quality, desert water is
always Had. the exception being
wi.eii it 1- worse, though long cus-
torn enables the Bedouins to drink
w ater so brackish as to be intoler- ,
able to ail except themselves and
their
docks
at eai
asted
11 e wi
a as pi ,
t H.ltl
Well do 1 remember
well the first skinful
1 around as epicures
( ireat w as the joy
iiinccd "inoya helwa."
but 1 f he I iedouins I
1 ay ib." not good, we
it was a solution of
Tin- best water is 1
ai rocky reservoirs in '
h
1 m.
m 1 g
lit 1 ,e mi re
om -alts,
id in 11 ai nr
1 :
--1, narrow g
vi-r shines.
rges w here the sun
- to ! 1 ve springs,"
never saw
more than
s" t ravels.
ut a dozen
1 n
mil
A Si It .1 a HuV's K. I KM'E.
I loi atiiis," -aid the school mistross
, .1 : vear- old boy with two im
isiug Heckles on the knees of his
in:-. Tloratius, please form a
h t ell ee w 1 1 11 l ue w om iuiuu iu
it am
b...uil.
board
write the sentence on the
jloratius went to the black- !
..
unl after much scratching of
head and friction ot brain, printed
with the crayon, in letters that
looked like a lot of halt-feathered
.Shanghai chickens running after a
piece of doughy the following sen
tence: "I toward my trowsers."
Iseiciaton Journal.
A New Crime Under the San.
n0UIJced himself as candidate for
iinat.ino rf tha nodPi) tho nonnU nf
Buck Saort township felt that the
time wnen tney were to nave an
able and upright administration of
judicial affairs had arrived. Old
Brumley had never opened a law
book: therefore he was regarded as
honest. He had never hesitated to
take off his coat and figbt the best
man in the nelghborhood : therefore
he waa considered able. He had
never backward in denouncing
ilis enemies; consequently he was
re.crarflfl aa n. ritiwn r vinm
Wlth these accomplishments, his
election, in the expressive parlance
oi pontics, was a "wafK over."
Shortly after Brnmly took his seat
on the red oak woolsack, a man
named Billy Malone was arrested
for stealing a grindstone.
"This here is a mighty important
case," said the magistrate, when
the culprit had been arrainged be-
c...... n..,..- 1 I 1-: , i
i i o i c tuui l. jlu iuukiu over lueec
i here law books, I don't find no men
tion of grind stones. Il was a big
oversight in our legislature not to
put down grind-stones in the books,
i fur it niout have been kuowed that
, some blamed rascal in this part o'
; the State was a goin' to steal one.
. Folks in this here part o' the coun
j try, let me tell you, will steal any
thing. Wa'al in the abscence o'
j any statuary barin' on the subjeck,
I reckon I'll make this here charge
' manslaughter in the first degree."
! "Y'our honor," said a lawyer,
: "that would be impossible.''
"Wood it?" wa'al, I'll jes show
you I'm running this court."
i "Your honor "
I "Call me judge, if you please."
j -Well, judge, there ia uo such
j thing as manslaughter in the first
! degr ee."
"Ain't thar? Well, I'll jes show
you I'm runnin' this here court.
Prisoner at the bar, I have longed
fur a opportunity o' teachin' a lesson
to the nsin' generation. You have
given me that chance. 1 don't
delight in seein' a man fall from
grace, but when he does fall, thar
ain't nothin' that pleases me so
much aa to tangle my hand in the
ruffles o' his calico shirt. Man-J
slaughter is a mighty serious charge,
young teller.
"I ain't slaughtered no man 3 it,
jedge."
"snet your mouth, impudent
violater o' the sacred law o' the
land No matter what you done,
I say it was manslaughter in the
fust degree, an' when a man dis
putes my word, he'd better wush
that his bones was made oaten In
jun rubber an' his back kivered with
the skin o' a yalligator. Young
outrager o' the principles o' civiliza
tion, tor this great crime of man
slaughter in the fust degree, I sen
tences vou to be hung next Fri
day." "Judge," exclaimed the lawyer,
springing to his feet, "this proceed
ing is impossible."
"Is it? Wa'al, I'll jes show yoa
I'm runnin' this court. AVhen you
git to be a jedge, I won't come round
tellin' yon what yon can do an' what
you can't."
"Great C'sesar, judge, such a
course as yoa are taking is a viola
tion of the State Constitution."
"Is it! Wa'al, I'll jest repeal the
State Constitution right here. This
feller oughter be hnDg, an' if I had
catch him ten days ago, whuther or
not hb had committed manslaught
er in the fust degree or stold a
grind-stone in the second, which is
the same, I would have sentenced
him to be hung. Mr. Constable,
take charge o' this man, an' see that
he is hung up in a respectable man
ner. Any lawyer what don't want
to be sarved in the same way had
better keep his mouth shet. I'm
runnin' this court." Opie P.
Head.
In a French Restaurant.
If you visit New Orleans
this
spring aud happen into any of the
French restaurants on Canal street,
look out for a sign reading. "No
Hoosiers wanted in here."
My Hoosier frieDd was bound and
determined to try one of those
French restaurants. His month had
watered all the way down, and he
had licked his chops from the depot
to Canal street. When he was fin
ally seated he ordered an oyster
stew and a cup of coffee, and with
the bread and butter furnished free
he made out a satisfactory sixty-five-cent
lunch. He was charmed
and gratified, and during the after
noon he probably sent 100 strangers
to that restaurant.
At supper time be called for the
same things, aud before he had
finished eating the waiter brought
him a cigar aud a match on a ser
ver. "Egad!" chuckled the Hoosier,
but this is munificence. This is
treating a man white, and I kin lick
j anybody who says a word agin a
I French restaurant!"
j When he went over to the desk to
j pay his bill the cashier replied that
, lt was ninetv cents.
"Why, you only charged me sixty
five at noon," replied Indiana.
Yes, but the cigar is twenty-five
cents!"
And vou didn't give it to iue!"'
-No. sir!"
Twenty-five cents. I'll see you
hanged first!"
"Hoosier threw the cigar down,
and the cashier threw it back, and
by and by it was broken. Then the
jaw" increased and the riot grew
more bloodthirsty.
"I send for zee polece!"' yelled the
cashier.
-Send and be darned!" yelled the
Hoosier as he took a seat.
"You laike to play zee daid beat,
eh!" howled the cashier.
-Dead beat! You old highway
robber, don't call me such names as
that!"
The police didn't come, but every
body in the room gathered around,
and at last, finding the place filling
up with a curious crowd, the cash
ier gave in aud took sixty-five cents
in settlement.
Novv whaiieyou from?" he asked
as he pocketed the money.
'Indiana, and don't you forget it!
I'm a Hoosier, and I don't knuckle
to nobody!'
A Hoosier" I remember dait !
A Hoosier! liobairt, you hurry up
aud paint big saigii which Teads
dait no Hoosier was wanted in my
plaice no more!"
"And now," remarked Indiana as
Iih hacked our. "French restaiL-ant.
, Ill s-.l rtlH 1
a long laieweu; joou-uyc, wn-i
robber! I can't hurt ye here, but
, . r j ' ,!
ir u Mj r villi 1111 ill liiiii.Liis ciuu
, , ' T u - m .f
lLlllt T
gage my cider mill to pay the fij ie!
I Jktroit Iree 1'resn.
The Bank of France is said to possess
an iugeniously arranged photographic
studio concealed in a galiery behind its
cashier, so that at a signal the portrait
of a suspected customer may be instant
ly taken without bjs knowledge. .. . ;'v
R. Jones
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MiT DEAR HUSBAND :
You no doubt are delighted to her from me, aa I
have been away from you to long. Don't b angry,
for really I have been dying to write you, bat have
been so very busy buying bargains I hare not h& t -in
ota en t to spare. I have found the Cheapest Btore
here ; they sell nice goods for the least monej rer
known. Only think of itl I bought a "LjTe of -f t
worsted dress for only 15c.
chased
a fine double-fold Cashmere dress, your favorite .,
for only 35c ; it "ells everywhera for ' SOe.V X ', fp' '
color, for
cnf. thA nhildrnn Beveral nain fall renlmr made llojaa.'' 1 '
uulu suiiu nuu BLiipcu, iui uuij xv. auu u yvt eia,
this half price. They sell good Calico for 4o. Heavy
brown Domestic for 4c. ; yard wide for 5o. I bought
lots of Hamburg very, very cheap. Also Laeea and
Linen EdgiDgs. They sell beautiful white Plato
NaiDsooks for 10c. I Baw them aell Ladies" Rubber
I
Shoes lor 35c, and Children's Rubber 8hoes tit 04
Rubber Gossamers for 90c- A lady friend of ailae
showed me towels, nice ones, bhe bought for 6o. ail '
linen for 10c. Linen "Stj 'dna for 48o. a doien. I
got a lovely Jersey black all wool for $1.25 every- '
body wears a Jersey they sell in other plaees for
$1.75.
Really I think they must lose money on atoms of
their goods, they arc so cheap. Their store Is always
full of customers.
Now haven't I written my dear Hub a. nice, long
letter. You must send me by return mail money to
buy a few things, they are so very cheap, I am deter
mined to boy me a Black
Silk, very heavy, for only
as any one sells tor li.OU. 1 wan to omj yom mwi' fv-, , -shirts
the Diamond Shirt. This house has Jast,,. ' 9
taken the agency for them. They sell in Rsiaw; -t:-fJ:
forced Shirt for GOc. At the bottom of this letter I ,
send you a picture of the shirt and a part of a ooavsr- W. p
sation I heard.
Be sure to write to your
irom yoa, vy returu uisiii,
mnrtATr Vr.r m ti fimah mv
P. S. I came very near
A. M. BAKER'S i the
referring to.
THE PROPOSAL-
Jft. Afy darling,
lovely to-night !
She. Do I ? Thanks very much ! ) ou
are handsome as a Prince, Charley, in )oui
dress suit.
Ht. Give the credit to the Diamokd
Shirt, my love, which I wear for the firm
time to-night; it is that which gives tone
to my toilette. Here is its prototype (slip
ping the Diamond engagement ring 011
her finger).
She. May our love be as enduring ai
ihe fame of
" The Diamond Shirt."
Tabltau.
WAMSUTTA
Crtursra.
..rat."-"' .'. ' ssv ar ri
If your dealer does not keep it, Mtd hb viddreu
to Daniel Miller & Co., aole manufacturvrt, BaJu-
more, Md.
9
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And will completely ensnare ttwi blood In
Derson who wUl take 1 PU1 narh nlsrht
health. If sach thing- be posslblo. For rental Complaints th T& kswe HSjnsl.
Physlelana rise them for th car of LITKB
or sent by mall for 85c la stamps. Circulars nls, I. a. JOMaoj A OO
JOHNSON'S ANODYNE UN',) 5.
nest. Hacklna- Couirl
lisesses of the Spine.
sola everrwuere. siw.
It is s well-known fact that most of the
none and Cattle Powder sold In this soon.
try Is worthless 1 thai Sftertdan't Condition
Powder is absolutely pare ernd very valuable.
Nnthlne nai KsrtJi will niak. hsat
lay UkeSherldan'sConslltloei Pow.
1.,. noaau sets teasnoonful to eaeh smt nf
,Ti ikssss
food.ilt.wtU also positively prevent n4 mis
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Silk Dress. I saw lovely
11.00 per yard ; 'til as f oo4
r s- tjlt
wife, who is dying ii keart
nuu uo oum w bsduis w ,(y
t.rftrt. '
MABUH.
forgetting to tell yoa that
CHEAP STORE I was
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